The Key West Citizen Newspaper, October 6, 1941, Page 1

+ Efforts Made To Speed Up Construction On Key West's Recreation ( ‘ Proposed, Project Costing PPO Oees 0s $35,000, Turned. Over To Construction Quar- termaster Corps (Washington Correspondent of The Key West Citizen) WASHINGTON, D. C.. Oct. 6. —In an effort to speed construc- tion of the $35,000 recreation | center at Key West the job has! been turned over to Construction | Quartermaster Corps of the’ Army, it was learned here to-! day. The center, as is the case with | NAZIS, STILL FAR ~ BEHIND SCHEDULE (iy Associated Presa) cy. Transfer of responsibility for construction of the recreation center to CQMC, which has car- Tied on all camp construction for the War Department, took Wash- | ington by surprise. Neither FWA nor CQMC have yet issued an official statemeu: on the move. Delay in starting construction of recreation centers approved as much as six weeks ago was be- lieved responsible for the trans- (Continued on Page Four) NEGRO MAN SHOT SATURDAY NIGHT WOMAN HELD IN JAIL ON CHARGE OF ATTEMPT- ED MURDER i Sally Mae Morant, negro wom- an, was held in county jail this morning without bond on a charge of attempting to murder. Ozell Johnson, negro. Johnson’s right arm was near- ly blown off Saturday night when the woman fired a blast just below his shoulder. The woman told Peace Justice Frank- lin Arenberg she had shot John- son after he hit her over the head with the butt of the gun. Physicians at Marine hospital today said the man’s condition was satisfactory. i Gunboat Bringing Group Here CZECHS ACCUSED OF CONSPIRACY HUNDREDS CHARGED ‘WITH INTERFERRING WITH NAZIS’ WAR EFFORT (My Assceiated Pres) BERLIN, Oct. 6.—Hundreds of Czechs, some of them among the country’s most prominent men, have been implicated in a giant conspiracy to interfere with Ger- many’s war effort, Gestapo re- ports have indicated. Describing the scope of the plot, Gestapo leaders said hun- dreds have been arrested in the past few days and 13 more were executed yesterday. The group is accused of sabo- taging trucks and railroads, at- tacking German troops and smuggling enemies of the Reich to safety from the Gestapo. ADVISORY ADVISORY: The small hurri- cane passed across the extreme southern portion of the Florida Peninsula this morning and en- tered the Gulf between Ever- glades City and Fort Myers. Was attended by winds of hurri- cane force over a very small area near center. t WEATHER BUREAU. From Havana For Celebration Of Cuban Holiday On Friday Representatives. of the Cuban government, troops and a band will arrive here Thursday aboard a gunboat to join in the local cele- bration of “Grito de Yara” Friday, Cuban Consul Berardo Rodriguez announced today. Commandant Crecencio Ca- brera, in a telegram, informed the | consul this morning that the gun- boat will arrive here sometime Thursday morning, bringing rep- resentatives of the army, navy, president and the provincial gov- ernment. 4 Yara”, usually obsérvert heré with! aceremony at the Maine plot in the cemetery dates back to 1868. when the cry for liberty first went up in Cuba. In felebration this year, a parade will be held at 9 o'clock Friday morning, and a dance will be held Thursday night at the Cuban Club. A velada Friday night at the San Carlos Institute will climax the celebration. ‘The Cuban consulate today in- vited all local officials to take part m the program and civic organ- jizations will be asked to co-| The celebration of “Grito de operate. It; THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN THE U. S. A. ‘PAT CANNON WILL' ‘SEEK RE-ELECTION 10 SAME POSITION DENIES RUMORS THAT HE’ | PROPOSES TO ASPIRE FOR STATE - WIDE. CONGREs-| SIONAL SEAT ony f {Sneciat to The Citizen) WASHINGTON, Oct. 6—Rep- resentative Pat Cannon of Miami spiked rumors that he would seek a state-wide Congressional seat in {the 1942 election and announced his candidacy for re-election to Congress from the 4th Congres- sional District in a release today from Washington. Because of the persistent rumors as to my ambitions and in- tentions, giving rise to much con- jecture, I feel that my friends and constituents are entitled to know at first hand my reactions. With that thought in mind, I announce that I do rot seek any