The Key West Citizen Newspaper, April 23, 1940, Page 1

Associated Press Day Wire Service For 69 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West Aled And Nai _ Bombs Drop Ove Norwegian Areas BLOODY BATTLEFIELD PREDICTED AS woro FLOODS CONTINUE COMES OF FUTURE MANEUVERS |60-Foot Crest At Cincy ‘ON OHIO RIVER cis anaes! | povccccccccccccccccccees to become another | (By Axsuociated Press) = ‘ »_.| CINCINNATI, bloody battlefield of Europe” a8) mioog waters of the Ohio river into| were today at record high levels ‘ jagain, although observers here war offices here of intense fight-' did not believe that conditions ;warranted any extreme meas- ‘ures, at least for the present. A high crest of 60 feet was {noted in this city this morning. | The rise was very slow last night (Ry Associated Presn) LONDON, Apr. bids fair reports continue to pour ing now going on in that pre- viously peace-loving country of the far-north. i April 23.—/ Che Key West Citizen THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN THE U.S. A. JAPS IRKED AT TAUSSIG STATEMENTS DECLARE VIEWS BREED AT- MOSPHERE OF ‘JAP-PHO- BIA’ IN U, S.; CONGRESS- MEN CENSURE TALK (By Associated Press) | TOKYO, April ; Officials and the press of this {country bitterly protested the jStatements made yesterday by {Rear Admiral Joseph K .Taussig jwhen he appeared before the 'Senate Naval Committee. The (statements allegedly laid im- |perialistic claims at Japan's door jin connection with her policy of expansion in the Far East. Previously, as acknowledged here, the U. S. State Department 'had censured Taussig for his re- |marks, So, too, had Admiral {Harold R. Stark, chief of naval operations, when he stated that | Rear Admiral Taussig was speak- }ing his personal views and that |the remarks did not at all coin- |cide with those of the navy. Japan, no doubt, will send pro- (Continued On Page Four) FURTHER NOTICE 23.—Japanese : KEY WEST, FLORIDA, TUESDAY, APRIL 23, 1940 SSERIAL STORY ABOUT red Three Years’ Research '“Reap The Wild Wind’ Requi eee 'KEY WEST WRECKERS STARTS THIS WEEK’ ee e | Thelma Strabel, “adopted Key, “And if any scoundrel does : Wester”, is featured this week in |anything to blacken the reputa- |the Saturday Evening Post with |tion of Key West Wreckers, he | the first installment of a six-part /will be treated as a pirate, who- |serial story called “Reap The ever he may’ be”. | Wild Wind”. ; To quote from The story takes readers back a! Posted’ century to the days when the} Miss Strabel accounts for her Florida Keys were the sea’s; present status as a leading fic- graveyard and Key West’s for-j tion writer in this wise: une. Loxi Claiborne is the hero-} “I had never intended to be a line of the story, providing sparkle ' fiction writer. I wrote advertis- before a background of ominous ing in New York and reported |reefs, and wrecks piling up dur-' fashions in Paris and was quite ‘ing the gales that blew often to ' content. Then, a few years ago, befuddle the gallant captains of/I was ill a long time in Switzer- sturdy sailing vessels’ of olden | land and wrote a story; to occupy days. {my mind. I sold it, and since A hint as to the plot of the | that day I've written fiction en- |story is contained in this passage tirely. jby the heroine’s sea-captain fath-' “I began research for this er, who proclaims, in the first in-} serial three years ago, when I ) stallment: went to Key West for the winter, | ae it captured my imagination. ‘(NEW APPOINTEE It is no glittering Florida resort. | There is nothing there for rest- AT K W BUREAU ‘<= people to do. It is quiet and { ee jadopted Key Westers pray it | - 'stays that way. I am building a RUSSELL GUTTERIDGE AR-' house there, with a sea wall on RIVES TOMORROW TO TAKE jtwo sides. It is the southern- {most house in the United States. JUNIOR OBSERVER POST | Key West hasn’t had a bad hur- the “Keeping column of the magazine, careless and charming, and we; \JAYCEES TO | LEAVE FOR STATE MEET .SIX LOCAL MEMBERS START STATE-LONG CARAVAN TO- MORROW FOR PENSACOLA MEETING _ | Cross-State caravan to Pensa- cola will begin fromm Key West