The Key West Citizen Newspaper, April 29, 1940, Page 1

Associated Press Day Wire Service For 69 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West Key West, Florida, has the most equable climate in the country; with an average range of only 14° Fahrenheit The Key West Citizen } THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN THE U.S. A. MONDAY, APRIL 29, 1940 aa oe jagasssreer “|STATE CHAMBER g) SPONGE OFFERINGS * nvicoRS WILL NORGE CREDITS ®t, Becoming Beter’ COMPITE CENSUS ang, BRING $1,259.02 — e } @ WOULD PREVENT CLAIMS 00a acaseseeceseecnes, WM: R- PORTER ON ADVISORY FROM GERMAN SOURCES?! Sales of sponges at the munici-| BOARD REPRESENTING RELIEF QUESTION BELIEV- | pal sponge dock took a leap ahead } KEY WEST, FLORIDA, PRICE FIVE CENTS Naval Dispensary Addition Nearing. Construction End. GUN PRACTICE SCHEDULED FOR NAVAL. SHIPS FOUR DESTROYERS ARRIVED! {which is now being constructed | MONROE COUNTY: BUSI- {this morning when there were} ED Oe. i282 bunches offered for buyers | NESS COMPILATION MAY 1 jon which to make bids. The top (ily Associated Press) price was made on one lot of 160! WASHINGTON, April 29.— bunches, which brought a price} jSenate action today was expect-|of $889 or better than $5.55 per Two Norway Fronts [EXTERIOR NEEDS PAINT | ONLY; ALL WORKMEN | CONCENTRATING NOW ON INTERIOR (Special to The Citizen) ORLANDO, Apr. 29.—With the ooperation of the Florida State jed to bring freezing of ali Nor- | bunch. lace # wegian and Dane credits now| This is said to be a much bet-| Chamber of Commetce, a num on hand in various banks of the |ter price than has been prevail-|ber of prominent Floridians have | United States. jing in the- past few months. Since | been named to act as local ad- The naval dispensary addition The action is contemplated, it the sponge beds were stricken by visors in compilation of the 1940 was stated here, to keep the Ger- |the blight that put severaf places census, it was announced today SATURDAY FROM NEW} YORK OVERHAUL DUTY:' in the naval station by the BRITISH TROOPS DIG IN CONGRESS LE 'ADERS SF St FF A man nation from obtaining all or out of business, the present cropipy Frank P. Bedd , Florid TO PREVENT FURTHER ARNDT CAPTURES lea spare ofthe crsdee te appli- /is larger and more solid. | Mets ceamee wath leeinicciers | <a near SEE ADJOURNMENT 44-LB. SAILFISH cation 19 any .sourt on clans] There were bt eight otterings etfices here BY FIRST OF JUNE OTHERS TO GO SOON [ee Cee j Charlotte, N. C., is rapidly going jahead, the exterior of the build- Bae Nazis ‘now occupy. -Denmatk bunthes: brought a-price.of $172:,. Members of the advisory group}. i¢.\_nocvGwadtice for the U: 8. Concluding two weeks’ va- cation in Key West, Jack {8d part of Norway. ta oe pte ii page anes Sen bsee work closely in cooperation | Navy ships assigned to this port ing being practically completed. Arndt, representative: of Other matters due to come up 99 a EOP INS, o* <9 with regional directors in the ' will begin in a few days, it was ‘ . (Ry Associated Press) i | Jul Webbe I of N for consideration in the Senate} bunches brought a price of $43.99. ight districts ‘into. which ‘the Hearned at the naval station this) A that is needed now is the LONDON, Apr. 29.—Approxi- PRESIDENT CONFERS WITH Pore cis, siurine Sah ae this week have to do with a pos-| The entire lot sold for $1,- | |State has been divided, Par- | ticular emphasis will be given to ,the businesg and manufacturer's census which has May Ist as the deadline for its completion. The advisory committee is composed of from one to three | morning. finishing coats of paint. Total Information given did not state! Se |whether the practice would con- St of the addition is’ $23,287. stitute continuation of long-range | Practically all of ‘he em- gunnery in the Cape Sable dis-! z ltrict or the start of short-range Ployees, carpenters and others practice in a local area. employed on the work are de- voting their time and activity to sible revision of the Wage and | 259.02. : Hourevag Utuer Sucstaw is me FOUR BUILDING mately 10,000 British troops are. GARNER AND BARKLEY; digging in south of Trondheim.! SUPREME COURT DENIES STEEL MOTION last night for their home. Going out with Austin Roberts