The Key West Citizen Newspaper, June 9, 1941, Page 1

Associated Press, Day Wire Service For 61 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West Che Key West Citizen THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN THE U.S. A. WOLUME LXII. No. 187. Seeks KEY WEST, FLORIDA, MONDAY, JUNE 9, 1941 Bit And Free Frnc [ Royal Air Force Bombers Drop Thousands Of Leaflets Urging Repu- diation Of Vichy Regime (By Associmed Press) CAIRO, June 9.—British and | Free French troops are driving a three-pronged attack into the heart of French-mandated Syria today, still without encountering serious resistance, a bulletin in Cairo has announced. On ren ana yi SEEK TREVOR AS EXECUTOR OF SMITH ESTATE| ATTORNEY WINS FIGHT TO HAVE WILL PROBATED IN FLORIDA INSTEAD OF WIS- CONSIN Five Hundred Killed Or Wounded In; Nazi-Attack Last Night On Alexandria (By Associated Press) ALEXANDRIA, Egypt, Junejer attack last night on this neu- 9.—Fi heaiea } tral capital ipealeeeroargqentiies 4 | Squadrons of bombers raked declared dead or wounded today | the central part of the city in a in the wake of a German bomb-| violent bombardment. | were J. J. Trevor, First National UIC LLLL LL dd Bank cashier, today was named CLAIM SIX GERMAN jina petition presented by Aqui- SHIPS WERE SUNK | lino Lopez, Jr., as the executor NEW LAWS ENACTED BY LEGISLATURE | Howard L. Smith, retired seas | FURNISHED BY ATTORNEY GENERAL | jot the University of Wisconsin } law school, who died in Key West on January 22. Lopez filed Professor will for probate here after win- i epewecennee (By Associated Presa) LONDON, June 9,—The ad- imiralty today announced the destruction of five supply ships and an armed trawler, said to have been attached to the German fleet which was scattered with the sinking of the giant battleship Bis- mmarck. | (Special to The Citizen) | TALLAHASSEE, June 9.—New limits, 8 bass, 20. bream daily. Smith’s | laws enacted by the 1931 legisla-| Authorize trustees I. I. Fund con-! ture and briefed by Attorney! vey state land in proposed Ever- | ining his contention that the will |G¢eper@! J- Tom Whitson are a |glades National Park to govern- 24 bs | follows: ent for conservation. Create; jshould be probated in Florida,| paxaTION — Require sworn| Everglades National Park Com-! where the professor was a resi- | returns on personal property, 100| mission, 12 to 30 members, with | dent, rather than’ in Wisconsin.!per cent assessment, increase $4,800 chairman and $2,400 secre- Because of a Florida law, it was|powers of collection. Increase} tary. Provide $3,000 yearly to! necessary to secure a resident | NFL eddididedhedheckt | that being written by prefabri-| RAF bombers’ have dropped! power to collect intangible prop-| keep up Dade Memorial Park. of this state for executor, re- erty taxes, giving counties 25 per GASOLINE TAX—Make gas —<——$$ ee FACTORY-BUILT HOUSES LATEST TURNED OUT IN MASS PRO- DUCTION IN DEFENSE PROGRAM IN AUTO SMASHUP ABOVE TAVERNIER WITH RODRIGUEZ VEHICLE | { {Uy Ansocinted Preand A success chapter in the quest of defense workers for homes is) ALLEGEDLY DRUNK cated houses—factory-built dwell-|_ Mrs. Andres Rodriguez suffer ings turned out on a mass pro- duction basis. jan accident north of Tavernier WOMAN INJURED’ DRIVER OF CAR COLLIDING} HELD UNDER $250 BOND: jed bruises and slight injuries in! Three Men Are Treated For Severe Burns; One Stabbed With Bayonet By Soldier 1 (By Associated Press) INGLEWOOD, Calif. June 9.— Three men were treated for se- bombs and ancther charged he ‘had been stabbed by a° ‘soldier's beyond thle ee ence ' thousands of leaflets in cities NEGRO JAILED {placing the Wisconsin bank | cent, increase state income esti- allocation 2 cents for bonds, Put up in hours, rather than im- | last night when the car in which | employes of “North” “American She was riding with her husband | AFTER BEER throughout the country, urging | citizens to repudiate the Vichy| regime and cooperate with Lon- don and the Free French in pre-! venting domination by Germany. Bending every effort to prevent ; a real war against their country- PARLOR FIGHT WITHOUT BOND TO AWAIT GILBERT WALKER HELD) which Professor Smith had se-! | lected. i Professor Smith left to his; widow Josephine, all of his per- sonal property,, with the excep- | {tion of books, money in banks, credits, stocks, bonds, mortgages | | and securities. {ment of real property