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

Associated Press Day Wire Service For 61 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West VOLUME LXIIL. No. 134. Che Key West Citizen THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN THE U.S. A. British Fleet Maneuvers Into Blockading Positions _ Along Coast Of Syria Vichy Launches New And Bitter Attack On British | Aggression In Mandated | | MILITARY ACADEMY CLOSED | P . i i President Roosevelt, still holding | Area (By Ansocinted Press) Powerful ships of Great Brit- ain’s Mediterranean fleet moved into blockading positions along the coast of Syria today, while/ war between the one-time allies ®@ppeared to wait only a move from either side. Vichy launched a new and bit- ter attack on British aggression in the mandated area, and it was announced Gen. Maxine Wey- gand has remained at the tem- porary capital to discuss new / collaboration between and the Axis with German en- voys. Istanbul said Germany has re- quisitioned all Rumanian ships to transfer soldiers through the Black Sea into the Mediterranean | area, British soldiers, meanwhile, | are massed in a steel ring around | the Syrian border on the fron-} tiers of the Trans-Jordan aig Palestine. Unconfirmed reports from | tanbul said British and Free French leaders have quarelled, with Gen. Charles De Gaulle’s demanding , a clgpapiiate i a. on a Syihe bethe any can reach there, and Gen. Sir Archibald Wavell of Britain’s! African armies, insisting — that! his forces already are spread too} thin for safety. Britain now is said to have! 500,000 men ready for a drive’ into Syria, a move which Vichy | says France will resist by force of arms. French desert © forces, | strengthened with the sion of Germany, are said Vichy to be strong enough ‘old invading British troops. With every evidence of _ still closer cooperation between Vichy and Berlin in the offing, United States envoys in the French cap- ital said today their offices have | been swamped with letters from French citizens protesting against | collaboration of their ment with Germany. The letters came in answer to a British broadcast asking | ‘Frenchmen to show their disap-! proval with letters to the Ameri-{ ean embassy. France | in! to | ‘There will be a meeting of the eity Council held tonight, begin- Bing at 8 o'clock. "This is the first regular meet-| ) Bs of the month at which time reports and other routine will be transacted, with other matters coming up during the session. govern- | ‘CADET MARTIN GETS HONORS | COMMENCEMENT EXER- CISES MONDAY (Special to The Citizen) GAINESVILLE, Georgia, June | 5.—Riverside Military Academy | lclosed its thirty-third Commencement Exercises here |Monday with the graduation of |170 Seniors and Post Graduates, jone of the largest classes in River- | side's history. | A feature of the program was} | the graduation address delivered | by Dr. M. L. Brittain, President of This was followed by announce-' | ment of honors and conferring of diplomas by General Sandy | Beaver, President of Riverside. Among those honored or grad- | ;uated during these final exercises | was Cadet John Hickman Martin, | Jr., son of Mes. J, H. Fleming, of |1025 Fleming Street, Key West, | Florida. Cadet Martin received a merit! ribbon and was awarded the | jscientific diploma, diploma. SCOUT BOARD JT BOARD WILL PRESENT PR PROGRAM \TO BE GIVEN TOMORROW} EVENING AT HIGH SCHOOL BUILDING The Monroe County District, | annual } the Georgia School of Technology. ; ~ (BILL TO. SEIZE VESSELS 1S, NOT SIGNED AS YET REMAINS ON PRESIDENT’S DESK AWAITING COMPLE- TION OF PAPERS ON DIS- POSITION | (By Assoctated Press) WASHINGTON, June 5.