The Key West Citizen Newspaper, May 9, 1941, Page 1

--9$8P protection, the truck, itis*be- Associated Press Day Wire Service For 61 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West VOLUME LXII. No. 111. Che Key West Citizen eee 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. Purchase Fire Truck For Use Along Board Also Votes To Do OOOO OTS Sh | MRS. FRED HOWDEN nate $150: Toward Fund To Complete Work On Trumbo Ball Field Three upper key communities, whose residents say they have been left unprotected against | Possible fire, last night won ap- Proval of county commissioners for a chemical truck to be used jointly by all three. Delegations from Islamorada, Tavernier and with Fire Chief Harry Baker of Key Marathon, West backing up their complaint, told the commissioners they could not afford to wait for the arrival of the aqueduct without some pro- tection against fire in the mean- time. Too far from either Miami or Key West to get help, mem- bers of the delegation said a fire! might wipe out any of the three} communities. The commissioners agreed to} advertise for bids on a chemical truck to cost in the neighborhood of $900. Admittedly only a stop-| lieved, would be valuable in put- ting out boat or automobile fires, and might prevent a major blaze if brought to the scene quickly enough. In a brief session, the commis- Flvida Ke LANDS RECORD FISH Mrs. Fred J. Howden, visit- ing at Pirate's Cove with a party of 14 other Savannah, Ga., vacationers, was credit- ed this week with a season's record when she landed a 29- pound permit. Fishermen at the camp said the permit was the larg- est taken this season, and possibly the largest in sev- eral years. John A. Myers, another of the visitors, land- ed a 62%2-pound sailfish to top a catch of nine sails brought in on one trip. Members of the party are Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Hopkins, Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Space, Mr. and Mrs. John Marshal Jones, Mr. and Mrs. J, Ran- dall Windburn, Dr. A. J. Wearing and Mrs. Wearing, Dr. Lawrence B. Dunn and Mrs. Dunn, Mr. and Mrs, Fred J. Howden and John A. Myers. Each spring for thé past 15 years, the party has made a visit to some point’in Florida for fishing, several times coming to the keys. They arrived at Pirates Cove Saturday and will leave during the weekend. Capt. Lawrence Munro of the fishing boat Warrior” came from Miami to meet the party, while Captain Mc- Quade at the camp has Placed two boats at their disposal. PHBE E EE SRA sioners agreed to donate $150, matching a similar appropriation from city council, to permit com- | pletion of work by the city-county i recreation committee on the! Trumbo Island baseball diamond. | Fire Chief Baker, as the prob- | PATROL ARRIVES IN WASHINGTON able choice for chairman of the SCHEDULED TO HEAD PA- fire committee under the newly | set up defense council, was voted | $50 as expenses to attend a con-| vention of fire chiefs at Jackson- | ville, July 15-16-17, } Asked to endorse the work of a! distributor for booklets contain- | ing maps of Key West and the up- | per keys, members of the group | '™ voted to refer that and all similar; According to a telegram received | | safety patrol arrived RADE THIS MORN- ING Boys and girls of Key West's in gton last night at 9:45 o'clock, requests to the recently organized | today by Judge William V. Al- Monroe county advertising com-| bury from Myrtland Cat mittee. The commissioners also ap- proved a resolution introduced by | ba: Commissioner FE, A, Ramsey, pro- | viding that persons wishing board approval for local bills must pre-| sent them to the board before ad- vertising will have no effect this year, Ram- | "4 sey said it. would be well for | th everyone to understand that the; commission must have time to | study the bills before aporoving | or disapproving them. INSURANCE GROUP LEFT FOR MIAMI Manager