The Key West Citizen Newspaper, February 2, 1940, Page 1

Associated Press Day Wire Service For 69 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West THE SOUTHERNMOST NE VOLUME LXI. No. 29. KEY WEST, FLORIDA, Reds Institute New Drives Against ‘Finns; Air Raids Increase CLEAR WEATHER BRINGS BOMBERS INTO aincs THO MORE SHIPS OVER TWENTY FINN JOIN NEUTRALITY TOWNS | P ATROLUNIT HER | DESTROYERS RODGERS AND | BANCROFT ARRIVED YES- TERDAY: SQUADRON NOW TOTALS ELEVEN (My Associated Prexs) HELSINKI, Feb. 2.—The Rus- featured creased intensity of fighting to- | day as the Reds turned on full- force attacks both on land and in the sky, aided in the latter | sian-Finnish war in-| Two United States Destroyers by clear weather. ‘have been added to the neutrality Bombers rained destruction on;patrol squadron now operating more than twenty Finn cities and; many parachute patrols were dropped from the skies which| were either captured or killed, it was stated. A new offensive on the Man- nerheim Line was being doggedly out of Key West. The Destroyers Rodgers and Bancroft arrived yesterday afternoon and _ this morning at 7 o'clock the Ban- croft joined with other ships of W.P.A. BOULEVARD PROJECT RECEIVES ADDITIONAL FUNDS |ROY SCHRODER -WIRED AP- PROVAL OF CONTINUATION OF WORK; NEARLY 200 MEN TO WORK ON MONDAY FULL DAY’S PROGRAM | ‘ i The Monroe County Council, |__ Telegraphic answer from WPA pr a. will hold an interesting |State Administrator Roy Schro- |“School of Instruction” at the {der in response to a wire asking {High School auditorium on Tues- | for release of funds to continue day, February 6, starting at 2:30 the Roosevelt Boulevard project p. m., when registration of at- sent this week by S. C. Singleton, | tendants will be held. jsecretary of the |Commerce, Carl Bervaldi, County will be in attendance at this im- Board chairman and Council portant school, and will take |president William Freeman, was part in discussions to be held all ireceived here today. {afternoon and evening. A ban- | The project has received ap-'quet at La Concha Hotel, at 6:30)an Institute Skit and Institute 2lteration, extension and imp-} ;Proval and it was learned at the o’clock, will come in between the |office of W. A. Thomas, area sessions. |supervisor, that $18,000 had been’ At 3:00 o’clock, the opening |received which would allow formalities will take place, with | nearly two hundred men to con- Mrs. M. L. Russell, Monroe Coun- 'tinue work next Monday. ty Council president, in the chair. | The request for release of A devotional will be led by Rev. funds stated that sponsors had G, W. Hutchinson, followed by furnished additional funds. jassembly singing of “America”. | Mrs. George Hanford, leader, and ‘ADMIRAL Al | EN ‘first vice-president, of the State school and the purpose of the will be explained. TORIUM NEXT TUESDAY pushed back by the Finns, using hand grenades to stop tanks and mass attacks. The new offensives came in the wake of announcements from Finland that “she would always stand ready for an_ honorable peace”. The attacks were in-! terpreted as Russia’s answer to the “olive-branch” gesture. BALKAN ENTENTE STILL IN SESSION the squadron and went on patrol. Other vessels out of the harbor this morning on patrol duty are the Destroyers Wickes, Twiggs, Philip, Branch and Evans. ! Ships in the harbor, lying in the stream or at the docks, were the Squadron Flagship Lea, De- | | stroyers Rodgers, Mason and Schenck, and the Tender Gan- net. ENJOYED VISIT “THANK YOU” LETTER RE | CEIVED BY MAYOR AL- | BURY YESTERDAY | | | | Rear Admiral W. H. Allen, |U.S.N., who came to Key West! Sunday, January 14, for an offi- The symposium will begin at 3:15 o’clock, the subject being— “P.-T. A. With a Purpose”. That subject from the county stand- Morgan Tell BELGRADE, Feb. 2.