The Key West Citizen Newspaper, June 13, 1940, Page 1

Associated Press Day Wire Service For 60 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West West, Florida, has equable climate @ >; with an average of only 14° Fahrenheit Key ibe most we Che Key West Citizen ty Board To Pro Fie Protection For Keys “= Consus May Chang Liquor License. Fees PRICE FIVE CENTS Troops To Aid Paris Defense (SIO OAL AA. GERMAN UNITS PRESS REYNAUD’S-F.D.R.’S ON TOWARD CAPITAL: MESSAGES CROSSED & A F. PLANES BOME SEINE BRIDGES WASHINGTON. June 12 — phen Early. today stated that } | | | | 1 | INVENTORIES NOW BEING PREPARED FOR CO-OPERA- | TION IN NATIONAL DE-!| FENSE PROGRAM | OVER FIGURES: TO CALL} MEETING ©F INTERESTED | ORGANIZATIONS Project for building beach and | | Special to The Citizen) jrecreation improvements on Rest MANY FRENCH RESORT CIT-! JACKSONVILLE, June 13— {Beach was presented at the| tee ee mneiects ot oo he! ES BOMBED BY ITALY’S. military background on a pref- meeting o! © county commis- | erential basis is the first step to sioners last night by Chairman| AIR FORCE: MALTA CASU- e Taos { bring the program into line for Carl Bervaldi and discussed from| ALTIES LISTED various standpoints, | cooperation inthe proposed na- The entire project calls for éx- | tional defense plan, in the opin- ion of State Administrator Roy dit f $64,452—$26.279 f | Sera penditure of! x $ lor : z ..| “The present ad the beach proper and $38,173 for) ROME, June 13.—Italian ait cea sass Sima re ithe groins which will be located | power again came into the Euro- | expanded 1c bendie mationnl de- forming the pean war today, according to Te-; fense needs in ‘the way of road, | ports issued here, relayed from! airport and military base con- Italian war headquarters else-{Struction as well as many other ees = | types of facilities”, points out : | Schroder. | Several squadrons appeared The Work Projects Administra- over two or three cities along the| tion has built and equipped hun- French riviera and several direct | dreds of airports throughout the hits were reported. | country, including such big ports Previous reports had stated that { REDISTRICTING WORK | i IS POSTPONED | see | { At the regular meeting of the | Board of County Commissioners | the written by Attorney W. Curry t beach. |’ Federal funds for the Harris, relative to the extension SOOO IO O MI £ SCHOOL CODE CALLED, Se - $ laced at $21,491 f th of the Overseas Highway as pub-/ KEY WESTERS VISIT TO ATTENTION OF jgroins and the sponsors’ contri lished in the issue of The Citizen | NEW YORK’S FAIR; BOARD AND ENFORC- bution will be $16.682. For the’ (Special to The Citizen) ibeach proper, federal funds in ING AGENCY WORLD'S FAIR, June 13.— jthe amount of $14,691 will be More than 1,800 Floridians (By Associated Press) resolution | Ito divert the sand of Tuesday, was given the unani- | been received after Presi- 6men fighting equipment end provided, while the funds of the : “ dent Roosevelt's pledge-of to F = d. 2 mous approval of the boar |sponsors will be $]1,588. The; | as LaGuardia Field in New York; aid speech last Monday eve- This resolution calls on all members of Congress from Florida to urge President Roosevelt to institute pro- ceedings immediately to ex- tend the highway, both north and south of the Overseas Bridge District, to make a complete, “military road” over the railroad right-of- way from the mainland. Present at tne meeting were Chairman Carl Bervaldi, Com- missioners B. B. Warren and T.} Jenkins Curry, Attorney W. Curry Harris, Clerk Ross C. Sawyer, Deputy Sheriff Ray EI-| wood, and a number of inter- ested citizens. { Seek Fire Protection Delegation of citizen members of the Booster Club of Tavernier, headed by Louis Pellicier, ad- dressed the board in the interests of securing apparatus for fire protection on the Keys. Mr. Pellicier was provided with &@ catalogue of apparatus, which had been given him by Fire Chief Harry M. Baker, and ‘contained different forms of ap- paratus to be used in fighting fires. One, a gasoline-operated pump, easily transported, was listed at $495, and he asked that this be provided by the commis- sioners. In connection with the matter of securing a water supply, Mr. Pellicier said that the residents proposed to sink wells at suit- able distances between each two residences, at Tavernier, so that in the event of need, they would be readily available. At this juncture Commissioner Curry voiced the opinion that the dwellers in the mentioned dis trict were all taxpayers and w entitled to the protection aske and further, that the dwellers at, Marathon, as well as the prop- erty owners at Tavernier, were