The Key West Citizen Newspaper, April 18, 1939, Page 1

Associated Press Day Wire Service For 59 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West Che Key VOLUME LX. No. 92. Garage And Car Burned In Blaze Last. Evenin PE ™ Shetland Fony, Saddle Horse, Mule Escape Flames; Stable Built In: 1892 Threatened PLAN F | j; TRUSTEES FOR DISTRICT Sei | SO TO BE SELECTED; TO) SECOND ANNUAL | CONDUCT ELECTION ON) CAMPAIGN ON | “**™ CANCER, OPENS’ ___|MRS. M. E. BERKOWITZ. calling for a special election in A spectacular blaze last night) trans LOCAL CAMPAIGN: Hap seeheol Digtiict Nomier One. at 10:30 0’ in the rear of the| j ‘ix the millage for tax levy, Reon | MEMBERSHIPS WILL BE and the election of trustees for Hellings bufiding on Duval ssi SOLICITED ae pair penes: with ipression of the Overseas High- drew a crowd of 500 and destroy-/} Slee | Chapter 10297 of the!law pro-' WY? ed most of a garage there and an | a - ; ___ {vides for a biannualveleetion to; Answer—One of the greatest ; j ¢ second annual campaign be held in the “Special Tax ; engineering: feats I have seen in automobile belonging ‘to a junk Jf the American Socicty for the ;School Districts for this purpose, ' 59 999 ee travel in the U.S: dealer out of Miatni. ‘Control ‘of Cancer opened in Key ,2nd as the tax school district, i iti | West today: Mra: ai E aid iwhich is Number One, in Monroe , The cleanliness of itis noteworthy. Another car was brought Te : 4g !county, was created by an elec-' The road leaving Big Pine Key a. ones ise Pee ae, the Het eee of should be widened, for, many Hl ign jast year heads € the district. ie call is being is- ji ‘ji a visitor, was unable to stay in- Key West unit of the’ Women’s|sued to comply with the law. ferotsal pees pee oe aiace if a \Field Army again this year.| It is necessary that such elec-| raffic. ‘Th eae. ae on side for a half hour or more. A ‘Memberships will be solicited by |tion be held to name the trustees (f°. very iat eH Shetland Pony, a saddle horse local women, and in the event and the amount of millage to be |}-°¥ “i Ngee mor 2 A |one may not have been contacted jlevied each year for the next!®°¥, upon approach, cither di- and a mule, which were in the , by local solicitors, a call to Mrs.;two years, and it has been re- Seam a ~ makes bit i Berkowftz will enroll those will-| solved by the board of public in- St@ndard sign, put up by ie pear othe: eatage inian/old stable ing to contribute to this worthy |struetion of Monroe County, that State. The sign should be sub- ! stantial in size—steel—so that ‘tourists cannot steal them. (Following is an interview with Boake Carter. interna- tionally-known radio com- mentator, by G. W. Grawe, “Voice of the Keys”. Mr. Carter, who spent a vacation at Munson Island last month, will return again in May or June. He is very enthusias- tic about the Keys and is in- terested in seeing them de- veloped): | In the issue of The Citizen of ; yesterday, April 17, appeared a ,resolution of the Board of Pubic’ Question—What was your im- out, but was so warm the owner, did not require moving to escape . cause. The campaign will close the date of May 16 be fixed for aoe feanes: {April 30. |holding the election. . ; It is by means of annual mem-! jt is provided that all qualified The old stable, which was bership dues that the American |electors residing in said district Keys? threatened for a time was built |Society for the Control of Can-j who pay taxes on real estate andj; A—Yes, but certainly not my in 1892 by the late Martin Luth- | cer is able to conduct the exten- | personal property are eligible to last, not by a long shot—for the, er Hellings, cable repairer, who jSive and important research work vote at this election, polling | U. S. has no idea what a garden frequently worked on interna-|in which it has been engaged ‘places for which have been desig- of Eden this paradis2 really is. tional cables, and was manag@|during the past years, and to/nated and inspectors and clerks Why Americans spend money to of the Western Union office here|PTomote educational programs | named. jgo to Bimini, Nassau, Bermuda for some time. It is said to be|@esigned to instruct the public; ‘The notice of the election is to and such like places to be soaked the third oldest stable in the city.