The Key West Citizen Newspaper, May 5, 1941, Page 1

Associated Press Day Wire Service For 61 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West Che Key West Cttizen 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. VOLUME LXII. No. 107, KEY WEST, FLORIDA, ‘TWENTY- FIVE ALIENS MADE Application. Filed. With Airing To Key West, esses" CITIZENRY FOLLOWING Proposed System To Be é-|PAUL MARKS PAUL MARKS ON ing became citizens of the United NATURALIZATION tablished On Line Be- VISIT T0 CITY 2 as Judge John Holland; U.S. CHHZENS}: House declined today, | place the estimated 30,000 citrus | TALLAHASSEE, May 5.—The 44-34, | workers under the state unem- |ployment compensation law. ‘opened his federal court here} tween Key West And Mi- with naturalization proceedings. ami Members of the Elks club, with | |Dr. J. B. Parramore, chairman of | the club’s patriotism committee, took part in ceremonies welcom-| ing the new citizens. About 25 Elks were in the court room. | Fiye women who lost their citi- Paul Marks, former Key Wester zenship through marriage were’ SEEKS KEY WEST FLOAT; FOR MIAMI'S ORANGE BOWL (Washington Correspondent PARADE NEW YEAR'S DAY of The Key West Citizen) WASHINGTON, D. C., May 5. —Key West will have direct air- | line connections with north- and west-bound airlines if an appli- cation just filed with the Civil who now is practising law in Mi- ami, returned here today to visit | with friends and to seek coopera- tion of junior and senior cham- bers of commerce for sponsorship of a float in the Orange Bowl parade, New Year's night. }repatriated during the | session. 1 | They were Maria Tiresa Romero, ! | Blanche Saunders Higgs, Mer-} jcedes Mesa, Tomosa Gomez and | | Caridad Nunez Rendueles. The new citizens are Lina Cana- vas Orta, Isaac James Kerr, Enos Aeronautics Board by Eastern Air Lines is approved. The application on which no| action has yet been taken, Marks, a member of the Orange | Ferguson, Benjamin Ferguson, ; Bowl committee, talked with Joe | Jesus Montero, Nicholas Fernan- |Allen, president of the junior |dez, Charles Wesley Smith, Faus- chamber, to learn if the organiza- | tino Castillo, Jose Ishmael Ra-! tion et pate to spon-|mirez, Anthony Yates, Josefa jsor a floa' € same question | Blandin, Antonio Arango, il- quesis the authority for a ih ree discussed by the senior cham- | liam Gardner, Marguerite et |ber a year ago. | Hilton, William Whyms, Rita Del | line from Miami to Key West. It The attorney came here with| Villar, Ida Jones, Clarence Alex- Bernard Feldman, owner of the | ander Key, John Lockhart, Esther | ‘Butler shoe stores; I. E. Sommers, | Bezanilla, Gustavus Edgecombe, operator of the Seeburg Phono-| James Alexander Bizzard, Ramon graphs in Florida, and his father, | Valdez, Virginia Dames and Sigis- Herman Marks. imund Augustus Laing. re- would make direct connection at Miami with Eastern’s Route No. to New York, and at Jacksonville with Route No. 10 to the west. Fastern to giant Doulas DC-3_ transport on the Key West-Miami route, al- | Belfast Left In Flames After inoot 6 Key Wert sion «| — Bombardment By Nazi Forces' that size, according to the appli- Siar | ‘medion: (By Associated Press) LONDON, May, 5.—German| Both fire fighters and military | Three.yound trips. day are! bomber squadrons which left |reliet agencies ‘moved in to assist v EAL for its new lite, | Belfast in flames yesterday after | Belfast authorities in the relief of would leave Miami at 7 and |a three and a half hour bombard- | suffering in the bomb-scarred ll a.m. and 5:45 p.m. They jment, have succeeded where dip- | capital city. would take just one hour for the jemnats failed in establishing ag * run to Key West. nranness use its A spokesman of the ministry | |of security said the raid had done! i bond of sympathy between north | Return trips would be schedul- jand south Ireland, observers here ; ed to leave Key West at 9:15 a. m., | believe. and 1:30 and 8:00 p. m., the com- | considerable damage to a factory | \in the city and smashed many | jhomes. Loss of life was surpris- | Citizens of Belfast cheered in) pany states. |gratitude as fire brigades from) Another application, that