The Key West Citizen Newspaper, March 19, 1941, Page 1

Associated Press Day Wire Service For 61 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West VOLUME LXII. No. 67. No Wage Increase Yet For Carpenters Working On Smith Company Jobs Request Made That Labor: Seeweseess FLORIDA WPA WORKERS. Board Representative Be ARN OVER $1,500, 000. Sent Here To Work Out) | Settlement (Special to Tne Citizen) JACKSONVILLE, March 19.—Employes of Florida WPA, engaged in a diversity of undertakings, ranging from heavy defense construction to the serving of school lunches, worked 3,842,538 hours in February to earn | $1,589,492. SOO a ee. PSS decision that ‘VOLUNTEERS ARE | CALLED TO AID IN RECREATION WILL AID IN ESTABLISHING PROGRAM FOR BENEFIT OF | MEN IN MILITARY CAMPS IN FLORIDA Carpenters on two Paul Smith/ construction company jobs con-| tinued to work at an 80-cent hourly rate today as Key West Heusing Authority reaffirmed its previous wage dispute is a matter con- cerning only the carpenters and | the contractor. Housing authority board mem- after meeting with Warren | G. Young, manager of the Smith company, and repre-| sentatives of the carpenters and chamber of commerce, said last} night they would write for fur-| ther to John P.| Broome, regional director of} United States Housing Authority | Mantcoaiceiasieiciieess at Washington. | JACKSONVILLE, March 19.— Broome, they said, will be re- Organization of a volunteer corps quested to have a labor board | of recreation leaders to aid estab- representative sent here to work | jishment of a full program out the dis- | Jeisure time activities for the 90,- pute, {000 uniformed U. S. forces and Carpenters working on the W. | civilian populations in communi- P. Thurston Construction _com-| ties near military. and- naval es- pany project at the navy station | tablishments in Florida was ap- won a ra to $1 an hour last) proved during WPA’s State-Fed- week after a two-day walkout. |eral recreation conference here. Because the Smith company con-| Lieut. Howard W. Lindsay, tracts were based on an 80-cent| recreation officer at the U. S. seale, however, local representa-| Army Air Base, Orlando, told the tives of the company have con-| conference the program is needed tended they could not increase | now and urged that all procedures the scale without re-writing the | be streamlined so it can be put contract, jinto effect in all Florida defense William Monsalvatge and T. areas in the immediate future. Jenkins Curry, representing the! Thomas Rickman, Jr., of chamber of commerce, attended | Washington, technical supervisor last night’s meeting, while Ham-,of WPA recreation programs, ilton Knowles, J. S. Dongo and called for complete planning, not Clarence Higgs represented the!only for actual operation of carpent leisure time activities, but also Housing authority board mem- jfor the additional facilities, such bers were B. Curry Moreno, A.|as recreation centers, schools and Maitland Adams, J. J. Trevor,| hospitals which are needed Melvin E. Russell and Ralph! During the conference em- Russell | phasis was placed on the fact that Young here to at-/the Florida recreation program tend the conference yesterday, must be fully democratic, so par- left Key West this morning to’ ticipants may take part in activi- return to Miami. |ties they prefer when they pre- MAKE APPEAL TO fer. LABOR ADVISOR | Key West carpenters today ap-| pealed to Joseph Keenen, na- tional labor relations advisor in Washington, after 10 union car-! penters were laid off last night at the W. P. Thurston company's navy base construction job. Clarence Higgs, business man- ager of the union, said he had ap- pealed to Keenen because the union men were released when 19 non-union, out-of-town — car- penters remaining on the job | Officials at the Thurston com- pany explained their action as hav- ing been forced by lack of ma- for the job, Higgs said. The men promised they would be returned to work in “a week Meanwt hold the Red Mer cussion ¢ bers, district instructions a settlement for who came FREIGHTER VESSEL GOES TO TAMPA nm are Ss freighter Mal Tam after de Colorado, Clyde left Key West for pa yesterday terial afternoon of 175 t wert livering The ons here Ne morning a cargo vesse t 8 w will r weekly meetings at the hall tonight and a dis- f the Thurston company xpected. NEGRO ARRESTED COMING EVENTS RELEASED TODAY .... a carpenters Si ood and departed at 1:30 o'clock of | WPA DEFENSE PROJECTS SET NEW RECORDS | PREPAREDNESS PROGRAM IN FLORIDA DURING FIRST HALF OF MARCH COST $3,- 700,000 (Special to The Citizeny JACKSONVILLE, , March 19.