at 100 per; } | mated $1,000,000. Require assess- 4 1,4.1943, if. constitutional amend- ints for roads beginning July ; | portant role in answering demand |@"4 daughter, Virginia, cent, give counties power to issue | ment is approved. Include in gas tax deeds after two years delin-| tax bond allocation all bonds is- | quency, give governor legal ma-| sued up to July 1, 1931. Passed chinery for enforcing full valua-} over Cone veto, tions. Make railroad taxes bear; AGRICULTURE—Require deal- | erg. # agricultural products to be | Books which the widow de- { interest if not paid by April 1. BRIDGES—Let city sell to state }]i@ d by commissioner of agri- days, th i lays, they are playing an sree for quick-built homes in the in-; Struck by a machine driven by dustrial areas which form the, Charles Johnson, negro. backbone of defense production.| Rodriguez, an employe of Por- Most can be demounted as easily | te Dock company, was not injur- as assembled, shipped away when! 4, and the daughter, who was needed in another area. asleep, was only slightly hurt The houses have a demountable | When she was thrown from the | Aviation company resisted the | efforts of police and soldiers to Carrying out President Roose- | velt’s threat to use troops unless ithe strike was settled by this morning, the army rushed 2,500 men, French military leaders on} the British side have kept up a} constant series of radio broad- casts directed toward Syria. steel frame anchored to a_ steel) Seat. base, welded steel wall frame-| Johnson, who was arrested by | men here with orders to escort work, and steel sheets for its roof. | Constable Bob Combs, was held | non-striking workmen, into the Sheathed with wall board and| under $250 bond on a charge of | factory and to protect them on Authorize limited agri- wal associations, to buy ma- and equipment for farm- Include sweet potatoes in OUTCOME OF WOUNDS In. | Sires for her own use or for her ;road department oridges built by | eu , {fiends will be turned over to{city. Permit state road depart- | FLICTED ON “BABE RUTH” her upon submission to the ex-|ment to make agreements with ecutor of a written list, with all | cities, counties or districts to buy | idrunk driving. In spite of Vichy claims that a British landing party was cap-! tured and an armorea column! thrown back, Cairo reports said there has been little or no im-} portant fighting. | One column has driven to! within 35 miles of the Syrian} capital, Beirut, from the south-! west, while another has moved to- ward the capital from the north, and a third is moving up the val- ley of the Jordan, about 30 miles | from Damascus. ~British-military men say there has been no sign of material Ger- man aid for the French defenders. British is said to be using an} army of about 45,000 men, which opened the attack yesterday at) dawn, while French defenders of | Syria are estimated at from 30,- 000 to 60,000 men. TAKES TWO CARS FOR HIS JOYRIDE A little accident didn’t spoil the good time Henry Hamilton, negro, showed his friends yesterday. Something bobbed up in the way as they were joyriding, tak- ing mast of the side out of their | car, but Hamilton had plenty of automobiles, so they went back after another car and continued the ride in an undamaged one. This morning Hamilton was in county jail on. a charge of using the property. of » another (two | automobiles). Both cars belonged to Luther Pinder, owner of Ocean | View Hotel, who had taken them to Hamilton to be washed. HIGH HONORS FOR FRESHMEN All of the six Key West fresh- | men at the University of Florida | passed their first year’s work with | flying colors, high school Prin- cipal Horace O’Bryant was noti-| fied today by the university reg-| istrar at Gainesville. Key West men who completed their freshman terms June 2, were Howard Butler, who received 80} honors points; Lionel Cobo, 56) honor points; Jack Einhorn, 176; Walter Maloney, 30; Wallace Mitchell, 76, and Phillip Orta, 44./ 1 i | | } | Walker. Gilbert Waiker, negro, today | was held in, county jail without! bond on a charge of assault with ; a deadly weapon, while officers waited to learn if William (Babe Ruth) Russell, another negro,‘ would die as the result of knife wounds allegedly inflicted by} t Russell was cut severely about the head in what officers said was a beer parlor fight with Walker Saturday night. The’ niégro was rushed to the