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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-04-15

HOSTESS
Court Mary of the Sea- No. 634
STATE OFFICERS
State Chaplain Most Rev Joseph Hurley, ~
State Regent Mrs Mary Bagwen
Vice State Regent Mrs George H. Mcintyre
State Secretary Mrs Annie l" 0ulna
State Monitor Mrs May henry
State Treasurer Matilda LaFleur
NATIONAL OFFICER
Miss Frances Maher Pennsylvania Vice Supreme Regent
NATIONAL EXHIBIT CHAIRMAN
Miss Mena Oliveros St Augustine Florida
GRAND REGENTS
Mrs Flaherty, Court of ST. Augustine NO 49, SI Ausu
Fla Organized 1866 years
Immaculate Conception NO. o. JACK
sonyile Fla. Organized l906--35 years r,
Mrs Elizabeth Delaney Madonna No 49, Pensacola Fla
Organized 19O7-34 years - "a c;d
Mrs Ida M Harris Court Miami NO. zoz Nhai Fla oi6aAN
l9l5--26 years - 9 NJ Goa xa,
Demeri Court Mary star Oh the oea NO oo my
West Fla Organized l92l-2O years roo w, por,
v. Bason, Court Palm Beach, NO. foU' west din
Beach, Fla. Organized 1929 years 80 -. r.L.uo
Mrs Matilda LaFleu Court Sancta Maria NO. oS o@
Fla Organized 1876 years. . .. ,.u
Mrs Mary Boute Court Holy Rosary NO Io4o 'dehSolV
Fla. Organized l927-14 years
DISTRICT DEPUTIES
Mrs Iayina Hunter Miami Florida
Mrs Mary T. Haley Jacksonville, FLORIDA
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Eugene Gossens, conductor of
the Cincinnati Symphony Orches-
ira, is very fond of riding in the
cab of locomotive, but clause
in his contract forbids him to do
so when on tour with the or
chestra.
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Tomorrow's Tides
Naval BaSe)
FORECAST

Gill 7:30 p. M, Wednesday,
Key West and Vicinity: Gen
orally fair tonight and Wdenes-
day; little change in tempera-
ture; moderate east and southeast
winds, fresh at times.
Florida: Generally fair tonight
and Wednesday.
Jacksonville TO Florida Straits
and East Gulf: Moderate east and
southeast winds, fresh at times
over extreme south. portion;
partly cloudy weather tonight
and Wednesday
CONDITIONS
Moderate low pressure areas.
with centers over the northern
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II. S. WEATHER
BUREAU REPORT

Observation taken at 1880 a. III 3,
18th Mer, Time Getty office)
al Temperatures
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WEDNESDAY,. APRIL 18TH. ls4l
800 A. M.


A. M Solemn Pontif!ca Mass, St. Mary Star of
Sea Church. Celebrant Most Reverend
Bishop Joseph P. Hurley, d. D. of
81. Augustine, Florida
~ Sermon by: Rev. Florence Sullivan, S J.
49, Chaplain Miami Court
A. M Breakfast
A. M Formal Opening of State Court Session
Presiding Officer, Mrs. May Baswe.
State Regent
Invocation and Greetings
Most Reverend Joseph p. Hurley. d. D.
Opening Hymn; Come Holy Ghost"
Address of Welcome: Mayor willard AlburY
Welcome in behalf of Court Mary Star of
Mrs Virginia Demerit4 Grand Regent
Address of Welcome from St Mary Star of Sea
Parish: Reverend Patrick Kelleher. S. J.
Response; Mrs. May Baswell. State Regent
Introduction and Address:
Vice Supreme Regent
p NJ Historical Exhibit Luncheon
Ocean View Restaurant
Miss Mena Olveros, National Exhibit
Chairman presiding
Complimentary to National and State OF,
fcers, Clergy Delegates, Visiting Members and
Members Of Court Mary Star of Sea No 6sN
0 p NJ Re-Conpening Of State Session
Address by Visiting clsrsY
0 p NJ ADJOURNMENT 1.t q.
Q p NJ Pictures 81 True shrosld Of Christ and
-r Lecture by Rev. Peter Rnaldi. S. c.
Convert League Program presenting pageant
The Conversion Of . Soul"
Mrs George IL Mcintyre State Converts
League Chairman presiding
ST Ceciha's Hall Convent Of Mary Immaculate
THURSDAY. APRIL I7TH lsn
o A. NJ Memorial Communion Mass St Mary
Star Of Sea Church
o 4. NJ Breakfast Ocean View Restaurant
% a, NJ. Re-ConveninE Of State Session
Address by Visiting Clergy
o =. NJ Luncheon
% P NJ Re-Convening Of State Session
o P NJ Formal Banquet Rainbow Room
IN Concha Hotel
Toastrnistrcss: Mrs julia Fogarty Brooks
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PROGRAM
TUESDAY. APRIL lsTH. ls4l

