The Key West Citizen Newspaper, February 13, 1941, Page 1

Associated Press Day Wire Service For 61 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West VOLUME LXII. No. 38. Y’ Peace Plan Which Would End Conflict With Italy Proposal For Ending Hos- tilities Would Allow Greeks To Retain Gains In Albania (Ry Associated Press) ‘LONDON, Feb. 13.—Athens has turned down a proposed German Peace plan which would end the war with Italy and allow Greece fo retain her present gains in Al- bania, it is reported here today. While Premier Gen. Francisco | Franco of Spain and Premier Henri Philippe Petain meet in the utmost secrecy today somewhere! in France, rumors of Franco's talk with Benito Mussolini yesterday are flying among European dip- lomats. A communique issued from Madrid last night said: “In con- ‘CALL FOR ARREST OF HARRY BRIDGES WARRANT: ISSUED FOR WEST} COAST LABOR LEADER BY ATTORNEY GENERAL (iy Axnociated Press) WASHINGTON, Feb. 13.—A warrant calling for the arrest of Harry Bridges, west coast labor leader, has been issued by At-/} torney General Jackson's office lhere, it was announced today. | | Bridges will face new deporta-| ion proceedings at San Fran-! jcisco, beginning March 31. Bridg-| ,e, who heads the CIO Longshore- | 'man’s Union tof the Pacific coast, is a native of Australia. | Jackson reopened proceedings} on evidence brought forward by | FBI agents asserting the labor } leader to be a communist. | | Since the communist party has advocated the violent overthrow of the United States government, Jackson said the evidence would | BRITISH TROOPS ‘STRUCK! AT: BY, CENTRATIONS IN DODA- CANESE ISLANDS (By Associated Press) Nazi warplanes today struck at British troops in the area south of captured Bengasi in Libya and Royal Air Force bombers ham- mered Italian concentrations in the Dodacanese islands. With bad weather bringing air activity to a halt along the Eng- lish channel, German heavy guns reopened shell fire on the Dover area, but most of Europe’s fight- ing continued ‘to concentrate in north Africa, A British column moving west from captured Bengasi reported it was making steady gains, but IN THE U KEY WEST, FLORIDA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1941 German surface raiders operat- | ing off the coast of Portugal, yes- | terday sank 13 British ships out of ja convoy, a communique from Berlin announced today. | The communique said raiders sent to the bottom at least three large liners in the convoy, all heavily laden with war supplies (By Associated Press) is unknown how many ships were in the convoy. . British admiralty reports issued at the time of the admission of an | attack on the merchant ships said units of the fleet had completed a highly successful sweep. of the north Atlantic. Apparently searching for sur- \face raiders, the fleet was under- |stood to have made a 1,100-mile |patrol of north Atlantic waters | be sufficient to try Bridges un-|appeared to be making slow |der the alien registration act of progress across the waterless des- hat jand returned without an attack. for Great Britain. It 1s pointed out in London that London admitted reports of an|ynits in a convoy are ordered to attack on a convoy, but said until; scatter upon attack and not to the vessels reported individually send radio messages which would there would be no way of know- | give away their position. The ad- ing the extent of the losses. ‘miralty thus will not get a full re- German sources said all the! port on the German attack until ships which were sunk had been ‘surviving ships reach port or send loaded down with supplies, but messages from outside the danger did not elaborate on the report. It | zone. WILLET GETS U.S. EMPLOYES SECOND CALL | DEFER ELECTION VESSEL HAD STARTED OUT SELECTION OF OFFICERS TO BUT RECEIVED MESSAGE TAKE PLACE ONE WEEK TO RETURN HERE FROM TOMORROW ead | | i { } } Distress signals from the! Federation of United States stranded yacht Marpatcha off the ;Government employes last night Cuban coast last night sent the postponed until a week from to- wrecking tug Willet on her second | neauied electi f false alarm of the day. | pocknaed a schedui election 0! : Vofficers. V. C. Stirrup, sceretary of the morning and then been told her 2ederatioin, said today so many The tug, which had started to the Marpatcha’s assistance in the ' ert waters, help would be unnecessary, did it of the employes had been engag- Che Key West Cttizen THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER - S. A. {REVIEW WS LIFE. OF GROWING MYTH RELATES VARIOUS ACTIVITIES AND STANDING OF PRESIDENT OF CIVIL WAR DAYS (Special to The Citizen) FORT WAYNE, Ind., Feb. 13.