The Key West Citizen Newspaper, February 15, 1940, Page 1

Associated Press Day Wire Service For 69 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West Che Key West Citizen THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN THE VOLUME LXI. No. 40. Key West, Florida, has the most equable climate in the country; with an average | U. S. A. KEY WEST, FLORIDA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1940 PRICE FIVE CENT: Finns Still Hold 0 Bloodiest Ten Niles . oo [WEATHER CANCELS \EAGLE FAMILY | STOLE A MARCH ON NEWLYWEDS 922 ARRANGEMENTS WILL co FASHION SHOWING AHEAD THOUGH TO AC- Annoucement is made by the COMMODATE COUPLES AT Key West Woman’s Club that HONEYMOON PARADISE the annual Fashion Show, origin- ee {ally scheduled for tonight ‘at ee ll Indefinitely | REDS cummins LIST- NORTHERN GALES | ED AT 45,000; FINN CITIES ARE BOMBED) SWEEPING OUT T0 saci al | ATLANTIC TODAY, { | | HELSINKI, Feb. 15.—Finn dis-} | |LEAVE PARALYZED UTILI: | | | | TIES AND ROADS IN WAKE: now; i NEW ENGLAND | STATES raging there in pictures that call| | ARE HARDEST HIT ba Us the patches from the Karelian front are describing the battles for this statement: is bloodiest ten miles on earth”. (Special to The Citizen) Thus, the thirteenth day of} NEW YORK, Feb. 15.—Ter- 5 CLEARWATER, Fla., Feb. 15,Casa Marina, has been postponed PPI LI LI I I Bs | (FNS).—Despite elaborate plans | indefinitely. for a fan fare and reams of na- Cool weather is bl: .d for the DESCRIBES CITY AS jtionwide publicity to attend se- postponement, according to elub FISHING PARADISE jlection of the first newlywed cou-|* 0 lple to sojourn on C. M. Wash. fficials in charge of the show. {burrs “Honeymoon Isle”, a bit of! Many of the gowns and beach- - Key West was character- wear items scheduled for the ized as a “piscatorial para- dise” today by John Hayes, {tropical paradise cradled in the noted angler from Washing- iGulf of M ‘o just off |water, Washburn and his Pub- on models, would have necessi- ton, D. C., who has been a regular visitor to the Keys {ticity corps have been completely j A |“scooped”. Unquestionable evi- tated Partial exposure to the cool idence was presented this week Winds which will not have abat- forsavers years, ; é \that, without fan-fare or for- {ed sufficiently by tonight. ir. Hayes, an attorney, jmality of asking permission, the! Officals did not state when the stopping at La Concha, where first couple has already not only show would be staged. It is ex- he was joined Sunday by {enjoyed the pleasures of Honey- Ae Sthies Harry Sherby, Washington pected, however, that it will be business man, and Martin Codel, publisher of the radio |make a permanent home. In Clear-' show to be worn by Junior Wom- | ) ‘CAPTAIN JACOBS TO TAKE CHARGE OF YARDS MONDAY DUE TO ARRIVE oni COMDR. HOEY WILL BE| PORT DIRECTOR OF SEV-| ENTH NAVAL DISTRICT | i | senses | Captain W. S. Jacobs, U.S.N.,! 'who has been assigned as com-! ‘mandant at the naval station in |TRANSFER OF FUNDS MADE BY _ RESOLU- TIONS TO PROVIDE PAY DAY j ' | | | i Commander | Resolutions were drawn at the |Meeting of the county commis- moon Isle, but decided to stay and | . ; announced for some time during magazine “Broadcasting”. FROM TALLAHASSEE; JUST | the Soviet’s determined effort to break through the so-far impreg- nable Mannerheim Line, comes to a close, and, according to the Finns, the Line is still theirs. Casualties on the Russian side are said to be over 45,000 killed and wounded. Finns are using, and the turn back in some instances, guns ammunition captured from enemy in helping to the advancing hordes of Reds be- ing sent against them continu- ously. Air raids were renewed with | North Carolina to Ontario, rifie storms, which yesterday and | this morning, were sweeping the | entire eastern seaboard from} were | today reported heading out to! sea as a number of states andj municipalities in its wake laid plans to dig out from under the! heavy snows which fell. The blizzards, attended heavy