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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-02-15
.SHRINERS MEET
in TAMPA MONDAY
EXPECT THOUSANDS OF RED
FEZZED' DELEGATES
TO REGISTER

TAMPA, Feb. Is. - (FNS)
Thousands of red-feZzed Mobiles
of the Mystic Shrine will con-
verge upon Tampa, Monday,
February 10, when Egypt Tenn
pie stages its annual Shrine Day
celebration.
Headed by illustrious Imperial
Potentate Walter D. Cline and a
long list of distinguished visi-
tors, more than 5000 Shriners
and their ladies are expected to
attend the full round of events
which start with street stunts and
callithumpian revels at II a. m,
to be followed with an elaborate
party for the ladies at the Tampa
Yacht and Country Club.
An afternoon ceremonial, in
which a long list if candidates
will be taken over the Arabian
sands, will occupy the afternoon
for the Shriners, and a supper
will be served to all visitors in
Plant Park followed by an elab-
crate pageant and revue in the
City Auditorium at night follow
ed by dancing.
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ee0ssssssesss esssaeeoe4
WEATHER CANCELS
Postponed Indefinitely
FASHION SHOWING

Announcement is made by the
Key West Woman's Club that
the annual Fashion Show, origin
ally scheduled for tonight at
Casa Marina, has been postponed
indefinitely.
Cool weather is blamed for the
postponement, according to club
officials in charge of the show.
Many of the gowns and beach
wear items scheduled for the
show to Re worn by Junior Wom-
en- models. would have necessi-
tated partial exposure to the cool
winds which will not have abat-
ed sufficiently by tonight.
Officials did not state when the
show would be staged. 1t is ex-
pected, however, that it will be
announced for some time during
the week commencing February
&c.
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PAPER ASSISTS
CUPTD'S EFFORTS
COLUMNS TURNED OVER TO
COUPLES SEEKING MARI
TAI TIES

MADISON, Feb. 15.-FNS) t.
&. Merchant editor of the Madi-
son Enterprise-Recorder, has be-
come imbued with the spirit of
leap year, converted his copy
shears into a Cupid's bow, and
opened the columns of his paper
to lone and lovely ladies seeking
domestic bliss and marital mates.
'TnaSmuch as this is leap
year." he says, eff any ladies in
the county would like to insert
some notice to prospective
suitors, the EnterpriSe-Recorder
will be glad to insert said mes
sage in the interest of romance
without any charge. The same
goes for any young men in the
same classification"
With his impetus the marriage
business in Madison county
should increase by "leapS and
bonds during the ensuing
months.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-02-15
BRITONS GREET
EXETER'S CREW
PRAISE GIVEN FOR PER-
FORMANCE IN GRAF
SPEC BATTLE
tBy Associated Press)

LONDON, Feb. 15.-Naval Of
ficials today greeted officers and
crew of the British Destroyer
Exeter which came home follow
ing repairs made in South Am
erica after it's fight with the Nazi
pocketbattleship Graf Spec, aft
erwardS scuttled off Montevideo,
Uruguay by its crew.
First Lord of the Admiralty
described the feat of the Ex-
eter's crew as zone that would
go down as a leading Saga of the
Sea = Thousands of Britons
Were on hand to witness the ar
rival.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-02-15
QUEENS WILL BE
FETED AT FESTIVAL
THREE PRESENT FEMALE
MONARCHS TO BE
GUESTS

PALATKA, Feb. Is (FNSl.-
The Azalea Festival Beauty Pag
cant, whichs will be held in Ra-
vine Gardens here, Sunday aft
ernoon, March 10, will be host to
a bevy of beautiful reigning
queens in various cities of the
state.
Miss Leila Norris of St. Angus
tine, recently crowned queen of
the Orange Bowl in the beauty
contest held in connection with
the Georgia Tech Missouri foot
bal classic on New Years Day;
Miss Geraldine Meyer of St. Pc
tersburg, Azalea Queen for 1888;
Miss Billie Behle of Daytona
Beach, winner of the local event
last year, will be honored guests
at this years affair.
Committees are hard at work
completing arrangements for stag
ing the Third Annual Azalea Fes-
tival at Ravine Gardens and the
Spring Conference of the Flor
ida Junior Chamber of Commerce
there March Clio.
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FINAL DAY
TO PROCURE
STATE TAGS
NO EXTENSION HAS CONE
FROM TALLAHASSEE: JUST
HALF OF EXPECTED TOTAL
HAS BEEN SOLD

