The Key West Citizen Newspaper, June 1, 1940, Page 1

/ Associated Press Day Wire Service For 69 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West VOLUME LXI. No. 132. Successful Retreat In Flanders Battle * AWAIT REPORTS ON ALLIED COUNTER - AT- TACK AT ABBEVILLE; NAZIS CAPTURE 26,000 (By Axsociated Press) LONDON, June 1—Tempo of the Flanders battle decreased somewhat today as the Nazi army centered its operations on capture of several de- tachments of Allied forces ported circled in various locations east of Dunkerque. Feature of the first phase of the War in the West, inowever, ' Was the continued escape of | thousands of British, French, Belgium and a few Dutch troops to Britain aboard scores of rescue vessels operating almost entirely out of bomb-ridden Dunkerque. Heavy sea and air fighting is re- ported along coast areas on the French and Belgium side as the R. A. F. makes valiant attempts to cover the transportation of troops To English shores. 7 Complete reports from the Abbeville sector were . missing today, with the exception that it is known Generalissimo Wey- gand is preparing a major offen- sive move to push north and east from recaptured territory on the north bank of the Somme river. Nazi advices, intercepted here, declared that mechanized units have been ordered to the sector, and that no advance has been made by the Allies. Watching Italy Both sides in the war are cast- ing eyes at Italy—and both war- ring sides expect that Mussolini will delay very little longer in his decision to join the Germans. Observers thought that the fatal word would come next Tuesday when the Italian Grand Council is scheduled to meet in Rome. Advices from Istanbul were to the effect that Turkey had called general conferences to decide on its course should Italy declare war on the Allies. Opinion ex- pressed here was that Turkey would immediately declare war against Italy if that nation made any moves against Balkan states. Mass evacuation of London of all school children is going ahead rapidly under guidance of Health Minister, Malcolm MacDonald. Over 75,000 children have been sent to country homes during the past two days, it was stated. German dispatches stated to- day that over 26,000 Allied troops had been captured during the Flanders battle and that many~ more would be added to that figure when the present, scat- tered battles are ended. British units were still ating from strategic mountain tops and surrounding territory east of Dunkerque to cover the retreat of stilt more thousands of the B. E. F. to ships waiting for the trip “back to Blimey”. Seems Characteristic (My Associated Press) VANCOUVER, Wash., June 1. —A justice court jury of six women was chosen to hear a dog. theft case. After three hours of deliberation, the six women fil- ed out to report: “We are unable to reach a unanimous decision”. Short Change In Weather (By Associated Press) SUGAR CITY, Colo., June 1. —“Crowley County Gets $999,- 998 Rain—It Was a Couple of Bucks Short Out in the West End,” said a headline in the Sugar City Gazette. 3 small re- to be completely en-' oper- SSSI ISSS, ‘LOST ARMY’ IS STILL IN BATTLE (By Associated Press) PARIS, June 1.— The French “Lest Army”, under command of General Rene Piroux, has not been given up as yet. Two days ago it was reported that this di- vision, consisting of approxi- mately 25,000 men, had smashed its way through Nazi lines to Dunkerque. Yesterday all hope had been given up for the division. Today, according to reports teceived here, the army is still fighting its way against overwhelming odds—advanc- ing, it if understood, in the old Romar phalanx. style, with their troops arranged in a square, pushing on slowly against the Nazis. Terrific losses are being in- flicted on their men, the re- Ports state, but the dispatch- es do not tell of correspond- ing losses to the Nazi troops in the vath of the desperate Frenchmen. TIIIIIIS IS REVISED RUNS FOR S.S. CUBA CHANGE SCHEDULE FOR RO- TARY CONVENTION IN HAVANA, JUNE 11-14 Following is the schedule an nounced by the P. and O. SS. Company ior the Steamshi Cuba between Key West an Havana ;beginning Thursday June 6, and continuing until Tuesday, May 18: West June 6, 10:30 a. m., arrive in Havana June 6, dp. m Leave Havana June 10, 12:01 a. m., arrive in Key West June 10,7 a.m; Leave Key West June 10, 9 a. m., arrive in Havana June 10, 3:30 p. m.; Leave Havana June 13, 9 a. m., arrive in Key West June 13, 3 p. m.; > Leave Key West June 13, 5 p m., arrive