The Key West Citizen Newspaper, July 31, 1939, Page 1

Associated Press Day Wire Service For 59 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West THE SOUTHERNMOST. N&.WSPAPER VOLUME LX. No. 180. Key West D b Large Contingent Exceed-| H Hl Id [| ingly -Delighted With! f Ul . F ) Courtesy Shown By a tire Citizenry “To Key West—May it oe | Felipe Carbonell, proprietor of grow less enchanting and allur- anid ee Pere oe ring Convention faces were partly hidden by. |a saloon on Greene street, was ing: for every indusf: that it/held up and robbed about. 2 ee z are H o’clock this morning just as he ‘handkerchiefs, and they went! through their victims ‘clothes and ; got everything on his person, in- | t IN THE C U. S.A. KEY WEST, FLORIDA, MONDAY, JULY 31, 1939 |oneagen SPITE FACT THAT 25 YEARS, HAVE ELAPSED SINCE! - LAST CONFLICT | sBy Associated Pron) ithe World War broke out. As if} }date, diplomats of Europe moved. to strengthen allied lines against. the threat: of a still greater World War. " Moscow, for the avowed purpose} of ‘concluding’ the triple alliance between England, France and agreement on.all questions of the alliance, At the same time, the war. department released particu- lars of.the hnge naval maneuvers ito commence this week with the ibase of operations at the conflu, ence of the North and Baltic seas.+ ' Italy is in the midst of army} i.Russia, prepared to agree or force | i : H i Robbed This Morning: GME LE ELE IE EES wD ; five yeats ago this past weekend, | { in observance of that memorable -- British delegates left today for! i FOR SECRETARY i { Key West, Florida, has the most equable climate in the country; with an average range of only 14° Fahrenheit PRICE FIVE CENTS 1s Loca PA Supervisor: Other Changes: Are ade, Her (Roy Schroder, State- Ad- | miinistrator, Advised The Citizen Saturday Of Pro- posed Action Resignation of B. Curry: Mo- supervisor of the | | } | ' |reno, area leses may 20 more come to take its place. To the people’ of Key | West—May they increase in num-! bers, in prosperity and happiness. | stepped“ from his automobile which he had parked on an alley near his home. The robbers got approximately $3, although at the time the hold up was made} Mr. Carbonell thought he had cluding his*watch and a bundle | #94 navy haeiae te aha a of notes and written items which |™#ny, likewise, has called for Mr. Carbonell believes they general maneuvers in all branches thought was money. .of her military machine. Mr. Carbonell did not realize; Se much for Europe. eae : CONVENES TODAY (By Aswoerted Press) July 31.—Se-j the riots broke out, and incidents ‘rious. trouble developed. today at ,0f tear-gas bombs. and general | the General Motors’ Fisher Body ;@ttempts to bts pe the riots’ Works in this city when riots) “ore reported. ct PO eh 6 were injured in the melee, some broke out between members of seriously. | | CLEVELAND, WPA, which was tendered last Saturday Roy Schroder, State Administrator, will becontfe effective tomorrow, Mr. Schroder advised The Citizen afternoon to ‘mands the. main attention, as pre- that their haul was as light as it! In the Far. East, Japan tom- i CASES SET FOR TRIAL the CIO picket lines surrounding | No progress has been reported To Arthur Sa Post of Key |More money on his person. {turned out to be until he en- : i j ‘i ‘ sj a occa or He left his place of business tered the house and said he had/ Parations are being made to force West—May its 1940 membership | shortly after 1 o'clock and when. been robbed, when he was told Several unsatisfactory demands : Py i : : 2 s that of 1939 .,|driving towards home he saw a that a roll of money he often|Upon England in the ‘blockade | ings to go to work. : |mobile Workers union to force Sp eae scored large car apparently following. carries had been left under his ‘situation along the Chinese coast. Criminal Court convened this' Police were called into the ‘recognition of: various claims on grow in the esteem of the people|him but paid little attention, as pillow when he took a nap | To prepare for any