The Key West Citizen Newspaper, March 4, 1941, Page 1

Associated Press Day Wire Service For 61 Years Devoted to the Best Intevests of Key West IN THE U.S. A. Chr Key West Citizen THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER Key West, Florida, has the most equable climate in the country; with an average VOLUME LXIL. No. cs KEY WEST, FLORIDA, ASUS MARS eee 4, 1941 ‘GERMAN AND RAF Improvements To Key West “FORCES CONTINUE. Harbor May Bé Auhorized. — MaKINc ATracKs In National Defense Neds sam MARES AN NOUNCEMENT OF THREE) MILLION TONS OF BRITISH | This Would Be Additional GULF STREAM WON. SHPPING SUNK IN WAR “ Regular Appropria- iST. PETERSBURG T0: eats Three million tons of British west Channel any since the war began, an |admiralty official announced te- CRAFT MAKE READY FOR day as HAVANA-KEY WEST DASH ‘tinued to hack at the port of Card- iff and RAF planes carried out FRIDAY AFTERNOON: DUE new attacks over the heart of the HERE EARLY SATURDAY ated Prexs) German bombers con- (Washington Corrsepondent ef The Key West Citizen) WASHINGTON, D. C., Mar. 4.! | | i | lReich, | Admitting the five-hour raid on —Altheugh the annual report of | the chief of Army engineers, | | 4Cardiff had been the worst since mede public today, asks no funds | Dudley C. Sharp, Houston tj, tart or the wax, British for new work or maintenance in 'sportsman, moved a step up in’ spokesmen said at least 100 are ‘the race for the Key West pre-ipomeless there tod. oie Key West harbor during the ‘sentation of the Governor's ‘Tro- property damage has yesterday as his 70-foot ; ., jyawl, Gulf Stream, won the St ely today onsid- | gis netyetely) today bey consid: | teréburg to) Havana, event Mitchell Wolfson. Miami Bea additional improvement may be | City ; - friend of Governor euthorized as a national defense jy ))and been high. German flers said they could see at least 12 great fires burning lin the city and and that harbor ‘works had been severely damag- ‘ed. London said reports indicat- and close aq two churches, a hospital and Spessard L.!4 convent had been wrecked , will present the trophy !aiong with severe damage to measure, with funds to be pra here Saturday night to the homes in the city yachtsman tallying the highest RAF fighters, according to re- number of points-in the series of ports here, brought down two ocean rac German bombers far back in oc- Gulf Stream won the St. Pe-'eypied Europe last night. The fiscal year 1942, engineer officers | phy er it “entirely possible” that some | commissione vided outside of the regular bud- get for river and harbor work. Fxact statement in the report | tersburg-Havana event on cor- pombers were returning from the of the chief of engineers, con- rected time after the yacht had yaid on Cardiff when they were cerning Key West harbor, is that Slipped past Me Castle less attacked by the fighters, which than two minutes behind the {had been escorting British bomb- more heavily handicapped Good | ers in an attack en airdromes on News. The Robert W. Johnson ‘the continent. tenance during the year | yacht finished in an elapsed time! Raids during the night were 1942 for the ons that the of 37 hours, 29 minutes and nine | carried out over Ostend, Bolougne using the northwest |Seconds, but Good News’ correct- | and Brest, the Teports said entrance channel does not justify |¢4 time was 36:49.01, while Gulf | ” * : Stream’s correeted time of 37:31.05 the"relatively high edst of com- Vac tow for the fleet. DEADLINE SET pleting the jetties, and the main- |" Vessels taking part in the se-| work contemplated dur- | ries will leave Havana Friday | ON SETTLEMENT “no funds can be pended for new work profitably ex- or main- fiscal commerce tenance ing the ed to meet the commerce during this period”. Maintenance work referred to fiscal year 1941 is expect-/afternoon for Key West and com- | reauiremnts of Plete the race here some time! Saturday morning. Members of the Key West Yacht | ~ Club, sponsoring the race, will} is dredging by the U.S. hopper noe ai Sn a is dredge San Pablo in the north. have as their guests at a Boca, RELATES TO VICHY AGREE ‘i Chica Beach Club buffet the west entrance channel, during and crews of the racing MENT TO TERMS IN FRENCH nd officials of the South- ern Ocean Racing conference. the present mqgnth, at an esti- mated cost of $23,453.64, funds INDO - CHINA ENTANGLE- | for which already are available. Up to the end, of the fiscal year MENTS 1940, the report shows, total