The Key West Citizen Newspaper, April 19, 1939, Page 1

The Key West Citizen THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN THE U.S.A. KEY WEST, FLORIDA, W ED! Pegler Tries Fousiddimes To Get To Key West Finally Suess Associated Press Day Wire Service For 59 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West VOLUME LX. No. 93. Fairly Good Prices Paid NESDAY, APRIL 19, 1939 PRICE FIVE CENTS Monroe County Residents To ‘DESTROYERS | ARRIVE FOR For Sponge Sold Today Two Hundred And Twenty TIME PAYMENT Four Ranches Offered; | ON CARS WILL | Three Different Grades’ BE PROTECTED Displayed IN THIS MORNING AND 10:30 O'CLOCK U. S. Destroyers Cummings ;morning from Gulfport, Miss., fand at 10:30 o’clock the vessels ‘ (nn CBRBGES DARD GVANT | cre at Pier 5) snaval,, station, Offered to buyers at the mu-| oys OTHER MATTERS IN taking on supplies of fuel oil and dock this morning | ‘sending out orders for supplies "9 FINANCING TO BE CLOSELY ‘to different business places excellent sponge) INVESTIGATED ithe city. which brought fairly good prices bose and some which were below the) | BALTIMORE, Md., April 19.—; usual prices because of the fact First of the finance companies to the texture was not up to the publish a guarantee protecting ;the time payment buyer of new ‘automobiles against over-charges or hidden charges is Commercial Credit Company. This guarantee specifically states that the pur- "ved at this port. bunches of yellow and six bunch- Chaser financing through Com.| The Cummings, which was at es of grass, and the total “price mercial Credit will pay no more the dock with the Dale, made fast offered and received was $606.23. than he should and get every- | to the port side, is in command | | i nicipal sponge were some (Special to The Citizen) sities at this port and sail direct to their destination—Norfolk, Va. Neither of the ships had been assigned to any division of the navy, at the time they ar- grade, it was said. Altogether the offerings con- Sisted of 157 bunches of wool, 61 Highest price offered was for thing that he pays for. Commer. |0f Lieutenant Commander C. R.! 52 bunches, which was $310.10 or cial Credit Company also guar-, Todd, and others of the official approximately $5.96 the bunch. antees that the buyer will re-|family are: Lieutenant G. C. Other prices were for 22 bunches, ceive the full insurance coverage , Wright, Lieutenant W. S. White-| $76; 32 bunches, $98.60; 21 bunch- he pays for. A system of check- | side, Lieutenant E. T. Napier, Jr., es, $47. All the offerings of wool ing all new car time payment Licutenants (junior grade) J. D. brought $558.05. contracts which Commercial Collett, J. J. Sutton, E. P. Lee, Four lots of 61 bunches of yel-' Credit Company finances, re-en- | Jr., and M. B. Brown. Enlisted low brought a total of $45.62 and forces these guarantees. | personnel number approximately the six bunches of grass brought Announcement of the Com-} 150. $2.56. pany’s published finance rates! Commanding the Dale is Lieu- land its pledge to the public is! enant Commander J. P. Wom- jbeing made through a series of, +e, Jr, and the other officers ‘open letters over the signature of Lieutenant Commander T. . E. Duncan, Chairman of the|B. Bortley, Jr., Lieutenant M. J. Board. The first of these open },awrence, Liuetenant F. J. John- letters is appearing in 1030 news-! oy, Lieutenants (junior grade) papers and in several nationals, A. ‘Byran, J. B. Crosby, L. M. magazines throughout the United Detwiler, B. L. Russell. _Lieuten- States. jant E. V. Boger is the ‘medical Ht.is-said, the Company's deci= +"? - thee ; - Pace rtir yy, Seaman fi. (officer and serves both the ves- DELEGATION OF SIX LEAVES nénbingivaideand to place its sels. Enlisted personnel of the TODAY FOR SARASOTA guarantee a a aan numbers approximate- ublic was due to the fact that ee 4 2 STATE CONVENTION TO aay ucetteh articles during the! Oiling «and - other operations past year or two which have ap-| Were concluded about 3 o'clock BRING GROUP HERE IN 1940 peared in newspapers and maga- 2" the vessels were awaiting or- ‘zines criticising automobile _fi- | “¢"S for sailing, which were ex- A delegation of six Key West nancing have tended to under- | Pected to be later this afternoon. Jaycees, headed by President mine public confidence in time Isadore Weintraub, are leaving’ payment financing through auto- late today for the State Junior mobile dealers and finance com- Chamber of Commerce Conven- panies, and have caused many tion opening in Sarasota tomor- time payment buyers either to! row morning and the group will pay cash or