The Key West Citizen Newspaper, January 17, 1941, Page 1

Associated Press Day Wire Service For 61 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West VOLUME LXII. No. 15. Che Key West Citizen THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN THE U. City, Council. Receives Our’ Applications For Inspector Of Licenses * Matters "POP DDD DoD iM 4 Various Oiher CATCHES AMBERJACK Taken Up During Reg- ‘AND WINS HIS BET ular Meeting Conducted | ete ee Henry Doerfelt, vacation- Last Night ing from Paterson, N. J. can go home now. He won his bet, Ten days ago a friend came home with a 60-pound king- fish from a trip to the reefs off Key West and Doerfelt was scornful. He said he could catch a bigger one and to ‘prove he meant it, promised to stay in Key West until he did, Yesterday, with Mr. and Mrs. Jimmie Britt of Wash- ‘ington, D. C. Doerfelt won the bet and ended his vacation with the capture of a 69- pound amberjack. Members of the party, fishing off Reef 55, caught 15 barracudas, two amberjacks and four kingfish. They are stopping at the Cactus Terrare. There were four for the position of License In-| applications spector read at the regular meet- ing of the City Council last night. They were Benny Pierce, Carlyle Roberts, S. Owen Sawyer and Milton A. Parrott. decided, after much discussion, It was finally to have the mayor use one of his Police officers to perform these duties instead of appointing a special man for this purpose. The mayor’s appointment of} Harry Lee Baker as a police offi- | cer was confirmed. The resigna-| "PMP LOD DM BM I, tion of Police Officer Ray At-! well, who has gone to camp with VESSELS STILL the National Guard, was read and | | j i | accepted. It was ordered that Mr. | Atwell be paid a full month's sal- ary for the month of January. Complain Of Nuisance The question cf undue noi at the garage at the corner of | Eaton and Grinnell streets in the | RELATIVE TO PERMISSION ASKED TO GO THROUGH BLOCKADE ~—TNTALIAN AND jhad interfered with operations. Five Vocational GREEK FORGES : FIGHTING ' ON NEITHER SIDE WAS ABLE | Five vocational training cours- TO CLAIM ANY IMPORTANT jes which can be set in motion jwith a minimum of délay for GAINS IN TODAY'S ACTIVI- |equipment were approved tenta- tively last night at the initial TIES 1..eeting of Monroe county’s Com- mittee for Vocational Training in National Defense, held at the {county courthouse. Members of the committee, rep- resentatives of interested groups in the county plus army, navy and marine corps men, were present- jed with a broad program worked jout by the State Department of (By Associated Press) Beseiged [Italian forces at Valona in Albania and at Tobruk in Africa continued their struggles today as the tempo of fighting picked up in both wars, but neither side could claim any im- portant gains on either front. | Education. Greek troops moving up on Va-; Courses in trade mathematics, lona from two sides were reported ! navigation, auto mechanics, blue from Athens to have fought their :print reading and electricity were way to within 14 miles of the city, chosen from the list by members but from Rome came reports that lof the local group as the founda-! at least one of the columns had ‘tion for a complete schooling been pushed back a distance of ‘course here. Each of the five de- three miles and the other had cided upon can be handled with stalled. little equipment and could utilize Both sides watched anxiously vacant rooms in the high school. for the appearance of German! Melvin EF, Russell, county school troops in Bulgaria, meanwhile, | ‘superintendent, under the terms! and a report that all air transport | service in the Balkan country had been stopped eight hours before the time previously set made an early move appear likely. { British troops, with Tobruk! completely cut off, continued their cautious attacks during the day | and artillery fire and bombing in- | creased in violence from the pre- vious day in which a sand storm Two bids were received and opened last night for the new po- lice motorcycle which was re- cently ordered purchased by the City Council. One of the bids was | ‘from the Harley Davidson Com- pany of Miami, which price was $480.25, while the other was from jthe Indian Motorcycle Company of Miami, the figure of which was $453.00. The bids were referred to the Finance 2nd Public Safety Committees for their ccnsidera- tion, to report »t the next meet- DRAFTEES NOT GIVEN CHANCE SAID THOSE ELIGIBLE ARE NOT BEING GIVEN | EMPLOYMENT work carried on at all hours in| the repair of cars, ht Eine prov- i Ceerateomaud wien ed to be 9 nuisance to’ the resi-| TONDON, Jan. 17.