The Key West Citizen Newspaper, March 19, 1940, Page 1

Associated Press Day Wire Service For 69 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West VOLUME LXI. No. 68. Britons Blame: Germany For Finland’s Fall CONTROL OF SWEDEN IN| NOT ALLOWING AL-' LIED HELP WAS KEY) TO SOVIET VICTORY (By Associated Press) LONDON, Mar. 19. — Prime | Minister Chamberlain today re- vealed that the British people} were all the more bitter against Hitler and the Nazis following the fall of a large part of Fin- land to Russia. The bitterness was felt because of the fact that pressure was ex- erted by the Nazis on Sweden to not permit Allied troops to pass | through that country on the way} to Finland’s aid. Chamberlain indicated that the “way may yet open to provide aid to the Finns”. Sweden, on the other hand, was absolved of all blame in the} “Finn disaster”, in that British | officials fully realized the jeo- pardy she was in of being drawn | into the war by disobeying Nazi) commands in regard to absolute neutrality. This city received reports to- day from Paris indicating that a firmer front in the war against Germany would follow Daladier’s answer to widespread demands’ that a war cabinet be formed which would consist of men of known achievement ability rather than politicians, The news was of important moment to England, in that this country was engaged in a definite campaign to more actively push the war on the West Front. FINNISH DELEGATES ON WAY TO MOSCOW HELSINKI, Mar. 19.—The last chapter in the Finnish-Russian peace is about to be enacted as reports today told of the depar- ture from this city of a Finnish | delegation to Moscow for the purpose of exchanging official ratifications of the terms of the treaty advanced last week. Upon their return, the delega- tion will advise that the present Finnish cabinet resign in that the membership was mostly engaged in carrying on the war with Russia and it was thought a more representative group should be now formed. ISSUES WARNING — ON HOMESTEADS PINDER GIVES DEADLINE DATE FOR FILING OF EXEMPTIONS City Tax Assessor-Collector Sam B. Pinder today called The Citizen's attention to the dead- line coming up in regard to filing for Homestead Exemptions with the city. Many home-owners are filing applications with county authori- ties, it was pointed out, and are neglecting to apply for exemp- tions with the city. stressed, is quite necessary be- fore taxing authorities in the city and county can make proper adjustments on the tax books. Final date for filing, according to law, is March 31. This date falling on a Sunday, the day pre- | ‘TWO CASES HEARD {sentenced the offender to three | MIMS MSS SM MS ST 4 LOST HUNTING DOGS MAY BE RECOVERED, Advice reached The Citizen late yesterday afternoon that two beagle hound dogs had been picked uv, roaming around on Sugar Loaf Key. Apparently the dogs, which appeared to be of quite high breeding, had been lost from some hunting party., in .the vicinity. Proper identifica- tion will bring a recovery.of the loss if the owners. will call at Sugar Loaf Inn. FL hadickch hed Lod IN CRIMINAL COURT STABBING PRINCIPAL DREW THREE MONTHS’ SEN- TENCE; DEFER CASE Second day of the Criminal Court with Judge William V. Albury presiding, met this morn- ing in the county court house} with all officials of the tribunal | present. The first case which was called for trial was the case of Darnell Sawyer, charged with aggravated assault on the person of Roosevelt. Sweeting, to which charge he entered a plea of guilty. After giving the matter due consideration and reviewing the case and the incident which led | up to the stabbing, the judge months in the county jail. The next case was that of Catherine Price, who was ar-j rested on a charge of vagrancy and entered a plea of guilty. There was no sentence passed. The woman is now under treat- ;ment in the county jail and sen- tence will be passed when she is jreleased from, treatment. Court was then recessed until! tomorrow morning 9:30 o'clock. ‘COE FAVORS CLADES PARK SENATORIAL ASPIRANT DE- CLARES PROJECT WILL BE ‘PUSHED TO COMPLETION’ i (Speczal io The Citizen} “ HOMESTEAD, Fia., Mar. 19.