The Key West Citizen Newspaper, June 14, 1939, Page 1

Associated Press Day Wire Service For 59 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West VOLUME LX. No. 141. Thomas J. Bryson, Former Editor Of The Key West — Citizen, Succumbs In Hospital Af- ter Illness Of Eight Weeks; Funeral Serv- ices In Siloam, Ga. | (By Asnociated Press) ATLANTA, Ga. June 14—) Funeral services for Themas J. Bryson, vice president of the Dixie Motor Club, and former editor of The Key West Citizen, have. been arranged to be held in Siloam; Ge. Mr. Bryson died in an Atlanta hospital on Monday night, following an illness of eight weeks. i Mr. Bryson was editor of The Citizen for several years, having! severed his connection with this paper in the year 1932 at which time he left for points in Geor- gia, where he had remained up until the time of his death. He was one of the outstanding advocates of the completion of the Atlantic Coastal Highway ex- tending from Calais, Maine, to Key West, having written numer- ous articles in The Citizen on this subject, and on leaving this city; became affiliated with the Am-j erican Automobile Association in| Atlanta, Ga. | Mr. Bryson was very optimistic | over the benefits that were to be; derived over the flow of travel! over the Overseas Highway into | “Flor worked sph His numerous friends in Key: Che # ~ {TARGET PRACTICE. | HERE TOMORROW ACTIVITIES TO BE CARRIED: ON IN AFTERNOON | KEY WEST, FLORIDA, GRIEVANCES MADE KNOWN (Ry Asnoctated Presad WARSAW, Poland, June 14. i WEDNESDAY, JUNE 14, 1939 THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN THE U.S.A. Key West, Florida, has the most equable climate in the country; with an average range of only 14° Fahrenheit PRICE FIVE CENTS Large. Delegation Meets Rotarians (By Asuoctated Press) il Yesterday Afternoon | BERLIN, June 14—The King Fh hh hd hdd] PAPER’S OLDEST SUBSCRIBER NOW 88 YEARS OLD} Way back in 1867 a young man entered his subscription to The Key of The Gulf, a q@ewspaper published in Key West that existed for some years, later being consolidated with other newspapers, and still later becoming The Key West Citizen. That same young man is still living, having attained the ripe old age of 88 years, and he has received his paper daily on subscription for the whole Period of time, over seventy- two years. Fernando W. Rébérts is the man, and he lives today at 803 Olivia street. Mr. Rob- erts lays claim to the Oldest Subscriber. and continuous subscriber record, and he bids fair to hold to his laurels, as no other person is known at this writing who could dis- claim the record. hehehe huh cheat | $$$ $$ — ROTES ENJOY STAY IN CITY ENTIRE PARTY OF FIFTY TWO REGISTERED AT OVERSEA HOTEL Members of the International Rotarian organization of Cuba, whe -weresii-iey-West yesterday and were guests of local Rotarians expressed themtselves as being de- lighted with their reception in AT FORT TAYLOR | Announcement was today made at. Key West barracks on the sub- caliber target practice which is to be held tomorrow,.June 15, at Fort Taylor between 1 and 3 o’clock in the afternoon. The area of danger will be 5,000 yards. south of Fort Taylor, Small craft in this area should proceed with caution. On Monday, June 19, between the hours of 1 and 3 in the after- noon, target practice will be con- ducted with the 3 inch service ammunition at Fort Taylor. The danger area during this firing will be 10,000 yards south of Fort {Taylor and alfieraft entering this \'—The German: manority Tesiding | ae = beergiosiged i co of Nationalist Spain are he o land. presented raat [25 fmaking plans for a Aointtip to ‘ officials with a long “list of griev- \Nazi-land this summer, ostensibly ances” this morning. This pro- ito view German army man- cedure follows closely the events ‘euvers. immediately preceding the break-! . Franco will first travel to Rome _st for a visit with Mussolini before ing up of the _Czecho-Sipvagian } ots out’ with King Immanuel nation into territory directly un- to visit Adolf Hitler. Consider- der German control. able significance is centered on The Polish officials turned the impending visit by foreign down the “list”, refusing to recog- ‘diplomats, it being pointed out nize them because they stated thatthe occasion will serve to Or eee , tell the world of a new partner the objections should have been in a new Rome-Berlin-Madrid presented to district governors. faxis. In the meantime, German high C NTY BOARD MEETS TONIGHT { sure” in forcing former Czechs | “into line”, following several re- |i cent outbreaks against