The Key West Citizen Newspaper, March 31, 1939, Page 1

Associated Press Day Wire Service For 59 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West VOLUME LX. No. 77. Council Receives Bids For Installing Electret Equipment At Action Deferred; Monsal- 9° 22D OO OB tice ce-president and secretary | vatge Tenders Resigna-' tion As Chairman Of Aquarium Committee The City Council at a special meeting held last night received four "bids for the installation of an electric plant at the Tropical Aquarium. Following the read- ing of the bids, it was ordered that the matter be turned over to a special committee for further | investigation, with the commit- | tee’s report to be made at the next regular meeting of the coun- cil. The committee is composed of William Monsalvatge, Will E. P. Roberts, along with Clarence: Thompson, city electrician. The bids received follow: Llewellyn Machinery Corpora- tion of Miami, $1,587. W. N. Heroa & Company, Mi-' ami, three different bids on sep- arate equipment, $1,666, $2,624 and $2,139. | J. Frank Knorr, $1,530. Thompson Fish Co., Inc., Hard- ware Department, Key West, $1,- 800. Inc., Miami, Contributes Fund A communication was ‘read from the Board of Public Works ; stating that the board would con- tribute $400 to the $1,500 fund needed to purchase material for the completion and installation of the outfall sewer pipe. It was shown that this was the only fund available for sponsoring projects at this time. The city decided to, furnish the remaining $1,100; needed, with the understanding that the Board of Public Works will contribute further toward the deficit when additional funds become available, cutting down the amount as furnished by the city. i Monsalvatge Resigns At the conclusion of the meet- ing, Councilman Monsalvatge, who became very much displeas- ed with the proceedings of the council in handling the bids for the proposed electric équipment, stating that he had been criticized to some extent in his actions in connection therewith, tendered | his resignation as chairman of the Aquarium Committee to take ef- fect immediately. There was no action taken in the matter as the! councilmen were on the point of adjournment when Mr. Monsal- vatge made the announcement, which came very unexpectedly. TEMPERATURES Lowest Highest Station— last night last 24 hours Abilene 52 78 Atlanta 44 70 Boston 38 44 Buffalo 30 44 Chicago 32 38 Denver 42 60 Detroit 30 34 Galveston 60 70 Havana - _— Huron 32 60 Jacksonville 66 84 KEY WEST _ 73 8s Little Rock 42 60 Los Angeles _ 54 68 Miami 72 82 Mpls.-St. P. 32 52 New York 44 48 San Francisco 50 68 Tampa —— 42 82 Washington _. 44 58 Williston . 36 54 ISSUE CALL FOR BANKS’ CONDITI (By Associated Prens> WASHINGTON, March 31 —The comptroller of "cur rency called for the condi- tion of all National Banks as of the close of business on Wednesday. March 29. TDS SDD SB BM woot to have everything correct”. France Aquarium The Key West Citizen THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN THE U.S.A. KEY WEST, FLORIDA, FRIDAY, MARCH 31, 1939 KEY WEST MAP TO _ BE.FINSHED SOON EING GOTTEN UP BY COLO-./ | NEL JACK DE LYSLE OF LAND COMPANY H = | Colonel Jack de Lysle, execu-} jof the Chevalier Land Co., writes: to the Chamber of Commerce a | letter explaining the map of Key ; West, which he has been work- | ing on and says it will take about ; three more days to complete it.; The colonel writes that he will! tbe down early next week and! | will have several plans to present for certain corrections. “The map ‘will show every point of interest in Key West or near it, with di- rections plainly marked, and I t f England Take Stand AgainstitHitler Chamberlain Says Fight If He Attacks Poland; Nazi Newspapers Blast England (My Associated Preany LONDON, March 31.—France and England have taken a def- inite stand as to the limits of ag- gresion Germany may make in the present “Stop Hitler’ drive with Prime Minister Chamberlain announcing to the British House of Commons today that England will support Poland if Germany initiates military ag- gression against her. This policy applies to the in- terim between the present time and the culmination of a pact between England and Poland, Chamberlaifi,said. France -had declared two days ago that Italy would not be given an inch of French soil in Tunisia, Africa. Nazi newspapers opened with blasts against the English policy accusing England of trying to create feeling which would cul- minate in another World War. Mussolini