The Key West Citizen Newspaper, May 24, 1941, Page 1

Associated Press Dey Wire Service For 61 Years Devoted to-the Best Interests of Key West 4, t VOLUME LXII. No. 124. ege “i: Pi 4 Che Key West Citizen THE sou ! | i { Marvin Roberson Held On Charge Of Petty Larceny; Held For Criminal Court Key West, Florida, has the most equable climate in the country; with an average range of only 14° Fahrenheit THERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN THE U. S. A. KEY WEST, FLORIDA, SATURDAY, MAY 24, 1941 ‘Annual PRICE FIVE CENTS mercial Marvin H. Roberson, charged signer of the check, and learned with ,etty larceny in the theft|that it had been stolen. jot a $21.04 check from the Coral |GAMBLING MONEY IS - Sooretaries Association Opens: In Destroyed During Night London Admits More Ger-\"@ OO WOO Oa @: inan Ships Filtered Past|SOLONS FAVOR REPEAL Naval Cordha To Land| Cr “NEUTRALITY ACT ‘ wh Associated Press) Troops : HINGTON, May 24.— An informal poll of the Senate foreign relations committee teday showed the senators would be willing to vote for Tepesl.of the neutrality act. Roosevelt, who has m No statement on his ‘view. of the act repeal, which . Was urged by Navy Secretary ‘Stimson. is expected to make a ‘statement in a radio add eee? IAAL g dA dd) Fs, anther \WHALES ARE SCARCE AND SO. ARE WHALERS , . By Apeoetated Presa) Adding to the. more than 5,900 Germans reported killed |, when the British fleet, attacked. a-mot- ley convoy of sailing. Vessels, and merchantmen_ off Crete, an ‘Eng- lish, report from Cairo today said long-range bombers and fighters last night destroyed 14. soldier- filled: transport planes enroute to.the island. ; Militaty observers in ‘London, cheered: by. the, success. of British soldiers in driying the Germans from all key positions except Malemi airport, said today’ the fleet will enable defenders of the island to defeat the German thfust. London admitted mpre Nazi ships have slipped through © the naval cordon to land men-on the island, but declared German’ tas- ualties have mote than. offset the trickle, of fresh men into the fighting. ae ‘The German. high. command ,in @ terse communique, : said Nazi} air’ power is in complete sway | est»in the world a century ago. over the island, ‘with ground | Only other company’ in North forces -holding.the western end | America is Canadian. of Crete: and ting all efforts. The world.catch last year was . >, {abiout 35,000; including whales aheeh cans Lar sboat taen from the Antarctic by Eng- landed on the island’ duting thé | lish, "Norwegian and Japanese struggle, but -castalties are “said | whalers.. But whales are being by, both sides to have been’ terif: | cay fically. high.: How many men-are | Remington: Kellogg, of the Unit- fighting on ‘either side’ now’ is | unknown, - | tears that some species will soon F London said German ‘transport } be; extinct. Dldhes how are. dropping. ‘heavy | Biggest’ use of whale fat in this artiltery to the ‘island. forces with coutitry is for soap. parachutes, | int6. perfume, face creams, sprays - Bevin -newspapers,.during the | for fruit trees and flies and lubri- five: days of fighting, -have « not ir A dnce, mentioned | the battle? for | Grete. hut in: recent: «days: jhave fun long stories describing. the this, country uses the meat only Tand’s importarice and giving geb- | for ‘eats and, dogs, according to @taphical data about it. With the possibility, that.Gér- | Interior fish’ and wildlife many will aim another sky thrust | joe. at the important islahd of Cyrpus,! - only 70: miles off: the coast of | ~~ Syria, British ships in the past; few days . have materially | strength the garrison there, it was | announced in Cairo today. | U.S. STEPPING UP PRODUCTION PLANE WORKERS { —— j ‘ ‘Gie Agineinted Prenay }° WASHINGTON, May 24.— ; Twentieth Century Moby Dicks will sail soon to whaling grounds off the Calfornia coast to bring ack products for perfume, soap, and,cat and dog food. | “Only ‘one San Francisco com- | pany is left of the great whaling joutfits that. helped make the serv- Trapping Of (Be Aneoeteted Press) t WASHINGTON, May 24—The oy iia) war department today was said INGLEWOOD, Calif. May 24 to be upping its defense goal by —Workmen at the North Ameri- almost 60 percent, with army jean aircraft plant here voted to- engineers attempting ‘to work }day to strike Monday, out ” ee, a7 which | their demands for a wage in- wou permit oh gear CON | crease are met over the week- (Ry Associated Press) unless foliow- her coun struction of » 80,000 military , .._| The plant is working on $200,- Army leaders also are anxious : i te get full military equipment veer in defense orders. 