The Key West Citizen Newspaper, January 13, 1940, Page 1

Associated Press Day Wire Service For 60 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West THE so VOLUME LXI. No. 12. + City Officials Wil Finns Hear Nazi Honor Rear Admiral rat Citizen UTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER a IN THE U. S.A. KEY WEST, FLORIDA, SATURDAY, JANUARY 13, 1940 *. Allen On Tuesday 'RUSSIAN RADIO WARNS FINLAND FORMAL INVITATIONS BEING SENT OUT FOR LUNCHEON AT LA @eecccrce-cocccccccccccs | SENATOR PEPPER TO EXPECT NAZIS Neutral Nations Strengthen (By Associated Press) Defenses Against Attack ‘Will Attack: Britons Fight Off Air Raids * GAS MASKS ARE BROUGHT OUT OF BRITISH CLOSETS Key West, Florida, hag the most equable climate in the country; with an average range of only 14° Fahrenheit PRICE FIVE CENTS Auditor’s Office Will Make Amended Report OnCounty Government HELL DRIVERS ALL Appear Sunday Afternoon COMMISSIONERS PRE- SENTED CONFUSING ISSUES TO ASSISTANT ASHBY YESTERDAY ‘SET FOR STUNTS Jack Derby’s Hell Drivers stage Final settlement of the fee payments due the county and their due fee officials from the county ;. LONDON, Jan. 13.—Observers, In Bucharest, it was heard that | death-defying stunts for CONCHA HOTEL Over NBC At 10:30 P. M. {MESSAGES STATE GERMANY The city of Key West will play Admiral W. H. Allen, commandant of the sev- | LESS YINNS SURRENDER BY TOMORROW SPEAKS TOMORROW WILL START ATTACK UN- host to Rear (Spe he Citizen) TALLAHASSEE, Jan. 13.—j Claude Pepper, U.S. Senator from | = Sea ee el (By Associated Press) Florida, will address the Ameri-! gpocKHOLM, Jan. 13.—Ad- can Jewish Congress meeting in! New York City tomorrow eve- Vices received here today ~ indi- ning, Sunday. |cated that Germany was consid- The speech will be broadcast {ering a momentary move against over stations of the National|Finland in support of her Rus- Broadcasting Company, starting | at 10:30 o'clock, EST. enth naval district embracing Key West. at a La Concha hotel luncheon Tuesday roon, officials reported today. Admiral Allen is expected here sian ally. The report stated that Russian jradio messages have been picked jup by Finnish people in several | cities all day long, declaring that i“the people of Finland should ‘surrender before tomorrow”. “If they don’t”, the message con- |tinued, “Germany will advance jiately against the Finns”. 1 k in wintry weather on ;the central and southern sectors jof the Finnish-Russian war saw Russian troops making headway ‘in their drive against the Finns. |Considerable destruction by Rus- sian bombing planes in South Finland was reported with sev- eral cities: indicating hits that ;caused much damage and loss of life. There have been no new ae Near the scene of the reported velopments during the last 24/annihilation of two Russian regi- hours in the investigation of the|ments, the Russians are said to h of the unidentified man |>e pushing steadily ahead, ad- whose body was found Monday j¥@nciné at one point, it is re- tomorrow trom Charieston, S. C., his wife and daughter Lieut. Com- mander S. R. Clark, on a tour of of Key West facilitic that last Wednesday. Formal today by Councilman L. menqepenie’d by All interested, according to the advice, are invited to tune in to the speech, which will treat on matters of national importance. DEAD MAN UNIDENTIFIED JUSTICE ESQUINALDO UN- DECIDED AS TO WHEN IN- QUEST WILL BE RESUMED and naval until inspection will invitations prepared C. Brin- ton announce that Mayor Willard M. Albury and all the members of the council will break bread with the admiral at a small gathering at the La Concha Tues- day. Besides naval officers there will be very few ethers in at- tendance Sunday evening Admiral Allen and his party will be the guests of Commander G. B. Hocy, of- ficer in charge of Key West naval station, and guests at din- ner at Casa Marina Monday eve- ning of the officers of the station and the dei |ported, nearly thirty-five miles. jhere today heard reports {Belgium had ordered up more, jreserve