The Key West Citizen Newspaper, April 18, 1941, Page 1

Associated Press Day Wire Service For 61 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West Key West, Florida, has the most equable climate in the country; with an average range of only 14° Fahrenheit i THE SOU THERNMOST NEWSPAPER Che Key West Citiz IN THE U.S. A. VOLUME LXII. No. 93. KEY WEST, FLORIDA, FRIDAY, APRIL 18, 1941 PRICE FIVE ‘CEN Extra Patrolmen To Serve. | City At Légion Convention Council sai Agrees ana 'APPROVAL GIVEN Take Care Of Expense | Duval Street The City Council at its regular meeting last night voted to em- Ploy three extra policemen to serve as patrolmen during the! COMITEIL TS | American Legion Convention | next week. One of those who will serve is Leon Macfarland. This action was taken following a re- quest made by Mayor Willard M. Albury. The mayor also informed the council that he had made arrange-! ments to have no parking of cars on Duval street, between South- | | | For Extra Lighting On! | | | | | | | | | FOR RIFLE RANGE The Citizen is in receipt of a wire from Senator Claude Pepper stating: i “I am glad to advise that | the President has approved | WPA project 50094, supple- ment one, to construct a Ma- tine Corps rifle range near Key West”. BILL TO OUTLAW | “CLOSED SHOP” | MEASURE TO BE INTRODUCED IN THE LEGISLATURE THIS WEEK na | TALLAHASSEE, April ard and Eaton, during the entire (FNS) A bill backed by Attorney | time of the Legion convention. The mayor's proposed action was approved by the board. A request was made for the in- stallation of a light on Newton street, between Georgia and White. The request was denied. The council was informed by the American Legion committee that the idea of having the white way on Duval street turned on for (Continued on Page Four) WORKERS TO TAKE rVOTE-ON - STRIKES (Ny Aanocintea Press) WASHINGTON, April 18. — Workers in each of the 61 General Mntors plants today are taking a strike vote after an breakdown in six weeks of nego- tiation In spite of the which is the the strike voting, result of efforts by rs to get a blanket pay increase, federal mediators still ar {tempting to arrange a sete tlement before any definite action is taken by the unions, wor! FREIGHT SHIP ARRIVES HERE The rola, Panamanian freighter Ca- loaded with sugar and bound fos Galveston from Cuba, y: terday stopped at Rorter/Dock to pick up fuel oil jobs on defense projects. | than one year's imprisonment and apparent } {general public and free ‘union or not, General Tom Watson was_in-| troduced in the _ state legis- lature this week. It would out-! law labor's “closed shop” on all defense projects and provides |center of a British-Greek defense | partment of tne American Legion |line which stubbornly refuses to | will begin arriving at that all qualified citizens be given an opportunity to work on® jobs | being financed by federal, state, | county or district money. | It would punish any union that | enforced a closed shop prohibiting non-union workers from finding |B It would ; ! punish any person seeking to stop |© work on a defense project, either | employer or employee, and would prevent any employer from dis- criminating against any workers who were not members of a | union. Punishment would be not less $500 fine, or not more than three years’ imprisonment and $3,000] fine. Watson said he strong opposition from organized labor but is firm in his stand that the right to work is a God-! given American privilege. and | workers, whether members of a should have an op- portunity to work on defense projects being supported by tax | monies. H While labor bitterly denounced Watson when he expressed sim- | ilar views in an address before the State Federation at their Tampa convention, reaction as far as the | Is con- cerned has been favorable and in dicates the mounting resentment on the part of the public those who because of selfish in jterests are obstructing defense work anticipates Eight Building Permits Issued _ Yesterday For For Total Of $8,000. TEMPERATURES Lowest last Highest last night 24 hours 65 86 Wash NOW N EFF ECT Special Summer Weekly and Monthly RATES CENTRAL HOTEL Duval and Southard Streets jarmy, jsight of Porto Edda, Caer ee ee. THREE BILLION IN NEW TAXES CALLED FOR DURING YEAR (Ry Ansociated Prens) WASHINGTON, April 18.