The Key West Citizen Newspaper, May 14, 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. 116. KEY WEST, FLORIDA, TUESDAY, MAY 14, 1940 Hangar Construct Awaits Steél Arrival In Transit On SMITH CONTRACT PRO- CEEDS AS PER SCHED- ULE; SEWER LINE BE- ING DUG Fabricated steel units of con- struction for the large navy air- plane hanger which to be erected by the Alabama Con- struction Co., on Trumbo Island. have not reached the destination as yet, was the statement made thie morning by Commander J. T. Brady. public works officer at the naval station. The commander said that there had been several dates fixed for the arrival of the steel, and it was expected to arrive by April 25. Later dates had been set but no word has been received as yet, and it is not now known just when the barges will arrive from Jacksonville. The foundation for the work which is under contract to the Ivy H. Smith Co.. is practically completed and it is only await- ing the arrival of the fabricated steel. Then work on the con- struction of the hangar will be started at once. At fhe pfes@it tine “the con- tracts of the Smith Co., are go- ing ahead smoothly and the sev- eral buildings which are to be built by the conipany are show- ing great progress. The 100 by 40 feet storehouse is nearing com- pletion, the dispensary, which is to be 66 bv 33 feet, is going ahead rapidly, and auarters for the bachelors are being rapidly push- ed and give promise of being completed within the specified time. It was said today that all that is hindering the progress of the work is the nonarrival of the steci for the hangar. which, ac- cording to contract calls for the completion by June 16. Breaking of ground for sewers on the new airbase property w made yesterday. A line will con- nect with the city line at the cor- ner of White and Eaton Streets, which will be taken to Various buildings of the airbase reserv: tion for service when the city plant is set in operation. FLORENCE ROBERTS RITES TOMORROW DIED YESTERDAY AFTER- NOON: RITES FOR F. H. ROBERTS TOMORROW * he wanted an air mail stamp. Let- i {who was arre nee EXPECT SECOND PRIMARY! he desperate situation which BALLOT TO B) ANNOUNCED ‘this community will be forced to face next month if the, local clin- BEFORE WEEKEND ;ic is closed because of insuffi- jcient funds was discussed at the jmeeting of the Monroe County Supervisor of Registration John Association of Social Workers England said this morning that ‘which was held at the home of thé voluminous report which was: Miss Louise Ketchum last eve- the result of the canvass of the |ning. First Primary election of Tues-' Representatives were | there \day, May 7, was sent cff on the from a number of Key West afternoon mail yesterday and clubs, and expressed themselves . . . se o- jwill reach Tallahassee this eve-.as anxious to contact the other 7° Hi g. members of their organizations ’Here-Come-Chillie‘ Phrase \”’¢;.. of the copies is sent to/during the week to attempt solu- {Governor Fred Cone and one to tion of the problem which must T0 NEW LANGUAG jSecretary. of State R. A. Gray,jbe faced by every individual in :nad it is the opinion of officials | the community, = ‘ ¢ {at the courthouse that the names| A report was given of the for the ballots for the Second |services rendered by the clinic in iPrimary willn toecarh areHll 0/1939 and it was announced that !Primary will not reach Key Westias there were no funds to pay |from the Secretary of State be-'for the upkeep of the clinic another |fore the last cf this week. building, for the necessary- medi- | Ballots will contain the namesicines and for the services of the jof from eight to ten candidates in doctors who attend clinic pa- ithe run-off election, depending tients, there was nothing to do death ‘upon final canvass of the First .but close the clipic. {Primary to be made in Tallahas-! A special meeting of the group ended such peaceful pursuits, jsee. Quick action, in view of the ‘will be held next Monday eve- “Here-Come-Chillie” the|delay in obtaining final, official;ning in the Chamber of Com- Oriental equivalent of the Amer- {check of the First Primary, will:merce headquarters and it ‘is : an {be necessary to make final pre-' hoped that by that date some ican expression, “here comes the | yarations for the Second Pri-,plan will have been solved by mail plane’ |mary, it was pointed out by which funds may be raised and Chillie Vaughn, who to admir-! county officials today. :the clinic kept open. ing Chine: was the personifica- : of see AP Feature Service MIAMI, Fila, May 14—The drone of airplane motors over the Yangtse likely bombing attack now. “Here-Come-Chillie”. In China, before the struggle with invading Japan mean instead of was tion winged transportation, operates big, four-engined Clip-} pers now between Miami and GENERALS SELECT South America. i His real name is Charles Sloan }{ be Vaughn, but chilhood playmates nicknamed him “Chillie” because it rhymed with “Willie”, the name of his older brother. Nearly 10 years ago, when