The Key West Citizen Newspaper, December 19, 1938, Page 1

Associated Press Day Wire Service For 58 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 rat Citttern THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN THE U. S. A. VOLUME LIX. No. 300. Commerce Body Takes Up — Naval Station Secretary Instructed To! "P&P POPOL OMMM, BURKE AND WOOD VS, METZ Matter Of Communicate With Rep- Con- resentatives In gress At a called meeting of the Di- rectors of the Chamber of Com- | | merce held this morning ai 10:30 | o'clock, it was authorized that a| letter be sent expressing the in- | terest taken in the proro:iiion of | the American Society for Trop-| ical Research to locate a propa- | gating plant in Key West. | Attending the meeting were: President Charles E. Smih, Charles S. Taylor, W. T. Fripp, John Gardner, W. W. Demeriit, Bascom L, Grooms and Melvin E. Russell. The secretary was instructed to | communicate with Senators C. O. Andrews and Claude Pepper, and | Congressman-elect A. Pat Can-| non, regarding the» advantages existing #. the naval station for its occupancy ‘as an active unit from which vessels might oper- ate. In a letter addressed to the city council the desire of the board | JACK FISHING IS SUNDAY CUSTOM Sunday custom of running around the Yacht Basin and getting quite a few of the large fighting jack lurking around the piers is getting to be quite a tradition in Key West. Two college students just arriving for the holidays with family were trying it out yesterday and one of them caught one of the largest jacks seen in the Basin for some time. The caballo jack weighed 30 pounds and was landed by Ignatius Lester. It put up quite a fight. Lance Lester brother and feilow college student also landed a large jack. Others in the party were Mrs. J. L. Lester and daughter, Ophelia, who also enjoyed the sport of hooking the streamlined fighting fish. Another party which caught several of the jacks in a small outboard was Neal Knowles and Dr. J. Y. Por- ter. Other boats were in the Basin getting fish. Among the jacks caught were a number of yellow jack, a rare catch inside the Yacht Basin although many of them are found at the reef seven miles out. i ILI SI IIIS IS | eevccses was expressed for a successful ar- rangement with W. C. Beach for a diorama io be added to the en- tertaniment features of Key West. MEMBER OF ELECTRICAL AS- SOCIATION STRESSES CAUTION “Beautiful but dumb” was the caption used with a recent poste: which showed a woman lighting wax candles on a Christmas tree. It is possible .o engage in a de bate as to whether candles arc more beautiful than the vari-col- ored electric lights now available. Memorial chur Tiger Tail Order of Red Men, and pallbear- WILSON SAWYER DIED. YESTERDAY ies, ta BE CONDUCTED THIS AFTERNOON Wilson H. Sawyer, 71, died at i 806 Pearl street,’ residence, 7:30 oe’clock yesterday morning. Suneral services are being held 4 o'clock this afternoon from Ley ‘h, where the body was placed at 2 o'clock. Rev. O. J. Howcll will officiate. Pritchard’s Funeral Home is in charge cf the arrangements. Mr, Sawyer was a member of Tribe 19, Improved but still there is no question tha | icrship. poeries srcme the: meets the use of candles is dumb. How- Survivors are: The widow, ever, electric tree lights and elec-| Mrs. Julia Sawyer; one daugh- trie decorations require the use of some common sense, as well, says Sydney M. Thompson, of the Association of Electric Inspee-| Rebert tors. er, Mrs. Margaret Maxwell, Mi- ami; three sons, Ralph, Harry and Melvin Sawyer; one brother, Sawyer, Miami. There are also five grandchildren and} “When you take the Christmas| four great-grandchildren, decorations down from the attic or the top closet shelf this year, give them a thorough examina- tion”, says Mr. Thompson. “See whether the insulation on the wires has dried and cracked, ex- posing the copper conductors at any point. See whether the in-| sulation has pulled back on the wires a. the sockets, exposing the copper at these points. Screw in the lamp bulbs and see if they fit snugly in the sockets without exposing part of the “live” lamp base, “These precautions are neces- sary ‘o prevent short circuits] * which might cause sparks to ig- nite inflammable decorations or the inflammable tree. Metal foil] " and metal decorations cause these short circuits when|® live parts of the set are exposed.