— jAn ever-increasing mythology has GRIFFIN DENIES isprung up around the life of Abraham Lincoln, Dr. L. A. War- ren, director of the Lincoln Na- tional Life Insurance Company's Lincoln Museum, statéd here to- day on the 132nd anniversary of Lincoln's birth. “A growing Lincoln myth states that his tatner was siiftless and poverty-stricken,” Dr. Warren said. “As a matter of fact, “Mr: Lincoln owned and had paid cash for the 300 acre farm on which Abraham was born. When the Lincoln family moved to Indiana, Mr. Lincoln took with him the equivalent of $200 cash in addi- tion to the family’s personal be- longings. “According to another myth, Lincoln sprang from an obscure family. In Abraham Lincoln’s di- rect paternal ancestry was a gov- ernor of the State of Massachu- | 4 setts, a governor of the State of Maine, a general in the Revolu- tionary War, and. the Attorney General in Thomas Jefferson’s cabinet. “Still another myth pictures Lincoln as a consistent failure un- til destiny swept him into the presidency. Actually Lincoln was elected to the Illinois Legislature at the age of 25 and was reelected at each biennial election there- | after for eight years. At the age of 27 he was floor leader in the legislature. _At 31 he was presi- | Key West, Florida, has the most equable climate in the country; with an average range of only 14° Fahrenheit ——— Three: Held In Of Mrs. Tunks Released SOLOS H S&S Griffin Says Girl Resident Of House Heard Heavy Body Drop From Low STORY OF REWARD) Marvin Griffin this morn- ing denied a story his wife's posting a Roof Under Window — syward foe te. eS: ‘Mr. and Mrs, Marvin Geiffin, jheld in county jail for three.days j@5 material witnesses in the and the investigation was” about where it began. oes Griffin and his wife, known as Alice Reid, were released Tait night along with Chester Roberts. a bartender in the beer garden at 1016 Howe street, who hed been | WILL TAKE PLACE AT CASA! |1940. | _ seewersations: which took-place-Feb. | Bridges, told“of the proceedings | again last night. The second fed in study’ classes .. now” under- Sora Meseere | against him, said the new hear- jings amount to “persecution”. AMERICAN PLANES FLOWN TO ENGLAND 12 \in. Borighera between ‘the Caudillo (Franco) and the Duce, it.is possible to state there was a complete identity of views of the | Spanish and Italian governments! on all problems of a European character interesting to these two. countries in the present historical moment.’ What the conference will mean | to the European line-up is still a{ matter of conjecture. Observers! have believed Italy and Germany anxious to get Spanish bases for | PANGBORN AND GROUP OF FLYERS ARRIVED AT | BALTIMORE (ty Ansoctated Presa) BALTIMORE, Feb. 13,—Arrival 6 é LEND- BILL READY FOR DEBATE: APPROVED BY COMMITTEE; | SENT TO FLOOR OF SENATE (By Ansoeinted Press) WASHINGTON, Feb. 13.—Sen- ate Foreign Relations committee * ; way at the high school that it had sg ened naie peithiag Porc i been decided to wait for a larger Message arrived with news that gathering. the Marpatcha was already being assisted. Associated Press reports this ‘Morning said a Cuban gunboat ANTHONY EDEN Esa © WARNS HUNGARY COAST GUARD BOAT "222 t° avow awy cuos. ER COLLABORATION RETURNING TO PORT = wire cemaxr elector at large for Clay; at,39 the lone Whig congressman /elected from Illinois. In 1849 he declined a tentative appointment as secre- tary of Oregon. In 1854 he was again elected to the legislature and in 1856, with no effort what- ever on his part, he received 110 votes in the first national Repub- lican Convention as a nominee for the vice presidency.” Some of the other Lincoln myths which Dr. Warren can dis- |prove with documentary evidence are: The questionable paternity myth, the maternal lineage myth, the matrimony myth, the Ann Spanish gentlemen. gauchos/ and senoritas will dance’ in