The Key West Citizen Newspaper, April 21, 1943, Page 4

10 BUILDING AIR RAID SHELTER _. Issued by . j jaent vsatied of the shelter in sud. Division of Civil Protection den cloudbursts. State Defense Council ; At the two ends of the trench, of Fi the tops of the four uprights lorida ‘shold be, anchored back. by clamps eee |means of wire lashings to the 1. Where space is avai as ‘anchor posts. in a garden or nearby vacant 8. If the number of Persons. to Jot, a trench provides excellent be accommodated exceeds 6, an protection during air raids ©x- extra length of 1 ft. 6 in. per cept against direct hits. In order; person should be added to the that the trench shall be ces yo 10-foot length of the shelter. any chance of being buried under | Similarly if the number is less wreckage it should be at least 20' than 6, the length of the shelter feet Soe Buildings pas a beets be as by : ft. 6 in. for tance of eet is r. jevery person less than six. trap door should be as far away; 9. The length of the. shelter from, Mc yeep hs ees and ! shown in this design is the mini- if nearer than eet to any}mum required to accommodate reper sig ee pee ee Gee w when sitting close with sheet asbestos and prefer- together. ith the gas curtain ably have a metal frame in order (and trap closed, the air in the to secure protection from the)trench may become oppressive heat caused by a burning build-| after some timc, and it may be ing. seer to flags the entrance 2. A complete trench of sim-jand admit air, after the occu- ple construction to accommodate! pants haye put on their respira- six persons. tors. If the trench is extended 3. The bottom of the trench is,|to provide a length of 2 ft. 6 in. if possible, 6 feet below ground, level except in locations where the ground water is nearer the Per person in the shelter, the six occupants should be able to re- main therein, with the gas cur- surface than 6 feet. In such lo- cations the bottom of the trench hou “must be at least 1 foot above! 10. It is important to provide ground water level and_ protec- drains to Prevent surface water tion must be secured by building | from running into the trench, earth'mounds at each side of the and, as mentioned earlier, and trench. The width of the trench shown on the plans, a dam js 3 ft. 6 in. at the bottom and should be constructed entirely 4 ft. 6 in. at the top. It is di-| around the entrance trap door. vided -into three sections. 11. If, when digging the (ay A shelter, 10 feet long, | trench, water is found before in which the occupants sit on \the depth of 6 feet is reached, a sedt along one side. | Work should be stopped above (b) A covered entrance, 3 | the water level and the extra feet long, with a sloping gas height required should be ob- curtain resting against a wood- | tained by banking up earth above en frame. ;8round level. The earth may (c). An entrance, 3 feet long, | be retained in a steep mound, giving access to the shelter | by revetting the sides of the from: the outside by means of | Mound with sand bags, logs of a ladder. Over the entrance is ; Wood, bundles of brush, turf sods. a wooden or metal cover or trap ,This.mound should go ‘entirely in order to exclude rain and {around the entrance to protect gas laden air. The bottom of the occupants of the shelter from this entrance should be lower | flying bomb splinters, etc. than the floo of the trench, |~.12. In some loose soils it may to collect any. water leaking bi found that the sides of the into the trench. | trench begin to fall, in before 4. Phe trench epth vent gides falling in. This can be , this case it wil! be necessary to done using corrugated iron sheets | use some of the revetting mate- held in place by. wooden. frames. | tial as temporary supports to the These. frames Consist of 2 x 4.in. sides, while the full depth is be- upri on each side; of -the ing.dug. . trenclf, placed at 3-foot intervals, 13. The design of the shelter with 2.x 4 in. spreaders fixed be-' is so simple that it~ should be tween’ them at the top and bot-! possible for most Persons to con- tom to hold apart. Instead of; Struct it themselves, and it will iron, wooden boards or sheets of | probably be feasible for.a home pressed wood or any other avail- | owner to use old materials he has able ad suitable material can be around his place as substitutes used for the lining. In locations for the materials specified here- where’ the earth is not perfectly in. o stable it is recommended that’ If new materials have to be these frames be placed closer | bought, the average cost of the than