The Key West Citizen Newspaper, November 26, 1937, Page 1

- Associated Press Day Wire Service. For 57 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West —_—_—_ Key West, Florida, has the most equable climate in the country; with an average range of only 14° Fahrenheit VOLUME LVIII. No, 281. Operetta To Be Presented: |FUGHTS OVER Here During Coming:Season George Mills White Con- fers With State Direc, tor Of Music Projects Relatives To Matter George Mills White, director of the Federal Music Project in Key week with good news for members of the Key West Light Opera Company. Plans for the winter season were discussed with Dr. Clarence Car- West, returned this ter Nice, state director of music projects. Dr. Nice said that four Gilbert and Sullivan operettas are to be produced duzing the season in Mi-! ami, several of which will in- clude Key Westers-in the easts. At least one presentation scheduled for this city, provided interest and sponsorship war- rants. Plans are also being formulated for a big celebration during the first week after the completion of is} | NOVEMBER PROVES COOD MONTH FOR STATE LICENSES CLE COMMISSIONER SHOW THAT MANY AUTOMOBILE | TAGS HAVE BEEN SOLD TALLAHASSEE, Nov. 26. — (FNS) One would naturally think |that November would be {time in the Motor Vehicle De- partment. New licenses do not 'go on sale until December first, all the old cars should have licenses, and that is the time’ of the year when Pop is still wonder- \ing whether he had better trade jin the old bus for a shiny new one | with all the latest gadgets as Mom and the kids want him to do. But figures released last week by D.W. Finley, motor vehicle REPORTS FROM MOTOR VEHI-} jordinary flying—on penalty, ‘ 7 BC aeackd fortifications, slac! Che Key West Citizen KEY WEST, FLORIDA: FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 1937, FORBIDDEN AREA VERY DANGEROUS MAY MEAN DEATH; ‘KEEP OFF’ SIGNS DOT AIRWAYS IN VARIOUS SECTIONS “Where is the storm?” “How | hard did it blow at Tortugas?” eunopeant weet is the name of the steam- ship?” “Have any wreckers been “Is the: Warbler going to the wreck?” ; sent to aid the vessel?” (By The AP Feature Service) LONDON, Nov. 26.—“Forbid- den zones” are the aviator’s buga- boo in Europe today, and woe to the transgressor! Each now has its list of areas closed to in These and a number of other; questions were asked The Citizen} this morning, following an an-} {Nouncement over the radio last) country} Bight that a vessel had been | wrecked in a violent storm near; | West. some cases, of being shot down, | So much excitement was caused The forbidden areas inelude} py this inaccurate information, munitions: ie factories and dumps, military =" 50 s.many ~cisclonn::gueqtienm eamps and airfields, and large jmanufacturing centers. jtional frontiers especially are re-| tioners, that S. C. Singleton, See+ stricted. Where not to fly is a}retary of the Chamber of Com- problem. Commercial planes are| merce, sent a message to Lowell | squezzed across international fron-; Thomas, who authored the broad- tiers in narrow “air lanes.” east, as follows: No Mercy For Violators “Interesting talk about Key} It’s a natural consequences—! West last night, and accurate) all these aerial traffie rules—of| With the following exception. The ja rearmed Europe where suspicion! Tortugas you refer to is not the runs high and where military se-; Tortugas which is near Key West.! jerets must be safeguarded from|It happens to be an island near’ ‘aerial photography. | Haiti, 570 miles from us. The | were propounded this -morning,) Radio Announcer Requested To Correct Statement About Storm Close To Key West | Dry Tortugas, and right near: Key} from Key West, but neither of! exp ‘these is/known as Dry Tortugas. Interna-/and so insistent were the © ques+t: Western winds over 25 miles an hour in recent weeks. In the interest of fair play to a game and hospitable little city, how about giving us a break tonight.” It is believed that the vessel referred to in the broadcast is the Steamship Nallingtom Court, bound from Turk’s Island to The Tortugas, a small island near the coast of Haiti, in Latitude 20 de- grees 5 minutes North, and Lon- gitude 72 degrees 50° minutes West, or approximately 570 miles from Key West. )There is also another Tortugas near the coast of South America,} ries tee 10 degrees 56 minutes! Commissioner for the State of Longitude*65 degrees 