The Key West Citizen Newspaper, July 15, 1940, Page 1

Associated Press Day Wire Service For 60 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West VOLUME LXL. No. 168. ITALY THE SOUTHERNMOST NE WSPAPER IN THE U. S. A. KEY WEST, FLORIDA, RNS MONDAY, JULY 15, 1940 DEMOCRATS OPEN CONVE NO WITCH HUNT Delegates Will DraftRoosevelt On First Ballot Real Fight Heed Tw STRENGTHEN STATE Develop Over Vice- C. OF re GUIDANCE: Presidential Nomina- tion; Three Preferred NINE FLORIDIANS ARE AP- | POINTED TO FOUR COM. MITTEES (By Associated Press) CHICAGO, July 15.—Demo- cratic Convention was called to (Special to The Citizen) NTION IS PLANNED IN STATE WPA RANKS NIS’ {mit Saturday to build a $11,- Gutaeasbeeine ecm ees apartment house at the cor- {streets. The construction will be SALS WILL COME ONLY lof concrete blocks. Site was for- WHEN CHARGES VED jmerly owned by the Thompson as Cigar Company, being sold to Mr. | Muir by Samuel G. Thompson, of} } Tampa, for a reported $2,850. A "i __| Start of building operations SCE SALES | ened today tae eee There is to be no ‘witch hunt’| yin be two stories high and will conducted in the WPA ranks in ihave eight units. the application of the regulation! Other permits issued during requiring all workers te certify ,the second weekly period of this that they are citizens of the ™onth were the following: a Erect a building, for a resi- United States; that they do not| cence, at 726 Catherine strect and will not advocate or hold , Frame one story. Owner, Ra- membership in any organization ' fael Rodriguez: cost, $2,000. that advocates the overthrow of (Special to The Citizen) Starts Construction On Robert E. Muir obtained a per-; :nell; cost, $1,500. EXPLAINS THAT DISMIS-;ner of Simonton and United’ _ 8-Unit Apartment House General repairs to 416 Bahama! street. Owner, Aaron McCon- Build three terrazo-type bowl- ing courts, with platform and seats, at 700 Duval street, corner of Angela. Owner, C. R. Fleck; fost, $1,500. General repairs to North Beach - |Inn at 700 North Beach. Owner, | North Beach Inn, George Smith, prop.; .cost, $1,000. “Repairs to Delmonico Res- taurant on Duval street. Owner, Aquilino Lopez; cost, $500. General repairs to building at 1313 United street. Owner, John R. Watkins Estate: cost, $400. New roof at 827 Southard street. Owner, Mrs. Rosa Cruz; “cost, $100. the government of the United! States; and further, that they are not aliens, nor Communists, nor members of any Nazi Bund or- ganization, and that they will not become a Communist or a member of any Nazi Bund or-! ganization, according to State! Third Term Issue Due For A Baptism Of Fire RESOLUTION ON NEW WATERWAY MELVIN RUSSELL TAKES MESSAGE TO MEETING OF GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS AT MELBOURNE TODAY City Council met in special ses- sion last Saturday afternoon to adopt a resolution calling on Federal Government authorities to approve plans for extension of the intra-coastal waterway from Bahia Honda to Key West. The resolution was signed by Council President William A. Freeman and handed to Melvin E. Russell by Mayor Willard Al- bury. Mr. Russell left Key West Saturday evening to be present at a hearing of U. S. Government authorities deliberating on har- bor and waterway subjects open- ing at Melbourne. Fla, this morning. The resoiuuon is as follows: “Whereas, the United States Government is spending a great deal of money in the City of Key West in its defensive program, and with the mainland depends upon England Defies order at noon today before 1,000 delegates and thousands of spec-; fators in the galleries at the Chi- cago Stadium. Only routine busi- ness was on schedule for the aft- ernoon session, with Mayor Ed- ward J. Kelly, Chicago, make the speech of welcome. of to Tonight, starting at 9:00 o’clock. things will get going when Na- tional Committee Chairman TAMPA, July -15.—Appoint- ment of nine prominent Flor- idians as additional members of four committees of the Florida State Chamber of Commerce were announced today by Carl D. Brorein, State Chamber dent. Daniel Reynolds and R. B. Grove, both of Miami, have been named to the personnel of the safety committee headed by Wal- ter L. Hays of Orlando as chair- presi- | Administrator Roy Schroder. | 5 “Any charges that WPA work-, By ALEXANDER.R. GEORGE “size up the ABC's of. the third. ers have executed false affidavits i as to their nationality and other! affiliations as required by law must be in position to prove such charges”, stated Administrator Schroder. “There will be no dis- missals from the WPA work rolls unless the Department of Justice investigation prove the charges! to be correct. “Where the -Administrator be- lieves that charges of making a} false affidavit are supported by reasonable evidence the case will AP Feature Service publicans and Democrats head toward the nation’s first show- down battle over the third-term issue. The plank in the G.OP. plat- form calling for a constitutional amendment providing that no President shall serve more than two terms is the first of its kind to be adopted by a Republican convention. (The 1912 Demo- cratic platform