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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-02-17

majored in journalism, hoping to
establish herself some day as a
Newspaper woman. 1t was while
In school, appearing in musicals,
that she found out people liked
to near her sing, so she enrolled
i'll the Cincinnati Conservatory
of Music She loved this type of
work but found out that she still
had to eat to live, so got herself
a job singing on Station WLW.
1t was here that she really learn
ed radio, for she worked on no
less than % programs a week.
This went on for some time I'M
til Dame Fortune smiled and
many miles away in Chicago, the
Dean of American Music, Paul
Whiteman, happened to tune in
her program one night Becom-
ing infatuated with her voice he
wired Miss Froman to come to
the Windy City Immediately for
an addition Thrilled and excit-
ed she left that night, and the
next morning was all set for her
big chance. However, then fate
took hand, for upon leaving her
hotel with just time enough to
get to the studio she turned her
ankle. 1t Immediately began
swelling and it became impoS-
Continued on Page Four)
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-02-17

+, A meeting with Warren and
the commissioners consulting en-
gineer, Elson T. Killan, will be
held Monday afternoon, and
either late on that day or the first
thing Tuesday morning, an ex-
animation trip of the whole
route from Florida City to Key
West will be started. Depending
on the start, the party should ar
rive here late Tuesday.
Mr.. Killan is scheduled to ar
rive in Miami by plane tomorrow
from Venezuela.
The meeting Monday will fea-
ture complete check of all in
formation now assembled for the
project which calls for a $1,000
600 loan from the RFC and a
WPA labor grant of 100000. En-
glneer l.. l.. Lee of Miami and
the Boards attorney, Pete Rob
ineau, will also sit in at the con-
ference.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-02-17
F. TOUCHTON ON
GOODWILL TOUR
IS "UNANNoUNcED" CANDI-
DATE FOR GOVERNORS
NOMINATION

Fred L. Touchton, unan
nounced" candidate for Governor
of Florida visited in Key West
Thursday and called at the of
flee of The Citizen. Stating that
lis present plans we're to make
= formal announcement of his
candidacy for the Governorship
oefOre the date of expiration of
tir"C { liking such, MIR. Touch
to- IL shat he was now en-
gag IL making a personal good
will tour of the State calling on
contacts in each section.
Mr.. Touchton, who halls from
AVIAN Park, Fla, having ! been
prominently associated in the
drug business there and in vari-
GUS other cities of the state,
served two years in the State
senate. He stated that he would
most assuredly include Key West
in his speaking itinerary follow
ing his formal announcement.
Mr. Touchton told The Citizen
that he would use his influence
and power of office to bring to
fruition the development of the
Everglades National Park. He
said-"Florida has been gen
erously endowed by natural re-
sources and wonders; if we but
develop these and make them
accessible to the people, it will
not be necessary to present inn
moral lures to bring people here
They will come to view the won
ders wrought by God throughout
our State, and it will be my pur-
pose to bring about this develop
ment, without exploitation.
Other aspirants to the Cover
nor's seat, Senator Spessard l..
Holland, Burton Schoepf and
Walter B. Fraser, have also en-
dorsed the Everglades National
Park project.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-02-17
DENIS in JULY;
COPS IN june
DEMOCRAT OUT MANEUVER
REPuELICA6S IN CON-
VEEILo.. DATES

NEW YORK, Feb. 17.-Demo-
cratic National Committee chair
man James Farley today acted to
guard his party against any dan
ger of action from the opposing
party by reason of having .ad-
vance notice of his party's NOM
inee by naming July Is as the
date of the convention to be held
in Chicago.
This announcement was made
Immediately after it was known
that the Republican party had
picked June "a as their date, with
the site of their convention as
Philadelphia.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-02-17
JURY DRAWN FOR
COURTS SESSION

Special session of Criminal
Court convened this morning for
the purpose of drawing a jury
from the box to serve at the seS-
sion which opens Monday morn
ing for the purpose of consider
ing several cases which have
been docketed.
Present at the session We're
Judge William V. Albury, County
Solicitor Allan B. Cleare, Jr..
Chief Deputy Sheriff Bernard
Waite, ard Bailiff Ray Elwood,
The following names were
drawn:
Morris Cochran, Juan Cobo,
John Russell Kerr, John A.
Carey. Sam Collins. Jr., Bias
Betancourt, P. D. Huddleston,
Clayton Johnson, Harold H. Pin
der, Cyril Curry. Eugene Albury
! (Jason), Leonard R. Sawyer, Tony
Arthur, Joe Medina. Pedro Base,
Jr., Ora Cash, Kelley v. E
Curry, Cleveland Dillon, George
E. Knowles, Manuel Cervantes,
Merlin Albury, Felo Henriquez
! George Adams, and Cleveland
Henriquez.
, Following the drawing of the
jury, the judge announced a re-
cess until $50 Monday morning.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-02-17
CAPTAIN JACOBS
CAME YESTERDAY
TO TAKE OVER CONTROL OF
STATION NEXT
MONDAY