an; American company opened a/ mail and passenger airline in; China, Chillie Vaughn went there} as one of its pilots. The youngster | grew a beard and caught the! fancy of the Orientals. t At airports—more correctly river landings—along the wa: the admiring Chinese gathered at plane-time and awaited his ar- rival. When a distant speck ap peared and the sound of his mo- tor was heard, they would an- nounce cireumspectly: “Here-Come-Chillie”. The phrase spread. mail and passenger plane, ardless of >» piloted it, was “Here-Come-Chillic”. Clerks at eee eS post office windows soon learned! When Caesar butzkriege aul that when a Chinese shoved a'%0U0 years ago he cated the fe coins through the window ee tne bravest of the tribes- ond Said: Here Come nile | irven: sthen gG@enmanic: «tribes weie pressing against the Gauis on these plains. Later German invaders, upon the breakdown of |Koman power, drove through Belgium. one eee eee ° Associated Press Feature Service It was no accident that the sol-'volted and set up independently. dier poet wrote about the pop- Thereupon Great Britain, Aus- pies of Flanders fields. \tria, France, Prussia and Russia Those fields and all the low- signed a treaty recognizing her land plains have been a battle--as a “perpetually neutral” state. gecund for the nations of western! That treaty held good in the ana of central Europe since time | Franco-Prussian war of 1870, but , by the time the World war rolled around, German strategists had evolved the Schlieffen plan. It proposed the defeat of France by an end run through the lowland: Germany carried it out to the ex- tent of overrunning Belgium, but bogged down in the muddy Flan- ders fields. Following its World war expe- rience with a scrap of treaty pi per, Belgium abandoned guaran- teed neutrality in favor of defen- sive alliance. After Hitler, how- ever, she renounced these treaties in the hope that no power could point a finger at her as lacking in in the Middle Ages the popu- neutrality and good intentions. lous, prospercus lowlands were, But once more blood flows on seizea by the dukes of Normandy, | Flanders fields. and in 1516 they were subjected! to the Hapsburg emperor, Charles V. Spanish tyranny brougat about the revolution that gave The Netherlands freedom, but left Belgium under Spanish or Aus- {trian control until the Frencn Revolution. Meantime Louis XIV sought to GEORGE LUCAS CALLS MEET- give France its “natural bounda- ‘ries” by expanding to the Rhine a re immemorial. ' The reason simply is that it's { the best spot on the western front for armies to get at each other.} ,Rough terrain makes the upper Khinelana more difficult. Soon any re- terheads of Chinese companies Bore the legend, “Here-Come- Chillie”, meaning they were sent by air mail. But war closed down Vaughn’s airline, and transferred to Latin service. Chillie he was American THIEF HELD ON $1,000 BOND White Martinez, ed Sunday no a charge ing $56 from Miss Stella Thompson at her home, Juan Lopez It?s An Old, Old Story From Caesar To_ Hitler’ England led a coalition of Aus- TOMORROW NIGHT MOND CURRY TO BUILD APARTMENTS Thelma Strabel, new resident jof Key West, and author of “Reap {the Wild Wind”, story of Key | West wreckers, now running se- jrially in the Saturday Evening ;Post, obtained a permit to con- struct a $12,000 home on her property situated on the south- jernmost point of the island of |Key West, at the junction of South and Whitehead streets. The structure, according to the permit issued by Building In- spector Harry Baker, will be a one-story, one-family residence. Architects Marian Manley and J. {Baxter, in the city over last weekend, have designed the thome. They were here to in- {spect preliminary work on the !property before actual construc- [tion starts in the near future. { Apartment Building H Raymond Curry, proprietor of | Paul's Auto Supply Store, was is- isued a permit yesterday tp con- ‘struct a 16-apartment _ building jat 1129 Fleming street, adjoining his home. The building will be of frame construction, measuring 138 by 70 feet, and will cost $5,- +600. Bs | May Build Food Bins } (ity Associnted Prean) BERNE, May 14.—Landlocked ) Switzerland has to import 90,000 tons of foodstuffs over a four ;months’ period, but has storage space available for only 40,000 itons. Much of the space is avail- jable only in fforitier regions, so the Federal government has been considering plans to subsidize building warehouses for food stores in central Switzerland, where an invader would have to cross many a snow-covered moun- tain range before reaching them. Troops PRICE FIVE CENTS Cross _ French Maginot Area DARING SENTIMENT IN BALKAN STATES {By Associated Presa: SOFIA. May 14—Bul- garia’s censors were censur- ed by new premier Bogdan Philoff for “stifling the ex- Pressicn cf cur people's In his first speech to par- Papermen and authors should be freed from gcvernment restrictions. Philoff, an arch- ecologist until he entered pol- itics two years ago, is himself a prolific writer—on