The Key West Citizen Newspaper, July 11, 1939, Page 1

Associated Press Day Wire Service For 59 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West The 7 THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN THE JU. s. A. VOLUME LX, No./163. KEY WEST, , FLORIDA, TUESDAY, JULY 11, 1939 Legion Post To Meet (By Annceinted -"resa) } WASHINGTON, July 11.—!/ | Chairman Martin Dies, of ‘Texas, Tomorrow Evening 10 !mittee investigating unAmerican | practices throughout the nation j ands nnounced ‘that the’ inquiries be conducted right through \the' summer months on into the | {fall-and early winter season. H Meetings of the committee; | were planned for* most of the | | principle cities. of .the. nation. i , Center of attention of committee | members for the present would be investigation of Fascist ac- tivity in this country. Com- ,munism would also come up for | ‘close scrutiny during the meet-! iing, according to Dies. i ‘RIOTING AT Plan For Convention jtodey reconivened his special com- | Sponsorship Of Junior; Baseball Team To Be} Taken Up For Discus-| NAMED TO HEAD B. P. 0, ELKS | | { 1 sion Also Arthur Sawyer Post No. 28! will meet at the clubhouse, | Whitehead and United streets, tomorrow night to discuss de-| failed and final arrangements for the fifth district American Legion | ‘tonference to be held here July | 18-20. 1 A proposal to enlist the back-! ing of public and civic’ officials in | i | (Ry Ass sated Prenad | PONTIAC, Mich., July 11.—} Riots today occurred at the Pon- iac Automobile factory in this ‘ity, as CIO striking unionists on | will tye heard in concert 8 o'clock | AUTO PLANT | them “will be | demonstrated during former en-; meeting and greeting the 200 Legionnaires and members of the Auxiliary units coming to the gonference will be discussed. The ‘buildings. The strike at this: point affects ; 11,000 men, all members of the! | First concert of the 265th Regi- ment Band Coast Artillery) |\Corps, Florida National Guard . March, “His Honor” .: Fillmore! “Dolores” Waldteufel ; 3. “Two ‘Popular ‘Numbers Sung - By Sgt. Frank Purnell: a “Mexicali Rose” _.. Tenney b “Wishing” _._ .. De Sylva: 4 Overture to “Orpheus” +... Offenbach B. Popular, “Beer Barrel Polka”. | 6 Descriptive, “A Hunting Scene” . Buealossi 7 Popular, “Sunrise Serenade” Carlo | | 2. Concert: Waltz, tonight et Bayview Park, under; the direction of Warrant Officer | Caesar LaMonaca. There are 10 numbers sched-} uled to be played, the third of | two popular songs | by Sergeant Frank Purnell whose ; | ability asa vocalist. has been} ;campments. They wilt be Mexi-| ‘picket duty, attempted to. halt cali Rose? and “Wishing” (will; 8 “Opera, “Aida”, Act Second ‘other workmen. from. entering |/Make It So). 4 Return. of Phadames.—.’ Verdi' 9 God Bless America. —.. Berlin \10, The Star Spangled Banner. Following is the complete pro-; gram: eee ENGLISH PLANES (is Annociated Presa) LONDON, July 11.—England today made strong gestures aimed lat prevention of war when | huge fleet of bombing planes made a non-stop flight from home bases over France and return. _ | | threat to Germany, that had the! jdirection been changed, the | flight would have stretched to} Berlin and cities in eastern Ger-{ many. More such flights as well as |mass navy maneuvers will be 4 made from now on, according to ,information from “the war de- {partment in London. stories this morning concerning , England’s strong stand in support of any aggression against Poland. | Proof that no immediate crisis is expected is contained in the |news that Hitler and several members of his official staff are ‘reported to be off on extend va- cation tours. Italy, however, remains the ac- | tive partner of the Rome-Berlin axis. Extensive Navy maneuvers FLY OVER | FRANCE; : 40S. WEL WELLS, 89 The gesture _was an implied; German papers .carried - bitter |; i Immense Crowds In ____ Attendance At \t Game (By Associated Press) NEW YORK, July H—A DIED LAST NIGHT rts > w= soso | at thé opening of the annual All- | star Baseball game today in Yan- i kee stadium, as the Anterican 1 ‘League players came onto the | field in the first . bound on Joseph B. Wells, 89, died 11:40} | orelock last night in the residence | revenge for the licking they took last year. Charlie Ruffing was at 818 Ashe street. Funeral serv- ices will be held 5 o'clock tomor- | row afternoon from the Congre- | posed gational Church where the body renee oe will be placed at 2 o’clock. Rev.