The Key West Citizen Newspaper, February 4, 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 Interests of Key West Che Hey West Ctttzrit | THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN THE U.S. A. KEY WEST, FLORIDA, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 1941 VOLUME LXII, No. 30. Highway Tolls Report Compiled Shows \eoeeseeaes Nearly $32,000 Collect- FRANK LOVERING EDITCR OF ed In First Month Of} epee RECORD | Year Frank w. Lovering, who published The Sun, a weekly paper, in Key West for a number of years, has accept- ed the position of editor on the Bartow Record. Major Roy T. Gallemore, part-owner and former edi- tor of the paper, has return- ed to service in the Navy. Mrs. Gallemore is a sister of Governor Holland. SLIILI ISI IIE SELASSIE BACK — _ WITH HIS TROOP revenue } Toll collections on Overseas) Highway during January reach- | ed $31,693.75 to register a marked | i increase over December totals, it | The January figure the highest for that month since the highway was opened in 1938. Passengers gcing both ways over the highway, exclusive of car drivers, totalled 30,162 for the month, with 16,372 cars. A breakdown of the reveals southbound cars had to- | talled $17,189.50, north- | BRITISH PARTIAL OCCUPA- bounds cars accounted $14,-| ~JoN OF EMPEROR'S LAND 584.25. January 26, a Sunday. was the big day of the month, | ONLY TEMPORARY with 350 cars crossing the bridges on the way north and 394 coming south, | was was revealed in a report today. | | while for (My Assoctated Press) LONDON, Feb. 4.—Haile Sel- seers lassie, former emperor of Ethio- pia, has returned to his country MANY BRITISH and is now at the head of his VESSELS SUN troops, Forcign Minister Anthony | Eden told the House of Commons this morning. Denying English territorial am- NAZIS REPORT 43,000 TONS pitions in Ethiopia, Eden con- ifrimed reports the ex-emperor PURE DUMNG PAP: had returned to his native land and described partial occupation | of the nation by British troops as yermporary. Forces now in Ethiopia giving assistance and advice to native troops wll remain there only so long as the country is occupied by Italy, he told the House. (By Assoctated Press) BERLIN, Feb, 4.—Dive bombers and submarines during the past week sank 43,000 tons of British shipping, it was announced here today. One submarine command- er reported his ship had for 29,000 to (British sources > announced in the week ending Jan. 25, only 33,000 tons, or one nalf the aver- age, was destroyed.) na TWO RESIGNATIONS (By Associated Presn) TALLAHA E, Feb. 4.—Gov- ernor Spessard L. Holland today | accepted the resignations of J. D. Alderman of the milk commis- sion, and P. D. Williams of the livestock commission. ENGLISH BOMB GERMAN BASE RAF BRAVED SNOW, HEAVY WINDS TO RAID BREST, VITAL SUB ‘NEST’ COMING EVENTS — TUESDAY Freeholders’ Bond Election. Stone Church Service Club. p.m. Minstrel, “Rollin’ Yard. 8:00 p.m. Parent-Teachers Association, p.m., High School WEDNESDAY Chamber of in Lions’ Den, 6:30 p.m. Ship 8:00 p.m THURSDAY Army Relief Benefit Card Party, Barracks. 2:00 p.m. Social Mee 6:00 (hy Axsociated Prean) LONDON, Feb. 4.—Royal Air Force bombers, braving snow and heavy winds, swept across the channel last night to stage two smashing attacks on Germany's vital submarine at Brest, it was announced today Flyers returning from the raids said they had scored heavily on Brest and on other cities in that vicinity. Bad weather held most air ac tivity to a minimum, however and only scattered C an raid: were reported over England Several planes flew over London during the night, but failed t drop any bombs and reports from outlying provinces indicated only one or two ene had Rhythm”, base Junior meets Street Minstrel, School Commerce Seminary Ahoy”, High ng, Junior Woman's 1's Clubhouse, Divi- meets at 8:00 Courthouse. ets at 7:30 p.m my planes been sighted over the island PRISONER GETS BEST OF EATING any Par neets at 6:30 Seminary Street Gilani z Cl reet p.m Associnted ub meets at 2-00 homa’s 5 a prison have But ard unr ah aan RE "SHUR GAHOY’’ TAVERNIER MINSTREL SHOW Sponsored by Monroe County - Council P.-T. A. , HL SCHOOL AUDITORIUM WEDNESDAY. Feb. 5S. 8:00 P. M. Henig Children. 1$¢ Adults. 