The Key West Citizen Newspaper, August 11, 1939, Page 1

Azsociated Press Day Wire. Service For 59 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West _|_Best Interests of Key West | } Che VOLUME LX, No. 190. nland Very Confident Of Withstanding Any Air Raid ——- Pres Continues’ [J, S. COAST GUARD ISSUES ; With Its Bitter Attack BOOKLET ON LIGHT STATION Against Great Britain And Poland An interesting booklet has *-| LIGHTHOUSE DAY cai ial ant We pet AT ROTARY MEET Many DISCHARGE. H cently been issued by the United | | States, Coast Guard, _ entitled, (iy Associated Press) “Guide To Historically-Famous | LONDON. Aug. 11—Englandiyighthouses in the United | today declared that as a result States”, and The Citizen is in re- | STORM PASSES IN { } WSPAPER IN THE U.S.A. KEY WEST, FLORIDA, FRIDAY, AUGUST 11, 1939 PRICE FIVE CENTS | (By Associated Press) | DETROIT, Aug. 11.—Henry, ordered reinstated which com- e e National Labor Relations Board /lar order before. | ; in a reaffirmment of the charges} ~ Wagner Act violations centered | jference with union activities. ‘ereised by company officials in’ i 2 ~ Many of the original charges: its relationship with employees.” * —_——— istricken out entirely as the board ‘ployees contained statements ‘ rn | : . imoved to strengthen its case against joining unions and_ in MA f REC IVES | E I TER | Outstanding Issue Taken |ty-four of the employees dis- fluence the workers, it was YOR ON | Up During Special Ses. tmissed by the company have been. stated. : sion Below will be found a copy of missioner Carl Bervaldi, as I be- | Ni ht a letter received by Mayor Wil-| lieve your groups can get togeth-! 8 THE SOUTHERNMOST. NE —— + ° . : $ e {Ford has again been cited by the pares with twenty-nine in a simi- | made previously charging inter- ‘chiefly around the “coercion ex-! filed, however, were modified or Printed statesments to the em- ;against the Ford Company. Twen-| other ways attempted to in- KEY WEST WPA OPERATIONS, t . ato eee : Conducted Last lard M, Albury from State WPA ier and no doubt offer to the WPA | AT THURSDAY'S of the aerial defense maneuve: conducted the fore part of this! i week that Great Britain can suc-‘ ceipt of a copy. |PROGRAM One of the articles concerns}. SESSION WAS IN CHARGE “Lighthouses’ on the Florida! OF SUPT, DEMERITT Reefs between Key West and Mi- | ‘ CARDS RECEIVED ._ NEAR PALM BEA\ TWO HUNDRED AND TWENTY‘ ATTENTED BY WINDS ESTI- i | j | 1 | Administrator Roy Schroder, clari- - fying the situation regarding cer- tain phases of the activities rela- tive to Key West and the neces- ; Without charge, a building ‘which } ‘we can use with rent, lights, wa-' Af @ special meeting of the City |ter, ete., free. ‘Council held last night, City At- “This is already done in other | Reser !towns in the state. Usually, I torney Henry H. Taylor, Jr. was fully withstand any attack! #!i, and Visible from the Over- | | seas Highway”, and, gives a brief Singing of “Let The Lower PERSONS ON WPA TO BE MATED AT 50 TO 60 DROPPED TUESDAY {sity of required reductions: ; “Being as familiar as you are; MILE! 4 si cobamica sata i with the WPA operations, I know ! j believe, the city and county of- ficials get together and waive | structed 20 take the ry axes on some private piece of legal steps to have the Circuit from the air. ‘history of these lights as follows: Lights Be Burning” opened the! The nation-wide blackout last) “The passage of the Florida | Rotary Club's program yester- | night was highly successful. Reefs is facilitated by a series of day, which was in charge of! Fleets of planes flying over all important oiisuore jighthouses | Superintendent W. W. Demeritt, parts of the island were not able' erected at salient points on the of the Seventh Lighthouse. Dis- ‘cards called 403’s, had been re- to locate any landmarks that | outermost reefs, between Miami trict, and Coast Guard Service, ‘ceived pending distribution Aug. would ordinarily be spotted. by! and Key West. These lighthous-|who has been with the service 15, affecting that many of the enemy planes for bombing pur-' es, whue not accessible, are to be | for 41 years. jemployes on the projects who poses. jseen from the Overseas Highway | Meanwhile, no important move Which connects these cities. in the Danzig situation was not-; “There are six of the ed as Adolf Hitler's speech to