The Key West Citizen Newspaper, November 7, 1940, Page 1

Associate 1 Press Day Wire Service For 60 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West Che Kry West Citizen THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN THE U. S. A. KEY WEST, FLORIDA, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 7,’ 1940 PRICE FIVE CENTS VOLUME LXI. No. 266. | eed +. (FINAL TABULATIONS GAVE | | ROOSEVELT PLURALITY OF | 4,000,000 VOTES: PARTIES i] | | ‘ge { | PLEDGE CO-OPERATION | tae onees | Assurance of a good crowd at eee ee ae ee pals Salt Construction | (By Associated Press) = ; the Key West Housing Authority, mpany of lami. WASHINGTON, Nov. - then tO conven tia (otitis Amer | canouncedl at < date “hour sthis! ©Mawetyiee istabces cteccivcl President Sréntiis Dy. Boosenclt ican Legion was given the Key | afternoon that word had been re-'as to the amount of. the CON-| tamed. to -. thi ity a> ha West Convention Corporation by | ceived from Washington that the Various alternatives sub- Teturned to this city an re ONE-WAY FARE AND HALF FOR ROUND-TRIP AN- NOUNCED; LEGION TO CON- TACT P. & O. LATE ADVICE TODAY TELLS OF SMITH COM- PANY’S SUCCESSFUL BID tract. {Florida Motor Lines, Inc., this!bid for construction of the two! mitted to the United States Hous- | White House residence from his INAUGURAL JAN. 7 CEREMONY COMMITTEES TO BE NAMED SOON BY CHAIR- MAN; ACCOMMODATION OF GUESTS IMRORTANT (Special to The Citizen) TALLAHASSEE, Nov. 7.—In- augural ceremonies for governor- elect Spessard Holland, to be held at the state capitol January | 7, will. be “the most colorful for ! many ye ’, in the opinion of chairman W. P. Allen of Talla- hassee’s inauguration ceremorly committee. “We are sparing no effort to assure that this occasion will be marked with the dignity and ceremony that should attend such an important eveut”, chairman Allen said. Committee to handle various phases of the ceremonies will be named by Allen within a short time. He said particular atten- tion will be paid to housing the | thousands of guests who are ex- pected to come here for the af- fair. GEO. A. WORLEY HERE FOR JURY TO CONTINUE TION OF MASSI MUR- DER CASE State Attorney George A. Wor- ley arrived here from Miami yes- terday afternoon and appeared before a recessed session of the Monroe County Grand Jury this morning to present additional testimony in the Leon Massi murder case. The personal damage case of Robert Curry, local painter, against John Gardner, of Gard- ner’s Pharmacy, and Mrs. Gard- ner, will bé tried tgmorrow aft- ernoon at 2:00°é’clotk before Cir- cuit Judge Arthur Gomez. Curry is suing for $20,000 in connection (Continued On Page Two) "OSES ESLIAS RIPE STRAWBERRIES PICKED BY MIDWAY FARMER LAST WEEK PLANT CITY. Nov. 7 (FNS).—Hurrah! The first reported strawberry ein this man’s strawberry kingdom was picked bright and early on Wednesday of last week and brought to the office of the Plant City Enterprise for dis- play. Harry Alderman, of the Midway section, was “the lucky farmer. ' He faised the berry on his ten-acre’ farm. As stated. this’ was the first known rive berry pickéd Yhus far this season. Lack of moisture has se- tiously held back the growth and setting of berry plants thus far. tripe F Ldehehatatatey VIGTORY BALL. TONIGHT, 10 till ? Pena’s Garden Of Roses Sponsored By Youna Democratic Club ALL DEMOCRATS INVITED TO ATTEND INVESTIGA- | jweek, according to the announce- ts ment by Al Mills, local official of the corporation. i Longest Airraid Of War | Subject to the approval of the | London Experiences I Florida Railroad Commission, ' As Nazis Increase Ac- Which is almost certain, the Flor- i jida Motor Lines offer’ a round- | tion Over England itrip fare to Key West, from all | isections of the state, for a one- Ss: {way fare plus 50 percent. { (My Associated Press) { Under this arrangement the | LONDON, Nov. 7.