soldiers to the frontiers jfacing Germany to further strengthen her intention to pro- tect the neutrality of the coun- j try. | Recent Nazi plane flights over : 'Belgium territory is causing Subject of the conferences. much concern, it was stated, and! Norway’s governmental budget the government officials of that’ was adopted today, it was an- country are making strong de- nounced by representatives of mands on all belligerents to re-'that country here. An item of spect in every way the nation’s $80,000,000 was included in the desire to remain absolutely neu-' total, especially set aside for tral. ‘national defense. TaxRevision League Shows: ~ Monroe County Costs High (Special to The Citizen) JACKSONVILLE, Fla. Jan.'capita county government cost 13.—A further comparison of the not including debt service, brok- operating expenses .of ~.counly en down. into. population groups government, broken down as to. and separate functions shows a functions, was revealed by the wide variation. ‘Tax Revision League in a state-| “Total county government op- |ment released here today. erating cost averaged $8.63 per The League points out its capita for 1938. Broken down in- further analysis of county gov- to functions we find that the ernment cost that “counties op- cyerape county ovement ex crate under uniform statewide une Gover nee that further conferences between King Carol and other government offi- cials of Rumania would be held with representatives of Bulgaria. More adequate frontier, defenses ‘of both countries would the be in hips afloat Official greetings of the naval forces here will be presented to the admiral at the naval station Monday forenoon. After this cerem Admiral Allen will receive public and civic officials at the quarters of Commander Hoey in the naval administra- tion building, foot of Greene street This will have been the first official visit of Admiral Allen to Key West naval station since it was recommissioned last No- vember 1. CONCERT SUNDAY WPA BAND ANNOUNCES PRO- GRAM OF INSPIRING NUM- s BERS FOR EVENT Weekly Sunday concert by the A Band under direction of Alfredo Barroso, will be given tomorrow afternoon at 4 o'clock at Art Center Park. Director Barroso has arranged the fellowing program for the concert March. King. Overture, pegrell Ww. tenfel. Grand Selection, tore”, Verdi Fox Trot, “Little Arab”, Ben- of Freedom”, “Hosts “Nar Schle- E. z, “Dolores”, “Tl Trova- “Spanish Dance” and “Ha- bane . Otto Langey. w “Blue Danube”, ne T. March “Star “Concord”, Bennet. Spangled Banner”, Key. ECE TTD. DARE DEVIL DERBY and his HELL DRIVERS TOMORROW, 2 P.M. TRUMBO FIELD Benefit AMERICAN LEGION and BOY SCOUTS 40c Admission. floating in the Roosevelt Boule ME SOCIETY DRIVE TO END general laws, therefore, if all counties operated on the same standards of efficiency, the per capita operating cost of the vari- ous functions of county govern- ment, after due allowances for difference in population and vard swimming pool | | of addi- ‘HO the | remains at the Pritchard Funeral | Home Although a number tional persons have viewed morgue, no one has come! forward with any shred of the| y should penses paid from the General Revenue Fund was $2.91 per capita; Fine and Forfeitures Fund expense averaged $1.26; General and District Road & Bridge Fund expenses averaged $291; and ex- penses paid from all other mis- Wald- ; *\ment made in this year’s evidence on which the authoriti might pin a hope of identifica tion. ,| LAST CALL FOR CONTRIBU- TIONS MADE; FINAL RE- PORT TO BE MADE Peace Justice Enrique Esquin- | aldo, Jr, has not decided when to resume the coroner's inquest | into the tragedy. CITY WILL STAGE DANCES FOR NAVY FIRST TO BE GIVEN JANUARY 24 AT NATIONAL GUARD ARMORY Mayor, Willard M. Albury and members of the city council to- day announced prelimina for two dances for the nav marine forces now on duty at the Key West station. The first for enlisted men will be held Wednesday night, Janu- ary 24, at the National Guard armory, White and Southard ets. The second will be Wed- Yr