The Key West Citizen Newspaper, April 22, 1940, Page 1

Associated Press Day Wire Service For 60 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West VOLUME LXI. No. 97. ish SCANDINAVIA WAR MAY NOT END FOR SIX MONTHS, ALLIES NOW BELIEVE (By Associated Press) LONDON, Apr. 22.—Conflict- ing reports are coming through from Norway in connection with progress, or lack of progress, ‘be- ing made in the Nazi invasion: of that country. British sources here state that they have received encouraging news of’ many reverses inflicted on German troops in various sec- tions of Norway. Official Ger- man agencies, however, _ lay claims to “further sugcessful op- erations in the Norwegian con- quest”. It is believed, however, that westcoast cities of Norway were becoming increasingly “hot spots” for the Germans as more ..and more British troops, are landed to form solid fronts against com- paratively smaller forces-of Ger- mans between .Trondheim ‘and Narvik. Refugees streaming into} Sweden from the Narvik sector have reported that the Germans are being driven into the _hills surrounding Narvik and: that’ a complete route: in favor of, com- bined Norwegian and‘ Allied forces seenjs imminent. ‘ Increasing “éVidénce is ~ pre-| sented here. that the. Alli¢s now; believe their campaign to drive the Nazis out of Seandinavia will be a long, drawnout affair. Prime Minister Chamberlain; stated ‘to-| day that it may take six months to accomplish the, objective—in view of the rhany difficulties ex- perienced. Continued air maneuvers. by members of the Royal. Air Force have been: noted in separate dis- patches. Centering of-all. raiding Parties has been ‘on: breaking: up of formation of definite airbases in south Norway. British state that, to date, their operations in this respect have beén. gom- paratively successful. German news agency. today stated that the Allies were heavy | losers in sea battles over the last weekend. Unconfirmed reports of naval battles came from) Sweden today, indicating that the Allies and Germany are still engaged in ‘the struggle to obtain control of the North Sea. | 15 ABSENTEE VOTES CAST. THIS AFTERNOON: TOTAL | BY PRECINCTS GIVEN [ACTIVITY ON THE SOUTHERNMOST NE) The Key West Citizen WSPAPER IN THE JU. S. A. KEY WEST, FLORIDA, MONDAY, APRIL 22, 1940 Land More Troops In Drive To Oust Germans BALLOTS NOW PRINTED FOR: FIRST PRIMARY |ARTMAN PRESS MADE RUN YESTERDAY: LARGE - SIZE BALLOTS CONTAIN 170 NAMES ) | WEST FRONT INCREASING BOTH SIDES CLAIM HEAVY | PLANE LOSSES OVER, WEEKEND: PATROLS EN-| GAGING IN ALL SECTORS | (Dy Associated Prens) PARIS, April . 22. activity on the West Front was reported today, which indicated that “ all hell may break logse’ in the near future along the Mag- indét and Siegfried Lines. Air maneuvers were of extra- ordinary intensity—both , sides Stating tnat their opponents had been, heavy losers. The Allie: ¢glaimed that over 20 Germ planes had been shot down in th« last 48-hours—the Nazis counter- ed with the claim that their forces had destoyed at least 15 planes. Patrol engagements were re- portedly heavier, according to ad- vices received here. All sectors told of frequent breaking out of hostilities. SWEDEN PROTESTS AIR VIOLATIONS , STOCKHOLM, April 22.—Swe- dén sent official protest to Ger- many today in connection with frequent’ violations ‘of Swedish neutrality when planes had re- peatedly flown over Swedish territory. Anti-aircraft batteries here shot down three Nazi planes last weekend and many others eseaped the gunfire. It is lieved the planes were engaged in transporting supplies to Nazi forges in Norway or photograph- ing Swedish fortifications. near be- BELGIUM WARNS FRANCE NOT TO FLY OVER BORDER *yBRUSSELS, April 22 gium protested to France t when it was learned offic that French planes had enga Nazi planes over Belgian terri- tory and'had shot down at least two enemy airships. COMDR. BRADY RETURNS TO CIT ACCOMPANIED BY WIFE ON 1400-MILE INSPEC- TION TRIP 3el- Lieutenant Commander J Brady, public works officer {the naval station, who had been} the on an inspection trip cove the district, accompanied by M SNS I IDM SS) Official ballots for the COLLEGE STUDENTS held PAY THEIR DEBTS {Monroe County on Tuesday, May i7th ,were printed yesterday by |The Artman Press and delivered County Clerk the County jeratic Primary to be (hy Associated Presx) LEXINGTON, Ky. Apr. 22.