The Key West Citizen Newspaper, January 15, 1941, Page 1

Associated Press Day Wire Service For 61 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of fee on mer Wee | West Che Hry est Ctttzrit THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN THE U. S. A. KEY WEST, FLORIDA, WERNESDAY, JANUARY 15, 1941 VOLUME LXII. No, 13. County Commission | Organizes; Employes Retained By Board Bervaldi Renamed Chair- MORE WORKERS man; Harris Returned To Office As Legal Ad-| | OPERATIVES IN FOUR MORE PLANTS PLAN GENERAL WALK-OUT visor Every county employe whose appointment comes under county (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON, Jan. 15.—! | Workers in four more giant @s a result of last night's initial dustrial plants may join striking {Eaton company employees in a |general walk-out, it was learned here today. commission jurisdiction will | | | | | | | re-| main in office for another term in- meeiing of the newly-elected rep- resentatives. erry Dexreles to Dalat Ryan aircraft at San Diego said today they will call a strike un- less wage demands are met by the company this week and CIO head- quarters here have presented ployes whose appointments are in similar demands on the’ part of their hands. | workers in three steel plants, County Attorney W. Curry Har- | chairmanship for the fourth time, the commissionors voted to re- new the terms of county em- | Basis for a temporary settle- ris, a National Guard captain, ment of the Eaton company dis- who is to be called to active duty, | putes are believed to nave been was returned to his office for a Worked out and labor leaders here JOIN STRIKERS | Union spokesmen for employees 1 HULL STARTS BATTLE FOR BRITISH AID SECRETARY OF STATE AP- PEARS BEFORE poe AFFAIRS COMMITTEE IN INTEREST OF MOVEMENT TO VISIT LOCAL ROTES (By Ansoctated Press) WASHINGTON, Jan. 15.—Sec- } retary of State Cordell Hull to- day went before a Senate Foreign Affairs committee to fire the lopening gun in the administra- | tion’s battle for quick action on ithe “aid to Britain” bill. Hull told the committeemen only a full victory for Britain could make certain the continued freedom and security of the west- ern hemisphere without American jentry into the war. “Hitler could cross~ the ocean, particularly the south Atlantic, if jit were not for the British navy”, /he declared, Admitting the at.| tack probably would be directed | at a South American country jTO BE GUEST OF LOCAL RO- rather than directly at the United ! States, he pointed cout the danger | Pee os SUIS Ie) jof a German victory which would | TOMORROW give the Nazis control of British | ‘and French fleets. ! Hull outlined U.S. policy broad- ySaenis senile has cere lebina sonville candidate for for this country and its neigh, of the 167th district, Rotary In- bors and would return to the ternational, the guest of world justice and honor among local Rotarians at their luncheon jnations. He described to the meeting tomorrow |committeemen the flow of events; Bychanan, who is to arrive in Poet Bava Ce tose resent War Key West this afternoon, will tell pation of Manchuria in 1981 and the local members of his record continuing through Italian occu-. With the organization and of his J. Chalmers Buchanan \Candidate For Rotary Governor ‘J. C. BUCHANAN COMING TO CITY Jack- governor J. Chalmers Buchanan, will be sof the commission are {to meet with government and fac- | cou ran DEFENSE COUNCIL FROM ENGLAND TO | BE SENT TO U.S. MOVEMENT DESIGNED TO AS- | SIST IN SPEEDING UP PUR- | CHASE OF WAR SUPPLIES | FROM THIS COUNTRY European War Slows Due To Adverse Weather ih: Uy Associated Press) | | WASHINGTON, Jan. 15.—Brit- ain soon will send to the United States a defense council designed | ‘to assist in speeding purchase of ! jAmerican war supplies, it was | announced here today. Members | expected | ! tory representatives here in Seles! |to obviate the delay of trans- | |ccean cnoversations on some of | |t the defense measures. | | Defense program officials here, | meanwhile, have asked British | acceptance of a plan to standard- | ize equipment sent to the United Kingdom. Under the new plan, British forces would get standard Ameri- can equipment instead of the present supply of materials built to their specifications. Supporters of the move say it would in- crease the speed of production in the Miami-Havana mass flight | Guard units on a search which is, expected to end with word the | flyers changed their minds and |did not take part in the flight. ; The two planes, one carrying | Dr. David L. White and Earle Me- |Gee, and the other with Dr. and and at the same time would save | Mrs John W. Moore of Elwood, | the United States from coming Ind., failed to arrive in Havana! out of the war with a huge sup-/ with other units in the flight. ply of, to us, useless British | Lieutenant H. B. Haskins, Coast equipment on: hand, uard executive officer, said to- ———____ iday the 75-foot Cutter 185 had PLANNING WHARF jbeen sent on a flying trip along | jthe keys in search of the planes’ ;and the Cutter Pandora was un- derstood to be patrolling the area | ;between here and Cuba. Ne-/} | mesis, which acted on patrol duty | ‘during the flight, has returned to, Missing Planés In Mass Flight baived To Have Other Points Disappearance of two airplanes. wawwreree, OF FISHING HERE, Key West fishin fishing catches touched something near a new high in numbers and tonnage yesterday as Milton Y. France and Robert L. Pegg, both regular visitors here, with Mr. and Mrs. John Booten of Columbus, Ohio, brought in a bag of 45 big ones. The catch ranged from a sailfish and a 400-pound shark down to mackerel, wel- low tail and one sea gull and the ang! came out rating Key West the world’s top fish- | | | | 1 | | i | { { | i es | Key West, Florida, has the most equable climate in the ntry; with an average ° ge of only 14° Fahrenheit PRICE FIVE CENTS Down | England Hears Stories Of Conferences Between Hitler And High-Rank- ing French Officials (BY Asnoecinted areans Eur-pes war, ssuowea down alcag all fronts by bad weather, y threatened to develop again into a battle of nerves. Balkan diplomats reported Ger- lyesterday, today sent local Coast ANOTHER GooD DAY | |men troops on the move in Al- bania and England heard stories J of a conference between Hitler jana high-ranking French naval ; men. The » confab beportediy was | designea to rage about close co- | operation between the French ‘fleet and German air units in a | move to wrest Mediterranean con- |trol from the British navy. German sources indignantly | denied both reports, however, (and said talk of a eonference be- 2 e twee) tl three-month period by a three-two |ate confident the striking re of Ethiopia.and Albania. {candidacy in tue annual confer. PERMISSION. ASKED OF WAR ing spot. France. end Pegg,_, tween tie. antl. French. ‘vete-of- the commissioners", -W-+Will return to.work within the Craig, Norberg Thompson and |Next few days. Bervaldi voted to continue the at-| Navy headquarters, meanwhile, torney in office, while J. Frank ate considering a move to raise Roberts and Eduardo C. Gomez legal hour limits in yards through- voted for T. S. Caro. out the country to a six-day, 48- County employes whose terms hour week. Orders have gone out were renewed were Nathan Niles t© yatd commanders to impress and Raymond Maloney, road pa- | ¥Pon their workmen the necessity trolmen; Leroy Torres and Wil- | for speed and navy spokesmen liam Gondolfo, prison guards; e?e say only by Thomas Whitmarsh and Paul W°'k hours can they hope to meet Monsalvatge, courthouse custo- | the demand. dians, and Fabio Olivieri, ground- SRT rosatanl TEMPERATURES © The commissioners appointed to head committees during the new Lowest last|Highest las! night 24 hours term are Roberts, finance and ad- vertising; Gomez, airport; Thomp. son, building and ground BAL ; * Abilene 58 road and boulvard, and Bervaldi, poston 7 public y. Bristol 58 Commissioner Roberts, appoint- | Brownsville 18 ed by former Governor Fred | puttalo 18 Cone, has continued to hold his |Gharleston 66 office until an appointment is Chicago 29 made by. Governor Spe: : | Cineinnati 37 46 23 Holland for the new se Bae 64 Huron 78 W. held in Monroe | Miami 26 West this morning at 5 o'clock New York automobile on which a lien had Salt Lake City prisoner for trial. rgton eee Detroit 23 Jacksonville 64 county jail on a bench warrant Nashville 71 for return to Volusia county Phoenix been attached Sheriff San Francisco Edward M’Grat f feed From PRISONER HERE @--"= |Havre 31 IS TAKEN OFF ea KEY WEST Los Angeles 73 65 charging removal of property un- | Minneapolis der lien, was. taken from Key New Orleans 25 67 Jessee charged in DeLand Portland with taking from the county an St. Louis Stone of Volusia county ca pokane Key West last night to rete Marie R Jessee, { liberty but ast Septen awa twe counts me She mansiav ward Me ty ja murder, E Monroe cot and was t d defense McGrath ~yester fatal sho DR. A. M MORGAN Ann $s th JULIA HERGATT of Ch , shown ~ needed at this time. ved establist pe near here to the from ir se berg, Ow harge of the ical Therapy Dept. Fume Baths. Colonics) Phone 281 in ¢ e of criminal negligence. increasing the! 