The Key West Citizen Newspaper, May 25, 1940, Page 1

Associated Press Day Wire Service For 69 Years Devoted to t Best Interests of Key West he Ch VOLUME LXI. No. 126. Key West Citizen equalue wank 1 West, Flerids, bas se climate B az f only if F < THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN THE U. S.A. KEY WEST, FLORIDA, S. Nazis Claim Troops | URDAY, MAY 25, 1940 PRICE FIVE CENTS USHA Signs Contract Have Entered Calais ive Meets Qut Project ALLIES REPORT THAT WEDGES HAVE BEEN PUSHED INTO _ GER- MAN LINES (Ry Asnociated Press) LONDON, May 25.—The battle of Flanders takes first position in the world’s news today as con- flicting reports of success being made by both sides in this, | the greatest battle of all time. Nazi dispatches, here, claimed that their mechan- ized troops had advanced up the coast of France. Complete con- trol of the Boulogne Claimed and the colummfs said to be entering Calais. Substantiation for the Nazi re- ports came when news from the southeast towns of England said that heavy cannonading could be heard across the Engiish nel. Allied succe: however, were claimed in their effort to push wedges into the German “bulge” lines east of Amiens. German lines, said to be 25 miles apart yesterday, were narrowed today, it was reported, to a scant 12 miles as British and Belgian troops ‘pushed dow from the (Contixued on P Four) DO YOU LOVE KEY WEST? Do You Want To See Key West Grow" and Prosper? area was were chan- * Deputy Sheriff * the WE ARE ALWAYS TRIG- ; GER READY to resent any- thing said against Key West, but we let CHANCE after CHANCE Slip by to HELP} Key West. WHOEVER IS NOMINATED FOR GOVERNOR OR SEN- ATOR in next Tuesday's Pri- ; mary. you may be sure he will clip out the vote of every County in Florida and file j away the Clipping for Future ; Reference. IF OUR VOTE IS SMALL. : IT WILL HURT US in Ta ! hassee and Washington; IF j OUR VOTE IS BIG, it will; HELP us in those Capitals. DON’T LET OUR VOTE BE : BUT A FEEBLE GESTURE of | our Real Voting Strength. | Let's go to the polls and; VOTE, regardless of the Can- ! didates for Whom we vote. WE CAN IF WE WISH PILE UP A BIGGER VOTE than we did in the First Primary. Let's put to work, in getting | out the vote, that same Conch j Fighting Spirit that makes us ; instantly resent anything said | against Key West. j | Warbler and there If we do that, we will } Monroe County; don’t do that, if we puff ; ourselves up with thoughts : that we are such Trueblue : Key Westers we can af-: ford to let Key West take care of itself, then we just | j as well fold up and call it a day. Let’s show we are really TRUEBLUE to the dear Qle Rock by polling the LARGEST VOTE in our history on Tuesday! SAM E. HARRIS, Whitehair’s Campaign Man- | ager in Monroe County. (Paid Political Advertisement) | ee VSAZSSSL LLY PRES. ROOSEVELT IN FIRESIDE BROADCAST ITALY CANCELS | _ TRANSATLANTIC CREWS CANVASSED CITY AND BROUGHT IN TOTAL NEEDED $600 are intercepted | arrest and that he | the custody of the sheriff j terday, however, Parrot was put j under charge of Attorney T. S. 3 char j $491.40 for ] Griffin, | Pierre Garcia (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON, May 25.— President Rocsevelt will ad- dress the nation tomorrow night over all national broad- casting chains. Subject of his talk, which will come on the air at 9:30 o'clock, EST, will be an out- line of the administration's national defense program. President Roosevelt can- celled all engagements today while he prepared for tomor- row’s speech. ‘MICKEY PARROT CASE CONTINUED PROMISED WEEKLY PAY- MENTS TO WIFE; ETTA McCANN NOT GUILTY The case of Milton H who is charged Parrot, with the non- support of his wife and minor duled trial in Criminal Court this morn- child, which was sche for ing, was egntinued for the term At the session yesterday, Chief Ww. j © Mr. pear in ceurt to reported of ho failed to af and trial We arrest Parrot, ines Thursdav the judge ordered his be placed in Yes- Caro, who is handling his case. Mr. Parrott told the judge that he would provide $3 weekly for the support demanded and that the money would be given each Saturday. The court then order- ed that the case be continued for the term The case of Reynaldo Garcia, d with assault and battery, as also continued for the term all the witnesses in the case out on, the Wrecking Tug were set for the vessel’s return. Judge Albury then ordered Clerk C. Sam B. Curry to pay the jurors for the week the sum of their services, and ordered an informal recess. The case of the Etta McCann, charged with theft of $410 from Marvin D. took