The Key West Citizen Newspaper, April 17, 1940, Page 1

Associated Press Day Wire Service For 69 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West VOLUME LXI. No. 93. The Key West Citizen THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN THE U.S.A. KEY WEST, FLORIDA, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 17, 1940 Germans Score In F ight For: Ait Supremacy Of North Sea BRITISH ENGAGE _ IN! LARGE-SCALE TRANS-| PORT MANEUVERS TO! NORWAY (ity Associated Press) LONDON, Apr. 17.—The great | struggle for supremacy of the | air has begun as both British and | | German news agencies today re- leased news of important air maneuvers between rival fleets. ; The German DNB agency broad- | ADMIRAL STARKE WANTS U. S. TO BUILD BIG NAVY. ! THREE-YEAR EXPANSION: PROGRAM ADVOCATED BE- FORE CONGRESS TODAY: $3,486,000,000 TOTAL (By Associated Press) { WASHINGTON, April 17.—Ad- | OE LE Se Ee CATCHES 93-POUND TARPON YESTERDAY Jack Arndt, representative cf Jules Weber Company, of New York, caught a record- breaking tarpon last evening while fishing with Austin Roberts on board the Poor- fish. The tarpon was five feet seven-and-one-half inches long and weighed 93 pounds. Mr. Arndt is on a two weeks’ vacation and is stay- ing at the Overseas Hotel. imiral Starke ,chief of naval op- cast news of one British battle-|crations, today appeared before {the Senate Naval Affairs com- ip hi de- | ep et be: bombersiancione |mittee in this city and called on stroyer hit—both having sunk Congress to lay plans to make following the attacks made bythe U. S. Navy the most “out- {standing navy in the world”. Declaring that future ships of the navy would have a 40,000-ton massed planes. Britain countered the German im- sunk, attacks claims by stating that no portant ships had been while admitting several on vessels now engaged in trans- porting Norwegian soil. Reinforcements for the Allies are being rushed to Norway on several ships it was announced by the war ministry today. Every precaution is being made by the | British to guard movements of transport ships in deference to Nazi bombers known to be poised for instant flight to break up large scale movements now be- ried out. Meanwhile, the Germans have cut across Norway and now con- trol a strip of land along the rail- road from ..Trondheim to the} Swedish border. British dis- patches stated that the Nazis will be contested in that area soon by forces that are being landed south of Trondheim in increasing numbers. Conflicting reports come from the northern city of Narvik, where Germans still claim pos- session of the city. Allied dis- patches, however, state that most of the city has been recapture troops to ‘ minimum in the battleship class, | Admiral Starke asked Congress! to enter into a program that would provide ships from 40,000 to 70,000 tons in the next three! years. Two 40,000-ton ships are now under construction in the’ present naval expansion pro- gram. * Estimated cost of the program suggested by Admiral Starke would be at the rate of about, was stated, included amounts) that would nominally be spent! and which are already appro-; priated. Additional construction ! would be a tthe rate of about! $600,000,000 each of the three years. LATE NEWS BULLETINS = y-Ansociated Prens) BRUSSELS, April 17.—Bel- gium was taking stronger action today to guard her ncutrality. Thousands of troops that been demobilized in the last fe months have been called back to service and all of the Belgium border facing Germany and France is manned by Belgian soldiers. SII S SIS SS 4 ROTES RETURN | | |ATTENDED DISTRICT CON- FERENCE IN HOLLYWOOD THIS WEEK Delegates, alternates and other members of the Key West Rotary Club who left this week to at- tend the Conference of the 167th District of Rotary International in Hollywood, April 14, 15 and 16, and who reported a very delight- ful time, returned last night. In the group were: Everett Russell, president-elect; B. Curry Moreno, Melvin Russell, Ernest Ramsey, Sebastian Cabrera, Jr., Dr. William Kemp and Mr. and Mrs. Charles Taylor. JOSE CHACON DIED ‘TODAY BURIAL THIS ‘AFTERNOON AT 5:30 O'CLOCK FROM FUNERAL CHAPEL Jose Chacon, 84, died 3 o'clock this morning in the Mercedes hospital. Funeral services | FROM MEET’ will) and that the German soldiers are in a precarious position. Com- piete control of the port by British ships is admitted‘ by Ger- many, who must now consider means to send aid to the troops! apparently fighting with their backs to the wall. Possibility of sending aid by plane, both of re- inforcements and supplies, badly needed by the invaders, was scouted by the British, whose naval guns now