The Key West Citizen Newspaper, March 25, 1941, Page 1

Associated Press Day Wire Service For 61 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West Che Key West Critzesn THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN THE U.S. A. Key West, Florida, has the most equable climate in the country; with an average range of only 14° Fahrenheit VOLUME LXII. No. 72. KEY W FLORIDA, TUE: DAY, MARCH 25, 1941 PRICE FIVE CENTS Plan 10 Have White Way Tummed On For Convention American lesion Inaueu- SUBSCRIPTIONS esi ag acid TO LEGION FUND ity Cleaned Up | NEARLY CLOSED For Coming Event CHAIRMAN OF SPECIAL CO! GUY CARLETON. OF A drive to clean up the city! saorpr, and to ight the white way lights TELLS OF STATUS GOMEZ HEARD ON HIS POSITION IN AIRPORT PROJECT CLAIMS MATTER SHOULD BE TAKEN UP AT REGULAR CIAL MEETING Monroe 'ddie Gomez today defended his refusing to attend county Commissioner \E jaction in a mg. |Special meeting of the board last | fering with the wor night, which Chairman Carl Ber- \valdi said had deiayed the start ,of work on Boca Chica airport. Gomez declined to attend a on Duval street for the Ameri- | THOSE CONTRIBUTING can Legion convention here April 23-26 will be launched at once, the under- American Subscriptions to it was decided at a meeting of| writing fund for the Key West Legion's state | April 23-26 are nearly closed, Guy | !Carleton, chairman of the special committee, announced today. the directors of the convention Convention corporation last night. Robert F. dent of the corporation, suggest- ed that Mayor Willard M. Al- bury be contacted with reference to cleaning up the city. Conse- quently Albert Mills, ecutive director of the corporation, will call upon the mayor for action. ‘There are many _ stores containing the signs of old circus-| yr Carleton said, es and old political campaigns”, | Spottswood said. “These should | be removed and the city put in| Fealized, due to three factors: bright a shape as possible”. | “First, we were not agree- Mills will also contact the Key | ment with many groups as to the | West Electric company regarding the white way lights. Spotts- | wood said that the lighting of the lamps would go a long way |Suggested subscriptions. toward making the stay of the | “Second, those that know American Legionnaires more! will do a very largely increased | pleasant |business did not contribute in John Delgado, a member of Ar-! proportion to others who would thur Sawyer Post No. 28 of the! not do so well American Legion, will offer-} “Third, many merchants and ed the chairmanship of the Key {other business men have not as West housing committee, it was yet been convinced that it is both | uggested at last night's meeting.'a civic duty and a good business | He will ha the job of igning | proposition to subscribe to . this the visiting Legionnaires to the | fund. rooms that have been assigned} “However, for the most part them. the committee has met with cour- Mills read the official program!tesy and liberal treatment, and of the convention to the cor-|we are satisfied that when sub- poration’s directors. This _ is, scriptions which had been prom- | complete except for the addition | ised have been added to the funds of the names of some distinguish-! now on hand, we may be able to ed visitors, and the names of some! complete the job. If those who of the speakers. ‘are still unconvinced could see Guy Carleton, chairman of the the reservations already made for civic committee ned to the) the convention, they would quick- task of raising funds for the con-!ly change their minds and get on stated that total raised the band wagon. still fell short of the sum! “To those who have subscribed, and a complete list will be pub- advertise lished at the end of the week, we Concha |extend our appreciation for their | cooperation and express our con- fidence that their subscriptions will be returned to them most | profitably.” 4 Cameramen Coming Here | For Filming ‘Mercy Island’ A production unit of motion picture and cameramen arrive in Key West sometime the next two months to preliminary filming for the version of “Mercy Island,” dore Pratt's story about this Spottswood, _ presi- of $5000, which ;from the county, $200 from included $1000; the automobile tickets, the result of which are not known at this time, “This amount has not been as in direct benefits to be derived and |so had to cut down the amount of we be a vention, to date ought It decided the bingo game at hotel park. Since ized from the voluntary sub- scriptions has fallen below ex- ‘Continued on Page Four) to La the sum real- of the of for explained Secre and good shots of some the actors fishing boats would give film wil withir begir producers a clear idea what looking he they will be when they come here, Chamber of Commerce Stephen C. Singletor Dion handed the letter, day he had sent Schaefer a of the WPA Writers’ Key book, which has many excellent pictures of this vicinity Citizens who have tures which they th of help may sell ther many if they turn chamber of Schaefer, in (cor fc FREE TRIP to CUBA (All Expenses) On American Legion Excursion for anyone selling 100 books of tickets for BUICK SEDANETTE to be given away April 26th by