The Key West Citizen Newspaper, February 7, 1941, Page 1

Associated Press Day Wire Service For 61 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key Wes t Che Key West Cittzer THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER VOLUME LXII. No. KEY WEST, FLORIDA, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1941 President OF Nat lon Association Of Realty Gs Philip W. Kniskern Of Philadelphia Will Be Honor Guest At Lunch- eon In Casa Marina Philip W. Kniskern, of Phila- delphia, president of the National Association of Real Estate Boards end one of the nation’s leading real estate appraisers and mort- gage men, will be guest of honor February 18 at a luncheon of the Southernmost Realty board at Casa Marina hotel. Kniskern is president the First Morteage of, Philadelphia and was one of the| organizers and the first president ; of the American Institute of Real | Estate Appraisers, branch of the as of corporation professional | ociation. | Visit ere: | Later he was called to Wash- | - ington as appraisal adviser to the Federal Home Loan Bank Board to set up a nation-wide appraisal! system for the Home Owners’ | Loan Corporation, probably the| largest reappraisal job ever un-/| #ertaken in the country’s history. | He. served in1929 .as.chairman. o@ the mortgage division of the National Association of Real Es- _ tate Boards. i Author of Estate Ap-' praisal and Valuation”, one of the best known books on real estate appraisal, a discussion both of, method and of the re- estate appraisal to real mortgage practice, Kniskern brings to his work in real estate early experience as a civil engineer, in construction work. A graduate of the Uni- versity of Michigan, he had an engineer's part in construction of the Equitable Life, Municipal and Woolworth buildings, and the Longacre and McAlpin, all in New York. He is a former cap- tain in the United States Army Engineer Officers Reserve Corps. He was born in Hastings, Mich- igan. With his father, a class- mate of General John J, Pershing, a brigadier general in the army, Kniskern as a boy led an inter- national life, went to school all over the world, His engineering work, too, had an international angle, including a year in a cop- per refining plant in Chile. Kniskern is a former vice- president of the National Surety company and of the Continental Mortgage Guarantee company of New York. He came to Philadel phia in 1934 as president of the First Mortgage Corporation and has made it the largest mortgage company in the city. He is chair- man of the Board of Directors of the Quaker City Federal Savings and Loan Association, and a di rector of the First Federal ings and Loan Association New York. He is an associate member of the American Society of Civil Engineers, and a member of the Union League and of Beta Theta Pi He lives in Swarthmore, Pern sylvania, and is a_ prize-winner from the Swarthmore Garden club. “Real of COMING EVENTS FRIDAY Red Cross Sewing Cl 315 Duval Street Harris Schoo R meet at hor Carey, 1030 Eator pm Tourist C 7:30 SUNDAY ty Vespers at Ba 00 pm. TO VISIT KEY PHILIP w. Philadelphia, Estate Boards, RENEW RAIDS ON INVASION POINTS (ny A LONDON, side. elated Press) b. 7.—Royal Air} ber of proposals are to be acted Force bombers’ last night renewed | UPON. their raids on German points in France and Bel was announced today. Bad weather held minimum, however, today were reported Returning flyers night’s raid over the channel, re- | from after ported they had bombed a have been KNISKERN, new President National Association of Real who will be entertained by Key West realtors February 18. invasion wt AWATT. WORD flying to a} and no raids | either centration of barges believed to assembled nsportation of troops in an in- vasion of England. for BRITISH FORCES STILL ADVANCING (iy Associated Press) was announced today, hammering the fleeing is moving steadily forward CAIRO, Feb. 7.—British forces |Val arranges with Adolf Hitler. in Eritrea have advanced to with- in 30 miles of the capital at As- mara and in a skirmish yesterday nara and.in a skirmish yesterday Council Orders Purchase With Royal Air Force bombers | Italian } troops from the air, British ground ; units are reported moving forward ; with little resistance. From the Ethiopian front, TEMPERATURES Lowest last|Highest las! partment, submitting a map 24 hours Hur H KEY WEST Ar Mis Mii Ne Pr night 26 1 U 5 5 - ===! Solicitors for the special Amer- WEST = {went to work this morning, ac- see cording to an announcement the former Vige-Premier Pierre La- re |dressed the regular ports reaching here say Britain's |the City Council occupation of the northern section |questing that of the country above Lake Tana|be made for the purpose of hav- IN THE U.S.A. ! (LEGION’S DRIVE FOR CONVENTION | FUNDS COTINUES, (By Associated Press) {TWO NEGROES PLACED IN | WASHINGTON, Feb. 7.