The Key West Citizen Newspaper, May 23, 1939, Page 1

Associated Press Day Wire Service For 59 Years Devoted to th Best Interests of Key West VOLUME LX. No. 122. Che Key West Citizen THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN THE U.S.A. Cannon States Changes Will Lighthouse Dept. Transfer Quotes Admiral Of Coast Guard Service Relative! To Matter In Connection| With Operations | | Reply to those correspondents | in Key West who wrote or tate graphed him in reference to the | transfer of the Lighthouse Serv‘! ice to the United States Coast| Guard,'Congressman Pat Can- non indicates that the sentiment) No. Drastic ‘Be Made In ‘ANOTHER TAX BILL ‘ON CHAIN STORES TO BE PRESENTED TUDE FOLLOWING DEFEAT OF BILL MONDAY PRAISES KEY \ | . (hy Ausociated Presa) WEST ON ITS DECLARATION’ TALLAHASSEE, May 23.— MAYOR WILLARD M. ALBURY | maintain a “never say die” atti- IN RECEIPT OF LETTER tude as they prepare-to present FROM L. VIRGIL THOMAS another bjll this week. BEARING ON MATTER Following the decisive defeat of the strong tax bill on Monday, Mayor’ W. M Albury has just | advoc es of chain store taxing received a letter'irom L. Virgil Thomas, of Walla Walla, Wash-|bave toned down: the tax base ington, in’ which Mr. Thomas | and contemplate ‘presentation be- . KEY WEST, FLORIDA, TUE: est In SDAY, MAY 23, 1939 nm Enjoying Travels (By Asnoeiated Press) ON BOARD SPECIAL, May |o3--King George and Queen ATTI- | Elizabeth are enjoying their first | their squaws }real breathing spell since they set foot on Canadian soil a week ago. Speeding from Toronto to Port Arthur, where they will ar- | rive tonight, on board their spe- cial streamline train of twelve coaches, the royal couple are hav- ing lots of time to check up on | personal affairs and to view the | passing scenery. | During a fifteen-minute stop |at White River this morning the | King and Queen got their first ieee Large Number Of Auto expresses his views on the “courageous and commendable ‘Key West Declaration’, which he! wishes that all decent, clean and law abiding citizens, who are seeking a beautiful city with a balmy climate”, could read. | Mr. and Mrs. Thomas _ spent; three months in Florida, and two! “delightful days in Key West”.! They were informed that the} opening of the Overseas High-} way would be the signal for the! “sporting element, gangsters and ; others of like purposes and char- acter, to pour into Key West,: “I have today been assured by | take it over and convert it into; ¥ | an Island Dive. Word to that ef-| Admiral Russell Waesche, coni-! fect was passed around quite | mandant of the Coast Guard that generally, in Miami especially”. | he has fig such intentions, Ad-' Further on in his letter Mr. | miral Waesche further said he | Thomas writes “You have in Key | could see no reason for alarm at| West a glorious opportunity | to | Lf create and maintain forever the this time, because in making the} cjeanest, most beautiful, law transfer he is going to keep the} abiding and law respecting Chris- | interest of the employes at heart j tian city in the whole of Florida | and willonly make those changes | ©T any place:else for that matter. which are necessary” To do anything else is to prosti- hee , tural beauty of your The letter continues in which | tute eee = H 4 Island Paradise. Commandant Waesche points out in Washington is in favor of the! President's Reorganization Plan| Number 2, in which is included the proposed change. However, he writes, that with reference to the more important that the transfer of the Lighthouse Department to the Coast Guard there will be no drastic material matter of making sure in changes made, Mr. Cannon writes , “The state and the nation are that the plans for the changes] all too full of the other type of | are only in the preliminary stage} Community. Only a firm, deter- ! at the present time, “but so: far mined, courageous stand to carry = out to full fruition the ‘Key West as he can see down the line, the Declaration’ can place your be- security of the workers and the loved city in a position of favor- federal payroll in Key West will ed honor and eee maton wide >» impa _| Tecognition which is altogether ae impaired by the trans-| Jossible and-worthy of every ef- pee hile otter Cadipieitanass Cane fort expended in its glorious at- Can- : tainment”. i non gives the assurance that “the | “Tt is suggested to Mayor Al- Lighthouse Service in Washing- jury that he write a proclama-, ton has confirmed the state-' tion relative to the city of Key ments made by Admiral Wae- west, its aims and ideals, and in- | sche, and so from the informa-' clude in it the “fine statement tion which I have at hand to- Which closed. the declaration, day, I am