The Key West Citizen Newspaper, August 5, 1939, Page 1

Associated Press Day Wire Service For 59 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West VOLUME LX. No. 185. Chamberlain Assures: That England Stands Ready To Defend Nation's Rights Key THE SOUTHERNMOST NE The World ICOURT PASSES SENTENCE ON W. B, SAWYER CONVICTED IN CRIMINAL COURT ON CHARGE OF AG- GRAVATED ASSAULT ON Says That Great Britain Will’ Order New Fleet! Sent To Orient When Scme Is Needed LONDON, Aug. 5—Hastening | fo assure the world that the) British Lion has not turned | into. a Lamb, some had interpreted the reason of dec-| larations concerning the Japan-| Minister | Chamberlain today stated that! there was a definite limit of en-| durance beyond which the Eng-| lishmen would not go, come what i ! | yesterday, pbctornd stressed the importance of con-! centration on the crisis existing | in Europe and stated that the} British fleet in Far Eastern wa: | ters did not equal that of the! Japanese. In a general warning, Japan was cautioned against taking : more liberties with.British sub- jects in China. “It is entirely within the realm of possibility | that we might send. part of our | home filect to the east if abuses | continue”, stated Chamberlain. i MRS. CAROLYN PARK IS DEAD may. In his closing speech to Parlia- ment i i FUNERAL SERVICES WILL BE! Eight Key West Students ‘Attend Second Session Of 1 t | | | EUGENE EDLEY | | | This morning 9:30 o'clock at |the recessed session of Criminal ;Court, Judge Wm. V. Albury passed sentence in the case of W. B. “Blondie” Sawyer, who was last night at 9 o’clock found guil- ity by a jury, of a fine of $500 and icosts or one year in the county mer 00 0 G06 Sawyer was charged with as- 3 ei ma ee il. ;Sault on the person .of Eugene Edley, by shooting him in the foot with a rifle, with intent to (Special to The Citizen) \kill. He was to have been tried TALLAHASSEE, Aug. 5. — yesterday morning but his at- Eight students of Key West are |torney, Fred Pine of Miami, ask- attending the second session of,ed that the case be set for the ithe Florida State College sum- jafternoon and at 2 o'clock it was, mer school now in its second :brought before the court. ; week with an enrollment of ae When charged with the offense Archer was a | Students. ‘ z |the defendant entered a plea of | Tallahassee with 89 students not guilty and the following jury 'continues to lead other cities in!was empanelled to try the issue: ‘the summer term registration fol- 'Oscar Cruz, Marcos Mesa, Jr4 jlowed by Jacksonville, Pensacola|Henry Watkins, Ralph Placencia, ;and Graceville but virtually all}Clarence Higgs, Herynan Richard- isections of Florida are repre-json. | Sented as well as the states of! Taking of testimony consumed Alabama, Georgia and Tennes- the greater part of the afternoon, epic : land attorney Pine occupied the | The second session will end {time until the time for supper ar- , Saturday, Runde 26 with Sa jrived with his arguments in .the with his child: and mencement exercises at which defense of his client, i ae ix Bis latehtiod tow, | Comptroller J. M. Lee is the: The jury was then permitted to | speaker. go. to supper in charge of Baili PEPPER SHOWS MUCH INTEREST _ a IN KEY WEST ANOTHER OUT mE TE FOR PRESIDENCY FRIENDS TOSS SENATOR TYD- INGS’ NAME INTO RING FOR NOMINATION CSIIDI ISIS | HENRY D. ARCHER REACHES HIS THREE SCORE AND TWELVE Henry D. passenger on the early bus today. going to Miami to meet his children and celebrate with them the anniversary of his birth. Mr. Archer. who is well preserved and apparently in the best of health, surprised The Citizen when he said that he had promised to spend his 72nd birth anniver- kins, Mrs. Mavereen S. Meador, Gladys Pinder, Marjorie Rob- ,erts, Betty Rae Russell, and Mrs. | Thelma Watkins. | Cleare, c., began his, argument, which lasted about 30 minutes. Judge Albury then charged the jury with the several phases cf the crime, which was charged against the defendant, assault ‘the least charge, which was ag- gravated assault. The jury retired and in 20 ;minutes returned with the ver- ‘dict as a result of which the judge passed sentence as stated jin the first paragraph. ; There were several other sen- SENDS WIRE TELLING oF | BILL PASSED FOR PuR-| CHASE OF MUCH SURPLUS | FISH t ——— KEY WEST, FLORIDA, SATURDAY, AUGUST 5, 1939 iTwo New Exhibitions At Key West's Art Center Josephine Doughtry, Marie Has-jed, County Solicitor Allan B.! with intent to kill graduating to} . 