his’ hurricane-resisting structures, o countrymen was not released. ;Skeleton’iron construction, and Nazi leader Albert Forster spoke ll rather similar in appearance. bration of the 150th anniversary | in Danzig and told cheering! Those from the north to the’ of the establishment of the Light-| throngs that “Polana may rest; South are: Fowey Rocks, Carys- } jo, assured that Germany and Hitler ‘fort Reef, Alliagtor Reet, Som- | | The Citizen was informed this | afternoon by G. S. Kennedy, This morning it was an- nounced at Works Projects Head- j | { | | 2 ‘ are to be stricken from the rolls; Introducing Mr. Demeritt, Wm. jon that date because of having | } | liege |X Little, president of the Rotary | been employed 18 months. i | Club, said: In addition to the 182, which} “The program today is in cele-|@re now in the office, there are} 38 employes at the sewing room} who will on next ‘Tuesday be| eae ; ~*~ {given their cards, which totals! use Service, in compliance with 220 of the approximately 350 who are determined to stand by the brero Key, American Shoals and | President } Roosevelt's request | are eee for the lay off of German citizens of Danzig desir-;Sand Key. ‘Their sites average ‘Siven in his proclamation setting {One month. i ing to return to the Reich”, | about four milés from the shore-|aside the week of August 7th as It was also stated that while The press of Germany con-|!ine of the Florida Keys. Lighthouse Service Week. pacts sant Pe i sf mal tinued ‘its bitter attack against| “Each lighthouse is manned by| “On account of the important © 00%: | sans ey hapl/2 m4 : Britain and: Poland today, alleg- | four keepers and all display dis- Place in our community. life that Plann’ £0 (ll Lie vaeannan 100 ing interference in the “rightful|tinctive lighis of high power. |'§ filled by the Lighthouse Sery- | ications, for men and women, solution of the Danzig question”. Sand Key Lighthouse is off the| ices it seems fitting: that, special | *P tettions, “tr. met it : Mussolini, from his sick bed, {entrance to. the port of Key West, | : attention should be given to this authorized reports today of an| Where there is also a lighthouse | Occasion by our Rotary Club. You | €ffort on the part of his diplo-|on shore. This is the Key West} ccc CAMP. BOYS. COME TO CITY, | all realize what the locating jot mats seeking to effect settlement. Lighthouse, wuilt in, 1825, and qne|the district headquarters. in. Key of the Danzig situation in as con-| of the oldest lighthouses in Flor- ba has meant to the citizens of ciliatory “a manner as possible. | ida. The light is now automatic | this city. i f ‘ Other European sources. ‘stated | in operation. | “In celebrating this anniver- light- t | | | | | quarters that 182 of the discharge | pec that you recall the recent bill | property, and make necessary ¢ c a = passed by Congress, which con- | arrangements with the light and | ‘ourt determine as to whether j tains the provision that it make} water companies for furnishing the city should operate under the it mandatory that the. WPA con- us their services. We take care | i meteorologist at the Key West serve every possible dollar that it | of janitors and other services, in-°ld oF new charter, a question ‘Weather Bureau, that the center; can in all departments, including | cluding elevators where needed. | which has brought about a great of the small tropical disturbance ‘salaries, communications, — utili- “I think I should also bring an- . . 4. ' ties rentals, ete. other. matter to your attention, confroversy between those favor- was approaching the Florida; “~, 1 ree sae . ‘For the past several years the} that is in our present adminis- ablé to the new chart th coast a short distance north of wpa has had a lease with the!trative building in the Naval, a ee Palm Beach at 2 p. m., moving Naval Department for the use of! Yard, there are also housed a | opposed. at a rate of 14 miles per hour. the Administrative Building | couple of projects and offices for | The following is the advisory there, but in carrying out that | two or three Federal and State | that was issued at 3 o'clock this ' lease it has cost our organization’ Agencies, which, after all, are | that it does not desire to operate afternoon: iquite a lot of money for rent,;not connected with us, but for “Center of small tropical storm