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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-09-05
NAVY OFFICIALS
SEE NECESSITY OF
HIRING WORKERS
LOCAL YARDS ADVISED IN
CREASES WILL GO FOR
WARD DURING PRE-ELEc-
TON PERIOD

Captain w. F. Jacobs. COM
mandant at the Key West naval
station, today informed The Citi-
zen of Navy Department dis
patch sent to all naval stations.
the subject of which has to do
with the provision dealing with
increases in naval forces during
the sixty days period prior to a
national election.
An Act of Congress, approved
June 30, 1876, prohibits any in
crease of the force at any navy
yard at any time within sixty
days next before any election to
take place for President of the
United States, the dispatch stated,
except when the Secretary of the
Navy shall certify that the needs
of the public service make such
increase necessary at that time.
The letter was sent to inform
all naval station commandments
that certificate as to the neces-
Sity for increases in the forces at
navy yards and other naval shore
establishments within sixty days
before the national election" had
been made, and that ''for the
purpose of expediting National
EofanSa tho needs of tho plIhlic
service make increases in the
forces at all navy yards and other
naval shore establishments neces-
sary at this time.
Accordingly, commandments and
other commanding officers are
authorized to continue to in
crease the forces at navy yards
as may be necessary to prosecute
the work assigned, as stated in
the message.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-09-05
OUR DEFENSE
EDITORS NOTE: This is the tenth and f;ns, %
series prepared by the National Defense Advisory Com
mission in requests for articles on
national preparedness program)
THE ARMY OF THE UNITED STATES
S. o. s..

There are two main ways in
which the Quartermaster buys
supplies for the Army. II pur-
chases food and .rticles of stand
ard manufacture direct from
commercial dealers and from
manufacturers. 1t puts its, mar
ket basket over its arm every
day and buys a trainload of beef
here, a shipload of potatoes
there About sixty percent of all
the food bought for the Army is
purchased in large lots by Quar-
termaster Depots and is furnish
ed to the posts. The other forty
percent of the food, fresh eggs,
milk, fowl, fruit, and vegetables,
is bought on contracts made loo
ally by the Quartemaster pur-
officers on the Army
Post, who are the local house
keepers, looking over the days
bargains and figuring up what 10
serve Fresh bread is made
every day on some posts, and the
Army cooks usually bake all their
pies and cakes in their unit
kitchens The Quartermaster
Corps also operates schools for
Continued on Page Two)
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-09-05
AQUEDUCT GROUP
MET LAST NIGHT
PLAN TO CONFER WITH AZ
TOHNEY IN MANI
SATURDAY

Members William n D0uzhtrv
chairman: William Arnold arS
Earl Adams. Of the Fluridz E@vz
Aqueduct C0mmission. he'd a.
informal meeting last night q
discuss the pipeline pr0lecf -
its latter stages
Present al the gathering urere
Julius Stone and represeutzf1ue
Bernie c. Papy- B. NJ Dunczn
was to have attended. but was
not in the city.
Upshot Of the meeting was >
decision TO hold q session an IL
ami on Saturday II TINS week
with attorney s p Roblnesu O.
ascertain progress being msde
with the Iaan application before
the RFC and 70 discuss other
matters.
Julius Stone and Mr.. Dunczn
were extended an invitation %
accompany members Of the COR
mission TO Miami II was fen
that the interests Of the auue-
duct line could be vel served u
going over al matters c1ncerulnE
the commissions project with .
view in mind Of making 3 fuu
report for public consuuptio1
following the meeting
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-09-05
hat is not a distress signal. It,

That is not a distress signal. 1t
stands for the services of supply,
the services that help the fight
ING arms of the Army get on
with their fighting. These serv-
ices include such important
functions as feeding, clothing,
housing, paying, hospitalizing,
arming, and even praying for the
men who man the guns.
A soldier is just like anyone
else. He needs food, clothing, and
shelter. The Quartermaster Corps
furnishes him with those essen
tial needs. 1t carries a stock of
lightweight uniforms for the
Tropics and a supply of fur hats
for Alaska. 1t can make cloth
ing at its Philadelphia depot for
all occasions. 1t provides fish on
Friday, and turkey on Thanks
giving. 1t has tents for the
marching troops, and brick bar
racks for those who are station
airy. 1t buys needlepoints and
troop ships. And it has to fig
ure far enough ahead so that
when a soldier gets to where he
is going he will find a Quarter
master already has fixed it so
that supper is on the stove.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-09-05

