The Key West Citizen Newspaper, June 15, 1939, Page 1

The Key West Citizen THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN THE JU. S. A. Press Day Wire Service Years Devoted to the of Key West Key West, Flotiue; has the most equable climate in the country; with an average range of only 14° Fahrenheit — eon KEY WEST, FLORIDA, THURSDAY, JUNE 15, 1939 GROUP TO MAKE. |King And QueemBoard Ship _ | TRIP TO ORLANDO; On Return Trip To England, LEAVING TOMORROW TO I (By Assoerated Press) HALIFAX, N.S. June 15.— themselves experts in the art of CONFER WITH AGENTS OF | tired, but extremely happy ‘‘Standing the spotlight”, and, at CRUMMER CO. King of England and his consort Sone Se, BANE Out ot Heir) ne aa aan ‘this mornitig'in this woe, to make friends with laymen | board: P spi jof all classes; as was evidenced city for the return-triumphant to: many times when the King and PRICE FIVE CENTS Commissioners Approve WPA Project Toward Resurfacing © Operations On Boulevard VOLU Legiqmaires Discuss : Many Improcments For Key West Durin) Mecting Last Night THANK PAPY FOR - CHARTER PASSA : An informal group of members of the Key West Charter Revi- ‘sion Committee Tuesday ex- pressed thanks of the organiza- tion to Representative B. C. Papy, recently returned from Talla- hassee, for his efforts in passing the new charter through the legislature. The committee states that ef- forts are now being made to obtain copies of the full charter with late amendments from Tallahasse¢, in order that all citizens who desire to see the new instrument may be’ accom- modated. Pending arrival of these reprints, the committee is proceeding with plans to draw up comparisons of the old and new charter, with explanations as to Would Estjlish Martello + As National next month, the Satur’Y night follies at Club Cayo Hud? and formation of a junior — league and a drum corps marted last night's meeting of Arthi™ Sewyer Post 28,. American Le, why changes were made. 4, ea etn The suggestion made by Wil-') liam J. Lee, Key West repre-. Sentative of the Miami Daily | News, for establishment of Mar- * tello Towers as national monu-* ments and possible use of part the sites for a conyention and creation of a beach as part of the project was referred to the Post's convention hall committee @ who told her she had é for decuti : POOSCCeeccvccvccacccose NEWS NOTES SVeccerscscecsescoocs BREAKS NECK Salle, Ill—When a pain in meck continued, for three after she had stumbled a pile of wood in her base- it, Mrs. Albert Karl went to neck... Previously Commander W. J,' }'$188 FISHED FROM RIVER Schoneck, who presided, had ad-| Stratton, Neb. — Two ‘years vised the post that an effort soon | losing her purse containing would be made to acquire the | $185 in Republican River, when seven lots occupied by the or- automobile was plunged ganization at Whitehead and from a bridge when it col- United streets so that a. per-/j lapsed during a rainstorm. Mrs. manent Legion home might |W. B. Hall regained the purse. It constructed there. jwas found by three boys 150 upon suggested the yards from the bridge. hall might include permarfe®t! quarters for the Legion and/ all NEW SAFETY RECORD other veteran organizations. | Indianapolis—During the last Post officials were instrpicted six months of 1938, airlines in the ‘ interview Col. James D.{Mac- United States established an all- Mullen, commander of the} Coast time safety record of 76,645,172 artillery forces here in an §effortpassenger miles per fatality, a to Bet use of the National jrecord at least three times as kitchtns and dining rooms }@t Ft-| good as any previously com- uly 30 for use the | piled. - i een 200) expected trict con- | gested the ed in mess rdsmen to days when ut the only the former sol- BREAKS EVERYTHING Philadelphia—While trying to recover a baseball by scaling a rain pipe, Walter Richard, 17, fell 25 feet, fracturing his leg, arm and skull. f diets: | | BABY DROWNS IN TUB % Philadelphia— ing th a= Ba tte arated ro iladelphia—Leaving the w: ea wil e for- = ‘ mation of a boys’ drum and bugle a bey sk sorte tilly ‘en corps under the auspices of the/Buchanan went. to answer the eet aoe to fora cnc | aaah: When ‘she returned, . Wood: . | after a 20-minute conversation, Legion hs el iA salt for all bose was dead and the tub filled structed