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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-04-29
CONGRESS LEADERS
SEE ADJOURNMENT
by FIRST OF JUNE.
PRESIDENT CONFERS WITH
GARNER AND BARLEY:
SUPREME COURT DENIES
STEEL MOTION
UBy Associated Pres~p

WASHINGTON. Apr. %. -
President Roosevelt conferred
with Vice-president Garner and
House leader, Representative
Barkley of Kentucky today on
the future legislative trend, all
agreeing that there is nothing in
the picture at present that can
GELS the previous determination
of Congress to adjourn by June
first.
Advices from the Department
of Justice related of efforts to be
made to emphasize strict neu-
trality on the part of the United
States. A special neutrality divi-
sion under direction of Attorney
General Jackson has been set up
to sNatch all foreign enlistments.
with a view towards protection
against acts of espionage.
Supreme Court today denied
the motion of seven Eastern Steel
companies to review decisions
handed down in lower courts
which the companies maintained
inflicted serious losses on their
trims in connection with confor-
nifty to discriminatory regula-
ton of wage and hour laws.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-04-29
STATE CHAMBER
ADVISORS WILL
COMPILE CENSUS
VIM. r. PORTER ON ADVISORY
B GA RID REPRESENTING
MONROE COUNTY: BUSI-
NESS COMPILATION MAY I
Especial to The Citinen)

ORLANDO, Apr. 29.-With the
cooperation of the Florida State
Chamber of Commerce, a num-
Der of prominent Floridians have
been named to act as local adj
Visors in compilation of the 1910
census, it was announced today
by Frank P. Beddow, Florida
State director with headquarters
offices here.
Members of the advisory group
will work closely in cooperation
with regional directors in the
eight districts into which the
State has been divided. Par
ticular emphasis will be given to
the business and manufacturers
census which has May 1st as the
deadline for its completion.
The advisory committee is
composed of from one to three
persons in each of Florida's 81
counties. Advisor and regional
director for Monroe County is
VIM. r. Porter.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-04-29
SOMETHING NEW
In TEAMWORK:
MURAL PAINTING
APP Feature Service

ST. LOUIS, April 29.-Ed-
ward Millman and Mitchell
Siporin comprise one of the few
painting teams" in the country.
Together they landed the big
gest single mural job ever COM
mlssloned by the Federal govern
ment-filling 5000 square feet of
bare plaster in the lobby of St.
Louis new post-office with a
pictorial history of the city.
They got the $4,000 contract
IN competition with 2l5 other
painters.
While most artists prefer to
work alone, these young Chicago
ians have teamed up for 10 years.
Millman is 30, Siporin 80.
In many ways they are alike.
Both are short of build. Both are
sons of Russian-JeWish immi-
grants. Both were scholarship stu
dents at the Chicago Art Insti-
tute and both got their real starts
on WPA'S Federal Art Projects.
When the actual work of paint
ing begins this fall, they will
start at opposite ends of the lob
by and work toward the center.
Their styles are similar enough
TO avoid contrast.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-04-29
GUN PRACTICE
SCHEDULED FOR
NAVAL Ships
FOUR DESTRoYERS ARRIVED
SATURDAY FROM NEW
YORK OVERHAUL DUTY;
OTHERS TO GO SOON

Gunnery practice for the u. S.
Navy ships assigned to this port
will begin in few days, it was
learned at the naval station this
morning.
Information given did not state
whether the practice would con-
stitute continuation of long-range
gunnery in the Cape Sable dis
trict or the start of short-range
practice in local area.
Four of the destroyers which
had been in New York undergo
ing repairs and overhaul at the
naval station, returned late Sat-
urday afternoon and were at
Pier B this morning. They are
the Aaron Ward, CrowninShield,
Buchanan and Hale.
Other vessels whcih are Sched-
uled to sail soon for navy yard
to undergo overhaul and repair
are the Flagship Lea, in COM
mand of Captain A S. Carpen-
der, Destroyers Twiggs, Wickes,
Evans and Phillip. It was not
said to which navy yard they
will go.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-04-29
neutrality-suspicious.
SPONGE OFFERINGS
Quality Becoming Better
BRING $l,259.O2