— reasury Secretary Henry ites today presented figures calling for an esti- mated $3,044,000,000 in new taxes to be collected this year. The money, a large part of it to cover national defense expenditures, may mean an increase of from 25 to 50 per cent in all existing federal taxes, or levying of new forms of taxation. dud heaheudeade ‘BRITISH-GREEK DEFENSE LINES HOLDING STRONG) | American Legion, will arrive here on Monday for the state convention | They will open office in La Concha hotel, | GERMANY’S BALKAN ARMY CONTINUES ITS OPERA- TIONS AGAINST STUBBORN ; RESISTANCE | (By Axnociated Press) flower of | Germany's Balkan army today con- itself in against The jmighty tinued to hurl whelming numbers over- the crack, While the battle rages with mounting fury, neutral observers have been unable to confirm a Berlin report that Yugoslavia has ; capitulated. Serbian troops gen- erally are believed to be carrying j on the struggle from their moun- tain fastnesses, in spite of a Ger-| man statement that their resist. ance had been ended. British officers have admitted a general withdrawal at each end of the defense line, in order to straighten out the salient which has been drvien into its center} in the direction of Kalabaka. A Berlin communique says the ther”, and claims the capture of 17,000 men and 25 heavy guns in recent fighting. Rome claims have forced their Italian troops way to within one of the first cities wrested from them in Albania by the Greek attack Athens this morning issued warning to the civil explaining that a population, german troops jare advancing, but cautioning the people not to believe wild rumors {and to stay in their homes Reports from the while, tacks front, mean- tell of reckless German at in which countless soldier: ‘have been killed Mountain passes are said to be choked with the bodies of Ger van dead and each fresh on- aught by the Nazi troops leaves | its dead piled in heaps Athens says up to 1,000 Ger man planes have taken part in raids, smashing at communica tions behind the defense but jthe toll of planes destroyed i ‘said to have been high Eight Key ers yesterday West property own rush the city building department nearly $8,000. in th per neral repair Necker nit f for ge or $5,000 i EIGHTH CALL “in spite of miserable wea- ! is gaining ground steadily | Si will be Will Arrive Here Monday aes aews HOWARD ROWTON Smith, national commander, and Rowton, state adjutant of the LISLE SMITH H of the American Legion. the official headquarters of the convention, will prepare for the opening of business sessions next Thursday, ‘Vanguard Of Legion Members Will Start Arriving Monday ALIEN WILL FACE Vanguard of the Florida de- Key West jfor the annual state convention jon Monday, it was announced by {Al Mills, executive director of the Key West Convention corpora- ition. | Department of Florida execu- | tive office will be opened in room |602-04 La Concha hotel, head- quarters hotel, with State Ad- }jutant Howard Rowton of Palatka jin charge. With Adjutant |come Lisle Smith, Haines City, state commander of the Amer- jican Legion, who will preside at lal business meetings of the con- ‘vention, and Joe Cf, national {executive committeeman and their staffs. The Department of Florida executive will also arri ! Key West i convention {and more up. Sunday the \official decorators. street banners and the city will take pearance “The ingly good every. store will be convention. I did itself proud in decorations.” Colored strung MUST GIVE SUFFICIENT REA- SONS FOR FAILURE TO REGISTER Albert Macking, Austrian born alien who is being held in county Rowton will been ordered to appear before the draft board Monday to explain his admitted failure to register for selective was an- nounced today Horace O'Bryant, chairman the local beard, said this morning Macking would be given an portunity to register at a hearing Monday but declared he could not say definitely if any action would be taken against him for iotis failure to com ply with the draft law Macking earlier had told sher officers he did not think it ary to register Americ citizen hearing Tuesday Peace Justice Enrique E: Jr., Macking has been raise $50 bond service, it committec op- the more preparing for eryw decorations are going Finch company hang the Mire afternoon his prev tr on a iff decoratior nece ince he hac Mill i V beer refused Since } before quin able t decorated wel think the matter of Ur PAYS EXPENSES left $50 to HAMILTON, Canada la Hill of tt € hotel and La t a the fiesta e held, The t ‘ stand and tand will be me (Continued or exper t Farrell her funeral M ved te the frie argarc of and from Mrs. Virginia Demeritt Named Monitor Of Catholic Daughters FOR SOLDIERS ‘: KEY WESTERS WILL NOT BE CALLED FOR SOME TIME AS YET I Uncle Sam today wil call for selective ers since the draft law effect—but i yw eighth still w “WEEKEND SPECIAL GLADIOLI me dozen 4a FREEMAN’S 21 Catherine Street . ej SOUTHERNMOST FLOWERS CHOICE BOQUET SPRING FLOWERS 75¢; | 616 DUVAL —- PHONE 136 | DRAFT BOARD HERE jail on a charge of vagrancy, has of (By Associate TALLAHASSEE, Press) April 18.