The Key West Citizen Newspaper, February 22, 1941, Page 1

Associated Press Day Wire Service For 61 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West IN THE U. VOLUME LXII. No. 46. KEY WEST, FL JOR IDA, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1941 Che Hey West Citizen THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER S. A. Key West, Florida, has the most equable climate in the country; with an average range of only 14° Fahrenheit PRICE FIVE CENTS Neutral Shipping ‘Wart Of Mine Field Extending Across Mediterranéan 6d Blasts Hopes Her African CHARGES REYNOLDS Supplying Her African “WITH DISGRACING Troops; Cuts Chances! Of German Aid (By Annociated Press) WASHINGTON, Feb. 22.— “North Carolina has been disgraced”, Senator Grady Widlow cried today as he de- nounced his colleague, Sena- tor Robert R. Reynolds, for opposing the “lend-lease” measure. “He has already received medals from Hitler in Ger- many”, Widlow said, “and if he were in Germany now Hitler would deck him out in purple robes”. (Dy Asnociated Press) LONDON. Feb. 22.—The Royal | Navy warned neutral shipping | today that a mine field has been | laid completely across the Medi- terranean sea, cutting it in half. The huge field. spreading from! the Tyrrhenian westward | across the Mediterranean to the | African coast, is said here to! blast the last possible hope of; Italy's supplying her African troops or attempting to rescue MILLERS PAY them with German aid. Admiralty officials refused to} disclose details of the size of the field, but said it will furnish an effective blockade to any cross-! Mediterranean traffic. \ Marshal Rudolfo Graziani’s'the Tribune Publishing Com. forces, falling back on Tripolijpany, Royal Oak, Mich., before a stronger British army, | Mrs. Miller and their daughter, are thus believed to deprived of their only possible, chance for relief. the army, sources, not be replaced. sea according to Key West's Low-Rent Housing Project Subject To Seizure By Of Italy \eourewrrws NORTH CAROLINA GIES SDSS IS VISIT TO CITY) Floyd C. Milier, president of with have been was a visitor in Key West today. Miller called on L. P. Artman, Supplies for publisher of The Citizen, to re- British |call old times when both worked are dwindling and can-;for the Havana Post more than Government For Emergency (Washington Correspondent of [Purposes the government woul T ie Key West Citizen) id will not be continued for se :Simply buy back the project from | WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb..22, | the local housing authority, it was ; stated. The total cost of approxi- —Key West's low-rent housing developments are subject to soe the development, thus not only re- ernment seizure for use as emer- ests and administrative of the local authority. Every effort would imade to use this money on noe slum-clearafice project gency defense housing, it was learned here today. The question was raised by the pressing need of defense housing | in many parts of the country and the fact that a slum-clearante de- | velopment constructed by USHA in South Boston taken over for that purpose. would actually tional housing project. | private jemergency. was Fecently | Housing officials will not dis- cuss the possibility of slum- clearance government housing in any particular city being taken for workers on vital defense in- dustries but they admit that the power to seize such developments for that purpose exists and that two or three have already been taken. If the Key West projects total- ing 220 units were taken over for defense workers the city would not thereby lose its government- aided housing, it was explained. The policy to be followed in cases where it seems imperative to take over slum-clearance hous- ing for defense work, it was Stated, is to buy out the existing development from the thority. Under the law finance only up to 90 per cent of @ regular slum-clearance project but finanees 100 per cent of a de- fense development In case the Key were taken for NEY MAY APPEAR BEFORE H. Rosenhouse, Confpton in M Betty proc er, fo expected her ner New York mayor, to present plea to Judge Arthur Gomez circuit court chambers Tuesday or Wednesday Rose began proces on extreme cru in a late trip house arges of ay night courthouse. test the case and neither of t principals are likely to appear jeourt. Miss Compton*i projects. ami, while the former m housing i K Whsienniils Will Be 17 There! RAYMOND T. RICHEY EVANGELISTIC PARTY Daily (Except Sat.) 10:30 a. m.: 7:30 p. m—Sundays. 