The Key West Citizen Newspaper, September 16, 1939, Page 1

Associated Press Day Wire Service For 59 Years Devoted to th Best Interests of Key West VOLUME LX. No. 220. THE SOUTHERNMOST NE KEY WEST, FLORIDA, Jayoces Seek State Support For Bridges; Questio N Editorial Two important matters came up for discussion at the regular supper meeting of the Key West Junior Chamber of Commerce| last evening at the Ambassador Restaurant, of chief interest be-| ing the subject of “who spon-/ sored the editorial appearing in| the Miami Herald this morning | (Sept. seas Highway and State Road 15) concerning the Over- Weintraub was in the chair. | submarine |Shoals light \said definitely that| Europe can understand why the} |, ; ; ! ja sub had been sighted, but in-/S°Pe?@ls and soldiers on both | principles of international law, the news came through to- ter Dock Co., and advises that he Department?” President Isadore vestigation disclosed that a light! BELIEVE SINKING ~—LGHT WAS SUB LIGHT AT SEA DISAPPEARED. OFF AMERICAN SHOALS LIGHTHOUSE A “second-hand” report of a seen off American had been seen off to sea from the | Any military expert wil lighthouse and later it had dis- The other topic concerned an! appeared. investigation as io why the City | i Council was not operating under the New Charter. Many of the items appearing in The first report had said that thi definitely to submerge, but in reality the extinguishing of the |light was the nearest clue to ac- if the tual sighting of a submarine de Fren | | of i BACKGROUND \that the Germans have lost (By Associated Press) LONDON, Sept. 16.—French general staff claims Che Key West Citizen WSPAPER IN THE U.S.A. Have Claim Germ Experienced Heaviest Losses FORT JEFFERSON BOATS WILL KEEP 100,000 men thus far in the Key West, Florida, has the most equable climate in the country; with an average range of only 14° Fahrenheit $$ PRICE FIVE CENTS zens An Taxpayers in, Did unto, bismissl Order Fle | | i iwar, and in the attack yesterday, which was beaten back | VISSALL LLL Suit which was brought against the county commissioners and OF THE WAR Digest Of War News From All Fronts |! j been captured and that two i | A TOUGH JOB | A half million ‘men may have | to die to crack the German west- ‘ern front. Anyone who has seen 'a working model of the fortifica- | tions on the western front in However, another Briti | The British freighter was of sides are not any too anxious to! get down to blood and thunder. | I tell you | neutral country. ing to lose; the defender’s one. | it will be ten to one. | day that a Belgian passenger ‘that the attacker is goi |four men to More likely, ii e submarine had been seen|The Germans are reported to) by sending on Italian passenger ships to foreign ports. jhave lost 600,000 men to take! Verdun in the World War. Even; British and French break by the French, the Germans were said to have lost five times as many men as did the French. | England reported that eight German submarines had | bottom with its crew of 37 men saved by a Swedish ship. | With England declaring that Germany was violating to SAME SCHEDULE TO BE HERE SOON; BOATS UNDERGO PREPARATION FOR RUNS TO TORTUGAS Mercere shad been sunk. ish freighter was sent to the! the Anglo American line. C. B. Sutton, owner and opera- r of the Sutton Lines of vessels, jhas communicated with the Por- ‘is making: preparations to put in ship was sunk. Belgium is a Service the coming season a new ; and more commodious vessel than } ; the Talofa which last season car- Meanwhile Italy was continuing her neutral course Tied passengers to and from the} | National monument at Fort Jef- jferson with headquarters in Key | West. One Italian liner was reported on its way to New! ‘The large and comfortably | i 1 houseboat SUTTON LINE HEAD EXPECTS | \NOW THEN—LET’S “It would appear from a statement sent out by the advertising department of the N. Y. Times, that there was going to be a lot of extra tourist floating around the good old U.S.A. this win- ter, due to the war which eliminates the European re- sorts from the itineraries of the heavy spenders”, The Citizen heard at the Cham- ber of Commerce office this mi | orning. The story is called “LOST —$500,000,000.00 of American tourist money—signed