The Key West Citizen Newspaper, February 19, 1941, Page 1

Associated Press Day Wire Service For 61 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West Chr Key West Cttizrir THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN THE U. S. A. XII. No. VOLUME 43. Key West, Florida, has the. most equable climate in the country; with an average range of only 14° Fahrenheit KEY WEST, FLORIDA, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1941 Sees France Being Forced | To Join Nazis In Fight Being Waged On England * Statement Made By For- OP D ILLS SS SS mer High-Ranking Of-| ficial Of French Gov-| ernment | | | (By Associated Press) | France will be forced to join| | | Nazi Germany in the war on Eng- land, a former | French official announced from | high-ranking Paris today. Refusing to permit use of his | name, the ex-official (who is gen- | erally believed to be former | Premier Pierre Laval) Said France { will be forced to run the Mediter- 1 ranean blockade and will be in- volved in a naval war. A Communist supporter of Laval at the same time demanded , War on England as revenge for the sinking of French ships by units of the British fleet. | France, according to the ex-of-| ficial’s statement, has reached a! point where it must call upon the | resources of its empire for nece sary food and supplies if her pop- ulation is to survive, Any attempt | to brihg supplies from Africa will mean running the British block- ade, which, in turn, will mean} using the fleet for protection, \ The statement continued _ that! France would find it necessary to ally herself with Germany and Jaunch actual war against Britain in order to maintain supply lines. The Communist editor's state- ment referred to the Oran action in which British ships sent the most valuable units of the French fleet to the bottom shortly after German troops completed the sub- jugation of France. ANNOUNCE CIVIL SERVICE EXAMS ONE FOR TELEPHONE OPER- ATOR. OTHER FOR PIPEFITTER The United States Civil Service Commission has ynnounced an open competitive examination for filling the vacancy of telephone operator at the Key West Naval Station. Receipt of applications closes March 10 and must be on file with the manager, Fifth U.S Civil Service District, New Post Office Building, Atlanta, Geor- gia, on or before that date Applicants must show — that within the past ten years they have had at least six months of experience as 0} ator in a large central office, or at least « of experience as operator branch ex Furthe cation blank: from the secretary, Civil Service Ex Office, Key West manager, Fifth U District, New I ng, Atlanta, Ga ne year in a may The NEW CITY SPRINGS UP: NEAR CAMP BLANDING STARKE, Feb. 19 (FNS).— A new city has arisen at the gates to Camp Blanding which is a combination of a Georgia camp meeting and a carnival, and the citizens of Starke are seeking an appropriate name for it. It is a thriving, nondescript community spread along state read 48 just outside the gates of the camp. As yet unnam- ed, it is growing so fast that it soon will deserve an offi- cial title. The Gospe! Meeting House of A. S. Strickland, the only native left in those parts, stands next to a tent theater featuring Mac West, while nearby a towering ferris wheel goes ‘round and ‘round. GILLI IS I ILS ROAD DEPARTMENT NOW REORGANIZED GOVERNOR HOLLAND AP- POINTS SEVERAL NEW MEMBERS TALLAHASSEE, Fila., Feb. 19 (FNS).—-The reorganization of the State Road Department was completed by Governor Holland when he appointed Thomas A. Johnson of Pensacola as repre- sentative from the Third District, replacing John H. Faulk of Chip- py, and designated Johnson as his choice as chairman of the board, Jack F. Townsend, les, waS appointed as the board member from the First District, replacing George L. Burr, Jr., of Winter Haven., and James R. Stockton, Jacksonville, was appointed to succeed E. A. McCloskey of L: the member from the Second District. Several weeks ago Nixon Butt of Orlando was appointed in the place of Judge J. W. Perkins of DeLand, as representative from the Fourth District and Harry H. Hector of Miami had previously been named as the succes ir, to Brooks Bateman of from the Fifth District Announcement of these appointments was timed to per- mit the formal permanent reor- ganization of the ate Road Board before its budget meeting in Orlando February 27. NORTON GALLERY IS DEDICATED WEST PALM BEACH, Feb. 19 mal dedication of nd School of arked a dis © the cultural of Lake new years to nted Pahokee, MANY. ACCEPTED IN CCC. CAMPS REPORT SHOWS ACTIVITIES OF STATE WELFARE BOARD (Special to The Citizen) JACKSONVILLE, Feb. 19.