The Key West Citizen Newspaper, April 11, 1940, Page 1

Associated Press Day Wire Service For 69 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West VOLUME LXI. No. 88. British Move ToSweepSeas Free Of Nazis GERMAN SHIPPING SUF- vena seven cosses NAVAL EXPANSION IN BATTLES To DATE;! PROGRAM! PASSED BRITISH LAND TROOPS} (iy Associated Press) LONDON, April 11.—Enthus-;|CALLS FOR CONSTRUCTION OF FIRST-LINE BATTLE- SHIPS, DESTROYERS AND ant victories won in the North | OTHER SHIPS OF WAR Sea during the past forty-eight | iacm runs high here today as} Englishmer. take stock of import- | hours. Official confirmation of (Ry Associated Press) a {| WASHINGTON, April 11.— earlier reports have now come The House of Representatives in session today made short work of ac- the Senate-approved Navy appro- all priation bill which calls for an expansion program of $960,000,- 000. At press time today, dispatches| The bill had been earlier ap- from Stockholm, capital of Swe-;proved by the House Navy Af- authoritative | fairs Committee. ated that sources reported large-scale land-| Th expansion program calls for construction of a number of through, and it appears that the war is now on in earnest, cording, to reports from sources. | den, s - BY HOUSE. TODAY ing of British marines at a point south of the captured city of Oslo. previous indications that the British had chosen to make the Scandinaviani.invasion by Nazis a cause for vigorous prose-, cution of war Germany. England's war minister, Win- ston Churchill, and Premier Paul Reynaud, of France, made a col- laborative report of the status of Scandinavian war front to- both listing a total of eigh- teen German ships sunk, many of them transports carrying huge armies of men to reinforce land pressure against troops now battling the Norwe-; gians. The Allies have lost but four ships, with damages report- ed to some other vessels. This report coincided with | the | first-line battleships, destroyers and other naval vessels as well as a large-scale ‘expansion ef naval facilities ata. number -of \bases on.both ‘coasts. Mrs. Harriman’ Reports’ SHIP "MASTERS OF FALSE ORDERS DENMARK OFFICIALLY TORY: NO RATIONING IN X ENGLAND (By Associated Press) LONDON, April 11.—The Brit- jish Broadcasting Company last night issued messages to all Nor- wegian and Danish merchant ;Ships on the high seas. Thisyun- usual. broadcast was deemed necessary, according to English ‘officials, because of false orders jsent,out cn the air from capitals of those countries. BBC told masters of Norwegian lvessels that an order broadcasted jon the Oslo radio station advis- {ing merchantmen of that country 'to proceed at neutral /ports-was in reality of German origin. Oslo, the British warn- ling declared, is now in the hands jof Nazis, and the government of Norway established {elsewhere. Therefore, the Nor- iwegian government thave the order, which {would be contrary to ita wishes. once to has been could not issued The message to Danish masters |was of a similar nature, except {that it announced the order was ‘broadcast under duress of Ger- iman officials. BBC advised ships of those two countries to proceed to, Brit- ish or French ports for further \information. | British Treasury yesterday of- ificially recorded~ Denmark | as {enemy territory and forbade. all English subjects from - trading |with that nation. Denmark is (nét a self-supporting ‘country RE- | CORDED AS ENEMY TERRI- | this}#nd has for’ years imported mil-+ State Department stated lions of ‘dollars of petroleum, hoon that word had been receiv- jed ,from,.Mrs,.J, Borden Harti-}¢0al and other necessities from | han, Us'S. Minister: to Norway, :England. Now that this source KEY WEST, [IN THE FLORIDA] THURSDAY, APRIL 11, 1940 MRS ‘Ballot i 'A SHARP. LOOKOUT Box Is Cario: it Peccccccccccccccscsoeees | Curiosity may have killed the cat, but it is a publicity boon to ithe absentee ballot strong box on | {exhibition in the county judge's TS LOOK | FOR SMALL VOTE | INMAY PRIMARY |FORECAST NOT MORE THAN SIXTY PERCENT OF TOTAL REGISTRATION WILL VOTE | IN THIS COUNTY officé at the county courthouse. | | Ingenious!y constructed of heavy Humber and reinforced with steel dovetails to - prevént tampering once it is locked by ‘the four |padiocks, the open box has ex- cited no end of interest and {comment from people passing in land out of the office. While The Citizen stood incpn- ‘spicuously at the side of Judge Lord’s office, each individual ‘entering carefully inspected ‘the strongbox, often twanging the ‘springs arranged under the ‘slot for the ballots. Under the watch- ful eye of Mrs. John Parks, sec- retary to Judge Lord, the. newly constructed box has no chance of being pilfered. ; Although the ballot box will not be used until around April 23 jand will then be deposited at ‘night in the county judge’s vault, the courthouse folks just aren’t taking any chances. | Not a baleful, but a determin- \ed, cautious look lurks in the eye of Mrs. Parks when some admir+ er appears interested enough ih the box to.cart it away as a fit- ting piece for his. own personal museum. “Afraid?” scoffed Mrs. Parks. !