Sales of sponges at the munich
pal sponge dock took a leap ahead
this morning when there were
282 punches offered for buyers
on which TO make bids. The top
price was made or one lot of 100
punches, which brought a price
of 1889 or better than $3.50 per
bunch.
This is said to be a much bet
ter price than has been prevail
ing in the past few months. Since
the sponge beds were stricken by
the blight that put several places
out of business, the present crop
is larger and more solid.
There were but eight offerings
at the sale this morning: Al
punches brought a price of $172;
an offering of 20 punches sold
for $1,000 AMI one offering of 26
punches brought a price of $43.99.
The entire lot sold for ST.
259.02.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-04-29
BAD CASE OF ILL LUCK
nv Assnc.nteh prcnsA

OWINGSVILLE, KY, Apr, 30
Robert Johnson, 33, truck
driver, had all his ups and downs
at one time.
1t started when he fell asleep
and his truck overturned on a
curve. Dazed after the accident,
he sat down on nearby railroad
tracks. A passerby led him
away.
The rescuer thought Johnson
was recovered. But the injured
man walked out on the highway
and was struck by another truck.
He wound up, finally, in a hos
pital with a broken nose, a frac-
tured leg and cuts and bruises in
profuSion.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-04-29
FOUR BUILDING
PERMITS ISSUED
WEEKS TOTAL WAS FOR
MINOR REPAIR; EACH
$I00

There were but four building
and repair permits issued during
the past week from the office of
Building Inspector Harry M.
Baker. They were as follows:
General repairs to one story
residence at 223 James Lane:
owner David Balm; cost, 500.
General repairs to frame two
story house at the corner of
Catherine and Simonton streets;
owner, the Elenger Estate; cost,
500.
Repairs to the porch of the
frame one story house at 713
Windsor Lane; owner, F. Vargas;
cost, 500.
Repairs to roof of the frame
residence at 1401 Grinnell street:
owner, L. Whitmarsh; cost, 500.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-04-29
SENATE DESIRES
TO FREEZE DANE,
NORGE CREDITS
WOULD PREVENT CLAIMS
FROM GERMAN SOURCES:
RELIEF QUESTION BELIEV-
ED SOLVED
tBy Associated Press)

WASHINGTON, April %
Senate action today was expect
ed to bring freezing of all Nor
Wegian and Dane credits now
on hand in various banks of the
United States.
The action is contemplated, it
was stated here, to keep the Ger
man nation from obtaining all or
any part of the credits by appi-
cation in any court on claims
originating out of the fact that
the Nazis now occupy Denmark
and part of Norway.
Other matters due to come up
for consideration in the Senate
this week have to do with a pos
sible revision of the Wage and
Hour Law. That question is due
for serious debate and a possible
fllllbuSter as opponents of any
change have announced them
selves ready ito do battle on the
question of revision.
The 1941 relief question has
caused serious trouble in the
House of Representatives where
administration demands for the
next fiscal year have caused leg
lslators to worry about exceed
ing the statutory debt limit.
President Roosevelt has COM
promised his demands to admit
consideration of a measure that
would call for $975, 100000 expen-
ditureS covering an eight-month
period from next July l. This, it
was pointed out, would provide
necessary funds for the period
indicated without bringing APP
preparations over the debt limit.
1t was thought the House would
pass such measure, although
there were many representatives
who chose not TO look favorably
on the move. They asked, "What
is there in the picture to suggest
that we can appropriate more
money next March | when the
money would run out?"
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-04-29
WAR IS WACED
AGAINST CANCER
MRS. GRACE REYNOLDS.
HONORARY NATL. COMDR..
ISSUES STATEMENT

mot all wars are fought on
battlefields" may be a trite state
ment, but nevertheless it is true.
The war now being waged
against cancer by the women of
America is not limited to any
special battlefield or area but is
being fought in every hamlet,
village, town and city in the
United States.
Among the women leading the
fight against this disease may be
counted Mrs. Grace Morrison
Reynolds, Past President of the
General Federation of Women's
Clubs. Mrs. Reynolds, in a re-
cent statement, called attention
to the message the Women's
Field Army of the American So
ciety for the Control of Cancer is
bringing to the women of Am
erica, and urges every person to
heed that message, and to re-
member the encouraging army
slogan, Early Cancer is Cur
able, Fight 1t With knowledge.
''The tragic events abroad may
discourage u.s., Mrs. Reynolds
stated, 'but we can take hope for
the future of our way of life
from the intelligence and courage
shown by the organized women
of our country in their war on
cancer"
Mrs. Reynolds is Honorary Ma
tional Commander of the Wo-
mems Field Army of the Amer
lean Society for the Control of
Cancer.
The local group says: Help
fight this enemy who is no re-
spector of race, creed or place.
Cancer is liable to strike any
where at anytime. Won't you
help the Key West division of
the Women's Field Army by en-
listing with the Junior Woman's
Club. Membership costs but one
dollar and seventy cents of that
dollar remains in Florida for the
fight against cancer in our own
state"
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-04-29
BRITISH TROOPS DIG IN
TO PREVENT FURTHER
NAZI ADVANCES NEAR
TRONDHEIM
my Associated PresO

