The Key West Citizen Newspaper, February 6, 1941, Page 1

Associated Press Day Wire Service For 61 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West VOLUME LXII. No IN THE U. S. A. KEY WEST, FLORIDA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1941 Col. McCormack Latest T Oppose Lend-Lease Bill ITALIAN TROOPS COAL TUNNELS KEEP MOVING ON IN COLLAPSE APPEARS MUSSOLINI HAS DE- TWENTY FAMILIES HOMELESS CIDED AGAINST BATTLE | IN MINING TOWN IN AT BENGASI PENNSYLVANIA i | (By Associated Press) \ CAIRO, Feb. 6.—Reports Italian troop movements away from strategic Bengasi toward ted Press) of —Collapsing coal tunnels under | this little mining town have le! “Joined By Lindbergh In: | Hearing Before Senate Foreign Relations Com- nmttee <y Associated Presn) WASHINGTON, Feb. 6.—Col. ‘Charles A. Lindbergh and Col.! | | | WEST PITTSTON, Pa., Feb. 6.| Robert R. McCormack Chicago ;tine Corps off Stone Suggests Ways | Help Furnish Recreation | | For Tourists | And Others Julius F. Stone, Jr., last evening told members of Key Wést Junior Chamber of Commerce what they {could do to assist in the proposed {recreation and advertising pro- gram being designed to acquaint and sell Key West to both tourists and service men. Regular monthly Jaycee meet- ling was held in Lions Den on Seminary street at 6:30 o'clock ‘with Joe Allen presiding. | Mr. Stone outlined the plans and jprogress of the recently formed {recreation committee and_in- ‘dicated that preliminary steps had \already been taken to provide Key West with a much needed recrea- |tional center. Through ready co- operation of Navy, Army and Ma- als, it seemed jlikely that such a project could be ft, publisher, joined this morning in | put through. Committee under Mr. Stone has many vis..ors who come in to the} city daily and return to the main- land after a short sightseeing trip | around the island. Mr. Stone suggested that each person passing through the toll gate should be presented with carefully prepared literature on Key West and the Florida Keys bringing out the interesting facts on climate, history and scores of other items which every tourist would naturally be in search of. Folder would also give the visitor a clear picture of the island's hotels, restaurants rooming houses, and other businesses re- lated to the tourist trade, without filling the book with advertise- ments. Following Mr. Stone's talk the members engaged in a round table discussion on the subject and pledged wholehearted support of To {CAPTAIN MOLE ARRIVES HERE; aa FOR DUTY AS COM- MANDING OFFICER OF MEDICAL UNIT Captain John William Mole. | Medical Corps reserve officer and a veteran of World War I, has re- ported to Key West barracks as commanding officer of the station medical detachment, it was an- nounced today. Lieut. Burton Leslie Mumford, Norcross, Ga., according to or- ders received today from Atlanta, will report here Feb. 15 to serve as dentist at the station. Arrival of the two officers will relieve Dr. Armando Cobo and Dr. William R. Warren of further duty at the station. Army officers here say the pair have rendered serv- ices of the highest quality, but the increased personnel at the bar- racks has made iit necessary to se- cure full-time medical and dental officers. Che Key West Cittzen THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER Key West, Florida, has the most equable climate in the country; with an average range of only 14° Fahrenheit PRICE FIVE CENTS Algged. Gang Warfare In Key West May Result In lnvestigation By County | Brought buat Feolbaeas FLORIDA PROFITS Given In Criminal mes IN NOT DIVERTING In Trial Of Two Negro’ Cae TAX MONEYS Defendants Today | |STATE WILL PROFIT IN AD- led to the’ DITION TO WHAT MIGHT conviction of George Wilkinson | HAVE BEEN LOST IF LEE | HAD NOT TAKEN STAND Testimeny which to and Livingston Skinner, negroes, on a charge of assault and bat- | criminal | tery, this morning in (Special to The Cither) court appeared likely to pave the) JACKSONVILLE, Feb. 6— ‘Right on top of news that Geor~ gia has been penalized a half-mil- of alleged gang warfare in Key ‘ion dollars by the Federal Bu- reau of Roads for diverting state gas tax money to other purposes, the Florida State Road Depart- lferred-sentence until. Saturday ment has been advised that this | % ; is not the first penalty—and what {after the pair had found is moie, comes the information ‘guilty by a six-man jury of at- that Flotida is to profit from two Tripoli led British observers