The Key West Citizen Newspaper, September 20, 1939, Page 1

jb mbH Che Key West Citizen THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN THE U. S.A. —. KEY WEST, FLORIDA, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1939 Associated Press Day Wire Service For 59 Years Devoted to the Best Inte1ests of Key West ) Key West, Florida, has the most equable climz‘e in the country; with an average range of only 14° Fahrenheit VOLUME LX. No. 223. PRICE FIVE CENTS ONS R. W. Craig Leases Trumbo Docks For BOARD VOTE ‘DRIVERS’ LICENSE Believe Fresh Water Sts Project Can) ProceGdl w=: { OR EXCUR Heavy Fighting’ “2, ACTION TAKEN AT BRIDGE, COMMISSION MEETING THIS * : | | \ | ; i i 1 | 542 ISSUED UP TO YESTER- | DAY: ONLY ONE-FIFTH OF i i By RFC-WPA Combine A "new approach” has been discovered to securing a fresh ESTABLISHMENT OF COUNTY AGENT IS NOT POSSIBLE [AM CHAMBER IS INFORMED THAT lips orcaniae county, Florida Key COST TO COUNTY WOULD | BE LOW: NO AGENTS ARE AVAILABLE AT THIS TIME water pipeline from the main- }land to Key West, Julius F. | Stone, former W.P.A. Adminis- trator in Key West announced | officials at a meeting held yes- { terday afternoon at the County | Courthouse. News that it would be possible to obtain a County Agent for this | county is contained in a letter! the project with labor to be fur- sent to John Gardner, local drug-| _ jnished by the W.P.A. Previously, gist, by secretary S. C. Singleton of the Chamber of Commerce. | “The letter is written following | #07 pad: hapgponcenizated. ca an inquiry to the State Agri-| securing the pipeline through a cultural -College—--at-+Gainesville; ! " sponsored by members of a P-W-A. loan and grant but Con- gress slashing on P.W.A. funds Rotary Club committee seeking more accent on agricultural en- had brought the issue to a dead- lock. An RF.C. loan is sought for deavor in Monroe county. Information sent to the Cham- ber by Dr. William Newell of the college states that a County agent may be established here if the County Commissioners would defray $600 salary and expense cost. The State would defray the difference which would amount to $1404.00—the total of $2004 being the total expenditure for maintenance of an agent in this county Dr. Newell stated, however, t there is a shortage of agents, and that there would be no pos- ibility of assigning anyone to Monroe County in very near future 2 Future action is expected from the Rotary committee, of which John Allan Long is chairman, to obtain an agent for this county. PATROL BOYS TO HAVE UNIFORMS ‘LEO HUGHES SAY. ‘HELLO TO FRIENDS Mr. Stone’s interest had been re-enlisted in the project. He told reporters yesterday that any expression of optimism at this period is unjustified, but that all culmination . of the project be done. Those present heartily concurred with Mr. Stone and promised active support from the | Key West end. | Enabling legislation for the |new type of project was passed |by the Florida Keys Aqueduct |Commission, Chairman Wm. T. |Doughtry, yesterday afternoon preceeding the meeting at the courthouse. A city ordinance was recently passed making it mandatory that residents connect with the water and sewer system recently laid down by W.P.A. Mr. Stone's interest had been (Continued on Page Four) th MEMBERS OF FOUR SCHOOL UNITS TO SPORT NIFTY SUITS ON DUTY i Aqueduct, city, civic and military | PERMITS NECESSARY; HUN- TER’S LICENSES ON SALE | | | 1 Unless business increases in the sale of automobile drivers | ‘licenses, sales of these necessary | |permits will fall below the esti- | imate set by the office of County } |Judge Raymond R. Lord, which | | was 1,000 by October 1, out of a minimum 1,850 which the number of motor vehicle licenses {Sold in Monroe coynty. It is conservatively estimated | that there will be a need for ap- |proximately 2,500 licenses, as there is, in a number of in- |stances, two or more licenses is- | |sued for each car, one for each | driver of the vehicle who may | |be in the seat and driving when the inspection is made by an of- ' ficer. Licenses for drivers went on sale September 5, and during the 12 days which .were, concluded yesterday afternoon,+there were. 542 sold or a fraction more: than | 45 licenses for each day, includ-' ing Sundays, which is is evidence } that the estimated 1,000 by Octo- | ber 1, will not be reached, if the ‘same number of sales continue ' daily. { Another sale of licenses was started this week in the office of ; the county judge, and. this; is, of the huntifig licenses ; ich’? are put on sale at) pfactically the them have been sold to local! for the purchase of a larger num- | ber this season than has been the | case in the past, it is said. | HOTEL BODY WILL BENEFIT KEY WEST START PROJECT TO ERECT SIGNS; RESOLVES TO OB- | TAIN FERRY SERVICE | | | A regular meeting of the Key | West Hotel and Rooming House | | Asociation was held yesterday at! La Concha Hotel, called to order | | by R. A® Lehman, president. | | sion. In Warsaw As Poles Hold On (By Associated Press) LONDON, Sept. 20.