The Key West Citizen Newspaper, August 14, 1939, Page 1

Associated Press Day Wire Service For 59 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West ry VOLUME LX. No. 192. Plattsburg Was THE SOUTHERNMOST NEW big Army Maneuvers Today Units Mobilize From Va- " rious Sections; Largest Assemblage Since World War Days (Speciat to The Citizen) —PLATTSBURG, N. Y., Aug. 14—The First Army is mobiliz- ing! With five division from 11 states, flying by truck, clicking 6ver the rails on troop trains, sailing on canal barges and mar- ching on foot, a field army is taking shape on the wesfern shores of Lake Champlain at Platisburg. N. Y.. opposite the little bay where Benedict Arnold commanded the American nies’ baby Navy in its first battle (which it lost), And just 21 ‘years ago, (August 10, 1918), divisions” from” the Western Front began to assemble to form the original First Army of the A. E, F., gathering in the St. Mihiel, region centering around La Fertésous-Jouarre. The First Plattsburg Start Investigation In Accident TO Air-Liner (By Associated’ Prensa) RIO DE JANEIRO, Aug: 14—; broke in two, then fell straight The twisted ruins of a “baby”|into the water. | Pan American Clipper lay along- side the landing dock in this ¢ity today while an __ investigation} starts as to the cause which pitch- ed the ariliner into the bay as it began to land athe end of a |scheduiéd run from Port of Spain, j Trinidad. | Of the sixteen passengers and jcrew on board the liner, © only | two survived the crash. Six of | the dead were Americans, The | pilot, Capt. A. G. Person, and Capt, George Brooms King, co- pilot, and two other members of the erew perished immediately ; with ten passengers. All bodies have been recovered. . Company officials were at a loss to explain the ship’s failure }to land. It was a comparatively {new plane and had successfully |made several trips with no mis- j haps. ;, ‘The two survivors could offer no light on ‘the 5 mae other | than to*state that Somehing hap-/ tled ‘into the bay. witnesses, } } run: that left Miami last Wednes- | day for Rio. The pilot and co-} |pilot and one passenger, Miss | | Henrie May Eddy, were residents} | of Miami. BRANLY FUNERAL THIS AFTERNOON, REV. MAUREAU, ST, MARY'S STAR OF SEA CATHOLIC CHURCH TO OFFICIATE { Funeral services “ for — Loyis | Branly, who died last Friday aft- ernoon from the effects of a fall from the roof of the house porch, j will be held this afternoon at 5 o'clock from the chapel of. the Maureau, of St. Mary’s Star of The liner was ‘on the’ regular | training under the command of : | Gathered at the dock to.welcome the same officer of the United | the plane, declared that the air- States Army ‘who Was Chief of! liner seemcd to explode in mid-; the Sea Catholic Church, will of- ficiate, « The deceased is survived by the’ Cd) RESENT PROTEST § Key West, Florida, has the most equable climate in the country; with an average range of only 14° Fahrenheit SPAPER IN THE KEY WEST, FLORIDA, MONDAY, AUGUST 14, 1939. ON ‘BAIT BOX’), Citizens and Taxpayers, Inc.. of which Col. L. C. Brin- ton is president, has moved to apply to the Circuit Court for an injunction to restrain coun- ty commissioners of Monroe ‘county and John Walker from constructing and operating a building to be used as a “bait box” at the intersection of the Boulevard and Division sireet. < ed on the grounds that the “action of granting the permit was illegal as the commis- sioners had no authority to gtant the permission to con- situct the building. which is an unsightly appearing struc- ture,.and will prove detri- mental to the interests of the city. ; Permission was granted by the county commissioners to Mr. Walker at their mecting. of August 3, Mr. Walker as- turing ihe body that the place would be nicely con- Siructed and arranged and that the surroundings would be kept in perfect condition. - At a-recént meeting of city. council the application of-Mr. Walker was presented ard a motion was made by Council- , man W. E. P. Roberis that Permission be granted. The . Motion received no second and the request was “laid on the table”. GIOSTIALL, FIRE DESTROYS ~ CURRY'S HOME! HERE TO ATTEND MOTHER'S FUNERAL. J. E. CURRY RE-. GRiVES. .NEWS..OF.FmmE.. J. E. Curty, who, with Mrs. Curry, accompanied the body of Staff of the First Army A. E.F.