The Key West Citizen Newspaper, December 16, 1941, Page 1

| Associated Press Day Wire : Service For 61 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West —_— I Noy Most |WILLIE KEMP BACK — sd ae IN OLD POSITION | will be installed by the Feder OPP I @#G@US 2g government, at its own expense, under a $190,510 defense public werks allotment just approved by | the President. { Willie Kemp is back at his | Old job as jailer of the coun- | —— | He returned to his old du- ‘ | ties late yestreday afternoon wre ce ae = | Sbeeesa en} ee eeen) | seu MUNG eceied to he WASHINGTON, D.C. Dec. 18.) said: he “could not bear to in construction of sewers neces Thompson held the posi- sary to the health of defense! bro aah a mr Workers at Key West. officials of ¢4 to deputy sheriff. } Kemp wes the first jailer the Federal Works Agency said’ when the present “pen“ was first completed. He also ‘The additional sewer facilities! for the city “brig”. | CITY COUNCIL MEETS TONIGHT | | There will be 2 regular meeting ! ably larger — a ccc gated © the City Council held tonight, | project originally app! ; beginning at 7:30 o'clock. This! Key West, officials said. bie thesepcal cegulae. aceon ot The previous project called only the month. : ' for construction of a new outfall, The Gas Company franchise- } sewer, several extensions. and re- or will be taken up again | pairs isti city sewer | tonight for consideration, besides en for di ion” is-| Under the revised project two! Dosey utter “iseussion dis- sewage disposal plants, anew out- t . {il lne, and extensions to sanitie DEFENSE MOTORCYCLE six additional areas in the city will, | be constructed. ‘ta ae eg ' AND BIKE UNIT FORMED: work was authori at the recom- ; mendation of the Florida state BY ELKS LAST NIGHT b ‘A said. | 7 on dene will be} ©. Sam B. Curry, chairman} under the supervision of the Pub-/ Monroe County Elks National De-} lic Buildings Administration. | fense announces that a unit that | will be known as the “Elks Motor- | jeyele Motorbike Defense Unit”) RUSSELL RITES Was Organized last night at the i} Elks Club. This unit will meet VESTERD AY | next Monday night at 7:30 o'clock } HERE for further instruction. All men | with motorcycle or motorbike or | operators are urged to contact Funeral services for Richard , Lee Burt McFarland, the leader of} T. Russell, age 79, who resided at | the unit. 320 Simonton street, were held) Those present were as follows: yesterday afternoon 4:30 o'clock ‘Lee Burt McFarland, named as, from the chapel of Pricthard’s leader of the unit; C. E. Hutchin- Funeral Home ison, named as assistant leader of Services were conducted by the unit; Richard Batchelder, Os- Samuel B. Pinder and W. P.'car Fabel. Ben Schoneck, 1 Wan. Monticino. Whitehead, Alfred.Curry, Thomas Survivors of the deceased in- Reyes. elude “a ‘son, Cecil Russell five This unit.will be under the di- sisters, Mrs Wm. “Taylor, Mrs.. rection of tne chairman, C. Sem Loutse Barzo, Mrs.~'Sallie Rob-, B. Curry, C. E. Smith, Jr.. John erts, Mrs. Irene Cruz of Key |Spottswood, Dr. D. Cobo, and West and Mrs. Nettie Seaman of Russell J. Villar, members of the Cleveland, Ohio. There are also Elks National Defense Committee two grandchildren. ‘for Monroe County. j Ferocious Fighting Goes On In Far East Sections (By Awsociated Press) SINGAPORE, Dec. 16.—The! tion and recklessness of the all-out war in the Far East is raging with attack on Hong Kong. Because of unprecedented ferocity as Japan (the concentrated offensive, Lon- continues to pour masses of troops ‘don feared: that the fortification’s and planes in a reckless offensive | garrison will be unable to hold otit to obtain a quick decision. much. longer. Advices relayed to Washington | Tokyo's claim that Nipponese by Gen. Douglas MacArthur , in- | troops.had penetrated 40. to 60} diczge that the United States.isimiies along a 400-mile jungie} holding its own in the Philip: } front from Bangkok to Singapore | Pines, but Britain is: frankiy-wer-jwas not denied by. the British | ried over the situation .in Hong: military command in Malaya. + Kong and the Malayas. | A Japanese imperial communi-} London newspapers today pub-!que announced jubilantly this! , he Key } ALLEGEDLY SLASHING AN- freceived a telegram from Sher- izations, who w ‘SIX ENLIST IN THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWS PAPER KEY WEST, FLORIDA, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1941 first dollar-a-year woman! defense probably picked the pleasantest job of any de-} i Dominion: Selling Canada to American tourist. | card introduces her as “Mrs. Basil B. Campbell with | of National Werg————__"__ lower left cor-‘ like Rita Hayworth. I think she? in ; Canada.” looks more like Amelia Earhart. =! seme —_ ‘ete - She spent 15 years in New York capital ‘and “ber “home, in “the | City where she earned a graduatél! lower right. nurse diploma. A degree from ‘She likes calling