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

Associated Press Day Wire Service For 60 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West VOLUME LXI. No. 140. THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN THE U. S. A. KEY WEST, FLORIDA, TUESDAY, JUNE 11, 1940 ‘Heat Resolution. ~— On Road Extension SCHEDULED FOR ACTION AT MEETING TOMORROW | “ NIGHT; CALLS ON PRESIDENT TO BRING } Military Rule Over In Paris; Nazi Units Appr | | | oaching ALLIES BELIEVE BLITZ- KRIEG WILL FAIL IF DEFENDERS CAN HOLD FOR FOUR DAYS * (By Associated Presa) PARIS, June 11—The French government has fled for an un. and most of the civilian popula- tion is clogging all roads leaving! Paris today, both to escape cp-| SALE OF BOCA ture by the onrushing, ferociously | attacking Nazi hordes being | CHICA ENTERS poured into the conflict by Adolf FIN AL ST. AGES Hitler. Nearer and nearer the German | juggernaut approaches the French LUTHER PINDER. OWNER. EX- capital city and the whole com-| PECTS DOWN-PAYMENT OF bination-line, Weygand and Magi- 25,000 ON TOTAL PRICE OF not, is a seething mass of strug- | gling humanity, from the channel; $45.000 WITHIN FEW DAYS coast to the Swiss frontier. i Late reports today indicated that the main armies of Germany’! Captain Luther Pinder stated ae cpr are ds mes - today that the final stages of the aris, thoug! ink spearheads ‘i ‘ had been thrust almost to subur- S2!¢ of his holdings at Boca ban territory in the northwest Chica were being carried out, and northeast settions. ‘and that~he expected to receive Allied opinion now is that if down payment of $25,000 on the the French troops can hold out!total sale of $35,000 from the for another three or four days. 'Bocton Syndicate represented by » Nazi blitzkrieg will fail of 3 ae eerie at is the de. Julius Stone within the next few struction created on the mechan- days. ized units and so heavy are the: Only minor matters, chiefly " casualties reported as Hitler concerning transter of an FHA pours streams upon streams of joan on the property, remain to men into this, the greatest battle he settled, Captain Pinder stated, of all time. ___|in confirming the report that the Every inch of ground is being sale had gone through. bitterly contested, and the Nazi| power of attorney for Mr. loses are said to be three times stone has been given Attorney as great as those of the defend- w_ Curry Harris, who, it was ing French. 3! stated, has the money in hand to Suburbs of this city were heav- | make the initial payment when ily bombed today and smoke'a1j matters are satisfactorily from the ruins lies in a heavy brought to conclusion. pall over a wide area. Balance of the purchase price Military law has been pro- wili be paid in semi-annual pay- claimed here. French authorities ments over a ten-year period, declare that they will destroy’ Captain Pinder stated, the $20,- their city completely before they 990 balance carrying usual inter- let it fall to the German hordes est accruments. if capture must come. Mr. Stone was not available to Increased action came along report on plans for the group he the Siegfried and Maginot Lines’ represents, having left yesterday today as heavy bombardments to attend a six months’ law were reported by both war of- course at Gainesville prepara- fiees. Severe attacks by the Nazis tory to taking the state examina- at the junction of the Maginot tiohs next fall. It was stated, and Weygand Lines were re-' however, that Mrs. Stone and her pulsed by tHe French, with huge brother, Kay Schutt, would ar- losses inflicted on the Germans, ‘rive within the week to take up according to French dispatches. ,resident-managership of [the French and German plane ac- Boca Chica Camp. tion contniues to be a major fac-! Captain Pinder was of the opin- tor in the battle for this city. ion that the new group . would French claim their planes are in-:spend approximately $50,000 in flicting heavy damages on the additional buildings and _ fill-in blitzkrieg units while the Ger-; work on the island. man high command has counter: ———— ed with claims of effective “= TROOP 54 TO bombing