The Key West Citizen Newspaper, February 29, 1940, Page 1

Associated Press Day Wire . Service For 69 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West VOLUME LXI. No. 52. Che Kry rat Ctlizen ===") THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN THE U. S. A. Finland Loses: More Ground; Nazis Extend Siegfried Line MAJOR DEVELOPMENTS ARE SHAPING UP TO} CHANGE CURRENT EUROPEAN SITUATION (By Associated Presu) LONDON, Feb. 29.—War ac- tion increased its tempo in the headlines of Europe today as three major developments oc-/ cured in the last twenty-four! hours that spell action of unpre- cedented intensity. Finland, it was reported, gave more ground to Russia’s troops, although the orderly retreats caused no great dent in the second-line Mannerheim Line de- fenses. Moscow, on the other} hand, reported that their attack had brought. troops within four miles of Finland's second largest city, Viborg, and that} they were confident of its cap-| ture shortly. i Germany sprang into second} ranking importance with the news that the Seigfried Line was being extended along Belgium | frontiers. Many restrictions on frontier traffic have been placed, apparently designed to _ stop! espionage action on the part of} Allied maneuvers to obtain full information on the extensions | now being made. Thirdly, Dominions Secretary | Anthony Eden of England, pro- | phesied that the Allies may ex- pect early breaking out of con- centrated war maneuvers, and he | cautioned all units of the British | empire to “tighten belts” for any | eventuality. MIAMI DETECTIVES | | to 'Selby of the Miami Beach police | 1 [REPORT SELBY TO BE SENT TO | PENITENTIARY ARMY DESERTER NOW IN MA- | RINE HOSPITAL; MIAMI! BEACH FRIENDS PREPARE MOVE FOR PARDON Lieut. Col. James D. MacMul- len, commandant of Key West barracks, had no comment today on a report that Detective John} force, who is being held here as an army deserter, would soon be} moved either to prison at Fort| Leavenworth, Kans., or Gover-, nor’s Island, N. Y. Selby is reported still under} treatment for a bronchial condi- was taken several days ago. Word reaching Key West is to the effect that Selby’s friends at | Miami Beach are circulating pe-! titions for signatures requesting | | President Roosevelt to pardon the detective after he starts serving his sentence. Selby is charged | with escaping while being taken to prison after havirig been sen- ;tenced by courtmartial for flee ling from Camp Merritt, N. J., be- fore his regiment sailed for! France in April, 1918. | According to Bart A. Riley, Mi- ami, attorney for Selby, the de- !serter has been advised to go to prison without any legal opposi- tion pending the preparation of petitions and an application for a' presidential pardon. Selby was one of the first ar-j |rested by FBI agents in the fed- | eral investigation of alleged crime, and corruption in the Miami RECAP OF TAX SALES GIVEN 3 Miami Detectives F. L. Love Base BIDS INCREASED NEAR ARREST CASSIDY <=: ACCUSED OF BARBEQUE STAND ROBBERY: PASCH- ALL TO BE FREED and D. J. Davis arrived at Key West city jail late yesterday and | arrested Daniel Cassidy, 19, of Philadelphia, who had been pick- ed up at a local hotel here Tues- day night, on a charge of embezz- ; ling $87 from the Kumback bar- ! becue stand, N.E. 79th street, Mi- ami, earlier in the week. Cassidy was a passenger’in a car driven by Charles Paschall. | 19, of 5955 Pine Tree drive, Mi- ami Beach, who was also picked up on a telegram sent to Night Captain Alberto Camero by Mi-' ami Beach police. Arriving with | Detectives Love and Davis yes- terday the youth’s father, C. H./ Paschall, said there were no charges to be filed against his son. The elder Paschall said his concern was to get him home away from “bad company”. GEORGE COOK VISITS PARENTS’ Mr. and Mrs. Jos. Cook, 905 Elizabeth street, are entertaining their son, George E. Cook, of New York City, who arrived for} a two weeks’ visit last Sunday. George was born in Key West and this is his first visit to his | home city in fourteen years. | WHY CIRCUS CAN’T | COME TO TOWN } | PPI LILI LS IS IS S| | | (By Associated Press) FAIRBANKS, Alaska, Feb. 29. | —Zoos and circuses are unlawful in Fairbanks under a recently-en- | acted ordinance. | The measure prohibits bring- | ing into the city or harboring as “a pet, captive or in any other} manner, any bear, bob-cat, coy- | ote, lynx, wolf, or any other wild, | live animal of like nature”. It supplants an old ordinance which prohibited moose walking on the sidewalks and was de-| signed to end the growing fad of keeping young wolves and other! predators as pets, junder the LY $4,000; $1591.50 | REFUNDED | dd MR. AND MRS. DuBOIS WILL