The Key West Citizen Newspaper, April 28, 1939, Page 1

Associated Press Day Wire Service For 59 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West VOLUME LX. No. 101. Meting OF Key tz Organization Last Night lems Will Soon Be Fac-, THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN THE U. S.A. COMES HERE. IN INTEREST OF CHILDREN MRS. NANCY POWELL. REP- RESENTATIVE OF HOME SO- CIETY IS ORGANIZING SPONSORING COMMITTEE Mrs. Nancy Powell, special! jfield representative of the Chil-' dren’s Home Society of Florida, | KEY WEST, FLORIDA, NO ARRESTS IN SEVERAL WEEKS LITTLE LIKELIHOOD OF HAV- ING CRIMINAL COURT FRIDAY, APRIL 28, 1939 CANCER CONTROL CAMPAIGN NOW NEARING END | SINCE MOVEMENT WAS IN- Unless there is more activity; ITIATED in the sheriff's office in the next! 10 days than has been experi- enced in the previous several; tn its educational campaign for weeks, there seems to be little the control of cancer, the wom- likelihood of an active session of ,en’s Field Army gives the fol- criminal court on May 8. jlowing advice to the public: | | | } By PRESTON GROVER IS EASY JOB—IN PEACE TIME Che Kry West Citizen | PRICE FIVE CENTS Hitler Speech Minusi@foAny — Real Threat Toward Confit |Washington Looks On An- swer To Peace Proposal OUGH CANAL ] ves in the floor of the lock. The if of organizing a sponsoring com-| As a matter of truth there has ing City; Employment | LICENSE PLATE: in Key West for the purpose Was Main Issue |UNIQUE ADVERTISEMENT FOR | KEY WEST AND FLOR. pee among the prominent citi- izens of this community to pro- {mote the interests of the society {in this community, in many ways. | ;, The term “cancer” includes all} not been an arrest made by forms of malignant growth, very) sheriff's officers in the past three |™4nY varieties now being known. ' weeks, and the opinion of the| !ese have certain characteristics deputies is that regular trans-' i Common, such as uncontrolled AP Feature Service Writer WASHINGTON, April 28.—In: a pinch we can crowd a substan- tial part of the Navy through the! Payama Canal and get it out into ‘battleship has been pulled into the lock by a series of electric winches called “mules” and in 15 ‘minutes it can be lifted up to the second level, and another pair of can be (By Associated Press WASHINGTON. April 28— IDA KEYS, battleships : . ,_ |gfessors of the law, have declared | 8Towth, tendency to spread wide- os : i _ It is the purpose of the society 2 strike, or aie taking a hon in the. body, and fatal termina-'the Pacific or Atlantic before an through. The first ships, mean- in organizing, these committees ‘gay. | tion if not treated early and ade-/€nemy fleet could reach American time, rise to the third level and peaceiglam made by President to have a group of outstanding; Of course there have been some |@uately. They differ in certain Shores either from the Azores or] start through the various lakes ——— started . , Am earnest appeal was oieik AdeliHitler's answer io the last night at Bayview Park to the:| Citizens of Key West for solidar- | ity. cooperation and unity in ” meeting the problems, which are | mow facing the city and which will mean success or failure, ac- Suggestions were made to The |men and women informed as to | Citizen today concerning a unique the work of the society who will |form of advertisement for ee ee ar petaion Ga ae keys and Key West in the form | which is being done over the jof 1940 license plates of this!state, and to secure good foster ;State carrying the legend, “Visit ;homes for the society's homeless |Overseas Highway”, across the/|children and to remember the few petty acts against the law, Characteristics, such as location in committed, but most of Hawaii. ; ; | That may be comforting to those | these the body, microscopic appearance, ! = ; j - r were handled by the juvenile 20d response to treatment. Their. Who think that at some time or| Big ships occupy a whole lock jand cuts on the way to the other Roosevelt April 15. was broadcast side. to the world this morning in a court and there disposed. Other histories of development may be °ther we may have to wipe up on Smaller ships are wedged in like *Peech that lasted two hours and 5, i iasimiil it’ y fleet in one ocean and : sardines. of the more serious types of of- | quite dissimilar and it is probable 2 enemy fle sardi fenses have been few and far|that the conditions which may, then send ships through the canal get into each lock, so they between. Even the peace .jus-|Pfecede them also differ greatly. tices declare “there to take on another. Two destroyers can'17 minutes. And the world is go" ;over the divide four at a_ time.’ practically unanimous in its opin hundreds of such children under is nothing, To the question, “Is cancer in-: 5° far the Navy never has had |The little “banana boats” which . cording’ to the attitudes of the|top. This would duplicate other | doing.” :cteasing?”, the American Society ‘© Tush through the canal to meet |are forever scuttling back and ‘" ‘at the speech was about as People, all of whom will be af- | States’ advertising messages on jlicense plates and would prove |of immense value to the whole It is