7 postal adi iid ecEaed ing the lead of BERLIN, May 24.—The great- Stamps with the est battleship in the world has shal Petain. German submarine, a war bul- {continent but w letin declared today. inscription “Pos: ship was not disclosed, the ferei r will be world’s largest battleship is the selling for five fra The bulletin said a German four francs’ difference raider had defeated a British ‘for relief to demobilized soldiers planes a year. jend. for an army of 2,000,000 men. - : |ALGERIANS COPY VICHY. May (Ry Ashoctated Prose) try and putting been destroyed and sunk by a{ They will be | (Although the name of the added. A similar star British Hood.) for only one franc pe cruiser in fighting near Norway. and war prisoners. joo this morning was placed junder $250 bond and bound over to criminal court at a prelimin- Jary hearing held by Justice | Franklin Arenberg. Mrs. Natalie Reynolds, hotel operator, testified Roberson talk- ed with her in the hotel, that she walked away from her desk and and a check made out to Key {West Electric company missing from an envelope on the desk. | Mrs. Florence Spottswood of jKey West Drug company said {Roberson attempted to” cash the jcheck at the drug store, telling ‘her that part of the $20.04 wa: ; bis and part belonged to the elec tric company. Mrs. Spottswood aid she called Mrs. Reynolds ‘MINERAL SOURCES | GREATLY NEEDED i i 'AS '41 SEASON OPENS|cuaims v.s. MUST LOOK RESULT OF RAINFALL | TO LATIN AMERICA | FOR PRODUCTS | ‘returned to find the youth gone | |SEIZED BY COUNTY |this morning sentenced Edward Suarez, negro, to pay a fine of $25 and costs for setting up and {operating a game of chance, andj jordered $20.05 held as_ evidence | to be turned over to the county. | Joseph Danes, negro, charged ; with exhibiting a deadly weapon, ‘INVESTIGATION was ordered by Judge Albury to! ‘pay a fine of $50 and costs, the | costs to be suspended if the fine lis paid. | | Joan Ayres, charged with: jVagrancy, was ordered to pay a} jcepting guilty pleas in chambers, ! ! About One Hundred And Twenty-Five Members And Wives To Arrive Tonight And Sunday House Votes To Charge Three TO BE MADE OF | Per Cent On Special Funds cei, st SHIP SINKING Handled By State Treasury egro, dre the same fine en;DEALS PRINCIPALLY WITH i nf {another vagrancy charge. SMMIIL EAS ® Edwin Radinsky, Fort Pierce i REPORT THAT TWO AMERI- | ig | wie = ‘= | Without a dissenti: vote, the | ‘FREE FRENCH’ DECRY | secrete 0 the Florida Commer- FARMERS GET eee a pe vine charge an NAZI COLLABORATION \ cial a singing to- | ‘ TAX REFUND | | | | j | | | Associated P: aney (By as) TALsanasoxne, 24.— WOUNDED H { eet | special funds handled by state! OF ‘PUPPET’ REGIME | day was the first arrival for the (By Asnocin.ed Presa) LONDON, May 24.—"Free French” government in Lon- don today announced it would approve any British action to frustrate the designs of the “puppet government” at Vichy. ' H (By Associated Press) jireasury three percent as a! WASHINGTON, May 24.—In- IN vestigating reports that two Americans were critically wound- 000 to $1,000,000 for jed when a German raider sank {the Egyptian ship Zamzam some- |time this month off the coast of | Africa, the state department to- | twenty-second annual convention ' handling charge to produce $600,- | of the group which opens here to- } \ general op-; morrow. | LAKE WORTH DRAINAGE DISTRICT erations. H Radinsky, heading a delegation Governor Holland had asked | \ | | of some 125 secretaries and their , American whaling fleet the larg- | | TAMPA, May 24 (FNS).—De- WEST PALM BEACH, May. 24. ‘claring that the United States —(FNS) Farmers in the Lake | must look to Latin America for | Worth Drainage District received 5 A jnerals ,2. Pleasant surprise wee! esaged of its. strategic minerals, | when the district supervisors gave | Prof. Willard B. Phelps, geologist ' them a refund on taxes because of ie the University of Tampa, says ‘the rain which fell in the district “If some of our mineral sources | since last October. ‘were to be cut off. our present) They Ape geta Ses t , fcents out of every 75 cents tax age see eee. PSS eich ieeamctces tet ce aicticn ike |. Among such minerals are, Manganese, tin, chromium, nickel, ' s (antimony, tungsten and mercury, 'Lingie, district superintendent, all of which are vital to war in-j recommended the slash becaus dustries and the national defense the steady rainfall made it un- | program. ' ry to use pumps for irriga- only 20 cents per acre as com- year. FT. ‘the leyy for the current year_to | of 55, day announced it would reopen | Aly two percent. the whole affair for study. H m Slate departhientofficials said. ore cmt Gecan™ weer they would seek to learn if the