Registration La Concha Hotel
Confirmation Administered by
Most Rev. Bishop Joseph p Hurley, D. D.,
Reception for His Excellency
Most Reverend Joseph P. Hurley, d. D.
Convent of Mary Immaculate
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Times of Cuba and Pan Amer
lean Review AZ San fgnaeio 81.
Havana. p. o. Box 32s. Tel.
M-l0l2. Chamber Of Conmsrce.
Hotel La Concha. Bus Station. -
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DON'T MISS p. A. X.

La Rsvisfa Mensual On Espanol Q
Tngles. Mailed af Havana Month
lY on the l3fh. Ten Cents 81 .
Year. Six Years S. Sample FREE.
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500 p. M.
7:30 P. M.
900 p. M.
800 A. M.
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DISTRICT DEPUTIES

Mrs Lavina Hunter Miami, Florida
Mrs. Mary T. Haley Jacksonville, Florida
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G. S. KENNEDY, &
Official in Charge.
Evening star., 1941-01-02
Annual New Year Party
Is Held by 6. A. R. Here

Miss Mary G. Pinnock, president,
reviewed the work of the Woman's
Relief Corps of the Potomac Division
yesterday at the annual Grand
Army of the Republic New Year
reception at the Grafton Hotel
Assisted by Mrs. Carolyn Lille,
chairman of the Phil Sheridan
Corps, Miss Pinnock received rep
resentatives of every patriotic Or
ganization in Washington.
A duet was played by Mrs. Chris
tine Middleton and Mrs. Marian
Mirano. Accompanied by Mrs. Ad-
die Hickman, Miss Bernice Ferris
sang solo. Mrs. Anna Horn, chair
man of the Executive Board, was
in charge of refreshments.
Among those attending were
members of the Daughters of the
Union Veterans of the Civil War
Maryland Department of Sons OF
Union Veterans, auxiliary to the
Sons of Union Veterans; the United
Spanish War Veterans, American
Legion, the Veterans of Foreign
Wars( Gold Star Mothers and War
Mothers.
Evening star., 1941-01-02
Raiders Still Ho|dinq
Three Ships Crews,
Survivors Relate
Vivid Stories Of Beina
Morooned After Attack
Told by Victims
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
CANBERRA, Australia, Jan. O.
Survivors from seven merchant YES
sells sunk by German warships in
the Pacific disclosed yesterday that
passengers and crewmen from three
other craft were still held captive
by the raiders.
Vivid stories of the weeks that
they also were prisoners came from
1876 survivors-including 10 women
and Z children-brought to Australia
after they were marooned December
81 on the lonely island of Emirau.
They reported their treatment was
good, but rations were short. The
thunder of guns in fresh engage
mentS, they said, came to them
several times between decks.
Some survivors said the German
raiders masqueraded under Jap
aneSe colors and names.
Hoisted Nazi Flag.
The raider that captured u.s."
said one of the rescued, was steam
Ing under the name Manyo Maru
and was provisioned from a store
ship under the name Mango Maru.
Immediately before my ship was
shelled the raider hoisted the Nazi
flag"
(Lloyd's Register of shipping
lists a 2,904-ton japanese
freighter Manyo Maru and two
Japanese-f1ag vessels named
Tokyo Maru, one a 6,486-ton
freighter and the other a 903-ton
tankerD
Inc former captives, apparently
put ashore because the Germans
could not continue feeding them,