—French an-| dents in that vicinity, was brought before the meeting for the second ;NOuNcement of an agreement per- time last night. | mitting five merchant ships to re- After a general discussion of|turn to.the country with supplies the matter, Councilman Grillon, | was denied today by spokesmen ; chairman of the Street Commit-| o¢ the Ministry of Supply. tee, recommended that the mayor | Steen tng Mats h | be instructed to notify the owner | scaiglatrbiatiph a culeencnrie aban of the place that this nuisance ment and the ships definitely will | must be discontinued immediate-}not be permitted through the} ly. It was ordered that the garage | i blockade,” the ministry spokes- | be restricted pagent hours in| man said carrying on e repair work | 5 which causes such a great noise, {Ope Prtnch; ship disturbing the residents late into | the request has hovered for more the night and early morning. |than a week off the coast of Brazil The hours set for these operations ‘while a British cruiser has blocked | (Continued on Page Four) ive passage out to sea. involved in Sandpiper, Mine Sadia Arrived At Station Today ms ! | Sandpiper, 180-fodt "TEMPERATURES | swcever helped — _ |Nortly Sea fields after the first! alan last|Highest last | World War, docked at Key West night 24 hours (this morning for duty with naval 33 59 airbase here 25 38 The ship carries a complement i of about 80 men and is under the s command of Lt George Smith 34 Arrival of the converted ves- sel, which has been equipped to pick up and repair the navy’s fly- ing boats, recalls to officers sta- tioned here the mine sweeping duty of Captain W. Jacobs, | commandant at the naval mine clear a which Abilene Boise Boston Bristol Buffalo Burlington Chicago Cincinnati Detroit El Paso Galveston Havre Huron Jacksonvilie REY WEST Los Angeles Fr local ‘aptain Jacobs, commanding a squadron of the vessels during the | war, was awarded the Navy Cross along with other officers and me who took part In the task of} sweeping up what is still consid- |service under the draft act en- ‘LOWE FUNERAL |Curtis, Eddie Mathews, J. Roland ing of the council. (ity Associated: Prens) It was decided to fix the retire- WASHINGTON, Jan. 17.— i }Owen D. Young today attacked ment pay of Police Officer Bien- !manufacturers who are refusing |Venido Perez at $22.50 per month. lemployment to men likely to be /Mr. Perez was recently placed on ‘Grafted as “unpatriotic and short- the retired list. : sighted”. The pay of workers on the city Reports have reached here that !Scavenger boat was raised from some employers were refusing to |$6 per week to $8. This action hire men whom they considered ,W@S taken upon the recommenda- likely to be called into Federal ;tion of Councilman Boyden, chairman of the Sanitary Com- mittee. | Councilman Sweeting spoke \briefly relative to delinquent taxes. It was agreed to have the 'Taxation Committee handle pay- }ments on delinquent taxes prior jto 1936. This applies to individ- | ual cases where settlement may | {be made on the proper bases. An ordinance for collection fees by the sexton at the city! jcemetery was passed on its in- litial reading. There was also an acted last year. HELD YESTERDAY The funeral of bi et soeeph, Beaure- | gard Lowe, age 79, who died Wed- nesday, was held yesterday after- | noon at 4 o'clock, from the chapel | of the Lopez Funeral Home, Rev. jordinance introduced fixing the A. B. Dimmick officiating. |boundaries for the operation of Survivors are the widow, Mrs. overage places within a certain | Sarah Lowe; two sons, Edward 'distance of the Housing Project. awe A aege ase oe and |The motion for adoption was lost. Leip cca : K. A. Jordan, licensed electri- daughters, Mrs. George Shaw and | cian, addressed the council and Mrs. Merrill Bethel, both. of Mi-| requested that an examining ami; a sister, Mrs./Atthur Crusoe. |h,oard be appointed to pass on the iS Setetial Aer accinaaask fitness of electricians who carry 3 on operations in Key West. This ae and six great grandchil- tae was referred to the Taxa- seat ion Committee. The pallbearers were Charles |"itert I. Lewis, who is con- jnected with the sanitary depart- ment, requested that the scaven- ger boat make two trips a day in- stead of one. This was referred ito he Sanitary Committee. communication was ee the Board of Public requesting that a sanitary be made available of Adams, William Boll, Roberts and vig ie iby Torres. CITY EMPLOYES RECEIVING PAY : Officials ahd er aaawe s of the city are today receiving a month's pay. This payroll was ordered previous of the council. Hubert read Works truck at all —— PALACE STARTLING! SHOCKING! “i the greatest mine filed ever |laid | During e Miami Minneapolis Montgomery New York Okla. City Phoenix St. Louis Salt Lake City San Francisco Spokane Washington cme nem 13 12.