The Key West Citizen Newspaper, February 5, 1941, Page 1

Associated Press Day Wire Service For 61 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West Key West, Florida, has the most equable climate in the country; with an average range of only 14° Fahrenheit a Che Key West Crtteri THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN THE U. S. A. KEY WEST, FLORIDA, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 5, Predicted Laval Will Be PRICE FIVE CENTS Oe /UME LXII. Noe 1941 Bond Elton For Alport Is Carried Overwhelmingly; Vote On Issue 493 10 12 | County Officials cee SESS IMM EM 6 Today To Get Speedy ‘FOR WHOM THE BELL | Action In Establishment | CONTINUES TO Tou Of New Airport (By Axsoclated Press) DURHAM. N. C., Feb. 5.— The city auditor's telephone Riera rang and a sweet voice asked: “Is this the laundry?” Mrs. Dayton Dean, the audi- tor’s secretary, politely ad- vised the woman she had the wrong number. In fact. she gave the same advice to the same voice eight times more. Then Mrs. Dean had an in- spiration—she volunteered to deliver the woman’s message. She did and the wrong num- ber ring stopped. Backed by yesterday’s. election showing of support from more than 98 percent of Monroe coun- ty’s voting frecholders, county officials moved today to get the | Swiftest possible action in the es- tabliskment of an army airport at Boca Chica. Final election figures showed IIIS SS Ss suppert of the bond issuance by GEKELER RITES 493 to 12. Divided between those whose only property is their tax HERE TOMORROW exempt homestead and those with other property in the county, the BODY WILL BE PLACED IN final returns showed a sweeping | CHURCH 9:00 O'CLOCK victory for supporters of the pro IN MORNING gram in both categories. Homestead pwners. with other property voted in favor by 208 to 8, while the owners of that and other property favored it by 285 to 4. Only 90 of the eligible voters failed to appear at the polls. Reg- istration figures show a total of 595 eligible, of whom 505 actual- ly voted. no ‘Puveral services for Dr. John Christian Gekeler, age died yesterday afternoon, will be held tomorrow afternoon at 4:00 o'clock from the First terian Church of which he was Presby- the pastor for ten years. He was the in Key West in point of service. County commissioners will) The ill be g meet at 7:30 c’clock tomorrow church at night at the courthouse to can- lay in state vass the votes and approve the election returns R. E. Crummer Bond Com- pany, Chicago, will be informed the ministers of at once of the vote in favor of the Alliance, issuance of $40,000 in bonds, dent. which the company has agreed to. Survivers are the wife, Mrs. J The bonds will pay © one brother, Henry nt interest. Gekeler of Cleveland, Ohio; four now will include a bill sisters, Mrs. Bertha Graham of before the legisloture to authorize Ok na City; Mrs. Jennie Wat- the bond issuance and after that kins, Miss Marie Gekeler, and the county must wait for the Civil | Miss Carrie Gekeler of St. Joseph, Aeronautics Avthority to supply Mo the $300,000 which is to be their! | Pallbearers share in the airport construction, | Willard State WPA headquarters have | brera, J approved: another $1,106,000 for ‘Horace O'E airport construction here and 0F. Everett Ru army headquarters are said to be amd Willlam White looking on the airport as the Pritchard Funeral Home scene for further expansion of chars arrangements. their own. The airport will have CONSTITUTION BEST SELLER IN RUSSIA 000-foot runways with a foot elevation above high If the WPA project is approved the runways may be extened t (Ry Asaoctated Press) 7,800 feet MOSCOW Monroe t {th oldest minister i in the and will the body w 9:00 o'clock until time of service. Services will be conducted by the Ministerial of which he was presi- Gekeler; will be Fred Knapp. Albury, Sebastian ..Ca- B. McConnell, Prot ant, Benjamin Trev ell, Atwood Sands is in thrée 4. Total votes, separated int erty owners whose on county real estate c tax exempt hor te who own both Bea tae ha follows ad state rty and other prop Precinct BULGARIA HAS GIVEN NAZI SMOKERS LIFT (Ry Assectated LIN 68, who BIRTHDAY BALLS WENT OVER BIG |START RECEIVING REPORTS | ON INFANTILE PARALY- | SIS FUNDS | | (Special to The Citizen) ORLANDO, Feb. 5.