The Key West Citizen Newspaper, September 2, 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 The Key West Citizen THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN THE JU. S. A. — KEY WEST, FLORIDA, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 1939 VOLUME LX. No. 209. fins Club Plays Prominent Part In PRICE FIVE CENTS Twenty Six Building (Much Talk About Hostilities ermits issued Here But No War Declaration Yet; (GIVE LIST OF CONTRIBUTIONS DEALS WITH SPONSORSHIP FUNDS FOR KEY WEST | During Past Month City’s Development City Councilman William Doughtry Gave Interest-: ing Talk At Meeting Thursday Night “I feel confident that Key West | can take an optimistic attitude | foward the future, in mind the fact that the stead; every-day sort of cilizen has a bearing conscious part to play in the suc- | cess of its community, county, | stete and national affairs”. So stated Councilman Willi Doughtry am | guest speaker at the} Key | West Lions Club last Thursday, } in a talk entitled, “Civic Club Responsibility” Vic John was in the chair. Mr. Doughtry also stated that was much in sympathy with recently made by Congressman Pat Cannon when he called on Key Westers to clear their local affairs through a local, ¢ivie-greup, preferably the Cham- ber of Commerce, in order that a united front could be presented | to outside interests when a par- ticular cause ig being cham-} pioned. | Continuing in what he termed “pep style”, a discoursé on obli- gations of civie clubs, first to! themselves and in appointment | of committees, Mr. Doughtry! stated: “If we as organizations consistently endeavor to main-| tain an optimistic attitude in our club and communiy work, and I mean a conscious optimistic atti- | tude beca of the character of our people, because of the abili- | ties of the people in our. com- munity and because of the experi- ence of our people in business life, I feel that we cannot help but become a clean, healthful, | happy and successful town, for after all it is the human being who makes or breaks a com- munity”. Serious investigation of various situations was undertaken by! the Lions—chief of which is the | project to establish a Fish Mar-* ket in this city, under sponsor-! ship of the State Agricultural Marketing Board. Local fisher- men are being contacted on this | question, and announcement of a| general conference on the sub-/} ject will be made in a few days, i was stated. %t was stated that no sponsor- ship for the Lunch Room: project and the Sewing Room project was provided for under terms of the new working program in, regular supper meeting of and Second President Costar H. he statements BSS SSMS SS Ss YOUTHS LAND SEA MONSTER Three youths, a skiff. a pair of graines and a monster of the sea-provided a thrill for many along the northwest waterfront yesterday morn- ing. The youths were Silver and Charlie Garcia and Eddie Sands. The monster was a sunfish, scientifically known as Mola Mola. Sighted swimming leisure- ly in the shallow water of the harbor just off Curry’s dock by Peter Roberts, local fish dealer, his outcry brought many to the scene. Among them were the trio mention- ed above. As they watched, the mon- ster turned around and be- gan heading for deeper wa- ter. It was then that the youths decided to attempt capture. Securing the graines, they jumped into the skiff and started sculling in the di- rection of the broad, thin and lazy sunfish. Soon they were in striking distance. Young Silver stood poised with the graines, and then he struck. The prongs went through the fins and “she: barbs: hooked into the bone, The monster put up a short but terrific struggle for freedom and in doing so turned back in the direction of Curry’s and Sweeney's dock, towing the skiff. As luck would have it-the fish went in close to Curry‘s dock, someone threw the boys a rope and they pulled the skiff to the wharf and made fast. Large: hooks were se- cured into the monster and tied to the dock, where many viewed the spectacle. still alive. This is the first fish of this species brought to port in a number of years. It is esti- mated that its weight is be- tween 1,000 and 1,500 pounds. Expectation of Josevh Ro- mero, who is in charge of the Tropical Aquarium in Key West, met with a keen disap- pointment yesterday when the sunfish was lost by the chafing of a line. One of these remarkable plectognath fish was captur- ed in thé: same locality sev- eral years ago, was cured and mounted’ and placed on dis- play at a local marine curio shop. It weighed about 800 pounds. COUNCIL HOLDS SPECIAL SESSION ‘There was a special meeting of Building and repair permits is- who were appointed a committee ed igi gag op eae. ‘by Mayor Willard