The Key West Citizen Newspaper, April 16, 1940, Page 1

Associated Press Day Wire Service For 69 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West Key West, Florida, has the most equable climate in the country; with ane.verage range of only 14° Fahrenheit Che Key West Cittzern THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER | tN THE U..S.-A. VOLUME LXI. No. 92. KEY WEST, FLORIDA, TUESDAY, APRIL 16, 1940 Nazis Strive To Establish New OBSERVERS DECLARE! THAT ONE-THIRD = GERMAN FLEET _IS/ MUTILATED (By Associated Press) LONDON, Aopril 16. Conflict | \ ing claims from the Allies andj Germany featured headway be-| CONDEMNATION OF GER- ing made in the Scandinavian in-| MANY vasion by the Nazis today. | At this writing, it is not at all) ertain that England will be suc- | ~ CONGRESS SHOWS | ‘SENATE CONSIDERING TWO | BILLS AND HOUSE GIVING | WALTER LOGAN ACT FIRST | CALL (By Associnted Press) WASHINGTON, April 16.— e lf ASS =: sessions of Congress con- | ‘vened this morning for consider- ation of important legislation | 'with a determination to carry! | OF FDR. ‘SPEEC jand change the Social j administration. through work-schedules that may jallow adjournment early in |ALLIES BELIEVE ‘PAN: AMERI-! In the House of Seren tives, consideration of- the Wal-| | CAN TALK CONTAINED! ter Logan bill was given first ‘call. This bill would tend to} limit the powers of various new j | agencies, and has been met with | considerable opposition from the | administration forces. | { iJune. | ‘The Senateshad two bills on tap—one to create new Federal} Judgeships, the other to regulate Security ; any A pasa WASHINGTON, April 16.—Eu-|REPUBLICANS PREPARE chose two different inter-|FOR CONVENTION ADJOURN IN JUNE! 67 NAMES WILL BE ful in keeping Germany from |rope some sort of ab-|pretations of President Roose- lishment of air ba: in that dipatches pro-,made yesterday, gress being made by Nazi invad-; pretations varied permanent »s in Nor indicate es and both inter-| according | WASHINGTON, Apr. 16.— , |velt’s Pan-American Union speech | National chairman, Don Hamil- R. A. Gray, advising that At- jton, of the Republican party, to- ‘day announced that his commit- {cuit Court, is ob-! structions to effect such threats against English navy bases in the North Sea area. Independent claimed } today that Britain had mutilated at least one-third of the German | flect ,in addition to sinking nearly 30 transport and freight ships carrying supplies and men to Norway. British capture of Narvik, on the Norwegian west coast, was discounted by the Nazis who in- sisted that they still hold the port, while admitting concentra- tion of British ships off the city. On another front, south of Narvik, the Norwegians have successfully pushed off German attacks on Trondheim and con- tinued to hold all fortifications in the area. Prime Minister Chamberlain again reiterated the English de- termination to “stop at all costs” the German invasion %f Norway. Realization of consequences to be expected should Germany ef- fect control of southern Norway territory, has spurred the British on to push all possible avenues of prevention. The British war ministry re- ported today that additional re- serves will be called up on May 25th, including the 26-year-old age groups. This classification would not have been called until June had it not been for recent outbreak of hostilities in Nor- way. SIITISS SSS VANDERBILT YACHT ARRIVES IN PORT Magnificent yacht Alva, which is owned by Wm. K. Vanderbilt, Jr., arrived in the harbor this morning and was lying berthed in the Stream. It was said at the Porter Dock Company that the owner and party would de- part some time during the week for Hayana, and the vessel would be cleared through the Porter Company. Faded de ded doddt eae Hear..! ers in clearing away most sources Your Leading Candidate For GOVERNOR Spessard L. Holland Speak At BAYVIEW PARK TOMORROW NIGHT WEDNESDAY, April 17 8:00 O'CLOCK (Paid Political Advertisement) ! ees Sei | 1 i i | | | [LATE NEWS BULLETINS; to'tee