—Eight Florida’s 67 counties reported a} total of $18,440 collected for the 1941 Fight Infantile Paralysis campaign and for the Committee for Clebration of the President's Birthday, Chairman C. B. Treadway of the drive reported of | © today. “The returns we have received highly gratifying”, Chairman Treatway said, “and it appears that tne 1941 ea will hit a new hign mark”. He pointed out that one- ae! of all funds collected during the drive will be credited to the coun- ties of collection; in the case of jcounties where county chapters of the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis exist, the chapter will be given. the coun- ty’s one-half of the sum. | Of the preliminary figures re- ceived at state headquarters here, Chairman Treadway said the fol- lowing were sent in by county! campaign chairmen: | Dade county, $8,000; Duval} county, $4,000; Escambia county, $1,500; Sarasota county, $940; eastern Volusia county, $800; Seminole county, $600, and Orange county, $600. “There is possibility that these figuies may be incfeased, but, they are concrete evidence that the people of Florida contributed more generously than ever be- fore to the campaign against in- fantile paralysis”, Chairman Treadway said. He said he expected to have a full report on all counties in the state within a few days COMING EVENTS WEDNESDAY Junior Chamber of Comm meets in Lions’ Den, Seminary Street. 6:30 p.m. Minstrel, “Ship School. 8:00 p.m. THURSDAY Relief Benefit Card Party racks. 2:00 p.m 4 Daughter thus far are Ah High Army Nor ab, Womar an's C We Are Happy To Announce That MR. DONALD BARBER HAIR STYLIST Is Now Connected With La Concha Beauty Salon }Germany has jern border and reports Virtual Dictator In France (By Associated Press) LONDON, Feb. 5.—French poli- tical leaders, under the threat o: further pressure from i Ger- many, today are waiting for a gov- ernment shake-up which will give former Vice-Premier Pierre Laval virtual dictatorship over France. Laval, ousted from the cabinet by Premier Henri Philippe Petain, will assume the premiership with accountability only to Germany and to a national assembly of his own selection, according to re- ports reaching here. Petain, who is said to be vio- lently opposed to the re-instate- {ment of Laval in the government, jis holding an emergency cabinet session this afternoon and may sak to the citizens of unoccupied sane later today over a_ radio |hookup. According to reports in London, demanded Laval’s immediate return to the govern- ment, although in what capacity they have not made public. Fur- ther conversations between France and Germany are impossible until Laval is permitted to represent France, it has been announced by Berlin ITALIAN ARMIES STILL RETREATING Press) wift mobile units of the British Army of the Nile late this morning swept to within 35 miles of the Eritrean capital city of, Asmara, a com- munique has announced. Driving before them a_ disor- ganized Italian army reported in full retreat, British forces have pushed two deep thrusts into Eritrea and are expecting the col- |lapse of resistance at any time. Continuing attacks in Ethiopia, meanwhile have carried British forces 30 miles within the south- reaching here Italian resistance crumblin. Royal say is Air Force bombers smashed again at Bengasi last night and Gen. Sir Archibald Wavell’s forces are said to have continued their advance along the Mediterranean coast into Libya CHARGE MONOPOLY IN RADIO BUSINESS Press) MIL w AUKEE, Feb. 5.—Federal monopoly char y provided a new phas« le over the nd Publ > use of their tu The govert ASCAP with spiring Unauthor will charge to creat £ ENGLISH CHILDREN ‘KILLED IN PLANT TI IPFAISI ST A ARE -REMEMBERED Air Warfare Over England Continues; British Units e : English children at Win- chester, Mass., after talking with their parents in London over a radio program, enjoy- r ed a description of Key West activities sent them by Mr. and Mrs. Charles W. North- rop, it was learned here to- day. Mr. and Mrs. Northrop sent copies of their Key West Booster to the ‘Winchester Rotary Club, where they were distributed to the Eng- lish children after the radio program. A letter sent by Frank H. Knight, secretary of the Win- chester club, thanked the the Nerthrops for the papers and added “best regards to yourselves and to your fel- low citizens of Key West”. POSTS ISI ELEVEN WORKMEN 00200 Sos fore Senate Foreign Afi DR. VALENTINE TERMS IT “DECLARATION OF WAR” (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON, _ Feb. 5. Speaking this morning as debate House entered its final Allen Valentine, Roches- sident, bill be- irs “declaration day, de- com- mitteemen today as a of war”, Supporters of the measure want Ur i States to enter the Dri V d. He advocates rejection of the bill Dr. support ior England and the oth- UNEXPLAINED BLAZE SWEPT NEW HAVEN FACTORY THIS MORNING the war, alentine cha: complete a oe Valentine said he favors . Conn., Feb. 5.