—Prime Minister Chamberlain to- day gave his third report on progress of the New World War to members of parliament assembled in special ses- Chief point of his report was the regret that Eng- land and France were not able to bring adequate help to Poland, although he stated that the original pledge still holds good. Chamberlain also reported on the Russian in- vasion of East Poland, but no official protest had been zent Moscow, he stated. Meanwhile, defenders of Poland still hold on to War- Fighting is intense and*continued German airplane bombings wreak heavy damage to buildings and civilian morale. German sourcés state that’ new batch of *T05,- 000 Poles were captured yesterday in a battle west of saw. Warsaw. Ruesian army is moving in fast to take more territory in Eastern Poland. Momentary strong attack by. Nazis is expected on the western front. Britain and France are making elaborate |through the new-approach would . hunters and.the outlook’ is good points along the Belgium frontier as it is feared Hitler will attempt a duplicate of the 1914 maneuver when neutrality of Belgium was violated. SPECIAL SESSION OF CONGRESS TOMORROW “The Washington Committee For World Govern- ment”’—an agency seeking a federation of all nations, to- day petiticned President Roosevelt to take initial steps to | band all present neutral nations together to prevent any| spread of the war. Congress will assemble tomorrow morning in special session to consider President Roosevelt’s wish to revise the Neutrality Act. Alf M. Landon, Republican Party standard bearer in | A request for 57 khaki safety | patrol uniforms for Key West! schools has been authorized and| ed by the Board of Public truction by Superintendent of blic Instruction Melvin E. Rus- The safety patrol of the Divi-| reet School was measured jay, the Harris School was|letter to the Chamber of Com-| Maritime Commission concerning | ured yesterday and St. Jo-|merce written by Leo Hughes, the lack “ =, now Pens | 's will be e qd today.|who managed. at one time, the! given by the P. . company. A | : will be measure joday. | who rf i | Paella sage at & school patrol will be} next week. | la: ured The complete uniform of the|the loss of the companionship of'service, .when and if proper| will consist of khaki long shirt and overseas cap | white belt and black tie. | Formerly the uniforms were in blue and white. The Safety Patrol of the schoo! was anized by the Rotary) Clut der the direction of the American Automobile Associa-| tion. Myrtland Cates is police| director of the Key West groups. GOLFERS’ DANCE Tomorrow Night | LA CONCHA HOTEL RAINBOW ROOM nsored by K, W. Golf Club Gould Curry’s Orchestra Si Admission — $1.00 Per Couple|and that the United States may No Admission or Cover Charge of tracer bullets for airplanes and | ported: Germany im 1937 . used | may be issued to him i i FORMERLY MANAGED OVER- | Overseas Hotel, presented I. H. STAS HOTEL; NOW IN | Rown, representative of a sign company, who gave a detailed re- ASBURY PARK | port on what signs could be erect- ed along the highway- and the jcost thereof. From the Marlborough Hotel,, “Action was taken aiming at Asbury Park, N. J., which isjan investigation of present steam- managed by the Hughes family, ‘ship facilities here. It is planned formerly of Key West, comes ajto send a protest to the U. S. Overseas Hotel in this city. In! request will also be made to al- the letter the writer expresses low establishment of additional his many good friends in Key |application.is made by some com- West. » { pany. Mr. Hughes writes: “I surely} J. H. Lehman reported on pro- have missed the little visits with gress of the Beach Project. He you (meaning the secretary) and;stated that a public meeting is Is|the many good laughs I had with planned for the latter part of declared contraband in the pres- you. Keep it up, as laughs are | this week at the Chamber of Com- hard to get”. He inquires after Miss Harri. Miss Williams, Hugh William: reported. The association will apply for the rest of the realty brokers and future, it was stated today. wonders how they are doing and expresses a desire to -hear from | session during the present crisis, as the opinions of that) | group would be more apt to reflect wisdom rather than | the acts of any one person”. { BACKGROUND OF THE WAR. Digest Of War News From All Fronts | SEIZE FLORIDA CARGO } terials have supplanted phosphor- | The British seizure of the jus for these purposes. |steamer “Warrior” and the hold-; “The ‘Warrior's’ cargo was tak-| ing of its cargo of Florida pebble |€n as a prize because ings|Under the head of fertilizers, | | phosphate as a prize of war brings |UNCer — : ‘@! Rots, the prt pe obig s | Which in this war are contraband. | ent conflict. |crops of the world is so great! no longer an important war mu- tended the theory that foodstuffs |nitions material”, lretary and treasurer of The Na- of foods”. 