The Key West Citizen Newspaper, April 3, 1940, Page 1

Associated Press Day Wire Service For 69 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key Wes' t est Cttizen THE SOUTHERNMOST NEIWSPAPER IN THE U. S. A. VOLUME LXI. No. 81. Marshall G Carries On Shadow Boxing WithBritish FD.R. AND DEWEY WIN WISCONSIN AND TAUNTS BRITISH AND WARNS OF STRONG MILITARY ACTION TO; COME SOON { (By Associated Press) LONDON, Apr. 3,—Marshall! Goehring of Germany back” “slapped at Prime Minister Cham- berlain last night in a _ radio message believed to be mostly for home consumption. The mes- sage featured a continuation of; the shadow boxing now going on ‘N.Y. PRIMARY VOTE, |NATIONAL POLITICAL POT} } Franklin Delano ~ IKEY WEST TO BE FEATURED IN SERIAL STORY FROM PEN OF MISS STRABEL:; | WILL BEGIN APPEARING SOON IN SATURDAY EVE- NING POST oehring Key West scenes will figure ilargely in a serial story written by Miss The!ma Strabel, preparing to build her home on who is a site south of the southernmost BEGINS TO BOIL; SENATOR jhome, which will begin appear- ing in a forthcoming issue of the | DRAWS FROM (‘DS 1 @ bicabeiconiaaass es iSaturday Evening Post, Chamber | NEW JERSEY FIELD of Commerce officials were ad- | vised today. | The Florida distributor of the! Curtis Publishing company week-! ly magazine is seeking Chamber | of Commerce assistance in gath- | ering information about Miss (By Associated Press) CHICAGO, April 3.—Wiscon- sin prefers a third-term for Roosevelt and between Germany and England before outbreak of hostilities on) a major scale believed to be in! the near offing. Goehring continually taunted the British in He | stated that England would “now to attack his address. learn what it means Germar Blockade plans go forward.| Strabel, so that it may be used in | the promotion of the publication | |carrying the new serial. Miss Strabel bought the lot at, {the foot of Whitehead street | ;nearly two years ago from the heirs of the late Judge Vining Harris. The site has been clear-|* jed and plans for a home that. will represent an investment of ! approximately $15,000 have been prepared. A contract for the | work has been awarded. favors John Dewey over Senator | Vandenberg. New York State—repeat the/ same preference. And there you have the situa- noted results | yesterday tion as observers of primaries held those two states. in Democratic primary in Wiscon- sin indicated a strong three-to- jtrend during the month just} total EDNESDAY, APRIL 3, 1940 March Toll Figures On Overseas Highway Boost Period Total INCREASE OVER SAME MONTH LAST YEAR NEARLY $4,000; HIGH DAY WAS MARCH 10TH = Tolls on the Overseas High4 wnwar KEY WEST, FLORIDA, jway continued their |rection of travel shows of 8688 passenger cars passed, according to report of the | passed through the south-gate, ;Commission auditor’s office re-|northbound last month. South- ceived today by The Citizen. The increase in March, it iS! ger cars. Northbound passenge! noted, brought the seven month's | ¢o¢, fiscal period totals from last Sep- ae 20/26), -s0uthbounds 20;- tember, up over the same period a year ago, aitnough number of| Verage passenger car toll- cars still lagged approximately ,8ate business was 585 per day,’ '200 behind in the same period. | both south and northbound. A total of $33,215.75 was col-! Average commercial car business lected at both toll gates from'per day was 49. Buses kept up all-class_ vehicles last month, the same rate of business, with which compares with $29,675.75,a daily average going through for the same month last year. the gates of seven. Total passenger passing| High day for travel last month through the gates last month|was March 10th, when 378 pas- :were 18,150. In March last year!senger cars travelled north and the total was 17,174. Passengers | 388 cars came south—a total of that a Breakdown of traffic into di-| {bound figures were 9462 passen- | The its war ministry announced belief that Germany one preference for Roosevelt. | Laws of the state make it man- facing real starvation and |datory that the convention dele- shortages of materials | Sates “stick with” their man un- with which to carry on the war,| ti! there definitely appears no i | chance of his nomination. Three Jugo-Slavian ships were} News dispatches from Wash- seized this morning with cargoes| ington today stated that Senator of aluminum consigned to the} Taft had withdrawn his name Nazis. The vessels were ordered |from the New Jersey primary detained indefinitely in a British ; field, which leaves the field to port. Dewey. Strong diplomatic