The Key West Citizen Newspaper, April 13, 1940, Page 1

Associated Press Day Wire Service For 69 Years Devoted to thi Best Interests of Key West e VOLUME LXI. No. 90. Flere Fighting. Reported * Arca; Mines La BERLIN FORCEMENTS HAVE LANDED; MORE SHIPS ARE SUNK Uy Annvctated Prexs) | | | | LONDON. April 13.—German! STATES REIN- PP @P DDD MI DIMI MA CATCHES RECORD SAILFISH YESTERDAY Claimed to be the largest sailfish caught this season, a 64-pound, seven-and-one-half- foot beauty was landed’ by George F. Barton of Mon- end Norwegian troops were re-' tour Falls, N. Y., yesterday perted to be fiercely combating in territory north and east of Oslo today, and Britain reported | detachments | Narvik. lancing of marine on the west coash near These two items headlined the; war news from northern fronts | as other fronts remained com-| paratively quiet. Dispatches from Berlin however, that Germany wa: cessful in sending reinforcements | gy = | II IIS LI ST STD to their Oslo front and of big gun equipment also reported the coast, though British sources discount- ed both stories with the assertion that “they had the whole situa- tion well in hand”. | Britain has completed a virtual encirclement of northern Ger-! many and Denmark with mines | in the North & aecording intormation ‘released today, Re-} cent concentration has placed a! complete circle of mines in front! of the Helgoland Bight and along most of the Danish} west coast area. New type of deadly mines are being placed, capable of. re- sisting any known meéans of ef- fective destruction by boats. Sea action continued this morn- ing with both. sides claiming was on west to while on a trip with Captain Weatherford of the Lucky Strike. Mr. Barton stated that he came to Key West with the determniaticn to catch a rec- ord fish—and his feat yester- day fulfilled his desire. Other fish caught were barracuda, bonito and mackerel. Two* other sailfish were hooked but got away. Mr. Barton was accompan- ied here by his wife, daugh- ter and two grandchildren. and are registered at the Silver Palm Hotel. WELFARE BOARD | SHOWS EXTENT | OF ASSISTANCE BOARD CARRIES ON WHERE STATE LEAVES’ OFF: RE- LIEF TO MONROE COUNTY FAMILIES TOTALLED (Special to The Citizen) JACKSONVILLE, Fla, April patrol |13.—Financial relief to the vari-| ous counties through the in- auguration of a state-wide public assistance program is illustrated Che Key West Citizen THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN THE U. S. A. BOCA CHICA { | RESORT SALE DEPOSIT OF $3,000 CASH, $22.- 000 IN SIXTY DAYS AND BALANCE OVER PERIOD OF TEN YEARS Stone, former FERA in Key West, a Julius administrator |Harvard University for the past ten days, announced the condi- tional purchase of Boca Chica re- sort late yesterday, to a group of Boston investors. According to Stone, the con- | tract called for deposit of $3,000 cash with the present owner, ;Captain Luther Pinder, and an jamount of $22,000 to be paid-on or before sixty days following the execution of the contract which has been done. Balance of the purchase price $45,000—-will be paid anytime withiri the next ten years, it was stated. ‘The sale’-is. dependent jvacationer here from studies at; KEY WEST, FLORIDA, SATURDAY, APRIL 13, 1940 Four. Ball.. Player Injured: In Wreck WERE EN ROUTE TO GAME WITH FT. LAUDERDALE; i BLOWOUT CAUSED MISHAP Four of five members of the!juries were dismissed from Key West,Conchs, baseball team, hospital after treatment. were injured travelling to Ft.