The Key West Citizen Newspaper, March 1, 1940, Page 1

Associated Press Day Wire Service For 69 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West VOLUME LXI. No. 53. Hitler’s Word Will Unleash Air-B * CONFERENCE WiT H| WELLES TOMORROW! MAY DECIDE WHE-| THER ORDER IS GIVEN . (By Associated Press) | LONDON, Mar. 1.—"Only Hit- | ler’s word is waited before we| will unleash the greatest air- | blitzkrieg ever to be under- | taken”, was the word that came forth from Germany today, trans- mitted to the world by the of- | ficial Nazi news agency, DNB. | Opening the month of March | with a roar, airplanes from Ger! many swooped down on several PILI LILI SIS IS 4 today i Sea and cities of north England from out of the North provided, according to Nazi of-!| ficials an “inkling of what is to! come shortly”. \ wise shipping was reported by} the Germans, and admitted by | England. Several ships were} sunk and at least one naval con-| voy was broken up. English of. | ficials reported that most of the raids were broken up, but no re- port of actual damage was given} out. Whether or not the impending talk tomorrow between U. S. Under-Secretary of State Sum-' ner Welles and Adolf Hitler has anything to do with the order that withholds the air-blitzkrieg, | is not known, however it is thought that final demands at that time, before the order is given. Foreign Minister Von Ribben- trop placed Germany’s position in full before Welles yesterday | in a two-hour conference. Sum-j} mied up was Germany’s determi- nation not to cease in its effort} to get rightfyl economic recogni- | tion. POSTAL BUSINESS — SHOWS INCREASE Key West post office reports! for February indicated today that business last month was approxi- mately 30 percent more than the corresponding month of 1939. | Postmaster Fred J. Dion an- nounced that stamp sales last month were $5755 compared with | $4902 in February, 1939; that money order receipts in February | this year were $65,429, and that postal savings deposits ran up to! $42,265 compared to $31,502 year ago. i There was one more day in February this year than last, but that does not account for all the! increase in the busines i674 pointed out. Increased naval ac- | tivit and a_ heavier tourist trade are held largely responsi- | ble. ' ROBERT PINDER GETS PROMOTION { i Another story of “local makes gocd” was called to the at- tention of The Citizen today when Mr. and Mrs. Robert W. Pinder, 1305 Elizabeth street, told | about the promotion coming to boy litzkrieg SSS SSI SASS, MORE MARRIAGE LICENSES ISSUED There were eight more mar- riage licenses issued at the office of County Judge Ray- mond R. Lord last month than during February, 1939, a check revealed today. The to- tal last month was 26 licenses as compared with 18 for the corresponding month last year. “May have been the Leap Year influence”, was the comment of Judge Lord when approached for an explana- tion. About half of the couples who applied for licenses were later married by the judge. Che EXPECT VIBORG TO FALL SOON Considerable damage to coast: | RUSSIA PREPARES FOR Fu-|Plicant in order for the owner's; | TURE DRIVES INTO FINLAND (By Associated Press) STOCKHOLM, Mar. 1—The fate of Viborg is sealed. This word came from observers jat Finnish front today as it appear- ed merely a matter of time be- fore the second largest city in Finland would fall into possession of the Russian troops, who were today adding increased pressure in their drive forward. Neutral observers learned that of as soon as Viborg’s complete cap- | the Germans will be presented ture is assured, the Russian drive to President Roosevelt’s emissary | Would then be divided into two| fateful main divisions—one heading to-} j wards Helsinki, the nation’s capi-| tal, and the other to northern ter- ritory. PRESIDENT ENDS VACATION CRUISE ARRIVES AT NATION'S CAPI- TAL TOMORROW; WILL SIGN EXPORT BILL Key West Crtizen THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN THE U.S. A. — KEY WEST, FLORIDA, FRIDAY, MARCH 1, 1940 MURPHY ACT REGULATIONS ARE. CHANGED ; OWNER BIDS ARE NOT GIVEN PREFERENCE, ACCORDING TO INFORMATION BY ROSS SAWYER, COUNTY CLERK Yacht Tha Columbus ;method of bidding in Murphy Act } lands was called to the attention | of County Clerk Ross C. Sawyer! Hederesa conjecture now runs CAPITANA NOW UNDER VANDERBILT WHITNEY \high as to who will prove to be} {the successful bidders at the sale {held this week on Monday. | F.C. Elliott, engineer and sec-; 'retary of the Trustees of the In-| jternal Improvement Fund, trans- | nation’s yachting fleet, a vessel =e" Voyage In Key West Traced Discovery CHARTER