The Key West Citizen Newspaper, April 25, 1941, Page 1

Associated Press Day Wire Service For 61 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West vou UME LXIl. No. 99. Che Key West Cittern THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN THE U.S. A. KEY WEST, FLORIDA, F General. Blanding: Addresses: Legion Convention; Orlando Decided Upon For Next Years Annual Convent Orgszaton Adopt Rew Col. Hatfield Addresses lution Condemning Labor | Strikes And Other Ac-; | tivities H | Legion Auxiliary Citing 9 2, Defense Needs Of Natio NAZI PRISONER ESCAPES AGAIN} BERLIN SAYS U.S. HAS GIV- EN UP INTERNATION- AL LAW (Bs Associated Press) BERLIN, April 25.—Franz von | Werra, German army aviator who | escaped from a Canadian prison }camp into the United States and was discovered to have escaped jagain to South America, was justified leaving which pays no atten- !tion to international law, an offi-| jcial spokesman declared yester-! x in A stirring address by Gen, Al bert Blanding, U.S.A., retired, for, RACETRACK TAX whom Camp Blanding was sain! ed, and adoption by the Eos MEASURE PASSES tion of a strong resolution con- | demning strikes and selection ‘of GOES THROUGH SENATE AND WILL NOW BE SENT the | TO HOUSE Orlando as the scene of next year’s convention marked American Legion's meeting in Kev West today. “I know that the Legion will continue to be forefront of preparedness for our country’s defense”, Gen. Blanding in) 34-4 to 1 as his “The | Legion has led the way and has been doing as much or more 6f raise money for old age pensions. the of |The bill will now go to the House preparation than any other agen- ; ey in this country. i “The fact is that although the people in general have not taken their position on preparedness as | ted Press) | TALLAHASSEE, April American ; 25.— in the | Lhe Senate overrode a commmit- tee rejection and today passed levy an additional erted in address, five percent on horse race bets to ictual concrete work Recommended by Governor 'Spessard Holland. the bill is de- signed to raise about $2,000,000. Opponents of:the bill argued its passage was executing a “hol- low gesture” to the aged. Spon- still they are, in a large measure, 'sors said the bill would raise the in advance of the government. money necessary to increase old The tenga itself has accom. , age pensions. MORE PROPERTY of its members and other vetér- far in advance as has the Legion, ! ans who may be available for | work in civilian defense and | many states have already made} considerable advances in organi- zation | “I am: glad to be able to say that our state of Florida is in, the Ricotedint parennaigp : the | Das bought for $2,100 two lots in forefront in this work among the | Martello Towers subdivision, | it southern states. The state de- was revealed today. Colonel fense council of Florida has been | Pendleton purchased the property created under the chairmanship fron, EH. Gato, of Gov. Spessard L. Holland and |" Winiam C. Banks, Key West, Carl D. Brorein of Tampa, andj, bought two lots on Margaret as vice chairman, and a paid sec- | street near Southard from Fannie retar orge L. Burr, with of- | boterson for $2,500. fice established in Tallahassee. Clarence Key has purchased The speaker has the honor to !trom Karl O. Thompson a25-foot at the head of the division of jrront“lt on Ashe street near Pe- civil protection on this council, tronia for about $100, Col. Lewis L. Pendleton commandant here who rr itly purchased a home in Key West, army be with en appearing be- Enrique Es under BRINGS ON DIVORCE ters in hie h the cee is most directly interested, among which are the armed defense force re- placing the national guard during ¢ URT “Air raid warning. service; air raid protection; gas defense de contamination work; blackouts; Dick Johnson, charg evacuation of civilians from dif-'driving drunk , yesterday was ferent areas; feeding of civilians fined $100 and costs by Judge Wil in emt ney; rescue work; clean | liam V. Albury after he had up work; and similar lines, all of tered a plea of guilty in crimi which, together with the work ‘court of fire protection and first aid. Jack Heavener will give an opportunity to every | fore Peace Justice citizen to do his part in national | quinaldo, Jr defense work ing charge, was “As you know, the air raid. $50 bond to await trial warning service in ‘connection with the army is planned