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For 60 Yean Devoted to theBest Interests of Key West

VOLUME LXI. No. 238.

Expect Jap To JoinAxis Nations In War

All Mers IISave As Registrars

Rumors Heard End OfSino-Japanese War WillBe Seen In Near Fu-ture

<Br AuaditM PrtM)LONDON, Oct. s.—Sensational

developments were shaping upin the Wars of Europe and the

Far-east today which indicated/t • j

according to information being

passed around in this city thismorning, that Japan would soonjoin Germany and Italy by ac-tively engaging in war man-,euvers against Great Britain.

The startling news, first men-tioned by a high and authorita-tive source here, and spread sub-sequent throughout diplomaticcircles, has it that the Japanesehave been promised a free reignand control of all Far-easternnations in return for active par-ticipation in the war.

The person who started therumor, said to be of unquestionedcharacter and described asneither English or Chinese,started it all by declaring movesare now in progress to bringmediation of the Sino-Japanesewar and an end of all hostilitiesin China. Then, it was predicted,the Japs would either send directhelp to the axis-powers in Eu-rope or would act to harrass theBritish at every point in theAsiatic sector.

These predictions, taken withextreme seriousness here, havebeen interpreted as an outcomeof the recent diplomatic confer-ences held in Berlin and Rome,with Japanese officials sitting infollowing signing of the tri-nation military pacts of pledgedassistance.

The new triple-axis, it appears,from these predictions, is mov-ing towards a supreme effort tocrack the British Empire atevery point of its existence, withlater plans to end it all with amighty battle to the finishagainst England itself. It isthought that, following reorgan-ization of all fighting forces withthe Nazis in command, that allthree partners will strike simul-taneously with the strongestmeans available.

In the meantime, the war ofthe air over England and Nazi-controlled lands continue. Groupsof Nazi bombers have beensmashing away at English de-fenses all day long today, fol-lowing night-long attacks whichbrought additional destruction toproperty and mounting casual-ties.

The British air campaignagainst Germany was stepped upto still greater heights, however,and widespread bomb attackswere reported along the Englishchannel at several French points.Railroad lines into Cherbourgwrere said to have suffered heavydamage, creating havoc to theGerman supply lines for thatmain port of France.

Reorganization of the RoyalAir Force was being consum-mated today, bringing control ofthe attack and defending unitsunder younger command.

Battles today over England re-sulted in the downing of 20 Naziplanes and loss of four British-ers, reports stated.

Selective Service Regis-

tration Board Com-pletes Plans For Octo-ber 16

Members of the Monroe Coun-ty Selective Service RegistrationBoard, Ross C. Sawyer, chairman,Melvin E. Russell and John Eng-land, perfected tentative plansfor the registration to be heldhere on October 18th. at themeeting held yesterday after-noon at the courthouse.

The Governor’s proclamation,declaring October 16 a schoolholiday, was recognized. andpreparations were made to holdthe registration in all schools ofthe county. This will includefour buildings in Key West andthree on the keys.

“All male persons who havehad their 21st birthday by Octo-ber 16 and have not reachedtheir 36th birthday, are requiredto register, regardless of familystatus or whether citizens or•herw”, is the edict of the Boardin line with provisions of theFederal act.

All principals of the schoolswere named chief registrars forRegistration Day and everyteacher in all schools will act asassistant regitrars.

All registrants will report toany school they chose—thoughcolored males have been re-quested to report to Douglassschool.

The duties of the Board willbe completed on October 17 fol-lowing sending forward of theregister forms to State head-quarters in St. Augustine. Apermanent Draft Board will thenbe named to handle all classifica-tion work, it was explained. „

‘FIRST IN THE HEARTSOF HIS COUNTRYMEN’

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HELENA, Mont., Oct. 5.—lt must be patriotism.Three children, two boys anda girl, were playing on thecourthouse walk near astatue of George Washington.Their mother called them todinner.

"Wait a minute. Mama/'said the little girl. "I've gotto kiss dear old GeorgeWashington good night."