—Most students are “fun- damentally honest,” Jimmy Morris, who manages a small store near the University of Kentucky, believes. Morris hands out candy to students during their “broke” periods without making a note of it. When “money | this morning to i Ross C. Sawyer Courthouse. The ballots, approximately 22 j by 13 inches in size, contain a to- jtal of 170 names of candidates for state and county offices in | the first primary. from home” arrives, he says, | Bulk of the ballots will be held they always pay him. {by Mr. Sawyer until the night 'before the primary election, at 2 4iwhich time they will be distri- ‘buted to the ten various districts. 2 i WEEK § PERMITS Sufficient ballots for absentee {voting, which strated today, were |turned over to County Judge Ray- jmond R. Lord carly this morn- BUILDING INSPECTOR'S OF- FICE LISTED SIX CON- STRUCTION JOBS at ling. | econ tte Soe ne ‘SUPPORTERS OF i H | | WHITEHAIR HERE There were six permits issued | from the office of Building Epa}. ot spector Harry M. Baker, for the; Chet Freeman, of DeLand, as following construction and_ re-'sociate in the office of Francis P. pairs of property in Key West! Whitehair, gubernatorial candi- during the week ending today. Construct garage with metal’ tona, campaign worker roof at 630 Margaret Owner, Victor Watkins; $75. Construct frame church — on} Whitehead street. Owners, Con- gfegation of A. M. E. Zion! Church; cost, $1,000. j Addition to the garage at the} corner of Catherine and White; streets Owner, Edward Strunk; | , $200. General repairs to the Cuban ; Club at the corner of Virginia and Duval streets. Owner, the Cuban Club membership; cost, | $100. General repairs to the frame! two stoty house situated at 503; FLAGSTAFF, Francis street. Owner, E. B. Rus-|members of the same family, sell; cost ,$500. Bruce Champ, his wife and their Place new sheet tin roof on the /eight children, were admitted to for Mr. cost, {office today in company with jSam Harris of this city. FHOUGHTFUL (By Associated Prexs) NEVADA, Mo., April 22.—At least Police Chief W. A. Tow saved the town the cost of a fire run. The cruiser in which he. was riding caught fire. He raced to a fire house for curb service. FAMILY HAS PNEUMONIA , two story home at 613 Fleming |a local hospital, all suffering from Owner, Louise Porter es-!lobar pneumonia contracted at a cost, $100. nearby logging camp, Open Enlistment Drive Today For Cancer Control Women of Key West who en- dersthe gugpices of the American listed..in. the.Pield Army for the} Contrél of Caheer last year, are A ae cer. Its goal is to save lives from xed to renew their subscriptions bd . Demo- | in! jdate, and M. J. Tracy, of Day-|! street. !Whitehair ,called at The Citizen | Ariz. — Ten| Socidti fr. thie. Control of Can-| t TRY FOR *41 LEGION MEET jPOsT AND AUXILIARY MEM- BERS LEAVE FOR ST. PETE CONVENTION TOMORROW AND WEDNESDAY mall Increase Over 1930 RAISE FOR CITY POeeoeocececccocccccocc:s In a communication from John | W. O'Bannon, supervisor of cen- | sus for this district, headquarters at West Palm Beach, the census | figures for Key West were tabu-| lated in a preliminary count. The communication listed al jcensus total of 12,861 for Key | thur Sawyer Post No. 28 and the | West, which, according to offi- jcial figures, compares with a to-! 31 eave Reet oad aren tal of 12,831 in the April 1, 1930 zt Delegations representing Ar- {Legion Auxiliary of Key West 1 \econeN® OCCURED LATE this honor} atternvon, i} struck by a Key West, Florida, has the most equable climate in the country; with an average range of only 14° Fahrenheit PRICE FIVE CENTS Marked Murphy Ta Deed Sale BICYCLER RUN OVER BY AUTO; TOTAL OF BASE BIDS ON 212 PARCELS WAS $3,985.50; 150 PERSONS WERE PRESENT | | | | Approximately 150 persons were on hand at the county court- SATURDAY ON WHITE house this morning at 11:00 daily hoes iat am eamenea eee wicness and take part peated ae Saas lin the fourth tax-deed sale under While riding a bicycle south |UP*Vision of Clerk Ross C. Saw- on White street late Saturday |yer. acting for the Internal Im- Harvey Brost was! in automobile driven |PFovement Board of Tallahassee. by Miss Peay core ag aed As before, benches had been running over him and the whee! 4 placed under the