control the sur- rounding district for a distance of ten miles. Many Germans have driven across Norway from Narvik to the Swedish border, where they have been interned. _ Possible | flight of the ‘main forces of Ger- | many at Narvik along the same route may come soon should re- inforcements and supplies not ar- rive soon. Neutral observers today laid | much stress on the impossibility of the Allied expeditions to make much pre SS against the Ger- man invasion in Norway for at least a few weeks. Landings of troops to date have been unim- portant, in comparion’ with known numbers of Nazis in Nor- way at present. RITES TOMORROW FOR LOUIS BIERNA Funeral services for Louis Bierna, 55, who died in a state hospital this week, will be held tomorrow afternoon — at 4:30 | o'clock fromthe chapel jaf © they: Pritchard Funeral Home *\o4 St.‘ Mary's Star of The Sea Church, Rev. P. J. Kelleher, S. J., - of- ficiating. } The body will arrive over the! highway this afternoon in a car of the Pritchard Funeral Home, | and will be accompanied by Mr. | and Mrs. John Roberts, son-in-| law and daughter of the de- ceased. Survivors are the mother, Mrs. Ella Bierna, one daughter, Mrs. John Roberts, a sister, Mrs. John | Sands, and one grandchild. Louis | Roberts. ; STOCKHOLM, April 17.— The United States embassy here issued warnings to all citizens of the United States in Sweden to prepare for evacuation at a moment's notice. Many are being urg- ed to return to American shores before any untoward events occur that may cause serious hampering of home- ward-bound trips later. JERSEY CITY, Apr. 17.—U. S. | Ambassador to Canada, James H. R. Cromwell, will make his an- nouncement as a candidate for U. S. Senator from New Jersey this week, according to advice from the office of Mayor Frank Hague of this city. Apr. today ROME, Pius, XIL another encyclical ing on all nations of world to pray for peace. TOKIO, Apr. 17.—Japanese authorities today called on the Allies to release several Nor- wegian ships which were con- signed to Japan with miscellan- eous cargoes. The ships were re- |portedly being held at Gibraltar. 17.—Pope issued call- the LILI LILI LS I SIS, ‘HONESTY TRUMPHS —AT LONG LAST (Ry Amnociated Wrens) RICHMOND, Ky., April 17. —A. J. Suit store owner, was let: “The enclosed bill is in payment of an article which I took unintentionally from your store as a child and which I did not know how to return when I discovered I had it. The most honorable thing to do would be to come to you in person, but I pre- fer having my name and the instance unknown. Please accept it this way”. be held 5:30 p. m. today from the chapel of the Pritchard Funeral Home, Rev. G. Perez ,of the Latin |Methodist Church, officiating. | The deceased leaves but one survivor, a nephew, Jos: Cha- con. ONE MAN WHO | KNOWS HIS RIGHTS (By Axsociated Press) LEAVENWORTH, Kans.. Apr. |17.—Leavenworth has _ parking meters,,,..4>.patrolman saw a farmer_park,»his:car and + walk away without placing a nickel in the machine. ; “Nickel, please,” said the of- ficer. i “Young fellow,” replied the | farmer, “I read what it says on | that contraption. ;can park here for two hours for five cents. Well, I have j been here 10 minutes and when ;the two hours are up I will put in the nickel.” And that’s what he did. Marginal Coal Mines Become Profitable (Ry Associated Press) LAUSANNE, April 17. — Switzerland’s wartime coal mines are being worked again for the first time in twenty years. ! A century ago the Swiss dis- }covered small coal deposits in the Valais canton near Lausanne, ‘but they are worth operation jonly when wars in Europe raise the price of coal. Three such jmines have i cently. | FOOTBALL PLAYER A HERO | SIRES ina Pedic inh | KIRKSVILLE, Mo.—As Carol | Dean Adams, football player, passed the house of Mr. and Mrs. Alonzo Still, he heard Mrs. Still |scream—she had found her 18- month-old baby son, Leo, float-|would make such a war improb-| States Senator, who has ea: {ing in the well. Adams slid down able, is a part of the senator’s!a full term on his record o! It says that I! Senator Andrews Spoke At Park Last Evening: Senator Charles O. Andrews bringing major national defense ! been opened" re- CEMENT COMPANY | SEES RESUMPTION | OF'SS. SERVICE OFFICIALS OF TAMPA FIRM; GET ASSURANCES FROM | | SERVICE COMING j A letter from F. M. Traynor,’ ‘vice-president of the Portland’ {Cement Co., of Tampa, informs the Chamber of Commerce that! the writer is confident the re-! sumption of service of the P. and’ |. S.S. Company schedule to Key | West and Havana from Tampa {will begin on or about May 1. The letter states that Messrs. | Spooner and Berry of St. Peters-| burg, together with Jack. Frost} and the writer, had an interview| with General Manager P. J | Saunders, of the steamship line,|! jand were treated courteously by | j him. They were when Mr. Saunders already plans highly pleased | told them that had been made for the resumption of the} .