BY CORNELIUS | 3 LEAVING LATE TODAY ;Was chartered by Mr. Whitney, | WRIT CHANGES | OWNERSHIP OF LOCAL HOTEL JOHN PARK OBTAINS JOSEPH BROWNE'S INTEREST IN JEFFERSON HOTEL; OLD BILL NEVER PAID Legal steps to put John Park in possession of the two-third por. tion of Jefferson Hotel owned by Joseph E. Browne were set in | motion today at county court- house. During the forenoon County A distinguished member of the} Until February 1, when she | Judge Raymond R. Lord filed pa- pers with Circuit Court Clerk lmitted a letter of instructions tojthat has followed the course ofthe Capitana for several months |Ross C. Sawyer whereby the pe- {Sawyer on Tuesday of this week, Christopher Columbus from the |which calls for rules superceding iall previous opinions and plans joriginally followed. e | Of chief interest is the pro-|the last two days. |vision that awards will be to the! She is the Capitana, a barken-, jhighest and best bidder for cash, ; tine rigged sailing vessel of 277, iif such bid is acceptable to the! tons, 143 feet long and powered |Trustees, without reference to' with 250 horsepower diesels. She {whether or not the bidder be the ‘carries a crew of 14 who swear ‘former owner. |by every timber in her, and keep Previously, assurance was giv- her shining and shipshape as any jen bidding owners of Murphy proud vessel should be. jlands that they would receive; The Capitana arrived here preferential rating. The late in-ifrom Grand Cayman at 4 a-. m. jformation cancels that preference, yesterday. She was scheduled jit is stated. jto hoist her anchor near the P. All secretaries have been advis- | & O. dock this afternoon and ed that owner bids must now point her nose for Miami, her amount to more than the initial final destination being Long Is- or original bid made by the ap-!land. * Aboard were Cornelius Van- {bid to be submitted to the Trus- ,derbilt Whitney, a member of jthe Eastman family of camera jfame and several other guests. |Mr. Whitney is prominently ‘identified with the Pan Amer- Jican airways system to Central ‘MRS. MACKIE’S GUESTS LEAVE and South America, and it is re- liably reported .-he .was_ here | looking into the possibility of | establishing an airline between | Misses Helen Bailey, Louise De- | Key West and Miami. Forrest and Grace Behan ‘Teft} yesterday morning for their {homes in New York City follow- | a jing a two weeks’ visit in Key! MUSKEGON, Mich.—Severely tees for consideration. 1 OLD GUN KILLS CHILD |was controlled by the Harvard | last Sep-' tember 1 set sail from New Lon-} don, Conn., for the Azores, her final destination Lisbon, Por- | tugal. ! There the Captain was put on the course of Christopher Colum-! ‘bus’ discovery ship, and pointed toward America. As every’ ischoolboy knows, Columbus first sighted land in the Caribbean. So did the Capitana last year. She sailed the course followed by the discoverer of America and her crew enjoyed virtually the same thrill that the Columbus crew did hundreds of years ago ‘when they arrived in the Carib- bean. | ; Eventually the Capitana ar- rived at Kingston, Jamaica, January 25. There she took on a /new load of supplies and water jand was turned over to Mr. Whitney. Master of the ship is |Capt. Jarillo Walter, H. B. Has- mer, is mate, and L. G. Emmer- son, is chief engineer. Emmer-! ;son, an Englishman, will leave ;for London after the Capitana reaches Long Island to enlist for army service in the latest world war. i When the Capitana put in to tition of Browne to set aside the (Old World to the New World,|| University Columbus Expedition | final decree of foreclosure in fa- has been a Key West visitor for group. With the same crew now,|vor of Park was denied by Cir- ‘aboard, the Capitana cuit Judge Arthur Gomez, and an order was entered directing the | clerk to issue a writ of assistanc to the sheriff to put Park in pos- session of Browne's share of the hotel. Shortly afterwards, the writ of | assistance was issued by Clerk Sawyer and the sheriff's office moved to fill the order of the court. Browne held two-thirds interest in the hotel property un- der the will of his father, the late Judge Jetferson B. Browne. The other third is owned by Mrs. ida Reynolds. According to courthouse rec- ords, Park installed piumbing fixtures and supplied labor in the reconstruction of the hotel under Browne’s direction over two years ago for which he was not paid. Approximately $1100 was due Park under this contract, the rec- ords disclose. The orders just issued also re- quire the ejection of Browne and his. family from the hotel prop- erty, which is being operated as part of a Florida