4 A Ay “p : " Key West, Florida, has the 3 most equable climate in the & range of only 14° Fahrenheit WSPAPER IN THE U.S.A. PRICE FIVE CENTS a ou gress Working Fevers = Toward Winding Up Business Siam, | unusual facility in _expresing - So==c = Principles Of Lionism Expounded At Supper: Meeting On Thursday jcurrently at the Art Center. |Raymond Creekmore’s Oriental | ¢ketches of scenes done on a fif- teen months’ ‘journey through China, Japan, Mongolia, Last Of Major Measures Up For Consideration Have Been Handled And Disposed Of : * | \ | | \ | i | i \ «Ry Axnecinted Preas) | WASHINGTON, Aug. 5.—Con- \gress worked late last night, - : {long vacation if final acts could H urred on by dreams of a good ! | R. L. Wood, connected with the Georgia Power Company, in Altanta, was a recent visitor in Kev West, and his visit was the source of such keen enjoyment that he wrote the secretary of the Chamber of Commerce the following: “Several days ago I was in Key West and tried to find you to personally thank you for the information you so kindly furnished me a few weeks ago when I was con- templating and planning a vacation trip, but I missed you. “The accommodations were all that you pictured in your letter and your part of the country far exceeded my greatest expectations, even after reading your glowing portrayals. “Please allow me to take this method in lieu of per- sonally thanking you and the Chamber of Commerce for |senate action late yesterday. To- | ; tal appropriation was $189,000.- j ; 000, Last hopes of creating relief {measures for relief? workers in ithe form of amendments to the |new bill passed in July, “went | aglimmering as senators and rep- |resentatives alike fought off at- |tempts to attach any relief rid- ‘ers to any of the bills being passed in the final hours of this | Session. Strong effort was made to lamend the new relief bill by bringing back the old wage and jhour scale. Efforts werd also {made to cancel the 18-months’ hénforeed vacation rule whigh will | affect over 600,000 workers na- | tionwide. Other measures that were passed, either as coming direct ;from committee reports, or by |compromise, were the lowering } |VICE COMMODORE ISSUED ANNOUNCEMENT OF IM- PROVEMENT AT MEETING Section of the Federal Art |; In the smail gallery is present- | ito the Art Center by the Nation-} { present a talk on Florida birds! j j ; , bill, which jtend this lecture. Program consisted of presenta- | VACATION HERE i wet erigcnelly poayet | pounded thoroughly by the club's} YACHT HARBOR chief endeavor in District 25) ‘have made in this country. { ,cluding with remarks concerning ; jSeveral Lions will take over the | LAST NIGHT rtist is exceptionally skilled. ! (Project, WPA; Holger Cahill, Na-! | jed an exhibition of fal Audubon Society. Most of, iureat White Heron. , Apropos of this exhibition, , Membership Committee had | OQP’°MOPQ° QDS I BT'S |, cleared away, starting today. Thursday night, August 10, at 8/ Thursday night at Stone Church be $54,000,000, but was raised al- (Florida) to headline topics. of} ENCOURAGING Guest Lion Burton Davidson of! ‘activities sponsored by his club. ; program with “human angle dis- | jcourses” on their lines of busi-| fiiis exhibition has been sent to' e Art Center from the Exhibi-' Hionat Director; Eve Alsman. Ful- j juet, State Director. i prints and) {paintings of Florida birds loaned ; ithese are Audubon prints, vrigin-! fal Peterson oil paintings of the iward M. Moore, local representa- | live of the Audubon Society, will charge of the regular weekly sup- | \ |per-meeting of Key West Lions VISITOR SPENT | Last of the major bills was Yelock, in the Art Center. The!Aannex, at which several guests) WERY ENJOYABLE __ | passed, being the third deficiency ublic is cordially invited to at-| were present. | Both of these exhibitions will) tion of principles of Lionism, ex- : remain on view through Aug. 20. i | president, Lion H. E. Day. Stress} j Most to four times that figure by was placed on the coming year’s! PROJECT VERY | Citizenship and Patriotism to; {counteract inroads various isms! |Brookhaven,. Miss., gave an in-| 'spiring talk on Lionism, con-| Next week’s meeting was an-| nounced as Vocational Night. :ness. Cheering news of the progress’ Guests included Aquilino Lo-| | being made to provide Key West pez, Jr., Dr. R. S. Rodriguez, and | with a commodious yacht harbor , Charles Johnson. |in the Garrison Bight, was an- Sy eT BIE Lea Serge |nounced last night by Vice Com- FRANCO S AYS !modore Melvin E. Russell and the | favorable consideration of the, | WPA, and the news was greeted | | by a warm reception at a meet-/ y z (My Asno @ Press) “Judging from a wire just re-) BALTIMORE, Md. Aug. 5— céived