on board the Poor- fish, yesterday, Mr. Arndt celebrated his last day of fishing by capturing a 44- pound sailfish. Also includ- for serious debate and a possible fillibuster as opponents of any Ichange have announced them-} selves ready “to do battle on the} iquestion of revision”. near Stangyik, for an important battle with Nazi forces, accord- Four of the destroyers which (By Associated Press) ing to dispatches reaching here today. The battle, which, it is stated, will have an important trend on control of the Trondheim to An- started with advance patrols of each army en- gaging in skirmishes. Tanks and light artillery are reported to be moving into attack positions by the Nazis, in preparation for which, the British-Norwegian forces are unlimbering their anti- tank batteries. North of Trondheim, the im- portant west coast Norwegian shipping center still occupied by German troops, concentration of Nagi-tieops has been noted out- side of Namsos and_ Steinkjer, both cities held by the Alli Immediate start of large-s maneuvers is expected in WASHINGTON. Apr President Roosevelt gg255 confered with Vice-president Garner House leader, Representative Barkley of Kentucky to on the future legislative trend, all agreeing that there is nothing in the picture at present that can- cels ‘the previous determination of Congress to adjourn by June first | Advices from the Department | of Justice related of efforts to be imade to emphasize strict neu- |trality on the part of the United States. A special neutrality divi- sion under direction of Attorney- General Jackson has been set up to’ teh all foreign enlistments with a view towards protection agairist acts of espionage. Supreme Court today the motion of seven Eastern § and dalsnes area, has denied a1 companies to review decisions wiptind handed down in lower courts Speculation at British war of- ni . whe which, the: companies maintained fices here centered on failure of the Royal Air Force to cope ef- fectively with German bombing plane maneuver: Charges were made that the British have un- derestimated the power of the German bombers in connection with losses suffered when ships attempted landing of transported troops and supplies for the ex- peditionary forces now in Nor- way. inflicted serious | frims in connection with confor- mity to discriminatory regula- tion of wage and hour laws. °s on their BAD CASE OF ILL LUCK m owl —Robert truck driver, had all his ups and downs A more vigorous campaign to | at one time. protect future troop movements! It started when he fell asleep to Norway will be undertaken, it and his truck overturned on a was stated today, and concentra- curve. Dazed after the accident, tion of more latest-type R. A. F. he sat down on nearby railroad equipment in landing areas will tr s. A passerby led him be the order from this point on, 4 it was stated. . he rescuer thought Johnson — was recovered. But the injured man walked out on the highway and was struck by another truck. He wound up, finz in a hos- pital with a broken no: - tured leg and euts and bruises in profusion HOW TO BRAKE MAIL, INFLUENCE PEOPLE «my oclated Pri SALEM, e., April 29.—Mail between Oregon penitentiary in- mates and the governor's office TO HIS WORK has diminished from about 15 letters a day to one or two a (Ny Anagelated Preis) week. | LARAMIE, Wyo., April 29.—} Cecil Edwards, executive de- |; g. employe of a partment secretary, explains it dairy, w: nding in a puddle this way: Z of water loa cans into a The state decided to furnish truck stationery with a printed form after a few moments he tried! on the back. Every time a con- vict writes to the governor or the parole board he must list his complete criminal record. to m wer but couldn't. His feet fast to the floor. Friends had to use a steam hose to get him loose. Tt ter, FIAAI AS 2 7 Aaa BEATING CRIME IN BLACKOUTS (Ry Axsoctated Press) LONDON, Apr. 2%:—Youth- ful crime increased in this war as it did in the last, but | this time the government tackled the problem early. | Realizing how, the black- out eased the way to crime, the board of education spon- sored local welfare clubs for boys and girls 14 to 20, splitting the cost with local frozen thermome- read about 30 Weight