STAY ’TILL MAY Mr. and Mrs, Harold M. Du- Beis, of Flint, Mich., have re- turned to Key West, and that, as one hears on all sides, is good news for the Island City, for among the clan of winter visitors there are no better boosters for the city than this family from Michi- gan. The DuBoises were here two years ago and at that time became thoroughly sold on the city. They skipped last year but arrived the first Part of this week for a long stay, declaring that they would be here until -May first. Diana and Janet, the Du- Boises’ children, accompan- ied their parents on the trip and will remain with them here. | IID ILS SI LS SII ‘tion at Marine hospital, where he | DEADLINE TODAY FOR AUTO TAGS THOSE WITHOUT SUBJECT TO ARREST STARTING TOMORROW Florida motorists driving with | '1939 license plates will be sub- ‘ject to arrest beginning tomor- row, it was announced today by! county officials in the absence of, any furthér order's extending the period of immunity enjoyed by {motor vehicle owners. Under the law, Gov. Fred Cone had no legal power to ex- tend the limit for purchase of} 1940 license plates beyond Feb- ruary 15, but at his request law enforcement agencies were len- ient. Beginning tomorrow morn- ing, unless some further agree- {ment is exacted by the governor ‘from the law enforcers of the | State, users of 1939 plates will be subject to arrest. State Road Patrolman L. W. | Brazell, assigned to the Monroe A recapitulation of the land sales conducted here last Monday Murphy Act showed that the base bids of $8,632.75 for the 170 parcels involved was in- |creased by bidding to $12,268.75, according to County Clerk Ross C. Sawyer. Clerk Sawyer also reported that $1,591.50 had been refunded to applicants who were not suc- cessful in the bidding. The highest bids for the properties were forwarded to the Florida in- ternal improvement board for final approval. Deeds will be is- sued by the board as quickly as possible, but there may be con- siderable delay because of tne | immense amount of work involv- ed in studying the sales at Talla- | |hassee. JACK LEAVES US THIS WEEKEND | Here’s some publicity Jack Cummins, publicity man at Casa Marina, didn't put out today: Cummins works for the | Ray McCarthy Co., New York | publicity agency, but has a sideline—professional at the | Shawnee, Pa.,. golf. course. He'll be up there this sum- mer swinging at ‘em and put- ting the dubs through their Paces. But on Saturday he leaves Key West for St. Augustine, where he will handle the amateur - professional golf tournament to be staged at the Ponce De Leon hotel golf course. The Ponce De Leon is a unit of the Florida East Coast hotel chain, of which Casa Marina is the southern- most. | | | | SDD DDD GF BD owrages, he could bring peace. |55 memberships. jors that Welles had jup his sleeve”, which may fend | towards county duty, has received no new orders and expects to begin mak- ing arrests of those without 1940 plates tomorrow. County Tax Collector Frank H. Ladd reported this morning that only 1364 of the 1940 plates had |been issued by his office up to that time. While last year the | number issued totaled 1800, it | {estimated that approximately 25 000 will be required for the coun- ty this year. That would indicate {that around 600 vehicle owners will be lieble to arrest beginning tomorrow if they operate with old plates. WELLES’ JOURNEY CLOSELY WATCHED EUROPE HOPEFUL BUT HAS TO BE CONVINCED PEACE POSSIBLE (By Associated Press) BERLIN, Feb. 29.—Sumner Welles neared this city today on a continuation of his trip from |conferences with Italian officials, following a brief stopover in} | Switzerland. The nations of Europe were placing great emphasis on rum-} @ serious move to ob- jtain peace, although all news | agencies of the continent appear- led quite hopeless of early ma- terialization of that dream. From England came the news that that nation’s leading peace society was busily engaged in capitalization pos- \sible of Welles’ visit, and held jout the opinion that, properly en- “something | JAYCEES ANNOUNCE | FISH TOURNAMENT STARTS TOMORROW | } i PRIZES TO BE OFFERED IN| | EIGHT CLASSIFICATIONS:| OPEN TO EVERYONE FISH- | ING IN LOCAL WATERS ‘ A fishing tournament for resi- Junior Chamber of Commerce. | The tournament will begin to-! |Morrow and run through April} j15. According to a statement by}; jIsadore Weintraub, president of | |the Jaycees, and Hunter Harden, | chairman of that organization’s} fishing tournament committee, | (Prizes will be given for each of the best fish caught in the eight | following classifications: is Sailfish, kingfish, dolphin, bar-| jracuda, bonita, amberjack, mar} \lin and tarpon. In the. sailfish} class