The Key West Citizen Newspaper, August 9, 1939, Page 1

Associated Press Day Wire Service For 59 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West VOLUME LX. No. 188. Great Britam’s War Strength Was Shown During Maneuvers Reports Indicated That War Games Were Ac- cepted As Being Highly Satisfactory Adopt Slogan 10 Advertise Limes Grown Along Keys LONDON, Aug. 9.—The whole; “Key West Limes”. |provide the makings of another world was given first hand warn-[ That’s the slogan under which jindustry for Key West, The Cit- ing of Britain's war strength |@ concentrated effort to attract |i7en herewith calls for recipe yesterday when combined opera- ple 93 tn a at i; jemploying key limes. Favorit tions of the air defense fleet and it, fact—the drive has already jdrinks, desserts, including, of land armies engaged in huge | started with the introduction last ;course, the famous lime’ pie, (My Associated Press) ieee KEY WEST, FLORIDA, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 9, IBRITISH-JAP. {HITLER PLANS SITUATION NOW | SPBECH TO BE GROWING WORSE} GIVEN THURSDAY JAPAN LODGES STRONG PRO: SUBJECT WILL DEAL WITH TEST AGAINST LANDING] GERMANY'S INTENTION IN OF ENGLISH SAILORS AT} /REGARD TO DANZIG QUES- | | SWATOW, CHINA TION {Py Annocinted Presa) 3 (Ry Associated Perens) | TOKIO, Aug. 9.—More friction: - BERLIN, Aug. 9.—Adolf Hitler | in the British-Japanese situation’ Will make an impor-ant speech in thé Far-East is reported today tomorrow to his country—and the as Japan lodges strong protest ‘main theme of the speech is ex- | with British diplomats in this pected to throw definite light on city against the landing of Eng-|Germany’s intentions in regard lish sailors at Swatow, China. ito Danzig and the Polish corridor, |sedfliar steak Wet the hence g Meneeanee, the” Geemosin, press i was made necessary in ord icontinues to “hammer away” at, er to. ¥ protect British nationals on the, Poland, England and Brance; {scene from violence at the hands with screaming headlines of ac- of: bands of, Chinese renegades cusations against those countries | jopeteting against the Japanese ‘far interference and connivance } 1939 Key West, Florida, has the most equable climate in the country; with an average range of only 14° Fahrenheit PRICE FIVE CENTS Three Representatives in Congress Work In Interest Of Local Housing Project WPA Curtailment Will = armed forces in the district. the Danzig situation. The Japanese army command; All of Germany has_ been! in the Tientsin area has accused; “ealled to the colors”. Reports! England of stalling in connection coming through relate of orders ! with the conferences that were to under way on the Tientsin sit- ation. It is alleged by the Japs it by ready for immediate call to jthat Great Britain is waiting to aid in any immergency by work-, ;See what action Japan will take jing to supply the German army. jin the reported alliance action } ‘ jwith Germany and Italy before } Bein On August 15 Rex Wilson, field engineer for igsued by the Nazi high command} the Works Projects Administra-|he has received approximately ,t@ women and old men to stand tion, told The Citizen today that 100 of the 403 cards, there was to be no removals of names, under the 18 months rul- ing, of workmen who come with- in the period, until the*close of the working day, August 15. | Congressman Pat Cannon Tells Of Activities In Telephone Message Re- ceived Last Night. \ Telephone advices from Con- | Sressman Pat Cannon were re- jceived last evening to the-éffect discharge | that, regardless of the defeat of |slips, and expected the others! the Housing Bill last week in | before the specified date. | Congress, there is an excellent Mr. Wilson said that workmen | chance to yet secure an ear- jremoval. Up to the present time maneuvers, Reports today indi- | cated that the games were con- sidered highly satisfactorily in the light of positive ability to protect British territory from air raids. Neutral observers cre-; dited “enemy” bombers with! very few “hits” as anti-air craft’, guns and defense airplanes the- oretically destroyed the practice raid on English shore towns. Tonight, twenty-two million citizens in England will cooperate in a nation-wide “black-out” in effort to completely hide the * country: from prying eyes of an- “Meet. “Housewives throughout England were pro- vided with black cloth to hang over windows, and office build- ings in main cities had orders to leave no lights on during the night. LOCAL JAYCEES week of a special souvenir