YS it rflowing. Gee 10 el 10 td atiend al meeting at Legion headquarters at 6:30 p. m. Friday. It is hoped! BIG DAY Sunbury, Pa—June 6th was a Ross C. Sawyer, county clerk; ‘British shores. The last event on Queen both hobnobbed with W. Curry Harris, attorney for the month-long. #finerary, cover-; workers and considerably lesser the Board of County Commission- | ing approximately 10,000 miles of fry than government officials Key West Delegate Leaving running in the tub where she: jers, and William Monsalvatge, chairman of the Finance Com- imitteé of the Board, plan to jleave tomorrow morning for Or- ilando, to meet with the R. E. |Crummer Co., fiscal agents of the | county. | The issue which is to be dis- jcussed was touched on at the jmeetings of the commissioners Wednesday, June 7 and also last night, when the matter of the {purchase of bonds was brought : forward by the offer of the First National Bank of $20,000 of bonds :refunding, at 71-%. | It was decided to take up, this | proposed purchase with the |Crummer Co., and last night Mr. | Harris explained that he, as at- }torney, had been advised that the Crummer Co., advised against ‘the purchase unless certain pro- ‘cedures were employed. Various matters in connection : | with the refunding program were |taken up and it was decided that ;as certain very important issues were to be decided and the ;Crummer Co., agreement with the county ceased in July, that {it would be advisable for county | representatives to visit the of- fices in Orlando, confer with the | officers of the company and set- tle all disturbing items. L.MUNTIGNEY DIES IN OHIO HAD BEEN REGULAR WINTER | vISITOR TO KEY WEST FOR SEVERAL YEARS i Louis Muntigney, of Sheffield ' Lake, Ohio, 76, a regular winter | visitor in Key West for the past ‘ several years, died in Lorain,’ Ohio, while en route to St. Joseph’s Hospital, early — this week, ! Ill but a few days, Mr. Muntig- | 'ney was stricken with a heart at- | tack. He was a retired railroad iconductor, after 48% years serv-| jice on the Pennsylvania R. R. He iwas awarded the 50 year medal | because of two injuries received while in the service. i Mr. Muntigney is survived by | his wife, Elizabeth, and two ‘sons Edward and William, of Ra- | yenna. News of the passing of this, veteran railroad employee was received in Key West by friends of the family, of whom there | were many in the city, and who! are grieved to learn of his pass- | | NALDIVORCE DECREE ISSUED { | i | Final decree was issued yester-' day in the suit for divérce of Cc ‘anada and the United States,’ and committees of arangements will be a radio message from the at various celebration. | Empress of Australia this after-} The triumphant tour ends to-' 0 noon, directed to the people-at- day, the Empress of Australia | ay For Rotary Convention eventually to organize 40 boys Marguerite A. di Primo versus! large of both countries. The sails this evening, and a tired speech will be in the nature of a monarch can sit back in his “thank you” for the kindnesses; steamer chair and consider .a extended by government offi-; “job well done”. cials and laymen alike while the; Proof that he really is tired is King and Queen were on their | offered in this little scene enact- good will tour. led this morning. Prime Minister And it is generally conceded;by | MacKenzic King presented’ the all who have been in any way a city Mayor of Halifax, but before party in the celebration held | the presentation was made, King since the landing in Quebec over | George was heard to whisper— four weeks ago, that the trip has | “A‘ll right, but please cut it short. gone far to cement cordial rela- I’m awfully tired”, tions between England and Ca-| The tour was not without its nada and the United States. | serious aspects. Especially is this There were those who consider~| true of conversations held with ed with some misgiving the tour | President Roosevelt. While no of- ever since it was first planned—' ficial release of these talks has thinking that King George and, come, authority states that a Queen Elizabeth were poor subs- thorough coverage of interna- titutes for their illustrious broth-/ tional economic and political si- er and brother-in-law, the pre- tuations were up for discussion. sent Duke of Windsor. “Color-!One prominent newspaperman