“Of course not. But the new {ballot box has*all the earmarks jof a circus display. And it is ithe newest thing in town”. : And so folks. still go on being curious. The latest in ballot |boxes would figure prominently iin anyone’s private collection of rare things. LOW COUNTRIES ARE WATCHFUL ‘WON'T BE CAUGHT NAP- that’ she was staying’ With high |has been discontinued, the Danes | Norwegian officials. jare confronted with | ‘This wes the first message re- /Problem, ceived from the minister since! The military and naval actions ‘her “startling word” early Mon-!in the Scandinavian territory day morning which told of first ,has disrupted a certain source of )engagements in the German-Nor- | wegian wer. ' the Minitery of Economics has The message today came from announced. However, the min- an undisclosed inland city of istry revealed that no rations Norway. iwill be invoked as the govern- a serious | food supply for the British Isles, } Premier Reynaud authored the opinion that “Hitler had at last fallen into a trap of his own making” by choosing to in: vade the Scandinavian countries. Cater {ment has a large reserve to meet BART. A. RILEY peeds for the pres@t. IPO IIS ISS 4 C. GF C. LISTS 4,000 PING’, THEY STATE; SWE- DEN ALARMED (By Asm rinted Press) LONDON, April 11.—Belgium and Holland prepared today to be “caught not napping” in the ‘event further aggression’ tactics are pushed by the Nazis. Declaring they would profit from the mistakes of other neu- tral nations, both countries were said to be literally swarming with troops being called to. va- | (frolic the grand success that | was. | Speaking on behalf of the eve- |ning’s congregation, Fred J. Dion, | Candidates are not cendidates but are thor- foughly conversant with elections jand their results, of the {opinion that a much fewer num- ber of ballots will be cast this jyear than the qualified list would jindicate. 2 { Basing their ideas on the bal- ilots cast in the year 1938, when ithere was a qualified list of 5,- {628 and when the results of the felection showed that 3,940 {votes wi opinion that the results .of the first primary will not be as large jas now imagined. At the office of John England, supervisor of registration, it was |learned this morning that the j qualified list today shows that approximutely 6,275 registrations |have been recorded but there will be scme o1 these stricken |from the list before it is prepared |for publication, it was said. | It is estimated that when the jlist is ready for printing its to- tal will show approximately 6,- 200 names, and the opinion was freely expressed that not more {than 60 jercent, or 3,720, of the total will be cast. FROLIC WORKERS GEN BANQUET VICTORY AFFAIR HELD LAST NIGHT; GIFT WINNERS ANNOUNCED and others, who are but i { A victory banquet, celebrating the close of the benefit frolic, was given last night at a local jrestaurant by Rev. P. J. Kelleher, |S.J., pastcr of the St. Mary Star jof the Sea Church, one hundred i guests attending. | Father Kelleher welcomed the !guests with a toast designed to \thank all friends, city and county lofficials who helped make the it cast, they are of the} Che Key West Citizrn THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER UU. Sk Co AND ARRANGEMENTS. MADE ‘TO ‘ HANDLE LARGE BALLOT Matters pertaining to the first primary election which will be held May 7 were discussed by ‘the commissioners last night at the regular meeting, and a num- ber of situations clarified, in connection therewith, Clerk Sawyer read a list of the polling places and the locations, and also the names of the clerks and inspectors in the different polls. He said that they will be arranged and ready for publica- tion by tomorrow. As the ballots are exception- ally large, containing 257 names, it was decided to have eight ballot | boxes madt which would be large enough