REUBEN JAMESRETURNS HERE

FORMER DESTROYER STA-

TIONED AT KEY WESTRETURNED

The U.S.S. REUBEN JAMES,destroyer formerly stationed herewith the Key West Patrol, re-

turned to this citv this morning,arriving at 8:00 o’clock, to jointhe other vessels of the newly-organized Key West-West GulfPatrol.

The REUBEN JAMES is undercommand of Lt. Heywood L. Ed-wards, U.S.N.

Capt. A. S. Carpcnder, U.S.N.,commander of the patrol, statedthat the U.S.S. SIMPSON is stillout on patrol, and all other shipsare in port for the weekend.

JUST WHAT THE U.S. ARMY IS UP TO, THE• •••

Recent Order Exact Opposite Procedure Of World'War

ARMYISN'T TELUNG ANYONE THESEDAYS

RITES TOMORROWFOR MRS. VALDEZFuneral services for Mrs.

Juana Valdez. 71, who died lastnight at her residence, 826 Si-monton street, will be held to-morrow' afternoon at 5:00 o’clockfrom the home.

Rev. G. Perez, of the LatinM. E. Church, will officiate.

Surviving Mrs. Valdez is herhusband. Alfredo. Pritchard Fun-eral Home is in charge of ar-rangements.

WASHINGTON, Oct. s.—Justwhat the army is up to, the armyisn’t telling these days. But itcertainly has reversed itself bygoing in for voluntary enlistmentsin a big way in the face of theimpending draft.

The recent order making it pos-sible for young men to enlist forone year and making those en-listments count on selective serv-ice quotas, is exactly opposite to

what the army did in the Worldwar. Then it suspended entirelythe privilege of voluntary enlist-ment. *

Although it’s off-the-recordtalk, some army officials alreadyhave said that the result will bethat in many districts, not a sin-gle young man will be called onthe first call and possibly in somenot in the first quota.

A quick survey of the figureswill explain why this is a cer-tainty.

The first quota, between No-vember and January, is 400,000men. This means approximatelyone-fortieth of total estimatednumber of registrants from 21 to35 years old.

In other words, if one youngman in your neighborhood en-

Hr JACK NTIJiXETT, AP Feature Nenlre Writerlists. that eliminates 40 from thefirst quota, and more than one in200 from the first call due withina few weeks after registration.

Change Of OpinionThe army issued its recent or-

der without explanation. Theorder not only represents anabout face from World war drafttheories but also a reversal ofopinions given before congres-sional committees during hear-ings on the selective service bill,when army officials told con-gressmen that voluntarily enlist-ments of an army of nearly amillion men.

What has happened, however,is just what the men behind se-lective service anticipated. Oncethe “threat” of a draft measurebecame a reality, voluntary en-listments jumped sky high.

In New York City, police hadto be called out to keep thewould-be soldiers in line andprevent their snarling trafficaround recruiting stations.

The applicants went throughat the rate of 100 an hour.

New York is not a typical cityby any means, but if every youngman applying for enlistmentwere found to be physically,

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SThc SCrtj Ulrat ttTHE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN THE U. S. A.

KEY WEST, FLORIDA, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 5, 1940

CITY AMD COUNTY•• • •

Each Adopts Resolution

RECOGNIZE GUARDBoth county and city govern-

mental bodies passed similar res-olutions officially recognizing theKey Wet Guard at meetings thisweek, both groups offering as-sistance whenever called uponand "when the needs of the Guardare sufficiently known’’ so thatrequests can be definite. "

The county commission's reso-lution read as follows (city coun-cil’s recognition almost identical):

"Be it resolved that—-“We recognize and heartily ap-

prove the formation of the KeyWest Guard, whose objectives are

"(1) To fulfill as nearly as pos-sible the functions of the Nation-al Guard after it is inducted intoactive service.

"(2) To form a disciplined,semi-military group to co-operatewith military and civil authoritiesin any appropriate manner forthe maintenance of order and thepreservation of morale.

“Until National or State legisla-tion gives status to and regu-larizes the functions of the HomeGuard movement, including theKey West Guard, we agree to doall in our power to legalize theactivities of the Guard and itsmembers. In this connection, weendorse Senate Bill 4175 andHouse Bill 10495 now before theNational Congress and approvethe action of the Sheriff and theSheriff-Elect of Monroe County,in their offer to make SpecialDeputy Sheriffs of the Guardmembers whenever justified bycall to community service.

