The Key West Citizen Newspaper, February 1, 1941, Page 1

Associated Press Day Wire Service For 61 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West Che Key West Crtterin Key West, Florida, has the most equable climate in the country; with an average range of only 14° Fahrenheit THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN THE U. S. A. VOLUME LXII. No. 28, KEY WEST, FLORIDA, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1941 PRICE FIVE CENTS More Than Twenty- Five Bands Are | for Legion Convention ieee Chairman Guy Carleton Says It Will Be Colorful Event And Stirring Beiween 25 and 30 bands will be in Key West at one time dur- | ing the American Legion 23-26, Carleton, chairman of the special convention April Guy committee detailed to solicit con- tributions to the convention fund, said today. "It is safe to say the people of! this city will never have such an cpportunity to enjoy themselves”, Chairman Carleton said. “It will be a colorful, stirring convention, the kind of event this city has never seen before”. Chairman Carleton today that letters to businessmen were being mailed today. Some | of them will be mailed Monday, | and by the end of next week every prospect will be informed of the need for contributing. At the end of next week actual solicitors will call upon the businessmen for their con- tributions. It is expected there will be no delays in making the subscriptions, because all ques- | tions will be answered by “that | time from headquarters of the Key West Convention corpora- tion, 421 Fleming street “The committee refuses to beg for contributions to this impor- tant fund”, Chairman Carleton said. “It expects everyone to recognize the importance of the matter and to come forward with his contribution. We are not ‘down and out’—we are a prosperous and __ self-supporting community, fully able to put over the a big state convention of the size | of the American Legion's” Chairman Carleton revealed that each merchant contributing to the eampaign will be present- ed with an insignia or emblem in- dicating that he has done his part to help the community. It_ is pointed out that invariably Le- gionnaires patronize those places that have been known to contri- bute to the convention fund. “The posting of this insignia is!Club orchestra which furnished |‘: very important to the mer Chairman Carleton said rule that the s willing to co-operate with those merchants which have aid- ed in the drive for funds” ai oH nt”, a URGES IMMEDIATE AID FOR BRITAIN (My Associated Press) WASHINGTON, Feb. 1 odds would be against the ed States in a war v torious Germany”, tary Frank Knox tol Foreign Affairs committee morning Knox sai greatly land t face fensive “The Unit- vic contir of an expec mediate lend” b aids ase KEY WEST CHAMBER OF: COMMERCE and JUNIOR CHAMBER OF COMMERCE ATTENTION! Meeting at the office of the Chamber of Commerce at 8 P. M. Monday of Directors and Interested Members of both or- ganizations to arrange for the— | rport Bond Election “We serve Key West and Monroe County {ss | 3 Ir ls | | state | live, | Legionnaires are’ al- | Coming Here LAND OWNERS GIVEN GRANTS: ACTION TAKEN BY JURY IN CONDEMNATION PRO- CEEDINGS negro families whose homes are included in property | required by Key West Housing Authority for a low cost building ;project will have to move to another section, but between them | j they will get nearly $3,000 for | | their land. Albert Kelly was granted $1,- 750 and Emily Thomas received (° $1,200 yesterday afternoon by | \a jury acting in the housing au- | thority’s condemnation proceed- } ings, which set $11,580 as a sates for the 39 parcels of land volved. The two negro families were the only defendants in tne proceed- Two in- | announced | ings who actually lived on their Lucie county, is second with 67.4 property. LIONS HEAR TALK ‘BY G. _ SAUNDERS, | PRESIDENT OF ORGANIZA- | TION GAVE ADDRESS ON | LIONISM Pep Talk on Lionism j outlining