The Key West Citizen Newspaper, August 26, 1939, Page 1

Azsociated Press Day Wire a Service : For 59 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West VOLUME LX. No. 203. Tree Planting: Project To Start Being Sponsored By Gar-' den Club; First Of Op- erations To Start On Si-! monton Street Tree Planting Project, which is sponsored by the Key West! Garden Club, of which Mrs. J.) D. MacMullen, is president, will! get under way Monday morning.} The first section on which work will be done will be on Simonton street/ where work was. started ; some time ago. t An exceedingly interesting meeting of club members was, On Monday Shh hide de de dk) GEATLY PLEASED WITH VISIT HERE Carleton E. Barstow, Jr. manager of the Superior Drug Company ‘of Detroit, Mich., was an arrival in Key West during the week. He is stopping at the Silver Palm Hotel, Mr, Barstow was not so much impressed with the city, but since that time has been converted into a real booster for Key West. He says that the cordial treatment that he has receiv- ed, has been a big factor in changing his impression of the Island City. . The visitor mentioned two other things, which pleases him much, and they are the tropical fruits and fine fish- THE so ~ SENATOR ANDREWS| COUNTY IN FLORIDA TO TAKE SHORT VACATION FOR REST-UP BEFORE UN- DERTAKING TOUR OF EN- TIRE STATE ORLANDO, Aug. 26 (FNS).—A Florida county before the open- be undertaken by Senator Chas. O. Andrews. Speaking on Wednesday as a guest of his home city chamber of commerce and Rotary Club, Senator Andrews said he intends to take a short vacation, resting up from the long session of con- gress, and then will undertake the state-wide tour. “During this year Florida has tour that will take him into every | ing of Congress in January. will; * UT aoa i’ KEY WEST, FLORIDA, SATURDAY, AUGUST 26, 1939 PIGEONS GET LOST {My Associated Prenn) PRESCOTT. Ariz., Aug. 26. —Carrier pigeons released at the bottom of the mile-deep Grand Canyon failed to find their way back to their home lofts here. Only one of the five re- turned fo Phantom ranch, from which they were re- leased. Park employes said the birds seemed bewildered after their trip down into the canyon on the back of a mule, Another effort to flv pig- eons out of the canyon will be made next June. Training flights will be made, mean- while, from the south rim and other nearby points. LAST NIGHT A very enthusiastic and well attended meeting of Troop 52, Boy! SS SSIS SL Ld fA CHILI IIS IS | APPROVE TELEGRAM RECEIVED AT ‘CHAMBER OF COMMERCE : OFFICE TODAY ‘Telegram received at. the! Chamber of Commerce today ;from Oscar Johnson, secretary to Senator Claude Pepper, relative to activities of a project at the; | Lighthouse Bureau in Key West, ‘iscas follows: j <SoC .Singleton: Key West, Fla. : ‘Glad to advise that the presi- dent has approved Project 40028 {to improve roadways and park- jing areas at the Lighthouse Depot : ‘int the city of Key West. ‘Superintendent Wm. W. De- imeritt, of the Seventh Light- ‘house district, today told The :Citizen that the project was rel- ative to certain work on the uunds of the depot and would ; uire 30:men for two months. \COMPILE LIST OF SPONSORS ‘PROJECT FOR CITY: ONE MILE DOWN! RNMOST NEWSPAPER IN THE U. 8. A. Key West, Florida, has the most equable climate in the country; with an average range of only 14° Fahrenheit PRICE FIVE CENTS As Nations Enter Seriously ‘nto. Peaceful Negotiation SHOW INCREASE REPORT MADE. AT. END OF! FOUR-DAY WEEK OF | AUCTIONS LIVE OAK, Aug. 26 (FNS).— | Tobacco sales on warehouse floors ‘here neared the 5,500,000-pound EUROPEAN SITUATION HINGES ON MEETING OF BRITISH CABINET European sitiation today hinged on the meeting of the Berlin, Neville Henderson, flew to London to make his PIGS IIS SSI AW or Preparations, How- TOBACCO SALES ever, Continue On All Sides Looking Toward Possible Conflict (By Associated Prean) LONDON, Aug. 26—The “war of nerves” continues in tense Europe. * held last night at the home of ing to be found here. been Successful in having many |Scouts, was held last night at feport on his recent. conter- At dawn this morning, various Mrs. MacMullen in Key West Barracks, which was attended | by Colonel and Mrs. Louis Brin- tin, Mrs. Harry C. Galey, Mrs.! Pauline Phelan, Mrs. P. D. Hollo- way, Mrs. Mercedes Taylor, Mrs. | Hugh Williams, Mrs. E. J. Bayly, | Miss Minnie Porter Harris and} Miss Ileen Williams. Mrs. Bayly, who is always deeply interested in matters which are in connection with the beautification of Key West, or! adding to its, attractiveness in| any way, is to contact. members} of the Parent-Teachers Associa-! tion, and interest them in the ef- fort to increase civic pride in! the children and instill in them | p the desire 0 aid.ip thle ely, ids, There are many children