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

Associated Press Day Wire Service For 69 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West Che Kry est Cittern THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN THE U.S. A. VOLUME LXI. No. 54. ‘Peace On Our Terms’, Nazis | Tell Welles SEEKS JUDGESHIP FEUHRER SAYS_ GER- MANY WILL KEEP ALL LAND TAKEN BY AG- GRESSION TO DATE \ | (By Associated Press) | LONDON, Mar. 2.—At ne conclusion of-a one and a half, hour conference with Adolf Hit- i | ler today, United States Under- | { Secretary of State Sumner Welles | today was convinved that the’ German nation would consider «Peace only on its own terms. News dispatches from Berlin headlined this news,. and _con- tinued to state that Hitler had told Welles that the German na- tion would, under no circum- stances, return any land taken in aggressions of the past. | It was stated that Hitler had turned down Welles’ plea to act as mediator in the Finnish-Rus- sian War. Hitler stated that the! German nation would not jeopar- dise the supplies needed from! Russia for the successful opera- tion of a long war by interfering in that war. i Welles planned to confer with other ranking Nazis tomorrow, | then leave for conferences with | British and French officials. It! turn to Germany far cturther! George E. McCaskill, of Miami! talks before he goes hack. to Htaly Beach,-called at The Citizen .of-| for embarkation to the United fice yesterday in the interests of States. |his campaign for election to the Hitler told: Welles, according t0| office of Judge of the Circuit the German press, that he believ- | e Pores { ed the United States to be quite/CUrt, to succeed Judge Worth Trammell. ' unneutral in the war, and that he Born on a small farm near was “wary” of all Democratic na- tions. Pleasant Hill, La., McCaskill ob- BERUIN GoMars A= For \the| oe fe a al fourth succe: e day, Royal Air| ee Se Force planes appeared over this jand railroad agent. He has been} city, but no bombs were dropped. |a resident of Florida for 32 It was believed the British were | and of Dade County for 28 y reconnoitering to scout out mili- tary objectives for future opera- tions. K. 0. THOMPSON TO STATE MEET STATE SHERIFF'S ASSOCIA- TION TO BE HELD AT TAMPA GEORGE E. McCASKILL McCASKILL IN KEY WEST YESTERDAY; SEEKS POST OF JUDGE WORTH TRAMMELL i | education S, engaging in law practice for 29} \ ears, graduating from the Law} |Department of Stetson University | iin DeLand and shertiy after be- | coming a ident of Miami, ' Mr. McC ) has been active! in many civic affairs in his com- j|munity. He has served as at- for the Board of County joners, as attorney for the City of Miami Beach and, for {a short time, was County Solici- |tor. He is a member of the Bar ociation of Dade County and lorida, and is admitted to prac- tice law before all courts of the state and the Supreme Court of the United States. In 1939, Mr. McCa: candidate for the City Commis- sion, but was defeated by a small margin. His family consists of his wife and two children. He is a Mason and a member the Episcopal church. Sheriff Kar] O. Thompson said today he plans to attend a meet- ing at Tampa next week of the Florida State Sheriff's Associa- tion, of which he has been a member for several years. If he goes, Sheriff Thompson probably will leave Monday. The sheriff had no. comment to make on reports circulated at Miami to the effect that one of the leading candidates for gover. | nor is calling upon the sheriffs of | the state to support him or de-| clare themselves. | “Either you’re for me—-and I mean actively—before the first primary or ‘you'll be out in the street soon after my inaugura- | tion”, the candidate in question is quoted as having informed a number of sheriffs. Although | sheriffs, including | Sheriff Thompson, are nominated by the voters they are appointed ! by the governor, who may later | e renee them for cause. | DON T MISS “I have heard nothing of such | a a report”, Sheriff Thompson said | today. (— When Sheriff Thompson drove 2 ge part of the Key West Chamber a of Commerce delegation to Mi- ami to see Governor Fred Cone and Chairman Arthur Hale of the State Road Department re- garding improvement of Overseas Highway, the governor was cor- dial with the Monroe sheriff. ie of SNOW WITHOUT AND MURDER WITHIN It was tough sledding for romance ... =~ AT TIES, GIRLS - GIRLS - GIRLS Habana-Madrid Club DANCING AND FLOOR SHOW EVERY NITE NEW SHOW TONIGHT By Ann Demarest STARTING MARCH 4 IN THIS PAPER i ROTARIANS. SEE: HEAVY TRAFFIC TO JUNE MEET KEY WEST, FLORIDA, SATURDAY, MARCH 2, 1940 IEROIGM Main WHISTLES WILL isi MARKED "SUMMON C. OFC. snore ames fo ome GROUP TUESDAY AUTO FIRE RESCUE, —— I HUNDREDS OF DELEGATES)... 6 eecccccccccecccccees (START-OFF BREAKFAST WILL “FOR CIRCUIT JUDGE ill was a SIGNIFY WISH TO TRAVEL TO CONVENTION THROUGH | KEY WEST | Officials of the Key West Ro- this j tary club week copies of announcements. sent | out by Rotary International's North American Transportation { committee for the 1940 conven- | tion at Havana emphasizing the fact that speciai sailings of P. & 10. steamers from Key West to Cuba have been arranged. Reservations made by Ro- tarians in all sections of the country indicate that several (hundred already have indicated their desire to go to Havana in June by way of Key West. | Bulletins just released by the North American transportation committee points out that every | Rotarian who intends to go to Havana must first make sure of {hotel reservations and trans- {portation from this country. Ho- tel reservations are obtained by : applying to local club secretaries ‘who in turn pass them along to convention headquarters in Ha- vana. Transportation by water from |Key West and other ports must be obtained from, transportation ;committee headquarters at 587 | Fifth Avenue, New York. This |is taken to indicate that Key ; West Rotarians intending to go | to Havana for the convention must go through the same pro- cedure. Another annouticentent™ this week by’ President William V. Little of the Key West Rotary club was a ladies night party and dance at Casa Marina the night of March 28. SUNDAY CONCERT AT SOUTH BEACH PROGRAM LISTED BY WPA BAND STARTING AT 2:00 O'CLOCK Regular weekly concert of the WPA Band, under direction of Alfredo Barroso, will be given tomorrow afternoon in the band- shell on South Beach, starting at 2:00 o'clock. The program to be presented follows: March, Wiegand. Overture, “Fountain of Youth”, King. Waltz, “Carmencita”, J. S. Cox. Popular Selection, ‘“Charac- teristic”, “Passing of the Red Men”, King. | Selection from. “Famous Italian Operatic Airs”, L. Brock- ton. Pépular Selection, “Parade of |the Wooden Soldiers”. March, “New Colonial”, R. B. Hall. : MYSTERY SERIAL __ STARTS MONDAY | A new serial, “Blood Runs /Cola”, by Ann Demarest, will istart in next Monday’s issue of |The Citizen. | Listed as an entertaining mys- ltery story, the serial starts with (Christine Howarth, the blonde (heroine, choosing the coldest day jin New York’s coldest winter to imove into a studio apartment in |Greenwich Village. That very ‘night a murder is committed on {her floor, and she is suspected. “Monte Cristo”, G. !. A_young lawyer, Dirck Kolff, |defends Christine, but not with- jout a whole series of further mur- jders and extraordinary events. | Dance Tonight at i | Pena’s Garden Of Roses 10 'P. M. sill ? Gould Curry’s Orchestra COME ONE — COME ALL! A tale of heroism in which a young woman saved three per- BE HELD TUESDAY MORN- ING AT PARISH HALL; CALL ——$ Key West, Florida, has the most