gales, resulted in three to twenty inches of snow! fall in some places. Telephone lines reported down in widely separated localities and | i by | from | were They have chartered Capt. Paul Demeritt’s boat for the week, and report consistently good catches of kingfish, bar- racuda, mackerel and grouper. An intimate of many of the Florida fishermen who fish for marlin off Ocean City, Maryland, during the summer, Mr. Hayes has scored record catches both here and in noftthern ports, and is particularly known in the salt water angling world as a raconteur of fishing ex- Periences. | e e ° jtendant ceremonies, assume for- | * since the reopening on Novem | |fact, it has been going on long the week commencing February \Cajlahan, who had been officer | Saunders of Clearwater, who’ sion, while his enraged parents mpon Isle will proceed on sched- range of only 14° Fahrenheit ’ iKey West, is due to arrive here mal command, relieving Com- | jmander G. B. Hoey. FINAL DAY "TQ PROCURE jber 1, has been appointed as Port | ‘Director of the Seventh Naval | i enough that the honeymooning couple has now become a family! ‘stumbled across the island abode! jto find the island’s “Virginia circled and screamed overheard. Although the [Eagle family ule. News reel crews were busy shooting island scenes over last tomorrow atfernoon and on Mon-! iday morning, 10 o'clock, with at- | Commander Hoey, who been in command of the station | | District, | a Lieutenant Fort ‘NO EXTENSION HAS COME | Photographic evidence of this was offered by Cameraman Patl |Dare” baby, a fuzzy little eaglet,' quite unconcerned by the intru- {pulled a “fast one” on-Washburn land his boys, plans for Honey- week-end, following completion jof a thatched-roof hut of modern, jin charge of the station for more | ) than one year, will remain’ in ~ | EXETER’S CREW NAVAL WAN HELD. «. ON ROBBERY COUNT | EVIDENCE HEARD BY NAVAL OFFICER RESULTS IN ARREST MADE PRAISE GIVEN FOR PER FORMANCE IN GRAF SPEE BATTLE 1940, (By Associated Press) | | Sales of LONDON, Feb. 15.—Naval of-| ficials today greeted officers and} {does not seem likely, tonight will end the period for 'securing automobile licenses for After that all owners will ,$1-280 to the Fine and Forfeiture jbe considered delinquent. zn extension of time is igranted from Tallahassee, which | from the Indebtedness Fund to midnight the tags as shown by | the records in the office of Tax ) Collector Frank H. Ladd indicate | sioners last night for the trans- HALF OF EXPECTED TOTAL | HAS BEEN SOLD j for of $2,000 from the Excess Fee |Fund to the General Revenue |Fund and the transfer of $2,000 jthe Generel Revenue Fund and a transfer from the same fund of Fund, the money to be used in making another pay roll. of the resolutions will be for- Copies shipping ell along the coast re-j} ceived heavy damages. Highways on main and sub routes were blocked with hun- ‘dreds of cars stalled. Mrs. Frank- | jlin D. Roosevelt and Mrs. Henry | |Morgenthau were occupants of a) ‘car stalled gp a trip from Syra-! jcuse to Ithica, N, Y. They com-! |pleted their trip, however, after} PAPER ASSISTS CUPID'S EFFORTS <=", 8 ' COLUMNS TURNED OVER TO tributed to the storm, so far. COUPLES SEEKING MARI- Many more casualties were ex- |pected to be announced. TAL TIES Worst damage was suffered in the New England States as a |property damage running well MADISON, Feb. 15.—(FNS) T.!over $1,000,000 was listed on C. Merchant editor of the Madi- first examination. Rhode Island shipping was hardest hit. increased intensity today and several cities behind the lines | were bombed. son Enterprise-Recorder, has be- come imbued with the spirit of leap year, converted his copy shears into a Cupid's bow, and, SLID TST DEMS |permanent structure, constructed crew of the British Destroyer {by the Clearwater Lions Club jfor the honeymooners. House Exeter which came home follow- jfurnishings will be provided in |New York, and a number of in-; |terested organizations and. com jerica after its fight with the