in Havana June 13, 11 Pp. m.; Leave Havana June 18, 9 a. m. (daylight saving time), arrive in Key West 3 p. m. (eastern stand- ard time). Leaving Havana on June 18,/ the S.S. Cuba will resume regu- lar schedule until further notice. The change in schedule is due to bookings which are to leave this port in connection with the convention of the International Rotary in Havana. It’s The Principle. . . (My Axsociated Press) SHARPSBURG, N. C., June 1. —Collection by the court meth- ods will cost four times. the amount of the taxes, but this town is determined to get $8.65, for seven years of unpaid taxes on three acres. Suit-has been en- tered in Superior Court against the 39 defendants. HORSE MEDICINE {My Assecinted Preas) HELENA, Mont. June What's good for man may good for beasts, reasoned veteri-} narians who heard about sulfa- nilamide and its amazing results in the fight on pneumonia. They tried it against distemper} and infected wounds among dogs and in the treatment of pneu- monia in horses and cures. THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN THE U. S. A. KEY WEST, FLORIDA, SATURDAY, JUNE 1, 1940 { os {FLAGSHIP OF BRITISH NAVY "SUNK BY AERIAL ATTACK: | BRITISH DENY REPORT TO- ! DAY | i — | (By Associated Press) | ; BERLIN, June 1.—Sensation-} ;ai news was released by the’ Building permits in Key West DNB, official German news ,as shown by the records in the jagency, here today. joffice of Building Inspector i DNB announced that the Brit- |Harry M. Baker, show the high- jish battleship Nelson had been ;est figures for the period in many ; sunk, presumably by aerial at- years. A totals of 39 permit jtack. No definite word was giv-, Were issued representing ‘en as to where the sinking took |Penditures of $62,600. ieee | The last permit = }yesterday afternoon and was Eight hundred and seventy- made to Howard Wilson for the five men are reported to have|construction of a frame two- gone down with the ship. jstory home on Johnson street. ex- issued was iment of 34,000 tons, was launch- | > 7 ed in 1925 and was the iareest /POSTAL RECEIPTS 'ship in the British fleet afloat} INCRE itoday. It was the flagship of the {English Navy. STAMP SALES ALMOST DOU- BLE 1939; MONEY OR- | | peace ADMIRALTY SILENT |ON NELSON SINKING LONDON, June 1.—Counter- jacting the Nazi report that the DERS ARE HIGHER |battleship Nelson had been sunk, \the British Admiralty made no q comment on the report, indicat-| Postal receipts at the Key West jing that it was false. postoffice for the month of May, To date, the British pointed |1940, show an increase over out, there has been wide variance {those for 1939 of almost double in reports of ship sinkings by the |the amount. For May, 1940, the Nazis and Briti: Germany is-|Teceipts were $4,045.98 and for ‘sued reports this week that ap-|May, 1939 $2,434.02. |proximately half of the English} Money orders issued last month Inavy tonnage had been sunk or !amounted to $56, while for severely damaged. British ad-|May, 1939, the amount was $38,- missions totalled up to only one- |160. fifth of the tonnage sunk or dam- Postal savings also show an in- aged. Since many of the damag-jcrease for the past month. In ed ships have _been. placed ~4929,..the, amount .cue<de- service. again, they stated, there |positors was $312,360, while in still remains much fighting } May of th ar the amount dée strength in the English fleet. Gepositors was $352,569. ‘USS. WILLIAMS | LEAVES TOMORROW FOR | NEW YORK NAVY YARD; SIX VESSELS HERE Conférence Officials of the Seventh Dis- trict of Knights of Pythias and !D. O. K. K. lodges arrived in the The Destroyer Williams, unit of!city ast evening and jthe “Neutrality Patrol -of Key diately went into conference with | West, will leave tomorrow, going ito drydock ir) New York for gen- -“- T- Sjursen, chancellor imme- com- 362,600 In May ESTABLISHES RECORD COVERING SEVERAL YEARS; HOWARD WILSON TO BUILD HOUSE elas | { General repairs to frame two- H.MS. Nelson, with, a displace- |The building is to be 40 by 50 ‘Pinder; cost, $1,000. i ‘street. MORE DIVORCES “osepRrbocen Migs Of Pytis To Hold _ |NAVY LAUNCHES THIS MORNING alled USS. WASHINGTON FIRST MAJOR SHIP SINCE 1821: CEREMONIES AT PHILA-| DELPHIA NAVY YARD | (By Associated Press) { | WASHINGTON, June 1.