The Key West Citizen Newspaper, May 7, 1940, Page 1

Associated Press Day Wire Service For 60 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West Che Key THE SOUTHERNMCOST NE VOLUME LXI. No. 110. KEY WEST, FLORIDA, | Historic Fight To Save Cabinet ANSWERS HECKLERS WTO OOIO ISLS. PARLIAMENT; STATES MAITLAND ADAMS NORWAY SHOULD BE $NAGS ‘A BIG ONE BLAMED FOR. FAILURE | Fe Mer ee | ly arrived in the ranks of (By Associated Press) H those who “go to sea to catch 7.—"Now is no. the whoppers. asia crak ers tel | This infermation was given | time to allow dissension in our; The Citizen today—confi- & ¢ 5 | dentially—and it was includ- nome: iis mien to) reeet ed in the report that he and united front against our common Mrs. Adams were at long last persuaded to join a fishing ‘TTALY GIVEN. | ALLIES SAID TO HAVE NAM- |" ED MAY 16 AS FINAL DAY TO INFORM WORLD OF | | WAR AIMS “The management has been forced to take this action due to the fact that for several years these services have been operat- ed at a heavy loss, oceasioned by abnormally high operating costs, (Special to The Citisen) which are growing progressively LONDON, May 7.—Tension in- | worse”, : picasa the agen ican Thus the Clyde-Mallory Lines and Balkan mn Aragon dlines/2nnounced and gave reasons for the news that definite dea: ‘for the discontinuance of their Flor- a eames aye Allies = a ida and Louisiana freight service jItaly to make up its mind which will become effective with {whether or not she would enter jj3<¢ sailings from New Orleans the war on the side of the Ger-[,) May. 15th. The last sailing mans. from Jacksonville will be May Sources here stated that Italy | {had been given until May 16 ied ay — Pie with Ne ae iy her vainaiclies {iam and Key West, to go on bore down on Allied pressure be- {hie tant ee et “ ing applied in Southeast Burope. + “agent Charles E. Smith,at this Accusations were hurled at Brit-!port was unable to enlarge on :ain for creating a "cause {0Fsthe ‘statement made above by |war” in the Balkans with the re-' company officials, |lease of information that the Al-|- Those effected most here will jlied armies in that section had ye merchants who have receiv- i been given orders to stand ready! oa merchandise for the past sev- joe eee expected to come OM'ers} years from Jacksonville, est Citizen WSPAPER IN THE U.S. A. TUESDAY, MAY 7, 1940 Over 5,000 Vote As | Much confusion -existed in the V I rae ni 2 0 ers Wall jvoters made inquiries as to their polling places. The situation arose when jvoters realized that the districts jhad been rebounded by the FMP GOOG S ISS County Commissioners since the Nast election and that, in some ELECTION RETURNS jeases, the polling places were | not the same. In that no existed for registered voters to re-register this year, many were undecided as to where to vote to- | day. “The Citizen ,received several | calls this morning from voters! {seeking information on where to; jvote. Likewise, the sheriff's of- | fice, which advertised last week- | In conforming fo its usual custom, The Citizen will gather election returns this evening. and will post them en a bulletin board in front of the office. The returns will be posted at regular intervals as they are tabulated in the differ- ent precincts, and the public- AT CITIZEN-TONIGHT CHECK OF POLLS AT 3-08 REVEALED HALF OF TOTAL SEC PATROL BOYS LEAVE AT 11 . ral pees cee Ss cles Se RADE IN WASHINGTON SATURDAY MORNING: TO VISIT GOVT. OFFICES enemy”. Thus spoke Prime Min: ! ister Chamberlain today in an-' Swer to the violent heckling he| underwent in the British parlia-' ment. The opposition party showed every intent of calling for ae nation of the Chamberlain cabi-’ net today, though the actual de- mands had not been made at press time. In patient, perservering manner, Chamberlain appeared before the parliament and proceeded to ex-! plain, as best he could, the Allied | failure to drive Germany out of Norway. Much of the blame for| the failure, he stated, could be) laid at the doorstep of Norway itself, who