The Key West Citizen Newspaper, March 14, 1941, Page 1

Associated Press Day Wire Service For 61 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West VOLUME LXILI. No. 63. KEY WEST, FLORIDA, GEIS EIS MARCH 14, 1941 Law Fim Hai St Employed By Commission As County Legal Advisors Fire Captain Richard Rus-\ (OS OODIL@D LDL LD SD ROOSEVELT SPEAKS TOMORROW NIGHT (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON, March 14. —President Roosevelt will go on a nation-wide radio net- ‘work tomorrow night at 9:30 o'clock (EST) to tell the nation exactly what the “lease-lend” bill means and what the United States is go- fing to do now in the cam- paign to aid Great Britain. The President will speak from 9:30 to 10 o'clock and his words will be carried by spe- cial hookups to radios in every part of the world. sell Voted Increase In; Pay At Meeting Con- ducted Last Night Fire Captain Richard Russell last had five-dollar monthly pay boost, but he won't start getting the money until the night a county’s new budget goes into effect in about six months, Eddie County Commissioner Gomez won unanimous approval Russell’s when he | FGM L LIL ST SSS told fellow commissioners at last night’s meeting that Captain 4. 'BILL FRIPP T0 had been drawing, T A P. Knowles $105 a month for the same work as Russell, who gets $100. OVERLIN NAMED _ SECRE- | TARY AND SMITH TREAS- URER YESTERDAY for raise With Commissioner J. Frank Roberts sitting perhaps for the last time on the board, the mem- | bers voted to employ the law firm of Harris and Stone as county le- | gal advisors. Julius F. Stone has} been acting as county attorney in| the absence of W. Curry Harris, who was called into army service} Key West Rotarians yesterday immediately after his appoint- | named Bill Fripp, local store man- ment in January. jager, to lead the organization as The designation of the Harris | president during the next year. and Stone firm makes little ac-|He will take office at the first | tual difference in the legal setup, meeting in July. exoept to forestallethe-objection | ‘Howard Overlin was elected raised a week ago by Gomez that |Secretary and Charles Smith, a county attorney does not have j treasurer. the authority to appoint a man to; work in his place. Acting informally on the re- quest of a local merchant for per- | mission to arm his truck drivers, the commissioners agreed with- out coming to a vote that the mat- ter should be handled by the sher- if's office. BERVALDI WILL “BUILD RESIDENCE TWO OTHER BUILDING PER MITS ISSUED BY IN- SPECTOR ‘will be elected at the next meet- ing Thursday and plans for the \ladies’ night at Casa Marina Ho-! tel March 27 will be completed. | Visiting Rotarians were: Willis Naff, Gainsboro, Tenn.; Darvin Barnes, Lebanon, Tenn | Norden, Lincoln, Neb.; eerie Botsford, Buffalo, N. Y.; Wendell | Wiant, Marion, Ohio; W, C. Baker, Williamsville, N. Y.: T. B. Badg- ley, Albany, N. Y.; W. A. Roeser, Flint, Mich.; P. D. Blai, Mead- | ville, Pa.; Ray W. Spaulding, | Meadville. MANY KILLED IN EXPLOSION 'THREE HUNDRED INJURED WHEN POWDER PLANTS IN SPAIN BLEW UP Hollon R. assistant Key ‘West has been issued a building permit for con- struction of a $5,000, one-story | building on Washington street, it| was learned today | Bervaldi will construct a build-j ing with 30-foot frontage and a} SEVILLE, ch 14.—Tweny- metal roof. John W. Sawyer is five persons lost their lives this contractor for the job and Earl N.'! morning and more than 300 wi Wolfe, architect. reported injured in the explosi T. Luther Pinder, 1317 Duval of a powder plant on the street, was granted a permit for | outskirts. $500 to build a pump house, and! Fifty Annie Ps 419 William street, down in the of t took out $100 permit for gen- series of explosions which eral repairs to stroyed the powder plant Bervaldi, postmaster, (ny A ted Press) concussion de- her home. | General Blanding Coming Here For Legion Convention; General Collins May Also Be Visitor for hom exec « future home United S ti dire 1500 the tion, stated day sheen more date ar ar reservat PARKING METERS PROVE FAILURE FARMERS AND MERCHANTS REBELLED AGAINST IN-| STALLATION;: REMOVAL ARKE, March 14 (FNS).