The Key West Citizen Newspaper, January 25, 1941, Page 1

Associated Press Day Wire Service For 61 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West VOLUME LXIL. No. 22. Che Key West Citizen THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN THE U. S. A. Colonel Hatfield Stresses Matter Of Recreation For Naval Units In West States That Liberty Par- INSURANCE UNITS ties Will Be Taken To Miami If Recreation Not Provided Col, G. D. Hatfield, marine corps commandant in Key West. told Chamber of Commerce mem- bers flatly last night the would begin sending liberty par- ties to Miami unless something navy is done here at once to provid: wholesome the men. recreation for Stressing his position as a private citizen who was not speaking as the representative of armed forces here, Colonel Hat- field warned the chamber mem bers that navy officers in Key West are alarmed over the pres- ent lack of recreational facilities for sailors on leave. Cites Large Payroll “Enlisted personnel in Key West now have a monthly payroll of $175,000, at least 55 percent of which is spent in the city”, he revealed. “If it becomes neces- sary for us to send our liberty | parties to Miami for shore leaves, ' none of it will be spent here”. i Asked if a reading and writing ; _.keom, would. be consi step toward proper recreational facili- | ties, Col. Hatfield replied that is one of the first things the navy , seeks and listed a dance hall,! bowling alleys and other outdoor games as other desirable steps. Everett Russell, chamber of commerce president, named a} committee of J. F. Stone, Jr.,| chairman; Al Pierce and William Monsalvatge to meet with Col. Hatfield today and make plans for the establishment of a larger committee which will discuss the situation with commanding offi- cers on duty here. The commit-! tee will consult Col. Hatfield as! marine representative; Capt. W. F. Jacobs, commandant of the naval station; Capt. L. H. The- baud, commander of the Gulf of Mexico patrol; Col. Lewis Pendle- ton, army commandant, and Lt. Comdr. Carl H. Hilton, of the coast guard. Speaks About Airfield Monsalvatge read to the com- mitteemen a detailed history of progress toward the establish- ment of an army airfield here and warned of the danger of de- feat for backers of the program in the forthcoming freehclders’ election February 4. Residents of the upper keys who have been canvassed dur- ing the past week by Sam B. Curry, deputy supervisor of reg- istration, are almost uniformly opposed to the measure, Mon- salvatge said. Unless Key West residents, about 180 of whom (Continued on Page Four) Two Women Said Poised Deputies of Sheriff Berlin Saw- yer’s office this afternoon are pressing an investigation of the suppobed poisoning of two women last night in.» Duval street bar. MYSTERY NIGHT) SLOPPY JOE'S. BAR | Dance Music That Older Folks Like to Dance to by EDDIE TRYON AND HIS ORCHESTRA No Cover-No Minimum | Morris, Jr., of Miami, {south of Miami in an unavailing ARRANGE MEETING _ FOR ISLAND CITY | GULF LIFE INSURANCE COM- PANY DECIDES TO HOLD ANNUAL CONVENTION IN KEY WEST IN APRIL | Key West is now fast becoming /a convention city, with the insur- | ance companies joining in |. Right behind the American Legion convention here in April, | the Gulf Life Insurance Company | will hold its annual meeting in Key West, the Island City having ‘been selected for the assemblage of the various officers and others at a recent meeting held in Or- Jando. . J. B. Symmonette, local agent of the company, brought this good news to Key West from the con- vention just closed in Orlando. The contingent will be made up | principally of the managers of the | different branches throughout the ‘state, most of whom will be ac- companied by their wives and ‘other members of the company as | well. One of the principal features of the entertainment of the dele- gates will be fishing trips, which will be arranged in the meantime, while many other forms of recrea- tional pleasure will be found on the program. ABANDON SEARCH MADE FOR PLANE FLYING BOATS FROM KEY WES1 RETURNING TO BASE HERE Navy flying boats from Key West, which have taken part in the search for an airplane miss- ing in the waters near Miami since Monday, were reported to- day on the way back to their base here, The plane, carrying John L. and Dr. Grady L. Eason of La Grange, Ga,, were last seen by the coast guard cutter Saranac Monday aft- ernoon after it had failed to put into Key West with 65 others flying from Havana. Naval, coast guard and private planes have seoured the waters search for the past week and nav- al officers last night announced they had given up the search as » planes and boats, it is , are still going over the area and still hope to find the pair on some remote island or key. To Have Beet Bar Last Night | BULLITT . FAVORS GIVEN PRESIDENT FORMER AMBASSADOR FAILS TO AGREE ON LINDBERGH STATEMENT ABOUT NO FEAR OF NAZI INVASION (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON, Jan. 25.