The Key West Citizen Newspaper, August 17, 1939, Page 1

Associated Press Day Wire Service For 59 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West VOLUME LX. No. 195. The Kry ‘ gt Citizen Key West, Florida, has the most equable climate in the country; with an average range of only 14° Fahrenheit THE SOUTHERNMOST NE WSPAPER IN THE U.S.A. —— | KEY WEST, FLORIDA, THURSDAY, AUGUST 17, 1939. Governor Coné To Put St Orders On All Expenditures In Balancing State. Budget WASHINGTON, Aug. 17.—+ Fritz Kuhn today issued a call! for all organizations in sympathy with the principles propounded j jby his group, the German-Ame- | ‘rican Bund, units to strengthen me mare "© Outsiders: Deplore. tion. That Which Is Now In} " In Raising JACKSONVILLE, Aug. | Coming from John L, Morris, Governor Fred P. Cone in ani general manager of the. Miami emphatic statement made today !Chamber of Commerce, adding said that he will “put stop orders | another to the many letters re- on expenditures to balance the ‘ceived deploring the action of state budget”. _._ {the Overseas Road and Toll In a letter to the Tax Revision ' Bridge Commission in increasing League, released here today, Gov- | the tolls over the highway. ernor Cone said: “In case any; The latter is addressed to the deficit in indicated, I expect to: secretary of the Key West Cham- put stop orders on expenditures | her of Commerce, as follows: “In to ntake the budget balance, in the thought that it may be help- other words, I do not intend to} ful to you, I'am passing on a lit spend more money than we have tle of the criticism which I have in the Treasury”. theard within the past few days. The Governor's statement was! in reply to a letter from. the! League complimenting him on! the $5,000,000 saved the taxpayers | by reducing expenses and his | veto of appropriations and urging | him to take action under provi- SUB RESUMED sions of Section Nine of the Gen-} a | eral Appropriation Bill to affect | pypECT TO DOCK SUBMER- further economies. This section; gives the governor authority in| §IBLE THIS AFTERNOON the event of impending deficit to| OR TOMORROW reduce expenses, by executive} ing under the. General . Appro- priations-“BM. 4 Governor Cone saved the tax- payers of Florida approximately | $4,400,000 for the biennium by vetoing appropriations made by i ordrs, in all departmerits operat- | { q ASS RAOCTTER VP eRRT PORTSMOUTH, N. H., Aug. 17,‘ —The second operation in bring-- port was ordered underway late the 1939 legislature. He saved {this morning following a period $744,702 during the fiscal years; of indecision on the part of offi-' of 1938 and 1939 by reducing ex-!cials as to advisability to pro-. penses of four departments ope- | ceed. i rating on liberal continuing ap-| Repair work on air lines to the} his control; a total saving of ‘have taken up a major portion of more than $5,000,000. Due to im-|the day, and it was thought that; pending deficit, several million|;no raising work could start to-| dollars more will probably be | day. However, the word was giv- ; saved by the Budget Commission | en to start taking in on support-} or by executive order of the gév-'ing chains preparatory to the * €rnor, | slow move to shore. BRINGS FORTH STATE SLOGAN er, | “THERE IS NO sunerrvore DOCK PROPERTY ) BEING PAINTED. FOR GOOD JOB—JOB IN | | | «move, and that the submarine{ teould be docked late this after- | PRIVATE INDUSTRY” t As‘is usual at this time of the ‘year the buildings of the AGWI) {property in Key West are under-| going théir annual painting. and} renovation under the direction of | James Roberts. | _ ‘The first operations were start- | \ed on the dock warehouse, which | is being scraped and prepared for | jthe paint coats of tam color for; the body and trimmings of | brown. & ;. CE. Smith, agent for the lines} {My Aanocinted Preax) LOS ANGELES, Aug. 17.