The Key West Citizen Newspaper, December 2, 1941, Page 1

F Mect At White House 10 Discuss ® Governor Requested To Associated Press Day Wire Sefvice For 61 Years Devoted te the Best Interests of Key West THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN THE Key Wrst Citizen u.. 5. sk. | VOLUME LXII. No. 286. KEY WEST, FLORIDA, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1941 Matters In Far. East Situation Impatient Over Delay! St By Japan In Making Re-| ‘ rr BULLETIN ¢ ; (Ry Associated Prets) A telegram was dispatched to (MMM MTMEMP PUM! WASHINGTON. Dec. 2— Governor Spessard L. Holland Peapeoelt ant: a | President lestérday afternoon ring him to COUNTY COLLECTOR'S’ war cabinet met in confer- fl, with the last pose dey. OFFICE WILL REMAIN) ‘Scots, = W%% Home Name NeW. Tax P this noon. the vacancy caused by the unex-' CLOSED FOR TEN DAYS) | Stephen Early. the Presi- pected death of County Tax Col-i SESE Teese | ‘s secretary. described lector Joe C. MeMghon. Due to the sudden death | the meeting as a general ‘The message did not reach the of Joseph C. McMahon yes- = Oe = ae terday afternoon. the office of the county tax collector will be closed*for at least 10 governor who was away from the —_—_— McMAHON WIDOW MAY : SUCCEED HUSBAND (Ry Amociated Press) i WASHINGTON. Dec. 2—The situation in the Far East con-/ s 4 j tt in electri | L. Hol eee es Louise McMa! . at mobile owners will have fo ness in spite of . Japan's over-| C. McMahon. will be | A report current in political their 1942 license plates j ¥ t recommended to succeed her “Beit, aaggee S ig EAS A trainman gives the highball tor. | . dey. The State Department is still! e-sign for full speed ahead Sed for the position is eligible CBB A DID MD DAs wariting 2 formal reply from to file his application with Tokyo om the peace-or-war dis- | —— -—————-—_—_—_--___-—— — eee reded peed PROBE MADE a ae which were held here. ° = la: ee NEGRO SHOOTING sm == SGT ANG F “| ‘One of the leading candi- | ee ¥ dates. it is generally believed. — of stete, expressed America’s ; OFFICER CLAIMS TO HAVE INFORMATION REFUTING MAN'S STATEMENT state capital in but his assistants assured Ross C. Saw- yer, clerk of the circuit court, that it would be given prompt atten- tion. The Mr. Sawyer and Car! Bervaldi, chair- Tallahassee, telegram signed by FLL EEE ES SS “= Xo NOVEMBER VERY aes PLEASANT MONTH ‘ la the ES EE cov- = ezing the month of Novem- s 2S ber. the Key West Weather Bureau shows that the high- est temperature durirg the month was 83 degrees on man of the board of county com- missioners informed the of the sudden lector and continued "1941 TAX ROLLS WERE OPENED FOR COLLECTION TODAY STOP. AUTO TAG “et SALES BEGAN TODAY STOP ,;i, IMPORTANT THIS OFFICE BE OPENED WITH LEAST POS SIBLE DELAY STOP ADVISE : . ing tactics and said in effect./ “Speak up. Japer™. j b (Continued on Page Four! daring, day-; ‘crt rerazam 10 ol TO TAKE OVER DUTIES OF CAPTAIN MOLE AT KEY WEST BARRACKS ing comfort- from the wound icted by two © shot him from a speed- ing automobil NAZI INVASION IS SEEN BY ENGLISH : (My Associated Presxx) LONDON, Dec 2—Prime Ww the first day and the lowest wes 68 on the tenth. BY; WIRE STEPS; TO TAKE seventh of the month. with 2 prevailing wind from the northeast. There were fen clear days. ten partly cloudy and ten cloudy. An even temperature pre- vailed all during the month, with the most pleasant wea- ther experienced for many Years during November. SIILLS SL £4 officiak instructions the collector's office will pectedly of a heart attack at his t always be ready to iana he was Chief Evacu: Se A office in the county courthouse; repel an in m”, warned the Officer in charge of a Key West Postoffice Shows Great Increase In Business ne minister. ' dis: $ a private practitioner, Ca ing at eting nights have m Thursdays preve field « Of f ner medicine. ive = [structs Key Westéts “are” sending” out; amount- of the corresponding Captain *DeitelBaumh.- with ‘Mrs. | re. e three times as much jn money | Month a year-ago Teitelbaum and_—children, were} ricts'as abe ‘beim, paid. out, The figures aiso show a mark- | assigned to. Quarters No.