The Key West Citizen Newspaper, May 18, 1939, Page 1

Associated Press Day Wire Service For 59 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West VOLUME LX. No. 118. Over Two Hundr Sales Conducted During LEGISLATURE Entire Period Netted) HEARS VARIOUS But Practically Small FINANCE ISSUES Amount Reg )MEMBERS TACKLE MANY Sponge offerings at the muni-| PROBLEMS BEING SUBMIT. ipal wharf this indi cipal wharf this week indicate to TED FOR CONSIDERATION what extent the fungus blight, which was discovered several! FROM DAY TO DAY months ago, has affected the | growth in this area, which is shown by the fact that but 210) TALLAHASSEE. Fla. May 18. bunches of all grades were placed | (ENS).—Facing the alternatives THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN THE U.S. A. a KEY WEST, FLORIDA, THURSDAY, MAY 18, 1939 ‘BREAK-UP! OF GERMAN BUND : "PREDICTED TODAY | John C, Hall, first vice-presi-; His organization has received ' FEDERAL INVESTIGATORS -dent of the Miami Chamber of splendid co-operation from south- Commerce. was the guest speak- | eastern Florida’s representative RELEASSED REPORTS CIT- ey at the weekly luncheon-meet- jin the National Congress—Rep. ING LICENSE VIOLATIONS 'ing of the Rotary Club today,}Pat Cannon, who, the speaker j held in St. Paul’s Parish House, | said, is doing a yeoman’s job in} OF LEADER AND HIS MEN | President Ernest Ramsey was in} Washington. | : the chair. ‘ : ; Keep Politics Out Of C. of C. | Introduced by S. C. Singleton,; jr. Hall stressed the import- | tian rabid oC the Bae West ' ance of keeping poltics out ot; an tho te ‘ee Seung |Chamber of Commerce activities, lias aes Ung Of while es i full, i i Ger jficer of the Miami organization, ine | eoresrane Sully: withthe i ies | |man-American Bund is predicted due to the death of its former |)! ae od. Me ae PaaS president, Charles D. Leffler,‘ : spoke very interestingly on the | Miami ‘appropriate and timely subject: | would, “Co-operative Spirit Among Com-' munities”, | (By Associated Press) | NEW YOFK, May arly breaking up of the |as Federal investigators today re- Heased reports that the associa- ‘tion's activities have been close- | Chamber of Commerce | in the future, as it had} jin the past, do everything Pos- | jsible to help Key West, Miami's ; | ly scrutinized for‘the’ past three so prices of buyers. ; ot legalizing gambling ‘‘in ‘all , _ The largest number in any|forms, taxing amusements! or ; Months. single lot was 51 bunches of wool aR | sponge, which brought an offer- Putting di ~ ales) a: oe ig all | Several license violations have f $170, j & commodities, Florida’s 1939 legis- a: idaiacaee rid oi be ‘ner ae hare lature this week began its most been discovered “against leader scourge struck the waters in this ; crucial period in which it tackles ‘Fritz Kuhn and ‘his officers, es- vicinity. |problems of finance that thus; ; The highest price paid was for 127, bave baffled the best minds | pecially in regard to evading of igh . oe ‘of both the house and senate. '); 5. SENSO ergot which was’ pills coveringiallithres types of) tnt ne eee thet h. a ‘iach “| taxation ere before standing com-' of Nazi uniforms and parapher- ce unch. Other prices paid 'snittees. One would levy a ten! were lower and did not reach the percent ire ica ican cre nalia. ris 3 ires . Eee ried a bunch. The entire including theatres, night clubs, = © he icy oneiss bunches | cating rinks — everything, in Ghee: tt ‘tact, except yotels or restaurants lesa cuints NQ TRACE FOUND a where meals are served with mu-; ener | we athiee iwerenibuts G4 sic but without floor shows or| OF MISSING yo special entertainment. This Beet bunches of this class of sponge placed on the dock. The sales H were said to be satisfactory and the price paid for the lot was $26.50. Entire sales brought Rep. Clay Lewis, of Gulf coun- ty, an estimated $20,000,000. that would be split fifty-fifty. half to $056.17. {the state old age welfare jand the other half to the coun- ‘ties’ school-fund to be used ex- MAKE REPORT ON iclusively for teacher salaries. RACING RECEIPTS Another bill to create a state amusements commission, would supervise the legalized op- eration of gambling casinos of OVER TWO MILLION DOL. '@!! descriptions as well as collect tae mn ant ~~-.taxes. fraer-bookie fire-service, is LARS DERIVED DURING before the house public amuse- SEASON JUST CLOSED “ments committee. It would raise, | sponsors say, approximately $12,- :,000,000 a year out of which $9,- ‘ 1000,000 would go-to old age pen- TALLAHASSEE, Fla., May 18! sions and the remaining $3,000,- (FNS).