The Key West Citizen Newspaper, June 11, 1941, Page 1

Associated Press Day Wire Service For 61 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West VOLUME LXII. No. 139. Payment For. Airport : Land: Checks For Property Own-| OO OOOO 7 2 ers Will Be Issued From) 7ERM SECRETARIES’ Office Of County Judge} Raymond Lord Fl roe ‘whe failed to attend their association convention here in May learn- ed this week through a state chamber of commerce bulle- tin that it was “the best "The bulletin, which carries information for chamber sec- retaries of the state, said: “A word about the twen- Owners of the 19812 Boca Chica property which was condemned for use as an airport last week in Circuit Judge Arthur acres of | Gomez’ court, tomorrow will re- ceive payment at the rate of $35: ! an acre, from Raymond Lord, | you missed if; you lost much. fi hi Judgé Lord said today the "it oa a i se checks will be in his ‘hands to- MEETING ‘BEST YET’, Che Kry West Citizen Key West, -most equable climate country; with an a range of only 14° THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN THE U. S. A. |ALL QUIET. AT __ PLANE FACTORY DEFINITE IMPROVEMENT. IS | SEEN FOLLOWING TAK- | ING OVER OF PLANT { (Dy Associated Presa) WASHINGTON, June’ 11.— Federal mediators tolay saw def- inite improvement in the labor :Situation, as CIO auto workers |at Inglewood, Calif. called off their strike against North Amer- ican Aviation company, and two other unions prepared to vote on settlements. Employes of North American, their strike broken by soldiers | who opened the plant’s gates against the suspension by CIO national officials of three local strike. Although _ protesting against the national union's ac- Monday morning, met to protest } union leaders who ordered the! KEY WEST, FLORIDA, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 11, 1941 Recent Session Of Legislature Still convinced that Governor | age pensions. Since there was no Holland and his administration! chance of other pension measures leaders blundered in thinking | passing the governor, I voted for race tracks will support the full! >. G burden of Florida's aged, Rep. {his program, but protested, as did Bernie C. Papy was back in Key ;™any of the other legislators.” | West yesterday after a law-mak- | Papy, who answered every roll; ing session he describes as one of | call in the 60-day session, until, as! the smoothest in state history. he put it, “I stuck to my chair”,! ‘Papy, who voted for the gover- | said he would take a rest now that | nor’s old age pension program, {he is back in Key West. but registered his objections on} Concerning the controversial the floor of the legislature, said measure permitting sale of liquor yesterday he can see no possible: within 300 feet of the San Carlos chance of race track revenue pay~! Cuban school, Papy said he learn- ing the full bill for 65,000 quali- | ed the 300-foot law will not affect fied recipients of old age pensions. | La Concha hotel. “I couldn’t see “Even if the 5 per cent added: why three other businesses which cut on race track money were! ive been operating legally for }enough to foot the bill,” Papy ex-; five years should be penalized,” plained yesterday, “none of the he explained. Papy’s bill permit- ‘money will become available un- 4 | ' PRICE FIVE CENTS S$ st Deep Into Wn. V. Little To Describe Results Of Recent Civilian “4 | Heavy Fighting Reported Registration In Key West: | To Be In Progress Ten Miles South Of Damas- | cus i \ ee | William V. Little, chairman of named to a committee in charge! ithe sub-committee in charge of|of enrollment in the force, and it; (By Assvelated Press) icivilian registration in Monroe is understtod tonight's meeting; CAIRO, June 11—Mechanized ‘county, tonight will go before of- i will be the first step in a drive for |ficers of the county defense coun- | membership. columns of Britain and Free i cil to describe results of the week-! Little, who will ‘report! ‘how French soldiats crashed deep into {long registration and report what’ ;many registration blanks now. are) 5 * jis needed for the lengthy job of /in the hands of his office, said to- Syria ‘WY it hopes for a com- ty ee ee _ Classsification. ‘day he is still receiving blanks. | ‘Members of the group will meet! from citizens who took them . home to be filled out, Little | were + ‘in, With the steadily own observer ti li le in the restricted ;at 8 o'clock