The Key West Citizen Newspaper, April 27, 1939, Page 1

Associated Press Day Wire Service For 69 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West Key West Citizen THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN THE U.S. A. KEY WEST, FLORIDA, THURSDAY, APRIL 27, 1939 4 Ses yea ‘eg To Be Held in Key. West At Mecting Last Evening §9pigg To Speed “xc | Che “VOLUME LX. No. 100. Fal To Find PRICE FIVE CENTS Four Ke West Residents BEL: ‘LOCATE Department Requests All| JAPAN To Look Through Old -Papers For Possible -Trace Of Accounts dred Legionnaires To ,.| In a*delightfully informal talk ’ Come Here Some Time George H. Coryell, an .Ameri- ei : a ss to the-Key West Rotary Club,|several years ago, and the third) In J This Y. can citizen now in Belgtim, has | with \presid lent Ernest A. Ramsey’ the Italian Empire which Mus-! —_ decided that Key West is the spot jin th®*chair, which assembled in|solini is now building. It was anita he would like to call home, and|St Paul's Parish House last |interesting to note the similarity The St ™ ich. i i (of the firs i District Conference would like to bring with him his|#h-Carl Miller, Director of] the first and third of these CUARANTE SEEKS PROTECTION IN CASE (By Associated Press) i besas the Floride Department of Am SS in ot peal etch Rotary’ International, of Dodge) “ and engravings and place them where the public will have an opportunity to see them without any charges. This is the information, or. part of itf contained in a letter reteiv- OF ATTACK FROM 4 RUSSIA , {By Washington Corresponde: _ of The Key West Citizen) WASHINGTON, D. C., April’ 27,—Somewhere in Key West: there .are four residents, . who,. if mnt (By Associated Press) TOKIO, April 27—Should Ja- City,’Kansas, held the close at-! with*him from the Dust Bowl of; his native State, across the seas! to Rotary in Western Europe, the! ‘At this meeting, several years s, held s ago”, said Mr. Miller, “Mussolini | tention: of his audience while he! seemed to be very friendly to Ro-| tary, and in sympathy with its objects. He said that he was in- terested because there was one object, at least, in which he and Rotary were in accord, and that was the development of the ith of the land. He showed WASHINGTON, April 27.—In anticipation of any eventuality [ares Adolf Hitler's reply 1: the President's peace plea sched- uled to reach this country 5:45 | o'clock PRESIDENT WILL _ NOT HEAR HITLER emcen Legion will hoid it: mee: ing im this city some See & is of the local post) Members ‘via radio tomorrow mornt}cHIEF EXECUTIVE TO AWAIT = ‘would find postal savings deposit |ime:‘cffteials in the nation's'cap-jS/sTATE DEPARTMENT RE. * “SS meeting lest evening rings and: bracelets, which, itel are-making all arrangements) LEASE OF GERMAN LEAD. “ \*sio® Hil were informed of fo the usual experiengey might have: the privilege ed in some old’ ruins, in- s i 7 ting Mr. Miller’s talk, the dicated how much more physi a oe wie a pa 25k cone week was set for- 4lly robust the Italians of the 2 sees sei ssh ening anala the 1 Thursday | ly of Caesar were compared to aos oe se eh stand fnoon; to last night. Mr. Miller,/ ‘ose of today, and said that he Eke oy si -fradinaprecy se mgr anseed PROPS dance with the practice | tad instituted a system of com- their natural enemy” and no! these irrepliceshie tu out of of International Rotary to send! Pulsory physical education which bess pats Dp! es things clounts [ODE of the International Direc-|W°uld eventually bring back to | t with | hadow of the war ranged h of the District Con-| Italy this individual physical su- ee 7 {hovering over Europe, and Mr. | a ot i books. with. a credit. balance. . The accounts, opened in the Key West post office, are more than twenty years old, and have een inactive for some time. Al- though placed in an unclaimed fccount, the funds, held here in Washington, are still available to their owners. The Post Office Department has made efforts to trace the deposi- tors but through removal to an- city, ae ea aomecodier Seeeeesoaseceseeessesees factor have been unable to locate ' : ~~ NEWS FLASHES Diplomats of Japan indicated jthat they considered “Russia j any power would be made that Singleton t ferences; was in attendance at | Premacy”. as | storage. place