crate/salad combinations and other ‘ot “Key West Limes” for the {dishes are desired. tourist trade, Residents who will cooperate The idea, sponsored by - John in this recipe drive will help ardner; popular druggist of this | materially. The best list or re-! city, has caught on, and the first ‘cipes will be selected and printed ‘ ‘batch of erates made under spe-}on an attractive folder to be in- cifications listed by druggist{serted in each souvenir crate. Gardner have been disposed of. }Thus—the outside world will be- “Chamber of Commerce headquar- {come more easily familiar with ‘ters have one of the «:rates on',the high and desirable qualities : 4 r display, being approximately six fof key limes. j sobseanes oF the Rene oF an ‘inches long, with a four inch| Housewives of Monroe County .° be Sean em. with Japan; height and depth, sufficient room !—the floor is yours. Send ini ¥* wovgnt, for ten’ good-sized limes. | your favorite lime recipes to The | COLLEGE GIRLS. jcontinuing the conferences, While 'no admission is forthcoming from Japan that they actually are ar- rangifig such alliances, activities of Japanese diplomats in Rome and Berlin bear out the assump- tion that such a move is under ; way. In case of such an_ alliance, 1 The crates are sold to tourists | Citizen or the Key West Cham- | Great Britain has stated that no| © ! { for. twenty-five cents each, limes | ber of Commerce. . Help a worth- and all, and: v. he: mailed, while enterprise to ..get : under ‘to northern frisnds for approxi-| way. Recipes should be as short «mately ten cents. as possible in order that a large To complete the expansion/ number can be printed on the serve to | folder. SBME OY ge ea re Carden Club To Sponsor oe ARE GIVEN'TIP MANY THINGS TO BE FOLLOWED (By The AP Feature Service) ° CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Aug. 9.— When Radcliffe graduates start MODEL AIRCRAFT | MEET PLANNED FAMED WORLD WAR AVIA- \TOR TO ACT AS HONOR- ARY DIRECTOR TAMPA, Aug. 9.—(FNS) Cap- tain Eddio Rickenbacker, famed } World War aviator and president of, Eastern Air Lines, has agreed té: act: as-honorary directar.of, the statewide model «aircraft meet scheduled for August 19 and 20 on Drew Field here. The announ- cement was made by John Rhedes | chairman of the Model Committee of the National Aeronautical As- sociation, who is acting as con- test director for the meet. The contests, held to stimulate; public interest in practical aero- | nauties, will be staged in_ three divisions, based on ages of en- trants. The first division will in- fon all of the projects operated | marki He continued by saying that under the WPA would be af-| Rent i, pdt o Bic gn! there would, in all prdbability, | fected, but was not in a position} NE POO eae. be 350 workers who will come | to say how many on each, nor; est. - within the class scheduled for’ who they are or would be. |. Information also has been re- jceived by the Key West group Gives Status Covering @.f=8aiSe Driver’s License Law wc cuesz {opinion given by Mr. Cannon. in ‘work for the local project and ,his telephone interview with a member of the local Housihg Au- thoiity. Senators Pepper and Andrews J. Ollie Edmunds, writes Coun-joath taken beforechim to appli- ty Judge Raymond Lerd, rela- tive to a trip he recently: made to Tallahassee where he had sev- eral conferences on the Driver's License Law and the information he received. He first quotes from a letter written by George Couper Gibbs, attorney general to Motor . Vehi- cle Commissionér, Finley as fol- lows: “I am of the opinion that it is the legislative intent that each county judge, in the performance cations for an-i ion permit, |and an operator’s or chauffeur’s license required by Section 20 of | Chapter 19551, acts of 1939”, - “Another section of _ General | Gibbs’ letter to Mr. Finley con- |firms the department’s view that ithe licenses will be sold for 50 cents and $1, and the five and jten cents issuing fee .will be de- jducted from this total amount jand the remainder: remitted to ithe department”. It is also the impression of Mr. imembers of the Key West group are convinced, that. ®arkt infops .. mation of a definite nature is ex- pected. Surveys of the local situation were made by Wallace Bryant Kirke and J. Fred Dion members of the Local Housing Authority and additional surveys are be~- ing made with valuable assist- ance being given by the Statis- tical Section of the WPA, look- ing toward an early;e: irjarking for this half milliétijdéHar con- struction