The Key West Citizen Newspaper, May 16, 1939, Page 1

Associated Press Day Wire Service For 59 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West Key West, Florida, has the most equable climate in the country; with an average range of only 14° Fahrenheit Heat Ctttern _ THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN THE U.S. A. a KEY WEST, ie nay, TUESDAY, MAY 16, 1939 Perit lsu or Buling Of _ NOES FADE pooing House On North. Beach ro =e ‘MORE CUARDS TO [Propered_ Strut Stracture Will ROYAL PARTY TO 'ENGLAND NOW —Nesdy Asea. of Florida | tee ieee, au “Tl PROTECT MINERS Cost $5,500; Various. LAND TOMORROW MARKING TIME. Would Receive Two Hun- | (FNS).—Threats of an extra ses-| Giher Permits Issued By. | , dred Dollars Per Month | { dl sion of Florida’s 1939 Legislature | ' Requesting Particular eae GOVERNOR OF KENTUCKY Buildi |Days LOST AT SEA TO BE. |THREE-PARTY ALLIANCE Is, 2 porarily at least, as! ij uilding Ins ector SENDS SECOND COMPANY | ig Insp 1 |} Under Proposed Bill i pe Item Be Killed ' STATE EMPLOYMENT SERV-' Many weary senators and repre-| MADE UP AT OTTAWA ! STILL SHOWN TO BE { |sentatives began their weekend | TO BELL COUNTY ! i AND KINGSTON ee ICE OFFICER PAID OF- | Building permit recently grant-; cd ia (By Associated tress? lrecess with two major contro- eee i i iva eee 4 | FICIAL VISIT HERE iversial issues either out of the’ jed was for the construction of a! ee. aulceeansuinilaamsaimencs oe i (By Associated Press) ! { ' way or nearing amicable. i (iy Axsoemted Presa (ity Associated Press) nel kuoltioribientitnatewan LOUISVILLE, Ky., May 16.— frame two-story rooming house} QUEBEC, May 16.—The King! MOSCOW, May 16.—Pressure | 1 L'Engle Hartridge, fiell repre-| solved this week was the Dade|Governor “Happy” Chandler of as an addition to the North;and Queen of England will * sentative of the state Employ-|county suit that has impounded | ¢, . PEES I g! will dis-| was applied ioday on England to ment Service, who was officially ‘approximately $750,000 in pari-! eniucky signed’ an order today - ‘Beach Inn, The building will be | embark at this port from the Em- jmake up its mind concerning the ; visiting with the head of the loc&l; mutuel revenue, which belonged! calling for the second company : 18 feet wide and 90 feet in length.|press of Australia Wednesday Projected three-party alliance be- office, Wm. V. Litlte, left yester-|to the 67 counties equally under day afternoon for Miami. Tthe 1931 law. The suit was with-|°! National Guards to enter Bell’ ‘Owner is George Smith, and the PRICE FIVE CENTS State Senate Considering Sales _ Tax To Provide Pension:Funds VOLUME LX. No. 116. Firemen Oppose Section In New, City Charter Relative To: »: Key, West Department: Telegrams Sent To Repre- DEP. ARTS AFTER seniatives In Legislature STAY IN CIT EXTRA SESSION. The meeting of members of the Key Wesi Fire Department held Senate today is considering a ; State-wide three percent sales tax last night at Number 1 fire sta- ig! to be levied on all retailers for tion resulted in telegrams being (th purpere of raising funds to sent to Senator Elmer Ward and h: tho | provide $200 per month British andj morning ai 10:30 o'clock, follow-| tween. the Soviets, a Representative B. C. Papy at Tal- lahastee requesting that they kill items in the new charter relative ; to the fire department. There were approximately 150 members of the volunteer present at the meeting different sections of the relative to the departmenti read and discussed at length Every item in the new charter which in any way affected the department discussed at length and several of the mem- bers addressed their fellow mem- bers pointing out the affects the new charter would have on the department and its members. The department has been existence about 70 years as a volunteer organization and the many deeds of its members and the valiant work done by _ the body were recounted, and it was the consensus that should the new charter become effective, forces charter we was in there would be nothing to do but 5 disband the organization Chief Baker said that the en- tire matter et been given care- ful. stu mnsideration..and.,! it Wa fade nnd, ora! ere that the disruption of the