—Wil-| liam C. Bullitt, former ambassa- dor to Paris, joined the already impressive galaxy oi witnesses before the House Foreign Affairs committee this morning in an emphatic approval of President Roosevelt’s “lend-lease” bill. The one time ambassador told members of the committee America must “buy time for de- fense by doing everything in our power to aid Britain until we are ready to defend ourselves”. | Germany or Japan would hesi- tate to attack the United States | while England stands no matter what action we may take, he said. With England defeated, however, Bullitt said the Axis partners by bombing or sabotage could wreck the Panama canal and catch the United States navy in one ocean or the other, leaving, the way open for one of the part- ners to attack almost without opposition. Provisions in the bill giving President Roosevelt full author- lity over American arms and equipment are absolutely neces- sary, Bullitt told the committee- men. “Someone must have com- plete authority and be in a posi- tion to make instant decisions”, he said. Replying to Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh's testimony in which he said air invasion of the United States is impossible, Bullitt ex- pressed the belief an attack bas- ed from South America could easily be accomplished. | KEY WEST, FLORIDA, SATURDAY, JANUARY 25, 1941 Seven Deaths From Col Wave Sweeping New England (By Associated Press) BOSTON, Jan. 25.—At least |temperatures in North Dakota seven deaths today were attrib- down to 14 below zero, according uted to an intense cold wave to the weather bureau, is moving sweeping New England and wea- swiftly eastward. ther reports indicated the worse!’ New England, meanwhile, is to come. covered with a blanket of snow A cold mass, which has sent’ seven inches deep in some places. i ‘ NIGHT ‘Bombers Score Hits 6 Key West, Florida, has the most equable climate in the country; with an average range of only 14° Fahrenheit PRICE FIVE CENTS On Threé British Vessels, Battleships And Cruiser jin Bucharest continued to flare up lin sporadic outbursts today even |as troops loyal to Premier Gen. jIon Antonescu searched the coun- People of Key West are to be try with orders to bring in the the country into civil war. Iron Guard leader, Horia Sima, “dead or alive.” in the very heart of the city and small groups of rebelling Iron Guardists continued to hold out against army units in isolated strong points. | Premier Antonescu, addressing ‘Iron Guardists who have re- Mayor Willard M. Albury and mained loyal to his government, |calling all reservists Al Mills, executive director of the , bitterly accused the rebelling fac- | colors. Fierce Rioting Continues Around::Bucharest Section (By Associated Press) BE HEARD AGAIN MONDAY | BUDAPEST, Jan. 25.—Rioting tions of ingratitude. Many of give bombers smashing at a Brit- \Nazi Boats Also Attack | Squadron Of Light Na- val Ships In English Channel (Dy Asnociated Press) Jan. | | them, he said, had been released from prisons by his order with) ish convoy near the island of instructions to go home, but they Z Crete in the Mediterranean, scor- have since taken up arms to throw | ax a “ ae | ed hits on two battleships and a ie army, Antonescu said, has saved the country. Revealing an heavy cruiser, it was announced extent of the forthcoming conven-! Looting was reported general attempt to assassinate him, aP- here to day. parently before the rioting be-| came general, the premier said| Returning flyers said they had ‘loyal soldiers had found machine | seen several direct hits. scored by guns and even cannon Set up and | edium and heavy bombs. | trained on his offices, | . | Later reports from Rumiania Fast patrol boats operating in | added an order has been published the English channel, meanwhile, to the reported they had attacked a for- | mation of British light naval ships and scored several hits. GREEK TROOPS NEAR VALONA PUSH ALONG SEACOAST DE- SPITE STIFF RESIST- - ‘ .