The Key West Citizen Newspaper, March 28, 1941, Page 1

Associated Press Day Wire Service For 61 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West THE SOU THERNMOST NEWSPAPER Che Key West Ctttzeen IN THE U. S. A. Key West, Florida, has the most equable climate in the country; with an average ranye of only 14° Fahrenheit Vv OL U ME LXII. No. 75. T, FLORIDA, FRIDAY, MARCH 28, 1941 PRICE FIVE CENTS DUPONTS PURCHASE VAST A Spanish Fiesta 10 Be Main Attraction Dur Coming Legion Convention Twenty Cuban Rhumba FAST DESTROYER _ _ hc To, CONVOYS YACHT | ake Part In Program! WITH PRESIDENT Now Being Outlined | : |ROOSEVELT CRUISES ALONG GULF STREAM PRINCIPAL. | LY IN SEARCH OF BIG GAME FISH A great Spanish fiesta will be the main attraction of the Ameri- | cen Legion’s state convention here April 23-26, it was announced by Albert Mills, executive direc- | | FORT LAUDERDALE, March of the Kev West Convention '28—(FNS) With the tast new de- |stroyer, USS Benson, hovering | watchfully nearby, President Mrs. Julio J. De Poo and Mrs.| Roosevelt and a party of his most WPA intimate cohorts sailed lazily up jand down the gulf stream this week aboard the presidential lyacht Potomac, in search of big | game fish. The Potomac and Benson sail- from Port Everglades here turday morning, after delaying imore than 36 hours waiting for a \bit of chop on the stream to sub- and |side. While Roosevelt, former recruited | Under-Secretary of Navy and Poe and Mrs. Warner /built up as a great sailor ¢ at once, and will start rehearsals. | fisherman since becoming Presi- There will be other events, all|4ent, waited for the wind and | waves to die down, scores of fish- under colored lights to be strung} ermen here were out on the many hy the Key West Electric com: charter and private boats—which pany, which is co-operating, in!are about on nth the size of Duval street Fleming |the Potomac—and the Anglers and) Eaton: stecets Association reported no let-up in eal. 4% the number of entries in the $5,- : 000 game fishing tournament the Cuban rhumba here. Key West, has been engaged and) As soon as the President's boat he will present Bozo’s Rhumba-|put out, however, the fish quit liers, dancers, in|biting. Rumors charged the Re- this scintillating array of dances,|Publican Party with advance work among the finny folk Bozo steps, as well as some of the old ones, tor corporation. Eva Warner, recreational | director for this area, were ap- pointed a committee to work out plans for the fiesta in connection with Fred Marvil, recreation chairman for the corporation. Fully conga dancers will be by Mrs. De 20 Cuban rhumba between admitted king of dancers of} a team of six promises some new Staunch Democrats, however, in sisted the fish were simply over- awed by the presence of the great man. Usually unreliable quoted Roosevelt as blowing up and shouting, “S¢rtkes, strikes, strikes, all over the country, but not a darn one out here where you want one!” Steve Early, FDR's ever-ready secretary, was reported in contact with the CIO about promoting a strike for the President In the party with are Interior Secretary Ickes, Attorney General Robert H. Jackson, Rear Admiral Ros: T. McIntire, former Comme Secretary Harry L. Hopkins, Maj Edwin M. Watson, and a fast Thi ible and snappy dance. show will be plainly street but the convention vis: dig will from the resources nitaries of the et their La Concha to be view trom the porch of hotel. Two stands erected, one in front of La Concha park and the other at Ficming and Duval streets. Phat the will be worth wh being by the women of the having Spanish ide for thym, and ip nt promises to show well evidenced city. They costumes will be all The Roosevelt Harold L. for the occasion be the most in for all the Ameri ding = th ree atte Early The 1 to be unles: trip is expecte cluded this week-end 1 the war TEMPERATURES Lowest last Highest last night 24 hours CITY COUNCIL MEETS TONIGHT : Soa Meney- on the purchase of a New or Used Car Sedan at NAVARRO, Inc. Dodge. Plymouth. Chrysler, DeSoto Dealer Auto and! RAY COMBS FINED FOR NOT HAVING FLORIDA LICENSE THREE OTHERS TO BE AR- RAIGNED TOMORROW FOR FAILURE TO OBTAIN TAG FOR AUTO { Ray H. | party jmorning became |in Monroe Combs, operator of a boat this the first person this to ipay a fine for failure to provide coe car with, a Florida license. fishing here, county year Combs, arrested on information | filed John Milton, jhicle inspector, was \Judge William V. a license by state ordered by Albury to buy of $5, He was bound Justice and pay a fine plus court costs over by Peace Enrique Esquinaldo, Roy Crooks, Henry Solomon ployes, will be heard’ by Justice Franklin Arenberg tomor row on similar chrages. Prince Roberts, negro, w rested on charges of tres ing and cutting timber from the prop- erty of another filed by William Bullard. Esquinaldo will hold a hearing on the case tomorrow. Mrs. Sebastian Cabrera, in a hearing before Arenberg _ last night, was placed under $250 peace bond for a year's duration The bond will be forfeited if Mrs Cabrera disturbs the peace at any time during the next year. J. L. Perry and navy yard em Peace TWO CITIES IN GERMANY BOMBED LONDON ENJOYS ITS SEV- ENTH CONSECUTIVE NIGHT OF PEACE (ity Associated Presa) LONDON, March 28.