The Key West Citizen Newspaper, March 1, 1941, Page 1

Associated Press Day Wire Service For 61 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West VOLUME LXII. Nop. 52. Buiveal: Services: For King Alfonso Set For Monday Ex-Monarch Died Yester- day Morning; Seven At |= tempts Were Made On His Life During Reign "THRONE QUEST ENDS | (Ry Asnociated Preas) ROME, March 1.—Survivors ‘and followers of the tragic King Alfonso XIII of Spain today pre- pared to give him final honors at Catholic burial services Monday | at the thurch of St. Mary of the | Angels. | ‘The body of the king, who died | Friday morning after 15 days of the agony of angina pectoris, wilt | be buried provisionally at the Spanish church of St. Mary An seratto here. Later, ALFONSO XII ALFONSO XIIL former king | ef Spain, passed on to his son the struggle for restoration o: the monarchy when he died after a series of heart attacks yesterday morning in Rome. FLOWER SHOW OPENED TODAY ORCHESTRA TO BE IN AT- TENDANCE DURING EXHIBIT his family | will attempt to arrange for his} burial with the remains of his an- | cestors at El Escorial in Spain. | ‘, Alfonso’s death after a 10-year exile during which he struggled | constantly for a restoration of the Spanish monarchy, leaves to his | third son, Don Juan, the task of} returning the crown to Spain. The ex-monarch, once laughed | ' after a bomb had been found buried under ‘the wall of his/ « Palace,,“"Well, this time they only | laid it down and ran away. Per- haps they will yet let me die in| thy bed.” He proved to be right, but he died painfully after a suc- cession of heart attacks. Seven attempts were made on the life of Alfonso during his reign and his career ended in dis- appointment caused by the loss of | ® his throne, his separation from his wife and the death of two of his sons. The king was born May 17,/} 1886, the posthumous son of King Alfonso XII of Spain. He was married May 31, 1906, to Victoria Eugenia of Batten- rg, an English princess. The it attempt on his life came dur- fing the wedding procession when | a bomb splintered the coach in which the royal pair rode and killed 24 spectators, Six children were born to the couple, the heir apparent, Alfonso, Prince of the Asturias, May 10, 1907; Prince Jaime, June 23,| 1908; Princess Beatrice, June 22, | 1909; Princess Maria Christina, | December 12, 1911; Prince Juan, | June 20, 1913, and Prince Gon-) zalo, October 24, 1914. | ince Alfonso and Prince Gon- | zalo, both victims of the heredi- tary bleeding disease, hemophilia, died after slight injuries in auto- | mobile accidents and Prince | Jaime, who was born deaf, re-} nounced his rights to the throne} June 23, 1908. The king finally abandoned his The Key West Garden Club's annual Flower Show opened this afternoon at 2 o'clock at the Public Library building Du- val street. A feature of the show will be a desert course in old English manor style, using old candelabla with fruit arrangements, with a Balinesian tendency. There will be a tropical blossom display, with African tulip. There will be an orchestra in attendance all during the course of the show, while Mrs. B. J. Sutherland will be heard in mu- sical numbers tomorrow The show will continue ee and Monday. Betty Compton on Sun- Betty Compton, deeply ‘ane and decked out in a jaunty, yellow straw hat, told Judge Arthur | Gomez this morning of the mental janguish that led to her separa- tion from former New York Mayor Jimmy Walker. Judge Gomez, hearing Compton's plea for a divorce on monarchy in 1931, but he said) grounds of mental cruelty, _lis- over and over, “I will never aban- | tened to testimony for nearly two don my throne. I may die fight-| hours from the plaintiff, her ing, but I will die a king.” jmother, Mrs. Florence Compton, and Miss Esther Yerman, a New York nurse who accompanies Miss Campton | Court was recessed 11:30 o'clock for Judge Gomez to read ithe transcript of testimony and rive at a decision New York columnists hinted both Miss C the ex-playboy mayor are ning new marriages t | becomes final. Miss ¢ not discuss plans f |marriage this morning, jas she described living perm The for star came t Miss at Jari Funeral services for Rafael V.