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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-03-28
FAST DESTROYER
CONVOYS YACHT
WITH PRESIDENT
ROOSEVELT CRUISES ALONG
GULF STREAM PRINCIPAL
LY IN SEARCH OF BIG
GAME FISH

FORT LAUDERDALE, March
28.-FNS) With the fast new de
Stroyer, USS Benson. lowering
watchfully nearby, President
Roosevelt and a party of his most
intimate cohorts sailed lazily up
and down the gulf stream this
week aboard the presidential
yacht Potomac, in search of big
game fish.
The Potomac and Benson sail
ed from Port Everglades here
Saturday morning, after delaying
more than SO hours waiting for a
bit of chop on the stream to sub
side. While Roosevelt, former
Under-Secretary of Navy and
built up as great sailor and
fisherman since becoming Presi-
dent, waited for the wind and
waves to die down, scores of fish
ermen here were out on the many
charter and private boats-which
are about one-tenth the size of
the Potomac-and the Anglers
Association reported no let-up in
the number of entries in the S.
900 game fishing tournament
here.
AS soon as the Presidents boat
put out, however, the fish quit
biting. Rumors charged the Re
publican Party with advance
work among the finny folk.
Staunch Democrats, however, in
sisted the fish were simply over
awed by the presence of the
great man.
Usually unreliable resources
quoted Roosevelt as blowing up
and shouting, STRIKES. strikes,
strikes. all over the country, but
not a darn one out here where
you want one!"
Steve Early, FDR's ever-ready
secretary, was reported in contact
with the CIO about promoting a
strike for the President.
In the party with Roosevelt
are Interior Secretary Harold l..
IckeS, Attorney General Robert
H. Jackson. Rear Admiral Ross
T McIntirc. former Commerce
Secretary Harry L. Hopkins, Mai,
Gen. Edwin Nj, Watson, and
Early.
The trip is expected to be CON
cluded this week end, unless new
developments in the war situation
cut 1t short.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-03-28
VOTE AGAINST
QUICK STRIKES

ATLANTA. Ga. March %
FNS) Aroused by unrcason-
able demands Of labor in connec-
ton with defense and other gov
eminent projects. tho Georgia
senate voted 81 10 I last week for
a house approved hill t. make it
Illegal for labor unions - strlk"
without giving 30 days notice to
employees affected
Already in the hands If Gov
ernor Talmadcc IS another blN
which would make II illegal for
unions to demand fees of work
men on defense projects.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-03-28
RAY COMBS FINED
FOR NOT HAVING
FLORIDA LICENSE
THREE OTHERS TO BE AR
RAIGNED TOMORROW FOR
FAILURE TO OBTAIN TAG
FOR AUTO

Ray H. Combs, operator of a
party fishing boat here, this
morning became the first person
in Monroe county this year to
pay fine for failure to provide
his car with a Florida license.
Combs, arrested on information
filed by John Milton, state We
hicle inspector, was ordered by
Judge William V. Albury to buv
a license and pay fine of IS.
plus court costs. He was bound
over by Peace Justice Enrique
ESquinaldo.
Roy Crooks, j. L. Perry and
Henry Solomon, navy yard en-
ployes, will be heard by Peace
Justice Franklin Arenberg tomor-
row on similar chrageS.
Prince Roberts, negro, was ar
rested on charges of trespassing
and cutting timber from the prop
erty of another filed by William
Billiard. Esquinaldo will hold a
hearing on the case tomorrow.
Mrs. Sebastian Cabrera, in a
hearing before Arenberg last
night, was placed under $3.50
peace bond for a years duration.
The bond will be forfeited if Mrs.
Cabrera disturbs the peace at
any time during the next year.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-03-28
Time SHORTENS ON
EXEMPTION CLAIMS

Applications for homestead ex-
cmptions climbed 10 l.4l7 today.
but County Tax Assessor Claude
Gandolfo warned other property
owners today they must register
with his office in the next one
and one-half working days.
The office will be open q half.
day tomorrow and al day Mon
day for the tax exemption claims
The state deadiine is Monday
night.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-03-28
PUTS EMBARGO ON
OIL EXPECTATIONS
ROOSEVELT ISSUES ORDER
FROM YACHT IN FLOR
IDA WATERS
nv AsnocIn1ed Pres.l

