The Key West Citizen Newspaper, April 10, 1940, Page 1

Associate Service For 69 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West d Press Day Wire IN THE he Key West Citiz THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER U. S.A. VOLUME LXI. No. 87. KEY WEST, FLORIDA i » WEDNESDAY, APRIJ. 10, 1940 Key West, Florida, has the most equable climate in the country; with an average range of only 14° Fahrenheit PRICE FIVE CENTS Admit Loss Of In North Sea Battles Ships i FREIGHTERS CARRYING SUPPLIES AND TROOPS TO NORWAY ARE TOR- | PEDOED BY BRITISH (By Associated LONDON, April Britain and Germany today ad- Press) mitted the loss of two or more warships in major sea engage-, ments thet are now being ex- | ‘EUROPE’S SMALL 22eewwwwws NEUTRAL NATIONS _ FEAR FOR FUTURE 10.—Both | SWEDEN, BELGIUM AND HOL.- | | | LAND CALLING UP RE- | SERVES; ICELAND DE- CLARES INDEPENDENCE ‘CRUISER BARRACUDA ARRIVED ON MONDAY The cabin cruiser Barra- | cuda, of Palm Beach, owned | by B. D. Spilman, left the Porter docks late yesterday | morning after an afternoon and night sojourn in this | city. The Barracuda, which ar- rived Monday at 2 p.m, | ADMIRAL COOK AND STAFF LEFT THIS MORNING RECEPTION TENDERED VIS- ITING OFFICERS LAST EVE- NING BY CAPTAIN AND MRS. JACOBS Representatives of the United States Navy Air Corps, Marine ber of Key Westers attended the reception which was given last night by Captain Walter F. Jac- obs, U.S.N., and Mrs. Jacobs in honor of Rear Admiral Arthur B. Cook and his staff. Poccccccccccccccvccoeces ‘OUR NAVY’ EDITOR r Interested In ‘Housing : VISITS KEY WEST Lt. Myron Eddy, retired, ance ciate editor of “Our Navy”, | leading and oldest journal devot- | ed to the United States Navy | with offices in Brooklyn, N. Y., |called at The Citizen office to-| jday, gathering material for an_ |that magazine on Key West with | relation to its “growing import- | Pree as a navy base”. | Lt. Eddy and Mrs. Eddy came to the city earlier this week and TREADWAY. CALLS ADDRESSES ASSOCIATED DAI- LIES CONVENTION LAST WEEK; ‘WILL DEMOLISH IM- PORTANT BUSINESS’ TAMPA, April 10 Chester B. Treadway, (FNS).— Orlando, 'Corps and the Army and a num- |@rticle, or series of articles, in managing director of the Florida Chain Store Association, de- clared the Patman Anti-Chain Store Bill to be “utterly fan- tastic and ridiculous” in an ad- dress to newspapermen of the The rear admiral and his staff b@Ve been busy looking over the | Associated Dailies of Florida in Canal Zone, and in the evening were guests at a reception ten- dered by Commander A. P. Storrs, Ill, and yesterday com- pleted an inspection of the air base at Trumbo Island, also the planes of Squadron 53, and the holdings cf the navy in connec- tion therewith. This morning the admiral and staff left the airport at Trumbo!| Island at 8 o'clock going to Guan- has as its skipper, Mr. Spil- man, who was accompanied iproperty .with a view to possible | |future residence here. | | Spending the past three months jas professor of Military Science ‘at Riverside Military Academy lat Hollywood, Fla. Lt. Eddy, {plans to ieave that point soon, | following his short visit here, for: {the summer. In discussing the housing sit- /Objective would be realized if the ‘cabinet to discuss the uation in Key West in regard to, jarrived Monday from Coco Sola, |V@tious points of interest and ‘convention here. “The measure, if voted a law”, he declared, “will not only de- molish an important part of this nation’s retail business but will adversely affect every phase of our business and social existence. ~The intent of this bill 1s to Washington and points north for |4Tlve the chains out of business, |issying a call for a special jana just how completely that bill becomes a law may be illus- (Quarters: For Airmen BILD: RIDICULOUS! At Trumbo Base. Will Be Ready By July 15 ROOSEVELT WILL "Sst. mex ano or. CONVENE SPECIAL | CONFERENCE SOON THEM; HANGAR WORK |WILL CONSIDER EXTENSION | | PROGRESSES the proposed airbase OF NEUTRALITY LAWS TO) | | ‘io! Trumbo section will TAKE 2 ANDINAVIA ea! |pleted and ready for occupancy WAR ZONES Barracks and officers’ quarters on be com- |by the middle of July it was an- |mounced today by Commander T. 10, —|J. Brady, public works officer at tegey the naval station. The 140 en- ference between members of his | listed men and 30 officers will tacign | situation. ke oven | then be transferred to the new (By Asinéctited Press) | WASHINGTON, Apr. President Roosevelt was tended in the North Sea area off wife. The cruiser jpossibilty of navy men finding @ted by applying its provisions the coast of Nerway—even as Uy Axnocinted Press) STOCKHOLM, April 10.