—Per-| | COUNTY JAIL LAST CHAIRMAN OF COMMITTEE mission for the passage of another | |Red Cross supply ship to France | MIGHT GREATLY PLEASED WITH has been requested of the British RESPONSE FROM THOSE admiralty, Richard Allen, Ameri- | : nies is |can Red Cross director, announe-| Wednesday night, jed today. ing his name as John Gilbert, no- | Allen said at least $15,000,000, _ in supplies could be turned over | tified police he had been held-up to France if Britain would permit their passage. by iGuy Carleton, chairman of the HOOVER WOULD |committee in charge. | P | “And if all the contributors HEL REFUGEES jand merchants will give the |prompt attention to the request ‘for contributions as given) by Joe Pearlman, chairman of Mithe city’s dry goods group, ASK PASSAGE OF TWO HOLD-UPS | | a man giv- ‘ican Legion contribution fund by two negroes at a late hour at the corner of Division and Duval | \Streets. Mr. Gilbert explained ‘the two men were scared off when an automobile approached in the idirection of the hold-up. | Last night a Marine was rob- |bed on Howe street, between Vir- CHIGAGO, |< Feb. 4, (-sFouned| si Gat ogi age cearoes President Herbert Hoover today |” i ol Earione bahar -aiiene } delivered an appeal for help to the | #8@in participated in the robbery, /}there will be uo question of the war refugees of Europe. jsecuring four dollars from ecess of the movement” Chair-! Starvation is already spreading, , service man. Mid Carleton suid. | Hoover declared, and unless help | “Mr. Pearlman gave me yester- is sent at once, pestile: ce will kill |day more than the quota of the the European population on |dry goods merchants of the city scale greater than in the four lof Key West. Besides congratu- ¥°#'S of the World War. ‘lating Mr. Pearlman and the mer- | jchants who made this contribu-! ,tion possible, I want to point out that similar action by other igroups will lead to a successful ‘conclusion to this drive”. |The American Legion's state convention, which is to be held here April 23-26, is moving along jtoward the time for action on a inumber of propositions, accord- jing to Al Mills, executive director , jof the Key West Convention cor- |Poration, For instance, he is or- | ‘dering 3000 badges for the con-; vention delegates. There will be a meeting of the jboard of dircetcrs of the corpora- ‘tion Monday evening in La Con-. {cha hotel headquarters. A num- (iy Axsocinted Pronst was Two colored men were picked up by Captain of Police Alberto Camero tor questioning. Mr. [Guibert who was held up the ee jnight previou: identified ISSUES METAL TAG pair as the men who attempted to a (rob him. a ROCKVILLE CENTER, N. Y.—! ists of this city receive a metal tag ,fect other arrests shortly. from the city which allows them; The two negroes held for ques- four hours parking, every day of tioning have been lodged in the the year, in municipal parking county jail pending preliminary lots. hearing. Much Discussion By County of Commissioners Relative To Abolishing Patrolman Job Monroe county commissione: last night climaxed an evening of lintermittent argument over the qualifications of Raymond Ma; jloney for the post of upper keys FROM PREMIER road patrolman by abolishing the job. tained Maloney’s January salary and a $30 gasoline expense ac- count. Gomez, a member of the road committee, rebuked R. W. Craig, chairman of the committee, for ap- pointing Maloney without con- sulting him, Maloney has not been made a deputy by Sheriff Berlin Sawyer, and according to Gomez was useless on the keys. The commissioners passed over Gomez’ protests and had enter- tained a motion to adjourn when the commissioner demanded a full discussion of Maloney’s status and his own rights as a member of the road committee in passing on ap- pointments. Harold Russell, chief deputy and spokesman for Sheriff Saw- yer, interrupted to tell the com- missioners the sheriff had refused 1 ORE ARIE DAES | Between discussions of Ma- loney, which began as soon as the meeting started, the commis- sioners agreed to a ‘Chamber of Commerce proposal to enter the county in the Florida Inland Navi- gation district, gave their ap- proval to voter lists from the bond election Tuesday and named a committee to find a new site for County Health Officer J. B. Parra- |more’s offices. Commissioner .Eddie Gomez touched off the Maloney discus- sion as soon as the meeting was underway when he refused to ap- prove a long list of county bills to deputize Maloney “in the best and payrolls as long as the list con- ; interests of his office”, and a dele- é __________ | gation from the upper k imme- diately chimed in to voice further disapproval of Maloney as_ their patrolman. Gomez nominated Edny Parker for the patrolman job, but lost the vote when Commissioner J. Frank (Continued on Page Two) | (Ry Annoctated Prens) VICHY, Feb. 7.