The Key West Citizen Newspaper, June 30, 1939, Page 1

Axsociated Press Day Wire yy ed . ~ Service a @ For 59 Years Devoted to the Tt ZPr Best Interests of Key West , Key West, Florida, has the most equable climate in the country; with an average range of only 14° Fahrenheit ‘The WM. LITTLE® © THE SOUTHERNMOST NE KEY T, SPAPER IN THE —. FLORIDA, FRIDAY, JUNE 30, 1939 INDUCTED INTO. OFFICE AS SHANGHAL June 20—An Am-| - The situation became ianse erican Mission near this city along other parts of the Chinese PRESIDENT OF LOCAL OR: | reported to be in flames today /|coast today as requests for land- GANIZATION AT MEETING |as a result of bombs hurled from! ing of British and American ON THURSDAY | Japanese planes. soldiers was made to the com- fe RiMierAd anges epsom noone ssnbac cra The planes flew low over the; mandants of naval vessels in the Four ‘Must’ Bills Are CHARTER GROUP Scheduled For Final Ac-' HOLDS MEETING tien Sedsbtime This Eve-| A | i ning ORDERS 1,000 COPIES OF NEW ee Pa fica ee | ican fl inted on the roof.|Swatow and Foochow, as the CHARTER TO BE PRINTED *| The U. S, Embassy here has: Jj ese brought on virtual com- ‘ : | t ‘with Past-President: John Geke-' i i { i i ‘li it- been requested to forward _ pro-/ plete blockade conditions in the gag sf ie allay iron een Lit tests to Tokio in the matter,/conquering drive. Mistréatment president of the Key West Rotary | Other bombings. of American’ of nationals ‘was given as the | Club for the new. Rotary year be- | Property during the past two! request for aid from the navy. | ginning July 1 |weeks have been much decried | Ships of the United States and | Oibsre.< who “a ed office | bY the Japanese following vigor- ; England are standing by despite ous protests from Washington. ‘orders from Japan to leave. VOLUME LX. No. 155. Congress Makes: GreatEfort * (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON, June 30.— There's a big scramble in the: Members of the Charter Revi- nation’s capital today as both ‘ion Committee assembled at the od ei hae caltcat: scp of Commerce last eve- | were Everett M. Russell as secre- ing to prepare further pub-|tary and Charles E. Smith as jtreasurer. Directors for. the en- ly to pass four so-called “must | licity on the proposed new char- suing year ,beside the officers, | U.S. A. WARNING | TO APPLICANTS FOR: BENEFITS sown Taat maxinc ratse SHEA COLLECTS genous paacrice, wax| FINE SPECIMENS ING INVESTIGATIONS Claimants applying for bene- FOR AQUARIUM fits under the Florida Unemploy- ; ment Compensation Law have WILL BE PLACED ON STEAM- been advised from Tallahassee; ER AND TAKEN TO NEW that applicants are to adhere: ‘strictly to the facts in their) TORK SOME TIME THIS EVENING ‘eases, after Justice Robert E.| ,Tanner, of Baldwin, had bound! Henry Jones over to. the Crim- | inal Court on four separate! counts for receiving benefits to J. J. Shea, of the New York Aquarium, has practically com- pleted his collection of speci- bills", and such will be the scram- ; ble and necessity for passage that . the time-honored custom of push- | ing the clock back at midnight tonight will be engaged in so that. various activities of the federal | government will not be curtailed. The four bills scheduled for final action tonight are: 1. The Relief bill, 2. The Monetary bill, 3. The 1940 Appropriations bill for the State and Justice depart- ments, and 4. The Emergency Deficiency bill. At noon today reports indicat- ed that the total Relief bill as de- cided. upon in House and Senate j |mary describing which sections 11,000 copies will be printed andj ter as recommended by them and /4r— William W. Demeritt, William recently passed -by. the legisla-:R, Warren, Melvin E. ‘Russell and ; ture in Tallahassee. Chairman William T. Fripp. - Charles Ketchum presided. | After being installed. in the Chief matter of interest was’ ptesident’s chair, Mr. Little the decision to. prepare a com- | briefly expressed his appreciation plete printing of the new charter jof the honor paid him and his in sufficient numbers so that all’ realization of the responsibility interested in the city may-read that gdes with it, and then sug- the new provisions. gested to the members __ All possible haste will be made club two main objectives for in the preparation of the pub- their consideration for the com- lication. which will include, be-jjing year. These will be discuss- sides the entire charter, a sum- eq and decided upon at the club in the old charter were changed.’ ey tober eer pees . “ | “I believe”, he said, “that Key will probably be available at the 3 cae Chainken< ot: <isenetes’ sehen West's greatest need at this time ke “, Js, first, to develop and strength- completed. The Committee will en the courage, initiative and self- defray the cost of printing. reliance of its citizenry to the end that we will be able to take care lof ourselves without outside as- of thej BEVERAGE LAWS MANY OF LOOPHOLES HAVE BEEN PLUGGED AND ELIMINATED TALLAHASSEE, Fla., June 30 {(FNS).