The Key West Citizen Newspaper, March 22, 1940, Page 1

Associated Press Day Wire Service For 69 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West VOLUME LXI. No. 71. Che Key West Cittzrn THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN THE U.S.A. KEY WEST, FLORIDA. FRIDAY, MARCH 22, 1940 Plan Reception Dinner Tonight For Governor : : EXECUTIVE AND PARTY) Seeeeseecresercescoceces EXPECTED TO ARRIVE TO VISIT KEY WEST LATE THIS AFTER- NOON An informal dinner in honor of Governor Fred P. Cone will! be given at La Concha hotel 8:00 o’clock tonight by the Cham- ber of Commerce ,if the arrange- ment is in accord with the Key West program of the state's chief executive. a This announcement was made late this afternoon by President Everett Russell of the Chamber, who headed a delegation of city, county and civic officials gather- ed at La Concha to meet Gover- nor Cone ahd Chairman Arthur} B. Hale of the State Road De-! partment on their arrival from} Miami. | Although wires to Key West the governor! and Chairman Haie might reach} the city between 1:00 and od p.m.,a telegram sent by G.|! Lamonte Graw to the publisher | of The Citizen made it clear the| official party would not arrive | until later. | officials contacted | Chamber the Marathon headquarters of | officials indicated GOV. FRED P. CONE IPDS SL SS SS FRESH WATER i LINE APPROVED State Representative Ber- nie C. Papy today advised The Citizen that he had re- ceived a long-distance call from Miami last night stat- ing that Governor Cone had received notification from Senator Claude Pepper that the RFC-WPA joint agencies had approved the application for the building of the aque- Overseas Road and Toll Dridge! duct-tresh water line ~ from District at 1:30 p. m. and learned that the governor and his party | Florida City to Key West. Aside from a few legal Was not scheduled to reach the north toll gate at Lower Mate- | cumbe before 2:30 p. m. It is; expected the visitors will arrive! between 5:00 and 6:00 p. m. A suite of rooms has been technicalities, it was believed here that the project could be started within a short period of time. | SI IIIB SS SF 4 set | aside for the governor and_his| staff at La Concha. President Russell and other officials of the Chamber have a large bouquet of red tulips and white gladioli| to present to Governor Cone when he arrives. | “Governor Cone and Chairman Hale will visit Key West Friday afternoon to discuss the pipeline project on which the governor had good news from Washing- ton”, a telegram to The Citizen announced early today. | It will be remembered The! Citizen carried a story the other day to the effect the governor had_ visited President Roosevelt at the White House and had been sured of the President's inter- | est in the application of the Flor- | ida Keys Aqueduct Commission -for federal funds for a water supply system from the main- land to Key West. PLENTY ALUMINUM WASHINGTON, D. C— Aluminum and its ores com- pose about one-twelfth of the earth's crust, but in most cases the metal is difficult to extract. Completed Su Keys Electr W. M. Furlow, engineer with} the firm of E. P. McLean En- gineering Company of Moultrie, Ga., prepared to leave Key West today, having finished the first steps which, in all likelihood, will mean electrification of the Flor- ida Keys. A three-day survey of the keys has been concluded by Mr. Fur- low, in company with Ross Saw- yer, Jr., secretary of the Florida Keys Electric Co-Operative As- sociation, Inc., during which all applicants fo? service, some 230 in number, were contacted. This was necessary in order to obtain first-hand information to put in the formal application for a loan from the Rural Electrifica- tion Administration at Washing- | ton. | Applicants for service, all mem- | bers of the Co-Operative group, | Cd MANY VESSELS IN PORT FOR EASTER Several destroyers in the Key West neutrality patrol will be in port over the weekend, it was indicated today by reports on the flagship Lea. Tied up at the naval station or anchored in the harbor this morning were the Evans, Lea, Williams, Twiggs and Philip. Later in the day the Hale is ex- pected to return from a_ routine patrol assignment, while the Cfowninshield is expected in Sunday. Another naval vessel today was the tender Gannet. The destroyer Wickes left on patrol shortly after return of the Evans. Extra hawsers were strung from the destroyers at the naval station when a stiff wind began whipping the harbor this morn- in port ‘ing. rvey Favors ification