WASHINGTON So
JorIfy leader Seuz1ur A.
Barley stated t1sdzv 49,
would strive - head rr
legislation before rhe So -
lis final stages So thzr c.
would b. able ~ adluu-- &C.,
October Isl
Senator Barley Ezs 5000
IN that move By sctluE Eez-
can leader. Sena1ur A. m
Vermont.
On the House slde. 49,
difficulty was beng exue-a
IN bringing the Burke-w
worth c0nscTIption nal a. usrr
Elongated debate Nas henE g.
tured on the floor and q la.z-s
today, like final votes u1rud ~
come before the end uf thz ue-k
or the first OF next
Navy department h-zds zz-E
this morning that q total q =
100000 would b expenGed e.
the eight bases % D. es1shlzzz
on British ISLANDS lezsed fur -
years. Balancing bases a. ~
Pacific ocean. near the Pauzz
Canal were 20 BE- sought. Il mzz
stated.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-09-05
DREDGING BIDS
ARE'OUT NOW
TO BE RETURNED TO WASH
INGToN OFFICE BY
SEPT Ie

1t. Comdr. T. j. Brady. public
works officer at the local naval
station, announced today that
bids were now being accepted at
the Bureau of Yards and Docks
In Washington for the submarine
base dredging project.
Bids went out on call ten DAYS
ago. and are to be turned in at
the Washington office by Sep
TENDER 18th. Comdr. Brady felt.
IN statement to The Citizen this
morning, that work on the prof.
ect would get started around
October 1St.
Plans and specifications are on
file at Comdr. Brady's office and
are being studied by members of
his department now.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-09-05
County Advised
$4,000 Bonds
Arc Cancelled
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SEWING PROJECT IN
REPORT TO COUNTY

Members of the Monroe
County Board of Commits
sioners received a six-month
report from the WPA Sewing
Room project at their meet
ing last night.
The report included work
performed for the period Feb
ruarY Is to August IA this
year and listed the following
figures:
Governmental contribution,
$l4.S67.07: Federal Textiles,
used. at l01a cents per yard.
3o.499 yards. at cost of So
202.40. Total amount ex-
pended. Sl8.069.47.
Garments issued TO COM
modify room. 1922: TO jun
ior patrols. AZ; TO Monroe
County Home. az.
City contribution on the
project was listed as rent
on the sewing room. $1,000.
and $50 per month during the
period. $3.50.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-09-05
YOUTH OF CITY
NOT AWARE OF
CRISIS ROBERTS
NATIONAL GUARD RECRUIT
ING OFFICER HEARS OF
ALARMING STATEMENTS
BY YOUNG MEN HERE

Recruiting officer, 1t. w. E. P.
Roberts, of Battery 'tE'', Florida
National Guards, today called on
The Citizen to assist further in
the drive to enlist members to
fill the ranks of the local bat
terry.
1t. Roberts stated that in in
terviews with several eligible
young men, he had found an
alarming indication" that the
youth of Key West were not
taking the present crisis period
as seriously as they might.
startling to me-, 1t. Roberts
stated, "were the statements
made concerning Sinking of
duty in connection with enlist
ment in the Guards or the reg
ular army upon enactment of the
Burke Wadsworth conscription
bill" He stated that some young
men had entertained the opinion
that they could escape draft by
marriage, or thought that it
would be long time before they
would be called for service.
Heard, too, were statements to
the effect that some Key West
young men would rather be a
live coward" than a dead
hero" 1t. Roberts summed it all
up by diScouraging the view
taken by most young men
who spoke out on the subject,
that "a miracle would happen to
stop the world unrest and wars.
Results of the drive to date to
fill the local battery's ranks have
resulted in only five new recruits,
1t. Roberts stated. He stated
that he would continue in his eff
fort to attract interest in the
cause of the National Guards and
hoped that his efforts would re-
suit in success.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-09-05