Unless an extension of time is
granted from Tallahassee, which
does not seem likely, midnight
tonight will end the period for
securing automobile licenses for
1910. After that all owners will
be considered delinquent.
Sales of the tags as shown by
the records in the office of Tax
Collector Frank H. Laid indicate
that just a few more than 1000
have been sold to date, when
there are just about 1000 to be
sold in the county.
The total of sales in Monroe
county show 654 of the $40 tags,
1853 of the SIS and Is of the $50
tags, and 10 of those costing SIS.
There have been bought i55 tags
for trucks. 10 tags for ''for hire"
cars, two for demonstration We
hicles, six for trailers, five for
motorcycles and 20 for official
cars.
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NORTHERN GALES
SWEEPING OUT TO
ATLANTIC TODAY
LEAVE PARALYzED UTILI-
TIES AND ROADS IN WAKE:
NEW ENGLAND STATES
ARE HARDEST HIT
Especial to The CitizenD

NEW YORK, Feb. 15.-Ter-
rifle storms, which yesterday and
this morning, were sweeping the
entire eastern seaboard from
North Carolina to Ontario, were
today reported heading out to
sea as a number of states and
municipalities in its wake laid
plans to dig out from under the
heavy SHOWS which fell.
| The billiards, attended by
heavy gales, resulted in from
three to twenty inches of snow
! fall in some places. Telephone
lines were reported down in
widely separated localities and
shipping all along the coast re-
ceived heavy damages.
Highways on main and sub
routes were blocked with hun
dreds of cars stalled. Mrs. Frank
lin D. Roosevelt and Mrs. Henry
Morgenthau were occupants of a
car stalled On a trip from SYRIA
cuse to Ithica, N. Y. They COM
pleted their trip, however, after
being dug out by farmers.
-
tributed to the storm, so far.
Many more casualties were ex-
pected to be announced.
Worst damage was suffered in
the New England States as a
property damage running well
over $1,000,000 was listed on
first examination. Rhode Island
shipping was hardest hit.
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Films Still Hold On To-
B|OOdicSt Ten Miles,
p.awMwMm.a ~ awAgw<awAaw
DESCRIBES CITY As
FISHING PARADISE

Key West was character
lied as a "piscatorial para
disc" today by John Hayes.
noted angler from Washing
ton. D. c. who has been a
regular visitor to the Keys
for several years.
Mr.. Hayes. an attorney. is
stopping at La Concha. where
he was joined Sunday by
Harry Sherry. Washington
business man. and Martin
Codel. publisher of the radio
magazine "Broadcasting".
They have chartered Capt.
Paul Demeritt's boat for the
week. and report consistently
good catches of kingfish, bar
racuda. mackerel and
grouper.
An intimate of many of
the Florida fishermen who
fish for marlin off Ocean
City. Maryland. during the
summer. Mr.. Hayes has
scored record catches both
here and in northern ports.
and is particularly known in
the salt wafer angling world
as a raconteur of fishing ex-
periences.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-02-15
EAGLE FAMILY
STOLE A MARCH
ON NEWLYWEDS
ARRANGEMENTS WILL GO
AHEAD THOUGH TO AC-
CoMMODATE COUPLES AT
HONEYMOON PARADISE

CLEARWATER, Fla. Feb. Is
FNS).-Despite elaborate plans
! for a fan fare and reamS of ma
tionwide publicity to attend Sc
lection of the first newlywed cou-
| pie to sojourn on c. M. Wash
burns Honeymoon Isle, bit ot
tropical paradise Graded in the
Gulf of Mexico just off Clear
water, Washburn and his pub
licity corps have been completely
"scooped". UnqueStionable evil
dence was presented this week
that, without fanfare or for
mality of asking permission, the
first couple has already not only
enjoyed the pleasures of Honey
moon Isle, but decided to stay and
make a permanent home. In
fact, it has been going on long
enough that the honeymooning
couple has now become a family!
Photographic evidence of this
was offered by Cameraman Padl
Saunders of Clearwater, who
stumbled across the island abode
to find the islands Virginia
Dare" baby, a fuzzy little eaglet,
quite unconcerned by the intru-
sion, while his enraged parents
circled and screamed overheard.
Although the Eagle family
Ipulled a fast one" on -Washburn
and his boys, plans for Honey
moon Isle will proceed on sched-
ule. News reel crews were busy
shooting island scenes over last
weekend, following completion
of thatched-roof hut of modern,
permanent structure, constructed
by the Clearwater Lions Club
for the honeymooners. House
furnishings will be provided in
New York, and a number of in
terested organizations and COM
ntunities have inquired about
participating in the program in
various ways. Within the next
60 days, it is planned to throw the
island open TO honeymooners,
with as many as so couples at a
time spending periods of two
weeks. This will continue until
September, according to Wash
burn.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-02-15
BUILDING PERMITS
TOTALLED $500
ISSUED FOR SECOND WEEK
PERIOD OF FEB
Frf-eH-s
RUARY