eventuality, | morning at 10. o'clock in. the Scene early this morning whes General. Motors, | DURING WEEK : ers attempting to enter the build- called by the CIO United Auto- the factories and non-union work-'in the effort to settle the strike, | Saturday. Contrary to statements which have been made to the effect that Mr. Morefio had been re- oe he had no idea that he was the; t SF Ror Meet jobjéct of robbery, and did not: That was the utterance of Wil-|Tealize that he was the object of liant C. Brooker, of Tampa, com-|@ny such attempt until he step- earlier in the afternoon and left Great Britain has sent/out ques- % without it. a |tionnaires to all her colonies on 1 Seatr yg ay bh thai Today he said that a friend had the question’ of cooperation ; William V. : D g, picked-up the notes and a few Should abrogation of trade agree-; County Solicitor Allan B. Cleare, mander of the Florida Depart- ped from his car and a_ short business bills\and ‘other items ,™ments with Japan be decided Chief Deputy Sheriff Bernard ment, the American Legion, last; Stout person ordered him, in which the robbers thought con- Upon. ries Waite, Clerk:C. Sam B. Curry, night when asked by The Citizen English, with Spanish accent, to tained money, which had been! Japanese authorities proceded | 4 “a number of attorneys to make a statement regarding Stand and hand over his cash, at found on south beach this mo: ati. further along jthe line of} ERS Key West’s greeting to the 300|the same time pressing» a gun’ ing. ‘Two valuable rings which|‘fuling the Orient” when the j Present Shas: ; Legionnaires and members.of the | againstbis, abdomen. [he wéars, qne.on,. either hand,’ Press authorized to release edi-} »Members jury, whigh Auxiliary whe-attended the fifth|.There.was..a companion with .were. also. saved: ‘torials. setting -up- England, -Rus- ; ~ Baburday.” were district conference Saturday and! the whe: is described as"ay sat, @ he Had them off sia and the United States as’ the: present; with a few exceptions Sunday. {tall person, but neither of them arid threw them’ in the car just “common enemy” of ~Japan.,who could not be located, and “This visit we have jtist made | could be recognized because their before the holdup was stafted. jue the reasons. for so: term-| the required~legal-questions re- | .L. A’ Sampley, Grand Master , of 1.0,0.F., for the State of Flor- ida, is expected to pay his ‘of- ficial visit to the local lodges and ‘will arrive on August 7. There are two American lodges:and one Cuban_lodge in Key - West, and his visit-here will be part of the itinerary including visits to every lodge in the state, covering a period of two months. Grand Master Of Odd cial are: For Americ; Lodges Equity No. 13 and Key -West} No. .70,. Chas. H. Ketehim, Frank O. Weech ‘and. R.-B.. Carry, and for ‘Cuba’ Lodge No. - 15y, Pedro Aguilar; Matio’P. Rolo and Jose ©. Fernandez. | © ei ‘Grand Master Sampley will ar- rive in-Key West in the morning, | make the official visits to the| three lodges and in the evening will be guest of horior at a ban- They immediately got in con-j S. W. Wheeler, non-support of Members of the committed In_ the ganization who had been. attend- | cere j ing the three great. nations was garding the individual qualifica- pay if ee aten ee A ~ —~ |the insistence that all had acted. tions had been asked and excuses Brooker declired. “My. wife andi » ey jto favor China in the undeclared | aecépted “by the court, the I are so smitten by the city that} bore Weeeepen. 5 4 mow ceaular wii. special we lah 10: apebd “uk seccuat | Uae Me RT HS eG Htotalled . 