The Key West Citizen Newspaper, February 20, 1941, Page 1

Associated Press Day Wire Service For 61 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West Key West Critzen THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER VOLUME LXIL No. 44. Key West, Florida, has the most equable climate in the country; with an average IN THE U.S. A. KEY WEST, FLORIDA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1941 range of only 14° Fahrenheit PRICE FIVE CENTS STATION Nazi Bombers Make Fierce Attack On English Points Hospital le ne Hit During Raid With Loss Of At Least Twenty-Two | Lives (By Associated Presa) German bombers turned loose | the full fury of their aerial bom- | bardment on England last night and this morning in the most in- tensive series of raids in more! then three weeks. A hospital in London was struck by a high explosive bomb and three wings were smashed with a loss ot at least 22 lives Fire bombs rained over the city |ter of turning over the club’s of soldiers and the bombers swept bac! again and again to blast London | for hours. South Wales took terrific pounding through the night official sources admitted heavy casualties. A ship in the harbor was reported struck by a bomb and at least partially destroyed. Ranging far north in their re- newed aerial blitz on Britain, the bombers attacked a, conyoy off Scotland and claimed hits on sev- eral ships. Royal Air Force headquarters admitted the severity of the raids and told of strong counter tacks by their own fighters, but did not mention any new attacks by British bombers either on Germany or on the channel in- vasion points. ISSUES PERMIT FOR NEW ROOF Lois Busto, ii10 White street, has been granted a building per- mit for $175 to construct a metal roof, Building Inspector Ralph Russell announced today. Labor Commissioner Warns Against Strike Legislation at-} | | | | | | PLAN RECREATION FOR SERVICE UNITS |LOCAL CLUB TO PROVIDE EN- | TERTAINMENT FOR EN- | \ LISTED MEN | Members of the Stone Church Service Club engaged in a thor-, !ough discussion of a contemplated | program of recreation to be spon-| jsored by the club on Tuesday eve- | nings of each week for the benefit lof the enlisted personnel stationed here, at their regular meeting held on Tuesday evening in the church | jannex with President Harold; Laubscher, presiding. The mat- shuffleboard courts, table tennis | sets, checkers, chess and other} |wholesome forms of recreation to |the service men was agreed upon, | the church favored the move. At ;a meeting of the trustees held im- mediately following the Service |Club meeting, motion was unani- | mously carried approving the pro- posed plan in its entirety. Members of the club are to meet with a group of the officers of the Navy within the week to further perfect plans for the program in j question. “Charles Lowe, guest of the club, occupied the program sec- tion of the meeting with a most interesting and enlightening ad- dress on the subject of turtle fish- ing as carried on in the waters in the vicinity of Nicaragua. During the course of his remarks Mr. |Lowe gave several enlightening facts on the living habits of the turtle and brought out the fact that a turtle, like the domesticated ,cat, will always return to its home | if set free in any foreign waters, ; citing instances where they have been known to travel for a dis-} tance of approximately — 1,000 miles in’ order to return to its} , home waters. | (By Assoctated Press) | WASHINGTON, Hillman, this Feb. Sid- labor defense com- 20. ney missioner morning warned House Judiciary committeemen against attempting to legislate against strikes. Hillman said he believed labor and capital could arrive a mon meeting ground would take the time to their diff-rences “I firmly believe man, “that the free and independent people lead them to outthink and outproduce any na slaves Hillman said strikes they appeared to th newspaper reader te the defc tenth of factory a com if they said Hill- self discipline of a utwork ation of although average prod:.ction in the United B. P. 0. ELKS Meeting Tonight. 8:00 o'Clock LODGE ROOMS Visiting Elks Welcome DR. H, C. GALEY Exalted Ruler discuss | ° will) dicted the 20 strikes now in prog- ress would be settled shortly. COMING EVENTS THURSDAY | Elks meet 8:00 p. ! hters of America m., Home of Mrs. aton Street Auspices 21, OES. , 8:00 p.m meets at 7:30 p.m. B.P.O. m ts at 6:30 p.m minary Street Art Center, } inior Woman's lock FRIDAY Bapt j Allen, ‘here Baptist |; Says If Key West Lays Off Of Petty Politics It Has Chance For Advancement Key West, assured of govern- ment help for a long time (if it will lay off petty politics), is in a position now to ensure for it- ‘self a lasting prosperity, accord- jing to Robert S. Allen, co-author | point in actual defe of “Washington | Round”. Allen, Merry - Go - who writes the daily jSsyndicated column from Wash- ington in collaboration with Drew |Pearson, is paying his fifth an-! nual visit to