The Key West Citizen Newspaper, April 10, 1941, Page 1

Associated Press Day Wire Service For 61 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West v ‘OLUME LXII. No, 86. Che Key West Ctttzen THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN THE U.S. A. KEY WEST, FLORIDA, THURSDAY, APRIL 10, 1941 March: Of Time Feature flim To B¢ Made flere At Legion Convention Feature Laid In Island; City Two Years Ago! Won World-Wide Pub- licity Key West and the American! Legion convention here April 23-26 will provide material for a feature of the March of Time, Albert Mills, director of the con- vention corporation, announced No details of the extent to which the convention will *be covered in the film have been received here. A telegram from Time Publishing company, which produces the films, asked Mills to provide housing facilities for | two cameramen and a_ sound} truck crew, who will be here to! cover the convention. | A March of Time feature laid in Key West won the city world- | wide publicity two years ago. Millions of theater-goers see the} Maich of Time films each month and coverage of the convention | by the cameramen is expected to} give tremendous publicity both tothe city and the Legionnaires. | Mills, at the same time, an- | nounced that Ignacio Carbonell | and the Carbonell family have | agreed to use of the Strand thea- ter for all business sessions dur- ing the convention. The theater | also will be the scene of the joint | session of the Legion and the auxiliary April 24, when Gov. ! Spessard L. Holland and the na-, tional commander will speak here. M _ Coming To Convention MILO J. WARNER National Commander of the American Legion Will be in Key West during the American Legion's state con- vention and will make an ad- dress in which he will touch upon his recent trip through England. WARN AGAINST FAKE SALESMEN, |BELIEVE OPERATIVES ARE IN KEY WEST OR COMING THIS WAY Oxford University of| New York has issued a warning to Press CAPTAIN JACOBS TAKES ISSUE IN COURT SENTENCE COMMANDANT OF KEY WEST NAVY YARD SAYS “WE DON’T WANT ANY CRIMIN- ALS IN THE NAVY” | BRITISH GENERALS | | Capt. Walter F. Jacobs, com-| REPORTED MISSING "2" oFening of the Florida {mandant of the Key West navy ; | Legislature upon which rests the station, appeared in city court! jyesterday to tell Judge William V. Albury, “We don’t want any} criminals in the navy”. Captain Jacobs’ protest from a sentence in which Judge } Albury promised to lift a 90-day | {sentence which he had handed | Edward Goddard on a vagrancy ; ‘charge, providing the youth car- | ried out his intention of joining | ithe navy. The captain said a story which { appeared in The Citizen made it} {appear that Judge Albury had | told the youth to join the navy, Present’ Session Of Florida Legislature Faces Various Problems Of Complex Nature IIS ISIL AIA | (FNS)—Tuesday witnessed TALLAHASSEE, Fla., April 10 th (By Associated Press) LONDON, April 10.—Lieut. Gen. Sir Richard O’Connor, commander-in-chief of the British army in north Africa and right hand man of Gen. Sir Archibald Wavell, is miss- ing, probably captured by other groups and interests. the Italians, it was announced I today. | The 1941 Two other generals are re- {complex and troublesome prob- ported to have disappeared lems; some inherited from the | hopes and fears of taxpayers, labor, aged and | Gontizute persons, bond holders, ! . | businessmen beatae | motorists and various and sundry ssesion faces many { with General O'Connor. |1939 session and some which 5 have been born since that time. BBD LDS I SB SS Sin makeup the present _ legisla- | ture is \pretty well balanced with ; SINGLETON GOING \17 new and 21 old senators, and ivi i i o ive: id 33 giving the impression that the 62 new representatives an jService is a haven for criminals. | who served in 1939. The enthus- | Actually, Judge Albury’s sen-] iasm of the newcomers balanced | ‘tence was: by the experience of the veter- ! “It is the sentence of this court | jans may achieve the wholesome ‘that you be confined in the coun-|WILL ATTEND MEETING OF Tesults hoped for by the public; ity jail for a period of 90 days, or | but there are many competent you will be released upon joining| FLORIDA STATE DEFENSE observers who are predicting an the armed forces of the United | COUNCIL extra session will be necessary States of America”. jto afford time for the Since the army had not been| out of the numerous conflicts | mentioned in Goddard’s plea, The} Chamber 5 eee |which have arisen even before \Citizen said: hamber of Commerce Secre-|the session started and which “Judge Albury told the boy he |t@ry Stephen Singleton, at the will arise during its course. would be released if he carried |invitation of Governor Spessard| A brief glance at some of these out his expressed joining the navy”. {meeting of the Florida State De- Goddard, a husky and intelli- ' ¢,, at West }gent boy of 18, came here from . Washington, D. C., in search of ;?2!