—For the first time since'g99 would be returned to the racing was legalized in Florida,’ counties on the basis of about revenue from this source exceed- | $45,000 a year per county. ed two million dollars during the; Introduced by Rep. J. Ed season just closed, according to Stokes and others. a bill is on the the annual audit of the State Rac- ‘house finance and taxation docket ing Commission released this that would levy a three percent week by State Auditor W. M. tax on all transactions, with en- Wainwright. — ; .___| forcement . conditional upon the The table in the audit showing | ratification of a proposed const revenue for the eight seasons of "tutional amendment to abolish legal racing supports Governor! aii forms of ad valorem property Cone’s assertion that the natural! jevies, increase in revenue should be! till another transaction tax, ample to take care of increased|also a three percent plan, is on ure would produce, according a ,/MANY AID IN FRUITLESS | SEARCH FOR CCC BOY BE- Nothing new has been discov- ered relative to the supposed loss by drowning Tuesday afternoon of Edward G. Lemmon, member * of the Civilian “Conservation Corps‘ camp at West Summer- land Key. | Since the young man had been’ ,found missing and his clothing discovered piled against a bulk- * head of Spanish Harbor Bridge, ,the search for traces of Lemmon or his body has been carried on continuously night and day. . Every effort has been made by ‘planes of the Coast Guard, fish- termen from the Keys and mem- :bers of. the camp, searching for ‘some trace of the boy. However, up until this atternoon no news ;had reached Key West of his be- ing found. Co-operation Bill Passes As an illustration of the value of this he told of the results ob- tained in getting a bill passed by . the State Legislature for the pre- ;vention of the destruction of the ‘Everglades by fire. This was ac- .complished through the co-opera- tion of the City of Miami, by the ,Everglades Fire Control Com- ‘mittee of the Chamber of Com- ,merce, with the representatives tin the State Legislature from the '11 counties in the Everglades Drainage District. | Mr, Hall stated that a_ tragic and colossal mistake had been ‘made in the overdrainage of the “Everglades, which it is hoped to correct by means of a system of |locks in the canals, to hold up the iwater level during dry periods. Miami Boosts Key West Speaking of the reports regard- ing adverse propaganda about jfailed to find any evidence that tsister city, to attain all its worth- | GUARDS PUT STOP TO THREATENING UNION OUTBREAK In closing he pledged that the: MET ADVANCING MOB BENT ON STOPPING WORK OF NON-UNION MINERS; FIRED OVER HEADS Key West, Florida, has the most equable climate in the country; with an average range of only 14° Fahrenheit PRICE FIVE CENTS \John C. Hall Was Guest Florida*Werleers:Received Nearly Speaker At Rotary Meet’ Two Hundred Million Dollars In Activities For Year Of 1938 ROYAL PARTY DUE Revealed aie Issued IN MONTREAL LATE Exrlorment Con LEFT QUEBEC IN MORNING, —— | ABOARD MOST COMPLETE) Workers in Florida were paid AND MODERN STREAMLINE $190,000,000 during the year 1938, according to a report of the Un- TRAIN EVER ASSEMBLED [while objectives, and would | stand ready and willing at all: times to co-operate 100% in any j (ngs akesepined tres) ‘movement to build-up the sev-) LOLsSViadbs Ky. May 18—) (eral communities in the belief‘ A threatened owtbreak of C.1.0. } that what helps one will help all. | _ * Presdient Ramsey introduced Miners against non-union work-! :Myrtland Cates, member of the {Policé Department, who is in! charge of the School Safety Pa- | was halted last night by quick | jtrols of the Harris, Division | Street, St. Joseph’s Academy and. | Douglass Schools, which were or- | ized and S - + ieey Club. Sponsoredsby the: Ro imob beut on stopping work by} | - Praises Safety Patrol Head ‘firing at them over their heads.