The Key West Citizen Newspaper, July 23, 1940, Page 1

Associated Press Day Wire Service For 60 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West Che Key West Citizen THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN THE VOLUME LXI. No. 175. U. S.A. KEY WEST, FLORIDA, TUESDAY, JULY 23, 1940 Havana Conference’ Studies For Trade Weta Secretary Of State Hull Made Keynote Speech Last Night; Stressed Economy (By Associated Prexs) HAVANA, July 23.—Delegates| to the Pan-American Ministers’ Conference meeting here, today Prepared to polish up chinery, mostly in private ses- tions, to bring unanimity of thought to bear on the problems of trade in the Western Hem- isphere following the outcome of the European War. Following Cordell Hull's key- note speech made last night, in which the economic phases of the work to be undertaken conference by the were stressed, the AMERICAS MUST WORK TOGETHER Recent European developments have accentuated as never be- fore the necessity and the desir- ability of a strong inter-Ameri- can structure. A common front and a com- mon purpose for the furtherance and defense of institutions and ae~mideals which have served the basis of all of the Ameri- can states be- comes preme These are the Cordell Hull uppermost thoughts in the mind of Secre- tary of State Cordell Hull as he leads the United States’ delega- tion into serious consideration of Pan-American affairs at the Havana, Cuba, conferences, which opened Sunday in that city. —_—_ delegates divided into sub-com- mittees to consider the many angles of the projects to be un- dertaken the 21 represented in this gathering. A single and separate drafting of each resolution to be present- ed to full-membership meetings later this week is planned by the steering committee of the conference in order that findings may be studied more fully and differences ironed out before final actions are taken. One of the most important of subjects to be covered in sub- committee meetings is the fate of Dutch, Danish and French pos- sessions in this hemisphere. "SSE S SSS. SOME FOLKS LIVE IN FUNNY PLACES (My Asnociated Prens) ANAHEIM. Calif., July 23. —Postmaster Louis H. Hos- kins collects unusual post- marks. Here are some of his favorites: Peculiar, Mo: Cad. Ga.: Gad, W. Va.: Nonchalant, Ky., and Loco, Ga. Six, W. Va.; Sixteen, Mont.; Seventeen, O.; Twenty-six, Ky.: Hundred. W. Va.; Num- ber Four, N. Y.. and Figure Five, Ark. Morning Sun, Ia.: Twilight. S. D., and Midnight, Miss. Goody. N. C.; Accident, Md.; Social Circle, Ga.; Pie Town, N. M., and Ty Ty. Ga. For difficult names Hos- kins presents: Ishawooa, Wyo.: Blowawe. Nev.; Thonotassa, Fla. and Ah-Owah-Ching, Minn. DIDI OLID: a su- neces- by nations important the ma-, ~ |STATE BUILDING | TOTALS SHATTER | 1939 RECORDS Proposals REPORT FOR FIRST SIX MONTHS SHOWS GAIN OF OVER MILLION PER MONTH IN 1940 (Special to The Citizen) JACKSONVILLE, July Averaging more than a million dollars a month gain over the first-half of 1939, Florida build- ing construction the first months of 1940 reached a total valuation of $37,516,032, it was announced today by the Florida State Chamber of Commerce. Flee Ren, Mrs, Mary |” This was $7,206345 over the 5 i x {figure of $30,229,687 recorded for Fen muestone in her journey the first six months of 1939, the 5 5 {State Chamber said. All-year to- svipr, painigrag ines iat \tal for "39 was $66,206,353, which, gratulations and best wishes {iM turn. was greatly ahead of the for a continued life of serv- |¥€4r before. ice to the community. ; Building figures reported by Miss Mildred Frances /40 Florida cities last month gave Whelton and Miss Bonnie (the state a total of $8,885,650 for | Whalton, visiting their grand- |June. This was $2,055,433 ahead parents, Mr. and Mrs. |of the $6,830,216 reported by the Stephen Moreno Whalton |Same communities in June, 1939. here, helped in the celebra- Leading cities and their totals tion plans for their great- last month were: grandmother, Mrs. Bethel. Miami Beach, $2,274,867; Jack- Mrs. Bethel resides with Miami, her daughter, Mrs. Jennie B. de Boer, at the Lumley apartments on Grinnell street. F baiaeathaih leadout) NIA PAL SLED 2 MRS. BETHEL REACHES HER 86TH MILESTONE ' | | | |sonville, $1,611,845; a, $814,897; St. Peters- |burg, $497,239; Fort Lauderdale. j$178,110; Palm Beach, |Orlando, $144,517: Coral cs | $141.6! Clearwater, |Tallaha $132,261; LEFT FOR REPAIRS “s Pensacola, $101,571. Other communities and osnesee j $137,899; Sarasota, $110,875, totals reported were: St. Augustine, $72,380; Daytona | Beach, $69,780; Winter Park, $50,- LER PEWIGCS SAND EEE ati Takeo Wrath e(8250- toeke TO NEW YORK; TWO MORE jland. $42,165.50; Delray Beach, 1$40,837; Gainesville, $36,535; Win- LEAVING FUURSDAT ter Haven, $35,872; Key West, 4,500; Bradenton, $33,653; Pan- ama City, $26.750; Ft. Myers, $25.