Plan are located between Stock Island and the extreme upper-end of ‘Key Largo. ~All expressed keen interestyin the project, stated Mr. Furlow, and it is thought that, with proof submitted to {Other residents of the keys with Hthe “survey made, that addi- tional applications will be re- ceived shortly. Contracts will now be made for purchase of power on a wholesale basis from power com- panies in South Florida. “In the light of past experi- ence in such projects”, stated Mr. Furlow, “I see no reason why the loan shouldn’t be grant- ed and the project pushed through to completion in a com- paratively short time”. He added. that Washington is interested in this project in that peculiar technical angles are involved, U-BOATS SINK SEVEN SHIPS IN © LAST 48 HOURS: BRITAIN PLANS BLOCKADE OF SCANDINAVIAN SHIP- MENTS TO GERMANY; REY- | NAUD SEEKS VOTE | (sy Associated Press) _ LONDON, Mar. 22.—Admiralty | jofficials today released:the infor- | jmation that two more neutral} vessels had been sunk by German | U-boats, raising the total losses in the last forty-eight hours to {seven ships. Meanwhile, Britain was mak- ing strenuous efforts to close all avenues of supplies to the Ger- mans Scandinavian coun- tries, and means for accomplish- ing that end were being seriously studied. via 1 REYNAUD SEEKS CONFIDENCE VOTE PARIS, Mar. 22.—Premier | Paul Reynaud of France today | submitted new cabinet and government | heads to the French parliament, | seeking a vote of confidence in} his regime. Previously, President LeBrun had approved the cabinet list. Discussions were not concluded at press time today, although it jwas freely admitted that the new premier would get his favorable vote. MEANEST THIEF EBENSBURG, Pa.—Court offi- cials are convinced that Glenn Hildebrand, 26, is one of the meanest thieves imaginable, after he was convicted of stealing pocketbooks from autos in a cemetery—while their were placing flowers on graves of loved ones. the jmet with Miss jto form a permanent CITY RECREATION Committee Met 7 NEEDS DISCUSSED e Leaders are now available for any .organization needing trained jexperts for any form of recrea- tional endeavor in this city as a result of instructions given at the Training Institute, which is holding its final session at the Na- tional Guard Aromy tonight, ac- cording te announcement at ‘a Community Recreation Commit- tee meeting this morning at La Concha Hotel. Members of the executive group Ednis Dunbar, Mrs. Anne Livingston and Mrs. Dorothy Lynch, who are here to conduct the Institute, and dis- cussed several angles of future policy to follow in the promotion of recreation in the city. Brought out was the necessity recreation control department in Key West, and it was understood some such move was to be suggested to the City Council in the near future, The present group, being tem- the makeup of hisjporary, has acted to superintend 000 sponsorship for the the construction’ of the Colonial Park. Center, a full report on which will be released next week, it was stated. MAYOR. QUALIFIES | Mayor Willard Albury today |qualified at County Clerk Ross 'C. Sawyer’s office to run for State Representative from this district, according to information released at the county courthouse jthis morning. | Mayor Albury was not avail- owners able for a statement on his can-{ \didacy despite efforts of The ‘Citizen to obtain an interview. Establish A public hearing scheduled this morning before U. S. army engineers to consider the propos- ed establishment of regulations governing the waters jof Ft. Taylor military reservation was called off when no objections were raised by those attending. With city, county, Chamber of Commerce, steamship, army, navy and coast guard officials on hand, it was quickly determined by Capt. C. H. Mason, corps of engineers, U. S. Army, assistant jto Col. Lewis H. Watkins, Jack- sonville, district engineer, ~that there were to be no _ protests jagainst establishment of perm- anent firing range for the fort. This fact will be noted by Capt. Mason for his report to Col. Wat- kins, which eventually will filed with the war department and the Secretary of War. An order by the war secretary will make the proposed regulations effective. The firing range will be a large triangular tract of water off Ft. Taylor. ficial Lieut. Col. James D. MacMullen, commanding officer of the Key West military establishment, as follows: “Beginning at the beacon at the end of the naval station mole; thence to Beacon 8, 450 yards west by north of the