is less’ was the generally accepted | quoted as believing that the King opinion of England’s King, an;told President Roosevelt that opinion born out of pure igno-| “England has just about come to rance of the man—as subsequent, the end of the rope of patience events and have so definitely | with the Rome-Berlin axis.” proved. And now—complete rest for Something different in royalty, four or five days. Then for the to be sure, was presented to the gigantic welcoming-home cele- democracies of Canada and_ the 'brations to be dealt with upon the United States. A King and Queen arrival at Southhampton early !both anxious to please, proving | next week. FINLAND PAYS | (Ry Anno lat Prone) WASHINGTON, June 14—A “one man line’ formed before the! 2¥ (Ry Aswoeiatea Treane BERLIN, June 14—The Ham- burg-American Steamship Line theoretical bank teller’s window|reports that the 907 German- ; of the United States Treasury to- | Jewish refugees have been landed day, another deadline date for re-|at Antwerp, Belgium, following paynient of war loans. | guarantees exténded by Jewish And again, it was little “Fin-)erganizations in the United land, who made up the “line”, | States. the only nation to appear, thus} Approximately two hundred keeping her “skirts clean” con-|and fifty of the refugees will be trary to all other nations whojhoused in Belgium, the balance owe Uncle Sam millions ‘and bil-|to depart soon, in equal propor- lions of dollars in interest and tions, to some location in Great principal. | Britain, France and the Nether- The Finish Minister for pub-|lands. licity purposes, while news movie SRA 5 UOT shots were made, handed over a IMPROVEMENTS ON STREETS check for $160,000 in full pay- Improvements being made in ment of the installment due. The actual transfer of money, how- | ever, was made in New York City. BOWLING ALLEY 1S DEMOLISHED Demolition of the bowling alley located on Duval street near Front, has been completed, and workmen started removing the player’s platform and other parts of the equipment. The alley was started at the | clude a sidewalk being construct- ed aloag Johnson street, recently paved; "both projects under super- | vision of the W.P.A. | Preparations are being made |te extend paving of Laird street, {south of Johnson street, in front lof the apartment building being constructed by Ross Sawyer. | South East section of the ¢ity ins! 1 oi Incoming Secretary Everett W.! ODP QPP DP DD DS ; Russell of the Key West Rotary | Club, plans to leave 5 o’clock this SUNLESS DAY afternoon for Miami and will| P. ROFIT ABLE TO there entrain for Cleveland | LOCAL LIBRARY where he will attend the Rotary! International Coavention as dele- June 13, 1939, was a lucky gate from Key West. Sebastian | day for the Key West Pub- | lic Library, for on that day, Cabrero, Jr., alternate, left yes-; . terday. | Tuesday of this week, there i i .,,| W@s no sunshine recorded in At this convention there will’ this city, and The Citizen's be an attendance estimated at! check for $5 was sent to the 15,000 Rotarians from 50 coun-; library, in keeping with the tries who will gather in Cleve- promise made ‘by this paper land between June 19 and 23.; in January 1936. There will be delegates from 5,-| }¢ was just two months 000 Rotary clubs in 80 countries: aserward that the first sun- or geographic regions make up! 5 the legislative body of the or-| jis GaY appeared. This was ganization. | for the amount was sent in They assemble each year to Saye x elect the president, directors, th ea mail to the district governors and other of-/ a + ficers, and to vote on various en- | pir yee se which Old actments and resolutions pre-| ~ megs pert ; pearance was on March 13, sented and to make plans for! 1937 saddle May 13 Rotary’s activities for the coming) 937° he eee ink eek veer. | the sun shone each day, and Rady Ys Centers of the Rotary’ activi-, tired through the year | i ties will be the International | ‘ m8 House of Friendship; long a fea-) 1998. During that period and jture of Rotary’s conventions, and; UP until esday of this ithe Cleveland Public Auditorium,| eek, not @ sunless ray was iwhich is large enough to house : ‘under its rout 13,500, persons. | ,_ It will be noted thai all of At these two places Rotarians| ‘these sunless days were on from China, Japan, Egypt, Eng-! he 