The Key West Citizen Newspaper, July 21, 1939, Page 1

Azsociated Press Service For 59 Years Devoted to the - Best Interests of Key West Day Wire VOLUME LX. No. 172. THE SOUTHERNMOST NE Credited With Score ot NATIONAL GUARD 85.7; Pensacola Unit | BATTERIES PLAN | Was Close Second With’ TFAVING TODAY Score Of 83.2 ees |SEVERAL DETACHMENTS RE- Records made at the service MAINING BEHIND; APPROX- Practices with the 155 sora pedl| IMATELY ,$12,000 DISBURSED guns at Fort Taylor this .week; “TO PERSONNEL dirclosed the fact that Battery | - oe “E’, of Key West, commanded. by | Sion Pikeat bia National! Captain W. Curry Harris, gained Guard, began’ the ‘movement thé record for the firing by mak- which ‘means ‘that ‘the #1939 en- campment at Key West will. be; ing a score of 85.7. brought to an end. this afternoon Winning of this record on the and, the officers and’ troops, all| 155-m.m, gun was no great sur- Supply detachment, the band. and HIGHWAY TODAY cece Qne of.the county. trucks, driy- ii en by Bernard Cook, which, was, loaded with lumber, . collided! with an automobile. driven by j | Miss Dorothy Voight this morning. In the Voight. car were Miss} Dorothy’s parents, Mr.’ and Mrs. ij Walter W. Voight, all of Chicago.” The Voights were leaving the city and their automobile ‘was} WSPAPER IN THE (aceiat to The Cittsen) HICAGO, July 21—A new Lien was crowned today in » Penp., when the in- corivention of . Lions unanimously. elected Alex- *P. Wells:of New York City, lent of; Luions. International. who isa: lawyer, served the-past year as first vice-presi- dent and was United. States rep- tesentative upon the International Council of Lions Clubs. He suc- ceeds retiring president Walter F. 'Dexter, state ‘superintendent of public instruction in California. The voting concluded a four- day convention climaxing the as- { Key West, Florida, has the most equable climate in the ccuntry; with an average . Tange of only 14° Fahrenheit u.s aA. PRICE FIVE CENTS |Many Other Matters Taken | Up During Regular Meet- ing Of City Council-Last Night Lighthouse Department c The City Council at its regular To Observe’ Anniversary | Tuesday. August 22, at which |time the Key West electorate will | vote on the question of the pro- posed new city charter. | This will be in the form ofa referendum submitted to the peo- “Now therefore I, Franklin D. Roosevelt, president of the United States of America, pursuant to tthe above resolution do hereby |call attention to all citizens to |} the observing of the week com- mencing August 7, 1939, as Light- | house Week, and do request co- operation of all - citizens, com- Qn, March: 27,, 1939, there was_ passed. in. Congress a resolution | |providing for the celebration by. the people of the United States of the one hundred and fiftieth ianniversary of the establish- ment of the Lighthouse Service, and that the week beginning except the rear detachment, - the i prise to most of the. officers at the camp as it was stated yester- day by ‘Lieutenant Maurice P. Shaver to The Citizen that Bat- tery “E” had the score “in the bag”. Battery “D” of Pensacola Tan, j i he © Boca Chica Battery “E” will leave ‘on e | ust — \Steamship Cuba 5 o'clock this/Btidge when the crash occurred. afternoon for Tampa. The bat-| Part of the lumber load on the tery is the Key West unit; the truck struck the left side of the} band and detachments will leave' car, shattering the glass in the/| Sunday. ismall windshield and also . the | Yesterday afternoon Colonel C.{ glass in the door, and tore the Grace, U.S.A., disbursing “offi- | door from the upper hinge. Mew YORK. ew YORK 18: RESIDENT I. IONS INTERNATIONAL — ‘R. sociation’s’ “greatest . year of growth:’.“In the past twelve monthg:charters were issued , to} 557 new-Lions Clubs, an all-time jhigh, and” more than 17,000 net be ca in membership was reported the convention by Secretary ; General Melvin Jones of Chicago. August 7 be designated as Light- house Week. Today there was received at munities, civic organizations, states, municipalities, counties, public agencies, churches and the headquarters of the service in| schools in an appropriate recog- \this city the following telegram ;nition of the devoted, efficient, addressed to W. W. Demeritt, | faithful and splendid work of the ;superintendent in this * district: | personnel engaged in the ad- The president: on July 20, issued | ministering and operating light- i {ple to decide whether they are | favorable toward adopting the