The Key West Citizen Newspaper, December 12, 1940, Page 1

Associate 1 Press Day Wire Service For 60 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN THE U. S. A. VOLUME LXI. No. 296. MURDER SUSPECT INTOWN McGrath Brought From By Sheriff’s Deputies; Will Be Ar- Miami raigned Saturday Edward J. McGrath, alias Eddie McGrath, arrived in Key West yesterday afternoon in custody of Dade county deputy sheriffs I Ray Mills and Claude High. He was immediately placed in the county jail to await arraign- ment at a Circuit court session Saturday afternoon at o'clock. Charged with first degree mur- der, McGrath stated today that he would plead not guilty at the] arraignment. In accordance with an order for speedy trial issued by Judge Arthur Gomez, who presided at] preliminary hearings last week } in Miami, it is expected that the | date for trial will be set for Mon- day, January 20. Confirmation | of that d ll come Saturday | afternoon, county officials stated. Reviewing the facts that} brought McGrath back to Miami j; from Boston in the extradition dings on file with the coun- eriff, the original order was issued on October 16th by Gov- ernor Cone. Deputy Mills re- ceived the order two days later and left for Boston. Then fokowed honoring of the} requisition by Governor Leverett Saltonstall of Massachusetts on November 15th, and subsequent delivery of McGrath to Deputy Mills. McGrath is charged death of Li was fou! beneath the Sound bridge on September 23rd. Investigators assert that evidence points to his being with the mur- dered man shortly before the dis- covery of the body. with Governor To Address Tax Assessor Holland, Cone, Other Of- | ficials Of State Will Study At Hollywood Parley (Special to The Citizen) HOLLYWOOD BEACH, Fia., Dec. 12——Governor Fled P. Cone, Governor-elect Spessard L. Hol- land,.Senator John R. Beacham and other Florida notables will address the 37th Annual Conven- tion of the Tax Assessors of Flor- ida, c posed of county tax as- sessors, at the Hollywood Beach Hotel, December 16-17-18. Cited as the most significant gathering of the state group, the convention sessions will study vital problems concerning taxa- tion and will seek to analyze speci- fic issues concerning assessment. procedure. City tax asse other state ass vited to meet h the association for the first time in order to en- large the scope of discussion. Among the subjects scheduled for the three-day convention are personal property assessments, cooperation between the state auditing department and county officials, state parks. schools, in- stitutions and industries, real es- tate, legislative problems, valua- tions for tax purposes and other timely issues. An address by Spessard L. Hol- land will highlight the convention banquet on Tuesday night. Dec. 17. Senator Beacham will be the principal speaker earlier in the day and will discuss “Problems of the Legislature and County Offi- cials’ Value to the State”. Mayor Ralph Springer of Holly- (Continued On Page Four) been in- the} Massi, whose body | Card | Vital Problems | Lord Lothian From Britain, Dies Suddenly LONDONERS’ REST (MARQUESS WAS CHRISTIAN SCIENTIST AND RE- OVER; LUFTWAFFE IN AIRRAIDS AGAIN BOMBERS CONCENTRATE ON THAMES OIL TANKS, RAIL | CENTERS AND CITY OF ted Press) : 12.—After re- spite for a Germany's air jarmy invaded “the British Isles again, last night concentrating on oil storage tanks along the |Thames and railway centers in jthis metropolis and outskirts. | Worst damage was inflicted in {the industrial Manchester area, | where tons of bombs were drop- jped on factories and military | vantage points. | Tit For Tat j It was announced by the Air | Ministry today that R. A F. planes had done considerable damage in jinterior Germany and along the lcoast of the North Sea, concen- ‘trating on supply dumps, muni- tions works and steel factories. CHAMBER TO MEET AT SMOKER TONIGHT |MRS. BAKER TO SPEAK ON GOVERNMENT'S “BLUE { STAMP” PLAN | West will Members of Key Chamber of Commerce semble at headquarters tonight |for the second in a series of {smoker meetings, rting at 7:30 | o'clock. | Secretary Singleton stated this morning that Mrs. Virginia Bak- ler was going to be the guest |speaker at the informal gather- ing. give information as- She will fon the government's ‘Blue Stamp’ |plan of distribution of commodi- j tes. Other than that, the time will consumed with a full discus- {sion of those things the chamber jcan do to help the city during the coming tourist season. ‘ARTILLERY FIRE ROCKS KEY WEST Battery “E”. 