at the chamber of wer in no wie Re cael ck: hae | ‘urged that all citizens holding the was in no wise prejudiced in returning with this report— { "*That was the best meet- | ing I ever attended. I learn- | ed more of local secretaries’ | problems; better, I learned | how they are solving them’. | morrow morning, and wilk be dis- ; tributed to land owners who call! at his county courthouse office. | Checks have been made out; payable to representatives of each | of the groups of heirs whose pro- | til April.” i | Papy said he is certain the} added cut, which race track op-j ‘erators say will force a 50 per cent slash in purses, will mean poorer} horses and less patronage for} Florida tracks. tion, the local group did not vote in favor of continuing their walkout. Consolidated Aviation company employes at San Diego, who had announced their intention of afea passed both houses, was ; commerce. ae vetoed by the governor, passed | Plans for enlistment of men in| the House over the veto and wasithe semi-military branch of the killed in the Senate. ‘council also are expected to come j Explaining his refusal to intro-; up for discussion. Robert Spotts- duce a Kev West city charter bill, | wood and Albert mills have been Papy said the revised charter/. blanks send them in at once, |™ since it is necessary fer him to}¢ nce. know quickly how many forms; will be needed for the job of clas- | sification. j bul ~een= deve mountin ry “of Fronch re- ro ‘ts confirmed a Vichy nn t heavy fighting has ved it 10 miles south of “The program was carried | Striking, will meet today for a‘ “You can tell the people in Key reached him only 10 days before | ;Dame us, where a column of perty was condemned. They will} go to William B. Smith, $257.63; Jane I. Smith, as administratix in | the estate of Joshua B.) Smith, | delightful hosts”, $257.63; Allan B. Cleare, Jr., as at- | Torney for the. John i. Geiger °<OMGMI MI P.M. GOING TO CHICAGO torney for the George Sweeting heirs, $500; Allan B. Cleare, Jr., as attorney for the Laura F. Geiger MAKING TRIP FOR PURPOSE OF SIGNING CRUMMER REFUNDING BONDS out according to the clock; no lost motion. The papers were excellent. Key Westers were heirs, $455; Julia Brooks, $1,760; Florida D. Roberts, $200; Milton W. Curry, 26.25; and Sybil C. De- | laney, as administratix of the Joshua Curry estate, $26.25. oh Phe condemned tand:- is part of + ~ a 1,000-acre tract to be developed into an airport. WILLIAM WEAVER | DIES IN ATLANTA! Commission Chairman Carl Bervaldi and County Clerk Ross Sawyer, when they visit Chicago next week to sign $2,308,000 of county refunding bonds and $40,- 000 in airport bonds, each will affix his signature to 2,348 sep- arate documents. The pair will leave here Fri- | vote on a compromise, and CIO jdie casters at the Cleveland jplant of Aluminum company of ! America are to vote today on a | return to work proposal. ~NEW ZEALANDERS H (My Associated Press) ; WELLINGTON, New Zealand, June 11—Acting Prime Minister Walter Nash today informed the New Zealand parliament of the loss of 5,300 New Zealanders in ithe Greek and Crete campaigns, apparently opening the way for a parliamentary debate on English direction of the war. New Zealand’s parliament is expected to study some similar to the efforts of the Australian par- | liament in demanding guarantees , that troops from the dominions be protected by adequate aerial forces - | before being sent into action. BODY WILL BE BROUGHT TO day withe County Attorney Ju-| |lius F. Stone, Jr., to sign the bonds in the Chicago office of | R. E. Crummer company, refund- I, jing agent. They expect to leave | Miami Saturday, going directly KEY WEST FOR IN. TERMENT the end of the session, when it was too late for him to hope for its consideration. West,” Papy added, “that their, representative ,voted for every! measure to provide money for old! Trumbo Island B Baseball Diamond ! Roy Hamlin, baseball enthus-jits attention to other recreation iast and member of a committee | projects, particularly cleaning up charged with investigating delay | Bayview Park. in completion of the Trumbo Is-!. Freeman, who presided over he land baseball «ti@mond, tastmight‘niteting last night in the absence was asked by the city-county of Chairman Albury, also urged 'recreation committee to join ja larger committee which would |Capt. Arthur Sheppard of WPA permit representatives of varied - pushing the job