entitled to thé.same considera- tion. He suggested that the appara- tus asked for be available for all persons living in the Tavernier vicinity, and likewise, a similar apparatus provided for Mara- thon, would be available for dwellers at and near that place. It was eventually decided that the money for the purchase of two of the “Trailer Type En- gines”, one for Tavernier and one for Marathon, be provided for in the next budget. Olney Roberts, who applied at the last meeting of the board for assistance in securing a necessary operation for mastoiditis, the case given to Commissioner Curry for investigation, was pres- ent at the meeting. Mr. Roberts stated his c: and the need of the opération, and in the end Mr. Curry stated that he was going to Miami Saturday, and he weuld. be glad to have Mr. Roberts go with him and find out exactly what the operation would cost, so as to enable the board to determine what action to take. Mr. Roberts agreed .to go and secure: the information asked. Communication from Auditor J. F. Pierce of the Florida Ex- hibit at the World’s Fair, re- minded that the county had promised $650 as their part of the expenses of the exhibit and asked that provisions be made for forwarding -that amount,’ (Continued On Page Four) have visited the Florida State Exhibit this far, as shown by the Florida register maintain- ed at the information booths. Among those from Key West were the following: Miss Frances Lowe. Billy Lowe, Elizaheth Lowe, C. H. Vorstead, Jack Behan, Nor- val K. Redd, Dr. H .C. Galey and Mrs. Galey. Miss Ruth Rose Galey, Miss Kathryn Lowe, George E. Cook, John H. Lehman, C. H. Umstead, Mrs. H. G. Williams, Mr. and Mrs. Neblett, Mrs. Rubie Bentley, Jimmy Bentley. Frank Bentley, Miss Dorothy Dungen, Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Sawyer, Mr. and Mrs. Owen M. Curry and Mrs. Hugh Wil- liams. LISI ILI #4 USHA AUDITOR DUE NEXT WEEK TO GO OVER ACCOUNTS OF LOCAL AUTHORITY; LOAN PAYMENT COMING Key West Housing Authority officials stated ioday that an auditor of the United States Housing Authority is expected to arrive in Key West the first of next week, ostensibly to go over the accounts of expenditures made to date on the local proj- ects. This procedure is necessary, it was stated, before the initial pay- ment on the $48,000 advance loan can be made to start the local authority off with a clean slate. The advance loan was granted on May 25th last, when the USHA signed the loan contract agreement calling for a total loan of $650,000 for the white and colored projects here. SAFETY DIRECTOR ISSUES -WARNING CAUTIOUS AUTO DRIVERS TO LOOK OUT FOR VACATION- ING CHILDREN TAMPA, June 13 (FNS).—Over 400,000 school children, students, and others are now on their an- nual summer vacation, stated Asher Frank, director. of the Florida Safety Council, this week. “This means that motor vehicle drivers must be unusually care- ful. Most of these children are thinking of a good time and not about accidents. They are play- ing on all streets and highways. Be especially careful, Mr. Driver, not to mar their holiday by in- juring one of these innocent chil- dren or causing their family un- necessary suffering”. 8 A TT WEEK-END SPECIALS SPICED CAKES and DATE Maloney Bros. Bakery Phone $18 812 Fleming Street oC CSSA aR In a letter from Thos. W. Long. | | { director of the State Beverage} i Department, county commis- 1 fioners and tax collectors are in- | formed that if the census now | being made by the U. S. govern- | ment becomes official before Oc- tober 1, it will be necessary to! observe population regulations in determining the fee to be charged H for beer, beer and wine and beer, | wine and liquor licénses for the | license year of 1940 Attention is also called to the ! code, which says: “No place at which liquors are sold, gambling devices are previded or other features classed as regula- tions of the State Board as detri- mental to the moral or physical welfare of children, shall be lo-} cated nearer than 300 feet to any | school site”. This law is in ef- fect inside and outside of incor- porated cities and towns. } school All applicants for new liquor |- licenses shall be investigated by the Board of County Commis- sioners, before approving them and all places of business of ap- plicants for renewal of liquor licenses should be investigated by the tax collector before is- suing the renewal license. The} opinion of the Attorney General } says: “If the proposed location is | within 300 feet of a school site| the license should not be grant- ) ed” and further, “the director of the beverage department is given } authority to revoke the license of any licensee