The Key West Citizen Newspaper, May 3, 1939, Page 1

Associated Press Day Wire Service For 59 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West Ch VOLUME LX. No. 105. + Key Wiest Cittzrn Key West, Florida, has the most equable climate in the country; with an average range of only 14° Fahrenheit | THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN THE U.S.A. KEY W EST, FLORIDA, W EDNESDAY, MAY 3, 1939 PRICE FIVE CENTS Greatest Diplomacy Being Exercised In All Activities Covering European Affairs All Moves Dealing With °° #2 OD 9258 Critical Situation Are, Handled With Greatest | Of Caution | By Associated Press) LONDON. May 3.—More and! more the world-at-large is getting H used to the constructive thought | that, after all, there may not be; a general war for some time io! come. At least, developments of | late point out that diplomatic centers in Europe are making all moves with extreme caution, | rather fearing that the present status of “all’s auiet’s might be upset if hasty and rash actions are made. Prime Minister Chamberlain, it appears, has decided to call: Adolf Hitler’s April 28th bluff, if, indeed it was 2 bluff. concerning | German: willingness to nego- tiate with each of the 31 coun- tries mentioned in President 'PAPY HOST TO SCHOOL GROUP Miss Josephine James and sister, James, Miss Gwendolyn have written their mother, Mrs. Thomas James, of Whitehead street, of the wonderful banquet which was tendered by Reprsentative B. C. Papy to Key West students of Florida State College for Women, where the Misses James are students. Not cnly were the students guests of Mr. Papy, but fodl- lowing the delightful repast they were each presented with a bautiful corsage bou- quet as a favor of the ban- quet and afterward each re- ceived a ticket to the moving Picture theatre. Those who were guests of Representative Papy were: Misses Catherine Lowe, Edna Roberts, Gwendolyn Josephine James, James, Alice Parks, Cleo Kemp, Betty Rae Russell, Mary Sullivan, Ther- esa Sullivan, Anne Kennedy, Mary Louise Bonniwell, Cyn- thia Pearlman, and Marguerite EPI GII SIS”. Rose Appel Page. Roosevelt’s non-aggression _ plea. Steps are being taken today to suggest that England and Ger- many enter into non-aggression pacts. REVENUE MEASURES INTRODUCES BILL ON RACING LAWS. WOULD HAVE MONIES °DIS* | TRIBUTED ON MONTH- | LY BASIS | | | (Special to The Citizen) TALLAHASSEE, May 3. —| | Splitting a $145,000 jackpot} ;among the sixty-seven counties | ‘is provided for in a bill intro-! ‘duced in the Senate today by jSenator Wm. C. Hodges, amend- | jing the racing law to limit to $40,000 the amount to be held in| {the state treasury for racing com- } mission expenses between the close of the season and the open- ‘ing of the next. Senator Hodges’ |amendment strikes from the orig- | inal racing law the provision per- | mitting the treasurer to withhold | ;10 per cent of each season’s re- -ceipts for expenses between sea- | sons and directs that’'all- monies on hand each April ‘15th, in ex- cess of $40,000, shall be ° distri- jbuted to the counties. H | This year the 10 per cent | ‘amounts to $185,000. i The Hodges amendment also directs the treasurer to make, monthly distributions of funds— ‘on or before the 5th day of the months of January, February,‘ March and April. The treasurer; and the comptroller have been. making preliminary distributions , each season and paying most of: the excess after April 15th but the authority is not clear and the; Hodges amendment make it man- | datory, thus insuring the avail-; ability of the monies to the coun-, ties earlier than the close of the! season. i “There is no reason why these { i i Cede N11) AMEND FALSE RUMORS j ABOUT LAYOFF Rumors were afloat on the | Streets this afternoon that a layoff of WPA workers at the sewing room was contemplat- ed and that officials had been so advised. Mrs. Linton Curry, super- visor in charge at the sewing room at the corner of Grin- nell and Catherine streets, and Area Sunervisor B. C. Mo- Moreno were both asked as to the rumor, and both of them said they knew ncthing efficially of any reduction in the number of