tomprrow when a delegation of ,local Jaycees will leave for the !convention city to attend the an- nual convocation of Florida Junior Chambers of Commerce jto be held April 25, 26 and 27. Charles E. Roberts, Chester Knowles, Bob Saunders, Newt Ketchings, Hunter Hardin and Bob Daniels will comprise the jKey West delegation. In Miami the local delegates will be joined by delegates from all lower east coast cities and all along the route to Pensacola, Florida, Jaycees will join with )and entertain this group of young jbusiness men. | 13th Annual Observance | ‘KNOW FLORIDA’ By FLORIDA STATE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE {oe ee Ke | | | Total | CANCER CONTROL Local Drive Now On NEEDS ASSISTANCE Cancer control depends on the co-operation of men and women everywhere, according to Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt, First Lady of the Land, in a statement |made public recently: | “The control of cancer”, Mrs. Roosevelt stated, “like so many - other desirable goals, depends on y West, Florida, has the } most equable climate in the country ; range of only 14° Fahrenheit with an average PRICE FIVE CENTS 6,423 For Primaries * 'REPRESENTS LARGEST | LIST OF VOTERS IN | MODERN TIMES; PRE- | CINCT TOTALS SHOWN | County Supervisor of Registra- 'tion John England today posted a total of 6.423 registered voters as qualified to vote in the com- ing May 7th and May 28th pri- maries and the election next fall. This, according to Mr. England, is one of the heaviest registrations aN he hi : ete - in Monroe. County in. modern In the last twenty-four hours, | 2nd officials believed that _no ricane in many years, though one| EDITOR'S NOTE: Official. | C°oPeration of men and wom: according to news now released, | bombing raid after bombing raid, | sponsored by both the Allies and the Nazis, have poured destruc- tion on sev l areas in Norway. Allied raids continue to be made, aimed against establish- | ment by the Nazis of definite air- bases in south Norway. British state that, to date, these efforts have “miost_ successful”. Now coniés news of Nazi bomb- ing efforts being made further expansion of British ex- | peditionary moves. Railroads} have been bombed and many} cities hit in the drive to keep Allied fo: from spreading out from w eacoast cities to the interior. ! Word has also been received here of impending future large- | scale operations to: come in a dis- | patch from Denmark which! stated that “many divisions of German troops” left that country yesterday on board transports for | (Continued on Page Four) DOUGLASS SEEKS RE-ELECTION TO STATE R.R. POST SERVED AS CHAIRMAN OF) COMMISSION FOR TWO YEARS: LONG EXPERI- ENCED IN PUBLIC LIFE been | shifting from New England, scene of heavy blizzards and rain re-! | ported_. yesterday. | presages more trouble for river-' against | city residents in the near future. ANNENBERG higher level would come in that cities north of here reported re- ceding water. At Marietta, where the OF CUBA SAILINGS I nae floods {RUN BETWEEN MIAMI-HA- swept through all of the town teniay citizens were busy | VANA-KEY WEST ALSO this morning with bucket brig- SCHEDULED ades, cleaning up the debris left } by the ‘river. Additional rains occurred in the | north Ohio valley last night, | | Further information relative to! the sailing of the Steamship! Cuba, of the P. and O. S. S. Co., was received by the Chamber of | Commerce yesterday from G. D,! Curtis, secretary of the Tampa Chamber. i Mr. Curtis writes that he has{ been in Savage, agent of the line in Tam-} !pa, and was given to understand PLEADS GUILTY %:: the S.S. Cuba will be back! on the run not later than the sec- ADMITS EVASION OF RE- ond week in May and will re- main in the service until June 2, TURNS IN INCOME TAX TRIAL This fact | conference with Mr.! the last sailing from Tampa un- til June 17. He further says that the fif- 4teen days between June 2 and' 17 will be taken up with runs be- (iy Rua tlatealiiceuny tween Havana and Miami and a CHICAGO, Apr. 23.