The Key West Citizen Newspaper, June 17, 1940, Page 1

Associated Press Day Wire Service For 60 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West THE VOLUME LXI. No. 145. (F F.D.R. P Two Ary Crashed Bombers In Flight Over Long Island PLAN ee FALL IN EIGHT DESTROYERS FLAMES; ALL OCCU- PANTS KILLED; ARMY HEADS SILENT (By Axsociated Press) NEW YORK, June 17—Two ermy bombers crashed on Long Island today, causing death to all eccupants of the planes. The bombers left Mitchell Field late this morfiing for a test flight over the surrounding area, and came together in the flight, which included nine other planes. Shortly after; the take-off. the collision, stated that the pianes were about 5,000 feet up, and that one of the planes swerved and hit the other squarely in the middle of the fusilage. Both planes burst into flames and plummetted earth- ward. Some members of the crew were to make attempts to escape by -jumping from the flaming planes, but their para- chutes either failed to open or were engulfed in the flames be- fore getting away from the ships while still in mid-air. It was not known how many men died in the collision. Army authorities clamped down on the accident soon after it happened. It was understood a number of student flyers were on board either or both of the planes. The planes narrowly missed hitting civilians near where they dropped to earth in their dives. Army officers were tight- lipped on the subject, suggested by some newsmen present, that espionage enterred into the scene. MRS. THOMPSON'S RITES TOMORROW SERVICES TO BE CONDUCTED BY REV. J. C. GEKELER AT STONE CHURCH Witnesses . of Mrs. Lunetta Thompson, 75. died last night at 11:45 o'clock at the residence, 719 Eaton street Funeral services will be held 5 o'clock tomorrow.afternoon from the First Methodist church, where the body will be’ placed at 2 o'clock. Rev. John C. Geke- ler of the First Presbyterian Church, will officiate. Pallbearers who wlil serve are Wilard Albury, Charles Curtis, W.S. Eakins, George Roberts, Hartley Albury and Leroy Tor- res. Lopez Funeral Home will be in charge of arrangements. Mrs. Thompson survived by two sons, George Thompson of Miami, Thomas Thompson of Key West, two daughters, Mrs. Sarah Pierce and Miss Matilda Thomp- son and three grandchildren and three great grandchildren. final? DUE HERE JULY 3 WILL HAVE ANNAPOLIS MID- SHIPMEN ON BOARD FOR TRAINING TRIP | Ei are due to arrive at Key West on ight United States Destroyers July 3 and remain until July 5, having on board third-year class of midshipmen from the Naval Academy who are on their train- ing cruise. The squadron is in the com- G. Green- man, and the vessels and officers in command of the ships are: Decatur, mander J. Babbitt, Lieutenant i> Bees Parker; Badger, Lieutenant Com- mander W. E. Hennigan; S: ack, Lieutenant Commander H Tonseth; Jac Jones, tenant Commander E. L. ; Claxton, Lieute der? AW. CoG Lieutenant Commander Hu rd; Fairfax, Lieute J. Hickey On their return trip the vessels will make another call this port from Aug 16 to August 19. mand of Captain W. Lieutenant C. Lowell; Commander Ww nt Com- Roper, H. E mant T. at FSC RELEASES HIGH-GRADE LIST EDNA ROBERTS ONLY ONE RECEIVING HONOR FROM KEY WEST (Special te The Citizen) TALLAHASSEE, June 17.— The honor of being included on the approbation list for the re- cently-ended semester at Florida State College for Women, went to 396 students. This is equiva- -lent to a “B” average or better. | Topping the list were four stu- dents who made “straight A’s”, three seniors arid one’ junior. Included in the list was that of pEdna_ Roberts,’ sénior, of Key | West. SMALL SPONGE SALE TODAY Few lots of sponges were placed on the municipal dock this morning. There were 19 lots which sold for $53.14, and none of the prices paid-were out of the ordinary. One lot of five bunches brought a price of $19.99, and