The Key West Citizen Newspaper, May 29, 1939, Page 1

Associated Press Day Wire Service For 59 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West VOLUME LX. No. 127. Baccalaureate Service Of | High School Class Sunday Very Impressive Affair Sermon Delivered On Os. Om GOOG aS s 'KING’S CIGARETTE LIGHTEk, BEAUTIFUL THING, WON’T WORK casion By Rev. Lilly; Orchestra Renders Selec- tion 1Hy Associnted Press) ON BOARD ROYAL SPE- CIAL, May 29.—Flash! The King’s igarette lighter, a beautiful instrument to be- hold, does not work. This in- formation was forthcoming when the King was seen to strike a match when lighting a cigarette. Attaches of the Royal par- ty begged newspaper men not to let this information out as “the King would be deluged with gifts of cigarette light- ers from all over the nation”. The King and Queen are not permitted to receive gifts. DISS IIS T&S PYTHIAN GROUP VISITED HERE FISHING TRIP WAS MAIN Baccalaureate service of the! graduating class of ’39, Key West High School was held yesterday | afternoon at 4 o'clock in the school auditorium. An audience of more than 500 sat in reverend | silence and listened to a very im- pressive ceremony with the Rev. | O. C. Howell, of Ley Memorial! church; Rev. Y. T. Shehane, of First Baptist church, Rev. J. A., Tolle, First Methodist church, ' and Rev. James P. Lilly, Flem- ing Street church conducting. the several sections of the serv-, ice. | After the overture by the High School orchestra, the services were opened by the procession of the seniors and the congrega- | tion rose as a tribute. The Divine blessing was invoked by Rev. O.; C. Howell, and then followed a selection by the Girls Glee Club and the mixed chorus of the Senior High School. The Scrip- ture lesson was read by Rev., FEATURE OF ENTERTAIN- Shehane and then a hymn by the congregation. i MENT FOR VISITORS Rev. Lilly delivered the Bac-' Bape a H calaureate sermon, his subject being “Jesus Only.” As the title suggested he brought out as Ris spent the weekend in Key West. main thought to the Seniors the; On Friday evening they at- idea that a life of service to!tended the regular meeting of} humanity was the one true way: Key West Lodge where the Rank | in which to achieve happiness. | of Page was conferred on a class. They should not always seek ' The Rank work being conducted ; personal gain. : junder the direction of W. F. A selection by the orchestra’ Scheller assisted by Le Mar H. came after the sermon and the Stein, Robt. S. Wood and J. B. service was closed with the Lindsey all of Dade county. benediction by Rev. Tolle On Saturday the visitors were! Che Kry rat Ctttern THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN THE U. 8. A. —. KEY WEST, FLORIDA, CUBAN OFFICIALS PLANNING TOUR OF VARIOUS SECTIONS DELEGATES TO ARRIVE IN KEY WEST ON JULY 25 FROM HAVANA ENROUTE | TO TAMPA Disaster And 29.—Thirty-three grim young jmen, haggard and unshaven, | : ‘came back from the dead in the Sponsored by the Sociedad ‘United States Navy’s nine-ton {Colonbista Panamericana of Ha- yescue bell fifteen miles south- jvana, Cuba, which is an official east of here last week—back'! organization attached to the De- | from the bottom of the capricious ! \partment of Education of Cuba, | North etlentic whither “they | a delegation from various cul. Went,when the new submarine; |tural organizations of the Cuban Squalus dived to a blue-mud bed | ‘Republic have planned a tour of 40 fathoms down. sections of the United States, ac.! Yes—literally back from the) tcording to information received dead, for they left 26 shipmates at the office of Berardo Rod-|there, heroes of the Navy and | riguez, Cuban Consul in Key |the sea, trapped in after com-/ | West. {partments of the craft when! The communication is from | Something happened which has ‘Dr. Juan J. Remos, secretary of ;not yet been explained. i state, and indicates that the dele-, The story of the rescue of the/ |gation is to travel as a good-will living is an