at the office of the Cham-| Friends of militant New Deal | ber of Commerce”, said Secretary | “purge” survivor, Senator Millar |S. C. Singleton, “it looks as if|—. Tydings of this state, today CONDUCTED ON TUES. . | DAY AFTERNOON Mrs, Carolyn Webb Park, 25,} wife of Ivan Park, 1709 Wash-| Senator Claude tinuing to take an active interest in Key West and its problems”. those seeking the Democratic’ ington street, passed away at 6:10) The wire was sent to the sec-| convention next spring. o’clock this morning in the Ma-' retary and is as follows: “Am Tydings did not confirm the rine Hospital. jglad to advise that I have just action taken, by his friends whei Mrs. Park had been seriously} been able to get passed through asked concerning it in Washing ill for many weeks. : jthe Senate, Representative Cald-|ton. However, various Tyding: Funeral services will be held | ¥¢!l’s bill, H.R. 5681, for the pur-| For President Clubs have formed ; \chase of surplus fish by Federal/in Maryland, and leaders declai Tuesday afternoon at 4 o'clock r: ies? ion”. | ves diegumrsdeaga ea oe : | Commodities’ Corporation”. jthat they have their candidate’: from Ley Memorial church, where} It would be a very fine gesture; approval of the move. the body will be placed at 2(if the associated fishermen of this | o’clock, Rev. O. C. Howell offi-! city would send a wire of appre-_ ciating. ‘ciation to Senator Pepper and to! Surviving ere her husband,! Representative Caldwell in rec-} Ivan Park; a daughter, Marlene, |ognition of this valuable exten-| age four, and a son; Ronald, one | sion of a market for their prod- | and a half years; her parents. Mr.| ucts, Mr. Singleton said. | and Mrs. J. B. Webb, and one si } ter, Mrs. Eugene A. Roberts. el 00 ee YOUNG WOMEN | LEAVE FOR CAMP Sea Six young women of Key Wes' THE TIDE RAN OUT } ‘ Lables“ Panere Moms is i i left at an early hour this morn charge of arrangements. | LONDON. — Police tooking| WTA ipods Wine Loe Following are the pallbearers | through the efects of a 17-year-| who were to go to Camp Roose- who have been selected to serve: | old boy drowned in a canoe in! vet to take courses in the sev-| Harry Pinder, Ivan Watson, Ar-|the Thames river, found this e€n- | eral subjects taught at the camp. | chie Roberts, Joseph Cleare, C.|try in his diary: “Left about 8; 1, the party were Phyllis Irene Sam B. Curry, and Eugene L. o'clock for Australia. Tide going Richardson, Ada Thompson, Ma- Roberts. ithe wrong way”. | rina Basquet, Celia Vargas, Diana | ——--~---—— | Ortiz and Edelia Parra, who were i in tences passed this morning as/| follows: | Jesus Fernandez, who was at i ursday found guilty of haying , crayfish in his possession during Pepper was con-/ tossed his name into the ring of |the closed season, was sentenced to pay $25 and costs in the case, /nomination for Presidency at the |T spend 60 days in jail. S. W. Wheeler, colored, who was found guilty by a jury on a harge of non-support of a minor hild, was called to the bar. He xplained that he would go to work on Monday; as he had been! assured of employment by the WPA. Judge Albury said that the pay for labor was very small and in realization of that fact the sen- tence would be that Wheeler ive his wife $3 each week for e support of the child. Failure to comply with the court’s orders ould mean that the penitentiary would be his place of abode. Leoncia Magee, charged with king flowers from graves in the cemetery, was called for) trial) Attorney John G. Sawyer entered a plea of guilty and ex- plained that his client was ill and unable to appear in court. He further said that while his client was guilty, as he had|i jPleaded, she was suffering from ing last night of the Board of Di rectors of the Key West Yacl Club, at the home of S. C.; Singleton. Those attending were Commo- “| ht: HE’S DICTATOR DECREE PUBLISHED IN NA-! TIONALIST OFFICIAL is JOURNAL Pa ewa sas. assisting me in having a very fine and enjoyable vaca- tion”. |dore James D. MacMullen, Vice ; |Commodore Melvin E. Russell, ! Treasurer Ross C. Sawyer, Jr.,| ‘SENDS CHECK !of Home Owners Loan Corpora- {tion interest to four and a half ; Per cent and increase of amor- j tization period from 15 to 25 'years; and a liberalization of ‘provisions in the social security jlaw. Representing Associate Members Albert E. Peirce, Representing |Junior Members Stephen C. | Singlteon, III, and Secretary S. C. Singleton. Among the major matters which were discussed and acted upon, was the decision to hold a house warming at the club- house, in October, when most of |the members will have returned ‘from their summer vacations, jand also the selection of the | “Snipe” class of boat, which was }selected as being best suited to these waters, economical to build )and also as furnishing the best opportunities for inter city re- gattas with Florida yacht clubs. ‘The secretary was instructed | to do what might be done to se- | cure reconsideration of the Bahia |Honda-Key West intracoastal waterway. That part of the meet- ing being brought to conclusion | Uy Anwociated Press) | BURGOS, Sprain, Aug. 5.