The Key West Citizen Newspaper, April 2, 1940, Page 1

Key West, Florida, has the most equable climate in the country; with an average range of only 14° Fahrenheit Associated Press Day Wire Service For 69 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Sree rete cukeravest S| West Che Key West Cittzrn THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN THE U.S. A. VOLUME LXI. No. 80. KEY WEST, FLORIDA, TUESDAY, APRIL 2, 1940 Floods Continue On Susquerianna; bridge Destroyed ANOTHER'- BRIDGE THREATENED; $35,000 PEOPLE HOMELESS; RE-| LIEF AGENCIES ACTIVE | WILKES BARRE, Pa. Apr. 2.! —Floods still raged in this area today as the Susquehanna river continued swollen from recent heavy rain and snow falls, and an estimated 35,000 people are homeless. Tearing away everything in its path of destruction, the swept away the Wilkes Barre Plymouth bridge this morning and another bridge nearby was threatened. National Guard units of the state were being rushed to cities yng the path of the flood in r sponse to urgent pleas for ass ance Food shortages were pr valent and fear of disease spread- ing was expressed by health authorities in the area. It was belicved the flood had nearly reached its crest at noon today, though no signs of reced- ing had come at that time. All business was suspended in sev- eral cit! near Wilkes Barre, and no school reported sessions being held. Churches of the dis- trict were being converted into relef centers rivi s Blockade Heads Europe’s News CHAMBERLAIN DETERMINED TO STOP EVERY LOOP- HOLE OF SUPPLIES (By Associated Press) LONDON, April 2—The Nazi blockade by the Allies still con- tinues to be the headliné news from Europe, featured chiefly to- day by that Prime Minis- ter Chamberiain appears determ ined to “clamp shut every sible source supply to Germans’ The Scandinavian “loophole” was going to definitely plug ged up, according to the minis- try, and neutral countries were warned against entering into any contracts to supply the Nazis Advices stated, however, that Berlin was not worried about the projected new blockade Adolf Hitler was said to be in favor “watchful waiting’ policy. Avenues of supplies from Russia could not be touched by Allied efforts, according to Ger- man belief. and that country felt secure in that fact pos- the news Census Taker Calls On F.D.R. PRESIDENT STATES HIS AN- SALARY “OVER $5,- 000” (ly Associated Press, WASHINGTON, April 2— Census tekers today called on President Franklin D. Roosevelt and the information-seeker was | featured in newsreel takes Roosevelt refused to divulge his annual salary in response to the question—choosing to state, as the law allows, that he re- ceived more than $5,000 annual- ly. For secrecy’s sake, newsreels’ sound tracks were silenced dur- ing the movie shots taken of the Questioning ceremony. 2. r heart attack suffered last F lyears, C. Artist Tingler | Has Exhibition SCENES OF FLORIDA DIS-; PLAYED YESTERDAY: WILL BE HERE FOR WEEK; IS NA- TIVE PAINTER OF STATE | An exhibition of 23 vigorous oil paintings from the brush of the Florida artist, Chester J. Tingler, features the current show at the Key West Art Cen- ter, which opened yesterday. Scenes of Florida in a_ direct and simple manner, avoiding the lusual “sweet” landscapes, are in- {cluded in the exhibition pic- }tures, all painted during the last five yea Showing the change ifrom conservative to a more pro- gressive expression, Mr. Tingler achiev 2 much greater depth of plastic. feeling in his more recent | works, The show is to initiate the | Florida Artists’ series of exhibi- (Continued on pe Four) | ‘MILITARY HONORS eee a FOR ROY Ri ROBERTS § 1 died this morning at 11:00 |\sERVICES TOMORROW: LE- o'clock in the Jackson Memorial i Hospital here, following a severe; | GION AND NATIONAL ‘ GUARD TO ATTEND | | S Death Claims E. G. Sewell, Miami Mayor! j;END CAME AT 11:00 O'CLOCK | THIS MORNING: CIVI Cc) LEADER FOR PAST THIRTY | YEARS (By _ MIAI MI, ell 2 Hopes for his recovery had been | virtually given up last night. He | was 65 years old. ' Coningstomwiariun d91tene | run military honors will be Sewell had worked diligently all |@¢corded the late Roy Roberts, during his residence here, pio-/5 of 1123 Angela street, who neering many improvements for | ied suddenly Sunday night, dur- the city. He was a public figure ing funeral services to be held for many years and contributed |Pesinning at 4:30 p. m tomorrow much to the city’s growth as a2 Pritchard Funeral Home long-time..president, of, the Mi. |chapel ami Chambéf of Commerce. On, hand will beseqguerd got Funeral plans were expected to honor from Arthur Sawyer Post be announced late this after-|N0. 