Captain w. S. jacobs, u. S. N,
who has been designated as COM
mandant at the Naval Station,
relieving Commander G. B. Hoey,
arrived last night, and this morn
ing was in conference with the
other officers at the station.
Monday morning at 10 o'clock,
with attendant ceremonies, the
new commandant will take for
NAL command of the station, and
Commander Hoey will assume
the office of Port Director of the
Seventh Naval District.
Lieutenant Commander Fort
Callahan, will remain in the, posi-
ton as Captain of the Yard, and
District Communication &Officer.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-02-17
Lee
PAYS 100000 OF
OLD FLORIDA BILLS
HOPES TO SETTLE ALL DEBTS
TO FIRST OF YEAR BY END
OF MARCH: UTILITY. IN
SURANCE LEVIES USED

TALLAHASSEE, Feb. IT.
Checks completing the payment
of more than 100000 of past due
bills for state supplies were plac-
ed in the mails this week by State
Comptroller J. M. Lee. All bills
against the general revenue fund
received in the comptroller's Of
flee during the month of Sep
TENDER last year are included in
the batch of accounts being paid
at this time by the comptroller.
Checks mailed this week totalled
$4,000, and the comptroller has
been mailing checks for several
days totalling $4,000.
The general revenue fund
owed ST, $4,000 on January 81,
1910, according to bills filed in
the comptroller's office.
Receipts from the utility tax
levy of y percent of the gross
receipts OF all utility sales and the
insurance tax levy of two per
cent of the assurance companies
Florida premium receipts are be-
ing used to make the payments
in line with Comptroller Lees
pledge to merchants that all of
these funds would be used exclu-
Sively to help Tighten the credit
burden placed upon them by the
fact that insufficient funds were
provided to pay state bills.
Receipts from these two SQUIRE
es probably will run another mil
lion dollars, coming in mostly
during the month of March, and
Comptroller Lee hopes the total
will be sufficient to pay all bills
received in his office through De-
cember 81, 1889.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-02-17
STATE HANDCRAFT
MARKET TO OPEN
AT HOLLY HILL
WILL DISPLAY CREATIONS
FROM ALL OVER STATE:
SAMPLES FROM KEY WEST
ARE SHIPPED

Holly Hill State Handcraft
Market opens at Holly Hill, Fla,
Monday, and, indirectly, this is
good news to Key West, for the
giant market will have a perm
anent exhibit and sales booth for
Key West handcraft products.
The market is under super
vision of the State Marketing
Board and was constructed by
that agency, under supervision
of director William l.. Wilson.
Previously, women of Holly
Hill had conducted a successful
private enterprise on the present
site of the market, and officials
Of the~StatG Board thought so
we'll of it that they made plans
last Fall to install the wide
service, which has now come to
| fruition.
Gordon E. Dill, associated with
the Board, and its general mana
ger at the Florida City Market,
was in Key West yesterday to buy
several samples of Key West
handcraft, which will be shipped
to the market at Holly Hill in
time for the opening Monday.
! Mr.. Dill expressed himself as be-
ing very we'll pleased with the
samples obtained here and stated
that Key West handcrafters will
benefit immensely from the dis
plays to be made at the new mar.
ket.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-02-17
THOUSANDS
VISITED FAIR

TAMPA, Feb. 17.-FNSl More
than 163,500 visitors at the Flor
ida State Fair obtained a broader
and more comprehensive view of
the necessity for the conserva-
ton of natural and human re-
sources through the Florida State
Planning Board exhibit, George
G.. Gross, executive secretary of
the Board, reported this week
This estimate was based cl
hourly checks of visitors made
by attendants at he EXHIBIT
through the 11-day pariod of IS
fair. Every part OF the exhi' :
was well received by the publ,
with the old maps and historical
documents probably arouSing the
greatest interest.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-02-17
CONCERT SUNDAY
AT CENTER PARK