here today to believe Mussolini decided against a decisive battle there. Advances on every front were reported, meanwhile, with an an- nouncement from Sir Archibald Wavell that the main body of his troops would be in position to begin a siege of Bengasi within six days. Swift moving columns have 20 families homeless, wrecked the | urging defeat of the “lend-lease” main street and disrupted wate , and electric service in day terror. jcompiled a list of recreational T | pill before Senate Foreign Rela- | facilities needed in this city and of __ fare now working towards provid- | tions committeemen, but they dif- ing the most essential. Topping Three blocks of the main street ered on the vulnerability of the une Het neadine son wedng suddenly dropped more than three roomy conven eauy, slocetee au United States to attack. | properly supe ed. feet this morning, and streets run- ! ed with the rec- . ; _ | Closely conne Colonel Lindbergh, predicting ‘reational program is the crying gan to collapse. inevitable defeat ior Great Britain peed of selling Key West to the Fronts of buildings caved in,' in her war with Germany, urged a nes glass was broken all over the city | halt in arms shipments abroad. | ; the proposition. \ Jaycees will attempt to organ- ize a recreation program in this city and hopes to obtain the co- operation of all — organizations, groups and churches. Ultimately the Junior Chamber hopes to set | up a city recreation department which would furnish a system- atized and scheduled program has WOULD SUPPRESS ITALIAN LOSSES’ | West's colored districts. Judge William V. Albury de- a way for a county investigation WHISPERERS AND DEFEAT- ISTS CAMPAIGN TO BE CONDUCTED ning into the wrecked avenue be- been penetrated Italian Somaliland at a number of points and are press ing forward with little resistance, while in Ethiopia reports reach- ing here say the British have won a decisive battle north of Lake Tana and .the Italians are in flight The drive on Eritrea continues, and water gushed from broken At least 20 families were reported to have fled their homes, mains. reported. _ The sinking began more two weeks ago, caused ording to engineers by the collapse of mining tunnels under the city. with soldiers of the Army of the Until today, it had been gradual, Nile pressing closer to the capital however. city of Asmara and meeting no| NO DAMAGE TO STUDY POSSIBLE STRUCK VESSEL (Bs Associated Prensa) | NEW HAVEN Conn., Feb. Federal investigators today studying the possibility of tage in the fire which ye rday took the lives of 11 men at the New Haven Quilt and Pad com- pany An investigation immediately after the fire revealed that a sprinkler system which should have extinguished the blaze had been turned off. TWO BUILDING PERMITS ISSUED Two building permits issued yesterday granted authority to Jimmie Kemp, 629 United street, to spend $100 for general repairs to his home, and to E. P. Winter to spend $31.25 for the construc tion of a wire fence. Show Necessity Of Quick Work In Securing Funds For Legion’s Convention Subscriptions for the special American Ls n fund already are starting to reach hestiqdarters La Concha hotel, Fleming street, it was reported today by Guy Carle- ton, chairmar the ittee assigned to the tion ‘If everyone a letter would a will s board of director convention cor; s— are jabo- The Coast Guard patrol boat Juniper was undamaged yester. day in a collision with the navy destroyer Dickerson The Dickerson, returning — to port from patrol duty, apparently misjudged its speed and_ struck! the Juniper a glancing blow as it passed the Coast Guard dock CITY COUNCIL MEETS TONIGHT meeting of | City Council beginning at The first regular the month of the will be held tonight 7:30 o'clock Aside from the cers’ reports and routine matters, of offi similar nothing before reading other there is scheduled to the meeting. else come in hand with w to pay them. “It again urged that lur ited subse A first m was received solic ptly task of act are convent It r eememmemmnse 92) OO CRN SS EE THE— Chrysler Thunderbolt the aerodynamic car of the future! Coming to town Monday for a short visit! Don’t miss it! NAVARRO, Inc. ERRATA RIOIEOR than | FIRE SABOTAGE |Further weakening of our de-! fenses, he warned, might lay the United States‘ open to German in- although no casualties have been | Vasion after England is defeated. | | Colonel McCormack, although agreeing that the bill should be defeated, took the opposite stand } that fe of invasion were the \figments of an “hysterical imagi- nation.” | Replying to questions of Sen- ator Claude Pepper of Florida, ,Colonel McCormack said the United States should make every effort and use force if necessary to gain control of strategic islands in the Atlantic. Asked if meant to include Bermuda, Colonel McCorinack replied, “we already have men stationed there.” ator Pepper asked if he take the Azores. “Yes,” McCormack. “Then suppose Germany should declare war on us for doing these things,” asked Pepper. “Then we ‘should have to fight,” McCormack replied. would replied GERMAN BOMBERS: (SMASH AT BRITAIN (My Associated Press) BERLIN, Feb. 6—Germany’s bombers last night braved storms over England to smash from the air at a half dozen industrial cit- ies in the southeastern section, it was announced today. Flying through weather which | kept British forces on the ground, the bombers made heavy attacks on Winchester, Southampton and | several other cities. An official communique said 18 British fighters had been shot down in yesterday's RAF raids on channel invasion bases. COUNTY BOARD MEETS TONIGHT , county co! a special sessi ck to ca bond electic ssioners wi court vote eeting at the lock, after tt WHITE HERON (STORK CLUB) DOLORIS CORTEZ, | THREE SHOWS | 11P.M—1A.M—2 A.M. hej Sen-} LIVING COSTS STEADY AS CASH . (Spec MINNEAPOLIS, Feb. 6.—The cost of living in December, 1940, }cember, 1939, but consumers had , 1940 month than in the last 1939” ;month, according to a monthly }study of what people get and ispend, made public here today by Investors Syndicate. “Mr. and Mrs. American Pub- lic, in December, 1940, were 14 cents on the dollar better off than in December, 1939", Investors Syndicate’s ithey were }explained GREEKS CAPTURE | MANY PRISONERS (By Associated Pi ATHENS, Feb. 6. steadily forward o Italy Al- banian at Valona, Greek |troops announced today they had {taken 200 prisoners and stores of war supplies in a brief attack south of the city. BIG EXPORTS. FOR BRITISH rinted Proms) WASHINGTON, Feb. 6.—Unit- ed States exports to Great Brit- ain are totalling $100,000,- 000 a month and rising steadily a Department of Commerce re- port showed today. COMING EVENTS THURSDAY Army Relief Barracks base | now j Midnight La Conga Lessons by { _ Beautiful Madame Cortez J ERRY _RE o. MC. Dinner, 6 p.m. till 9 p. ‘m. | Featuring STONE CRABS | INCOMES RISE, SURVEY REVEALS to The Citizen) rents un- “beeause, were monthly excepted, study, living cos |held at levels prevailing in De- changed from a year earlier while | combined cash income sources to- ’} more money to spend in the final /taled $1.15 compared with $1.00 during the month of 1939”. Mr. and Mrs. Public, in this study, receive income from wag- es, salaries, investments and oth- er sources in proportion to the national distribution of such pay- ments. Their living expenditures likewise are those of average householders. Their “real in- come purchasing power, is the tual ability to buy regu- larly needed goods and services. “Real income” is not subtraction of cash income from cash outgo, which would be an (Continued on Page Four) CHANGES MADE IN LEND-LEASE BILL closing (My Associated Prexs) WASHINGTON, Feb. 6. of the comm Dem House thi ocratic member Foreign Affair tec morning joined in passag amendments limiting the of President Roosevelt lend-lease” bill One amendment will three-year time limit to the while the other the cannot be aut add bil explai construed wiz. sels into the MORE MONEY FOR ENGLAND’S WAR (Wy Anmociated Press) STRAND THEATER BRITISH WAR PICTURE “Christmas Under Fire” “SEA HAWKE Friday — Saturday — Sunday January 7-8-9 M mere | of two (Ry Associated Presa) ROME, Feb. newspapers today began campaign against “whisperers” and “defeatists” rest at continued Italian losses be- came more threatening. through the streets of Rome carry- ' ing placards which said whispering campaign” and “Ger- ;many and Italy are marching side by side to victory.” Newspapers denounced talk of defeatism and promised ultimate victory for the axis partners. They admitted reverses in Africa, how- ever, and for the first time made -| | second charge of aggravated as- million doliars she might have 6.