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

Associated: Press Day wire | Service For 59 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West ~~ SED Pa tt dE VOLUME LX. No. 174. Key West To Great Extent Wi Lions Meet In ashes Criminal Court. Disoses : * ‘ PITTSBURGH, Pa, July 24—/ -criminal Court gonvened this | member of the camp. He: was The last ‘ofder of busine: | morning on call by Judge William |also- given the same sentence as . a0 al ™ ly. Albury, who presided, with | the other two members of the annual convention of Lions In-} County Solicitor Allan B. Cleare, | camp. | Clerk C. Sam B. Curry and Chief) Last case.was that of Elizabeth ee this city | Deputy Sheriff Bernard Waite |J; Collins, who had been tried at through last weekend was the | present. ia previous. session of the court The session was brief as there and sentence had been deferred, were but three pleas of guilty to|and who at this time. entered a be heard and one case, ‘whith)plea of guiity on a charge’ of va- was déferred from a_ previous’ grancy. ion to be disposed of. Judge Albury recounted the ih- | First case was that of William|cidents, in this case, recalling. | Crawford, charged —with petit| that the accused ‘had been sent Great Number Of Delegates Will Come To This City Enroute To Convention | In Cuba in vote of the' membership for next | year’s convention site, which was chosen to be Havana, Cuba. Special Interest To. Key West CII PP SL SE e: 'VOTE TO EXTEND U.S. ‘HIGHWAY ‘ ‘i Leda haabenes. Prenas |MIAMI, July 24.-The Ami ncn Siaeeetiien state high: - geen Sage —— Jurie voted to extend: U. Highway. One from. Miami to Key West. This is' was stated © would become: effective January. 1. halantnthchraeathoateatheathed (Speeia! to The Citizen) . MIAMI, July: 24—Water. col-| lected off the.shores of Key West | at the southernmost point of the United ‘States will play a role a To : footsaperture at: the’ Musetim ‘o: Science: and Industry in aes | according to J. C, Delcamp,:man- ager of the Miami |this water to Chicago authori: ! ties, ‘Famous bodies of . water from | all Over. the world will contribute ; tojthe dedication in a unique christening ceremony> in which} ‘both Dr. Philip Fox, director of : the. Museum, and Charles B. |Nolte, president of Crane Co.,! ilonor of the valve, will officiate. | ‘Water. from the eastern and’ Key West, Ficrida, has the most equable climate in tie country; with an average range of only 14° Fahrenheit PRICE FIVE. CENTS tin \Firsi Of Contingent Will - | Begin Arriving Friday; Main.Group To Come“in On Saturday | | | { } Mr. Déleamp is sending a vial 0} F Reservations for hotel rooms [se tickets for the (Commander's Application -has nga received and will be cohnected on the bay. | Pine at La Concha Hotel, in- \by the .War. Department from | ward side of ‘the wharf making | dicated today to members of Ar- Charles Toppino, of Marathon, '2 une ee will be} thur Sawyer Post No. 28 that the jand ‘a copy at the office of The | braced and decked: with tubes! | Fifth District L Confe Citizen, for certain improvements ‘and the elevation of the deck is pene Comereees to be made at the Toppino pro-|to be approximately five fect |t0 be held here next Saturday and , > 4 CABINET GRIEF =, hemispheres will be kept | Petty at Marathon, as set forth | abave. the mean high water line. ' Sunday would be the ees It jlareeny of a pair of trousers from} out of the city three. times and one of his fellow members of the had returned to again get in the CCC at West Summerland Key. toils. The first time she had been | He was called to the~bar and en-| given $50 and sent out. of the Of special interest to South Piorida, especially to Key West, | is the choice of Havana, Cuba, as the 1940 ‘convention city for Lions international. Boca! Lions Club, upon hearing of the convention’s choice from its delegate, Everett R. Rivas, | who attended all sessions at Pitts- burgh, has started immediaté Preparations in a year-long pro- gram of properly taking advant- @me of the choice. ~dn line-With past the gathering is expected to draw. over 15,000. delegates from - all parts of the United States to the annual convention of Lions. Many. ef the delegates bring ‘Members of their families with them, so the total number in attendance will probably approach the 20,000; mark. _ Key: West Lions will make a strenuous"effort to see that a good | share of the Havana convention | delegates come. through-this city| on their way tq Cuba. ‘They feel | that the time is not too far off, to start preparations now aiming | at that eventuality: City’ and county agencies will be contacted later in effort to gain cooperation im the move ts bring the many} thousands ‘of: delegates over the} Overseas Highway into Key West for embarkment to Havana’ Na urally, the local club ‘plans al good representation in the Cuban | capital, also. | COMMERCE BODY MEETING ‘TODAY _RELATIVE TO PROPOSED: RE. | MOVAL OF ARMOUR AND COMPANY FROM CITY | An informative letter has bieut issued by the Chamber of Com-j merce and addressed to the va- rious handlers of meat in the city | by retail, calling their attention | to