The Key West Citizen Newspaper, March 20, 1941, Page 1

Associated Press Day Wire Service For 61 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West Key West, Florida, has the most equable climate in the country; with an average range of only 14° Fahrenheit VOLUME LXII. No. 68. Thousands Of Italians Perish When Five Ships Were fit Four Of Vessels Known To "THREE CARPENTERS | Have Gone Down; Fifth Appeared To Be Sink- (By Associated Prensy LONDON, March 20.—Thou- sands of Italian soldiers perished in the waters of the Mediterran- ean yesterday when two troop- ships and three supply were torpedoed by British sub- marines, it was announced to- day. Where not the divulged bound the ad- but submarine to described the troopships as ships were was in miralty statement commanders were reported have loaded with soldiers One marine of the sion which v commander said his sub- fired a torpedo into one sausing an explo- Tollowed by an- other and larger blast from with-! in the ship. The vessel was ut- terly destroyed, he reported Two of the ve: have Four of them are known to have} gone down and the submarine} commanders said. the fifth \ap- peared to be sinking. ships, FEAR FOR SAFETY OF 200,000 ITALIANS {By Asnoctated Prensa) LONDON, March 20.—Premier Mussolini, if he wishes to save the more than 200,000 Italian set- tlers in Ethiopia, must ask Great Britain for an armistice, the for- eign office announced today. No official word has come from Rome on the derstood here that Italy is fearful of the fate which will overtake the settlers if they are left at the mercy of fierce Ethiopian tribes- men. British soldiers have at- tempted to protect the settlers, it is reported, but they will make no effort to get them safe con- duct unless Italy admits defeat in Ethiopia. From Cairo, meanwhile, comes word of new Italian defeats at the hands of a fast-moving Brit- ish force south of Cheren. Heights around the city are said to have been taken and Italian forces routed Royal Air Fc from Tripoli Africa, ha ree bombers, rang- clear across immered — Italian day yesterday in one t and wide yf the campaign. at Nairobi in the said to have vital Dji 2 railroad, add to Italy's be in Ethiopia TWO ARE GIVEN most eaguered for DIVORCE DECREES Edwards, granted from by Judge Edwards wa: decree Koch Hirsch ! Dance! Dance Friday Night, March 21 White Heron Club (STORK) Under Auspices KEY WEST PLAYERS k H 50c PERSON AT DOOR vessels | els were said to} been of 6,000 and 4,000 tons. | subject, but it is un-! Dade By RETURN T0 TO WORK i} MEN WERE LAID OFF YES- i | TERDAY ON NAVY HOUS- i ING PROJECT the W. Thurston Construction company’s penters laid off on navy housing project yesterday, were reported back at work this morning as fellow unton members" | prepared to press their demands for the re-instatement of all the men. Carpenters at a meeting last night agreed to take no action in attempting to get the back on the job until after they have | Signed a closed shop agreement tomorrow morning with the Thurston and Paul H. Smith Con- struction companies. Roland Adams, carpenters’ ‘union representative for the state, lis believed on the way here men | \ to take part in the negotiations to- | morrow. ‘With a closed shop made man- |datory by their election last week, the carpenters need only to get} | the approval of owners of the two | companies and sign a_ contract barring non-union labor on the {jobs. The union has been in- formed that under the Wagner Labor act, the companies must | |accept the verdict of the elec- tion, NEW HIGHWAY PAHOKEE, March 20 (FNS).— Opening of the new Wills me- morial highway through the southern Everglades and dedica tion of the Lake Okeechobee dyke system have been planned as opening events of the annual Everglades fair to be held here April 8-12 The new highway connects South Bay with Ft. Lauderdale and Miami and provides a new short route to the coast for central and west ida areas. lower ea ae Marvin Lewis Torpedloés ! Three of the 10 Key West car- FOR FLORIDA Che Key West Ctftzrn THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN THE U.S. A. KEY WES’ T, FLORIDA, PEW ESDENS MARCH 20, 1941 PRICE FIVE CENTS 1 ‘FIVE MOSQUITO _ BOATS LEAVING FOR ENGLAND | VESSELS EXPECTED TO DE- | PART FROM KEY WEST TO- DAY ON FIRST LEG OF JOURNEY : Five mosquito boats at the Key West navy base are expected to leave today on the first leg of a | journey which will carry them to | England. | Local navy officers have re- fused to comment on an As- |sociated Press report from Wash- tington that the vessels are to be {transferred to the British navy as ‘the first step in American’s direct ‘aid to Britain program. It is understood, however, that jLieut. Comdr. E. S. Caldwell + sometime today will lead the re- maining vessels of his PT squad- ron No. 2 out of Key West to Mi- ami. Two of the vessels were in Miami this morning. Navy Secretary Frank Knox told a press conference yesterday that the transfer had been ar. ranged. The speedy little boats jwill be useful in combatting enemy craft in the Engish chan- nel, he said Offic here speculated unof- ficially about how the ocean trip will be made. The boats are small enough, it was pointed out, so that they coud be lifted to the the decks of ships and trans- ported in that way. ! If it is desired to across the ocean on their power, they have a_ sufficient cruising radius to make the trip. CUTTER JUNIPER _ RETURNING HERE Coast Guard cutter Juniper, which has been on patrol duty in Tampa bay, is expected to re- turn to Key West toda: run edd TATA D) ‘HEPBURN SISTERS IN ISLAND. HOME , STUART, March March 20 (FNS). —Joining the many national celebrities vecationing in Florida, Katherine Hepburn, stage and motion picture ac- tress, and her sister, Peggy. have leased a house on Jupi- ter Island near Stuart for several weeks. The Hepburn sisters have been the guests of Phillip Barry, New York playwright. who wrote the film version of “The Philadelphia Story”, Miss Hepburn’s current screen success. BIT I Oa ss #4 is Comes Here In Interest Of Recreation Program For Service Men | Key West week will c leaders this ked to cooperate in setting up a city-wide program f recreatic nembers of the armed forces h and for the popu Marvi between arrived here Jacks seve tabl Wa ~B.P.O. ELKS LODGE ROOM—8 O'CLOCK! TO-NITE Election Of Officers Initiations — Entertainment Refreshments ing Elks Welcome DR. H. C. GALEY Exalted Ruler from Jacksor them | own | Turkey Britain Offensive §— London Given Worst Bombing Against German Troops In Bulgar Probable (By Associated Press) 20.2-Ex- Turkish today offensive ISTANBUL, pected di foreign policy March ation of sometime {and a sensational joint {against Gern in Bul- garia were the features of Balkan |diplomatic activities today. Foreign Minister Anthony Eden of England reported to have proposed a surprise attack jon the German with Greece and pos Yu cooperating. Turkish fo ficers are believed to have cided after conference Eden to publicly intention of resisting move to the south Rumors that Josef Stalin has informed Turkey he will not op- pose an attack on German troops are current here. Eden, after a conference with Turkish lez said their stand ,“is highly satisfactory to Great Britain.” The declaration with- held for weeks Germany n troops troops, de- with their German a announce a ers since {MISS BAKER CHOSEN AS “MISS MIAMI” CORAL GABLES, March | 20 (FNS).—Heaven it seems, | is still helping girls, for last | week Miss Louise Baker, 21- year-old dime store cashier won out over a field of 17 | contestants and was selected | “Miss Miami of 1941”, | Miss Baker will represent | Miami at the Atlantic City | beauty pageant nex! sum- —___—| mer competing for the title of “Miss America” . BLAZE BROUGHT | 10 FIRE LADIES WINTER HAVEN, Marct H nf « rience wai ae re to ¢ them Auburndale z ter Haver the local ra the arr | (FNS Winter ire to Rece z a call from the W t hurr train ar The report ef. TEMPERATURES Lowest last Highest last night 24 hours 69 LOST! BLACK B Theater ~ LOST! near Palace Passport ILLF conta: a REWARD! APPLY THE CITIZEN OFFICE Cas $20.00 - Germany HEALTH LECTURE first began her move into the! Balkans, is.expected to come late this afternoon Yugoslavia, wooed sides in the struggle for Balkan supremacy, is believed standing firm in her opposition to German passage through the country special mission is believed to fees left Belgrade for Berlin, but in- formed sources here say the note they carry is merely a reiteration of the original decision to help morally, but not phy- by both sically. Rumors that Bulgarians are carrying on a campaign of sabo- tage against the German occu- pants of their country were at least partially confirmed with the arrival of a Bulgar refugee here. Two German oil trains have been blown up in the past few weeks, he told police here and a steady program of sabotage is de- laying all German troop move- ments. HERE TOMORROW DR. THOMPSON OF STATE SANITORIUM TO SPEAK AT | HIGH SCHOOL jernment ‘of the crack train the Ohio river. sending 69 injur- ed to ESD Us for treatment. Dr. J. B. Parramore, head of State Health Department activi- ties in Key West, ene ge that Dr. Citizen today Of War: Hundreds Of Planes Engage In Terrific Attack CHARGE SABOTAGE CODD MOLL M: wo |Royal Air Force Bombers IN TRAIN WRECK RUSSIANS EVER WERE ON TRAIN THAT. HAD GONE BY PITTSBURGH, wreck road's Buckeye took the lives of five