— Governor Balawin of Connecticut today spoke to Republicans of this state and brought forth a slo- gan used in his state that was well thought of in national circles, so much so that national Repub- licans are considering it as the 1940 battle-cry of the GOP. The slogan is: “There is no substitute for a good job—a job in private industry”. Governor Baldwin stated that Connecticut had adopted the slo- gan two years ago and that much progress in effecting “relief from ‘exception of one of the structures | i they will all be treated to a com- | ‘plete dressing up in preparation | for the winter season. ‘the causes of “good government | jin this nation”. He denied that he sotight to be leader of the ? (By Associated Press) of Kuhn’s answer to American ac- tivities of the Bund hurled at him the Dies investigation com- mittee in session here yesterday. The session was in uproar when Kuhn denied that he had made statements previously to the ef- fect that his organization sought to establish the Fascist form of Government in the United States. the National Bridge: Tolls “Several men of -prominence are deploring the recent increase in tolls of the Key West Overseas Highway. These men are of the very definite opinion that this in- crease will materially curtail travel to Key West. The merce has no® taken any official action on the matter, of course, but I thought you might be in- terested in getting this cross sec- tion of opinion which has come to me”. OPERATIONS ON ‘NEW DISPUTE OVER LABOR NATIONAL SUGAR REFINING COMPANY CLOSES DOWN TWO FACTORIES (thy ‘Kanaciated Prema) NE WYORK, Aug, 17.—Anoth- er dispute with rulings ofthe Na- ing the ‘submarine Squalus to tional Labor Relations Bi d was! i revealed today when’ officials of Sugar Refining Company announced that’ they. had ordred the closing down of 6 ; ; two of theit’ factdries’ in’ this propriations, but directly _ under} submarine and pontoons was to ein . rapticedeiad Over +1700 workers were notified that’ their services would not be required until further no- tice. ! The company objected to.inter- i pretations placed by the NLRB on} certain union demands, which |tion would aid: materially in the they claimed were highly dis-! criminatory to the best interests. of the company. The action taken was strictly a protest against the decision. No report was issued as to when the factories might reopen. CHARLES PAZO Preliminary hearing was held yesterday afternoon in the court of Peace Justice Enrique Esquin- aldo, Jr., for Chas. Gibson Pazo, charged with assaulting Rita Lero and making derogatory remarks i regarding her. After hearing the evdience pro- Judge Esquinaldo ordered the prisoner held under*bond of $100 for the next session of criminal relief” had been noted since the | ~ instigation of the move to put! more people back to. work in! private industry. i @ CAPT, JOHNSON | VISITING IN CITY, —_ Two Cases Heard | Criminal Court Today, At a short session of Criminal There is a possibility of rela-j West court. Miami Chamber of Com-: Various Congressmen took issue With him on that score and feel- ing .ran high before capital police quited threatened violence. new, stiggésted union. “You . call “our organizations. Fascist—but I call them Patrio-: iti”, was the sum and substance’ | ASCANDIDATE.* !MISTAKE AT BEGINNING opt aikeriec TO PROVE VIO- : ' | STATE PAIR SPEECH. LATION OF ANTI- } TAKEN AS HINT TRUST LAW { (iy Associated Preas) | IONA, Mich., Aug. 17—Defin-} WASHINGTON, Aug. 17.—-A ite hint that Senator Vandenberg {Hétionwide investigation of the of Michigan would soon throw | Dulding material manufacturing : ’ : | business got underway today his hat, into the ring of aspiring| when the justice department an- candidates to the Republican nom-/nounced that it would seek to ination to the presidency were Prove the anti-trust law viola- evident today when an incident; tion angles of that business. loccurred at the Michigan State Thurman Arnold, assistant at- iFair being held in this city. torney general, and his staff of | When Senator Vandenberg | #Ssistants, have been preparing arose to speak, following intro- for this investigation for months. duction by well-known politcial! All lines manufactured in the observer, David Lawrence, he/ building material industry will stated, “Thank you, Mr. Farley—-|¢ome up. for investigation. : er, I mean, fbi aes ig | The Federal department will The mistake was considered| attempt to’ prove » that colusion positively. intentional, and was | exists in keeping