was engrossed in plans for in-|the coming June convention of delegates, to be held in Phila- delphia. Subject now _ being isaac was the choice of a keynote jspeaker to preside at the open- ing session. Three names were mentioned in the poll now being |taken to find the one best suited ‘for this important position. Governor Harold Stassen. of. preference of the nations volved in the war raging in translation of the chief execu- jtive’s desire to “stay out of the! war”. Britain and France applauded the speech as a definite gesture | against the Nazi cause. Germany, on the other hand, /| now ‘commented on the speech with | Minnéapolis, appeared*to’ have this statement, “You stay away the inside track, but committee from our house, and we'll stay;member, Glenn Frank and Sen- away from yours”. Observers; ator Lodge of Massachusetts were here were inclined to think the’ following closely in popularity. Nazis were pleased at most pas-} OO sages in the speech because it in- NYA COMPLETES | eee dicated the United States would hot be led to enter the war on the side of the Allies. {CONSTRUCT 75 FOR COUNTY: ALSO MAKE EIGHT BALLOT BOXES By Aunedin tea Press) | LONDON, Apr. 16.—England' answered the Nazi threat of} blitzkrieg tactics to come in the} war on the British Isles by call-; Victor Lowe, area supervisor | ing attention to their own blitz-|for the National Youth Adminis- | ktieg accomplishment in sending tration in Monroe County, said , expeditionary forces to Norway. |this morning that the workshop | The war office announced that ;of the NYA had just completed the expedition, believed to be|75 booths and eight ballot boxes made up chiefly of Canadian sol- for the county, to be used in the | diers, was made up, transported |coming elections. to the sea coast ang on their The ballot boxes, said Mr.} way, all in the coneed of _gne Lowe, afe exceptionally large, | night, © = |made expressly to accommodate —_—_ the excess number of the large PARIS, Apr. 16.—Premier Rey- | ballots which Will be used in the | naud today told the Frénch|first primary on May 7. Senate that the Allies were com-| Mr. Loweé'left today for Tampa}; ing into complete control of the|and other points to attend meet- ! North Sea sector. with more and ings of the officials of the NYA, | more sinkings being reported of|but did not say when. he would ; German ships. return. POerecevvosccccccccccscocoee | CANDIDATES ELOY ALL SORTS. OF see see eee Hill-Billy Bands Were Barbecue . Now. STUNTS IN EFFORT TO SNAG VOT eeccee eocee :pear in Key West tomorrow night, in behalf of his campaign for nomination to the governor-| the introduction of “side show” |ship of Florida, announces a huge ' attractions for candidates in! barbeque in downtown Miami to-}{ their campaigns for office when jnight to which the.general pub- - he featured hill-billy songs -on/jlic is -invited... Price. of,,,admis- | the radio, sung by himself, ber sion, j is stated as “possession of a fore and after political speeches. | registration certificate”. An apparent disciple of the|)\Sides of beet and. pork have First; ! ° It was the present Governor of Texas, W. Lee O’Daniel, who may be credited, no doubt, with : nounced. {El Paso | Memphis 'St. Louis O’Daniel way of campaigning ap- peared in Key West last’ Satur- {day night, following procedure featured in other cities of the state. He was Walter Fraser, St. Augustine mayor and candidate for governor. His act included some high-class cowboy routine enacted by members of the Gene Autry movie and radio songsters. The crowd liked it, too. Now comes notice, in a spe- cial dispatch, to The Citizen to- day, of a new wrinkle in cam- paigning. i Spessard Holland, who will ap- been turning over huge pits since {daybreak today and it is expect- jed that many thousands will par- take of the feast which is spon- | ‘sored by the Miami Holland Club, chiefly with the object in view of getting Dade county vot- | ‘ers to register. H There is an old saying that every housewife knows. “The } way