The Key West Citizen Newspaper, February 15, 1941, Page 1

Associated Press Day Wire Service For 61 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West VOLUME LXII. No. 40. British And Nazi Bombers Swap Blows Across Channel Claim Royal Air Force Bombers Staged Raid Over Industrial District (By Asnoeli British and Na: ed Press) ed blows across the English chan- mel today as good weather brought a second consecutive day | of fierce aerial warfare, Formations of German bomb ers appeared this morning over the Kentish coast near Dover, but returned to Germany without unloading their bombs Royal Air Force fighters swoop- when ed down to attack. London headquarters of the RAF, meanwhile, announced their bombers last night took a heavy toll of property in an hour- long raid over Germany’s indus- Ruhr | bombers trad- | ‘MIRACLES OF RESEARCH TO BE DISPLAYED ERAL MOTORS’ “PARADE OF PROGRESS” | i | Miracles of industrial research will be displayed for Key West residents tonight in a stage pre-| | poration at the park on Duval istreet next to La Concha hotel. Tonight’s 45-minute show will ‘begin at 7:30 o’clock and a second; jshowing of the exhibit will be-} | gin at 8:30. John H. Pierpont, lecturer- demonstrator the traveling {show, presented the exhibit yes- \terday to a high school audience during the afternoon and again last night at the navy yard. of LION DOHERTY HEARD AT CLUB ON THURSDAY COMMEMORATING WEEK OF SCOUTDOM CLUB HAD AS GUESTS OFFICERS AND MEMBERS OF TROOPS } Demonstrating ‘the fact that thistory repeats itself by compar- ing biblical events from the time when God gave Moses and the Israelites the Ten Command- ments, Rev. E. S. Doherty Thurs- day night told fellow members of Lions Club of the impending crisis today with respect to j“Moral Preparedness”. Lion Doherty brought out the necessity of being prepared from which would restore strength that springs from honesty, unselfish- ness and faith in God. In this respect he expressed a hope that the nation would never find it necessary to use the but would escape the horror of war and find its work in the re- construction of the world fol- lowing the great conflict. Parents whose boys and girls have been conscripted for na- the standpoint of both national }: sentation by General Motors Cor-|“efense and moral re-armament |: armaments, ships and munitions! KEY WEST, FLORIDA, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1941 | | CAIRO, Feb. 15.—Nazi dive bombers, believed to be operating mered British troops of the Army of the Nile near Bengasi yester- day. Official reports from Gen. Sir | Archibald Wavell announced, in ‘spite of the air attack, that British forces have crossed the Libyan continuing their rapid advance on Tripoli. Royal Air Force bombers, mean- j while, have reported an attack on a German merchant convoy in the Mediterranean. One ship was from Italian bases in Africa, ham- | jborder into Tripolitania and are! sunk, according to the communi- que, and six were hit. Attacks by German bombers on the troops around Bengasi are be- lieved here to have come from |some Italian base in north Africa, since it is thought impossible for the light craft which took part in the attacks to have maneuvered (from the Italian mainland. General opinion here is that in spite of the new German air \activities, the British capture of Bengasi so thoroughly wrecked Italian resistance that the capture of Tripoli is already a foregone ‘conclusion, TWO DRAFTEES REPORT HERE i ROW AFTERNOON TO CAMP BLANDING WILL BE SENT OUT TOMOR- | Special Investigator Starts Probe In Tunks’ Murder Case Ray Mills, special investigator of the state attorney’s office, ar- rived here from Miami last night to continue the probe into the strangle murder of Mrs. Cecelia Thompson Tunks Sunday morning at a Howe street beer garden. | _Mills and Lance Lester , as- jsistant state attorney, once more | went over the testimony of Gray- don Plowman, who found the Key West, Florida, has the most equable climate in the country; with an average range of only 14° Fahrenheit Che Key West Citizen THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER Troops Near Bengasi Yesterday . (By Associated Press) IN THE U.S. A. PRICE FIVE CENTS ——+ by Bunt Hghy Hol CPIITEII ID MAINE VICTIMS ANOTHER RECORD \ | HONORED TODAY MADE IN FISHING | SILENT STANDING OF ONE | MINUTE AS TRIBUTE | HERE TONIGHT | | Key West Spanish War Veter- ‘Driver Of Wholesale Gro- cery Truck Enroute: To Miami From Key West Another record was chalk- . ed upon the Casa Marina Last Night board yesterday, when C. H. Stone, of Moline, Ill., brought back a 24-pound cobia from a fishing trip. He was out with Harry C. Good, also of Moline. Their mixed catch included some fine cravalle jack. (Special to whe Citizen) HOMESTEAD, Feb. 15.—Mark ‘“homas Finks, Jr. driver of @ jans tonight at 9:45. o'clock Will! pojegal tienk: eacets. {stand silent for one minute in, ™ hI TPOITIILOTS honor of the seamen who. died | to Miami from. Key West. last: ‘aboard the battleship Maine at ‘ * = 9 that hour 43 years ago tonight. night was shot.and fatally wound- | Local war veterans and a con- | ed by one of.a pair of homage to the graves of the Maine | Stopped the truck two and one- HAS MEETING dess'st sationst cemetery here yatt mites south of Florida City jand will continue their program | er cera \of commemoration tonight. on Overseas Highway. PTS | The ship went down, supposed- . Ca ee a ily the victim of a Spanish mine, | Finks died ino Homestead hos: TION OF ASSISTANT ‘Feb. 15, 1898, and Spanish War | pital at 3:51 o'clock this morning. veterans have honored the graves | SCOUTMASTER of the dead since the bodies were He was shot shortly after mid- os en ese here from Cuba after the night ‘ | ; ~ | ‘The driver's father, Mark Finks, John Berry, manual arts teach- | body Sunday, and Mills continued er at the High School, has accept- grilling a line-up of other wit- ed the position of assistant scout- inesses. ‘ ‘master of Tioop 52. Members of the coroner's jury, tional defense have a right to ex- | pect that their children will be exposed to healthy social condi- tions and not have to look to- Sr, saw the hold-up man.fire a trial Ruhr district and other| Developments in industry, uadrons continu /bullet into his son's chest as he squadrons continued to blast at} which will be presented at the possible invasion bases along the | show, include sound carried over JAPAN ENDEAVORS. The local draft board of Selec- tive Service, reports that two French channel coast. London today confirmed re. ports that British parachutists ha landed in southern Italy, but de- nied Italian claims that the men were dressed in civilian clothes. British propaganda headquarters said the men were dressed in full »guniferm andsindicated-some.bad | accomplished their mission of de: stroying supplies, Nazi bombers attacking Eng land this morning were reported to have crossed the channel at a tremendous altitude. Their for- mations broke up when attacked by patrols of RAF fighters and later were reported to have streaked back for Germany. ADOLF HITLER WINS BLOODLESS VICTORY (Ry Associated Vs LONDON, Feb. 15.—Adc ler apparently won a_ bloodle victory for his new European or- der today as Sofia officially no- tified London there could be no assurance of continued resistance to German pressure. . Bulgarian sources say Hitler has asked only for a_ continua tion of neutrality, but it is un- derstood here his demands will inelude free passage of German troops to Greece, Conferences among , Balkan diplomats are continuing toda but the principal concern seems to be. “what will Hitler de- mand?” With Rumania already under German control and Yugoslavia and Bulgaria yielding, British spokesmen see only a matter of hours before Hitler will be able to confront Greece with Nazi troops ready to launch a new blitz unless the Italo-Greek war is halted DENOUNCE STORY OF FRIENDSHIP (Ph Associated Press) ROME, Feb . 15.