prices of mate- purported to mean that the sena-| Mals at high levels. tor had..chosea Mr. Lawrence for | Beg jcoming election. COMES TO CITY ‘ DIES IN TAMPA 'CONTEMPLATES MAKING SS! |. PURCHASE OF HOTEL FUNERAL SERVICES FOR FOR-' JEFFERSON MER KEY WESTER HELD | IN THAT CITY | | \ a i f { (ty Associate Breas) H. Gilbert, owner” and general "manager of a chain of hotels in ‘Florida and who has also charge News has been received in Key Key West, arrived in. the © city West announcing the death of yesterday afternoon, accompanied William S. Solomon, 84, at his jy M, J, Schwartz, who relieved jhome, 102 East Hillsborough Ave- y Healey, former manager. nue, Tampa, Fla. }--It is understood that Mr. Gil- | Mr. Solomon was born in Key jert is contemplating the pur- West, having resided in this city “jase of the Jefferson hotel, one ‘until he reached the age of 24 of the oldest hostelries in the jyears when-he took up*his resi- ity, and is today in Miami dis- dence in Tampa, having resided cussing with Attorney Wm. H. jthere up until the time of his y4gagione, who was appointed re- ideath, which covered a period, of iver of the hotel some time ago, |60 years. Shortly after taking terms‘and other matters ‘in con- up his home in Tampa he Was. yection therewith. :married to the Iate Annie Leo-: yesterfay there was recorded inatdi, resident of that city. in Circuit Court an order where- He is survived by a son, L..S, ‘by Judge Gomez directed that Al- | Salonen: four daughters, Mrs. }, 4 . Jan B. Cleare,; Jr., as master, ex- {Velma Burnett, Mrs. Alla Fuen- ‘ccute and: deliver to John Park, ites, Mrs. Grace Altree and Mrs. ‘two-thirds interest in the. hotel Norman Rust; a sister, Mrs. Ella nq grounds in settlement of a Bierna of Key West; 24 grandchil- claim by the Park Plunvbing Com- dren and five great grandchil- : pany of $1,103.50 against Joe \Gren. “Browne, executor of the estate of | Funetal services were held at pis father, the late Judge Jeffer- jOur Lady of Perpetual Help, son B. Browne. 1Catholic Church, with Father, it is understood that a claim in Key West, stated that with the duced by the accusing woman, voc. officiating. Burial was in’ of Roy Jameson, contractor, of |Myrtle Hill cemetery. _ $553.61 against the interests of | Pallbearers were Victor Knight, ‘the hotel, and a receiver's certif- ;Tom Palmer, T. N. Henderson, jcate of $1,500, held by Mr. Gil- Harry Wellacot, Babe Lesley and; pert, are to be paid by Mr. Park. Fred Turner. : | This agreement was reached and TOD oe a we are picking up in Danzig crisis and | it becomes apparent now that no | ABOUT WARBLER ‘of the Gilbert-Jefferson hotel in| Movement Started Here To Develop Hotel And Lodging House Industry No Peaceful Settlement | Of Danzig Seen As Ye ‘FALSE REPORTS PRICE FIVE CENTS Preliminary Steps. Taken Toward Organization At Meeting Held At Hotel La Concha Yesterday | For the purpose of proteeting jand developing the . hotel. and | lodging house industry of Key | West, preliminary steps in the ‘organization of the Key West peaceful feeling can be expected | |Hotel and Tourist Association until the issue is séttled) one way iwere taken at a meeting of a or another. Reports one day from! RUMOR HAD IT THAT SOME | number of interested persons at abroad indicate that mediation }’ MEMBER OF PERSONNEL [Hotel La Concha yesterday. may_be stressed in séttlement of ; HAD BEEN KILLED | Among the primary purposes the question—another day, andj of the organization as tentatively reports are quite the reverse. |, Sees decided at the first meeting are Headlining all reports on the; false reports concerning the |Support of the plan to develop i etnhitey wih, Getnane: in| Wheeling Tug. Warbler, which adequate and high class beach, occur, is that ‘concerning open } left here Tuesday, have been in swimming and fishing facilities military preparation of large pro- | circulation to the effect that some and developments of a program portions along the Polish-Ger-! member of the ship’s crew had for advertising and publicizing many border by Nazi troopers. /heen killed or met death in some the hotel, tourist and other facili- pier ee Darbed wire ens |SUer form—in fact, _there were | ties of Key West. : tanglements are installed and |®° many rumors going around At the preliminary meeting L. general preparation for war: ac-|that The Citizen visited the of-(S.’Gruber, proprietor of Overseas tion goes ahead. | fice of the Porter Dock Company |Hotel, was named treasurer, with rediction..that and Manager. Taylor. said they, Re-A» Lehmann, Charles Johnson in the matter | jof Silver Palm Guest House and (ity Associated Press) LONDON, Aug. 17.