lay night, January 31, at La Concha Hotel for the officers of the station and ships and sea- planes in this area. These affairs are to be staged at the expense of all the people of Key WestesFunds for the dances will ome from an allot- city budget for public welfare. When the fund was set up it was an- nounced that the city should be prepared to help entertain the men ct the Navy. plans al and PROPOSALS Sealed bids will be received until Friday, January 19, 1940, 7:30 P. M. for Three (3) 1% ton, hydraulic dump _ trucks, _ steel cabs, with dual rear wheels and 10 ply, 32x6 tires, f.o.b. Key West. Bidder to state cash price, also terms. The usual right is re- served to reject any and all bids. BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS. jan13-2t Treasurer Joe Peariman of the jlocal chapter of the Children’s |Home Society informed The Citi- jzen today that contributions had jcome forward -in good volume’ to i the fund being raised in support {of the Society’s aims and pur- |poses. | The Society | clude i fore [citize desires to con- the drive for funds, there- Mr. Pearlman calls on any s who may have planned ;to contribute to do so as soon as |possible in order that a final re- {port and tabulation for the main office may be completed and sent | forward. SS. SALINAS DUE | \BRINGING CARGO OF OIL TO | NAVAL STATION FOR | { LOCAL PATROL Bearing several thousand _ bar- rels of fuel oil, the naval tanker ithe Key West Naval Station docks ‘Sunday. It is believed the job of transferring the cargo from the jSalinas to the storage tanks in ithe yard will take the entire day. {several destroyers and jare now refueling here in con- nection with the neutrality patrol | program. ‘ ' Dance T Gould Curry’s Orchestra HERE TOMORROW {Salinas is scheduled to arrive at | Heavy demands on the station |. supply had arisen from the fact, tenders onight Minimum Charge — $1.00 other minor differences, |be approximately the same in all counties. “Comparison of the cellaneous funds averaged $1.56. “The comparison shows that Monroe County’s expenses paid from the General Revenue Fund amounted to $3.07 per capita; Fine and Forfeiture Fund $1.47; General and District Road & Bridge Fund $3.84; and from mis- cellaneous funds $.63. The aver- age for all counties in the same population group were: General Revenue Fund $2.01 per capita; Fine and Forfeiture Fund $1.37; ‘General and District Road and | Bridge Fund $2.80; and, miscel- \Janeous funds $1.59.” ‘ALL HOPE LOST FO ENTOMBED MINERS 1938 per STATE HEALTH GROUP TO MEET ASSEMBLES IN ORLANDO JAN. 18; HAS 2300 MEM- BERSHIP JACKSONVILLE, Fla., Jan. 13 (FNS) The first annual meeting of the Florida Statewide Public Health Conymittee will be held in | Orlando January 18. | Walter J. Matherly, Dean of Business Administration of the University of Florida, and State | School Superintendent Colin} English, are scheduled to ad- \dress the meeting. The nine months old organiza- tion now claims 2,300 members from all sections of the state. ‘MRS. GOSHORN’S FATHER BURIED Mr. and Mrs. G. N. Goshorn!. All hopes that any of the ;have jyst returned from. Plant |forty-odd ‘miners yet trapped in City, having been called there 'the ‘mine would be brought out by the illness and death of Mrs. Goshorn’s father, J. E. Robbins, who was buried in that city. CHILDREN MADE FATHER- LESS BY EXPLOSION (By Associated Press) BARTLEY, W. Va., Jan. 13.— ,of the ninety-two. miners who were entombed in a coal mine in ‘this city when a terrific explosion occurred Thursday, will be held ‘tomorrow, it was stated by state! ing: | The disaster, the worst in thir- jteen years of coal mining history lin this state, finds 150 children _ ‘of this little city without fathers. GREELEY, Colo. — Stopping; Payeoll payments were made \abruptly to avoid striking a cat, ta driver of a small coupe caused ithe following: A 10-ton truck, 'Ipaded with fruits and vege- tables, swerved to avoid hitting! the coupe and turned over,! strewing the highway with its contents. While neither of the CAT TIES UP TRAFFIC |and state and federal aid for the stricken families is being pushed, WISH GRANTED THRICE WORCESTER, Mass.