The Key West Citizen Newspaper, January 29, 1941, Page 1

Associated Press Day Wire Service For 61 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West Che Hey West Citizen THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN THE U.S. A. VoL UME LXIL. No. 2 KEY WEST, FLORIDA, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 29, 1941 Premier General John Metaxas, ‘Strong Man’ Of Greece Outstanding Officer Cred- ited With Planning At- tack That Routed Italian | Army (By Associated Prexs) ATHENS, Jan. Gen. John Metaxas, of Greece and rated one of the 29.—Premier | “strong man” | Died Today ‘OUT-OF-STATE WORKERS HERE MUST BUY TAG |SOME UNKNOWINGLY PUR- CHASING AUTO LICENSES | DEADLINE i ablest military leaders in Europe, | died this morning throat operation. Greek with planning the counterattack which foced Italian armies out of Greece and is continuing in the attacks on Albi leaders credited General Metaxas had been re- | ported seriously ill yesterday, but censors refused to divulge the na- | ture of his illness until his death | was announced early this morn- ing. Last night he had been re- ported slightly improved after an operation and a blood transfusion. Alexander Korrissa, named to succeed General Metaxas in a cabinet meeting which followed word of the premier’s death, urg- ed Greek troops to carry on along the road driven by Metaxas. In a public address he reaf- firmed his own and his colleagues’ loyalty to King George and prom- ised a successful continuation of ee URGES VOTERS 10 REGISTER. STONE REQUESTS FREEHOLD- ERS TO CAST VOTE FOR NEW AIRPORT F. Stone, attorney, Monroe county register and to vote for struction of an army Boca Chica, cribing the growth of other with military airports and the constantly incr ing govern- ment expenditures in the expan- sion of existing airpor Stone said he could see no reason for op- position. Military and defense now have a controlling hand in government affairs, he said, and anything affecting them will have much greater chances of speedy action than a civil project. Stone predicts the measure he be adopted but has urged holders to register in order to make a decisive vote. WILLKIE WATCHES PARADE IN LONDON Julius county Jr., acting today urged freeholders to the con- airport at interests (By Associated Press) LONDON Jan Wendell Willkie, Republican p leader and unofficial » London watched demonst this morni women paraded food s Police officials stration but none of th rested. TWO CASES IN CRIMINAL COURT Russel ng restrictic was ¢ Rafac Albu: day were uty roe y's ¢ 219 DESCENDANTS ALBUQUERQ ren Mrs. Dol following a him |? Midnight Friday, deadline for the purchase of 1941 automobile licenses, will mark the end of the eriod of grace in which out-of- state residents who are working in Key West have been permit- ited to get the: Florida tags, Sheriff Berlin Sawyer announced | today. | Sheriff Sawyer said a number ;of employes of the navy yard are known to have sent north to buy their new licenses, apparently ei- ther not realizing or ignoring the necessity for getting Florida tags iif they are to work here. After Saturday, all workers the new F rested. Sale of licenses in Joe C. Mc- Mahon’s county tax office, mean- while, has continued to drag with lorida tags will be ar- only a few over a thousand sold |;anging the schedule of calls to| up to pogey. SUGGESTS LOW i i { | | | | | | | | ‘CONVENTION FUND, COMMITTEE T0 BE NAMED TOMORROW CHAIRMAN CARLETON IS AR. | RANGING SCHEDULE For! SOLICITATION OF CON- | TRIBUTIONS The committee of businessmen that will undertake the solicita- tion of contributions to the Amer- ican Legion’s state convention |fund will be named by Chairman IN HOME STATES; FRIDAY |campaign,” | | | not having ing the convention Guy Carleton tomorrow, he an- nounced today. “Key West is to be divided into approximately 25 groups for the Chairman Carleton said. “Each group will be asked |to contribute a percentage of the | total amount sought. The mem-! ‘bers of each group will be called rale was suffering severe strains|send American upon for active participation. | Key West, Florida, has the most equable climate in the country; with an average range of only 14° Fahrenheit Stimson Urges Passage Of ‘Lend Lease’ Bill To Stimulate British (By Ansociated Press) WASHINGTON, Jan. 29.