Nazi po- ;) ENGLAND PLANS CELEBRATION ON | KING'S RETURN PROGRAM TO BE CARRIED OUT CANNON PRESENTS CASE RELATIVE TO GIVES ASSURANCE LOCAL DEPOT WILL NOT BE RE- MOVED IN NEW ORDER (By Associated Press) In connection with the changes LONDON, England., June 14—!t) be made after the incorpora- , Government and Citizen commit-|tion of the Lighthouse Service ; tees have announced: plans for a! into the United States Coast LIGHTHOUSE UNIT LETTER TO MAYOR ALBURY | | Visitors From Havana En- tertained At Dinner | Given At La Concha Hotel Last Night i Rotarians and Rotary Anns from Cuba, arrived yesterday afternoon on the Steamship Cuba {and were met at the wharf by a | large delegation of members of |Key West Rotary who extended greetings and a welcome to the area should pféceed with caution. lice stationed in Bohemian and | t super-celebration to be given the Guard, Mayor Willard M. Al-| Visiting group who were en route | SYLVIA LEATH | Moravian territory. BETHEL, DEAD FUNERAL SERVICES TO BE HELD TOMORROW AFTERNOON Sylvia_Leath Bethel, 4, died officials are “putting on pres+; Meeting of Monroe County King and Queen of England when|pury has been actively engaged to Cleveland to attend the Thir- (CHINESE PORT month, is scheduled for 8 o'clock ‘ jtonight to be held in the office : of County Clerk Ross C. Sawyer. | REMAINS QUIET . Mr. Sawyer said this morning- ithat there was nothing of ee |jportance pending to be brought | ybefore the meeting. Matters of routine and checking of the de- i pository accounts only. | i | iHer Peach Sapling NO OUTWARD SIGN OF AC- TION IN ENCIRCLE- MENT PROGRAM Commissioners, second for the ‘they return to British shores next lin efforts to secure as much in-| i week. It is stated that every ef-| ifort will be bent towards “out- | ‘doing the Canadian and United; States celebrations”. formation as possible as to the effect fhese changes will have on the situation at Key West. When the Empress of Australia} Under date of June 10 Con- docks at Southhampton, a huge | 8ressman Pat Cannon sends greeting will be accorded King | Mayor Albury a letter, the gist one and Queen Elizabeth by|of which is clearly set forth in ithousands of school children andj} the following in which is pointed English subjects who have been! ‘ {urged to come to that city to|out that Admiral Russell R. Waesche, Commandant of the yesterday afternoon 5:30 o'clock | in the residence of the parents, | {!y Associated Press) TIENTSIN, China, June 14.— Proved Very Robust sve the numbers participating (Ry Associated Prennd jtieth Annual Convention sched- |uled to be held in that city this month. | The visiting group consisted of Mr. and Mrs. Ramon Lorenzo, |Mr. and Mrs. A. Guerra, Mr. and ;Mrs. L. Hazza, Mr. and Mrs. J. ;Menendez, Mr. and Mrs. Fran- |eisco Lewis, Mr. and Mrs. J. Es- !peron, Mr. and Mrs. Louis Clas- in the demonstration to propor-; Coast Guard, especially under- | ing, Mr. and Mrs. L. Gonzalez, | tions overshadowing any celebra-/ stands the Key West situation,;Mr. and Mrs. A. Barrero, Miss Mr. and Mrs. Gwynn ‘Bethel, 810 Fleming street. Funeral services will be held 5 o’clock tomorrow jafternoon from ‘the residence, Rev. W. L. Halladay, of Congre- ‘gational church, officiating. | Survivors are the parents, four brothers, Paul A., Willis Gwynn, James Kirkwood, and Warren Theodore Bethel, and the grand- parents, Mr. and Mrs, William H. Kemp. Funeral arrangements are in charge of the Lopez Funeral Home, Anyhow, His Conscience Doesn’t Bother Him Now He, Rk défatigably in thé” ‘interest “of West will be very much grieved Key West and the accomodations Key West, and also of its im- many other matters toward the on learning of his demise. to the entir2 state of advancement of this community. SCOUT TROOP HOLDS SESSIO | Dr. Ramon Lorenzo, conductor » lof the party on the trip to! COMMANDER OF POST GAVE TALK DURING MEETING provided for them at the Oversea } (Ry Associated Prean) The first day's encirclement of foreign concessions in this an- cient city of China passed with no outward sign of action on either side of the British-Nip. ponese dispute. France is interested in the blockade maneuver, as their con- cession was included in the order from Tokio in ‘order that the move against the British would jbe more effective. ' British diplomats are carrying igetting early and heavy crops. (Many acres in vari “now planted on négotiations with the French j with-a-view=towards early~-set~ tlement of the causes for the jblockade and the United States | is being contacted, too, on .the, subject, although Washington