—Hoping \for a son to be a companion for Pena’s Garden Of Roses drivers was injured, it required their 3-year-old daughter, Mr. and | \house-moving equipment to re-|Mrs. Armand Lavigue, of Jeffer- |move the truck from the high-/|son, got their wish—in triplicate. jway, which had been blocked by Triplets, all boys, were recently ithe accident. ‘born to Mrs. Lavigue. A group memorial service for all! jalive were given up this morn-! today to widows of the dead men} MINISTRY AGAIN WARNS | PEOPLE OF GRIM WARFARE j AHEAD; FRANCE TRANS- ;( PORTS COLONIALS (By Associated Press) LONDON, Jan: 13.—Two more |air-raids by Nazi bombing planes occurred over east-coast cities of England today. British sources reported that one of the bombers had been brought down from one flight by anti-aircraft fire and that the other flight had been hard-press- ‘ed by counter- attacking planes of ythe R.A.F., but had turned on a | smoke screen and successfully ran |for cover of high clouds, thence ‘back to home ports. The War Ministry here again warned the British people that lthe “serious business of war” is lyet ahead for them. Gas masks were again very much in vogue, | being -brought out from closets following a period of comparative | ease-of ‘mind concerning danger jfrom air attacks. | It was learned here today that Premier Daladier of France had issued a report revealing that the entire colonial army of France had been transported to West Front headquarters’ without the loss of a single man. While in transit, however, the; ships from Africa encountered several Nazi submarines. The report stated that eight U-boats were sunk by the French con- voying naval ships. France has ordered 126 new ships for her navy, it was stated. MEXICO TURNS DOWN DOCTRINE PRESIDENT CARDENAS SAYS OIL LAND OWNERS WILL BE PAID (By Associated Press) MEXICO CITY, Jan. 13.—Presi- | dent Cardenas today stated that he would not consider that the ‘Monroe Doctrine, formed in 1836, as holding his nation to any policy of Pan-Americanism. He would not recognize its provisions, he ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY Stated, declaring that it was) Kansas City - imanifestly “uni-lateral” in char- | acter. | Reporting on the repatriated oil lands of Mexico, {dent declared that he would ‘work out the problem in his own way. He announced that the conferences held over the last year with special representative Donald Richberg, had been con- ,cluded with nothing specific ac- | complished. Companies that owned lands before the National gov- jernment took them, however, ;Cardenas stated, would be paid |for them in time. | teenie the aes DOG; SENDS ANOTHER | MEADVILLE, Penn. — Two |months after he had found his | pet cocker spaniel dead on the jhighway, an evident victim of a hit-and-run driver. Percy Himes received another pup, delivered ;to his house, apparently sent by {the motorist whose car had killed the man’s pet. ‘FLOOR SHOW and DANCE | Tonight, 10 till 7 | RAUL’S CLUB RAY BALDWIN'S NATIVE HAWAIIAN ORCHESTRA Minimum Charg Key West tomorrow afternoon. | mow depends upon an amended Promptly at 2:00 o'clock to-| |morrow, the first of an afternoon | report from the state auditor's ‘full of thrilling, daring stunts| ,,. . will get underway. Automobiles | fice, Carl Bervaldi. with drivers will be tumbled of the Monroe county commis- about all over the field, in broad-| _ ee jumping, side roil-overs, end-for- | Sion, said today. end rolls, smashing through burn- | jing walls and many other spec- | tacular acts—some of them never |COmmission yesterday afternoon, before tried in this state. {A P. Ashby, Jr., American Legion Post, spon- ; P sor of the affair, together with State auditor, appeared in behalf individual Boy Scouts, who will of his colleague, W. B. Johnson, {receive benefits for troop uni- form funds, announces that the same price as charged for ad- explain some of the allegedly ob- vance