2S For January, Excéed Amount In December GOVERNOR ACCEPTS Navy i 7:30 | ‘J. ARONOVITZ | LEGION CAUSE |WAS FIRST SUBSTANTIAL CONTRIBUTOR TO FUND | FOR CONVENTION NEEDS | IN THIS CITY i | | First voluntary contributor to \the American Legion’s state con- | | vention fund was announced to: jday by Guy Carleton, chairman of ithe special committee detailed to} | Solicit contributions. | “This is intended to give credit where credit is due”, Chairman |Carleton said. “We received the | ‘first voluntary contribution today | jfrom Jacob Aronovitz, and was | for a substantial amount. That is| \the kind of cooperation this com- | |mittee needs, “The convention will do much } |to counteract the unfavorable re- ae of Key West's deficiencies | ich are now hurting us on bes | Mainuaal When these delegates \go home, after having seen how! |our facilities are second to none, |they will quickly give denial to, jadverse reports. | “In that respect alone this con- vention will be of great value and |if for no other reason, the sub-! scription committee’s requests through its individual members should meet with a full response.” | The last letters in the campaign {were mailed today. Late this {week the individual members of ithe contribution committee will {call upon the businessmen of the city for the contributions. RARE BOOK SET GIVEN | PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT WASHINGTON—Rare book ex- perts put a minimum valuation of $5,000 on the special edition of the Grolier Society’s Book of | Knowledge which was presented jto President Roosevelt for his Hyde Park Library by the in- augural gift committee, composed of friends within and without his official family. The set consists of twenty colbalt blue volumes with French Levant Morocco bindings, and symbolic inlays, in which 6,650 separate pieces of in- i laid leather were used. 4.—Three | WASH INGTON, Feb. if contracts jimportant new defense ‘are soon to be awarded in Flor- jida, Senator Claude Pepper an- jnounced today “They will include”, he said, “the building of a water line ! from Florida mainland to Key | West to serve Naval and civil- ; ian needs, and the construc- | tion near Pensacola of another Army Air Base. “The third project |the construction of seven airports by the Civil Aeronautics Author- |ity and ten airports by the Works | Projects Administration with benefit of funds allocated to the {WPA by the Civil Aeronautics Administration ne total of the contracts to don these three pr excess of $8,06 be ects wi 000. ye in 135-Mile Waterline Key West waterline be one of the longest in th The as well, to secure adequate supply. of water. “Two and a half years ago the effort culminating in the present success was startéd by the people of Key West to se- cure a water supply. An Aque- duct Authority was authorized by special act of the legisla- ture to raise something over $1,000,000 to build a line for or needs only. Ww 1 an embraces |; pres TO 300 VOTES | POLLED AT 3 P.M. Key West voters this afternoon {at 3 o’clock as The Citizen went to press had polled 297 votes in the 12 local precincts. A total of 298 voters from the 595 qualified freeholders of Mon- roe county must vote in favor of issuance of $40,000 in airport |bonds in order to carry the meas- ure. The polls will remain open un- til the official sundown at p. m. Total votes cast before 3 o'clock, by precincts, follow: Precinct Precinct Precinct Precinct Precinct Precinct Precinct Precinct Precinct Precinct Precinct Precinct 12—none. Three other precincts on the upper keys could not be canvassed by The Citizen. HOME GUARDS MEET TONIG CHIEF PHARMACIST’S MATE} WILL DEMONSTRATE AND GIVE FIRST-AID ADVICE Edwin Thompson, pharmacist’s mate, will instruct and give demonstrations in first aid treatment tonight before members of the Key West Home Guard at the Legion armory. The meeting is scheduled for 8:00 o'clock. Navy officials said this morn- | ing Thompson would be given au- ; thority to conduct regular classes | in first-aid for home guard mem- bers who are man, under the present setup, will be given 10 hours of in- struction during the winter. Local guard members, pattern- ing their organization along the lines of similar units in England, are making plans for its div n into specialized forces which would handle their own ties in an emergency. ‘Key West’s Water Line | ' Project Expected To Get Under Way Very Shortly | (Special to The Citizen) quest of the Navy, an item in the second deficiency bill of the 76th Congress providing for an appro- | priation of $2,000,000 to pipeline principally to assure naval needs, the plan being to permit the civilian population to have any surplus that might be had from a flow of approximate- ly 1,200,000 gallons of water a day through a 12-inch line “Since that time we have been endeavoring to ure the con- larger line by combining thre agreement be tween the Navy and the Aque- duct Authority of Key West the resources of each “This was accomplished last week as a result of a confer- ence between Secretary of Navy Knox, Pierre