project. | ~~ GOING TO MIAMI job-hunting, the chances are) (146 ‘all contestants not over. 14;|0f the duties required of, him/|Edmunds.that the licenses will PLAN ATTENDING MIDSUM- MER JAMBOREE IN CORAL GABLES Quite a number of local Jay- cees are expected to attend the Midsummer. Jamboree of District 7, Florida Junior Chamber of Commerce, to be held in the beautiful Country Club of Coral Gables, Friday, August 11, beginning at 10 o'clock. Isadore L. Weintraub, president of the local organization, ‘is mak- ing plans to attend and is urging every member of the Key West club to attend if. possible. The dance will: take ‘place in the patio beneath the palms to the musie of Hem Olsen ‘and his famous orchestra. Preparations are being made to accomodate 2,000 as from all parts of the country are expected to attend. Key West Jaycess wishing to make the trip and desire trans- portation should get in touch with Joe Allen at The Citizen of- fice immediately. Jaycees | ° e \ Botanical WPA | (l) ect they will have a little booklet tucked under their ‘arms. It’s call- ed_ “Looking Ahead,” and _ tells 4 are {the applicant just how to beard A very enthusiastic group of | stop-gap project until bigger proj- | the personnel manager in his den. | Key West residents met last eve-|ects go through ordinary govern- | Here are some employers’ criti- | ning at a special meeting of the' ment red-tape processes before |cisms mentioned in the booklet. Garden Club, called to order at} rejease. College girls generally think | | | 1 | the library at 7:30 o'clock by Mrs-| To start the fund $50.00 was | they are too good to be asked to! J. D. MacMullen, president. ‘contributed “by the Garden Club. | 4° routine work, Up for discussion was the The following finance committee | They expect Street Planting and Botannical! ys; authorized to receive dona-|Vancement. Garden WPA Project and. after! tions of cash from citizens inter-, They expect all adyantages of the movement | osted in seeing this project off to tions © without had been brought out, the club; good start—Albert Peirce, Mrs. |Tience- ae : voted to undertake sponsorship| ;jugh Williams, Mrs. Ted Bayly{ They are unwilling to subordi- of the project. following which! and Mrs. Wallace B. Kirke. ‘nate their social and personal immediate plans were laid Those contributing to date to ‘lives to their jobs. ‘ initial steps. ithe sponsorship fund are—W. Wi! They refuse to do their best at too rapid ad- executive posi- previous Rex. Wilson, WPA field en-) Demeritt, Townsend Morgan, Col. {little jobs “in order. to prove’ )gineer, temporarily in charge of | and Mrs. L. €. Brinton Mayor and ‘themselves worthy pf the big the local area, furnished expert} Mrs. Willard Albury, Mr. and ones. |advice.on the subject of sponsor- | Mrs. Wallace Kirke, Mrs, W. F.' Included in advice for the in- jing the tree-planting move. Of Putnam, Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Tre-|terview is a strong suggestion to prime importance was the fact’ yor, William Little, Col. and {arrive on time. that the project was already on mrs. J. D. MacMullen, Miss Min-', “If you have to wait, do not the approved list and all that was ‘nie P, Harris, Mrs. W. Hunt Har- ‘smoke,” the Radcliffe girls are necessary to proceed with the ‘ris, Col. and Mrs. Frank Edwards, ‘told, “This is a business, not a ;Project was the gathering of Mr. and Mrs, B. Curry Moreno, social engagement. . . . Avoid | Sponsorship funds. The project: Stephen Douglass, Frank Ladd, elaborate costume jewelry. . . . will employ a number of men w. H. White, Mr. and Mrs. A. D. ‘Do not use perfume... . Remem- over a period ofone year, and Luethi, Mr. Philar, Mrs. P. D. ber that most employers thor- |would admirably serve as a Holloway, Mrs. Ella‘Cash and Old oughly dislike red finger nails a _— lIsland Trading Post. {and obvious make-up, especially expe-} under the act, acts as an officer|not be ready for issue before th nd division, all those not | pg Giga or agent of the “Department” September 1, as the forms had over 21; and the third division will include everyone over 21. Contests. for gas-powered and | ‘tubber-propelled model planes | will be conducted in four sepa-} irate classifications. } The meet will be open to ali jmodel airplane builders, boys and ‘girls, men and women, and there ; will be no entry fees. Contestants {from one end of the state to the ‘other are expected to be on hand to demonstrate their skill with {their model aircraft and compete ‘for the many. prizes to be award- yed in’ the various classes. In ad- ‘dition to first and second awards }in - each classification, a perma- j to administer, without charge, the in Tallahassee. 