WASHINGTON. March %
President Roosevelt from the
yacht Potomac IN Florida waters.
THIS morning CIamped tight
embargo ON the expectation OF ali
oils from the United States
The ban prohibits the shipment
10 any accept certain specified
countries. ~ animal. fish vcgc-
table or mineral oils Ii aI@o pro
H.bsts shipment of certain me
charjcal devices. including bomb
decorators
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-03-28

grade. they say. have been forced
to take refuge in the German
legation offices and persons wait
ing at the travel office have been
injured by stones. Radio pro-
grams, too, have objected to the
alleged mistreatment of Germans
living or travelling in the coun-
try.
Matsuoka's visit and his talks
with Hitler, Foreign Minister Won
Ribbentrop and Field Marshal
Hermann Goering have won the
most space in Berlin papers, how
ever. Terms for an interchange
of goods between Europe and the
Orient after the war are said to
have been discussed.
Strong collaboration between
Japan, Germany and Italy also
has been stressed.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-03-28

Belgrade Fails To Answer
Hitler On Attitude OF
Government Toward Axis
tBy Associated PressD

Adolf Hitler waited in vain to-
day for a reply to his peremptory
demand that Belgrade supply him
with information on the attitude
of her government toward the re-
Gently signed Axis pact.
Several hours after a deadline
set by Hitler had passed, there
still was no indication that Yugo-
Slav Premier Gen. DuSan- Simo-
witch would make any answer to
the curt German note.
German newspapers, although
their pages give most of their at
tention to the visit of Japanese
Foreign Minister Matsuoka in
Berlin, are protesting against al
legged YugoslaV ill-treatment of
German nationals.
Women and children in Bel
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-03-28
WIDER GAINS BY
FILA OVER LAST
YEAR NOW SEEN
PROSPECTS FOR NEW HOME
CONSTRUCTION IN STATE
ARE BRIGHTEST IN HIS
TORY OF FLORIDA
Especial to The Citizen

JACKSONVILLE. March 28.-
Wide gains made by the Federal
Housing administration in Flor
ida during 1910 will be main
tanned or exceeded during 1941,
M. NJ Parrish, FILA State Direc-
tor, predicted today. He said that
prospects for new home corstruc-
ton in the state for the coming
year are among the brightest in
the history of the state and ex-
pressed confidence that the num-
Der of new dwelling units built
this year will establish a new
record for the last II to IS
years.
Although home mortgages were
insured in Florida during 1910 at
the rate of nearly $l.500,000 a
month, an all-time high in FILA
operations, Parrish said he an
ticipated an even greater volume
this year.
There is every indication the
volume of new home construction
will be substantially increased
this year by the erection of
numerous new dwellings in ne
$4,000 and under price range. In
creased interest in this type OF
home is becoming very much in
evidence throughout the State"
He also forecast a substantial IN
crease in the number and dollar
volume of modernization and re-
pair loans made under the FILA
Property Improvement Credit
Program as result of changes in
legislation which will broaden the
scope of that phase of FILA &C
tiVitY.
The 1871 trend of home con
struction in Florida will be to-
wards the loW-cost home This
type of dwelling will meet the
greatest market demand for new
residences, since the great ma
jority Of potential home owners
have only a limited income which
makes higher priced homes pro-
hlbitivc for them.
Under the Federal Housing
Administrations liberal home fl
nance plans, these low cost homes
may be acquired for low down
payment of five or ten per cent of
the valuation. and the monthly
cost, not to exceed $500. places
home ownership within the
means Of thousands Of Florida
families now paying $50 To SIS
monthly as rent for Substandard
or obsolete accommodations.
These families Of modest in
comes now can acquire their own
home. attractive. modern in every
respect, and located IN a good
neighborhood at no greater
monthly cost than their present
rent bill. And at the end of IS.
% or Is years. whatever length
the mortgage term may be, they
will own that home instead Of hav-
ing only a useless bundle Of rent
receipts 10 show for their expen-
dItures as viii be the case If they
continue 20 pay recent
Increased efforts on the part
Il the Federal Housing Admins
tratIon are being made this year
10 acuuaint all FLORIDA families ~
modest incomes II the oppor-
tuuity for home ownership under
The liberal terms of the FILA Bet
ter Housing Program ThcSr =
forts. combined With promo'lonal
activities by lending institutions.
building supply dealers and others
allied with the home bu5ldlul in
dustry are expected - stimulate
,hc interest ~ Flortdians IN horne
ownership 70 a greater degree
than ever
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-03-28
MRS. G. SHULTz
SELLS PROPERTY

