The Key West Citizen Newspaper, April 29, 1941, Page 1

Associated Press Day Wire Service For 61 Years Devoted to t Best Interests of Key West VOLUME LXII. No. 102. he Thomas £. Dewey To Head... Organizations In Campaign’ To Help Defense Personnel as isi Interest Of; Soldiers, Sailors And Other Youth In National | Activities (Special to The Citizen) NEW YORK, April 29.—Six national agencies, representing 40,000,000 Americans will draft Thomas E. Dewey tomorrow to head the United Service Organi-‘ zations’ $10,765,000 campaign for’ soldiers, sailors and other youth in national defense. President Roosevelt and Secre- of War and Navy declare} this effort is vital to national de- fense morale, The program calls for recrea- tion, hospitality, welfare and op- eration of more than 300 service clubs adjacent to big camps and Mayal stations. The agencies include Y.M.C.A., National Catholic Community Service, Salvation Army, Y.M.C.A., Jewish Welfare Board and National Travelers Aid Asso- — ERNESTO. PEREZ GIVEN HEARING PLACED UNDER PEACE BOND BY JUSTICE ENRIQUE ESQUINALDO Ernesto Perez, held on a charge of beating and threatening the life of Mrs. Beulah Howard, this V\eeereseae ORDERED FROM ORIENT TO CAIRO (Dy Associated Press) WASHINGTON. April 29.— Marine Capt. James Roose- velt, son of the President, has been ordered from the Orient to duty at Cairo, seat of Great Britain’s middle east- ern military operations, it was announced today. COPIILID I 4 FIND BRITISH VERY GRATEFUL FIRE HOSE SHIPPER GETS ANSWER TO NOTE FOR- WARDED | (By Assoctated Press) AKRON, Ohio, April 29.—A |battalion of smoke-eaters in the suburbs of London, who spend most of their waking hours un- blitzing incendiary bombs have added a full four inches to the chest expansion of an Akron rub- ber company employe. Several months ago Peter Lon- cosky was packing fire hose bound for London when he heard someone remark that the equip- ment was a “repeat order”. The first load, he learned, was, sunk when a British merchantman was torpedoed in the ete by a submarine. Moved, Loncosky fottea down this note: “Hope the hose reaches you this time. Best of luck”. He shoved it into a nozzle and fin- ished his job of crating. Not long ago came an answer from a fireman at Surrey, Eng- land, and signed by 19 fellow firefighters. “Dear Peter”, it said, “I hap- {pened to be unpacking some hose jthis afternoon and saw your note. jAnd so I am writing this letter just to let you know that it has been found. “First of all, let me thank you jfor your wish that we get the those safely. I can assure you that {it will be put to good use... morning was placed under $200;This station often has to go to Che Kry West Ctttern Key West, Florida, has the most equable climate in the country; with an average . range of only 14°’Fahrenheit THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN THE U. S.A. KEY WEST, FLORIDA, TUESDAY, APRIL 29, 1941 pe Coal. STRIKE GOVERNMENT MEDIATORS} ANNOUNCE AGREEMENT HAS BEEN REACHED (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON, April 29.—A soft coal strike, which provided the most serious threat so far ex- the de-| fense industries, has been settled, | perienced by nation’s government mediators announced today. With a dozen steel furnaces closed down and other plants} ready to cut to half time because’ of the: fuel shortage, mediators | said a settlement had been reach-} ed this’ mornmg’ after the per-’ sonal intervention of | President Roosevelt. Ending of the’ strike leaves the country without a single major! walkout in defense industry. GERMANS TRAP ALLIED FORCES BRITISH ADMIT MANY SHIPS HAVE BEEN LOST BY SINKING | (By Annociated Pres) LONDON, April 29.—Warning that British and Australian civil- jian populations must prepare themselves for bad news, govern- ment spokesmen today announced that most of the B. E. F. had made good its escape from southern Greece, but admitted that losses have been heavy. (Berlin says German troops are slashing through the remains of the B. E. F. and a communique re- veals the destruction of another 18,000 tons vf British shipping in fierce aerial bombings.) (Advance units of the German ; the sea coast in southern Greece, trapping a part of the still resist- ing Allied forces.) How many men have been lost by the Allied armies in their re- treat to waiting ships in southern Greece is unknown, but British spokesmen admit the loss of life; } wna been Key West Houses of prostitution in Key West must be eliminated, Sur- geons General of the army, navy and public health services have informed County Health Officer | James D. Parramore. Making his quarterly report on medical conditions in the county, |Dr. Parramore said today he had | been told by heads of the various services that commercialized vice in areas around defense centers will be stamped out. No effort at regulation will be made, it is un- | derstood, but every effort will be made to wipe out the industry complete. Unless local