{ Each year there is an un sary loss of life and property from Christmas tree fires, In one! t metropolitan district last year six! © electrical fires involving tees! toek five lives”. | We are pleased to announce © «| Pare year. NOTICE a SENDS GREETINGS | FOR A NEW YEAR Secra ary of Commerce Danie} C. Roper, in a letter to William W. Demeritt, superintendent of he Seventh Lighthouse District, His letter follows: “Another year is closing with ts record of things done and ervices rendered. “History will accord the markable year of 1938 an import- often} 2nt place in the world’s archives and from it we have gained ex periences that should better pre- us for thoughtful and con- ive service next year. am grateful for your coop- ion in the past and am con- tha you will successfully eet the challenges of the new In this spirit I send you ployes under your good cheer and my truc that our GARAGE and REPAIR DEPARTMENT is now in charge of— ALBURY’S SERVICE Phone 444 800 Simonton Street FT. JEFFERSON CRUISES -- TUESDAY, THURSDAY, SA TURDAY - $5.00 ROUND TRIP -- TICKETS - I ishes for the year 1939”. 10n Golf — TOURNAMENT — Dick Metz and Frank Walsh vs. Billy Burke and Craig Wood 18 Hole Best Ball Exhibition Tuesday, Dec. 20—2 P. M. KEY WEST GOLF LINKS re- | AND WALSH: FISH FOR | ROD AND REEL PRIZE WED- | NESDAY | i H | i | Everything is in readiness. for’ | the exhibition match to be play- | jed_ tomorrow afternoon at 2. j o’clock between Dick Metz and: | Frank Walsh on one team and} | Craig Wood and Billy Barke on! the opposing team over 18 holes. | | The match between ‘four of | the country’s outstanding golfers is expected to draw a large! ‘crowd. It is being sponsored by | the Key West Golf Clb. and | Winter Program -Committee ” of } Jaycees and W.P.A. Recreation | | Department. | Wednesday the golfers will-fish ‘the Gulf Stream and \ Florida} ‘Keys Reef in Raul Vasquez’! |charter boat for the prize, of a’ Pfleuger reel and rod which will! ‘go to the golfer getting . the | largest fish. | Golfers will arrive. tomortow and a luncheon is planned imme- ; ‘diately on their arrival. A ban-; ;quet at Auerbach’'s restaurant | will be at 6 p. m. The golfers will be guests of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Hemingway at a*¢ocktail jParty during the evening. NEWS FLASHES Press) Perccapecebbosos ' FOREIGN | TOKIO.—Japan’s foreign min- ister gave a sharp public rebuke to the United States and Great | Britain stating that loans’ to {China made recen ly ate “Sihop- | | portune and regrettable” at pres- (Ry Ansoriate FUNERAL SERVICES ARE TO °nt. i PARIS.—Foreign Minister Bon- |net told Mussolini today defin- itely that France would not give up the French colonies fotmefly owned by Italy. He sated: that France would not. regard any pressure exerted by _ Italy, and that England was behind Her in this statement. The minister of navy also announced that 340,-, 000 tons of bat leships will short- ly be turned out ‘e a $200,000,000 appropriation for defense. ‘) LIMA.—The United States and Angentina are secking to settle a: question of a few words today. U. S. wants an agreement with all Latin-America countries to stand solid behind her in any at- tempts at aggression by outside powers, and wants this done in the form of a resolution. Ar- gentina objec’s to the. words, which seems like a thrust against the totalitarian powers, who buy | ) thousands of dollars of goods from Argentina. WARSAW.