| Several auditions. GROUP ARRIVES FROM HAVANA Members of a radio station at Havana, spent several hours here yesterday afternoon on their way to Tampa where they wil! give Among them were the famous Clavelito and Calandria, who have made Cuban songs famous, and Valencia, Pepe Cortes and others. . Also on the trip was a basket- | ball club and softball club, all composed of girls who have just won the championship in Havana. They will play several games in} Tampa, before returning to Ha- vana. CRIMINAL COURT John Zuicher in Judge William V. Albury’s criminal court yester- day afternoon was sentenced to 30 days in county jail on a charge of vagrancy. Myrna Richards, charged with defrauding an inkeeper, was fined | $25 and released upon payment of the fine. "SHS SaSaM: SAILGRS MUST WEAR CAPS ACCORDING TO NAVY’S REGULATIONS A sailor's hat, as navy regu- lations put it. is worn on top of the head and parallel to the ground. And from now on, Key West's navy garrison will wear its hats just that way. The off-the-face style, pop- ular with women this year and almost traditional with the navy, not only isn’t styl- ish in Key West any more, but its enough to bring a reprimand from the shore patrol. Shore patrolmen. acting on orders of Captain L. H. The- baud, commander of the Gulf __TEMPERATURES _ Lowest last|Highest las! night 24 hours 45 58 20 31 3T 58 49 23 16 35 -7 20 19 23 25 34 17 35 15 24 42 62 -1l -6 -7 20 54 73 67 80 51 64 60 80 14 25 46 68 26 32 46 55 | Pittsburgh 23 37 } St. Louis 30 33 Salt Lak eCity 32 37 Abilene Boston Bristol Buffalo Casper Huron Chicago Cincinnati Denver Detroit El Paso Havre Huron Jacskonville KEY WEST Los Angeles Miami Minneapolis New Orleans New York | Phoenix an old one. but because of the warm climate in Key West and the fact that high-rank- ing naval officers aren't like- Mrs. Margaret Osborne and Miss Dorothy Louise Jones, both of 526 William street were rushed to Marine hospital around 10:30 o'clock after both had become j Violently ill a few minutes after leaving the bar. At the sheriff's office this morn- y said one of them had ik of a bottle of a soft drink, while the other had one bottle beer. th a party of friends, bar and started for home when both of them suddenly became violently ill and their friends called an ambulance. eriff Saw said doctors at had taken the wo- men's stomachs and would make an alaysis today to determine ‘what had caused their illness, }San Francisco 32 37 | Sit. Ste. Marie 5 8 27 | Fred Marvil’s CABANA Cocktail Lounge and Patio OLD FASHIONED MARDI GRAS NITE THREE GIRLS OF NOTE JACK CRAWLEY and OTTO DIVANTI Penny Cocktail Hour Daily, 5 to 6 p. m. BLIP I sss s: | } Ex - .. the INK DOTS. Dancers! - 7 UP. our own! - DOROTHY ROUSELLE. ' LATTA clucive, Fashionable Meeting Place on the Ocean . BETTY NEWMAN, Dancer from the World's Fair, N. Y.! : . BABY DUMPLING. the indefatigable Funny Man! . . ALBERT and EDONA. Rhumba as it should be! - GLORIA GRANT, the Dance of Death! " "Three Shows Nightly, 11:30, 1:30 anf 3:00 SAMMY BIRD AND HIS DIXIELAND BAND JACK CRAWLEY of the Cabana. Master of Ceremonies ANCE que here announced today. Encountering stiff resistance, the Greek forces are said to have pushed along the seacoast to at- tack units defending the works, Reports of Italian preparations for a major offensive Albania are circulating here, meanwhile, and Greek forces re- portedly are moving up to engage the enemy around Klissura. CHECK AUTOS REPORT WEAKNESS IMPORTANCE OF IN DEFENSES OF, CONVENTION TO MILITARY PLANES; .. BE POINTED OUT ' R PRACTICE RAIDS PLANNED | TALKS 10 BE GIVEN TOMOR- ALONG ATLANTIC COAST} ROW NIGHT: SUBJECT TO FAR DOWN AS FLORIDA | KEYS | | (By Associated Presa) . | WASHINGTON, Jan. 25.—', High-ranking army officials com- , informed of the importance and piling data on a series of air “at- tacks” they have staged for the past four days on eastern cities, )} tion of the American Legion, here reported today the maneuvers j 3 : had shown important weaknesses | APril 23-26, at a series of four in United States defenses. | talks tomorrow night and Monday At least 10,000 military planes’ | are necessary at the earliest pos- | night. sible moment to fill the gaps in| American air defenses, the report ! indicates. |Key West Convention corpora- Far more extensive tests are | tion, which is arranging the state being planned for the next | few! meeting of the Legion, will de- weeks in a series of “raids” on ‘jiver three talks tomorrow night. cities all along the Atlantic coast : They appear successively at the to the Florida keys, culminating ; Monroe, the Strand and the Palace in a final mass “attack” on the | theaters, : a entire coast at one time. | They will point out the effect PAE ge j the convention will have on visi- TWO CASES IN | tors who come to the-city. Ai suc- - eam, j convention ofthe size of | the American Legion state meet- ing will do much to overcome talk | | that there are no rooms to be had | ——- ‘in the city, that gasoline is 40) . cents a gallon, that there is no} ATHENS, Jan. 25. — Greek food to be had here and other troops have forced their way to similar untruths which are being within a mile or two of the Italian spread about the city on the main- held port of Valona, a communi- ‘land, the speakers say. ' Then on Monday night, begin- , ning at 8 o'clock, in county court- | house, somewhat the same line of argument will be presented to the | business leaders of the city. They will be asked to suggest ways and ‘means of raising funds for the convention. The convention cor- poration has turned down numer- ous requests to hold additional carnivals and bingo games in the city. UP NEW DUTIES) AMBASSADOR CALLS ON SECRETARY OF STATE’ CORDELL HULL Owners of cars bearing out of state licenses who have found employment in Key ‘West today were warned by Sheriff Berlin Sawyer to buy their Florida licenses at once. Sheriff's office has permitted a degree of latitude in order to allow the working visitors from other states to get their licenses, but within the next few days deputies (By Associated Prens) WASHINGTON, Jan. 25.