Nazi IN TAMPA MONDA *;munities have inquired about, iparticipating in the program..in ,Pocketbattleship Graf Spee, aft- EXPECT THOUSANDS OF ‘RED. | Vatious ways. Within the next rwards scuttled off Montevideo, 60 days, it is planned to throw the FEZZED’ DELEGATES jisland open to honeymooners, | Uruguay by its crew. TO REGISTER ing repairs made in South Am- | with as many as 50 couples at a |time spending periods of two weeks. This will continue until * |September, according to Wash- TAMPA, Feb. 15. — (FNS) burn. Thousands of red-fezzed Nobles | ce MEET TONIGH February 19, when Egypt Tem-| described the feat of the Ex- cter’s crew as “one that would go down as a leading ‘Saga of the ;Sea’”.:-Thousands of Britons | Weré'on hand to witness the ar- fone SEA WAR GOES ON Headed by illustrious Imperial | | LONDON, Feb. 15.—England Potentate Walter D. Cline and a| There will be a meeting of the today denied the Nazi report long list of distinguished visi- |Florida Keys Electrification As-|that over 58,000 tons of British tors, more than 5,000 Shriners ‘sociation board of directors held shipping has been sunk in the ple stages its annual Shrine Day celebration. First Lord of the Admiralty '® J. T. Reid was arrested yester- that just a few more than 1,000 day morning by officers from the ;have been sold to date, when P t at tt F oil sheriff's office on a capias charg- ;‘M&re are just about 2,000 to be; Present at the meeting were ‘nt hea aban iiedt di | Sold in the county. Chairman Carl Bervaldi, ne ra mock ee with’ ‘The total of sales in Monroe |missioners Braxton B. Warren, intent to commit a misdemeanor, |ccunty show 654 of the $10 tags, ” i) namely petit larceny. | 163 of the $15 and 16 of the $20 prices See ae The offense for which Reid !tags, and 10 of those costing $5. COns# vale, 1. denkins Curry, was arrested” was» committed [There have been’ Goughit"155" tags} Cletk Rass.C. Sawyer, Attorney paeee ea AD as ‘for trucks, 19 tags for “for hire”|W. Curry Harris ‘and Chief \ fe ago while he was on |cars, two for demonstration ve-|Deputy Bernard Waite. {shore police duty for the navy ‘hicles, six for trailers, five for} and he is charged with breaking | motorcycles and 20 for official into Pena’s Bar. He left in- ‘cars, criminating evidence behind on| which he was érrested. | Since the offense was commit. | ted, the sheriff's office has been | working on the case in conjunc- | ‘tion with County Solicitor Allan | |B. Cleare, Jr., and presented th warded to the State Comptroller. | Com- | | Dr. J. B. Parramore, of. the Community Clinic and Health | Unit, gave an interesting talk on ithe activities and work accom- plished and the different: phases MEETS TONIGHT %: the establishment's accom Plishments, and held the inter- jests of the commissioners evidence to the captain of th | throughout. Destroyer Bancroft yesterday; City Council will meet tonight | ss ‘morning and Reid was turned jin . Council chambers for the The daetor cofcluded. his: talk ‘over to county officers. |second regular monthly meeting by a statement as to the needs of during February. jthe clinic and asked that the { the opened the columns of his paper to lone and lovely ladies seeking domestic bliss and marital mates. “Inasmuch as this is leap year,” he says, “if any ladies in the county would like to insert some to prospective suitors, the Enterprise-Recorder will be giad to insert said mes- sage in the interest of romance without any charge. The same goes for any young men in the tame classification.” With his impetus the marriage business. in Madison county should increase by “leaps and bonds” during the ensuing months. notice BUSY STORK SPRINGFIELD, Neb. — Twice within an hour, Mr. and Mrs. Ross Whitney became the grandpar- ents of granddaughters. The ba- CITY FOR HOUR ARRESTS MADE AND KNOW LEDGE OF GOVERN- MENT GAINED Concluding event of Boy Scout Week, which opened February 8 and included daily features for the seven-day period, was held yesterday afternoon when Scout- Mayor