The Key West Citizen Newspaper, March 15, 1941, Page 1

Associated Press Day Wire Service For 61 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West Che Key West Cittzrit THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN THE U.S. A. VOLUME UpStONG e ee No. 64. KEY WEST, FLORIDA, SATURDAY, MARCH 15, 1941 ORDERS PROBE | IN JAILING OF CORRESPONDENT RELATIVE TO RICHARD HOAT- LETT ARRESTED IN BERLIN; ROOSEVELT CALLS FOR IN- VESTIGATION i | | Carpenters Staging | Walkout Returned oe President Roosevelt this morn- * .|ing told the State department to | IPS ,| make a prompt investigation of the jailing in Berlin yesterday SHARK, AMBERJACK of Richard C. Hoatlett, United | HT ON ONE LINE Press correspondent in Germany. | CAUG: Hoatlett was arrested by mem- bers of the Nazi Gestapo on a Nearly every evening is an jcharge of espionage. Joseph W. exciting adventure at the {Griggs, Jr., another correspon- | head of the Casa Marina dock. {dent who shared an apartnient awaiting the return of the {with Hoatlett, was arrested and fishing fleet. But Thursday [released after three hours of evening provided the biggest (questioning. thrill in weeks. J. F. Oates, Shortly after the correspon- Jr., of Lake Forest, Ill, who ‘dent had been jailed, seven Ges- was out with his father, J. F. {tapo agents went to the United Oates, Sr., brought back a | Press office, questioned members 275 lbs. sand shark, which |of the staff and took papers from still had a big amberjark | Hoatlett’s desk. His arrest, they squirming around inside him. [explained to members of the And thereby hangs a tale. {staff, had no connection with his Five times the fishermen | work as a correspondent. caught amberjack, four times Police officials in Berlin denied to be taken by sharks, but the {that the action was a reprisal for | fifth time proved the un- {the arrest in New York yester- doing of the monster that jday of two German correspon- was landed. For thebaitheld, {dents. The German newspaper- and Mr. Oates won the battle {men were taken because they had after an hour and a quarter failed to register as aliens. | of fight. Mr. Oates fished | with an ordinary Calcutta Tip. eighteen thread line, sen BLANKETS FOR (iy Associated Presa) Pay Increase Granted To Operatives Of Thurston Co. On Navy Project; Workers Idle Two Days Key West carpenters, idle for two days in an informal walkout on three government defense projects, this morning were back | at work, most of them at an in- creased rate of pay. | Navy department officials end- ed the walkout when orders were | received here to grant the car- penters’ demand for an increase from 80 cents to $1.00 an hour on the W. P. Thurston company’s navy yard housing project. About | 30 carpenters who are working Paul Smith for construction | | company on two other housing | Projects will continue to work for 80 cents while union and cham- ber of commerce officials attempt fo get their pay increase. Members of the carpenters rroup who have been attempting fo arrange for a closed shop on the government projects will get a chance to enforce their wishes 23 This thrill had scarcely BRIT ‘AIN NEEDED died down, when C. S. Gor- don, of Chicago and E. C. pattie eu Minteer, of Chicago returned from fishing. Mr. Gordon’s |OTHER ARTICLES BEING COL- prize was a 75 lbs. amber- LECTED FOR SUFFERERS jack, which goes to the top of the Casa Marina recocd IN WAR-TORN AREA | board as the biggest of the | reese | ee ne | oMrs. Mary uM Barker, <of <6 ps stee ae Margaret street, Key West, who| Remainder of their catch (io ho Giing the npaign here | consisted of two kinds of {6 “Bundles to Britain”, states a| bonita, mackerel, barracuda, | cial request has been receiv- | cravalle jack and grouper— | <4 for blankets due to the recent | Bbaday musing in Maanerai mine (fish: sevenuvariene®: {destruction of many hospitals in — ie Lage instruments election on all projects. Chathatatiahathntead are also needed " Tr | One hundred pounds of cloth NAZI OCCUPATION 'Key West to New York to. be Thurston company officials at} a meeting with the carpenters ai the chamber of commerce yester- y routed to England for the many needy in that war-torn country. {Mrs. Wallace B. Kirke was in-i jstrumental in helping Mrs. Bark- 7 . {er prepare the shipment of cloth- WASHINGTON, 15. jing and otherwise assisting in Conquered Gzechvuiovalia is Ob- ines wonthy ease serving the beginning of its third) “Any contributions that can be year under German domination! ade along these lines will be with a wholesale sabotage pro-!wadly received by Mrs. Barker gram, it was reported here to- tat her home, headquarters for the day. aid - Britain - with - clothing cam- Czech government paten exile here said they had learned {that their countrymen are mak- | ing every effort to prevent Ger- | many’s successful exploitation of their factori | OLD FOGARTY ase HOME SOLD :.