J. B. Symmonette of the local office of the Gulf Life Insurance Company, and Agents William Sawyer, J. M. Varela, R. R. Russell, H. S. England, H. M. Albury and R. B. Russell left | he this morning over the highway) w for Miami, where they will at-/|t tend a district meeting of the or- | re se in, w Country,” but the government | : a : wants quality as well as quantity | Planning a revision of policy to in w an Pennsylvania ave ing with “Family” name of the new French e checke un they are six years di- ctor of the patrol, who is su-| ervising the trip. The 17 boys and girls were heduled to head a parade down xe this morn- other representatives Although the measure |°f Patrols from throughout the | (Japanese Leaders Would Call Off Hostilities With Chinese ation Today ey will spend and sightseeing tomorrow in the capital and vicinity, WEDDINGS IN FRANCE NEED DOCTOR’S OKAY (My Ansociated Presa) VICHY, France, May has become the middle ith its slogan “Work, Famil its families Future brides and bridegrooms ill be subject to medical mination. Newlyweds will get palth cards from the state on hich their state of health will 1. Chi ve kept r medical on until ex: super old. EXCURSION To Havana, Cuba — Account Independence Day Selling Date. May 15th--Good INDEPENDENCE I for Return Until May 27th YAY, MAY 20TH First Class — Round Trip to Havana ADULTS. $15.00; CHILDREN. $-12. $7.50; CHILDREN, 2-5, $3.75: Under 2 Years. No Charge Second Class — Round Trip to Havana ADULTS, $10.00; CHILDREN. $-12. $5.00 CHILDREN, 2-5. $2.50; Under 2. No Charge PENINSULAR & OCCIDENTAL STEAMSHIP CO. Phone 14 for Information J. H. COSTAR. Agent. state MAKE. SURVEY: OF WATERWAYS * AND HIGHWAYS. STATE DEFENSE COUNCIL! PREPARES FOR HANDLING TRANSPORTATION, COM-| MUNICATION PROBLEMS | | (Spectal to The Citizen) TAMPA, May 9.—Florida’s} highways, waterways and air lanes are being surveyed by the! State Defense Council of Florida |in preparation for handling trans- portation and communication; problems in time of emergency. The State Council's division of; communications and _transporta- ition, headed by Cody Fowler of | Tampa, is making the survey as | part of a civilian preparedness | program. “Emergency might mean threat of invasion or air attack or | the less serious problem of some | disaster such as fire or storm. | The survey will provide a work- } ing plan for coordinating all) transportation services in the task } of moving men and materials, and for organizing radio stations and j telephone and telegraph systems into one statewide network. ‘THOS. DUANE TO | | employe “Florida is particularly im- | portant in the national defense”, | Fowler said. “The government | has shown this by the number of | military projects established in! the state. We've got to plan now, | without alarm but seriously, what | to do if the war approaches our! shores.” | The survey, when completed,’ will show such important facts as! which highways and -bridges aa capable of carrying heavy equip- ment, how many boats and barges are available to supplement rail | service, the locations and opera-! \tors of more than 500 amateur | radio stations which dot the state, | jand the facilities of the various air lines. | Fowler said his division plans | to organize mototcycle patrols among cycle clubs, and some | truck and automobile units for emergency service. Coordination of radio stations, telephone and telegraph services | will be an important factor in the civilian air-raid warning system | planned by the army. Assisting Fowler is an advisory | tcommittee composed of T. P.; {Caldwell, Miami, aviation; Eu- jgene S. Matthews, Tallahassee, member of the state railroad com-— mission, railway and buses; Howe | |E. Moredock, Miami, trucking; A. B. Dooley, Jacksonville, _ tele-| phone and telegraph; Charles E. jAlbury, Miami, shipping; Ralph !Nicholson, Tampa, commercial | ‘radio; Capt. Glenn C. Cole, Or- | Wash- | lando, amateur