| twice-weekly service. Ending the letter, Mr. Traynor | wrote: “As chairman of the In-! ter-City Relations Committee of | the new year, which started | April 1, some day soon I am go- | ing to ask a group of Tampa men to visit Key West, as we appre- | ciate the friendly relations with your community and hope they will improve in the same pro- 'portion as the ‘New Key West’ progresses”. I KEY WEST JAYCEES Winners Are: Announced END FISH TOURNEY SOHSOSHSOHOSSOSHOOSOOSEESE The Junior Chamber of Com- P. & O; TWICE-WEEKLY ;™¢rce Fishing Tournament clos- | ed on Monday, of this week, April 15th, and the tournament com- }mittee today submitted the list ‘of prize winners in the different classifications. The committee, headed by Hunter Hardin, announced that prizes will be mailed to the win- ners this week. All but one of the winning contestants live in other states of the nation. The winners were as follows: Salifish: George F. Barton, Montour Falls, N. Y.—51_ lbs., 75”; boat, Lucky Strike, Capt. Henry Weatherford. Bonita: Holton D. Bly, 1015 Union Trust Bldg., Rochester, N. Y.—1I7 Ibs. 35”; boat, Wm. Post, Capt. Teddy Lowe. Dolphin: Thomas Hathaway Lane, Pa—10 Ibs., 37% line, Capt. Reggie Trevor. Barreauda: Schuler A. Orvis, Westport, Conn.; 44 Ibs., 52”; boat, Pilot One, Capt. Bill Wick- ers. Amberjack: Richard E. Water- house, 101 New London Ave., West Warwick, R. L; 61 Ibs. 44%”; boat, Wm. Post, Capt. Teddy Lowe. i Tarpon: Ensign Gerald Duffy, V.P.53, Key West; 93 Ibs., 5’11”; boat, Poor Fish, Capt. Austin Roberts. Wahoo: Thomas Hathaway Lane, Pa.—13% lbs., 3’8”. Harb, 271 Wynnewood, Harb, 271 Major Leagues Open Season: Bob Fel Piles Noster (Special to NEW YORK, April 17.—Major league hasebail games were play- ed in eight cities of the nation yesterday, opening the 1940 se: |son, and by far the most inte jesting of these initial contests was the one played at Chicago, between the White Sox and the Cleveland Indians of the Ameri- can League. | Clevelana’s 2i-year-old hurl- ing star, Bob Feller, pitched him- fSself into .baseball’s hall of fame with the first no-hit, no-run igame of the new season, and |what, in the opinion of experts, jwas the first time this feat has ever been accomplished on any opening day. Feller allowed only five White Sox players to reach first on walks, and was threatened only once in the game, in the second when the bases were loaded by; two free passes and an error. He tightened up then and zipped his! fast ball across to whiff rookie Bob Kennedy. Jeff Heath's ‘|single and Rollie Hemsley’s sizz- jling triple accounted for the appeared before a large audience evening at La Concha Park and spoke in behalf of his candidacy for re-election as United States Senator from Florida. The audience applauded many parts of the speech, especially in reference to such questions as navy expansion, highway exten- sion and the bringing of water to Key West. } ing, Florida's senior senator con- fined his discussion to a review of his work on behalf of the state’s! business, agriculture, industry, old-age security, American War Veterans and National Defense. Keeping the United States out of war, except in defense of the! Monroe Doctrine, and creation of a state of preparedness which The Citizen) one-run margin of victory in the fourth. Southpaw Edgar Smith allowed the Tribe just six gafe blows, and but for Feller’s out- standing performance on_ the mound the Chisox may have won the game. Another leading American League pitcher, Lefty Grove, just missed entering the Hall of Fame, too. Two hits separated him from that _ achievement. He did shutout Washington Senators, though, on those two safeties. Boston Red Sox went on to defeat the Nationals, 1 to, Rick single 0. An error by catcher Ferrel accounted for the tally. Philadelphia Athletics pulled a surprise, closely matching the Feller no-hitter in interest, by defeating the world champion New York Yankees, 2 to 1, in a ten-inning battle. Yanks’ ace hurler, Red Ruffing, was the los- ing moundsman. allowed the New Yorkers only six hits, none of which were bunched, and on top of that he provided the fly in the final (Continued on Page Three) projects to Florida, and added his of Key West citizen-voters last work to expand this program to Boston this state would not be relaxed. Senator Andrews gave assur- ance he would continue his