to a man’s heart is through j [his stomach”. Feed him well, jshe says, and he'll be ever true. ! That axiom, no,doubt, prompts ithe latest in campaign — |for votes. Nation Bows To. | King B: Baseball CONGRESS ADJOURNS SESSIONS TO ATTEND WASH- INGTON-RED SOX GAME; ALL TEAMS SCHEDULED OPENERS King Baseball rules the day! |began the campaign for league Opening games of the big and national championships this league are being played this aft-|,¢ternoon, to last for the next! ernoon in eight cities ‘of the fi nation, unless inclement weather, | “V© months. indicated by the national weather! OPening schedules called for bureau interferes to postpone | |games in the following cities: openings until tomorrow. | National _ League—At New Following rigorous spring | ' York, Philadelphia; at Boston, training and pre-season exhibi-| Brooklyn; at St. Louis, Pitts- tion games, the major leaguers, burgh; at Cincinnati, Chicago. American League—At Phila- ldelphia, New York; at Washing- et Boston; at Chicago, Cleve- and; at Detroit, St. Louis. LEFT OFF | B ALLOT S Dispatches from’ Washington today stated that both the House \of Representatives and U. S. Senate would adjourn to enable {FAILED TO FILE CAMPAIGN jlegislators to pay tribute to the ‘national game by attending the EXPENSE STATE- ontest in tac. city between MENTS | Washington Senators and Boston esate | Red Sox. President Roosevelt, ,as usual, was scheduled to oc- Clerk Ross C. Sawyer, of Cir-;cupy the White House box and in receipt’ of ajwas to throw out the first pitch ‘telegram from Secretary of State’ 0f the game. POISONING CAS CASE torney General George Coupeg Gibbs has ruled that 67 names of men and women are to be left | off the primary ballot because of | their ietoee to file campaign ex- | TREATED TODAY In the tga to Mr. Sawyer ‘APPARENT SUICIDE ATTEMPT it was noted that the names of the candidates will be furnished! FOILED BY QUICK HOS- him so that in ordering printing) PITAL ACTION of the ticket, the names will be! omitted. | Previous list of names submit- ted, 257 in all, would have re- quired a ballot about the size of a regulation newspaper page. The! deductions ordered will reduce! the size materially, it was an- . Lopez Funeral Home ambulance | was called about 7:30 this morn- ing to come to 522 William street and take a patient to the Marine hospital for treatment for ; Poisoning, the poison being self administered. The ambulance at once went on its mission of mercy and the suf ferer ,who gave her Printing of the ballots will oc- cur late this week, it was said at! The Artman Press, the conce awarded the contract by the county board. ; the care of Surgeon Sidney Ghol- ;son who made the examination SII SS SIS STs and gave the necessary treat-| ‘MRS. CHURCHILL | ment. Calling at the hospital some time later The Citizen was in- formed by the surgeon that the , Patient had been returned to her ‘home and was | Tight. ' LEAVES FOR HOME Mrs. Winston Churchill, who was a brief visitor in Key West for a day or two, staying at La Concha Hotel, left for her home in Avon Park, Fla., yesterday after- noon, Mrs. Churchill's husband is a second cousin of the fa- mous War Minister of Eng- land of the same name, and is a descendant of the Vir- ginia Churchills — related closely to the clan in Eng- land. V khdhde ddd TEMPERATURES Lowest last Highest last Stations— night 24 hours Atlanta 56 82 Boston 40 52 Buffalo 31 56 Charleston 58 72 Chicago 40 70 Denver 40 71 57 81 60 77 58 76 67 75 49 66 64 76 62 73 35 59 43 50 53 87 San Francisco 51 62 Seattle _ 4t 60 Washington __ 46 52 yi NEW SERIAL “LEAP BEFORE YOU LOOK’ WILL KEEP READERS | | | | | INTERESTED A gay Leap Year story, “Leap {Before You Look”, by Peggy |O’More, is the new Citizen serial !which starts today on another i page. | _ Story concerns the trouble Tomi, \the impulsive rebel heroine of ithe Toland family, meets in run- |ning a frog farm left her by an Juncle. She has to run it suc- \cessfuly without assistance from |anybody, or it will go to a young |lawyer, Allen Bartell, who she Havana Jacksonville ;KEY WEST Los Angeles hit. Tomi hires an assistant, Pierre ‘Prudhomee, who promptly falls } \in love with her. ; One obstacle after another | blocks Tomi’s path, and failure seems certain. In the end she ‘discovers Pierre’s treachery, and |Allen’s true role in her affairs. With the hélp of Leap Year she wins both the frog farm and the }man. Miami _ Mpls.