—Incidents action: is ex: {were all untrue. i Mr. Taylor stated the company |C. A. Alfeld of Gulf Stream Hotel before the 2nd of next month. Adolf Hitler today authorized re- | | 3 F is the agent for the owners of the | were jointly charged with build- tween high officials of his gov-!Warbler and other vessels in the |ing up the membership and pro- lease of conference activities be- ernment and Danzig-Nazi-opera- ‘salvage business, and orders are | viding publicity for the move- held at Zoppot, resort, section of | ordinary happens: aboard one of| Temporary Chairman Lehmann nent. Nazi» agitator in the Free - ‘ 7 | was instructed to atpang a City, as chairman. ‘The Septem- | port of the vessel be informed at} b «at the wines | be held Wednesday; théitime and beginning of the Nuremberg | ome. port of ¢ Warbler, any | place to be announéed® latér. At would have been at once report-| owners of all the 80 or more J AY CEES WILL i by radio. \hotels, apartment-hotels and ats ‘ | people, who have relatives on the | attend and,to participate in the HOLD MEETIN | Warbler, call at the office or by jorganization. Officers for the ‘ |to all of them has been given the | that time, ;assurance that had any dire mis-; Others at the first meeting were: the Junior Chamber of Commerce ¢rew, the Porter Dock ‘Company /Concha, Mrs. Suzanne Staley of will be held t6morrow evening, would have been the first to:re- | Coral Hotel, Mrs. Hugh Williams Garden Restaurant on Duval! ea |Guest House. Dan Navarro of street. ‘FRUIT STEAMER Central Hotel. and S. C. Singleton. jsecretary of Key West Chamber is requested. $5 TY i 4 CI 2 COUN } | brought together for their ‘own ‘ . | tion in the matter of pro- | Steamship Miraflores, etetassiee ore 4 Standard Fruit and Steamship} x, i i ‘ ri F ‘ {Key West, in combatting the 1Co., is slated to arrive in port) movement to invoke prohibitive There will be a regular meeting and is consigned to the Porter | and in overcoming the false of the City Council held tonight, ! Dock Co. stories on the mainland that Key This will be the second regular and fuel oil and proceed. to: Mexi- |handle tourists. session of the month. gan port for a cargo of fruit. | Believing that many of their % oo Pi e ‘business, the organizers decided f |tentatively to work independently d ‘of the Chamber of Commerce, but to co-operate with the Cham- a ber in all worthwhile civic and the men and women identified with the hotel and tourist busi- ‘ber. “There is strength in organiza- 2. 2 tion, and we believe work One of the most convincing , possesses a delicious flavor and a effectively for Key yand tors..The conferences are being! that when anything‘out’ ‘of the | ment. Danzig, Albert | Foerster, ‘promi-| 144 company’s ships, the home : general organization, sfeéting to fer 2 deddline as Go With Hie | Te 8S Ae Ney West is the Nazi Congress. out of the ordinary occurrence | thig meeting the managers or There have been: a: number of | roominghouses will be invited to ‘telephone, said Mr. Taylor, and| year will probably be elected at A regular monthly meeting of bap befallen one of the ship's|Miss Elizabeth Sharpley ‘of La beginning ‘at 6:30 o'clock, at the ceive the message. \Island Inn, J..C. Lehman of Key A large ‘attendanee of members : | jof. Commerce. + j COMING HERE Organizers of the association | indicated that they have. been MEETS TONIGHT of the| viding better tourist facilities in ‘tomorrow afternoon at 4 o'clock, |451) rates on Overseas highway beginning at 8 ¢’clock. The ship will take on. supplies | west is inadequately equipped to - problems are peculiar to their own 4 betterment movements. Many of 4 ‘ 'pleasant mild fragrance. 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