electric lights, water, etc. peda we ean mevanine was. approaching the Florida’ “I have just been advised by ‘janitor service, lights, water, etc., | sti its * chest & short distance north of Mr. Corfington Gill that he hes, 7out of our administrative ex. °° “Me question as to is legal Palm Beach at 2p. m. moving in line with a letter 1 reeently; sora reat ag Sa are in- | ity. 14 miles per hour in a direction wrote him, recommended to the tend to continue doing this, ex- | wrk between’ west northwest and Naval Department that this Key | cept for the projects, I am call- | Mayor Willard M, Albury in northwest. It is attended by a West lease be cancelled as ot ing it to your attention, as itj}formed the council that | the small area of gales of between 50 September 1. {might be that you will want to | Board of Public Works, which is to 60 miles per hour near the “We are doing this throughout ; get some building large enough | z center, and“ by a considerably the state and in some cases it may ;to take care of them also. jabolished under the new char- larger area of heavy squalls. be necessary to transfer our of-! “Reports from Key West are to | ter, is no longer functioning, and Warnings remain displayed from fices from where they are now , the effect that:things are coming that. th ‘ Palm Beach to Daytona Beach,'jocated to other communities} along all right and .I sincerely |*P@t the engineer at the water ahd all interest in this area where free rent, lights) water,| trust that “everything will shape | works did not know what steps whould-exereise caution the next etc. are available. I do not want! up very shortly, in tine with eurl{> “take in connection with his twelve hours.” \to do this as far as Key West is; other area offices, and again want | Aution, papeeialiv: dali .ot. Gi > ia CaReae A {eoncerned, because I think you|to assure you that whenever Tj ae y ¥ ny vine ADVISORY: | Warnings down) foiks realize the value of the ad-|can, I ‘will be glad to cooperate |# broken water main repaired, It was the sense of the council under a charter where there may 9 A. M., south of Miami. Small -, “the «6 5 | sary it is impossible to separate; that “the time appearéd not ripe} Raa Os he eeciat. Of \this event from one individual; house along the reefs is Dry “Tor- tugas . Lighthouse, located on pone Of O0F SHAE paneer, RIOT small Loggerhead Key, 65 miles |°% and. beloved: cltisens,...end.. 's to the westward of ‘Key West,|member of. Rotary. In. com- and only two miles from Bort | ena the Sicpday, of the | | Lighthouse Service we welcome} to settle the question, either by | force or mediaion”. i Large preparations, however, | are going forward for the Nurem- } berg Party rallies to be held in} BROUGHT HERE ON ACCOUNT tropical storm centrak 7AM OF THREATENING WEATH- , EST, about 100 miles east south- feast of Palm Beach, Florida. ER ON FLORIDA KEYS {moving west northwestward 14 (miles per hour. Center is very “ministrative payroll to Key West. I recognize your peculiar econom- ic problem there and would rath- er administer our program from | Key West than: Miami, That be- | ing the case, Mayor, I am writing Germany over Labor Day week- | Jefferson. Dry Tortugas is a 157- end, at which time, with more | foot brick tower, the first light- than two million men under|house of this name being built arms, Hitler may feel disposed toon nearby Garden Key in 1826. start his “hove to the East”. | “In addition to these large at- The move, it is stated, while: tended lighthouses, ‘the outer aimed primarily at Poland, will! reefs are also marked by a num- also encompass Rumania and} ber of intermediate lights oper- Hungary, within whose bounds/ated automatically. Minor lights are great deposits of oil and min-} and. beacons also serve the users the opportunity of honoring Wil- liam W. Demeritt. I believe that the Lighthouse Service in this \district stands as a monument to his worth and ability, for Bill |Demeritt has made it what it is. “Bill has been a member.of the {Service for the past 41 years, |during the last 26 as District | Superintendent, and during all i | Lieutenant Fred T. Komp, of jthe CCC Camp at West Summer- jland Key, and approximately 200 jmembers of the organization ar- \rived in the city last evening labout 6 o'clock and were gar- jrisoned at the naval station last; night. i | Reports