The Key West Citizen Newspaper, March 24, 1941, Page 1

Associated Press Day Wire Service For 61 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West VOLUME LXII. No. 71. IN THE U.S. A. KEY WEST, FLORIDA, MONDAY, MARCH 24, 1941 Appropriation Defense Measure Went ' To Senate Floor At Noon hiiniiciina 4 Leaders) Predict Seven Billion’ Dollar _Bill’s By Night Passage’ (ity Asrociated Presa) WASHINGTON, The $7,000,000,000 emergency de- fense appropriation bill went to! the floor of the Senate at noon today as administration leaders predicted its passage by night. the the riain to Approved by tions committee, regarded as ce proval on the any, changes. Testimony of William S. Knud- sen, defense chief, was revealed this morning as the appropria- tions committee sent the measure to the Senate. Knudsen last week told committeemen the United States would produce vice the war materials Germany | apable of turning out. “It is only a question of tun- ing up”, the defense chief said. “As soon as we get started we will be capable of producing twice | many goods as any other, country” Knudsen predicted another 3, 000,000 unemployed will places in industry before summer is over. appropria- measure is win ap- as the DENY REPORT OF BRITISH SETBACK: CLAIM COLONIAL FORCES ARE BREAKING THROUGH ITALIAN LINES (Ry Associated Presa) CAIRO, March 24.—Denying Italian reports that British troops around Keren in Eritrea had been thrown back, a communique reaching here today said colonial forces are breaking through Italian lines of resistance. Admittedly one of the bloodiest struggles of the African war, the Keren battle is going to the side of the British, the communique said. Capture of the strategic of Neghelli in Southern Ethiopia last night was reported by the British to have sealed the doom of Addis Ababa. The now are in a position to leave on toward Addis Ababa over the great highway built by Italy after the occupation of Ethiopia Motorized troops, it is reported, already are moving up the 250. mile highway toward the Eth- iopian capital and are meeting little organized resistance. BOND SET FOR ROBERT WATSON arrested yes road Patrolman a charge le while of driv under gy Okla x was released to await a pre before Peace March 24.—/ floor with few, if| find | town j British forces | \SEES HOMESTEAD AS HOOK-UP FOR WATER PIPE LINE |SAID THAT EXPERIMENTING DRILLING WELLS WOULD BE BIG RISK The following article, which jwill be of much interest to | people of Key West, was taken from the Homestead Leader: “While no confirmation could | be obtained from either city or navy officials, the belief is grow- ing more and more with local ob- |servers that water for the Key West pipe line will be from the city of Homestead’s municipal water plant. “A contract between the United | States Navy and the Florida Keys } ! Aqueduct Commission was signed {in Washington Tuesday, insuring the construction of the proposed $3,000,000 18-inch pipe line. Con- |tracts for furnishing the pipe! ‘have been awarded already by the navy, and it is believed that an- ‘nouncement will soon be made jto when work may be expected to ; . | begin. | “It is known that test wells of ithe aqueduct survey engineers located six miles south of Florida City near the Overseas Highway | produced salt water at a depth of |37 feet, and it is believed that jrather than go to the expense of | jdeep drilling or run the risk of | hooking in to other wells south of ; Homestead which so far have {shown no trace of salt water in- | filtration, the navy will decide to lay the mile or two of extra pipe | {required and make sure of a water supply tested through years of large quantity pumping. “Whether or not it has any sig- nificance as to location of the source of supply, the was made in Washington that the rate to Key West water consum- ers would be ‘about the same as that paid by Homestead con- sumers.’ “Local predictions are that work will be announced as start- ing in May, but actual construc- tion can be expected by June.” TEMPERATURES Lowest last Highest last , 24 hours 60 night Abilene 41 Boise Boston Buffalo Charleston Chicago Cincinnati Denver Detroit El Pas Galveston Hatteras Havre Huron Jacksonville KEY WEST Los Angeles Miami Minneapolis Nashville New Ork City ans AT OTHER POINTS WITH, statement ! ~ |far short of HOW ONE TOWN MADE TRY FOR DEFENSE J0BS GOVERNMENT TOLD WHAT | RECEIVED CONSIDERATION AT START OFF Ry JACK STINNETT | AP Feature Service Writer | WASHINGTON, March 24.