radio; and Guy H. municipal council has forbidden , and } | Allen, Tampa, motor patrol ; { transport. | ALL NAMED BILL | aa MORGANSFIELD, Ky. — Bill {Lambert is owner of a store in this city: and his employers are: | Bill Holder, Bill Markham, Bill | Padgetland and Bill Stewart KEY WEST, FLORIDA, FRIDAY, MAY 9, 1941 Twenty-Seven American Ships. ’ Loading For Trip To Red Sea With Supplies For British PRICE FIVE CENTS Of War German Bombers In Mean- time Made Attacks On English Ports Of Hull And Nottingham (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON, May 3%. — owe loaded to jin a voyage aay . oa ee. oe | i Legislature Favors That State | with British supplies into the Red| ’ Raise Sufficient Amount To Take Care Of Its General Operations GIVE TESTIMONY CUSTODY OF EM- PLOYER | Sea, it was announced today. } . In the face of Germany's warn-! |ing that the Red Sea is forbidden } i :—'BRITISH DESTROY provered today ihe uate see, GERMAN RAIDER territory, state department spokes- {men today said the ships would proposed today the state raise almost $12,000,000 a year, an in- CRUISER CORNWALLIS, OP- { ERATING IN INDIAN OCEAN, Thomas Duane, rooming house | leave within a few days. who attempted to kill} Senate commerce . committee- $1,300,000, CREDITED WITH VICTORY himself Tuesday night by slash-|™e, pean BU are ee gaa to ; es urna report early next week on Presi- eh PP ‘> :alien ships in United States wa- ner’s jury this afternoon at 4:00! Bielock 40. tealaty in ; ters. Announcement of the com- ‘ mittee report is expected to touch (By Asseciated Press) TALLAnAvece, may (By Associated Presa) LONDO?F May 9.—Squadrons numbering from 300 to 400 long range British bombers reached out across Europe last night to hand German possessions as far jaway as western Poland their | most severe bombardment of the crease of more than for general operations. The Senate bill included a boost of the free textbook fund from $250,000 to $400,000, addi- tional $25,000 for crippled chil- City Assoet Press) | LONDON, May 9.—The 10,000- | ¥** }ton British cruiser Cornwallis, German submarine and ship- operating in the Indian ocean, | dren's work and increases for |has destroyed a German surface | building equipment at Hamburg raider, a report reaching here | and Bremen, Eden and supply de- state educational insiitutions. | today disclosed. : The fies wehbe teas an{ pots in Poland all felt the impact i erial additional tax of ten cents a gal- ose. wares The air ministry said some of the planes dropped _ explosives '650 miles from the nearest British base and an estimated 10,000 bombs smashed down on_ cities from one end of the continent to the other. Pilots said some of the new ‘high explosive. bombs burst with | such impact that the force could j be felt 10,000 1 in the air, and tentire buil re said to have lifted drom* loundationesand — falien in debris. Nazi ~ bombers, meanwhile, singled out Hull in northeast Eng- land and attacked Nottingham, but the air ministry said 12 of the attacking planes were shot down iby fighters and that damage was bee extensive. | Gerlin, claiming that Hull had been left a sea of flames, which could be seen by pilots 70 miles away, said the British attack had been on a particularly large scale, but had done little military dam- jage. An operating room. of a Bremen hospital was destroyed, the report said. BRITISH FORCES MAKE GAINS (Ny Ansoeinted Press) CAIRO, May 9.