The Key West Citizen Newspaper, May 11, 1940, Page 1

Associated Press Day Wire Service For 60 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West Che Key West Citizen THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN THE U. S.A. VOLUME LXI. No. 114. KEY WEST, FLORIDA, SATURDAY, MAY 11, 1940 County Board Buys: $90,000 'S.S. CUBA TO = ae aes MARINE CAPTURES In Bonds; NEXT MOND AY Catch Made From Pee B 125-POUND TARPON PATROL BOYS SEE | CAPITAL SIGHTS; | LEAD BIG PARADE Nazis Rain Troops And cccccccccccccsccccccone | PRRIVED IN WASHINGTON) SERVICE FOLLOWING DRY Heed Workers’ Plea ~~ STARTS TWICE-A-WEEK || GRANT $5.00 PER DAY EXTRA TO THOSE WHO WORKED IN ELECTION OF MAY 7TH Bond offerings to the amount of $90,000 at 79 and interest were ordered purchased by the Board of County Commissioners at special meeting held in the of- DOCKING AT NEWPORT the Marine Corps personnel at NEWS the naval station, was the fortun- ate angler who caught nificent tarpon while fishing from ; Announcement was made today |Pier B at the naval station this | by John Costar, local agent, that | morning, shortly after 9 o'clock. the P. & O. SS. Cuba would re-| The king struck the sume its schedule to and from|iine and after making seven eve at te eee; jleaps from the water, started the a-week service from Port Tampa z a to Key West and Havana. struggle which ended in victory S.S. Cuba is scheduled to ar-|for the angler. During the fight rive next Monday morning direct | a large crowd of officers and men from dry dock at Newport News. |Va. Sailing Monday afternoon at 5:00 o’clock to Tampa, the regu- LIONS HEAR OF PLANS TO FETE JULY DELEGATES ENTERTAINMENT OF 500 CON- VENTION - BOUND REPRE-— SENTATIVES DISCUSSED; BIRTHDAY CAKE GIVEN silver ered to see the sport, many of Stanley J. Barrett, member of; a mag-! from the naval ships in port gath-! CHAIRMAN TAYLOR WIRES THE CITIZEN i ING: The Key West School Safety: ! Patrol delegation marched this .Mmeorning at 11:00 o'clock in the huge National Patrol Boys’ pa- rade cording to schedule and advice received here from the local pa- trol directors. The delegation made up of John Cestar, Daniel Sawyer, Robert Robert in Washington, D. C., ac- | =2=== Bombs On Belgium And - Holland; Pushing To Sea BIGGEST BATTLE © HS TORY DePEsDENC. aL LIED MECHASEZED New York Fai Dion, Dario Sanchez, )Cruz, Myrtland Cates, Henan! Bee eee 'Cerezo, Charles Baker, Kenneth | = them with cameras to take the] " * tlar Wednesday and Sunday de- fice of k Ross C. Sawyer thi: ! : . | Ts pee ots Clerk Hoss Mee es! Key West Lions listened to a Parture from that point of the ars & aches morning. Two other offerings at 83 and 90 respectively, were re- fused. Present at the Chairman Carl missioners Braxton William Monsalvatge, T. Jen- kins Curry, Attorney W. Curry Hari Deputy Clerk Florence meeting were Bervaldi, Com- B. Warren, Sawyer and Chief Deputy Ber-! nard Waite. Election Clerks Appear Delegation of clerks and_in- spectors in the polls on Election Day, May 7, appeared before the meeting and asked for an_ in- crease in remuneration, other than $5 and three cents for each ballot counted. Members of the delegation cited the long hours spent in counting the ballots which were larger and more tedious to count than in previous elections, and stated that they were satisfied to leave the matter with the com- missioners for their considera- tion, feeling that they would be justly treated. The question was discussed at length by the commissioners, and it was finally agreed that the re- quest of the clerks and inspectors would be granted and for each extra day they would be paid $5, in addition to the original amount. A communication from Treasurer W. V. Knott, relative to the bonds in question, which are firm for 10 days at the price, was read and the question of the three issues, one of 13,000, one of 21,000 and one of 56,000 was put to board and passed, and the attorney instructed to draw up the resolutions and forward them to Tallahassee. Depository accounts for the month of April were read by Mr. Curry, checked by Mr. Mon- salvatge and signed by Mr. Ber- valdi, after which the meeting was adjourned. CHAMBERLAIN URGES UNITY BROADCASTED FINAL MES- SAGE TO BRITISH PEOPLE YESTERDAY State “ay 4 Press) LONDON, England, May 11.