24 who were sworn in honeymoon here, The. city ts| ‘= 4 | Ne tai siiidine . sount well en the road to recovery, the) a =. lacie oct gr agp ang ee citizens have proved their fine | DE ie \ ( Sioa a gp porere: Fonte spirit of friendliness and hospi- : : “TURNED DOWN ‘2s at ye cllows: ace “tality and the members of Ar-! : oreo pena an thur Sawyer Post outdid them- | { rear agar wie estos gp selves in staging the most en-/ RELA’ pal i ic 3 joyable district conference I ever | es | ‘ae bisecting ton, SOE: Ret aioe Seniar attended, It was great—and we| Members of the Cuban Navy, TIONS CARRIED ON IN ae cas Pde a th Participated | Band which had been attending’ nection, with the Cuban govern- | Not to be outdone, B. (Brack) bette aa eee cae ga vougpaleer ers a - Lisarancn'ae Cantrell. of Fort \Laviderdale,| give several concerts at the}ey West and that a government commander of the fifth district,| world’s Fair in. New York, left) Vessel would be sent to this port | stated positively that no district | Key West yesterday morning on to take on the musicians and: conference ever held in Florida, | the Gunboat Patria, which was other members ofthe Lions or- so far as he knew, had ever been | sent .to this port to get them. so “wonderfully successful from | when, the band returned from| ing the convention from Cuba. ‘every viewpoint”, | their ‘visits. tin“ Pittsburgh and' It was learned this morning at Tf was away above our fond- |New York they reached Miami the. Cuban Consulate that ‘there’: est. expectations”, Commander | and there learned of the strike on were approximately. 80 members Cantrell said... “Arthur Sawyet} the line of the’ P. and. S. S.\of the band, about 35 members Post, the “American Legion Aux- Co, and that) there. was no sail-'of%the Lions Club. and a few iliary of Key. West and. the citi- ing of a vessel to Cuba and-prob- others, who boarded the Patria quet held that night. morning hé will take his depar- ture over the highway. LOUISIANA wife and minor child, will be designated to arrange for the en- heard Wednesday. ! fi f the. visiting offi- | Jésus _ Fernandez, who PP aaa pie oF eae Se me ? (By Andociated Presa) {charged with: having in his pos- | BATON ROUGE, La., July 31. Session crawfish during the mr WPA OFFICIAL —The Citizen's Committee ‘were hibited season, Thursday. (Wa turned down today by Governor _ Case of W. B: Sawyer, alias | vis n 6 Earl Long in their request to Blondie, charged with shooting | place all affairs of the investiga- ,Eugene,Edley, at Rock Harbor, | Arthur Steed, superintendent of timekeepers of the WPA for the tions now going on in the hands has been set for trial.on Friday. | of a yirtual receiver. | Bier ae oe ainajaees fea pose Goy, Long fought off the sug- sounded e cases set, Judge gestion on the score that the ma- Albury. announced. that court John: Phelan, master of the [here j through yesterday afternoon, teft |moved from office, Mr, Schroder said that the resignation of the j Supervisor had been personally | receiwed by him and read: “Please accept my. resigna- tion as supervisor of WPA for the Key West area, effec- tive July 31, 1939". Others whose activities are not associated with the WPA. in this... H | Here ‘safety representative, ‘area are: Les Warren, assistant state who. was advised that the office had been abolished in this area, hence the necessity of his removal. Fred O. Eberhardt, timekeeper Supervisor for the area. of, Monroe county, -has been notifie@ of his transfer, . which: will: be'jrade.ef- fective in about two Weeks, or as sooh as the period)of training has been completed #6r his: successor, who will be hamhed< within the next few days, Other changes, which are. con- templated in this area, will be announced and notices issued to the effected parties as soon as they have been sanctioned by ; Mr. Schroder. who was morning The administrator, from Friday 5:30 o’cloéck over the highway for Miami, and after a brief stop will go to Jacksonville. ‘LODGE OFFICERS zens: pf Key : West have done ' ably would not be until the strike, and: sailed from this port 6:30 everything possible to make. our visit enjoyable. With Command-| er Brooker, and'our wives, we en! | wet entcratnment, we enevet (ANDREWS WILL FOGS CURTAIL everything, from Conch chowder | | ADDRESS GUILD, was settled. o'clock yesterday morning. and turtle steak to the Key West cigars. This was a real confer- | ence, more like a convention in| fact. We won't forget that’. “We never gees acre Breat- | EVENT 1S ANNUAL CONVEN- | er courtesy and hospitality”, was | i the declaration ‘of Mrs: Daisy; TION OF NEWSPAPER | Whitehedd, of Tampa. -President | ORGANIZATION of the Department of Florida, the American: Legion Auxiliary. “We | | 3 could not ask for better treat-| si Mareiticeia iia i (My Axsociated Press) ment. for more complete ar-|" SAN FRANCISCO, July 31.