fire depart- ment, following the passage of the new charter, would result in « monthly expenditure by the city of from $2,000 to $2,500 for the maintenance of the new or- ganization. The telegram sent by the de- partment to Mr. Ward and Mr. Papy and signed by the commit- tee, of which Paul Archer, Roy Hamlin and Percy M. Roberts are members read as follows: “The meeting of the Key West Fire Department held on the above date, adopted a resolution requesting that you kill all items in the new charter pertaining to the Key West Fire Department and the department be allowed to operate as is, under the old BUILDING IN WHICH FIRST MIXED JURY MET IS TORN DOWN Press) May The building in which the worl first partly male jury met 1870 is being torn down. The Laramie DAR chapter placed a tablet on the ramshackle old building in 1922, noting it was there that women for the first time were permitted a part in deciding court cases. It was difficult in the frontier town to get the men to return verdicts of guilty, and since the territorial legislature had just enacted a law granting women suffrage the peaceful folk of Laramie promptly decided it also conferred upon the women the right to jury service. Six women were summoned for the grand jury. ; This startling eVent jn. the far west caused King William of Prussia to send a congratulatery cable to President Grant and New York newspapers sent. spe- cial a | cgver, nm session. qik in lers and foliage which are and | » beautiful a ‘of the glorious 16.—'4 Discussing the beautiful flow-! now ‘seen on every hand, Mr. more charming or have a greater lure for the lov- er of beauty in flowers than Key West. He the poincia 1 that he thinks as of the city are as he has ever seen, particularly mentioned one at the Convent, s one of the imaginable, erday aft- it to the s on the and which most gc and befor ernoon paid grounds to f sight. another his ey: "EWS FLASHES Cty Associatia ress) peeeonarernce sceevece MADRID,.—Dictator Franco of pain has informed the emmis- ries of England and France that German and Italian troops “would be leaving Spain very shortly”, This s nent was mage in-answersg queries ses hy. “thesdemocracies. WASHINGTON. President Roosevelt is in favor of tne trade agrement that brings Argentine heef fo this country, maintaining that the product is superior in quality ard much cheaper. Pres- sure is being brought to bear on the Aominkdeduon, however, to pane the agremeent in that} local farmers and meat packers} will ees seriously affected. DETROIT.—Fifty-five hundred workmen were affected today when the Hudson Motor Com- pany closec down for an unan- nounced period of time. Difficul- | ties in maintaining the line be-) cause of numerous _ lay-offs of! late was given as the reason for} the temporary shutdown. - Officials of Relation the min main. WASHINGTON. t}e- National Labor d refused to recognize A.F.ofL. branches in the fields »of Alabama today taining that the latter group doe: live up to regulations of the sdrd.' ‘The failure of recogni- tion comes as the two main labor, factions of the country fight for control of the mining industry in} the South. TEMPERATURES Ceceuneecccccccosoeee Le { Highest st night last 24 hours 58 48 44 54 54 40 52 42 Station— 1. Abilene Atlanta Boston Buffalg Charleston Chicago Denver Detroit Galveston Huron Jacksonville Kansas City KEY WEST Little Rock Los; Angeles ‘Loyisville Miami Sy . hi pls. St. -. drawn and State Comptroller J. M. Lee promptly wrote 67 checks, ; of an armistice between the small} county bloc in’ the House and the’ Dade county delegation. The’ second issue that had i threate: ned to precipitate legisla- distribution of ‘three. cents of! Florida’s seven. cents a gallon | |gasoline tax among the counties | on the basis of road construction. With only three ciscen une: nolez the House passed would keep the Seasit distribu tion in force for the next years, opening the gate for Era ties, heretofore sharing in the! fund but facing discontinuation; PLAN TRIP TO HAVANA; MAY} Repairs to roof at 516 Margaret! of payments, to throw into the | state road system all highways | built with county money or fi-| nanced by county bond issues. With these two problems