The Key West Citizen Newspaper, July 28, 1939, Page 1

Associated Press Day Wire Service For 59 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West Che VOLUME LX. No. 178. Council Orders For All City. Em Other Matters Heard At Special Meeting Con- * ducted Last Night. At City Hall The City Council, at a special meeting held last night, ordered that a payroll be made for all city employes to the emouni of one month‘s salary. The funds have been made available through a loan obtained from the First Na- tional Bank to the amount of $5,800. This was brought about in con< nection with a resolution, which was adopted at, the meeting last night, ‘Payment of the loan will be made out of the first available funds taken in by the city. The matter of the council ap- pointing a group of fifty persons to solicit pledges and make col- lections of funds in connection with WPA projects sponsor con- tributions was taken up, but it was shown that all of those who had béen contacted and requested to perform this service were not favorable to the matter, It_ was then decided that the council would furnish one collec- tor to handle all pledges inthe matter sent in to the city. There were a few, other mat- ters of, minor importance discuss- ed.during thé.session,- i an adjournment. was! orderéd. VETERANS WILL MEET IN’ MIAMI (Spccint to The Citizens MIAMI, July 28.—All veterans of the Dixie (31st) Division are urged to attend (or send in their names) at meeting of the newly- formed Dixie Division -Associa- tion to be-held at the McAllister Club House, 2824 S.W, 16th St. Miami, Fia., 5:00 p: m., Sunday, duly 30, 1939, to become charter members. The Dixie. Division comprises the troops of Florida, Alabama and Georgia, who were stationed at Camp Wheeler, Macon, Ga; before. going overseas. All those who were members of this division, whether or not they served their entire enlist- ment period in the division, are invited. Several thousand veter- ans in Florida are eligible, At this meeting plans will be laid to enroll comrades’in Ala- bama and Georgia. This announcement was made by John B. Williams, president, P.O. Box 643, Miami, Fla. CRIMINAL COURT MEETS SATURDAY Criminal Court for. the July term will meet tomorrow morn- ing at 10-o’clock in ‘the county court house and Judge William V. Albury will draw the names of 36 qualified jurors to serve, County Solicitor Allan B. Cleare said today there are six and possibly seven cases to be tried at this term,.and the most important is that of W. B. Saw- yer, chargedwith shooting Eu- gene Edley, Monday, at Rock Harbor. ak Mr. Edley has been returned to his home from the hospital at Homestead, and Mr. Cleare told The Citizen he ‘was expected to arrive in Key West some time tomorrow, Rotary Club Luncheon Filled With Exuberance Exhilarated by the, return of crawfish to the menu and_ the safe arrival of the two Russels, Melvin and Everett, from the Ro- tary Assembly, which ..was, held at Orlando this week, and keyed to a still higher pitch of enthus- iasm by W. Curry Harrjs’, prod- igal distribution of cigars in hon- or of Miss Harris, a fecent ar- irival at the Harris home, laughs and lunch alternated at the Ro- tary meeting yesterday. One lone visitor struggled through ‘the rigors of the main- land climate to come ashore on this little Island and bask in the benediction of the trade winds. This was E. M. McCallister, of Miami; classification, telephone. / ence adds weight to the delibera- tions of the club; ‘Thursday and it is expected that Ernest Ramsey will be present with a resume of great interest. Dr. Morgan brought to the at- tention of the club. the Amer- lican’ Legion’s Commander’s Ban- {quet at the La Concha Hotel | Saturday. night, and Sebastian | talk in. his stop-over at the World’s Fair on ‘his return from the Cleveland Convention. On Monday, July 31, there will be held.at 7:30 p. m. in~® the {Chamber of Commerce Rooms a ;Club Assembly ,for the purpose | Maneuvers in Italy and Germany seription of 55,000 more young | back to the local organization a | Committees /df considering matters discussed | * The report will be heard next | Cabrera, Jr., gave an interesting | ERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN THE U..S. A. KEY WEST, FLORIDA, FRIDAY, JULY 28, 1989 | : (By Press) = | ESTER, Minn., Jiily 28. his brother's: death: A. relapse —Death today came to Dr. Will }:was. suffered ‘at that time from i at the ‘age of 78 years. | wi the last of the two world- ; The followed . by two |xeriowned ‘surgeons failed to re- {monthg the death of Dr. Charles} cover. Mayo, both famous ‘surgeons/: ’The clinic -will continue to founders of the clinic. that’ bore }opérate under terms of the char- their name in this city. ter*made when it was established Before. Dr. Charles’ death, Dr. |-by'the two doctors. One surgeon Will had undergone a. major ‘bearing the Mayo name will be | opera and was _ progressing ‘with the clinic, Dr. C. jsatiata ry until news came of|W.’ Mayo, son of Dr. Charles. fo bt an pe Weintraub Relates a Jaycee Convention LONDON, July 28—“Guns{Freneh and British navies in six-| Returning recently from, the}Smaller City” by Hanley Pogue, over Europe” echoed throughout |Prise~ attacks, and chances of}National Convention of United , Orlando, Fla., “Small Town Mem- several ations today, but the|®*®PPing the French should they States Junior. Chamber of Com-| bership Problems” by John Un- | es, { “ - }dtive.into Italy througn the Alps.! merce i .|derwood; Mount, Vernon, Ga., i blasts were all in war games, }¥ England reported a new con-jdore Le Welnetul be brougee ("Maintaining Interest “Through ” by Roswell Rosen- lo, N. Y.,. “Attendance itimulation” by Davison - Potter, witnessed’ thousands of troops practicing their parts in. more se-) men, bringing the total of armed wealth of information for use in| tem Bu According to President Wm. V. Little’s account of the trip to Or-j}preparing plans for the coming lando, it was made notable by/year. All officers,» chairmen. of the failure to find a consort for| committees and as many ‘mem- one of the greatest members of, bers as can come are expected to the organization, one whose pres-' be present. lat the District Assembly and | to new peacetime high |j ‘rious efforts,-which will comé/ievels. More “blackouts” have a" ehaeg ae . a henge of Flint, Michigan, “A Constant jshould the diplomats not be gble ordered, in: practice against! Mr, Weintraub left Key West ;Membership Level” by Harmon to hold their followers in check, | ait raids. throughout the isle, and'on June 13 for Miami, where he | Rowe, Sacramento, California. Tl Duce apparently cared not be srnipe barages in London have'joined the Miami delegation). At thé Keynote Luncheon held who witnessed the Italian. navy; seen, supposedly in defense |‘phis group ‘was . increased ait (in the Tulsa Coliseum, a welcome and army manetivers being con-, tanéuvers against invading air-' along the route by delegates \2ddress was given by the gover- ducted in the Mediterranean Sea} raft. from the various Florida . cities|"0r of Oklahoma, Leon C. Phil- and along the. boundary line be-}.;Crisis time, as described by the! and in Orlando a motorcade was | lips, and by Mayor Penny of Tul- tween his country and France.German. press, is still two or! formed, which headed for Birm- |S? In City To Attend Conference |Complete Program Of Va- rious Events Beginning Saturday Published’ | Herewith i | As the vanguard of delegat, |and officials of The American | Legion began arriving today for |the Fifth District Legion Gonfer- lence, Arthur Sawyer Post No. 28, | host organization, announced *the jcommpeeee program of events for | tomorrow and Sunday. | Saturday’s ‘events | grammed as follows: ' Registration beginning’ at- 9 w m. at headquarters, Hotel La |Concha. Those not taking tooms jat La Concha will be escorted by !Boy Scouts to Overseas Hotel, \Land’s End Hotel, Corai Isle Ho- | tel, Ocean View Hotel or any | | are: ~pro- Japanese Are TOKIO, July..28.—The Jap- ahese. marked ‘time ‘ today, "pre- ferring not to make any hasty ahswer to the announcement by the United States of abrogation of the 1911 trade treaty. However, Tokio was. preparing a communication to the U. S. State - Department demanding recognition of the Japanese con- quest of China.’ ‘ England was much cheered by the treaty abrogation announce- ment and was reported as con- sidering the same action should In Answering U. S. On ~Trade Treaty Question (By Associated Press) the results of the conference con- cerning the Tientsin blockade condition not benig satisfactory to her. Chinese officials were elated at the U. S. action—word ’ having spread to all parts of the em- pire. Disappointed over the Observers from all leading Euro~|three weeks off. Meanwhile, |ingham, Alabama. pean nations were on hand. { guage the might of the Italiag war machine. Aff Maneuvers of Mussolini's and navy. were. re] ly, ai at chances overcoming bach fom its preparatory to © an- si nouficement of the triple alliance | Strong’ diplomatic efforts are be- Arriving . th Saturd: dng pushed to complete final ar- ae Sat ay night, the Birmingham Jaycees surprised the Florida delegates i with’ an elaborate “banguet » and - England, . France..and is, marked the i ieee tis % British failure to take a strong} stand against the Japanese, the Chinese are pleased at the abro- gation news, stating that the ac- tion bears out the long existi feeling of faith. in -America's good _ intentions »- towards the Chinese. Schrode Among W Certain changes in the person- nelof the Works Progress Admin- istration forces in Key West are to be made, but what they will ‘be were not announced today by Roy Schroder, Florida Administrator, who arrived on a Coast Guard plane from Miami this. morning. Shortly after noon, Mr. Schro- der was a caller at the of- fice of The Citizen to mect old | friends of his, who met him on his visit to Key West last July, and this time, as ‘on the previous visit, Mr. Schroder was given a hearty welcome. He .was accompanied by Rex Wilson, field enginer; who «has been in ithe city since Wednesday checking up on all projects for the purpose of furnishing Mr. Schroder with'a complete review of the accomplishments on the different phases of the work in ‘this area. x It was while discussing the work and the projects now under way that Mr. Schroder said that there would -be some changes: made in the forces in Key West, but was not ready at this time to say precisely what» they were. } Mr. Schroder said that it was the \ intention of Mr.. Wilson to re- r Says Several Changes: Are Planned PA Personnel; | Several 4 pba jand preparing new projects and to get things in Key West run- ning smoothly, is the intefition of the ad- ministrator to’: remain .in Key he will bea guest of the Arthu the Commander’s Dinner, to ‘be held in the La Coneha Hotel. Coroner. Ex-Officio Franklin Arenberg to investigate the death of Walter L. Carter, engineer on met. this C to. meet again 2:30 o'clock, w/ Wednesday. morning was approxima’ from Key West. ~ brought ashore at this Speaking of Mr. Wilson's visit) out’ to Members to serve were: West until tomorrow night when Sawyer Post American Legion at} CONSIDERS MATTERS RELA- TIVE TO ANTARCTIC EXPEDITION = i) | { (Ry Nendciated: Prony | NEW YORK CITY, July 28.— The National Research Council met today to consider the antare- tic expedition -being planned by. ‘Rear Admiral Richard E. Byrd bor the purpose of claiming land) for. the’ United States i phe south pole. - g : Up for, discussion is the claim recently made by Germany to ap: proximately 130,000 square miles of land “at the bottom of the: t } plans to sail on enepne coe $ coming Fall. { }! i able events given the Florida ~ fea all along their route to Isa. , Florida, Alabama and Tennes- see delegates arrived at their destination on Tuesday, June 13, and. _ immediately began work of publicizing Florida. Florida delegates erected . a “Citrus Booth” in the center of convention headquarters and dur- ing the life of the convention 3 f ‘the series of enjoy- Changes in the rank of the arload of orrange and grapefruit personnel’ of - the Highthouss Besides distributing over 1,000 branch of the Coast Guard Serv-! copies of the “Jaycee News”, Mr. jice, and which will become effec. | Weintraub gave out over 1,500 |tive August 1, have been listed at Copies of the Key West Guide headquarters as follows: Book and distributed : these 1 to z ‘ very room in both h Charles Mackey, third assistan lene atverion ihe rig ly wiitre, keeper at Dry Tortugas; will be Also, Mr. Weintraub ‘carried transferredto American Shoals along copies. of The Key West light as first assistant keeper, | Citizen Souvenir Edition telling and James O. Duncan, first om | Oh at ree ne Overtens at . Mhonia” bas way and p) em in the 4 ea ciewed- to ibi ‘ius ‘ot hands of those persons interested been Posi jin malsing-a. tripsover the’ highs ay. 2.7 * Benjamin. H.. Lowe, _ assistan’ aie’ rare ache of the hotels, keeper at Sanibel Island light , Weintraub placed large signs will be advanced to the position! Which read: “Key West In The ‘of keeper, taking the place caused ‘Nation’s Spotlight”. Any person by the retirement of Keeper “Siné the elevators could ‘not pos- | Richard Pal ES tia: Wades isibly. miss reading these as they