\1))"S (Live) Poultry FOR QUICK ACCURATE | Market 40c PERSCRIPTION SERVICE fresh ricrida Grade A Mave Your Prescription Filled at EGGS. dosen Gardner’s Pharmacy ROASTERS — DUCKS “The Rexall Store” FRYERS — STEWERS Free Delivery 1214 White St. operations, Captain flag ship was blown out under him three times by s which the sweepers had pick up. Each time he ed his headquarters to and continued the was completed Jacobs from be used at the ‘cate Key West, Florida, has the most equable climate in the country; with an average range of only 14° Fahrenheit KEY WEST, EST, FLORIDA, FRIDAY, Ue 17, 1941 Training Courses Approved During Meeting Held Last Night! of the Federal act setting up the advisory committees, was auto- matically made chairman. Victor} Lowe, representative of National | Youth Administration here, was! named secretary. ther members of the commit- te@ are William V. Little, sta emipioyment service; Arch Mor- gan, Rotary club; Charles Ketch- Lions; Isadore Weintraub, Jaycees; Capt. M. R. Bedsloe, J: jarmy; Lee Pierce, navy; John Al- Harry Rue, | general superintendent of WPA; here; Maitland Adams, represent- | Higgs, | bury, coast guard; Clarence Teddy Kerr. ing employers; carpenters’ union; painters’ union, and Ralph Rus-: ,Sell, city building inspector. | Bruce V. Davis and Charles; Hale, representatives of the Flor- ida division of Vocational Train- ing, were present but will not be} members of the committee. | | Individual members of the com- | mittee will meet during the next «Continued On Page Four) Council Receives Two Bids | For New Police Motorcycle: cemetery. clerk was instructed to communi- with the Public Works Board and notify them that the, city has no truck. William Knowles, painter, ad-! dressed the board and _ stated! that the reason why he had not| paid his license was there were so many others who had not paid. He said that he would obtain a license at once, provided that the others did the! same. Councilman Freeman addressed | the meeting and spoke of several jof the port were left in flaming | was termed “ridiculous” today by | ;matters that he felt should \taken up for discussion for benefit of the city, to be present- ed at the next meeting of the state legislature. One of the mat- ters was that of having a law en- acted whereby the city may be able to institute some special tax in order to receive revenue to take care of street repairs and other like matters. It was decid- ed to have the council get togeth- er at a meeting scheduled to be be ;held on January 30. SECOND MISSING PLANE IS FOUND OCCUPANTS MADE SAFE LANDING AT POINT IN TEXAS A four-day search for a missing | )Plane in the Miami. to Havana jflight Tuesday ended this morn- ing with word that Dr. David L. White and Ear] McGee, occupants | of the plane, had landed safely in Texas. Coast Guard officers in Key! West said they had been told the plane would take part in the race and had searched the area north and south of here since the pair were reported missing at Havana Dr. White reported from Texas that he had not taken part in the event Anohter plane, flown by Ur and Mrs. John Moore and also re ported missing, was found safe at by the city to |St Petersburg. ae SHOW STARTS ne ‘30 SHAMEFUL! Actual Facts About America’s WHITE SLAVE TRUST —~ADULTS ONLY—— SLAVES « BONDAGE AROSE SHARAN emnnverar ieee, NERO j tion which will The | the | Heavy | At G TT PRICE FIVE ‘CENTS sh Bornbers. Strike N Basts Along Ghannél Coast all Bombers (My Associated Press) | ROME, Jan. 17—Nazi dive- ‘bombers operating from Italian jbases in Sicily and Tunis are jStrangling British supply routes | |through the Mediterranean, it | was announced here today. | Striking savagely at units of the! 'Malta, the German bombers last night reported they had again bombed the damaged aircraft car- rier Illustrious and had put it out | (of action for ae remainder of the | | war. Illustrious, in a previous reid, had been tak- jen to the base ai wiaita and was docked there for repairs when the dive-bombers came back last jnight. Dock and harbor facilities because | ruins, returning pilots said. Correspondents, here have stud- jied the gravity of England’s situa- | jtion in running the gauntlet of German = and Italian planes 'through the Mediterranean to car- ‘ry supplies for troops in Africa | and Greece. Unless the fleet able to stop’ the intensified rai within a few days, it is ihoaght merchant ships will have to give up passage through the narrow gap between Sicily. and Tunis and make the longer trip around ‘Africa and through the Suez ca- pelt IGNORE STATEMENT IN CITING ALLIANCE i ‘My Associated Press) | TOKIO, Jan. 17,—Japanese for- jeign office today announced it |woull ignore a statement by US. | ecretary of State Hull linking this Country with Germany and Itz an upsetter of the world’s Pe ‘MRS. C. SWEETING DIED HERE TODAY Mrs, Charity Sweeting, age &2, died this afternoon at 1:15 o'clock the residence, 626 Carson Lane Time of the funeral, which