KEY WEST CONVENTION CORPORATION plus 10 per cent in cash for each book sold. FOR INFORMATION APPLY Convention Office La Concha Hotel Bldg. ary Schaefer, associate pro- said Republic Production i Postmaster Fred impending visit in a ting pictures of Key Although th with > group will arrive month period, efforts would ty and unposed Conchs Gove "s bigh his Jatt pany whic will pay here |” “We started with the objective | lcity and an estimated $300 for | still | leaving $3500 to be subscribed”, | ie lother la certificate of indebtedness was ito have been approved and sent |to R. E. Crummer pany. The commission approval was made necessary by the arriv- yesterday of a check for $28 000 from Crummer for the {chase of part of the 900 which will go to make up jarmy field. Gomez, said by Bervaldi to have refused to set a time when he would take part in a special session, declared today he will acres the not attend a special meeting on! ‘the subject at any time. “There’s no great emergency and I don't see why I should be asked to go to a couny commis- \s ion meeting at midnight, when {none of the citizens will have a chance to be present”, he said | today. | The commissioner said he had told Bervaldi he would be unable to leave his store until late {the chairman had asked if would attend a later meeting o’clock or 12 Gomez tificate should he at he feels the be handled at a jregular meeting when the public knows the commission is going to meet and has a chance to be pres- said cer- jent Answering criticism of some Key Westers that his refusal to attend the meeting is the result of his frequent verbal tiffs with commissioners, Gomez said his personal feelings toward oth er members of the board would have nothing to do with his stand. “I think the whole thing should be carried on in publie”, he said “How do you think it will look to the people of this county if their commissioners vote on a vital issue at midnight, giving no one a chance to speak?” FREEZE CREDITS OF YUGOSLAVIA (iy Annoctated Preas) WASHIN March President’ Roos answered the man-Yugoslay alliance by signing an order s credits in the ing signing at Yugosla’ ed States. The Pr waters ¢ dent, from his yacht Florida, radioed the department orders t ndrawal of long-term in treasury 000,000 wi the in which Y a has COMING EVENTS TUESDAY Stone Church Service C p.m. Br K Ww P. Ha t Home G nal Guard arn WEDNESDAY Ext chool C Key West d Front THURSDAY Arer USED CARS Pedigreed — A-1 Condition LOW PRICES NAVARRO, Inc. SESSION AND NOT AT SPE-| |night meeting of the board when; bonding com- | pur- | and | (iy Axnociated Press) CHICAGO, March 25.—Strike- breaking AFL workmen moved jinto International Harvester com- pany’s giant McCormack plant jhere today under the protection tof an army of 1.400 police. Three CIO pickets were club- bed by police officers for inter- en as they main gate, pickets stood jentered the plant's ‘while others of the back and jeered the AFL men. CIO leaders promptly an- nounced they will call strikes in each of International Harvester's 16 other plants. | POLICE THROW TEAR GAS BOMBS (By Associated Press) BETHLEHEM, Pa., March 25.— Police threw tear gas bombs into a crowd of striking CIO workers jat Bethlehem Steel's home plant here today as violence flared briefly in a quarrel between pickets and workmen who want to go back to their jot Holding up an estimated billion in defense orders, the 21,000 workmen have re- and their to call | dollars plant’s fused mediation offers leaders today threatened another strike at the company’s Johnstown, Pa., plant, which em- ploys 15,000 men. |GREAT LOSS OF TIME IN STRIKES (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON, Marc! War department engineer estimated that strikes thi have lost 1,000,000 man army contracts alone. The month-long strike at Allis- Chalmers Milwaukee plant is the most of the to army contracts i SIX BUILDING. "PERMITS ISSUED CALL FOR TOTAL EXPENDI- | TURE IN ACTIVITIES | OF $1,925 today year days on seriou: delays Key Wwst started the building department's week with a rush terday, six jof them taking out permits for a total of $1.9: Three of $500 eral re addit ing. Perry tor 1 N $500 Ww property owners ve apiece pa d by Building In- Russell were to varro, 613 Caroline for general 1 Arnold, 910 i spec Ramon street, Wil airs; $50. Johr * GIVE FIGURES ON SINKING OF SHIPS (Rs Associated Presay BINGO! Strike-Breakers Enter Plant Under Protection Of Police ‘OFFICER RELIEVED !bald Wavell . jin Ethiopia, *| Sharr Yugoslavian Official Sign) Pact Entering Partnership With Axis OF HIS COMMAND Unemployed Workers Urged | To Register With Local State Employment Offi Office MARSHAL RUDOLFO GRAZI-| ANI ORDERED TO RE- TURN TO ROME (iy Aswociated Preax) CAIRO, March 25.