The Key West Citizen Newspaper, October 28, 1938, Page 1

Associated Press Day Wire Service For 58 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West VOLUME LIX. No. 256. Che Hey West Citizen THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN THE U.S. A. Aviation Officials Confer Regarding Municipal . Airport Cole, Perkins, Haight In-| terview Franklin Albert; | Albury In Miami; Were, Here. Before | | Arriving this morning via plane! were R. T. Perkins and J. Cole. | who are with the Florida Division | of Aviation, and C. M. Haight, | CAA Regional airport engineer. | establishment of a municipal air- port for Key West. Mayor Willard M. Albury, who hag been in correspondence with the aviation officials, is in Miami attending a Florida Keys Aque- duct Commission meeting, but! Franklin E. Albert, head of the | W-P.A. Social Welfare Board in| SPIO aS, SHERIFF'S FORCES HAS GIRL’S BIKE The sheriff's forces are in possession of a nice, new girl’s blue bicycle—and it has no owner as far as they know! The bike was noticed last night in Skippen’s Lanewhich is on Fleming street between Margaret and William by Deputies Bernard Waite and Ray Elwood. This morning a resident phoned that the bike still resting up against the fence. Waite and. day. The probabilityy,that 2) bike has been lost as hayey! many others in the city re~+-: céntly seems to be the gen- eral opinion regarding it— that is that some young fel- low had borrowed it for a “joy ride” and then left it the city, is in conference with the group. | far away that he might not be caught with it in his pos- session. 1 ‘ZONING BOARD MEETS TONIGHT BUILDING PERMITS TO BE ONE OF MAIN TOPICS TO BE DISCUSSED | ing Board has been called for this. | of the Chamber of Commerce, and | ing session will be held, i | Meeting of the Key West Zon- | KEY WEST, FLORIDA, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 28, 1938 | ePCOROSCLeaeveDrsceceese Qwescvccewcccseccsecsoos| ° ce BeSeomeesaeeeooes , | | | 1] 1] i} | K | | evening at 8 o’clock in the rooms | it is anticipated that an interest- | (By Associated Press) Seeccccscorccacecccncces FOREIGN BERLIN.—An entire Polish- | | Jewish colony in a German city has been prepared for exportation , to Poland. There will be between | 400 and 600 affected, among them |men, women, and children. The |deportation came following a | Polish immigration dispute when |Poland made it clear it would ‘cancel citizenship of German |Poles if they did not return to} have their passports examined. | Ceecccceccccceze Key West, Florida, has:the most equable climate in the country; with an average range of only 14° Fahrenheit PRICE FIVE CENTS Group Leaves For Miami To Confer With Senator Pepper Gn Water Project Probability That Senator | Andrews May Also Be In Attendance At Confer- A ‘RED’ CHAMP | | Jack Long, secretary of the! board, said this morning that! there are a number of matters to be considered and one of the most ' important is the matter of per-| d.injconformity with the (Of the) structure to be built, id the most successful method of procedure would be to have the building inspector presented with the pians or the structure and it could be determined what the cost of the structure would | be. | If this method of fixing the cost | ; | Germany, realizing that this | would leave many undesirables in their country, retaliated with} | the exportation action. | JecROME—Italy celebrates }J6thy anniversary of the F hmarch on Rome on »Cz |vakia, now a Germancsats |rather mournfully celebrates;, | 20th year of independence; i'M | ing and dancing and paradin | the order of the celebration. | | | HONG KONG.—Chinese Gen- eralissimo Chiang Kai Shek in a | statement today said that the war | would go on and that he was un- ‘impressed with Japanese vic- tories. He predicts a decisive ‘battle in the near future along | the railroad lines north of Han- ence Members of the City Council. the Aqueduct Commission and jthe Overseas Road and Toll | Bridge District are today meet- nig with Senator Claude Pepper jat the McAllister Hotel in Miami | | | | | | i | | to discuss matters pretaining to | the proposed pipe line from the | mainland to Key West. There is |also a probability that Senator C. |. Andrews will attend the con- | ference. Perkins and Cole were in the | city some few months ago re- garding the project and were | then escorted around the possible | sites by Mayor Albury and Al-| bert. One of the most logical sites | is that adjacent to the Key West | Golf Course where a land and sea municipal airport could be op- erated. The officials on their last } visit were also shown blueprints | of the area and plans concerning | the airport were discussed with them edd ded of a building permit was follow- | ; : “ {ed returns would be sufficient to | : 4 i 'kow. If Shek loses that id jenable the zoning board to em-| In four hours flat this solid concrete bomb-proof his army will be rediiged coat jploy a man to handle this end of shelter was buit at Washington, D. C., with military | ting supplies by the difficult