The Key West Citizen Newspaper, January 31, 1941, Page 1

Key West, Florida, has the most equable climate in the country; with an average range of only 14° Fahrenheit Associated Press Day Wire Service For 61 Years Devoted to the Best Inter of Key West The Key West Citizen THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER VOLUME I LXII. No. 27. IN THE U. S. A. PRICE FI’ 5 CENTS mat German Long Range Guns: On KEY WEST, FLORIDA, Counc Votes To ‘MORE | PROGRESS | IN FUND DRIVE CAMPAIGN AGAINST INFAN- TILE PARALYSIS SHOW- ING GOOD RESULTS ; Reenact Old Charter Many Other Changes Pro- DAY OF GRACE ent mon FOR MOTORISTS cate this year’s drive will equal ‘if not exceed the amount realized With Operation Gf Mu-' eee EXTEND DEADLINE IN TAG in 1940, C. B. Treadway, state nicipality jchairman of the drive, said today. PURCHASES UNTIL MID- | Floridians contributed $13,- (Special to The Citizen) ORLANDO, Jan, 31.—Early re- {ports from Florida county chair- imen of the 1941 drive for funds to fight infantile paralysis indi- WASHINGTON, Jan. 31.— A! Questioned about Colonel Lind- Nazi invasion attempt within the bergh’s recent testimony in which mony before the Senate Foreign gotiated peace, he said, unless it is | 3 if | Affairs committee. certain both parties will live up to | Of London And Much Of Surrounding Area Dur- the invasion attempt on Britain permit President Roosevelt to anes CLOSEST VIEW OF WAR com REFUTES STORY ANENT might come at any time and that send American warships into Eu- H next 60 to 90 days coupled with a he said he would favor a _ne- Knox, quoting private informa- the terms of the peace treaty. ing Fierce Attacks widespread use of gas will pre- ropean waters on convoy duty,| AS ANTI-AIRCRAFT GUNS | BATTLESHIP-DESTROYER Knox: Predicts Nal invasion “SL AT ues French Coast Pound At Dove large scale use of poison gas was gotiated peace, Knox termed the | Sacra |predicted by Navy Secretary aviator’s ideas “a wild fancy.” Prank Knox this morning in tat” Englond ‘onnot aerance«ve-| WILLKIE SHAKEN COMMENTS ON ‘Bombs Crash Inte Streets tion received by the navy depart- Asked if the “le: lend” bill} | ment from inside Germany. said whose passage he favors would aaa NIGHT SATURDAY '409.79 to the battle against in- cede the actual landing of troops. Knox replied, “it would not.” He | ROCK GROUND DEAL WITH ENGLISH 3 :fantile Se in 1940. | The navy secretary testified if answered the question, however, | 5 | England falls he believes an attack by telling the Congressman that } (Dy Associated Press) At a meeting of the City Coun. | | German long-range guns on the (By Associated Press) | (iy Associated Press) French coast are pounding the DOVER, Jan. 31.—Wendell! WASHINGTON, Jan. 31.—‘The! {Willkie had his closest view of a tanta cag cil held last night, various chang-'! ;will be launched against this | hemisphere as soon as Germany is ine to prepare for it. President Roosevelt already has | that authority at any time he cares | {to exercise it. county automobile: >ived a day of grace{ Monroe es in the city charter were Pro- | ywnors re invention sed, while other matters were in the purchase of new license si |plates today as County Tax Col- most cockeyed ever”, | also discussed in connection with the operation of the municipal- ity. All councilmen were pres- ent excepting Councilman Ram- | sey. Councilman Sweeting introduc- most of them ed motions, Among various which were: carried For reenactment of old city which the city is operating. Boyden Brinton voted no, others yes. Car- ried 4 to 2. said that he thought it would be a good idea to have some of the charter, under now provisions of the new charter en- tered therein, which he thought would be very beneficial in the city’s functioning. Motion to eliminate Board o Public Works and have city carry on. these operations. ,,Carrjed 5 1, Brinton voting no. Movement to abolish of qualified list of voters. ried 4 to 2. voting no. The disqualified list will be published, however. printing Car- Motion to prohibit publication | of delinquent tax list in any news- paper. Carried 4 to 2. Brinton and Grillon voting no. Motion to discontinue publica- tion of list of clerks and inspec tors in election, with a provision that location of polling places be printed. Carried 4 to 2. Brinton and Grillon voting no. Motion to have date for hold ing city*elections