The Key West Citizen Newspaper, February 17, 1940, Page 1

Associated Press Day Wire Service For 69 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West VOLUME LXI. No. THE SOUTHERNMOST NE Che Key West Citizen WSPAPER IN THE U.S. A. KEY WEST, FLORIDA, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1940 Finns Retreat To Second Line Fortifications GERMANY AGAIN WARNS OT ATE HANDCRAFT NEUTRAL NATIONS NOT TO MIX IN FIN-| MARKET TO OPEN pe | AT HOLLY HILL WILL DISPLAY CREATIONS FROM ALL OVER STATE;} SAMPLES FROM KEY weEsT| ARE SHIPPED { LONDON, Feb. 17.Finns were Axaocinted Press) ! { reported to be falling back in or- | derly fashion to secondary posi- tions of the Mannerheim Line to- day. inflicting additional heavy losses on driving Red troops. Holly Hill State Handcraft As these reports came in, there ,Market opens at Holly Hill, Fla., |Monday, and, indirectly, this is} appeared to be serious doubt that - ‘ good news to Key West, for the| sufficient aid could | neighboring Scandinavian giant market will have a perm- tries in the near future to help |@nent exhibit and saies booth for stem the Red advances for the|Key West handcraft products. peeeedt Tn: gov-| The market is under se psent. > as Pe 7 ate Mark: marad aiemehy pentinucd song |e eel {Board and was constructed by from Germany agency, under supervision again warned all neutrals to keep of director William L. Wilson. out of the fight. Previously, women of Holly How far Hitler would go in en- Hill had conducted a successful NARESH ers vas not Private enterprise on the present Sane ee ew ality WP weg site of the market, and officials nehihhed ios ‘a ofthe-Ststg Board thought so} heard that ‘he threatened el] of it that they made plans military advances across Den- ast Fall to install the state-wide mark if any of the Scandinavian | ceryice, which has now come to countries threw over traces and | fruition, sent expeditions to help the’ Gordon E. Dill, associated with Finns the Board, and its general mana- Finnish planes, displaying ex- 570 at the Florida City Market treme bravery, did all possible to BCT At Une Tonia City 3 day with several daring raids Roa Nia aa a over the Soviet railroad supply handcraft, which will be shipped | to the market at Holly Hill in headquarters, several of which E were destroyed by bombs. Ob- time for the opening Monday. sékyers stated, however, that the | Mr. Dill expressed himself as be- Russi#ns still had their main ing very well pleased with the lines of supply open. samples obtained here and stated AT CENTER PARK plays to be made at the new mar- come from, coun- doubts were pressure who | that known here, how ket. JURY DRAWN FOR | COURT'S SESSION under direction of \A. Barroso. Special session of Criminal The program is announced as | Court convened this morning for foliows: é \the purpose of drawing a jury March, “Valiant Youth”, K. L, from the box to serve at the ses- King. sion which opens Monday morn- Overture, ing for the purpose of consider- King. ing several cases Waltz, been docketed. Selection, Present at the session were Verdi. Judge William V. Albury, Count} March, “On the Solicitor Allan B. Cleare, Jr., man. Chief Deputy Sheriff Bernard Selection, “The Best Loved Waite, ard Bailiff Ray Elwood, Irish Melodies”, arranged by Al. The following names were Hayes. drawn: March, Ben-| Morris Cochran, nett. \John Russell Kerr, John A. “Star Spangled Banner”, Key. Carey, Sam Collins, Jr. Blas Betancourt, P. D. Huddleston, Clayton Johnson, Harold H. Pin- der, Cyril Curry, Eugene Albury (Jason), Leonard R. Sawyer, Tony Arthur, Joe Medina, Pedro Baso, Jr. Ora Cash, Kelcey V. E. Curry, Cleveland Dillon, George E. Knowles, Manuel Cervantes, Merlin Albury, Felo Henriquez, George Adams, and Cleveland Henriquez. Following the drawing of the jury, the judge announced a re- cess until 9:30 Monday morning. NEW YORK BUSY BEE- Celebrating two full years of active business TODAY! The WPA Band will render another of their popular concerts tomorrow afternoon at 