way the business and pay him a suit-| authorities holding a stop-watch on the procedure. The/of Russia and Burma. Japan able salary. | demonstration was to show that bomb-proof fortresses|™@¥Y soon close its “pretended” had but borrowed it for a | could be built over night. Inventor Karl Billner explains °P®R-20or Policy with the trade f Et . | that a vacuum concrete process draws water from the con- rea arene Se oyp armen ee a it. crete, permitting extra fast hardening. | Meanwhile some young A GAME BIRD ~~ rene lady has a nice new bike | prove iti hers. wee cna cc VE Hunting Good In Last Four Days In a wave of bike stealing recently the sheriff's forces report that only about five have been reported to the of- fice and that most of those who had lost their bikes found that some youngster Leaving Key West at an early ‘hour this morning were Mayor | Willard M. Albury, Chief Engi- jneer B. M. Duncan of the Toll | Bridge Commission, Earl Adams jand Wm. T. Doughtry, president and member of City Council, re spectively, and members of the Aqueduct Commission, Wm. H. NEW ENGLAND states get the glory for this Rhode Is- land Red named “Hen of the Year” ata N. Y. contest. Owned by J. J. Warren (above) of North Brook- field, Mass., she qualified by pie aa ponecsiggannl er | Monsalvatge, council member, contest. | For some time Mayor Albury fand others have been in com * ageug)TUNication with . the. senatora, CHICAGO—Horton Smith, vet-|#"4 late yesterday afternoon a 2 *,:_| telegram was received adviging | eran professional golfer, says his that Senator Pepper would be at {motto in medal play is “safety/the McAllister Hotel in Miami, | first.” I don’t try to offset a mis-|and had fixed the hour for the jeign spy attempt had been made /|t@ke by going recklessly for the | @ppointment cre gantgreeee = lto discover where the new At-|green with a club that isn’t| While the members of the visit |lantic seaboard naval and_ air | suited. jing ee A ote —_ ee yen ; base would be situated in an Ex- as to the posses corsonens <2 This disgraceful thing happened | | h ny ee |conference, it was - conjectured . SHOWN INTERESTING Beeps etree ar atseah ey | that as the water situation in Key SPECIMENS arn aad | West had been thoroughly set MARSEILLES. — Fifteen per- sons died in a department store fire in this French city. SAFETY FIRST | specific enough in the demand. KEY WEST HAS BEEN ~———— More Publicity For Key cROURS TAKEN West By Railway Co. ‘:c\ze-as% 10 AQUARIUM ja flamingo is never anything but | | breaking the law. {BIOLOGICAL CLASSES ARE) NATIONAL . | WASHINGTON. President Down; 87 Take Out Li-! Roosevelt is surprised that a for- Shooting of doves and other birds classed as game is within the law, when done in season, and ; [Cold Weather Brings Many. censes; 12 Gauge Shot- Chamber ab buiehnes In RETURNS WITH guns Used INFIELDS OUTS BROOKLYN—Frankie Strafaci, | about two weeks ago when sev- eral men in a car drove up to Receipt Of Letter Re-| questing Information| About Island City ae t “Here are two letters that I think can be passed on to the; citizens of Key West. generally’ WORKING. UNIT TENDER IVY CAME IN THIS) MORNING FROM TRIP TO LIGHTHOUSE Lighthouse Tender Ivy, which |left port early yesterday morn- Harry Beaver’s home on Stock Island, and released from their car a wounded flamingo and | drove off. Mr. Beaver took care of the |bird, fed it daily until it was }able to secure its own food, and |now it is in perfect condition to |do its own hunting for food, and on the island finds plenty of the | kind of food it prefers. | However, the flamingo is one said Secretary Singleton of the ing for Rebecca Shoals Light- of the birds which must be pro- Chamber of Commerce this morn- | house, returned at 8 o’clock with | ing. adding “this organization | the .working patty, sebithy heads: tected, and it is understood that fore’ being given permission to ip ne! nt of the Audu- One, would not have half the useful-| been, at work scaling and paint- bon Soeehy: ust be gained. This, | ness that it has were-it not for! the unfailing cooperation of The! m ai) en re “0 its bi Beaver will do, and as the — | shape after theis Job, avhieh isened¢e suppose that the wish will be “One of these days we hope/of the most tedious to which they granted. to avail ourselves of the job of-|are assigned and came on shore; A number of the same kind of fice in getting out a monthly! from the tender happy to be back. bird have been seen in the vi- bulletin to our members. In the! meantime our Board of Directors fully ite the hospitality of The Citizen and the help it has given, and is still giving us, in aiding us in our work.” Referring to the correspond- ence, Mr. Singleton handed a letter from the passenger agent of a great railway, which is in; line with a good many others received. “Of course he is going to get the story about the fish and the hotels” said the secre- tary. This letter is signed A. Rice King, Florida Passenger Agent of the Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis Railway, and is as fol- lows: “I am tremendously sur- prised to learn that the hotels and business intersts of Key West are not prepared as yet to exploit the advantageous position of that city, from a _ recreation viewpoint, following the comple- tion of the Overseas Highway. With proper advertising Ke West would be assured of a phenomenal tourist business. We appreciate the booklets and will use them to the best advantage. We have an opportunity to se- cure some excellent publicity for your city in some of the news- papers in Chicago. I will appre- ciate it if you will furnish us with a feature story, by early mail, not too long, on the subject |accommodations with all In the group were Willard A. | Albury, who was in charge of the working party; Edward Woodson, G. Cormack, Mervin D. Albury, Roy Roberts, Allan Robinson, Wil- liam Albert Roberts and George J. del Pino. of fishing in the waters adjacent to Key West. Please include in the story information as to hotel neces- sary information, the names of guides and rates charged for their service and for their boats.” The other letter is from Sen- ator C. O. Andrews, and is inter- esting as showing the interest being taken in Key West and its problems by Florida’ s represen- tatives in Washington. This letter is addressed to “Dear Mr. Singleton: Your letter of September 29 was received during my absence, and has been called to my attention by my per- sonal secretary Mrs. Merkle. “In addition to what Mrs. Merkle said in her letter to you of October 6, I want to express my very deep appreciation of the very kind manner in which your letter was written. I have always felt that the Board of Directors appreciated what I have done in behaif of Key West. You might say to them that I shall not finish so long as I am able to be ,of service in any way.” _cinity of Stock Island, Mr. Beav- er counting four of the breed in one group, at the time the wounded bird was left at his home. MANY AUTO TAGS | NOW BEING SOLD | OVER FIVE HUNDRED HAVE BEEN PURCHASED SINCE i GOING ON SALE | City Tax Assessor-Collector } Sam B. Pinder stated today that’ the sales of city automobile tags} are showing a gradual increase and that today marked the sale of No. 501. Each of these are charged at $2.50, hence the sale since the tags were announced as being ready for distribution, amounts | to $1,252.50. | The records in Mr. Pinder's of- fice also show sales of occupa- ‘tional licenses to the number of 301. Just what the total of re-/ turns from occupational licenses! amounts to has not been an-/ nounced, but Mr. Pinder esti-| — between $15,000 and ot 1000. | Biological classes at the Key West High School were given a treat this morning when they were taken to the Tropical Aqua- rium and shown the many queer and interesting specimens on dis- | play. The members of the classes first saw the fish through the heavy glass front of the tanks, and then! were taken upstairs to the plat- forms, which are laid over the tanks and were afforded an op- ! will never be able to fly with;portunity of seeing the, inhabit-| roken pinion, it is reasonable | ants of the tanks more Clearly. Class Number i was ‘the first to pay a visit, which lasted about 45 minutes, from 9:15 to 10 o'clock, and the visit of Class Number 2 lasted from 10:30 o’clock until 11:15. Professor Dumont Huddleston was in charge of the classes, and said to The Citizen that the fish which interested him most were the. porcupines. UNUSUAL SALESMAN SHREVEPORT, La.—A bunch of city firemen whooped up ticket sales for their annual ball {by running a ladder from a fire engine up the front of the bank building. A fire laddie tapped on office windows peddling tickets. PRODUCTIVE SOW RANVE . Neb.—Bill Bedke of this city raised a ton of pork from a single litter of pigs with- in less than six months. He bought a sow last spring. Then came the ten babies that now weigh several hundred pounds DANCE AND FLOOR SHOW Tomerrow Night. 10 Till ? RAUL’S CLUB Jehn Pritchard's Orchestra NO COVER CHARGE j hunting was poor, | pany owning the land and }limero, the Acevedo | Presentation of Eighty seven perscns have se-} cured county dove licenses for the season which! closes November 15 and good hunting is reported within the last four days with the recent norther bringing down the fleet birds. ' Up until the present norther the shooters report, and the amount of doves may drop off again if the weather abates up north but whenever a cold spell comes down the doves start migrating southward. Principal hunting spots in the county are the Trumbo Island property which is private prop- erty with ‘privileges granted by attorney T.