to comple-/soorts to handle details of sep- “Hamlin, who had asked for the |#"te Programs. committee meeting after local, Bayview Park Unsanitary club managers appointed him | Mrs. Eva Warner, recreation and Mario Sanchez to learn the director here under WPA, who treason for continued delay in the! 1.) probebly: will menume Levis’ field’s completion, said’ the job i | could be completed with the help | duties, again called attention to the unsanitary conditions at jof not more than four or five } Bayview Park. Cistern water is services toward pushing the proj- Make Plans To Push Work On ‘THREE APPLY FOR MANY GRADUATES KEY PROJECT JOB GIVEN DIPLOMAS | ' JACK THOMPSON, ROSS SAW- AMONG THEM WAS 63-YEAR- YER. JR. AND JOSEPH | OLD WOMAN OF ST. ATES SEEK POST PETERSBURG [ened sot, Of Releuty! mite. Whe i . | ‘Free French are driving on Da- Three Key West men last night; ST. PETERSBURG, June 11 pushing north between the two japplied for the post of project) (FNS).—Among the 450 gradu- ‘important cities, = superintendent on the - proposed ates receiving diplomas from the | Heavy of the British fleet Florida Keys rural electrification | St. Petersburg Senior High School ‘ha’ for a ni Beirut iGen. . ‘harles DeGaulle’s Free ‘French ldiers are locked in bat- tle wit) strong contingents of |Gen. Maxime Weygand’s Syrian | army. Cairo said one column is shoving | steadily up the Mediterranean system. pf last week was.a 63-¥ear. old weet th ol.the Frer | Jack Thémpson, son of Norberg man, Mrs. Mary Russell Day. which is defending the . ; Thompson; Ross Sawyer, Jr., son Prevented from completing her} (Vichy said a French cruiser and ‘of the county clerk, and Joseph high school education as a young several destroyers raided the \Cates turned in application forms girl because of illness, and em- Lebanon coast last night, pounding ito Julius F. Stone, Jr., county at- ployed for the past 18 years, she British troops with artillery.) ‘torney, who forwarded them to took the first opportunity andj Although British leaders ap- | Weshington last night. enrolled in the local high school parently had hoped to win over | All three applications have been bons “ came as a permanent French bea tatigenige pa dise cy : ved by trustees of the key Tesident last year. | peared today every is pcsbae ae cooperative, face! She would have graduated from being made to drive through to y 2 : e Nerburyport, Mass. high school Damascus and Beirut in the short- :ing the final choice up to Rural with the class of 1889 if she had est possible time, forestalling an Electrification Administration been privileged to continue her expected push from the north by \headquarters in Washington. ischooling, but was forced to wait German troops. The man who eventually is se- 40 years to realize her ambition.: Reports from the fighting front ity. ‘A telegram was received in the | to Chicago, and returning through | city today announcing the death | of William. Weaver, 62, in a gov- ernment hospital in Atlanta, Ga. this morning. Funeral arrangements will he | announced following the arrival of the body here. | Mr. Weaver, who was for a long | period of tine employed in the | switching department of the Flo- rida East Coast Railway Company in Key West, left for,Atlanta sev- eral weeks ago to undergo treat- | Washington. | Sawyer, who has signed many |of the county’s bonds on pre- vious trips to Chicago, explained that affixing all the signatures once The Crummer company 18 bonds for every signature made is not as hard now as it was. uses a machine which signs by the signer. | ‘The bonds are made out at a another 1,200,000 tons of British | face value of $1,000 apiece. ment at the government ifstitu- tion. He is survived by his wife, who was with him at the time of death, and many other relatives, | Mr. Weaver had been making | his home at 805 Southard street | for many years. ‘State Department (Ry Anscetnted Presa) WASHINGTON, June 11—State department officials today ex-! TO BE CHANGED cecenepenetnta! pected to hear full details before Removal of the P & O ship Cuba | midnight in the sinking the | from the Key West-Havana-Port tisihed,” Sian i Tampa run this summer, will give *y States Robin | this city one sailing weekly | Moor, May 21 in Western Hemis- aboard the SS Florida, local of- ee ficials of the line have announced. | Phere waters, With the Florida tied up in- i ae 5 definitely at Port Everglades, the| . Biever survivors of the stricken Cuba will arrive here each Thurs- | Ship have reached Pernambuco, day morning from Port Tampa, | Brazil, and both the state depart- suiling at 10:30 a. m. for Havana.