The Key West Citizen Newspaper, June 21, 1941, Page 5

Associated Press Day Wire Service For 61 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West VOLUME LXII. No. 149. Key West Citizen THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER KEY WEST, FLORIDA, MONDAY, JUNE 23, 1941 Awaiting. eat OFF For Boca’ Chica’ Airport This Reason Given For De-| O@ ODP @DLDI DMD DA lay On Opening Bids For WO KEY WEST ‘SAFETY COUNCIL GIRLS RUN AWAY | Ft “URGES. CARE ON? - FOURTH: OF JULY) MAKES EFFORT TO HAVE ALL | JOIN IN COOPERATION IN STAGING SAFE AND SANE CELEBRATION Lieut. Thomas Gwynne James, } |68, U.S. Navy, retired, died un-| expectedly Saturday afternoon! at his home, 416 Whitehead} { street. ‘Lieut.. James, Who Died, Saturday, To Be Buried In Arlington Cemetery a 8 he graduated with unlimited mas- ter’s papers. During the war he commanded the U.S.S. Peoria, Baysprings, Bagaduce and a flotilla of sub- chasers stationed at Miami. He IN THE U. 8S. A. Roosevelt And Lord Halifax Key West, Florida, has most equable climate in the country; with an average range of only 14° Fahrenheit |Nazis Strike At Fourteen Proposed CAA Proj- | ect The deceased had made prep- ‘also did a short tour of duty as arations to leave Tuesday with | captain of the yard at Key West hts family to enter the Brooklyn} Naval Station, {Naval Hospital for special treat- Owing to his generosity and ment. kindness he performed numerous Different Points Along Seventeen Hundred Mile (Special to The Citizen) j CHICAGO, June 23. — The iFourth of July this year will bring ithe biggest traffic jam in the na- Miami radio stations today were asked to broadcast de- scriptions of two Key West girls who ran away from home Friday. The two girls, one 15 and the other 13, are believed to have hitch-hiked to Miami. Their families said both were without money. Carl Bervaldi, county com- mission chairman who returned here Friday from Washington, said today he was informed at Civil Aeronautics Authority headquarters in the capital that opening of bids on the Boca Chica airport here has been de- layed only until money for the project is released by Congress. Bervaldi, who went to Wash- ington with County Clerk Ross Sawyer and Julius F. Stone, Jr., county attorney, said he was told that the appropriation bill taining the Boca Chica money was held up temporarily by de- bate in a congressional commit- tee. As soon as money is available, possibly within a few days, Ber- valid said bids will be opened and work on the project launch-! ed. } BELIEVES -HITLER IN NEED OF OL |LONDON NEWSPAPERS SAY j HITLER FORCED TO ATTACK RUSSIA (Dy Associated Press) LONDON, June 23.—London newspapers, reflecting the pleas- PML LD BL MM) caution. tion’s history, the National Safety Council predicted today. More important, it also will 'bring the biggest holiday traffic toll, the Council warned—unless ; |the extra hazard is met by extra! | More than 30,000,000 vehicles ! will pack the highways over the three-day holiday period, the; Council said. They will travel four | billion miles—the greatest total | speedometers in any one week- end. This all-time high will result from the fact that full-time pro-; jduction means full pocketbooks | and full gas tanks. More people| are driving more cars more miles. | And over the Fourth relatives and | ever rolled up on the nation’s College. Burial will take place in Ar-| outstanding deeds to his fellow- lington National Cemetery, Ar-jmen. His colorful career took lington, Virginia, followed by )him to all parts of the world. He Mass, which will be celebrated/served in the Spanish-American by a navy chaplain at Fort Myeni War, Philippine campaign and chapel in Washington, with full)the Boxer Rebellion in China, military honors. where he was cited for - bravery. The body will be sent to that |He received diplomas and medals point Tuesday afternoon by the|for his action in the World Lopez Funeral Home. War. Lieut. James is survived by his} jIn the non-military field, he widow, Josephine, and — two meritorious service daughters, Josephine and Gwen- } during the* Mississippi flood. dolyn, a senior at Florida State} Lieut. James was a member of jthe Spanish War Veterans, Vet- The deceased had a military ca-|erans of Foreign Wars, Disabled jreer of 42 years of active service | War Veterans, American Legion, in the United States Navy. | Army and Navy Club, Rifle Club, He was selected as drillmaster' Elks and honorary member of for the Newport, R. L, training Boy Scout Troop No. 5. school, and while on duty there; Known to many as “Captain was commissioned a warrant of-; James”, the deceased was well ficer. liked in Key West, as well as else- During the World War he was where. He had numerous friends Replying to rumors that CAA: might prefer we of a Pine Key