Eugene Sawyer took over his duties as head of the city government at 4:00 o'clock and “ruled supreme” for one hour. Several arrests were reported by the Scout-Police Department, headed by Eugene Berkowitz, ‘and Scout-City Judge John Mar- zyck heard the cases. Scout: Councilmen, seven in number, assembled at the sound of the gavel in the hands of Scout- and their ladies are expected to{at 8 o’clck tonight at Marathon attend the full round of events ,for the purpose of discussing fur which start with street stunts and |ther plans for the Keys electrifi- callithumpian revels at 11 a. m., cation project and other import- to be followed with an elaborate |ant matters which are to be party for the ladies at the Tampa |brought before the board. — Yacht and Country Club. | Leaving Key West to be in at-~ An afternoon ceremonial, in jtendance at the meeting will be which a long list if candidates’ Attorney W. Curry Harris, Ross will be taken over, the Arabian C. Sawyer, Jr.. and Alton Park. sands, will occupy the afternoon! _ for the Shriners, and a supper | will be served to all visitors in; Plant Park followed by an elab- orate pageant and revue in the | City Auditorium at night follow- | ed by dancing. | QUEENS WILL BE FETED AT FESTIVAL THREE PRESENT FEMALE | A modern pied piper is rat- ihatting James Lorenz Nicholos, |72, and grey-haired, who is visit- ing in Key West at present and, told The Citizen this morning jthat he would share with any- body his secret of how to wipe Modern Pied Piper Comes To Key Wes past twenty-four hours. ever, that four German sub-; WAS LOW BIDDE marines had been sunk in the} TOTAL OF $283,684 INCLUDED (city Clerk last two days by British de-} stroyers and planes of the R. A. ADDED CONSTRUC- TION ITEMS ‘ideration, F. France reported that her navy had destroyed a German freighter ' off the French coast. { | | aouenec rs: | | Lowest bidder for the work to} Stations |be done on the. Trumbo Island | atianta | Airport was turned in yesterday | Boston by the Ivy H. Smith Company of | Buffalo | Jacksonville, aiong with six oth- | Charleston er bids irom firms in various | Chicago ° ‘ ‘cities. Detroit attention of medical journals, The amount, as listed yester-|~] Paso outstanding news magazines and/day, was $260,000. Additional | Havana newspapers and the ' States Department of Agricul-{|extra construction of ture. About ready for publication is President of the ¢ouncil, Wil- | Commissioners iam A. Freeman will sound the |sum of $500 to insure avel at 7:30 o'clock. Quite a few matters of jortance will come up for con-! propriate a like amount. im- according to infor- ation furnished The Citizen by Archie Roberts. TEMPERATURES | Lowest iast Highest last | night 30 24 hours 42 United ! items added to the bid called for | Jacksonville 1 $23,684 | Kansas City )value. This made the total, $283,-| KEY WEST 684, whch amount compared with |x .w, (Airport) 53 55 51 appropriate the con- He stated will ap- On roll call it was voted to appropriate .e amount asked. Depository accounts for month of Januaty were read by Com- missioner Thompson, checkéd by {Commissioner Monsalvatge, and signed by Chairman Bervaldi. Certain monies whieh |due the different officials of the county, according tothe audit of the several accounts made by the | State auditors, were checked over | by the commissioners and the clerk, and it was ordered that monies due the officials-be paid at the next regular meéting in | March, and certain deduetions: be made fram the accounts as shown by the audit. tinuation of the unit. that the city council bies were born to the Whitneys daughter, Mrs. Raymond Hill, and President Edward Strunk. All in all, the scouts had a his book which will be called} MONARCHS TO BE | “Vandals of the Night”. { out whole colonies of rodents in ja single night. all other bids made, was sent on|Tos Angeles to Washington for final decision. | yjiami 48 their daughter-in-law, Mrs. Herb GUESTS Whitney, at the same hospital, in the same room, attended by the same nurse and doctor, while their husbands paced in the same waiting room. “good hour’s fun”, while learning the rudiments of city govern- ment. CPD IMI IS ISS ‘NOTED VISITORS LEFT TODAY Miss Jo Coffin, assistant to the Public Printer, Washing- ton, D. C., Miss Phyllis Blun- dell, sculpiress of New York City. and Dr. D. P. Bush of Fort Myers, formerly Chief PALATKA, Feb. 15 (FNS).