set- | tled and out of the way, leaders; attention would be given whip-, ping into shape for introduction awaiting suitable weather for! the biennial appropriations bill' and the preparation of revenue bills necessary to finance what- ever appr Dee NOnE: AT a are approved. HOUSEBOAT IS i } USED AT FORT JEFFERSON AS | STOP OVER FLOATING HOTEL | | Houseboat Sutton Line, ‘used at the National Monument at Fort Jefferson as stop over floating hotel for visitors during Nirvana, of | the winter season, was brought! to port last night and this morn- ing was at the Porter Dock Co. It was said by employees of the Sutton Line that the vessel | will in all probability be moored in the Garrison Bight during the {summer and be gotten in readi- ness for the next season. STEAMER ALAMO | ARRIVES IN POR ‘BEGAN UNLOADING FREIGHT IMMEDIATELY AFTER DOCKING ‘ ( ‘ t eo. Steamer Alamo, of the Clyde-; Mallory Lines, arrived in port! this morning at 5 o’clock, docked and at once began unloading freight for this port. | BROUGHT HERE the which. has_ been} +County to protect a back-to-the- Hart-' his action resulting in the signing :™ines movement in mines there: | $5,500. lridge said there are no places he visits which are C.LO. miners stood by while} jhundreds of their brother work- ‘the week were as fellows: men returned to work yesterday | that | tive warfare was the continued,in Harlan county under protec- $100, tion of Guardsmen, CRUISER AWAITING ; SAILING WI WEATHER: LEAVE THIS AFT- ERNOON Cruiser “Okeh” from ‘Dock Co., wharf this morning making the trip to Havana, which ‘ may be done this afternoon, The owner of the vessel _ ig Frank Sauer who has two friends on board, Leland Stertry and Bunky. O’Rourke, and they plan, to go to Havana waters and. fish’ for marlin which: are plentiful. The “Okeh” is thoroughly.’ equipped for this class of sport and the young men feel they are; in for some real sport in Cuban; waters, with the big fellows. TENDER IVY TO MATERIAL TO WEST COAST ;morning at the lighthouse depart-' ment dock loading the Tender Ivy, which will sail tomorrow | morning with a load of construc-! | tion’ material to be used in work on the west coast. Three structures: areto ‘be in- stalled in Tampa Bay. and at the! ,depot at Egmont Kev will be con- | structed: a radio antenna tower. ' Leaving on the Ivy will be a force; of men under Construction Fore- ,man Paul Atwell. D. A. PRINTZ IS OPERATED UPON D. A. Printz, who yesterday, }underwent a major operation in } > ‘of both branches said immediate’ Beach, was moored at the Pb erine street. SAIL TOMORROW WILL CARRY CONSTRUCTION | Preparations were going on this! joost of construction is placed at! it { Other permits granted during General repairs to 907 Francis | street. Owner, J. B. Pinder; cost, i | Construct office building at 423 jDuval street. Owner, jZeurs Co.; cost. $500. General repairs at the corner of; Division and Center streets. Own- yer, J. Markovitz; cost, $100. Repairs to roof at 1114 Mar- { garet street. Owner, W. A. Cas-i tro; cost, $100. Havana! | street. Owner, Florie Michael; |eost, $75. i i General repairs at 1008 South-! \ard street. Owner, Robert Cash (Estate; cost, $100. General repairs at 1117 Cath-j Owner, A. L. Saw-; yer; cost, $250. { General repairs at 1409 Olivia ;street. Owner,. Mrs. Mary M , McCowan; cost, $500. General repairs. at 419 Grinnell ‘street: Owner, Alice Williams; cost, $100. ‘HARRY GWYNN VISITING HERE 4, i i } |ON BUSINESS PERTAINING | TO RECORDS AT COUN- | TY COURT HOUSE ' ' Harry Gwyn, realty operator of Miami and the Florida Keys, was an arrival over the highway last- | evening on a vsiit to his Key | West friends and is today look- ing over records and attending |to business at the ony, court , house. He expects to be in the city for several days. and enjoyed the tide from Miami very much; hav- ing as his riding companions Se- {bastian Cabrera, Jr... arid’ Ray, Navarro. ‘WM. DEMERITT | RETURNS HOME LIGHTHOUSE SUPERINTEND- ‘at ing arrival at midnight tonight. erary will be given to Quebec and Montreal. However, the two days lost om account of heavy fog and ;" i drift ice in the North Atlantic will “be made up at Ottawa and King- { ston. i Because of the delay, Daniel