it announced that the con- j test will be open the entire year, | That is, every fisherman bring- | ing in a sail will be awarded a} cértificate indicating he caught one of the gamesters off Key; West and will be given a silver | button symbolizing his feat. i The contest is open to every-| one, no matter whether he or shé |fishes from a charter boat or a! | ptivate boat. Charter boat cap-} tains have promised to cooperate ; | with the Jaycees and will give, fisherman any additional in-| formation they may need. “We should have started our first fishing tournament earlier, | but were unable to do so”, Presi dent Weintraub said. “This is| one of the recreational and pro-! motional events that will help! iKey West develop as a tourist and fishing resort. ‘We believe this contest will be worthy ot jpublic support.” Prizes will include rods, aH and other articles dear jheart of a fisherman. ROBERTSES HAVE MANY VISITORS: i to the) folks at present, with a full house | of guests. Mr. and Mrs. Bill Ellis, Mr. and | |Mrs. William Cochran and Mr.! ton, D. C., are visiting them, a: jence, R. I with my short visit here. KEY WEST, FLORIDA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 29, 1940 REVIVAL — LEADER \Rev. ‘Barron Lett Sanday IS CITY BOOSTER Pcvccersccacecscccece | Rev. Z. E. Barron of Atlanta, Ga., likes Key West and he holds ‘that the city has a bright future. | That information was gained last weekend when Rev. Barron jealled at The Citizen office, hav- dents and tourists, the first of al ing just concluded a ten-day re- West, secured through the cour- series of annual events, was an- {vival at the First Baptist Church | itesy of Miss Essie Geiger, Area nounced today by the Key West | seg Rev. Barron is a pastor of a large church in Atlanta, with 1400 members, and is a mem- ber of the Home Mission Board, Southern Baptist Convention. He is assisting the church in its ef- |fort to fill the pulpit with a per- manent pastor. Reporting on the revival, he stated that, in all respects, it was excellent. Attendance was fine and officials of the church de- clared that it was one of the most successful revivals held in the long history of the church. “I saw’a growing church in a \growing city”, declared Rev. ;Barron, “and I was delighted I wish that it could have been ‘onger. |Everything points to a_ bright future for Key West, and I wish its citizens the very best of everything”. Rev. Barron left Sunday morn- ing on the S. S. Cuba for a (Short visit in Havana, from which city he planned to leave for his Atlanta home early this week, ‘ENLISTED MEN’S DANCE FRIDAY, CITY AND RECREATION DE- PARTMENT SPONSORS ARMORY AFFAIR Service wives, through their or- |Sanization, are extending an invi-' ation to all girls of the city to at- end a dance to be given for en- jlisted men tomorrow night at the | |Armory Hall on White street. The | City of Key West in co- operation | Committee of the city. ‘KEY WEST TO HAVE TRAINING INSTITUTE SOON |MRS. LIVINGSTON AND MISS DUNBAR TO ARRIVE FOR FIVE-DAY SESSION ON MAR. | 18; GROUPS TO ENTER A Training Institute for Key Supervisor of the Statewide Rec- reation Project, will be held dur- ing the five-day period of March \18 to 22, it was announced today, | and plans are underway to obtain a hall. The Institute is of especial in- terest to the°newly-formed Rec- reation Committee in the city, Al- bert E. Peirce, Jr., president, who stated that his group and many others in the city. will be interest- ,ed in attending the various ses- sions. All WPA and NYA personnel in the city will participate in the training program, which high- lights social recreation, commun- ity music, and arts and crafts. Recreation department of the Navy will also be reminded of the {Institute, with the suggestion that members of that unit plan at- tendance. Further information on the In- stitute, which will be conducted by Miss Ednis Dunbar and Mrs. |Anne Livingston, the latter well- known here, will be forthcoming shortly, it was stated. 1 PHILIP RETURNS FROM PANAMA | CARPENDER ON FIRST ABSENCE LEAVE Key West neutrality patrol fleet shifted under routine orders to- affair will get underway at 8:00 ‘day. o'clock and is sponsored by the| In the apsence of Capt. Arthur S. Carpender, senior officer of Mr .and Mrs. Herman, L. Rob-!