political honors or assignments other than that previously entrusted to me by the people of the 4th Congres- sional District, and I shall offer for re-election next May to the position which I now hold “It is hoped that further mis- understanding in connection with my intentions, if any there be. will be avoided. “I am indebted to the people of , my District for having -selected+ me to represent them in Congress! and I have attempted in every way to conduct my office in a manner reflecting credit to those I am privileged to represent. “Likewise, I am indebted to the citizens of my district and to their local and other official representa- tives for the cooperation which they have abundantly extended to me and which has been so bene- ficial in the acc>mplishments we have made, I invite the continua- tion of this valuable assistance which makes possible the sus- tained progress of each county, y and town in the Fourth Con- ional District, to which prog- I rededicate myself at this time.” THREE DEFENDANTS WILL BE ARRAIGNED ALL WILL FACE PEACE JUS- TICE UNDER DIFFER- ENT CHARGES or | Marvin (Fuss) Griffin this aft- ernoon at 1 o'clock will face Peace Justice Enrique Esquin- aldo, Jr., in a preliminary hear- ing on a charge of obstructing} an officer in the discharge of his duty. Griffin was arrested and plac-/| ed under $200 bond Saturday night after Harry Lee Baker. special deputy, had charged him with interfering with an arrest. Mrs. L. Spooner will appear before Peace Justice Franklin Arenberg this afternoon on a vagrancy charge, and Edna Mae Stone, negro, will be arraigned on a charge of operating an automobile without a driver's license. Three men were held over the weekend on charges of driving while under the imfluence of in- texicating liquor. They were And@rew T. Rock, Tommy Thomp- son and OgdgnyParker.; < i { _ cardi. accused of at: tempting to kill Luis Avilo last week with"a knife, was placed under $500 bond Saturday by Esquinaldo. Bond previously had been set at $1,000 pending the preliminary hearing. Jane Withers—Jackie Cooper in HER FIRST BEAU also SELECTED SHORT SUBJECTS' eeene KEY WEST, FLORIDA, M ne a res enemas oy Che Key West Citizen ONDAY, OCTOBER 6, 1941 Storm Strikes Around Miami Nagy Key West Plein bee the | Pas etiali “lea = ae | coumcrry. wrt st sverage vange © cas (4 FPatrectet : But Misses Key West: Nassau Hast Hit From Hic Expected heavy winds for Key TIP ISGSI@IOOM. West failed to materialize this afterncon as a tropical hurricane emerged from the Florida main- land south of Fort Myers and moved with diminshed force northwestward into the Gulf of, Mexico. Early reports from bureau this morning had indi- _—_— STORM HALTS SHIPS Ship sailings to Key West from Cuba and from Tampa have been cancelled for the remainder of this week be- cause of unsettled weather conditions in the Gulf of Mexico. P. & O. officials here said today. No ships will put into Key West from either port dur- ing the week. _—— cated this city would ranging up to 50 mi during the afternoon, but new direction of the storm is said te have removed the prob- ability of any bad weather here. Bus company officials said to- day only eight persons took ad- vantage of a special bus sent to remove residents of the keys last night, but it is believed many of the key residents left either in their own cars or with friends. Miami sufferea only slight damage and bars drew heavy trade for “hurricane parties” as Miamians celebrated the arrival of the storm. Nassau, first city in the path of the storm, experienced winds et winds 's per hour up to 100 miles per hour, and Some small boats were blown out of the water onto the city’s main street. Residents of the city had plenty of time to pre- pare, however, and most win- dows were boarded up by the time the storm arrived. Homestead had winds up*to 75 miles, but. it is reported) the |foree of the storm’ was greatly | dimi shed hy the time crossed the state. SEEKING CHANGE IN LEGISLATION WOULD PLACE LIMITS ON WAGES. PRICES. RENTS. IN- DUSTRIAL PROFITS it had (Ry Axsocieted Press) WASHINGTON, Oct. 6—Mem- bers of a bi-partisan congressional committee, dissatisfied with the administration's price control legislation, will introduce this week a drastic substitute calling for