| that early cancer is curable, andjpe published in The Key West by every lightrider possible, in- Oldest stable was that owned by| ‘that general cancer mortality Citizen once each week for three stead of patronizing their own the late William Curry, said to be figures can be lowered by cour-jmore weeks, and the last pub-'country and places which can 100 years old, on Ann street be-‘#8eous alertness and prompt ac- 'jication of the resolution and call provide all the attractions of tween-Greene and Caroline. jaa eneibe part of the ez ay the election shall-appear May fthore| Secolgn places and more, is Apparatus from Number One Ps ‘3 ‘ 4 legend to me. Fire Station responded and with |, It is shown that the work el The resolutions, which were @Q- Having visited Key West, two lines soon had the, blaze unas the American Society for the | unanimously passed on April 6 talked to many merchants,’ do y 1 by the Board of Public Instruc-' you fecl there is a future for the N Control. of Cancer is. considered der control. A nedtby tree which | ; sted Lo F was ignited was sl! doused. {so important ‘that the United }tion,’ signed by Clarence . |States Congress by special act pierce, chairman, Allan B. Cleare ey | \ | ; Re Within Two Months; Yachting Possi Q—s this your first visit to the \designated April as Cancer’Con-!and Ralph K. Johnson, and at-\, “—¥eS Providing the city ¢s- \Field Army. Mrs. Franklin D.|tions as the general election, ex- the Zinta rete ne nads baal |Roosevelt is honorary chairman | cept as modified by Section 708 gan does Miami an un Valley, trol month. Mrs. J. Rawlston | tested by Melvin E. Russell, as tablishes a separate fund for | Wells, president of the Florida! superintendent of the board, pro- publicity and promotion, hire the ORDERED TO REPORT WEEK: of the national advisory board. |of the Compiled General Laws LY TO PROBATION OFFICER | Fees are a dollar, and may be | of Florida. Federation of Women’s Clubs is'yides that the election be held P&st man the fund will allow, state director of the Woman's’ ynder the same rules and regula- and sell Key West to the rest of paid to Mrs. A. M. Hewitt of! ENTEN! 1230 South street or Mrs. Ber-j a oe CE | kowitz at 323% Whitehead street. | PROPOSE FISH Charles Roberts, Richard Han-| nah and Alfred Moss, three color-| °°S*ensrmesostsernaenees Idaho. At the risk of being jumped upon by the civic-mind- ed townspeople. A coat of paint all about town would do no harm. And a cleanup campaign—get- } ting every huseholder to do his share, as a matter of civic pride, ed youths who were arrested by; Special Officer Cleveland Niles, | and charged with stea!g wires and appurtenances from Trumbo (ity Associatia Press) Island, were arraigned this secceesessoccce-coessvese morning before Juvenile Judge: TALLAHASSEE.—A commit- vuliette Russell. itee to investigate alleged graft After the evidence had been‘anq influence in Florida racing given at the hearing the Judge was named by the Florida legis- sentenced Roberts and Hannah to! jature today. two years in the reform school, ca ets and suspended the punishment CHICAGO.