Charlotte J Robert has pur
chased far ahoa' 5000 the czT-
ner iot 81 Wh5.e ard Petrurla
streets. s. pas revealed to-day
TIE property aaF so.3 ay Mr.
Genevlese Shal;z i. fcr ora.r 3rg-
ts-res: ard as ezee1fg.x sr 'Ee
estate ~ her aus5s1t. TIE ]ate
Abr. z. Saaltz-
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-03-28
Spanish Fiesta To BG
Main Attraction Du|lnQ
CoIningLtgi0n Convention
Twenty Cuban Rhumba
And Conga Dancers To
Take Part In Program
Now Being Outlined

A great Spanish fiesta will be
the main attraction of the Ameri-
cen Legion's state convention
here April 1926. il was announced
by Albert Mills. executive direc-
tor of the Kew West Convention
corporation.
Mrs. Julio J. De Poo and Mrs.
Eva Warner. WPA recreational
director for this area. were ap,
pointed q committee to work OUT
plans for the fiesta in connection
with Fred Marvil. recreation
chairman for the corporation.
Fully 20 Cuban rhumba and
conga dancers will be recruited
by Mrs De Poo and Mrs. Warner
at once, and will start rehearSals
There will be other events, all
under colored lights to be strung
by the Key West Electric COM
pany, which is cooperating, in
Duval street between Fleming
and Eaton streets.
"Bozo", the admitted king of
the Cuban rhumba dancers of
Key West, has been engaged and
he will present Bozo's Rhumba-
licrS, a team VI six dancers. in
this scintillating array of dances
Bozo promises some new steps.
as we'll as some of the old ones,
a fast and snappy dance.
This show will be plainly Wis
lblc from the street but the dig
nitaries of the convention will
get their Wow from the porch of
La Concha hotel. Two stands
are 10 be erected. one in front of
La Concha park and the other at
Fleming and Duval streets.
That the show will be we'll
worth while is being evidenced
by the women of the city. They
are having Spanish costumes
made for thGm, and will be all
dressed up for the occasion. The
event promises 10 be the most in
tcrcSting one for all the Ameri-
can LcgionnaireS attending the
convention
More than 200 reservations
have been made for the Havana
excursion Mills said. The trip is
to be made on Sunday, April 81,
and return to Key West on the
following Tuesday evening. The
boat that Will make the trip has
only 500 reservations. So any
that contemplate going had bet
ter reserve space on 1t at once.
Mills said.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-03-28
IRENE CRALLA
GIVEN DIVORCE

Irene Grajls ~ Dade county
Yesterday was granted divorce
from l2idore Cnoperman. Edge
more. l. J.. = Y
The decree was granted by
Circuit Judge Arthur Gomez on
charge u extreme cruelty.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-03-28
REFUNDS DOLLAR

NEW YORK When n traffic
fsuc took ali OF William HartIgan $
money IN a court here. the Judge
rcr1lttcd ono dollar ne had long
carried as a good buck piece
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-03-28
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BOMBER ATTACKS"
RICHMOND, VIRGINIA

RICHMOND. Va. March 20.
An army bomber fheorefic.
ally attacked this Virginia
metropolis last night. was
theoretically driven off and
theoretically shot down.
No shots were fired. not
even blanks. and the ciiY'k
lights stayed on during The
theoretical blackoai.
After IL was all over and
residents Of the city had en.
joYed watching dozens Of
hesEchligh's pick up the
bomber over The oasxkirts Of
town. a cornrnuni9ue an.
aoGnced that the city had
been unframed.
The enemy wa& driven off
and destroyed.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-03-28
Also Rumored That Same
Interests May Purchase
Casa Marina Hotel In
Key West

