The Key West Citizen Newspaper, May 14, 1941, Page 1

Key West, Florida, has the most equable climate in the country; with an average range of only 14° Fahrenheit paced Associated Press Day Wire Service Yor 61 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West Che Ary West Crhteen THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER PRICE FIVE, CENTS IN THE U.S. A. FLORIDA, WEDNESDAY, MAY 14, 1941 . ii piementts GetsProgram | Of Secretaries’ Association s csi rave cident Cove Here This Month London Papers Urge Caw Bil Passes Legislature Authorizing ‘HighRanking S State And fion In Dealing With Military Officers To Make Addresses During No. Three Fuehrer, Now. British Prisoner ¢ LXIIL. No, 115. KEY WEST, Revenue Urges License Tax On Retail Merchants ‘MEDIATION UNIT Asks Increase In Price Of Most Automobile Licenses; “TRYING TO HALT S > AUITTED f } Meeting Bridge Commission To P ay $3, 000 |sevena. orien cases ase HEARD IN CRIM- | ‘ ——- | | Would Limit Homestead Exemption To Portion Of Building Used For That Purpose; Submits Tax Structure Changes For Bridge Celebration Expenses INAL COURT Key West merce officials have received for. Aheiz.approval a draft of the | t )/ OFFICIALS FACE THREE SE- {By Aasociated Press) ¢omplete program for, the twen-' a ane ae BIOUS: STRIKE DEADLINES /RALLAHASSEE, May 14.—Governor Helland asked ithe sixth abridged school of the |" THISt WREK=: WORK -pes:}the Legislature today to.increase the price ef .most auto- PERATELY<FOR SOLUTION.:|smobile-licenses,.and provide a heavy occupational license | tax,on retail merchants to replace the revenue lost through | | elimination ef,advalorem and proposed repeal gross re- charmber of com- (By Associated Press) E TALLAHASSEE, May 14.—The} promoting unit of the Overseas | Charles Mike, navy yard em- - _ 'Highway Celebration during the jploye who was arrested at Home- House passed House Bill 1105 in-| 27 1938. {stead and returned here on eee sa ae charge of obtaining food with in- soni pasta a nie C. Papy authorizing the Over-amount mentioned in. the. meas- lth dee iaKeas planation of the flight to Scot- ure, which: was a: donation. prom- | ¢ first acquittal a Monroe coun- Rs ee a asic. fanipit |e Bridge District, to pay $9.00) 5d by the: Bridge District for its | tY Jury has turned in during two. to the Key West Chamber, of Com-j share .in the celebration. 4 court ons. he Papp aE o Hess, today was greeted by Lon- | | Although the commissioners | Mik ino testified he was on| *Sseciation, it was announced to i |merce. The measure has also! pad agreed to payment of the his way to Miami for a short va-| day. (By Associated Presa) LONDON, May 14.—Word that Adolf Hitler may make a radio' aes | troduced by Representative. Ber- broadcast to his people in ex- ltent to defraud, this morning, won Flori~. Commercial. Secretaries’ | ~ (iy Associated Press) don newspapers as an indication | of the aravity of the incident to German leaders. . The have split over whether Hess’ Saturday newspapers, meanwhile, the question of arrival in Scotland aboard a fighting plane t from the gods” ‘or Some sort of fantastic Trojan horse. A Stockholm paper editorially: “If he to leaye a sinking ship, he cer- tainly is an unusually suggested large one”. London papers, generally, urged caution in dealing with ik since, as one of them sug- we Sted, “it is unlikely a deep-dyed _ Navi ot his type would change his “wind overnight;” So far there has been no def- suite information on where the! azi leader will be sent, or what mation, if any, he has vol- entected since his arrival in Eng- fond. Whereabouts of Hess since removal from, Scotland also have been kept secret. German reports reaching here, meanwhile, continue to lay Hess’ desertion to a disarranged mental erndition. In answer to the ob- vious question of why he was per- mitted to continue in responsible office if his mental condition ac- tually dated back to World War unds, newspapers have ex: ed that his fits of insanity infrequent and of short duration. German papers also have \sug- «ested that Hess flew to the shores | Scotland, ! of Loch Lomond. in Seeking the Duke of Hamilton, a | pre-war friend, with whom the! papers say he desired to talk over | a peace scheme of his own. The Duke’ ‘of Hamilton,” though ‘his te is hear Nazi's landing place, is on duty with the Royal Air Fo al- clive e, RICHARD. ADAMS BUYS PROPERTY Right) heirs of the late Thomas Thompson, Key West, have sold for $1,000 property on James street near Grinnell, which they inherited from the estate, The property was sold to Richard H 1 by Geneva Bowser, Walter Thompson, Leonard Thompson, Lena Felton, Hersel Thompson, Mamie Williams, Eddie Thomp- and Bernard Thompson. BRIDEGROOM NERVOUS MINEHEAD, Eng ¢ of Margie Atk f