The Key West Citizen Newspaper, June 27, 1941, Page 1

Associated Press Day Wire Service For 61 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West VOLUME LXII. No. 153. Program For sal Year Various Improvements In- "POPPI OO OM, [ROOSEVELT WILL luded ’ I Mad cluded In Plans Made DEDICATE LIBRARY During Meeting Held peas - (Ny Associated Press) Last Evening HYDE PARK, N. Y., June 27.—President Roosevelt this afternoon was ready to dedi- cate the Franklin D. Roose- velt library here, which con- tains the archives of the New Deal. The President came here from Washington last. night and was expected: to return to the capital Saturday:.or Sunday. CII MI SLMS SOS REGISTRATION DAY TUESDA Draft Board Chairman Horace | In a joint meeting of the et West Rotary and Lions Club | held last evening, 6:30 o'clock, in| the Lions Den on Seminary | Street,.a constructive program! was outlined for the next fiscal year of both organizations, which staris on July 1, Lion President Gerald Saun- ders and Everett Russell, presi- dent of the Rotary Club, conduct- ed the meeting and introduced | the incoming leaders, Bill Fripp | 8s president of Rotary and John THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN THE U.S. A. | a F. A. BUCK IN COMPANY WITH MAYOR WILLARD M. ALBURY VIEWS SITES FOR PROPOSED IMPROVEMENTS F. A. Buck, Public Works Ad- ministration official from Wash- jington, arrived here today to! study county requests for $420,- 000 in defense building and im- provement. With Mayor Willard M. Al- bury, Buck this afternoon was viewing the sites of proposed construction and discussing needed work with county offi-{ cials. The PWA official is ex- pected to return to Washington ; with complete plans for all work | /recommended by the county. t Tentative plans and estimates ; were drawn up here June Il at} ‘a meeting of county and city of- 'ficials with R. C. Hoefeli, division jTepresentative of PWA. | | At that time B. C. Moreno and ; iW. B. Kirke applied for $235,000 | jto be uséd for sewer and incin- erator improvements; KEY WEST, FLORIDA, Full Report Of Construction Co. Employes Ralph W. Davis, secretary to Governor Holland, last night tele- phoned two Key West business men for a full report on the beat- ing and eviction from town Wed- nesday night of 15 employes of the Lester F. Preu construction company. Speaking for Governor Holland, who is en route to Atlantic City; Davis said he was instructed by the governor to make an investi- gation of the mob action, and. te insure full protection for work- men here on defense jobs. The beatings are alleged to have occurred late Wednesday night when a mob ‘variously es- O’Bryant today urged Key West- Melvin | timated at fr 75 to 300 - ers to spread as widely as pos- ! Russell applied for $60,000 to go, cis . ee Costar as the Lion head. sible the information that young for school facilities, including dered Preu company employes to Completion of the Overseas}men who have reached the age building, grounds and equip- ‘leaye a Lime Grove housing pro- FRIDAY, JUNE 27, 1941 Bel Eviction Of | morning the governor’s office had | | not communicated with him, pro- | mised a full investigation. | Story Widely Carried \ | Reports on the expulsion of the H | Miami men today were carried by | | Mews services to papers through- ; jout the nation, and radio listeners | ‘here said they had heard stories of { |the mob violence on net-work | |hews programs. | ; Preu company officials, who} lyesterday informed William R.! ; Porter of the Lime Grove corpera- | tion that they would not carry out | i PEPE LS SLIM s | their. Veet ares Pipa oe eire i gumstances, lay had nothing to | [Saas to whether sart| GERMANS DESTROY PFIVE BRITISH SHIPS Say. as to whether they would start ) (ity Axnociated ress) ‘on the: $450,000 project. , Clarence: Higgs, business man-| ' j Ager of local carpenters’ union No. | '555, declared neither he nor his: ;union had any knowledge of the! BERLIN, June 27.—A Ger- affair, but insisted local laborers| ™&"_ submarine operating in |were fully justified if they did| *he Red Sea has destroyed idrive out “scab” workmen. ; five British merchant ships | totalling 31.500 tons,’ it was announced here today. The report said the British ships were destroyed by tor- pedoes in a series of attacks. violence could have been caused by antagonism between local and es Lies IS aa es | Imported Miami Men i Higgs said his own union recent- i ly has called for 200 union car-; penters from Miami to assist on; ‘local jobs, and denied that the! Che Key West Criizen Monroé County Boat Owners Must Pay Taxes On Vessels eds el Pg | Owners of boats in Monroe county, possibly for the first time in lecal history, will be called upon this year to pay. taxes on their ves- tele as personal property, Tax As- 'sessor Claude A. Gandolfo an- nounced