The Key West Citizen Newspaper, June 25, 1941, Page 1

Associated Press Day Wire Service For 61 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West Key West, Florida, has the most equable climate in the country; with an average range of only 14° Fahrenheit VOLUME LXII. No. 151. PRICE FIVE CENTS Announcement Made To- day By Attorney Julius F. Stone On Return From Washington i War and navy departments thave. approved repairs to Over- ;Seas Highway, either for a 100 per cent federal grant or for | construction by a division of 75 R. Y. Creech, independent cane ; hall. road, jand teachings of American demo- on wage and price standards! IN THE U. S. A. —_— e ie e e ° : JUSTMENT BOARD | LAST NIGHT } sR ; woe CLEWISTON, June 25.—(FNS) Plans for a Fourth of July Necessitates Purchase Of; 5 as recreation Jay W. Moran, vice-president ‘nclule athletic events, dancing, Russian soldiers, fighting with |ing a giant offense, possibly aimed ‘partment, Julius F. Stone, Jr., WASHINGTON, June 25.— | H 3 e ree Pid 4 i Evergla i a shed, an jin the Everglades, did not oppose f penn aee: Cone: SUES German mechanized forces on | ing German reports of huge suc- Thomas MacDonald, _ adminis- an $800,000 hospital at Key West, INCLUDED IN HOUSE °° United States citizens to stand |the question of higher pay should |fF an exhibition game on the} lan extended position, where a Project is “adequate” to insure _ jis crippled and of no further use, | j He referred to the differential | ee ee mittee, | WASHINGTON, June 25— | 1776. its Ross Sawyer and Carl Bervaldi, gains. - “ holier the government. Sack race; | 5 ree acres 0! ni att | 4 * } - Bee ay tha th appropriations committee bill | determination to uphold the spirit public hearing called by the AAA| |pounded a military airport out-' minion will follow the lead of the the key electrification derstood that alter reports of con- going to run into on that side”. KEY WEST, FLORIDA, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 25, 1941 EVERGLADES SUGAR PRO- iMATTER TAKEN UP DURING | e La : ae : President Calls On Citizens j their opposition to wage boosts ; tor, city-county Additional Land To i for workers in the cane fields. jcommittee members met at city and general manager of the United a softball game and fireworks. suicidal bravery, today were re-| at East Prussia. jcounty attorney, announced — to- pees Maral So ee 'th va S S Si ‘ommittee members were read Uy Axnncioted Press) e present wage standards set by , ' thousand-mile front. icesses, said Russia might make a ‘ator of the Federal Bureau of i ! {Soviet, and a propaganda minis- % it was disclosed today in a re- | | Fourth. ' propag' ‘ teogtal money for its comple: lac ; but neutral observers could see| CANADA JOINS ALLIES Admiral McIntire said it would | $800,000 item for construc- The President urged citizens to LONDON, June 25--London’s | Chairman of the county commis- The producers appeared Fiterte face: Russian dition to the three acres already! J ocommended to the house. struction spread “land prices Admiral McIntire described : di Ui Navy ‘OF CELEBRATION DUCERS TAKE MATTER UP}; MEETING OF RECREATION | before the Agricultural Adjust- ‘last night were detailed by Eva + ° e e j | | ° . . | Take Care Of Proposed | 10 Stand Fim in Theit Faith farmer, said any increase would,, The program, tentatively ap- | (per cent federal money and 25 States Sugar Corporation, said his |; Efforts to complete work on} day. ; ported hurling back the drives of | May Retreat To Ukraine . i surgeon general of the navy, has. F hddaddhddad| 7 ‘ SS A { ee 3 1 t-of- * \ WASHINGTON, June 25— the Secretary,ot Agriculture. feeeetans Snes BOVE ee | Berlin claimed German troops! slow retreat toward the Public Roads, that army and ILI | firm in their faith, and compared ‘be considered in other mainland. aS ;massed offensive in the north port submitted to Congress py APPROPRIATIONS B ;the present fituation of world producing areas before there is of ayaa ma area es Stone, who visited Washington tbetween Louisiana and Florida | Bi cand dei: few signs of an imminent Russian | py AID TO RUSSIANS | tion of a Key West navy hos- approach Independence day with ‘foreign office today received as- | Si0n, said prospects are good ¢or owned at the proposed hospital are going up tremendously, and the hospital situation at Key THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER es | : WITH AGRICULTURAL AD-|/ COMMITTEE IN CITY HALL | f | . ment Administration this week ; Warner, WPA recreation direc- | put the farmer out of business. (proved by the committee, will | ‘i ete { Fp ES SES PRIN {per cent from the state road de- | ; ¢ 1 coc Upholding Spirit: Of Democracy | eee 7 ’ | firm, by. far the largest producer the Trumbo Island (Price) base- ee British military .men, discount-! ;, Stone said he was assured by urged immediate construction 0 \NAVY HOSPITAL’ FUNDS ‘President Roosevelt today called | “But we do feel,” he said, “that lown teams anxious to come here ‘have driven 100 miles into the {luring Adolf Hitler’s forces into P&YY Support for the Florida key tentatively try report said the Red air force} i Sear : Sayin: howe: jSet up, would include: could:not be stopped. the house appropriations -com-| (Ny Asnoelnted Press) jerisis with the days of July 4, pes ice jand Chicago with County Clerk minimum standards enforced by! Bioad jump; collapse or of any real German) be necessary for the navy to pur- stm ee 1 | pital today was included in an hope in a better world, and the at aj bombers last night curance from Canada that the do- 8° early start of work on the site by the navy. He said he un- heavens only knows what we are West as “very serious”. He said there is a small civilian | hospital, and that the Marine hospital was fiiled and there was not enough space in the navy “We feel that a navy hospital of 140 beds—129 beds for general use and 20 beds for sick officers’ quarters—will handle the situa- tion as far as we can see from! the present planning as to the number of men going in and out of the ships and the personnel at the station”, the admiral said. He said the navy owns three acres and needs three additional | adjoining, for which he said the | navy would have to pay a mini- mum of $5,000. “The proposed hospital loca- tion is just where you go on the island”, he explained. “There is a causeway that goes across to the island, and this is at this end of the island”, Plans contemplate construction of four ward buildings costing about $75,000 each, nurses’ quar- ters costing $50,000; $50,000 for | administration buildings, and $75,000 for barracks; officers’ quarters and other facilities, Landscaping To Cost $50,000 Equipment, he said, would in- clude an X-ray plant, physical therapy unit and a power house. Roads, walks and landscaping will cost about $50,000. Questioned by committee mem- bers as to the need for a new building instead of rehabilitation of the old naval hospital, out of commission for several years, Admiral McIntire said: “If we were to spend about $300,000 on it, we could, I think, get about the same number of beds. But that is just the hos- pital, which means there is, no place then to put quarters for corpsmen, quarters for the nurs- es, and accessory units and spaces required STATE WPA QUOTA WILL BE REDUCED JACKSONVILLE, Fla, June 25 (FNS).—-Florida’s present WPA quota of 25,358 faces another reduction and Assistant State Administrator Little stated that 6,000 would be dropped from the rolls Every effort would be made, he said retain as many needy persons possible and to see that the slash did not affect state defense work. The exact number of persons to be released in each county has bee determined but welfare and white collar projects will be affected, some curtailed and some terminated, CLP LDL a LL Ma SB LEGION PLANS FOR MEETING sponsor a confidential on an important phase of nation- al defense the night of July 2 at the high school auditorium, Com- j™mander Albert Mills announced today. Mills said the legion will in- | vite members of all civic clubs, ‘army, navy, marine aid coast guard officers, city and county law enforcement officers, and fepresentatives of city and coun- ty governments. Details of the meeting have | been withheld, but Mills said it is important that those invited attend. | eracy. | which will be applied next season | |on growers who receive govern- | + bent benefits. j American Legion members will ; ‘WOULD RETREAT INTO. TURKEY (By Assoctated Press) Negro field hands said they re- | ceived $1.60 a day in the summer | and between $2 and $3 during the cutting season on Corporation , Plantations. In addition they told | of living in well built comfortable ; meeting | VHICY, June 25.