could. be provided |the Conference in St. Petersburg | Gives Mlustration |failed of protection 1; i where Ernest Ramsey and the: As an ill i i in Key West, pending Mr. Coryell y eof illustration of this, Mr. ‘against the Communists. providing a place of his own, other delegates from Key West, Miller told of being awakened, at i which he writes is his intention. |Persuaded him to come to the! daybreak, by music, and, looking The catalog of the collection is|Suthernmost city for what hejout of the window of his hotel, at the Chamber of Commerce,}*ermed was a much too short seeing thousands of young boys and all who are interested are in-| Visit jand girls going through body % vited to go and look over the! Leads Singing building calisthenics, in time with *“To remind the four, who evi-| catalog, which has 107 numbers,| Before his talk Mr. Miller, by the martial strains of the band. dently have forgotten about the, (Ry Associates Prensa) land some of them, such as No. 4,/request, demonstrated his ver- They do this every morning, at funds, the Division of Postal Sav-| eoseeseecoeece-ccccevese ‘a portrait of the wives of Rubens, |satility by leading the Club in a | daybreak, he said. ings of the department requests! saw JUAN.—President Roose-*brunette and blond, the former spirited rendition of his favorite In Mr. Miller’s opinion, the that all Key West residents look‘ veit has asked that officials of ‘essed in red velvet and the lat-'song, “Home On The Range”. ;abolishment of the Rotary move- through old papers for possible [Puerto Rico desist in their an- tet in blue. Both showing jewels, ment in Italy was not of Musso- In his introduction of the; trace of the passbooks. i Y days js r er historical work, acquired from!that on being asked to choose ' advice or pressure from Hitler. ment to him. The money should the L i gaileri his own subject, Mr. Miller had | In concluding, he gave some (betterment aaceggn eng There are many such numbers|selected the, Fi Object of | Advice Sagan ee would aa ial ‘ and the sion of @ col-/Rotary, “Ini Service”, ee all Ameri- pants ee IN BAYVIEW P Fae Pea el Oe ened toatier a weltamicl en" ths’ once nbc Ta wend tans “Let uS not become tinduly {distinction on Key West. Once}be of vital interest at this time. |alarmed or disturbed”, he said : ed HYDE PARK.—President F. D,'this collection was open to real Mr. Miller began his talk with | rescore ie ii .. -publie it would be a magnet which|a vivid description of two of the tion. of wor! fairs. Let u: SEVERAL SPEAKERS TO BE! Roosev raboy padre Seether eacisroub ative] achinedvoas tar acid ascek <falniae panaicee ce ae keep calm and attend to our own HEARD AT CITIZENS OR- [entertaniing of foreign royalty Near. State of Kansas;—its sunflowers business, while, at the same time, ? ‘during the next two weeks. The ; GANIZATION MEETING {Crown Prince and Princess of | Norway will arrive Sunday for a : four-day stay. Following that * Among the speakers who will royal couple, the Crown Prince be heard tonight at the open air and Princess of Denmark will be meeting of the Key Citizens Or-| guests at the President’s legal ganization which will be held at/residence. While waiting for Bayview Park, 8 o'clock, wil! be these distinguished v islitors, in the catalog, as No. 10, picture |tropical storms which occasionally the problems of other nations. ‘of Christ being laid in the grave,}visit Florida, he said, the dust | What we are seeing in Europe and painting on brass by Carrace, a/storm gives no warning of its ap-! Asia today is a phase which will superb work, ivory tones, acquir-| proach, in addition to which he pass. Every tide has bot its ed from the Themis galleries. believed it was more destructive flow and ebb, and I believe that Also 52 plates after Raphael, | than our hurricanes. : the time has come for the ebb of of the famous paintings in the| Mr. Miller said that the soil of this’tide of dictatorship and ag- j Vatican at Rome, engraved on Lermg had mot been fred ee owe Enrique uinaldo, Paul O./ Roose: is busily engaged in brass by famous engravers of high wh away, an it e |. Mr. Miller was accompanit Ladd, Dr. Sebo DePoo, and Fred |;eonerine a ew —— to be prominence. This consdiered a {Kansas farmer needed for his fi his gracious Rotary Ann, Mrs. O. Eberhardt. \ delivered upon the opening occa-j Tare Italian collection. All of bane [reece rehabilitation was just/Miller, and entertainment was Among those who are par-| sion of the New York World’s’ engravings are 12 by 10 inches. | three- successive good crops of furnished charming by Mr. and ticularly invited to attend the’ Fair next Sunday. Miniature Persian art of the; wheat. “If we get them” he said,'Mrs. George Mills White, who meeting are the teachers of the! tan 17 sicle. This is on white em-|none of us will need to ask Uncle: sang several duets, accompanied Public schools of Monroe county) LONDON.