Odessey, which, when ; | group following the route of the the tale is done, will be writ ‘great explorer Hernando de Soto | large in naval annals throughout ! {upon his discovery of the Mis- | the world. : | | sissippi River. Ten years ago last Winter } It is planned. for the delegation Lieut- Charles B. Momsen was at to leave Havana on the morning | the Key West Naval Station when}! ‘of July 25, Tuesday, arrive at;Capt. Clark D. Stearns, now re-| West the same afternoon and tired and living with his charm-/ Nleave for Tampa, arriving the'ing wife at Coconut Grove, was, jnext morning. From that city commandant. The ill-starred S-4, | {the route will take them to cities'urawn from the depths after the. ‘in Georgia, North and South tragedy aboard her had taken! Carolina, Tennessee, Mississippi, |the lives of 40 men, had been! and Louisiana, and back into sent to Key West for practice ‘Describes Recent Submarine Of Submerged Activities By FRANK W. LOVERING i (Special to ‘The Citizen) PORTSMOUTH, N. H., Mayysuccess. Once the S-51 bobbed ‘rope up which a MONDAY, MAY 29, 1939 BRITAIN _BATING ) ‘QUESTION OF FLEET MAY BE TURNING POINT IN BOTH EUROPEAN AND FAR up. unexpectedly and two of the BLOCKADE THREATENED Pontoons were lost. The men aboard the two sub- (DF Axsoctated Press) marines in the earlier tragedies' LONDON, May 29.—Serious were victims of collisions. The debate was entered into over the Squalus went down because Of reeked on whether or not to what? Time will tell. The men reinforce the British fleet in the aboard har ee and ooh NO | Orient, due to the Japanese block- chance in the world. Rescue ap- Raratus had not been perfected: pas of) tha Colinas ceast: and even if the crew could have escaped by chance from depths of 101 or 127 feet their lives would ‘obably have been sacrificed ugh the lack of facilities for! ” : decompression—removal of ni- Sais Japaners) aliignce abe the trogen that is forced into the Rome-Berlin axis and France- blood stream at such depths. : England ireaties with Russia are in the case of the Squalus, ten | involved. years had-elapsed since the in-| Japan thr 5 x i ns still stronger vention of the Momsen “lung”! bicckades and almost sure alli- but the 240-foot resting place of ' : : the victim of the latest subma- /29C¢ with the Nazis and Fascists sine disaster in the United States *f England persists in talking al- Navy made the “lung” useless, liance with the Soviets. On the according to Naval experts. The other hand, England threatens to aiies. coating the Gone eee the Far East in its pro- ‘ ‘gram of alliance with Russia if ed “lung”, is knotted. At each = i r knot the sailor must pause for J8P@M continues its menacing at- some time. He would probably 'titude. climb too fast in his eagerness to| Diplomats are making stren- reach the open air, and doing so question might well be a turning |point in both European and Far EAST AFFAIRS: STRONGER | Observers point out that the: East affairs, as the question of; Florida where visits will be paid tests to a number of cities. ‘The schedule for the trip marks found practical. i A number of Knights of Py-'the conclusion at Havana on the craft at the time, had a’ long! thias from the lower east coast! Monday, August 14. SERVICES AT MAINE PLOT TOMORROW Much appreciation of the co- the guest of the local Pythians | PROGRAM OUTLINED IN OB- during which the new! the experts say his body literally {Momsen “iung” was tried and; would burst. Decompression is ! I was aboard absolutely necessary. The McCann Diving Bell {talk with Momsen, and the! Hatches were constructed on “lung” he devised was demon- the new submarines with oppor- strated for me. | tunity to attach the rim of the In 101 Feet Of Water ‘rescue device designed by Com- The S-¢ went down in a crash|mander Allen R.’McCann of the {Dec. 17, 1927, When the Coast ' Navy. McCann was a Massachu- jGuard boat. Paulding rammed | setts appointee to Annapolis in| her. It required three months toj January, 1913. He