LONDON. Apr. 29.-Approxi-
matelY 10000 British troops are
digging in south of Trondheim.
near StangYik. for an important
battle with Nazi forces. accord
ing TO dispatches reaching here
today.
The battle, which, it is stated,
will have an important trend on
control of the Trondheim to An
dalsnes area, has started with
advance patrols of each army en-
gaging in SkirmisheS. Tanks and
light artillery are reported to be
moving into attack positions by
the Nazis, in preparation for
which, the British-N Norwegian
forces are unlimbering their anti
tank batteries.
North of Trondheim, the i'm
portant west coast Norwegian
shipping center still occupied by
German troops, concentration of
Ragi ttoops has been noted OUT
side of Namsos and Steinkjer,
both cities held by the Allies.
Immediate start of large-scale
maneuvers is expected in that
sector.
Speculation at British war of
fices here centered on failure of
the Royal Air Force to cope eff
fectively with German bombing
plane maneuVers. Charges were
made that the British have un-
derestimated the power of the
German bomberS in connection
with losses suffered when ships
attempted landing of transported
troops and supplies for the ex-
peditionary forces now in Nor
way.
A more vigorous campaign to
protect future troop movements
to Norway will be undertaken, it
was stated today, and concentra-
ton of more latest-type r. A. F.
equipment in landing areas will
be the order from this point on,
it was stated.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-04-29
MOOSE MIST
By Associated PressI

FAIRBANKS, Alaska, April 80.
In freezing weather, moose
sometimes look like a CLOUD
drifting along the ground, from
an airplane.
The big animals are almost OBJ
scured by the pail of mist which
envelops them, Filler Frank Pol
lack reported. It's their breath
and heat from their bodies con-
densing.
The huge beasts leave the high
er regions, which lack timber and
are exposed to storms, for lower
areas with tree shelters and calm
er atmosphere.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-04-29
ABSENTEE VOTES
NOW TOTAL l53

Total number of votes cast in
the absentee ballot box in the of
flee of County Judge Raymond
R. Lord at 2::30 o'clock this after
noon was 153, as follows:
Precinct /, 81; Precinct 2, q;
Precinct 8. 81; Precinct 4. S: Pre-
cinct 5, %; Precinct 6, %; Pre-
cinct z, S; Precinct 8, %; Pre-
cinct II, 5. There have been
none cast in Precincts 9 and 10.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-04-29
Allies Prepare For
Impending Battles0n
Two Norway Fronts
49, aw w<awA@
ARNDT CAPTURES
ALB. SAILFISH

Concluding two weeks va
cation in Key West. Jack
Arndt. representative of
Jules Weber. Inc. of New
York City. with his wife. left
last night for their home.
Going out with Austin
Roberts on board the Poor
fish. yesterday. Mr.. Arndt
celebrated his last day of
fishing by capturing "A
pound sailfish. Also includ-
ed in the catch were eight
bonitos and four barracudas.
The Arndts stayed at the
Overseas Hotel.
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AP Feature Service Writer
them. They are: iron ore, pulp
for gunpowder, nickel for NUM-
tions. and a gold mine that pro-
duces seven tons of gold a year.
2.-Britlsh secret service and
attaches in Sweden
have been warning Swedish
friends In high places that Ger
many plans to take what she
wants in Scandinavia. The Nor
wegian campaign is proof that
the warning is no idle one.
3.-The Swedes not only have
a pledge of aid from the Allies,
but they have proof of Allied aid
In the person of British and
French troops in the field in
Norway.
4.-For the first time since the
war began, German military
units are in a position where a
Swedish military force would
have the drop on them. They are
in and near Oslo, perfect targets
up in the Gudbrandsdalen valley.
1t would be 100000 Swedes, plus
the Norwegian army and the
British Expeditionary Force,
against $4,000 Germans.
5.-The Swedes have the best
anti-aircraft protection in Eu-
rope, thanks to industrialists who
have been manufacturing anti
aircraft guns for both belliger-
entS.
Caught In A Pinch
The Swedish for months have
Continued on Page Sikh
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-04-29
COMDR. DEMERITT
RETURNS TO LAX
WILL ATTEND TO FINAL
MATTERS CONCERNING
RETIREMENT MAY ]

