The Key West Citizen Newspaper, February 12, 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 a range of only 14° Fahrenheit Che Hry West Citizen THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN THE U. S. A. VOLUME LXIL. No. 37. KEY WEST, FLORIDA, WEDNESDAy, FEBRUARY 12, 1941 Murder Of Mrs. Tunks Still Remains Mystery bers, Batend-\(LJENTS. FAIL TO ESTABLISH ELICIBILITY. Chester Roberts, Bartend-| | er At House, Held In| Jail With Mr. And Mrs. | Griffin i —— |APPLICANTS FOR OLD AGE Cecelia) ASSISTANCE TO NUMBER Who strangled Mrs. Thompson Tunks in her bed at! OF 188 WERE TURNED DOWN BY BOARD the Alice Reid house on Howe/ —— APPLICATIONS FOR;CANPEL CALL PATROLMAN JOB STILL: eee | — : | COMMISSIONERS MAY MAKE)}TIME EXPIRES APRIL FIRST. -VESSh, WAS ALL READY TO APPOINTMENT TOMOR- j STATES ASSESSOR | MAKE TRIP TO AID SHIP ROW NIGHT | GANDOLFO IN DISTRESS t i PRICE FIVE CENTS |with the question of appointing a! Monroe county commissioners, patrolman for the upper keys still | the principal bone of contention, will meet tomorrow night at 8:00 o’clock at the county courthouse. | After a lengthy argument last ' week, the commissioners abolish- | ed the upper road patrol job and dropped Patroman Raymond Ma-! loney from the payroll. It has been understood, how- ever, that the job will not remain } closed permanently and a new{ Recording of homestead ex-! Distress signals from the yacht ; property returns, both of which Metaxas (or Marpatcha) off the north goast of Cuba this morning sent the wrecking tug Willet hurrying out to her assistance— but it was all unnecessary. The Willet was cleared and Teadyto go, when a_ message reathal her at the Clyde-Mal- emptions and intangible personal end April 1, are getting little 7‘- tention from Monroe:county tax- ; payers, Tax Assessor Claude A. Gandolfo announced today. Raids On Germany; Nazis i lory dock, where she was taking on fuel, that the yacht had been floated free and would not need Six Monroe county taxpayers have entered aécountings of their WILLKIE URGES st Go Long Rang man may be appointed Thursday. intangible personal property since dp, Street early Sunday morning to- day was as much a mystery as) (Special to Vhe Citizen) JACKSONVILLE, Feb. 12— | During the three-year period, July Out of a maze of testimony.) 1937-June 30, 1940, Monroe | County applicants for Old Age As- sistance to the number of 188 | failed to establish their eligibility, quinaldo’s court yesterday after-| according to figures compiled by noon learned that it might or | the Statistical Department of the ; State Welfare Board. might not have been unusual for|" 7), statistics further revealed Mrs. Tunks to remain for several | that rejections for all reasons for 3 _ |the three-year period totaled 21,- hours in her room without in-| 316, of which 3,287 .were volun- quiry on the part of Mr. and Mrs, | ‘atily withdrawn, while accept- jances numbered 47,502. Marvin Griffin, operators of the! Rejections were for 22 reasons, house. ever. much of it conflicting, a coroner's jury in Peace Justice Enrique Es- \and were itemized as follows: Ineligible because of age re- Mr. and Mrs. Griffin, held in quirement 9; da ata pane ‘Sty es .¢ |ment, citizenship requirement, county jail as material witnesses 43: earnings of applicant from pri- have not appeared in court Their | vate employment, 23; wages re- testimony may be taken this after-|ceived by applicant under the noon when the coroner's inquest | Work Program, 25; other resources reconvenes at 4 o'clock. |of relatives, 13; income from ih- Chester Roberts, bartender at} vested capit 16; unwillingness the house, who is being held with | to comply with property require. Mr. and Mrs. Griffin in jail, suc- ments, 7; death prior to approval ceeded only in confusing the application, 16; admittance to time of death still more than the | institution prior to approval of ap- testimony of