The Key West Citizen Newspaper, May 28, 1940, Page 1

Associated Press Day Wire Service For 69 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West Che Key West Citizen THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER [IN THE U. S.A. VOLUME LXI. No. 128. KEY WEST, FLORIDA, TUESDAY, MAY 28, 1940 OPOLD Only 2, Votes 300 Seen In Electio * ONLY 1,747 CAST UP TO 2:30 TO- DAY; POLLS CLOSE AT 7:11 P. M. Despite last-minute pleas by the two gubernatorial camps in Key West to “get out and vote”, Monroe County electors appear- ed much more interested in cur- rent developments of the war in Europe than they were in cast- ing ballots for the ten offices listed in the county and state campaigns for the run-off elec- fion today. Predictions of total vote to be cast were mostly low—probably neighborhood of 2,500 to 3000. Polls, however, will be open until shortly after 7:00 o'clock this evening and plenty of time remains for registered voters to cast their ballots. Some ob- servers pointed out that the early vote, which showed comparative- ly low figures, was due to~ the smaller ballot, in that registered voters realized there would be r jams at the polling places as oc- curred during the first primary when an-extra long ballot had to be voted. On a check of all precincts Key West, cight in numt 2:30 o'clock todav, the tot tabulated at that time covered to be 1,747. The vote w: cinct 1, 130 in the was dis- as follows: Pre- Precinct 2, 74; cinet 3. Precinct 4, 122. cinct 5, 288; Precinct 6, 313. cinct 7, 175; Precinct 8, 292. Total registration for county is 6,438. It is expected results of the electi the unoffi will be a nounced in all precincts by 10:00 o'clock tonight. The lighter vote and smaller ballot will make it possible to effect quick tabula- tion of the returns LATE NEWS BULLETINS ____ Me Anancinted Preses BERLIN, May 28—DNB mews agency charged that the Allies were planning on blowing up the Panama Canal in the near future, and that the Nazis will be blamed for the act. LIMA, Peru, May 28.—Earth temblor shocks were recorded here today, reminding residents of the quake which occurred la: year in which thousands of lives were lost and millions of dollars of property damaged. BY PACIFIC POST (Ny Asnociated Press) ABERDEEN, Wash., May 28.— Frank Burke picked up a_ bar- nacle-encrusted bottle along the beach near here. Inside it Burke found a well preserved card printed in English and Japanese which revealed the object was set adrift just east of the Jap- anese islands by the government hydrographic department on Nov. 2, 1910. Pre- * Pre- BALLOIS SPOILS SIS VISITORS HERE FROM NEW YORK Frank Costello, member of the New York Fire Depart- ment, Mrs. Costello and Miss Louise De Forrest and Miss Helen Reycraft were visitors in Key West and guests of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Mackie on Flagler Avenue. They visited The Citizen office yesterday and reported having a wonderful time and were sorry that their vaca- tion time is nearing a close. TFSI III II SS “THESE ARE SAD DAYS —F. D. R. REPEATED SUNDAY BROAD- sc: CAST PHRASE ON LEARN- ING OF LEOPOLD'S ACT (Ry Associated Pressey SHINGTON, May 28.— ent Roosevelt repeated his atement made during his “fire- br Sunday night when advised of King Leopold’s surrender. Today he said: “Thes« © sad days” side” cast NEW TAXES IN OFFING WASHINGTON, May 26.—The Songr today indicated that will soon be taken to im- new taxes designed to raise $70,000,606 @ year, in accordance ministration demands idifie@at-provision to fimance adequate défense program as the reported action to raise © national debt limit from 45 on to 48 bill dollars. U.OF FLA. DEANTO RECEIVE DEGREE PROF. WALTER J. MATHERLY TO BE HONORED BY ALMA MATER GAINESVILLE, May 28 (FI William Jewell College of Liberty, Mo., will confer the honorary degree of Doctor of Laws upon Walter J. Matherly, dean of the college of Business Administration at the University of Florida, when he attends the annual commencement on June 28, officials of the college an- nounced this week. Dean Matherly will deliver the alumni address at William Jewell on May 27, and the following day the degree will be conferred upon him in recognition of his achievements in educational and civic life. The educator is a member of the Florida Congress on Demo- cracy, the Florida Continuing Education Council, Florida Legis- lative Council, and other as- sociations. He has written sev- eral books on economic subjects, and is assistant editor of “Modern Business Education”, j the FLORIDA EXHIBIT AT FAIR RELATES | INDUSTRY STORY. PRODUCTS OF STATE’S MAN-' UFACTURERS AND HANDI-! CRAFT WORKERS SHOWN | TO VISITORS H (Special to The Citizen) WORLD'S FAIR, N. Y., Mav 28.