urged a_ single- WASHINGTON, July 15—Re-| one highway which is extremely vuinerable or upon vessels plying |through deep water, and “Whereas, there is an intra- coastal waterway which travers- es protected water extending clad. E down the east coast of Florida to A Republican victory over! within 30 miles of Key West Roosevelt likewise would greatly ‘coming to a dead end at Bahia strengthen the tradition, prob- Honda, and ably lead to constitutional limi-' cwh reas, the cxtesidind of this tation of presidential tenure. intracoastal waterway from Ba- Re-election of Roosevelt would nia Honda to Key West would weaken the precedent since it present no unusual difficulties could be construed as indicating and would provide a protected term question: A Roosevelt refusal to run would tend to make the anti- third term precedent almost iron- a majority of voters favored over- James A. Farley will address the convention to be followed by the keynoter, Speaker William B. Bankhead. All signs point to a heading of the Democrats toward renomina- tion of Franklin D. Roosevelt as the party’s standard bearer in the election campaign against Willkie and McNary. Behind the scene activity dur- ing the past two days has brought out the manner in which Roose- velt’s managers will engineer the nomination at this, the scene of the President's first nomina- tion in 1932. man, Mr. Brorein said, while Fred Johnson and Otto Steen- moller, both of Jacksonville. have been named members of the tourist development committee. Eric Dahl of Coral Gables chairman of this group. Other appointments were: Zeke Cornelius, West Palm Beach; Clare W. Bunch, Orlando; and Fred L. Foster, DeLand, to M. M. Frost's aviation committee; and Ernest F. Coe, Miami, and Mrs. W. C. Hodges, Tallahassee, to the beautification group di- is be immediately submitted to the | term limitation, but the Demo- Washington Headquarters of the|crats forgot it in World War WPA with all supporting evi-j| year 1916). dence for determination as to} Never Sought Before vhether the case shall be refer-| A Roosevelt candidacy would red to the Department of Jus-/ be the first clear-cut. challenge tice for prosecution. of the anti-third term tradition. “If howeyer the State Adminis-| No other President has sought a trator believes that the evidence | third consecutive term. Grant submitted establishes a reason-| had served two full terms, but able case that a false affidavit | there was an intervening ad- was made Lhe mee he/ ministration before his third— may suspen e person from ac- tive pay status and no further! nomination. payments will be made until the! | In Teddy Roosevelt's case case has been disposed of by/there not only was an interven- Washington.” | ing term—Taft’s—but T.R. also ja third term—the danger of per- | petuating power in the hands of }and unsuccessful—bid for te eerde ate the | riding the tradition under certain circumstances. The historic argument against one man—still is the big argu- ment. Main contention of third-term defenders has been—and still is —that in an emergency it may be essential to the welfare of the nation to permit a President, supported by popular vote, to How much of a vote deter- minant the third-term issue will waterway through which traffic and supplies could be safely brought to Key West even in stormy weather, “Now Therefore, Be It Resolv- ed by the City Council of the City of Key West, Florida, in spe- cial session assembled, that this Council urgently requests that this project be immediately sur- veyed and if deemed advisable after said survey that it be prose- cuted without delay to the end that the intracoastal waterway reach Key West so that the Army and Navy interests may be sure to get their supplies and the City obtain another mode of trans- Roosevelt’s name will brought before the convention. Despite efforts to provide no competition, however, it appears certain that John Nance Garner's name and James Farley’s name will be presented. These prom- inent Democrats, together with Burton K. Wheeler, prominently mentioned as a third-party agi- tator if “the Democrats don’t go right in their platform”, are bit- ter antagonists of the third-term precedent that is going to be set when this convention is over. The program is to let the con- vention move into first vote with- not be out having the President’s name} mentioned. Then the vote for Roosevelt, figured to be 700, ac- cording to definite pledges re- corded, will be cast, the proced- ure amounting to a virtual draft. Then, it is expected, Mr. Roose- * velt will address the convention, probably via radio, and accept the draft movement. Following the acceptance, or before, pos- sibly, a move will be made to make the vote unanimous. A real fight is expected at the convention over the vice-presi- dential nomination. President Roosevelt is said to favor three men—Speaker Bankhead, pres- ent Secretary of State Cordell Hull or Senator Byrnes. The con- vention may consider two or three others who may prove semi-acceptable to the Presiderit. Behind the scenes activity for Roosevelt are being handled by Harry Hopkins, secretary of