—A number of loophdles in the old state beverage act were {plugged by the 1939 Legislature and several abuses permitted by the old act were eliminated, Tom Long, director of the state bev- erage department, said this week ; while discussing new. beverage provisions which became effec- jtive June 13. More than 8,000 t MAKE CHANGE IN KEY WEST “GROUP ATTENDING SCHOOL | AMONG NINETEEN HUNDRED AT UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA i | «Special to The Citizen) GAINESVILLE, June 30.—Sev- .eral of Key West residents are included among the 1,901 students now registered at the University !of Florida’s anual summer ses- sion, the first term. of which runs through July 21: _The majority of the summer ion students are teachers from ; Which he was not entitled. The ;bond was placed at $200 on each ‘count. © | A state wide investigation of ;Persons who have attempted to draw benefits from the fund by making false statements in their claims is‘now under way, said | Wm. V. Little, in charge of the ‘Key West office, and»preliminary investigations indicat» there will be the necessity of filing charges in a number of cases | The law provides that unem- ployed workers shall be eligible to draw. benefits only if they meet certain definite require- ments.. They must file a claim for benefits at a Flo.ida State , Employment office, register for ‘employment in the same office, be able to work and be available for work. Shall have earned mens from the waters of. Key West and has them all in read- iness for shipment on the Steam- er Alamo, of the Clyde-Mallory Lines, which is due to arrive in port from Tampa, with the tanks this afternoon. Mr, Shea said that he has in ‘the cars from 1800 to 2,000 speci- mens. with between 65 and 70 , varieties. ._Among them about ' 950 of the sea anemone of the va- ‘rious colors and color combina- ,tions, which are found in these waters. : He also has a fine collection of ribbonfish, parrots, triple tails, queen angels, white angels, por- ‘cupines, squirrels, shellfish and morays, and various others, which STEAMER CEIBA conferences would be $1,755,000,- |sistance, ‘and, second, to extend? licenses and every consumer are’, usually are taken by collectors as 000 for the coming fiscal year. Word also came from the capi- tal today that all WPA workers would be laid off over this week- end and until after the 4th of} July to take up slack of lowered appropriations being effected in; the closing minutes before dead-' dane. i ‘ ENTS The President's Monetary bill is chief subject in the Senate to-| day as political ‘maneuvering headlines the efforts of opposi- tionists. Republican senators. are deading a move to stall on_ this bill, figuring that these tactics will automatically kill all dollar devaluation legislation in that the present power extended to the President ends at midnight tonight. House and Senate con- ference on the bill is -reported agreed that the price af silver will again be changed—this time te 70 cents per ounce. Meanwhile, two important policies of future government be- came law today as President Roosevelt signed the Tax Re- vision bill and the Reorganization | bill. The Tax Revision act goes far, it is said, in relieving pressure on} private business, cancelling, for one thing, the existng tax on un- dstributed profits. This tax ceas- es after next January 1, when all businesses earning profits.of over $25,000 annually will be assessed a straight 18 percent income tax! by the federal government. Other provisions in the tax leg- islation include a continuance of the three-cent postage charge for two more years and many other provisions aimed at business re- covery. ‘ The Reorganization bill by . which the President will save more than $20,000,000 in the ad- ministration of govcrnment, chief- ly brings many agencies of the federal set-up under three main departments, those being the Federal Works Administration, the Federal Loan Administration and the Federal Securities and Exchange Commission. Neutrality legislation was dis-| cussed in the ‘Senate yesterday and this morning with nothing definite enacted, MEETS TONIGHT i ] | There will be a special meet- ing of the City a held to- night, beginning at 8 o'clock. The meeting has been called for the purpose of discussing the proposed gasoline tax and other matters in connection therewith. its complete: cooperation in their efforts for the good of this com- ; ARRIVES HERE Steamship Ceiba of the Stand- ard Fruit and Steamship. Co., ; their homes in Key West. If the Rotary Club can influence the ‘accomplishments of these two ob- jectives it will have performed a munity, to all those who have} arrived in this. mornin; ¥ ices, a of the Porter Dolk} Before assuming the chair, Mr. Co. g[bittle presented his annual re- The ship arrived at 2 a. m,,and ROrt as secretary, and Charles E. by 6:30 had taken on 30,559 gal- Smith gave the treasurer’s re- lons of fuel oil, a supply of water | port, and sailed for Frontera, Mexico,; Julius F. Stone was a guest and for a cargo of fruit. “|gave a ‘Short talk describing his Steamer Miraflores, of the impressions of Key West. same company, is due to arrive 4’. It was a heart to heart talk by o'clock tomorrow morning con-'@ man who had come back home signed to the Porter Co., and will to @ city in which his interest take on fuel oil and water and had never lagged. An interest- proceed to the Mexican part. | ing point was the’ picture of the PRL SS SO ENE, frame .of mind of two classes of COMMERCE BODIES contact in Miami. Within a short period of time Miami has doubled its resources. |people who have been: in Miami iright along, before the major ex- (Ry Associated Prensa) pansion began, when questioned June 30.