The Key West Citizen Newspaper, April 1, 1940, Page 1

Associated Press Day Wire Service For 69 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West VOL! LUME LXI. No. 79. Alliés Intensify’ t Effort Against Germany SSS LS Ss S| SHUT DOWN ON ORE} y SHIPMENTS; > ON OR PRESIDENT 5 ‘WHERE RAIN TOPS ro increase ru-. WARMSPRINGS WAR AS NEWS-STORY MANIAN PURCHASES TRIP PUT OFF. (By Associated Press) | LOS ANGELES, April 1.— Lieutenant Adolph W. Bor- LONDON, Apr. 1.—Prime Min-, DOCTORS ADVISE, ROOSE- ister Chamberlain today stated) yELT TO GAIN RECOVERY | sum’s newspaper might pass that the blockade against im-) FROM COLD BEFORE ANY) up war news—but the wea- Ports and exports, to and from! ther, never! The paper is O Le Fa’atomu | TRIPS CAN BE MADE | intensified cims hia, H | | | i «hy Annocinted Prenny j sum is editor because that is a traditional job for the naval dental officer at that port. It circulates among 11,000 Samoans and 300 whites. “More important than war is whether Samoa is going to have a hurricane and how about rain”, said Borsum. “When it rains at Pago Pago it's something to write home about. Last year we had 19 inches in 24 hours”. of Pago Pago, Samoa. Bor- Germany, would be i | (ly Anmocinted Prensa) WASHINGTON, April 1 White Hcuse officials today an. had been materially reduced, it E a was stated, as a result of British /Ownced that President poe interception of shipments from|velt would not leave immediate Scandinavian countries. \ly for his annual Spring visit t Further action designed to ef- |Warm Springs, Ga., but that th fect a more complete circle |tTip would be put off until the; around Germany was the report-|™iddle of this month. | ed move now on foot to increase| Secretary Stephen Early stated | oil and other commodity pur-| that the President's doctors are} |desirous of effecting a complete | enpece dna Humana, eee from the intestinal influ-, ha aheadedeudeude hud, ee enza before giving permission to — Little war action was reported! Mr, Roosevelt to leave the cap- PA L here over the weekend. No im-' jtal, SEEKS RE-ELECTION in its scope starting shortly. Iron ore shipments to the Nazis portant increase was noted on pe: SESE the West Front, although there: paCIFIC FLEET were indications that increased’ sTARTS MANEUVERS air activity was about to come.| cay DIEGO, Calif,, April 1— French and German planes had} Hundreds of ships of hte Pacific major engagements yesterday, | |Fleet of the U. S. Navy began/ but most action was between large scale “mock-battle maneu- | patrol units. jvers” today in an area that em-| PRESENT SENIOR MEMBER braces approximately five and a] ow" BENCH; LEADER IN JU- half million square miles of], 7 | ocean. ; DICIAL IMPROVEMENTS IN HIS CIRCUIT CHINESE GENERAL DEFIES JAPANESE HONK KONG, April 1—Chi- nese Generelissimo Chang. Kai | Shek today announced that the Chinese army would continue to! “fight on until every Jap soldier is driven from China”. The General reported that the Japs were in a bad economic po- | sition and that their military losses had been heavy. Over 250,- First instryctions call for con-j{ ;centration of all vessels at the! Pearl Harbor base in Honolulu. | |From there, the fleet will be di-| {vided into the Maroon and Pur- | ple Squadrons, and the “battle” | the Circuit Court for this district, will be on. High navy officials}and holding that office since in Washington claimed to know i997 has announced for re-nom {nothing of the extent of the bat- os : S itles, stating that only ranking ination to his office, subject to Paul D. Barns, senior judge of Che Kets THE SOUTHERNMOST NE AS CIRCUIT JUDGE mt SPAPER IN THE KEY WEST, FLORIDA, ONDAY, APRIL 1, 1940 5 Workers Begin Interviews; Tomorrow DISTRICT SUPERVISOR ANNOUNCES FULL LIST OF | PERSONNEL; WILL TAKE TWO WEEKS John W. O'Bannon, in charge! William Lee Plowman, Clara of the census for the Fourth’ Helen Yates, Mary Louise Bonni- Congressional district, announced’ well and- Beulah Gandolfo De- today the list of census takers’ meritt. {for this county who will start; Census of the key district will {werk tomorrow morning on thejbe taken by Ivan E. Felton. drive that will reveal population! In addition to the above, three |tion desired by the federal gov-| of government employes on the ernment. army and navy reservations | Mr. O'Bannon arrived in Key/jhere, and at the C. C. C. camp on |West last Thursday and \diately went into | with local officials, ithe list of names to pick those all navy personnel, most suited for the work. Those chosen for work within C. C. census. and George 1 the city limits, were: | Mr. O’Bannon estimated that! Joseph Livingston Cates, Car-| the census here will take ap-! rie Pearce, Samuel Leonard proximately two weeks. While i Lowe, Leonard Thompson Curry, | the official starting day is tomor- | {Matthew Acosta Zacal, William row, it was possible a few of the | {Henry Reardon, Dolores A.'