The Key West Citizen Newspaper, June 6, 1941, Page 1

Associated Préss Day Wire Service For 61 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West VOLUME LXII. No. 185. City Council Confirms Appointment the Key West Citizen THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN THE U. S. A. CROSS CLASS IS ° ORGANIZED HERE (Of Plumbing ‘ON WEDNESDAY EVENING AT HARRIS SCHOOL BUILD- ING GROUP TAKING COURSE MET) KEY WEST, FLORIDA, John A. Gardner was unan- imously elected as permanent chairman of the Key West Chap- Chapter Of South: Florida Cipled Childe’ Society +——. IDAY, JUNE 6, 1941 Local }meeting were Aaron McConnell, ,;Mayor Albury and Mr. Gardner. |Joe Pearlman represented the Key West, Florida, has the most equable climate in the country; with an average range of only 14° Fahrenheit a ‘Transpo PRICE FIVE CENTS ~ To Run Boat Line To Key ae, a # ~~ Ind Beta Boars es ° e ? . . ey oe Pearman ‘vepreeated’ «be Commissioners Approve State’s Ship Named Pioneer Will Ray Atwell Reappointed 7a ar aarti cu ine i Red ton mec eit ist ist a Xeon the Woman's cub” Suewey For Property On Which | “** "im Tsp From Police Officer; No Ac-| HEMINGWAY, BACK a |street. This was in connection u Wednesday evening, June 4th, ati with the regular meeting of the }K. Vettie and Gene James of the | ithe Lion’s Den on Seminary| Walter K. Harrison, field rep-} | T <i a tion Taken On Naming| FROM TRIP TO CHINA, ;of 20 hours was completed on tresentative of the society. Charles | City Clerk Mayor Willard M. Albury, in a! communication sent to the City} Council last night, announced that he had appointed a Plumb-! ing Commission to supervise | plumbing work in the city, and requested confirmation of the appointments. Those comprising the commission are Dr. Wm. R. Warren, city health officer; Homer Herrick, engineer, and John C. Park and Everett Char- | low, plumbers. The council con- | firmed the appointments. The mayor also announced the the Harris School. Edwin B. Thompson, instructor in charge, was presented with a lovely and useful gift as a token of apprecia- jtion from the. class and members of a first aid group at the dispen- sary. Mrs, Thompson, who is al- WILL FISH OFF CUBA Ernest Hemingway. back ‘from a trip to China, arrived here this afternoon from Mi- ami, preparing to leave for Cuba this afternoon aboard ‘Hemingway, will be accom-. ‘panied on thefour. or five- week fishing, trio by Joseph Russell, owner of Sloppy Joe's who frequently has been the author’s guest on other cruises. Russell said this morning he talked to Hemingway by telephone last night. and was preparing the boat for a di parture late in the - after- moon. sented with a boquet of roses and lillies The following members will receive Red Cross First Aid cer- tificates: Mesdames Isadore Appelrouth, 511 Duval street; Elizabeth L. Barnes, Army Post; M. E. Ber- kowitz, 323% Whitehead street; | Madeleine L. Browne, 421 Duval !street; Gladys Doll Cabrera, 811 {Southard street; Wm. T. Dough- \try, 821 Georgia street; Martha E. |Glines, NAS Qtrs. 4; Madge Ker- appointment of a board of com- missioners governing electricians, composed of Greyburn Pinder, Charles Salas and Karl Jordan. The council also confirmed these appointments. Fire Chief Harry M. Baker sub- mitted a list of buildings in Key ; West which he termed fire haz- |sage, Army Barracks; Mary Od hed ded deka id Knight, Army Barracks; Dorothy H, Hooper, Army Barracks; Her- BRITAIN BANKRUPT ‘lor; Grace B. Phillips, 421 Duval street; Mrs. Marjorie Layman, Army Barracks; Mrs. Ruth M. Pierce, 905 South street; Ruth C. so a member of the class, was pre- | {Lions Club with Charles Ketchum acting president. | Other officers of {named are as follows: i» Mayor vice chairman. Mrs, Fred Knapp, secretary. John Pinder, treasurer. W. L. Philbrick, president of {the South Florida Crippled Chil- H. ithe Lions Club last evening and spoke of the’ work being accom- plished by this organization in the nine counties which it serves. Mr. Philbrick showed that during the past several years {many local children had been helped “by the society despite the fact that Monroe county had | contributed little to the