to be handled largely by the American Legion. It is my understanding MEDIA, F EA that the new general officer inthis city sued his wife command of the interceptor force will report to Tampa this week (Continued on Six) Hoffman of bec she ' in paign use his mornin Page Big American Legion Parade Takes Place This Afternoon Guare April 25, erett Key West Rivas, n, 4:30 p.m, * | i Adie ld States Attorney General Reb- 7 s mman- ert H. Jackson unjustified, the | dant of marines, told an ‘Apes |Berlin spckesman said the Unit- can Legion Auxiliary breakfast'€d States has given up interna- {tional law and should have no protest against the aviator’s de- served |Parture. ; Von Werra, held under $15,000 jby giving every material aid, and; bond by a New York court since if he was caught in the United States three months ago, either the \flew or boarded a ship to escape the the country. Jackson called the | © escape a “flagrant abuse of hos- |pitality offered by a neutral ‘ _. |country”. Likening the international ant According to the German theo- fire |Ty, such actions as the “seizure Sunday, Colonel Hatfield told {9 Greenland” by the United a jStates have forfeited America’s the auxiliary members: | |right to expect treatment under “On the twentieth day of this \the terms of international law. month there was a fire this | city. fire-fighting equipment. the navy, service organiza- | ‘We will | property. | Col. G. D. Hatfield, ‘crowd this morning that Ameri- can defense will be best necessary the services of our defend of army and navy, to remaining democracies world. uation to the Duval hotel in ROBERTS RITES HERE TOMORROW We will keep our equipment with- ; H ei Funeral services for Roy T, Rob- territory and erts, 44, who died Tuesday in_an turn on the water until our OWN upstate hospital, Will be held to- building’ are threatened’. | morrow afternoon at 4:30 o'clock “Had that attitude been taken, ,at First Methodist, Stone church, it is more than likley that a lar, efit w announced today. An- portiun of Key West would have /owncement of the funeral ar- been destroyed. The city has So does The s tions could have said, and army. take care of our own in our own not | ;Tangements had been delayed un- {til the arrival of the body today. out,! Pallbearers will J. Otto everything was coordinated, and |Kirchheiner, Lancelot Whitmarsh, was confined to two!Whitney Papy, Charles Lewin, Had the countries of /LumJey Park and R. Ramos. Ar- rangements are in of Lopez Funeral Home As it was, all turned be ihe tire buildings. Europe and Asia stood together solidly against common men- the world would not be in constant turmoil, with its peo- ples in terror, certain races would not be fugitive, and so much of the natural wealth of the world would not have been destroyed.” | It is possible, the colonel said, ! that the United States will find it necessary to send men to oc cupy certain area owned by the democracies, in order to free their troops for active duty. It ilso is possible, he added, that the army and navy may be call- ed upon to fight, Mrs. M. L. Montgomery, chair man of the auxiliary’s American- | ism committee, and Mrs. Hal R Whitehead, chairman of the na tio committee, were the Overseas Hotel charge a ace, Honoring the 23rd Annual! Legion; American Lecion Aux Saluting the Convention's ' General Vivian Collins; U. S. gion Auxiliary and S. A. L. See Ye the Line al defense ‘ of 1 ms anc n Line to nee Never Ahead, to their Across the Roll Deep, an's Sons a: in cl br Arge uk fast Members of the group took part a@ program of community sing- | ing and were entertained by Clark Ringwalt and Nan John singers who raising or the South Florida Crip i Children’s hospital rations are carrying out Only idea of defense, included sing. , n's lature guns and tanks ona map of Key West and the keys. merican flags and ligh were the dec PAYROLL FOR CITY FORCES F upper nuses also orations. A business church ses Amer SATURDAY ness session ‘erming the protests of Unit-/ Att ttt tt hh tg ttn THE LEGION’S SONS AND DAUGHTERS at Key West, Fla., April 24, 25, 26, 1941. Dedicated To Those “Who March, When Our Steps Falter” clude Najional Commander Milo J. Warner: Governor Spes-' sard L. Holland and Staff: General Albert Blanding;, Brig: grecsman Pat:Canhon: National officers of The American Le-« he Long Long. Line, Sing. Have e Wate RIDAY, APRIL 25, 1941 EIGHT STEEL PLANTS CLOSE es MINE STRIKES CAUSE SHORTAGE OF FUEL (My Associated Press) i WASHINGTON, April 25.