confident that there is «phe Soul of Key West is not for no cause for worry in this mat- <aje', and forward it to the edi- ter”. torial of -“The New Witness” ‘ST. AUGUSTINE Mr. Thomas: closes with these words: The future of Key West means a lot tome and. to my ‘Workers «By fore the Senate this week. Axwoe! DETROIT, May 23. of automobile workers were laid | off yesterday and today, follow- MANIFESTED IN jing a complete shut-down in the |Briggs Body Company of this ESSAY CONTEST city. Minor differences amongst \ ‘NEW EXHIBITIONS. AT ART CENTER 's | i | i | \ } CONDUCTED BY KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS: INCREASE OF ESSAYS SHOWN OVER LAST YEAR ETCHINGS AND DRYPOINT: BEING SHOWN BEGIN- NING TODAY (Specini to The Citizen) JACKSONVILLE, May 23.—| An expansion of interest in the | Florida history essay contest | which the State Council of the} Etchings and drypoints by two years, was announced by: Leo T.! anes Bowles, chairman of the contest Af Center beginning Geek iee and secretary of the State Coun-; these prints by Lawrence Kup- cil. : \ferman and Samuel Green it is sea of poakiepengs an in-' interesting to note the contrasts s ar, were ee : i entered in this year’s contest, ‘ons eae esa and. pontaot the subject of “The Early. His-jView coming from the same tory of Catholic Education in the ; source and environment. Dike i St. fucustine, a Kupferman’s prints are care- special reference to the Sisters of fyjiy deliberated, and he _ treat: St. Joseph”. The subject as in A i are each passage, brick and stone in other such contests was selected ; a ive to i i byl Most Reverend Patrick Barry | such a way as to give to it archi- D, D. Bakes At St Aneel » tectural meaning and at. the Fallsn tas ‘A ees q a same time makes something pe- ‘Acaaery es oe iiustine won the | CUliarly interesting in itself. In first prize a silver cu which | ‘his Beare OTM ING Nery ‘edil Let aca a his” gradua. ; S°R¢e of fine design from nature. tion exercises next month. Hon-| mary nega, ac orable mention was given to the | Green. His technical mastery is Misses Helen Willey and Helen! zs as Beals, also scholarly and he distributes per- aoa of St. Joseph's | fect care upon each pictorial ele- Bowles reported that the es- ment of his composition. His says submitted in this year’s con- Rollins College, president of the | Siehiticn has been Florida ‘Historical Society, who | rea On tes. een. ae served as judge. Professor Hanna ut from the Exhibition Section of the it is iniscent of that of some ‘Thousands ; Samuel | imeticulous workmanship is rem-| sent’ glimpse of the “first Americans” | when a group of Indians with paraded up and down the station platform. Following an hour and a half’s | stop at Port Arthur, with a short ,; motor side trip to Fort William this evening, the royal party will again entrain for their next | scheduled stop at Winnipeg to- 'morrow morning. At this point, ‘another huge demonstration awaits King George. In addition | to social function’ appearances, ‘the King is scheduled to make a 'radio address to his Canadian subjects at this time. Are Laid Off ted Press) employees of the pany were responsible for the entire layoff which has caused the Chrysler Corporation and Lincoln Division of Ford Motors to close down with no delivery of bodies for their cars. ‘SMALL SPONGE SALE MONDAY , CONSISTED OF RECENT CATCH BY SEVERAL VESSELS Brigg’s com- that of/yesterday when the catch | was. placed the Municipal dock and sold. There were seven bunches of wool which brought $17 and one sponge which sold for 60 cents. It was said by buyers that these sponge were the last of the ‘recent catch, and most of the reg- ular vessel have returned to carry on their activities, but that the sponge catchers are making only short trips, which is the usual plan at this time of the year. While the blight is still in evi- dence on the sponge beds and places where they are usually taken, it is believed that it will not completely destroy the growths as some of the spongers are still returning with catches, but the sponge is not in good condition. Many are being taken which show evidence of having been af- fected by the disease, but appear to be recovering to some extent and new skin appears to be tak- hg place of the diseased cover- on ] | POPE CAN DO NO ‘GOOD IN EUROPEAN CRISIS-ARCHBISHOP i ARCHBISHOP OF CANTER- { POPE ACTING AS MEDIATOR (By Associated Press) LONDON, May 23.