The Key West Citizen Newspaper, April 14, 1939, Page 1

Associated Press Day Wire Service For 59 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West Key West, Florida, has the most equable climate im the country; with an average range of only 14° Fahrenheit The Kry West Citizen VOLUME LX. No. 89. ng Marketing Offered Duri Another Sale Was Con- ducted “ This Morning; All But One Lot Was Sold During Bidding Captains aa aa owners of | catches which have been tttered| for sale at the Municigal ‘sponge | wharf this week, have been im- bued with the idea catches were of greater value that their than was offered by the buyers, Prices As WASHINGTON.—Abolition of trade barriers between states, branding them the greatest obstacles to lessen- ing of unemployment and the depression era. was ad- vanced in the House today. TALLAHASSEE.—A bill to ap- THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN THE U. S. A. CATES WARNING SCHOOL SPEEDERS |NOTE TRAFFIC VIOLATION INCREASE IN ZONE; LI- CENSES TURNED IN Officer Myrtland Cates of the! | Key West Police Department,’ who directs the Key West School-| i creasing number of cars are be-| ginning to speed through the! jschool zones and requests more | {cooperation of motorists. i | If there are any excessively | jhigh speed violations or running! jthrough a red light reported, | | Cates immediately makes arrests. License mumbérs are supplied by} the patrol. | “It is extremely dangerous to |the school children”, Cates said,! | prove the Florida ship canal was! “especially those in the grades} | proposed in the Florida Legisla-|schools. The school boy patrol! jture today. The propect would}does not attempt to direct traf-| cost about $200,000,000. | | fic but merely attempts to guide| | WASHINGTON. — A 35 magerne children in crossing nearby! | ae az and in most instances their con-! report of recommendations by |Stfeets. They are reporting all, clusions have proven correct. ¢ National Labor Relations | Board is being perused by caetel ‘violations, however”. | During the lunch hour from! Monday’s sales were produc-| bers of Congress today. All of| 11:50 to 12 and, at close of school tive of better results than was the recommended changes in the| around 2:30 large groups of chil-' indicated at the dock and those owners who refused, nine in number, most of them were offered and accepted consider- able advances on the process of- fered at the dock. ! A similar instance was noted} at the sale this morning, when, 155 bunches of wool and six of yellow were placed on the dock./conomist, said that war would Club. TALLAHASSEE. — Public hearings were ordered in the question of reapportioning tne pari-muteul racing bet- ting funds of the state. LAKELAND. — Roger Babson, All of them were sold except one |2°t come for more than a year lot which contained 112 bunches @d that propagandists were of wool for which was offered. mostly stirring up war scares in $601.99 or $5.36% the bunch, | the equntry today and that if a which ‘was refused by the owner. War came they would be prin-' Had the entire lot of offerings ; cipally responsible. been sold the receipts would have been $702.98, but with the refusal of the owner to accept the price offered, receipts at the conclusion of the sale totalled $100.99. H ENJOY KEY WEST Two elderly retired school teachers have discovered a way | to spend their time and that. is travelling around the world see- ing all the historical places which they have read about for so many years. Arriving in Key West Tuesday they were escort- ed around the city and were de- lighted to see the interesting his- tory just under the surface. “Sometimes we wonder how rich people can run over to Eu-: rope and come back with im-j pressions only of cafe life and the latest fashions, when there are so*many other places ficarby which are of real lasting jinter- est,” the two ladies told The Citi-! zen. The ladies are Miss Edna zines which M. Johnston, whose hobby is, Wickly are th D writing; and Miss Mathilde. | Plans for expensive interior dec- | Hausrath, who sketches while | ation schemes in large houses ; travelling over the world. Miss ;@"4 giving lay-outs for luxury; NEWARK.—Mechanics of RECOMMENDED TO BE WORN P ARK Easiern Air Lines struck to- day with the union reporting 240 men had complied with the request. President Rick- enbecker said that the flights would be continued and that government flight standards would still be in effect. WEALTHY STEAL BOOKS QUICKER LONDON LIBRARIANS SHOW ‘requently are THIS TO BE THE CASE IN CHECK UP = (By Associated Press) LONDON, April 14—Wealth- ‘st readers are’ the most pro- lific book thieves, according to the borough librarians’ of Ealing, a suburb of London. One librarian said ‘the maga- disappear those containing Johnston after the Key West ex-, 8ardens. perience is thinking of writing impressions of the city. Their journeys, all recorded by pictures and manuscripts, have