hotel chain. ns, Key West, Florida, has the most equable climate in the country; with an average range of only 14° Fahrenheit ; West at the home of Mrs. Charles ' wounded when her nine-year-old iK Mackie, 527 Division street. brother, Roland, pulled the trig- | The visitors thoroughly enjoy-| ger of a 75-year-old Civil ed their stay and all declared that musket with which they would return some time in playing, Alice Russell the future, ‘two days later. | Rotarians And Lions Boost C. Of C. Progress Campaign The “Put Key West Ahead”; Before the Lions club, Director campaign of the Chamber of Vaughn emphasized that the | Commerce went forward under|trend of population in many {new impetus today as result of|American cities -is downward, |meetings of the Rotary and that only the toughest communi- \Lions clubs yesterday when ties with strong Chambers of | | Commerce will survive in the Morris ey West she tied up at Porter yesterday dock, but War went offshore and anchored. Mr. they were Whitney was absent much of the ; , four, died time, visiting friends on shore. AUTO ON ROAD An automobile belonging to Havana Petronia Jacksonville street, which failed to take a turn Kansas City on Overseas Highway on Sugar;|KEY WEST Loaf Key, about 27 miles above |Los Angeles Key West, was destroyed by fire, | Louisville Deputy Sheriff Bernard Waite re- | Miami ported today. late Roberts, 405 After Roberts’ car a IRE DESTROYS upset, she the | scores pledged to devote approxi- |mately three hours each next (By Associated Press) |week in furthering the drive. WASHINGTON, Mar. 1—Presi-| These civic-minded individuals dent Roosevelt ends his v tion heard Larry Vaughn explain the tomorrow when he arrives here! purposes of the campaign and from a cruise to inspect Panama | the necessity for concerted Canal defenses and a short pleas- ; municipal action in meeting and ure jaunt into the Pacific. solving the problems of the next It is expected that the Presi-|five years, and then volunteered dent will immediately sign the | their services. Export Bull, which will pave the} They agreed to attend the way for immediate commercial |““Put Key West Ahead” break- loans to Finland. fast at 8 a. m. Tuesday in the idining hall at St. Paul’s church, to be assigned them along with their coffee. HEAVY RAIN STORMS END: of Commerce, Director Vaughn 5,000 FAMILIES ARE jtold Rotary club members that jto center a program of activities lintended to develop the city’s The worst flood experienced in ,future expansion. : the Sacramento Valley in years} He outlined the tentative pro- N | Bahama street, and then spend {the remainder of the morning, if | Introduced by President ithe Chamber of Commerce was HOMELESS (By Associated Press) ;natural resources, retain the as- {necessary, performing the tasks CALIFORNIA FLOOD |Everett Russell of the Chamber ;@ logical organization in which SAN FRANCISCO, Mar. 1.— Sets it now boasts and build for ‘has just about ended, .as today: tam under such headings as work-pledge cards by the mem- citizens of several cities in ‘this/town advertising, civic improve- section took. stock of damage ments, resort development, gov-} which was reported to be near ernmental activities, shipping the $7,000,000 mark. jindustrial and related activities occupants. including two young wornen, escaped without injury when the spilled gasoline became \ignited by the heat of the motor. Passersby took’ Roberts and the Passengers to Key West. struggle and that to those having proper plans and programs will igo population, prosperity and glorious growth “For some years our attention has been diverted from com- munity to national and _ inter- national affairs”, Vaughn said. ! It is time to turn some of our: attention to our own community of Key West. To grow, to pros- per and to meet the future pre- pared we must organize. “Your Chamber of Commerce too long has been struggling without adequate support. You can’t solve civic problems, crystalize public sentiment and opinion back of movements for sound projects and developments | without a guiding organization.” At the Rotary meeting, Presi- ident William V. Little turned the program over to Everett Russell. President Gerald Saun- i ders of the Lions club turned the meeting over to Allan Arm- ‘strong. He called upon William | J. Lee to introduce Director Vaughn. Conclusion of both meetings ‘was marked by the signing of sevee eee By JACK One of the biggest fishing days in the history of Key West took place yesterday. You never saw a more excited crowd than that which crowded the Casa Marina dock yesterday afternoon when Begly Filer’s boat returned from the Stream, where it had taken Mr. and Mrs. Milton DeBaun, of Haverstraw, N. Y., for in the bottom of the ‘cruiser was one of the rarest fish ‘bers of the two civic groups. | ver be brought in here. and was landed by Mrs. DeBaun on a fifteen-thread line after a TEMPERATURES Lowest last Highest last night 24 hours - 41 67 - 27 37 20 33 47 59 35 38 36 72 - 25 31 47 76 59 77 55 68 38 66 61 76 50 66 33 50 64 80 26 30 58 70 32 42 30 37 34 59 46 54 55 74 39 45 | Stations ‘Atlanta _._.. |Boston ‘Buffalo ' Charleston Chicago Denver {Detroit :El Paso Mpls.