cost MORE BUILDING | iH of permanent work in Key West are iain 5 arbor was $1,256,955.78, of whic dA apacallentigaiinsed harbor was $1,256, of which PERMITS ISSUED aya, Te $1,040,408.75 was for new work set Friday as the deadline before and 6,547.03 was for mainten- which Vichy must agree to terms for the settlement of the French Indo-China war with Thailand, ance Four Key West property own- ers opened this month’s building |i ys announced today VACANCIES IN records with a rush yesterday as be bhai : Tichy Building Inspector Ralph Russell a penuest Lanse ane ue y RE Y sued $1:200 in permits for gen-;""YF Deen leading towerd a pido .e peaceful conclusion, it was ex- pra re] . ies provements. i rae phe sieht pe William (Plained, but France has delayed @ +d an lar; t f the a settlement over rrangements ook the Ia of the RECRUITING AGENT comING “tect. permits, $900 for TO KEY WEST TO AC- to his home. for the tra from the Thailand nsfer of French citizens area to be ceded to gene repairs Other permits issued during ape en ? CEPT APPLICANTS the afienncon kc ts Mis A umn” newspaper today - ae , \pressed for a quick settlement of Burnside, 1102 Amelia street, the issue and declared nationals were m anese in the Four Japanese beaten by a mob of Frenchmen French reating Jap area to be ceded $100 for new porch; Harry Dun Announcement has been made 'can, Olivia street between Emma that an Army Recruiting Agent and Thomas streets. $100 for new will be in Key West Friday, porch, and H. Harrington, White March 7, for the purpose of ac- and Duncan streets, $100 for gen citizens — were cepting applicants for the Regu- eral re the re yesterday the paper de lar Army clared wii pas he ———>>——__ aceepted and sent to their sta MORE ARRESTS AT w vacancies exist for the Second Division, Fort Benning, Ga. and branches of the service in Pan and Hawaii TUESDAY a: — ALICE REID HOUSE side DEFENDANTS IN CASE ARE ama, C. Z 6:00 = Boxing, Simonton and = Front TEMPERATURES Street Arena, 8:30 pm BOUND OVER TO CRIM WEDNESDAY INAL COURT Basketball Doubleheader, Higt Lowest last Highest lesi School Gym, 7:30 p.m = night 24 hours _ THURSDAY 40 M4 St. Paul's Parish 44 49 City ous inthe set pr 62 84 City Hail } 40 Lions Club meets at 6:30 pn 65 Se eat 4 42 ay er 4t 4 27 FRIDAY 2 Key West Players Performa 5 6) s : a 61 4 ana. § a 42 SATURDAY 45 Players Perf ; ia 5 33 t ‘ 20 ‘skiff Friday, ‘ington jin turn called Lt. ‘shortly after Wife OF Armour, Lost At Sea, Will Demand Investigation Of Alleged Negligencé In Search Mrs. Robert Armour, wife of \inewenidiieaued who disappeared with Henry W. > 14-foot will demand a Wash- alleged head winter ser of Cleveland in a investigation of negligence at coast guard quarters day With her daughter, Mrs. Walter KE. Hentschky, who flew here from Detroit on learning of the disappearance of the two men, Mrs. Armour said yesterday she knows tha: no effort was made by the local base to find her hus- band and his companion. Lieut.-Comdr. Carl H. Hilton, commandant of the local base, meanwhile, has prepared a_ re- port to his superiors showing that every possible effort was made to find the men and blaming Mrs. Armour and residents of the Boca Chica camp from which the men disappeared Commander Hilton will tell his superiors that information given him by Mrs. here, she announced to- visitor | Armour made it seem likely that the men had gone into the shal- low waters on the Gulf of Mexico side of the keys. Commander Hilton said he had never today dreamed that the men would row out into the open | water of the Atlantic and that on the first intimation he received of their having gone there, he sent the cutter immediate search. Esser has been through blongings held by sh iff's officers here a member o the German-American Bund and a former soldier with the Ger- man army. Local working on a mysterious angle that all Esser’s belongings were neatly packed when his disap- pearance became known and card giving the name of a Cleve- Pandora in an! idertified | range of only 14° Fahrenheit { PRICE FIVE CENTS Moscow | | i officers are; merce, land friend to be notified in case ; of accident clothes. Explanations both by Mrs. Ar- mour and Commander Hilton fol- low: was on top of his COAST GUAHD REPORT On February 28, 1941, (Friday) about 8:45 p. m. the Coast Guard base received a phone call re- porting that two men in a small skiff had left Boca Chica fishing camp about 1:30 p. m. to go shell- ing up the coast. They were due back at 5 p. m. but had not yet returned. The man on watch reported the matter to his superior officer, i August Bradley, officer in charge ,of C. G: 185. 