The Key West Citizen Newspaper, August 19, 1939, Page 1

Azsociated Press Day Wire Service For 59 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West Key West, Florida, has the most equable climate in the country; with an average range of only 14° Fahrenheit t VOLUME LX. No. 197. Marathon C itizens Enter THE so Protest Against Increase | Ordered In Bri Petition Signed By Eighty Business Men And Citi- zens Sent To RFC Offi- cial In Washington With Polish A petition signed by 80 busi- ness men and citizens of Mara- thon, Fla., has been sent to E. T. Stein, acting chief of the Bond M (By Associ: Sprrice Rection, Self Kiquideteg | w xncaw: Aug. 19:—Poland is Division of the Reconstruction | taking Germany’s recent declara- |tions concerning Danzig in stride Seeeeh : Gonpenstion:. is: Wash- | and has announced that she is ington, protesting against the re-| well prepared to consider aggres- {sion from the newly militarized cently authorized increase in tolls Sjovakian territory bounding her j Gusisas country on the south. 6 . vidoe all Germany took over all military Bridges. A-copy was also sent functions of the Slovakian prov- ince yesterday and troops are re- to the Key West Chamber °f ported moving towards the Polish Commerce. é {border in that area. This move ! was also considered as a hint to The resolution sets forth that Hungary, in that the country also the citizens and business men, | borders that aed . living and doing business in; 1t appears that the axis powers the = eect the as within are bent on either bringing Hun- ? age gary into the axis, or seeing to it District have expended —sub- that the Hungarians adopt a stantial sums of money in the es- strictly, benevolent neutrality. tablishment of ‘their several over Viscount Halifax returned to businesses and must depend al- his London diplomatic post unex- “rived those the highway, for a livelihood. On August 12, 1939, the com- missioners of the district ordered and decreed an advance in the toll rates over the highway to become effective on September 1, subject ‘to the approval of the Reconstruction Corporation, and “it is our firm belief substan-! persons using tation: and the-arrival is taken tojler in treatment. of ‘the. Danzig mean that the British will become still more alert in watching all moves by Germany and Italy. Frenchmen are reported active in concentrating attention on their | Maginot Line defenses and a ge! eral tightening of military lines in France is in process. Recent de- tiated by remarks from the users® of the highway that the increase will result in a very material de- crease in the number of vehicles using the highway thus reducing , dge Tolls European Crisis Dealing Border Will Be Reached Very Short inted Press) ;clarations by the. French press suggesting an additional call to }arms’-to 300,000 men, has been considered unncessary by the war | ministry. Throughout Europe today, there {is general talk about the parallel {in ‘situations provided by the {current ultimatum by Hitler con- }cerning German minority’ rights ‘in Danzig. He made the same | declarations in regard to Czecho- | Slovakia last year, which ‘were followed by the aggression move erased the latter country - from the map of Europe. | Rome papers.are suggesting | that Poland accede to the propos- ‘als. made by..Hitler, which ap- ;Pears asa turnabout face in pol- icy as Myssolini, to a regent date, odin eit case. It was known that H Duce did not want.a “causus bello” sit- uation to arise from. the aggres- tsive- move planned: by Hitler. Crisis time will most certainly come within the next two weeks, is the opinion heard on all sidés ‘in European capitals today, | | Exeellent Progress Made The Kr UTHERNMOST NE KEY WEST, FLORID. PAT CANNON | HEARD TODAY! ANNOUNCED DEFINITELY HE . WILL BE CANDIDATE FOR RE-ELECTION i eat Congressman A. Patrick Cab-| non. presented his story to the citizens of Key West today, and {in the sanie time announced def- initely that he was a.candidate| jfor re-election to his post.as rep~} resentative from the Florida Fourth District. Before a filled courtroom in the county courthouse, Mr, Cannon, having been introduced by Ever- ett Russell, president of the |Chamber, of Commerce, spoke for (approximately: one hour - today. {starting on schedule at 1 d’elock. The theme song of the speech, quite admirably presented) was a plea for co-operation on the part of all citizens to the idea of al common. purpose in helping Key {West come back to its rightful place in the sun. “My. favorite contact with any city, and especially, Key West, is with the Chamber of Commerce”, the congressman stated. “I have found that group here most co- opetative in. assisting me- in my | work at the nation’s capital”. Need for dispelling. of petty | Jealousies and fora united action by all people to work with civic organizations like the Lions Club, Rotary Club and the Chamber was stressed. Also, before proj- ects. were sent to him in Wash- ‘ington, Mr, Cannon pleaded that local issues be ironed out so that 'no minority, adverse” opinions, would interfere with the success- ful performance of the need de- ed. Mr. Cannon assured the assein- blage that. Washington _ officials » SATURDAY, AUGUST 19, 1939. PRICE FIVE CENTS ounty Board Favorable Toward Having All Bridge Commissioners UF hd hk Lh dd bud CLOCK CABLE ROTTED OUT Startlingly sudden and un- Commissioners. Adopt |. The following resolution was! “Be it further resolved that | adopted at the special meeting of the State Board of Administra- the county commissioners held tion be and is hereby requested |last night and was forwarded to forthwith honor the commands |las : thig morning 46: the) State ‘Board | 6 /9cig inal Order anil:rin ‘all lof Administration at Talla-, é , ) hassee, {matters and things comply with “Whereas, on the 8th day of the terms thereof. August, A. D. 1939, there was en-| “Adopted by the Board of tered by the United States Dis-' County Commissioners at a spe- | trict Court in and for the South- cial meeting held this 18th day ‘ern District of Florida, a certain ‘of August, A. D. 1939.” ; final order in a cause therein; It was stated at the meeting | Pending between J. M. Guy,. a that had the mandamus issued in jcitizeh and resident of the State favor of J. M. Guy gone through ‘of Ohio, as substituted plaintiff,;the regular channels it would jand.Monroe County, Florida, a have necessitated an assessment | political. subdivision, as de-'of four to six mills being placed fendant, No. 388-K. W., and on all properties in Monroe coun- “Whereas by’ the terms of the ty, including homesteads, Wm. McKillip, ‘charge of the clock and its + McKillip was not cer- . or not the“ ~ Covering MandamusProcéedings Appointed From Monroe County 1 Also Oppose Increase In Tolls; Would Have Main Office Of Commission In Key West | | Courty commissioners of Mon roe county went on record lasi nighi at a special meeting as be- ling Opposed to the increase in |tolls over the Overseas Highway, jand Attorney W. C. Harris was instructed to formulate a resolu- jtion to this effect and forward it to the ‘Reconstrucion Finance | Corporation in Washington, D. C. Present at the meeting were: Chairman Carl Bervaldi, Com- missioners Braxton B. Warren and Norberg Thompson. Com- missioners Wm, Monsalvatge and T. Jenkins Curry. were absent. Also present were Attorney Har- ris, Chief Deputy Sheriff Bernard Waite and a few interested citi- zens. Want Change In Commission It was also decided to adopt resolutions which will be for- warded to Governor Fred P, {Cone to the effect that the mem- The closing part of the speech} plete dealt with the assistance Mr.|, ag@in- ‘Cannon had rendered. in the, case y ff of Key West. Items mentioned RETURN FROM TRIP were: The chance that Coast Guard headquarters may be established} Miss Hilda Russell and Miss here. The congressman stressedj Carrie Pierce, whe had . been the ‘point that Coast Guard high| spending’ a vacation in Hender- | officials in Washington had ap-/sonville, N. C. and other points, | } | id order a in Rule to show}. However an’ arrangément Was pers of the Road and’ Toll Bridge” cause: theretofore was issued on;made whereby the impounded pj.trict Commission be named May 1, 1939, was made absolute, gas tax monies will. be used to from the qualified electors of and ; {pay a part of the approximately Monroe county; that the main “Whereas, in and by the terms $20,000 covered by the man- office of the commission. be of said