new charter or not. There will be | but one polling place, and that | will be at the city hall. Chas. Taylor, chairman of the Battery “E” a close race, making’ cer. cg rinsagae imately | iven back to the the score of 83.2. However, istribut approximately! The car was drivel the $12,000 in the pay to the officers | city by Miss Dorothy and a re- ;Léons Clubs are now the most : the following proclamation pur-jhouses and other facilities for| Sponsors Committee, addressed jnumerous service club in- the suant to public resolution Num- | rendering navigation safe » and|the council and . requested ‘that Pensacola battery gained the rec-' and men, (TAMPA SERIES which afforded the’ port of the. matter made to the | United States and Canada. There ber 16, of the Seventy Sixth/ easy, and for the safeguarding of} the council appoint fifty persons ord for all around efficiency dur- ing the practices on the pieces. units the opportunity to secure! proper authorities of the county. gifts and mementoes of the en-|Carl Bervaldi, chairman of the; campment to be taken with them‘ Board of County Commissioners, | on the return home: |said this afternoon that the mat- TO TWO ‘CONTESTS {ate 3,500 in the association, with a membership of 125,000. (The new president is a native jof New York City, where he has | always lived. He was educated in} Congress. life arfd property upon the sea.” |for the purpose of soliciting and collecting pledges in the tmove- }ment recently started toward s¢- j curing funds for sponsoring WPA JAPAN AND BRITAIN: { NIPPONESE PRESS DECLARES “TIME HAS ARRIVED ‘A ian Collins left-over the highway | FOR WAR” ; this afternoon for Miami. |. Brig. Gen. Wm. E. Shedd, chief | of the Fourth Artillery District, | with headquarters’ in Atlanta. who was at the camp for sevéral | came from the Far East today. as days obserying the records made! the deadlock in conferences be-| by the units in gun practices, left | tween British and Japanese dip-| yesterday afternoon over the| (By Associated Preany TOKIO, July .21.—Good news Grace and Adjutant General Viv- | : Before leaving this afternoon/ter would be properly adjusted. Colonel Grace, while discussing | with The Citizen the pay for the men, said¢ that disbursements for the*present encampment was ap-! rox! Yq $1,500, moye thar was the® ce pera Colonel | TEAM, WILL LEAVE HERE TO: MORROW MORNING: PLAY’ _GAMES SUNDAY ° STRICKEN WHILE, ENTERING RESIDENCE: FUNERAL ANNOUNCED: LATER ie Announcement has been made that the proposed baseball game that was to have been played in Tampa Saturday afternoon be- tween Key West and “Tampa thas. Pa ak OE been called off; and,in lieu + of ‘ eS lnis two games Will be played; in Thomas E. Roberts, ''60;' "died :Tsinpa ion Sunday, oiie in the suddenly’ at\11:45 this morning at‘ hi8 home 301 William street. Mr. ° Morning at 10 o’clock and the Roberts: was’ stricken’: while ven- other in the afternoon at:1:30, tering the residence, anf died! ‘The Key West team will leave shortly after the arrival of the hére tomorrow, morning, while physician. William Cates, Armando. Ace- will be under the direction of the Ye0° ahd Roy Hamlin will leave Pritchard Funeral Home, will be later -in the day. and-will join the announced Iater. —~ jteam in Tampa: Saturday night. the public schools and at St. Law- rence > teen , New York; Dwight "Preparatoty School. .and York School. ‘beeita member oi Bar 0) past thirty-three years. Wells has held . many _ offices both in his own Lions Club and in the International Association. He is a past district governor of New York State, has served on the board of directors, was chair- ;{man_ ofthe committee on inter- national relationships for ‘one year, and in 1936 was elected third vice, president. ‘In. succeeding years he has -been unanimously elected. to fill the second and first | vice presidencies, Meeting Last Evening Local Lions Club met in regular session last evening at Stone ‘Church Annex with Lion presi- dent H. E. Day in the chair. Lion Gerald Saunders, intro- luced by the Patriotism and Citi- the State of New York for the | projects. The Council favored | the proposition, and will contact the number of persons required {with a request that’ they perform — " erik Frank W. Johnson, whd is also ~ a member of the committee, ad- dressed the council in connection with the proposition. Mr. Hart, representative of the 2 (By Associated Press) A | Florida exhibit at the World’s WASHINGTON, July 21.