The Key West Citizen Newspaper, January 24, 1941, Page 1

Associated Press Day Wire Service For 61 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West THE SOU VOLUME LXII. No. 21. British Troops: Ford! Ancad On African | House Committee Cancels Hearing Of Testimony Of General George: Marshal (By Associated Press) | SFMT ISS SSS WASHINGTON, Jan 24.—| teemen inv ataurprise, move this |LENDBERGH REPORT eceing:conteli i| PLEASES GERMANS morning cancelled the scheduled | (Ry Associated Press) hearing of testimony of Gen.| George Marshall, army chief of | staff, and of Admiral Harold BERLIN, Jan. 24—German | newspapers were highly pleased today with reports of testimony given before the Starke. Congressman Sol Blum, chair- House Foreign Affairs com- man of the committee, announced | suddenly that hearings would be | postponed and the committee | promptly went into executive} Charles A. Lindbergh. session. te PLD LILI LI I II SS Congressman Hamilton Fish of mittee yesterday by Col. | Haile Fronts Reported To Be Driving Toward Italian Quarters At Derna In Latest Ly- bian Move (By Associated Press) CAIRO, Jan. 24.—British troops are forging ahead rapidly on all African fronts, according to re- | Pperts reaching here today. Fresh from the conquest of To- bruk yesterday, the fast moving army of north Africa is report- ed driving toward Gen. Rudolfo Graziani’s Italian headquarters at Derna, its next step in the drive to oust Mussolini’s forces from all of Lybia. Reports from Ethiopia, mean- |while, say revolting tribesmen, ;now reportedly led by Emperor Sellassie, have inflicted heavy casualties on Italian garri- sons and are rising in all parts of |the country. New York, Republican member, said the Democratic contingent In Eritrea, British forces have |driven 40 miles into Italian terri- Che Ary West Crtizen THERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN THE U. S. A. KEY WEST, FLORIDA, FRIDAY, JANUARY 24, 1941 | t CVEN NEW BADGE; RULING ON TAKES DIAMOND - STUDDED INSIG- | APPLICATIONS FOR EXEMP- NIA OF 1921 BROUGHT | TION MUST BE NO- BACK INTO SERVICE | TARIZED | KANSAS CITY, Mo., Jan, 24—| Applications for tax exemptions] Capt. W. Curry Harris, county The diamond-studded _ sheriff's .mailed to County Tax Assessor |@ttorney, who has been recuper- |badge, Sheriff C. R. Bothwell of Claude A. Gandolfo’s office must 248 from an appendicitis attac! ,Pettis county is wearing these {before joining national guard (days has background. |be acknowledged by a notary pub- troops in Texas, was ordered to- | Back in 1921 a Republican, lic before they can be accepted, day to report to Camp Blanding we H. ice ebay apa sheriff Gandolfo warned today. jceee Jacksonville for a physical | ,after quite a few Democrats ha | * f- | examination. | |ineld| the, office: ‘Tradition ‘said the | Se Pucane= Who apply:at the obo) 5 ee Homie: said) shia atte \badge passed along with the of- | fice may have the papers notarized 4° he had just received a radio | fice but the Republicans didn’t | Without charge by the tax S- telegram from headquarters of | want Fewell wearing a badge |Sessor, but applications which af the Fourth Corps area at Atlan- | that had reposed on so’ many |Mailed cannot be handled with-'ta to report to Camp Blanding and | Democrats’ vests. So they bought | out the appearance of the property to remain there until his phys- | him a gold one with a diamond in | holder before a notary. All ap-’ ical examination had been com- | jthe center. | plications must be in the hands of pjeted and further orders are is-| Bothwell is the first Republi-|the office before April 1. | sued him. | can who's been elected ~ sheriff; Up to noon today, the tax office; Captain Harris, who was 'since Fewell. So the fancy emb-|in the court house had received have left for Texas tonight lem of 1921 was dug out of its |500 applications of a total believed join Key West national gua: pigeon hole for him. | to be about 1500. {men’ at Fort Crockett, Galveston, : said he will remain in Key West | until corps area headquarters | jsends him his travel