The Key West Citizen Newspaper, June 24, 1939, Page 1

Associated Press Day Wire Service For 59 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West Key West, Florida, has the most equable climate in the. |. country; with an average range of only 14° Fahrenheit Che Ke THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN THE U.S. A. PRICE FIVE CENTS \Committees Selected Fo 1 VOLUME LX. No. 150. President Approves WPA Project For Monroe County Information Contained In'(QUTLINE PLANS Telegram Received At! TQ) ENTERTAIN KEY WEST, FLORIDA, SATURDAY, JUNE 24, 1939 COMMERCE BODY (Slight Improvement In aj Blockade SituationShown | HEAR REPORT OF COMMIT- ee (By associated Prens) TEE ON Reon OF TIENTSIN, June 24.—The, of mistreatment of Brit- CONSTITUTION blockade situation entirely’ sur-|ish © subjects come through. rounding the foreign concessions| France and the United States Bo. snag seem to have taken a back seat CITY CHARTER Activities In Connection With Legion Conference ———<——_____. CHARGED WITH Two Hundred Delegates alleviated somewhat At a called meeting of the | Chamber of Commierce held last night in the rooms of the cham- area ‘in this ancient Chinese ea! today as more ‘foodstuff was brought aboard British warships in and in the “big show” as Japs con- tinue to press their anti-British campaign in this and other parts The following message re- ceived by The Citizen would or- trucks. However, Japanese offi-!of conquered Chinese territory. |dinarily be ignored because of To Attend Annual Meet- From Senator Pepper ‘ber, the report of the committee | hi diac Baek, a on the revision of the constitu-! tion and by-laws was presented ing In Key West Begin- ning July 29 cials in control of the port havé! Japanese demonstrations, in- made it clear that only minimum] eluding parades and heavy dis- amounts of food will be allowed;tribution of literature at all to the body and approved. ito pass through the blockade. 'points, all directed against Brit- Vice-President Melvin E. Rus- | Mail ‘was allowed through the | ish influence in the Far-east, are jSell appointed the same commit-! harriers today for the first time | reported to have the English par- |tee, consisting of Albert E.jin many days. |liament about to the point of [Fetes and W. T. Fripp to assem-| England’s attitude on the Far- calling) for a definite showdown. Hab n citear a ete rae be problem maoarenty is stif-| ‘Be as ence rea aor mee i arran, ; fen’ to the point where. eco- | men’ jocal and. internationa! Fes hola we 2 et and present an up-to-date ar- ‘nari seheuacnay be imposed | differences, our interests private of the Order Caballeros de Marti '@>gement of the constitution and ‘against the Japanese . any dich: fant official) must be protected”, | on July 2nd by the local unit >Y-laws for ratification at a fu- | This attitude comes directly from | Prime Minister. of England is i have been completed by a recrea- ‘ture meeting. 3 ithe fact that continued serious | quoted as having stated today. the new City Charter? tion committee recently appoint-! After the transaction of several | ‘ 5 (Signed) ‘its anonymous. signature. How- “ever, in that the message is of .. (ly Associated Press) present moment, the acknowl-|, NEW YORK, June 24.—Frank ledgement of receipt is mentioned, | Gannett, noted publisher of a) {with the further statement that Chain of New York state news-| the charge of answer has been Papers, today termed the Roose- | |directed to the New City Char- .Vélt legislation of Appropriations | ter Committee, who sponsors this for Relief, Spending and Lend- lelaene: By ing, and other “big money” bills, i . just another big plan “to buy the Tee Reenen B85: SORT ST ealnk mocticn |200. delegates to the annual fifth Why not be a sport and publish; The necessity of forcing district conference of the veter- dh oat - ; through Congress al] the present | ; BS jlegislation is a “confession : of |#%S' organization here July 29-30, ORDER CABALLEROS DE MARTI TO PAY VISIT TO KEY WEST ON SUNDAY. JULY 2 Frequent communicetions _re- ceived from Senator Claude Pent per are a constant source of en- couragement to the Key West Chamber of Commerce and an} assurante that we have in the} United States Senate, a friend, } vigilant to make the most of any’: opportunities to give the Island City a lift along the road toward State department officials. of the American Legion and the Legion Auxiliary will head the faliure of the New Deal”, said a self-supporting status, sajd the secretary of the Key West or- ganization this morning. The following telegram was received yesterday by the cham- ber from Senator Pepper: “Stephen C. Singleton, Secretary, “Key West Chamber of Commerce, “Key West, Florida. “It is indeed a pleasure to ad- vise that WPA project No. 31075. has