The Key West Citizen Newspaper, September 23, 1939, Page 1

Associated Press Day Wire Service For 59 Years Devoted to the Best Intesests of Key West Key West, Florida, has the most equable climate in the country; with an average range of only 14° Fahrenheit _ en | Che Key West Citizen THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN THE U.S. A. VOLUME LX. No. 226. RFC Wires Approv Of Bridge Excursi Trial For One Mo *. The following wire ceived today, as relayed to man-| was re- Road and Toll Bridge District | from chairman of the board John | Slade: | “Retel — Have no objection | your charging special weekend; round trip rates during October as trial” KEY WEST, FLORIDA, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, ward hit Here Now Authorized To 77-Nan Strength Captain William C. Harris; ing of his battery to the increas-: {commanding officer of Battery'ed strength, Captain Harris re-| .“E”, 265th C. A., Florida National plied that he considered that it Guard, is in receipt of telegraphie, would have no great bearing upon | advice from the commanding of-) the subject. He pointed out that | ficer of his regiment to the ef4!in his opinion the increase was; fect that the authorized strengttt' simply a result of the additional of Battery “E” has been increas~; 45,000 men allottéd by the Presi. ed to seventy-seven men. ident to the National Guard of the | In an interview with the rep: | United States and that he sa resentative of The Citizen thig/no reason for anyone to assume! morning, Captain Harris stated} that the increase of the units was | { i i | | 4 ithe strength of his battery was, National Guard in active service. | 1939 American Destroyer Saves PRICE FIVE CENTS British Ship From Attack Attempted By N BACKGROUND OF THE WA Digest Of War News From All Fronts LEGION FOR NEUTRALITY at the American Legion's 2st! Stein, acting chief of the Bond Service Section, Self Liquidating Division of Reconstruction Fi- nance Corporation at Washing- ton, D. C. Manager Neff was in the city ‘this morning and he stated that, subject to board approval, the! ypening excursion date would be | next Saturday, September 30. On | that date, Key Westers desiring to go to Miami or points north, ! (Special to The Citizen) JACKSONVILLE, Sept. 23.— that the project in Roy Schroder today authe more than $800,000 Florida projects, including Monroe coun-} ty’s School Lunchroom Project, ! totalling $13,126. The Key West amount is di- include the Douglass ‘and San Key West two persons for a period of nine in months. Local releases on the project eq, Would employ a total of twenty-; {most gratifying to him since for !a number of years the officers of jthe 265th Coast Artillery have vigorously urged an increase in the strength of the firing bat- nection with the summer en+ campment of the unit. Captain Harris stated: “In iyears gone by, Battery “E” has ,have already stated that it will\been very seriously hampered by: that a man, who the lack of sufficient men at our He stated further that the Na-!annual convention at Chicago, | jional Guard offers a _ splendid September 25-28. opportunity to patriotic young | If they do go to the conven- ;men, who are desirous of - pre- tion, they'll do a lot of talking paring themselves as defenders ‘about,neutrality and rearmament teries, in order to provide more/of our country in the event of!—because the new European war phonetic men for the detail work in con-,a national emergency, as unlim-'has put those items at the top of !syllable in capital letters: lited opportunity is offered for'the program. Legion headquar-. self-improvement through Army ters won't say what the official! Correspondence School Courses. | attitude on another war is, but! Capt. Harris also pointed out:National Commander Stephen} : is adequately 'F. Chadwick favors neutrality. | {prepared from a military stand-| Legionnaires may talk about: }percent own homes, and 36 per-/| that. the authorized increase in| in contemplation of placing the! Over 250,000 persons. expected ;cent own businesses. PRONUNCIATIONS— Here are some oi the names most frequently occurring in war news that give Americans special trouble in pronouncing. In the spellings, accent POLISH Places Lwow—Lwoof Gdynia—GDEEN-yah Krakow—KRA- kof Przemys|—PSHAM.-ishl the | all U-Boat H (Bs Associated Press) | LISBON, Sept. 23.