The Key West Citizen Newspaper, May 13, 1939, Page 1

Associated Press Day Wire Service For 59 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West VOLUME LX. No. 114. Great Interest Shown | By Prospective Visitors Relative To Key West Chamber Oieiaiaenst Re- ‘EUROPEAN STATUS | ceives Many Inquiries VERY UNCERTAIN | Dealing With Different’ | Subjects POLISH-GERMAN QUESTION STILL REMAINS IN | DOUBT 1 Requests for information of all! | to the | Chamber of Comme: but prin- lad Looe oe eet yee \ ally from visitors who desire] LONDON, May 13.—Poland. | certain concrete ideas of what to’ Danzig, and the Polish Corridor do and how to do it in connection with their trip. Here are a few , furnish the key to “lasting peace” excerpts letters received by the kinds continue to come |LARGE NUMBER ATTEND PER- | Aurania Rouverol, produced by | .actment, was highly praised by the audience and pronounced one KEY WEST, FLORIDA HIGH SCHOOL PROGRAM: WAS. | MUCH ENJ VISITED HE Vol i IN MIAMI; FORMERLY RE- i SIDED IN KEY WEST FORMANCE OF “GROWING PAINS” PUT ON LAST EVE- NING jon his Cruiser Concha and visit- ing in Key West, accompanied The Senior Class of Key West PY Mrs. Borton, | this High School presented “Growing Babee) Phe Citizen: t6 sunt him “to his many friends in the Pains”, a three-act comedy by city. He will be recalled as being a special arrangement with Samuel one time resident of Key West F. W. BORTON ‘OWNER OF RADIO STATION | 4 i F. W. Borton, owner of WQAM radio station in Miami, who. was{ morning | remember | Che Key West Citizen THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN THE U.S.A. SATURDAY, MAY 13, 1939 EXTENDS THANKS RELATIVE TO KEY WEST'S ASSISTANCE IN OBTAINING MEETING NEXT YEAR FOR ST. PETERSBURG | Joe S. Clark, national ex- ecutive committeeman of the Florida, has written Adjutant |John Delgado, Post Commander French, Jr., last evening in the engaged in the electrical business | Reardson and other members of and made friends whom he intended to visit during this trip, but was called to Miami and left on the early school auditorium before a house completely sold out. The play, remarkably professional in en- of the bost theatrical efforts put cial meeting, and will return in & bus this morning, to attend a spe- a number of close}Arthur Sawyer Post, Key West, | a letter of thanks and apprecia- tion from St. Petersburg Post, 15, for having made it possible for , St. Petersburg to secure the con- vention of 1940. American Legion, Department of | Key West, Florida, h# most equable climate in country; with an average range of only 14° Fahrenheit PRICE FIVE CENTS | Settlement Of Soft Coal Strik By Monday Is Being Predicted NEWS FLASHES Cy Associatca IVER BRIDGE TOLLS TO BE ELIMINATED sere otigg peculiar twist to! ! | international affairs came today when it was announced that the} ;ROAD DEPARTMENT CHAIR: | spanish Nationalist Government | eincuanas - \h 3 2 : H y Associnted Press) | MAN SAYS CHARGES WILL | as applied to financiers of Great NEW YORK, May 13.—Nego- \ arineeraven COMPLETELY | Etitain for a loan of $100,000,000. | Before discussing the loan, the! tiaiions for settlement of the Soft BY NEXT JANUARY | “money lenders” are demanding | jthat Spain guarantee definite; H _—_—— neutrailty in foreign policy with | | JACKSONVILLE, Fla. May 13 2° alliances with the Rome-Ber- | |(NS)—Tolls on the St. Johns/ iM axis. |River bridge will be completely Negotiations Toward Set- | tlement Of Differences Are Now Nearing An End Coal strike appear to be approach- ing the end. Conferences tonight and tomorrow morning point to TAMPA.—Schools in Hillsboro | °9*°e™e™s being reached by in Europe, as statesmen in Great on in this city for many’ years. |. The enfoldment of the plot hav-' ing to do with the trials and tribulations of the McIntyre family in bringing up their chil- ;dren through the adolescent age, _proved highly amusing to the }audience and brought forth many a hearty laugh and much ap- plause during the whole _per- formance. | Especial credit for the fine ‘performance is due Mrs. Lorrine ‘Thompson for her directing, as- jsisted by Mrs. Grace Hilton and ‘Miss Mary Trevor of the school. iScenery was very fine, being in |charge of Thomas Cooper, assist- secretary. “I am interested in a trip to Britain, Havana by way of Key West.” “What hotels have you in Key West and can I take a boat from tions over the weekend in effort there to Havana.” : “Will