allowance. | CUBAN LODGE T0 CELEBRATE, { W. CURRY HARRIS GOING TO CAMP BLANDING FOR EXAMINATION ' | | | | | | to, to! rds- | Lions’ Minstrel Show Last Night Voted Grand Success’ Considered by those attending! with a tap dance of which he is as one of the best amateur stage known to be one of the best. |TO COMMEMORATE DEATH shows ever presented in this city, | Third stop at Niagara Falls was | OF JOSE MARTL Gi D |“Rollin’ Rhythm”, Key West Lions the scene of a telephone conversa- Club's Minstrel. Revue, last night tion which may nave ended in PATRIOT drew a large and appreciative Reno. In the presence of her hus- bd audience in the auditorium of Key >and, John Bennett, Miss Betty i | NEW ORDERS: FOR | i GUARDS” CAPTAIN feared new adverse testimony on the “lease-lend” bill from the DRAW PLANS FOR high-ranking army and navy men. w "TRAINING COURSE jtory and yesterday captured two |more small fortified towns, it was announced. - Lee Allshouse as Mrs. Loven-} | West High School. bloom, failed to get head or tails From start to finish the pro- The Citizen is in receipt of an Key West, Florida, has the most equable climate in the . country; with an average range of only 14° Fahrenheit PRICE FIVE CENTS More’ Serious Than First Reported; Many Casualties Reports State Eighty-Nine HOLLAND T0 Jews Murdered In One| AID CAMPAIGN Block Alone; Great Ter-| ; ON PARALYSIS ror Reigns GOVERNOR WILL MAKE SEV- ERAL RADIO ADDRESSES 4 ¢ (By Associated Press) BUDAPES%, Jan. 24.—Rioting | which has verged on civil war and which has cost the lives of| hundreds of Jews was reported | from Rumania today as newspa- PARALYSIS FUND (Special to The Citizen) . | ORLANDO, Jan. 24.—Govergor Per correspondents for the first|<. ard Holland will make a se- time in three days were permitted |ries of radio addresses during the {next ten days to further the 1941 ie Laer pass nave Campaign ‘Against Infantile Pa- Far more serious than was at ;Talysis, C. B, Trdeadway, state first believed, the rioting is con- chairman of the drive, announced tinuing in the provinces, although | today. : Gen. Ion Antonescu has announe-| The governor who is honorary ed the situation generally urder chairman of the drive in Florida, control. Revolting Iron Guard-;has made a_ recorded address ists. he said, have been captured ,Which will be delivered over in Bucharest and a thorough re-;many of the Florida radio sta- organization of the body with tions as the January 30 deadline punishment for the leaders will for the drivé@pproachess..% be vressed at once. | Taking an active part in the One correspondent told of see- campaign, Governor Holland and invitation from Logia Lodge, |ing g9 Jews murdered in one city |Mrs. Holland will participate in of a call by Mr. Isle O’View, Joe Key West No. 15, to attend a cele- Allen witnessed by Mrs. Isle O’- bration to be held on January 28 | View, Alecia McCoy. |in honor of the recently elected gram clicked and pleased those attending in a professional man- ANOTHER BILL FOR DEFENSE CALLS FOR EXPENDITURE OF MORE THAN ONE BIL- LION DOLLARS WASHINGTON | ,WILL BE PRESENTED TO! ATHENS SUPERINTENDENT OF PUB- ,, LIC INSTRUCTION Plans for the inauguration of | vocational training courses in Key | West have been tentatively drawn ;up by Bruce Davis and Charles} | Hale of the state department of strongholds wtih heavy losses, education and this afternoon will! | | |GREEK FORCES TAKE |'NEW HEIGHTS Jan, 24.— Greek mountain forces around Klissura have taken new heights which command a tremendous area ap- proaching the fortified city, it is reported here. The Greeks, pushing their way through heavy snows, are said to have launched an attack dur- ing the night and forced Italian garrisons out of their mountain A report from advance units 24.