—Mose An-/Tun to Key West, arriving at 7 nenberg today pleaded guilty to |o’clock in the morning of June 10 evasion of $1,700,000 in income |8d leaving the same day for Ha-} tax reporting in the Federal|Vane at 9 o'clock. Court of Judge Wilkerson. Other | nn near counts, in the indictment were BRIDGE MEETING dismissed by the Federal govern- | ment in view of the admission | made, it was announced. - TODAY IN MIAMI Judge Wilkerson announced | 4 that disposition of the case would | =e take place on May 3rd. | Annenberg any indicted last | COMMISSIONER prasad UR: year on charges of falsifying his) ABLE TO ATTEND; SHORT income tax returns. He is pub-! | lisher of horse-racing ee S | NOTICE GIVEN \ sold nationwide. \ The local Weather Bureau, un- der the direction of Meteorologist G. S. Kennedy, has been advised of the appointment of Russell A, Gutteridge, who is coming tomor- row from Ft. Lauderdale and will take the place of Clyde R. Hughes, junior observer, who has been promoted to the position of observer vice Delance Martin who has been transferred. Mr, Gutteridge was honored guest ~at a testimonial dinner given by members of the First Methidist Church at Ft. Lauder- dale, where he has _ resided for jseveral years, last night, in recog- | jnition of his long service as secre- tary of the board. He was pre- sented with a fountain pen by his associates. MANY ATTENDED HOLTSBERG RIT MOTORCADE MET FUNERAL PROCESSION YESTER- DAY NOON Services held yesterday for Mrs. Rose Holtsberg, who died early yesterday morning Miami hospital, were well tended by both Jews tiles of the city. Rabbi Layrius Lehrer, of the local synagogue, officiated at the at- !Lopez Funeral Chapel rites, also | Buffalo at brief services held at the ceme- tery. A’ motorcade of in a} and, Gen-! Key West. ;may be patiently waiting around | ‘for me to finish my house”. | Paramount has purchased the movie rights to “Reap The Wild Wind” and it has been rumored |that a runner-up to “Gone With The Wind” is planned for it. Loxi, {as yet, has not been cast—though it has been stated Claudette Col- | bert has first call for the part. ARREST CAR DRIVER ON DRUNK CHARGE Joe Christian was arrested last ‘night by State Patrol Officer L. W. Brassell and brought to the /| city and placed in the county jail to await preliminary hearing on a charge of driving on the highways of Monroe county while in an intoxicated condi- tion. | It was also charged that he did car nor was he provided with a driver's license. He was placed ‘under bond of $100 and will be given preliminary hearing be-} fore Peace Justice Enrique Es-! 'quinaldo at 5 o’clock this after- jnoon, TEMPERATURES Lowest last Highest last | Stations— night 24 hours Atlanta . 50 72 | Boston 35 40 29 43 53 72 43 57 35 54 32 58 Charleston {Chicago | Denver Detroit not have the proper tag on_ his} |. ly proclaimed by Gov. Fred P. Cone, the 13th annual “Know Florida Week” is being observed this week, under the sponsorship of the Florida State Chamber of Commerce. Following are a number of facts to help you better “Know Florida”. Oth- ers will be printed during the following days. Look for them! KNOW FLORIDA! | Florida has a motion picture {studio in Miami, It is Fleischer studio and is home for “Betty Boop”, “Popeye” and other be- loved cartoon characters. “Gul- jliver’s Travels”. was produced there. x Florida’s representatives in the Hall of Fame are Dr. John Gor- jrie, inventor of artificial ice, and General E. Kirkby-Smith, last Confederate general to surrender jin the War Between the States. } Santa Rosa county has the {largest plantings of pecan trees in the state. The Mahan pecan. ithe largest in the world, was de- veloped in Jefferson county. Florida tobacco is valued more than $3,000,000 annually. {The state produces cigarette, cigar filler types of tobacco, all ,centered in the northern portion of the state. Florida has more than 100 va- rieties of soils, composed chiefly jof sand, clay and organic mat- ter. E., Ross Allen at the Reptile In- stitute, Silver Springs, “milks” snakes of their venom for medi- cinal purposes. Jacksonville is named in hon- jor of Andrew Jackson, Florida’s ‘first American military governor. | i i | at! en