The Key West Citizen Newspaper, April 30, 1941, Page 1

Associated Press Day Wire Service For 61 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West Che Key West Crttzern THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER VOLUME LXII. No. 103. IN THE U.S. A. KEY WEST, FLORIDA, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 30, 1941 Japan Wars United States Against Extension Of Naval: Activities Into War Zone Proposes Sweeping Terms For Peace Treaty To! End War Between Ger- many And England (By Associated Press) TOKYO, April 30. — Tokyo mewspapers today warned the United States editorially against extension of its naval activities to European waters and proposed Sweeping terms for a peace treaty "SSPE ss ss ROOSEVELT WILL SPEAK TONIGHT :: (By Annociated WASHINGTON, April ee President Roosevelt will speak over a nation-wide ra- dio hook-up tonight as the opening gun in a campaign to sell federal securities, which starts tomorrow. The President will speak. at 9:30 o'clock (EST), with Postmaster Frank Johnson speaking on the same _ pro- gram. CRADLE LaLa a4 to end the war between Germany and England. Included in the were the suggestions that: 1, The United tes and Eng- land declare a naval ship-building | holiday until parity; 2. The United States and Eng- land demilitarize naval bases in the Pacific; 3. England drop immigration restrictions to Australia; 4. England move her seat of | government from London to Canada; 5. England permit a joint op- eration of the Suez canal with Germany. | The papers said the United States must be reminded that Japan has a treaty of alliance with Germany and Italy and that Present plans for Ameriewy patrol of European waters appears to be a move of aggression against the | Axis. peace terms Germany attains; OPEN HOUSE AT NURSERY SCHOOL wl EVENT IN OBSERVANCE OF | middle of last week, will return: jhere Friday, it was day. NATIONAL CHILD HEALTH | t | Key West mothers tomorrow | will be invited to attend an open} house at the WPA nursery schoo! | here in observance of National Chiid Health Day. The nursery, | located at the old kindergarten building at South and Reynolds stre all through the day Mrs. Dan Navarro, chairman of | an advisory committee which will take over direction of the nursery | tomorrow, said she had been in- | formed by Mrs. Elva McPherson, WPA supervisor in Miami, that all nursery schools will be opened | to the public during the day. Mrs. | Leonor Valdes is acting head teacher at the school. Mrs. Navarro explained that |P! made it necessary for local spon- | sors to take over the nursery, but | , employes of the relief agency will | continue the actual operation Sponsors already have promised enough contributions to keep the | nursery open for another year | from tomorrow The nursery cares for about 32 | children a day, teaching them and their mothers standards of health, bathing and feeding them fot Rotary NOTICE EFFECTIVE MAY 1ST CURRIE’S SERVICE STATION now located at Fleming and Margaret Streets will move to the STANDARD OIL COM- PANY SERVICE STATION at corner of White and Division Streets | yesterday was granted building permit for pairs to the power plant at Fort and Angela streets. sell during the day other | Knowles for one-story buildings street at a cost of $500 apiece. JUDGE GOMEZ TO 8, will be open for inspection Take jtrain ripped open scattering packages of currency, taining $1,500. |then called foi withdrawal of funds by WPA has | ¢a1'g99 estas | day Lions City Cou Notice! ELECTRIC CO. PLANS REPAIRS, TWO OTHER BUILDING PER- MITS ISSUED YES- TERDAY We: Key Electric company a $2,500 general re- Building Inspector Ralph Rus issued two] permits to Theodore construction of two on RETURN FRIDAY COMING HERE FROM MIAMI TO RECEIVE REPORT OF GRAND JURY Circuit Judge Arthur Gomez, ho has been in Miami since the learned to- The judge will be in Key West | to receive the report of the grand! jury, which continued its session today. ALL BUT FIFTY _ DOLLARS FOUND, Associated Press) LYNDON, Kas., April $3,000 in small currence: | toss it into a high wind, and how much do you back? think you'll get $50 if mail You would get all but ou were as fortunate as clerks here. A sack tossed from a speeding two each con- The clerk on duty icked up all the bills in sight, help. By night- 949 had been found. Next a fellow brought in $1 recov- d more than a mile away her $50 just didn’t turn up. “COMING EVENTS WEDNESDAY (Tonight) Red Cross first aid class organizes at Harris school, 7:00 p. m THURSDAY meets 12:15 p.m ish Hall. eets 6:30 p.m. ry Street a City Hall Club Paul's P Club Lions’ St De 8:00 p.m Co Notice! Anyone having a bill against Venetia | The! ‘ARTIFICIAL ARMS TIED TO MUSCLES ARE VERY USEFUL |GERMAN DEVELOPS LIMBS WHICH CAN BE USED VERY EFFICIENTLY ON MOST OC- CASIONS (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON, April 30. — Plans for the reopening of soft coal mines tomorrow, after month-long strike, appeared to {have hit a snag today as union officials and southern coal operators announced a new con- jference for this afternoon. | By ERNEST G. FISCHER AP Feature Service Writer Union officials said BERLIN, April 30.