—French po- jlitical leaders waited nervously jtoday for fhe next word from | val, who is expected to announce 'his premiership at the conclusion jof talks now in progress at Paris |between French and German ne- | gotiators, Admiral Darlan, back from Paris, meanwhile, announced he jwould scuttle the French fleet |before he would turn it over to |Germany, regardless of what La- Of New Police Motorcycle Everett Russell, president of |cost of the machine, after deduct-| jthe Chamber of Commerce, ad-| ing the amount allowed re meeting of last night re- wishes appropriation on jold $300. It was ordered that the council |spend an amount not to exceed |$200, helping the expense account of the American Legion Conven- tion, which will be held here in April It was ordered that the plumb- ing code ordinance, which was passed some time be pub- ished just as soon as the mayor the document. An ordinance covering the op- erations of electrical contractors jand all others engaged in this (Continued On Page Two) motorcycle, will be an jing a seaplane ramp built. This {would be used as a_ landing barge. An amount of $75 was | appropriated. | A letter was read from George E. Brown, U.S. Engineering De- WASHINGTON, D. C come for 1941 will be $4,203,330, it v learned today This figure i d upon the estimated annt i come for th Retail sale 11939 were $2,522,000. Feb. description of certain water areas ag jaround Key West, describing boundaries, port limits and many |” {other things bearing on navigable waters, and requested that the council approve same \ M E. Russell, member of he 's Pilot Association the meeting on briefly outlining the atter, and stated that he felt the government wanted this information in ac its operati The its approval as re- t during fein as reported Road. Commissioner Hears Of Highway’s Inadequacy pinted |t tatisti e Ww gave It was ordered that an Indian le be purchased for use st department. The : pt. W. F. Ja BRADY'S (L and Egg Market Fresh Florida Grade “A” 38c ae Large White EGGS. dozen ROASTERS — FRYERS with B. M. Duncan, ge: DUCKS — STEWERS r of Overseas Hig Dressed. Drawn, Cut-Up at as ent ned at a No Extra Charge Phone $40 1214 White Street the group. left Key West last to return to Miami. RED CROSS SHIP ARE nero RP) COG SHRP} “ARE, REPORTED) the | | ~ Wareh Benyasi Falls Into - Of Bitsh; Storm Troops Key West, Florida, has the most equable climate in the country; with an average range of only 14° Fahrenheit PRICE FIVE CENTS nds WILLIAIS SAYS ~~ AIRPWWER WEAK the DENOUNCE. BILL ruaviel PERSONS DEAD WOULDSIVE BRITAIN AL, HELP (ity Asgpinted Preasy WASHINGDN, Feb. 7.—Am- erican airpowr has been reduced to a myth,Najor Al Williams Captain Camero is still work- widely knovn aviation writer, | Upon payment of a dollar, motor-|ing on the case and hopes to ef- told the Sende Foreign Affairs} Simultaneous investigations War and to break Italian domi- committee ths morning in a sting- ing denunciation of the “lend- lease” bill. Passage of the bill, Major Wil- liams testified; will mean “suicide to the Amegcan way of life.” | “I woul¢ fot send another pro- peller or i nation,” V our own \up to th fbroper strength. Our air powei fhow is a myth.” Chargiré the whole trend of administrgtion efforts to aid other nations war is a dangerous path, Majfr Williams told the com- mitteemef he doubted i whole wdrld, the United States had a real friend. TO FIGHT AGAINST FURTHER CHANGES (By \Asnociated Presa) WASHINGTON, Feb. 7.—Ad- ministration supporters in the House prepared today to fight any further chénges in the “lend- lease” bill kefore it comes to a ing at Armstrong. In On Two Front ‘START PROBES IN Capture Of Stronghold Ci. | maxes Drive Which Has ‘PLANE ACCIDENTS; segath Been Continuing Fifty- | | Nine Days i i EIGHT PERISHED IN U.S.| | | (Ny Asnoctated Prensa) AT LOVELOCK, NEV., AND British colonial tr peat a TWELVE IN CANADIAN | jinto Bengasi today from two TRAN ‘fronts to hand the Axis powers | their most stunning defeat of the (By Associated Press) were launched today in the Unit- nation of all east Libya. i ,ed States and Canada as army} land aeronautical engineers prob- | Moving with incredible speed. led two crashes which last night the main force of the British army cost the lives of eight men in a ‘bombing plane at Lovelock, Nev., io the Nile burst into Bengasi so ‘and 12 passengers aboard a Trans- suddenly its defenders had no Canadian Airlines transport near | Armstrong, Canada. ne jtime even to man their guns. | The bomber, under command of | 'Capt. Richard S. Freeman, com-! No estiinate; of . prisoners has mandant vf Ladd Field, Fair- Yet been made, but Bengasi, capi- banks, Alaska, crashed on the tal and second largest city of side of Ragged Top mountain! Libya, was the base of operations near Lovelock. A railroad sec-| from which Gem Rudolfo Gra- f in the {ton worker .and_a CCC employe nants Fascist TegIONS pega Me iy ee ik hegre P| attack