The Key West Citizen Newspaper, April 16, 1941, Page 1

‘Associated Press Day Wiré Service For 61 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West VOLUME LXII. No. 91. Italy Asks Great Britain For Amistice Terms To End Al Fighting In East Africa SaaaOaeass Representative Of Italian Government Would Dis- MONEY AND MUNITIONS (By Associated Prens) WASHINGTON, April 16. —Harry Hopkins has been placed in full charge of the administration of money and munitions to democracies that will get American aid under the terms of the lease- lend bill, Ns Addu dodeueuhea SOLICITOR. ‘1S’ CONFIRMATION ALLAN B. CLEARE DECLIN- | cuss Peace At Confer- ence Suggested (Ry Associated Press) | ‘CAIRO, April 16.—Italy’s vice- roy in Ethiopia has asked Great‘ Britain for armistice terms which would end fighting in all of east Africa, it was announced here to- day. With only scattered remnants, of the once powerful Italian force | surviving, the viceroy’s office is! understood to have asked for a conference at which peace terms; | could be discussed. RECENT APPOINTMENT TO} OFFICE British forces, meanwhile, have | lashed back at Germany’s invad- | ing army in Egypt with an attack on Sollum in which battleships | pounded the town for hours and Royal Air Force bombers carried ' ,, er i > Wi out repeated bombing attacks. pCleare, One ata gs he (Rome admitted that British re- |!iam V. Albury this week was sistance had stiffened after a long confirmed in office by the state retreat across north Africa and senate, declined to say today if confirmed the British report that /an oversight was responsible for | a garrison in Tobruk still is hold- the county | ing out after three days of seige.) British troops, which had with- | drawn in the direction of Sidi Bar-|_ A published rani, the high water’ mark in two officials were Italy's original drive into Egypt, |1938, but through an at Hes ete, ‘2 pave, dated {their names were.pot sent to.the ir retreat™and erga; . pre bined German and Italian forces | nate a) in a major conflict. tion”. An RAF raid on the advancing Both Cleare and Judge Albury column is said here to have been|won their posts in the county particularly successful and sup- | primary May 7, 1940, running un- ply lines are reported to have jopposed. Cleare suid today been damaged. would not discuss where his ap- TT; pointment came from until the S 10 }papers are in his hands and the {entire matter is settled. “There was some kind of mix- up”, Cleare said today, “so — {play safe, Judge Albury and I Beginning next Sunda made ourselves eligible for the & O. liner Cuba will Miami from its sailing it was announced today. 1940. We The vessel, under its new schedule, will arrive in Key West jremain in office until May, Mondays and Thursdays at 7:00 a. m. and Tuesdays and Fridays; at 3:15 p. m. It will sail from Key West Mondays and Thurs- days at 10:30 a. m. and Tuesdays and Fridays at 5:00 p. m, The Cuba will ply in the fu- ture only between Key West, Tampa and Havana. County Solicitor Allan” B. his new tenure in post. i “the in account said elected he the P. eliminate primary in November, schedule, jran unopposed”. The confirmations, ‘effect May 7, entitle both men to 1945. DEFIES SUPERSTITION NEW YORK—Detying super- stition by walking under a ladder, James Riordan of this city then | saw a dollar bill on the sidewalk, stooped to pick it up and slipped and broke his leg Catholic Daughters Holding Business Session Here ere Today) BYRNS LEAVING HERE SHORTLY business session of the day. COMMANDER AT NAVAL STA. Joseph P. Hurley formally opened the convention this morning at a TION HAS BEEN TRANS- !solemn__ pontifical St FERRED TO SAN DIEGO Catholic Daughters of Americ in Florida this tion here since yesterday, mass at Mary Star of the Sea Church and {the members went into business jsession at 10 o'clock This afternoon, after an journment for lunch, the Catholic ghters will complete their business session at 4 o'clock Lieut. Comdr. Ray Byrns, sup- ae “pi-officer at the naval station w a tea been ordered to report for duly to the commandant of : the eljventh naval district at |@d tonight will at San Diteo, Cal. will leave Key }#t St. Cecilia's Hall West sol ume within the next | Mary Immaculate. Pistacda areas two or three days for his new bs oye of the Tru d a program e Rev e by tt post Commander Byrns. although turned over his duties yester. to Lieut. Elton W. Souther ling, is not expected to start for | San Diege at once. His is in California 7 DAYS UNTIL the AMERICAN LEGION’S STATE CONVENTION t's prograr ued on Page Four) COMING EVENTS he day family already THURSDAY Rotary Club meets 12:15 p.m St. Paul's Parish Hall. Lions Club meets at 6:30 p.m Lions’ Den, Seminary Street \City Cou Hall 8.0 pm meets, City HOPKINS WILL