flew last week ' raise her with the same type ofj from “Washington to Portsmouth jPontoons which probably will be} for the first test of his device un- | sed in recovering the Squalus.) der the guidance of Lieut. Mom- ! similar tragedy had occurred! sen, who directed operations, a! off Block Island, R. I, when on! master mind among the Navy's’ operation given by the Federal on a fishing trip aboard the party Music Project was expressed by boats Legion, Moby Dick andj Professor Klebsattel of the music’ Ben. V. T. Fisher of North Mi- | department of the High School,|ami had the honor of catching} who said that several men work- | the first fish, while honor of} ing under this project, gladly catching the largest went to W.| gave of their time to play in the B. Baylee of the same place. | | SERVANCE OF MEMORIAL Sept. 25th, 1925, the submarine divers. { DAY TO BE CARRIED OUT IN EVENING !S-51 was in a collision with the {American steamship City of |Rome, and 37, all the submers-, jible’s crew, lost their lives. The} |S-51 rested in 127 feet of water, | The rescue apparatus operated | perfectly till the winch rope! couled on the last trip up. At uous efforis to placate all sides in the international mixup. Nobody can see at this point just what nature future trends will follow. MINIATURE CLIPPER FLYER STILL LOST NO"HADIO’ OR PONTOONS IN| CLUDED AMONG PLANE'S LATEST EQUIPMENT (By Axnociated Press) OLD ORCHARD BEACH, Me. May 28.—Tom Smith, flying: a 150 feet the bell, with ten aboard, miniature Clipper across the At- holiday. Area Supervisor B. C. two of whom were of the rescue Jantic ocean, had not been heard: Moreno told Key West, Florida, hag the most equable climate in the country; with an average range of only 14° Fahrenheit PRICE FIVE CENTS Half Million Persons Assemble At Vancouver To Greet Royal Party BUND LEADER STILL | j | Various Social And Gov- | ernment Affairs Are To SPEAKS IN BEHALF OF ORGANIZATION + mineral aSse5 | Distinguished Visitors \DISREGARDED FEDERAL IN-| | | (By Associated Press) VERTIGANIONN CE) CEBTAIN| © y anCOUVERSB)(C(Mayics. PRACTICES: BUND WON'T! = 2 on —The King and Queen of Eng- SUPPORT FDR. HE SAYS | = . i | land prepared for a gigantic wel- ! ;come from citizens of this far- (Dy Ansociated Press) | GRAFTON, Wisc., May 29.—, western city of their Canadian | Fritz Kuhn, leader of the Ger-' province. It that man-American Bund in this coun- | |try. continued his speaking tour! jin behalf of his organization with | be on hand this afternoon when :a speech here last evening. ; He disregarded the Federal! investigation of certain practices, jin their honor. is expected over half a million people will | the reception and various social and government affairs are given of his group. Hundreds of cars “Roosevelt will seek a third’ have come over the international ierm”, Mr. Kuhn stated, add-; e . ling, “but he will not receive the | boundary line from the United !support of the Bund”. | States carrying American citi- MEMORIAL DAY sorauy. LEGAL HOLIDAY! The royal streamline passed through the most scenic —— !part of Canada this morning en | ACTIVE DUTIES WILL BE RE- route to Vancouver. i Jack Rutherford, engineer SUMED ON WEDNESDAY the train, had the honored guests MORNING of Canada in his engine cab for a | part of the trip. When asked how he felt about the moment- ,Ous occasion he stated that “it was the~toughtest fain storm he ihad ever been through,” com- pletely ignoring the King and Queen in his calculations. ‘zens anxious for “a look at special oO: Tomorrow, Memorial Day, be- ing a legal holiday there will be |no activities carried on at the; jnaval station, nor is there any, work being done today. Active! | duties will be resumed on Wed- and will be carried j nesday LEGION WILL HAVE through Saturday. } There will be no work done by he different units of the WPA | tomorrow because of its being a MEMBERSHIP DRIVE The, Citizen today CAMPAIGN STARTED TODAY: i i ‘a little more than half the depth, orchestra