The Key West Citizen Newspaper, April 24, 1940, Page 1

Associated Press Day Wire Service For 60 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West Che Key West Citizen THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN THE U. S. A. VOLUME LXI. No. 99. + Nazis Suecessfulin | kiran Land Thrusts Against Allies * MID-NORWAY apvances SEVENTH SUPREME. sash caw pina COURT JUSTICE OF STATE ADVOCATED. PARTY (By Axsvociated Press) ‘SSIS Ea a SS. CENSOR CUT THEIR SCISSORS’ EXPENSE (By Ansociated Press) PARIS, April 23.—As an economy measure the French censorship is now using re-sharpened scissors— KEY WEST, FLORIDA, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 24, 1940 COMMISSION. gerne TOLLS REPORT FORENSIC ABILITY MEETING ‘HELD YESTERDAY | 1, sosneeccccesececcscece IN MIAMI; TREND _ INDI- CATES $3,000 INCREASE FOR MONTH SCORES IN Adding to last year’s honors gained as a member of Univer- sity of Florida’s debating team, | Sidney Aronovitz, son of Mr. and ‘Mrs. Charles Aronovitz of this Tolls collected by the Overseas ;City, climbed even higher in his Road and Toll Brdige District @Mbition to top forensic heights during April up to and including 2 his school by his performance Saturday, April 20, were approxi- /@t the Grand Eastern tournament 500 in excess of tolls held last weekend at Rock Hill, aA Se ate aaton fail Florida U. was represented at the month was shown, ‘the tournament which saw more 4 >|than 40 colleges competing, by fe ese jits full debating team, and su mately coll ye crease for according HANGAR. WORK | AWAITS STEEL + Helps School Debate Team) | AND WORKMEN ,|NO FURTHER WORD ‘HEARD | FROM STEEL CONSTRUC- | | START TOMORROW : Arrivig on the S.S. Alamo yes- jterday was a shipment of 40,000 tons of steel rods for reinforce- |ment of concrete work now go- jing forward rapidly on the ;Trumbo airbase under contract of the Ivy H. Smith Company of Jacksonville. | Lieut. Commander J. T. Bra- TION CO.; SCHEDULED TO Key West, Florida, has the most equable climate in the country; with an average range of only 14° Fahrenheit PRICE FIVE CENTS To Seek Installment OF Assessing System SB SE IM G4 GROUP HELD ELECTION SPUDS COME INTO MEETING LAST NIGHT; | OWNAS WAR FOOD) MANY OTHER sUB- — JECTS DISCUSSED (By Associnted Press) LONDON. April 23.—Al- thcugh virtually every fam- | H Inc., Citizens & Taxpayers. LONDON, April 24.—Two Nazi thrusts against the Allies in Nor- | | way appeared to have been at) least partially successful today~ | |INCREASE IN POPULATION ! actual as well as symbolic badge of its authority. During the first months of the war scissors were re- AND BUSINESS GIVEN AS| REASONS FOR ADDITION: OF ANOTHER JUDGE | one via the air, when bombers | MIAMI, Aprli 24 (FNS).—Con- of placed in the censorship of- fices at the rate of 10 or 15 pairs a week. Now they are being done over. i |partment, attacked British transports andj| tending that six justices Florida Supreme Court was an the | ccnvoying destroyers engaged in imadequate force, in view of the landing more troops near Trond- /Sreat number of cases on which ‘opinions have to be written, D, heim; the other. a quick attack 4. Redfearn, president the ; sas Florida State Bar jation, i toe aoa asta pcetiocs Bee ced voters this week to - by the Allies and Norwegians in jriously consider the addition of F F ‘ -.. |a seventh justice, which will be the mid-section which has driven 'patioted upon in the general elec- back the Allied forces. of se jtion*in November. | “Florida has grown so rapidly Bombers were successful in| in population, and busine has breaking up at least one landing | increased to such an ext that party on the west coast, and, ac-!it is now impossible for six jus- cording to dispatches released by | tices to decide the cases brought Ppt jto them without overwork and the Germans, two British de- § A «pe, undue delay”, Redfearn said. stroyers were badly damaged, if) «Statistics reveal fhat if each not sunk. Reports did not indi- | of our present justices read every cate whether transports had been | page of the records, briefs and sunk. motions filed in the Supreme The mid-Norway drive launch- Court, he must read ed by the Nazis this morning was | every eight-hour working day in! reported to have driven the Al-'the year, after making deduc- dies -baek at-teast six miles. - Pre-| tions