The Key West Citizen Newspaper, December 9, 1941, Page 1

Key West. Florida. nas the most equabie climate m the - country; range of onlr Hlostile..Aireraft Reported - Sighted Around New York SILL DI ae #2 HUNDREDS OF INTERCEPTOR PLANES ORDERED | CLARIFY STORY TO TAKE TO AIR SHORTLY AFTER NOON ON CURRY HOUSE HOUR; REPORT THAT FAMILIES OF PERSON An item which appeared Se A svevarce Fahrenbe= Che Key Wiest Citizen THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN THE U.S. A. KEY WEST, FLORIDA, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1941 One Way To Get Your Home Decorated, Let Dad Do It im the column. “Key West in Days Gone By”. provided leave Key West today for Pearl Harbor. scene of the devastating Surprise Japanese attack Sunday afternoon, Observers believe that the tug will be ordered to clear the har- (Bs Ammocigted Freme) More than 200 interceptor piames were ordered to tee air at 12:30 this neon on receipt of reports that hostile am craft had been sighted twe hours distamce fram New York The United ‘Stetes Navy confirmed this ender and - added that families of personne! a! Mitchell Furic 20 mus 2. “The Christmas Wreath. Get a rope of non- wiltable evergreen. Then . . . where's that red 1. It's all so simple to fix things up : for Christmas. Decorations should be 3. “Here's the place for the wreath. Boyoboy! Now, how the h— did that Mr. Curry bad been acci- hand-made and homey. Women, tem- ribbon? Leave things alone; Son! Yes, the happen? The wife had butter on her dentally set on fire while he from Times Square, Had been evacuated. bor at Hawaii of wreckage caus- peramentally, are just too prim to do bells are pre ‘ that shiny stuff fingers when she handled that ham- wes attempting to rid it of Emergency refuelling stations are beimg hastily com ed by the surprise air and naval! the job. mer. But everybody makes mistakes ticks. structed as a precaution against possibic destruction of m= big refuelling base at Mitchel! Fieid. All commercial end passenger plames were ordered grounded. LaGuardia airport, largest im the country, bes di * 4 civil ~ Aér raid wardens on Long island and along the caste seaboard from Maime to Key West hewe bees ordered t puis. | The wrecking tug. for many years a familiar sight in Key / West waters, is being piloted by | Capt. Edward Mumford and) Chief Engineer Frank Sheppard. U.S. HEALTH OFFICIALS Electric Welding School WARN: FLU ON THE MARCH May Be Closed Unless erable jest about his having By ALEXANDER R. GEORGE Officers were busy manning AP Feature Service Writer WASHINGTON, Dec. 9.—Fh icials, mindful of the savage o the vessel with a volunteer crew - ++ this morning. WAR CALL MADE BY RED CR KEY WESTS QUOTA CALLS FOR THREE THOUSAND ing almost into the most extensive epidemic since 1929. There were 2,303 new cases reported for the week end- the similar period last year. If the influenza curve should rise at the rate it did last win- ter when a peak of 383.000 new | cases for the four weeks ended | Jan. 25 was reached. the out- Prof. Horace O'Bryant, chair-| bree probebly would be the largest since 1920. man of the Key. West Chapter,! pariier this year a few doctors American Red Cross, is in re-/ and bacteriologists warned of the ceipt of the following telegram’ possibility of an epidemic similar from Norman H. Davis: in scope and severity to the great “Again the American Red Pandemic of 1918-1919. They said ‘ 7 last winter’s epidemic which trav- Cross is called upon to serve Our | cled eastward might get a foot- aa catty ee fae pationally | nold among war-weakened Euri- se 2d Saibilits ter serv- | Dean peoples and return in more oe cet 8 as nd for| Virulent form to this country cy W distressed civilians To _.5° {2% however, there is no in- ea Pg aes mre he varie dication of anything hitting = for war funds of eg egg _of | when between August, 1918, and ee cee Datars. day a proc. | June, 1919, there were = a ~ | ma 5,000,000 to 27, eet 0 ane es -s9 bee). y sag coreg than 500,000 2esobey cd Fay ro. deaths from influenza and pneu- ni a try cent their collections for local ™oni# it this oan reak war relief expenditures. Chap- yet developed in Euro} ters should at once devote full 4c in the United $ efforts to raising their quotas in . eaten said shortest possible ‘time’ Please | 9# E report i quite localized. Mpre than not Pe poems peg a ms of the 2,308 new