WASHINGTON, Sept. 5.-If
you see a couple of gents measur-
ing the width of state highway,
taking grade elevations, punch
ing soil-test rods into shoulders
and measuring the sag in old
bridges, you'll know that the
highway is a part of the 10000
mile network of strategic military
roads.
You probably WON'T see any
such gents, because most of the
state highway departments al
ready have the information. In
the next few weeks they will be
pouring it into the Public Roads
administration here for tabula-
ton and assembly into a report
to the Army and the National
Defense commission.
Out of that report, with rec
ommendations from the President
and action from Congress, our
strategic military highway net
work may be improved and re-
paired. But don't let anybody tell
you that at the moment there is
any wholesale plan to make SUI
per-highwayS out of every wagon
track-or even any national de-
Tense plans to super" highways
that aren't already "Supered".
Must Support Tanks
About the only military roads
that will be built Immediately are
those which lead from the main
arteries or cities to new military
end naval establishments. In
mileage. these roads probably
will be negligible 1t is likely
they will be built with an eye to
modern mechanical warfare
wide and strong enough to ac-
commodate the heavy tanks and
new heavy gun carriages.
The 80,000-mile network was
worked out by the Army and
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-09-05
Other Bond Refunding
Matters Held Over;
Five Apply For Liquor
Licenses

Monroe County Commission
ers. in regular session last eve
ming at the county courthouse.
were advised by letter from
state treasurer w. v. Knott that
sufficient funds TO complete pur-
chase of the remaining $4,000 of
Monroe County Road and Bridge
Refunding Bonds still remained
in the Hammer Bill Fund. and
that the purchase. designated
bonds "B". at 70 and interest, as
recommended July lst. would be
contaminated. following which
the bonds would be cancelled.
Present at the meeting were
chairman Carl Bervaldi, commits
sioners VIM MonSalvatge. Brax-
ton 3. Warren, T. Jenkins Curry
and Norberg Thompson. Julius
Stone, representing the county
attorney, and chief deputy sheriff
Bernard Waite were also pres
ent.
Another communication from
treasurer Knott dealt with the
$4,000 refunding bond issue
which has been referred to the
attorney general for an opinion
as to whether the outstanding
bonds can come within the scope
of the Hammer Act.
Still another bond offering
matter, as recommended by Mr..
Knott and R. F. drummer. was
held over to the next meeting
when county attorney w. Curry
Harris would be present.
The commissioners voted to
purchase two pages of advertis-
ing in coming Florida Sill
houette" supplement edition of
the Miami Daily News at cost
of $500. 1t was mentioned that
that newspaper would sell an
other page to merchants of the
city and would donate another
page to make Key Vests part in
the special edition four pages.
The edition is to sell at 10 cents
per copy and will be released on
December 1st.
Bond of Leroy Francis Cuppy
for $1,000, to guarantee perform
ance of duties as deputy sheriff,
was approved by the board.
The following applications for
liquor licenses were read and
placed on file for future action.
Rene S. Marchesseau, Craig,
Fla; julius F. Stone. Boca Chica;
Mabel Mckinney, Key Largo:
Fred L. Marvil, city; Edwin H.
Continued On Page Four)
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-09-05
STORK PAYS CALL
AT BYRDS HOME

Sounds like Mr.. Stork
went calling on some other
members of the bird family.
doesn't if?
However. it's just the Gus
tomarY way of announcing
that Mr.. and Mrs. James Byrd
welcomed an eight-pound
boy. born at local hospital
Tuesday. September 3rd. at
1900 o'clock noon. exactly.
The baby has been named
James Claude Byrd. His
mother is the former Miss
Ernestine Sails. She and her
son are reported as doing
nicely.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-09-05
CITY COUNCIL
MEETS TONIGHT