hospital for emergency treatment, but to- others going to the University | of Wisoncin. | A home and property in To-; ronto, Canada, Professor Smith | left to his niece, Helen Smith! Dixon, and all the balance of tht | estate is bequeathed to the Cen- tral Wisconsin Trust company, | providing an income for the} widow and for a sister-in-law. | Upon the death of Mrs. ‘Smith | and the sister-in-law, Professor | Smith provided that. enough of his property be converted into} cash to provide monthly annuities ; for two nieces, with the remainder to go to the University of Wis-| tunnels, ceftifiation seed law. H UNEMPLOYMENT — Amend pensation act to permit em-}| one half of one per cent gross re- | ployers to set up experience rat-/ ceipts tax, effective July 1. ‘ing, with possible reduction in WELFARE—Create committee | taxes; including citrus workers to investigate conduct of state for bgnefits; revise formula for welfare department. Create Flor- ; computing unemployment bene- ida Council for the Blind to assist | fits. sightless—$20,000 yearly. Require ;-WORKMEN — Amend work- silver nitrate to be put into eyés) men's compensation law to im- of new-born babies. Raise maxi-! pove ability of injured workmen mum old age pension from $30 to | te collect awards. $40 monthly; require U. S. citizen: .sgVERGLADES+Reduce~ main- ship. Use unexpended welfare | tenance tax to one half mill, can-| funds left over from end of fiscal } ¢g} 1937-38-39 district taxes, per-{ bridges, toll roads. GROSS RECEIPTS — Repea causeways 01 finished off with asbestos shingles, it can be erected by a 10-man crew in a single eight-hour day. FOUR PROPERTY DEALS RECORDED Dario Gareia and Alfredo Sanchez have purchased from Mrs. Edna Ireland the two-story | frame residence on White street | for about $1,500. a deed filed at County Clerk Ross Sawyer’s of- | Peace Justice Enrique Esquin- | aldo will hold a hearing on the | case this afternoon GETS DECISION ON _ TECHNICAL BLACKOUT | (ity Amnoeiated Prenn) EAST ROCKAWAY, N. Y., June 9.—Don Voorhees, the orchestra leader, hurried to a’ dog show where he was to be a judge. . The policeman was half-way through his “where's the fire?” routine when he noticed a wind- ear. Sinai | mit refunding, adjust back taxes, ke ‘y CITRUS—Use advertising funds ! tonal of cultural pursuits. Prof- it, study citrus teanwpartation (taver: {fessor Smith provided that should | rates and charges. Prohibit im-| GAS AND OIL—Authorize| the amount going to the univer mature fruit from being canned. | ponus of $50,000 for first produc- sity amount to less than $150,000, | permit seizure of frozen citrus ler within five years to bring in, the trust company should add the ; fruit, after notice to owner. Re-| commercial gas or oil well. Au- day had been: removed to his new lower zone rate of | home. consin in a fund for the promo- Six Women Arrested Constable Bienvenido Perez, who returned here Friday from Tampa, Saturday night ar- income to the principal, reinvest- fice revealed Saturday. John Cobo, White street meat market operator, purchased the | shield sticker saying “judge.” “Oh,” he said, “I didn’t recog- nize you, your honor. Imagine me northwest corner at Varela and stopping you. No hard feelings, Catherine streets from, Harry I hope?” Knowles for $500, and Eugenio’ “None at all,” said Voorhees, Martinez bought from the heirs of | proceed: to the dog show. rested Betty Loy on a charge of) vagrancy, and five other women who will be charged with being ing until the estate does reach | $150,000. quire $1,000 bond for citrus deal- \thorize state gas and oil leases | jers. Permit use of 5 per cent of | on submerged land, require well | ‘to be drilled within five years. | inmates of houses of prostitution. | | advertising fund for research. STATE FUNDS—Eliminate re- | BOARDS—Create state board “ECHOES OF THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCI | that which is a proven liability | j9cal merchants and salesmen for |state road department to renum- } Kay Wilson was charged with” DID THE SEWING being an inmate of a house of prostitution at 1016 Howe street, | Ca . e and Jean Morris, Anna Harrison, ; mier of this city testified in his | in Tommie Cooper and Peggy Sim- divorce suit that his wife forced | mons were placed under $50 bond him to do the family sewing, al- as inmates of a house at 209 though she was the winner ofa