been approved by the Presi- dent for the amount of $21,047. This project is to construct sani- | tation throughout the city and is now eligible for operation at the discretion of the State Adminis- ed for this purpose. The com- other matters and the regular) mittee recently held a meeting in Toutine of business, adojurnmen the rooms of the lodge’s hall on, W@5 ordered. : Elizabeth street and a program’ | { of entertainment was outlined HONORS FOR jand approved by a _ unanimous | vote, ; The program follows: 8:00 a. m—A motorcade will! jaye Key West to meet the visi- | tors at Boca Chica or Big Pine Key, Fla., and escort them to the jcity. From there they will break- fast at a local restaurant and a short recess will follow. 12:00 m.—A degree session will |be given by the visiting sisters Sacerdotisas del Hogar and sev- ceived information that ‘his. fa-| ther, William L. Osterhoudt, at- tached. to the U. S. Immigration Service in Puerto Rico, was -re- cently honored at Middletown, Connecticut, when the honorary be degree of Master of Arts was Nicholas Osterhoudt has re-| IN RELIEF BILL TAKES SPOTLIGHT AMONG ALL OTHERS IN OFFICIAL WASHINGTON (By Axxociated Preswy WASHINGTON, June 24— ‘Main subject spotlighting all oth- ers in officialdom of the nations’ LIONS DISCUSS | | WPA PROJECTS 'MANY OTHER MATTERS ARE HEARD AT MEETING ON THURSDAY NIGHT |, Business. transacted at the! jtegular.meeting of Key West Gions Club Thursday evening at Stone Church Annex chiefly con- INTERESTED CITIZEN. At the outset, according to the Committee, it is a good sign that citizens are interested in viewing the whole charter. Further, the Committee acknowledges that some confusion has resulted from the fact that there is, at present, ;only one charter for the public} |to view, the other copies made in jthe original draft having been sent to Tallahassee. In answering the query made, | the Committee points out that all; possible haste is being made inj the preparation of a pa rey printed story, in easy readable’ style, treating on the sections of renovated Cunard liner Maure- the new charter that in any way ‘tania steamed into the harbor of | "publisher Gannett, continuing to point out that “the program is just one more step to complete dictatorship in the United States”. He called on Congress to defeat the Lending-Spending Bill now under discussion by the Senate. TEAMER HAS FINE VOYAGE (By Ansociated Preas) | NEW YORK, June 24.—The} | |it was announced today..by Dr. | A. M. Morgan. chairman of Ar- \thur Sawyer post's general com- |mittee on arrangements. Distinguished visitors will in- elude William Brooker, “Tampa, Florida department commander; Howard C. Rowton, Palatka, de- partment adjutant; Brack...Can- | trell,- Ft. Lauderdale, vice com- }mander of the fifth district, | which takes in Monroe. county, and officials of the auxiliary’s state dpartment. eral new members will in-, itiated at this meeting. 2:00 p. m.—Open session when conferred on him by Wesleyan The conference here will brin, fare effect the status. of the old ‘the city this morning amid a . | University. charter. This brochure will be js i4;., more than 200 persons. to.. Key great celebration put on by citi | west, for 22 Legion posts ’and’ 22 capital is the pending Relief Ap-| cerned co-operation with the City xc | Propriation Bill of $1,735,000 now |Council in finding a solution for ration”. STORES TAKEN OFF CRUISER VESSEL OWNED BY WILLIAM R. PORTER BROKEN INTO Wm. R, Porter, president of the First National Bank, finds that the Cruiser Barbara has been broken into and much of the edible and drinkable stores of the vessel has been removed —stolen—from the store room. In this issue of The Citizen, Mr. Porter is offering a reward ot $50 for information leading to} the rarest and convcition of the guilty parties responsible for the robbery. Not only were an assortment of canned goods stolen, but oth- er items enimerated are one full gallon demijohn of Carta de Ora Bacardi, numerous bottles of the famous rum and sherry wine, Rye whiskey, gin and vermouth. There were also stolen various articles of bed linen, each of which carried the Porter family monogram, which is’ easily iden: tified. PROJECT GROUP PLANS MEETING @harles Tayior, chairman of the committee appointed to devise evening, beginning at 8 o'clock, at the City Hall at. which time the matter will be taken up for ‘CONCERT SUNDAY | AT ART CENTER . There will be a concert given tomorrow afternoon, beginning at 5 o'clock, at the Art Center by the Key West Federal Band. The following is the program that will be rendered under the. direction of Alfredo Barroso, band leader: | March, “Golden Eagle”, Pat Lee. all members and their friends’ The conferring of degrees too! will be admitted to take part. Place during the commencement 2:30 p. m.