'phone the He called back over place were message jhad originated, but was unable to ‘obtain any more definite informa- tion. The 185 being out of com- mission with cracked cylinder head he called A. A. Allard, of- ficer in charge of C G. 2282. He Comdr. Hilton 10 p. m. for advice. On account of the indefinite in- formation received, strong winds, rough seas, and time of night when a skiff could not possibly be seen at any distance, and with the danger of a vessel running on the reefs in cruising these waters, Lt. Comdr. Hilton deemed it inadvis- able and futile to conduct a search that night At about 11 p. m. Mrs. Armour called at the office of the Key West base. The man in charge called Lieut. H. B. Haskins who spoke directly with Mrs. Armour (Continued on Page Two) MRS. ARMOUR’S STATEMENT Mis. Armour said she went to proportion to it a Key West dairy and between 7 PIDPON tH od to effort possible for the county to appropriate funds to take care of sponsorship and 7:30 oclock Friday night notified Coast Guard headquar- ters that her husband and an- other man were missing in @ small boat. She said she told them the men had gone looking for shells near the Boca Chica camp where they had been stay- ing. At 10:45 p.m. she said she Went to. the Coast Guard station here and stayed for 45 minutes, during which Lieutenant Haskins called Commander Hilton, final- ly telling her it would do no g60d he me to send out a boat and suggesting ing a beach project in which it shown that Key West should beach for the benefit of the tourists in the city and others as well to have that she “get a couple of Conchs with flashlights and have them jaye look around”. Saturday morning, she again called the Coast Guard and at 8 o'clock went to the navy station here. She was told then, ie said, that the freighter .Massa- chusetts had reported 11 o'clock Friday night and that at 7 a. m. Saturday a tanker had reported hearing the voices. Mrs. Armour said she went to the Masonic Temple here for help, Armour having been a Mason, and during the day, she was told that a navy plane mile area near where the boat (Continued On Page Two) voices at Key West Home Guard Will Hold Drill Key West home guard mem bers will meet tonight at 8 o'cloc for a short period of calisther at the Nationa Guard = armory and a drill session at the army arrack Prelimir first-aid v tuer ar Session Tonight ° BRITISH PUSHING TOWARD ETHIOPIA ROYAL AIR FORCE BOMBED ASMARA IN ERITREA LAST NIGHT tty Aseoctated Press CAIRO. h 4-—Two columns of British troops. which between them have captured 10. 000 Italian ring the Somali i figh are now : ard a communi thrust revealed columns and have been engaged ir Pping uf ince report here said! one of the cot, 60 miles now withi Ethiopian the other top speed from ab Yous tecebes reported to have Eritrea last bomt ke “West Players Preses Three Ome Act Pl. “The Loves of Lione! “The Purple Rim™ “Farewell to Love” HARRIS SCHOOL March 7 and 8—8 P.M. Admission: 45¢ plus Sc tax—S0c [i 1 I Governing Bodies Held Joint Allowing Denounces Bulgaria For Nazi Troops 0 Enter Meeting Last Night; Several Important Matters Discussed, There was a joint the members of the City Council, and Cham- County Commissioner: in the rooms of | body, with Everett Russell, presi- the ‘dent of the Chamber presiding. The i was called specifically for the pur- ‘pose of discussing matters tative to the WPA Sewing Room Project in Key West. work. Roy Schroder, tor, giving an outline of ‘trenchments made all The letter stated that Key st’s quota -w fected in the w Ww The discu: centered upon putting forth forts to have many of those drop- ped from the project put back to A letter was state the meeting of a ber of Commerce held last night Commerce of ion on the question ef- Waterway read least of reduction in population make city Com- meeting from administra- the over every land rel- re- District was brought up, and it was decided to make every effort to ber come af- filiated organization, which it is thought will have some bearing having the inside extended down to Key West for the convenience of the many smaller are unble to take the ocean route to this city. About Advertising craft that the The matter of appointing a joint or central committee for passing af- on all advertising propositions of- additional tives