passengers early this week at may have 0 kill a t nve today. train was ahead of the Buckeye and passed lover the fatal !just 18 minutes before the wreck immediately after the it had been caused by deliberate Trainmen aboard the Pennsylvania railroad tan Limited, sians were | sabotage MRS. RATHBONE TO Mrs. Beatrice Rathbone, second American in history to hold a seat in the British par- liament and niece of Mrs. Mary H. Barker, 623 Margaret street, will speak tonight over a world-wide radio hookup at 10:30 o'clock (EST). Mrs, Barker was informed of her widowed niece's radio talk in a cable relayed from her brother Paul Hammond of New York. The speech will be broadcast by BBS. Mrs. Rathbone, who won her seat in Parliament after the death of her RAF flyer husband, has directed the re- ceiving end of “Bundles for Britain,” of which Mrs. Bar- ker is the local representa- tive. SOUGHT. HOW- Associn.ed Presa) March 20.—The Pennsylvania Rail- Limited, of the which Baden, Pa been caused by a plot a party of Soviet Russi testimony an revealed here Manhat on which the Rus passengers, said their unexpectedly routed section of track officials wreck said and demanded a_ gov- Two cars plunged estigation. into; OVER JOBS IF SETTLE- MENT FAILS Tnpet syaento owt ROTARTANS, NAME director of the culosis Sanitorium, will deliver a lecture at the Key West High School tomorrow morning at 9:15 o'clock on the subject of tuber- culosis and other health The lecture will be ilustrated with techni-colored movie tures. At 11 a.m. he will be he: at the Douglass colored scho It is shown that as a result of the work being carried on by the health department, that there were less deaths last year from tuberculosis than dur the year previous, while mz in hand at the proper howed satisfactory the treatment given All interested in this invited to attend this it is hoped that there large number MRS. CURRY BUYS Sta ate Tuber- g cases taken time sults from also ork lecture, and Hl be n attendance. are t r lunchec Demeritt NEW DIRECTORS «- Sepia ADAMS, W. DEMERITT Local Rotarian four of their numbe he next yea 1 ector The Russe ficers Rotar matter. THEY ARE M. RUSSELL, Field, Ohio war department today the hours or expect to were to M. ir dispute within the see the en over by AND E. STRUNK War department engineers orig. inally set terday as the ment of the ermitted more line for settt but vp today named for time ettlement r to serve group at their with no n meeting elected ar 1, Maitland / were there i a Hail. KEY LARGO SITE Twenty-five Bands 10 Furnish COMING EVENTS THURSDAY COFFEE AS PRESENT Special—Friday Only 1938 Plymouth Station Wagon $445.00 “DEACON” JONES Music In Paradé Of American Legionnaires Here Next Month federal employes. SPEAK OVER RADIO, Chandan LPP IS WAR DEPARTMENT WARNS STRIKERS FEDERAL EMPLOYES TO TAKE workmen at Wright warned by the settle next few job dead strike when it ttle depart ready to put workers on the jot quick | | Strike Fierce Blows At Several Points In Ger- many (By Associated Press) ] Londoners today are clearing jaway the debris and counting | their dead in the wake of a six- | hour German assault, admittedly |the worst this year and called ‘by Berlin “the most intense o! the entire war”. | Hundreds roared of German the city plane: over again ane throughout night terrific anti-aircraft barrage to dump thousands of in- and high again last braving a cendiary explosive bombs. Returning German flyers said they had left the entire East End section of London a “roaring sea of scarlet flames” and declared the raid had put the violent at- tacks on Hull and the destruction of Coventry “in the. shade”. The British air ministry admit- ted casualtie: yet uncounted, ‘had been unusually high, but re | ported the situation had been un der control at all times. Fires started by the incendiary bombs either have been put out or lated, they said. Royal Air meanwhile, blows at Force — bombers, were striking fierce Wilhelmshaven and in Germany. Factory in Cologne were severe aged, it was reported tanks Rotterdam were again subjected to bombardment Berlin said in addition to the bombardment of London attack made the night on other cities, they Cologne districts ly d in several during which had been did not name. SELECT SITE FOR ‘TAHOPA’ COLONY LEESBURG, March 20 A group of noted artists chose County the for which wi named It will Johns Ri County's (FNS) Lake a new colony Tahopa’ the St p of Lake ted or wh truction have alread Parker Stock editor; Vil ng those the cor Frank riter and rer, Tony Sarge Rube Ben I ippeteer CITY COUNCIL MEETS TONIGHT ' Prizes! Prizes! BINGO Sponsored by NAVY WIVES CLUB at La Concha Park Friday. Mar. 21—7:30 P.M. Retreshments Admission 25< Prizes