The Key West Citizen Newspaper, January 28, 1941, Page 1

Associated Press Day Wire Service For 61 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West VOLUME LXII. No. : 24. | Navy: Seeretary Orders Plans Changed For Key West's Aqueduct Project * Action Taken Following Committee Named To Raise Conference With Sena- tor Pepper In Washing- ton Last Night (Special to rhe Cit! ) WASHINGTON, Jan. 28.—New Plans for Key West's aqueduct project, ordered by Navy Secre- tary Frank Knox last night after a conference with Senator Claude | | | i | \ ed chairman of a committee las' | the business houses for x convention | can Legion state here April 23-26. mittee. The conimittee was nam- ed at a mass meeting in the coun- ty courthouse. Mr. Carleton will name the Pepper, will bring the water pro- rest of the committee by tomor- gram up to a size sufficient to row and prc mises to get active at once. “This is the biggest cover future growth of Key West thing that has hit Key West since as well as to supply navy needs. ( Urging co-oreration between the hurricane cf 1919", was Mr.! Carleton’s comment. no matter how little to benefit from the he expects convention, authorities and the Kev West should assist in the drive for Aqueduct Commission, Pepper , funds”. told the navy secretary plans! His appointment followed a must include be able to serve the greater Key West, which is now coming into acilities that will meeting last night of leading busi- ness men of the city and the of- ficials of the Key West conven- aie tion corporation, which is in being”. charge of arrangements for the | “In the construction of this | American Legion's state meeting. aqueduct”, Senator Pepper point- | To Compile List ed out, “we must not only pro-) One of the first steps by the vide for the needs of the navy, but provide for the need of the civilian population. Moreover. we must provide not only for the present population, but for what we know is going to be the en- larged populaticn of Key West and Monroe county”. Knox ordered redrafting of the plans after he had conferred with naval engineers in charge of the project and with Senator Pepper. Financial aspects of the de- velopment were not discussed at yesterday's conference, but it is TWO BALLOTS FOR ELECTION, LEGAL TWIST CAUSES TWO. ,the Key West Merchants 2 SEPARATE TICKETS IN BOND ELECTION Monroe — county understood the water commission When they go to the polls Feb- will contribute of privately-raised or RFC money while the navy will spend $2,- 000,000 appropriated by congress. EXTEND TIME FOR CLASSES Time for enrollment by navy personnel in conversational Span- ish cla’ originally set for Friday afternoon, has been 8, ex- | published in legal papers bec about $1,000,000 Tuary 4, will vote on two separate ballots and the reason for it will be a legal twist probably unique in Florida election history. this: The Florida Supreme court in unpublished er re It is an dec which ched lawye in the h uled that a man owning his tax-exempt homestead is not eligible to vote in a bond elec- tion, The ruling was mentioned in the Florida Municipal Record sion and came to the attention of local’ lawyers in that way, but was not ause tended to Thursday, it was an- the court had already granted a nounced today. & Sailors interested in the class- es will attend a meeting of the advisory committee on vocation- al training Thursday at the high school. Thirty day had registered for the es. class TEMPERATURES Lowest last Highest last By using two ballots, one for 2@ hours cach type of freeholder, election GOING T0 CAMP Abilene 51 ials can use either or both of Boise 48 e counts to m 1 ey 7 - no matter what the court - PASSES PHYSICAL EXAMINA- uffalo 21 28 gion. Juli ‘Gione cir Burlington 1 10 Gedered TION; LEAVING FOR 7 : eee TEXAS TOMORROW wi her local lawyers. Cincinnati 25 : etree a Denver 3 Detroit 2 IDOI LSS, Capt. W. Curry Harris, Monroe EI Paso. 48 8s VISITOR CATCHES today passed Havre 30 41 WAHOO YESTERDAY Huron K 15 i Jacksonville 44 z C. E. Stocking. Louisville KEY WEST 65 jeweler, landed a 95-pound Los Angeles 60 wahoo yesterday on a fishing Miam 6 trip aboard his brother, John Min s 1 Stocking’s boat. Outes. Montgomery 37 Otto H. Lippoldt. Evans New York 21 ville, Ind. and Dr. C. W. Okla 26 Johnson of Lawton. Mich. Pittsbur; 23 who also have been visiting St > 26 2 h helped bring in a catch Salt Lake City 2 41 which included Nassau group- San Francisco 42 64 ers, kingfish and barracuda. Spokane 31 45 new cou Washington ~ 26 3 IMI OIIIO G4 2s 200 sailors up to to- on the contrary, © YB exempt homestead petition for rehearing Thus, if the election were held according to the old interpretation and the appeal should be denied, the election might be invalid. If, only freeholders other than their s were permit- ted to vote and the court should reverse itself in the rehearing, re- turning to the old interpretation