—The slicing of three ©Xereises of the college which ‘cakes representing the lodges of Were held on the Dennison Me- Hillsborough County, Dade Coun- :™orial Terrace and in. the pres- ty and Monroe County. ence of eo - than 2,000 persons. 7 —— ‘i -reft .' Bachelor. of Arts .-degrees-... 4 “ . .. }graduating ‘cl ' r- cen ak gee or Tepe ‘Mic! houdt was one of 12 others on ami,and Key West. ; whom the Master of Arts degree ' 3:30 p. m.—Farewell speeches ' W@8 conferred. by the Marti and Saco Carrasco! unit of the local order Caballeros ‘PRESS MEMBERS \de Marti. i POSE RETURN FRIDAY | ‘PR TRIP 1S CALLED OFF | Among the passengers arriving jon S.S. Cuba yesterday afternoon { beget «ER | were 49 members of the Tennes- Necessity for representatives !see Press’ Association, who had from Monroe county making the; been enjoying a vacation in Ha- trip to Tallahassee for the meet-'vana and other places on the ing with representatives from 26 Island, under the leadership of jother counties and a discussion ‘Roy Coleson, secretary of the as- with the State Board of Ad-|sociation and Douglas Wilson, ministration on matters of bond | traveling representative, of the refunding, was nullified by tele- Pp, and O. S. S. Co. grams received this morning. Mr. Wilson told The Citizen: It was pointed out that there \that the press association ‘had had been proposed another plan 'peen accorded every courtesy for arriving at the desired con- | which could be ex} by: offi- clusion and there was. a possi-' cjals of S.S.. Cuba, ‘and the Cuban bility that there would be no’ press.” Receptions had been necessity of the meeting at this‘ planned for them and they had time, although there may be the ‘heen entertained in every . way, necessity. of calling for Monroe!and enjoyed" themselves _im- representatives to attend a later ‘mensely, Those who had made prepara- tions for attending: from this county were: Carl Bervaldi, chairman of the county commis- sioners, William - Monsalvatge, chairman of the finance commit- tee of the board, County Attor- ney W. Curry Harris, and Clerk Ross C. Sawyer, of the circuit court, L. M. Pierce, aide to the offi-; Overture, “Poet and Peasant”, cer in charge at the naval station, | Fr. V. Suppe. : Mrs. Pierce, son, Austin Pierce,| Waltz, “Scotch Melodies”, Theo. and Mrs. Katherine Maloney, |. Tobslns oe” ‘GG. Hosmer (b) “Polka Caprice” H. Perlet Selection, “William Tell”, Ros- -|morning ipassed by the House of Represen~ | the sponsoring problem for WPA | tatives and scheduled to come up| projects. the Senate for consideration in pext Tuesday. etreeen’ delict projects. cannge rontinué beyond “next Saturday, July 1, according to law govern- ing the current. appropriations now in effect. Deadline ‘then, in order that WPA activities may continue in the new fiscal year, will be next Friday. To finance pending appropria- tion bills either passed by Con- ress or yet to be passed, Vice- President John. Nance Garner to- -day is quoted to have stated that ‘there will have to be a change in the personal income tax set- up”. Exemptions in all classes are planned for the discard with minimum incomes taxable great- ly increased. CLIPPER STARTS ANOTHER FLIGHT {By Annociated” Prenx)'”' PORT: WASHINGTON, ‘June 24.—The Atlantic Clipper of’ the Pan-American ‘Lines left the ‘wa- ters of Long Island Sound this in another ‘pre-view flight to Europe. On board were the regular crew of twelve and twenty-nine repyesentatives of the U. S. Gov- ernment and other officials, as well as a heavy cargo of freight and mail consigned to foreign ports. Departure was at 9:28 EST. The trip across is schedul- ed to take twenty-four hours and fifteen minutes, with final des- tination Southhampton. Regular passenger traffic is scheduled to get under way on a twice weekly round-trip service across the Atlantic beginning late” week. LEFT FOR TAMPA Miss Eloise Curry, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Hilton Curry, left ‘on the (Cuba yesterday. for Tampa In the absence of president H. E. Day, second vice- | President Gerald Saunders was} in ‘the chair. ; Teported on the meeting held Friday, June 16, and asked for instructions for guidance ° at |the June 22 meeting. Following |considerable discussion Lion De- laney was instructed to abide by | the majority wish of the special |delegates at the Council special jumeeting. | Communication was read from |the Coral Gables Lions Club and! {report from the Redlands Club: was also presented, both stating |that members could not attend a, joint-installation of officers’ meet- | ing the first week in July. The| Key: West club then proceeded to} make plans for their installation to be held Thursday, July 6, probably at Pigeon Key Camp. | Program chairman Saunders/ | presented Kingman Curry; in