officers take action {of their own, the public health service is understood to be ready to quarantine'as a health menace every house of prostitution in the city. Should such action be tak- | jen, anyone entering or leaving the qtiarantined house would be open to prosecution. Another method, which has | studied by local com- overnment Officials Urge Houses Of Prostitution In Be Eliminated mandants of the armed services, | would be to put off bounds all the |houses of prostitution in town, |Stationing armed guards to pre- vent service men from using them. | fied Mayor Willard M. Albury of jthe public health service declara- | tion. A study of the vice situation | around army and navy camps and in cities where defense industries are located has convinced the |service medical men that regula- tion of the prostitutes with health cards is not sufficient protection, Dri‘Parramore said he was in- formed. | Both Dr. Parramore and armed | service commandants are under- stood to be waiting for a - final |word from Washington head- |quarters before beginning their |drive to eliminate the houses. Public health service men at the (Continued on Page Four) U Legislature Agrees On Death Penalty For Sabotage Acts (By Associated Press) 23.— today TALLAHASSEE, April The passed an act Florida Legislature terminating ap- pointed officials’ terms when a/ governor leaves office. The Senate and House agreed on imposing the death penalty for sabotage that actually inter- feres with defense. The House voted 70-14 for a HOME GUARDS — MEET TONIGHT jtroops are said to have reachedjSESSION WILL BE INDOORS TELLS U. S. USE OF VESSELS AT NATIONAL GUARD ARMORY Home guard members tonight | |gomstitutional amendment author- ‘izing garnishment actions against ‘salaries or incomes of married If the Senate concurs, the | persons. ithe amendment will go to polpcterete: in 1942. tablish the last Thursday in No- vember as Thanksgiving Day. |The House had previously passed | the bill. ‘GERMANY WARNS ABOUT CONVOYS WILL MEAN WAR WITH AXIS POWERS | (By Associated Press) BERLIN, April 29.—German Dr. Parramore said he has noti- The Senate voted 28-6 to es- ___ PRICE FIVE FIVE CENTS Corman: Bombers wStruck At Plymouth Last Night ‘With Devastating Force Sat Mer neacn | POWER LINE TO ARMY AIRPORT NINETY BILLION APPROPRIATION FOR BOCA (By Assoctated Press) WASHINGTON, April 29. —America’s national debt CHICA PROJECT TURNED! OVER TO RURAL ELECTRI- FICATION HEADQUARTERS ee Damage Inflicted In Fourth Consecutive Raid On Great English Sea- port (Dy Associated Press) Nazi bombers last night for the fourth night in succession struck | with devastating force at Eng- land's great port of Plymouth. For more than four hours, Ger- the start of rk thi ver | e start of work on the POWGE siaee plies by: thelbeiniioadecaibies | ed fire bombs and high explosives over the city, which only a few hours before had turned out en ters in Washington, it was learn-} |masse for burial services dedi- ed here today. Miss Alice Neill, assistant to | ted #0 the dead from the raids the director of electrification in| of the three previous nights. this area, told Julius F. Stone, Jr.,; in a letter that the advance the ecisaiialanke ware Seed would make it possible for engi- denliasetudeiets csr |neers to begin preliminary work |*° have drppped bombs filled with on the project. The total appro- } Oil all over the city, then returned { ON PARTY VOTE Liisa ro peg will amount to | to spill an estimated 10,000 fire bombs and thousands of high ex- | Stone suggested that the elec- CHURCHILL TOLD BRITISH | ‘tification agency make a direct! Observers the bombers apparently were of a {negotiation with Civil Aeronau- PARLIAMENT HE WILL ASK |tics Authority to determine what | hitherto unusued type, since they jexploded with far greater force arrangements will be necessary FOR CONFIDENCE EXPRES-' 4. tne power project. SION NEXT WEEK |than those which have been used previously. LEGION MEMBERS 1 ;man occupied port of Brest in ALBERT MILLS ACCOMPANIED | France, Arie ig pa corals ad- " ‘i e force 0! erman ing he) will waice: the tature:, ot THOSE LEAVING ON TRIP lattacks is steadily increasing, and TO HAVANA that damage last night at Ply- mouth was heavy. German bombers this morning were launching a new offensive against cities along England's southeast coast, but neither gov- ernment reported any details of during the present war may reach 90 billion dollars, Com- merce Secretary Jesse Jones told members of the United States Chamber of Commerce here today. Declaring that the defense effort will mean great sacri- fice on the part of every citi- zen, Jones said he believed it would be far more expensive than at first had been be- lieved. The debt limit before the start of the war was 45 bil- lion dollars, which almost has been reached. DIDS SE ESS. PRIME MINISTER An appropriation of $50,000 for} line to the Boca Chica army air- port has been turned over to the Rural Electrification headquar- | | Varying their usual procedure, plosives. said | | (Ry Ansociated Press) \ LONDON, April 29.