—The Florida State, Exhibit at w York World's Fair this; ye is doing much in the matter of bringing to the of the world the many products of Il financed manu- facturers but handicraft workers attention not only w as well In the latter category will be found beautiful shelt and fish scale work in the form of “jewel- ry"—brooches, scarf pins, brace- {lets and other gadgets used for personal adornment. Snell Jamps and of shells forms, ready coconut find as do work baskets fashic rom pine needle So called “patio strings”, made of highly colored gourds, pine cones and other materials which the fancy of the worker prompts him or her to include in the “strings”, are proving popular with visitors to the Florida pavilion. Cypress knees, so litthe:thought! ‘of by the average Floridian, are converted into ornaments as s objects of household use t_ workers with a flair for ing bits of Florida la © convert squares of cypr into pictures suitable for wall decorations and they are sold by hundreds to visitors. One bit of handicraft which is proving popular in spite of the fact that its price climbs into the higher brackets is known as plat- inum ware, very ornamental as well as useful. It probably should be classed as a factory product because it seems to be made only by one family having itS “plant” in Miami. articles made lamps made in countless sale, of pal- netto fiber. the product of handi- creft workers from all sections of the state, are on sale though the Florida factories engaged in mak ing whisk brooms and_ brushes of r descriptions are also represented the sales booths of the Florida Exhibit. RITES TOMORROW FOR MRS. A. ROIG Mrs. Ada Roig, 62, died 6:45 this morning at the residence, 1009 United street. Funeral serv- Il be held tomorrow aft- 5 o'clock from the chapel of the Lopez Funeral Home, Rev O. C. Howell ,of Ley Memorial Church, officiating. Survivors are six daughters, Mrs. Isabelle Palmeiro, Mrs. Una Malyrek, Mrs. Lenora Madiedo, Mrs. Charity Webb, Mrs. Adella Garcia and Miss Agatha Roig. Five sons, Eddie, Roland, Harry, Charles and Reynold Roig, two sisters, Mrs. Lorena Munro and Mrs. Amelia Carey, one brother Henry Weatherford and 14 grand- children. SPONGE SALE ~ NETTED $490 Sponge offerings at the Muni- cipal Sponge dock yesterday were a scattered lot of 17 offer- ings containing 118 bunches rang- ing in lots of one bunch to 29 bunches. The entire lot brought $490.50 and the highest price was paid as follows: For 29 bunches $156.99, or better than $5.40 a bunch; 16 bunches brought $96.99, and the rest of the sponge sold for lesser prices. | !term,” Wendell L. Willkie, W. L. WILLKIE SAYS Would Insure Clean Fighi RUN FDR. SHOULD (Special to The Citizen) NEW YORK, May 28.—“Roose- | velt should run for a third publican dark horse, declared to- :day in an article in a national magazine. “In spite of what I consider sound reasons for main- tenance of the anti-third term tradition,” said the utility head, “I think Franklin D. Roosevelt (Continued on Page Four) Memorial Day Scheduled Complete plans for the Me- morial Day observance in this city were released by the Amer- ican Legion Post today, to be held in the form of a parade and exercises Thursday of this week. “Patriotism” will be the prevail- ing theme throughout the ob- servance. Re-; WORK FOR YOUTH SUBJECT OF WM. CO-OPERATION IS SOUGHT The Youth Placement program. planned by William V. Little, manager of the local office of the Florida State Employment Serv- ice, and timed to coincide with school graduation, was inaug- (Continued On Page Four) ‘Observance For Thursday Cc A, Fla Whitehead. Third Division (Veterans and Auxiliaries): Marshal and Staff, Whitehead street at Caroline, National Guard, Macing S. E. (Marshal, H. M. Motherwell). United Spanish War Veterans, B. F. McCalla Camp No. 5, Whitehead street Every military, naval, coast de-ibetween fense and patriotic organization of the city will have representa- tion in the parade which starts at 6:00 p. m. from Whitehead and Caroline streets and proceeds to Bayview Park where exercises will be held. Lieut. Colonel G. D. Hatfield, commander of the Marine Corps detachment here, and recently appointed naval intelligence of- ficer for this area having charge of investigation of