—In a concentration of fieeing®Jews along the Polish- German border over 600 have caught influenza wih six deaths when the mercury plunged below zero in Europe’s worst cold wave in many years. All Eufope has been affected by the severe cold wave. | BERLIN.—German newspapers | attacked a Swiss-British agree- writes that the year 1938 was a] ment, remarkable period in history. a |KEY WEST BOY HAS QUALIFIED AS MACHINIST. (By Washington Corréspondent of The Key West Citizen) WASHINGTON. D. C. Dec. 18.—Alvin R. Davis, Jr. of Key West. now enlisted in the United States Navy, has qualified for appointment to the warrant grade of machin- ist and has been plated on the waiting list. The Key West man; who is now stationed on the U.S.S. Arizona. rates as a chief ma- chinist's mate. He is one of 233 enlisted men in the Navy who qualified before the Naval Examining Board for the higher ranking. téps in the enlisted service. "TODD OILDINETD ; ticke's, 13; betting on hors KEY. WEST, FLORIDA. MONDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1938 ae Above, Gen. Gaston Billotte, salute of Germany's Paris, acknowledges the “No War” Principals. ecece eceeene: ‘HERONS, KEYS, RAINBOW TROPICAL see * ‘Exhibit Distinctive Reprecentation Of Island City eee see FLOWERS, SWAYED HOUSES, IN EXHIBIT ewe By L. P. ARTMAN, JR. I believe the craft work done of Key West subjects are a prime factor in visitors’ nostalgic for the sea and islands when they are in north- paintings and ,,; ern cities at the end of the win- i ie military governor of foreign minister, Joachim Von Ribbentrop at France’s tomb of the unknown soldier. Von Ribbentrop. and Minister Georges ‘Bonnet who stands French Foreign bareheaded had signéd the French-German ‘‘no war”’ pact. MAKE SURVEY OF GAMBLING SHOW PERCENTAGES OF DIF- i FERENT CLASSES AND METHODS Efforts to bring out some of the Salient facts of gambling in the | United States, the Ameriéan’ In- stitute of Public Opinion. whic is directed by Dr, George Gallup. last week made known he re- sults of a nation-wide survey on the subject. A table,,which was prepared by the investigators, ows “that people have alwa gambicd, as stated in the Path zine of December sated that sever are gambled in thi year. In answer to the que what forms of gambling preferred, the answers end per centages are given below Church lotteri boards, slot mach playing cards for mone ting on elections, 19; swee ndcr m 10, which billion dollars country every 2 P: rai 10; number game, 9. The following facts were gleaned: five out of every Americans gamble;\/Eastern and women gamble more then those of the South and Middle yest; almost » wo-thirds thi upper and middie gamble as ag. y les: than half of lower income group and those on rel inclined to pla} and punch boards ny other gambling devices availabie in America YOUNG DEMOCRATS County of Monroe County at “ Courthouse 8 p. m. to- _ fer discussion. ISADORE WEINTRAUB. decl9-1t President. at the ASKS PERMIT TO CONSTRUCT DOCK ALSO PLANS DREDGING OP- ERATIONS AT BOCA CHICA information ob- tained from the United States Engineering Office at Jackson- ville, application has been made to the War Department by T. Luther Pinder of Key West for a permit to carry on dredging op- erations and construction , of dock at Boca Chica : The work proposed is as fol- lows: On December 9, 1935, War Department permit was is- sued to Mr. Pinder, authorizing him to construct a bulkhead and wharf and to dredge in Boca Chica Channel at Boca Chica, near Key West, Florida, the dredged material to be deposited on shore. The above authoriza- tion will expire on Deeember 31, 1938. Mr. Pinder is now request- ing that the authority be extend- ed for a period of three years, or until December 31, 1941 Plans of this work may be seen U.S. Engineer Office, 2nd floor of U Courthouse and Post Office, Jacksonville, Florida, and U. S. Engineer Suboffice, Mi- i Beach, Florida t is not proposed to hold a ic hearing on (this applica- Anyone desiring to protest proposed work from the