Will be tilled by the transfer of (Y°Te Prominently displayed. {Second Axsistant Keeper Joe B.! Ps jagsm Rec! gt = ce fas , as pl on the Na- if hay the position of assistant tional Awards Committee. Mr. eeper: ‘eintraub says this was quite a job and “we spent more than two anda half days making out re- ‘Ports and seeing those those de- serving would receive their just Hall, | At the conclusion of business on Tuesday, the . delegates. were ‘taken on sightseeing trips to | Woolrac Ranch and Pawhuaka (Indian Pow Wow. The Woolrac Ranch contains a Jarge zoo and tremendous museum, which aa Dia ated. to ity keeper at Carysfort Light, will ‘advance Leonard B. Galloway,: their } gave away to the. delegates’ a! Feature oft the program was |°% n address by J. Edgar Hoover, | ©’ jdirector of the. United ‘States !Federal Bureau of Investigation. | ‘Wednesday’s entertainment in- @luded*a Tea Dance at ‘the. Hotel, Pulsa and a dinner party at the {Crystal City Amusement Park. Main speaker at the Thursday {session was Harold Stassen, 31- year-old governor of Minnesota. 'T. A. Alfred: Fleming, conserva- {tion director of the New * York ‘Fire Underwriters Board, was an- other speaker on this program. | | Entertainment for’ the day. in- |cluded Olmypic pictures, barbe- !cue and rodeo and dance at Hotel | Mayo. Friday’s evénts included ad- ; dresses by Lieut. Franklin Kreml, |director of Northwestern Uni- {versity Traffic Institute, and Rob- yert G. Kline, Asst. General Coun- ‘sel of the Securities and Ex-| change Commission, Washington, Spotlight on Friday’s: program , was focused by Elliott Roosevelt, ‘president of the Texas, State Net- work and son of the President of the-United States. Convention’ goncluded on Fri- ‘day with electfon of officers and selecti of Washington, D. C., as the. t_ convention city. | When Casting his: vote for the next president, Mr. Weintraub gave. his home ‘town .a_ boost wher he made mention of the fact that Key West, the southern- most city in the United States, was represented. Mr. Weintraub points out that Florida’ ‘Teceived - two national awards at this convention, one {being second place for state achievement, the Giesenbier award, and the. other the Harold Marks award for state publica- tions. On Saturday night the Inaugu. ral Address was made by the new president, Perry Pipkin, of Mem- phis, Tenn. and a Convention Ball held. Instead of going to the World's Fair-at the conclusion of the con- {vention, Mr. Weintraub decided jto go to th® mountains in the party .with Tom Smith, state president, and Mrs. Smith to re- recuperate after a stren- | 1 i | E R her place chosen by the visi- rs. | Band concert by the WPA hos- ‘pitality band from the baleony of ‘La Concha Hotel, beginning at t Pp. ™m.. “Commanders Dinner, to which the general public has been in- vited, at La’ Concha Hotel, begin- ning at 8 p. m. | Dance and -entertainment at Pena’s Garden of Roses will begin at 10 p.m. fa | Sunday program is ag follows: | A. M.—Meeting of the mem- |bers of Forty & Eight, Légion |service organization, at-La*"Con- |cha Hotel. | 10 A’ M—Fifth District ,Con- ference of the American Legion |at Monroe Theater. | 10 A. M.—Fifth District Gonfer- ‘ence of the American Legion | Auxiliary at Palace Theater. Noon—Joint meeting of the Le- gion and Auxiliary at Monro | Theater. 4 | 2 P..M—Conthtown Diiiier Bt }Fort :Taylor. The Legionnaites and their guests will use the. Di- vision street entrance to the fort. 4 P. M—Official “sightseeing ‘tour, with free admissions ‘to Key West Tropical Aquarium, Thomp- json Turtle Crawls. and__other. points. For the Commander’s ‘Dinner Saturday night.. Toastmaster A. |M. Morgan, also general ’ chair- iman of the host post arrgnge- lments committee, has annowneed |the following program: pee | One verse of “America”. by. the ‘assemblage, accompanied ~ by _ Gould Curry’s Orchestra andy | guest artists. | Prayer by the Rev. Arthur’ B. \Dimmick, rector of St. Pauls Episcopal Church. ee “Welcome to Key West”.~by | Mayor Willard M. Albury.” ~~ Response by B. (Brack)..Can- 'trell, Fort Lauderdale, command ie of the Fifth District, Florida Department, American Legion | Music by the orchestra. a | Introduction of distinguished |guests by the toastmaster. “ATL jofficials of the American Legion, ithe Auxiliary, city and ‘couhty jofficials, army, navy and coast guard officers, and leading citi- zens will be introduced, Vocal selection by a guest art-. jist.