The Key West Citizen Newspaper, June 10, 1940, Page 1

Associated Press Day Wire Service For 60 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West Che Key Wrest C€ THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN THE U.S. A. VOLUME LXI. No. 139. $$ ITAL Y Premier Reynaud Calls On French To Defend South SPOKE TO NATION FOL-. LOWING (MUSSOLINI’S WAR DECLARATION AT} NOON TODAY | (By Associated Press) PARIS, June 10.—Premier Paul. Reynaud followed Premier Benito Musesolini closely on the air this the French people explaining the Italian war declaration and call- ing on them to defend the south- | noon with a broadcast to ern boundaries of France. The speech was made even as the Germans were nammering at the Weygarid line, a scant miles from Paris on advanced’ sectors along the Seine river captured early today by Nazi mechanized units. Reynaud told his people that his governmene had ene every- thing within reason to prevent spreading of the war, but that the Italian demands had been too severe, and that it was evident that the dictator nations appear- ed bent on conquering all of Europe. He stated that England and France would fight on with increased vigor in a bitter strug- gle to preserve the ideals of European democracy. German troops increased the tempo of the mechanized, para- chute and infantry battles against France this morning with a reported 1,800,000 men in the “final quarter hour” push to- wards Paris. French lines, it was announced, were not broken, but were retreating in the face of the terrific onslaughts of tanks and planes, both shooting flames of destruction into the French defenses. ITALY RESUMES RUSSIAN RELATIONS LONDON, June. 10.—Qbservers here heard, before the noon dec- laration of wat, that Mussolini had resumed normal relations with the Soviet government. Three of Italy’s largest liners were reported missing from their regular berths, and it was con- jectured that they were being used as transports taking Italian soldiers to various Mediterranean points of conquest. The Allies .anmounced today that their Mediterranean armies, said to be of immense size, were prepared for the arrival of the Italian planes and armies. Anti- aircraft batteries are set to de- fend the Suez canal against ex- pected attack in the next few hours. KING HAAKON | ARRIVES IN ENGLAND LONDON, June 10.—It was an- nounced here today that King Haakon, of Norway, had arrived “somewhere in England” aboard a British man-of-war. The Norwegians. gave-up their entire country to the Germans yesterday as ammunition for de- fending soldiers gave out. The from the Narvik area. DELAY FATAL GARDINER, Mont. — Because of a painful tooth ulcer, Anamae Scott postponed wedding for a week. The next day, her 24-year-old fiance, John Jones, was crushed to death in a weather service during the hur-|Edith Russell and mine at Silver City, Nev. 35° Mrs. | her |June 15, when Key West and all | Thompson BENEFIT: FOR’ CLINIC: TO BE HELD FRIDA Local officials of the Ad- visory Council in chatge of the Monroe County Clinic are staging the first pf several benefit events for the clinic this coming Friday. when a dance will be given at Cayo ~ Hueso Club. In that money is running short, the officials are plan- ning these events to tide over until city and county governments can come fo the aid of the clinic with budget- ed funds. Both agencies Stated last week that no funds were available for that cause at present. In making the announce- ment of the emergency exist- ing, ‘it is pointed out that hundreds of residents of the city had been treated by the clinic at practically no charge in the past. Donations now, from those who may be in a will be gratefully received, it was stated. The dance Friday will en- tail no exvense to the spon- going to the maintenance fund. The Cayo Hueso Club is donating the orchestra for the affair; free entertain- ment has volunteered and it is expected that a good at- tendance will turn out to aid the clinic cause. Y Lodiud Lode ddd) LOCAL ROTES LEAVE ON CUBA OVER TWO HUNDRED EM- BARKED HERE FOR HA- VANA‘ CONVENTION F 3 t22 William