espionage ac- tivities, will be the speaker of the day. The program at Bayview Park will be as follows: “America”, Key West W. P. A. Band, Choral Chorus. “Invocation”. Rev. J. P. Lilly, Pastor Fleming Street Methodist Church. “God West W. Chorus. Address, William A. Freeman, President City Council. Duet, Mrs. Eva Warner and Bless America”, S Key A. Band, Choral dent Rotary Club. “Onward Comrades Onward”, Key West Choral Society. Address of the Day, Lieut. Col. G. D. Corps. “Washington Post March”. Key West W. P. A. Band. Taps (Bugler), U. Corps. Thirty seconds of silence in memory of those left overseas. | Whitehead and Duval, lat 5:45 p. m, Hatfield, U. S. Marine will be formed at locals desig- {nated in preceding paragraphs. United Spani: Auxiliary, Whitehead Caroline and Greene. Arthur Sawyer Post No. 28, American Legion, Whitehead between Caro- line and Greene. American Le- gion Auxiliary, Whitehead be- tween Caroline and Greene. Other Veterans’ Organizations, Whitehead between Caroline and Greene. Fourth Division (Scouts and Patrols): Marshal and Staff, Whitehead between Caroline and Greene. (Marshal, Albert Peirce, Boy Scouts). Boy Scouts, Patrols 50, 51, 52, Whitehead between Caroline and Greene. Girl Scouts, Whitehead between Caroline and Greene. School Traffic Patrols, Whitehead between Caroline and Greene. High School Unit, White- head between Caroline and Greene. Fifth Division (Civic Bodies and Fraternal Orders): Marshal, Everett Rivas, Front between facing between facing south. Units, Front Whitehead and Duval, south. “First Call” will be sounded at Caroline and Whitehead ‘streets whereupon units “Assembly” will be sounded at Caroline and Whitehead strgets S. Marine at 5:50 Pp. m.. whereupon units | will be formed in line, ready for marching, and will be succes- \sively closed on leading units by Benediction, Rev. A. L. Mau- the Division Marshals. A mem- reau, S. J. National Anthem, Key West W. P. A. Band, Choral Chorus. Master of Ceremonies will be Dr. A. M. Morgan. Choral Direc- tor is Theodore Klebsattle. The Memorial Day parade will as follows: First Division: Police Escort, Caroline at Duval street, facing N. E. Grand Marshal and Staff, Caroline between Duval and Whitehead. (Grand Marshal, Lt. ‘Col. G. D. Hatfield, U. S, Marine Corps).. (Chief of Staff, A. L Mills, American Legion). Legion). Key West Federal Band, Caroline between Duval and Whitehead. Second Division (U.S. Troops): Marshal and Staff. Caroline be- tween Duval and Whitehead. (Marshal, Major W. F. Putnam, U. S. A) (Adjutant to be desig- nated by senior officer afloat, U. S. N. Detachment U. S. Army, Whitehead. Detachment U. Marine Corps, Whitehead. tachment U. S. Navy. i Detachment U. S. Coast Guard, | Duval | ber of the Grand Marshal's staff ; will then visit each Division, re- ceiving reports from the Division Marshals that they are formed ready to parade. - “Attention” and “Forward- | March” will be sounded at Duval form by 5:45 p. m. on Thursday | and Caroline streets at 6:00 p. m,; whereupon the parade will march via the route: Caroline street, Street, Division street, Georgia street to the Band Shell in: Bayview Park. Heénors will be paid to public (officials and distinguished guests Prominent artists ever put on by {atthe reviewing stand at the the Key (Ad- | Division Street School, White and Which is now being shown at the jjutant, W. H. Reardon, American Division streets. LITTLE'S SPEECH ________/|STATE EMPLOYMENT SERV-| ! ICE HEAD GAVE HINTS TO) GRADUATES; EMPLOYERS’ | PI i SISIIIOL Ls ‘ELECTION RETURNS AT CITIZEN TONIGHT | In conforming to its usual custom, The Citizen will gather election returns this evening and will post them on a bulletin board in front | ef the office. The returns will be posted at regular intervals as they are tabulated in the differ- ent precincts, and the public- at-large is invited to congre- gate in front of the boards to watch the totals being posted. ADMIRAL BYRD’S — ~ SHIP DUE HERE SS. BEAR WILL UNLOAD EQUIPMENT AT. LOCAL “ NAVAL STATION Steamship Bear, ich vessel belenging to the Antarctic Expedition of Admiral Bryd, is due to arrive in port tomorrow afternoon or night for the pur- pose of unloading some equip- ment, it was learned at the nav- al station this morning = There was no way of learning how long the Bear will be at the naval station but it is thought that as the ship is enroute to some northern port that she will remain for at least a day of the neutrality patro! at the naval station