The Key West Citizen Newspaper, March 29, 1940, Page 1

For 69 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West VOLUME LXI. No. 77. Associated Press Day Wire Service The Key THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER & ib HE gle 7 IN THE KEY WEST, FLORIDA, FRIDAY, MARCH 29, 1940° rat Citize U.S. A. Ht | Diplomatic Action: Still. Features War News From Europe's Capitals * RUMORS OF PENDING RUSSO-BRITISH TRADE PACT HEARD; TURKEY STATES POSITION (Ry Axsocinted Prens) LONDON, Mar. 29.—No major war action, either on land, in the air or on the sea was reported the during past hours from all of Europe's capi- | tal cities. Diplomatic action goes on apace, however, with accent on shaping uv ultimate policies to be follewed by the major war- ring nations and neutrals. Surprising news from Moscow came today. Rumors of a trade pact to be worked out between the Soviets and England hummed over the wires, but no verification of any progress made towards consum- mation of such a treaty could be obtained from of either nation. The Allied council, meeting in this city, again discussd in broad terms, the neutrality of Europe’s small nations. Chief outcome of this conference, it was believed, would be firm demands to Scan- dinavian countries to pay stricter attention to territorial waters. Alleged violations of neutrality committed by German shipping has brought this question to the fore In the ‘Dalkans; British sources heard today that their ally, Tur- key, is taking a firmer stand against the entry of any third power into that section of Eu- rope. Dispatches state that Tur- kish officials have announced, in no uncertain terms, their deter- mination to keep both Germany and Russia from encroaching up- territory rights of any Bal- kan state. The British press denied head- line stories in German _news- papers recently which called at- tention to wholesale violations of British naval ships and_air- planes against the neutrality of Dutch and Belgium ycountries. CHEAP MEALS AT N. Y. FAIR (By Associated Press) W YORK, Mar. 29.—‘You'll be able to eat cheaper at the 1940 New York World's Fair than at home”. That was the flash that proving of interest to those in tending to visit New York this coming summer. Management of the Fair stated today that arrangements were completed whereby patrons could expect to buy meals at extremely low cost—in many cases, suffi- cient food for as little as five or ten cents. A good menu will be offered at several eating places for fifteen cents, it was stated. U.S.S. EVANS ON on is twenty-four | leading Officials! WELLES CONFERS _ WITH PRESIDENT ON RECENT TRIP \ |NO DISCLOSURES GIVEN AS TO NATURE OF TALK;| ROOSEVELT HOLDS CAB-| INET ‘MEETING TODAY | | (Ry Associated Press) WASHINGTON, Mar. 29. — President Roosevelt continued his | conferences with Under-secretary |of State Sumner Welles today, in} |company with Secretary Cordell Hull. Most of the morning was spent ‘with the twb diplomats in going over the report turned in by Mr. Welles following his return | from Europe yesterday morning. No announcement was mad¢ to the subject of the conferences. Following the talks, President Roosevelt was scheduled to hold |his first cabinet meeting in three | weeks. | HARRING.ON ASKS LOUISIANA SUPPORT WASHINGTON, Mar. 29. |Col. Harrington, head of the na- |tional Works Progress Adminis- tration forces, today called on ‘Mayor Maestri of New Orleans, ‘and Governor - nominate Sam Houston Jones, of Louisiana, to co-operate with the State WPA agency in providing sponsorship for work projects. Col. Harrington stated that his | atter#tun Nad been called to the jdestitute condition of hundreds of Louisianans owing to lack of ;work and income to buy neces- sities. He laid most of the trouble at Maestri’s and Jones’ doorsteps, in that those two men have indicated reluctance to fur- nish sponsorship funds so that} projects could go forward. CG. TENDERS ON ACTIVE DUTY TWO ARE ON_. LOCATIONS | NOW: IVY TO LEAVE NEXT TUESDAY Three lighthouse tenders were Coast Guard offi- cials announced. | The Poinciana is servicing the beacons at Bis- cayne entrance and the north part of North Hawk channel | When this task is finished she is scheduled to go to West Palm |Beach, thence to Lake Okeecho- | bee on a regular tour of the bea-! \cons and aids to navigation Temporarily held up by fog in Caloosahatchee river, the Zinnia later will replace a beacon there land then proceed to Tampa Bay on several small jobs Lieut. Henry