Eu- rope”. All Key West has to do now, is to go after her share of this new business. Not | | { i} GET OUR SHARE John Walker relative to the in- ‘junction enjoining the commis- {Sioners from allowing John Walk- jer to establish a “bait box” at the juncticn of Palm Avenue and |Roosevelt Boulevard, has been |dismissed by Judge Arthur Go- jmez. The order was received at ithe office of Clerk Ross C. Saw- lyer and was filed yesterday aft- {ernoon. The question of constru jthe place for the distributi . of ‘bait was brought before the | meeting of the county commis- jsioners several weeks ago by Mr | Walker and after a brief discus sion permission was granted upon jthe guarantee of the proposed |builder that the place wouid be jmeat and in every way present- lable. | Immediately after permission !was given, work was started on 1g York with 1,200 aboard and the Aquetania was reported ©WiPped through they will still find them- Which was anchored in the Nirvana, | | scending. selves on the west bank of the as nearing New York with 1,700 aboard. | Vicinity of Tortugas last year and! ‘th establishment and according ‘to the decision of the commis- }sioners Mr. Walker had kept to much of it will come unless | invited. the “questioned editorial” stated that the Jaycees would take cer- tain action in regard to the Over- would ask seas Highway and | why the highway is not being | constructed from Big Pine Key to Key West. Hunter Hardin, the con- volunteered information that he had ~tacted 2 mbniber” of the Herald | foree and that his query had been | club member, “greatly enlarged upon” by some | Mallory Lines arrived in port International law is. built up the | 12:15 this morning from New Or- | usually in peace and then shat-/ |leans with shipments of miscel-| tered during war. person in statements author of the article. State Aid Sought The upshot of the whole matter was that the members voted toj wire State Jacyees’ president, | to Campbell Thornal, a plea for en-|sel.was completed and the ship|has been established in other! listment of all Florida Jaycees in| sailed at 5 o'clock for Miami and| branches of international expediting completion of the| highway. The State Road De-/ four sections of the distillation proposed in the last session of} partment was also to receive a communication from the local club. On motion, which was unani- mously passed, all members of | the Key West Jaycees plan to be in attendance at the next regular | pleted the units of the plant will. Allies master mind, SS. OZARK SAILS WITH CONDENSERS TO BE REPAIRED AT NAVY YARD IN CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA Steamship Ozark of the Clyde- laneous freight for local mer- jchants, and unloading operations to a great part of it. started immediately after ship had made the berth. Removing cargo from the ves- the Jacksonville, having on board plant from the naval station which are destined for Charleston navy yard where they will repaired and placed in perfect condition. As soon as repair work is com- Rhine barred from the heart of| Germany by the secondary de-! fense behind the Rhine between | Manheim and Essen and _prob-! ably too exhausted to exploit) their initial victory. But if it! fails, consider losing 500,000 men! | without winning the battle. | INTERNATIONAL LAW ; ‘What does the President mean: | when he suggests that the U. S. | | fallback on interhational law in’), | preference to the neutrality act! |designed for this country alone? | | 1 H At Hamilton, Ontario, the flag was flown at half mast ferson over night, will again be in for those who died in the Athenia disaster. Destroyer Babbitt In Port Toay- lato Next Week ‘used by the visitors at Fort Jef-| p j hi antee. OO TOE TO sone time atte this the Cit ‘zens and Taxpayers, Inc., a cor }poration organized’ and existing juse and is now at the’ Porter; ‘Dock Co. slip, awaiting to be; Si aie Even in war, | Destroyer Babbitt arrived in, will be in Tuesday, have been or- be; \ though, there is strict adherence Key West port today and docked Rules _ re-| : specting aerial warfare are 9’ Pier: B at the Naval Station new that they do fot carry the at 11 o'clock this morning. The force of long custom:and use that | Babbitt, and the Claxton which HEAR REPORTS AT | THE MASTER MIND |SEVEN FROM KEY WEST AT- When the light strikes his face | right, Maurice Gamelin, the) TENDED MEETING fools lke; YESTERDAY | law. |The President’s neutrality act} igi ‘ aa —-— given the usual pre-winter paint- | j§ |under the laws of the State of {ing and overhaa and be gotten SWORD OF DAMASCUS |Florida and L. C, Brinton, a resi- in readiness I. i RE BS dent and taxpayer of Monroe : (ily Ansocinted Prem) 4 Fi hag a is i aemnane 7 ag eee | CANTON, O., Sept. 16.