13th Coast Artil- i conducting target practice i afternoon, employing 155 mm. guns at Fort Taylor. Announcement of this practice | was made in The Citizen last Sat- urd: ding a warning to residents near the fort to guard against wind ow breakage. Practice conclude o'clock this afternoon. j34 rounds is being fired. IRIS a a aas VISITOR COMPARES US TO SAN ANTONIO D. R. Thomas, manager of the Highway department of the San Antonio, Tex., Cham- ber of Commerce, was a brief visitor in Key West this morning—visiting chiefly at the local Chamiber while the S.S. Cuba stopped over on the trip from Tampa to Havana. Mr. Thomas stated that he had always entertained senti- mental feelings toward the Is- land City. especially since the time he had made regular calls at this port from Ha- vana. where he was employ- ed with Swift and Company from 1914 to 1926. He compared this. city with his present home city of San Antonio, in stressing that j efforts are being made to hold down commercial as- pects in development. | be at 5:00 A total of | Arthur Sawyer Post No. FUSED MEDICAL AID AS DEATH APPROACHED (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON, Dec. 12.—The Rt. Hon»Marquess of Lothian, British Ambassador to the United States, died here this morning in the British Embassy. Illness yesterday prevented the Ambassador: from making a scheduled trio to Baltimore where he was to address: a meeting of the American Farm Bureau Association. Lord Lothian was a Christian * Scientist and as death drew near | he refused the aid of a physician. | He was not married. Coming to this country in} August, 1939, to succeed Sir Ronald Lindsay as Ambassador, Lord Lothian in less than a year and a half became perhaps the most popular representative Eng- land has ever sent to America. Through his untiring eforts the U. S. government and private Am- erican industries did much to aid his nation in its war with the Axis Powers. The transfer of 50 U. S. destroyers to the British fleet in exchange for strategic air and naval bases in the South Atlantic was but one of the myriad things His Excellency accomplished. He predicted in the speech he was to have made last night that Britain would triumph by 1942. The address was read in Baltimore by an attache of the Embassy be- cause of Lord Lothian’s sudden illness. Highlights of the speech follow: “We are not in the least dis- mayed,” the address read. “With help from you”—(reference was to the American government)— “we are confident that we can win, and win decisively, in 1942 if not before. “With your help in airplanes, munitions in ships and on the sea, and in the field of finance now being discussed between your treasury and ours, we are sure of victory, sure that the gangster menace to human freedom, the greatest the world has ever seen, will go down to the oblivion it de- serve “It is for you to decide whether it is to your interest to give us whatever assistance may be neces- sary in order to make certain that Britain shall not fall “It has long been clear that your security no less than ours depends upon our holding the Atlantic im- pregnably and you the Pacific. So long as this is so, the way of life to which we are attached can con- tinue and our free economic sys- tem can resist totalitarian attack. But if one of those’ two navies falls, the unity of the British com- monwealth begins to disappear, control of the trade routes begins to pass to the Axis powers, and those controlling bastions of sea Power which now keep war away from America, become the jump- ing off points from which it can be menaced. “Moreover the Axis-Japanese AUXILIARY HEAD TO’ NAME COMMITTEES Members of the auxiliary of 28 of the American Legion will meet tomorrow evening in Pinder's restaurant, United street, to greet |Mrs. Zoe Buzzell, Coconut Grove, 'state department president of the Florida auxiliary. At 8 p. m. there will be a joint meeting of the auxiliary, the members of Arthur Sawyer Post and the executive committee of the Key West convention cor- poration, at the post hall, United and Whitehead streets. Mrs. Buzzell is expeced to ap- point committees of Key West women to work out arrangements for the auxiliary aspects of the American Legion convention here April 23-26. She will be greeted by Judge Advocate J. K. Wil- liams, Miami, of the state depart- ment, who is returning to the city from Havana tomorrow after- CDPD LIIDLD IIS 3002. pact of September last makes | nakedly clear the ultimate objec- > I tive of totalitarian strategy. As | soon as an Italian or German army | or fleet can occupy Gibraltar or north west Africa, Great Britain’s control cf the Atlantic has been sufficiently weakened to cause doubt where the American fleet should be stationed, the two- ocean attack on us both in the At- lantic and the Pacific will be launched simultaneously. The more secure is our