— Parking meters may be a_ life- saver to the city fathers of some Florida municipalities _ hard- pressed for sources of revenue, but they turned out to be the biggest pain-in-the-neck the councilmen of Starke have had since the Camp Blanding boom began. ; Heavy traffic in this town created a parking problem, with cars parked two- and three- deep on the main business streets. The boom also is demanding in- icreased municipal facilities, the !cost of which is running ahead of finances. The council hoped to help solve both problems by in- stalling parking meters on the | main streets. However, when ame into town and saw those jStrange gadgets and discovered {that they would have to deposit sa nickel in them if they parked their cars, they rebelled. No, jsir, they wouldn’t pay a nickel lfor the privilege of doing busi- | jness with any man. | Main street of _ this hustling | !town assumed the appearance of! |Goldsmith’s iand when the merchants gazed at ! jthe empty streets and saw the \farmers driving to the outskirts ‘to do heir trading, they rebelled, too, and degcended upon the flus- trated town council in a body, de- manding the removal of the Bark ing meters. Once again Democracy _ tri-} lumphed. Parking: meters are a , thing of the past in Starke. And 'jonce again the embattled farmers {may park their chariots as, when | the farmers Directors of the organization | nq where they please, for the | business men of Starke realize that soldiers come and go, but \the farmers stay on forever. | LONG FACING COURT MARTIAL =: | 'CHARGED WITH DESERTION |! AND THEFT FROM GOVERN- MENT PROPERTY | Private Jack Long, held army charges cf desertion and theft from government property after he allegedly stole a car and {money y from Key West army bar- racks March 5, will face a court {martial in about two weeks. | Col. Webster F. Putnam, Jr {this morning ‘said Long would be tried only after the army has had sufficient time to check all pos- evidence and cated w headquarters Third Army at San Antonio, on | sible has com mu the Tex Lor was | officers after he arrested by she had left j soldier's car wrecked on the way Taverni He ae a army by a fellow high wa Judge near over to the V. Albury a d accepted charge of property of cx P u SHARED EQUALLY SAN FRANCISCO. Hogni, r of Cali hy i [ts | | j | 3 | | BOXIN |B Tonight at 8:30 o'clock ———— WEST ARENA | | Main Ex CLYDE HAYES. JACK PATTON Fir R JACKIE PAGE s na | { | 8 | | MANUEL HANCOCK} me) GEN. ADM. SOc. tax Se { | RINGSIDE $1.00. tax 10c DEMANDED | | boom | “Deserted Village”; | | Gen (Rapoorting Preliminaries || Che Key West Criizrit THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN THE U. S. A. Carpenters. Meet With Company Representatives In Effort To Reach Settlement On Walkout | Key West carpenters, ius |ranks swelled to about 150 with \the addition of 20 or 30 more men 'who refused to go to work this morning, are negotiating this aft- ernoon with construction com- pany representatives for the first time since they halted work on three government projects yes- terday. A five-man carpenters’ commit- | tee met at 2 o'clock this afternoon with officials from Paul Smith and W..P. Thurston companies, but both sides agree that chances for an immediate settlement of the workers’ demand for a 20- cent hourly wage increase are slight. Navy public works officers in charge of the Thurston company’s construction of buildings at the navy yard sound school, said this morning they had been told by Capt. W. F. Jacobs, commandant of the base, to make no comment on the walkout. Thurston com- |pany officials said they had been given the same instructions. L. L. Langford, superintendent of construction at the Smith com- repeated this morning that | his company could not make the | wage increase without a revision of contracts. A report that Paul Smith, owner’ of the company, had come here for the negotia- jtions was denied by company representatives. Carpenters met informally last} night to discuss terms on which | they will return to work, but meeting is expected to le both carpenters and em- ployers with a clearer picture of what each will do. A_ spokesman company, of meanwhile, the said all ects will come to a standstill to- day unless the carpenters return to work. Some concrete has been poured since the carpenters’ walkout yesterday, but the sup- ply of forms is now exhausted to be laid off this afternoon. Members of the carpenters’ committee are Hamilton Knowles, Clarence Higgs, Laurence Hig; J. S. Dongs and G. R. Malone. Predicts Quick Victory For {By Associated Press) LONDON, March 14.