The Key West Citizen Newspaper, March 5, 1940, Page 1

Associated Press Day Wire Service For 69 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West VOLUME LXI. No. 56. Che Key rst Citizen THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN THE U.S.A. Climax Near’ In Blockade Of Nazi Coal ror peaceruc set-/ DR. ALVIN POPE, | NOTED ) EDUCATOR | TLEMENT OF PROBLEM LONDON, Mar. 5.—Climax of SCHOOL FOR DEAF AT TREN- the British-Italian controversy| Tow, N. J., STANDS AS MON- over seizure of coal shipments | from Germany to Italy is ex. | pected to come within the next | twenty-four hours, due chiefly | to the actual seizure of two| Itali " rman| Dr. Alvin E. Pope, noted educa- Se cateringeGs | tor of Trenton, N, J., and recently Effects of the action taken by /neW-resident in Key West on re- the British is expected to be far-|tirement, died Sunday evening at regching, although officials here |the home, 901 North Beach. He stated their belief that an! WaS 66_years of age. amicable settlement would| Dr. Pope came to Key West, come. England is not desirous With Mrs. Pope, who is his sole of stirring up trouble in the Survivor, in January to take up Mediterranean Sea, and this will Permanent residence, in the hope have its effect on a solution of! that his health, which had been failing in late months, would im- ED HERE IN JANUARY the problem, it was pointed out Added to the news of the ef- Prove. s , fort ‘to stop coal shipments from| | Funeral services are being held Germany was the probable rea-| this afternoon at 4:00 o'clock at son for the opez g viously had refused to exchange |Dimmick, of St. Paul's church, much-needed coal to be supplied | Officiating. The body will be by England in return for muni-|Shipped to Miami tomorrow for tions manufactured Italian | cremation. factories. This factor may be; Dr. Pope was born : paramount in bringing _ settle-| ham, Minn., but received his edu- ment of the question now in Cation in Nebraska, being a grad- crisis stage. uate of the University of Ne- Ronald Cross, Minister of braska. Economic Warfare, announced course at Gallaudet College, the seizure of two Italian ships Washington, D. C., the only col- loaded with coal purchased in , lege in the country for the educa- Germany today. tion of the deaf, and had made | that phase of education his life’s work. The New Jersey School for the LONDON, Mar. 5—British of-|Deaf at West Trenton is Dr. ficials announced today the re- | Pope’s creation, the result of his lease of a $1,200,000,000 war loan | Planning, and the fulfillment of bearing three per cent interest. In France, it was learned, women of the nation were being mobilized for duty on farms left by soldiers at the fronts. two announcements caused local observers to agree | that the Allies are in the war to “the bitter finish’ GANDOLFO IN in ANNOUNCE HUGE WAR LOAN ranking rather low among schools for the deaf in physical ment, in morale, and consequent- ly in achivement, and immediate- ly set to work to build a new school and to create a new spir- it. The morale of the student body and teaching staff was raised and |through ceaseless effort and with great courage he succeeded in {establishing a salary scale sec ond to none in residential school se UMENT TO HIS NAME; MOV-! pments, Italy pre- Lopez Funeral Home, Rev. A. B.| in Wind-| He took a post-graduate | [RUSSIANS LAND TROOPS IN REAR | OF VIBORG AREA OF CITY; SNOW FALLS TO HELP DEFENDERS i (By Associated Press) | HELSINKI, Mar. 5.—Spirited successfully turned back by Fin- nish defense forces today, though an item of Russian maneuver 1s causing considerable alarm in this capital city today. Reports have indicated that the Russians were successful in land- ling troops across Viborg Bay jconsiderably to the west of the city, which, if true to any large extent, will prove of imminent danger to the defense of that city. Finnish troops, it was pointed out, were too few in number to lallow for any spreading maneu- ver to cover more territory than lis now being defended, and the arrival of large bodies of Soviets lin the rear of present defenses would cause quick capitulation of the city. Raiding planes appeared in ter- ritory near this city today, for the first time in many weeks. For ;some reason, Russian planes have jelected to bomb almost any other locality than the Finnish capital. | Anti-aircraft guns put the raiders to route, however, it was an- |nounced. . New successes were reported in j thie Lake Ladoga region with the |168th Russian Division said to be lin desperate straits, facing near annihilation from _ surrounding maneuvers by the Finns. Light FURTHER MOVEMENTS MAY} BRING IMMEDIATE FALL} attacks on Viborg are still being ; KEY WEST, FLORIDA, TUESDAY, MARCH 5, 1940 Soecsccccseernsececcceses | | OF LOCAL INTEREST Hl POCSOSHSE OHA HSESECOOOSE | The current exhibition at the |Key West Community Art Cen- \ter, Front and Whitehead streets, is one that should prove of great jinterest to all and especially to people of Key West. i | The state exhibition circuited Projects Administration, is none other than the watercolors of Harry Leith-Ross and they are entitled, “Pennsylvania and Key West”. | Mr. Leith-Ross . painted the {scenes of Key West when he was |staying here last winter. ‘Mr. Leith-Ross is an imminent watercolorist and painter, an as- |sociate of the National Academy, |member: of the Salmagundi Club, the New Haven Plant and Clay Club, American Watercolor So- ciety, the New York and Phila- delphia Watercolor Clubs. He makes his home near New 'Hope, Pa., and for several years jhas conducted summer schools at | Woodstock, Rockport and Glou- cester, Ma: He has won many {notable prizes for his work. ONLY THREE SHIPS IN PORT | | There was virtually no naval jactivity in Key West today. All ;of the destroyers except the Schenck and Evans were out on {patrol or enroute to other bases of operation. The Schenck was at the fuel dock, the Evans at the ;upkeep pier in the submarine base. Also here was the seaplane tender Gannet. | In the absence of Capt. Arthur his dreams. He took over a school ; equip-| RACEFOR COUNTY TAX ASSESSOR FORMER WPA LABOR EXPERT ANNOUNCES HIS' CANDI DACY FOR OFFICE TODAY: for the deaf and was able, there by, to surround himself with the best staff he could find. His ad- ministrative ability and progres- siveness in matters of educational theory and practice raised the standard of achievement to such | a degree that the New School became a “must” Jersey among | schools to be visited, and will ever serve as him, FPDP MILLI IIS. THIS FELLOW WAS REAL LABOR HERO (Ry Associated Press) LUGANO, Switzerland, Mar. 5.—Italian-born Gio- vanni Martini was the oldest pensioned railroad worker in Switzerland when, at $7, he died in Lugano recently, but that was not the main reason for the crowds that came to his funeral and the long obituaries in the Swiss and Italian press. It was because Martini was the last suvvivor of the Pioneer workmen who carved the first great railroad tun- nel through the solid rock of Switzerland’s Alps: It took: eight -years—from 1872 to 1880—to push'through the great St. Gothard tun- nel whose 14,998 meters (48,- 927 feet) of track, now elec- trified, still stands with the longest tunnels of the world. Martini began work with labor gangs in 1872, was with the honored few who broke through the last few inches between the two shafts. He finally became an engineer on the great loco- motives which pull trains through Gothard’s steep grades, FAVORS EFFICIENCY Claude Gantolfo today an- nounced his candidacy for tax ssor of Monroe county in the primary. andolto needs no introduction to the people of Monroe county He was born and raised in this city. He left here while still in his ‘teens to do Overseas duty in the World War. After the war he joined the Coast and Geodetic Survey chief yeoman and while serving in this capacity gained considerable knowledge of commercial work. For five years he was connect- ed with the labor branch of v rious federal relief agencies. He is no longer with the WPA, hav- ing been out of this position since February 29. | “I realize that the position I seek is elected by the people”,! Gandolfo said. “They desire pub- lie officials that do their duty. Friendship does not count all the time. Efficiency must prevail. “I promise a complete study of every piece of property in Mon- roe county. Assessed values should not be based on realty values of years past. A piece of property that might have been valuable several years ago, might have lost market value today, and a piece that was worth only a small amount several years ago might be valuable today”. In conclusion, Mr. Gandolfo stated, “The job I seek is one that requires careful study and at- tention and above all equal and just assessment to everyone. This I promise”. as a monument to; snows fell over most of south is. Carpender, who went out with Finland teday, bringing the hope ‘the flagship Lea yesterday, there that more would come to help the:were no new announcements Finns in their defense of Viborg.'forthcoming from the fleet. | | Announce Examinations For Officerships In Air Corps In view of the increased