The Key West Citizen Newspaper, June 17, 1941, Page 1

Associated Press Day Wire Service For 61 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West VOLUME LXII. No, 144. The Key West Citizen THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN THE U.S. A. KEY WEST, FLORIDA, TUESDAY, JUNE 17, 1941 Pressey Weatherford ‘Award Contracts, Site AS Gi) Clerk Fy Air Base Work Ignacio Carbpnell Named! CONGRESS HEARS — Building And Electrical FROM TENTMATE At atin aaa OF BRIG. GENERAL , | STORY HAS TO DO WITH of | P: L. Weatherford Soa masa | MEMORY AND RECORD OF streets | Caroline and Elizabeth | HIGH - RANKING OFFICER was selected as City Clerk to suc- | RELIEVED OF CO uD ceed Archie Roberts, resigned, at AP Feature Service Writer By JACK STINNETT WASHINGTON, June 17.—In- Mr. Weatherford was elected|to the annals of Congress the | other day was written one of by a 4 to 3 vote over City Fire-' j those simple and touching stories man Henry Saunders, whose ap- | of how long and enduring can be ‘friendship between “war bud- plication was also read at the dies”. i | a special meeting of the City | Council last night. meeting. e land the record of the late Brig. | Councilmen Boyden, Brinton, ‘Gen. William L. “Billy” Mitchell, | Freeman and Sweeting voted for} who suffered the humiliation of Weatherford, while Councilmen | being court-martialed and reliev- Carbonell, Grillon and Ramsey ‘ of his army command for four | It has to do with the memory ; davored Saunders jeer after he shouted long and An application for the position 'Joud and violently that wars of | the future would be fought in| was also read from Miss Virginia | Pierce, typist in the clerk’s of- | the air and that the United States | fice army was negligent in not de-! Mr. Saunders’ application was | Veloping this branch of the serv-' addressed to the mayor, and not the council. He was recommend- ed for appointment by the mayor at a previous meeting but no ac- tion was taken pending publica- tion of a call for applicants. Re- | gardlesa of this, the council as-' sumed Mr. Saunders still sought | the position and therefore his i ion was read along with ’ Mr, Weatiferford ‘and | Miss Pierce, and acted upon ac- cordingly, Ignacio Carbonell, local theatre operator, who was appointed by the mayor to succeed Ralph Rus- | sel, resigned? as building and ) bull, ice. Head down, like an angry and oblivious to conse- quences, General Mitchell snort- ed and pawed out his charges and claims in interviews, articles and lectures. The result was that he was; drummed out of the army, for a, time at least, for insubordination | and breach of discipline. That’s ‘history and .it's also. history. now , | that “Billy” ‘Mitchell's name has bobbed up more often in the last 'year or so than that of any of the major or minor prophets who predicted the tides of modern | warfare, for it appéars now that he was right. After 43 Years ! For $1,000,000 | DAY OF REUNION’ | $1,000,000 in navy air base con-! | PETAIN WARNS OF PROPAGANDA FOR SUPPORT OF GOV- ERNMENT (By Associated Press) VICHY, France, June 17.— Speaking on the first anniver- ; sary of France’s conquest by Ger-' !1many, Premier Gen. Henri Phil- ippe Petain today pleaded with the people of his country stand behind their government and to beware of Communist propaganda. to The aged premier spoke over aj nation-wide radio system in ob- servance of the anniversary of the day when the French govern- ment admitted defeat and asked Germany for armistice terms. KYTE ARRIVES IN CITY TODA L. J. Kyte, representative e the vocational rehabilitation depart- ment of the state department of education, arrived here today to inerview local persons who are eligible for training under the de-! _partment’s aid program. Men or women over 16 years of | age who suffer from some physi- | cial handicap, are trained and helped to find work by the educa- tion department. Kyte today will interview ap- plicants at the office of Dr. J. B. Parramore, county health officer, and will return to his Orlando of- fice tomorrow. * Contracts calling for more than struction here were awarded by the navy department j ington today to F. |company and E. Mackle ‘Citizen learned in a_ telegram | {from Senator Claude Pepper. | Capt. Russell E. Crenshaw, | commandant of the navy station | jhere, said the money would go | for air base construction, but re- | ‘fused to reveal the exact amount | oe the purpose for which it would spent. t in Wash-| | SAME HANDS AS IN FIRST Bill Leach Con-|} FRENCH PREMIER PLEADS struction company, Miami, The | SEVEN HOMELESS REGIMES AWAIT EXILED GOVERNMENTS OF TODAY ARE IN ALMOST WORLD WAR DAYS By WILLIAM W. vere. AP Feature Service W: LONDON, June 17. eal jJong years of practice, we estab- ‘lished certain