The Key West Citizen Newspaper, March 14, 1940, Page 1

Associated Press Day Wire Service For 69 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West } VOLUME LXI. No. 64, Nazis Move To Capitalize On British ‘Loss’ Two DEVELOPMENTS NAVY DISPENSARY COMING UP SPELL AD- DITIONAL WORRY TO ALLIED CAUSE i (By Associated Press) | LONDON, Mar. 14.—Dispatches | reaching here today indicate that | Adolf Hitler is engaged in fast| manoeuvers to capitalize on the| “defeat of British imperialism” | brought about, in the Nazi view. | point, by the forcing of Soviet; peace terms on Finland. Two) important events were about to} be accomplished, it was heard,| which are both sponsored by) Nazi agents. | First—Rumanian officials are reported to be demobilizing men j from the army to work on farms. | This is interpreted to mean that | the Rumanian government is go- ing to do all possible to keep up| a steady flow of supplies to the Nazis Second—Knowledge of «Nazi Foreign Minister Von Ribben- trop’s trip to Italy is now gained in the report that negotiations for a trade pact between Italy and Russia is about to be an- nounced. This was, perhaps, the most outstanding news from Eu-| rope today, and comes as a com- plete surprise to British ob- servers, who are doubtful of the| report's authenticity. | Finland Considers Reports from Helsinki present ; a discouraging picture. The Finns, while feeling the peace terms just ratified were, for the best, and an almost sure guarantee of at least independ- | ence for the greater part of their country, were engaged in recon- struction thoughts, faced with the tremendous job of rebuilding cities inland that had been par- tially, if not wholly, destroyed by Russian bombers. | A reported loan from Sweden of a million dollars has been made for this reconstruction work. | A military alliance —_ with} Sweden and Norway was being | considered of first ranking im. portance by the three countries, and complete plans for that event were expected to be announced shortly. ' Over 1,000,000 Finns are home- | less at present. Fully 450,000 of | that number were to be evacuated immediately from territory _ be-| ing taken over by Russia. The balance lost their homes by ac- tion of Russian bombers. Sweden, today, was preparing | a question for transmission to| Moscow. Why is Russia inter- | ested in the construction of a railroad through Finland to the Swedish borders? Norway, too, | is preparing to ask the Soviets—| Why does Russia want free access | across north Finland to Norway? THOMPSON OUT FOR RE-ELECTION long and 49 feet wide and will ‘SEEKS RE-ELECTION ADDITION WORK | GETS UNDERWAY BUILDING TO BE 114x49; EIGHT MEN EMPLOYED AT PRES- | ENT; COMDR. BLACKWELL | IN CHARGE Work on the dispensary in the naval station reservation was | started this week on a contract} which was awarded to the South- eastern Construction Cc any of; Charlotte, N. C., which was the lowest bidder on the job. Eight men are employed, most | of them of Key West, and the| construction work is under the | supervision of, Foreman M. E.| Bennett, with C. A. Wagley, gov- ‘ernment inspector, in attendance. | Mr. Bennett said that at presen | the work is being slightly retard- | ed by lack of material but it is expected that this will be over-; come within the next few days, | The structure 1s to be 114 feet contain a general ward for 12 pa- | tients, six private rooms and of-! fices for the medical, dental and | X-ray and other departments, which will be under Command- er R. B. Blackwell, M.C., US.N., | medical officer. weenocccccvccovceccseces| ANNOUNCED TODAY State Comptroller J. M. LEE AS COMPTROLLER: J. M. LEE OFFICIALLY QUALI- | FIED; RELEASES STATE- | COMMISSIONERS {PASS RESOLUTION CALLING |the United States and it affords ACT TO RETAIN 3C'S IN COUNTY ON AUTHORITY TO KEEP WEST SUMMERLAND KEY UNIT INTACT i It has been brought to the at-/ EATON STREET GATE TO BE QPENED SATURDAY | Nomination of new officers to; MORNING; SIX YACHTS ENTERED IN RACE tention of the Board of County Commissioners that serious con- sideration is being given by the authorities of the Civilian Con-| Additional infgrmation on the servation Corps to the removal of |Havana-Key West Yacht Race, the various camps in Florida. lof interest to the Key West pub- The local board stated that the |lic, was released today by Yacht k now bein; lone by the ‘Club officials when it was stated ipa at West eee Key i that Captain Walter F. Jacobs, : commandant of the Naval Sta- in beautifying the Overseas Road« jtion had given permission to and Toll Bridge District and oth- \those who wished to see the con- er highways in Florida is of great testants cross the finish line to benefit to the county. 