The Key West Citizen Newspaper, March 3, 1941, Page 1

Associated Press Day Wire Service For 61 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West Che Key West Citizen THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN THE U. S. A. VOLUME LXIL. No. 53. Royal Air Force Bombers | Launch Heavy Attack On Submariné Basé At Brest Fliers aauanind From At LEGION T0 GIVE tack Said Several Ves-' PRIZES FOR BEST sels In Harbor Were Struck GOVERNOR 10 AWARD YACHT | RACE TROPHY HOLLAND NAMES MITCHELL | WOLFSON, FORMERLY oF | KEY WEST, TO MAKE PRE- | SENTATION | | (Dy Associated Presa) LONCON, March 3.—Royal Air Ferce bombers last night caused widespread damage at the great German submarine base at Brest and started fires in the factory district of the Hague, it was ani rounced today. (A dispatch from the Hague, via Berlin, said eleven persons were killed and 20 injured when high explosive bombs drop- ped in a residential area.) Fliers returning from the at- tack on Brest said several ships in the harbor had been struck and great destruction in ware- houses caused by fire bombs, Clouds of smoke obscured the whole waterfront area after the attacks, they reported. The admiralty, continues to six meanwhile, discount German claims of attacks on British ship- | ping. A newspaper account from Berlin today told of sinking of 21,- 000 “or ‘perhaps -56,006" ‘tons of shipping over the weekend, but officials here denied any know- letige of the attacks, LIONS CLUB IN REGULAR MEET LIONISM STRESSED BY PRESI- DENT GERALD SAUND- DERS DRESSED WOMEN |STREET TO BE CLOSED OFF DURING CONVENTION FOR SHOWING OF DRESSES AND OTHER ACTIVITIES Women of Key West are going to have an opportunity to win several substantial prizes for wearing the best costumes during the American Legion state vention here April 23-26, it was ‘announced today by Albert Mills, ‘executive director of the Key West Convention corporation. The aim is to emphasize the fiesta aspects of Key West to the visiting Legionnaires. Mills said. All women are asked to sew and have sewn for them, dresses ; which will reflect the atmosphere ,of Key West, especially the fiesta aspects. During the convention Duval street, between Fleming and ; Eaton streets, is to be. closed off ;each evening for the showing of , dresses and other activities of the | convention. “In requesting the women Key West to sew dresses em- |phasizing the fiesta aspects of ‘Key West, the American Legion ' plans to award substantial prizes for the best, the most original and the most striking costume” Mills said. “It will be a grand oppor- , tunity to highlight Key West's un- matched atmosphere and to jereate something for the Legion- naires they have found in no other leity.” | Spanish costumes _ will con- of be The yachting spotlight of the nation will be focused on Key ; West next Saturday as the Gover- \nor of Florida Trophy, grand prize ; ‘of the Southern Ocean Racing ‘Conference's series of big winter races is presented to the season's | winning yacht. Governor Holland has written ‘commodore: E. P. Winter of the | !Key West: Yacht Club that he will be unable to present the trophy !in person as he is scheduled to re- | ceive an honorary degree from; |Southern College on the same | , night. However, he has appointed | {his close friend Mitchell Wolfson, City Commissioner of Miami Beach and head of the Wometco Theaters, as his personal repre- ! sentative. The designation of Mr. Wolfson is particularly fit- ting as he is a native Key Wester who has become one of Miami's most prominent and successful businessmen, and a ‘very close friend of Governor Holland H The presentation ceremony will take place at a buffet dinner at the Boca Chica Beach Club on Saturday night, following the Havana-Key West Race. Mem- bers of the Key West Yacht Club, which is sponsoring the event, will have as their guests the owners and crews of the racing yachts and officials of the South- ern Ocean Racing Conference. | The keen rivalry between Wil- liam Labrot'’s famous “Stormy Weather”, five-time winner of} the Miami-Nassau Race, and. R.; W. Johnson's “Good News”, last year’s winner of the St. Peters-! burg-Havana Race, is expected to | highlight the race to Key West. Other fast yachts which will give these leading contenders some- thing to worry about are H. G. Fowne’s 72-foot “Escapade”, Dudley Sharp's 70-foot “Gulf Stream”, the “Windigo”, 71-foot entry of the Chicago Yacht Club, and a fleet of smaller boats. COMING EVENTS — |\SMOLII a OSS TEXANS GREATLY ENJOY FISHING Mr. and Mrs. P. S, Valdes of Dallas, Texas, went out on a fishing trip last week on the craft “Seven-Up”. They report having had an excel- lent day‘s fishing and reveal- ed they are very much “tak en up” with Key West. They, have rented a cottage for the duration of their stay here. Included