V. Little, president of the Key West Rotary Club, left this morning’oh thé “Steamship Cuba, going as delegate *to the Convention of International Re- tary, which is being held in Ha-/|failed to enter in the docket that | vana and began today. John|Sands had been found guilty on/ Gardner, as alternate, on S.S. Cuba, Mrs. Gardner. Sebastian Cabrera, Jr., also a also left accompanied by ‘CAPTAIN JACOBS CALLS MOSQUITO | CONTROL SESSION | VARIOUS AGENCIES TO MEET | AT. DISPENSARY TOMOR- ROW MORNING: COMDR. LAUGHLIN CHAIRMAN Captain Walter F. Jacobs, com- | mandant of Key West Naval Sta- j tion, has called a meeting of sev- jerakagencies here for tomorrow | morning to discuss ways an |imeans to effect -definite and fquick control over mosquitos in {this area. The meeting will beheld in the new naval dispensary, start- ling at 9:00 o’clock, and will be ;in charge of Lieut.-Comdr. E. ; Laughlin, who is attached to the sanitation department at the lo- jeal station. C. J. Boutelle, local larea supervisor of the WPA, will be in attendance, as well as Ever- ett Russell, president of the Chamber of Commerce and va- rious state representatives, cluding Dr. J. B. Parramore and Z. D. Harrison of the Monroe |County Health unit. Captain Jacebs stated today that he did not know just what could be done by the local serv- ice agencies. It was recalled that jthe army and navy units here jduring the first, World War in- |stituted and maintained effective {mosquito control. This time, | however, in that no money has | been allocated -forstich: work, the? project lines up differently, ac- cording to Capt. Jacobs. If the navy takes over the work, it is understood that _va-/ EUROPE’S FIRST -LADIES WORK |rious “petty officers: will be de- |tailed to disciplinary control of |the project. | | |TECHNICALITY OF - COURT | RECORDS ALLOWS REFUND TO EUGENE SANDS | In answer to habeas corpus |Proceedings brought by his at- torney, T. ‘S. Caro, Judge Arthur ;Gomez, Saturday afternoon, in 'Circuit Court chambers set aside the sentence of Judge William V. jAlbury, in Criminal Court, of {$250 and costs imposed by the court when Eugene Sands was found guilty of having slot ma- chines in his possession last March 29th. } Attorney Caro pointed out in |his plea that the judge had two counts by the jury, and did |not-show adjudication of guilt | The writ as granted by the judge may order that Sands j workers | laration of war. { training now, { KEY WEST, FLORIDA, MONDAY, JUNE 10, 1940 1 | WHAT'IS WOMAN’S PLACE IN:WAR? | By PENETRATOR | \tion that during war it is their’ {sole duty to furnish cannon fod-} \der in the persons of their male} \relatives? Do they consider that! | they have completed their worth | while contributions if they. knit; socks and roll bandages? Are! \they interested in war activities! ; along other lines? | The War Department says: “It: is agai the policy of the Unit-| :ed States War Department to use’ ‘omen for active duty in war’—} | which calls for splitting hairs as: to just what active duty is. { Jacqueline Cochran proposes: ‘the formation of a women’s air! corps for behind-the-lines duty to release men pilots for front-line , duty. H ! Major Leonard H. Nason, radio; | commentator, suggests other! | ways in which women could be! jof service; driving trucks, deliv-! ‘ering planes from the factory to} a base of supplies, nursing, run-j ning canteens, caring for refugee ‘ children. ' In a letter to the War Depart-; trator suggested: ' “A reserve corps of women (comparable to the National Guard), who would | be subject to call~ upon dec- But these | women, in the interest of pre- | Paredness, should be receiving | especially for | executive or supervisory posi- tions in the munitions factories. “There must be thousands of unencumbered women between | the ages of 35 and 50 who | i» Do women resent the implica-} would make splendid officers | for a reserve corps of women | workers, particularly those who have had business experi- ence, but who lack the tech- nical knowledge to take over supervisory jobs in munitions | factories. If a corps of these women, could be started, on