— The Azalea Festival Beauty Pag- |eant, which will be held in Ra- vine Gardens here, Sunday aft- YOUR eee COSTUME THAT MAY Win A Prize! AT THE YACHT CLUB BALL May Be Reserved From One of the Many Dis- played By... COL. H. A. DIXON Next Door To Old Island Trading Post H TOMORROW and SATURDAY | Make Your Appointment For | Choice and Measurements. . EARLY! a bevy of beautiful reigning jqueens in various cities of the | state. ‘ | Miss Leila Norris of St. Augus- |tine, recently crowned queen of jthe Orange Bowl in the beauty contest held in connection” with |ba!l classic on New Year's Day; |Miss Geraldine Meyer of St. Pe- |tersburg, Azalea Queen for 1938; Miss Billie Behle of Daytona |Beach, winner of the local event last year, will be honored guests at this year’s affair. Committees are hard at work completing arrangements for stag- ing the Third Annual Azalea Fes- tival at Ravine Gardens and the Spring Conference of the Flor- ida Junior Chamber of Commerce here March 9-10. checked out of the city this morning for their return trip to Washington. The visitors were delighted being deeply impressed with the surroundings. They hope to return for another visit in the near future. SSID DIS IT DT | | m4! jernoon, March 10, will be host to | {the Georgia Tech-Missouri foot- | | The slight, mustached public rat enemy No. 1 has warred on jrats in cities throughout the, nation for the past 25 years. He/ lestimates he has killed more | |than 20,000,000 of the pests dur- | ling that time. \ His methods years ago gained | HARVARD STUDENT Richard Mahoney, Jr., returned ito Harvard University . Monday ; jafter spending a week with his: father, a guest of the La Concha; Hotel. | | While here he spent a good part: jof his time deepsea fishing and had some very fine catches, in-! cluding a big amberjack that: broke the rod but was landed in) ‘spite of this. ! } ing, it was judged his future! holidays would be spent in Key( West. ’ i From his comments when leav i Mr. Nicholos will leave Key) West shortly to join his wife who | is staying in Miami. He told The | Citizen that he planned to settle ; permanently “somewhere in Flor-! ida”. Phi Ae ee a in the rear of 513 Margaret FINNISH ' street, Funeral services will be., RELIEF held tomorrow afternoon 4 o'clock BALL. .. AND FLOOR SHOW SERVICES FRIDAY FOR MRS. LOWE Mrs. Ida B. Lowe, 64, died 6:45 | | | | igregational church., Rev. William | ;Halladay, and Mrs. Florerice De- jlano, of the Assembly of God, jwill officiate. ¢ | Lopez Funeral Home will be jin charge of arrangements. | Mrs. Lowe is survived by her jhusband, Joseph H. Lowe; six ‘daughters, Mrs. George Albury, Mrs. Paul Roberts and Mrs. Ralph _||Russell of Miami, Mrs. Ammond ) Williams, Mrs. Arnold Henson and | |Mrs. Malcolm Roberts of Key} February 21—9:30 P. M. Highlighting the lead- ing professional talent of Key West. TICKETS ... LADIES FREE ‘All Proceeds To The Monroe County ;West. There.are 19 grandchil- dren and five sreat-grandehil-| \Mpls.-St. Paul clock this morning at the home ;; ‘from, the residence to the Con-! | | 21 21 TOTALLED $3,700 RUARY New York St. Louis . 30 San Francisco 49 Seattle ~ 41 Tampa - 43 Washington 25 | Building and Tepair permits, iwhich were issued: from the of- fice of Harry for the second week fiz thd mith, were {four in number ‘and totalled. $3,- | 700. Repairs to the interior of frame two-story residence at 730 |Eaton street and addition of a ‘bath room. Owner, Howard Sawyer heirs; cost, $900. Garage apartment on Ashby street, added to frame two-story tesidence. Owner, W. W. Demer- Fred Marvil’s CABANA GALA RHUMBA NITE TONIGHT