of | |Erie swept across the border to National Airlines for a_ similar assist them in fighting the con- ose ai H : = = | ndon diplomats, who ave | route, is also pending before the paaration, “the Dublin” govern Board. ment, which for generations has {| {done everything possible to es-| Sdn been cool toward the British; tablish better relations between! dominated north Ireland, took! the two sections of Ireland, said |quick action yesterday to rush the raid might prove a benefit to! CLAIM NAZI BASE | aid to Belfast. ithe empire. AT SOUTH POLE — — ven LESS THAN 600 MILES FRO! "Coroner's ‘Jury Is Investigating. SOUTHERN TIP oF SOUTH "Drowning Of Mr. And Mrs. Ness) AMERICA lingly low, according to the re-; while her husband appeared e make no effort to open the doors. | Harry Lee Baker, former city. policeman, plunged into the har- bor waters repeatedly, but unable to break into the car. | Witnesses to the death of Mr. | Cay. Aaneitaneh: Seanks jand Mrs. Roy Ness, who drowned . NEW YORK, May _5.-—Return- Last Sunday morning when their ing members of the Byrd expedi- | tion to the Anarctic have, told. a |@* backed into 25 feet of water startling account of a German any bons ca the udcechtha enth | in front yof the Samoa club, will polar ice cap, than 600 miles | appear before a coroner's from the southern tip of South | America. i Members of the expedition did | not see the base, since they heard | of it when they were too far away |Franklin Arenberg said the fatal to make the triv. According to | the report, however, the base was |P!USG® appeared to have been an established in 1938 and was used | accident. ) up until an explosion destroyed a | large part of it several months ago. South Americans told leaders of the expedition that the base d by the raider Graf Spee, | erman ship which was de- The | on the bottom, he said, and at that ! depth, it was impossible to see. Coast Guardsmen, after the car} ‘had been raised, worked for more | than four hours in an effort to re- | vive Ness before a doctor pro-/ nounced him dead. Ness, who had been in Key West with his wife for about three weeks, was an employe of the Wailves Dove-Hermiston Cor- poration of Westfield, N. J. He was supervising the installation of tanks on a low cost housing} project here. Jurors empanelled by Arenberg | are Frank O. Roberts, E. F. Rob- erts, MB. Gibson, Fred Marvil, | jury this afternoon at 4 o'clock. Although Acting Coroner witnesses have been pursied by the fact that both doors of the new coupe were locked. and by Ness’ apparent failure to make any effort to get So tightly sealed was the car that it floated, half submerged, for two or three minutes before plunging to the bottom, Witnesses said Mrs. Ness was’ struggling wildly, kicking at the windows, TO MY FRIENDS: take this opportunity thanking my many patrons their business during my tion of Paul’s Tire And Auto Supply Store T am now located at 428 WHI" af STREET carrying a complete . of AUTO PARTS and AC SORIES. Your continued patro: age is invited. Open 8 to 6 P. M. Daily 8 to 12 A. M. Sundays RAYMOND CURRY. Prop. PAUL'S TIRE The jury. will convene county courtroom. the night club,; dr. and Mrs. Ness had been drinking. said there was nothing sual about their behavior. The ple ordered a last drink, then ed out of the club and en tered the car. One patron of the club said he had overheard Ness ng someone he planned t drive to Miami. Apparently no one saw the car e into the water, but patre the night club rushed to when they heard the sfilash s of people gathered ni ¢ seawall after word had spread roughout the city of the fatal accident. Baker eventually fastened cables to the machine and it was! lifted after about an hour. ONE STEP CLOSER TO YOU! FRANK and TEDDY invite their many friends to the new CLUB LA CONGA 124 Duval Street Open Night and Day With SOMETHING OLD! SOMETHING NEW! SOMETHING GAY! SOMETHING BLUE! No Minimum-No Cover Just You! of for opera - E | {James jscaled in the The House also apparently |killed an attempt to abolish the, {laundry-dry cleaning board by refusing to override the public British And Iraq, Still Engaged In _Hostilities ALICE GRIFFIN GOES TO