The Key West Citizen Newspaper, December 23, 1941, Page 1

Che Key West Citizen THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN THE U.S. A. Communique relayed to Wathing-| i C. asserts that American ; : (By Associated Press) some of the imitial successes”; WASHING’ | *, E .—The | Scored against the Japamese...in+\Labor - Management Commission | vaders along the west ..coast. ot today threw the knotty problem } | 9f unified action in defense in-! Luzon. |dustries back to the White House. ‘The successful Nipponése land- | Unless President Roosevelt inter-| ings near Agoo and San Fabian, : venes Personally, the commission KEY WEST, FLORIDA, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1941 Franklin D. Roosevelt Tariffs And: Customs:Duties Between United States And By JACK STINNETT AP Feature Service Writer WASHINGTON, Dec. 24 | Uncle Sam mav forgive his debt- fors but he doesn't forget them | Over in the General Accounting Office are ter clerks who do mothing but be sure that the people who owe Uncle =§ | money aren't forgotten. | WFhis little division of | Was started only a few ope }ago and in its beginnings, ‘only one clerk. Since then, j division has grown to such pro- portions that in government“em- | ploye circles it has acquired the | jnicknmame of “the beartrap”.j ; Caught in the trap when it was. With U. §. last run were more than 300,000 F however, were beginning to as- may collapse in 24 hours. i Sume serious proportions, the bul-; The commission which is com-| CHIIIIISSD (By Associated Press) Canada Have Been Eliminated) | persons who owe the govern- j ment the staggering sum of | more than $1,650,000,000. (These letin admitted. The Mikado’s yel-| prised of 12 union leaders, six each low men had established a bridge-| from the AFofL and CIO and a head at these two points and! dozen representatives from indus-j were pouring in large numbers of | trial management broke up in dis- i troops. | agreement after a seven-hour ses-! . Several minor air raids were re- | sion last night. i Ported, but there were no details! The President had hoped than (Continued on Page Four) j an agreement might be reached by } | Friday, Dec. 19, but the group re-| CASA MARINA , cessed over the week end. i HOTEL OPENED When the conference recon-; CHRISTMAS DINNER TO B ‘vened yesterday, pressure was/ brought t® bear from several SERVED AT HOSTELRY ner o'chOcK * ~ soutces but to no avail. PLAN TO STIFLE , The Casa Marina Hotel man- : agement announces that the hostelry is now oper and ready STEPS TO BE TAKEN TO IN- to accommodate guests. Advance FORM PROSPECTIVE VISI- booking of reservations are en- | tirely satisfactory and a splen-| toORS THEY CAN COME TO! did season is confidently. antici- WASHINGTON, Dec. 23.—All: are individual and company debts | GERMANY AND JAPAN ‘zriffs and customs duties between} and have nothing whatever to} the United States and Canada do with unpaid foreign loans.) | FAIL TO AGREE ON have been eliminated | Probably the reason that Uncle's F.D.R.-CHURCHILL MEET This announcement issued to-iRephews and nieces gave the! day by the White House is the re-}““beartrap” its nickname is that; (By Associated Press) sult of the conference between} thousands of them have had/| NEW YORK, Dec. 23— President Roosevelt and Prime} their fingers nipped in it. When-} Hurried and unable to get Minister William Mackenzie King:®Y€F @ government employe | together, Germany and Japan 0f Canada held last August. —. owing th government for | recognized the second meet- The elimination of trade bar-|€xtra time off. overpayment for} img between Roosevelt and Tiers between this country and the Somes: ete.. his card goes into Churchill with statements British dominion in the north is! ‘He file And if he ever steps) diametericalily opposed to expected to have a profound ef-j — aoreraestet _Service again | each other. feet on acceleration of the war ef-j . Pecsssgpes have since nation- Berlin said in effect that fort against the Axis powers. |# sea and war started), he the President ordered the This new agreement, however, ' P2F* ae as or — : j British prime minister to _ is not expected to concern tourists. ! nele hes st 's de <4 Jet is | Washington. & - It ismemilitary secret that > wanie Se dae wie Tokyo said that Churchill planes, tanks, foodstuffs and/- 06 pyc es —_ ly = came to Washington to order | armaments are shipped to Cana-! 