~: Bostor | Brownsville |Bu Bert C. Hintz and Russell w. Char the carpenters for! Hintz, Miami, have bought for |“ ineinnatt leaving their jobs after a con-! about $8,500 the old Fogarty home | Detroit tract specifying 80 cents an hour! at Caroline and Duval streets, it Paso had been agreed to when the/ was revealed today |Galvestor work started The home, once the property of | Havre Painters work-! the late Mayor J. N. Fogarty. wscis i ing on the Thurston contract also! a landmark in Key West and un- Jacksonville had their pay i sed from 80 til the recent sale had been the ts to $1.00 an hour. A few of! property of Mr. and Mrs. David KEY WEST Los Angeles walked off the job Thurs-/G. Gill, Fairfield county, Con. | Miami the carpenters, necticut Food Supplies To Reach France In | Plan Outlined (By Associated Pre 15.—Food | Gern Permitted to the United es under a plan announced by Prime Minister Winston Churchill day agreed to the pay increase, but held out for hours against the closed shops demands. The con- ference lasted from 2 o'clock in the afternoon until after 10 o'clock. Lieut. Comdr. T. J, Brady, public works director here, with E. E. Colvin, of construction company the the election. navy met superintendent at the Thurston and a representative of Smith company to decide on If 51 percent of the carpenters vote for a closed shop, the companies will concur. Roland Adams, member of the general executive board of Unit-| ed Brotherhood of Carpenters and | Joiners of America, who came here for the conference said he was sorry walked off the jobs. ams said he was certain a raise will be negotiated for ith company employes, officials in TEMPERATURES Lowest last Highest last night 24 hours 48 5 yester- day the men A pay the but. criticized ston j and plumbers is th day with | as | White Heron [Stork] Club Featuring The Best in Dance Orchestras MARK STANLEY CRUNCH CRUNCH and his ROYAL CAYO HUESIANS Wonderful Dinners from 95¢ Featuring STONE CRABS ’ LONDON, March F 1 be n hands, it is understood and 3 will exact a promise that Prance will not use of her Africa. British leaders are to be anxio: with the F German north understood | avoid a clash which Ad- to permit colonies in the demand of 1 Darlan that the sea blockade be lifted to into unoe- id to- ‘bounds for jhead after one of the Fear Balkans Would Be Made Battlefield In Major Clash Between Germany And nd England SAILORS BARRED FROM ENTERING | between Germany and Britain} 1 transform their countries in- |day as British leaders in Cairo} jhurled a defiant challenge at: ACTION FOLLOWS FIGHT AT auoif Hitler. NIGHT SPOT RESULTING IN| Gen. Sir Archibald Wavell and; this victorious army of the Nile, } SEVERE UNIURY TOR SEe Cairo announced, are ready to} MAN; TAKEN TO HOSPITAL Balkan fears that a major clash meet Germany on any battlefield | {she may choose. Plans for a! \Balkan campaign already have | Johnny Nebo's Starlight club) been worked out by General on Duval street has been put off; Wavell and are ready for instant use, the Cairo spokesmen con- | tinued. i A rumor that Yugoslavia will | yield to German pressure and! sailors, it was learned yesterday. ; Two shore patrolmen were de- tailed yesterday afternoon to prevent uniformed men from go- ing into the club The navy’s action followed fight in which a sailor was verely injured when struck over the head with a club in the bar- room Nebo, who offers the ment for in an acvertise ment in today’s Citizen, said the fight occurred when a group of sailors attempted to get into a ack room, which was closed. The injured sailor was taken to a hospital for stitches in his bartenders hit him with sign treaties with Germany and/ Italy sometime next week has} gained wide credence in Balkan } capitals. According to most in- | formed sources, Yugoslavia will | be forced to take an active part in } the Axis partnership. j Berlin, meanwhile, has an- ; nounced that a Turkish official is on the way to Germany for a con- ference with Adolf Hitler. Tur- key has kept secret her decision | regarding a note sent by Hitler, | but it is generally believed the emissary to Berlin will announce that Turkey is opposed to Ger- | man occupation of the Balkans | and will stand at the side of Great Britain. | JONES ADDRESSES [ast CHANCE TO | LION MEMBERSHIP FILE INCOME TAX | — 1 i sil GUEST CLEARER SAT neaU | Key West citizens got their last !chance to file income tax returns LAR MEETING OF CLUB THURSDAY EVENING |tonight without incurring pen- and interest payments. i a se- establish- | sale | | is