a meeting which is being held} in the office of the Chamber of Commerce this afternoon, begin- | tering his plea was sentenced to, county. The second time similar}. spend 31 days in the county jail,| treatment had been given, the dating from July 19. | money on each occasion being Next was the case of Blover I.) supplied by relatives. {V. Turner, another member of} The third time her fare had the camp, who was charged with} been paid out of the county by committing assault and battery the county and she had been giv- on another member, of the camp. | en two dollars with whieh to pro- His plea ‘of guilty was based on jure meals. She again c the factithat he had struck anoth- ; ans thi Albary seaneah fy ible for thé arrest of on lentes of 60 days in the ‘pane of his friends on the petit larceny | jail, dating from duly 5... eharge. The same ~ sentence, 31} It was ani od days dating “from July 19 was) bench that.2 would > be’ pronouticed. ‘taken™until 10 o’elock Saturday The final case of the men from; morning when court ‘would con- the camp was that~ of*Earl Wes-| | Wene for the purpose ‘of drawing ley Wade, “who acknowledged ‘a jury. to serve at the regular having taken .a-pair of trousers,|term of court which will con- valued at $2.50,. from another| vene’ Monday, July 31. Working In Interest Of Waterway Project MAN SHOT AT ROCK HARBOR 3c tae |COUNTY SOLICITOR LEAVES Commerce this’ morning. “In the letter published in Th _TO MAKE INVE! “Our friends in Washington are staying right with us on that pro- tected . waterway.” from « Balila | yeit indicated'that he would take! \¢ personal interest in the ‘mat-_ ~ iter, which is only that one would County Solicitor Allan ‘B. expect from a8 keen a small | Cleare, Jr., left over the highway j Yacht sailor as is our President, this” afternoon to, investigate a “Now comes a telegram from | eported shooting affair at Rock ‘ Senator Pepper with more en- Harbor, advices concerning which CoUr@gement. The telegram reads: were telephoned to the office of ; peg oan a4 0 Se Sheriff Thompson, by Peace Jus- |“ ‘Chamber of Commerceg tice E. R. Lowe, of Tavernier. |“ ‘Key West, Fla. } ae "y It was ‘said that some alterca- ‘Have just been informed ‘by Citizen recently, ‘President Roose-! | tion had arisen over the question jof land boundaries and Eugene S. Engineers office as follows: ‘The report.on waterway © from MEMBERS oF PARLIAMENT IN LONDON ARE CALLING'a FOR CHANGES AND DiIs- _ MISSALS thy Ansoe! LONDON, July The polit. ical rumpus stirred up in Eng-' land over the weekend is thre: to; calise Chief. ‘reason for the “rdmapus” | is: the: unofficial action taken. by: Robert $ Hudson, sectetary. of! the overseas trade department, |* in /di ing trade ‘agreethents with Dr, Hélmuth Wohltat;-Ger- many 9 e United States press, Mes negdaetibiek were for ‘a res ported loin of one billion pounds be Germany, which was designed to shift Germany from a war-time to'a peace-time basis, calling for sitet steps to stop all con- Nazis. by the British. Prime Minister Chamberlain Fbronght much force into his de- {nunciation of -seeretary Hudson's tacts, although other members of {the cabinet.pointed out that. the secretary,:was perfecly: within his. jrights:if.-discussing such — pro- 85, ‘ ‘aggression with possible handing over of some colonies to |phasizing..the negotiations. too }much,, bringing on the false sit: ion, of making >the moves. to. ppear at least’ semi-official. Chamberlain realized that his{ enemies both at home bay phere abroad | « would immediately ; such maneuvering, if such really existed, as further appeasement attempts on his part. That is the reasoh, according to reports from London, why he strongly. offsets any. rumor that the negotiations are official. ~ |valves over liquids and gases ic expert, As report- | templated acts of expansion and| the |detlared last evening that he e press was accused of BS hater ‘ate and joined in the. dedi-! ceremony in recognition of ithe fact that this valve is one of ‘type originally built for use at the Panama Canal. ! “The rite is designed .to sym-' bplize the control exercised by. t erever they have been put to, e service of man. Museum of- expect that several months wil be required to collect nples of water from. all sate PRESENT GOV. LONG “* SAYS HE WILL.DO AS LATE BROTHER DID LOUISIANA’S CHIEF EXECU- TIVE WILL FOLLOW HUEY (KINGFISH) LONG'S FOOT- STEPS { t ij (Ry Ansoctated Poet _ BATON ROUGE, La., July 24.