to‘carry the ballots in , the first primary. | In connection with the size of the ballot and the time whieh would. be\wequired = in’ ehecking and’ counting them, Attorney Harris said that he had written Secretary, of State R. A. Gray, asking if it would be legal for inspectors and clerks at the con- clusion of election day to start the counting of the ballots with the senators and governors and continue through the column with the local candidates and when this was concluded to take up the other portions of the ballot. Mr. Harris was certain that much} time would be saved and the re- sults of the election would be learned several hours earlier than otherwise. It was decided to install booths at the polling places on the keys making the procedure more POLLING PLACES NAMED} ——————$—$ ————————_——_——_. Key West, Florida, has the most equable climate in the country; with an average range of only 14° Fahrenheit PRICE FIVE CENTS Board Votes $10 For School Patrol’s Commissioners Discuss Primary Hlection Plans | I CHARLES S. TAYLOR STATES ADVANTAGES OF CITY’S REPRESEN. TATION AT ASSEMBLY County commissioners at their |regular meeting last night, au- PBIB DLG A a4 oveed wn weropriation of $100 SUGGESTS SIGNS out of the next budget . help "POINTING OUT KEYS\0 0) """"* Be oo |tingent from Key West of the | School Patrol to Washington, D. |C~ to take part in the assembly of the National School Safety Patrol and the parade of mem- bers which will be held on May 10. | Attending the meeting were {Chairman Carl Bervaldi, Com- jmissioners Braxton B. Warren, \T. Jenkins Curry, Norberg }Thompson and Wm. Monsalvatge ‘Attorney W. Curry Harris, Clerk |Ross C. Sawyer, Chief Deputy |Sheriff, and a few | citizens. Charles S, Taylor, chairman of \the Rotary Club Junior Safety ;}Patrol Committee and My?tland Cates, addressed the board, show- jing the advantages to be derived Among the notable visitors to Key West within the last few'days were Mr. and Mrs. R. H. Carlin. Mr. Carlin is president of the Southern Acceptances, Inc., with head- quarters in Orlando, Fla., and he and Mrs. Carlin reside in Lancaster Park, a beautiful suburb of Orlando. A keen and practical ob- server, Mr. Carlin, suggests that the journey from the mainland would be far more interesting if large signs were placed on each key, giv- interested that there are many attrac- tive keys visible from the | Highway and that the visit- | ing traveler would find it | very interesting if there were j name signs pointing to off-shore keys, have heard of and its they would | having it pointed out | them, Woannhendanderdeede (CHANCE OFFERED | TO JOIN MARIN | | |RECRUITING OFFICE AT SA- | VANNAH ANNOUNCES EN- LISTMENT NOW OPEN | | Fifteen young men will be en- from, the publicity which K: \ West would gein, end what Twould mean to the members of |the patrol who were selected to attend the convention. Among other matters in con- ;nection with the convention, said | Mr. Taylor, was that approxi- jmately 12 boys would form the | Key, West contingent, four from | Harris School, four from Division | Street School and four from St. Joseph’s Academy. It was esti- |mated that the cost of the trip \and attendant. expenses would be $385 and there ve now on hand $170. There wi e mbre than 12 boys in the West |group, if funds were .secured. | It was shown by Mr. Taylor \that the contingent to lead the parade would be selected from private than it has been hereto-{listed during April at the U. S.'the southernmost city, hence it fore. Commissioner Curry said/Marine Corps Recruiting Station, | was reasonable to suppose that if that he would make arrange-| Post Office Building, Savannah, |this plan was carried out that ments for placing the booths and |Ga., aecoiding to an announce-/|the parade would be lea by the making the other arrangements| ment today , by Captain A. C.