— on his desk the measure which will permit the United States to seize and transfer to Great Brit- ain 100 foreign vessels in Ameri- jean ports, today was believed to {be waiting for completion of pa- ; Pers disposing of the ships before ; Signing the seizure measure. asked to contribute about 60 more vessel, which, with the 100 jto be seized, will make up the bes by Great Britain. With the tanker shortage coming acute, meanwhile, Harold Ickes, recently appointed oil }ezar, is expected tonight or to- morrow to announce a plan for jtransportation of oil supplies from western fields to the east coast. ‘OVER TO CONVOYS | | [INSTRUCTIONS 1 ISSUED TO MOTORISTS ON MILITARY TAMPA, June 5.—(FNS) The; | first set of instructions for motor- | ists who meet motorized military | convoys on the highways: was is- sued last week by the South Flor- | ida Motor Club. | The rules, manager Stuart B.! i said, follow conferences j between motor club officials and | American ship lines have been | ; 2,000,000-ton shipping pool desir- | be- | ‘WOULD GIVE ROAD ——, KEY WEST, FLORIDA, THURSDAY, JUNE 5, 1941 Churchill Faces Bitterest Of Criticism; Must-Explain Why — Units Were LONDON, June 5.—Prime Min- ister Winston Churchill sometime this week will go before parlia-} jment to explain the defeat of His} Majesty’s troops in Crete, jeriticism hurled at {ment in this war. Anger over the Crete debacle has been mounting steadily in re- cent days as more information comes in, with the influential | London Daily Mail playing an im-} | portant part in the demands for a {full explanation. | The defeat at Crete, according to the London paper, dates back as far as six months, when efforts | jto fortify the island were neg- jlected or carelessly carried out. Attacks on the Churchill gov- ernment’s conduct of the war were launched from a new source today, as well, when Australian war ministers announced they his govern- (By Anecinted Pre Associated Press) and | probably to face the bitterest! Defeated In Crete would vote on a demand for guar- antees from England that Atel oo oe ee tralian soldiers will not again be {sent into action without the as- surance of adequate air support. The Australian war council meets tomorrow, and some such demand is expected. Of the 8,000 | British troops admitted left in |Crete at the final evacuation, | about 6,500 were Australians. | Newspapers in London con- | tinued today to call for a complete re-study of England’s defense on | ploding bombs last night for the |the E basis of the Crete invasion. first time in 26 days, as German | | | | equipped with mines so they may tal and reached far back into Eng- i be destroyed if they are to be! land's industrial midlands. | abandoned. Royal Air Force bombers, after | | Reports from Crete indicate the | giving Boulogne a terrific pound- | 1 First Time In (By Associa’ London felt the crash of ex- Key West, Florida, has the eS oe Condemns Property For hrpot London Bombed Last Night For | checks For Pa Payment Of Parcels To Be Sent To Individuals Within Ten Days Twenty-Six Days ‘Owners of 19842 acres of Boca ‘ted Press) ing on the previous night, re- turned to French ports last night in a new series of attacks | ORS IPE RE 8 {Pounded bases in Belyium. The air ministry today said| Santer & Purchase pelts af 98 an London damage had not been im-' acre—the same figure paid other | portant, but admitted some un- specified cities in the interior had! landowners by the county—as been heavily bombed. Judge Arthur Gomez in circuit British frequently were driven REM ACEERT RE away from airdromes by para- chute troops, leaving the fields INSTRUCTIONS | (iy Aanocintea Preen) TALLAHASSEE, June 5.—The/ | working majority kept the Sen- ate in session today io pass ad- | ministration bills tightening tax assessment and collection pro- | cedure. | Thus the way is cleared for | | action on the entire Holland pro- ates before adjournment 9 p. m-|’ tomorrow. The Senate agreed to delay , Boy Scouts of America, Awarding | | the War Department and are made | other measures and stay on mee Weintraub as chairman, will put }On a@ program tomorrow evening, | Friday, June 6, beginning at 7:30 | o'clock, at the Key West High; | School building. All troops and district commit-|ing them through stop lights and| | tees, and the parents and friends tend. The program follows: 1, Opening: Pledge to Flag and \ {Scout Oath. 2nd Class Awards. |. 