The Key West Citizen Newspaper, September 18, 1939, Page 1

4 Associated Press Day Wire Service For 59 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West The Key West Citizen THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN THE U.S. A. KEY WEST, FLORIDA, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 1939 1] ARMY OFFICERS INSPECT AIRFIELD | Council Meéting Will ssc Tax Revision Tonight COMMODATIONS ADEQUATE | meeting tonight, as announced, NEW ENGLAND TRIP. hey made the trip from Miami eee ree to Pinging ENJOYED BY DBY WHITES, mpi been: talk of the | the subject of Occupational Tax| : Pan-American Field being length- | A group of army officers from the U. S. Army plane camp at} Miami Municipal Airport were in ,the city Saturday afternoon in- ‘specting the old Pan-American poe on Roosevelt City Council will hold a special Poland’s Army Fights On As Officials Flee (By Associated Press) LONDON, Sept. 18.—With the Polish army hemmed INEW CHARTER IS - IMPERILED; FIVE "SECTIONS OMITTED INFORMATION CONCERNING ENROLLED CHARTER IS RE- | STATE, R. A. GRAY | | | Robert A. Gray, Secretary of State, today dropped a “bomb- ;city government proceedings in ithe form of a letter written to; ithe president of City Council in CEIVED FROM SECREARY OF | hell” into the midst of Key West! raises to a second and third reading. The measure received | 2 6 to 1 vote of approval last | i SPENT MONTH VIEWING | SCENES IN NORTHEAST; | | SAW SQUALUS RAISED Thursday night, and it is expect: | ed that the action will be unani- | After spending meus tonight in favor of the tax- | vacation of one month iNew England States, Mr. and |Mrs. Mitchell White; flaehter, Margaret, and son, Mitchell, returned over the Overseas High. ‘way Saturday. After a visit of several weeks with Mr. White’s mother, Mrs. Mitchell LeBlanc of Mass., the Whites motored Vermont, Maine, through an enjoyable in the raise. The public is invited to the meeting. The Council members have expressed themselves as de- sirous of keeping all people and residents posted their activities in behalf of pro- viding funds for WPA sponsor- ship projects. It is the general thought that;shire and visited briefly in Cana- no other means can be found to da. busine vn to Lawrence. | the} ; White mountains of New Hamp-} ‘ened to permit its use as an aux- ,iliary field by the Army fliers) ‘based at Miami. | Mention has also been made of ithe possibility of the Army unit ‘being moved to Key West. jadequacy of accommodations at! Miami for the Army fliers has; been cited. At Key West bar- | |Rumania, with Rumanian officials taking great pains to, the referendum sections were} ample accommodation for a: large j racks and Fort Taylor there is Personnel. Visiting Army officers, due to recent strict War Department :regulations on publicity, did not jcommit themselves to The Citi- |zen. | GEM-INY CRICKETS! HOVE, England—Edmund Dis- tin Maddick, former naval sur- |geon and air force major, in ac- | which the new charter as voted |in by German troops from the north and south and also by into legal being at Tallahassee | | Russian troops from the west, which invaded Poland yes- last spring 1s shown to be minus} ‘a few important sections. terday, it faced surrender orfannihilation in the next few | In-' raise funds, however, if business- | An_ interesting highlight of!cordance with his will was men have any new ideas on the their trip was at Portsmouth, N. | buried wearing a pin presented } subject, their expressions will be 1H. where they witnessed the lhim by King George V. Other welcomed at the meeting night. {a box. Big Increase Of Crawfish | fee ANTONIO CRUZ IS | DEAD IN LAKE CITY vs» sono: or we Indicated BySup. Dowling WEST FIRE DEPARTMENT: AWAIT FUNERAL NOTICE | 1 to The cial to The Citizen) TALLAHASSEE, Sept. 18— taking crawfish weighing under Supervisor of Conservation R. L..one pound. This conservation received last night (Bob) Dowling said here today work has