today. Although boats always have t ‘has been ignored in Monroe coun- | ty, until Gandolfo was ordered by | State Comptroller J. M. Lee Tues- | day to put them on the rolls. | Boat owners, Gandolfo explain- ed, have until July 20 to make a i tax return on their property. If been subject to county taxes here! and throughout Florida, the law} Pe ~entes of Lions alu Highway, a city hospital, combi- | of 21 since October 16, 1940, must nation Civic center and public | register next Tuesday for army auditorium, public beach and a/| duty. program of atheletic events are| O’Bryant said some young men the main features of the Rotary | might have failed to see the or-! program as outlined by incoming | ders that they report for regis- president Bill Fripp. To a realiza-| ‘ration. He urged Key West tion of each of these civic benefits, | citizens to make it a paint to Mr. Fripp called: for support and | {nform young men in the age cooperation from the Lions and 8toup that it is essential they other civic organizations, jteport to the federal building Lion President John Costar’s| July 1 and make their registra- program called for expansion of | tion. i the Blind work, pri ivi. ant BS OPER A offices, roam 209, aaa to" during the day from have the eyes of each school child! 7 @ m. to 9 p.m. examined and for those who can- not afford to equip themselves COMMERCE BODY with glasses or necessary treat-, “ment, the Lions Club will en-! deavor to find ways and means of MEETING TONI providing same. | Annual Christmas Tree for the ara underpriviledged children will again be sponsored thereby pro- viding toys, fruits, candy and oth- ~@t presents for thousands of poor children, both white and colored. Aluminum drive in cooperation with the National Defense activi- ties, Easter Egg Hunt for under- privileged children are other ac- tivities which will be engaged in! by the Lions. ip Baorinted Peake) Something new on the Lions| EDINBURG, Tex.—After a tor- program will be the initiation of Tential rain students at Laguna a Junior Lion at the beginning of Sec school near here were ma- the next school year, Member of Toned with their teacher in the the senior class with outstanding school building. They had to poe record during his years in senior ll night. Laguna Seca means “dry high school will be selected as a lake. Janior Lion who will be given all } ——— ~~~" privileges of membership and be! allowed to bring one guest each week, that guest being . another member of the Senior Class and} as a result cach member of the class will have attended a Lions} meeting before the end of the! school year. Board of directors of the Key ; West Chamber of Commerce will meet tonight at 7:30 o'clock in the chamber’s office, Secretary {Stephen C. Singleton announced today. PROVED ITS POINT Home Defensé Guards Meet Tonight ‘To Name Captain ment; Mayor Albury called for $25,000 for a community center, and Dr. J. B. Parramore and ; {John Gardner asked $100,000 for a 25-bed hospital. | Buck is expected to stay here through tomorrow studying the plans, then return to his Wash- | ington office to make his own recommendation on local expen- ditures. Money for the projects would come from a $150,000,000 | federal appropriation to be spent in work necessary to defense. | ‘HAVANA POST NOTES | "DEATH OF RUSSELL. In the column “With Rod And- Gun” published recently in The Havana Post appeared an item re-' | lative to the death of Joseph Rus- sell, who was well known in Cuba, having visited there a number of times in company with Ernest | Hemingway. The item in question follows: “This column deeply regrets to! announce the passing of a great |fisherman, Captain Joe Russell of |Key West in Havana at 3 p. m. last Friday. Captain Russell first {came to Cuba with Ernest He- ! | mingway in 1931 on board his) boat, the “Anita,” and it was with Captain Russell that Ernest boat- | ed 54 marlin in 115 days of fishing | in our waters. He was one of the | pioneers of rod and reel fishing in! Cuba, and has visited the island ; every year with Hemingway.” Albert Mills, guest of both clubs at last night's session, invited! members of both clubs to attend a| Monroe county home defense meeting of the Civilian Defense '8¥ardsmen tonight will meet at Council to be held in Armory next |8 o'clock at the. national guard Wednesday evening. jarmory to name a captain who Rotarian J. J. Trevor asked co-| Will command the company aft- operation of both organization in| Cr ‘t Teceives state recogni- the 40 & 8 Society's drive to pur- | ton chase a pulmotor for Key West. Applications of the 61 pros- News of a crippled children’s, Pective members have been sent clinic to be held’ in Key West on|'0 Governor Holland for approv- | either the 17th or 25th of July was |4l. and an officer from the adjut- brought to the clubs by local chair-| ®t