—A message from with ghe understanding that the president Benes said that all free boys werg to report weekly to the ‘Czechoslovakians thrilled _to probation officer, Frank Velasco. President Roosevelt’s message In the case of Alfred Moss,' for disarmament. who has been living in the city, eee but a short time, it was agreed! WASHINGTON. — A_ confer- that if his mother would take: ence was held today to safeguard him back to Miami, no action ‘America’s economic strength mn a would be taken by tie court. pending war crisis in Europe. Se, Clee ER ISOD Among those who were present © were Morgenthau, Eccles, Wal- hace. TEMPERATURES NEWS FLASHES eo i FREEZING PLANT {would be useful. At present the | ‘beauty of the city’s approach IN KEY WEST |cutsce: the city itself. The city | ‘has, to my mind, to build up it- t ———— It {NOVA SCOTIAN TRUCK must encourage tourists to stay vavernight by offering induce- |; ROUTE: POINTED (OUT BY | nenty it all kinds, | STATE MARKETING ' BU-; Q-You have no doubt heard ent i: + ‘of our wonderful fishing facilities REAU REPRES! IVE and the claim being that it is sec- i ‘ond to none in America. What .is your opinion? A+Since Ihave spent most of self to match its boulevard. Taking up the Rr: ition of ;W. L. Wilson, direc! of the state marketing bureau, to estab-' if isi i= . my first visit to the Keys, on the lish a freezing plant for Key West ater fishing from morn to sun- fish the Young Democratic Club! gown, suffering the aches and jendorsed it and also a plan where- ‘p,ins of a northern greenhorn, ‘by a trucking service -over a reg- sunburn—what more can I say? jular route would create more of Q But you have not said any- ,a demand for the Key West thing about catches? product. — z | A—Do,you think, Charlie, that Mr. Wilson will later come to } would stay on the water every i Key West to meet representative gay if the fish weren't biting the feitizens and civic bodies and se-' yay 1 have never experienced in cure their imprssion of the POS- my life before? Yes, as far as Lowest Highest | WASHINGTON.—NLRB head | <inilites of the project. Station— last night last 24 hours ' '0day told the press that if Con-| wison pointed out how a small Abilene 68 gress took back civil liberties! town in Nova Scotia, similar to 16 given through the National Labor x, West, has a $20,000 freeze Sue Relations Act ‘that it: would be! 1, ~ catches go I have run the gamut of bafracudas, groupers, grunts, yellowtails, lain snappers, bone- fish, porgies, gags and all the rest unprecedented and would amount a eee to class legislation. Chicago Denver Detroit Galveston Havana — SAN FRANCISCO. — Police | Chief Quinn told a National Pa- |role Council that present paroles | were antiquated. ‘ROBERTS’ RITES Jacksonville sary and serves @ of what you have down here. va: . 1 of ving crawfish | Approval 6f the bill, whieh nian a aa aan |Senator Hodges is at present tiem*with northern lobsters? (bringing before the legislature’ “A _igjon't let this get into a ;and which will give “Monroeiysitheei"paper, but the northern ,county,.a state, senator was made “péopyi(don’t know what a lob- yand Representative Papyy ster really is until they’ve eaten \Elmer Ward will be. asked tog, ‘(That's no ‘soft ; Support it by the club. , Kansas City — 34 KEY WEST - 76 Little Rock —. 44 Los Angeles — 64 Louisville Miami Mpls.-St, P. — 32 New Orleans — 56 New York __ 40 Pensacola _ Pittsburgh St. Louis __ Salt Lake City 34 San Francisco 48 Seattle _ 50 Tampa _ 70 Washington _ 44 Williston __ 9 _ HELD YESTERDAY TYNES’ WIDOW veils Sciacca maton: 31}: Roberts, who died 11:20 o'clock’ )Saturday morning, were held} Will of the late Benjamin yesterday morning from St.) Tynes filed in the Probate Court , Paul’s Episcopal church, Rev. Ar- of Judge Raymond R. Lord ‘thur B. Dimmick officiating. {leaves the esfate’to his wi —— 58 _— 42 3 Lopez Funeral Home was in’ Ellen SERSRSSVSSSESRSSSVSESE| SRSEBSSE \ prevailing i = A—Sure, providing the gents know how to navigate. I would ite to tangle with your coral ith the bottom of ot Cttizrn THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN THE U.S.A. KEY WEST, FLORIDA, TUESDAY, APRIL 18, 1939 Ss Scoeceereccoccvesccscecesces , America, in particular, have you -realized that lone islands existed within our own national borders, ‘which outdo the South Seas? A—No, I never did. America has the South