—The official Vatican newspaper today de- nounced Italian newspaper stories claiming friendship for totali- tarian governments by Pope Pius. The Vatican paper denied a story which said the Pope had de- scribed democracy as “weak.” SUNDAY Revival Meeting, First Baptist Church. TUESDAY Luncheon, Casa Mar Auspices Key Club. Meeting, Key Club, 4:00 p.m vision Street THURSDAY Annual Sock Social, Fern Chapter, No. Scottish Rite Hall, 8:00 p.m. a, 1:00 p.m West Woman's West We Clubhouse, , | olf Hit ~ here say plar light beams, machines traveling jat high speeds made to appear standing still by rays of light, | shimmering fabrics made entire- ly from milk or glass, light trav- eling around corners through ‘tubes and many others. The. taveling show will . its premiere the county ;causeway at Miami, Feb. 26. GIRLS, SAFETY | PATROL MEETS | |SESSION HELD AT HOME OF MRS. MYRTLAND CATES on First meeting of girl safety pa- trol was held ‘Lhursday afternoon | at 3:30 o'clock at the home of Mrs. Myrtland Cates. Under direction of Mrs. Cates, | they planned several entertain- |; ments to raise sufficient funds to go to Washington in May for the annual A.A.A. §arade to be held lin that city on May 11. The Key West group will lead the parade, as the boys did last! year, and will carry the honor for being the southernmost city | in the U.S, | The girls have chosen khaki} uniforms with K.W.S.P. embroid- ja short program wards the evils of drink, gamb ling and kindred vices for want of healthier entertainment. In this regard the pastor prais- ed The Citizen for its outspoken policy against these evil ences. He called upon the press, church and moving \picture in- dustry to unite for the greatest moral campaign that this coun- try has ever known. In closing, Rev. Doherty asked that everyone work together to provide better moral conditions not only in Key West but through- out the nation and be morally prepared when the crisis comes. Commemorating Boy Scout Week the Lions had as their guests M. E. Berkowitz, chair- man of the Monroe County Boy Scout Committee; George Saun- ders, scoutmaster of Troop 54, and John J. Berry, associated with Troop 52, and the following scouts: Phillip Scheurer, Wm. Soldano, Donald Pinder, Charles Sanchez, Buddy .Navarro and Paul Lightbourne, Jr. Mr. Berkowitz thanked the Lions for ‘their assistance in making Boy Scout Week a suc- cess and called on the members as individuals and as a body to assist in Scouting, the greatest youth movement in the world. Scout Donald Pinder presented explaining the various phases. of the scout movement, with each of the scouts present taking up a phase of the work as follows: Buddy Navarro, history of Scouting, ered in red on the sleeve and caps. The girls w ed to serve on patrol by Earl Hamilton, prin- cipal of Division Street School, | and are as follows Capt. Gerry Albury, First Lieu- tenant Anne Doughtry, Lieutenant Elaine Albu Pa-| trolmen Dolores Boney, Geraldine } Jaycocks, Joann Knowles, Iriene | ght, Geneiva Smit Vilma } ift, Rosemary Kerr, Fay Rob- erts, Jean Wise and Dorthea Mar- | tin. | There were also two licuten-! ants from Harris School, chosen | by Mr. Bigelow of Miami, and Mrs. Cates to take care of school | grounds. The girls are Joy Ball and Cloann Watkins. i PLAN NEW DRIVE | (My Associated Press) RO, 15. orces in g their forces n ve to for knock is re- { $ practically at a ment spokesmen are already under-} ew drive, apparently | laws, oath and slogan; Paul Light- bourne, Jr. tenderfot; Phillip Scheurer, second class; Charles | Sanchez, first class; William Sol- | dano, star, life and eagle scouts Organization welcomed _ into | membership new cub Lion Paul | Second |G- Albury, who told the club of} his intreest in Lionism and ad- miration for the work which the ;Key West Lions had already per- | P™ formed in this city. Other guests last evening were Lion John U. and Warren Hill, a guest of Lion Albert DiNegro MARTINEZ GIVEN BUILDING PERMIT E. Martinez, 1212 Varela street. esterday was granted a building ermit for $100 in general repairs SLOPPY JOE’S BAR Featuring Jeanette McDowell New Song Bird—Making Debut Dancing Every Night Eddie Tryon’s Orchestra with old and new tunes influ-; Joy of Hobart. Ind., | reported here for induction into the service, this being the nearest j available point, will be sent out {tomorrow afternoon over highway to Camp Blanding, Fla., the service. “The men are William Warden Kerr, of Pittsburgh, Pa., and John Clifton Honea of Kilgore, Texas. ductions from the local office. FORMER KING . NEARING DEATH (By Asnociated Presa) ROME, Feb. 15.