- 170; Dunedin, $23,650; Lake Wales. $18.700: Stuart, $16,050. Destroyers Lea, Twiggs and! Philip left for New York early $1,- this morning to be gone almost ; a month, according to an official announcement by Capt. Arthur S. Carpender. U.S.N., senior of- ficer afloat in this area The destroyers will go drydock at New York for pairs. The Lea is flagship of the Key West patrol. During the ab- sence of the Lea the administra- tive work will be handled aboard the Crowninshield. i Thursday morning, Destroyers | Evans and Wickes will leave for| Galveston, Tex., Capt. Carpen-j der said. The navy has leased | the Todd-Galveston Drydock Co., | Inc., and will engage in the re-| Pair of navy ships that cannot be | placed in the drydock at New) York. into THANKS PUBLIC PROCEEDS FROM PLAY- | ERS’ PRODUCTION H j Mrs. W. F. Jacobs, wife of Captain Jacobs, commandant of the Naval Station, president of} the Key West chapter, Navy Re-| lief Society, issued a report to- day on the proceeds derived for j the society's funds from the stage production “Broken Dishes”, | staged by the Key West Players. Total net receipts were $103.83. | The society expressed its thanks through this medium to all who contributed to make this fine profit possible. Funds go into the society's treasury to aid {needy navy families, it was stated. H SERVICE CLUB IN TABLE DISCUSSION Meeting of the Stone Church Service Club to be held tonight ; will feature a round-table dis- cussion on improvements needed in Key West. Members of the group will assemble for supper in the church annex at 6:30 o'clock. A musical program will be} given, including piano numbers by Kingman Cerry and vocal and violin rendition by Gerald Saun- ‘ders. and DeLand. $14,750. New Port Richey. $13,600; San- ford, $10.346; New Smyrna, $10, 030; Palatka, $6,550; Ocala. $ 380; Tarpon Springs, $4,352.75; Coas Battery | i | | |COL. PENDLETON PASSES ON INFORMATION | CONTAINED IN ARMY AND NAVY JOURNAL | A complete new battery of coast artillery may be assigned to Key West barracks, according to word received by Col. L. L. ‘Pendleton, new commandant of the coast defense system here. “All I know officially about this matter is what I have read ‘in the Army and Navy Journal” Col. Pendleton told The Citizen today. “In one article in the Journal it said that a battery of ‘coast artillery was to be perm- anently assigned to Key West”. | A battery of coast artillery consists of 99 men. There are about 60 men of the permanent guard detail now on duty at the * barracks. They furnish the guard » detail at Key West barracks and at Ft. Ta: lor. Failure Of FDR. | ToSpark Worried Leaders: ‘TT, AP Feature Service Writer By JACK STINE | WASHINGTON, July 23.—Add 'now-it-can-be-told stories on the Chicago convention: | The number of times the ! Roosevelt boom failed to spark jin those few days of the conven- tion was something that will haunt his managers in their nightmares for years to come— ; but it shouldn't. ~ ToBarrackshere Coming (ys Associated Preany NEW YORK, July 23.—The weather man “turned on” thun- dershowers for the benefit of some areas along the eastern sea- jboard this morning that were in ithe midst of record heat waves, but the rains only provided brief j ‘Tespite as temperatures imme- {diately rose following the } Storms. 1 Still more showers were é i jported in some That there is sufficient hous- ‘day. ing for the extra battery when it! Chief sufferers in the wide- arrives goes without saying, ac- ‘spread heat wave were the Plains ‘cording to army officials... The'States, where temperature read- barracks at White street were: ings of over a Aundred were re- put in first-class condition by ‘corded in many cities. Twenty- former Commander Lt. Col.!seven cases of heat prostration James D. MacMullen, who is an‘ were reported for the nation architect. Col. MacMullen left yesterday. for San Diego last week. | Sample thermometer readings Col. Pendleton is a world warjin the southern areas were veteran. He has been on duty in| Jacksonville, 96; New Ore: ns, France and Siberia. He is a big! 94: Rawleigh, 98, and Atlanta, marf, physically and mentally, !94 and has an engaging smile. | “If the battery arrives as in- dicated in the Journal, re- Eastern states to- Se | ; Weather in Key West this we will:morning was reported to be nor- be able to take care of