3 ‘Invincible’, ‘K. L. “Straussiana”, “La Mall”, Gold- “College Boy”, Juan Cobo, FILES DIVORCE BILL Bill for divorce was filed yes- terday in the office of Clerk Ross C. Sawyer, of Circuit Court by Josephine Lamanna Crohan versus Michael H. Crohan. FINNISH RELIEF: BALL. .... AND FLOOR SHOW pares Habana-Madrid Club WEDNESDAY BOLLOS FREE with every 25c purchase of sandwiches or other |; TECHNICIAN MOREHOUSE TO which have; We are giving 5¢ worth of HOT, X-RAYS WILL BE | GIVEN NEXT WEEK FOR TUBERCULOSIS SUPERINTEND EXAMINA- TIONS AT CLINIC STARTING MONDAY | | Technician J. Morehouse, un- ! der direction of Dr. A. J. Loggie, state director of tuberculosis at Jacksonville, will be in Key West | Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday | to take X-ray photographs of all |try, Jr., desiring to receive same for as- | Aqueduct certainment of tuberculosis ten- dencies. The examinations, which will RSS: be free, will be held at the local; Week on the commission’s ap- clinic headquarters at the old Plication for a loan from that naval hospital on United street,:agency to construct the aqueduct and Dr. J. B. Parramore and his line from Florida City to this staff will assist. jeity. The X-rays can be taken at the’ B. M. Duncan, Chairman William T. of the Florida Keys commission today stated that final checks by the ‘RFC were to be made early next Dough- together. with lrate of 75 to 100 per hour, Dr.;Mr. Doughtry, and representative other | Parramore stated today, so that B. C. Papy, and possibly almost any number of applicants members of the commission, will may be cared for. ;journey to Miami next Monday Monday, white applicants will ;to meet counsellor F. H. Warren, be examined from 9:00 to 12:00 ;engineering examiner of the o'clock in the morning. Colored! RFC, who will arrive in Miami applicants will be examined from'/Monday noon, probably with 9:00 to 12 o’clock in the morn-|WPA officials. ing and from 1:30 to 3:30 o’clock ; in the efternoon on Tuesday. ; Wednesday is held open for any- one who could not attend the ex- | aminations on the previous two days. TWO MOVIE STARS B. Aherne-Joan Fontaine mandant at the Naval Station, - ° jrelieving Commander G. B. Hoey, eov5e All of you..movie fans will }arrived last night, and this morn- be thrilled to know that two of !ing was in conference with the Hollywood's biggest names ar- other officers at the station. rived today at the Casa Marina. Monday morning at 10 o'clock, They are Brian Aherne and his!with attendant ceremonies, the very attractive wife, Joan Fon-jnew commandant will take for- taine. They motored in from Mi-: mal command of the station, and ami this morning and are plan-|Commander Hoey will assume ning on spending at least two} the office of Port Director of the days in the Island City. They )Seventh Naval ‘District. are on a short vacation from their} Lieutenant Commander _ Fort work in Hollywood and are plan-{ Callahan, will remain in the: posi- ning on taking in Cuba in’ the :tion as Captain of the Yard, and near future. Aherne recently | District Communication ‘Officer. finished his two latest pictures, | “Vigil in the Night” and “My! : Son, My Son”, while Miss Fon-} © . . ‘taine has just concluded what JANE FROMAN’S she considers her finest picture to date, “Rebecca”. Upon ar- ae % viving here this morning they went immediately to the beachi But She Casts for a swim. Aherne expressed | himself as being completely tak- en by Key West. _ Having never been here‘ before they were both keenly interested in knowing all} about the southernmost city.| Their plars now call for them to| return to Miami tomorrow and} from there sail to Havana. RITES TOMORROW FOR MRS. M. KEMP CAPTAIN JACOBS CAME YESTERDAY | |TO TAKE OVER CONTROL OF STATION NEXT MONDAY Captain W. S. Jacgbs, U. S. N., who has been designated as com- | | i .