alleged to have a heavy club. alty Howard Wilson deputy collec tor of internal revenue, said this morning he will hold his office open tonight from 9 to 12 o'clock in order to provide citizens with , a final chance to file the returns. Wilson’s office is in the postoffice Doge Guest speaker at the regular the Key West Lions the Den on Sem- Thursday Ted M pas First Baptist church Pa- his meeting of Club held inary in street was the Rev tor of the Rev triotism” remarks evening Jones, selected the ‘Truc for into Jone: subject as and launched an STORY OF UNUSUAL bec IS REVEALED HOLLYWOOD, “March 15. —(FNS) The story of one of the most unusual dogs in the world has been brought to light through the illness of her master, Henry Burtchaell, who is now confined in the hospital here. “Trixie” is a five-year-old Belgian police dog. She came to her master’s farm at Hal- landale during a hard storm a few years go. Being a bache- lor he took the bedraggled little canine waif in and trained her to be housekeeper, errand boy and entertainer. She sweeps the floors, changes the table cloth. runs errands to and from the fields, delivers eggs to the neigh- bors, and feeds the chickens. She entertains by jumping the rope, playing ball—which she throws as well as most children, and salutes the United States flag in the most approved manner. That is. she did all these things before her master was taken away ill. Now she is letting things on the farm go to pot. even refusing to eat. while she lies around discon- solately pining for the return of fhe man who befriended her. of criticisms of the regarding citizenship in the laws of stressed the point has not failed fact that if the lawlessness the peo De avalanche the laxity general in obeying the land He that Democracy but pointed to the present of permitted to tinue ple of the w moc Rev ple course is Jones declared that if pec God wants ther 1 the eir hearts, He 1ers of the ten- f are to live z to, they must temperanc reminded de th den ney ¢ gs then wrbid ‘a fishing camp at Tavernier, most country ; range of only 14° Fahrenheit Key West, Florida, has the it equable climate in the with an average PRICE FIVE CENTS Betty Compton Granted Divorce From Jimmy Walker In Decision Handed Down By Circuit Judge Cooperation Citizens In weooseeeees, | ‘PLAYING POSTOFFICE GETS COEDS’ GOAT (By Associated Press) CLEVELAND, March 15.— Drama at Cleveland college: Custodian John Emrich found a stamped letter in an empty classroom and prompt- ly mailed it. Half an hour later a pretty young co-ed in- quired if he had found it. "Yep. Mailed it for you, too”, Emrich reported. The co-ed screamed screamed. "You shouldn't have done it, I'm not mad at him any- more”. TL IIIS SS IS SEVERAL CASES and HEARD IN COURT, NEGRO FOUND GUILTY ON THEFT CHARGE; TWO UP FOR VAGRANCY e of this morning was found guilty in Judge William V .Albury’s crim- inal court of stealing $22.14 from his employer. A jury convicted Beedle after he had entered a plea of not guil ty and contended that money found in his belongings had been saved and was not. taken «from the store. Edward James and Vernon Hall, pleading guilty to charges of vagrancy, were given 60-day sentences, suspended if they leave Key Wi Sam Manning, held on sault and battery charge after an alleged attack Blanche Lar was released on the com plaining witness’ request that the be dropped ‘Judge Albury ordered Mannit:g released with the provision that Mi Lar pay the court costs James Starker vy Thursday or attery charge Van Beedle, negro employ an a on case convicted by a and ordered Henriquez D_ Baker Sam B E fenriquez to Roosevelt To Urge Hearty Of American Nation's s Work: (Bs Associated Press) WASHINGTON, March 15.— Speaking before White House cor- respondents at their banquet to-| night, President Roosevelt will} | urge the utmost possible coopera- | tion of American citizens in a radio address which will be broad- cast throughout the world. The President will tell his audi- ‘ence of their part in plans for aid | tu Great Britain and in the pro- duction of defense equipment for | this country. Ht will urge citi-| zens to speed up their efforts and | refrain from any activity which slows defense production . President Roosevelt's address will go on the air at 9:30 (EST). | He is expected to speak until 10 o'clock. | WATKINS FAMILY ES __ LEFT THURSDA | | Lieut.