site instead of Boca Chica land purchased by the county, Ber- valdi said the Boca Chica prop- elty already has been given offi- cial approval in Washington. Since the airport is to be used, commercially, Bervaldi said it is unlikely that CAA ever gave se- rious consideration to a Pine Key field, 40 miles from Key West. Stone, who remained in Wash- ington with Sawyer after Ber- valdi had left for Key West, is expected to arrive here. late’ this on; while--Sawyer, with Pother county officials, isin. Talla- phassee for a conference with Gomptroller J. M. Lee tomorrow. County officials who will at- Ftend the meeting are Tax Collec- “tor Joe McMahon, Tax Assessor ‘Glaude A. Gandolfo, County friends by the thousands will be | Promoted to lieutenant, receiv- here and in other parts of the! ure of the British government at the turn of events which now pits Germany against mighty Russia, said today Adolf Hitler. was forced to attack the Soviet Union because his oil supplies visiting the boys in uniform. The ' vacation season will be in full! swing. Traffic will be rolling along : in high. | To meet the threat of a record- | breaking traffic toll, the Council are depleted. called on every driver and every If the Red Army can hold out! pedestrian to enlist in a nation- | even for a short time, according | wide effort to avoid accidents. to some London observers, the; Thirty national organizations | , German army may be forced: to} are joining with the Council in a/ ‘call a halt through oil shortage. | campaign to cut the holiday toll on the highway, on the beach, in| ‘J AP AN STUDIES the home and from fireworks, Last year these same organiza- tions united in a- similar drive, | and the nation’s traffic toll came down in July—the only month in the last 19 to show a decrease. HIGH COMMAND MEETS IN The keynote of this campaign is, }“We can do it again!” SPECIAL SESSION Even with its lower traffic toll, ' TOMORROW . ing special permission from the Navy to enter the Paterson, N. J., Navigation School, from’ which country, all of whom will be ex- ceedingly grieved on learning of his demise. ON RITES (PLANS ANOTHER ON WEDNESDAY, SPECIAL MESSAGE VETERAN DEMOCRATIC SEN- ROOSEVELT TO ASK CON- ATOR DIED EARLY SUN._ GRESS FOR PRICE-FIX- DAY MORNING ........b<*-. ING LEGISLATION | ‘ | (By Associated Preas) WASHINGTON, June 23—Pat (Ny Axaociated Prexs) WASHINGTON, June 23.— | Democrat who served until his believed preparing another spe- | 900 persons through all types of tempore of the senate, was hon- which he will ask price-fixing | Confer On Russian Attitude (Ry Associated Press) | WASHINGTON, June 23— President Roosevelt and the Bri- tish ambassador to Washington, Lord Halifax, were closeted this| morning, apparently in discussion of what attitude the United States ‘now will assume toward Russia. Observers said it is possible this, country will grant supplies to Rus- sia under the lease-lend bill, or the Soviet Union may be accorded support from England and the United States, with aid coming in- jdirectly through the increased j power of Britain’s attack on Ger- imany in the west. It is considered likely, however, | that the President will release, frozen Russian funds in the, | United States. ‘CAPT. BEDSOLE NAMED TO SERVE ON HOU UNT ; APPOINTED TO TAKE PART AS ACCOMODATIONS Capt. Malcolm R. Bedsole, army public relations officer, today was named by Col. L. L. Pendleton to which meets tonight at the cham- July in 1940 brought death to 9,-death Sunday as president pro cial message to Congress, in, ber of commerce. The 15-man committee will go) MANY READY TO "DEFENSE FORTY-EIGHT SIGN APPLI- CATIONS: MASS MEETING TOMORROW TO PERFECT ORGANIZATION Forty-eight Monroe county ‘residents early this afternoon already had signed applications for enlistment in the county de- jfense force, and a mass meeting | tomorrow night at the county | courthouse was expected to bring more than the minimum of 53 e listments. | Fred Marvil, who holds a re- jserve captain’s commission in j the army and has helped to or- 'ganize national guard outfits in {| Delaware, will explain the pur- COMMITTEEMAN IN| pose of the orginization at the” MOVEMENT TO PROVIDE ™ass meeting tomorrow. The meeting is scheduled for 8 o’cloc! county must have a minimum of 50 men and three officers to re- ceive equipment and uniforms ‘from the state. Officers will be ; Harrison, 59-year-old Mississippi President Roosevelt today was serve on a housing committee | elected by the men after the or- | ganization is set up. Marvil, who in recent. weeks Front (Dy Ansoctated Presa) Berlin today claimed destruction 1.200 Russian warplanes in the (at 14 points along a+ |front, : aa German... bombers.. once. more thundered over the strategic Rus- sian port of Odessa on the Black Sea, and Russian