The Key West Citizen Newspaper, August 10, 1939, Page 1

we Key West, Florida,g§ts the most equable climate in the country; with an average 1 of only 14° Fahrenheit For 59 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West | Che @ PI THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN THE U.S. A. Rn ee Rta ar — VOLUME LX: No. 189. KEY WEST, FLORIDA, , THURSDAY, AUGUST 10, 1939 PRICE FIVE CENTS Bathing Beach And Fishing — Pier Projects Discussed By Yo Sites That Will Be Se- lected Are On South Shore And Adjacent To Roosevelt Boulevard Construction of a bathing beach and fishing peir on South |’ Beach adjacent to Roosevelt Bou- levard, was the subject of a lengthy discussion at the meet- ing of county commissioners last night, and Chairman Carl Ber- valdi, Commissioners Wm. Mon- salvatge and T. J. Curry are to- day investigating, which will be sponsored by the county and constructed by the WPA. Present at the meting | were: Chairman Bervaldi, Commision- ers Braxton B, Warren, Monsal- vatge and Curry, Attorney W. Curry Harris, Clerk Ross C. Saw- yer, Chief Deputy Sheriff Ber- nard Waite, and several in- terested citizens. During the discussion it. was pointed out that the two projects were to be worked at the same time, and in-+such proximity that one would be @ependent on the other. In lieu of this arrangement it would not*be possible to build one at one point and the other at Mr. Curry. : The severalgphases of the pro- jects were “explained and Mr. Bervaldi pointed out that Rex i 1 | | | | bun deaeesoheP.Lonii* Me-= "amet = County Commissioners Stonn Traveling Toward Fla. Southeastem Coast Tropical urbance which is; “Present rate of miovement in the area of ‘the Bahama Is-| will bring the center .to the lands, travelling toward the Flo- | -outheast .coast of Florida in rida southeastern coast, is at pre- | # sent of mild intensity, but shows |#bout 30 to 34 hours but. squalls |a tendency to increase. A bulletin }@%d winds will increase ahead of issued from the Weather Bureau the center. for a number of at Jacksonville at 11 this morn-/ hours. All interests on the south-! ing. is as follows. “The tropical disturbance which is now entering the area of the; . i Southeastern Bahama Islands, is|//minary preparations for stormy ‘not of hurricane intensity at the, Weather by Friday morning. The least Florida coast from Ft. Pierce {present time, but there gas been | weather bureau will issue fre-,and big-time lending. appropria- a slow tendency to increase’ dur-; quent advices today and: tonight, | ing the past 12 hours, and it may |so stand by for further announce- increase in passing through — the | ments. ; is Bahamas as this is a favorable “Formal storm warnings will place for storm development at crobably be issued in. the next, this time of the year. | few. hours”. PARTY LEAVES SENATOR FISH ENROUTE HOME HEADS JUNKET Mrs. Coppock C. Evans and son® WASHINGTON, Aug: 10- fto Key West should begin pre-| —The | John, Miss Emma Long and Miss Ann Wise, left via auto this Wilson, enginger temporarily at}morning for their home in Sa- the head of WPA in this area, | juda, South Carolina. The visitors had outlined a feasible plan for | the construction of both beach} Had heen: Apise:gaests of Mrs. °. and pier. It was concluded that |S- Long, and made the trip to this the plan of Mr. Wilson's is the | city especially to attend the-en- only junket to be conducted by} members of Congress this year; will be one headed by Senator Fish of New York to Norway: where a gathering of parliamen- tarians from all nations of . the world will gather for discus- logical one to pursue. It was finally decided that Mr. | Curry, Mr. Monsalvatge .and Mr. Bervaldi make the necessary in- vestigation, and if the problem was solved to the satisfaction of | the committee, the necessary ap- plication to the War Department would be signed by. Chairman} Bervaidi and Cierk Sawyer. j The clerk read a telegram from | W. V. Knott, treasurer of the | State Board of Administration | addressed to Clerk Sawyer’ as! follows: “Please advise -not later than Monday, August 14, whe- ther or not your board wants the | Board of Administration to invite offerings of Monroe County! bonds under the Kanner Bill, to be received September 1”. A resolution covering the -af- firmative reply to the telegram had been arranged by. Attorney Harris, end will be forwarded to Mr. Knott, and a telegram advis- | ing him of the wishes of ' the) board has been sent by Mr. Saw- yer. WPA project. providing