The Key West Citizen Newspaper, June 29, 1940, Page 1

Associated Press Day Wire Service For 60 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West VOLUME LXI. No. 156. ‘President SONS | il Requiring A Nias ToResite Affects 3,500,000 Resi- dents Of Nation; Must Report In Four Months; Drastic Penalties (By Axsocinted Prexs) WASHINGTON, June President Roosevelt signed the today which calls for fingerprinting of Alien Registration Bill some three and one-half million aliens in the country within the next four months. The report to postmasters cities for registration and fingerprinting. Commenting on the bill as he signed it, Roosevelt stated that the measure would go far to- wards controlling alleged fifth column activity in the country. He stated, however, that loyal aliens would receive every con- sideration in the drive to start soon. The Alien Bill provides drastic penalties against all groups ac- tive in the country to undermine the government. NYA WORKSHOP GETS COUNTY OK VICTOR LOWE ADDRESSED SPECIAL SESSION LAST NIGHT ON PLAN bill calls for all aliens to their purposes in Victor Lowe, supervisor of the activities of the National Youth Administration in Key West, ad- dressed the meeting of the board of county commissioners last night regarding a new project which is to be started in Key West. The project is one for training the youth of the city in the repair 23.—' NEED FOR TRAINED | European Cases Cited WORKERS STRESSED i (Special to The Citizen) DAYTONA BEACH, June 28.— ; Addressing Florida’s third annual : Trade and Industrial School here } recently, George P. Hambrecht, famed Lincoln scholar and state , director of vocational - education in Wisconsin, told a story all America should hear. { In 1922, Hambrecht said, he! went te Europe to study voca- tional education methods abroad. Everywhere he was confronted ‘ with signs of post-war poverty. Especially in Germany, three years after Versailles, was pover- ty abject. He saw long breadlings, and people walking the streets without enough to wear. But vo- cational schools in Germany he! found running full time. A na- tion of skilled workers was being trained: i “How can you afford to do it?” | Hambrecht asked. “We cannot affort not to do it,” he was told.! In England, where things were relatively better, Hambrecht said, vocational schools were shut 'down. He asked why. “Why, man, we've been through a ter- rible war,” they told him, “we can’t afford it. We can hardly keep our elementary schools open, and our secondary schools, and colleges and universities.” And in France, it was the same. As if to ‘point the terrible moral, Hitler, while Hambrecht spoke, was marching into Paris. Hambrecht, urging immediate action in this direction, said that vocational authorities recently got together in Washington and drafted emergency training pro- posals which would double the output of mechanics in this coun- try each year. The program could ; get under way within two weeks, | he said. | But he intimated that Washing-* Che Key West Citizen THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN THE U. S. A. —. KEY WEST, FLORIDA, SATURDAY, JUNE 29, 1940 ¢.0.P.’S BUSY. ON CAMPAIGN: POLICY PLANS. REORGANIZATION OF ied TIONAL COMMITTEE an'| MAINS FOR CONVENTION | DELEGATES (By Associated Press) PHILADELPHIA, June 29.— Having picked their slate for en- > try in the national elections next! November, the Republican con-! vention delegates settled down} for some serious committee busi- | ness today in the concluding two days of the meet. Question of reorganization 0! the national committee, with a possible change in the chairman-' ship and makeup throughout wasi to be disposed of before delegates leave for home, and outlining of party policies and campaign set- up will be fully gone into. Presidential-nominee Wendell ‘Willkie left for New York City today aboard Publisher Roy How- rd’s yacht, for a week’s rest be- fore matters concerning the campaign are studied. Vice- presidential nominee, Senator Charles McNary, of Oregon, re- mained at his post in the nation’s capital, preparatory to resump- iton of Congressional sessions next week. Mr. Willkie made a short ap- pearence at the convention last night and spoke to the delegates with stirring pleas for whole- hearted co-operation in the drive that “must spell victory”. LAKELAND AIRPORT APPROVED AS BASE ARMY AVIATION TRAINING ' COURSE TO OPEN SEPT. 15 | | | | LAKELAND, June 29.