workers. PPM LI I MII FI MS FOR CHICKENS FSA MAKES’PROVISIONS TO TAKE CARE OF NECES- SARY PROTECTION (Re Ansocinted Press? DALLAS, Tex., Farm has developed portable farm as- sets—even gardens, hen coops and fences—to help tenant farm- ers fulfill FSA loan ments. C. M. Evans, regional FSA di- rector, explains that such loans are made only to those farmers with at least one source of cash income besides cotton. Owner-tenant cooperation of- ten cannot provide the necessary improvements, so the FSA work- require- /with a house bill on the calender | H ‘and a senate measure before a elected President Everett Rus-| PORTABLE HOME \ t ) LOAN | MEASURE ote ‘|BILL RELATIVE TO ISSUE INTRODUCED IN LEGIS- LATURE i +7 TALLAHASSEE, May 3. (FNS) Warring groups in th legislative battle over the ques- tion of compelling Florida “salary buyers” to come under the reg- “ulation of the uniform small loan i ‘law girded for a showdown dur- their regular meeting last night. KEY WEST GETS ing the fourth weekend recess standing committee for further s tudy. The bill, sponsored by Rep. J. ,P. Marchant, of Lakeland, would |!ahassee, expressing the approval :amend the small loan bill to in-' of the«bedy-of the bill authoriz- i elude the salary buyers, whose operations have been exposed in a booklet written by the Polk county legislator prior to the opening of the session. In his brochure, Rep. Mar- chant cited reports of grand jury investigations to show how the May 3.—The salary buyers, who now operate Security Administration /outside of state regulation, charge interest as high as 240 per cent a year as contrasted with the three and one-half per cent a month! allowed the regulated small loan companies. If the Marchant bill passes, all small loan companies would be limited to the present legal rate allowed under the uni- form law, which was adopted in 1925. Other bills are before the leg- islature pertaining to the small loan business in general. One of these would repeal the uniform act and another would cut the in- terest rate to two cent a ahamber OF Commerce Approves Two Seaplane Floats To Be | “Placed In Key West Harbor | |Dolly Will Be Used To En- able Planes To Be Haul- ed Out Of Water For | Servicing Measure On Water Pipé Lin The Chamber of Commerce I I | (By Washington Correspondent of The Key West Citizen) WASHINGTON, D. C., May 3. —Two seaplane floats and one delly will be installed PUBLICITY AT WORLD’S FAIR Key West had its first publicity from the World's Fair in New York today, when Charles Johnson, pro- prietor of the Silver Palm hotel, telephoned Mrs. John- son that he had been the fortunate winner of the long distance call offered by the Telegraph Company at the Fair where Mr. Johnson is | now. Mr. Johnson called Mrs. Johnson over long distance to advise her of being the fort- mate holder of the lucky presided over by the newly) sell instructed the secretary to. in Key | | hes ousavopiosentaiiveaatitals: | West Harbor as part of the Civil | Aercnautics Authority and Na- {tional Youth Administration pro- | : jane 5 ing the) d and Toll ) Stam to develop seaplane flying , Bridge District to apply for; H | {power and authority to finance | throughout the country, it was announced today. { Capt. R. S. Fogg of the CAA has approved the Key West site |following a recent inspection tour of the southern city and oth- ier Florida communities with va- umber and the opportunity | "ous state and municipal avia- of telling her of his being 0" authorities, it was said. the winner, with more than | _ With approval by CAA, the Na- 2000 people listening in. jtional Youth Administration has And, savs Mrs. Johnson, | 8iven the go-ahead signal to its “my husband delivered a talk field offices to construct the on Key West. the health-giv- | floats and turn them over to the ing sunshine and the delight- | “!!Y ful swimming, and I was so Under the CAA and NYA plan thrilled of all those - people the floats are built with NYA | hearing what he had to say | !abor from plans furnished by the that I could hardly listen’, | CAA and lumber furnished _ by local interests. Upon completion, -@@ | the floats become the