—Prime Minister Winston Churchill told the house of commons this morn- 1 his party on a vote of confidence | next week, | Churchill told the parliament | he would ask for the vote imme- | Albert Mills, newly elected na- ‘diately after the completion of |tional convention delegate of the \this week’s sessions. |American Legion, along with The vote will be on whether | about 300 other legion members his government's conduct of the, and their families, were expected the new daylight attacks, Greek campaign and of the re- |to arrive in Key West this after-| ‘The heavy raid on Plymouth mainder of the war has met with |n0on at 3:15 o'clock after a three-' was reported in Berlin to have the approval of parliament. [oy Ms Ment ean, said bad \Pen one of several attacks | weather might delay the boat in di ‘ted i of thi ey trip from Cuba, but the vessel ; spas kcacista eave cugon on cities in that area, with heavy peace bond for a year in a hear-/London and fight fires caused by ing before Peace Justice En-{German Aeroplanes. rique Esquinaldo, Jr. “We pauls let things like that Un jeet us down Gee money. will bo sfortsted, if), THe British fireman topped oft this message with a request for an Perez is arrested again on anyjanswer and a picture of Lon+ charge of disturbing the peace. cosky. Key West Has Greatest Rain In History For Month Of April, Key Westers, who since Sunday | fore the downtown station reach- have been treated to a littte less | © its first inch, now has dropped } behind, with 8.29 inches at 8:30} lo'clock this morning in the pres- whatever satisfaction there is in| ent downpour. knowing that it never happened} P'eviously, all-time record sr the entire month of April had before. Never, in the 61 years of been the 7.46 inches recorded over the U. S. Weather Bureau's exist- | April's 30 days in 1939. At 8:30 {this morning, the present month had seen 11.94 inches recorded} Witnesses in the murder and it has now gone over a foot.|Mrs. Cecelia Thompson Tunks, FER BIER | The current month has only one} whose body was found in bed at in8.| more day to go, and the weather |1016 Howe street early in Feb- the weather bureau had tallied} man’s forecast is more rain for!ruary, today continued to parade 9.66 inches of rain since the storm | tonight and tomorrow. |before the Monroe county grand began on Sunday. Adding another; Although this month has gone jury. ' half inch, which is about what far over the records for April] Ray Mills, special investigator the weatherman said had fallen|rains, the city has seen worse in {of State Attorney George Wor- between then and 3:30 this after-| other months. In one September |ley’s office, appeared before the noon, the city has been deluged | storm, it rained more than 13 jury yesterday. with more than 10 inches of rain | inches in 48 hours. Circuit Judge Arthur Gomez in the three days. Aside from beating down|has not returned from Miami, The airport weather station, | flowers and a few branches, wet-jand the jury will not make its which had run up four inches be- ane mar |Teport until he has repoened his j court. has been very high and many} ships have been sunk. Army officers several days ago warned the civilian population that heavy losses must be expect- ed and predicted that much of the army’s equipment would be lost in the evacuation. The fact that part of the army still has not reached ships is evi denced by reports that fighting | still is going on miles north of hee sea coast. 4 GRAND JURY STILL PROBING MURDER WITNESSES IN TUNKS CASE GRILLED BY BODY TODAY than a foot of rainfall, may take the | | ence here, has there been an of April shower like this one. evider th at the rains have done any par- {ticular damage Reports reach office Fort Tay DIES AT CHURCH DOOR sheriff's ‘ound the I wish to announce that I have! taken over the garage adjoining PAUL'S TIRE and AUTO SUP- PLY STORE and will continue as in the past to serve you as LUIS GARAGE AND STORAGE are filled f 516 White Street Phone 265. many LUIS NORCISA NEW ORLEANS, La—While standjng outside talking with fel- low ushers before the church ce began, Joseph Schoebel for 40 years an usher at th hurch of the Immaculate Co ception, collapsed on the walk and was taken into sanctuary where he was nounced dead. is so deep in covered th while e } most e pro- { jweekly drills and rifle [Bristol | Charleston will move their weekly drill pe-! {newspapers today warned the riod indoors at the national guard | paps y | United States that use of Amer- armory. The meeting is sched-| ican vessels for convoy duty may uled for 8 o'clock. {mean war with the Axis power. Guard officials said tonight’s| Pointing to the delicate state of meeting will be important and'relations between Berlin and} urged members to attend in spite; Washington, the newspapers said | of the rain. |the United States will be pret The wait, members