—(FNS) The United States War Depart- ment notified, J. Hardin Peter- son, Congressman from the First District, that Lakeland’s munici- Pal airport has been approved as the site for an army aviation training base. Preliminary plans call for faci- lities to provide basic flight and ground school training to 90 ar- my cadets every ten weeks, be- ginning Sept. 15. Within six months afier the initial program is started the quota will be doubled. The complete schedule is ex- pected to bring 400 officers, men and cadets to Lakeland and will add to the city’s annual income by some $700,000. SIX-ACT PLOT OF A DRAMA ABOUT PLOT (0 Approve Addition Of Four Precincts ,, RESOLUTION PASSED LAST NIGHT AT SPE- FLORIDA EXHIBIT | i } i i } i ' j to focus the attention of CIAL MEETING OF BOARD \ At a special meeting of the county commissioners held last night for the purpose of con- sidering the matter of redistrict- ing the county, a resolution was read which covered the plan in every detail. Present at the meeting were Chairman Carl missioners Braxton B. Warren, William Monsalvatge, and -T. Jenkins Curry, also Attorney W-. Curry Harris, Deputy Clerk Flo- rence Sawyer, and Chief Deputy Sheriff Bernard Waite. Commis- sioner Norberg Thompson is in Cuba. The county has been divided into 11 precincts, but as now di- vided, there are 15, changes were made in the third, fifth, sixth and eighth precincts by John En- gland, as supervisor of registra- tion, and authorized at a pre- vious meeting. Attorney Harris read the re- solution covering the points and the changes made. On vote all of the resolution was accepted by the commission- efs. After the adoption ef the.resa-. [lution it was ordered signed by ; the chairman and clerk, and is to be published in The Citizen once each week for two weeks. Beach Project The matter of the beach pro- ject, which has been before the county commissioners and the city council for some time was brought up and Wm. Freeman, president on city council, was in- vited to address the meeting. Mr. Freeman told of the joint meeting of the council and com- missioners and said that the meeting had resulted in the coun- cil announcing their intention of acting as co-sponsors of the pro- ject, pledging themselves to bear 50 percent of the cost of the pro- ject, as allotted to the sponsors. He then went into the details of the plan and the possibilities Bervaldi, Com- , } | of the idea; how it would be of } great benefit to the people of Key West and of especial benefit | to the visitors during the winter season. He concluded by saying; that the city’s first portion of the , funds would be available in Oc- | tober, amounting to $2,500. | Project Authorized i At the conclusion of Mr. Free-; man’s address it was unanimously | agreed that Chairman Bervaldij and Clerk Sawyer be authorized | to sign the project to be forward-! ed to the Works Projects Admi- | nistration. i A telegram from Senator Char- | les O. Andrews in which the! senator advised as _ follows:” : President Roosevelt signed the, municipal bankruptcy act this} afternoon”, was read by the; clerk. i Attorney Harris was authorized ; to acknowledge the telegram and | express the appreciation of the; commissioners for the efforts of the Florida delegation in Wash- | ington. Communication from C. J. Boutelle, area supervisor WPA, advised the commissioners that! approximately 5,000 gallons of: road oil would be required to) complete the work on Roosevelt | Bulevard. It was moved that bids! be called at once for furnishing j the oil. i A letter from Mr. and Mrs. C.} L. Craig, called attention to the® condition of No Name Key brige } which is in need of repairs, and | asked that the commissioners; take steps to see that the neces- j ary work is done. i Attorney Harris was instructed j to inform the Craigs that the, matter will at once be taken uP; with the State Road Department, | and Commissioner Curry was! asked to contact Engineer De-+ Garmo, in charge of that section ! of the work on the highway and | ascertain what could be done re-;: garding the required repairs. i { HINTS TO TOURISTS VISITORS TO NEW YORK WORLD'S FAIR TOLD OF YEAR ROUND ADVANTAGES OF STATE First Evidence Of Nazi Attack (Special to The Citizen) WORLD'S FAIR, N. Y. June 29.