|band followed by th. Key West which: weuld be found ,neces- , Small, officer in charge. RECUPERATES HERE MANY FRIENDS HAVE VISIT- ED HIM AT,.LOCAL HOSPTAL rious boundary positions. chairman of the men's division Sweden Fares For Self {of Workers; ‘expressed the grati- VISITORS THIS SEASON, _ | Dispatches from. Stockholm: tude felt. for Father Kelleher. ‘stated that that nation was cen-!nrs' A. M. Hewett, chairman of ‘tering apprehensive eyes on the'|the jadies division, also extend- North Sea battles dies of the Churchill stated that England had long known that the Ger- mans were outfitting a number of vessels for transport duty, but, until this week, it could not be ascertained for what purpose | group. sary. Only young white men of ex-| It Was also mentioned by Mr. Tt was also announced by At-|ceptional physical qualifications, Taylor that the/banner of the torney Harris that duties of the|who are single, without depend- Key West contingent would be clerks and inspectors would be ents, have no criminal record,|an attractive-one which was to more arduous in’, this. election | and have at-least_an eighth grade |be, presented by Dr. William R. Cards of approximately four, thousand visitors to | | | that move was instituted. “Norway and Denmark drew the unlucky number” Churchill said. “Now it remains for the Allies to prove that those coun- tries will not have been sacrificed in vain”, he declared, continuing to state the Allied determination to force Hitler's hand in his lat- ter move. Bombing On Large-Scale Large-scale German bombing flights have been noted at vari- ous parts of the North Sea, ex- tending to the British Scapa Flow base in north Scotland, as the Nazis strive desperately to gain the upper hand to keep their avenues of Scandinavian supplies‘ open. The Allies, on the other hand, appear to believe that the re- cent battles and subsequent de- feat of the German navy. in the North Sea, has served to make their northern blockade more effective. English war ministry issued a declaration that every gffort will be made to “sweep the North Sea free of any German shipping”. In this event—all of | Bart. A. Riley, former Key} Wester and one of the leading at- } ‘torneys of Florida, who is a can- didate for Circuit Court Judge in} ,Group 1 and who arrived here last Saturday to visit old friends, | is recovering at Dr. H. C. Galey jhospital today, from lung con- | ‘gestion. 1 Mr. Riley was ordered to bed; after a consultation of Drs. Galey, | William R. Warren and Julio De | Poo, who feared an attack of } pneumonia if the former Monroe | attorney did not rest and submit | to treatment. i During the last two days more } |than a‘ hundred of Mr. Riley’s old friends have visited him at the} hospital, and assured him of their | support. “I'm feeling better,, but am necessaril¥ a» little weak”, Mr. {Riley tqld -The*Citizen. “I hope ite be’ out ef ‘bed soon and meet | ;my many friends here”. ‘NEW DESTROYER | j | Key West during the season were signed and registered at the Chamber of Commerce, it was stated this morning. There were representatives from 46 of the 48 states, Utah and Nevada not being listed. There were also seven pro- vinces in Canada and 10 for- eign countries represented. Lieutenant and Mrs. Clin- ton Hayward, who register- ed on February 3, made the statement that they were probably further from home than any of those registering frem cities in the United States. Their home is in Gig Harbor, Washington, which is located in the ex- treme northwestern part of the country. James J. Halsema, of Ba- guio, Philippine Islands, was the person registering from theplace'‘farthest from the United: States. States with ahe- largest=number of regis- trations 'wére, in order: Flor- ida, Wiriois. “New York. Michigan and’ Ohio. COO e IIe SS: wagéd between England. High Swedish sources believed that if the Allies were triumphant ‘in their fight to sweep the seas jof all German shipping, the Nazis would immediately demand that Sweden give permission to Ger- |many to use transcontinental railroads for purposes of bringing much-needed supplies from Nor- wegian centers, and supplies, |Visa-versa, to the army in Nor- way. | Much depended, however, it jwas felt, on Germany’s ability to keep her army supplied long ;enough for a transportation sys- ;tem across Sweden to be built jup. ‘THREE BUILDING 1 Germany and EACH CONTRACTOR LISTS WORK TO COST $1,000; NEW RESIDENCE CITED now _ being oq her thanks to ana PERMITS ISSUED. : than in former eléctions and \Parish who co-ope! with her lin many ways. Sal { The benefit frolic, which open- ! ed on March 25th and continued juntil April 6 at La Concha Park, fwas designed to raise funds to ‘repair the church. | The following were awarded \gifts at the close of the frolic: | {Tranquilino Castillo, the {Dodge sedan; Miss Margaret 1 trip to New York ry. He desired ‘to meet with all the clerks and inspectors 01 Monday, the day before election day, and go over the entire pro- cedure with them, in order to have their duties clarified. | Ramoon ‘CUTTER MOON RIVER {Worl?’s Fair for winning the} IN PORT FOR WEEK ‘popularity contest; Gregory Hem- i inscribed gold wrist rie | Moon River, ingway, |watch for the kingship of St. Jo- iseph’s school, and Miss Sylvia | {Baker, aiso an_ inscribed. gold! |wrist watch for her queenship of Convent of Mary Immaculate. | TEMPERATURES Lowest last Highest last Stations— night 24 hours Atlanta 46, 73 {Boston 34 56 ‘Buffalo 35 49 Charleston 55 63 ;Chicago 37 56 Denver 29 41 1940 PPMP LI LD DS I Ts | |education, will be accepted. much more care would be neces- | ° They will be enlisted for a| Other matters considered | |four-year period and will be im- mediately transferred to the Ma- M\rine Barracks, Parris Island, S. 