Building and repair permits,
which were issued from the Of
flee of Harry III. Baker for the
second week in the month, were
four in number and totalled S.
700.
Repairs to the interior of
frame two-story residence at $50
Eaton street and addition of a
bath room. Owner, Howard
Sawyer heirs; cost, 5000.
Garage apartment on Ashby
street, added to frame two-story
residence. Owner, w. w. Demer-
lit, Jr.; cost, $500.
General repairs to two-story
residence at 1901 Duncan street.
Owner, F. G.. Jones; cost, 1000.
Repairs to building at GrinneIl
and Fleming streets, unoccupied.
Owner, Nelgrinn, Inc; cost, $500.
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County E9n1l1rkS
$500 Fol- Health
Unit Continuation
TRANSFER OF FUNDS
MADE BY RESOLU-
TIONS TO PROVIDE
PAY DAY

Resolutions were drawn at the
meeting of the county commits
sioners last night for the trans
fer of $4,000 from the Excess Fee
Fund to the General Revenue
Fund and the transfer of $4,000
from the Indebtedness Fund to
the General Revenue Fund and
transfer from the same fund of
81 ESQ to the Fine and Forfeiture
Fund. the money TO be used in
making another pay roll. Copies
of the resolutions will be for
warded TO the State Comptroller.
Present at the meeting were
Chairman Carl Bervaldi, Com
missioners Braxton B. Warren,
Norberg Thompson, William
Monsalvatge, T. Jenkins Curry,
Clerk Ross C. Sawyer, Attorney
w. Curry Harris and Chief
Deputy Bernard Waite.
DR.. ]. B. Parramore, of the
Community Clinic and Health
Unit, gave an interesting talk on
the activities and work accom-
plished and the different. phases
of the establishments accom-.
plishments, and held the inter-
ests of the commissioners
throughout
The doctor concluded his talk
by a statement as to the needs of
the clinic and asked that the
commissioners appropriate the
sum of $500 to insure the con-
tinuation of the unit. He stated
that the city council will ap-
propriate a like amount. On roll
call it was voted to appropriate
&c amount asked.
Depository accounts for month
of January were rad by Com
missioner Thompson, checked by
Commissioner Monsalvatge, and
signed by Chairman BervaIdi.
Certain monies which wmre
due the different officials of the
county, according TO the audit of
the several accounts made by the
state auditors, were checked over
by the commissioners and the
clerk, and it was ordered that
monies due the officials be paid
at the next regular meeting in
March, and certain deductions be
made from the accounts as shown
by the audit.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-02-15
HARVARD STUDENT
HERE FOR WEEK

Richard Mahoney, Jr., returned
to Harvard University Monday
after spending a week with his
father, a guest of the La Concha
Hotel.
While here he spent good part
of his time deepsea fishing and
had some very fine catches, in
GLIDING a big amberjack that
broke the rod but was landed in
spite of this.
From his comments when leav
ing, it was judged his future
holidays would be spent in Key
West.
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Smith COMPANY
WAS Low BIDDER
TOTAL OF S253.6s4 INCLUDED
ADDED CoNsTRUc-
TON ITEMS

Lowest bidder for the work to
be done on the Trumbo Island
Airport was turned in yesterday
by the Ivy H. Smith Company of
Jacksonville, along with six 9TH
er bids from firms in various
cities.
The amount, as listed yester-
day, was $26O,0O0 Additional
items added to the bid called for
extra construction of $23,684
value This made the total, $685.
684, which amount compared with
all other bids made, was sent on
to Washington for final decision.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-02-15
NOTED VISITORS
LEFT TODAY