|ment and President Roosevelt On the return trip, she will arrive! cautioned against premature at 6:30 p. m. Tuesday from Cuba, 3 = H sailing at 7:30 p.m. of the same. ¥dgement on. the sinking before day for Port Tampa st ~~ — survivors of freighter jo, which picked up the 11 sur- GRANTED DIVORCE woni's,"S*crsacietm s German iis Osorio owners did not specify the Lucille Mendez, Key West, the nationality of the attacker. Hillsborough county, by Circuit} miles northeast of Capt. St. Roque, Judge Arthur Gomez, it was re- Brazil, on May 21. scan tek dade Although a first radio message LUCILLE MENDEZ from the Brazilian freighter Oso- sunk by a torpedo from a German; U-boat, later messages from the has been granted a final divorce; The message did say, however, decree from Joseph Mendez, that the ship was torpedoed 950 vealed today. Seven passengers and 27 crew She charged extreme cruelty. | members still are missing. i men. He agreed to give of his (Ry Annovinted Press) BERLIN, June 11— special war bulletin today announced the ' sinking in the past four months / ‘of 2,235,000 tons of British ship- | ping by German submarines, sur- face raiders and long bombers. | The bulleting said at range | least | ishipping has been damaged. i t Expected To Hear Full Details Tonight On Sinking Of United States Ship RUMANIAN PREMIER ARRIVES IN MUNICH | ANTONESCU TO CONFER WITH GERMAN ARMY OFFICERS (By Assoriated Press) BERLIN, June 11.—Premier Gen. Ion Antonescu of Rumania has arrived in Munich for con- ect to completion and agreed to work in co-operation with Capt. Sheppard. Marvin Lewis, defense-recrea- tion coordinator who is leaving Key: West tonight to accept em- | ployment with a private firm in Jacksonville, was to make a final effort today to work out plans for completion of the field, then turn the project over to Shep- pard, Hamlin, Sanchez and John Bennett of the WPA. Promises Broken Lewis, who returned this week in the water has created a hor- rible odor. The cellar under the bandstand, she reported, was also tin a terrible condition. Sweeting, who had been ap- pointed previously to ask Fire Chief Harry Baker for aid in pumping water from the cistern, told the members rabbage the container would first have to be removed. Freeman, said he | would seek aid from Everett Rus- sell, vice-chairman of the board of public works, in removing in, the rubbish. | A complete list of repairs need- ! from a trip to Jacksonville, blam- j ed unnamed persons for failing to live up to their promises of|ed at the Park and softball field icooperation in getting. the work | there will be presented to the done. Lewis said Recreation| public works board. | Committee Chairman Paul Al- Fourth Of July Program bury had cooperated with him.| [ewis presented to the commit- | but that others persons again and | tee g tentative plan for a Fourth} again had failed to fulfill their | o¢ July celebration here, includ- ; promises of assistance ing fireworks and sports at Bay- ! Listing work already accom-) view Park. The plan, which now {plished in the month since city| win be handled by Mrs. Warner, | council and the county commis-|calis for dancing on the tennis) |sion allocated money for the job. | courts, sports events on the soft. | Lewis said holes for a backstop hi) diamond and a big display have been dug, material for the| of fireworks. A revised program | backstop purchased, and lumber | wij! be presented by Mrs. Warner for repairs to the bleachers pur-! for approval at a meeting next chased. week. Glenwood Sweeting, commit- Freeman announced to the tee member and city councilman.’ committee that he had received pointed out that purchased M&-/s check for $150 from the count: terial had been left on the field Commission for recreatins mn ever since it was bought and ‘the city has made available ay that it was lucky none had been! i+ for $150 The a ci ti : stolen. Part of the lumber, he yore ordered early oe j t | { i i i Asked why she decided to enter today continued to indicate that paiapich ma chiens toe dal the class so late in life and after ine during its installation from she had retired from active work, }the mainland to Boca Chica and she said, “I did not want to sit upon its completion will be mana- around on my front poreh until I ger of the project. Tenure of of- fell apart”. fice is indefinite, with the trus-' tees having the authority either to continue the superintendent at | TAFT HIGHWAY his post, or reco nd another | T0 BE IMPROVED man. | Trustees of the project last week | ‘at Marathon signed a loan contract | wes releasing $50,000 for the start of ACTION TO BE T, work on the power li St M nec 3 who attended the rato 16 1Ts meeting after studying plans for! : the project in Washington, said | VALUE work is scheduled to begin soon. FORT MYERS, June 11 (FNS), |—Following a conference with road officials, both state and federal, held in Atlanta recently, _Col. Frank Holder, executive vice- | president of the Taft Memorial 2 SEORRES Highway. expressed encourage- STRESSES NEED OF COOP- ment over the possibility of im- jmediate improvement of the ERATION BETWEEN UV. 8. route on the basis of its military TIONS: | value. ee } Holder points out that the road ‘not only connects Fort jand Fort Benning, but also affords the shortest route from these military posts to vital centers in Enrique Esquinaido, Jr, Sus- tice of the peace and former resi- dent of Havana, last night de- scribed before the Stone Church ; Service club members the need) for, and problems «of, coopera- tion between the United States and the nations of Latin Amer- | The Taft highway, which runs from Sault Ste. Marie; Michigen to Ft. Myers, Florida, passes di- rectly through Ft. few, if any, of Adolf Hitler's soldiers have taken part in the Syrian battle. ANNOUNCE DEATH “OF 6. R. SMILEY i). IN MIAMI BEACH 4 i 1 News of the death of G R. Smiley, one of the oldest mein bers ‘of Key West's Winter Colony. hay been received here by Mrs. J. J Trevor. Mr. Smiley passed away last evening in St. Francis Hoe pital, Miami Beach. Funeral services will be held Friday from “The Cedars”, old family home in Moffett's Creek, Virginia, Mr. Smiley was con- nected with the L. & N. RB. &., and located in Louisville, Ky. The Smileys were especially at- tached to this city, having first met in Key West during the time of the construction of the F. E ©. Railroad when Mr. Smiley was construction engineer and Mrs, Smiley’s brother, Mr. Krome was chief engineer. From that time they have been freouent visitors and several years avo purchased a home at 1405 Division street sultation with German army of- ficers, it was announced here today. A bulletin said General An- toneseu's arrived in Munich came on the heels ot te visit of King Boris of Bulgaria, who also con- sulted with German officials. ENJOYS PLANE RIDE Favor Immediate Action Urging that every effort be made to put the field in shape | where games be played, Ham- |i suggested > field be raked. watered and rolled. then run nd erect the back- bleachers could the field for re- pairs and erection, drain pits in- stalled and other work complet- ed. William Freeman, another city councilman on the committee, WILMINGTON, Del.—Alighting from a plane after a twenty- minutes ride, Mrs. Marguerite said, has wai in the sun and CALL FOR APPLICATIONS cannot be us tea. ei us cael POSITION OF Speaking at the club's weekly jmeeting. Esquinaido told of the’ The City Council of the City of Cuba psa prcagae te to the Key West will receive written ap- lsouth and pointed to the neces-! plications for appointment to the sity for a firm trade relation-/ Position of City Clerk up to and ship between all western including June 16, 1941 at 4:00 P- isphere countries. M. Applicants are requested to Br SOUTHERNMOST FLOWERS state fully their qualifications. Detailed information regarding! Order FATHER'S DAY PLOWERS Now! the duties and responsibilities in! the office of the City Clerk may; be obtained by calling at the City | Hall, office of the City Auditor. Mr. Smtiev is survived by the widow and one daughter, Mra Bo Cutter of Boston, Mass. He has many friends in thic city who will mourn his passing. passes within a few miles of Fort Knox and Fort Thomas. The particula~ stretch that Col. Holder hopes to see developed im- mediately as a military necessity | Mine Williams, 82, of this city, said | she did not know what she had deen missing all these years. urged that the group finish the CHAS. R. ROBERTS, field as soon as possible in order |City Auditor—Acting City Clerk. to permit the committee to turn june9-11-14,1941 616 DUVAL PHONE 136 Opposite ‘Theater