the | lovely setting of the Casa Marina; patio Friday evening this week, | beginning at 10°00 o'clock. The committee for the Key West Yacht Club Costume Ball has made it very easy for all in-+ ‘vited guests to come in costume) since at 510 Duval street there is- on exhibition a remarkably au-/ thentic collection of costumes ap- | propriate to the Pan-American theme, as weil as a selection of Rutledge myth, the infidel myth, Miscellaneous and comical na- f Clyde P: / . |thi8' morning approved the “lend- o tiyer, and'a group of Ammen the slavery myth, the Booth myth, ture. ” . (By Ansociated Press) ocean flyer, and a group of Amer- | lease” bill by a 15-to-8 vote and further naval attatcks on Brititsh LONDON, Feb. Coast Guard headquarters here} shipping in the Mediterranean, but the pogesibility exists that Spain will send a legion into the war to aid Italy. * With Greece reported turning down German demands for a Peace with Italy, some observers feel that French and Spanish ican flyers from England aboard a| flying boat today indicated Amer- | ican bombers are being flown to ;Great Britain via Bermuda. Pangborn and the other pilots refused to give details, but it is understood they recently flew) sent it to the floor of the Senate for debate. President while, Frank Knox to the White House for a discussion which it is be- lieved will swing around the bill. Roosevelt, mean- called Navy Secretary | lexpect the return of the Juniper! \from a Tampa Bay trip sometime late this afternoon. The vessel left for Tampa Bay jlast week to repair navigation jaids. | The Juniper is expected to ar-' 13.—Foreign Minister Anthony Eden today is- sued a friendly warning to Hun- gary to avoid any closer collab-j oration with Germnay and pro-| tested against the anti-British tone of Hungarian newspapers. In a conference with Hungary’s and modern debunking myths. FUENTES HELD IN LOCAL JAIL , Handsome ladies’ and gentle-' men's prizes will be Awarded for, \the most beautiful, most original, and funniest costumes. The judg- es, Mrs. C. N. Stone, Arnold’ Blanch and Miss Doris Lee, na- tionally renowned artists, are em- jinently capable of selecting the i@ loW root about 2 o'clock the on which Mrs. Tunks’ nude body wes found. ‘ seven heavy Consolidated bomb-} White House officers refused to ers from San Diego to England. \discuss the conference and Presi-|rive in these waters early in the to aid in a push» through the; The bombers are believed to dentsReasevelt would not answer |afternoon, but will spend about tion between Hungarian aid giv- Balkans, j have. jumped from San Diego to questions as to whether he would |four hours recharting Smith en to Germany under duress and Today's . meeting | between /Elizabeth City, N.C., then to Ber- |disciss Sending ‘more ‘ships to shoal before putting into Key ‘aid granted willingly. Franco and Petain/in an ancient muda and across from 3,600 to 4,- Britain, West j | spittin: Ue castle in France also: is: shrouded }000 miles of the Atlantic to Eng- | et i ‘ PRINCE PAUL To ARMED. TANKER London minister, Eden said Eng- winners. jland would draw a clear dinstine- troops may be called into the war | DEFENDANT FROM “TAMPA! The grand march is scheduled ‘for 11:00 o'clock but asid* from ARRESTED ON ASSAULT | 1,, exhibition by the Arthur Mur- AND BATTERY CHARGE ‘ray dancers, Jack Coles and |Louise Firey, general dancing |will be the order of the eve- | ,ning. ner deat! bruises eye and in h | —- } with mystery. Some observers | land. } believe Petain may be interested! ‘The pilots all had special pass- | | in little more than a coutsey call. | ports permitting them to enter the | — Johnny Fuentes, Tampa, is be- — TEMPERATURES — ing held in county jail under $200! bond on a charge of assault and, Every precaution has been} war zone. taken to cut off the town in which | - the meeting is taking place, how- | ever, and squads of special police are surrounding the meeting place. NEW CALENDARS NEW YORK.