—Permission ‘of the Turkish government may be asked within a few days to allow French soldiers to retreat tinto Turkey from Syria, it was revealed here today. Reports reaching Vichy told of Turk troop concentrations along the Syrian border, evidently to prevent any exodus of Frerich soldiers out of Syria. Informed observers said there is little likelihood Turkey would grant a request that the French be allowed to cross the border, but that the request probably iwill be made. Roosevelt Awaiting List Of “Waters Newded By Russi (My Associated Press) WASHINGTON, June 25.— President Roosevelt, who yester- | day pledged the aid of the United {States to embattled Russia, | slightest idea” what equipment the Soviet Union might require. | With indications growing that; a new lease-lend bill may supply | further aid to warring nations, it |was understood there is little (prospect of Russia getting much material aid under existing plans. The President said he is await- ing a list from Moscow of materials | vitally needed now. LONG DISTANCE NAZI WEDDINGS «Ry Annocinted Press) BERLIN, June 25.—Ingeborg Hubert, 16, ts the bride—by proxy—of a German soldier in Africa, She was wed to Corporal Kurt Berg in a ceremony at the town hall here, a sun-helmet of the type worn by soldiers resting at her left. At the same hour Berg's captain performed a sim- ilar ceremony in Africa. j THURSDAY Rotary Cluk meets 12:15 p.m. St. Paul’s Parish Hall Lions Club meets at 6:30 pm Lions’ Den, Seminary Street. TUESDAY. JULY 1 Men who have reached age of 21 since Oct, 16, 1940, register 7 a. m. to $ p. m. at room 208 Fed- told ; | hewsmen*today he has not “the! ‘WM. J. CAPPICK DIED THIS A. M. FUNERAL SERVICES WILL BE CONDUCTED TOMORROW AFTERNOON William J. Cappick, age 60, died this morning at 5 o'clock at the residence, 415 Olivia street. The funeral will be held tomor- row afternoon at 5 o'clock from the Lopez Funeral Chapel to the Catholic church, where services will be conducted by Rev. J. J. Murphy. Survivors are: One sister, Miss Bary Louise Cappick, and other relatives. Pallbearers at the funeral will be Leroy Torres, Merville Ros- am, William Entwistle, Joe Kemp, Bennie Pierce and Wil- liam Sawyer, FOUR BUILDING PERMITS ISSUED C. Anderson, Trumbo island property owner, yesterday was granted a building permit for $450 to be spent in general re- pairs to his home. Other permits issued by Build ing Inspector Ygnacio Carbonell went to Blanche Adams! 917 An- gela street, $100 to build an ad- dition; W. P. Archer, 1016 Flem- nig street, $100, general repairs, and to Arthur Espinola, 917 Si- S. two and three-room houses fur- ' nished by the Corporation, with garden plots for those who wanted ; them. Medical care and_ school | facilities also were provided. by } the company, they testified. | ! Moran testified the average | daily wage paid the field hands: during the cutting season was up, 15¢ over last year, amounting to! an average of $2.26, plus a bonus determined by market quotations. Creech, independent grower, ' said that the labor situation had been rendered difficult by the es- tablishment of a government migratory workers’ camp at Belle | Glade. “The hor the government built,” he said, “make the tenant {farmers dissatisfied with the i quarters furnished by independent ! producers. In the past 60 days farmers have been unable to help even at $3 a day with 5,000 or more men idle in the community,” jhe stated. ‘BRITISH CALL ON. SUBJE | | ‘ASKED TO REGISTER FOR MILITARY DUTY IN i | ENGLAND | feet Li | | British subjects in Key West who