of which! cipitating trouble if ships are made their first. public appear-! used to help get supplies to Eng- nce in the American Legion pa- land. rade last week, is continuing its} "OPPOSE SE VISIT BY _ FOREIGN GROUPS, tions. _TEMPERATURES — Lowest last Highest la: night 24 hours 50 73 49 78 43 73 65 80 45 64 57 80 76 59 76 some government leaders to |range for a tour of England and the United States by Japanese Foreign Minister Matsuoka were said by authoritative sources to- day tc tion both here and in Washing- ton It had been suggested that ef- forts to keep Japan out of the struggle might be aided by invit- ing Matsuoka to visit London and Washington on a trip similar to the one he recently completed gh Moscow, Berlin and 'Boise Boston Brownsville Buffalo incinnati Denver El Paso Hatteras Havre Jacksonville KEY WEST Los Angeles Miami Minneapolis Montgomery New York 74 78 8 TUESDAY Stone Church Service Club. 6:00; p.m. Key West Home Guard meets at National Guard armory, 8:00 p.m. 72 69 74 74 79 | ocean mt seem MAY DAY FESTIVAL ae te BAYVIEW PARK Thursday. Mav |. at 5e00 P. M Benefit High School P.-T. A. CAKES. CANDY. COLD DRINKS On Sale ———— THURSDAY Rotary Club meets 12:15 p.m St. Paul's Parish Hall Lions Club meets at 6:30 pm Lions’ Den, Seminary Street. sncil meets in City Hall, ission meets in parthouse, 8:00 p.m. ‘SEIZED YACHT still was scheduled to arrive on LONDON, April zy.—Efforts of | have met with a cool recep- | _ KNOWN HERE \FOUR ON BOARD VESSEL TAKEN INTO CUSTODY BY CUBAN GOVERNMENT | { Ezgoin, the Key West register- jed yacht which was reported to |have been picked up by a Cuban ‘gunboat yesterday, was» in city at Craig Docks for several weeks last summer, but little is |known of her along the water- |front here Customs department officials ar- say they never heard of the ves- sel, although they explained Key | West registry could be obtained either in Tampa or Miami with- lout the yacht ever coming here. Three men anda woman aboard the two-motored yacht lwere taken before authorities in Cuba after they had been run into Batabano from the south coastal waters between Cuba and the Isle of Pines.. Nav- al officials said the yacht was provisioned for a long trip. 7 ON THINKING | WITH YOUR FEET (By Associated Prean) TULSA, Okla, April Cc A. King, Tuisa jfinds a knowledge of psychol |most useful in his business. He advises lolling cor in a chair, feet on the desk, and perhaps even a cud of tobacco in mouth “The customers, by golly. use t a ban who sat up his hat on or even lw he points out. But when a banker can make himself comfortable, with his feet lon the desk, you just know he’s a banker with an easy con- science.” this | immigration ; . northeast Ethiopia time. Information from the Ha- vana office of the line yesterday | indicated 278 passengers had | | booked trips to Key West, with 22) bound for Tampa. | Additional bookings later in the jday probably brought the num- ber of Ie; Rionnaires coming to Key | West to about SCOUT COURT TO MEET Examining court of Key West Boy Scouts will be held tonight at the old naval hospital building, Isadore Weintraub, chairman of the scout committee, announced today. The meeting will open at 7:30 o'clock ‘British Units Italy’s Ethi TWO PROPERTY DEALS RECORDED Edward W. Scudder, Monroe county, has purchased from Pres jon B. Pinder, Ke¥ West, part of Jots on Upper Matecumbel _ key, it was learned today Pp; Pyr ¢ pride for the lots wp obbut 00.3 ‘3 William C. Banks, formerly of Key West and now a resident of New Castle, Del, has sold to Jeanette Frow, Key West, two lots on Margaret street for about $2,800 Smash At | i iopian Forces (By Associated Presey British colo up their Dessye in are smashing at the remains of Italy's Ethiopian forces with # furious new attack, a communique said today. Obviously »atternpting to free themselves for action against the expected German drive on the Suez, units of the British colonial army are d CAIRO, April 29 nial troops, following capture of strategic y Duke of Aosta’s rem: while RAF bombers are reported to have smashed three important airdromes in the Dessye section One battle near Dessye ended today with the capture of 2,000 Italian soldiers and 400 of their colonial allies, according to the report. Cairo dispatches say German and Italian troops in the Salum sector along the Egyptian border have been beaten back and the \drive brought to a halt. j * (Berlin has claimed victory for’ the German army in a clash with the British east of Salum Egypt. The drive still) is pushing through the defenders, according to Berlin.) Army leaders in C while have dine od knérwiedge of a reported in which British and Free French forces said in Vichy to have moved into French Free French headquarters London also have denied story, published from Vichy terday, that a Free French British force attacked the ony.) SOUTHERNMOST FLOWERS doz. 616 DUVAL PHONE 136 Opposite Monroe Theater o, mean attack Somaliland in the ye ce