Commander w. w. Demeritt,
who had been visiting in Key
West for the past week, pending
his retirement from the Coast
Guard service, left this morning
for Jacksonville to attend to GER,
tain matters before the date for
retirement arrives. which is May
He was accompanied by Mrs.
Demeritt, their daughter, Mrs. A.
L. Moore, who will continue to
her home in Atlanta, Ga, after a
visit of about one week, and B.
A. Baker, who will stop in Mi
ami.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-04-29

that when the water is brought
into Key West from the main
land, there will be nothing to
keep Key West from becoming
one of the most prosperous COM
munitieS in the state. M
If elected to the position of
Attorney General he promises to
do all in his power to handle the
legal matters involved promptly
and effectively.
In making his announcement,
Conklin gave the following facts
about himself:
He was born in a sod house
Continued on Page Six
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-04-29
EXPERIMENT ENDS IN
ARREST

DENVER-Tn order to see how
long it would take to draw a
crowd, two boys stopped their
cars in the middle of downtown
intersection and started shouting,
Help, murder" In just enc
minute and twenty seconds there
were 200 persons around the car,
including policemen who ar
rested them on a charge of dis
turbing the peace.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-04-29
AIl@II[lAgMMA
BRE'R RABBIT MEETS
UP WITH BAD WEATHER
APP Feature Service


PIERRE. S. D.. April 29-
Churches. volunteer firemen.
American Legion posts and
other organizations report
they waged successful war
during the winter on jack
rabbits which had been de-
stroYing young trees in the
vast shelter belt plantings of
South Dakota.
Two hundred and fifty
community rabbit hunts were
Staged. The total bag was
5s.ss3 jackrabbits, 81 foxes
and I'll coyotes. The Forest
Service reported 1.6le.600
acres were Systematically
combed by $1,000 hunters,
who cut the rabbit popula-
tion TO less than % per square
mile. II was IS per square
mile in 1895.
The Forest Service furnish
ed the shotgun ammunition.
The $1,000 In proceeds from
sale of the rabbits went 70
charity. The rabbits brought
as high as Il cents each.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-04-29
TO HIS WORK
CRy ANsoeiatcd Prcssl

LARAMIE, Wye, April 20
Herman Tanning, employee of a
dairy. was standing in a puddle
of water loading milk cans into a
truck.
After a few moments he tried
to move but couldn't. His feet
were frozen fast to the floor.
Friends had to use a steam hose
to get him loose. The thermome-
ter, at the time, read about 30
below.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-04-29

WASHINGTON, d. c., April
ga Swedish Blitzkrieg against
Germans in Norway!
: That's Plan No / Of the Swed-
ish high command.
Just plan, you understand. If
Germany is smart enough NOT to
provoke the Swedes to action,
it'll be a forgotten plan, and
nothing more.
There are other plans, other
alternatives. But under-cover re-
ports trickling into Washington
from Scandinavia ever since the
Nazis invaded Norway indicate
that Plan No. / is receiving most
serious consideration in Stock
holm Just now, it looks as if
approval by the Swedish govern
ment of Plan No. hinges on
concrete evidence that Germany
viii launch a blitzkrieg into Swe-
den herself.
And there's no such evidence
yet.
Five Reasons Why
The reasons why the plan is
getting serious consideration are
many.
Here are five of them:
THE Swedes have plenty
of evidence that the German
high command is not deeply con-
cerned about Sweden's neutral
ity, and the Swedes have several
important raw materials the Ger
mans want bad enough to take
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-04-29
HOW TO BRAKE MAIL.
INFLUENCE PEOPLE
my Associated PrcaSn

SALEM, Ore, April 29,-Mail
between Oregon penitentiary in
mates and the governors office
has diminished from about Is
letters a day to one or two a
week.
Cecil Edwards, executive de-
partment secretary, explains it
this way:
The state decided to furnish
stationery with a printed form
on the back. Every time a con-
vict writes to the governor or the
parole board he must list his
complete criminal record.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-04-29
BEATING CRIME
In BLACK0UTS
0Rr Assoclnted Pressl