—The 10th-Annual Con-'replied “teribble”. In close con- vention of .the International tact with the picture they had Chamber of Commerce opened not perceived the possibility of residents with whom he came in MEET IN DENM pe is the point he stressed. The COPENHAGEN, Denmark,'as to the state of affairs usually jin this city with President J. R.’ contributing to the growth Of the Watson of the United States in' city, re the\ chair. | On the other ‘i ite “dew ee v3 Jeet eaten {omens who had brought into speec! ven rep | the. cit ‘ tives of forty-one . countries er, nee ee pers 3 treated on the economic condi- tion of the world today. He stated that “no hope for economic inprovement. could be entertain- ed until the world had enterred a more peaceful sphere of influ- ence”. A distribution of the’ world’s wealth must be brought . about was another statement in the speech, “a distribution that should be’ brought about with all: possible resort to peaceful me! ine”. : |. In this situation, Mr. Stone ‘found something that should in- jterest the people of Key West very deeply, he said. There amight be in some places a feel- ing that new: blood would be un- welcome. This he regarded as a serious mistake. He welcomed evidence of receptiyity to the thods”. Mr. Watson concluded the * welcoming speech with these - words—“Another war will de-) possibility of making Key West attractive to those who come with the means of contributing to its development. The move toward stroy modern civilation’ soning. tie Bossiblity Ae we eos ¥ 4 ern charter, e attitude of Gasoline Thief Spoils the peace officers toward strang- Fire Truck Inaugural | (Ry Ansociated Preas) Cit MOSQUERO, N. M.,.June 30.— For months the volunteer _ fire laddies of Mosquero waited for a chance to try out. their shiny new truck at a saga Lei Came an alarm ands: pow answered. ‘One after another [he did not as they took turns on the crank handle, They wound: and they wound. 3 But somegne had filehed the gasoline. = Meanwhile the old Drake farm affected by one or more of the! ‘new provisions. | Revision of the act makes«-it! ‘unlawful for a licensed club to} {purchase intoxicating beverages! {in individual containers larger | jthan one quart or smaller than! one-fifth of a gallon,’ and- pro-) j hibits: thé: sale by*such élub of ih: | ‘toxicating liquors and beverages, texcept by the individual drink: . | Another provision provides | that persons engaged, in. the business of distilling, rectifying ‘or blending spiritous liquors shall | jsell and dstribute such beverages | at Wholesale only to othér « lis! teensed manufacturers’ and dis-| { tributors and to no one else with- | in the state. | The revised act makes. it un-)| ‘lawful for any person, firm or} corporation to sell within the istate, any wine in individual; containers holding more than one} gallon. The Curb Service Bill makes it | unlawful for any persgn, firm or} corporation to sell or serve by | the drink any _ intoxicating} liquor, other than malt beverages | of legal alcoholic content, except in the building which is the ad- dress of the firm, person or cor- poration holding the license for the sale of such intoxicating} liquor, and makes it. unlawful {for any person to consume any intoxicating liquor at -curb or drive-in-stand, except in | | building which ‘is the address of ; the firm, person or corporation | holding the license for the sale} of such intoxicating liquar. DIES IN MIAMI jpopy ‘TO BE BROUGHT HERE FOR BURIAL ON MONDAY Abraham Sawyer, 77, known. to mostiKey Westers as “Little Abe”, died at 12:20 this morning in the Memorial Hospital in Miami, fol- lowing a brief illness. The news of his demise was _ received ~ by relatives. : Leonard Sawyer, a nephew, left'on the 7° o'clock bus this {morning for Miami, and advised the |# ida schools, taking additional uurses to Keep pace with ad- educational practices, some-of them are’ working ward ‘advanced degrees. Attending the first summer 1 term. from Key West are: Moss, Thelma M. Porch, May Sands and Virginia E. Shine, . WILLIAM PINDER DIED LAST NIGHT HELD THIS AFTER- NOON William W. Pinder, 73, died jlast night at the residence in the rear of 513 William _ street. Funeral. services will be held this afternoon 5 o'clock from Fleming Street Church where the body was placed at 2 o’clock. Services will be conducted by Rev. Jim Lilly, assisted by Rev. Wm, L. Halladay, of the Con- gregational. church. Funeral arrangements charge of the Lopez in eral lome. Pallbearers will. be. selected from the membership of Key of The Gulf Castle Knights of The Golden Eagle of which the de-' razier Mrs, May Gore, Kansas City, Mo., and two. brothers, Romey and "Bertice Pinder, of this city. ere are also four _grandchil- dren and two great-grandchil- \ i ie nt SFER of hi qualifying wages during the last they are rare in the north but PRICE FIVE CENTS Seizure Of Danzig Still Appears Rather Imminent {Poland Prepares For Any Eventuality That May Arise In. Connection With Controversy +. Uy Auwpeinted Press) BERLIN, June 30.