bat- tle to gain permanent security for the aged, the blind, the dis- abled, as well as adequate pro- vision for disabled veterans, their widows and dependents. His membership on such other important committees as “Public Refraining from promise-mak- ‘Buildings and Grounds,’ Public Mia Lands and Surveys, he‘said, had ‘enabled him to obtain heeded New York postoffices, public buildings and |public improvements for this San Francisco 55 state. He is also a member of the Committee on Interstate Com- merce, Immigration and Rules. One of the major issues of the campaign, Senator Andrews ex- plained, is whether a United if ac- !a 12-foot pipe to the water's sur- program which he said would |complishments, shall be re-elect- |face, held the child above the water until they both could be pulled from the well. Artificial PMD LD DD WM respiration revived the baby. be vigorously continued. The senator, a member of. the Naval Affairs committee, report- edhe had been successful | } in| ed and whether South Florida speeding automobiles and killed, |each year. shall continue to have Demo- + ENDING WORK FOR boat, Made- | Wynnewood, i Chubby Dean} ‘BOY SCOUTS ARE | HOSPITAL CAUSE CANVASS CITY WITH MEM- BERSHIP APPLICATIONS: PROCEEDS GO TO AID CRIP- PLED CHILDREN 1 Boy Scouts of the city will! \finish the task of distribution of | application blanks in the South! Florida Crippled Children’s Hos- {pital and School campaign in this {city this afternoon, according to ‘John Gardner, chairman of the | local drive. ; Approximately twenty scouts, | from the five Island City. troops have been distributing the blanks, starting on Monday, and {when the task is finished nearly '4,000 blanks will have been dis- \tributed to all homes in.the city. Mr. Gardner announced that if any homes did not receive one of the blanks, which has space for any number of family mem- | bers to subscribe, they can be ; Obtained by calling at Gardner’s Pharmacy or at The Citizen of- | fice. Establishment of the fund to build the hospital and school this !summer is sought by the cam- paign committee, which has de- signed the drive calling on all members of each family in the Dade and Monroe county area to subscribe $1.00 each. HONOLULU QUERIES ‘They're Frost-Free, Too | se : oe | eovsesroccccccoce . | C. W. Northrop, new resident of Key West and publisher of the Key West Booster, a period-} ical of interesting facts and data about this city as well as other material assembled by the au- thor during his long and interest- ing life and distributed chiefly {to his friends throughout; the world, has heard from one of the recipients of the periodical. His friend of old Panama Can- al days, V. D. Doty ,now living in Honolulu, H. L., writes: “In your Booster you refer to Key West as ‘the only frost-free city in the U.S.A’. “I have kept this statement from the members of our Cham- ber of Commerce because, if they | heard of it they would have col-! lective apoplexy and place a re- .ward on your head. Some one (the late ex-Governor Farrington, I_ believe) coined the term— ‘Honolulu is an integral part of the United States’; and our C. of C. takes this very seriously. ! “Honolulu is frost-free, the | lowest temperature being about | 58. So you see what a delicate} situation this really is. How-| ever, in midwinter one can swint! |in summer water, under the palm trees and look up at the snow- jcapped peaks of Mauna Lea and {Mauna Kea—13,000 and 14,000 |feet elevation, respectively”. "TEMPERATURES _ Lowest last Highest last | ; Stations— night 24 hours Atlanta . 62 76 an OO 47 Bl 54 . 61 76 Chicago - 38 48 jDetroit ___-_ 33 51 jEl Paso _.. 49 71 j Havana 64 84 jJacksonville _ 61 78 |Kansas City _ 42 vi) KEY WEST _ 69 81 Los Angeles _ 51 68 pa eC 2 | 78 Mpls.-St. Paul 36 52 46 55 52 75 67 — 45 58 53 66 | STRAY SHOT KILLS GIRL | ASHLAND, Ky.—Claudine Buffalo Charleston | | St. Louis | Seattle Washington ‘during an exchange of gunfire between the occupants of two cratic representation in the Sen- | ate. | | Key West, Florida, has the most equable climate in the country; with an average range of only 14° Fahrenheit PRICE FIVE CENTS Registration. Books Close Next:Saturday For May 7 Primary "SOOM OO OM OD REIDENTS STILL AP- VISITORS ENJOY PEARING TO QUALIFY FISHING PARTIES, FOR ELECTIONS; LIST Moiaid bi Rake: NEARING 6,400 MARK McCauley, who have been visiting in the city for the past two weeks and are en- almost every day, with George Sikes as their guest, came in yesterday afternoon with a fine catch oi amberjack. bo- nito and grouper. Some of Reports from Supervisor of Registration John England's of- |fice at the county courthouse in- dicate