Alfred |. DUPONT estate,
through its subsidiary, the
Wakulla Edgewater COM
pany, has completed one of
the largest transactions in
upper key real estate history
with the purchase of 600
acres on Upper Matecumbe,
Little Torch and Sugar Loaf
keys.
Completion of the deal
was made public at the same
time when il was learned
that Edward Ball, general
manager of DUPONT interests
in Florida, is negotiating in
Washington for the pur-
chase of the Florida East
Coast Railroad.
1t also has been rumored
here that Ball, representing
the DUPONT interests, may
purchase the Casa Marina
hotel in Key West. The ho-
tel is operated by the Florida
East Coast Hotel company,
a separate group from the
railway owners.
Ball has not announced his
plans for development of the
keys property, which was &C
CURED from the Perky
estate, and the purchase
price is unknown.
DUPONT interest in recent
years have displayed keen
interest i'm development of
property along the lower
Florida coast, however, and
sweeping improvements in
the key property have been
rumored. Millions of dol
lars have been invested
through Ball in this area, In
Guiding projects at Daytons.
West Palm Beach and Mi
ami, where the recently COM
pleted $4,000, 900 Alfred |.
DUPONT building is the finest
in the southeast. DUPONT in
terest~ also have invested
heavily in the improvement
of La Concha hotel here.
Ball. in negotiating for the
purchase of the FEC line,
has announced he would
give the road q business man
sgement including a board
OF directors composed OF
residents Of the Florida east
coast.
Plans announced by Ball
for improvement. of the road.
il the deal goes through. m
clude modernizat;on Of rail
road stations and a thorough
going overhaul OF the road
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-03-28
Negotiations Under Way For
Purchasing FEC. Railroad
ATHENS HONORS
OUR PRESIDENT

ATHENS. March 2S.-The
University of Athens today
conferred on US. President
Franklin D. Roosevelt the
honorary degree of doctor of
law.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-03-28

Key West. Florida. has the
most equable climate in the
country; with an average
range of only IA Fahrenheit
Evening star., 1941-10-28
RooseveIt's Address
Praised and Criticized
By Congress Members
Special Attention Drawn
To Remarks on Defense
Production
BY the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press
President Roosevelt's Navy Day
speech drew a mixture of praise
and criticism from members of Con-
gress today, supporters of Neutrality
Act revision generally applauding
the address and opponents of pend
ing amendments taking an opposite
view.
The Presidents remarks on de-
fense production drew especial at
tention.
Senator Thomas. Democrat, of
Utah. a member of the Foreign Re-
lations Committee, said he thought
the speech was very consistent
with the times and conditions"
Il believe" he said. that the
talk represents the feelings of most
of the American people"
Senator Aiken, Republican, of Ver-
mont remarked, however, that Our
country has been run on mystery
and drama too long already"
Principles Emphasized.
Adherence to the principles and
form of our Government, tsraight-
forWardness and competency are
now more vital detectives than world
Evening star., 1941-10-28
Edwin ). Smith Named
{. |. 0. Oil Organizer

Edwin S. Smith, former National
Labor Relations Board member. yes
terday was named by the c. I. o. to
direct an organizating campaign
among 100000 oil workers of the
Nation.
Mr.. Smiths term with the N. L.
R B. expired August 81 and the
Congress of Industrial Organizations
urged President Roosevelt to reap
point him. The American Fedora
ton of Labor opposed the appoint
ment on the grounds that his de-
cisions as a board member had fa-
fored the c. I. o. Mr.. Roosevelt
appointed Gerard D. Reilly. who had
been solicitor of the Labor Depart
ment.
A Joint announcement by c. I. o.
President Philip Murray and 0. A.
Knight. president of the Oil Work
ers international Union. c. I. O.
affiliate. said the oil industry is the
last of the basic mass production
industries that still remains sub
stantially unorganized."
The Standard Oil Co. will be
major objective in the organizing
campaign, the announcement said.
Evening star., 1941-10-28
Flynn Hits n. B. {. Officials
As 'Interventionists'

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Oct. 2o.-John T.
Flynn, chairman Of the New YORK
chapter of the America First Com
mittee, last night charged that re
sponsible officers of the National
Broadcasting Co. are intervention
lists" and that N. B. c. "newscasters
are propagandists."
Earlier the committee contended
it had been refused adequate radio
time and N. B. C. replied it regard
ed the contention as an unfair, un-
reasonable and unjustifiable attack
on the radio industry.
The dispute began with the Amer
lea First Executive Committee pro-
testing TO the three major networks
that it had been refused adequate
-to-coast time for an anti-var
rally scheduled for Madison Square
Garden Thursday night, at which
I Senator Wheeler, Democrat, Of Mon
tana; Charles A. Lindbergh and
John CUdahy are scheduled to
speak.
Niles Trammel. N. B. c. president,
said so far this year his company
had aired talks by 70 self-styled
anti-war speakers as against 56 of
the opposite viewpoint and added it
did not seem right ito permit your
committee to assume a martyrdom
which the facts do not justify"
Evening star., 1941-10-28
Roosevelt Heard
By 50 Million,
|Choin Says