—"Danzig will become a part of Germany jby autumn” is the slogan heard throughout Nazi-land today, as ° |the eyes of the world are focused lon the situation that may or may | nab mean war in capital letters. Adolf Hitler is scheduled ‘to | pay an official call on ..Danzig | fometime between July 20 and 30, and it is expected that the crisis, if there is to be one, will {come at that time. Meanwhile, Poland prepares for any emergency. Polish offi- cials released through the na- tion’s press today the accusation against Germany for using usual “boring from within” tactics in {connection with the campaign to bring the city of Danzig and the Polish Corridor under the. .Nazi swastika. ;. The German machinery of armament seems geared to a war, either a local one with Po- All year and a half, and must serve ‘common in Key West. land or a general conflict. period of two weeks. j The collectot is particularly |C°™Merce, according to high Nazi It is also required that a bene- glad, he says, over his success in fit claimant must report all his securing the anemones, which, in ‘earnings each week, whether the ‘all his years of collecting for the earnings are received in the form aquarium, he. has never ed. of money, room and board, or -otherwise, Failure: to report. these earnings is sufficieht reason to bring misdemeanor charges, punishable ‘by either fine or im- prisonment or both. ‘SCOUTS LEAVE (FOR BIG PINE |. Six members of Troop 1, Girl | Scouts, left this afternoon for “Bugs Castle” on Big Pine Key, jand expect to remain until late Sunday afternoon: Study of nature has been designed for this outing. » Captain Eva Warner of the WPA Recreation Division will be in charge of the scouts who are: Geraldine Kennedy, Blanche Cervantes, Ruth Currie, Jacque- line Doughtry, Rosemary De- meritt and Frances Collins. ‘MOVE AGAINST | ‘Numerous complaints. have , been received ‘by Mayor Willard ~Albury anent the indiscriminate shooting of fire ~crackers and, iter, other forms of explosives which | are exceedingly which must be curbed at once. This afternoon Chief Ivan El- | wood was advised by the mayor ’ that the shooting of these ex- a finer and more complete lection of these" beautiful HOLMS GOING | ON VACATION | aS ; Mr. and Mrs. Emil Holm will leave over the highway tomor- ‘row morning for an extended “trip through the west which will cover a period of one month, and visits to a numbér of cities. They plan to visit relatives in} Cincinnati and Chicago, and in Portland, Oregon, they will visit }a sister of Mr. Holm whom he has not seen in 30 years. They will visit the California exposi- tion before returning to Key ‘West. - : Mocking Bird Mocker | Finds He’s Being Mocked | tH Asnociuted Preant | WINTER GARDEN, Fila., June ,30.—Charles S. Given is proud of ihis bird imitations—the taunting jnotes as well as the lilting ones '—but hereafter he will confine conversations with his fire fea- thered friend to the social ameni- ties. ; Sitting beside his trailer in a park here, Given tried out his best bird language insults on a mocking bird in a nearby tree. |. ‘The mocker replied in kind and concluded: his rebuttal by ! \plosives must be brought to a “stop and dealers are to be warn- -' or ed against selling” the e, be subjected ‘to arrest. officials, is prepared to’ change over to a waf status and the army and navy are prepared for instant orders to “obey marching orders”. , German nation will call for a showdown this summer, pursuing as.it does the policy of continual- ly bringing pressure to bear upon ithe nerves of Europe. ‘Such ac- tion is sure to bring on a “some- thing must give way” condition, according to high authority over here. Germany hears the stern re- proofs from England and. the Nazi command declates that army is second to non pro- ceeds for further conghbsts’ Fu- ture developments, according to good authority, will depend. upon whether the Germans will come to believe that the combined armies of France. and Engand with Poland, and possibly Rus- sia, if treaties are completed in time, will overshadow the dual German-Italian strength. Neutral observers are inclined to believe that Hitler has definite knowledge of the truth of ~that condition, From England comes the hint that President Roosevelt has again offered to act in the ca- pacity of “peace maker” if for- eign nations will lay down their arms and come together in con- ferences. State department heads in the U.S. deny that any such new move has been made, though attention is called to the original invitation made by Roosevelt last Spring. STEAMER HERE — AWAITS ORDERS Finnish Steamer..Wirta,. which was hauled from her -testing place on the reef near Fowey | Rocks Lighthouse by the Wreck-