who thoughtlessly pluck a leaf or twig from a plant when passing | giving no thought to the marring result to the tree or shrub. There | are also a number of adults who, | apparently in a similar frame of | mind,- thoughtlessly destroying } many growing things which in « Key West are to be found on} every hand and which will be} greatly increased by the activi- ties of the Garden Club. It is the plan of the club mem- bers to try and eradicate from the minds of the thoughtless, both young and old, this ten- dency to destroy and awaken, in- stead, a desire to give all assist- ance to the cultivation of beauty in plant life and at all times aid, rather than retard, the efforts of | the members of the Garden Club} in making Key West in reality, a city beautiful. Every citizen is called upon to} show their appreciation of the) work, and when the time arrives | that trees are to be, planted in front of their residences, to give to the club a short period of time | daily and place one, or several, buckets of water on the growing trees. One of those attending the meeting last night remarked this morning that if the lines from! that glorious poem “Trees” | would be thought of in which is; written “Poems are wrote by} fools like me, but. only God can} make a tree”, there would be fewer foolish and destructive ac- tivity on the part of those who carelessly destroy the beauties abundant in Key West. | “This type of work will in- ON VISIT T0 CITY |ause the following classifica- eral grou! Mrs. Chester Breese, of Miami, As a result of being so greatly pleased with his stay here, he says that he does not know when he will leave, but Promises to stay at least as long as he possibly can. Fhe hehehe huh huh’ STEAMER ALAMO ARRIVED IN PORT Steamship Alamo, of the Clyde- Mallory Lines, arrived ‘ir port jof its Washington problems and wants cared for”, he declared, but pointed out that much legis- lation is still needed by various sections, and the tour will serve to bring him in closer contact | with his constituents. | “In returning home. after an- jother year in Washington I have i feeling that we are well along ‘the road toward the legislative accomplishments which I pledged hin the Senate. In January I will ‘return to the capital to continue my work for you but it is ap- parent that this program cannot'. be carried out in the remaining yesterday afternoon 4:15 o'clock, | year of my term”, he. told the discharged light cargo and took’! Orlando organizations. 5:30 o'clock..for. New. York. “Freighter. Ozark, of the- same lines, arrived yesterday afternoon 1:15 o’clock from Jacksonville and Miami, with shipments of freight for local merchants and_ sailed 3:15 o’elock for New Orleans. Cabin Cruiser Iolanthe, owned by the Hardaway Co. of Miami © arrived in port this morning and berthed at the Porter Company | pier, where a number of crawfish were secured and the Iolanthe re- turned to Miami. on small shipments and sailed | Besides numerous local projects | f : which have become zrealities since awarded Merit. Badges: ats tae af --shhe neh pave tacoma plies ae Halas Fitemapship, Carpen: qsrammell, She AEORRe Ala Dobe jSwineatnd, Handicraft, Personia _ed out that he has been active in , benefiting the ‘citrus and tobacco ‘industries, the former with in- creased appropriations for eX>! :periment stations here and in! ‘Winter Haven. : To those who questioned hint about an announcement as a can- didate to succeed himself in the Senate; SenatorAndrews said he did not believe such an anngunce- ment would be proper at this ‘time. ~ Oualifications In New WPA Schedules (Special to JACKSONVILLE, Aug. 26.— Under the new WPA schedule of earnings effective September. Ist the classification of “unskilled” labor will:be divided into two separate groups according to Big Factor | ‘The Citizen) {the use of simple hand tools and equipment. Workers in this group | May. often be assigned to assist , ' skilled Jaborers when the work | undertaken is not sufficiently dif- you at the beginning of my term}. their scout hall. . The meeting was opened with and Oath. Final plans were made for the camp, which isto be held at Snapper Crek from September 1 to 10. Twenty-one boys -are planning to make this encamp- ment. Robert McPhail, assistant scout- master from Tampa, and_ Scout |George Reed from Baltimore were {visitors at the meeting. Tenderfoot Badges were award- ed to Scouts Raytord Roberts and Oscar Avila. { The following boys: were Jack try; Eugene Swayer, Life Savitig, Health, Firemanship, Carpentry; Bert Cates, Life Saving, Swim- ming, Carpentry, | Handicraft, First Aid: Eugene \ Sawyer re- ceived his badge as Junior Assist- ant Seoutmaster and Bert Cates a badge for Senoir Patrol Leader, The meeting was closed with the Great Scoutmaster’s Benedic- tion, after