the duties of the vari- ous committees s given by President Gerald Saunders at the regular weekly meeting held | Thursday afternoon, 6:30 o'clock at the Lions Den on Seminary street. | This meeting marked the clos- ing of Melvin Jones month when | quite a number of new members had been taken into the organ- ization. President Saunders stress- | jed the importance of making real ! Lions out of the Cubs. This to be jdone by acquainting the new |members with the real meaning of Lionism and its work in the community, Club was honored at this meet- ing by the presence of Howard Price, member of the cast “Rollin’ Rhythm” and the Samoa | mainly music for the show. Members of ; the orchestra attending the dinner were: Clifton Honea, Otto Di- vanti, Archie Thompson, Sam E. | Bird, Jug Wilson: “Atso present at |this meeting was. F.., P., Palges, | native of Franeé and veteran of the recent conflict. He was guest] of Lion Johnny Simone. | Secretary Rodman Bethel read a communication from the Lions c lub of Gananoque, Ontario, nada, urging the people of this country to fravel and v: tion in Canada, stating that every dollar spent in C to pur- chase much needed supplies from the United It pointed out that purchases from this country are limited by the amount of U. S.} , Every Amer-| nada he a is used dollars ava can whe * BOARD APPROVES | LIST OF VOTERS : NEW YORK - BUSY BEE. s ng Seafoods. Spanish Cookin: }+—Conch Chowder Daily “Best Sandwiches and Eats” | tive secretary of the Florida State {State Planning Board. | lin respect to percent of gain in | jcity is in the population group MINTOSH BUYS GIVES FIGURES ON POPULATION SHOWS GAINS AND LOSSES IN CITIES THROUGH- OUT FLORIDA re-| With an unofficial report pre- idicting fresh water for Key West jwithin the next eight or nine ‘months already in hand, William Final population figures leased by the United States Cen- sus Bureau show that nearly two- thirds of Florida’s population re- T. Doughtry, chairman of the Key sides in incorporated communi- West Aqueduct commission, will ties—63.4 percent is listed as re- leave with his fellow commission- siding in towns or cities, accord- ers for Miami Monday afternoon ing to a study of the latest data {to get a final, official Report, Doughtry said this morning he made by George G. Gross, execu- had talked last night with S. P. Robineau, commission attorney, Planning Board. |and had. been assured of an RFC Cities with 10,000 or more pop- ‘loan of between $1,000,000 and ulation account for 43.4 percent $1,500,000. William. M. Arnold Four } and Earl Adams, members of the ‘commission, will accompany population groups are included in ;Doughtry to Miami to get anof- the study just completed by the ficial report from Robineau. Present plans for the project The groups are as follows: Cit- ‘call for water sufficient to supply lies from 1,000 to 1,999, 2,000 to @ Key West population of 100,000 | 2,499, 2,600 to 4,99 and from 5,-|Pouchtry Ney Tepottee 000 to 9,999. These groups ac-| Combining the RFC grant with l¢ count for 16.7 percent of the {$2,000,000 which the navy had in-| |state’s 1940 population, Within jtended to spend for its own pur- a few days, studies concerning in- icorporated communities ranging of the state’s population. Fresh Water Supply To Be Much Greater Than Tt Was First Intended | poses, a give Key West pacity flow three to four times greater than the original project, Robineau reported. With the $2,000,000, the navy could have had only from 600,000 to 800,000 gallons a day, while from 3,000,000 to 4,000,000 gallons a day will be possible under the new setup. The combined ca- water supply now will enable the navy to sup- & Caribbean patrol 'St ply ships of the and Key West will have as much as it can possibly expect to use for a period of at least 20 years. “This water supply,” Robineau added, “will make the Florida |keys,and Key West the most at- tractive localities in Florida for new