were rescued four days later-on
Christmas Day-by an Australian
ship.
Those reported still held captive
were the crews and passengers Of
the 9,69l-ton British ship Tura-
klna, the 7,203-ton Norwegian ship
Rlngwood and the 2,489-ton Notou,
a French vessel.
2l2-HOur Battle.
From their German guards the
other survivors brought to Aus
tralia said they learned the Tura-
kina, armed only with a defensive
gun aft, fought for two and a half
hours before it surrendered to
faster Nazi warship armed with
several guns and a trained fight
ing crew.
Unconfirmed reports were that
only % OF the Turakina's crew of
% were alive when the battle
ended.
The seven sunken ships from
which the survivors here were ia
ken were the 16,712-ton Rangitane
the 6,378-ton Tuadic. the 6.O32-ton
Trlaster, the 4,413-ton Triona, the
3,9o0-ton Komata and the 773-ton
HOLLYWOOD, four -masted schooner
all British, and the Norwegian mer-
chantman Vinni of 5,18l tons,
The Holmwood's crew and passen-
gers were under three months OF
floating captivity.
Our German captors treated us
well, and none of us had a really
bad time"
Warning Shot Fired.
"A warning shot was fired by the
raider. We stopped, and the cap
tain addressing the passengers, said:
m sorry, but We are going on a
Evening star., 1941-01-02

long cruise with the enemy. We
must make the best of it,"
The passengers were astonished
bv the efficiency of the German
crews and the quantity of arma-
ments on the raider.
"It was a floating fortress" they
said.
The crew of one ship became
aware of danger, the survivors said
they were told, only when search
light suddenly bathed their ship in
light and shells began dropping
around them. The attackers were
accused of attempting to prevent
the merchantmen from sending dis
tress signals by "jamming" the
ether.
The Rangitane, largest Of the
craft known to have been destroyed
in the German forays into Pacific
waters, suffered many casualties
when set ablaze by sheufire Novem-
Der 26, they said.
Food staples were listed as black
bread, raw bacon and sausage.
In one case, it was said, 1872
prisoners were held beneath a single
hatch for three days with only a
pot of rice to share for their break
fast.
Captains and crewmen among the
survivors told of being threatened
with death if they were again taken
by the Germans from armed ships
After being landed on Emirau
an island of the Bismarck Archi-
pelago 1850 miles southeast of the
Philippines, the survivors obeyed a
warning from the captors to delay
for "a hours any attempt to reach
Kavieng, in the inundated territory
of New Guinea.
Later messengers were sent to
Kavieng in a motor boat owned bv
islanders.
Evening star., 1941-01-02
Over-Forty Club to Meet

Americans Over Forty, club
maintained to conserve and extend
employment opportunities for mid
dle-aged men and women, will meet
tomorrow at 8 pm. at the Epiphany
Church Hall, on G street between
Thirteenth and Fourteenth streets
NV.
Evening star., 1941-01-02
Army InstuIIs Refrigerotors

The War Department said today
that 46 new Army camps and posts
we're being equipped with modern
cold storage facilities, each camp
installation capable Of holding
enough perishable food TO supply
16 500 men for three days.
Evening star., 1941-01-02
Virginia Surplus S2,628,513