inmates of the house, | plication, 4; voluntary withdrawal “which *h: Vague. of application, 17; moved out of Frances E. Michaud, a friend of county or district prior to ap- the slain girl, had just testified | proval of application, 7; eligibility to having seen her at the bar in| for another form of assistance, 10; the Reid house at about 12:40, | inability to obtain proof of age, later than anyone else could re- ) 22: inability to obtain proof of member seeing her alive. residence, 1; other reasons, 3. Chester, following her to the | stand, said he had been serving | drinks at the bar until late Sun- day morning and had not seen the | girl after about 11:30 o'clock, | considerably earlier than other JESSE THOMPSON itnesses had placed her disap- SENTENCED TODAY Excluding Chester’s testimony,| NEGRO WAS FOUND GUILTY Miss Michaud and Theodore Rus- sell, who took Graydon Plowman | eS in search of a police officer after | AT KEY LARGO the taxi employe had discovered the body, succeeded in narrowing down the time from the girl's dis- | appearance to her death. Jesse Thompson, found guilty up Plowman in his car at not|only one minute and 45 seconds later than 2:35 o'clock Sunday |to arrive at a decisicn, this) morn- morning, about 20 minutes after ing was sentenced to six months Plowman had found the girl's! in county jail by Judge William V. body in the bed. | Albury of criminal court. Testimony of'six inmates of the} Judge Albury said he would be house conflicted‘6n whether Mr. justified in sending the negro to and Mrs. Griffin would not ordi- | the state penitentiary at Raiford, narily have gone'in search of one | but because of his advanced age, of the girls if she remained in her | would allow the lighter sentence. | >Ut Berlin has denied any knowl- | room as much as an hour. The| ‘The negro was accused of steal- | concensus of opinion seemed to ing mahogany from the estate of} Rumors of Spanish or French} — be that ordinarily one or the | 1, B, Boyd of Key Largo. Two other would have made inquiry men employed by him to remove and that house rules required all the timber testified on the open- the girls to remain in the dance | ing day of the trial Saturday, hall when not in their rooms. John Walker, Jr., at the house |= Sunday morning when coroner's jurymen arrived there, provided a note of amusement for the jury | (Continued on Page Four) RETURNS FROM WEDNESDAY Revival Meeting, First Church. THURSDAY Baptist Members of the commission have refused to comment on the ap- |January 1, leaving more than 100) SU dio sneddage reaching’ the jfaced with a $500 fine or six months in jail if they fail to record jthe property before the April! deadline. Of the county’s 1600 or more ex- IN AUTOMOBILE empt homestead owners, 850 have | filed their claims up to now, and |¢ ee Gandolfo warns the office will bels Mrs, Claude Gandolfo suffered; unable to handle the remainder ! di a cut over the eye and Mr. Gan- {unless they begin entering their /y: dolfo’s arm was slightly injured | in an automobile accident near | Perrine yesterday afternoon as the couple returned here from |the exemptions after midnight Miami. {March 31, and all others will be- Gandolfo said a_ truck pointment. GANDOLFOS HURT According to state law, thé of- ‘claims soon. fi hi about the same location as fice will be unable to take any of ;thitdescribed to the Willet. he Coast Guard said he believed swung come eligible for regular tax pay! ‘thé tvo messages referred to the , Chapman, Scott Co., tug — id a schooner, the Metaxas | ADMINISTRATION FORCES TO in distress off Caibarien, | i PUSH FOR IMMEDIATE it Guard headquarters re- | PASSAGE OF BILL a message at about the} time from the Cutter Pan- reporting a 100-foot steam the Marpatcha, aground miles off Paridon Grande Key (By Associated Press) | WASHINGTON, Feb. 12.