The WPA Band will render
another of their popular concerts
tomorrow afternoon at 800
o'clock, at the Art Center Park,
under direction of "a. Barroso.
The program is announced as
follows:
March, valiant Youth. x. L.
King.
Overture, Invincible". x. L.
King.
Waltz. "Straussiana", Strauss.
Selection, LA Traviata"
Verdi.
March, "On the MALI, Gold
man.
Selection, THE Best Loved
Irish Melodies, arranged by Al.
Hayes.
March, college Boy, Ben
nett.
Star Spangled Banner, Key.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-02-17
c. Of c. Meeting Today
Stressed Program To
Put Key West Ahead
CAPT. CARPENDER HAS
PROMISED CO-OPERA-
TON; FIVE POINT
PLAN is ADOPTED

Principles and policies which
will govern the forward move
ment intended to Put Key West
Ahead" wexe outlined by the
Board of Directors of the Cham
Der of Commerce at a meeting
today.
Economic conditions which
have contributed to Key West
and which have had a part in
present day commercial life, are
being considered in drafting the
program intended to put the
town ahead, leaders point out.
Everett Russell, president of
the chamber; Ernest Ramsey, city
councilman and leader, and Will
liam Lee, newspaper man. will
compose a group Of three to ex-
ecutive the details planned By
the Board to Put Key West
Aheao".
That laval and other federal
autnoritiea will give widesrreae
cooperation vas Indicate yrH.n
Captain A. s carpenter rcn, h.9
''''ag Snip yesterday assn.
thai naval cooperation % to
fullest possible extent Will !.
given. Captain Carpende- r,
agreed to serve on the commute
seeking to Put Key West
Ahead" in an ex-officio capacity.
That organization has played
an important part IN the adj
vancement of Key West was en-
phasized as the principles and
policies were being drawn. The
tentative draft follows:
''If Key West is to go ahead it
must have program of pro-
motion and advancement back of
which all in the community are
giving their full support and CO.
operation.
Such a program must include
some of the following provi-
sions:
81. Advertising about Key
West TO attract more visitors dol
lars here.
90 Civic Improvements, includ-
Continued On Page Four
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-02-17
Films Retreat
To Second Line
Notifications
GERMANY AGAIN WARNS
NEUTRAL N ALTON S
NOT TO MIX IN FIN
NISH-RED WAR

aWT ASSOcfuted IreRSD
LONDON. Feb. l7-Finns were
reported TO be falling back in or
derby fashion to secondary posi-
tions of the Mannerheim Line TO-
day. inflicting additional heavy
losses on driving Red troops.
AS these reports came in, there
appeared to be serious doubt that
sufficient aid could come from
neighboring Scandinavian coun-
tries in the near future to help
stem the Red advances for the
present. The doubts were gov
erned chiefly by continued strong
pressure from Germany who
again warned all neutrals to keep
out Of the fight.
How far Hitler would go in en-
forcing strict neutrality was not
known here, however, it was
heard that he had threatened
military advances across Den
mark if any of the Scandinavian
countries threw over traces and
sent expeditions to help the
Firms.
Finnish planes, displaying ex-
IRENE bravery, did all possible to
slow up the Russian advance to-
day with several daring raids
over the Soviet railroad supply
headquarters, several of which
were destroyed by bombs. OBJ
SEWERS stated, however, that the
Russians still had their main
lines of supply open.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-02-17
EDDIE GOMEZ
ANNOUNCES FOR
COMMISSIONER
SEEKS MEMB ERSHIP on
oUNTY BOARD FROM
FIRST DISTRICT: BORN IN
KEY WEST

Eddie G.. Gomez today an
nounces his candidacy for the Of
flee of County Commissioner
from the First District, subject
TO the Democratic primaries to
De held Tuesday, May 7.
Gomez is now serving his
fourth term as city supervisor of
registration and he previously
served as a member OF the Mon
roe County Democratic Ia&echtive
committee for four years.
Born in Key West, MrA GeIhez
feels that he has the confidence
of his friends city-wide, suffi-
GENTLY to gain the post he now
seeks.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-02-17
sssesssssssssss osOOOsSss
RUMORS OF F.D.R.'S
NoU, DEM Knowledge
ss.s seeoee> a.e.sssssss

sssa asOe sseeses
Rumors heard Icy that
President Roosevelt would soon
visit Key West could rpt De sub
stantiated today.
1t was reported that the chief
executiva would come into Key
West harLor. shortly and go on q
neutrality patrol cruise with
some of the local deStroyers. Cap
tain A. S. Carpenter. in charge
Of all forces afloat here, today
denied any knowledge of this re-
port.
1t was thought possible that
President Roosevelt may touch al
Key West ON his voyage back
from his present cruise in south
er Atlantic waters. No notifica-
ton has been received at local
headquarters on this surmise
however.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-02-17
FILES DIVORCE BILL

