The Key West Citizen Newspaper, February 10, 1941, Page 1

Associated Press Day Wire Service For 61 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West Che Key West Ctttzern THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN THE U. S. A. VOLUME LXII. No. 35. Investigation In Strangle Murder Of Young Woman ty Nat es Mrs. Cecelia Thompson 9° OOP aM OOO OM. Tunks Was Found Dead At Her Residence On Howe Street Sheriff's office deputies today pushed their investigation of the strangle murder of beautiful Mrs. Cecelia Thompson Tunks eet day night. iSLIGHT MIXUP LOCAL SENIORS: |German Bombers Strike °| ~ SCHOLARSHIP |KEY WEST HIGH SENIORS CAN COMPETE FOR JOUR- NALISM SCHOLARSHIP AT UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI | ELIGIBLE FOR (Special to The Cittzeny CORAL GABLES, Feb. 10.— 'Key West high school seniors are | KEY WEST, FLORIDA, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1941 Fiercely At Iceland (By Associated Press) German bombers last night winged far out over the Atlantic to strike fiercely at Iceland in the !first raid of the war against the British-occupied island. British bombers, . meanwhile, struck again and again at German invasion points along the channel coast and ranged back into north- west France to blast at airdromes and warehouses. Flying in perfect weather, huge IN HIS. GRAMMAR j“!iP!e to compete for a $100 (formations of bombers with fight- | ata | (Ny Axnocinted Prens) | | TOPEKA, Kas., Feb, 10— | It's the job of Walter G. Pyle | to learn why school children | miss classes. So he called at a Topeka home and asked ! why the son hadn't been in | School. “He's been building me a | chicken coop”, explained the mother. | “Don't you know he can’t | do that?” said Pyle. | Journalism scholarship at the | University of Miami, Dr. B. F.} | Ashe, president of the University, | has announced. The first award will be made in June, and one | scholarship will be given annually ; thereafter. Students entering the competi- |a journalism course in high school, nor must they be members of a | school publication staff. Only two ition are not required to have had | ;ers above and below them, soared jhigh over the channel this morn- jing to drop tons of explosives on cities from Dunkirk to Boulogne. From Norway, came reports of a torpedo-carrying plane which {had wrecked a German destroyer | off the Norwegian coast, but Ber- lin labelled the story “pure in- vention.” Official reports from Berlin 'told of a formation of long range bombers which in the past month have accounted for 34,000 tons of wreaked destruction of private property in the city, but denied that military damage had been heavy. Capital ships of the British bombardment Sunday, in which more than 300 tons of explosives were reported to have hurtled into the city. ‘BRITISH MOTORIZED TROOPS FIGHTING (By Associated Press) CAIRO, Feb. 10. — Swift columns of British troops are fighting 175 miles west of captured Bengasi in Libya,, it was announced here today. Speeding their attacks in what appears to be an all out drive to knock Italy out of the war in th shortest possible time, the Briti column appears to be headed for Tripoli, last Italian base in Libya. !!ast night held up the manager of Largo, today was postponed in | Gen. Sir Archibald Wavell, com- the Tampa theater and escaped in Judge William V. Albury's crim- | | | | Key West, Florida, has the most equable climate in the country; with an average range of only 14° Fahrenheit BANDITS GET _ TAMPA PAYROLL THEATER LAST | \ NIGHT | H i (By Axsdéefated Press) | ; TAMPA, Feb. 10.~—Two bandits TIMBER CASE IS DEFERRED: motorized TWO HELD UP MANAGER OF COMPLAINING WITNESS UN-| ABLE TO APPEAR IN COURT Trial of Jesse Thompson, negro, accused of stealing timber at Key manding the victorious British |theater crowds with a payroll-of inal court until tomorrow morn- PRICE FIVE CENTS - Relations With Rumania fleet subjected Genoa to a terrific ; > Instructs Ambassador To | Leave Bucharest Imme- diately; Move Expected For Some Time | (Dy Associated Prexs) LONDON, Feb. 10.