—Ad- ministration forces in both houses ‘of Congress, with the completion ‘fo Senate hearings on the “lease- lend” bill yesterday, prepared to push for immediate passage of the measure. t.-Comdr. Car] H. Hilton of SCOPES ISL I’ ‘REPORT SINKING OF ITALIAN. SHIP (ity Ansoeinted Presa LONDON, Feb. 12.—An un- confirmed report here has claimed the Italian luxury liner Conte Rossi was sunk ’ by a mine while ref- Li ugees from Africa to Sicily. ‘ONDON,“Fab.. Uerrrifigh GIGI II IGP LE os cnt raids oa Germany ref - GUARD MEMBERS {German Scouting “Plane Sighted Near London; Fighting In Progress At Many Peints (By Associated Press) out on the highway in front of him and his car was slightly | damaged in the collision. Mrs. | Gandolfo was taken to a hospital | at Homestead where three stitch- | es were put in her head before | she was released to come here on the bus. | | EXPECTS QUICK END OF STRIKE (Ry Asnocinted Presa) WASHINGTON, Feb. 12.) William Knudsen, ~national~de- } fense chairman, has expressed | hope for a quick settlement of | the Alice Chalmers. strike at Mil- waukee now that union leaders | and factory operators have been | brought together. | The strike has kept 7800 men! idle for three weeks. ' (By Associated Presa) | Diplomatic activity * | ‘ of timber stealing late yesterday Shadowed the war of bombers and | Russell testified he had picked | afternoon by a jury that required | guns today as the world’s capitals | | waited for the results of a con- jference somewhere in northern Italy between Benito Mussolini land Premier Gen. Francisco ' Franco of Spain. | A-possibility exists thatAdolt Hitler is attending the conference, jedge of the meeting. jentry into the war, of German |demands for bases in Spain or of jthe possible formation of a Span- ish Legion to aid in the war on | Britain all have circulated | Actually, all that is known is {that Franco and his staff have ar- ‘rived in northern Italy and that jthey will confer tomorrow with (Contunuea on Page Four) ‘VARELA LODGE Mussoini-Franco Conferenee _-Overshadaws War Activities * t over- ments. Wendell Willkie, Republican ‘Same vessel. | : —__—— nominee for president in the last Seaplane Servacd'lb Dry Tortugas CHECKS AVAILABLE’ IN LAND TRANSFER County. Clerk. Ross _C Sawmygr Stated ‘today that all checks ‘tfan the Housing Authority Conden- service will be a 12 pas- nation Proceedings. in Circuit < : Court for the purchase of land S@erjtwin engined Sikorsky have been delivered to Attorney ian and to supplement the | Aaquilino Lopez, Jr. lice four place Fairchild is Anyone interested should call jalj aviilable. | at Mr. Lopez’ office where the; ‘ : . checks will be made available. | ro pilots will be in charge of trip Tommy Woods, who is FORMER KEY WESTER HAD MADE HOME THERE FOR NUMBER OF YEARS cussion of the bill before the Sen- jate Foreign Relations Commit- . ‘tee yesterday. ts Tomorrow) Witte’ zea : | possible aid for Britain and sug- “| a aD igested the United States provide Mt trip,of the newly organ- ‘from 5 to 10 destroyers monthly as a precaution against German victory in the war. The Republican leader kept members of the committee wait- ing more than an hour yesterday as photographers flocked around a * % the strongest Key West Seaplane Service Tortugas and historic Old | efferson will take place to- jw morning at 10 o'clock in. American Airport on. tt Boulevard. : known for plane operation in , West, and Henry Olden are | d | _ne Sikorsky is fully equipped e service with all instru-! Duncombe Cash, ts for navigation. blind flying West resident, also a two way radio. ‘ fi of years, died at St. Joseph’s hos- rip to Fort Jefferson will take pital there at 10 o'clock Monday minutes and the passengers morning, it was learned today by be given a maximum of four Mrs. Ella B. Bierna, his mother- at the Fort, where guides in-law. : be furnished to show them Funeral services were held in he historic brick fortifice Tampa yesterday afternoon. the historic bric