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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-06-07
KKK'S ARRANGING
FOR LARGE FUND
TO BE USED FOR BoLsTEHrNG
CIVILIAN MORALE DURING
NEXT YEAR

ATLANTA. Ga, June 7.-Ku
Klux Khan members. holding
their annual convention here to-
day, announced they will raise a
$1.000,000 "Americanism fund
for bolstering civilian morale
during the next year.
Khan leaders said the money
win be spent in newspaper and
radio publicity, with distribution
of pamphlets and speakers carry
ing part of the program.
Members OF the organization
also considered a move to restore
the hood and mask. which was
oiItlawed by the Khan several
years ago.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-06-07
MORE | THAN $500
REGISTERED FOR
DEFENSE SERVICE
ENTIRE NUMBER OF BLANKS
RECEIVED FROM ITALIA
HASSEE HAVE BEEN DIS
TRIBUTED HERE

More than $500 signed regis
tration forms for civilian defense
have been returned to his office,
William v. Little, chairman of
the division of labor and person
mel, Monroe county defense
council, told members of the
council at a meeting this morn
ing.
B. M. Duncan, chairman of the
council; Ben d. Trevor, vice
chairman. and Mrs E. M. Berko-
WITT, secretary, heard Little's re-
port. At the end of the registra-
tian period Friday. Little said b.
500 forms had been distributed
to persons who wished to fill
them out at their homes. The
entire 5000 forms received from
Tallahassee thus have been used,
and several hundred men and
women who left their names and
addresses with the committee
will be furnished with those taxi
en- from a fresh supply.
In order that full classified
ton of the registrants may not
be delayed. all those who have
not turned in their forms have
been urged to do so as soon as
possible. either to Titles office
at 314 Simonton street or to
members of the fire department
at Stations No. / CITY HalD and
No. 3. Virginia and Grinnel
streets. Additional persons who
wish to register may do so il
they turn in their names and adj
dresses at the above named loca-
tons within the next few days.
Executive officers of the de-
Tense council said the results OF
the voluntary registration are
gratifying and a credit TO the
citizens of Monroe county, The
registration was conducted with
out any ballvhoo. stunts. mass
meetings. oratorv or high pres
sure of any kind. That such a
large percentage OF the popula-
ton came forward freely and
voluntarily. To indicate their will
/ ingness to serve their community
| i'm case of an emergency. indi-
Gates unity of spirit which is
very encouraging. Little declsr-
ed.
/ Little said the Monroe county
defense council wishes 10 ex-
press its appreciation Of the full
cooperation which ii has re-
ceived. in conducting this regis
/ tration. from the American Lee
gion. the Boy Scouts. The Key
West Citizen. the Cuban Club
principals and teachers OF all the
schools. pastors Of the churches
/ organized labor. members Of the
fire department. Senior and
Junior Wornan's clubs. employees
az the courthouse. National
Youth Administration and .
number ~ individuals in Key
West ard on the keys
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-06-07
TOKYO AWAITING
FURTHER REPORT
PERTAINS TO NEGOTIATIONS
BETWEEN DUTCH EAST
INDIES AND JAPAN

TOKYO, June Tokyo cab
met members announced today
they will await a complete re-
port on negotiations between the
Dutch East Indies and Tokyo be-
fore revealing their answer to a
flat Dutch rejection of japanese
demands.
Admitting that the Dutch re-
ply to demands for trade privil-
eyes had been flat rejection,
the cabinet members said it would
be necessary to make complete
study of the negotiations before
deciding on the next step.
Dutch forces, recently armed
with United States equipment,
are said to be ready to fight be-
fore yielding to Japan. Observers
at Batavia say Dutch leaders are
convinced it will be necessary to
fight Japan sometime, and they
have adopted the attitude "it
might as well be now".)
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-06-07

Winant, would like to see the
United States in the war, but
they don't blame us for keeping
out.
Speaking of Rudolf Hess. No 3
Nazi whose sensational flight
from Germany to Scotland last
month startled the world, Win
ant said it is fairly definitely
established now that Hess broke
with Adolf Hitler and fled Ger
many in fear of his life.
Winant's statement, thought to
be about what he told President
Roosevelt on his arrival here
from London earlier in the week.
followed closely on the heels of
the Presidents press conference
declaration that stories of inn
minent British defeat are Ger
man propaganda
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-06-07
SINGLETON ASKS TIME
TO CONSIDER NEW JOB

