The Key West Citizen Newspaper, March 12, 1940, Page 1

Key West, Florida, has the most equable climate in the country; with an average Associated Press Day Wire Service For 69 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West VOLUME LXI. No. 62. Peace Or War Decision Will Come * FIGHTING CONTINUES! UNABATED ON ALL FRONTS; DIPLOMATS) IN BUSY SESSIONS (By Axsocinted Press) STOCKHOLM, Mar. 12.—Dis- patches received here early to-| day indicated that an amicable} agreement is being reached in negotiations between Finnish and Russian diplomats and that a possible truce may be called in the war by tonight. Full authority for settlement} of the issues on Finland’s side has been vested in the Finnish} Premier and a small council of government leaders. Fighting, however, still con- tinues at no lessened pace on all| fronts in Finland, latest reports | coming through stating that ad- ditional drives ‘against the south seaport city of Viborg are again being repulsed by alert Finnish defense forces. DIPLOMATIC PRESSURE APPLIED Tonight FILIP LLL LL IS. OUR UNCLE SAM IN HOTEL BUSINESS HERE? Is the U. S. Government in the hotel business in Key West? No one interviewed here today could give an affirma- tive answer to the question, mor could any advise as to just what the following ex- cerpt from the Congressional Record, Proceedings in the House on March 6, could Possibly mean: “Representative Woodruff of Michigan speaking: ‘By the way, may I ask my friend from Pennsylvania, speaking of the hotel business, does he know anything about the hotel business that the Gov- ernment is in at Key West? _I believe, perhaps, the only committee of this House that has an opportunity to get any information whatsoever about the activities engaged in by the Government of the Unit- ed States at Key West, is the Committee on Appropria- tions, and may I commend to the gentleman, as a member of that committee, a thorough investigation of that situation the next time the proper de- Partment of the Government comes before his committee’ Bia ITS SIS s LONDON, -Mar. - 12—Conjec- ture ran high here today as to whether anything tangible would! come out of the peace effort now being made between Finland and Russia. | Pressure from one side, de- siring peace, and counter-pres- | sure from another side, seeing no advantage in peace at this time, | features the fast-pace instruc- | tions being sent back and forth! from various governmental agen- cies to others. One thing seemed apparent, however, and that is that the is- sue would probably be settled, one .way or another, within the next twenty-four hours. Con- Sequently, all nations were giv- ing thought to the future should either peace or a continuance of the war come. MANY VACANCIES ON NYA PROJECTS RESIDENT PROGRAMS UP- STATE HAVE OPENINGS FOR SEVERAL YOUTHS ; would NYA activities at the resident projects throughout the State of Florida are still forging ahead with much enthusiasm ‘on the part of youths attending these training camps. At the Sulphur Springs Camp in Hillsborough county, white | male boys receive training in| metal work, auto mechanics or| [FRANCE WILL AID FINLAND SEEK METHOD OF TROOP TRANSPORTATION BY WAY OF NEUTRAL NATIONS (Ry Associated Press) PARIS, Mar. 12.—Premier Da- ladier today stated his belief that there would be no peace coming from the present negotiations be- tween Finland and Russia. Looking ahead to possible con- tinuance of the war in the north, the French premier said that it then be necessary for French troops to be sent to aid Finland. “This eventuality”, he stated, “has beem acknowledged since February 27, which day a large number of troops were as- \signed for transport to Finland”. Problem of routing the troops through Scandinavian countries in view of letting down of neu- |trality laws of. those countries, | was to be solved. Finland, it was expected, would formally ask for aid from the Al- lies should peace not appear pos- sible. This plea, it was stated, would be made through the League of Nations. * LEAVE SOON ON ASTRONOMY TRIP _ WATER SYSTEMS carpentry work, and in the near | future they will also receive train | OFFICERS HERE TO CARRY ON ing in aviation mechanics. There | are several