| | The Rotary president spoke | words of appreciation for the; ‘splendid work the safety patrol | ciliator, 1s on the ground, but so’ ers in a mine in, Harlan county action of National Guardsmen. | The guards met an advancing John L. Connor, Federal con-| aboard the most | assembled on this continent—12 Commercial, ‘employment Compensation Divi- sion of the Florida Industrial ‘Mp >-Rencetated Preand {Commission, received by William ‘3 = V. Little, in charge of the Key QUEBEC, May 18—The King West office of the Florida State and Queen of England left this Employment Service. Rees 5 The report summarizes all re- city this morning at 9:35 o'clock turns filed on 1938 employment complete and by firms covered under the State Unemployment Compensation ever law, which covers industrial, construction and miscellaneous business having eight or, more employees. ,: Total wages and salaries for * the year were $193,631,487.92. half people awaited the royal The division collected contribu- party’s arrival in Montreal late tions at the rate of 2.7 per cent, this afternoon with full prepara- or $5,228,045.10, which was credit tions for a round of activities that Cd to the employers under the modern streamline train ears in length. More than one million and leader has done in this connec- | tion. A rising vote of | was extended Mr. Cates for his work with the boys. A letter of appreciation’ from} i iin Chicago was read, mentioning! ference. Mine operators generally LIEVED TO BE DROWNED {Key West, he stated that he has’ the office of Rotary International lide vaeeas Hate expressed them- thanks £4F has not been called into con- in ‘selves as not willing to sign; | will scarcely allow a _ minutes’ j time for King George and Queer Elizabeth to be alone. The party entrained in Quebec directly after leaving The Cita ‘del, the summer home of Gover- pay roll tax of 3 per cent on the Federal Social Security Act | The major business groups contributing to the Florida job insurance fund were: Trade, 31.60 per cent; manufacturers, 23.67 per cent; transportation compani 14.39 per cent; service companii "there is any organized movement .the vey eda dela eos on his | “in Miami to keep tourists from recent visit with the Key West}, 5 continuing on to Key West.'Club, received from Director Karl hese fpntmcte. On the contrary, the speaker | Miller. nor General MacKenzie King. 11°75 per cent; construction, 5.24 and. boarded’ the special train. per cent; utilities, 3.20 per cent; One scheduled stop before reach- communication, 2.94 per cent. costs of operation. The first sea-!the senate’s special order calen- | son. that of 1931-32, returned {dar. But this bill, sponsored ov HOLTSBERG TELLS $737,300 in revenue. Each season | Sen. Charley Johns, of Starke, } since then has shown a substan-| would benefit old age pensions | tial inerease to an all-time high | exclusively since the bill further | this year of revenue amounting | provides for a pension of $200 aj} — to $2,000,736. Total revenue for) month for all persons above the | : said that the Chamber of Com- imepce of Miami is consistenth boosting Key West to its visitore and urging them to see Key West by all means. Since Mr. Hall came to Florida in 1889 from Atlanta, he has seen Miami, Jacksonville and Tampa grow from small towns to their present size. He stressed the value of Chamber of Commerce activities in building and de+ veloping a community, and of the value of co-operation _ be- tween all the Chambers of Com-: merce of the State of Florida for the benefit of the state as a whole. SAILED TODAY AND REMAINED UNTIL THIS AFTERNOON OF WORLD’S FAIR 282ve> TUESDAY EVENING ANNOUNCEMENT OF TIME OF | |, Working For Conference Here President Ramsey announced ; fhe ‘appointment of a committee, | teonsisting of Wm. W. Demeritt, | ,William L. Bates, Albert E.