work. Delegation from the Key West Rotary Club which attended this f the chapter! Willard M. Albury, : idren’s Society, was a guest of, Committees Eliminate Old Age Pension Provisions ards and a menace to the pub-,|CALLS ON UNITED STATES |Putnam, Army Post, Cottage No. | |Miami Beach Lions Club also} were present. ee a Lion President Ketchum pledg-| _ William R. Porter, First Na- ‘ed full cSoperation from the | tional Bank president, last night Lions Club to the new project | Was granted by Monroe coynty land this was demonstrated , by Commissioners a resolution ac- jevery Lion in attendance at the | Cepting and approving the state's [meeting taking out a member- Survey for Lime Grove property a 7 in the local chapter. on which 100 army and navy of- his services to the newly-formed , Construction’ on ‘group in securing memberships | PFO) lfrom persons residing on the | Florida Keys. . " ARES Lion Secretary Rodman Beth- | for 100° homes with restrictions el awarded 100 percent attend- | demanding that each home cost ‘ance buttons to the following, @ Minimum of $3,000. : members. Joe Allen, John Cos-| Financed by private capital, 'tar,; Rodman Bethel, Gerald | the project is guaranteed by Fed- Saunders, Hastings Smith, Chas, |¢Tal Housing Authority, and Ketchum, Andrew Pritchard, Dr. |the homes will be purchased in J.C. Sanchez, Albert DiNegro |€@8¥ Payments on a rent plan. and Charles E. Roberts. | Approval of the survey by the commissioners clears the a for immediate work on the proj- ect. Commissioners at the meeting passed resolutions declaring |mer company for $8,000 received lyesterday, money which will be te . . § ‘ ion (Poor Old) Craig offered gpd homes will oon | ect will be handled by Les- | torney, was saapihas hog tas a Pitneer, H. A. Cooper, “Tampa ter Preu contracting company, | resolution urging the war depart-° Miami, Porter said. Plans eall}ment’s division engineer at Jack- | Partner in the firm, announced Officers Homes Will Be Built {ty grand jury’s report, which was | ipresented to Judge Arthur Go- 'mez last month, but agreed, on the suggestion of Norberg Thompson, to hold over the re- {port until the board’s next meet- ing, June 12, Julius F. Stone, Jr. county at- sonville to speed work on the survey for an inland waterway to Key West from Bahia Honda. | Favorable reports already have ‘neer’s office, it was learned, from Washington. . Acting on frequent protests from citizens who object to the way |name of the county road _bar,! “Dirty Dick's”, Stone was named by the commissioners to urge owners to select another name. County Clerk Ross C. Sawyer icomptroller’s office $33,289 in’ ‘money collected from Murphy | used for payment to landowners} Act sales, and several thousand | ‘been sent to the division engi- ; lic. } The condemned structures in- | clude Lowe's old lumber shed on } Greene street, betweef Elizabeth | and Simonton; building at cor- | 4; Peggy Rybolt, Fort Taylor; | | Agnes Solt, Army Barracks; | | Hazel W. Thompson, NAS Qtrs, 6; | Miss Yvonne C. Pinder, 1107} TO STAY OUT OF PRESENT WAR (Ry Associated Presa) From Appropriations Bill (Ry Associated, Preas) |whose Boca Chica property was |more dollars are being held here jcondemned as an airport site| pending approval of the deeds in | yesterday in cireuit court. First | Tallahassee. National Bank was named as the, Hitting a new | devository for. the money. .-«.. ;months, fine and | Southard street. TALLAHASSEE, June. 6.—) Mr. Thompson will instruct PITTSBURGH, June 6.—lIsola- bill totals about $12,500,000 ‘Wonist Senator. Burton K. Wheeler The commission also _ notif ;from criminal court totalled | Late This Month | Key West will get a new freight | Service between here and Tampa |late this month with the arrival | of the newly. formed Gulf Coast Transportation company's ship, | today. | Cooper, who plans twice-week- _ly sailings between the two ports, yaad the reconditioned Pioneer _ will leave drydock at St. Marks in time to arrive here about June 23 of navy yard building already are on the dovks their indebtedness to R. E. Crum- | reported he had sent to the state at Pert Tampa awaiting the ship's _ ing, before