for in- dexing and checking the records of the clerk of Criminal Court, and which will employ six males and four females, was given the approval of the board. WPA} funds will amount.to $2,782. | Depository accounts for the month of July were read by Com- missioner Curry, checked by Commissioner Monsalvatge and recorded by, Chairman Bervaldi. | SCOUTTROOP HAS MEETING There was a meeting. of the Green Bar Patrol of Troop 52, Boy Scouts, held on Wednesday evening at which time many matters of imporatnce to the or- ganization was taken up and dis- of. It was decided that the troop | will go to Snapper Creek on Sep- | f ‘DIVORCE PAPERS sions. Congress voted $10,000 at the gagement announcement party of Cornelia Ricketts and John Allan’ Long held at the Rickett’s home last Saturday evening. Other guests at the Long home were Mrs. John Crouch and son Jack, who left for their Jackson- ville home last Tuesday. Miss Myra Wise will: leave for South Carolina tomorrow. Mr. and Mrs. Evans celebrated their 10th wedding anniversary with a party at Club Cayo Hueso which followed the engagement ' party last Saturday. | ‘ference. Senator Fish announced that there will be ten senators and representatives in the party which will sail this weekend from New York. TWO STEAMERS COMING HERE Due to arrive in port tomorrow are two freight carrying vessels of the Clyde-Mallory Lines. One ‘is the Ozark; en route ‘south and ,the other is the Alamp, going ‘north. FILED IN COURT last session to send a representa-{ , tion from this country to the con- ! OF A FOREIGN COUN- TRY (By Ansociated Preas) NEW YORK, N. ¥., Aug. 10.—| | Disregarding all precedent, a grand. jury in this city voted in- !dictments against several citi- zens. of a foreign’ country and recommended a thorough investi- gation of the alleged smuggling; of prohibited motion pictures in-j to the country. Officials of the French embassy be named in the true bill as well as officers of the French Steam- iship Line. Connivance by these| officials is charged, along, with) certain. movie house officials in this city, in importing ‘motion picture films that had previously failed to pass federal censorship. ON LEGISLATION tfte Aanocinted Preand ROCHESTER, N. Y., Aug. 10.— Publisher Frank Gannett of New York State today answered }President Roosevelt's charges that Congress sponsored a “bigt | gambie” in not passing neutrality tion bills in the last session. Gannett highly commended Congress for “daring to. oppose the Administration”, and stated that private industry would ex- pand as a result of the erasure of threat of government competi- <tion. The publisher had pre- viously called on Congress to de- appearing in all of his papers in j this state. IN BAYVIEW PARK There will. be a concert given at Bayview Park tonight, begin- ining at 8 o’clock, by the Key ; West WPA Federal Band. One of the feature numbers on the program is “The Amazon,” while !*Show Boat” will be another very joutstanding selection. The pro- }gram, which will be rendered under the direction of A.. Bar- roso, band leader, follows: March, “Weldmere” — F. H. } Losey. Overture, \K i | “The Amazon” — resler. Waltz, “Felle Extase”—E. Mi- lox. Popular selection. Selection, “Show Jerome Kern. Waltz Intermezzo, time”—-George Drumm, Popular selection. Selection “Babes In Toyland” — Victor Herbert. March, “The Exposition Four” ; —Alexander. “Star Spangled Banner” — Key. Boat” — “Spring- PIERCE RETURN feat the lending bill in editorials +2! in this country were reported to|” ; .campment in: Key West. ‘Courtesies such as this is ; ahead; and while we have just returned, we are already looking to next year”. SIGITIIIIss DEMOCRATIC UNIT ASSEMBLED TODAY (iy Axnoctatea Press) -< PITTSBURGH, Pa., Aug. 10—} Bhe Young Democrats national organization today held its first session of the annual convention in this city, then adjourned to it the report of the executive committee to be presented tomor- row. Hundreds of delegates from all parts of the nation were in attendance at the convention,,. , 'The convention will make no jorsentent of jidates the 1940 corivention “nomination for President. Chief ‘business to be conducted will be the forma- tion of policies to be followed during the coming year aiming at a drive to keep the Democratic party in power. PEPPER TO SPEAK The ‘local Chamber of Com- merce received advice:today that Claude Pepper, Senator from Florida, will make the keynote speech at the convention, begin- ning at 7:30 o'clock tonight. Other government officials here have been advised of the speech, | and that it will be. broadcast by CBS. MAKE REQUEST FOR PLANTS Garden Club /of Key West which has undertaken the sponsorship of the Street Plant- ing and Botanical Garden WPA project, has issued an appeal to all public spirited citizens, to do- jnate trees-and ornamental plants to assist in completing the con- tribution of the i ‘Abductor Of Girls | Confesses; Slew (By Associated Preas> | 4 ADVISORY | . MIAMI, Aug. 10.