four | bunches sold for $13.51, Com- ‘Se -|completed drafts -|tion to prospective PLANINCLUDES "CANADA; WOULD! "PROTECT NATIONS i] I CONFERENCES BEING HELD | TODAY TO PREPARE DRAFT; OF FULL PLAN TO PRE- SENT TO ALL COUNTRIES (By Associated Press) H WASHINGTON, June 17. | President Roosevelt acted today ' KEY WEST, FLORIDA, MONDAY, JUNE 17, 1940 S ECONOMIC UNIONNazs To Jaycces Install New Officérs At Dinner Wednesday in the first steps to unite the DANCE FOLLOWS AT NIGHT CLUB; JOE ALLEN IS NEW PRESIDENT North American nations, includ- ing Canada, into a tight union to combat the economic war that is expected to follow the finish of war now raging in Europe— regardless of the outcome. The plan is to set up a central bureau through which all: buying and selling operations of twenty- two nations of the western hemisphere would be super- vised, with collaboration in all things economic being offered by alt members of the union. Such items of world-demand as wheat, cotton, iron, copper and many other commodities would be placed in control of the bu- reau to use in any way agree- able to the union to control/ rid prices. i Conferences today with Presi- ‘dent Ro It are being held by various members of Latin- ican government represen- Secretary of State Huil, y of the Treasury Mor- u, Secretary of Agriculture Wallace and Secretary of Labor Perkins, have all been acquainted | with the plan, and are offering material aid in the initial steps to set it up and in preparing for presenta- member na-! tions. ‘PRESIDENT SIGNS 2 DEFENSE BILLS ' NAVY AND AIR EXPANSION PLANS RECEIVE AP- PROPRIATIONS (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON, June 17— President Roosevelt signed into law today two bills authorizing a naval force of 10,000 planes and 16,000 pilots and increasing the fleet by 21 warships plus 22 au- xiliary naval vessels. The other bill is the aviation | expansion bill authorizing ex- penditure of specific sums of money at 20 airbases and $20,-, 000,000 for building and improv- ing the reserve: and auxiliary ‘bases. A gala affair has been arranged for the annual installation of of- ficers of the Key West Junior Chamber of Commerce, scheduled for a double event, a dinner and dance, to be held Wednesday night, June 19. The dinner will be held at the Gulf Stream Patio Grill that evening, starting at 7:30 o’clock. Following this event, at which the officers will be installed amongst proper speech-making and congratulations from the WAITES RETURN WITH GRANDSON: Chief Deputy Sheriff Ber- nard J. Waite and family, who ad been visiting for a week in Miami, returned Saturday after- noon, and were accompanicd by Mrs. Bernard H. Waite and son, Bernard, Jr.. who had been in Miami undergoing treatment for infantile paralysis. Mr. Waite said this morning that his grandson is making great strides in the.treatment and the family entertains hopes for his complete recovery. He will be returned to Miami on July 1 to have the treatment continued. TREE'S SHADE VALUE DETERMINED AT $150 (By Associated Presa) FORT WAYNE, Ind. —Bernard Blank had to pay $150 because he didn’t spare that tree. Judge Harry Hilgemann gave Charles H. Stults judgment for that much! damages against Blank for loss of a 75-year-old elm tree Stults claimed Blank mutilated. Stults had asked $1,000. He said shade of the tree, on the Stults-Blank property line, was worth it. membership, the’ diners will Te-| pair to Pena’s Garden of Roses where a dance will be held, start- ing at 9:30 o’clock. | , An increased membership ‘and ; added interest in civic affairs, | both local and state, headlined; “the achievements of the Jaycees! in this city during the past year. | A continuation of expansion plans and a rise to a position of still higher civic. worth, is plan- ned for the coming year starting on July Ist. t | The elected officers to be in- stalled at the dinner