228 of the American Legion Sora land a firing squad selected from FIKS OFFICERS ces henntinne TO BE t INSTALLE pallbearers. The funeral will PAST-EXALTED RULER SAW- {be in charge of the Rev. O. C. | Howell of Ley Memorial church. YER TO OFFICIATE AT CEREMONY E. B. DONNELL CANDIDATE FOR ATTY Y GENERAL | | | Local chapter of B. P. O. Elks] has announced its annual Instal- | lation of officers meeting and|VISITED IN CITY YESTERDAY smoker to be held at the Elks! i Club quarters Thursday evening| IN INTEREST OF CANDI- of this week, starting at 8:00' DAcy; GIVES STATEMENT OF QUALIFICATIONS | o'cloc Past-Exalted Sawyer will be Ruler Ross C the installing of- | r, and the following elected officers will be inducted for the } coming fiscal year: Exalted Ruler, Dr. H. C. Galey; In anncuncing _ his for Attorney General, nomination in the Democratic Esteemed Leading Knight, C.jprimarics next month, E. B Rodney Gwynn; Esteemed Loyal ;Donnell, West Palm Beach, Knight, C. G. Hicks; Esteemed continuing his work for public ring Knight, Dr. Julio De ' retary, George O. Lucas; urer, Morris Holtsberg; er, Newton Curvy; Trustee, three | Larry Gardner. | candidacy | subject to | is TEMPERATURES Lowest last Highest last | Stations— night 24 hours | Boston 34 Baraat Buffalo 25 40 Charleston 61 82 Chicago 35 40 Denver 36 17 Detroit 32 50 El Paso 51 80 Havana 68 83 Jacksonville _ 64 84 Cansas City . 66 91 73 84 74 82 35 43 34 47 30 52 60 86 50 61 41 57 39 59 i | E. B. DONNELL | interests Started when « he first | jarrived in Florida in “1911, 28! ears ago. : |" Mr. Donnell in Key : West yesterday in the interest of | 'his candidacy for Attorney Gen-! ;eral of the state. For 20 years E. B. Donnell has; occupied an important place in Palm Beach County affairs as Circuit Judge, City Commission- er, Mayor of West Palm Beach, and is .a prominent attorney there. Outstanding accomplish-, ment in his career was his work in lightening that city:s debt load. Active in civic and social New York Pittsburgh St. Louis San Franc Seattle Washington visited BOXING-Strand Arena | Wednesday—8:30 P, M. Main Bout— 15-Rounds ALEX CUPIANO vs. FELIX GONZALEZ | | mer HE CAME, HE SAW, , At Loca Local Center|sinmy Loss Has His Say NOW—ARDENT FAN, Peecccccccccccccccscces: has making music at the La Concha Hotel this season throughout the city, a Key West fan as any native of the island. After two here he is still amazed that there is a spot like it in the United States. Jimmy first came here in 1 to play during the Christmas Jimmy Loss, who and seasons to fill a season contract. After the first week here he was en- tranced with the island; after the second week he was offered a ‘contract, and he stayed The thing that impre with the city, he says, is the completely easy-going, unhurried life, and the ndliness of the people here. Asked about his first impre: sions of the city, Jimmy said» jthat he came in at night—one of ithe starriest nights he'd ever seen—and was so intent upon watching the scenery that he and his car and his base fiddle near- ly ended up in the Atlantic. He j wasn’t so impressed with the town itself, having hit upon one of Key West's eepy” nights, ses him jand after wandering around to |see some of the Key West night ‘life that he’d heard about and failing to discover it, he wan- dered home to bed wondering if Key West was all it was cracked up to be. He got his second thrill need morning when he looked out the window for his first sight of day time Key West. It was a nice day, and the sun _ sparkling against the whiteness of the coral made a beautiful contrast against the blue sky. Later he noticed the variety of flowers and plants throughout the island, and made friends with an amazing number of people. Jimmy says he can’t under- stand anyone not wanting to spend the rest of his life on the island. He is leaving this week for Chicago where he has a sum- engagement at the Club Cherie. “Otherwise”, he laughed, “Td stay here and make beach ‘combing my profession’ TOOTH HURT TONGUE LOS ANGELES.