— ‘Small nevtral nations of Europe land skirmishes in widely sep- | arated sectors of that Scandina- | vian country between Norwegian troops and Nazi storm troops are being executed. i Additional proof that Norway | has chosen definitely to fight off | the German invasion of her soil was indicated in dispatches that came through today concerning the determination to defend all carry out large- scale mobilization plans, While admitting surrender of Oslo to the German marine units, Nor- wegian officials stated that their soldiers bad fallen back to await reinforcements points before the attempt is made to recapture the capital city. British To Intervene the other believed to be quite not of nation territory and from inland British officials, on hand, were determination is get “Even if firm in their to let the N control rway. that does decide to surrender, we will | carry out our plan of interven- tion”, stated one diplomat. It is said that large detachments of British troops are now on their way to fight alongside Norwe- gians on their soil. On the high seas—many bat- tles are now in progr sup- plementing big-scale maneuvers which occurred yesterday. The British are concentrating on sub- marine and destroyer attacks on were increasingly alarmed today | over the turn of events in the last thirty-six hours. Officials here stated that Swed- sh reserves have been called up to be posted at all boundary lines of the nation in prepara- tion for any eventuality. It was also reported that Bel- gium and Holland were calling back more reserve men in recog- nition of the grave situation. | Swedish officials, together with other neutral observers here, are of the opinion that no immediate danger of aggression | on’Sweden would come. Geo-} graphical situation of this coun-! jtry was thought to be of such jnature that should Germany gain complete control of Norway, jand with Denmark now under the | Nazi protectorate, Germany would ‘consider that Sweden would have |to come under the Nazi sphere of influence. Dispatches _ from Copenhagen mentioned that three classes of jarmed forces of that country had been called up for service. No definite reason for this order | was advanced. Iceland, normally under Dan- ‘ish rule, though virtually inde- |pendent for the past fifty year: today declared itse!f fully inde- pendent, it was heard, in that |the Danish government was now junder Nazi influence. SS. CITY OF FLINT ON AUCTION BLOCK German freights in the vicinity! of Norway which are believed to carrying supplies for the marines already landed, and more soldiers on board. So far, according to high governmental authority, at least six of that class boats have been sunk in the last thirty-six hours, and other like ships are being spotted for future sinkings. German planes have accounted for at least two British destroy- ers, on admission of British of- ficials, as mass air attacks drop- ped bombs on ships in the vicinity of Norway. Germany seemed reluctant to send many naval ships to protect transports, otherwise, it was thought, more naval casualties would be re- ported. XTINGUISH AUTO FIRE At 8:15 o'clock Monday evening a telephone message was received at Number 1 fire station advising that an automobile coupe was on fire at the corner of Eaton and Whitehead streets. The apparatus responded and found that the fire was in the rear of a car which, it was said, belonged to Commander G. B. Hoey, and was evidently caused by a cigarette. The fire was quickly extin- guished hy a small chemical ex- tinguisher with little damage re- sulting. be OWNERS DECIDE THEY HAVE NO USE FOR VES- | SEL (By Associated ress) NEW YORK, April 10.