The Key West Citizen Newspaper, August 31, 1939, Page 1

Associated 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 Che Ke eat Citizen | THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN THE U. S.A. : KEY WEST, FLORIDA, THURSDAY, AUGUST 31, 1939 VOLUME LX. No. 207. | |\MMOEOIIO Ls “No Tol Rl , a ae eer Ut <2 Noncombatants To Evaclate -— Proposed Inercase Emin. London; War Situation Is : PROTESTS RAISE IN BRIDGE TOLL. spot! Su chown 10 Be Rather Tense From Chairman Of ual Jeb Sinil peeakdent of tha] "We took. Waals dicuiaa/ ac UIaInr ein Binding sintnp back jthan 16 years old to purchase a |Miami Chamber of Commerce, in| tolls will be highly detrimental fore the opening day of the back with 87 fine fish, large behalf of that organization, voices | to the interests not only of the ‘hunting season to avoid a last ‘and choice, and Mr. Pierce bergen ‘Every Precaution Being Taken By European Na- PRICE FIVE CENTS BUREAU OF BIOLOGICAL! SURVEY MAKES URGE TO AVOID LAST MINUTE RUSH i Announcement Was Made, In Telegram Received is in Key West waters yester- day. The group left the naval station and expected to be gone several hours. As a mat- Be ter of truth they were absent mission John Costar, vice chairman of the Overseas Road and Toll Bridge Commission, received the a vigorous protest against the)». cial standing of the project] ™inute rush. jthey kept no record of the proposed increase of the tolls, . k K over the Overseas Road and Toll|but definitely-to the people of | In. past years, some. hunters r ee tgs ie ? Bridges, which it was proposed |Key West and the Overseas High-/8ve complained because they! to inaugurate September 1, pro-|way area and will only serve to ,were unable to obtain a “duck” vided the Reconstruction Finance cause less people to. make the “stamp at the last minute at an} following telegram last evening Corporation, holders of the $3,- f John R. Slade, chai a of bonds, agreed. trip from Miami to Key West in the years to come”. n In another section of The Citi- ; Ina telegram received yester- the commission: i day afternoon by the Chamber of}zen will be found an article ‘Commerce of Key West, the|which indicates that the fears of \otfice where the demand had been heavy. Last year more Lihan a million stamps were sold. In 1939. migratory bird. shoot- “It was the action of the board yiami organization ,through the |the traveling public relative to,'ing regulations, announced fe- heth eflected i i utes president, sent the following: be: mt ad | “The Miami Chamber of Com-jed, as a telegram from John R, or not that the toll increase be merce wishes to express to you|Slade, chairman of the commi a RFC our unanimous support in your/sion, to John Costar, vice chair- ; aw be before being efforts in protesting against the man, shows’ that the Reconstruc- Put into effect. RFC not having proposed increase in highwayjtion Finance Corporation not; _ jtolls on the Overseas Highway, |having given its approval to the given approval, suspend toll in-' which the highway commission’ proposed increase in the tolls, and \the increase in tolls are unfound- cently by Secretary of the Inte- rior Harold L. ‘Ickes, make Qcto- ber. 1 the first day of the season. They provide a 45-day period for hunting. “Hunters who wait in line only to be turned away are inclined to blame postal authortiies”, Sur- i said that he would rather come to Key West and do angling, and the other members of the party were just as pleased over the re- {sults of the fishing trip as was ‘Robert, Jr. ( A hd dedi ded f tions Against Possibie Conflict parently } } | i { { | | | Uly Assceiated Press) watever | ‘for the “war ‘that might yet jeome”, is dwarfed to minute size i ‘by the order relased this morn- i .' proposed to inaugurate Septem-j|therefore the raise will not be|vey officials said, “but actually | crease. Accordingly am_ notify ber first. made effective tomorrow. ing Duncan not to put increase in’ _ ise is went toe nes necting a oer DRIVERS. LICENSES MADE AVAILABLE: bury and C. C. Symonette of this TEST ee ele city to call a special meeting of | OPERATORS; ONE DOLLAR the commission in his capacity as FOR CHAUFFEURS vice-chairman, with the under-' standing that Mr, Slade was out! ° of the state. It is stated, how-' TALLAHASSEE, .Aug. 31.