—Marshal Rudolfo Graziani, chief of staff of Italy’s north armies and hailed as the Ethiopia, command and ordered to’ return to Rome, it was announced here today. Admitting: the presence of Ger- man troops in fast growing num- bers on the north African in Libya, British sources said to day control of the campaign has been taken out of the hands of ltaly Graziani is said to have resign- ed, but according to stories cur- rent here, he was replaced by German officers as a rebuke for his repeated failures against the British armies of Gen. Sir Archi- An appeal to workers through- out Florida to register at once with the nearest Florida State employment office was issued to- day by William V. Little, man- ager of the Key West office of the State employment ser He African conqueror of has been relieved of his ice State Employment to find out exactly Service hopes how many workers in the State are available for jobs or training in occupa- tions needed by defense indus- tries and other types of business ‘This registra- front now expanding tion is being conducted on nation-wide scale,” he explained, “as part of the national defen program and is designed not only to get the unemployed back to srk as quickly as possible, but to insure that as soon as workers are needed in defense production they can be reached without delay He particularly appealed the immediate reg! ation of: (1) All workers in Florida who are unemployed and capable of hold- ing jobs, and; (2) All employed persons in the State who have had experience in the following trades but whose present employment does not utilize the skills of these trades: In aircraft manufacturing —airplane sheet metal worker airplane woodworkers, aero- nautical engineers, and inspe tors; in. shipbuilding—shiv penters, loftsmen, boatbuilders, ship fitters, caulkers, and marin¢ machinists; in machine shops and machinery manufacturing — ma- chinists, tool makers die makers, (Continued On Page Four) German dive bombers are ad- g mitted to have taken part in a violent attack on British positions in the eastern Mediterra n, but a communique from forces in Ethiopia provides Britain with the counter success of defeating another Italian force and moving to within 150 miles of the capital at Addis Ababa. British troops are reported to have tightened their ring of steel around Harar and another force is said to be marching forward bearing ex-Emperor Haile Selassie nearer to his cap- ital. PHELAN FUNERAL HERE TOMORROW WILL TAKE PLACE IN MORN- ING FROM LOPEZ CHAPEL TO CATHOLIC CHURCH for car- TEMPERATURES Lowest last Highest last night 24 hours 5 70 Abilene funeral of Mrs M who died on Sun- j held to- 1g at 9 o'clock from Pauline Buistel Brown Buffalo Casper charleston day will be morrow n the chapel of Lopez Funera Home to the Catholic Rev. P. J. Kelleher, officiating. The body will lie aft- ernoon ning church. in state all and eve at the Li Chapel Pallbearers be Capt. A. E . Wiliam A, Freeman Alexander M. Hewett, J. Ott Kirchheiner, James B. Sulli iB foren PLAN MEETING ON RECREATION BINGO! FOR BENEFIT Arthur Sawyer Post, American Legion La Concha Park 8 p. m. : TONIGHT said that by April 15 the Florida! {Will Permit German Sup- plies To Be Transported Across Country, But No Troops (By Associated Press) | Yugoslavia’s premier and for- \SAMOOORS) TOS lan tcrom nee ee GET H HEARING a affixed their signatures to : ct drawing their country in- | TO BE ARRAIGNED FOR PRE-| LIMINARY TRIAL THIS — | ™2RY- Haly and Japan. AFTERNOON Clement Jayec Jr., accused toric Belvedere Palace. by state road Seiler au Jones of hindering the arrest of Dragisha Cvetkovic and Foreign Robert J, Watson on a drunk driv- ing charge, will face charges of drunkenness and disorderly con- duct this afternoon at pre- liminary hearing before Peace Justice Enrique Esquinaldo Watson will have a hearing on the charge of driving while un- Proceedings. der the influence of intoxicating liquor. | Jaycocks, one of four passen-: ment, no German troors will be gers in the car with Watson, was permitted to held by Jones after he allegedly fought the officer who was mak- but supplies may be transported ing the arrest. Jones said he across the country to assist in a warned all the occupants of the German push against Greece. car they would be held unless Vigoss te i hile they permitted him to drive Wat- Use sy: + See ere a son to jail peacefully. | Were awaiting an expected revolt Jaycocks, he char , put up a among the farm populations when fight and had to be subdued be- they hear the news. fore Jones could drive the car to tions of troops were reported eas ents attic from Belgrade to be held Sdward J. Cahill, returned here (Continued on Page Four) SALES RECORDED have a preliminary hearing this Alice V. Hasgill afternoon at 4 o'clock before Peace Justice Franklin Aren- i yesterday purchased from Wil liam G. Moreno of New York, berg. two lots on E.eas alley. The lots, STEAMER ALAMO COMES TO PORT i Mailory arged a $100 apiece A morning di: cargo of 145 tons of freight from Cape Sable Boston, sold to New York © vessel arrived here at 8:30'man, Marshfield, Mass. four lots at the Cape Sable development for a total price of about $300. Coroner's Jury Fails To. Find Any Clue In Strangle Murder (asé At Alice Reid’s House of to the Axis partnership of Ger- | Meeting with Foreign Minister | Von Ribbentrop at Vienna's his Premier Minister Alexander Cincar-Mar- the treaty under the eyes of Adolf coiv signed long-awaited Hitler, who took no part in the Under the terms of the agree- cross Yugoslavia, Concentra- in of Key West The Clyde amo this Land company, Mary H. 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