at this service. | Those on the trip were: Dean} Decoration ssckyices ) tomorrow pth, squad, snagged when the cable from at noon today, although a ; ; ,that-orders to ‘this effect’ had, nem W. Waters, V. T. Fisher, C. C,/ Morning will be conducted at the ' 240 feet, where the Squalus lies|kinked. The underwater prison- aa TO BE CONCLUDED been received. | i 4 ON JUNE 30 BAND CONCER | Maine Plot in the cemetery where | With so many of her crew en-|ers seeking life after death had Plane that might have been his| mond, Billy Scheller, Harry O. Filer, Mort Schenck, W. C. Jen- pCiesane We eet Ge Beye ice the bodies of soldiers and|tombed. It took nine months to| almost claimed them, hung lit- was sighted over the west coast MUCH ENJOYE ‘kins, W. B. Baylee, J. B. Lindsey, J. H. Gribble, J. M. Warren, | ! Robt. S. Wood and W. R. Dale of ‘North Miami. ! ARRANGED IN HONOR OF R.L. Bown and D. L. Bedwell of Hollywood. { BERTESDIBECTORIOF | “| By CuMeidlin, Le (Mar Wi Stein, ART PROJECTS J. O. Mathews, J. M. Nichols and |W. C. Medlin of Miami. i een eS Harold Key, Frank Key, Judge | Wm. V. Albury, J. Winfield Rus- sell, Emmett S. Walden,. Aaron H. Williams, Carl L, Soule,.Owen Malone, C. Sam B. Curry, J. Len- nie Curry, Alberto Camero, J. Neville Stirrup, Harry Cameron, Regular Sund«y concert at the Art Center yesterday was an unusual event with a program arranged especially in honor of Mrs. Eve Alsman Fuller, state director of the Federal Art Project. | Chas. Roberts and George Conat- The concert started at a later) cop of Key West. hour than usual as there were, nine of the band members used United States. Committees of Arthur Sawyer | ; and ; vage the $500,000 Squalus, is a de- Post 28, American Legion, the graves morial Day. In the evening, 6 o'clock, regu- lar services will be conducted at Bayview Park by all the differ- ent service units in the city and H and a number of local organizations, and an excel- jlent program has been arranged ‘by Commander 'W. J. Schoneck, {of the American Legion, and his; at the port, associates. ithe Auxiliary, and of B. H. Mc- Calla Camp, Spanish War Veter- ans, and Auxiliary will decorate , with wreaths flags in commemoration of Me-; and |. to augment the High School Or- chestra for the Baccalaureate ex- ercises which were held in the afternoon at the High School Special invitations were sent out from the Art Center and a large crowd was the result. The band played an interesting pro- gram including several new se- lections which have been pur- chased from the sponsorship fund donated by the County Commis- sioners. i Musical scenes from Spain were also included in the pro- gram. Gypsy March, Dance, Ha-! banera, and Bolero, were the} highlights of this section of the} program. Other new numbers | included the Wedding of The | Winds, and the All American; March. Several others of the new numbers are now under rey | hearsal under the direction of|jor operation in Miami hospital,'tion exercises at the Florida!air hose. Alfredo Barroso. iment made by W. C. Harris, bat- i Sette ete | The complete program with'and that found impossible. | other American ports in the days | NATIONAL GUARD jeach number specified and in the | Tremendous pressure is exert-|of long ago when they paced the house department, was reported | labor conferences”. jregular order in which the dif-| ‘ferent numbers will be present-| jed, was published. in The Citizen | of Saturday. | There will be a regular drill Later in the evening will be; of Battery E, National Guard. | 8iven a dance at the Club Cayo: held tomorrow afternoon, begin- | UeSO, and an excellent program | ning at 5:30 o'clock at the Armory, /f dances has been arranged by | corner of White and Southard Proprietor Al Mills. Pritchard's; streets, according to announce- |Fchestra will provide the | WILL HAVE DRILL tery commander. MRS. PAUL MESA | Ri Mrs... Benjamin Lopez, Mrs. | Ca TR |Frank Sawyer, Mrs. Leonard Mrs. Paul Mesa, who had been Warren, who had been in St. | ill