—Soldiers ‘mines definitely will return who lose both arms can be madejproduction tomorrow, but the! elf-reliant” by artificial limbs, jnew hitch in relations between the} j according to Dr. Ferdinand Sauer- |southern operators and their em- broch, eminent German sorgeon. pployes may occasion further de- | To prove his point, Dr. Sauer-; Qperators in both sections pre- ‘bruch gave a demonstration be-j viously had agreed to a flat in- {fore a group of foreign correspon- ; crease of a dollar a day, |dents. He called up one of his for- mer petients, a 26-year-old man jwhose arms were severed about /Union to erase the wage differen- ‘halfway between the elbow and tia! between north and south. hand. { Cause of the delay has not been Equipped with artificial hands, |™ade public, but union men pre- the subject unbuttoned and but.|dict the new difficulty will be toned his clothes, took a match |ironed out soon.” Miners have jout of a box and lit a cigar, car-|been idle since April 1, when the ried a scuttle of coal, and handled | Walkout began. | i | i} a pencil. Handwriting Unchanged Dr. Sauerbruch explained that the subject's handwriting was the same as it was when he had the use of his natural hands. The sur- | geon said that this was true gen- erally in cases of amputation that even the armless man in the circus sideshow who handles | {pencil with his toes produces the | same style of “handwriting” he! formerly produced by hand. | The science of providing arti- ficial limbs has reached the point } | where arms, with some practice, | jean be made to be from 30 to 60} per cent as efficient as the natural arms, depending upon the point at} {which the arms was amputated, ! \explained the surgeon. This par. | ticular subject lost the lower part | of his arm eight years ago. Each of the two mechanisms | consists of a hand of sompemion | material, a metal sleeve-like arm which slips over the stump of the amputated arm, and two ivory pegs. BPP MISS, eae \ANNOUNCE SINKING OF BRITISH SHIPS Gy Axcoc Press) BERLIN, April 30.—Ger- man bombers and submarines yesterday destroyed 45,000 tons of British shipping in Greek waters, a communique announced today. PDS LS ILI LS WOULD LEVY | aaa TA tion, consists of grafting a chara PAPY INTRODUCES MEASURE nel of skin under the muscles on | leach side of the arm. Ivory pegs AFFECTING MONROE jabout four inches long go through | COUNTY jeach of these channels. The pegs fit loosely into the channels and can be withdrawn readily. i The mechanical hand and arm {hitch on to these pegs. The mus- {bas introduced a measure author- cles of the arm motivate the peg, jizing the Monroe county board of which exerts pressure on the me-|commissioners to levy chanical arm which, in turn, itax not to exceed threc moves the fingers. | 5 ¥ The individual shown in the | 10? 0m Property ‘demonstration, the surgeon ex- Of Meeting the \plained, had become self-sustain- | Projects unde ing. He operates an elevator in| federai agencics the huge hospital charity clinic,, Papy’s bill w __|supervised by Dr. Sauerbruch. !calendar k | What was done for this individual |house on second can be done for hundreds of | maimed soldiers, the surgeon said, jalthough he admitted that shrap- nel frequently complicates mat- ters. It is better, he said, to make | provision for the artificial limb | soon after the amputation. IIs, Representative Bernie C. Papy a special mills per for the purpose in en with state or in county's share the the bills NEGRO HELD ON CHARGE OF RAPE Harri. ah on of ‘al in REPEATS WARNING ON PATROL SHIPS °: na elderly ar. befor Esquinaldo on Sawy gro, was Deputy on ff . | (Py Ansociated Press) BERLIN, April Berlin }newspapers today answered President Roosevelt's announce- ment of plans for use of Ameri- jean ships in European with’ a repe aration that ships in orpedoed 30. 