changed from November to May. Carried 4 to 2, Brinton and Grillon voting no. All of the above proposals have to be approved by the city at- torney In fact, all of the proposals are of a preliminary nature and will have to be worked up in proper form and presented to the repre sentative from this district to the state legislature for passage, also the senator fr this district. Col. Hatfield Heard Col. G. D. Hatfield addressed the council the need for wholesome recreation for the en listed personnel, and others well, He stated that he felt would be a good ide to obtain the use of ing which could be advantage in also suggested that a Bayview Park be mad for these acti William Mor dressed the mecti same lines, that it wa reve on it used to this respect alva and sa the cour to take ing under other brow, nicir and | Councilman Brinton ; to} Brinton and Grillon | DIED THIS A.M. ‘nounced he would follow the lead } of Dade county authorities in FUNERAL SERVICES WILL BE ;moving the deadline from tonight | ito Saturday at midnight. | CONDUCTED TOMORROW | Governor Spessard L. Holland, | AFTERNOON {who announced Thursday he| |would grant no more delays, orig- | inally set the deadline at Jan, 15, | then moved it up to Feb. 1 Dade county tax collection of- fices decided to interpret the or- der as placing Saturday within! the required time and McMahon | said this morning he would fol- low suit. | License sales, lector Joe C. McMahon an-| Mrs. Virginia Perez, 54, died at ‘her residence at 525 Olivia street this morning at 2 Perez had been a resident of Key West for 40 years. Funeral services, under the di- rection of Pritchard Funeral Home, will be held tomorrow afternoon at 5 o'clock at the resi- dence by Father Murphy of St.| Mary’s Star of the Sea Catholic Church, | Survivors are seven daughters, | |Mrs. Gonzalos Guzman, Tampa, | Mrs. Kermit Kerr, Mrs. Jose Oro- | jpaza, Mrs. Mario Reyes, Mrs. Jose Ponce, Miss Sarah Perez and Mrs. |Elsie Perez, ll of Key West; two ‘sons, Manual Perez, Key West.) jand Delio Perez, Tampa, four | sisters, two brothers and 18 grand- | children. STRIKERS BACK AT WORK TODAY meanwhile, have | moved slowly up to 1200, with jabout 1,000 more to be sold be- fore Saturda if the remainder of the motorists are to come with- in the la DAMAGE AWARD GIVEN TO FO ATTORNEY “RECEIVES CHECK AMOUNTING TO $13,300 FROM EAST COAST Co. Aquilino Lopez, Jr., local at- torney, has received a check for | $13,300 in settlement by Florida! st Coast railroad of injuries to} orge M. Fox in 1931, he an-| (By Associated Pressy nounced late yesterday afternoon.! DAYTON, Ohio, Jan. Fox was awarded damages of |Striking A. F. of L. carpenters $12,000 by a cir- cuit court in d The larger check covers interest over | the 31.— port here were back at work to- day, but company officials faced 1 new eamsters. The teamsters union demands higher wages ‘and improved working conditions as the for a settlement seven-year period RECALLS LIFE OF MRS T PORTE : “HALTED. TODAY anon, Ky., was see rday in The Citizen, E. P. St has written } te Ry Annoctated. Press) Porter, he recalls, was at) TOKYO, Jan. 31.—Hostilities ane time chosen as May: queen | between French-Indo China and at a celebration at the U.S. bar- Siam came to an official halt to- racks the Key West National day as representatives of the two Guard countries, under Japanese media- She tion, agreed to settle their claims West without further war. buildin Negotiations will ec jaboard a Japancse warship Louis by friends in Key and was the owner of the on Caroline street now a hardware had many recupied by store Jurymen Selected To Hear: Condemnation Proceedings THE PRESIDENTS BIRTHDAY BALL Saturday, February Ist, 9:30 p.m. RAINBOW PUBLIC CORDI PROFESSIONAL ENTERTAINERS Direction of GEORGE MILLS WHITE Admission. Concha BALLROOM Hotel ALLY FRIENDS and PATRONS of La Concha Beauty Salon will be happy to learn of the return of MISS LEE THROWER of Washington D.C. INVITED 31.00 Per Person | | { o'clock. Mrs. | on the Wright Aeronautical air- | strike on the part of C.LO. | terms | FRENCH PREDICT )BELIEVE ATTACK ON ENG. | LAND WILL BE MADE BE- FORE END OF FEBRUARY | | PARIS, Jan. 31.