°36, ‘Key | s — ~ ime, BRAS ed increase’ over last year in| West Barracks. are stal savin, A summary of November! "°," “ov Sseon of November ——— business released by the Post in 1940 and 1941 fol-| Office today also disclosed that the amount of sued during the’ p: | drum bar FAMOUS FOR MIXED DRINKS zs at l0P_M Brian Donlevy—Maria Montez in HI Noy. 1941 e SOUTH OF TAHITI od Smart—Yet Inexpensive Also: NEWS and SERIAL PRIZE NITE ———— TONIGHT 224 Duval Street {side of Washington. (NEW.JERSEY’S SOWATER PROJECT ‘GIVEN APPROVAL | INTRACOASTAL CANAL BE- | GINS AT MANASQUAN RIV ER AND ENDS AT KEY WEST navigation pi totaling $418,000 a a billion-dollar rive | bors authorization Was approved by th jets and harbors o | Friday } The New Jersey Intracoastal | Waterway project, estimated ai | $220,800, is also included ‘ | The-dnmtracoastal canal is o: ‘ of the:“nnissing links” im the 1 j land Waterway beginning at the } Manasquan river and ending at Key West, Florjda i | L. P. Artman, publisher of TREe® Ocean County Leader 'zen, at Key West tinction of owning terway Mr. Artman is the ; Tepresentative on the Ne sey Waterways from the stat | Florida. He said this week “Extension of the ir jterway to Key sought and j battled for ever since inland waterways began, h: tw ; Powerful allies last week “Both the National Rivers an | Harbors Congress, meeting the second time in ry out and the At- lantic Deeper Waterways Asso ciation had taken time out in their Miami conventions t recommend deepening the wa wa-| terway from Jacksonville sovth,| and e tending it from . Bahia/ Honda to Key West. : “For the group of men who! have striven ‘for’ a - waterway} from the north, approval of the | two orgnaizations meant see important victory. “Engineers and divisions of government repeatedly im the past have approved, then turn- waterway exten- At times the project has/ had strong Support. at other} times it has been almost forgot- ten, both among the powers- that-be and by the general pub-| sion. ; “But men who could see its {Continued on Page Four) | ‘HERE FOR WINTER GOLF PRO WILL MAKE ma PROVEMENTS TO LOCAL / Eddie Bush, pro in charge af the Key West Golf Club will Jeame Fridzy to enter the Miami $16,000 open golf tournament. On his return he will continue the improvements he has already Started on the local fairways in Preparation for what he believes will be a banner season. He will be assisted this season, ' his fifth in Key West, by Bl Johnson, assistant at Colgate Uni- ; versity for eight years and now | Pro at the Little Falls Golf Chub. | | Bush is on the pro staff of the! ;Oak Park County Club of Chi-} | cago. j He inspected the Key West fair- | They will be published im The | | Citizen once a week. | oOo ; } - UNUSUAL.ACCIDENT =| ee ; | PLAINFRELD, NoJ.Airs Anna} _| when, while removing a shoe tree fii" Micory Around Leningrad London Reports Russians MAKING PLANS Were Unable Te Keep FOR CYMNASIOM Up With Retreating Ger- MATTER mans TAKES oF DUE MEITING CONDECTED NEW YORK. Dec. 2—The Mos cow radio todey continued its Sweeping claims of major victories an the South end around Lenn grad. Berlin did not dispute these ‘Claus The Naz communmque seid that its emmy was censecing were miles and t 100 kilometers west Rostes the Don river en L Caucasus The new drive was beating down obliquely toward the sea and was threatening the enemy's Tear with annihilation. London sources saat that to keep up with the reteesting Germans who vere kulsing. wttad pment behind M’MAHON FUNERAL —— RITES TOMORROW =. | t| ae f rt pith ett if t hee t] 1 # i } ‘ i! tf ¥ ilet t t ihh if The funeral of Joseph C. Mec Mahon will be held 4:30 o’ciock tomorrow afternoon from ‘the Rev. W. B Mundy. of Fieming Street Methodist church will officiate Survivors are Mrs. Louise Mec Mahon, wife: two sons, Jahn Mic- Mahon ef Key West and Joe Mo- Mahon of Miami; a 9 + i . Ht fl 4 # f! | g Ba Mrs, Woodrow. W; libearets wilt” vaidi, Ross “Sawper. . Fass Bern Sawyer .Clamde rm ea andolio and Allan B. Cicare REW YORK. 2+ ep Jr. F ) int ) i ‘ Lopez Funeral charge of arrangements. will be im the family ict in { city cemetery. - BPOE No. S51. Onder Elks. will attend the funeral @ body. | il i i i Dio arta i ' if i | | tei e i : it | rt