leaving for Tampa. He ‘ arrived here yes inspect an a } aotek4 | other partner, is expected to come ner of Angela and Duval; Island | ': jotel, William street, “ be- tween Fieming and Eaton; build- t Fleming and Bahama building at 629 Southard filling station, head of Flagler avenue; Reynolds build- i Duval street, between Front Greene. another class to start about June ; }16th. The place where class will erica First ‘ rally here last night, be held will be named _ shortly. said the British empire already is Ir further’ jeformation . call bankrupt and called on the United ' va as 1 320- re States to stay out of the war. 1B on hs a “It is impossible,” he said, “for the United States to carry the of Montana, speaking at an “Am- porary treatment given in case of accident or sudden illness before Conference committees of the House and Senate today elimin- ated old age pension provisions, First Aid is the immediate, tem- | including a $8,771,000 House-ap- | proved rider, from the biennial ‘ annually. | ‘The legislature today submit- | ted to voters in the 1942 general election a proposed constitution- al amendment authorizing a state Washington headquarters of Civil $892.91 last month, Sawyer re- here aboard the Pioneer to com- Aeronautics Authority that the: ported. plete local arrangements for 1,000-acre tract now is entirely|/ Members of the board also freight service. f lin county hands, clearing the agreed to increase the salary of, As soon as the partners are able | way for start of work on the air-| assistant Janitor Paul Monsal- to determine how much volume of ‘ port. | vatge from $50 a month to $60,' business is available, Cooper said, | Commissioner Eddie Gomez beginning with the start of next more ships will be added to the i asked for a reading of the coun-/ year’s budget. line, probably with Fort Myers City Attorney Aquilino Lopez ‘four freedoms’ throughout the Was requested to communicate World. ; with the owners of the ptoperty' (Wheeler referred to President imquestion and request them to Roosevelt's pledge to extend to have same torn down, the world freedom of action and A letter was read from Mayor freedom from want.) the services of a physician can be secured. In some cases this im- | 9¢M¢¥8! appropriations bill. mediate action saves a life. In all) iso eliminated was a Senate cases, proper first aid measures ireduce suffering and place the | Substitute proposing for pensions | patient in the physician’s hands in commission for control of salt) water fishing. The amendment, KS STILL IN would permit the legislature to, vest powers over salt water fish- | Albury, stating that inasmuch as he felt that it was his duty in| saccordance with city regulations | ‘THREAT FROM !a better condition to receiye treat- iment. The duty of the first aider | ends where the physician’s begins, iand there should be no clash of in- | terest between the jthe first aider. ae Purpose of First Aid training: City Clerk to succeed Archie | (iy Anne Presa) | 1. a prevent accident. To Roberts, who recently resigned,| PITTSBURGH, «June 6.— Re-/ make the individual see an acci- the appointment to run for the| ceding waters of the Mononga- | gent in terms of possible pain to length of the unexpired term, | hela river and the weather man’s | yimself and his pocketbook is an which will terminate the first | assurance of clear skies for the | important feature of any safety part of November when the city |next few days appear to have | program: Impressing: the results election will be held. No action jended the threat of’further dam- of failure to have-small “injuries was taken by the council, the | age in a flood whith already has | immediately. cared for is one of matter being deferred until the | claimed five lives and sent dam- | the best methods of getting people Next regular meeting, at which | age to more than a million dol- to have all minor injuries treated time other applications are ex- | lars. Q | without delay. pected. | WPA crews moved in from’ 9 qT} equip .the individual Ray Atwell, former member of other sections today to begin the | with sufficient knowledge to de- the police force. who