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

Associated Press Day Wire Service For 60 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West VOLUME LXI. No. 167. National Affai r For Democrats To Pick tilghway Improvement REPRESENTATIVE CANNON REPORTS PROGRESS MADE TO DATE THE SOUTHERNMOST NE s Wait Presidential Nominee sehsts Ses * i { Delegates At Chicago Say | Roosevelt For Third; Term; President Still Withholds Answer (By Associuted Press) WASHINGTON, July 13.—Na- fional affairs paused today in de- | ference to the opening of the! Democratic Monday Program and things of national Convention next in Chicago. Defense moment were shoved aside for the time being to give thought to the Democratic platform and) nomination of the men to head the ticket against Willkie and McNary. Of course, and there seems to be no-one to argue the point, the going prediction was that Frank- lin Delano Roosevelt would be the ticket leader again this year, despite absolutely no corobora- tive advice from the President. Reports from Chicago, however, state that as more delegates ar- rive on the scene, the more it appears that Roosevelt will be chosen. It resolved itself, then, in not “who is the man”, but how to bring his name before the con- vention. Most delegates agreed, it is reported, that the President wouldn’t be given a unanimous vote, rather a huge majority. President Roosevelt appeared indifferent to the state of affairs now existing. as he always has, and made preparations today for a weekend cruise down the Poto- mac. Two planks of the Democratic platform have been shaped into final form at Chicago. Those are the foreign affairs and farm question policies. The former was practically dictated by the President's recent message to Congress which called for “no war of aggression” and “no American boys to Europe”. The latter treated on a broad inter-! pretation of aid to the farmers with price-fixing the main theme. ea, | GENERAL MARSHALL TO CALL GUARDS WASHINGTON, July 13.— General George C. Marshall's idea to issue an immediate call to training over possibly a one- year period of all national guards of the country, 230,000 in all, ap- peared to meet with at least ‘par- tial favor here today as Presi- dent Roosevelt and his new sec- retary of war, Henry L. Stim- son, considered a move to call at least 50,000 of that body to train- ing immediately. A bill that will be studied by Congress when it reconvenes after the Democratic convention stipulates that the national guard be increased to 400,000. Gen. Marshall also favors con- seription as a means of bringing the regular army and national guard to full strength. A bill in Congress now calls for the regis- tration and selection of men be- tween the ages of 18 and 65. ‘BOMBS’ WERE FIZZERS (My Asmociated Prenat ! .BOULDER, Colo.—A Boulder woman peered into the furnace, then called police. “Naw, lady, not bombs”, said the investigating officer. “Those things are seltzer bottle cap- NOTICE, K. OF P. All members of the Knights of Pythias are requested to be at; the Memorial Church Sunday} afternoon at 5:30 o'clock, for the | purpose of attending the funeral! of Brother Chas. Pie } By order of the lodge. J. WINFIELD RUSSELL, ROTARY CLUB DELIGHTS AT CAMP PROGRAM ' ROOSEVELT SUMMER CAMP FEATURED THURSDAY AT NOON MEETING: TREASUR.| ER SUBMITTED REPORT The Key West Rotary Club met in St. Paul’s Church, Parrish Hall, Thursday, for lunch with President Everett W. Russell in the chair. Visitors present were Richard Martinson and Dr. Robert Wan Deusen. Dr. Van Deusen ad- dressed the club briefly and ex- pressed his pleasure at meeting 'with them again. Mrs. Eva Warner, with only a few hours’ notice, brought a small cross-section of the Chil- dren’s Roosevelt Camp to the club, with results that delighted and thrilled those present.. The program, which they presented, was: Swing Song, ‘An Apple for the Teacher”, Leo Stanley. : Song, “Over the Rainbow”, by the champion lightweight tenor, John Williams, Jr. Pop Eye the Acrobat, by Oberton Ingraham. Song, “Claribel”, by the Marac- as champion, Rene Rodriguez. To Rene’s accompaniment on the Maracas, the camp’s tiniest Star of Rhythm, Lydia Paz, per- formed a dance, which captured the hearts of her audience. If Lydia was carrying a bucket of er in each hand she might weigh as much as 50 pounds. Tonette Quartet, Vincent Mo- lina, Lee McGinniss, Joseph Pent and Bill Warner. Closing number, America”. Pianist, Miss Beatrice Moreno Master of Ceremonies, Bill Warner. stunts “God Bless CRIMINAL COURT SESSION