!employes might get in © some ea Cleora Marian Hen Pence today, he said. Seek To Send Patrol Roys To Washington On May 10. } Stressing the community y pute pavers licity angles, a group today is|ing position in the National wring. tn Ey Wont to sebveb) SO oe cctatae one eeu | fund to send 12 members of the; ernmost city. This honor natur- | Key West Safety Patrol to ally gives Key West so promin- ; Washington to participate in thejent a position that the public National School parade May 10. : It is estimated by Charles Tay- lor of the Rotary Club and Myrt- land Cates, director of the school :patrol last year, that it will take aie a $30 for each boy ‘for the Wash ngton trip. This is Cates wili handle this phase of a total of $360, the fund goal. the work, as well as the finan- aed said eee that it is al-'cial arrangements. Taylor indicated. In selecting those to make the trip, the safety patrol committee will select the 12 boys making’ the best grades among the 101 members of the Key West patrol. !figures as well as other informa-|were named to obtain the census | imme-) West Summerland Key. For the | conferences! army, Jasper E. Solt was named. { going over Herbert W. Meyer will interview | {Winston Reymor will take the C. i | | ways customary to give the lead- | Safety Patrol; value cannot be over estimated, | Key West, Florida, has the most equable climate in the country; with an average range of only 14° Fahrenheit Citizen | Julius Stone'Here; Works To Water ‘Line Approval ‘STATES HIS BEL! BELIEF THAT FUNDS WILL ULTI- MATELY BE AD- CED PRICE FIVE CENTS SAILFISH ENTERED | IN JAYCEE TOURNEY ~ SYNDICATE MAY has s bay wrth, Captain Jaki BUY Y LAND HERE ~ and Mrs. J. F. Chambon and | | Members of the Florida Keys Mr. and Mrs. R. H. Freitag. JULIUS STONE REPRESENTS |Aqueduct commission, are sched- both couples cf Akron, Ohio, | enjoyed a real day's fishing | GROUP; MANY PROPERTIES | ulead to meet within the next few westardey: | BEING‘ INVESTIGATED FOR days with Julius-Stone, Jr.. for- DEVELOPMENT { The men, however, walked off with the honors. Mr. Cham- | mer bon landed a 34-pound sail- fish on a 15-thread line and Mr. Freitag caught a 40- pounder on a 12-thread line. FERA administrator for im |Florida, who has been authorized | A group of New England vestors is interested in acquiring Both sails have been en- land for development in Key! connection with the application tered in the Jaycees’ tourna- | West, Boca Chica or elsewhere ment, Mr. Freitag’s, at pres- ‘along Florida Keys, Julius Stone, ent, leading in that classifica- Jy, former administrator for the tion. Balance of the day's |reRa, reported today upon his | i | to represent the water board in for federal aid in building a water supply system for the keys. arrival here and In making this announcement Chairman William T. catch consisted of bonito, fi Bost grouper and barracuda. gel carom i is | Washington. | PILI LI IMIS SSI) Accomoanied by Mrs. Stone, ' today, \the former FERA administrator | noughtry, Jr., of the aqueduct JUDGE MS was met in Miami Saturday by! rotipasaiditie shad beietiy ain: | William R. Porter and Miss Ieen | 8TOUP, * = ean | Williams of Key West. While cussed official matters with IS CANDIDATE T0 | here, Mr. and Mrs. Stone are!Stone this morning, after the ‘guests at the home of Mr. Por- {former administrator's arrival in SUCCEED HIMSELF «, ses ite an ES is morning Stone called on, ee mere a ren | pothesis Luther Pinder, owner of Boca | 7 sib bicep that poe i \Chica fishing camp, which in-, the aqueduct commission felt i APPOINTED TO FILL VACAN- | chides about 45 acres of land, to |advisable, Stone would be called CY CREATED BY JUDGE AT-’make an examination, as agent,/upon to make an informal report for the New England syndicate.!on