The Key West Citizen Newspaper, August 24, 1939, Page 1

Associated Press Day Wire Service For 59 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West VOLUME LX, No. 201. Legion Would Have Streets And Yards Cleaned Before g Of Tourist Seaso Chamber Of Commerce Takes Up Matter Of Recertitying penin Organization Also Goes On Record As Opposing Increase In Tolls Highway Voting approval of a city-wide Che Key PS oy ‘ * THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN THE U.S.A. KEY WEST, FLORIDA, TH [OFFICER COLLINS WILL BE GIVEN HEARING TODAY! CHARGED WITH ASSAULT AND BATTERY BY JOSEPH CAMPO, WHO WAS ARREST- ED BY LAW OFFICER Yesterday afternoon there was |tried in police court Joseph Cam- po, charged with resisting an of- ficer and operating a_ bicycle without a light. On the first charge he was fined two dollars and on the second, Judge Aqui- lino Lopez fined him one dollar. “Tuesday night at 10:15 o'clock, Officers W. F. Collins and. Myrt- DAY, AUGUST 24, 1939 i ruropean Situation t Citizen Key West, Florida, has the most equable climate in the country; with an average range of only 14° Fahrenheit PRICE FIVE CENTS Remains Tense; Hitler Determined In Stand For Invasion; Chamberlain's Specen Firm ALL EUROPE STANDS READY FOR ANY EMERGENCY; TROOPS BEING ASSEMBLED WPA Epis ey West Roosevelt Cables King OF ALONG BORDERS AWAITING ANY AT- cleanup project. Arthur Sawyer Post No. 28, the American Legion last night also went on record as opposing the proposed. increase in highway tolls, recommending the rescinding of the toll-raising esolution. and. approving. the municipal beach and recreational field projects. Vice Commander T. A. Woody was named by Commander W. J. Schoneck as chairman of a com- mittee to interview officials of the city, county and WPA to de- Following is the copy of a let- |ter which has been sent from the }Chamber of Commerce of Key | West to WPA Administrator Roy C. Schroder, in Jacksonville, and |relative to the recertification of employes of the WPA laid off be- cause of 18 months continuous service. “No provision has been made as yet for recertifying WPA em- | ployees laid off in July and Au- gust, to the number of about 250. An additional number will be copy to Congressman Pat Cannon} tion of anarchy. These people have neither the means to move} to other localities, nor the ability | to adjust themselves new jobs on new surroundings. “If consistent with the due; | Processes of your office, may we! request your assistance %o the ‘end that the Florida State Ad- |ministrator authorize some agen- | jcy to proceed with recertifica- tion without delay. “Would it be possible for the| | State Welfare Board, operating! | with or under the WPA, to handle }land Cates, of the Key West Po- ‘lice Department, were checking on riders of bicycles operating without lights, and Campo was encountered at the corner of ‘Windsor Lane and Olivia streets. He was riding his wheel without | a light gnd Otticer Collins ordered } him to stop. } Campo was ordered to come} down to police court the follow- ing afternoon for hearing. The arrested rider declared he would not, reported Officer Cates, who Was a witness to the proceedings. | termine the feasibility and the|laid off September 1, bringing probable cost of a. campaign to | the total up to about 450. clear the streets, yards parks| “Grim necessity confronts us. and vacant lots before the open- | These people have no such re- ing of the winter tourist season, | Source as might be afforded by “The American Legion believes |#n agricultural back country, or | that a successful cleanup camp- | local industrial plants, as have aign will react to the great bene-|the people in other localities. fit of the entire city”, Vice Com-|Hunger without hope might de- mander Woody declared. “We velop into panic or even a condi- plan to investigate the idea and | |this work. The State Welfare Officer Cates also stated that! |Board has been the certifying|Campo was treated with the ut- agency in the past. There is at'most consideration by Officer ithis time no certifying agency in ‘Collins. | Key -West to accept application. { |. “You “have been good enough jing to report to the police court, ;to familiarize yourself with ourjand, mounting his wheel, started situation. The bare statement of |to ride away. He was stopped by} ;facts needs no phasis. I know Officer Collins and when the bi-; jyou will do all you can”. 