—Warning his countrymen that Great Britain faces the most crucial period in its history, A. B Alexander, first ‘lord of the admiralty, said this} {morning he believes Germany can |be quickly defeated if the empire DOUGHTRY GOING | TO WASHINGTON | CALLED THERE IN INTEREST | OF PROPOSED AQUE- DUCT PROJECT | sault expected this spring. | Will Doughtry, member of the _ With the aid of American arms Aqueduct Commission, in re- 9d supplies, Great Britain sponse to a long-distance call not only win the but from S. P. Robineau, attorney for achieve “a quick victory,” pecan aril aves a ander predicted today. ami. There he will take a plane or Washington to confer with Mr. Robineau and other officials jrelative to the proposed fresh lwater pipe line to Key Wes Mr. Robineau reports every- {thing favorablc for securing funds for the project and the com- mission to complete final a ents for the be- ginning of operations FINE IMPOSED ON WILLA M RIVERA } Willa N vagrancy, tt ed to pay can war, can Alex- Our most crucial period awaits us,” leave fternoon he said. “If we are able to stave off Hit- ler’s drive in the spring, we will be ready to win the war.” Alexander said he is confident that the navy has achieved methods which will make it im- possible for Germany’s counter blockade of submarines to be ef- fective in preventing supplies from crossing the Atlantic to England. Winston Churchill, prime min- ister of England, meanwhile, is speeding plans for the departure a special mission to arrange shipments in Washington. Ship- ping experts are expected to leave for the American capital within a few days. read anger a, charged with 10 and il by ENGLAND LANDS * TROOPS TO HELP GREECE (By Assoctated Press) Jittery Balkan diplomats British willingness to engage in a scale Bakan war in a_ story red tod: the authorita London Ti The Tir British off TEMPERATURES Lowest last Highest last night 24 hours ut tive ften hints at before “Greece ned a Great Br heard re- told Bel her pac anwhile that Turkey has COMING EVENTS FRIDAY there was no formal action and | Smith | work on the two housing proj- | and other workmen are expected | England With American Aid: is able to stave off the mighty as- | Greatest tS In Widespread Attacks Marvin Griffin Marvin Griffin and Chester Roberts, held in county jail since FBI men arrested them Tuesday morning at the “Alice Reid house” on Howe street, this morning were freed on direct orders from federal headquarters at Miami. U. S. Marshal George Gomez, who made the arrests in the sur- prise raid Tuesday, released Grif- fin and Roberts at about 9:30 o'clock. No charge was made {against either of them. Alice Reid Griffin, operator of the house who is held under $3 {000 bond on a federal white sla | charge, still is in jail, apparently ‘unable to ra the money neces- sary for her release. An_ unidentified ve soldier, = PLAN CONFERENCE ON AXIS PROGRAM MATSUOKA WILL MEET WITH HITLER IN BERLIN THIS WEEK (By Associated Press) VICHY, March 14 apanese Foreign Minister Matsuoka will bear a three-point program of Axis co-operation when he = ar rives in Berlin this week for conference with Adolf Hitler, formed sources here predict Matsuoka, before he will dis: cuss Japanese action against eat Britain and the United States in the Pacific, it is believ- ed here, will demand (1) German planes and flier (2) Axis authorization for Ja- pan to act in the role of mediator a in Dd if an opportunity arises. (3) Conclusion of a Japanese- Russian non-aggression treaty Vichy diplomats sa will discus: and Premier not commit hi tive policy ager Orient without those th Hitler but wall jon in the safeguards. ITALIAN ASSAULT BOGGING DOWN FASCIST SOLDIERS GREATLY WEAKENED BY UNCOUNT ABLE LOSSES terms Mu ex aC of (My Associated Press) Weake