Wednesday are: | Joe Allen. president; Delmar Butler, vice-president; Charles! Roberts, treasurer; Joe Pinder, | secretary. i Hunter Hardin and Dan Harri- son, directors for the two-year :term. Wilbert Moehrke, William R. Warren, Jr., and Chester Knowles, directors for the one- year term. RITES SUNDAY = FOR R. A. KEMP. Funeral services were held yesterday afternoon at 2 o'clock for Ralph Aaron Kemp, who died Friday afternoon at his resi- dence, 629 Unitedstreet, from the chapel of the Lopez Funeral ‘Home to St. Paul's Episcopal church, Rev. A. B. Dimmick, of- ficiating. Mr. Kemp “is survived by the widow Mrs. Jennie Kemp, mother Mrs. Louisa Kemp, three sisters, Mrs. Aurelio Torres, Mrs. Ethea Stricker and- Miss Alida Kemp; three brothers, Dr. William Kemp, | Eugene Kemp ard Sam Kemp. SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN THE U. S. A. Che Key West Citizr PRICE FIVE CENTS CE Demand Total pitulation; stiller 10 Confer With Mussolini SOTO TSS.' ITALY SHOWS NO WAR POWER YET: (By Associated Press) BORDEAUX. June 17.— Newsmen heard here today that Italy had sent a num- ber of divisions of infantry. together - with mechanical equipment, to the French bor- der, preparatory for a large- scale drive against the de- fending French troons stretch- | ed all along the border be- { against British and French fortifications at Malta, Cor- sica, and Tunis over the weekend. . To date, however, Italy has shown very little in the way of her war strength, con- tinuing, as many now think, te vlav the role of keeping the Allies busy in arprehen- sion on the Mediterranean Sea. and preventing shipment of forces and materials to the aid of either France or Britain on the home fronts. (Ee titttiitL. LOCAL WOMEN KNIT FOR WAR ‘Mrs. George W. Allen and Mrs. ' Wiliam M. Monsalvatge, of this city, and the group of ladies who assisted: them in knitting squares for afghans, received recogni- tion and thanks for their work today in a communication from the War Relief Committee of the English-Speaking Union, of Bos- ton, Mass. The ladies completed 100 squares for the afghans, used for wraps in hospitals, and sent them forward to the Union recently. Similar knitting-work is being done by the same group for the local Red Cross chapter. 10 ‘SPEAK OF eee Speed Causes Most All Aute Deaths BOSS BUYS A YACHT. HIRED HANDS CHEER (By Associated Press). ST. LOUIS—The boss _ has bought a yacht—for his employes to use. “I thought it would be nice if they could make trips during the summer,” explained Julian R.! Burch, president of the Star) Manufacturing company of St. Louis and a big-game hunter and world traveler. | The 54-foot, 30-ton power boat will be used by his 65 employes, Hired by the city’s,Better Hous-' for vacation, week-end and night cruises on the Mississippi. By GARDNER SOULE ~ (Associated Press Feature Service Writer) SPEED TOO GREAT for exist- ing traffic conditions causes nine out .of every 1¢-deaths. in auto- mobile accidents.in the) United States. = ‘The Havasupai Indians of Ari- zona are probbaly the world’s greatest isolationists. Few in number, they live on a hundred acres of tillable land surrounded by towering cliffs that can be scaled only in a few places. ing League, six housekepers are helping Cincinnati's unemployed i real name is Viaeheslav V. Skria- bin. ,__ Teday’s champion: Wistar H-iMrs. J. Waldo Leon, of Miami, NEW YORK—More than Embrey of Fredericksburg, Va. says he has stayed inside the city: limits for 15 years. i GEORGE PATTERSON AND PARTY Visitors at Key West today are George Elliott Patterson, brother of Miss Etta Patterson, | Mrs. Patterson, theit sons, Wil-j| liam and George, Jr, Mr. and and George Ayrault,- Ill, of Buffalo, N. Y. The party arrived yesterday on SOVIET ACTIONS GREAT BRITAIN RESOLVES TO CONTINUE WAR; FATE OF FRENCH NAVY UNKNOWN (By Ansecimted Freee) France, crushed under the 13-day blitzkrieg