you kindly inform me 0 stave off serious developments. what it will cost to drive from Miami to Key West and return with four pc ms in an auto- mobile over the new highway tion will “yet biow the lid off” and the crossing ferries from the status-quo existing “Give me further information ; about your city and a trip there.” @¢ross the Behind ~ the “It is my intention to drive Scenes maneuvering is reputedly from here to Key West. Furnish approaching “white heat’, with me with more information about definite announcement expected your city and its hotels. the first part of next week as to France and Germany are concerning prepare to gird for diplomatic ac- In the opinion of various ob- servers, the Polish-German.ques- movements are being ocean. tors and their laborers in various Bill Lee, correspondent in Key ) West for the Miami Daily News, ‘has recovered sufficiently, from ment to Florida. “Besides”, he said, “the tolls. were originally intended to last only long enough and few days for his cruiser. “You well know” reads Mn] gestalt anncunecaent by Ar.) county will close next week fol-| Monday. although some operators mong those to whom lie par- |Clark’s letter “that when the vot- lowing an eight-month term. This - a ticularly sent his greeting, were jing seemed to’bé'in suspense and Seite a ierpi esa oat eee move comes following inability | still obstinate B. L. Grooms, of the Key West iit looked pretty ‘dark for St.' ade th is , ‘of School Boards to raise money |¢losed shop demands from min- Electric Co.,: and L. P. Artman, | Petersburg, the | delegates for | bi HN Ralsiacseayer Gls @ to finance the cost of operating | publisher of The Citizen, and al-|Key West, having passed when |COmMittee of east coast MAYOTS | county schools for the month of | °F so B. D. Trevor, who was at the|Key West wes calla: neal ‘and county officials headed bY | Sune. | Taliinyees anak micanccs time of his residence here, con-icast their vote for St. Peters: | walter ‘B. Fraser, mayor of St./ ieee { ‘ . nected with the Consumers Ice burg, and this resulted in a few | \usustine. | HAVANA.—Reports have come | of the strike is broken as “back and Cold Storage Co., and Frank other posts doing the same, and|,, 8¢ Committee, composed of of- 4, the Cuban capital concerning | . H. Ladd, who was engineer of St, Petersburg won the conven- Heiels nom Se a ueune a or objectionable criticism of the en- ee wee the same concern, and others jtion by seven votes. West, was organized recently DY itertainment offered at the Cuban initiated by independent opera- whom he expects to meet on his! «T, personally, want to com-|£'@set for the purpose of getting | vitiage at the New York World’s | return. Freda en, al first of all for | the ree ier ate a Fair. One part of the feature —————_—_. ithe high type of individuals of| Woon it fodged @ vigorous pro- Presented is reported to depict | strikes who have made separate, were indeed a fine group and it to double existing toll rates on ' ficiais are angry, calling attention ‘ a | aoe e | opt Mian Se octeee these being just a few among what direction furter efforts to- ‘Antonio Martinez, Malcolm Rob-, ——— fine class of men opposing us in M. pigereneay’ ide aj {ance, by no means, reflects any-| BILL LEE NOW many. There is one from a lad wards settlement of the question'erts, Eugene Russell, Louis - - ithe race. 2 eeianhrs re nae beara) ing to do with life in Cuba.’ in South Carolina who wants the! will take. , Richardson and Una Mae Brady. ! “Particular commendation _ is ; ©?! eine Ga, i | Following complete investigation, | MUCH IMPROVED secretary to buy him a good England and France are pre-! Other committees serving were: Deen Ee MBS tue to Al Mills, Munroe Horre, | 2scinded ne See following the the Village may be closed. | fighting cock, beeause he has paring to back up earlier state- Publicity, Louis Ovide, William CLIFFORD HICKS; NOW IN ,Commander Reardon, Adjutant ete is ap aaa aaa ae = ———_-——- H heard that there are some good, ment: that “military advance-'Jackson; Tickets, Olga Brost, - ! Delgado and all of the others] |, pat Pts be fit fs the MURPHY Al i roosters in the city, and there ment on Poland” will mean war. |Maria Estenoz; Posters, Dick Her- PHS WASaEEE oe who were in the representative) ne entire state #0 Benet by wl RECOVERS SUFFICIENTLY TO are a number who would be glad Poland, feeling her position of nandez, Orlando — Esquinaldo, group at Ft. Lauderdale. Your ee S : i et to sign an article about the city importance, is reported to be of- Richard Chapman, Jr.; Lighting, |post has certainly won the friend- | ‘tanding, had oatnten cart ae tie} CAUSES RUSH BE REMOVED FROM HOS- if it would be written for them. fering conciliatory “olive branch- Miss Ida Engel, Dexter Dorgan, Disturbing news relative to,ship, not only of St. Petersburg | ; o Fe Ace Ze a = Hi fl i PITAL TO HIS HOME “The life of a seeretary is of/es” to Hitler in the form of no;Warren Russell; Garden Arrange- his daughter, Mrs. Dan M. Lewis,|Legionnaires, but of all the eae Ae : ee Meee nie | course one id sweet song,| guarantees of military alliance ments, Olga Kemp, Olga Camo, was received this morning over | Legionnaires of the department. : A the ; H wiih a.:few inter- with the so-called Big Three Susan Roberts; Programs, Miss long distance from Thomasville,| “I also think your delegation | and as such was a definite detri-| LARGE NUMBER MAKE VISIT | spersed here said | Power, England, France and Rus- |Mary Cleare, Virginia Knowles. Ga., by Clifford G. Hicks, and he|should be commended for the TO COURT HOUSE TO Mr. Singleton. i x During the intermission John expects to leave this eyening orjoutstanding work which they CLEAR "PROPERTY Bien orchestra gave. s¢v- éarly tomorrow. idid in trying to get the conven- ‘ " Early in the year the Hicks/tion. In all of my years in the to uyaay Renae a [Sacks eases giles cis Ree. family received news of the department no post, regardless of | county Is si e | Pa i peer each Maughter being preree with an ae has had so many workers, |necessary money for that, and the| This _motning, the office of zneven on sie oe hostel illness which was caused by agave so much entertainment, and |only reason for continuing the|Clerk Ross C. Sawyer cat. the bila = eee eee tees rare germ in the blood stream, !was so enthusiastic in their ef-|toll charges is to help defray ex- county court house was a scene ‘s, and today and had been taken to the hos. jforts as were the Key West|penses of the Main Street bridge.|0f bustle and mild excitement /to his home -at,, 322 Simonton “In addition to the queer per-| ons who’ write for information| there are the local sob siste} brothers who shocked horrified to realize that in tween the son there are a! few months, April, May and and | be- se s McIntyre—Bonnie jeral fine selections. Music played jduring the play was in charge of( John Robinson. SA ] L ED FRIDAY: The leads were taken by Mar- igaret White and Allen Neil Rob- ime lerts, each turning in highly E : June, when the unfortunates who polished performances. The bal- pital in Thomasville. Legionnaires. The showing made} We had noped to have tolls done Lraaenst Oe cae hes a Leb Aight beet. attending do not live in Key West, are’ Tanker Roanoke. of the Texas ance of the cast, following here- Later Mrs. Hicks left for by this group will long be re-/away with before the start of the | Lara oso ere ang he the Ameria’ Legion Convention frantically trying to earn money Co.. which was in port yesterday /with showed much histrionic Thomasville and is still there. membered in the annals of Flor- {next tourist season, and Mr. Hale’s| take advantage of the few days ‘he Tmerkasl “wpion “onvintion a ERSTE : and discharged cargo in the ability: Mr. Hicks was kept advised as to , ida. announcement is indeed, gratify- left of the Murphy Act. |diabely, aieeetoiiig return’ became When this is peinted out to tanks of the company at the Por-| George MclIntyre—Allen Neil the condition of Mrs. Lewis, and| “With sincerest thanks for | ing”. PT cera ore LSD beeletest ces cent 77 Examination proved he had comfort the disconsolate, they ter Dock Co., sailed for Port Ar- | Roberts. seemed to feel that she was get- your cooperation, with highest | Pe i ete TD eat PRODI ad pantie Hela siece hug their grief to their bosoms thur, Texas, at 3 o’clock. Terry McIntyre—Margaret ting along alright until this commendation for your efforts, MALLORY AUDITOR ia ETE alec te natal varies pea ates iar Ri and wail: “They will all go to’ Discharged in the tanks at the | White. morning he was talking over long and with expressions of the, ee ee ate eee ere a tanita akere ood (eania the world’s fair”, which is an ex-| Porter Dock were diesel oil and! Mrs, Mae distance with the doctor at greatest esteem and respect for [Will be no.turther