com- merce, rected by Mrs. W. S. Jennings of Jacksonville as chairman. CONCERT TONIGHT AT CONCHA PARK Program for tonight's. concert to be given at La Concha Park at 7:45 o'clock by the 265th Regi-, mental Band has been announced by Warrant Officer Caesar La Monaca as follows: March, “His Honor” (The Mayor) Fillmore Concert Waltz, “Santiago” 3 Corbin Descriptive Patrol based on the internationally-known song, “There’s Something About A Soldier” Noel Gay Rhapsodic Overture, “Spiritual Rivers” George Gault Popular, Woodpecker Song” Lazzaro Novelty, “Comin’ Round The Mountain” Fillmore Popular, “Oh Johnny, Oh John- ny, Oh” Rose Overture, “Masaniellc” Auber The Star Spangled Banner Key For the week beginning today, July 15, the concert will be given at La Concha Park on Monday, Wednesday and Friday. Tuesday and Thursday evenings the: con- certs will be at Fort Taylor, by invitation only, at 7:45 o'clock. Saturday morning a program will be rendered at the Marine jospital. “The SPONGE SALE _NETS S648 Sponge sale was conducted at the municipal dock this morning | in which there were 191 bunches of sponge sold at regular prices for the grade of sponge offered. | The offerings brought $648.30. | There were 27 bunches which} sold for $123.81, 38 bunches for | $169 and 28 bunches for $134.80. | The others sold for the regular | prices. j MRS. HUGH WILLIAMS) RETURNS TO KEY Tl FL hhh hd dL) | Tun” | 1 |had been elected just once. His first term, of 3% years, followed levation fi i i- | elevation from the vice presi | of the Republican standard-bear- | dency after McKinley’s’ assassi- nation in 1901. Although a Franklin Roose- velt renomination would be his- tory-making, a “do not choose to statement by him at this late stage would be more of a Political sensation than his de- fiance of the precedent. Reason: Republican and Democratic poli- ticos, and a large majority of the | ih uarters terms) still show- WaS engaged in buoy work public, have assumed for some time that he had decided to take a “draft” nomination. ABC's Of The Question Here’s how neutral observers be is a tough one to gauge. New Deal “achievements” and New) Deal “failure’,” plus the appeal |, portation of supplies. “Adopted by the City Council the City of Key West, Florida. ; ar-| at a special meeting held this er, will be much more im-/ 13, day of July, 1940”. portant. | Congress frequently has tack- led the question of limiting the [VY AND PANDORA presidential term. In the 1830's | several constitutional amend- ‘RETURN TO PORT ments were proposed, but they | got nowhere. = } When the Coolidge third term boom (he served only one and| Coast Guard Tender Ivy, which in ed signs of flowering after his “I Miami harbor and vicinity, com- do not choose to run” statement, | Pleted its tour of duty and arriv- | Senator LaFollette introduced an |¢d in the harbor 5 o’clock Satur- anti-third term resolution. The |day afternoon. Senate adopted it, 56 to 26. | Cutter Pandora, which had > | been on a patrol over the dis- ‘ IN N COMPLAINT SERVICE... If you do not Receive Your Copy of The CITIZEN ’ By 6 P. M. PHONE—WESTERN UNION Between 6 and 7 P. M. and a Western Union Messenger Boy will deliver your copy of The Citizen. III IIIID IDI IIPPPP D ~~ | trict, returned to port and berthed at a finger pier in the submarine base Saturday,afternoon at 2:30 o'clock. Andrew De Armas, 76, died at his residence, 1005 Watson street, it 3:45 o'clock Funeral i ' { | , N : N . N N . . : be Dominga three nephews and Che Key West Citizen MS In ANSWEi To Peace Offer THREE APPLY FOR INSPECTOR POST MAYOR WILL NAME NEW BUILDING INVESTIGATOR Mayor Willard M. Albury nounced today that three person here had applied for the pa: building inspector to take « under terms dictated im the new building and trade-control ordi ance enacted mito law week's council meeting The men are Wallace B Kirke present director of tie Key West Housing Authority: Ralph “Rus sell and Ygnacio Carbonell A: three listed qualificatic fr their application letters cordance with the notice pubs ed twice in The Citizen Auditor Or Vacation Charles Roberts left today for a two weeks tuon from his duties Forma mission wes granted Robert the meeting last week ties will be performed Clerk Archie Roberts sence Second meeting of # for the council will week on Thursday POSTS POSITIONS The United States C Ser ice Commission announced teday open competitive exammaetions for the positions of: Engineman (distilling plant). ciectrcuan hekp er; joiner | Further information and appli ‘cation blanks may be obtamed from the Recorder. Labor Board Room No. 130, Post Office Build ing, in Key Weet: the Secretary Board of U. S. Civil Service Ex aminers, Post Office, at any first- or second-class post office or the Manager. Fifth U.S Ciew Service District, New Post Office Building, Atlanta, Ga CIVIC ORCHESTRA IN MEET TONIGHT George Mills White. conductor announced this morning that the weekly meeting of the newly formed Civic Orchestra will be at last city au British Clam Nags Le Ten Planes Te Gee ie Raids Over Brite Ter- ritery rt I, iF ty Ue | | { Hi H fil Ret | ¢ { f i h | | : | ! bik i h !