—Great Brit- ain at noon today formally broke ‘diplomatic relations with Ru- mania and instructed - Ambassa- | dor Sir Reginald Hoare to leave Army of the Nile, has refused to / $3,000. say if he would launch an attack | = andite be et against Tripoli, but reports of | The bandits entered the mana- | \ fighting so far west of Bengasi in- |S" $ office, tied him and his as- dicate Tripoli will be the army’s ‘Sistant to chairs, and disappeared next goal. jin crowds leaving the theater. One column of British troops is | reported to have knifed its way to | the shores of the Red Sea in} British shipping, while in the past six months the formation has sunk 350,000 tons of merchant ship- ping. A coroner's jury will meet at} “Oh, he can’t, can’t he?” the courthouse at 4 o’clock this! commented the mother, i afternoon to determine the cause; ignantly. “Well he's sure of death, but Enrique Esquinaldo, | done it and if you don’t be- A ; lieve me just ‘round to justice of the peace, has already, she back sy pe see for said the case is “clearly a mur- | yourself!” der.” , ing. | Judge Albury ordered a recess | Bucherest at once. until tomorrow when Allan B.! The move had been expected for weeks, since German troops Cleare, Jr., county solicitor, told jhim L, B. Boyd, complaining wit- took over virtual control of Ru- | mania, ‘requirements have been set up: (1) Each student competing in 1941 must receive his diploma from a Florida high school at | midyear or in June, 1941; (2) each | competing student must plan to | study journalism at the University | MANY CIVILIANS ARE KILLED (Ry Axsocinted Prean) ROME, Feb. 10.—Civilians ness, was ill and unable to ap- |pear in court. | FIXING AUTOMOBILES CLI ISI IIS S Lance Lester, assistant state attorney, said this morning his office was pursuing every pos- sible clue, but late this afternoon there was still no sign of a sus- pect. Mrs. Tunks’ strangled by a silken unde garment, was found Sunday morn- ing at her home, 1016. Howe street. A tooth brush had been used to twist the undergarment around her neck, The 21-year-old* Chattanooga girl had been employed here as a waitress in a beer garden. Friends said they had last seen her at about 11 o'clock Saturday night and the body was discovered nude body, | YACHT CLUB BALL ON FRIDAY NIGHT IN COMING EVENT: PRIZES TO BE AWARDED With. “‘Pan-America” as the |theme, preparations for the Key| jof Miami. Both boys and girls jare eligible. | The crowd this year will be based on an original essay of from 1500 to 5000 words on the subject “Obligations and Responsibilities lof a Newspaper to Its Com- MUCH INTEREST CENTERS unity.” Entries must be sub-! j mitted before May 1 and will be |judged by prominent Florida | hewspapermen, Full information and contest entry blanks may be obtained ‘from Simon Hochberger, instruc- ‘tor-in journalism. University of | Miami, Coral Gables. Lead and Ink, honorary jour- killed or wounded in the British ;navy’s bombardment of Genoa last night amounted to more than 300, it was officially reported here today. Rome admitted the raid had taken a heavy toll of life and LEGION GROUP MEETS TONIGHT | | An important meeting of the board of directors of the Key ‘West’ Yacht Club’s Costume Ball! nalism fraternity at the Univer- West Convention corporation will jto be held at the Casa Marina |Friday evening of this week are sity of Miami, is sponsoring the scholarship. | by a friend eariy Sunday morn-'rapidly nearing completion, the GLAMOUR NIXED BY ing. A doctor's report, setting the time of death, has not yet been made public. Coroner’s jury, drawn yester- day immediately after the murder was reported, is made up of Faus- tino Rendueles, Rex Shaw, Theo- dore Albury, Leroy Torres, Clif- ford Watkins and Millard Gibson. CITY AFFAIRS IN - BOYS TAKE OVER CITY GOV- ERNMENT, FILLING DIF- FERENT POSITIONS Key West's city government after 3:30 o'clock this afternoon will be in the