The Key West Citizen Newspaper, October 25, 1938, Page 1

Associated Press Day Wire Service For 58 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West VOLUME LIX. No. 253. Ch Visitors Names Continue: _In Realty Sales Recently ecee | Holy Land Policy Maker Coconut Grove, J. R. Ba-|°*°*°e°** com Of Miami Among). Purchasers ' ! Miss Alice N. Foster Of'° i | Among the realty sales record-| ed during the last two weeks in; the records of the County Court-/| house are several purchases by out of towners. | Miss Alice N. Foster of Coco-! : nut Grove purchased 8.33 acres! on Key Largo from James H.; Knowles et al.. Other recordings | ‘ine ‘with this deal was) sto M. Earl conut Grove. M. Charles L. Ken- 1s | ‘sold, to J. 07 ‘Acres on ransferred to J. G. Edley of Miami 80 acres of Key Largo property. William S. Whitted sold to Vir- gil G. Duncan a lot on Stock Is-' land. 4 la BRITISH POLICY in the Holy Land—stene of fresh outbreaks between Jews and Arabs—is administered by the Palestine high commissioner, Sir Harold MacMichael (above), who has returned to Palestine after personal re- pori to his government. In a master’s deed Ben G. Ken-| dall purchased extensive acreage | in the Pinecrest section of the mainland county property. In another master’s deed D. A. McDougal purchased 320 acres near the Pinecrest section. Herbert Weech transferred to ‘WPA OFFICIAL COMING HERE Harlan Weech the 62x58 property | on/ Olivia street near Grinnell. | Se SRNR Roda M. MeNitt transferred to| SUPERVISOR OF WOMEN’S Helen Gourley McNit of Miami a! lot in the mainland section. | PROJECTS DUE TO AR- Hilary L. Albury transferred to Jose Bouza the 100x26 lot on iota ch! Goh Packer near Catherine street. | Katie E. Lloyd transferred to Harry C. Lloyd the 46x92 prop-! Mrs, Ruth B. Owens, southeast- F KEY WEST, FLORIDA, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 25, 1938 | | { SHOWS: GIVEN: BY: | GREATLY ENJOYED DIRECTOR OF ORGANIZATION | HIGH IN PRAISE OF RECEP- TION GIVEN; HOPE TO RE- TURN HERE Presenting of “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs” and “Goldy Lock and the Three Bears” by the Marionette Unit of the Fed- eral Theatre in Key West on Thursday and Friday of last week | was acclaimed as a great suc- | | cess. Attendance at the four shows at.the Harris Scnool, High School and Convent were very -appre- ; Ciative and the applause. was | freely given. Patronage at,, the shows was 1,346 paid admissions, and 350 under-privileged children, who witnessed the performances. Educational value of these pre- | sentations to the children cannot | be over-estimated, and the en- tertainment was most wholesome. Molka Reich, director of the | Marionette Unit, was high in her | | praise of the reception given and | | expressed herself as looking for-| j ward to returning for more en- | 8agements later in the season. } | At that time! her winter program! {of shows will be ready for per- formance and she hoped to give | Key West the opportunity of see- jing these performances. | Recreation Department of the | WPA is pleased with the results, | |as this department assisted in the | | performances and arranged for | |the shows as part of the recrea- ‘tion program in Key West. Other ‘entertainments for the coming | winter season are being given as- | | erty on Royal street near Cath-| ern Florida Supervisor of Wom-/|<istance by the department, as erine. |an’s Work and Professional Proj-| well as arranging programs of its ! ects, is,expected to arrive in-Key ;}ownwfor children and-adults. | West some time this afternoon on | KEY WEST PARK | one of her regular business visits. | | OPENS J A N 1 | Extending supervision over! Washington—If the textile in-| je j jabout 12 projects of the Works gustry declines to cut costs to the | |Progress Administration, Mrs.' pone on products made for sale | | Owens has a scheduled, confer-| at bargain prices to low-income NEW ATTRACTIONS AT pines bana we supervisors, which will/ families, officials of the Depart- | : | be held at 9 o'clock tomorrow! ment of Agriculture declare it DEPARTMENT SPON: | morning. : .. , |might be necessary for the Gov- SORED PARK | Following this conference it is; ernment to lease closed plants, or | expected that the visitor will con- | build its own plants to provide an | |fer with Area Supervisor B. Curry | outlet for the vast stores of sur- Moreno and other officials of the | plus cotton and other farm