developments for tourists and home seekers as well as pos- sibly developing the agriculture developments of the area to such an extent as only heretofore had ‘been dreamed of.” mad ore toe ee 999 will be ieeeea by the Flor- | ida State Planning Board. There are 15 cities in the popu- | lation group 5,000 to 9,999. Hol- | jlywood ,in Broward county, has the greatest percentage of gain— 117.5 percent. Fort Pierce, in St. Monday; Jury William V. Albury, judge of the county’s criminal court, this morn- | ing drew a jury of 50 Key West citizens to serve in the court ses- ;sion beginning Monday. Court ; will convene at 9:30 o'clock at the i courthouse. The jurors are Oneilia Mujica, Sidney Blackwell, Louis B |Richardson, S. Owen Sawyer, Carlyle E. Williams, Rutledge S. ;Curry, William W. Russell, John A. Carey, Mervin Knowles, Harold ant Marianna, in Jackson coun- ty, is third with 50.6. Only one city in this group shows a de- | crease—Winter Haven with a/ {drop of 13.0 percent in the 10- year period. Jacksonville | county, Beach, in Duval leads all cities in Florida the 10-year period. This beach 2,5000 to 4,999, and has 771.9 per- cent increase. Belle Glade, in|vin E. Pinder, Harry Joseph Saw- Palm Beach county, also has alyer, B. A. Baker, Jr., John F. phenomenal increase—311 _ per- | Blackwell, Jr., Joseph L. Knowles cent, and Palm Beach, in the|Armanda Bermudez, James R. same county, is third with an in-|Curry, Joseph Cates, Edelmiro crease of 119.5 percent. Avon Moreno, William Guito, Louis Park, in Highlands county, has/|Piarrot, Joe Gandolfo, Wesley the highest percent of loss—6.9. |Gibson, Oswaldo Cano, G. W. Port St. Joe, in Gulf county, Sikes, W. L. Bates, John W. Gib- leads the cities in the 2,000 to}son, W. L. A ns, Reynold 2,499 population group with an ‘increase of 181.2 percent. Cres view, in Okalocsa county, is ond with 142.2; while South Mi- | ami, in Dade county, is third with | | 107.6. No citv in this group show- | ed any decrease. Naples .in Collier county, leads | the 50 cities in the group from 1,000 to 1,999 population by show- ing an increase of 221.3 percent ; Miami Shores, in Dade county, ja close second with 219.6, andj anal Riviera, in Palm Beach county, is third with an increase of 144.3 | percent. Largo. in Pinellas coun-| ,, “ os shows the largest percent of | Forty-seven Key West property decrease with 27.9. ;owners during January invested , $16,747 in construction work, most of it for repairs to their homes, a \check of city building department records revealed today Cecil Carbonell yesterday issued a $1,000 permit for con- struction of a fight arena at Si- monton and Front, while William Russell, 923 Fleming k out a $60 permit for a metal roof home Prev ‘Raymond Russell, George J. Me- Donald, Will P. Roberts, Allan B Cleare, Sr., Clifford Watkins, C N. Russel, Mario Garcia, Thomas was KEY PROPERTY H. M. McIntosh of Palm Beach has purchased a strip of the old Florida East Coast railroad right- of-way on Matecumbe Key from the state road department A deed filed in county court- house this morning showed _ the strip, running most of the length of lower Matecumbe, had been of about to dur Leonar $50: Wil $1,000 a stree the month Guerra, Flagler / liam H. Hale, 901 John Pritchard, 1 $250; Edward y The Churc! God. Margarite Lac 1, $100; C were to lagler ver, $100 via, $100 The title road granted property hway 0 ionger partment has the authority for use n the f necessary for Ibert Hee’ purchased tw street near Sarah E. Key lots on we st h EI widow. H. Roberts, J. Pinder, Charles C. Ingraham, Al- |, Thompson, R. Adrian O’Sweeney. 