HANDLE! oversight | confirma- | to} which take | embled in conven- | afternoon are holding their second Bishop | vent of | Shroud of | | WORKMEN. BEING | SOUGHT: TO FILL | DEFENSE JOBS WILLIAM V. LITTLE, MAN- AGER OF LOCAL EMPLOY- MENT OFFICE URGES UN- EMPLOYED TO REGISTER | Since the intensified effort be-! {gan last month to find out the ‘number of workers available for defense jobs, thousands have, \registered with local offices of the | |Florida State Employment Serv-| ice, according to William V. Lit- jtle, manager of its Key West local joffice. ; The appeal to workers to regis- ter, which is directed to the un- jemployed and those who havar | skills needed in defense preduc-! ition which they are not using ii ‘their present job, is already re. sulting in increased job place-} ments, Mr. Little said. He de-} }Scribed some of the more unusual } j instances: | { “A number of gasoline station | attendants who used to work as ;skilled machinists have been ae {ferred to defense jobs by the ice. A man, who for some time} {has been working on odd_ jobs, | was discovered to have had yea of experience in the metal trades. Older workers, who for a number | jof years past could find no place | {in industry, are returning to jobs jin factories producing defense ; 'materials. A number of other | iregistrants, with previous experi- | ‘ence in occupations needed today | \for national defense, have been | ireferred to “Pre-employment re- fresher” courses to sharpen skills | idulled by unemployment.” Here in Key West, Mr. Little | said, a number of people have reg- ‘istered who have been doing work {completely unrelated to the jobs for which they had been trained j and for which they are best fit- ‘ted. A striking instance of this |is the musician who had been em- ployed some years ago in an auto- mobile manufacturing plant as a machinist and toolmaker. Mr. Little said that he did not | believe‘ that all_of those in Key | West capable of filling defense jobs have yet registered. ‘'Regis- ter now at the Key West office of the Florida State Employment Service,” he urges, “if you are ‘capable of holding a job and are unemployed, or if you are inter- | ested in training for occupations | ineeded in rapidly growing defense | industries. Specifically there is} jurgent need for workers who have {had experience in the following { ‘lines but who are now unemploy- jed or working on jobs where their experience and skill are not be- jing used: In aircraft manufactur- | ing—airplane sheet metal work- ers, wood workers, aeronautical jengineers and inspectors; in ship- | building—ship carpenters, _ lofts- men, boatbuilders. shipfitters, caulkers and marine machinists; jin machine shops and machinery | manufacturing — machinists, tool | jmakerss Jathe. operators, die mak- | s, and tool designers. The em-| ployment service does not en-} courage or desire workers who} (Continued On Page Four) Key West's Leading Nite Club CLUB SAMOA Presents BEGINNING TONITE Direct from the HA-HA CLUB Miami Greatest Array of Impersonators —Featuring— BOBBY JOHNSON Rhythm and Songs RALPH GILBERT Interpretive Dancer BOBBY LA MARR Song Stylist JEAN LA MONTE Rhumba Dancer A Show that is Entirely | Different 3 SHOWS EVERY NITE —also— SAMMY BIRD’S DIXIELAND BAND New Show Starts Tonite | i | | Fre ja | | I i { i i | | | | i ‘Barcelo, | daughter, Che Key West Cittern THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER KEY WEST, FLORIDA, Death Toll In WEDNESDAY, APRIL 16, 19 Key West, Florida, has the most equable climate in the country; with an average range of only 14° Fahrenheit IN THE U. S. A. 41 Earthquake In Mexico Will Run Into Thousands; BB ES: Coeos BRITISH SEA LOSSES GREAT (By Associated Press) BERLIN, April 16.—British sea losses in the first two weeks of April were said here today to have soared to 521,- 000 tons, or more than iour times the week average ad- mitted by the British ad- miralty. German airplanes were said to have smashed from 60,000 to 70,000 tons of ship- Ping in the past few days in attacks on British transports in Greek ports. PLDI IIS FOSS ‘COURT MARTIAL HELD TUESDAY CASE SENT TO HEAD- QUARTERS A transcript of testimony in the court martial yesterday of Private Jack Long, together with the de- cision of officers who heard the case, today will be forwarded to ; Third Army headquarters at San | Antonio, Tex., revealed by Long, found guilty county criminal court on charge of stealing an automobile, was tried by the army yesterday on charges of desertion and theft. Officers explained that al- though they had rendered a ver- dict, it would not be made public until officers at San Antonio had studied the case for review, it was local officers. in a announced their decision as to whether the trial Was fair and the verdict just. and