ENDED THREE CASES DISPOSED OF THIS MORNING; JUR- ORS PAID Last day of the July session of’ Criminal Court was opened this morning in the county court- house, with Judge William V. Al- bury presiding. County Solicitor Allan B. Cleare, Jr., Clerk C. Sam B. Curry, Chief Deputy Sheriff Bernard Waite and Bailiff Ray Elwood present. The case of Reynaldo Garcia was called for trial The pris- oner-was present but his attorney was out of the city. The judge tuled that the case would be continued for the term. The case of Hamilton Sawyer, which was declared a mistrial at the last term of court, was called for retrial and the prosecuting attorney moved that it be nol prossed. It was so ordered. Milton A: Parrott’s non-sup- pert case was to be heard. The county solicity said that Mr. Par- rott was not in the city, that he had gone to meet with Senator C. O. Andrews and that he found it impossible to attend court today. He was keeping his promise to the court in perform- ing his duty by making payments to his wife and child. The case was ordered continued. There being no further cases to be brought before the court,! Clerk Curry was ordered to pay the jury. This was done and the; 25 jurors were each paid $18—a' total of $450. The judge thanked the jurors for their services and ordered i {= | CLINIC GUARDS Bay Innocelations Given HEALTH OF CITY By PENETRATOR Everybody knows about the ill wind. Our ill wind was chills and fever. If we had not had them we might never have dis- covered genial Doctor J. B. Par- ; ramore, director of the Monroe County Health Unit and his nurse, the attractive Mrs. Zola Reaves. But we did discover them and learned about the work that they are doing. Since May they have complet- ed about 650 typhoid innocula- tions among the school children, both white and colored. The turn out in the pre-school age chil- dren for diptheria toxoid injec- tions has not been as should be and parents are urged to bring their children to the clinic on Mondays from 2 to 3 p. m. for this necessary protec- tive health measure. In this conncetion, Dr. Parra- more said, “We want to stress particularly the advantages in taking prophylactic measures among the children, especially“in the case-of diptheria. Up te six large asi KEY WEST, FLORIDA, Navy In a memorandum reference to the effort now being made to ex- tend the Overseas Highway over the old F. E.C. R. R. right-of- way, and to improve other parts of the road, Representative Pat Cannon today mentioned progress that had been made todate. The reference concluded with the promise that Mr. Cannon would follow up and actively pursue “this most worthy pro- iject”. The memorandum is reprinted | herewith in its entirety: | Having been able to help ob- jtain a $2,000,000 appropriation {for the Fresh Water Aqueduct to {Key West, efforts were next di- rected towards securing for the Navx and Army and citizens generally the needed improve- ment of the highway to Key ; West. | About the same time it ap- |peared that Officers at the Key | West Naval Station had made a survey of conditions as respects ithe highway and had forwarded ‘to the Navy Department recom- {mendations that some means be , worked out to improve the road. | We then felt that the time was ‘opportune for taking the matter up with the Navy Department, j which we did on June 20th, sub- mitting all the facts and data at {our command. | ‘Under date of July 9th, the- Navy Department through Rear Admiral B. Moreell, Chief, Bu-- t — SPAPER IN THE U. S. A. TURDAY JULY 13, 1940 fed To Push ON reau of Yards and Docks, has made a tentative reply, which! portrays the interest of the Navy | in this project and the action! Che Kry West Cittzrn Pay Dearly For Plane Attacks Over England taken. | While Admiral Moreell’s let-} ter cannot be taken as a definite, ‘commitment upon the part of the ‘Navy, nor can it be taken as an assurance that the project will | definitely materialize, it is,'He I. ever-the-less indicative of the interest of the Navy in this mat-} jer from a defense and supply | standpoint. His letter is as fo’ TRAILER LIVING lows: { eRe aes: ”. . . I would like to state that I greatly appreciate your interest in the sa de ay of prelnae of Mobile, Alabama, have re- Way to ey ‘est, as this is a matter which is giving us consid-i cently come to Key West in their erable concern. jtrailer, which they have named “In accordance with a request | “Sunray”, and are parked at the from Mr. Carmody that all ques- | Gulf Stram Trailer Camp. Last tions of access roads to military) May, Mr. and Mrs. Amour