Bill for divorce was filed yes
terday in the office of Clerk Ross
c. Sawyer, of Circuit Court by
Josephine Lamanna Crohan
versus Michael H. Crohan.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-02-17

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, 1940-02-17

Associated Press Day Wire
Service
For 60 Years Devoted to the
Best Interests of Key West
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-10-22
285 Electoral Votes
Mystic -" Man
Jailed Again

Unlike Aladdin's mystic gent.
the big, dark. turbaned Prince
Ucon. self-styled Arab performer
of miracles, finds 1t easier to get
into the jug than out.
The prince, whose performances
got him charged with disorderly
conduct here, was freed from the
Pierce county Jail last Wednesday.
BY Saturday night the mystic
OF the East, whose accent Is of the
South, was bottled up again-this
time in the Seattle city Jail
Prince Ucon, 40, puts on a per-
Torrance of eating glass and razor
blades with acetylene flames as
dessert. He landed in Tacoma after
Puyallup fair week. He had been
out OF jail three days when Seattle
police picked him up on suspicion
Saturday afternoon.
When the prince demonstrated
his glass-eating talent, the officers
decided he was a magician and let
him 70, even taking up a little
collection. Two hours later they
gathered him off the floor of
railroad station rest room and re-
turned him to Jail. Prince Ucon
had taken the donation, and sup
plemented his diet with 1t. He was
booked as drunk.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-10-22

Aug. 4, 227; Aug. rs. 247; Sept.
20, 453: Oct. 6. 400, with today's
total Of Ala showing the first
drop.
Roosevelt States Close
Taken at face value. the results
indicate a comfortable lead for
Roosevelt IN the homestreteh. But
there are certain factors which
make his position precarious.
Among the 81 states In his
column, there are eight in which
his lead over Willkie IL only 4
per cent or less In popular
strength (see table,. These states
account for 129 electoral votes.
The remaining 20 states where
Roosevelt is leading by more than
points THAT is, more than 81
per cent?, total 2s5 electoral
votes, or barely more than the
200 required To win.
Willkie's gains in the current
poll demonstrate how a shift of
but few percentage points can
throw a large number OF electoral
votes TO one candidate or the
other.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-10-22
Bogus Car Statesmen
Get Tucomun's Cash

w. +. Jones, Tacoma, respects
the hospitality shown at auto
shows-but next time he's going
to check the identity of who
offers 1t.
Sore and footsore, Jones told
Seattle police all about it, Satur-
day. He said he attended a show
room Friday night here. and was
inspecting a cleaning 1941 model
when three strangers engaged him
in conversation asked how he liked
1t. He admitted 1t looked good.
Come along" they said. 'and
take a ride in a demonstration.
Jones went. The ride was
nice, long one, until 1t ended at the
Seattle city limits where two of
the men held him while the third
lifted $25 from his pocket. The
''demonstrator" roared away. leav-
ing him at the south city limits of
Seattle.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-10-22
Fire Loss $500 as
Poroffin BoiIs Over

Parzffin boiling over unto =.
electric range caused a damaging
blaze - the home OF Peter :
Miller. 81 No. Trsfton St, sur
day evening
Firemen received a call at "a
D. m. after the burning ~
iKnited furnishings in the kitchen
Of the one-story frame residenee.
Damage was confined to an est
mated $500 loss. equally distribns-
ed between the furnishings and
the building.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-10-22
Rep. Coffee Will
Speak Friday Night

Congressman John NJ. Coffee
win head the speakers list for a
rally Friday evening at Sunshine
hall on Park ave. just outside the
city limits. according to Roy
Peterson OF the Falkland Demo
cratic club. Candidates for
county offices also viii speak and
representatives of other major
candidates are expected to be
present.
Coffee is expected to lash out at
critics who have recently attacked
his record regarding the Bridges
case as well as other matters of
national interest.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-10-22

for the nation Is Q per cent, I'M
changed from last time. This
represents about million voters.
Today's survey Is the fifth COM
plete Institute poll on the presi-
dental race since the campaign
began. The trend since the first
one has presented consistent
picture of Democratic gains up to
now. That trend is shown in
Roosevelt's electoral vote score:
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-10-22
Period Covered:
October 2-14
List Survivors
OF Drowned Man