-B. Price for the com- the scrubby grass especially on an abandoned airport around Mara- thon, hunters say. The doves, which are brown-colored with black dots on the wings and a black and white throat whirr from the short grass and head straight away at good speed. This is the sport hunter’s delight. Using a 12 gauge shotgun (some of them use 20 gauge) he tries his ability. Doves perch atop poles and trees also and some hunters shoot them there but it is not thought sporting. Flocks will average around 15 or 20 with large flocks around 50 and 75. Among the hunters who are found every season taking out licenses are such enthusiasts as J. B. Symmonette, Arthur Sa- family, the Carbonell family, Dr. Delio Cobo, ; Judge W. V. Albury,' Judge “Ar- thur Gomez, Walter C. Maloney, Charles Thompson, W. W. De-" meritt, Joe Sawyer, B. M. Dun- can, Jesus Carmona, E. R. Lowe, Ross C. Sawyer, Jr, and Joe Russell FAITHFUL TO SWEEPER JANESVILLE, Wis.—The city fathers have honored “Brownie,” little brown dog which for years has followed the city street sweeper. The city manager, Henry Traxler, made formal a medal, gold plated and engraved as Al Schwenker drove the sweeper up to the city pumping station. j a DETROIT.—Auto and highs, with 70,000 recorded, 9,000 more than the 61,000 reported last | week. The October total was 230,- 000, highest of 1938. A new Chry- sler plant and other expansion | features in a six million dollar} program is announced today. MORGANSTOWN. — Investiga- tion of the deaths of three min-/| ers when 25 tons of rock brake} loose and fell on a__ train, was). started today in this town. Philadelphia jd ting vag THINGS IF -IT..COULD GET SPONSOR»: truck | the Brooklyn youngster who won| hunting Production this week reached new| the Pinehurst North and South. Open, says he’s putting and hit- ting his irons better than ever. But his drives, they have him wailing. “I can’t hit anything but hot grounders to short stop.” forth in communications to the senators and other government officials, the conference may bring the matter to the point where weight will be lent to the proj ect and the proposed loan re quested of the PWA may be se cured. TELEVISION WOULD REVOLUTIONIZE An Help'In Political Talks NEW YORK.—Stocks fell iff) => today. 4 eens sek CHICAGO.—A mother lies dy-/ ing of cancer today in a hospital here with a dying wish that her son, Henry L. Walters, who is: Prospecting around Kerryville, Alaska, reach her bedside before she succumbs. A maze cf ama- teur radio operators are trying to reach Walters. FLORIDA MIAMI.—Claude Pepper and Wilcox are both agreed that the nation needs a stronger national defense. TITUSVILLE. — The Central Florida Citrus growers are at- tempting to stop state seizure of their crops which have treated with arsenic. COMING TO CITY Joe Plummer, who is associated with the Ahearn Funeral Home in Miami, writes his father, Lionel Plummer at the Light- house Department, that he ex- pects to be in Key West tomor- row morning for a brief business Monday. October 31. 10 till ? CUBAN CLUB Pritchard's Orchestra 3 Prizes Adm. 75c Ladies Free been Soeserecseceorosesoros (Ry NEW YORK, Octg 28.—Tel vision, to reverse ny Bri old song, hasn’t much past—but oh, what a future! For a preview of that future I've been talking with the tele- vision researchers of the National Broadcasting Co.—men to whom talking pictures in the air are no Jonger a miracle—men who are working daily with television in all its phases. From experience worked-out fF they paint a exciting a picture as one would expect from novelists like H. G Wells or Edgar Rice Burroughs. Perhaps, come of them hint, tele vision will bring the one great forward by which historian ent times. W. Farrier, NBC and carefully ll measure p' Tune in on C cultural pro wood ever ha je. Among our numerou prospects are pro grams showing the motions of heavenly bodies, experiments in science, lessons in agriculture and safety, methods of safeguard ing pul health, pictures of mi croseopic life, candid televisior slow motion television and trave logs Programs soon to be tried in- clude a three-act play, opera, mu- sical comedy and piano and tan- go dance lessons. Even Dwarfs Hollywood However, Farrier and other of- id Will Increase Talent Use television will be glorified movie on the air. “Even if we could use films, which we can’t”, says Thomas H. Hutchinson, NBS television pro- duction chief, “television would absorb Hollywood's entire nual production in a few weeks Therefore we must h a gige tic reservoir of tal music ary material” nd it is on this point re ervoir of talent” that NBC Presi dent Lenox R. Lohr sounds his most optimistic note A matter affecting the public welfare is the effect television will have on the general employ ment situation. People common dread the implications of start w inventions, but in this they may rejoice, for on will afford more em nt than either the radio or ¥ It will doubtless be the world’s leading reservoir talent”. t is Lohr who point that many think television triking effect may be in the po litieal field. n you see and hear simul ", he explains, a good basis for appraising n's intelligence, ability and Many pe antici television will promote ¢ cause of democracy by ciari fying issues in political struge! and by making each voter fa miliar with the faces and person- \alities of candidates”. an and out most BUILD RIGHT NOW! PLAN NOW FOR BUILDING AND REMODELING BEFORE WINTER SEASON. SEE US ABOUT MATERIALS. SOUTH FLORIDA PHONE 594