— | be presented to Melvin E. Russell, |@tound Valona this morning said President Roosevelt this morning Monroe county superintendent of |/*#!y was attempting to evacuate handed to Congress a bill calling for $1,200,000,000 in defense ap-j propriations to be spent during the fisca] year ending June 30. | Public Instruction. A final decision on the courses to be offered has not been made, non-combatants from the strong- ‘ly garrisoned port. BRITISH SUBMARINE Congress has been swamped for | but several Key West artisans SINKS SUPPLY SHIP days in a flood of defense appro- have made tentative offers LONDON, Jan. 24—A_ British submarine has sunk a_ 7,000-ton iner taking imaginary bus trip starting at Key j West at the local Florida Motor Lines Station and journeying to all parts of the country, conclud- ing with a minstrel in Mexico. Sammy Bird’s Dixieland Band of the Samoa Club played an ex- celleht program of popular music Preceding the opening of the show. Howard Price, in a typical porter-announcer style opened the first act announcing the departure of the bus to point North. Opening number __ pictured | humorous scenes which one might jsee in a bus station and found John Esperdy in the role of a wor- ried Jewish family man anxiously waiting for the bus to leave bothered by Paul Esquinaldo, the newsboy. Anibal Armayor and Anita | { { | i | | i the form of an! Stop in Philadelphia was great- ly enjoyed. Albert and Edna , Boza, masters of the rhumba, gave }a splendid exhibition, styled the South American Way.” One of the most comical scenes of the entire trip happened at Radio City, New York, where a ‘comic tragedy was depicted. The ' following characters took part: | Your Announcer, Felicez Pas- 'quez; Hiram Gass, the wealthy father, Howard Price; Chlorine ;Gass, his daughter, Gerald Saun- ders; Fauntleroy, overcome with Chlorine, John Esperdy; Snaken- i gress, the deep-dyed villain, Wil- | liam Webster. At Harlem the “Show Troupe” composed of Hilda Yado, Marie Farto, Josephine Ubieta and Pat | Webster appeared in a very beau- | tiful dance number and after loud priations bills and leaders in the House predict the entire defense bill before the year’s end will! mount to more than 14_ billion dollars. \ COL. HATFIELD TO GIVE TALK | WILL DISCUSS POLICE CON-| DITIONS AT C. OF C. SMOKER TONIGHT Colonel G. D. Hatfield of the | United States Marine Corps, d cussing police conditions in Key West, w:ll speak before Chamber | of Commerce members tonight at a smoker. The meeting is to be held at the Chamber of Commerce office at 8 o'clock. : Chamber members also are ex- pected to discuss the forthcoming freeholders’ election and plans for establishment of an army flying field here to instruct the vocational pupils. Hale and Davis are returning to Miami tonight but will return here next week in time for a gen- | eral meeting Thursday night at the high school, when the pro- gram will be presented to all Key West men who are interested in taking the training courses. Under the terms of the national act setting up the vocational! courses, any course may be started |if 10 men are willing to take part and if necessary equipment can be obtained. | Present plans call only for | courses which can be held in the high school and require a mini- mum of equipment. VALUABLES UNTOUCHED OKLAHOMA CITY, Okia—A burglar ransacked the home of E. A. Hi in this city, and num- erous valuables lying around | were left untouched. The only thing stolen was a pumpkin pie, freshly baked by Mrs. Hardy. New London Ambassador To U. S. Arrives At Annapolis Asseciate® Press) -Vis- States ambassador | j¢ London, put nce here to- navy's ANNAPOLIS, count Halifax, Jan new academy and present to President Roose- w ely to The pected this new ROLLIN’ RHYTHM : Tonight-——8 p. m. High School Auditorium > 1216 White St. supply ship off the southern coast of Italy, the admiralty announced today. The date of the attack or the name of the submarine was not given. UNDECLARED WAR HALTED TOKIO, Jan. 24—Undeclared warfare between Siam and French Indo-China has halted and will be settled by ar- bitration, it was announced to- day. Japan, the foreign office said, will serve as mediator in the dis- | pute. Negotiations are expect- ed to begin within a few days. LONDON NECKTIES ON RATION LIST GREAT DEMAND CAUSE OF RESTRICTION BEING PLAC- ED ON SELLING (My Associated Press) LONDON, Jan. 24.