-St. Paul New York A DINNER—In Honor Of | SENATOR AND MRS. CHAS. 0. ANDREWS will be held in the LA CONCHA DINING ROOM AT 8:30 TONIGHT By the men and women of Key West notice-time has prevented systematic invita- ee Those desiring to at- | "SHOWS INCREASE {REPORTS FROM SIX devas | COMPILED BY DODGE | MARCH RAISES mcmama OVER FEBRUARY | | An (Special to The Citizen) ATLANTA, Apr. 16. ma! building contracts advanced the | ‘Southeastern valuation more | than $1,500,000 beyond the Feb-! ruary level. Residential activities | jare credited with this improve- iment, says Ralph M. Hairston,! 'Southeastern manager of Dodge | {Reports. Non-residential work] ‘fell off, last month, Residential and non-residential ; building .contracts awarded in| Georgia, Florida, Alabama, cast-| ern Tennessee, South and North! Carolina had a combined March | |total of $18,703,000, which in- | AUTO COLLIDES WITH KEY cluded a 10 per cept rise over! a February’s $17,098, | WESTER’S CAR AT SOUTH- A brilliant month was recorded | ARD AND FRANCIS STREETS YESTERDAY AFTERNOON VISITORS FROM ILLINOIS MEET ‘WITH TH ACCIDENT for residential work in the South- | east by Dodge Reports. March | jcontracts called for work and} ;materials valued at $11,543,000. ;Here, the classification gain was 34 per cent. In February, the Two automobiles collided late PRICE FIVE CENTS Sing Officials Prepare Start Of Project | MEETING TO BE HELD LATER THIS WEEK; CHANGES ARE TO BE MADE R. S. Sweeley, representative ef the United States Housing Authority in Florida; H. D, Stu- |art, architect, and Max Marx, of |Miami. were arrivals in the city } jlast evening and are quests at the La Corcha Hotel. residential total was $8,641,000. Non-residential building was ing March. The contracts went less active in the Southeast dur- | |to $7,160,000 from the previous: yesterday afternoon at the cor- | ner of Southard and Francis streets, one of them, a Packard jowned by Charles Baldwin, of Seen this morning in the of- fice of Wallace B. Kirke, director of the Key West Housing Au- thority, Mr. Sweeley said that he name as} ; Mrs. Eanu Dilger, was placed: in: apparently alk} BEGINS TODAY F loves, but doesn’t want to admit | {month’s $8,452,000. LOUIS BIERNA DIED TODAY SERVICES TO BE ANNOUNCED Petronia street, suffered heaviest LATER; BODY TO BE jfrom the collision, being over- » BROUGHT HERE jane twice and landing Fight-} ;side-up on the sidewalk adjacent | ‘to the street intersection. Carey, | Advices from the Pritchard the sole occupant of the car, was Funeral Home are to the effect thought to be internally injured, that Louis Bierna, who had been ;though, following examination | confined in a government hos- | ‘at the Marine Hospital last eve- ital in Florida, died this morn- | ning, he was released to return ing, and the body will be brought ‘for X-rays tonight. to Key West tomprrow in the} Traffic officer, funeral car of the Pritchard; was:called to the scene of the Funeral Home. Announcements | collision, and reported today that of the funeral services will be no complaint had been -made by made later. |Carey. It was understood that It has been known by members . Baldwin’s car was fully insured of the family in Key West that and that the practically-de- 'Mr. Bierna had been declared molished Plymouth would be worse for a few days and his fully repaired. Officer Atwell daughter, Mrs. Gladys Roberts,'stated that Baldwin said he jin St. Petersburg, left last week didn’t know Southard street was for the hospital to be with her a through street, which account- father. jea for the cars coming together. ; Urbana, Illinois, who, with his | wife, had just entered Key West 1 for a visit. The other car, a Plymouth, | 1214) Ray Atwell, | Battle For Scandinavia To Feature Sea vs. Air Power By MORGAN M..BEATTY. AP Feature Service Writer WASHINGTOON, . April 16.