control of the Atlantic, the less likely is the two- or - ocean war to break out.” British Cap ture KEY WEST, FLORIDA, FLORIDA, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1940 Ambassador Monroe ‘Pay Day Looms Transfer Of Funds Will: Provide Early Remun-| eration For Employes | After Approval Transfer of funds from the; county Indebtedness account to j : THOMP SON VOICES REASONS FOR ACTION; CLAIMS TIME NOT PROPITIOUS TO BUY MACHINE the General Revenue and Fines | and Forfeiture accounts, as acted | upon at last night’s county com-} mission meeting, will provide | funds for an early payday for. county employees. ! ‘The payday will not come how- -€ver;'until the State Comptroller approves of the transfer. Clerk Ross Sawyer sent an airmail let- ter to Tallahassee this morning,‘ telling of the county resolution, and requesting that wired ap- Proval of the move be sent. A total of $4,100 was transferred from the Indebtedness Fund to the General Revenue Fund and $2,050 was turned to the Fines and For- ;feiture account. This will provide three months’ payroll for General Revenue employes, for June, July and August, and four months’ payroll for Fines and Forfeiture (Continued on Page Four) Sidi Biced ind Area (By Associated Press) LONDON, Dec. 12 —British war department heads this morning declared that Mussolini would, in all probability, have to get along without at le three complete army divisions from now on, as a result of highly iccessful opera- tions conducted in Egypt yester- day. Capture of Sidi Barrani was an- nounced by the British this morn- ing, and air fleets, in cooperation with naval batteries off shore, are pounding away at retreating Italian troops pushing back to- ward. Liberia. Capture of close to 10,000 troops was reported from Cairo late yes- terday, with additional surrender of more units and equipment ex- pected as an outcome of today’s engagements. GREEKS SLOW DOWN IN NORTH ATHENS, Dec. 12—Greek dis- Patches from the front lines in Al- bania this morning stated that Italians had stiffened resistance m the Elbasan sector in the north. Very little advance had been made in the last 24-hour period, the ad- vices stated, though Greek troops were giving attention to strength- ening of defensive positions should indications of counter-at- tacks come. In the south, however, along the coastal area, more routes for the Italians were being reported. In many instances, advance Greek .-Kansas City - Washington units were far out-maneuvering : main detachments, necessitating waits until gun batteries could be brought up to support army ac- tion. Much additional equipment is being captured by the Greeks in this latter area. British air action is continuing to help the Greeks here, and Albanian guerilla war- fare, consisting of sniping at re- treating Italians, is contributing to further demoralization of Il Duce’s troops. TEMPERATURES Lowest last Highest last night 24 hours 31 42 -- 30 35 51 74 34 35 or! 49 34 57 74 34 82 65 74 3 69 74 45 46 36 47 52 Boston Buffalo Charleston _ Chicago Cincinnati Detroit El:Paso Jacksonville KEY WEST Los Angeles _ Miami Minneapolis Nashville New Orleans New York Pittsburgh St. Louis San Francisco KER ERABRBLARTBS ‘FIGHTING SENATOR ALIENATED BACKERS; Rash Holt Read Aesop’s Tables During Filibuster eee LOSES SEAT BY OPPOSING GUFFEY BILL By JACK STINNETT. WASHINGTON, Dec. 12—This story might be cailed “How Not To Become_a Successful Senator, or Five Years in the-Life of Rush D. Holt”. If ever a young man apparently spiked a brilliant Senatorial ca- reer by fightnig tooth and nail for his convictions and refusing ever to compromise with those who stood against him, it was Senator Holt, the West Virginia Democrat. Elected in 1934, the bespectacled “baby senator” came to Washington and had to wait nearly four months for his 30th birthday, June 19, 1935, before he could, under the Constitution, take his seat. If ever a freshman Senator got ‘a send-off, it was young Holt} AP Feature Service Writer From the comparetive obscurity of a seat in the West Virginia leg- islature, he leaped overnight to become a national figure—a mere youth for whom many a Senato- rial graybeard predicted great things. In one of his first press inter-/ views, the curly-haired, brown- eyed Senator-elect laughingly, told a reporter: “You know, I'm a} dangerous man. Id like to cut utility rates. Say, do you know what a conservative is? ( hear they don’t like me.) Well, a con- servative is somebody who wor- ships long dead radicals. If they had Thomas Jefferson here today they’d deport him. That's right!” Behind that ear-to-ear grin (Continued on Page Three) jat the |members to saddle an Che Key West Ctttern Reverse