TRIAL HERE TUESDAY JURORS INSTRUCTED THIS AFTERNOON; PANEL WILL BE DRAWN TOMORROW} MORNING Trial of Alice Reid Griffin onj two federal charges of white; @lavery today was postpaned in-| til tomorrow morning in Judge John Holland’s court. ernoon for instructions and law- ‘yers will begin drawing a panel tomorrow. The court called on 45 prospec- | tive jurors from Key West and other south Florida cities. Six- ;teen have been excused. Key West citizens on the, jury are W. Earl Julian, Edward R. McCarthy, William T. Doughtry, | Jr., and Edward Graham. Others who have reported here for jury duty are T. D. Covington, iMiami Beach; Frank ©. Pruitt, |Miami; Charles B. Tutan, Miami F. Mack, James H. Bright Hialeah; Henry to, MONDAY, MAY 5, 1941 ‘House Votes. Against Placing Citrus: Workers Under: state Unemployment Compensation Law (By Associated Press) to the floor a bill to repeal the law. The Senate special committee |congressional district from counties that surround Lake Okeechobee, stretching Fort Myers to Palm Beach. The! population increase allows a sixth ' from prea committee and to isi ns ae aa \brought in a bill to create a new | 15 | et Evidently. Dot Quick Victory Over: Great Britain Papy Votes For Five Per Cent (German Leader Saye Nai Tax On Racing, But Reserves be Psieclooes Right To Say ‘I Told You So’ Next Year (Special to The Citizen) TALLAHASSEE, May 5.—Pre-!free hand to administer the pre- idicting loss of revenue to small |Scription which he believes will cure the sickness of the state. jcounties as a result of the meas- | (9) Because I insist on placing (Ry Ansoctated Press) WASHINGTON, May 5.—Adolf hich will put another five| Hilets eae ee ure which will put another Hve| the full responsibility for the suc- | quick vic percent tax on horse racing, Rep-|cess or failure of this legislative | ® 8° longer piiatees 2 resentative Bernie C. Papy lastj venture where it belongs and be- | tory over Great Britain was the week told members of the House he would yote in favor ‘of the }bill, but would reserve the right} to “holler ‘I told you so’. Soldiers bn jcause I wish to leave no excuse , the sponsors of the program that \any failure was due to obstruc- tionists. “I for one will not obstruct the to; Papy, in explaining his vote, | governor or his administration | | principal subject of conversation ) among diplomats here today. Studying the text: of Hitler's | Sunday speech before the Reich- (By Associated Press) said: CAIRO, May 5.—British troops | “I come from and represent a‘ jhave taken Irag’s Persian gulf jbut I certainly reserve the right | | with reference to this racing pro- | stag, foreign ‘office observers here {gram to holler I told you s0’,| said it was obvious that German Jurors ap-| peared before the court this aft-j port of Basra, a communique said today, but little news comes from the front outside of the fact that | British and Iraq soldiers are | righting. | (A Berlin radio report said {Britain’s $7,000,000 air base at Habanniyah has been shelled repeatedly by Iraq guns. Bagh- ‘dad has denied British claims ‘that the guns were captured last | | week.) 4 | Germany’s drive into Egypt, ; Meanwhile, has bogged down un- der the pressure of constant RAF bombing attacks and the ten- jacious struggle of empire defend- }ers in the Salum area. A communique said British fighters had shot down four Ger- ;man planes in action near Salum, anti-aircraft batteries were \reported to have hit, several oth- ers. For its part, RAF bombers ;8wep far back into Libya to bat- jter Italian supplies at Derna. | Returning fliers said their! }little county. In this I am like} two-thirds of you. I don’t need to tell you what the plight of lit-! |Without certain state aid we would be bankrupt and unable to} render the vital services of gov-j ernment to our citizens. “The chief direct aid to coun- ties comes from the gasoline and} racing revenues. The racing rev- enues is the only constitutional istate revenue which can be giv-> Jen to counties in equality and parity. It is natural then that a small county representative | should be most zealous and jeal- ous of the sole source of revenue jwhich is so vital