The Key West Citizen Newspaper, January 16, 1941, Page 1

—_—_— ear eres Associated Press Day Wire Service For 61 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West VOLUME LXIl. No. 14. Plan Training Key West Men For Jobs In Defense: Program Groundwork Will Be Laid °P OOP OOS OM At Meeting Scheduled CHALMERS ADDRESSES seame ene" ROTARY CLUB TODAY J.C. Chalmers, Jacksonville candidate for post of Rotary district governor, addressed local members of the organi- zation at their weekly meet- ing today. Chalmers came to Key West Tuesday to back his candidacy before Rotarians here. For Tonight At County Court House Groundwork for a plan which | will train Key West men for jobs | in defense industry will be laid | { (P~ Associated Press) tenight at a meeting of represen- | tatives of the Florida State de-| 9 OOO Om Oe Fariment of education, officers VESSEL, STUCK from navy, marine corps and, coast guard and interested men| HARD IN MUD from the city and county. | Fare Bruce V. Davis and Charles MANHATTAN AWAITS ARRIV- Hale, both of the state depart-| ar OF HEAVY DUTY TUGS ment of vocational education, ar- | rived in Key West last night to| iar ahted shale call the gathering which will be-| gin at 8 o'clock in the office of} Melvin E. Russell, Monroe county | educational director, in the coun- | ty courthouse. | Working with social security headquarters in Washington, the} group will set up an advisory committee designed to set in mo- ~ tion a series of training courses | for young men interested in! training for defense jobs. Through co-operation with navy depart- ment heads here, the group hopes to obtain the use of navy equip-! ment to begin apprentice training in the yards. Along with the state educa- tional men, representatives who will meet tonight include those from ali local civie clubs, navy, coast guard, marine corps, Flor- ida State Employment, contrac- tors and local building unions, Tentative plans for the schools include courses in blueprint read- ing and drafting, vocational math- ematics, machine shop, electrical work and others, If naval equip-| ment can be procured, the com- mittee will attempt to arrange a plan under which the trainees could be given apprentice work in the ship yard, procuring actual experience in the courses they study. Da nounced, and Hale, it has been an- will remain in Key West to lead the program until’s it is underway. TIME EXTENDED ON AUTO TAGS | County tax collections offices, notified last night of a_ lice plate time extension to February 1, will continue to stay open as late as customers are in line, it was announced today, Midnight last night the original deadline, but Governor Spessard L. Holland at the last minute granted a two weeks’ ex- tension. CITY COUNCIL MEETS TONIG * county with a request for more y'funds to continue operation WEST PALM BEACH, Jan. 16. —The hundred million dollar liner Manhattan, wedged more firmly than ever on her sand bank north of here, must await the arrival of heavy duty tugs from the north, it was learned today. Efforts to move the ship have failed utterly since she ran aground Sunday night and sand! has now built up around the hull so that it will be impossible to move her without dredging a channel. = Part of the 1,000,000 gallons of fuel aboard the ship was dumped overboard yesterday in an effort | to lighten her, but it was_ still impossible to move the liner. Pas- | sengers have all been taken} ashore, but most of the crew re-! mains. REPLY SENT IN FUND REQUEST County Clerk Ross Sawyer has sent to state WPA headquarters a reply to requests for additional pwing room sponsor funds, he aid today. Sawyer authorized by Carl Bervaldi, chairman of the county commission, to ask WPA officials for a consultation. The organiza- tion’s district director will be re- quested to discuss the question with Bervaldi on his next visit here. Works previously project had headquarters presented the of the sewing room. TEMPERATURES Lowest last/Highest last night 24 hours Abilene Boi Boston Bristol Buffalo « arleston Che Key West Citizen THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN THE U. S. A. KEY WEST, FLORIDA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 16, 1941 WILHELMSHAVEN HEAVILY | BOMBED; MANY FIRES | STARTED AND SMOKE AND | (WASHINGTON, Jan. 16.—The 'United States today is in far FLAMES SEEN MILES AWAY | more dangerous a situation than jin 1917, Secretary of War Henry |L. Stimson told a House Military ‘Affairs committee today. Taking up the cudgels in sup- port of the “aid to the demo- cracies” bill where Secretary of State Hull left off yesterday, Stimson told the congressmen only quick passage of the bill {could ward off the dangers which rround us. Passage of the bill, he said, will provide “a great funnel” through which all the defense machinery will be consolidated. England, the secretary con- tinued, is the only force which is holding the Nazis in check and she ‘is much more seriously endanger- (By Axsociated Press) LONDON, Jan. 16.