ortilica-' Cash, son of the late W. D. which was once built to guard ¢, who formerly lived here, passage from the Atlantic rvived by his daughter, Mrs. an to the Gulf of Mexico. here that Dr. Mudd, who set combe Cash, Jr., both of Tampa. broken leg of John Wilkes z ———————- th, slayer of President Abra- ‘Lincoln, was imprisoned. His may still be seen and also «Continued on Page Four) former Key who has_ been TWO KEY LARGO LOTS ARE SOLD County Clerk Ross Sawyer this] ‘n.orning received for recordin; here a deed transferring two Ke" Largo lots from Mrs. Mary H. Blackman, Marshfield, Mass., tc |Cape Sable Land Co., Boston. The lots, Nos. 1 and 2 in Sec: | tion 7, were sold for about $3,000 is TEMPERATURES i Lowest last/Highest las! Hl night“ 24 hours | Abilene 51 67 | Boise 36 47 Boston 25 46 | Brownsville 52 73 Buffalo 23 35 Charleston 56 Chicago 44 Denver 63 | Detroit 43 | El Paso 72 62 46 u 41 Miami Vetems To Join In Honorin Maine Dead LLIAMS RITES HERE TOMORRO Key West veterans of tl Spanish-American war, under ti \direction of George Spencer, a completing plans for their joi observance with Miami vetera: of the sinking of the Maine anni alveston Hatteras Havre {Huron jelection, provided the final dis- | working in Tampa for a number | It Winston Rothert, and a son, Dun-=$ "= for submarines operating off Key} County Commission meets at 8:00 p.m. County Courthouse | 56 68 versary Feb. 15, it was announce |dacksonville DY WILL BE PLACED IN ST. KEY WEST | both cities in fumes. A lone Nazi couting plane was | DEMONSTRATE PRECISION IN " PERFORMING MANUAL jSighted near conden this: morn- jing and long-range guns on i Hl OF ARMS | ern lin the ! | Lieut. Malcolm Donahue ard a Wise the British held complete | Squad of 12 marines last night sway over the air. demonstrated before Key West} é |Home Guard members the pre- | Striking es far north Nod Rot- /cision with which the manual of terdam and southern Norway, |arms may be performed by ©) Royal Air Foree- bombers hurled held positions all down Euro- armory, are continuing a series of jlectures and demonstrations 9 baasee beg | Specialists from various \depart-| German radio reports picked up | ments of army and navy. here admitted heavy civilian cas- | Edwin Thompson, navy chief |ualties at Hanover and Bremen, | pharmacist’s mate, was detailed " |but said British aiperatt losses in ete Members of the organization, |* id. meeting at the National Guard |by Capt. W. F. Jacobs, com- |mandant of the Key West naval the raids had been station, to describe first aid) Official reports | raethoae before the guard mem- ing operations the’ |bers at a previous meeting coast have convinced : Thompson warned the guards | jayy officers that @ nae. {particularly never to pick up or be 5 ad the fact | Stand on his feet a man injured in made In ot i |an accident. In such cases, he ex- | fenses, it was anmotineed, but the plained, the injured person should reports indicate losses would be be covered and kept flat on the |s great as to rendet @ continued ground until an ambulance ar- | invasion impossible. rives. ' | Steadily mounting force of the RAF assaults on German’ ‘poi | tions across the channel is beliey- ‘SUBS OPERATE IN ton acs the hana be FLORIDA § STRAITS |tevasion sstecrtrighi pice | troops on the British shore. | j An Associated Press warning to | REASONS FOR SEVERING ship captains to be on the lookout | DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS (By Associated Press) West after yesterday - was de- | LONDON, Feb. 12—German |scribed by naval station men here Concentration of troops and sup- today as merely a reminder. iplies in Rumania, coupled with. The story, coming from Wash- complete Rumanian dependence ington, said two submarines! yn Adolf Hitler were the reasons would be operating with destroy- hich led land ers in the Florida straits after Which ied England to break dip- yestanday pogo