— With the lease-lend bill out of the | way, the cry of small manufac- contracts is almost sure to rise to the! ja roar. | Already it is a lusty shout in | Washington. Even | gre: ssmen and senators are stuff- jing cotton in their ears as they ltry to understand pieas from {small industrialists. now con- fice of an Army colonel into jwhase lap is dumped a large num- (ber of the prospectuses and cata- logs that descend on the Army. } “Just look at those heaps,” IT HAD TO OFFER AND | iturers located away from the east- | ern seaboard to get in on defense | obtained |. The other day I sat in the of-| he | Coroner’ s Jury To Conclude Investigation In Strangle | Murder Case This Afternoon A. coroner’s jury this afternoon |is expected to end its six weeks’ investigation of the strangle mur- \der of Mrs. Cecelia Thompson Tunks on the night of Feb. 8. Faced with an utter blank as far {as a possible suspect is concerned, the jurymen probably will an- nounce their decision that the blonde inmate of the Alice Reid house on Howe street was killed by a person or persons unknown. Peace Justice Enrique Es- quinaldo, acting as coroner in the case, said this morning there had ‘been nothing new in the report sent here by FBI headquarters in \ Washington after a study of the ' evidence. Fingerprints were found on some of the articles, but none of them could be matched iwith those of witnesses in the case. Mrs. Tunks’ nude body was found in her bed at the Alice Reid hoyse early on the morning of iFeb. 9. A silken undergarment |had been twisted about her throat groaned, indicating piles of pros-| pectus They were and sizes and ranged from ela- |borate ones printed in color to isheaves of poorly typed script. | “It’s a job, but you have to go through every one | have something all shapes they badly. | “Here, for instance.” | Field Kitchens He pulled out three | written prospectuses, and how one town is planning to get its share of defense industry. One prospectus can be disposed ‘of immediately, for although it {came from a comparatively large jawning maker who wanted to |turn out tents, his machines will} | we want neatly- The second can be tossed jalmost as quickly for this com- ipany simply made something dif- jferent that the Army might want badly—portable _ electrical for heavy duty use (ociginally jused in the oil fields) gineers are investigating. | It was the third prospectus, ‘though, that set this town aside. It had some partially abandoned |railroad shops. A survey showed jit had 22 plants with machine | tools of various types. All were running on schedules capacity. None {them, being so small that could not perform enough ope: tions to turn out finished articles, of could hope to get defense orders lof any size | They envisioned losing \their domestic business the operation of priorit rials being given to plants that did have defense contracts) and the loss of their skilled workmen {to which could pay even through Ss (mate- factories higher wages. Hanging Together { And then one of the If they wer separa swim t m was revi arranged, the men idea at Leg Of Long Voyage To val t voyage to make. Sometimes | told | only do nine stitches to the inch} and Army requirements call for} off | units | Army en- | ‘MRS. PHELAN | DIED SUNDAY FUNERAL ARRANGEMENTS WILL BE ANNOUNC- ED LATER Mrs. Pauline died yesterday M. Phelan, age 57, afternoon at 2:10 ,o'clock at the Marine Funeral hospital. which of the are being arrangements, jare under the direction Lopez Funeral Home awaiting word from her William J |medical student University, We | Survi held up Phelan, who is a at hington, |son, Georgetown D¢€. William; Phelan; Young; broth Phelan; Phelan a daughter, Miss Pauline Miss Wilhelmina August A. Young jer-in-law, Capt. John J Miss Kitty son sister, brother sister-in-law YOUNG DEMOCRATS TO MEET TONIGHT of will be ck a they | Important special meeting Young Democratic Club jheld this evening, 7:30 o'¢ nt, Isadore Elizabeth and the home of the Weintraub Angela street: f the preside gorner be a large ndance member ship at everal mat the com- n up COMING EVENTS MONDAY TUESDAY G HE JEW: ALL THE E WORLD!” THIS? Hear This Subject Explained AUGUST VAN RYN TONIGHT O'CLOCK GOSPEL HALL 720 Southard Street 30 and fastened with a bent tooth- brush. | After a four-day session, the coroner’s jurymen sent a bundle of articles found in the woman's; room to FBI headquarters in Washington and took a six weeks’ recess \ Alice Reid, operator of the | house, has since been arrested on} a white slave charge and is in county jail awaiting trial in fed- eral court in May. Esquinaldo said this morning it is unlikely any of the witnesses will be called back for the hea ing today. Marvin Griffin. hus- | band of the Reid woman and for- | merly a co-operator of the estab- | lishment, was held for a_ short | time as a material witness in the slaying, but was released later. (embers of the jury, who will meet at 5 o'clock at the county | court chamb are Faustina Rendueles, Rex Shaw, Theodore | Albury, Leroy Torr Clifford | Watkins and Millard Gibson. | | | ‘EDWARD CAHILL BROUGHT HERE °: DEFENDANT FACES CHARGE OF CASHING WORTH- ‘standing by to quell have Che Key West Cttteen THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER Key West, Florida, has the most equable climate in the country; with an average range of only 14° Fahrenheit PRICE FIVE C Royal Air Force Delivers Heavy Blows At Several German Points Yugoslavia Will Sign Pact With AXs This Afternoon (iby Associated Press) BELGRADE, March 24.