everywhere. The general public must participate as well jas the trained physician and the ‘research worker. | “It is through education that the Women’s Field Army of the American Society for the Control ‘of Cancer hopes to reduce mor- tality from this disease. Develop- jed under the supervision of phy- ‘siclans who act as spokesmen for their state medical societies, jthis educational program seeks té*teach the ‘individual <a few basic facts about cancer for his own protection and to enlist him in a movement for the protection of all”. The Cancer Army was launch- | ed in 1936 by a group of physi-| cians, research workers and club} women. It has become a power- ful force in the field of health. While lay education is still its major purpose, it lus to physicians and _ research workers and promises to provide the aid they need for more effec- \tive work. The drive for enlistments in the | Field Army to fight this disease is now on and Key West is ex- pected to de its share in fighting cancer, and curing those cases not too far beyond the help of physicians. The Junior Woman's Club is in charge of the drive, which is directed by dent of the Junior Club, Miss Su- ‘san LaKin. MARTIN LEAVES FOR CINCINNATI is significant | jthat the aroused interest of the | ‘public is serving as a fine stimu- the presi- | times, and indicates, as he and ‘many county officials think, an intense interest on the part of the electorate in the coming pri- | mary elections. | Since the books were opened, a | total of 1,379 new registrations |Were recorded by Mr. England, |1,344 Democrats and 35 Republi- /eans. ad ac ses Totals for the eleven precincts ‘of the county are listed as fol- OWS: Precinct Number one, 402. Precinct Number two, 256. Precinct Number three, 1,103. Precinct Number four, 495. Precinct Number five, 949. Precinct Number six, 1,145. Precinct Number seven, 555. Precinct Number eight, 976. Precinct Number nine; 123. Precinct Number ten, 126, Precinct Number eleven, 293. The above figures constitute final tabulations for this election period, according to Mr. England. , All precincts have been corrected and brought up to date. ‘J. TOM WATSON "ANNOUNCES FOR _ ATTY GENERAL |LISTS QUALIFICATIONS: TOLD THE CITIZEN KEY WEST NEEDS BRIDGES AND FREE couRT | friends met the funeral proces- Mayor Willard M. Albury re-'sion, which came down from Mi- jceived notice yesterday of | amj jat the lower toll gate short- {meeting of the Overseas Road /jy after noon yesterday and ex- ‘Prior to that, the town was known} W .B. (Babe) Douglass, candi- | date for re-election to the Flor-| ida Railroad Commission, Demo- | El Paso Havana Jacksonville 56 82 61 15 56 76 22 MORE CAST as Cowford. | Delance O. Martin, who has The picturesque “turtle crawls” been stationed at the U. S. Wea-| J. Tom Watson, of Tampa, to- cratic Primary, Ma‘ visitor in Key West yesterdz the interest of his candidac Election to the .commission in 1932, Mr. Douglass was re-elect- ed without opposition in 1936 ABSENTEE VOTES There were 15 absentee bal- |lots cast in the office of Judge |Raymond R. Lord when the ;|count was made yesterday after- jnoon. This afternoon at 2: ‘\o’clock the count was 37, divid- ~ |ed as follows: Precinct 1, 3; Precinct Precinct 3, 7; Precinct 4, 2; Pre- cinct 5, 4; Precinct 6, 8; Pre- cinct 7, 4; Precinct 8, 3, and Pre- cinct 11, 4. There were none ; |cast for Precients 9 and 10. 2, 25) jand Toll Bridge Commission, of ; | which he is a member, to be held | jat 9 o'clock this morning in the| joffice of the State Road Depart- jment in Miami, ; The mayor, who called at thej loffice of The Citizen this after- | jnoon, said that he found business , jprevented his attending as the |telegram came too late. | He did not know for what rea- | i | | pressed sympathy to Morris Holtsberg and Herman, husband and son, respec’ ceased. Many from Mi- ami were present at the services, including Mr. Halpern, brother, of West Palm Beach, and his wife, and Mrs. Holtsberg’s sister, Mrs. Milton Zuber, and her hus- band, of Miami. f the de-' 46 62 62 72 59 65 55 68 61 73 36 66 37 43 35 52 50 5 38 54 Kansas City \KEY WEST Los Angeles Memphis Miami — Mpls.