Amelia street, \4-H Club award in needlework. ‘volving funds in state institu- lof engineer examiners, to _li- ‘tions, except as approved by | cense professional engineers. Re- | | board of control or board of state | quire osteopaths to attend year-, ing ee Hly institute, before getting li- STATUTES — Adopt Florida) conse renewal from board of Statutes, 1941, prepared by attor-| osteopathic medical examiners. | jney general's office. |Authorize state —_ tuberculosis ; AUTOMOBILE—Prohibit state }o5ard to use surplus funds for | officers or employees from buying | additional facilities. Create state | automobiles to be paid with state|}oard of architecture, specify | ifunds, without appropriation. ithat no architect must be em- | CONSTITUTION —Amend-| ployed on homes-of $10,000 or | jment to make Miami Beach 4}jess, on any farm building, or/ jcounty commission district. eeias | general construction of less tha: | DEFENSE—Grant all piblic $5,000 jemployees and officials 30 days | SCHOOLS—In school district | jleave with pay and indefinite | with high school of jess than 100 | leave without pay for military pupils, permit its amusaiiaiion | service. Permit state armory | with others, after vote. |board to lease to state road de-} INSURANCE — Require prop-| jpartment land not needed for | erty leased. by state-to be. in-| ———— |military purposes. | Reauire pub-| ured, Tax insurance premiums | in j i i ¢ roads through defense are: | j “Cost of slums * * it was found | in juvenile delinquency in Jack lie Siscsd. Authocine coxiailal 6) oe ret ae pee in slum areas that the annual | sonville of 29 percent between "38 |... funds for County Defense isi. ; square mile cost for crime (police and °39, there has not been one | Councils. plhigradleagh bas bongo ser ay, cost only) was $61,000; for fire | case in this development since| |[NSURANCE — Make CORPORATIONS—Permit dis-| $52,500, while tax collections | its occupancy. The saving in| treasurer the state fire marshal, | Qi 00g corporations to be taehoed | were only $58,300. This leaves @/|living cost to these 230 families |to regulate keeping inflammable|}y paying three years taxes, | deficit of $55,200 per square mile. | over a 12-month period amounts | matter, to inspect fire insurance making complete reports. a | L All over the country taxpayers | to $21,000. This is an increase | risks ' pits Snes are paying hard cash to preserve in purchasing power available to! STATE HIGHWAYS — Permit HANDOUT COMES HOME TO ROOST, ville was completed and occupied | dainiceenorse |limit 60 miles per hour daytime, | (iy hamedaeted Peis in June, 1937. Approximately; The topics covered from which |50 miles at night, 25 miles in|) DUNN. N.C. June 9.—Res-| 50 percent of the Negro tenants! similar extracts could be made ‘cities, require uniform traffic sig-| taurateur L. L. Coats, running for came from our worst slum area. iand which are of municipal edu-/| nals and equipment. Permit rail- | county commissioner, spent elec- Now, in nearly four years * *! cational value are several troads to discontinue sign boards tion morning passing out cards not a single arrest made of a ten-/ Advertising, Public Relations,|at crossings where automatic | soliciting votes and then returned ant * * only one minor fire. * *|Ben B. Lawshe, of the U. S/ flash signals are maintained to his cafe. Awaiting him was a Although there was an increase Chamber of Commerce. COUNTY SOLICITORS — Sal- | nice stack of the pasteboards bear- ! | Trends in tourist entertain-|aries increased to $5,500 yearly, | except in counties of more than! hack, and all nicely sorted in the ustine, ;/ ti 250,000, where salaries are $7,500. debit section of the cash register: ‘WaterWrays and waterway de- {velopment in Florida, Karl | candidates for state attorneys tO) boss had distributed them, re-/ PORTLAND, Me.