estimated there were be-! state of Florida. tween 1500 and 2000 people as-| ‘The State Road Department is sembled at the park to hear the |reported to be in favor of the speakers for the Key Citizens jmove, in that more taxes will be which is now facing the workers | derived from the extra mileage Jems which are now appearing on | piled up by cars travelling over the horizon of Key West and the highway. Municipalities state- fected in one way or the other. which must be met fairly and! wide should not disapprove, as! squarely by the concerted atti- tude of the citizenry. each of’ would have to come back through whom will bear a share of the’ all of the state for points north. burden. Organizations or persons in- Work Proolem terested in this project should This problem was very clearly | write Representative B. C. Papy set fortn ur the taixs of Fred U.;and Senator David Elmer Ward ‘berhardt, general tumekeeper for at Tallahassee. Enabling legisla- the WPA, and. chairman of the' tion-could-be- passed at this. ses- organization; Paul O. Ladd, one} sion. jthe care of the society on such , idays as Easter, New Year’s,j Thanksgiving and Christmas. | Mrs. Powell states that the So- | ciety of which Marcus C. Fagg! has been for the past twenty-} seven years state superintendent, has given its care to nearly 38,-} 000 homeless orphan and desti-} tute children, from babies up to 16 years of age, and has placed thousands of homeless young- jall traffic coming to Key West!sters in the finest family homes mile fli in every county in the state, tion. Eleven ehildren were referred * to the home society from this jcounty last year, said Mrs. Powell and many of the homeless chil- dren from the society have. been placed for adoption in carefully ‘for the Control of Cancer replies 2" etemy, nor has it had to solve forth through the canal are sar- was expected. ee! that more deaths from cancer are JUSt what to do in event enemy/dined in a dozen at a time, or |reported each year. Some attrib- Ships were near enough to launch jute this increase to increasing age 4 fleet of airships to harass the jof the population; some to a real Process. The present fleet of Linerease in the occurrence of can- three score or more ships moving jcer. The death rate per 100,000 back to Pacific Coast stations seceedercocenc-coecsvece | couiation has increased from 63 faces none of those elements. CAPE FAREWELL, Greenland.! per 100,000 in 1900 to 111 per —Two daring flyers of the Soviet! 100,000 in 1936. This is ample through the canal under rush| army had completed approxi-/eyidence, the Society considers, Conditions and thereisn’t a Navy | -thirds of their 4600-! of a greater number of recognized , Officer afloat who doesn’t look ight from Moscow to New|deaths from cancer. for York at noon time, when it was/ permanent care and legal adop- reported that their red plane had mately two been sighted off this point. The! of Cancer to every man, woman y u plane had passed in sight of Ice-| and child in the United States to engineers in preference Yet it is a problem to get j longingly at another route as an An appeal is made by the 2Uxiliary, the one through Nicara- American Society for the Control 8¥@. which years ago was repeat- edly recommended by boards of to the land early this morning, and at! join in the work of combating Panama job. its present rate of speed should} this disease. A dollar member-! reach its destination before dawn | ship will do much in helping the: tomorrow ‘morning. ~~ Through In 41 Hours In_1934 th Navy. did a canal | cause. Key West memberships’ problem and. in.41 hours pushed wedged under the hips of a big-| OR€ exception. however, stood {ger vessel. | = out. and that was the demands of { Canal Crew In Charge . . . | Once in the locks, the ship's! 2° rer in regarding to Danzig |crew is shoved aside and a canal being returned to Germany. Hit- A pilot is as-| tee signed to each vessel. proaches the lock, the first set of ffom Poland to build an interna- :“mules” is hooked on to pull the; _ 2 |ship slowly forward. As many as ional highway across the Polish : 12 “mules,” six on a side. may be | corridor Prussia needed to keep a battleship from |" a | Swaying against the side walls or Other highlights of the speech ramming the gates to the lock jinciuded the assertion that Ger- ahead. A huge net of chains many would now consi all made of steel rods four inches in eee h " diameter is sirung in front of the “C*#es with England nist gates to prevent ramming by in-;©Dt including, chiefly, aval ‘coming ships. They drop to the | Pact; the refusal of Hitler to con- jerew taxes over. are coming in and the prospects 134 ships through the canal. That’ bottom as the gates open in sider President Roosevelt as a of the foremen of WPA; Mrs. are that by the time the drive included the bulk of the big ships'solemn cathedral fashion. mediator in any conference of : selected foster homes in this WASHINGTON.