—The King and, bossed porcelain of a man on a/Sam for a cent.” be! Gus Ayala and by Mrs. Eva and the members of the Parent- Queen of England will not make white horse, blue background Stresses Point | Warner, with several Spanish Teachers Associations, as they their trip to this continent aboard showing a bird, and rare and cu- are vitally affected by some of | any battleship of the British navy, | rious type of flowers. This is an the things which will be touched’ s-cording to announcement made ancient antique, 10 by 8, and was on by the speakers. |by Prime Minister Chamberlain, acquired from the Porte de CTE. TREES \today. All of the fleet will be, Namur. CONFEDERATE ; needed at home. The Royal cou-! —_—_C_COoOoOoO (ple will embark on board the SCOUTS | Empress of Australia of the Ca-! 2 DAY OBSERVED =oi=xcse ac / | Th — Members of the Stephen R. are being made to influence this Mallory Chapter United Daugh- | coun’ the ters of The Confederacy, yester-| sion states. Russia is reported to Twelve Boy Se A Troe, tte Me-|be working with England and 50 and 51 took examinations day observed Confederat a I jratings last night at the old: morial Day, by placing flags and /France towards this end, offer-!¥ i tte LOU flowers on the last resting places ing wheat and other agricultural Navy Hospital under erage p . of thosé who fought for the south | products in return for pledges of + ae meee aed ~/gime’ in Germany stands today.” ; and also for those who fought! non-support of agression efforts of Isadore Wein uameweg | from Germany. Darnell Carey, Edward Johnson, | perks =— members placed | Everett Rivas and Wilbert nei on the monument at} DUBLIN.—Premier Ramon Ve- Moehrke. _ 5 Park which was erected! lera has announced that he will! Walter Price, Troop 51, re-| In memory of menof the north| not make his scheduled trip to ceived firtt class badge; a which was placed there 10 years| the United States due to ene Aer ee eee ago by a committee from New ii i drew Garcia, happenings in Ireland yesterday. _ 2s York state, and the monument to | No hint of the emergency was re-|Fermin Hernandez, Henry Vin- the confederate heroes at the park was also decorated, with beautiful wreaths. A wreath was also placed on the monument! whith was erected to the famous Cuban patriot, Jose Marti. a seen sane In jon the international situation Mr. | Tequest, | Miller stressed the importance of acquaintanceship, which is of the principles of Rotary. ‘one. Mr. Miller and Mrs, Miller left “Ac- {at 6 o'clock this morning over thc } after expressing. regret that they vised, “if we wish to preserv i peaceful relations with other na-' 72 82 74 70 76 |Galveston opinion of many”, he Havana could be | sexguvas| seneessg i 2 F & |New York __ . nine in; While in Europe, several vears in the near Rotary convention in Nice, Mr. ‘Miller, together with a number | There ere other reproductions}and its dust storms. Unlike the {we make an effort to understand }* “pegets | Overseas Highway for their home, }P! iospee@‘war defense prepara- tions. Late yesterday it was revealed that orders have been issued for 571 army planes. It has been stated that these planes will be the fastest in the world with .average top speeds of 400 miles per hour. Millions of dollars are reported to have been spent by automo- bile ¢ompanies of the United States in expectation of arma- ment from the government. Es- tablishment of new naval bases ER'S REPLY (By Associates Preans HYDE PARK. April 27—The early hours, between 6 and 7 o'clock tomorrow morning. will fore radios tuning in chain broad- casts cf Hitler's answering speech to President Roosevelt's ples for at least ten