3 {do so from shore points in the It also believes that the situa-| tation reservation. tion of that camp is the best in} The Eaton street gate will be fi jthrown open at 8:00 o'clock to the enrollees the benefits of | Saturday morning and will be cool ocean breezes, brilliant SuN-| kept open until 5:00 o’clock in shine and a frost-free climate. \the afternoon, which will allow LS Key West, Florida, has the most equable climate in the country; with an average range of only 14° Fahrenheit Buffalo ‘Charleston Chicago ;Denver _..... {El Paso jLos Angeles Louisville _. Accordingly, the following res-| residents to drive out onto the olution was read at the board mecting held last night: | “Be it resolved by the soard | ¥ACHTSMEN PRESS of County Commissioners of Mon- | roe County, Florida, in regular} FOR BIGHT HARBOR on assembled, that this board places itself on record as being wie: unalterably opposed to the re- moval of the camp now located |MET AT CLUBHOUSE YESTER- at West Summerland Key, Mon- roe County. “And, be it further resolved, that copies of this resolution be rwarded to Hon, Claude M. Pepper and the Hon. Charles O. Andrews, United States Senators jfrom Florida, and to the Hon. {Pat Cannon, representative in congress from this district; with the request that said public offi- cials do their utmost to retain for Monroe County the camp at West Summerland Key”. TEMPERATURES Lowest last Highest last night 24 hours ic 85 41 -. 28 41 RS ii 36 . 43 57 20 31 . 20 33 oe] 34 . 25 56 67 86 53 68 ~ 69 78 . 56 76 30 55, 70 76 Stations Atlanta _ Boston Detroit Miami | DAY: SECRETARY SIN- | GLETON RESIGNS | | At a meeting of the board of! ‘directors of the Key West Yacht {Club held yesterday afternoon 3/ |o’clock, there wereypresent_ Com-# }modore Melvin E. Russell, Vice |Commodore H. P. Connable, Fleet \Captain Everett W. Russell, Treas: | jurer Ross C. Sawyer, Jr., ‘ Staff! [Commodore J. D, MacMullen,' {Secretary S. C. Singleton and{ Charles Taylor. ! Rear Commodore Albert E.| |Peirce, Jr.. was in Havana, Cuba, | |in connection with the yacht race | 'to be held this week from Ha-| vana to Key West. : Secretary Singleton handed in jhis resignation, giving as the rea- | json the pressure of increasing | business at the Chamber of Com- | | merce. | The secretary was |to write to Congressman Cannon jand ask what could be done to j expedite the beginning of the; {Garrison Bight project. | | Over the coffee cups in the con- | |genial surroundings of the club,| instructed the approaching Che Key West Citizen THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER Yacht Rate Spas | Nay View Finish From Naval Staion Points ER DHE U.S.A | NOMINATES * NEW OFFICERS CHANGE IN BY-LAWS STUD- IED; MEMBERS TO ATTEND AUXILIARY BIRTHDAY PARTY FRIDAY ‘be elected at a meeting March 27 ‘occupied the members of Arthur | Sawyer Post No. 28 of the Ameri- breakwater for a view of the! can Legion at a meeting at head- yachts which will, in all likeli- | quarters, United and Whitehead hood, arrive “early Saturday 'streets, last night. morning. Several members were nomin- | The finish line will be between | t two destroyers anchored off the |f5 comme of ate + ee i station in the harbor and specta-| (ys tae hl b § cb Biaet tors will be able to see the sleek | (andes in the bylaws to con-) iboats entered in the race sail ‘0™™ to ee Liat ea day nae across the line in surroundings | 4th a a ee oNan safttentt uite uni i i : non lito nique in yachting race | were considered and will be co- | | As stated yesterday, the U. S. studied by a post committee be- S. Lea, under command of Capt, | te adopted. cal |A. S. Carpender, will escort the! Several members of the post's : ‘yachts across from Cuba while | 2UXiliary organization attended | jon the last k Pee and invited the Legionnaires to | | sects Wane Patrol. | attend a Legion Birthday party | RELEASE ENTRY LIST jat the clubhouse beginning at 8 | (Special to The Citizen) p. m. Friday. The invitation was | HAVANA, Mar. 14.—Rear- accepted. Saturday, the Ameri- | ;Commiodore Albert E. Peirce, Jr.,!can Legion will be 21 years old. | lof the Key West Yacht Club re- Legionnaires and their friends! jleased the list of entries in the Plan to listen at 7:30 p. m. Sat-; | Havana-Key West Yacht Race to-|urday to a national broadcast by {day, stating that the race would /national officers of the veteran; | get under way tomorrow, Friday, | OTganization. at 5:00 p. m. The Wakiva, Gulf Stream, Stormy Weather, Condor, Ad- mate and Half Moon are the en- tries. Escorting the boats will be the Maritime Training Ship, the Joseph Conrad. This full-rigged, three-mast ‘ship was _ formerly owned by the noted writer Allan | Villiers. 