— Everglades National Park will |be pushed to an early comple- jtion if Charles Francis (Socker) |Coe is elected United States Sen- j ator, or Washington will know \they have a fight on their hands, the West Palm Beach candidate |told an audience here last week. “While two of my opponents |are debating on who did the least j for the park project, this great national attraction is allowed to} stay in the blue-print stage”, Coe declared. “The only move report- ed in recent months was a call This, it is ade on the White House by the | Huron senior Florida Senator, after three years in office, and with no better result than a few head- lines”. Coe said he would press for |immediate modification of for-; jeign trade treaties which throw |El Paso Che Kry - eat Cittzern THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN THE U. S. A. ENGINEER. HERE TO CHECKSKEYS ELECTRIC’ PLAN J. FURLOW, ENGINEERING ‘FIRM REPRESENTATIVE, LEAVES WITH ROSS SAW- YER, JR., FOR SITE Engineer J. Furlow, of the E. P. McLean Engineering Co., ar- rived in the city this morning to discuss with Attorney W. Curry Harris matters relative to those who have signed up for the Keys Electrification Project service. Mr. Furlow later left in com- pany with Ross C. Sawyer, Jr., who has been assigned the work of securing subscribers to the service, and will make a record of the names-ef, those who have signed up for ithe service and their exact lecation on ‘the Keys. It was not said how long the work would take, but it is be- lieved that by tomorrow the ground will be covered and the required data will be assembled to be ready for determination of the exact extent of the service. BUSINESS SURVEY TO BE RELEASED REVIEW TO CONTAIN BACK- GROUND OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT JACKSONVILLE, Fla., Mar, 19 (FNS).—C. Parker Persons, Dis- trict Manager of the Bureau of Foreign and Doraestic Commerce, has announced that a comprehen- sive review of business soon will be available to American busi- ness men in the Annual Review number of the Survey of Current Business. The review will pro- vide-an ‘excellent background ‘of economic developments for busi- ness men. Subjects to be covered will in- clude the economic review, a re- view of industrial production, employment, construction, public utilities, commodity price movements, domestic bank- ing and finance and other de- velopments of 1939. Copies may be obtained by writing to the Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce in Washington, or the Jacksonville office located in the Federal Building. SPONGE SALE HELD TODAY Offerings of sponges placed on the municipal sponge sales dock yesterday amounted to 107 prices, said one of the buyers. The largest number of bunche: ina single lot was 38, which brought a price of $139.99. The fext lot, with 27 bunches, brought $136.89 and the next lot of 11 bunches sold for $48.99, a little more than $4 the bunch. TEMPERATURES Lowest last Highest last Stations— night 24 hours Atlanta —__. 50 73 Boston . 30 37 Buffalo . 26 42 Charleston _.. 58 76 Chicago .. 34 39 Denver 29 57 70 _ 53 . 64 81 53 _ 29 Kansas City 56 KEY WEST _ 78 Los Angeles _ 66 Miami a 7 Mpils.-St. Paul 43 New York St. Louis Havana vious, or Saturday, March 30, will |Cuban and Mexican products in'San Francisco be the final day on which to file exemption applications. SS COUNTRY STORE —TONIGHT— Fred Marvil’s CABANA Benefit fund for JOHN PUT- NAM, the original Lem Aber- nathy of Cabana’s Country Store. Featuring— THE THREE GIRLS OF NOTE Also—JACK CRAWLEY and CHAS. FILER ee competition with limes, avoca- |does and winter vegetables in the ‘rich Dade County area. Inde- ‘pendent representation in the Sen- jate, not “yes-men”, can meet the } lobbies of foreign concessionaires ; on equal ground and get justice | for Florida, he said. Specials! Specials! STRAWBERRIES, qt... 25c/ COOKING APPLES, 3 for __ 10c | ORANGES, doz... 12c and 1Sc ; Seattle , Washington BOXING-Sirand Arena Wednesday, 8:30 o’Clock Main Bout— FELIX GONZALEZ vs. ALEX CUPIANO Semi-Windup— CHINO HERNANDEZ vs. KID FERNANDEZ | TIFT’S. GROCERY 1101 Division Sz. Phone 460 | | | Good Preliminaries and A Battle Royal bunches and were sold for fair | KEY WEST, FLORIDA. TUESDAY, MARCH 19, 1940 ‘CITIZENS AND NACHTSMEN HOSTS "74 yPAYERS, INC, jWeather Was Perfect) MEETS TONIGHT AT ‘S, & is PARTY ito ious cen OF CITY Scecccce neonaccenaccocce AND COUNTY: ELECTION Good music, good eats and liquid refreshment headlined the| OF OFFICERS TO BE HELD NEXT MONTH 1 Yacht Club “Steak and Stein” | affair held last evening at club quarters