|by Paul Derringer for the Na- L. A. Ford, of the Church of God, will: officiate. Mr. Wells was a member of| | Tiger Tail Tribe Number 19 Im- |,,, proved Order of Red Men, and } ‘ pallbearers will be selected from | First Inning cs the membership. | Hack, strike out; Frey, infield Lopez Funeral Home will be in | out; Goodman, fly out. Kramer, tate of Seen wit. | P28 hit; Rolfe, fly out; DiMag- jurvivors a: ‘wo sons Wil- A ' gio, fly out; Dickey, fly out. lard and Cleveland H. Wells, five Rico grandchildren and one great grandchild. | McCormick, infield out; Lom- bardi, base hit; Medwick, strike | FUNERAL SERVICES TO BE CONDUCTED TOMORROW AFTERNOON | tionals. Running story of the game fol- GET MESSAGE jout; Ott, fly out. Greenberg, fly jout; Kronin, base hit; Selkirk, are being conducted in the Medi-| terranean Sea ‘and Count. Ciano, | ‘representing Mussolini, is at pre- {sent conducting conferences with | fly out; Gordon, fly out. Third Inning occasion ofthe conference will be utilized by Legion members herein building ap: their move~ ment to bring the state caiten| tion of the organization to Rey West in 1941. Another matter coming before | the Legionnaires tomorrow night is the successful launching of the! American Legion-Junior baseball team in Key West. The boys! have made an impressive show- ing and the post is planning to} back the youngsters to the limit. JOHNSONS HAVE RETURNED HOME: Mr, and Mrs. Charles Johnson, who had been spending their va- cation in their New York home} and attended the World’s Fair,/ returned to the city last Satur- day and are now making prep-; ENRY C ‘WARNER, Dixon, 1, attorney and industrialist, has | been elected Grand Exalted Ruler | of the Benevolent and Protective | | Order of Elks. Under his guidance this 7l-year-old fraternal organiza- tion, with its 1500 lodges and half | million members, will continue its | broad program of civic and ¢om- munity welfare and its nationwide campaign to promote a more vigor- ous Americanism. He succeeds Dr. | Edward J. McCormick, Toledo, Ohio, | | surgeon. Mr, Warner has long been active } in bettering the lot of crippled chil- | dren, both as chairman of the Iili- ; nois Crippled Children’s Commission | and as vice chairman of a similar | | commission of the Illinois State | Elks Association, of which body he is a past president. MULES PENSIONED _ |made their presentment, finding |no true bill in the case of Leland | R. Sawyer, CIO United Automobile Work- ers group, called: in a generabCIO | move against General | Dictator Franco of Spaini nite alliances with - tin the | Announcement was made today from the office of Area Super-; In Wit a \visor B. C..Moreno, WPA, that G lac project will number about In a statement recently crib sical. toe move as the admiral fenders 200 and are to assemble at the: |by Rear Admiral Russell R.|stands-it is to effect economies corner of Emma and Angela! “the men*who were employed on! ‘project 1811, street ‘improvement | Woesche, head of the U. S. Coast ; which are certain to be gradually streets tomorrow morning at 6 he said i carried out, says the admiral in a o'clock and be prepated to take STILL IN SESSION charged with the killing of Frank Guerro and re- cessed until this week continued | _ their duties yesterday morning. They inspected the . ioeal | schools, the county jail and other | public institutions, and this morning left over the ‘highway for the purpose of inspecting | schools on. the Florida Keys, go-! |ing as far as Rock Harbor and | Guard in Washington, and beautification, have been ; Wansterved to Project 582 and, will begin work tomorrow. The men who are to work on; — -expect to return to the city this that no one should lose his. job| statement to the Army and Navy UP activities on the streets in con- jbecause of the merger of the | Journal, and the most important "€ction with the sewer project. evening. be Announcement was made in While there has been no state-|Coast Gyard and the Lighthouse ; economies, it. is thought, will arations for the summer. | HOUSTON, Texas — Fourteen} ment made to the effect, it is They are proprietors of the old mules that faithfully had| understood that their final. pre- Silver Palm hotel in this city and| pulled the county's highway /|sentment will be made: to Judge after their vacation are back with | maintenance equipment most of! Arthur Gomez’ who is expected the intention of making a few! their lives, recently were “pen-'to arrive tomorrow from Miami. improvements in their centrally | sioned” by the city. They were) ———— 2 located hostelry, and getting , turned into a pasture “to graze! things in readiness for the sea-; peacefully for the remainder of | 7 son. ‘their lives.” Commites Plans For = Collecting Finds To Sponsor WPA Projects ‘The City of Key West Voluntary ; authorized collectors to be ap- Sponsors Contribution Committee, | pointed by the City Council, or as formed and authorized by re-|may be brought to the City Hall solution by the City Council on|and paid to Sam B. Pinder, Tax July 6th, held a meeting last | Collector. In either case, an of- service. (Continued on Page Four) Fight Permits Issued: By Building Inspector Repairs and construction per-| Repairs to roof at 509 Mar- mits issued from the office cleus usec Owner, Mrs. F. R. Building Inspector M.