warplanes were admitted in Germany io have _struck at numerous, although un- _ Specified cities, in Poland and east Germany. The Kremlin admitted a Ger- ‘man mechanized force has smash- (ed 16 miles deep into the northern section of Ru: - Po land... ; tam the shapes of te - German army in a was re ‘at the side of the Nazis. } Accept British Aid Royal Air Force bombers last (Continued on Page Four) i } i \ i Commissioner Ernest A. Ramsey; | into session at 8 o'clock to map a| has made three trips to St. Aug- School Superintendent Melvin accidents. More than 900,000 ; req by his colleagues at the cap- legislation, and seek to have the houxing ‘survey of Rey: West wich | delins’ sodlisedne’ tn Mi ae Russell, and Sawyer. : | others were injured in’ accidents, | itol tod: ‘ i - oes “akosttnee ime Annectated Prenn) and the economic cost was $300,- | 10! today. enlistment period of national the purpoe of locating rooms for ! ganization with Adjt. Gen, Viviadt TOKYO, June 23.—Japan’s high 999,900. In traffic alone, 2,790 lives | Senators heard a eulogy de-' guardsmen extended from the personnel of the armed forces Collins, explained that service in|NEW PASTORS FOR OTHER RUSSELL RITES |command will be called into spe-| were lost, | seribing the achievements of the original period of one year. jhere and their families, {the guard will be similar to that CHURCHES ers et hai oer ene “Each year,” the Council said, ; tall, genial Mississippian, then ‘The President is known to fa-| Boy Scouts probably will be in the national guard. { METHODIST ON WEDNESDAY the soresaing Buropean eed in “America ironically celebrates the | adjourned in his honor. vor a longer enlistment period seen be pa ott arden Se, Enlistment is for a three-year | IN KEY WEST | itary birth, of its independence by 5 ai Senator Harrison, who died for the guardsmen, as well as for | ining information on forms | period, but the rules permit easy, seats i jing jamboree of carelessness. , Prepared by the committee. Thejexit for men who find that they | i Japan has signed a_ milita | alliance with Germany promising | “There is no rhyme or reason to | ®4tly Sunday morning at Gen- reserve officers. |forms include information on the! must leave the county, or where BODY WILL ARRIVE TOMOR- } ' ROW AFTERNOON ON 8S. FLORIDA |sia guarantees that Japan will jnot attack the Soviet Union over bd - a period of 10 years. The body of Joseph Russell,! “For the present”, observers who died in Havana, Cuba, Fri-| here said, Japan probably will re- day night, will arrive in Key | main neutral. West tomorrow afternoon on the} 9 rian ety! by his CAMPAIGN SPEECHES funeral: servi IN DOUBLE TALK? Funeral services will be held (Ry Anaoctated Prema) Wednesday ‘aftetrioor 5° o'clock | from the First Congregational | church, Rev. E. S: Doherty of-| MARYVILLE, Mo.—Surprise! ficiating. | Surprise! Survivors include the widow,| Mayor I, B. Campbell and two! Mrs. Lulu Russell; a son, JcQ:ph, candidates for the city council dr.; two daughters, Mrs. ,William | campaigned for jobs they thought | Cates and Mrs. Glenwood Ander-| were good for two years. After son. {the election someone looked up! Pritchard Funeral Home is in | the law and found they had been | charge of arrangements {chosen for four-year terms. Make Plans To Use NYA | Facilities To Mision! |military aid against enemies of jt,i; wholesale slaughter. It must ‘eral Hospital here, will be buried |the Axis, while a pact with Rus-/ he stopped. It can be stopped if | Wednesday at Gulfport, Miss. every one of us uses caution and | common sense. The things that | cause these tragedies are things | we can control—haste, selfishness, | thoughtlessness, the desire to} show off. | “In this time of great national ; emergency, when the nation is | mustering its vast resources wealth and manpower, acciden’ of | its dangerous waste. They amount to unintentional sabotage. | “Don't join the Fourth Column. casualties that will be left in the wake of the Independence Day Celebration. | “Take it easy on the Fourth. Be alive on the Fifth!” | IT HAD TO HAPPEN | (Ry Aasoctated Preas) j COPAN, Gkla.—A Copan man OFFER TO TALKERS GETS NO TAKERS (By Ansoetated Press) | SNOW HILL, Md.—There’s a (By Asnociated Presa | “fredom of speech” platform here PERTH AMBOY, N. J.