|- According to information sup- Se «, Plied by Gonzalez, the tar was Lauderdale “in an automobile going 60 miles an hour when it wreck at 7:30 this morning when'crashed. The car, which was the car in which they were rid- completely demolished, hurled ing blew a right rear tire and the occupants forcefully against turned over several times‘on the | the roof and sides. shoulder of the Overseas High- The men were picked up short- ‘ly after the wreck by an uniden- way, approximately one mile from Bonefish Key. | tified stranger and taken to the '- The injured) men are Julius the CCC camp at West Summerland Key for first aid treatment. A Villareal, 23, 819 Elizabeth street, who suffered'a.deep abrasion, on Lopez Funeral Home ambulance brought.the men here for hos- sinkings. British admiralty stat- by figures made public here to-| ed that more German transports day from the state office of the | had been sunk. Germany count- State Welfare Board. | ered with the claim that airplane} According to these statistics, bombers had “destroyed two only two counties are now pay- | more British destroyers. Berlin ing blind assistance to the sight- | lupon approval of the Boston syndicate. Binder: price of $3,- (000 will be forfeited, however, if the sale is turned down’ now. {Original terms of the purchase were agreed upon. April 3, Stone said. Mr. Stone, accompanied by his | wife, and Mrs. W. Hunt Harris, Miss Minnie Porter Harris and {Miss Ileen Williams, left early ‘this morning for Miami, where the Stones will entrain for Wash- ington, D. C., thence to Boston. Mr. Stone will complete his law course at Harvard in June and has indicated that he will urn to Florida this summer _ to |prepare for the Florida State Bar jexamination by pursuing more. dicated, too, that Mr. Stone may make Key West his future home: SCHOOL PATROL FUND. GROWING TURNED IN TODAY BY OFFICER PIERCE | | y it to the Washington( D.C.) nation- al conclave on May 10th, were turned in today by. Officer Ben- nie Pierce, director of the units. Contributions are: Knights of Pythias, $10; Monroe Theatre, 'Lopez Funeral Home, B. C. Papy, $5 each; Earl Hamilton, Felipe Carbonell, Emilio Romero andj re-} studies at Gainesville. It was in- | Additional ‘contributors to the | fund being raised to send a dele- | gation of Key West Patrol Boys i pital treatment immediately after word was received of the wreck. The Key West baseball team was en route to Ft. Lauderdale for try out games scheduled for the left hand; Julio Barcelo, 24, 1030 ‘United’ street, dislocated finger of left hand and abrasions; | Cyril Griffin, Knowles Lane, con- ‘tusions on the back of neck and chest; A. Farris, service man,'this afternoon and Sunday. The Key West naval station, lacera-'car left here at approximately itions of head and legs, and now 6:20 this morning. under observation at the Marine| Another car, which preceded Hospital for injuries to his neck. the one wrecked, went on to Ft. Lucilo Gonzalez, 31, 4216 Lauderdale. Manager Hamlin re- ‘Angela street, chauffeur for the ported that no game would be ‘group, was the only member of played today, but that additional the party who sustained no in-/|players would leave early tomor- juries. Other occupants of the row to enable tomorrow's appear- ear who suffered only slight in-,ance to go on as scheduled. se e eee sees In Which Daring Exploits Of Vikings Are Recalled PEACE OF NORSEMEN’S COUNTRY “ Sepegccesrvoncccoseseogsooneseccoovsensenessozcer AP Featufe Sérvice Fair-haired, blue-eyed fighters en half a chance; that arms make ;Swarmed out of the foggy north the fighting man today as surely \centuries ago and struck, terror as they did then; and that indi- {into Europe. ;vidual valor cannot buck num- They were the Vikings—whose bers. ;peaceful descendanis .today are} the verge of being over-/ 'whelmed by the armed might of (migrated from i \ They Made Angle-Land The first Norsemen probably the Eurasian (lands their forefathers’ nearly ;Steppes into a Scandinavia new- dominated. ily freed from glacial ice. Soon Twelve hundred years of war-| they built long ships and sailed ion {fare between then and now have demonstrated three things— that the Norsemen have always jbeen formidable antagonists, giv- |for plunder as an easier way of llife than farming their fjord-j} ‘riven lands. | They battled into Britain, imade it Angle-land. They plund- ' | | i | settled Nor- also claimed definite knowledge of the sinking of the British cruiser York VISITS IN CIT Mr. and Mrs. Henry Dattner and Mr. and Mrs. Jake Schreiber, both couples of Detroit, Mich., arrived in Key West late this morning to spend the weekend. The