been going on for more rett Rivas advised of }he has received advices from his than a year, and the same bene- : erday of her father agent in Key West, Bennie Rus- fart he are i ini sheet in aa os marae in Lake City, from sell; that the supply of crawfish, gent pial Lis indicate: Mr. Cruz had been for years a in Montce waters has_ increased ' ,duty in Monroe igolnty for sev- member of the Key West Fire |about“90. percent in one year. eral months. Other: agents also | Department, being retired some’ Supervisor Dowling, whose of-'have worked at variuos times in Teleg by Mrs. the death y to- raising of the ill-fated submarine! jewelry was buried with him in{ \ days. The Polish government has already fled to neutral quell any demonstration which might cause its neutrality | to be in question. Polish troops who were near the Rumanian border ; have been running their horses, their arms, field artillery, tanks and cther equipment ‘across the border rather than let them fall in German or Russian hands. It appeared today that Russia and Germany would have a one third-two third split-up of Poland with possi- | bility of ‘a buffer state between the Russian and German | portions being established. German batteries were laying down a heavy barrage on Polizh positions today. j England and France, it was stated today, would; probably not declare war on Russia. for coming. into the war against Poland, because of the possibility that she; may yet not joiz the German forces in the war against the Allies. A formal protest will be sent the ment by the Allies. Russian govern- PRESIDENT CALLS TWO PARTY CONFERENCE .ON NEUTRALITY WASHINGTON, Sept. 18.—President Roosevelt has At least, as far as The Citizen jis able to find out, the situation appeared further tangled in that ;regard. It will be recalled that ‘omitted from the new charter as passed, making it unnecessary to ‘hold an election. This matter was officially recognized by City i Attorney Henry Taylor when he stated that the new charter was law. Subsequent to that opinion, the Council has returned to the |old charter. ; Attorney Taylor had not been; Key West, Florida, has the most: equable climate in the country; with an average range of only 14° Fahrenheit PRICE FIVE CENTS. Bridge Commission To Hold Important ~ Meeting Wednesday C. G. OFFICIALS : "~ TOBEEXAMINED | DEMERITT, . shioen AND, meeting of the commission will SCHONECK AWAIT ORDERS | be held at District office head- TO GO TO JACKSONVILLE | ei | quarters in Marathon, Florida. | | Wednesday. September 20. Instructions have been receiv- * é ed at Coast Guard-Lighthouse| TWO important subjects are headquarters in Key West from ;scheduled for action, according weenie ten, peacasatters for|to Chairman Slade. Final dis- rincipa ighthouse ngineer | a | William W. Demeritt, Lighthouse ib ee ee sip os ae sail. a Engineer Henry B. Haskins and | ipa ee miissage aes Assistant Lighthouse Engineer W. |the appointment of a permanent J. Schoneck to proceed to Jack- | manager to succeed B. M. Dun- }sénville when orders are re-|can will be made. \ ceived. | | They will report to Captain J. If bee tee et Pets eft |. Hottel, president of the board, | {0m the meeting held August 12 which has been convened by the @t Marathon, at which a 75 per their cent raise was voted subject to (Ry Associated Press) MIAMI, Sept. 18.—John Slade. chairman of the Overseas Road jend Toll Bridge Commission, an- nounced this morning that a j}commandant to ascertain jasked for an opinion on the new mental, moral and physical quali- | approval by the RFC. In that no discovery at press time today. jfications for induction into the approval was forthcoming, Chair- According to Secretary Gray’s letter, sections 56 to 60, inclusive jwere left out of the enrolled bill which, by state statute, is the ’|to the date on which the orders September Ist. Coast Guard Service. Mr. Demeritt stated this morn-|™2P Slade ruled that the ing that specific orders