—Calvin Gre- CONVENTION SLUMS From a Paper Read By JAMES T. DANIELS, Commissioner, F. H. A. of Jacksonville | . } to the community, —_ |_| necessities which formerly were|ber state highways. Regulate’ Our first project in Jackson- | denied”. {traffic on all highways set speed | } | ing the words “free meal” on the }ment, John W. Dillin, St. Aug- f STATE ATTORNEYS—Require| Clerks said they assumed their | corner for $600. Carlos Calleja, in another trans- | action, bought from Archie Thompson the southwest corner of White and Pine streets for ” a IONE H. REID GIVEN DIVORC last June, many PELLET, | left their hives and abandoned ' their “pastures” to the Swiss bees Ione H. Reid, Dade county, across the Rhine. Saturday was granted a final di-' ‘The result was that the Swiss Jose Perez Castillo, the southwest ONE VERSION (My Associated Prone) BERN, Switzerland, June 9— \ Swiss bees have been “smuggling” jhoney out of Germarn-occupied | Alsace. Alsat With the colla went to weeds. Neglected bees of France also of Dade county, whom she! brought back tons of French nec- charged with extreme cruelty. | tar “duty, free.” They were married in 1916. . SPINACH MALIGNED, | WPA’ERS DISCOVER | (We Asenctated Preaa) NEWARK. N. J., June 9. —So you don’t like spinach, ewe be out of step in New Jersey. the WPA reports. cit- ing statistics gathered while serving lunches in 188 high (Ry Assoeinted Premed ARTFORD, Capn., June 9 Radio singer Yvette fixed herself try place. A neighbor promptly decided skis in summer weren't quite right and notified police she had seen a young woman on skis who ought to be watched be- ‘cause she might get killed, The message was garbled and the police showed up wanting to iknow who had been killed. | Yvette assured them nobody had been. They left, admitting that + while summer skiing was unusual = they knew of no law ageinst it Hitler Would Move Troops Through Russia Into: ir (By Associated Preas) OF SMUGGLING | jan farms | NEXT:, SNOWBALLS |...» ‘ ON 4TH OF JULY | the streets and in their homes. | Fighting broke out before the arrival of the troops Los | had been extended around. workmen were b |ter “the plant, charged the police I. ' ‘to the factory, driving side to the windows. aircraft plant struck last week, demanding a minimum of 75 cents an hour and a blanket 10- cent hourly raise, Soldiers stationed at the plant ‘today said they had been order- jed to make it possible for men ! desiring to work to do so, and to | protect the workers both at the factory and at their homes. |CALL FROM CAPITAL (By Axsvelated Press) WASHINGTON, June 9—A ‘long distance telephone call from Robert Patterson, under secre- \tary of war, this omorning sent an infantry battalion’ t the } { | Vorce decree from John B. Reid, bees winged across the river and | strike-bound North: © American | Aviation company plant at Ingle. ‘wood, Calif. in the fitet such \action the administration has tak- es. ‘ 4 The soldiers, ordered tn pro- tect men willing to return to up a Borax ski slide on her coun-' ,of the President's action and the war secretary informed army headquarters in California. Karly, immediately after noti- what had been done. Although it is hoped might import workmen from oth. er states, if necessary. ' ,; Lehmann, Tavarese. qualify February 1 ported some of the diners stuck Small town problems, ANKARA, June 9.—-Adolf Hit- | range for the passage of troops’ i L. V.} CLAIMS—Pay Fred O. Bber-| him for as much as a dollar. at the “Same Old Stand” lier will attempt to secure Rus- around the Black Sea, though M. Applicants are requested rt Stone Church Service Club, 6:00 County Commission meets 8:00 p.m., County Courthouse. Lions Club meets at 6:30 pm Lions’ Den, Seminary Street. Rotary Club meets 12:18 p.m. St. Paul's Parish Hall. Navarro’s Used Car Lot Fleming and Simonton Sts. FINEST ASSORTMENT OF USED CARE IN THE CITY Pedigreed! Conrath, Lake Wales. jhardt $754.25 for FERA expenses. \ }Require Palm Beach to pay its jmayor $75 monthly for life Pay paces {Roy Campbell, former assistant’ The Odd Fellows and Rebekahs CLOVIS, N. M—Paul J. Mof-/|attorney general, $1,800 yearly win hold their annual 1 fett of this city recently received | for life. leerviens ot the “ Boe Ta - i @ check for $1.25 from a railroad | CONSERVATION—Limit shot-| dey evening si z yee very j for work he did as a section hand | guns used in hunting game birds} ‘The public is " heal at Waxahachie, Texas, in 1906. [to three shells. Reduce to attend. scnplareeerseererenennerenerrmsoene MEMORIAL SERVICES LONG OVERDUE CHECK All | ' | sian permission for troop passage Russia. through southern Russia into’ In the event they find it impos- Iran, diplomats here predicted tc- sible to use the land-route around day. the black Ses, observers here be- The diplomats said Germany lieve Germany will probably will apply new pressure | reach Syria from bases ‘state fully their qualifications the dutier and the office of the