RICHMOND, Va, Jan. 2 R.-
State Controller Leroy Hodges re-
ported yesterday an unobligated
surplus in the States general fund
of s2628,513 and said that revenue
prospects for the rest of the bien-
mum, ending June 80, 1912, ap-
peared bright.
Evening star., 1941-01-02
Clipper Brings $3.50, 900
Gold From New Zealand

By the Associated Press.
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. "A con-
signment of $25O,000 in gold arrived
from New Zealand yesterday aboard
the American clipper. Pan-American
officials said it was one of the largest
such shipments ever made by air.
The metal, newly mined, was ex-
pressed in three boxes which to-
gether occupied about a cubic foot
of space. Express charges were $3l1
and INSURANCE. s233. The gold was
consigned to the Bank of America.
Evening star., 1941-01-02
Gambler Bets Finger

When luck went against him
gambler cut off one of his fingers
with a knife and placed it on the
gaming table in Nantao, China. He
was arrested by japanese gendarmes
Evening star., 1941-01-02
Get-Acquuinted Purty

The Kingman Park Civic Associ-
alton is sponsoring a get-acquainted
party at the Browne Junior High
School, Twenty-fourth street and
Benning road NE. from 8 to IL p.nl
tomorrow. All adult members of
the community are invited to at
tend. Entertainment will include
games, cards and dancing.
Evening star., 1941-01-02

American airplanes are being used
on the Java-AuStralia route.
Evening star., 1941-01-02

was arrested by japanese g
The Phoenix index., 1941-02-01
Forgefs Race
In His Talk
On Freedom

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa
lamp General iSrnuts, prime
minister OF South Africa, Great
Britain's principal African pos.
session and wslere relatives are
treated like cattle, delivered an lnl-
portant broadcast to the British
people OF the world last week.
The cause Of the Allies is yely
far from being lost" said Genera.
Smuts. 1T will roc ro lost unit.
Britain is taken," he continued.
Freedom still remains our SOW.
ereign remedy tor the ills Which
human society is suffering" p said
the former Boer general. He did
not, however, call alter Gion to the
condition Of the over wheming
population of South Africa, the
black natives. They are deharreG
by law called the Colour Ear
act, from all forms Of skilled oc-
cupations. They are not permitted
to own land, conduct business OF
live outside certain prescribes areas
known as reserves.
The South African government
recognizes no equality batweer
black and white in either chu1 ch
or state. The general forgot that
freedom, like justice, is indivisible
and cannot be baseu upon race OF
color or creed.
The Phoenix index., 1941-02-01
New Orleans Looks
TO Bishops Council

NEW Orleans CAMP The
first ANfE Bishops council to be
held after the general conference
of last year will convene lin New
Orleans, February 1917, with Bishop
s. L. Green, as entertaining host
As the first council to be held In
the new quadrennium, the meet
ing of the next month is hailed as
one of the most important in con-
nectional work, and will attract a
large number Of the laity as well
as ministers. Included in the num-
ber will be the 16 active bishops OF
AME denomination and the 12
general officers. More than five
hundred delegates are expected to
be present at the several session.
Meeting at the same time will be
the annual executive meeting OF
the Women,s Home and Foreign
Missionary society and the Minis
ters' and Lay Leaders council.
Included in the planned activl~
ties of the council will be BAN
quet for the visiting delegates at
Dillard University, at which the
sponsors will be the city OF New
The Phoenix index., 1941-02-01
Dining Car Employees Ask Change
InWage- Hour Law, Fear WofseFa
Say Railroads To
Hit 36c Minimum
For Room, Board