hands of the Boy Scouts. Scout James Kelly, as mayor, will step into control of the city at that time and his staff will take over the positions of regu- lar city employes. The regular officials, although temporarily out of their seats of government, will stand by to give the scouts the benefit of their experience. Scout city officials who will take over today are James Kelly, mayor; Narcisso Castillo, city clerk; Earl Adams, Jr, tax col- lector; Leroy Sawyer, chief of police; Fernando Garcia, fire chief; Ramon G city judge; Paul Colg: and Eugenc Berkowitz and Buddy Navarro, tr: Boy Scouts in wu admitted fr t Palace t will be ing streets. allies COLORS OF HAIR WASHINGTON cent of / ican blonde Anothe brown or white 40 per cent have med nd der si THE NEW— SHICK——Injector Razor $1.00 With 12 Blades Key West Drug Company PHONE 40 Dance Committee of the yacht club announces. As in previous years, Colonel Dixon of Miami, one of the South’s leading and consumate make-up artists, will be in Key West with a large as- |sortment of costumes. These will !be on display begnning Thursday morning at 510 Duval street. The colorful colonel, globe-trotter and soldier of fortune extraordinary, lalways adds spice to the selec- |tion of costumes with anecdotes from his astounding adventures in far-away places. Handsome prizes have been se- jlected for the most — beautiful, most original, and most comical costumes for both women men. The judges chosen are na- tional figures in the world of art, and being newcomers to Key West will assure an impartial de- cision. A large attendance from among the naval officer personnel, both ashore and afloat, is expected. The dance committee wishes all commissioned officers to consider ther ves cordially invited, and if they have not received invita- tions they may obtain them at the commandant’s office. costumers and) WOMAN DRIVERS {By Anno d Press) LONDON, Feb. 10.—The Wo- me Legion Corps of Transport )Drivers is no place for glamour igirls. Colored fingernails are forbidden and only the minimum of makeup passes muster. Grandmothers are welcome since many women are too old to join the smartly-uniformed auxil- iaries of the fighting services. Members drive staff cars for the home guard, take patients to and from hospitals, dispense food in mobile canteens, and pay about two dollars a year for the privi- lege of serving. 'MASCOT DIDN’T : READ MANUAL (Ay Asnoctated Press) FORT SILL, Okla, Feb. 10.— Wart, the dog mascot of the 158th field artillery, sat quietly among a dozen or so officers attending a serious staff conference. In walked the commanding general and up jumped all the officers with a shuffling of chairs and scraping of feet. And up leeaped Wart, promptly attacking the “intruder” the other officers were about to salute. Sees U. S. Into War If ‘Lend-Lease’ Bill Passes the war will passage of Me ow the bill, Tee to "ELECTION GROUP RECEIVING PAY FASHION SHOW —Auspices— 2 Senior and Junior Woman's Clubs CASA MARINA Thursday. February 13. 8 P.M. SILVER OFFERING be held tonight at 8 o'clock in the ;headquarters of the \Legion’s convention bureau, La Concha hotel building, Al Mills, executive director, announced | this morning. Several purchases must made by the board, and for that reason a quorum of seven mem- {bers is needed, Mills said. 'WELL POSTED ON HIS JOB (Dy Associated Press) AUSTIN, Tex., Feb. 10.—When Sergeant-at-Arms Ernest Boyette names W. O. Reed and J. N. Reed jon the roll he promptly placed them ‘in adjoining seats. “You fellows will be getting jeach other’s mail and so we'll | make it easy for you to exchange Hit” he said. COMING EVENTS | MONDAY | Organ Recital, St. Paul’s Church, | 8:00 p. m. Auspices Young | People’s Service League Revival Meeting, First | Church | TUESDAY | Stone Church Service Club. 6:00 p.m. Revival Meeting, Church. WEDNESDAY Meeting, First Baptist First Baptist Baptist | | | | THURSDAY y ion meets at 8:00 | Courthouse. iCity C ets at 7:30 p.m | FRIDAY Red Cross Sewing Club meets at j,_3!8 Duval Street, 2:00 pm ["t30° c ts at Art Center. First Baptist SUNDAY Meeting, First Baptist Eritrea to act as one side of a giant pincers cutting off all Italian troops in the country. Another army in Ethiopia has reported steady gains, but no im- portant fighting has developed there. \ouT OF HILLS American | be, ‘and find out of the Texas legislature saw the AND INTO DRAFT (Ry Ascociated Presa) : A HOBBY FOR YOUTH | WITH SIGHTLESS EYES H (ite Associated Prexs: H | NEW BRUSWICK, N. J., Feb. | ;10.