courthouse poerettcould He espa: to * trees for the convenience of bid- The driver of the vehicle was| ders and lookers-on at the sale. going in the same direction as}. Proceeding slowly. the sale the bicycler and another auto- ‘came to an end shortly after noon mobile loaded with passengers with all parcels disposed of, eennuk inesday for St. Petersburg to at- i Preliminary announcement of'tend the annual convention of {the sixteenth census makes res-! lervation for final tabulation and | ee cide Geparement 08-5 the ichecking, but the figures shown! American Legion. ;now, according to Mr. O'Bannon, | Official delegates of the Key lare believed to be substantially | west Legion: post have been in- correct. |Structed to make a determined STR DESIRE. \effort to have the 1940 conven- RITES TOD. AY FOR |tion go on record in favor of Key | West or the 1941 gathering of the | MRS HOLTSBERG |Florida Legionnaires. le 1 That the Key West demand ;May prove successful is indicated iby the fact that so far only one |DIED THIS MORNING IN na ote city, Cnando is reportedly | ‘seeking next year’s convention. AML HAD BEEN ILL {Since Orlando had ; LONG TIME }within recent years, there ap- |pears to be certain support - for |Key West in many sections of the - 4 : State. Mrs. Rose Holtsberg, 49, died: 5 S this morning in Miami, where|,,Weaving | tom ae ae |she had been in a hospital for} Auxiliary. ‘They are Mrs. kM the past two months, undergoing g, ng. president; Mrs. Walter treatment. The body was brought Kemp, first vice ‘president; Mrs. to Key “West today shortly after wij) Richardson, treasurer: Mrs. noon. | i secre. Funeral services are being ee ae acct mee, cor-} held this afternoon at 3 o'clock responding secretary, Mrs. Jack | from the chapel of the Lopez Whalton and Mrs. Ross Spencer. Funeral Home, Rabbi Layrius , Among the Legionnaires leav- Lehrer officiating. Z ing Wednesday will be Harold } Mrs. Holtsberg is survived by Russell, commander-elect;- Al |her Husband, ‘Morris’ Holtsberg; Mills, © vice commander-elect; ja son, Herman Holtsberg, and and John Pinder, recently daughter, Anita. There are sev- elected finance officer. The new jen brothers and sisters living in officers will be installed by Ar- the North. thur Sawyer Post at a meeting to | be held after return of the group from St. Petersburg. NAVY TANKER At a meeting last week the ex- ecutive committee of the post BRINGS IN OIL voted the delegates of the post and auxiliary several hundreds the trip and activities incidental Tanker Rapidan, of the U. S. to a canvass of the delegates at \Navy, arrived in port yesterday the convention to get their sup- jafternoon and berthed at Pier port of Key West for next year. 1B. Discharging of 25,000 bar-! If the campaign is successful ;the naval station commenced im- upon the civic organizations of mediately. |Key West to help in handling ar- Work will be completed in or- rangements for the convention der that the ship may leave on that should attract between 2000 yechedule at 5 o'clock this after- and 3000 veterans and their ;of dollars to defray expenses of rels of fuel oil into the tanks at Arthur Sawyer Post plans to call j;nodn, families. ‘Senator Taft Uses Direct Contact Methods In Campaign to this worthy. eause. - Beginning today, the Junior Woman's Club, directed by Miss Susan LaKin, pre lent, will open the drive for the enlistments. The Woman's Field Army for Control of Cancer was launched in 1936 by the Amer- ican Society for the Control of |Brady, returned to the city yes- YCancer, and now..there are divi- Absentee balloting for the pri- mary election of May 7 was be- gun in the office of Judge Ray- mond R. Lord this morning and will be continued until May 3. It is not expected that there will be more than 200 absentee ballots cast during the period. The Citizen called at the office of the judge this afternoon and! though there was a number of! visitors most of them seemed to| be candidates. There were few Persons to vote. The result at 2 o’clock show- ed that there had been 15 votes deposited in the box as follows: Precinct 1, 2; Princinct 2, 2;'Pre- cinct 3, 4; Precinct 5, 2; Precinct 6, 4, and Precinct 8 ,2. ————$—$—$— LEGAL NOTICE In accordance with Section 4, Chapter 19921, Acts of the 1939| Florida Legislature, the City | Council of the City of Key) West will convene in a_ special} session, May 9, 1940 at 8:00 P. M.