is | maintaining a “hand’s off”: policy in that no concession of this t i | ONTARIO, CALIF., June 14— tion on the North American con-|and while the plans with refer-| Rosario Maristany, Miss Emilia '¥%n 1932 Mrs. C C. Barnes bought , Ment. ¢ \ence to the reorganization of the! Delgado, Miss Maria Esperon, ‘and planted what she thought was |__The royal couple will then pro- | Lighthouse Department and the| Miss Violeta Esperon, Miss Maria jan ordinary peach sapling. She ceed to London where a banquet| Coast Guard service have not'E. Frexes, Miss Georgina G. ‘was amazed when, in an off sea- .Will be given attended by officials| reached a definite stage as yet,|Quevado, Mrs. Hortensio Polo, Ison, it-budded well ahead of 2d especially invited guests and| from my conversation with him Miss Mercedes Lescano, Miss schedule and bore a fine crop of ‘he celebration will be concluded |we can be definitely assured of! Carmen Artime, Miss Blanca fruit. with a gigantic parade through| the following: ; Rodriguez, Miss Angelina Sera, |. Realizing she “had something,” the Streets of London. : “The lighthouse’ depot at Key Miss Raquel Cid, Miss Esperanza Mrs. Barnes has taken and culti-', King George and Queen Eliza-! West and the facilities in connec- | Vazquez, Miss Josefa Gonzalez, vated saplings from the original beth are spending their next to|tion therewith will not be moved. | Manuel Godinez, Emilio Lemus, ‘tree with conspicuous success in the last day on Canadian, Soil|No changes in personnel will be! Julio Esperon, Jesus “J. Lopez, viewing the beauties of Prince Edward Island scenery to- day.. Sailing from-Halifax for En- gland-is planned for tomorrow. < ASKS ENVOY ‘ious ranches are ‘with offspring of the freak specimen. HUNT FOR WATCH THAT SAVED KEMAL | ~ made which will materially af-|Raul Lopez Guiral, Alfredo fect the present payroll, In other) Lewis, Alfredo, Jr., . Elizardo \words’ the-great majority~of the | Gomez; Eulalio Gomez,- Carlos |employees of the “Lighthouse Nunez, Francisco Frexes, Ricardo }Service at Key West be retained Ros, Miguel Puig, Juan B. Sed, | there. | Augustin Gonzalez, Antonio Jor- “There is little possibility of dan, Andres Muselle, Alfredo locating a Coast Guard head-/Correoso, Jose Carreras and Jose quarters in South Florida. This: Aetime. CHEYENNE, Wyo,‘June 14— country is involved. Four hun-} After the customs regulations Hotel where the entire party of ; The moral of this is that’ even dred United States’ citizens are 52 Rotarians and Rotary Anns, spent their stay. Cleveland where they will attend the International Rotary Conven- fore leaving this morning, the entire party were particularly for contributors to the ‘“con- Science fund” railroads have no cut rates. A Salem, Ore., businessman wrote to R. M. Reed, Cheyenne agent for the Colorado & South- | LEGION | tion, and Mrs. Lorenzo, said be-jern line that 15 year's ago he was} that | stranded in Cheyenne and “hop-! {ped a freight” to get home. His residents within either, the French or British concessions, however, and for protection pur- poses only, over two hundred U. S. Marines are on the scene. MEASURE WOULD | BE RECALLED (My Aanoetated -'rens) LONDON, Eng., June (My Asnoctated Prens) SMYRNA, June 14.—A reward equivalent to $250 is offered by a | Swiss watch manufacturing con- ;cern for the discovery of the whereabouts of a silver watch. It is said to have saved the life of the late Kemal Ataturk on the Dardanelles front by stop- {ping a bullet while in his breast | pocket. day revealed that he communi- cated with Berlin asking that the jrefers to administrative head-! {quarters and not to ., operating bases. Further information ‘will L ON, 14.— | not be available until: the « com-|the Overseas Hot Prime Minister Chamberlain to-! plete plans aré:made ‘and ‘ an- | rangements had béen ‘made | for |nounced.” | “I can further assure you that German consul at Liverpool be|the admiral has in mind addi-| recalled. The consul is in British tional expansion of the facilities | brought to a fitting custody following the discovery at Key West whenever additional |eyening when they and a num- ,of participation with a German appropriations are granted over | ber of Key West Rotarians and ‘had been complied with the visit- |ing delegates were escorted to ‘“where | ar- |their brief stay of one night in the city. The visit of the delegates was close last |pleased with every thing which ‘conscience was bothering him, he was done to make their stay ‘said, and if the agent would let | | pleasant, and spoke very highly; him