prod- administration of Key West. ucts, ewe, ikea, eR { - U.S. MAY RUN PLANTS | * E. H. Philbert, manager of Key West Park, which will be spon- sored by the Paid and Volunteer Firemen of the Key West Fire eke ent during the winter season will begin January 1. e A picnic grove setting will fea- HEMINGWAY’S | “SPANISH WAR PLAY, tire this year’s Park with bench- | and tables supplied. Ten rid- devices will be seen at the With most of the rides new! Key West. There will be 12 shows with a different attraction ‘every week. Cent aire the hte (By Ansel sceereareit Ya License secured from the revebls*that tiie’ Park® for six ‘tiientlis. ‘> tk Key West ana Key Westers .. enough to ¢all’this city his home, ; city. has added four thew short stories Will operate ‘and thé play wiitten in Spain, “The Fifth Column”, while under fire in a Madrid, to his other short stories and the whole has come out under the title, “The Fifth Column and the First Forty- Nine Stories”. For the benefit of Key West —— ‘readers most of whom have seen MATTERS OF IMPORT- 2uthor Hemingway “around jtown” frequently, the following ANCE TO BE TAKEN review of his new book, written UP AT SESSION in The Associated Press Feature | Service is reproduced: By JOHN SELBY That most bright and shining of the Kansas City Star’s alumni, Ernest Hemingway, has taken raga . time from his martial activities borg SB peeeehcet will: be. pte in Spain to write a play called “The Fifth Column”. His output sae gel il pi Pi ont has slowed down a little of late, = on sans to be con. 224 apparently the play Was not sidered and it is for that reason setae a ages i , that a full attendance. of the 5° all his short 'steriés "have Samah te aabininnted been assembled, {Gut new" Gnes ons uier seicctivs bay e been added thereto;'ahtl the and inspection of buildings and puphened pear saee Ape mt ne other matters relative thereto, it segs : ee rae . E 0. roportionately: “The Fift! as vin are to be discussed at the Column and the First Forty-nine mame Stories”. eee About the stories little need be said, for those wha like Heming- HARRIS SCHOOL P. T. A. way know all about them in ad- HALLOWE'EN FESTIVAL ¥axce n advantage to have + Af 4 o'Clock | them all under the same roof, as it were, and the new ones are HARRIS SCHOOL GROUNDS fairly typical of their creaior, Music By Hospitality Band == and that's about that. ,PARADE PRIZES The play is a different story. In <ma, 86 1S! pice it is about Loyal: Friday night at the Chamber of Commerce, the Zoning Board of the city will hold a regular meet- ing at 8 o'clock and it is expected BUILD RIGHT NOW! PLAN NOW FOR BUILDING AND REMODELING BEFORE WINTER SEASON. SEE US ABOUT MATERIALS. SOUTH FLORIDA PHONE 598 Critic Says Play War Propaganda; Written In Spain Ernest Hemingway, who likes! is FOUR NEW SHORT STORIES OUT Trumbo Tsidnd' ned? the’ Moad Peet ecececcccocceccoesccosoeceseceseceooeleS . inted Presn) tivities in Spain, and there- ighly controversial. Hem-j ingway’s sympathies are so gen+ erally known, and his prejudices as well, that they too may - be skipped. The question is whether or not the play is a good play. It probably is, although it may not be as effective on the stage as in print. Its grave defect is that it is po- litical, and is not removed even a little from reality. Therefore those who read it will at once identify themselves with the side they admire, and Mr. Heming- way's effort will be distorted at the outset. He is too discerning a writer not to know this, so the inference must be that “The Fifth Column” is intended as propa- ganda, and the verdict must be that it is as effective as propa- ganda plays @yér’are. | Briefly, If egncerns, the effort “6f° She “6?” those. ‘strong young Yen’ Whom ‘authors, adore with passion ‘to catch _up with and “liquidaté™a dangerous group Of fascist Spiés., Philip js. the typ- ical Hemingway ,hero—the , bard drinking, Over-sexed, 25-minute egg who talks through the corner of his mouth when not through a torn place in his hat The women of the play, for quite a spell at least, are intro- duced so as to make some bar- bershop wisecracks possible. Then a steadier pace sets in—the play becomes a play. You may like it or you may not, but the intelligentsia which is doing tail- spins about bleeding Spain will like it. ; Photography, talking sal Huge Hague Rally Behind Old Glory sits Mayor Frank Hague whose flag-holding lent a personally patriotic note