—The tide of one-way fare from Tallahassee ibattle turned today in the Ttalo- |S $9.65, so that the round-trip | \fare to’ the convention here troops | would be $14.40; the one-way! | met : jfare from Pensacola is $12.85, | |being revorted set back in the} ihe mnmnd:tripitareito ey Weal | jis $19.30; the one-way fare from } |Tampa is $6.85 and the round-| {trip fare would be $10.30; St. Pe-| tersburg, one-way is $7.35 against | A F |round trip fare of $11; Ft. Myers Previous reports had indicated | one-way is $5.60, round-trip to! Italian troops making consider-|Key West would be $8.40. H th | One-way fare from Jackson- e northern | ville is $7.55, the round-trip fare with an approach being;to Key West would be $11.35; 1 Z ika {One-way fare from Miami is $3, attempted towards eee Te een Mare ito Ey West Greeks now have checked that would be $4.50; West Palm Beach drive, according to independent:0ne-way $3.90, round-trip to Key yi Slavi a ey {West would be $5.85; one-way ogee ar Seseuees {fare from Ft. Lauderdale is $3.40, jthough Mussolini has ordered /round-trip $5.10; Daytona Beach, thousands of reinforcements into /0P¢-Way is $6.30, round-trip the-fray-in an rock to brin ms | would be $9.45; Orlando: one-way adie © bring Te-'is $6.20, round-trip $9.30; St. ; capitulation. Augustine one-way is $7.05, | On the southern sector, along round-trip $10.55; Ft. Pierce one-| the coastline, Italians appears to|way is $4.70, round-trip is $7.05. |be making some headway. Stalled | Buti a pie ak bang-up | ee : :crowd for the Key West conven- ' at first, awaiting completion ae Mills pointed out. “On Nov. 17, I expect to confer with } officials of the P. & O. Steam-| Ship company. If that company - ‘offers rates in keeping with those ; ‘Eebaae by the Florida Motor ¢ ‘ vor Lines we will have excursions ; Complete air domination over here from, Tampa, Jacksonville, | jmost of Greece was claimed for |Miami and other points. Every-' Italy today, with observers not- ; thing is shaping up well for al ing 30 Italian planes in action; #00d convention crowd in Key jover Greek rear positions. Noi bania on the central sector, though the advance towards | mountains in that section and are hammering away at oppos-; WILL REPORT FOR DUTY IN KEY WEST Greco war, with Italian Imorth and central sections of the | Albanian frontier theater ‘of ac- tion. able headway in ,area, al- communication and supply line arrangements, the Italian divi- sions are now reported to be steadily, albiet slowly, advancing linto Grecian territory. ‘sistance, it was reported. Greek troops are still in Al- extent. Both sides have estab- | lished gun emplacements in the (COL. PUTNAM STATED 52 Grecian planes offered any re-) ‘BARRACKS HERE . Corizza has been checked to some! ing forces. { oss { LONGEST RAID OF | WAR FOR LONDON | LONDON, Nov. 7.—London’ underwent the longest airraid of the war last night, with planes! hovering overhead, to cause con- tinual sounding of alarms, every hour from sundown to sunup. Nazi_ dispatches, intercepted! "phe new trainees will here, stated that other large ‘for duty on November 18th, Col. cities, including Liverpool and putnam stated adding that he Coventry. were also included in'giq not know = Neck what city ite et sea 3 airraid orders they would come. ‘ : ne, COL Putnam left for Miami ion Property damage Was iast night to confer with WPA planes swooped low past defense pri walagerer sono 2 oe St batteries to unload their racks °F | projects Se te local post. ae NEW DESTROYER Lieut. Col W. F, Putnam in- formed The Citizen yesterday that he had received news that 52 trainees for the army, selected from the first list of draft reg- iistrants, would be sent to the ‘barracks here. } report Four British ships were sunk,! and three others crippled by sub- marine and air action yesterday, according to Nazi dispatches. | British would not confirm these | | reports. | | Royal Air Force action was re- | ported extremely heavy against. 3 |many sections of Germany ‘last/station commandant, anhduhced: -C. G. Hicks. -year before. jmight as weather conditions im-} “proved to allow long flights. i Berlin was attacked in a three-! hour raid, it was announced, and oil refineries and railroad lines throughout Germany and Hol- ‘land were subjected to intensive | bombings. | STRAND THEATER | Bok Burns — Una Merkel in | | COMIN’ AROUND THE |; MOUNTAIN COMEDY and SERIAL | Night: Bs i this morning: that the destroyer U.S.S. PLUNKETT had arrived from Guantanamo last evening, 6:00 o'clock, to’ join the Key West- West Gulf Patrol. ‘commanding the PLUNKETT is Lieut. Commander P. G. Hale, USN. OPEN TODAY! Beachcomber Restaurant 109 Duval Street Meals Prepared “The Home Way” DAILY HOURS: 6 a. m. to 10 p.m ‘projects here had been awarded’ (Continued on Page Four) Tolls Showed Cains REPORT LISTS $13,021.50 FOR MONTH; AVER- AGE DAILY TRAFFIC 192 CARS Tolls paid in to the Overseas ed early this year with each Road and Toll Bridge District /month’s report showing approxi- during the month of October were rieiae ey Gren a $4,163.75 higher than the corre-',o50 Smvar months the year be- sponding period last year, and, Traffic figures for October $2,918.74 higher than 1938, ceived yesterday from auditor during the month, additional ve- thicles totalling 1323, all combin- Reporting $13,021.50 in tolls: ing to carry 12,624 passengers. paid last month, for north and! Average daily traffic was 87.7 southbound traffic, the District|autos northbound and 105 south- compared this amount with $8,-|bound. High day for the month 257.75 in 1939 and $10,102.76 the | was October 20th when 166 cars bs ‘were reported northbound and Thus is continued the trend of 191 southbound, for a total of increase in highway traffic start- 357. HUMANE ART PROJECT FOR CARVILLE, Unexrthed By Writer; Would Bring Joy To Sad Hearts 'LA., SHELVED BY WAR AND POLITICS By JACK STINNETT, AP Feature Service Writer WASHINGTON, Nov. 7.—A whose water colors are purchased little project so kindly and hu- to know that they are bringing mane that it almost brings tears Pleasure to the unfortunates con- tb the. eyes. has. been. bakicd ass cemned by their dread disease to der the welter of war and politics. pire their lives in this. hos- I intend to unearth it. = It is simply a project to pur- chase with government funds 200 i 7 water color paintings and with a'been told behind this story of gift from the Carnegie corpora- ‘Putting original paintings in hos- tion in New York 100 more to 'Pitals. : brighten the, walls of .the Car-| A few years ago, Bruce was ville, La,, marine hospital and himself confined to’ a hospital Story Behind It jgladden the dives of the 400 lep- during a long-illness. The barren ers, most of whom.are livnig out; Walls of the hospital room day their span in the United States’ |after day drove home the lack of only leprosarium. , ;cheer which a few bright, happy It is a project of the section of Paintings might save a patient’s fine arts, whose dynamic chief, life. There was little he could Edward “Ned” Bruce, himself 40 about it at once, for the gov- one of the country’s great artists, '¢rmment was not building hos- is entrusted with organization of |Pitals just then. competitions for murals, sculp-; His opportunity did come, ture and paintings in public however—a children’s hospital buildings, made possible by the | built partly with federal funds— government's stipulation that one |and when the building was ready, percent of the cost of the build-|there on the walls were Mother ings be set aside for decorations. Goose murals. _A_ short-sighted Although only $30 is being chief of staff hit the ceiling, de- paid for each of the water colors, clared a hospital was “no place the paintings are rolling in in. for such levity” and demanded great numbers, proving how well!the murals be removed. Bruce Bruce knew his artists when he! countered with organization of a said: “It will, I know, be a very jury of school children. Pleasant thought to the artists | (Continued on Page Three) ac- showed a total of 5973 autos com-! icording to the monthly report re-'ing to and going from Key West | There is a story that has never ey | | j Am | y ;Hyde Park home this morning _—__ jand was greeted by an enthus- jiastie crowd, estimated at nearly | |200,000, lined up on both sides of iflag-decked Pennsylvania ave- nue. To Construct Airport; | Driving directly to the White \House, thé President announced! ‘Survey Soon ‘that the grounds would be thrown open to the public, this for the first time since last July. He{ County acceded to the wishes of the about plans to condemn acreage {throngs by appearing the! x. ee portico to wave to all assembled. |°" Bore Chica key to facilitate Tabulations now nearing com- establishment of an army airbase jPlete form nationwide indicated | as their meeting last . night. the that President Roosevelt was re-) 4 the turned ior anotaer four-year . —- - {term, the first third-term in his- | Commissioner Monsalvatge re- ‘tory, as the nation’s leader with | % le i }an approximate 4,000,000 plu- Ported on