—Brit-; jain will win the war, provided | 4she is able to get through the jeritical period of this spring and| summer, War Secretary Henry L. | Stimson predicted this morning | in testimony before Senate For- eign Affairs committeemen. Urging passage of the “lend- lease” bill as a stimulant to Brit- ish morale, Stimson told commit- | tee members, “We are buying! from England—not lending to} her. We must buy time to pre-| pare our defenses and England is the only country which can sell} us that time”. q Stimson said he believed mo-} among the ax partners “the in Norway, in Rumania and fal Italy”. Italy, condition and may not last out | the winter. “There is coming a natural re- jaction to slavery”, Stimson told |the committeemen, “and when it begins I think it will come so fast \it will amaze the defeatists”. The war secretary said he would be opposed to any limita- tion of President Roosevelt's pow- | ers over direction of the “lend- | lease” bill and asked the comm teemen not to recommend a pro- posed amendment which would; ‘refuse the President authority to convoys with merchant ships bound for “There will naturally be a large |creakings of which can be heard |Tope. number of small business places which will not be called upon for direct contributions. They may ; make their subscriptions directly to headquarters of the convention | corporation, or through the pur- chase of tickets on the sale of the, automobile. “The business places are not! asked to contribute but are to be asked to underwrite a business in- | vestment. Each business place will realize from three to ten; times as much more business dur- | Any busi- | nessman can figure that for the! small contribution he will be! INTERESTING SESSION OF ton, asked for he will realize a much greater profit.” | Chairman Carleton is busy ar-} | be made by the committeemen | and arranging to see the commit- | | teemen. PRICED STAMPS) (CRIMINAL COURT MORGENTHAU MAKES PRO. ! POSAL TO FINANCE DE- FENSE PROGRAM (By Ansociated WASHINGTON, Jan. Plans for the general sale of low priced stamps to finance the. de- fense program were outlined to members of the House Ways and Means committee this morning by Henry Morgenthau, cretary of the treasury. Morgenthau advocated the stamp sale as a measure to pre- vent further increases in the nation’s indebtedness, but added a suggestion for a thorough in- vestigation of governmental ex- penditures. He asked the congressmen to make a “fine tooth” re of all government agencies engaged in defense programs. MII IL OLS, “KEY | WEST—-WHERE AMERICANISM BEGINS” C. Howard Rowton, Pa- jatka, Florida department ad- jutant of the American Le- gion, arrived yesterday in Key West announcing that he had adopted a new slogan for the city. It is: “Key West—Where Amer- icanism Begins.” “That slogan is going on every piece of mail from my office for the -next three months,” Mr. Rowton said. “It will go all over the coun- try. It will be good advertis- ing for your city. “I think Key West is a great place, the ideal place for an American Legion convention. It is a little far away for most of the boys. but the extra mileage will be more than made up in the experiences they have here.” Adjutant Rowton will meet the members of the. board of directors of the Key West Convention corporation at a meeting at 8:00 o'clock to- night in La Concha hotel building. Fleming street. He will be asked to outline the official program of the con- vention. which is to be held here April 23-26. Robert F. Spottswood. president, William A. Free- man. treasurer. and Al Mills. executive director of the cor- poration. will be at the meet- ing. 29. —| them because the’ TO DRAW JURY SESSION WILL BE HELD AFTER CIRCUIT COURT FINISHES WORK | the desired figure. irequired to complete the second, Building Inspector Reports Busiest Day of This is Month HOME GUARD 1 HOLDS DRILL ORGANIZATION HELD LAST NIGHT | | ginia street, “John Hall, 624 Margaret The Key West Home Guard drilled. last night on the paradd ground of the Army Barracks. Immediately after drill period the officers held their regular fheet- ing and the fact was brought out that although there was a good attendance, it did not come up to More men are company of this organization and an appeal is being made to the ‘men of the city and county to en- County Clerk Ross Sawyer and Sheriff Berlin Sawyer will meet Saturday to pick a jury for Judge William V. Albury’s criminal court session, it was announced today. Criminal court is held in the circuit court chambers and start of the session is waiting for com- pletion of the Federal Housing Authority’s circuit court con- demnation proceedings. Area Supervisor Receiving Commodities Are Not Refusing Employment Charges that some Key West men have turned down offers of jobs in order to continue receiv- ing surplus commodities of food today were termed “ridiculous and untrue’ by Mrs. Virginia Baker, area supervisor in charge of the state welfare bureau here Several Key West employers have complained to The Citizen that men offered jobs had refused getting food from the agency and had ridiculed other men who did take jobs on the grounds they could