—Vis- |count Halifax, newly arrived am- bassador from London to Wash- ingtorg went into action on his first day in the United States this ;morning with a visit to Secretary of State Cordell Hull. The ambassador had a long talk with President Roosevelt jyesterday after he had boarded |. period of three months, but ac- ithe presidential yacht Potomac cording to state law any of them and with the President sailed to/ finding work in the state are com- Washington from Annapolis. pelled to buy Florida licenses im- He will present his credentials | ,,. Z thei iaslaiy to Hull, however, and then — oe Ue taken to the White House for an official meeting with President | Roosevelt. get the tags. Tourists are permitted to drive cars with out of state licenses for CLUB LA CONGA 3 -y %. SAL" 5 rect from, t “= ies, MARION ALLAN The Sweet Panama Song Bird DEAN Our Star Accordianist also a Favorite in Nasseu and the Bahamas Now! We Are International SURPRISE! ces ga Wears Clothes! FRANK and TEDDY also take the Blues Songsiress! a bow as Key West's Favorite Headline Artists harbor | in south | WITHOUT TAGS in the office will begin a drive to/ round up all who have failed to | AGROUND, FREE “TAKEN TO MIAMI IN TOW OF CONSTRUCTION COM- PANY BOAT | (British communiques have not |mentioned any of the reported at- jtacks today.) Reports reaching here from Italy added two enemy merchant iships to the day's totals with claims of one 7,000-ton. troopship sunk by a submarine in vanoesten \terranean and. another ton | Greek any anip ‘torpedoed by |@ submarine in the Atlantic, BRITISH CONTACT \ITALIAN TROOPS | CATRO, Jan. 25.—-Advance units of British Colonial forces in North Africa have contacted, and are fighting Italian troops with’ three miles of Derna, it is ed here today. : 1 In possession of Bardia and To- bruk now, the British arg believed preparing» for a. drive which, if successful, will carry them on to Derna and Bengasi, last of the important Italian ports in Lybia with the exception of Tripoli. Britain's two other armi \Africa, meanwhile, are in steady advances, one more than 80 miles into Italian Eritrea and the other forcing back resist- ing units in Italian Somaliland. From Ethiopia latest reports in- dicate a steady increase in the ranks'of tribesmen who have taken up arms to throw off Ital- jan domination. Some of the tribesmen have joined with Brit- ish regular troops in attacks on_ defending garrisons, it is report- ‘Continued on Page Four) | =e | { | { | { | A heavily loaded barge aground on Content Key since Jan. 17, yes- terday afternoon was free and on j its way to Miami in tow of the Hoffman Construction Company tug Payday. H Pandora, coast guard cutter which had attempted to free the barge and then was cailed to other | duty at Fort Jefferson. was on the way back to Content Key when the barge was sighted afloat and with the tugs Payday and Lucky. | in OF MRS. KEENE e News. has). been received in the city annowneing the death of Mrs. | Mary A. Keene in Philadelphia. Mrs. Keene was a close friend of Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Bates of this city, and was a visitor here last year. Governor And Mrs. Holland Invited To Attend President's Birthday Ball In Key West The following telegram has will note that our ball is the day been sent by Julius F. Stone, Jr., | following the Miami ball which chairman of Monroe County (Continued on Page Four) President's Bizinday Ball Com- | NEW YORK ~ BUSY mittee, to Governor Spessard L. | Specializing in BEE ee pram! —o4 Holland and Mrs. Holland, which | Chowd. “Best Sandwiches and Eats” will meet with the hearty ap- proval of the hospitable citizens lof Key West, all of whom are in-; lvited to attend this gala event to be celebrated February 1, $30 p. at the La Concha Hotel Rain-_ bow Room “The Monroe County Commit- tee for'the Celebration of | the! President's Birthday cordially, extends you an invitation to be the honored guest of our Birth- day Ball, which is being held at Key West at the La Concha Ho- tel at Nine Thirty on the evening | of Saturday, February First. You! "DANCING NIGHTLY al RAINBOW ROOM La Concha Hotel JERRY COLLINS AND HIS BEACHCOMBERS No Cover Charge