The Key West Citizen Newspaper, March 26, 1940, Page 1

Associated Press Day Wire Service For 69 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West VOLUME LXI. No. 74. British Encounter The Key West Citizen THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN THE U. S.-A. Trouble At Home In War's Conduct LABOR PARTY CHIEF- TAINS THROW AC- CUSATIONS AT CHAM-; BERLAIN (My Associated Preasy LONDON, Mar. 26.—Dissatis- faction in England over pro-! DKALB KIWAN ee . | And Lime Pies, Too-Yum ‘HAD TURTLE MEAT The Kiwanis Club of DeKalb, |IIL, held a supper meeting on |March 18. That's not so much of ja news story—the organization jmeets regularly every week on | Monday. i ; ; But—it is news to hear that into Prime/ sie group feasted on Turtle longation of the war came up for official attention members of the Labor Party today as tossed accusations Minister Chamberlain’s lap con- cerning alleged trampling of the laboring class under guise of war necessity. This news was the first serious import that all was not Well with the Allied front in conduct of the war against Ger- many. Various and sundry emer- gency ration laws and conscrip- tion of labor for war projects at low wages were the two points held chiefly responsible for the inner-difficulties now coming to the surface. Economic Conflict With practically all land, sea and air war maneuvers halted since last weekend, the war in Europe is headlined chiefly as one of economic importance to-! day. British and French heads were concentrating on efforts to bring additional grief to the Nazis with more blockade moves. The lat- ter group announced today that contracts for ftutnanarr about to be let. This would serve to interrupt German moves to get a stranglehold on all of the oil and other supplies found in Rumania. No Ships Lost Admiralty officials here re- ported that the Allies su’ red no ship losses during all of last week. Ship sinking lists, howe ever, sels lost to mines and torpedoes. Two German freighters were reported sunk by the Admiralty during the past two days and two more vessels flying under Nazi colors were reported grounded by British destroyers. Allied advices from the West- ern Front reaching England to- day indicated that heavy bom-} bardments of the German Sieg- fried Line will be undertaken in a few days. Airplane patrols are said to have shown possible weaknesses in the line and con- centration of heavy artillery will be placed on those points in an effort to break through. BUNDLE WEEK GETS UNDERWAY JAYCEES CALL ATTENTION TO WORTHY PROJECT; BOY SCOUTS HELP This is Steaks shipped especially for the supper from this city. And, fur-. ther—that the supper was adver- ‘LOCAL FIRMS BID ON NAVY FOOD NEEDS PROVISIONS; BIDS OPENED ON 20TH OF MONTH 4 Key West provision and dairy {portunity to participate in the jnaval supply purchases, it was {announced today by Lieut. Com- |mander Ray W. Byrns, supply, disbursing and accounting offi- | cer for Key West naval station. | Purchase of such provisions as! \fresh meats, fruits, vegetables | and dairy products, formerly handled through the Charleston navy yard, is now being made | directly by Commander Byrns and his organization for the nav- al station and for the dozen or jdealers are being given every op ! TUESDAY, MARCH 26, 1940 S. S. Cuba Will Be Withdrawn From Run For 2 Months KEY WEST, FLORIDA, is ‘7 SHIPMENTS; HOTEL MEN UNABLE TO OB- TAIN BETTER SERVICE | | It was reliably reported the S.isee the reported withdrawal of S. Cuba of the P. & O. Steamship ithe Cuba from, its regular run as company, now the only vessel|a further blow to travel through operating on a regulir schedule |Key West. between Tampa, Key West and! Naval officials expressed some Havana, will be withdrawn from concern because materials, par- the service early next month for |ticularly cement, for the sea- drydocking. plane base on Trumbo section O. would not verify the reports,|from Tampa via the P. & O. but did not deny the Cuba would | boat. Steamship officials point soon go into drydock. It is ex-jout that the Clyde-Mallory Lines pected the drydocking will re-;now operate a “boat between quire two months, so that there'!Tampa and New York and ex- will be no regular boat service|press the opinion the service between Key West and Havana,|might be extended: to include a NAVY OFFICIALS EXPRESS CONCERN OVER SUPPLY | Key West officials of the P. & | had been scheduled to come here | SAM HARRIS SELLS — Cc.’ HOPEMAN, ANNUAL VISITOR TO KEYS, PUR- CHASED SUGAR LOAF LAND FOR OWN USE 1 Today Sam E. Harris sold his !27-acre lime and sapodilla grove on Sugar Loaf to B. C. Hopeman, of New York and Waynesboro, ;Va., for $5,400 cash, net, and the 'receipts from the fruits and |vegetables, grown in the grove, that are sold up to November 15, 1940. | Mr. Hopeman has cruised and fished in the waters of the Flor- ida Keys during the winter for many years. The last five sea+ ‘sons he and Mrs. Hopeman havéw been guests at La Casa Marina. Key West, Florida, has the | most equable climate in the country; with an average range of only 14° Fahrenheit PRICE FIVE CENTS mbo Airbase Employs Nearly 200 Local Men |WORK IS PROCEEDING SMOOTHLY CONTRAC- SPANISH | ae | TOR SAYS; WPA PROJ- pone All Confused ECT UNDER WAY BEGAN SOMETHING, sn 20 mo oe. . |per cent of them Key Westers. GREETIN of | “Bundle Week”—time | to dig out all of those old winter | |tised as a Key West Supper, in- cluding, besides the steaks, some Key Lime Pies for dessert. | Secretary E. L. Knodle, of, the | DeKalb Kiwanian, in a letter to |The Citizen, stated that the club Supper when members read of a ! similar feast enjoyed by a group jof Kiwanians in an Ohio town this past winter. | Accordingly, the club steward ‘sent an order to Key West for |the steaks to be shipped in time for the dinner last week. Inquiry | brought a recipe and a_ ship ment of limes for the pi that |carried the supper to a successful j conclusion. Story of the supper obtained lexcellent mention in the DeKalb ; Daily Chronicle under date of March 19. SALE RAISED BIDS ALMOST $6,000 CLERK SAWYER CHECKING | MURPHY ACT BIDS BE- FORE MAILING Cireuit Court Cierk Ross C. Sawyer and his staff were busy |today catching up loose ends in the sale of approximately 400; parcels of Monroe county real included eight neutral ves-|eState from the courthouse steps} lyesterday. Unchecked estimates of the ‘amount realized from the sale |place the total at a little more {than $18,000. The base bids for | the 400-odd parcels amounted to |$12,287. The higher figure was jfeached under spirited bidding |for some parcels. | Clerk -Sawyer said the highest |bids would be sent at once to the Florida Internal Improvement Board at Tallahassee, which will give deeds to the bidders if they prove acceptable. Refund checks will be mailed as quickly as pos- | jSible to unsuccessful bidders who posted the cash bids in advance of the sale. 'LATE NEWS BULLETINS (By Associated Press) TORONTO, Mar. 26—Canadian electorate Was today turning out jin large numbers for participa- {tion in the Dominion elections, |this despite bitter cold weather jaccompanied by blizzards’ in imgny provinces. | WASHINGTON, Mar. 26. —President Roosevelt re- | was inspired to try a Key West| clothes, shoes, ete., and turn them! over to the Key West Chamber of Commerce to be dis- tributed by Parent-Teacher As- Sociations of the city to children and their parents. Those who will with this movement should get together all items of wearing ap- parel immediately and call any of the following persons: William T. Doughtry, phone 14; Joe Al- len, phone 51; Delmar Butler, phone 10-J; Isadore L. Wein- traub, phone 645-W. Through the co-operation of Columbia Laundry, clothing will be thoroughly cleaned‘and ster- ilized. Several troops of boy scouts have promised co-operation by offering tc pick up bundles from persons who notify the above. Individuals can take tions to the Chamber of Com- merce office in La Concha Hotel building if more convenient to do so, Junior , needy co-operate } contribu- | newed his press conferences today, following cancellation of that event last weekend. The President still suffered, howver, from the effects of a head cold contracted early last week. NEW YORK, Mar. 26.—Re- cording one of the severest win- jters of all time, weather bureau officials kere today stated that a total of 106 inches of snow had fallen to date this winter in this; {city, an all-time record. The \temperature today remained un- |seasonably low—in the low twen- j ties. LOS ANGELES, Mar. 26.