—The| Coalition of Republicans « and | Fair in New York, addressed the House of Representatives today | conservative Democrats’ is caus-| council relative to a five cent per. ,passed by’a good: majority _the|ing considerable “trouble. ‘to the | capita contribution frog the: city ;Hatch Bill, calling for a com-|administration. ‘A; sitvation “has | for taking care. of the niext plete separation of federal’ em-! arisen in the Bani * gommmnit-| year. \Key Wi fot ‘ployes in all departmenits, includ-|tee that is i the; Lend- | this year was te: jing the WPA, from: politics. ing-Spending bilt’ tailing’ for | The request wa: The bill was passed by the aid | some two billion$.6f ‘loans for! Mr, ‘Hart: expt . t! of an effective coalition of fre: | quldstiog projeets under PWA. | and stated that-every community |publicans and conservative Dem-|. Such a coalition has occurred in Florida. was contributing its ocrats. \in changing many provisions of) part to the exhibit, and said that | Allworkers who. receive fed-| this bill, ‘in the main objection- | it was going over big, with. great ;eral pay will be disbarred from! able to the White House. _Main| results being pbtained by. the dif- ,any political activity whatsoever change suggested is a restriction! ferent cities in the state through junder terms of the bill, further | allowing advancements under the | the .excellent publicity given»at provisions — virtually _ stopping} bill for only one-year. It is stated the exhibit. He also said that ;many forms of federal patronage/that the committee report, will’ Florida had by far the largest | i HITLER CONSIDERS ;Set-ups. {in all likelihood, be accepted by|and best exhibit on the entire further discussion of Far East | policy could go forward. come when Japan’ must go to!er Miraflores, of the Standord| war with Russia and England {Fruit and Steamship Company, | reported along the Manchukuan- | Mongolian frontier. Reports, most- lomats was reported broken. |highway for Atlanta. t The announcement was made! — | The press of Japan, howeven!| } still continued with bitter tirades | | over control of Chinese territory”, ' has been berthed at the main pier| declared many newspapers. in! ly from Jepanese sources, indi cate heavy. Insses inflicted by the} that an agreement. was: reached | ' SAIL SATURDA against the British and all foreign | Re teas | Tokio. {| Japs on troops and air forces of furnishing a formula under which! control in China. “The.time has} During the few days the Steam- Fighting of heavy nature is still | the Soviet. | FINAL DIVORCE : DECREE FILED ; BRITISH PROPOSAL of the Porter Dock Co. the ship} > has been given a: general over-; haul and cleaning preparatory to) sailing tomorrow. | : 4 The vessel will be given a sup-| ‘Final decree in the divorce sui NEW MOVE. BY. ENGLAND TQ ply of fueb- oil and’ water, and /of Betty Lou Newman versus |. ; § provided with needed ‘stores, and| Frank D, Newman was filed and ‘ALLEVIATE THE PRESENT WAR TENSION ~ sail at.12 o’tlock for Zamora,| recorded in- the office of Clerk “e Mexico, for a cargo of fruit. i Ross C. Sawyer, of Cricuit Court, J | yesterday afternoon. Strikes Against Relief Bill Provisions Ended (By Associated: Press) WASHINGTON, July 21.—; Works Progress Administration | Officials today declared the/ strikes against provisions of the; new Relief bill at an end and an-| nounced that concentration on! enforcement of all regulations} will now be undertaken. H | ‘tRy Axnociated Preas) BERLIN, July 21.—Adolf Hit- ler was today considering a new move by Engiand to alleviate the (Ry Axnnoelated Preand Present. war. tension in Europe by OKLAHOMA: CITY CITY,'a definite proposal calling for Okla., July 21.—The Rev. Ward cooperation along economic and Davis spoke to the janitor at his, military lines. ‘ church and suggested. he sweep! The proposal from England on the rolls throughout the com-/ nails _away. from, beside his came at a time when the’ Ger- ing year. church © building; because he: man press announced ‘that’ no— The latter regulation is prov-|thought they might puncture /one in Germany expected any ing of some cancern to adminis- | tires. . | war over the Danzig: situation— trators, too. Within the~ next} “Ail right,” said. the janitor, ‘rather that annexation of the onth 300,000 persons are to be | “but there'll ‘be more there to- ‘Polish free port would come by laid off to come within the scope| morrow. The pigeons toss them. Fall with peaceful measures. * of the new bill. Apportionate of! down.” 