The Key West Citizen Newspaper, July 3, 1940, Page 1

Associated Press Day Wire Service For 60 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West Che Key West Cttizen THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN THE U. S. A. VOLUME LXI. No. 159. Senlaté Committee Approves For Cabinet Post ' proclaimed the month of July asj Col. Stimson Received Ap" proval Yesterday; Con- tracts For More Naval Ships Let (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON, July 3—The Senate Naval Affairs Committee voted 9 to 5 today at noon to recommend Senaie approval of Col. Frank Knox’s appointment to President Roosevelt's cabinet as secretary of the navy. Late yesterday afternoon, an- other senate committee approved the name of Col. Henry Stimson as secretary of war. The Senate is expected to accept the commit- tee recommendations with a ma- jority vote of approval, coming perhaps later today. MORE NAVAL CONTRACTS LET (By Axsociated Prexs) WASHINGTON, July 3.—Act- ing Secretary of the Navy Louis Compton today. announced that more contracts had been let for additional ships to be constructed in the navy expansion program. A total of $169,530,000 was awarded to the Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Com- pany build five warships. three of them aircraft carriers This contract award brings the total of ship contracts let in the past week to 92 vessels, with a total of approximately one-half million tonnage. Two of the ships will be 45,900-ton super- battleships. AMERICANS TO BE PICKED UP Washingto m left this city tod enroute to Gala’ Eng., to pick up returning Ameri ans on the last refugee ship sailing for this 500 Amer s on board as she sailed from this SERVICE CLUB NAMES DANIELS ELECTED PRESIDENT FOR NEXT TERM AT MEETING LAST NIGHT At an election of officers con- ducted last evening at the regular meeting of the Stone Church Service Club, Jerry Daniels was elected to the presidency of the organization for the ensuing six months of 1940. Other officers elected to serve with him were Robert Brady, Vice President; Jack Pierre, Secretary and Jack Swift, Treasurer. Floyd Six, retiring President, addressed the club, expressing his appreciation for the coopera- tion extended him by the entire membership during his term of office and pledging his whole- hearted cooperation to the newly- elected officers. A complete discussion in which the entire group took active part followed during which the future policies and program of the or- ganization was gone into. Kingman Curry, club pianist, accompanied the group in the singing of old favorite selections from days gone by. Club adjourned with the sing- ing of “Blest Be the Tie that Binds” and the formation of the circle of fellowship. | RS LET SHORTY SERVICE YOUR CAR for that 4th of July Trip Southern Service Station White and Catherine Sts-Phone 5 night at 8 o'clock in the office of, ‘GOVERNOR NAMES: JULY AS SAFETY ISSUES PROCLAMATION CALL- ING ON CITIZENS TO RE- DUCE TRAFFIC CASUAL- TIES IN MONTH Col. Knox Governor Fred P. Cone has Safety Month in Florida and the following proclamation issued at Tallahassee has been broadcast to the press of the state: “Whereas, The National Safety Council wide campaign to cut down the heavy annual July accident toll, which last year took 8,800 lives BABY SHOW AT C D. oF A. Are Sponsors PARK TOMORROW : rida, and “Whereas, This July toll is due largely to the Independence Day holiday and increased summer traffic and recreational activi- ties, and “Whereas, The schools and col- leges of Florida have closed for the summer and more than 400,- 000 children, boys and girls, young men and young women, are having a holiday, and “Whereas, The Florida Safety Council, in co-operation with the National Safety Council and the civic organizations in Florida is Catholic Daughters of America are all set with plans for their Baby Show to be staged tomor- row afternoon at La Concha Park, starting at 5:00 o'clock. Grounds will be opened to the public at 3:00 o’clock, all children to be admitted free. In addition to the Babv Show, pony and bug- gy rides will be featured for the youngsters. The show has been divided into half-year classifications