M. Albury to! shown by the records in. Mr. Frank W. Johnsin and associates | Repairs to the roof of the home at 1010 Watson street. Owner, |Mrs, Claude Albury; cost. $100. {collect contributions from various ' Baker’s office, are that there were} Screen porch at 613 Fleming ‘organizations and business places ' 95 permits issued during the street. Owner, Mrs. Wade; cost, Nations Still Deliberating Thirty-Sixth Hour Has jin Key West to be used to spon- imonth of August totalling $10,- | Sor projects, by the Works Proj- jects Administration, continue the | ;work and during the past few! idays have collected $157 in addi- | |tion to the $410 collected: last 800. During the final period of the month issues were as follows: {Southard street. Owner, Miss Repairs to the building at 721) $50. ' General repairs to building on Bahama street. Owner, the Ben- |jamin Lopez Estate; cost, $75. General repairs on residence at \1403 Pine street. Owner, S. W. HaveDeferred Action England And France Passed Since Hitler Started Invasion Of Po- week. | i Those who contributed and the pee PETG cn! #10: jamounts for each will be found, ———~——— lcd etened Seer | .« Lovering Writes About Hurricane And Railroad Previously acknowledged $410.00 By FRANK W. LOVERING First National Bank 100.00 | |Romey Tynes, - 5.00 | | | Four years ago! :Special, oldest and fastest long- Down on the Florida Keys distance train in the world, bore fewlan; cost, $500. PSCRHES OSL end aeS S al 8 Si ie Sees hate ee ee 5.00 2.00 3.00 tees { Here not long .ago—it seems CUSTOMS FORCE |STEAMER OZARK Fausto Castillo 5.00! Dr. H. C. Galey . Pepper Plunsbing Supplies Berlin A. Sawyer | Hugo Diamandi Ross Sawyer, Sr. ;where the Labor Day hurricane hundreds of passengers iF H. Ladd of September 2, 1935, claimed day to America’s southernmost Cabrera Wholesale Grocery of a terrible Autumnal evening,'again after a visit there or to Lay Concha Hetil * and did so sorry hurt to the | Havana. . its recreation car gay jMario Garcia 109 f@™Mous Overseas Extension to who may have dreamed they “ |Key West that Flagler’s $49,000,-! were cavaliers as they thrummed Frid she Sica at Das since been largely followed, pas-seul of a fancy dancer or the riday nig! performance ‘by the Overseas Highway—the Shuffle of many feet. . .while the jbenelit ot sisis fund. Double. hed was wrested in the beginning’ abandonment of ice and snow feature ssi Fade modae (ot the century has rolled swiftly looked with rapturous eyese upon of the Secret Police,’ and “SweeP-' one track line from Snake Creek;ocean and the Gulf. . . to Florida City, fragment of the} pirat LIFE SAVING: aoe iCaribbean and a Death’s head ? Shy wild coffee blossoms, pom- charted the gale... . WATER SAFETY reriing glory, weave a gay wind-| Motoring South amidseas along see ing-sheet -what woof of*~glossy ‘the abandoned railroad one’ finds COURSE. TO BE CONDUCTED rock-ballasted road bed, the sun-! “iron” above Snake Créek: There Chose arokenne _j burned. creosoted cross-ties, the it was that the rescue parties fol- |M. Flagler, Presbyterian preach- ‘fot hours till boats could be er’s son who became an oil mrag- ; brought to aid and a temporary mn ¥ lke i ji Snake C: a . y West in- triumph January Snake Creek the panorama of the Safety in-and on the water and 99,4 1919 ‘disaster ‘begins t |the ability to assist or peel a va *: ” at the age of 82. is 3 gins to unroll. . .but : {Fiddlewood’s dark blue, green Flagler’s: “Folly”, and you ‘have ie pare Fig oop deen Sea, and scarlet berries dot the tap-|to keep:your eyes opegj The rails " is springing up, and the strange Vanished. . .they have been sal- Geheeed aise the needs of the semaphore cactus of this semi-,Vaged. . .but thousands of cross- ? : ‘and there. Sprouts of lime trees Over the landscape where they {foremost in the preservation of and fed:barked gumbo linbo.ex- | Were dropped by the wreckérs oe imal. :The first concern of the in- ["°". Acted eee teers : ismiling sun. through tropical |Rock Harbor exhibits’ traces by dividual is. or should be, to know | asses and weeds only botanists |the tragedy. Fine new, ~ broad ‘what conditions he will be safe. ° loeG ; : ii 2g unkempt and lush in the lev-;%f it rebuilt along a new survey. His second, to possess the skill.” stretches -at the base of the|The once pretty settlement of i *, : jneglected “grade”. danges ta. Nie ed. ge coal eeee jtoday. . but the S-curve in its i ? Flocks of birls sing there for foadway is fronted with an al- i bjectives, ;Tain, The gorgeous cardinal flash-| nost entirely new. set of‘ build- eee naetie Sana ‘inter, es through the tangle, and red-|ings. Hurricane-proof homes ieee spying mow fe ioe the glistening foliage of the|to appear. ...even