continue to eat without working “Unfortunately,” Mrs. Baker replied today, “we do not receive enough surplus odities for anyone to live on The commodity Southard and W is operated by four men whose salaries are paid by WP. istributed by the were col bureau t head streets a’ county cor NEW YORK - BUSY BEE peciali in Seafoods. Sr Spanish Chowder Daily t Cooking—Conch CORBI IAM OBAMA “Bes. Sandwiches and Eats” list in this organization now, | when so much good may be at-) tained, instead of waiting for de-| velopments and rushing in at the: last minute. It is not all drill on} Tuesday nights. Lectures, and good ones, apprising the guards- men of their expected duties— teaching them First Aid, Com- munication, and many other sub- jects of interest are given by cap- (Continued on Page Four) Says Men | family on the food we Mrs. Baker said. supervisor admitted can pro- vide, The familities have continued to take some food after members of the family had found work and in position to provide for themselves Case workers have been checking their records as fast as possible to eliminate such families, however, and Mrs. Baker's record show more than 200 far es dropped from the in past two months. “Other cities have operated t a commur the poor t Red Cre and Mrs. Baker p K West surplus re almost the measure.” were a list he direct relief ity government, and help for ation Army, ther agencies,” ted “while in put commodities only relief THE PRESIDENT'S RAINBOW PROFESSIONAL Admiss i | |floors in her home. ‘of the Rev. today. { Saturday, February Ist, 9:30 p. m. La Concha Hotel A Gay and Eventful Evening. . .Full of Fun and Frolic Ralph Russell, Key West build- ing inspecior, had his busiest day of the month yesterday as six property owners took out permits j totalling $1,050 for repairs. Mrs. Albert Shultz, 419 Simon- took the largest of the per- mits for $500 in repairs to roof and The others were Swan Hernandez, 308 Vi $100, new siding; street, $75, metal roof; Samuel Roberts, 529 William, street, roof; A. T. Sjursen, 1125 Washing- ton, $250, general repairs, and the Cuban club, 1900 Duval street, $50, repair floors. ANNOUNCE DEATH OF MRS. PORTER’ FORMER KEY WEST HRESI- DENT DIES IN LEBANON, KENTUCKY Mrs. Mary E. Pinder Porter, 60, a native of Key West and wife T. J. Porter, onetime pastor of the Baptist church here, died Saturday at her home in ion, Ky., it was learned here Mrs. Porter died of a heart at- tack after treatment, including a blood transfusion, had failed to increase her strength. A daughter of the late Mr. Mrs. Theopholus Pinder, Mrs. Pinder was born in Key West November 20, 1880, and attended public sehools ami a Catholic! convent here. She was married here while Dr. Porter was serv- ing as a church pastor ‘and later accompanied him to the many other cities in which he worked and he said, is in a bad | luo Bengasi; Planning Battle Eu-' PRICE FIVE CENTS British Imperial Army Moves Close In Around (talian Port STUDY PLANS WOULD STOP SOUTH AMERI- CAN LEAKS IN BLOCK- ADE OF GERMANY (By Associated Press) LONDON, Jan lofficials are studying plans stop South American leaks their blockade of Germany, was revealed today. The admiralty quantities of suppues are shipped to Russia from America and transshipped into Germany. One suggestion is a plan through which England and the United States would buy jointly all South American sur- plus goods, NEGOTIATIONS FALL THROUGH to in it believes great being $75. metal | FOR SETTLEMENT OF UNDE- | CLARED WAR OF SIAM AND INDO-CHINA (By Associated Press) TOKYO, Jan. 29.—Negotiations between French Indo-China and Siam for a settlement of their un- declared war, may have broken down, it is belivved here. Representatives of the two countries are believed on a Jap- anese cruiser discussing to the hostilities, but the continuing. IMPORTANT GREEK BASE Is CAPTURED (iy Associated Pre ROME, Jan. 29.—Offi muniques here today tdld of Ital- ian capture of an important Gregk base, in Albania® and stiffdning of resistance in Eritrea and Litya an end war i a Africa, admit were said to thrown back Albania, the force 2 in tealy retreating have halted and British attacks communiques had inflicted swift counterattack In said heavy Aqueduct Commission Fails To Receive Notification Of RFC Approval For Loan Key West Aqueduct Commis sion members up to this afternoon apparently had received no formal notification of RFC approval to a joan of from $1,000,000 to $1,500.