The Key West Citizen Newspaper, April 25, 1940, Page 4

PAGE FOUR : SOCIETY :-: Seniors Finally Located Foils And Masks For Their Play ‘June Mad’ jsenoci, won a primary-grade The Senior Class play, the High School Auditorium Fri- day night has many unique fea- tures, among match. After a desperate effort property manager finally secured the necessary foils and masks. In spite of its large army and! | the | | | tment. Finally an amateur fencer and day by lending his prized French foils. A fencing equipment com- pany in New York as a favor lent the masks. Friday night’s performance navy population, Key West could | which depicts life’s most thrilling not furnish the equipment. Mi- }moments—youth in love—prom- ami was the next resort; then /ises to be an outstanding event in costumers in Philadelphia and|the history of the many good New York, but none seemed able | plays given by high school talent to furnish the foils and masks. jin Key West. i Sodality Held NOTES OF TODAY Social Meeting | Art Lecture Tonight The Young People’s Sodality | igeghe 2 =e a +e 8 lees of the Sea]. The Art Appreciation Reading ae bens |Group meets at the Art Center to Church was entertained Wednes- day evening at the monthly so: hear a lecture, “Contemporary a ye | Raanean A : cial by Host Miss Mary |Painting” by Leila Mechlin to- Agnes Kelly id Miss Eloina pies ak 00 alee Lee Joes Galo. st theParicheliall ture will be illustrated with lan- ve ee : tern slides. Public has been cor- jdially invited by Center officials. Ss Games and dancing were «the party and ‘re freshments were enjoyed frém:a buffet table. ‘ Members and their guests in- | cluded: | Rev. Kelleher, S.J., director of | features of the Gains Pythian Office Advice was received today of the appointment of Mrs. Bernice Park to the post of Grand Outer é Guard of the Grand Temple of the Sodality; Miss Dora Medina, Pythian Sisters at the annual and Marjorie Gwynn,!convention of the organization Thurman Sands, Mary Curry,|now being held at St. Peters- Anna Louise Castillo, Vilna Al-| burg. fonso, Buddy Hopkins, Mary E. Whalton, Talbot Dickson, Isabel | Kelly, Edward Gossling, Bert | lando, Supervisor of WPA Nur- Buckley, Hilda Yado, Tony Mar-|sery Schools for southern Flor- tinez, Felicia Yado, Flora Bar-|ida, and Mrs. Bernice W. Dickins, rosa, Evelio Rueda, Mack Cygan, jarea supervisor of WPA Adult Richard Sorge, Andy Garber, | Education, visited in Key West Charles Lennon, Alberto Rod-/this week and returned to Miami riguez, Tom Gato, Charles Mer-|yesterday. This was Mrs. Colado’s ton, Victor Mette, _ Louise | first visit to Key West and she Hawkes and Ben Willin. was much interested in the pos- en sibilities of the Island City. Mrs. Raul’s Schedules \Dickins was on her regular Saturday Dance prefect, WPA Officials On Visit |monthly visit. Thompsons To Cuba Mr. and Mrs. Norberg Thomp- sin and daughter, Miss Marie, left yesterday for Miami, there jto take passage for Havana. Mr. Thompson will inspect his pinc- lapple canning plant in Cuba. There will be a dance at Raul’s Club on Roosevelt Boulevard Saturday night, beginning at the usual hour of 10 o’clock. Music for this affair will be furnished by the new Gould Cur- ig aol teas I. 0. O. F. Delegate Returns Ignacio Medina, | |\the convention of the I. 0. O. F., Straw Vote Dance Mrs. Jeanette D. Colado, of Or- | delegate to | in Jacksonville, as representa- | PUBLIC SCHOOL NEWS SHIRLEY ROM WINS HARRIS SPELLDOWN Shirley Rom, one of three en- |tries from room 2-A at Harris |spelling bee this morning at the “Juné )The State College at Tallahassee school when students from the Mad”, which will be presented at} was unable to lend its equip- | three primary grades _ partici- |pated. Gloria Adams of 3-A was them a fencing |gunsmith of Ft. Pierce saved the ,TUnnerup. The match was held under di- rection of Mrs. Charlotte Has- jkins and Magdelin: Huddleston, and included the following con- testants: 1-A, Ann Tiner, William Hart- man, Clay White; 2-B, Volina Nowe, Dorothy Lowe, Charles Ranger; 2-A, Al Goehring, Shir- ley Rom, Joyce Sylvia Thomp- son; 3-B, Mary Knowles, Bowman, Marie Branly; 3-A, Billy Daniel, Faye Taylor, Gloria Adams. Honor Roll Following is the Honor Roll for the last six-weeks period at Har- ris School: 6-A — Patsy Duane, Nellie Romaguera, Marion Solano, Betty Wharton, Dorine Cruz, Jose ;Alonzo, Edward Albertus. 5-A—Joy Avis Ball, Glenwood Weech, Doris Boza, Dorothy Saunders. 4-A—Lorraine | Bervaldi. 4-B—Bobby Armstrong, Felix Dav -A—Robert Archer, Harry ey, Billie Gunter, Walter King, Louis Ling, Eddie Weather- ford, Mary Jane Hanford, Joan Knowles, Joan Sawyer. alph DuBreuil, Sophie Edna Romaguera, Celio Nottage, Faye gfiollo. 2-A-—-Shirley Rom, Barbara |Crusoe, Al Goehring. 