—An Amer- ‘ican destroyer believed to be the | Jacab Jones, originally scheduled ,for duty in Key West waters, in- \advertently saved British ‘freighter from a German sub- this Admiral a marine week, | Courtney reported on his arrival ‘in this port today. The U-Boat which had risen to {the surface and was about fo fire a torpedo sighted the U. S. de- | stroyer which was standing by {the British freighter and im- A ado Ge, Sata Carlos school this year, besides;summer encampment. With thi§} point, would receive much more ii ” { ri £ a may do so without entailing any | vided $5,918 as Federal sponsor-' 721105 ScHoo! tis Year, besices he /Seneral pensions for ‘World war) Siedlce—Shed-ILT-seh mediately disappeared below the additional toll cost for the return|ship and $8,208 as local sponsor- trip. The excursion rate, how-| ship, ever, does not apply to passen- gers carried in the car, who will stitutions. It is planned to start Mr. Schroder also stated all lunchrooms next Wednesday, September 27. Local sponsorship authorized increase we can func; consideration in the event of a tion 100% more efficiently. Tt! national emergency than would has always been my belief that;an individual who was lacking ‘the minimum strength for a firt!in the fundamentals of military training. Mention was also made veterans, too, although their or- | ganization is on record as oppos-| ernment now pays compensation | »d the usual twenty-five | both ways. Tickets, which are now being| printed by The Artman Press,! state that the permit is not| tramsferable: + Adsw—the—license; number of the car will , be. in- scribed on the ticket by the toll| gate keeper. The weekly excur-! sion arrangement is for Satur-| days and Sundays only—the round-trips to be made on any} one weekend This trial excursion through | the district was passed at the; board meeting held this week at; Marathon, and permission was asked of the RFC by wire, with, request that approval be sent by, County - will message } county telegram. The above sets the stage for the trial. Many J agencies were instrumental fry suggesting the excursion fea- re to the commission. opinion is divided on ether or not the move will be lul—or on .whether the will try the same arrange- t again, although it is ad- ted that the nearness of the ase of traffic, will forestall iy extension of excursion fea- res until next spring and sum- ACCOMMODATED JUDGE LORD ORDERS OFFICE OPENED FROM 9 A. M. TO 6 P.M. tty Judge Raymond Lord we Citizen this morning, given considerable the sale of licenses to il drivers . and had the conclusion that be better if the hours for | les mext week would be ext led in the evening. psterday the judge had fixed hour for opening of the of- during the whole of next ek at the usual time of 9 ‘clock, and the office to remain the entire day until 5 Today he stated that he| would extend the time one hour and close the office at 6 o'clock. At 11 o'clock today total sales} amounted to 673 out of an esti- mated 2,500 licenses, and the judge said that there would have! to be more time given for drivers | and owners to purchase the ne- cessary cards, if the éstimated quota is to be anywhere near completed by October 1. BES AEST DANCING TONIGHT Club Cayo Hueso Featuring JOHN PRITCHARD and-His Swingsters NO COVER — NO ADMISSION | ca A NEO S it's :ner as in years past—chiefly by contributions from various or- CRIMINAL COURT “MONDAY; 5 CASES Key WESTERS AT JUDGE WM. ALBURY SAYS. NEW YORK FAIR DOCKET WILL BE CLEARED, TO MAKE WAY FOR NEW Goop WEATHER MAKES IN- CODE AFTER OCT. 1 SPECTION OF EXHIBITS .. REAL PLEASURE Monroe convene in the (Special to The Citizen)’: court -house Monday’ FLORIDA STATE EXHIBIT, jmorning at 9:30 o’clock with World’s Fair, N. Y., Sept. 23.— ;Judge William V. Albury pre-: Florida World’s Fair visitors are siding. This term of court is be- taking advantage of cooler New ‘ing held the last week of the York fall weather to make their month, says Judge Albury, in trip to the World's Fair at this order to clean up the docket and time. have the records cleared when The cool weather makes walk- the new criminal code becomes ing around the Fair grounds effective in October. !easier than in the hot summer The docket for the next term: weather. Many Floridians have as prepared today by Clerk C. chosen this time to make their Sam B. Curry, carries five cases, ' visit to the World’s Fair. and there is a possibility, that’ Key West people who have there will be no necessity of, visited the World’s Fair this | drawing, a jury Monday unless week include: Florence E. Saw- |something transpires before the yer, 523 Eaton street; Camille court convenes, it was stated. Pierce, 807 Fleming street; Dr. Cases listed for trial at the ses-; and Mrs. J. B. Parramore, ‘Duval sion next week are as follows: | street. | Leonard Harris, charged with! jassault and battery. Witnesses in ‘INCIDENT ILLUSTRATES the case are Elizabeth Sawyer, [Livingston Winters, Dwight WINSTON CHURCHILL’S fo pobert 3 DETERMINATION Criminal court of Robert Huntley, Jr., reckless \driving, and the affidavit is) jsigned by Constable C. Floney; (By Associated Prensa) | Pellicier. | RICHMOND, Va., Sept. 23.