The Key West Citizen Newspaper, April 25, 1940, Page 1

Associated Press Day Wire Service For 60 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West VOLUME LXI. No. 100. Germans In Twin Drives Against Allies —E * NORWEGIANS AND BRIT: ISH PUSHED BACK; | SUPPLY LINES ARE! THREATENED | (By Asnociated Press) LONDON, Apr. 25.—British re- | ports from the Norwegian fronts” today carried anything but good news for the Allied cause as a check-up of the land and air “blitzkrieg” drives started yes-! terday by the Nazis appeared to have proved definite victories’ for the invading forces. | Dispatches coupled with by the to present an entirely different | aspect on the Norwegian picture Observers reminded the press representatives of previous pre- dictions to the effect that the Allies were engaged in a “long j campaign” if they were deter- | mined on ejection of the Ni from Scandinavia. ‘\ Germany, in” an “apparently ! (Continued On Page Four) HEAR Whitehalr HE HAMMERS— straight to the point! HIS HOMESPUN PHILOSOPHY— from Germany, ! admissions made } zis | will delight you and convince you, too! Through hard work, beginning when he was thirteen, he has made himself— A Successful Farmer A Successful Businessman A Successful Lawyer See Him - Hear Him and you will say “HERE IS A SINCERE and CAPABLE MAN” WHITEHAIR SPEAKS HERE Wednesday Evening May 1 in BAYVIEW PARK A Band Concert Precedes His Address IT’S WHITEHAIR Here, There and Every- where (Paid Political Advertisement) ~_ |COUNTY RECEIVES MONTHLY RACE TRACK CHECKS TOTAL OF $5,562.98 DIVIDED EQUALLY BETWEEN COUN- TY GOVERNMENT AND SCHOOL BOARD ore | | Check for $2,781.49 from the ‘office of J. M. Lee, State Comp- | jtroller, representing the current | month’s payment to Monroe County from the race track funds, | arrived at the County vlerk’s of- {fice today. This amount is one- jhalt of the cuonty total of $5,- | | 562.98—the other half’ going to! NAZIS RESUME T0 NORW pape payment could not be ichecked at press time ,today, it jbeing supposed, however, that the check had been received for GENERAL REVIEW OF NORTH | the amount indicated. i | County finances have benefit- SEA SITUATION DENIES jcd by $31,562.98 from race track HEAVY LOSSES OF SsHIps |™MOneys this year, the remittances CLAIMED BY ALLIES the! having been made monthly in ac- cordance with the new statute ed by the 1939 legislature at |Lieut. Commander J. Che Key West Citizen i THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN THE U.S A KEY WEST, FLORIDA, THURSDAY, APRIL 25, 1940 Steel For Hangar At Trumbo Airbase Is Still In Transit COMING IN SECTIONS ON BARGE OUT OF JACKSON- VILLE; SMITH CONTRACT ON AIRBASE BUILDINGS FORGES AHEAD 1 1 | | Lt. S. K. Wilson, assistant to|from that city after arrival from Brady, |Birmingham where the plant of public works officer at the Naval|the Steel Construction Company Station, reported today that lis situated. “nothing had been heard from | Time clause in the company the steel shipment coming from | contract calls for completion of Birmingham”. {the steel framework by June 16,! The steel, all fabricated and|so it is imperative that work coming in sections, is for the new|start soon on erection of the navy hangar to be built on the girders and trusses. It had been Trumbo airbase sight. Lt. Wil- | announced previously that work- son believed, however, that the men would be here to begin work shipment was some place on the today. high seas, coming down from! At present, work on the Ivy H. Jacksonville by barge, as that Smith contract calling for con- was the manner in which the struction of several buildings on | shipment was to be forwarded the airbase site is progressing , | | At the meeting of county com- MRS. K. R.. CLOSE County THREATENS LEGAL 0.K’s i ACTION ON BALLOT COUNTY COMMISSIONERS IN QUANDARY: HER NAME LEFT OFF BALLOT: OPIN- ION SOUGHT missioners last night a telegram was read from Mrs. Kenneth R Close, candidate for delegate to the Democratic National Con- vention from the Fourth Con- gressional District, in which she regrets the fact that her name was omitted from the ‘ballot in Monroe county. The telegram