™ Beach, it was learned to- cents gas tax is one of the major jwork, Without funds and unable | day. Hine bien: Revers, sonny: ..and to find a job, he was arrested and! Governor Holland, in a letter Community in the state is crying charged with vagrancy. Later jto Everett W. Russell, [he Was released, went to Miami ‘of the chamber of commerce, said |sdequate highways, snd the Siate | | te nt pe {he was requesting attendance of Road Board states that it needs jcould join the navy, only to be | a representative from each par- (Continued On Page Four) arrested again. Fingerprints sent to the Fed-|ticipating city, Sa the request eral Bureau of Investigation at ! with Washington reveal he has NO | Roosevelt.” jcriminal record, | | { The council will serve as a cen- j tral clearing house intention great a task is before this ses- sion. nse council tomorrow The allocation of the President |31 defense groups are demanding CONFERENCE ON BALKAN STATUS ‘in compliance of President for operation ironing | of |L. Holland, will attend the initial |Problems and conflicts show how | i} seven- for more and better roads, nation- | COMDR. BYRNS TRANSFERRED |Key Westers to be on the lookout |for one or two fake magazine} isubseription agents, who either are in this city or are headed in PERMITS ISSUED this direction. One man, using the names H.} Five building permits for a to-| 1 Cox and R. L. Mason, or two/| ASSIGNED TO DUTY AT VETERAN OFFICER HAS BEEN | fal of $4.200 yesterday were i sued by Building Inspector Ralph Russell. Ross C. Sawyer, with a $1,500 nermit for general repairs to his Dey street house, and ;men of those names, | “Friday” are to the , according to the The pair al subscriptions ma warn- sub- ing. sell SAN DIEGO, CALIF. miner ‘and Renan etticce at Aquilino scriptions for a term of 29 weeks {the Key West navy station since { Lopez, who was granted a $1,500 |and offer premiums varying from | November, 1939, will be trai permit for general repairs to the home at William and. United streets, were the two largest of the day. W. T. Brenne, Blanch and Bertha streets, took a $200 per-! mit for installation of a cistern; Frank Papy, 1501 Seminary street, was issued a $500 permit for general repairs, and W. R. Fleck. 700 Duval, took a permit for $500 to be spent in remodeling his bowling alley. Bibles to dictionaries and soap. The addr which they Oxford Pri Times Square. N Y., is fictitious, and the magazines never are delivered. Complaints have been deliver- ed to the real Oxford University Press, 114 Fifth avenue, N. Y., and by checking the locations of the complaints investigators of the firm have been able to trace fairly accurately in which direc ‘tion the man or men travel Delegates From Local Legion Post Selected Delegates and alkatiiatedi te tracer Arthur Sawyer Post, No, 28 of the | American Legion were elected at a meeting last night to represent the post of the American Legion's state convention here two weeks from today Prof. Horace O'Bryant West high school, Lee Pierce civilian superintendent of K West naval station,and Dr. Wil- P. Kemp were elected dele Prof. O’Br will be chairman of th oup because he polled the hig Ajternates w A. T. Sj of, Key liam ant wh ney Sands tend all mand wi f the ways neans com secre vention Selected at the * make For Convention will report to W. D. Welch, chair- man of the service committee the corporation, for instructions This group of men will serve un- der the ction of Police Ch Ivan Elwood and will direct t Meetings of the conven the line of march of the parade themselves generally of di use- ful Milis said only 300 roo there left in are the now city give, | and | reserved | |ferred April 15 to duty in San| Diego, Calif, it was announced | |today. | The veteran officer, who is} {widely known here through his | iwork with the Garden Club and dramatic group, was ordered to. | day to report to the commandant of the eleventh district at San Diego as soon as possible after leaving here next Tuesday. | Commander Bryns’ family left jhere last month to return to their former home in California Lieut. (jg) Elton W. Souther. ling, stationed at the Key West base, will take over Commander Byrns’ duties until another offi- cer is sent to take the post perm- j anently. ae, IID ALLE 2 SEEKING MONEY TO BUY DANISH SHIPS, (Ry Awe Press) WASHINGTON, April 10.