of the law, then the election might still be invalid. with property night to solicit contributions from 4 Ameri- | William Free- | man is also a member of the com- | “Everyone, freeholders, | Fund For Legion Conyention Guy Carleton, well-known Key ,committee will be the immediate West businessman, was appoint- | compilation of a list of Key West 1 [business houses. They will list the places of business in accord- } ance whether they will benefit directly or indirectly from the} convention. benefit will be asked to contri- bute most. It is expected the committee | will act favorably on the sugges- tion of William Monsalvatge, for- mer county commissioner, that the business houses be asked to contribute 14% percent of the Feb- | ruary business. The objective is jto raise $5000 te cover the costs } of the convention. Mayor Willard M. Albury, who addressed Key West theater audi- ences on the subject Sunday night. | explained to the businessmen that | a fund of about $5,000 must be} raised to meet expenses during the four-day convention. Florida legion members during the convention will spend at least $140,000 in Key West, the mayor predicted. ; Carl Bervaldi, chairman of the ‘eounty commission; Robert F. } ; Spotswood, president of the Key} | West Convention corporation; Al| Mills, executive director of the! corporation, and Freeman dis- cussed plans for the convention with the business operators. Urges Co-Operation Joseph Pearlinan, secretary of cia- tion, offered a list of 80 busine: |firms. These firms are listed ac- cording to their abilitv to pay and ‘according to their capacity to reap a direct benefit. The restaurants, (Continued on Page Four) CAR STRUCK ON DUVAL STREET FRONT WHEEL KNOCKED OFF; DRIVER ESCAPED ANY INJURY Mario Rodriguez, 1418 Petronia street, escaped injury this morn- ing when the light coupe he was driving was struck by another at the corner of Duval and ‘ne streets car swung out into street from a _ parking and was struck by a heav- ier sedan moving in the same di rection. A front wheel was knocked off and the front of the car damaged. c Gre Rodriguez’ Duval place CAPTAIN HARRIS Those that directly | KEY WEST, FLORIDA, TUESDAY, JANUARY 28, 1941 (Special to TALLAHASSEE, Jan. 28. — Commanding officers of army and |navy bases throughout Florida ‘will be called to a conference with {Governr Spessard L, Holland to recommend location of defense highways they deem most im- |portant, it was announced here to- jday. | Governor Holland, back from | Washington after viewing the in- jauguration of President Roosevelt , jand conferring with Thomas H. ; MacDonald, chief of the Bureau lof Public Roads, said he would call the conference to get recom- mendations on which the Florida State Road Department can act during the next year. Representatives of the federal Civilian Employes At Meeting | Civilian navy yard employes linterested in vocational training | will learn details of the state j board of education’s defense pro- | gram at the high school Thursday ‘night. } Tentative plans for the courses jhave been suggested by a navy lyara committee of Leo Haskins and John Austin, machinists, and Frank Schneider, electrician. The trio, with members of the advisory committee on vocational itraining, will meet with applicants , |for the training courses to explain | details of the plan. The program for naval em- |ployes as invisaged now will con- ‘sist of the following five courses: | (1) Electrical theory for elec- penton and helpers. STILL WORKING ON BOND ISSUE | | | | | | 1 | ON WITH CHAMBER OF COMMERCE | ea eE | tour of the upper keys on which jhe solicited affidavits from Mon- |roe county freeholders, has been | appointed by Key West Chamber jof Commerce to continue his work here until the February 4 it was announced today. who was appointed and for » will work commerce in an ef- election, Curry, paid his work on the for the jduring the next fort to bring up the total of reg- istered freeholders. He will make the rounds of lucal places of busi- and discuss the airport with interested residents e not registered A total of 300 freeholders have jDeen registered to today ‘VESSEL WILL DOCK SUNDAY commission ke by county of week chamber ness up the Clyde-Mallory scheduled to est this morning w leave New rding to word and dock in Key BEST OF THE PORTO RICAN RUM For Sale By ALL LEADING BARS AND CAFES [Governor Holl With ee Officials; ‘On Needed Defense Highways county's i C. Sam B. Curry, back from a' d To Confer| The Citizen) reau, state road men, WPA supervisors and the army and navy cémmanders, it is believed, will be called into the discussion. A definite date has not yet been set. Governor Holland stressed to the road bureau in Washington the need of a system of govern- ;ment highways traversing the state from north to south and east to west in order that military equipment could be easily and quickly transported to