routine of con- jspiracy that ats standing us in axis of Senator Pepper’s wire, | good stead now”. Captain Crenshaw answered: “If they want to give out de- tails in Washington, it’s up to them, but down here we aren't going to. you what buildings are going up here, because we don’t want oth er countries to know”. An official of the Polish govern- ment in exile was recalling how! he and his countrymen were prof- We don’t want to teli iting by the lessons they learned ‘25 years ago, when they were planning how to reclaim their !land from Germany and Russie, nato) D) ‘who now have occupied it again. Bree ps Reppes ie Mae wey | Today’s exiled government is’ “Bureau of yards and docks of , # almost the same hands as that the navy department just an- of World War times. It is one of {nounced the award of a contract Seven homeless regimes beset by { in excess of a million dollars to Problem of finance. communica- \F. E. Mackle, the Mackle com- tion and language, which attempt | |pany, and Bill Leach, the Leach Temote control of their nations iConstruction company, Miami, from London. The others are the ikkey en navy yard at ‘governments f Norway, Bel- j gium, Czechoslovakia, Greece, } ~ = Mi }_and the. Netherlands. BUT FEW AUT AUTO LICENSES $0 All are keeping in touch with ; their peoples through under- St “beside them “are Only 13 half-year automobile ' &teund channels in the hope that five “free” cunidala Reet | Rumanian, Austrian, Danish and licenses had been sold early this When the “great day” comes they afternoon in the two days since ; ¢@M return. 1 | Italian. | said the British had stormed back ‘“ 5 pebedperain titer cme y Poe and work almost sins the. 1 et Slingo. a desperate battle, with. ‘battle in that vicinity. British Troops. On - Offensive On Ei Se OF Suez Canal ‘RECREATION GROUP (By Associated Press) | CAIRO, June 17—British troops | were on the offensive on both | sides of the Suez canal today, with |heavy fighting reported in Syria jand a new Allied thrust said to be gorrpaLL “OFFICIALS WILL | successfully penetrating German | AIR PROBLEMS IN PRE- jand Italians positions in Lybia. | | Admitting finally that peaceful | CEDING MEETING lefforts to prevent destruction of ;Damascus have failed, British: Softball ee a. ped |troops lashed out at French de- Managers will mee "clock at city hall, their session fenders of the city today in a ha ding a ye ‘i ‘drive aimed at taking strong ar- tion committee conclave which is’ jtillery positions on the surround- scheduled to get underway at the ing hills. city couneil chambers at 8:00 Near Beirut, too, a communique °'¢lock. Trumbo Island tral Syria was said to be - meeting are e ;the Frénch, He the | The report said a French counter pees league pd tay soe by attack between Beirut and Da- two protested games and the now. ‘ mascus has been turned back, but famous “two outs” fiasco between it was admitted the French were Barbers and Plumbers. threwing more men into a major Mrs. Eva Warner, WPA recrea- tion head here and recreation Carrying out a surprise attack, committee secretary, also is ex- IN SESSION TONIGHT Delay in the completion of) their sale was opened at County Most striking examples of car- Tax Collector Joe McMahon's of- | Tying on through difficulties are fice. ; furnished by the Poles, Dutch McMahon said sales are not ex- | and Norwegians. pected to be heavy since almost The Polish National Unity gov- the only purchasers are persons ernment, under President Racz- who have acauired new cars in the | kiewicz, represents Poland's four | past few weeks. largest parties. Its nine-man cab- ‘inet meets every two weeks, and jits “little parliament”—20 mem- bers of the National Council—sits ‘British troops swept across the Pécted to bring up plans for a | Fourth of July celebration. Libyan border on their other nr front, pushing 16 miles into the A scheduled nee hg country to Fort Capuzzo. Heavy Sets of the newly-organi is- bombing attacks preceded the land City Baseball league last new attack, and first reports said ight was called off nese oy the Germans were falling back. Special session of i oo - One column of Australians in; Which made it — dices Syria was said to have pushed league men to use the ml across from Iraq to menace the canara erent EARNED TORE Allepo airport, with the French | offi- Key West, Florida, has the most equable climate in the country; with an average range of only 14° Fahrenheit PRICE FIVE CENTS Berlin Reticent Over Closing Of German Consulates In US. | | Nazis issue Orders For Freezing Credits Of Unit- ed States Citizens In Germany | 1 | Dy Asuociated Press) | Berlin today followed the ex- ample of Rome by frezeing the credits of all United States citi- zens in Germany. Effective at once, the