and recently underwent a ma-| Augustine to attend the gradua-' was an arrival over the highway | School for the Blind, returned to! |with her sacrificial dead. | three hours again, till the kink How long it will take to sal-|was finally cut and the huge [metal sea-elevator rose to the batable question, but the Navy rhas gained much invaluable {man guidance. E knowledge in the 14 years since) No more noble mission has the S-4 tragedy. ‘ever been accomplished in the, The Squalus is a few inches|annals of the sea. No more ‘less than 300 feet in length. The | tragic thoughts of loved ones ‘the S-4. Their surface displace-| those mothers and wives and! ment was 900 tons; that of the sweethearts who thronged the Squalus 1540 tons. Many more weather-stained waterfront of the pontoons will have to be used to Portsmouth Navy Yard—which irecover the Squalus if that|enigmatically is located across method is found necessary after|/the mouth of the turbulent Pis- ' jexamination has been made of! cataqua river in Kittery, Maine— the possibility of blowing the wa-|than filled the minds of the |ter from the flooded deathhouse | heroic women of Key West and | ed at a depth of 240 feet. If a handkerchief a foot square were spread on the deck of the Squa- lus the pressure would equal 7% |hearts, on many of the housetops | tons! Six pontoons brought the /of the Island City. { S-4 to the surfacé, and eight the! The thrilling days of last week | S-51. Many Key Westers will when the marvels of remember seeing some of the im-| brought from the deck of the mense pontoons floating in the|U.SS. Brooklyn, 15 miles at sea, | basin at the navy yard a dozen|the very words and sounds of the years ago. |noble rescue, and scattered them | Under Trying Conditions | to the corners of the earth, wove Because of high gales and/a new apestry out of vibrantly rough seas, the salvage crews | living news—a tapestry which handling the S-4 job had but 45/ will change its warp and woof H working days in the 90-odd days} only when television becomes a alloted. In that period: divers-to|matter common in the shifting the number of 24 made 566 de- | pattern of everyday living. scents. They closed all air valves, | guided,heavy chains beneath the} hull, made them fast to pontoons | and drilled holes for coupling on | “widow’s walks”, balconied path- ways for the beat of sentinel feet GETS SLIGHT BRUISES CADILLAC, Mich. — When! | Merie Todd of this city fell be-| The most difficult job was lit- tween two slowly moving freight ; ‘sailors of the services of the bring the S-54 ot the surface | erally between life and death for of Ireland. The flight w2s unauthorized by ihe Commerce Department in included in the plane's ment. Otherwise, the plane was mod- ern with the latest of blind flying 'S-51 was 200 feet long, as was saved or lost filled the minds of #84 other instruments, Enough gasoline was on board to last until late this evening. TENDER ZINNIA COMING DOWN this morning at 7 o'clock to be a short distance south of Bruns- and of aching, though hopeful ; wick, Ga., and enroute to Florida! ports. While no itinerary was given Kiout for the ship, it is beheved! 4» radio ;that the best port at which to] contact officers and members of }the crew will be at Port of Palm, * | Beach, as officers of the Zinnia} have directed that all. mail be sent to that port. FALSE ALARM OF FIRE THIS P. M. An alarm of fire sounded from Box 34 at 3 o'clock this after- noon called the fire apparatus. to the corner of United and Simon- ton streets, but when the ma- A new band shell is being yesterday and is feeling decided- the city last evening, accom-‘erally to blast two tunnels be- cars, his body broke the air hose planned and will be soon erected, | ly better. : George Mills White stated today. Today, Mrs. Mesa said she was It is to be placed at the Art Cen- very thankful to her friends for rest he will continue his studies;through the mud compacted by | bruised. ter Park, and will add much to