property of : It was not indicated and construct an adequate water. ‘pipe line and to finance and con- ‘ struct the highway from Big ;Pine Key to Key West. | i | Attending the meeting were’ |Vice President Melvin Russell, | Second Vice President W. T.! Fripp, Treasurer Fred J. Dion, W., |W. Demeritt, Charles E. Smith, ! , Avery Powell, Charles S. Taylor, | John H. Costar, E. A. Strunk, Jr., Wm. M. Arnold, A. E. Peirce, and Guy Carlton. | Mrs. Ethel B. Kimball, pub-| lisher of “Kim” and Joseph Johns, | VIGIL SI SI SS SE ARE SPEEDED UP. Strengthening Neutrality monies should be permitted to /¢d out the portable farm idea. De tie oan Hitler, tollowing his lengthy answer to the Democracies last week, is reported to be busy this week in strengthening neutrality alrangements with the Scandina- vian countries. This, to the Fueh- 1cr. appears important as Sweden, ! Notway and Denmark would be strong-enemies should they” “dé-' cide to unite—and they most cer- tainly would in case of a general war against tue totalitarian states. Pacts under advisement have to do with economic concessions, with Germany continuing to have ready access to iron and food- stulis in these northern coun- ties. Non-fortification of islands in the North Sea will also be sought by Germany as a means to stave off any Russian efforts to that end later. Poland Stands Ready In Poland one million soldiers will stand “at attention”. Diplo- mats of this country will reply to Hitler's remarks in regard to Dan- zig and free transportation across the Polish corriaor the latter part of this week. Chamberlain, on behalf of Eng- land in counteracting Hitler's re- marks in regard to Poland-British pacts, asserted today that there was nohting in the mutual ar- rangement thal warranted scrap- ping of the German British Naval BOTH BRANCHES , OF LEGIS- LATURE FIND FIFTH WEEK VERY BUSY TALLAHASSER, May ~~3.— (FNS) With the dismissal of the Dade county suit that impounded approximately $750,000 in the counties’ racetrack revenue, lead- ers of the legislature predict that the fifth week of the session would find both branches speed- ing up work on major appropria- tions and revenue bills. Speaker G. Pierce Wood told Florida News Service that he be- lieved his division would first approve the appropriations and» then take up revenue-rais- ing measures. “We shoul propriations bill next week,” Speaker Wood said. “The ques- tion of providing the revenue will follow ‘as a matter of course.” Only one new revenue bill of major classification is before the legislature. It would levy a tax on cigarettes. But plans were afoot to place a general sales tax bill on committee dockets during the session’s fifth week so that the measure might be ready for consideration, if it is found all sources, new and proposed, are finance id get on the ap-— Pact. New instructions*to the British Minister in Moscow includes a insufficient to ment. govern- four-point program of economic and mutual help, chief of which is no promise to aid Russia in any far-east war campaign. This, it is coi ed, is a conciliatory ges- ture towards Japan. To Renovate Ships fa Congress today moved to vate six batt! entail standards. This will Naval appropriations made, it is said. Strong requests emy of Political of uniting all nations on American continests”, aiming to- | Pittsburgh and St. Louis Salt Lake City San Francisco | Seattle ——- , Tampa CAPE TOWN — “If you can | Washington take it away, you can have it,” } Williston wards economic security peaceful ends. SAFE PROMISE | was the promise of an agricul-| tural exhibitor at Rosebank fair, | the “it” being 100-pound prize | pumpkin. Nobody did. | Abilene | Atlanta On the United States’ side of) Boston the Atlantic, the House Naval Af-) Buffalo rs Committee of the American | Charleston reno- Chicago ips of 1923 vint- Denver age to bring them up to modern Detroit an: Galveston expenditure of $100,000,000, am-' Havana ply allowed for, however, in the Huron recently Jacksonville Kansas City to European KEY WEST nations to “keep out of South and Little Rock Central America” were made in Los Angeles the United States last night at a Louisville banquet sponsored by the Acad- ' Miami Science. The Mpl: theme of leading speeches was New Orleans stressing of the “co-operative plan! New York the , Pensacola TEMPERATURES Lowest Highest Station— last night last 24 hours 60 86 44 68 40 54 36 54 46 74 38 46 48 76 34 54 68 78 78 84 2 83 72 68 60 84 70 84 60 82 50 66 78 50 60 54 7 50 52 40 62 48 60 50 54 36 44 52 St. P. 48 52 62 48 48 Hotel. 