- In his last message to the Brit- ish people from No, 10 Downing Street, former Prime Minister Chamberlain yesterday urged the entire nation to rally aroynd the new leader in a united effort against the “common enem: At the beginning of his s; Chamberlain outlined‘ the events leading up to war. He stressed the fact that he had tried in every way possible to maintain an hon- | orable peace but that after war was inevitable he threw his full strength behind plans for the great task ahead. The invasion of the low coun- tries drew a4 bitter denunciation from the former governmenta chief. “No other man in history he said, “has caused such a total amount of misery and suffering than Hitler’. He termed the Ger- man leader a “wild beast”. ‘ Dance Tonight Pena’s Canton Of Roses 9:30 O'Clock Till ? JOHN PRITCHARD'S Orchestra Seesccccccovecsecscoscees ; Sunda réport of the directors’ group Thursday at the regular weekly supper-mecting at the clubhouse on Seminary street—the report dealing with plans now being prepared for entertainment and reception of approximately 500 delegates to the International Convention being held in Havana in July. That number of dele- gates, at least, will embark at Key West, it was announced. | Lion President Saunde in the chair, stressed the necessity for all Ligns to “stand by” to serve on welcoming committees during the weekend of July 19 to 21. Further plans for the con- vention, from a state-wide stand- point, were to be discussed at a state conference at Orlando, on Lion Saunders reported, also stating that he would be in attendance at that meet. Lion Tailtwister Joe Allen had the tables turned on him last: night, when, after leading stunti performances for the first part of | the meeting, he was the leading! man in an act staged by his club brothers in the presentation of a birthday cake. BUILDING TOTALS $7,200 IN MA JOBS TEN CONSTRUCTION LISTED DURING FIRST WEEK OF MONTH Building and repair permits is- sued from the office of Building ; Inspector Harry M. Baker dur- ing the first period of the month total $7,200. One calls for expenditure of} $3,000 for three cottages, another 00 for a five-room house and $1,000 for general repairs to a concrete residence. Issues for the week follow: Construct three cottages Windsor Lane to cost $1,000 Owner, L. C. Roberts; cost, 000 Build five-room house Thomas str Owner, Symon! cost, $2,000, General repairs to concrete residence at 405 South street. Owner, Shelby C. Leasure; cost, $1,000. General repairs to the rear of 920 Thomas street. Owner, James D. Roberts; cost, $500. Repairs to two-story brick busi- ness place on Front street. Own- er, Sebastian Cabrera; cost, $200. Repairs to floors at 405 Frar jstreet. Owner, Chas. M. Curry; cost, $100. General repairs to building at 519 Elizabeth | street. Owner, Seymour Estate; c $100. Repairs to porch at 1110 Mar- garet street. Owner, J. M. Rene- do; cost, $100. is General repairs to building at 311 Division street. Owner, | El- mer del Pino; cost, $100. on h. at 808 Francis te; Small addition to 1105 Angela Meet and be ordered adjourned |ule bond, which matures at the street. Owner, Walter Roberts; cost, $100. schedule will open. Next arrival here will be next Thursday morning at 6:30 o'clock. First | arrival at Havana on the resum- j ed schedule will be next Thurs- day evening. Slight revision of the sched ule will come during the Rota and Lions International Conven- tions at Havana, it was an- nounced. particulars to be given out Jater. Rotary holds its con- vention June 11 to 14 and Lions from July 23 to 26. An excursion to Havana has al- } so been announced with special rates to be made known lat Departure will be on the May | 16th sailing and tickets will be} good for ten days. The exci sion is put on for Cuban Inde- ‘pendence Day, y, May 20th. 20th. ROBERT CURRY IS RECOVERING | ee ‘Key West Monday afternoon at/first hour and..the same pace Inquiry at the Marine Hospital this morning elicited the infor- mation that Robert Curry, who ;Was the victim of an accident on Wednesday afternoon on Caroline street, between Margaret and William streets, is getting along Hee pues Curry was riding his bi- ses when he was struck by an} automobile driven by Mrs. John Gardner, and suffered a com- ;pound fracture of the left leg, be- | jtween the ankle and knee, and a! Gannet. a collarbone. COMDR. GIBBS T0° BUILD HOME HERE Commander Tucker U.S.N., retired, and Mrs. contemplate the construction a ‘fine residence in Towers, the plans for which have been placed in the hands of Architect John Allan Long. Gibbs, Gibbs of The land on which the home, will be built is composed of Lots 17, Martello Towers which were purchased by Estella Warlick Gibbs from E. A Strunk, Jr. and wife, Ruth H.