Seas within her own backyard and apparently most Americans don’t know it. *- Q~—How do you like the small islands located on the cean side ‘of the Keys? A—If they are all- like Cook Island then I can realize how dumb our city slickers are most ,of our lives. Here-ene can live simply, get our own’ food for which you pay fabulous prices up porth, cook it yourself, eat it, “swim in crystal -waters, shoot, hunt, explore and drop:your cares and worries. It only goes to show ‘that the more we over-civilize ourselves the more expensive it is for everyone to live. and the} more the government must bor- ‘row or tax to pay for more people on the WPA. > Q—Do you expect to come back again? A—Try and keep me out! Qu—Have you anything else to my or suggest? A—Yes. I think the Federal ,Government’s lighthouse and geodetic bureau in conjunction with the U. S. Army engineers, '<hould work to provide a network of. passable channels between the Keys and the islands on both sides of the Keys. For the reason that this. would encourage many fish- ermen to establish more camps, attract more people, sell the Keys, provide revenue, which in turn would provide an increased percentage to the Federal Gov- erhment, to repay part of the cost. It would also encourage yachtsmen to bring their vessels into good anchorages, free from open waters. This again would encourage buyers to purchase land and so pay taxes. The chan- nels should be marked by buoys and a coast guard patrol estab- lished along these channels. But ‘the main thing is that Key West should appropriate as much as it can spare, even though increased if needs be, to put on a publicity campaign across the nation to at- tract people to the Keys. These people would return revenue to the city and permit the relaxation of the increased taxes. for pub- licity. America is merchandise and promotion conscious. The 160 years history of the U. S. has {been simply promotien. Even Barnum and Bailey said there was one born every minute, and got away with it for half a cen- tury. Key West has. something to sell. Let it do a.good mer- chandising job and it'll be sur- prised to see how many people ‘come to look around., And their coming will or should. force local merchants, financiers and city to build better hotels, houses, stores and attractions. Start the ball rolling in one direction and. the rest takes care of itself. And if ‘nother city tries to undermine Key West—by spreading false rumors, for instance, about Key West’s water supply—let Key West not shrink but seize the op- Portunity—make a huge row about it—call the other city a liar or words to that effect—denounce the tramps in the other city and make a publicity issue out of the whole thing—which will cause other newspapers to pick the argument and write about it for all to read. Be talked about. Put on ballyhoo stuff. Pay a.gaad publicity man, even at the ex- pense of the taxpayers, which.may make them yap, but so....what? Either sell Key West or let. it die. SEWER EMPLOYES “OW STREET WoRK Approximately 400 WPA work- ers, who were engaged in the ac- tivities on the sewer and water ceased with the stoppage of that “project last Saturday, are now at + RP ttl Hitler Will Tak On Roosevelt i ' Italy To'Be’ Silent; Tan- | giers Desired By Franco | But Left Alone; Jugo- | slavia Mobilizes j (By Associnted Press) BERLIN, April 18.