1-A—Ann Tiner, William Hart- }man. Real Estate Transfers One transfer of realty was re- |corded in the office at the coun- ty courthouse this morning, from J. Markovitz to Lillian A. Lang, lot on Angela street, 142 feet jfrom the corner of Whitehead street, for $10 and other valuable considerations, ANSWERS TO. TODAY’S DAILY QUIZ | | Below are the Answers to Today's | +Daily Quiz printed on Page 3 William Henry Harrison. No. riers, six light cruisers, fifteen submarines, thirty destroyers and various auxiliaries. Readers should understand that | |PER CAPITA INCOME FARM WAGE RATES |PRAISES TRADE PROGRAM |! BILLIONS FOR DEFENSE: [NAVY BUILDS SHIPS | i | | Per capita income payments to By HUGO S. SIMS, Special Washington Corzespondent of The Citizen are twenty-two agreements in effect, although some of them, such as“the pact with Czechoslo- vakia and Poland, do not exist. Negotiation is now underway With Belgium and Chile . Prais- ing: the procedure employed in negotiations, the President point- ed out’ that it included partici- pation by: the State, Commerce, {Agriculture and Treasury De- jthe appropriation bill referred: to jin the above paragraph provides) | the money for operating the |Navy and the construction men-| |tioned. In addition, there is! |pending in the Senate a House- | approved authorization bill to} permit the Navy to build twenty- jone additional combat ships and jtwenty-two auxiliary vessels. The cost of these craft would! amount to $655,000,000 but pas-| {sage of the authorization bill by} both houses would not provide} any money for their construction. | individuals in the United States | \artments ‘as. Weill as the Tariff | Consequently, it will be neces-} Betty | in 1938 amounted to seventy-six | Commission. | percent of those received in the! es | boom year of 1929. The Depart-| Interest in national defense} ment of Commerce says that in- | mounted rapidly as news of Ger-} come payments range from $205|many’s, attack upon Norway af-| in Mississippi to $822 in New!fected public opinion in this | York and average $515 for the | country, Although the House has! nation as a whole. already approved a $1,750,778,532 | | wae appropriation for the Army and | While 1938 is the latest year for|Navy. during the fiscal year be- which these figures are available ' ginning July 1, there is every in- jon a state basis, preliminary rec-|dication that this huge sum will | ords indicate that improvement;be increased by additional ap- | has been made in 1938 and ’39.|propriations before adjournment. | The $515 figure for 1938 compares with $679 in 1929 and $376 in 1933. Chief interest for the present) centers in.the Navy. The House | -_ i bes approved a supply bill for | Salaries and wages ™ Were the} e“expenses of the Navy during | |most important type of payment|the coming fiscal year, which | in every state, accounting-for.al-| totaled around $965,000,000 and most three-fifths of total_income| with’minor cuts of around $2,-| payments for the nation. Labor , 000,000 the bill has ‘been approv- income from Government sourc-;ed by the Senate Appropriations es provided more than seven per , Committee, cent of the total income payments, ; ‘ Entre-preneurial withdrawals--; The measure provides funds income of those self-employed— to start construction on two bat- accounted for a little more than | tleships of 45,000 tons each, two one-sixth of the total income pay-'cruisers, one aircraft carrier, ments and slightly less than one-' eight destroyers, six submarines sixth appeared in the form of;and several smaller craft. This capital returns—dividends, inter-| construction is in addition to six est and net rent and royalties, | battleships underway, two others | ‘under contract, two aircraft car- In connection, with these fig-| ures, it is interesting to note that} |the Department of Agriculture reports that farm wage rates are | higher this spring than they have! been since 1931. Persons work- ing on farms on April 1st num- DIVORCE ACTIONS Final decree in the divorce | suit of Evelyn Codkind Berg sage i i , alleging ex- bered 9,797,000. This is about | a8ainst Harry Berg, alleging ex 163,000 less than on the same| the officetof Clerk Ross C. Saw- e last year and the decrease | yer of Circuit Court yesterday is explained by increased mech- | afternoon. anization of agriculture and mi-) Syit for divorce of Francisco |gration of farm labor to indus-| ajeg versus Lucia Alea, was en- jtrial areas, | tered in the Circuit Court today. eee The average rate of farm] e wages was 124 on April Ist as compared with the 1910-14 level and is three points above April {1st, 1939. Present wage rates on a monthly basis, without board average, $36.41, and day rates,| eeeccsevesevescoe. PALACE Gene Autry ROVIN’ TUMBLEWEEDS also sary to pass an appropriation bill for the purpose before a rivet can be driven in the additional | program. Summing up the present status of naval’construction, we find that the supply bill authorizes construction of something more than twenty new vessels, more than sixty ships are now building | and the proposed increase by the} authorization bill will add forty-} three others. This may seem like a large naval construction pro-| gram, but Admiral Harold R.