scien- tific subjects. SIs IasS Ss LODGE IN SPECIAL ~ MEET TOMORROW Notice is being issued today by F. O. Weech, secretary of Dade Lodge No. 14, of a communica- tion of the lodge to be held to- morrow nieht at 8 o'clock in the Scottish Rite Temple, to which all Master Masons in the city are invited. At this meeting Right Worship- ful District Deputy Grand Mas- ter G. N. Goshorn will be honor- ed, and after the meeting it is announced that refreshments will be served. Work Of Children’s Home Society In State Described | By MINNA Social work bears the same re- jlation to the problems of society |that the medical profession bears jto the problems of health. As |there are specialists in the med- ,ical profession, so are there in the field cf social work. One jagency deals with the problems jof the blind, one with those of {the aged and another cares for jhomeless chilaren. ; The Children’s Home Society jof Florida falls‘in this last cate- tgory. It is an organization li- fcensed by tle State Board of ;Public Welfare for the care of the normal dependent children of Florida and for their place- {ment in family homes. The work of the Society is conducted ac- {cording to the standards of the jChild Welfare League of Amer- ROBERTSON j tempted ignorance of the causes of the social problems in- volved When investigaticn shows that a child is homeisess, or saving in unfit surrounaings, the chila 1s accepted by the Cniiarens Home Society by commitment from tne Juvenite Cowt. ‘Ine cnud is tnen taken to one of tne tour Re- ceiving Homes, tne one in Mi- ami being -iocatea at Bud N.w. 14th Sueet. here he is given Suitable care and training by kind and competent matrons, anu a thorougn pnysicai examination ana inteiligence tests. bnysical Gefects are corrected by members of the medical associauon and he is encouraged to develop his capatities in a happy, homelike | atmosphere. in SEND PROTEST TO GERMANY NOON: MEANS TO STEP UP DEFENSES STUDIED (By Associated Pree) WASHINGTON, May M4— President Roosevelt stated today that he had prepared a protest to be transmitted later today tc Germany in which other nations of this continent were said & have joined in denouncing the invasion of Hollafd and Belgium. Stepping up of defenses of the United States was the subject of many conferences being held to- day in the nation’s capital. Money to effect this was the chief source of speculation. The President was reported to be studying a ne- tional defense tax to raise bil- lions for immediate construction of armaments of all kinds) He is also said to be conpenging. ith treasury department on the necessity of raising the debt limit over the 45 billion limit. The preparedness conference m session this afternoon has as its theme the “four-alarm fire” now spreading throughout Europe Secretary Stephen Early is au thor of the phrase, in which he compares the present foreign sit- uation with a fire “down the street”. No one wants tH % spread, Early said. and, im teu of lack of time tc €0 to the bank to obtain funds with which » purchase equipment to fight the fire, extraordinary measures are adopted. uch is the case with the European war", Early stated “We must take extraordinary measures to prepare this nation against the dangers of spreading conflagrations” Navy department officials were debating the necessity of calling on Congress to order shipyards to go on a 24-hour basis, this te hurry up contracts on ships now under construction. Additional funds to the amount of $308,000.- 00 were to be sought to facili- tate this move, it was said. Gratitude—That Bounce? (RY Annne’ot-@ Preasd GARDEN CITY, Kans., May 14 —W. H. Streeter purchased a dollar NOW CARRIES ON IN LONDON; NAZIS NOW IN DUTCH SEA PORTS By eee LONDON Mey 14—Acmg oo of the longest fees = feos the Allies todey were Setting Gesperateiy = efor = sees = bitekmeg troom: = i=e Gece: emmy for gers Ger =m Holianc Selgmm= emt ewer = Prence. News of late wey SS vanemng cutis bourg have mules mito Fra acencet n= we tee err and now facr te maz b= @ fenses of the Magest Loe ica, of which the Society is a member. 711 Southard street, by Deputy Sheriff Raymend Maloney on the highway, was arraigned in the itria, Holland and the Germanic states against him, and the gran- Child fi t diose schemes of France's grand, In a communication from Dr. ren come from broken court of Peace Justice Franklin‘ monarch were drowned in blood-; 4 y. Sibert, Chef de Gare, Voi. |2°Me® {fem homes that are ren- Arenberg yesterday. |shed on Flanders fields. jture No. 290, West Palm Beach, | Ted unfit by Pe gapae wea a2 The charges were read to the; For centuries England had had ‘of the Forty and Eight, subsidiary |Cn"®S> "morality, neglect or job for a tramp. The fellow came back to express his grati- tude and insisted on paying for If tne cnild is found to be mentally sub-normal or to have congenital spyhils or some in- 7 curable physical trouble, the case the dinners. is referred back to the Juvenile; He tendered a $7 check he said Court and the county re-assumes he had earned. Streeter deducted Florence Ingraham Roberts, 33, died yesterday afternoon at 1:35 o'clock in the residence. 