—Officials of four Balkan states were still | CASI DPS SS in session today with the future} of southeastern Europe ap-|BOY SCOUT OFFICIALS parently hanging in the balance. | It was announced today that! Rumania was gopsidering ..trade agreements with Germany, and possibly with Russia, if guaran- tees of neighboring states to form mutual assistance pacts were not forthcoming. OLOF SODERBERG NOW RECOVERING E. S?Martin,’ national ‘di- rector of publications for the Boy Scouts of America, from New York; Mrs. Martin and daughter, were visitors in the city Wednesday, accom- panied by William E. Fried- man, commissioner of the New York City Tunnel Au- thority, who is also publisher of the Scout Magazine and the Handbook for Scouts. The visitors were taken for a sightseeing trip by the members of the District Com- mittee and were otherwise entertained. They express- ed themselves as having en- joyed every moment of their visit in the city and the de- lightful entertainment pro- vided by the local commit- tee. Salvage Master C. L. Peterson of the Salvage Tug Warbler, telc- phoned The Citizen and gave the information that Salvage Fore- man Olof Soderberg, who was taken to the Marine Hospital sev- eral days ago suffering with an attack of pneumonia, is getting along nicely. The doctor who has charge of the case says that “he is improv ing every day” ROTES QUIZZED: LIONS CELEBR MAGAZINE TEST PID MI LMI IIIS. NEW YORKERS HAPPY VISITED WEDNESDAY | FEATURED MEET MANY VISITORS PRESENT YESTERDAY; ‘BILL’ BATES VOTED HIGH HONOR Visitors from half a dozen northern states and various sec- tions of Florida were greeted at the weekly luncheon-meeting yesterday of Key West Rotary | Club. H Oldest visitor was Dr. Freder- ick S. Parkhurst, Sr., Kenmore, N. Y., a suburb of Buffalo, who did not look near his 85 years. Dr. Parkhurst has been a Metho- dist clergyman for 59 years in, Vestern New York and has been j made an honorary life member} of Kenmore Rotary Club for his | outstanding community service. ‘ President William V. Little de (Continued on Page Three) OVER THEIR CATCHES Fred Horn, member of the New York legisiature: Ben- jamin Selzer, prominent young New York attorney, and Miss Sunny Rogers of Long Lake, Ill, chartered Captain Spencer's boat at the Craig docks for two days and had fine catches of grouper, dolphin, mackerel and bar- racuda. Mr. Horn and Mr. Selzer have been at the La Concha Hotel for several days and are leaving for Miami, but are so taken up with the charm of Key West that they will return in about two weeks. Miss Rogers is an annual visitors in Key West and will remain with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Simms, un- til April 1. TII SIDS STIS | \cial inspection of the naval sta-! ition and other naval holdings in| ‘the Seventh District, enjoyed | jhimself immensely during his! i visit. The admiral was accompanied} “An-art center is to art what on his visit by Mrs, Allen, their 4 public school is to education” ;daughter, Miss “Thayer Allen, F. Townsend Morgan ‘told Jay- and Lieutenant Commander S. R. : Clark. They stayed until Janu- Cees Wednesday evening at the lary 18, when, the party departed regular bi-monthly meeting held \for headquarters at Charleston, in La Concha Rainbow. Dining 1S. C. Room. ; The following letter, signed by Mr. Morgan explained fully the ;Admiral Allen, with best wishes benefits of art both to the in- !and the assurance that the party dividual and to the community lis “looking forward to another Stating, “The average man does ‘visit to Key West” was receivedinot, believe that art is important iby Mayor Willard M. Albury: jto him in spite of the fact that | “We returned a few days ago’ he uses art every day of his ‘from our visit to Florida and I life”. wish to thank you for the many! In closing his, remarks, Mr. ‘kindnesses extended to us during Morgan said that in every com- our brief stay in Key West. munity there is a need for an in- “We greatly enjoyed the lunch- stitution of public character eon at the La Concha Hotel, and which will show the average jit was a great pleasure, I assure —— you, to meet you and the officials LATE NEWS BULLETINS of your attractive city. (By Associated Press) “I hope that your plans for the | water service to Key West will soon be realized”. ca ema: week " A eae | BERLIN, Feb, 2.—Germany ree | today instituted nation-wide —— | NEW CLUBHOUSE | four io five billion dollar military fund. Luxury taxes were being assessed and every available source of revenue was being sought out. A to- tal of 15,000 women were being mobilized for work in munitions factories. TOKIO, Feb. 2.