JULIO BARCELO, 54, DIED THIS MORNING FUNERAL SERVICES WILL BE CONDUCTED THIS AFT- ERNOON Julio Barcelo, age morning at 5 o'clock at the resi- dence, 1030 United street. The funeral, with services at the resi dence, with Rev. J. J. Murphy J. of the Catholic Church, 6f- ficiating, will be held this afte noon at 5 o'clock under the dire tion of the Lopez Funeral Home Survivors are the widow, Mrs. Otilia Barcelo; t sons, Julio Jr, Hu Barcelo; one Alice Barcelo; three Jose Barcelo, Hen | Barcelo, Key West, Frank Bar- ‘eelo, Chicago, Ill; three sisters, Mrs. Flora Sosa, Key West, Miss Augustina Barcelo, Cuba, Mrs Pauline Marrer Tampa Fla mother, Mrs. A ina Barcelo. ERECTED BY FRENCH 54, died this | brothers, WASHINGTON ffice was by for build the erected use govern y story Great Damage (By Assvctated Press) MEXICO CITY. April Rescuers worked at top speed to- | 16.— )day here and along Mexico's west | coast in an effort to save hun- ‘dreds of persons believed to be | trapped in wreckage left by yes- terday’s disastrous earthquake. | Property loss in Mexico City is jexpected to run to more than $600,000, but smaller cities along jthe Pacific coast, many of which | are cut off from all but radio com- | munication, are believed to have been the worst sufferers. ; Observers feel the death will run into thousands by time rescue work is complete. Communities the region near Acapulco and Tecpan, about toll the in 180 miles southwest of the capi-! tal, were compietely wiped out in the earthquake and erupting vol- ED TO DISCUSS STATUS OF [Florida State Employment Sery-| TESTIMONY IN JACK LONG'S canoes, which started forest fires dicted the further with their lava, are believed have caused many more deaths. Railroad officials said land- slides in many parts of the moun- tainous southwestern section had broken up transportation — facili- ties. In Mexico City, hundreds of firemen, soldiers and __ police fought for six hours to extinguish a conflagration which destroyed an entire city block. The first quake accurred at about noon and was the most seri- ous of the several which shook Mexico during the day. MAY PYNCHON COMING HERE WILL ADDRESS HEALTH AU- THORITIES AT LA CONCHA HOTEL to May Pynchon, president of the ‘Florida Tuberculosis jiation will arrive in Key West Thursday or Friday to addre local health authorities at La Concha hotel Friday morning, it was an nounced today. Dr. J. B. Parramore, director of the Monroe county health depart ment, said he would ask all mem- , ‘bers of the local health group to be on hand for a conference with the association president at 9:30 o'clock Friday morning She will come here from Jack sonville. COL. PENDLETON BUYS PROPERTY Col. Lewis L. Pendleton, com mandant of the Key West army detachment, has purchased from Charles Mortimer Saunders a two- house two buildings on Grinnell stree Divis. it was learned today Colone he and and the be- not occupy least for the time transac judge ie sunty two-st Panama City’s c¢ To insure those business houses that have given donations to the Convention Corp. of our co-operation, all Legionnaires will be handed a letter requesting that they trade only in those places displaying the official convention con- tribution card. KEY WEST CONVENTION CORP. jew Orleans : ‘ yn hete PRICE FIVE CENTS Germans Struck Heavy At Both Ends Of British Isles SEVENTY PERSONS ""2eeewwwe | ‘DENIES RUMORS ABOUT TROOPS TO SETTLE STRIKES' (Ry Associated Press) WASHINGTON, April 16. —Navy Secretary Frank Knox this morning criticised a rumored suggestion that troops might be used to break up strikes. “The use of American troops to open struck plants is the last thing in the world we would want", Knox told newsmen, GLI LLLE ODI 4s OFFICERS FAIL TO FIND CLUE IN TOMB WRECK TURNED DOWN ON, ‘HOME EXEMPTION: | APPLICATIONS FOR HOME- | | STEAD EXEMPTION HAVE, BEEN DENIED BY TAX AS-| SESSOR | | Seventy tidy bundles of bad | news for Monroe cqunty residents | who have filed homestead exemp- tions this morning were waiting | for the mailman on the desk of Tax Assessor Claude. A. Gandolfo. The letters, which will go out in the mail today, are to inform 70 homesteads that their claims have been denied. Gandolfo-pre- investigation | will result in his office refusing from 75 to 100 claims. A check up on the claims has revealed that a number of the homesteaders have rented their | homes, which makes them in- \ eligible for tax relief, while others | have been found to have been getting homestead exemption | simultaneously on homes in this and other counties. Several were revealed to have been getting homestead exemp- tion for years on vacant lots. Gandolfo repeatedly has warn- ed those making the exemption claims that the law — specifically states they must make their. per- manent, pomes on the