5 Drawn Today B. Allen, B. J Waite, Gregorio Rodriguez, L. P. Artman, Jr., Mario Sevila, O. P. Hill, Joseph Pelaez, Jerome Not- tage, Glenwood Beccaise, John Russe ll Kerr and Charles Allen. ‘ANGLER SCORES SECOND RECORD H. Peter Henschein, ' of ant cago, who recently caused a sen- sation by bringing in a 60- pound | amberjack, which is inscribed on the Casa Marina Record Board, went out fishing yesterday and caught the biggest mackerel that has been brought in to the Casa Marina dock in two years. The specimen was beauty, caling 11% pounds. And so—the mackerel will take its place besides the amber- jack on the record board, to the credit of Mr. Henschein Construction Work For Month Reached $16,747 100; euaea P. B. Rob- Gato, 420 Fleming. Morzon, Olivia, $150 erts, $500; Mrs. E. S. Wilson, 615 Southard, $100; L. P. Artman, 1307 Whitehead, $2,637; N. A bury, 727 Eaton, $500; Louis Fe nandez, 518 Catherine, $89; R. C. Snidow, $400; Peter V. Maroi tage, 1 Li Lane Hiers, 511 Francis, iels, Flagler art, 625 E; hn. 420 Mar ie Page, 419 Porter Harris. $300; Ramon Delgad $80; Mary D. Curry $100: Joseph Garc $50; Mrs 211 Not Curtis ‘Hel len W. M am M: $85 Flem- 1301 915 724 G $500; Mrs $40 on, nie ay BEST OF THE PORTO RICAN RUM For Sale By ALL LEADING BARS AND CAFES Four Big Acts! Three S) FEATURING — — — Water Front Don’t Forget -Tonight is at Fred Marvil’s CABANA SAMOA CLU ALBERT AND EDONA LA CONGA DANCE CHA.N — Something new in Key West SAMMY BIRD and His Orchestra hows: 11:30, 1:30, at the Yacht 5 Basin MARDI GRAS NIGHT j vealed | measure ‘in 1935 with a $5,000,000 appro- .Tesentatives in the lower house be “jators and bigh governmepty offi cials today mourned th eth early this morning of liam Nazi Guns On French Coast Still Hammering At England HEAVY ATTACK ¢ 0.P. WOULD | Costes Shelis Crash In NEAR VALONA OUST WILLKIE Verow Fars OF Bris | ain; Started At Early (By Associated Press) ATHENS, Feb. 1. —Greek | Hour Today mountain soldiers, fighting in the clouds on heights 6,000 feet up, | prming the last remaining | ong points before Valona, a communique reported today. | Greek forces in the field re- a heavy Italian attack | south of Valona, but said the thrust had been thrown back with losses so heavy that re- maining units were completely disorganized and-were in full re- treat. WOULD REOPEN WORK ON CANAL (Ry Associnted Press) WASHINGTON, Feb. 1.—Re- opening of work on the Florida ship canal will be asked in a bill to be presented next week by Senators Claude Pepper and Charles O. Andrews, it was an- nounced here today. The two Florida senators said they would sponsor jointly a bill calling for immediate resumption of work on the canal as a vital in national defense. Work on the canal was begun REPUBLICAN LEADER HEARS OF REPORTS; NOT IN- TERESTED | | (ily Asxociated rem) LONDON, Feb. 1.—Big German | guns on the French coast for the (By Associated Press) LONDON, Feb. 1.—Wendell Willkie today heard reports from two bodies of Republicans at Des hammering the Kent area with Moines, Ia., and at Omaha, Neb., | both of which may introduce | ceeseless fury. resolutions disavowing him as head of the party. He commented,| S!*#¢ , “I am not interested.” Resolutions calling for Willkie’s removal as party leader have been presented before National ern England out of a rainy fog Young Republicans’ Federation at Des Moines, but it is considered £0 dense bombing planes are un unlikely the group will go that | far. From Omaha, Willkie was told ef a discussion in which it ac- cused the party had been ‘“‘de- liberately sabotaged” in the recent second day this morning are four hours before jdawn, the giant quns have sent their shells crashing into south- \able to leave the ground. Ne estimate of damage caused by the two-day barrage has been releaéed here and British military men are as much in the dark as jever about the reason for the isudden attack. Sometimes the priation, but ended when |gress reiused to more money Con- appropriate JAPAN PLANS TO DEFER ELECTION ty Assoctdted Press TOKYO, Feb. 1—Legislation placed beore the Japanese parlia- ment today would suspend elec- tions until April, 1942, put fur- ther rations on rice, and raise another billion dollars for the army and navy. The bill asks that terms of rep- extended for another year