vacancies along these | BAHAMAN OBSERVATIONS lines at the camp at present and | needy youths who are interested in attending camp should contact | oe the local NYA Su". Lieutenant Jerry: Smith, There are vacancies also at}U-S-N.. and Lieutenant, Floyd B, the camp for white girls in Ocala, |F. Myhre, U.S.N., members of.the along the lines of photographic | U-S. Hydrographic offices» gwilk work, home-making and catering, |leave this week for a point’ on FOR TWO MONTHS | Mr. Lowe stated. jthe Bahama Islands to carry on Che Kry West Cttteren THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN THE U. S. A. STATEWIDE ARE BUILT BY PWA) CLOSE OF 7-YEAR PROGRAM | REVEALS PROJECT BUILT 55 SYSTEMS IN CITIES ON} SHARE-COST BASIS | (Special to The Citizen) JACKSONVILLE, Mar. 12.—/{ iNearly the entire urban popula- tion of Florida is now using! Water systems built with aid of: the Public Works Administra-' Wortham reported today as the seven years PWA construction |program draws to a close, | In his summary Wortham com- Mpared the building record of, PWA in the State with figures cited by the Bureau of Census in its last count, “PWA has helped build water- works or improvements to exist- ing water systems with 55 proj- ects over the State. These PWA} iwater systems serve 778,568 peo-! }ple, or approximately 18,000 }persoris more than those living in cities of above 2,500 popula- tion,” he said, In addition, his report to Act-| ing Commissioner Colonel E. W.! \Clark brought out that 13 of the| 55 projects were erected in} towns of less than 2,500 popula- | tion. The largest cities to build with | PWA aid. were Jacksonville and} Miami and two of the smallest | towns were Surfside with al population of 150 persons and! Valpariso with a count of 196 persons. The improvements included} every type of engineering work needed in modern water systems | delivering pure and _ potable| water for home and industrial! consumption. ~ Wortham --also | pointed out that in some ‘tases added fire protection afforded by adequate water supply had jtended to reduce insurance rates. “The need for these improve- ments can be readily visualized jwhen the scope of this program is considered. All of the projects were sponsored in the locality where they were built and the cities shared the major portion} of the cost,” he said. | Each of the projects was erected by private industry andi each was designed to last from | 25 to 40 years. The population of the State, | according to the last census, was | | 1,468,211 persons, : janother outdoor Art Mart on the grounds of the Casa Marina! Hotel. Tomorrow, Wednesday, is! to the public. Along the tree bordered edge) of the patio will be displayed, the colorful paintings of the! tinue until the dew falls. This is’ an ideal opportunity to view; | in a most appropriate and fitting | U.S.S. WICKES U.S. Destroyer Wickes, which | conveyed the Submarine Sea} Raven on her trip to Panama, re- | turned to port this morning and oles an unéventful trip. fe Wickes is berthed with the er vessels of the navy which are members of the neutrality pa- |Atlanta |Boston |Havana KEY WEST, FLORIDA, TUESDAY, MARCH 12, 1940 USS. ‘Home From Good Vil Trp ToC LEFT JANUARY 4TH ON SIXTY-NINE DAY TOUR TO SEVERAL PORTS ON GULF.AND CARIBBEAN SEA The U. S. S. Pandora, cutter of at Key West, returned here this morning following a_ sixty-nine} day Good Will tour to countries ‘and various Ports of Central Am- erica. The ship, under command of Lieutenant Commander C, H. , Hilton, left Key West, with a ‘full complement of men on board, on January 4th. She re-; turned to port here, arriving at) 9:00 o’clock this morning. It was expected last weekend that the Pandora would arrive yesterday, in that the run from} Tampico, Mexico, ordinarily took but 72 hours. Leaving that port: \last Friday, however, head winds! jand heavy seas delayed usual| progress and the arrival was not made until this morning. Officers of the ship reported teat, in all respects, the trip was F.1.C. REPORTS SHOW INTERSTATE WORK BENEFITS MORE WORKERS IN FLORIDA FROM OTHER STATES RE- CEIVE PAYMENTS THAN FLORIDIANS ELSEWHERE éhtral America (Special to The Citizen) TALLAHASSEE, Mar. 12.