—Wilhelm- shaven, Germany’s greatest north sea port and naval base, billowed smoke and flames this morning which could be seen for miles, raiding Royal Air Force bombers have reported, Striking with devastating force, the RAF bombers staged |*“ greatest and most successful ! M of the war on Wilhelmshayen,’| said, i erman official sources admit-/ the raid but said damage;had | n slight. “Apparently the raid was made without. plan,” they said. “Bombs were scattered indis- | ——-—— criminately and the fires veel) t } soon put out.”) i Units of the British flying forces, striking with new fury{ after several days of inaction, | hammered at Emden and other! German points during the night. | Other attacks were reported on | troop concentrations along the ; ene coast at LeHavre and | rest, whole still other pomeets PERTURBED OVER terdam and cities in Norway to} U. S. WAR AIMS . fe ranged far afield to subject Rot- new bombings. PREPARE FOR er ITALIAN AND JAPANESE PA- PERS BITTERLY CRITI. CiSE AMERICA (By Associated Press) Left Port Yesterday es Sik Sa ed than in the last war. Both Italy and Japan at that time were on the side of the Allies. he ex- ; plained, while the two now con-, - stitute a serious menace. Secretary of Navy Frank Knox is scheduled to follow Stimson be- fore the committee later this aft- ernoon ina further appeal for passage of the bill. Members of the committee this morning received a telegram from ex-President Herbert Hoover urg- | ing a clarification of the powers; granted President . Roosevelt. “I a e r * am in favor of all aid short of war | bi to Great Britain.” he said, “but if | | we could know now the extent of | ‘ E the President’s authority, it would | “eval officers stationed in Key eliminate much of the . confusion ; west have refused to amplify re- and fear which now exists in Con- | ” ‘ gress and in the nation.” | ports of a fleet. of 20 mosquito ~--+— | boats Bound here from Washing- ton, D. C. | Captain’ W. F. Jacobs, com- | mandant of the base, said he had seen newspaper reports that 20 of the midget fighters were heading Flotilla i | * | A complete destroyer flotilla,’ consisting of five ships, steamed out of Key West late yesterday rive.” afternoon bound for an unan-{ F Baunced destination, ‘ An Associated Press story from | : e | Washington this morning quoted Naval officers here would not Ss say how many men were aboard cretary of Navy Frank Knox be along time before they ar- Mosquito Fleet Boats Coming To Key West \here but commented only, “It will | Key West, Florida, has the most equable climate in the country; with an average range of onlv 14° Fahrenheit Sips Action In Mediterranean Sea (Dy Ansociated Presa) edy Craft, mins jdtalian war planes in Friday's ‘ Mediterranean action against the | British fleet sank two aircraft | carriers, one or two cruisers and possibly a battleship, it is an- } mounced here. (London hes admitted destruc- |tion of the cruiser Southampton | by a Nasi dive bomber. The 9,000- tton ship burst into flames and. | burned so fiercely other units of | the fleet were unable to tow her | into port, it was announced.) | (Most of the ship's 700 crew members were believed to have @-crew of from eight to 10 ‘Pmsign. They are heavily armed “withimachine guns and torpedo |tubes fore and aft and attain a {speed of about 57 land miles per jhour. | Several of the boats were brought here from England for study some time ago and the pres- jent fleet is believed to have been built along the same general lines as the British model. United States models have replaced the British Rolls-Royce motors with two powerful Packard engines but the remainder of the design is about the same. Sailors at the local base, several of whom are acquainted with men who made some of the original test runs in the boats, say they are the ships, but normally five of them would carry a complement of more than 1,000 men. that 20 of the boats were leaving for Key West and wouid be joined before the end of the year by 28 “the roughest riding "piece of mi chinery in the navy.” Men as- signed to them wear heavily padded equipment, crash helmets abandoned the ship and reached. safety.) The aerial arid submarine sea 4 election. jland said he and Stone BOND ELECTION FREEHOLDERS REQUIRED TO REGISTER BEFORE JANUARY. 