— |Eight steel plants already have closed down and from five to 10 others are due to suspend opera- B | | tions next week as a_ result of! Key West, Florida, has the most equable climate in the country; with an average range of only 14° Fahrenheit PRICE FIVE CENTS esident Roosevelt Declares Delivery Of Supplies To Great Will Bé “Guaranteéd |the strike of CIO soft coal min- | ers i | Although mediation want Ger man Units ;members say they making | progress toward settling the | istrike, the coal shortage already | is seriously affecting all steel | production, and plant operators | are attempting to organzie a sys- | tem of rationing the fuel. Steel operators estimate the | coal strike is cutting steel sige tion by about 1,000,000 tons month. are ‘CLAIMS TAXATION SMALL PRICE 10 ea PAY FOR Fh FREEDOM RAINBOW DIVISION’ "TREASURY SECRETARY GIVES CONDUCTS MEETING STATEMENT RELATIVE TO ten | PROPOSED INCREASE IN Florida division of the Rainbow PLANNING Division Veterans Association | held its annual meeting in Key | (Ny Associated Presa) West this morning and elected| WASHINGTON, April 25.—In- | William Rheney, of Homestead, !creased taxes to be levied on |President, to succeed Barney Sul- the American public next year jlivan of Orlando, it was announc- |“are a small price to pay for jed today by Jim Barney of Miami. | freedom”, Treasury Secretary: Other officers elected were ‘Henry Morgenthau told the House vice-presidents, Dave Wiley, of ;Wways and means committee yes- Mt. Dora, Ed Hemphill, of Jack- ' terday sonville, and John Walker of Del-, _ With sharp income tax increas- ray; chaplain, Warren Eller, Ft.!es expected, along with new ex- Lauderdale; sergent-at-arms, Wal- ‘cise jevies and greater control of ter Woreks, of Homestead, and excess profits, Morgenthau — said Park Campbell, of Miami, judge jthe total burden will not be in advocate. texcess of 4 percent of the Guests included General A. H. ‘tion's total income Blanding, who spoke briefly. for-| ‘The taxes, he explained, will mer Gov. Dave Sholtz, who also iput the country on a “pay as you spoke. go” basis; allow all to share in |the defense effort; reduce non- jefe nse spending, and prevent {price increases, Morgenthau said there can be tonight (no idea of continuing “business at the naval station. The dial sys- ‘gs usual” in the present crisis tem, which will be used only for inter-office conversation, will be put into use at 9 o'clock. na- NEW SYSTEM Key West's first dial telephone | stem goes into service DOG GETS GOLD TOOTH | SALISBURY, Md.—A __ bulldog owned by Dr. Vernon Richards of this city lost a tooth, so the dentist made him a gold one. /Gold Star 1 Convention of The American iliary, Department of Fla., held Gold Star Mothers Mrs. A. A. Cooper and Mrs. Adrianna Sands were hotor guests yesterday aft- ,ernoon at an American Legion , Auxiliary luncheon at the garden f Mrs. Stephen Douglass The table was set among the multi-colored shrubs and flowers and Mrs. Arthur Pastorini, a sisted by Mrs. Earl Johnson, Mr Horace O'Bryant, Lois Pinder and Clara Yates served tea In the receiving line Mesdames Douglass Pear! Stoutenburg, cher, E. F. Westfall Frank Bradley and Giles, Other distinguished guests who took part in the program include the sdames William R “Warren, >. P. Archambeault, R. M. Pierce URGE PURCHASE OF CAPS AND BANNERS corporation mem residents to sme Legionnaire” banners on sale at La Backers of the con am that ceded tor distinguished quests. which in- Senator Claude Pepper; Con- 1 Daughters? the Drums of Time, Falters World War Dead, Waters, haunt the nd Daughters were the e Buzzell, George Ar- P. M. Hia Charles troubled sleep, G the Battle Ring. Puls: Breath sand Dau id Wer Dead and Sleet ention ve urged loca expense banner th s festive pearance | : | | } | = | | ee BRADY’S (Live) Poultry and Egg Market Fresh Fla. Grade A. Large White EGGS. special dor. 25¢ ROASTERS — STEWERS BATTERY RAISED RHODE ISLAND RED FRYERS Phone S40 ‘ Rolling On Toward d Athens Mothers Honored At Luncheon On Thursday GEORGE FRANK ‘Chief Executive Backs Up Statements Made By Knox And Hull On Mat- ter Said Te Be | (Be Associated Press? | Germany's mighty panzer divi- (Ny Aexociated Press) President Roosevelt at his press pass at Thermopylae and are rpll- | conference today backed up