The Key West Citizen Newspaper, April 9, 1941, Page 1

"a -fOanTet be hundreds ...of —spec~ for 61 Years Devoted to the ’ Best Interests of Key West VOLUME LXII. No. 85. vernor Holland Stresses. eed For More Money: To Be Used For Home Defenses |HIGHLIGHTS OF ADDRESS BY GOV. HOLLAND (By Associated Press) TALLAHASSEE, April 9. — These were highlights of the ad- dress of Governor Holland at the opening of the 27th biennial ses- sion of the state legislature: ALLAHASSEE, Fla., April 8.) The Democratic form. of gov- ernment under which we exist as oe se \a state and as a nation is being upon the 1941 legislature |definitely challenged throughout y to the world. Executive Of State Pledges Economy; In Handling All Public “Funds (By Assoernted Press) provide more As representatives of nearly 2,000,000 citizens who make up the state of Florida, you and I are entrusted with the high duty of so conducting our affairs, their affairs, the business of our state, as to create in their minds at this time the fullest measure of con- fidence in the integrity of their state government. for state governmental » to which home de- lenses and unstinted cooperation the national defense have been i since the last session. He did not name the increased um, but he will cover it in a week| 1 tecommend that you pass an F a sos ee amendment to the state welfare or) days when he also will dis-|act following an amendment to < the federal social security law ui tax sources from which £0 | under which the maximum pay- it. -~ [ments to any individual for old age assistance or aid to the blind Ie pledged economy in han- | were raised to $40 (from $30) per di all public money. covered old age pensions, hidways, education and the gen- ei government’s financial def- idl of $1,700,000 in a prepared sage of 15,000 words. He ask- more money for exch of these. | ubjer he 48-year-old World war because of its importance, I shall await the opportunity to discuss agiator, lawyer and former state |i, in a separate message later in ator addressed the house and the session. smate in joint session, sur- Lxesommend for your consider- ation. and passage an act to strengthen the state road pa- trol ** * that mere passage of this pro- vision means nothing unless the funds are provided x x x. x x x I shall not attempt in this message to deal generally tators. “We meet at an hour of grave national crisis”, he declared. “The democratic form of govern- ment under which we exist as a state is being definitely chal- lenged throughout the world. “We must set an example of democracy at work—accomplish- ing effectively those things which On that most vital problem, the need to be done in the public} public schools, I am glad to re- good”. : port to you that their situation First, he asked for quick Pas- has been somewhat improved in sage of laws giving legal status; recent months through the in- and powers—and operating funds | crease in revenue from several —to the state defense council, ! sources, * * * the state guard, and other fane-| tions which may be cooperatively | required. Hem of sthool finance, as I see it, He asked also for strict Jaws | has to do with the improvement against sabotage, regulating the of the local sources of reve- handling, sale and storage of ex-j nye, + * ¢ plosives, and establishing police agencies to protect the properties (Continued On Page Two) I shall hope to have a recom- mendation to make to you * * * by which workers in the fresh fruit citrus industry may be again included within the system of un- employment compensation. } In the matter of gas tax money, }I am glad to report that receipts for the, past five months ending April 1 show an increased reve- COMING EVENTS {nue of a little more than 11 per jcent. Che Kry |month. x x x But I remind you; j with this subject of taxation but, ; THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN THE U. S. A. KEY WEST, FLORIDA, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 9, 1941 (ONE YEAR AGO IN NORWAY THE BIG PUSH BEGAN KING GETS WARNING OF AP- PROACHING NAZIS; SWAS- TIKA FLOATS OVER GOV- ERNMENT BUILDINGS Extension 10 A report calling for extension of the inland waterway system from Miami to Key West has been forwarded from the war de- pattment’s district engineers at By JOHN GROVER AP Feature Service Writer It is quiet in Oslo fjord. |Stealthily