limits on wages, prices, rents and farm and industrial profits, it was learned today. CRANE OPERATORS: STAGED WALKOUT (Ry Axnoctated Press} GARY, Ind. Oct. 6—Thirty crane operators who walked out of the giant Carnegie Steel com- pany plant here this morning brought all operations in the plant virtually to a halt. | | The striking crane men forced the company to close down five blast furnaces and four coke evens on which they were em- ployed. The strike followed a wage increase demand. he weather the . NEW YORK POLICE OFFICER DELIGHTED OVER FISHING TRIP :. Neil Callahan, member of the New York police depart- ment. accompanied by Mrs. Callahan, spent several days in Key West during the past EF Hi if a0 eet aH i et City’s numerous friends in and elsewhere il and TF ILI IIISE Se NEW SERIAL STORY STARTS. IN CITIZEN PAM QUELLERTON AND JER-. RY WINTHROPE IN LOVE AFFAIR Pam Quellerton knew quite well that she should not have fallen in love with Jerry Win- tnrope, for Pam was a year-round resident of Key West, and Jerry Was one of the rich boys who spent the winter in Key West, broke a few hearts, and disap- peared with the birds in spring. But. Pam fell. What rather puzzled everybody was that Jer- ry fell still harder. was willing to admit his fall al- though Pam was never quite willing to admit her own love. The serial story. with its set- ting in Key Wect. begins in The Citizen today, The tortured tomance ‘of girl with the quaint, old charm, and the playboy off Winthrope yacht began -with cold nose of Jerry’s dog nuzzling Pam one day on the beach. fortunately, when Jerry left Pam that first day he ran into some of the fellows farther down jsubiect of > WAR PRISONERS TO BE RETURNED MANY AND BRITAIN BE- GINS TOMORROW Win Final Game Of _ Series By Score, 3-1 TRAIL AAA ADS (By Assecioted Press) NEWHAVEN, Eng Hospital office announced . Se a a Soe So Ts governmen end showed (ee around. made new and unacceptable then imeited them so sma The ‘Silie le “Seer Gea” te de ads monk mo cherwe 2 cee acm OST ee ee Te eet —— vere broucktt me tert ogee ee ee ee TURKS AND AAS, === ==-= = The Trapet aos may ng a T PLAN AGEEEENT === SS = veerdmey crumseso = SS et es ane ‘The rove var a "ssersec Gg Gee goer oe Ta PROPOSE TO SIGN TRADE “== == eum ee ap. ee PACT SOMETIME DUR- ING PRESENT WEEK wm sooner BD, BRANDEIS AN . 7. Ot 6— Turkey and Germany sometime this week will sign a $50,000,600 trade agreement, giving the cme> SOME Coun Reich food and copper im ex- MEMBER HAD SEACHED change for machinery, informed quarters here said today. acE OF & Bemwe See eel ewer ae ee Seat we er. sem Se egmcr me alewer ae 6 The agreement, it is thought. — will be signed Wednesday, and 2 we eee a provision will guarantee Ger- 8 Ree erat Fem a many all of Turkey's chrome WASHINGTON Oc €—icus Turkeys’ chrome. ns home = Watiegtes et Or sheet YATES INFANT IS »— — Ni Brances. whe was Sn RUSHED TO MIAMI ~=-=— — —— SoSs pommtec to the Gert ts Pa See emt 7 a 2 Se mee ee 7 Siew anc es Seager TREATMENT FOR INJURIES ‘Mrs. Jacod Gibbet 2 Kew Sak i Ree, RECEIVED anomes. and Si Eee SS So ee Rauscnendust a meme of me ‘facaly at the Uniweraity of Wi ls a: ain os ane sr. hai ge 8 cn cc —— . ec fell from a boat trailer in the © ©S¢ come [SRS — See backyard of his parents’ home at a aap 514 Newton street, was rushed to LAUGH RATIONS pm At a Miami hospital Saturday m a2 ontinioniatins Ga eet oo coast guard plane. es ~— em Re@er eee The youngster had been under SAN JUAN CAPISTESER See eter cm =f treatment all of last-week, but it Calif, Ort € — Goudemtenet game at Ge cee Was not until Saturday when x-ray Ferrs F. Kelly it “ae neggheer giet Ge agg Pictures taken at Marine hospital hee children read uf the mage Sime revealed his neck had been seri- Zines end comes: &@ he Guages SE ously injured, although apparent- until f got © the post whee Set Gem ly not broken. Customer hac te go ¢ Tumumg Senta deen Lieut. Comdr. Carl H Hilton. burdie w make 2 purchase Se eas Ghee coast guard commandant here. Kelly gave 2 party. Getceeed coe. radioed Miami for a plane after free candy amd ee core ao he had been told by physicians at then anneunced the ted aeus— Sees Marine hospital that the bey six kit: ate time end SS mumue Gist could not stand the trip im an reading fer is 4