from one month old to five years of age, prettiest boys and girls. Prizes will also be awarded the youngest boy and girl present, the healthiest-looking baby, best- dressed girl and youngest ‘set of prevention program. “Now, Therefore, I, Fred P. Cone, Governor of the State of : Florida, being keenly aware that twins and triplets | citizens of the State are eager to Judges from the ranks of visit- feip save human lives and real. ors to the city and protestants jing that most of the accidents have been picked to officiate at 31 play. at work. and in traffic, the "ae ns joccur in the month of July, do ZONING BOARD uty es Seteu"stonn ana uree TO MEET FRIDAY | that every man, woman, and child exercise the greatest cau- Frank H. Ladd, chairman of the newly-appointed and con- tion in driving and walking, and j particularly urge public officials, | the American Legion, the Jr. C. firmed Zoning Board of Appeals has called a meeting of the board to be heid next Friday morning of C., the P. T. A, and civic and safety organizations to cooperate at 10:00 o'clock, in City Council chambers. in the movement to make July our safety month and the beginning Preliminary work of forming an active organization to protect zoning regulations in the city now in force will be undertaken at this meeting, Mr. Ladd stated. Other members of the board are John Allan Long, Ralph Russell, Joe Pearlman, J. Frank Fleitas, vy... arrived in port last night. Joes Regen Beet ene AY | ecthed at Hex By and delivered lan B. Cleare, Jr. ated 009 barrels of DEATH CAR DRIVER station. About 10 o'clock the Steamer Yukon, supply ship of the Navy, arrived in port, having on board At 5:30 o'clock yesterday There were but two destroyers noon the coroner's jury, which \of the Key West patrol: in- the was investigating the death of }arbor today. Destroyers~ Lea, William B. Rawls, caused as a re- flagship of the patrol, and the sult of an automobile accident Crowninshield are both berthed Friday night, rendered a verdict c' iat the finger piers. which exhonorated T. Reid = Lauterbach, the driver of the car, NOTICE from all blame in the matter. The jury. composed of Frank O. Roberts as foreman, James A. Curry, Simon Creole, Millard Gibson, Paul Boysen and Frank Velasco, agreed that the accident was unavoidable. COUNTY BOARD MEETS TONIGHT comme, 2S UA : - fic Se tanks a number.of articles and a stock of supplies. er- position of Building Inspector on a fee basis. Only those thorough- ly qualified in complete construc- tion work should apply. State application. Address letter | Willard M. Albury, mayor. . First regular meeting of the: county commissioners for the month of July will be held to- Clerk Ross C. Sawyer. Only regular routine inatiers! are to be attended to and bills; for the month of June are to be read. I THE WEATHER FORECAST t (Till 7:30 p. m., Thursday) i Key West and Vicinity= Mostly cloudy with scattered showers and thunderstorms tonight and Thursday; moderate southeast ard south winds. { Florida: Mostly cloudy, scatter-! ed showers and thunderstorms Thursday and over extreme south and extreme north portions to- night. 1939 BUICK, $600 Discount NAVARRO, INC. | | MONTH IN STATE is conducting a nation- | in-this country, and 48 in Flo-| carrying on a state-wide accident of our safest year free from traf- ~ BROUGHT OIL. U.SS. Tanker Rapidan, of the The City of Key West offers the qualifications and experience in} to! jly3-9-2t | - THE KEY WEST ELECTRIC CO. eee jes-1 coven: Cuamer KEY WEST, FLORIDA, WEDNESDAY, JULY 3, 1940 Highway Resolution «sms Passed By Board URGES EXTENSION WORK At a meeting of the board of {county commissioners in special jsession Monday, the condition of the Overseas Highway was brought to the attention of the jboard and on motion, the follow- ‘ing resolution was authorized tdrawn by Attorney W. Curry Harris and sent to Chairman of ithe State Road Department yes- terday afternoon: “Whereas, it has been brought !to the attention of the Board of County Commissioners of Mon- roe County, Florida, that the pre- sent condition of Overseas High- way from Homestead to Key West, same being State Road 4-A ‘and part of U.S. Road No. 1, seriously