opportunity of ot Sete fe arcana pensive ballyhoo, specializing in gasoline. There were about 168,-! Watkins. Thomasville, and decided that he the Legionnaires of Key west, ARRIVED IN CITY jz" prlET se Vee OS ENE at oer cieetiatimipravetnmnt, in kin shows and high prices that 000 gallons of the former and 126,-| Professor McIntyre — Lemuel must leave for the bedside, as,and with the assurance that our and they are rushing in to keep is aie ke aaa will glorify a few professional 000 gallons of the latter. | Baker. indications were that Mrs. Lewis convention corporation will do « the office busy as the final day | Binsesthatdiine ha condition self glorifyers, and leave little, Shortly after the Roanoke had; James—Orlando Esquinaldo. was thought to be sinking. ‘everything possible for your) ojaf Thompson, travelling audi- | 4PProaches. lnswadiiceoved da see an extent old New York wishing it had sailed the Steamship Nordmeer! Mrs. Patterson—Anita Berko- |delegation in 1940, I want you to!tor of the Clyde-Mallory Lines,| 4S @ matter of truth Mr. Saw- profited by the experience of from Rotterdam and Hamburg Key West, last July. arrived in port for orders. These | = - orders were delivered by the Porter Dock Co., and at 6 o'clock | MASS MEETING **"remp : TEMPERATURE. eno e { Lowest Highest. | Station— last night last 24 hours | Abilene, 52 88 | [Atlanta 64 86 Boston. 42 64 Buffalo 40 46 Anr ment in this issue of Charleston 70 86 The Citizen. signed by Harry | Chicago 46 52 Baker, chief of the Fire Depart- Denver 36 52 | ment, and Secre John Rob- | Detroit 40 56 erts, calls members of the de-| Galveston 74 78 at? fe MATTERS RELATIVE TO NEW CITY CHARTER TO BE DISCUSSED ounc witz. | Elsie Patterson—Ruth Russell. Traffic Officer—Hector Bar- | roso. | Dutch—Howard Earl McDon- ald. Brian—Harry Knight." Omar-—Charles Aguero. Hal—Paul Esquinaldo. Pete—Lionel Cobo. Prudence—Barbara Curry. Patty—Joyce Whitmarsh. — Jane—Juanita Dongo. ; Miriam—Hilda Yardo. * '° Vivian—Joan MacMullen. INGLINGS LEFT | MRS. SINGLETON DIES IN MIAMI i Ses, | C. S. Singleton is in receipt of ja telegram announcing the death: of his sister-in-law, Mrs. Minnie; L. Singicton, 6-o’clock last eve-! ning in’ Miamizgdyyis: Singleton | was before marriage Miss Min- hie Ricker. Fuhé@ral Services will be held in Miami 2 o’clock Mon- day afternoon, Mrs. Singleton was a resident! of Key West and has.a_ host of! friends in the city who will be grieved to learn of her demise. believe me sincerely and dially yours, “JOE S. CLARK.” cor- NEW CHARTER AT CITY HALL COPY OF PROPOSED MEAS- URE MADE AVAILABLE TO GENERAL PUBLIC The suggested new charter for the City. of Key West. framed by the Citizens Charter Revision | yer said this is the first Satur- {day in some months when he will be forced to keep his office open ‘in the afternoon because of the number of. visitors arriving and Boe nombenn a nen ole | making application to have their 1 ditors of the line mak- Cie regular auditors of the line {properties listed: ling Key West, and always enjoys . jhis visits. He told The Citizen | There will’ be but three more the expects to be here for one days, said Mr. Sawyer, when the week. |property owner will have the i chance to file application, for on GIVEN TRANSFER a | entered and. their property listed yunder the Murphy Act. Harry Watkins, bus operator! HyTCHINSON, Kans—The de- for the Florida Motor Lines, left! and for soda bicarbonate at ithe city this morning after being! 4. Hutchinson reformatory is on ETIQUETTE NOTE that today it was decided he could be taken to his home where it is expected he will remain for about one week and then be’ again ac- tively at work. OFFICIALS OFF TO TALLAHASSEE MONSALVATGE AND ADAMS GO IN INTEREST OF PRO- POSED MEASURE County Commissioners William Monsalvatge and Earl Adams, partment to a mass meeting to be Huron 38 64 | | ENROUTE NORTH held Monday night at 8 o'clock Jacksonville 68 90 _—_— the City Hall. Kansas City 42 64 | GROUP TAKING in There are several matters of KEY WEST _ 71 importance to be discussed at the ; Little Rock .. 56 meeting, and the principal sub- Los Angeles 58 ject will be several provisions of | Louisville 52 the proposed new city charter, Miami 74 copies of which can be seen in’ Mpls.