's . proposal |Nail-Threwing Pigeons | Cause Puncture Hazard: ooo ‘ concerns | The Rev. Davis thought he was guarantees. of . disarmament on being but said nothing the part of Germany in- return about it. Next day he bent over for huge loans to Germany to pick up another nail. One hit England for, Syancitig of | the: layoffs. will be made’ nation- | ctaiee Mame rough tae Tt bating whether or not to stage) caste hey New York state, it is re- demonstrations « against~. other , Ported. | The ‘bill ‘was first sponsored asi the House and Senate in quick :& result of reported political con-j order in order that an end of the |trol of WPA workers in various | present session may be effected. States and came as a_ result of; President Roosevelt today told Nn | charges sponsored bymany Senate — that. their defeated candidates:at the last ending the Neutrality bill had _. |national ‘election. ‘nipped in the bud a nice little | . Program, as \seheduled, was in| °'The:bill now goes to the Senate | business boom”.- He stated that | charge of the club's new Tail and quick passage -by that body it will take until next January to | Twister, Lion Jack Delaney. He'js expected with a possible few recover from the effect of plac- Presented several members ‘in a{minor amendments. “Conjecture ing embargoes on arms and am- Spizzerinkter program, featuring | runs high as to the. bill’s fate! munition to foreign nations. ; Most profuse discussions on such | when it reaches the White House. | Legislators were qui¢k in -an- profound subjects as “Why -Do|No comment from President swering. the charge, throwing Gentlemen Prefer Blondes”, “How | Roosevelt has been forthcoming | charges of war-profiteering lean- High Is Up?”, “How Long Is Alon the bill. ings at the president. Piece Of String?” and 3, the| action. in Opportunities Offered for Training By NYA Joe A.| learning under the most attractive eonditions. Onion”. As can be imagined, the Tail Twister was kept quite busy keeping club members in check during the discourses. Lions John Costar and Gerald Saunders reported the start of a new membership drive. Coop- eration: with the American Legion 5th Distriet Conference was fur-| ther discussed. : i icity given to investigations }the press that he had warned-the | izenship committee — chairman. | | grounds. {Lion Ketchum, gave an inspiring | falk on “Patriotism”. ‘This fea- jture follows the plan to present some similar topic at each club meeting—either in full: progrdm pane or-in a short presentation. during each: meet. Mayor. Willard M. Albury ad? | dressed the council relative to | the matter of so many lewd wom- en running afound the town, par- . | ticularly «frequenting beer and | wine saloons in which many of them are employed serving drinks to the public. as The mayor stated that as.a re- | sult of these practices that-many ‘eases of venereal diseaséS had }developed among many -of 4he | young men of the city, and offer- ed as proof for this that he -had been informed that there were’a large number of persons visiting | the clinic daily for tests and treat- ment along these lines... ‘The “mayor urged the council to pass an ordinance that would” grant him full power to rid the saloons . and other like places of this, up- jdesirable element, and also to |Fremedy other ‘existing conditions bearing on the situation. lextreme, and felt that urgent |steps should be taken at once.to ‘remedy the situation. The coun- Any youth accepted and sent | cil will meet within a few days-to provisions of the act. ‘The main} ,OveT 650,000 workers will be| provision that ‘caused recént | work-stoppages concerned ‘the! new hour. regulations calling for! Jcovery, ‘from effected in the enforced. ..vaca- ivi tion regulation, calling for .30; days layoff without. pay for all) projects can thi OPPOF- | efforts on their awn part become tunities for training are open for | sufficiently experienced at the occupation, t ived Mrs, Russell received a ed |take up the matter of adopting Parcnctaod that will ~ furnish..the to carry out his proposed program 130 hours of work each month. | Other provisions distasteful toi -laborers are the enforced vaca-! tion regulation and orders calling for general reduction of numbers} PRESCRIPTIONS Carefully Compounded. ling the effort to amend the Re- » | lief bill to kill some or all of the | new features proving Sead eh her sister, Mrs. Pe- mayor with the necessary power - private employ-| in cleaning up the city in this re- spect.