cards, has 700 Columbia University and excek from famous Americans she’s met lent defense-preparation experi! jin her two 194] assignments to | ence as a social worker. She loves this country. Also she collects: New York and she leaves to get; Sugar cubes for the British and; away from it. She has lived in menu cards for,herself. Washington, D. C.. too t She first pilgrimaged to Cali-! -When she comes to tewn, she} fornia because she wanted to goes to town. You'll find her} learn from Hollywood how to| chatting about beauty and Can-} glamourize Canada. She did She | ada’s business at the Ritz, on Fifth! proved that in her second assign-} Avenue, at the Battery, and at ment—New York. } the football games. ! Mrs. Campbell and her hus-{ } caught her leaving a boost-! r Scrambled egg breakfast in their : talked to her in a taxi to her. own little flat in Ottawa soon on ‘hotel, snatched more conversa-! their first wedding anniversary. tion while she primped for ai They Gon’t meet often now. In’ dance. “She's made 54 speeches; August when she left for Califor- | since she started her travel talk~} nia, he left for Iceland, in search ' ing. { of places for troops to stay. Be-| She looks like a Broadway star cause of his army job she takes no / without too much makeup, acts a pay for her work. little like a Junior Leaguer and a Mrs. Campbell used to work ;lot like a New York career woman With the Ontario Travel Bureau. ‘used to getting what she goes English, Since she’s been an international ;after. Her father w: Saleswoman, she’s been offered her mother Tennes radio commercials’ at fabulous like to be co: salaries, better-paying govern- Her spark ment jobs and a Hollywood con- blue, her teet! tract. Hollywood says she looks ‘wears her lightbrown band {2 colonel) hope to have a:Canada-beoth at a convention,+ y and her legs are lov: M: new-cropped pompadourish coif- fure. Her figure is modellish-slim The. only cash she spent here air in a; was sent her by a cousin in De-| dollar a year but frame it? IN THE U. rs. Basil B. Campbell Traveling Saleswoman est Citizen S. A. | {troit. Her prize spending was at | the five-and-ten where bought nail polish and remoyer. | After all, what can you do with a | { i KNIFE. WIELDER HELD IN OTHER WITH RAZOR HERE | The offer to withdraw pickets Daniel Bloodworth, colored, from the Broadway Market if the who fled to Miami after alleged- management donated $500 to ly slashing a man with a razor, charity was turned down flatly to- is being held in cusody by Dade day by the Rivero brothers, pro- county law enforcement officers Pti¢tors of the store. . - In a prepared statement to The Pending ‘the attival “ef Sheriff (citizen the Rivero brothers de- Berlin A. Sawyer. ciared that they could not com- A colored man, who neglected promise with ti principles and to leave his name, told Chief that even if they had the money Deputy Sheriff George Gomez they would not be a party to yesterday afternoon that he had Such a proposal been cut about the left shoulder’ Rive: ement is in reply and arm by a man during an ‘0 an offer made yesterday by argument over 50 cents. Clarence Higgs, business agent of Deputy sheriffs were ordered Carpenter's Local, No. 68 The to apprehend the assailant but union leader offered to remove he escaped before the search got the pickets if the owners of the under way. Broadway Market would give This mroning Sheriff Sawyer $500 to seven designated organ- 4 in turn create iff Coleman of Dade county no- a Christmas fund for needy chil- tifying him that he was holding dren Bloodworth in custody. Higgs explained that the sug- gested suit represents about half the amount which the union has expended“ in maintaining the picket line. NAVAL RESERVES The River brothers’ state- ment outlipes Position and —- the reaso. they feel they. Six'Key West young men have a bap = enlisted in the U.S. Naval Ri r lows: serve Force at the local Naval e it very Station, and have been » so kind as Class M-2, according to inform your valu- tion furnished The Citizen today. The names and ratings of the men follow: Eugene Bert Buckley, ston keeper second class, 530 Grinn: street. Ralph Eugene Knowles, seaman first class, 812 Division street. in front o' Joseph Saldano, machinist's that yr mate, second class, William street. 