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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-04-01
Tension In Balkans TightenS;; A
YugOSIaVia Stands Pat; Nd1
Regulars MaSSed On Frontier

Balkan tension climbed toward
the explosion point today as an
official German spokesman called
aziYugoslav relations in a
state of grave crisis" and Bel
grade announced t had planted
mines under roads leading to the
frontier.
Berlin insisted that British
Foreign Minister Anthony Eden
and Gen. Sir John Dill had reach
ed Belgrade and were studying
defense plans with Yugoslav
military chiefs. Belgrade, admit
ting the pair might make a visit,
denied they had arrived.
German Minister Viktor Won
Heeren has crossed the Yugoslav
frontier on his way to Berlin and
official German dispatches said
all Italians and Germans have left
the hostile Serb section of Yugo-
slavia and many are getting out of
the country.
Belgrade called Red Cross
nurses to active duty and an
nounced that its army of nearly
million and a half men is ready to
fight if attacked. Apparently,
there is little chance that Yugo-
slavia will permit itself to be
bluffed, and neutral observers
feel the start of war may be
matter of hours.
German Newspapers have in
tensified their campaign against
alleged Yugoslav terrorism with
banners reading German villages
burned" and "Slavs attack Ger
mans"
London diplomats have pre-
dicted that Germany may launch
a double assault against Yugo-
slav and Greece almost at any
minute. Some $4,000 German
regulars are said to be massed on
the north Croatia frontier.
A possible peace effort is con-
tanned in rumors current in Rome
that Premier Mussolini may be
called upon to play prominent
role in mediation of the dispute,
but most European capitals be-
lieve the Belgrade defiance of
Adolf Hitler has reached a point
where there can be no settle
ment.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-04-01

Key West horne owners who
took out building permits last
month totaling sl6.235. have
been granted permits for total
Of s55.65s during the three
months Of 1871. a check Of Build
ing Inspector Ralph Russell's
figures revealed today.
Lifted by a 81 800 total In the
months busiest working session
yesterday, March building figures
stayed about the $4,000 mark for
the fourth successive month, but
showseti . marked decrease from
the high point Of So. Go reached
in February
Permits issued during March
we're to Bill Spencer. lti5 Eaton
street. $500, LsncelOi Lester, 400
Whitehead, SlGo. Raul Sibila,
Center, $500 Andres MarTero, 5is
Aarella. $500: Mercedes Car
taoueiI. go Dayai. $500: r. A.
Strunk. angela ard Sarsont0sl.
$lCs0, W AEaioney. 1915 TfoEnp-
son. 800 " r. Bremen, Blanch
street. 500 r. J. AItauy, siZ
Crinnell. $500: II Lloyd. Royal
street. T3Gal.
Laartnn f. Watson. aa5 South
ard. $500. William w. AFnoad.
80 United. $500. Ramon Navarro.
eis Caroline. 800; MTA Hester
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-04-01
LIEUT.. HILTON
BUYS PROPERTY

Lieut.. -Comdr. Carl H. Hilton of
the coast guard has purchased for
about $4,000 the Cocoanut Drive
home of Mr.. and Mrs. Anthony
Yates, it was learned today
The purchase, subject to the
terms of a mortgage, brings Com
mander Hilton a 168-foot front
age on Cocoanut Drive in the
Key West Foundation company
subdivision. The property backs
on the canal.
Commander Hilton said he
plans TO occupy the home with
his family, Mrs. Hilton and four
children. The home is two
story concrete structure OF Span
ish design.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-04-01
U.S.. SEIZURE
OF FRENCH SHIPS
NOW IMMINENT
ALL OF VESSELS TIED UP IN
THIS COUNTRY HAVE BEEN
PLACED UNDER SURVEIL-
LANCE
tDy Associated Press)

WASHINGTON, April 1.-Seiz-
ure by the United States of 10
French ships tied up in this coun-
try appeared imminent today as
the treasury department an
nounced that the vessels have
been placed under surveillance.
With SO German, Italian and
Danish ships already under coast
guard control after a series of
swift weekend raids, observers
here feel that the government
will attach the French vessels and
possibly seize French naval YES
sells at Martinique.
Among the French ships tied
up in United States ports is the
$80,000,000 liner Normandie, sec
ond largest liner afloat.
State department officials,
meanwhile, have made no an
swer to the formal protests filed
by Berlin and Rome against
seizure of the merchant ships
Saturday and Sunday. 1t has
been clearly indicated, however.
that neither President Roosevelt
nor Secretary of State Cordell
Hull will consider the protests
and a firm rejection is expected.
The Danish legation has indl-
Gated it would make no protest
against the coast guards action
in taking over 80 ships flying the
Danish flag.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-04-01
Building Permits During First
Quarter Of This Year Exceeded
Fifty-Five Thousand Dollars