Of The Law (Ry Axxo ed Press) PORTLAND, Ind., April 29— | Officers here are built for heavy duty. Weights of four policemen to-! tal 927 pounds. Sheriff Charles ‘Imel, \ heavier than any of them, weighs 337. EXPERIMENT ENDS IN ARREST DENVER—In order to see how WAR IS WAGED |of our country in their war on} dollar and seventy cents of that ed in the catch were eight bonitos and four barracudas. The Arndts stayed at the Overseas Hotel. SLES SIO LS DS. AGAINST CANCER MRS. GRACE REYNOLDS, HONORARY NAT'L. COMDR., ISSUES STATEMENT “Not all Wars are fought on battlefields” may be a trite state- ment, but nevertheless it is true. The now being waged against cancer by the women of | America is not limited to any special battlefield or area but is; being fought in every hamlet, village, town and city in the United States. Among the women leading the fight against this disease may be counted Mrs. Grace Morrison! Reynolds, Past President of the General Federation of Women’s} Clubs. Mrs. Reynolds, in a re- cent statement, called attention to the message the Women’s} Field Army of the American So- | ciety for the Control of Cancer is bringing to the women of Am- erica, and urges every ‘person to heed that message, and to re-| member the . encouraging army | slogan, “Early Cancer is Cur- | able, Fight It With Knowledge”. | “The tragic events abroad may } discourage us”, Mrs. Reynolds | stated, “but we can take hope for | the future of our way of life from the intelligence and courage shown by the organized women war cancer.” Mrs. Reynolds is Honorary Na-! tional Commander of the Wo- men’s Field Army of the Amer- ican Society for the Control of Cancer. The local group ‘says: “Help fight this enemy who is no re- spector of race, creed or place. Cancer is liable to strike any- |. where at anytime. Won't you; help the Key West division of the Women’s Field Army by en- | listing with the Junior Woman’s Club. Membership costs but one} dollar remains in Florida for the ; fight against cancer in our own state.” ABSENTEE VOTES | NOW TOTAL 153) Total number of votes cast in The 1941 relief question has} caused serious trouble in the House of Representatives where | administration demands for the | next fiscal year have caused leg-} PERMITS ISSUED WEEK'S TOTAL WAS FOR MINOR REPAIR; EACH | $100 1 persons in each of Florida’s 67! es is counties: Advisor’ and ihad been in New York undergo- regional | A 5 director for Monroe County is ane tepals aon) overbaals atthe naval station, returned late Sat- Wm. R. Porter. urday afternoon and were at {Pier B this morning. They are lthe Aaron Ward, Crowninshield, the interior of the building now, and their efforts are beginning to show up to give an idea of the scope of the work. In the building are to be rooms for the doctors, dentists, spe+ islators to worry about exceed- | SOMETHING NEW ing the statutory debt limit. | sal } | | President Roosevelt has com-! ! IN TEAM-WORK: | promised his demands to admit! There were but four building! ditures covering an eight-month: Building Inspector Harry = M., gw “Toure tasers, period from next July 1. This, it/Baker. They were as follows: |, Millman ae ry !was pointed out, would provide} General repairs to one story, St rin eonnaise Cn of mitchell necessary funds for the period Tesidence at 223 James Lane; ~!P0Tin comprise one of the few A ie -¢ Windsor Lane; owner, F. Varg that 2 ca @ opriate » ; DBs ‘gos si > je Bea we can Bppropris ate cost, $100, }in competition with 215 other | uae add Gan a ;_ Repairs to roof of the frame Painter 3 : see ‘residence at 1401 Grinnell street;' While most artists prefer to long it would take to draw a_/the absentee ballot box in the of- crowd, two boys stopped their|fice of County Judge Raymond cars in the middle of a downtown | R. Lord at 2:30 o’clock this after- authorities. table tennis and intersection and started shouting, noon was 153, as follows: ether indoor games and “Help, murder.” In just one! Precinct 1, 21; Precinct 2, 7; social guidance to keep minute and twenty seconds there Precinct 3, 37; Precinct 4, 5; Pre- young minds off crime possi- | were 200 persons around the car,|cinct 5, 23; Precinct 6, 28;>Pre- bilities. including policemen who ar- cinct.7, 