—Alphonso XUHI, former King of Spain and last ruling member of the Bour- bon line which began with Phillip V in 1700, today lay on the point of death in a Roman hotel. heart attack last night after doc- tors had said he was showing signs of recovery from an attack Tues- day. The former monarch came to Rome from London after the Spanish Civil War and has lived here quietly since. Doctors say his critical. condition is | | { | | { Local lawyers have agreed that whoever is right in the wrangle between Sheriff Berlin Sawyer and the county commission, the nt situation of having a non- j deputy road patrolman is illegal |under state law. An ambiguous little piece of | Florida legislation does not say clearly whether the commission is |to recommend and the sheriff ap- point, or if the commission's ap- pointment makes the sheriff's |deputy commission mandatory The law follows “Traffic officers to be deputy sheriffs; appointment and dis- |missal—AlNl officers of the law, engaged in policing traffic on the |public highways of the State of | Florida outside the limits of in- young men, from other cities, who’ the, | where they will be inducted into’ This is said to be the first in- , Alphonso was stricken with al meanwhile, called in all of the score or more of witnesses for fingerprinting last night. A num- ber of the inmates of the Alice Reid house, where Mrs. Tunks’ body was found, had been finger- printed previously in a robbery investigation there some time ago. '...Roy Hamlin, fingerprint expert for the sheriff's office, took new prints for the entire group of wit- ‘nesses, however. All evidence in the case, includ- jing an undergarment which was twisted about Mrs. Tunks throat and the toothbrush with which it was tightened, has been sent to ~ the Federal Bureau of Investiga- tion at Washington for a check on possible fingerprints. Hamlin's previous investigation failed to | disclose a recognizable print. AMERICAN UNIT GETS IN WAR (Dy Associated Press) LONDON, Feb. American Eagle squadron, a fly- ing unit made up of volunteers from the United States, has been sent into action for the first time in the war, it was announced of- ficially today. No indication of where the unit ‘has been sent was forthcoming. Road Patrolman Is Illegal corporated cities and towns shall | be duly appointed and qualified deput tive sheriffs of the several coun- ties in said state, and shall be ap- pointed or dismissed as such deputies on the recommendation of the board of county commis- sioners of said counties and shall be known and designated as traf- fie officers.” County Attorney Harris is serving with Ww. the Curry. Na- tional Guard in Texas and his as- sistant, Julius F. Stone, Jr., is in Washington. Thus. no one here can give an official interpretation of the law at the moment, and other lawyers are unwilling to make a prediction how the affair will be worked out. FREE!! MIRACLES OF MODERN SCIENCE A Stage Presentation of the General Motors’ Parade Of Progress Direct from the World's Fair—7:30 and 8:30 P.M. at the LA CONCHA PARK 15. — The | s, acting under the respec- | Other officers appointed for the coming year are: Ernest Avila, junior assistant scoutmas- ter; Ramon Gonzago, senior pa- trol leader; Archie Potter, quar-/ termaster, and Willie hike-master. The meeting opened in the. Soldano, last night was scout oath, law, “motto, Lord’ Prayer and flag salute. Mr. Berry gave a talk on how to improve the troop. Inspection was held and Scout- master Milton Sawyer gave out the registration cards for the new year. Buddy Navarro was voted in the troop and Leland Archer's application for membership was handed in. | Various games and contests jwere held between the patrols nd the winners were awarded | candy. Ernest Avila led the group singing, following which the meeting closed by singing “Taps” and repeating the Great Scout- | master’s Benediction. s | COMPLI L LSM 