—, ever, that Chairman Slade has (?NS)° Motor “vehicle ~ drivers not been away: from his office in licenses were available for sale Tallahassee since last Saturday, in the offices of all county judges when he returned from a trip to this week. Supplies were ship- the New York World's Fair. ped to them Monday by D. W. Accordingly, there will be no Finley, motor vehicle commis-| meeting of the commission today, 2 3 as action to rescind the toll raise Sioner and executive officer in| voted at the August 12 meeting, Charge of license sales. Instruc-| is unnecessary. ;tions were mailed to county | Mr. Costar told The Citizen to- judges Saturday. day that in a separate communi- | Every person operating a cation from Chairman Slade, ! A ca tok plans for a full commission meet- | 0tor vehicle on the public high: | ing were complete for sometime W@y is required to have a driver's before September 10th. At that license unless he is operating a) meeting, = apr poten at- | motor vehicle for the Army, Navy | tention wil act upon. ; oe ~ S Pending action taken at the ene cae & necro | next meeting, Mr. Slade, in his ,4tiving a road machine, farm| capacity as chairman of the, tractor or other implement of| board, has appointed Ed Neff, of husbandry on the highway; or is! baryons wane ie aaa nonresident having a valid ing Genera! lanager_o! e Dis-| 55. os, . ‘ * trict. Conf tion ofthis ap- [drivers license issued in his pointment will be sought at the |home state or county. | September meeting. Mr. Neff is} October 1 is the deadline for| at present project engineer for | Securing drivers’ licenses, but the | the State Road Department and | public will have more than thirty | ent.” Mr. Costar had been pressed | he takes over his new duties to- morrow morning, at which time} B. M. Duncan leaves on a two week's vacation, not to return to his post, Contrary to “rumors _ heard about town, Pigeon Key Fishing Camp will not close tomorrow. The commission will continue to run this camp until the. lessee} takes over. This, as reported, will be sometime within the next two or three weeks. COUNCIL HOLDS BRIEF SESSION There was a brief session of the City Council held last night, which was for the purpose of} adopting a resolution in connec- {days in which to secure licenses which, Commissioner Finley said, ‘should give ample time for all drivers to secure their licenses. Drivers’ licenses will be num-| bered in the same manner used | for. automobile tags: that is, the initial number assigned to a! county for tags will be the initial number used on its driv- ters’ lisenses. Dade county will} \have “1”: for its initial number, Duval county “2”, and the state \office at- Tallahassee will use | gg”, Licenses will be issued without ‘examination to any person. not} ‘disqualified under the provisions | of the act who furnishes evidence | that he has previously operated | |a motor vehicle in a satisfactory |manner for a period of not less | ithan one year. Cost of licenses; jis fifty cents for private oper-| {ators and ine dollar for chauf- tion with the taking over’ of the old Naval Hospital building by the WPA for its new administra- tion offices. * The cit} is required to look} after certain things. in connec- tion with the building. feurs. USHERED | INTO NEW POST There will be a special meet: Se ing of the council held tomorrow evening when matters pertaining} Fred-J. Dion, one of the three to taking over the yacht basin will be taken up for discussion and disposal thereof. CONCERT TONIGHT IN BAYVIEW PARK CAROLYN CHERRY INCLUD. © ED ON PROGRAM Military. Dance by Miss Carolyn Cherry “isiiieliided ‘on the pro- | gram of the Key West WPA Band’s concert that will be play- ed tonight at Bayview Park, be- ginning at 8 o'clock. Stirring marches, descriptive music, popular selections and other musical treats comprise: the program that will be under the direction of Alfredo Barroso. Concert numbers follow: March, “The Three Musketeers” K. L. King} Overture, “Poet and. Peasant” ‘Suppe | . Waltz, “Danube Waves” Ivanovice Popular Selection Selection, “Robin Hood” R. de Koven Selection of Southern Plantation Songs The Sunny South Lampe Military Dance by Miss Carolyn Cherry A 4 Descriptive, “Hunting Scene”, P. Bucalossi the post offices cannot be ex. FOR ENC. 