to arrange their time | attempt to bring the district con- payment financing elsewhere. The | vention to Key West next year. great majority of time payment} Headed by such able ‘politi- transactions of new cars through cians’ as Weintraub, Allen E. dealers and finance companies! Curry and Johnny Blackwell, the have been on a fair basis and at MEMBER OF BUREAU OF FISH- group will also include Wilbert reasonable rates, with the buy- } Moehrke, Pablo Calleja and L. P. ey’s interest properly protected. | ERIES DUE TO ARRIVE Artman, Jr. Henry H. Taylor, It is believed that these public!) KEY WEST Jr. may be over for a day to aid guarantees to time payment buy- MORNING | BL Sate WANT JAYCEE CONVENTION OFFICIAL COMING HERE TO SURVEY SPONGE BLIGHT in the campaign to bring the dis- ers of new cars will inspire con- trict conference here. fidence and tend to encourage fi- Booklets from the Key West nancing through the dealer, It; Chamber of Commerce ‘will’ be is said in automobile dealer cir- | Bureay of Fisheries: in -Washing- brought along to advertise ‘the cles that Commercial Credit Com- ' ton, D.(C.; whd has’made an ex- charm and fun to be found here. ' pany’s action may be followed by ‘tensive study of the blight which A model Overseas: Highway a number of the other larger fi- /has stricken the sponge beds in Bridge may also be displayed nance companies in guaranteeing | the vieinity:of Key West and the prominently. A sign, Key West to the public their rates and the Florida Keys,.and the Bahama Jaycees, will decorate the car to kind of insurance coverage the Jslands, is due to arrive in Key be taken over. buyers will receive. West tomorrow morning. Kenyon M. Lee, secretary 0 ee SE Sees Dr. Galtsoff, has j Rees A H ‘i 5 just recently the Miami Federation of Jaycees, LAND 50 LB ‘completed his survey of the a 7 wires after his visit here with |sponge beds in the Bahama Is- Ex-President John Prunty that 1 ‘lands. A condensed report of the pie cear icant canoaig oid ‘finding made by him and _his sere tobe unine Chamber” & collaborator, Dr. F. G. Walton Commerce would enjoy making |Smith, was published in The Hanwee A ch i a ie Illinois drew down the honors , Citizen of Wednesday, April 12. West delegation at Sarasota. jin fishing Monday with a party; Before the report was publish- If the district convention comes {rom that state out on Capt. ed the Key West Chamber of to Key West the Junior Chamber Wiiliam Wickérs’ Pilot Ont Commerce had taken uP eet of this city is planning to fill in bringing in three large amber- ter with bes cere ae the business sessions with a Jack. and De sual , and this — round of fishing, night clubbing,, The three amberjack struck at Iné @ bs Pde seers x ns and tours of interests as few one time and all three were land- Le ey pal ry orig other Florida cities can boast. jed. Largest fish was caught by WMc . Gal vi he would be in Key West tomor- COL FERS UNABLE pea ete miauesenee es ee morning for investigation of In the party besides Mrs. Abels|th¢ Sponges. ae were Jerome Abels, vice presi-' 5° the di a hate tabees ea the dent of Form Fit Corporation, of W. Curry Harris; president of the Key West Golf Club, is in receipt of a telegram from the es sponge beds if it is so desired, Chane hes wre Sees and a number of sponge fisher- professional at Fort Lauderdale, i advising that the Lauderdale ag- | Ralph H. Eisendrath, a new Key! pon as well as fibers have teen gregation will not be able to Wester, and Mrs. Lucylle Eisen-| advised by factBleshonk drath. Mrs. Marjory Guggen- that the doctor will arrive in Key shien also enjoyed the fishing. | West ‘i a keep their date with the locals. The telegram reads: “Sorry but we cannot get enough players to- gether to make the trip to your club possible”. It was anticipated that the visi- tors would be in the city last > Sunday, but word was received . evening, will discahrge cargo and that this was impossible. It was|sail for Miami and Jacksonville. then suggested to the Fort Lau-| Another vessel of the same derdale club that they coffe this line is due the same evening. This | ADULTS ONLY—Adm. 3Sc weekend, and the above is the is the Brazos, and is bound from iGalveston, Texas, to New York.! TONIGHT (ONLY) TONIGHT Special Midnight Ramble ‘SLAVES IN BONDAGE’ t i ; Steamship Ozark, of the Clyde-' Mallory Lines, is scheduled to ar- Uncensored secrets of the Nation’s Sinister Vice Scandals ONL SUPPLY ini i i s are on the last leg’ Lof their shake down cruise, and:* ‘it was said that they were to get their oil,supplies and other neces-! | ' |CUMMINGS AND DALE CAME GIVEN