} at the City Hall for the purpose | of holding a public hearing on. the proposed Zoning Ordinance. | "ARCHIE ROBERTS, | apr22,1940 City Clerk. | i} | terday afternoon. Lieut. Comdr. Brady said tt they had a delightfully pl trip over the district, experienc- ing only one unpleasant day They covered about 1400 miles on the trip. TEMPERATURES Lowest last Highest last Stations— night 24 hours Atlanta . 45 3 Boston 32 Buffalo 32 Charleston 48 Chicago 41 Denver - 35 Detroit . 33 El Paso 64 Havana 64 Kansas City _ 45 KEY WEST _ 62 Los Angeles _ 56 Louisville 34 Miami 52 Mpls.-St. Paul 44 New York _ 33 Pittsburgh _ 33 St. Louis - 44 San Francisco 50 Seattle ,._. 47 Washington _. 43 ait 58 47 sions in 46 states. These divi- sions seek to form educational and enlistment units in. every community and county. The Field Army has. the cooperation of cancer) by: replacing” blind fear | RRL Sec crt in r Se sate | 5 pri — itl and Wonn hay they cee {While other Presidential candi- do as individuals and as part of |4@tes are setting themselves up| an organized movement to con-;i" the state primary alleys and trol this disease. {Unewane themselves a strike or Cancer raises questions that ,@ Sutter ball, Aspirant Robert A. | everyone must face: it is a most;Taft is quietly picking off Re-; democratic disease in that every-;Publican natienal convention | ‘one, whether his race or religion, |4elegates by a method as unsen-} may develop it. In all, 150,000 |Sational as a door-to-door brush | persons die of this disease an- Salesman’s. nually in the United States. Per-| At the Ohio senator's head- haps one out of seven with can-|@Quarters in the Raleigh hotel cer now are being cured. With here, henchmen claim he already ‘solicitor general of the By JACK STINNETT, AP Feature Service Writer unstarched stuffed-shirt which opponents would make him out; (2) to hammer home in plodding speeches his conservative theories of government. Secondary defense in the Taft campaign is Mrs. Taft. Martha, as the folks back in Ohio call her, is daughter of a one-time United States and what her husband hasn’t in stump-speech pyrotech- nics, Mrs, Taft has. oes to support the national pro- effective cooperation, between! one third and one half should be be saved. Of the thirty-six mil-j ‘lion persons now alive over forty, | men, physicians and health of-:at least one out of every eight | ieers. will sometime develop cancer. The cost of enlistment is one Your dollar and your dollar will! dollar, seventy cents of each en-jhelp in this campaign to put this; listment dollar is spent in the |dread disease to flight, Enlist) large national women’s organiza- tions, the guidance of state so- cieties, and the active assistance of hundreds of individuals: lay- I f state where it was contributed in | Now. é cancer control work. Thirty pag Peay TH ! 3 | ram. Enlistment dollars ero | INFANT T | the work of the Army possible. | } The conquest of this disease | DIED SATURDAY | depends on hundreds of thou-! sands of personal victories over} —_ apathy and fear. Key West en-{ Funeral services for Jean Eliza- listment dollars will be used in beth Torres, age two months, Florida. ; who died Saturday afternoon in} The slogan of the Women's|the residence at 719 Whitehead : Field Army- for the Control of; street, were held Sunday after-| Cancer is “Early Cancer igs Cur-|noon at 5 o’clock from the resi- able. Fight it With Knowledge.” |dence, Rev. A. L. Maureau, S.J., To educate the people of the!of St. Mary’s Star of the Sea United States to the fact that in‘ Church, officiating. early stages cancer is curable,! Pritchard’s Funeral Home was the volunteer educational pro- in charge of arrangements. gram of the Field Army is being | Survivors are the parents, Mr. built throughout the country un- and Mrs. Frank Torres, has the promise of 300 state dele-; Already a veteran of Ohio poli- gates, will have twice that many tics in her husband's behalf, Mrs. before the boys get together in Taft has mapped out a pre-con- Philadelphia in June. Some po- ‘vention itinerary that reads like litical commentators agree on the , Mrs. Roosevelt's “my three first figure. imonths”. Her first four weeks of Big, quiet, | mathematically- speech-making for Husband Bob minded