—John Flynn, blind 21-year- ‘old Rutgers University junior, j‘“looks” with his hands when he {goes to work on automobiles that | ; Won't tick, | | In the last seven years he’s put | !a number of cars back on the | jroad, and now he repairs fellow | HOME GUARDS MEET TUESDAY MARINES TO INSTRUCT MEM- BERS IN MANUAL OF ARMS Key West home guard mem- HELENA, Mont., Feb. 10.— students’ jalopies as his major bers will get instruction in the Ieince last August Steve Dorn has been cutting timber in the isolated Southfork country. So when he arrived in Helena recently, the first question he. asked was: “What's this about the draft?” ‘He explained he had known nothing of it “until I decided I needed a radio and walked to Wolf Creek, 12 miles from my cabin, and bought one. f “When I got back in the hills and tuned in I kept hearing about selective service so I decided I'd better catch ‘a bus at Wolf Creek and come on to the state capital what it was all about.” The clerk of the Helena draft board gave Dorn number 2907— highest in the county. saat _ TEMPERATURES Lowest last|Highest las! night 24 hours 37 64 34 49 38 63 23 32 30 52 Abilene Boise Boston Brownsville Buffalo Cincinnati Chicago Denver Detroit El Paso Galveston Havre Huron Jacksonville Kan: City KEY WEST Miami Minneap« New Or New York Phoenix Pittsburgh St. Louis Salt Lake City 33 San Franciscc Spokane Sit. Ste. M USES GIRL MODELS —Dean E. Drey- th school . in- y uses pretty nurse de MEMBERS TIGER TAIL TRIBE NO. 19 and MINOCO COUNCIL NO. 13. ORDER RED MEN. There will be a joint meeting at the Tribal Hall at 7:30 tonight. Every member urged to attend. ETHEL ROBERTS. Gtk TS | pastime. ‘ ‘ | “Most people can't visualize a blind person getting greasy or) wearing overalls and actually us- ' jing them”, says Flynn. “I use {one hand as my eyes and work |with the other. If most people, , blind or otherwise, ‘that a blind fellow can success- ‘fully engage in physical activi- |ties- other than basket-weaving, the blind would be more happy”. | In 1933 he fixed up a trip from his home in Newark to the Chi- cago World’s fair without mishap. | When he got home he took the, machine all apart, just for prac- tice, then reassembled it. His ability received a real test when the car in which he was riding to New Brunswick for a final examination broke down. He decided it was a bad fuel ipump, obtained a new one, got out on the road and installed it, and then rode on in time for the exam. BEAVERS. TRAPPED, _, _ GIVEN. "NEW HOMES | Aad (Ry Asnocinted Press) | CHEYENNE; Wyo,-Feb. 10.— 4The state of Wyoming has trap- ped and transplanted 700 beavers to new home in the past two years The animals are taken from areas where they are numerous to places where they have become scarce. Wyoming ranchers are cooper- ating as they realize the beaver is a low-cost. means of having small dams constructed to retain water on their property. manual of arms tomorow night from a detachment of marines. Col. G. D. Hatfield, marine commandant, said today he would send a squad of his men, to| the guards’ weekly meeting at the National Guard ,armory. The Members of the home guard have been urged to attend all of the present series of meeting: order to get the benefit of in- struction being given by army and navy officers each week, MELODY LINGERS ON (By Asnociated Press) PUEBLO, Colo., Feb. 10.