The Key West Citizen Newspaper, November 1, 1938, Page 1

Associated Press Day Wire Service For 58 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West VOLUME LIX. No. 259. First Of Coast Guard Ships To Come Here Arrived Today Che Key West Citizen THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN THE U.S. A. Four Others Coming bh" SPILSIDSODL, ‘LESS RAIN THIS YEAR THAN EVER, RECORDS REVEAL Records of the United States Weather Bureau, which was established in Key West in 1871,.show no year since that date which has been as free from rainfall as the year 1938, up to date. G. S. Kennedy, meteorolog- ist at the weather bureau, said today that other years have approached this. In 1893 pre- cipitation for the first 10 months totalled 20.24 inches. In 1896 the rainfall was 20.04 inches. But 1y com- pleted the first 10 months this year and the precipita- tion totalled only 19.19, Normal rainfall for the pe- tiod should: be 34.25 inches, hence the departure from nor- mal for the period is 15.06 inches, a most unheard of condition, said Mr. Kennedy. For Annual Competition Due To Arrive Here To-| morrow Coast Guard Cutter “Dix”, first | of five Florida East Coast cutters | which will stage an annual ae) petition in Key West Thursday. arrived today and) brthed at the Yacht Basin. Lt. F. H. Callahan at the naval station, who will be judge at the; races and competitions, told The} Citizen that the remainder of the boats would assemble tomorrow and the competition would be held Thursday. Still scheduled to arrive will be the Pandora, Colfax, Vigilant and Nemesis. The competition will be on the; following events (1) man .over| waters | board (2) fire drill (3) surf boat}! le hd hiked duh hu Above are members of the new Civil Aeronautics which were in Key West Friday in the interest of a municipal airport. Here were H. H. Perkins and E. M. ‘Haight of the Authority and D. W. Cole, assistant director of avia-| 919 tion division of State Road Department of Florida. KEY WEST, FLORIDA, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 1938 Interested In Key West Airport Authority representatives of jceipts for the past month were \COMMEMORATE PARCEL POST SILVER JUBILEE INITIATE CAMPAIGN FOR IN- CREASING USE OF SERVICE; NOVEMBER IS PARCEL POST MONTH November has been designated National Parcel Post Month to commemorate the Silver Jubilee of the establishmént of parcel post, insured and C.O.D. mails, Postmaster Sam E. Harris of the Key West Postoffice announces. Relative to the local postoffice the postmaster said that the re- slightly higher than those of the same month in 1937. In that October the receipts were $2,- 296.37, in last month the re- ceipts were $2,374.24. Postal savings showed a slight loss for the month of October compared to September. At the close of business on September 30 deposits amounted to $295,- 059, and at the close of business yesterday, deposits were $293,- Key West, Florida, has the most equable climate in the country; with an average range of on!y* {* Yahrenheit PRICE FIVE CENTS [Two Cruisers Arrive In t Port; Groups On Board Will Fish At Tortugas ‘Black Jack And Sampan Berth At Porter Dock On Arrival This Morn- ing Two cruisers arrived ai the Por } |ter Dock Company this mornnig. The “Black Jack” Beach and the “Sampan” from from Palm |Miami were the arrivals. Tho [former is under the command of 4 : Captain Rudy Steinhauser and 4 | the latter is in command of Cap- A “* L. | tain Leo Droughton. STRONGER DEFENSE pro- | Each of the vessels has a small | group on board who are enroute In gram for United States is \to enjoy the fishing in the waters None are shown in the photo. f ; ¢ Money orders issued during center above is chairman Edward J. Noble of Connecticut. by Bi ‘d M. Baruch the month of October amounted | Wed by Bernas (above), who said on his re- |near Tortugas, and also at Mar- Taces (4) abandon ship. The win- | NEWS FLASHES mer will go to New Orlenas for intersectional competition. (iy Associated Press) PHOTOGRAPHS APPRECIATED *""""seanca | PRAHA.