flagstaff at Old Ft. Taylor; thence to Beacon 6, 1300 yards southwest of White- head Point; thence to East Tri- angle Beacon; thence to North {Buoy No. 2, at the entrance to the main ship channel; thence due south (magnetic).a distance’ of 15,000 yards, 7% nautical {miles; thence northeast (mag- netic) a distance of approximate- ly 20,000 yards, 10 nautical miles, to a point on a line from Key West Light to Beacon J on West- ern Sambo, extended, this point being approximately 6000 yards, 3 nautical miles, southeasterly of ;Said Beacon J; thence to the said Beacon J; thence along the said line to Day Beacon (Red) No. 4, 500 yards south of Casa Marina; thence to the foot of Whitehead street”, ; Say 2 be | It is described in the of-| documents presented by} Permanent Firing Range At Fort | The waters described are to be jopen throughout the year to the |public for fishing and _ traffic Key West within the firing range|M. Mondays, and national (not | jstate) holidays from 6 p. m. of the preceding day to 7 a. m. on jthe day following the holiday. { On days when firing is to be jearried on, a large red flag will; !be displayed from the flag pole! jat Old Ft. Taylor not later than 17 a. m. of that day and will be {remover |the day, | When night firing is scheduled a large white flag will. be dis- jplayed. from. the same pole at 4 jp. m, of that day. | Flags displayed from time to time at other locations on the jreservation will have no signific- jance in connection with these | regulations. On days and nights when fir- jing is in progress no boat or ves- jsel will enter and remain in the restricted area described except under the written authority of the commanding officer, harbor defenses of Key West. How- ever, any vessel propelled by jmechanical power at a speed | greater than five miles per hour |may proceed directly through the |firing area without restriction, except when notified to the con- trary. } Such a vessel shall proceed jwhilesin the danger zone on a course which is as nearly straight jline'as possible, paying due con- \siderationto safety of navigation, and. which is ‘as nearly easterly and westerly as possible, and at {the maximum practicable speed. The presence ‘within the area, jor approaching its limits, of a \towing vessel flying a large red |flag, and towing one or more targets, shall be considered as {notification to vessels not to en- jter the area while the red flag jis displayed from the towing vessel, and to vessels within the area to stop or to proceed on an jeasterly or westerly course away jfrom the towing vessel while the jred flag is so displayed. d when firing ceases for | WPA CLEARING PROJECT BEGINS: CONTRACTORS AWAIT AR- RIVAL OF MATERIALS FOR OTHER WORK TO PROCEED: KEY WESTERS ON JOB While the WPA was progress- jing rapidly with the project for clearing and grading the naval seaplane base site on Trumbo section, it was announced today by the private contractors that some work was being delayed because of the failure of mate- {rials to arrive as originally sched- uled. The WPA project is employing 50 men for approximately 60 days. Besides clearing and grad- jing the 60-acre tract leased by the navy depariment from Trum- jbo Properties, Inc., the work tmen wit build some of the lat- feral roads needed throughout the (base. Tbe navy is providing $8,- $18,300 ‘ project. i ‘for the Ivy H. Smith Company of Jacksonville, which holds a $287,- 000 general contract for the sea- jPiane base development, said to- {day that some workmen have ‘been laid off temporarily pend- piling from Jacksonville, and |marl from a pit opened up by Thompson Enterprises, Inc., at jthe edge of Stock Island. | -As soon as the sand arrives, the company will begin pouring concrete for the 60 footings. for the seaplane hangar and for other foundation work. Ahead of {this work pile drivers will sink approximately 500 piles, now en- route from Jacksonville, as sup- port for the footings and col- umns. Marl began reachifig the job today. The Thompson company ran into some difficulty when a dredge slipped off its foundation jIsland. As soon as the dredge jwas returned to a firm founda- ; tion the work was resumed. | Yesterday the Smith company ‘had a total fo 64 workmen on the job. Fifty of these were Key; { i Westers, the remainder being the superintendént, engineer, time- ‘keeper and other key employes of the contracting firm brought ! here to direct and carry on the type of work they have been around | rom 12 noon, Saturdays, to 7 a. | trained to