up the entire day yesterday. The case went to the jury about 5:45 o'clock in the aft- ernoon and after being out for approximately a half hour the mbers returned with a verdict not guilty”. Members of the jury, who were iselected to serve in the case, . Herman on, Milton Roberts, Geo. W. B. Curry and or the of Usual Saturday Night Good Time —at— CLUB. CAYO HUESO 0 Till ? NO ADMISSION, COVER OR MUM CHARGE ae COLUMBIA LAUNDRY reminds everyone yer Charles Taylor, chairman, to- day declared that the emergency STEAMSHIP RUNS jRed Cross drive instituted here jon Thursday of this week had MUSSOLINI STILL WITH- been completed and that the HOLDS WORD TO JOIN GER- | quota for the city of $600 had RrAsey ie eee acainst | °c? raised by the district cap. ;Paris, will describe the current war situation. Among other nationally known personalities who will be heard are Eddie Cantor, Jack Benny, Bob Hope, Judy Garland, Jimmy Durante, Vivien Leigh, Gertrude Lawrence, Ted Husing and Clif-: ton Fadiman. no time are state against! ALLIED COUNTRIES (By Associated Press) ROME, May 25.—Europeans cast apprehensive eyes on Italy again today when it was an- nounced here that all transatlantic service would be cancelled, effec- tive when present sailings are completed. No word, however, came from Premier Mussolini which would indicate how the Italian army would march against the Allies in support of the Nazi ef- fort to win the war. soon FEAR LRA. INVASION PLOT LONDON, May }troops and planes massing in uthern Norway This ne has caused fears in | England in light of the recent uncovering of a plot by the Irish tepublican Army to aid Germans jin invading Britain. English soldiers and_ police have staged raids on IRA mem= bers and many arrests have been made. 25.—Nazi are reported If troop concentration in Nor-! way has any connection with the | IRA plot entirsly then England will be surrounded by enemies as Nazi troops are understood to! be massing on the channel coast in France. German officials have an- nounced that all Norwegian pris- oners will be given their freedom within two weeks. PIODELA RITES NEXT MONDAY Pallbearers who will serve at the funeral of Jose Guillermo Piodela, who died in Tampa Fri- day and will be buried Monday afternoon 5 o'clock from the Lo- pez Funeral Home chapel to St. Mary’s Star of the Sea Church, follows: Frank H. Ladd, Aquilino Lo pez, Sr. Fred J. Dion, William R. Porter and Vincent MeDer- mott NOTICE NATIONAL GUARD Battery “E” 265th C. A. will participate in Memorial Day services Thursday, May 30, 1940. All members of this organiza- tion ordered to report at Armory not later than 5 p. m. that date in full uniform WILLIAM C. HARRIS, ptain 265th C. A. Battery ommander. may25-It. ' T. B. (Tubby) PRICE | WILL SPEAK in behalf of the candidacy of Senator Chas. 0. Andrews TONIGHT, 8 O’CLOCK LA CONCHA PARK (Paid Political Advertisement) | HEAR! HEAR! The following Speakers talk in behalf of the candidacy of ROSS WILLIAMS Candidate for Circuit Judge. Group One Judge Mitchell D. Price former Circuit Judge and well- known Attorney WIOD TONIGHT 7:40 O'CLOCK Judge H. H. Taylor, Sr. former Key West Judge and one of the leading Attorneys of Miami WQAM TONIGHT 39:25 O'CLOCK (Paid Political Advertisement) tains who have now turned in reports. | The drive made was in joperation with a $10,000,000 ‘tional effort to bring relief the war sufferers of Europe. || The city was divided into six ‘districts and the following men worked in teams to make quick canvasses to raise the needed quota: Enrique Esquinaldo, Jr., Harry Baker, B. Curry Moreno, Horace Connable, William Fripp, Bascom Grooms, Charles E. Smith, Rob- ert Spottswood, William Lee, R. 'A. Lehmann, William Monsal- vatge, Albert E. Peirce, Jr., Wil- ‘liam Doughtry, Charles Taylor, j Adrian O’Sweeney, Isadore | Weintraub and W. W. Demeritt. i Broadcast Tomorrow Mrs. Grace Phillips, secretary of the local chapter, called The {Cit 's attention to a national tbroadcast to be made over all networks tomorrow afternoon from 1:00 to 2:00 o'clock. | This broadcast will open with ja short appeal by Chairman Nor- jman H. Davis, and.then Wayne Chatfield Taylot, speaking from | on Orchestra. All of the artists and na- musicians are donating their for Services to the Red Cross, and the three networks are contri- buting the time. BALLOTS CAST NUMBER COMPARES WITH 325 CAST AT MAY 7 PRIMARY 28 primary was brought to a close yesterday afternoon ‘at 5 o'clock at the office of County Judge Raymond R. Lord. There were 57 votes cast, which compares with 325 in first primary. Ballots were ed over to Clerk