The Key West Citizen Newspaper, May 8, 1940, Page 1

Associated Press Day Wire Service For 60 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of et West tt. VOLUME LXI. No. | Papy Defeats Al Sawyer New Sheriff ROSS SAWYER POLLED HIGHEST VOTE ; ‘TIE RACE FOR TAX COL- LECTOR A total of 4,454 votes were cast in the eight Key West pre- cincts of the county in yester- day’s primary election, and Press time today, four of them had not finished tabulations of the large ballots. In at least two cases, it was expected that com- plete returns would not be avail- able until late tonight. Races that provided most in- terest locally were the represen- tative, sheriff, tax collector tax assessor and county comm: sioner from four districts. Bernie C. Papy was re-elected representative by a comfortable margiethat might run as-high-as 800 votes by the completion of the tabulation tonight. Returns indicated that Berlin Sawyer would be the next sheriff of Monroe county, as his present lead is about 300. For tax or, Claude Gan dolfo outstripped J. Otto Kirch- heiner, winning the race asse so far with a margin of over 500 Votes. One of the oddities of the race is that of tax collector. In the first returns last night, both were tied at 67. A tie also exist- ed in the second returns, with 207 votes each. Tabulations at press time today showed still an other tie vote, with 1293 for each aspirant. Ross C. Sawyer was the pace- setter of the primary. He has re- ceived the highest vote recordc so far, 1955. His opponent, I dore Weintraub, has 899 vot Incomplete — retur indicatc that Harry Dongo has conquered both of his opponents in the criminal court clerk race. Results in the county election, with fiva of the eleven precincts complete, stood: U. S. Senate Charles O. ws, 788; Jerry & Bernarr Macfadde n, Governor James Barbee, 8; J. H, Clan- cey, 4; Walter B. Fraser, 187; Spessard L. Holland, 781; Car! Maples, 9; B_ F. Paty, 398; Burton Schoepf, 19; F. Van Roy, 7; Ha Walker, 49; Fuller Warren, Francis P. Whitehair, 1170. Attorney General E. R. Bentley, 493; M. B. Conk- lin, 222; E. B. Donnell, 146; E. P. 168; at OPPOSITION GRO CONTINUE HECKLING, ‘AT PRIME MINSTER CHAMBERLAIN aca TO CALL GENERAL ELEC-/ TIONS THROUGHOUT NA- TION (By Associated Press) LONDON, May 8.—Labor Lead- er Morrison and other members of the opposition parties in the government of this nation flay Prime Chamberlain today in a continu- ation of debates on the Norwe- con- tinued to Minister gian campaign Chamberlain fought back with! ‘ dete rmination and appeared per- fectly willing to take full re- sponsibility for conduct of the expeditionary effort. At one time today he threatened his hecklers with a call-for general SOITOIOIO: ish government centered around |Fishing in a lake near here last | elections throughout Britain—a threat the opposition appeared not to relish at all. Efforts to dislodge Charaber- lain from leadership of the Brit- condemnation of his war policy. Morrison stated that informa- tion was at hand long ago that Germany intended to institute a conquest of Norway. When the blitzkrieg came, he said, Cham- berlain and his cabinet were caught flatfooted. In further attacking the Prime Minister, Morrison and_ othe spotlighted the policy of pushing Churchill into news prominence “as shielding efforts against pub- lic opinion. War Spreading? H Fears that the war would! spread to the low countries was expressed here today. It was arned that Holland was in the t of feverish defense man- with neentration’ given > areas for possible flood- ing er lands against expected in- vasion. Belgium, too, was pre- paring for any eventuality, with the cabinet in special session. Dispatches. from Rome _ today stated that Pope Pius had called for prayers for peace with the > hope that European wers will not spread to other countries. SISSIOLITS ‘DOLOMITE 4 HERE TO CHANGE PAPERS: ‘SSS L aD Ss. JUANITA DONGO TO’ BE: CROWNED TOMORROW : Miss Juanita De Dongo, suc- cessful entry of Stone Church in the Island City Union contest held recently, will be crowned at the May Day Festival to be held tomorrow efternocn at 4:30 o'clock at Bayview Park. Chester Knowles will be king-companion to Miss Don- ge and attendants will be Jackie Duane, flower girl: Jake Hemingway and Wayne Huddleston, crown bearers; Scnja Saunders and Dianne Depromo, train bearers. der and Ray Pierce will be Sylvia Knowles as flower girl. Miss Flossie