|with the civic organizations un-} ‘the naval forces afloat here, the erts, 1304 Angela street, are busy der direction of the Recreation Flagship Lea left this morning for a short tour of duty. She is |U.S.8, BAILEY LEAVES; CAPT. | Destroyers identified with the | | Island City Dubbs will furnish !scheduled to return to dockside the music for dancing. Next week, on Friday, a Spe- jand Mrs. E. Bane of Washing-jcial Recreation Night is planned 'moved out of port to ‘gion hall on Whitehead street. Organization of the volunteer sales force to canvass Key West citizens for support in the move- | ment to “Put Key West Ahead”) jis being rounded into shape thi: jweek in order that announce. ment may be made on Saturda: of the entire solicitation army. Practically all divisions in the |campaign have their force near- ‘ing completion, and those not yet finished except to be ready with all their names by the end of the! week. All workefs are expected to be in attendance at the “Start Off” Breakfast to be held at the Parish Hall on next Tuesday} morning. The professional group. under |the leadership of Fred Dion is_ meeting this afternoon to con- may Cooperate. “Those engaged | in the professions, lawyers, doc- tors, dentists, as well as insur- ance men and realtors, are a: much interested in advancin; |elared Mr. Dion, and he said} |that they may be counted on to do their full part. The goal of the chamber cam- paign has been tentatively fixed at 250 memberships, and they are being sought from the dif- ferent groups on the following Gay led by Bascom Grooms, 60 memberships. Retailers — led by Wm. Fripp, jurging government officials to | basis |make every (declared Everett Russell, Local Chamber Sales Foree Being Rounded Into Shape : Foods — led by Bernie Papy, | |25 memberships. Professions — led Dion, 20 memberships. Automotive — led by Arthur ulberg, 15 memberships. Hotels — led by Miss Sharpley, 30 memberships. Public Offices — led by Wm. Demeritt, 10 memberships. Amusements — led by John | Carbonell, 20 memberships. Enterprises — led by J. by Fred ; Adams, 15 memberships. “The increased funds of thej chamber will afford opportunity | to do a more constructive job,” presi- dent. 4t is the plan of the cham- jber to immediately refurnish the sider Ways by which this group |headquarters so that they will be , Boston _.___ |Tepresentative of the progressive and forward businesses of Key | West,” Mr. Russell said. He rought out that many thou- inds of tourists from all parts our city as any other group”, de- | f the nation come to Key West El Paso — and to its chamber of commerce and gain their impression of the business community by the head- quarters. “Key West is progressive. It, must have an organization to represent it that is similarly pro- gressive. It must have an or- ganization with prestige and in- fluence which can put across the Program of activities which are essential to ‘Put Ahead’.” Key West Tampa : a |Washington _ 36 |this evening. | While the Destroyer Bailey join the as|for the enlisted men, their wives, West Gulf unit of the neutrality {well as Olaf Peterson, of Provid-! jand friends, at the American Le-|patrol, the Philip arrived from ithe Panama Cahal Zone. The | Philip has served as escort for the |Submarines Spearfish and Scul- |pin in a run from Key West to Panama. Members of the crew tof the Philip enjoyed a day's lene liberty at the Canal Zone. Destroyer Schenck is scheduled \ leave late today on patrol duty. Left in port were the De- stroyers McCook, McCalla, Rodg- ers, Williams and Evans, and the Seaplane Tender Gannet. The |Baneroft left yesterday. Capt. Carpender, enjoying his jfirst leave of absence since he ‘took command of the naval forces in this area, motored today to |Clearwater Beach to visit his sis- ter. Mrs. Carpender’s brother is {also at Clearwater Beach. The fleet commodore will return to hers West Sunday morning. Destroyer McCook, is the senior naval officer present with the jforces afloat in the absence of R. | Capt. Carpender. TEMPERATURES Lowest last Highest last | Stations night 24 hours Atlanta 40 68 21 28 Buffalo _ il 30 Charleston 48 72 Chicago __ 36 Denver _ 73 Detroit . _ 36 80 Havana 7 (Jacksonville _ - 60 75 | Kansas City _ 31 45 |KEY WEST _ 60 7 Tos Angeles _ 53 68 “Miami __ +60 7 Mpls.-St. Paul 14 27 |New York __ 23 36 {St. Louis __ 27 38 !San Francisco 49 62 Seattle _.__. 46 52 seen 70 64 Commander J. K. Davis, of the Key West, Florida, San the most equable climate in the country ; range of only 14° Fahrenheit with an average PRICE FIVE GENTS Action In Effort Extend Highway CII LISI SSS SS APPLICATION FILED (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON, Feb. 29.— Federal Cotimunications Commission announced to- day the receipt of an applica- tion for a new radio station under the name of Keys Broadcasting Company, to be situated in Key West. The application calls for 1310 kilocycles. 