from the weather bu- ‘small but attended by small area! yoy ahead of time and am also BE ie nee Ob to 2), ce ber | writing this exact letter to Com- hour and a larger area of squalls. | Indications are that it will cross: ese cine oot eom Fim DEPATL BUSINESS INCREASE IS SEEN warnings remain displayed from ; Miami te Daytona Beach. WEATHER BUREAU. to the fullest limit in behalf of | which was recently reported as Monroe County. requiring immediate attention. : “I know you realize this is an} The legality of the new char- tee Sapatcagen ont teva {teF has been questioned because 'T may have a reply from both of |@ section which provided for a you gentlemen in the very near jreferendum to be held on its en- future”. ; forcement was omitted -by the |House’s engrossing committee in the Legislature, and does not ap- pear in the bill enrolled in the loffice of the secretary of state. | A letter was read at the meet- ‘ing last night to the effect that jthe Works Progress Administra- BILL PREPARED reau of the storm which was ap- 'proaching the southeastern coast ‘of Florida caused the members, | officers and men, some uneasi-! jness and it was deemed wisest) ‘to come to Key West and escape | ‘danger if it developed that dan-j iger threatened. ! Officers and men:this afternoon }gathered up their belongings and erals and a great abundance of|of the Intracoastal Waterway, | that time he has never failed to wheat, all much desired commo-! which in this area lies to the do more than his duty to the dities for continuation of Ger-| westward of the Keys”. service and to his’ family, his many’s economic program. | friends and his community. | “As evidence of the esteem, af- 7 fection and honor in which we om FREDONIA, Kan.—Brice Ful-| follow Rotarians hold him, let us ASTORIA, Ore.,—Otto Ritter-;ghum, expert tuba player in a all stand and give him a big bush of this city trying to smooth} band in this city, was put out of round of applause. down a jagged back tooth with commission when a wasp settled | “Bill, I am sure that this recep- EERE ES EO WASP STOPS MUSIC DISLOCATED JAW MOVIE | | | i | | OFFICIALS (Hy Associated Press) | tion's lease with the navy depart- WASHINGTON, Aug. ‘—| ment for the piers of the subma- and Bradstreét’s economical ad-|Connecticut Senator Millard an-'+ine base used as a yacht basin, ,visers today released reports that! nounced today that his bill to en-| the administration building, com- eat |pointed to a definite trend up-| force nation-wide finger printing | munity clinic and quarters in the (Hy Aanoeinted Prens) |ward in national retail business ion every citizen of the United! .,41 station will be terminated SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 11.— this coming Fall. | States would be presented to the September 1, and that the city Samuel Goldwyn and James’ Increases in retail business in }/next session of Congress. jor county will have to furnisn (iy Associated Prens) NEW YORK, Aug. 11.—Du | Roosevelt, officials of MGM Mo-! @ file, opened his mouth so wide | that he dislocated his jaw. , Senator Pepper Headin Young Democrats Meeting (By Associated Press) PITTSBURGH, Aug. 11—Sen-|Democrats would catse him to ships dare, when no other ships=' ator Claude Pepper headlined the! break with the party”. -It was are able”. Rather, he explained, | Young Democrats Convention in recalled that Roosevelt had de-| the combining of the two serv-’ this city last night with a strong) Speech aimed at a “continuation of the Roosevel ideas for a third erm—if not a third term for} Roosevelt himself.” | Calling on the convention to! the Democratic! party, with is liberal ideas, from attack by “traitors”, Pepper | warned the young men assem-} bled that “Wall Street had made | up its mind who it would run for | departure from | toast erate by; the part of dent in his mouthpiece and stung his | tion expresses the sentiment of, lip when: he started. to play. levery man, woman and child in _|Key West.” \tle’s introduction, the entire as- | Semblage arose and gave Mr. De- |meritt a rousing evidence of ap- |preciation and gratitude. In his address the superin- | tendent clarified the recent merg- jing of the Coast Guard and , Lighthouse Service, .and said there would be no loss . because jof the sea nor the Lighthouse’ | Fleet, “that go where no other parted from the party