'AMPMENT pected to. cope with a situatio: that may strike any post office”. Lows RENT Bsn I is almost impossible to know! where the sudden large demands!. Members of Girl Scouts Troop for “duck” stamps will be, it was 1.of Key West will leave tomor- explained, because weather con- ‘row morning at 11 o'clock for ditions greatly influence a hunt- their encampment at Big Pine er’s last minute decision. “A Key and will be gone for eight post office may run out of stamps days. It was expressly stated by One year and have only a mild the girls that visitors will be ex- demand the next”, officials said. -ténded a hearty welcome. It_was also pointed out that; In charge of the troop will be “duck” stamps were placed: oh Mrs. Eva B. Warner and she will sale on July 1 to give hunters be ably assisted by Lieutenant ample time to buy a stamp before Vanessa Collins, who have every- the season opens. La in.readiness:. for..a_delight- sec ful stay at the encampment. DPEIBIDS SDB 4 Girls who .will form the troop (BRITISH BIRDMEN FLY , are: Claudia Isham, Barbara Rob- erts, Rosemary. Demeritt, Flor- SOUTH DURING WINTER | LONDON, Aug. 31—Im- ence Jarrett, Copelyn Ramsey, Evelyn Solano, Florence Boza, { perial Airways will probably try its hand at a South Amer- Eva Camus, Euphemia Maloney, Blarch Cervantes, Jackie Dough- try, larolyn Jarrett, Viglet Sosin, ; Maureen McFarland, Alicia Bor- ges, Marion Solano, Billy War- ican, this yeat when ner, Fay- Niles. Billy and Mary it its North Atlantic “Solano are going along aS mas- line for the winter. : Avi circles said the | would probably be | Engl - Lisbon - Bathurst- Buenos Aires. TENDER POPPY Pe tis mow owt om | SATLED TODAY and three 32-ton four-engin- Tender>Poppy, of the Coast ed seaplanes built at Roches- {| i will be available. The Guard - Lighthouse Department, first of the latter class—the | left this morning for the purpose Golden Hind—has already of replenishing the batteries for completed test flights, the {the light at Cosgrove Shoals. Grenadier will be launched Leaving on the vessel for the work were Carl Rom, radio elec- shortly and the Grenville will trician at headquarters and a follow a month later. crew of workmen who are usual- jevacuation of this city has gone fon before today, in preparation Advices received at The Citizen office just prior to press time today indicated that a serious situation is fast developing acrose the water—which might mean a war declaration at any moment. Press services in this country are standing by under “strict observance orders”. The message reads: (By Associated Presa) - LONDON, England, Aug. 31;—“Alltelegraphic and telephonic communications: between London and European continent interrupted tonight. “At the same time, many normal lines between London and United States have been ‘halted. “Strict censorship imposed by the British war de- partment has been ordered as.of 2 p. m., this afternoon EST). Dispatches from other European capitals, how- ever, revealed that nothing sensational had de- veloped. “Importance of censorship and discontinuance of lines of communications between this country and different capital cities of Europe considered as seri- ous token.” MOSCOW, Aug. 31.