The Key West Citizen Newspaper, December 6, 1938, Page 1

Associated Press Day Wire . Service For 58 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West VOLUME LIX. No. 289. \ Che Key West Cit THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN THE U. S. A. KEY WEST, FLORIDA, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1938 Plan Field Study Of Working Conditions Among Sponge Divers Senator Andrews’ Office Inaugurated Campaign Toward Securing Feder-' al Funds In Matter (By Washington Correspondent of ; The Key West Citizen) WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec. 6. —Senator Andrews’ office today opened a campaign to secure Fed eral funds for a field study of} working conditions among sponge The study was suggested re- cently by the United States Pub- : Health Service after a survey work by Dr. Roy R. Jones department. Tarpon ‘Springs’ Chamber of had asked for the study in the hope that helium- gas might be used in the suffering The Andrews of- fice said that benefits resulting from the study would also affect Key West.” Acting on receipt of a letter from George M. Emmanuel, President of the Chamber of Commerce in Tarpon Springs, the Andrews office went into immediate consultation with Dr. R. R. Sayers, Senior Surgeon and; Chief of the Division of Indus-| trial Hygiene, to devise steps in securing federal aid. Emmanuel had previously ask-! ed for a study by the Federal! Health authorities which re- sulted in the preliminary survey by Dr. Jones. In his final letter to the C. of. ©. President, Dr. Sayers « stated, OUP is much appreciated. It is believed: * that further observation of sponge divers will provide an op- portunity to develop safe work-! ing methods. By such a field) study it is believed that much) can be done to improve the health of the workers. “I shall be glad to recommend | that such a study be made when | funds and personnel are available | for the work, provided your in- dustry and the workers are in- terested in such a program.” The letter was forwarded to Senator Andrews with the re-| quest that he use his efforts to secure financial aid from the Public Health Department. The method of obtaining suffi- cient money to start a field sur- vey of the type proposed by Dr. Sayers, has not yet been deter- mained, however the Andrews of-| fice expects to have Sefinite | word, “in a short while.” In a lengthy report to his! superiors, Dr. Jones makes four recommendations to better work- ing conditions of divers. (1) Equip all boats with com- pressor tanks of a capacity cap- able of providing emergency air pressure should power fail and provide non-return valves on the helmets” (2) Provide at least two suits for each boat. Check column of: air supplied. Should have enough to supply two divers at maxi- mum depths. _ ) The use of filters in the air line hose leading from compres- sor tank. Although the cost may be more, it is frequently an ad- : vantage to use castor oil as a lubricant in place of mineral oil, since with castor oil there is less danger of carbon monoxide be- ing formed. (4) Observe proper decompres- sion methods and working hours under pressure. A practical scheme to permit divers coming to the surface to stop at definite depths is to use a guide rope at- tached to an anchor of sufficient weight to be certain depths from the surface rings on which the diver may stand or hold himself by means of a snap attached to his suit. (COMMITTEE ON | UNEMPLOYMENT HAS MEETING’ PLANS OUTLINED FOR HOLD- | ING MASS MEETING IN IN. | TEREST OF SPONSORING WPA PROJECTS i \ i 1 Committee appointed Novem- ! ber 29 from the joint meeting of j repyesentatives of the County} ‘Commissioners, City Council and! }the Chamber of Commerce to bring forward a pian whereby | WPA projects might be sponsor- ed and unemployment for Key West be averted was the subject of discussion at a meeting held last night. The committee, members which are Charles Aronovitz, Earl Adams, Fred J. Dion, Wil- liam T. Doughtry and Carl Ber- :valdi, met for the purpose of! formulating plans to impress the | citizens of Key West with the ab- solute need of quick action in| averting what promises to be a catastrophe, unless necessary ac- tion is taken. Besides the regularly appoint- jed committee the meeting was; attended by Robert E. Campbell,! | WPA officia: from Jacksonville; | B. Curry Moreno, area supervisor, | and Fred O. Eberhardt, of the | WPA in Key West. | It was decided to issue a circu- Jar in both English and Spanish, i setting forth the facts of the sit- !uation, this to be followed by a ‘call: for-zemass wnecting, after the | citizens of Key West have been | informed of the emergency con- ! fronting it. It is the belief of the commit- | tee that a workable plan can be | | presented whereby WPA projects | ‘ean be sponsored that will be a} } solution of the problem with | which the city is confronted and