a boat creeps under} the frowning guns that guard the ; way to Norway’s sleeping capital. It is the night of April 9, 1940. | The boat lands. Others follow. Ashore in the forts the puzzled | defenders hold council. They have had orders not to fire. Fin-j ally, in the graying night, a ves-' sel unmistakably a German war- ; i ship noses confidently in. The | Pet of commerce. men in a fort defy orders—too | ~~ ae = RET late—open fire. | ° That ship sinks. The others 'Ch h ll S. |spew a crew of men in_ gray-| urc 1 ays green uniforms. They quickstep | to appointed rendezvous, past a few stunned civilians. Here and there a surprised garrison resists, | is quickly shot down. i The gray-green invaders are! ;met in key points—communica- \tion centers, police station, bar- lracks—by others in Nazi uni jforms. They are “tourists” whi |shucked ski suits and rucksacks ‘at zero hour. Greeted By Swastika ; When dawn comes, Oslo burgh- |CO™mons this morning, warned ers yawn as they close bedroom windows, go slack-jawed in as- tonishment to see the swastika ram n& over government Duild-| rhe flow of American supplies Norwegians in Trondheim, Nar- {cannot be interrupted if we are ivik wake to the same surprise./to continue the war,” he’ told Key ports fell in the night as in- {them. jnocent merchantmen in harbors| Churchill said the German war ‘erupted companies of picked ‘ troops from their holds to go forth imachine may at any moment ex- and meet “tourists” and Norwe- fronts, carrying gian Nazis. They befuddle the the war to Turkey or to the Brit- small army garrisons with fake jish Isles, themselves. * orders, disorganize possible re-;| He warned the commoners that the danger of an assault on Eng- sistance. land is by no means over, and that neer at Washington, it was learn- ed here today. The information came in a copy of a letter from Col. Jarvis J. Bain of the South Atlantic di- vision, to Congressman Pat Can- non, which was forwarded by Cannon to Stephen Singleton, (Ry Asnociated Press) LONDON, April 9.—Prime Min- ister Winston Churchill, describ- \ing the war situation in the grav- est terms before the house of | that “everything hangs on the \battle of the Atlantic.” jplode into new King Haakon gets a warning minutes ahead of the advancing | Hitler may strike at any moment Nazis. Word goes out to the peas- | when he considers the time suit- ant soldiers in the back country | able. to mobilize. Haakon takes com- | The prime minister's speech mand of the hastily-assembled|this morning was regarded here |Norwegian army in a_hopeless|as the least heartening of any he fight. {has made since France fell before It is even simpler across the the German attack. pee Dena. renelly | SCHRADERS LEAV GERMAN CAPITAL jarmed, resigned and bitter, watch the Nazi war machine roll over {their country in six hours, unhin- | | dered. | That was April 9. i On May 10, Hitler legions—in | The ptincipal permanent prob-|the night again, with no declara- \MRS. SCHRADER EXPECTED jnight, tion of war—crossed the Maas and ; jIssjel into the flat lands of Hol-! land. Holland died in five days, ; with Rotterdam in bloody rub-} ble. It took 17 days before Leo- | pold, heir and son of Albert of} Mrs. A. E. Schrader, the former Belgium, gave up his sword and| Miss Argentina Delgado of Key left the Franco-British flank wide | West and the wife of Commander open. who, until recently, ttache at the Ameri- y at Berlin, will ar- TO ARRIVE IN KEY WEST THIS MONTH . * Hitler Conquers France The day that Leopold Report On Inland ' Waterway Forwarded To Washington Richmond, Va., to the chief engi-} secretary of the Key West cham-‘ Hangs On Battle Of Atlantic” Key West “1 Wasim gosta pal Cttizen Key West, Florida, has the most equable climate in the country; with an average range of only 14° Fahrenheit PRICE FIVE CENTS - In the brief note, Colonel Bain |\teld the congressman he was 'sending on the report of his dis- jtriet and division offices to the | wart department at Washington. Key. West residents have work- ed for years to win war depart- \ment approval of- a project to Senator Sheppard, Father Of 18th Amendment, Died Today With Apparent Ease Nazi Forces Reported To Be Within Practically Close Distance To Al- ‘deepen the channel from Bahia Honda to Key West, and recently Monroe county commissioners {have been attempting to join the Inland Navigation district in or- der to win assistance in the struggle. (Ry Annbcinted Presa) WASHINGTON, April 9.