—The old school tie has joined the list of rationed articles in Great Britain There has been a big demand for them in recent weeks and dealers 7 have had to restrict their selling. | There arg more than 200 varie- ties of public school ties alone: In | ition, they are made of arti- 1 silk and manufacturers were iled to two-thirds of their ——————_ BRADY'S (Live) Poultry, Market | ROASTERS — DUCKS FRYERS STEWERS o All Poultry Dressed On Day We Receive Your Order Phone $40 cece ememeneioan reese been ; |Camalier took the part of Mr. and |Mrs. Newlywed looking forward to a blissful honeymoon while William Webster, the worried guy \frantically attempted ,to get his jgirl friend Aggie, played by Vanessa Collins. on the telephone to get in the last word before leav- ing. jer, worked himself out of what | was thought to be an embarrass- jing position after Mrs. Smith | (Mary Webster) severely chastised jher little son Willie (Frank Schneider) for” speaking “6Ut™ of \turn, reflecting on his upbring- ing. An example of what might hap- pen in any respectable family was | brought out by Jessie Gibson in {the role of Mrs. John Cheeter, jher husband Gerald Saunders, Pat Webster as Louise and Fran- |cois by Orlando Esquinaldo. Up juntil the last line had been spoken |in this family and servant mix-up, ‘there seemed no solution to the |problems which came up in this skit. Along the way passengers en- joyed a delightful dance presenta- {tion by charming little Mary Lou | Briggs, who taught the audience {something new in this art. This was folowed by a stop at Jackgon- ville where Edmund Curry gave several vocal renditions of plan- tation melodies At the second stop in Atlanta, Master Maynard Daniels drew @ loud applause from the audience WHITE HERON CLUB (Stork Club) Art Wilson and His Orchestra Also. a most Sensational Floor Show 10:30 — 12:30 — 1:30 Home-Cooked Table D’'Hote DINNER From 95¢ STONE CRABS Our Specialty Come for DINNER and Stay for the SHOW ‘The only Night Club in the world with trained fish) John Bennet, the country slick-' applause, the audience was great- ly surprised by a different type dance number “The Kingfishes”, |Frank Schneider, Orlando Es- quinaldo, John Bennet, Gerald Saunders. This “chorus”, clad in chorus-girl costumes did a bur- lesque number which kept the audience in continued laughter. Highlight of the evening came Westers were given the oppor- tunity of seeing for the first time, | (Continued On Page Two) | | Lowest last|Highest lasi night 24 hours 34 60 35 17 58 17 23 32 16 15 34 61 -10 5 57 2B 72 46 71 10 56 26 26 47 Abilene Boise Boston Brownsville Buffalo Chicago Cincinnati Denver Detroit El Paso } Galveston Havre Huron Jacksonville Kansas City KEY WEST Los Angeles Miami Minneapolis «Montgomery *New York Olka. City Phoenix Pittsburgh 26 St. Louis 30 Salt Lake City 33 San Francisco 48 Spokane 33 Sit. Ste. Mie -12 Washington _ 34 TROPICAL LUNCHEON THURSDAY. JANUARY 30, 1:00 o'Clock WOMAN’S CLUBHOUSE Division Street PRICE $1.00 Phone 403 or 670 for Reservations at the seventh stop which Key | officers of the organization. This lodge is affiliated with the order of Caballeros de la Luz. The death of Jose Marti, great Cuban patriot, will also be commemo- rated at the ceremonies to be held. ; The following is a list of the ofifcers who have been elected to {serve the lodge for the ensuing} , term: Luis Felipe Falbello, luminar; Eliseo Perez, vice luminar; Juan ‘del Rio, patriarca; Francisco , Bens, secretario; Romulo Morales, |vice secretario; Gabriel Ferro, tesorero; Crescencio Cabrera, | | vice tesorero; Bruno Mederes, ex-| perto; Elio Valle, maestro cere- monia; Francisco A. Gonzalez. guarda interior; Domingo Perez, | guarda exterior; Toribio Viivan- co, porta estandarte; Amado Suarez, representante. FIRM NEEDS NEW CAPITAL (Ry Asnocinted Presa) OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla., Jan. 24, — Civic - minded Oklahoma | ;Cityans hope that a toy manu- | factirer catches up soon with time in its flight. For at least two years he , has been’ ‘selling a jigsaw puzzle map | that shows Guthrie as the