interferes with trans- Portation of the supplies for United States Naval Station at Key West, Florida, and all other government activities at Key West, Florida, on account of nar- row wooden bridges outside of Homestead and on the last thirty miles of said road immediately out of Key West, and “Whereas, the Commanding Of- ficer of the United States Naval Station at Key West, Florida, has expressed in writing to higher authority his opinion that he considers the relocation of the present State Road 4-A from Big Pine Key to Key West over the former right-of-way of the Flo- rida East Coast Railway and the replacement of the timber trestles outside of Homestead essential for the United States Navy in time of war, giving as his reasons the serious interference with transportation of supplies oc- jcasioned by the narrow wooden bridges aforesaid, and “Whereas, it is the sense of this . Board that the relocation of State Road 4-A in its entire length over the abandoned right- of-way of the Florida East Coast Railway is essential not only for proper transportation facilities of the City of Key West, Florida, and Monroe County, but for the use of the United States Navy Department, as aforesaid, now, therefore, “Be it resolved by the Board of County Commissioners of Monroe County, Florida, in regu- ‘lar session duly assembled, this 1st day of July, A. D. 1940, that the State Road Department be and it is hereby requested to im- mediately commence the necessary construction for the relocation of State Road 4-A over the former right-of-way of the Florida East Coast Railway. “Be it further resolved that a certified copy of this resolution be forwarded by the Clerk of this Board to the Honorable Chair- man of the State Road Depart- ment of Florida.” New Serial Story Starts In. This Issue Fresh as an ocean breeze and | painting a seascape from her roof- | tangy as salt air, Frances Han-| top one gusty day when she sees na’s love story, High Tide, is an | something bobbing f: t thi { Mdeal serial with which to begin | water a ee ee = wummmess of treasure trove she takes to her ‘THE AUTHOR boat only to discover that a cop- ———_ per-haired -young man is grimly _ trying to commit suicide. Much against his will she pulls him in. : Then he tells her that she is re- {| sponsible for him thereafter. Since Jan is struggling to sup- port herself and her crippled brother—a test pilot injured in a crash—she insists that Derek, her new charge, go to work. He sadly admits that he has never worked in his life, but volunteers no more information about himself. Jan gets him a job on a fishing boat. Norma, a school-teacher in love with Jan’s brother, and Johnny, ; an ambitious trumpet player, board with the Merriners. Trou- ; ble comes in the form of Rose Cornwall, twice divorced, who is looking for a rich husband. Lance Merriner falls desperately in love with her, causing heartache for Jan and Norma. Life becomes complicated for Derek, too, when beautiful, self- : ish Lenore, the girl he tried to : elude, recognizes, him on the ; beach front. « _ The revelation of Derek's iden- tity, Jan’s realization that she loves him after she thinks he has gone back to Lenore, and the sub- sequent denouement, makes inter- ‘esting reading. High Tide spar- kles with smart dialogue, amus- ing characterizations, and a well- rounded plot. | FRANCES HANNA a i aoe The Citizen the summer. It starts today. Jan Merriner, the heroine, is cf this paper to enjoy the day's festivities. The Citizen staff has three holidays each year—the oth- er.two days being Labor Day and Christmas. Fourth Of ae Eve “DANCES. Pena’s Garden Of Roses Tonight. 10 Til ? Independence Day, iJuly 4th, the office of eel com-' {pany will not be open for busi-| {ness on that day. | STATE ROAD DEPARTMENT TO BEGIN | HEAD OF FLORIDA TRADE/| SAYS 1,000,000 MEN CAN BE) (Special to The Citizen) ' DAYTONA BEACH, Fia., July 3.