—Sen- ator Morris Sheppard, 66-year-old | Texan who was known as “the father of the eighteenth amend- | ment.” died here this morning, after a short illness. t | “Everythi ry Ing ‘A senator since 1923, the vet- | eran Texan led the dry movement | for state-wide prohibition in his state in 1911. Later he led a, triumphant movement to dry up| the District of Columbia during | OOS OSI MM. SCOFF AT AMERICAN AID FOR YUGOSLAVIA (By Associated Press) BERLIN, April 9.—Berlin Newspapers today scoffed at President Roosevelt's prom- ise of aid to Yugoslavia, con- tained in a message of con- dolence and sympathy ad- he war. | The elder Sheppard, serving his |third year as United States rep- | resentative, died in 1902. The son ; Was called upon to take his place | and was elected for a full term, | {remaining in the house for 10) dressed yesterday to King years. | Peter II. + Then Senator Joseph W. Bailey | ‘If the United States | died and the Texas vacancy went | ‘to Sheppard. He was only 37 at! | the time. wants to send equipment to Yugoslavia, it will make our , booty only that h i | sescater™. Lees paige ry = Long before the woman suf-} | | Sectalty. |frage question had been trans-! jlated into law, the senator _evi- FAIS LIS I MS IT 8 {denced-his fervor on the issues, | President Theodore Roosevelt | GERMAN BOMB removed “In God We Trust” from | | ,order in 1908. Representative HIT AT COVENTRY Sheppard protested vehemently ;Some special coins by executive ; jon the floor, pointing to what he | termed “a divine purpose” in the ROYAL AIR FORCE DIRECTS formation of and historic crises of ATTACK AT KIEL suB.’ {the United States. Later that | year congress enacted a law es- 4 MARINE BASE | tablishing the motto on coinage. | ; When a woman sought vainly ' By Associated Press) (By German bombers last night 3 hi e turned the full fury of a night- | nal Hous oe eae long bombardment on the Brit-' sentative took occasion to deliver | ish industrial city of Covéntry, . eulogy to American womanhood while Royal Air Force flyers on the floor. Later in the senate, hammered the submarine base at po guided. : Kiel for the third successive | bee ee ne oe ee house a joint resolution to legal status to Mother's Day. give | Coventry, which London ad-/ “je was held high by the frater- {mitted was almost completely | ya] insurance organization, Wood- destroyed in a crushing attack men of the World. In 1899, he was elected sovereign banker, or {national treasurer, and the group retained him. permanently. earlier in the winter, was bombed repeatedly last night. ‘ The London air ministry ad- mitted civilian casualtie had been high and Berlin claimed } that newly-built factories had | been demolished. H | Returning RAF pilots said Kiel TEMPERATURES — , banian Frontier SS SSS SBS T8 ‘NEW BATTLESHIP BULLETIN (Ry Aswoctated Press) BERLIN. April $.—The en- tire eastern army of Greece, trepped in Salonika by the German drive to the sea, has surrendered. More than 200,000 men, fully equipped, are said here to have laid down. their arms early this afternoon. (By Associated Press) Adolf Hitler's mighty war nia- chine continued to roll across scuthern Yugoslavia today, only 13 miles from the Albanian fron- tier and a junction with Italian ferces which will throw a wall of steel between Yugoslavia and her British-and Greek allies.” Only 48 hours after the first LAUNCHED TODAY (By Associated Press) NEW YORK, April 9.— Navy Secretary Frank Knox and 15,000 guests at noon to- day saw the 35,000-ton battle- ship North Carolina slide down the ways at Brooklyn navy yard, Newest of the navy's fighting craft, the $70,000,000 North Carolina gives the United States the most for- midable battle line in the world’s navies. The vessel will carry three airplanes and {| a crew of 1,600 men. The North Carolina is the first of six new dreadnaughts scheduled for completion, A second one will be launched in June. III IIIT ia ea WORD RECEIVED —|,cxi. tt ABOUT ACCIDENT Sn" te jers had 80 much | War mi ee e it bas impossible to “Soenantees WOMAN . -eaeriel “Seton INTO WATER FOUND DEAD has fallen to the flying columns of German troops, IN HIGHWAY SMASH To the east, German troops - ‘have driven a wedge between “ a ;Yugoslavia and Turkey, while Information reaching here from |the swiftly-moving offensive Tavernier today revealed that across the Vardar river will slice Leila Wilson, 30-year-old resident , off the southernmost end of Yugo- of that city, was the negro woman jalavie and clash the Serb moun- who died yesterday morning j tain. army te Beals. vh 4 2 | In spite of the lightning series when a ear in which she was/of reverses which have threat- riding plunged from a wooden ened Allied troops on every | ; ito see President Roosevelt, and ‘bridge into the waters of Card front, Athens today broadcast a Sound. Bobbie Lee Treadway, police officers he was the driver of the car and explained that a] Royal Air Force bombers have sudden downpour obscured his been in the air night and day vision, causing him to strike the |since the great attack began, but rail of the bridge. Treadway|no British ground action has and two other occupants of the | been verified on any front. cdr, Nathaniel Sweeting, 19, and) A communique from Athens James R. Smith, 44, escaped from | said British troops are holding a the machine after it had struck line in the mountains east of the jreassuring message from London 24 tola | that British troops still are con- 4 fident of stemming the tide in time to save Greece, the water. | Vardar river valley, a point to County Judge Raymond Lord which the Gérmans have hot sail today he had turned the af- | penetrated. é rho fair over to Peace Justice En-| Greek offivers blame the) eol- rique Esquinaldo, Jr., who will|lapse of the Serb forces in sign the death warrant for the | Struma’ vallev for the peril which woman who was drowned. — ~ dered Belgium, Hitler took a fate-|rive in Key West this month! or phad take rae n |threatens their army from the, ; supe’ gupitul dee @iene tials. Ragland 404 (upon tick Share Fe Chee eee nee ce ee een Lowest lastiHighest last First word of the accident to German column to the north. | It is my conviction that the upon her return fr zermany.: pounding and reported huge fires night 24 hours n THURSDAY i eration |France were left. The question | = che ote Deland. 8b esa se i ag < reach here was a telephone call} Small contingents of Greek {continued unregulated operation |°* | Mrs. Delore Delgado, 518 ‘raging in the warehouses and fac- | Abilene 53 19 to Chief Deputy Sheriff Harold di Junior Woman's Club Social, 5:00] of the so-called salary buyers in |W&8, which to strike. Standing on |Flizabeth street, said yesterday ;tories along the waterfront. Boise “4 65 Ressaif ci ban h rold jsoldiers who at to “hold p.m., Clubhouse. | the state of Florida constitutes an |the shores of the North Sea, he|she had received a letter from | ES re lioasocs 39 55 oe vas Sta ve Te ee ee the Nazi thrust while the Lions Club meets at 6:30 p.m.|evil which should not be further |chose to move first against Berlin in which her daughter | \Riowaneiie — as 78 tained ee ob- main body withdrew were en- Lions’ Den, Seminary Street. | tolerated. France. ltold her Commander Schrader | Buttalo 34 57 ained at that time. |gulfed in a thunderous assault County Commission meets, Coun- onewnsietne His armies clanked through (had been ordered to sea duty. | | Burlington 26 54 ave nes jnorth of Salonika, Athens ad- ty Courthouse, 8:00 p.m. I am glad to report to you that hisebare bv England's ee The couple planned to leave Ber- | BUYS PROPER Chicago ..... 42 62 talaarins At dmits also that Rotary Club meets 12:15 p.m.|the general financial condition of ©" thousands were evacuated lin April 3, flving to Portugal andj } wie 9 53 ‘ } ens admits a &@ pow- St. Paul’s Parish Hall. (Continued On Page Four) om faim groany es defiant. jcontinuing on to this country by wads |Detrost a be yt de oo ae ror — Italian ottensive io Al- ey ame the nucleus of the | ship “6 " ‘. nia is forcing Greek soldiers an a or Fore, amending the island that| MMs Gchrader and the com Joseph A. Valdes, Key West, | Eastport 33 “4 he was employed by his wife as back toward the frontier north of og 2,8 has become a fortes lmander were married in Key {aS Purchased for about’ $8,500;El Paso ——.. 45 3 a cleaner and that his wages Tirana and in the direction of | Nn Exhibition At Art | France soon sought an armis-!West while he was serving at the |‘W° Hots facing Division street |Galveston —. 