operations. Members of Troop No. 54. Boy Scouts, will leave next Friday afternoon at 5:00 o'clock on an Orders have been received at overnight hike to The Pines on the naval station announcing Stock Island. that Clarence -W. Allshouse, of; Plans for this affair were form- the Navy Yard at Charleston, ulated at the regular weekly fi Stone - Church | S. C., has-been instructed to re- meeting held at turn to Key West as planner and Annex: last:- Friday” night. ‘The estimator inthe repair depart- boys plan ¢qreturn to the city ment at the station. early Saturday afternoon. An electrician: reported at the ooo naval station yesterday. He is TWO-YEAR-OLD “ARRESTED” Cecil M. Lancaster from Fairfax, —__- s.c. LIMA, Ohio.—When a little j two-year-old girl, left in the fam- ily auto while her family shopped, began throwing soft-drink bottles JUNCTION CITY, Kan.—A few into the street, police “arrested” minutes after Mrs. Barbara Hen- her and took her into “protective BOLT FIRES BED . drickson. 71, had retired for the custody”, leaving a note for the) night, lightning struck the house,‘ parents that she had been taken} setting fire to her bed. She was to headquarters. She was soon uninjured. (claimed. | | HIGHWAY IMPROVEMENT { | Monroe County Commission] WHEREAS, said wooden jwill consider a resolution ordered bridges are not of sufficiently {written at the last meeting on ‘heavy construction. to support the {June 5th, at the second meeting tremendous weights of modern, jof the month tomorrow night; motorized artillery, swhich_ would :which is. designed to bring be necessary for the adequate {prompt 2-tion in the matter of protection of said naval and air eeepc agra = Overs base at Key West, and jeightot-way from the: Florida! ,, WHEREAS. the State Road De- jmainlan d to Key West. partment of the State of Florida | The resolution, as drawn up by ‘has heretofore been vested with Bombs ITEMS INCLUDED IN SUPPLEMENTARY DE- eee la | calls on all Representatives and of- f the Florida East Coast | See en SINCE sc enators of the state to per- Raiioey. in srt aes right-of- | DECLARATION CAME sonally request that President way there are included substan- | ‘Roosevelt call on the Federal tial concrete viaducts in the TODAY; ENGLAND AC- Bureau of Roads to institute place and stead of wooden/ | CUSES ITALY |proceedings, and reads as fol- bridges, and | BEFORE CONGRESS (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON. June 11— The House Appropriations Com- | Miltee reported a special appr>- |priation bill to the Heuse this lows: |. WHEREAS, it is the sense of - WHEREAS, by virtue of the this Board that State Road 4A Present grave European situa- may be relocated in its entire LOmDOa: aiieee sews . _,|tion, the importance of the Is- length over said abandoned right- | ie —eenlnet and of Key West, as a naval and of-way of said Florida East Coast} - |Minister Atlee today bitterly = base has again been brought Railway by the expenditure of a{@fternoon, which carries $2,000,- re “4 .jto the attention of the Govern- relatively small amount of ppropriation cried the action of the Italian gov. ‘ment of the United States, and ‘money, and is Ms peace jernment’s*war declaration made! WHEREAS, the matter of sup- | lyesterday, when. in a speech to Ply is one that is most vital for this Board that our national de- WHEREAS, it is the sense of | Department to construct a fresh j = _ {every naval and air base so es- f waldo sume adeaaiek Water aqueduct to Key West. parliament he described Mus. BEA its foun ense Ww leq’ ly | ai Government, !served if said State Road 4A} apne = amen vr sordid and z ishould immediately be relocated} | ae in entering - ee oh aleeeteagied a a of Keylover said abandoned right-of-| Vide water supply for the navy ‘fl time. Accusing ice S' las no railroa communi-. i as su sh: to the + “seeing a chance to exploit the’°ation with the State of Florida es cead, are one pole the Is. | Pomonnel in. Key West. |Western Democracies", he con- (24 vehicular transportation to'/jand-of Key West, Florida, would }~ i tinued to assert that Italy waeiond,{°™ ‘2id Island is wholly