} Strunk. and recorded at the! county courthouse this week. The | purchase pzice was $4,000. CRIMINAL COURT Subdivision, MEETS MONDAY May term of Criminal Court will open Monday morning in the court room of the county courthouse at 9:30 o'clock, with Judge William V. Albury pre- ‘siding. County Solicitor Allan B Cleare, Jr., said foday that it is {understood that the tribunal will for one week. There are but \few and unimportant cases to be itried at this term, he said. LOWE LEAVES FOR | SULPHUR SPRINGS Victor Lowe, head of the NYA in this city, left over the high-! way this morning for Sulphur Springs, Fla., with Roland Gras and A. Chavez, who will enter; the NYA Vocational School there | for a year’s course in automobile | mechanics. i i Mr. Lowe will return the first part of next week. Y| Mr. Barrett said that Martello | 18 and 19 in Block 3 of the} Mrs. | When the tarpon was at last Kerr, Billy Shaw, John Monsai-! ‘overpowered and brought on the: vatge, Joseph Alonso, Frank | dock it was found to measure Rom and Galey Sweeting i ieetert en inches and weigh- lyesterday touring government . {buildings ,including the capitol, | ing approximately 125 pounds. ' senate, ‘supreme court and FBL jIt was a perfect specimen. Plans called for a side trip to Mt. | was ‘Vernon this afternoon. In charge of the delegation was Charles Taylor, Rotary Club committeeman chairman, who wired The Citizen yesterday, tov ‘late for publication, he ; never more surprised in his life! hen he was in catching the tar- }pcen. He had put a whole mul- jet on the hook and felt that he ,Was going to catch a Ee CAPT. CARPENDER i | | COMDR. BROADFOOT IN COM- held this morning, Sane to | ‘early yesterday morning. Officer Bennie Pierce, director, and Myrt- ‘land Cates, former director, are ier with the boys. Bey West , original publicity. The local} MAND; SIX SHIPS junit was also in line for special | loving cup awards, he stated, ria ae el ! The delegation will arrive in 5:30 o'clock. SEAMAN BROUGHT TO HOSPITAL HERE Marciano Arcedero, _ second; cook on the Motor Ship Tidewa- ter Associated, was brought ashore this morning by a vessel} of the Coast Guard and plaeed in} the Marine hospital for treat- Captain A, S. Carpender, U.S.N., in command of the neu-' trality squadron stationed at Key West, left over the highway yes- ,terday for New York, going on leave for 10 days. During his absence, Commander H. B ,Broadfoot, in command of the Destroyer Aaron Ward, will be in !command of the activities of the , Squadron. Vessels of the navy in the har- bor this morning were the De- jStroyers Lea, Williams, McLana- jlan, Aaron Ward and’ the Tender | ment. j The Destroyer Borie is, Pritchard Funeral Home am- :also in the hafbor at Pier B but bulance was notified of the ar-} has only stopped briefly and will rival and took the man from the continue to its station. cutter to the hospital. Nearly Two Million U.S. | Savings ‘Bonds Are Bought ! { | (Special to The Citizen) ; WASHINGTON, May 11.—Sec-,and for the first-class {retary of the Treasury Morgen-'fices. New York’s cash thau announced today that the total sales of Savings Bonds through March 31, 1940, aggre- {gated in maturity value, more than $3,860,273,475, and that pur- ,chases have been made by ap-! {proximately 1,987,374 investors. The total represents average pur- chases of $2,495,325 for each! | business day since March 1, 1935, post of-| purchas- es for the period were $61,116,- | 881.25 (maturity $81,- 489,176.) Glen Ridge, New Jersey, leads | the second class post offices, with | acash purchase of $272,006.25 (maturity value $362,675). Chas- ka, Minn., leads all third class/ when these bonds were first |P0t offices, having a cash pur- Placed on sale. Deducting bonds chase of $80,887.50 (maturity jredeemed, the maturity value of ; value $107, 850.) Savings Bonds outstanding on} The fourth class post offices March 31, 1940, was approxi-!are led once again by Plemons, mately $3,495,573,600 . | Texas. This town led its class in The total maturity value of , 1938 with a cash purchase of} purchases for the calendar year! | $99,637.50 (maturity value $132, 41939 was $1,104,060,000, an aver- 1850.), and this year it tops i lage purchase for each business; jelass with the extraordinary jday of last year of $3,667,975. United States Savings Bonds! are sold on a discount basis and mature in ten years for one-. fices throughout the country sell} jthird more than their purchase: United States Savings Bonds. a For Baie is = ti tomas wach hears ste RITES THURSDAY FOR J. E. BRO value value $144,925.)