Key West with Mrs. The pair intend to stay for the remainder of the month, “My only fear for Key West”, said Allen this afternoon, “is {that the people here have gone through such a_ great _ struggle, they're likely to grab at the first | ithing that comes along without iconsidering if it will be good for |the town, “I'm afraid, unless someone |takes hold, Key West will go ‘cheap and shoddy on the money and sailors stationed here, without laying a permanent foundation for prosperity in the | future”. Key West, Allen points out, d provided the Board of Trustees of ‘could easily use its history and romantic background the city a point of interest throughout the nation. An his- | |toric festival of some kind, mod- elled after similar activities cities along the lower Mississippi, would at least partly do the trick. “Some sort of dedication of the old houses in Key West, with, per- haps an ‘Old Sea Captains’ Week’ to focus interest on a given time of year, would mean a tremend- ous boost to the city”, Allen con- tinued. to make in, “You'd get thousands of i Ipeople here from all country”. | Navy department officials in Washington, according to Allen, consider the city more as an op- erating base than as a_ strong nse, The city’s isolation and the exposed route of isupply from here to the main- land will mean that Key West's \importance will lie principally in its use as a base for submarines and torpedo boats. Allen said he believes the Jap- anese crisis means the difference between peace and war for the United States, and he won't guess what Japan will do. “I do know, though,” he said, that no responsible person in Washington intends to go into the European mix-up, unless Ger- many decides to come and tackle us, first. “If we go to war at all, it will! be against Japan.” Allen is getting in his share of the Merry-Go-Round from his va- cation home here. Before coming here, he had.made an extensive survey of the powder-making facilities of the United States, and he's writing the stories from Key West Pearson and Allen began their widely-read column on Washing- ton otal “ 1932, after their first book, Vashington Merry-Go- Round,” ie won them wide notice. Later, they collaborated on “More Merry-Go-Round” and \then pinned down the collective ears of the United States Supreme court with “The Nine Old Men.” Allen has since written a book alone on Hoover, but, asked about another now, he said it couldn't be done. “They move too fast.” over Negotiations For Italo-Greece Peace Of Two Weeks’ Duration (By Associated Press) Tentative negotiations for Italo- Greek peace have been underway for two weeks, a government | spokesman in Sofia said today A halt in the war has been de- layed only by Premier Mussolini's insi: tence on a face-saving “vic- tory’ * for his army in AJbania, ac- cdrding to the report. Tension in the Balkans, mean- while, has reached its highest peak and Balkan diplomats expect an explosion almost at any time. Turkey’s announcement that her treaty with Bulgaria did not change her opposition to German penetration of the country came JOSE BAEZA DIES TODAY FUNERAL THIS AFTERNOON FROM LOPEZ CHAPEL tio Baeza Funeral serv ceased will be Woman's |* Mary church PHO HONE Resery " SAN CARLOS BOOK 5 for L 2 Connally’s CABARET Saturday. February 22. 10 P. M. HABANA-MADRID CLUB Admission $1.00 Per Person as a pleasing note to London, but did not help to unscramble the troubled Balkan situation Turkish Minister Sevki Berker voiced a strong protest against against Bulgarian press stories as- erting that Turkey has with- drawn from her assistance to Greece. Turkey, the minister insisted, is still the Greeks‘ “best friend” and is now in a better position than ever to forestall German in- vasion, “If war comes now,” “the responsibility in Germany's hands LITHOGRAPH OF a said, solely he will be Savage Ethiopian Tribesmen | Ambush Italian Unit; Make» | the | » | tive Attack On CAIRO, Feb. 20.—Savage ni tribesmen near Ethiopia capital city at Addis Ababa have ambushed an Italian force of some 2,000 men and are attack- ing white settlers, it was an- nounced here today. Forces numbcring up to more than 15,000 men are on the ram- page, according to the report, and Italy is rumored to have asked for an armistice to save the lives of her 200,000 nationals living in the area British official sources here, al- though not confirming the rumor of an Italian armistice plan, have announced in advance they will turn down such move if it comes. Britain will attempt to the lives of Italian settlers, save it is Reservation Made For Fight Bands For Legion Convention Eight bands and fife andl Ge corps of the American Legion so far have reserved rooms for the state convention of the organiza- tion here April 23-26, Albert Mills, executive director of the Key West Convention corporation an- nounced today. At a meeting of the Key West Convention corporation next Mon- day night a chairman of a com- mittee to arrange the competition