-St. Paul New Orleans New York Pittsburgh St. Louis Seattle Tampa ‘Washington MRS. D’BAUN FOUGHT 157-POUND TUNA Records Show Catch Largest Made In This Country FOR FIFTY MINUTES AND CUMMINS | According to Captain Filer, the \largest tuna he can remember ever being pulled in here weigh- {ed 112 pounds and it happened {forty years ago. Here’s how the record tuna {was caught yesterday: They were [trolling in the Stream on the jlookout for sailfish when they jcame across a school of bonita. |Just then Filer saw a large sail jever, just at that moment, Mrs, | DeBaun had a strike, which they It was a giant -Allison Tuna/jump and started for it. How) LICENSES SOLD ' AS EE SD 'ONFECTIONER BEHAN NOW TEN YEARS OLD Jack Behan, Duval street confectioner, appears to a man well along in his thirties, but when he celebrated his birthday yesterday he inform- ed friends that he was just ten years old. Skeptics regarding this statement coming from a man of Behan’s poise and manly posture were told that Jack was born en February 29, a date that occurs only once every four years. Taking ad- vantage of his lean-year arriv- al on earth, Jack is fully jus- tified in declaring himself just past ten. Last night Behan was sur- prised by a group of friends assembled at the home of Mrs. Jeanette Adams, 700 Waddell Avenue. His friends had misinformed him that a burglar had broken into the Adams’ home and Jack's alarm was soon allayed by festive hilarity, | FPS ILI OI I SS ‘CAPT. W. F. JACOBS PRAISES ROTARY WORK IN PANAMA BAKER, VISITOR, PRAISES CITY AS VACATION SPOT His experience in attending Ro- | tary luncheons and meetings in! many sections of the world were related by Capt. Walter F. Jac- obs, U.S.N., commandant of Key West naval station and chief of staff of the seventh naval district, jin a brief talk beiore members of jthe Key West Rotary Club yes- terday. 5 Capt. Jacobs particularly ém- phasized the work being done by the Rotary Club among boys at Panama, including American boys in the Canal Zone and youngsters PRICE FIVE CENTS N Flower Show; Doors pened This Afternoon 'OFFICIALS DECLARE | SHOW TO BE ONE OF | BEST; CONTINUES TO- | MORROW AND SUNDAY Col. G. D. Hatfield, local Marines’ commander, is furn- ishing a marine guard, day and night, for the Flower Show, it was announced late today. Officials of the Show were grateful for this contri- bution as many of the an- tiques on display were of unestimable value. The guard will remain until Monday ! noon, by which time all dis- | plays should be removed. i | | | | | Thousands of glorious results of Key West's unmatched climate and sunshine were exhibited to- day at the opening of the Gar- den Club’s annual tropical flower show in the Coast Guard build- ing, Front street. At edition time the judges were still scanning the exhibits, with the indication that they would be unable to announce the final results of their efforts before to- morrow. The show, one of the best ever presented by the Garden Club despite many difficulties, will be opened tomorrow and Sunday from 9 a. m. until 10 p. m. It was announced by officials of the show that the receipts will be jused solely for beautification of jKey West, including tree prun- ing and replanting- There were fourteen general ‘classifications among the ex- thibits. Each classification had |scores of exhibitors and displays so arranged around the walls and through the center of the Coast Guard building that “all were clearly visible to the hundreds of visitors. Mrs. William Phelan was gen- eral chairman of the Show. She had the assistance of a score of |men and women identified with the Garden Club, the Art Center {and civic affairs. They were busy right up to 1 p. m. when the judges began making their rounds. Visitors were admitted at 3 p.m. | The judges are Mrs. William H. Haskell, Mrs. William A. Har- shaw, Mrs. Hulbert Taft, Mrs. Ezra Winter and John Pittman, names familiar in the art, gar- dening and writing world. Among those taking charge of LANDED IT jof the Republic. Capt. Jacobs ‘the yarious exhibits were Mrs. B. was introduced by Lieut. Comdr.