equable climate in the country; with an average range of only 14° Fahrenheit PRICE FIVE GENTS Signals From British. Freighter received | sons from burning to death in their wrecked automobile at} Sugar Loaf Key, 27 miles above; peo “s i Key West Thursday night, was f : 1 ‘brought to The Citizen today by| ‘Loud whistle blasts will signal | ‘Mr, and Mrs. J. S. Downard, op- approximately 100 of the busiest erators of Sugar Loaf Inn, near | business men of Key West to the! the scene of the accident. |Start-Off Breakfast in the cam-! Mr. and Mrs. Downard were|paign to “Put Key West Ahead” awakened Thursday night by ajto be held at 8 o'clock Tuesday } jcrash when an automobile owned !morning at Parish Hall. jand driven by Morris Roberts, | Benj. D. Trevor has agreed to jcolored, Key West, leaped from |sound the loud whistle at the Co- | jthe Overseas Highway on the'!lumbia Steam Laundry at 7:30 jcur've at the end of Sugar Loaf jo’clock sharp next Tuesday morn- | bridge and upset in a ditch less! ing to arouse the workers and re- than 150 feet from the Inn. mind them of the breakfast. When the Downards reached; A complete list of the workers the spot, the automobile was in; will be reported in The Citizen jflames, the three occupants | Monday. Division heads were ; screaming for help, pinned inside j filling in their ranks today, mak- |the car ky a jammed door. At jing ready for the three-hour can- {that moment, Miss Aina Hedberg, |vass scheduled for next week. jemploye of nearby Pirates Cove; “We were never so well or- camp, reached the spot after ganized for making a canvass to} leaping from a car driven by a'gain support of a civic-improve- friend. |ment program as we now are”,! Miss Hedberg ignored the jdeclared President Everett Rus- flames, jumped the ditch and 'sell of the Chamber of Commerce | climbed up the side of the upset today. “The fact that nearly one automobile”, Mrs. Downard re-' hundred workers have already as- lates. “There was extreme dan-|sured us that they will help has (Continued on Page Three) (Continued on Page Three) TO BLOW 7:30 O'CLOCK Good Attendance At | Flower Show Opening By Nifia Leslie Calleja The Anrual Flower Show,'but Mesdames H. P. Connable| BROTHER OF FRANK MURPHY WAS HERE Among visitors at the Over- seas Hotel this week was Judge George Murphy, broth- er of Supreme, Court Justice Frank Murphy. Judge Murphy spent a number of days _ sightseeing while he was here and was much intrigued with the trop- ical atmosphere of the island and interested in the old- world architecture of many of the buildings and homes here. He concluded his visit yes- terday and returned to his home in Detroit. EPL. SIS Pecccscccoceisecccccccos RAILWAY — URGES Story Sent Country Over VISIT TO KEYS Chamter of Commerce reports the receipt of a piece of publicity put out by Seaboard Railway that gives Monroe County, the Flor- ida Keys and Key West “an un- {usual and constructive” bit of ad- |vertising. The release by the railway has ~ Answered By Caribbeal Patrol | EPS IIIS SS U. S. S. MASON, FOR- MERLY HERE, ONE OF THREE DESTROYERS SENT TO SCENE T. JENKINS CURRY | CANDIDATE FOR COUNTY SHERIFF | | One of the three destroyers PRESENT COUNTY COMMIS- | |sent to the scene of the reported SIONER FROM FIFTH DIS- 5 |attack on a British freighter by TRICT QUALIFIES AND AN- s a submarine about 130 miles NOUNCES TODAY :, jmortheast of Puerto Rico, formerly attached to the Key T. Jenkins Curry, of Key West! jand Key Largo, has qualified as; West neutrality patrol, it a candidate for the office of |sheriff of Monroe County and |!