on Trumbo Island, and a good crowd of members, in- cluding all officials, and mem- !bers of the crew and personnel of four visiting yachts were on :hand to celebrate the occasion. Members of the club, while | @Ppearing crestfallen at not be- ing able to hold reminiscences about a “completed and sutcess- ful” yacht race, nevertheless, pitched in to entertain the visit- {ing yachtsmen and yachtswomen, at the same time exhibiting genuine pride in the club’s first “open house” to visitors in their new quarters. And the weather, as if in mockery, was perfect for the af- fair, providing an anti-climax to ;the weekend’s scurry and worry jin endeavoring to get the race started from Havana. Contrary \to the stiff breeze that acted up to cause race cancellation—last night, there was none, which added up just that much more }*"", {towards a highly _ successful! ‘Our task has just begun. Much party. jneeds to be done before Key Members of the crews of the} West can take its rightful place Presse Weather, Gulf Stream, |2™70ng the thriving self-sustain- |Admate and Wakiva, the latter 18 communities of the country. \ boat getting in yesterday, were jamere are problems _ crying for present at the party and all voted /Solution, and the City Council, the event typical of Key West’s|County Commission, and other reputation in dispensing good en- Civic bodies cannot do the job tertainment. |without the active interest and U.S.S. LEA ON eee BRIEF PATROL) "siete scission |besides Col. Brinton, are H. P. -}Connable;~setretary; and--Henry Destroyer Lea, flagship of the|Brewer, Guy Carleton and E. P. neutrality patrol squadron, in|Winter and the two officers, who command of Captain A. S. Car- {all serve as directors. pender, sailed this morning 8:15! —<$<<______. o’clock for a patrol tour and will) UNDER SNOW TWO DAYS return this afternoon at 4! — o'clock. ; .WAYNESBURG, Pa.—A flock ; Two of the vessels of the squad-|of 450 sheep belonging to Burns ron were lying at anchor.in the!Huffman was lost, buried under jharbor this morning, and the the snow for two days. They other ships, the Twiggs, Philip, | were dug out unharmed, their Williams and Gannet, were'breathing having formed air berthed to the finger piers and/holes in the snow, thus saving at Pier B. ‘them from suffocation. T. JENKINS GURRY CANDIDATE FOR SHERIFE OF MONROE COUNTY Submits For Your Approval The Following Platform: | today with the announcement that a meeting of its members will be held tonight at Harris {School at 8:00 o'clock. jand the organization’s relation- tention at the meeting, it was stated by the group’s president. Col. L. C. Brinton. The organiza- tion’s, general election scheduled for April will also come up for discussion. All members have: been circu- lated with letter-announcements of the meeting and it is expected that upwards of 200 will be in at- ‘tendance. In the announcement ' sent, the following paragraph is | offered by way of indicating con- tinued interest in the affairs of |the city and county: | support of the citizenry”. | That paragraph is prefaced ;with a statement calling atten- | | tion to “a new spirit of optimism | |prevailing” in this city. Citizens and Taxpayers, Inc., | following a long period of seem- } ing inoperation, break into print j A full discussion of city affairs | ship to them will be up for at-j; ' i to any one. I favor a continuous and Federal Govern the upbuilding and contribute liberally I stand for the fair and impartial treatment of every citizen regardless of wealth, posi- position, or creed. I have made no promises, nor will I owe any special privilege or favor campaign to both State ment for completion of the Overseas Highway into Key West. It is problem No. 1 of Monroe County. I favor the support of the Chamber of Com- merce and the increase of its functions for betterment of Monroe County. I believe every public official should to its maintenance. I favor. a vigorous effort te secure an ade- quate water line from Florida City to Key West. I favor the R.EA. project for an adequate electric supply to the Keys. I invite every voter to look into my record for public service, both in and out of public office. I am asking for your vote and support on the above platform and my record for public service in Key West and Monroe County. THE PRIMARY ELECTION WILL BE MAY 7TH (Paid Politigal Advertisement) Key