the roofs are 1 °"A senior life saving course lime trees, each movement of ac- | Of poured conerete, and the hous- § inning Tues- {S088 @ requiem for the soldier rock beneath. gretcet sd Sea Rebate tren: M to. and civilian dead of the Upper | lead rainwater into cisterns fi ligible who are 17° years and} squat white buildings couldn’t st ‘Aug etudent iving his but yesterday—the noted Havana! (Continued on Page Three) will be held in Key West the} week of Nov. 15, 1939. lone held under the sponsor-. tive - wings revealing a fleeting es are keyed with reinforcing 6 p. m.. To qualify for senior Keys? domestic purposes. It seems as senior certificate will be eligible | ~ Any one wishing to enroll can every | land | 1 (By Asnoctated Press) | LONDON, Sept. 2.—Fighting | between German and Polish In Assisting Poland {By Associated Press) FINAL DISPATCHES—2:30 P. M. LONDON—France and England .are armed and ready. Decided upon at least a slight delay before going to Poland’s assistance as emergency cabinet sessions were jtroops continues as approxi- imately the ‘thirly-sixth hour ) Passes from the beginning of hos- tilities—and no important change in the situation has come follow- | | held in each nation. { ing various events occuring last WARSAW—President Mosciki declared Poland un- | ight and this morning. der a state of war—superseding the “State of National Emergency” declared yesterday. | The feeling becomes stronger interna- ;and stronger amongst |} tional observers that “plenty of j action is going on behind the BERLIN—Federal radio warned that an air raid was scenes that is not being released jfor public knowledge”. Proof of that conjecture is the apparent ‘lacking of serious inclination to ‘make any declarations of war on PARIS—Premier Deladier told historic session ol cee. Dcacees car ve Chamber of Deputies that France will participate in 11th land, and also, the deliberante- hour peace attempts—but will fight unless German ag: being exercised by the par- |Tiaments of both England and gression in Poland halts. | France in thoroughly _ exploring > hae Bs a of tbe situation... me) aS en es circumstancés, . {and as believed last night, it COPENHAGEN—German radio announced that two bald be isiady e. snatier ak alling the parliaments together ; : ind requesting that war be -de- | dor to form junction and bottle up Polish forces in northern clared. No such tactics have - . 5 *, en followed by both Prime part of Corridor. . (This bulletin conflicts with others re-| yinister Chamberlain and Pre- ceived earlier stating that Germans were. being repulsed: mier’Daladier, and it ‘now’ ap- * % = * |pears. that further canférences | will be held before any positive j(or negative) action.aimiing . to- rwards a general.war will be tak- en. ts expected tonight and asked population to be calm even if bombs fall. columns advancing into Poland had smashed across Corri: “all along the line”). LONDO@—British Broadcasting Company announced : 3 ; < eet Await Answer that a totay of 94 air raids had been made on Polish cities | Early reports this morning re- at noon togAy. jlated of a “last warnnig” having Ly jbeen sent to Adolf. Hitler by |England and France. Both na- BERLIN—German News Agency DNB, that Hiter had replied favorably to Roosevelt’s - appeal tions stress their willingness to announced | lever, fighting-in Poland will have against bombing of unfortified towns. ; to cease. |. The main act enacted by the |English parliament this morning |was to order complete conscrip- ition of the nation’s fighting | forces—calling all men between | the ages of 18 and 41. The French }parliament voted authority to !Daladier to “declare war :n case |he thought it for the best inter- ‘ests of France”. No other action “by either governmental group was of importance, i more extra-sessions will be held ithis evening and tomorrow. Depending almost entirely on Hitler's answer to the “final ulti- \matum” rests the cause of future tpeace or war in Europe. And, lat press time today, the answer | had not come through. : | France is reported to be giving serious thought to Italy’s sugges- fe meres the difficulties; how- ehhh ahh hk, ‘Germany Experiments LIQUOR LICENSES DUE OCTOBER I With “Ersatz” Steel (Wy Anu rinted Press) AGENTS OF STATE BEVERAGE COLOGNE, Sept. 2—One DEPARTMENT WILL BE IN | CITY ON THAT DATE | Wine and beer and a licenses will be due on October} 1 and everybody whose place of} business, a beverage dispensary, is not supplied with the neces- i | although |. -MADRID CLUB Sunday 11 p. m, to Monday 6 a. m. Gould Curry’s Orchestra ADMISSION 75c, LADIES FREE | ST this city, aud investigation of dition of the planking along the| the City Council held last. night boulevard