— Fred Bye, reckless driving, and; Semething of the determination the affidavit is signed by Deputy |of Winston Churchill, Britain’s Sheriff Raymond Maloney. | first sea lord, is illustrated by an Edward R. Ashby, charged! incident here. with the possession of under-| Harry F. Byrd, Jr., whose fa- sized crawfish. The affidavit is| ther was governor of Virginia at igned by G. W, Peterson and J.|the time (1928), relates. the inci- B. Pique, conservation agents. {dent in the Harrisonburg News Leon Albury, alleged to have , Record. Mr. Churchill was guest sold, illegally, intoxicating liquor.|of honor at a dinner in the gov- Affidavit was signed by. Peter ernor’s mansion. Virginia ham Smith and Henrietta Smith. | was served. The British statesman, follow- ‘Sa aaa aa Ss. jing the tule of “what you don’t jsee ask for”, said he would like “IV’E BEEN ROBBED!” some mustard. | The butler visited the kitchen 'and found the cupboard bare. |The hostess, somewhat dismayed, (My Assectated Press) TULSA, Okla., Sept. 23.— “Phooey on the war”, said a telephone caller to the circu- lation department of a Tulsa newspaper. “What I wanted was the funnies. “I paid a nickel for a pa- per to get the comics and then discovered after I got it that it was a Sunday merning war extra. There weren't any comics in it. ‘ed laughingly that a grocery |store was just a short distance away, if the guest desired to wait. \He did. Harry scampered to the store and shortly afterward the dinner proceeded without further delay. Mr. Churchill showing his liking for Virginia ham—with mus- tard. CHANGES WIND TO SNOW MINNEAPOLIS, Minn.—When |Judge Vince A. Day granted a di- ivorce to Mrs. N. E. Wind, he al- found a spare comic section and sent it by special mes- senger. i SMa L LLL L 2 |so e maiden name, Gladys Snow. ; will be handled in the same man-!ing battery should be seventy | men. This belief is warranted when you consider the fact that at the last encampment of the 265th Coast Artillery the various tion details for the other firing nel was used in the range and gun section: When asked if, in his opinion, the present war in Europe would have any effect upon the recruit- Members and directors of the Key West Chamber of Commerce canvass the nomination _ ballots east for directors for the year beginning October 1939. Tellers in the count were Charles S. Taylor, Robert Spotts- wood and L. S. Gruber. There were 24 names nominated from the membership list and of these, MUCH JUNK IRON | SENT FROM: HERE TWO HUNDRED TONS RE- CENTLY SHIPPED TO EU- ROPEAN NATIONS Over two hundred tons of scrap ;iron have recently been sent out of Key West to nations in’ Eu- rope, checkup by The Citizen re- vealed today. Junk dealers locally have been securing scrap iron from all sources to fill the demand. Many have been engaged in bringing in the iron. In the past few years part of the scrap iron sent was from {the dismantling of the coal sheds jat Key West Naval Station and ‘at Dry Tortugas. A Japanese freighter also brought aboard conveyed the sad news, but add-|much of the scrap iron of the old | ;F-E.C. some few years ago. Orders are secured through a number of agents both in this country and abroad. One of the {Key West shipments was in- cluded in one of the last orders to go through the free port of Danzig into Poland. LEEDS PIPL OLE IE, ON DISPLAY TODAY The New 1940 DODGE Featuring the Sensationally Low Price of Only $999.00 iad et Z s Se batteries had to, furnish.ammunis; | batteries, as all available person- | Twenty-Four Nominated _ | For C. Of ¢. Election met in. the offices last night to! ‘for disabilities to 395,167 World, ; war veterans and to 112,526 de- ; pendents of men who died. In fis- | cal 1939 the total disbursement’ to World war veterans and. de- of the fact that the United States government paid very liberally the members of the National Guard for drill attendance and summer -encampment,.. the«mini-- mum pay being $1.00 per drill. { ‘There are’1,026,084 members of! ‘Captain Harris is making pre-jthe legion. Headquarters says the | Parations for the conduct of al} average legionnaire is 47, remael jintensive recruiting campaign ‘ried, has: two children, a yearly | with a view toward attaining the | income of $2,545.26. | Niaety-two | _ strength authorized not later than) percent of the legionnaires own| ; October 3, 1939. jradios, 80 percent own cars, 54° ‘WAP PAYROLL IS _ TO BE DISBURSED NEXT WEDNESDAY i ‘election which will be held on! | the first Tuesday in October. RECERTIFICATION TOTALS, 4 the a which will be; INDEFINITE; EVERY EFFORT | sent out to the members will be | the names of the members ssa ee elo! (nated and from the list will be| ALL APPLICANTS ;named the twelve men receiving | | the greatest number of votes and! Works Progress Administration |in whose hands