The Key West Citizen Newspaper, June 4, 1941, Page 1

Associated Press Day Wire Service For 61 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN THE U.S. A. KEY WEST, FLORIDA, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 4, 1941 Legistation Introduced Today Fr Key West Naa «By Assoctited Press) WASHINGTON, June 4.—Leg-;' Among the projects is one for islation (S 1590) authorizing $90,-| the Key West naval hospital— 000,000 for construction of naval! construction of hospital facilities. projects was introduced today by/ including buildings, accessories the chairman of the Senate Naval | and acquisition of land—calling | for an expenditure of $1,000,000. VOLUME LXIL. No. 133. Travel Over Highway During, Last: Month Far Exceeded Number Given Tn May Report For Previous Year s | ° ° « — Figures Reveal Governor Signs Bill Allowing ie Trips, Bridge Commission To Borrow Money To Increase Facilities Bn | . * Proposed Line To Enter Wilhelm I, sn Affairs committee. \Papy Voted Against Measure Killed By House To Create Office Of Tax Commissioner ee _ ae | (By Assoctated Press) Panes oart BL. VALIDATING BONDS) "°%* ‘227 Killed 2 proposed) ny annociated Press) bs cee TINA T | Constitutional amendment to cre- | DOORN, Holland. June 1; \ * (By Associates Preway ' ” oe we alk TALLAHASSEE, June 4— ate = office of state tax com- | Wilhelm II, former king of Prus: \ MAN REGISTERING | missioner, 4 Representative Papy intro- | sia and emperor of Germany. duced, and the House passed ‘| The vote for submitting it to jdied suddenly this morning in the HERE FOR HB 1905 validating $40,000 of ‘the electorate was 48-44, but it i liothe where he hed been an Guile} 4 Monroe county airvort bonds. | s ! a lacked the necessary 57 affirma- \for 23 years. !SORIANO, TOP MAN ON LO- tive votes. ended i | CAL TURN! Stone, who returned here |COmmittee on legislative affairs. ee St mG pat mee ae | Former German Collections $19,413 | Kaiser, Died Suddenly This) vara, then Down Eaton Morning In [7 7/7/SILA2Z7SE (ts Associated Yress) Travel on Overseas Highway | | TALLAHASSEE, June 4. last month soared high above pre-| THELMA STRABEL | Governor’ Holland today signed j HAS DISPOSED OF | Representative Bernie C. Papy’s ANOTHER. SToRY = 1324, permitting the Overseas , Road and Toll Bridge District on} | the Florida keys to borrow money | | for increased facilities, and ex- | | tending the bridge district. | Senator David E. Ward yester- | day was granted his request to | | the senate that Papy’s bill permit- | | ting sale of liquor within 300 feet | of the San Carlos school in Key ' = , West be placed in the hands of the Street To Navy Yard Doorn, Holland vious records for May, with 19,-' Everett: W. Russell, vice chair- . jaan of the Kay West board of jernoon signed the easement _which will give the navy depart- ment authority to lay an 18-inch + municipal limits of the city. 613 passenger trips and total col- | lections of $19,413, the road and! i toll bridge district's monthly re-| Thelma Strabel; whose best- selling Key West novel, “Reap the Wild Wind,” went “into film production last month with the arrival here of a band of cameramen and tech- nical experts, has sold another story to Paramount, she told Julius F. Stone in New York last week. port revealed today. i Passenger trips in both direc- | tions thus exceeded by 4,428 the) figure for May, 1940, when 15,185) trips were recorded, and the | month's collections showed a} tem. year, of the dead.”) .) Even in death, it appeared to- jday, Wilhelm will remain in th ‘the mighty war machine he had: | built crashed about him. Court’ ; ; followers who stayed with Integy | Su ND. hee 8 : through the days of his exile said! os | the body will be buried at Doorn. Eldest son of Emperor Frederick as hy cE ens Seg airy i i | Members of the board met on Saturday after a trio to Chi. | Vetoed by Governor Holland, ASK CHURCHILL | Opponents of the proposed ' princess Herminia, the 82-year- BY DOCTORS; CHARLES gain over those for a year ago of not reveal the name of the Measure to the committee. Sen- : fects of a blood clot which entered : of the present fiscal year, since; _ Stone said the authoress told visi Kev We tim for selective service and is next on | B, Woodson, judge climbed to $221,643.40, more than| iit to Kev West’ sometime #bout a uniform taxation sys- | , the list for prospective army call, erat of the navy. hoine in Key West, which she ED TO CHEER MASTERFUL ; i 1938-39. ‘The present nine} built at the