ends with these words: “This forces me to either bring legal action now or throw out all Monroe county votes after election as illegal, Other counties are placing my name on _ their ballots”. Clerk Ross C. Sawyer adv Mrs. Close that the Monroe | NAVY WIVES OF CHTY PLAN TO ORGANIZE | 1 Key West, Florida, has the most equable climate in the country ; range of only 14° Fahrenheit } with an average 6,411 ~ Voters List TAKE OFF 12 NAMES AT MEETING’ LAST NIGHT; PLAN TO PRO- TECT FROM FRAUD Registration books of the county as prepared by Super- visor John England were thor- PARRAMORE WILL ‘rapidly. As Lt. Wilson expressed | ity ticket had been delivered from the printer and a telegram from} ithe Secretary of State, relative to | until it gets above ground”. That status has now arrived at Trumbo, joughly examined last night at a MORROW’S MEETING | (iy Associated Press) BERLIN, April 25.—German navy officials today stated that sea transportation of supplies and troops to Norway was again e suggestion of State Comp- | troller J. M. Lee, which changed | the distribution from a lump sum } at the close of the racing season LOCAL GROUP SPONSORS iso as to authorize monthly re-} |mittances to the counties. PROGRAM ST Bena SCHOOL TOMORROW SPEAK ON CANCER being resumed under protection | = of navai snips. Denial of recent British reports r office here, combined | concerning heavy ship losses suf- | fered by the Nazis was made in a general review of the North Sea situation. One high ranking official “gave the lic” to British claims about mine-laying in the Helgo- land and Denmark areas. The areas alleged to have been cov- 13th Annual Observance ‘KNOW FLORIDA’ In connection with the paign for memberships in the By FLORIDA STATE {Cancer Control drive, Dr. J. B. CHAMBER OF COMMERCE ‘Parramore, director of the Mon- - es roc County Health Unit, will give an address on eancer and how it _may be cured in carly stages, at ithe Harris School, Southard and Margaret s s, tomorrow _ aft- fernoon at 3:30 o'clock. cam- EDITOR'S NOTE: Official- ly proclaimed by Gov. Fred P. Cone, the 13th annual “Know Florida Week” is being observed this week, and visitors can now watch prog- | ress of much construction. i |. The 100 by 40 feet storehouse iis nearing completion with all! ‘framework up and only sides to | ‘place. Pilings for the barracks building, 155 by 100 feet over- jall dimensions, to be constructed {in an “H” shape, are in, ready for jconcrete cappings and concrete | foundation walls. | Pouring of concrete for the 66 | by 33 feet dispensary was sched- | uled to start today. Pilings and! capping work had been com- pleted—and the concrete work on foundation walls will bring that structure to a more visual condi- | tion. | »se, had been ballots were the name of Mrs. C received after the delivered to the commissioners, therefore it was impossible to have the named placed on the form. Another telegram was receiv- ed from Secretary of State Gray, which asks the clerk to place the name of Mrs. Close on the ballot and reads: “This wiil be your authority and is based on the fact that she mailed a statement be fore the expiration of time limit, though it did not reach my office until after the expiration date”. In another telegram, Mr. Gray explains that the envelope con- jtaining expense statement of Mr: |meeting of the county commis- i 'sioners, and 12 names were added to the list of 431 disqualified voters. The careful reading and Proposed organization of a Key West branch of the Navy Wives Clubs of America will’ be dis- cussed tombrrow at a meeting to be held in the aviation squadron mess hall at the naval station. The meeting will begin at 2 p. m. At present naval officers re- {port that the families of approxi- |mately 150 enlisted men have {settled in Key West, and that each of the femini: members ;of the families is éligible to membership in proposed |local organizatioy | To encourage there in their er F. Jaco he seven! examination of the books was done at the express wish of the Supervisor. Present at the meeting were Chairman Carl Bervaldi, Com- missioners William Monsalvatge and T. Jenkins