Mae Key and William. Russell will be attended by Evelyn Canova, flower girl. A special program will be given members of the Union ~ WET STORAGE (hy Associated Prean) AUGUSTA, Kans. May 8— August, H. M. Williams of. Wich- + ita dropped his fountain pen. In! vain he hunted it in neck-deep water. Recently revisiting the spo Williams found the place high an jdry of water. Digging around! for a few minutes, he found his | pen. He cleaned it up. When he signed some papers at a local bank, Williams said he used ink put in the pen more than eight months previously. t DIES IN HOME FALL MULLAN, Idaho — Although Walter Nelya, 52, held one of the most hazardous jobs in the ‘min- ing industry, that of shaftman or cable repairman, it took a fall down the stairs of his apartment house to kill-him. He died of a broken neck. Cuba Issues Special Stamp | IN THE KEY WEST, FLORIDA, ee NAS SAMO ree oes MAY 8, 1940 FOR The Key West Citizen THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER O-S2:8 |ACE REPORTER, | WEBB MILLER, — MEETS DEATH | { | i ' i i BODY FOUND BESIDE RAIL.) ROAD TRACKS IN LONDON’ LAST NIGHT: ON WAY TO! COUNTRY FOR RES¥ 4 : ae \ { (By Axsociated Press) H | LONDON, May 8—Webb Mill- | er, 48-year-old ace-reporter of: ithe United Press, died last night, the victim of a strange and un- accountable accident. His body {was found beside railroad tracks in the southwest section of this |city shortly after 9:00 o'clock, a ‘brief time after he had left the! metropolis for an announced {brief rest in the country follow- jing his final press report on the jdebate held in Parliament yes- terday. Miller had covered every ma-~ jor war scene of the world since |1916 when he first entered the , United Press ranks, and jt was | estimated that in so doing he had ;covered 400,000 miles. One of his ,first assignments: was covering of the General Pershing expedi- tion against Pancho Villa and ‘one of his latest “beats” was the ; Russo-Finnish war. A native cf Michigan, Miller ‘ould call no piace his home, as {his news stories required travels! \to almost everv countrv on earth. | | Blackouts in England were, ; blamed- for the” untimety~ death: j fPalice offciisls expres the! jopinion that he stepped off a moving train before it had come a stop, misjudging the speed j because of pce thes intense darkness. i | i i LLIFEGUARDS FIND Oe LL ROTES ‘SELL’ BOY FOR $1,000,000: HOMESTEAD, May (FNS)—Leave it to a Ro- i { tarian to concoct a novel idea for profitable entertainment! At a meeting of the local club this week, a Homestead y' was placed on the auction block and scld for a cool million dollars, to illus- trate the value of young peo- ple in the community. No money changed hands, how- ever. Don Dene was the young- ster “sold” and bidders rep- resented forces with which the community’s youth must contend. Bidding sterted at $10,000 and rose to $750,000 when the. force of “good” Pitted strength with the force cf “evil” and the boy was eventually sold for the million dollars. SIS SSS 3 SF T3 REUNION GROUP MEETS FRIDA Final meeting mee Key West High School Alumni Association before the 1940 Reunion will be held Friday evening, 8:00 o'clock, in the annex of First M_E. (Stone) Church. A large attendance of membership is expected at session. the LOCAL LEGION POST TO DISCUSS "41 CONVENTION EXECUTIVE UNIT MEETS TO-| NIGHT AT 7:00 G'CLOCK.| | GATHERING Key West Legionnaires will as- semble in the Whitehead street | clubhouse tonight to begin mak-| insure the; o JOE E. BROWNE jing detailed pians to success of the 1941 Florida partment convention of | American Legion. Vice Commander Wiliam | | Reardon said the members of the | jexecutive committee will meet at 7 p. m., while the regular meet- ing of Arthur Sawyer Post 28 will begin at 8 p. m. One of the first steps to taken by the post is arranging for the installation of the new! officers and executive commit- teemen. They will be weed with the task of forming a con- vention organization to take} charge of financing and arrang- ing April, 1941, meeting of the Legion in Key West. Realizing the magnitude of the | job ahead of them, the local Le- gionnaires are considering a widespread organization embrac- ing several civic leaders capable | this|of handling the management zi ‘the convention group. “< MOUSE HITCH HIKED OVER COUNTR ‘Hattie’ Went To Miami For ‘Movie Career’; Dida’ Stay manager of the Jefieram He LETTERS TO MAIL'IN SEARCH OF