The Key West Citizen Newspaper, March 22, 1941, Page 1

Associated Press Day Wire Service For 61 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN THE U.S. A. JOLUME LXII. No. 70. KEY WEST, FLORIDA, SATURDAY, MARCH 22, 1941 Hundreds Known’ To Bé Dead In Fierce Raid On Plymouth | Royal Air Force Bombers| POO Paige OS, ‘DEADLINE FOR Stage Attack On weal EXEMPTION ON many’s Sub Base In Oc-| HOMESTEAD NEAR City Tax Assessor-Collec- tor Sam B. Pinder states that the deadline for filing applications for homestead exemption is drawing near, the time limit being April 1. Mr. Pinder says that there are a great many who have not made application up to the present time, and urges that they call at his office in the meantime. As it is only a short time remaining to get fixed up on the homestead exemption, Mr. Pinder states that it be- hooves all involved to at- tend to this matter as early as possible. cupied France (By Ansociated Press) German bombers for the second rocked Britain's great port of Plymouth! rain of 10,000 successive night have in a thundering bombs. Every section of the city felt the crash of the bombs last night as hundreds of planes flashed | over the city and its outskirts. | Hundreds are known to have | ! |BRINGS MESSAGE TO STU-| \In his jnever }much opportunity FLORIDA GOVERNOR’ GIVES ADDRESS AT WOMEN’S COLLEGE | DENTS OF UNBOUNDED) CONFIDENCE AND FAITH! IN PEOPLE OF COUNTRY (Spec 1 to the Citizen) TALLAHAS March first appearance before the student body 2,000 at Florida State College for Wom- en, Governor Spessard L. Holland | 22.— of some |this week brought a message of junbounded confidence and faith! in the people of this country. Speaking informally of his ob-j servations in different the country within the last months in of few Florida's “There's parts pecticular, chief executive said been a time with near so | or so much} knowledge as there is today”. To! died in the two-night assault, but | I ,eheheadheaeduedll \the outgoing senior class garbed | Plymouth has had no count its dead. ‘"* * POSTPONE MEETING ‘ON CLOSED SHOP «: Every available man was called into service today as the city be- gan a mammoth search for the dead and wounded, covered un- | CARPENTERS CONTINUE TO “#isical a few years ago, der piles of debris. Every street in| Piymouth was littered with shat- | tered buildings ana nardly a block was spared at least one smashed home or building. Fires started in the two raids; A scheduled closed shop con- | were reported under control to- | ference between union carpenters | day, but squads of workmen who | and the W. P. Thurston Construc- had only begun their repair job é : ifiee from Thursday night's attack Hon camberiy) this: amarning savas were swamped as the luftwaffe Cees piel eceday. gene strdck with even greater fury], cg weuster, ‘representa- yeeherdny | tive of the U. S. Conciliation ser Royal Air Force bombers dur- | ic¢ under the department of labor, ing the night staged sheik accoud wired the company that he would uueisive piuck. on Lament ; be unable to arrive here in time base in occupied France. Taking Bose ana ca teen tars a0 voted in favor of a closed shop on a measure of revenge for the| Thursday night bombardment of SEUIAY Yi) BLUE Bro lecesiast week, Plymouth, the RAF smashed at | Laurient in the most intensive | raid of the entire war. Slanting down through powerful anti-aircraft the British bombers peatedly for hours at. the town and submarine base. Dozens of great fires were reported started and at least parts of the docks and submarine servicing equipment were reduced to rubble. Berlin admitted the attack and reported that civilian casualties had been high WORK WHILE NEGOTIA- TIONS GO ON negotiations go on ficia id this morning there is no son for a dispute between them and the carpenters and pre- dicted the closed shop question would be settled “after a_ little talk.” a barrage, struck re- LEGION WITHDRAWS FROM BIG PARADE SEEK PICTURES FROM KEY WEST (By Associated Press) NEW YORK, March 22 ican Legion members first time in their not march in the Army rade here April it |nounced today Legion headquarters announced jtheir withdrawal from the pa Jrade after they had been in formed by directors of the cele bration that they woul ea loted = 108 ard. of | space Parade with er the will pa an for history, Day was WANTED FOR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGN ON FLORIDA IN MIDDLE WEST Amateur ald lik who help build up Key t publicity in the north will to see more of their idle-western news. will donate them Singleton, chamber ecretary S morning rece photographers to director “ We pic paper Ste 750 pieces army of equ a chance if the C y ived n Harold Colee, ex- ident of the state merce, for lanc Key West and the mber of commerce ties for getting it Singleton