it is to the end that all citizens | of Key West may realize the se ‘rious results waich will attend | a-do-nothing policy, and the’ fact that these results may be avert- | ed without placing a burden or anyone, The time and place of the pro- posed mecting will be announced | | Shortly. ROBERTS RITES THIS AFTERNOON | Funeral services for Mrs. Mary E. Roberts, who died Saturday {night in the home, 902 Division street, are being held this after- | noon 4 o'clock from St. Mary’s! Star of the Sea Catholic church, Rev. J. R. Mullin, S.J., officiating. Survivors are Mrs. Clarice Rob- erts Dixon and John N. Roberts. Mr. Roberts is the additional keeper at Amercian Shoals light- house, and has arrived to attend the funeral this afternoon, SEWER BEING CLEARED UP : Sewer outlet at the foot of Du- , val street, which has been ob- structed for some time past and at times exuded a very offensive smell, is being cleared up and will be ready for use in a short time, The street was excavated this morning and a force of men were at work clearing out the obstruct- ed portion of the-pipe and pre- , Paring to make the necessary re- pairs. Workmen said the pipe ‘will be ready within a brief time | } | | | of; ' UNUSED PLANTS TO REOPEN President Roosevelt recent: World War ordnance ly announced that the $22.- plant at South Charleston. W. j pitals with |by Mrs. President At Warm Springs The President at Warm Springs, Ga., in an open air conference told reporters that velt is listener at left. LEGION OFFICERS ENTERTAINED BY LOCAL MEMBERS ;MRS. McCLURE, DEPARTMENT PRESIDENT OF AUXILIARY, GAVE ADDRESS LAST EVE- NING Mrs. Betty McClure, of Apopka, | Fla., department president of the American. Legion..Auxiliary:"and Mrs. C. L. Woods, Fifth District! vice president, from Lake Worth, were guests of Arthur Sawyer | Post of the Legion in the Legion Home last night. All Legion- naires were invited guests. Mrs. McClure gave which the principal points touch- ed were Immigration and Aliens, Rehabilitation, Child Welfare, jand the poppies which are sold one day each year, the proceeds to go to the disabled veterans. These poppies are made by the disabled vetera she pointed ut, 40,000 of whom are in hos- “shattered minds and | bodies.” Mrs. McClure called attention o the fact that the Legion, De- {partment of Florida, has a fund j; which enables a boy or girl, | whose father or mother was serv- ‘ing in the armed forces of the Army, Navy or Marine Corps, during the war, and who died uring the world conflict, this boy or girl may have their tuition paid at the University of Florida, or the Florida State College for Wamen. Qne,, young +woman West, whose father died during! the,,war is now receiving, an education at the State College for Women, and the Auxiliary now has funds for children of its members regeive a college | education. Following the talk the served refreshments consisting of assorted sandwiches, fancy cakes and ice cream, and it was during this period of refreshments that; presented by | of ..Key to hosts silors were Mrs. Sebastian Cabrera. Beautiful } bouquets were presented Archer. GEGRGE (HENRY GIVEN HEARING George Henry, who was arrest- Sanday night by Deputy Sher- Réx “MeLeod charged with ving'an ‘automobile ‘on the ighway while under the influence of intoxicants, was giv- en a hearing yesterday afternoon County Judge Raymond corsage hear- e educed the d to be sufficient the accused being bound nm the sum of $100 for the next term of criminal court. His riding compenion, William Henry, who was charged with using profane language, was dis- missed by the court. ibusiness conditions are improving though industrial re-employment lags. The Roosevelts lefi the asin place saan Franc Loyalists, Rebel Leader Everytime Since April; Feed Spanish Civil Population Beateni Nations ‘Charleston Emerging for a few moments from ‘his desk- where he was writing a short story, Ernest Hemingway, noted novelist and short story writer, moments chatted a few yesterday afternoon with The Citizen regarding his: writing and fishing plans and re- ported first-hand information of the progress of the civil war in Spain. “It's a question of feeding the civil population now”, Mr. Hem- ingway said. “Food is coming in from many nations in the form of ‘surplus’ commodities. For in- stance America is sending part of its surplus of wheat products. In reply to a question concern- ing the present economic. status of Loyalist Spain, Mr. Heming- way said that they hold the manufacturing and other rich centers in Spain. Catalonia in northeastern Spain, for instance, is extremely rich in olives, rice, oil, cattle, wheat, minerals. Those producing sections which ythe Rebels e captured they {have mos turned over to Italy! jand German: | “By the way the last time |w as here Franco was starting the rive on Valencia. If you notice lit was never completed jernment Spain holds the three