—The management of the Flo- rida State Exhibit at the New York World’s Fair, has taken steps its ‘thousands of visitors every day, upon the possibilities of not only the incomparable Florida beaches on both the Atlantic and the Gulf coasts, but the entire state from Pensacola to Key West, as a place to spend the summer as well as the winter months. The development of the simu- lation of a Florida beach, with its - TO PICK A NAME coral sands brought from the vici- 7 nity of St. Augustine, along the} Campers at the Harris School, full length of the Liberty Lake|which is sponsored by Melvin side of the Florida building helps} Russell and the Board of Educa- greatly in the carrying out of the }tion will decide upon a name plans of the management in the in ite entice direction of creaung a conscious- a oe ness of Florida as a summer re-| Through elimination votes the sort. Pretty girls chosen from|three names to be voted on are among the personnel disporting | ‘“Vacation”, “Roose and themselves in bathing or play|«Sunshine”. The voting will suits on the “beach” or along the a a thousand feet of board walk, add|2*< Place during the first period which is heid_in the auditorium to the interest and serve to at- tract visitors to the exhibit. for all groups, beginning at 9-00, That the idea is- catching onja. m. A half-hour period every with the public is mani-jmorning is begun by a prayer, fested by the greatly|reverence to the American Flag increased number of inquiries at}announcements and community the information booths for book-| singing. lets or other forms of literature; with Mrs. Eva Warner as co- telling of hotel,, apartment or | ordinator and George Mills White room rates snd explaining whyjas assistant co-ordinator, the Florida is. warm in winter andicamp is now fully organize<. cool in summer. i y hour period The idea is prevalent that be- vegies age cause the state ic warm in winter it must be a raging furnace in summer and that idea must be dispelled, as it is being dispelled by the demonstrations now being carried on at the Florida exhibit at the World's Fair. It is ex- plained that the state is a long narrow peninsula, only 120 miles wide at its widest part, with the Atlantic on one side and the Gulf of Mexico on the other swept at all times by gentle salt water breezes—the trade and the coun- ter trade winds—maintaining a cooling process which is aided by showers every afternoon from about May 1 till September 15, 2s well as by the evaporation from the myriad lakes which dot the Florida landscape. That Florida is an air condi- tioned state making it a resort State in summer as well as in Winter is being stressed and im- pressed upon the minds of visit- ors to the State exhibit. Fo a ree 7 DENVER—Charges of assault (8) Aamoruntrs Peeae) LONDON. Jume 28 —Srite=: waiched the sme: emx:cusiy 2 Gay on the lock-out for first evi Cences of the biitskries coming from across the English Chen mel and North Sea as evidence of anv rumored peece moves on the part of either Enaghed or: Germany diseppeared inte thin ai. War d-part formation mules wide alone tee Engine <2 coast today. running f ings and Rye a thy sudh » southern part of Soutlead £ perts thimk thet the Ness = try 2 major-iendige otter the wicinity of Bee pete erat” teres © tre Bolougee. tut =e chances being ken = whole coastim- Meanwhile concentratuons jougne has tewurt that the Germans ad Requirements are that the child must have been previously en- rolled in a elementary school and must be between seven and four- teen years of age. The camp is made possible by the bringing to gether of the following five units of Work Projects Administratson Recreation, Music. Art, Library < and Lunch Room. Much actrees =: Norte Among the activities schedul- ip Denmark and ed daily are music appreciation. ever is being watched. stores of composers, instruction tefhigence reports coming Poca and demonstration of musical in- thet may pot! te leeches truments, under Mr. White and sir and see attacks from the musical personnel; junior and sectors senior art classes, native mate- Mun tial handicraft daily and Aude- bon Club on Wednesdays, under Roger Wilcox and other person nel of the Art Project; story- telling with Mrs Carolyn Hat trick of the Library Project tonette and rhythm band train- ing; woodwork, handicraft and feedelwork; junior dramatics and Brash che and Guernsey ee of small muita the Brith abandoned those pest: Reports from cimer test Wer today wets Gegurtng ae eta — - ee Warner and the full Personnel At 11:30 a m the “whistle” of automobiles and radios but the price of the rental of a building to carry on the work was found ‘and ‘battery growing out of a ‘Thorvald Solberg Is Famous In World Of. Letters’ ton may choose to handle the ad-; leat Associated Press) ministration end of it through| TULSA, Okla., June 29—Desk