| Valenzuela, age 60, of 1413 Eliza | street, who died late Thursday night at the WPA Garage, will be held tomorrow afternoon from the chapel of Pritchard's Funeral Home, 4:30 o'clock. Rev Perez of Latin Methodist church will officiate. mptor plan e divorce did anoth however, f White Heron [Stork] Club Featuring DELORES CORTEZ Famous Mexican Dancer! CRUNCH CRUNCH and his ROYAL CAYO HUESIANS Shows at 11, 12:30 and 2:06 DINNER 9Se UP Featuring STONE CRABS the manager Sanchez and r Stated in yes! the late Jose Sanche of Mr. Veliz Mal. MRS. MARY B. SANCHEZ. Divorce Proceedings Before Judge Gomez This Morning, | JENKINS ‘WON | TECHNICAL KO | OVER AMBERS | LIGHTWEIGHT CHAMP RAL. | LIED IN SEVENTH TO FLOOR | EX-KING TWICE; 16,000 FANS | BRAVED BLIZZARD (iy Associated Press) NEW YORK, N. Y., March 1— With a blizzard raging and the temperature at 17 above | 16,000 fight fans braved the weath- ler last night to see the non-title ibout between lightweight cham- !pion Lew*Jenkins and titleholder Lou Ambers. They {were not disappointed. It was} |battle from the opening gong un- |til the seventh round when the ‘referee stopped the bout, award- | ‘ing the fight to the lanky Texan! fon a technical knockout. | Ambers won the first round, | jand led in the early portion of | ithe second, but Jenkins finally | zero, former ‘drove Ambers into the ropes and! jonly available ‘adminigtered terrific rights and jing a wide search, but lefts to the tace that had Ambers' of the It looked | but sud-|{ groggy and holding on. like the end was near idenly in the last fifteen seconds th {ot the round, the Herkimer, N. Y.. i boy lashed out with a hard right that rocked Jenkins and eg ed him to give ground. in the third round, | boxing beautifully, was forcing 'the champ to retreat after each} exchange of blows and made ig repeatedly go on the defensive. From the third on, Jenkins a badly cut. His nose was bleed- | ing profusely and there was aj double cut under “his right eye. ' Seeing the condition of his op- ponent, Ambers vainly tried for | a knockout to avenge his previous | defeat. He began a_ two-fisted attack that seemed to be puzzling | the Texan, who fought from a flat-footed position and was still) bleeding badly. In the seventh round, Jenkin finally nailed Ambers with right cross, flooring the game al i eran who was on trail, Ambers got up, but he was | dazed. Jenkins again poured! leather at the tired veteran and when he dropped the second time, | referee Donovan stepped in and awarded the fight to Jenkins. | Ambers received a tremendous George VI today applause as he walked down the jaisle. | Repo winds buffeting the |local coast guard | terday, KEY WEST, FLORIDA, SATURDAY, MARCH 1, 1941 Two Visitors’ In Skif rted Missing Today: Believed To Be Lost Two middle-aged winter visi- tors, clad only in bathing trunks, 14 foot o'clock yesterday have been missing in a skiff since 1 afternoon. Henry W. Esser of Cleveland end Robert Armour, Detroit, are believed to be lost somewhere in the waters of the Atlantic off Bota Chica. With high seas run- ring all through the night and tiny beat. officers fear there is little hope for the pair. The coast guard cutter 2282, boat here, is mak- no sign pair had been found late this afternoon, Stephen Bergdal, operator of e fishing camp from which Es- ’ ser and Armour disappeared yes- seen the! said he had not )pair when they took the boat but! believed they had left sometime between noon and 1 o'clock. The __ boats are kept for the conven- ience of guests, he said, and no one pays much attention to their comings and goings. Esser and his wife have been; (Visiting at the camp for about. ten days, while Mr. and Mrs.: Armour arrived here from Michi- ; gan about three days ago. !" The women became concerned | when their hushands failed to re- turn for dinner last night, but | did not notify the sheriff's of- fice here until this afternoon. Bergdal said he had been in- formed by the navy station here | that seamen aboard a destroyer last night heard the voices of |someone crying for help in the gulf stream off Key West. | According to the story told Bergdal, the voices were very faint and appeared to have been jearried by the wind. The de- stroyer made a search, but gave up, and its officers are believed to have decided they had been mistaken in thinking they heard the voices. Has Changed Considerably KING GEORGE PAYS HONOR TO WINANT a comeback | UNITED STATES. AMBASSA- DOR ARRIVED IN LON- DON TODAY March 1. — King paid unprece- dented honor to U. S. Ambassador | John G. Winant as the monarch | went to a small railroal station to Testifies In house, her attorney, and the other members of her party this morn- ing. Heavier than when she ap- | peared on the stage, her hair slightly streaked with gray, Miss Compton looked the picture of good health Miss Compton said she and Walker had made eve possible effort to adjust their lives to the demands of