—German industrial cities of Cologne and Dusseldorf last night suffered heavy RAF blows, while London enjoyed her seventh consecutive night of peace. Taking the initiative aerial war, British flyers far into the German Rhineland to hammer railroad lines houses at Cologne dorf, leaving many the truck in and ware and Dussel fires in both the first the over Ger bombed attacks were carried out Berlin was Sunday night Berlin reported had been many since that suffered but termec nd the the mber re hot some casualtic the Rhine raid ir ing + in attacks mportant ied) down rey VOTE AGAINST QUICK STRIKES Brady’s (Live) Poultry and Egg Market Battery-Raised RHODE ISLAND RED FRYERS TENNESSEE MILK-FED ROASTERS STEWERS Phone 545 eS Belgrade Fails To Answer Hitler On Attitude Of Government Toward Axis (By Assi If Hatler waited in vain to- hi demand that Belgrade iated Press) grade, they say, have been forced to take refuge in the Germah legation offices and persons wait- ing at the travel office have been injured by stones. Radio pro- grams, too, have objected to the alleged mistreatment of Germans living or traveling in the coun- try. Matsuoka’s visit and his talks with Hitler, Foreign Minister Von Ribbentrop and Field Marshal Hermann Goering have won the most space in Berlin papers, how- ever. Terms for an interchange of goods between Europe and the Orient after the war are said to have been discussed Strong collaboration Japan, Germany and has been stressed. Adc for a reply to peremptory supply him attitude with information on th of her government toward the re- cently signed Axis pact Several hours after set by Hitler had still was no indicatio) lav Premier Gen. vitch would make any answer to the curt German note. German newspapers, although their pages give t of their at- tention to the visit of Japanese Foreign Minister Matsuoka in Berlin, are protesting against al- leged Yugoslav ill-treatment of German national Women and children Wild Celebration ‘Continued _ Today In Yugoslavia; Crowds Turn Out To See Young King (By Associated 28.—Wild ‘earliest possible Yugo-'brants in. the ported to have broken 2 " with stones in the Ger Belgrade a ol Agency. Ameri Britis! s King I and Greek flags have been wide cathedral for ly displayed and crowds con- +tinue to shout their fecling of fraternity with Greece. Although there has formal explanation Yugoslavia will do the Axis pact, one spoke said today, to remain on friendly t« with Germany and Italy pact mier Dusen-Simovitch in to be violently many, however. With fullest. popular support for their new government, the premier and King Peter yesterday permitted the release of cabinet ministers and officers of the ol ernment, who hav r r Yr a deadline sed, there n that Yugo- Dusan-Simo- between Italy also in Bel- ress) and cele were re windows van Tray chance streets BELGRADE, March celebration continued — in slavia today as crowds the jammed streets of for vi glimpse of your Peter on his way to the |coronation ceremonies. ‘ Premier Gen. Dusan-Simovitch, who took control of the govern- ment in yesterday’s coup, an- nounced today he would main- tain a policy of strict independ- He ma no mention of Hitler's demar imme- fication of been no of what concerning government We ns both Pre known to Ger ence nan hopx Adolf d the govern the earlier diate ment's ignec rerr y the wee dered shouting the Axis”, mov ed rapidly r nthe frontier of 2,500,000 opposed tinued for country Hitler and pr curred Prinec br reserve the ntitit were One Strike Settled With Walkout In Another Plant: _ PUTS EMBARGO ON (Ry Associated Press) WASHING ‘year are among the WIDER GAINS BY FHA OVER LAST YEAR NOW SEEN PROSPECTS FOR NEW HOME CONSTRUCTION IN STATE ARE BRIGHTEST IN HIS- TORY OF FLORIDA cial to Tne Citizen) JAC KSONVILLE, March 28.— Wide gains made by the Federal Housing Administration in Flor- ida during 1940 will be main- tained or exceeded during 1941, M. M. Parrish, FHA State Direc- tor, He said that prospects for new home tion in the state for predicted today. corstruc- the coming brightest the history of the state and ex- pressed confidence that the num- ber of new dwelling units built this year will establish new record for the last 12 15 a to Although home mortgages were insured in FloridA during 1940 at the rate of nearly $1.500,000 a month, an all-time high in FHA operations, Parrish said he an- ticipated an even greater volume this vear. “There is every indication the volume of new home constructi will be substantially increased this year by the erection of numerous new dwellings in ‘he $3,000 and under price range. In creased interest in this type home is becoming very much