told an Italian audi- ence in a speech that Italy is ready to don the knapsack and is not afraid of war as it fident of victory. France signed an trade pact with Rumania important set the pact Germany has se- cured from the country. Tension between Slovakia and Hungary decreased today as Hungary was given large slices of territory it demanded. Legion Selects Committee Neville , COUNTY FORCES MOVE | OFFICES; Moving the offices of Judge! i Raymond R. Lord and of Tax As- sessor J. Otto Kirchheiner in to the new quarters in the annex to the county courthouse got under-' way yesterday afternoon and both the judge and assessor expect to} be comfortably settled in- their! offices by Saturday. i The work of transferring the! volumes, records and equipment} of the offices is heing done by! county prisoners under the direc- tion of Prison Guard Leroy Tor- res, and officials said this’ morn-, ing the men were working like} Trojans and were accomplishing ; more than was expected. H Office of Judge Lord’ occupies | County Fails To Provide Funds For WPA Projects ravest Came From City pas GOVERNMENT Council For Helping Out |- : In Work On Sewer Proj- i ect i = 4 Members of city council were =~ told last night at a special meet-) held with the council that the. county had no available funds, with which io sponsor any WPA! project. i Attending the meeting were! — Chairman Carl Bervaldi, and the s following members. of the com=} mitsion: Braxton B. Watren, Wm!" Monsalvatge; Attorney W. Curry! Harris, who was acting as clerk. Clerk Sawyer and Commissioners’ Thompson and Curry were ab- sent. A 4 Members of the council present: S Aitken (with ancl) wien shade i perm een aan sn try erts, Wm. Freeman and Jim Rob- eeece: cease: erts. Mr. Monsalvatge is also a NEWS FLASHES member of the council. Pe recccreenccccccocccces Needs Outlined The meeting was addressed by’ MADRID. — Prosecution of Spanish Loyalist officers in ~his Mr. Adams, who outlined the city today reached a new pitch needs of the council, which con- sisted of $1,400 for material for’ as trial of officers who had even worked for the cause of peace the outfall pipe of the sewer at Gener- the dump, and a sum of money Were ordered by Franco. for electrical connections, poles, : 5) Franco has allied Spain with {Germany and Italy, but there is etcetera, which would cost ap- ‘no military support promised. FEDERAL WATERS were blamed jestingly by Gov. Geo. proximately $1,000. Could the county furnish the! whole or any part of this money! MIAMI. — Former representa- to assist the city in sponsoring ‘tive Mark Wilcox has been elect- the project was the question ed president of the Everglades asked. » WNational Park Commission, Inc. ‘County's Funds Tied Up 9 |. INGTON. Fi The answer was hat ‘the ‘coi A wee en in “a long series of .G.O.P. banquets . duction and more later is con-' the entire west end of the new Y was.in no financial condition structure, and the equipment of © undertake the whole nor any ‘the large vault is now | being Part of the expense, because: of placed by expert workmen. Equip-| the fact that the county’s funds* ment for the office of the asses-| Were tied up and there was no sor has been placed in the south; W@Y of saying just when there ; section of the annex. Both the|W0uld be any monies available. west end and the south side will| After a short time spent in ex- be completed in every way by Sat- | Planation of the different phases urday. of the situation, an adjournment The section of the old building “45 ordered. The meeting lasted formerly used by Tax Collector | #bout 25 minutes. will be held April 20 in Washing- ton, it was announced today. TOKIO.—Japan has annexed a group of islands halfway between Indio-China and the Philippines, i which belong to France. The Jap- anese government claims that although’ France owns the islands it has no further right to them as it took away the protectorate administration it had over them. today j which is believed to largely off- Frank Ladd will, with some! changes and remodelling, which! pied by Sheriff K. O. Thompson } and his forces. That section to! the east, which was occupied by; Judge Lord, will, with some: changes, be occupied by the tax! ,collector and his clerks. | i To Work In Interestq@f | Securing State Convention Determined to make a last | the ideas and suggestions of any | arrived at the Naval Station last ditch fight to bring the 1940 Florida Department meeting of the American Legion to this city, members of Arthur Sawyer Post 28 have selected a general convention committee to make the 1939 Legion convention at Fort Lauderdale April 12-15 Key West-minded. Al Mills, who has been named| Ways and Means—R. E. New- Miami. It will spend six days on general chairman of the conven- tion committee, in announcing the names of his principal aides today stated that the American Legion Convention of 1940 would Convention of the Legion.” “Arthur Sawyer is a small|Kelly ‘and C. F.