Chamber of commerce Secre-
tary Stephen C. Singleton this
morning expressed surprise at
his appointment to the post of
harbor master. but had little to
say about it.
'In view of the work piled up
on my desk, / shall ask to be ex-
cused from making any statenent
until | have had time to give
the matter due consideration" I,
Singleton declared.
1.-THE only question in my
mind, he said, as that of how /
can best serve Key West"
Frank Papy, present harbor
master and brother of Rep. Ber-
ME c. Papy, explained that the
appointment to February is GUS
tomary. Although the commits
sion puts Singleton in office only
for eight months. he will, if he
accepts the post, remain in office
for two years, with the governor
holding the authority after Feb
ruary to replace him at will.
Under the legislative act Great
ing the post of harbor master in
Florida, the appointee has full
authority over the docking of
ShinS and may CHARGE q foe ,,r,
to $50 per ship, depending upon
the amount of service rendered.
In Key West, however, the
harbor masters duties are light,
and the charge seldom runs over
SIS per ship. Singleton, incident
ally, once led the fight to prevent
Papy's collection Of fees from
privately owned yachts.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-06-07
Weygand Says He Will Not
Join Any Movement Directed
Against Britain And u. S.

LONDON. June !. - General
Maxine Weygand. commandment Of
Frances armies in Africa. has told
Premier General Henri Philippe
petain and the French cabinet he
will have absolutely nothing 10 do
with any move against Great
Britain or the United States. in
formed quarters in Vichy re-
vealed today.
Weygand'S stand is said by i'm
formed Vichy officials to havN
opened a wide breach between
French lcsderS wishing military
collaboration with the Axis and
those unwilling TO move against
Frances old allies
Reports reaching here said Gen
cral wcygand told the cabinet he
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-06-07
HYATT RITES
HERE SUNDAY
KEY WEST RESIDENT DIED
AT HOME YESTERDAY
AFTERNOON

Funeral services for Mrs. Fran
ces N. Hyatt, age "a. who died
yesterday afternoon, 4.05 o'clock.
at the 918 North Beach residence,
will be held 500 o'clock tomor-
row afternoon.
The body will be taken from
the Lopez Funeral Home chapel
TO the st. Mary's Catholic
church. with burial in the fam
lily plot in the city ceme-
terry. Rev j. j. Murphy. S. j.,
will officiate.
Survivors include a brother,
John Condi; four nephews, c. c.
Duval of Jacksonville. Harry Du-
val of Miami, William and Ed
mund Duval of Key West.
Pallbearers viii be Leon Cur
ry, Leroy Torres, Merville Ros-
am, Steve Whalton. William
Sawyer and Robert Braun.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-06-07
Administration Forces Feel
Britain Position In War
Not So Gloomy After All

WASHINGTON, June John
G. Winant, Unitel States ambas-
sador to London, today painted
for a group of administration
senators a picture of Britain's
battle against Germany, which
members of the group said after
ward definitely was not
gloomy.
Speaking before the senators
in Vice President Henry Wal
lace's office. Winant said Brit
ain has enough men and equip
ment ION the spot" to hold the
Suez canal
British morale is good, he re-
ported. and the American naval
patrol had proved itself of real
value in the battle Of the Allan
tic MANY of the British, said
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-06-07
ASKS COURT TO
BREAK HABIT

CHATTANOOGA. Tenn.-The
n. cs4Ss l. Railway recently Pc
titioned the court 20 enjoin Sam
Shipley. =. from standing in
front OF fast trains until emery
ency brakes are applied II was
alleged that Shipiey Was in the
habit % watching until fast
freights and passenger trains ap-
preached. then stepping on the
tracks. neceSsststing the applsca-
ton Of emergency brakes AS
the trains slow down 10 ssop
Shipley would step from the
tracks.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-06-07
MRS. KIRCHIK
GIVEN DIVORCE
Especial 10 rae Citizen,

TALLAHASSEE, June z -
Charging extreme cruelty, Mrs
Roberta Kirchik Thursday was
awarded divorce in Leon county
circuit court from Jack Kirchik.
Miami municipal Judge.
Mrs. Kirchik said her husband
dissuaded her from q religious
marriage ceremony. on the
ground she would then feel no
religious scruples if she later de-
sired a divorce. The complaint
charged Judge Kirchik main
tanned an unpleasant attitude to-
ward her family.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-06-07