to Jersey City’s Democratic rally supporting William H. J. Ely for the U. S. senate. Secretary of War Harry Woodring spoke in Ely’s behalf, and news reports call the demonstration the largest in Mayor Hague’s home town since his huge Amer- icanization rally last May. Perky’s Attorney Agrees f To Discuss Right-Of-Way Matter With Commissioners: } | Attorney for the County Com- | missioners’ W. Curry Harris told STUDENT ART | The Citizen today that matters in ‘ ‘connection with the right-of-way WORK TODAY «- the highway from Big Pine i Key is expected to be discussed at a meeting to be held this week between W. McL! Christie, at- LETTERING, PHOTOGRAPHY, PRINTMAKING, DESIGN. WATERCOLOR, FIGURE torney for the Perky and the commissioners. DRAWING IN SHOW Corrspondence has been car- ried on for some time between Mr. Harris, Mr. Perky and his at- Entire exhibition facilities of the Art Center are devoted to a week’s display starting today of the outstanding work done by students at the Art Center dur- ing the short time since classes have been started there. Examples of work in Lettering, Printmaking, De- sign, Watercolor and Figure Drawing are shown and the work is by children and adults. The exhibition is so arranged that it gives a comprehensive idea of the program as developed up to the present time. H Total attendance at the classes so far has amounted to nearly four hundred although none of the classes have been in existence longer than six weeks. Classes at the Art Center are free with no registration fees. They are available to everyone except in cases where the pupil can afford to attend pay classes under private teachers offering similar instruction and courses. This exhibition will be on view for one week only, from 10 o’- clock in the morning until 4 in the afternoon daily and from 4 until 6 on Sunday. SPONGE SALE HELD MONDAY smallest standing regarding the Perky ; ing the meeting. This idea is strengthened, it is said, because of the fact that in ris, he writes that he will pos- sibly be accompanied by R. P. Daniel, attorney for the State Road Department, BRIDGE WORK IS INSPECTED RELATIVE TO PAINT JOB ON STRUCTURE AT BAHIA HONDA G. F. Widmyer, project en gineer for the Public Works Ad- Key West, said this morning that the final inspection of the work on the bridge Bahia would be made today All of the steel structura this span was dé consin Bridge « y Milwaukee ministration, stationed in at Honda, work the i Iron Corr but of Chicago. k on both con- months nge on of All of tracts have been practically com pleted, and the inspection today will, determine whether or not there will have to be more men assigned or whether it will be ac cepted and given the approval of the PWA. Mr. Widmyer also said that the One lot of wool with five bunches sold for $10.67 and an- ether lot of three bunches sold for $5.11. Two lots of yellow were sold, one with 17 bunches which brought $6.40 and one of four bunches brought 76 cents. ‘The four offerings were sold for $21.94. Construction Co. contracts would | be made at an early date. final inspection of the Thomas F.} Kenney and the Clarke Brothers | Key West Citizen THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN THE U.S. A. SWAMPEDIWITH |SECRETARY SINGLETON IS | KEPT QUITE BUSY AN- SWERING LETTERS EACH DAY “Opening the morning mail that comes for the Chamber of ture, a source of grief and a re- newal of courage” said Secretary Singleton, when called on by The | Citizen this morning. | “It,may be as many as, 50 |items”, he continued. : will be brickbats, a few, bouquets, |many, with the bulk of the ,cor+ jrespondence divided betweefi .feelers.from possible investors, |and requests for rooms at mod- ‘erate prices. Of course these call for individual answers, and is |quite a job in any man’s coun- | try. | “But always opening the mail lis an adventure in friendliness. First comes a letter-from a na- | tionally known publisher who jwants photographs illustrating | the sponge industry for publica- jtion in a text book. The Cuban Chamber of Commerce wants il- lustrated booklets and the Ham- |burg-American Line wants a |dczen good photographs to use in jan illustrated folder. “The Seaboard Air Line wants a list of hotels, rates and other information. Fort Lauderdale |green with envy as they send us !a splendidly complete list of the accommodations awaiting the ; visitor to that well managed city. The Overseas Road and |Toll Bridge Commission wants several thousand pieces of litera-, ture to meet the demands of peo- |ple headed for Key West, Sen- | ators Andrews and Pepper write t \to us concerning the Merchant | Marine Training School and as- suring us of their interest in the, | Proposed pipe line for fresh water. “And just to fill in time sev- ‘eral correspondents to whom we| wrote months ago, drop into the; \office with their families and for) a good long chat about how much | they like Key West, and what! the chamber ought to do aaa their | |getting people to paint interests | houses and streets repaired. And | in to their. demands, |at long intervals, a Key Wester | | takes time out to advise us to) | keep on working. “‘Comes the night’ as they say! torney, and the advices relative! in the movies and we go home! air liner crashed today killed 18 to the arrival of Mr. Christie is| leaving a nest egg of work with| Persons. taken to mean that some under-| which to start the next day. The against a hillside. | big compensation for the work holdings will be arrived at dur-| done is the number of genial and; \friendly letters which come in every, day from Floridians who jextend’ their congratulations and Mr. Christie’s letter to Mr. Har-| good will to the city that brings’ \an inereasing number of visitors | down:the highways along which Florida offers its hospitality to \ all the world.” IFT 722 LL Le. PHOTO PUBLICITY FOR FISH CATCHES Robert Smirnoff. connected with the Key West Junior Chamber of Commerce and the Key West Camera Club, reports that he may be able to secure publicity for the outstanding Key West fish catches in northern news- papers. Mr. Smirnoff, who will be here this entire winter, asks those who have made clear photographs of recent catches of big fish at this time or later in the winter season and wish to send out publicity for Key West may send him the photographs and he will endeavor to have them pub- lished in northern news- papers. Coming from Washington. D. C. Smirnoff has had con- siderable experience submit- ting photographs to news- papers in that city send covering stories from the camera angie. Photographs may be mail- ed or sent to The Key West Citizen in care of Mr. Smir- noft. '/_ IDOL LLs: Commerce, is always an adven-} “There|.Kai Shek fled to a, position west Chamber of Commerce turns us| Key West, Florida, has the most equable climate in the country; with an average range of only 14° Fahrenheit PRICE FIVE CENTS ceyvWest School Lunch ‘PProject Fully Authorized Florida Administrator Al- so, Authorizes Operation Of Many Other State Projects eeccce | NEWS FLASHES (By Associated Press) | C@eSccocereasoooaosaseeee MIAMI.—Marine forecast along the Keys and to the Bahama is- lands and Cuba are for moderate northerly winds today. (Ry Associated Press) JACKSONVILLE, Oct. 25-— Florida Administrator Robert J. | HANKOW.—As the great cap- ‘ital city of Hankow in China fell |today the invading Japanese sent |up in flames the principal ware- | Dill today authorized operation |houses, key factories and supply 14 coun: | depots which were furnishing the |! 18 WPA projects in Chinese with sustenance and war |ties, which will involve expendi ial. Chi 1 Chiang } material. Chinese genera Chiang | of $459,273, and p< of Hankow nearer Ryssia and an- yment for 1,070..certified se nounced that he would continue | 7A, ce fighting on a new battlefield. | curity. wage,eatners. The Japanese said that they | would fight every inch of Chinese Included, ig, a; Monroe. County territory until Shek was subdued. | project at Key, West. to furnish All negotiations will rest on Shek, they say. Meanwhile it was pre- hot school lunches to undernour- isbed children, which will employ 15 workers for nine months at a dicted that peace is near at. hand for China, with Britain and Ger- cost of $10,319, with WPA alloca- tion placed at $5,600. | many leading the way. Both have suffered heavy losses of trade! since the war began. Meanwhile! with most of Hankow in flames; iChinese are rushing the barri- cades to the foreign protected zones to escape the flames. FINAL APPROVAL Although the lunch room proj- sneer: ects at the Harris and Division HENDAYE.