B. Haskins said the Ivy is getting ready to leave for Tortugas on Tuesday. On her way she will relieve the New Ground Rocks lighted whistle buoy. Lieut. Commander Carl H. Hilton, head of the Coast Guard at Miami SIS SI SS, QUESTION—-WHO CAUGHT THE WAHOO? L. U. Noland, of Newport News, president of the No- land Company of that city, also owner of the John Mar- shall Hotel, Murphy's Hotel, William Byrd Hotel and the Richmond Hotel, all in Rich- mond, Va., arrived at the Casa Marina Wednesday night. Yesterday he went fishing as the guest of C. B. Cole, of Roanoke, Va., and returned | with a fine wahoo, the first to be brought to the Casa Marina dock this season, It | weighed 2842 pounds and took | Mr. Noland half an hour to | land. They were fishing | from Jakie Key’s “Legion”. Opinion is divided as to whether the honor belongs to Mr. Noland or Mr. Cole. Mr. Noland certainly caught the fish but, on the other hand, Mr. Cole is the mascot cf the Casa Marina fishing fraternity, having accom- panied practically all Casa Marina fishermen who breught in anything worth- while or record taking. They are still arguing as to wheth- er Mr. Noland would have caught the fish if Mr. Cole had not been along. | | } j SIDI LISI SIS Ss { INTRODUCES BILL TO PURCHASE BASE TRUMBO PROPERTY NOW: LEASED SUBJECT OF REP. CANNON’S REQUEST An Associated’ Press dispatch The indicates that Congressman A. Pat Cannon has introduced a bill in Congress for purchase by the navy depart- ment of the 60 acres leased for the naval seaplane base on Trum-| bo section. The bill provides for | )00 for the purchase. 1 The site has a frontage of 1790) feet on Paim Avenue and is 1525! feet deep from extension of Eat- | on street to Florida Bay. | RALPH JOHNSON IN BOARD RACE | to Citizen i SEEKS RE-ELECTION AS 3RD/ j DISTRICT MEMBER OF PUB. | LIC INSTRUCTION GROUP | Ralph K. Johnson announces | in this issue of The Citizen his candidacy for re-election as a! member of the Board of Public Instruction from the Third Dis-|{ trict. In announcing for re-election, Mr. Johnson states: “I wish to ask the considera- tion of the voters vf Monr County in the Democratic P: jthe isweethearts and _ sisters ROTARIANS HELD © ENJOYABLE FETE FOR ROTARY-ANNS |SEVENTY-FIVE COUPLES AT- TENDED AFFAIR AT CASA MARINA; EXCELLENT PRO- GRAM PRESENTED Amusement, music and food were nicely blende2 in a ladies’ night program of the Key West Rotary Club at Casa Marina last night. Some #75 couples at- tended. Humor highlight of the pro- gram was a skit in which an un- successful attempt was made to effect the marriage of the club's} only bachelor, Norman Lowe. William Fripp was the was the shot-gun armed and irate father, and Gus Ayala, car- irying a mail order house’ cata- logue, portrayed the third char- acter usuauy present in such ceremon aped from the laugh- ing assemblage waen the bride changed his or her mind and em- braced President William V. Lit- tle, crying: “This is the man I Love!” After an address of welcome by President Little, a response was made by Mrs. J. J. Trevor in the absence of Mrs. John A. Long, who was kept at home by illness. Ernest Ramsey deliver- ed the principal address, empha sizing the fellowship and service qualities of the Rotary Club and Rotary Anns, the wives, of the Lowe members. Entertainment features includ- ed the opening flag ecremony; the song, “My Own Key West”,| by S. C. Singleton and Allan Armstrong; an orchestra selec tion; a vocal selection by Miss Edith Willian soprano, with Gus Ayala, accompanist; — the song, “Let Me Call You Sweet- heart’ vocal selection by Janice White and George Mill. White with accompanist Ayala, and the closing ceremony, ‘Till (Continued on Page Three) ACCIDENT VICTIM IN PLANE CRASH |MAN INJURED IN BOCA CHICA BRIDGE INCIDENT HAS NARROW ESCAPE Duane Almy, 30, of West Palm Beach, who suffered a broken leg and arm in an auto- mobile collision Wednesday night on Boca Chica bridge, narrowly escaped with his life . yesterday when an ambulance. plane in which he was being transported crashed in making a forced land- ing during a_ squall at Miami Beach. Duane had boarded the plane at the upper end of Key West late yester afternoon, being carried there in a Pritchard am- bulance from Marine hospital. He went aboard the plane with his stepfather, E. R. Dew, and j Pilot-Owner A. C. Wilson, also of West Palm Beach. None of the three was injured in the plane crash, although the undercarriage, wingtips and pro- peller were damaged when it hit | blushing } \bride-to-he; George Mills White | the water. SENIORS Is 0 PICNIC Annual Class _ Aftair ‘CONCH DAY’ A tired, but, no doubt, happy membership of the Senior High School Class is scheduled to re- turn to the city this from their annual “Conch Day” Ppienic at Boca Chica, which fea- |tured the day’s news at the local | high school. Mrs. Bessie Eagan, class spon- sor, led the class. consisting of sixty-eight members, to the pic- nic site on Boca Chica following the annual “Conch Day” exercis- jes in the chapel. Refreshments, it was reported, consisted of hot dogs and soda |pop, with whatever else in- | genious seniors could round up from home-larders for the occa- sion thrown in for good measure. The chapel exercises this morning, asin past years, were held to pass'on the traditional conch shell to the juniors—with appropriate remarks given by the donors as to proper stewardship jof the school’s emblematic mas- cot. Thus was started the annual round of activities which will engage the seniors between now and graduation day carly in June. BENEFIT PROGRAM IS OFF THE PRESS |PRINTED IN CONNECTION WITH FROLIC NOW BEING HELD IN COLONIAL PARK The Artman Press has just |completed publication of the Sou- venir Program of the Benefit li¢ now being staged in |Colonial Park by St. Mary Star {of the Sea Church for the benefit of the general repair fund. The program is of large ‘size, containing twenty pages inside a beautiful light-blue leatherette cover. High-grade blue ink was used on the fine book paper in- side as well as on the cover, the |latter being. further engrossed | with a silver cross. Contents of the book, in order, linclude an appreciation from the |management of the benefit, Rev. P. J. Kelleher, S.J.; Fred Dion and Mrs. A. M. Hewett; a picture of the church with its history; a picture of Rev. Kelleher, Rev. A. L. Maureau, SJ., and “in |memorium” pictures of Rev. Friend and Rev. Dougherty. Also appearing in the program | |history of the Convent of Mary |Immaculate and a group picture of the Popularity Contest en- trants. An artiele about Catholic Daughters of ‘America, Court No. 346, completes! the reading mat- ter seetion. contains representative adver- age of Key West merchants. To Whom It May Concern Several years ago, Clarence Pierce, as agent, loaned for my jwife to T. Jenkins Curry, two jthousand dollars, which was se- cured by real estate. My wife later became dissatisfied with the security and I requested Mr. Curry to give security on some ‘other property and he gave us a evening | is a picture with accompanying | Balance of the book | tisements from a large percent-! INAVY BOUNDS THREE TARGET. PRACTICE ZONES j;TWO ZONES FOR DESTROY- ERS, ONE FOR PLANES: CANNONADING EXPECTED TO START MONDAY i | Three large water zones in the Key West area will be utilized j ifrom April 1 to June 30 for tar- ‘get firing practice by the de- stroyers and seaplanes of the Key West Patrol, it was an- 0.K.’s FHA Key West, Florida, has the most equable climate in the country; range of only 14° Fahrenheit with an average PRICE FIVE CENTS Roosevelt Local Project {nounced today by Capt. Walter; F. Jacobs, U.S.N., chief of staff} jof the seventh naval district and j jcommandant of Key West naval station, | The zones were :Capt. Arthur S. Carpender, U.S.N., commanding officer of \the Key West Patrol, in a com- !munication directed to the com-; mandant of the Charleston nav- | al station via Capt. Jacobs. The zones are described. as follows: 1, From Latitude 24 degrees '45 minutes North to Latitude 25} jdegrees and 5 minutes North and {from Longitude 80 degrees West ! to Longitude 82 degrees 20 minu- ltes West. The northern boun- } dary is a line running south of | Cape Sable, while the southern! boundary runs irom a point 42. miles east of Tennessee Reef | light to 23 miles west of Smith | {Shoal light. This zone is rough- |! |ly 127 miles long and 20 miles | | wide. 1 | 2. Latitude 24 degrees North! to Latitude 24 degrees and 20 minutes North; Longitude 81 de- lgrees 50 minutes West to 82 de- jgrees 10 minutes West. This zone jis approximately 20 miles square ‘lying eight miles south of Sand | {Key Light but it to be used only | in the, event weather conditions make it impossible for the Ten- der Gannet to take the through the Northwest Channel to No. 1 zone. 3. Is North of Florida Keys to Latitude 25 degrees and 10 minu- tes North and Longitude 81 de- grees 30 minutes West to Longi- | tude 682 degrees West. The | northern boundary