—Czechoslovakia will lose another million people to SENT BY COMMERCE BODY | Hungary, it appears today as TO STEAMSHIP AGENT | mediaters from Italy and Ger- | many travel to this country for a IN HAVANA jconference. There is a difference |of opinion between the German |and Italian envoys. Hitler is said of Key West | to favor the Czechoslovakia stand. Hungary will get all she wants except Bataslava. Photographs | which were sent by Secretary | Singleton of the Chamber of} ~~Commeree, te Agept. Clasing in. wansxw cred” Cross and Havana, have elicited a ‘letter of ' Jewish people here are taking thanks from Walter Ward, gen- care of thousands of German Jews efal passenger agent of the Ham-|who were shipped out of the burg-American Line in Atlanta, Rhineland Saturday. Four have = Heisoe departation, Ancther gro since de} on. » In his letter Mr. Ward states! mostly women, are moving on the that “I have just been talking to | porderland. Mr. Clasing of our Havana office, who has turned over to me the nice photographs which you sent him for use in our literature, which will advertise Key West in connection with our service to Havana. “Mr. Clasing has already had) some of the cuts made from these photographs made and we would like to use the same in making up our literature for the United States. —- “With many thanks for your} CANTON.—A huge new base kind cooperation, and as soon as'for the Japanese has been con- we have finished with the pic-/ structed midway between Canton tures we will send them to you.” and Fuchow. This base will be a used in a Japanese drive to the NATIONAL AS A VAGRANT WASHINGTON. — Expenditure of $850,000,000 will be begun shortly with the Group Health Association and American Med- ical Association, rival groups, working together. The groups, j however, are not agreed on com- eas health insurance for all. HENDAYE.—The Rebels are moving steadily forward toward {the Ebro river’s south bank in a drive toward Madrid today. Two | important hills have been cap- tured. LONDON.—An English news- 'paper warned Lindy that the {country did not favor him in his latest moves. Cheszlow Mascixki was found meandering around the city last night and was accosted by Con- stable C. Floney Pellicier, who asked the regular questions rela- tive to the means of a livelihood, and found that Mascixki had nei- ther money nor a job. Having no visible means of sup- port and being in search of that LOS ANGELES.—A mild dead- locked war between the Music Guild and Yehudi Menuhin, bril- pliant prodigy, is still raging to- ;day over Menuhin’s refusal to elusive something that has/join the music union before play brought several others to Keyjwith the Los Angeles Philhar- West at this time and with no| monic orchestra. outlook for the future, Constable Pellecier decided the county jail was the best place for a tempor- HOLLYWOOD. — Sir Hubert Wilkins will be accompanied by ary refuge and the prisoner is|Mrs. Wilkins on his under-ice now occupying a cell awaiting |submarine expedition in the Arc- hearing on a charge of vagrancy.|tic ocean next Spring. Mrs. Wilk- ins, who has just arrived here ON THE AIR FOR [cure here American citizenship }oure here American citizenship OUR REXALL STORE | pares in New York very soon. Thrill to the wise-cracks fed bandits pulled an amazing rob- and the smooth jbery in holding up three masked | j Persons. The maskers were re-) music of Ben Bernie on the Rexall Ic Sale Program, Tune in Station WQAM at 6:15 o'clock j turning from a masquerade ball {this morning ' | City occupational licenses are {past due. Al! business places NOTICE STATE TRYING TO GET LARGE VOTE POLLED COMPARISON MADE OF FIG- URES IN MONROE COUNTY: By The AP Feature Service MAKING READY FOR GEN-| SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 1.— |The fight over California’s “$30- ERAL ELECTION levery-Thursday” project, most grandiose of 1938’s myriad pen- sion proposals, has turned the ... (Special to ‘The Citizen) | state topsy-turvy. politically. JACKSONVILLE, Nov. 1.—In} Sheridan Downey, early Town- 1934, the last “off year” election, |sendite and former political ally of 1G. eee (CALIFORNIA POLITICAL RACE TOPSY ses 0. P.’s In Slam-Bang Drive To Recapture Ill. Vote -TURVY AFFAIR IN PENSION GLAMOR KANKAKEE.