—Ignor- ing a rising chorus of popul approval, |Yugoslavia will leave here some- | time this afternoon for Vienna to sign a pact adding his country to the Axis partnership. Special police have been or- dered to stamp out any show of disapproval and army units are a possible uprising, but clamor against the ‘oposed pact is so widespread that many observers fear a gen- eral revolution. Members of the powerful Ser- bian Agrarian party, joined by the Serbian Orthodox church, appealed to Prince Paul to jlead his country in resistance to LESS CHECKS capitulation to the Axis. All sen- jators from the Agrarian party re- Edward from J. Cahill, Miami face a of ‘worthless checks, preliminary returned to two here yesterday cashing will hearing Peace Justice Arenberg. Cahill, Miami on another charge, brought back late last night by one riff Berlin Sawyer. Sawyer j ailed to get the charge have a tomorrow Franklin before who was arrested in was prisoner on an- Slice trip to Miami earlier in the week it that Cahill was also wanted Ten when developed in The the manager of man was of the brought here Robert Taylor. Boat bar, that he worthless $50 checks Both checks returned by the Taylor testified MORE BRITISH VESSELS SUNK on charge in the establishment were bank (By Associated Press) BERLIN March 24 German weekend Br signed today, following the lead of cabinet ministers who dropped out of the government urday. Thousands of messages of pro- test fices for days and violent protests accompanied the government's action in appointing new cabinet (Continued on Page Four) MONEY FOR BOCA CHICA AIRPORT NOW AVAILABLE « MATTER HELD UP DUE TO FAILURE OF MEMBERS OF COUNTY COMMISSION TO GET TOGETHER Failure county of commi: all five ssioner for delay start Boca Chica « r the gether a special session 1 construct1or airport for 30 day project now Carl available, Chairman valdi announced today ing can be done ur mussioners TLISIISILS: GRANTS REQUEST FROM PRISONERS (My Aanoctated Presa) PADUCAH. Ky. March 24. —Judge Rex Cornelison found a note on his desk. Signed by 13 prisoners in the county jail. it asked that a ce!lmate be “turned loose The petitioners reported “it is almost impossible for us to stay in jail with him for he is Public Nuisance No. ! “It seems to us we are be- ing punished enough without having to put up with him.” Judge Cornelison ordered the offending prisoner re moved from jail and escorted to the city limits “There is no point in allow ing one person to disturb the peaceful life of some of our best customers.” he observed. 7 IID IIIDL. GREEKS CAPTURE MANY PRISONERS - Prince Regent Paul of | ar ais-- NEW YORKER LANDS HIS LARGEST FISH New York is going to hear about this: Richard Platt. vice presi- dent of the Industry and Se- curity Survey corporation, New York, yesterday landed the biggest fish he ever saw. It was a 120-pound jewfish and Platt returned to Miami last night promising to tell the world about it. D. C. Coleman, Jr., son of the Dade county Sheriff Cole- man and manager of the Statistics department of Fen- ner and Beane in Miami, and Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Seaber. Coral Gables, accompanied Platt on the fishing trip. F ue heddehdided CARPENTERS ARE MEETING TODAY “< TO CONFER WITH COMPANY OFFICIALS ON CLOSED SHOP AGREEMENT flooded government of- + Local carpenters, tives of W. P representa- Thurston Construc tion company and W. A. Mc- Alister, representative of the U Conciliation service under the department of labor, are meeting at the navy yard this afternoon to discuss terms of a closed shop agreement Postponed from cause McAlister wa in Key West at that meeting started thi bout 2 o'clock Carpenter Saturday be unable to be time, the afternoon at shop on the ing project in the month to the union, out-of-town ed on the ettiement will the conference to- understood — the makes the closed Non-union em right to a navy yard an election At present, about i9 pen project be closed hou earlier ir according non-union, ters ara empl n an oppor their jobs CHURCHES CONTINUE | | | | ! | (By Associated Presa) | i organization if @ pene Hanover And Kiel Were Hardest Hit Dur- ing Widespread Raids Last Night LONDON. March 24.—Ger many and German - occupied | France felt resounding RAF | blows last night as hundreds of | bombers swarmed over Europe ‘in reprisals for the pounding of Plymouth last week. i Berlin, | Hanover and Kiel bore the brunt jot the smashing RAF Coastal invasion points, ult in a tseries of all-night raids. | Air ministry spokesmen today ‘said the raids had been some of the most successful carried out by the RAF during the war and de- scribed important damage to military objectives Hanover and Berlin, | (Berlin admitted the raids, but ‘said most of the places hit were ‘of no military importance. Loss of life was high, it was reported.) Crossing the channel a few |hours afver dark, the squadrons ‘of British planes flew far out jover Europe all through the night. Relays continued to’ pound lat Berlin intermittently through most of the night and Kiel took a terrific bombardment Docks and railroads submarine base the and British fliers saw raging fires they returned from their raids. ssible invasion points along coast, which have had rela attacks in given thorough in at the damaged, vital were according to air ministry, as Po: the tively weeks, bombing HOME GUARDS MEET TUESDAY NEW TYPE OF INSTRUCTION TO BE INTRODUCED IN PLAN WORKED OUT light were recent guard members ton truction ely Home ight will anew type need ir under ten’ ed out ation DESPITE BOMBINGS | (Ty Associated Presay Many Fort Lauderdale Legion Members To Attend Convention