relative Tate should not go into effect on General a will become effective will be re-;B. M. Duncan was dismissed a sceived at a later date. that meeting, effective Septem- new i For New Works Progress Administration jproject to beautify the city ‘through a city-wide: tree-plant- ‘ing program will be brought, to a close some time in December, lit’ was announced at W.P.A. jheadquarters today. | Among trees, which have been time ago on a pension after 16) fica jg receiving annual reports Monroe county, patrolling the|asked leaders of the Republican and Democratic party to planted, are coconut palm, ma- years of He 63 coast and doing enforcement years old ee he ee ; work in the areas near the north- Mr. and Mrs. Rivas and other the state, said the increase in the'ern border line of the county. members of the family have|Supply of crawfish is due almost, Supervisor Dowling said his planned to leave this afternoon |entirely to enforcement of the ‘agents report an almost complete | or tomorrow morning for the fun- | Closed season and the law against right-about-face in the attitude } service. was eral services and _ interment, which will be held in Lake City tomorrow afternoon at 4 o'clock. Survivors are the widow, Mrs. Inez Cruz, Lake City; two daugh- ters, Mrs. Everett Rivas of Key Ww Mrs. Graham Archer, Tampa. Five sons, Oscar, Albert and Hubert Cruz, Key West; Frank and Jack Cruz, of Miami. Two sisters: Mrs. Carmi Ca- mero, of Havana, Cuba; Mrs. George Loessner, of Lake City. Three brothe Enrique, Frank and Joe Cruz, of Key West. There are also eight grandchil- LUNCH ROOMS TO REOPEN SEPT. 27 SUPERVISOR HICKS AN- NOUNCES PROJECTS FOR TWO LOCAL SCHOOLS Pursuant ceived by to instructions re- Superyisor C. G.' — of fishermen and dealers in Mon- j meet Wednesday to discuss the neutrality legislation which is being prepared for the special session of _Con- gress Thursday. Alf M. Landon and other Republicans have accepte: the invitation. Roosevelt’s secretary Stephen Early si jhogany, poinciana, - spathoeda, ‘orchid, woman’s tongue, cassia, omgranate, laurel, tamarind. The ne regret is that the trees pro- ‘urred are rather small and it twill be some time before they roe coury, where once they | that the President is determined not to let party lines in- ; grow to appreciable size. ; were opposed to efforts of the} “conservation department. Now, it is said, a majority of those asso- j; jciated in any way with fishing fand other phases of the seafoods industry realize the work is of :direct benefit to them and to all ;of Florida. Results, therefore, | care quite gratifying. Agent Russell reports ireleased into the waters alive {about 3,000 pounds of crawfish that were penned up during the last closed season because of the} dren of Key West, two in Tampa jHcks at WPA headquarters, the law which makes it a penalty to and two in Miami, and two great- junch room projects for Division‘ possess them during the closed | grandchildren in Tampa. ASS 6d ad SPLASH! INFACT, §-P-L-A-S-H!! (By Ase sinted Press) OKLAHOMA CITY. Sept. 18.—Biggest splash in Okla- homa City’s history was caused, recently, by a pea- nut. A spectator offered Luna, zoo elephant, a peanut. She se ar and reached for it with her trunk, stretching it far across the moat that sep- arated her and the goober. Farther and farther _and farther she stretched. The chain fastened around her leg didn’t have so much rub- ber in it. Suddenly it enapped. Luna plunged into three feet of water. Spectators were drenched. Luna bel- lowed and declined to try an ascent up the slippery moat. Finally Keever Leo Blon- din drained the moat, built a heavy stairway for Luna to climb out. Fk hhh hdkah dl Street and Harris Schools will start their activities on the morn- ing of September 27. Mr. Hicks said this morning that the projects are to provide lunches for undernourished chil- dren of families who are on the relief lists and funds will be months. He said the catching of jcrawfish under one pound in weight, which is a violation of ‘the law, has almost been aban- jdoned. Only one arrest ‘necessary to halt it. |. Conservation agents, at the di-! \rection of Supervisor Dowling, having | was | terfere with the important question. |GERMANY SINKS AIRPLANE CARRIER; BRITAIN RETALIATES:- WITH PAMPHLETS | LONDON, Sept. 18.