— William McAdoo, Secretary of State in President Wilson's cabinet, today announced his preference for a third term | for Roosevelt He made the announcement following his | assertion that he was, by no | means, in politics, 4 more naval vessels identified with the Key West neutrality patrol. Early each month Key West, as well as mainland wholesalers, are asked to bid on the various ;quantities of the several varieties of provisions estimated for the following month, Bids are open- ed publicly on the 20th of each month by Commander Byrns and his staff. Contracts are then awarded to the lowest and best j bidders, based on the satisfaction (Continued on Page Four) C. SAM B. CURRY SEEKS RE-ELECTION AS CLERK OF COURT CALLS ATTENTION TO GOOD RECORD AND CITATION DEPARTMENT IN REPORT C. Sam B. Curry, incumbent, announces his canddiacy for re- election to the office of Clerk of the Criminal Court of Record. In discussing his candidacy, Mr. Curry stated: “T have faithfully and efficient- ly served the people of Monroe Ceunty as their Clerk for the Criminal Court of Record. I be- long to no political faction and } il c. SAM B. CURRY consider myself a candidate of, ky and for the people. I invite record as an official, a citizen, or otherwise. “If re-elected, I promise that I will fill the office as your Clerk done in the past, having a elean jrecord from the State Auditing ;Department which fis quoted as | follows: ords ofthe’ Court were well kept and the proper reports of conviction-filed.-. . All-monies- received, have ‘been propéthy’ accounted for’. “Further, I consider myself qualified and capable of filling the office of the Clerk of the Criminal Court from experience. “Further, I have established a record of which I am proud to put before the people of Monroe County, so I put myself before you as a candidate for the office as your Clerk for the Criminal Court of Record and respectfully solicit your support”. GIVEN BY STATE AUDITING’ or from Key West to Tampa, un- til the middle of June. Hotel.men here have been try- ing for some time to get an ex- pansion of the Havana service, and today reported their efforts have been unsuccessful. | Officials of the Florida Keys Aqueduct commission are uncon- cerned over reports from Wash- ington that the Reconstruction Finance Corporation questions ey legal right of the commission t@ issue $1,000,000 in -bonds to cover part of the cost of building a fresh water supply system from the mainland. The reports from Washington Miami, attorney for the commis- sion, had been asked to answer a series of questions regarding the application of the commission ‘RALPH SPAULDING IN NAVY HONORS PROMOTED TO CAPTAIN IN CIVIL ENGINEERING CORPS A telegram received by Frank 'C. Brown of this éity from Ad- |miral Ralph Whitman, C.E.C., tells of the promotion o ;Mr. Brown’s son-in-law, Ralp! |D. Sapulding, to the rank of cap. tain, to serve in the Civil Engi. neering Corps. ing was commander. The selection was made cently by a Board of Officers of jthe Corps. Admire] Whitman was the Civ- il Engineer member of the Nav- ,al Officers’ Commission that vis- lited Key West last fall and se- jlected the Trumbo site for th Jairbase that is now under con- struction. ‘MRS. DAISY CURRY They | this situation. Aquctuct Ofiils State RFC Query Not Alarming indicated that S. P. Robineau, | US.N., | His previous rat- re-| |Key West-if the volume of freight | Mr. Hopeman bought — the |were large enough to warrant a ‘Stove, which fronts on deep wa- ;eall at this port. iter, as a base for his cabin cruis- | Charles Smith, local agent of er and motorboat that he uses Clyde-Mallory, could not be for fishing. He will have con- reached for a statement covering structed a pier, with a “T” head, {running off the shore of the \grove, for their accommodation, ‘and will otherwise timprove the property, including | the building of three lodges for thimself and friends and the | beautification of the grounds |surrounding the lodges. This morning Mr. Harris re- ‘called that 16 years ago this jmonth he made the first sale of land on the Florida Keys, which led to the boom of 1925 and the leuboctuenticrashiic He. sald the late Stephen F. Lowe's tract on for the $1,000,000 loan secured by iKey Largo to the then Senator Raetoad bonds. ‘Butler of Massachusetts for $40,- |. “Attorney Robineau informs 999. me that the act setting up the’ “I hope the sale today will be commission specifically gives the the forerunner of many other commission authority to issue sales on the Florida Keys, as was bonds payable from revenue to the Lowe sale in 1924”, Mr, Har- pegs ed sso sand of ‘ris’said, “but I hope too that the fi airman - activi i i Willd. 