1914 phosphate was not on the/ica’s chief foreign markets for MORNING: PIGEON KEY | LEASED TO J. F. GOUGH All members of the Overseas sion were present this morning when chairman John Slade call- ed the meeting to order at short- :ly after 10 o'clock. Of chief interest to Key West is the action voted to try excur- sion rates in the District for a period of one month, starting October 1. The rates will be , $1.00 per car and driver, plus 25: for each additional passenger, round-trip, through both toll gates, a slicing by one-half of present rates, and will be good on Saturdays and Sundays only. Edward R. Neff, engineer with the State Road Department, was elected to permanent manager- ship of the District by a 3 to 2 |vote, commissioners Albury and Symonette dissenting. Following the vote, the tw» ‘commissioners expressed confi- dence in Mr. Neff, stating that their vote was not meant to con- tain any personal feeling in the Matter. 5 | | { | i Slade Served Writ At the beginning of the meet- ing, chairman John Slade was iserved with a Quo Warranto Writ, released by Judge Worth W. Trammell, upon advice of |Harry Gwynn, Miami resident, and a former Key Wester... The writ directs Mr. Slade, to |show cause on or before; October |3 by “what warrant or authority i | that could be done to bring about same time each ‘Year: Several of | plans to quell any offensive. Troops have been moved to 0f law he should perform the |franchise, powers and functions |of a member and as chairman of | the District”. | The writ further alleges that | Mr. Slade holds his position il- legally because of the fact that |no person shall hold two state jpositions. This condition has | been denied by Mr. Slade in that he is not an elected official of the State Road Department. Deputy Sheriff Allan Parish of | Marathon served the writ. Move For Investigation Commissioner Kennedy moved important action by the commiis- | sion in the form of an investiga- tion and resolution, which was (Continued on Page Four) FLONEY PELLICIER ENTERS RACE FOR | L. S. Gruber, proprietor of! 1936, today stated that “it is best that Congress stay in. CHIEF OF POLICE WIDELY-KNOWN CANDIDATE ESTABLISHED RECORD AS CONSTABLE OF SECOND | DISTRICT | | In this issue of The Citizen ap- |P! ears the announcement of C. | the position of, Chief of Police, and he solicits the support of his friends and the voters at the city it comes | election to be held on November | from the residence. Rev. 14. The candidate has held, and The value of phosphate as a plant now holds, for the past three; food in the production of the | years the office of constable for|be in charge of arrangements. the Second District in Monroe merce at which progress will be, “Phosphate, despite belief, is|that warring nations have ex-|county, in which he feels that he vana, Cuba, came to Key has creditably performed the du- s according to are contraband to include ma-'ties that have devolved upon|and has been a resident of the |Fred Dion and Mr. Johnson anijincorporation papers in the near | Charles J. Brand,.executive sec- | terials essential in the production | him, and that he has established a record to make him proud of — tional Fertilizer Association. “In; Germany and Japan are Amer-' the manner of the fulfilment of ‘the office. | 2A TEE Charlie Smith, Dr. John Gekeler, DANCE TONIG H T | contraband list, but was put on|phosphate. America produces| His familiarity with the laws, Charlie Taylor “and the many’ I consider my friends in Key West”. In closing, Mr. Hughes hopes that all of his friends are well SO Habana-Madrid Club GOULD CURRY'S ORCHESTRA keep out of the war. eR RARER @ conditional contraband. list at| reached its peak s¢ it. was|and of ‘this amount. American |the source of. Mh which ‘could be used in the manufacture! tons, while 1,100,000 tons are ex- lfor smoke screens, Other ma-! (Continued on Page Four) j between three and four million in regard to the city and county:| the time the submarine warfare | tons of phosphate rock annually, and his experience, he feels, fits| Mrs. Ermina Chile, one’ daugh- ‘him. to perform the duties’ of {conformity with all orders which during his | tenure, ee F Headline news for Key West! | jA new Yacht Basin for this city! | | Such is the news released to-: day by R. W. Craig of Craig. | Fla., who is present today in Key} West to start operations