The Key West Citizen Newspaper, April 18, 1940, Page 1

Associated Press Day Wire Service For 69 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West VOLUME LXI. No. 94. B e e & | 2 | | e TEXAS COMPANY SOLE BID-/ | GALL |permanent water supply for Key DER ON 10,000-Gi ON Be | West are essential and would bef when he came to Key West. at QUIREMENT; AMOUNT, $1.-|given favorable consideration of/h@d not been here long until 9 'Spessard L. Holland if he is elect- |three of his old buddies looked him {ed governor, he told a eS ae ' 3 ees |) eT County commissioners, at a; . ispecial meeting held in Clerk ; i ‘ Ross C. Sawyer’s office in the: — county courthouse this morning, ! | Attack * ! Ee i HEAVY FIGHTING Oc-| PUBLICITY MEN ('sXZA 2 tou! : CURS AT NARVIK AS NAZIS ARE TRYING TO HOLD ON TO POSITIONS (Ry Axsuciaced Press) LONDON, Apr. 18—British warsthips today were tightening their grip on the North Sea and | planes of the Royal Air were engaged in serious tempts to break up Nazi efforts COMMISSIONERS 0.K. BID FOR OIL ON BOULEVARD IN THE KEY WEST, FLORIDA, THURSDAY, APRIL 18, 1940 \Spessard: Holland: Presented 4-Point Campaign’ Promise Completion of the Overseas;went overseas and _ transferred ighway and’ provision for ato the air service, said that he felt like he was coming home | Force { at-/ 230 placed an order for 10,000 gal- | lons of road oil to be used in the | |work now being performed by; i jchaman Carl Bervaldi, Com- | PLEDGE FLORIDA | missioners William Monsalvatge | } jand Braxton B. Warren; Cler! SUMMER DRIVE Ross C. Sawyer, Attorney Curry | Harris and Chief Deputy Sheriff | {Bernard Waite. | There was but one bid DIRECTORS MET IN MIAMI,°¢ived for the oil, this from the | {Porter Dock Company, local | LAST WEEKEND TO CON-/agents for the Texas Company. | | Bid was approved at the price of SIDER PROMOTION OF | $1,230, and it was announced by TOURIST BUSINESS \the commission that a request! |would be forwarded to the Texas j _— Co., through its agents, that the! {shipment of the oil be expedited eee nents possible, as it was re- He record |UP- They are former Sergeants {Fleming and Stevens and Cor- ST /poral Gallagher. Holland stated |that one of his most prized pos- sessions is a photograph taken there’ of himself and some of his ; lassociates. at Fort Monroe. i Declaring that his interest in education is not a new idea tak- fen up for its political effect, Hol- land told that experience in that jliné is going to be valuable to jthe people of the state who want to continue improvement in the | public schools, He reminded his 3 | hearers that the governor of Flor- | ida is chairman of the state board i fof education. Holland has been a member of <]}the committee on education of | the senate during the eight years ES has served in the legislature. : |He was a sponsor of teachers’ re- |tirement, a co-author of the | Florida school code and_intro- {duced a measure which now nets jthe public schools more than a million and a half dollars addi- . tional revenue per year. SPESSARD L. HOLLAND Che Key West Citizen THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER U.S A $25,000. SOUGHT G. G. GILI OUTLINES PLANS FOR HAVANA-KEY WEST FERRY SERVICE TO HOTEL ASSOCIATION Plans to establish a Key West- Havana link in the projected Pan American highway were outlined yesterday before ; the members of the Key West Hotel and Tourist Homes as- sociation by G. G. Gili, an of- ficial of the Pan American Links | Transportation company. | After picturing the boat service between Key West jand Havana by the Cuban com- ‘pany, Mr. Gili indicated that the city of Key West or the com- mercial interests of the com; munity would have to file $25,- 000 to protect the company, against possible loss in the op- jeration of the line. | Mr. Gili said the Cuban ;terests back of his organization planned to run boats three times a week between Key West and Havana. The boat to be put in operation under the Cuban flag would have a capacity of 1300 FOR SS. LINE| system ; in-; Key West, Florida, has the most equable climate in the country; with an average range of only 