sales will hold at the field recom- tomorrow. ine Palm Avenue will be roped off ; tby city police during the show |County’s books for the three- |to care for the crowds expected jyear period that ended last sum- at the field. mer. Y Fe Ashby made note of the ques- chairman At a special meeting of the an assistant ‘who was to have been here to scure suggestions and mendations in the audit of | | GAVE T0 ns raised by the various mem- JE FU {bers of the commission and of the fee officials who appeared at the meeting. He said he DR. ARIE SPOKE HERE TUES- DAY IN BEHALF OF REF- would return at once to Talla- hassee and delve into Johnson's UGEES IN EUROPE |work-sheets-in~ an attempt to ‘clarify the report so that the |county may proceed to put its \financial affairs in the order de- |manded by law and court deci- Dr. Manfred Arie, noted jurist | sion. and educator, spoke to an en-| me of the confusion in the ‘enthusiastic audience at B’Nai|™inds of the commissioners was !Zion synagogue Tuesday evening | caused by the fact that John- of this week on behalf of the |Son’s audit report allowed certain }United Jewish Appeal, Inc., For fee items to county officials that Refugees and Overseas Needs. had been disallowed in previous Members of the Congregation audits. Under Johnson's report subscribed $200 on pledges and | Several thousand dollars are now janother $150 is anticipated from due the county fee officials. The those not.able to attend the |county commission does not be- meeting. lieve some of these items should the Presi- | An opportunity to subscribe to the worthwhile work done by the organization, both for relief of refugees and also war victims of | all nationalities and races in Eu- rope has been extended by the jlocal Jewish organization. Non- (Jews, in the past, have sub- |scribed, it is stated, and it is ex- | pected they will do likewise this year. TEMPERATURES Lowest last Highest last night 24 hours 42 44 34 36 26 30 15 39 53 63 66 84 58 72 27 70 65 35 18 19 70 41 40 29 58 41 68 38 { i Stations ‘Atlanta |Boston ‘Chicago Denver |EL Paso Havana Jacksonville ;KEY WEST | Los Angeles | Louisville Miami _. |Mpls.-St. Paul 'New Orleans |New York |Oklahoma City |St. Louis {San Francisco Seattle Tampa Washington | CLUB CAYO HUESO i “Opposite P. & O. |] Takes Pleasure in Announcing the Return of EVA and NORMAN “The Girl of 1000 Songs” FROM N. Y's. 21 CLUB and CASINO MOULIN ROUGE with Johnny Pritchard’s Orchestra—Nightly 9:30 P. M———TILL ? Minimum Check Charge: Week Nights, 50c Seturdsy abd Hobaeys, person $1.00 be paid and indicated it would jnot approve of payment until specifically directed by an amended report from the office jof W. M. Wainwright, state auditor. Ashby indicated that Johnson's criticism of the commission for paying themselves each $75 monthly as being contrary to law jarose from the fact that he was unaware that a special act of the | legislature allowed higher |salaries than provided by the | general law. | While Ashby was prepared to discuss the legal phases of the |Johnson audit, he was not in- ;formed as to the detailed figures |contained in the report. It was for that reason he said he would jhave to consult Johnson's work |sheets before he could determine |the proper answers to some of |the questions raised by Monroe commissioners and fee officials. As soon as the amended report is received, the county commis- {sion will hold another special {meeting to act on the recom- mendatiins of the state audit, [Chairman Bervaldi _ indicated. | Others of the commission at the meeting were T. Jenkins Curry jand William Monsalvatge. BRIDGE MEET POSTPONED Vice-chairman John Costar of |the Overseas Road and Toll |Bridge Commission today in- formed The Citizen that the regu- lar monthly meeting of the Board, loriginally scheduled for this | morning at 11:00 o'clock at Mara- | thon, has been postponed until next Tuesday evening. The commissioners will meet at Marathon Tuesday for regular ess consideration. SPECIAL DANCE TONIGHT AT Habana-Madrid Club Music By +» ~,