19th. and they were the jland,Aigeria,.. Australia, South! ducky davs for. the | Publi¢ ‘ Africa, India, Norway, South Am-' Library. erica, in fact from almpst every country in the world will gather hake ddd in a spirit of friendship, fellow- 2g en JAPANESE BEGIN This 30th annual convention of Rotary comes as the crowning | event to another year of progress USE OF. T ‘ANKS and achievement of an organiza- | is hii 7 tion young in years but already | a potential factor: in the pro BROUGHT. ASHORE’ FROM motion of international’ peace, friendship, understanding and} BLOCKADING VESSELS good will. | TO FURTHER CAUSE \ |_ TIENTSIN, China, June 14.— | NAMES OFFIC jJapanese were reported to be jusing tanks brought ashore from i | plocenoins vessels to further | |enforce the blockade which goes ,SPECIAL COMMITTEE PRE- into its third day of oaene - today. SENTS PLANS OF PRO: | Further developments in the GRAM FOR JULY 4 ‘serious. Far-east situation is a |threatened blockade of the Am- | boy concessions at Shanghai, a ‘Marti Lodge, No. 3, of the Or- condition that will almost cer- det Caballero de la Luz, Inc., the | ‘#inly bring on food shortages order founded in Philadelphia|@%d_ serve to precipitate the sixty-six years ago, held election ; whole matter of foreign action of officers last evening and the. @8ainst the Japs. “following were chosen to hold London has sent strong mes- | office during the coming year: | Sages of warning to Tokio, stat- Luminar—Emilio C. Norcisa, i28 that continued action on the ‘Ir. |part of Japan will be interpreted ! Vice-Luminar—Emilio Alea. (25 “violation of International ! Patriach—Francisco Alea. !Peace”, and further states that | Secretary of Records—Raul England will not be responsible Rios. ;for whatever action she will be Vice-Secretary of R ds—| forced’ to take in defending her ecorcs—~' interests in China. The | Various Other Matters Taken Up During Reg- ular Meeting Conducted - Last Night Contract for making screens and doors for the county jail was last night awarded to James wells et the regular meeting of the board of county commissioners. Mr. Wells’ bid was $48.80, which was $2.60 lower than higher bidder. Attending the méeting were Chairman Carl Bervaldi, Com- missioners Braxton B. Warren and Wm. Monsalvatge, Attorney W. Curry Harris, Clerk Ross Cc. Sawyer, Deputy Sheriff Bernard Waite and several interested citizens. Bids for doors and screens at the county jail were: Clifford Curry, $73; Island City Novelty Works, $06.10; Thompson Enter- piises, $o¥.0u; J. W. Sawyer, 901.49 and James Wells, $40.bu. ‘kne bid ot Mr: Weils calis for ov hait screens tor tne windows cypiess lvames and bronze wire, ~wO UWOUls li Wricu me salic swavelia: Wil be used and 2¢- place the screenmmy im one door, wuaapor ana masepial wil be surmised. cole’ . Dezository accounts for the snonua OL May were read by tne attorney, cueckea by Mr. Mon- salvatge and Mr. bervaidi and signea by the latter. Offer of tne First National Bank of $20,vU0 Monroe:; county refunding bonds at ‘71-% was brought up tor a short dis¢ussion, ind 1t was explained that mstruc- ions from tne fiscal agents of- tered through the Board of Ad- munistration. A WPA project for the resur- facing of the boulevard was wrought to the attention of the voard, the details explaining tnat the sponsor's, Monroe ounty, contribution would be $3,00u. After some discussion the, signa- tures of Chairman Bervaldi and Clerk Sawyer were affixed to the papers. Clerk Sawyer announced that the last sale of tax certificates under the provisions of the Mur- phy Act was held Thursday June 9. There were 373 parcels, 594 inches, with $1,194 to The Citizen $1,185 to the clerk, $344.05 to Tax Collector Frank Ladd and $137.05 to the Maloney interests. Amount of taxes cancelled was $29,866.76. Mr. Sawyer also read his re- port of the transactions under the provisions of the act for the past two years, showing that during that period 6,703 parcells had been handled in the county, and the ‘amount of taxes cancelled was $1,362.708.91. the next big day in the life of Mary Eliza- i Pri ion | wid Raymond J. di Primo, desertion _beginning of last season by Jack | i eecaarie Moreno. H Navy into a snappy Legion outfit, whether the youngsters are sons of the veterans or not. \day, and her wedding day. George Watkins, chairman of ad wpe the baseball committee, seperted) TOO MUCH EXCITEMENT three junior baseball teams were! Omaha, Neb.