19 . : ; ribaiitem’ West, about: 1040. miles|"10rida, in reply to a question Tax Collector Frank H. Ladd is in receipt of a ¢opy of a letter of commendation which was written by D. W. Finley, Motor Vehicle Tax Collector Receives Letter Of Commendation As is well known the sale of | motor vehicle tags is handled through the office of Mr. “Ladd, and the letter written by Com- missioner Finley shows that no errors have been found in» the returis of tag sales from the local! [office in the past two years. “At Dry Tortugas, 63 miles west of this city, there is a Cuban fish- ing smack ashore, but this could! not be the vessel referred to in the broadcast, as it is a small schooner and distinetly not a tho} | YOUTH, WHO CAME WHEEL Hardin V. Stuart, 22, whose. father is Dr. M. H. Stuart of St. Petersburg, came here in a wheel {chair last January, later was able to shift to crutches, and lately has been walking on his own two good feet, according to A. “Pop” steamer nor does it bear slightest resemblance to one. This is the Joaquinito, and ef- forts are now being made to sal- vage the vesselz Another schoon- er, the Dolores, has arrived on the scene and is to undertake the sal-! HERE IN | CHAIR, NOW WALKS, As a further proof of the re- | cuperative qualities of Key West |sunshine, Mr. Allen added that {Stuart was able to swim at most) ten yards, but that he easily swims two hundred yards now, and it believed he is capable of going a j mile. PRICE FIVE CENTS As Japan Grabs Islands Points Used As Weather Observation Stations Are Also Seized During Ac- (By The AP Feature Service) Japan has seized islands off the coast of China which bring her | navy to the front door of Britain's. and Holland’s Far Eastern em- pires. The Japanese are reported in control of Quemoy, a small island commanding the Chinese port of Amoy and an easy sail from Brit- ish-owned Hong Kong. Between Hong Kong and Luzon in the Philippines is a cluster of small islands known as the Pratas Shoals, used as weather observa- is i | commissioner, sliow that even No-| Military planes police these, vessel was hit by a squall, not a’ vage operations. The Coast Guard| the bridges. For this occasion the closed areas in some instances.| Storm. We are enjoying our usual) Patrol 185, Peterson master, was Allen, a physical culture instruc-| It has been six years singe Har- complete State Symphony Orehes- tra will be here, and it is possible that several stage presentations will be given. Z Mr. White said that all mem- bers of the cast will notified when rehearsals are to begin, and a very busy and enjoyable musi- \eal season is anticipated. AT WPA CENTER VARIOUS ARTICLES ARE NOW BEING TURNED OUT BY OPERATIVES ‘Things are getting lively at the Home Making Center, with all or almost all of the women and girls working on Handicraft and Fish Scale flowers which they will use as Christmas gifts. Those not do- ing this are catching up on their fall and winter sewing, states Mrs. M. H. Robinson, supervisor. The Center is open to all wom- ep and girls of the city and the vember is a revenue producer in this department. For the first fifteen days of November of this; year, 3,445 tags were sold bring-} ing the sum of $21,457.37 into the, | state treasury; an increase of 1 216 in tag sales and an increase of $6,286.73 in revenue over the) corresponding fifteen days of, last year. Title registrations for the first) fifteen days of this month also showed an increase over the same period of 1936, with 4,865 tittel registrations for the first half of November this year compared with 3,845 in the same period Of last: year. Commissioner Finley says that there are several reasons for tag sales this late in the year and just before the new tags go on ‘sale December first. Some of them represent new cars pur- chased, some are bought by peo-i ple coming into the state and get- ting jobs, a few represent the purchase of old cars which had no licenses and some are the re- sult of offieers checking up on {not line of fortifications). hours are from 8 to 12 and 1 to| the use for hire of cars having 5:30 on Tuesdays and Wednesdays | licenses for private use and fore- and Thursday, and from 2 to 5:30 p. m. on Fridays, The place is kept open up to} 5:30 for the benefit of any school girls who may wish to drop in after school to sew or do other work, it is stated. Quite a number have shown an interest in this and are present each