to our con- Stituencies. It is therefore the important. obligation to scrutinize carefully every measure jor program which involves racing | | because it also involves: the fi- jnancial life line of our counties. | “I am firmly and conscientious- | when the disaster which I foresee | ‘will befall. One thing more: let those of you, who think that this | tle counties has been and still is, | frees you from all further respon- | Hitler said in the address that ‘sibility to provide for the old peo- {ple beware! |. “If you are honest and sincere you will provide the poor hungry old people with something beside lthis doubtful and experimental |bone, I for one believe that you ;are not doing much more then giving them a sleeping powder. I lurge that you give them some- thing more nourishing. If you 'don’t you may awake to hear | these poor hungry, angry, dis- jillusioned old people cry out against you: “false prophets, cruel | deceivers.” | “I vote aye—and I know that T |, ‘WOMAN IN TOLLS OF LAW AGAIN will be ae. But will yar tiohotes ted -weeckad “mete than UY. of the conviction that these; 100 trucks, which were lined uplthings: a ot, eee. oe \ELIZABETH SCHEIBLER | awaiting delivery to the fighting | e Hollywood; ‘forces. BUYS PROPERTY, Snowdon, Hollywood; C. H. Fal-| len, Jr., Miami; George E. Sim-! {mons, Jr., Fort Lauderdale; Den- nis M. Altman, Miami; R. Farris, Hollywood; Carl J. Hob-! son, Naranja; Steadman S. Stahl, | Coral Gables; Frank E. Lautz, Miami; erdale; Dania. Charles Behrens, Frank Baque, E. Kirby, Chapman, Benjamin A. Princetor Thomas J. s; Arthur But- Homestead; Goul was |ler, Miami; Roy H. Hawkins, Mi- } Apalachicola ami; J. D. Bowen, Coral Gables; miighine was resting upside down 'Otis L. Gossman, Goulds; Ray R. | Augusta andj; Allsbrook, Coconut Grove, }Sam Blank, Miami Beach. ROB CORNERSTONE ATLANTA.—Thieves stole a |quantity of jewelry that had been Columbus cornerstone of the | Church of God in this city. A crowbar was used to pry the stone from the church wall. ~-COMING EVENTS TUESDAY Leon Roberts and Victor Lowe. !Stone Chutch Service Club, 6:00 Jacksonville in 4} jKey West Home p.m. Guard meets at National Guard armory, 8:00 pm. THURSDAY Rotary Club 12:15 p.m. St. Paul’ sh Halt Lions Club meets at 6:30 pm Lions’ Den, S County Com SOUTHERNMOST FLOWERS $1.0 GLADIOLL PHONE 136 doz. } 616 DUVAL Opposite Monroe Theater Fred McNeff, Fort Laud- | Bartha, | Jr., Miami; Thomas | Island Holding company has, purchased from Allan B. Cleare, - | Jr., a government lot on the upper | keys. | $100. Purchase price was about __ TEMPERATURES Highest last\Lowest last 24 hours night jAbilene _.__. 75 vi) 78 7 716 7 63 84 87 76 79 65 83 vi) 68 82 73 85 80 81 82 79 7 81 81 "“ Atlanta Birmingham Boston | Buffalo ‘Chicago Cincinnati Cleveland Denver Des Moines j Detroit Dodge City Duluth El Paso Fort Myers Galveston Green Bay Havana Huron KEY WEST Little Rock Los Angeles Medford Memphis Miami Mobile Nashville iew Orleans New York Okla. City Philadelphia Pittsburgh St gi San Francisco Sit. Ste. Marie most probably reduce the rev- jenues heretofore enjoyed by my county. “(3) They will not bring suffi- jcient aid to the old people to bal- ance the harm which will result. | “These things I know because I have investigated racing and because I have compared the re- jsults in other states where over- reaching taxation and bleeding == ‘legislation has been tried before. {Experience in those states is a better yard stick than the wish- ful thinking of persons who are wef bores to wreak personal or po- litical vengeance or to keep has- }ty political promises made in the jheat of a spirited campaign when jan appeal to the hunger and need . lof the old people seemed to be jthe only way to obtain their sup- jPort as an organized group. { “Yet with all this I am going to lvote for the governor’s racing |program—and for these reasons: ; “(i) There is a promise that | Subsequent legislation will be of- \fered in a sincere and honest ef- lfort to remedy or protect against {apparent errors of the program. { “(2) Because I wish to be har- |monious and cooperative wifh the | govel tnor so that he may have a ‘Socially