2 waters any and all for war zone AT LOCAL ART CENTER will ROSE FOX BUYS : HOME YESTERDAY Rose Fox, Key West, y i for about e of Ant > Tr a strect Th property SOUTHERNMOST Plans For Reopening Soft Coal Mines Partly Upset; New Conference On Issue . CPTI ISIS SSS aj clo] northern | to} with | southern owners still holding out { against efforts on the part of the‘ ‘Gasoline Tax Revision System Clears Senate; Goes To House “THIRD SEX’ BENTON’S “ ton of tit previous “ROMANCE” ON EXHIBIT Key West, Florida, has the most equable climate in the country; with an average range of only 14°'Fahrenheit PRICE FIVE CENTS Quarters Churchill Reveals Moré Than Three ‘Of BEF Escaped Nazi Trap ‘MEDIATION BOARD BEGINS HEARINGS (ily Aasociatea Prenn) WASHINGTON, April 30. —National mediation board members today began hear- | ings on the threatened walk- out at 69 General Motors com- pany plants. Roosevelt Refus } | i | (Dy Associated Press) WASHINGTON, April 30. — President Roosevelt today re- fused to renew the reserve com- mission of Brig. Gen. Hugh S. Johnson, former NRA _ director, but now one of the administra- tion’s most caustic newspaper critics. T In a letter to Johnson, the Presi- MEETS TONIGH dent explained that no question of personalities is involved. Women interested in learning wees a as le os first aid procedure will meet for | president's refusal to renew John- | an organization session tonight at l gonia earn ies bh wae based onthe the Harris school. \fact that the general has not The meeting, at which plans| served actively for years, is get- will be laid for the first aid class- ting too old (he will be 59 s, is scheduled for 7 o'clock. August) and is not in physical condition to enter active service. Early said the resignation of Charles A. Lindbergh as a reserve jcolonel and the refusal to renew Johnson's commission could | be considered together. “The cir- jcumstances are entirely differ- ent,” he explained. | “By leaving the army,” Early , added, “they will have more lib- jerty to talk as they please.” [Retermendiewentiiots me sete ISSUES NOTICE | ABOUT SUPPLIES CROSSING BORDER \MOSCOW SAYS SHIPMENTS Association of County Commis- | én OF MILITARY SUPPLIES | release extra, money for WILL NOT BE PERMITTED TO GO THROUGH | pate eins FIRST AID UNIT (By Assoctated Press) TALLAHASSEE, April 30.—A ‘compromsie gasoline tax re- vision system cleared the Senate | favorable House. Four bills and a proposed con- | | stitutional amendment was agreed | | Sioners, claimed it will imme- ‘diate safeguard of county road-bridge debts and! road-building, \ (By Asnoeiated Prenn) relieve property tax rolls of road) MOSCOW, April 30. — The iKremlin, in a brief and unampli- ‘fied statement today, announced of that no further shipments of mili- supplies will be permitted to the borders of the Soviet obligations. Representative Inman Bredford is ready introduce cross {| Union. appropriating | At the same time, the news- $2,000,000 annually from the paper Pravda said German troops jare known to be in Finland and general revenue fund for old age) warned Russ civilian popula- to ‘tomorrow a_ bill pensions. This would be in addi- | tion to be prepared for a possible ; Ger- | ‘thrust from enemy powers. tion to other pension funds. | (The announcement that {man troops are in Finland bore {out recent statements of the jStockholm _ press that Finnish | army leaders had asked for tech- nical advice from Germany.) TROOPS LEAVE FOR TRINIDAD ertnted Presa) {neutral aheereaek sopairageeastty that WASHINGTON, April 30.—A|the prohibition against passage of contingent of American troops military supplies through the this merning boarded the trans-|Soviect Union could be directed port Amer Legion at Brook-|only at Berlin.) lyn for duty in Trinidad, the war iepartment has announced | WAR the recently acquired Trinidad | wv. base men MOUNTAIN THIEVES GET HEAVY LOOT (Ty Associated Presa) COLORADO SPRINGS AMERICA’S CONVOY AID TO GREAT BRITAIN: OTHER QUESTIONS BROACHED 30 Springs lear n time that the city. as being stolen city ith By MORGAN M. BEATTY particular AP Fe: © Writer quipment wuld WAS SHINGTOR, April 30—The ver the track 'ticklish question of peace or war jfor the United States constantly up in fiery debate in Con we appar ad re- | gress, rs, citizens to of the other them come parts s each wering TO MY FRIENDS— ee 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 now a aid to Britain General Johnson’s Commission in) > not | (With German troops repgrted | {ready set a thrust in the dire cate ! MOST OF DEBATES HINGE ON Admits Loss Of Entire Di- vision Of 15,000 Men; Greeks Warned Of Col- lapse Week Ago es To Renew SLI IS SIS SS ‘FAUSTO CASTILLO GETS AUTOMOBILE Fausto Castillo, local gro- cery dealer, was awarded the American Legion automobile at La Concha hotel Saturday night. A brief ceremony accom- panied the presentation, which was made by Robert Spottswood, president of the convention corporation. PDL SII I LI MI Sa (By Associated Press) LONDON, April 30.