—Re- ports from the Unemployment | COmpenea oe Division of the full Florida Industrial Commission highly successful. The tion, Regional Director Harry A. the Coast Guard forces stationed | itinerary of the route followed,'!show that almost five thousand | with the days spent at each port, | mor, k ais ee. follows herewith: |more workers migrat o Fl First stop ‘was at Mazatlan, ida during 1939 than there were Mexico, from which . port the | Floridians seeking employment in |Pandora proceeded to Acapulco jee states. | where she was joined by the UL} Unemployment compensation \s. S. Itasca on January 19. Other | {benefits are paid to migratory stops made, in order, were: ! | San Jose, Guatemala, aiaky | Ce through a system of in- | 24- 27; La Libertad, El Salvador, iter-state co-operation, effected | January 27-30; Amapala, Hon- aes the unemployment agen- |duras, January 30-February 2; |cies of the 48 states, District of _Corinto, Nicaragua, February 2-6; ‘Columbia, and the territories of | Puntarenas, Costa Rica, Feb- ‘Alaska and Hawaii. ruary 7-10; Panama, February | 11-15; Puerto Limon, February , Paying jobless benefits to eligible 16-18; Ceiba, Honduras, February | Workers wherever they may be |20-22; Tela, Honduras, February|When employment stops, the |22-23; Puerto Cortez, Honduras, |Florida Unemployment Compen- | February 23-26; Puerto Barrios, |Sation Division was charged with | Guatemala, February 26-29; Vera 9,441 initial claims filed by. for- Cruz, Mexico, March 4-6; Tam-|mer Floridians who registered pico, Mexico, March 7-9. (Continued On Page Four) TEMPERATURES Lowest last Highest last night 24 hours - 45 73 14 31 or 17 50 72 24 29. 18 37 13 26 46 67° 60 84 58 sf 32 33 . 67 75 46 60 34 39 . 65 72 i7 23 63 17 16 9 _ 33 47 38 59 Stations Buffalo Charleston icago Denver Detroit El Paso - Jacksonville Kansas City - KEY WEST Los Angeles Louisville - Miami Mpls.-St. Paul 'New Orleans New York Pittsburgh |St. Louis San Francisco Seattle Tampa 31 29 37 56 54 3 (Key West Artists To Hold Another Casa Marina Show By popular demand, the poner ineuing. Many paintings to be} |and pleasure-loving "people, like West Sotiety of Artists will hold! shown will be new,’ never before | Ito forget. their _troubles—which exhibited. As was the last show, this one the date set for the show and at is sponsored by the Key West certain over the future of the | 11:00 o'clock iti the morning the;Community Art Center. The Art |country and. grounds of the hotel will be open ‘Center has been most co-opera- jue they might as well have a | tive in helping pack and ship | purchased articles. In addition to the paintings, | artists, and the show will con- :most of which are watercolors,|cent months of tension, making | there will be etchings, oil paint- ings, and craft works. The the works of the Key West artists |2ttists themselves will be present ling with foreign money. at the show and _ attractive , “guides” will be only to glad to | show visitors through the out- | PAID OFF, PAID UP PAINFUL RESCUE —— MARISSA, IlL—Maknig a des- FRANKLIN, Mass.—As 350 ,perate attempt to prevent her |snow shovelers lined up to’ be| |daughter from falling on an icy paid off by the town treasurer, |sidewalk, Mrs, Mida Collins the town tax collector stood by,jstumbled and fell herself. The put the finger on tax delinquents | jgirl was uninjured but Mrs. Col- lies collected on the spot. {lins suffered a fractured leg. Coe osevecenscenvessesseegan ‘ROMANIANS NAZIS’ BRITISH AGENTS ese see eae Known As Paris Of Balkans, It’s Europe’s Gayest Capital eee ees eee oe By EDWARD KENNEDY, BUCHAREST, Mar. 12.—Buch- |arest, long known as the Paris of AP Feature Service Writer “Those Germans insulted our Rumanian royal family”,. cried the Balkans, today is perhaps the |the girl. She was correct. The gayest capital of Europe. 