afternoon to tale.advantage of free instruction along these lines, it is said. ( REV. WALLER LEFT ON BUS RETURNING TO CORAL GAB. LES AFTER VISIT IN KEY WEST Rev. Harry H. Waller, pastor of ing the owners to tags. The inerease in the number of jtags sold and the imerease in revenue over the similar period of last year, is attributed by Fin- ley partly’ to the inerease in the! buying power of the public be- cause of better business condi- tions, but..a considerable portion of it, he states, is due to the more thorough check-up being made this year by departmental agents on people coming into the state and securing employment and on those who have been using) jcars with private licenses for pub- lie hire. TWO SHIPS TO | ARRIVE TONIGHT Two vessels of the Clyde-Mal- buy proper ‘ | prohibited glasses and “electric ears’ do the rest. Penalties include heavy fines} And avia-} —and imprisonment. tors go miles out of their way, to seeking a destination, to avoid these prohibited areas. Narrow Lanes Into France France provides a good example of how severe the restrictions on flying have become, The French frontier is marked with forbidden zones (notably the famous Magi- Only three narrow passages, in parts only four miles wide, are open to planes along the 250 miles French-German_ border. The French-Italian border also is heavily restricted to aviation, way—three miles wide—at Mo- has four routes over which planes may fly, and the short Franco- Luxembourg border is entirely blocked off. The boundary line with Spain is closed except for a) three-mile stretch at the western end and a mile-and-a-half stretch at the eastern end. Daily Bulletins Posted Central and Eastern Europe has become a jigsaw puzzle for aviator. Not only must he watch his maps with their “marked out” areas but bulletin boards as well for daily announcements of “ar- tillery and anti-aircraft practice.” The Czech, Hungarian, Yugo- slay and Italian borders are closed to casual flying and aviators may cross these borders only at indi- the cated places. Along the Czech and| Hungarian borders aviators must keep within a five-kilometer lane; along Yugoslav and Italian bor- ders, within a two-kilometer lane. Few Restrictions In Britain Austro-German and Austro- Swiss borders are open. Germany,| however, has a large number of, zones, along the North Sea and Baltic coasts, where new fortifications have been constructed. One of the largest of the “fixed prohibi- ted zones,” into which no air- plane is permitted to of; | Ground crews with high-powered | lovely November weather. No‘also at the scene this morning. MRS, M'MULLEN | ARRIVESIN CITY LEN, COMMANDING OFFI- CER OF BARRACKS | Mrs. James MacMullen, mother ,of Major J. D. MacMullen, com- manding officer at the U. S. Ar- ‘my Barracks here, and widow of jthe late James MacMullen, has ar- i there being but one small passage-|Tived in Key West to spend the jwinter season, The late Mr. !dane. The Franco-Belgium border! MacMullen was publisher of the {San Diego Union and Evening ¢ Tribune up until the time of his: death in 1933. Mrs. MacMullen, the widow, has been very active in Red Cross work and civic affairs in her home city, Coronado, Calif. She was also a former member of of Coronado, besides having been Highest - ; MOTHER OF MAJOR M’MUL-!] owest ‘Mean Peecccecccccovocecococss THE WEATHER Yesterday’s Precipitation .43 Ins. tor, who supervises Stuart’s ex- ercising. When asked why Stuart came to Key West from the nearby city of St. Petersburg, Mr. Allen re- plied that it is so much warmer here that it permits him to swim and exercise much more, an im- | portant treatment for those who suffer with arthritis. Also such patients are very susceptible to cold, and here there is-an oppors ‘tunity to escape it. The benefi- cial results of the health restor- ‘din contracted arthritis, which is! tion stations. Japan seized these a rheumatic affliction, and in that) 54, 4, : time he has been able to walk only on the ground that Chinese once before, which was in Miami,! operators were supplying not only to run the the board of trustees of the city} ing sunshine is a third very im- Normal Precipitation .. .05 Ins. ; portant factor. *Thin reeord covers 24-hour period ending at 8 o'clock this morntog. { Tomorrow's Almanac Sun rises __ Sun sets Moon rises - Moon sets .1.... ‘MRS. M. TORRES m. . m. "i, . m. } | Ml BODY OF FORMER KEY WEST RESIDENT WILL BE BROUGHT HERE - 6:00 —-11:20 Barometer 7:30 a. m. today: Sea level, 29.91, WEATHER FORECAST (Till 7:30 p. m., Saturday) Mrs. Minerva Pinder Torres, died this morning in Miami at the age of 78. The body is to be sent at; throughout the winter season, | least. CITES DANGER OF FROM TREES HERE ATTENTION ALSO CALLED TO POSSIBILITY OF LOOSE PORTIONS OF BUILDINGS FALLING TO GROUND i Key West and Vicinity: Mostly prominently connected with var-} cloudy, probably occasional rain ious other organizations. tonight and Saturday; little ne change in temperature; gentle to moderate southerly winds, be- | Florida: Mostly cloudy tonight in in uorth to Key West for services and in-; terment. Arrangements, which will be announced later, are being made by the Lopez Funeral Home. Survivors are: Two daughters, | Mrs. Walter P. Curry, Key West, MEETS TONIGHT om Sanat ii temperature. change in Jacksonville to Florida Straits: There wilt be # special meeting Light, to. moderate southeast of the City Couneil ‘held tonight,/¥inds,..becoming variable, and beginning at 7:30 ‘o'clock, at Overcast weather tonight and Sat- i {George Torres and Edward Tor- res, of Miami. Three sisters, Mrs. Louis A. Harris, Mrs. Emma Wilson, Mrs. ‘and Mrs. Joseph Marucci, Miami; | three sons, A. Aurelio Torres,! particularly} penetrate: which time bids will be opened for the operation of the scavenger service. While the meeting has been called for this specific purpose, nevertheless there may be other j matters taken up during the ses- sion, it is stated. "Faia eas aaa, PERFECT FLORIDA MAP IS PRODUCED ST. PETERSBURG, Nov. jurday with scattered showers. | East Gulf: Moderate shifting| ther Pinder, Grayburn Pinder, of! | winds, probably fresh at times | Key West, Eugene Pinder, Miami :over north portion, and overcast; There are also 15 grandchildren weather tonight and Saturday|and four great-grandchildren. t | with showers over extreme north SERED f SAYS TAXATION | , portion tonight. Advisory 10 A. M. EST: (From [New Orleans) Warnings down ten} IS NEAR POINT | a.m. Panama City to Carra-; | belle, Fla. Disturbance over OF CONFISCATION {northeast Gulf has diminished in} | jintensity with only moderate, or} BOSTON, Nov. 26. (IPS),— | fresh winds indicated. | “Taxation of capital has reached j j the point where it is now only a ifew steps ahead of confisca- WEATHER CONDITIONS E. E. Larkin; three brothers, Lu-| ling. Frequently The Citizen is asked to call attention to the continual danger of falling coconuts, which are found each morning in differ- ent sections of the city, and ap- peal to owners of the premises on which the trees are growing, to itake the precaution of cutting off {those nuts which show a stage of maturity which precedes an early The reply has always been that it is just possible that the owner of the tree is more fa- miliar with the peculiarities of the trees and it should not be necesary to warn him of the im- pending danger to pedestrians. This morning while walking on Duval street between Greene and Front streets, a member of the Key West Hospitality Band called attention to a piece of the cornice of a building which appeared to be ready to fall from the roof of the structure. Several members of the band but an unsuccessful operation wouthueAeiii Adin toll pes, caused a relapse, and it became seas necessary to look for an waa Chinese shipping more beneficial climate. Key) 3, pan Usdlinde. West was chosen, and results have | been far beyond what was ex-| Far south of Hong Kong is an- pected. other Chinese island, Hainan, op- ~ Hardin lives at 1405. Petronia wialeaae = street with Mr. Allen, wife and| Petite “Frescl-Indo “China and family, and will remain here | well down toward Britain's naval base at Singapore. If Japan should decide to take this island, as news reports have hinted, her navy would form a girder about DIES THIS A. M., COCONUTS FALLING | xs co FUNERAL SERVICES WILL BE CONDUCTED SUNDAY AFTERNOON Mrs. Martha Knowles, 64, died 8:30 o'clock this morning in the home 1124 Eaton street. Funeral services will be held Sunday aft- ernoon 4 o'clock from the home to First Congregational chureh, Rev. William L. Halla- day officiating. Funeral arrangements will be in charge of Lopez Funeral Home. Ladies Temple Golden Eagic, Minoca Council Order Pocahontas, Key of The Gulf Castle Number 2, Knights of the Gelden Eagie and Tiger Tail Tribe 19, Im- proved Order Red Men will at- tend the services, and