A NICE, WARM. FIELD | peeccccccccccceseccscesesessosess By PENETRATOR |GALLON JAR CONTAINED 18 | LETTERS AND SUFFI- CIENT POSTAGE MIAMI BEACH, May 8 (FNS).. —Alert lifeguards, patrolling the beach here this Weck found gallon glass jar containing 18 letters addressed to points throughout the country, and con- taining sufficient postage to in- isure mailing. The container, it had been tossed overboard from the S.S. Calamares. of the Unit- ed Fruit Line, in the Atlantic; off here. Capt. Ernie Wiesse, of the Beach Patrol, said that two in- flated balloons were attached to j the jar to keep it afloat. Honoring Lions Convention (Special to CHICAGO, Ill, May 8W—The eepeblic of Cuba has designed ; a special, two-cent stamp to com-' The Citizen) , 23-25, and the Cuban postmaster general has ordered a_ special Post office to be installed either developed, | Hattie, the hitch-hiking mouse. knew it was to be a hard winter, he had traveled into Virginia eking a nice warm field. But her knowledge was inadequate, for instead of a nice warm field in Virgniia, she found ice and banks of snow. One night early ‘Hattie, atop a pile of snow, sat lon her haunches, sniffing the frosty air. With delight she ented warmth and food. A short excursion brought her to a wire, up which she ran, and into this iplace of warmth. She did not ail to notice that this thing had wheels and sie hoped, secrefly. |that it’ was moving south, to warmer climes. For Hattie was in February, ‘a packer’s mouse and liked to | travel. Hattie hed hitched on with Mrs. Grace H. Thomas and dog, \Scamp, of Tampa, Fla., traveling in a station wagon fitted up like a trailer or house car. The little fawn-colored mouse, who has extremely large ears jand a larger curiosity, became quite tame over a short period of time. At first she came out of her nest, under a bed cushion, father was a packer’s mouse You never heard of a packer’s mouse? Well, back in the old days knights of the road carried | a pack on their backs and one of us always traveled with one of them, in the pack. That's how we got to be called packer’s rats. We got around all right, but not as fast as we do now, since we travel in automobiles”. Mrs. Thomas told Hattie she was welcome to travel with her party, fast or slow, meanwhile setting out another cheese crack- er for-Hattie. But Hattie’s fa- vorite food was her own choco- late bar which she consumed at the rate of one bar each six weeks. Hattie hiked along to Charies- ton, S. C., where they stayed for eight weeks. She enjoyed her stay in Charleston but while she was barred by Mrs. Thomas from visiting the interiors of some his- toric places she went through the grounds of the Citadel, to the trailer camp life. Hattie liked to pose before a be; Key West. Frida, bes most equabie climate range of only 14° Pabrenbeit ' PRICE FIVE CENTS Andrews, Macfadden “Lead For U.S. Senate FOLLOWED BY REGULAR) ;WHITEHAIR AND PATY TRAIL IN GOVER- NOR'S RACE; RETURNS FROM THREE FIFTHS OF STATE NOW IN FORMER OWNER OF JEFFER- seph E. Browne, 50. former Key | West hotel owner, died yesterday jat the home of friends here Mr. Browne was the son of the late Judge Jefferson B. Browne who was once Chief Justice jthe Florida Supreme Court | He came to this city two weeks age to consult a physician His laa come 20 0 capeteance ai Lanene tae ae aa: — Browne was @ newspaperman of Pensacola and had been, untii lately, owner jm Key West. =z Lopez Funccal Home nounced this noon that Josepr = their chapel at 4:00 o'clock Rev j spe i fae = A. B. Dimmick, of St. Paul's Ep copal church, will officiste ae on a Pallbearers were announced as — foliows: Robert ' Spottswood. J - = Otto Kirchheimer, Ross C Sew —= yer, Jeff Knight. Commander Sum Suz Sore Carl H. Hilton and Harry M - B lame, Bares : Mr. Browne is survived by bs eagtheomg kee . wife, Mrs) Madelme L. Browne and son, Jefferson Browne Hic was a nephew of Mrs George © Allen and- Mrs. Livingston Beth el of this city. -— EXPERT HUNTER ao SZ :———_™~ Coe 4.688. Bees 1 Ceo com ou NUGE SEcee: mas gee Ss et et Whether Ge Pas MAT SLAUGHTERING LIVE ——— =er STOCK Sete Tl Sh Lee sais Clamers a a = Scherpf 4508 Ver Bor 2 WAUCHULA, May & @NS)— Ents tees = 2 Sees A huge panther which has clud . " ed hunting parties in the Crews =" ', oy ou_5 ville area for many weeks has SStec 2 tunel! <ectee =o Martin, sos idle Watson, 619. Dotan, Vessell “Dolomite ee the convention of at the convention hall or thejonly when the ‘lights were out. mptroller a0 5 ions International, which is to headquarters hotel during the Gradually, she became accustom-, _ am ~ ond “ Fraser, 477; J. M. Lee, 1260. . 