— | Equipped with permission to op- erate defense construction jobs 48 hours a week, 'sary, State WPA Administrator ;Roy Schroder turned greater em- | phasis on that phase of the Florida ;Program during the first half of | March when he authorized an ad- ditional $3,700,000 worth of pre- j Paredness projects. | This lifted the total approved cost estimates on active WPA de- ifense projects in Florida to $16,- |957,139, far ahead of any other ae Recently authorized projects in- {cluded construction of new air- [eae and expansion of existing ' facilities at Ocala, Gainesville, lyciesonvilles Tampa, Orlando, De- | land and Daytona Beach, comple- ; tion of an armory at Tampa, and {improvement of defense units at |Fort Barrancas and Fort Pickens ee Escambia county. Meanwhile Edwin S. Lofberg, WPA’s state director of opera- tions, reported that virtually all |defense projects in Florida are ahead of schedule. WOULD CURB EVIL OF SALARY BUYING , FLORIDA KIWANIS WILL EN- DEAVOR TO HAVE LEGIS- TURE PASS BILL | GAINESVILLE, March (FNS) Frank S. Wright, governor of Florida stated this week that his organ- ization would begin an campaign” to get the 1941 legislature to enact 2 bill would curb the “evil of buying.” Wright stated that Florida Kiwanians would submit a bill to the legislature which would de- fine “discounts” taken by salary buyers as legal interest and limit the amount to whatever interest rate is allowed for other types of financing. The proposed bill. drafted by a committee headed by J. P. Mar- chant of Lakeland, would not change the present legal rate of interest, but would make loans of $300 or less subject to whatever rate of interest is declared legal | for other financial transactions. state that salary Italian Troops Defeated By een < British In Four-Day Driven (By Associated Presa) CAIRO March 19.- sops have been Italiar tr jefeate r four-day the Er mmur rean port que revealed t 1 reports said the proceedir Heavy reporte jays hiopia was read fr mr Wanted! Wanted! New and Used Car SALESMAN Excellent Earning Possibilities NAVARRO, Inc. wherever neces- } 19 | district | Kiwanis “active | KEY WEST, FLORIDA, entertain the distinguished guests expected at the annual convention of the Am- |erican Legion here 23-26 | A committee to April ing of the Key West Convention corporation. Heading the committee will be Mayor Willard M, Albury, City Council William A. Freeman, County Com- mission Chairman Carl Bervaldi, Everett Russeil, president of Ro- itary club, William R. Porter, jpresident of First National bank, Robert F. Spottswood, president of the Key West Convention cor- poration, Col. L. L. Pendleton, U. S. A., commanding officer of Key West: Barracks, and Capt. Walter F. Jacobs, commandant of Key WwW naval station They will serve on the committee with the mayor. W. D. Welch, member of the board of directors of the Key West Convention corporation, was selected to head the special police committee for the dura- tion of the convention. Welch will confer with Mayor Albury and Police Chief Ivan Elwood re- garding the personnel and_ dis- position of the 20 police offic to be named by Arthur Sawyer {Post No. 28. | T. A. Woody, another member of the board of the corporation, was named chairman of the con- SMALL BLAZE AT _ RUSSELL’S HOME President Monroe PRACTICALLY NO DAM- AGE RESULTING Fire Chief Harry today Baker shortly extinguished William before the before noon at the 613 Ashe fire engine a fire Russell, the iscene. Baker, the fire small blaze over the kitchen who saw the sr alarm, however people flocked hind the fire « Mrs. Russell, who d the