years of peace. The President. however. hes and rehabilitation of: others will | get underway in the near future following presidential approval of Congressional appropriations. - In the army, young men are under- [nounced plans to erect a monu- it is an ancient canvas and an/speaker, President Ramsey said ;/ini’s initiative, hut as a result of going examinations to take key’ Positions. Berlin reports that Hitler will refuse to countenance President Roosevelt in the role of a media- tor-ef amy. sort. His speech will be broadcast to the worid via short- wave between noon and 1:30 p. m., Berlin time, and will be heard in this country over two nation- wide hookups 5:45 a. m. to 7:30 CANCER CONTROL DRIVE GOES ON CAMPAIGN TO BE BROUGHT TO CLOSE WITHIN FEW DAYS announced that he won't be \“listenin’ in”. He has elecied to partment releases on the speech. REGULAR VISITOR LEAVES TODA James M. Leishman. of New | York, who for the past several jyears has been a winter visitor in Key West but on the last visit jStayed several weeks longer than: at other times, left this morning for his home. Having been one of the out- Standing character actors of his day, Mr. Leishman had the op- portunity of visiting most of the jlarger cities, and many of the 'smaller ones in the United States, but claimed that Key West was the one with the ideal climate. “Never have I encountered a this honer enc preparations were Started immediately io rrepere for the conference which will bring approximately three nus dred legionnares to Key West. The Sth District posts m South Florada fr Palm Beach to Key West ‘the East Coast It is felt that the succes coming conference wi aderabie be for Key Wes convention award mind, local Legion making pians for as meeting. from every stam as possible Colored Orgamszanon Arthur Sawyer Post ammounces the formation of a War Veterans have mm the ances to rece: whq have meeting w Legion Hall. Officers elected and permanent place will be demded FIVE LOCAL RESIDENTS TO Key We placed on ters who he the renured The Florida Division of the more delightful class of people as U- 5. Newy by reason this week, which ends April 30. “The work of the Women's place today”. said Mr. Leishman “ a a Arm, ny against cancer is a MePhaul, Jacksonville, Health Officer of the State Boa: of said, in endorsi e y . efforts” of é i work carries on through the entire year, with the month of April high-lighted to bring forcible reminder of the need for keeping continually alert to this great public health prob- lem,” he declared. Dr. McPhaul is a member of the state execu- tive committee for the Women’s |Field Army. The success of the Florida Divi- jSion’s drive now depends on the support given it by the public.’ Mrs. J. Ralston Wells, Daytona Beach, state commander of the Women’s Field Army, urges all | would not be leaving this grand just as he bade The Citizen good- Se ecencsseceseess NEWS NOTES | Houston, Tex—H. M. Taylor, ‘an old-time oil driller, who has jknown all the hardships and vagaries of the oil business, re- cently struck oil in the middle of his tract of 3,000 acres and pros- pects are that his holdings would ‘bring around $20,000,000 on the present market. His well if es- timated to be capable of produc- ing 30,000 barrels of crude oil a day, which is worth $1 a barrel. | LIGHTNING STRIKES Women’s Field Army is making I have in Key West, and were it a a vented - 3 Z } including “La Paloma”, its last big drive for enlistments not that I have important busi- ee aia that portion of his talk up- |50985- including Oy ge eee cecahas campaign ness to attend to im the north, 1 Port for physica Ramanan These men. it was said by one are only subjest, tp call @ of war or NaGaal and they are now making prep- arations t¢ report for the sched uled exarmaation. Among those who have beer summoned to report for the ex amination are A J. Stewart chief quartermaster! Roy E Rogers, chief machinist mate. S V. McCarthy, bostswain's mate. Simon Van Grieken. boatswam's mate and Freeman Hall, cook The first named four have completed their 30 years service. and the last has yet several years to do before compietion of his service, as he was retired at the end of 20 years as provided by regulations, but is subject to call when it is considered neces- it}