1 made a swing at Collins, who to sponsor a proper project along | this line. It is possible we may get the co-operation of other | civic, patriotic. and.secial “ote Rex zations and-in that’ way do a complete and satisfying job”. In the resolution passed by the post condemning the action of Overseas Road and Toll Bridge District in increasing the high- Rex Wilson, field engineer of way tolls, the Legionnaires set| the Works, Progress Administra- forth that the higher charges| tion, who wasin Key West as would react against the post’s,area supervisor since the resigna- effort to bring the 1941 state con- | tion of B. Curry Moreno, left over Wilson Connected With WPA Leaves For Jacksonville grabbed his hand and slapped his face, advising him at the same ime that: that was not the right to-do. : Campo was rleeased a_ short time Jater and this afternoon Of- ficer Collins is to be given a hearing. before Peace Justice En- rique © Esquinaldo, “Jr., charged the sewage system. There \are with assault and battery Sy also others that have been given | Campo. his careful attention. Before leaving yesterday after- noon, Mr, Wilson, who has made } i vention of the American Legion to Key West. It was stated that one of the main objections many Légion- naires have to coming to, Key West is the expense involved. Arthur Sawyer Post believes an|and preparing new projects for| pleasure over the Sunday fishing increase in tolls will simply in-| this area, included in which are! excursion, duirng which he real- enroute to headquarters in Jack- sonville. | city he had been actively engaged for the past few days outlining the highway yesterday afternoon| During Mr. Wilson’s stay in the! a number of friends during his stay, said that his official duties |had brought him in contact with many people and his tour of duty jhere had been most delightful. He also expressed his great | CONFER HONOR ON MRS. BERKOWITZ. PRAISED FOR HER WORK IN CONNECTION WITH CHI- NESE RELIEF ltaly, And Not Mussolini Concerning European Criss {By Associeted Pressy ON BOARD U.S. S. LANG, peace directly ta the dictators Aug.24.—President Roosevelt took | themselves. In that he has met strong cognizance of the Euro- | with several rebuffs from both pean situation today on his re-| Hitler and Mussolini in current turn from vacation in northern | months, other personages are waters to the capital. j being approached. Reports related of a Jong plea} The King of Italy appears to Campo insisted he was not 8°-'cabled io King Victor Emanuel, be “a natural” for transmission | |of such an appeal. It is known Phillips in Rome, in which Roose-|that Mussolini has “not much velt expressed the hope that the/taste” for the . way things are King would exert every effort'shaping up in. eastern Europe, of Italy, through: Ambassador cycle was brought to a halt Campo! possible to avert the impending |and whatever influence can be! war. {exerted by prominent Italians to Significant is the release of this; keep the troops of that country report. Previously, the President! from siding with the Nazis, will would ‘have followed the usual/go just that far in preventing course of transmitting pleas for |war, itis felt. Hemingvay Will Co To ~ Fira in Event Of War Ernest Himingway, author of! event of war he will naturally go world wide fame, who has been| to Europe, to chronicle the acti- home fora short time, plans | vities of the conflicting forces, leaving this evening for the North!and if the trend of activities and will stop briefly in Miami to|turns out as. the indications TEMPT THAT MAY BRING ON HOSTILITIES (By Associated Press) LONDON, Aug. 24.—The eyes of the world—and the ears, too— | | turned to the capital of the British Empire this morning to ascertain just what England was going to do about the impending war situa- | tion as contained in the speech made by Prime Minister Chamber- lain to the special session of Parliament assembled in the emergency. The world is now fairly well satisfied that England has at long last thrown down its policy of appeasement in favor of strong senti- ments of meeting force with force: That was the sum and substance *of Chamberlain's report and ed- JAPAN NOW TURNS|=3.