The Key West Citizen Newspaper, November 28, 1941, Page 1

Puneral services for J: Reynolds, age 71, brother of the late G. W. Reynolds, who died Tuesday at the Florida State Hospital, wili be held this after- noon at 4 o'clock from the chapel ‘of the Lopez Funeral Home. Rev. A B. Dimmick, pastor of * St Paul's church, will officiate. Interment will take place in the city cemetery. HEAVENLY SOUNDS NORTH STAR, Okla —The Rev. W. E Van Winkle, pastor of the ‘im Holiness Church here, 't have to call on outside en- iners when his flock has a 3 together. He's a one-man wri, playing eight instruments at Same time. * led by hunters i f MISTRIAL IN F A mistrial was declared iate bury, colored, charged with at- law wife, was unable to agree on a verdict. Maggie Haverly Albury, the first witness for the county in the case which opened this. morning, testified that her hus- band assaulted her .and that as a result she was confined in the Marine hospital for three weeks.’ She displayed wounds on her abdomen, hands and head and claimed on the witness stand that she hadn't realized she was wounded until she reeovered con- sciousness in the hospital Albury, after the alleged as- } Sault. gave himself up at the ‘ sheriff's office, saying he had killed his wife. | When the jury was unable to® | reach a decision Judge William | ¥. Albury declared a mistrial ‘Congression 7 Ciseiines 34 : A garrison of ;@round President Roosevelt jer Hotel Axis and British armies have ing each other: Amid fanfare. italian general Graziani’s le- gions pushed off towara Suez in September, 1940, after the Then British General Wavell pulled his spec- tacular counter-push and sent the Italians hot- swoting back several hundred miles into Libya, iia. 9 © smoky an ‘he Meanwhile the of troops across the > Miterranean. j Sent the few Britons hustling back toward Egypt British empire troops managed to hang on to encircled To! sufficiently for his soldiers to hold their rifle bar- The bogged down at Sidi Barrani, Italians seem to be crushed that Britain transferred many of her wesert fighters to the Battle of Greece last spring were slipping thousands KEY WEST In the erratic war on North African sarids ! taken turns chas-4 ey West Citizen THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN THE U.S. A. FLORIDA, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 1941 * ~ ‘East Situation Now Key West. Florida bee the Most equabee cit™Maie 2 or country; with am sverage range of oniy 14° Fanrense en Awaited > Drawing Up Application Toward Securing Fund To Extend Inland Waterway SUSE j Money for deepening of the x waterway from Bahia Honda to Key West have reached the point where a detailed, pro forma appli- cation is being prepared for sub- ame summer of 1941-and another truce. Re-: mission to the National Rivers cently as thé sands began cooling, both sides|and Harbors Congress, S. C. showed signs of feverish preparations for some-! Singleton, chamber of commerce thing. Britons struck first last week, sped 80 miles | secretary, revealed today. to the Tobruk region where they eased the pres-/ sure on their beleaguered colleagues. : One obvious motive for the British move is to | Melvin Russell, chamber of com- Singleton said the application j for the project is being drawn by strengthen her hold on her lifeline across the merce member, and Charles S. Mediterranean. North African mar fears Germany ‘They attacked, | winter. Another possible reason ir that Thay foreshadow a Ger- may try to crash down PLAN FINGERPRINTING oF ALL HELP AT BANQUETS AND OTHER PLACES AT- TENDED BY ROOSEVELT By JACK STISNETT AP Feature Service Writer WASHINGTON, Nov. 28—The U.S. Secret Service is slowly tightening the net of protection as America becomes more and more involved in the tragic world sit- uation. The latest development fingerprinting of all the help at every banquet or Public gathering the President attends. First hint of the new order came when the President made his Navy Day speech at the Mayflow- A week before, Col. Ed- mund W. Starling, chief of the fhite House Secrety is the hired - BIG SARASOTA, Nov. 28 (FNS). Saddened by the loss of tleven elephants, Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Baily Circus rolled into winter quarters here last week-end. Cireus officials reported the season in the show’s history and stated that over six million persons attend- ed performances during the time the show was on the road. The Royal American Shows, which returned to winter quar- ters in Tampa, report a similar successful season, and it is free- ly predicted that Florida fairs, festivals and carnivals will show to -record-breaking crowds — this season due to there being more money in circulation and @ greater demand-.on ile part of the public. for high-class enter tainment. ; Thomas A. Weaver, >usihess agent of local laborers’ union, has