First meeting of the current
month for the City Council will
be called to order tonight at 800
o'clock in council chambers at
the city hall by president William
A. Freeman.
Clerk Archie Roberts advised
that routine matters and first-of
the month reports were the main
items to come up at the meet
ing.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-09-05
HIGH UPKEEP

BALTIMORE = According to
a report filed in Orphans Court
recently, the upkeep, education
and recreation of 7-year-old
Christopher Smith Reynolds. son
of the late Zachary Smith Rey-
nolds and the former torch singer,
Libby Holman Reynolds, cost ST.
701. 940.45 last year.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-09-05
IF YOUR ROAD Is ON MILITARY MAP.
ghway Network May Be Improved, Repaired
YOU NEEDN'T WORRY ABOUT UPKEEP


Feature Service Writer
the Public Works Administra-
ton. 1t spiderwebs over every
state, with east-west and north
south arteries tying together the
coast lines and the borders and
giving clear outlets from indus
trial centers to military canton
ments and naval supply bases.
Bridge Boom Likely
Much of it, according to pre-
liminary surveys, would be salts
factory for military use even now.
The principal difficulties are gaps
of poor road that link some of the
better highways and about 1000
bridges that are far from ade-
quate for passage of new, heavier
military equipment.
1t looks to this unexpert eve
as if the bridge building bust
ness is in for a boom. If there
are 1000 wobbly bridges that
need reinforcing or replace
ment, that means a heap of new
spans. even if some of them are
no more than gIorified cul-
vertS.
Not All AT Once
What effect the survey and
subsequent recommendations will
have on the country's highway
system cannot be predicted now.
But you can skip the idea that
we are going to have in the near
future 10000 miles of highways
that will match the l,90O-mile
four-lane, earth-divided autobah-
men Of Germany.
We already have more auto
bahnen here than that and we'll
probably have still more, but it
would take years to super-high-
way the whole network and make
adequate feeders out of all the
horse and buggy roads that lead
into it.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-09-05
DRIVERS LICENSES
ARE NOW ON SALE

County Judge Raymond R.
Lord advised today that drivers
licenses for the new fiscal year
opening October 1st were to be
placed on sale Immediately and
should be purchased before the
deadline date.
New application forms were
expected at Judge Lords office
this afternoon.
A total of 1889 licenses were
issued during the current fiscal
year now closing.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-09-05
OLIVIA STREET
PROPERTY SOLD

Warantee Deed recorded at the
county courthouse this week in
dictated the sale OF fifty-nine feet
of property on Olivia street, near
Elizabeth, by Narcissus L. John
son to Moulton johnson.
Price of the sale was approx
mately $1,000.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-09-05
KITE WIRE ELECTROCUTES

NEW YORK.-Two boys, Dom
mick Scorca, IL, and Louis Sis
tagini, -, of the Bronx, were
electrocuted when the strand of
bell wire they were using to fly
their kite fell across a high-ten-
sion wire carrying 2,4OO volts.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-09-05
CONGRESS MAY
ADJOURN IN
THREE WEEKS
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when ne touched . water faust
while wearing an electric had
lamp, that his right shoulder bone
was -as completely shzr1ere1 IS
if il had been struck BY 3 szzl
hell"
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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-09-05

Associated Press Day Wire
Service
For go Years Devoted to the
Best Interests of Key West
Evening star., 1940-01-06
Hitchcock bench Is included with its
painted frame and gold decorations.
Recreation Room
Uses Garden Motif