know the price of a train} of Troop 51 held|of the courtesy accorded the'fare from Denver to Cheyenne. | meeting Monday;members of the party by L. S.jthe distance he rode, he would{ (Ry Associated Press) send a check. WASHINGTON, D. C., June 14. He added that he thought he'—One hundred and twenty mil- should get half price since it was lion dollars will be saved the a freight train. railroads of the United States if Reed replied that the cheapest impending legislation in the fare was $2.14, in a coach, and he ; House of Representatives is pass- spy in plans to sell diagrams and | and above its present appropria-| friends, with their wives, had Plans of a British factory. |tions, which you and I know to | dinner together in the La Concha ee race | be inadequate for the great work | Hotel Rainbow Room. AS a Ace Cornetist Claims | which the Coast Guard 7 pe compliment to the visitors a |upon to carry on. Naturally I am | typical, delicious Cuban dinner Jazzmen Have Hard Jobs going to assist in obtaining in| was served and thoroughly en- (ny Asnoeinted Press) | OORT WAYNE, Ind., June 14. | every possible way, these well! joyed by all. —Richard T. Stross, ace cornetist. | | Kemal later - presented the ; Watch to a German general and it is believed that on the latter’s death his widow sold it to an ' American. ‘Dredge Discharges Coin Worth $509' AID RAILROADS Boy Scouts their regular night in Wesley Hall. The meet- | Gruber, manager of the Oversea ing was opened with the Lord’s | Hotel. Prayer, Scout Oath and Salute BOYS LEFT FOR to The Flag. Following these ri tualistic actions the roll was call- | needed appropriations.” At the speakers’ table, facing ea es |the dance floor, with a back- Squelches Rumor | ground of a large Rotary emblem : jflanked on either side with the { i (By Agsociated Prensa) ed and dues. collected. | Guest of the meeting was W.| J. Schoneck, commander of the local post American Legion, who gave a short and interesting talk. | Discussing the flag the speaker said that securing a flag for the troop would "be the subject of a! talk at the next meeting. . Plans and program for the pro- posed trip to Tortugas was read and several copies of the program were made. The trip is to be} made next Monday morning on the Fort Jefferson power boat | F. W. Meade, and it is expected that the troop will remain at the | Fort until Thursday. | Tickets were distributed for | the coming amateur night which is being arranged. It is the pur- poses of the troop to build up the} funds for the summer, and this Amateur Night is the beginning | of the program.: | for planting, and is asking all persons who have them to advise Sometime ago the members of | the Civilian Conservation Corps; camp at West Sumimerland Key | started on a beautification pro- gram of the Overseas Highway, 2 to secure to MILITARY CAMP Young men of Key West form- ing group of eight, early bus for Miami en route. to Fort Screven, Georgia, where 30 days. Members of the group are: Herman H. Bethel, Ulric Gwynn} Jr., George N. Goshorn, Jr., Wil- liam A. Kelly, Doyle R. Smith, Jack T. Murray, Robert C. Pitt- man and Jack D. Millir. sao EAE <citianiia ahueds “conan Madigan left for Fort Screven yesterday. \Chinese Get Orders To Enshrine Japanese (My Associated Press) PEIPING, —June 14.—Japan- ese-sponsored Chinese govern- ment here is preparing to build a Japanese shrine to honor Japanese dead in the present war. Chinese will have to bear the entire expense of this new ges- jture. An area of eight square blocks has been marked off as a site, which will necessitate tear- left on the! had no authority to make a re- {duction. Back came the check for $2.14. ADVISORY m. EST: ADVISORY 9:30 a. "they will attend the Citizens Mili- | TTopical disturbance of moderate « tary Training Camp for the next |imtensity central at 7 a. m. EST « sitticulties. jabout 180 miles south of Pen- (Sacola, Florida, or slightly east ‘of south and moving northward 10 to 12 miles per hour, showing jwards north-northeast | move- ment; if present movement and will reach coast tonight between Alabama attended by — strong very little tendency thus far to- | ed as presented today. ‘ Congressman Lee of California “is father of the bill that will call jon the R: F. C. to finance the re- jfunding® of railroad company. bonds and has the additional fea- ture of tax revision attached to it which will recognize those railroads that are in financial DIVORCE DECREES FILED IN COURT Final decrees in two suits for Apalachicola, Fla, and Mobile, ‘givorce were filed in the office | LOl of Clerk Ross C. Sawyer, of Cir- CORPUS CHRISTI, Tex.. June ‘8 the hardest job in the musical 14.