—Additional stress was put on the foreign situation by knowledge that the Russian par- liament, today ratified the German-Soviet non-aggression ling by the war department, which | will witness one of the largest of ‘euch moves ever recorded in his- tery commencing tomorrow morn- jing at break of dawn. | The orders include virtual de- Population of London of all non- combatants, including children, ; Women and old people. To as- sist in the “moving day’Y business iin the city will come to a prac- | tical standstill as all persons will ‘assist in locating their families ax widely-scattered areas through > | out the countryside. ; _ Alarmed at the continued ten- sion arising from the lack of posi- tive results coming from the ex- jchange of messages between the state departments of England and ;Germany, and seeing quite posi- j tive proof ahead that a serious jcondition may break ‘out at any moment, the decenttglization: of jlarge city populations 4§4 being | stressed as a positive ‘deterrent \to effectiveness of air raids: | For the first time since the ;World.War period, the London Stock Exchange will be closed to- imorrow, by vote of the members today. The exchange thought it best to close rather than try to foperate with the smallest of skeleton forces. + The whole world awaits Adolf Hitler's final decision as to whe- ther there will be a war or not. As looked for crisis periods pass, one after another, most authori- ties were agreed that peaceful-so- lution of the main disputes would be more readily at hand, ~ how- ever, many angles of the “sitiia- The morning breaks calm. and |" MMMM DM MB 4\\y sent tor this class of activity. peaceful in England with the Huntsman preparing for the pleasure of the chase; the hunt, and the return home March, “With Trumpet and Drums” ‘Weldon Star Spangled Banner. Key GOLD RUSH WRITER | STILL AMONG LIVING (By Associated Press) CHICO, Calif.. Aug. 31.— aERehiat 5 F “SIRIIDaLLM, we TOWNSEND MEETING —7:30 Tonight— HARRIS SCHOOL To Organize Key West Townsend Club ‘COME ONE! COME ALL! E i MAKES EFFORT TO DISCOURAGE tion point to acute danger of war, -— and all nations are on the alert | KNOCKS DIRECTED AT KEY WEST “There is one thing certain”, | said Secretary Singleton at the Chamber of Commrece this morn- to which yow make reference in your recent communication. “For the life of me I cannot Maly jto be caught not napping in case jof any eventuality. | Strong admonitions are béing | pressed by two main agencies to {still bring about peaceful solu- |tion. Pope Pius, on the one-hand many, Italy and Poland for a con- ing, “and that is that whenever|understand why anyone would! we get in a jam the Miami Cham-|try and discourage travel to Key ber of Commerce is ready to lend} West. I, too, have always looked lis busily engaged in such anvef- ; fort, concentrating chiefly on the jealling together of representa- tives of England,- France, Ger- * jference. King Leipold of Bel- Yesterday at the close of the Sum, acting in conjunction with us.a helping hand. “Readers of The. Citizen will recall the fine letter sent us by Secretary Llewellyn Thomas of the Eustis‘ Chamber of Commrece, ‘telling of the malicious rumors about Key West told to Eustis on Key West as an added attrac- tion to tourists, and our booklets contain information about Key West and the highway, and our information _Staff always does j GETS ORDER ON NATURALIZATION clerk, United States Court, today advised The Citizen that he had Netherland’s officials, is the other working period in the afternoon personage acting in. behalf — of marked the zero hour for the ap- peace. To date, nothing in the proximately 400 men and women scene points to any schrow ela: ‘of the Works Projects Adminis-|™ent of President Roosevelt as a tration; who had compibted” 18 possible mediator. King~ Em- } imanuel of Italy has answered the months of contiuous employment ‘president's peace plan, but Hitler and were given their discharge has not answered as yet. “Yours-is a‘ most difficult ‘prob- slips, knov their official received an order under date of! a spied ives August 30 that petitions for nat-; taining thereto will-be heard the first Monday in. November in gone through with just as though jthey were making their first ap- plication, and it is not known | Berlin newspapers continue to ‘point out that Poland holds the jkey: to the situation, still infer- ‘ring that Danzig and the Corri- any conference of the powers can lbe held. Hitler keeps in constant jtouch with his governmental vheads, the while more and more troops march into areas that are aiming towards a complete cover- age of the western border line of (Continued on Page Four) SPE ! SPECIAL! , Saturday, Sunday OCOLATE and TE AND NUT LAYER CAKES —___