Premine nt Bini Wies ‘Wins Divorce And Marries Prince: “(1) They will endanger seg jin this state and the tourist busi-! ISLAND COMPANY “(2) They will jeopardize and} CY CHARGE | Elizabeth Scheibler, who was {convicted and fined Friday on a charge of taking and property of another, this morning ‘was bound over to criminal court again on a vagrancy count, Peace Justice Enrique Esquin- | ‘aldo, Jr., set bail at $50 and bound ‘the woman over to Judge William | Vv. Albury’s court. Hearing For Bill-Dodger Charles Mike, accused of leav-; ing town without paying a board bill, will have a hearing this aft- ernoon before Esquinaldo, , Was returned here from Home- stead. CLERK =AUCTIO COUNTY PROPERTY County on the courthouse steps to sell an estimated 108 pieces of property under terms of the Murphy act. Deeds for similarly auctioned ' property were returned here re- cently from Tallahassee. Within Less Than Half An Hour Lucy Cotton, socially prom-| jinent Miami woman, won a d [vorce and married a Russian prince all in less than half an hour ish ere Saturday afternoon The former actress and night |club operator stepped out of Cir-| jcuit Judge Arthur Gomez’ office with her decree at about 430 lo'clock, called Judge Raymond Lord, who had taken the after- gnoon off, and promptly repeated |the marriage vows with Prince aN Cotton tgid, husband repeatedl} bev! | her before “refined and cultured guests from all over the world.” On one occasion, she charged, he told her both she and her guests were drunk, causing her mental anguish and endangering health. On another occasion, she said, Magraw told her guests to go home, “because I want to go to bed.” ARRESTED ON VAGRAN- i { Clerk Ross Sawyer; this morhing acted as auctioneer: her} ; Notice! ‘leaders are doubtful over the chances for a speedy triumph. jiers next year will b+ jeven better equipped than... they are at present. (A, story from Berlin explained that Germany is confident of view tory, while the date of the final triumph is a question of second ary importance.) (Rome newspapers carried a story by Virginio Gayda com- menting on the absence of the usual offer of peace terms in Hit- ler’s speech, now is move must come from Britain.) 's failure to mention. the absence of comment on where the German army will fight next sur- ‘prised observers here. U.S: SEIZES 18 "YUGOSLAV. SHIPS SEEK TO DETERMINE LOYAL- TY OF OFFICERS AND CREWS using the | (By Associated Presa) | NEW YORK, May 5.—United States coast guardsmen today ‘seized the 18 Yugoslav merchant it in American ports. A report from coast guard head~ | quarters said there would be no further action against the ships’ ‘officers and crews, but that the iseizures had been made to permit ; Washington’ te Tearti“if the men. jtemained ‘loyal to their old gov- ernmetit, ‘or if they would turn hay ships over té Germany. Some observers said the -ves- te may be included with Axis iships in a meaure permitting their use by this country. ‘THREE BODIES AT LOPEZ’ MORGUE The body of Roy Ness, who was drowned yesterday morning at Trumbo Island. is at the Lopez Funeral Home, where word is be- ing awaited from the family as to its disposition. Another body, that of Miss iTheima Valentine, age 27, who died 9:20 o'clock last night in a local hobpital, is also resting at the Lopez funeral home. Instruc- tions on disposition of the body is being swaited from the fam- jy The remains of William §& Murphy, age S44, is being shipped today to his sister in Boston. Mass. Lopez funeral home, in charge of arrangements, an nounced the deceased passed sway 12:15 o'clock yesterday morning. Notice! ,LA CONCHA RAINBOW ROOM ‘will be closed to the public on i t Savannah | Viadimir Eristani-Tichiterine. | Prince Tichiterine, who said he | TUESDAY EVENING, 8 o'clock. Seattle Spokane Tampa - Washington - SVASRLSVSRALRASSSSRS 2VGGSLEst Rese William M. F. Magraw, she/| makes his permanent home at Mi THE MANAGEMENT. charged extreme cruelty and vio-lami Beech. He is 59, while Mrs. cE ONSEN in her divorce ection against was born in Orel, Russia, new | as it has been leased for a private (or ant enqureenae tae ‘Cotton is 49, Gi . socal pas Gayda said, that any .