'WIDESEARCHIS ‘MOORETOGIVE — | BEING MADEFOR ADDRESS HERE ABDUCTED GIRLS seaenen Seaggeyen sr | CIETY TO APPEAR AT POLICE COMB VARIOUS SEC-; ART CENTER TIONS ON FLORIDA EAST; COAST FOR MAN KNOWN | Edward M. Moore, of the AS C. R. JEFFERSON Audubon Society, will address | the members of the Art Appre- iation Reading Group on Thurs- |day night at 8 o'clock, at the Art MIAMI, Aug. 9.—All of the Sec WPA Federal Arts ries Florida east coast was under sur- | Projects. iat P. O, Box 1568, this city, stated | ~~ j ‘ bes Pare Ban . LY ue ea | veillance totlly, ib police - of all! The subject of Mr. Moore’s talk . Sp | will be “Florida Birds”, and he deadline for registration in . the ;cities were on the lookout for a/will use as illustrations a col- ;meet. iman known as C. R. Jefferson, lection of paintings and. colored ‘SPECIAL FEATURE nent trophy cup will be present- ed to the contestant winning the largest number of points in the entire meet, ; Rhodes, who as contest director has already been receiving entries {By Asnoeintea Presxd {believed to ‘have abducted two Prints loaned especially by the | Pare ' New York Audubon Society to qed ogg Dae Jean Bolton | 6 art Center for the distinctive and Miss Frances Ruth Dunn, exhibition now showing. and in that capacity is required | not been completed when he was‘ PRINTERS WILL MEET IN-TEXAS JACKSONVILLE MAKING BID FOR CONVENTION TO BE HELD NEXT YEAR i JACKSONVILLE, Aug: 9— \(FNS) An invitation to the In- ternational Typographical Union to hold its 1940 convention in | this city will be carried by Frank B. Clark, former president of the local union, when he goes to Fort | Worth, Texas, to attend this year’s convention of the organ- lization, August 19 through ! August 26. | Clark, recently selected as a |delegate to represent Jackson- ville Typographical Union - No, | 162 at the Fort Worth ‘has been working hard to secure next year’s gathering for Florida and this city. He stated that a letter from Jacksonville's Mayor G. C. Blume, extending a formal ‘ganization, invitation to the or | It is desired that contributions ' days in order that a good report lcan be made to the WPA on the {sincerity of local citizens to co- j operate in this important and en- tirely worthwhile project. JAYCEE UNIT TO President. Isadore -Weintraub a. special meeting of Jake Schreiber Paid Visit Here Recently Jake Schreiber, prominent in|! As a matter of fact they were the theatrical world and a resi-|out with real guides who know dent of Detroit, Mich., was a re-|the ways of the tarpon and how | row. night, Thursday, at 8 o’clock. Chamber of Commerce head: be on ‘hand’ during the next few | teo much lipstick.” AT ROTARY MEET Tomorrow at the regular noon ‘luncheon and meeting of the ; Rotary Club, a most delightful | and entertaining hour will be eget in ae ei = the a : nniversary ol e inaugurat Regular meeting of the Board of the United States Lighthouse of County. Commissioners will be t. jheld tonight in the office of Clerk| President Wm: V. Little said! ; Ross C. Sawyer at the county! today that William W. Demeritt, | superintendent of the Seventh) court house. Mr. Sawyer said that there are’ District, has been appointed _ in no matters of importance to be charge of program, which brought before the meeting, and: a ges ia - 4 ters, would occupy the time. both of this city. { Presumably leaving Miami Monday last with the two girls ifor Palm Beach, where’ “screen |in&. to test photographs were to be tak- en”, Jefferson and the girls have not been seen since. In issuing the warning to all police dig ments in east coast cities, the Mi- ami police today requésted that authorities on the Florida keys aiso be on the. lookout as it was thought the abductor may have; swung around and headed south to some hideout. The public is cordially invited had already been sent to the sec. ‘to attend this meeting and a wel-' retary of the International Uni a ‘come is extended to those wish-|and that it would be read at the join the group, }convention. cate Seven Building Permits | Issued In Past Week Report of building and repairs; Thompson street. Owner, Walter in Key West for the first period | Maloney; cost, $500. in August, as taken from the rec-| Repairs to roof of beth street. Owner, Gardner; cost, $100. Build outside stai dence at 315 Will Owner, Paul onsalvi $50. Repairs to building and Virginia sti