58 79 were not sufficient to enable him the German push from the op- tice. Britain fought on. Today the |local base. They have been in,#?4 Johnson's Lane, it was re-| Havre 2 = \to pay his debts. posite side island is stronger than when Hit-}Germany for about three years. |Ve#led today. The property, for- Jacksonville . 58 72 ORS 2 Seka POISE, FESS 4 he lier cliaie Peonce joormany (or abouh Saree Yeet*_|merly that of John Wilbur Cates, |KEY WEST . 69 82 iar enter During Convention" °""= | me Sete eeteame SS Ge seas Tas ; > 7 with 70-foot frontage on Diviision | Miami 66 85 | | PALACE THEATER [cree and anctuet ith 2 30:|Mioneacriie’. 40 6 During the American Legion} free to this exhibit from April 23} | ‘Special Attraction Tonight ais front - seepens TAPE st ba mpe po ise . s . onvention, the Key West Art| through April 26. OF STEAMER CUBA’ VON COSEL CASE | nnis 4 ulian, for about |New Yor! 3 g ae wil esa ‘an exhibj-| Although begun scarcely more coiled ces a ke $100. has purchased a lot on jOkla. City 8 68 vin cross a tion, “Index of Ametican Design” than three years ago, artists EY ie | BOYS OF THE CITY Whitehead street between Pe i ed £ | Ae COS which will give art lovers and|Working in 35 states have now]! Discontinuance of the Havana-| Abe. pe | tronia treet and Bs s TS — - ve (By Aanoctnted Pree) antiquarians among the Legion-|CO™Pleted over 10,000 renderings'Key West round trip of ‘the SS. nefit N CARLOS SCHOOL |The _Seopetty formeriy belonged |San Frencisco ROME, April 9.—Combined: wer, came back to take that city, ea * opportunity to see a {of native arts and crafts from {Cuba from Havana on Wednes-|* as jto William L. Bates. Crane “4 pd German and Italian troops today then Solum, Capuzzo, Tobruk, cross section of the work that is|tbe colonial to the late Victorian |days and from Key West on| ——— = ____ |Sit. Ste. Marie 28 5 comtised their lightning. drivel Date sad ‘Monpaal, te” take being accomplished under the |PeTiod. The water colors and|Thursdays has been announced | wamingen - a across north Africa to capture water mark of their offensive Wek at chasers drawings show the objects in|by the P. & O. Steamship Co a. a pee Tobruk in Libya and push on to-' If the Army of the Nile loses ° ing this exhibition '*heit true colors and textures and) “The Cuba will make its iast TAKE OFF : SLEEPS In ward the Egyptian frontier, #'Capuzzo, it will be only about 150 1d Morgan, direc- | W#! grow more valuable with the Wednesday night sailing from a Sayers é BELG = racy ht for “ommunique bas announced miles from its original starting tor ot the Key West art center, Passing years as an authorita-|Havana to Key West 10 pm YOUR EASTER BONNET the leat tetly goes taste Tomek (A communique from Berlin! point in the winter-long cam- pointed out that American Le. /"¥¢ and illuminating picture of today, and likewise its last south- and lock your best with « aoe ntique Gecler of this city, has "214 British troops were retrest-| paign. gionnaires would be admitted |'h¢ Setting and accessories of |/bound trip from Key West to Ha MACHINELESS WAVE slept “ga 4 ing toward Tobruk, but did not} or American life in the past |vana 10:30 a. m. tomorrow. Th ae claim the city’s capture.) enact ernie ee en Individuals and my ms alljship will make its last trip oad are - Third Libyan city in succemion | Dancing! Dancing! over the country are allowing the |St. Petersburg for Key West and Fashioned and Arranged by to fall before the German-Italian | i , finest pieces from their collec-'Havana on April 13 and its last push, the capture of Tobruk/Every Thursday and Saturday DAYS UNTIL the AMERICAN LEGION’S STATE CONVENTION tions to be reproduced in the/trip from Key West to St. Peters- Index In addition research |burg on April 19. workers on the program are dis-| Announcements regarding sum covering and rescuing choice|mer schedule will be made with treasure neglected or forgotten,in the next day or two, ap offi- vin out-of-the-way places. jcial said. Next to Bus Station ne i THE BEAUTY COLONY SOUTHERNMOST FLOWERS $1.50 EASTER PLANTS. Phone 206 $ lige 616 DUVAL would leave only Capuzzo be-| Night in the Beautiful Air Con- tween the retreating British and | ditioned Rainbow Room— the Egyptian border La Concha Hotel British troops, after being | By forced back into Egypt beyondi perry Barroso His Sid Barren, at the Start Of UNO ASS