- 000, reported to have been ap- proved yesterday in Washington William T. Doughtry, chairman of the commission, is ill and has pen confined to his bed, but 7 BIRTHDAY BALL BALLROOM ENTERTAINERS 31.00 Per Person f the c i no word of other members o! mmission said they had receive the joan erre Robin pre r approval of th loan had be Je Jone RFC tor, in a conference the talks between Ser ai pper and Ne ad- fol 8, Claude leased PERSONS DESIRING TO REGISTER For the Airport Bond Election. and who find it inconvenient to go to the Courthouse can register «t the residence of Mr. C Sam B. Curry. 1128 Olivia Street. at any time after 5 P. M. today. CHAMBER OF COMMERCE COMMITTEE FOR THE BOND ELECTION William H. Monsalvatge. Chairman oon. 29.—Admiralty | South | al com- HITLER PLEASED THANKS PREMIER GENERAD| ANTONESCU FOR SUP- PORT OF AXIS (iy Associated Press) BUCHAREST, Jan. 29.—Pre- mier General Ion Antonescu and Adolf Hitler exchanged notes to- day as the German leader com- plimented the premier his suppression of anti-government rioting and thanked him for his support of the ax Antoneseu’s note thanked the Fuehrer for his support of Ru- manian policies EXPECT MAMMOTH GERMAN ATTAC K BRITISH PLAN SENDING EX- |. _ PEDITIONARY FORCE on s. INTO ALBANIA j (iy Axsociated Prexn) ANKARA, Jan. 29.—Violence of British attacks during the past few weeks in north Africa show | a desire to complete the cam- paigns in time to send an expe- ditionary force into Albania be- fore spring, it is believed here. Military men expect a mam- moth German offensive into Al- bania and Greece as soon as wérm weather permits the rapid trans- portation of troops. They be- lieve Britain will make every ef- fort to knock Italy out of Africa before that time in order to send the victorious colonial armies in to Albania JERRY NAVARRO COMES TO CITY WILL CLOSE DEAL FOR SALE OF PROPERTY FOR NEW AIRPORT son of the late varro and Mary A d here Monday for ibined business and pleas trip in this city b AITO, + il close with county acres on Boca ca to ba used for the new air- port. He is a guest at the home of his cousins, Mr. and Mrs. Dan Elizabeth street Navarro ¢ TEMPERATURES Lowest last/Highest les! night 24 hours 37 52 > 40 69 “4 6 be] 29 “6 61 » 2 58 7 2 f for Ch KEY WEST Los Angele Medford Miarr Minne New apoli | Reports of @ Prepares For Blow Which ON BLE BLOCKADE WITH | AID GIVEN Would Wrest From Italy | Practically All Of Afri- can Seacoast (ily Assoctated Press) CAIRO, Jan. 29.—Strong forces ef the British Imperial Army of the Nile have moved into com- manding positions around the Italian port of Bengasi in prepara- tion for a blow which will wrest from Italy all of her African sea- coast with the exception of Tri- Poli. Gen. Sir Archibald Wavell, | proceeding cautiously to mass troops around Derna, is expected \to launch-a. crushing - avtack as soon as Italian forces have been weakened by bombardment. ‘Meanwhile, stronger forces have moved on beyond Derna to take up their positions for the assault on Bengasi. 4 Brow wretch" at- tack on an Italian aif-basé in the Libyan desert indicate the column moved 300 miles across the desert from French Equatorial Africa and is now moving to join other French forces in a drive from the south on Italian fortifications along the coast. Other British troops, during the day, have continued their pursuit of Italian troops into Eritrea with reports of many prisoners taken, while heavy fighting has been re- ported from Ethiopia; _ where native tribesmen are said/t8 be in an important battle against massed Italian troops. GERMANS ATTACK BRITISH TOWN BERLIN, Jan. 29. — German bombers staged an attack on an un-named British town in the southern industrial regions last night, it was reported here today. Air activity was generally light because of bad weather, however, and the air ministry reported only a comparatively light raid. A 7,000-ton British ship was sunk off the coast of Ireland by a bombing plane, it was an- pounced JAPAN WARNS OF EXPANSION POLICY TOKYO, Jan, 29.—Premier Mat- suoko today warned newspaper- men Japan will continue with her policy of expansion into the Dutch East Indies regardless of the United States or Britain, but an- nounced at the same time appoint~ ment of an envoy Jo work for a better understanding between Washington and Japan. The envoy is expected to leave for Washington at once. MRS. REYNOLDS Mrs’ Elizabeth Owens ids, Mebennan: county, has beef! haméd the géa: te her daughter, Elizabeth Louise Higgs, to handle property left the girl in a Key West estate. Judge D. Y. McDaniel, MeLen n county judge, appointed the guardian until Miss Higgs comes Mf age. She is 15. BROTHER AND SISTER MEET Reyn- Los ANGELES. Calif —Al- though they had lived for two years within two miles of each other, Lee Roth, 47, and Mra. Er ma Hertzberg, 59. met for the first time recently when they learned they were brother and sister. Roth was told by an Eastern friend that he had « sister living in Los Angeles and he located her by means of « dizectesy, *