—SS. City of Flint has been placed on the auction block, according to announcement made today, Owners of the vessel, which went through exciting days three months ago following seizure by a Nazi pccket-battleship, inter- ment at the Russian port of Mur- mansk, subsequent capture by the Norwegian government and return to the United States, have decided that they have no use for it any longer, and have offered it jfor sale. ALL NAVY SHIPS NOW ON PATROL All the ships of the United States Navy were out of the harbor this morning except the Destroyer Lea, in command of Captain A. S. Carpender, com- mander of the patrol ssuadron in this area, of which the Lea is the flagship. | Vessels which left yesterday morning on patrol duty or for target practice, were the De- stroyers Twiggs, Evans and Wickes, and the Tender Gannet. i The Lea departed this afternoon on regular patgol. by his tanamo, Cuba, to continue the in- spection cf airports and allied in- terests. ! In the departing group were: Rear Admiral Cook; Commander Ralph E. Davidson, Chief of Staff; Commander J. B. Price, Commander, Patrol Wing Three; Lt. Commander George A. Seitz, Operations Officer; Lt. Com- mander William D. Johnson, Jr., Engineer Officer; Lt. Command-! er Alden R. Sanborn, ater Officer, end Lieutenant Robert D. Purvis. Jr, Aide and Flag|. -will continue its vagabond travels around the Florida Keys. The couple has been fishing enthusiastically since sailing from Palm Beach, F kde hedede\ ‘MEXICO RECEIVES MEDIATION PLEA| POPULACE DISAPPROVES OF home for their families, Lt. Eddy j stated that he felt there was a distinct shortage of facilities and looked fcr some interests to bring in investment-construction money and efforts to offset the shortage. Coming of fresh wa- ter, he stated, wil! mean much to the Islane City. The Eddys own the yacht ‘ Ma- hana”, which is berthed at Ft. Lauderdale, on which they spend much time cruising up and down the Atlantic coast. It was announced at the White | pase, jto. one or two of the chain sys- .House that Under-secretary Sum- | jtems with which we are all fa- ner Welles, secently returned | miliar”. from a “fact-finding” trip to poi “ee vi > ie The bill would require the At- Europe, and Jesse Jones, Fed- Sale ee hae aaa lantic and Pacific Tea Company eral Loan Administrator, would P/°' La cibaa crates = ittecst to pay $40,000 tax on each of its be invited to sit in at the con-|0f September. Erection of the stores, oc nearly $11,000,000 to ference of other state heads. |framework will begin around the State of Florida alone on its No action recognizing the need April 25. Steel will be shipped luck ‘Company, he sseerted, sone in foreign waters hed besa (XY Tail from Birmingham to orm 's ie ed, e] ry teen Ge pert; to) pay $46,000: taken, it was) announced, as/yet: Mobile, Ala., thence by barge for ‘per store. The state department was faced Completed shipment. | ‘More than a million people With the immediate need of pro-| Ivy H. Smith company, Jack- jown stock in chain stores”, Viding for exodus of some 3,000 Sonville Ceneretenty, soe maw: day “Twenty. Americans in the new war zone. ing the footings and foundations Enclosure of the hangars will HULL'S NOTE ON OIL LANDS (ity Ansocinted Presa) WASHINGTON, = Apr. State department heads here to- day were advised that action! Lieutenant. THOUSANDS VISIT SUGAR REFINERY. TOUR INCLUDES INSPECTION 10. ELKS FINANCE CRIPPLED WORK HOME AT UMATILLA TREATED | ‘OVER 600 CHILDREN taken yesterday to obtain arbi- tration promises from the Mexi- can government on the subject of expropriation of oil lands in! Mexico, had been met with huge demonstrations of protest on ‘the ;part of the Mexican populace, and that, in many cities, the news was thought of sufficient; import to call for holiday pro- ceedings. The note, sent yesterday by Secretary of State Hull, contained trong pleas for mediation of the! ubject in ght of world eondi- tions today. It said: “At a period when in other | parts of the world there is seem- ingly growing disregard for the] established principles of — inter- national law and orderly pro-! cesses and an increasing ten-| lency to substitute force for pacific methods of settling con-; OF ALL CANE SUGAR PRO- CESS DEPARTMENTS CLEWISTON, Apr. 10 (FNS). —More than 17,000 visitors were given personally conducted tours through the big Sugar House here during the 1939-40 season. The tour includes the various processes used in converting ;Sugar cane into the refined prod- uct which sweetens the coffee of millions of Americans _ every. morning. The big Sugar House is a focal point of interest for tourists trav- eling between the East and West Coasts. Officials say that their exhibits at the Florida Fair at Tampa ard the Fort Myers Fair contributed to the increase in troversies, it is all the more de-| sirable that the governments of: Mexico and the United States, ! firm in their adherence