1 Aiaags: up to around “to vary is tactics in the Far East”. dian ports and relayed from there + 5,000, while settlements are be- Add A dA 2d {o Rakion, jing made at the rate of only! }600 a month. At that. the: MILITA 'ARY EXPERTS sstsstze ose a {dividuals and corporations. From : CONFIDENT a half million to a million dol-! j lars a year rolls into the federal ! 1 j Lord Viscount Halifax Lord Beaverbrook County Tax Collector's. Office Reopened Today Tables Wl eae Se * The Monroe county tax coliec- tor’s office opened this morning for the first time since Dec. 1. Frank H. Ladd, who was ap- pointed by Gov. Spessard L. Hol- land to succeed Joseph C. Mec- Mahon on Dec. 11, was in charge. Although the opening date pated. KEY WEST UNAFRAID A large number of guests are expected to arrive Wednesday (December 24), this being the; Vigorous measures are being date.set for the grand opening {taken by the Chamber of Com- and’ the inauguration of the| merce to stifle nation-wide re- season's activities. ports that tourists are not per- | BY WELFARE UNIT CONCERNS OLD AGE ASSIST- PAIGNS MAY BRING SHIFT Tois Season as in the past | mitted to visit Key West. Christmas dinner will be served} Stephen -C. Singleton was! at 7:00 o'clock in the evening on | prompted into action by another | Christmas Day at the nominal /letter received today from a price of $2.50 per plate. potential winter visitor who; The people of Key West are} wished to verify the report that! cordially inyited to participate; the army was turning back all; in the functions during the Sea-j| visitors who wished to enter the: son, to enjoy the refined dancing | sity. | each e¥ening inthe’ Patio: under} The communication from Ed-/| colorfulclights and benéatte “thet gar Whitener of High Point, N. | cocoanuts.< farmed by the *ééedfi ‘©; informed Mr. Singleton that} breezes. to the strainsoofesweét -#'fumor was current in the North | swing music. ‘ i {Continued on Page Four: Sponge Sales Held Today. Amounted To $1,130.18 | this morning at the municipal DEFENSE COUNCIL dock The sales follow: bunch yellow —$ 251) bunches wool 49.87 bunches wool 9.65 bunches wool 181 21.06 17.25 The boy scouts of Key West will soon be asked to contribute their services to the Monroe bunches wool County Defense council. wool A meeting of all air raid sta- glove 2.39 ton captains and air raid war- 415,75 | dens will be held Friday night 609.89 | at Fire Chief Harry Baker's =| wool 50 bunches wool et fice’ in City Hall. The’ confer- Total— $1,130.18) ence will start at 7:30 p.m. Most of the boats are now At that time, the captains will settled. Because of the blight,! be given'@ list of ‘the personnel the past year did not compare!) Which willbe placed under their vorably wi vi asons. | command. favorably with previous se: | ‘The sais will be given full j instructions and organization of og Stations will be completed, according to an announcement made this morning by E. P. Win- ANCE: FUNDS ARE AWAIT- IN OPERATIONS RTLY leoffers as result of GAO's new | ¥@5 unannounced, a large crowd PLANS NEW MOVE cassie: 22>: {ceeseeeBhed Ser So roenene | Separate Germans and Italians }. There's a curi Treason be- SHARP REVERSES IN RUS-jhind the governmeri¥s establish- | SIAN AND LIBYAN CAM-/ ment of two internment camps} afternoon of Dee. 1, immediately and why the Italian sailors (in- jterned when their ships were DEFENDERS CONTINUE | 1942 automobile tags and to pay ; taxes due. The office was closed on the aller Mr. McMahon was fatally stricken by a heart attack. (BY Ansoriated Prensa) SINGAPORE “Dec. 23.—Be- |seized in American harbors) are} }held at Fort Mizzoula, Mont. | (Ry Associated Preas) ED FROM STATE'S SPECIAL On that day the 1941 tax rolls | Legislative become available. and the German sailors at Fort! were opened for collection and Lincoln, N. D. the 1942 licemge plates placed on That reason—and the only one | sale. —is that the government doesn’t! Thre was considerable delay in dare keep these sons of the Axis reopening the department. Haste ;Powers together because they /was urged but the governor was sgh orth | jconstantly fight | away on a hunting trip. He made They fear that because of Cam Even in transporting them, al-jhis appointment 11 days after tinued sharp reverses, he may jthough many seamen from both | the sudden death of Mr. McMa- turn“his legions to one of three Germany and Italy