3:0 i sree, j John England, Monroe county supervisor of registration, this morning warned county free- | holders they must register with | ‘his office befor: January 30 if, they are to vote in the February Only 82 of the free-holders to- day had brought in the affida- vits which will permit them to vote. Previous registration will have no bearing on this election. Supervisor England explained. Appointment of a deputy su- pervisor to canvass voters along the upper keys, meanwhile | awaits the action of England and; Julius F. Stone, representing! County Attorney W, Curry Har-| ris. i County commissioners have ap- | proved the appointment of a dep- uty for three days’ work, but); failed to set a limit on his salary | or to provide for expenses. Eng-| would | today and/ | discuss the question set a figure. GERMANS PAVE WAY FOR DRIVE (By Associated P. BERLIN, Jan. 16.—Suspension of normal air transport in Bul-| garia today lent new emphasis to reports of German troop move- ments believed to be paving the way for a drive to the aid of Italy in Albania. j Newspapermen here were cau-} tioned by the propaganda minis- try to do no speculating on fu ture German activity. GUARDS ARRIVE AT GALVESTON i land Japanese (By Asnociated Press) NEW YORK, Jan. 16.—Italian newspapers -teday blasted United States with criticism more usual. Terming this country “the most world”, the Italian paper ropola d'Italia de- caustic than imperialistic in the |clared the United States would be glad to see Britain defeated in order that she might snatch Eng- lish colonies. “Italy and Germany are the real protectors of South America”, the paper continued, “with the United States in the role of a threatening overlord”. Tokio papers warned the na- tion it must be on the alert and prepare for any eventuality as regards American activity in the Pacific. Accusing the United States of secret diplomatic ac- tivity aymed at Japan, the papers said it needs “only a spark” to begin hostilities between the two countries. KENNEDY TALKS WITH PRESIDENT (Be Anne WASHINGTOD seph P. Kennedy, ex-amb to London, talked with F Roosevelt at the White House to- day ed Press) Jan. 16.— No word was forthcomir the nature of SCALISE ENTER PLEA OF GUILTY (Ry Associated Pres NEW YORK Sea or Jar u war aims! ,_/terian Church. g announce The ships were the McLeish, the "Fe now under construction. Bainbridge, Sturdevant, Ceettory oe genio Mag - ~ ™ navy, e 5 and Reuben James. cording to Captain Jacobs, usually run about 60 feet and 'COAST GUARD BOATS ARRIVE.IN-PORT Two Coast Guard vessels, the 175-foot Juniper and the 80-foot | Poinciana, arrived in Key West | this morning. | Poinciana, towing a barge with | equipment for Jight repair work, will remain here for some time, | while Juniper is expected fo leave | DR. WARREN GIVES POINT- soon for patrol in the Maimi area. ; SCOUT UNIT TQ | tase senzanina MEET ON FRIDAY ered litth fi the epidemic Announcement has been made which is sweeping eastern states of the annual meeting of the Mon- | from north Florida to Canada, roe County District Committee of William R. Warren, city health Boy Scouts, to be held at 7:30 p. | officer, announced today. m., on Friday, January 17, at the! Cases which have been report- chamber of Commerce. Election 'ed here are usually mild and in of officers for this year will take most cases have been brought in place. by visitors from the affected Field Executive Rance Osborne, | arears, he said. representing Dade County Coun-' To. prevent spread of the dis- cil, in which this district. js. in-j;ease here, he warned, “avoid ‘cluded, has notified t¥d | Hiptrict' people with coughs as though | Chairman that he wil be present ‘they had the plague”. at the annual meeting and@ywhile’ Beyond that, the doctor sug- in this city, hé wil ‘preg@nt the gests “stay @way, from ¢rowds,- charter to Troop 59, the recently j cat light foods and drink plenty organized Troop of colored boys, | of fruit-juice”. sponsored by the Trinity Presby- SHIP MEASURE GETS APPROV All Scouters and others inter. ested in the Boy Scout movemen are requested to be present at the annual meeting and if possible, offer their services in the interest of this organization NEW DUTIES ONTO HOUSE FOR ACTION (By Associated Press) has been named WASHINGTON, Jan. 16.