required to maintain the at its full quota. county will within the next few any action can weeks endeavor to make some ar- rangements in the way of spon- sorship for taking care of the proj- ect, which is very the employment of th for this particular work. Beach Project Another matter coming before eting was tha eligible cided a_ suitable pointed, the missioners, hearing merce and other bodies to go into the City Council, Chamber The essential se who are representative matter and Chamber project others, city and matters will of sponsor- for. ta adv was de- Albury, committee made up from Brinton, County Com- Gomez of Com- Stone. useless agents who are ting the business official bodies with some adver- tising sc In this ising proposition, whatever will have to have the it may be, stamp of approval of the committee before it will even be considered. Those meeting were Councilmen ap- Sweeting, Grillon, Commissioners Bervaldi, Roberts, Russell, B. L. Russell , S. C Grooms, fered in Key West was discussed, and it was decided to placed in effect and will be have this This committee of representa-, City, Commerce, and to whom all County, advertising referred before taken. The idea is to protect everyone from advertising by constantly various con- people and way the joint attendance at the Mayor Willard M Freeman, Boyden and Julius F Singleton and W. T. Fripp ‘Russia Warns That Future work out a program whereby this , much needed project can be se- | cured. Navigation District The matter of Monroe County obtaining membership in the In- government officials. Balkan Developments Is To Be Watched. Very Closely (Ry Assoctatee Pre: Berlin today displayed a eit front to Soviet Russia’s denun ciation of Bulgarian action in per- mitting the country’s occupation by the Nazi army, but warned that the Reich “will tolerate no restriction on its action in fight ing Great Britain”. German newspapers that understandable, oucted Mos- cow’s action is but mistaken of the Reich has “Only the action saved Bulgaria from hecoming a_ battleground”, the papers explained. “Russia does not understand the danger of British the Balkans”. Moscow carried banner action in newspapers, however, headlines today denouncing Bulgaria for permit. ling German treaps to take over the “country “and warned that“ Russia will watch future Balkan developments London still has refrained from breaking off diplomatic relations with Sofia, but a government spokesman today hinted the break may come tomorrow. “Bul+ garia will be treated as any ene: my power would be treated by Great Britain”, the spokesman declared. Turkey, meanwhile, is awaiting a Nazi courier at Ankara and people throughout the country appear to be taking tha fast” changing developments calmly TOMMY LEAMAN WHILES AWAY. TIME IN ROOSEVELT DENIES KEY West TELLING STORIES OF WARS wocce Charite f life r from pent the itting and blasting people noe Leaman participated in! Ruggle Indianapols who woulat alone ned 130 pour alled hum channel at Dunkir about a little who r part of hi a machine quiet, * the taxpay- ard At war has adult gun und hy tarted for home ar d | Ge rmany just 12 had covered a 700- Relates Pee In South America, Narvik, Dunkirk camp the Sitz” turned that was soon to gun and he made one jump a8 British up the last of eft Norwa too, one of of Emperor! mashed na rking for a ma Post at Ma was opera nd he reea the one } years left the US REPORT OF TAKING OVER COMMISSION ACCUSED OPPONENTS OF EN DEAVORING TO MAKE TROUBLE OVER DEFENSE EFFORT (ie Associated Presa) WASHINGTON March 4 President Koosevelt in a formal tatement today denied published reports that he wili take over the national defense commission and accused his opponents of “trying to confuse and make trouble over the defense effort.” The President, speaking through t ecretary, h T. Early, said the story y ally” and the motive back of its release poisonow Early said the President has planned policy-making group ch =would include himself arry L. Hopkins and members of cabinet. William 8. Knudsen. chief of the present commission iid retain hi position head production comynittee and come to discuss with the presidential group time, Early said. pol at any stores which the President de ared were untrue had suid Koudsen. Edward RK. Stettiniu John D Biggers and Sidney Hill would be ousted from c trot of the defense work. = | RIGEY REVIVAL 7:30 p. m. Sundays. 2:30 p. m. BIG TENT — Duval and Division Streets Bring The Sick . For Prayer!