—| 2.—The British, on the other The battle for Scandinavia sets|hand, have got the Germans in i the open by their threat against ithe stage for the world’s first} lGecmany’s Swedish iron ore sup- clear-cut test of sea power! | plies. jagainst air power. | Now that the Germans are in | For whatever reasons lay be-|the open, the British are in a jhind the battle, and whatever the | position to establish “a gra — iday-to-day confusion may be,|in the war by the use of their \these two main facts stick out: 7Sttongest force—their fleet. Vic-} 1.—The Germans lured British |tOTY would mean they had flank-| sea power within close range ed the Germna west wall, and of their big bombing planes, and | established a new front on the ‘ ; pe rth. are trying to get into a position |" - to pity the eastern rim of ‘the! Only the future can tell which North Sea. Victory might well be |Of these two strategies will pre- followed by invasion of Holland vail. | Ihave discussed the North Sea nie | edie Se oe i Sap oan Poag |strategy with half a dozen Amer- The next step would be air blitz-; hican experts—political and eco- krieg against the British Isles, |nomic experts, as well as mili- tary men. English Channel clear of blockad:|,, Most of these men agreed that ing British forces. That would |*t¢ Scandinavian action by the |separate the Franco-British Al- Germans was dictated “by Ger: jlies, and cleat’the way for the |™&"ys need a Sweten's 8 food and raw materials the Ger-/OFe,and by Germany's coming jmans so desperately need. apne +» They believe’: the !Germans themselves do not look lupon Norway as the best possible | j|hop-off for an aerial blitzkrieg against the Allies ,but chose Nor- |way because they hoped they jcould kill two birds with one stone. They might (1) beat the ‘British to the draw, and prevent jthe complete blockading of | { | CLUB CAYO HUESO Presents America’s Foremost BROSSEAU & MANNING “The cleverest act in the country”—and SANDRA with her charm and rhythm, 11:00 and 1:00 EVERY NIGHT DANCING—9:30 TILL ? Ray Hamilton’s Orchestra lo Cover —- No Admission No Minimum | Was awaiting tne arrival of Rus- ‘sell Pancoast, and upon his ar- ‘rival matters concerning the au- \thority’s building project in Key West would be taken up, prob= ably the latter part of the week, There are a few changes to be made in the set-up for the Key | West area, Mr. Kirke stated, and jthese would probably be attend- ed to at the meeting. , On March 29, President UUs: velt approved a loan contract to be made by the U. S. Housing Authority to the local authority calling for an expenditure of $650,000 for the white and color- jed units to be constructed in Key West. It was thought the changes to be made in the local plans was jof necessity to. conforire lower amount allotted, tional authority than ‘ ally designed... Plans. wi made for units ‘that $800,000. Sponsorship by the city, in either event, would be ten percent of the total cost. ‘DINNER TONIGHT FOR SEN. ANDREWS | AFFAIR TO FOLLOW SPEECH AT LA CONCHA HOTEL; LADIES INVITED A representative gathering of Key West citizens, both men and women, are expected to be in at- tendance at a dinner tonight at La Concha hotel to greet Senator Charles O. Andrews and” Mrs, Andrews following his talk.in La Concha park. The dinner: will be held at 8:30 and_ particulars are announced in an advertise- ment elsewhere in this issue. Due to the short notice - pro- vided, it has been announced that those desiring to attend the din- ner should contact the “hotel Management to make reserva- tions as early this afternoon’ ag possible. The Chamber of Commerce is taking a leading part in. spon- soring the dinner in honor of Senator Andrews. Hear. . ! SENATOR CHAS. 0. ANDREWS = AT LA CONCHA PARK TONIGHT —t— 7:30 O'CLOCK (@aid Political Advertisement)