property covered in the exemption. If the propetty is rented for any length ' of time, no matter how short the time, no exemption will be granted. CHIROPRACTORS TO RECEIVE PAY for the state board of chiropractors have just been informed of an opinion handed down by J. Tom Watson, attorney general, which will entitle chiro- practors to receive compensation for work done under the Work- men’s Compensation law Attorney General opinion reverses an — attorney general's ruling in 1937, which declared chiropractors would not entitled to compensation for injured workmen TLE LIKELIHOOD’ THAT ANYONE WILL BE HELD IN MATTER County law enforcement offi- cers today could see little likeli- hood that anyone will be punish- ed for setting off the which yeserday ed the city cemetery for Elena Hoyos Mesa Tanzer Von Cosel. A possible clue to the matter in which the two sticks of dyna- mite detonated was the finding of a shattered dry cell battery near the wrecked tomb, but Deputy Frank Stickney ad mitted there is no way of know- ing: how long the battery ha been-in the neighborhood or if it were used jor that purpose. Von Cosel, known to newspa- per and magazine readers throughout the nation as the Ger- man scientist who spirited the body of Mrs. Mesa out of her tomb and kept the wax-covered (Continued on Page Four) explosive morning wreck by Kart were Attorneys Watson's JAYCEE OFFICER COMING TO CITY be treatment of under the law. TEMPERATURES Lowest last Highest last night 24 hours 58 81 33 53 78 79 77 67 Joe Hall ident of the Flor ida State Junior Chamber of Commerce visit with logal Jaycees tomorrow hf the meting to be held at 6:30 o'clock at Ocean View Restaurant Mr. Hail is with the State De partment of Education and came to Key West several months ago with Superintendent Colin Eng hh pres Abilenc Boise Boston Bristol Brownsville Buffalo Casper Charleston Chicago Cincinnati Denver Detroit El Paso Galveston Havre Huron Jacksonville Kar City KEY WEST s Angeles Corps Plan ory next week attend New York Okla. C departer ity Sait Lake € Francisc Ste. Marie 2% Washington Sar Sit SOUTHERNMOST FLOWERS ctaprott do. $1.00 PHONE 136 Klawans said vernment a a closes. APPEARS TO BE VERY LIT- tomb built ; ne rade of ali Last Night \Royal he. Fes Force Carries Out Heavy Assault On Submarine Base At Kiel In Retaliation (Ry Associated Press) | BERLIN, April 16,—German big guns and heavy bombers struck at both ends of the Brit- ish Isles last night. with raids extending into north Ireland and (long-range guns the | Dover area for the first time in firing on {two weeks. Bombers pounded Belfast iIreland for hours during the night and huge fires are reported |to have been left, Factories which Britain has moved from bomb-harrassed sections of the English midlands to north Ireland were to shave suffered heavy damage | Shipyards, raitread ‘centers and ‘factory districts through a large section of the British portion of Ireland were hit repeatedly dur- ing the raids, ENGLISH MAKE RAID ON KIEL (My Asnoetated Press) LONDON, April 16-—The air “trinistt y thisrivrning armvauncert that repeated RAF assaults on Kiel last night had left a Jarge part of the submarine base in flames. Factories and warehouses in the city were said to have been shattered and burned in one of the most intensive raids the Brit ish flvers have carried out. there. (Berlin said the Kiel raid we important “only for its nuisance value”) said GERMANS FORCE WAY INTO GREECE (iy Ananetated Prema) British and Greek troops today were locked in a gigantic battle with Adolf Hitler's invading forces, and London almitted that the Germans gradually were forcing their way into north cen tral Greece. Athens and London communi ques denied a German break through in the line and told of constant Royal Air Force bornb ings, but a British report said “the Nazis steadily are ou 4 the pressure of their attack on our said the Nazi pee wpe ety tokio additiona| ead yi forces “are ground,” while # report from Rome said Malian soldiers, sweep ing up the Adriatic coast of Yur had taken historic incre: seme dfficial news via Sara London has admitted th al reristance in Yugost to an end, but a report coi thal Serbian hting in guerilla bands One official spoke (Continued on Page con in the man in Ber Four) Members Of Drum And Bugle Trip To Havana wir hi bandsmen army mess Mi. naid, the Bugle will eat at bar halis Miami Drur Jacks corp Sar make the tr total of 133 Mills said ‘There Ahers dickering and | expect WH) bandsmen will go to H it for the ab carps, the Bugie ps of Junior { for th betwee 2 will be a glorious ou boys the orget participate ir the Americar: naires n Monday afternoon April 28 The Cuban army and will participate in the pe- (Continued on Page Four) one that Legion using will Be free ate