this The s and y wed- Alex de- ‘oom WAS was make the responses = EVENTS | WEDNESDAY ¥ Chamber of ommerce s at 6:30 p.m. _ THURSDAY meets 12:18 p.m rish Hall at 6:30 at City Hall, Mass Meeting at Na- 1 Guard Armory, 8:00 p. m. (Hess) is the first rat the |, ; been passed in the Senate. The Chamber of Commerce has for the amount been appointed trustee disbursement of the stated for debts incurred by the !money, Chairman John Slade of | \the district refused at the time to | sign a check for the amount with- out an opinion from the attorney general’s office. The Papy bill authorizes the payment of the money. Congress Opens Debate On Ship Seizure Bill (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON, May 14.—Con- gress today opened debate on President Roosevelt's “ship seizure” bill, with administration leaders confidently quick passage. Anti-convoy. leaders, announced their intention of at- taching to the Tobey anti-convoy measure to the ship seizure bill, indicated they would avoid a show-down on the. amendment until after President Roosevelt's delayed address/May 27. Support for the convoys was seen in a petition to the President, bearing the names of 45 prom- inent Americans, which urged the use of any measure insuring Ger- man defeat. Some of the signers included Ethel Barramore, the actress; Rear Adm. Harry E. Dar- predicting who» had » nell, and Dr. Christian Goss, Princeton University president. URGES USE OF ALL NAVAL FACILITIES (By Associated Press) LONDON, May 14,—United States Ambassador Johty G. Win- ant, as debate on the controver-‘ Lsial convoy issue opened in Washington, today urged the use of all American naval facili- sto insure the delivery of ds to Great Britain. British losses in merchant ships, he said, have proved the need of American convoys. “The destinies of free people everywhere”, Winant said in an intervie’ ‘may hang on the use of the s of the world”. “This is no fime for regrets or recriminations”. Recreation Unit Discusses EDEN EDEN DISPLEASED WITH FRENCH ON NAZI BOAT RUN CLAIMS GERMAN VESSELS WERE PERMITTED TO RUN DOWN RHONE RIVER IN AC- TIVITIES (Ry Associated Presa) LONDON, May 14.—Foreign Minister Anthony. Eden today accused France the Vichy government of Ger and permitting down the man torpedo boats to run the Rhone Mediterranean for action the British fleet Speaking before Eden said would not to Vichy river and into against the house commons his gov- direct a for- at this ernment protest me United friendly Fourth Of July Celebration Plans for a giant field day celebrating the Fourth of July. including a community. sing and were odis Key West's recreation a fireworks disp cussed last night -by city-eounty corimit tee members at a city nafl_ meet ing. Members of the reports on progress in work on the Trumbo island baseball dia mond, where equipment provid ed through Sam Goldsmith of the Key West country club is being used. Chairman Paul Al- bury said equipment on hand had proved too heavy for the work, but that operations now are proceeding. Mrs. Mary Powell, district su- pervisor of the statewide recrea- tion project, WPA, offered her services to the group in getting a centrally located office for usc the committee and the WPA recreation project Committee members agreed to seek cooperatic a United- Service representative who here t group heard has take over the K: ibus hut on Duval street for ition activities, The .pro- n director for Columbus will be i fa member of the Mrs. Eva Warner, Ray las, Marvin Lewis BURIES ITS HEAD QUINCY, Mass. di by Mrs. Effie Bishop survived by burying his his wing when a fire « house with smoke Pet r Pete, a ca ‘running up a iduring evenings at iers | dogs” ition when officers removed him: om a north-bound bus at Home- ead, was with leaving for Minnesota afte board bill. said he had worked out the bill the Alfeld' home: Sam Hute! n, guilty to a charge of vagrancy, is appearing before Judge liam V. Albury’s court this after- noon. During the morning session, Edward Brown, charged with as- sault and battery, was convicted on the assault charge and or- dered to pay a fine of $15 and costs. : Antonio Rodriguez, pleading guilty to a charge of vagrancy, was ordered to pay a fine of $50 and costs or serve six months in county jail. pleaded not Rafael, Know}es, held ..on_. the ,Bogan, cammandant of the: Miami » Que accused by R. V. Alfeld: i Mike’ ! | The convention, lastine at La} Concha hotel from Mav 25 hrough May 28, will be featur- ‘ed by the appearances of high- cers, who will sneak on subjects ; jbearing on the commerce secre- | taries’ school course. i Opening with registration and! Wil- {Sightseeing tours by the Florida’ tatives, ecretaries Sunday, May 25, the! ‘onvention goers will have their; when thev hear John