for Sundays, oral argu- viously the British. French and ments, conferences and the like”, ; Norwegian troops had vushed jhe declared. steadily ahead from west coast ! _Judge Elwyn Thomas, an asso- positions inland, apparently with | Ciate justice. in a recent address a view tcwards reinforcement of | 2¢ Gainesville, also pointed out defending troops near Oslo. The | the need for a seventh justice, concentrated attack by Nazis dis-|/@eclaring that the Court con- rupted this movement. venes much the same as a board The Allies again scored heavily |°f directors, and the chief justice in their attempt to keep the Ger- | @8signs each judge his _propor- mans from establishing airbases tionate share of the cases to be in south Norway. British head-|@ecided upon. They, in turn, quarters reported a series of: Fite an opinion ahd return it to bombing raids that succeeded in the body for approval. setting fire to huge stores at at}, “The addition of a seventh least three German airports, and | Justice”, Judge Thomas declar- destruction of a number of planes 4, “would do away with split was claimed. decisions of a six-man court and Otherwise, there was very lit-|Would lessen the amount of tle to report on progress of the | Work involved”. | CANDIDATE FOR ATTY GENERAL cated. Arrival of reinforcements for the Allies was expected. GERMANS WARN SWEDE OFFICIALS BERLIN, Apr. 24.—The Nazi press today broke out in tirades 5 against Sweden, alleging flag- | VISITED IN KEY WEST YES- rant violations of neutrality ‘in giving aid to Norway and the} TERDAY: FORMER STATE | HEAD OF LEGION AND RO- Allies Observers here expressed con- TARY cern lest the tirades bring on ex- change of notes that may possibly lead to aggression against that country by the Germans. ABSENTEE VOTES NOW TOTAL 48 | Ed. R, Bentley, of Lakeland, jeandidate for Attorney General of Florida visited in Key West Count of the absentee ballots — cast in the box in the office of | . ‘ | County Judge Raymond R. Lord | since Monday mornting at 9 o'clock until this afternoon at 2:30 o'clock, showed a total of 48, as follows: Precinct I, 4; Precinct 2, 2; Precinct 3, 11; Precinct 4, 2; Pre- | " | cinet 5, 6; Precinct 6, 11; Precinct | . | 7, 5; Precinct 8, 3; Precinct 11, | 4. There were no absentee bai- | lots cast in Precincts 9 and 10. |} Some 200 pairs of scissors have been used by the French censors since the beginning of the war. - SILI ILD I LIS ST 4 LEGION OPENS = STATE MEE GETS UNDER WAY AT ST. PETE TODAY; KEY WEST DELEGATES PRESENT i ST. PETERSBURG, Apr. 24.— (FNS) The Florida Department C approx- of The American Legion will still higher toward record high imately 150 pages per hour for celebrate its 21st birthday anni- levels. Across the river, at’ New- versary at a four-day convention: here, beginning ‘today. Nearly 5,000 Legionnaires, Tep- | resenting the state’s 122 posts, are expected to attend. according to Joe S. Clark, Florida national executive committeeman. | Key West delegation left this morning declaring that they will make every effort to obtain the 1941 Convention for this city. National Commander Raymond Kelly, of Detroit, will address an outdoor session of the Legion and the Auxiliary on Friday, and highlights of the convention will include: Wednesday, annual promenade and grand cheminot of the 40 and 8, Legion honor society; Thursday, opening ses- sions of the Legion and Auxiliary and Legion Golf Tournament; Friday, Rainbow Division break- fast and department parade; Saturday, Legion Junior rifle matches and election of of- ficers. ITALY READY TO KEEP WORD IL DUCE INDICATES NATION | MAY GO TO WAR SOON By Axxociated Press) ! ROME ,April 24—Rumors of | war were heard in Italy today as | Mussolini addressed a parliament * meeting on the subject of “ful- fillment of pact pledges”. Previously it had been report- ed that Mussolini had let it be known that Italy would not go to war. Pressure from her Rome- Berlin axis partner in Germany is believed to be responsible for the expression given today. “Our word is sacred”, Il Duce stated, | “and we will go to war when conditions outlined in existing pacts, bring that eventuality into real proportions”, MEET TO PLAN report turned in at the commis sion mecting held yesterday in Miami. The meeting was called to or- der by John Slade, chairman, in the offices of