spent stations be taken up with the | h Key W “sing Public Roads Administration, 1/0" DOUrs In Key West as a stop addressed a letter on June 19 to/°Ver 0 @ trip from Tampa to the Commissioner, Public Roads ' Havana and Miami. During their Administration, requesting his as-;four hours here, which they sistance in the proposed im-!spent seeing the town under the provements to the Key West’ expert guidance of Mr. Sands, highway. I understand that an ‘they decided to come back to Key investigation is now underway in| West for a visit of indefinite regard to the practicability of ac- ilength. On their return to Miami complishing the proposed con-!they purchased a car and trailer struction, and we will follow uP! and: their stay in Key West is this project to make certain, if it: ¢neir first experience in trailer is in any way possible, that the |jir. highway is made of real value to; Mr. Amour is a retired engi- the Army and Navy...” |neer, having spent 57 years rail- = ———— |Poading with the Gulf, Mobile jand Northern Railway. Ne was AMOURS ENJO i . oe Retired Engineer Mr. and Mrs. M. Frank Amour months of age, if the baby is a! nursing one, there is an ‘immun- ity passed along from the mother, | but after six months of age it is! highly important that every baby | be protected against diptheria. | The danger lies in the fact that | in a six months old baby, the! throat passage is so small, that! = if a diptheretic membrane should! The Key West Art Center was form ‘it is next to impossible to ' the scene of a colorful event yes- insert a silver tube such as can /terday afternoon when a recep- Award be used on an older child. Also Prizes Friday At Art Center Exhibit ings by Finnish Children, current at the gallery for the past two weeks, were shaken in a box and one drawn. The prize for this jthe first engineer to take the Inew Diesel Streamliner, “The Rebel”, out of Mobile on her ‘first scheduled passenger run. {Like so many men who retire he {found time heavy on his hands {until he and Mrs. Amour decid- ;ed to sell their home in Mobile and start traveling. One of their pleasantest memories is of the trip they made just recently on the Ena K out of Miami to Nas- “sau. the poison often affects the heart. This danger may be al- layed by using the toxoid injec- | tion to prevent the disease when the child is six months or older. Sometimes it’ is necessary to give more than one injection, al- though two are usually sufficient. Then the child should be Shick tested six months later to be sure of immunization. All chil- dren should be vaccinated for smallpox and we are prepared to give smallpox and typhoid in- jections; in fact, we wish to co- operate in every way possible with the children and their, par- ents in these preventive treat- ments”, We had the misconception that (Continued On Page Four) AIRFIELD WORKER DIED LAST NIGHT LATER: RELATIVES IN GEORGIA NOTIFIED Burney Whitten, 53, died in the Marine hospital about 12 o'clock Yast night. Mr. Whitten was employed as a_ carpenter with the Ivy H. Smith Company and was stopping at the Roberts House on William street. Last night he . was. stricken with a chéking attack and was ordered taken to the Marine hos- |- pital, where he died shortly aft- er arrival. His family, who are living in Baxley, Ga., have been contacted by the Lopez Funeral Home, to find out what disposition is to be made of the body. Sa ET A. P. MUFFLERS and PIPES Are Guaranteed! On Sale at ALBURY’S SERVICE 800 Simonton St. Phone 444 / ina! ition was staged by the Program |Committee of the Center for the ichildren of the Art Classes and (their parents. | Roger Wilcox, instructor of the jclasses, with his assistants, Isa- belle Garing and Cafoline Ford, larranged an open-air exhibition of the childrens’ work in the ;park beside the Center. A first 'prize and two honorable men- tions were awarded. The jury of award was com- posed of Cyril Marshall, Miss {Mabel Green and Prof. William { Duncan. | First prize was | Betty Lou Rober Py watercolor, “Tropical De- sign”. The first honorable men- tion went to Harold Wells for a still-life charcoal drawing and | the second honorable mention to | Edward Noyes for his fine char- ;coal drawing. First prize was a |student’s watercolor box donated by the Art Center. awarded to for her snap-: Votes cast for the most popular, {Picture in the exhibition of paint- HEAD MAY CHANGE EXAMINATION TALLAHASSEE, Fla. July 13; (FNS).