taken them to Waikiki, California, Egypt, all through Europe. From Key West they will go to the World’s Fair in their home city; in New York and then travel to! San Francisco where they will see the Golden Gate Exposition! and spend the winter'there. Key! “It is obviously prosperous peo- ple who commandeer these jour-| nals”, he added. BY EXPRESS Indications that there is a West waters! are wonderful they | shortage of sponges in the north- said and reminded theM so much ern markets were taken to be of the beautiful’ ,waters ‘around well supported yesterday have. traveled ' 36 bales of fine wool sponges were Hontlulu. They when most; of Board and Act are considered of|dren are in the area. doubtful value by the Board. The schoolboy patrols are at! present at Harris, Division, St. |Joseph’s and Douglass schools. !They were established by the ;AAA and have blue and white uniforms with badges and belts. ' |They are given movie tickets |once a month by the local spon- {soring body, the Key West Rotary, 6 SAFETY BELTS FOR MOTORISTS TO PREVENT INJURY | IN ACCIDENT (By Associated Press) EL PASO, Tex., April 14.—If |you want to avoid the chance of! | disfigurement in an auto accident! ; Wear a safety belt or learn to ; think quickly. That is the advice of Dr. John Pangman, plastic surgeon, who repairs disfigured persons. When an accident occurs, passengers H injured because \ they are thrown about the inside of the car, Dr. Pangman said. A/| | safety belt that holds the Passen- | gers tightly in their seat might prevent this. | . Lacking a belt, the doctor sug-' [gested a person has'a better |@bly placed on the tennis courts} LUCKNOW — An inter - pro-| chance of escaping injury if he|im the park for night play or at! yincial river commission | grabs an overcoat, blanket or.sim- the Bandshell for floodlighting. |been formed to control rivers of | ¢ The’ poles at the Park were United’ Provinces, Bihar and /| ‘he questions most often asked in| ,ilar article and clutches it to the t i i {not creosoted and rapidly deter- i j :upper portion of his body and pidly _Bengal after several orm nv the sapidiy- chanel 444 con} j over his face, protecting himself. | TYNES’ RITES Funeral services for Benjamin} | Tynes, who died Tuesday evening! | at 6:25 o’clock in his home at 1014 |Grinnell street, were held 9:30! jo’clock this morning from St. |Paul’s Episcopal church. Rev.! ‘Arthur B. Dimmick was the of-' |ficiating minister. { Arrangements were in charge: of the Lopez Funeral Home. Pallbearers were: William W. |Camero, Claude Albury, Elwood ee Ss NEW GOLD FIELD | KEY WEST, FLORIDA, FRIDAY, APRIL 14, 1939 Organize Key ‘Citizens Organization; Officers Elected During Meeting '"SHiBSSLas. K. W. B. C. GETTING NATIONAL PUBLICITY With the announcement yesterday of the Key West Yacht Club’s entry in Lloyd's Register of American Yachts, and the fact that the Key Wesf Boat Club will son Motors” booklet, which is sent to 3,300 outboard shops ih every part of the country, Key West will soon have a reputation for pleas- ure boating. Maurice Cruz, member, and Lighthouse Department engineer, at the request of A. P; Tanner, vice-president of Johnson Motors, with headquarters at Waukegan, IL, has written full informa- tion about the Key West Boat Club and its experienc- es in outboard motorboating. Outboards are put to a se- vere fest by the Key West Boat Club, members of which often go on 40-mile cruises through the Keys in the smallest to the largest outbéard craft. The group may be seen frequently in the late afternoons racing around Key West harbor. V hhh hod didkede THREE FLOODLIGHT POLS Fal HIGH WIND LAST NIGHT PUT FLOODLIGHTS ON TEN- NIS COURTS Two of the diamondball field flood light poles at Bayview Park fell in the high wind last night and dragged down a third pole. ‘? Mrs. Eva Warner, who is su-;membefship shall be organized! perintendent of Key West parks, is arranging with Wesley Archer, Parks chairman on the City Council, to pull down the re- maining four poles. The floodlight reflectors and bulbs will be saved and prob- iorated _ after around 1933. their _ planting | Preliminary steps toward the jformation of the Key Citizens ‘Organization, were taken last |night at an exceptionally well attended meeting held in the |rooms of the Chamber of Com- imerce on Fleming street. | Members of the K.C.O. state ‘that it is positively a non-profit, | non-political and non-partican or- | ganization, the object of which is {the improvement of conditions, |generally, throughout Key West ‘and Monroe county. | Officers who were elect jwere: Fred O. Eberhardt, {vice chairman; ‘dueles, Sr., treasurer and finan- cial secretary; Miss Helena Bar-; have not been assigned to any; jeelo, secretary. Representatives, by precincts, ito the governing body who were |selected were: Precinct No. 1, ;Cecil Catala and John G. Rob- jerts ;Precinct No. 2, Olney Rob- jerts and Faustino Rendueles, Sr.; {Precinct