1940. The stamp will be carmine | Min than 5,000 Lions from all |from the radio pilot light, then’ cit ree, — a e Purpose of having her papers - by Mr. Disney’s draughting measuring six feet, eight and 2 Jacksomwilie wes ahead Ser state State Treasurer changed, indicating another | color, with the Cuban flagjparts of the world are expected the brightest bulb did not deter board. Hattie tried to persuade |half inches from t tp Rt ‘qenmeer and Bede’ Comms J. Edwin Parson, 877; R. L. destination than the one as- Placed diagonally as a back- to attend the Lions Havana con- her from her nocturnal business.’ Mrs. Thomas to take her to Holly-| stood about este bight “ «weer WB Doug: ames Richard, 183; W. M. Wainwright, signed. |ground, on which is superimpos- vention. Specia! train, boat and| Through the medium of radio wood, California, where she’ A shotgun in the hands of for renomination appeared sux 515. ss 5 The necessary changes ged the Lions’! air services have been arranged|she became tamed to the human | might meet the original- Mickey, j Coker, expert marksmen cessful _ Railroati Commissioner were, made by--.the, Porier 5 emblem, at the ‘to accomodate the delegates from | voice and event a visitor talking! until it was pointed out to med finally endec the W. B> Douglass, 715; S.C. Pea~!’ poy Company;iidhe weehel lower left,and the United States and Canada. |to Mrs. Thomas did not stop Hat-/ that in all probability the orig-| panther’s career. cock, 606. : vareisy wees cloured and sailed late in at the right a, The Nieuw Amsterdam, 36,287- tie. One morning when Mfrs. inal Mickey has now retired and HOTEL MEN Td Circuit Judge, Gxgép'Ong"!'l'\ i. atternoon for Cardenas. group of three|ton flagship of the Holland-|Thomas awoke, there sat Hattie ie livi luxury and R. Brunstetter, 296; W. H. Bur- Gaba of the royal American Line, has been char-|on the edge of a cabinet, staring’ So Hattie U $$ BUCHANAN wel 247; noe Riley, 936; Ross } 2 mains of Cuba.!tered and will sail from New jat the woman and studying her went to Miami. MEET TOMORROW illiams, . e stamp, in! York July 20. The Peninsular jevery move. ' On i ight in Miami, T DOK pea tudes. Sone: apres. TPIT III ISS. — to Pe Occidental S.S. Comper] “Good morning, what are you Mrs. Beale —_ with rel- A ank Bryant, age Mc- eT indard infor-| will-operate extra schedules from | thinking about Hattie?” whisper- | atives, leaving Hattie alone in Bowe. ame Boog Sour + Caskill, 358; W. W. Trammell, FOR MOTHER’ s DAY mation, will) Miami, Key West and. Port Tam-'ed Mice Theeunx the pe Pcie Leng Perhaps Hat- amie Cae cy = ae ee tae (eae carry the words “Convention, Lajpa, Florida, to Havana during, Hattie’s reply, if she could |tie was lonesome when there| USS. Buchanan, destroyer of temerew afiermsen Thumstes ircuit Judge. Group Four WHITMA\ Habana, 1940”. |the week of the convention, and | talk, might have been something | were no lights, no dog, no radio the neutrality squadron operst- «tf 238 ccieck <= Ge Gomi Paul. D. Barns, 1068; R. J. CANDIES The stamp will be 32 mm. high| Pan-American Airways are plan- like this: land thought she had been de- ing out of Key West, was at the Hotel Boone, 458; C. C. Youmans, 99. and Other Suitable GIFTS by 22 mm. wide, and will be is-‘ning to put additional planes in-| “I was thinking about our an- |serted, or perhaps she found her Porter Dock this mmorning_ Memoers ei smemoie > 2 : Representative NER’ sued in sheets of 100. The print-/to operation to accommodate the |cestors. Yours must have liked|Mickey Mouse. None can tell,, The vessel was being palvted cuss: wars suiects af aeierec Willard M. Albury, 1235; B. C. GARD) ER’S PHARMACY ing will be 2,500,000 copies. This' crowds. Special trains are sched-|to travel, too, like mine. My except that Hattie, the hitch-|and the crew doing the many t the grup meciuding Getter Papy, 1802. “The Rexall Store” issue wiil be placed on sale at the uled from California, Texas, [-| great, great, great—oh, I don’t hiker, left her companions, in other chores required om = ship spemeestip of Ge Seu Beoct (Continued on Page Four) Phone 177 Free Delivery | time of the convention, July|linois and New York. linow how many greats—grand- ‘Miami. lof the navy. ae