—The best books on psychology prob- ably don’t recommend an upper- cut to the jaw as a successful method of making friends, but once in a while it works. An elderly gentleman walked into Pueblo police headquarters, shook hands with Detective Capt. Luther Walton and asked if the officer remembered him. “IT sure do”, said the detective. The old fellow explained he just wanted to renew an old friendship. Later the detective explained that 30 years ago he had to knock the man down at least once a week to keep him subdued when he was a loafer on Pueblo streets. FOR HOMELESS KITTENS MADERA, Calif.—To find friendly homes for homeless kit- tens, the state highway patrol of- ficers and members of the police force have formed a feline pro- tective society. -|Seamen Relate Story In | Freeing Liner Manhattan Seamen phpard the wrecking; tug Wiltet Were back in Key West | tony ep The story of how they helped In q/ B6iday strigdie to free the $10,000,000 liner Man- hattan from a sand har near West timates of the wrecker costs reeing the giant ship vary greatly among the sea nm, but the concensus of opinion puts the cost if the liner’s mishap at more than $200,000, exclusive of damage to the ship. Captain W. D. Wilder of the Willet this morning described how three wrecking tugs bettled for nearly a month to tow the grounded Manhattan deep water. By the time tugs arrived on the scene, according to Captain | Wilder, sand had built up around inte the ship to such an extent that it was impossible to dislodge her from the bar. The tugs solved the problem by anchoring near the ship and letting their propeller stream wash the sand from under the liner At the same time the tugs were pulling at the ship on each high tide The Willet returned to Key West late Saturday night. Benefit British War Relief Old Island Trading Post Mondsy—Tuesday—Wednesdsy In announcing the end of dip- |lomatic relations between the two countries, Prime Minister ‘Winston Churchill described Ru- mania as a garrison of German soldiers. Reports reaching here from Switzerland, meanwhile, indicate Gerian troops in civilian clothes have been swatming into Bul- garia within the past few weeks, |according to the Swiss reports. CONTINUE ATTACKS™ |ON VICHY REGIME ' (By Annoetated Prens) PARIS, Feb. 10.—Paris news- papers today continued their bit- |ter attacks on the Vichy govern- oat would realize meeting is scheduled for 8 o'clock. | ment and denianded a “clean | sweep” of tne cabinet and Pre- mier Henri Phillipe Petain. Vice-Premier Francois Darlan, still in the midst of a reorganiza- jtion of the cabinet, was lauded by the newspapers, but other of- ficials were severely criticized for their inability to co-operate with Nazi Germany. Reports reaching here from Ber- lin today indicated a possible change in Germany's demands for the reinstatement of Pierre Laval, but the nature of new de- mands is unknown, Berlin pre- viously has demanded Laval’s elevation to the premiership as the price for any further discus- sions of co-operation with unoc- eupied France. pend ITALIAN BOMBERS ATTACK GREECE (iy Annocinted Preas) ATHENS, Feb, 10.—Italian bombers ranged far over Greece yesterday in a widespread series of attacks, but reports here indi- cate damage was light. Greek planes and anti-aircralt guns @re reported to have brought down eight — Italian bombers during the day. Heavy snows, meanwhile, have brought fighting on the ground in Albania to a temporary halt. LODGE OFFICIAL ARRIVES IN CITY OFFICIAL VISIT TO RED MEN TONIGHT Edwin C. Wileox. Great Inco. hones of the Improved Order of Red Men, was an atrival in Key West yesterday, and, in company with Frank O. Roberts and Wil- liam Cullingford, jocal members of the order, paid a very pleasant cali at The Citizen office today. Mr. Wilcox will pay his official visit to the local lodge tonight, also Minoca Council No. 13, sn auxiliary of the Order of Red Men. Mr. Wilcox is also moking « good-will tour to Key West and expressed himself as being very much pleased with the city and its people. Members of the order will en- tertain the visitor during his stay in the Island City.