in- qualified for flying duty, and in aeronautics and the, “D° will not have reached the | | age of 29 years and 10 months on number of men enlisting in that’ May 1, 1940. the! In addition to \requirements, a | jsuch subjects as jthe fact that the War Department position, history, j terest the foregoing knowledge of English com- general mathe- s announced examinations for Matics, physics, chemistry, ‘ 2 tain branches of engineering, ;appointments as 2nd lieutenants, | ang economics and modern lan- |the preliminary examinations to guages (French or Spanish) is re- E) ; : | quired. be completed by April 6th, 1940, °° 7. cortain 1 i | cases, exemptions jand the finals by April 30th: ‘ {from the preliminary examina- This information was given ‘tions will be granted, subject to {The Citizen by Col. J. D. Mac- approval of corps area com- |Mullen of the Key West Harbor ™@nders, but no exemptions will Defenses, today. | apply to the final examinations. Eligibility to compete in the’, Of necessity, the requirements ifinal examination will be con- for these appointments are rigid, ‘field of military training, {need for officers is evident by cer- iCorps Training Center who are worth while for any, man qualified pilots of service planes! WAlified to participate in the ex- and who are mentally, morally aminations, not only because of land physically qualified for ap- the officership resulting there- jpointment as 2nd lieutenants in jthe regular army, physically from, but because of the vital importance of aeronautics today, both in military and civil fields. Candidates who are not in ac- tive military service will submit their applications to the nearest air corps station, and sufficient time should be allowed so that | the applications will reach the {Fourth Corps Area Headquarters, Atlanta, Ga. not later than March 20th, 1940. ‘SCHOOL HONORS FOR quY ATKINS MAINTAINS ABOVE-85 AVER- AGE AT BUCKNELL UNIV. FOR FIRST — KEYS ELECTRIC MEET TONIGHT (Special te The Citizen) LEWISBURG, Pa, Mar. 5—| Guy W. Atkins. son of Mrs. Ann’ - ti iadnt ad P. Lamb, 616 Eaton street, Key| TO MAKE FINAL’ PLANS FOR West, Florida, has been named to| LOAN APPLICATION AT the honor roll for high scholastic | standing at Bucknell University, ¢ TAVERNIER MEETING where he is a member of the sophomore class. { In order to be included on this A meeting of the Florida Keys honorary list of 187 students, Electrification association _ will Atkins has maintained a scholas-; be held at 8 Pp. m. tonight at tic average above 85 per cent Tavernier, it was announced during the first semester of the here today. current school term. At the meeting final plans for Paintings Of Key West} jby the Florida Art Project, Work | \fined’ to graduates of the Air! bUt despite this fact, it is wellj Ne hd hd de Al | _He is studying electrical en- procurement of a loan from the gineering at Bucknell, and is Rural Electrification Authority secretary of the Phi Eta Sigma for construction of a power plant honorary fraternity which is at Tavernier and a distribution composed of men who in their |system extending from the upper freshman year maintain an aver-'end of Key Largo to Stock Is- age of 85 per cent, jland will be discussed, r ISTRATION “BOOKS BACK IN ‘COURT HOUSE RETURNED FROM VARIOUS PRECINCTS TODAY: HOURS GIVEN FOR LISTING OF VOTERS tl Registration books for the va- ‘rious precincts of the county were | |delivered today to John England, | supervisor of registration, at county court house. Supervisor English will register those that must be listed if they wish to vote in the first primary May 7 until April 20. The books j will be open from 9:00 a. m. to} 12:00 Noon and from 2:00 to 5:00; p. m. each day, England said. j The supervisor stressed the fact that married women who _pre- viously registered as single wom- en and those divorced since they registered would have to register under the new names they bear. jOthers who must register are newcomers to the community andj those who have come of age since! the last election. After April 20 the registration -books wi!l be open only to those | who come of voting age between that date and May 7 and those who will have completed their residential period between the dates in question. LATE NEWS BULLETINS (By Associated Press) BUCHAREST, Mar. manian officials have been asked by the Reich to speed up oil shipments to Germany. Failure of quotas to be filled is tributed, it was announced, by British and French controlled egmpanies to supply contracts made with the home govern- ment. 5.—Ru- | NEW YORK, Mar. 5.