'Duke of Windsor is King Carol’s Virtually all genuine tourists |second cousin. abandoned the Balkans- months} The Britons were released and | 880, but Bucharest seems to be at/the Germans taken off to jail, 73 The eapital so witht for- | but released the following morn- jeign diplomats, agents, business |i98- |men, newspaper correspondents, The Germans enjoy fine food | spies and mystery.men, who, in! ‘available here. |addition to pursuing their respec-| The British favor the bars and tive jobs, may be found relaxing jnight clubs. There is plenty | of Scotch, whisky and lor disporting thomas 1 | aoldbd eee champagne. Caviar--is plentiful. |lobbies, bars, night clubs. Night Club Guide Rumanians, always a hospitable| The gamut of the night clubs is as follows: The Colorado (quite genteel), the Melody Bar (dig- nified fun), the Atlantic (whole- some horseplay), the Nippon Bar (getting hot), and the Kit Kat (almost anything can happen), For those who tire of the rev- elry of the dance floor, there are private salons — “separats” — where one may sip champagne while being serenaded by gypsy | fiddlers. The manager of the Kit Kat is an American negro from Charles- ton, S. C., who has been in Eu- rope twenty years—as tap danc- er, saxophone player, bartender, barman, traveling salesman, door- |are considerable these days—and | |join in the merriment. Some of |them do so because they are un- its currency and good time while they can. Germans Vs. English The Rumanian lei has fallen! with increasing rapidity in the re- Rumania the cheapest country of Europe to live in for those enter- | | t The-two greatest foreign camps jare the British and German. { In this co-operative process of ‘FORGET TROUBLES AT BUCHAREST BARS. } DeCeSeesecaccocoscccceceneccccoocces There are hundreds of each, par- RETURNS HERE . door gallery. Visiting ts tici struggle goi “Thiwe been “invited ‘to: -emhibletp teen ae ee eae in between the two countries for Ru- | mania’s rich resources—chiefly | oil, The German consulate alone ; has a staff of more than fifty. The British legation offices over- | \flow into a garage. ‘The Germans are bringing all pressure to speed up the flow of Rurfianian goods, oil * }ahdswheat, to Germany. “Whe British are buying up,huge stoeks to keep them out of Ger- |man hands. 1 A gate, opening, on Flagler | Avenue, will lead directly to the | exhibit, and a huge Hawaiian ‘fish, waving gaily on a-pole will idesignate this gateway. This | second show is expected to sur- | pass the titst in ite besilty and, man, chaperon, head waiter and finally manager. . Mingling with the foreign visi- tors are Rumanian officers, re- splendent in their bright uni- forms, epaulets and polished boots as they whirl to the strains of waltzes. Accusations.and Rumors Almost all the foreigners sus- pect one another of being spies, saboteurs or worse. tolerant by nature and long ac- range of only 14° Fahrenheit PRICE FIVE CENTS Jacobs Officially Starts New CDSS SSS SSS. WILLIAMSONS LEFT | Mr. and Mrs, Fred E. Wil- liamson left Key West yes- terday following a two weeks’ stay here at the Casa Marina. Mr. Williamson, who is President of the New York Central Railroad system, with offices in New York City, has been coming to Key West with his family for many years. He declared that the Island City is his favorite va- cation spot and that he looks forward each year to his two weeks’ stav here. “Key West fishing is unex- celled anywhere else”, Mr. Williamson stated. BRITONS TIGHTEN NAZI BLOCKADE |TO INSTALL INVESTIGATION POINTS IN ORIENT; WELLES NOW IN LONDON (By Associated Press) LONDON, Mar. 12.——British officials today announced fur- tighten up on the against Germany,. ‘with state- ments that the “economic war- fare” would be enlarged to in- ieclude investigation points in the Orient. would be made cniefly to inter- cept vessels coming from the United States carrying alleged contraband for Germany, but landing at the Russian port of Viadivostok, Welles In London Continuing his conferences for lthe second day, U. S, Under-Sec- retary of State Sumner Welles today was conducting conversa- tions on peace possibilities with opposition leaders in the govern: ment. Welles contacted Labor party members and had a long talk with |first World War premier, David Lloyd CO SS. MALLORY IN PORT LAST NIGHT MEDINA DUE TONIGHT FROM NEW YORK; OZARK STILL IN PORT Arriving at 9 ea last night from Gaiveston with a cargo of freight consisting of 60 tons, most- ly flour, was the Steamship Hen- ry M. Mallory, of the Clyde-Mal- | lory Lines. The vessel came up to the pier and unloading started at once and was completed by 11:15 