which was to have wrested | The transport crasf, worst in | the Suez canal from Great Britain. Canada’s aviation history, oc-| British forces, it was reported curred as the plane dropped in in Cairo, split into two flying \for a routine landing at Arm-|columns, one to sweep south of strong airport, about 390 miles the city and cut communications, from Winnipeg. The last mes- | then swing north to join the main sage from the ship, received in body of the Derna-Bengasi road in Winnipeg, was that it-was land- | the final assault. : $ Hours later! The Italian gatrison apparently the wreckage was sighted from Was caught completely ‘o} vote either ‘this afternoon or to-| tor plane. jand the two British forces burst morrow. ' Speaker Sam Rayburn (D.-Tex.) announced today he would oppose a night sessin on the bill if debate continues uftil 6 o'clock tonight. (By Amocioted Press) ROME, Fe. 7.—Italian soldiets today came to the assistance “of police as mgre than 500 students stagegy ary Yanti lerpocracy” dem- onstration before the United States embassy. _ | Vancouver. Key West’s Annual Ingome For Year 1941 Will Run Far In Excess Of Four Million by the Censys Bureau. Commerce Departmenteconomists assert that retail sales gre equal to about three-fifths f the annual income, although sales are com- ponent part of income payments. nce 1949 retail sales, it is gen- erally agreed, topped those for 1939 as a result of British and Am- erican war purcflases and 1941 sales are expetted to go still high- the annual iscome will simi- increase the same basis, the annual for Mofiroe County in is expected to be $4,593,330, State pf Florida, $1 not a income 1941 a for th Key W income for ¥ per capit dt com average of . the aerodynamic car of the future! Coming to town Monday for a short visit! Don't miss it! NAVARRO, Inc. into the city with practically no opposition. Defenders of the base were said to have been utterly demoralized by the violence of the attack, The capture of Bengasi climaxes a 59-day drive in which powerful Italian bases at Sidi Barrani, Salum, Tobruk, Bardia and Derna have fallen like as many ten-pins. The siege of Bardia ‘required 20 days; that at Tobruk, 12 days, and Bengasi, the strongest of them all, fell without a siege. British forces are now in com plete control of the 230,000 square miles of east Libya. General Gra riani’s army of 280,000 men has been reduced to a disorganized remnant of not more than 100 000. With Bengasi in their British flyers will have the use of two modern airdromes, a seaplane base and one of the finest deep water harbors in north Africa Sicily and all southern Italy are within easy flying range of British bombers at Bengasi and the strength of the British fleet op- erating from its new base will be inestimably increased. Only Tripoli, far to the west, now remains of Italy's Libyan eme pire and reports reaching Cairo say Gen. Sir Archibald Wavell’s y is already on the move in a to complete the domination of Libya Army crew members killed in the bomber crash, besides Cap- tain Freeman, were Co-Pilot Lieut. E. W. Ketchum, Technical Test Sgt. K. H. Gilbreath, Staff Sgt. Everett Crabb, Sgt. J. F. Da- vies, Sgt. E. S. Tranier, Sgt. F. S. Whidden and Private C. E. Ett- legate. Dead in the were: Passengers—Mrs. R. D. Carter, | Vancouver E. Malone, Toronto; F. W. F. Gasston, Winnipeg; H. Moss, Toronto; Prof. Robert Mc- Queen, Winnipeg; Lieut. Cmdr. H.H. Harlow, Ottawa; E. C Manning, Vancouver; J. F. Freer, (Winnipeg, and L. E. Davidson, Canadian crash Crew members—Capt. W. E. Twiss, Winnipeg; First Officer E. E. Lloyd, Winn:peg, and Miss M. G. Mayne, stewardess, Winnipeg hand ‘ONE CASE HEARD IN COURT TODAY OTHERS ARE TO BE TRIED THIS AFTERNOON AND TOMORROW Walter Pendergast, pleading guilty to a charge of vagrancy in criminal court this morning, was sentenced to county jail for 45 days, or until he receives money from home to support himself. In handing down the unusual sentence, Judge Albury said he felt only sympathy for Pender- (Continued on Page Four) SIGNS ORDER ON WAR OBJECTORS (8e Ansorinted Preast WASHINGTON, Feb. 7—Presi- dent Roosevelt this morning sign- ed an executive order empower - BRITISH WAR PICTURE ing Selective Serviee Director C. “Christ: Under Fire” A. Dykstra to send conscientious ‘Ch Y objectors to CCC camps for work The objectors to war will carry on @ program similar to the rgev'- lar CCC activities, it was an- STRAND THEATER Commented by the famous war correspondent QUENTIN REYNOLDS Presented by Warner Bros. SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 8 Thrill to the courage of the British people. Alsy ERROL FLYNN in LONG To PAY “SEA HAWK”"’ Fridey — Setertey — Sunday NEWARK, N.J—A judge 4 February 7-8-9 this city gave Harry Garfin Movietone News, featuring the § the right to pay two dollars President's Birthday Party § week on a judgment of $104,'