L. Fahs. col- ; lector of internal revenue at Jack- | ‘sonville, describe plans for fed-| ,eral taxes on amusements. Later | in the day, Ben B. Lawshe, man-} ager of commercial organization | of the United States chamber of commerce, Washington, will dis-' cuss advertising, publicity andi ; Public relations, and Comdr, Jerry WASHINGTON, May i4. Faced with three serious strike } ; deadlines this week, mediation of- ficials here are working des-} parately today to arrange an, to prevent another series of walkouts. Hudson Motor company work- | ers, through their CIO represen- announced today they will refuse to go to work tomor- row, uniess a flat, 15-cent hourly ‘once. Employes of 61 General Motors plants, after weeks of argument, | have set tomorrow night as their strike deadline, and John L. Lewis has announced his north- ern coal miners will walk out un- less an agreement is reached be- tween southern § operators. and > miners before Saturday one empl : ceipts tax. He strongly recommended repeal of gross receipts, and | will ys, continue at $5. | suggested the auto tag increase would raise to a $15 mini- ranking state and military offi-|¢leventh hour settlement in time | bisa’ mum on all lightweight cars except a few old models and which continue at $10, Austins and Model-T Fords The governor recommended a state tax commissioner first business session May 26,|Pay boost goes into effect at as referee between counties and property owners, and would limit homestead exemption to the . stead purposes. wininin tee used ‘for The Legislature completed action onthe Mildpahtiog z state drivers license feo to $1 00. + Riaews Sin drousand . loves: of the: of , same charge, was. sentenced to’ naval air station, will deseribe the Boston Navy Yard returned to GOVERNOR’S ‘ADDRESS pay a fine of $25 and |-costs.;or cooperation looked for by mili-! Work today, announcing a scttle- serve six months. Jurors in the Mike case were Robert Lee Albury, George P. Tedder, Douglas R. Trevor, Cleveland Niles, Milton Robbins and Alfred Baker. The previous criminal court session in March established an unusual record, when not a sin- gle person to eppear before the judge caped without a fine or jail sentence. In session Monday, the present court turned in only convictions ex- cept for one case, which was nolle prossed, with the defend- ant ordered to pay costs. has BREAKS OWN RECORD MINNEAPOLIS f this city ate twenty “hot at one sitting, breaking bi: own previous record of sixteen. Irving Mey- House. Passes since | , tary establishments. Brig. Gen. Walter H. Frank, commandant of the Third air force, MrDill field, Tampa, will discuss hemisphere defense at a luncheon May 27, and Carl D.! Brorein, president of the state} chamber of commerce and _ state | vice chairman of the Florida: liah home defense organiza- tion will discuss defense plans. Election of state officers. com- mittee reports and designation of next vear's convention city will occupy the secretaries on the final day, May 28. Local directors of the conven- tion program are Clem C. Price, | chairman of the committee in ‘charge. Melvin B. Russell and Miss Elizabeth Sharpley. Stephen C. Singleton, secretary of the lo- ‘al chamber, will act as home ‘secretary during the conclave. Bill: Calling. 4 rh; For: Nomination Of Monroe’ Commissioners By Districts (By Associated Press) TALLAHASSEE, i14— The May House passed House Bill 1149, which was introduced yes- Representa- tive Bernie C. Papy calling for worday morning by the nomination of Monroe Coun- ty Commissioners by districts instead of being voted on at large. Passage of this measure fe- to the nemination system used up un- turns Monroe county til the present method of nom- imation bv the county-at-large -| was enacted 10 years ago. Pass MONROE | MEASURE Bernie C. Papy prohibiting _ the discharge of firearms adjacent to the Highway in Monroe County, with an amendment. BOMBING PLANES GREATLY NEEDED (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON, May 14.—Re- vised priority lists, placing four- motored bombing planes at the No. 2 spot on the list of essen- tial defense products and calling for production,of 500..e -month, were announced by OPM here today. The new list puts production of the bombers second only to the production of machine tools. SURPRISE PARTY FOR A THEATER TULSA, Okla. May 14—Some- one distributed handbills to 5,000 - school children announcing a free » Show and pet contest at a Tulsa was also passed by the Senate. The House Bill 1065 by Representative theater , It was a surprise t L. Aj Chatham, theater manager. but | he decided it was a good idea and | followed through. i jment of their dispute, which had “been around the use of WPA labor in the yard. Terms of the settle- ment have not been made public, by A. F. of L. representatives s: !the men had arranged for satis- factory terms. Employes of IL/San {Ffancisco, ship yards still ate out, howeveky with no s tena, ‘sight. 