johnson, So Francis. SIS. John
nie Walton. 703 Elizabeth. $50,
Elizabeth l.. Rowan, Avenue r.
$3.50; Mrs. 4. Brown. I402 Pine.
500. Mrs. Black, Duval and Caro-
line. 500: Angel Torres. 737
Whitehead. $50; Victor Watkins.
6s0 Margaret. 800: Jose Bonxa.
1906 Packer. 500. Frank Sosin.
72z Enlvai, $500 hfrs. Maurice
Saul. GIa GrinneIi. $500.
James ID. Roberts, sos Amelia.
$3.50 7. r. pritehaFd 300 White.
$500; r r, Reid. 7Is Thomas.
800. St1esIrsrk Hannibal. IT'S
Thomas. $780, Annts Page. so
W'slham. $50. HoIlogi h. Befvaidl.
Washington street. 5000: r.
Luther Binder. 1919 D1gai $500.
Sponge Fishing Co. Inc.. T0T
Caroline. 500. Mr. Collins. si4
Pauline. $3.50. George Adams.
iig7 Olivia. 800. Jesus Sanchez.
1915 PesFonia. S7s. Mrs. % Curry.
SO canfaeid. SIS: vlneent Molina.
Margaret street. $50. Dc Rsnesi0.
1911 Division. 800. ciaFice r.
Dsck son, Saz Division. 800 Mr..
fganah Kuowiea. 1913 Eliza. 500
q Seagr0Te, ei7 William. $500. c
HzFYsrgtors. White ard Duncan
asreefa, $500 Harry Duncan
Olivia stresA 800. AErx 2. Burn
ada, iigz Amelia. 500.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-04-01
O'BRYANT ON
DRAFT BOARD

Horace O'Bryant, principal of
Key West Junior-Senior High
School, today received his ap-
pointment from President Roose-
welt as chairman of the Monroe
county selective service board.
O'Bryant will replace Juan F.
Fleitas, who resigned last week
because of a ruling which forbids
employment of two members of a
family on the draft board.
The appointment, which was
signed by President Roosevelt
and Gov. Spessard L. Holland,
makes O'Bryant chairman of the
board for an indefinite tenure.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-04-01
Proposed Bill Would Require
/ Bridge Commissioners To Be
Residents Of Monroe County
Another Measure To Pro-
vide That County At
tOrney Be Chosen By
Electorate
Appointment of Monroe coun-

Appointment of Monroe coun-
~ attorney would be taken out
cf the hands of the county COM
mission and two Overseas Road
and Toll Bridge District commits
sioners who do not live in this
county would be removed under
the terms of two bills described
today by Representative b. C..
PspY.
Representative PapY, who has
been confined to his bed for two
weeks by an attack of influenza.
will leave for Tallahassee this aft
ernoon at o'clock TO begin his
legislative duties.
Papy's bill would put the coun-
tv attorneyship in the hands of
the electorate along with other
county posts over which the COM
mission has no authority. Gov
ernor Spessard l.. Holland, under
the terms of the bill, would be
empowered to appoint an attor-
ney to hold the office until the
next general election in 1912.
The law firm If w. Curry Har-
rls and Julius ~. Stone, Jr.. was
given the county attorneyship by
the commission last month after
it had become apparent that At
torney Harris, who originally held
the post, would be unable to re-
turn from his army duty in Tex
as.
Representative Papy's other
measure, providing for election of
the toll district commissioners.
would make the positions open
only to Monroe county residents.
1t also would give Gov. Holland
power TO appoint a board of COM
miSsioners upon passage of the
bill TO serve until the general
election.
Under the terms of the meas
ure, John Slade, chairman of the
board, who is from Lake City, and
John Kennedy, Fort Lauderdale,
probably would be removed from
the board and two other members
appointed by Governor Holland
TO serve until 1912.
Papy today reiterated his con-
viction that no sales tax law
should be passed without attach
ment of a referendum clause. The
city council has discussed such a
bill. but Papy said he win oppose
Continued On Page Four)
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-04-01
COMING EVENTS
TUESDAY