S. Robin- eau, Miami attorney, and my- build a understand- the Recon- 6:14} navy chief | interesteté~-Each * special~ MERCHANTS ARE FIRST TO HELP | 1 Bono evecrion; WARNED ABOUT PHONY CHECKS AT LEAST TWO WORTHLESS CHECKS ARE SAID TO HAVE BEEN LEFT IN HANDS OF MERCHANTS Key West merchants accepting travelers checks have been warn- ted by Jerry Trevor, First Nation- al Bank c the {lookout for cheeks written on the Manhattan National Bank New York or checks ashier, to be on on other Phillips, who is described the American Banke Associ tion ‘ssful p: er of bogus checks in the United | States, has paid a visit to Key West and left at least two worth- less $50 checks in the hands of local merchants. The Manhattan National Bank jof New are the Bank of North America, Peieyette National Bank of De- j troit and several others usually tused on the enecks. Regardless jof the bank name, according to j the association, most of the checks lare signed by Franklin R. Pierce, treasurer. The two checks passed here are lexact replicas of photostatic cop- ies printed in a warning issued by the bankers’ association, which recahed here this morn- in, by as the most suct York is non-existent, as They were both John J. Phillips, man is wanted in signed by although the Philadelphia, banks signed by John J. Phillips. | Batista’s. Quick See FIVE CENTS lick Action Puts Down Revolution In Planning NATIONAL HEAD OF RED MEN TO — 'ROBINEAU GETS BUSY ON PLANS | ‘Movement For Assassina- tion - Cuba’s Chief Ex- VISIT KEY WEST FOR PIPE LINE si" Ws esist FEBRUARY 10 The Great Incohonee, the Great Council of the United chief of | LABORATION BETWEEN | DEPARTMENT duct Commission attorney. is pre- ! S. P. Robineau, Key West Aque- of GREAT INCOHONEE WILL PAY | PREPARING PLANS FOR COL- | OFFICIAL RESPECTS To | LOCAL ORGANIZATION ON) COMMISSION AND NAVY fuigencio Batista of Cuba th HAVANA, Feb. 4.—rresident is |morning appeared to have fore- ‘stalled a full-scale revolution, , Plans for which included his as- States of the Improved Order of paring plans today for collabora- sessination. Red Men, will pay his official re- spects to Key West and local mem- bers of the organization February 10, it was announced today. F. O. Roberts, local chief of rec- ords in the organization, has been notified by Red Men headquarters in Philadelphia to expect the Great Incohonee for a visit of several days. Arriving here Monday morning, he will take part in a meeting that night and then stay here for two or three days to attend special meetings in his honor and to in- spect Key West. STATE PATROL | CHECKS TAGS {Baltimore and Chicago under the | {names of Charles L. Shenkman. The bogus checks are said to he printed on_ordinary green pa-: per and in the upper left corner} appear the words “U.S. Dollar ; Travelers Cheque”. Printed in ‘denominations of $10, $20, $50 and $100, the workmanship and paper are noticeably inferiar to genuine travelers checks. NEGRO YOUTH | SENTENCED TO | STATE PRISON Phillips, Watson Fred Shaw, } and Joseph | SAM PRITCHARD WAS GIVEN TWO YEARS ON CHARGE OF BREAKING AND EN- TERING Sam Pritchard, 19 - year - old negro youth, this morning was sentenced to two years in the state jPenitentiary at Raiford on a charge of breaking and entering heard in Judge William V. Al- bury’s criminal court, following a plea of guilty Cortez. {house, T' Keys, wa r testified Pritchard had repeat broken into the hous articles ranging of diamond cash. The negro, altho j ting he hac | Gil whose rooming in shoes tc red t eral times. tried State highway patrolmen here from Miami have filed complaints with Sheriff Berlin Sawyer against ‘an unspecified number of local drivers still using 1940 li- censes on their cars, it was learn- | ed today. The sheriff's office will check with county tax collection rec- ords to learn if motorists have purchased licenses, but failed to install them. Drivers still using the 1940 tags are liable to fine and compulsory purchase of 1941 permits. Tax Collector Joe C. McMahon's office, meanwhile, is still in the midst of a rush as car owners continue to buy licenses. This morning, the office had sold 1700. TEMPERATURES _ t last/Highest las! night 24 hours 28 39 26 49 26 29 20 34 30 42 26 50 20 29 28 3B 45 Abilene Boise Boston Bristol Casper Charleston Chicago Cincinnati Denver Detroit El Pa a eston ras Huror Jacksonville ; KEY WEST Angeles New Orleans New York Phoenix + Pit Corporatior | ance the Aque duct | r portion of the cost $1,500,000 Specifications Redrawn af {Ye drawn bythe Bureau Docks fi water few weeks. Only Two Minor Injuries va 45 ck Edward P. ay Sait Lake City San Frar ther was s struck