No. 3, Melville Russell tinue on the trip to Norfolk. He’ and Charles Wells; Precinct No. 4, Joseph Cates and Armando Al- fonso; Precinct No. 5, Arthur H. Sheppard and Bryan Richardson; Precinct No. 6, Paul O. Ladd and John H. Richardson. Committee to formulate by- laws: F. H. McKinley, Melville Russell, Paul O. Ladd, Faustino Two Modem 0 Arve tion has been officially notified that two destroyers of the’ navy ‘vill arrive at Key West on the morning of April 18, next Tues- 'day. ed The vessels are the Cummings, | under command of Lieutenant Per-!Commander Todd, and the Dale, manent chairman; Paul O. Ladd, ‘in command of Lieutenant Com-j Faustino Ren-|mander Womble. The ships are! ‘of the most modern type, and | division. Lieutenant Callahan said the ships were on their shake-down cruise, and were en route from ‘Gulfport, Mississippi to Norfolk, Va. They would take fuel oil at the naval station, and would con- ‘had not been informed how lon; ‘they would be in port. 4 ‘BANK IN ENGLAND _ ALWAYS GUARDED | i Rendueles, Sr., Arthur H. Shep-; |O. Eberhardt. imembership would be $1 payable in advance. Tentative rules for the body are as follows: No person shall ibe eligible for membership who jholds any appointive or elective ‘office in Monroe County or the State of Florida. No person will be elected to membership in the organization without the approval of board of directors; any member attempting to use the organiza- tion for his individual gain shall be immediately expelled. | It is proposed that the entire to support the final action of the {committee, and in failure to do |so by any of its members, this jmember forfeits his right to age 1 FLOOD CONTROL * has iwere swept away in recurrent floods. eeccccccece KEY WEST NEGRESS SHOWN TO HA Born In 1791; Died Here At Ripe Old Age Of 110 ‘er as the treaty of Versailles for eee see LIVED IN THREE DIFFERENT ee Of extreme interest is the rec ords of the deaths, which have | occurred in Key West, all of per- sons of 100 years and over. Look- | ing over the data The Citizen! | Demeritt, Ben D. Trevor, Alberto |£0und one death, which occurred’ at the age of 110 years. *This was Hannah Roberts, who Negress, who was born in the! ese e | Concepcion Estevez Valdez, ‘died October 2, 1922, 101 years. | Hannah Brooks, died April 30, ; 1902, age 102 years. Born in St. Augustine, Fla. ! 5 . jdied in Key West, May 15, 1902, {had lived in three centuries.}at the age of 100 years. It was définitely agreed that! and} dues 25 cents per month, all dues’ (By Associated Press) LONDON, April 14.—Every , evening at sundown a platoon of soldiers with fixed bayonets |marches through the City te | guard the Bank of England. This guard was established in | 1780 during the Gordon riots, ©|and has been maintained ever jsince. The riots started over the | question of Catholic emancipa- jtion. Some 20,000 troops had to be called out to quell the riots. By DEWITT MACKENZIE Associated Press Foreign Affairs Writer NEW YORK, April 14—One of connection with the latest crisis pean dictatorships and democra- cies is: “Just what is the cause?” This crisis has as many roots as jthe famous Banyan fig tree, and one might profitably go back as | some light. However, the funda- /mental cause is quite clear. The interests of the Berlin- Rome Axis and the Anglo-French Alliance finally have clashed so | Seriously that the two democra- | cies feel the security of their em- | Pires is gravely threatened. | In its essence it is a test of {strength to decide who's who as | between Germany and Italy on Mariana Pinto, born in Cuba, the one side and Britain and} | France on the other. | England and France have de- |clared that they will fight to pre- jficer in charge at the naval sta-! fusing conflict between the Euro-; Veit Says: War in ‘teil Attack On South América Destroyers Here Tues SEISSIOOSLS ST. PETERSBURG GETS CONVENTION ‘By Assectinted Press) FT. LAUDERDALE, April 14—The American Legion chore St. Petersburg for the 1940 state convention by @ vote of 119 to 112 over Or- lando. ‘ Key West withdrew its bid in favor of St. Petersburg. Fh hdd dididided VASSIE GOES TO TORTUGAS William Vass the lighthouse department, sailed yesterday on the passenger ves- sel, Talofa, for Loggerhead Key, to make certain repairs and ad- justments on the Deisel engine at e, machinist with } +neadquarters this morning, The Citizen was told that a message had been received {by radio telephone from Fort Jefferson, that a boat from the Talofa would be sent to Logger- bead Key this morning, take on Mr. Vassie, who would return to Key West this afternoon. AFTER HEAD HUNTERS BOMBAY — British officials have hurried to Margherita As- sam to investigate a rumor that a 30-year-old slave, bought for about $230, was sacrificed to the deity by the Nagas tribe of head- hunters near there. THE CRISIS? BECAUSE BOTH SIDES WANT TO RULE ! litical framework of Europe, and those other parts