—This is | C°UNty, plaintiffs, entered suit for j Sutton states that he expect i ithe removal of the structure and arrive at an eafly date, in that| the story of Dr. W. Stuart Carnes 12 meq as defendants, Carl Ber |the season of pleasure trips from who pursued through the years’ yaidi, William H. Monsalvatge [New Rbeisde? pee utue bie. jthe secret of the Damascus ‘Braxton B. Warren, Norbe erty_is. ONE, « r iu o peor 4 : Iton Line vessels which are used | S¥0Td- pare bo a rpareorms! ents lin these trips will soon be de-| “The blade must be tempered | #S the she wae | ocanminsidaieds jin blood,” said age-old. legends. | W0N€TS and John Walker. 1 —______-___ |The secret must be passed only | pepenes Orr i APPOINTMENTS ete | The matter was handide by dered “based” here. | 3 Lieut. Comdr. H. R. Parker of GIVEN WP. A ‘ ‘40379’ the Babbitt said he did not know how long the period of time they PEERS ;would base here would | |He said the destroyers were sub-| BALANCE OF APPOINTMENTS ,Ject to eall at any time in con-; WILL BE GRANTED ‘nection with patrolling the coastal waters according to the NEXT WEEK ,President’s orders. Executive of-! ae jficer is Lieut. E. T. Goyette. I 7 ‘ t was learned at the offices of Aboard the Babbitt are 20 new, | i Je men who have just been taken whey Mongo intra seranege toe |into the service and were sent ‘aboard at Norfolk. cants for work had been given {their dates for interviews and possible assignments for work, | from father to son. :Thé sword | ;must be bent till the blade | touches the hilt .and ‘sharpened {until it will shave hair.” | Explorer, archaelogist and lec- jturer, Dr. Carnes studied the leg- lends when a schoolboy and saw jin them a challenge. | He experimented in chemistry jand metallurgy, seeking to com- bine temper and flexibility in a iblade of Damascus requirements. | Today he is exhibiting to friends the “sword of Damascus repro- | duced.” County Attorney W. Curry Har- |ris, and the result of the suit and the order granting the motion to | dismiss is as follows: | “This matter came on to be {heard this day upon Motion to | Dismiss the Bill of Compiaint herein ard was presented by {counsel. And the Court having ‘heard the argument of the coun- |sel for the respective parties and ‘the Court having considered the jallegations of the Bill of Com |plaint herein and finding that it does not appear from said Bill of ; Complaint that the parties plain City Council meeting to ask the be returned to the naval station c Dr. Carnes can bend the blade | “ff thereto have suffered or wil councilmen why the city is not| and it is expected the plant will the cowardly lion in The Wizard | f | till it touches the hilt. He has Suffer a special injury in kind A shore party of 45 men have the interviews to begin next of Oz. Under the light of the; been given leave until 1 o'clock ' Wednesday. operating under the New City Charter. Discussion before the motion was put concerned the one hundred per cent. endorse- ment of the new instrument by the Jaycees at a previous meet- ing and the unanimous belief of all present that the new charter was a law by virtue of its legal passage by the State Legislature. be placed in commission at once. A FISHERMAN SAVES A LIFE (Ny Asnoctated Press) STAUNTON, Va., Sept. 16.— How a fisherman saved a fish’s life with a hook and line was re- ported by Game Warden Clem- mer L. Miller. The Rev. A. J. Shumate, Lu- theran minister, was fishing in a lamps at home he looks like a! f mild, rather stern little business| Those citizens of Key West who man. So much for appearances,!enjoyed the hospitality of the |now for oe ron on wnt CCC Camp at West Summerland stands: ‘rom the age of 5 Frida “4 2 {months when his mother painted) O°?” Leroi pda eaane a picture of him in his lace trim- | ‘med dress beating a toy drum,' larger attendance of Gamelin has been a__ soldier.