today are the Flagship Lea and the Destroyers Aulick, Crowninshield, guard vessel, Buchanan. Williams and the Tender Gannet. Destroyer Hale is at anchor in the Stream. IMPERSONATING CASE. DISMISSED colored, is a Arlington Munnings, was given preliminary hearing before Peace Justice Enrique Esquinaldo, Jr. this morning on the charge of impersonating an officer of the police force. The peace justice heard all the evidence in the case and decided that the alleged offender was in- nocent of the charge and dimiss- jed the case. NAZIS ASSURE SAFE TRIP FOR REFUGEE SHIP S. S. PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT GUARANTEED NO INTER- FERENCE ON VOYAGE TO IRELAND AND RETURN (Ry Annoctated Preans WASHINGTON, May 28.—The Steamship President Roosevelt has been assured safe passage across the Atlantic and return 6v the Germans, according to ad- vice received at the State De- Partment today. The S, S. President Roosevelt tis due to arrive at Galway, Ire- lard, Friday to take on refugees from the war zones of Europe and will leave the next day on the return trip to New York German diplomatic office here stated that strict orders had been given all Nazi naval units to allow no interference with thé vessel's” round-trip. Meanwhile, all United States citizens in warring nations of Europe were warned -that the Roosevelt's trip would be the last made to bring them. back Advance bookings for the trip were announced slightly move than 700. The S. S_ Washington arrived in New York today with 600 pas- Belgian Cabinet Repudiates Action; To Continue Fight CRIES OF TREASON HEARD ON ALL SIDES | ALLIES REGR=T o NOTICE WAS GIVEN (Mz Aneecented Peeens PARIS. May 28—King Leo pold’s surrender of Belgrum the Nazis early todey came a: an absolute surprise to the Allie: and created a bombshell situs tion in the Europeen has caused widespread comment First reaction of wer thet capitulation word of warning + cnicis wie fight to save Beigiuz of Belgian troops, was ]ment from this city today Premier Hubert Picrict of 5. Sum thet 2 oewly-formed ge eriiment of The: had voted unan @ new army 2 fight agamst cluded im the dei renunciat. af tion and a pudiate Leopold am opportunity to al Befpinh< released from cogs 2 2 hes nesen the King ness was sengers aboard mostly comprised of former Americans residing in Italy. THOMAS TO ERECT NEW SKATING RIN Building permit was this morning to Martin Thomas for the building of a skating rink at 420 Southard street The building will be 50 feet by feet and will be a frame one- story structure to cost $4,000. Another permit was issued this morning for the erection of a one story frame building with meta roof to cost $1,000. The building will be 26 by 36 in the rear of 1502 Washington street and is tc be owned by Beryl Pinder. Art Center Obtains Exhibit A One of the most unusual interesting exhibits of , cork Ott ' the Key West Art Center is that WPA Center, now open to the! Of 71 Theatrical Sketches ts of the stage, os the group which forms the Key West Players, and in fact every person interested in the theater Upon reaching the band shell, | Public and especially to lovers of amazed ithe parade will be dismissed | without orders, units to form in- idividually “at ease” for the cere- monies, coming to “attention” and rendering the proper salutes on the playing of the National Anthem. Colors of the marching S.|line across the front of the band. De- ‘shell. Upon conclusion of the cere- “monies, ‘Whitehead. Battery “E”, 265th/to unit commanders. art’ until June 9. i The exhibit is under the title “Curtains Up”. It covers every Phase of the theater from the | artists, depicted in different phases of their work, to the awdi- ence, and is a dramatic exhibi- Art Center on tion of water colors, lithographs hibition works of artists in Residents have been invited to Thursday from eight to eleven o' and a few photographs of play- which the Key West Players from the productions of Shake-/ |Speare to the modern in vaude- ville. t ers in costume, which all portray members of the Art Center the life of the theater and scenes |be hosts. circuited by the Project. issued , have been plammec thon with the Albe= Charges mate gien subgects concerume + anc Km Queries agent Leopold & “sees to the enemy wer mac farst hest ange ages surrender of Beigumm Usp sionate observers howeest eet oa th opines Gat Exe le pold may have peer thesis with complet: annituist= eouniry by Hrtier ff the Beige @id not iny Gown thee atm toads