—Detec- | pa \tive Lieut. E. W. Melchen! Northeast storm warning or- { One, Other Alive reported that the man who called himself Charles Jef- ferson, was booked, follow- ing his confession that he abducted two girls to whom jhe had promised movie! dered at 3:00 p. m. from Mel-} bourne to Key West. Moderate, | tropical disturbance centered at | |1:00 p. m., EST, 350 miles east- | | Southeast of Miami, moving west- | northwestward at a slightly fast-| er rate, probably 14 miles per) Hitlers Speeelt: Deals. With Certain Proposals Relative To Situation About Danzig Address Reached United States Too Late This Afternoon For Publica- * 1 | { { 1 | | tion BERLIN, Aug. 10—Adolf Hit- jler’s speech was scheduled to have | reached this country via short- | wave radio this afternoon at 3:00 o’clock—too late for analysis in The Citizen. German authorities announced, however, that the speech’s con- tent would deal largely with the Danzig situation and definite pro- ;pocals. aimed at settlement of the jobs. He slew one and held | nour. Passed Watling island be- issue. daw. The nude, stabbed body of Ruth Frances Dunn, 17, jher throat cut, was found ‘0 50 miles per hour, north and beside a lonely road near ‘Boca Raton. Her companion, night. club, singer Jean Bol- iten, 19, was. at home in this city under physician’s: care. Jefferson was held in {murder charge. Lieut. Melchen _ quoted Jefferson az saying he plan- ned to hold the girls for ran- ;the other captive until to-) tween 11:00 a. m. and noon and; jail at: jat present rate will reach south- | ,east coast by midday Friday. | Velocity of wind so far 45 miles northeast of center. Caution ad- vise against gale winds. which may become dangerous over hamas;Flotida Straits’ and 24 to 36 hours. po. Foreign diplomats. have care- fully weighed all considerations in’ the war-crisis scene and, al- most unanimously, report — that the end of August will see im- wtant action either aiming to- wards war or definitely away e ed by Bore sit-it this year. 2 gust 27h "is Harri treme south Florida in the next | 25 the “danger point” in the hear future picture. Special demons- | tations are planned through out {Germany on that day and it is |West Palm Beach under a' ; ADVISORY 9:30 a. m.: Tropi-|thought that if any agression ,eal disturbance of moderate in-! aimed at Poland is to come, that tensity central 7 a’ m. EST. about ' the start will come then. At that 450 miles eastsoutheast of Miami, | time, Hitler will have an armed moving westnorthwestward about |force upwards of two million 12 miles per hour. (If present \troops, as all classes are being movement continues cénter ‘will reach vicinity of ‘Nassau early Friday morning. isom. He had _ represented jhimself as a talent scout for ‘a movie concern and had lured the girls away on rep- ‘resentation of taking photo- graphs at Palm Beach as DEFICIENCY BILL | rst tae eared new job. | SIGNED TODAY Jefferson Monday. Early MEASURE INCLUDES AP- |teday Miss Bolton telephon-| pRopRiATION FOR CREDIT ed her aunt to come to Boca. Raton. The aunt, Mrs. Elea- | oikick raiders nor Robinson, hurried there | jaécompanied by detectives. | (Ny Associated Presa) , President Roosevelt today sign- jed the $185,000,000. third defi- ‘ciency bill which passed through followed. : (CITY COUNCIL . sions last weekend. The bill includes an appropria- Congress during the final ses-; } | | | Legal proceedings were started | in Cireuit Court this morning in the matter of the divorce of Reba Peterson versus George D. Peter- son, and the papers filed in the office of Clerk Ross C. Sawyer, The first named ship is coming co ‘from Jacksonville in the morning FROM VACATION and is en route to New Orleans. and the other: is the second —-— named is from Tampa. en route! L. M. Pierce, aide to the of- to New York, and*is due in the ficer in charge at the naval sta- “sponsor. This action is required before the project, which will employ a number of men, can be started. Those wishing to male donations need only telephone Miss Minnie | ing of the City Council