pushed by the Nazis, asked Germany for an armistice today, be- coming the ninth nation to succumb te Hitler's armics = two years. ; Simultaneously with that announcement, came the news that Great Britain had elected to resolutely continue the war. Marshal Petain, who succeeded Paul Reyeecd «o French Premier yesterday, declared this morning—“It ix necessary to try to end the fighting.” Peteim announced France’s readiness to la, down arms im « broadcast from Bordeaux. “I made contact with our adversary last night”, be stated, “asking him (Hitler) a: soldier to soldierp@® seck with me the means to step the present battles”. At press time teday, it -vas not known whether the * fleet would be involved im the Projected French surrender ic France. BEING STUDIED OBSERVERS THINK HELP MAY COME TO ALLIES FROM RUSSIA Authorized Nez: statec toder that “no separete armistice with France is imaginable. except iz terms of complete capitulanes Berhn radio messeges stated the: Hitler would meet with Mas solimi im the mext few hours to discuss the situation Fighting all along the varous fronts is still contin kg the French dispatches fro Seré ux Stating that “battles are raging everywhere”. German high command cie:mec this noon that their armies bed cut cif Alsace and Lorraine end the whole Maginot Line and hes that country. smashed southward into Central Thus, according to some ‘ob- servers here, the ground work Frence. They claimed that L- 000.000 French soldiers nad beex (My Associated Preast LONDON, June 17.—Aside from the onrush of Hitlerism in Europe today, the second-rank ing news story of the ald. world is the question of Soviet Rus- sia’s stand in the turn of events abroad. Troops oi Russia marched int Latvia and Esthunie late yester- day. The move was interpreted to mgah that Mussia is strength- ening all mutual-assistance pacts with the Baltic countries, Lith uania having previously permit ted the Soviet troops to enter is prepared for further resist- ‘ance of German-aggression aims towards the northwest, should Stalin decide to assist the Allies in helping to stop the spread of Hitlerism. GET THE WEEDS EARLY AND SAVE CROPS (By Aasodiated Puce L 15 years of experimental work at the Long Island vegetable re- search farm and at Cornell in- The whale shark, which reach- Mr. Patterson’s Cruiser, Lark III, | dicate that it is not necessary to es a length of 45 feet and is the} which was designed and built in| cultivate more than largest of all true fish, lives on |his Yacht Yards at St. Simons Is- | control enough to weeds. Added cultive- tiny crustaccea and never has isnd, Ga, known as the Sea Is-/ tion increases the cost and may been known to harm a According to the the man. Col university press, i taking _ fland Yacht Yards. The vessel injure the roots of vegetable lumbia !has a length of 60 feet, beam 14| plants. | of feet, draft of 4 feet 6 inches and| Weeds should be cut while the census in Algeria is difficult is powered by two Cummins’ small, with a cultivator which because any questions at all are The idea of buying a boat came families with home management’ regarded as an unwarrantable in- to Burch when the war interfered and housing problems. Diesel engines. 150 H. P. Mr. Patterson told The Citizen that he and his party will remain; nips them just below the soil sur- with his travel plans. He has’ Molotov. the name by which Collectors’ Item: Fred J. Jack-'here for several days, meeting rains than in dry seasons. been around the world five times the world knows the prime min-'son of Cameron, Tex. has more numerous old friends, before vating and has made three hunting ex-|ister of Russia, is the Russian |than 400 pipes, ineluding a 325-, f | Peditions to Asia and Africa. ‘word for “hammer”. Molotov’s year-old one of Virginia maple. ‘route home. leaving for Lake Okeechobee en: aft®r the half-grown is likely to harm than good.