— Appeal of the Civilian Conserva- !tion Corps to Florida young men resulted in the acceptance of 24,- 922 applications during the period July 1, 1937-December 31, 1940, jaccording to statistics released {here today by the State Welfare | Board, selecting agency. All of the eligibles were not en- rolled, due to quota limitations, the state supplied its full allot- ment of both white and colored jyouths. It was not until the first quarerly enrollment of this year that a deficit resulted, this being attributed to increased employ- ment and the inroads of the se- jlective service. In Monroe County the number of acceptances by half-year periods was: July, 1937-December 1937, 34; January 1938-June 1938, 15; July 1938-December 1938, 9; January cember 1989, 21; January 1940- June 1940, 6; July 1940-December 1940, 5. Total for the three and one-half years 103. The CCC, in addition to provid- ing jobs for unemployed young men between the ages of 17 and 23% years, brings an annual rev- enue into the state of approxi- mately $5,000,000. This is made up of funds paid to enrollees as wages, and expenditures of the federal government in the opera- , tion of camps and projects located with the state. ‘ADMIT LOSS OF | BRITISH VESSEL We Anuoetnted Preasy | LONDON, Feb. —German aerial warfare on British convoys continued to worry admiralty headquarters here today as an of- ficial announcement admitted the sinking of a 710-ton mine trawler in a merchant fleet. | Official sources + denied, how- ever, a communique from Berlin reporting the destruction of a 10,- 000-ton tanker yesterday and a 3,- 000-ton freight vessel] today. TWO BATTLESHIPS WILL JOIN FLEET | inted Presm) (My Ass WASHINGTON, Feb. 19.—Two 35,000-ton battleships will join the United States fleet in April and May, six months ahead of! ischedule, the navy department announced today. The battleship which is to be launched in May, will be commanded by Capt, Howard! HJ. Beason of Balti< more; ‘it “was announced, The "North Carolina is to be launched & April. } —_ | COMING EVENTS WEDNESDAY sts’ society reception | nter, 8 p.m | Revival Meeting, | Church. | THURSDAY Annual Sock Social, Auspices Fern Chapter. No. 21, O.ES., Scottish Rite Hall, 8:00 p.m |Rotary Club meets 12:15 in Paul's Parish Hall City Council meets at Art First Baptist St at 7:30 pm »| City Hall Club meets at 6:30 Seminary Street First Baptist Lions p.m Duval st Clut 30 pm yal Meeting, Street. meets at Art First although during the entire period } 1939-June 1939, 13; July 1939-De-'| Washington, | WASHINGTON, Feb. 19.—Wil- liam Knudsen, chief of American defense machinery, told the House |Judiciary committee this morning -he does not consider present strikes in industry particularly important. Knudsen told the committee- men he felt it inadvisable ‘to at- {tempt to contro] the structure of. pay hours entirely with legislation \and pointed to the fate of France. as an example of government dif- ROME, Feb. 19.—Newspapers here today quoted Grand Admiral Raeder of the German navy to prove that United States aid to Britain will not be effective the war. Admiral Raeder is reported to have said he will “sce to it that United States ships do not help Britain.” GRABS BIG SNOOK FT. LAUDERDALE, Feb. 19 (FNS).—A story comes out this week from the annual game. fishing tournament be- ing sponsored by the Ft. Lauderdale Anglers Associa- tion which is a worthy addi- tion to anybody's collection of “tall tales”: Steve Gandy, a diver at Davie, so the story goes, was working under water around some old pilings. He spotted a gigantic snook catching a lit- tle “shut-eye” between some rocks, Gandy grabbed the big snook with his bare hands and hauled him to the sur- face and landed him. The snook weighed 32! pounds—the largest caught in these waters in a long time. u ‘ITALIAN GARRISON ‘ DRIVEN OUT TODAY (My Asnociated Pron) CAIRO, Feb. 19.