are willing to volunteer for military duty in England have been requested by the British consulate at Jacksonville to reg- ister with that office ; All British men are asked to register with the consul’s office, but only those between 18 and }60 are likely to be considered for i duty. | Information requested from |the British citizens includes: name, date of birth, nationality of parents at birth, occupation, branch of service for which they jwish to volunteer, qualifications jfor that branch, any other quali- lfications (including foreign lan- | qurges), gener of health len who have applied for serv- alreaty’are not asked to reg- T again. state (JAPAN READY TO | j } } | } (Ry Associated Preas) TOKYO, June 25 announce her the German-Rus war within 148 hours, it was indicated today. Tokyo newspapers, meanwhile, warned he United States against; Baseball throw; Box potato relay; Three-legged race. ! Boys (12-16)— High jump—running; | Broad jump—running; Wheel-barrow race; Sack race; Horse and rider race; 50-yard dash; 100-yard dash. Adults— i 100-yard dash; Running broad jump; 220-yard dash; Wheel-barrow race; Sack race; Horse and rider race; 440-yard_ dash. Other Events H . Greasy Pole (greenback dis-} played). 4:00 to 7:00 P. M.—Dancing on tennis courts at Bayview Park. 7:00 to 9:00 P. M—Exhibition | softball game. Barrel diamond- } ball throw. 9:00 to 10:00 P. M.—Fireworks. (An effort is being made to as- sure this part of the program). Price Field—Trumbo Island 2:30 P. M—Dedication _ base- | ball game. Out-of-town team vs. | Key West. i Recreation leaders who will be: in charge of the program, with | Mrs. Warner, are Mrs. B. F. Kocel C. H. Drepperd, George | Montpetit, USO representative, | and Capt. Arthur Sheppard of; WPA recreation. i . Vice-President William Free- | man was. delegated to arange for} awards to be presented athletic | wianers, and a committee com- ;London said reports side the Finnish capital at Hels-. kinki, but both Moscow and Hels- kinki denied a German report that the capital, itself, had been | jattacked. | Both sides agreed the fighting thas reached a furious pitch, par- iticularly in Russian-occupied Po-| land, and Moscow told of thou- | sands of German dead and cap-' jtured in an abortive attempt to cross the Danube on giant barges. Reds Held Fire Reports from Moscow said Rus: sian soldiers on the, eat bank the river héld their fire until the German almost had reached the shore, then cut loose with a with- ering fire of machine guns and: anti-tank artillery. Thousands of Germans were said to have died in the river, and those that survived to reach the shore were taken prisoners. Ankara heard reports of a simi- lar Russian attempt to ferry Red soldiers into German-occupied Poland, and military experts in from the fighting indicate Russia is launch- i mother country in lending all pos- | Project and the Boca Chica air- sible aid to Soviet Russia in her war with Germany. Canada, it was announced, will give what economic aid can be /seas Highway port. |” Deseribing the road situation, | MacDonald told ne the Over- jet has been included in a nation-wide road program to cost the 1 government $257,000,000. _Wal Require Staie Aid spared from her own and the em-} pire’s defense, probably in the” form of food. “federal (It was understood from Cana- da, however, that restrictions against Communists removed or lightened.) not be ‘ Australia made a similar’pledge ! yesterday, 5 (Ny Axaaeioted Prean) RED PAPERS FEATURE FDR HELP PROMISES lo aid Russia MOSCOW, June 25—Moscow | newspapers today carried under | banner headlines the promise of U.S. President Roosevelt that America would send all possible aid to Russia in her war against Germany, The papers, althouch editorial- ly thanking the United States for promises of assisance. added that the Soviet Union “always is able to depend upon herself.” Sixty-One Sign Up With County Defense Force 10 RE Ba Sixty-one Monroe county resi- listment will be made out and re- , PxOvine posed of P.