5; Precinct .8, 22; Pre- rested them on a charge of dis-icinct 1, 5. There have been BDBDLD ODL DB 4 xing the peace. none cast in Precincts 9 and 10. consideration of a measure that and repair permits issued during would call for $975,000,000 expen- the past week from the office of MURAL PAINTING | { ainting “teams” in the country. Together they landed the big- | gest single mural job ever com-! missioned by the Federal govern- ment—filling 3,000 square feet of bare plaster in the lobby of St. | ‘Louis’ new post-office with a pictorial history of the city. They got the $29,000 contract ted without bringing ap-{@Wner David Bain; cost, $100. propriations over the debt limit | General repairs to frame two! It was thought the House would: Story, house at the corner of pass such a measure, although }Catherine and Simonton streets; there were many representatives 0Wnet, the Elenger Estate; cost, who chose not to look favorably nial on the move. They asked, “What, Repairs to the porch of the is there in the picture to suggest {fame one story house at 713 work alone, these young Chicago- | ians have teamed up for 10 years, Millman is 32, Siporin 29, In many ways they are alike. Both are short of build. Both are sons of Russian-Jewish immi-! grants. Both were scholarship stu- | dents at the Chicago Art Insti-| tute and both got their real starts | MILLARD CONKLIN. [r= Snes ANNOUNCES FoR SWEDISH SHIP ATTY GENERAL, NOW IN POR Lying in the harbor i r is the'on WPA’s Federal Art Projects. WAS VISITOR IN KEY WEST Swedish Motor Ship Saturnas. When the actual work of paint- YESTERDAY: SEES BRIGHT which is consigned to the Porter jing begins this fall, they will Dock Company for orders. FUTURE FOR KEY WEST, No information as to jthe vessel is from and WHEN WATER COMES bound is available. Millard B. Conklin, the young-' est candidate for Attorney Gen- SWEDES eral, on a platform that “He will keep his nose out of others’ busi- |! |start at oppoSite ends of the lob- where |by and work toward the center. | where Their styles are similar enough | to avoid contrast. CONSIDER BLITZKRIEG PLAN eee eee ness”, visited here over the | . . a . ; weekend and today makes his Five Reasons Cited -To Bring Serious Consideration, formal announcement in The - IN CASE GERMANS PROVOKE ACTIO | C@wecccccccccccccscooceeeeslCe Citizen. During the past several years Mr. Conklin has been a frequent visitor to Key West and believes ence | By MORGAN M. BEATTY. AP Feature Service Writer | WASHINGTON, D. C., April,them. They are: iron ore, pulp |29.—A Swedish Blitzkrieg against |for gunpowder, nickel for muni- {Gerrusia in Norway! eres and a ole See lio pro- s duces seven tons of gold a year. 2 Thats Flan Wo lof the Swed-)- 9 7 seh ancteb teiita ea {ish high command. ‘diplomatic attaches in Sweden { Just a plan, you understand. If have been warning Swedish !Germany is smart enough NOT to | friends in high places that Ger- jprovoke the Swedes to’ action,;many plans to take what she pene a forgotten plan, and | wants in Scandinavia. ane Nor- nothing more. wegian campagin is proof that | There are other plans, other |the wakning is no idle one. that when the water is brought /alternatives. But under-cover re-; 3~——Tine Swedes not only have MILLARD B. CONKLIN jinto Key West from the main- Ports trickling into Washington|a pledge of aid from the Allies, land, there will be nothing to'from Scandinavia ever since the but they have proof of Allied aid keep Key West from becoming Nazis invaded Norway indicate!in the person of British and tone of the most prosperous com- that Plan No. 1 is receiving most|French troops in the field in munities in the state. {serious tonsideration in Stock-{!Norway. If elected to the position of*holm. Just now, it looks as if} 4—For the first time since the Attorney General he promises to/approval by the Swedish govern-|war began,~, German military do all in his power to handle the ment of Plan No. 1 hinges on) units are in a’ position! where a legal matters involved promptly ;conerete evidence that Germany | Swedish military force would and effectively. ‘will launch a blitzkrieg into Swe-' have the drop on them. They are In making his’ announcement, ;den herself. ‘in and near Oslo, perfect targets Conklin gave the following facts) And there’s no such evidence up in the Gudbrandsdalen valley. about himself: |—yet. {It would be 600,000 Swedes, plus He was born in a sod _ house} Five Reasons Why ithe Norwegian army and the (Continued on’ Page Six) | The reasons why the plan is British Expeditionary Force, {getting serious consideration are | against 75,000 Germans. many. |. 