his public activities but had found it impossible make a suitable arrangement. Re- jva to} turning to New York after their | marriage at Cannes in 1932, Miss | Compton said her famous hus- band gradually took on more and more public responsibilities until she found it impossible to spend any time with her friends. The former mayor and Compton share a mutual M inte in their two adopted children, she told Judge Gomez this morn nd they have remained cl nd: The children are Mary nn Walker, 5, and James John Walker, Jr, 4 Miss Campton said the co i of balls, dinners ch she was compelled her depress physically sec k vena vised her that a continuation her activities would seriou pair her health Miss Yerman took the scribe the plaintiff's i i her health had ed since she has stand t Iness and greatly been a e| i | | =| | | i, | | greet the new envoy on his arri- Lin England. -Repaying in kind the action of President Roosevelt in traveling {to Annapolis to meet British Am- | bassador Lord Halifax on his ar- rival here earlier in the month, the British king and his party met | Winant after he had disembarked {from a plane which brought him to England from Lisbon, Portu- gal Winant told the king he could think of no better post than the one he had been given in Lon- don. “There is no place I would rather be than in Britain fie said on his arrival now RAYMOND T RICHEY EVANGELISTIC PARTY Daily (except Sat.) 10:30 a. m: 7:30 p. m Sundays. 2:30 p. m. BIG TENT — Duval and Division Streets BRING THE SICK FOR PRAYER! {Dy Annociated Prexnd Tokyo appeared today to have | adopted a more conciliatory atti- tude in the settlement of a border dispute between Indo- French China and Thailand. While a French spokesman in Tokyo announced flatly his coun- try would not consider the sweep- ing territorial demands put for- ward by Thailand and backed by Japan, Premier Matsuoko _ in- dicated his government would permit Vichy more time to make a decision. A Japanese deadline setting yesterday as the final hour for ac- tion by the French in accepting the demands passed without com- | ment. Japanese ships have been reported massing in the French, Indo-China area and it appeared yesterday a full scale blitz might be directed against the French colony as soon as the deadline had been passed. Today, however, Japanese spokesmen made no mention of the deadline and said they be- lieved Vichy would accept the terms after government leaders there had time to discuss the agreement | British and Dutch East Indian nationals continued to quit Japan during the day and ships have be- gun returning Japanese residents of French Indo-China to the home country Russian army and navy news- papers, predicting a general war in the Orient, said today Japan soon would begin a genera! attack on all foreign possessic the south Pacific. ons COMING EVENTS SATURDAY Garden Club Flower Show, lic Library _ SUNDAY lower Pub —Ee, Annual Key West FLOWER SHOW Saturday. 2 till 10 p. m. Sunday. 10 a m. to 10 p. m Monday. 10 a. m. to 10 p. m. PUBLIC LIBRARY 95 Admission ithe Bulgarian capital |within a few treaty had formally been signed, Tokyo's Attitude Bearing On ‘men, apparently ‘surprised by the Thailand-Indo-China Dispute =— ; Japanese ambassador to Che Key West Ctitzeir THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN THE U. S. A. Key West, Florida, [Key West, Florida, has the most equable climate in the country ; range of only 14° Fahrenheit l with an average PRICE FIVE CENTS Additional Housing At Key est Naval Reservation Is Given Approval By President German Troops Will Not Occupy Bulgaria Under Acceptance 0 Calls For Construction Of Twenty More Struc- tures; Will Be Built At Federal Expense Hitler Demand TO Jom AXIS coc czccnoue (By Associated Press) VIENNA, March 1.—Bulgarian acceptance of Adolf Hitler's de- mand that she formally join the Axis powers will not mean occu- pation of the country by German troops, Premier Bogden Philoff announced’ this morning after he had signed a treaty joining his country with Germany, Japan and Italy. German bombers roared over of Sofia minutes after the but there was, no indication of the expected rush of German troops across the border. (London foreign office spokes- failure of the Germans to rush, into Bulgaria upon signing of the ‘treaty, said this morning it is im- | probable Gréat Britain will at- tack the country until it is occu- pied by Hitler's legions.) (Reports of mass troop move- iments up to the Bulgarian border ‘in Rumania previously had led London to believe the soldiers would move today. Joint