resigned his long job of clearing up mud and | termine the nature and extent of position when he left for Fort debris left by the flood, which |.) injury, This does not mean Crickett, Texas, with the Na-, followed a 36-hour downpour. | that the first aider is expected to tional Guard from Key West,| Flood waters at Pittsburgh, iti make a complete and accurate and who was recently given his} W@s announced today, reached | giagnosis such as the physician discharge from the service on,@ high of 27 feet. jmakes, but he should be able to some form of disability, was re- leome to some decision as to the appointed to the police force ‘nature and possible extent of the pes night, and went on duty to- | injury. jay. } 3. Tt was ordered that a fire ex- do the proper thing at the peeve tinguisher, to be attached to the ltime. Likewise, knowing what city motorcycle, along with an {not to do is equally important. Pointment of Henry Saunders, | employe at No. 1 Fire Station, as | to fill any vacancies created, he} Tecommended the temporary ap- | FLOOD ENDED Pu Shean ‘DUTCH ANSWER | TOKYO DEMAND To train the first aider to | of five percent of all items in the | bill. | The House delayed considera- Registration For Civilian | Defense Ends Today Registration for civilian de- | fense in Mbnirde county ends‘at all but two booths this afternoon at 5 o'clock, with 2,500 completed |forms already in the hands of | Chairman William V. Little, and another 3,000 distributed to per- sons filling out the questionnaires at home. ' Persons who have failed to | register previously may volunteer jat the Cuban club office tonight j until 11 o'clock, and at the Amer- ican Legion’s desk at Duval and | Fleming streets until 9 o'clock. All other registration desks will be | closed at 5 o'clock extra\battery, be purchased j (My Asneciated Press) i An appropriation of $25 was! BATAVIA, Java, June 6.— made to take care of part of the| Dutch authorities have signed, expenge of Fire Chief Harry | sealed and delivered their an- Baker’} trip to Jacksonville some | swer to a Tokyo ultimatum for | time this month to attend a fire] chiefs’ ronvention. } Tt was ordered that $100 be, transfered from the WPA Spon- sorship ifund to the General Rev- | enue find to pay the, expenses | + {J}pahege \official news | serv- {ed a divorce from Frank Tesay | ericial news acrvike. of Mayer Albury and Dr B Parramare to attend a meeting (Continued on Page Four) Signs Bill For Taking Over TWO DIVORCES ARE sweeping concessions in the} Dutch East Indies to Japan, it was apnounced here today, but} officials refused to comment on the contents of the message. Marguerite Anna Robertson, |Key West, yesterday was grant- ite at Tokyo today said the Dutch Pieczarka, also of this city, on @ answer has dissatisfied Tokyo|charge of extreme cruelty. ministers.) " | Jule C. Jaffe, Miami Beach, _} won a divorce from William B Jaffe, New York, on the same : charge. | . : Rec eee a Foreign Vessels In America Brapv's (Live) Poultry (By Assectated Press) | WASHINGTON, June 6.—Presi- dent Roosevelt today signed the bill giving the United States au- thority to seize foreign ships in American harbors, and imme- diately ordered the Maritime commission to take over the more than 100 idle vessels. | and Egg Market At his press conference, Presi- | STEWERS, dent Roosevelt called peace talk! Battery Raised Rhode island at this time “German propa- | Red (YERS, ganda,” and declared John G.|® - Winant, returned ambssador to| _ ROASTERS — DUCKS London, had brought no request for peace talks from England. | 1214 White Street Phone S40 VE | j | | GRANTED MASSING, TROOPS ! i (Ry Aasectnted Preend BERLIN, Jute '6.—Germany’s DNB, today jTidiculed reports that German and Rumanian troops have mass- ed for an attack on south Russia The news service said it is true ng German and Ru- 2 army leaders have been in conference, planning joint ac- tion of the two armies, but said any talk of a Russian invasion was | ridiculous. 