| Peirce, Everett Russell, Avery’G. | | Powell and William V. Little, to work for the selection of Key} West as the District Conference | ‘City in 1940. Guesst present were A. Thomp. ! |ing Montreal was made at Three Florida’s ten largest industries ‘TRIPLE-TAX ON CHAIN STORES NOW PROPOSED |FLORIDA SENATE CONSIDER-| | Rivers, where the King and in 1938 judged by reported, pay ‘Queen made a ‘platform appear: rolls were “as follows: intefstate ance. railroads, $17,938,063.41; whole- | Loyal subjects of their majes- sale distributot ; ities paid as high aa $30 a seat in food manufacturers, reviewing stands along the rail- 609.91; general ‘contractors, $10,- |road right-of-way to view the 165,189.30; wholesale and retail | passing streamliner, trade, $8,606,227.81; basic indus- .Every precaution known to try, $8,308,319.49; tobacco manu- {modern railroaders is being used facturers, $6,909,625.51; utilities, son, of New. York City, and Paul’! ING BILL SIMILAR TO LAW ito guard the safety of the royal $6,211,114.45; general merchan-- Bates, of Key West; Byron Cooke} IN LOUISIANA; TAX BASED! and Billy Ladd, of the Harris | School Safety Patrol; Louis Nor- } cisa, of the Division Street School ; Safety Patrol, and Myrtland!/ Cates. | | E. STACHELBERG ON UNIT NUMBER (By Associated Prexn) TALLAHASSEE, May 18.—The State Senate today is considering a bill to triple the chain store | DIED THIS A. == in Florida, following the Ppaitern of a simliar law in Louis-| ‘jana. | | | The tax is based on the num-| | FUNERAL SERVICES TO | } ; ber of units contained in the par-| BE MADE LATER ! | | EGYPTIAN LOTUS IN MAK- the egiht years of operation] age of 65 years. Both the Johns amounts to $11,222,538. jand Stokes bill would produce an | In a letter written by Herman Holtsberg from New York to his ‘ticular chain's national hook-up, | Expenses of operation by the estimated $48,000,000 a year each, | father, Morris Holtsberg,' Duval train, which will cross Canada dise, $6,141,404.14. twice and side-trip to Washing-. Wholesale distributors led in !ton, D. C., early next month. A the number of workers reported ‘pilot train precedes the special with 16,158; interstate railroads, ress the track and making 15,675; basic lumber industry, |sure no. danger exists of what- 12,256; food manufacturers, 11,- 695; tobacco industry, 10,337; ‘hotels and other lodging places, 8,195. Florida’s reserve unemploy- ment compensation fund, now on deposit with the treasurer of the United States totals $11,422,- 339.34. Benefits are vaid out of this reserve fund to eligible un- employed workers on the _ basis of their recent earnings tecords , with covered employers. ING CHOP SUEY | ~ REQUEST FOR TENDER TUBE NEW YORK FIRM WOULD USE racing commission have shown'The Stokes measure, hdwdver, a constant decrease since the sea-| would not be used for pensions. son of 1935-36 when the total cost! All of the revenue would be ap- of operation set a record of $315,-/ plied to replace money now rais- 359. Operating expenses for the} eq by state, county and municipal nine and one-half months of this) ad valorem property taxes. season covered by the audit were; only $187,272, and as the season ‘street merchant of this city, he! Steamer St. Mary of the Stand-; Edgar J. Stachelberg, 68, died {relates the various attractions ard Fruit and Steamship Com- at 10:30 o’clock this morning in} jPresented at the World’s Fair. |pany, sailed shortly after noon |his apartments at the residence He sates, however, that Key | today from the Porter Dock Co., lof T. T. Thompson, 529 Simonton _ West is not represented at alll, | 5 F % fe | cea dle brief ill \with the exception of the Cuban | fF rontera, Mexico, for a cargo |street, after a bri mea | jboy from this city who sings | of fruit to be taken to northern! Advices are being