—Rebelling tribesmen of Ethiopia have driven {another Italian garrison out of its defense lines north of Addis Ababa @ and are engaged in heavy fight- ing less than 150 miles from the [capital city, it was announced to- jday Another attacking {British troops {forced its wa toward Ababa in a pincer movement, co- joperating with the native army Royal Air Force planes struck at Ital concentrations in Ethiopia yest y ‘CONFIRM REPORT OF PEACE PLANS Pi column of said to have rd: (Ry Axcoe! LONDON ff tod inted b. 19 CHRISTIAN SCIENCE SOC Free Lecture On By VIOLET KE ree Chief Of Defense Machinery Does Not Consider Strikes Of Particular Importance (By Associated Press) Claims United States Aid | To Britain Will Not Be | ‘ | Effective In Present War wc oi tie denies towaxe (By Awsociated Press) in| Most observers felt the | WITH BARE HANDS: GIGI IS ISS: Addis t ficulties in maintaining short working hours in an emergency. | The defense chairman predicted an end to the Allis-Chalmers strike at Milwaukee by tomorrow. ' Knudsen said “we thought we had it all settled Saturday, but on the way home they thought up some- thing else.” Study by the committee of strike conditions in the country has revealed 22,000 employes out at 18 plants, delaying a total of $85,000,000 in defense orders. WATERWAY ROUTE ‘WRECKING OF VESSELS IS, CAUSE OF SUBJECT BEING REVIVED and Salvage company tugs off |Key West Feb. 9 has brought | 'Chamber of Commerce Secretary | remark meant that England would gs, ¢, Singleton a promise of co-} be defeated before the United ‘operation in the promotion of an! States had time to build ships for | jniand waterway. { Britain. | Elmer Daniels, president of the | One newspaper explained: “The | Miami company, in a letter to Mr. feces States does not hesitate to Singleton, today promised co-op- | | Violate neutrality laws because of eration in getting the waterway any scruples. It is simply impos- 5 Key West and stressed the sible for her to build enough ships danger of bringing supplies here for England soon enough.” under present conditions. SAWYER ADVISED a reef of the three barges had ON LAND SALES jcost his company from $8,000 to $9,000 for repairs, not including the complete loss of one barge! and the loss of revénue while the other two are idle. i aaa | In the letter, Daniels said: “For quite some months past e have been averaging from one | |to two tows per week ofhuilding | materials ‘and equipment’ for use | {in connection with improvements going on at Key West and each ‘of these trips involved about 500 County Clerk Ross C. Sawyer tons of cargo. The present pro- has been instructed to begin ad- | gram of improvement is such that vertising and receiving applica-| We anticipate this tonnage will | tions for Murphy Act land sales, | Continue for some time to some, and if the water lines go through, he announced today. the pipe line tonnage alone in- Sawyer, in answer to wire volved will run at least 20,000 yesterday asking F. C. Elliott,,tons, so you can readily see etary of the Internal Improve- | What is in sight at this time. This ments board when to begin ac-| Waterway should be improved to cepting applications, today eliminate existing hazards”. reived the following telegram: re-| “Proceed with accepting appli- wieoriors SHIP IN- PORT ange in procedure or form Argon, big Stanaard Oil tanker which trustees ma make prior to execution of deeds.” AR N VITZ B Hfrom New York, was at Porter {Docks today loading fuel oil bunkers and fresh water before RELATIVE TO PROCEEDINGS oe DEALING WITH MUR- PHY ACT a se its departure lands West Indie The 4,271-ton freighter came to Key West from New York FREIGHT VESSEL LEFT YESTERDAY The Charles. Aronovitz, local dry sr, has purchased for ) the three lots between Duval and Whitehead streets sur- rounding and including the loca- tion of his store at 618 Duval, it was announced today. Pearce Clyde-Ma freighter left Key West for Tampa y afternoon en route from York ship carried freight for this city. The 113 to of dan interest in the proper was ta z through the FIVE NEGROES OUT ON BOND comp TEMPERATURES purchase Lowest last Highest lasi night 48 IETY OF KEY WEST Christian Science R SEYMER, C.S.B. n. Massa chusetts the HIGH SCHOOL AUDITORIUM SIZE OF SHOES CAUSE UF YOUTH BEING TAKEN UP Edward Goddard, 15-year- old runaway from Washing- ton, D. C., can blame the size of his shoes for his present incarceration in county jaik Goddard is being held here pending instructions from his parents, who issued a “pick- up” order through Washing- ton police. Deputy Robert Spottswood had been mildly surprised to learn from the description that the slightly built boy, wearing size 14 shoes, had left home Feb. 1 and was believ- ed heading for Florida. Yesterday, a pair of No. 14's walked past Spottswod on the street and the boy was practically on