14° Fahrenheit PRICE FIVE CENTS Stress Program Of Gitizenship pee Teena UP * Pia Daa La MD Ss ian 5,000 MEMBERS ARE (ASTM OFFICIAL | TRAINED IN IDEALS VISITOR.IN cIry | OF DEMOCRACY; 75 |. IN KEY WEST E. S. Taylorson, of the American Society of Testing Materials, and Mrs. Taylorson, are visitors in the city enjoy- ing a vacation and are the guests of Mr. and Mrs. L. M. Pierce, at their home on South street. Mr. Taylorson, who is an in their program of educating enthusiastic angler, and Mrs. | _ : : oe Taylorson. were out fishing jchildren in the democratic way o! Tuesday night with Mr. and. |jife, Clifford W. Bigelow, Man- Mrs. Pierce and their son, | Austin, and had excellent j ager of South Florida Motor Because of present world-wide |disturbances, educators are alert jfor devices and methods usable i There are four promises that @ passengers and would carry up- ,candidate for governor can give wards of 40 automobiles on each \crowd at Bayview Park here|with the expectation of carrying trip, he said. to establish airbases in Norway, ©mphasis on “See Florida this needed for the work very badly. Summer”, Florida’s publicity men| The only other business at the met here Sunday and Monday}|meeting was the unanimous luck, taking tarpon, a multi- |Club, in em- tude of jack and barracuda, declared today with reportedly successful bomb- ing raids. Observers now state that very little shipping flying under Ger- man colors remains in the North Sea and it now remains, accord- | ing to independent authority, for Germany to depend almost en- turely on their ability to use vast air resources for transport and supply efforts in the Nor- y campaign. arvik, important railroad cen- ter on the Norwegian west coast, was the center of most fighting activity teday, as both sides made. claims of suce It was thought, however, that the Germans at that point were being increas- ingly hard-pressed to hold their advantag and sea for away at defenses built Nazis. continued to pound by the Claim Bremen Sunk While the British refuse to con- |recently on ‘Florida’s Summers”. Dutch East firm the report, more and more information received here pointed | Points of interest, such as Silver |important to protect to the fact that the huge German liner, Bremen, carrying German troops, had been sunk. Reports also. were heard that the last-remaining German pocket- battleship, the Deutschland, had been run aground somewhere on the Norwegian coast. BRITON WARNS ITALY TO ACT NEUTRAL ROME, April 18.—British bassy here stated that it had received noies irom the, home office to pass on \@¥ high» Italian officials to'the effett’ that Britain Italy to act "aS ai n@utral to be such a’ nation in the European setup. This gesture was taken to mean that the Allies were contemplat- ing a stronger stand in holding Italy responsible for any infrac- tion of neutrality laws in the Balkan and Mediterranean area. Dispatches here also indicated that England was engaged in transmitting messages of assur- ance to all Balkan states regard- ing Allied intention in regard to future policy in that area. CITY COUNCIL MEETS TONIGHT em- The second regular meeting for the month of April will be held by the .City Council tonight, starting at 8:00 o’clock, in Coun- cil chambers at City Hall. Clerk Archie Roberts this morning that several matters will come up for attention, of the councilmen, including the item of acceptance of the Community Recreation Committee report on the new Colonial Park Recrea- tion Center and decision as to maintenance in the future will be made. RE LIONS — ATTENTION! Dedication Banquet AT 8:00 O'CLOCK TONIGHT Allan H. Armstrong, Secretary. the while British land} | {and piedged themselves to “go/ after” the millions of American; tourists who have only two weeks | a year to spend for pleasure. | Stressing the fact that “our winters are made”, Wilton Mar-| tin, President of the Florida As- sociation of Publicity Directors, and director of publicity for Sil-j jver Springs, urged that Florida} |capitalize on the mild summer | weather, together with its fine | beaches and watering places. |. “Our