—French mili- jtary men predict an all-out Ger- jman assault on England before jthe end of February. | Pointing to Adolf Hitler's ad- dress yesterday as the possible jsignal for a full-scale attempt to finvade the islands, militar jhere say the last week of Febru- lary will bring the most favorable opportunity. At that time, they ichannel is usually jealm, nightrtre sti? iong enough jto cloak the transport of troops and the tide is lower than at any other season. ‘REGISTER MANY FOR TRAINING | DEFINITE SCHEDULE FOR VO- CATIONAL CLASSES TO BE ARRANGED TONIGHT the say, { Newly appointed _ vocational teachers, under the state board of education's plan for national de- fense training, last night regis- tered 131 Key West men for class- es in six subject | The teachers will meet tonight lat 7 o'clock at Key West high ; School to arrange a definite sched- ule for the classes. Last night's registration, in- cluding 42 navy enlisted men who |will take a course in conversa- jtional Spanish, is expected to be swelled by the addition of new subjects within the next few weeks. Subjects already are arranged for Spanish (navy personnel only), 42 pupils, Enriaue Esquinaldo, Jr., instructor; typing, nine pupil Grace B. Crosby, instructor; radio ration, 10 pupils, Roy L. Howard and E. K i instruc ; electrical th N. L. Griffir matics, 26 pur ructor. “ SMITH TO SPEAK Russell, relatively | HAS GREAT HOPE GERMAN ASSAULT FOR ISLAND CITY; | COMMISSIONER OF AGRICUL- | TURE WRITES TO CHAMBER OF COMMERCE BODY Chamber of Commerce Secr¢ tary S. C. Singlcton and the peo- ple of Key West were ‘compli- mented today in a letter from Nathan Mayo, commissioner of the state agriculture depart- ! ment. Mayo’s letter lows “We are sencing you under separate cover 10 copies of ‘Flor- ida New: There is no ques- tion in my mind but that Monroe igounty will have everything you desire if it continues to advance as fast as it has during the. past | five years with the fine people living in Key West working hard on the job, and in which — part your organization has been con- spicuous and extremely helpful”. THREE BUILDING PERMITS ISSUED ONE CALLS FOR REPAIRS TO HALE PROPERTY COSTING ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS William H. Hale, 901 Flagler will spend $1,000 within tne next few days for repairs to his home, Building Inspector Ralph Russell announced today Hale has been granted a permit for the work Roy Edwards will handle the construction, John Pritchard 1 Olivia street, also was kranted a permit for construction of a one-story wooden building at a cost of $250, and Leonard Guerr Flagler avenue, received permission to a shed on his property at a avenue and TEMPERATURES Lowest last Highest las! night 24 hours 52 59 24 AT TOURIST CLUB: BRADY'S (Live) Poultry Market Tennessee Milk Fed Poultry STEWERS, average 6 to Oo” 7 ben. 27¢ ROASTERS — FRYERS Phone 540 1214 White Street j —_ ae A. F. of M. General Meeting. Sun day. Feb. 2.2 p.m Strand Theater \the war today as British anti-air- ‘craft guns rocked the ground un- ae his feet to drive off a high- ying German bomber. Gaines had hardly arrived in over before the sight of a plane jsent the British batteries into ac- \tion and the former _ presiden- ;tial candidate was shaken by the ‘impact of euns blasting all around him. The bomber disappeared into a cloud formation and was gone, japparently without dropping any _'of its cargo. JAYCEES 10. MEET WITH SENIOR UNIT Members of Key West Junior Chamber of Commerce will at- tend a meeting to be held jointly with the Chamber of Commerce at the quarters in La Concha Hotel on Monday evening at 17:30. o'- clock. Purpose of this meeting is to make plans to put over the air- port bond election to be held on February 4. Jaycee President Joe Allen urges all members of the Junior body to be present at this meet- ing. to Singleton fol- | RETURNS WITH RAREST CATCH Thomas D. Heed, went « fishnig y returned with the all—in the form of a very person- able young lady Stories of mermaids passed through many minds as they wait- ed on the Casa Marina dock for the boat to berth to have this mystery cleared up, but it proved that Mr. Heed was-able to play ant Sir Galahad to the lady whose fishing, party cracked up somewhere on the reef. So, al- though his haui of fish wasn’t exactly up to standard, Mr. Heed was more than compensated by being able to be of assistance Earlier in the day, Mr. Heed playe da sailfish for ten minutes before losing it Mr. and Mrs. Ed f Chicago, brought bac ag of grouper. and a yell of Chicago, erday, and arest