Miss 10 Coffin. assistant to
the Public Printer. Washing
ton. D. c.. Miss Phyllis Blum
dell. sculptress of New York
City. and DR.. D. p. Bush of
Fort Myers. formerly Chief
Physician in the Govern
ment Printing office at
Washington. now retired.
checked out of the city this
morning for their return trip
TO Washington.
The visitors were delighted
with their weeks visit here.
being deeply impressed with
the surroundings. They hope
TO return for another visit In
the near future.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-02-15
REDS CASUALTIES LIST
ED AT $4,000; FINN
CITIES ARE BOMBED
AGAIN TODAY

HELSINKI. Feb. l5.-Finn dis
patches from the Karelian front
are describing the battles now
raging there in pictures that call
for this statement: 1T is the
bloodiest ten miles on earth.
Thus, the thirteenth day of
the Soviet's determined effort to
break through the so-far impreg-
nable Mannerheim Line, comes
to a close, and, according to the
Firms, the Line is still theirs.
Casualties on the Russian side
are said to be over $4,000 killed
and wounded. Firms are using,
in some instances, guns and
ammunition captured from the
enemy in helping to turn back
the advancing hordes of Reds be-
ing sent against them continu-
ously.
Air raids were renewed with
increased intensity today and
several cities behind the lines
were bombed.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-02-15
BUSY sToRK

SPRINGFIELD, Neb. - Twice
within an hour, Mr.. and Mrs. Ross
Whitney became the grandpar-
ents of granddaughter. The ba-
bies were born to the Whitneys
daughter. Mrs. Raymond Hill, and
their daughter-in-law, Mrs. Herb
Whitney, at the same hospital, in
the same room, attended by the
same nurse and doctor, while
their husbands paced in the same
waiting room.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-02-15

A modern pied piper is rat
hating James Lorenz Nicholas,
~, and grey-haired, who is visit
ing in Key West at present and
told The Citizen this morning
that he would share with any
body his secret of how to wipe
out whole colonies of rodents in
a single night.
The slight, mustached public
rat enemy No. l has warred on
rats in cities throughout the
nation for the past Is years. He
estimates he has killed more
than 100000 of the pests dur
ing that time.
His methods years ago gained
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-02-15
Modern Pied Piper
Comes To Kew West

attention of medical journals,
outstanding news magazines and
newspapers and the United
States Department of Agricul-
ture.
About ready for publication is
his book which will be called
"Vandals of the Night.
Mr.. Nicholos will leave Key
West shortly to join his wife who
is staying in Miami. He told The
Citizen that he planned to settle
permanently somewhere in Flor
ida'.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-02-15
SEA WAR
GOES ON

LONDON, Feb. 15.-England
today denied the Nazi report
that over $4,000 tons of British
shipping has been sunk in the
past twenty-four hours.
Announcement was made, how
ever, that four German sub
marines had been sunk in the
last two days by British de-
stroyers and planes of the r. A.
F.
France reported that her navy
had destroyed German freighter
off the French coast.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-02-15
KEYS ELECTRIC
MEET TONIGHT

There will be a meeting of the
Florida KEYS Identification AS
ISOLATION board of directors held
at 8 o'clck tonight at Marathon
for the purpose of discussing fur
Their plans for the Keys electrifi-
cation project and other import
ant matters which are to be
brought before the board.
Leaving Key West to be in at
tendance at the meeting will be
Attorney w. Curry Harris, Ross
C. Sawyer. Jr.. and Alton Park.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-02-15
CITY COUNCIL
MEETS TONIGHT

City Council will meet tonight
in. Council chambers for the
second regular monthly meeting
during February.
President of the council, Will
liam A. Freeman will sound the
gavel at 7:30 o'clock.
Quite a few matters of i'm
portance will come up for con-
sideration, according to infor-
nation furnished The Citizen by
City Clerk Archie Roberts.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-02-15

Key West, Florida, has the
most equable climate in the
country; with an average
range of only IL Fahrenheit
Evening star., 1940-05-19
kunH Says New Deal
'BunuIed' Defense Problem