50 62 80 60 74 may3-ltx accumulate and lie idle in the state treasury when financially pressed counties need penny possible at the Hodges. “Realizing the possible plight—especially with the pos- _sibility o8-$145,000-being held up for nearly a year—I plan to press this measure to make the monies more quickly available. The re- serve of $40,000 for the racing commission’s between season ex- penses has been determined to be ample and there will be no cramping of the services the com- mission is directed to render.” MANY SAVINGS OVER TWENTY-SIX THOU-! SAND DISPOSED OF BY LOCAL POST OFFICE Postmaster Sam Harris told The Citizen this morning that the sale of Savings Bonds at the local post office through the year 1938 totalled $26,550. This represents the monies actually spent. An announcement issued ' by Secretary of the Treasury _Mor- genthau is to the effect that the jtotal investments in the “bonds ‘since Mach 1, 1935 represents an average of $1,957,525 for each business day since that date. | The total maturity value of , bonds outstanding on March 31, '1939, was approximately $2,206,- 008,900. Total maturity value of purchases for the year 1938 was $707,291,650, an average purchase for each business day of the year [of $2,334,300. COUNTY BOARD MEETS TONIGHT Regular meeting of the board {of county commissioners will be held tonight in the office of Clerk ;Ross C. Sawyer in the county ‘courthouse at 8 o'clock. | Mr. Sawyer. said that’ only BONDS SOLD Now the tenant who likes to raise ‘chickens, for instance, in order to jof a portable home for 100 hens is less than $100. It can be disman- ‘tled™and -re-assembled with little ; trouble. | The portable garden plot con- |sists of a fertile soil within a ‘frame about 18 inches deep, four jor five feet wide and as long as } desired. SYMPHONY BAND WILL PLAY HERE {SCHEDULED TO ARRIVE FOR TWO CONCERTS THURS- DAY. JUNE 8 George Mills White, director of jactivities in connection with the {Federal Music Project in Key ; West, has been advised that the ‘project’s symphony orchestra is ‘scheduled to arrive in Key West ifor two concerts on Thursday, June 8. {| Mr. White is now making ar- ‘rangements to secure a suitable jlocation for the concerts, and as ‘the instrumentalists number 75 lin the orchestra, Mr. White says he will try and arrange to secure ‘the building at the lighthouse de- 'partment which was used for the ‘annual flower show. | The orchestra is under the di- jrection of John Bitter, a noted maestro of large organizations of this kind, and the hearers are assured of excellent entertain- ment. ‘FRUIT STEAMER | COMES TO PORT | { ‘Steamship St. Mary, of the Stantiitd M¥eit and Steamship Co..*arived 5 o'clock yesterday afternoon from Philadelphia and ‘berthed, at the ‘Porter Dock Co., { { ‘ »for’a supply of, fuel oil. {°Piithping was started immedi- matters of a regular routine ‘na’ atély after the pipe line was laid ture were scheduled to be brought up for consideration. TACTICS THE SAME {| BELGRADE — Infantry tactics‘ haven’t changed in 2,000 years, a! ; Yugoslav general observed after! maneuvers in Creatia, in the “and shortly before 9 o’clock the ‘ship had in her bunkers from the {tanks 26,087 gallons. Promptly on | the hour the ship sailed for Fron- | tera, Mexico. TAHITI SCARED TOO PAPEETE, Tah: The South every | be eligible for a loan need not be! earliest | afraid of leaving his coop behind | possible moment,” said Senator} when he moves. The average cost | : | | Mrs. Page, are that funeral serv-!make Key West a port ‘ices and interment will be held! when the vessel is in this vicinity. ! |tomorrow afternoon 2:30 o'clock | {Colonel Thomas Boles, month. who prososes to get out a booklet : advertising the Keys, addressed SCOUT TROOP the meeting on the merits of; |their respective publication. These | ‘matters were referred to the pub- | jlicity committee. : i eal The secretary read a letter from ia ‘Maxwell Lord, who suggested the MANY MATTERS TAKEN U |value of a booth at the New! 