were e:rest-|hon. objectives: jed- in the same harbors, they| Mr. Ladé, who held the office 1) ‘An invasion of Turkey ‘to-were kept far enough apart so for two previous termis, made - boi the oil fields of Asia} that they couldn't even threaten |every effort to recpen the de- a x Se _. peach other: | partment as soon as possible. __ 2) An invasion of Spain, which > When I asked a government of-| Late last week a state auditor is friendly to the Axis, to get/ ficial who has. been connected | arrived to examine the books. He ee ., | With internment of the sailors|concluded his check-up last __3) An invasion of England it-| what made them fight, he shrug. night and the office opened for ba pend - |ed his shoulders and said: “All! business at 9 o'clock this morn- While London speculated on!f can get out of them is that, ing. Hitler's next course, two Rus- they hate each other like poi- Tax Collector Ladd is being sian columns encircled the re-! son”. assisted by the same office per-_ maining Ger n forces in i Poison—Just itamin huge pocket south of Lake La-} ba Pas LONDONP"Dec. 23.—Military | and diplomatic circles were con-} vinced todav that Adolf Hitler} Was preparin; j to offset his Russia and North Africa. REVENUE (Special te The Citizen) JACKSONVILLE, Dec. 23.— The State Welfare Board has geared the machinery for the payment of cash grants to addi- tional applica for Old Age As- sistance just as soon’ as funds from -new horse track levies vot- ed by the 1941 session of the At its December meeting, held | here, it authorized district boards to investigate all applications filed by the aged throughout the state, this action supplement- ing that of the November meet- ing when enlargement of the so- cal work staff was. authorized in an attempt to equalize the work to be accomplished in each | he leek Ghat ctliie” aad « Sich leagured Hong Kong is still fiy- ing the British Union Jack Reports from the island for- tress gave hourly reports =p until a late hour this afternoon that the imperial defenders af the besieged isiand were fighting with undimmed ardor Fall of the century-old crown colony is conceded. While the garrison of ah, Austen and Indian cate resisted with forward to within 27 miles of the main fort. sonnel whigh served him when | fi IN it district. | The two-fold initiative will result in the accumulation of a backlog of eligible cases by the time the new revenues are in hand. There are approximately §8.- 000 applications for Old Age As-| sistance pending the state ‘over,* it was stated here today by Le- land W. Hiatt, state welfare com- missioner. According to past ex-/ perience, about 60 per « cent o' these will be found eligible for | the receipt of cash grants. tions were on file as of Novem ber 30. HOLIDAY NOTICE | This company will not be open for business on Wednesday - Thursday in observance of Christ- mas holidays. Strunk Lumber Yard i doga. Moscow reported that shiver- ing, ill-clad Nazi troops were reeling in headiong retreat, en- abling the rgent Red army to recapture - additional vil- lages. Pravda. official Red Per, claimed that 117,000 Ger- man troops have been killed on the Moscow front during the ve-week period ending. Dec’ Russian. guerillas: were“ Said ibe raisingshavoe with the” In Monroe county, 57° dpplica- } treating. Germians. Frank’s Barber formerly located in LeBlond Building. 214 Duval Street Now In LA CONCHA BUILDING 425 Fleming Street (Formerly occupied by Thomasine Miller Beauty Shop) REMOVAL ‘NOTICE| Shop newspa- } Paul V. McNutt, Federal Se- curity administrator, has start- ed a campaign to coin common or “popular” names to replace | scientific terms which sometimes jscare the daylights out of per- sons buying foods and drugs. As an example of what he is idriving at, Mr. McNutt cites the important vitamin, “nicotinic acid”. This vitamin, so essential jto health, Mr. MéNutt explains, is found in lean meat, certain other commen articles. of diet— yet. when brocessors jabel their a We Extend [ through The Key West Citizen and in turn donate Our Christ- mas Card Money to the Amer- ican Red Cross. DR. AND MRS. 5 a de ded be ten de nth was retained by Mr. McMahon when he was elected a year ago. it gil! to the grougd last night by.ai fire of undetermined origin. i fr ae | legedly overheard of .a defense worker, who has “ been transferred from the naval or Relies te Station to Pensacola. {