I "We agree in principle that ifthe Guard members are willing

I to volunteer for necessary emerg-ency service in the community,the public bodies. National, Stateor local, should render practicalassistance necessary. We go onrecord as being willing to enter-tain from time to time, as occa-sion demands, requests for suchassistance when the needs of theGuard are sufficiently known sothat the request can be defin-ite”.

PAUL SMITHFIRM NAMED

LOW BIDDERKWHA DIRECTORS SEND

RECOMMENDATION TO NA-

TION'S CAPITAL; FOUR AL

TERNATES DEDUCTED

Paul H. Smith Company, ofMiami, has received the favorablenod from the Key West HousingAuthority in recommendationsbeing sent to the United StatesHousing Authority at Washing-ton, D. C.

Following the meeting of thelocal Authority members yester-day afternoon, the bid of theSmith Company, after determin-ed deductions had been made, in-cluding four consruction alter-nates. was found to be the low-est at $579,004 or $1290 lower thanthe American Contractors Com-pany’s bid ox $580,294.

The C. J. Trevail Company'sbase bid for the two projectsw'as $650,094, and with the fourconstruction alternates deducted,the total amount is nearly $40.-000 higher than the two bidsmentioned above.

The local Housing Authoritydoes not state just when corob-oration of their recommendationwill come forward, nor whetherit will be accepted by theU.S.H.A. It is thought, however,that within the next two or threeweeks the status of the housingprojects for this city will besuch as to expect actual work toget started.

Reds Win, 5 To 2; ThreeDetroit Pitchers FailedTo Stop Advancing Cin-cinnati

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BRIGGS STADIUM. Detroit.

Oct. s.—And still another perfect

day of baseball weather was on

hand today for the fourth game

in the World's Series with 54. -

093 fans on hand to see the Cin-

cinnati Reds even up the series.

Paul Derringer, defeated xn thefirst game at Crossley Field,

came back iii fine fettle to checkthe vaunted Tiger offense and lethem down with only five hits.Final score of the game was 5to 2.

The victory today means thatthe series will move back toCincinnati next Monday, regard-less of the outcome here tomor-row. Both teams need two vic-tories to clinch the title.

Starting lineups:Cincinnati—NL

Werber, 3b;M. McCormick, cf;Goodman, rf;F. McCormick, lb;Ripple, If;Wilson, c;Joost, 2b;Myers, ss;Derfinger, p.

Detroit—ALBartell, ss;McCosky, cf;Gehringer, 2b;Greenberg, If;York, lb;Campbell, rf;Higgins. 3b;Sullivan, c;

SEEK RINGUNGESTATE BENEFITS

SARASOTA CIRCUIT COURTTO HEAR PLEA BY

STATE

(Sprrial to Tlif Cltisea)

TALLAHASSEE. Oct. 5.Greater benefit to the state ofFlorida, principal beneficiary,from the $23,000,000 estate of thelate John Ringling will be askedat Sarasota circuit court hear-ing October 14.

The state and federal govern-ments seek removal of JohnRingling North, nephew of thelate circus magnate, and hismother as coTadministrators ofthe estate, and appointment of areceiver.

Attorney General GeorgeCouper Gibbs was unsuccessfula year ago when he tried, on be-half of the state, to secure a courtorder requiring North to post$300,000 bond as administrator.The estate includes the vastRingling properties and artmuseum at Sarasota and the cir-cus established by John Ringlingand his brothers.

Water Flows Uphill—With Help Of Cable

(By Assoeiated Prena)

HORSHOE NECK. N. C.. Oct.s.—You can't lead a HorshoeNecker to water. Long ago heworked out a plan to bring thewater to him.

Houses in Horshoe Neck arebuilt on high ridges. First set-tlers toiled many a back-breakingstep with water from the springsin the valley until, 50 years ago.an unsung genius rigged up thefirst water carrier.

From the ridge to the springsruns a cable on which there is abucket. Gravity lowers thebucket a quarter of a mile to thewater, where a weight causes itto sink to the bottom. Above,the drawer turns a wheel and thebucket returns. Every villagehouse is so equipped.