—Expeditionary forces of Britain's Army of the Nile today were reported to have taken complete command of the situation in Iraa, but British mili- tary leaders admitted the danger of a full scale war in the territory jis not over, i Moving swiftly to blast the Iraq army, before it can get help froin Germany, RAF planes have de- stroyed the enemy air force and blown up ftrategic ammunition _ TEMPERATURES —_ | Highest last|Lowest last | Abilene Albany 66 52 _ 88 69 51 60 67 67 45 53 69 48 46 65 44 49 46 46 69 48 40 47 54 35 40 38 60 70 69 40 62 73 33 32 43 45 3 73 56 65 46 45 57 76 85 82 oh eg 84 86 OLD BACHELOR WEDS connection | with the death Sunday night of} ff a Senate battl hether th Miss Thelma Ballantine, a room-' 014 2 venare Dalle on Ww eee ne er at the establianmne | ships shall be given to England. Duane, who was held in city | and county jails after his suicide TALTAN: PLANES attempt, has been released inj the custody of his employer for | medical treatment. -DAMAGE VESSELS Miss Ballantine died at Ma- rine hospital, either from pneu- ae monia or from the effects of a; ROME CLAIMS DIRECT HIT sleeping drug. Members of the} coroner's jury, under Peace Jus-! ON BRITISH BAT- tice Franklin Arenberg, asked a TLESHIP recess in the inquest until today, —_—— while an analysis was made of (By Aasoctated Press) the contents of the woman's; ROME, May 9.—Italian war- stomach. |planes, operating in the western NOES ; Mediterranean, yesterday scored INJURED BY BIG a direct hit on a battleship and |damaged a cruiser, an aircraft BUMP IN ROADWAY (carrier and a destroyer, a com- ec eceee! | munique said today. (P+ Apnocinted Press) | The communique said mer- FORT COLLINS, Colo., May 9.'chant ships with the convoy —H. V. Warden was driving se-| were sunk or damaged. renely in his car when a sharp pain paralyzed his back. H A passerby drove him to aj _ hospital where doctors. found he| AUSTIN, Texas.—Charles D. had a fracture” of ‘whe; “Spine— Clark, 93-year-old bachelor of which occurred, they hazarded,| this city was recently married when Warden’s car~ struck a/to Mrs. Eliza B. Turner, who is bump in the road. \74 years old. lan Preparing Men For Work In Lines Of Defense Program EDITORS USE WORD | ‘JAPAN’ WITH CARE SHANGHAI, Ma -The word “Japan” virtually has disappeared from the Chinese language press in Shanghai. Under Japanese pressure, the Three classes in acetelyne and electric welding will open Mon- jday morning to prepare local men for work in the defense program, I. L. Murray, local director of the training schools, announced day. Murray, a representative of the state board of education, came here from Miami yesterday to re- main in charge of the schools. He will direct all ‘vocational educa- tion in the city. j Under the schedule worked out | for the welding classes, WPA em- ployes will hold one class from midnight to 6:30 a. m.; unemploy- | ed youths from 19 to 25 will study to- | | Chinese newspapers to make any deprecatory references to Japan or the Japanese. According! the pro-Chung- king papers refer to Japan as “K- country,” or “a certain party.” All newspapers are censored in advance of publication by agents of the British-controlled munici- year for aid to dependent chil- Amarillo | Augusta COURT PROCEDURE iucaneat i Brownsville 85 Chicago 59 in the federal white slave trial’ Compus Christi 8% graph in The Citizen story of the Dodge City — 80 ually “instruct the jury to dis- | =! Paso be law was not intended to protect | Hatteras 76 Mann act originally was intend-| Indianapolis 71 in federal courts since that time |¥- W- Airport pod pal council Holland corroborated . Harris’ | Medford 89 dren. The bill would not apply | Apalachicola \Birmingham 86 WHITE SLAVERY DEFENSE |Bulfalo .... 67 Cincinnati 51 of Alice Reid Griffin this week, | D°"Ver rs trial was incorrect. Duluth _ 48 ; Fort Myers . 85 admitted prostitutes’, as the Havana 82 jKansas City 77 to cover the transportation of | Little Rock 90 statement by telling the jury ' Memphis 81 | (By Aasociated Press) TOKYO. May 9%.—The | fluential Tokyo paper, Commer- icial Advertiser, said editorially | today that Japanese leaders are | bring a quick end to the war with China. “Ideas of overcoming China,” have little real appeal in Japan.” Japanese leaders, according to {the editorial, would like cal war and seek under g with China which would the paper said. t to an } —AT THE— Key West Florist Opposite La Concha Hotel LOVELY MOTHER'S DAY FLOWERS POPULAR PRICES Phone 528 e in- from 8 a: m. to 2:30 p. m, and em- “4 42 69 65 49 7 56 54 60 41 57 62 47 aa 52 43 4“ 66 62 2 wu“ 39 lon on wine to raise $200,000 a to Florida-manufactured wines. - ' Asheville CORRECTION IN fics: |Boise . 