pe facilitated and rendered} Developments: over the week- dependent upon State Road 4A, speedier and ‘safer, now, there-!ed in connection with bringing of i * | guilty of “stabbing France i . * of aed ees |fresh water to Kev West from the ;which forms a part the back”. States Highway No. 1, and _ away No has BE IT RESOLVED BY THE | mainland, point to early settle- ! as to In the meantime, the British! WHEREAS, all but forty (40) BoaRD OF COUNTY COMMIS- admiralty admitted that the first miles of the present State Road SIONERS OF MONROE COUN. ment of the question taste of Italian action came early|#A were constructed prior to Ty FLORIDA, in regular ses-|Whether the U. S. Navy or the today when Italian planes bom- |!928 and there is incorporated in’ si9, duly assembled, that - this | Florida Keys Aqueduct Commis- barded the British-controlled is-jPresent State Road 4A ee, Board hereby requests the Sena-!sion will construct the line. Pos- more extremely tors and Representatives in the ' sibility that both agencies may land of Malta. jseventeen eae The Allies expect that main | >ridges, ich are extremely Congress of the United States,! 0 5 3 representing the State of Fides oo in co-operation on thé proj- action by Il Duce’s army will be | Vulnerable to damage from fire directed against France, but at |#%d the elements, and of the United States, for the pur-|,, - ss pose of urging him to ask of Om hernias palvinad Soubiens United States Bureau of Public | 4 that the N t Roads and the State Road De- |U2¥ thal. the Navy wants a sh . . - | water une ey est within partment of Florida the immedi- 'the next 12 months. Accordingly, ate relocation of State Road 4A; - in ita entire length: from e jthe supplementary defense ap. mainland of Florida to the Island | Propriation bill scheduled for ac- jtion today in Washington will of Key West over the abandoned { . % right-of-way of the Florida East |Mave a $2,000,006 item for con. = _ {struction of a suitable pipe line Coast Railway, a ee a |for navy and civilian needs. moet Oreos ou ee J. P. Robineau, attorney s i for = of the United States of| 0 Flocida- Keys Aqueduct that the Clerk of this Board be A 5 and he is hereby. instructed to} Washington last weekend with press time today, no word came! WHEREAS, said tier. Tail and it is not possible for British admiralty stated that 24/Cach other upon’ said wooden seized by British warships and war in the near future. Advices! important meeting today. TY AT MARATHON ‘forthwith furnish. certified copies |e Navy Department and offi- against the Italians. News has of this Resolution to the Honor-}; action can be brought to prove parts of the nation, making war-|the War Department by H. A. Senators from Florida, and to the jo F. Hendricks, COU action soon, lies the matter thought, on ability to keep sup-{ Florida, at his property which is! Millard 4 | aqueduct. Otherwise, according through that any battles were oc-|>Tidges are only ifteen (15) feet curring on the south-France fron- |i? width from guard rail to guard x : vehicles possessing the maximum saree os jauthorized road widths to cross Italian commercial ships encoun- | bridges, and tered on the high seas had been | had been brought to English | SEEKS PERMIT ports, or were on the way in. j Speculation ran high as to} whether Turkey would enter the} here were to the effect that thé] 5, CLARK MAKES a Turkish cabinet would hold an} » ae | CATION FOR HIS PROPER- African authorities believed that Ethiopia may stage a revolt icials of the RFC. come through that thousands of ; able Charles. O: Andrews and} eee ee eae natives are gathering in various} Application has been made to Claude Pepper, United States | Validation of the bonds to be is- ‘like gestures. Defense of the; Clark to construct a timber pier Honorable A. Patrick Cannon, | ed by the Commission. this by colony by Italy depended, it was|in Boot Key Harbor, Straits of R. A. 4 and J. Hardin jf Whether that group will have ply lines into chief military posts| /ocated| at- Marathon, on Key}Peterson, ional Se open. |to advice now on hand, it appears sist of a shore arm 377 