refused, time and again, according to reports, to blow up bridges in front of Nazi advances, and in other respects appeared reluctant to cooperate: to the fullest with British ex- Peditionary forces. The historic fight to save his government continued for hours, as Chamberlain patiently dealt; with hecklers, at one time sitting; down to await the end of one demonstration. New power for party which went out on Cap- Many rumors fly through the tain Austin Roberts’ “Poor- ~ r jair and most of them are denied fish”. ° _ !by both sides. One heard here Maitland liked the experi- {today was that the English had ence. it was said—especially | promiscd Rumania slices of Bul- since he caught a whopper [aria if the former would join 48-pound amberjack. ithe Allies in the “coming expect- Those who made up the ‘cq conflict in the Balkans”. party. besides the Adamses, were Mr. and Mrs. Vander- line. of Flint, Mich.. Mr. and Mrs. C. Larry Gardner, Mr. and Mrs. H. M. Dubois and mother. Mr. Vanderline also caught a huge amberjack—a 52- ‘The perty fished around Cosgrove Shoals light. Other fish caught included barra- cudas, pomp-jacks and mac- Fh hk ke hc ded al’ NYE FAVORS VANDENBERG SAYS MICHIGAN SENATOR IS BEST REPUBLICAN PRESI- OFFICIALS Instructions for - election offi- icials, including judges and !elerks, in today’s Primary Elec- |tion, were given out last evening {at the County Courthouse by |County Attorney W. Curry Har- ris. Subjects covered, in compre- thensive manner, included: ! Vacancies in Inspectors and ‘Clerks; time of opening and clos- {ing of polls; poll list; what to do From. Two Vans Te Wagon Tampa or New Orleans. Many ‘end and yesterday, that all such! interviewed stated this weck that inquiries would be answered via tthe diseontinuance -ef service{the phone, was swamped with twould work an extreme hardship calls all morning long. ron.them in that regulamroutes of} Two phone operators in the bringing in supplies for their sheriff's office were kept busy ;Steres would be upset beyond answering the phone and in re- Present comprehension of meth-'ferring to lists of qualified voters ods to solve the problem. jand plats of the city precincts to |give correct information. Many voters in the city ex-| pressed regret last week that the .cOmmissioners did not see fit to! ‘authorize publishing of the quali-! }iied list this year. It was gen-! jerally agreed, that, in view of ‘the "redistricting, the public, ishould have been furnished with | ‘ready and accurate information ; jastto correct polling places and! |precinets which the publishing of F.D.R. CANCELS Svesccscesenaccceces : AP Feature Service } NEW YORK, May 7—Tele} ;Vision is showing tendecits “to! -expand—that is in all respects ex-} _cept the amount, of apparatus re-i jauired, partciularly for outdoor pe. For instance, when New York’s |tele-transmitter, operated by the |National Broadcasting Company | ith the RCA system, went intoj operation in the spring of last! year, two healthy-sized vans} PREPARES SPEECH FOR PAN- AMERICAN CONFERENCE NEXT FRIDAY | at-large is invited to congre- | gate in front of the boards to Key Westers will pause an watch the totals being posted. contemplation of electaur | IIIS MS GG G08 soning gates | the bus station to bid the Patra! SEC. EDISON Boys farewell on them Washington, D. C j Fourteen boys from the three trp PRESS TALKS {with absentee votes in ballot’ were required to carry the equip-! | boxes; regular voting; ‘challenges;; ment to televise football and oth-! ;method of challenging; who may jer outdoor events. One had the! | assist in preparing ballot. apparatus to make the (By Associated Preas) Procedure after polls close was'function, the other carried the dent Roosevelt today cancelled GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., May {described in the following man- {transmitter to relay the signal to;his regular Tuesday press con- 7.—Senator Gerald Nye, of North.ner on the official instructions: the main station on the Empire ference with the statement that DENTIAL HOPE {By Associated Presa) camera; WASHINGTON, May 7.