his way home. Goddard, in county jail to- day, said he had caught a ride from Washington to Miami and made the trip in two and a half days. Arriving in Key West, he found work in a ho- tel and supported himself un- til an injury to his leg sev- erel days ago forced him to quit the job. $ “If mother 's I have to go home, I gu Tl have to”, he said. “She said I could do whatever I pleased, though, and I wanted to comp to Florida”. (hh hd hd dd hel FLORIDA’S SUGAR INDUSTRY STANDS READY FOR BOOST BREAK PROMISED IN INDUS- TRY THAT HAD SETBACK IN FEDERAL MARKETING AND RESTRICTIONS BATON ROUGE, La., Feb. 19 (FNS) Possibility that a’ important sugar industry, shack by federal marketing and gro ing restrictions, might get some- thing like a break, seemed likely here this week in the wake of the Department of Agriculture’s an nual sugar hearing held on Feb. 14 The hearing, which found Clar R. Bitting. president of the d States Sugar Corporation fighting in behalf of lorida industry, was take testimony to secretary of agricul gar market state and to vern the to this The Agriculture Department an nually fix sunts of sugar 1 sugar house concerned can Earl K acHardy, t witne roduced a of nts for the reduced the market allotments of $6 of Louis 58 sugar houses at the sarne of Florida mitting his re ket a mment w 4 seri sed seric basing ion of the na sugar house tested against ubrnitted to culture to and briefs the next ee Moments will ied u the Secretary SATURDAY. FEB. 22nd. 4 P. M. RAY KAUFFMAN. author of HURRICANES WAKE™. thrill- ing and romantic story of a “world cruise” in « 45-foot Ketch, will PRICE FIVE CENTS Creek ‘And British Forees ~ Continue Fight On Italians Despite Threats Of Germany URGE FOR INLAND COMI LL oe a8 “Greek Newspaper States | That Country Proposes | To “Fight. Until The | End” | (By Annocjated Press) | Greek and British forces in Al- |bania continued to hack at Ital- ian defense lines today in spite ‘ef reported German threats to in- |vade Greece unless the war is ended on tetms favorable to Pre- mier Mussolini. : | Athens announced officially it bad been subjected to no pressure from Berlin, but edmitted the ‘pesribility of German attack. A Greek newspaper in Athens said the country hed reiterated its original (Hana to “fight until the end”, 4 | London, meanwhite the Bulgari indice ted |Greece would have no bearing on the empire's intention of main- jtaining a Eutopean foothold in |Greece and Albania. How many |men England now aas in the two ‘countries or how many ¢ould be transported there to meet a Ger- man thrust is unknown, but some reports indicate Britain Has been rushing part of its African arm- ies into Greece. fg Reports that Bulgatian’ King Boris had flown te a conference with Adolf’ fa day weré denied both by Sofia and Berlin and Bulgafia.qodntin- ued to rush up new Claséés of army reserves. Turkey, in spite of her non-ag- gression pact with Bulgaria, has made no move to withdraw troops massed on her border and no further statement of Turkey's position in regard to Germany has come from Ankara. Athens continued to report erman scouting planes over the vuntry and air raid sirens warn- 1 of the approach of several Nazi ships over a town near Athens. Reports of fighting continued in the region around Valona in Albania and a Greek communique reported Italian forces in a gen- eral retreat on all fronts. British bombers smashed at Fascist troop concentrations during the night. MINORS WILL BE PROTECTED MIAMI, Feb. 19 (FNS).—A warning to places which may vio- late laws concerning children has been printed and distributed by law enforcement officers of Dade county Included in the warning are in- junctions against the sale of beer, wines or liquors to minors or their employment in places where intoxicating liquors sre sold. The employment of juveniles PE as theatrical performers, enter-. / tainers, waitresses, or workers in sight clubs, theaters, “Juke joints”, pool rooms, breweries, dance halls, houses of ill fame, or imilar places, is forbidden and e operators of any such places who permit juveniles to frequent their places violate the law, the warning states. ST Tey PHONE 663-J for Reservations or Get Tickets at SAN CARLOS BOOK STORE for Lillian Connally’s UNITED AND WHITE STREETS —— Thursday, February 20, at 8:00 P. M. —— autograph copies of his book for purchasers at the SOUTHERN- MOST BOOK & ART SHOP. 1400 CABARET “San MA 2 SUNDAY PHONE 816 1 Meeting, First Baptist