—The Arch- bishop cf Canterbury now be- lieves that the Pope could ac- complish no lasting good in lead- BURY REVERSES OPINION| EXPRESSED RECENTLY ON| Key West, Florida, has the most equable climate in the country; with an average range of only 14° Fahrenheit PRICE FIVE CENTS Scottish Rite Masons Convocation In Key West Was Grand Success ‘JEWS PLAN T0 | Concluding Session Held | OBSERVE FEAST | hibesesigsc Afternoon; OF PENTECOST Various Members Have | ° | Departed From City | | |STARTS THIS EVENING: SER-/ VICES IN CONNECTION} WITH EVENT TO BE con. /|& their fifth Annual Convoca- DUCTED BY RABBI LEHRER ion with the conference of the |officers and members with the The Scottish Rite Masons clos- Jews of Key West, in common | DeP¥! ty of the Supreme Council with those of the rest of the of Scottish Rite Masons, world, will celebrate Shabuoth, | Dunn, 32nd Degree, yesterday. ‘or the festival of the weeks or} ‘Pentecost. this evening in com-! | memoration of the giving of the James This is the second time that the Scottish Rite Bodies of Key West One of the smaliest sales of | Knights of Columbus ,have..been }Wwell known Massachisetts “print \sponge which has been held + in ~ conducting for the past eleven’ makers are being shown at the! Key West in many months was Ten Commandments (Torah) to the Hebrews by Moses at Mount !Sinai. The festival is one of the to hisiimportant events of the Jewish seri ait |year ana marks the confirmation original plea and opinion that the |v Soveland gitstvas|wellas’ the Pope would find a big following | renewal of pledges by all Jews to jabide by the laws handed them i {by Moses. good would come out of the ne- | Originally, this festival of Peni- | tecost, like the Passover and Tab- jing efforts against the totalitari- ‘an states. This view is contrary in such an effort and that much i gotiations. | WORK ON SEWER OUTFALL PIPE NOT BEGUN YET | OPERATIONS BEING HELD UP jture festival. In Palestine, agri- |culture was the chief occupation | of the Jewish people. With thanks jand praise to God the Jews would lotter we first fruits of the wheat ‘harvest at the temple in Jeru- salem. To commemorate this event the feast of Pentecost was ‘ established. | But witti the flight of time and the change of environment and icircumstances of the Jewish peo- PENDING RECEIPT OF PER- 'Ple this festival has undergone a long process of 4 levelopment. MIT FROM ENGINEERING The agricultural background of jthis holiday waned in its appeal DERASE, to Jewry, and the festival came jto be associated with historical és events in Jewish life. Although the sewer pipe for. ‘There developed the concep- the outfall has been at the site tion that the feast of Pentecost on Trumbo Isiand for a couple of marks the nay wee tea ihe children ©: israel receive = week ouster shes bees made Torah at Mount Sinai from the on the work up to this afternoon, }ands of Moses. Moses had lib- but this is through no fault of the erated his brethren from Egyp- Works Progress Administration, tion bondage. He realized that a but because no permit has been people to be free must be int received from the Engineering structed in its spiritual ‘ieritage. Department in Jacksonville. 'This he achieved by giving the This pipe is of 10 inch cast Torah to the children of Israel. iron and is to be laid beginning And this act of Moses virtually 185.96 feet south of the south- forged the Jewish people into a east corner of the southernmost spiritualizing force in the world, pier on Trumbo Island, which was and sounded its signal formerly known as the Havana?tto all mankind. Pier. | The book of Ruth is read on The pipe will extend 600 feet) this festival because it emphasiz- from the shore on the rock bot-les the twofold background of tom of the harbor, and will de- | Pentecost. flect away from the line of the; This celebration is to be held Havana Pier seven degrees 31 twice daily at 7 o'clock in the inches. Treated sewage, by di-! morning and 7 oclock in the eve- gestion in,the Imhoff yanks, andi ning and will start this evening Chlorination if found necessary, | and continue through Wednesday will flow through the pipe. ‘and. Thursday. Services will be jernacles, was instituted as a na-) message have entertained the Scottish Rite Masons of South Florida, the first being called in May. 1935, when about fifty of the members from Miami, Tampa and Lake Worth met with the Deputy for a general conference in the interest of the Rite. | The two-day session this year |was shortened by the fact that ja large part of the members were forced to return to their business this morning and it was thought best to advance the program as far as possible and the general conference was started yesterday morning and closed in the after- noon, aaa While there has been no spec- tacular gain in numbers, there is evidence of real gain in the en- thusiasm of the whole member- ship. The reports from the s retaries of the different cities showed constructive civic grams being carried out