2:30 p. m. BIG TENT—Duva! and Division Streets Beginning February 23, For Two Weeks BRING THE SICK FOR PRAYER! Hebrews 13: 8 Jeremiah 32: 27 West defense Psalm 103: 3 | tiring the bonds but repaying the 10 per cent put up by local inter- expense it was stated, so that the | ave an addi-| yesterday was PLANS. PRESENTING PLEA FOR DIVORCE 'BETTY COMPTON'S ATTOR- JUDGE GOMEZ NEXT WEEK | WASHINGTON, Feb. attorney for divorce edings against Jimmy Walk- is his client's here | | { | ' | i 1 | i | 1 } PREPARING FOR SCHOOL ANNUAL ROBERTS SMITH NAMED EDI- TOR-IN-CHIEF OF THIS YEAR'S “CONCH” Roberts Smith, Key West high school senior, has been named nual, Principal Horace coer | announced today. | Students elected to publish this| |year’s Conch are Griselda Garcia, ‘circulation manager; Ray De- meritt, business manager. Ellie Rae Gwynn, feature editor; An- thony Perez, assistant feature jeditor, and Richard Chapman, art editor. Miss Margaret Neff faculty member in charge. | ; i is } “ROMANCE” OF TOTO, ;|GARGANTUA SHOWING BUT LITTLE HEADWAY (By Associated Press) SARASOTA, Feb. 22.—The “ro- mance” of Toto and Gargantua showed little progress today as | in their Ringling Bros. and Bar- num and Bailey quarters here. Toto, 450 pounds of blushing gorilla femininity, rejected the proffered gifts of her intended mate yesterday and Gargantua the Great retired to the further- most corner of his cage to think it over. Toto arrived here Friday from her home in Havana and met a full grown member of her species for the first time since her child- hood in the African jungles. Gar- gantua, the unruly star of Ring- ling Brothers’ show, surprised an audience of 50 news photograph- ers and reporters by making a ‘friendly. advance with a stalk Lai be Tallahassee during the monttt’ celery and a head of lettuce as! ang select a governor and other gifts. When Toto threw them back ai him, however, the great one showed he was irked. He turned is back on her and walked! away. Efforts to effect the first cap- tive gorilla mating in history eral weeks, but Mrs. E. Kenneth Hoyt, owner of Toto, has announced she will take her pet back to Ha- mately $724,000 would be paid for |¥@N@ if she does not seem pleas- ed with Gargantua. BUILDING PERMIT Mrs. L. Curry. 703 | 703 Eaton street, issued a building jpermit for $100 to repair the The law provides that defense | Porch of her home. ‘housing shall be disposed of jto buyers at the end of the battled senators today ot the anniversary of George Wash ington’s birth by using hi jto prove both that and should not vote the * bill Refer they in peop nt lo go ould support tk > senators White Heron (Stork) Club Key West's Finest Floor Show Featuring DELORES CORTE? Famous Mexican Dancer! JERRY. fast M. Cu —with— CRUNCH CRUNCH and his ROYAL CAYO HUESIANS Shows at 11. 12:30 and 2:00 DINNER $5¢ UP Featuring STONE CRABS _—— | | editor-in-chief of the school an-j the ,;GROUP WILL BE SENT TO the two gorillas continued to sulk | t | State officials ‘Jug Use Words Of Washington In Connection With Stand On ‘Lend-Lease’ Associated Press) eeeeeeeees\COVERNMENT MEN DESCRIBES SINKING OF BRITISH VESSEL WITH AMERICAN FLAG (My Associated Press) WASHINGTON, Feb. 22.— Secretary of State Cordell Hull today was _ reported studying a Berlin communi- que which described the sink- ing of a Brifish ship flying the American flaq. Berlin said the ship, iden- tified as the Canadian Cruis- er, a 7,100-ton British passen- ger vessel, had been torpedoed and sunk by a submarine in the Indian ocean. The ship, according to the submerine commander's offi- cial report, flew an Ameri- MUST ALSO PAY TAXES ON Lig au0k RULING MADE BY cy TROLLER AS HE REFUSED TO MAKE REFUNDS OF TAXES PAID | i 1 | | Exemptions granted the United | i States government from various | forms of State taxation do not ac- crue to employees of the govern- ment, and they must pay just = same as private citizens of Flor- | lida, State