order will prevent Americans from withdrawing bank deposits or cashing travelers’ checks. German leaders meanwhile had ) no official comment to make upon | President Roosevelt's orders that- | German consulates in the United | States be closed and diplomatic Tepresentatives withdrawn from | the nation. Official sources said they had not received confirmation of the ‘order from their representatives {and would make no comment, Un- officially, however, it was ad- ‘mitted that the move brings United States—Axis relations to a dan- gerous point. ir mh eet . between } | pparently official Germany, today had no |further comment. In the order he ‘said that employes of the consular ‘offices were engaged in activities outside their normal functions and inimical to the interests of the United States. Navy Secretary Frank Knox, in a radio address last night, ad- ded that fifth column activities in the United States had centered about the German consuls, | Employes of the consuls said , they probably would remove their ‘activities to Mexieo City, but a ‘Mexican cabinet officer said un- officially that his country is ready ‘to follow the example of “the lalmost every day. The army retreating slowly before their ad- electrical inspeetor, was confirm- | foe. Py te: counell | It bobbed up again the other |the attention of the House a resolution which Assemblyman ' Edward F. Hilker of Racine had Young men and women in-|ases” that recited the major terested in learriing the funda-| events by which Mitchell distin- | mentals of first aid will meet to- | 8uished himself and finally | series of Red Cross first aid clas- | ses. The program, to be organized | meeting last night. Edwin B. instructor at) FIRST AIDERS ;day in Congress when Rep. Step- | laid before the ¢tate legislature. night at 7 o'clock at Parish hall| brought himself into disfavor, | under the county defense council, DUVAL STREET SOLD |hen Bolles of Wisconsin called to MEET TONI | The Tesolution, after 10 “where- on Bahama street in the first of a| was described at an organization | Armando Perez, operator of ‘the ! Star Cafe, has purchased from Ce- lie Diaz the Monroe Cafe on Duval street, a deed revealed yesterday. Purchase price was $1,000. In another recorded —transac- tion, Charles W. Jeffers purchased three lots in the Key West Foun- dation company subdivision for $1,500, IMPROMPTU SEND. OFF | Mitchell went on to NEW YORK~—Eastern dele- gates to the American Federation of Musicians convention in Seattle got a big sénd-off. More than 100 of the union brethren formed ani impromptu band and played for nearly an hour at the railroad sta- tion. | Spanish American war, They both ended with this: “Resolved by the assembly tie! senate concurring), that the Wis- consin Legislature respectfully | petition the Congress .of the United States to take such offi- cial action as may be necessary to clear the name of this soldier | and patriot (Brig. Gen. William L. Mitchell) to the end that he! who stood his ground, though persecuted, may be completely and forever cleared”. Behind all this is a story that started 43 years ago in Milwau- kee, Wis., at Camp Harvey. Two lads presented themselves for en- listment as buck privates in the were accepted and when they reached the camp at Jacksonville, | Fla., Pvts. William L. Mitchell jand Edward F. Hilker were as- signed to the same tent. They slept within an arm's length of each other, ate the same chow and shared toils, troubles and pleasures throughout the war. When it was ‘over, “Billy” become a hero of the World War, a pioneer for air power, a brigadier general and finally an officer in disgrace. | “Ed” Hilker went back to Wis-| consin and to a career in which, } more than 40 years after, he | could initiate a move to clear the | {name of his old tentmate. First Draftees Left For Camp Blanding’ Newell V. Pinder, 23, 1416 Pe- and Clyde Jackson 19 Pearl street, yester- tronia street Filer, 24, 12 day afternoon left Key West for Camp Blanding to become this city’s first selective service a apa and navy officers, Mayor! Willard M. Albury and members of the county draft board were on hand to see the two young men off. Schaefer And Morgan Visiting Boca Grand Armand Schaefer and William’ Morgan, are here for preliminary work in the filming of Theodore Pratt’s novel, “Mercy Island,” to- day were visiting Boca Grande ‘and other islands south of Key West with Luther Pinder, Ocean View hotel operator. Pinder with Capt. Kenneth Kemp aboard his- boat Sailfish, }took the Republic Productions company executives for a trip to islands around Key West in order that they might find a location for a scene in the book where a fish- ing boat is beached on a mangrove covered island. Schaefer and Morgan, who drove here