616 DUVAL Opposite ing on the state conservation PUBLIC LIBRARY DENY REPORT OF CADET MARTIN | } board, composed of the governor witt, NOT BE MOVED UNTIL and cabinet members, or create! NEW BUILDING HAS BEEN PURCHASED Club former Books at the Woman's library, the | ; public Knights of Columbus hut.om.Du- i val street, have not been moved, ‘and opening of, the \UnitedServ- | ice Organizations’ recreation {room ih the: building: Monday Little said early this afterngon |will cause no, interruption’ in his office has used all of the 6,000 | service; Woman's club President blanks'sent here by the state de-' Mrs, Fred Knapp announeed to- partment, with this county prob- Vday. ably exceeding the state average.! Correcting a published _ state- Leaders of the program at Talla- | ment that books had been moved hassee hoped to register about half the state’s population, and registration here probably will go over half, according to Little. Tallahassee alreaay has been asked for more blanks. Clerks at the registration desks, after their blanks are exhausted, will con-! tinue to take names and addresses of volunteers, mailing the form to the applicants as soon as a new ‘ supply is received. Mrs. Knapp said there will be no change in the present library set- up until the club has completed negotiations for purchase of the Hellings building, 317 Duval street, probably next week. tion will give several days’ no- tice before removing the books from the building which has been used as a library for the | past 10 years. As soon as nego- jtiations are completed for the Hellings building, the club will announce a moving date, avoid- ing as much as possible a break in the book service. George. Montpetit, assigned by USO to direct the ‘recreation ‘program at the hut, was expect- ed to leave Kev West today for Miami, sr here next week with eauij which will be in- stalled in the building. RUINED TROUSERS CHICAGO—Richard Watson of Cadet John Hickman Martin, Jr., son of Lieutenant J. H. Mar- tin, 1025 Fleming street, who was graduated with honors from the Riverside Military Academy, ; Gainesville, Ga., was called home unexpectedly Saturday, two days before he was to have received! his diploma. Due to the serious illness of Lieutenant Martin, commanding officer of the U. S. Coast Guard; Cutter Pandora, doctors deemed it advisable last week end to call Cadet Martin to his father's bed- ribbon and was awarded the) scientific diploma at the Com-/ mencement Eercises Monday IN JAP_ BOMBINGS SEVEN HUNDRED DIE FROM | ' stops included in the schedule. The Pioneer, which has been powered. She carries a cargo of about 100 tons. | Cooper said the firm plans to use small vessels, in order to per- mit more frequent sailings from the building two weeks ago, ; Mrs. Knapp said her organiza- i j and SUFFOCATION IN AIR RAID SHELTER ter elasticity of schedule. Frthe. Pioneer will pes ate docked at | Cooper sai (My Awnoctated Press) j. GHUNGKING, Chin, ine @ TOs The Hm 7 civi of suffocation today. in. ‘wake fice is in Tampa. of. a, five-hour bombardment of ‘aca Seen TERM STRIKE ;P (My Asaneteted Peenn) WASHINGTON, June 6—Rep* j With the Geath toll already — above 500 in the bombing, 700, more men, women and children. were suffocated when they’ jammed into an air raid shelter so tightly that the supply of air was cut off. resentatives of the United Auto- The bombardment was the mobile Workers Union (CIO) to- heaviest Chungking has suffered, day called the two-day strike of with 72 Japanese bombers North American Aviation work: pounding the city steadily for ers at Inglewood, Cal.” “unea five hours. thorized” and prepared to leave ——— Washington by plane to confer DANGER TO CHILDREN with local union leaders who ations called the walkout, PUEBLO, Colo.—-City commis- Now in its second day. the sioners of this city refused to strike is costing the United permit a property owner to erect States about 10 warpanes a day, a barbed wire fence on the The factery ploduces about one- ground that it would endanger fifth of the entire warplane out~ ‘ children. pat £ Italian Planes Strike At British Fort Of Gibraltar (By Asnociated Prews) LONDON, June 6.-~Italian war- planes last night struck at Britain's Mediterranean fortress of Gibraltar, even as {Spanish islands of the Mediter- ranean. _ British troops, meanwhile, eon-