three feet. In very sandy materials alone (excluding la- locations a spacing as close as 18 | bor) will be about thirty dollars inches is ‘recommended. | ($30), Provided no sand bags are 5. The top of the trench, ex-!Tequired for revetting a mound cept the entrance, is covered with | above ground level. If the ground the earth which is obtained from | has to be built entirely above the excavation; The earth is| ground level the cost of sand carried on a roof consisting of | bags for revetment will increase corrugated iron sheets laid on the cost of materials to about 2x 6 in. wooden joists 2 feet | ninety dollars ($90), but as men- apart resting on 2 x 6 in. plates. | tioned in a previous Paragraph Two by four in. joists may be | other and cheaper materials may used, but if they are used they ; be used for this revetment. | must be placed about 12 inches 14. If circumstances do not al-| apart. Wooden boards, pressed | low of the trench being com- | wood or other suitable material | pleted as shown in the plans, it | may be used in the roof instead|can be brought into use as a of the corrugated iron. | means of refuge from blast, splin- 6. The gas curtain can be | ters and weather, if dug to a made of a blanket. Light wood | depth of say 4 ft. 6 in. Walls slats are fastened to the blanket | can be built on the ground at about two feet apart to keep it|the sides of the trench about 15) hanging flat and closely against the | inches high and corrugated iron | inclined frame. Twelve inches of | sheets laid on the walls as shown | blanket-should be left trailing onjin the sketch of a temporary | the grojind to prevent air passing) shelter. .A few inches of earth | underneath it. In actual use the | can be spread over blanket Should be kept wet. When | place. | not in use the blanket should be} The shelter thus made is, of rolled up the inclined frame and| course, not gas-proof, and, if, held at the top by cords. ‘ jafter a period, the sides show 7. The digging can be done in| signs of falling in, some sort of § es. One of the advantages. of lining will have to be provided. a trench is that it will afford some ECONOMY MEASURES In ordinary medium soil a single} digger should be able to excavate | from 60 to 80 cubic feet in four ‘TALLAHASSEE, Fla., April 21. hours and his first step should be! (7NS)—Proposing economy meas- to dig the shelter chamber, 10 feet | ures which he estimates would long, to a depth of 3 feet saving: ct MnBreNT: tain and trap closed, for a period of three hours, When | result in a this has been completed the six] mately $2,000,000 a year, Rep. Joe is lined to pre- i the full depth is reached, and in|‘ the corru-| | NEW DRESS SHOP OPENING TODAY Starling’s, Key West's newest dress shop, opens its doors to the aublic today at 417 Duval street, apposite the La Concha Hotel. In oday’s Citizen they make the an- youncement of their opening. I favs they. are. presenting an e: siting collection.. of. vivid, new iresses of beauty and quality; The prices start at $4.95 and range apward.. Among. the dresses shown are a. select number of Miami Hand Tailored Creations, Dresses of this quality are shown in the better shops of Miami Seach and exclusive shops at Atlantic City and in Fifth Ave-! tue shops in New York. Mrs. Starling, who operates this new Key West shop has wide oxperience in the dress business, | being an exclusive designer in her | awn right, She will be pleased to jaye the women of Key West drop in to look around, see the new cre- ations; no obligation to buy, as Mrs. Starling sz ‘It’s Shoppers’ Day at Starling’s. GOOD THROUGH APRIL| (CANNED GOODS) | COUPONS D, E and F MEATS and BUTTER Red Coupons, Series A, B, C and D ere valid through April; Red D became valid April 18 ; What time or distance we depart. | CONTRIBUTIONS TO | WAR FUND CAMPAIGN age $6.00 2.00 THE KEY WES$ CITIZEN Junior Commandos | Mr. and Mrs. Leo Warren R. H. Adams | Mrs. Ella Collins i Mrs. Isabell Roque |Britt’s Coffee Shop Mrs, Vernon Lowe Mrs. Sybil A. Delaney |Mamie Bethel } Thomas Thompson Gladys Tate _ Mary Carey !Trudie Algreen j Georgie Sawyer Justina Edgecomb Catherine Sawyer Mary Williams Margaret Riggs Muriel Gates Rebecca Knowles Margaret Baptiste Lazara F, Dominguez (colored) . 1.00 Jose A. Dominguez (colored) 1.00 KEY WEST On Northern shores the breakers seem To crouch and show their teeth and spring And, racing shoreward, flash and} gleam, challenging; ders ring. 1.00! 