Roper, newly-appointed Minister | 'of Canada, will present his cred- \entials to the King at Ottawa, in- stead of to the Prime Minister, as originally scheduled. SCOUT TROOP HOLDS SESSION “MANY ACTIVITIES _CARRIED ; ON AT MEETING LAST NIGHT Boy, Scouts of Troop °51 held their regular meeting last night’ at the hall of the American Le- gion. Business was opened with | the scout’ oath, laws and the! Lord’s Prayer. The meeting bury. Some business was attended to and Mr. Taylor, who is inter- ! ested in forming a drum and bugle corps among the boys and teaching them how to perform, addressed the troop and the boys were much enthused over the) idea. Following the address of Mr. Taylor bugles were given the, boys and some of them provided | with drum sticks, and the boys! were so happy at: the thought of forming the corps.they gave three rousing cheers for Mr. Taylor. “Afterward sap me was) played) ‘in whicht Raa aedabes took ert] and had a Gt Ale They Jpeet- ing Weis, ped byAyehy to va’ close! with thes ‘scoutmaster’s — tion. Another chapter of Hug Danner’s story was told and an) ,houncement was made as meeting cf the Green Bar Patrol | home! to a Scoutmaster Peirce’s | Thursday: night. ENT HAD BEEN ON IN- SPECTION TOUR W. W. Demeritt, superintendent & lighthouses, who had been ab- sent since last Friday inspecting ‘lights and other aids to naviga- As the entire shipment consist-' a hospital in Philadelphia, is re-,tion on the east coast. returned ed of light-weight articles, un- ported to have withstood the ef-'to the city at 7 o’clock last eve- loading operations were quickly fects and the surgeons at the in- ning. concluded and the Alamo sailed 6:30 for Tampa. ‘COAST GUARD SHIP ARRIVES Coast Guard Cutter Mojave ar- stitution have hopes for his re- covery. Returning from the trip up the jcoast he stopped in Miami and The meeting next Monday night will be held at ie Wesley | ; House. LIGHT TENDER ENROUTE HERE Telegrams received at the! lighthouse department headquar- ters this morning by Superin-| Mr. Printz purchased the old; was joined by Mrs. Demeritt, Mr. tendent W. W. Demeritt advise Curry home on Eaton which was better known KWECO INN, and had recently ; Miami while he continued his street and Mrs. B. A. Baker, and Mrs. that the new Tender Zinnia re-! as John Fleming, who he had left in cently completed and placed in service, left Edg¢mere, Delaware, | had a~program completed which trip and made his tour of inspec- today for Baltimore. goad completely remodelled the | building and put | condition. it in perfect! tion. WEAR pavement posed entirely of: Ke y Westers, | members of the lighthouse de- , French. | 1 | Full time on the scheduled itin-| Accusing the English of “hedg- ling’, reports today stated. that peasy aged of Florida. ;, A small group spent the open- jing sessions of the morning fili bustering against the measure. ;the Russian government is in a, “bluff-calling mood” demanding ‘that ,make up its mind to meet on a the non-aggression common front in consideration of mutual treaties. England was professedly “mark- ing time”—not willing to take up | Moscow’s terms until the session fof the League of Nations next | week, at which time they expect- ed to “go into a huddle” with ‘Russian Foreign Minister Pro- | 'temkin. Today. Prime Minister Chamberlain was acvised that |Protemkin would not be present at the League session, and that negotiations might well be enter- ge ih before that time. anxious to conclude | is on tia ‘threes -party alliance and bringing pressure to bear ‘Chamberlain... Statesmen in Ei land. tgo. are becoming wary’ of making Russia wait much long- | er, and are insisting on action. Conferences Friday are expected ito bring the subject to a near _ solution. PATIENT TAKEN TO HOSPITAL! ‘MRS. IRENE JOHNSON SUF- FERING FROM MENTAL DISORDER \ was in charge of Anthony Al-| ee Sheriff K. O. Thompson over the highway this morning ;en route to Chattahoochee hav- ing in his care Mrs. Irene John- son who is to be placed in the hospital at that place, suffering from a mental disorder. Accompanying Mrs. Johnson |as_nurse was Mrs, Sarah Watson and her mother Mrs. Bertha Mc- iConnell. They will go direct to |the institution, with