—Britain is the! Street schools have been going ringleader of the major European!on for the past six wecks.. fimel powers favoring the granting of | approval of the pro; belligerent rights to the Spanish , been announced, anc rebels. If this is done the Rebels; ceived as to the allocation can close all Spanish ports and | funds from the state office. with the Loyalists’ weak navy can} This project forthe lunch room |hold off most of the supplies. The |#t each of these schools was ap- ‘policy is partly necessary along | proved early in September by the with recognization of Ethiopia, in| President, final approval had to the new Anglo-Italo treaty which | be given by Robert J. Dill, state administrator of the WPA in Se on sre ee approrst Jacksonville, and the announce- ment of the sdministgator was il yest aa Ee z |e made unti ss LONDON.—Japan has filed a| ‘The project is sponsored ‘lo- ‘ formal apology for the bombing i Fe j cally and the labor is supplied by of the British destroyer Sand-)the WPA in addition to that of piper yesterday and promises a/ the Parent-Teachers Associations. complete investigation. There is also a local sponsorship ee | which last school year amounted PRAHA.—One Czech policeman | to $2,010.42. This includes con: was killed, five others wounded! tributions of money, food antl and one carried off when Hun-/| other needs, made by patrons o! garian Army officers, dressed in| the schools. civilian clothes, came across the}. An idea of the extent of the border in a terrorist raid, say | work which is accomplished by Czech’ authorities. | Meanwhile|the lunch rooms may be _ hac the Hungarians have given the|from the following data: From Czechs until November 1 to give | October '26, 1937, to) May 9/1036. which is for| Harris school prepared 16,459 cession of some territory and/lunches. For the same period plebiscites in others. | there was prepared by the Divi- sion Street school, 14,690 lunches, ‘a total of 31,149 for the twe schools. From May 10 to June 9, 1938, there was served by. the Harris ; school, 2,085 lunches, and for a NEW YORK.—Stocks were ir-|like period there were served by regular today with openings about the Division Street, school, 2,401 the same as closing yesterday, | !unches or. total. of 4,886. or MELBOURNE—An Australian The plane smashed NEWS NOTES. TAKES CHANCE, LOSES Long Beach, Calif—When a would-be patron offered her $1 for all the breakfast he could eat, Mabel Kollery, cafe operator, decided to take a chance. It will be the last time, because the man ate a dozen doughnuts, two bowls of beef stew, se steaks and eight cups of cc By that time, the police called. SAN FRANCISCO.—“Ham and Eggs Every Thursday” is an issue ‘which is being shunned by Sheri- dan Downey and Olson, sena- torial and gubernatorial candi- dates, respectively, against Gov. Frank Merriam and Bancroft. However, thousands have given their pennies and quarters to swell campaign funds to a quarter million dollars. Under the plan the state should give 30 $1 war- {rants to those unemployed over 50. A 1 to 2 cent redemption tax jevery year would redeem the war- rants. Meanwhile the liberal- {conservative gubernatorial fight between Olson and Merriam con- tinues with labor union head Lewis behind Olson and Green | behind Merriam. ARREST PICTURE TAKERS Cristobal, C. Z.—Four Germans found taking pictures of Point, where 16-inch coas' fense guns are mounted arrested, and their camera film confiscated. CONFISCATE OLD IRON Berlin—acting on instructions of Field Marshall Hermann G ing, Storm Troopers are collect ing old sewing machines, engine parts, iron pipes, and every sort of old irc Hable, even re moving iron railings from garden The iron will be to munitions and other factorie | WASHINGTON.—Elmer F. An drews, wage-hour administrator believes that thousands of em- | ployes thrown out of work by business concerns under the new law demands will be returned to work in other. plants when those organizations shut-down. Mean while, President Roosevelt is cheered by the prosperity out- look. The Department of Com- merce reported that America ex ported 246 millions of dollars of |products and imported but 168 millions of dollars. This means inereased revenues for the gov- ernment QUININE EXPERIMENT Rio De Janeiro, Brazil thousand young quinine pl presented to the Brazilian ernment by the _—_— Agriculture of the . ROME—“Raise more children! will be used as a basis of experi and glorify the race” and “drink | mentation. They will be planted more wine and stimulate - throughout Brazil in order to culture” are familiar admonitions find out where they flourish i= Italy. ; best. One WINE AND CHILDREN