TUESDAY
Stone Church Service Club. 500
pm
Key West Home Guard meets at
National Guard arnsory. 800
pm
THURSDAY
Lions Club meets at go pm.
Lions Den. Seminary Street.
City council meets at city hall,
800 p. m.
Rotary Club meets 1915 .. III.
St PauFs Parish Hall
County Commission meets. Cour-
~ Courthouse, 800 pm
FRIDAY
Boxing, Key West Arena. Simon
ton and Front streets. $50 D. m
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-04-01
HOMESTEAD CLAIM
PERIOD NEAR END
TODAY is FINAL FOR FILING
APPLICATIONS WITH TAX
ASSESSOR CANDoLro

Applications for homestead ex-
emptions climbed to 1909 today
as Tax Assessor Claude Gam
dolfo prepared TO end registration
at S o'clock. If there Is rush on
the office at closing time tonight,
Gandoifo said he will remain
open, but otherwise the office
will close at the regular time.
Applications still are under last
years figure, but Gandolfo said
today he believes stricter regula.
ton Of the homesteaders this
year will hold the total down.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-04-01
AIR SCHOOL FOR
ALBANY, GEORGIA

WASHINGTON, April AL
bany, Ga. today was given 81
100000 advanced air school, the
first of nine which will be estab-
lished by the army for pilot
training.
Contracts for the work have
been let and the school is expect
ed to be in operation by July /.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-04-01
Program OF improvements
VIII Also Call For Sea-
plane Base To Be Estab-
lished AT Key West
Especial to The Citizen,

NSpecfni TO Tne CtttEenl
WASHINGTON. D. c.. April /.
FLORIDA is rapidly developing
into one of the greatest military
areas of the nation and the pros.
pect is that there will be a con-
siderable expansion OF the cur
rent program of construction
when the new fiscal year begins
in July. Senator Claude Pepper
said today.
AS an indication of the extent
of the present military establish
ment in Florida, the senator
pointed out that construction of
approximately 200 miles OF sac
cess" roads to camps and bases
will be needed if the necessaries
are done.
s2s0.oo0.c0o Road Bill
Senator Pepper declared that
it is expected the President may
send to the Congress during the
present week a request for an
appropriation of s250,000,000 for
highway construction OF this. he
said $i50,000,00O will be, needed
for construction or access and
other highways incident to the
nations military establishment.
The remaining $l0o.000,000 will
be the regular Bureau OF Public
Roads fund which will be match
cd by the states. Most of this.
the senator said, will be spent on
the improvement of existing main
highways in the defense pattern
and principally in strengthening
weak links of roads and bridges
Seaplsne Base Al Key West
The Bureau Of Yards and Docks
of the Navy is expected to ask
for bids within the next thirty
days on the dredging of two sea
plane ways al Key West, each
10000 feet in length and the esti
mated cost is 81, 100000. accord
ing TO Senator Pepper. He said
he was advised that the "spoiis'
dredged up will be thrown west
of the Key West Navy Yard 20
connect up two small islands
which may be utilized later on
He said that approximately 81
100000 would be expended in adj
ditional aviation facilities. in
Continued on Page Four
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-04-01

Key West. Florida. has the
most equable climate in the
country; with an average
range of only ID Fahrenheit
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-04-01

Associated Press Day Wire
Service
For 81 Years Devoted to the
Best Interests of Key West
The Nome nugget., 1941-05-30

ut to Sl4 in the fall of 1899. ta SD last June and 10 $9 las Sep scnler. O. January 1zt. 1941, the aHoua of coverage fs7 medical reimbursement and hozpitaliza- on was doubl d without addi- te~al cost and now there is an other reduction in rates.
 Connolly added that it is log ical to assume that this acxaow- ledgement on the part of the ua- derWrlters eventually will have its effect on tn insurance rates for all of private flying, since the CAA-trained pilots will con stitute the bulk of private hiers in this country in years to come.
The Nome nugget., 1941-05-30
Nurses Are Needed By 