West, Florida, has the most equable climate in the country; with an average range of only 14° Fahrenheit PRICE FIVE CENTS Hitler-Mussolini Conference SSITTTOISS |HONEST ; GETS ENGLISH MONEY FOR REWARD | Honesty does pay—as the old proverb states, and who is there to denv it? But a certain employe in the Rainbow Room of the La Concha Hotel is wondering whether or not the “pay was commensurate with the serv- ice rendered” when he was presented with two English shillings and a buffalo nickel for finding and returning to its owner a package.contain- ing eighty one-dollar’ bills. This occurrence-'took place recently at the place above- mentioned. A patron of the hostelry had spent some time at the bar and upon depart- ing was seen to search his clothes as if looking for something. The aforemen- tioned hotel emplove asked if he could be of service and was told that the patron had lost the package containing the eichtvy dollars. Searching amongst the tables, the package was found and returned to the owner. the reward was then present- ed. The employe is now en- gaged in finding out the go- ing rate of exchange on English shillings with a view towards cashing in his wealth. (OTTO KIRCHHEINER ‘SBEKS RE-ELECTION | | i i ISSUES STATEMENT FOR OLD AND NEW VOTERS OF MON- ROE COUNTY; STANDS ON| PAST RECORD | J. Otto Kirechheiner makes his ofticial announcement today for |re-clection to the office of Coun! |ty Tax Assessor. For the benefit of the voters of the county and more particularly for the new voters, he wishes to make the {following statement: “I was born in Key West on ‘May 12, 1891, and have resided {here continuously. I married aj Key West girl early in life and! 'have three daughters, two of ;whom are also married to native sons of Key West. | “I have ever been active in! civic affairs and have worked for the advancement of the city and county. I am making no rash promises of economy and reduc- tion in taxes and other things | beyond the control of the tax as- sessor’s office, but will continue to conduct the office in the same fair and impartial manner. “For many years I have been |a member of the Benevolent and | Protective Order of Elks, a mem- jber of Dade Lodge, No. 14, and {a member of the Key West Vol- junteer Fire Department; also a jlife member of St. Paul’s Epsico- ;pal Church and a member of the iChamber of Commerce. ! “As stated, I will make no |promises that cannot be fulfilled, and the public will be treated ‘with the same kindliness, friend- liness and helpfulness in their contacts with the office as I have jgiven in the past”. i SAVES OWN LIFE BY PHONE GREENWICH, Conn.—Crawl- ing fifty yards to his home after jhaving severely cut his right leg by a buzz saw, Irving Austin, jJr., 32, telephoned to police and jfeceived first-aid _ instruction, | which saved his life. He was in- |Structed to strap his belt around ‘his thigh to form a_ tourniquet. |This checked the bleeding until jan ambulance arrived. FOR EASTER— Fresh, Delicious Candy and Easter Novelties GARDNER’S PHARMACY The Rexall Store 534 Duval St. s Indicate ‘No | SESSIONS TO BE HELD TWICE fnician;and Mrs. Anne jlast night at the Parish Hall with 17:15 o’clock. Similar hours will fSame holding good for the eve- Peace Yet’ DICTATORS DISCUSSED FUTURE CONDUCT OF WAR AND BALKAN STATES’ NEUTRALITY LEADERS IN RECREATION GO TO SCHOOL (By Ansociated Press) | WASHINGTON. Mar. | | White House secretary. Stephen Early, today told the press that ireports on the Hitler-Mussolini | confereuce held at Brenner Pass over last weekend “were now |coming in, but that the informa- Ming Eanie Dumber. baapaerst tion seems to alas out no hope ve ltor immediate peace possibilities. According to diplomatic dis- patches, the talks between the two leaders of the Rome-Beriin 1s. — ~ DAILY THROUGH FRIDAY AT NATIONAL GUARD ARMORY First session of the Leader Training Institute conducted by ston, assistant, of the WPA State Recreation:Department, was held an attendance of twenty persons} in the city interested in gaining | 7 : information about modern rec- | axis had to do chiefly with pro- reation trends. tection of German and Italian in- The Institute is sponsored by | terest in the conduct of the war the Community Recreation Com-|in the future. Als discussed, it mittee, A. E. Peirce, Jr., presi-| aS thought, was the hecessity dent, and remaining sessions will f