time she was wr j/, Tt was the first time a major ,queni, Board Chairman Horace ing "Reap “ | program failed to carry. Followine a meeting of the collected during the 12-month Fairway deacsconcmmga geo igo FOR, pian grunts ese toh, since September, 1938, the ALonG Prime Minister Winston Church- posed constitutional amendme: tel $669,751.31 FLORIDA KEYS tbacle which ended with German sound at | ACTIVE SERVICE figures, with 8,282 passengers and | —_—— 1 ‘Frustees of the Florida Key; Editorially. one paper ‘declar- APPEARED OVER Ded Gasmiigers aed: 4,004: care jnight at Tavernier, will sign a “We are tired of being asked; during the month. with May 18 (day before the start day, the records show 217 north- ENLISTED IN NAVY'S NEW (for an immediate start on the | LOCAL DEFENSE ORGAN. | Rurai Electrification administra- , tion’s power line to Boca Chica. IZATION Julius F. Stone, Jr., {county attorney, with the six | trustees, will meet at 7:30 o'clock at the Tavernier Grocery com- pany. The trustees, addition Men recently enlisted in the navy's new local defense force | in to Parliament members, in grow- | ‘ing volume, suggested that the ‘loss of Crete was more the result ! Monroe of a lack of foreisght than a lack FRENCH of arms. | To the man in the street, ac- cording to the papers, the aerial tonsalught on Crete was too much like a dress rehearsal for an at-) SYRIAN CAPITAL cs | Wilhelm was born Jan. 27, 1859. ANTI - AIRCRAFT! Suffering from birth ‘with GUNS. ARE BROUGHT In. Withered left arm, caused bY 4 faited, : form of infantile paralysis, the ex: ri é ae ; Reinardo Soriano, 1011 White- TO PLAY IN PROTECTION Kaiser almost from childhood be’ | head street, top man on the local | came a symbol to the world of OF BEIRUT | militerinth list, was turned down by the doc- militaristic’ power, tors, and Johnson would have ™4intenance dress is in Portsmouth. O'’Bryant said efforts to find the man have the i8- cago, New York and Washing- | the bill passed the house over the | amendment charged the commis- i _ Short notice, to grant Russell au- H $4,880.50. i i : . ; { : | new story which will be {ator Ward virtually has killed the | Lord High Executioner”. | his 1 His ho had Michael May Joh ‘is lung. sons, w! been | ichael iy inson, Ports- proval was received here from W. a i Se ELECT RIFICATION NEWSPAPER DECLARED “WE was collected in the entire 12 ee ston jago, had returned to Germany has been certified to the Federal | than the entire year’s collection of ° \ L, heaheububeudeuteudeuteat “ tlonrd-tst night, at which does?! period, ‘DEFENSE FORCE tcSTART OF. WOR ON’ 8YS"o) oe ae eee : th Leas 2 greniaee i je Southbound traffic in May con- | jaospetiog, ot | Crete Cine s pun - | peddle north. Biaves carried 4 | ‘Joan contract releasing $50,000 to cheer our masterful retreats” ei +. us Sundays, as always, were the of the Red Men's convention here) | bound ears and 262 southbound, |have been ordered to report for signing the loan contract, will; tack on England, herself. His message of condolence to tinted tha teak aves in Toe: ; the easement provides: | 4 i old ex-war lord died from the ef-| PEREZ NEXT ON LIST ton, said Miss Strabel would | veto last yeek. | By referring the | FOR EXPLANATION i would be a “csar, Hitler. | i ‘ thority to sign as s20n as the ease- i Collections for the nine months; filmed. bill for this session. { | : i { H Supporters contended ware | : fear. mouth, ©. who regi { Septer | him she plans a three-month control "was needed to bee attendance when doctors fear- istered here ; September 1, 1940, now. have ipa i led he would pass away a week { pa Seikedis ten edger. ot ks | CONTRACT T0 BE | ARE TIRED OF BEING ASK- , : months of the toll district's first ; |when it appeared that their fa- BUTeati of Investigatin as a delin-’ built at the time she was writ- SIGNED TONI j i “ j months’ total is only $14,455 less | | RETREATS part of Governor Holland's tax :*#¢? Was recovering. | O’Bryant announced today. Pf eaenies j poten date 1939-40, when $236,098.35 was “ h i j of parliament will . demand of Monroe voted against In the 33 months of its opera-} ‘| TEM RUNNING ster Wi toll district has collected a grand ; TO REPORT FOR | Be Al ea cae aa newspapers said today. PLANES tiqued to exceed northbound | pers i Electric Co- ive, i - ed: | 4,898 cars heading south, and 7,- bert co. sie Race lectric Co-operative, meeting to- 025 passengers in both directions ; big travel days during the month, | the busiest of the month. On