will be placed , bi-monthly payroll will be made jthe responsibility for the guid. |UP for Wednesday, Area Super- lance of the Chamber of Com-| ViSor Wailace Thomas said to- jday: | jelection last night were: A. Mait-! {land Adams, J. Roland Adams, ' | Wm. A, Arnold, Sebastian Ca- brera, Jr., John H. Costar, Wm. can be secured. It is understood, | owever, that every possibility of lacing those who are trying to { ‘ ey be recertified will be investigat- |W. Demeritt, Fred J. Dion, Wm. ed and an effort made to employ T. Fripp, John A, Gardner, Bas- ial | jcom L, Grooms, Frank. H. Ladd,|"" | Dan Navarro, Albert E. Peirce, |! fo, Ste as eens teunber: Wm. R. Porter, Everett W. Rus. |Which will be recertified is not) wail. Melvin E. Russell “alas obtainable since data concerning Elizabeth si tae, Chistes E. jall cases is not complete. Smith, J. R. Si Tae See Seunk: Jr, Chars. “s. Taylor, | PPMP LOM DS SPLASH! INFACT, Norberg Thompson, Ben D. Tre- S-P-L-A-S-H! !! ~ | ENJOYS RESPITE t Judge Arthur Gomez, of the Circuit Court, who has been en- joying a vacation on the Keys, and was the guest of R. C. Perky, ; is expected to return to the city this evening after a complete rest and period of recreation. | During the week the judge |made a brief trip to Key West ‘and informed his friends that! he was having a wonderful time. | eauacselty at his favorite sport of | | fishing, and had brought to boat ; five fine jewfish and was re- | turning to catch others. Dance Tonight | Pena’s Garden Of Roses Gould Curry’s Orchestra i ! he ! ! e if ces gave her permission to resume|N A VA RRO, Inc .\No Admission Charge—No Cover | A TT ‘pendents came to: $242,865,913, ~ | ww Bug—Book President Ignace Moscicki— :ing such pensions. The U. S. gov-|Ig-NAH-say Mos-TSYETS-ke GERMAN Saarbruecken (Nazi hedaquar- ters in the Saar)—SAR-brooken. Von Brauchitsch (German com- mander-in-chief)—J ‘-BRO-kitch F 4 Western” Bitche—Beech Thionville—Tee-ON-veel Toul—Tool Gamelin (Allied commander- in-chief)—Gahm-eh-lan Maginot _ (fortifications)—Ma- zhee-no CAN IT BE DONE? Military experts suggest that the time has come for diplomacy to work relief. Search as we will, we cannot find a_ solitary soldier who can tell how France or England can break into Ger- many. An attack on the sea coast! |would be extremely hazardous and might cost Britain half her navy and still fail. The skirmishing along the western front so far means little. The neerer the collapse of Po- land, the more desperate the plight of France and England to show that they have the winning hand. With Italy on their side, they would have an opening into Germany. The Brenner pass does not furnish an especially ' |happy access to Germany but it fried line. SUPER-DIPLOMACY England and France may not appear so busy fighting, but they are working hard in the diplo- matic corridors. Just now that is of especial in- terest both to diplomats, who like surface. \ From London, fears were ex- pressed for the.safety of a British freighter which has been missing |since September 6, when it dont + outta “S.058>~Britistr ships-re™ | port no trace of the vessel or its crew at the reported position. From New York came news of the first transfer of the cargo of British vessel to a neutral vessel. The British ship transferred cargo to a Swedish vessel; in a free port zone in New York har- bor. Washington reports stated that “streamlining” would be applied to the U. S. Army divisions, with first cases of streamlining to be tried out in the First Division at New York, the second division at Houston, Texas and another Washington state. Dies Committee witnesses stated that|Stalin has over. a million doHars in insurance pay- jments in the Chase National and , other New York City banks. | Retired Major General Smed- ley D. Butler in an interview given on the New York Fair grounds regarding neutrality said, “If America sells anything in BOYS ARE RAISING to win contests that way, and to we always get in trouble.” (Continued on Page Four) ‘USS. BABBITT IS IN FROM PATROL Destroyer “Claxton”, Lieut- Comdr. W. C. Cross, left this morning to take up regular pa- trol duty in this area, as the “Babbitt” arrived in port. The Babbitt has been out on patrol since Tuesday. It docked | at 8:30 o'clock this morning. The Boys of the Key West school-|Claxton had left two hours be- boy safety patrol, who are selling | fore at 6:40 o'clock. tickets for an entertainment to| The Claxton is tied up along- taise funds for their new uni-|side the Destroyer Rueben James forms, are authorized to do so,|at Pier B in the Naval Station. director Myrtland Cates an-| UNIFORM MONEY BENEFIT NEXT WEEK WILL) RAISE FUNDS FOR | MATERIALS CLUB LA CONGA ~ to the only Rhumba Band in Key West... . 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