army and navy bases. | MacDonald, speaking for the Bureau of Public Roads,, compli- mented Florida on its progress in road building and on its coopera- | tion with the federal government, jovernor Holland said. To Lean Plans Of Vocational Training On Thursday Night ! (2) Machine shop mathematics, drafting and blueprint reading for machinists and helpers. (3) Steel-square and mathe- matics for woodworkers and helpers. (4) The characteristics, fabrica- tion and uses of different kinds of wood for woodworks and helpers. (5) Practical ship-fitting for yard employes. Additional courses. under con- sideration by the committee in- clude conversational Spanish for enlisted navy personnel, typing and radio operating for army men, blue-print reading and mathe- matics—steel square for employes jot the city’s building trades. ‘ASKS MEASURE BE CLARIFIED C. SAM B. CURRY TO CARRY PERTAINS TO RAISE IN PAY, OF CABINET MEM- | ! BERS i | (Ry Ansoctnted Presses TALLAHASSEE, Jan. 28,— Governor Spessard L. Holland has asked the legislature to clari- fy an appropriation which in 1939 raised the pay of cabinet members to $6,000 annually. The measure conflicts with a bill passed in 1933 which limited their pay to $5,000. CHECKING UP ON OVERDUE LICENSES ' POLICE OFFICER FRANKLIN ARENBERG ASSIGNED TO DUTY BY MAYOR Mayor Willard M assigned Police Officer Franklin Arenberg to duty to act as license service with inspector as part-time the Dp ice depariment cer Arenberg started onj new duties this morning, { H check up on r quent occup: nal d Q make which will make every collections on the now proximatley lars CRUMMER ENJOYED FISHING OUTING | R. E. Crammer. Orlando bond broker, left Key West yesterday afternoon after @ two-day fishing trip here. Crummer returned to Mi- ami aboard his boat. A hk dd de de Albury has Che Key West Cittern THE SOUTHERNMOST AS IN THE U.S. A. ee Key West, Florida, has the most equable climate in the country; with an average range of only 14° Fahrenheit PRICE FIVE CENTS § Hammer London In Long Daylight Raid Today WATER SYSTEM |G. L, STRAUB, REPRESENT- ING NEW YORK ENGINEER- ING FIRM),HAS OFFICE IN CITY HALL G. L. Straub, representing Par- |sons, Klapp, Brinckerhoff & | Douglas, New York engineering | firm, has arrived in Key West to | begin preliminary surveying on |the proposed fresh water pipe line from Homestead to Key West. Straub, who will have his of- | fices in the city hall here, will di- rect operations from this end to coincide with the start of a similar survey north of Homestead. From Homestead. meanwhile, “engineers are examining a site a mile south of Florida City and test wells will be sunk to deter- mine if a great enough supply can be produced to meet Key West's needs. | Engineers are anxious to find a well south of Homestead if pos- sible in order to cut down on the amount of pipeline needed to bring the water to Key West. Homestead city officials are still | attempting negotiations with navy engineers in an effort to sell water from their own municipal plant. RECREATIONAL _ FACILITIES TO | BE PROVIDED ENTERTAINMENT FOR SERVICE MEN City’ and county authorities moved quickly today to provide recreational facilities for navy personnel and avert a threatened designation of Miami the liberty port for enlisted personnel in this section. Meeting with Col. G. D. > Hat- field, unofficial representative of the Marine Corps, and with Bernie Papy, representative of this, sec- tion in the state Jegislature. mem- bers of the groulp drafted plans for | a temporary program of recreation and prepared to fight for a per- manent one. Carl Bervaldi, chairman of the ounty commission, said the com mission would move at request temporary use of the Na- tional Guard armory as a recrea- tion center. Bervaldi will confer with Major Robert Spottswood |who is in charge of the armory tand Major Spottswood is expected j;to ask authority from National Guard headquarters. | Mayor Willard Albury and Will Freeman, chairman of the city council, will order a clean-up job on shuffleboard $ around the courthouse and w the coopera tion of NYA director Victo' | will put local tennis courts back in fi once to condition for use. Al Peirce, who with William -|Monsalvatge and Julius F. Stone Jr, represe commence, |; Property owner building whict Oa reading and | TONS OF EXPLOSIVES ARE) DROPPED IN FURIOUS FIGHTING (By Associated Press) CAIRO, Jan. 28—Royal Air Force bombers operating ‘from Africa last night dumped tons of explosives on Naples as the em- pire’s fighting forces smashed with renewed intensity at every | Italian front. ! Reports reaching here said the raid on Naples had been one of the most violent staged over Italy in the war and claimed a_ large part of the city was demolished. Sudanese warriors brought to the front from India, meanwhile, were reported driving at a rate of more than 11 miles a day into Italian Eritrea and encountering