once be-/ ices would make for a stronger fore in supporting Theodore and more effective unit for safe- Roosevelt for the presidency. | guarding the lives and Scheduled for appearance to-'of those people whose connec- day in important speeches were | tions are mainly with the sea. two high-ranking Sees | i Senator Barkley .of entucky, | and Paul V. McNutt, himself a| gave a thrilling and dramatic re- candidate for the democratic view of the founding of the serv- nomination if Roosevelt chooses | ice and how it has the time-tried not to run for a third term. ‘and proven devotion of those While the convention is not al- “who go down to the sea in H. Park- Ro- saddle as delegates cheered loud club were C. E. McCoy, Bill and long at any mention of Presi-| Steve Singleton III, and Roosevelt’s policies. * Adams. £ At the conclusion of Mr. Lit-/ lof this merger, to the traditions~ ‘started over the highway for the camp, as all danger was reported j Past. FIRST AID UNIT MEETING TONI A group of men from the Key est Electric Company, Key ‘West Gas Company, various Fed-' al employes, policemen and firemen, who recently completed ‘a course in First Aid training, given by the Red Cross und Mrs. Smock, will meet tonight at 7:30 o’clock at the city “hall for the purpose of organizing a First {Aid Club. |. All local citizens interested are | invited to attend. 4 LW i LOSES UNIFORM MONTREAL, Canada,—Cons- table’ P. Lapre shamefacedly re-! ported to his superior officer the | theft of his uniform, revolver and ; badge from the back of his car. | Miami, Fla | . ‘SWIFT FUNERAL vie Company, were cited today in i2ll lines were noted during ‘th court in a bitter denunciation of first ten days of this month, a late release of the company, en-'state these authorities, and th titled, “The Real Glory”. ltrend is expected to continue up | The picture depicts life among ‘right into a. “definite business! the Philippine islanders and the ‘expansion” move in full swing by ; { ; complaint comes. from various ne 7 leading citizens of. that island, |"° pathy noo ‘WILL FILED IN sented in an untrue, derogatory light. | The United States’ occupation | and rule of the Philippines - is! ing to the complainants, the|of Judge Raymond R. Lord this; story detracts materially from the ! morning -was. the last will and| true. abilities and general living |testament of Annie M. Cotter, conditions: of the natives. j who died May 30 in Key West. {of property in Monroe county, and the entire holdings are be- queathed to her sister, Kathleen Cotter Gross, and Mrs. Gross was | . The will.was witnessed by Hen-/ *|rietta Gates, Gladstone Knowles | ing at 10 o'clock from the Pritch- 2% Attorney Allan B. Cleare, Jr.) officiate. Mr, Swift was a member of the| Roasters and Stews City, was brought to when they state that character- woven into the plot of “The Real} The entire estate is valued at TOMORROW hig rupees made the executor. Mrs. Gross is ard Funeral i Mullins, of St. Mary’s Star of The! | day on the isties of the Philippines are pre- Glory”, and, throughout, accord- | Filed for probate in the court : $750 and consists of several pieces ‘a resident of New York City. ates Oe \Choice Fryers .... Ib. 33) Pandora. The bill would require that a| buildings for housing all these ammoth file be established in|WPA units. In nae sedis ‘ or county governments must also ashirigtor—and. that all, siete | furnish sees and electricty. would be requirec. to attend to! jt was ofdered that arrange: « task of furnishing finger- iments be. made for taking up the rints ot every citizen. within its|matter with the WPA head and bounds. four representatives. in Congress. There has been long agitation |1n an effort to have the old Naval for this bill from various agen-| Hospital building here made cies throughout the country, and available to house the different Tit is thought that Congress wili units, which are now taken cate pass it when it comes ‘up. jot on the Naval Station grounds. Important Decision To. Be Released By Labor Group (By associated Press) ATLANTIC CITY, .N. J., Aug. the dispute to be settled in ‘be- 1l.—Officials of the ican | tween members of the Associated Federation of Labor were study-! tors of America and the Inter- eager ecday os they {national Union of Stage Hands. met in this city to iron out dif-| If the decision favors the