forages with the coun- Actually, four submarines, now ‘"¥, Monday, wigs including the giant Triton, have Coniend aes the House been operating with the sound ©® fodey, school in the Florida straits for Reading at length fronmi “the several months. No change in °t¢ dispatched to Premier-Gen. their routine dives is contem- lon Antonescu of Rumania, Eden plated, it was reported at the told the House Rumania” had neval siehinn made no effort to prevent the German army from the country to build up a huge expe- ditionary force. ie SUGGESTS WAR INSPECTION TRIP today. LABOR BOARD {Le 6 City Hall Lions Club Lions’ De! Rotary Club Paul's Paris Lieut.-Comdr. J. T. Brady public works officer at the Key West navy station, returne night from an inspection of § stead wells whieh may be used for the Key West water supply system. Brady said he had visited well sites over the weeke had no inform on to make ¢ lic concerning the the wells for use with the wa supply s meets at 6:30 -p.m. inary Street. ts 12:15 in St Hall First e 9:00 and FRIDAY ing Club meets at - 2:00 p.m. s at Art Center, availability GALE'S and WHITMAN'S VALENTINE CANDIES Lovely Assortment Just Received Key West 7 Gardner’s Pharmacy Marina. 10:00 pm “The Rexall Store” SUNDAY Phone 177 Free Delivery Reviv ements st a a NNER r al Meeting, First Baptist > Ball at Casa City Council meets at 7:30 p.m.| Baptist | Meeting, First Baptist HAS MEETING [ELECTION OF OFFICERS 1S HELD AT RECENT SESSION |__ Ata recent meeting of Dr. Felix Varela Lodge No. 64, F. and A. M | the following officers were elected to serve for the ensuing term | W.M. Juan F. Fieitas. ; S. W. Carl L. Sawyer. J. W. Enrique Aguilar. Thes. Gabriel] Gutierrez | Secretary, Feliciano Castro. ! Marshal, Pablo Fernandez. | Rev. G. Perez | S, D. Jose C. Fernandez. | J. D. Vicente Molina S. S. Eloy Albury. J. S. Eduard Marquez. | Tyler, Mario P. Rolo. | Chap Spencer, who was appointed paYL's CHURCH AT chairman of a committee to dire@t the cc mofative program @ the National Cemetery ‘here, ha completed arrangements for the Key West participation in thBuneral services for Hugh Wi- Syren’ ims, who passed awa AL bodies recovered S morning, will be held tomor- wreckage of th: f } harbor were anjf’ 2fternoon at 4:00 o'clock from |San Francisco § Paui’s Episcopal church, | Spoka buried at t al pint Pg agra >. 1 evere {Sit. Ste. Marie b Reverend Arthur B. Dimmick | Wesineton 30 60 43 47 57 57 43 32 every camp auxiliary of thiiiciating = United Spanish War Veteramifhe body will be placed in the | — throughout a stands Mirch at 2:00 o'clock. Funeral | ¥ of thunder direction of Lopez Fun- fe: l Home The color guard of Ge@Palibearers have been select-| hn J. Pershing camp at Miailas follows: Willard M. Albury, | journey here Saturday to wt F. Spottswood, Wallace B. the local in di e, B. Curry Moreno, Allan/ ne dead and w; : @ part in appropriate cnrecleare, Jr., and Jerry J. Trev: COSTUMES ON DISPLAY THURSDAY and FRIDAY for Key West Yacht Club Ball would presage a war between Rumania and Britain, ae Minister Pp tt AS do hurchill, appearing In the was asked if there had oe committee of the American Fed- ‘cussions ‘betwen his government eration of Labor here has | and the United Stated about Brit- gested formation of a national igh peace aims or plans for world war labor board, similar to the restoration after the war. The board formed during the World prime minister replied he could War. remember no or The unit would be directed by correspondence on the subject government authorities, factory with any Washington represenia- operstors and union men. tive. (By Associated Press) MIAMI, Feb. 12-—~Executive F-L-Y DRY TORTUGAS. ¥:. Jefferson $12.00 Round Trip Key West Seaplane Service See Your Travel Agent for Further Information ———__._. Make Reservations for Lillian Connally’s CABARET Auspices Woman's Guild. St. Peul’s Church Admission —--- $10 pat pence tee