o'clock’ when the ship sailed for New York. Steamship Medina, of the same lines, is due to arrive in port this evening 8:30 o’clock from New York enroute to Key West and ‘Tampa. SS. Ozark, which is still held |S in port by the longshoremen’s strike, has been moved over to the Porter Dock Company's main pier and will remain. there until spiel ber the Medina leaves tonight. te i eens FOR NEW YORK HOME) TS SII SI SS SS ther plans in their campaign to} blockade } Establishment of those points | Airbase At Ceremony ThisMorning |SAYS PROJECT MEANS MUCH TO NAVY AND KEY WEST; ABOUT 300 ATTENDED | Ceremony of breaking ground for the start of construction of |the airplane hangar and other |buildings by the Ivy H. Smith Co., of Jacksonville, took place | this morning at 10:30 o'clock on \Trumbo Island, when Captain Walter H. Jacobs, U. S. N., raised the pick and with these words “Mr. Freeman and gentlemen, it is good to start this construction of the Naval Air Station which means so much tq the Navy and Key West.” he sank it into the ground. Immediately following the ac- tion of the commandant, |mander G.' B. Hoey |shovelful of dirt from Com- lifted a the jcavation and was followed by }Councilman William and Councilman Leonard B. Grillon, who were standing with- in the enclosure which had been outlined for the operatioris, each turning shovels of dirt as had done Commander Hoey. The ceremony took place in the presence of representatives of the navy, air forces, the coun- ty commissioners, city council and representatives of prac- tically every civil and military unit in the city, and was pre- sided over by Lieutenant Com- mapder J. T. Brady, U. S.. N., public works officer at the naval station. There were also present about three hundred men and women from the city and a good many |strangers,“many of whom. had brought their cameras with them and snapped. the surrounding |scenes, with the exception of the jairplanes, which was forbidden by the officer in charge. The ceremony marked the be- | ginning of the contract which ;was awarded the Ivy H, Smith Co., of Jacksonville, some weeks ago, which is to cost $287,684. Other buildings beside the han- gar which is to be 240 feet by 310 feet, are the bachelors quar- ters, barracks, dispensary, fresh | water system, gas system and other buildings, including a storage house. It is understood that the work | will continue on the project from jthe minute the ground . was broken this morning, until the work is completed to the last de- [a ARRAIGNED ON ASSAULT CHARGE ex- Freeman TEN Opportunities of similar nature | observations with Lieutenant erva’ trol, and are the Destroyers Hale, | are being offered to negro youths, |Smith in charge of the work. y There is no fraternization be- 'crowninshield, Lea, Twiggs and | British business men charge both male and female, at the A. | & Mz. College in Tallahassee and | those interested should get in touch with the office here. | ST | DINNER DANCE| Thursday Evening, 7 till 9 RAUL’S CLUB DAVID KEKAI'S HAWAIIAN ORCHESTRA No Admission or Cover Charge | PPM ERESAES ET ate YAN | | |make astronomical Information given at the nav- |al station this morning. was to \the effect that the officers — will observations, which will take approximately two months. The trip to the Ba- hama Islands will be made on the Destroyer Evans. A portable house, which is be- ‘ing built by Charles Johnson, in {which will be kept the ' instru- iments and other paraphernalia jused in the work, will be taken} on the trip by the officers. Philip and the Tender Gannett. Destroyer Schenck, which has been on a tour of patrol duty, is expected to return this afternoon. Starts Tomorrow Morning —AT— REXALL Je SALE GARDNER’S PHARMACY y NOTED ARTISTS appear nightly et Fred Marvil’s CABANA Prizes and Fun For All! PHOTOGRAPHS OF PRIZE WINNERS! tween the two groups, but so far there have been few brawls. “Our Royal Family’ In one elash, however, a group of Britons scored a victory in a jnight club conflict due to the quick-wittednes of a Rumanian pane BRL who wes at their that German agents have sought to hamper British business opera- tions in Rumania by bribing post- office employes to hold up letters addréssed to England.