—Amercian Air- lines are printing calendars with Thousands of Spanish Na-|the text in reverse for barber tionalists are still refugees in|shop use so the man in the chair southern France and the precau-|can look into the mirror before! tions are believed partly to protect ‘him and read the calendar be- Franco against a possible attack. jhind him. Taverner Postoffie Designated a ns ee (Washington Cortespoadent of CONFIRMS Foe Key West Chaneel | REPORT WASHINGTON. D. C.. Feb. 13. ine Tavernier" pootsitce = IN WARNING GIVEN been authorized to sell pre-can- celled stamps. it was learned at a the Postoffice Department to- ae _ tity Ansaciated Preas) The great majority of post-| WASHINGTON, Feb. 13—Sec- offices in the country are selling ‘etary of State Cordell Hull to- pre-cancelled stamps, which are/day confirmed reports that em- an aid to large mailers as well as bassy off in Asia had been to warn women, children nen without important busi- tre to return home e measure was not and was only a precau- | « to postoffice persennel. The Post- effice Department is equipping ar other postoffices to sell such Stamps as fast as possible. Tavernier was the only Florida im; city designated during January. Lowest last|Highest las! night 24 hours 47 76 27 46 27 36 60 7 31 45 41 49 39 63 52 48 62 68 31 33 61 68 4 72 41 68 40 66 ST 62 “4 45 35 56 Abilene Boise Boston Brownsville Buffalo Chicago Cincinnati Denver Detroit El Paso Galveston Havre Huron Jacksonville KEY WEST Los Angeles Miami — Minneapolis New Orleans New York Phoenix Pittsburgh St Lauis Salt Lake City Spokane Sit. Ste. Marie 33 Washington _ 28 COSTUMES ON DISPLAY THURSDAY and FRIDAY for Key West Yacht Club Ball FEBRUARY 14 DIXON COSTUMER $10 Duval Street SSEELRSSRLERo SESS w 8 ARRIVES IN PORT :| CONTACT HITLER (My Ansoctated Presa) BELGRADE, - Feb. 13.—Prince }Paul of Yugoslavia and three of jhis ministers were reported here jtoday to have left by plane for a jeonference with Adolf Hitler in Germany. ' | i Arrival of a Federal Housing j Authority check for $187,000 yes- | terday msured the }start of immediate operations on the local housing authority's ‘negro home project in the Fort Taylor area. Wallace B. Kirke, executive di- rector of the Key West authority, said late yesterday afternoon he \had received the check and de- | posited it in a local bank. | The money will be spent for de- ivelopment of the city’s two low }cost housing projects during the (next two and one half montha It afternoon Authority Project Will Get io Underwa | The armed tanker Kaweah was; }in Key West this mornnig wi! oil and gas supplies for the navy base. The big ship makes trips here at regular intervals. ! jpected to proceed to Baton Rouge, La. | j | is expected to cover both salaries | and material costs for the work of! clearing away old homes in the negro area and beginning con- struction of new housing units in both areas. Condemnation proceedings com- pieted last week in circuit court have made the negro area avail-! able for use by the housing au-!/ thority, and Kirke said construc- | tion of new homes will be started | on some of the cleared area within a few days. Wrecking of the old houses in the area also will get underway oa “ y Immediately |justice of the peace. held. unless he From here, the Kaweah is ex-!until the court reconvenes next Threatened | battery. Fuentes was bound over to Judge William V. Albury’s crim- inal court at a preliminary hear- ing before Enrique Esquinaldo, He will be furnishes bond, month. COMING EVENTS THURSDAY County Commission meets at 8:00 p.m. County Courthouse. City Council meets at 7:36 p.m. City Hail. Lions Club meets at 6:30 p.m Lions’ ‘Den, Seminary Street. Revival Meeting, First Baptist Church. Fashion Show, Casa Marina, 9:00 p.m. Sponsored by Senior and Junior Woman's Clubs. FRIDAY Red Cross Sewing Club meets at 315 Duval Street, 2:00 pm. Tourist Club meets at Art Center, 7:3 p.m. Revival Meeting, First Baptist ey West Yacht Club Ball at Caza Church. Marina. 10:00 pm SUNDAY Revival Meeting, First Baptist | Church, SETTLEMENT OF STRIKE (By Associated Preas) WASHINGTON, Feb. with government about seizure of the plant unless they | mates |come to terms at once, CIO and fied {company officials of the Alice remem! iChaimers factory at Milwaukee;with a Monroe county commissioners pose gare Norberg —— hold their second and last meet- week was made one-man ing of the month tonight at 9 ComM@iite: fo distues with city o'clock at the county courthouse, The commissioners are expect- ed to resume their debate over! the highway patrol job of Ray-