blaze, fainted in the ment, but was not anjused home of street, could reach who happened to be in hand out curtains Someone ed in an of be- neighborhood, used extinguisher to put in a pair of a res scovered excite- | ANNOUNCE CIVIL SERVICE EXAMS Serv unced xaminations rker anne BOXING KEY WEST ARENA Cor. Simonton and Front Sts. omen 8:30 o’Clock JAC RIE PAGE FRANKIE McKENNA SIX GOOD PRELIMINARIES Thirty Rounds of Fighting Gen. Adm. $0c. Tax Se Ringside $1.00. Tax 10¢ Entertain Distinguished Guests Diving Convention In Apr vention hall committee. This committee will charged with the imporiant task of seeing that be convention proceedings are con- i i | was selected at last night's meet- ducted in an orderly fashion. A parade committee to assist Col. Pendleton as grand marshal | of the parade will be named by the corporation at a later date. George Mills White, the city’s! musical expert, has been named chairman of the competitions committee of the corporation. He will have charge of judging and } grading the musical competition to be held at Key West barracks. Lieut. G. M. Hyman, command- ing officer of the CCC camp at West Summerland key, and Liput. Col. Webster Putnam White's assistants. Both these men have had experience in judg- ing the precision and marching of | musical organizations. It was decided at the meeting last night, on suggestion of Albert Mills, executive director of the corporation, to give prizes for the mixed units who participate in the competitions. Six delegates to the fifth dis- trict conference at Fort Lauder- dale Saturday and Sunday were named at last night's meeting They will be Mills and Bill Lee, who will leave Friday, and Welch, John W. Pinder. John Delgado and John Delpino, who will leave Saturday. MRS. MARY CURRY DIED LAST NIGHT CONDUCTED TOMORROW AFTERNOON | [rime EXTINGUISHED WITH ‘cabanins SERVICES WILL BE Company and American Rolling | Mrs. Mary Daisy Curry, 61 died at her residence, 825 Eaton 9:15 o'clock last night. Funeral will be afternvon at 4:30 residence. Rev First Meth- at the street, services held tomorrow o'clock from the A. C. Riviere of the odist church will officiate services. Survivors include her husband, Charles Wheelock Curry; a daugh- ter, Miss Mary Curry; two Emory and Robert; brother. Steadman Pinder. Funeral arrangements are in charge of the Pritchard Funeral Home. sons a REPORT LOSSES IN - of | Key West barracks, wil be two of | Che Key West Ctttzern THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN THE U.S. A. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 19, 1941 Legion Names Committee To Key West, Florida, has the most equable climate in the country ; range of only 14° Fahrenheit with an average PRICE FIVE CENTS Nazis Say Axis Alone Will Decide When American Aid OF NEGOTIATIONS EXPECTS PROJECT TO BE PRESENT YEAR Assurances of quick navy ac- tion on construction of the 135- mile Key West aqueduct were amplified today with the return of William Doughtry, aqueduct commissioner. from Washing- ton. to Wash- negotia- Doughtry, who flew to take tions between the navy RFC and the - | duct commis on, for Key West by December of this year. Pipe the 3,000,000 struction job is being ordered by ithe navy department the | Youngstown Sheet and Tube ington part in depart iment, local aque- predicts water November or for con- from | Mills. Preliminary survey work }and preparation of data and de- scriptions already has been com- pleted Navy department officials told Doughtry they were confident the project would go through without delay, but refrained from committing themselves to any definite dates which might cause embarassment later if some post- ponement should arise After talking with navy de- partment men, however, Dough- try said he believes estimates and engineering information should be ready about May 1 and actual work on the project will get un- derway about the first of June. Doughtry concurrs with the opinion of Senator Claude Pep per that work on the job will re. quire about six months, which would place the completion date around November. FOR WATER LINE COMPLETED BY NOVEM-, BER OR DECEMBER OF PRESIDENT APPROVES LOCAL WPA PROJECT | The Citizen today received the following wire from Senator Claude Pepper: “Washington, D. C., March 19.