10 Lowe’s Lane. Funeral services will be held tomorrow afternoon at 4 o'clock from the First Meth- odist Church where the body will be placed at 2. Rev. G. W Hutchinson will officiate. Lopez Funeral Home charge of arrangements. Survivors are the husband, Benjamin F. Roberts, mother Mrs. Millie Ingraham, three sis- ters Mrs. H. C. Hancock, Mrs. E. M. Hancock, and_ Mrs. W. W. Lassiter. Two brothers Henry A, Ingraham, Jr., .-and Wiliam Ingraham. Z is in F. H. ROBERTS’ SERVICES Funeral services will be held tomorrow afternoon for Fernando H. Roberts from the residence 803 Olivia street, with Rev. A. B. Dimmick of St. Pau!’s Episcopal church officiating. Lopez Funeral Home charge of arrangements. Pallbearers who will serve are W. Curry Harris, Ross C Sawyer, Sr., sate Lopez, William A. Free- man, Joseph Sawyer and nk Johnson. = is in offender who promptly entered | a-special interest in the lowlands jorganization of the American a plea of guilty to the charge and | because it was there that her Legion, to George Lucas of this The West Palm Beach Voiture offers its service in organizing a local chapter and Dr. Sibert, as ;Grand Chef de Train, states that ,he will give his personal services {to the project. Accordingly, Mr. Lucas has abuse. Particular care and at- tention are given the problems of the unmarried mother. When a ease is reported, an ef- fort is made to secure all pos- 'sible information concerning the family history and the present situation of the child. Informa- tion is obtained, not given, and ! responsibility for the child. Only jnormal, healty children are plac- ted for adoption. Believing that the normal life for a normal chiid is in a family home, it is the aim of the Chil- dren’s Home Society to place its | wards in suitable family homes | where they can grow and develop in natural, happy surroundings. 'The Society has on file a long {Hist of ‘such homes, which have been carefully selected and thor- the entire investigation is confi- dential The social worker can no more’make suitable plans for the child without a thorough |two miles above Tavernier. was placed under a bond of $1,-|wool was manufactured into fine ‘city, the suggestion is made to 000 to await trial at the term of jcloth. And abcut this time it be-'form a Voiture in Key West to Crmiinal Court, which meets ;came evident England would | serve during the state convention next week. jnever agree voluntarily to the cf legionnaires next April. —_— }domination of the lowlands*by a LOST CLOTHING §=“S*" Sur So when Napoleon annexed ithis territory to France in 180], WAS RECOVERED = too had a war on hig hands. iThe last shot was fired at Water- loo, in Belgium. met Attention was brought to the; Belgium was then united willy- ‘called a meeting of legionnaires sheriff's office by Jack Barash of ,nilly to Holland. Soon she re- the loss of a bundle of 35 sport: coats along the highway, which NOTICE had slipped from a lot of other —— goods being taken to Miami on} A _ regular communication of Sunday. ;Dade Lodge No. 14, F. & A. M. Immediately upon receiving; will be held in the Scottish Rite the report, Chief Deputy Sheriff;Temple at 8 p. m on May 15th. Bernard Waite got in touch by |Bro. G. N. Goshorn, R. W. D. D. telephone with deputies along|G. M. will be honored at this the highway, and some -time meeting. All Master Masons are later was called to the phone andjinvited to attend. Refreshments advised that Deputy Sheriff Ma- | will be served after the meeting. loney had found the bundle about F. O. WEECH, Secretary. |mayt4-it or ex-servicemen to assemble at Arthur Sawyer Post headquar- jters tomorrow evening, Wednes- day, at 8:00 o'clock, to consider formation of a local chapter of Forty and Eight. ; Formation of the chapter re- quires initial membership of 15 /0r more former members or new men. Charter is approved at the next National Promenade in Sep- tember, though Grand Voiture dispensation may be obtained im- “mediately to permit organization and installation of officers, knowledge of the social facts than a doctor could give treat- ment before knowing his pa- tient’s physical condition. This does not mean that emergency cases cannot be handled, but that @ permanent plan cannot be at- Brad’sy (Live) Poultry and Eve Market MIDWEEK SPECIALS Broilers. (Avg. 142). each _ 49c_ Fresh Fla. Grade A Large foughly investigated. Althcugh all the approved foster families are of sterling worth, they are of |verying types, and every effort is made to fit the child to the home—not just to place the child in the first home offered. In the recent appeal for funds, Monroe County did not reach its quota of $250 for the Society. Contributions may be placed with Joe Pearlman, treasurer of the i i of which sponsoring committee, Rev. John C. Gekeler is chair- the price of the meals and gave him the change. The check bounced—a neat forgery. fayl! eile Mg | i