— Property owned in the Bur- rough of Brooklyn by Adolf Hitler and Josef Stalin was endangered today by fore- closure, suits filed in a local court. The property was as- signed to the two European dictators by an unnamed owner before his death. Taxes, it appears, have not been paid. WASHINGTON, Mar. 5.—The at-| at Key West Mi ER Key West, Florida, has the most equable climate in the country; with an average range of only 14° Fahrenheit PRICE FIVE CENTS d Drive Sucess Assured At Breakfast TCSII IS SS SS DR. GALEY CLICKS AT LONG LAST Dr. H. C. Galey bids fair to be the happiest man in Key West for the remainder of this fishing season, at least, because on Sunday last he finally accomplished a long- desired wish. The doctor caught his first large jewfish. It weighed 80 pounds. The feat was accomplished while out Sunday afternoon in a small boat with outboard motor. The doctor used a handline. Along with Dr. Galey were George Mills White, John F. McDonald, managing editor of Survey of Current Busi- ness, Department of Com- merce, and Albert O'Leary of the Information Division of the same department, both of Washington, D. C. Mr. McDonald is spending his third winter here and Mr. O'Leary his first. SLI LIS SIS ST Ss CONCLUDE INQUEST AT 5 P. M. TODAY JURY TO GIVE FINDINGS ON DEATH OF MANUEL BOTELLA Inquest into the death of Man- |\VICTORY DINNER TO- M. E. RUSSELL | MORROW EVENING; GETS CALL TO | WORKERS CONTACT SCHOOL MEET ALL MERCHANTS Fired by an_ inspired i | |MEETING MARCH 11 TO DIS- IM. | CUSS. EDUCATIONAL ‘the conduct of civic efforts here, PROVEMENTS AND MANY, |100 members of the Key West OTHER SUBJECTS | — Chamber of Commerce today (Special to The Citizen) i ‘ . ., TALLAHASSEE,: Mar. 5—| Were seemed- in :an) intensive County Superintendent M. E.'grive to increase membership of ‘Russell and all principals of Mon-! - lroe County have been asked by | the organization to 250 by night- |State Superintendent Colin En-| any !glish to cttend a district school |" ” jadministrators’ conference at Mi-; When it seemed certain at a jami, March 11. The meeting “put Key West Ahead” break- Bear ees eseir oer |fast this morning that the cam- igram for improvement of schools | P#ign would be a success, Cham- jwill be the theme of the confer: |ber officials immediately _an- ence with discussions on develop- | nounced that a “Victory Dinner” jments in the program and plans |donated by an unidentified civic’ for the future. jleader would be held at Over- Discussion of plans for the | seas Hotel, Fleming street, at summer of 1940 will center 6-30 p. m. Wednesday. jaround the workshops and princi-| First putting their own names )pals’ planning groups to be con-'on subscription blanks joining jducted at the University of Flor-| the Chamber of Commerce in its jida and Florida State College for | new program of activities, the jWomen, and the Florida work-| members of the organization set {conference on school administra-|out with cards and credentials to |tive problems to be held at Day-jround, up approximately 150 jtona Beach and at the Univer-| others willing to sacrifice time ‘sity of Florida. The bulletins to; and effort to put Key West in be prepared by these study | the forefront of Florida cities. groups will also be discussed at! Every available seat in St. the meeting. The new procedure | Paul’s dining hall was filled for measuring and actrediting | when the breakfast gong sound- | Florida schools will be explained|ed at 8 a. m. today. Civic lead- jand plans discussed for comple- ers had been summoned to the tion of revised standards next|mecting by personal messages, |thusiasm never before reached in } 5. /coroner’s jury at the sheriff's of-|ing and uel Botella, 50, quartermaster on | summer at the University of Flor- the.lighthouse tender Ivy who lost | ida. : Buccs his life in a fall from the gang-|_, Other topics for discussion in- Continuity : jclude the following: plank of the boat February 25, | of service for teachers; transpor- will be concluded before Peace | tation of pupils; school plant op- Justice Franklin Arenberg and a/eration. and maintenance; train- selection of teachers: {utilization of instructional mate- {rials; program planning for 1940- 11941; iti e eI ed February 26 after the witness- | How: Rh peiate borors races es had been questiond. It was|acquainting teachers with pres- decided to wait for return of the}ent developments in the pro- fice at 5 p. m. today. The inquest had been adjourn- U. S. Senate again delayed ac- tion on revision of the census; questions to be asked in the nationwide drive that begins Many senators have !