for violation of any of the laws of this state”. If complaint is made under the above quoted settion of the! School Code and an_investigation } proves a. violation, this ‘dppart-; « ment will be compelled to act. The communication ends with “Your usual fine co-operation in this connection will be appre-{ | ciated.” MRS. NAVARRO, 73, DIED WEDNESDAY | RITES WILL BE HELD THIS! AFTERNOON AT 5:00 O’CLOCK Mrs. Mary Babcock Navarro, 73, died yesterday afternopn at! 4:30 o'clock at the residence, 426} Elizabeth street. Funeral serv- ices will be held. this afternoon at 5 o'clock from the. residence, Rev. John C. Gekeler, _of—Firsti Presbyterian church, officiating! Pallbearers, who will serve, are: Karl O. Thompson, B. Curry Moreno, Ross C. Sawyer, Ed} Gato, III, Robert Spottswood and Carl Bervaldi. Lopez Funeral Home will in charge of arrangements. Mrs. Navarro is survived by two daughters, Mrs. H, T. Pil-; lans, of Mobile, Ala, and Mrs. | Clyde Brunson, of Washington,: D. C.; three sons, Dan L. Na- varro, Ray Navarro of this city, and Babcock Navarro “of Chi- be! project will provide work for 126; men for six months. The project was discussed at some length and it was finally decided to call a meeting of in- terested organizations, and go into the matter in all its phases in an effort to conclusively de- termine what parts of the spon- sors’ contribution is to be borne by each. Accordingly, Commissioner Jenkins Curry was designated to contact the Key West Hotel and Tourist Homes Association, the board of public works and the! city council and make arrange- ments to have the members meet with the county commissioners and discuss the project in full. i ' ta concentrated raid was made on the British-controlled island fortress of Malta. Casualties in this engagement were said to be 30 civilians, with that number or more seriously injured. EGYPT SEVERS ITALIAN RELATIONS ROME, June 13.—Italian ~ offi- ceived of notification discon- jand the Chicago Municipal Air- ; port, and here in Florida it is building the master airport at | Miami as well as assisting in the ; development of several military | air base facilities. The organ- ization is in a position to expand | this work for full training and jair defense purposes. | The WPA has well-organized | sewing rooms that can be utilized ning. The message from Rey- naud started coming over State Department wires five minutes before the President began his speech, but the complete message was not transcribed until ,Mondey night at 11:00 o'clock. hours T. ‘cials announced that they had re-! by the Red Cross or to furnish hundreds of workers to private ‘inuance of diplomatic relations| production to meet any demand between Italy and Egypt. Further j for that communications stated, it has been revealed,*that Egypt stood prepared to issue a war declara- type of service that {might develop in private busi- : Ness. |_ There are thousands of othr @rgrg@gagrigag@ma tion if any of the country was: WPA professional and non-con- violated. struction workers that can also be easily trained and shifted to various defense services i Romance has trailed Old Glory since it became our national flag 163 years ago. Since that time it has symbolized the hopes, aspira- , tions and spirit of a nation de- voted to the cause of liberty. Prominent among early Ameri- can flags, forerunners of the Stars and Stripes, were pine trees, rat- tlesnakes and other designs. The Grand Union flag, with a British jack appearing where- forty-eight stars are now shown in a blue field, was the immediate ancestor of our national flag. Pine tree flags were displayed by the cruisers of Washington's fleet which operated in.New Eng- land waters, and such flags bore the words, “An appeal to Heav- en. Rattlesnake designs were fre- quently used by the southern colonies, and a flag of this type was carried by the U. S. Marines and bluejackets from the Contin- } motto “Don’t tread on me”, also appeared on the drums of Ameri- can Marines at that time. The Grand Union flag was popular with naval men and it was sometimes called the “First Navy Ensign”. There were scores of other colonial banners, each of which found special favor in the colony where it originated. Even today there is a certain mystery about Old Glory. His- torians fail to agree as to who designed it, although tradition points to Betsy Ross, a Quaker City seamstress, as the maker of the first Stars and Stripes adopt- ed by the Continental Congress on June 14, 1777. With a deep appreciation af the ' benefits we enjoy as citizens, each | th, of us should display the Star- | demand requires. “In order to be ready to carry | LAUNCHED TODAY