CHICAGO, Jan "A. N. p Re-
cent announcements by the wage
and hour division of the i. s. De.
partnent of Labor that more thar
100000 will be added to the pay
of railroad workers through estab'
rshment of the new minimum pay
Of 3S cents per hour in March are
viewed with apprehension by the
Joint Council Of Dining Car EN-.
ployes.
According to Richard W. Smith,
secretary treasurer Of the organ1-
cation, this may result in
smaller income for many of the
$4,000 Negro dining car workers
throughout the nation instead Of
an increase in monthly pay.
while dining car employees on
a number of roads earn less than
SO cents per nour and should be
entitled to this minimum rate, tbs
railroads have and will oppose pay
ing 1t on the grounds they furnish
such employees room and board
for they have consistently refuse
ed to pay the 80 cent minimum
now in effect as is designated for
all railroad employees under cur
rent terms of the act" Mr. Smith
said.
He pointed out that certain
roads pay such employs IS cents
contendlng the remaining five
cents per hour is taken up in room
and board. Claims In every such
instance have been filed against
the railroads by the joint council
Mr.. Smith asserted that room and
board given employees has never
been a matter for arbitration when
employees negotiated with the rail
roads for wages, but was furnish
ed by the railways to facilitate
their business.
The only solution is to have the
law amended so that railroad en-
ployes will be exempted from pay
ing the companies for room and
board. the official declared. The
council is planning a vigorous
fight to this end before the wage
and hour division in Washington
Mr.. Smith said that when track
workers were not paid the minimum
because railroads contended shacks
were maintained for their use as
lodging places, complaints were
filed and these workers were
awarded $500 each. This, he feels
establishes a precedent for
similar decision in the case Of DIM
ing car employees.
At the same time, the minimum
Of 36 cents an hour may not actu-
ally increase an employees indi-
vioual earnings even if paid, the
official asserted, because the rail
roads will then reduce each in
dividuals working hours per month
with a subsequent loss of oppor-
tllnity to make tips on the part OF
dining car walters.
The Phoenix index., 1941-02-01

both the white and Negro groups
in the South forget that caution
simply means a careful survey OF
the road before responding to the
signal TO go. When that signal is
flashed, then safety is the only
limit to full speed ahead.
II was courage TnaI put Atlanta
for many years almost in the fore
front of progress in the field Of
interracial cooperation and good
will. Through it the interracia,
commission was born; the wounds
Of a nasty race riot were healed
the committee on inter-church Co.
operation sprang into being; the
Atlanta Student Council was form
ed making it possible to lower, II
not remove, racial barriers in youth
gatherings and discussions in the
fields of religion, education ard
art; a bond issue, notorious for its
discrimination against third OF
the population of the city in its
provisions for adequate school
facilities exchanged pulpits. and
inter1Rcial non-segregated forums
were held.
These things resulted not from
merely the preaching, but tire prac-
tees Of good will. It took not
only knowledge ard wisdom but
great courage to bring these things
to pass. Many of them have dlsap-
peared or been shorn Of their
strength as factors in the solution
of the problem Of the races IN
center like Atlanta, not because
they were radical or untinely, but
because of a waning Of courage on
the part of our leaders. It is not
less of caution but more Of ''gutS"
that we stand in pitiful need CT
today. We can be SO prudent ana
cautious that we shall fear ano
fremble and quake at every signal
Tor forward move
The Phoenix index., 1941-02-01

Orleans and the states of Louisi-
ana and Arkansas. Committees
composed Of leaders from all Sec
tions of the two states are meet
ing frequently to complete plans
for entertainment of the hundreds
of outstanding men and women
who are expected here.
Open meetings for the general
public will be held at 10 a. m. +.
Thursday, February IS, at which
time Bishop William A. Fountain
will preach the council sermon
Bishop Fountain presides over the
diocese of Georgia. Thursday night
a welcome program will be staged
in the billiard auditorium. A Plat
form meeting on Friday night will
feature the appearances of four
of five leading men of the denomi-
nation. Saturday night a musical
and oratorical program will be pre-
sented. Sessions will close Sunday
afternoon with mass meeting al
Union Bethel AME Church, seat
of the council sessions, of which
Rev. H. Thomas Primm is pastor
Among those who will attene
the Council are the three bishops
to foreign fields; Bishops Franb
Madison Reid, South Africa; G.. f.
Curry, West Africa, and A. j. Allen
South America and the West In
dies. Mrs. L. M Hughes, Came
ron, Texas, president OF the Wom-
ems Home and Foreign society
will conduct the meeting of the
executive group of that body, while
the Rev. B. M. Townsend, Little
Rock, Arkansas, will preside over
the correctional council,
All bishops have indicated that
they will stay Sunday and preach
from the prlpits Of the several
churches of various denominations
The Phoenix index., 1941-02-01
LEADERS MEET
AT WHITE HOUSE