°" "=" ‘AGAINST. GERMANY | not rest with us”, the head of the British government stated, going on to state that full responsibility MAY ATTEMPT TO PATCH UP for war would rest with’ Hitler. Will Fight For Peace D . : IFFERENCES WITH U.S. |. Y miessage to Adee Hiitieg AND ENGLAND |stated that ‘if a.war comes we will jfight for preservation of princi- ples of peace—not for the sake of. {By Assccintes. Ring). .f}protectiop for any _ municipality, TOKIO, Aug. 24.—Contrasting|or °county’,” was another. state- yesterday s reports’ that Japam,ment made in the speech. would conduct a campaign of ig-| Streets of London were jammed {norance of European alliance |as Chamberlain entered the House movements and preparations for|of Commons and a tremendous ;war—comes reports today that/ atmosphere of crisis was in every- ‘public reaction has set in against! body’s talk and posture. That the German-Russian treaty of|there is no doubt of the British non-aggression. people’s opinion of the serious Feeling is strong today against | situation is contained in the news | “The issue of peace or war does i } § ‘the Germans. and _. considerably Hess talk of anti-British nature is ‘heard on the streets of this capi- tal. It is entirely within the realm of: possibility that steps will be taken, according to far-Eastern experts, to patch up differences |that general orders for protection |have been issued and are being complied with in regard to carry- ing of gas masks, universally, and complete “blackouts” ordered for jall of England from this night | forward. r Hitler Demands Free Hand crease the post’s burden in bring-| those bearing on the bathing/ly had the time of his life-as an |meet his host of friends and ad-|would seem today, the next news with England and the Lay sced iileNs cheer ta. Chained ing the convention here. City and county officials of the WPA were lauded for their ef- beach, yacht basin on the east|angler and made a number of |side of the city and laterals for| fine catches. mirets. He has been for some time in Mrs. M. E. Berkowitz, of this|Cuba where he usually goes on} | will be heard from him from the States in anticipation of the day | front. when. Japan might declare war Mrs.’ Hemingway, who has for °" Russia over difficulties along lain’s official note, sent yester- day, was that he “demanded a forts to create projects for pro- viding the city with an adequate} bathing beach and fishing pier, east of Bertha Street on Roose- velt boulevard, and for a base- ball and athletic field on city} property near the incinator. The Post voted to co-operate in every | possible way in attaining these | improvements. DONOVAN HERRICK RETURNS TO CITY ISSUE REPORT ON GAS CONSUMPTION DADE COUNTY LEADS: MON- ROE CREDITED WITH 117,460 GALLONS | In a report issued by the In- city, who acted as chairman of: the committee in connection with | the Bowl of Rice Party in this lo-| cality in behalf of China’s millions ° of desperate refugees, has been highly commended for her lead- ership and indefatigable efforts in making the event such a success as it proved to be. The Bowl of! ; Rice Party was held on June 17) of last year. . The letter, which was sent to Mrs. Berkowitz by Theodore Roosevelt, ‘national chairman, \ follows: | MAKES PROGRESS RECTION OF HAYDN ILLINGWORTH Key West Boys’ Band, which his annual visit, to capture -mar-' some time been in Europé, and lin, and during the trip caught principally Paris, is expectéd to 20 of the fish, one of them being arrive home within the nextfew a monster weighing 575 pounds. | weeks, but her return. may be In a conversation with The hastened: should hostilities _be Citizen today he said that he will started’ in any of the European go north for a while but in the countries, Mr. ,Hemingway said. Scout Troop Ready To Depart For Encampment j free hand in Europe to work out |the destiny of the German peo- | ple”, | Indefinite as the reply was, it | was taken to mean that nothing will stop him in his effort to re- gain all land taken away from MISS PIODELA TO ~ JOINS.S. FLORIDA | pea Sse Petras lleed terms of the Versail- | ACCEPTS POSITION AS STEW-| In the Commons’ speech to- " |day, Chambrelain asked for-cer- | ARDESS: LEFT