|air and flames burst out, both| widow, Mrs. Rose Jamerson Bran-! his mother to Key West yesterday when it lined up to drive in the four year old-German St. Mihiel ; Salient which had held solid{ against the French singe the early days of the World War: The strength of Pershing’s First Army was over a half mil- lion with 2000 planes and more than 3000 guns of all calibres. The First Army, under General Drum, has 52,000 officers andj men, about 30 planes and some 240 guns. General Drum’s force} establishes the record, however, of being the largest American force actually assembled in the United States since the great armies. General Drum said that a con- ‘trast with actual war -would ap- pear in the effort all commanders will be required to make té keep their enlisted men informed of what is going on‘and instructing them? in the tactical combat les- sons. In real war, the fewer who know what is going on, the less the enemy will learn from pris- oners and listening posts. | fore and aft. immediately follow- ly; six children and other rela- | ing the explosion. The plane'tves here and in Havana, Cuba.; ‘OBSERVANCE OF LIGHTHOUSE DEPT. ANNIVERSARY ENDED ON SATURDAY’ r pape of the Rotary Club of this | i¢lose the celebration which was|City was held in ceebration of % ‘ _|the anniversary, and it was the leas! by. So peas |consensus of the attendance at jvelt and put in effect by the desea the meeting that it was oné of , United States Coast Guard Ser- | the best ever held by the local ; vice in recognition of 150 years club. of service of the Lighthouse De-; The three tendefs which were | partment. | stationed, at different points in’ | Throughtout last week the local | the district, in. connection with! depot was the mecca of hundreds the observance of the event, the of visitors, from all parts of the! Zinnia at Miami, Poinciana’ at. | country and numbers who are ré-|Fort Lauderdale and Ivy at sidents of Key West going to;Tampa, will not return to the view headquarters and the won-|bome port at once, ‘it was an-! ,derful-display of different’ types nounced at headquarters. ‘of lights, some of them in use|. Zinnia will return to Elbow, today ‘and others obsolete, and Reef and resume building the | the display of plants and shrubs, | lighted beacon’ which is to be jall of which had been? arranged | placed there, Poinciana will con- { for burial this afternoon, receiv- ed other bad news after his ar- rival. Mr, Curry hat not been in the city but a few. minutes, he told The Citizen, wien he was hand- ed a telegram informing him that his home in Tampa had been de- stroyed by fire. CURRY FUNERAL THIS AFTERNOO: Funeral services for Mrs. Rosa Curry, who died in Tampa last week, will be held 5 o'clock this afternoon from the chapel of the Pritchard ‘Funeral’ Home. The services ‘will be in charge of The Brethren. The body. arrived yesterday. the | afterngon 2:15 o’clock over highway, accompanied by the following members of the family: HITLER HAS NOT MADE ANY | DEFINITE STATEMENT REL- | ATIVE TO CONTROVERSIAL | MATTERS . (hy Aunoeinted Presa) |} LONDON, ‘Aug. i4.—The capi- thls of Europe were abuzz today with conjectures on the import of conferences still in session be- tween Adolf Hitler and Italian diplomats in Berchtesgaden. | t The parly between high offi- ! dials of the axis pdwers has been in’ progress since Friday, and the ‘olitcome. ' While no official statement has tpme from Berchtesgaden, the Getman press advances the opin- U.S. A. PRICE FIVE( ‘8 Opposes Over Twenty Killed In Train Accident Sunday (By Assocrated Press) | CARLIN, Nev., Aug. 14.