—The feet, on a lot 100 by 100 feet, and | united States Navy launched the will cost $5,000. Other building permits issued during the last week in’ the {ton today at 11:30 a. m, month of May, are as follows: Build skating rink at 420 Southard street. Owner, Martin Thomas; cost, $4,000. with j Navy Yard. Speakers on the occasion in- cluded Rear Admiral Adolphus | at 728 United |E- Watson, commandant of the! Salome Chile; | Yard; Lewis C. Comton, special | aide to the assistant secretary | of the navy, and Senator David L.! story residence street. Owner, cost, $500. Construct residence at 1502 Washington street. Owner, Beryl U.S.S. Washington is a 35,000- |. General repairs to one and ton ship costing $80,000,000 to’ half story residence at 509 Olivia construct, and is considered the Owner, F. B. Guito;/|last-word in naval equipment | cost, $500. | throughout. H Paint two-story building at; The launching marked the first | 925 Whitehead. street. Owner, }major event ot its kind since; Isabelle Duffy; cost, $150. 11921 and is the first of 68 other! Repairs to roof of two-story jlaunchnigs of American war-| residence at 920 Center’ street.!ships to come under the new Owner, J. Lancelot Lester; cost, naval expansion program. $100. , Sister ship of the U.S.S. Wash- ; tington, the U.S.S. North Caro-} ilina, will be launched June 13th, | jit was stated here today. USS. | Washington will join the United THAN WEDDINGS States Fleet in September, fol- jlowing commissioning of _ its} porer Doe | guns. | Records in the. county court- | a house show that there were two BOARD SEEKS more final decrees signed in di- voree suits than there were mar- | riage licenses issued during the FUND TRANSFER month of May. In the record of marriage li- — censes in the office of County Judge Raymond R. Lord, there | WE USE GENERAL nEY- “are shown 14 issues,-and-in the; ENUE°GAIN FOR ELEC. ~ office of Ross C. Sawyer, clerk of Ciréuit Court, there are shown | TION EXPENSES final decrees in 16 divorce cases. | ; At a special meeting of county ; jcommissioners held this morning | |at 10:30 o'clock in the county fcourthouse, it was decided — to} {draw up a résolution and for- ward it to Comptrolleg J. M. Lee | = requesting the transfer of $1,080 1) {from the Indebtedness Fund to| the General Revenue Fund, j Present at the meeting were Hollywood and G. A. Raymond, Chairman Carl Bervaldi, Com-j; Past-D. D. G. C., Miami. {missioners B. B. Warren and/ is : Norberg Thompson; Clerk Ross District —_— comprises rec Sawyer, Attorney W. Curry} southeast Florida counties and it ‘totic and Chief Deputy Sheriff is expected that approximately Bernard Waite. j 100 members of the lodges in that! It was announced that the! five Che Key West Citizen huge battleship U.S.S: Washing- TJ SSSALA SP 2 | ceremonies at the Philadelphiai ENJOYED VISIT TO | BOTANICAL GARDEN Walsh of Massachusetts. | the grounds and geve descrip tions of all the tropical Ss. The Chicagoens steyed at the Overseas Holel while here. GIIILIOLID: The Key. West Art Center ap nounced today it has added to its staff a very capable teacher ADDRESSED GRADUAT- ING CLASS AT com MENCEMENT EXERCIS- ES LAST EVENING yamor gars az caryimg bug of gladsolas carmsiaem touguets ted ow at che Titdtsors: Geter veer The amr get and professional artist, Roger L. « Wilcox, who trained at the Co- lumbus Art School, Columixz Ohio, under Robert Chadeayne and at the Art Students’ League in New York, under Thom Benton Bridgman and’ other » able instructors. The classes of the Art Center are to be imcreased at once schedule for which will be an- nounced in a few days. Mr. Wilcox will make sible for the Art Center to die immediately a wide of art services in the leral overhaul and minor repairs.'Mander of the local lodge and area will come to this city for the | transfer of the funds was to as-' posters, folders, designs for stage Vessels of the patrol in the ‘other officers, to arrange a dis- conference on June 21st and |Sist in defraying the expenses of 'sets, cotume, etc harbor this morning are the De-/trict conference in Key West Stroyers Crowninshield, Bucha-| which will be held on June 21 nan, Lea. Hale and, Williams, and | 3.4 95 ‘ the Tender Gannet, and Cutter} ~ {Pandora and Tender Ivy of the; | Coast Guard. sen, Royal Vizier of Kaaba Tem+ i ——————— 'ple, Dania, Perry V. Ross, Dis- | Pleasant—And Safe jtriet Deputy Grand Chancellor, uate" "oz CANVASS BOARD | RALEIGH, N .C., June 1—j| {Children at the North Carolina} 7 iInstitute for the Blind are taught} APPROVED v0 jto swim. Officials say they love} jit and that it is an excellent way —_—_—— “Our average drug bill has! dropped from 60 to 75 percent | MET YESTERDAY AFTER- since the pool was