out any part of the defense pro- gram that might be assigned to° the Work Project Administration U.S.S. |a complete inventory of possible project operation under the pres- , ent program is being completed”, states Administrator Schroder. | “Such an inventory is developing | the types of work that can be amy an elk comied on by yates, Cx ew WORK Jee S8—Tis projects in line with national de- fense needs should WPA be called U-S‘S. North Carolina, upon for any piesa espa ship to the 35,000-ton Project work a! ly put on . the Teetercatiel list by order of ae launched June | Washington include: Army and was let down the wavs this after ‘ Navy work being done at Jack- n0on at the Brooklyn Navy Yard | sonville, Tampa. Key West, Pen- as“hundreds of United States op. {sacola and Valpariso and airport eratives guarded against espion- {work at Gainesville, St. Peters- age | burg and Miami. This work has“, ce ive been earmarked by the Navy ie North Carolina went down |and War Departments as of first the ways on 54,000 pounds of } importance in national defense, grease as Secretary of the Navy and the list may be added to Edison and state officials from | from time to time. |North Carolina and New | Witnessed the ceremony. AUTO COMPANIES “is coo". warship wiil completed | a MOVE TO BRING FACTORY FACILITIES TO BE _ MANUFACTURERS | j | STATE C. OF C. GROUP RE- CEIVES PLEDGE OF WIDE CO-OPERATION NORTH CAROLINA GOES DOWN BROOKLYN YARD'S WAYS sister UsSs. 3rd } j York new be in USED FOR MANUFACTURE OF ARMAMENTS (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON, June 13.— |United States automobile manu- tfacturers today let it be known that they stood ready to offer jfull co-operation in construction {plans of the defense program. | | | | JACKSONVILLE, June Individual firms have pledged (FNS) In order to co-ordinate aid, which will see thousands of activity between its various com- workers switched to such tasks as_mittees, the Florida State Cham- fabricating planes, tanks andj ber of Commerce recently im- manufacture of ammunition inj stalled a Technical Advisory the near future. Board which is composed of rep- Most auto officials believe gov- | resentatives from each classifica ernment orders for armaments; tion of business in the state to can be “filled ‘without serious, furnish necessary counsel, advice jand data. Bn i hindrance to auto production. ; | Hailed as a great step forward | BIBLE IS TRANSLATED jin the industrial progress of INTO CZECH LANGUAGE Florida. the Advisory Board al- {ready has received many letters | from other organizations through- PRAGUE—A modern transla-j| out the state pledging whole-, tion into the Czech language of hearted co-operation with the | Holy Writ is under preparation | State Chamber to make Florida by a commission of Bible ex- H a manufacturing as .well as a, perts. producing state. | An early Latin text constitutes; It is planned to retain the ie basis for the work which is major manufacturing activity being carried out under the su-| within the state and export the | (By Associated Press) desperate effort to stem the tice of Neri wictories im the Paris British admst, and & this force that Brauh planes axe Gedittiineatin tacks. Bridges stretch of the blown up, # ca B stat tme Naz acvance & sms Mari sche tesene French will faght on anc there we Fremeonmar to defend France and from aggresmon by Germany R A F. planes borsbed channe { Boiou waaay sinking severa ante cusne erty - a little Flanders detachment of over 20,000 British soldiers had been captured or kulled at anoth- er sea-coast city. The Brith ad- mitted jusses in the engagement but stated the numbet was at least one-third of the figure men- Ray T. Sherouse. of Lakelant Fla. who was recently appointed to service im the U. S Weather Bureau as junior meterciogist, agtived yesterday, accumpamed by Mrs. Sherouse and them three Spangled Banner on Flag Day,/ pervision of Doctor Josef Heger, finished product rather than the children. : and by so doing honor the birth | professor of the Czech University ; raw materials. Many southern Mr. Sherouse and family will re- ,of our flag. No flag in the world | of Prague. ental Navy, who made a landing is more beautiful. No flag spreads! cago; one sister, Mrs. L. C. Brin-|in the Bahamas in March, 1776. ‘its folds over a more highly fav- ton, and seven grandchildren. The rattlesnake symbol, with its!ored land than ours. States have instituted similar The idea of the work is to’ groups to co-operate with their ally and to omit obsolete words. | with excellent success. main at the station Gong te hurricane season, whi . Segite on June 15 and will cts til November 15