groups of their members, particularly in the work with the boys. f The vario pro- by and lis ‘speakers during the conference emphasized the responsibility of the Scottish Rite in the influence they exert over tse boys of their respective communities and urged more con- certed action to this end. The convocation just closed is ‘considered the best annual meet- ing because of more coretructive programs outlined for the coming year. The next convocation will held in Tampa and at that time a definite organization’ will be made with the proper officers for the carrying on of a united effort for the benefit of the respective ¢ s as well as the Scot- be Attorney H. H. Taylor, Jr., for; conducted by Rabbi Lazarus ,communitie the city and who has made the Lehrer. Thursday will be cele-| tish Rite organizations application for permit to. make brated as Memorial Day by the | Communities. the installation of the outfall! Jewish congregation. These annual meetings are for and connecting pipe, said today} ‘all Scottish Rite Masons in this that he was daily expecting to! larea and the yearly incr in | receive the required permission. jattendance is the best e idence | There will be approximately ; of the WPA Federal Art Project} in ‘Washington, D. C. by Holger) require, none of those engaged Cahill, National Director It is]; ‘: ‘ Bee 4. |in the business will venture to being circuited through Florida} pray Ast Centers by Eve Alsman | "2 but it is expected to take Fuller, State Director a long time for the beds to get | Jn. the smaller gallery at the| P@ck. to. normal Art Center the members of the sent throughout the United TO ATTEND GRADUATION States, Canada and many Eng- lish speaking foreign countries. EXERCISES AT SCHOOL FOR BLIND family for we hope to bea part received essays from the follow- ing. How long this recovery will of” these ‘of it within the next few weeks. ing schools, Immaculate Concep- We plan to leave here in July ; tion, Jacksonville, St. Joseph's and buy or build a permanent!Academy, St. Augustine, St. home in Florida’ |Paul’s High, Jacksonville , Our STR. COLORADO ff a growing interest in the af- Mrs. Benjamin Sawyer, daugh- | fairs of the Rite. AGER ieey os - vAgees Help, Tampa, HOTEL MAN, | St. Anastasia ool, Fort Pierce, GOES TO MIAMI ter, Anne; Mrs. Benjamin Lopez, | St. Paul’s School, St. Petersburg, Mrs. Frank Sawyer ard Mrs. Leonard Warren left over the highway this morning for St. Augutine to attend graduation i exercises at the School for the Blind, where Mrs. Warren's son, Leonard, will be graduated. Leonard has been a pupil at! tie school for the past nine years and has made an enviable Ri 2 record, excelling in practically, Avery G. Powell, manager of all of his studies and has been! La Concha Hotel for the past pronounced an accomplished typ- four months, has been recalled to ist. ‘the assistant-managership of the The group expects to return to Alcazar Hotel in Miami, the Key West Sunday and will be move having-been decided last accompanied by Leonard, who! weekend in conference with Ed- plans to begin theestudy of law ward Ball, general manager of afler a rest from his. studies. ithe Dupont interests. Mr, and Mrs, Powell and . son, Craig, left for Miami this, morn- ing. The appoirtment will hold for the summer months, with the OVER HIGHWAY ve’ that Mr. Powell will return to the La Concha mana-, 'gership next winter season. H Miss Elizabeth Sharpley, assist-' William M. Arnold, local agent ant manager at La Concha dur- for the Florida Motor Lines, left; ing the past four months, will over the highway this morning ;take over the managership during accompanied by Mrs, Amold and the summer montis. toeir little daughter, Billie Eliza-| Mr. Powell desires to thank all beth. x residents of Key West for the They plan to go direct to Jack- many kindnesses extended him sonville, where Mr. Arnold will and his familv during their stay attend a meeting of agents from in this city. He told The Citizen different sections of the state to- yesterday that “he sincerely, morrow, and return Friday, ac- hoped to return” this coming | companied by the family, i winter. s nee AVERY G. POWELL WILL RE- MAIN THERE DURING SUMMER SEASON jin Florida, begun by the Jesuits, ‘and is at present conducted by } Key West Society of Artists have hung a new exhibition of works depicting Key West scenes. Gay , watercolors predominate, but there are also a number of black and whites and prints. These exhibitions will ; view until June 11th. Gesu High, Miami and St. James School, Orlando. “Students representing these schools,” reported = Professor Hanna, “wrote with authority and charm on the powerful saga of the educational development carried on by the Franciscans‘ almost fifty Catholic high schools | and academies, providing for the, training of more than 10,000,‘ VESSEL NOW this year’s contest, according to; Radiograms received from Ra- Professor Hanna, to the pioneer iqio Biectrician Carl Rom, wo is work done by the Sisters of St. 