BRADY’S (Live) Poultry and Egg Market TENNESSEE MILK-FED ROASTERS Battery Raised RHODE ISLAND RED FRYERS 1214 White Street Phone 549 Roberts Arrested At Reid House Released From Jail ar- And Chester rested along with Griffin and Roberts, a bartender in the estab- | lishment, was freed quietly Wed-' nesday morning after a night in jail. Word of his release was not made public and army officers to- day said no army charge has been made against him. j Griffin, who helped operate the house and is said to own a half- interest in it with his wife, is re- | ported to have leased the property to one of the inmates of the house since he was confined in jail. No record of the lease is available at county clerk's office, but reliable sources say the deal has been com- pleted and it is not necessary to record the lease within any given time. MOSQUITO BOATS \TEN SPEEDY VESSELS MADE FLYING TRIP IN ROUGH WEATHER * | | t | | ‘in Berlin to have died (RAF's second night of terror at ‘Hamburg and, with rare RETURN TO PORT Key West, Florida, has the most equable climate in the country; range of only 14° Fahrenheit with an average PRICE FIVE CEN TS England And Germany Pounded tard In Last Night Liverpool And Glasgow Hit Hard; Fifty Civilians Killed In Raid At Ham- burg (By Associated Press) Europe's greatest seaports in England and Germany took new sledge-hammer blows last night air forces on both sides of the ' channel stepped up the tempo of their aerial “blitz”. Liverpool for the second secutive night felt the thunder of thousands of Nazi bombs and Glasgow in Scotland took its worst pounding in- three months. Berlin claimed both cities were left in flames and predicted it con- ;would take the British months to restore Glasgow to usefulness. Fifty civilians were admitted in the frank ness, Berlin admitted that indus- trial loss in many north German cities had been great. ie London said the second night attack.on Liverpool fad been less intense than the previous night's assault, but Berlin said the city had suffered worse damage than |Coventry. (Coventry was virtual- mosquito boats of No. 2 put in an- appearance in Key West last night after they had departed a week ago for an un- Ten PT other surprise speedy quadron known Th stination. sq tied up at the navy station docks this morn. ing and officers here said they had made a flying trip through rough seas to arrive here some time last night Kaweah, the giant armed tank- meanwhile, was preparing to port this afternoon after tugs had worked all morning to tow away from a dock to which she was pinned by heavy Unloaded and with un- high freeboard, the, big, ur * to pull herself the dock in face é6fthe di RIDES WITH OWNER AP IDS leavi her her inds. “ usually Ia —Buddy this city has trained ride with him on of his bicycle var ly destroyed by German bombers in December.) Calling their new north Germany the in aerial history, British spokes men today said Bremen, Emden, Cherbourg and other French and German cities had suffered along with Hamburg in last night's raids. Coast-hugging Nazi supply ships near Norway also came in for attack at the hands of the far-ranging RAF and spoksemen said today a convoy had broken up and some ships sunk by an aerial torpedo attack CURRY DISPOSES OF KEY ACREAGE T. Jenkins Curry of Key West has sold to Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. Wells two lots at Anglers Park, Key Largo, a deed record ed at county courthouse revealed today attacks on most intense been T $100. » purchase price was about Judge Gomez This Afternoon Heard Jimmy Walker's Wife ln Second Plea For Divorce nd kn ng W Arthur pitts at t n of the violent made it “ wt 1 the court bickeret flew int he ghtest 1g ng her health sary for the home of her STEWERS oon's hear ty wood attorney, will deny ns put In the ch of forward by dd the alker after the atic Mr tria alle Walker vious wife at W ed mar had be their id not con i d isn est the new Mrs rece st the suit t expected to plea Walker, in said it her sec had plea. { passionate anger defendant nd insistently aggra od, chided and nagged th the b presenc dure case en hear announein his decision after days study of the evidence veral