Schreibers are well-known less and near-sightless and only |Raul nine persons are recipients of. this aid. The State Welfare |Mesa, Sr., 50 cents each; Herman Board, on the other hand, isiF. Roberts and Ramon Lopez, making regular monthly grants {$1.50 each, to 2,147 recipients of Aid to the|who contributed $1 each: B. A. Blind. i Mother’s assistance, the report |Doughtry, Jr., showed, is being paid by the/Juan ‘Calleja, Carbonell, $2 each; Ray Atwell, $3; F. Salgado and M. A. Frank Sabini, Isadore children), as compared with the |Gomez, Johnnie’s Cafe, 2,626 families (6,931 children) who | Aronovitz, Florida Press,’ Paul and the following | !Sawyer, K. O. Thompson, W. T.: Wein- | jcounties ‘to 1,357 mothers (3,381|traub, Albert. Saunders, E. °C. Chas. | {ered Paris. They jmandy. They ravished nearly ‘every’ coast of Europe. Their nobles wielded power from: Nov- the be- FRASER SPEAKS AT PARK TONIGHT GUBERNATORIAL CANDIDATE AND TROUPE APPEAR AT LA CONCHA PARK } i igorod to Kiev, and “Rus”, |Slavic word for “Swedes”, came the name for, Russia. They could do all this because | the inhabitantsi@P HT old’ em- !pires had forgotten..the. use of farms and | Ketause “the Vikings jcould strike swiftly.and get away receive Aid to Dependent Chil- dren. In this category, funds are limited by legislative appropriation to $400,000 per year, which is matched dollar for dol- jLumley, W. P.. Archer, Eugene |Esquinaldo, CHico Perez, Carl) 'Bervaldi, Frank W. Johnson} Lou state | Sweeting, Jesus Carmona, Helfo| Walter B. Fraser, mayor of St. | Augustine, and business-man candidate for Governor, will swiftly in their long. ships. Their ships carried ‘them to (Continued On Page Five) (LOCAL CRIPPLED CHILDREN'S DRIVE GETS UNDER WAY APPLICATION FORMS FOR FAMILY MEMBERSHIPS TO BE DISTRIBUTED’ CITY- WIDE NEXT WEEK Family application blanks for ‘membership in the campaign to ‘build the South Florida Crippled ildren’s Hospital and School in {South Miami have arrived in Key West for distribution to all homes, according to advice given to The ‘Citizen this morning by John! Gardner, chairman of the drive in this city. The applications were sent jhere in buik form to be distribut- ‘ed to each family. Mr. Gardner stated that Boy Scouts of the city would be called upon to ef- | fect distribution. Each home receiving the blank will note that. space is pro- vided for eleven contributo: The plan, as outlined before, isi to obtain as many memberships | per family as possible, the usual contribution being named as $1.00 per family member. Space is also provided on the ;application for those iwish to make special donations to the hospital and school fund. |Special business reply envelopes, jTequiring no postage, are enclos- ,ed with the applications, which enables all funds to be sent j without necessity of handling by ‘any other agency but the Miami |bank. This is in line with the !policy of the .campaign which calls for no executive or admin- istrative expense. MASONS LEAVE FOR CONVENTION DISTRICT, AFFAIR -OPENS IN JACKSONVILLE NEXT Ya SHAS MEY Hollon; Bervaldi;;";me@mber of the Finance Committee of the ‘Grand Lodge, “Masons, of the {Twenty-Fourth::District 6f Flor- jida;. Myrtland Cates; delegate from, Dade Lodge 14, and'G: N. Goshorn, member, left this after- noon 2 o'clock to attend the con- jvention of the District which opens in Jacksonville Tuesday morning, April 16. Accompanying the group was Frank Weech, delegate of local lodge of Independent Or- | | 4 vf 5 | der of Odd Fellows, to attend the} convention of the order, which convenes in Jacksonville at the same time. Tomorrow morning other mem- bers of the Masonic Fraternity will-leave to attend: the conven- tion... They will’ be’ Everett R. Rivas, delegate from. -Anchor Lodge 182;:Vieente Molina, dele- gate jfrom): Dr: Felix Varela Lodge 64; James» Brady, senior’ warden of: Anchor ‘Lodge, and John Park, Right Worshipful Dis- trict: Deputy.:** ° Key West, Florida, has the } most equable climate in the country; with an average range of only 14° Fahrenheit PRICE FIVE CENTS