—Conservative members of the Japanese govern- ment created a sensation here today when they demanded an- swers to these questions from the army jwill the war | SCENE OF GAIETY ‘LIONS ROARED APLENTY AT COMPLETION OF UNIQUE QUARTERS in China last? ‘order of things in the Orient”? Key West Lions were a proud 4. “What about Soviet Russia?” lot‘last evening! i WASHINGTON, Feb. 2— | They “strutted their L. K. Garrison, dean of the |the first meeting held University of Wisconsin Law 'new clubhouse on School, today told a Congres- jstreet, presided over by First} Sional committee that it ' Vice-President Gerald Saunders. ! bee 4 uselans, ee pond |And they didn’t seem to mind if Ping a P,.i9) Sayer of oth- i 3 ; er advanced. The everything didn't go quite} AF.off. five-man board |smoothly, realizing that it would! “formula would only serve to \take a little while yet to become intensify labor troubles at |accustomed to the new order of| *is timé. He thought that ( things. the CLO. and A-F.ofL. Under temporary arrangements, would work out their differ- ences themselves if left Lioness Armstrong and Mother = Lioness Mrs. Bernard Allen serv- alone. ed up the food to the Lions, ali | | | | | stuff” at in their Seminary ; LOS ANGELES, Feb. 2.—All TROPICAL LUNCHEON NEW YORK-BUSY BEE Sponsored By K. W. Woman's | warmed to proper heat in the al- ‘of Southern California is search- most-completely furnished kitch- ing for Carole Lombard and en. Then, just to add the right Clark Gable today as the married Of Art To KW. Jaycees leaders: 1, How long | \2. What are the terms of peace? | 3. What is meant by the “new | Che Key West Citizen WSPAPER IN THE U.S. A. Monroe:Counci, P-T:A. To Hold School: ‘KEYS AQUEDUCT |’ PROJECT PART Of instruction seem MEAD. | YORK INCLUDES NEW PROJECT IN BILL CALLING FOR MUCH CONSTRUCTION AT HIGH SCHOOL AUDI- i | | | i i | | }point will be discussed by Mrs. ,|T. P. Riggs regional vice-presi-! : . ~ (dent; from the local association UNS Heian ce se eey acre * et et hich PWA ;Standpoint by Mrs. James Dunn, Saueddets Praieen aw e % _State chairman of leisure time; tnenied fees be Epes be- ,from a program standpoint by C@US¢ | ae went ta fas ‘Mrs. Walter Beckham, state third MOney, will be provided for in WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 2 Chamber of} Many state officers of P.-T. A.|vice-president; and from the in- 2 Pil which Senator James Mead, | WEEK IN STATE dividual memb: + . New York Democrat, is going to 3 ppbes: Sandpoint EY ntrodaes he said today. | Mead said his bill would cover repair, |Mrs. Hanford. | P.-T. A. recreation will be dis- | cussed by Mrs. Dunn followed by ©°"Struction, equipment, _song, led by the local group. Pub- Tovement of hospitals, water and lications, “the tools with which S¢Wage systems, and works for we work” will be discussed by the reduction of pollutions (Mrs. Beckham, and membership S'eams. facts will be presented by Mrs.| Last September PWA | Hanford. : A question box will 7” from, 4:40 to 4:55 o'clock followed finance an aqueduct project. ‘by announcements. | This project, Mead said, would The evening sessions will open be eligbile for Federal aid under 8:00 o’clock with a demonstra-'his program, but would have no turned at jorganization, will be introduced tion of music.+ A representative priority rights because of the! giyviduals who have e \of the State Board of Health will | previous PWA application. | then be introduced by Mrs. Hugh ; | Williams. jto long-term loans, “as long as | Work of Region 5 of the State fifty years at two percent inter- jwill be presented by Mrs. Riggs, est”, he said. (Continued on Page Three) | Although under the old PWA \financing plan grants as well as jloans were sought, Mead pointed lout that WPA labor could be jplanned and this phase of the nl 0 alice jconstruction cost would take the |place of the grant. } Mead’s bill will be restricted TEMPERATURE: Lowest iast Highest last night 24 hours 31 52 - 23 37 22 39 see | 30 49 57 _ 73 41 60 23 39 . 