3. Entertainment Troop No. 50. | 4. Ist Class Alwards,. Entertainment ‘Troop No. 51. Merit Badge Awards. Entertainment Troop No. 52. | Star and Life Awards. Awards to Outstanding ; Scouts of each Troop and Patrols. | permit a private motorist to pass | 10. Presentation of 10 year; , Service pin to Wilbert Moehrke. 11. Closing announcements. \ 12. Song, God Bless America. GOOD SEASON FOR OR FLORIDA TAMPA, June 5.—(FNS) Word from the Florida Exhibits at At- lantic City indicate that Florida's summer season will be a good one. Over 500,000 people visited At-| lantie City over Memorial Day week-end and about 20 per cent of | them visited the Florida exhibits! which opened on the Steel and! Heinz Piers. Releasing Funds For Power Line BJ. A. McRoe, re} evaentata of fe Key Land Farm company, and Trill Felton. Islamorada, last ht were nameti ito ‘the Florida y Electric Co-operative board trustees approved a loan con- t releasing $50,000 for work me key power line. The meeting ives held at Marathon mediately upon receipt of the contract at REA headquar- in Washington, it is under- pd $50,000 will be released for fe start of operations in the Roe and Felton were elected trustee posts on the board to; ea. oh All “the vacancies created by the resignation of C. and Edward Lauringer, both of Rock Harbor. McPherson, pleading ill health resigned from the board at its las’ | meeting in Marathon, and Lau- tinger’s resignation was accepted last night The plan accepted by REA in Court of Honor, with Isadore L. | public for the benefit of all who | juse the highway. | No attempt should be made to! pass military convoys in cities where they usually will have} | motorcycle police escorts carry- | \clearing traffic along their route, | permis- | of the members, are invited to at- | suggestions from the War Depart- {ment read. In such cases the | motorist should pull to the side of the road or curb and accord the leonvoy the same right-of-way j that would ordinarily be shown ‘the fire department or an ambu- | ance. | In the open roads outside the | city limits, convoys not on urgent | | schedules usually travel with suf- | ficient space between vehicles to | with safety, but it is pointed out | that caution should be observed at | jall times and that common cour- tesy and rules of the road should | ; be maintained, no passing on hills | and curves and with the overtak- | ing car responsible. FIVE ARE. DEAD | IN FLOOD AREA | | | (iy Associated Press) PITTSBURGH, June 5.—Death toll in the flooded region of south- } western Pennsylvania and north- jern West Virginia today had climbed to five with scores miss- ing or homeless. Swollen by more than 36 hours | of continuous rain, the Mononga- | |hela river and smaller tributaries ‘have swept away houses, flooded jmines and uprooted trees. | Damage estimates, after a day lof flood waters, now range above ‘the $1,000,000 mark. — COS, ——— THURSDAY {City Council meets, 8:00 p.m., City Hall. ;} County Commission meets 8:00 p.m. County Courthouse. j}Lions Club meets at 6:30 p.m. Lions’ Den, Seminary Street. Washington will bring power for, use at the Boca Chica airport, with communities on the keys tap- ping the line for their own use. The $50,000 new available is un- derstood to be for the purpose of getting work underway, with more money to come as the proj- ect nears completion. SOUTHERNMOST FLOWERS Seenen—____91.00}} | 616 DUVAL PHONE 136) Opposite Monroe Theater j bate of controversial bills. U. S. ARMY AND NAVY WANT "BLOOD BANKS” WASHINGTON. — bank” — A “blood of 200,000 half-pint units | has been asked by the Army and | Senate Puts Al Attention To Passage Of Administration Bills | | I i undamaged for use by German , transport planes. i | FORM SUBMITTED IN ORDER THAT MAIL MAY REACH} DESTINATION WITHOUT; ANY INTERFERENCE | TSTTSTL ITS ;PASSES MEASURE |. ON AIRPORT BONDS: (By neteiinted Press) TALLAHASSEE, June 5.