4 OVER 1,500 VISITORS REGISTER AT CHAMBER |OF COMMERCE OFFICE } More than 1,500 visitors have rushed the Key West Chamber of Commerce in the past three days, Secretary 8. C. Singleton announced to- day. Singleton, basing his figures on an average of one visitor in three registering on the chamber of commerce books, said he had countdd 500 registrations during the three days, which would make about 1,500 visitors to the of- fice in that period. The registrations visitors from 37 states. Directors of the chamber of commerce have hoped to pre- Pare booklets, which before next year will compare favor- ably with those issued by include campaign to spread news to hayfever victims that im- munity can be found in Key West. | Beachcomber | Restaurant 108 Duval Street SUNDAY. FEBRUARY i6th ROAST TURKEY DINNER 50c FRESH VEGETABLES HOME-MADE DESSERTS usyal manner, with. WASHINGTON, BaaIDDaOP awa s {reached for a hag of y which i during the day at | WouLD SOOTHE STRAINED | RELATIONS WITH UNIT- sty Annoeinted Preger ED STATES eee } Feb.” 18 now But the'd Tokyo diplomats today continued | ve ‘their efforts to soothe strained , sa rey pen rsa trelations betwecn Japan and the nownh * inded |United States, but Americans; in | bandits $35. the Orient are still being urged | The elder Finks said to leave for this country. j its, in a car which he Picea enoliapegis Tokyo were ' describe, swept across the toad admitting “some cause fo! = cern”, and attributing the strain- leo aad, apres Soko fore; ed relations with the United "8 wer, ; States to “foreign agitators’, the | Two men jumped from the car ‘unofficial Japanese army paper and pointed guns at the pair in was describing President Roose- |{he truck, one ftom each side. velt as “an imperialist of the first | piriks said one of the bandits de- order”. |manded the day's Prive ¢ and as soon-as his son to hand ‘the money bag to hit, fired a bullet into the driver's The bullet struck over a tib on ranged HOPKINS LEA SAN JUAN TODAY ithe right side and | (By Asnocin.ed Presa) | behind the lung. | MIAMI, Feb. 15—Harry Hop- The second truck, meanwhile, kins, President Roosevelt's pet-|144 come to a halt behind Finks’ sonal envoy to London, will leave i 3 San Juan, Puerto Rico, today for |#n4 its driver started to’ alight, his return to Washington it was a ae if Finks had _announced today. had an atciden:. Plans for a trip to Miami havé| One of the bandits raced for been called off, according to the the hold-up car, while the other \report, and Hopkins will fly di-!held off the driver and his assist- rect from Puerto Rito to New jant and took $35 from the occu- York, then proceed to the éapital. | pants of the the second truck. srr rt = seer | Finks says the bandits warned him and the men in the other truck to stand back and .then raced away toward Miami~ m their car, The two men in the truck which bad followed Finks |pursued for about half a mile but tost sight of the hold-up-car ata fork in the road near Flotida City, Police, who questioned the eld- er Finks today, were of the-opin- tion the fatal shot probably had been fired through nervousness or by accident. Finks said he could see no pos- |sible reason for the bandit shoot- ing his son, since the driver had made no attempt to resist and. was handing over the money when fatally shot. All highway patroimen were warned to be on the lookout and Miami police togk up the search fot “thé “car, but of the men and their car were veguc. down TEMPERATURES Lowest last|Highest las! night 24 hours 50 68 30 34 21 15 35 20 2B 26 26 42 45 17 Es] Abilene Boise Boston Buffalo Casper | Charleston Chicago Cincinnati Denver Detroit El Paso Galveston Havre Jacksonville Miami ie j Minseesell w Fl Montgomery ,@) hh (eas fh, Okla. Chey — “te Phoenix an 2 2 Pittsburgh St. Louis Salt Lake City 22 San Franciseo 32 Sit. Ste. Marie & Washington _ 28 47 38 43 u 59 32 43 43 66 62 aA 63 Call Mrs. M. L. Russell. 663-3 ‘CABARET. ABARET Directed by Lillian Connally JA-MADRID , February 22. 18 P.O. turned Friday night, so Admission - $1.00 Per Person over the highway at Police said the two bandits had —