—Senator Pitt-! Stephen Dougias, president of the! Your suggestions are welcome county. man’s bill to impose economic . Woman's Clup, all of whom spoke in Englisu, and Dr. Julio De Poo and Enrique Esquinaldo, who made their addresses in Spanish. Both Mr. Eberhardt and Mr. Ladd gave a clear outline of the work of the government in Key West and Monroe county, ex- plaiming in detail the situation, which 1s now tacing the workers of Key West, and their depend- ents and explained the steps that must be taken to overcome the gloomy future. Cite Expenditures They cited the amounts which lave been expended by the gov- ernment in the activities of the WPA in this section, and explain- ed that approxmiately $7,000,000, exclusive of the several millions spent on the construction of the ar had been expended in ey West, but this was coming, and you should bring them members of the organization”. Gives Explanation Dr. Julio de Poo expressed him- self as being acquainted with the members of the organization and felt that much good could be ac- complished when their intentions were carried out through the co- operation of the people of the city. He concluded with the state- ment that there was very litlte that he could add to what had already been said, but urged the people to join in the movement and do all in their power to cor- to rect the situation and prevent the} disaster which is staring Key West in the face. Key West has} a beautiful future ahead, the speaker said, but in the period of transition from the present to the future something’ has to be to a close and very rapidly, Mr.|done to preserve the-atmosphere kberhardt saying that within; the} of the city and it is up to the peo- next three months there waouldi;ple to do it. . be no-activity of the WPAj-)inj)) Spoke Briefly, Key West, unless there .were},. Following the doctor, Mrs. funds to be expended for spon-;Stephen Douglas was introduced sorship. jand spoke briefly and to the It was the necessity of securing; point. The opportunity for every funds from the people as a whole| person in Key West and who had for carrying on the work in this section, that the meeting was|to join in the movement and held, and to bring the people face | wholeheartedly endeavor to bring to face with the issue in order|about the goal for which the that they may be given time to! organization was striving. She decide whether this sponsorship| guaranteed the support of the money could be secured or not. | Woman's Club. During the course of his talk,) Fred Eberhardt then read a let- Mr. Eberhardt said that all per-|ter from WPA headquarters in sons had been invited to attend| Jacksonville, which contained the the meeting and stressed the! following: point that the merchants hadj “I have studied your last let- been’ asked to attend. He then/ters as well as two of your pre- asked every merchant in the] vious letters and admire your in- audience to raise his hand, and/ terest and civic attitude. At the there was one hand raised. same | timé I find it administra- Explains Purpose tively necessary to request that Enrique Esquinaldo, Jr. was i r you rest ‘your activities to next introduced and said that Mr.| WPA duties inasmuch as you are Eberhardt has.,organized the Key.) an! administrative officer. purpose of, baving. them present) me: that it is inadvisable that you a solid front, and “we Key-West-showld attempt to continue to the interests of the city at heart! The homeless and helpless chil- dren referred from Broward, - Dade and Monroe counties, are the branch with offices located at 714 Florida National Bank Build- ing, Miami, Fla. 4 SHOWS OBJECTIVE FEATURE OF BILL. |RELATIVE TO ISSUANCE OF LICENSES BY COUNTY | JUDGES ' County Judge Raymond Lord tis in receipt of a letter from ;County Judge Boyd H. Anderson; of Broward county, calling atten- tion to a proposed bill which will be offered at the present session of the legislature, two sections’ of which “could’ cause county judges a great deal of trouble.” Section Two provides that no jlicense shall be issued to a per- json under the influence of in- toxicating liquor or narcotic Section Four pro- vides that if the county judge violates any provision of the act, he shall be subject to removal from office. Judge Anderson then asks the. question, “What is to prevent’ any couple from obtaining a ;Marriage license while they are sober and then,at a later date, testify that at the time they ap-j plied for a license they were un- jder the influence of intoxicating jliquor or narcotic drugs, thereby causing the judge to be removed from office or at least causing him a great deal of trouble and could have you out of office in a jeomes a law.” Mr. Lord agrees with Judge ‘there are other Phases of Anderson and told The — tionists shouted that the act would n j¢loses on Sunday, April 30, this and a host of destroyers and sup-| The expert crews ride with! Sg. ope intro-|city will have made as fine a ply ships, all of which are essen-/each ships through the canal, "tions; and the statement that today brought the U. S.