~ Russell, alter- Diesel Winton engines each of J .A. Heikel. post as posts go in the American Legion and to bring the 1940 businessman or any citizen in this movement to bring thou- ; sands of Legionnaires and their} families and friends to Key; West. | “There will be a meeting of the committee next Wednesday night at Legion hall and the gen- eral public is invited to attend and participate in the discus- sions.” | Other members of the conven-j jtion committee are: Finance—Fred J. Dion, John | Pinder and’R. E. Newton. iton, John Delgado, R. R. Leh- mann, George Lucas, T. Ai | | “Fred | Marvel, Roy! _Voght, M.'J. Horre and Sebas-; tion Cabrera, Jr. ' |in fact be a “City of Key West}, The post also has named Wil-:Prevemt alien sm ee H. ‘Reardon and W. J.! The Pandora is a 450 ton ship, burn, N.C, on the houseboat |Sehoneck, delegates, and Pat jnates, to the Fort Lauderdale ;convention. They will bring Key will start at once, is to be occu- Pandora Arrives Here For Permanent Basing ‘650 horsepower. Leaves Tomorrow For °7, noPower. . aboard...’ Practice Firing ; In Port, Vigilance, another Cutter; is Seventh ‘also in pért and will sail for the Every devel Day For treet practice tomorrow. 12-Da | Officers of the Paridora * are: y Stay ; Lieut. Commander C. H. Hilton, jLieut. J. H. Martin, Bo’sn J. A. Heikel, Machinist W. E. Lowe, Jn Coast Guard Cutter Pandora 36'sn Ju Bs Chtlatinngen, | Enlisted Personnel: Paul V. night at 11:30 o'clock and is of-!Stephenson, Carl iS | Harry Rickel, Bender B. Rawls, ficially transferred to the Key Lewis 0. Delozier, Rexford West base. | Weech, Ralph E. Ballenux, Clar- Although its schedule of trans- ence J. Gilleran, Walter J. fer calls for tomorrow the Pan-} dora is in port today as it must leave tomorrow for St. Peters- burg for target practice, small arms and short range firing. The cutter, which is in the Jacksonville Division will patrol the area from St. Petersburg to There are five enlisted men Roy Leugers, Ne A. Curlee, Jack D. Ivester, Edwin J. Matthews, Edgar S. Wright, Jr., Joseph C. Kennedy, Nolan S. Driggers, Paul D. Howland, John Stetz, W. W. Alderman, Jr., John Shields, Van T. Smith, Ivey W. Wood, Robert Freeman O. McClure, Benj. F. Weems, Albert D. Stevens, Ray- Patrol duty and 12 days in Key mond C. Suday, J. W. Patterson, West port as a regular schedule.|Anthony L. Ulchar, Neil B. Among the many duties the! Hewitt, Felecho Arevalo, Gabino andora will be called to do is to, Rubia, Russell P. Byrd, M. E. Mc- aid the Customs service, prevent Lure. smuggling, aid ships in distress,| Warrant Officer S. A. Peter- uggling. json has been transferred to. New- 165 feet. in length. It has two’ Pamlico. His place is taken by M._ Nyberg, ! Graves, Charles L. Jenkins, Le-! H. Wiggins, Dennis W. Gandon, ! | PRICE FIVE CENTS Representative Papy Outlines Economic ‘Program In Interest ‘OfiMonroe County Activities Beautiful Civar Boxes, Labels, Stress Key West Manufacture pany Prepares To Build Around Reputation Of City; ‘Factory To Stay’ | With production to begin in jearnest next week at the Key | West-Havana Cigar Factory on | Flagler Avenue, owner E. W. Ber- ‘riman and president Walter M. Woolfson are enthusiastic about Prospects of the success of the ‘company. “Next week we will employ about forty workers to start pro- as we train them in a new rolling ma- chine process, which manager Raul Garcia has patented and which will speed up production”, president Woolfson said. That substantial orders have been re- ceived by the company has been! indicated by Mr. Woolfson. The box and labels, which are being used, are distinctively Key West in character. On the outside of the cedar box is the seal of ‘Key West, placed in the center of a maritime compass, with the wording “Key West - Havana Cigars—Clear Havana”. On the ,inside paper lining is the same ‘seal and maritime compass and a map of the Keys with palm trees on Kéy West Island and Havana shown just below it. The cello- ‘phane wrappers of each cigar carry a small