|Cobb; cost, $150. Baker number eight for the first} Screen porch on ‘ity 10 days of July and are as fol- | House, Varela street. Owner, ' lows: Wesley House; cost, $50. Move house from Grinnell to Newton street. Owner, « bury; cost, $150. Repairs to residence at 618 | Repairs to roof at 729 United! Ashe street. Owner, Charlesjstreet. Owner, Mrs. Watson Curry; cost, $100. Carey; cost, $25. Place new roof on building at} New roof on residence at 1124 423 Whitehead street. Owner,|Eaton street. Owner, Robert Mrs. P. M. Crews; cosh $100. Knowles; net, $90. Paint building at 706 oul street.. Owner, E. Kirchik; cost, | $75. the issue of The Citizen Friday lof last. week that this project ~ Lwas to be gotten under way on! ‘July. 12, and most of the men | employed on Project 1811 have ! i Been pany of the ‘hour _ o! aga . i] ¥ | allotted et is work, it was nounced ‘by’ Mr. Moreho. VOTE TO SHELVE | NEUTRALITY BILL (By Ansociated Prews) WASHINGTON, July 11.—The ' Foreign Relations Cominittee ‘handed a severe jolt to adminis- the Neutrality bill at this session of Congress, White House in. that present stringent embargoes on war materidis ‘of allkinds will be in evening in the »City Hall, at which plans were developed for the plan of collecting funds for WPA sponsorship « program. Charles Taylor is chairman of the group. Pledge forms are to be released in the next day or two which will be distributed to all stores. in Key West: Residents are asked to procure a form, then fill in’ the amount they can contribute to- wards the fund. The ‘al monthly payment.is sought by the end of this week, with equal amounts payable the 15th of each ficial receipt, properly numbered, will be given for all funds con- tributed, The pledge reads as follows: I —~, do hereby pledge and! subscribe to pay to the City of} Key West, Florida, the sum of | $——Dollars on or before the) 15th. day of July, 1939, and a like amount monthly on the 15th of each month thereafter until and including the 15th of i | 1939. This rg and all. funds| Rebbe Sg einen used we pred pam 2 egal on apy of next y Contributions: may. be paid to Pel ore 58 LAUDERDALE, July! Vargas Pitihedt, for Wey. —The Key West Junior Base-| and’ had 15 strikeouts; ah ng Bieta Dhar the American. Legion, defeated the Fort Lauderdale outfit) yesterday afternoon by a score of Sih Rev Rok ree maa hits and no errors, Fort with 9 reemeweeen Lauderdale 4 hits and no errors. * Vaughan, base hit; Derringer, rike out, Hack, bage hit; Frey, wo base hit, Vaughan scoring; Goodman, intentional base on balls; McCormick. strike ‘out; Lombardi, fly out: Hoag batted for Ruffing, fly out; Kramer, in- field out; Rolfe; lined out. Fourth Inning Bridges now pitchipg, Med- widk, infield out; Ott. fly out; Vaughar., vase on balls; Camilli batted for Derringer, strikeout. Lee now pitching. DiMaggio, i , Guard) ters ‘trom Cap “tain L. H: Muse, in command of ithe Tender Ivy were that the vessel had been moved alongside the Coffon Patches Beacon site ;and work had been started. All the superstructure of Bea-; con, F had been installed except! five of the beams and this work | was to be done at once. Another message from the Zinnia which is to install the working platform at Big Pine Shoal, was recéived from Cap- field out; Dickey, base on-balls; ‘tain Banks, which informed head- Greenberg, base hit; Kronin, ‘quarters that the material for the strike out; Selkirk, base hit, structure was being unloaded pickey stores; Gordon, base hit, from the Zinnia to the barge. ; Greenberg scores; Bridges, strike i NAVY TANKER =, jout; Herman batting for Good- | man, strike out. Moore replaces | Goodman, Bridges, strike out; il \Rolfe, infield out; DiMaggio, home run; Dickey, fly out. - t ' Fifth Inning e Hatk, strike out; Frey,, infield | The U. S. ‘S. Salin Salinas, navy oil }tanker, arrived this morning and | iat 7:05 o'clock berthed at’ Pier | Sixth Inting ‘B”, the naval station and began} McCormick, infield ouf~Lom- ‘discharging cargo’ of approxi- | bardi, base hit; Medwick, first-on ee 20,000 ‘barrels of fuel|error against Kronin; Ott, “base | hit. Feller now pitching. 7 the vessel arrived from the | Vaughan, hit into double — play, Navy Yard at Charleston, S. C.,!Gordon to Kronin to Gréenbefd. {and at the completion of dis-|Greenberg, base on balls; Kronin, j charging a will sail for Pen- infield out; Selkirk, intentional sacola, Fla. (Continued on Page Four) Uiimatum Issued On Work-Stoppage. Among Workers On WPA Roll