of the world in which the British and French possessions lie. In other words, the Anglo- French combine will Le fighting to mainta:n what it regards as its ‘rightful place in the sun, and the Axis will be bent on achieving its “natural aspirations”. England France are chiefly concerned at the moment ‘with the danger that Turkey and Greece, and the strategically im- portant Dardanelles straits, may come uncer domination of Ger- many and Italy. Here enters the threat to the security of the British and French empires. For he who controls these two Balkan states and the famous waterway, also controls the eastern end of the Mediter- ranean and is in position to men- ,ace the Suez canal—all-important | British and French link with the Far East. j Possession of the Dardanelles— which have been fought over ;through long | centuries—means PRICE FIVE CENTS ‘veal. ; Believe Lithuania Next German Coup; Cham- | berlain To Align Russia, (Ry Annccinted Prens) LONDON, April 14.—President | Roosevelt in a thundering ad- dress this morning said that the United States would engage im any Kind of warfare necessary if there were need to protect the Western Hemisphere. He said that if a South Amer- ican nation were attacked by any European nation that the United States would furnish it supplies and aid whatever manner necessary. in Meanwhile Prime Minister Chamberlain of England is to day attempting to bring Russia back into the “Stop Hitler” fold with negotiations. Although the British state office would not comment it is generally thought that a pact with Russia to supply Poland Rumania with air- planes in case they are attacked is asked. Poland and Rumania are extremely wary oi ‘theproposal in that thep fser to anger Hitler by any alliance with Russia, which is a bitter enemy of Germany. At the same time Chamberiain is attempting to split the Rome- Berlin Axis by applying pres sure on Italy to withdraw from its German alliance. The threat is scrapping of the English- Italian treaty, Hitler is bélieved ready to march against; Lithuania next. Although reports had it that a plot to give Lithuania to Ger- many was uncovered in the coun- try, the. Lithuanian press tele- graph denied it. Hitler at pres- ent is cancelling Lithuanian port privileges. Wild rumors swept Europe with the announcement that part of the German fleet would man- euver in Mediterranean waters. Rumors claimed that Germany was attempting to establish her fleet in the Mediterranean to prevent any bottling her out at Gibraltar. Germany said that it was routine maneuvers. or by Germany TEMPERATURES eeocscee . Lowest Highest Station— last night last 24 hours Abilene Atlanta Boston Buffalo Charleston Chicago Denver Detroit Galveston Havana Huron Jacksonville Kansas City Little Rock Los Angeles Louisville Miami Mpls.-St. P. | off and om for thirty years.|shipped by express to the Amer- They wereoguests at ‘the Over-| ican Sponge and Chamois Co., in seas Hotel. 2 |New: York, by Howard Gates, \local manager of the company. ‘domination of the Black Sea {which is bordered by Turkey, ia, Rumania and Russia. Anglo-French anxiety as re- Lucy Newton, born in Bahama * - ys | “in a | serve the independence of Poland Bahama Islands in 1791, died in/Islands, died in Key West, Aug- if that country is attacked and! ' { BOMBAY — Gold has been Key West on June 19, 1901. She'ust 10, 1905, at the age of 102 chooses to defend herself. | discovered near Godhra and the/W@s well-known as “Old Aunt! years. | fates agen ote ieaee| LEMON GOES LONG WAY | any reason for the sponges be-|s sining lease: Seer: five square; Other oo i: |ing ordered shipped by express, | mile __ Syndicate is DELPHI—Mrs. John Holsinger| ing ordered ae oe ‘a = - boat touching at Key West until | able. was baked ten lemon pies with the) juice of one lemon she brought! 4 ‘Friday of next week, and it home from Florida. The lemon concheded — that. the was cause of demands for weighed and one-half, pounds, } | two Mr. Gates was unable to give shipment time, be- the sponge. necessary at this | j i i | Hannah”. death records found | among ‘the data were: Antonio} 1, 1904, Navarette, born in Africa and) died in Key West September 8,/ 1908, 108 years old. | Mary Dodge died at the age of! $100 on July 24, 1910. She was} John Roberts, | i born im .Washington, .D. C. Mary Williams, born in Charles ton, S. C., died in at the age of Manuel Avila, died Jan 1929, at the age of 100 Julia La Cinga, 3, 1930, at the age of 110 died March 26, 1 aid to other countries. But if war grows out of an at- tack on Poland, for instance, it be fought solely in the in- |@ards the Mediterranean control ‘has been increased by Musso- |lini’s occupation of {which lies up against Greece, jand gives him another important military and naval base. Albania, ; Salt Lake City San Francisco Seattle jTampa — | Washington —_ | Williston BESSSHESLVSSBACSRIeve | SFseenets RVOASKKSLSSVSSSLVSLASIe | SSRvexsezs