5.—The Swedes have the best ee Here are five of them: \anti-aircraft protection in Eu- CHICAGO.—Arrested for dis-| 1—The Swedes have plenty rope, thanks to industrialists who orderly conduct for shouting of evidence that the German have been manufacturing anti- “T’ve got to see her—I've got to/high command is not deeply con- | aircraft guns for both belliger- see her” in a hospital corridor, |cerned about Sweden’s neutral- | ents. ‘ Edward Collins, of this city, ex-| ity, and the Swedes have several; , plained “It’s the first one. I’m important raw materials the Ger-| uncle for the first time”, mans want bad enough to take! FIRST-TIME UNCLE Caught In A Pinch The Swedish for months have (Continued on Page Six) jin-law, of this city, and a Miss | cialist laboratory, X-ray roont and dark room. There will also be a diet kitchen, six private rooms and a 12-bed ward, six baths and sanitary arrangements. The west side of the structure is to be entirely screened with Buchanan and Hale. Other vessels whcih are sched- uled to sail soon for a navy yard to undergo overhaul and repair are the Flagship Lea, in com- mand of Captain A .S. Carpen- der, Destroyers Twiggs, Wickes, " A Evans and Phillip. It was oti ene, es formeriy said to which navy yard they! was used to inclose this section will go. lof the naval station on Eaton CPRDEERS ST |street is being removed and is THREE UNHURT AS j being placed in front of the naval station headquarters. That work is nearly completed. AUTO OVERTURNS The whole dispensary addition work is expected to be ecom- ee | pleted in the next three weeks, it Advices received today from | WS stated today. Mrs. Joe Mondul, who traveled to aia. ceaanaemnanal Jacksonville last wek to visit her COMDR. DEMERITT mother, stated that she and her} , companions suffered no_ injury RETURNS T0 JAX if when Mr. Mondul’s car over- turned on the highway at New) WILL ATTEND TO FINAL MATTERS CONCERNING Smyrna on the journey back to} Key West last Friday. | RETIREMENT MAY 1 Riding with Mrs. Mondul were Miss Romesa Mondul, a_ sister- Thomas. Commander W. W. Demeritt, who had been visiting in Key West for the past week, pending his retirement from the Coast Guard service, left this morning for Jacksonville to attend to cer- ‘MOOSE MIST (By Associated Press) FAIRBANKS, Alaska, April 29. | —In freezing weather, moose sometimes look like a “cloud drifting along the ground”, from |tain matters before the date for an airplane. retirement arrives, which is May The big animals are almost ob- | 1 scured by the pall of mist which | envelops them, Flier Frank Pol-|Demeritt, their daughter, Mrs. A. lack reported. It’s their breath |L. Moore, who will continue to and heat from their bodies con-|her home in Atlanta, Ga., after a densing. |visit of about one week, and B. The huge beasts leave the high- | A; Baker, who will stop in Mi- er regions, which lack timber and |ami. are exposed to storms, for lower spapiaiejincioaie icing areas with tree shelters and calm- | er atmosphere. 6 | wseeaeeee@s HERE REDUCED BRE’R RABBIT MEETS} — AD THER | Harry Warren, cashier at the UP WITH B WEA jcustoms house, and G. B. Cooke, inspector, left yesterday after- {noon for Miami to assist in the inspection of the S.S. Florida. They will return:here this eve~ ning. He was accompanied by Mrs, AP Feature Service PIERRE, S. D.. April 29.— Churches, volunteer American Legion posts and other organizations report TEMPERATURES Lowest last Highest last South Dakota. Stations— night 24 hours Two hundred and fifty (Atlanta — 51 18. $2 community rabbit hunts were [Boston - 39 56 staged. The total bag was (Buffalo 40 65 58,893 jackrabbits, 87 foxes (Charleston _. 51 65 and 21 coyotes. The Forest {Chicago 58 13 Service reported 1,618,600 |Denver 39 acres were Detroit 45 Seattle 41 SDD Oa DODD A AD Wosbiogion — 44 SSSFlAISISSseuee 39