in the catch last! week were mackerel, snooks, barracuda. red snapper, rock snook, horse mackerel and many other varieties. Mr. and Mrs. Valdes suc- ceeded in larding nine bar- racudas, which was the larg, est wart of the catch. NEAR CUDJOE KEY KEY WEST, FLORIDA, MO NDAY, MARCH 3, 1941 ‘CAR TURNS OVER’) |JOSEPH SANCHEZ, DRIVER. RECEIVES INJURIES TO BACK AND HAND Cancels Key West, Florida, has the most equable climate in the country; with an average range of only 14° Fahrenheit PRICE FIVE CENTS Occupation Of Bulgari Bulgaria Turkey Pact | Joseph Sanchez, local newspa- | {per dealer, was injured Saturday | (might when the car he was driv-! ling turned over near Cudjoe | key. AUTO ACCIDENT Sanehez today was undeigo-| AT CRAIG, FLA. Eaton street, for a bruised back |SHERIFF’S OFFICE UNABLE and injuries to his hand. The accident occurred at about | ee ae TION THUS FAR midnight Saturday as the dealer; : for delivery here. MEET TONIGHT LOVE STORY IN ' MODERN STYLE | HEADQUARTERS ‘ALONG CAME CINDERELLA” IS AMONG VIVIEN GREY'S BEST STORIES There will be a joint meeting | tonight of the state officers of the | American Legion's auxiliary, the Vivien Grey's “Along Came chairmen of the committee in , Cinderella" is that rarest of rare charge of the auxiliary activities things—a love story that really is during the American Legion con- {about ve It sas ar modern Cin- vention here April 23-26, and the “Tt begins witn Lovely Daye and directors of the Key West Con-'three of her pals picnicking on vention corporacion. {the Cosgrave estate in upper The meeting will Westchester county, None of the convention headquarters, La four has any idea whose sstate Concha hotel building, Albert itopic/ they want is a little re- Mills, executive director of the lief from the heat of New York’s tenement district. Key West Convention corporation And then young Roger Cos- announced. — |grave strolls down from the house Already in the city for the to ask the gang to move on. It’s meeting are Mrs. Albert Buzzell,' pretty dry, and fires are danger- Coral Gables, Florida department ‘ous. The difficulty is that Roger president of the American Le-'saw Lovely, slacks rolled up to gion’s auxiliary, and Mrs. Pearl her knees, golden hair floating Stoutenberg , secretary of the! about her beautiful face. auxiliary of the state They are! The picnic was not disturbed, stopping at Trumbo hotel and put Roger was. And when by will remain in the city until after |chance he saw Lovely again, he the meeting. é knew that his well-planned life Committee chairmen of the! would not run on schedule. auxiliary activities are invited to, “Along Came Cinderella” is the attend the meeting, for | their story of a sudden and devastat- duties will be outlined by Mrs. ing love, of the way in which a Buzzell and Mrs. Stoutenberg. It girl who was almost too good is expected the complete program came to be Lovely’s nemesis, and for the auxiliary activities will be | how life finally was straightened be held in presented at the meeting. The car ap-}; j Sought particularly, Mills said. JUAN PLANES’ FUNERAL TODAY Lionism in all its phases was! stressed at the regular meeting of | the Key West Lions Club Thurs- | day evening in the Den on Semi-! nary street. Lion President Gerald Saunders occupied the pro- gram section with a quizz on Lionism and the net result was; pIED SUDDENLY YESTERDAY The Key West Convention cor- ( MONDAY i Last Day of Key West Garden Club Flower Show at Public Library. Open until 10 p.m. ketball Doubleheader, High School Gym, 7:30 p.m TUESDAY Stone Church Service Club. Ba 6:00 , poration directors will meet at the same _ time. Several im portant bills and other matters {are to be considered. {out for Cinderella and her Prince ;Charming. It is a rich, warm} (Story about people you might, ourself, have known “I was born in Buffalo, N. Y.,| jwas driving to get newspapers | WU hedhhediddededl Local sheriff's officers are at- tempting to get information on ‘an automobile accident at Craig, \Fla, which may have cost the \life of one person Sunday morn- ‘ing. | County Commissioner (Graig instead of reporting the accident yesterday morning to the sheriff's office here, called Sheriff D. C. Coleman at Miami. Dade county deputies made the trip from Miami to Craig and oc- |cupants of the cars (or cars) were |taken to the hospital at Home- |stead. | Chief Deputy Harold Russell |this morning said he could not understand Craig's failure to call ihere, since the Miami deputies ;made a much longer trip than | would have been required of of- jficers from this end. The trip to ‘the hospital at Homestead also was considerably farther than to ;a hospital in Key West. RW: GENERAL SHEDD. - GIVEN NEW POST ARMY OFFICIAL WAS FOR- MERLY STATIONED IN KEY WEST (Ry Asnociated Pressy WASHINGTON, March 3.