| eee (FAME M AKES A By JACK rather approached It was with steps that I Jane {ing stars, the other day at the ;Casa Marina ‘beach. I don’t, know (why, but girls, and especially jg00d looking ones. always make me ‘nervous, and Miss Froman, __,|whose voice is very lovely as all Mrs. Martha Kemp, 79, died | you radio listners know, is just 3:30 o'clock thi8 morning in the jas lovely as her voice. residence, 710 Ashe street. Fin-| We were getting along swell eral services will be held tomor-| with this interview until she the resi- \took off the dark glasses she was row 4:00 p. m. from dence to the First Congregation-| wearing. Her eyes, which are a al Church, Rev. William L. Hal- | blue-gray or something—anyhow, laday officiating, assisted by Rev. they kind of look right through L. A. Ford, of the Church of ‘you and they certainly got yours God, and Rev. Florence De Lanoy |truly all upset. So, if this report of the Assembly of God. _..:seems kind of mixed up at times, Pritchard’s Funeral Home will please forgive me and place all be in cherge of arrangements. _|the blame on her for if she would Pallbearers are to be selected | have left the glasses on I am sure from the Knights of the Golden leverything would have been all Eagle, of which the husband is | right. a member. ; Now I know all of you radio Surviving Mrs. Kemp are: The | and picture fans are interested in husband: Joseph Kemp; one knowing how a radio star gets daughter: Mrs. John A. Pierce,|to the top. Well. lets take the Key West; one son: John S.icase of Jane Froman. She at- Kemp, Miami; one sister: Mrs.'tended the University of Mis- Elizabeth Carey, Key West. There |souri, located at Columbia, which are also 10 grandchildren and jis also her home, and while’ there seven great grandchildren. j SLOPPY JOE'S - eatables from 6 p. m. Saturday until closing time. DANCE TONIGHT AT TEN RAUL’S CLUB Music By RAY BALDWIN COCKTAIL HOUR SUNDAY. 6 P. M. TILL ? No Admission or Cover Charge February 21—9:30 P. M. Highlighting the lead- ing professional talent of Key West. TICKETS LADIES FREE All Proceeds To The Monroe County Committee | | FAMOUS BAR Presents Tonite LITTLE JOHNNY program-star at 11 p. m. Also, FLOOR SHOW and Eddie Tryon’s Yankees HOT SHOTS DANGE BAND Festivities Will PRIZES FOR BEST COSTUMES RFC To Make Final Check On Water Lin {the necessity for the conserva- Strange Spell Over Casa Marina Reporter hesitating ; Froman, cne of radio’s outstand- } 298 SO a mae Have You Heard...? The Yacht Club Ball has been switched to La Concha Hotel Rainbow Room at 10:00 o'clock tonight. . and you will all have A WONDERFUL .TIME (COMPTROLLER LEE PAYS $300,000 OF OLD FLORIDA BILLS |HOPES TO SETTLE ALL DEBTS | TO FIRST OF YEAR BY END OF MARCH; UTILITY, IN- | | | i | | AQUEDUCT COMMISSION MEMBERS TOGETHER, SURANCE LEVIES USED WITH ENGINEERS AND OTHERS TO MEET IN MIAMI ON MONDAY {Special to The Citizen) TALLAHASSEE, Feb, \Checks completing the A meeting with Warren and of more than $300,000 of past due bills for state supplies were plac- i | 1 \the commissioner's consulting en-| gineer, Elson T. Killan, will be held Monday afternoon, _ and either late on that day or the first | thing Tuesday morning, an ex- ;amination trip of the whole route from Florida City to Key West will be started. Depending on the start, the party should ar- rive here late Tuesday. Mr. Killan: is scheduled: to-ar. $128,000, and the comptroller has ‘rive in Miami by plane tomorrow |Pech Mailing checks for fronisVenenibln days totalling $186,000. sae The general revenue fund The meet: Monda vill fea- Prous rer ny Wt 8 | wedegi abe hooeon January. 31 ture a compiete check of all in- 4 “ ‘3 " 11940, according to bills filed in formation now assembled for the lhe -comptraliers: off project which calls for a $1,000,-{0 0, mProuer’s office. 000 loan from the RFC and aj Receipts from the utility tax | WPA labor grant of $300,000, En-|!evy of 11% percent of the gross ‘gineer L, L. Lee of Miami and jrcceipts ot all utility sales and the the Board's attorney, Pete Rob-!insurance tax levy of two per ineau, will also sit in at the con-{cent of the issurance companies’ ference. Florida premium receipts are be- VISITED FAIR pledge to merchants that all of jthese funds would be used exclu- sively to-help lighten the credit ‘burden placed upon them by the TAMPA, Feb. 17.