—Ray-. awaiting any orator who wants to mond Jenkins got out of bed talc: looked out of the window, and fhe spéuker’s platform on the NOT EXACTLY FALSE ALARM box. When the ice wagons arrived he said he was sorry. The raging con- from the last community Christ- mas party and Mayor John O. Stay out of that long column of | flagration he had seen turned out Byrd directed that it be left in-| Lancelot Lester, attorney; Clar- tact. | He ordered immunity for any- one who wants to mount the piat- form and exercise his constitu- tional right of freedom of speech, saying it might encourage public man with six children wrote to | Peaking among the townepecple. a brother in Switzerland telling | No takers have come forth as of her hard existence and within |7* a few days received a money or-; to be the rising sun. SAMARITAN CENSORS (Hy Associated Prenmny MANTOVA, Italy—a poor wo-, was fined $10 and costs for for |der. It came, not from her broth- riding a horse while intoxicated. jer, but from censors in fhe Como ‘postoffice who were touched by FIGHT ON TIME (My Asseciated Press) Charles G. Lavin, State Admi- nistrator of NYA has annouriced that arrangements are now under way to place many NYA defense type projects on a 24-hour-a-day basis in order that NYA facilities ' may be used to the maximum. Mr, Lavin didnot state spetir. fically the projécts which may be placed on the 24-hour basis, but he indicated that the Florida NYA will pay an even more important part in national defense with hun- dreds of youths to be affected, The announcement followed an important staff day of all Florida NYA directors in Jacksonville when plans were made to increase the effectiveness of the NYA activities in the na- tional de » preparedness pro- gram. Mr. Lavin also stated that NYA work experience projects such as machine shops, sheet metal, weld- , ling, foundry, meeting Satur-; | sosmenu eater rte ' MONDAY . | Housing Registration Committee meets at Chamber of Com- merce, 8 p.m. { TUESDAY i industrial sewing, | | radio and commercial food prepa- ration will be geared up to the high tempo of the present defense ef- Hort. ) “Extedsive. changes will be imatie. without delay, Mr. Lavin said, to insure the utmost effect- Stone Church Service Club. 6:00 iveness of NYA projects. New pro- pm | jects will be established on the; Mass Meeting, Men for Civilian, basis of defense needs. This was Defense Organization, County | taken to mean that NYA workers’ Courthouse, 8 p.m. { may become actively engaged in! THURSDAY | actual defense needs. |Rotary Club meets 12:15 p.m./ Emphasis will be placed on a! St. Paul's Parish Hall | close ccoperative program be-'Lions Club meets at 6:30 p.m} tween the NYA, State Department Lions’ Den, Seminary Street. of Education and the Florida State Employment Service in order that TUESDAY. JULY 1 the work experience of the NYA} Men whe have and the training program of the | 21 since Oct. 16, 1! vocational schools will be of the) a, m. te 8 p. m. at room 208 Fed-/ most benefit to the defense indus-| eral building for army tries. [service i } PEIPING, North China—It is} against (Japanese) law to be on time in Peiping. Japanese police - making a house-to-house search Mr. and Mrs. Leroy Roberts of the city smashed all clocks and artived here Saturday from Jack-. watches which were found to be sonville to spend a.week’s. visit keeping Peiping standard time with Mr. Roberts’ father, Thom- instead of the new Japanese time. as Roberts, and other relatives, New time coincides with Tokyo and friends. time. her plea. SATURDAY ARRIVED MEN WANTED! Attend the Mass Meeting in COUNTY COURTHOUSE Tomerrow Night, 8 p. m. for the purpose of organizing a Key West HOME DEFENSE FORCE Men between the ages of 18 to $5. SHOW YOUR COLORS and ATTEND THIS MEETING! | | size of homes, how space unoccu-! pied, condition of the building and | similar data. | The survey was inaugurated by | /Sigurd Nylander, government | | housing expert, who came here ‘last week to prepare for the check on homes in Key West. { Committee, members include) , Captain Bedsole, representing the; iarmy; Wallace B. Kirke, B. Curry | Moreno and A. Maitland Adams, } are more than ever a needless and |Tushed for the nearest fire alarm ‘courthouse green was left over | representing Key, West Housing; ; authority; Ernest A. Ramsey, the} ' city; C. C. Price, real estate opera- ' itors; Lieut, Sam Wiison, navy; | ence Higgs, labor; Dr. William R. | | Warren, city health department; |Dr. J. B. Parramore, county j health department; J. J. Trevor, | Federal Housing authority; Ever- jett W. Russell, chamber of com- |merce; Mrs. Florence Spotts- wood, planning committee, H. E. Rue, WPA. BRITISH ATTACK Hundreds of British bombers there is conflict between — busi- ness and their membership. The guardsmen, who will re- ceive new Enfield rifles and a Florida uniform, will drill and study one hour each week, the hour to be decided upon by the personnel. t ‘ Police Work Is A Chore ‘: | {My Associated Prean) TOPEKA, Kas.—A pair of To- Peka policemen trailed a stolen Rev. cow to a pasture and a thief. Occasionally give up their lurking to feed ter the s day long, when they did show up. & a former pastor of Fleming | themselves in brush to wait for Street church several y u i Hf feel g i I ill Fi it |