summer-tourist season, | Martin ‘said, “has never been properly encouraged, but we could make it almost as profit- |able as the winter season.” The action of the publicity di-| rectors is in keeping with the at- | titude of Roger Babson, na-| tionally known economist and writer, who spoke at Lake Wales Pointing to the state’s natural! |Springs, as well as such man-j | Studios, near St. Augustine, and | the McKee Jungle Gardens, near | | Vero Beach, Babson said that he} was definitely behind a Florida this Summer” movement ' | but urged the state as a whole to} get behind the project and each! locality do its share toward! bringing summer tourists to Florida. Miami, Babson declared, has already instituted a healthy “summer tourist” program, and the example should be followed ; by other Florida communities. The publicity experts, in con- | vention here, were met by Mi-/ ami’s Mayor.Alexander Orr, who | jin turn introduced Ross Allen, of | the Reptile Institute, Ocala; Ray | | Billings of the Palatka Ravine Gardens, Palatka; Bob Marsh-! burn of the Southern Food {and others whose topics |“How to Sell Florida” to | Summer tourist, the | ‘ALARM INCREASES | _ IN SMALL NATIONS |SPEEDING MEASURES TO, | FORESTALL ANY WAR DANGER (By Aasocinted Prean) PARIS, Apr. | 18.—Efissaries | jof neutral nations here today re- ported that their nations were {viewing- with» increasing alarm | | the turn of events in Europe, and, ) in many instances, measures were being taken to forestall any! jdanger of embroilment in the war. | Switzerland, even, had joined | the small nations fearing for | {their existence, when, according to reports, it was announced that | that nation had issued the call} for over 10,000 reservists to re- port for unannounced duty. | Belgium moved to augment re- cent neutrality-guarding measures by setting hundreds of mobilized troops to work on fortifications} along the German frontier, | vote of the body that the State Board of Administration be re-' quested to issue a call for bids on Monroe county bonds. * EDR. OK’S HULL’S WARNING TO JAPAN CAUSED BY NIPPON INTER- EST IN DUTCH WEST INDIES (iy Associntea Press) WASHINGTON, April President Roosevelt today back- ed up Secretary of State Hull’s warning to Japan in connection jwith any aims that nation might | the future of the The Presi- haye as_ to Indies. dent stated that it the neu- trality of those islands in respect 15,000 ;made wonders as the Marine!to the same policy followed by Holland, the mother country. Japan has indicated, however, that she has no territorial de- “See |signs on the Indies, and, further, | that she would act to keep peace in southeastern Asia should the occasion arise. Advices from Holland stated that that nation had asked for no help in protecting her rights in her eastern colonies, and express- ed the belief that war danger did not exist. MISTAKE FATAL PITTSBURGH, Pa—By mis-| take,.Mrs. Naomi Ferguson, 38, used insect powder instead of flour in preparing pancakes for breakfast. Realizing they didn’t look right, Mrs. Ferguson advis- one herself. She became vio- {lently ill and died later in a hos- mail from Germany. pital. SSIS SaaS es, McCAULEYS DEPART TO RETURN IN JULY Robert M, McCauley and Mrs, McCauley of Hagers- town. Md., who had been visiting in Key West for the past three weeks, guests at the Hotel La Concha, left this morning for their home, after a delightful visit. Mr. “McCauley said | this morning that this completes his fifth visit to the city. an that he is considering a re- turn visit in July, as he has heard so much about the summer in Key West. Never having been here at that sea- [SPD LILI LL LD Es 18.