Ideas for the decoration Of the
basement recreation room are al
ways welcome. One Of the best has
the double advantage of being In
expensive and effective as well.
The walls of the loom on three
sides are decorated to look like q
garden. Hollyhocks, delphiniums,
snap dragons and other midsummer
flowers are painted against a light
cerulean blue background. Their gay
colors brighten the room and estab-
lish an informal atmosphere. Close
to the walls a low picket fence is
set, and artificial trailing vines and
few potted plants used to break
the continuous white lines.
The fourth wall is clapboarded
and decorated with built-in book
cases, a drop-leaf side table, and
running upholstered bench. The
floor is linoleum covered in a flag
stone pattern centered with a large
grass green rug. Chairs and tables
are green and white painted wood
of typical and comfortable garden
variety.
Evening star., 1940-01-06

in October. This indicates that the
current industrial boomlet is thriv-
ing on local orders as we'll as on
war demands from Europe. How
ever, the United States will not in
dulge in reckless overexpansion as it
did in l9l4-l9l8.
u. S. H. A. Projects Started.
"The market for private non-
residential construction other than
commercial and industrial offers lit
tie basis for expecting the volume
to be much different from last
years. Included in this classiflca-
tion are religious, memorial, educa-
tional, social, recreational, hospital
and institutional buildings.
"One thing is certain in the out
look for public construction, more
money will be spent this year on
the construction of U. S. H. A. hous-
ing projects than was the case in
1899. While construction has al
ready started on l22 projects. only
about $90,000,000 was actually ad-
vanced last year. This year the
total will exceed 100000.
Such, briefly. are the factors
upon which building bases its opin-
ion of l940.'
Evening star., 1940-01-06

five minutes, and discussion period
will follow the talks If time permits,
with questions answered from the
floor.
The following will take part in the
program: Welton A. Snow. secretary
of the Committee on Apprenticeship.
Associated General Contractors Of
America: L. H. Dennis, executive
secretary, American Vocational As
sociation, Inc; Walter Dunn, busi-
ness representative, United Brother
hood of Carpenters g. Joiners Of
America; Layton S. Hawkins, chief,
Trade & Industrial Education,
United States ONCE of Education,
Federal Security Administration;
and William F. Patterson, executive
secretary, Federal Committee on
Apprenticeship. United States De-
partment of Labor.
Hector M. airing, president Of the
Congress. will preside at the meet
ing and Arthur B. Heaten. chairman
of the Program Committee, will in
troduce the speakers.
Evening star., 1940-01-06
LE3 -n
%!SMz@98 !!

look at these new ones from smar.
manufacturer.
Instead of having Stats anchored
to the vertical tapes these new
blinds have removable wooden Stats
that can easily be taken out for
cleaning. All you have to do is slide
them out of the tape holder and
60 over them with the cleaning cloth
while you sit down comfortably, with
no precarious work from high step
ladder or trapeze.
To guide the removable Stats and
keep them in a straight and mar
row path you have two easily in
stalled vertical rails at either side.
AS you have probably guessed by
now, these blinds don't have any
cords either, but are controlled by
simple trigger latch which en-
ables you to place the blinds any,
where you want them. The abb
sence of trailing cords would seem
to us to be almost worth the price
of the blinds, which is moderate,
by the way.
X X X
For some reason moths have been
provided appetites satisfied by only
the most decorative cloths, and those
which are located either on your
best clothes or your incest pieces of
furniture. They fai, to become in
terested in simple things like gunny
sacks, or old worn out socks, but
feast on the fronts of sofas and
tuxedos. The battle against these
fancy foes has been going on since
time immemorial, and If you are at
all smart you should be able to
beat them at their costly game.
One of the best ways we have
seen is an attachment to your
vacuum sweeper. All you have to
do is screw on the handy pint-jar
size spraying mechanism and the
blast of air which comes out is laden
with lethal anti-moth material
Armed with pint of this stuff you
can go over a three-piece living
room suite In no time, with no
Evening star., 1940-01-06
Building Congress 10 Hear
Apprenticeship Talks

The January luncheon meeting
of the Washington Building Con-
gress will be held Monday in the
auditorium of the National Press
Club.
E. K. Jenkins, director Of voca-
tional education of the Structural
Clay Products Institute, will lead q
discussion on apprenticeship, a SUBJ
ject of much interest these days
when the possibility of shortage
of skilled labor in the building
trades as we'll as in many others is
increasingly important. Mr.. Jen-
kins has asked five speakers inter-
ested in the subject to give the point
Of view of their various organiza-
tions. Each speaker is limited to