—(FNS) More than 163,500 visitors at the Flor- ida State Fair obtained a broader and more comprehensive view of {Comptroller J. M. Lee. against the’ general revenue fund lfice during the month of Sep- \tember last year are included in {the batch of accounts being paid at this time by the comptroller. 4 { fact that insufficient funds were provided to pay state bills. Receipts from these two sourc- es probably will run another mil- lion dollars, coming in mostly during the month of March, and Comptroller Lee hopes the total will be.sufficient to pay all bills received in his office through De- cember 31, 1939, tion of natural and human_ re- sources through the Florida State Planning Board exhibit, George G. Gross, executive secretary of the Board, reported this weck This estimate was based hourly checks of visitors m by attendants at the exh through the I-dey period of + fair. Every part of the exhi was well received by the pubh with the old rnaps and documents : probably ‘arou: igreatest interest. RISE T0 <1] SOCCO Ce SOR COS Heeeees: ‘Navy Deni» : Knowledge @eersreven-- Rumors | hes ic: President Rovsevelt would visit Key West could r it Istantiated today. | It was reported that the chief ‘executive would come into Key | West harbor. shortly and go on a ;Peutrality patrol cruise with some of the local destroyers. Cap- jtain A. S. Carpender, in charge if all forces afloat here, today denied any knowledge of this re- port. é acc oee veseoees - SINGING 6 aby that soon sub- | | | ! THRILLING STORY CUMMINS majored in journalism, hoping to; MANEUVER in CON- TES ASS ie D. ‘ establish herself some day as ear aes Bee rae newpaper woman. It was while Ke oe haat tuney souch at in school, appearing in musicals, ; ad est on his . yoyage.; back in the Cincinnati Conservatory head % of Music. She loved this type of | eadquarters on this surmise, had to eat to live, so got herself ie [ay a job singing on Station WLW. DEMS IN JULY: It was here that she really learn- | , | 7 less than 22 programs a week.! GOP’S IN JUNE This went on for some time un- z til Dame Fortune smiled and ‘ Dean of American Music, Paul} Whiteman, happened to tune in} REPUEL? her program one night. Becom- j VEN? wired Miss Froman to come to, the Windy City immediately for! an audition. Thrilled and excit-| Sip Beperinles Press) “ | tie National Committee chair- next morning was all set for her |" big chance. However, then fate|man James Farley today acted to took a hand, for upon leaving her igual us party against any dan- get to the studio she tured her|PArty by reason of having ad- ienkle’ It i began | V# ice notice of his party’s nom- swelling and it became 24 (Continued on Page Four) egei convention to be held 0. : This announcement was made \that the Republican party had ipicked June 24 as their date, with |the site of their convention as Get Under Way ne, & H Pena’s Garden Of Roses | 10 P. M. till 2 that she found out people liked {fom his present cruise in south- work but found out that she still |PWever. ed radio, for she worked on no} many miles away in Chicago, the |DEMOCRAT# ou ing infatuated with her voice he} ed she left that night, and the} NEW YORK, Feb. 17.—Demo- hotel with just time enough to!S¢F of action from. the opposing ay impos- |ine€e by naming July 15 as the immediately after it was known Philadelphia, Gould Curry’s Orchestra COME ONE — COME ALL! SEE NEWS STORY @ON PAGE FOUR 17.—| payment i /ed in the mails this week by State | All bills | received in the comptroller’s of- } Checks mailed this week totalled several | RUMORS OF F.D.R’S) ! Key West, Florida, has the most equable climate in the country; with an average range of onjy 14° Fattrenheit PRICE FIVE ‘CENTS C. Of C. Meeting Today. Stressed Program To Put Key West Ahead CAPT. CARPENDER HAS For Governor | PROMISED CO-OPERA- Scot eee’ | TION; .