the ing down the broad highway to| \fiery statements of Navy Secre- | | | sions have smashed through the} Athens this afternoon. \tary Frank Knox and Secretary of State Cordell Hull with a declara- fense have been cracked, but tion of his own that the United the "© States must make sure its ship- location of the German Swift mechanized forces |™ents to Great Britain are not de- British sources admit their de- neither side has revealed exact \army. stormed through the valley last | stroyed en route. night and headed down the coast- ai highway toward Athens. | Although he denied that use of Stuka dive bombers are ham-|convoys is being considered, the mering southern Greek ports with 'President said the neutrality a sustained fury that has left (patrol is being greatly strength- smoking ruins in every city along} jened and the scope of its activities the coast. A communique sayS | enlarged. 200,000 tons of shipping intended’ feehoing the words, of the two for the British army's withdraw- | cabinet members that the United al has been sunk. States cannot afford to see its sup- Although London still has de-/ pies sunk en route to England nied that the army ‘has begun its | president Roosevelt said delivery ‘evacuation, a report from Istan-! wifi be “guaranteed.” bul. declares most of the-BiE-F.| “At the same time, the President already is in Crete and Egypt. | declared that she is not informed | Every indication now is that /about whether German soldiers the British forces will establish | are in Greenland. Mentioning a themselves at Crete, where. King | rumor that some Nazi soldiers had George II and his government arrived at the island, he said de have installed their temporary | could not say definitely if it were capital. true, but added “We are doing An announcement from the | something about it.” British fleet s the entire Medi The presidential press confer- terranean area from Italy to Tur-|ence was considered highly sig key will be mined. nificant in the light of statements German sources 5 made last night by Knox and Hull tory in the thre battle at in speeches yesterday. Thermopylae was accomplished Knox concluded his address be- by crack mountain troops, which fore the American Newspapers worked their way around the! Publishers’ association at New British defenders and struck York with the statement: “We them from the back must make our promise good to . give aid to Britain. We must see the job through.” id their vic- Fred od W. Knapp, W. G. Richard- son, Homer He bb, geist, Hol- IS INSTRUCTOR Facet Cheaee aik M. Albury, A, NEPHEW OF SHERIFF SAW. M Mokgan, P. M. Hiatt, Raiph* YER PUTS ATTENTION . M. H. Presley and W. E. TO AVIATION ra Delgado and Francetle Nichardson, dressed in Spanish costur passed mints to the guests. Solos were sung by Mrs. iff Berlin Eva Warner and Mrs. Morris fiver at 26, ha Owen, while Susan LaKin and t, instructing Can: hate of Mrs. Carl Bervaldi sang duet the embattled Royal Air Foree and Nan Johnson, singer for the ‘the sheriff learned in letter South Florida Crippled Children’s from his mother Lake Hospital, appeared The Key West high tette, directed by Miss M. W up in Key and music by the rhumba band |.¢ 4 feature and the Key West Hospitality band were features States OTHER WORKERS | 9-0": TO WAIK QUT ces =o gece New York, Frank has ¢ rk the Canadian A tuvining school Previously, decording 1k, nephew of Sher and a yeteran iw talents George Fr a at City school 0¢- | Prank, wh born and grew was the subject a Salt Lak wis t paper which t heriff. at the former Miss Lellith § Army working ¢ wa the ser jawye’ Air a er a ix Corp United ot runs het 1 ss with (By Assoctated Press) DETROIT, April 23—Workers in 61 General | Mates | factories probably will walk somnetim over the weeke cot pa: ident Charles E. Wilsor (o the he had learned by mak weather his 00 of 49 degree wspaper story st cold weather flights for the nt, which ¢ y pre t ~ — arried f sof a 178 feet { the pla temperatur uated from the Univer ty of Utah. where he sar ter Hoeky ewspape said Frank 3 isteris to stay that theesr ia y ris tear ter relay MISTAKE IN PRICE The Cc. y said i for gle at in stizer the 1Di-ae Over staker d $22 SON AND GRANDSON ¥ cotpora- MONTESANO, Wash EI ;, the company was | Byles, mayor of this city, is both of former paid about $10,000 at the standard a son and grandson ‘rate of $35 an acre, ‘mayors of this city.