to the enlightened principles advanced } and supported by all the Amer-! ican republics, should signify | | their willingness to settle the! differences between them in the} | fendly manner indicated.” | visitors over the number enter- taiwed during the previous years. Officials estimate that had the 1939-40 crop been completely harvested instead of being cur- tailed by Federal restrictions, the season would have been ex- tended an additional five or six weeks, and that at least 25,000 visitors would have seen the largest cane sugar house in the United States producing sugar for home consumption. COAST GUARD HAS MORE PERSONNEL Recent additions to the Coast Guard forces in Key West, ar- rived this morning and reported for duty. They are John J. Tait- kus and Felix Bijeaux, Jr:, who were transferred from the Cutter Mojave. It was announced by an of- ficial of the service that the two |men are to be assigned to duty as reserve keepers in this’ dis-j; trict. SMALL SPONGE SALE TODAY, A small sale of sponges was held this morning at the munici- pal dock. There was but one lot of appreciable size, which con- sisted of 70 bunches of wool, sold for $247 flat. Other items offered were two bunches of wool, selling price $11.15; 11 bunches of wool, $12.50; 14 bunches of rag sponge, $8.80, !and 10 bunches of yellow sponge, $7.45. 1.4 ‘POSITIONS OPEN FOR PACKERS CIVIL SERVICE APPLICA- j | TIONS FOR NAVAL STATION | | JOBS CLOSE APRIL 22 | i | J In that an insufficient number jof applications have been receiv- ed for the positi f packers at Ithe Key West Naval Station! the! Fifth District, United States Civil! Service | District? Gituhisdon, has} authorized further ¢ompetitive| examinations to be given to fill the positions. | Salaries of packers are listed at from $4.99 to $5.95 per day for a forty-hour week. Applications! will close on.April 22 and may} be filed at the local U. S. Civil Service Examiners office. Applicants must have reached their 20th birthday but must have not passed their 48th birthday and must have at least six months’ experience in packing various materials, supplies, etc. | OF STATE |dren’s Home here has given spe- | {cialized treatment to more than, built in 1933. ‘children were Many ‘of these hopelessly jfor treatment but have now been } cured and are able to walk. The home is sponsored by the Elks of Florida. It has facilities | jfor a medical and nursing staff, : {departments of physical and oc- \cupational therapy, dental clinic, ; {private school, and facilities for | jminor and emergency operations. | | When it opened seven years jago, it had accommodations for | ed since then to its present capa- ; city of 74 children. | Crippled children ‘of under-! privileged circumstances _be-| tween the ages of two and _ six- | teen years are admitted through clinics or upon recommendation | jof surgeons. COUNTY BOARD | MEETS TONIGHT Second meeting of the Board, of County Commissioners is scheduled for tonight at 8 o'clock Sawyer. | Mr. Sawyer said that there was | nothing awaiting the action of! the board of espeéial interest ex- cept the checking of the deposi- tary accounts and matters per- taining to the election. j ASSAULT CASE Leonard Harris, colored, charg- | ed with assault and battery on| the person of Livingston Win-| ters, also colored, was arraigned | yesterday for preliminary hear- | ing before Peace Justice Enrique | Esquinaldo, Jr. The evidence educed at the hearing was sufficient, the judge ! decided, to warrant the accused being heid in bonds of $50 for a eee ee eerie ; {Washington — 40 \Treadway declared. |six thousend, three hundred of these stockholders live in Flor- ida, and destruction of the chain |store would deprive these people ‘of a portion of their income”. | Referring tothe effect on in- dependent merchants caused by chain stores, Treadway declared jthat “Mr. Patnam need only re- fer to the Government Census of Business to find that independ- ent merchants have increased in number from 1933 to 1935 by from 71 to 75 percent same two-year period. in the |600 Florida children since it was| He said that chain stores had | proved of great benefit to the crip-|8Towers cf the state, by virtue} |pled when they were taken in,f having disposed of surplus | crops of vegetables and citrus jeach year, resulting in the “tre- |g mendous consumption of products by the public”. OIL MEN SEEK TAX REDUCTION these |20 patients, but has been enlarg-| ALSO WANT ALL GAS TAX Garner approximately seven to improvements at MONEY USED FOR HIGH- WAYS ONLY MIAMI, April 10 (FNS).