A voluntary underwriters re-
 duction of 2Ofo in the rates for
 life and accident insurance, pub lie liability and property damage ] premiums covering the CAA Civ
 Han Pilot Training Program will i becom= effective when the sum mer session opens on July 1st, it was announced by Donald H. Con molly. A ClIn'istrat0r of Civil Aeronautics. This will be the sec ond cut this year and the fifth concession made by the aviation insurance underwriters in the two years tha program has been in existence.
 The new rate for each student taking private training will be S720 including both the S1,000 disqualification and medical reim- burSem mt and S3,000 accidental death or dismemberment. In the secondary course the cost will be S9.60 for the same coverage.
 Each flight operator is required to carry S5O,0OO 10 $lO0,OOO public liability, and S5,00O property damage insurance on each CAA student enrolled in his school. and the rates on these policies have also been reduced from $500 10 $649 for private students ard from $10 to S8 for second ary students.
 This program has establish d 8 safety record unprecedented in .He history of private flying said Administrator Connolly. Tn turn ing out more than 50000 pilots there have been but 31 fatalities n the CPT, l9 students and f2 instructors. This is equival mt to 4,325,3 ,396 miles per fatality. The total number of miles flown by our trainces adds up to the aston iShing figure of 34,087, ,290, equi- valent to 22,0O0 round trips be- tween New York and San Fran cisco.
 These 50,0s0 pilots and the ad- ditional l5,000 which W expect 1 to certificate before June 30th of 1 this year afc safe pilots because they have been taught to fly pro- perly in controlled courses. The basic principle of saf- flying was the first thing they learned and every move they made after that was watched over and controlled by instructors who had themSelv es been ch cked and rerated by the CAA so we could be sure that our plan would be carried out properly
 Previous to the establishment of the program, $3,000 insurance coVerage cost stud mt pilot $35. The first rate for the GAIA con- trolled course was $20. This was
The Nome nugget., 1941-05-30
EDITORIAL The Pattern Of Victory
(New York T'imes)

A group of IT Americans of varied experience, including four high-ranking Admirals recently on the active list, has performed a timely service by challenging the defeatiSm now being spread by the faint-hearted. the cynics and the doubtful friends of Brit ain. These Americans point out some of the tremendous forces at work on Britain'S side: sea power, which has never yet lost 9 struggle of worldwide propor- tions; industrial production, at which no other nation in the world can remotely match the full-fedged effort of the United States; geography, which will per init American production to func ton uninterruptedly, safe from any air attack, so long as Britain stands as the firSt-line of our de fense; raw materials. available in ineXhaustible quantity to the British and ourselves, whereas Germany still lacks suffici.nt sup plies of many vital materials de- spite her conquest of the Contin- ent. Concerning the immense i'm portance of this final item we have the added testimony of an ether expert: it was Hitler him self who told the ReichStag only two years ago that Germany must have overseas sources and markets in order to survive, "-x- port or die he put it bluntly.
 There comes a point in every war when defeatism thrives will ingly on bad news. In the present case two factors CT ate the il- fusion of German invicibility, but only for those who lack perspec- tive. The first is the superiority of Hitlers mechanical war ma chine; the second, the extent of . his victories. But as this com mitt-e of Americans reminds us. the superiority of Hitler's mech anized weapons is exclusively the result of the head-Sta he had while other nations were indiffer- ent--a "t-mporary and fleetingH advantage which can be offset by our own superior capacity for production. AS for the area over which the sWastika now flies: it was pointed out that fully three quarters of all the land that Hit Ter rules today lay inside the Or man military lines in 1918, and still this did not spell victory for German arms.
 The pattern of victory is a com bination of military competence, industrial genius and moral stay ingpower We believe that Britain is at least the squal of Germany in the first; that Britain and the United States are comparably su perior to Germany in the second, and that experience will show that discipline taught at the end of whip is no substitute for the loyalty and patriotism of free people. Britain can win this war, June 25 to about October 5, 1941 We turn loose the full power of our war industries and take what ever action may be needed to bring our productive equipment into contact with the battle lines.
The Nome nugget., 1941-05-30
Steel Mill For
 British Columbia

OTTAWA, May - Munitions Min ter Howe announced a steel rolling mill, financed by the Dom .nion Bridge Company, would be in operation in Vancouver, B. C. within the next few months. This mill, the minister said, would meet the increased demands for steel gen-rally in British Colum- bia, and would also meet the de mands of the expanding ship building program.
Evening star., 1941-07-14
Private's Wedding Follows
FIiqht 10 III Fiancee

A Washington Selectee. granted
leave from Army duty in Texas to fly
to the bedside of his i'll fiancee. a
resident of Alexandria, Va, became
her husband yesterday.
The selectee. Pvt. Sterling T.
Troutman. who lived in the 300
block of Second street Sc, before
he was inducted, received word at
Fort Sam Houston. Tex, last Mon
day that Miss Irene Ferguson was
in Siblev Hospital.
According to his new mother-in-
law. his captain sent him home on
an Army bomber. He arrived here
Wednesday just in time to take his
fancee home from the hospital.
The couple had planned to marry
later, but since Pvt. Troutman had
come home. it was decided not to
postpone the wedding longer.
The ceremony was performed bv
Capt. E. B. Wilcox, an Army chap
lain, at the brides home, 239 East
Monroe avenue. Alexandria.
Pvt. Troutman said the honey
moon would be deferred until he
completes his years training next
January.
Evening star., 1941-07-14
Rubber Placed on LIST
OF Critical Items