-St. Paul New York Pittsburgh Seattle Washington son the meeting had been called | ~ other than that no meetings had {been held for two months and Cla |routine matters, no doubt, need- {ed attention. most interesting sights. Huge sea ;creatures are kept here, awaiting |their turn at the canneries. Gainesville has the most mod- ern tung oil expressing plant in {the world. Tung is expected to ‘become one of Florida’s greatest agricultural-industrial pursuits. Tallahassee. was the only capi- tal of a Confederate state east of the Mississippi river that was not taken by the Union army. First newspaper in Florida was the East Florida Gazette,’ first published in St. Augustine in 1783. observer, left on the 11 o'clock bus yesterday morning pursuant to orders issued from Washing- ton, tranferring him to Cincin- nati, O. Since he had been connected with the weather bureau in this city Mr. Martin had endeared himself to a number of friends, | who expressed regret at his; leaving. hh hdd de) .SAKANA LEFT FOR jat Key West is one of Florida’s ther Bureau sincé June, 1934, as day announces his candidacy for the post of Florida’s Attorney General, subject to the May 7th primary, with an announcement in the political display space in this issue. * While visiting at The Citizen office this morning, Mr. Watson { Uncle Sam's, first timber: pre- serve was established. on Santa i Rosa Island .in West Florida more jthan Tyolyenrs/, >. Plans are !now'urder Way to” develop _ this (CANDIDATES RUN Unemployment Compensation “HATS” DISPLAY re compensation with Federal ployment compensation tax, since Pi } . old-age and survivors insurance, z < | beautiful spot into a National ‘ proeitis to W. B. Weaver, Man- penplevess, in: Fiore) a6 not | Seashore. adver- ‘ager of the Social Security Board |P8Y unemployment compensation! Florida National Exhibits, Inc., issue of Field Office at Miami, Florida. A taxes. Only employers contri-|was the first exhibitor at the| igned by mem- man who recently applied for un-|bute to the Florida unemploy- |New York World’s Fair to sign bers of the advertising staff to call'employment compensation insist-! ment fund. He was therefore not |for the 1940 season. Fair will jattention of Monroe County elec-|ed that he had been paying thejentitled to benefits under the|open May 11, 1940. in torate to the various candidates!one per cent wage tax for more State unemployment compensa- who sponsor the space. {than two years. Now that he/tion law. Similar advertisements will ap-|had lost his job, he felt that he| To illustrate the difference be- pear from time to time up tojhe was entitled to unemploy-|tween these two social insurance and served as Chairman of the i time of the first primary on May ment compensation. systems established by the Social Commission in 1935 and 1936. PANA, Ill — Walter Klent-|7th. Candidates who are not! The employment service of- | Security Act, the employment He served his home people at| worth, farmer of this city, hears|listed in the space may obtain | ficial explained to him that the service official pointed out that Lake City as Chief of Police for|market reports and music while | reservations for the next run by | wage tax which he had been pay-!a man who buys an ordinary life two years; as Constable for four/he works, having equipped his{application at The Citizen of-jing and related to the Federal insurance policy but carries no (Continued on Page Four) tractor with a radio |tice. Jaystem of old-age and survivors| (Continued on Page Four) CUBA LAST. NIGHT i | i | | ‘ ‘ A “Hats In The Ring” There was one sale of sponges |tisement appears in this i: at the Municipal Sponge Dock!The Citizen, desi yesterday, all that was offered. Sale amounted to $27 . There were nine bunches the lot. | W. B, (BABE) DOUGLASS K. W. High School Senior Class —presents— ‘JUNE MAD’—Comedy THREE ACTS IN Friday, Avril 26th, 8:15 p. m. HIGH SCHOOL AUDITORIUM J. TOM WATSON MUSICAL TRACTOR expressed himself on a subj dear to the hearts of Key W. by saying that: “The need for a bridge to General Reserved Seats