—! was highly! jlast night. Holland, who was stationed at|are: {Fort Monroe for several months | 1. To establish harmony be- | during the world war before he (Continued on Page Three) Bermuda Censers Find Nazi Letter About U. S. Secrets By JACK STINETT, AP Feature Service Writer WASHINGTON, April 18,—| through some foreign espionage Headwinds that forced the west- gi = - bie ete ; ic Clipper into Ber-| _Ivestigations were started im- bouns gai eee ae Ste| mediately and I have it on high muda recently blew the top o authority that some person or aleak in United States naval | persons already have been taken secrets—a leak that leads to Nazi|into custody—but there always Germany. {is that: “We do not confirm or The story has not told, | deny”. It’s an offici et, confined to| relates ehuee Oe ne esas international circles, U. S. naval | ship and mail: seizure, situation | intelligence and perhaps the Fed-|that has been overlooked. eral Bureau of Investigation. All| will offer in comment only that irritating Washington stymie: “Just say that we refuse to con- firm or deny”. But here it is, from one of those newsman’s delights: “ordi- narily reliable sources”: The Atlantic Clipper, winging! twest out’of the Azores, fought} |headwinds that would have ariv- ONLY TWO NAVY ‘en Columbus’ armada back to pee cn It’s An Ill Wind— had come under suspicion could jany officer investigating espio- nage or subversive activities plun- |der the United States mail. | It’s another side of the picture i that critics of British high-hand- jedness (some even have called it (Continued on Page Three) joline supply—but the skipper, figuring that safety was better than sorrow, put in at Bermuda jfor fuel. The naval harbor was free to- The British government there, ;day of all U. S. ships, except the jever on aui vivre, called its dis-|Destroyer Lea, of the Patrol banded censorship staff from | Squadron © under jbasking on the beaches and Tid- | Captain A. S. Carpender, and the ing bicycles in the warm winter|Tender Gannet. which had been sun. Within an hour or so, 1,628 | towing the target for the practice Stores led her husband not to eat.them|pounds of mail had been takén | which has been carried on by the were jand only tasted a little piece of | off the Clipper for censorship. | squadron for the past three jweeks and will be continued later. Practically all other ships ar- that left rived in the harbor last night the British censors ping. They except the Destroyers Williams forwarded it by cable to the!and Evans, which are doing sur. United States naval intelligence | yey work. The other vessels of department here. the squadron were only in port The context of that letter left!) brief time when they were or- no doubt in any one’s mind. U. S. ‘dered to sea to continue the pa- naval secrets were being sold tro}, |More than 800 pounds of it was | Among this was a letter from} {some Nazi somewhere TEMPERATURES | Statighs= night 24 hours \Atlanta 60 8 PLACE ORDERS NOW {| Boston 42 FOR Buffalo __ 60 Charleston 13 47 El P; = ONLY A LIMITED [I Sane Citic ° NUMBER TO BE Kansas ety 2 PRINTED The Artman Press| = 44 2 81 Los Angeles _ Memphis The Citizen Building PHONE 51 7 79 43 53 70 70 69 58 4 Miami __. New York _ 41 jthem out, said Holland. These | Not until a man (or woman)! {Spain. All that happened was an | H alarming depreciation of the gas-| IN command of} Hotelmen promised to co- operate in every possible way, and promised to give the financ- ing Proposal every considera- tion. Another matter discussed by the association members was the question of placing billboards advertising Key West along Federal Route 1 above Miami and the Tamiami trail before it branches off to this city. Mem- bers R. A. Lehmann and Charles Johnson were directed to discuss the proposal with the Chamber of Commerce. ' GIBBS’ RULING ___ DISREGARDED { | 1 /MANY COUNTIES WILL KEEP 67 NAMES ON PRIMARY BALLOT | Monroe County’s determination to abide by the decision of At- !torney General George Couper Gibbs, which called for elimina- tion of 67 names from the ballot to be used in the May 7th pri- mary election, is not matched by similar acquiesance in other counties, it was revealed today in dispatches from various points, It appears that several counties will order printing of ballots with inclusion of the 67 names in question. Authority for that ac- tion has been quoted in an opin- ion handed down, in 1934, by the {then Attorney General, Cary D. Landis, who ruled that expense statements are not required from {candidates for party offices. Also taken into