is a line run- | reported by } | ! | | | ja zone about 30 miles sauare, the jbase of which is a line about! jeight miles north of Key West. | The first two zones are for tar- gct practice for the destroyers of | the neutrality fleet, the third for | the aircraft stationed here. Naval! officers of the fleet will notify pping interests when the va- rious zones will be under fire. First practice is scheduled to get 0! underway Monday. | si re were announced publicly | , s to allay rumors and false | alarms that might arise by rea- | son of the cannonading off Ke West, naval officers indicated. c | ' SERVICES SUNDAY FOR A. SCHRADER DIED WEDNESDAY AUGUSTINE; HUSBAND OF FORMER HILDA NAVARRO f | s E fe Services for Arthur Schrader, who died last Wednesday in St. Augustine, will be held in this {city Sunday afternoon at 3:00 {o'clock at St. Paul’s Church, Rev. {Arthur Dimmick officiating. Pritchard’s Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements, and they it |E One reason why the zones of | which-time reports of Jers led the di hearts of Ketchum and Allan Armstrong |hy the Key West authority with added words of advice h {Havana (Cuba) Lions week, then proceeded to report} site on Trumbo Tourist asking for rates in |magazine. That association plans | plane base ability of routing | West. GREETING TO CITY The author of “Nature Netes”, the very fine stories on Key West, stressing the beauty and nature of the flora and animal life of the Island City. has communicat- ed with The Citizen. He is J. C. Galloway, of Port Al- legany, Pa., who, on his first visit to this city ‘this win- ter, with his wife, endeared himself in the hearis of a host cf local residents, He writes, “Our experi- ences in Key West were most enjoyable, and our interest in it remains undiminished. We hope to see you and our other friends again next sea- son, and, incidentally, to coniinue our studies of your varied attractions”. Mr. Galloway also had things to say about the “win- ter weather that still lin- gers” in his home town. “The old-timers sav they never saw anything to equal it”, he concluded. target PPP IT IIs LIONISM STRESSED AT CLUB MEETIN DISCUSSION AT QUARTER- LY MEETING OF LIONS Key West Lions paused. to con- ider salient points of Lionism \last night at the regular supper | yi meeting held in their ciubhous: nm Seminary street, it being the | quarterly meeting of the club at |that must be advanced by commit- are generally heard. Lion President Gerald Saun- ion treating hiefly on subjects close to the Lions. Lions Charles and of in- ormation on the topic the titution and By-Laws Lion Charles Johnson related Club last or the Key West Hotel and Homes Association in the Lions’ 0 call attention to the Lions he International Convention - in Tavana, concerning the advis- through Key Plans for the club’s Dedication IS SS SOG BI 6 CVIZEN RECEIVES TELE- GALLOWAY SENDS | GRAMS THIS MORNING FROM WASHINGTON OFFICIALS j President Roosevelt today at | Washington approved a loan {contract making funds available |for the Key West low rental ‘housing project. A prediction |that the President would sign the | contract, was carried in The Citi- _zen Wednesday. last a | This action removed the federal obstacle confronting -|project that may involve an ex- penditure of upwards of $800,000, although the federal contract provides that the U. S. Housing Authority may loan the Key West Housing Authority a total of $650,000. | The sum mentioned in the document approved by the Presi- dent represents 90 per cent of the estimated cost of a project {in which the unit cost of the |220 dweilings involved has been |directed to be reduced. However, “the totat housing authority be- |lieves the original estimate of Ithe cost of the work may be |forthcoming if the lower cost )Suggested by federal agencies cannot be met. Under the approved project ning through Cape Sable and is PRESIDENT SAUNDERS LED the Key West housing authority |will put up 10 per cent of. the jestimated cost of the projegti, If |the U. S. housing authority }ad- |vances $650,000 this means ‘that the Key West. authority would have to advance $65,000, to bring |the total outlay up to $715,000. Part of the sponsorship fund be providing sewer and water facilities to the project. Another part of the.10 per cent the Key West authority may be in |the abatement of taxes on the property. If other cash is needed the Key West authority would have power to issue bonds locally | to raise it. Next step that must be taken the approval of the U .S. housing authority is advertising for bids evening, including delineation of | from contractors to put up the points covered in the club's Con-|999 dwelling units provided in the plans. ’ As- reported previously in The IN ST.