—At the age of ten weeks Diana Joy Visser was taken to a dentist in this city for a tooth which was hurting her tongue. Plan Fund-Raising Drive | For Children’s Hospital A meeting of the South Florida ; Crippled Children’s Hospital and continue their educauion while in Condemnation, 62 ac School, directors and sponsor was held last Sunday in Miami. W. L. Philbrick, president of a corporation, who presided, plained that the plan is to ask each citizen to give one dollar for each member of his family to- wards the building fund now be- ing raised. An educational inaugurated on which will be mpaign was ter Sunday continued until April 11 to acquaint people “Not _—_—_——— BRUNSTETTER TO SPEAK HERE FOR PROJECT Roscce Brunstetter, Lions Club District Governor of Florida. arrived in Key West this afternoon to speak .in behalf of the Crippled Chil- dren’s Hospital and School. Mr. Brunstetter is schedul- ed to appear before the Key West Woman’s Club this aft- ernoon and before the Stone Church Fellowship Club this evening. On Thursday, he will speak to the Rotary Club at noon and at the Lions Club at its supper meeting. we all know that, but people hospital-conscious”, Philbrick said. Mr. and Mrs. John A. Gardner, to make Mr. Semi-Windup— i; ‘ BATTLING GEECH vs. JACK JOHNSON —Good Preliminaries— Reserved Seats Now On Sale ieee u jaffairs, he has been prominently lidentified with leading clubs and organizations. Throughout his. residence Florida, he has been an_ active, (Continued on Page Two) of this city, were in attendance|as those who serve the society, ‘operations at the meeting. The hospital will include op- in erating reoms, swimming pools The cam both inside and out, a con- | valescent home and a school aul) been friends | is as ardent| Plan Conference On Aqueduct Line For Next Friday) JULIUS STONE TO ADVISE) LOCAL OFFICIALS FOLLOW- | ING FISHING TRIP; RFC BE- | \ ING ANSWERED - It may be Friday before the’ members of the Florida Keys Aqueduct commission hold their conferences with Julius Stone, jer former Florida FERA admin-! ‘istrator, who has been serving as J » jliasson agent for the commission | holidays before going to Miami ‘3 jat Washington in connection with the application for federal funds for a water system. i Chairman William, T. Dough- jtry, Jr., of the commission said whe would call a meeting as soon as the time could be arranged Suitable to the various members and to Former FERA Admin trator Stone, who left today on a fishing trip with friends. Stone in conversation with ‘members of the commission has indicated that federal funds for the water line between Key West and the Homestead-Florida City ; Watershed may become available |right after July 1 once the legal technicalities and other formali- ; ties are cleared up. It was reported today that At- torney S. P. Robineau of Miami, counsel for the water commis- sion, has mailed a detailed an- (Continuea on Page Four) Naval Dispensary Well Under Way WALLS OF NEW NEW ADDITION | NOW UP; EXPECT COM- PLETION BY JUNE 1 Walls of the new addition to the Key West naval station med- ! ical dispensary were being erect- ed today by the contractors, the ; ;Southeastern Construction Com- | pany of Charlotte, N. C., accord-! ing to Lieut. Commander T. J. | Brady, U.S.N., public works offi-! cer at the station. amounts to $23,287. There had been some delay. in! jarrival of the lumber, but now; sufficient is on hand to insure rapid progress. The structure, The contract | which will consist of a general duced by Congressman A. Pat|are being conducted in ward for 12 patients, six private | rooms and medical, dental and other offices, will be ready around June 1, according to present; estimates. \warded ‘the Congress iSecretary of the Navy be, PRICE FIVE CENTS Sewer Connecting Work Begins; Study Cost Of Plant Operation FISHERMEN REPORT | GOOD TARPON HAULS Mr. and Mrs. Andrew An- derson and Harold Reniger, of Lansing, Mich, fishing with Capt, Austin Roberts on the “Pcorfish” last evening, were successful in boating two tarpon. One was caught by Mr. Anderson, a 