do. Supt. Peterson said that while ‘this basic force of 14 men would ‘not be increased, the total num- | ber of workers on the contract would be expanded to around 150 men shortly after the mate- rials arrive on the job. All of the men to be employed from jthis time forward, Peterson said, would be drawn from the list of workers available in Key West. | ‘EASTER SUNRISE SERVICE SUNDAY REV. HOWELL, OF LEY ME- MORIAL CHURCH, WILL BE MAIN SPEAKER Annual Easter Sunrise Service. ;sponsored by the Ministerial Al- jliance of Key West, will be held jat 6:15 o'clock Sunday morning {in Bayview Park, according to |announcement by president of jthe alliance, Rev. G. W. Hutch- jinson. A special program of appro- priate hymns and songs of praise has been arranged., Seats have ‘also been arranged at the park so; jthat all who plan attendance} may be comfortable. Rev. O..C. Howell. pastor o! |Ley Memorial Methodist Church, isthe speaker for the service, which should attract a large at-! tendance. An added feature {itis year will be the ringing of the fire alarm jbells at 5:45 o'clock, one-half hour before start of the service. | Specials! 3 Ibs. _ 10c Specials! STRAWBERRIES, qt. COOKING APPLES, POTATOES, 10 Ibs. _ Just Arrived, Truck Load of Fresh FRUITS anl VEGETABLES TIFT’S GROCERY 1101 Division St. Phone 460 K. L. Peterson, superintendent ! For Mosquito Eradication Key West, Florida, has the most equable climate in the country; with an average range of only 14° Fahrenheit x PRICE FIVE CENTs opiates Funds Transit Plan In City. Submitted To Council |TO FULLY EQUIP PLANT BOARD PUMPS.. BOX. ING, COMMISSION IS | NAMED | Mosquito eradication wérk in the city got off to a good start by {action of the City Council at the ‘second regular meeting of the WOULD EMPLOY MOTOR VEHICLES; PAYROLL OF HALF-MONTH TO BE PAID TOMORROW { City Council deferred the mat- * \ | aot last night, when approval jto take all advantage of equip- | ment loans from the State Plant ‘Board was given the Sanitary Committee. LIONS ENJOY PROGRAM OF RECREATION INSTITUTE INSTRUCTORS i | Spray pumps had previously been loaned the city for the pur- pose of conducting an oil-spray- ,ing arrival of sand from Miami, | FOR STATE OFFICE Iter of a contemplated bus-trans- | GUESTS AT SUPPER LAST NIGHT; FOUR MEMBERS RECEIVE KEY AWARDS portation system for the city to} City Attorney Aquilino Lopez. | Jr., to pass on legal matters in connection with the application of Basil R. Tynes, Myrtland Cates pen Jouppi Roig oe: per-meeting in recognition of the The proposition, as it was pre-|Recreation Leader Training In- sented, calls for a ten-year fran-jstitute now being conducted in chise from the city to operate|this city by the State WPA De- motor vehicles on any and all{partment. i: streets of the city on _bus-line| Guests of the club at the club- schedule. Fares contemplated are|house on Seminary street were 10 cents, with five cents to be|Miss Ednis Dunbar, project tech- charged school children. nician; Mrs. Anne Livingston, as- Last night was recreation night at the Key West Lions Club sup- ' | ing program. Last night, Coun- cilman Boyden asked for neces- sary funds to hire a mechanic to ‘man the pumps, to rent a truck, |purchase gasoline and hire addi- ;tional labor to run the equip- ‘ment—all under the direction of {the Monroe County Health Unit. \Fittings for the pumps were also ordered purchased. | Another matter handled by the Sanitary Committee had. to do with an arrangement that makes ;Robert Lewis an assistant sani- jtary inspector for the city to ‘center on cess pool cleaning :work wherever needed. Fees col- lected are to be paid into a spe- ‘cial city fund, then Mr. Lewis is to be reimbursed from that fund, _ and went into the water at Stock ! bonding and insurance against liability and suggested the pay-| ment of $10.00 per year per) jvehicle city license for five years | for the privilege of © operation, | and $15 per license during the} jlast five years of the contract. Payroll Voted t . The, agreement called for full, sistant, and Mr. Dorothy” Lunch. |This arrangement was’ made — in Lion Gerald Saunders, president, was in the chair. jlieu of a franchise agreement. | Dead dogs of the city will be Mrs. Livingston entertained |picked up by the Knight scaven- the assembled -Lions with a|ger service whenever informa- “Song Story”. Most of the songs tion is received at the city hall were guessed as Mrs. Livingston | that the service is needéd. This unfolded the thrilling episodes in |Service is given, per agreement, her