— Congress today is expected to get President Roosevelt's re- quest for money to buy 39 Danish merchant ships which were seized by the coast guard last week. KEY WEST FLORIST | 417 Duval Street Opp La Concha Hote Blooming Potted Plants Spring Flowers—Lillies Roses—Carnations GLADIOLI For Your CORSAGE ORCHIDS. GARDENIAS. ROSES. VIOLETS At Popular Prices PHONE 528 he storms or any other danger. |CHARGED WITH EMBEZZLE- {pany {of groups similar to, or including, the home guards which have been | formed here. {By Associated Press) LONDON, April 10.—Foreign Minister Anthony Eden and Sir John Dill arrived here today to confer with Prime Minis Winston Churchill on the situa- tion in the Balkan campaign. Both have been studying situation in Athens during cent weeks and Eden has com- pleted a tour of north Africa Turkey and Balkan countries ITALIANS TAKEN Their duties, rough- {ly those of the national guard be- |fore it was called into active serv- ice, will include action in jaster or crisis, any dis- whether caused by the re- UNDER ARREST MENT OF FUNDS FROM FISH COMPANY (Ry Ansoctated Presas NEW YORK, April 10.—Five hundred Italian seamen today marched off the army transport Leonard Wood to be transferred to Ellis Island while they wait deportation The seamen. they left Roy OLeary, for the Taverni terday iff Ray Combs, t over to Criminal ¢ Justice Enrique der $100 bond y ome w he truck driver and buyer 3iack Fish com- who was ar deputy sher jay was bound urt by Peace Esquinaldo, un of rested ye heavily guarded the ship, were brought to New York from the Panama canal where they were captured when Italian ships there were seized last week with — the $79.93 from the is charge nicer ympany represents MORE PROPERTY _ SALES RECORDED R ‘WARNING ISSUED TALLAHASSEE. April 10. —(FNS) Warning was issued this week by the State motor vehicle department that coun- ty officers have been in- structed to arrest anyone found driving a car without a 1941 tag. Attention is also called to the fact that persons em- ployed in the state must ob- tain Florida tags and may not use out-of-state tags if work- ing in the state. rena Laurett to Preston D. Pir DAYS UNTIL the AMERICAN LEGION’S ~ STATE CONVENTION Clubh ms Club meets at 6:30 p.m. Lions’ Den, Seminary Street. r the tracks and rolled T0 ELLIS ISLAND OTT IOSILS. ABOUT AUTO TAGS | cou! Key West, most equable climate in the —— Florida, has the ntry; with an average range of only 14° Fahrenheit PRICE FIVE CENTS Reorganized Forces Of Greek ! (iy Associated Press) WASHINGTON, April 10. Presient Roosevelt, in a dramatic’ j procamation early this afternoon, | (placed Greenland under the pro- | | tection of the United States. This country, the President | |said, will defend Greenland | jagainst any foreign aggressor. The proclamation, which fol- ‘lowed conferences with the Dan- ‘ish ambassador to Washington ; earlier this morning, was said to! have been caused by the pres- fence of German airplanes over |the ice-capped island. FOURTEEN HURT IN TRAIN WRECK SOUTHWIND SLEEPER LEFT | | RAILS NEAR DU PONT, GEORGIA | (Ry Associated Press) i | VALDOSTA, Ga., April 10.