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, May 18.-The United
States already has lost its first line
of defense in spree OF "bllllon-
dollar deficit spending" said Repre-
sentative Mundt, Republican, OF
South Dakota today in addressing
a meeting of Modified Republican
Women of Greater New York.
President Roosevelt, he said in a
prepared speech has failed by ad-
mission of all expert testimony, in
cluding his own, during seven years
OF billion-d dollar deficit spending to
adequately prepare this country for
defense, to say nothing of equipping
us to give aid to others.
''The Roosevelt leadership has
failed America in foreign affairs by
failing to recognize that nations
first line of defense is the financial
condition of its budget. The blum
dering extravaganza of the New
Deal has put us beyond our
debt limit = where adequate de-
tense preparations are now periled
by inadequate Government funds"
He said that if America goes to
war with some vague idea of res
cuing democracy, we must remember
that this is one war we can never
win because we lose democracy at
home the minute we enter the con-
fiict to salvage democracy abroad"
Republican State Chairman Edwin
r. Jaeckel also accused the New
Deal of "bungling" the national de-
tense problem.
Evening star., 1940-05-19
Fat and Sassy Turks
Believed Spelling
10 Get Into the Fight
=
/. Allies Army in Syrio
: Only zoe, 900, but Helps
!. Keep Turkey in Line
BY WILLIAM L. WHITE.

/ BUDAPEST have just got q
!. The allies don't have half mil
East from a British colleague re-
Gently arrived from those parts,
which I shall proceed to pass on
to you.
are interested in this part of the
lion men down there in Syria,
they have a good round 100000, but
no more.
can also give you the exact
iowdown on what the allies plan
to do with them. The secret is that
the allies themselves right now
haven't the ghost of an idea.
And they are invaluable for keep
ing the Turks in line. The Turks
are fat and sassy and spelling for
a fight-they don't care who with,
but they like the French and British
pretty well and would really like
very much to fight alongside them.
Only the Turks are very touch
minded race, and they. want to be
sure the French and British are
going to win the war. That army
in Syria keeps reminding the Turks
that the French and British really
are interested in this part of the
world and have fat pile of chips
ready to slide out into the table If
the game opens in this part of the
world which every one Is sure that
1t eventually will.
Now as for the Turks themselves,
the people who know them like
them very much and insist that not
only are they proud people-we
have plenty of these down here
but that they are also a brave
people and maybe the only honest
people in the Balkans.
They don't like the Italians very
well or the Russians either, and
they like to fight very much. IT
there is going to be fight they
are eager to get in on it-with the
reasonable qualification. of course
that they get in on the winning
side. In this they differ from the
, italians. who do not like to fight
ct all, but who hope very much to
get in on the winning side with as
little fighting by Italians as can
possibly be arranged for.
So the Turks are in this thing
to fight for freedom whenever their
number is called, which will prob
ably be some time this summer.
The Turks themselves are a very
brave, free people, but they have not
vet got freedom down to such a fine
point that they will let any one IN
Turkey shoot of his mouth against
what they consider to be Turkish
interests. Perhaps this will come in
time, but for the present they are
suppressing the Nazi-financed press
in Turkey which has been agonizing
about Turkeys friendship with the
allies, and from the Turkish point
Of view making nuisance OF itself.
The 10000 soldiers the allies are
keeping in Syria are not enough to
keep the Germans out of Rumania,
and the Turks know this very well,
being good soldiers themselves. The
allies will have to put few more
blue chips in the pot if the game
moves down there, which the Turks
are for the present convinced they
can be counted on to do.
Evening star., 1940-05-19
Senator Walsh to Speak
At Jewish Services

Senator T2vid I. Walsh, chairman
Of the Senate Naval Affairs Commit
tee, will speak at the annual patri-
otic memorial service to be held
jointly by the Washington Hebrew
Congregation and Post No. 58, jew
ish War Veterans, at the temple,
Eighth and H streets NV, at 8 pm
Friday.
The committee in charge OF ar
rangements is composed of DR.. Ber-
nard A. Baer, chairman; Harold
Strauss, David Bress,> David Wise,
David H. Frank, Benjamin. Aron-
sohn, commander of Post No. So;
Irwin M. Gensberg, senior vice COM
mander; Samuel Rose of the ma
tional radio Office and DR.. Ivy Pelz-
man, national liaison officer.
Evening star., 1940-05-19
Huukon Broodcosts PIeo
To Maintain Hope
By the Associated Press.

STOCKHOLM, May 18. - King
Haakon of Norway broadcast an ap-
peal to his subjects today to main
tain their hope and courage" and
expressed belief that with our allies
We can regain freedom for the
whole Norwegian people"
The Kings speech was delivered
from an unidentified point in North
ern Norway in observance of the
nations annual Independence Day,
which was yesterday.
Grown Prince Olaf, who spoke
after his father, declared that the
day Is still one 'of promise and
hope" Prime Minister Jan N.Y.
gaarsvold also spoke briefly.
Evening star., 1940-05-19

People OF Northern Ireland have
just been found to drink more tea
per person than the rest Of the
United Kingdom.