—Three bare fac-! operating without proper licenses | Monroe county polled 595 votes. Two years ago, in a hot presi- dential campaign, this total grew to 2272, “How many will be counted on November 8?” is the question | State Democratic Campaign Man- the Vote” crusade from his head- quarters in the Roosevelt Hotel, Jacksonville. Each of the 67 counties has sent reply of enthusiastic coop- eration, not only in support of the nominees of the primary last May, but they also report a wide amendments which also will be decided on next Tuesday’s ballot. “Your vote cannot be counted if it is not cast” is a slogan being used widely in all parts of the state, and this truth is expected to stimulate many voters to spending the few moments re- ;quired to mark the very brief i ballot. | The total Florida vote in 1934 was 131,780. This grew to nearly i} twice as many two years ago when 253,638 votes were cast. Campaign Chairman Kennedy, after ‘analyzing the cordial re- sponse to his “Get Out the Vote” request in the various counties, expressed belief that next Tues- day’s total will pass 200,000, and }may even exceed the all-time to- tal of 1936. SCHOONER GOES ON CABLE WORK Cable Schooner J. W. Atkins | sailed 2 o’clock Sunday afternoon {from the slip at the P. and O ,docks, bound for Miami and from there will proceed to a | point about 10 miles from Fowey Rocks to find a leak in the Miami cable. Sailing on the Atkins were Cable Superintendent G. R Steadman, and his crew of the ship, all of whom have been in cable repair work for many years j}and are thoroughly familiar with | the work. URGED TO EXERCISE NORMAN, Okla. — University ager Jim Kennedy is asking coun- | ty Democratic organization offi-! cials and members as he nears/| the end of an intensive “Get Out! interest in the four constitutional | | Upton Sinclair of California EPIC! jfame, is the Democratic candi- |date for senator. He is opposed |by Republican Philip Bancroft, 'who has the support of such po- litical opposites as former Presi- dent Hoover and Senator Hiram | W. Johnson. The battle for the governship is between Cuthbert L. Olson, a left-wing Democratic, and Gover- nor Frank F. Merriam, who de- feated Sinclair for the office in 1934. California hasn’t had a Democratic governor in the last 40 years. Soft Pedal On Pension When Downey and Olson tri- umphed in the primaries, the former beating Roosevelt-sup- :ported Senator William G. Mc- Adoo, they were hailed as cham- pions of the rapidly-growing pen- | sion movement. Downey! has said he would vote for the “$30-a- week” plan, pending formulation of a nation-wide program to solve the entire old-age problem. | However, observers of the cur- ivent campaign have said they |have noticed a tendency on the |part of Downey to side-step the |Pension issue. Recent speeches by Olson also have been inter- | preted.as indicating--he-was not enthusiastic about CHICAGO, Nov. 1.—Illinois Re- publicans, paced by a young, slam-bang campaigner, are wind- ing up a spirited fight to recap- ture—in part at least—the state of Abraham Lincoln and “Uncle Joe” Cannon. Richard J. Lyons, 42-year-old Republean candidate for senator, is a platform-pacing, pour-it-on speaker who jerks off his collar when he gets warmed up. Stump- ing all parts of the state, Lyons has traveled more than 40,000 miles in a huge white trailer which he calls “the galloping bill- board”. ! Representative Scott W. Lucas, 46, who has served two terms in congress, is the Democratic choice to succeed Senator Die- trich, who did not seek re-elec- tion. Backed by Governor Hen- ry Horner, Lucas won the sena- torial nomination despite the op- position of the Kelly-Nash Demo- cratic faction, which is dominant in Chicago. CHARTER GROUP MEETS TONIGHT Charter Study Group of the charter committee are to meet 7:30 o'clock this evening in the rooms of the WPA headquarters on Eaton street, to hear reports of certain committees. Report of the committee on taxation, of which L. L. Brinton, Clifford G. Hicks, Everett Win- ter, J. Otto Kirchheiner and Sam B. Pinder are members, are to make the report which was in- advertently omitted last meet- ing night. Another