the water system project at a | KINSON’S , DEATH; STATE {it is understood that Pinder has! meeting of city, county and civic MENT APPEARS HEREWITH Offered the camp for sale at “alofficials. It will be recalled that (price of $45,000. ~|Stone addressed sueh-a group a “Boca Chica is just one of the! year ago during a previous visit. ! . cues ,;Properties I intend to check up| In conversation with various Judge Ross Williams of the fon during my stay in Key West”,'individuals today, Stone said Eleventh Judicial Circuit of Flor-'stone explained. “I like Boca:that while he is optimistic that ida today announces his candi- ;Chica, but it will be only one of funds finally will be advanced dacy for re-nomination in the, | the properties I will report. Be-!for a water supply system he Democratic Primary of May 7. |fore any deal is closed my recom-/}said he could not be certain of | His statement follows: mendations will have to be ap-!this satisfactory outcome until | “Since I have been Judge ofj;proved by the people repre- | the proposal had run some addi- 000 Jap soldiers have been killed to date, he stated. AND THEN THERE’S THE ONE ABOUT... (Ry Associated Press) CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo., Apr. | 1.—Somebody’s alwa taking the joy out of life. Just when! Cape Girardeau policemen were wondering if they hadn’t set some sort of record by wearing the same uniferm for 2% years along came news of U. H. McDougall of Bethany, Mo. He bought some pants 30 years ago—and_ still wears ‘em. | Deive Continues Rebuild Centro Asturiano Club. Many committees reported at a|Sosin, $5.00; Ivan Elwood, $1.00;| called session of the Centro As- turiano Club last Friday evening, held in the office of Aquilino Lopez, Jr., and the following list additional contributors to the fund being raised to rebuild club quarters recently razed by fire, was reported. Previously acknowledged, $320; Karl O. Thompson, $10.00; Fred J. Dion, $25.00; Sam B. Pinder, $1.00; C. Sam B. Curry, $1.00; Bernard Waite, $1.00; J. Lancelot Lester, $5.00; Ross C. Sawyer, $5.00; Ray Elwood, $1.00; Frank- lin Arenberg, $3.00; Frank H. Ladd, $5.00; Raymond R. Lord, $5.00; Milton A. Parrott, $3.00; Raul Carbonell, $5.00; Carl Ber- | valdi, $1.00; W. M. Albury, $5.00; Rogelio Gomez, $5.00. Gilbert System Hotels, $10.00; T. Jenkins Curry, $20.00; Frank JOHN PRITCHARD’S . DANCE BAND Opens Tonight, 10 o’Clock at Pena’s Garden Of Roses DANCING EVERY NIGHT No Admission or Cover Charge of jshe | port. admirals of the Fleet knew of the maneuvers and problems to be worked out. Washington’s Iron? (By Associated Press) LOS ANGELES, April Those |show up so strikingly in George | Washington's portraits are sup posed to have been pressed with a small iron now owned by Miss Mayme Strate of Pacific Pali- sades. It came ihto her family’s possession in 1840 and as a child used it surreptitiously, to press her doll’s clothes. ‘ 1.— For Funds To Joe S. Russell, Sanchez, $1.00; Benjamin Fer- nandez, $5.00; Ramon Rubino, $2.00; Santiago Valdez, 50c; Ber- $5.00; Alfredo lace cuffs and collars that | the May 7 Democratic pri- mary, his notice appearing in the Political Announcements column} elsewhere in this issue. Beyond the dispatch of the business of his court, Judge ae nopormpushed the fol- Following breakfast this morn- Drafted the law which created|ing, the Casa Marina closed its the Dade county law library at!doors to the public for this sea- the courthouse, thereby placing 'son after what Manager Peter every atterney (and. his client); Schutt called a “very satisfac-! upon an equal footing in access jtory” season. The hostelry open- to source material—the tools of'ed” early in December and has the legal trade. had a continual flow of patrons, Co-author of the 1931 chancery ; jtaxing the room capacity, all| act which codified more than 130! during the season right up to the |t rules and laws previously gov- final week. j erning equity cases. This act has{ Mr. Schutt stated that | 'Casa Marinia Closed Today; Satisfactory Season Note jbrities visiting for i i tured by an outstanding list of national and international cele- periods of from one week to a month. “Rep- resentatives from some of the finest families in the country Were with us from time to time”, Mr. Schutt stated. “Then, 0,” he continued, “our business was