59 66 50 58 56 72 8 26 - 28 38 40 57 53 63 44 67 PAY DIRT Stations Z Atlanta ;man a synthesis of all of the|Boston ___ (phases and uses of-art. The Key Oticago | West Art Center has been created , Denver for this purpose. Through ex- ! Galveston hibitions demonstrating art ine ae action, through workshops where | Kansas City | People may pursue art avocation-!KEY WEST ally and _ professionally, and Los Angeles through educational and recrea- | Miami tional events the Center will ii rari bring art as a useful thing to Pensacola more and more people. }San Francisco President Isadore Weintraub Tampa ‘spoke on Junior Chamber of Commerce Work, local, state and | national. He brought out the fact that last week the Junior | pein asc elgg Chamber of Commerce move-|, HOLBROOK, Ariz, Feb. 2— ment had attained its twenty- Navaio Indians are getting in- |first birthday and cited the ‘Come from an unexpected source. growth in this period of time, A deposit of clay on their reser- illustrating what the movement V@tion, valuable in petroleum re- had contributed to the upbuild- fining. is being mined under a ing of this country. | Toyalty agreement. | Projects for February were announted as follows: | 1. Americanism Program, Feb- ruary 12 to 22. Organization will endeavor to hold exercises in all schools. 2. Fishing tournament, ,ruary 10 to April 25. 3. Bundle-Week . for ) poor city, February 7 to 14. 4. Selection of outstanding young citizens of city. Commit- tee: William T. Doughtry, Jr. and Adrian O’Sweeney. LIGHT TENDER LAYING BUOY Feb- of” SEEK RESTORATION -OF CITY PROPERTY. | { | ATTORNEY LOPEZ TO GO TO, TALLAHASSEE FOR CON- FERENCE WITH LLB. | 1 | Coast Guard fee 4 | Internal Improvement Board of ar i Essie Mie wecuee ‘Florida, the agency that will han- |whb were returning to their du-| dle all property of the county not ‘ties after brief vacations, and the :cleared of taxes by the Murphy | [necessary supplies for the light. |! Act, came up for considerable dis- |. Passengers on the ship were cussion last evening at council |former Commissioner of Light-' meeting when it was brought jhouses H. D. King and Mrs. King,/out by Councilman Brinton that jwho returned to Key West yester- ‘that agency was going to be con-; , day afternoon from a’ brief vaca- 'tacted in an effort to have cer- jtion in Cuba ‘and decided to make |tain city. properties restored. i |the trip to Tortugas before leav- | Included in the litigation now ling for New Orleans. |being pressed is the municipal The ship arrived ‘at 7 o'clock golf course and the Art Center: |this morning and immediately 'Park. Other properties will be jafter left to place a large lighted studied with the same view in jwhistling buoy in a designated mind, and the council authorized ;spot. The buoy will be known City Attorney Aquilino Lopez to jas Buoy 2-A. {accompany Representative Papy | —______—_— |to Tallahassee about the 15th of | SOSSeCccesccccccocecssCe ‘this month, for conferences with | DANCE jmembers of the Board. | Under the same category will: in) back an application for a $1,700,- | be held 000 loan and a $1,390,909 grant to | COUNCILNEN.HAD ACTWE SE Key West, Florida, has the most equable climate in the country; with an average range of only 14° Fahrenheit PRICE FIVE CENTS City. Council To Act 0n30°> Settlement -— OfDelnquent Taxes | HELP FINLAND RESOLUTION WILL BE | PRESENTED AT NEXT MEETING; DR. J. B. | City Council moved to bring LOCAL CHAIRMAN AN- . NOUNCED; FLORIDA COM- | MUNITIES TO COORDINATE DRIVE FOR FUNDS up consideration of settlement of delinquent taxes owed the city prior to 1936 on a 30 per cent basis at their meeting last night | i i in- | The activity of Florida com- W8e® Councilman Sweeting | |munities, organizations and in- structed Attorney = Aquilino nlsted in the Lopez, Jr., to draw up a resolu- ;nationwde movement to relieve the intense suffering among Fin- tion to that effect at the next inish refugees is to be centered upon the week of February 4, designated by Hon. Herbert Hoo-; Before the request was de- ver, as “Help Finland Week”, ac- cided, Tax Collector Sam Pinder cording to Harold Colec, Florida addressed the council voicing ap- chairman of the Finnish Relief, proval of such a move, with the Inc. opinion that such a move would ; “Throughout the state local tend to bring in thousands of dol- {committees are interesting them- jars of taxes not paid, and, furth- jselves in making the week of Feb- cr. that it would serve to keep jruary 4 the high-point in their cyrrent taxes on the same proper- \effort to assist this worthy cause”, ties in paid-up state. Council- |states Chairman Colee. “All spe- ‘man Ramsey, however, called for ;cial events being considered in serious