two! | piano Selections. Joseph Hutch- inson, son‘of Rev. G. W. Hutch- inson, new pastor at First M. E,| Church, was then presented. Mr. | Hutchinson, is, vacationing in this \city at»present from attendance at Emory University in Atlanta, ! and isa member of that school’s | widely-known.. Glee Club. Hej Sang two :solos. aceompanied by | | his siter, Miss Neville Hutchin- ! son. To conclude the program Lion | Saunders played a violin solo in| commemoration of Father's Day, | singing’ the last chorus. Fishing| printed by The Artman Press in zens, officials of the line and va-| sufficient numbers so that all in- terested may have the oppor- tunity of thoroughly acquainting themselves with every new fea- ture in the charter as’ well as Furthermore, it is pointed out, it has appeared consistently in- advisable for the city to. print jthe new charter, or for the com- mittee to print it entoto, in that a considerable sum would be en- tailed in printing only one or two hundred ‘copies. The. Committee states that ‘it seems advisable to print the mat- ter above described in lieu of the full charter, especially. since the cost would be less. Also, when lit is considered that the new ‘charter embodies fully seventy- five per cent of matter contained in the old charter, using the ex- act wording therein, it appeared not advisable, when copies of the jold charter are avajlable and it is generally known what those provisions are, to print the full charter. TENDER ZINNIA LEFT YESTERDA Lighthouse Tender Zinnia sail- ed yesterday for Pelican Shoals, where there is to be established a structure for a lighted beacon. The Zinnia is at work construct- ing a working platform on the shoals. _ . As soon as this platform is com- pleted the Tender Ivy will leave for the scene and begin the work lof driving the wrought iron pil-!t. he ing for the structure. When this} beacon has been erected there will be four others constructed at . |different points on the reef. While this work is being car- ried on by the Zinnia, the Ten- der Poinciana will on Monday be placed on the local ways for semi- annual cleaning and repairs. her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs, rious craft in the harbor. The 722-foot liner made the , trip from England in five days, 21 hours and 40 minutes, the time . bearing out statements > by | ‘line officials that the peed “of the magnificent ship .was,made with a view to comfort and lux- urious appointments’ rathér than to speed. The average speed was about twenty knots. FROM CONVENTION Members of the ‘Key West Fire Department, who -had been at- tending the convention of state departments held in Tampa, June 19, 20 and 21, returned yesterday. and report having enjoyed a de- lightful time. Those who returned yesterday were Oscar Cruz,. Leroy Roberts, ; Milton Roberts, Cleveland Dillon jand John Lord. Chief Harry M. Baker and family-and Electrician Theodore Albury, and family, te- :Mained to enjoy .their vacation. , The Baker group will, it is said, visit at points in Georga before jreturning. : RODEO PROGRAM | SET FOR ARCADIA ARCADIA, june 24.—(FNS) |Special attention is to be paid ;to the comfort of spectators of Arcadia’s two-day rodeo program, given here July 3 and 4, by providing - additional shade. People will be able to watch the jperformance in the ring from a grand-stand covered with palm fronds. j units: of the auxiliary will each send a corps of delegates and ‘will | be-accompanied: by a large num- !ber-of other Legionnaires “and | their: womenfolks; =e tértaining and providing con- Vention quarters for the visitors is under way, Chairman Morgan announced. Bulletins. outlining }'the complete details of the ar- |.rangements will be sent to Le- gionnaires throughout the dis-_ | trict and each delegate will be handed tickets when they’ regis- ter which will admit them to a number of local points of interest as well as the meetings,; dance and dinner. sit Meeting last‘ nighbv officials of | Arthur Sawyer post headed by Commander . William), Schoneck discussed the conference with Dr: Morgan. The following. com- mittees were named: Entertainment—R. N. Leh- mann, Ray Navarro, --William Reardon, Ralph DuBruiel, George Lucas and members of the..aux- iliary. Greeting — Sebastian Cabrera, Jr., Commander Schoneck ‘and Chairman Morgan. Registration’ and Housing—U. J. Delgado, J. W. Pinder, Anna {Corcoran and. William J: (Bill) | Food—Segt, John Wharton and! * Victor Hartman. a t Cook—T, A. - Woodys *Russell Hoff and Alfred’ Knowles. Decorations — Harold Russell, Lain Dobbs, William Cordova |and Ross Spencer. | Colors—William Cordova. Publicity—William J. Lee and Other matters in connection with the conference will -be- dis- cussed next Wednesday night at © the regular meeting of »Arthur “hqusing,-en=" t