that prospective voters in ithe coming May 7th primary are “the amberjack were excep- tionally large. Today the visitors are again out after fish, this time in an effort to catch tarpon and sailfish. The McCauley’s have as their “guest, Miss Elizabeth Sharpley, manager of the Hotel La Concha, putting on extra-effort to get |their friends to register. Activity |today matches that of every day (during the past week when many |residents appeared to answer | where they are staying. | qualifying —- | Supervisor England reminded hha hd Lea residents that there are but |three more days in which to reg- LEE AND VARGAS jister for the primaries next ARE ACQUITTED, |month and election next fall, the deadline being Saturday, April ABSOLVED OF ALL BLAME IN RECENT FIGHT ON 20. Total list of registered voters DUVAL STREET is nearing the 6,400 mark, today it wks announced, though con- siderable eliminating work will jfollow closing of the books Satur- \day when names of deceased citi- zens and others will be stricken |from the list. | Absentee Balloting on a! Judge Raymond Lord an- UR. i ‘nounced last week that balloting preliminary hearing’ brought for those who plan to be absent 7 Frank |from the city on May 7th will aout; ie ebareesi fleshy, : start next Monday, April 22, and J. Denitte, George Lee and will continue for eleven days, Rogelio Vargas were’ «yesterday ending on May 3rd. afternoon acquitted in the court WAINWRIGHT ‘ CANDIDATE FOR SEEKS STATE POST IN COM- ING PRIMARY: RECENT Following arraignment of Peace Justice Franklin Aren- | berg. The accused had been charged | with assault and battery on the | person of Denitte in a fight which occurred Sunday morning, April 7, but several witnesses who tes- tified today named him as the| aggressor. Justice Arenberg, therefore, ordered that Lee and Vargas be released from the war- rant charges. Peep, Peep, Peep, Peep, Peep, Pee rise PUEBLO, Colo., April 17.—A Pueblo housewife awakened one \Spring morning recently to find | not one but six chickens in her oven. 7 As she lighted the stove pre- Pparatory to making breakfast biscuits she heard a. “peep, |peep.” Investigation disclosed six chicks in roaster inside the oven. Her childen explained they had acquired the chicks the night be- fore and had placed them in the oven to keep them warm. SIGNS OF THE TIMES (By Associated Press) ST. LOUIS, April 17.—Sam Breadon, owner of the St. Louis Cardinals, suggests a new, way to curb the autograph business: “Get all the bsaeball players, movie stars and actors to band together and pledge to charge 10 cents for each signature, all the money to go to the Red Cross. That would raise a lot of money for a worthy cause for a year or two and from then the autograph hunters would cease to be such a nuisance”, SHELL GAME {My Annoeiated Press) PIKEVILLE, Ky., April 17.— G. C. Ratliff is curious enough to find out just how long black wal- nuts remain edible if left in the shell. In 1923, he visited a friend who gave him walnuts gathered three years earlier. So he decid- ned Barker was hit by a stray bullet}ed to start his experiment. He obtained a large number of walnuts and began cracking one He has yet to find a VISITOR IN KEY WEST; IS- SUES STATEMENT H W. M. (Bill) Wainwright, can- |didate for the Democratic nom- jination for the office of State |Treasurer, was a recent visitor jin Key West. In presenting him- self to the voters of Monroe |county, Wainwright outlined his record on which he is basing his campaign. Wainwright's state- ment follows: “I-was born in Gainesville, Florida, on June 3, 1895, and was \reared in Bradford county. I was educated in the public schools at Starke and continued my education with a course in | banking and finance. After com- pleting my education I was em- i oved in the Bradford County |Bank in Starke until I resigned jto join the Army. | “I enlisted as a private in the United States Army in May, 1917; served twelve months in France, |and was mustered out of service jin August, 1919, as first lieuten- jant. | “I accepted a position as Aud- iting Clerk in the Comptroller's office in 1921 and three months later was appointed as Abstract tand Appropriation Clerk. In 1922 I was appointed one of the-four State Bank Examiners. “In 1924 I was appointed by Governor Cary A. Hardee as one of the four State Auditors. “When the present State Aud- (Continued on Page Three) MALLORY LINE OFFICIAL HERE H. F. Markwalter, vice-presi- dent of the AGWI lines, of which the Clyde-Mallory Lines is a unit, arrived this afternoon for a visit with Agent C. E.--Smith to make an inspection of ‘the property. This is one of the regular trips of the company and