| showing as any other city of its tial ynits of a good fighting fleet. from one side to the other, tog-| the 31 nations mentioned by the into an uproar as isola- | size in Florida. Here is the way it is done. gling the ship tightly in each’ President must “answer for them- bring the nation into a war. Sena- ! Sa: EN There are three levels of locks on’ lock. |selves—in whatever way they iB. tor Pittman asserted that tle nai ES SUTHERLAND e ‘either side. Each ship in crossing) The Army, which is responsible please” the threat of aggression. > F ,must pass through all six, three for guarding the canal, doubts The speech was, fie the most tion should take its pick between | ‘up, three down. The fleet now that an airplane bomb, even a = ie ¥ China and Japan, and that his bill | ON VISIT HERE t, calm, displaying; throughout would inform all nations as to} ENGLEWOOD, N. J. — Mrs.| E. M: Sutherland, manager of Charles Lindbergh and her two Sales engineering for the Willard ‘moving to the Pacific side moves rather big one, would likely do. P@t ;up to the Atlantic locks. There much damage to the locks or | great deliberation on all topics our stand. H H sons arrived here this morning, Storage Battery Co., of Cleve- and will live at the home of her‘ land, Ohio, was a visitor in Key; fare two sets of locks 50 feet gates. They were built tough. | discussed. i i ; on th mother on the Morrow estate.'West this morning, and a caller! Water from Gatun Lake, on the ‘apart, so two battleships at a time But all strategists are afraid of a Hitler asserted that he de- can start the passage. It takes:“lucky punch” which might tie it; manded nothing from France, She arrived yesterday on the ,at the lighthouse headquarters. fstab cape eaey aed S.S. Champlagne. | Shortly after his arrival Mr.! eight hours to make the 52-mile up. In that event it would take that he does not want war, and ehaippammetinat ] Fast pe re a GE TS RTT EE SIT NESTOR DOLE, 37, nzsn”@c"%=.crt: EXAMINER BEING PURSES STOLEN ? sanctions against Japan, duced Senate Wales around the horn. A lot could | strongest and the air fleet the happen to San Francisco or New ‘mightiest in the world today. York in that time. ;. Concerning the President, Hit- ler stated that “President Roose- velt came into power in the same ‘time that he (Hitler) did, and ‘while the economic problems of Germany had been largely solv- ed, it appeared that there were {three weeks to a month to sail:that the German army is the !'Tender Poppy and with Radio! :Electrician Carl Rom, sailed for ?' Cosgrove Shoals to investigate | the condition of the slow dis-; charge’ storage ‘batteries at the WEDNESDA Tesided DIED THIS MORNING. jlight on the shoals. The tender with its passengers Nestor. Dole, 37, cook on board ;is expected to return to port the Wrecking Tug Warbler, who some time this afternoon. at 1128 Duval street, died this" mofning ‘shortly after 5" * o'clock, in the Marine hospital, which he entered Monday. le Funeral services will be held Sunday afternoon 5 o'clock from ' the residence, Rev. G. Perez, of | the Latin Methodist church, of- ficiating. ' Pritchard’s Funeral Home is in Jarno charge of arrangements. z Survivors are, the widow, Mrs. Charleston Aurora Dole, one daughter, Eva | Chicago Dole, two sons, Nestor, Jr. and aon tse Evelio Dole, and the father, Juan Dole. Bf e Lowest Highest Station— last night last 24 hours Abilene eyY alveston VISITORS LEAVE z 3 i | i ERVRSSLSSKSESKLSISSVE| SELSSSSse [ | ee ie Ps ud Md | i B of friends it Key West barracks for several days, left over the highway yesterday afternoon i F | | wad ii Ue greens fe ie ae) if it i <a ti i % 3 gf : Fits KEPT VERY BUSY | EXAMINING APPLICANTS TO | CITIZENSHIP | PAPERS | ' | | | James B. Watkins, naturaliza- tion examiner from Jacksonville, lisa busy man today and will | continue through at least a part ‘of tomorrow, examining poten- tial citizens of the United States, jwho will apply for naturalization acceptance at the term of court | which will convene 10:30 Monday ;morning in Federal court. In his office in the postoffice building this morning Mr. Wat- kins had just concluded a busy Session and was preparing to en- jJoy a few moments of relaxation j;no problems in the United States, } | because Roosevelt was now tak- TAKEN FROM CAR OF MRS. ing the ‘cares and problems of the | ROSS SAWYER AND worldat-lerge on his shoulders” |Germatr officials, incidentally. DAUGHTER-IN-LAW |coimmented on the President's | plea as a means to “cover up” the | failings of the Democratic party Mrs. Ross C. Sawyer and daugh- | in this country. Herin-law, Mrs. Ross C. Sawyer,| The Germen facheer deciosad Jr., had the misfortune Wednes- mongers” were infuriated _bs- day to lose their pocketbooks cause no blood had been shed from their car and up to the! bringing the millions of Germans hour of going to press nothing/ scattered over Europe back into the fold of the German empire. . had been heard of them. sof the wall to-tho Mrs. Sawyer is the president of Seige eS Stephen R. Mallory Chapter Washington called the speech Daughters of Tne Confederacy, mainiy a “political tirade”. No and on that day, Decoration Day, | official comment, however, had was placing wreaths, flowers and teen released up to press time. flags on the graves of departed Incidentally, the State Depart- veterans of the Civil War, and ment does not consider the speech decorating others, in company) as an official answer to the peace ;with Mrs. Ross Sawyer, Jr, L