that; with a total of 937 passengers go- | active duty by the navy depart- nominate three men for the post} One paper declared the whole i the Boers at the time of Britain’s ing in both directions. i GEHRIG BURIED IN _ NEW YORK TODAY (iy Axnoeiated Prony NEW YORK, June 4—Less) than 100 family members and! representatives of the New York | Yankees today attended funeral; services for Lou Gehrig at Christ's Episcopal church on the outskirts of New York. ment at W:_hington, it nounced here today. The men, who have been or- ganized for the Seventh Naval district (Florida), will be uni- along with an exhaustice detail- formed and used to relieve reg-| ing of their qualifications, will be ular navy men and men of the | forwarded to REA headquarters in nayal reserve, | Washington, where’ the appoint- District headquarters will issue|™Ment willbe made. the order for active service, with} Trustees also will discuss | the the men spending about 30 days question of easements permitting under the direction of regular! the government to lay the power navy personnel. At the end of line. Members of the board are that period, the local defense men Alton Park, Stock Island; A. E. will be expected to relieve the was an- of power line superintendent, a position which eventually will give the man selected the title of 'manager over the power system. Names of the three candidates, + The former Yankee first base-: regular and reserve personnel, program for home defense in; England should be re-studied in the light of the German cam- paign in Crete. Latest reports reaching (here from Cairo now have placed the number of men captured by Ger- many in the Crete fighting at 8,- 000 British and 4,000 Greeks. | Australian officers in Cairo said 6,000 Australians were left on the island. REGISTRATION ‘London and Vichy, brought new (Wy Associated Press) French anti-aircraft guns pro- tecting the Syrian capital at Beirut blasted at British war- planes for 15 minutes this morn- | ing, as RAF bombers for the ' men in history at the time of his | second time roared over the city abdication and flight to Holland, ; to drop bombs on its important | the former emperor gradually be- ; airdrome. ‘came regarded asa forlorn and_ The action, pitiful figure, “the woodchopper | }of Doorn.” | tension to the already strained re-' Upon the occupation of Holland lations between Britain and py German troops under Adolf! France. | Hitler, Wilhelm was offered aj London's foreign office hurled | haven in the land which he once | new accusations against Vichy of | ruled, but he declined, choosing | | war with the African country was Lone of the first signs of the grow ing rift which ended when the two empires clashed in war in 1914. | Probably among the most hated | reported both in Charles Perez, 1007 Packer street, follows Soriano on the list, 12 Shall be limited anil ex- nd should he fail to qualify, Isa- Clusively to the purposes afore- dore Weintraub, 700 Elizabeth **' / : street, will be next. The present | call is only for two men, but O'- | Bryant said heavier quotas are ex- pected Jtine 17, and in July. ‘ (3) The said water main shell be at all times maintained by the Evilio Moreno, Key West, has grantee (navy) in an entirety cafe ithe city’s distribution syrtem, re- | placing excavation and paving as “nearly ls practicable to original condition after installation of said ) water main; ¢ permitting Syria to be occupied }to end his days on the familiars purchased for about $2,000 the and secure manner without coat by German troops and repeated (Continued on Page Four) MANY AGAINST Woodburn and W. A. Parrish, Marathon; John A. Russell, Isla- | FOR DEFENSE man died Monday, a victim of aj permitting those men to take up| ™orada; Samuel R. Lund, Planta- | type of paralysis which forced ; other posts. |tion Key, and Mrs. Ellie Lowe, | REACHES 1 500 , him from baseball in 1939. Miami recruiting officers an-/ Tavernier. LARGE NUMBER OF ADDI- . iehanen me oe nounced about 100 vacancies are ORY’S BODY TO , Doorn estate. two-story house and property to the grantor (city). i north of Division street on Duval, (4) The grantee shall pot as- ‘PHILBRICK T0 it was announced today. The rign this easement, or any part property formerly was that of thereof, without the written con- Mr. Susanna H. Bodine, Chester, sent of the grantor first obtained; j left in the state force, especially | Pa, and includes a furniture (5) In the event that during the | for firemen and seamen. Some EASLEY. s C.