and his men are ready 10 fight for
defense OF the empire, but he is
uralterably opposed 10 military
cooperation with Germany, and
refused fatty 10 permit transfer
TO the German army Of trucks,
fuel and other supplies held by
the French in Africa.
Members of the cabinet. accord
ing 70 the reports. agreed al a
meeting May g. under pressure
from Berlin. to begin a campaign
10 wipe cut Free French forces OF
General Charles De GauIle and
seize territory occupied hy them
When General Weygand was i'm
formed Of the agreement, he de-
clared he would not move against
Continued on Page Fourl {.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-06-07
Emergency AiIp|ane Landing Fields
In Key West Area Being Considered
Proposal Under Considera-
ton Contained In Bill
Being Studied In United
States Senate
tBy Washington Correspondent

by Washington Correspondent
Of The Key West citisenl
WASHINGTON. D. C. June ..
-Ai least five highway sections
in the Key West area should be
studied as locations for flight
strips. emergency airplane land
ing fields OF the type in use in
Germany. under authorization
contained in the Emergency Road
Construction Bin now under
study in the Senate. II was de-
clared today by Senator Pat Me-
carran. 3D.. Nev.L pioneer pro-
ponent of development Of sYs-
tenn Of flight strips" for the
United States.
Aimed at providing a nation
wide networ' emergency land
ing and take-off areas for national
defense purposes, the flight
strip plan would utilize existing
highways, with adjacent or near
by construction OF additional
runway areas.
While highly valuable 70 nor
NAL civil air traffic, the flight
strip system ~ Of particular IN.
terest at this time because OF rs
military value, in making possible
both speedy decentralization Of
air forces In case Of attack or other
emergency, and in permitting
heavy concentrations OF military
aircraft in desired areas. Senator
McCarran pointed out.
Hearings on the Emergency
Road Construction Bill. which
contains broad general auihoriza-
ton for construction OF flight
strips. began Wednesday before
the Senate committee on post
offices and post roads, Of which
Senator Mccarran is a member
The bill il designed 20 implement
President Rooscvelt's call for an
additional Si25, 100000 for na-
tinnal defense highway conslruc-
ton
Though tho flight strip pfogrem
h something he had long ad-
vocated. Senator McCaffan said
he feels haphazard construction
should be avoided and % this end
he proposes 70 urge u definite un-
dersssnding that locations ~ such
emergency landing areas be subs
iect 10 approval Of both the Civil
Aeronautirs Administrators and
the Secretary % War. and be Ee-
lscfed only after careful study 81
tCDptsnuec on psae FfaIri
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-06-07
Deed Filed Late Yesterday
In Purchase OF Rest Beach

Rest Beach. whirh includes 8
eaEana roiony. waa turned ovns
10 rERA for development . mum
Ter If years ago. then reverted
to fhe South SHIRE Development
company three yeafa ago
Artist Bays Hons
Jn anustAef transaction f8eox
Ell sestFrslay. Doris Lee. one IL
the nations leading woman srf.
ista. purchased foT "a 500 slse ISIS
Eaton street hoFne % Grace
Park
Ms i.ee il ia Woodstock. ~
Y tast N expeetesi ~ Fetsefn ~
Key West before next ainfer
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-06-07
NO ARRESTS MADE
DURING PAST WEEK

Monroe county sheriffs depu-
ties and conStahles today had
gone through an entire week
without making an arreSt--the
first time such a thing has hap
pened in months.
The usual Saturday night eele-
oration is expected 90 break the
erimeleSS" period tonight
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-06-07
STATE LEAGUE
CLUBS SEEKING
LOCAL TALENT
ROY HAMLIN. KEY WEST OLA
MoND SCOUT. SAYS PLAY
ERS WILL ACCEPT OFFERS
IF TRAINING IS PROVIDED