for these musical organizations will be appointed. It will be an important meeting, probably the most important of the whole series, TTI II TSS A 462-LB. TURTLE PRIZE CATCH OF VISITORS John Stocking. Evansville, Ind., owner of the poat “Cutes”, accompanied by his brother, Carl. of Louisville, Ky., Dr. C. W. Johnson of Lawton, Mich. and. P, F. Loughrey, Winona. Minn., brought in a 462-pound Log- gerhead turtle from near Sand Key. They reproied that getting the turtle into the boat was a problem until Sam, the col ored helper, took a flipper into his teeth and bit the sea monster, which tamed him considerably. DIGIT I IIS: CITY EXHIBITED CITY COUNCIL on exhibiti Dr. Warrer he Cham- has erce of Key West ithograph ph MEETS TONIGHT CHRISTIAN SCIENCE SOCIETY OF KEY WEST Free Lecture On Christian Science By i ere KER SEYMER, C.S.B. Massachus HIGH Tonight notggeningn ) WHITE S AU DITORIU M 8:00 o' Clock by Colonel Brinton. VARIOUS PROJECTS INCLUDED IN LIST OF PROPOSED IMPROVEMENTS; NAVY GIVES CONGRESS DETAILS ON PROPOSED EX- PENDITURES * | White Settlers announced, but will do so only if the settlers surrender and place elves under British BE tection tablishments. Italian foreign officers from } Rome have admitted the gravity | The amount is in addition to $3,991,000 for Florida of the Ethiopian situation and Fy q i " the danger 1 their nationals, | &V@l projects that probably will be provided for in the de- They predict natives tribes hos- tile to former Emperor Haile Sellassie will join them in put-; under that bill would be available for immediate expendi- ting down the insurrection. Thousands of Ethiopian | seeking revenge for the! slaughter which Italy | staged in taking over the coun- | try in 1936, are reported fighting in every part of the nation and British troops have moved in to help crack some of Italy's strong- ; er defens (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON, Feb. 20.—The Navy has given Con- gress details on how it expects to spend $14,938,600 it is ‘asking in next year’s appropriation for Florida shore es- them the ficiency appropriation bill next week. The appropriations ture. The $14,938,600 would be authorized by legislation (H. R. 3155) now before Congress, and funde expected in na- | the regular naval appropriation for the year beginning July 1. With breakdowns, they include: ir station, Key West, $2,770,000. Additional barracks, mess hall and galley for 650, | $490,000. Extension of roads, walks, services, $200,000. Seaplane ramp, $75,000. Extension seaplane parking area, $100,000. Extension bachelor officers quarters, $60,000. Dredging seaplane operating area, $1,500,000, Ammunition storage facilities, $250,000. Recreation facilities, $25,000. facilities, $50,000. Medical equipment, $20,C00. Naval Three of the musical have been assigned to rooms in | the city. They are the Hialeah | Junior Drum corps of 46 pieces, the Miami Drum corps, world’s champions, of 58 pieces and the | Jacksonvilie group of 65 pieces. Mills is still seeking space for | placing the Tampa, Orlando, Ft. ! Lauderdale, Ocala, Okeechobee and Miami Junior bands. These organizations will appear in the’ Legion’s parade as well as the competitions, so that Key Westers will have an excellent opportunity to hear them groups Hospi Britain Makes Display Of _ Power In Aerial Flights PUBLIC WORKS UNIT) WILL SERVE TERMS 1.2" | Hurricane Spitfire zoomed and rolled over this Greek capital city today in an Brinton {aerial circus designed to show a part of the power which Britain will send to the aid of Greece to repel a German invasion. Heavy reinforcements of RAF fighters and bombers are report- ed rushing to Greece from Africa, and informed quarters here the meves as a prelude to a Ger- man drive through Hungary to the aid of Italy in her Albanian war. <xuuunnanisaiaiaasanmaameidias| areex forces in Albania ~\while, are storming Italian posi TEMPERATURES tions with renewed fury and ap Lowest last Highest last parently are paying no attention to German threats of attack aight 24 hours A communique reaching here 51 tacks on Italian forces around Va lona and Greek army units are reported almost in position to be gin a direct assault on the im portant port and supply base MIAMIAN FINED IN COURT HERE J. RK. Donnelly, of Miami, rested yesterday on “a reckles driving charge by Deputy A.W at Marathon, was fine Judge William V. Albury Albury ordered fines of Iola Wil Benners, Kay Turn iliams and Anna arrested on vagrancy charg 20.—British fighters Feb. and c by City Councilman L. has been informed Norberg chairman of the Board of Public Works, that he ind three other members of the board, who resigned last week, have reconsidered their resigna- tions, and will serve out their resent terms This announcement Thompson, see r was made Parrish $30 by Judge $10 and costs Olivi mean against er aid British bombers had launch- Roig ed a series of smashing U. 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