} Stark, Chief of Naval Operations, } says that the Navy feels that a twenty-five per cent expansion | | | | i | | | | i | | without board ,$1.55. | SELECT! SHORT SUBJECTS, THURSDAY, APRIL 25, 1940 program, instead of the eleven|view of international develop- per cent contemplated, is vital in‘ ments. For Real Purity For Real Economy For Real Service For Real Protection DELIVERED DAILY EVERYWHERE Thompson Enterprises INCORPORATED ICE DIVISION PHONE NO. 8 At Pena’s Saturday | Troy ounce. Gouverneur Morris. Alfred B. Nobel. Absent without leave, Semblance, Harold Ickes, Secretary of |tive of Cuba Lodge 15, said to be| 4” . the oldest Latin lodge in the Persons attending the big |<. Rap rebumedito theacit Straw Vote Dance Saturday night |Stt has returned to e at Pena’sGarden of Roses will be | given the opportunity to cast a/ vote for their favorite candidate. icity last night and today is meet- | Dancing starts at 10 o'clock. ; jing old friends and attending to There will be a big floor show jbusiness at the county court | In giving his approval to the | measure extending the Reciprocal | Trade program for three years, | |President Roosevelt said that the | extended hearings and exhaus- the Interior: James A. Far- | tiv¢ debate should leave no room | ice Bodtnacter General: jfor doubt. that the program has | Henry. 0A iWellnce _ |brought “demonstrable _ benefits! bs ‘ 2 to our nation as a whole and to! For Fifty Years A NAME! In Coffee In Key West STRONG ARM BRAND COFFEE Harry Gwynn Here | Harry Gwynn arrived in the and many prizes awarded. John Pritchard’s Orchestra will furn- ish music for the occasion. WORD TO WISE IS INSUFFICIENT (ity Ansoctated Press) AARAU, Switzerland, Apr. 25. —Some wag posted one of the Swiss army posters used in mili- tary camps warning soldiers td “KEEP QUIET — IDLE ''TALK MAY BETRAY THE. Né- TION” speakers’ rostrum in the parlia- ment of the canton of Aargau. Dignified deputies demanded that it be removed immediately, but a motion to do so was voted down by 63 votes to 62. Parlia- ment didn’t take the hint. There followed one of the long- est debates of the year over vari- ous decrees concerning road and canal building. NAZIS REPORT VICTORY DRIVE (Continued from Page One) daring move to grab all com- munication lines before the Al- lies can- get started in their co- operative drive with the Nor- Wegians to regain lost territory, swooped down on the combined forces yesterday and this morn ing, both by air and with me- chanized troops, and succeeded in driving the enemy “back’ on’ its “haunches”. By implication at least, the news from Berlin states that some British troops are now, cut-off from lines of supplies. Air raids, especially, accounted for huge losses of stores and un- told troop losses in the Trond- heim area. As a consequence, the Byitish appear to be in a dif- rieult position and in immediate need of large-scale reinforce- ments. Germany again. reported that | Narvik had not fallen to the} British. This news was made in} the face of known position of the British navy which has swept all) prominently under the}‘ jhouse. | Visited With Friends King Gomez, who had been |visiting briefly with friends, left jon the 7 o'clock bus to join his vessel at Spanish Harbor. |New York Visitor | J.L. Roland, a visitor from 'New York .for a brief period in 'the city, left this morning for |Miami en route to: his home city. | peels |On Miami Visit Mrs. Jose Medina was a pas- senger on the morning bus leav- ing for Miami to pay a visit with jrelatives and friends. |Phone Official Here A. E. Paul, of the American and Telegraph Co., who was in (day, left this morning over the |highway for Homestead, Fla. ;Guest At La Concha George Green, pleasant visit for his home in | Miami. Evangelist Left For Home Evangelist H. Statts, who was spending his third visit in Key West as the guest of Mr. and Mrs. Wiliam! Saunders, 611 Wil- liam street, left yesterday after- hoon over the highway for his homeéin Grand Rapids, Mich. k Visiting From Miami } Phil Henson and daughter, {Mrs. Maud Sands, are visiting in jthe city today from Miami meet- jing old friends and will remain juntil Monday. | Visits Family Here Tony Olivieri is spending his time with members of his family in the city, arriving yesterday afternoon from Miami and plans to remain until tomorrow. Relieves. Lightkeeper class in the Coast Guard, left yes- visitor yester- |} day and guest at the Hotel La jConcha, left this morning, after a |} John J. Fautkus, seaman first j tary of Agriculture; Fran- ces Perkins, Secretary of Labor; Cordell Hull, Sec- retary of State. 9. Births. 10. Woodrow Wilson. Pearl Harbor in the Hawaiian islands was leased to the United States as anaval base in 1887. Rocks lighthouse to relieve H. S. Perry, keeper, who has _ been called home because of illness in the family. 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