keeping the Balkan states neu- be held at the National Guard |‘tal—a move that was reported Armory on White street. A two-|t0 be favorably looked upon by hour instruction period was held | Russia. this afternoon at 3:30 o’clock, and Ultimate aims of Germany, and another will be held tonight at/Italy, it was stated, may have been a part of the conference be observed during the balance!sybject, with accent on Hitler's of the Institute’ which closes this | determination to carry on the gs pacer a has called at-; Wat to “break Britain’s imperial- tention to the course being given | ism, to recover the colonies tak- which does not require that all'en away from Germany at the seeking training need attend all'end of the World War, and fu- sessions. The afternoon periods |e disarmament”. are for those who can more| readily attend at that time—the WELLES LEAVES TONIGHT FOR HOME ROME, Mar. 19.—Under-Secre- tary of State Sumner Welles was {scheduled to leave for home to- night aboard the Italian Liner jRex. He spent most of the day |today keeping himself available for a call from Mussolini in the hopes that more information might be gained about the Bren- ner Pass conference held; last weekend. Hy It was stated here that know- ledge of an eleven-point peace DILLON VISITS HERE FOR PATY Charles Dillon is a visitor in Key West today, visiting his/ many friends whom he has not seen for several years. His visit is principally in the interest of B. F. Paty’s gubernatorial race. iproposal recently advanced by Mr. Dillon says that the people |Hitler was had by some authori- of his section are desirous of hav- |ties, presumed to be officials of ing a South Florida man in veel Pye City. The belief existed governor’s chair, and believes |that more of that program.would that it will be well for the peo-'be divulged following Welles’ ple of this section to unite and ‘return to the United States and throw all their influence to, Paty.|the conferences to follow with . Mr. Dillon told The Citizen |President Roosevelt. The thought that he will remain in the city|here was strong that definite until tomorrow when he will|moves to bring peace in Europe leave for Miami, to return here |might be started when all infor- with Mr; Paty.;in about thrée|mation nas been presented to the weeks. _ U. S. State Department. Great White Herons Hold Open housé will be held for all visitors who wish to inspect the Great White Heron during National Wildlife Restoration Week, March 17 to 23, according to Refuge Manager Earle R. Greene. “We are joining the na- tion in dedicating this week particularly to wildlife”, said Mr. Greene, “so that Americans will unite to restore and preserve this great national resource for future generations”. Organizations, private groups, or individuals who want to visit the refuge to see what the Fed- eral government is doing to con- serve the various species of ani- mals may arange to tour the area by visiting Mr. Greene at head- quarters, 1908 Seidenberg Ave. ‘The Great White Heron and Key West Refuges are two of 266 national wildlife refuges admin- istered by the Biological Survey. The areas, aggregating more than 13% million acres, are located from Puerto Rico to Alaska and | Maine to Hawaii. Local Area In Nation-Wide System This nation-wide network of refuges is of four general classi- Open House During Week }gregating about 3% million acres jare general areas suitable ° for migratory birds, upland game, and other wildlife; and 12 refuges aggregating more than 6% mil- \lion acres are big-game preserves land ranges. | “This extensive refuge system”. said Mr. Greene, “has been de- veloped to provide nesting grounds within the breeding range of the birds, resting areas along the flyways so that suffi- cient food and rest may be ob- tained during migrations, and to provide adequate territory with- |in the wintering range during the |months the bird populations’ are jconcentrated in the South”. The Key West and Great White Heron Refuges, which were es- tablished in 1908 and 1938, re- spectively ,are 448,000-acre areas of land and water established primarily for Great White Her- ons, White Crowned Pigeons and migratory birds, etc., as well as other forms of wildlife that. may use the sanctuary. No Return To “Old Days” “One of the Biological Survey's important considerations”, de- clared the refuge manager, “is, the i of