—Mr.. and Mrs. knowledge of gas and oil engines life of thie instrument, any in- Thomas A. Blair are parents of | will be required for a fireman's their third set of twins in nine/| rating, and some knowledge of SENT TO PERSONS TO FILL | oo. SEIZURE. BILL | TIONAL QUESTIONNA! Duval street. store. The lot has a 42-foot front on jury to or death of persons whom- (Continued on Page Pour’ years. \ J tJ rags : p Recreation Director And Staff Planning Program Of Activities © With the closing of Key West have started boys’ summer sports COMING EVENTS screamer pols, a recreational program Bayview Park activities is be- worked out by Eva Warner, PA recreation director here, and Ber staff, it was announced today Working in cooperation with the city-county recreation coun- cil, Mrs. Warner is planning a @iyersified program of sports and Tetmational activities to be put inia effect upon completion of re- to the park grandstand. Jain Bennett, well known rec- leader, and Capt. Ar- ppard of the local project Set Wome The body of Johnny Joseph | Ory, 41, who died yesterday at sea, will be shipped by the Lo-} pez Funeral Establishment to his; brother in New Orleans. He has a wife in Beaumont,! Texas, and other relatives. | boats for rating as a seaman. and are organizing a softball league. Boy Scout officials have WEDNESDAY Tequested mass activities for scout Piorida Key Electric Cooperative troops, with Sheppard in charge Trustees meet at 7:30 p.m. as drill master. Tavernier Grocery Company. Craft classes for girls, and girls’ THURSDAY Sports, will be under the supervi- Rotary Club meets 12:15 p.m sion of the Misses Hilda Yado. St Paul's Parish Hall. Maria Farto, Tillie Cervantes and City Council meets, 8:00 pm. Roberta King, NYA recreation City Hall. director. be supervised by Miss Beatrice ; Bm. County Courthouse. jty's home def OUT Registration for Monroe coun- forces today ached the 1,500 mark and sub-' Chairman Willfam V. Little an- nounced his office has distributed another 3,800 questionnaires to Persons w K to fill out. the forms at home Everyone over the age men and women, should register whether or not they are em- ployed, Little declared today. Men who have registered for selective service are not dis- qualified from the defense group, and Little said the prospective draftees have been urged to assist in the present program. Navy yard employes, also, have been under the impression that they of 15, Ue said, but actually their services PERTANS TO GOVERNMENT 10 “ROTARIANS TAKING OVER PRIVATE = SRESIDENT OF CRIPPLED Demand CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL TO | ar mtanp at towcneow —- System For Great Expansion ; J $Hcdk t ain >> Telephone facilities In Key ‘tion's greatest army maneuvers, nt of West and throughout the nation when service in the nine states defense today appeared to be the South sors 32: bem pandora ppranlior ge nding covered by Southern Bell will be heading into rough going as op- | dren‘s hospita! test through the demand for in- the meens of coordinating and di- position senators cried, “dictator- | wil] address local Rotary club. stallatione at army camps and the recting the entire mock “war.” — ship”, and administration sup- members in the first step to-/ prospect of giant field maneuvers in addition to the actual provi- porters admitted their doubt that | ward organization of a local com- later in the summer, Howard sion of facilities. telephone em. the bill can pass in its present {mittee to raise money for the Overlin, local Southern Beli Tele- | ployes are advancing the deferee form. ‘hospital's construction. phone manager, re- program in other wave. Overlin Two amendments already of-| John A. Gardner, local Rotary | vealed today. anid. Many already heve heen fered by the administration club member, will be chairman Military and naval establish- called for active military service, forces would require congress to of the committee, and members | ments declare an emergency before the |of other civic and (Ry Associated Press) WASHINGTON, June 4—The; MEETING administration's bill for seizure mers of private property needed for; w.L. Philbrick, long property could be held Musical activities will County Commission meets 8:00]are not supposed to register, Lit- the government. Mbreno, Eduardo Henriquez, Julio Lions Club meets at 6:30 pm jare wanted in case of emergency he has not read the bill, but Lopez and Ernest Sanchez Lions’ Den, Seminary Street. outside the yard. | approves it in principle.