Proposal that legislators be pro- ship had been subjected to shell fire before the passengers were removed. The two Americans are understood to have been wound- ed by shell splinters. Berlin has in ed that passengers and crew were moved before a shot was fired. If. the. raider fired at the Zam- zam before the passengers were‘ removed, it is pointed out here, th German fighting ship would ave been guilty of a breach of | TC® county, who voted to kill the international law. hibited from working at tracks. the | step the practice of nepotism— re- all members who have relatives on the payroll of the state?” ask- ed Representative Papy of Mon- propesal, race, Spokesmen for Gen. Charles deGaulle’s government said all loyal Frenchmen would | decry the action of Premier { Henri Philiope Petain in ap- Proving collaboration with the Nazi conquerors. ; wives who are expected to arrive | tonight and tomorrow, came here | 5 Gas and to prepare for the ; Secretaries’ sixth annual abridged te arrange for the regeption of the “Why not go all the way and: ODP DMI LD i PF € | school, DRAFT BOARD. |START SENDING OUT QUES- go sightseeing, play golf }. Registration at La Concha hotel _pwill begin toniorrow, and a buffet supper at the hotel will open the proceedings. During the afier |noon, the arriving delegates will and + amuse themselves. caught too fast, according to Dr.| Phelps points to the following ! tion a j Latin American countries _ that éd: States National Museum, who could materially aid in supplying tents from 25 cents per {these mueh needed minerals: | Bolivia, Brazil, Cuba, Mexico, | Peru, and to a_ limited extent It also goes other Central and South Ameri- | ‘ean countries. Pointing out the importance of developing friendly __ relations Getmany uses whale fat for; with Latin American countries | the current operating budget laré: Japan eats whale meat, but; and establishing the best possible | trade relations. Phelps believes a greater effort should be made | the’ United States Department of to assist these countries in open- | general manager, and adjourn a: ‘ing up new mines and develop- jing their natural resources. Game Warden Warns Against Migratory Birds After two years of educational | work in cautioning Key Westers ‘that it is illegal to trap or cage !migratory birds, Earle R. Greene, jdirector of the bird refuge which includes this city, said today he {has been ordered by his superiors {to carry future : federal court J. V. Kelsey, U. S. Game Man- ‘agement agent at Daytona Beach, violations into told Greene in a letter that he ex- | * pects prosecution of every case in which a worthwhile instance | violation is found Keeping migratory birds as pets in cages, or trapping them, is a di- rect violation of federal law and penalties are severe. Violators may be sent to a federal peniten- tiary or given stiff fines Kelsey said he would approve Greene's suggestions that , charges be brought agai man-who was found with a caged female nonpareil in his po: May 4, but would expect pr tion af the man ever caught again Greene. who sa s home stacked with confiscated traps lingshots and B-B guns, ex ned that for two years he has empted to avoid arrests by ex- ing to Kev Westers tha . ession however, future mean arrests. Greene said m © birds are not harmed purpose but that people apparently like t keep them as pets. of. | TOIL IILL 4S often as last year. Cattlemen get a reduction of 5.6 acre for grazing land. Lingle reported that tax income, plus income from the farmers outside the district who buy irrigation water for $2.50 per acre, will not only. pay, all irriga- | tion charges but will also set up a freserve of approximately 2-3 of SAUNDERS RITES THER NAZI HERE ON SUNDAY ig a |KEY WEST RESIDENT DIED says BOMBERS WILL DE- YESTERDAY AFTERNOON STROY AMERICAN SHIPS AT 6:15 O'CLOCK IN RED SEA The district supervisors antici e possible tax reductions each r, according to H. E. Motter, Mrs. 59, Harriett J died yesterday 416 Margaret street Saunde offi- afternoon at | Cial newspaper of German army today declared that threats of submarine and bomber action against merchant ships in the Red wellpdirected at the United e: . age ja board of equalization in Octo- ber, until Mav, so farmers may get the benefit of any possible reduc- \tion from the estimated irriga- {tion costs. the residence, 6:15 o'clock The held to: morrow the ighapel ef Loper Funeral. Home, |Rev. A. C. Riviere officiating Survivors include three daugh Hters, Mrs. Thelma Payne of Quin cy, Fla, Mrs. Helen Ward of Honolulu, Hawaii, and Mrs. Ro- berta Haun, also of Honolulu; a’? B Key a sister, Junie will afternoon funeral be Stat _Gerrgan bombers will destroy ¢\@e¥ American ship attempting to enter the sea, the paper said from | INSTALLMENT TAX PLAN | noctated Pree) i SHID May 24.