with- out a general election New increases in taxes are seen as a result of the avpropriation bill, which would bring to $6,500,- 000,000 the money Japan has spent in the undeclared war on China since December, 1937. MOURN DEATH OF WM. M’ADOO ed Pre Feb (Ry Agno WASHINGTON, Gibbs McAdoo, 77 ary reasury under Woodrow Wil and a senator from Califor many years who had retired fr talked with Presi Wednesday f health. fe Boston Chicago Cineinnati Denver Detroit ns and ap peared GREEK.ITALIAN ARMISTICE SEEN (Ny Associated Press) Rumors ending pendi: Paso eston ane ras Havre Huror KEY WEST Miami reapoll Orlean: York New New ¥ Phoenix P ttsburgh Dorothy Gray COSMETICS ONLY FIVE DAYS LEFT! Speciali—Reg. $2.25 Skin MIXTURE Pi “$1.00 limited time onl Gardner’s Phees Rexall Store” Free Delivery Auto Repairs By Experis presidential election. |guns have fired in batteries and FOR COURT TRIAL ‘ally ever since the “big berthas” day on a charge of grand larceny, | grounded for the moment, British peace. Pritchard has not ad- |jor increase in + | William V. Albury Monday. is preparing the way fora return wood on a complaint he had en- bombing attacks, which, with the Arthur Crosoni and Louis Co- British air force men say they upper keys, also are being held pattern in future attacks, seatter- rique Esquinaldo, justice of the “ it le. pointed outs would British defense flyers WASHINGTON, Feb, 1—Pres-| Italy's west Libyan port of Tri- 000 for extension of naval facili-|#% Royal Air Force bombers 400 auxiliary vessels, armor plate Pert in north Africa not already ere els and one of 4,000 tons, were they had seen explosions and night 24 hours From Rome, meanwhile, came 25 29 orking their way into Eritrea 7 43 ish forts and Italian soldiers 65 however, announced their forces 43 tand 41 6 John Clifton Honea, a musician is week for induction in- port to Kilgore, Feb. 3, but ep © is never a duil moment! Orchestra with Old and peblgncn ogi and FLOOR SHOW Phone 9153 or & sometimes singly, but the shells ‘have continued to crash periodic- Bond in the case of Sam | began firing yepterday. — : Pritchard, negro, arrested yester-! With bombers from both sides was set this morning at $500 by | chservers have announced a ma- Franklin Arenberg, justice of the the: auinbees be vanced the bond and is in county ;scouting planes over England. | jail awaiting trial before Judge) is believed the German air arm He was arrested late yesterday | its ceaseless day and night afternoon by Constable Ray El- als x4 tered the Keys rooming house on | guns, may be the prelude to an Simonton street. attempted invasion. bella, charged with petty expe have received reports that Ger- in the theft of two bicycles on the man bombers will fdllow. e' ‘new #38 trial wie 00 ae i ing out instead of flying in waves Re es as they have before. The new sl attack, aicednans reece have the effect of scattering the and pos- ANOTHER B sibly would cut the number of German loss LIBYAN PORT Press) (Dy Asnoctated Press) ident Roosevelt this morning poli had its first taste of inten cigned a bill providing $909,000,- |Sive bombing in the war last nig’ ties. swung far out of their normal The appropriation will provide Tange to blast the last Fascist wt and ~. under attack. ifr sx jaa lage Bh oes Three ships, two 8,000-ton ves reported struck in the harbor at TEMPERATURES \Tripoli and returning flyers said = ’ fires scattered all over the dock Lowest last|Highest las! fa -jjities and the ¢ ity. 51 56 reports of a new Italian air offen- 25 41 ive against British ground forces 18 24 39 Fascist planes, it was reported, 42 truck heavily et advancing Brit 32 rolled back the attacking army. 59 Britain's headquarters at Cairo, 48 were pressing forward in Eritrea 48 and did not mention the Italian 72 - oven ‘| FIRST DRAFTEE 66 : LEAVING SOON t the Samoa Club, will be Key first draftee when tre army at Kilgore, Texas. 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