cacth of Schultz ada w jack g barrs mac- t ke Close To 600 Register For Bond Election On Tuesday a Chica pre 20ks closed of 595 free © freeholders, will go ahead |was Navy Secretary Frank Knox's bombardment of the war, while comment today on a Detroit Free- London and southern England Press reporter's that the have suffered their third large- navy department considering a trade of destroyers for the Scale daylight raid in as many British navy’s mighty battleship, King George V. The Gecrge V, most. modern! Bombs’ crashed into the streets battleship afloat, was reported in of London and in surrounding the story to have been held in areas all through the morning as story is days. er the position al station however, claimed Ger bombers had attacked Suez canal during the night, nflicting heavy damages. British did not comment on the Canadian waters pending a deal masses of German bombers roar- between the two navy depart- ed over the citv in a raid as in- ments. The ship came here to tense as some of their heavy night bring Viscount Halifax and his efforts in September. party to Washington last week! British observers, admitting when he took up his duties as damage as far as 12 miles inland British ambassador to this coun- by the big guns across the chan- try. nel, believe the new bombard- ‘ment is designed to feel out the 7 British coastal defenses and to ‘MARCHANT § BODY 2: the ranve of the guns, which anparently have been extended. BEING HELD HERE The bombardment might be in- tended to prepare the wav for an wivasion attempt. thev said. ‘ oyal r MAN DIED YESTERDAY AFTER ( Revit Aur Foe ADs atch A FALL IN COUNTY in the European area, but hun- dreds of fighter planes were bat- JAIL fling this mornin# in an effort to break up the German bombing at- Spore tack. The body 6f Alfred Marchant, ROME ANNOUNCES 42, who died in Marine Hospital FALL OF DERNA yesterday after a fall in county (iy Associated Press) jail, is being held for the possible Rome offic: jally announced the appearance of his brother from f¢)| of Derna to British troops to- New York, it was reported today. day even as Royal Air Force Sheriff Berlin Sawyer said he pombers smashed at Italian troop had been told the veterari of the concentrations 100 miles west of French Foreign Legion and there in one of their heaviggt at- Spanish Civil War had a brother tacks in New York, but the local office ~~ Waye after wave of bombers has no definite information on his struck all through the morning at whereabouts. troops defending the road to Ben- Although death was attributed pasi, last of Italy's strongholds in to injuries suffered in a fall on the pear Libya, and from Cairo came jail floor, Sheriff Sawyer said doc- official word that British colonial tors had told him the man’s gen- oidiers are preparing for an as- eral physical condition was such .a.jt on Bengasi itself that he had little chance to live, Reports reaching the British even without the fall. Marchant put Italy’s defending forces at had been held on a charge of vag- pg ngasi in the neighborhood of rney 50,000 men, set for a last ditch — fight in their last possible point PIPEFITTER EXAM of resistance within east Libya Other Royal Air Foreé bomb meanwhile, werd reported OPENS UP TODAY Aer retreating Italian in Eritrea and ground talker said they were moving Examinations for steadily forward with no serious of pipefitter at the r resistance. opened today at postoffice | Rome building, G. B. Hoey, naval man di bor board member, announced, — h¢ The ¢ 1 be held through urces report ITALIANS FORCED BACK ON VALONA (Ny Aasortated Press) ATHENS, Jan 31.—Jtalian troops are being forced steadily back on Valona and Greek forces n minor actions have secumw lated 200 prisoners, a Greek com. said today. determine if ce of the Gree $40,000 orted within property a Itslian bese at V the. army -iong-and steadily imereasing their an aif- pressure spite of counter-at Fe local law yer apply ress The Mor do not know if the law will while an appeal is in prog roe county v > pur or spend $350. bonds t Boca Chica ot port which 000 for xs SAMOA CLUB FOUR BIG ACTS! THREE SHOWS NIGHTLY! 11:30 1:30 3:00 FEATURING — — — ALBERT and EDONA Masters of the Rhumba. Tango. etc. On the Walter Front at the Yacht Basin ADDED ATTRACTION SATURDAY WIGHT LA CONGA DANCE CHAIN ~~ Something new in Key West SAMMY BIRD and His Orchestra