consideration jis the fact that the candidates in | question had qualified before the 'Gibbs ruling and were therefor entitled to places on the: ballot. COL. W. P. ENNIS | TO INSPECT UNIT | CHIEF OF STAFF AND ASSIST- ANT TO VISIT RESERVE OFFICERS TONIGHT , { Officers of the local Reserve Officers group announced today that a semi-official inspection of the local military area will be made tonight, with a meeting at Post Exchange building in Key West Barracks, startirig at 8:00 o'clock. Chief of Staff of the Second Military area, Col. W. P. Ennis, Field Artillery, and his assistant, Lt. Col. E. H. Freeland, C.AC., both of Jacksonville, will make the inspection. They will be ac- companied here by Major Lathan H. Collins, Cavalry, executive of- ficer of the Miami Military area. Discussion of reorganization of all units in this area will be en- and other varieties. TS IIIS SS SS (COE PLEDGES HIGHWAY AND WATER FOR K. W. SPOKE ON LOCAL AND NA- TIONAL SITUATION AT BAYVIEW PARK LAST EVE- NING: LEFT NOON TODAY Pledging his vigorous aid in completing the Overseas High- way as a_ federal project and bringing fresh water from the mainland. to serve national de- Coe, South Florida candidate for the United States Senate, gave a CHARLES FRANCIS COE stirring talk in Bayview Park last night. Coe said that Key West must be developed as an important link in the chain of national de- fense if the Panama Canal zone and the long coast of Florida are to be given proper. protection. He condemned the failure of state | and national governments to give the proper attention to these needs. He cited the fact that he had once been in the United States navy, and had cruised in these waters. His nickname, “Socker”, by which he is known to thou- sands of friends, came from the days when he was welterweight (Continued,.on. Page ‘Three) KIRCHIK NOW MIAMI JUDGE Advice was received by Mr. and Mrs. G. Kirchik of this city this week that their son, Jack Kirchik, had been appointed a Municipal Judge of Miami by that city’s City Commission. Jack is well-known in Key fense units here, Charles Francis} 4\ | phasizing the contribution that school safety patrols are making to the pattern of democracy. Some 8,060,000 school children in 3,500 communities are protected in 200,000,000 street crossings yearly by 275,000 safety patrol- men sponsored and equipped by |A.A.A. Motor Clubs, of which ithe South Florida Motor Club is one. \.. “Not only are the school safety ‘patrols of Key West, numbering {75 patrol members, doing a grand job of preventing traffic deaths and injuries to the thousands of jchildren daily in their cars, but the patrols are proving excellent devices in developing qualities of | citizenship and character,” ; Mr. Bigelow said. } “School Safety Patrols, offer lactivities for teaching .ob#dience by members of the sq the leaders, and by the leaders to the |principal; they teach respect for |authority of the law and of the school; they develop apprecia- tions of standards of one group jtoward another, namely pedes- ‘trian and driver; and they teach |courtesy to drivers as well as |recognition to the drivers’ rights and vice versa. “They develop leadership {through merit and provide for | (Continued on Page Three) HOTEL M MEN OF | STATE CONVENED MANY SPEAKERS APPEARED BEFORE GROUP; LEFT FOR | HAVANA SOJOURN ‘ | MIAMI BEACH, Apr. 18 (FNS), |—More than 300 representatives {of every branch of the hotel busi- jness, coming from every section of the state, met here this. wéek for the 25th annual coft or ‘of the Florida State Hotel-Asso- ciation. payee ix Among the prominent speak- ers who addréssed the group |were Thomas D. Green, presi- dent of the American Hotel -As- sociation, New York; J. B. Sul- livan, former state hotel-com- missioner, West Palm Beach; Franklin Moore, past president jof the Pennsylvania Hotel Asso- jciation, Harrisburg; _ Kenneth Arnold, president of the Florida State Hotel Association, and oth- ers. Following the convention, the | hotel men sailed on the SS. Cuba from Miami to Havana for a two-day entertainment and TAMAQUA, Pa—When pe the fabric of the left bare poh