centers of Spain, Madrid, Valen- {cia and Barcelona. It has been {more than a year now since {Franco invited foreign corre- to meet him in | spondents |Madrid in a few weeks. Barce- I } government.” Asked about the recent at- tempts to move all foreign troops jout of the Civil War, Hemingway jsaid that the government now thas no foreign troops, but that jthe Rebels have 15,000 German and 40,000 Italian troops. Franco has been beaten in every importa tary engage- ment since Ap! Hemingway said, “His tactics now have shift- ‘BUY CHRISTMAS SEAL nco » Trying To Starve Out Gov-! Mrs. Roose- ‘Hemingway Says t | “Key West, Florida, has the most equable climate in the country; with an average range of only 14° Fahrenheit PRICE FIVE CENTS Toctngas Three Times Weekly ps Begin On Saturday Circuit feet a Grants Stay To Hear Three Motions By City For ‘Better Par- ticulars’ In Property Suit Cireuit)Court of Monroe County late yesterday was a “stay” or- der. injthe mortgage foreclosure suit of A. Maitland Adams on the property at the foot of Simonton street known as the eon property. The property which the City of Key West purchased over ten years ago from Carlotta Riley, widow of the late William T. Riley, of Baltimore, and known as the Wagner property was later mortgaged by the city. The mortgage was purchased from Mrs. Riley by A._ Maitland Adams who in November entered a mortgage-foreclosure suit. closure suit was issued at the re- | eeecccccccoovccccceecees | quest of Special Counsel H. H. TEMPERATURES | Station— last night last 24 hours | ¥ .. 40 36 42 36 44 34 34 38 52 | Abilene jAtlanta | | Boston Buffalo Chicago ‘Denver Detroit Galveston Havana Huron : Jacksonville Kansas City KEY WEST Little Rock Los Angeles Louisville Miami Mpls.-St. P. New Orleans New York Pensacola Pitsburgh St. Louis Salt Lake City San Francisco Seattle Tampa Washington Williston 28 44 32 68 34 64 36 58 26 48 48 42 36 32 30 50 46 50 44 30 PERFECT CLOCK WYNOT, Neb.—A grandfather! mortgage deed’ as alleged in! clock made in Germany 160 years , 880 and believed to be the oldest of its type in America, is owned ‘by Mrs. R. R. Seasongood. It has not missed a day of perfect per- formance, ed to starving out the ment troops”. govern- Questioned about the novel he| paragraph to-wit — —§ ' grounds it is Taylor, Jr. and Associate Counsel H. H. Taylor, Sr. that motions on @ |three poin’s, regarding the state- ment of better particulars in the it, might first be considered. The first point has reference to the authority of the City in giving five promissory notes to the plaintiff and her husband.! Statement in the motion is, “L, Show in what manner and what authority the defendant “through its proper officers and agents theretofore duly authorized to make, execute and deliver” to the plaintiff and her husband the five promissory notes as alleged in paragraph three of the bill of complaint. In a second request under the same motion there is reference to more particulars concerning the purchase money mortgage deed given Mr. and Mrs. William T. Riley by the city of Key West. The request in the motion fol- lows: “2. Show in what manner fendant ‘to secure the payment of the principal sum mentioned lin said promissory notes described ‘in paragraph three of this bill of complaint and the interest to be- come due thereon said City of Key West acting by and through its. proper officers and agents thefetofore duly authorized did make, execute and deliver to the said Carlotta A. Riley and Wil- jliam T. Riley its purchase moncy paragraph four of the bill’ of! complaint.” In a second motion the ‘re- quest is “1. Strike the words ‘did agree to sell’ from paragraph two of the bill of complaint on the inconsistent with |and varies the terms of the writ- iten instrument pleaded in said ‘plaintiff’ ex- is at present engaged in writing , hibit 1.” “It'll be a he short Hemingway said, prise”. At present gaged in writing sur- is of articles from time to time. Concerning fishing, Heming-| way will fish the Key West reef; waters and will once again try} for marlin and other big fish off Cuba. He has not been in that! country for more than a year. The author may have to make many trips away from Key West this winter, he said, in regard to It is expected that hearing on en-/the two motions in question will storiesibe held Will Richardson and Mrs./jona is a third stronghold of the 424 will also send in a number Gomez’ return to the city in the upon Judge Arthur |near future. ‘KIRSCHENBAUM IS Advices received yesterday by perfecting plans for the produc-| Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Kirschenbaw' tion of “The Fifth Column” ai from Washington, D. C., state that play which he said is expected to | their son, J. J. Kirschenbaum, Jr be produced in the Spring at has received an appointment as New York. “T'm glad to be back | second lieutenant in the officers in Key West