—all)via auxiliary train equipment. \law agencies in this state were|Automobiles could not’. come ‘conducting a vast man hunt to-| within ten miles of the wreck. {day for the saboteur who’ caused| The saboteur apparently meant |derailment of the crack Southern | to derail the crack ‘flyer and no i Pacific _streamliner, City of San other train,and knew of schedules Francisco, early yésterday mprn-|and considerably about handling ing, as additional proof of tam- tools. Another flyer had gone over pering with the rails came to'the tamperered rails for hours | light. | before the train that was wreck- | Over twenty persons were re-|ed—and block signals had not | ported killed in the disaster | been set against the flyer in that j which turned over all*but four /no complete division of the rails | ‘whole world is speculating on the cars of the twelve-car ‘train and|had occured in the tampering|record as opposing the new tolls, | Process. | Many .acts-of heroism were re- | cited today in the Elko hospital as the injured were brought in. lat least half of ‘the passengers }and crew received injuries, some ‘of major nature that. might re- sult in death. * Highway Tolls | Basiness And. Civie ‘iad: ers Would Appeal To RFC Against Proposed New Schedules Practically every responsible citizen in Key West today joined in condemning the action of |Overseas Road and Toll Bridge | District Commission in voting to | raise the tolls on the highway 75 | percent above present levels. | Im statements to The Citizen leaders of our civic, business and | patriotic organizations, and dividual businessmen went on jas favoring a reduction rather j than an increase in the charges jon that*strong axis policies wilt! Due to the inaccessible position! A Canadian doctor. was especially |@"4 88 proposing appeals to tho ‘Gifically on the Danzig situation. }Chief purpose for the get-to- gether, it is reported, was to bring Mussolini’s policy more into line with the German desire to pre- sent a strong front against Po- land. If this is accomplished, it i ought that an early move to . Danzig and the Polish cor- for the Reich will be made in the near future. ‘greatly - hampered - yesterday. |rily treating many of the injured Most of the injured were trans- for broken bones—hiinself, badly ported to Elko for hospitalization | injured. “And. Twenty | | | i ‘ shortly be released, ‘treating spe-|of the train, rescue work was cited for his bravery in tempora-| Reconstruction Finance Corpora- \tion at Washington against the | new schedules. | ‘The statements set forth that in | their opinion the new rates call- } ing for $1.75 for car and driver in- | stead of $1 for car and driver aft- er, Sptember 1..would .seriously cut traffic to Key West, reduce the number of tourists, reduce Mussolini’s agents will seek to ;make conciliatory . gestures to the general volume of hotel, res- taurant and other business, and | England in the Polish question, it is stated, in an effort to satisfy Britains in ‘the event of any move to obtain Danzig. Germans are hopeful of efféct- ing the change. by negotiation rather than by aggressive action, and displomats agree that Eng- land must be satisfied that the move is necessary before her {agreement could sanction the |turning over of Danzig to Ger-| many. Poland remains adamant on the question of giving up Danzig —and stands prepared for any emergency following the German- i Italian cohference. SALVAGE WORK ‘08 SUBMARINE SEL BROUGHT TO SURFACE WITHIN: SHORT TIME, BAR- From WPA Rols * | | Dropped ‘CONCERT TONIGHT’ “IN BAYVIEW PARK POSTPONED FROM THURSDAY | OF LAST WEEK BECAUSE OF INCLEMENT WEATHER Cards, commonly known as 403’s or pink slips, were being distributed today to, workers on the Works Projects Administra- tion rolls, advising that tomorrow jafternoon at the close of busi- {ness hours the recipients of the ; cards were laid off for the pe- | Tiod of 30 days, according to a | ruling recently made. There were 220 workmen af- —_—— fected by the cards, 174 employ- Concert will be played this|ed with the operations division, evening by the Key. West|@ight employed on statewide | WPA Band, under the leader- | projects and 39 engaged on wom- ship of Alfredo Barroso, at Bay-' en’s work projects. jview Park, beginning at 8) It was said at headquarters that | o’elock. {there were not enough replace- This concert was. schedule for| ment épplications to fill ‘all of Thursday night of last week, but