pallbearers will be selected from the two last named lodges. the | without permission of the military] | authorities, is just west of the/ Mra. Knowles is survived by the husband, Robert Knowles, two daughters, Mrs. G. W. Drummond, of Miami, and Mrs. Chester Saw- yer. One son Robert Knowles, Jr, two grandchildren, Malcolm Sewyer and Kenneth Knowles, and tion.” |which hold the regular practice The disturbance over the north-| That was the expression of Wil-| daily if the building adjoining, ern Guif of Mexico has diminish-/jiam §. Knudsen, president of the have watched the Block of ed in intensity, and is now attend-} General Motors Corp., speaking|crete, and said that daily it ed by only moderate to fresh! here before the Associated In- pears to get more | winds. dustries of Massachusetts. He de+!the 2otie of safety, A low pressure area is moving! + in over the northern Plains States, 'clared that “ways and means mus,/€* the Methodist church in Coral| lory Lines are due to arrive at Gables, left on Florida Motor} Key West tonight, one of - them , D s . Polish-G: q te| Lines bus this morning for his} going north and the other bound: porean Anuthe: Innes tant baal home, after a short visit as the! south. }| Osechoslovakia ae Pilsen. guest of Rev. Joe Tolle, of First] One of the ships, the Ozark, is) 26. (FNS).—Mother Nature became “Florida conscious” this season as evidenced by j the formation of a perfect Florida map, through the dis- coloration of the skin of an | orange grown by a Pinellas | Methodist church. [bound from Jacksonville and Mi-. Rev. Waller said this..is .his)}ami to New Orleans, and — bas} first visit to Key West since be- fore the hurricane of 1935., Dur- ing his visit he preached the dedi- of which are lumber consignments. ees shipments of freight, some} The other is the Brazos, bound eatory sermon for Stone Church) from Galveston to Charleston and | county grower. The unique orange, pick- ed by Mott Williams, grand- son of the founder of the city | Williston, B.D, 9060 inchen[oe Sas eee OS olen eawees) while pressure is moderately high | ™¢t before the movement one brother, Pletcher Brady. over most of the Atlantic States, | Comes 0 strong that nothing can | stop it.” Sunday school. iNew York. Circuit Court Judge Arthur Gomez Will Return Tonight of Cir- of Judge Arthur Gomez, cuit court, Eleventh District Florida, who has been presiding} !* is understood that there are} for several weeks at sessions in Miami, is expected to return this evening and remain over the SPECIAL hee diag, accompanied by Mrs Gomez. | 8 Dumber of cases to be decided jin the Miami courts, and the {judge may find it necessary jleave again Monday morning. AT FORT TAYLOR | | aatembers of the Key West Hos-| only the outline of the main | | Pitality Band provided an after-! portion of the state but ac- !noon of delightful musical en-} tually iuctades the string of | sertaimment yesterday when @ se-} :j.nds that terminate oi May }lected program of numbers Was) Wess and « deep indenture played at the C. C. C. encamp-| in the exact locaton of Tam- ment at Fort Taylor reservation. | pa Bay gives the amazin Besides the young men mem- natural » ie an added pa bers of the camp there was a the aticity. | large number of Thanksgiving Lecal seers claim it pro [ Day visitors who were provided) send, the greatest seacon in | Florida’s history. j | with chairs by the courteous mem-! V 444442 ey | ibers of the camp, and spent a {musically pleasant afternoon. EDUCED PRICES ON CABINET TYPE HEATERS AT SOUTH FLORIDA CONTRACTING AND ENGINEERING Hatteras, N. C., 30.22 inches. Light to moderate rains have} Mr. Kmudsen pointed out that occurred during the last 24 hours) when business is taxed to a point from the Ohio Valley southward| where there is no profit in busi- over the East Gulf and South At-' ness, private industry will be de- lantic States, and there has been/| stroyed; that nothing will be left sight rain or snow in North Da-/ to tex. kota and Minnesota. ag country from the Mississippi Val-} ley eastward, and are now gen-| MEDPORD, Ore-—Mrs. F. M. erally above normal east of the | Beeknell of this city was arrested Rocky Mountains, except in the/and sentenced to thirty days for West Gulf States. jdriving without « license, which G.S KENNEDY, (she could not obtain because she A during ‘the following items: ‘Three Building Permits Are COMPANY. LIMITED STOCK. CALL 598