—A Monroe county | bill calling for $1,209,000,000 to be board, it was)spent in Naval re-armament was proved by the House Naval af- Knapp. resigning from | fairs committee today and passed rmanship last night, has '« ‘© the House with a recom- ned a metnber of the board. | mendation for quick passage. Frank Fleit airman of the tiv hh snetatomnicipttianinnaaen npc Si fhalarnereieiinagt, GIVES WARNING C. C. SYMONETTE | Key West up to now has suf- , Dr. Funeral services will be held to- | REARMAMENT BILL PASSED and thick coats, but running them/ war against merchant — ships, at top speed in a heavy sea i8/ meanwhile, is reported to have still regarded as a punishing as- reached new successes in the past signment. few dpys, etaim “destruction: jof @ 5,000-ton ship by bombs, while Germany .has claimed the sinking of one 14,000-ton ship by |@ Submarine and a 4,000-ton ves- | | DIED THIS A. M. | a |sel by bombers. 1 FUN SERVICES WILL BE! (English sources report the air- craft carrier Tilustrious has reach- CONDUCTED TOMORROW led port severély damaged lind AFTERNOON |claim the sinking of two. Italian naval units in the Meditefranean | by the submarine Pandora.) Clarence C. Symonette, age 65, died this morning 5:30 at his resi- |NEAR VALONA denec, 703 Catherine _ street. | BITOL, Yugosalvia, Jan, 16.— morrow afternoon at 4:30 o'clock | Two columns of Greek infantry from the First Baptist Church, {and motorized units are pressing Rev. W. H. Doherty, officiating. | #!most to the gates ot Valona, im- The body will be placed in the | Portant Italian base in Albania, it church at 2:00 o'clock. \is reported in this border town. Pritchard Funeral Home is in| Reports reaching here say a charge of arrangements. jcolumn moving through the in- Mr. Symonette was a former |‘etior has fought its way to with- City Councilman. and was also at |i" 14 miles southeast of the port, jone time a member of the County jwhile @ second army moving up Commissioners. He was also very |‘h coast has pressed to a point active in lodge work in Key West, | eee Jeosevreteg it having been affiliated with many al of pines oe ge troops fraternal organizations. lord " ree ti cores in coun- Survivors are his wife Mrs, | ‘t-offensives been--beaten é off by the column moviny “along Bertha J. Symonette; four daugh- ;° ‘ters, Mrs. Alice Baker of Pensa- |the coast, while the second.force cola, Mrs. Hazel Calvert of Jack-| “#5 encountering heavy’ resist- |Sonville, Mrs. Louise Lee of Miami |7°¢ but advancing slowly. —. jand Mrs. Geneva Carno of Geor- gia. | | | | | ! i a REVOLTS Two sons, Charles of New Jer- hae! ETHIOPIA | sey, George of Marathon, Fla.One| LONDON, Jap. 16—An Italian | brother, Albert Symonette of Mi- #¢neral and heavy reinforcements ami; one sister, Mrs. Bertie Ben- have been dispatched to quell jamin, Tampa. Eight grand chil- |T#ing revolts ir Ethiopia, it ts dren and two great grand chil- @"nounced here. dren. | British sources say the revolt t |began in an eastern section of MORE NAMES GO |the conquered nation and is | spreading rapidly, INTO JURY BOX ASKS RIGHT TO Chicag Cincinnati The second regular meeting of per the month of the City Council will Det be held this evening, beginning at 7:30 o'clock. Aside from regu ness, there minor importar the last meeti tonight pd st Captain W. Curry Harris, com- | manding officer of the local Na- | tional Guard company, is evipt of a telegram stating which left . had arrived safely er The bill provides for construc- | - ; TRANSFER tion of 400 auxiliary ships at a]. A brief ceremony at 3 o'clock | FUNDS White H Club (Stork Club) Price of $1,000,000 apiece. The/this afternoon establishes 701 remainder of the money would go jMogroe county citizens as pros-| ——Presents——_ MARCOS AND ODETTE One of the headline acts of the New York World's Fair for guns, heavier armor for exist- pective jurors for circuit court) A request for authorization and ing ships and expansion in naval | duty |approval of proposed fund trans- yard facilities. Clerk Ross C. Sawyer has pre-/fers on the county's books today PA RNESS a list of names which will! ~@s forwarded by County Clerk {Brazilian Pavilion) PLAYING NIGHTLY Three Shows Nightly: 11:30, 12:30 and 1:30 Free Lessons in Conga, Rumba and Tango Nightly BRITISH FORCES led individually and placed |Ross Sawyer to the office of the DINNER SERVED Between 6 and 9 before Sheriff Berlin |state comptroller at Tallahassee. Sawyer and Judge Raymond R.! GOING FARWARD ~=: FULL COURSE DINNER. CHARCOAL BROILED County commissioners have SPECIALTIES and STONE CRABS The only Restaurant in the World with Trained Fish company, a few left axe aptain Curry, who was un pared Ja nV ke th be seai KEY WEST ooh ea DR. A. M. MORGAN Announces that MRS. JULIA HERGATT of Chicago is now in charge of the 75¢ BEAUTIFUL BOUQUET SPRING FLOWERS (My Assacioted Press} | ACCURATE CAIRO, Jan 16—British forces PERSCRIPTION ‘ around Tobruk are still making SERVICE slight progress, it was learned here today. The bogged down campaign y bas been suffering from a terrific sand storm. i funds to Southernmost Flowers 616 Duval Street Phone 136 ~