Senator Taft is using a cover the ground from Massa- pre-convention technique as old chusetts to West Virginia, with as the hills. . direct contact. In sorties into Pennsylvania and In- the nine months or so since he diana. ; let his name.be .bandied about|’ Possessed with a dramatic for top spot-on the 1940 Repub- sense which her straight-talking lican signboard, he has made studious husband lacks, Mrs. more than 300 speeches, has set Taft has a penchant for drawing up an organization or “contact applause from her audiences, force” in every one of the 48 where, with the same lines, the states. |senator would get none. Aiding Although lacking in that re- considerably in whipping up an markable memory for first names assembly is her sense of humor. and plain faces by which Presi-| Back in Cleveland on the dent Roosevelt and General Far-'home-front, directing the flood ley repeatedly knocked the hin- \of literature and playing liaison terland politicos for a row of officer for the whole Taft drive, votes, Senator Taft has been is David S. Ingalls, beer oan ares mcg pane | Ingalls flies his own airplane, gressional duties would permit.|covers thousands of miles, keeps The object is twofold: (1) To con- headquarters here in a_ constant vince hoped-for constituents that dither answering telephone calls he’s a good deal more than the| (Continued On Page Four) i ite di-; babe sdetaduae tea pre ory i cn. |mostly to original owners and deavoring. to avoid hitting the | bidders. Total of base bids in 13th Annual Observance ‘KNOW FLORIDA’ By FLORIDA STATE _ CHAMBER OF COMMERCE on-coming car, swerved to the eee conducted amounted to — suck eee It. was anticipated that there its rider. AL was thought tha Me rst ould be very, le cage be ache hasta sti |the final bids as tabulated’ today, Placed in'an ambulance of the | 2s competitive bidding, noted in M y Tisiithls, ei pe ex. | Previous sales, was, for the most re fesae nts reper |part, absent from the sale. 212 amination was made and it was! aint of Monroe: Count: ane discovered that aside from bruis- ire on the sale list as Clerk yet ae nie em — pes Tight | sawyer called for order at start- ankle, he was all right. He was - a - rt then taken to his home, 1309/'"6, ome tls morning. igial Newton street. i A ‘ amounts bid will be drawn up Seen at his residence by The | for publication in the next day or Citizen yesterday afternoon, Mr. two, according to statement by Brost was suffering from _ his |. ” Sawyer. bruises but said he was other- ‘ A wise apparently in good conor ton, “Hie stated” chat Atwood CAPT. DEMERITT Sands, father of Miss Madge, had | < been to see him and said that all expenses incurred by the acci-; ARRIVED A dent would be settled by him. |ON FURLOUGH FROM COAST GUARD POSITION; RE- TIRES MAY 1 | | | Captain W .W. Demeritt, of the, " OTE: Official=;~.}U. S. Coast Giiard,/afrjved;jn the Psd dba rt Gov. Fred rs last evading ‘sabebabiantta! P. Cone, the 13th annual |>y...Mrs. Demeritt, end their “Know Florida Week” will |dadghter, Mrs. A, L. Moore, of Atlanta, Ga. Captain Demeritt has been re- tired from the service effective May 1 and is enjoying a fur- |lough until a few days before that time when he will return to |Jacksonville and attend to final jacts of his career in the U. S. service, which covered a period of 41 years. Mrs. Moore will remain here has two Everglades areas. Larg-|ntil the latter part of the week est is the Lake Okeechobee re-|When she will return to her gion—another is found in Lafa-|home. yette and Dixie counties. On the average, Florida re- ceives five or more hours of; days. for them! KNOW FLORIDA! Believe it or not, but Florida LATE NEWS BULLETINS (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON, April 22— Admiral ‘Taussig, U.S.N., told a Congressional i West Coast and are celebrated i i as a hunter’s and fisherman's ise. P The longest beach on the en- Atlantic coast is found) Philippine Islands and all of the French and Dutch East Indies. Admiral Taussig said he had def- the|inite knowledge that in|plans were drawn up by ~the Japs in 1927. ATHENS, Ga., April 22— . Two army flyers were killed cap ee Tee eae Ww. , April 22— The Supreme Court today held the Alabama and California anti- picketi: ing laws . unconstitutional. ‘The majority opinion was written Frank Murphy.