almost no resistance. One report said advance units had found a mountain gorge heavily mined by fleeing Italian troops, but sappers cleared the mines in less than six hours and motorized troops rush- ed on in pursuit. Ethiopian reports reaching here said Italy was sbandoning strong- ly fortified positions and casual- ties dealt out by warring tribes- men were Said to be “very high.” On theiy third front in Africa, troops which participated in the ;capture of Tobruk and Derna are forming for an attack around Bengasi and dispatches from the army already are predicting the city’s early fall CLAIMS ENGLAND CANNOT PAY UP MORGENTHAU URGES SEND- ING ALL AID POS- SIBLE (Dy Assorinted Press) WASHINGTON, Jan Henry Morgenthau, the treasury, testified before the Senate Foreign Relations Com- mittee this morning that had given up.any hope of England‘’s being able to pay her war bills in this country. England is spending $48,000,000 a day to carry on the war, a figure reaching 60 per cent of her na- secretary of he tional income, Morgenthau told the senators in his testimony Commitments in the United States already total $1,400 000,000, Morgenthau went on, while the empire's total ets in this coun. try amount to about $1,800,000. 000 Defending the bill in about the same terms in which he talked before the House For eign Affairs Committee, Secretary Morgenthau said England could not be expected to carry on with ut financial aid from the United States for longer than the end of the year He urged quick passage and immediate finance lend -lease of the ial and al aid TILL ZL 22 2 NINETY-FOUR FISH CAUGHT ON OUTING Charles Muhier. Asheville, N. C.. led @ party of fisher- men yesterday with the larg est of a catch of 94 fish. Mrs. Muhler, fishing in local wa ters for the first time, landed 18 yellowtail. while D. Devi- gon. Saratoga. N. Y.. landed a five-foot green moray eel and a five-foot nurse shark. Members of the party caught two amberjack, 20 grouper, SO yellowtail. 19 grunts, nine snappers and a 45-pound cobis. SDILDDLa DS. ENGINEER COMES RAF MAKES HEAVY Reorsested As Having HERE TO SURVEY RAIDS ON NAPLES B= leneot tn Dev | ime Since Mass Drive | ‘ September (Ry Assoctated Press) | LONDON, Jan. 28.—Nazi bomb- rs, inactive over England for a hammered London this morning in the longest daylight raid since the mass attacks of Sep- tember. Bombing attacks were com- week, | paratively light, it was reported, but formations of bombers winged over the city Yhroughout — the morning in four separate attacks. Most of the explosives were said , to have landed in outlying suburbs and incendiary bombs _ started dozens of fires, but volunteer fire fighters reported they had most of them under control. London censors for the first time today admitted the city had been digging itself out after one of the most severe.snew.. storms dn English history and eredited the snow with preventing the spread of fires. Information about the storm had previously been withheld on grounds of military secrecy. P ARING FULL “ATHENS _ 3 .* forces which iia Goce ore on Valona in the face of stiff re- sistance are preparing a full-scale offensive to take the important Adriatic port, it was announced here today. Reports from the front have told of several strong counter of- fensives launched by Italian de- | fenders south of the city,, but mili/ tary men here say the stage will soon be set for; a mass attack which will cut off Valona from all ‘assistance. TERM DISTRESS SIGNALS “FAKE” LONDON, Jan. 28.—Radio dis- tress signals picked up from the liner Empress of Australia in New last night, were called “fakes” today by admiralty spokesmen, The messages purporting to come from the British liner said she had been struck by a torpedo and was going down off the west coast of Africa. Another message said the ship was sinking rapidly by the head, then suddenly was cut off and efforts to get back in touch with the ship failed. London authorities said this morning the liner was safe in an unnamed port, PROTESTS AGAINST COTTON SHIPMENTS LONDON, Jan. 26.—-Protests against United States shipments of cotton to Russia were voiced before the House of Commons this morning by Hugh Dalton, minister of «conomic warfare. Dalton said the United States last year had exported 30,000 tons of cotton to Russia and accused the Soviet Union of using the ma- terial to fill their own needs and diverting their crops to Germany. Ue did not accuse Russia of ex- porting the American cotton to Germany, but pointed out that the effect was the same. CAROLINA TOWN GOES BACKWARD LOSES ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-FIVE RESIDENTS IN TEN YEARS (By Associated Prees) PROSPERITY, 5S. C., Jan. 2% Some folks apparently can't stand Prosperity. Anyway this central South Carolina town lost 125 residents during the last 10 years. The 1940 census shows 719 residents as compered with 644 in 1936, tes