other agencies, the W.P.A. the; Sergeant's drama, in six acts ! quarrel as to whose turn it was {to use a clothesline cost two wo- |; to be prohibitive. Mr. Lowe de- cided to erect a place in the rear of the city hall, which he said was admirably located and suit- able for the work. Mr. Lowe explained that the material to be used in fitting out the building would cost about $75 and the city council had promised to donate half that amount, and he was asking the county to do- nate the other $37.50, and said that he felt safe in predicting that the board would be amply repaid for what was given. Cc. C. C., the N. Y. A. and so on, rather than directly through the } U. S. Office of Education, in} which event he was afraid time} might be lost. For the nation- wide network of existing facili-; ties for vocational training is what will have to do the training job, and existing facilities fall under the Office of Education. (copied from his log): 4:02 P. M. (Saturday after- noon). Sent Detective Lee Pol- look and Arthur Selby to answer complaint of east side woman who reported her husband was drinking and “was flat on his |stomach in the yard”. Detectives |reported husband “came to” and sprinted away before they ar- “Whatever course is decided |Tived. upon, however,” he said, must forget-.our difference of opinion, and all work together.” On motion seconded and car-| ried the amount of $37.50 wes awarded Mr. Lowe and Commis- sioner Wm. Monsalvatge was instructed to cooperate with Mr. Lowe in carrying the plan to con- | clusion. RESCUES BABY ROANOKE, ALA —Little Joan Blackwood, 2, owes her life to; Jeff Latimore, Negro laborer, who saw her floundering in a fish pool into which she had wandered and fished her out before she had swallowed enough water to TRAIN FALL KILLS BABY WEW YORK.—Gerald Port, 19- }months-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Irving Port, of Astoria. Queens, was,fatally injured when he slip- ped ffom his father’s grasp, out of arr open window of a B. M. T. clevated train and fell thirty-five feet to the street below just as the train pulled out of the station. KEY WEST FLORIST Now Open For Business at aaa 4:34 P. M. Woman called again and demanded more police ac- tion. Said “he’s drapped over the fence now and threatening me”. He got in car and drove away be- fore officers arrived. 4:45, 5:20 and 5:50 P. M. The same, repeated. : 6:20 P. M. Detectives finally found the man in front yard. He looked well and happy. Detec- tive Selby smelled the -man's breath and decided he had only enough to take to jail. - the wife. “You men all to- gether”. VISITED IN KEY One of the most important, na- him as one of four honorary. personages to members of the International As-| tionally-famous visit Key West during the pres- ent season was Thorvald Solberg, former Regitrar of Copyrights of the United States, author and traveller, who concluded three-day visit this morning, staying at the Overseas Hotel. Mr. Solberg retired in 1930 from the Library of Congress at i Washington following over fifty years of service, being head of ithat division at retirement. He had charge of the registry for all copyrights of publications re- ceived by the Library, institut- ing and maintaining the card n- ,dex system in. that department: , Which now contains over eleven | Eighty-eight years of active ,;Participation in the world of let- jters has not dimmed Mr. Sol- i 4 sociation for the Protection of! Literary Property, founded by! Victor Hugo, with a membership | that extends into more than 80 nations the world over. Mr. Solberg has always been} interested in islands, having! spent considerable time at Trini- | dad, Jamaica, Iceland, the Bal] earie group in the Mediterranean j and Madeira. This, chiefly, is| what influenced his first trip to| Key West and the Florida Keys. He stated to The Citizen that he! thoroughly enjoyed his stay here 4 stay longer, but left the assur-j ance that he would certainly re- turn for a more intimate ac-! characteristics in the near future. ; this morn- Mek hak ded ddd men here $50 in court. Each was |; fined $25. MAYBE PERSIANS | beth i wars. kududud dork de suffer serious consequences. i : the NEW HOME f !men and women he has met BERLIN — Butchers are not’ world over. Widely Jneats or sausages exhibited in Atlantic thirty. t 7 i 8 F E Across from La Concha Hotel See", a ETHEL M. DECKER Owner and Operator a F | i bg’ iil H Be 8 Fy fre ne t i refused jto comply when asked to sell cuts |a pe s » ff il : i i # g Recini i