LONDON. Apr. 2s.-Youth-
full crime increased in this
war as it did in the last. but
this time the government
tackled the problem early.
Realizing how the black
out eased the way TO crime.
the board of education spon-
sored local welfare clubs for
boys and girls Ia TO 20.
splitting the cost with local
authorities.
They provide libraries.
gymnasium and DANCING
classes. table tennis and
other indoor games and
social guidance to keep
young minds off crime posi-
bilities.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-04-29
THREE UNHURT AS
AUTO OVERTURNS

Advices received today from
Mrs. Joe Mondul, who travelled to
Jacksonville last week to visit her
mother, stated that she and her
companions suffered no injury
when Mr.. Mondul's car over
turned on the highway at New
Smyrna on the journey back to
Key West last Friday.
Riding with Mrs. Mondul were
Miss Romesa Mondul, sister
in-law, of this city, and Miss
Thomas.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-04-29
FIRST TIME UNCLE

CHTCAGO-Arrested for dis
orderly conduct for shouting
tI've got to see her-I've got to
see her. in hospital corridor,
Edward Collins, of this city, ex-
planned 'sIt's the first one. I'm
uncle for the first time.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-04-29
FORCE
HERE REDUCED

Harry Warren, cashier at the
customs house, and G. B. Cooke,
inspector, left yesterday after
noon for Miami to assist in the
inspection of the SIS. Florida.
They will return here this eve-~
ming.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-04-29
SWEDISH SHIP
NOW in PORT

Lying in the harbor is the
Swedish Motor Ship Saturnas.
which is consigned to the Porter
Dock Company for orders.
No information as to where
the vessel is from and where
bound is available.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-04-29
WILLARD CONKLIN
ANNOUNCES FOR
ATTY GENERAL
WAS VISITOR IN KEY WEST
YESTERDAY: SEES BRIGHT
FUTURE FOR KEY WEST
WHEN WATER COMES

Willard B. Conklin, the young
est candidate for Attorney Gen
eral, on a platform that HE will
keep his nose out of others bust
ness, visited here over the
weekend and today makes his
formal announcement in The
Citizen.
During the past several years
Mr.. Conklin has been a frequent
visitor to Key West and believes
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-04-29
Weight Of The Law
my ASsociated Pressl

PORTLAND, Ind, April %
Officers here are built for heavy
duty.
Weights of four policemen to-
tai .927 pounds. ~
Sheriff Charles incl. heavier
than any of them, weighs 337.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-04-29
Naval Dispensary
Addition Nearing
Construction End
EXTERIOR NEEDS PAINT
ONLY; ALL WORKMEN
CONCENTRATING NOW
ON INTERIOR

The naval dispensarY addition
which is now being constructed
in the naval station by the
Southeastern Construction Co.. Of
Charlotte. N. c.. is rapidly going
ahead. the exterior of the build
ing being practically completed.
All that is needed now is the
finishing coats of paint. Total
cost of the addition is S23.2s7.
Practically all of he en-
ployees, carpenters and others
employed on the work are de-
voting their time and activity to
the interior of the building now,
and their efforts are beginning to
show up to give an idea of the
scope of the work.
In the building are to be rooms
for the doctors, dentists, spe+
cialist laboratory, X-ray room
and dark room. There will also
be a diet kitchen, six private
rooms and a 12-bed ward, six
baths and sanitary arrangements.
The west side of the structure is
to be entirely screened with
bronzed wire screening.
The iron fence which formerly
was used to inclose this section
of the naval station on Eaton
street is being removed and is
being placed in front of the naval
station headquarters. That work
is nearly completed.
The whole diSpensary addition
work is expected to be COM
pleted in the next three weeks, it
was stated today.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-04-29
SWEDES CONSIDER BLITzKRIEC PLAN

FiOe Reasons Cited To Bring Serious Consideration
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-04-29

Key West, Florida, has the
most equable climate in the
country; with an average
range of only Ia Fahrenheit
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-04-29

The Swedish for months have
Continued on Page Sikh
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Associated Press Day Wire
Service
For 60 Years Devoted to the
Best Interests of Key West
Evening star., 1940-12-08

COMMUTING D-sTANCF-Ioo ACRES on
main h,EhTa" 10 new brldce Mostly all
Under cultivation Modern house fine
hldas- rev 100 r barn plenty water;
fire orchard Sl2.ju0.
'u1 acres. tobacco farm S.ato high-
wy FAIR house and h,dse hlch state q
cgltya-lon. Illness makes low price.
Evening star., 1940-12-08

Il ROOMS. BATH, H-WH, AMI, 1I2
acres Of around; garage. Landover, Md
Phone Warfinld 111-