ndpoint of interference h naviga According to put tion. the or effect upon, permit ir submit wit cient deta consideration. Protests shor mailed ‘to the District Eng S. Engineer Offic 4970, Jacksonville time to be received on or before December 27, 1938. te MOSQUITOS TODAY KEEP TOURISTS AWAY The flit gun only temporarily knocks out the mosquito soj hunt for the source to el LS icaamnecina NFORMA ter season. The paintings and craft work at the Art Center in the fourth annual exhibit of Key West ar- tists this year in the lingo of the showman, are said to be “better than ever” but in my opinion they are really so this time. | Take for instance “The Sunny {Day” of Eleanor Reed which is your first contact with the ex- hibition as you enter the Center. If you don’t almost put up your hand to shake your eyes against the glare pictured around a lit- tle house in Telegraph Alley, you've never been in the tropi- cal south. Vining Sherman, a student at the center, has an ex- cellent watercolor of the turtle schooner on the ways. F. Town- send Morgan’s “Rest, Beach” is distinctive with its effective sea- weed heap in the center of the picture. The rocks of the South- ernmost U. S. point project re- alistically up in “Coral Shore” by Emelic Martin and make one re- alize the rocky reef that is Key | West island. ke Tropical Lighting Several paintings of ‘the Keys with their flat, scrubby, bushed appearance have been contribut- ed by F. Townsend Morgan. Ponce De Leon in the 16th cen- tury, sailing by here, called them “Los matriros’ “The Martyrs,” because they seemed to be in suffering. “Key West Houses” by Eleanor Reed shows again her sensitivity to light shades and her talent in portraying them. In it is the magic of a Key West early morning scene. Townsend Morgan's early morning scene “Mullet Fishermen” has the black lowering clouds of some tropical mornings. The little, slanty houses which comprise picturesque Key West are to be found in Eleanor Reed’s “Monday Wash Line” (somewhere in old Colored Town, reminiscent of African river villages) Alice Dudley’s “Ann Street Cottage” and “Bahama Street Cottages” F. Townsend Morgan's “Thompson Fish Dock,” Doody Morgan's quaint, askew cottage painting entitled “Love “Lane.” — Cyril Marshall’s etching, “New House,” § is of his own house and like all personal possessions carry an_in- teresting recording.‘ “Key West Shades” by Ernest Salazar, a local boy, has an exceptional message. “Corners” by Martha Watson makes the old thrill of inhabitance in this island of Ba- hama cottage, huddled together rise again. We note with pleasure that Eleanor Reed and Martha Wat- son, both from staid Philadel- phia, but now dyed-in-the-wool Key Westers of a few years, are falling more in love with the city. Their work is to catch the spirit of old Key West. Here there is bright sunlight in one picture, Miss Watson’s “Hurricane” makes one’s mind turn to the wind tearing at creaking houses, the awful lulls and the spray fly- ing by like sleet while statuesque coconut palms are pulled far over with their roots barely holding the ground. Mr. Morgan’s detail and precise touch together with great talent is portraying his feelings has been often dwelt on His work has won many prizes throughout the country. Vivid Flames Another new group in the ex hibition this year are of the vivid tropical flowers. “Sweet William and Bachelor Button’ by John F Putnam, Marion Winter's scarlet ‘Hibiscus’, ‘Flower of Bali‘ of the green encased pods and white flowers, Emelie Martin's ‘Hibis- cus’, Jeanne Taylor’: ‘Hibis- cus’ and ‘Bougainvillea’, are all names of. well-known Key West, blooms. But a glance at the paintings and ‘you will see the delicate tracery of tropical f.ow ers, not just stems and pistils and pollen, but a construction of beauty far more delicate than the most beautiful glass or silk work Combine this tracery with the vivid colors of tropical sunsets over a blue channel and you