feet long | June, A.D., 1940. will be worked out between the ;commission and the Navy De- |part for distribution of water to |the Keys and in this city. FIVE LEFT FOR | CMTC. CAMP ' Repre- Vaca, Monroe County, Fia. sentatives from the State of The proposed wharf will be) Florida. ‘ located 260 feet west of the ap-| Adapted by the Board of Coun- \ONLY TWO SHIPS plicant’s east property line and'ty Commissioners of Monroe will project into the harbor a County, Florida, at a regular | IN PORT TODAY distance of’385 feet and will con- meeting held the 12th day of by six feet wide and a balanced ——— ae T-head eight feet wide by 300 All of the ships of the patroljfeet Jong. The elevation of the SHORTHAND GROUP squadron, which is assigned tojdock will be three feet five inch- Key West, were out of the harbor{es abéve mean low water. MEETS EACH DAY |this morning on patrol” duty or] * These will be no public hear- , target orien — a = ing a the application and —— | stroyers ron anyone desiring to protest the Hale, which were at the finger| proposed work from the stand- STARTED TODAY AT. HIGH)... jiers. : .. {point .of its interference with or SCHOOL UNDER ADULT ‘This morning at 9 o'clock Thejeffect ‘upon navigation should 4 Citizen saw the Tender Gannet | submit sich protest iin * “writing, EDUCATION PROGRAM towing the target which had been with reasons sufficient to permit! recently prepared by workmen|intelligent consideration to the from the ships, being taken out{district engineer, U. S. Engineer's i through the northwest passage /office, P.O. Box 4970, Jackson-'Typewriting got under way to be set for practice in the bay./ ville, before June 17. GOT HIS WISH Crosby in charge. ALBERQUERQUE, N. Mex—j SPARTANBURG, S C—When The classes are held from 5:00 he had the mumps, the jury was pleted today, though others in-| period. unanimous in its agreement that! terested may yet join the lhe be permitted to go home. 3 “it was announced. . The line is planned to pro- Che Key West Citizen Bows To County Clerks’ Committ. Aprorits $2,000,000 For Agus Murphy Wishes MEETING SCHEDULED FOR YESTERDAY Was CALLED OFF; SAWYER RETURNS LAST NIGHT County Clerk Roms © Sewre ) whe lef Saturday t attend se SOO IAOIDE, me A Cm mn PAT CARO SEs (Oe ttorney W. Curry Harris today, 'the title to the abandoned right-| FENSE BILL TO COME H ‘ “The meeting of the { |wtuch was called for June 10 anc | : it E [ f H EF i F | [ \phone conversations whieh term janated in @ Board meeting heid = ‘Tallahassee, June 6” FEED DAO DISB Ve Wier vin het moter NAVY STATES NOs tem <= ee FINANCES HAL i i F E | ¥ 4 i be as follows {other complicated MEETING HELD THIS MORN- \Tructecs also agree ING RUNS INTO SNAG AT ™unicipal taxes are outstanding : applicant : Mr. Lieut.-Comdr. E.- Laughlin. sccsured of mo further delay sanitation officer at the Naval handling these matters, and sug Station, presided at a joint meet- gests the clerks mmmedistely ing of navy, civic and local gov- Possible, determine just new ernment agencies this morning, | #beT#! cise ie in ating . all delinquent taxes agemsi th jcalled by Captain Walter F. Murphy lands and suggests 2 fie: Jacobs to discuss a prospective rate of $1. Sl oar S3 om each |mosquito control drive in. this parcel, or 1939 taxes as = basis area. full scttlement of 2 mut Those present included Ever- cipal taxes. ett Russell, president of the “Therefore” writes Mr Bem \Chamber of Commerce; Ralph (nett, “I am requesting the moni Boyden, sanitation chairman of cipalities to cooperste te the the City Council; Joe Cleare, Dr. j4.B. Parramore and Z. D. }rison of the Monroe |Health unit; C. J. Boutelle, WP. \supervisor here, and others. tered around the ability of city andjor the county to provide funds for sponsoring a new mos- ithat a co-operating agreements Quito drive providing the nevy assisted with the loan of super- vision and considerable supplies of fuel and lubricating oil Progress was stalemated when, it developed that nothing could be done to furnish laber for { work, or proper machinery eq i ! f ry Ry Vy ih a it al 4 UR MH ev i t : [ ¢ i ¥ i i HH ‘Ltr i ay rh | f | bry |