-Comdr. and Mrs. J. N.! Watkins and three daughters, Joanne, Martha and Nancy, left! over the highway Thursday | ‘morning enroute to the Pacific | coast after a brief but enjoyable visit with relatives here. Comdr. Watkins has just com- pleted a big engineering project at tation in Virginia and upon its completion was transferred to a California base where he ex- pects to rematn for the next several years, engaged in similar work Mr. Watkins, who is the young- est son of Mrs, Anna Watkins, 1022 Elgin street, this city, en- tered the naval service as a senior lieutenant, C.E.C., in 1938, and after two years in that position in Quantico, Va, was promoted to the rank of lieuten- ant-commander. Mrs. Watkins was the former Jennie Mae Johnson, youngest daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Copeland Johnson of Key West BUILDING PERMIT GRANTED FRIDAY irack Hannibal, ident of 725 Thomas sterday was granted a $100 t for the construc wood build as serving colored street Shac re granted by pector Ralph Aerial Warfare Last Night On Sligh bomber squa blows acr "III IITOIS | = SAMOA CLUB THE BRIGHT SPOT OF KEY WEST Presents THREE FLOOR SHOWS NIGHTLY 11:30 P. M—1 A. M—3 P. M. ring MADEMMOISSELLE GLORIA—Dance of Death. INEZ—Rhumba and Hula Dancer BABY DUMPLING WILSON—Noveity. 7? UP—Hot Drummer and Tap Dancer. BILL MERRILL—Master of Ceremonies—Lovely Songs. - Also, SAMMY BIRD and HIS DIXIELAND BAND NO COVER NO MINIMUM RESERVATIONS $123 ae ! ie rpool aga night and pread their bon over a wide area in southern Eng land Glasgow, attacked for second night in succession, took a terrific pounding and London ad- mitted today that squads of work- ers still are searching for bodies wreckage. A ad mbs tenement a German-occupied Brest for a sax age attack, biew an finery in Re and blasted terdam tly Smaller Scale is during the night to have been scatt successful or intense as the previous night new secret air defense h altitudes uch um were said and not f was Dizect From New Yerk City With Eddie Tryon’s Orchestra APPEARING SATURDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHTS { Aiso Other ieren Show Acts | | different ‘couple Given Joint Cus- tody Of Children In Dis- solving Their Marriage Bonds Circuit Judge Arthur Gomez this morning granted the divorce plea of Betty Compton, dissolving |her marriage bonds with Jimmy | Walker, former New York mayor, |and giving the pair joint custody | of their two children. A property settlement reached at the time of their separation was ordered to continue in ef- fect. Judge Gomez, who turned down Miss Compton's original divorce plea two weeks ago on grounds of insufficient evidence, heard a far story at yesterday's trial. Miss Compton, who had de- scribed Walker as a close friend even after their separation in her original testimony, told Judge | Gomez yesterday that his temper had miade her fear for her bodily safety. On one occasion, she testified, | Walker cursed and threatened her before their chauffeur so that she jumped from the..gar in heavy |New York traffic. Walker, when he was in one of his periodic rages, she told Judge Gomez, did not know what he was doing. Miss Compton said she came to Florida to make her permanent home here and has made plans for the establishment of a school of dancing. The final decree follows: This cause coming on to be heard before the court, on the bill of complaint, the answer of the defendant, and the pleadings in this. cause, and the court having heard and considered the evi- dence of the parties, and the mat ter having been presented by counsel for each of the respective parties, and it appearing to the court and the court findings: (1) That the plaintiff is a resi- dent of the state of Florida, and has been such resident for more ‘than 90 days last past and prior to the filing of the bill of com plaint in this cause. (2) That this court has jurisdic tion of each of the parties, and of the subject matter of this suit (3) That the new evidence es tablishes that the equities of thi cause are with the plaintiff, who is entitled to the relief sought in this suit. It is therefore ordered, adjudged and decreed (1) That the bonds of matri mony now and heretofore exist ing between the Plaintiff, Violet Halling Walker, and Defendant James John Walker, be, and the same are hereby disso that the plaintiff and de be, and they are hereby divorced each from the other, a vinculo matrimonii (2) That the care, custody mtrol of Mary Ann Walker minor, and James John Walker 2nd, a minor, be, and it is hereby given jointly to the parties 3) That the court retains jur diction of the parties and of the ibject matter for the purpose enforcing any agreement hereto fore made between the partie to their property rights and @ support of the plaintiff by the fendant (4) The plaintiff is hereby given the right to resume the of the name «Betty Compton she so desires. Done. ordered, adjudged anc decreed in chambers, at Key West Monroe County, Florida, on this the 15th day of March, 1941 cy TURKEY DINNER Soup to Nuts 50c f te