the State Road De- in -the County Build- ing, at 9:00 o’clock, with Com- missioners John ~ Costar, C. C. Symonette and John Kennedy jceeded in capturing fourth place iin the competition behind the |veteran teams representing ‘Springfield, NYU and American ‘university. Aronovitz played a ily in England has been eat- ing potatoes every day for at least two enjuries, the British Potato Marketing Board has just discovered 'dy’s office informed The Citizen this morning that they had heard ‘nothing further from the Steel Construction Company of Birm- ‘ingham, Ala.. who stated last that a lot of people don't {stellar role in helping his team’ Weck that steel would be shipped gain its position, never-before at- ot Key West in time for work to tained in the history of school Start on the immense hangar on | debating. 2 And that wasn’t all. ; present. } manager, + CINCINNATI, Apr. ear been* evacuated. ily supplied with a tag and being | jdevoid of a driver’s licénse} was} Ed. R. Neff, general | plane was also present, well as Mr. Hick: Other matters handled by the commission, which had not met for two months, were mostly} tn ‘recognition of his ability routine. gnation of Francis|anq in view of his general high Delaney as secretary to Mr. Neff|ayerage maintained during his was accepted and it was an-|cchoo) terms, Sidney has been nouneed that, for the present, the ‘honored by election to Pi Gamma position would remain unfilled. {Mu, honorary social science fra- sr iternity at the school, according jto advice received by his parents |yesterday. went all the way to the finals in jextempore speaking before he 'was eliminated, placing second {among entries from the 40-odd colleges represented. LATE NEWS BULLETINS € Associated Préss) 24.—Over , 500 families were evacuated from } their river-side homes in this ! city today as the Ohio river rose ! | port, approximately 700 families LITTLE FALLS, N. Y., Apr. { 24,—Inquest into the death of victims of the Lakeshore Limited wreck which occured April 19, will be held in this city next Friday. State offi- cials will investigate the con- dition of the New York Cen- tral roadbed at the scene of the wreck. Company offi- (14 @ ‘ cials today announced that jfile in his office from county total damage to equipment registrars. (Special to TALLAHASSEE, Apr. 24. — j Secretary of State R. A. Gray jtoday stated that approximately |'750,000 residents of Florida will |be qualified to vote in the com- jing primaries and election next would amount to over $500,- This figure represents a total 000. {13 per cent higher than the total pee } DENVER, Colo. Apr. 4— COUNTY PRISON John Dewey, Republican as- | Pirant to the presidential nomi-! nation, spoke here last night in| GETS 0 K MARK his wesern tour to capture dele- | one gates for the coming convention. | — Main theme of his speech was aimed at benefits for the “tittle INSPECTOR HERE YESTER- business man’ which could not! DAY SATISFIED WITH ALL be further guaranteed under} “leadership of New Dealism”.| CONDITIONS Following his speech, Dewey) travelled to Colorado Springs for } a four-day’s rest. Prison Inspector J. E. Creech, ; who works out of the office of Nathan Mayo, head of the De- jpartment of Agriculture of Flor- ida, was a visitor in the city jyesterday for the purpose of in- specting the county jail and the property. After making a thorough in- |spection of every building on the jsite and the grounds, Mr. Creech told Keeper Leon Roberts that ‘he had never before inspected jthe jail without finding some- jthing to criticize, but his report |this time would be 100 per cent. | With the shower baths in per- ‘fect working order, and all sani- tary arrangements functioning iproperly, Mr. Creech said there bee pees nothing to be said except John Christian, who was ar-|that everything was in perfect rested by State Road Patrolman | condition. L. W. Brassell. on a charge of! driving while under the) sinflue4 RE N ence of liauor, being impropers, WASHINGTON, Apr. 24.