—H. H. Stiman, engineer, was Ptofession. standing near the discharge line’ Stross, now 57, of a dredge at work on a. city With John Filip bayfront project. He noticed a He claims his’ feat © ; chunk of metal that came out of 2°te four minutes is a world’s the discharge pipe and idly pick- ,Tecore. S ed it up, placed it in his pocket.{, “Trumpet players in dance That night he discovered it was ands are required to do the im- a coin with a date of about 1838 Possible, so to speak.” he said. ! it and collecto: im “in executing high notes which jtmes ty gues $500. uansbcns are not to be found in the ordinary SRS ERS eS Ba ‘Tun of cornet or trumpet playing. English Deb’s Mother {A good trumpeter in a dance band must be built of iron.” Frowns On Late Hours | (My Annociated Press) INDON, June 14.—Queen | Elizabeth’s cousin, Mrs. Geoffrey 57, once was soloist \ ’s band. Hiker Saves: Thumb By Using Red Light (iy Annoctated Prensa) Says playing in a. swing orchestra | Creep Deal On Corridor (By Annoctated Press) | ATHENS, Greece, June 14.— jing Bulgaria a corridor along | the Creco-Turkish frontier as a commercial outlet to the Aegean Sea. Reports that Greece had agreed {to such a concession under pres- {sure from “a great power”—pre- |sumably Germany—were spiked |by General Metaxas, “dictator” premier, in a recent speech here. Metaxas said Greece was strongly opposed to such a policy, which would drive a wedge be- tween Turkey and Greece, now linked by the Balkan Entente. {shifting winds and squalls with ¢,,; jgales up to 80. mil ier deege Oe Court yésterday. Bowers Lyon; is heading a cam- i London society hos- |British Radio Teaches COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo., |Cuban“flag and the Stars and | Stripes, were seated Alfredo Cor- |reoso Quesada, the District Gov- jernor of the 25th District of Ro- holding a/Greece has no intention of giv-/tary International, from Cama- | guey, Past District Governor and |Mrs. Ramon Lorenzo, Francisco | Frexes Bruzon, of Holguin, Mayor |and’ Mrs. Willard Albury, Vice- | President and Mrs. Charles Tay- jlor, incoming President William V. Little, incoming Secretary Everett W. Russell and Mrs. Rus- sell of the Key West Rotary Club, Mrs. Eva Warner and Mr. and | Mrs. B. M. Duncan. | In the center of the dance floor, | facing the speakers’ table, was a |stand, draped with the Cuban flag, upon which stood a beauti- fully carved casket, of Cuban yy, containing a_ silken jeast of center and tides’ above. coast this afternoon. ‘urged. vessels in northeastern {Gulf of Mexico. Warnings ‘changed to southeast storm warn- |ings Cedar Keys to Panama City, {Fla., and northeast storm warn- |ings west of Panama City to Mo- bile, Alabama. : now displayed {tion to Mobile. ‘One of these was that of Hous-| Paign by late hours for de-' June 14.—A youth, attempting to mahogan; Cuban flag and a specially dedi- Storm, warnings: Tampa Bay sec- ing down residences of several hundred Chinese families. PRESCRIPTIONS Carefully Compounded By Registered Pharmacists GARDNER’S PHARMACY “The Rexall Store” Phone 177 524 Duval St. ton Collins versus Elizabeth Jane normal. Winds will increase on Cojjins, and the other was the. suit of Anne Belle Hill ‘Russell versus James Clifton Russell. \ THEY ARE THE GOATS | IN MORTGAGE TIE-UP {Ne Aexecinted Prenat LIVERMORE, Calif., June 14— tesses i seo oo | thumb a ride on Colorado Springs | She's decided that at the dance ; north-south arterial highway. dis- she’s giving next month for her covered he could operate the traf- 19-year-old daughter Sarah the fic signal at a main intersection orchestra must stop playing at; with a nearby push button. one a.m. instead of the more} So he turned the light red. per- jusual two or three o'clock. mitted a line of cars to pile up and —-|then walked the length of them | NNN | 1277 for 2 vide, Whee he failed on that attempt he changed the English To Arabs (By Ansocinted Press? London, June 14—The British Broadcasting Corporation is start- ing to teach the English language to Arabs. Six lessons in the language will be broadcast on successive Tues- days in the Arabic short wave ps reg They will consist of a talk be- cated copy of the history of the Cuban fight for independence: |The lid had carved’ upon its top [the Rotary emblem and the Cuban and United States coats of velt as a token of the esteem in which she is held by the women of Cuba. This casket is to be tween “Ahmed” and his English