YES. {{59° Sittcrovial powers in ‘the | TERDAY emergecy, and was promptly as- i the Mongolian border. \sured by the major party heads jthat the Parliament would stand Miss Bessie Piodela left yester-| by the cabinet during the crisis | |spection Bureau of the Depart-!has been under the direction of| “your name has been inscribed | gasiod. HAD BEEN ON EXTENDED) VISIT TO NEW ENGLAND | AND OTHER POINTS ment of Agriculture of Florida at Tallahassee on consumption of gasoline during the month of | Haydn Illingworth for the past upon our Roll of Honor as a hu- day afternoon on the 5 o'clock manitarian, who has taken lead-} several weeks, is now making ap- tar ership in your community's Bowl; preciable progress, having} NEW PLAN FOR All is in readiness for the de- “peroer . a¥i bus for Miami and will there join parture of twenty-three Boy the ship’s company of the Steam- Scout members of Troop 51, to- ship Florida, of the P. and.O.S. S. county led all others with a total) ang theory in addition to en. | July, it is shown that Dade!studied the rudiments of musics of Rice Perty on June 17 of fast year. I wish to express my per- sonal gratitude and appreciation Donovan Herrick, son’ of Mr. poe 3,922,815 gallons. to. you for the splendid work you} | semble playing. gether with their scoutmaster, | Albert Peirce, Jr:, at 8:00 o’clock tomorrow morning for their sum- PAYING TAXES {My Axneciated Press) Co., in the. position as stewardess, which berth she held on both S.S. Florida and S.S. Cuba. Millions On March Meanwhile, millions of armed men were on the march. A gen- eral movement by Germany “to- wards the East” bodes ill to the cause of Poland, as more and and Mrs. Paul Herrick, who had been on an extended visit in the New England states, and was the Duval county was second with} | 3,303,731 gallons, and Hillsbor- ough third with 2,403,334. Monroe county consumed dur- The boys. are most enthusiastic lit is pointed out and Mr. Iling- worth is working untiringly wii {them in the effort to i have done for the United Council | NASHVILLE, Tenn., Aug. 24.— on behalf of China's millions of 'An experiment in collection of desperate refugees. taxes is proving out “in the “Dr. Chengting T. Wang, presi- | black” for this city’s income led- |mer encampment in Orlando. The | boys will leave from the new | Wesley House in a truck donated |by: the County commissioners. |ing that period 117,460 gallons. went to the World’s Fair in New York, and also visited in Wash- ington, enjoying to the utmost | the many inspiring buildings and | scenes of great interest in the/| capitol. On the return he visited the of the James Harmons in West Virginia, and there} ime. The Har- KU KLUX (By Associated Press) ‘WASHINGTON, Aug. 24—The Dies committee investigating re- ports of nation-wide un-American practices was told today that there was a danger a short time stg] : = Histl seer iH au af sess ; Hy i r i is i i / jas mush as possible Rs the dent of the National Red Cross ‘remainder of the summer’s vaca-| 5°0ciety of China and former am-; bassador to the United States, has, | a just written a letter to me, which | ‘POWELL LEAVES Se ‘W. F. Powell, private first class yof Battery “E”, coast artillery at} “I feel sure that you will want ‘Key West Barracks, Jeft’on the/ to help in this cause again this| year, will of the chairmanship in connec- nj tion with the proposed event”. the week of October 30. ‘be a success, ger, when it was announced to- | day that taxpayers are respond: ing in kind manner to the sug- gestion that installment pay- ments be made for taxes due: Two banks of the city were au- thorized to accept tax deposits, divided into semi-annual and Annocinted Press) Md., Aug. 24.— Right after the arrival of Doug- jmore soldiers concentrate along las Wilson, traveling passenger the Polish border. France is moving up thousands of men towards the Maginot line i-|of defense and Poland, despite her imminent danger, has called more men to arms. Mussolini is reported to be in conference with his high com- mand. Here is the practically sole “bright spot” inthe whole picture of gloom and fear. It is not known just how far Italy will support Germany in her “push to the East”. Some observers felt that if the situation becomes too acute, Mussolini may break with }