thought on the question ‘connection with the program are pefore a vote was taken at the | being scheduled during ‘Help Fin- meeting. land Week’ where it is possible. | Heard Dr. Parramore | “Through the national head-|. Dr. J.B. Parramore, head of |quarters in New York various or- ;the Monroe County Health Unit :ganizational and religious groups called on the council to meet have been contacted and their sponsorship guarantees to the jsupport of the Finnish Relief State Board of Health of at least {Fund solicitated. All of this ‘work half of the required 1940-1941 lis to be coordinated through the fund of $1,000, to insure continua- |Florida headquarters. \tion of the several health and | “Letters received daily from all sanitation projects being car- parts of the state”, concluded ‘ried on by his department. Chairman Colee, “indicate the’ The council assured Dr. Parra- _existence of a warm sympathetic more that they would take the feeling for the people of Finland matter up for serious considera- jin their great battle to retain their ‘tion and that a satisfactory an- idemocratic freedom. This inter- swer to the problem would be {est in the objective of the Finnish | worked out. He was permitted to ‘Relief Fund makes me confident’ tell county authorities that they jthat Florida will do its part in‘could proceed under the under- providing the assistance so badly standing that the city stood pre- needed”. pared to stand their half of the Contributions may. be made expense. through L. P. Artmah, chairman! The matter of street lights for Monroe County. or sent di-,came up for consideration again rectly to State Headquarters, 402 at the meeting. A motion to re- Consolidated Building, Jackson- store five lights in various sec- ville. (Continued on Page Three) AUDITOR’S REPORTS | FOR MONTH HEARD City Auditor Charles Rob- erts reported for the month | of January at the meeting in council chambers last night. | Total taxes collected were $6,540.95, vlus $1,520.63 for occupational licenses and $100.00 for auto tags. The Aquarium fund show- ed total collections in Janu- ary of $618.55. Total credit was $543.06 after expense deduction of $75.49. Fines and Forfeitures Fund was augmented to the meeting on February 15. { FOR EMPLOYES DEFER PAYROLL FOR CON- SIDERATION AT FEB. 15 MEETING ! | City employes will commence jwork under a different hour jschedule starting tomorrow by action of the City Council last | night. { The hours were changed to | 9:00 a. m. to 12 noon and from | 1:30 to 5:00 p. m. This enabled employes more lunch hour time gand at the same time gave the }public ample time to contract of- ificials on business. A motion to grant either a half- jmonth or third-month payroll to icity employes and payments in full to election clerks on Feb- Tuary 15th was defeated. The question will be brought up at the next council meeting for ac- tion. Permission was granted J. F. Fleck to construct a shooting | gallery in connection with the bowling alleys at Duval and Inspector Harry Beker amounted to $23.00 for the month. SII I IDS: EE SOT ELIE ET POULTRY SPECIALS | STEWERS, tb 23 FRYERS, ib — 33} Roasters — Fresh Eggs Cleaned and Ready for the Pot At No Extra Charge. Try our DINNERS if you want to be pleased. We're starting again making Club. ..WOMAN'S CLUBHOUSE touch, beautiful flowers, purple ‘couple failed to turn up at En-| Tomorrow Night, 10 till 2 come the city’s botanical gardens; _PREE DELIVER Y— THURSDAY, FEB. 8, 1940 bougainvillaea and golden mari- cenada, Mexico, on a trip from al SAUL*S CLUB! Angela streets following ap- gokia:weaseds the on Stock Island. Clearing up the proval of the project by.the pub- 1:00 P.M. — PRICE $1.00 | HOT BOLLOS and BEEF and RESERVATIONS:— Phone 631-J or 543-W CRAWFISH MOLLETES !—— 905 Simonton Street —— tne tnttnnns, = piano and mountain ranch. Fears that re- tables—the Lions’ colors.. These 'cent heavy rains may have caus- |were graciously supplied by Miss ed in automobile accident were (Continued on Page Three) |expressed. |title on this property will come i Brady’s Poultry Market lic safety committee. ifirst, however. In the meantime, the council extended the caretak- (Continued on Page Three) | oe wi Refund on taxes paid by P. L: Cosgrove, owing to veteran's ex- (Continued or Page Three)