at the’ swimming pool) for the purpose of making some} will be asked to do whatever is! matters in takin; ig . ype . ig over the opera- possible to remedy the situation. | tibn ‘of the yacht basin at? the C ‘ABIN CRUISER wt ; Another. matter coming before ; | the board was that of making} TAKES ON FUEL at the old’Naval' Hospital, which | be? aa taker over by the WPA |for i administration building. | was in the harbor this morning | tape of minor ‘importance taken the Potter Dock Co., preparatory |UD: after ‘which ‘the meeting “was to leaving for‘ a period of fishing ordered adjourned. they left within the hour. { ; Owner of the Mon Ami, Il, is and Louisville, Ky., and he was on board with a party of friends, | knew that the best fishing grounds can be found in the vi-! that situation was started. Con-| was reported upon, and the city! arrangements to take care ot | Stanton Cooper was a guest. edbieaivtie! has! certain repairs to, the equipment Cabin Cruiser Mon Ami, Il,|. Were were a few. other- mat-j and secured fuel and supplies: at) at the Marquesas, for which point | H. Boone Porter of Miami Beach | who were lovers of angling ee cinity of Key West. % / Drs. Cobo & Cobo Wing Lee . Raymond Lord ... at least 557 lives after 8 o’clock city, and brought them back |S. C. Singleton ‘Florida East Coast Railway’s once with the soft music of Spaniards Albert Gwynn Total $567.00 000 “Folly” was abandoned—and ; their six-stringed guitars for the Monrie Theater will be for the: \iiderness out of which the road-' merrymakers, winter-free in their is scheduled ; showing. the jover the northerly remains of the the kaleidoscopic waters of the stake Winner”. once historic right-of-way. | A storm cloud brewed in the poms of white daisies, purple om “|vines and warp of flowers for the ‘aces of the end of the Flagler rusting rails along which Henry lowing the hurricane were stalled OF RED CROSS net in Rockefeller’s day, rode into bridge was thrown over. At jevery ‘day- | penton it oka iier od ‘drowning | } y y’-leaves fewer traces of An M 3 j of the one-ti ensi and neither one’ in itself is suffi- estty; young Madeira mahogany | ne Nine. Extenioe | are Anyone’ 4g daterested first: an .q | tropic clime raises its signals here | ties lay in piles or are scattered . . saat “a his own life. This is merely nor tend their fingers toward the/tossed by the terrible storm. {where, when, how, and under | now. . .grasses and weeds grow- {highway is everywhere. . .miles to meet these conditions without / | Tavernier is a pretty setttlement {how to save his own life: When i winged blackbirds dart in and out |*rected by the government begin ship of ‘the American Red. Cross dash of color. . .aren’t the bird-|metal 18 inches into the solid certificate, men and women are! though those bulky if somewhat for the instructors class which | do so.by calling 467, Mrs: Smock, or at her home, Ave. 1117 Flagler ga pee Sra THREE MEMBERS TO HELP SOLO E AMM AS) MKNVUING PASSENGERS NO PAPER MONDAY Tn accordance ‘its Three members of the local erndon preparing to leave on the 15 o'clotk motor lines bus for Mi- ami to assist in handling the passengers who are due to arrive tor in-charge, told The Citizen that his office Rad been advised LABOR DAY DANCE Monday, Sept, 4, 10 Till ? Music By Pritchard's ADMISSION 5€c, LADIES FREE jforce to go and assist the Miami force in handling the passen- gers. Those who will leave are Harry sary license, will be in danger of; Warren at Key West, G. B. Cook GOING TO MIAMI) ARRIVES HERE | Steamer Ozark, of the Clyde- | Mallory Lines, arrived in port }last night 10 o'clock with ship; jments of miscellaneous freight for local merchants. Unloading the vessel was start- ed-immediately after arrival and at, 12 midngiht the cargo had | was from New Orleans, sailed for Miami and Jacksonville. The. next ship of the lines due at this port is the S.S. Alamo, No Admission Charge—No arrest. The Citizen was reliably; informed that agents of the State jBeverage Department will be in the city on that date, and plan to make a thorough inspection of | all dispensaries selling intoxi-| cants. Tax Collector Frank Ladd, for} the county, said ‘this morning that as. October 1 falls this year on Sunday there was a possi- bility of some proprietor forget- ting the need of the license on jtion that a tive-power confer- ence be held to settle the issues ‘involved. i Fighting Continues Meanwhile, there is an unde- 'clared war being fought on Pol- lish sofl, And, as these_ hostili- ties continue, it begins to appear imore and more believable that | Poland, at least for the time be- \ing,-is going to be able to hold ‘her own. “Official releases from both War- BIG DANCE —TONITE—