by y D. Halsey which Mrs Lake W Johnson mpanied by her Mrs. Wirseh curred when i th one driv or Castro and owned Roberts. K: West Th cident was at f lided wi fire Mar- |tion between the commission and the navy in construction of a water line to Key West, it was learned upon the return from Mi- ami of William T. Doughtry. com- mission chairman. | Doughtry, with a delegation of our Key West residents including ! Representative B. C. Papy, left for Miami yesterday afternoon to con- ‘sult Robineau and returned here jat midnight last night. B. M. Duncan, general manager of Overseas Highway, acting as a consulting ‘reer, William M. | Arnold, Earl Adams, Doughtry ‘and Papy made the trip. Robineau, who has consulted with RFC officials in Washington on a loan to the commission for its share in the water system, con- ,firmed an unofficial telephone re- | port to Doughtry. The water system will be in- stalled within eight or nine months, he said, and water will be furnished to Key Westers at a cost only high enough to repay the loan. . REV. J. GEKELER DIED TODAY 2:30 {TIE OF FUNERAL HAD NOT BEEN DECIDED UP TO PRESS TIME The Rev. Dr. John C. Gekeler, pastor of the Key West First Pres- byterian church for more than 10 years, died this afternoon at 2:30 o'clock at his home, 613 Eaton street. Time of funeral has not been decided upon as yet. Pritch- ard Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Dr. Gekeler was widely known in Key West and was a member of the Masonic order from Wiscon- sin He is survived by his widow. WARREN SMITH. SEAMAN, DIES Smith, 39-year-old merchant seaman who was rush ed to Marine hospital here this morning from ship, Tustam. at sea, died this afternoon at 2:00 o'clock Smith was brought here aboard a Coast Guard vessel for an oper ation. He died shortly after the operation had been completed WILLKIE CHATS Warren the WITH DE VALERA REFUSED COMMENT ON DIS CUSSION: SOON TO RE- TURN TO. US. (Ny Associated Press’ -aiggtohi Feb. 4—Wendel , Preparing to cut short hi E. for a return to nited Stat chatted with dent Ear DeValera at refused to cor Pr EXPENSIVE BOARDER NEW YORK —Alice the Bronx Z t expensive boarder ele the there rye bread, and a pai mixed with oats very The president in a series of drastic decress, assumed control ef Cuba’s army and navy, sen- tenced high-ranking naval and ermy officers to prison, and sus- rended civil liberties throughout tho island for 1 days. Leaders in the plot, believed to have been working with navy chiefs, were reportd already in jail. Batista, speaking on a nation- wide radio hookup this morning, said quiet had been restored and the revolution broken before it actually began. “Leaders in the plot were men in whom I had placed the utmost confidence”, he told the nation. First intimation of the budding revolt came ‘ast night when sandbag barricades ‘were churried- ly set up around the presidential palace in the heart of Havana. Machine guns were mounted dur- ‘ing the night at strategie points around the palace and it was re- ported Batista's personal body- ;guard had been strengthened. Batista has just made several changes in the national pdlicp and navy departments and it | Was reported he was facing a po- litical storm. PLAN TO AID ITALY’S WAR (By Associated Prox) ROME, Feb. 4.—-Newspapers here today joined in predicting a limited inflation of currency to help finance Italy's war expendi tures Commenting editorially, one paper suggested the inflation could be so controlled by the gov ernment that no increase in retail prices would follow. The paper suggested the inflation would be of benefit to the nation and could be so handled as to provide all the usual good features of lowered currency values without the bad features The papers mentioned, also, mosquito boat raid on con a a British voy in the Red sea in which nine torpedoes were fired, but did not say what damage had been done. ITALIAN UNITS NOW RETREATING (My Ananctat CAIRO, Feb. 4—~Italian re istance in Eritrea has broken down entirely and two armies are full and disorderly retreat with 3ritish armored units in pursuit, a commur announced today, One Italian army of 15,000 holding the main defense northern Eritrea, is in a cor rout, according to the while another army ‘h driven back into wild mountain passes from which there is no es cape Press) British sources say the larger of the two forces is falling back on the Eritrean capital of Asmara and is making no effort to make a stand The smaller of the defending y say, has been pushed back slong narrow mountain trails where it is in imminent danger of destruction and cannot make @ successful rearguard action, forces