British- Turkish action against Bulgaria was described as a distinct pos- sibility.) Joachim Von Ribbentrop, Ger- man foreign minister, and the Berlin, Lieut. Gen. Hirgshi Oshima took part in the conference here. this morning. Premier Philoff was reported to have spent hours discussing the situation with King Boris and the Russian, Turkish and Italian ministers to Bulgaria A special night session of the Bulgarian cabinet is believed to have admitted no other course could be followed than to submit to German pressure and become a methbdr of the Axis. Bulgarian army units, mean- bile, continued to their didahhinea itt fins air force headquarters are reported here to have ordered planes ready for instant action. P.0. RECEIPTS SHOW INCREASE Key West postoffice receipts bounded upward last month, to- talling $6,850 during February's 28 days. Assistant Postmaster Hollon Bervaldi announced day In 1940, February amounted to $5,919.35 totals SES ES BSS BS VISITOR CATCHES PERMIT THURSDAY Casa Marina anglers seem to be concentraling on per- mit lately. Dr, F. N. Ca: ‘«x, of Santa Rita, New Mea.cu, a season guest, is the latest to add an- other nice specimen to the string recently caught. It tip- ped the scales at 17 pounds. Dr. Carrier was out fishing with Mr. and Mrs. Bertram C. Hopeman, of Waynesboro, Va., in their private fishing Mr. and Mrs. Hopeman land- ed perinit Wednesday. hachethathnthuteadatheadthl GERMANY REPORT. ‘SHIPPING LOSSES OF > GREAT BRITAIN CLAIMS 747,000 TONS OF SHIPS DESTROYED IN ACTIVITIES DURING. MONTH OF FEB.~ RUARY (By Ansocia Britain's mounting sea losses in February amounted to 747,000 tons, Berlin claimed today, At- tacks reached a new intensity during the month, according to the report, with submarines, air- planes and torpedo boats all tak- ing toll. Italy claimed nava} forces had driven Bfitish, invaders from the isle of Castel Rosso, captured last week, ut London described the witHdrawal of troops as “nor mal after the accomplishment of their mission”. Royal Air Force meanwhile, continued on the coast Press) bombers, their fu- German and assaults channel dumped tons on the great Germar at Wilheimshaven With after by both winged up nel coast in centered the shaven Little German over Engiand ing the night rious held more once of explosives aval activ ial ity we lowing é attacks the RAF bombers d down the chan- formatians and ttack on Wilhelm air activity was reported dur February's Building Activity Reached Total Of $22,676.25 } Key West re $6,000 more February thar check with vg Ralph Russell's rec today. Inspector revealed ins rds prc ng the month spe records, while pert the b Parramore, Whitehead and Smith Lane, $1,600, E P. Winter, Whal- ton and Von Phister. $31.25 Jennie Kemp, 629 United street $100: Mrs. Mary Haniey 509 Southard, $300; Benjamin M. il, 1005 Eaton, $190; J. E s, $100: H B Hask ision, $95; Annie T. Sweet- . gi ing. 901 Pea 1212 Varela Jennie C street, $2,000 White, $175 $10 $150; BE rf Pierce Martinez, Lon to, Surry Duval rnandez. $1,000 Fred § Solom Wilk v2 H. Bol Luther $1,004 a Eaton, Windsor La Thompson, i Armando Cobo, Whitehead streets P Juland, 406 $506, Mrs. Juiand. 06 Petronia Pear! Catherine ar $1,500, Mars reet, $7,000 ia street. $100, 700 Duval street, The Key West Citizen) , WASHINGTON, Mar. 1. —Construction of 20 addi- tional houses on the Key West Naval Reservation, as Charles .Palmer, coordinator of de- 'fense housing, was approved teday by President velt. | The houses are to be built vat Federal expense under ‘private contract, under the supervision of a Federal | Works agency, or one of its ' sub-agencies, probably the Public Buildings Adminis- als They are part of immediate construction program. The specific cost of details are unavailable, but the pro- ject is limited to $3,500 per house, plus $400 for the site. LEO GONZALEZ COES TO CAMP Leo Gonzales, better known as “Gopher” to his baseball and diamondball friends and fans, left over the highway this morn ing for Hollywood, Fla., where he will entrain for Camp Blanding for a year’s training Leo is one of the first Monroe county bovs to be drafted for training. His sports friends hope he will make the camp teams and all wish him success, ‘recommended by Roose- ‘TEMPERATURES Lowest last/Highest lust night 24 hours 47 66 51 58 31 35 16 2 13 20 16 i 45 33 26 “6 16 i6 44 il 0 42 4¢ 17 Bulfalo Burlingtor leston Chicago incinnati 29 68 25 34 72 62 ba] 30 id fe 6a 63 & Kansas City KEY WEST Southard M ji10 * 703 * SERVICE wittt A SMILE Lou Smith Au Auto Service Duval at Division PHONE 9153 or §