Unseasonable Weather Holds Northeastern ~ States In Cold- Chip SIS SMG TA, STORM WARNINGS ARE ‘FLORIDA EXHIBIT: | HOISTED; SNOW FALLS OFFICIAL VISITS CITY; TO EMBARASS SPRIN SAE | CLIMATE Mrs. Wilma J. March, em- ployed at the Florida Exhibit i at the New York World’s | Fair last year, and secretary- | manager of the Zephyrhills | Chamber of Commerce, in the outlying Tampa district. this past season, called at The Citizen office today. On her first visit to Key ‘West, Mrs. March expressed herself as delighted with the visit. She arrived yesterday and plans to leave on the trip (By Axsociated Press) WASHINGTON, April 13.— Spring shivered “in her fancy |bocts” this morning in all north- jeestern states of the country when | extracrdinery wintry weather made an apparent last effort to to take up duties again this keep the nation remindful of tho who may! the; |severe winter just passed in prac- | tically all northern areas. year at the Fair, tomorrow. She will be employed in the information department. SMI DS SS SSS 4 ‘COLORED FOLKS’ From Maine to North Virginia gales and snowstorms sprang up last night causing weather bu- jreaus all along the Atlantic sez | Cherry blossoms in this city, blooming late, though in time for celebrations planned for this weekend, all but turned black as HOME DRIVE TO HAVE LIONS? AID 3 ‘LOCAL CLUB TO SPONSOR | foshrdlu shrd shrdlu u uluuuuu | Extreme cold was experienced BENEFIT PERFORMANCE IN in central Georgia where the COOPERATION WITH so. Storm caused unprecedented |thermometer readings of 27 de- CIAL WELFARE GROUP ;grees above -zero. Airplane SRS |schedules were again hampered Key West Lions paused long | in Pennsylvania and New Jersey ;enough in the midst of plans for |because of snowfall. New York {their Clubhouse Dedication Ban-|and Boston reported snow flur~ quet to be held next week, tojTies and unseasonably cold consider topics of Social Welfare) weather. : in this city Thursday nightattheir} Temperature in Key West regular supper, meet in chibhouse |dropped to a “low” of 65 last’ on Seminary. street. President | hight. Heavy winds came around Saundersiwas‘ini thé’ ehair. |midnight last night. Guest of the club. was Mrs. Jack Baker; officet in the local Welfare organization who spoke jat length to club members on the } ‘SAFE RETURN HOME need for a’ colored pedple’s nome )EMANDED BY U S {for the aged in the city. Tenta-} Ld 4 tive plans for establishment of a | chinaphicliae: , home at 911 Thomas street were | revealed, which would rent for THREE SHIPS IN NORWEGIAN $15.00 per month, having 12! rooms, fairly-well furnished. WATERS ON HOME- Following establishment, Mrs. WARD VOYAGE Baker brought out, the home} would be self-supporting, reliev-! ing thereby, a considerable ex- | pense on the part of taxpayers! of the city in caring for the jcolored aged. (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON, Apr. 13. — | State Department officials today stated that warnings had been Upshot of the talk was that the club voted to sponsor a show to be presented at the Palace Theater in the near future, on a Sunday, and tickets were to be placed in circulation soon. The Coral Island singers, a colored, spiritual singers group,. and pupils ofthe colored school fea- |tured’ in a play, would headline the*show to be augmented .by the day’s moving picture attrac- tion. sent to all belligerents in the European war that the United States expected three ships now in Norwegian waters flying the American flag to arrive safely at home ports. The ships, of freighter classifi- cation ,were not able to. carry Passengers back from Norwegian ports, only ngembers of the crews being on board, Caught in Nor- wegian waters at the time hos- tilities broke out, the ships have just completed sailing arrange- ments to return to this country. Difectors of the club met fol- lowing the regular meeting and laid full plans for the Dedication | Banquet to be held next Thurs- ‘SEVEN SHIPS ; Smith, Betty Adams. to citizens of this city, and they lar by the federal government. prevailed upon the Dattners to} The number of recipients of come down from Miami to spend various forms of public assist- jance in Monroe County as of Feb- | Dattner is one of the coun- Patrol boys have been activ in house-to-house campaign with ! contribution boxes and other | !speak in La Concha park tonight, i] means are being used in the drive | F leading building contrac- He has been especially ac- in doing a large share of the S. Postoffice construction business. ruary of this year was announced as follows: Old Age Assistance 334; Aid to Dependent Children! 