cases re ported tthe week ending 8 were in MORE SALES MADE Texas which for each century. The 1918-1919 has been acc per cent of the Since the year The state of Florida disposed | sweep was the first of t of 33 more parcels of jand in| tury so anoth Monroe county, Ross C. Sawyer,idue. The concent county clerk, revealed today. es of men in tre There was only ene competi- the heavy tra tive bid for the property which Soldiers tend to ‘world- wide influenza of great virulence has occurred about four times in 1560, during the World War, are keeping a wary eye | he nui = cases being reported to the ‘when the winter wave developed x: ing Nov. 8 compared with 787 for + was sold under the provisions Control of the Murphy Act, enacted four years ago. The sum of $617 will be for- warded to the state in return for the sale of the parcles, which Were appraised at 25 per cent of the 1932 assessed valuation, Plus the cost of the sale. Negotiations were made through Sawyer, who is also act- SEEK NAMES OF NEEDY CHILDREN derprivileged children deserving of sharing in Lions Christmas! Eva Warner at City Park between hours of 3 to 6 in the afternoon, tar | Lions are requesting all Key to call John Simone, 298, as many | more articles are needed to make ing agent for the state. Key Westers who know of un- Party should report them to Mrs. i according to President John on. | ‘Westers having broken or old toys / the affair a success. sweeping eases, medical men ¥ | various sulfonamide remed: PRIZE NITE — TON! Army medical officers, how- ever, see several favorable factors now as compared with 1918. Trainee housing facilities @re ‘better: a much lower death Fate from illmess indicates a healthier Army and the Med- ical Corps is prepared for quick hospitelization and se- gregation of flu sufferers. The Army has now become season- ed to camp life while recruits large groups as they were in 1918. Eyen if there outbreak a should - be severe of be ° William Gargan—Edmund Lowe pa Oa FLYING CADETS ALSO: COMEDY and SERIAL ughte! three times as h Pneumonia an fections wor d curb died w stricken. shortage of coffins in many cit- ies and headlines in New York newspapers told of “the unburied }dead in Queens cemeteries” | Throughout the country schools, churches and movies were closed; football games called off. ed all nor a week. thorities not using handkerchiefs eezing. In 1918-1912 epidemic swept into every continent, bowling over Eskimos im northern Greenland as well as natives in tropical Tahiti, Surveys in- dicated half the population of San Antonio, Tex. was at- tacked by the disease. There were two odd the 1918 outbreak in th ry. ne epidemic pe: u y comes in | was reached »ber. t attacked a larger proportion f young people than tt die-aged or the old. mortality rate be sons inthe 25 to 2 ‘BIG SHOTS ARE THE BEST DINER-OUTERS (By Asxociated Press) ALLENTOWN, Pa. Dec. Willia n a ‘iam He plan dore Roosevelt, Taft. Woodrow Wilsoh, G. Harding and Calvin Coolidge. Presidents and governors aren't Ts, says Klas- You can: pidce soup-to-nuts e NOTICE! BROADWAY MARKET will be closed all day Thursday preparing for GRAND OPENING on FRIDAY MORNING in NEW STORE. IGHT, .. Cee Warren } ed-in-the-wool notables ‘<¢ Enrollment Is Increased machinery state director, a communica- tion received by Key West Direc- tor E J. Kerr that the response t the free v. al training class- of the state has husiastic. Key West takes machinery school, he will remove it to a a demand for TEMPERATURES Highest last! Lowest 24hours last night 57 30 30 47 Pe) SHPERKSSRRSSKSSSVSESTNVRNSeessee & 40 35 “4 42 36 San Diego 63 San Francisco _ 58 Sit. Ste. Marie 32 Sar ah — 6 Seattle 49 Tampa —._. & Washington 35 Williston 31 Ww STEELS FALSE TEETH CHICAGO—A burglar in -the home of R. C. Collins of this city stole the false teeth belonging to Mes. Collins. S| the welding classes which Director Kerr, today issued an urgen tation to all men of Key West to avail themselves of are free to all He pointed out that there is a great demand for electric welders led desperately in de- Instruction is teachers, he Ss. expert The school is located at Grinnell and Catherine streets, but applica- tiens and information may be @b- Tthimed at the office of Vocational | Training for Defense Workers on the second floor of the county court house. Free classes are also offered in typing. shorthand, business, Eng- lish