A home audience estimated at
10000, 900 persons listened to Presi-
dent Roosevelt's Navy Day address
last night, the White House said
today on the basis of a survey made
by the Columbia Broadcasting Sys-
tenn.
In addition, the White House said
that an even larger number of radio
listeners in foreign countries were
believed to be tuned in on the broad
cast of the speech, while other mil
lions of Americans listened at vari-
GUS out-of-home gatherings.
The speech reception was given
an audience rating of SIG. the fourth
highest IN the history of Roosevelt
addresses. The largest audience
was recorded for the speech last
May q, when the President pro-
claimed an unlimited national emer-
gency. The rating for that address
was an even 10.
The White House said that tele-
phone and telegraph facilities at the
White House had virtually collapsed
under the deluge of reaction to the
address last night. with sample
study showing ratio of eight to one
IN support.
Evening star., 1941-10-28

said, to overcome Catholic opposi-
tion to his program.
His talk on the menace to the
United States and Latin America
they dismissed as "old stuff"
Brutally Clear, Gayda Says.
Gayda, writing in II Giornale
DTtalia, said Mr.. Roosevelt's state
ment that he had ordered United
States warships to fire at sight on
Axis ships was "brutally clear"
The Presidents war policy, he as
serted, was emerging from its
hypocrisy"
Mr.. Roosevelt's war fleet. the
editor declared, lis already in action
for aggression without previous
official declaration" Otherwise.
Gayda said. Mr.. Roosevelt added
nothing particularly new"
Newspapers devoted most of their
editorials to the 10Th anniversary of
the Fascist march on Rome, which
conceded today with the first ami
versary of Italy's invasion of Greece.
While Toxic was silent officially,
newspapers displayed accounts of
the speech prominently, and Nichi
Nichi in its editorial comment criti-
Cized it as a hypocritical talk in
tended to support Neutrality Act re-
vision
The paper said Mr.. Roosevelt had
given vocal support to Russia, but
that substantial aid was too late, and
that aid to the Chungking regime in
China also was impractical and
without direct result
The paper added that the Presi-
dent intends to extend aid to Brit
ain in an attempt to rescue her from
collapse
Juan Antonio Solari. acting chair
man Of the Argentine Congressional
Committee investigating Anti-Ar-
eentine Activities, said in Buenos
Aires that President Roosevelt's rev.
elations of German plans to dismem-
Der South American countries could
not astonish" Americans.
I'VE already know that contempt
was professed for our countries by
the Germans" he said
He asserted that German spokes-
man had referred to South America
as inhabited by slaves and bar
barians,' adding that after recent
victories 1t was not surprising that
Hitler was making plans for the fu-
ture.
Evening star., 1941-10-28
Party Quits Assembly
In India Over War
BY the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press.
NEW DELHI, India, Oct. q de-
layed The Moslem Party walked
out of the Central Legislative As
sembly for the remainder of the
current session today in demon
stration for a stronger Indian war
effort.
Mohammed Ali Jinnah, the mon
ocled party leader, said it was an
effort to open the eyes of the blind
and the ears of the deaf" India is
in real war danger, he said, criti-
cizing the way the government was
meeting the situation and the man.
ner III which the Viceroy's Defense
Council was formed
I'VE should be co-sharers in facing
the danger" he said.
Evening star., 1941-10-28
Morning BIoze Ruins
London Football Toes

About s4O0 worth of football
equipment was destroyed by fire
early today in the varsity locker
room of the Landon School for BOYS.
near Bradley boulevard and Wilson
lane, in Bethesda, Md.
The blaze was discovered shortly
before o'clock by Dennis Wheeler,
school chef, who called the Bethesda
Fire Department. The flames were
extinguished in about 20 minutes
with the aid of men from the Chevy
Chase department.
The locker room Is in the base
ment of the gymnasium. School
officials said only its fireproof con-
struction prevented the flames from
spreading to other parts of the
building. The gymnasium is several
hundred yards from the dormitory.