yesterday after flying from Hollywood to Miami, are ex- pected to return to California to- morrow, then come back to Key West later with some members of the cast. DR. HARRY H. YOUNG CHIROPODIST - FOOT SPECIALIST of Miami will Practice for 2 Days in Key West WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY ONLY June 18th and 19th LA CONCHA HOTEL Telephone 160 By Appointment Only Call As Early As Possible For Your Appointment HOURS .8 TOS high command meets separately. No Minor Offices “We have only major offices”, Fy spokesman said. “None of the | second-grade departments is Jhere, and so we eliminate much’ ‘red tape”. The nutshell govern- jing body has a secretariat of only — 200 and a foreign staff of ‘PEREZ STARTS JAIL SENTENC Ernest Perez, charged with vio- lation of a peace bond in the beat- ing of Beulah Ward, Casa Manana hotel operator, yesterday began a 30-day sentence county jail after a hearing before Peace Jus- | tice Enrique Esquinaido, Jr. Perez was placed under the $500 peace bond two months ago when the woman charged he had beaten her. Her second complaint yesterday brought him the _ jail sentence. NEGRO GIRLS ARE ARRESTED “Three times a day the BBC broadcasts to Poland and there are 12-secret newspapers with a ‘circulation of about two million | to counteract German propagan- | da. Leaflets and “many devious other methods”, the spokesman! said, help keep the people in- formed on what their govern- ment is doing here. Poland has given England the | strongest army and airforce of any exile country. The army is entrusted with a vital part of England's defenses and part of it is in the Middle East. Stories of the heroic Polish airforce are le- gion “Our navy”, the spokesman said. “is actually stronger than when the war began”. A new submarine was launched for it only recently at a northern Eng- lish shipyard The Netherlands government, | Two negro girls, one 14 and the DOused in the same West End other about 12, were held by ‘ons- | building as the Polish, is stream- table Bicave o Perez last night | lined to the point of informal- after resid the beach sec-*¥- The Il-man:cabinet meets tion near Casa Marina hotel had ' One @ week under Prime Minis- complained that the girls and a|‘eT Gerbrandy, and 60-year-old Queen Wilhelmina, who a spokes- man said “exerts a more pro- {nounced influence than ever be- } fore", receives her ministers oft- ener than she did at home. She’ COGIC [Seveuty speaks to Holland by PORGALE — BAREAINT Se og Lak 00 by 75 Sait on Vigil yn fence and eight! a ee Sa Price | million under German in i | | group of men repeatedly caused a disturbance on the beach at late hours of the night The girls will be held for attion by juvenile authorities. vance, DIVORCE DECREE GRANTED HERE Anna Onufryk, Miami (Stone — Service Club. 6:00 THURSDAY Junior Woman's Club Social Meeting, 5 p.m. $ |Rotary Club meets 12:15 p.m Beach, St. Paul's Parish Hall has been granted a divorce here City Council meets at City nat, W, from Francis A. Wysoki, address 8:00 p.m. unknown, on charges of cruelty, Lions Club meets at 6:30 ms drunkeness and desertion. Lions’ Den, Seminary Street. Royal Air Forces Pound Nazi Bases * | Force hombers last night sees SALTA TOWN, Argentine — their sixth successive night raid! Gonzale owt Gamat saute de t Ruhr, pounding Dusseldorf and |‘ city was delighted with o other factory cities with tons of Serenade by four youths until high explosives and fire bombs. | they awoke the next morning to Squadrons of British warplanes learn that their entire flock of roared over central Germany for hens had been stolen. hours during the night, and more . squadrons this morning were blasting at possible invasion points along the French coast. —— the lengthy raids, Berlin today announced British bombers had been thot. down during the night.) (By Annoctated Press) GIVEN SURPRISE ‘of flame after United States in ordering the Ger- imans to go home. Several Mexican radio stations broadcasting German propaganda already have been closed by po- lice, and it was intimated in Mexico City that more stringent regulations may go into effect at any time, OIL SHIPMENTS te Aamactnted Preant WASHINGTON, June. IT— Harold Ickes, secretary of the in+ terior and director of the fha- tion's petroleum industry, seid today he has asked President Rossevelt for authority to halt all east coast shipments of oil to foreign ports except those for ~~ England. Ickes yesterday prevented the sailing of s Japanese tanker from an east east port, explain. ing that a possible shortage made it necessary to prevent further diversions of petroleum product from this country and England, The presidential authority ask- ed by Ickes would prevent ali ee = Tareet Practice For Army Unit ‘Postponed