Seives In Plan 10 County commissioners decided Purciasé Dragline ldiemmastiiie To Support Johnson Act not to purchase a dragline «: thus time, in action taken at the regular meeting held lest night in the county courthouse. This was despite the fact that bids had been ed Treasurs Secretar: Cages vertised for and a special committee had been appointed to imwesti gate the merits cf the machines offered by three bidders. All commissioners were present* meeting, together with county officers. Commissioner Thompson led off the discussion concerning the bids, stating his opinion and reasons for believing that the time was not propitious for purchase of the machinery involving an expendi- ture of about $10,000. Commissioners Curry and Mon- salvatge defended the action of the board at their November 13th meeting, when the bid advertise- ment was ordered, claiming that ‘the purchase would be a good in- vestment. The dragline could be used in the construction of a county beach and for lateral road work in the future. Mr. Thompson, however, doubt- ed that it would be proper for a board made up of two retiring incoming, new board with the responsibility of paying for such equipment, even though there was sufficient money in the contingent fund Commissioner Bervaldi concurred in that opinion, and with the pros- pect of a tie vote, equivalent to’ defeat. Mr. Monsalvatge moved that all bids be rejected. Those turning in bids were the Mulberg Chevrolet Compan: East Coast Equipment Compa! and Llewellyn Machinery Cor- poration, the latter two of Miami Commissioners passed favor- ably on four resolutions at the ~~ |meeting: Contribution of $100 to Flora About Fimanctal Aid Te Lester. of this city Britain: Admits Ene ing from trachoma of ~ ie : P P requiring an operation to sav sight. Raising the attorney's wh connection with work n done on procurement Chica property for the army sub-airbase on whether or not cond Depend: proceedings are necessary. the fr was rased from $1250 to $1558. I condemnation is not necessary and it was expres: at the mex ing that it may not have to come the first figure would apply National Airlines’ meve to ¢ tablish a Miami-Key West sched ule this winter was to be assisted by a resolution to the Gert Acre nautics Authority, requesting ap- proval of the emergency applice tion submitted. Confidence State Senator David Elmer Ward's integr: connection with a in The Citizer concerning start on the Overseas Highway pressed in another resolution Major H. Clarke ce Tequested that the Board addre= the state road department ask that board to take tenance of state road 205. m to Cape Sable and Fla: board agreed to commu! the state agency or w of the ma Honor Memory Of Late Commissioner ° At their semi-monthly meeting last night, the Monroe county commission adopted a_ resolution honoring the memory of Commis- sioner Braxton Bragg Warren, who died last Saturday. Upon the motion of Chairman Carl Ber- valdi, the commission and all others in attendance at the session stood in silence or a period of one minute in memory of the late county officer. The resolution, which was read by County Clerk Ross Sawyer, follows: Braxton Bragg Warren, Dean of the County Commissioners of | Monroe County, Florida, and one of the oldest county officials in Florida from the standpoint of public service, passed away peace- fully at his home in Key West on December 7th, 1940. Mr. Warren was born in Key West, Florida, on August 30th, 1867, and spent his entire life in \the City of Key West. He had served fifteen complete two-year terms as County Commissioner’ from the Second District af Mon- roe County, Florida, and was serv- | ing his sixteenth term at the time of his death. He had also been re- elected in the General Election in November, 1940, to serve his’ seventeenth term. During his entire tenure of of- fice, Mr. Warren was outstanding (Continued on Page Three) WEEK-END SPECIALS DEVIL'S FOOD and BANANA NUT LAYER CAKES. special Maloney Bros. Bakery | Phone 818 812 Fleming St. NEVADA MAN REPORTS FOR DUTY AT STATION W. B. Welions. of Hawthorne Nevada, arrived here yesterday and reported this morning + Lieut. Comdr. Ray W. Byrns USN., at the na ta Mr. Wellons will serve as chief clerk in the supply departmen under Comdr. Byrns NEW YORK. Dec Thompson, chief of the Londox bureau of The Associated Press today expressed amazement at the conveniences and comfort: Still existent im some parts of the world. Mr. Thompson. whe hax just returned from the bemb- ‘scarred British metropolis. ge- ferred to Manhattan and the United States. “I feel like a fish out of water the noted correspondent told m terviewers. “I hed completely forgotten how noisy and how