—/) {said today that eleven counties | H had formally endorsed his gaso- | line tax plan, which the County | |Commissioners’ association op- ' | | | | Poses. Gov. Holland called pro- ; {posed constitutional amendment | ito pledge two cents of the gaso- | jline tax for county bond debt} |service “the big show” and said ithe amendment, to which there ‘was no opposition by the commis- sioners, was essential to the pro- gram for taking road and bridge |debts off the ad valorem rolls. Holland's plan would revise dis- tribution to give the State Road Department four cents and coun- ties two cents. The county com- missioners favor the present 3-3 | allocation. H The House passed a Senate-ap- proved bill requiring the State Department to take over main- tenance and construction of mu- nicipal streets that are integral connecting links in the public highway system. DEMOCRATS RAISE QUOTA OF FUNDS his EXCEED AMOUNT ALLOTTED FOR JACKSON DAY DINNERS Key West young who were given the quota of rais- ing $150 for the Jackson Day dinners, oversubscribed with a donation of $160 to state head- quarters, it was learned today. J. Edwin Larson, chairman the state in charge wrote the local or- ganization from Tallahassee, con gratulating them on their success in going over the quota The organization, which been dormant for recently has been revived taking an active part in Democratic activities. "VETERANS PLAN AN ENCAMPMENT isted mer Democrats, of of committee the dinner had here some and i E: get leave in order to nd the national encampm Veterans of Foreign Wi Aug Philadelpt ia pply the 1 attend on HOWE KEY _— Saturday, 9 A. M Saturday, 9 A. M. WAREHOUSE SALE Beautiful Chenille, Broadloom, Argonne Rugs - All-Wool Rugs Must Be Sold at Low Prices — Inspection Invited SALE STARTS 9:00 A.M. SATURDAY GATO WAREHOUSE 1100 Simonton Street SOLD YESTERDAY "BINGO PARTY | Monday. April 21. 8 P. M. HARRIS SCHOOL Benefit Monroe County Council. HI P..T. A. PLENTY OF PRIZES Each Player __ oe an House that all strikes PERSONS WORKING IN GOVERNMENT POSTS: ey Anmicinted, Exeakh WASHINGTON, April 18. —The federal government now is employing 1,119,000 Persons, the civil service de- partment announced today. The figure'is the highest in history, and the board ex- Plained that most of the ex- tra employes are working for the army and navy depart- ments, PLIMMM MLM IIS PREDICT SPEEDY PASSAGE OF BILL AGAINST STRIKES COMMUNISTS MEMBERS WOULD’ BE __ INELIGIBLE ON. DEFENSE JOBS AND BUND (Ry Assoctated Presg) WASHINGTON, April 18.— leaders today predicted speedy pass probably next week, of the Vinson bill to pre- vent strikes, The would automatically be presented for mediation to the federal government and would measure order a 25-day waiting period be fore any strike could begin. Communists ierman American Bund members, under the Vinson act, would be in eligible for jobs in defense indus try, and factories would be re quired to dismiss any of them and now employed CONFIRM LOSS OF ITALIAN. VESSELS (My Associated Press) ROME, 18 céhsors today passed a cogfirms tian of British tat an I y attacked and oa destroyed in the Medi this week near Sicily port said de merchant ship: < by enemy mn. troyer and ee? | cargo shir d laimed ye April claim Hly terrancar Ar troy had beer another de u nile an terday that UNDER ACT, require ‘Royal Air Force Pounded Berlin In Furious Attacks Last Night Eleven Counties Have Endorsed Governors Gasoline Tax Plan \ ciel \Governor Spessard L, Holland OVER ONE MILLION . | British hae That As- sault On German Capi- : Most Effective Of resent War (By Associated Press) LONDON, April 18.—New four- motored bombers of the Royal Air Force struck back at Berlin ‘ast night in a furious reprisal for j { t ' | the German atiack on London | Wednesday. Squadrons of the heaviest type bomber pounded the heart of the | | | ) German capital ina dusk untill | dawn attack, spreading destruc- tion and fire to every section of ‘the city. |, (Official sourees in Berlin pro- jtested bitterly that British planes jhad again attacked residential jdistricts and cultural objects. The world famous state libr Unter den Linden was have been destroyed.) The British ministry said last night’s assault on Berlin was the longest and most effective of the war. New types of bombs, said to explode with tremendous |powes were scattered throughout the heart of the capital and dam lags ix believed to ave surpassed ‘any previous British’ raid, | Londoners, still digging out of ithe wreckage left by their owf worst raid, were jobilant when they heard that Berlin had been bombed. Workmen and civilians in the street cheered 3 offices bulletins tell on seid to per posted ling of the attack Observers took the prolonged Berlin raid to mean a direct an swer to the challenge of German officials that any raid on a Ger man city would be answered many fold” GERMAN DRIVE MAY TURN INTO RETREAT (My Annotated Pi CAIRO, April 18.—Germany’s drive north Africa toward the Suez canal today was in dan ;ger of turning into a retreat as British bomberss and warships hurled more tons of high explo. (Continued On oes a CHANGE DAY FOR. SAILING & O. liner Cuba will West for Havana Apri ad of April 28, the da advertised of the across company “ Safety Patrolmen Plan For Annual Trip To Was their secor nnual pilgr grav © the White rae room which Dolly Madison (Continued on Page Two) ng x hington NEGRESS HELD FOR VAGRANCY DAYS UNTIL the AMERICAN LEGION’S STATE CONVENTION