committee due to re- port on their findings is the com- mittee on electic of which E. man and the members are John Park, Frank Johnson and William Reardon. There were 16 building and re- pair permits issued during the month of October, according to the records in the office of build- ing inspector Harry M. Baker. ‘STATE SANITARY - OFFICERS ARRIVE COME HERE IN INTEREST OF COMMUNITY SANITARY PROJECT \Florrie Tynes of Miami, to $34,517.12, and money orders paid at the postoffice totalled $17,405.83. Postmaster Harris pointed out that the service was inaugurated in 1913 after persistent public de- mand for a transportation system | for merchandise between rural areas and congested centers. Par- cel post with its collateral serv- ices is second only to first class mail as a source of revenue. Last year the receipts were approxi- mately $144,000,000, 20 percent of the gross postal revenues. This{ represents postage and fees on approximately 700,000,000 parcels, two and a quarter million each working day. Mailings are 30 percent greater this year than five years ago. A total of 45,000 post offices and 35,- 000 rural routes covering 1,280,- 000 miles every day. In connec- tion with the Jubilee a campaign to increase parcel post use has been initiated over the country. MRS. H. ROE, 87, DIES THIS A.M FUNERAL SERVICES WILL BE CONDUCTED THIS AFTERNOON Mrs. Henriett Roe, age 87, died | this morning at 4 o’clock at her residence, 1407 Pine street. Funeral services will _be held! this afternoon at 5 o’clock from the chapel of Pritchard’s Fun- eral Home, Rev. A. L. Ford, pas- | tor of the Church of God, officiat- ing. Survivors are three daughters, quesas. The vessels took on sup- {plies of gasoline and Diesel oil, |and were to sail this afternoon for the fishing grounds. Captain Droughton is well ac- |quainted with the waters around | Key West, having been in former easons connected with the Hotel Casa Marina fleet of fishing craft. cent return from Europe that "Mr. Hitler knew that Eng- land and France were not prepared”. He added: “I be- lieve America is unpre- pared”. CONSERVATION BOARD WOULD MLEAN LEAVES AID KEY WEST HERE YESTERDAY | |STATE SUPERVISOR OF OR-|parROAD MAN TO BE. RE- GANIZATION WRITES TO COMMERCE BODY” OFFER: | ING ASSISTANCE TURNED TO DUTIES; TO RECEIVE BACK PAY formerly en- Having been informed of the| F. W. McLean * splendid cooperation being given} gine house foreman at the Key by the citizens of Key West and| West terminals of the Florida the Chamber of Commerce, as re-| Fast Coast Railway, and who has ported by C. W. Gaskill, J. S. cond McCawley and George O. Lowe, | of Key West, all members of the | about six years, has been return State Board of Conservation, R.| ed to his position as foreman and L. Dowling, state supervisor of | will start on November 15. Rape! dost writes the chamber! wr. McLean for 12 years was St am trying hard to build up| #80Ciated with the Florida East the Conservation Department by Coast Railway. He was a visitor in a system of edycation among our | the city and a guest at the home own people of Florida. The true|of his son-in-law and daughter, merits and value of our sport! Mr and Mrs. Foster Gomez on fishing interest in the salt wa- Chiliiie ‘atedelgtatart ters is little known, also our sea-|C@roline street yesterday. = food. indubiey.: Tew. peopl During his stay in Key West ize the magnitude and value of Mf- McLean scquired = fm our salt water resources to the Piece of property on the county eople of the state road, and made a@ host of friend peephere is ach that we could; Who welcomed him back, learn and do to build up these re- | though but for a short visit Sources and conserve. them. Mr. McLean left yesterday aft 1, crnogn on the 5 o'clock bus for 4 Miami and from there was to go {been away from the for Mrs. Ada Daniels, Everglades City, Mrs. William Knowles and | Mrs. Jennie Williams, Key West; | two sons, Joseph R. of Key West and James H. Thompson of Cho-} koloskee, Fla.; three sisters, Mrs. | Mrs. | Josephine Addison of Fort Myers jand Mrs. Virginia Knowles of St.