which the boys were drilled by Frank Alvarez. WRECKING TUG PEACOCK HERE Wrecking Tug Peacock, sister ship to the Warbler, arrived in port this afternoon from New Orleans, and berthed at the Por- ter Dock Company wharf where the Warbler is usually found. The Peacoek is’ in command of Cap- tain. Foster. The jatter vessel is taking the place of: the Warbler, which is now, enroute to Key West with the™steamer Fern Glen, wrecked on Quito: Suena Bank, in the ibbean Sea to which point the |whether the work is of an out-jficult to require using a helper. Warbler sailed 6 o'clock on Aug- White Star Cleaners side nature or conducted indoors, | ‘Class A’ also includes clerical‘ ust 16 to give assistance to the }Manhattan Restaurant. it is pointed out by Roy Schroder, | and office work of a routine char- { ship. ‘WPA Administrator for Florida. “The new regulations”, said and training is necessary. Es-) Dock Company are that the Fern ‘Alfredo Diaz bare: r the Glen was moved from her posi- S. A. Curry Unskilled A Class’ inelude: Deck ‘tion on the Quito Suena Bank Mrs. Steven Do Administrator Schroder, “define ‘Class B’ as including work of a routine or simple nature which requires little, or’ no formal education, previous experience, . ¥ lor for which proficiency may be of the growing things which ae | acquired with the minimum of, application. Such work does not expose the individual to hazard- ous tasks that require heavy physical labor.” ~ . tions: Book repairer, canner, charwoman, elevator operators, flagman, non-construction helper, | |Janitor, laundry worker, maid, messenger, nursery helper, nur- jacter for which little experience; tablished occupations for hand, aide, ‘clerk, junior ypist, laborer, team- ster watchman and woodcutter. | “The Work Projects Adminis-, tration Employment Division has | to deal (in round numbers) with | ‘250 separate classifications of labor”, pointed out the Adminis- exterminator, forester’s 4 i intermediate \and'two divisions of. unskilled | | workers. In the professional and | technical group there are 35 dif-: |ferent assignment classes; in the} housekeeping aide, junior i Advices received by the Porter early this week and the Peacock is to await her arrival and con- yoy the ship to her destinatoin. Mr. and Mrs. Alton Albertus, daughter, Rose Marie; Mrs. Ma- Russell” children, Betty and Warren, ‘were arrivals over the! sery school attendant, packer, |skilled group 96 types of assign- ‘highway last night but did no’ recreation attendant, seamstress, and water carriers.” |ment; the — intermediate’ ‘group reach the city until early this ;the customary Scout Laws, Motto POwocccccecconeesencose The committee appointed by Mayor Willard M. Albury to se-| feare ‘contributions to sponsor! +Projects in Key West, which are*' to be handled by the Works Proj-. ects Administration, made their ‘first report yesterday. j +The pledges were secured by| Frank Johnson and the following ! ate those who contributed, total- | ling $410: $ Key’ Citizens Group Porter Allen Company Johnson and Johnson Navarro, Inc. _ Fred’ J. Dion __ Albury: Service Station Rubin Appel Jose Lopez _. Appelrou' 150.00- 5.00 5.00 15.00 15.00 10.00 10.00 10.00. lrouth J.°G. Kantor Theo. Holtsberg Palace Theatre J. Ro Stowers Eddie Gomez, - Joe Pearlman’ . Emili9 Romero - A. Martinez ... , Vietor Vargas ‘Charles Aronovitz _ John Fernandez | Louis. Bancells jAbelardo Lopez - A. Einhorn Fred Marvil’s Cabana {Benito Perez |D. B, Russell ___ ; Monroe Cafe _ ‘Broadway Market - |Pedro R, Romero Key West Furniture change ‘Jesus. Carmona Felo Rodriguez New York-Busy Bee Carl Bervaldi, Uraldo Bravo j Zacarias Diaz jJohn Yardarrall _ ' Vogue Cleaners Maxwell Lord - : Frank Holtsberg ~ ,Mariano Cabrera .. 'A, Rodriguez. (Estevez) ,Bob Sehultz - 10.00 10.00 10.00 10.00 8.00, 8.00, 1.00 8.00 5.00 5.00 5.00 4.00 3.00| 5.00 ; 2.00 2.00- 2.00} 2.00 | 150) 3 La Estepanza Cigar Store Peter Estenoz — Bgssesesses ‘John Gelabert ____ : Monroe Barber Shop — F }Henry Russell 1.00, 18.00 | . Funeral services for John { , who died Thursday. after- noon in Tampa, will be held to- afternoon from the chap- {el of the Pritchard Funeral Home, jand will be conducted by FOR PROJECTS ™"* at the end’of a four-day | wek of auctions. Depending on grades offered, | prices paid by company buyers were running from three to ten; cents under amounts given for} identical grades last year. This} range held true at all Florida and Georgia selling points. Florida’s| tobacco is lacking in body and thus yield less per acre this year, | and the general average quality also is below normal. Paced by the Suwannee County Junior Chamber of Commerce, | several thousand visitors were, ence with the German fueh- rer. Gréater hopes for a peace- ful settlement was manifest- ed in London, based on the fact that an entire day had passed without serious inci- dents. Ambassador Henderson was expected to postpone his re- turn to Berlin until tomor- tow as the cabinet meeting would likely be a long, drawn out affair lasting until late in the evening. Elsewhere it was believed here this Wednesday, lielping lo-' © cal citizens in’ celebrating ‘Live Oak’s “March of Progress” day. ' Suitable ceremonies were held at, a..topacco market,’ the. livestock | umarket, afid’a new garment fac-; tory building’ _was — dedicated.’ ‘There was a’ baseball’ game and rages in the. afternoon, carnival and barbecue at dusk, and a Jay-, cee meeting, dancing and fire-; works in the evening. : Hl On the opehing day of the to- bacco mart, Florida State Cham- ber of Comteree President Har- old Colee, Jacksonville, and Miss , Peggy Wood,songstress, and Jim-} my Bigelow,’ banjo king, of the’ Hotel Rooséyelt, - Jacksonville, | gtam over a Gairiesville station, changed hands, ey HONORARY MEMBER i has been made an honorary mem- given a ‘tailor-made uniform. EXTERIOR OF _ BANK. PAINTED 5,00 | took part in-a remote control pro-; All of’ the exterior woodwork | and the balcony of the First Na- 2.99 the broadcast taking place at a tional Bank, which is over the 3.90 ‘local warehouse and _ including Duval street side,*is being given .0y the chant of tobacco auctioneers a coat of paint, adding an appear- | 6.00 88 the first leaf of the season ance of freshness and beauty to the always imposing structure. Those who are doing the work said that the attractive iron work, which form the protective guards 3.00' MEMPHIS; Tenn.—Donnie Du- to the windows of the building, 2.00 nagan, 4-year-old screen actor, will be completed today. It is expected that the interior of the 2.00 ber of the Memphis police and building will be painted at a later date. Commerce Body Directors ‘Hold Meeting Yesterday At the meéting of the Board of Directors of the Key West Cham- ber of Commerce held yesterday | at the Hotel La Concha, a resolu- tion was passed relative to the man. to assist in preparing pro- | posed projects. It was pointed out that the Chamber of Commerre is con- vinced that W. A. Thomas, Ad- promote munity, copies of the Honorables, the City consideration to the emergent need for the employment of a qualified man to assist the local WPA in securing the necessary data and preparing applications tsecuring of a competent local | for suitable projects, to the end that employment may be found for our people. The resolution was signed by President Everett W. Russell and attested by Secretary S. C. Singleton. showing a continuation of inter- high officials in the Bahia Honda-Key West channel of the developments had crept into the international scene which augured well for settlement of the many issues that a day or two ago spelled a general conflagration in Europe. Peace gestures made by various heads of various nations were piling up—and yet, with it é ell, there is a certain undercur- |rent of futility in the picture, ac- cording to best interpretation of ithe events that points to “an outbreak at any minute”. “Zero ‘hour “is “expected, Hs this * is being written, sometime to- night or tomorrow -morning— following an unprecedented {period of almost complete silence jfrom Germany. No communica- | tions, either way, were allowed |and all commercial flights or air- |planes and scheduled train runs were stopped, 4s Adolf Hitler, central figure now. in’ the! scene, held conferences. with’ his |heads. German press,'more' calm than before, points toa’ ‘hear ''settle- ment of the Polish territory ques- tion—and, according to major opinion of most writers in that nation, the settlement will he in |the form of “land concessions by the Polish in a peaceful manner |—or else”. | British and French officials |have issued emergency orders in preparation for any event.. The capital cities of both countries are undergoing a general “decen- tralization” movement as women, |children and old folks are being | transported to country towns. |London presents strange scenes jof.pilicemen wearing gas masks —and ‘Citizens, too, in line with |strong suggestions from the war department, are getting them- selves accustomed to the time when they may have to wear the protective masks against air raids. President Roosevelt, to date, has issued four major appeals for peace—one each to the King of Italy, Adolf Hitler, President Mosciki of Poland and King |Leopold of Belgium. The Polish reply to advisement of arbitra \tion was in an agreeable tone. | Moscicki agreed to direct negotia- ‘tion of the process of canciljation in view of the crisis that has de- as stated, Hitler apparently is “minding his own business” and what line = action |to-reply to any of the messages /asking peaceful settlement. . *