10 BAHAMAS | ESTED ON uss, pesroyer Evans sia DRUNK CHARGE |point on the Bahama Islands, Jimmie Loss was arrested this |where Lieutenant Jerry C. Smith morning by Constable C. Floney Pellecier, charged with driving a! It is undérstood that the scien- motor car while under the influ- | tific expedition will take about ence of intoxicants and also for:two months, and the house to be reckless driving. used for storing the parapher- Mr. Peliicier said that the case!nalia and other impedimenta for will come up for hearing before |the trip was built in Key West Justice of the Peace Franklin |and carried on board the destroy- Arenberg tomorrow. er. i Delegates to the state conven- ition of the American Legion at will be elected at the |scheduled for March 27. USS. EVANS — meeting hre, of the U. S. Hydrographic loffice, will make a series of as- tronomical observations. Wm. V. Little are Tuesday At ee Beard PRICE FIVE CENTS Moves To Establish Change In School. Distis ARCHER ELECTED TO HEAD LOCAL RETAIL GROCERS ‘ated to succeed W. J. Schoneck*PLAN FURTHER ORGANIZA- ‘TION MEETING AT C. OF C. HEADQUARTERS ON NEXT WEDNESDAY |URGES LEGISLATORS TO OVERRIDE CONE VETO ON GASOLINE TAX | MEASURE | | | It was announced at the reg- ular meeting of the county com- imissioners last night by Clerk Ross C. Sawyer, that checks i be available today for |county employees for the month Formation of Key West Retail | last night at a meeting of a rep-! and Forfeiture Fund and for the resentative group of local gro-| cerymen held at the home of A.|™month of December 1939 from John Archer was named as first presi- age Generel Hereeen ee dent of the organization. | Attending the meeting were William N. Munroe, secretary Chairman Car) Bervaidi, Com- of the Florida State Association missioners Braxton B. Warren, of Retail Grocers, acted as chair- , William, Monsalvatge, T. Jenkins man of the meeting and told the Curry, Attorney W. Curry Har- food merchants of the benefits to|ris, Clerk Ross C. Sawyer and be derived from such an associa- Chief Deputy Bernard Waite. tion, how successful it had been'Commissioner Norberg Thomp- |St. Petersburg next month also} and Lieutenant Floyd B. G. My-; \Mpls.-St. Paul New York - | Seattle ; Tampa Washington Survey Joins Nation In. Celebrating jthe details of |vace from Havana, which will mean much for the future of Key West as a yachting center, were jdiscussed and plans perfected for the “Steak and Stein” to be ten- ldered the racing yachtsmen upon {their arrival at Key West. 13 21 . 29 37 35 44 52 65 . 47 60 65 81 32 38 Pittsburgh San Francisco National Wildlité Restoration Week The second and last installment;throughout the United States, of the publicity released by the| Alaska, Hawaii and Puerto Rico. local Biological anced ae More than half of the refuges, anent Rppesrs se tomnens je POW: | oh ick have ai total area of qriore i first which appeared in| ee eee than 13,500,000 acres, were estab- The Citizen yesterday. 3 Bs p - The information covering ac-|lished primarily for migratory Legion-School Defense Program, Individual self-government ex-;school children. “The preserva- pressed collectively by a democ-/tion of our American form of \racy is the most enlightened and ‘government against attacks which | jenlightening form of human gov-'are being made from within”. | coment: Outlining some of these attacks } | This was one of the statements |by dangerous groups and individ- jmade Tuesday by William V. Lit-juals, Mr. Little said that there; |tle, president of the Rotary Club, |are several challenges facing the! jin an address before the pupils {citizens of the United States to| jand faculty of Key West High |defend our democratic form of! School under the National De- government. He listed these as} fense program arranged by Ar- | follows: thur Sawyer Post No. 28 of the} We must see to it that we have American Legion and the post’s|the personal integrity which is auxiliary. jexpected of the intelligent adult. | Briefly outlining the rise of the! We niust exercise that integrity | |“gangster nations”, Mr. Little said jand our best judgment besides |that “if they are successful in the |in the interest of the community {present war, there seems to be|in which we live. no doubt that, unless. we have| We must be loyal to the com- developed an adequate defense |mitments made to the democratic |against aggression, ours will- be | way by, our forefathers. in other cities and what its pur- (Poses would be locally. Mr. Munroe said that one of the principal functions of the organi- zation is regulation of credit |business. When machinery of or- lganization is set into action, members will be able to elimin- jup a credit bureau within the as- | sociation. Through co-operation with ;State and national retail grocery- {men’s associations, the local {group will be able to help repeal jand stop passage of legislation ;detrimental to the grocery busi- imess. State organization is now making every effort to repeal the ;one-half of one percent gross re- eeipts tax, stated Mr. Munroe. | Other officers elected last eve- ning were: A. Einhorn, Vice- President; Sidney Einhorn, Treas- urer; P. G. Albury, Secretary; |Mrs. Ruby Hyman, Mrs. Sue | Skelton, Charles Tift, Ellis Arch- er, J. B. Hyman and Fausto Cas- tillo, Directors. It was decided to hold the next meeting at the Chamber of Com jmerce headquarters in La Con- cha Hotel building next Wednes- day evening, at which, time re- freshments will be served. Effort will be made to have every retail groceryman in the city attend this session and a special committee to contact new members was appointed by the president as follows: Mrs. Ruby Hyman, Sidney Einhorn and Fausto Castillo. Also in attendance last eve- ning were Cecil M. Webb, vice- president of the Kinchafoonee Milling Company, and C. R. Brellsford, local representative of the Standard Wholesale Grocery. FRASER FAVORS $3 AUTO LICENSE SAYS CUT CAN BE MADE) json is in Havana. A resolution adopted by the :Board of Public Instruction set forth that the County Board of Public Instruction Election Dis- ‘tricts shall be and are hereby ‘established as follows: District |No. 1 shall be composed of Dis- |2 shall be composed of Districts No. 6, 7 and 8; Districts No. 3 !shall be composed of Districts Nos. 4, 5, 9. 10 and 41. The above election districts are those created by the Board of County Commissioners of Mon- roe County, Florida, January 17, 1940. “Be it further resolved that this resolution be recorded in the Registry of Deeds in the office of the clerk of the. Circuit-Court of the Eleventh Judicial Circuit jof Florida in and for Montoe Coan- ty, Florida, and the same be pub- lished in The Key West Citizen, a newspaper published in Mon- roe County, Florida, once each week for two weeks”. The resolution was signed by Clarence H. Pierce, chairman of the Board of Public Instruction, and attested by Melvin E. Rus- sell, Superintendent of Public Instruction. Resolve Against Veto Another resolution was adopted by the board which reads as fol- lows: “Whereas, the 1939 Legislature by a practically unanimous vote passed Senate Bill 1216 and Senate Bill 1217 which were sub- stitutes for House Bill 801 and House Bill 802, and “Whereas, Governor Cone vetoed these bills after the ses- (Continued On Page Four) GOMEZ ANNOUNCES FOR COUNTY JUDGE QUALIFIES TODAY: ISSUES ! | | STATEMENT ON HIS iGrocers’ Association was effected ‘of September 1939 from the Fine - tate 90% of credit 168ses by setting’ tricts No. 1, 2 Hid “3; ‘District No.-*~ tivities of the department is giv-|Waterfowl. Twelve sanctuaries WITHOUT LOSS TO SEEKS TO CONTINUE REPRE- | | SENTING FOURTH DISTRICT ON COUNTY BOARD | es | TALLAHASSEE, Mar. 14— In this issue of The Citizen will State Comptroller J. M. Lee to- be read the announcement of {day qualified in the Secretary of Norberg Thompson for re-elec- | State’s office to:-make’ the race to tion as County Commissioner for |succeed himself. { the Fourth District, a position] He gave the press the follow- which he has held for the past |ing formal announcement of his eleven years. )candidacy in the Democratic pri-} Asked what, if anything, he |}mary on May 7: had te say regarding his re-elec-| “I am a candidate for the office | tion, Mr. Thompson replied that |of State Comptroller. ! he has always devoted himself to; “My candidacy is based upon | the advancement of the interest | my official record of service in| of the city. and his record during |such office, characterized by aj that time speaks for itself. firm stand for a fair and im- partial collection of every dollar a —a—nnneemnerenevenear> | of revenue legally due the state DINNER DANCE, and its subdivisions from persons Tonite—7 till 10 and property, and the disburse- iment. of same only for necessary RAUL’S CLUB DAVID KEKAI'’S {purposes and in strict accordance HAWAIIAN ORCHESTRA with law. “IT shall deeply appreciate the No Admission or Cover Ch; j eee [of every citizen of Florida”. | MENT TO PRESS (Special