—Of- ! ficially proclaiming a one-party | Fascist nation, General Franco! TO DAVIS CO. tor of Spain. pLABE INSTALLMENT IN PAY- The decree, published in the} MENT FOR WORK AT COUN- TY COURT HOUSE LIGHT TENDER LEAVES SUNDAY Tender Ivy, of the lighthouse | branch of the U. S. Coast Guard, which has just had the work of j cleaning boilers and allied work Final check for $2,500, which ; completed, is scheduled to leave Rete ti _: port tomorrow for Tampa where The declaration dealt a virtual WS due as the concluding install. | oe re Guring the week of death blow to the hopes of the ,™ent for the construction of the | celebrating the inauguratien. of Carlist party that a king might annex to the county court house ‘the Lighthouse Service 150 years be restored to power in Spain. by the Davis Construction Co., of ; ago. The new edict, with its many | Miami Beach, was today forward-| The anniversary is announced status, patterns .itself closely |ed to the company by Clerk Ross | to begin on August 7, next Mon- after totalitarian governments, |C. Sawyer. jday, and continue throughout the and presages a future, definite; There were several minor mat-' week. In order that a tender will tie-in with the axis powers, Ttaly | ters to be attended to by the Da-.be at separated points in «the and Germany. ;vis Company, and the clerk had;Seventh District, the Téfdér Sn: ‘been advised by Attorney W. Poinciana will be stationed dur- STEAMER ZARK |Curry Harris that these matters ing the period at Fort Lauder- jhad been complied with and the dale and the Zinnia will be at } | f i nationalist official journal, gave; | to the Fescist Party, the Falange ; Espanola, meaning control over) the country’s vital develop-) ments and policies, domsetic and | foreign, q i { check should be forwarded. { Miami. Eduardo Garcia Froni West Makes New York World’s Fair Eduardo, Garcia, “The Son of, the Tropics” from Key West is} making a great hit as wandering | musician in the Florida Exhibit} * at the New York. World’s Pair.) Dressed in Spanish: costume the} 19-year-old Spanish boy, who has! before, entertains. visitors _ with his guitar in Fiorida’s exotic others was that she was not really Key Big Hit At destination. sea 5 lag AKES CHURCH the did not mean to create the im- ie ‘ag PICHICS | reasion that she was of ainsound ALTAMONT, Kansas. — You; Mind, but slightly unbalanced. can miss. church services. Gail The judge decided that he you get religion anyway in Alta- | would defer sentence in the mat- mont. The Rev. Hector Green, ; te. and as this was the last case, noting many absentees. at Sun-|t0 be brought before the court, \day services, has offered to “come | ordered, the jurors to be paid. by jand preach” wheneyer a group of Clerk C..Sam B. Cur r :20 or more gathers on a creek nounced ,bank for a picnic. West, by J. E. Wallace, exhibit ornithologist. Mrs. Eva B..War- ner of Key West, arranged with! Mr. Wallace that Garcia should | go to the Fair. | Garcia has found a girl in New | yg, York and says he would be quite} happy to sta. up there all the} {to board a bus upon their arrival | the effects of her act, and the! jin aeani ind pease to their {Pinion of her employer and/ {normal. The attorney said that) and Steamship Ozark, of the Clyae-| Mallory Lines, arrived at. 8:15! fo’elock last. night, with large | !shipments of coke for the Key| (West Gas Co., and a number of | miscellaneous items for local mer- | |chants. ‘| }. At 2 o'clock this morning the! |Key West consignment of freight | ‘had been removed from the ship ; Jacksonville. i Grudge Fight Election Conducted In Kentucky a Associated Press) LOUISVILLE, Aug. 5.— A Chandler cannot be a candi- grudge fight election is. being date to succeed himself, but he held in the state of Kentucky to- is actively behind the campaign day, with voters nominating of Keen Johnson, the present their state officers in both par- lieutenant governor. ties. The feud and election battle re- SHIP ARRIVES Coast Guard Cutter Pandora arrived in port this morning from a cruise through the waters of} the district after searching for the re-