—More than 1,000,000 men can be trained for war-related indus- tries by this time next year, ac- cording to Robert D. Dolley, head | of Filorida’s cme one eee Trade and Industrial School here. Dolley, who is state Weer ES, of trade and industrial education in Florida, attended ‘conferentes \Schedaled For ely 10th in Washington recently, where an emergency training program was drafted to meet this coun- Members of “Roosevelt Summer Camp”, which is the name select- try’s defense needs. “The United States”, he says, “has a $1,000,000,000 plant for vo- cational cducation already going, ed by the campers at the Harris with an annual output of 500,000 School, will enjoy a picnic at skilled workers. South Beach on Wednesday, July “Within two weeks after funds ‘10, it was announced today are made available, existing fa-!_ Breakfast will be served at cilities could be thrown into 7:30 a .m. by Mrs. Sybil Dexter nigh gear on a full-time basis Of the Lunch Room Project. and and increase that number by an Personnel, after which the camp- additional -750,000 trained men j€Ts will line up with their re- each year”. {spective counsellors and march Estimated cost of expanded from Southard to Duval and to ‘operations would be $63,000,000, the beach. .Dolley said. | The parade will be led by To convey the magnitude of George Mills White and the Mu- the going concern, Dolley said /Sic Project Band, preceded 825 cities already have vocation- the camp banner, which will be al training programs. And on made by Townsend Morgan of the job already at 1,053 vocation- ‘the Art Project. Eath captaim _al schools are 22,000 vocational ,2d lieutenant of variou: teachers and 855 supervisors. jSroups will carry thei» banners ! In Washington recently, Dolley; Activities planned at the pic- and Colin English. state superin- ;Pic will be music and community itendent of public instruction in ‘Singing, story-telling, exhibition Florida, proffered the facilities |softball game, and members of of the Trade and Industrial |the Audubon Society Club, u der School here to the Federal Gov- Miss Mary Morgan, will go « an nical men so they can teach, and assistants. pass on their knowledge to others| Camp Co-ordinater Eva in the shortest possible time. ‘ner, of the Recreation Project The schoo] is sponsored by the ,Tequesting traffic protection of University of Florida and the the city for the kiddies while on State Department of Education, ‘parade and parents are requested and is the largest of its kind in ito send a written permit if they jat the beach by the lunch room personnel. Besides the above-mentioned DAMAGED SI the counsellors who will be in Josephine Ubieta, Beatrice Mo EYE-WITNESS REPORTS OW reno. Hilda Yado, Angelina Par- ta, Dorothy Lioyd. Ruby Thomp- SIGNS DASH ACROSS =u. Myrtle Hudiow, Tillie Cer- STREET A freak twister hit the water- 1940 ) TAX ROLI ROLL front last evening about 8:30 cafite Knowicsrenorca eo Tme/ TOTALS GIVEN Front street broke loose from its | nee fastenings and “dashed across the ACTIVE AND CERTIFICATE street” to bang up against the! ROLLS SHOWN IN REPORT small craft in that vicinity, with } rigging and sails torn in the brief! high-velocity wind. the country. want their children to go im — EE ;Swimming. Lunch will be served charge are: Edmund Curry. Jobx Bennett, Tommy Currv, Misses vantes, Cecilia Alonzo, and Mrs ; Moxgaret Connor. o'clock causing small damage: | Mike Krowles reported to The | Wm. Curry’s Sons garage. | Other damage was done to} TO BOARD a | The tax assessment roll which | was presented to the county com- ‘missioners at the special meeting | Monday and was given conside- j ration by the board, amounted to ; $2,781,558. | In the roll were a total of ac- j tive tax accounts of $2,619,747, While blood-red Flag and Swas-' and under certificates, of $161,- tika bring death, ;811 which makes a total of the Annihilate, enslave. . . 'figure shown above. This compar- And while fanatics here will not ed with the figures of 1939. which salute {showed active roll of $2,001,750, The Flag,'and ‘gainst it rave... {under certification $722,000, or 2 ‘Oh! _may< pur’Colors, Banner —aa. i ‘SCOUTS TO PLAN In peace forever wave! © Stars and Stripes from flag- staff do pot droop, - ,But vigilantly flap, a and Fifth lumns plot Bap crcy a ee eke he ee ae O Starry Banner of the brave; \Tyrants will pass: Old Glory will; i become en: Saree ee |@ Attention. . ! 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