—Presi- DEFENDS BIG BATTLESHIPS APPEARS BEFORE SENATE NAVAL AFFAIRS COMMIT- TEE TODAY: SAYS DREAD- NAUGHTS STILL BEST | | (Ne Aexoeinted Preaxs WASHINGTON, May 7.—Sec- retary of the Navy Charles Edi- son spoke up in defense of bat- | tleships as the main weapons of ; defense in an appearance before {the Senate Naval Affairs Com- ‘mittee today. The naval secretary appeared not at all worried about recent freports coming through | Norway which made it appear {that major naval units experi- | enced serious difficulty in carry- | ing on war maneuvers in opera- from Winston Dakota, came out in favor of/given the officials by Mr. Har-‘State Building. the “had reviewed‘all he knew” |tion against aerial bombing at- Churchill, as announced yester- Senator Vandenberg of Michigan jTis: day, didn’t seem to satisfy those for the Republican nomination “Immediately, in the presence who opposed the government's |for president, today, when he ap- ‘of the public, open the ballot box war police, although there were |Peared on the speakers platform and count the ballots. The num- many who acknowledged that|0f a Masonic convention being; ber of ballots should agree with | of two motor vans, a station wag- gaged “things might be better now”. Churchill has been given sole control over all military opera- tions from day to day. This dispatch from Berlin came in to press headquarters | here, even before Chamberlain | ment. held in this city. Recent “bad-showings” Senator Vandenberg in Wisconsin and Nebreska hadn't hurt his chances, the North Dakota sen ator stated. On another national-political Montana today stated that the jthe number of voters appearing by (on the poll list. If there ate more ‘the equipment ballots in the box than names on the poll list, replace all ballots in the box and one of the inspectors {draw out and destroy unopened and unexamined as many ballots ,two figures balance. Then pro- had finished his talk ‘to parlia-|{ftont, Senator Burton Wheeler of , as shall be required to make co. | MORGAN’S ‘RUM : RUNNER’ ‘ a “Pretty weak stuff’, the Nazis | Democratic Party would do well’ ceed to tally the votes”. said, in reference to’ Chamber. |to follow the lead provided by’ Now this all has been reduced 'on the train yesterday when trav- to such an extent that only about eling to his Capitol office from eres as much material, in Hyde Park. weight, is needed. In fact instead} The President was busily en- jon or even a limousine can haul be deliveret before the Eighth around. What's Pan-American Science Confer- more, the cost is one-sixth of the; ence to be given in this city Fri- other unit. day night. t } Cececervcecescccovccesorosesseesesssoscooce in preparing a speech to! tacks. “The dreadnught-type ship is still the mainstay of a good defense program”, Secre- | tary Edison told committee mem- bers. “It is the most powerful weapon now existing in sea war- | fare”. The Senate committee had the | House naval bill before it, which icalls. for additional " 4ppropria- | tions of $655,000,000"to” build su- battle- schools, Harris, Division Sirect and St. Joseph's, will al attired in their kahki uniforms on the 11:00 a m. bus for the trip . to parade with Patrol Boys from all over the nation, down Penn- sylvania avenue, before the Pres- dent's reviewing stand im Srent of the Capitol, next Saturday morning. And chat isnt all there g the parade story. The Key West boys will be“in the front pestisen of the whole parade—being =e- lected as representatives of the com southernmost city m the U that honor position Special uniforms were rushed through by the Sewing Boom project here, and the boys will parade in natty blue and white attire. Rotary officials praise the local project for their work in that respect today Those leaving tomorrow mor ing will be: John Costar, Dame Sawyer, Robert Dion, Der Sanchez from St. Joseph's scheox ‘Robert Cruz, Myrtland Cates | Herman Cerezo and Charles Bak jer from Division Street School. = Kenneth Kerr, Billy Shaw, John Monsalvatge, Joseph ~. Alon Frank Rom and Galey Sweeteg * from Harris School leave tome jPer-battieships overt ~45,000-ton displacement. also travel to Washington Jain’s explanations to parliament. |the Republican Convention chair- | “We drove them out of Norway, /™en to draft a platform well in POLE FRACTURES SKULL | Recently Retarnaed To the bovs and will see the parade Key West Aboard ‘Hurricane’| LOVE'S LABOR LOST and that’s all there was to it”. Narvik Front j No more than 3,000 German; advance of the convention to be ATLANTA.