'AUTO LICENSE PLATE DEADLINE | ENDS TONIGHT !NO EXTENSION OF TIME IS GRANTED AS YET: ONLY 600 OF 2,000 SOLD BY TAX COLLECTOR Auto license plate sales in |Monroe county, with a deadline jat midnight tonight and no e: en- ision in sight, still were far from {complete today. Tax Collector Joe C. McMahon's Joffice early this afternoon had jsold 600 licenses to an estimated jcar owning population of more |than 2,000. | Unless Governor Spessard L. ‘Holland grants an extension of itime today, use of the 1940 plates will become illegal after midnight. The local office, meanwhile, lean for a last minute rush land will remain open tonight |long as car owners continue jcome in. | Word of a gubernatorial exten- jsion, should one be granted, jexpected to reach the office jfore the deadline tonight HARRY L. BAKER | NEW POLICEMAN is as to is be- Harry Lee Baker, son and_ Mrs. Lee Baker of Fleming street, was appointed a member of the police force last evening by Mayor Willard M. Albury Mr. took up his new d with the police department last Ipeat tens make po- mayor proposes to ment of another was add as were two . hee they was that badly 90] has again bee: the accredited list of of college and secondary NEW YORK - BUSY BEE Spanish “Best Sandwiches and Eats” |nece elections at ‘April. j | A resident of Jacksonville for 'the past 10 years, Buchanan is district manager of the Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph company and has a long record as a member and officer of civic j organizations there. As a Rotarian, he has sented the clubs at 10 district conferences, eight district assem- blies and four international con- ventions at Atlantic City, San Francisco, Cleveland and - Ha- vana. Hollywood in | DEPARTMENT TO MAKE IMPROVEMENTS {Special to The Citizen) JACKSONVILLE, Jan. 15.—Ap-} plication has been made to the War Department by Associated Securities Corporation, Chas. G.} Brand, president, First National‘ Bank Building, Miami, Fla., for a permit to reconstruct and main- tain an existing wharf and con- struct a wharf in Garden Cove,! Atlantic Ocean, at its property located at the foot of Loquat; Drive, Key Largo, Monroe Coun- \ty, Florida Plans of this work may be seen BELIEVE ITALY | - —— senville, or at the suboffice at Miami Beach. There will be no public hearing | on this application. Anyone de- siring to enter protest should com- municate with the Engineer office at Jacksonville in time to be re- ceived on or before January 23. repre- ated Yrexs) MOSCOW, — Jan 15.—Soviet military men were described by newspapers here today as con- vinced that Engiand would at- tempt to knock Italy out of the war before spring | Italian-British warfarc Mediterranean has demonstrated, they sea belongs to: the the hips power has proved in a struggle betwee airplanes, U.S. AMBASSADOR RETURNS TO ROME (My Associated Presa) ROME, Jar Ambass has ANTHONY PENT — DIED THIS A. M. SON OF FIRST WHITE MAN BORN IN KEY WEST in. the effectively that the nation with and that air ineffectual ships and said n Anthony Pent, age 74, died this orning at hospital Funeral will be held tomorrow afternoon 4:00 o'clock from the 1 chapel of Pritchard Funeral H me, Rev. W. R. Howell, of ing Street Methodist church r a local bec Mrs Fel- two sisters i Mrs. Benj hers, Jarnes Andrew w Pent | Key West. The flyers were warned to wear life belts and to remain inside the reefs along the Florida coast on their way here, Lieutenant Has-. (kins said. He, along with other |Coast Guard officials in Miami, | express belief the flyers had changed their plans and gone north without giving notice. The 185, however, has searched the area around East Turtle and Alligator keys and Coast Guard headquarters here has communi- cated by telephone with residents of the upper keys who would have been likely to see a crash. SMASHUP BRINGS MANY TO SCENE TWO CARLOADS OF POLICE RESPOND TO CALL (By Annociated Press) IOLA, Kas., Jan. 15—After an airplane crash was reported re- cently at Iola there arrived at the scene in this order One newspaperman, an undertaker, two policemen and state trolmen. = found model airplane a fence post. highway pa- the wreckage of a that had snagged ey COLD WAVE IN NEW ENGLAND (By Associated Press) High winds coupled with Lelow- zero weather and snows brought winter: discomfort to New Hamp- shire and other New England es today nd and snow Washington Was reported a ashed around mercury 30 below j and . REFUSE PASSAGE White Heron Club (Sterk Club) ——Presents—— MARCOS AND ODETTE One of the headline acts of the New York World's Fair (Brazilian Pavilion) Opening Wednesday, January 15th Three Shows Nightly: 11:30. 