said he with p x to donate s SALE OF TAGS jents tures | « them | this Chicago and pre SLOPPY JOE'S BAR | Corner Duval and Greene Sts. SOUVENIR NIGHT A beautiful ash tray to each | customer attending. with name ! imprinted. ; R. W. CLIFFORD GRANTED DIVORCE FLOOR SHOW ith Eddie No Cover Ww Trvyon's Orchestra | | | | i ' | | | | | | {willing to trample in their caps and gowns for the} special convocation he said de- \spite the picture painted of world | conditions there is no need to| wear a long face. “Even though |were overconfident we were soft, | and la we've) terrific shocks and e certainly on our toes now”, he remarked | The “shocks” he referred to in} particular were: | When Russia and Germany be-} ame allies banded against a com- | {had some we’ mon enemy—democracy; | When the greatest aggressor nation, Germany, just as under little} in 1914, citing; Holland and | nations as she w Denmark, Norway, | Belgium; i are continuing at work while the |@ainst Frenchmen; Company of- | lequipment, lare The overpowering of which he said men from the world war believed the strongest nation in existence | from a military standpoint; Seeing British guns turned | i all France | f | was The swiftness with which this military might took place Seeing Ireland remain neutral while England faced such dan- gers. All these shocks, he led America to throw {high gear for its own defense. attributed much of the desir¢ defense to the men and who took part in the first world war. America morale as well as he anxious to serve capacity they can In the field of r Holland said he pressed by the President going to the opposing political party to tary of war and secretary of the navy The g have | itself into He for women said is ong today in in and in whatever said peo politics Gover n was much im posts vernor cited another without political bias Wendell Willkie to to th country dictator na like that tr other SHOW INCREASE : TODAY is the LAST DAY for ONE-CENT SALE! et Gardner's Pharmacy |owned or \off by British troops a-| told the {Deputy Frank Stickney today re- itempt to return Edward J. Cahill physical Twenty-Four British Vessels Sunk In Air And Sea Raids (By Associated Press) BERLIN, March 22.—German the action, it was said to have oc- navy and air attacks on British 24 hours curred when units of the German shipping, in the past fleet caught a convoy in the North have sunk or put out of action Sea en route to England. |250,000 tons of merchant vessels controlled by Great ported to have sent two other Britain, it was announced today. Surface raiders wree credited British ships to the bottom “some with destroying 22 ships in a Place in the Atlantic” during the convoy for a total British loss of 160,000 tons. Although the Ger- are credited with the remainder ;man communique did not describe of the toll. Italian Settlers In Ethicpia _ Are Scrambling | To Get Out ited Press) night blasted Italian troop con- centrations south of Harar and a British column is reported only a few miles from the vital railroad, which supplies the only means of transportation between Addis Ababa and the coast. Britain repeatedly has offered to save Italian settlers from the rampaging Ethiopian natives, but only on the condition that Italy admits defeat in Africa and asks last for an armistice cy Ans CAIRO, March 22.—Italian set- lers in Ethiopia today were de- scribed as scrambling to reach the Djibouti — Addis-Ababa railroad out of the country before it is cut Sources in Addis Ababa have British of increasing dis- order and the threat of British capture of the railroad is believed to have struck terror into many of the settlers. Royal Air Force bombers ‘SHERIFF SAWYER ESCAPING GERMAN CAUGHT GOES TO MIAMI OFFICERS MAKING SECOND ATTEMPT MADE GET-AWAY FROM CAN- TO GET MAN WANTED IN ADA; BEING HELD IN MONROE COUNTY NEW YORK snocinted Prena) BURG, N. Y., March officials today holding two German army Sheriff Berlin Sawyer and ‘County are offi cers who escaped from Canada in the Lawrence turned to Miami in a second at- to Monroe county on passing bad check Sawyer, who failed to arrange for Cahill’s transfer from Miami river. in a previous ttempt Thur The left Key W early th Ss morning , Wiad ween < to attend a he be- fore Criminal Ju Wil- llams in Miami Williams will deter s to be returned here Tennes- there return a charge of a hair-raising sprint of the St across broken ice officers, tran: bspprieg to np, made the In order ar F aS escape sometime yesterday and Ross were picked up here after they mine vad crossed the river ping nt to ar charge from one ice floe to another see to face d The ESTENOZ INFANT DIED LAST NIGHT local officers wil fternoor FOUR BUILDING PERMITS ISSUED CONTENTS OF MATCH BOXES SURPRISING cms TEMPERATURES Lowest last Highest last night 24 hours veiated