Ross C. this morning to be placed in th ballot. boxes of the several pre- cincts. THE RECORDS ARE STILL TALKING! i HOLLAND voted YES on a resolution re- ‘| questing the President of: the United States to APPROVE the construction of a Cross-State Canal, (See H. C. R. 11, Journal Page 504, Session of 1933). Volumes have been written showing the dire effect a-Cross-State Canal would have on shipping in South Florida ports. FOR MANY YEARS NEWSPAPERS, as well as the man- on-the-street, have commented on the injustice that compels fishermen and spongers to pay a tax on the gasoline they use in their boats. HOLLAND voted NO on a bill that would have given back to those Seamen the taxes thev had paid on gasoline used in their boats. (See Senate Bill 747, Journal Page 728, Session of 1937). { | YOU PEEL AN ORGANGE, cut it and find out there's |B] little juice in it and what little there is tastes sour. You wonder why. because the rind was a beautiful Golden Color. But Nature did NOT color that orange: it was ARTI- FICIALLY colored. HOLLAND introduced the Bill that ‘per- mitted that orange to be ARTIFICALLY colored. It was what is called the “Color Added” Bill, and it cost Florida growers of Citrus Fruits Millions of Dellars by bring- ing Florida citrus fruits into disrepute all over the Nation. (See Senate Bill 37. Page 20, 1937 Session). | A BILL WAS PASSED IN THE 1937 SESSION OF THE } LEGISLATURE that imposed a license of ONE THOUSAND. DOLLARS on a contractor BEFORE he could even Bid on Public Projects in Florida exceeding $50,000. If You Bid and a was turned down, You did NOT get back your $1,000. THE BILL WAS DESIGNED to LIMTIT BIDDING on State contracts to a SMALL GROUP of contractors who had reasonable assurance they would be awarded the contracts. HOLLAND voted YES on that Bill. (See Senate Bill 954, Journal Page 996, Session 1935). THE BILL WAS PASSED, and the Supreme Court de- clared the Law UNCONSTITUTIONAL. But, despite the Supreme Court's cision, Holland was persistent, and on May 15, 1939, he introduced Senate’ Bill 779, Journal Page 415, that was similar io the discarded Law. Thé same License or Tax of $1.000 was. required, but Holland : emount of the i “This Bill seeks to create a monopoly upon roads being built in this state. The State had a law similar to this, and the Supreme Court declared it unconstitutional.” Above are the FACTS, above are the RECORDS (@aid Political Advertisement) Music will be pro-/ vided by Frank Black’s Concert} Absentee balloting for the May the | * B ties For Key West Signed Yesterday Convention Corporation FINAL HURDLES OVER- COME. ADVANCE LOAN OF $48009 CIVEN LO CAL CROUP Documents For LEGION MEETS TOMOR- ROW TO PERFECT OR- GANIZATION; POST OF- FICERS NAMED Key West Convention Corp.. formed by Arthur Sawyer Post 28, of the American Legion, to handle the 1941 convention of the Florida department of the Legion. | received its officiel sanction yes- terday when Circuit Judge Ross | Williaghs affixed his signatur> to {the documents. | As {Key West, Commander ; Russell of Arthur Sawyer lied the committec the t details of the ct officer at 5 p.m st’s clubhouse. Executive committeemer :will be called upon te take some jaction on a proposal to lease an jother headquarters for the post jto handle the r ments and to center during the convention April. | Pre headquarter {post are on property o jby the United States army. Un. (Continued On Page Four) foon as this werd reaches Harold Post 2! ic a meetung o! i ¥ ne) The Sunday convention ar. mtre as been app charge It is understoo Let's Be Right This Time’ BY VOTING Foe SPESSARD L HOLLAND YOUR CANDIDATE FOR COVERECE HIS RECORD Product of Floride and Flerids'’s echoes act auiver fs 2 oO \TO THE DEMOCRATIC VOTERS IN THE ELEVENTH JUDI- CIAL CIRCUIT OF THE | STATE OF FLORIDA: During the time before the first Democratic primary I had {to attend to my duties as Cir- icuit Judge and wes prevented from mixing and mingling with ithe voters as I would like. The Performance of my duties as a Circuit Judge is a sacred trust to me. During the time between the first primary and now I have been bury with my official dutier jand have not had the opportunity |of séeing the citizens as I would Monroe Counties who know of |my record feel that I should suc- ceed myself for the full term. Lam filled with gratitude over jat the first Democratic primary iMay 7. 1940, when the people of | opponent of 6.822 votes. ' finued support. influence and | Votes, |__ ROSS WILLIAMS, | |Circuit Judge, Eleventh Judi-| cial Circuit of ida, Group One. i (Paid Political Advertisement)