471) CAPT. aeED ‘NEW COMMANDA RELIEVING CAPTAIN JACOBS WHO IS GOING TO WASHINGTON Capt. Russell, Crenshaw, trans: ; ferred here from, Norfolk,,. Va. tomorrow will a ne cop) if Key West '¥ tation, veel Capt. Waiter F. Sacoba Captain dacobs, who will re- port for. duty,te the department of navigation in Washington, is expected to remain here for sev- eral days before taking up his new post. The captain has been in command here for 15 months, Brief ceremonies will accom- pany the transfer of command. MORE BUILDING PERMITS ISSUED harles. Jeffers, 1420 street, yesterday was granted a building permit for $1.000 to be spent im general repairs to his home. Marie Russell was issued a per- mit for construction of a one-story building on Elizabeth street, and (By Axnpetated wrens) May Mem Gev, Spcssard L. Holland, speak- | id ing befcre a joint session of the mane Tevtdlataty today, outlined a five: calling for repeal of the gross ‘receipts tax, with a consequent , loss fo the state of about $1,- 700.000 net. provides for an in- | tease in automobile license fees | stress a ke money. _ 1 tbe Peof a iddjnot | A Yat this' a id 9h35 ole Rive a halanced budget, because it will not, but the. smailer you hold your special appropriations bill the more neariy sn balance will be the state’s buaget, and ‘the fewer items there will be to eliminate or reduce in actual administration. Furthermore, the revenue measures which I have suggested simply replace in amount the gross receipts tax and the lost state ad valorem tax, and thus comply with my Olivia own commitments against added expense fund, no taxes, in which commitment I was joined, no doubt, by many of you in your campaigns” | Briefly, the governor's gram folows Gross Receipts Substitute “In considering the various pro- a very heavy, share of the den of taxation in this. state. This legislature has * shown its desire fo values which are! (snarl Rs passing jh aoe more pand | budget! cofmmisdion: of $2 pu- \pil for the first year and $140 pupil for the second year for ree school books would require a total of $1,860,000 for the bi- ‘ennium, but I dornot see how, junder the prevailing financial difficulties, we can carry quite ‘that much added financial bur- iden on the #lready. depletetd {general revenue fund. . Despite if ‘the difficulties in transferring Woih tte ret to the general revenue fund the entire burden for this vital very ice, 1 strongly recommend that you make, provision for this need. Teacher Retirement Fund “Another — specific financial matter concerning the » achegby which | call to your attention that the state has been unable to meet ite part of the cost of the teacher retirement syabet. even though the teachers have carried their part of the wad and now have in the fund shout $825,000. Out of the total ap propriation of $490,000.00 for thi purpose in the last two yearn and an additional $25,000.00 for mate money was available during . the first year, though an administrath office was set up as a WPA prej- ect and carried on until Febru- ary, 1941 “During the present yeat $4% 000.00 has been made available Robert F. Brady took a permit for sources which are available as ato pay on the total sum of $404.~ $500 to he spent in general repairs to his 269 Ann street home. A TINY GOLDEN SKI CHARM iS THE CLEW TO A ents “Someday [ll Find Uou IT STARTS IN THIS PAPER TODAY “gubstitute for gros receipts, it has seemed to me, and I fécom- mend to you, that the fairest and most certain tax for this purpose is the added Hi- cense tag tax on automobiles as requested by the State Automo- bile Dealers Association. Under lthe provisions of this measure ithe maximum weight limit for passenger cars carrying $10 tags would be reduced from 2,000 pounds to 2400 pounds This would raise to « minimum tot $15 the price of tags on all available 060.00 for the retirement fund. “gid the state has arranged fo leur the expense fund until dung 2... The apprentiation, ia sufficient and continuing one, but the difficulty is that ineus- ficient money has been available: to meet the appropriation end the result bas been failure to keep faith with the teachers. who have carried on layally nevertheless, in paving ap their obligations to the fund. 18 is un- thinkable thet the state of Flor- ida should not keen. faith wits jlight weight automobiles, except 4 :@ few old models and the Willys, j which would continue to use $10 ard Austins and Model T ‘ords would continue t use 95 ron > renee take care of this hese, oii dave Pam ° Shkl contanwe 46 seek afl jeatieal tnetneds of practiela: «