progress being ” rality. |the effort to obtain the land for j / Rabbi Lazarus Lehrer, of the ® combination Civil Aeronautics |Key West Jewish congregation, . a advised The Citizen this morning ;*™*#0T#Y ®nd Army project to {that he had wired congratulations construct such a base. jto President Roosevelt early on! :election morning. | His message stated that Roose- jvelt would be reelected by a big'liam Monsalvatge, T. Jenkins |majority, and carried Biblical Curry; clerk Ross C. Sawyer, erences proving prophetically |chief deputy sheriff Bernard J. ane the Third Term will be/ Waite and attorney .W. Cunry | Radio news dispatches Tuesday faa ee ee carried mention of the Rabbi's | “ ne message, local listeners reported. | intanity in etting we | ers of 279 acres of the whole 994- | acre tract under negotiations at FLORIDA SAFETY | UNIT IN MEETING cincticc Secccctngs’ may be necessary. Such proceedings, present, to agree to the projected t which may take three months, commissioners heard i Board members present were Carl Bervaldi, chairman: Wil- selling price of $35.00 per acre. , was explained as the reason why |DECLARED MOST SUCCESS-,would resuit in procurement of ; ithe whole parcel at substantially FUL IN HISTORY OF OR-. jiess than the offered price, it | GANIZATION | ; Was explained. | Commissioners passed on a | jTesolution to be forwarded to | MIAMI, Nov. 7 (FNS)—The ae ae ee Ser jannual convention of the Florida } so. forwarding to the CAA, se |Safety Council, held here last | ; ‘week, was one of the most suc-|@esting that the latter agency | Beet x {construct the airport, and prom- ‘cessful in the history of the or- ising county maintenance {ganization, it was stated by ex-} pres a H - + iy engineers, together with [ecutive director Asher Frank. — icAa officials, plan an early sur- | Safety leaders from many} = “a ‘states attended and many sher- [Vey of the a oeakae — pa jiffs accepted the invitation. at | oek Elevation surveys to de- jSheriff Coleman of Miami to ei. coll ol levelling ail jtend the session: jground area will go forwerd it | Civie leaders and law en-| was explained, whep engineers forcement officials discussed the s ; arrive on the scene. work being done to prevent ac- | = business cidents and make highways of |, )7occeding with other ithe board acknowledged receipt pees state and municipeli- jor a deed from the Key Farm | Municipal Judge Muncy Ee pn rae ge eee —_ ‘derson outlined a plan for the or- | lroad_propert; |ganization of municipal j ibe oe cal nan Se jon a statewide basis for the pro- {motion of safety. | Leaders of several women’s or- |ganizations gave accounts of jwhat had been accomplished in [Zhoole and” through libs. to |,,1%,Comnestion with, thie grant ee ee and their parents | .uthorized a wire to be sent that | Hon. J. Tom Watson, attorney |$yrere =~ morning. “erm general-eleet, was the principal | wien work on extension of the |Speaker at the annual banquet, ‘which was presided over jhighway may start by Rus- | ce \sell Kay, Tampa, who served as; re Bex om | toastmaster. ‘the grant after a delay of over two years. |private parties on the Keys adje- cent to National Park ares NEW MEN’S SHOP With complete stock Brand New Merchandise of Nationally advertised lines HABERDASHERY, CLOTHING and SHOES Tomorrow, Friday, November 8, 1940 We invite our patrons and friends to Inspect our New Store 517 DUVAL STREET RENEDO BUILDING SOUTH FLORIDA OFFICIAL INQUIRED OF SUCH PERO CEDURE BY HOTEL com MISSION (Special te The Cittaes> TALLAHASSEE. Nev tate hot tend its imspe any Floride sch Fequests ther sioner W. M T “While there is under our lew school cafeteria: operated not for p to hotel commission we shall be glad hgation to rencer ice on request thorities to any cr restaurant creasing health Gren”, he said Commissioner Taylor made Statement im respomse to an quiry from a South Florida sc official regarding school facilities FRIDAY ne ee NATURALIZATION FOR AP- PROXIMATELY FIFTY PEE SOWS SCHEDULED Federal Judge Jonn land, of Miami, was duc Tive here iste ths the purpose opening morning rooms No civil cases were amnounted for the docket. the coly coats «Continues on Page Teo "IRDA LDLO SAS TOM WATSON INVITES (‘I ft ely il i ; hy : i ! | the BIILLILL#: |. Ninety days from date of pub- |tication—September 23, 1940—is| the time limit.