@*ned today. {formally announced his candi-; She is the destroyer Mason \dacy for this important office to- | which came to Key West three cay. : t months ago and served for sev- | He wil open his headquarters eral weeks under the command for his campaign in Key West at of Capt. Arthur S. Carpender, U. ance: :S. N., senior officer of the Key Mr. Curry is now County Com- west patrol, ‘The Mason was de- {missioner of the Fifth District, tached from duty here Feb. 14 which comprises all the Keys out-' and became a unit of the Carib- side Key West and a portion. of bean patrol operating out of San |the City of Key West. He is Juan, Puerto Rico. chairman of the Roads Committee! With the McLeigh and Satter- of the County Commission and jee, the Mason last night was dis- has been active and largely re+ patched to The aid of the British sponsible for the first highway | freighter Southgate, a 400-foot over the Keys frpm the mainland ; vessel of 4,862 tons, which wire- to Key West, which was begun in jessed that she had been attack- 1924. This was the first improv- ed, presumably by a German ed highway connecting Key West submarine in latitude 19.58 north jto the mainland. and longitude 64.00 west, which | When the FEC. R’y was de-| would place her about 1,000 miles | Stroyed by the storm in 1935, Mr. southeast of Key West, and 150 Curry was chosen by Governor miles northeast of Puerto Rico. was | | | | sponsored by the Key West Gar- den Club, opened officia}ly yes* jterday aftetntéon-at the Coast. Guard Building, formerly the Lighthouse Building, and was very largely attended by winter visitors and townspeople alike, all of wham expressed their pleasure at the beauty and charm of this unusual show. The judging of the exhibits took place prior to the opening, the judges being Mrs. William iA. Harshaw, of Gates Mills, Ohio; Mrs. Hulbert Taft, Cin- cinnati, Ohio; Mrs. William N. Haskell, New York City; Ezra Winter, New York City; Burt Garnett, Alexandria, Vir- ginia, and R. B. Pittman, Key West, Florida. Flower corsages were presented to the ladies. | As in previous years, the Tropical Fruit and Vegetable dis- iplay, under the direction of Mrs. Stephen W. Douglass, assisted jby Mrs. Ray W. Byrns. and Earle Johnson, received the highest rating of the show, with the Seed and Seed Pods Ex- Mrs. | and Charles Falk had arranged two large blue jars of the white ,and pink flowers-.which were very attractive. | The Hibiscus display, under the direction of Mesdames Lee Pierce and B. C. Moreno, was lovely, and included the single and double varieties in red, sal- mon and pink, and there was one superb yellow double bloom \that was outstanding in this group. The Bougainvillaea arch, | arranged by Guy Carleton, was a! study in bright purple, and very charming to look upon. The Begonias, by Mrs. George |Archer and Mrs. Paul Vecker, jwere colorful and nicely ar- |Tanged, and included specimens of the quite rare Angels Wings |variety. The Croton display was | varied, with several of the curled varieties attracting attention |from the winter visitors. Mes- lames A. E. Sharpley, Carl Ber- valdi and John H. Costar were responsible for this croton dis- play. | There was a nice assortment jhibit of Messrs. Wallace B. Kirke|0f potted palms on view, Mrs. and A. D. Luethi receiving the| Ella Lee Cash having arranged | second highest rating. Complete|them. Somie of these palms | ratings of each display, together! Were graceful in the extreme, | with individual ribbons awarded,/@nd charming to see. Only ai {will be published in a later issue! very few hanging baskets were | lof The Citizen. |at the show this year, and all of The Coast Guard Building was these contained caetus. Mrs. G. | decorated with coconut palm|N. Goshorn and A. E. Sharpley { fronds hanging from rafters and| were in charge of these baskets. | on the walls, forming a back-} The Seeds and Seed Pods were ground of green for the colorful; unusually profuse and nicely ar- plants and flowers on display. ranged. Among the The Shadow Boxes were ar-|0n viéw were the Ipomea tube- ranged along the side walls, and ' Tosa, Stephanotis floribunda, Red were very beautiful. These Sandalwood, Brazilian pepper, Shadow Boxes were again com-}Pongan anl the Cork tree. petitive, and ribbons awarded! The Handicraft Exhibit, under those of outstanding loveliness. | the direction of Mesdames Cyril | The Tropical Blossoms, ar-;L. Marshall, A. Dudley and M.