filed bis declaration in a $20,000 libel suit against Ernest Agusto Rivero and John Anthony Rivero, operators of the Broadway Mar- ken Weaver's declaration, in which be charges he was injured to the extent of $20,000 through a state- ment made by the Riveros’ and printed in The Citizen, followed a $58,000. declaration, filed * by feaver's attorney, William Y_ ! Taylor, member of the chamber General Weygand's “resignation” from the French | board, at the express request of ;Ohio Congressman Robert Sea- move to take ever control of French colonies. ' crest, chairman of the rivers and A British drive to French North Africa might head off such a move. =e S Still another possible explanation is that Britain harbors‘ resolution committee. the Near East from the Caucasus to Suez this it is believed here would cost in By the current move the British are try- the neighborhood of $1,000,000, ing to make sure that Adolf Hiler won't be able’ was approved tentatively both by to work his famous squeeze technique on Suez by i harbors body and launching 2 simultaneous drive from Libya. | © Tivers and : ithe National Deeper Waterways l association, both of which held conventions early this month at who has aided in the to secure the inland we years, said , ; : i _ campaign { terway for.a number of Wil Deter uae Guesuue Of Peace Gr War iz Po COUNTY SOLICITOR BALES AT PROSECUTING CASE IX CRIMINAL COURT County Solicitor Allan & Cleare, Jr., balked this mornmg at Prosecuting cases involvmg autc mobile muffiers. The attorney's declaration was evoked during the trial of Johnnie informations on “muffier cases” uniess the pemson at . 4 | to this citv the charinel important } Siasision Guclened tetas. ; i EDUCATIONAL NOTE on asat as issued by Fire Chief John Sweeney | after his crew made two Tuns: H | . . = Urge Legislation Against (2° ssccc.4228 oes i a 3 peas as he employes a thorough “gorhe outlook. General Manager P .T. .. fe bis ae 4 ik Hi d . D f over, inclnding questioning and Strieder of ‘the Florida State pasts piste Strikes Hindering Defense “cc 0° fot Sear tem ARS ein ad ns ed disgrace and has beem shunned; and is shunned by divers persons, | his business ruined; and he has, uk u been and is otherwise injured to; ai js ad coeats ut the damage of the plaintiff of the| NEW YORK, Now. 28. a | sum of $20,000. of battle shifted hourly ail along Continuing, the declaration : the bloody 2,000-mile Russian: states the Rivero brothers, “did ‘front as the Red army refused to unlawfully combine, conspire, | “s i on cach with | Sire a. before Hitler's grand The the other to compose and publish easier. @ Certain false, scandalous. mali- tel's regular help but all the “spe- ‘cials” called in for the big ban- quet. A week later, when the Presi- dent accepted his annual invita- tion to the National Press Club President's dinner, the Secret Service showed up immediately to fingerprint the entire staff and made afrangements to have all extra waiters, bus-boys, and cap- tains appear for the routine sev- etal days before the party comes off. The Willard -Hotel. which houses several floors of the British Purchasing Commission and. fre quently tekes care of distin- i wisitors, had been through (Ny Asxoginted Press) HINGTON, Nov: 28—As day as the Railroad Brotherhood ouble flared on the labor ordered all its members to stand pday, congressional com- ready for a walkout. peooleratedt thett eftorts | Scesident Roosevelt, alarmed by -— ee ppt the tension, sought to avert dras- nich Ubreaten the G°~' tie action by the railroad union by te judiciary sub-com- announcing that “fresh facts have oved the Gonnolly bill come to light” and intimated that js the government the | satisfactory arrangement might plants and fac- | be reached soon. i Meanwhile 200 A. F. of L tug- to act on legisla~ men tied-up shipping on the Great e labor, CIO Presi-; Lakes because of an alleged firing ed every fair er door attractio port banner seasons” ENGLISH RAID Russia, reports day indicating a } ay rushed here nd his organization. {i railroad employes : ze the defense as @ possibility to- i of one union member. Only Mil-- | Waukee remained unaffected: by | the strike. } A federal conciliator was rushed | to Buffalo to avert a strike at the or. the Press ‘with which the. fingerprinting is being done prevented the story. ‘from leaking out. The ; minimized the ef-/ fects of the bombing and claim- | €d they ‘shot down four plamies. j Even now, the Secret. Service will not discuss this - latest de- velopment in guarding the Presi- jdent, but it is known that among ithemselves. they afe pretty {pleased with the results. In the first place, the EER TE, ‘WHY HITLER CANNOT Hear this interesting and timely ‘address TONIGHT at 7:30 o'clock | | Bell Aircraft factory where union | “employes set a deadline: for Sun- tday. capital’: given to prove why Hitler cannot win,