aided by cold weather on the ; had the high traditions set by late Judge H: F. Atkinson. a fine record for so few versals of his decisions. ed me and gave me much so advice while I was a practicing among the ithe Circuit Court, Dade County, | sent”. |Florida, I have sought painstak- ingly and diligently to maintain Stone would not I { confirm | ports that he would manage any re- the | property bought by the group he He | represents. Te- und |to Washington. Hi New e Dealers, After giving up directorship of He lik-| the FERA in Florida, Stone went rated high but attorney, and we’ had many con-! gave up the work to take a post- of | graduate course in law at Har- ferences while I was Judge Civil, Court of Record, County, Florida, and during these conferences he gave me m Dade vard University. “This is my spring vacation”, “I expect to remain uch | Stone said. sound advice as to my duties as|in Key West two weeks, resting judge and on points of law, and ,and looking over that helped me to make the rec-| for development. ord I made as Judge of the Civil love with Key West and Florida Keys ever possible I've been since sites in thd FERA | tional gauntlets in Washington. En route to Key West, Stone revealed that he had conferred Saturday night with Attorney S. Pierre Robineau, Miami, counsel for the aqueduct commission, re- garding some legal technicalities that had been brought up by the legal division of the Reconstruc- tion Finance corporation. Stone said that Robinéau_ is filing a detailed answer to the RFC regarding the commission's legal right to sell bonds for a $1,- 000,000 loan from RFC and to utilize revenue from the supply of water along the keys and in Key West in paying off such debt. “RFC is the legal {worked with such satisfaction that it has not amendment and the Supreme (Continued on Page Three) CURRY WANTS TO ADDRESS ‘VOTERS THINKS OTHER CANDIDATES | lin Sawyer, $10.00; Paul Thomp- | son, $1.00; Roy Voght. $2.00. Jose Sanchez, $1.00; Amado Veliz, $10.00; Star Coffee Mills, $10.00; Julian Veliz, $1.00: Che Che's Bar, $5.00; Oscar Solano, $5.00; J. M. Fernandez, $1.00; J M. Fernandez, Jr., $1.00; Alfredo Diaz, $2.00; Ramon Lopez, $15.00; Ramon de la Cuesta, $3.00. Luis Gonzalez, $2.00; Eloy! Villate, $10.00; Juan Soriano, $1.00; Frank Orta, 50c; Pablo Fernandez, $1,00; Ismael Calleja, $1.00; Jesus Carmona, $3.00; A. Einhorn, $1.00; Antonio Trujillo, ; $2.00; Zacarias Diaz, $1.00; Er- nesto Rivero, $1.00; Juan Calleja, | $1.00; Marco Mesa, $1.00; Jose Cabrera, $2.00; Arsenio Bethen-; See $5.00; Gonzalo Bezanilla, aoe Lopez asks that any | who have contributed to the {fund and whose names don’t ap- pear in the above list, to report to him. Officers of the club stated that some committees have yet to re- Following that, the deci- sion will be made as to whether the quarters will be rebuilt prac- tically as before or the building reduced to one story. Another meeting of the group will be held tomorrow night, SHOULD FOLLOW SAME PROCEDURE T. Jenkins Curry, candidate‘ for office of Sheriff, stated to The Citizen today that he intends | to address the voters in behalf of \his candidacy and to discuss the } sheriff's office and offer his rec- ord,as a private citizen and pub-! lic official as a basis of asking! the public for this reward. Mr. Curry feels that anyone! seeking this important office should stand before the public! and talk to the people and with! the people about such an im- portant position. He will re- quest the chairman of the Demo- cratic Executive Committee to} invite the other candidates to |speak and to introduce them at the same time. (Paid Political Advertisement) TT SPECIAL THIS WEEK Wall Board $25 M Strunk Lumber Yard PHONE 816 i sate a RR since required i today this season’s business was fea- |Key West this year for that rea- jagain as.a result of the experi- ences they had”. ROY ROBERTS, 50, | DIES SUDDENLY 7; = wr sn sm | | West for about two weeks, check- DEATH CAME LAST NIGHT |ing all details and making in- jventories preparatory to final FOLLOWING INDIGES- \reports. Then’ Mr. Schutt will TION ATTACK |leave to spend about a month at | | sles jhe goes to take up summer duties | | ‘his home in Fort Myers before {as manager of ‘Holly Inn, at Christmas Cove, Maine. COULDN'T RUN Apparenly seized by an_ at- j tack of acute indigestion, Roy | Roberts, 