—Students and sault on Gertrude Skinner, wife a new of one of the defendan as stories of un-' evidence by a second jury. Five hundred students paraded up of the first case, said testi- “stop the | public news of British advances ' into Ethiopia HARRY HECTOR ARRIVES HERE ROAD COMMISSIONER WILL CONFER WITH JULIUS F. STONE Harry Hector, recently appoint- d state road commissioner, ar- ived in Key West this afternoon conference ¢ting county attorney, n R. Porter. Heetor’is expected to spend the afternoon as the guest of Por- ter at his home and the three will’ make a brief inspection of Key West LIEUT. WARREN CALLED TO DUTY Warren. lieutenan a ve duty an- William Richard reserve army second been ordered to a eginning Satu unced today jay was n TEMPERATURES Lowest last Highest last | 24 hours 57 56 3 6 au 60 | jstriking him with a bottle, | with Julius F.! John A | 1 {| Wilkinson {a frame-up in court. tacking Rogelio Alvarez, a white carlier penalties to the tune of man, on the night of Jan. 29. A $10,686 in addition to the two lost in penalties if State Comp- {troller J. M. Lee had not stopped s, was re- ms! ¢ diversion of gas tax funds in fused on grounds of insufficien New Jersey was penalized a quarter million dollars in 1937 just about the time Jim Lee was ving Florida's bacon", and Allan B. Cleare, Jr. county | solicitor, in a dramatic summing mony of the witnesses had re- bow vealed to hm for the first time Massachusetts was penalized a condition in which”organized nearly a half-million dollars ars year later, according to corre- gangs, both white and colored, 2 s fought for control of the colored SPondence between Thomas H . £ . MacDonald, commissioner of pub sections with knives and bottles. i . He urged the jury to declare the /i¢ roads and the Florida State defendants guilty as the first a operon ae Ra step in breaking up the gangs! 4 lees ede 5 4 hos ier = and promised quick action from |* “oe . ‘s toon held ta his office to stamp out other such ment that these withheld moneys, organizations. after awaiting Congressional ac- string of witnesses and the tion two years, are, now being | ee uae themaelyes, . told'.:a distributed to the various states; confused story in which Alvarez Congress having | authorized . thé accused the defendants and two Public Roads Administratipa) to - i re-apportion to the stiites” all other men of beating him and moneys withheld Som any: bar- ‘Continued on Page Four LIGHT STATION IS CLOSED TO PUBLIC Curry and William Russell. The old Key West lighthouse, A jury drawn for the aggravat- from which visitors and natives assault case was made up of have had a bird's-eye view of the Carey, Harold Pinder, city since long before the inven Charles C. Ingraham, Anderson tion of the airplane, has been or Lones, Sr., Harry J. Sawyer and dered closed to the public Oscar Fraga The lighthouse is one of Key West's oldest landmarks. It was built 1846 after a storm had wrecked a lighthouse built at SIOUX FALLS, S. D-—A_ man Fort Jefferson in 1825. wrote Sheriff M. L. Sells of this Closing of the lighthouse wa: city that he wanted his wife back, ordered from Coast Guard head but said he wouldn't pay her fare quarters in Washington in line back because he thought it the with general orders forbidding duty of the man she ran away the public to most government with th bear the expense. property while and = Skinner in sisted they had been the victims of an organized gang,attack and Jurymen in the orginal case were J. R, Villareal Sidney | Blac kwell, S. Owen Sawyer, llyle E, Williams, pi ta “Ss ed NOT HIS EXPENSE in Another Large Submarine |tioned at the present [ago asa c the base 1 } } _ Takes Up Station Here CALLAHAN GOING OUT IN ORIENT Fort H Calla officer to be sta Key West sferred in about One of the navy’s newest and largest submarines was attached indefinitely to Key West naval station today with the arrival of the Triton. Bringing the city’s submarine population up to four, the big, new indersea craft measures more 400 feet and carries a crew In wartime, the crew uld go up to about 125. Three other submar new perating with the sound school off Key West, are 219 footers ‘The Semmes, an experimental © of converted destroyer, an- chored here last night and will re- in port indefinitely Lieut.-Comdr han, first na thar of 85 men w “hina, it was an Callahan came here four year cations officer holds, but ir tfieers, heid the posit the abse the posit ¢ Later by Capt. WF. dant, but « double pos ns office ia ymmandant he was relic Jacobs as mtinued ty of ma ANNUAL SOCK SOCIAL AUSPICES WOMAN'S GUILD, St. Paul's Churet PARISH HAL Friday. February 7, 8:00 P.M. GOOD PROGRAM Cake and Candy On Sale NO ADMISSION CHARGE corr cat w the exact date o not yet been announced. ere he