Curry, Attorney W. Curry Harris, Clerk Ross C. |Sawyer, Sheriff K. O. Thompson, Chief Deputy Bernard Waite and avy wives Capt. Wal- staff of ‘ict andja few ered by the British mine-layers, stated this officiet; tweet: - have |required months of endless work by a fleet the size known to be | engaged in that work. | At the same time, the German} high official stated that the Nazi air force was registering severe los on British shipping in Nor- | an waters. Much damage | s being inflicted, it was st under the spongorghip. of the Florida State Chamber of Commerce. Folldwing 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 more than 3,000 at-|flowering plants, greater than move- ‘any other state in tlge Union. ed, on troop transport ments to the west coast and|" Fiorida’s State Motto _ is: many navy escorting ships of the |Goq We Trust” British had been hit and put out |" Sofia inno, of commission. “In Florida is now one of Uncle | |Sam’s first lines of defense, what | {with the air station at Pensacola, | |plane and destroyer facilities at |Key West, the army air ficld at | Tampa and the Southeastern Nav- | jal air station at Jacksonville. | Florida’s International ABSENTEE VOTES TOTAL 70 TODAY =" me | ns had cast /Cial marine air terminal in the! according to|Wworld. It serves the United | check at the office of County |States and 32 nations and coun- Judge Raymond R. Lord this|tries of Latin-America. afternoon at 2:30 o'clock. | Chinsegut Hill near Brooks- “By precincts, the votes cast to- | Ville is the highest point in Flor- | talled: ida. It is 367 feet above sea-lev- Precinct 1, 6; precinct 3;/el, about 43 feet higher than Iron prévinct 3, 18; precinct 4, 2; pre-|Mountain where Bok Tower is cinct 5, 14; precinct 6, 14; pre- jlocated. | |cinct 7, 5; precinct 8, 5; precinct; Florida is developing more 11, 4. No votes had been cast jrapidly than any other state in from the 9th and 10th precincts. |the, Union. Business indices here’ {show gains of from 10 to mor than 100 per cent. _ The state banks of Florida have LONDON.—The glow of a cig-|more than doubled their re- jaret was responsible for the res-|sources in the past six years. j cue of a Welsh mountain woman} Florida, with 328 species, leads | who had fallen into a ditch and all the Southern states in variety broken her leg. Seeing the glow {of trees growing within the |just as she was losing conscious- ;state’s borders. { ni the woman moaned. Min-| Florida has a rattlesnake can-j{ ers, who had stopped for a smoke,{nery at Tampa. The canned! |heard the moan, found her and/dainties are shipped to all parts carried her to her home three jof the world. { |miles away. Florida has a number of out-! standing garden spots, Some of "SOOT IO LS Ss) | the more noted are: Cypress Gar- dens, Winter Haven; Oriental TENNESSEE VISITORS ENJOYED THEIR STAY Gardens, Jacksonville; Mead’s Botanical Gardens, Winter Park; {Japanese Gardens, Clearwater; Fairchild Tropical Gardens, Mi. Robert Quails 4nd his son ami; Sunken Gardens, St. Peters- and daughi in-law. Mr..|burg; McKee Jungle Gardens, and Mrs. Herbert Quails, who Vero Beach, and Ravine Gardens, have been enjoying a pleas- {Palatka. t ant week in the city as guests The “Big Cypress” at Long- at the home of Mr, and Mrs. |wood is the largest and oldest William Weaver, on South- j|living thing in Florida. ard street, left over the high- Waters of the Gulf of Mexico way for their home in Bris- tol, Tenn. Mr. Quails is a retired plumber from the Eastman and the Atlantic Ocean warm Kodak Co., of Klingsport. Florida in winter and cool it in summer. Both winter and sum- Tenn., and spent the last five years traveling over the mer are delightful in Florida! QUEER ANTICS country. This was his first trip to Key West, He and his i; DALLAS.