general's office at St. Aug- man John A. Gardner from presi-| UStine is expected to come here dent W. L. Philbrick of the South | Within a short time to muster in so-| the men. Florida Crippled Children’s ciety Support of the City’s recrea tional program was asked by Di- rector Paul Albury who gave the Rotarians and Lions an idea of Avhat this group, has in -mind for; WASPS JOIN Key West along this line. | Dr. James Patramore empha-| WAR ON U. — sized the importance of employ- ers allowing employees attend the} venereal clinic to be held in the Uniforms and arms have been applied for and will be sent {here after the group has receiv- ed official recognition, near future. Many other Lions and Rota-' rians expressed themselves on! various movements and projects now in the making and following an address read by Lion Paul G. Albury regarding true patriotism, a long discussion on National de-' fense was entered into whole- heartedly by members of both hubs. Prior to the business session of. (Continued on Page Four) (By Associates Prees) When the Japanese beetle made its way to the United St»tes more than 25 years ago it found conditions here much to its liking. For one thing, there was an ab- {sence of the insect enemies which in the Orient prayed upon this garden pest. American scientists, after futile efforts with accepted practices of insect control, took as their ally a tiny @igger wasp found in Korea and a proved lenemy of the beetle. O74 1222222) | CRAB IN BOTTLE | INSTEAD OF SHELL Chamber of Commerce visitors today were intrigued | with an ancient looking her- | mit crab that didn’t mind im- Proving on nature. } | OID EMD GS Ps RICH ON RATS (Ry Associated Press) LONDON —A rat catcher some- times makes as much as $89 a week, a London housewife re- ported in magistrate’s court in seeking more money from her jhusband, who makes his living that way. - no return is handed to the tax as- | Declaration Of War Was In Answer To Repeated Bombing Of Hungarian Cities By Reds (Dy Asnoctated Presa) — Hungary today joined the . growing list of Europe's i countries on the side of many in the war with Soviet Russia. ! |of Hungarian cities by | air force. ; Reports of actual fighting, with Moscow insisting that Adolf PERMITS ject. Two men who sou: cape the mob told Preu company officials in Miami they had been beaten and their car damaged by pistol fire from the hooded at- tackers. Governor Holland, aboard a train on the way to Atlantic City, was informed of the mob violence. early Thursday, and’ immediately ordered his Tallahassee office to investigate. Sheriff Promises Protection Sheriff Berlin Sawyer, who ac-! cording to Miami will be asked for a report by the governor's office, said today hi will inform the Preu company it Miami that he is ready to promise full protection against a reeur- rence of the attack. “T am taking no part in disputes over whether a job is to be union or non-union,” Sheriff Sawyer de- clared today, “but I am here to see that there is no terrorism by hood- ed men in Key West. “This is a government project, and in view of the national emer- gency, there is no excuse for such action.” Sheriff Sawyer, who said this SIX BUILDING Building | Inspector West property. owners, general repairs. all for The Convent of Mary Immacu-! late was granted a $500 permit for general repairs, while $100 permits went to Mary O. Adams, 1119 South street; C. Diaz, Sem- inole and Olivia; Ygnacio Cobo, 1107 Duval street; Luther Pin- der, 506 South street, and Mil- ton Falco, 720 Thomas street. FIFTY-TWO CHECKS FOR SHORT BEER ted Prege) BRUSSELS, June 27.—A loaf of bread will buy beer and beer and beer in Brussels. The loaf costs four ration cou- pons, a glass of beer one-thir- teenth of one coupon under gov-j ernment decree. Beer lovers are not particular- ly fond of the plan since it forers them to drihk &t least 13 beers at one establishment. FOR PROOF OF POINT ight to es- | news reports, | Ygnacio’ Carbonell yesterday issued per- }* mits totalling $1,000 to six Key» died this morning 4:30 o'clock a Seite re oe ‘MRS. ROSA SANCHEZ tions here”, Higgs*declared. “This ; ‘can’t work get a pension from | Contractors Laud Union the home, 619 Olivia street. |and made the jobs closed-shop”. “If the Preu company wanted to play fair with local workers, they | ? should have contacted the local! unions and asked about conai- | DIED M town is 100 per cent union and | See it’s going to stay that way. | FUNERAL SERVICES WILL BE ' “Every carpenter in town is in! jour union, and the old ones who’ HELD ON SUNDAY ” AFTERNOON us, | |. Hi said other.contractors in ‘Key West have had thie fullest co- ‘operation from the unions and | “are now glad we pulled walkout {os . : Funeral services will be - { Lior wee ee ee Sunday afternoon 5 come here and go to work under , clock under the Cinectae “ot m. nion rules, and if we can’t get| the Lopez Funeral Home frot xcal men for the jobs,” Higgs;the First Baptist church. Rev. ‘aid. “But some of these contract-. Ted M. Jones, pastor, will offi- ors like Preu think they can come | ciate, here and get men to work for 40 > cents an hour like they used to.”