| West public. There ee = ant ear It was a notable gathering of enerals in his family. en a Sry a 1 ate Ment he immersed himself in'fticials, who are making pos the Key tonight with leave starting at 1 jo’clock this afternoon. Similar shore leave is expected tomor- row. The Babbitt has a 315 feet As stated ysterday, it is esti- mated that the same number will | be handled Monday and on Tues- day the balance will be question- ed and their dates for inter- shaved himself with it. ‘or amount from any injury sus Control of the process was the|‘t@ined by the public-at-large by ‘all-important problem. He — dis-|@@80n of the acts of the defend plays his success in meeting it) ants complained of and sought to |with the aid of an 18-inch piece | be enjoined, and being fully ad gret: that there was not a much; length and 31 beam. Lieut. Comdr. Parker told The Citizen reporters he had often; seen Key West island through a: spyglass in passing at sea and had wondered how the city look- ed from a closer view. Lieut. views and possible’ assignments will be given. (OULD PLAID SHAWL’ LONDON—‘“The Ould Plaid the career of the great Napoleon. At St. Cyr, the West Point of Civilian Conservation Corps and clear mountain stream when he| France, he was graduated first in'their reports were an informal sible the development of the Comdr. F. H. Callahan in charge at Key West Naval Station will conduct him and a party of of- HIGH SCHOOL ROL! ALMOST COMPLETE «-: a_two-foot water snake with —— ea |a bass in its mouth. The minister PRINCIPAL O’BRYANT RE- |¢2St expertly, snagged the snake, LEASES FIGURES TO DATE; PEAK NEXT MONTH Enrollment in Monroe County High School has mounted to 683, Principal Horace O'’Bryant an- nounced today. Peak of the first. semester's enroliment will be reached around October 20, Mr. O’Bryant | said, with the peak of the second semester’s enrollment during the| Thomas and Engineers F. W.!ing of the former quarters of the | and killed it. away to safety. The bass swam a class of more than 400. He discussion of the work of their | was 21 then in 1893. Then he various departments. |went to Algeria for three years! In addition to Lieut. Fred T. of wild campaigning. There fol-} Komp, commander of the camp, {| (Continued on Page Four) | there werc present: Captain Till- 'man M. Deal, sub-district inspec- Inspect Quarters Used As WPA Headquarters Area Supervisor Wallace |tor; Dr. H. R. Halsey, corps area | educational supervisor; Joe L. |Fincher, camp educational ad- \visor; Ray Vinten, inspector of National Park Service, Depart- ment of the Interior; F. M. Wil- liams, project superintendent, and Jack Horne, state supervisor of CCC selection. a . A F _; Dr. Halsey was’ accompanied jmaking: an inspection this: morn |by Mrs. Halsey and after an en- junch ficers on a motor sightseeing tour of the island this after- ‘noon, ; Shawl,” a ballad of Victorian days, lecting- royalties, and a music firm here is trying to find ex- ecutors of the joint author, the late Walter Haynes. written in 1896, is still col-| of metal divided into sections. | The first will cut glass, the second split a hair and the third shave nails. The fourth has the qualities of spring steel and the fifth can be bent between his fingers. The secret, lying in the mix- ture of chemicals and heat treat-| ; ment, was solved by trial and er-| | vised in the premises, thereupori, upon consideration thereof, “It is herby ordered, adjudged and decreed that the Motion to Dismiss the Bill of Complaint herein be and the same is here by sustained upon grounds num- | bered ‘I’, ‘3’ and ‘4’ of said Mo- tion to Dismiss. “Done and ordered in Cham- ror perserverance. Dr. jintends to keep it. jday of Sept., A.D. 1939”. Carnes bers at Miami, Florida, this, 14th hastened } ‘THEY JUST CAME IN | OUT OF THE RAIN i (By Associated Press) RICHMOND, Va., Sept. 16. | Virginia Conservaticn Commis-} ‘sion employes wondered if their - | Price, attorney for Trumbo Prop- agency had embarked on a new; Mayor Willard M. Albury to-{retary of the Chamber of Com- | erties, Inc., have made necessary conservation policy when they day