-T. A. members, Navy | dents, oply, four ..less . than ,,thg, turned to state headquarters. Wives’ club and Boy Scouts will | be in charge of refreshments. maximum permitted for a county Mayor Willard M. Albury, who BRAUN FINED IN |county’s home defense force at the men at the courthguse. end of a mass meeting at county CRIMINAL COURT SEVEN HELD ON VAGRANCY CHARGE RELEASED ' THIS MORNING Alex Braun, charged with as- sault and battery in the beating last Friday of Eddie Carey, yes- terday drew from Judge William V. Albury a fine of $25 and costs, Plus a promise to pay ambulance and hospital charges incurred by Carey. Carey suffered head when Braun knocked him to the sidewalk in an argument over a debt. Later, Braun, who injuries jis am engineer aboard the West- ern Union cable repair boat, af- fered to pay for the older man’s transportation tdé the hospital and treatment Seven of the 13 negroes arrest- ed by Bienvenido Perez yester- day on vagrancy charges were released this morning by Peace Justice Enrique Esquinaldo,. Jr. Six others, who had no means of support and no money were bound over to criminal court. who were released to leave Key! eral building for army selective monton street, $100 for construc- giving any aid to Russia in the | West at once for their homes in tion of a fence. fight against the Axis. [and near Miami courthouse. < With 53 required for recogni- tion and outfitting by the state, the force last night already had enough men to apply for the serv-— ices of a mustering officer and first steps in organization. A second meeting will be stag. led Friday night at 8 o'clock, when the men will elect three officers to head the defense group. Word that the county defenders are organized will be forwarded at once to the office of Adjt. Gen Vivian Collins at St Augustine, and complete applications for en- The PORTER-ALLEN COMPANY formerly located in the HELLINGS BUILDING 319 Duval Street has MOVED to corner Front and Duval Sts. opposite the First National Bank DENIES RUMORS OF PEACE PLANS (Ny Associated Peemss LONDON, dune 25..-Prime Minister- Winston Churchill to- day spiked rumors that Lord Beaverbrook has attempted to prombte a peace talk between London and Berlin. The prime minister seid the rumors are “malicious vaporings” and denied that Lord Beaver- brook had suggested any peace conference. those to be built entirely by the government. MacDonald _point- jed out, however, that Florida already has $4,500,000 of federal road building credits available, | which could be used for Over- iseas Highway. Construction of the eight miles ‘between Key West and the pro- | posed Boca Chica airport, Stone | was told, is virtually certain’ of | getting priority as a defense | project, with 100 percent financ- ‘ing by the government, | Mission Success | County Commissioner R. W. Craig, who was appointed by the commission to get approval for ‘the project from local army and | navy establishments, as well as }from corps area and district wters, had completed his | assignment and placed the ap- letters in the road de- partment’s files before Stone ar- rived in Washington, he suid. Checking up on delays in the | of this*428) Yast night Had sigtied called last night's mass meeting, \ start of work on the Boca Chica ‘applications for enlistment in the explained the program to the / airport, Stone said he was in- iformed by Col. Lucius Clay, as- |sistant to the administrator of Civil Aeronautics Adrninistra- | tion, that only minor diffieuities jin the army engineers’ office at Jacksonville had prevented open- ing of bids, Colonel Clay. who had return ed to Washington from London the previous day aboard an army bomber, told Stone he had check- ed the Boca Chica airport file and learned that only the ques- tion of a workers wage scale, under study at Jacksonville, had delayed the bid opening Electric Project Set Several technical details so fr have prevented a start on the key rural ctrification project, Stone was told Bit he said today lit appears that money will he available for a. shart. on that Project in a mattér of daya. Btone last night delivered sev- eral capers requiring signatures ito John Russell, president of the