—I am glad to advise that the President has approved WPA project supplement one 50181 in the amount of $3,- 766.00 to make improvements at Key West Army Bar- racks.” Senator Pepper also advis- ed Col. IL. L. Pendleton, commandant at the Army Barracks, of the approval given the project. Col. Pen- dleton states repairs to the barracks have been needed badly because of the planned assignment to Kev West of additional selective service enrollees, PLD LD LIS IIS Th HOPEFUL TOW. SETTLING STRIKE CONCERNS TROUBLE AT OHIO PLANT WHICH BEGAN THREE WEEKS AGO (By A WASHING’ Army engineers, inted Press) TON, March 19.— yesterday threatened to take over construc- tion werk at Wright Field, Ohio, unless an AFL strike is settled to- day the dis- who now are confident pute will be ironed out. A spokesman for the war of- fice said today he believes the walkout which began three weeks ago will be brought to an end ina matter of hours. Workmen on the job walked out when five CIO workmen were employed by the Penner Electric Installation company of New York City. With 28 strikes still in progress throughout the nation, govern- ment labor board members be lieve the situation becoming (Continuea on Page Four) BRITISH SHIPPING Nazis Bomb British Ports; (By Asnecia.ed Press) BERLIN, March 19.—Gerr and attacks on Brit sping have dealt out losses aerial ea Berlin 26,000 to: nosquit \ e another yed by ALIENS WILL - English Raid ad carric bar y of H 1 another i] in northeast England had beer BE EXAMINED Key examin West w at upc g in nary this nth araliz, headquarter: German Bases ~ SAYS U.S. AID TO SAVE FRANCE : (Uy Ansociated Preass GRENOBLE, France, Marct Henr Dance! Dance! Friday Night, March 21 White Heron Club (STORK) Under Auspices KEY weer PLAYERS Ca Hucsian: 50c PERSON AT DOOR To Britain Calls For War DOUGHTRY TELLS FAFSA en. {Chances Of German Thrust Through Spain Toward Gibraltar Appears Im- » | minent (Ry Associated Press) Europe’s strenuous war of jnerves and rumors pulled in new |participants today as diplomats lin Rome and London agreed that ' Spain and Portugal are as likely ‘as the Balkans to be the next scene of actual battle on the con: tinent. | Germany tossed a thinly veiled threat to the United States with the declaration of a foreign of- ‘fice spokesman that the Axis “alone will decide when Amer- ican help to Great Britain has turned into an act of war.” Istanbul heard that Yugoslavia has massed more than a million mien on the Bulgarian frontier, , but whether they are mobilized to resist German aggression or to aid {im a German driveon Greete is an ‘open question. A government spokesman in Tokyo said Germany may launch her invasion of Britain in a mat- ter of hours, and the influential Virginio Gayda in Rome said the United States seeks only to "seize the riches and naval bases of the British Empire in order that she may invade Europe.” Out of the welter of conflicting rumors, the chances of a German thrust through Spain toward Gib- raitar appeared to be increased with stories both in Berlin and Rome that the expected visit of Japanese Foreign Minister Mat- suoka to Adolf Hitler will see in creased naval activity in the Pacific. With Great Britain pouring troops from Africa into Greece, observers in the Balkans feel Hit- ler is unlikely to risk a decisive battle there unless Yugoslavia is pulled into the Axis fold Dip- lomats in Istanbul say there has been no progress in negotiations between Germany and Yugo- slavia, but some quarters expect the announcement of a pact tween the two nations this week The German declaration a the United States was made by an unnamed, but apparently in uential foreign office spokes Pointing out that “ alone can make the de h whom she is at wear,” be- me people like to think they war with Germany, We t disappoint them TEMPERATURES Lowest las! Highest last night 24 hours 37 42 37 4 13 18 4) 43 i 2 37 uM 2 30 37 65 3 40 32 52 r2) 42 52 nn” 4 66 5% , 7 Lake Francise