_ Approximately 16,000 post of- end of ten years. Direct-by-mail and post office! purchases from New York, give! that city the lead for the nation CLUB CAYO HUESO « A Real Saturday Night’s Entertainment SONGS DANCING —by— RAY HAMILTON and the BOYS No Minimum No Cover No Admission Charge ———— Funeral services for Joseph E. | Browne, who died ville May 7, were held Thursday from the chapel at 4 o'clock, Rev. A. B. Dimmick, ‘of St. Paul's Church, officiating. An Expression Of Appreciation. . Accept my sincere appreciation for your loyalty in the Primary of May 7th. In accepting this expression of your trust let me’ He was the son of the tate} assure you I will continue to Judge Jefferson B. Browne, of} work for the best interest of this! _Cireuit Court, and is survived by county and do hereby ask the co-'his wife, Madeline H. Browne, operation of every public spirited }and son, Jefferson Browne. He citizen. |was a nephew of Mrs. George W. BERNIE C. PAPY. Allen and i jel of this city. { spent | Mr. —Taylor stated in his com-! * amount of $108,693.75 cp in Jackson-! Lopez Funeral Home’ ‘CROWDS GO THROUGH | GATES AT 30,000 AN | HOUR ‘RATE; 43 NA- | TIONS REPRESENTED concerning | ‘the safe arrival of the delegation | NEW YORK, May 11.—Yield- jing to the immense crowds in j front of all gates this morning, the New York World’s Fair open- jed its second-year here fifteen eS ahead of schedule. Officials counted over 390,000 | eres through the gates in the kept up throughout the morning. Forty-three nations are repre- jsented in the exhibitions -this | year and the whole theme of the great fair is total ignorance of oe war in Europe. “Hello | Folks was the opening day slogan, as “Elmer”. the day's celebrity, greeted all officials. No formal celebration was held. Bee hats were absent. Mayor La- !Guardia snipped a ribbon, to {make it official, and the crowds {streamed in. ! First through the gates. behind “Elmer”, was an 18-year old ' Brooklyn boy who took up his {Position before the admission | window at 1:00 ‘clock this morn- jing. |. Two late withdrawals from ex- jhibits were made. Russia was jone of those and Holland was the ‘other. Germany did not have representation last year, nor thig ear. Five warring nations were repeaters of exhibitions this year i ngland, France, Belgium, Nor- | Way and Luxembourg. ‘CANVASSING BOARD CHECKED BALLOTS At the meeting yesterday aft- en of the Monroe County Canvassing Board, composed of ;County Judge Raymond R. Lord, |Chairman of County Commission Carl Bervaldi and Supervisor of !Registration John England, the {ballots were accurately checked and very few changes were imade. There were 14 ballots of ab- |Sentee residents of the city count- ed into the totals of the vote as jgiven by The Citizen, and the only appreciative change was to lessen the lead of Joe McMahon jin the race for tax collector jagainst Frank Ladd, giving the former a lead of 21 votes instead of 23. FIRST WHALE SINCE 1834 | HAMILTON, ithe first time since 1894, a whale | was caught off the Bermuda coast jby a small band of whalers who had been trying unsuccessfully to revive the industry for several The whale was a 35-ton female humpback. It will be —- on exhibition. | vears. Mrs. Livingston Beth- | Phone Bermuda. — For; For Second Year Today TOTALS CORRECTED FOR 2 CANDIDATES DETAILED TABULATION OF THURSDAY HAD WRONG FIGURES Corrected tabulation of the ures presented Thursday show ing totals for the candidates = the primary election bring following to attention Enrique Esquinalde, Jr. vie- torious in his race for Peace Jus- tice of the Second Disttiet, rr ceived a total of I7IZ votes transposition of figures im sixth precinct gave him 350 instead of 530. In the gubernatorial Francis P. Whitehair led the f in Monroe County Incorrec: additions, however, gave him Actal of 2012. The correct ure is 1,792. FIREMEN LEAVE votes eve Geciaret coger Ser Sec now pec “Sec = ee Begur ae =e eam whet wil be Ge qeeetest Getle a2 fetery of oboe oe Gees oF tee Aloe enc Secmerr FOR CONVENTION = STATE MEET OPENS TODAY IN WEST PALM BEACH A delegation c prised Chief Harry M. Baker Key West Fire Departme several members of the tion, left 6:30 o'clock th ing for West Palm tend a three-day convention the State Firemen’s Association. of which Chief Baker is a president Making up the pa the chi Milton Robe nard Curry and Electric core Albury, connecte No. 1 Station. past all ESTERO, May 11 (FNS).—With its current issue, The American Eagle, published by the Koreshan Unity, began its 35th year of con- tinuous publication here There are a few older Florida newspapers which have been published for 35 years from the same location, under the original name, and under the identical editing and ownership as when , issued “Started on May 7, 1906", ac- cording to Editor A. H. Andrews “as the result of a political crisis jin which the rights of Estero voters were. benig abrogated by a bunch of county seat politicians who sought to bar us from par- maries, for a time the Eagle be- came in bitter political strife from which it eventually emerg- ed unscathed with the main forc-/ es of the enemy having retired — the field. “It is said that ‘Fdols