—British airplane carrier “Cow | ageous”” was sunk yesterday by a German submarine in an undisclosed location at sea. British censors would not allow the location to be re- leased but it is believed that it is close to shore since ves- sels bringing survivors are expected to reach the English coast today. | would be informed as soon as accurate lists were ob-| | tained. British reports said that the German sub was also de- stroyed in the fight, but informed: sources doubted that this was so, saying that it was probably British propa- jused especially for that pecan ee thal pee (have done much in eliminating | ganda. JUDGE GOMEZ IN CITY THIS WEEK “Judge Arthur Gomez, of the} {Eleventh Judicial Circuit, with |hedaquarters in Key West, who! jhas been attending to his ju \dicial. activities in Miami, is in| the city today and expects to re-| main throughout the week. The judge was accompanied by Mrs. Gomez, who had been spending a lengthy visit in Mi-| ami and will remain for a while. | Ahern Funeral Home’ Aero-Car Ambulance Service “Air Cooled” AMBULANCE SERVICE | Phone 22211 Miami, Fle { illegal sponging in Monroe wa- jters, there having been a number lof arrests for this offense while |the department’s patrol boat was in those waters. One of the state’s patrol boats, jwith Capt. Yulee Thompson in; tcharge, has been ordered to Mon-! lroe county and already is enroute ito Key West for an _ indefinite jstay, Mr. suite ~ lari said. ‘HOTEL. GROUP TO MEET ET TUESDAY, Hotel and Rooming House As- ‘sociation will hold regular {monthly meeting at 2:30 o'clock tomorrow afternoon at La Con- |cha Hotel. | Other rooming house owners Meanwhile Britain showered Germany again yester- terms. The messages urged revolt against their leader who, the pamphlets said, had dragged the German Beo- ‘ple into a war which-alienated the sympathies of ali na- tions excepting Russia. German bulletins claimed that 30 English ships have | been sunken by German submarines, but this estimate is! | declared very high in the light of reports from news serv- ices, throughout the world. BACKGROUND OF THE WAR; Digest Of War News From All Fronts |SIEGFRIED LINE r This barrier against approach- - Greatest obstacle to the French|ing armies is composed of forts, and English invasion of Germanjoutposts and blockhouses. The censors did not release the number of | the dead, but said that families of those who died in action | day with pamphlets painting Hitler i im the blackest of: | Care is being exerted to caré- fully dig out surface rock and lea with loose dirt so that the jtree will have plenty of space in which to grow and to receive ecessary moisture. { Building of the curve at the jturn near the Stock Island bridge: leading into Roosevelt Boulevard jwill be completed within the te 30 days. Covering of as- |phalt will be placed on the turn, which is nicely banked. Lower- GOES ON FURLOUGH CAPT. MEDD TRANSFERRED FROM POINCIANA TO TENDER IVY jthe Coast Guard-Lighthouse Service, has been relieved of the ,ana at Miami and has been in- ;Structed to proceed to Tampa to take command of the Tender Ivy who will réturn to Key West and {begin his furlough. Tender Zinnia left. 8 o'clock this morning for Tortugas with supplies for the light at Logger- head Key and for the keepers who are stationed at the light. Passengers on the vessel were Assistant Keeper Warren Ben- nett, recently transferred from. the Coast Guard, Mrs. Bennet/area will be about 1,000 yards |402; Punta Gorda, It'and Mrs. Walter K. Light and south of Fort Taylor and smalldina, $2,990; |who do not belong to the organi-}territory is the