—Re-! duction of the present gas tax to} six cents and the use of all rev- enue from gas taxes for highway purposes only, were the principal |topics of discussion at a meeting jot oil men from counties in the ;fourth congressional district here last week. “The oil industry can be a functioning spearhead in Flor- ida’s battle for good govern- ment”, James F. Early, chairman lin the office of Clerk Ross C.!of the Florida Petroleum Indus- tries Committee, told the oil meeting. TEMPERATURES Lowest last Highest last Stations— _ night 24 how Atlanta _.iry¢ " 4 Boston va ue oo Charleston ~ 70 Chicago” kh Denver . El Paso Havana Jacksonville - Kansas City KEY WEST Los Angeles Louisville __ Mpls.-St. Paul New York St. Louis f/f # 62 80 80 73 64 80 72 49 81 43 59 59 63 60 57 41 Seattle 39 ‘:}night at Bayview Park, at which | ‘ Other details of proclaiming for the hangar. With the work extension of neutrality regula-|Tunning smoothly on schedule, tions to the Scandinavian waters, | there will be no delay in start- was expected to be handjed by ing of the erection of the frame- combined study of the State and Work on April 15, it was stated. ‘Judicial departments of the gov-!" All contracts for cotisteuction ernment. |on the airbase have been awarded with the exception of the super EDR. ! ND DEW structure. WIN Prunayaes COMDR. TJ. BRADY WILL LEAVE SOON UMATILLA, April 10 (FNS).—} 125,000, increased their share of | { ‘ The Harcy-Anna Crippled Chil- , the nation’s total retail business ILLINOIS AND NEBRASKA | CAST PREFERENCES IN YESTERDAY'S ELECTIONS ‘WILL MAKE INSPECTION OF OTHER NAVAL STATIONS IN STATE (Hy Axsocinted Pres) i} CHICAGO, April 10.—Presi- | lent Roosevelt moved one step; Lieut. Commander T. J. Brady, ;nearer to nomination as the first | public works officer at the naval | third-term leader of the United |station, will leave either tomor- jaeates government, if he so de- |Tow or Friday on an_ inspection |sires the honor, following his /|tour of naval district stations be- {primary victories yesterday in tween here and Jacksonville, it Illinois and Nebraska. | was announced here today { In the latter state, he was un-| His 1200 mile inspection trip jopposed. In .the ;former, ‘he de- | Will include survey of conditions, |feated Vice-PresideAt John Nance extensions, recommendations for Opa Locka, one on the basis of incomplete Jupiter, St. Augustine, and Jack- jreturns this\ morning. sonville. John Dewey, unopposed in the Commander Brady will return Illinois primary, carried a large |to Key West in about ten day FOR MRS. CATES DIED YESTERDAY 6:40 P. M.; SERVICES AT FIRST BAPTIST ithe Nebraska primary: Delegates in both states are not j bound by' the primary vote, how- jever they usually follow that} ‘mandate. | ‘WORKERSTO APPLY FOR CLO. CHARTER HELD ORGANIZATION MEET- ING LAST NIGHT IN BAYVIEW PARK | Mrs. Julia M. Cates, 50, died in jher residence in the rear of 608 |Francis street last evening at |6:40 o'clock. Funeral services will be held tomorrow afternoon 4:30 o'clock from the First Baptist SR ara Church, Rev. William Halladay, Worning men of Key West are of the First Congregational reported to have organized them- | Church officiating. selves into tentative union form} Pritchard’s Funeral Home will as @ result of a meeting held last be in charge of arrangements. Mrs. Cates is survived by her approximately were husband, Leonard Cates; two present. |daughters, Mrs. Charles Bird and H. L. Beaver, of this city, has’ Miss Elizabeth Cates; five sons, been named president of the/Charles P. Albury, Walter Rus- United Construction Workers Or-' sell, Jack, George and Billy ganization committee, which, in Cates; two sisters, Mrs. William turn will shortly petition the CIO| Knowles end Mrs. William Bul- headquarters in Washington, D. | lard, and one grandchild. twenty C. for a charter. | Other officers in the tem-/ DINNER DANCE porary group are William Cor-| dova, vice-president; Louis Avila, | T R D A N Cc E secretary-treasurer and C. F.| Tomorrow Night—7 till 10 Russell, recording secretary. Six} RAUL’S CLUB trustees were Also elected. John | DAVID KEKAI's Vv. serine ie oy field repre- HAWAIIAN ORCHESTRA sentative of the CIO was present at the, meeting, | No Admission or Cover Charge ett etme sme |