250 watts power and an unlimited time schedule. HOOVER CITES MITTEE POLAND SITUA- TION IS SERIOUS (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON, Feb. testified before a joint Congres- sional committee investigation today on the relief wees of Eu- rope, and stated that, in his opinion, there was an immediate need for aid to approximately 7,- 000,000 Polish refugees who were without proper food and clothing jas a result of negiectful tactics in {rationing provisions of Nazi agencies. time Hoover had appeared before a Congressional committee sirice 1928, when he was a presidential candidate, then. Secretary of Commerce. From $40,000,000° to $50,000,000 would be needed to keep ref- ugees of Europe alive, was Hoo- iver’s estimate of needs for the immediate present. He also de- ;clared that Europe would be a “starving spot” in the world jafter the war, and asked that the United States start preparations for that condition now. HIKING LETTER CARRIER PRESCOTT, Ariz.—Berle Put- nam, letter carrier of this city, recently walked along the floor of the Grand Canyon more than 1200 miles, a journey never be- |fore completed on foot. SMS SS ES SMS Ms |MALONEY VISITED ANCESTORS’ HOME Ww. W. Maloney, IIL and wife were visitors in Key West over the weekend. Mr. Maloney is a __ great- grandson of Colonel Walter C. Maloney. who was the first to interest himself in a his- tory of Key West and was the author cf a “Sketch of Key West”, a short account of the Island City’s history up to 1876. Judge Browne gives credit to Colonel Maloney for much of the foundation of his own book, “Key West the Old and the New”. Mr. Maloney’s father of the - Constitution of the MTs FOR RADIO STATION VSIA LA SDS ST FY RELIEF NEEDS = TELLS CONGRESSIONAL COM- i 29. —| Former President Herbert Hoover | The occasion marked the first | \TEN | | DELEGATES AT- TENDED MIAMI CON- FERENCE; OPTIMISTIC OVER CHANCES “I always keep my word!” That was the ment of Gov. Fred Cone standing |in his quarters at | Hotel, Miami, yesterday after- succinct state- | | the Alcazar noon, when asked by a Monroe county and Chamber of Com- merce delegation if he would get action on his promise to “go the \limit” in bringing about an early improvement of Overseas High- “I want to go along with you jon this project”, was the gover- jnor’s declaratjon when he met \the delegation of Monroe and | Key West public and civie of- ficials, with Chairman Arthur B. Hale of the State Road Depart- ment an attentive bystander. “I will do all in my power to put this project through”, the |State’s chief executive eon- | tinned. “It_is a very vijal im- provement. Overseas Highway should be improved and as quick- ly as possible. You must re- ;member, however, that the re- cent cold wave seriously dam- aged many highways through- out the state. The cost to the state will be about $2,000,000 for {this work alone. The Overseas ‘Highway job must take its place in the line of those that are weiting to be developed.” ‘All of the public and civic of- ficials present at the interview were optimistic after the cordial reception given them by the gov- ernor and his staff. They stated, in effect, that they felt the gov- ernor fully intends to do some-. thing as quickly as he can to ex- tend the improved portion of the highway above Key West to Big Pine Key and from Lower Mate- cumbe to Florida City. Chairman Hale likewise was {reported as being cordial and re- {ceptive. The state road depart- |ment head said that it was his desire to get an appropriation large enough from the state and |the U.S. Bureau of Roads to cover all the work from the {mainland to Key West. He did not indicate that, failing in the effort to get the full sum needed jfor the entire project, he would 34 ahead with the elimination the wooden bridges and dan- ppeees curves above Key West. | Representing the city and coun- ty, as well as civic organizations, !at the conference were Chairman |Carl Bervaldi of the Monroe County commission; Mayor Wil- jlard M. Albury; County Commis- {sioner ‘William Monsalvatge; |Councilman L. C. Brinton; Vice | Chairman John Costar of Over- | seas Road and Toll Bridge Dis- trict commission; Sheriff K. O. Thompson, Albert E. Peirce, Mel- vin E. Russell, Charles Taylor and S. C. Singleton of the Cham- jber of Commerce. SAVING THE POLES yr Asnociaiea Press) JUNEAU, Alaska, Feb. 29.— Preservation, of the famed col- flection of totem poles at the In- jdian village of Klukwan from deterioration by the elements, is proposed by Alaska’s new gover- {nor, Dr. Ernest Gruening. He visited the noted tourist attrac- tion recently and said he believ- ed construction of a fireproof, concrete structure would he a good investment and would not be opposed by the villagers. NO MINORS ON PHONE BLUE EARTH, Minn.—In this city it is illegal-for a child under ;12 to talk over a telephone unless accompanied by a parent,