The last of the Pendergast ma- Norway on the subject of neu- trality observance and alleged! of office in Kansas yesterday as co-operation with Germany, were | the citizens of Kansas City over- held up by the British, pending | whelmingly voiced their vote-ob- new action expected to take|jections to any semblance of a place shortly that may mean a continuation of rule that pri more effective process to follow} tically ended with Boss Pend in the matter. Conflicting reports on the re- cent attack on Scapa Flow base by Nazi planes have come forth In this city, the British aver that | very little damage was inflicted. is ex- treme notes to} incarceration tentiary on tax evasion. in a federal peni- charges of - | chine politicians were voted out A : | gast’s conviction and subsequent | income } At present Miss Strabel is in New York, but is expected here when work is started on her new., home. She gave up earlier plans to establish her home on the Pa-} cific coast when she saw “and | fell in love with Key West”. She | |gathered the material used in \her new serial on previous visits | 'to Key West. 'AVERT NEW YORK TRANSIT. STRIKE | MAYOR LA GUARDIA AND JOHN L, LEWIS REACH AGREEMENT (By Associated Press) NEW YORK, Apr. 3.—Agree-: month’s figures was $148,411.81. 1 counted at both gates this year 766. in March totalled 40,195. This| figure compares with 32,868 pas- | sengers in March last year. Commercial cars paying tolls last month totalled 1761. In March 1939, the same classifica- } tion listed 1396. For the seven- month’s fiscal period, tolJs for, this year rested at $151,559.75 at j the end of last month. For the are period last year, the seven-j; i Pecocevcvcvevceus Featured Renarianine In ‘Bridge Commission’ were Toll divisions were as follows: Southbound, $17,299.50; north- ' |bound $15,916.25. Average tolls jper day were $1,071.46, for traf- fic in both directions. In April of last year, total tolls were $16,074.25. Officials of the Overseas Road and Toll con- fident the totals for this month would be substantially increased over that figure. Sinan Pe POWERS, NEW. YORK DAILY NEWS COUNTY BOARD “Powerhouse” * eee ‘FEATURE WRITER, WAS VISITOR TO CITY Berlin released reports, how- | ever, that two British men-of- war were severely damaged in the raid. Additional raids were con- ducted by Nazi planes this morn- ing. British stated that two of the planes were shot down. T. E. C. FIGHTS RATE LOWERING. COL. KNIGHT Sn CITY} AND COMPANY ‘IN FOR MUCH LITIGATION’ | The in a TAMPA 3.—(FNS) Tampa Electric Company reply this week to the Tampa Utility Board, created at the last session of the Legislature for the purpose of stigating Tampa utility rates”, flatly re- fused to comply with the Board's recent order to slash rates a total of 36 per cent, contending that such a letdown in revenue would be disastrous. Col. Peter O. Knight, president of the electric company, signed a reply and stated: “The answer of the company indicates that at long and expensive fight is ahead for both the city and the com- pany”. Citing from the special act which created the board, Col. Knight pointed out that the act specified that the company must realize a profit of seven per cent on its investment, but declared that the Tampa Electric Com- pany earnings would be reduced to 1.16 per cent under the pro- posed cut. The company serves area in this section, suburban Tampa, , Plant Pasco and Polk counties. Apr. a_ wide including City, | Notice, Grocerymen! Important meeting of Key West Retail Grocerymen’s As- sociation TONIGHT, 8:15 o'clock at Caballero de la Luz Hall, rear Cuban Club. Be sure to attend. | JOHN ARCHER, President. ment was reached late yesterday By JIMMY POWERS in New York Daily News of Mar. 27, 1940 | commodations, Lm | MARINE AIRCRAFT LEADS IN FLORIDA EXPERT DECLARES STATE AT TOP OF LIST FOR AIRBASES | | MOUNT DORA, April 3 (FNS). Florida leads the nation in the development of facilities for ma- rine aircraft, according to Capt. Robert S. Fogg, seaplane termin- al expert of the Civil Aeronautics | Authority, who spoke here last week at the dedication of the Mount Dora seaplane base. Some 21 states are now build- ing seapls » he said, and Florida . completed or underway, with an additional 15 to be built in another year, plac- es this state at the top of the list When the nationwide network of bases is completed, possible for a seaplane flyer to go from coast to coast and border |to border without fear that there | will not be suitable landing ac- the captain plained The Mount Dora base, first to be located in Lake