-St. P. 42 the City Hall. |New Orleans _ 68 Particularly are the matters)New York 48 86 70 70 66 84 62 84 64 | W. J. Ingling, retired head of ; | the commissary department of the Southern Pacific Railroad, {and a regular winter vsiitor to | Key West, left yesterday after- noon for the north, accompanied by Mrs. Ingling. . They will make the journey the civil service room at EXAMINATION Today there are 10 young wo-| View it. men of Key West assembled in/ the |contents of the charter Federal building taking the: de- Citizen, the only other Committee in study sessions over ia period of the past s##en months, is now available for public per- jusal. The committee turned a ‘copy over to Archie Roberts, city clerk, this week with the request ; that it be posted so that all may Without funds to p&iblicize the in The avenue jon the run between Key West|tie down grade, Superintendent | president of city council, left over jand Miami for the past eightic 4 Bestwick reports. Recent-|the highway today enroute to {months and is to be transferred |) he gave the inmates forks and | Tallahassee to confer with Sena iMonday to the Miami-St. Pe-i hives, replacing their |tersburg run. tand now it takes them 15 minutes i He. begs to be remembered to '4, gat. They used to gulp their jhis many. friends, especially the i A | (food in eight. |regular anglers whom he has |met and who were responsible | jfor some of his great catches he | TREES AS MEMORIALS |made during his residence in the; ,1_COLN, Neb. — Combining} 80 60 64 68 70 80, 90 68 i 64 relative to the selection of new | Pensacola 70 employes of the department, {Pittsburgh ——. 44 which. will be placed before the | St. Louis 54 meeting for serious disci ion, | Salt Lake City 52 and it is for this reason it} is de-| San Francisco 50 sired that all members attend. _{ Seattle 56 ; Tampa 68 | Washington 50 Williston — 42 Fred Marvil’s CABANA MARDI GRAS NITE Tonight—Also Special BALLOON NITE with Free Drinks and Cash Awards to be aiven between 11 >. m. and 12 M. ‘FUN GALORE’ A & P BRAND MUFFLERS-EXHAUSTS and TAIL PIPES The Best Made in the Country ALBURY’S SERVICE “The Only 24-Hour Station” 1 } } n partmental examination for | left open for bringing the charter til reaching New Jersey, when ;stenographer and two others tak-/ provisions to the attention of the they will go to Canada and there |ing the examination for typist. |citizenry-at-large, was to post it MOST MEN AGREE spend the summer and return in| The examination is being con- in the City Hall as stated above. the fall. ducted by Raymond Albury, of; Many residents have viewed the} MALDEN, Mo. — The word ————————— _jthe local Civil Service board, charter already. i“obey” isn’t mentioned any long- MOTHER’S DAY PROGRAM inp ler in the marriage ceremony by Palace Theatre 'Mrs. nar Patterson, marrying Two Combet Basis: Ales <7 P justice of the peace. “What's the and Geomatp Yesdone OPENING TONIGHT The Club Cayo Hueso use?” she asks. “Women don’t TOMORROW at 3:30 P. M. jobey anyway”. Auspices San Carlos Institute ADMISSION 10c in our new home on TRUMBO ISLE, (Across from P. and O. Docks), featuring ROSS ALLEN and HIS MIAMIANS from The Royal Palm Club, Five o’Clock Club and The Hollywood Rendezvous NO COVER visiting cities along the coast un- | teity. PALACE THEATRE Wednesday. May 17th Gerald Pinder presents the j 1 t j | | RAUL’S, Ghus : ° sok Ladies Free John Pritchard’s Se AS i NENT AE it Margaret Stiles Direct from Miami Beach, and | | John Pritchard and his Orchestra Admission. . ~ .l0c and 15¢ Admission 50c isentiment with soil conservation, la project is underway to plant | blocks of trees in Nebraska wind shelterbolts and dedicate them ito the memory of former citi- NOTICE! KEY WEST FIREMEN There will be a Mass Meet- P. m. Business of importance. Please attend this meeting. By order of CHIEF HARRY M. BAKER i | { | spoons, | tor Elmer Ward and B. C. Papy on passage of a proposed bill. The bill in question has been approved by both the council and county commissioners, and is re lative to the commissioners be ing empowered to use surplus gasoline taxes for the purchase, as an investment, of any obliga- tion of any Special School Tax District. It particularly refers to coun- ties having a population of not less than 12,974 and not more than 13,616, according to the next pre- ceding state census, and to those obligations issued to refinance obligations which were them- selves outstanding on April 1, 1939. [DANCE TONIGHT —AT— Pena’s Garden Of Roses Hear_Three New Song Hits By GOULD CURRY'S Seven-Piece Orchestra No Admission or Cover Charge ee