Relatives of David laval, "A,
were revealed Monday to be.
His wife. Mrs. Louise laval
of Portland: daughter, Mrs.
Annette Cramblet of Willamina.
Ore; son. Camille Almond
Laval, of Portland; a sister, Mrs.
r. A. Ferrie OF Yakima; a niece,
Mrs. Lyntine White of st. Paul,
MINI.
Laval's body was discovered
more than a week ago floating in
the Puyallup river near the high
way bridge. A native of Montreal,
his apparent suicide had taken
place several weeks earlier.
The body Is held by the c. o.
Lynn Co. pending funeral arrange
ments.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-10-22
Funeral Is Held for
Aged Indion Women

Funeral services for Mrs. Annie
Squa-Qui-Yum, who had no idea
how old she was, but was some
where near the 100-year mark,
were held Monday afternoon in the
cemetery of the Puyallup Indian
tribe.
The aged survivor of pre-white
man days on the Sound died Sat-
urday after a long illness at the
Tacoma U. S. Indian hospital. Mrs.
Squa-QuiYum had make baskets
at the Puyallup fair until two
years ago.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-10-22
UNDECIDED. VOTE

Voters undecided at this
time on their choice Of candi-
date constitute n highly Inn
portant factor In the close
states.
The undecided vote in the
states outside the solid south
Is as follows:
Nevada, II per cent: Arizona,
is percent: Montana. Delaware,
Connecticut. Il per cent; Rhode
Island, Iowa, North Dakota, Is
per cent; Vermont, New Jersey,
Nebraska. Utah. New Mexico,
II per cent; Idaho. Colorado,
Missouri, South Dakota, Him
DIS, IL per cent: New Hamp-
shire, Massachusetts,. New
York, Maryland. West Virginia,
Ohio, Wisconsin, oregon, 10
per cent: Indiana. Michigan,
Minnesota, Wyoming. . per
cent; Maine. Pennsylvania,
Kansas, California, Washing
ton, s per cent.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-10-22
Roosevelis
Lead Still
Substantial

PRINCETON. y. 1.-THE trend
toward President Roosevelt which
began in August and has con-
tnued week BY week since then.
has been halted and reversed in
the American Institute OF Public
Opinions latest complete national
poll on the presidency. In inter-
viewing conducted throughout the
as states between Oct. ? and Oct
IA the Institute found an increase
Of one per cent in Willkie's popu-
lar vote throughout the country.
and a shift Of five states from
the Roosevelt column to the
Willlue column.
This is the first time since the
Institutes first poll after the nom-
mating conventions that Roosevelt
has shown a loss.
The race, which the Institute
has pointed out from the begin
ming, Is a close contest, becomes
even closer in terms OF the popular
vote. In terms of electoral votes
Roosevelt still has a marked adj
vantage over his opponent
The trend Is a. follows:
T0DAY's POLL
Roosevelt WiIllsie
Popular Vote 559s 45eo
Electoral Vote AZ III
No. of States s. IL
OCTOBER POLL
Popular Vote 56ec A%
Electoral Vote 400 81
No. of States 40
The five states which shifted to
Willkie since the previous poll
Oct were Illinois, Indiana.
Michigan, Wisconsin and Iowa,
with a total of SIS electoral votes.
Wilkes greatest gains in
popular vote came in the mid
west area, although they are
fairly widespread throughout the
country.
The average undecided vote
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-10-22
Young Demos Meet
On Monday Evening

An important meeting of Young
Democrats will be held at Demo-
cratic headquarters. 915 Pacific
ave, Monday evening. it was an
nounced by John Fletcher. presi-
dent of the organization.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-10-22

Tacoma had clearing skies Mon
day following a weekend of rain
and unusually high temperatures.
Surplus heat so far this month
amounts to ia degrees and for
the year, 1850 degrees.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-10-22

went 70 TELL you semsshina
shout Defense shof maybe you
den'f know. For years the Pc
sreIssm Industry hos carried on
independent researeh on les own
initiative. unsvbsldixsd by the
Government. Union oil Company
has done lss share - he's re-
seereh engineers who spend
practically oil Of their sims In
fhls work.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-10-22
JOHNSON WILL SPEAK

Norwin Johnson will speak At
the meeting of Technocracy, Inc.
at Emerson hall. 110e11 Broadway
at S D. m. Monday.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-10-22

Listeni Can
you hear the
slIrging pulse
OF America in
full vigor,
busy with her
greatest task
Defense?
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-10-22

part of the Petroleum Industry
an industry that has done so
much to make America strong.