Final Order the Board of ,damus, and the rest will be ac- maintained in Key West and that Administration was directed ‘to, cepted by Mr. Guy in refunding ~ campaign of advertising the make payments to the substituted ; bonds. road and bridges be formulated plaintiff of certain monies there-| The arrangements were made a4 put in effect. tofore impounded, . now, there- through the R. E.’Crummer Co., Furnish Vehicle fore, : land it was stated’that:the county | 1; was decided that one‘of the toe be -con- (Continued on Page Four) have returned to the city. “Be it resolved by the Board of commissioners are County Commissioners in special gratulated.on being able to avoid \Cannon Takes ere ae a wee. c,d segmidn duly: assembled,’ ‘that no ; the necessity of “having - to. make | appeal be ‘taken from the Final the necessary changes'on the as- Pp " atters . | Order as mentioned’ | and: : de-! sessment rolls which would be re- scribed:‘in the; preambles: of; this; quired to make up the sum to county’s trucks be placed (at .the disposal of Scoutmaster E. «A. Peirce of Scout Troop 51 to be used in taking the troop on their annual camping trip ot ‘Orlando. in a material way the, using the | facilities. y ect Because of the reduction’ in| ~ the number of users of the high-} way it is pointed out that thej proposed advance in ‘toll rates} will fail of its purpose which is; to produce more revenue for the| Ovefseas Road and Toll District. | In conelusion the petitioners | humbly est “your honorable} body for a-‘reconsideration of the | In Collecting Funds For = Garden Cub’s Project A “ | More progress has been made ; mando Cobo, Mr. and Mrs. M. W. ge ig ane a me og Saaeee in collecting funds for the Garden Curry, Mr. and Mrs. B. A. Saw- that the utmost in potential rev-!Club Tree Planting and Botanical |yer, Key West Gas Company — Ped be ea meng _ Smee pacers on te ne s ad | plant employees, W. Warren Saw- s ‘ol - Bridge District, and at the same sorship. fund is printed here. |%°? DF and Mrs. J.B. Parra- time the undersigned may be al- with: j Ores Charles Taylor, Isadore lowed to pursue their several! Charles Thompson, Emilio Ro- | Weintraub. lines of endeavor in a_ befitting mero, Ben Sawyer, R. Appel, Key! ‘Dr. W. Kemp, ‘Dr. A. M. Mor- | | Of Much Importance To ~ Key West During Visit Although Congressman — Patjout any monetary consideration, Cannon spent a very’ busy linje [Provided ac. oe = ivi ‘ {approval of! e comm: lant 0! yesterday ‘receiving, the many | this. district whose headquarters visitors who called, he found | ore at the Charleston, S. C., navy time to get underway two very! yard, and the city keep up the important. things which «mean | maintenance‘of the basin. much to Key West. Mayor Albury said this morn-} In discussion with Lieutenant’ ing that he was satisfied the city | Commander Fort Callahan, offi- | council. would agree to handling | |cer in charge at the naval sta-!the lease and any other matters) tion, Mayor Willard M. Albury/|in connection therewith which jand Fred J. Dion, Mr, Cannon! would be n brought up the subject of the! The other matter which -was ‘CHIEF Resolution’. ; settle the mandamus. | TIMEKEEPER KNOWLES’ RITES OF STATEWPA HERE TOMORROW | Arthur Steeda, chief timekeeper {for the WPA in Florida, was an MADE IN KEY WEST, HERE Biel news ‘arrival in the city yesterday Since August 1 there have Funeral services for Mrs. Louisa | | tternoon to arrange matters ‘in been 57 assignments made on the Knowles, who died yesterday aft-' connection with the installation WPA and. since August 15, when;ernoon in a local hospital, will: of Isadore Weintraub as super- the layoff because of 18 months 'ph. held tomorrow afternoon at 4 | vising timekeepr in this area. continuous service was put in ef-/ crciock from First Meéthodist| Mr. Steed said that he intend- fect, there have been. 23 new! i he bod: ill be |0d: to arrive earlier in the week assignments, according to records | Church, where the body will be: ) tc cumstances arose whith in WPA headquarters, some of) Placed at 2 o'clock. Rev. Wm. L.