The Office of Production Manage
ment today placed rubber on the
list of more than 300 critical items
on which the Army and Navy may
assign preference ratings.
Other additions to the list. which
is revised monthly. included all types
Of fire prevention and fighting equip
ment, hospital and field laboratory
equipment and portable oxygen
manufacturing equipment.
The O. M. P also appointed a
nine-man advisory committee o1
Representatives of the cork industry
to consult with the Government on
priorities and other defense prob
lens in that industry. One of
the appOinteeS was L. B Montfort
of Washington. official of the
Crown Manufacturers Association
Of America.
Defense authorities also sent
pamphlets entitled "Subcontracting
for Defense to leading contractors
in preparedness production. The
booklets tell how 10 large manu-
featuring concerns increased their
output by spreading some of their
work to other plants.
Evening star., 1941-07-14
Solicitation 10 Begin
In Capital Monday
For Old Aluminium
Prospective Donors
Are Warned Against
Too Much Enthusiasm

Division leaders are preparing this
week for the greatest pot-rustling
campaign in the Nations history to
be staged next week.
Aluminium pots and pans and
aluminium pieces of all sorts-just
so they can be spared-are wanted
for defense purposes. They will be
reduced to secondary aluminium for
airplane production. Collection is
under auspices of the Office for
Civilian Defense.
Groups of women will 60 out next
Monday ringing doorbells and ask
ing housewives to round up the old
pots and pans. Actual collection is
to be made on Wednesday by trucks
manned by members of the Ameri-
can Legion, Boy Scouts and Girl
Scouts.
Collection Stations Planned.
The used aluminium will be taken
to regional deposit stations to be
set up at police precinct stations.
A central storage point is planned
for a spot in front of the old Dis
trict Building.
Mrs. Harry S. Bernton is in charge
of the women's group that is to
make the preliminary campaign
to ask housewives to search their
shelves for aluminium not needed.
James E. COlliflOWer is head OF a
business and industrial group.
The leaders in the collection have
urged against "super-enthuSlaSm' IN
the giving up of utensils.
Don't strip your kitchen and run
out and buy more aluminium ware,
one official said That would start
sales going, and we would be right
where we were before We started.
We Just want material that can be
spared"
The campaign is one of the many
sided activities of the Office for
Civilian Defense, headed by Mayor
La Guardia
Mrs. Wallace to Make Gift.
The campaign will get a contri-
button from Mrs. Henry A. Wallace,
wife of the Vice President. Making
preliminary survey of her kitchen.
Mrs. Wallace discovered that some
of her most cherished aluminium
ware has outlived its usefulness. She
said she would replace these pieces
with glass, porcelain and other non
defense materials.
Mrs. Ellen Woodward, member of
the Social Security Board. also made
a collection of discards in her kltch-
en- Al the Westchester Apartments.
A hole in the bottom OF a double
boiler and a saucepan that no
amount of scrubblng or soaking will
make clean again are to be con-
tributions of the Newspaper Wom-
ems Club kitchen at 1904 Twentieth
street NV.
Mrs. Charles Goldsmith, founder
of the Washington Self-Help EX-
change and honorary president of
the Jewish Social Service Bureau,
recently restocked her kitchen with
porcelain utensils. From her apart
ment the authorized collector will
get a stock of biscuit pans. sauce
pans muffin rings and other dis.
carded aluminumWare.
Evening star., 1941-07-14
300 British Nuns Reported
Interned by Germans

By the Associated Press
V1CHY, Unoccupled France. July
14-ApproXimately 300 British and
Canadian nuns from French con-
vents have been interned as enemy
aliens by German occupation au-
thorities, according to reports pub
Hshed here.
The nuns we're said to be lodged
with 1,100 other British women, 100
elderly men and about Is children
in several requisitioned hotels at
Vittel, spa not far from the Al
satan frontier.
Their quarters are surrounded by
barbed-Wire entdnglements and are
guarded by German soldiers, the
published description said.
Most inmates of the internment
camp were said to be from the Ger
man-occupied zone. Many were
born in France and acquired British
citizenship through marriage.
The nuns include FranciscanS.
Carmelites. Dominicans. Little Sis
terS Of the Poor and members Of
the Order of st. Vincent de Paul.
They were said to have elected Joint
ly a mother superior and set up
a combined convent in one of the
hotels.