again and see my; {reserve corps. Glad to note, ! friends once more. too, that ‘things are picking up.” COOL WEATHER AND CANDY ARE PERFECT MATES The Best Selection Is At GARDNER’S PHARMACY. | Nunnally’s, Whitman's and { | } Kirschenbaum Uv. S. Arm and his several Young Mr. i connected with the engineers in Vicksburg. jappointment is one of imade from that state. Entered in the records of the! and under what authority the de- = MADE LIEUTENANT “Stay” ‘Order Issued In A. M. \Adams Suit Of Foreclosure ‘SMALL BLAZE THIS MORNING BUILDING SITUATED ON PE- TRONIA STREET WAS SLIGHTLY BURNED An alarm of fire sounded from {Box 221, corner of Duval and Pe- tronia streets, at an early hour this morning, called apparatus from both No. 1 and No. 3 sta- tions to a small blaze in a buiid- ing at the corner of Petronia and Dupont’s iane. The buliding is said to be an old one and would have be quickly consumed except for the prompt arrival of the pumps and the speedy work of the derart- ment. There was very little dam- age resulting from the blaze. NEWS FLASHES wiated Breas) eevecesesces FOREIGN SHANGHAI.—Chinese armies which rallied outside of Hankow today were “stopped dead”, Jap- anese dispatches said. Hankow was recently captured by the Japanese, the capture resulting in control of all “key” points of China, The “stay” order in the fore-* PARIS.—France and Germany signed a mutual non-aggression pact to outlaw war today with German Minister Von Ribbentrop and France’s Foreign Minister Bonnet signing and a host of in teinational figures witnessing the signing. The question for the fulure is whether the paper is only political gesture for the moment or is thing permin ent. Sor LONDON. Follow ing teriously reported pian to a Prince Paul of Jugoclavia the Prince left this morning. Asseciates denied that the Prince was leaving because of the re port. ROME.—Italian onstrated here today, restrained by the police, demanding the re- turn of Italian territory now held by France students dem NATIONAL WASHINGTON.— Lise United States necds a general reduction lof taxes rather than a system of profit-sharing, Edsel Ford, noted manufacturer, told a Senate fi nance committee today. Ford said a profit-sharing system would create more problems th it would solve SYDNEY. Nova cable train broke a mine s Scotia. down int smashed into pieces ide of the tunnel after and gathering terrific momentu down the shaft. It is believed that from 10-30 persons are dead Eight bodies have already b recovered WASHINGTON. An Jimmy Rooseve tax question wa today jokingly when it bre out that he did not church here. Fer Wholesale Quotations on FU ' STARTS TOMORKE Boat Leaves 10 A. M.; Round-Trip $5; Gver- night $2; Daily Service Later Accommodations The Fort Jefferson passenger boat “Talofa” which will regular trips to the historic Fort the run throughout winter season will make the first trip with pas- sengers Saturday, leaving 10 a. m. to inaugurate three-times- weekly service, C. B. Sutton owner of the lines told The Citi- zen yesterday with the rates to be $5 for the round trip. The boat will return the following day. Asked what prospects for Mr. Sutton said that judging from talk he has heard in Key West and from other cities where he has announced the idea there will be a large number of per- sons making the trip. “We are expecting a large group of Wash- ington Senators and Representa- tives down shortly to make the trip. We found them greatly en- thusiastic on the trip to the his- toric Fort where Dr. Mudd was once imprisoned,” Mr Sutton said. “As you know the Nirvana, 111 foot former Wannamaker yacht is at Fort Jefferson anchored near the dock there. Rates for. overnight stays will be trom $2 up. Excellent accomm»datichs will be availabl Prive for meals will be in accordan:e with regular shore prices”, Mr. Sutton concluded Captain Johnson toh! The Citizen the Nirvana had been se- curely anchored against high winds with three he moorings and that there was angplank leading from it to the maia dock at the Fort Asked if the service would be “stepped up” during the winter, Mr. Sutton replied that in all probability « irips would be inaug at the begizning of the sea- tor. The fervice. too, will continue yeas round under present plans, Mr. Sutton said. Publicity for the servic be carried out in a numt large newspapers through« country which will ser advertise Key W surrounding too, is as inter Jefferson, the day. Mr. Miami to tails. The he thought of the season, will r of t the to fur ani the it sting as old Fort group said yeater- for y d dock the left yesterday arrange public Talofa had just ed returning from towing Nirvana to the Fort, Sutton return Wednesday to Key Wert COURT HCUSE WORE Sutton BY! Ui started to clear a adjac ground: Morrow t be started IRNITURE and FURNISHINGS MAXWELL VENETIAN BLINDS RESTAURANT EQUIPMENT Se ot inne OS. PO ae eee SIBONEY INN. 705 DIVISION