—As Blake J. held late in June in Chicago. Senator Wheeler called for Crutchfield was walking down Peachtree Street, a truck ran in- soldiers in the Narvik garrison “plenty of liberal policy planks”! to a light pole at the curb and appear to be still holding out /in framing the Democratic plat- | the pole fell upon him, fracturing against terrific onslaught of Brit- ish, French and Norwegian units | at that point, although the Brit- | ish here stated that complete | control of the whole far-north afea would only be a matter of: hours as additional units were being rushed into the fray. Germans were reported to be heading north with powerful land and air units to aid the garrison occupants, but, according to ad-! vice here, strong blockade meas- ures were being taken by the Allies to stop the advances. New mines have been laid by the British, it was announced to- day, these in the Skaggerak, in an effort to stop free flow of German shipping to Norway. Partial success of the move was} Teported in the sinking of two German vessels that came in con- tact with the mines. British sources claimed today that over 300,000 tons of Ger-' man merehant ships have been sunk since the outbreak of the Norwegian war, which, according to available figures, constitutes about 50% of the pre-war! strength of Germany in the mer-| chantmen nt. | form. his skull OUR CREED Every Day we will Remember that the Health of the Community is in Our Hands We will never relax our vigilance for we know that the coming generation is dependent upori our products te)build strong bones and healthy bodies. trust us—we will be a@ never source of supply. And because we have fully accepted these night feeling that we have earned a place among those who serve man- ADAM'S DAIRY 2401 Seidenberg Ave. “Rum Runners” of Key West | picture when the Hurricane was ;across the Gulf Stream. But now Sap ial he, ae! ;world rum runner out ef Key| But the nautical adventures of ee eecece During Prohibition days the |that crept to the very edge of the ee famous for their daring sea- | Wrecked on a coral reef off the | ip in ‘out-wittiig the law |C@nnibal shores of New Guinea, i jone of the most prized works of is unfolded a tale of a rownd-the- | the artist. i West that tops them all for thrill- | ne “Rum Runner” are not yet ling adventures. The “Rum Run- jover. ner” of this saga of the seven’ A print of the etching is now {seas is an etching by ‘ewnsend/on its way to Italy, selected by iMorgan, nationally prominent lo-|Mr. Morgan to represent his ‘cal artist. |work at the Venice Biennial Ex-, In April of 1935 the sturdy 45- | hibition, in which he has been in- (By Associated Press) BALTIMORE, May 7—A brewery labored long to produce a super superb ale. But complaints of “too cloudy” and “a funny taste” poured in when it was marketed. The trouble, said the brewer masters, is that people today just don’t know a superlative ale when they taste it. So sales were halted, and the ale saved for banquets of appre- ciative gourmets. "Sia DA aa as. Mr. Taylor stated today ‘that the trip will be of extreme = terest all the wav through Every- \effort is goimg to be ’ said, to stress value of the ;morning. the w | with other patrols, 'Federal Bureau of in Washington, k stitute and many other Federal Government buildmgs and de- partments. “We are going to try hard to get in a side trip to Mt Vernon” Mr. Taylor stated, “to view George Washington's home” The boys will arrive m Wash