—At least 14 persons were injured this morning, but none are believed to |have been killed when the crack |Southwind sleeper left the rails near DuPont, Ga., at 7:15 o'clock. Injured passengers were rush- ,ed to Valdosta hospitals, but none ‘are belie zed to have been seri- ously hurt. The train had slowed down for its stop at DuPont, when it apparently hit an open switch. | The engine and seven cars left over. The train was bound for New York "ANOTHER ATTEMPT TO SETTLE STRIKE | NEGOTIATIONS IN FORD MD- TOR TANGLE BROKE DOWN, HOWEVER (By Associated Press) | LANSING, Mich, April 10. Gov. Van Waggoner this morning issued a three-point basis of negotiations to Ford Motor car officials and CIO union represen tatives in an effort to effect a set tlement of the week-old strike at the giant River Rouge plant Negotiations appeared to have broken down after Henry Ford for the first time in his life, had consented to speak with union representatives. Union men say Ford up negotiations deliberately icause he does not want a union victory on 'scheduled NLRB electi plant holding be to admit ofa his HEAVY BLOW TO BRITISH SHIPPING (Ry Assoriated Presa) BERLIN. © Apri bombers and t planes yesterda 50.000 tor sunk and crippled SOUTHERNMOST FLOWERS $2.00 Beautiful Cut EASTER LILLIES. doz. 616 DUVAL =| lof the FUNERAL IN TEXAS | | | | | | And Yugoslav Troops Strike Back Fiereély At Nazi Units Roosevelt Places Greenland Under Protection Of U.S. Athens Denied German Re- port That Eastern Army Had Surrendered Yes- terday (By Associated Press) Germany's shattering drive through the Balkans today ap- ‘Peared to have come to a halt as | Greek and Yugoslav troops re- | organized from their initial de- ‘feats and struck fiercely back. | A Berlin communique claimed ‘no new triumphs, although it con- firmed an earlier report that | Nazi troops have crossed south- ‘‘ern Yugoslavia to reach the Al- MORRIS SHEPPARD (iy Annapiates WASHINGTON, Le Senator Morris Sheppard, “father eighteenth amendment” and dean of Congress, will be buried Saturday at his home in! Texarkana, Tex., ed today. Death of the Veteran senator Wednesday in Washington brought expressions of sorrow from President Roosevelt and leaders of Congress. He is survived by his widow and three married daughters, Mrs. Richard Arnold of Texar- kana; Mrs, Connie Mack, Jr., of Philadelphia, and Mrs. Arthur Keyes, Jr., of Rutland, Vt. it was announe- TEMPERATURES Lowest last Highest last night 24 hours 53 78 42 61 a4 63 81 61 Abilene Boise Boston Brownsville Buffaio Chicago Cincinnati Denver Detroit El Paso Havre Huron Jacksonville KEY WEST Los Angeles Miami Minneapolis Montgomery New Orlear: Phoenix Pittsburgh Louis Salt Lake ¢ San Franci Spo! Sit. Ste. Marie 9 13 66 38 70 Berlin Suffers Bucharest said all river traffic fon the Danube has been Stopped, . thalting the vital German line of “ | supplies which brings food and 49il. out.of.the Xuggsiev soldiers, according to the report, sank concrete-filled barges in ithe river last night, blocking the channel. Serbian mountaineers, collapse on the first day of the war forced Greece to abandon Salonika, today launched a counter-drive which they claimed will end in the capture of Sofia German sources admitted that casualties in fighting had been high and that Serbs were attacking with desperate fury. Athens denied a German report that her eastern army of 300,000 men had surrendered yesterday 'An Athens communique said the {men have withdrawn into a for tified position west of Salonika jand are putting up stiff resist- ‘ance to new German attacks The communique revealed that civilians and all valuable war materials and food had been re- moved from Salonika days ,be- fore the German onslaught be- gan. Everything of value that could not be carried away, ac- cording to the report, was burn- ed Royal Air Force bombers turn- led loose one of the most destruc tive raids of the campaign against German troops moving westward in Salonika. Athens said the planes swept over troops and supply trains, smashing them with bombs and then wheeling back to spatter them with ma chine gun fire, Rome claimed Italian troops from Albania had driven into northern Yugoslavia and report ed a Yugoslav thrust into Albania had been broken up with heavy casualties. A claim from Rome that Bel grade had been captured wa: neither confirmed nor denied in (Continued on Page Four whose the Heaviest Attack Of Present War; English Ports Also Raided (fy Asvortated Press) wet de © war Air Foree bomber ot heavy heart of the bernbs into the very cit A Be famed rlin communique said the State opers house had of heav t type ¥ nufactured United St the KAF Herlin again and again for thre hours last night in an apparently endless series of attacks erman bombers, in the mear were smnething at Birm ngham end Newrastle Eng: nd. A report from the return ing flyers said heavy damage had n dealt out in both cities and ¢ towering flames hed risen after the first bombers un Joaded their cargo. in on, for time in