and spelling. Sessions are held every Monday and Wednes- day night from 7 to 10 at the High School, corner White and United i streets. SARASOTA UDC - PLANS PROGRAM DAH P. BENJAMIN ON JANUARY 22 SARASOTA, Dec. 9 ( The Sarasota Chapter the United Daughters of the Con- federacy will pay tribute to the memory of Judah P. Benjamin, Jan. 22, 1942. One of the least sodes in southe flight of the NS). of known epi- history is the Confederate cab- our state of 2 live imme- and clese rela- S of “crackers” who helped to safety three Confederate cab- inet officers who chose to flee through our state. One of these was Judah P. Benjamin, holder at various times of three Confederate cabinet po- ; Sitions. With Governor Spessard L | Holland expected to attend and all schools and business establish- ments closed for the day. the‘ Sarasota Chapter of the UDC. under the able leadership of Mrs. Mary P. Brownell, will honor the distinguished Confederate ;who'so faithfully served the “lost cause” when a suitable }monument will be unveiled near jthe point where he set sail for foreign shores after narrowly escaping from pursuing Union troops. Benjamin will be the first cabinet officer so honored and it is interesting to note that he is fa Jew. The celebration comes ‘at an opportune time and will ;Serve as Florida's answer to those Hitler agents and would-be isplit this country imto groups j by bate-arousing lies and propa- i The Citizen regrets that it wes the imstrument in mak- img Mr. Curry the butt of so much raillery by those who consider themselves his Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt and Mayor Frurelic LaGeurdie of New York City, plane-bound from California te the east were ordered to disembark at Palm Springs, Caiié. and com tinue their trip by automobile. CR ID ISIS IA CALL MADE FOR WOMEN TO AID ATTACK MADE ON PHILIPPINES (B) Ammwwteted Freee MANILA, Dec. 9.—The Philippine ishands «are aab- _ Jected to an all-out attack by Japanese iamd, see and air TRAINED OFFICE GIRLS URG- hin,” — — — QUARTERS IN cCoUNTY Yokohama and Nagoya, three of Japan's taegest cities COURTHOUSE These reports, hc wever, could not be confirmed. Japan claimed the capture of Guam amd the Matway Island, United States bases in the Pacific between Hawail and the Philippines. 10,00U-ton battleship President Harrison ht aise asserted anese Navy. An urgent call for office wom- en workers was issued today by Albert Mills. secretary of the Key West home defense force. All women and girls who have ever had any office training are urged to report at the Home Defense office on the second floor of the county courthoues tomorrow. The department will be open from 9 a m. to 9 Pp. mm Stenographic experience is not necessary. The home defense ALL-CLEAR SIGNAL NEW YORK SCHOGES SOUNDED AT 1:25 ORDERED CLOSED (By Ansocinted Preas) po force is in desperate need of typ- The ali-clear signal Was Tr wi ——— ists, filing clerks, and those who sounded in New York City at _ have had secretarial experi- 1:25 p.m . York City were cinaed at 5 sttheck ence. i An important meeting of the No deteils wer given of the Defense Council has been called | alarm calied following reports — oe tonight at City | that hostile planes were descend- The ontier was mued Sy Patter all he session will be held camer : Vacs et immediately following the meet-| ™® ° erate exp be i ing at which instruction will) be given on methods to combat chemical warfare. RAID ALARM AT LONG ISLAND (Bs Ansociated Press) DEFENSE MEETING CALLED TONIGHT | > sir raid siarm thas been sounded in Mineola, central city Albert Mills, commander of Ar- | of Long Island thur Sawyer Post, No. 28, germ At 1 p. m, unidentified planes ican Legion, has requested all] tetieved to be those of an hos- members of the organization to at- | ‘AIR tile power were tend the meeting to be held this| evening in City Hall, starting at 8:00 o'clock. Meeting this evening will be of interest to every member in the part which the Legion is designed to play in the home defense pro- gram. MORE THAN ONE WAY OSWEGO, N. Y.—The-shot that hunter Earl E Manwaring ‘fired at the bunny missed—but the rab- bit dropped dead. Phe—fleeing quarry ran and broke 150 miles from New York Har- | bor. The 75,000 soldiers stationed in the New York ares donned steel helmets, gas masks and shouldered rifles as a precau- tion. FORECASTS AEF