At least four local ballplayers
have been offered berths with
Fort Lauderdale and Ocala
teams of the Florida State league,
Roy Hamlin, manager of the Key
West Conchs and an expert
picker of diamond talent, an
nounced yesterday.
Hamlin, who has severed his
connection as manager with the
softball league-leading Peppers
Plumbers, said managers of the
Fort Lauderdale and Ocala mines
have wired him asking for the
services of local players.
Herb Thomas, Lauderdale
manager, wants Julius Dodo)
Villareal, Conch baseball and
Plumber softball outfielder. Viii
areal, heavy hitter, has placed
among the topnotch sluggers in
both sports.
Cyril (Belis) Griffin, veteran
catcher, and a member of the
Conchs, also may go to Fort
Lauderdale. Griffin, although in
his 40's, is dangerous hitter in
the pinches and has displayed
knack for training young pitch
erS. He has had a number of
tryouts with minor league clubs.
Players who may accept the
Ocala offer are Juanie Navarro,
rated the best fielding shortstop
in Key West, and Joe (House)
Casa, veteran pitcher. Navarro
is a member of the Trojan nine
and the Barber softball squad,
while Casa, who has had organiz-
ed baseball experience, is with
the Conchs and formerly was
with the Pirates.
A number of other promising
young players, Hamlin reports,
are reluctant to give up steady
employment for the uncertainties
of a baseball career However,
they quickly added they would
snap up the opportunity under
other circumstances.
Hamlin said he will invite
members of the city county
recreation committee and base
ball managers 10 a meeting
Monday night. in order TO learn
the reason for delay in COM
pletion of the Trumbo Island
baseball diamond.
Players need the diamond TO
get in shape. Hamlin said. and
local fans have been promised
games at the field for weeks.
The committee was granted
$50 by city council and like
sum by the county 10 COM
plefe the field. Five teams are
reported ready for action and
await only the opening of the
Trumbo diamond.
The meeting will be held 800
o'clock in City Hall.
In announcing his resignation
as manager of the Plumbers.
Hamlin declared he quit because
of the ''uncalled for actions" of
Jackie Carbonell, captain of the
team, Carbonell, according to
Hamlin, benched players without
sufficient reasons in recent
games. and in one instance used
a player not on the roster, which
would have permitted the oppo-
Sition to protest the game had
the opposing team lost.
Carbonell claims the players
benched contenptly criticized
positions assigned them on the
field and at bat and that one of
the rebuked performers continu-
ally razzed a teammate.
Leo Stanley. who has obtained
his release from the Sawyer's
BARRIERS, will probably appear in
a NavSfa uniform. r.e~s8 a.sassL
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-06-07
Roosevelt Stands Ready To
Take Over Plant And End
Strike Of 3-Day Standing
tBy Associated Press,

WASHINGTON, June T.
President Roosevelt has the pa
pers and orders on his desk
which will send the army into the
North American Aviation plant
at Inglewood, Calf, unless a
three-day strike is settled before
Monday, White House Secretary
Stephen T. Early said today.
With negotiations apparently
at a standstill between company
and union leaders, Early said the
President will order the army to
take charge of the factory Mon
day morning.
Army mechanics will be used
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-06-07
MYERS SHOWS
IMPROVEMENT

Leon Myers, SIT Frances street.
today was reported better. but
still undergoing treatment at
Marine hospital, a week after he
fell from scaffold AZ the seq
mems barracks
Myers suffered . broken leg
and injury to his collar bore when
an object dropped from above
knocked him from the scaffold
two stories above the ground
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-06-07

TO carry on production, according
to the plan.
Union representatives, who
conferred with OPM heads here
yesterday, flew to the California
plant last night in an effort to
settle the strike. The Union men
said the strike was not authoriz-
ed, and declared the men went
out on the responsibility of local
union officials.
The three-day-old strike is
holding up production of about
one-fifth of the nations aircraft
supply.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-06-07
Left Late Yesterday Aft
ernoon With Joe Russell
To Fish In Cuban Wa
tiers

Ernest Hemingway. big. brown
and looking about as you'd expect
Ernest Hemingway to look. perch
ed on tall stool in Sloppy Joe's
yesterday afternoon and held UP
his Cuban fishing trip by talking
about everything under the sun
except China.
You can see how il is, kid"
Hemingway explained. "Pd like
to give you this China story and
let you write it, but it's coming
out in PM Monday, and they'd call
me a louise if gave it away now.
They're paying me for it, and you
can write a story about the fish
ing trip and get paid for that"
China reminded him of some
thing else:
Hey joe" doe Russell, who
owns and operates Sloppy Joe's
is Hemingway's companion on
the Cuba fishing trip when we
get to that Chink restaurant in
Havana, I've got something here'll
knock him dead"
Hemingway produced heavi-
ly sealed document, proclaiming
in Chinese with a pictare) that
Chang Kai Shek, dictator and
generalissimo of China, knows
Ernest Hemingway to be citizen
of good character, and granting
him, safe passage through China.
Hemingway, who painted Key
Vests portrait in letters of blood
with his ITO Have and Have Not, !"
found a most prosaic Key West
yesterday. He had arrived only a
few hours before, and with Joe
and their guide, Jose Rodriguez,
showed off at about $50 o'clock
aboard his cabin cruiser, Pillar,
remember the character in For
Whom The Bell Tolls?H)
Stephen Bancroft, Pan-Amer-
lean pilot who flew the Heming-
ways to China and brought them
back to San Francisco last month,
is another member of the fishing
party. AT the moment, he's COM
peting in the Cat Cay fishing
tournament in the Bahamas, but
he'll join Hemingway and Joe
sometime in the next day or two
for the fishing party off the Cuban
coast.
Hemingway. who was greeting
Kew Westers like long-lost broth
ers as we talked, was willing to
say that China probably can fight
forever against Japan, but he
thought the question OF how much
aid China is getting from the
United States hit pretty close TO
his own story in PM
So we moved over 10 the
Spanish Civil War. which is a
wide open story, since the book al
ready is on the stands Heming-
way has covered that one pretty
thoroughly, anyway
The authors two bows. Pat and
Gregory, will join him in Cuba
next week. Mrs. Hemingway, the
former Martha Gellhorn - ace
CONTINUED on Page Four
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-06-07
Ernest Hemingway, Noted
Author, Visits Key West
m... - "a 49, ~
MORE BRITISH
SHIP LOSSES
tBy Assocsased Pressl