will a under the direction of the Lo- pez Funeral Home an- nounced later. PLAN PROGRAM will be FOR TOURISTS Eva Warner. WPA m director in Key West ljead a discussion ¢ and, city. officials , with plans for 3 fetHtiohal prog season, e for 77.30 oer of ¢om- visitors here have ited to attend Singleton, chamber of secretary, who re » his office today after a three iNness, w take part n the program. Members of the group promot ng the recreational campeign are interested in setting up a form of ntertainment snd state organiza- provide amuse- ment for winter visitors in Key West and will tend to hold them here through the entire season. rec- to seriously damaged | strangling Supply Routes ‘DEFINES MATTER “ON REPAIR OF | BRITISH VESSELS, LISH VESSELS WOULD BE | GIVEN RIGHT TO FIGHT) FROM U. S. BASES (By Annoeiated Press) WASHINGTON, Jan. 17.—Fear of isolationist congressmen that British naval units will fight from American bases under terms of | the “aid to the democracies” bill | | Henry L. Stimson, secretary of} war, in an ap; ‘ance before the House Foreign Affairs ocmmit- | tee. Returning for a second hearing after his discussion of the bill yes- terday, Stimson told the congres- sional leaders British ships could use the United States ports only for repairs and refitting under the bill’s provisions. “Of course they will not be permitted to use |the ports as bases of operations,” ; the said, President Roosevelt, at his press conference, ing newspapermen certain fea- tures of the bill which have been meanwhile, was tell-' 'RAF Scores Heavy Blows | On Emden; Railroad Sta- (By Associated Press) LONDON, Jan. 17.—British | heavy bombers hurled two devas- tating attacks this morning at | German bases along the chgnnel coast from Calais to Wilhelm- shaven, continuing a bombard- | | | \ British fleet and at the base of STIMSON STATES NO ENG- | ment of the Nasi port and naval bese which was begu: in last night. For the second time in as man: |days, the bombers left Wilhelm ishaven in a sea of flames. last jnight and smaller units today jreporied hampering the fire fighters. Air ministry officials today said jit would be muuths before the port could be put in anything ap- proaching nornial condition, Attacks along the _ channei |coast during the Sony it was ‘Teported, mong, most, , successful of the war. Beospne down through mists which cov- ‘ered the area, bombers unload- ‘ed over Boulogne, Calais, LeHavre ‘and other points farther in the interior, Raiding far back into Germany, the RAF bon\bers last night scored heavy blows on Emden and reached into Austria to flatten a - railroad station used in the trans- fer of troops and equipment into the Balkans. MANY ARE FILING EXEMPTION CLAIM | under attack could not be permit- ' |ted to die. The measures are for | the protection of the United States as well as to assist the warring democracies, he explained. Administration congressional Ye aders have expressed confidence the, measure will be pushed ‘through nearly as it now stands | within a few weeks. Requests for homestead exemp- tion at County Tax Assessor Claude Gandolfo’s office have reached 325, it was announced today. Blanks for exemption claims were made available Jan. 1 and the office will continue to take ‘claims until April 1. on ~ hat Coast Guard Vessels Make Search For cutters Juniper searching this grounded tug Coast Guard and No. 185 are afternoon for the Gem after « radio call for asssit-| gone | ance reported she had aground The Gem, of Capt. E. L. Stuart, according to Coast Guard radiomen, report. | ed her position at three different places during the morning and the able to find her at any of them. Radio calls first gave her posi tion near Smith shoal, -~while ,later requests for help gave posi- pions near Northwest bar and Marquseas. Juruper went imme- diately to Smith shoal ami re- ported tug The 185 has checked the other two without finding her The tug plies between here and rere and Miami on Tampa and governmen under the command | cutters so far have been un-| Grounded Tug CURRY TO ASSIST IN REGISTRATIONS WILL COVER KEYS IN CON- NECTION WITH BOND ELECTION C. Sam B. Curry has been nam- ed deputy supervisor of registra- tion to conduct a vote-getting campaign on the upper keys be- fore the free-holders’ election Feb. 4. Supervisor John England announced today. The deputy supervisor, whose three-day duty will be confined to getting registrations for the election, will be at Marathon Jan. 22, at Matecumbe and Islamorada White Heron (Stork) Club Jan. 23, ahd at Key Largo Jan. Presents MARCOS and ODETTE Early After Dinner Shows—i6:30; 11:36; 1:30. Dinner between 6 and 9 Stone Crabs Our Specialty -“ County headquarters here have received 97 of the registrations, it was learned. The deadline for registration has been set for Jan- joer ».