j the vacahcies caused by the lay- which was called off on account | 6ff—thete were possibly: 160 ap- {ofthe inclemency of the wea-/ plications on file—but itis not | thier, | | believed ‘that there are that many The program to be rendeted | available at this time. result in higher bus fares and greater. cost of food products and }other supplies trucked here from |the mainland. | A few of the statements fol- jlow: A A. Maitland | Adams, general manager of Overseas’ Transporta- tion Company—~‘Nafurally higher tolls for trucks will*increase op- erating costs and affect freight rates, but the real damage result- ing from the increased charges will be the loss of business to Key |West. The new tolls will cut traffic. Instead of increasing the rates, the commission should de- crease, run excursions and make lit more attractive for people to | travel to Key West”. | William Arnold, Monroe county agent for Florida Motor Lines— “The new tolls will increase our operating expenses, and this may later result in an increase in bus |fares. Higher fares would re- iduce the travel. That might force us to cut our service. Higher ‘nighway tolls.are a great mis- take”. Miss Elizabeth Sharpley,.mana- | Overture, “The Amazoi junder the direction os Superin-|tinue the works in the intra- | Mr. and Mrs. George Holland, Mr. } RING SET-BACKS Ed Kiesler itendent Wm. W. Demeritt. ;coastal Waterway, and the Ivy and Mrs. Edwara Curry, Mr. and | Thursday, one of the most im- | will relieve buoys in Tampa Bay- Mrs. George Curty, Mrs.. Wallace —— and informative meet- yand. vicinity, i arrenpe necewt snoce|(QMMERCE BODY SECRETARY TELLS OF RECENT VACATIO COMMISSION MEET- ING Harry Gwynn, former resident! “Every Key Wester should be of Key West and now making; his home in. Miami, was an ar- rival in the city | late Saturday afternoon for a\brief., visit on direct week, at least twice each year’ weather bureau. | West to help keep. the |from going adrift, And what d ea ni | 4 } tnot learn something at every exiled to the mainland for a/stop, it will be his own fault. “But the big dividend paid by said Secretary Singleton as he re-| this little journey is the know- |Lauderdale, Hollywood, Miami! : | Beach, Coral Gables, Miami, and |live up 1g our rtuni H I would have. taken in Home-|a clean’ gty physically, morally stead and several more “if the | and ‘poli x only be* located in the Holland and four grandchildren, ff EE Ee bd WILSON ENJOYS FISHING OUTING probably will to F i & a 5 5 F f i Ha p i i a if | i i il i 4 ? RFE WF fil rik ut al t 5 =~ | Waltz; “Folle Extase” E. Milok | Popular Selection PORTSMOUTH, “NH, Aug, |Gtand Selection, “Show Boat” 14.—Heavy. ther again j _. Jerome Kern \verited much progress. in. bring. Selection from “Babies In Toy- ing the’sunken submarine Squalus| land” __. Victor Herbert to port here and the slow trip by | March, “The Military Girl th halted while| = | i= Burger ,the pontoons was hal wi acs Spangled ei a arrangements were made to bring | Ithe submariné closer to the .top. Saturday, tivities to the fresh water distil- P ling plant at the local naval sta- Men May K. L. King} in” | | i jin highway ets ae in nl i i | La Concha Hotel an: ey “West, ot grein the dvotes cae wil be particularly bad toi ' i crease the tolls at this time “of ' Roberts was signed Saturday aft- tasuiaes ia. ead | erticon if.chambers by Judge Ar- | ¥&4" because sine: sie thur Gomez of Circuit Court, and |°ROUsh as it is. Tt will be bad to | recorded in the office of’ Clerk | merease the tolls next winter, ios | Ross C. Sawyer. }then the tourists will feel they P 2 tal dae | have been victimized. Some oth- jer solution ought to be found”. L. S. ,Gruber, proprietor of erseas Hotel—“Increasing the lis is the wrong way to increase revenues for the highway. Re- duce the tolls, run excursions and | offer other inducements so the | uninformed people of other sec- | tions of the state can come down | here cheaply and see for them- | selves that we have water and believe we should |March, “The Caravan Club” | | ger of Hotel La Concha—“Any way you look at it, an iperease e i cit: i zie ; [i