—Mrs. Helen Hursey of this city testified in court that family were delighted with the sojourn. her husband “slept in a red Pai aPTI iI aa 4 A total of 70 pe absentee _ ballots, 9 | CIGARET GLOW AIDS RESCUE i skullcap and leather packet, and woke me up every morning at 4 o'clock doing calisthenics in bed”. | ‘avail themselves of ithe Key We: ‘a sister, Mrs. E .E. Larkin. This address, wilk-hgyepen at free to the public ahd it is hoped 4 that both men and women will) the — oppor- } tunity to hear Dr. Parramore onf is vital subject The address is d EDICAL HEAD SUPPORTS DRIVE { ey PRESIDENT OF A.M.A. LAUDS | the WOMEN’S FIELD ARMY IN STATEMENT sponsored ision of Women's Field Army of American Society for the trol of Cancer. RITES TOMORROW FOR MRS. WILSO Con- . | The wholehearted support of ithe medical profession ior the , Women’s Field Army was ex-| |pressed by Rock Sleyster, M.D.,| jof Wauwatosa, Wisc., president j DIED LAST NIGHT IN MIAMI; of the American Medical Asso- ciation in a statement made pub- SERVICES AT FIRST | lie in connection with the nation- | M.E. CHURCH lal drive of the Women’s Field} Army for the Control of Can | when this eminent physician ; Mrs. Emma Wilson, 72, died 9 Stated: mate o’clock last night in Miami, at the| “That cancer remains a leading | ome of her brother, Eugene | Cause of suffering and death is) Pinder. The body will be brought | 4U¢ in Part to its inherent attrib- | to Key West this afternoon in a 4S and unknown origin, but | mortuary conveyance of the Lo- only recently have people begun | pez Funeral Home, accompanied }'© @Ppreciate what can be accom- | by the brother and sister-in-law, |Plished toward ee alleviation Mr. and Mrs. E Pinder, and | pe Ras or rie | een oe 5 | through application of the know- | be held | ledge at our command. the| “Much credit is due the Wom- j | Funeral services will afternoon from len’s Field A fonis a Methodist, Church: at 4/0" 8 (Sar tm fe Dacor Pte > o'clock, where the body will be |'° combat ignorance and fear placed at 2 o'clock, Rev. G. ww, | Which in the past have prevent- Hutchinson will officiate. Geir noe pies ee eee Pallbearers, who will serve,|Help at a time when it can Le are: d- Roland Adank Ghanian tc effective. The organization has} Roberis, Charles Falk, Charles |*e, Wholehearted support of the Curtis, A. E. Sharpley and wil-|™edical profession in the an SOIL. tinuation of its fine work”. Survivors are: Two sisters, Mrs. Louis A. Harris and Mrs. E. E. Larkin, and three brothers, Luther Pinder, Eugene Pinder and Greyburn Pinder. INFANT SPENCER to assist in this worthwhile work } | by enlisting in the Women’s Field |Army. Of the one dollar enlist: | | dollar remains in Florida to help }in cancer control work in this Woman's Club are taking enlist- ments. Mrs. M. E. Berkowitz, jeaptain, and Mrs. A. M. Hewett |are officers in the campaign to, BURIED TODA assist the work in Key West. | Dian Lee: , Spencer, infant | i daughter of Mr. and<Mrs, Warred CLO Spencer, died 3:45 o'clock © this “TOMORROW morning at the home, 710 Caro- | line street. | Funeral services were held at | the home at | o’clock today, Rev. | Jim Lilly, of Fleming Street} = . ea Methodist Church, officiating. yp ban 4 _ es Ce ee eeimate ** i" |Bank will be closed tomorrow, ‘ | April 26, in observance of Me- | morial Day. | This day is observed as a legal |holiday in all states south of the Confederate Mason-Dixon line, DANCE Saturday Nite, 10 o’Clock RAUL’S CLUB Music by the new GOULD CURRY’S ORCHESTRA and honor is paid their mem- No Admission or Cover Charge ‘ory. — ; in } i | who has wired the {s' ‘CANDIDATE FOR | Ww. Key West is again called upon | q jment dues, seventy cents of that | ] state. Members of the Junior | J jiting Department and seeks to Denver. | No Admission or Cover Charge jWashington — 26 Close has a Miami postmark, of 2 April 12, 7:30 p-m. It is stamp: teommand’ in’ e naval station, ed by the office at Tallahassee as'and Capt. Arthur S. Cardender, | ibeing received April 13 at 4:45/commanding officer of the Key ip. m. Mr. Gray added that “If, West patrol, will be among the county commissioners place her speakers at tomorrow’s meeting. name on the ballot I have no ob-; If the wives of the enlisted jection”. imen at the station, on the naval The matter has been referred vessels or the naval aircraft unit to Attorney. W. Curry Harris, identified with the Key West ry of Patrol approve of tentative plans and is to be presented tomorrow, it is) \planned to