12:30 and 1:30 Free Lessons in Conga. Rumba and Tango Nightly DINNER SERVED Between 6 and 9 FULL COURSE DINNER. CHARCOAL BROILED SPECIALTIES and STONE CRABS The only Restaurant in the World with Trained Fish (By Assertated Preas) LONDON Jan. 15.—Royal Nav officers have refused 7 request to allow f ships through the Gibraltar bleck f the Mediterranean, it has been announced — MEET TONIGHT Local artists will meet for the first time this season tonight at the Art Center at an open hour affair which begin at 8:00 o'clock. Columbus real estate opera- tors, have let their fishing hobby carry them to waters all over the world. Yesterday's big catch was made up of sailfish, sharks, several large barracudas, tuna, bonita, mackerel, king- fish, yellowtails and ocean runners. BROIL ae. HOME GUARDS ARE ADDRESSED Major Robert Spottswood of the Key West Home Guard told members of the organization last night their future meetings will be held at the National Guard armory, corner of White and Southard streets, instead of at the Legion Hall Members of the organization gathered for drill and to hear Col. G. D, Hatfield in a discussion of “Information and Precau- tions”. leaders at this time was ridicu- / lous. | From the Balkans came uneasy speculation as to whether Eng- land would concentrate now on a drive to take all Lybia and smash Italy out of the war or turn north and send a full-fleged expedi- tionary force of her victorious {African troops into Albania. The war in Africa, meanwhile, had slowed to a crawl as troops on both sides ducked fdr} in a raging sand storm pen bruk and Greek units in Albania, although reporting steady prog- ress, made no new claims of cap- tured territory, Over England, too, dense fogs had brought a temporary respite from the bombings, a rest which was broken only by a brief at- tack on an un-named Scottish village. German bombers, it was reported, flattened part, of the village and then swooped © back to spray the town with machiffe gun fire. John Faulk New Chairman Of State Road Department TALLAHASSEE, an. 15. (FNS) John Hugh Faulk of Chipley was elected chairman of he State Road Department at a reorganization meeting held last Friday. H. H. Baskin, Clearwater, was elected secretary to the Board; T. M Shacleford, Tampa, was clected attorney for the de partment; and J. H. Dowling was reelected highwey engineer The meeting was held after the members of the board had a cope ference with Governor | Spenshpa Holland Complete harmony was evident at thé meeting and mbers expressed a sincere cooperate with Governor Holland in working out a program which will best serve the interests of the state as a whole. Contractors to whom road con- tracts have been let but who have not started acual work under the terms of such tracts. were tified to appear before the Board at a meeting held Wednes. day afterncon to discuss the merits of such contracts with spe- cial reference to the emergency created by the national defense program in Florida Chairman Fautk said this was a closed session in order to expedite the examination of such matters up for considerction and that many communtiies may have to sacrifice their local desires in or- der that national deense work in Florida may be speeded up to meet the urgent necessity for de- fense action and the desire of Governor Holland to place the state in a position to meet any emergency which may arise. Chairman Faulk is an original member of the board appointed by Governor Cone. He is a naval Stores operator and is engaged in the general mercantile business in Chipley, He bes had seven years lexperience as a banker, has al- /waystaken an setive part in civie affairs, and has long been an ad- vocate of good roads. He will de- vote his full time to the duties of the office of chairman. The membership of the board remains the same as before, con- sisting of E. A. McClosky of Lake City, Brooks W. Bateman of Pa- hokee, James W. Perkin of Deland and retiring chairman, George L. Burr, Jr. of Winter Haven, and John Hughey Faulk, Chipiey, the new chairman. Chairman Faulk and the bther members of the Board stated they would continue to serve st the pleasure of the Governor. TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN This is to cortify thet 1 am no.