| Curry Moreno, Mrs. Horace Con- Fort Callahan, communications nable, Miss Etta Patterson, Mrs. officer at the naval station, a Cjifford Hicks, Mrs. H. C. Galey, member of the Key West club. Mrs. Jerry Trevor, Mrs. Wallace Among the visitors at the club B. Kirke, Mrs. Stephen Doug- luncheon were Dr. Willard C. lass, Mrs. E. R. Syckes, Mrs. Baker and Fred Barndollar of! pavid Printz, Miss Teen Wil- Williamsville, N. Y., a suburb of jiams, Mrs. Jennie Vecker, Mrs. Buffalo. Dr. Baker had been [. C. Brinton, Wallace Kirke, asked by mutual friends in Buf- William Cosgrove, Lieut. Com- falo to look up Bill Lee of Key mander Ray W. Byrns and Mrs. West, who formerly was city edi- Norberg Thompson. tor of the Buffalo Evening Principal displays were palms, |News. begonias, antiques, specimen | “You've got a wonderful vaca- plants, individual roses, floral ar- jtion spot here, Bill”, was Dr. rangements, ferns, handcraft, |Baker’s remark. “When do you miniature vases, art, ~yellow jwork, if at all? I was going to flowers, individual hibiscus and | stay a few days and I'm now on ‘shadow boxes. An allowance of {my third week, and I ‘haven't 35 per cent was given by the |been able to make up my mind judges for condition of plants on | when to leave. The desire to re- exhibit, 30 per cent for arrange- Main here gets in your blood”. /mtent and 35 per cent for |. Mr. Barndollar, who has been botanical interest or any other irs for some time, said he found points which the judges may de- the sunshine and climate here so cide among themselves to be ap- |beneficial he intends to return propriate to the exhibit in ques- here as often as possible to “take tion. * ithe treatment”. | ‘FEW ADDITIONAL — EIGHT SHIPS IN PORT Seven destroyers and the Sea- plane Tender Gannet were in port ‘this afternoon, while the Flagship Lea, which has bene making a short run, is expected back in the | fifty-minute fight. jthought was a large bonita. It The fish, with much difficulty, turned out to be more than that! was transferred from the boat to and what a fight this denizen of | the dock and weighed. Fresh FLORIDA EGGS, doz. 30¢ the scales at exactly 15 Local YARD EGGS, doz. ‘harbor this evening, it was re- Relatively few of the estimated ported by naval officers today. 600 Monroe county motorists still} In port were the Evans, Wil- It tipped |the deep put up. During the driving without 1940 licenses had |liams, Rodgers, McCook, Wickes, 7 pounds, {fight the leader became twisted applied for the new plates up to Philip and McCalla. | 40c being just fifteen pounds under jaround its tail which made it |noon today at the office of Coun- | | FRYERS, tb _. 38¢/the world’s record for women, |doubly hard to pull in. At the ty Tax Ccllector Frank H. Ladd. |FLOOR SHOW and DANCE {which is 172 pounds. jend of fifty minutes, the fish was! Under the law, motorists now | Roasters - Stewers However, the world’s record!in the boat and I don't believe | driving with old tags are subject | accra st pais — WE CLEAN. DRESS AND fish was caught off the coast of there is a prouder woman any-/to arrest, but law enforcement | RAUL’S CLU B DELIVER FREE | Mexico, which may make this one | where, today than Mrs. DeBaun,|agencies did not indicate they| Music By RAY BALDWIN 1214 White Street the biggest ever caught in waters |who really made fishing history |would “crack down” hard until) COCKTAIL H OUR jadjacent to this country by the|—a record that Iam sure will definite orders arrived from the SUNDAY, 6 P. M. TILL ? so-called weaker sex, stand for sometime, governor's office at Tallahassee, | No Admission or Cover Chass? their son, Robert, Jr, who, for| So far, nine deaths-were attrib- |¢ach under direction of a direc- | ——BRADY’S—— the past two and one-half years, uted to the floods caused by con- tor of the Chamber of Commerce, | TRY PE has been with the weather bu-|tinuous, heavy rain storms, and With adequate committees en- | | reau at Miami. ‘over 5,000 families are homeless. | aged in forwarding each sep-| The promotion sends Robert to = ‘gave ee Se managership of the airport sta~ §JX TQ T | 5 tion at Burlington, Iowa, to} HOT 2 EN SPECIAL jE I R E M E N ; S B A L L which post he has already left. | SOUTHERN FRIED CHICKEN | WITH FLOOR SHOW Enroute to Burlington, Robert, MAPLE SYRUP | Tonight, 10 P. M. Habana-Madrid Club with his wife. visited briefly in| Nashville, Tenn, and planned aj Chop suey house No 4 Aronovitz Lane |_ Benefit New Uniform Fund j Admission: $1.00 — Ladies Free short stay with Mrs. Pinder's} family in Springfield, 11, |-——— OPAL FUSSELL hone 540 eee