—‘In- ' pro. stallment plan” ‘axation, viding an easy payment system for the taxpayer, and permitting {the government to get part of its | ‘money ahead of time, will be in troduced July August | Treasury etary Mor | genthau | Under ates wi Thus the certificat Saunders, Mrs also of this city son, West, and Pinder, Harry Se Henry “today certifi nes tax at QUENCHED BY BEER Registration for civilian defense ease in Key West will be held during the week of May 30-June 7, it was ty, but #@Peunced last night as chairmen "the Of the various defense subdivi ions met with General Chairman B. M. Duncan at the chamber of Registration will be under the n of William V. Little announce hours and lo- ns for signing within a short SEATTLE — The fire depart a beer truck caught fire ir the fire chief repor b exploding bottles of beer had al most quenched the flames before the department arrived VIAALLZ LLL 2) TRIO SEEING WORLD THROUGH. JAIL BARS Two boys and a girl who set out from Key West Thurs- day to see the world on 3 hitch-hiking tour, today were still waiting in a Port Ever glades jail for someone to come and bring them home. Armando Machin. father of one of the boys. said he would leave for Port Everglades yesterday to return the trio. the oldest of whom is 15. but late this afternoon he told sheriff's officers he had been delayed and might not go until tomorrow. Meanwhile, the three run- aways. who were picked up by Deputy Roy Atkins Fri- day. are doing their sight- seeing through bars. time Chairmen last nig! ! who met with Dun- ht to hear a detailed of the work to” be jertaken. were A Maitland dustry and material re- urces, Charles E. Smith. trans- and communitations power and fuel ersonnel; B. C. and fire Cabrera ulture: Dr. *s B. Parramore, health and Russell, informa- m and morale: J. J budget. and airman on Monday. May 26th. 8:00 o’Clock HOTEL LA CONCHA Florida Commercial Secretaries Association ADMISSION BY CARD ONLY Adams. | ] or, finance and Gardner arugs and su M. E. Berkowitz, district chair- man, attended on behalf of the boy scouts and their participation in the program, and Mrs. Ber- kowitz attended as secretary. Be Made After That Time KEY WEST CHAMBER OF COMMERCE Registration For Defense Starts On May 39 TIONNAIRES TO PROS. PECTIVE DRAFTEES waa program for Sunday and onday follows, with T ) jand Wednesday's programs to be printed Monday: Sunday Key West draft board has started mailing questionnaires to = i i wi men who will be called into he |g eee for golf and recrea- army, Chairman Horace O'Bry-) Afternoon and until8 p. m— jant announced today registration at La Concha hotel ' Although no one from Key | 7:30 p, m.—All registered dele- West has been called up to now, | gates will be the guests of the the board has received instruc- Key West Chamber of Commerce tions from Washington to mail for Buffet Supper and Informal the forms to men at the top of Get-together, at the La Concha the list, in order to get prospec- | Hotel. President Everett W. Rus- tive draftees classified in ad- sell, Secretary Steve Singleton vance. W. T. Simpson, Ft. Myers, Presi Some, men who already ghave dent Florida Commercial Secre been given their physical exam- taries Association, presiding inations will get. new) physical Welcome to Key West—Cham exam Wlaghi( si$tsit tis neces-| ber President Everett W. Russell sary to” Bring thé board’s _infor- Res| ¢, Ear), Bhatche Fo mation up to date tary ¢ ber of ‘Comme: % Coidmittce LG \ fri 1 Ci ° Solutions Committee e vilian Time and Place Committee Auditing Committee. ero Sergeant-at-arms in perpetuit Fred J. Lee, Clearwater A word about the Sebool—-Karl Lehmann jof the Lake County Chamber Commerce Abridged Secreta Tavares Secretary's Report, Edwin f TWO BUILDING 2s." PERMITS ISSUED °c an nr 45 a m.—Breakfast for Of ficers, Board of Director Prog Committee BA m. to 9:00 # m tration, La Concha Hotel 9:00 a or f Instrugtion 9:00 a, m.--Fundament ~ Chamber of Commerce procedust Kari Thatcher, Secretary w Gulf Oil corpora Divi and Simonton streets, and E. ;Gauthe, 1415 Olivia street terday were granted building permits for minor repairs, beth for $75. ion w ves Rey 14am ue port 1x3 No. 2 Flppring ... $40.00 M 1x4 “D” Flooring Doors, 2°8"x6'8" Wall Board Cement. per sack Special Lot of Paint colors only. $2.70 value. closing out at $2.00 Gal STRUNK» ir Discussion. Keeping the Cha rce on the Job Du Emergency Period? Manager Chamber W. Palm Beach Discusaion Federal 7 Con Taxation m.—- Ducussion 11:10 a m—(10-minute Short) “What Does the Chamber of Com~- (Continued on Page Four)