— :Maj. Gen. William E.° Shedd, |transferred to command of the eighth division last week after service with the general staff in ; Washington, has been placed in command of the first corps area, it was announced today. General Shedd, formerly sta- that a good many Lions came from the meeting with a more thorough knowledge of the organ- | ization of which they are a part. Evangelist, Raymond T. Richey, (Continued on Page Four) IMPROVEME W. R. Fieck, 700 Duval street, will begin construction of addi- tional bowling allies at his amuse- ment center within a few days, it was learned today. Fleck said construction, amount- ing to about $4,000, will be han- dled by Ralph Russell and not by a Miami concern as had previous- ly reperted. Russell _ T. Pancoast, Miami Beach, is archi- tect for the project been Occupation Of Nazis Starts Spring Campaign MORNING AT RESIDENCE ON EATON STREET i |. Funeral for Juan | Planes, age 38, who passed away {suddenly Sunday at “11:45 in’ the at 1017 Eaton street, will be held this afternoon 5:00 o'clock from the Rev. A. B. Dimmick, of Paul's Episcopal church, will services morning residence home. St officiate Survivors include — the Mrs. Elisa Planes; a daught ¥ |Planes; moth Mrs. Petrona Planes of Tampa, and a brother, Leonardo Planes, also of T: pa. |charge of arran widow Planes George a son Hom Bulgaria By (My Associated Press) BERLIN, March jay jerlin rman a the paign and the “pause n has been 3 papers impression olf Hitler has given p.m. Boxing, Simonton and Street Arena, 8:30 p.m. WEDNESDAY |Basketball Doubleheader, School Gym, 7:30 pm THURSDAY Rotary Club meets 12 St. Paul's Parish Hall City Council at 8:00 p.m City Hall Lions Club Key West Players, 8:00 p. m 8:30 pm FRIDAY ted Cross Sewing Club meets at ect, 2:00 p.m a, 8:30 ; SATURDAY Key t Yacht Club Rece for Winne Hava West Race Fort Taylor | { Hl ss | j | Front High ; p.m meets meets at 6:30 p.m Seminary Street Art meet at | We Race mor: SERIAL By VIVIEN GREY IT STARTS TODAY IN THIS PAPER Center, | lof stock that ran to clergymen jand oil prospectors,” says Vivien |Grey of herself, “so I came by ithe idea that gathering moss wasn't much use natutally.” | .The author of “Along Came |Cinderella” went to school in In- idiana, graduated from Saint Mary-of-the-Woods at Terre Haute, and passed the music supervisor's examination for work in the schools. That's as near as she ever came to school teaching, however—she took an eight dollar a week newspaver job in Terre Haute and never went near a schoolroom thereafter. Miss Grey worked on papers in Indiana, Ohio, West Virginia, Washington, D.C, and ‘finally New York. Then she decided that gathering moss might have some virtue. She bought a place in Westchester County and started ~ writing fiction She published two books last year, and wrote “Along Came Cinderella” for the Associated Press Feature Service in addi- tion But life Miss Grey even yet school she was called “Carrots. Once she cut off her own hair because she was tired being joked about it. And now, whet she has come to be rather proud f her hair, she finds that every- body thinks henna did it! SMALL FIRE ON MRS. W. HARVEY BUYS PROPERT Wilhelmina Goehring Harvey, Key West, has purchased from 14 owners a 22-foot front lot on Wil- | liam street. The transaction is reported to have involved about $500. Joint owners of the property before it was purchased by Mrs. Harvey were Mr. and Mrs. Harold Albury, Key West; Mrs. Ro- yenovar, DeKalb, Ala.; Mr. W. R. Sanchez, chua county, Fla.; Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Hudson, Dade county; Shirley May Sanchez, Hillsborough c ty; Mr. and Mrs. Leo H. W: Mr. and Mrs. J. Otto Kirchheiner and Mr Mrs. Harry D. War- ren, Mc c y TEMPERATURES is not quite smooth for All through Lowest last/Highest las! night 24 hours 51 76 4 52 discovered o'clock the mall blaze was ening at 6:30 ng occupied by f Caballeros la Luz Catherine street, just off of Du val. The blaze was soon extin very littl damage or. resul Th ng e appa arm sent be ner af Duval |streets. and = Cathe {tioned in Key West, is the brother- |in-law of Miss Etta Patterson, 522 Caroline street. A story in , The Citizen last week described his service here and his promo- tion. CIRCUIT JUDGE GOES TO MIAMI WILL ANNOUNCE DECISION IN COMPTON DIVORCE CASE FROM THAT CITY Judge Arthur Gomez, who heard testimony here Saturday in the divorce plea of Betty Comp. ton against former New York M. r Jimmy Walker, left 1 night for Miami He is expected to announce his decision in the case from there within the next two or three days. Testimony in th transcribed and the record to Judge Gomez last night is expectel to spend at least tw days<studying the testimony b«< his decision © case was se } escaped freight sped te Sure enough, as the tr began to slow down, three figures were observed aboard the Taker a train way towr chain bearded > search the fugitives and had been able to escape themselves gur the train for iThree New Classes Of FLOWER SHOW ENDS TONIGHT Turkish Troops Have panes: Now Been Calied Into HAS PROVED TO BE ONE OF Active Service MOST SUCCESSFUL EVER | GIVEN HERE (by Assveinted Brean) ANKARA, March. 