25-pounder: the cther by Mr. Reniger, a 53- pounder. A total of five tarpons hit the baits and the party felt quite elated at their average of two out of five. Mr. Reniger gave orders to have his fish mounted. Lloyd Rogers, local master of Craig Docks, was key man ef a party including Euric Sterling, Key West, ard Bill Wegner, representative here of Al.Pflueger, taxidermist, cn a fishing party out for tar- pon on Capt. Teddy Lowe's cruiser, ‘Wm. Post”. Rogers was successful in beating one tarpon, releasing one, ard losing still another. Wegner caught the first tar- pon he has ever hooked. Sterling was unsuccesful in this attempt, but has hung up quife a record as a jew- fisherman, with close to one hundred caught with hand- lines from Key West docks. (SILI IIS SS SIA ‘AIRBASE PURCHAS BILL NOW RECEIVED REPRESENTATIVE CANNON SENDS COPY OF BILL TO THE CITIZEN Complete information regard-} ing the Congressional Bill intro- | Ca ‘annon last week, which calls for navy purchase of the Trumbo! ‘airbase site now leased, was con- jtained in a copy of the bill for- to The Citizen and re- ceived today. The bill states: “Be it enacted by the Senate | and House of Representatives of United States of America in assembled, that the and he jis hereby authorized and direct- in one unit, that children may !the hospital. Lessons daily will do much to eliminate the tedium of convalesence. In Dade county alone there are ‘117 children out of school be- cause of physical handicaps, 'Philbrick said. Twelve of the number are in a special school established by the South Florida 'Crippled Children’s Society. The 12 children, ranging up to one boy 18 years of age, who never has been in school, and four jteachers occupy a school room jless than 15 feet square in the | base! ment of the Central Presby- ;terian church, and there is being ijdemonstrated what may be ex- | pected when adequate facilities | are available for all such chil- jdren, it was said. | It was explained that the state | tof Florida maintains a Crippled | Children’s’ Commission and the istste is divided into four districts! with district headquarters in, Jacksonville, Ocala, St. Peters- {burg and Miami. In Dade county the society is ‘a member of the Community Chest. Since the Chest finances jonly welfare work being done, ‘and does not participate tion and it is called the South| Florida Crippled Children’s Hos- pital and School, Inc. Its trus- tees and sponsors are t with the addition of other inter- ested persons. f | much-needed hospital is -acegeh (Continued On Page Four) ed to acquire, by purchase or res of land, more or less, in the City of Key West, Florida, fronting on Palm Avenue on the, south and the Gulf of Mexico on the north, | having frontage on Palm Avenue of approximately 1790.83 feet and being approximately 1525.55 feet dee; and expansion of the Naval Air Station, Key West, Florida. “Sec. 2. There is hereby au- thorized to be appropriated out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated a sum not to exceed one hundred twenty-five thousand dollars to effectuate the purposes of this Act”. TENDER IVY TO TORTUGAS Coast Guard Tender Ivy will ‘leave Key West today en- ‘route to Dry Tortugas and Fort Jefferson Lieut. Henry B. Has- | kins, assistant to the command- ing officer, Lieut. Commander ;Carl H. Hilton, announced to- relieve one of the |whistle buoys. The Zinnia yesterday was en- route from a point south of Boca Grande to Tampa Bay, where she Still held up by conditions ,the Poin- ains at Miami awaiting weather ciana rem in the Biscayne Bay channel en-| trance, ! SIO SIMS Bs POLLS INDICATE F. P. WHITEHAIR AS MAN TO BEAT. _ GUBERNATORIAL CANDIDATE OFFICIALLY ANNOUNCES IN | CITIZEN AND GIVES QUALI- FICATION STATEMENT Russell Kay, in “Too Late To Cla |published in news | his column, ify”, which is apers all over FRANCIS P. WHITEHAIR the state, including The Key (West Citizen, says that Francis IP. Whitehair is the target that} the other candidates for gover- {nor have trained their guns on and are firing at continuously Mr. Kay told a story that en- tailed a moral, and the moral is that all the other candidates real- lize that Whitchair is the man | they have to beat. | Their conclusion is right, Whitehair, whose candidac: announced in The Citizen today, heads the list in all the polls that various is parts of the state. (Continued on Page Two) WARNS AGAINST HYDRANT PARKING LAW DOES NOT ALLOW SUCH PRACTICE WHETHER HY- DRANTS WORK OR NOT At to to fire City Traffic Officer well today issued a Ray warning all automobilists of the city avoid parking in front of hydrants. The general thought has _ pre- in various locations throughout the city have out of order, and that no harm drants been ; would come from parking in front | before jof them. Recent repai however, have placed rost h. mission again, car should not follow that any more. Ordinances call for arrest of any persons violating this law, which carries no men- tion of whether the hydrants are in order or not. Many arrest slips have been handed out, Officer Atwell stat- ed, and he felt that this warning should be issued. ants in com- owners | practice | so CLUB CAYO HU in day. On the way to Tortugas the Announces Opening ns Huilding funds, it was necessary | jlvy will ;with the need for a hospital, for to organize a separate corpora- for a Limited Engagement of RAY HAMILTON and HIS ORCHESTRA | he same is scheduled to carry on routine Direct from the EL CHICO CLUB and BLACKSTONE HOTEL, Starting Tonite paign to build the an opportunity to do some work wo ENTRANCE, NO MINIMUM NO COVER CHARGE ee ee ae mecca acer ree for! No question | |PROJECT EMPLOYS 60 WPA LABORERS; _IN- STALL LATERALS ON EATON STREET | connec- Installation of sewer tions, which got under way yes- terday in Eaton street between Whitehead and William street, marks another 8tep toward op- eration of the city-wide sewage disposal system, officials of the , WPA and Board of Public Works dicated today. While the connection project_is proceeding, the Board of Public Works has instructed Engineer B. Curry Moreno to make esti- mates of the cost of running elec tricity and providing for opera- tion of the disposal plant at the foot of Palm avenue on what was formerly Trumbo island prop- erty. Some 60 WPA workers are en- gaged in the connection-laying job. They are digging trenches from the main sewer in the mid- dle of Eaton street to the curb line. Each trench will carry sewer laterals for two properties, to reduce the cost of the work At the same time the water con- néctions are being laid in” thé same trenches. Cost of the work, except the two-thirds share contributed by WPA, will be borne by the bene- fitted property owners. A fee of $10 may be levied against each |property under a city ordinance, the total collected to serve as a sponsorship fund for the project A similar fee may be ed against property owners where the laterals were laid at the time the main sewers were installed. After leaving Eaton street, the project workers will bé, signed to other streets until the job is completed. Then the dis- posal plant should be ready for operation, so that property own- ers may connect with the sani- tary system, public works offi- cials stat MIAMI STUDENTS TO VISIT CITY Between 30 and 40 school chil dren from Miami are scheduled to arrive in Key West this week to enjo holiday and a dip in the ocean “at the southernmost American city”. The group will be brought here by R. B. Fanch er, who operates the Key West information bureau/ in the lobby of the Miami Chamber of Com- merce. By arrangement through Sec- ry S. C. Singleton of the Key as- re for the development jvailed that most of the fire hy-|West Chamber of Commerce the children will use the be made available to them Jin the Ocean View and the Valdes hotels to don their bathing suits entering the water at South Bea ch, 3 UNITS ENGAGE IN TARGET PRACTICE Several destroyers and sea- planes of the Key West Patrol jtoday were reported participat- ling in target practice somewhere to the westward of Key West. The ranges selected by naval jofficers are some distance from the city so that no detonations were noted here. Only destroyer in port today was the Wickes, now in upkeep schedule at the naval station. |The tender Gannet was also ab- | sent, for she has been detailed ithe job of towing the targets for ithe destroyer gunnery. NOTICE B. P. O. ELKS — Installation of Oificers SMOKER Thursday, 8:00 P. M—Elks Club VISITING ELKS WELCOME quarters to ' \