have some idea of tne beauty tropical ttowers. These id caught well in cases weli enough in others of tais group. Craft work is worthy of spe cial mention. The scorpion mot.f ash tray and match box cove-, the zodiac plate of etched i hammered pewter, the poised flying fish, tray, and other coaste boxes and bowl, all wit rine motifs of Key West, are the most distinctive carved or ham mered souvenirs of Key West. As you leave with memories of sunlight and dawn, the flowers of the rainbow, the personable, houses, the beautiful s of herons along swamp horeline, the low line of grasping, the solid reef b. neath them and the active scenes some around the fish houses we pro phesy they will remain with you in more rorthern hours eccccce Saceeeenveces TEMPERATURES Seecoeseccesesesooers Lowest Highest Station— last night last 24 hours Abile Atl Bost Buffal Ch Ch De De Gz Havana Huron Jacks ver roit lveston nv lip Cie WEST Rock ngcles a New Orleans Pensacola Pittsburgh Loui: Sait Lake City San Francisco Se a6 52 32 4 Washington Williston TION -- PRICE TOURS - THREE BUILDING PERMIIS ISSUED pointed « truction ar liowing Ow $109 » 1027 Fleming O. Thompson; Rer tree Owr $400, cost, Ahern Funeral Home JOSEPH L. PLUMMER, Vice President AMBULANCE SERVICE Phone 22211 Miami. Fla LE BRAT IEDR AIH PRICE FIVE CENTS 65 Officers, 300 Men To Bas Here In 18 Seaplanes, 3 Ships Arrive Jan, 8-15 At Naval Station; Overnight Stop; Squadron Seven Planes Jan. 15 Eighteen Navy seaplanes, ac- companied by two destroyers and an eircraft tender, will be in Key West about Jan. 14, and will remain two months carrying ou! “war games” wiih Key Wesi Naval Station as a base, Lieu! Fort H. Callahan,” officer in cherge of the Naval Station, told The Cilizen. Another group of Naval plane will spend an overnight visit in Key West January 15, Lieut. Cai with a lahan said, squaaioa oi seven Naval lani of the type plar larger of planes scheduied at Mcac.am them will ‘they will stop here to arrive and land Field. On 40-5) me be from emoute to Guantanamo where th being stmtioned fiom the Naval Aireraf, y are and are factory in Ehidladeiphio The Dis royeis Cadds and Wil liamson will arrive Jan. 8. Jan. i4 the aiicraft tender “Owl” wis eitive here. ‘Tue cestroyers ar scheduled to leave an East Coa, port January %. * Tae planes and destroyers will bring 69 olfiecrs and 300 enlisiad In the off.ce.s’ group ‘wali non-commissioned aviation cadets, ‘The other 20 cff.cers are commi:sioned, It is expe ed that famulies of the group will also b in Key West. The officers and men wili probably sicep aboard the destroyers, Licut. Callahan said, but tt will be many cali for Key West apartments, zmorg the officers and families o/ the officers and men The group, which will base at he Key West Naval Station-an | set up their office there, may carry on operatio for awa as 500 mites from here, Lieut Callanan said, since the plane ¢ of the 1,000-mile range typ: ne planes may leave for severs cays at a time. The destroyer and tender will be anchored at the Naval Station but the 1d planes will be\ anchored off tie oid air station ramp on Trumbo island, The Navy Department Jijs a! ready sent out bids for supple which cannot be obtained her« among hose items being 150,90) gallons of aircraft gazoline.--Bit for other products have. beca mailed out to Miami agencies, et Lieut. Ceflaban said tfiat h has mailed 10 bid sheets sent hir form sheets from the Nav Department to 10 represer ativ local firms. which are capabl handling the large order Additional swimming facilitic at t Naval Stats been arrar men. be 4 boi pool ha Callahan, with more in proces Navy Deparment ha; » inquired as to baseball fa the city and a favor has been sent by who said ‘that it o customary to have @ nt ocial events, such ete, during *he time be here. It is ex be arranged officers coming here pringboa of construc ble reply Callahan, as is wil NG oct ests tee A - 505 DUVAL ST. - PHONE 124 +.