on a new | “yacht basin and facilities in this! | Mr. Craig has leased the whole, ‘of the south section of Pier No. 1, together with Pier No. 2, ang | will proceed immediately to pro-| | vide as fine yacht-docking facili- ties as will be found in any city along the Florida east coast. New Yacht Facilities Road and Toll Bridge Commis- | * JOHNSON STATES BEACH PROJECT IS PROGRESSING ORIGINAL COMMITTEE HEAD- ED BY COL. BRINTON HAS DONE ALL POSSIBLE WORK TO COMPLETE PROJECT In a_ plea for Charles H. Johnson, member of the original Beach Committee, released the following statement to The Citizen this. morning, harmony, \calling attention to the true state The main facilities will.’ be jalong the dock opposite from | dockage space now leased by the ;P. & O. S. S. Company, on the i ; Site now occupied by the Charter! |Boatmen’s association. Pilings jand buffer construction will be’ | installed for ample yacht dock- | ing maneuvers, and it is expected | that work will'be completed by November first. To care for Charter Boatmen, | Mr. Craig intends to begin con- | struction this week on a two hun- |dred and fifty foot pier to proj- Ject south from Pier No. 1, parallel {to Grinnell street, providing a small boat slip between the new dock and Grinnell street. In all, a sum of $3,000 ‘will be expended |in the new yacht basin facilities |to be established. The lease was signed yesterday |m Miami and calls for a five-year |rental period by Mr. Craig. Back- ling for the venture is furnished |by the Shaw Bros. Oil Company jof Miami. Facilities for dockage will also be constructed on Pier No. 2; and} it is anticipated that any-size lyacht may be accommodated |when construction is finished. | Terms of the lease were not disclosed by Mr. Craig, who con- 'tinued, however, to point out his of affairs. in connection with the chances for completion of the project in time for this winter's season. Mr. Johnson is with: “In answer to yesterday's ar- ticle in the Island City column of The Citizen, concerning the second Beach committee -récently formed, I wish to explain, in that I am one of the members! of the first committeé appointed by quoted here- , Mayor Albury at the Chamber of Commerce meeting held July 26th, this year—just what has been done by our group.” Mr. Johnson continued—“The original committee was appointed, as all will recall, to work on a Public Beach project and other neces- sary projects for the city. “The Beach project is well on its way to completion, and all plans and estimates of |cost have been drawn up. ‘The only thing now is to wait for the culmina- tion; of lengthy litigation in r gard to’ getting the lease“signed,” Mr. Johnson stated. “On the otherhand, I don't feel that there is any necessity to empower the second commit tee with authority, inasmuch as we have such a capable, hard- worker in the person of Col. L. C. Brinton as our chairman. I |unbounded faith in Key West as rather think that someone has |Lilly, pastor of. Fleming Street |church will officiate. Pritchard’s Funeral Home will! ;a tourist center prompted the selfish motives in mind and is |major action now under way. using the new committee to fur- |Mr. Craig will continue to op- ther those motives. Our. group jerate his yacht headquarters at will see to it that those motives | Craig. are not carried out as long as we i are in authority—and we have IRITES TOD AY every right to think that we still | have power to act.” i: Mr. Johnson added, “neverthe- | FOR F CHILE less, if the new committee is | ° , willing to co-operate with the ex- j be mene re jisting group on a age a { i jis in procuring the beac! |. Fernando Chile, 76, died at his fish, basis in Prominin oy will be |residence 728 United street, 9:15 only too welcome. They will finé last night. Funeral services will ready spirit to co-operate on | be held this afternoon at 5 o’clock our part.” Jim — C. G. REPORTS ON The deceased was born in Ha-| BOAT ACTIVITIES West | ‘ when he was seven years of age, | 2g. ae Lighthouse depot boat Number \city continuously since that time.!17, sailed this morning for Am- |He was a member of Sociedadjerican Shoals, carrying mail for ;Cuba, and a committee from the|the keepers and supplies for the | organization will attend the serv- | light. jices in a body. | “Tender Zinnia is at Tortugas Survivors are: The widow, |awaiting weather conditions which will permit recharging of ter, Miss Salome Chile, two sis-|the light at Pulaski Shoals. * Use in fertilizer 2,200,000 | chief to the fullest extent and in | ters, Mrs. Antonio Torres and/Tender Poinciana is still actively Mrs. Aurora Soto, one - | engaged in the vicinity of Miami, child, Miss Clara Valdez, and two | and the Tender Ivy is doing buoy great-grandchildren. jwork in Tampa Bay and vicinity. |