them”,/mal. Highest thermometer read- Col. Pendleton said. “Certainly,{ing last night was 89 and lowest there appears to be enough room jwas 80, averaging 84, the mean! for the battery”. temperature for this season of the vear. A delightful, ten-mile per hour breeze was owing cooling air in from the sea to the east. Boom DIVISION EXAMS | FOR TOMORROW | ence in shirt sleeves, cigaret} holder pointing to the skies. Some one said “all in"—the sig- nal for the press conference to start. Children entering _ Division {Street School for the first time jthis year will be given a free j health examination tomorrow at Taxes In. Answer To hitler Threat SL SDADADAS WHAT PROBLEMS WILL NEXT U. S. PRESIDENT FACE? BLIP #. COAST GUARD indsenan. Lerd Halifax” Speeccd Hntier Wan- Fer Pra Nazis (eer cCoumsenasce a= scuct gohetcom tr tes meny ete Hoe © « Se > of the gowerames RECENT ARRIVAL AT NEW YORK REPORTS ON ACTIV Before any of the eager scribes could get in a word, the Presi- dent started reading that seven- Page report of the activities of «the Monroe County Clinic by Dr. !J. B. Parramore, director. | | Examination is sponsored by ithe Parent-Teacher Association ITY OF U. S. VESSEL (By Associoted Preass | Jacksonville Beach, $3,796; Apvop- | {tember. ka, $3.350; Sebring. $3.300; Bar- Te-\tow, $3.100: Vero Beach, $2,797, |claimed 900 delegates and Avon Park, $1,000. SUMMER CAMPERS PREPARE EXHIBIT _|BUSILY AT WORK IN VARIOUS Stfation and what DEPARTMENTS FOR COM- ING EVENT are hard at work with brushes, needles, savy and hammers mak- Already an accumulation of fancy work in embroidery, woven bags, belts, book ends, door stops and brightly-painted supermen as well as musical in- struments are being packed away. In conjunction with the exhibi- tion, an entertaining program is being arranged at which a dis- play of Art and Music apprecia- tion,.coached talent and a drama- tized story will be enjoyed by parents and friends of the camp- ers. Roosevelt Camp is made pos- sible by the bringing together of the Recreation, Music, Art, Lunch-room and Library Projects of the local Works Progress Ad: ministration with Eva B. War- ner as camp coordinator, .and George Mills White as assistant. coordinator. CRAIG SOJOURNS AT CHINCOTEAQUE Advice received today from county commissioner - nominate, R. W. Craig, gave news of his summer sojourn at the Old Do- minion Club at Chincoteaque, Va. Mr. Craig is manager of this popular resort. He expects to return to Craig, Fla, and Key West soon after the first of Sep- | Let's start off with this: at the outset, the third-term leaders The only jquestion was when and how to {start the stampede to give it all ithe necessary fire and drama. }) The first’ big demonstration ‘planned was when Mayor Ed- jward J. Kelly of Chicago made jhis address. The mayor got in \his build-up for a big demon- happened? | Nothing. | Why? Because all those hun- {dreds who were supposed to be in the galleries to start the tor- nado of cheers hadn't been able |to, get tickets. The tickets were | | pane 2} reo | RELIEF SOCIETY | Campers at the Roosevelt Sum-! in the hands of the national com- {mer Camp at the Harris School! mittee, which was spelled James {A. Farley. And, as Farley said over and over again, he was not jing the var us articles of their) going to permit any third-term |choice for the exhibition which ! stampede. NAVY GROUP REPORTS ON 5 scheduled for the near future. | “Dear Alben’ On Spot The second dud missed fire that Tuesday night when Sen- ator “Dear Alben” Barkley passed {along the President’s pronounce- ment. The demonstration was jterrific. A few of the most {ardent supporters felt the time | was ripe for suspending the rules, ominating Roosevelt 48 hours jahead of schedule. Florida’s Sen- jator Pepper was going to offer jthe resolution. And this time it | was “Dear Alben” himself who put a stop to it. Why? Because, anti-third termers pulled a fast one. Warn- jed of what was. happening, they tified Barkley that if he en- tertained Senator Pepper's res- olution, they would make a mo- {tion to adjourn. A motion to adjourn, under convention rules, has right of, way, is not debatable, is subject to Toll call, What. would | have happened? The demonstra- tion would have gone dead. FDR Has Fun If Roosevelt hadn’t been a President, he could have been an actor or a playwright. His sense of dramatic timing would have carried him to the top in the theater even faster than it put him on top in politics. It was one of the boys who stayed behind in the capital who Tuesday afternoon when the con- vention was floundering, had de- cided to let "em have a shot in the arm, so to speak. He greeted his press eonfer- | | | told me how FDR, that sultry) the national defense commission. | of Division Street School | He read slowly those seven close-! 