Siegfried Line, |runs 350 miles in length and is|baby, wife of another assistant | | boats, which are operating in that |ice, $2,115; WPA. Work. Prepares, City: ‘Tourist Season GREAT INCREASE IN a jas 15, preceded by a two-week's | vacation from the first of Sep- i tember, 5 Seats FLORIDA BUILDING ing of the curve: two feet from | its former height was;one of the | features of the ‘curve.' Formerly, | OVER $2,000,000 ADDED TO thé turn, which banked sharply | NEW CONSTRUCTION and! was very high, had been aj LAST MONTH danger spot. \ Work on building city streets | continues with principal work on! {Speeiat to ‘The Citizen) George, Ashby and South be-| JACKSONVILLE, Sept. 18.— tween Thompson and First Street,| Forty Florida municipalities re-, Avenue E at Key West Realty | ported a combined building con- Company tract, Royal and Florida struction total of approximately streets ana a colored section | $7,000,000 last month to give the near Fort street and another on ‘state a gain of almost $2,000,000 CAPTAIN L: H. MUSE Captain Charles P. Medd, of} |command of the Tender Poinci-| to relieve Captain L. H. Muse, | Petronia. Patching of streets, through which the new water and sewer, lines have been run, is being’ rushed to a close before the proj- ect is shut off on October 31. The j being treated first. On Roosevelt main force is working on south side, ,areas- after laying a cap of marl. jA “patch” crew is working on the the pairing certain holes through which water may seep and de- stroy other parts of the surface covering. At the Botanical Gardens on, {Stock Island, two nine-foot wide | Toads are being constructed pa. rallel to the single road which i is now there. This is meant to al- low. facility in turning for auto- jmobile traffic. TTARGET PRACTICE BEGINS TUESDAY PISTOLS ON FORT TAYLOR RANGE Battery “E”, Thirteenth Coast Artillery and Detachments, will begin conducting target practice | 545. with the automatic pistol on- the range at Fort Taylor, commencing |tomorrow morning, September 19, | and this period of practice will) \be continued through Wednes- !day, September 20. Lieutenant-Colonel J. D. Mac- Mullen advises that the danger zation are cordially invited, presi-|also known as the Great Wall or|30 miles deep. Interlocking un-| keeper, who left for the light last|vieinity are advised to proceed [deat R. A. Lehmann stated, Limes Line. (Continued on Page Four) week. more important thoroughfares are | Boulevard the! resurfacing certain’ north side of the Boulevard re-| PRACTICE WILL BE WITH) over August, 1938, according to a compilation released today by lthe research department of the |Florida State Chamber of Com- merce. Grand total of the 40 cities for last month was $3,616,799 as com ‘pared with $4,834,073 reported by then? for-the same month a y ago. This gave them a $1,796, gain over August, 1938, report | Fifty-two cities last year report ed an August total of $5,036,207. Several of them, however, have {not yet reported their _ August, 1939, figures and they have. not _ yet been added to last month's | statistics. Ten cities reported totals valued in the $100,000's. They ; were: Miami, $2,087,828; Miami ;Beach, $1,508,294; Jacksonville, $632,531; St. Petersburg, $535,- !442; Ft. Lauderdale, $315,886; |West Palm Beach, $210,530; Or- . lando, $193,814; Hollywood, $130,- 1948; Gainesville, $118,921, and |Tampa, $111,560. | .Other cities and the totals re- ported follow: | Coral Gables, $91,453; Daytona |Beach, $76,565; Pensacola, . $69,- }805; Ocala, $60,203; Lakeland, }$54,409.40; Lake Worth, $45,390: Jacksonville Beach, $45,050; Clearwater, $38,430; St. Augus- |tine, $32,172; Delray Beach, $29,- Bradenton, $25,645; Winter |Park, $21,600; $19,256; Vero Beach, $14,030; Key West, $10,800; Sebring, $10,700; Apop- ka, $10,400; Sanford, $9,720; Pan- ama City, $7,475; New Smyrna, $7,010; Eustis, $7,000. Palatka, $6,550; Ft. Myers, $15.- $4,575; ‘Dunedin, $1,190; D.- on $1,500; Avon Park, $).-