—Three- quarters or more of the British expeditionary force in Greece has been evacuated safely, Prime Min- ister Winston Churchill told the house of commons today. Admitting the loss of one en- tire division of 15,000 men, either killed, wounded or captured, {Churchill said the main body of the army had been withdrawn to Crete and to Egypt. (German troops, still mopping up the remains of Britain's expe- ditionary force in Greece, have cut off a rear guard attempting to cover the retreat of the main | jbody, a Berlin communique said |FOUR- HOUR BOMBARDMENT today.) DIRECTED AT ENGLISH Announcing the safe withdraw- al of most of the tropos, Churchill PORT LAST NIGHT jtold commons Greek leaders a | week ago had warned that it was time for the British forces to leave the country. ‘ANOTHER RAID ON PLYMOUTH (By Associated Press) Britain’s bomb-scarred naval| Greek army officers, Churchill base at Plymouth had another |Said, informed the British offi- |four-hour bombardment last night |Cers that it would be impossible jas German w arplanes singled out} jfor the war- ‘weary Greeks to con- the important coastal city for |tinue fighting much longer, They their fifth large scale attack in as|a8ked for the withdrawal of the | many nights. |BEF so that it might continue | While long range guns on the |“our battle” on other grounds. French channel coast were pound- | res ing the Dover area with. their FOUR OF NAVY’S heaviest barrage of the war, bombers handed Plymouth its | lacie DESTROYERS PLOWED THROUGH HEAVY {most severe drubbing. | The big guns, firing only inter- | |mittently in recent weeks, opened lup for seven hours yesterday, SEAS Four of the navy's newest sub- marine-destroyers are moored hurling tons of high explosive in- |here today after a flying trip to the Dover sector. Royal Air Force bombers, mean- ‘through heavy seas. Where the | swift little vessels have been pre- while, reached far back into Ger- many to spill high explosives and incendiary bombs on Mannheim, |viously has not been announced, but a smashed superstructure on one of them revealed it had plow- y almost on the north Italian fron- tier. lof speed CAME IN FROM CUBA LAST, The ships, EVENING; ALL RETURN. = ‘De NAVY. are same lin as the ING TO HOMES were here last month. Fast and armed with machine guns, the Several hundred American Le-|PTC’s are equipped with depth gion members and their families |charges for use against sub- last night and this morning were instead of carrying tor- pouring out of Key West’ over s do the PT’s the highway after returning here! Their insignia, designed by yesterday afternoon from Ha-|Walt Disney, is of a mosquito vana. carrying a depth charge. The Members of the group returned | PT’s use the design of a mosquito here laté in the afternoon aboard tarrying a torpedo. the steamship Cuba after a rough GETS PRACTICE days P designated PTC by modelled along the PT boats which TEMPERATURES Lowest last Highest last cor night 24 hours 58 47 West of & drilled and given ny other ways pre proposed trip gton during the month where they will take part in g pare nd other festivi carried on na Schooi and gir The ant Key & now beir Boi Buffalo Burlington Casper Charleston Chicago Denver Eastport E! Paso Havre Jacksony KEY WEST Medford Mi Montgomery ty eir t be in the capital and Mr in charge the trip to group, Myrtland ¢ of the patrol Washing and f are i mopke with the arrar ured f the pccommeadat with o in connection ni Okla. ( ‘YOUNG APRIL’ — Auspices— KEY WEST HIGH SCHOOL SENIOR CLASS Jr.-Sr. High School M Mar Spokane r ie 6 WALL BOARD | $25 M. Auditorium Friday, May 2, 8:15 P. M General Admission 35 Reserved Seats at Gardner's $0c the KEY WEST CONVENTION CORPORATION, sponsors of Am erican Legion Convention. please looked i my author- for LUIS GARAGE AND STORAGE 516 White Street Phone 265 LUIS NORCISA customers and friends invited to call con- CEMENT 80¢ sack Strunk Lumber Yard | PHONE 816 nn All are cordially there. ARNOLD CURRIE. Prop. | | | | ities. First, you must decide (Continued on Page Four) GLADIOLL file same with the undersigned. 616 DUVAL PHONE 136 WILLIAM A. FREEMAN Opposite Monroe Theater FLOWERS é $1.00 Treasurer.’ 1.