— Goy. Earl K. Long of this state would, in all likelihood, follow closely in his dead brother’s foot- steps in framing future policies. { Widespread. interest. in, the! declaration was manifested by politicians, not only in Lauisiana, but elsewhere, as it was “under~ stood that the new governor} to the late Huey “King- ‘fon Long's: poli¢ysof “share ‘ wealth’... Governor: Earl’ wag: in’ to his illustrious broth- er many: times when he was alive and battling for his cause. Cheering to many ae interpret; henchmen of the Kingfish is the ‘The state press was attacked by, ‘Governor Long in his release. | “My brother. may have been} times, but the ‘errors; rather than of; ‘would hold to his former anta-} SOUTH STREET in the following description. is not, proposed to hold a To maintain an existing. wharf | iinet hearing on this applica- cossful such event ever held here and to construct an addition ‘tion and any one desiring to pro- thereto. The existing- wharf is test the work from the stand-|>¥ the American Legion in Key eight feet wide extending 50 feet | ; Point of its interference with or West, bayward of the shoreline and’; | effect on navigation, should sub- ‘terminates at its outer end is an’ mit such protest in writing with Officials of thet Florida dapat unbalanced “T-head eight feet reasons sufficient to permit “in-'™ent, American Legion, will ‘be- wide and 98 feet long measured. telligent Soe to. the gin registering at headquarters, normal to the shore approach of’ District Engineer, U. Engi- La Concha, the wharf. {ncer’s office in Jacksonville in| groan of Lesianeirs a ee The, ‘proposed addition, will be time to. be received before’ b t men: the same as the existing wharf; August 1, 1939. j bers of the Auxiliary units from cist] aS East Coast. points are ex- | pected: Satarday; ' For a ‘single registration. fee to ;be charged members of the Le- ; gion, the Auxiliary and their guests, Key Westers and visitors | will be entitled to participate in (Se dance. and entertainment at | Pena’s Garden of Roses Saturday night; in the sightseeing. tour | Sunday; in the Conchtown din- |ner at Fort Taylor Sun@4y"after- Regimental Band Left City Yesterday Morning = eee Leaving on the 7 o'clock bus, been organized in Key West yl ates arid the; ett! esen- yesterday morning . for Miami, George Mills White, supervisor of tabioor, ae aT eercten were 21 members of the « Regi-| the Federal Music Project in Key The Commander's Dinner is a mental Band ofthe 265th Coast | West. separate event to give the gener- Artillery, Florida National Guard; | It) was os a recent meeting of/al public of Key West oppor- en_ route to their. homes having | the band that Mr. LaMonaca an-| tunity to attend and to weleome finished their tour Of duty at.the| nounced his offer of three | the Legionnaires and Auxiliary- encampnient of the -F..N. G. at) medals, gold, silver and bronze! igtes, The dinner will be served Fort Taylor: \for efficiency in performance, | beginning at 8 p. m. Saturday at Leaving over the highway was’ sight reading of music and at-|La Concha air-conditioned dining Warrant Officer Caesar La-|tendance at rehearsals: _ The | room, Preceeding it will -be-a ,Monaca, director of the. band, /period over which the competi-| hand concert at Fleming and Dis- who expressed. himself as having | tion: will run will be six months | Val streets by the WPA Hospital- great interest in the newly.or-|at the end of which time the! jity Band. During the dinner mu- ganized Boys’. Band, which ii asa will be made. |sie will be futnished — by Gould Curry's orchestra and entertaifi- ers. Honored guests will be William Brooker, ‘Pampa, Florida depart- |m@nt commander of the Ameri- can. Legion; Dick Evans, South- ern College; Lakeland; former national chaplain of the Forty jand Eight, Legion service orga: | zation; State Department “Adjut- ant Howard Rowton, Palatke; B. |GBrack) Cantrell, Fort Lpidder- jdale, Fifth District. commande: |Mrs. Daisy Whitehead, . Tami Mayor Willard M. Albury who Legion department i | Mrs. Edward K. Westfall, Miami. iiss cecenilly, reruenees om. $0 Fifth District vice president. . seta eey 2 ais Aina tatathe yo yO Cals. Meeting To City’s Welfare jinterview with sie Schroeder, Congressman. Pat Cannon; PROPERTY SOLD A substantial improvement for ° vi ami; State Representative Hernie C. Papy; Mayor Willard Me~ Ad | H. Edley had been shot in the | foot by W. B. Sawyer. ‘The lat- © ee ee ic ae be brought to the city this eve-. Miami to. Key West, Fla... was : forwarded by. paptaiger to h authority *ander date of: ning at 3. o'clock. Major contents of the letter) advise ‘of the serious loss which | will occur.to the city if the | ning. branch of Armour and Company | "78 is removed, and this action is now | Tt is set forth that the move- ment may be averted if sufficient | interest is manifested on the part | of the meat. cutters of the «city, whe are being invited tb attend) this meeting and discuss the mat-. ter from evéry: standpoint: ’ The letter concli 4 "The} whole city is inte! you. es- | pecially, if we can aid You in any way toward concerted action, we/ are at your service”. . | =e PRESCRIPTIONS Compounded By | ay-ithe South Beach ‘or Martello : MacMullen, US. members of local civic bodies and |of army forces here; Lieut: Fort has issued a call for’a meeting Callahan, officer in charge of Key West naval station; Commander tobe held 7:30 o'clock <in’ the i744. tai1ton, US. Coast Guard: Olevening of Wednesday, July 26 Dr A. P. Rubino; surgeon’ «in ini’ the rooms of the Chamber of charge, Marine hospital; “Hon. \chief of engineers may diregt ) Survey without bok aro ne per? Senate’ Dre: 18. Ceillign and inpittier, ee Mrs. Thos, C. Pent, who had been our sponge fishermen have lspending’ Several "weeks visiting placed is recelving’” careful - andj their