—Nazi sourc- ,¢S indicated that Hitler would do Vall the talking in regard to Presi- dent Roosevelt’s attempts to be — a world mediator and disarmer,’ and Mussolini will remain silent. Hitler will address the Reich April 28. Thursday is his birth- day. : Hitler is returning to Berlin to- day, a day sooner than expected. Minister of Propaganda Gering is also returning from Rome with a report for Hitler. | England is said to be progress-' ing rapidly with her allies in| Turkey and Russia. Meanwhile, three Nazi agents in London were exported. Since the taking of Albania by Italy, Yugoslavia has been in- creasing its arm and has taken in 50,000 more troops. It was revealed here today that Franco desired Tangiers in Afri- ca, which belongs to France, but the rushing of a large French’ fleet to the Mediterranean halt- ed his wishes. Today the Ger- ‘man fleet steamed out to maneu- ver off Spain. Meanwhile from Nova Scotia came repeated reports that a sub- marine has been seen off the coast. ASKS REDUCTION _ OF ASSESSMENT | OF, TRUMBO TAX ATTORNEY PHICE TAKES UP MATTER WITH CITY COUN- CIL:; YACHT BASIN QUES- TION ALSO HEARD 1 ' | T. E. Price, attorney for Trum- bo Properties , Inc., met with members of the City Council last night at which time he requested that a reduction be made on the assessment of the Trumbo prop- erties in Key West. The property - is assessed on the current book for $4,600, and. Mr. Price stated that he thought this figure was rather excessive. He asked that it be réduced to a more reason- property©!at this time. ‘There | was -¢onsiderable discussion, ‘but | jo, actian-wasctaken, the matter | jngideferted for further con-/ About Yacht Basin | The matter of the city spon-/ soring a WPA project for build. |ing a dock at the Garrison bigh in there was t 5 c ‘ ; hs ; : i! Hie i FE le i z most equable climate m the country; with an average range of only 14° Fabrenhet | PRICE FIVE CENTS Works Progress. Adinisrato Twelve Theasand Werke: Te Be Employed in Set 8 Up Covering Many Sec- uees Ot Count SIDS IGL 4 ‘HAPPY’ CHANDLER ee oe 6 Adu LS oo The WPA cat wee Get a wormers wil be emmucpec -oc a= the $9.302.980 Hoummg Sacer: cOa Deumg snarec oy Fecere ace <a gowermmen. ' i Sevecty-cme surwer: sere seo) approve tor 8 comes sac sour ties om 25 state imcinding Key West anc Pemsacoa Fla AB of these procs wil ox eel i Hh it eg i} ef t underwey 45 soem «5 geceuery atTamgements ere mede cor -s. amg care of spomsersmp om ite part of the d:fferenmt .oca: gore== ments. anc cther setais comp: ed m commecton with the pro : i MEMBERS OF GROUP WERE TAKEN ON FISHING TRIPS. WHICH WERE IMMENSELY ENJOYED After spending a delightful va- cation in Key West, Governor A. B. Chandler, of Kentucky, and | party left this morning over the highway for Miami. enroute to their homes in Kentucky and Texas. Other members of the, gover- nor’s party were J. Don Tolbert and brother, Sheridan Tolbert, of Frankfort, Ky.. which is head- quarters of the governor; Mr. and Mrs. Jim McMurray, of Dallas, and Mrs. M. J. McMurray, of Ty- ler, Texas. Mr. Tolbert said, just before leaving, that there had been a number of things said against the party coming to Key Weft but to these he “turned a deaf ear”, and was mgihty glad he did so as the party had spent a delightful time. During their visit they were fishing most of the time and suc- iceeded in making some excellent catches, inclufing sailfish, which were taken on both the fishing excursions of Saturday and yes- Bill of complaint was filed yes- terday in circuit court, setting forth that Elinor Ferguson Gar-' ner is the plaintiff and David L. Garner the defendant, in a di- vorce suit. HL HL. Taylor is the attorney for the plaintiff. All things are the naval station of the Destroyers Cx Dale, which are due t Pier “B” 6 tomorr morning for replenishme their fuel oil tanks At the station this was said that if both v to take oil at the would probably be for Norfolk, Va. by In the event they their succession. would be longer. It was thought there may possibility of the ships ret for the day and night. ing im the orders indicate they will do aught but f bunkers upon arrrval from ( port, Miss. and proceed t& tination. arr o'clock w same time t ready 10 we oll in the t HICKS GIVEN ALBERT’S POST ASSUMES NEW DUTIES AS PROJECT SUPERVISOR OF WPA Clifford G. Hicks, who wa charge of the garage of the WPA, and other activities m comnec- tion therewith, was yesterday Mr. Albert was project super- visor for the WPA and his dutes