held to- Porter Harris at phone 31, or |night, beginning at 8 o'clock. MEETS TONIGHT. , tion of $119,000,000 for continua- |tion of the Commodity Credit Corporation operation in making | country. called to the colors in special pro- jmouncements being issued daily. | An important, angle. of the \Central-Europe situation is the \assertion made by Yugo-Slavia | today that her country will make jevery effort to remain absolutely {neutral ‘in case of war in Europe. | Previously it had been announced Ithat this country would take isteps to ally herself with the | Rome-Berlin axis. ‘Boy's ‘Photostatic Mind’ Registers Picture’s Details | {Ry Ansocinted Press} The arrest and confession! HYDE PARK, N.‘Y., Aug; 10.) HENDERSON, Tex. Aug. 10— (They call Everett Neel, high ‘school senior at Joaquin, “the “boy with the photostatic mind” | He can study a picture for a ;moment and then answer more | than 100 questions, from metnory, about its most minute details. He says he has the ability to picture the object in his — mind j There will be a special meet- | !oans to farmers throughout the and he studies this mental image jas he answers questions. |this country, illegally, _prior to court clerk. ‘evening. vingss Furnishes Status Of Aliens In United Sates A.. S. Caviness, in charge of|States continuously since such the local U. S. Immigration Bu-jentry; of good moral character reau, has been advised regarding ‘and not subject to deportation. the matter of aliens who seeered |: The i eee i July 1, 1924, and who can now |by the president will extend the register and become citizens of |time and permits aliens to regis- the United States. ter, where no record of the entry Mr. Caviness said that on Au- exists, if they entered this gust 7, President Roosevelt ap- |try prior to July 1, 1924, and proved the amendment of the re- {continued to reside therein ‘gistry act of March 2, to include {such ‘entry. aliens entering the states prior to It will give many aliens who July 1, 1924." are e ~ This Act, “Registration ofthe country between June 3, Aliens” permitted aliens to re-/1921 and July 1, 1924, and were gister in whose case there was no |not subject to deportation, the coun- have’ since tion, who had been on a vacation covering a period of approxima- tely seven weeks, returned to the city last evening and this morning was at his office in the naval station. Mr. Pierce said that he was ac- companied on his trip by Mrs. Pierce, son Austin and Mrs. Pierce’s mother, Mrs. Katherine Maloney, and they had enjoyed every minute of their travels which took them through the western section of the country, visiting all points of interest, and i ended at the San Francisco Ex; ition. Returning by a different route through some of the grandest scenery in the world, the party arrived at a place in North Caro- lina, where they spent ba days} enjoying. a perfect rest/ which they needed after their travels, Mrs. -Charles Johnson, phone 810, and a truck*will be sent to pick up the articles donated. It Seems This Man ‘Had Some Complaints (By Associated, Pren=) Fla. Aug. 10—One guess. whom this apariment- house owner was talking to: Trains, he complained, rumbled nearby at”all hours, shaking the building and cracking the walls. A mattress of next door sent dust into all 10 apartments in the building Power saws at a stone-processing plant nearby went “whee” all day long. A used car lot on the opposite cor- net kept a loud-speaker blaring The meeting is called for the jpurpose of having. the council take some definite action as to the legality of the new city char- ter, and it is expected that the city attorney will be instructed to enter a “friendly” suit in Cir- cuit Court to have the matter straightened: out to the satisfac- tion of all concerned. You're Lucky Ta Live In The U. S. A. «Ry APIO Presa, BUENOS AIRES, Aug. 10.—Mr. and Mrs.- Average Workman live in the red in this, the largest city of the “southern hemisphere. Figures published by the National Labor Department the | | i Many Call At | | ! i | i there were four official Courthouse. For Information Conceming Delinquent Property Sales siderably increased by the pro- perty having passed into . the |hands of the state. Callers at the offices were told, either by Mr. Ladd of Mr. Sawyer that the matters would all be straightened out in due time when the required records of the sales had been completed, but in every instance it would cost them ‘articles published. At any rate, the officials both agree, there are a number of