FUNDS | j COURT HOUSE ;and Dale arrived in port this COUNTY CLERK SAWYER HAS | RECEIVED CHECK FROM PUBLIC WORKS ADMINIS- ‘ TRATION Clerk Ross C. Sawyer Monday received for Monroe county from the Public Works Administration ‘a check for $2,500, which is the second or intermediate grant payment on the addition, altera- tions and repairs to the court house. Previous to this payment the county had received $6,250 from ,tae PWA and will upon comple- tion of the work and acceptance of the contract receive $2,500 ad- ditional, which will complete the $11,250 grant that the federal government. through the PWA, is granting the county. The county's part, $13,750, when the county, upon comple- jtion of the Overseas Highway, ‘sold their ferry system and from the funds derived, the county was able to furnish their part of the funds. = Engineer Inspector Baker, for the PWA, says the work on the court house will be completed by May 5, which is the allotted sctedule. At present the annex is occupied and is 98. percent complete. All that remains to be done is the installation of screens and touching up of ‘the painting. A full crew is at wérk ‘on the alterations of the old court house. : he new vault for the tax collec- tor will be completed by the last of the week. All partitions have been removed. Plasterers and painters will start to work on the ,old building on April 24, which , will give them ample time to ;complete the contract as sched- uled. To date there has been paid to Key West workmen over $7,000 in wages, the average for the con- , tract is in excess of 65 cents per {hour. Also all of the marl used has been secured at Key West. Florida cement and Florida lum- ber have been used with but two i TOMORROW ,°*¢ePtions, hardwood floors and; white pine doors. As far as posi- sible, said Mr. Baker, all material ‘has been purchased locally and from ‘the local employment of- ‘fice or from local unions. , 108 PASSEN | | PEER TOES ; Steamship Cuba, of the P. and O. S. S. Co. arrived from Havana yesterday afternoon with 108 passengers, of whom there were 54 first cabin and eight second cabin passengers for Key West, ‘4 first and two second cabin pas- Sengers for Tampa. Listed on the manifest of the vessel were the following items: For Key West, 32 tons of freight, five sacks of mail, including 500 sacks of sugar; for Tampa, 183 tons of freight and 67 sacks of mail. SS. Cuba sailed for Tampa 5:55 o'clock with six first cabin Passengers booked at - this and one sack of mail: 4 —* ST. AUGUSTINE, April weg Accompanied By City Edi- STARTED FUELING UP aT) FOR WORK ON tor Of Chicago Tribune; ++ Now On Vacation; En- i joy Key West Night Life f 1 Westbrook Pegler. author of the nationally syndicated column, “Fair Enough”, arrived in Key ‘West last night and is today touring the city. Mrs. Pegler is along, and Mr. ‘and Mrs. W. O. Maxwell of Wil- mette, Illinois, Mr. Maxwell is ‘editor of Chicago Daily Tribune. They are at the Hotel La Concha, and paid a visit to The Citizen this afternoon. |. Mr. Pegler, a former 'writer, who graduated to a ‘columnist, and is known for his jacid comments on conditions ‘ sports } in! Get Further Help In Federal Housing Administration Building Permits For Week Cal For Expenditwe Of Building and repairs permits |this country which are not favor-| issued during the week ending ‘able to progress, is making his’ first visit to the city. “This is the fourth time I've yesterday afternoon from the of- |fice of Building Inspector Harry tried to get to Key West,” Mr. |M- Baker, totalled $10,550. Pegler told The Citizen during | One of the permits was issued his visit here with Mr. Maxwell, !to Tony Yates who plans to con- “and I’ve finally made it. One time we drove down as far as the ‘ferry at Matecumbe and found that we had arrived too late.” Mr. Pegler and Mr. Maxwell were particularly impressed with ‘the naval station and national ‘defense facilities here. They be- lieve that if these facilities were ‘put into active status the relief problem here would best be taken care of. Asked if he was going to 'o a column on Key West, Mr. Pegler replied that ne would not, as he had little else than surface knowledge. » Mr. Pegier is at present on his vacation and willsoon go baek to Miami and New York to begin | writing his famous columns again: \He is not writing on this vaca- tion. Asked if he were going to do any fishing in Key West’s famed waters, he replied that he did not think so as he was a “crick” fisherman and has done little salt-water fishing. Visiting at La Conga Club last night Pegler and Maxwell found ja couple of old vaudeville per- | formers they knew, Frank an& Teddy Sabini, and the evening was one of merriment with songs initiating their first enjoyment of the Island City. FLORIDA HAS) MARY DEPLAYS, ' YORK FAIR VERY COM- Hoo } ‘ | DELAND,™ April 19.