2 Christmas Fund Thomas King Warren, Jr:, store- };. keeper second class, 1017 Southard street. he Julius Roy Villareal, Jr., fire- gegre, man second class, 807 Catherine w,. er the article Paper yester- rence Higgs, Local 655. much surpris- Mr. Higgs had c ed to read offered to wi! Taw pickets from provided te $500.00 to according to ‘We are y started ut street: tentious Key e ys and Roscoe C. Pagett, storekeeper through hard work. together; setond class, 412 Elizabeth street." with honest nd conscientious’ dealings, have succeeded im SCARED OF THE 22 -biitiding up a successfyl _busi- ness. We had no one to advise us as to how to run our. busi- Hess and had to work very hard PETERSBURG, Ind —Wonder+ ing why his electricity bill was so Rivero Brothers Flatly ; Turned Down ‘Offer Made For Withdrawing Pickets lished stories intended to prepare! noon that sea-borne troops buf-jhigh, John Helfenbein investi- | the public for the capitulation of | feted by a gale had gained a foot-! gated and found that one of his| the British island stronghold. The} hold on the island of British |cows had been reaching up and’ -John Beal—Florence Rite —in— DOCTORS DON’T TELL xk* Also: COMEDY and SERIAL TIFT’S GROCERY PRIZE BITE TONIGHT | 1928 Division Street Phone 460 SCOR CROCE CEOS OOOO CS pe e while many others were com- Plaining of hard times and ex- pecting through some lucky cir- cumstance to earm an easy liv- ing. Through honest and hard work we have built up an en- viable business and at last ar- rived at the goal of every hon- est and conscientious merchant by having built our own store on Duval Street and one which is a credit to the community. We have always been progressive and it has always been our de- sire to do sometning that would make our home town more at- tractive and to some extent we have succeeded. “We have donated generously to charity, as well as supported ourselves and families. Probably Mr. Higgs does not know that we have already donated to the Patent - Teachers Association; Lions Club, Mercedes. Hospital, as well as the Chamber of .Com- merce. We are also -substan- tial taxpayers and in that__ way. contribute towards the welfare of our city, county,. state. and Federal government, We__ feel confident that we are doing our part as far as charity is con- cerned and have done so with- out advice of anyone and of our own free will and desire to help as far as our means would per- mit. “In reference to the ‘pickets’ e that the. people of St realize our building was built by a contractor. It is a substantial building and will probably be standing—and we hope will be a credit to the city —after Mr. Higgs and ..we are forgotten. Anyway. we had nothing to do with the hiring of cerpenters or other workers. This was done by Mr. Sawyer, the contractor, who, having the +, contract, naturally had charge of hiring and firing whom -he saw fit; as long as he and his ‘workmen did a good job we had no control over the situation. It is very significant that no pick- ets appeared in front of the bvilding at the time it was being constructed. ‘BAN PLACED ON FIREWORKS MAYOR ISSUES WARNING; ORDER TO BE ENFORCED TO THE LETTER A strict, complete ban on’ the sale and shooting of fireworks was ordered today by Mayor Willard M. Albury. In issuing his warning, the mayor stressed’ the. danger of de-| POMP Ia SI ELPA Uncle Sam's Ships Are she } _ Key West, most eguabie c country with range 0: : | HITLER REPORTED SERIOUSLY ILL (BY Asmecinted Press) Scourmg Seas in Endes- ver Te Engage Vessels in Battie ~~ LATE BULLETINS — (By Annocinted Prenn) HONOLULU.—Construction of public appearance ance ms 7 Hawaii's fortifications is pro- on dispatches wsust tPirevre Hi i f tonating fireworks at this time. He stated~further that his order will be vigorously enforced and} that no * exceptions whatever } would be made. He has instructed Police Chief Ivan Elwood to scour the city in search of potential violators. Mer- chants who have sold fireworks in the past will be notified imme- diately of the prohibiting. Mayor Albury explained that he found it necessary to act prompt- ly and sternly because-he had been informed that several stores large supplies of | fireworks hand and planned to sell them for the Yuletide holidays. The Florida state law which The. mayer, however, he is atmed with a city which teaures that merchants ob- | tan a license. for the sale of fire-; works. He said that he will ap-j ply this local law in enforcing his } order. | —________— t RED CROSS UNIT | TO MEET TONIGHT i j } An urgent call for instructors | to teach Red Cross classes is/ being sounded by Mrs. M. E} Berkowitz. All persons who possess stand- ard certificates and desire ad-} invited to attend a special meet-j ing in Legion Hall tonight. t Especially urgent is the need | for instructors. Mrs. Berkowitz, jalong the.2,000 mile BOY. SCOLDED, “=' SY AMCGMMITS SUICIDE prohibits the sale of fireworks } ‘1 goes into effect January 1. * |dareine him if iit if i id i i it : ; i ie ; rf " F fF, if i ef ic i i Td lt | F Ht if case, was dismissed when it discovered that Ress had married. the State's chief witness. Believed That Russia Will Soon Declare War On Japan AMy Aanecinted Prens) LONDON, Dec. 16.—As charg- Witter warfare, Rassian reports coo Nazi retreat into a rout, diploma- tic sources intimated that Russia that 1,500,600 may soon declare war on Japan. Soviet soldiers continued smash the war-weary, winter worn legions of Afolf Hi & the Baltic to the 4 opeR Tee eee Precious German equipment cap-- tured. At Kalinin, Red troops