1.00! While, their thun-} Here, tamed by reefs that sea- ward lie, Waves softly murmur and caress, Like playmates, thos> who linger | by | Their beauty and their loveliness. | 7 if ws 2 | Here is a magic, mystic charm | That calls us back o'er land or/| sea: Its music haunts our memory. : —Stephen Cochran Singleton: LEGALS Godd Through April 25 7 2 i (Sugar Book) Good For One Pound (March 22 Through April 25, Five Weeks) OUGH MAY 31 3 oy TIO! STAMP NO. 12 Good for Five Pounds (March 16 through May 31) COUPON NO. 5 Good For Three Gallons Expires September 30 if oecupants will obtain protection | Jenkins of Alachua. offered two from splinters and blast by sitting | pills lasteweek, One ealls for the on the bottom of the trench. | consolidation of public tax col-| Thereafter the trench can be) jections into a new State Depart- | dug and improved as opportunity | ment of Revenue. The bill would} offers. One man working alose| take from Comptroller J. M. Lee} should be able to do all the exca-| and other state officers and com-| vation i nseevn periods of 3 to 4/ missions virtually all their pres- | hours each. jent authority in collecting excise | The fitting of the lining of the; taxes and licenses. sides will require at least two] workers. When it has been com-| lish a State Department of Inves-} pleted, the plates, joists and cor- | tigation, which would combine all rugated iron for the roof should) investigating and inspection ser- be fixed in position and finally | vices now divided among several the earth placed on the corrugated | agencies, including the State De- iron sheets, The earth face over| partment of Public Safety. the entrance should rest against a —_—_— wall of earth in sand bags, sacks} U.S. submarine boasts clean or boxes, | Sweep of a New Guinea convoy. In locations as rainy as Florida, | ie Mt an earth-dam should be built en-; Knox urges air and Navy bases tirely around the entrance, to pre-' in Pacific for United States, The other measure would estab- | COUPON NO. 5 GOOD UNTIL JUNE 15 E, ‘AMP NO. 17 NOTICE OF APPLICATION OF NELLIE E. HARRIS, A MAB- | RIED WOMAN, TO BECO! A FREE DEALER. .. | NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned, Nellie E. Harris, a married woman, a resi dent of the State,of\Florida, wil apply to one of the Judges of the | Cireuit Cotirt of the Eleventh} Judicial Circujt' of | Florida, in and for Monroe, Gounty, iat his; office in the Courthouse in Mi-| ami, Florida, on the 24th day 6f/’ April, A. D._ 1943, at. 10..0’clock. A. M. or as soon, thereafter asa! hearing may be had for a license to manage, take charge of and! control her property. and to be- come a free dealer in every re- spect in accordance with the statutes of the State of Florida. (Sd.). NELLIE E. HARRIS, “y «Petitioner. (Sd.) AQUILINO LOPEZ, JR., Attorney for, Petitioner... mar24-31;apr7-14-21,1943 | IN THE COUNTY JUD! IN AND FOR, MONROB FLORIDA IN PROBATE, H. ROBERTS Dee Notice is hereby gi j Sons that Hollon R. Samuel R. Lund, the — undersigned tament of Walter H. ceased, have filed w: able Raymond R, L of Monroe x id Executors an ave made application for their 4 arge as Executors of the Last Will| and Testament of Walter H. Roberts deceased. Dated March ($a.) HOLLO (Sa.) J, R. LUND, As Executors of the Last Will. and tament of Walter H. Roberts, deceased, . mar31j 4-21,1943 IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF: THE ELEVENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA, IN AND FOR MONROE COUNTY, IN CHANCERY. SSBITT, Complainant, vs. DIVORCE THOMAS W. NESBITT, Defendant. TO APPEAR W. NESBITT, whose e is unknown. You are hereby required to ap- pear to the sworn bill of com- plaint filed against you in. the above styled cause on or_ before the 7th day of June, A. D, 1943, otherwise the allegations. thereof will be taken as confessed. Done and Ordered this 20th, 1943. (SEAL) Ross C Sawyer k of Circuit Court of Monroe nty, Florida. AYMOND R. LORD, Solicitor for Complainant. s apr21-28,may5-12,1943 April NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR TAX DEED ite Bill Ne. 163) HEREPY GIVEN, That 3. Sawyer, Jr, holder of Tax } jente ‘No. 715, issued the 2nd |day of September.’ A. D. 1940, has | filed same in my office and’ thas |made application fora tax deed. to be issued thereon, Said certificat embraces the following described property in the County of Monroe, State of Florida, to-wit: Lot 1, Cudjoe Key G4-268 G9- 183/184 Sec. 32, Twp. 66 Range 28, 23-3/4 Acres As recorded in Monroe County Records ‘The assessment of the said prop- erty under the said certificate is- sued was in the name of Key Farm Land Co. 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