the patient. . !Judge Wm, V. Albury also i with the Perr ies ; AUXILIARY SLOOP COMES TO PORT |JOINTLY OWNED BY E. W. | SCHISLER AND L. W. JONES | OF ST. LOUIS, MO. left The Auxiliary Sloop, Sea Bird, jointly owned by E. W. Schisler and L. W. Jones of St. Louis, Mo., docked yesterday at the Yacht Basin, coming to this city by way of the Mississippi river, Mobile, ;Pensacola, Tarpon Springs and Sarasota. Following a short visit here’ they will proceed to Havana, |thence to Port-Au-Prince, Santo | i The crew of the vessel is com- Domingo, San Juan, Virgin Is-' lands and to several South Am-| erican ports, ending their cruise | left} However, final disposition of the bill is expected by tonight. front | Proponents of a bill State to raise the salaries of Supreme Court and Circuit Court judges | are responsible for advancing the Townsend Bill under a_ special order cf business. Maneuvering of this nature, it is stated. will clarify several revenue bills now pending before the Senate. MURPHY ACT TO END TOMORROW (Sf MUCH CHANCE OF THERE BEING ANY EXTENSION OF TIME | a Time is approaching for the final applications relative to property which ig to be handled junder the provisions of the Mur jphy Act, which, it is understood, will be brought to a close to- ‘morrow. | Clerk Ross C. Sawyer, of circuit jcourt, through whose offic all the applications must pa‘ said | today that he is certain that ‘there are some holders of prop- jerty who have not applied, who |have intended to do so but over- ‘looked the date. There is not much chance of there being any extension of the time to enter these applications, and it is advisable for those who contemplate entering their prop- erty under the Murphy Act, to ‘do so at once, he said SERVE WARRANT’ ON FERNANDEZ ‘CHARGED WITH HAVING SALT WATER CRAWFISH IN HIS POSSESSION Deputy Sheriff Ray Elwood this morning served Jesus Fer- nandez with a warrant charging that he had in his possession salt ‘water crawfish during the closed season which is from March 21 to July 21 inclusive. The information was filed by Bennie Russell, employed as con- servation agent in this district. The accused said he would waive preliminary hearing and have the case taken direct to the crim- inal eourt. HAROLD ALBURY REACHES HAVANA Mrs. Printz was occupying the | partment and left this city on es brerasaieodes Buenos — (Special to The Citizen) BERLIN- pen el TOKYO — Japanese and Ger- man railroad interests are cor- responding regarding a proposed trans-Asiatic railroad, says the Japan Times. The route would run through various Chinese provinces and Persia and enter Europe at Istanbul. ew Orleans New York Pensacola St. Louis Salt. Lake City San Francisco Tampa Washington | Williston. | rived in port yesterday and came home and was waiting for school | LOS ANGELES—A snake that} |May 6 en route to Edgemere to} to anchor off the bulkhead at the! to close when she was called to, wears a noseguard like a football | take command of the vessel. submarine base and was anchored | Franklin, Penn., by the critical player’s is described in a new; ‘The master of the ship is Cap- there this morning. The arrival of the cutter was last week. The news of the tion by Charles M. Bogert. It is ing assisted by Captain Luther | 'for the purpose of bringing mem- ‘operation and the encouraging called the patch-nosed snake. H. Muse, commanding officer of. | bers of the service to have dental ,condition of her husband was ‘Rather rare, it is found from the the Tender Ivy, who was detailed | work performed at the U. S. Ma-! | wired to Miss Minnie Porter Har- American southwest to Central ito go to Edgemere and return on, |Fine Hospital. :ris by Mrs. Printz. | America. |the Zinnia. leondition of Mr. Printz, and left | University of California publica-| tain W. C. Banks and he is be- | SPECIAL! SPECIAL! Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday LAYER CAKE SOC pena Brothers Bakery, 2 Fleming St. Phone s18| | HAVANA, Cuba, May 16.— Harold Albury, of 323 Grinnell street, Key West, was an arrival yesterday via International Pan American air service at this port. Mr. Albury expects to spend a few days in Havana, after which he will return, to Miami and then to Key West.