built”, says} NOON AND ADDED ONLY |Supt. G. E. Lineberry. } ! | 1 SEVEN VOTES CII TTI SS SUGAR BEETS SOURCE | The canvassing board of Mon- OF SWEET PROFITS county met yesterday after- jmoon in the office of Judge iRaymond R. Lord and canvassed jthe votes in the second primary election of May 28. Judge Lord was absent, being out of the city on business, and his place on thei board was taken | by Commissioner. _Wm. Monsai- vatge.. Other members of the! board were present, John Eng- 4 land, isog of registration, a ee jand ‘Chasey Karl Bervaldi, of = {the county commissioners. i | | | (By Associated Press) | PRAGUE. June | ordered ja ~ j | and Moravia to increase the | year and in 1941 by 25 per- cent. Production figures for the ! past two years cannot be ob- The visitors were L. O. Han-‘order are expected to be in at-| Initiation ceremony for the D. ©, | ‘Primary elections K. K. order on the following day. | Prominent state officials of the | SOUNDS PRACTICAL (Ry Assectated Prean) tendance at the conference, in-| CHEYENNE, Wyo., June 1— cluding Grand Chancellor, Ken- | William F. De Vere, who. offers | neth Barnes, of Dade City and credit ratings on prospective Supreme Chancellor, E. | brides and grooms, believes it is} Stapp, of Miami and other Grand tx service that is going to promote | Lodge officers of the Knights of happiness in marriage. Pythias. } “Every young lady should ee Thomas E. Paine, Imperial | check up on the credit rating of Prince of the D. O. K. K- order, 'the man she intends to marry”, of Roanoke, Virginia is expected ' cays De Vere, manager of the! to officiate at the Institution| Cheyenne Credit Bureau. “Like-| Ceremony which will be put Niwise, the young man should by Kasba.. Temple, No. 69, of check up on the bills of his be- Hollywood. loved. it might save him a lot} of grief. } oo. | “After the ceremony, if the! ae eo are been | pride’s creditors begin to call the cal to attend the regular meet- i ; ing of group next Monday at {young husband and harass him | - s for payments, he may feel like | Knights of Pythias hall on Flem- = . eR ing street, starting at 8 o'clock. socking her on the jew. That's} The De; T is esperially pcs me romance and groun‘s for; urged to attend this meeting. ere S = “If the shoe is on the Preparation will be made for a . . visit of Grand Chief, Mrs. Mary | £00t the bride may begin to think : : she made a bad bargain. Branning, of Jacksonville, who} ;. Ps will be here Monday, June 10th.| , But if they learn about each ne meee FE JACK COSTAR: fosietsmtaim ‘ee ace WON HONORS Pythian Sisters Members of the local Pythian The Ce now equipped with the screen process for posters. What Will They Do Next? ‘NEW PUBLICITY GAG AP Feature Service LARAMIE, Wyo. June 1- Workmen on the University of Wyoming campus, digging ex- cavations for a new building uncovered three graves of pi neers who were buried more than a half century ago. Then their shovels struck a2 fourth coffin. Before a domen more spades of earth were turn- eda crowd of over 200 was watching. Gently the workmen scraped away the soil from the rotting boards... Suddenly the decrepit lid lift- ed. Qut stepped a masked fic- ure, clad in black coat, heovy boots and brown fur cap. On ! is back was this sign “Tve waited 50 years for ti gag for a show the seniors were _ | There were very few changes! agricultural hinterland for | the Reict i Beet sugar is one of the yielders and efforts are he- ing made to boost these ex- Ports. \"Seevrreaes| sort of a. solution, get the debts settled and start life together with’ a clean credit slate”. made as only seven absentee; Announcement was made to- votes were added and they were day that Jack Costar, president so scattered that the results were /f the senior class of St. Joseph’s not affected. School, son of Mr. and Mrs. John Costar, 704 White street. was Tll Meet You— |awarded the American Legion at the ;award and medal this week for this high scholastic average and CLUB CAYO HUESO est patriotic and citizenship bs Pe as i Jack was valedictorian of his NO ii : i = ; staging. . The “corpse” had been plant- 1—After the concrete founda-jed a half hour before the work- tions of the new Civie Center Building were constructed, the contractor discovered there gold in the gravel he had used. Running about 25 cents to practical « attenthor. cundrion auring out that the Kev West school was on the accredned 2 ff te Southern Assocasten and Unuversstes C. OF C. RESOLVES FOR GLADE" PARK a ‘f RFP Tit