'on the Lighthouse Tender Zitinia, Joseph who emigrated from indicated this. morning that.’ the Puy, France, and landed at St-' ship was traveling the Intracoast- Augustine in 1868, to assist 2) Waterway coming south. Bishop Augustin Verot in im-| at the time the message was proving the condition of educa- cont to Superintendent W. W. tion in Florida. ‘Demeritt, the Zinnia was Hanna paid high tribute to the Knights of Columbus for setting an admirable example which he and other officers of the: Florida Historical Society hope will _be strengthened by other organiza- |, tions churches and schools of ‘SPECIAL! Florida, in stimulating avon Tuestlay. Wednesday. Thursday youth of the state a conscientious GOLDEN ORANGE and an_appreciation for the rich | “LAYER CAKE 33c heritage of Florida’s one quarter centuries of varied Maleney Brothers Bakery and colorful {812 Fleming st. Phone 8! that the telegraphic message and mailing address would be at that port until further advices are re- ceived. history. SPECIAL! CHANCE GIVEN: TO NYA BOY be on APPLICATIONS BEING RE- | CEIVED FOR ATTEND- i ING CAMP During the next few days ap- | plications will be received at the local office of the National Youth Administration from male | youths between the ages of 18 } and 25 for the purpose of attend- | ing the resident training project »)eamp- at Sulphur Springs, Area ?Supervisor Victor Lowe said this morning. | At this camp, youths are re- 1 os ap- quired to work 100 hours month- |Little Rock ~ Commenting further (on the proximately 225 miles north of| ly and are paid $30 and from |Los Angeles value of the contest, fessor i Charleston, S. C., it was indicated this is deducted approximately | Louisville | $20 for food, lodging, medical at- tention and other incidentals which leaves them $10 a month for their own use. Choice of the three trades taught at the camp is offered the boys. Youths desiring to enter this camp should contact Mr. Lowe immediately and secure enroll- ;Ment in the lists at the camp which is in an ideal spot, excel- lent food is and super- 1 provided vision is of the best. [Wittiston aoe ae '50 men employed on this work, | ‘and it is expected that the proj-| ect will be carried on over aj IS COMING HERE | Steamship Colorado of the ecccccee evoceoooeeess (Clyde-Mallory Lines is due to ar- TEMPERATURES }rive in port at 3 o’clock from |New York enroute to Tampa Lowest Highest j with light cargo for this port. ’ 1 Station— jastnlaye ast af bow fon approximately 300 bales of ‘cotton, which were received on 66 90 the Brazos from Galveston last -- 46 - 52 |Friday and is consigned to the - 4 58 |WPA in Tampa and other cities - 72 82 jin the state. 58 70 TAX REDUCTION TIME NEARS END 84 | 82 i | Sam Pinder, tax assessor-col- lector for the city, said today that |the time is rapidly drawing to an /end when the tax delinquents of |Key West will have the chance |to pay up on the 80 percent re- {duction basis. | ° | ' Abilene | Atlanta ‘Boston Buffalo Charleston Chicago Denver Detroit Galveston Huron Jacksonville Kansas City - 'KEY WEST .. Miami —_._... Mpls.St. P. New Orleans New York Pensacola Pittsburgh St. Louis Salt Lake City San Francisco 52 Seattle 54 Tampa Wi ‘been in effect for several months, | will positively come to a close in la few days and on June 1 there: will be many delinquents, as in- dicated by the tax rolls, who will discover that the payment of taxes will have to be on a basis of 100 percent. | guggezeress ease ani: 4 SSSSss| SSSesaesgsss Departing the vessel will take! This arrangement, which has) Most of the visitors left town jyesterday afternoon and the rest lof them followed today. COPY OF STUDENT PAPER RECEIVED Copy of The Student Paper of. ithe American Academy of Science, of which Admiral Matho ; von Mietk-Liuba is the president and Margaret von Mietk-Liuba, Ph, D. is chancellor, has been re- | ceived at The Citizen office, as | well as cards from the president and chancellor. re | | They will both be pleasantl: remembered in Key West where they made a large number of | friends during their stay of sev- eral months. Early in the year 1937 they moved to Tampa and | afterward went to Tallahassee where they established their | academy, and are on the road to ; Success. HAS OWN FLAVOR jo! | BURBANK, Calif. — Sigmand Scirorek of this city has in- vented beverage straws that pro- vide their own flavor when dip- |ped into a glass of sweetened | carbonated water.