an enlistment basis they could re- ceive their training just as the National Guard receive train- ing now except that their training would consist of a pe- riod of instruction on the tech- nical side of ‘munitions mak- ing. ‘ “—enlisting these ‘women as reserve officers, and during the war the mill workers who would become the machine op- erators as ‘privates’, would forestall the big wage grab that will follow, if we handle the situation exactly as we did in the last war. Give the wom- en the same pay as the soldiers, | both while in training .as_ re- servists and in war times as active workers”. Then there is the question of | in-!ment a year and a half ago, Pene-| youth versus age, of the women. Why all the stress on young wom- en? Some of the older ones have the stamina to “take it”, having been through the fire before. A , young woman might not be emo- tionally constrained, where the older woman has an asset on her | side in her maturity of judge-} ment that should compensate for} her lack of youth. Are the ma-| jority of the older women con-, tent to, sell tags for relief funds, ito knit socks and wave flags?) Is ° 29 =} AT HOME ‘TO HELP WIN WAR. By ADELAIDE KERR (Axseciated Press Feature Service Writer) | All but one of the * six most \talked of women in Europe are! | playing traditional women’s roles |in history’s greatest war. | Queen Elizabeth of England, {the Duchess of Windsor, Frau tHerman Goering (wife of Ger- ASES field marshal), Countess | Edda Ciano (daughter of Il Duce) ' jand Madame Madga Lupescu | (friend of Rumania’s king) are not trying to play dramatic parts. | They’re doing their bit in a wom- an’s way. Cabled reports indicate only one seems to be touching’ affairs | of state; Queen Wilhelmina, of the Netherlands, who has taken refuge in Buckingham Palace. There, as guest of King George and Queen, Elizabeth, the Dutch queen is busy directing the gov_! ernment of her conquered king- dom and aiding the subjects who | have escaped to Great Britain. Queen Elizabeth is “up to her} eyes” in war work. She is com- |mandant in chief of the women’s auxiliary airforce services, ac- companies the king on inspection | | trips and takes an active interest member of the Key West club, brought before him for sentence |i" First Aid and Red Cross work. | left last weekend from Miami to attend the convention in the ca- pacity of a sergeant-at-arms. Approximately 250 Rotarians from other parts of the nation embarked here this morning on the S.S. Cuba for the convention, which closes next Friday morn- ing. NEW APPOINTEE A Ray T. Sherouse, appointee for | again. ‘ADVISED OF JAMES | James Edwin Thompson, 64, | formerly of Key West, but a resi- \dent of Miami for the past 14 |years, died. Friday morning in a |hospital in Miami Funeral serv- |ites were held. Saturday after- ‘noon_ ‘Mrs. Clara! “Tiiémipson; + five She superintends knitting bees in the big Blue Room of the gray- |walled old palace where all the jwomen of the household meet; |twice a week. ' | She is guiding the two young/ ‘princesses, Elizabeth and Mar-! jgaret Rose, in war work, too./ They're knitting sweaters and‘ gloves for poor children evacu-! tated from Scotland’s densely! |populated cities. : | The Duchess of Windsor making. Paris and { Fy {form she goes to Versailles to 'saperintend the work of the Co- service, will arrive from’ Lake- | daughters, Mrs: ‘Edna L. Godwin, lis de Trianon, of which she is Allies have withdrawn all troopsjland, Fla. tomorrow for a tour of; Mrs. PhyHis Adams, Misses Grace honorary president, and which duty at the Weather Bureau dur- and Barbara. Thompson, al! of|assembles comfort kits for sol- ing the hurricane season and re-| Miami, and Mrs. Honsylee Thorn- diers. Their contents were chos-! 