Comptroller J. M. Lee can flag and had a flag paint- |Tuled as he refused to make re- ed on its side : funds of taxes paid on liquors sold |to officers clubs at various army BIOSIS ST Caeitleatiaale: he navy posts in Florida. +| The refunds had been author- LEGION TO NAME | ity. trreree rs BOYS FOR TRIP for payment but Jim Lee told newspapermen in Tallahassee, | Thursday morning, that he didn’t ; 'see any reason why all residents | of Florida should not pay the! same tax on the liquor they drink. } | “Officers are no more entitled to lexemption on the liquor they ‘drink at their clubs than are the iprivate citizens and privates in the ranks on what they buy from sion members will liquor stores”, Comptroller Leq said. ‘We'll treat them all alike. Key If they want a drink, they can all a trip to Tallahassee Pay the tax that goes to support jold age assistance—which _ in- ‘cidentally is already far from How many boys will be selected | sufficient to provide pages from Key West has not been de- for our old people.” termined, officer TALLAHASSEE DURING MONTH OF JUNE American Le meet Wednesday to select West boys for in June. eters hos sett ove abe QUIET OBSERVANCE suncve wr sso OF LEGAL HOLIDAY the state’s government. but American Legion civic clubs | Boys from cities throughout convention MANY PLACES CLOSE IN OB- | SERVANCE OF WASHING- TON’S BIRTHDAY the state will stage to take reins of government. Roberts Smith and Hasting F pee Adams went to Tallahassee last} Key West today is observing year as representatives of the, Washington's birthday anniver- Legion and Rotary club. sary in a quiet way. EDEN PLANNING — nedutea. at many otfie work TRIP TO TURKEY ; ers have been given a day’s rest. Postoffice windows closed at noon, while employes of the ans CAIRO ister At th over the | | | been j county, city, navy and coast guard took the day off. The First Na- tional Bank also was closed for the day. xs) Foreign Min- prepared to- Turkey and ob- i the mis- sion British move to rk¢ ireece the empire i ted coalition. Eden i r ‘a tomo DEFER TRIALS UNTIL MONDAY Trial of 10 men held on charg- les of operating in Key West with out obtaining Florida automobile licenses was postponed today un- til Monday morning { The men were arrested by dep- uties of Sheriff Berlin Sawyer’s office yesterday in drive to force working car owners to buy Florida tags and me Measure CALL FOR BIDS Written sealed bids are + called for by the City Counc: the City of Key West for furnis ing of Parking Meters to the City . of Key West price and shall Bids shall specify provide for the ayment of the meters from the ‘| proceeds derived from the opera- tion thereof. The contract shall inable at the option of the after the h day of March r forenoon the right to re- ect any and all bid ARC HIE ROBE) ys 5. City Cl r TO OUR CUSTOMERS: We wish to announce that after today we will discontinue t | cur delivery service and op- | erate en a— CASH and CARRY BASIS Tift’s uli ieee 1101 Division Street PHONE 461 “COMING EVENTS SATURDAY SUNDAY CABARET Tonight 10:00 o'cloc! Habana-Madrid Club Auspices Woman's Guild. St. Paul's Church Admission ; His home is in British And Batlle German Planes For Air Supremacy Japanese Terms Of Struggle Be South. Wales; British tween Thailand oii cs ae | And French-Indo- China, Refused Germany REVIVAL MEETINGS START TOMORROW TO BE CONDUCTED BY RAY- MOND RICHEY, WIDELY KNOWN EVANGELIST Raymond T. Richey known Evangelist, will begin a Revival Meeting in a large tent located at Duval and Division nationally tin the RAYMOND T. RICHEY streets Sunday afternoon at 3:06 o'clock. 