capital of Oklahoma. The matter was called to his attention but the maps continue to appear on the/ toy markets. Guthrie ceased being the capi- tal of Oklahoma in 1911. SAMOA CLUB “Key West's Most Intimate and Exclusive” Presenting the BIGGEST SHOW of the season—opening to- morrow night Gloria Grant direct from Singapore Sady’s, Miami Beach, in her famous Death Dance ;mMeanwhile, have blamed British block Wednesday and reports say |the President's Birthday Balls to it is impossible even to guess at |be held in Jacksonville on Janu- the total Jewish casualties suffer-|ary 30 and in the Miami celebra- ed in the three-day reign of ter-|tion which will be held on Janu- ror. jary 31, Tron Guardists in the revolting! Chairman Treadway said that faction, according to first reports reports reaching his this reaching here. ‘have set “up at) morning indicated p every least six soviet governments in'county in the state is fully or- the eastern section of Rumania|ganized to conduct a campaign and have foucht off regular | for dimes and dollars to aid-in the troops sent to break the rebel- | fight against infantile paralysis. lion. | paicanst Ranma Official reports ‘SET TIME FOR secret service agents for pescips- SAILOR CLASSES tating the uprising, but have! made no __ indication German; troops would be used to bring | Ba order. | MUST REGISTER BY FOUR O'CLOCK THIS AFTER- NOON from Berlin, RESTORE LIGHT Sailors stationed in Key West AT TORTUGAS PUT OUT OF COMMISSION BY have until 4 o'clock this afternoon to register for classes in conver- sational Spanish, but all indica- | tions point to an extension of time into next week. The classes, to be conducted by A burned-out generator which the state board of education at the put out the light on Dry Tortu- high) sehool, may be attended by gas yesterday afternoon sent the any navy personnel who are in- Cutter Pandora on a quick trip terested. back to Fort Jefferson. | Lieut. F. W. Dana, representing The coast guard vessel, which the navy in meetings with Bruce had just returned from a trip Davis and Charles Hale of the with supplies to park service men state board of education, said this at Fort Jefferson, raced back morning other classes for navy yesjerday afternoon with equip-' personnel would be opened if ment to restore the light service. there is a demand. The Spanish The ship returned to Key West classes, however, are being opened last night. at all navy stations Roosevelt Cheoses Successor. To Justice McReynolds But “Fas To Atmos ei CURRY RETURNING BURNED-OUT GEN- ERATOR * (Ry Associated Presa) WASHINGTON, Jan 24 — President Roosevelt told news papermen this morning he had al- ready chosen a successor to As- lsociate Justice James C. McRey- {nolds of the United States Su- \preme Court but would not an- nounce his decision “for weeks and weeks.” Justice McReynoids has nounced he will retire Feb. 1 The President, asking news- papermen to tell their readers that more recommendations for the post will be useless, said it would be a long time before he would be ready to fill the vacancy. A possible reason for the delay is jgiven in speculation that Senator |James F. Byrnes might be ap- jpointed on completion of the '“lend-lease” bil! fight, in which pe is vitally important to ad- Dorothy Racel Vocalist, of the Southern Din- ner Club, Houston, Texas ‘Baby Dumpling’ Wilson Novelty Songster, also of Southern Dinner Ciub Houston, Texas Albert and Edona Masters of Rhumba, Tango, etc NOW FEATURING Betty Newman Famous Dancer, New York World's Fair Sammy Bird’s Dixieland Band Dancing 10 P. M. till 3 A. M. ON THE WATER FRONT— YACHT BASIN an- | ministration forces, C. Sam B. Curry, deputy super visor of Montoe county registra- tion, will return tonight from a three-day vote-getting campaign on the upper keys. . Curry winds up his campsien this afternoon st Rock Harbor, but will not report to John Kag- land, supervisor of registration, until Monday. The trip was au- thorized by county commission- ers in order to give all county freehoiders an opportunity to rege ‘ister for the election Feb, &