WASGIINGTON--CSNS)- Presi-
dent Roosevelt and congressional
leaders will meet at the White
House tonight to confer on
changes in the British-ald bill
The leaders repeatedly will ask
the President to approve ban on
the use OF United States ships as
conveys. He also will be asked to
accept two-year time limitation
on the life of the bill and a pro-
vision which would require him to
report to congress every 80 days on
action taken by him under the
legislation.
The Phoenix index., 1941-02-01

GOLDSBORO, n. C.-(SNS)-
the Rev, Tom Melvin, 43, Satur-
day had been sentenced TO die in
the gas chamber for the Staying OF
a white man, Irby Holmes. The
doomed man appealed his sentence
MRS. Florence Ann Littlejohn
Holmes, 38-year-old wife Of the
slain man, was sentenced to prison
for the remainder of her fife after
she pleaded guilty as an accessory
before the murder Of her husband
Testimony showed that the Rev
Melvin engaged Irby Holmes taxi
cab and rode to the edge of town
were he killed the man by striking
him several times with an axe.
The state introduced evidence &c
show that the preacher contracted
with MS. Holmes to do the Job fol
5000 but received only $17o.
State witnesses said it was the
fourth attempt by Mrs. Holmes
TO have her husband murdered
They said she twice had tried tc
The Phoenix index., 1941-02-01
First Negro Member
OF Raj Is Nigerian

! knew in London, and vino con-
tributed fine essay on music to
my anthology, Negro In 1888. This
young man was then student aS
Oxford: took his degree at law,
married an English wife and went
back TO his native country, Nigeria
with her, - %: 80 >
Here the OVERSIZE foot soii Of
MY E5a1ysllow famous Grenada
newspaperman and race leader, Is
On the British Ail Force in train
ing for pilots certificats. I have
talked with min twice, and a more
pleasant and intelligent young man
it would pe difficult 10 meet. There
are young men of color in train
ing too at Piarco Air school And
five codored Trinidadians 1 met On
the eve Of their journey to England
to enter the air force there. "
The Phoenix index., 1941-02-01

TOO OFTEN WHEN you hear q
man counselling caution, he is just
using an attractive cloak for his
Lack Of courage. NO one would
condemn caution. It is one Of the
cardinal virtues, and the word is
itself as respectable and as highly
esteemed as the idea it denotes.
It's root meaning is "to be on ones
guard, to take care" Further deli
milton is WEAKNESS, consisting in a
careful attention to the probable
effects of a measure, and 2. judi
cious course Of conduct to avoid
failure or disaster"
One adopting Suc11 an attitude
towards the proposals, problems
and decisions which he meets With
and must make daily, is considered
a wise man even if he is unletter-
ed. There is a comfortable sense of
security in his leadership, and
those who follow him are usually
reasonably certain that he carefully
secuted any road he advises them
to travel
BECOMES A VICE
But like every other virtue Of this
one is pushed too far it becomes
vice. For prudence carried far
enough becomes tinlidity, which is
q dangerous weakness; and if you
keep on pushing il. until it becomes
q fixed habit of action regardless
of attendant circumstances you
have coWardice.
Caution pushed to that extreme
too frequently is the dominant note
in our. approach to the tremendous
problems Of adjustment between
the white and black etnnic groups
in America, and especially in the
South. For decades forward steps