|them, and think I could be of real Petersburg; two brothers, Joseph | H. Daniels and Tant Jenkins of | Everglades City, and forty-two, | grandchildren. S. D. Macready, district tary officer of the State Board of Health, and W. W. McPhaul, Sanitary engineer of the State) Board of Health, are in the city| today on business connected with! a community sanitary project. | This morning they were in conference with B. C. Moreno, | area supervisor of the WPA, Dr. J. B. Parramore of the com- munity clinic and Sanitary En-| gineer Z. D. Harrison. The project on which they were consulting is one which} will be outside the scope of the sewerage system, now being laid, and it is the idea of the officials | and engineers to have the com- munity system under way as soon as possible. } sani-| | | | TALLAHASSEE—Three Eliza- beth Millers live in the same | Sawyer had done most of the pre-|pose of taking up the amended| j STATE AUDITORS LEFT FOR MIAMI CARRIED ON AT COUN- TY COURT HOUSE } | bale Auditing | A. J. Henry and George Marshall, of the State Department, who yesterday morn ing started the installation of a) new stem of finance for the county, finished the work and} left this afternoon for Miami i When the officials arrived yes-} terday they were under the im-| pression they would be in Key West and working on the new system until Saturday at least. ever, upon their arrival they found that Clerk Ross C. lcooperation with our organization | ed to be in atter | have in mind many things would like to talk over with you. “The sponge industry in your |t0 Jacksonville, where he section, I realize, is one of prime pected to remain for a short time importance, as well as your com- before being restored to his du mercial fishing. I am also mind- | “- ; 2 ful of the fact that you would like}, Before leaving he said his case to build up a greater tourist in- had been before the Jabor board terest in your city. I am familiar |'" Washington and it was decided with the possibilities of all of that the road should return to his duties and he will be for the time lost since he laid off, approximately six year ago. was help through this department “Our patrol boat is making headquarters in Key West, and it will be out on short trips, but general headquarters will be there permanently, ready to serve the people of Monroe county in any way we can. | “I have been anticipating a trip to Key West for some months, but on account of press ing business, always hand |. have not been able to do so. How-j ever, you can count on it that J expect to visit your city and! ¢ spend some days getting better acquainted with you and your in terests MEET THURSDAY There will be a meeting of the Ex Id on Thur at ¥ on ; onroe County Democratic «© Committee bi 7:39 Court evening clock House. S. | Matters pertaining to the com “Again I want to assure you of | ing general election will be taken my profound appreciation of your | up, and all members are request- dance begi the Ce and with our men”. Funeral Home City Council will meet in spe cial session tonight for the pur- JOSEPH L. PLUMMER, are now subject to arrest. Own-/of Oklahoma professors are being ers of motor vehicles operating ‘urged to go “back to school.” The same without city auto tags are University has established a new liable to arrest. course in physical education and WILLARD M. ALBURY, (all faculty members are urged to jnovl-1t marc [sree While there were four of them which were for $1,000, there were for the most part issues for repairs of a minor nature. The accumu- lated value of the permits was $10,675, dormitory at the Florida State | liminary work and had the coun-j|liquor ordinance and other mat-| Vice College For Women. One has/ty accounts for the past year in ters. | AMBULANCE SERVICE agreed to be known as Betty, the | excellent condition and worked] Tonight's meeting will start at} second will remain Elizabeth and ‘them up to the present, hence the !7-30 o'clock, which is the new Phone 22211 Miami, Fla, the third will be Lib in order to| work for the auditors was a great|time set for ail council sessions) avoid confusion of the name, ieee jess than they anticipated. | curing the winter months, ’S PHARMACY | £ DRUG STORE. fet Cowest prices in town