} ranged by Mrs. J. J. Trevor, Mrs. | E. Berkowitz, was exceedingly | Ella Cash and Mrs. William R.,/attractive, and included’ such} Warren, was one of the most un-/items as Pottery decorated with | usual features of the show. ‘Out-| beaten pewter by the Dudleys; standing exhibits in this section,|Shell and seed pod painted in the writer’s opinion, were the Plaques by Mrs. E. R. Sycks; Datura arborea, or Angel’s/ dyed fish scale ornaments by Ida trumpet, a large white flower in Bethel; carved plastic pins by ‘a black vase; the Eranthemum! Cyril Marshall; coconut fibre andersonii, a tiny white blossom hats and bags by Mrs. Lois Rob- speckled with purple; the Scarlet /erts and Isabel Garing; woven amaryllis and the Solandra gut-!coconut frond screens by tata. | WPA workers; a schooner half-! { The Fern Exhibit, by Mrs. H.|model by Max Foster; John Put- C. Galey and Mrs. W. C. Duncan, nam’s tiny and intricate hand- represented perhaps a dozen made British Navy; two colorful! varieties, and were charmingly Tag Tugs by Mrs. G. E. Hale and) displayed. A number of quite many other lovely pieces. Hi unusual specimen plants were to! An individual display arranged | be seen, among them: the Aloe ;by Miss G. Laubscher included’ and the Delaporone guttata. Mrs.|Charmingly selected _gaillardia, H. C. Galey was in charge of Violets, a sisal blossom and peri- these Specimen plants. \winkle in various containers. The table of Yellow Flowers The Wild Flowers, collected and carried bowls and vases of nas-|@franged by Mr. and Mrs. E. R. turtiums, calendulas, marigolds, |Syeks, were dainty and beauti- tithonias, and the Mexican Love ful, and particularly attractively | Vine in bamboo pipes, a colorful @franged. and beautiful arrangement.| The Garden Flower arrange- There were not a great many Ments were lovely, and repre- oleanders to be seen this year,i | (Continued On Page Four) | specimens | R the country, and has been posted ton numerous railroad and tour {agency bulletin boards. Headed {“Visit Those Florida Keys”, the piece is written by Ralph Pierson land reads as follows: “Stretching southwesterly from |Miami are the Florida Keys, beau- |tiful coral islands surrounded’ by the deep blue waters of the Gulf of Mexico and the lighter hue of jthe Atlantic Ocean, Easily reach- jed by the Orange Blossom Spe- cial and Silver Meteor of the Sea- board Reilway to Miami and thence on the Overseas Highway, the various keys making up the | group as far as and including Key ; West, are absolutely must spots to visit on that Florida trip. | “Sometimes you will hear the {word ‘key’ spelled or pronounced ‘cay’ or ‘caye’ and there are two {different types of key, the outer ;and the inland ones. The outer keys border on the sea and the jinland are surrounded by glades. |These keys are sparsely populat- jed but large numbers of fisher- men spend day in and day out there bringing in fish of all types and sizes. Cozy. fishing camps are dotted here and there, well- known rendezvous such as the Key Largo Anglers’ Club, offer- | ing fine food lodges. “However, the keys occupy a large area of land; in fact. they are equal to the combined area of the Virgin Islands and Puerto ico. As is known, the keys are ined by bridges, some of con- siderable length and offering widespread views on all sides of stunning beauty. This region is and comfortable jalso a virgin wildlife country. “Along the