— er demoeracies, but.only gf Con-4 the New(|& acts separately on each 'phase of the pen: company { Eleven workmen at Haven Quilt and Pad were killed this morning in an un- bl: that PARRAMORE 10 IMPROVE HOME explained blaze swept the room in which they were work- ing. The company $2,000,000 blankets. is working on in contracts for army GRANTED BUILDING PERMIT OF $1600 FOR ADDITION YACHT DRIFTS 1,000 MILES TO ADDITION HOUSTON, Te Bagheera A yacht, the Roy Boges x Dr y hea James B. Parramore, coun- Ith officer, yesterday was ranted building permit to make a $1600 addition to his home it Whitchead street and Smith owned by k been beached and after it had drift- and a half and While yacht's has found in condition - tl a month good ed for red 1,000 miles on a the and it man, anchor A one-s of the h two-story ing cruise cable with « tory kitchen at the rear ne will be removed and addition, containing other rooms irifted a W. D. Nolan, A Coast Guard cutter re 1 ith parted way nly one chen and two will be constructed Alfred M. Evans, will handle the work. board. craft had been Colonel Brewer Describes Shortcomings In Nation’s Big Preparedness Program MANY PRISONERS © Associated Presa) Criminal Court Disposes Of One Case At Morning Session formal are n up and accepted. draw DENOUNCES BILL BULGARIA WILL ~ TO AMD BRITAIN © JOIN WITH AXIS LUXURY LINER MANHATTAN contractor, * Nazi Bomber Crashes In Ireland With Five Re- ported Dead In Wreck- LONDON DIPLOMATS SEE NO age OTHER COURSE FOR LITTLE BALKAN COUNTRY (Ny Assectated Prose) Aerial warfare over England and the continent is raging with (By 4 LONDON acceptance of that she expected here at any time. vciated Press) Feb. 5.—Bulgarian German demands join the axis powers is new violence today. British bombers, which last night invaded Germany's Ruhr district to strike at Dusseldort, today are staging some of the heaviest daylight raids of the war in a string of attacks ranging the entire length of the German-oc- cupied channel] coast, Adolf Hitler's vaunted Luft- waffe, meanwhile, has struck back at London and a dozen east coast cities in 1 Soutneen tte A Gernian Bom! rea this morning in County Cork in Erie, with five dead in the wreckage and another seriously injured. Royal Air Force bombers, rang- ing far and wide in answer to Hit- ler's threats of impending in- vasion, are blasting today at Bor- deaux, Cherbourg, Ostend, Brest, Dunkirk and far back into oc- cupied France. Last night, according to a Lon- don communique, a four-hour raid on Dusseldorf left much of the city in flames, while docks at Os- tend and Brest were hammered into piles of debris, oil tanks were. set afire and a troop train was de- railed. Berlin admits the raid on Dus- seldorf, but insists slight military damage was done, although in- cendiary bombs admittedly set many homes afire and civilian casualties were high. LARGE ACREAGE ON KEY LARGO SOLD MORE THAN 40 LOTS PUR- CHASED BY MIAMI COMPANY London diplomats say they can see no other course open for Bul- garia but to yield to -~Germany and take her place in the alli- ance. With her capitulation, Bulgaria is expected to permit passage of German troops for an attack on Greece. ‘MAKE SURVEY OF DAMAGED VESSEL’ FREED FROM SAND BANK YESTERDAY (By Associated Presn) WEST PALM BEACH, Feb. Engineers today searched possible damage to the. hull of the luxury Manhattan, freed yesterday after 22 days on a sand bank : ral minor leaks have reported, but the engineers far have found no serious dam- age to the $10,000,000 ship. It will remain here for several being towed to New 5. for liner been York. TEMPERATURES Lowest lest Highest last night 24 hours 35 56 48 37 56 Abilene Boise Bost Brownsvill Buffalo Cine De La it Penin Hatter 28 Ds oe Havr 3 has bougt Construction and of Miami jing more at Ocean Acres, Key learned today ent here for courthouse i transter of Land, Inc. ular nt comp a tract é than KEY WEST The cor ipany has anty for the Dix — calling the deed, 1 for $700, im ight squares and her square STATES SCHOOL FUND INCREASED WHITE HERON .0ssss0et 3° . CLUB) DOLORIS. c ORTEZ nd uf $1,000,000 from auto TRAPPED ON TRESTLE; KILLED i | } THREE | 1 PM—lIAM—2AM | Midnight La Conga Lessons by | Beautiful Madame Cortes | | | i ' i <D, Mr Ore.—-Caurht on and Mrs Henry 8. for their when approaching trolley 37. tripped when 20 * end and Schultz, 4, pick her up. Both were killed when the street cag struck them. J a ier REO lives e south till 9 p.m. ar