apply for a charter |and to incorporate under the ban- ner of the national organization. | } The aims and objectives pro-; posed for the local club are out- STATE TREASURE lined in the by-laws of the na- tional group as follows: | “The purpose for which this; ‘corporation is formed is to pro-| M. (BILL) WAINWRIGHT | mote Americanism and encourage HAS MADE OFFICIAL AN- (friendly and sympathetic social jrelationships between the wives} NOUNCEMENT HERE |of the men of the United States| ase {navy and to assist, help and en- W. M. (Bill) Wainwright, can-|COUrage each other for the pur-| didate for the Democratic ‘nom- {POSS of contentment; to extend| ination for the post of State ;T¢lief to its needy members and} Treasurer, a recent visitor here {PY mutual. assistance to foster a} te the facts in the case awaiting an answer. {spirit of fellowship and friend-| |ship among its members.” | Officers of the naval forces :stationed here are highly lauda-} {tory of the navy wives who have| ess active here since the re-| jopening of the station. They| Le engaged in various social and practical activities and plan to broaden the scope of their ef- | forts. For some time the navy wives jhere have been meeting at inter- |vals at various homes and at the jclubhouse of Arthur Sawyer Post | (No. 28 of the American Legion. | |The Legionnaires have put the jclubhouse at their disposal and ireportedly are making arrange- jments to improve the building \for the use of the navy wives, the H Legion auxiliary and other Mite } TEMPERATURES Lowest last Highest last W, M. (Bill) WAINWRIGHT | in the interests of his candidacy, | | made ‘his officiat announcement! Stations— night 24 hours | in The Citizen on April 17. ‘Atlanta - 52" 2 ae Mr. Wainwright is a native of: Boston 40 47 Florida, being born in Gaines- Buffalo 35 54 ville in 1895. He has had exten- | Charleston 59 79 sive experience in the State Aud- Chicago 39 48 _ 42 65 55 follow in the footsteps of the Detroit - 36 77 Honorable W. V. Knott, who was El Paso | approved by Chairman Bervaldi ‘road at Tavernier, interested spectators. |Commissioners Norberg ~Thomp- son and Braxton B. Warren were out of the city. Chairman Bervaldi announced the reason for the meeting and his announcement was followed by a lengthy discussion as;to the means which should be taken at the polls to. prevent any im! proper voting on election day. Various ideas were -expressed by the members and discussed in all their phases, and if was even- tually decided, after the law had been read by Mr. Harris relative to prospective voters, that any question arising as to the authen- ticity of a voter’s application at the -polls, the voter should take the oath as provided by law and if it is proven that the voter has sworn falsely, he should be tried on a charge of perjury and dealt with as the law provides. Then {he commissioners began the, examination of the books which ‘Tasted over two hours and resulted.in 12 names being added to the list of 431 which was pre- sented at the beginning of the meeting by Mr. England, making a total of 443 disqualified voters. The list of qualified voters will now carry the names of 6,411 voters instead if 6,423. The com- missioners said that the super- visor had done a very complete and excellent piece of work. The disqualified list was then and-will be published in The Citizen. An application for treatment for the eyes of Frank Jolly and certificates of a physician as to his condition was read and it was decided to appropriate the usual $100 to assist in paying for the operation which will be re- quired. Report from Dr. J. B. Parra- more of the Monroe County known as Georgia street, was badly in need of repairs and that it could be done for approximately $100 as the dwellers in that territory . 54 69 86 45 61 74 83 ~ 55 68 -- 4 62 84 51 56 61 58 60 51 elected State Treasurer after Havana serving as State Auditor. |Kansas City - ‘KEY WEST STRAW VOTE —— (Ios Angeles DANCE {Louisville {Miami New Yor Praga 10 Till ? ‘Pittsburgh Pena’s Garden Of Roses st. Louis - John Pritchard’s Orchestra San Franciseo 52 BIG FLOOR SHOW! PRIZES! Seattle _.___. 48