'York World's Fair in which a! FOR DISCUSSION DUR- | cigarmaker could be in full view ING SESSION jmaking Key West cigars. This/ Was also referred to the pub-! licity committee. | A. E. Peirce, Avery Powell, and W. T. Fripp were appointed a committee to study the by-laws _and constitution and suggest any changes which they considered Cjass Scout Walter Price, with ahealoa i _e a the Lord’s Prayer, followed by e secretary was instructed tothe Scout Oath, Laws and the write to the proper authorities re- Satute to the Flag. by Vincent questing that the United States) : brother-in-law of!Marine Training School iP ; DIES IN MIAMI DEATH RESULTED FROM AU- TOMOBILE ACCIDENT ON MONDAY Boy Scouts of Troop 51 held their regular meeting Monday evening in the rooms of Wesley Hall with a large attendance. The meeting was opened by First Relatives in Key West have been advised of tie death of Earl Page, 57, in Miami. Death oc- curred 5:30 o’clock yesterday aft- ernoon, folowing an automobile accident which happened Mon- day. Advices received McDermott, S| A number of ideas were dis- Ship! cussed in connection with plans call!t build up the troop camp fund. meee ; Among the suggestions were sev- i Communication from the Flor-| eral which sppealed to the troop in Miami. |ida Sugar Producers was read in and will be given future con- The deceased was a native of which the chamber was asked to! sideration. Roll was called and Key West and moved to Miami}oppose a discriminatory tax on! ques collected. several years ago, where he had beer not made in Florida. The re-| Scout Krestensen introduced a made his home, with occasional |quest was concurred with. Inew game which caught the trips to visit friends in Key West. | The following resolution was’ spirit of the boys and was en- He was for many years con- drawn: up and the secretary was! joyed by everyone. In the end nected with the firm of William |instructed to forward it to the the Hawks and the Alligators Curry’s Sons, where he was one |Miami Chamber of Commerce: | triumphed over their opponents. of the important: salesmen and| “Whereas, the death of the! -After the game an investiture had a host of friends ‘and admir- ; Hon. Charles B,,Leffler has term-' service was held for five second ers. It was while conriected with | inated, on thi, sphere, a life dis-| class scouts, Richard Barber, Lou the Curry’s Sons firm that he jtinguished by a long record of Smith, Eugene Sweeting, Charles of ihere whether the sponsor of the |Key West project is the town, county, or state government. It is estimated that the floats can be built for less than $100 teach, with the sponsor furnishing ‘the lumber. The floats will pro: ,vide a means of docking sea- planes in order to land passengers with ease. The dolly will enable ; the planes to be hauled out of the | water-port and into a shore ‘an- | gar for servicing. ' Establishment of the floats at Key West, aviation officials said, is something, Key ‘West has need ed for some time. They explain ed the difficulty of going ashore via rowboat from a seaplane. Aside from its importance to the development of aviation and the provision for employment of out-of-school youth, the program is regarded by officials as a ma jor contribution to the cause of national defense. It affects the most inland ites as well as the sea coast states, they said. Further, they said, the Key West facilities will evenutally be a link in a vast network of safe and adequate water-landing ports of great value for military as well as civilian use. DEMOLAY ORDER HOLDS MEETING was wedded to Miss Mamie Mc- Cook of Key West, and some time later went to Miami to make their home. 3 WARNS PHOTOGRAPHERS CARLSBAD, N. M.