awaited rel-| the TEMPERATURES Lowest Highest | Seonesecnashusnspesaooee land Cruise Gardens here, when ee there and still there is nothing ‘points. is closed and only necessary ad- ministrative costs remain to be denoting that he is representing} The vessel arrived in port Tues- ‘INSURANCE AGENT ative to funeral services and in-| terment, and as soon as word is Station— last night last 24 hours Abilene 66 86 paid for the remainder of the! VISITED ON ISLAND season, it is estimated that the} total will be $10,000 less that of | last season and $125,000 less than the total expense of 1935-36. ;CAME HERE IN INTEREST OF The amount distributed to the} counties also shows a steady in-j; CLIENTS OF COM- crease for each year since the; PANY ;Key West. ; Mr. Holtsberg says the Florida jbuilding featuring this state’s ‘exhibits is very magnificent, but reveals there is nothing featuring {the Island City, not even a pic- ture of the Overseas Highway, as far as he was able to observe. Young Holtsberg writes that ‘day evening and orders were given that it wouid remain until this morning when bunkers were to be supplied and the ship sail. This morning the pipe lines were laid and the ship took on , board supplies of both water and fuel oil. Calibration of the oil} creation of the racing commis- sion, with the exception of the | the Fair as a whole is quite in- tanks showed that 27,300 gal-| {received the announcement will be made. The body is at the Lopez Funeral Home. | Survivors are the widow, Mrs. | Millie Stachelberg, of Key West; {two sisters, Mrs. J. L. Newberg, jof New York and Mrs. Henro |Borde, of Paris, France. Mr. and Mrs. Stachelberg ar- rived in Key West last year and \Detroit Atlanta 58 Boston 52 Buffalo .- 40 Charleston 66 Chicago _. 46 Denver . 52 38 72 84 58 60 16 70 74 76 Galveston 80 Huron Jacksonville -- 62 -- 68 pas —— Ashes = psy ag Samuel Katz, representing the of Genen matersety Cu ©! Sun Life Assurance Company of amount distributed. For the \s¢8- | Canada, was a visitor in Key son 1931-32, each county received | West this morning in the inter- $9,226. This season each county | osts of the company’s clients. has received $24.863 and will re-j yy. paid a courtesy call at ‘The’ ceive $2,000 additional when final payment is made. Palm Tree Climbing To Be Taught In India |with the publisher, and: afters | ward left for his home: office ‘im | Miami. Fred Marvil’s CABANA AND PATIO DOUBLE FEATURE NIGHT—TONIGHT Rhumba Dancing— Prizes For Best Couples! Balloon Night— Catch the Prize Balloons! FOLLOW THE CROWDS TO } THE CABANA | H (By Ansoctated Presa) | TRAVANCORE, May 18.—An! expert climber_of the Palmyra) tree—a species of the palm—ac-| companied by an expert in the; making of Palmyra products, is; being sent to Baroda to teach villagers certain uses of products of the tree. The climbing of palm trees is a profession in South India, where} palm juice is used in the manu-| facture of sugar and indigenous liquor. {teresting and entertaining, with |!ors of oil were taken, | ‘shortly afterward the vessel sail- | occupied the Knowles Cottage on | Citizen office for a brief. _chabyi and | isomething new to be seen .on every id. He also stated that most of.-the attractions on the Re ee grounds. were free to the public | Strapless Swim Suits to the extent of about seventy Down To Last Inch ee eee | berg, and news of his death 5 percent, {By Ansociated Press) jcame as a surprise to his many ST. PETERSBURG, Fia., oe gine i |Vernon Avenue. Mr. Stachel- berg had been a cigar manufac- \turer in Tampa and at one time ‘contemplated starting business in Key West. He had been liv- ‘ing quietly with Mrs. Stachel- ‘ed for the destination. ‘Animal Life Causes 18.—Beach style critics this win- i ter have decided that about the| | last spare inch of material tea CITY COUNCIL ! been shorn from milady’s bath- ‘Tomato Soup Sea’ (By Annociated Press) LA JOLLA, Calif., May 18.