—! ALONG ATLANTIC SEABOARD rangements and for finer enjoy- |The sixth annual convention of; fogs and rains all along the A | OOM EM, ¢ |INDUCED TO VisIT. ment”. |the American Newspaper Guild! jantic seaboard over the week- Nearly 300 persons sat down to held the registration meeting: of : x the Commander’s Dinner at Hotel | some two hundred delegates in| °®4 acted to curtail both air and La Concha in honor of Command- | this city this morning to be fol-|sea traffic aS Visibility, both on{ er Brooker Saturday night. Fully |jowed by three days of business! as 393 baat ' a third of those attending were | and social meetings. : (land and..sea, was extremely | citizens of Key West. Every sec-| Senator C. 0. Andrews, bo : f Mae tional and social division of the | and Hour Administrator, is sched- pe ae ee Ofricials juled to make one of the main virtually all civic organizations } ing. weresthere; while the Glgeand et eae eee county officials sprinkled the rainbow room at the hotel. Adéresses were given by Mayor E 12 Willard M. Albury, the Rev. dren, Layonne, Lee and Wayne, | James E. Stratham, Delray/of Tavernier, are visiting in this’ SEA TRAFFIC |RAINS ALSO INTERFERE ALL jangles of the state-wide investi-! gations. Citizens feel, however, that political expediency will a to cover up some of the situations that should rective a thorough | | airing. Gov. Long . assured the; icommittee that such would not ARRIVE FOR VISIT =} dren Dorothy and Make, Jr., ar>< rived on the afternoon bus yes-+ terday from Miami and are NEW YORK,’ July 31.—Heavy the; Mr. and -? was well equipped to handle all :tomerrow morning. ie FAIR 10 MEET rectors of the New York World’s Fair are scheduled to meet’ to- morning to consider. fu- | morrow a ture policies and it is expected that the general admission to the grounds will be cut from 75 cents ‘over: the highway yesterday for a‘ fie highway yesterday for a visit | visit with, the local branch of the | with relatives and to enjoy a va- jadministratien, , weeks. and «wil sa schoo! ifor the local timekeepers, and wi AUgust 16. ibe assisted by Fred Eberhardt,! Accompanying Captain Phe- timekeeper supervisor in Key |lan was Harry Roberts, second of- |ficer of the ship, who visited Mrs. -|Roberts and his friends and left |WEST PALM BEACH * lon the early bus this morning for | FOLK VISIT ct home port of the ship. /cation of two weeks. He expects to return to Fort Lauderdale on Mr. and Mrs, P. N. Hiatt, ac- | reompanied by Mr. and Mrs. M. A.|CHARLESTON FOLK ‘Bishop, all of West Palm Beach, | jwere, weekend visitors in Key! {West as houseguest of Mr. and + -A ‘Mrs. Hugh Williams on Duval | See oS eee cession street, ‘ Charleston, 5. C., are spending a et Se | vacation in this city as guests of i, ea ee ‘Mrs. Allshouse’s “brothiers-in-law ‘Whalen,, President of Saturday: and Sunday and re- today that at-' ported having a very enjoyable tted L. Russell afd Mr. and Mrs. Ber- Beach, chaplain of state depart- ment of the Legion; the Rev.| Dick Evans, Lakeland, part na- tional chaplain, Forty and Eight, | Eegion service organization. and | city with Mrs. Donaldson’s. sis- | ters, Mrs. Hilda Sands, Mrs, Will! Curry and Mrs. C. W. Goethe. Other houseguests at the home of Mrs, Sands are Miss Elizabeth Ferry: H. M. Flagler, of the P_ and chinery now existent in the state Would recess until 9:30 o'clock State of.Florida, was an arrival. S. S. Co., was an drtival over | ARE ANNOUNCED CUBAN LODGE OF GOLDEN EAGLES CONDUCT IN- } | } + | STALLATION Ignacio. Agramonte Castle, Knights of the Golden Eagle, No. it a delightful meeting held j esterday for the purpose-of ih- Stalling officers for the last sik {months of the year 1939, an- jfounced the following officers: Rafael Rodriguez Garcia, P_-C.