to The Citizen) reful consideration and support are maintained for big-game ani-| en in connection with celebration | mals. Seventeen wildlife refuges | lof Wildlife Week, which opens jthe next nation they may seat to despoil”. “Since, on account of our geo- nationally next Sunday, March 17. The, Survey - official pointed with pride to the results of the wildlife. refuge program. “In 1935,,, the migratory waterfolw population in North America had fallen to a low of about 30 mil- lion birds”, he said, “and that, remember, from an_ estimated population of 120 million in 1900”. Refuges Preserve Species. Now there are at least 55 mil- lion wild ducks and geese on the continent, and apparently the number of birds is still increas- ing. “Of course, while no one fac- tor alone is responsible for’ this increase in waterfowl, the na- tional wildlife refuge program is one of the important reasons for this increase”, said Mr. Greene. The 266 national wildlife refu- ges administered by the Survey are located in strategic areas with 105,390 acres are located in | gra; hical locati ii Florida. These are Great White og we line nt deteripes ate has Heron, a 1000-acre area in Mon-/been suggested that we “build a |roe County; Key West Refuge, a/ navy that will be second to none, j1215-acre area in Monroe County; and so organized that it can de- Anclote, a 197-acre area in Pasco | fend our interests simultaneously jand Pinellas Counties; Chinsegut,|in both the Atlantic and Pacific i wie aad area an ,, Hemando | oceans, against any possible COE "Cais On Rebages pt ey = aa sk | Speaker continued. Much of the work on the va-| «a good beginning has already | jrious refuges is done by CCC been made along these lines. . . | |boys attached to Biological Sur-| brought close to us by the recent |vey camps. This year 34 camps {reopening of our navy yard and} have been established in 25 the construction of the naval air | states. One of these units is locat-|base on Trumbo island, the ed at St. Marks Migratory Bird) ground for which was broken to- (Continued on Page Four) day”. 7 s | While stressing the need for BENEFIT D ANCE strong ors oO kena anger }from without the nation, Mr. Lit- | ooo 15, tle Went on to state that the most 10 till > oe i ee ee creat ‘ task defense against attacks CLUB CAYO HUESO from within. Admission ___. 50c Per Person) “There lies our true national All Proceeds to the Fund defense”, the speaker told the We must be diligent and hon- orable in exercising the voting trust with which we have been invested. We must realize that patriotism is a quality or attribute which | requires daily cultivation ‘and daily service—it is not a cloak to be worn and cast aside for in- dividual gain or glory. “Democrcay is the hard way, “Today I commend to you the hard road. Our fathers have travelled it for centuries. Let us continue upon it and keep it open. Millions still to be born have the right to be born free— you cannot sell their birthright for a mess of pottage. “Today let us set’ out with courage and stout hearts. Hold high the banner. Let freedom ring. Yes, let it ring—but also let Dr. A. M. Morgan of Arthur Sawyer Post introduced Commander W. J. Schoneck and Mr. Little, CAMPAIGN SCHOOL FUNDS ST. AUGUSTINE, Mar. 14 (FNS).—Following in the foot- steps of Georgia’s famed Eugene Talmadge, Mayor Walter B. Fra- ‘ser, candidate for governor, pledged himself this week to work for a three-dollar auto li- the |the difficult road”, he declared. |cense tag if elected. Fraser’s announcement is meet- ing with much favor throughout the state, especially in view of his proposal to achieve his pur- pose without a revenue loss to the school fund. “I favor three-dollar license tags for ail cars, as the tax bur- den on Florida motorists is en- tirely too heavy”, he declared. “In reducing the cost of license tags, it will be necessary to raise extra revenue to pay our school pro- gresses, I will explain in detail how this revenue can be raised without increased taxation”, he Sa Vena Formal announcement of | Rogelio Gomez as a candidate for the office of County Judge in the May primary is contained in to- |day’s issue of The Citizen. | Mr. Gomez is well known to |the voters of this city, having served for 12 years as Justice of the Peace of the Second District. He feels that his experience in | this office qualifies him to dis- jcharge the duties of the office | which he seeks to the satisfac- jtion of all concerned. | HABANA-MADRID CLUB —Presents— | ‘RIONDO RAMBLES’ A Bevy of Beautiful Girls The only Revue Show in Key West Many Prizes Every Night ESRI S RMT ts