| been active in a drive to cause some of the questions to be stricken from the sheets. ROCHESTER, N. Y., Mar. 5. — Republican presidential aspirant, Frank Gannett, stated today in an editorial in his newspapers, that “Freedom in this country will be surrentlered for many years if the third-term ques- tiom is not defeated”. He said the “New Deal has been an utter failure”, and called on all citizens of the coun- try to “defeat it in coming primaries and elections”. SISOS I S,| POLES PROVE TO BE, HARD TO SUBDUE, April 1. 1 (By Associated Press) WARSAW, Mar. 5.—Gue- rilla warfare continues Ivy before concluding the in-|8ram. !telephone calls, blowing of the {Columbia Laundry whistle and | telegrams. Rubbing elbows were native- born citizens and new resideyfs; businessmen, bankers and — hotel proprietors; city officials and members of the county commis- sion; presidents of the CHamber jof Commerce, the Rotary and Lions clubs, and virtually every ‘other civic and patriotic organ- ization. Between the tomato juice cock- tails and the scrambled eggs, after a lifting prayer by the Rev. quiry. Sc far as known Botella | jhad no living relatives, and he} UNDAUNTED CUPID J. C. Gekeler beseeching Divine the FORT WAYNE, Ind.—When an was buried under Coast Guard! ‘regulations in City Cemetery attack of appendicitis threatened |to interfere with his wedding | Plans, Edward Shaffer rebelled. Instead cf being married in a enue he was married in his’ {hospital room and was operated on} |immedaicly afterward. last week. ARRESTED IN {Guidance in the campaign, gathering burst out in song lead by Gerald Saunders and Mrs. Eva Warner. Along with the second cup of coffee, President Everett Russell of the Chamber of Commerce arose: ‘The attendance at this break- fast, far larger than any of us dared to hope for, in the kind of | | Deputy Sheriff Ray Elwood late yesterday arrested Darnell Sawyer, colored, 704% Windsor Lane, on an open charge in con- | nection with the stabbing of |Roosevelt Sweeting, colored, 717 | {Galveston Lane, during a quarrel | at the Hill Cafe, 709 Windsor | GEE LEM BL BS cooperation that is needed to put ESKIMOS HAVE WARM i.’ nst ‘incu af ‘another’ piece SPOT FOR BEVERAG E where such an effort can be cen- tered to better effect. Any work that is needed to make Key West grow ‘should start with~ the Chamber of Commerce. “Few realize the amount of work done by the Chamber for (By Asnoctated Press) ROME, Alaska, Mar. 5.— Eskimos, particularly the 3,- 000 primitives at the mouth of the Yukon, are heavy tea Lane. | Sweeting was treated for a cut in the chest at the Marine Hos- | pital and later taken home. Saw- yer will be arraigned before Peace Justice Franklin Arenberg | drinkers. Tea tops the list of commodities they call for when traders make the rounds each fall. R. M. (Bus) Boyd. a trader, jas soon as Sweeting is able to |@appear against him. | TEMPERATURES | | | trading checks rang- | ‘Sai TIiais | Louisville ing in value from 25 cents to $5 are also in use. The Eski- mos buy almost .mo canned goods. Boyd said the natives the Yukon .are among most primitive in Alaska. 6 hhh ck ukuul BOXING-Strand Arena Wednesday—8:30 O’Clock MAIN BOUT— JIMMY CONZALEZ vs. BUDDY SPIEDEL. SEMI-WINDUP— Lowest last Highest last | night 24 hours =e 55 - 32 47 29 30 30 33 63 Stations Atlanta _ Boston Charleston - Chicago - Denver Detroit El Paso Havana Jacksonville — 51 Kansas City . 30 KEY WEST _ 68 Los Angeles — 57 36 68 30 31 Miami pe ae Mpls.-St. Paul New York the city of Key West. That work has benefitted all our citizens, but it has been a struggle to keep the work going. If we do not get public support we will have to give up that effort. “For three weeks we have been working on a program that |should be followed by the Cham- |ber of accomplishing the end that we all desire—growth and development and prosperity for Key West.” Introduced by President Rus- sell, Melvin E.- Russell, vice president of the Chamber, stated |that everything that is accom- plished today in the campaign | will have a direct bearing on | whether Key West goes ahead or |lags behind. | “The highway to the mainland was the signal for a new birth of this city. It lead to the for- mation of the present Chamber of Commerce. That body has had relatively little public sup- port. If this effort to get sup- Pensacola — 46 ‘Pittsburgh 30 St. Louis 21 San Francisco 52 Seattle _._. 41 Tampa —.. 57 ‘Washington — 40 (Continued on Page Four) FIFTH ANNUAL | “NIGHT IN HABANA” | at Habana-Madrid Club | FRIDAY, MARCH 8, 9:30 P. M. H Floor FRANKIE GREEN vs. KID GARCIA