County.sywas the scene of much aerial ‘activity | last week, with seaplanes_, from Miami to’ Pensacola” participating | in the dedication. During the last year the num- ber of seaplanes throughout. the } country has increased 44 per- } cent BOXING! BOXING! Action—Slug-Fest Galore Strand Arena Tonite ALEX CUPIANO Puerto Rico Lightweight Idol vs FELiX GONZALEZ Key West Flash 15 ROUNDS Four Fast and Furious it will, be | ex- {between Mayot Fiorello La| ‘Guardia and John L. Lewis,) |president of the C. I. O., which jacted to avert a threatened tran- i sit system strike that would have thrown 27,000 workers out of work and perilized this city’s {principal subway and _ elevated | lines. | | Misunderstandings which were jsaid to have existed on the’ jboard of transportation as to in- !terpretation of closed shop pro- visions presented in the original agreement were discussed.! The city will take over all lines {from private companies this sum- {mer, and it was believed that the iright of workmen to _ strike against the municipal govern- ment couldn’t exist. That ques- tion was to be settled later, it jwas stated. FLOOD WATERS NOW RECEDING OFFICIALS ESTIMATE TOTAL, DAMAGE AT OVER $10.- | 000,000 MARK | ! 1 (Ry Assocrated Press) PHILADELPHIA, ., Apr. 3. — | Flood waters in the Susquehanna [valley were receding today leav- | ing in their wake .chaotic scenes | of disorder and suffering as thou-{ sands of citizens in the Wilkes- | ‘Barre area were without homes | jand proper food. i Total damage, according to| state officials, would exceed $10,- | 000,000. Martial law still con-| tinues following the rule taken over by the state’s National Guard in Wilkes-Barre and other nearby cities. } DINNER DANCE, Tomorrow Night—7 till 10 RAUL’S CLUB DAVID KEKAI'S HAWAIIAN ORCHESTRA No Admission or Cover Charge | | ' ters now for two | simply | mullet. KEY WEST, Fla. Mar. 26.— Probably the greatest of all game ,fishes, and certainly one of the most spectacular and sought aft- er, is the tarpon and your report- sort of pace from er is down here for ,columnar change of baseball, trying his darndest to sland one. bobbing around on these milky-green wa- days, trailing the most delectable mullet ob- tainable at the stern of the boat but—no dice. The tarpon are here, all right. I have seen their bright, gleaming silver sides rolling and sporting on top of the warm tropical waters. But I guess they have a local Neptune cafeteria, or something, for they will not patronize our, a I have been Each night I come up from the deck to Duval St, to Slop- py Joe’s, the Rendezvous, the Habana-Madrid, La Conga, the Garden of Roses and oth- er colorful spots. I get tons of advice. Tony, the black- jack dealer, recommends trolling, but very, very slow trolling. Senor Por Favor, the six-foot, square-chinned sailor with the locust club and the “special police” arm- band, who cruises the honky- tonk district. .. recommends: | still-fishing. around, abandon- ed railroad trestles, up the lin A lieutenant-comman- der acquaintance from foot- ball days at Annapolis, sips his Cuba libre, grins at his girl. a second edition Lupe Veliz, and insists bait-casting for smell tarpon on light tackle is the only thrill. And So it goes, lots of advice, but No tarpon—yet! } Well, anyway, we are having! fun. Key West is a fantastic! place. Duval St., with its gobs, | its swarthy Cubans, its open-front | saloons, dance halls and jook! joints, is the closest thing to an} old-time gold rush mining camp, | boom oil-town or Wild West fron- | tier. It probably combines the best features of each. There is fight, fun and frolic everywhere, dlicious food, pretty girls who speak a liquid Spanish and dance like dreams, plenty of dice tables, roulette set-ups, bird cage and stud poker. Chips run from a nickel up. You can get a glass of beer as big as a goldfish bowl fora dime. And a.10-cent tip to any of the little dark-eyed sen- oritas who wear sleek slack suits and who act as dance hostesses at the honky-tonks is considered more than adequate. There is-a new wave of prosperity at Key West with the arrival of a large, batch of destroyers, submarines and a new fat Navy payroll. Fish- ing, swimming, cock fights, box- ing and wrestling matches make, up the sports menu. Ernest Hemingway is one of the Key West regulars. So is Rex Tugwell, Frank Ken- ny, Westbrook Pegler and Bill Skinner, pal of John Mc- Graw and Diamond Jim Brady. Skinner runs the Rendezvous where Otto, an ex-wrestler with an unpro- nounceable last name, pre- sides over the bar. Skinner's chef is from the Union