Overseas Highway are to be found rare bird farms, parrot and monkey jungles. To those who have yearned. for a Place to stay, which is really be- yond the horizon, a place to build j@ sportsman’s haven, the Flor- | ida keys are the answer. “When you fish all day out in the Gulf Stream and then return to the mainland with the sun .making the sky splashes of vivid | the | Color, that is a.sensation that can | {never be forgotten. By all means | Pay a visit to those inviting is- lands south of Miami”. OPENING DANCE | Tuesday Night —BuSHEA’S— ROUND HOUSE ‘Marathon, Florida 9 P. M. Till ? CURRY’S ORCHESTRA |gone to newspapers throughout | Dave Sholtz as a member of the, No official report of the in- | Overseas which secured $3,600,000 to cre-'ficers at Key West. They said {ate and build the Overseas High-' they are not likely to become in- |way, an improvement that has!volved in that operation because jbeen a Savior to both Key West it is far out of the Key West area and the Florida Keys. (of patrol activity and right “in Mr. Curry is also a member of the laps” of the Caribbean patrol ,the Board of Trustees of Rural out of San Juan. Electrification, Inc., which is now, That the plight of the British assured of securing electricity for ship did not cause any local the Keys. ‘ ‘alarm is emphasized by the fact His lifetime record for service |there was virtually no change in and efforts in behalf of Key West the destroyer lineup here: today. and the Keys as a whole stamps Still here are the flagship’ Lea, him as one of Monroe County’s the Williams, Evans, McCook, outstanding citizens. and the -es- | Rodgers, Wickes, Philip and “Mc- teem in which he is held is attest-,Calla and the seaplane tender ed to by the result of the 1938 Gannet. primary when, as candidate for Capt. Carpender, who has County Commission, he polled the |been on a short-leave of absence, greatest pumber of votes of any|is due back at his flagship to- candidate for office in Monroe | morrow morning. EXAMINE BLIND MORE CONTRIBUTE HERE SUNDAY 0 FINNISH RELIEF Contributions during the last APPOINTMENTS MADE WITH four days to the Help Finland Drive are listed herewith. These STATE OFFICER AT DR. were received atthe office of the VALDES’ OFFICE Monroe County chairman, L. P. Artman: | Dr. W. S. Nichots, state optho- |Previously acknowledged .. $77.50 lomologist, will arrive here to- Judge Wee ie h ste |morrow morning to conduct a se- bg ete Mrs, J. J. Kitachiegis ries of tests for blind people at the office of Dr. J. A. Valdes, 532 |F- C- Brown a Duval street. J, R. Valdes - e 2 Appointments have been made|. The campaign locally is draw- with ninety-two blind persons at |i"8 © @ close and the chairman | the local office, and eight calls asks that all those contemplating will be made in the city. Six contributions to the fund to do so lpersons are to be examined at now. It is hoped that at least Marathon and one at Rock Har- 2.00 $100 may be sent forward to state bor. All have been notified of the headquarters. examinations. | vae@eaoa aa, _\eMPERATURES Lowest last Highest last VIBORG NEAR FALL sicht Shenae | (Cy Associated Press) %6 | _ HELSINKI, Mar. 2—Heavy 34 | artillery fire continued today 25 borg. Russians appeared 3T ready for the expected final a7 | assault with troops and tanks 76 | on the Finnish defenses. Finn ¢ 32 40 60 54 49 | Stations Atlanta . [Boston |Buffalo — Chicago | Denver |Havana KEY WEST _ {Los Angeles - |Miami - }Mpls.-St. Paul {New York __ }San Francisco Seattle —___ Washington V hahhuheded £t L |FLOOR SHOW and DANCE _ TOMORROW NITE 10 TILL ? RAUL’S CLUB | Music By RAY BALDWIN | COCKTAIL HOUR SUNDAY, 6 P. M. TILL ? Ee FLOOR SHOW and DANCE TONITE, 10 TILL ? RAUL’S CLUB Music By RAY BALDWIN COCKTAIL HOUR Highway Commission, | cident was-received by: navel of Rms, \