1 Doughtry, Jr; Bape pe Mend that is sure to come will man of the commission, said to-' day. “This question was raised some time ago and answered by our attorney. Apparently someone in Washington just discovered that fact, although RFC has in- |dicated right along that the $1,- | 000,000 would be made available as soon as the engineering de- tails had been worked out by our | engineers.” that characterized the boom days. With the establishment of a pipe line of fresh water through the Keys, it won’t be long before they will be dotted with many high-class fishing lodges, such as Mr. Hqpeman will build, and many public fishing lodges too, as well as hotels, casinos and pavilions”. It is pointed out that should |RFC finally decide the anoita, REV, = WOODWARD |sion, under its interpretation of | RECEIVES Cc ‘ALL |the law ‘creating the ‘water, ;board, had no specific au-{ |thority to issue negotiable bonds, | Rev. Luther W. Woodward and |Mrs. Woodward left Key West {Monday morning to return to jsuch an issue can be validated in | jHapeville, Ga., following occu- {pancy of the pulpit at First Bapt- the state courts. ist Church for the past two Sun- RED CROSS DRIVE ENDS ‘days. | Members of the church an- jnounced today that the congrega- jtion had extended a unanimous jeall to Rev. Woodward at the ‘morning. service Sunday. It was understood that take the call under advisement \for a few days before giving his decision. HOMES’ EXEMPTION TO END MARCH 30 Final contributions in the Red Cross roll call, conducted in this |city since late last Fall, were list- ;ed today by the local chapter. The following names were added to the list of previous sub- |scribers and donators: Ed Gato, idr., $10; Key West Drug Co., \$6.00; Larry Gardner, $1.00; Jer- ry Trevor, $2.00; First National |Bank, $10.00; Wm. R. Porter, | $5.00, | Total memberships in the local \chapter, on the final tabulation, include 475 $1.00 subscribers, |four $5.00, one $10.00 and one Final date for filing applica- |tions for homestead exemption extensively | be free of the feverish plunging ! he would; (Special-to The Citizen) JACKSONVILLE, Mar. 26.— The whole thing started when Harold Colee, vice-president and general manager of the Florida State Chamber of Commerce, be-! gan wiring birthday greetings in Spanish. Idea was to attract to the state’s original mother tongue. Then, too, the State Chamber is also interested in promoting the study of Spanish :and Portuguese in Florida’s pub- lic schools. That would help in creating better Inter-American relations. | So what happened? ‘wires like this: “Sinceras felicitaciones y los mejores deseos por su continua. Salud y felicidad”. And the replies began to come in—but not just in Spanish. No indeed, to date they’ve been writ- ten in Greek, Swedish, Chinese, German, -French, :_.Spanish—in fact, just about any language you might mention! Mr. Colee finds it confusing correspondence—but the Univer- sity of Florida language experts to date have been able to trans- late everything referred them thus far. And the Spanish birthday 8reetings are still going out! ENLISTMENTS IN MARINES OPENED RECRUITING OFFICE AT SA- VANNAH TO RECEIVE PRE- FERRED CLASS SOON (Special to The Citizen) SAVANNAH, Mar. 26.—Au- thority for the enlistment of limited number of young men of '@xcellent physical qualifications during the months of April and ‘May, has been received by the #U. S. Marine Corps Recruiting Station, Post Office Building, Sa- vannah, Ga, according to an an- nouncement made today from Captain A. C. Small, recruiting officer in this city. od The men enlisted will be se- flected from a waiting list of ap- plicants who have submitted their applications on official forms obtained from the Savan- nah office. To be eligible for enlistment an applicant must single, between 18 and 27 years Sq Mr. Colee started sending | 2 ‘the be white, | | the Ivy H. Smith company of |Jacksonville today was reported | making excellent progress in the ‘construction of the naval aux- |itiary seaplane base on Trumbo attention | section. | Besides the 100 men working for the general contractors un- der their $287,000 contract, the WPA is operating a force of 94 men under an $18,300 project for 1 : clearing, grading and improving the 60-acre seaplane base site. ! The Smith company has been handicapped, according to naval officers because of delays in the jarrival of such materials as sand jand cement and lumber needed j}for construction of the footings ‘and foundations for the hangar jand other structures. _ |Last weékénd“a™"boatfoad of igravel was lost overboard en {route from Miami to Key West iwhen a barge got caught in a |storm. However, an additional supply was immediately trucked> |in over the highway and the con- jerete work is now going for- ward. 7 | The contractors have been in- |formed that.the P. & O. Steam- ship company is planning to | withdraw the S. S. Cuba from the Tampa-Key West-Havana run. That would prevent ship- ment here from Tampa of cement for the seaplane base job, but it is understood the firm is making arrangements to bring the ma- {terial here by truck or by anoth- jer steamship route. | The Smith company has four |months in Which to complete fts portion of the work on the basi |The Steel Construction Company lof Birmingham, Ala., will handle erection of the steel hangar when footings and foundations thave been poured by the Smith | company. i MORE APPLY FOR AUTO LICENSES } |REGISTRY FIGURES AHEAD H OF LAST YEAR AT | SAME TIME Monroe county motor vehicle joperators are gradually appear- | the voters to look into my past) | $25.00. ing at the office of County Tax in the city is March 30, and City jf age, 64 to 74 inches in height, for the Criminal Court as I have } ‘The minutes and other rec, | | Seatbelt SERVICES WILL BE HELD TO- MORROW AFTERNOON AT LEY CHURCH | | Services for Mrs. Daisy Curry, 61,.who died last evening at the home, 1405. Olivia street, will be} held tomorrow afternoon at 5:00) lock at Ley Memorial Church. The body will be placed in the! ;Chicago Tax Assessor-Collector Sam Pin- jder issues the call for all those who have not appeared at City Hall ‘to make out the n papers, to do so before that date or suffer the loss of exemption in property taxes. According to law, home-own- ers are required to file applica- tions with the county and city governments. TEMPERATURES Lowest last Highest last Stations— night 24 hours Atlanta - - 30 44 Boston 25 31 Buffalo 16 Charleston __. 33 . 23 Denver Detroit - El Paso — Havana church at 2:00 o'clock. Lopez Funeral Home is- in| charge of arrangements and Rev. | O. C. Howell will officiate at the} services. Mrs. Curry is survived by her} husband, . Milton Curry; three sons, Fremont, Thomas and Owen} Jacksonville KEY WEST _ Los Angeles Memphis ___ Mises Mpls.-St. Paul 17 fe 13 Curry; four brothers, Harry, Jo-/ seph, Pau! and Victor Lowe; one| sister, Mrs. May Knowles, and} four grandchildren. - } \Tai ye San Francisco Seattle. __. 56 47 53 — 26 BAIBBSEsS , Washington and have at least an eighth grade education. Young men of any locality who desire to enlist at an early date {should write the Savannah re- cruiting office without delay. EIGHT SHIPS IN PORT NOW Seven destroyers and one sea- plane tender of the Key West {neutrality patrol were in port to- day. This is the largest number to be in the naval station at one time in several weeks. | In port are the Destroyers ,Lea, ‘flagship, Twiggs, Wickes, iEvans, Aaron Ward, Buchanan, Hale and Crowninshield. The tender here is the Gannet. Some of the ships are taking in fuel and others are undergo- ing minor adjustments, Collector Frank Ladd for their 1940 tags. Up to Saturday, 1703 “of the tags had been issued, a figure |that slightly exceeds the total at \this date a year ago. | It is estimated that nearly 300 {others remain to be issued, but |a number are not expected to apply before July 1, when the {Price of the plates will be cut in jhalf. i EEE RE |Specials! Specials! Fresh Strawberries, qt. . 25c Fresh Spinach, fb .......... 5c Fresh Eggs, Doz. .......... 30c TRUCK LOAD OF FRESH FRUITS AND VEGETABLES JUST ARRIVED TIFT’S CASH GROCERY 1101 Division St. Phone 460 Free Delivery