League Club and the food is positively the best in the whole Archipelago The Casa Marina ‘has a fine beach. Plenty‘ef charter boats and excellent’ guides like Bob Dariels,,Teddy Canova and Teddy Lowe are at Craig's Dock. Sleek yachts drop an- cher here. There is music and laughter and the rattle of cocktail shakers everywhere. Last night a full tropical moon hung over Duval Street. The sailors and their girls, the songs from the honky- tonks, the rattle of chips and dice, the high mournful Moor- ish inflection of Spanish sing- ers all blended into a picture BUILDING FIRM OFFICIAL IN CITY FOR CONFERENCE MET WITH COMMANDER T. J. BRADY CONCERNING CON- TRACT FOR CONSTRUCTION OF NAVAL AIRBASE W. P. Thurston, of Richmond, Va., head of a contracting com- pany bearing his name, was a Key West visitor yesterday and today in connection with $189,000 contract awarded company fer the superstructure lof the naval seaplane hangar on the Trumbo base. the ‘Commander T. J. Brady, U.S.A., | civil engineer and public works officer at Key West naval station, and settled several matters re- |quiring the co-operation of the Inavai officers and the other con-| {tractors on the job. Undercontracts held by Steel Construction Company Birmingham, Ala., the steel for the hangar, which will be 372; feet long, 250 feet wide and 50 ‘feet high, will be erected by July 1. The Thurston company has a contract for the floor, walls, | roof and other superstructural work, and may proceed after the steel erectors are finished. It is expected the Thurston company will be on hand around } June 1 to assemble materials and ,equipment and be in position to ‘proceed with its contract when the steel job advances. The Ivy H. Smith company of Jacksonville is making good pro- gress in construction of the foot- ings and foundations for the , hangar, Commander Brady re- | ports. After these have been jcompleted the steel erection may | beast seaplane base the of MEETS TONIGHT Routine reports of county of-! ficials will be among the mat- _ters coming before the Monroe | commission at the first regulat | meeting tonight for Apri County officials have been ad- vised that plans for the proposed public beach along boulevard above Bertha are progressing in the project division ,and the matter may come up for discussion. The county commission is planning | street to sponsor the project after the | juge Manager Earle R. Greene for | details have been worked up by the WPA. It is planned to build jetties and other engineering works de- signed to capture and hold sand brought in by wind and wave to form a beach of about 1000 feet. GROCERY MEN MEET TONIGHT President John Archer, of the |Key West Retail Grocerymen'’s | | Association has called a meeting of his group for tonight. The ses- ision will be held at Caballero; {Cuban Club, and all members ‘have been requested to attend. Time is announced as 8:15) jo’clock. Important matters: will be up for discussion, it was’ stated. TEMPERATURES Lowest last Highest last Stations— night 24 hours Atlanta 62 88 'Boston 33 47 {Buffalo 34 45 \Charleston ___ 57 81 |Chicago 41 48 Detroit 35 41 El Paso - 42 68 Havana a IO 84 ‘Jacksonville _ 67 88 Kansas City _ 54 82 KEY WEST _ 75 83 Los Angeles - 66 j Louisville 85 | Miami Mpls.-St. Paul New York __.. jst Louis jSan_ Francisco 52 : Seattle , the, Thurston conferred with Lieut. | Roosevelt ! WPA! ide la Luz hall, in the rear of the } Ke | y West, Florida, has the most equable climate in the country ; range of only 14° Fahrenheit with an average PRICE FIVE CENTS NavyDepartment Considers Move To Bring Water ‘GEN. MARSHALL ENTERS PLEA FOR ORIGINAL ESTIMATE; 000 RIFLES (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON, April 3.—Gen- ‘eral Marshall, army chief of | staff, today addressed a _ special Congressional committee here jand presented strong arguments |for support of the army expan- {sion program. appropriations, the House of Representztives sliced off $67,-! }000,000 from the army appropria- |tions bill today. Marshall called for funds amounting to over and above original mates of needs. plea, additional the General stated that jthere was a present shortage of 70,000 rifles in the army and de- | clared that his department need- ed more sea defenses and more tanks. oh General Marshall told the com- mittee that the United States should keep up its defenses “on an even keel” with developments ' across the water. SHOOTS TWO WHITE HERONS: BIOLOGICAL SUR SURVEY OFFI- CIAL COMPLAINING WITNESS Accused of shooting two great white herons, Edgar Ellis, color- | ed, was