—First an- nual photographers’ day at Carls- bad caverns may be the last. superin- tendent of said the caverns, ‘photographers’ demands for an course of which soldiers stumbled Seas may seem a faraway, peace-— ‘into rich archaeological treasure. ful haven to war-conscious Eu- ‘A modern sham battle was fought ,Tians in 35 B. C. rope, but actually the inhabi- FREE BREAKFAST. . .see our in precisely the same way the tants are deeply disturbed over Classified ad on Page 6. The Romans battled the warlike Illy-| international events as Jefferson {anywhere else. people opportunity to take pictures in the underground fairyland had become so insistent that a day will be set aside this spring for picture taking. Ps PS ata Cece Te DON’T MISS THE World’S Fair Specials! IN NAVARRO’S USED CAR SALE NOW GOING ON Substantial reductions made to help you make your World’s Fair trip! Your old car, more than likely, will make more than the down payment. PEDIGREED CARS! Come Earlv For Best Pick of the Manv Bargains at Navarro, Inc. USED CAR LOT {service to his community and to! Pritchard and Glen Skelton. his fellow men, individually and! Walter Price was presented with 4 collectively, and ‘his First Class pin. The mect-} Kermit Lewin was re-instaile | “Whereas it is our belief, based! ing was brought to a close with #5 Master Councilor of Robert J on knowledge, that not only Mi-'the Scoutmaster’s Benediction Perry Chapter, Order of DeMo ;South Florida has suffered the, master Peirce’s story. day night. He had been reelected loss of a courageous leader, a} Eugene Berkowitz is the Scribe last week. Installed at the samc lor; | —— ee Senior Councilor and Sam Col | “Therefore, be it resolved, that! lins as Junior Councilor. Emilio the Miami Chamber of Commerce DeMolays throughout the state ‘in the loss of their late pesident, | ; | Charles D. Leffler, be forwarded! {nual Conclave, this year at Pen to the said Chamber of Commerce | sacola. It will be the tenth an- | our, minutes. 'Repesentative Pat Cannon have Molay Chapter in Florida, of i “EVERETT RUSSELL, ' advised a number of people in, which there are 16. Commerce”. ment report on the Inland Wa- sending at least two members to | Communications from Senator! teway from Bahia Honda to Key | this meeting. It will take place on Representative Cannon, on the | about June 3. - jed to. draw 400 boys from Flor- ‘subjects. of, theMarine Hospital,! Both of the representatives! ida, Georgia and Alabama. ‘the Intra-Coastal Waterway from/that the proposed deepening of the meeting last night notifying Bahia Honda to Key West were!the waterway to this port has the chapter that DeMolay Day ‘ appreciated. | ! A communication from George: jami, but Key West and all of! and reading of a chapter of Scout- lay, at its regular meeting Tuc ‘faithful friend and a wise counsel-' of Troop 51 | time were Henry Roy Canfield a Norcissa acted as installing offi- | loss, and of our sympathy with WILL BE HEA R are looking forward to their an- and that a copy be spread upon! Senator Claude Pepper and nual meet of the Associated De- { a | resident, Key West Chamber of Key West that the War Depart- The local chapter plans on Andrews, Senator Pepper and' West wlil come up in Washington | August 13-14-15-16, and is expect- ithe Marine, Training School and from Floida give the assurance! A communication was read at read and their manifest interest their continued interest. would be held at the World’s B. Coryell of Belgium, who ex-' CONTINUE SEARCH Fair on June 17. Other routine business was handled during the | sesion. pressed a desire to settle in Key; BELGRADE — Archaeologists} West. bringing a large collection’ will attempt to ascertain this| ‘of historical paintings, with a spring whether there is any | proposition that this should be a truth in the legend. For cen-; LOS ANGELES—Russell Giard free exhibit to the public if some;turies the peasants at Haidine|of this city had to write the suitable place could be found in village near Pettau have been|county clerk in Oakland for the whieh to xehibit them was read | telling their children that a huge|name of his wife whom he had {and the matter will receive at-|mound covered with weeds is the|married five years before and | tention. igrave of Attila. | wanted to divorce, FORGOT HER NAME