'C., for training. Assignment to |regular duty is given when the ‘taining period is completed. |Many young men go to sea as |members of the marine detach- |ments on large ships of the U.S. ‘|Fleet, others are assigned to for- eign and home stations, where they perform duties as infantry- men, artillerymen, aviators and as skilled mechanics with the various arms of the Marine | Corps. Application forms and full in- jformation will be supplied to in- \terested persons by the recruit- ing office in the Georgia city. IVY AT JAX FOR REP. Lighthouse Tender Ivy is re- \sonville yesterday afternoon to ported to have arrived in Jack-| | Warren. at the meeting was a bill for $15 lone case costing $10 and the jother costing $5, which was for |services performed by Dr. Sydney |Gholson, at the Marine hospital. |It was ordered paid. | Communication was read from Francisco Pereria asking for as- sistance in having an operation performed on his daughter, Pe- |tronia, who was suffering from |goitre, which is an enlargement of the thyroid gland. It was deemed necessary by the attend- ing physician, Dr. E. Rodriguez, whose certificate accompanied the request. | After some discussion by the |board members it was decided to | speonans the sum of $75 to as- sist in paying for the operation. |__It was moved by Commissioner |Monsalvatge that the qualifying ifee paid by T. Jenkins Curry as fee for entranee in ‘thé race for sheriff be returned to him as he jhad withdrawn fromthe race {and had so announced publicly. It was so ordered. Depository accounts for the |month of March were read by the iron ore so necessary to the! ey war machine would be cut off. IN PORT TODAY There was but one United {States naval vessel in the harbor { TREMENDOUS BLAST SPENCER, W. Va.—The mendous pressure of a giant gas.B. Upshaw, which was berthed Well brought in’ at Goldtown,|at Pier B, taking on supplies and Jackson county blew a 2,000- | oil. It was said that the vessel pound drilling bit out of sight. |arrived yesterday for a tem- When the bit returned to the’ porary stay in this port. ground, it was found that the} All other vessels of the patrol one-inch: steel cable fastened to squadron are out of the harbor it was crushed flat by the ter-jon patrol duty or engaged in tar- rifie pressure. get practice, tre- {this morning, the Destroyer Abel | Three building permits have jbeen issued this week from the joffic of Building Inspector Harry |M. Baker, granting permission {for the following construction work by the parties named: Construction of a two-story frame residence at 312 William {street. Owner, Ralph DuBreuil; {cost, $1,000. i Construction of a frame garage at\1106 Windsor Lane. Owner, William Burchell; cost; $1,000. Paint and repair structure of ' pez {Lopez Estate; cost, $1,000. eee | Who Is— Circuit Judge | ROSS WILLIAMS? Listen Tonight, 7:30 o’Clock WiIoD (Paid Political Advertisement) | | } Funeral Home. Owner, | | Detroit 53 El Paso 80 | Havana 79 | Jacksonville 74 \Kansas City 65 |KEY WEST |Los Angeles _ {Louisville __ 53 Miami __ 70 Mpls.-St. Paul 12 New York 45 Pittsburgh ‘44 St. Louis __ 47 San Francisco 55 jundergo painting and repairs at |\Commissioner Curry, checked by the Merrill-Stevens dry dock.|\Commissioner Monsalvatge and She will be gone for about three {approved by Chairman Bervaldi. weeks. Bond of William Thomas | ‘Tender Zinnia is still doing | Doughtry, Jr., as notary public, ‘buoy work and other work onjmade by the American Surety jstructures in Tampa bay. Ten-|Co., of New York, in the sum)of |der Poinciana is now at $500, was approved by the board. Okeechobee. BIBLES TO CHINESE RE-ELECT auawamar aoc 4 aaa CHARLES 0. ANDREWS copies of the Bible were distri-| a8 United States Senator buted throughout China during |“A Genuine Friend of Key West” last American ii OOOO OOOO 3. wise wxiatin 8 BE) aid Political Advertisement)