arrested by Deputy Sher- iff Ray Elwood last night on a {warrant issued by County Solici: tor Allan Cleare, Jr. Ellis is jheld at county jail and will be arraigned at next session of {Criminal Court. Complaining witness was Ref- the U. S. biological survey, which joff Key West and along the keys 'It was alleged Ellis shot the her- ons, which are fully protected by the government, and used the birds for food. COSTAR’S AUTO | An automobile owned by Alvin ;Costar, son of John Costar, which j was stolen last night in front of ‘his father’s White street home, ‘was recovered early today by |Deputy Sheriff Bernard Waite jand Night Police Captain Alberto Camero in Newton street. | The ‘car was ee eee \Tree Grows Around Around Mountain Sheep’s Skul! (By Ansociated Press) JACKSON, Wyo., April 3.— About 200 years ago—as Keith Stilson, a Jackson Hole guide, figures it—an Indian was lucky} some | enough to bring home mountain sheep steak for dinner. After dressing the carcass the {Indian hung the skull on a small ‘tree and forgot about it. Recently, Stilson saw a peculiar growth on a big pine tree and) examined it. Completely embedd- ded in trunk about five feet above | iground, was the-sheep’s skull. TOO CURIOUS ELIZABETH, N. J.—Mrs. Mary E. Osborn, 82, of this city, was granted a divorce from her hus- band when she testified that he insisted on knowing where and with whom she spent her time, | ARMY EXPANSION ASKS FOR $82,000,000 ABOVE DE- | CLARES ARMY SHORT 70,-! In the face of his plea for more | $82,000,000 | esti- | Supporting his) ‘administers the wildlife refuges! STOLEN-FOUND : 'WOULD SELL SURPLUS WATER TO KEYS AND CITY; NEED FOR WA- TER ACUTE Under legislation now being (drafted at Washington, the navy ‘department would be authorized to build a water supply system jon Florida Keys and to sell wa- jter to Monroe county property owners, The Citizen was advised today in dispatches from the cap- ital. Readers of The Citizen will recall that some ume ago it was announced in these columns that \the navy department had assign- ed a staff of officers to support the applicauon of Florida Key. ' Aqueduct Commission to the Re- construction Finance Corporation for funds to finance the water project. | Since that time Chairman Carl Vinson of the House Naval Af- \fairs committee has visited Key West. During that visit he re- portediy explored the possibility ,of naval construction of the wa- |ter pipeline. ta supply the naval 'station and seaplane base here. | According to word reaching The Citizen from Washington, Congressman A. Pat Cannon, a member of Congressman Vin- |Son’s naval affairs committee, | stands ready to sponsor the leg- islation now being drawn up by |the navy department to cover construction of the project and the proposal to sell surplus water to citizens of Monroe county and |Key West. In reporting that he had con- ferred with naval officials, Con- gressman Cannon said he was not permitted to discuss details but indicated that the legislation would have the back- jing of Chairman Vinson. Naval officers state there i precedent permitting the navy {to sell water to residential 4 commercial consumers in con- nection with supply of its facilities, providing such a serv jice did not enter into competition with any other agency or firm Proposal for navy sponsorship of the water supply system will not jeopardize the aqueduct com- |mission’s application to RFC in the event* Congress does not finally approve the new plan. It will require quick action by the |house naval affairs committee to |provide funds in the pending “ad lditional navy construction fund” bill which will come up for passage at this session. RFC officials at Washington, pointing out that it may take some time to clear up legal tech- ‘nicalities in connection with the aqueduct commission's applica- tion for $1,000,000 loan, indicated that the quickest way to get wa- ter to the keys was through ac- tion on the navy department proposal. Julius Stone, Jr., former FERA (Continued on pei ie eaen Three) proposed MAYOR 10 ATTEND _ SEWELL SERVICES NOTIFIED OF APPOINTMENT AS HONORARY PALL- BEARER Mayor Willard M. Albury has accepted the appointment as Hon- orary Pallbearer at the funeral | services for Mayor E. G. Sewell of Miami, who died in that city |yesterday morning. Services will be held at Cen- {tral Baptist Church in Miami at 3:00 o'clock tomorrow afternoon. || Mayor Albury stated he would jleave for the services tomorrow |morning. Notification of the \honorary appointment came in a ‘telegraphic advice from Miami City Clerk Frank J. Kelly,