0 I Richey has been conducting revivals in Florida for the past seventeen winters, but this is the first time, for a campaign in Key West. He has held meetings this winter in Jacksonville and in Lakeland and the past week has been in Cuba king in revival services in Havana and in Cuatro Caminos. The meetings will interde- nominational and Christians of all churches are urged to attend Mr. Richey is an of Divine healing and prays for the sick in his service Hundreds have claimed to be healed in the meetings. He declares that there is nothing “new or different” in the idea pf praying for the sick in publié servic and that many ministers of various denomina- tions are now doing thigregularly Houstoh, Texas where he has bee 1 the Houston M tion for the He is acer his brother E. A. R and Mr, and Mr The Stanphill trumentalists interesting c The y at 10:30 a with the Sunday and be exponent held at 3:00 p. 30 p. SINGLET ON ON TRIP TO am 2° FLY $2 See —_ ine from the Air PORTER DOCK Foot of Duval Street A e | cl | | | | | | } | ; s | | j i i | | { } i } ; t (By Associateé Press) TOKYO, Feb. —France has refused to id Japanese terms for a peace settlement in the struggle between Thaiiand and Frnen Indo-China, it was an- nounced here today, With less than 72 hours of the a-mistice period remaining, Frenen sources at Vichy announced they would not permit a peace drawn on the terms suggested by Japan. The settlement would give Thai- land much more land than the country demanded when war be- gan, it was explained. Foreign Minister Matsuoko, meanwhile, is reported to have been handed stinging rebukes for his offer to mediate the British- Geiman struggle, both by his own parliament and by German offi- cials. at Wilhelmshaven and Emden The German ambassador called jn Germany ana, supported by on Matsuoko this morning and it hindreds of fighters, roared down is believed told him Berlin felt‘ the French channel coast to blast he had shown “little tact” in his ’s¢ possible German invasion offer to mediate a peace. Mem- points. bers of parliameent, at the same “‘yondon admitted the destruc- time, called the offer unwar- tion of Swamsie, but said casual- ranted. ; ties had been low. A church, a atsucko denied to newspaper: school, several public buildings men that he had intended the of- Sq hundreds of homes were re- fer as London reported it, He had ported destroyed in the thunder- intended only to offer mediation joy «: 8° bombs, Thetiand-F ae “pie vier: ee eR day China struggle, he said. ‘rained over the city and local French diplomats, in discussing firemen were unable to extin- |rejection of the Japanese peace icuish the spreading conflagra- ‘plan, admitted they were worried thon. by the reported presence of 30)” Gitizens in the area could s Japanese warships in the Gulf of uch of the giant struggle Siam and feared a new outbreak ‘British fighters swept aloft to at- at the end of the .armistice pe- tack the invading bombers and riod. the thud of bombs could be heard TANKER REAPER | i The aetlal bansie ts, belinied 04 COMES TO PORT ‘have started early this morning Uy Associated ress) Britisa and German air arma- das locked over the English chan- neltoday in a life and death struggle described by a London cbserved as the opening phase of the rea] battle for air supromacy. Huge German squadrons dumped tons of explosives over the south Wales district for tho third consecutive day and the town of Swamsie was reported utterly smashed. . RAF bombers st.uck nercely when a coinparetively small Ger- man squadron attempted to stip through British defenses, RAF fighters swarmed up to attack and both sides continued to pour more and more planes into the melee. Nazi bombers during the day reported they had sunk a British ship in the channel. Texas Oil company tanker from cksonville, put in- to Porter Docits last night en- route to Port Arthur, Tex. The ship remained here only 4 few hours to deliver fuel Franco Asks Recall Of German Troops In Spain ty Ahereiated Proms) General no motive ask Adolf tander Berlin Frantc Reaper, LONDON but to help at San Francisco France t that troops’ denied, however. had ‘vked the troop: ain, te iding the hur KEEP ON MARCH (iy Associated Presa) CAIRO, Feb. 22—Flying col- { British troops are strearn a disorganized Ital- Italian Somaliland, aled today ity of Santander yn here > longer | ume ng through SAMOA CLUB Exclucive, pores ce eee Place on the Ocean Albert and Edona, san and Queen of Rhumba . BILL MERRILL, M. C. and | Sineori . INZ, Cuban Rhumbe and Hula Dancer! PRINCE ARRAH. 21 year old Master of Mind! . - GLORIA GRANT, the Dance of Death! - DOROTHY ROUSELLE. the Biues . . BABY DUMPLING. the indefatigable Funny Man! . KAY KING, with her mysterious partner—something dif- ferent! SAMMY BIRD AND HIS DIXIELAND BAND SHOWS AT 12, 1:30 and 3 No Minimum No Cover Charge