— Members of the National Labor Relations Board today turned in a verdict against a major ship line which inter- preted an alleged sitdown strike as having involved more than an actual sitdown of laborers. Five men were ordered reinstated and given back pay. Investigation Pointed out that the defend- ants did not defy owners of the ship, nor did they inter- fere with work carried on by other workmen. CHRISTIAN HELD ON $100 BO given preliminary hearing yes- terday. |fall according to reports now on; j April 25th, tomorrow. | In that no further word has been received, it was expected that the work would go forward on the hangar, although it may be that, in view of transporta- tion problems, the steel may not get to the site until later in the, week. The hangar contract calls for erection of a $96,200 structure, dimensions 372 feet long, 250 feet wide and 50 feet high. Ivy H. Smith officials stated this week ,that base work for the hangar has been completed. Comes Rg 75.000 - Voters For May Primaries ‘The Citizen) 1on the books of the state 1938. , Of the three-quarter-million total, approximately 50,000 are Republicans, it was stated. Dade county has the highest in registration, with 97,095, divided ; 86,502 Democrats and 10,171 Re- publicans, with 422 Independents. Duval county was second high- ; in’ est with a total of 64,000, round numbers, 59,000 Democrats and 5,000 Republicans. Based on past voting interest, it is now estimated that more than 600,000 votes will be cast in the May 7th primary—and prob- ably 10 per cent less than that figure in the following May 28th primary. Monroe County totalled 6,423 qualified votes yesterday, ac- cording to John Englarfd, super- | visor of registration. SPECIAL COUNTY MEETING T ONIGHT A special meeting of the board of county commissioners has !been called for 8 o'clock this evening in the office of Clerk Ross C. Sawyer for the purpose , of going over and examining the disqualified list of voters as pre- pared by Supervisor John Eng- land. A full board is expected to be present at the meeting, together | , with Mr. England and those who may be interested in the pro- | ceedings. = { | | ! TEMPERATURES ' | | Lowest last Highest last ! Stations— night 24 hours Atlanta -. 50 vb | Boston _ 37 48 'Buffalo ~ 32 51 Charleston __. 59 72 ; Chicago - 39 49 |Denver __.__. 39 64 know how they should be cooked. So the Government Sta- tionery Offic has published jheld théir first-annual election |of officers” meeting last evening |at'Harris School auditorium, with {8 good representation of mem- |pers present. Nominating committee pre- i a recive book describing 80 different ways of preparing potatoes for the table. “Soups, salads, savouries and even cakes are included”, the Stationery Office proudly an- neunced. | Sented the following slate, which | will be voted upon by ballots sent |to the full membership via mail, |returnable to the secretary by |May 1: | President, Everett Winter; sec- | retary-treasurer, Henry Brewer; r4jexecutive committee, besides the ttt ansartbct |two named, Col. L. C. Brinton, H. ;P. Connable and Dr. J. J. DePoo. CANC ‘AN | Members of the organization \heard a full discussion of the LOCAL CONTROL DRIVE ,Cleveland System of assessment lrecording, led by Retiring Presi- GIVES PERTINENT FACTS ABOUT DISEASE {dent of the Association Col, Brin- ‘ton. The systern, adopted almost tuniversally by cities in most states of the nation, reduces prop- jerty to a common valuation ba- |sis and standard. The need for establishment of jsuch a system in Key West was | The Key West division of the admitted freely on all sides at the | the meétipg, and_plans.were. gone.» its | into whereby the work of con- {educational campaign will nee aes Soren ude Merci ! 2 | work of the city by volunteers \swer suestions on “What to; would be attempted. It was Know—What to do about Can-/ thought necessary that a crew of icer. ‘ten citizens was sufficient for the | Here are some of the questions | 0b. although it was pointed out thi Id be done in “and answers prepared by the \muaegpstapt. sale { ? - time for the next tax assessment ‘American Society for the Con-|rol], Providing for the new sys+ trol of Cancer: jtem’s introduction ; by June 1, Early is the watchword in} 1941, was to be the’ ai ie the trol. ig- | BToup. it Cainereat roe Tee ee | Two other subjects! were.). pre- 1. Any unusual lump or thick-|Sented at the Sot cia ening, especially in the breast. | teresting Sen sed Pe 2. Any irregular bleeding or ‘ig and be osage a ne nis ‘discharge from any body open- | West Board was presen! Py ing. {Everett Winter. Progress being 3. Any sore that does not heaj/™ade on the extension