--(FNS) | |The Florida exhibit at the New , York World’s Fair will include’ comprehensive displays repre-' senting the negro citizens of this; state, according to A. A. Turner, ! who has charge of Negro Farm Agents, Florida Agricultural and Mechanical College, Tallahassee. Turner said that he had been advised by Earl W. Brown, man- ager of the Florida exhibit, that free space would be available for exhibits reflecting the work of negroes of this state. These will include manufactured articles in miniature, novelties made from native materials and _ extensive displays of an agricultural na- POST Paul S. Galtsoffy Ph; D,,: of the all workmen have been secured PROPOSED EXHIBIT AT NEW : There will be a meeting of Ar- (FNS).—Annual sessions of the: \in this historic city. Early res- jervations indicate a record at- R. R. Wilkinson of Palatka is. struct a residence on Coconut Drive which will cost $5,000. Two ,others were issued for residences to cost $2,000 each. One was to John G. Albury for a residence at 1318 Newton street, and the other was for Mrs. Irene Adams, for a home at Seidenberg and 6th streets. Other activities listed were: Repairs to roof at 516 Margaret street. Owner, Margaret de Bar- cee; cost, $100. Add room to apartment hcuse on North Beach. Owner, George Smith; cost, $500. Repaits to kitchen at 628 Mar- | garet street. Owner, R. Perez; cost, $100. Build garage at 626 William street. Owner, C. L. Peterson; cost, $100. Repairs to roof at 918 Pauline street. Owner, Willie Key; cost, $100. General repairs to 922 Thomas street. Owner, J. D. Roberts, Jr.; cost, $100. Small addition to 901 Simon- ton street. Owner, Benjamin Fernandez; cost, $250. Repairs to roof at 1123 Elgin street. Owner, Estate of Robert Cash; cost, $50. Repairs to roof at 800 Olivia street. Owner, F. W. Roberts; cost, $250. BROADCAST ON KEY WEST OF MUCH INTERES SENT OUT FROM GAINES- VILLE; CHAMBER OF COM- MERCE RECEIVES TELE- GRAM ON SUBJECT That broadcast which went out from Gainesville Saturday rel- ative to Key West seems to have made a hit, judging by a_tele- gram received at the Chamber of Commerce, from Llewellyn Thomas, secretary of the Eustis; Chamber. It reads: “Heartiest congratulations on our gripping and intriguing radio message anent Key West. Had I been a tourist, nothing could have stopped me from fill- ing up the gas tank and coming Secretary Singleton said that if the telegram had come from some of his intimate acquaint- [ances he would not have thought so much of it, but he said he has had only the briefest of business j EUROPE BATTLE SCENE CENTERS NEAR TANGIERS EUROPEAN FLEETS MANEU- VER IN MEDITERRANEAN SEA NEAR AFRICAN LOCA- TION {By Associated Presny LONDON, April 19.—Although European governments not admit it, the present betth scene is around Tangiers m Afr: ca, news sources said teddy. Battle fleets the major European countries were maneu- vering today in the Mediterran- ean in connection with the bid for the African city As yet the Washington state office is not in receipt of a let- ter from Hitler in reply the Roosevelt plan for European dis armament. of to A. Lindbergh arrived at the state department here to make a report which will have to deal with the European war scene DETROIT. President Martin of the independent auto union announced today that the union would be taken in by AfoflL Martin as just New York City where he com ferred with AFofl. leaders WASHINGTON. — Attorney General Frank Murphy today told his attorney generals that there must be a revision of the judicial structure so that there would be no standing for foreign sources claimmg that Demecracy is unjust im its judicial meas ures. Peete cr eweccewcccsccesoes TEMPERATURES Seeevecesecsescsosesesos Lowest Highest Station— last might last 26bours Atlanta 2 74 Boston Buffalo Charleston Chicago Denver Detroit Galveston * Havana SSLSLKSSERT ASE | Reese! RAHKSAAROKSKHS SEEKS!) aKaress Organization Will Be Ex- tended Fer Two-Year ot The Key Wee Cotsen WASHINGTON. D. C_ Apri [3 —Domrce county Some cwaer: enc buyers hewe Dortowec oreo ‘$$1.896 tmrougn Fecera Hou. Adminitreties = meured - mort geges from 1334 umm the fru = this year Stewart McDecsié FRA Admumetrater aneourced today. and according * plan adopted will be giver furtbe help ie the cee prope on! would * isan: Teor according i the Buse of Eeprtseuat me retuteed from ,