22 (61 children); State Aid to the | Blind 102; General Relief 99;! Surplus Commodities 4,164. Attention, Everybody! ! ERRY W. CARTER | i Candidate for U. S. Senate Speaks In Key West, Saturday, 8 P. M. TONIGHT at 5 LA’ CONCHA PARK Next to La Concha Hotel on Duval Street Forceful, honest, dynamic, competent, likeable Jerry Carter has a businessman's program for betterment of Flor- ida: his progressiveness and popularity assures his election to the United States Senate. His steadfast devotion to the cause of the aged has made him a i character. national ‘ HEAR DR. TOWNSEND AND JERRY CARTER, BAYFRONT PARK SUNDAY 2 P. M. (Paid Political Advertisement) t Li jto raise sufficient money to take! at least twelve boys to the as- sembly. TEMPERATURES Lowest last Highest last | Stations— night 24 hours Atlanta _. 28 Boston Buffalo Charleston ..... Chciago Denver Detroit El, Paso Havana Jacl Kan | | | | 32 18 36 29 38 TS i=4 o = SRESSRERAS Pittsburgh St. Louis __ San Francisco Seattle ais Sagsseesassessas THOMPSON-ADAMS _ SELL KEY ACREAGE’ |WEST VIRGINIA MEN BUY 360 | FRONTAGE FEET AT MARATHON ed from "WALTER B..FRASER at 8:00 o’clock, immediately fol- lowing the speech of Jerry Car- ter. Mr. Fraser ‘has been. speaking to large audiences all over the state. He is accompanied by his Golden West cowboys, radio and screen stars who have been ap- pearing with Gene Autry and on the “Grand Old Opera” pro- gram via WSM, Nashville, Tenn. | | | A tract of land fronting on ithe highway at Marathon was \purchased this week by C, H. Meade, of Wheeling, W. Va., \from Norberg Thompson and A. Maitland Adams, for $1,500, and |an additional tract was purchas- same owners . by at a price. of ' Lo. the irepresents: acfrontage of 360° feet lon the Overseas Highway: The ‘owners said: that the land would | ibe substantially developed. | | C@CCCeCoroecercsesecees( Dance Tonight —at— Pena’s lee Seeseocressossaceses " INPORT TODAY Seven ships pf the United |States Navy were in the harbor of Key West this morning and jone of the ships, the Wickes, was being given regular military in- spection by Captain A. S. Car- pender, commander of the patrol squadron. Other ships of the squadrgn are the Lea, Williams, Twiggs, McCook, McCalla, Rodgers: and the Tender Gannet. Destroyer Abel P. Upshaw, which arrived in port Wednesday for supplies | practi and fuel oil, left yesterday afte: f-, 12:00—2:00 and 3:00 DANCING 10 TILL ? ‘CLERK ANNOUNCES CUTTER AGASSIZ COUNTY PAYROLL day evening. HERE YESTERDAY Coast Guard Cutter Agassiz arrived in port yesterday after- ters here for orders, then pro- noon and reported at headquar- | Clerk Ross C. Sawyer this morning announced that pay for the county officials and employes of the county is now available in “his office and warrants «are ow ready for distribution. | | m ceded to St. Petersburg. The periods covered by the The vessel is in command of | warrants are as follows: For the Boatswain C. T. Christiansen, | months of November. and® De- and is enroute from Charleston, |cember, 1939, from the Fine and S. C., to participate in the gun Forfeiture Fund, and for the wactice which is being carried month of February, 1940, from jon at St. Petersburg. j|the General. Revenue ed REEL AS ies OSCE RS aS iLA CONCHA PARK - 9 O'CLOCK - APRIL 13 Walter B. Fraser CANDIDATE FOR GOVERNOR THE GOLDEN WEST COWBOYS DIRECT FROM HOLLYWOOD Due to an unforseen conflict in speaking engagements. WALTER FRASER’S PROGRAM will follow after that of Mr. Jerry Carter. (Paid Political Advertisement) } itt — bn |