50, of 1123 Angela street, ,died suddenly at 11:30 o'clock} last night, Peace Justice Frank- lin Arenberg, coroner e NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Con- x-officio, |vinced that the prisoner couldn't reported today. lrun away ,the judge released | Mrs. Marjorie Roberts, wife of | |Preston Taylor, a Negro brought ithe deceased, informed authorities | into court on a lottery charge, on jher husband had complained of! his own recognizance. Preston, feeling ill Sunday, but his ill-| ‘weighs 520 pounds. ‘ness was not regarded as serious until the fatal sare. At. Peace Justice’ “Enrig aldo, Jr., was calid, * tut rétired | |from the case when the Roberts’: |home was found to be inside | Arenberg’: 's district. i Justice Arenberg authorized removal of the body to the |Pritchard Funeral Home. Fun- leral services will be held in the |Pritchard chapel at 4:30 p. m. |Wednesday, with Rev. O. C. | Howell of Ley Memorial church | officiating. I Besides his widow, Roberts is survived by his mother, Mrs. Mary E. Roberts, and two broth- ers, Noel of Key West and Bra- zell of Macon, Ga., who has wir-! ed that he will be here for the funeral, Fred Marvil’s CABANA Cocktail Lounge Featuring— JACK CRAWLEY’S TRIO eae ple MONDAY—Prize Night | Night. jmainland. Many people came to; |son, and we believe they'll come TUESDAY — Country Store spe DAY... Bbamba | and cuit would like to see Night. é AT ‘days. Some time I hope to re- clearing |turn heretand mpake the city, my permanéng home”. € Miss Williams was Key West | administrator of the FERA dur- | ing Stone's administration in | Florida. Rae record”, Stone commented ‘ “Every step must be in accord- ance with the act creating the aqueduct commission, so that the legality of bonds or other debts (Continue@ on Page Four) \Assistant Secretary Of Treasury Was Visitor In City Saturday Herbert E. Gaston, secretary of the United States eq Lieut |Treasury in charge of Coast pyijton, Guard financial activities, was a he Key West visitor Saturday. ie Making an informal call, after | district, ———_______—_—_—_—___——_ flying here from St. Petersburg, | street. :Court of Record, Dade County, | For three nours the treasury official and Commander Hilton Florida. He gave me many|{ TEMPERATURES discussed Coast Guard affairs in |copies of charges in cases he had tried, and these helped me} the district. Among those intro- to instruct juries correctly and! Lowest last Highest last duced by Mr. Gaston was Lieut. are of untold benefit to:me in! Stations— night 24hours iHenry B. Haskins, assistant to {trials in my present position. -1! Atlanta 49 79 | the commanding officer. have signed countless ‘orders! Boston: 38 60 Later Mr. Gaston took off by since I have been Judge of the | Charleston 53 ‘66 airplane for the mainland, with- | Circuit Court, Dade County, | Chicago 35 47 lout divulging his destination. Be- ' Florida, but only after reading ;Denver 42 76 fore coming here from St. Peters- them carefully and the papers in | Detroit 29 51 jburg, the treasury executive ob- the case and duly considering the | El Paso 55 84 j}served the Coast Guard firing same. Only two of my decisions | Havana 70 86 |practice off St. Petersburg have been carried to the Su- | Jacksonville 57 72 |Among the vessels participating preme Ccurt of Florida since I|Kansas City — 61 86 jin the target practice will be the have been Circuit Judge, and the KEY WEST _ 73 84 |Cutter Pandora, whose regular {Supreme Court of Florida upheld Los Angeles . 47 62 station is Key West. 51 80 } Lieut. J. H. Martin, acting Louisville es “feel that over ninety per- Miami 71 84 | | captain of the Pandora, said his cent of the lawyers of this cir-|Mpls.-St. Paul 30 41 ship would be gone from two to me re-|New York 37 60 | three weeks While at St. Peters- main a Circuit Judge. They get St. Louis 55 84 burg the personnel will continue Prompt, careful, and mature con- San Francisco 51 60 |their small arms training and al- sideration from me, and lawyers | Seattle . 44 56 !so fire the “great”, gun a three- admire that type of service. I Tampa _—_ 65 84 incher during a regular course of (Continued on Page Two) Washington — 42 70 ~—| training. a ‘ assistant Assistant Secretary Gaston visit- ,~Commander Carl H. officer of in this Front commanding Coast Guard service at headquarters, ROSS WILLIAMS