2 ly packed pages. There wasn’t a! scribe who wasn’t squirming with | i deferred anticipation. ae CONCERT PROGRAM | Came the end. A question was ; j asked and he let ’em_ have it.| What has been announced as Bang! Two years or so of silence | the final public appearance of the on the Third Term, through! Regimental Band will be held to- more than 200 press confer-|night when Caesar La Monica, ences, was to be broken at last.! Warrant Officer, leads his bands- Then came “Thank you, Mr./men in a concert at La Concha Roosevelt,” which is the sign for ; Park, starting at 7:45 o'clock. -the press conference to break up.!_ Tomorrow and Thursday con- It's a wonder somebody wasn’t certs will be given in Fort Tay- killed in that rush for telephones. ; Jor. Those who could lag behind; Tonight's program will be as heard the President laughing up-' follows: roariously pounding the arm of! his chair with his hand. i In theatrical circles, would call him the greatest! March trouper ever to have lived at 1600 Rossini. “The Diplomat”— ! Music and Soldiers’ | from “William Tell”— Pennsylvania avenue. And what/ Rhumba, “South American performer could help being de- Way”—McHugh. lighted when his performance| Overture to “Orpheus”—Offen- came off like that? bach. ' } Popular, “I Want My Mama”— | SOLD 5 CRATES OF Jararaca & Paiva. Selection from “The Chocolate | Soldier”—Straus. LIMES: ARRESTED Popular, “The Little Red Fox” ? i—Porter. - j _— | “A Hunt in the Black Forest”, Lee Clark, colored, was ar-!a Musical Episode—Voelker. i rested yesterday near Rock| . The Star Spangled Banner. | Harbor by Deputy Sheriff Henry | ' Pinder on complaint of Forrest, GPMQOQgaz aa Sh W. Finnerty who complained} i that the man had sold five crates ALL-AMERICA ROAD ! of limes belonging to him. t Clark was arraigned besake! URGED BY A.A.A. | Peace Justice E. R. Lowe of! AS DEFENSE PLAN. Tavernier and held for action of | ‘ Criminal court under bond of; (Ry A shine teieen, | SAN FRANCISCO, July 23. —America’s defense pro- gram has revived plans for | an Alaska-to-Argentina high- | way. | The road long has been | advocated by western motor- | i | $100. In lieu of bond the man , was lodged in jail here. Wrecker Warbler arrived in Jacksonville yesterday with the { | H Harpoon, a steamer which ran} { into engine trouble 380 miles | east of the port, according to a! developed are in Canada and Central America. wireless message received by| TIOOIOITIe Capt. C. N. Peterson aboard the ; Tug Willet here. | Tug Warbler had left Key West on Friday, bound for New York. She left the Willet here. The | Warbler received the message from the Harpoon and immedi- ‘ately went to her assistance. NEW YORK, July 23 U. S. Coast Guard Departme keeping a close lookout shipping to and from the States, according to advice leaséd here in ‘connection the arrival of the Liner Exeter. Captain of the Exeter reported this morning that approximately 100 miles out his ship had stopped bya U S.C vessel while officials of the se ice boarded his ship to check up on its cargo and p: The Exeter 2 Licbon with 146 passengers ab and over from some country. c Americar a unnamed foreagn. Marie Rodriguez. 58, 623 Eliza- beth strect, died last night at 11:20 o'clock at the U. S. Marine Hospital. Funeral services are being held this afternoon at the residence at 5:30 o'clock. Father Maureau of St. Mary’s Star of The See Catholic Church, will officiate Survivors the husband Thomas Rodriguez, two daugh- ters, Mrs. William Hernandez of Tampa, Mrs. Burell Atchison of Miami, two sisters, Mrs. Richard Russell of Key West, Mrs. Oscar Quezado of Tampa. two brothers, Carlos and Joaquain Riveria, Key West, and four grandchildren Pritchard's Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. GIVES YACHT TO NAVY WASHINGTON —The Intrepid 596-ton motor yacht, has been turned over to the United States Navy by Walter P. Murphy, Chi- cago manufacturer and yachts- man, who accepted the tradition- al $1 for the yacht SPECIAL On Frozen Foods Peas, okg. Cauliflower. vks. Red Raspberries. pkg. Peaches. Strawberries. pkg - Tift’s Cash Grocery 1101 Division St. Phone 460 t Guard million dollars in goid- geriens for terri fror Rumanm There has eee eo eto the air warfare over England Germany Soth be beth Germany and Englert of mitted losses suffered by Somb- ime raids. F772 ee eee POPULATION: 1 | ‘ li i i rat | 1 ORILLIA