of sewer eet laterals in the city, in prepara- Par ey eboubsihe tongue, | tion for operation’ of Disposal imouth or lips. | 2 H i eran Shy 'Plant No 2, was explained by . Persis dige: , a | 4. Persistent indigestion, often | Aah : Sccormpanil Uie ian Os eae Of such interest were the sub- 5. Sudden changes in the form. % ‘ or rate of growth of a mole or jects presented met with, that ‘ wart. |members of the group declared 6. A persistent change from their intention of holding similar the normal habit or action of the frum discussions at regular monthly meetings in the future. ' i | | ' | | {Women’s Field Army for ‘Control of Cancer, through | | bowels. |. Pain is usually, absent except ‘in well advanced or late cancer. ; Many types: of ‘cancer can be! ,cured—but treatment must start ‘early while the disease is still! jlocal. The American College of Surgeons has reported more than 29,000 cured cancer cases. All are | asked to enlist in the Women’s , Field Army to control this dis- THREE NAVAL SAPS IN PORT OTHERS STILL ON PATROL:) PREPARE FOR TARGET PRACTICE prs att eens 13th Annual Observance ‘KNOW FLORIDA’ By FLORIDA STATE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE EDITOR’S NOTE: Official- ly proclaimed by Gov. Fred P. Cone, the 13th annual | | | | 1 } the following days. for them! KNOW FLORIDA! | Florida’s annual mean tem- | perature ranges from 68 to 72 de- grees. That’s comfortable liv- the neutrality ps bor of Key aré the Destroyers Lea, of the squadrén under command !~" of Captain A. S. Carpender, the/ ‘The Palatka Ravine Gardens SEE NO EVIL, DO NO EVIL. (Ry Asso@ated Preas) MEMPHIS, Tenn., April 24. SCHOOL REUNION ED. R. BENTLEY Plans for the 1940 reunion of Police figure betting on base- ball games won't flourish so much this season if idlers can’t know the scores. The order went out that no} telegraph wires for ticker serv- ice would be allowed in places of amusement such as pool halls, | drug stores and the like, i 3 Key West High School will be yesterday to see his friends and made at a meeting of the Alum- to make new ones. Mr. Bentley, ni Association to be held tomor- it was pointed out, is not a row evening, 8:00 o'clock, in First stranger here, having visited the'M. E. Church Sunday School city a number of times with Mrs. Building on Eaton street. Bentley to make official calls to) A large attendance of the; Rotary and Legion functions. “I love Key West”, said Bent- e session by the president, Joe Al-' (Continued on Page Three) ‘len, He appeared before Pea Justice Enrique Esquinaldo, Jr., and heard the charges read and |S0red by state and county can-| Havana pleaded guilty to them all. He Criminal Court. 1300 JOKERS DERRY, N. H—Mrs. Luella Low, of this city, has a collec- aying ee jokes from packs of pl cards. ; ce | Display advertisement spon- didates in yesterday’s issue of ‘was placed under bond of $100/The Citizen, announcing their/KEY WEST ;to await trial at the next term of; Hat's In. The Ring”, inadvert- Los Angeles . 57 ently omitted the names of Isa- ;dore L. Weintraub, candidate for Circuit Court Clerk, and Paul Thompson, candidate for Con- stable in the First District. Separate “Hat Announce- membership is requested at this tion of 1,300 different kinds of|ments” for these two candidates /San Francisco 51 appear elsewhere in this issue of Citizen. ‘ |The Destroyer McClanahan and the Tender Gannet. The Destroyers Wickes, Twiggs, Philip and Evans are out on patrol and as their range com- prises the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico, there is not any way of telling when they will return until they arrive in port. Preparations are now. going on at the naval station for ‘short | Detroit _ . 37 52 'El Paso . 49 67 67 86 Kansas City _ 44 72 | Louisville |Miami —. & | Mpls.-St -Paul 34 ‘New York __. 42 | Pittsburgh |St. Louis 41 _ 39 | Seattle 48 2 ficers are at work getting the !Washington — 46 targets in condition, 53 81 69 50 78 55 52 54 58 58 56 62 range target practice and arti- |; in the spring contain thousands of blooming azalea plants. It is located in one of the most beau- | tiful ravines in the South. . Caviar is produced in Florida. It is made from the roe of the sturgeon which spawns in ‘the Trivers of west Florida. A lake in the shape of an out- line map of Florida is found at Clearwater has the second