the thoughtful cards and letters the entertainments to be pre- they sent during her illness and sented during the summer /said that she is well enough now months. to receive visitors. a | nce MEMORI CE! EMORIAL DAY DANCE’ Ahern Funeral Home CLUB CAYO HUESO | Lape o cmon Service Featuring John Pritchard and His! Coole ;wingsters—Coo! i AMBULANCE SERVICE yO COVER - NO ADMISSION | Phone 22211 Miami, Fla. ‘panied by Mrs. Warren’s son, neath the sunken sub amidships { Leonard, said that after a short ; so chains could be passed below! jat home but has not decided ex-!the weight of the great steel fish. | jactly what course of study he: After all water possible was’ will take up. blown from the S-4 the sunken | — ~{metal tanks used as pontoons | NOTICE K.W.H.S. ALUMNI (were filled and the craft came_ | DANCE and BANQUET | back to the surface. Those tanks | H to be held i had a lifting capacity of 480 tons| THURSDAY. JUNE Ist each. has been changed to When the first salvage work RAINBOW DINING ROOM— | was done on the S-51 derrick LA CONCHA HOTEL eee were Tete fo the. Final Date For Dues Payment— strategy was useless pon- ‘Tuesday, May 30 toons were utilized with ultimate chines arrived there was found no sign of a fire. Inquiry at No. 1 station elicit- ed the information to the effect ‘that the alarm was sounded in response to a telephone call ‘which advised that the fire was connection and the cars came to a stop instantly. He was only NLRB TO MODIFY | | A drive for new members with ' ! surface under almost superhu- that no radio nor pontoons were | tof the strongest small city posts i ‘in the country was started today |MOVE AIMED To PACIFY CAP-|.bY Arthur Sawyer Post 28 of the i i ‘American Legion. The member- ITAL WITHOUT SACRIFC- | ship campaign will close June 30. | | In announcing the campaign, i ING CONCESSIONS ,Chairman T. A. Woody of the Seas merece | Membership Committee of the | Gid ae eS, beeeas | post said the 82 present members i WASHINGTON, May 29.—J..°f the local organization had been divided into two teams of 41 ;each. Odd Number Team will be \directed by Capt. Victor A. Hart- mann and Even Number Team will be captained by Alfred ' Knowles. “The team signing up the | greatest number of new mem ‘bers between now and June 30 will ba guests of the losing team at a buffet lunch and smoker to be held in Legion Home, White head street”, Chairman Woody. \“Arthur Sawyer Post never has {solicited all of the former serv TEMPERATURES pice men in Key West. We esti- mate there are somewhere be © ‘tween 250 and 300 men here who _ Lowest Highest {saw service during the world , _ Station— last night last 24 hours | war in the army, navy or marine | Abilene .. 64 ‘corps. We hope to reach every- | Atlanta one of them, but should any be ; Boston overlooked any Legionnaire will Buffalo - |be glad to take their applica- [charleston tions”. | Chicago | Others serving on the Member- Denver ‘ship Committee with Messrs. | Detroit Woody, Hartmann and Knowles ,Galveston are R. A. Lehmann and W. M. Huron —_____ | Cordova. Jacksonville | Lehmann is chairman of the | Entertainment Committee, which jis planning to hold a mid-sum- mer follies under the auspices of |Arthur Sawyer Post in the near future. Handling the arrange- |ments with Chairman Lehmann are Fred Marvil, Al Mills and T. Warren Madden, chairman of the | National Labor Relations Board, is author of the statement that ; “the Board will act soon-to mod- ify some of its regulations in re- !gard to employer participation in | The move is aimed to pacify capital without sacrificing the concessions made to labor in the ‘original Act. ‘Kansas City ‘KEY WEST Little Rock iLos Angeles _Mpls.-St. P. __ ‘New Orleans ‘New York | Pensacola |A. Woody. Full details of this jevent will be announced later. WANTS TO SELL GRAVE | SPALDING, Eng. — Andrew Henson, who bought a grave in the cemetery here in 1895, has asked to have his money re- funded as he plans to be buried BSSRESRSSRSRSSSSERSSSSSSSSRSLE