ROSH HASHONORITES CONCLUDED

LOCAL SYNAGOGUE OBSERV-ANCE OF NEW YEAR HELD

FOR TWO DAYS

Rosh Hashono, the Jewish NewYear, was observed in Key Westfor the past two days, with serv-ices. morning and evenings, atB’Nai Zion synagogue.

Rabbi Lazarus Lehrer offi-ciated at the services and RabbiZ. Tabory. Educational Directorof the United Hebrew School, ofHarrisburg, Pa., delivered twosermons. “The Spirit of GodHovering Over the Deep” and“The Dawn of a New Humanity”.

Members of the congregation,I. Appelrouth and G. Kirdhik,participated in the rituals, andpresident, Joe Pearlman made anappeal for the United Charities.N. Com, a German refugee re-cently arrived from Cuba, alsoassisted in the services.

Tre services marked the begin-ning of the 58th century of crea-tion according to Jewish tradi-tion. Next Friday, starting at6:30 o’clock p. m., local jews willobserve the Day of Atonement,or Yom Kippur. The observancelasts for 24-hours.

MARKED FOR DEATH

GUNTERSVILLE, Ala. Hu-bert Fulks, 24-year-old farmer,was struck by a truck as hewalked along the highway. Thetruck did not stop but Fuik suf-fered only minor injuries. Threeblocks further down the high-way, however, another truckstruck and killed him instantly.

FEATURING—-

THE MIDGETS’Smallest Rhumba Dancing

Team in the WorldAlso—‘CHINA’

In a Hula Dance withmusic by the

HAWAIIAN TRIO

CAVE INN BARDuval and Petrocia Streets

Trout, p.Umpires: Bill Klem (NL), Em-

mett Qrmsbv (AL), Lee Ballan-fant (NL), and Steve Basil (AL).

Inning by inning account ofthe game follows:

First InningCINCINNATI—Werber walked

M. McCormick grounded to firstto force Werber at second. Good-man doubled over third, scoringM. McCormick. F. McCormickgrounded out. third to first, ad-vancing Goodman to third. Rip-ple grounded to Higgins, who letthe hard hit ball get away fromhim, Goodman scoring. Wilsonflied out to short right centerTwo runs, one hit, one error.

DETROlT^—Bartell struck out.McCosky

. walked. Gehringergrounded to Joost. who relayedthe ball tp Myers at second,forcing McCosky. Myers thenwhipped the ball to first to com-plete a double play. No runs,no hits, no errors.

Second InningCINCINNATI Joost singled

| through pitcher's box. MyersI grounded to Higgins, forcing Joostat second. Derringer struck out.W’erber singled to right center,advancing Myer to third. M. Mc-Cormick grounded out, pitcher tofirst. No runs, two hits, no er-rors.

DETROlT—Greenberg flied outto left center. York walked.Campbell flied out to WerberHiggins singled to center, ad-vancing York to third. Sullivangot an intentional pass, fillingthe bases. Trout grounded outto first. >uns, one Ijii no er-rors.

.WvJKMTI Gbudttkn an-gled to center. F. McCormickSingled to right, advancingGoodman to third. Ripple dou-bled to left, scoring GoodmanClay Smith came in to pitch for

i Detroit, relieving Trout. Wilsongrounded out. third to first Joostout on infield flv to Gehringer.Myers intentionally passed, fill-ing the bases. Derringer ground-ed to Higgins, forcing Myers atsecond. One run, three hits, noerrors.

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Denier Defeats TipsTo Even Up Womrs Series

Florida Secretaries ToMeet Here Next Sprig

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ANOTHER MURPHYSALE ADVERTISED

Legal advertisement listing par-cels of land held by the InternalImprovement Board of Tatlanas-see was inserted n y eater day’sissue of The Citizen calling at-tention to the sale to he held amOctober 25th

The advertisement included Hparcels of land in Monroe c* i—Mthe big prof<rtKn of the dnabeing subdivisKins' lands.

90 Days!City laws now require ail resi-

dents living on .streets on whartisewer laterals haw been instaliedto connect up their house lineswith the system.

Ninety days from date of pub-lication-September 23. 15140—mthe time limit

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