in evidence throughout the State.” He also forcast a substantial in- crease in the number and dollar volume of modernization and re- pair loans made under the FHA Property Improvement — Credit Program as a result of changes in legislation which will broaden the scope of that phase of FHA tivity “The 1941 trend of struction in Florida will wards the low-cost hom This type of dwelling will meet — the greatest market demand for new residences, the great ma- jority of potential home owners have only a limited income which higher priced homes pro e for them the Feder ation’s libera ns, these acquired for on of home be con to since makes hibit Under Adn nance pl payment ¢ the cost home mea Housing home f low-cost home a low-down and monthly not to exceed place valuation ownership of now monthly a’ thousand familic paving ne e, attractive neighborhood re ~« OL EXPORTATIONS : ROOSEVELT ISSUES ORDER FROM YACHT IN FLOR IDA WATERS (By Associated Press) REFUNDS DOLLAR BING Benefit American Legion Big Cash Awards La Concha Park EVERY NIGHT EXCEPT SUNDAY MRS. G. SHULTZ SELLS PROPERTY in | five or ten per cent of ' “IRENE CRALLA REAGE ON FLA. KEYS Negotiations Under Way For Purchasing FEC. Railroad IIMS SOLA N50 Rumored That Same ATHENS HONORS OUR PRESIDENT | | Interests May Purchase Casa Marina Hotel In Key West (Dy Associated Preasd ATHENS, March 28.—The University of Athens today conferred on U.S, President Franklin D. Roosevelt the honorary degree of doctor of law. | Alfred I. duPont jthrough its subsidiary, the PIII DSI SIS STS Wakulla Edgewater BRITISH PURSUING | |pany, has completed one of ‘the largest transactions in FLEEING FASCISTS upper key real estate history 'with the purchase of 600 estate, com- ENGLISH FORCES MAKE acres on Upper Matecumbe, HEADLONG DRIVE TOWARD ‘1 ittle Torch and Sugar Loaf ERITREAN CAPITAL ikeys. deal | was made public at the same Completion of the (Ry Annoctated: Press CAIRO, March 28.—Crack Brit- ish troops who yesterday reported | 4. 7 the capture of Cheren, Italy's }time when it major strongpoint in Eritrea, and ghat Edward Ball, general the second Ethiopian city of “ Harar, today are pursuing the manager of duPont interests widly fleeing remnants of the two strongest Fascist forces in Africa. Cheren was defended by a powerful Italian force of 35,000 men under the command of the Duke of Aosta and resisted two weeks of the heaviest fighting of the war. Today, British” troops , are reported in a headlong drive toward the Eritrean capital of As-| here that Ball, mara with Italian resistance at an end the duPont The city is 45 miles from As- : mara and for seven weeks had Purchase the Casa Marina hotel in Key West. The ho- held off repeated British thrusts tel is operated by the Florida was learned in Florida, is negotiating in Washington for the pur- chase of the Florida East Coast Railroad. It also has been rumored representing interests, may toward the capital Harar’s collapse gives the Brit- ish a clear path to the Djibouti Addis Ababa railroad, 35 miles away, which they have been at- tempting to cut. TIME SHORTENS ON batt has not announced his EXEMPTION CLAIMS plans for development of the | keys property, which was ac- the Perky the purchase East Coast Hotel company, a separate group from the railway owners. for homestead ex-' quired from 1 417 today or Claude property Appl Asse: warned other they must n the rking day be estate, and but © price is unknown. register next DuPont interest in recent one years have displayed keen a half 1 all day Mon nption cla is Me open of interest in development the Florida coast, however, and property along lower aim: nday sweeping improvements in the key property have been rumored. Millions of dol- been through Ball in this area, in- GIVEN DIVORCE lars have invested cluding projects at Daytona, West Palm Beach and Mi- mi, where the recently com- pleted $3,000,000 Alfred I. duPont building is the finest I, in the southea DuPont in- tereste also have Edge aia aa BOMBER “ATTACKS’ heavily in the improvement RICHMOND, VIRGINIA Gh Ud Coehe Metal Ball, in negotiating for the purchase of the FEC has give the road a business man- invested (My Aanoctated Prees) RICHMOND. Va.. March 28 An army bomber theoretic ally attacked this Virginia metropolis night. was theoretically driven off and theoretically shot down. No shots were fired. not even blanks, and the city’s lights stayed on during the theoretical blackout After it was all residents of cit joyed watching dotens of searchlig’ pice up the bomber over the outskirts of town, a communique an nounced that the city had been unharmed. The enemy was driven off and “destroyed”. line, ; announced he would agement including a board of composed of residents of the Florida east coast. directors over and hed om Plans announced by Ball for improvement of the road, if the deal goes through, m- clude modernization of rail- road stations and a thorough- going overhaui of the road "BIB DBAAA DM, \<ilities.