—Attorney General Gibbs has ruled that change in the Na-_ tional Security laws placed the Position of Director of Unem- ‘The post now held by Fred B. Bradshaw pays $5,000. a year and under the Attorney General's! Tuling, he will have to take a! compete with other applicants for the position if he desires to retain it. The date for the exam- jon has been set for Septem- ials said, ition ber 14, officials was a watercolor painting by the; well-known local artist, Mr. Mar- shall, and donated by him. The lucky person was Mrs. Jack Eady, wife of Ensign Eady of the Air Squadron. The count of the votes gave first place’ to the sensitive wa- tercolor No. 26, “Harbor With Shipping”, by Boyer Bergman, a boy of 12 years—49 votes. The next most popular was the de-' tii swears by his wife's cooking lightful watercolor portrait of a as being the best obtainable little Finnish girl, No. 12, by Aiti anywhere. Kivinen, a girl of 12 years—45 ; votes. The next in order was' 4, the poetic landscape in water- color, No. 21, by K. Saarelaine, child of 15 years—32 votes. Over thirty children were} present, mostly cf the Art Cen- ter Classes. Besides these following were present: Mrs. E. M. Barnes, Mr. ; Mrs. Cyril Marshall, Miss Mabel} tae > eias a a (Special to The Citizen) an irs. F. Townsend Morgan, Miss Mary C. Morgan, Prof. and! TALLAHASSEE, July 13.— Mrs. W. C. Duncan, Mrs. Ruth | Forty-two students will be candi- Finch, Mr. and Mrs. Taylor, Mrs. tes for degrees at the conclusion Lee McGinnes, Mrs. Frank Pat- jot the first summer session at ton, Mrs. Chris Dunbar, Mrs. A_|Florida State College Saturday, E. Oliver. jJuly 20, according to announce- Mrs. Cyril Marshall, chairman ,™ent of the registrar's office this of the committee of the Art Cen- | Week. SES ter, was hostess'and was assisted; The number is virtually the by gallery attendants of the-Cen-|Same as the first session last ter’s staff. A delicious fruit!¥ punch was served, Mrs. Amour has a hobby that has been a life-time one, and it 4s cooking. She remembers her first stove, which was erected for her in the backyard and consist- ted of bricks and tin covers on jwhich she started cooking at the age of five. From this humble beginning she became one of the best known hostesses in Mobile, according to Mr. Amour, who eir stay in Key West and have found the fishing and bathing s iParticulerly delightful. GRADUATION RITES AT FS.C. JULY 20 the ! and The candidates are from 27 Pfesident Roosevelt today They are thoroughly enjoying | PROPERTY T. (Special te The Citters) TAMPA, Fla, July 13—Totel Ssue@ren efter squadrer of ove State and county property 2X type bombers ware activins levies in Florida are down 3 percent from the 1927 total, Fred J. Collins, new president of the Saves tc Groep bege Some co Florida Taxpayers’ Association. . said today in his first statement Y Ghee at 2 oo to members of the organization ‘tryside im general “Get out your tax receipts But the last 12 years”, Mr. Collz . urged taxpayers, “and see # you « pace” have had your shate of this Se cinmmed that percent reduction in tetal prop- a erty tax levies. Proving tughiy custh & @& G— “The Florida Taxpayers’ Asso- mens Siri Gefecere & chen ciation has heartily endorsed the «¢ were growing =p it ged tax planks of core Dae " beeee te Spessard L. Holland peas — a: ao it is put into effect by 2 coopera- actaraatn gs — tive Legislature, it will distribute SO°= © ety a Seer Geos this substantial reduction to all were adepeed taxpayers by means of uniform raider assessments and firm collection of taxes from qverybody alike Decrease General. Savings Few “Records in Comptroi- jler Lee's office, compiled from **"F ireports by county tax assessors. P show that the total of state and im county property tax assessments ..o-+ has decreased from $55,468,431 m 1927 to only $26,607.360 im 1938 The decrease is general through out the state, but few individual taxpayers can find any cult im " their tax bills. They should ask 4 their county tax assessors why bourty for ecoms Se cece Stu aterirg > acacis éc2 fou- tT f [ i f f [ juggle millages and valuation 4 up and down to suit their pur-_ aad poses and to confuse the average * ™ pa taxpayer”, Mr. Collins contineed | =e =* === oom “but those who lay their tax pay- ———- ——— (Continued on Page Four) 2° Aéée¢ & Gat Go = terty cuspuiet fs See. ed a was fast tecomumg ar ceed Ge Seis =e =e Se was the amertrs Engen Nes che chert Get Ee TAMPA. July 13 (FNS) —The | S0ts septs sf af Sat Sn United States Coast Guard cut- “= ~ | { ft | | . | t ; [ f | af fs 4 i i e f i (| th Ht | th i [ [ f rl HLS st tt : tir if | i | i f mt f it fh A f | i | eff ti ! } If i { o it it : '