— The Senate passed HB 1905 authorizing Key West's $40,- 000 airpor: bonds. Cherie tote Cau 8 Mail. TO HEAR P PROTEST, | DEALS WITH U. 5S. PROTEST. ; IN DISMEMBERMENT OF YUGOSLAVIA Mail addressed to officers and enlisted men stationed at any of) ‘the Atlantic bases will travel by | j ordinary means and be subject to British censorship unless instruc- ‘tions for addressing, as issued by the war department, are carried jout, Third Air Force headquarters | ‘ at Tampa have announced. ‘ly addressed.will be imal through the war depart- ment and will reach the addressee ; with a minimum of delay and without censorship. The following specimen of a cor- jreet form of address has been is- sued: From: John B, Doe 2015 4 ,_ Street Key West, Fla. To: Private Willard Jackson Roe (army serial No. d's th infantry APO 801 Newfoundland, The following numbers have been assigned to army postoffices 1 i | | i | (By Assoriated Press) BERLIN, June 5.—Berlin’s for- WOOO Ee ELL S Nd, huhu duet TOKYO |S OPPOSED inna ‘TO ADM. IH YARNEL se ,commandant of the United States | Navy beginning after July Ist. eign office, in a sharply worded Civilians are asked to contribute note today, refused to consider ly of blood, which the protest of the United States at the Atlantic bases: Newfoundland, APO 801; Ber- muda, APO 802; Trinidad, APO ried to plasma form which can be kept fresh without refrigeration. The addition of the |Pequired amount of sterile wa- iter to the plasma provides blood | for use in transfusions. (Special to TALLAHASSEE, Fia., June 5. | Attorney General J. Tom Wat- |son reports that the following laws have been enacted by the 1941 Florida Legislature: HIGHWAYS—Create State De- partment of Public Safety, crease drivers’ liences to $1, pro- (vide 190 state patrolmen, con- solidate tag and patrol offices. Increase auto license tags, 2,- 500-pound cars, $15; 4,500 pounds, in- j 25, CAPITOL—Spend $300,000 for new south wing to state capitol. FAIRS—Appropriate $200,000 for debts and new expense of Florida exhibits. PUBLICITY — Create Florida | Economic | $50,000 yearly. PLANNING — Continue State | Planning Board. $25,000 yearly. RELIEF—Pay Perry G. Wall 1 $3,986.26 for 1931 tax report. PENSIONS—Pension state em- ployes after 35 years, or 70 years old, at half pay. PAROLE—Create state commission, to handle | $75,000 yearly. EXECUTION—First assistant engineer at Raiford to pull | switch, instead of sheriff. } CITRUS—Make Flor: Commission terms May 31 MOVIES—Make ies legal. SOIL—Give University | Florida $10,000 for state soil sur-| parole pardons; Citrus all expire Sunday | vey. | CRIMINAL LAW—Allow Plor-| persons. ‘ATTORNEY GENERAL FURNISHES LIST | OF LAWS ENACTED ‘BY ‘LEGISLATURE Advancement Council, | mov- of} against the dismemberment of Yugoslavia. Foreign office spokesmen said the United States provoked the war, and was, herself, responsible , for Yugoslavia’s present plight. 803; Jamaica, APO 804; Santa Lucia, APO 805; Antigua, APO APO 806; British Guiana, APO 807, and Bahamas, APO 808. - ROTES ORGANIZE | ON HOME SOCIETY — | PHILBRICK ADDRESSES CLUB ON CRIPPLED, CHIL- REN'S HOME ‘The Citizen) ida to cooperate with states on paroles, H Adopt uniform act on witness- | es in criminal proceedings. ! Define the drug “marihuana”. other | Key West Rotarians and guests ! | this afternoon organized the first Make interstate extradition | chapter of the South Florida uniform, | Crippled Children’s home so-} Make the law of fresh pursuit |ciety as W. L. Philbrick, presi- from other states uniform. ident of the organization, appear- Allow nuisances to be enjoined ! ed before the juncheon meet- without closing entire establish-! jing. ment. | With John Gardner as tem- MILK--Prohibit “filled” milk, | porary chairman, the meeting using fat or oil to reinforce milk | witli be continued tonight at 6:00 fat. o'clock at the Lions Club Den, LIMES—Levy tax of four cents | when more members will be box on limes, for advertising |taken into the chapter. Twenty- fund. {seven volunteered for member- Prohibit shipment imma- | ship today. ture limes. | Philbrick described the pur- SKEET—Make Sunday skeet poses of the organization and> shooting legal. | urged local business ten to co- THANKSGIVING — Make last | operate Thursday in November legal / George Thanksgiving. | Rotarians of SURETIES — Require public!ed Service Organi surety bonds to be written by jchapter of which Florida companies. IMPROVEMENTS — Create Florida State Improvement Com- mission, to help finance public projects. of ition, @ local) will operate ithe service men’s canteen at the old Knights of Columbus hut on Duval street. Bygs: organization is directed a committee representing ADVERTISING—Regulate out- | Cathaties, Jews, Protestants and door advertising, require bill-jservice organizations such as boards to be approved, by state YMCA. YWCA, community chest. toad department |and others. PROCESS—Adopt service of | process by publication code. HOSPITAL — Permit Dade county to levy 7-mill tax for hos- | pitals. ‘ INSANE—Require county to] Andrew |pay for examinations of insane HOME FROM CAMP jveston, Tex. ,and Rudolph Sands; Corporais sevtalah tad hn! the. Unit- - court condemned their property for use by the county as an air- [peste County Attorney Julius F. Stone, Jr., announced immediate- liy after the condemnation pro- ;ceedings closed that he has. re- ceived a telegram from R. E. |Crummer and company, purchaser ‘of the airport bonds, notifying {him that a check mailed last night for & \ chase, reat CLAIM BRITISH LOSS OF FORTY SEVEN VEN WARSHIPS — so a contract could be ‘fication from ‘the county that the ; condemnation (Ry Associated Presa) over and the land in county TOKYO, June 5.—Reports that = 46 tha Adi ‘arnell ayment miral Harry Y: 1, | former Pirie dung mad thin 10 days fi today, Asiatie fleet will be given the post checks will go out in less time of high commissioner of the | than that. ak Philippines, today drow fire from! Stone, while in Washington the Tokyo newspaper, Times and; Week was told that $305,000 is ‘Advertiver: available for immediate expendi- Yarnell, said the paper, is more) Individual payments in the con- in favor of the Chinese Chung- | demnation today will king government than are the go to William B. Smith, $257.63; Chinese. jJane I, speci MANY BOYS ARE ia” Joshua B. bons spender ote ayVE! "HIGH POST IN PINES nLrP ™ | $257.63; Allan B. Cleare, Jr. as at ‘torney for the John H. Geiger (heirs, $525; William G. Miller, $2,- 930; Allan B. Cleare, Jr., as ot- torney for George Sweeting | heirs, $500; jattorney for Twelve’ Key 7 Wi families ‘this | heirs, week are getting their — first | Florida | glimpse in, nearly sit jthonths, of ‘sons who left here with the ha: | Josh tional guard in , February for |! Jurors, we nee prop- traitting, ‘Crockett, Gal- erty yesterday on the day of ithe hearing, were Edgar i Men who returned for a vaea- | sanchez, Narcisso Gareia. James ition are Sergeants Fred Knight,!g. Duane, P. i. Weatherford, Billy Gardner, Matthew Zacal| Joseph Aritas, Manuel Pena, John A. Collins, Roscoe Roberts, Bucene Archie Lowe, John Sawyer and|p Pierce. Carlos Vidal, Evelia Neville Russell, and Privates | Rodrigues and Paul Albury. George Ybarmea, Esteban Fer-| nandez, Floyd Villareal, Onorio “MINE Basan! i Fernandez and Emi! Gardner. | SS EEREeENG ' OSLO, Norway. way —The explo- sion of a large mine which hed rexponsible washed ashore wax CANBERRA, Australia—After July 1 the Australian government will pay five shillings (90 cents) weekly endownment for each Aus- tralian child under 16 in excess of one child in any farliy. Martin Thomas Takes Over Roller Skating Rink Property. County Judge Raymond: Loed |the Lord and County Solicitor Allan B. Cleare, Jr, have sold te Martin Thomas the twe Southard street lots on which he operates a roller skating rink, it was learned to- day.