label of the same design. On an inside sheet the value of Key West as a cigar cen- ter is emphasized as follows: Name of the brand then; “Manufactured in Key West world famous for generations for its exquisite product—located just 90 miles from” Havana, Cuba, whose climate and manufacturing con- — ditions it stimulates perfectly in jevery part”. | “The Key West-Havana Cigar |, Company is here to stay”, Mr. Woolfson emphatically stated in discussing rumors that it was es- tablished solely as a threat against labor troubles in Tampa. “We are going to capitalize on the great reputation of Key West cigars, } FROST FOOLING Quinter Bashore utilized infra red rays from 260-watt therapeu- ” tic lamps. such as are used by doctors. to bring his Covina. Cal., orchard past cold wave. which has have gone to pense manufacturing again and are con templating gxeater publicity methods. We ould be extreme ly foolish to do this and thus build up 2 good trade if we did not wish to remain here perm anently”, never died out considerable ex. ‘Navy Department Turns Down Request. For Use O€" Hospital | i | (By Washington Correspondent ! of The Key West Citizen) | WASHINGTON, D. C., March |31—The Navy Department today |refused a request from the Key , West Rotary Club to turn the Old ' Naval Hospital property over to |the city for a Child Welfare Boarding Home. Acting Secretary of the Navy Admiral William D. Leahy, in re- ply to a letter from Ernést. A.j Community Clinic | Property As Children’s Home Department but i to the WPA According to Ramsey, the Navy Department does not appropriate any fund w the unkeep, other than fur ning electricity for pumps in case of fire. He states also that the buildings have not received any care for years and tha been demolished recently. Through FERA cooperation some minor repairs were made to a.few of the buildings, one of ywhich is now being used for a and County being leased some have Ramsey, president of the . club,’ Health Unit Stated that it had been “admin-; istratively determined” that the jinterests cf the Government. will ‘be best served by retaining cus- tody of the property for naval and other government uses. Senator Charles Andrews had ; Pressed the request on behalf of ,the Rétary Club. Key West sources claim that the refusal of the Navy to part with any of its The Rotary Club head told {Senator Andrews that the prop- herity could be further used by Key (West'but ‘wanted the reaction of {the Navy Department before pro- | ceeding In Bdition to establishing 2 Child Welfare Boarding Home, }Ramsey stated that his group {planned to aid in coordinating all welfare activities imto one We * Various Measures Wil Be Dtectiest, By Set outside County's share of track taxes. annuaily am@Uniir, te around $25,000, to the Board Ir Public employ 5. As act pr other wildiife from wenten - of $4,000 for salary to play up the Key West | Additional Measures dd. these quested by t Woman's Club. his on measures 1 gram norr that diver beheve will ¢ for M ative wi SAN FRANCISCO — “3 wanted one of these pr fish,” explained John Gallow after he was bay. Dr. S P.S unbutton-a Galloway's cic and out flop ped a four-inch smeit. Legion convention to Key West | West’s bid for the 1940 meeting ,and make it an outstanding event! before the delegates while the in the history of that organiza- | general committee is carrying on tion, it will require the active,!a general promotion campaign. | |wholehearted and public-spirited| The convention committee will ; co-operation of the entire com-/meet at 10:30 a.m. Sunday in munity,” General Chairman Mills}Legion headquarters t Miami, Fla. declared. “Accordingly, Arthur |ization and consideration of gen- ,Sawyer Post will gladly receive'eral plans and policies. Ahern Funeral Home EXCELLENT OVERNIGHT ACCOMMODATIONS--FT. JEFFERSON CRUISES--$10 ALL EXPENSE TWO-DAY Property may be an indication|unit. The Naval Hospital site that the Navy will*soon start in-! was ideal for the purpose, he said creased local activity in connec-‘in his letter. adding that if all tion with some phase of the Nav- | activities were concentrated in al expansion program. ;one building it would have a The property in question is greater chance for success and now under the Bureau of Medi-| also mean a great deal in egono- | cine and Surgery of the Navy/|my. Gmeludes charge for three game qualifying round Read rules m news release elsewhere im this issue The Citizen of TOUR...PRICE TOURS 505 DUVAL STREET-PHONE 124