—Arriving at the forming for play under American | home of their son to take his wife ‘Legion auspices this year. Next|to a maternity hospital, Mr. and year Watkins said the post prob-; Mrs. Ed. C. Epson were notified ably would line up six or more|by telephone that their house teams of boys. | was on fire. They rushed to the Failure of business houses {6| hospita? Where Mrs. Robert F. display flags on national holiday | Epson gave birth to twins and and other. occasions came up for | then sped to their burning home. discussion. A committee was ap- bereesaa 24S ‘ i i HOME BUILDING UP beth Hallman. It was her eigh- teenth birthday, her graduation lies at Club Cayo Hueso Satur- day night. Receipts will help de- fray expenses in connection with f conference contracts in the first four months | of 1939 were 73 per cent above the same period of last year. |. BOY DIES IN-ICE-BOx | South River, N. J.—A five-day | was charged, and the decree filed « jin the office of Clerk Ross C. Sawyer, of Circuit Court. ADVISORY ADVISORY 9:30 a> m. EST:} Southeast storm warnings con-, tinued Carrabelle to Panama City, Fla. and northeast orm. warnings west of Panama City to; Mobile, Ala. Tropical distur- bance of slight to moderate in- tensity nearly stationary with center at 7 a. m. EST about 120 Pensacola, | shifting | ; Storm warnings now Louis, Miss., and small craft warnings at Grand Isle, La., and DR. TENNENT VISTING HERE Dr. David Tennent, head of ac- tivities at the Carnegie Biological Laboratory at Loggerhead Key, Cook and for a time was one of the active spots on the Duval thoroughfare. Players began to lose interest until it was de- cided to close and sell the plat- form and lockers. This was done this week and the lumber, including the floor- ing and lockers, were sold to a local man. ‘Whodunit’ Fans Boil When Plot Is Revealed (By Associated Press) LONDON, June 15.—Mystery he was awaiting the arrival of the’ Yacht Anton Dohrn, which is attached to the laboratory. The Citizen was informed that the vessel, is expected to arrive from Tortugas today, weather as a protest against “light read- ing” and persons who fritter away their time by reading be- cause they have nothing better to ido. “But the plan back-lashed. One librarian said sales of the book is a visitor in Key West and said’ Standard Bearer — Adolfo ik ji Department in London is con- ‘Treasurer Charles Sidney | dering the” a i ok owe Mathews. ta i ing ships to the scene to stop the Secretary of Finance—Manuel | blockade. : Master of Ceremonies—Victor 2*¢ choosing to interpret R. Vargas. Inner Guard—Rafael Bancells. Outer Guard—Fausto Castillo. t ' as a move to attract British and ‘French attention away irom the | Rome-Berlin axis, a belief that may be borne out by future de- Past Luminar—Nicasio Garcia. | velopments. The Grand Deputy for Monroe! cam i Sesinn Renaucles STATE SENATOR SAVAGE RESIGNS i ‘cells and Raul Rios, a special piarnarg 8 in charge of arrange- «By Amnocinted Presses TALLAHASSEE, June 14— Governor Fred P. Cone an- nounced today the resignation of State Senator Charles A. Savage, for the oc-|who will accept the position of Assistant States’ Attorney in the Fifth Judicial District. ! Lopez. Pleading the | whole Japanese-China incidert | THOS. JOHNSON DIES SUDDENLY Shortly before going to press announcement was made ,of the death of Thomas Jolinson, one of the older members of the Key West Volunteer Fire Department. Death was sudden and occured directly after Mr. Johnson had finished eating his dinner. His residence was at 806 Elizabeth street. The fire bell was tolled advising department members of his death. Enrique Esquinaldo, Jr., coroner — ex-officio was summoned and de- cided that an inquest would not be necessary, it was learned at headquarters. LIKED FLOWERS Mrs, Ruth Bell and Mrs. Ollie Cole, of Gardena, California,who ‘| were visiting in Key West yester- day were very much taken with guilty burglary, a man of} Tom Welch, who has been for a/the beautiful flowers which grow city asked that he be given | number of years making »* because|in St. Augustine, is a visitor in sentence his home |so profusely in the especially and were with the