{ The body will be placed in the ! Porter, a director of the Lime | Church at'2 o’clocn. !Grove company, said he would; Survivors include a daughter, j;withdraw from the housing pro- | Mrs. Ulric Henson; three sons, ject. | Phillip, Howard and Ernest San- “It doesn't make a great deal of | difference about my part in the; certainly have succeeded in get-| and Willie Russell of Coconut ting some fine publicity for Key | Grove. West.” Eleven grandchildren ~ | great-grandchild 7722220220 Mrs. Sanchez. puget lanl ‘alae Warns: (Ry Associated Press) ee ‘Landing S lieve the dateline on this story <should read Sandy but the railroad insists the town ack? (Ry Associated Press) ; TOKYO, June 27.—Tokyo is named Hursley and the post- office will recognize itony as TIDAL LAD \vwewspapers today warned it FULLER EXPLANATION ‘would “be very dangerous” for i b { ' | { } { | | | | Stockton. | ithe United States to attempt to (By Aasectated Presa) CLAY CENTER, Kas., June 27. —“Gimme a buck roast”, the customer to the butcher. _{ 'ek- | Mentally skipping over his! Although withholding the ex- stock of pork, beef and mutton | pected declaration of Japan's the butcher said he was sorry, | a eee he didn’t have a buck | many and Russia, officials: com- “What is it, anyway?” he puz-|™ented that the war and the zied. “Deer meat?” Shag lied said the customer. | Russia had put dapen.in an em- ‘ou know. A buck roast—~a j barassing position. roast for around a dollar”. aint SCHOOL LUNCH -—= BRUINS FOR FIVE CENTS, TO | Soviet’s Pacific port of Viadivos- said | \¥ Ansectated Preas) SANT: MONTEBELLO, Calif —Nickel oF luncheons have been instituted at Mrs. Rosa®M: "Sanchez? agé 66,\)forthed the tax assessors chez; a sister, Mrs, Miriam Niles; , deal,” he said today, “but they | three brothers, Thomas, Harry, sessor’s office by that time, Gan- dolfo will make the assessment himself, turning the figures over to the county commission’ August 1, for collection. = Gandolfo said he, and other tax assessors, were told flatly in lahassee that the state will use. full authority to see that all , erty, real, personal and ‘ble, is assessed at its full vai | tion, and the taxes collect |. Governor she. the state would check income tax records to make sure intangible tax re- |turns are properly filed. Monroe county, up to now, has almost no intangible returns on file, - but Gandolfo said full information on | tions, . the amount of intangible proper- ‘ty subject to taxation will be for- | warded to him before August L. Gandolfo was instructed by the comptroller to hold up his assess- ment books for another month, | instead of turning them over to the commission on the customary date of July 1. Because of new instruc- | tions, it will be necessary to spend at least an extra month in rear- ranging the rolls. Monroe county boats came up ‘for attention at the Tallahassee | confab, because assessors of other counties reported boat owners in and a their jurisdiction were transfer- | also survive ring their property here in order | between the lines, but have b ‘to avoid taxation. Against.US. . ‘MRS. ANNIE ROSAM DIED ON THURSDAY ‘and supplies for Russia at the FUNERAL SERVICES TO BE, | CONDUCTED TOMORROW ; } AFTERNOON street. Funeral services will be o'clock from the Lopez Fuserai Home chapel, with the Rev. E. 5. Congregational A SHOE IS LOST ‘Ry Anscctated Pres} MANHATTAN, Kas. June 27. —A couple of Manhattan men, waiking home one early morn- ing. argued whether a dark cluster in a tree was an sceumu- lation of old leaves or sleeping birds. The fellow who argued for birds took his shoe and heaved it The birds flew. But his shoe stuck in the tree. : Montebello junior high it by! advantage of surplus food com-/; diers into Russian territory, but no details have been released from either side to indicate how far the German advance has carried. London military observers sug- gested the new thrust in the north might be aimed at Moscow over the road taken by Napoleon in 1812, when he captured the Rus- sian capital, but found it burning when his troops arrived. Moscow said tists have sw: | into territo | rounded up and killed by sold _#nd civilians trained for that du’ i upplies For Reds my bg td spies. Ked air force struck at Rumanian oil fields , ing the night, and Russian p chutists were said to have d ed equipment in the vital oil ritory. Unofficial reports from told of heavy German air behind tions facilities. Royal Air Force Attacks |possibility of American aid to held tomorrow: afternoon’ at oor