Press) KEY WEST One German submarine is re- | 24 hours and long-range bombers | Che Hry West Citizen Key West, Florida, has the most equable climate in the country; with an average range of only 14° Fahrenheit PRICE FIVE CENTS New Turkish-Russian Non-Aggression Pact Is Expected To Be Signed Soon PURPOSE OF CONSTRUCT- | ING RAILROAD | (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON, March The Chinese government iweek is expected to ask |United States for a }loan under the terms “lend-lease” bill, China is reported to need the aa next the of the |WANT TWENTY MILLION FOR ‘HELD UP AT PORT EVER- $20,000,000 the yacht Potomac this morning CHINA WILL ASK ‘ROOSEVELT WILL May Stiffen Resistance Of U. §. FOR LOAN START ON CRUISE Some Yugoslav Factions Against Agreement With Hitler GLADES BY WEATHER FOR FEW DAYS (By Associated Press) | | | ISTANBUL, March 22.—A new In pact may be signed in the next (By Asnoctaced Presa) urkish-Russian non - aggression PORT EVERGLADES, March 22.—President Roosevelt began his postponed vacation aboard few days, it was announced here today. With Yugoslavia wavering be- after he had wired his con- gratulations to engineers who have just completed work on the money for construction of a rail- $156,000,000 Grand Coulee dam at tween Great Britain and Ger- lroad over the | plies reaching interior China over Burma road. Sup- Winnetka, Wash many, foreign office spokesmen Engineers today will throw the | the road at present must make a switch which sends out over the said today a new pact between llong, slow trip by truck and the Chinese believe construction of a railroad would be of immense aid in holding off Japanese thrusts into the interior. RECOVER BODY OF LIEUT. A. C. SCOTT | XILLED WHEN PLANE LOCK- | ED WITH ANOTHER CRAFT IN MID-AIR By Associnted Press) PANAMA CITY, Canal’ Zone, March 22.—Searching parties to: day recovered the bedy of Lieut Albert C. Scott after an airplane crash and continued their hunt for Lieut. Russell Randall, lost after another accident Scott was killed when his small pursuit ship locked in mid-air with another army plane, whosc pilot was not seriously injured Randall, still missing after day’s search, is reported to have crashed in the but sol diers have been unable to find the exact spot where he made forced landing. a jungle “(10 LEADERS TO CONCERNS WORKMEN IN STEEL PLANT AWAITING STRIKE SETTLEMENT (Ps Associated Presa) WASHINGTON. March Cla & the aders announced Bethlet RUNNING OUT OF GAS IS COMMON COUNTY FORCES wires the first current from the giant Columbia river power ition project dent Roosevelt, held in erglades for a day by bad ,80me Yugoslav factions against weather, today will begin his fish ing in the Gulf Stream. He is e pected to return to Port Ever- glades or Miami in 10 days. and TUrkey and the Soviet Union might stiffen the resistance of an agreement with Adolf Hitler. Five more Serb members of the Belgrade cabinet today were re- ported ready to follow their three GIVE APPROVAL TO ‘omer ote wre DEFENSE MEASURE agreement which would — permit ,German troops to cross the coun- try. SEVEN BILLION DOLLAR BILL | SENT TO SENATE FLOOR Berlin termed the resignations “ridiculous” and appeared ready FOR DEBATE jto add more pressure to the Serbs, hold a powerful position in Yugo al Vready: tense situation who Fen slavia, are reported aimost unan WASHINGTON, March 22. renny imous in their opposition to any Senate appropriations committee CO™Premise with Germany — and today approved the seven billion |POPUIar opposition to the _ pro dollar bill for national defense P°S#l is said here to be mounting and sent it to the floor for de- | *@Pidly bate London, Admini lure hee orbit, the too, is attempting to Yugoslavia out of the Axi but a foreign office spokes man admitted today that a Ger man occupation of the country is likely. A Russien-Turkish agree ment probably would have weight In Yugoslavia, he said it might be too Late A treaty = _ PAYDAY °: the It 1: Josef key hi leaders opposition to when it comes up Monday and _ predict within a few hours. tration little say will be measure debate pa but igned by Turkey 1925 and reaffi before the still i and a in ned tart of in effect er, that Tur no ob eral years present war understood Stalin ha country will place in the way of Turkish op to Germany into Balkan: Monday tcom: fine informed of the montt announced to forfeiture fund tion push treaty probably would cific gu of when Russia act if carries out her threat of iny Uncertaint office dur oc Ger Greek Here’s How To Settle ; ed to A Boundary Dispute “ hay nting 1 declarati ERNEST RAMSEY GETS COMMISSION APPOINTED AS COUNTY OF FICER BY GOVERNOR TWO WEEKS AGO y Associoted Press) March and THEY WERE WRONG BY A FUR PIECE Associated Preset joyernar Spe tror DOG KILLS MASTER