- FIVE =.BOINT PLAN IS ADOPTED Candidate ee | Principles and policies which | will govern the forward move- "ment intended to “Put Key West || Ahead” were outlined by the H Board of Directors of the Cham- ‘ber of Commerce at | today. a meeting } ) Economic conditions Key West and which have had a part in which thave contributed to present day commercial life, are being considered in drafting the i program intended fut the ;towhn ahead, leaders point out. Everett Russell, president of the chamber; Ernest Ramsey, city councilman and leader, and Wil- liam Lee, newspaper man, will compose a group of three to ex- ecutive the deta.is to FRED L. TOUCHTON Endorses Glades. Park F. TOUCHTON ON COOD-WILL TOUR “UNANNOUNCED” CANDI-, DATE FOR GOVERNOR'S NOMINATION planned Key West ys caval and rite: other will give wid: “2s indicate D-operation | tain A. S$. Curpender tr Fred L. Touchfon, “unan-; “tag Ship”~ > rda3 nounced” candidate for Governor th: oaval co-operation of Florida visited in Key West fvl'v=t possible extent Thursday and called at the of-|Siven. Captam Carpend agreet E col 'fice of The Citizen. Stating that | erie gino Wvesions € his present plans w-re to. make! Ahead” in an ex-officin capacity. formal announcement of his; That organizatio:: played candidacy for the Governorship |" important par pelle the date of expiration of “aspen Key West was-em- 2 ‘phasized as the principles and ing such, Mr. Touch- policies were being drawn. The hat he was now en-| tentative draft follows: Be in making a personal good-| “If Key West is to go ahead it will tour of the State calling on |Must have a program of pro- {motion and advancement back of z j which all in. the community are Mr. Touchton, who hails from | giving their full support and co- Avan Park, Fla., having , been | operation. prominently associated in the! “Such a program must include drug business there ‘and in vari-}some of the following provi- ous other cities of the state,|sions: | served two years in the State “1. Advertising about Key jsenate. He stated that he would | West to attract more visitors’ dol- most’ assuredly include Key West} lars here. in his speaking itinerary follow-| “2. Civic improvements, includ- ing his formal announcement. } (Continued On Page Four) Mr. Touchton told The Citizen: that he would use his influence | and power of office to bring to} fruition the development of the} Everglades National Park. He} said—“Florida has been gen-! erously endowed by natural re-} sources and wonders; if we but accessible to the people, it will! eckeskies not be necessary to present im-j moral lures to bring people here |SaeRS sa Pscopia latices ak ued COUNTY BOARD FROM They will come to view the won-! ders wrought by God throughout | our State, and it will be my pur-| FIRST DISTRICT; BORN IN pose to bring about this develop- | KEY WEST ment, without exploitation”. i} | Other aspirants to the Gover-}| ‘or’s seat, Senator Spessard L.} |. 3 G - |Holland, Burton Schoepf and| Eddie G. Gomez i Walter B. Fraser, have also en- {nounces his candidacy for the of- dorsed the Everglades National | fice of County Commissioner | Park project. | from the First District, subject to the Democratic primaries to sefore contacts in each section. EDDIE GOMEZ TEMPERATURES Lowest last Highest last night 24 hours 39 50 21 34 5 26 45 51 31 9 19 25 65 64 Stations Atlanta Boston Buffalo Charleston !Cheago iDenver Detroit {El Paso Havana |Jacksonville iKansas City _ 36 KEY WEST 70 K. W. (Airport) 68 Los Angeles . 48 Miami Mpls.-St. Paul New York Pensacola 48 St. Louis 31 San Francisco 50 Seattle ae ‘Tampa —. 60 ‘Washington __ 29 t j.e held Tuesday, May 7. ; Gomez is now serving his {fourth term as city supervisor of lregistration and he Previguely ' served as a member of the Mon- troe County Democratic i | committee for four years. | Born in Key West, MrA@bibaz ‘feels that he has the confidence. jof his friends city-wide, fi- jciently to gain the post he now 33 | seeks. ——FIRST—_ BAPTIST CHURCH INVITES YOU TO ATTEND REVIV. 67 32 23