— f: |For years the occasional reddish jing costume with removal of the| ‘color of the Gulf of California, |shoulder straps. | jwhich has given it the name of| In the place of the conven- | the “Vermilion Sea,” was con- tional straps, a contrivance of} | ‘sidered due to silt washed down rubber elastic tape strung through| There will be a regular meet-) \by the Colorado River. jthe upper pleating holds up the|ing of the City Council held to-} |_ Now Dr. M. W. Johnson of the top part of the suits. Wearers/night, beginning at 8 o'clock. ‘Scripps Institution of Ocean. |genefally appear to be pleased | This is the second regular session ography here explains the color , with e strapless outfits, es-|of the month. is actually due to minute ma- pecially for sun bathing. No un- rine animals known as noctiluca. sightly white line is left over} business is scheduled to come be~; Their concentration at times is each shoulder and the coat of fore the:sesting. although other j so intense, he says, that the wa- suntan. is general and even for} matters may be taken up for dis- ter looks like tomato soup. [display with evening clothes. cussion, it is stated. ‘Kansas City ‘KEY WEST _ Little Rock Los Angeles Louisville Miami Mpls.-St. P. - : New Orleans 3,68.) > New York - PerfSacola - Pittsburgh St. Louis ____ Salt Lake City 50 Seattle Tampa - Washington Williston 62 74 .- 64 . 56 60 - 74 = 50 56 74 54 60 48 B25 crit MIGRATING EARLY SOUTHAMPTON, Eng. — Un- already States and Canada, earlier opening than unual of the busier migrating season. Nothing aside from routine usual numbers of Britishers are |Jesus Fernandez mentioned in| crossing to the United | Tuesday's issue as the person ar- marking |rather than on'the units within | 8O 1 | NEWS FLASHES | McINTOSH, May 18 (FNS).+~! State as at, present. | Imagine ‘the surprise of Davis {and Gist, owners of the Bird Is at rene) ceeeesucee (By Asnoet . | Ney teceived a request from a| - WASHINGTON. — Senato: lew York firm for shipments of! wagner today defended his Na- the tender, banana-like tubers of ‘ional Labor Relations Board be- the Egyptian Lotus—for use in fore an investigating committee: making chop suey! “Tt would be dangerous to turn | Extensive plantings of the ex- off the water hose when fire jotic lotus, brought from the his- }reaks out”, he stated when ask |toric banks of the Nile, were'eq about advisability of discon jmade in the Gardens several ‘tinuing or amending the act. He | years ago. Thriving and multi-';eferred to the power of the board plying, they have proved to bein counteracting the effect of |a particular delight to the many present day strikes. Leaders | Sisitors, The huge shield-like | qoubted whether or not any ac jleaves often measure two feet in tion on present labor bills would jdiameter, and the muiti-petaled }. taken up at this session. flowers are exquisitely beautiful. | WASHINGTON. — Jerome M. Egyptian Lotus and chop suey | would seem to be going from the Frank today was elected chair- Sublime to the ridiculous. How- man of the Security Exchange ever, the New York firm wrote Commission to succeed William {that tubers for use in chop suey ©, Douglas, elevated to the Su- Previously had been imported preme Court. Mr. Frank was op- from) China, but that recent con-/ posed by member Healy. tions there had made ship-} ments so indefinite’ and difficult) WASHINGTON.—The War De- ithat-they were looking for new! partment today announced that {sources. The owners of the Bird/the largest concentration of sol- \Island Cruise Gardens are plan-|diers in twenty years will engage jning to make sample shipments|in war games at various points in |ot the tubers immediately, with-|the states. An estimated num- jout affecting the beauty of the|ber of more than 400,000 men Hotus blossoms. | will study modern warfare in va- CASES WRIT AL ET lrious encampments this summer. i CLARIFIES NAME J. Fernandez, 928 Division | SPECIAL! SPECIAL! Friday, Saturday, Sunday street, calls The Citizen’s atten- Geren Sie fot thet Be me et © AWATIAN PINEAPPLE : Tested. and charged with posses-| Brothers Bakery foe oF Sa seatet Cen wres CCl Ghd Fieming Mt. Phone 818