1940, | ton, of Camille, Ga.; four sons, en warning James E, Jr; Maynard, Charles! Windsor toured the front and re-| main until November 15, when the hurricane service closes. This service will be opened on stations will be connected with the teletype service, and 24-hour Ticane season will be inaugurated. ‘E and Errol Thompson; two brothers, Frank and of Key We \ters, Mrs. John Carey sitter aig 2 as West, Roberts of Key after the Duke of |ported on what the soldiers | wanted. shal and chief commander of the air force, is a modern patron’ saint of German flyers. All offi-; cers 6f the Herman Goering regi-! ,ment wear a medallion of her as; an amulet, while hundreds of pi-|their bid to even up the Biltmore third department since i Nation Into War Looe eee eee ‘MIAMIAN VISITED HERE FIRST TIME 8 | | ) | ! ; [ E i . i if : i J g i e L E , fu at i r E i 8 F i i i i E , | HH BF (i RE way. He for his position yesterday after- noon on the 5:00 o'clock bus. t Lebel abe uhh LOSE TO BILTMORE 'SERIES PLAYED SATURDAY Weather Bureau AND SUNDAY AT CORAL GABLES Key West golfers fell down in WEATHER BURE..U TRANSFER DUE AT END OF THIS MONTH SHIFT FROM AGRICULTURAL TO COMMERCE DEPART ADDRESSED WILDL! CHEERING CBOWD AT NOON (EST) To DAY; ARMY MOVES Fe ROME Jame 16 —F-me MENT: ANNOUNCED HERE -Musscim: plunged kely mio TODAY The U. S. Weather Bufeau & t& be transferred from the Depar ment of Agriculture to the De partment of Commerce. effective June 30, 1940, under the Reor ganization Plan of the President. it_was announced here today jrecord meteorological observe- tions, Accordingly she senml of- ficer of the U.S. Army was the head officer and observations be- gan late in the year 1878. In Key west they were started in March, 1871. In 1892 the Department of Ag- riculture was formed and the was from the U. S. Army and made 2 bureau of the new department has served all interests for wes- ther service and beginning July 1, 1940, will become a part of the was lots have it mounted on the in-;Club-Key West golf series when originally established strument boards of their planes. they suffered a 34% to 19% de- Frau Goering, virtually first feat at the hands of the home "2¥ is Commander F. W_ Reich- lady of the land, has personally team taken charge of the Air Force Trailing 19 to |hospital outside gre ay Berlin, and comfort to wounded aviators. | She rises every morning at 6,} Saturday and yesterday. the Saturday’s scores were: T. E. Price and Nelson Davies attends to countless begging let-|(B) defeated Sam Anderson and ters, writes more to members of | Joe Lopez, 2% to %; Harvey the government and to friends Draughon and L. S. Tailer (B) asking their aid in deserving |defeated. Bob Spottswood and cases; and then goes to the hos-|Sidney Kirtland, 2 to 1; Charles pital. |F. Miller and J. Alien Brown @) She stops it all, however, by defeated Alton Parks ai '7:15 in the evening when a dirett|more Parks, 2% to %: The present chief of the Bu- elderfer, the former chief of the Aerological service of the U. S&S i lin, and comeback bid Sunday was insuf- N@vy. He was appointed by the {Spends many hours giving aid |ficient to ov. ans ae Sad: president a short time ago, upon the death of Williem R. Gregg PATRICK KELLY, 72, EARLY TODAY ee ‘WAS SPANISH telephone wire is reserved for Johnson and Hawley Russell (By ERAN: MILITARY FUNERAL her to talk to her husband at the Air Force high command's headquarters. She chats with hii of household problems and baby! Edda’s latest prank. A Woman's Place Countess Edda Ciano, daugh-| lost to Sam Goldsmith and Curry Harris, 2% to %; Jack Kehoe and ter ‘of Mussolini and wife of his Herbert Jones —foremost responsibility of an ‘foreign minister, is devoting most |(B) defeated John i o ily John Ivonok, 3 to 0; jot her time to care of her family mar Panag Italian woman. Although she was Atwood Sands and Fred Marvil, | : ‘= ider.|2% to %; Gene fonce supposed to wield consider- William (B) lost to O'Bryant and Bob Moore, 3 to able influence, no one in Rome any longer credits her with pow- er to affect Il Duce’s decisions and she has kept in the the Sunday’s scores were: Mumpower and the following Key Wet the Eqropeee wor coe Ge sade of Germar: cote: eos img bis woueted “3.000008 beyorets” t the Gteuk struggic of netees Musciei meade the == Bouncement @ « >omtes speech from the saumses > the Palazzo Veoez before detached - ready to tace as sestumy enc mark its own bestory = the Setere We west t beeek