narrative—Lion “Uncle Char-|on the occupational tax arrange- {paid tomorrow, Saturday. Anoth- | City employees were voted a| one-half month's. salary to ’be|lie” Ketchum taking, honors in that feature. er half-month’s salary was or-|_ Then followed two recreation dered paid if funds were avail-|features—games that took the able on April first. | Lions back to their cub days. All Subject of leaves of absence | Voted the experience one to be for city employees brought up |!ong remembered and the guests lconsiderable discussion, follow-| Were cordially invited to “come jing information that City Me-| again”. ; chanic Clarence Thompson had} Business conducted following ‘applied for leave and same had the program centered around been granted by recommendation |Plans for the coming Clubhouse lof the Public Safety committee.|Dedication Banquet, with em- |Notice was given that similar in-|Phasis on the program to be stances would be handled more |Printed for the affair. expeditiously in the future. | Four new Key members of the Taxation committee was given /|club were presented with keys carte blanche to assess what-|Signifying outstanding work in ever occupational license charges|Lionism. They were Lions C. ‘and building permjt assessments|Sam B. Curry, John H. Costar, {it deemed necessary against the|Gerald Saunders and Charles Ivy H. Smith Company, contrac- | Ketchum. HITS NORTHEAST Solicitation of the Lions Club} | HEAVY SNOWS AND SEVERE for purchase of advertising | |space ina Dedicatory Program | COLD OVER EASTER WEEKEND 1 {to be published on the occasion jof the formal opening of that ;8roup’s new clubhouse was re- {ferred to the Finance Committee for disposition. | Frank DeWitt Fuller, repre- senting an All-Florida Advertis- ing concern, submitted a mem- bership plan to the council, call- ing for an appropriation of $200, | or a total of 40 memberships. This matter, too, was‘referred to Weather Bureau officials here is- the Finance committee. {sued storm warnings for the Tony Cruz’ wife’s application, whole Eastern seaboard stretch- for a definite monthly salary-'ing from Virginia to Maine, as basis settlement of | money’s/unseasonable, heavy snows began owed him, since deceased, was |to fall last night and temperatures to be handled by City Attorney fell to low winter levels. (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON, Mar. 22.— Lopez. Various complaints from resi- dents residing near the Key West (Continued on Page Two) oo Society of northeastern urban jcenters was faced with the prob; jlem of “what to wear” in the ahnual Easter Parades scheduled for next Sunday. POULTRY S STEWERS, 1b i (Fancy Tennessee Hens) EGGS, Florida Grade A. Qe EGGS, Florida Grade A. 99 @ FRYERS — ROASTERS We Clean, Dress, Deliver NO CHARGE | Phone 540 1214 White Street | ee PECIALS | TWO FLOOR SHOWS ae 2c) Every Night Habana-Madrid Club “Where your DOLLAR has more CENTS” Spend What You Like Easter Preview Party Saturday Night |ment made some time ago, Boxing Commission Mayor Willard Albury present- \ed the makeup of the new Key | West Boxing Commission to the jcouncilmen. The list was > ap- | proved. | Included on the commission jare Pedro Aguilar, Thomas Bren- nan, Jr., Harry M. Baker, Dr. F. |S. Carbonell and Benjamin Saw- yer. Finance Committee stated that property litigation matters made it impossible for the city to en- ter into an agreement with Ray- |mond B. Knopp to lease the prop- erty at Simonton and Front streets for a shark display .ex- |hibit and recreation center. Damage to the city boat Grey- thound was reported, due to re- |cent high winds. Approval. of the bill for repairs amounting to $83.50 was given. Special homestead exemption jallowances were given to five residents who applied, in that it was proven the parties had ap- |plied at the county. | By resolution, the council vot- ed to lower the rate of interest on outstanding taxes from an an- nual 12 percent to eight percent. Joseph Russell, owner of Slop- py Joe’s Bar, applied for permis- |sion to connect his private water jlines to the city system. The mat- |ter was referred to the Board of j Public Works. TEMPERATURES Lowest last Highest last | Stations— night 24 hours Atlanta 4 69 Boston 28 41 Buffalo 23 33 CharJeston . __.. — 61 Chicago 18 31 Denver 38 60 | Detroit 14 35 |El Paso - 44 7 | Havana 65 88 \Jacksonville _ 51 67 |Kansas City _ 26 46 |KEY WEST _ 73 B1 |Los Angeles _ 55 67 |Miami ee 79 |Mpls.-St. Paul --4. 21 |New York _... 42 St. Louis _ 55 San Francisco 52 60 63 82 4