63 Burlington 74 ATTORNEY POINTS OUT ER- Charleston 87 ROR IN NEWS ARTICLE Cleveland 66 Louis Harris, defense attorney | Columbus 68 S |Des Moines . 60 pointed out today that a, para-' Detroit 69 Judge John W. Holland, in; Eastport 51 charging the jury, did not act- | Elkins 72 regard parts of the defense plea ; Galveston 81 in which Harris had said the! Grand Rapids 56 Harris had told the jury the, {Uren ed only to cover the traffic in| | young girls, but:had been held /KEY WEST | 68 all women from istaté to state | LS ADeeiee for immoral purposes!’ Judge | Louisville ne 2 | Miami ployed men seeking additional | ‘hat the law does ‘apply to the | aspis “St. Paul 49 87 knowledge will hold their classes |'T@nsportation of any woman, | i451, from 6 p. m. to 9 p. m. jregardless of her moral charac- | Mantguusery About 16 men will take’ part in| *f { Nashville each class, with the courses con- Fk | GARRITAN |New Orleans tinuing for a period of from eight (MORE PROPERTY %<*,¥°": to 10 weeks. The classes-will be | ' | Norfolk held at the old cigar factory build-; } ‘Okla. City ing at Catherine and Grinnell) { Omaha q | streets. | i dumps vital to the nation’s de- fense. | A communique said British troops now are in complete con- trol of the port and city at Basra and soldiers transported in plenes have broken the Iraq army's erip on the airdrome at Habbaniyah. British officials here admit, (Continued on Page Four) THREE BUILDING PERMITS ISSUED John T. O'Rourke, 643 William street, yesterday was granted a $1,500 piuilding permit for ger eral repairs to his home. Other permits were \Satinders, 1315 Olivia $480 for general repairs. and to |Gabriel Gutierrez, 833 Eltrabeth street, $800 for construction of 6 garage 87 84 90 73 7 86 58 60 101 69 64 NOTICE IS GIVEN TO AMBASSADORS MOSCOW STATES NORWAY AND BELGIUM WILL NOT BE RECOGNIZED | Philadelphia Instructors will be Lawrence} | Phoenix Freeman, Earl Roberts and R. H. | gareg APPROXIMATING $3,-| Pittsburgh Thompson. | | Portland Murray will operate from the| 800 RECORDED ATCOUN- j Richmond _ 79 office of Melvin Russell, fuca- | ;St. Louis 78 tion superintendent, at the county | TY COURTHOUSE | Salt Lake City 74 courthouse. Persons wishing to} San Antonio 90 apply for entrance in the classes | . } San Diego _ 81 may be interviewed there +San Francisco 72 Marion Sutton, Duval county, jhas purchased for about $1,000 a | 50-foot front lot,on William street | Sit. Ste wen? | near Windsor Lane. The property | cy reveport 90 that, of Linton | oringtield . 73 {Tampa 88 ‘Washington _ 80 | Williston 42 READS ALL NIGHT LONG Fred street, (By Asancintea Prege) MOSCOW, May 9—Ambassa- N to DETROIT. Testifying husband read so long into night that he was too tired to? go to work the next morning, Mrs. Vivian Wineel won her di vorce decree. her | formerly was the | Curry. Charles W, Jeffers of Ob pur- chased property on Olivia street from Oliver E. Roberts of Hills- | borough county and Florence R.} Pawards and Mary Sip, | a ce roe county. The purchase price was about $2,400. Effective Monday, May 12, 1941 Suits and Dresses, cleaned and pressed Coats 40¢ Pants 5Oe Suits Pressed DUVAL PRESSING CLUB GARY'S CLEANING & DYING Pa 70 52 3 dors from rway and Belgium today were informed by the Kremlin that they no longer repre: a- SOUTHERNMOST FLOWERS Superior Carnations. dos. $1.75 Geranium Plants. . governments and gnized in Mos- told i not were that emus are : 1% t with Russia “ss free t se 35e TALKS OF DEATH. DIES Mich barber a mutual son of this attack. 616 DUVAL Opposite Monroe Theater (1214 White St. Phone 540 wy ‘