approved the Chamber of | merce, Thursday requested by | the cancellation of the proposed arrived for work and found birds; mmittee ested ‘letter that the Mayor approve a Swimming fatilities at the P. & by the score at roost on book- pipeeaic BE provide aan and |committee of chairman J. H. Leh- | O- dock on Trumbo Island, Char- cases, chairs and typewriters. iby ie Shea ais | man, and the following members, |t¢r Boatmen’s Association an- os |Miss Elizabeth Sharpley, Dan mounces. Beach Committee Named [-EPRICEHALTS As Appointed By Chamber ———— | Advices received from T. E. ; iani-|means for joyable busin et ee simecert {the conveniences which tourists |. ‘The Boatmen had rigged up first part of February. Reports from the Keys for the first week are still incomplete for Monroe County grade schools, it was announced at the super- | intendent of public instruction’s office today. It is believed that this year’s complete enrollment will be high- Knapp and F. H. McKinley were | Matine detachment in the naval CITIZENS ASKED TO REGISTE station, recently .occupied by the offices of the Works Administration. , | Several years ago it was agreed, \that the building and arrange* }ments would be placed back in as good: condition as when turn- Progress |south for an eagerly-anticipated tors to shoo away the visitors} first visit to Key West. jfrom the eighth-floor offices this; Attending from Key West were: theory was shattered—the birds, Mrs. Gladys Roberts, Mrs. Vir- Chimney swallows, had used an ginia McDermott, Mrs. Charles Pen window to come in out of |H. Ketchum, Miss Louise Ketch- | tains um, Mayor Albury, County Com-} xpect in this matter. | Navarro, L. S. Gruber, R. A. Leh- S. C. Singleton, executive sec-) “ye Sap |pushing appointment of: this THE WRONG ADDRESS |Sommitise. This group is doing e yeoman service in helping to) jladders and diving board and other accommodations for use of | the swimming place by the gen- eral public. The Submarine Base | Supervisor of Registration, Ed-|ed over to the FERA and later} missioner Monsalvatge and Step-; hen C. Singleton. IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT “ (By Ansocinted Press) beach to Key West. | bring a be “Realizing that a major project |for the Boatmen’s move was | KANSAS CITY, Mo—W. N.| OKLAHOMA CITY, Sept. 16.| along that line can not be com- ward Gomez, today asked that all to the WPA. The agreemnt was é Peters, retired Callaway county!—It was September, but Eddie| i heard throu: it the cit; es- citizens who desire to register |@ lasting one as long as the build- | ighout city ¥ er than jast year’s. ie, A RARE RAL Dance Tonight —al. Pena’s Garden Of Roses | Gould Curry’s Orchestra | for the coming gerieral election|ing was used by these relict) <i, to be held November 14, and who | agencies, registra- | are not entered in the | Now that the use of the build-| Ramonin’s Restaurant farmer, reports he went to bed, Burks suggested to his 3-year-old jone night recently with sandy son, Lynn, that if he wrote early \hair and awakened with a white/enough to Santa Claus he might |pleted in time for this winter”, j | quested approval of the commit- tee to speed work towards get-| t ehletter read, the Chamber re-| |terday and many were planning to make use of the new swim- ming place. Mr. Price advised that it was tion books, should call at the City |ing has been cancelled and all of Hall to sign the books now open. | the organizations have moved out, The books are open from 9:00) it becomes necessary to make the A. M. to noon, and from 2:00 P, |required changes and repairs and OPENS SUNDAY, SEPT. 17TH FOR THE SEASON Mr Thomas and associates are - "he says! | philosophically, “most men of! my 615 Duval St. Phone 168-J In the cases of my friends the ca change has come more grad- No Admission Charge—No Cover'M. to 5:00 P. M. each weekday, So Sa RAT leap ERR A and closing date is October 28. getting ready to do so, | ae 2 get a bicycle next Christmas. “lm not writing Santa any age, 85, are white-haired.|more”, said Lynn. “Last year 1/ tee will work on will be that wrote fora xylophone and he kid in the next} brought it to a block”. ing in a beach. ti | The beach which the commit- jtween Duval and Simon at the south end of island.