3.—Occupa Final showing of the Key West Hon! Bulgaria dleemen troops Garden club's annual Flower has scrapped the’ Bulgaria-Tur- Show this afternoon and tonight key aliiance, unofficial sources will bring to an end one of the here said today, most successful in the series of events. Three new classes of Turkish The show closes at 10 o'clock troops, involving about 250,000 tonight after a ihree-day exhibi- tion aisthe public library. , men, have been called info active Mrs. Osa Johnson, widow of service and unusual precautions the famed explorer, Martin John- are being taken to seerch ships son and widely known for her own travels and writings, paid a Pessing through the Dardanelles. visit to the exhibit yesterday Fi afternoon to see tropical plants ome: reports stid Turkey ha with which she had become fami- #iven Great Britain bases for liar during her trips. She ex- bombing planes within her bor- pressed particular interest in the ders and other reports indicate African tulips. British troops and planes already Mrs. E. P. Winter, president of ‘ the Garden Club, today described have taken up positions both in the show as the largest and best Turkey and in the Salonica re- attended the club has sponsored,; #12n.of Greece Medicinal plants gathered by, Britain has not severed diplo- negro residents of Key West pro- matic relations with Bulgaria, auced one of the most interesting },, : ut according to reports reaching features of the show, she gaid. 8 2 zl here, a state of war will be de- WATER LINE “PEPE ustueoteot ors BIDS RETURNABLE oe British bombers attacked , strate gic points in Bulgaria | but informed quarters call the rumors “unlikely”. SIZE OF PIPE TO BE USED Greek newspapers, meaiwhile, NOT DETERMINED are taking no formal notice of AS YET the deca lence arising from Ger- man troops’ presence i their border with Bulgaria and have not mentioned the troop move+ ments, One paper today ediiori+ ally expressed confidence in “final vietory for the Allies”, MORE FUNDS FOR RIVERS, HARBORS ‘ARMY ENGINEER ASKS CON- GRESS FOR APPRO- on Bids for provision of pipe to be used in the Key West water line are returnable to the navy department by tomorrow. Whether the aqueduct will be made up of 18-inch or 12-inch pipe is still unknown, but bids for both tvpes are being taken by the navy department. FAALAL LL LL THIS DECREE NEARLY UNDRESSES ACTRESS (By Assoeh Press) BASEL, Switzerland, Mar. 3—An actress hero was forced to “borrow” her own dress to answer curtain calls at the premiere of a play in which she played the lead. The germent had been fin- ished and was ready for de- livery at the tailor’s when 4 government decree was issued banning purchase or delivery ef woolen and cotton goods. Understanding officials. however, in view of the “youth and beauty” of the actrers, allowed her to “bor- row” her own dress under the condition it be returned immediately after the show. BOA aseos Hopes Of Finding PRIATION (By Associated Presa) WASHINGTON, March 3.—Ma jor General Julian A, Slade of the army en, pers, Had agked Congress for $367,000,000 for riv ers and harbors during the fiscal year The appropriation would spent for construction work canals, harbor works and similar activities, but Washington ob. servers tay there is no chance of the army getting anything like that amount. President Roosevelt is said to have tentatively pared the fig- ure to $164,000,000 and Congres sional leaders say it will be cut considerably more before the measure is passed. Missing, Men be on In Skiff Boat Are Abandoned ers today are hold nd friends pr wt 14-foot boat. ane from Mi- 1 boat ye - upside down shout { American shoal d there would search for the two pair disappeared from p at Boca Chica Fri boat from Key West g for the skiff which had from the air yester- day. returned here after failing locate the capsized bost. With heavy seas running all during the {day, Lieut-Comdr. Carl Hilton jof the local base said today ¢ is no chance that the pair could have survived. Gretchen Hoornstra and Otto Uto of Cleveland, named by Esser for notification in case of accident to him, wired the sheriff's off today to hold his car and other property until one of them arriv here Commander Hilton said the position of the boast sighted from the coast guard plane yerterday indicates it is the one in which Exser and Armour rowed away om the camp Friday. A 2- mile west wind and the outgoing tide would have carried « drifting (Continued on Page Four)