}some of his experiences at the | Citizen, there will be 136 dwel- ling units for white families on section ad- jacent to the new naval seaplane base. This site is towards Grin- nell street from the naval sea- The 84 units for colored families will be erected nation-wide, who plan to attend|near Fort Taylor reservation in vicinity of the foot of Division street. These units become available to families earning less than ap- | proximately $90 a month. Selec- stated that the body would ar-|Banquet and Formal Opening |tion of the families will be a local mary on May “I have lived in Monroe: Coun- jty all my life, was graduated j jfrom Key West High School. If | |my people see fit to return me} {deed to a property which was jacceptable to us. The property owned back. taxes of $98.00, which I paid and since, Mr. Curry has paid to me $40.00 of this tax Fete of the Clubhouse, to be held| matter, final decision to «rest on April 11, were thoroughly | with the housing authority. Each gone over at a directors’ meeting! _ (Continued on Page Three) following the regular meeting. rive here tomorrow afternoon. Mr. Schrader is survived by his wife, the former Hilda Na- varro, of this city; his father, activities here, reports every- thing proceeding smoothly in all departments. TEMPERATURES BAHAMA PATROL Shortly after the Destroyer Williams of the Key West Patrol returned to port today after a tour of duty in the Bahamas, the Destroyer Evans left for the same area in connection with the naval astronomical survey now underway there. Besid the Williams, naval ships in Key West waters today were the Destroyers Lea, Twiggs and Wickes, and the Sea- plane Tender Gannet. TWO FLOOR SHOWS Every Nite Habana-Madrid Club “Nut Club” Show, 12:30 A. M. other | SHOOTS ISS, ‘RECORD JACK IS TOURNEY ENTRY | i Richard E. Waterhouse | and Homer Gilneau, of West Warwick, R. L, had a satis- factory day of fishing yes- terday aboard Capt. Teddy Lowe's cruiser “Wm. Post”. Mr. Waterhouse landed a 6l-pound amberjack after a 40-minute skirmish. This fish now leads the Jaycee Tourn- ament in this classification. The balance of the catch included black ard yellow fin groupers, ten barracuda and two smaller amberjacks. PIII LL I DT. to the board I have one promise to make and that is, to give my best interest and effort to. our school system in the future as Ij have done in the past”. |Chicago BIG, GALA. .. FLOOR SHOW Tomorrow Nite, 10 till ? RAUL’S CLUB Benefit Dance for Hawaiian Orchestra ;St. Louis - \El Paso Lowest last Highest last Stations— night 24 hours Atlanta 56 58 Boston 34 41 Buffalo 32 41 Charleston 58 64 39 58 30 55 34 38 49 72 60 89 45 79 73 83 56 67 64 73 Miami 69 80 Mpls.-St. Paul 35 39 New York _. 36 50 52 67 57 — 46 59 ~ 63 76 63 Denver Detroit Havana = Kansas City KEY WEST Los Angeles Memphis San Francisco Seattle item. I know that Mr. Curry sustained a loss to accommodate me, for he later sold the property for $1,000. No one could be more fair: than Mr. Curry and I have | never had any unpleasantness whatsoever with him. “ V. A. ARCHER. Key West, Florida id March 29, 1940 I obtained from Mr. Archer this morning the above state- ment for purpose of refuting a lying rumor to the effect that I had defrauded Mr. Archer in the sum of eleven hundred dollars. Except for a doctor’s bilk, owing for another person, I don’t owe an overdue dollar to anyone in the world. T. JENKINS CURRY. mar29-1t George Schrader; a sister, Esther and a brother, Floyd Schrader. A son, Kenneth, and two daugh- ters, Jaqueline and Cora Lee, also survive. { SAFE DRIVER ARRESTED TOLEDO, Ohio—En route to a meeting to receive a medal for | safe driving, Harold Holt of this | BRADY’S. POULTRY SPECIALS S. | ens), 1 24¢ FRESH FLORIDA EGGS, Grade A, doz. 18¢. To 22¢ ROASTERS Battery Raised Fryers Dressed, Cut-Up and Delivered at No Extra Charge Phone 540 1214 White Street . BOXING-Strand Arena Tonight, 8:30 o'Clock Main Bout— MARIO PEREZ vs. “BUDDY” SPIEDEL Semi-Windup— JACK HARE vs. KID TARZAN Excellent Preliminaries Reserved Seats On Sale Today! Headlines at. . . Fred Marvil’s |CABANA TONIGHT! Amateur Night SATURDAY! Mardi Gras Night SUNDAY! Farewell Party For Three Girls Of Note Always Something Doing At The Cabana j | | | |