| made it obligatory for the post- the new assignments were Halladay, of First Congregational | ponement of his visit until today. women. ‘church, will officiate. | Monday he will hold another Although there is some en-| class for timekeepers but tomor- : Pallbearers, who have been se- ! couragement given those who jected to serve, will be: W. S.|row will go out for another ex- “manner in order that the liveli-; West Furniture Exchange, Mr. igan, Saunders Wholesale Grocery, |have made applications but have pakins, Charles Ketchum, George jeursion on the water and catch hood of ourselves and our fami- and Mrs. R. Kirchik, Broadway | x ©. Thompson, J. B. Sym- tenes civibe yacht. basin, go the decided was 8 plsce-to be: ined | Park, Frank Johnson, Millard | some of the fine fish as he did on |reeeived no assignment to date. ; lies may not be jeopardized.” | Market, J. R. Adams, * Dr. Ar-! Key West Cops Make Fine Record In Pistol And Rifle Practice DIES HERE TODAY 1 George Roberts, 81. ‘died’ this! afternoon 2 o'clock in his home} at 923 Southard street, | nounced upon the arrival of a son, Phillip, from Miami. Funeral services will be an- He is survived’ by his widow, tions as: marksmen, and at inter- vard which is well adapted for use of both rifle and pistol. Wednesday afternoon, supplied with targets iti cier, went out to practice rifle and pistol, and brought the results of their firing. to The itizen. plan ta improve their qualifica- | vals go to a place on the boule-} j, city, which was one of the mat-|as headquarters of the WPA and} monette, Will Norman, H. Al-/ters which was decided several allied: activities.and the naval) | bury, Mr. Strahan, .W. -Sawyer,| weeks ago, when navy officials; hospital, in the old Ruth Har- |Mary Sawyer, R. Russell, Emil/decided that the WPA would no | grove Seminary, was decided up- | | Sweeting, M. Varela, Major and | longer have jurisdiction over the!on which is also used for — the| | Mrs. Snidow, Mr. and Mrs. H. | basin. | Monroe County Clinic. | M. Baker. , After a lengthy discussion; Settlement of oth of these Goal in the drive has not been! which brought out every phase! problems were eminently pleas-! reached as yet, and the commit-|of ‘the matter and in and from!ing to the mayor, who so ex-/ | tee-in-charge, headed by Albert every angle, it was decided that | pressed ‘himself and the_ belief | Peirce of the ‘Gas Company, will|the city of Key West would be that all of the details would be/ | be pleased to hear from those de- | granted a lease on the basin with- | satisfactorily arranged. = ==. (Coast Guard Ship Ashore Today Off Boston Harbor headquarters approved this project, both Mr. (By Annociated Preas) = Wilson and the new area super- visor, Mr. Thomas, having given BOSTON, Aug. 19.—The Coast |off this city enroute from a Cali Guard Cutter “Northland”, was fornia port to joint the Admiral conte ind this morning| Richard Byrd expedition to the ar Se ore -|South Pole scheduled to leave joff Boston harbor, due chiefly to | cary in October. | |be of those who will have com-; there is another layoff scheduled Gibson and Robert Knowles. for September 1,. and this will, pleted their 18 months of con-! tinued service as of that date. , The number + affected will ap-| proximate 200, it is said. About) 40 of the cards , known as 403; have been received. | C. G. Hicks, who is in charge} of the activities pertaining to the | sewing rooms, and other allied | work, said this morning that) eight women and two once Re al- Diplomatic Relations — Between England And Japan Nearing Break (By Associated Press) } his previous visit. hold in south China. Word a'so comes that the Japs are consider- Eng-|ing moves against French Inio- | Wilson is today putting. in his | assembled in this city to discuss campaign. | ime drawing up projects cover-| policy in the Chinese. ing the yacht basin, ba Possible intensification of the beach. basebal park and sewer|war in China and the anti-British laterals, and expects to have them|campaign is being considered. Wednesday, when The press of this city is almost in calling for a break- off of diplomatic relations ith England, chiefly caused by China, south of Hong Kong, which would provide further en- circlement of British interests in the Far-east. London is reported to be ready to declare a breaking of the Jap- anese-British trade treaty if anti- British feeling in Nippon con-