BERLIN. June 7.-Subma-
rines and bornbers yesterday
destroyed 10000 tons of Brit
ish shipping in a convoy raid
in the North Sea. and a long
range bomber sank another
freighter 900 miles off the
west coast of Africa, a bull
letin announced today.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-06-07
FORCED TO oUIr

PHILADELPHIA - A firm in
this city which was robbed twice
quit business with the explana-
ton: What Is the use of carrying
on q business Tor the benefit Of
rohhegss-
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-06-07
BLANK CARTRIDGES

SIOUX CITY. fa.--After sFoot-.
Ing ~ himself three times xlith q
revolver, mar IL this city dis
covered be had used blank cart
ridges
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-06-07
NAME SINGLETON
HARBOR MASTER
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
HEAD SURPRISED AT
APPOINTMENT
CBy Associated Press,

TALLAHASSEE. June -
The Senate has confirmed
the appointment of Stephen
Cochran Singleton as harbor
master at the port of Key
West until February 2. 1912.
Smyrna times., 1941-08-07
OF
FARM LEADERS
To Bring to Attention of
Farmers Advantages of
Crop Insurance
1941 PROGRAM TO CLOSE

For the purpose of discussing
plans for checking compliance on
all farms in the agricultural con-
servation program before August
81, which is the closing date for the
1941 program, and considering the
method of procedure to be followed
in bringing to the attention of all
wheat growers the advantages of
crop insurance, a meeting of coun-
ty and community committeeman
was held in the State Board of Ag-
riculture building in Dover on Wed
nesday of this week. This confer
ence was called. by County Agent
Russell E. Wilson, secretary of the
Kent County Agricultural Conser-
walton Association, and was presid-
ed over by R. Harry Wilson, chair
man of the county agricultural
conservation committee, who ex-
planned the importance of complet-
ing this field inspection within the
next few weeks. Other members
of the county committee are H.
Clifford Clark of Kenton, and Ern-
est S. Mattiford of Smyrna, and
Laurence E. Cain of FELTON, is a
member of the state committee. In
addition to the officers and men,
bers of the county committee of
the Kent County Agricultural Con-
servation Association, there are
three community committeeman in
each representative district who
are elected to work in cooperation
with the county committee. Each
year these committeeman are call
ed in at frequent intervals to dis
cuss various phases of the conserv-
alton program, and the meeting in
Dover on Wednesday was another
such occasion at which many i'm
portant subjects were considered
with reference to the farm pro-
Continued on Page F1ve)
Smyrna times., 1941-08-07
SMYRNA MEN IN
AUTO ACCIDENT
Harry Archer, Local Man, is
Fatally Injured in Auto
mobile Collision
DRIVER HELD ON BAIL

Harry Archer, so, of near town,
was fatally injured last Thursday
evening in an automobile accident
when his own car, and a car driven
by Clifton Ray johnson collided.
The accident took place at the in
tersection of Mt. Vernon Street and
a crossroads at the edge of town.
Archer was travelling west on Mt.
Vernon Street while Johnson was
travelling north on the crossroad.
The cars collided at the intersec-
ton and both drivers were taken
to the Kent General Hospital in
the American Legion Post Ambul-
ance. There were no witnesses to
the crash. Archer, who suffered a
fracture of the skull and internal
injuries, died on the way to the
hospital. Johnson received severe
cuts and bruises and internal in
juries. Archer is survived by a
wife and two sons, and has been
employed by Stanley Morris, car
penter, while Johnson has been en-
ployed by the Ice Service Com
pany, Clayton. Magistrate Walter
S. Cubbage has fixed bail at $4,000
on Johnson, on a charge of man.
slaughter. This fatality increased
Delaware's highway death toll to
A. There were SO fatalities for
the same period last year.