The Key West Citizen Newspaper, September 27, 1939, Page 1

Associated Press Day Wire Service For 59 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West VOLUME LX. No. 229. Che Key THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN THE U.S.A. Auto And. Passenger Traffic Over Bridges Decreased In August * Number of vehicles using the! Overseas Highway during the month of August went to as high ' as 316 on August 6. During the! entire month there were recorded | 6,098 autos, 14,406 passengers, ' 849 trucks and 196 busses with, total tolls collected $11,829.50. | According to records of the! District August of last year, showed a total of $15,396.75. | April, May, June and July of this year also show declines over the same months last year. No comparison can be made of the “winter season” of January, Feb- ruary and March of this year and last year because in 1938 only a portion of the project north of Marathon was open to traffic during these months. j The winter season approaching will determine probably the aver- age number of visitors who will use the highway each year. This number, however, may be aug- mented by additions to this 4rea because of war in Europe which involves other winter resorts such as the Riviera and Ber-; muda. Also the number reported dur- ing 1938 was greater than this ¥ because the Highway was well advertised in its first year. The “showplace” attracted many who would want to see:it for the first time. | The District, however, is plan- ning a $12,000 advertising pro- | gram for this coming year. There was a large number of autoists noted here in the sum- mer last year from all over the country, who undoubtedly made the trip following announcement of the opening of the Highway. Not all of this group will return each year, since they usually spend their vacations at various points in the country. DESTROYER REUB JAMES ON PATRO United States Destroyer Reu-} ben James, which has been _as- | signed to the Seventh Naval Dis- trict for patrol duty in these wa- ters, with a base at the Key West | naval station, sailed on regular tour of patrol duty at 8 o'clock this morning. Destroyer Claxton, in command of Commander W. C.) Cross, which left Saturday morning’ for a patrol tour in the waters of the district, returned to port this morning and early this afternoon ‘was anchored in the stream off the “of of Simonton street. SERS DES CARERS EE! JEWISH FEAST DAYS START ' SERVICES TONIGHT AT 8:00; O'CLOCK; END NEXT | WEEK { Feast of the tabernacle or! Sukos will be celebrated tonight, | tomorrow and Friday by B'’Nai; Zion Congregation with Rabbi Lazarus Lehrer officiating. The services will open tonight at 8 o'clock, and will be cele- brated Thursday and Friday at 7 a. m. and 8 p, m. The Feast of the Tabernacle is a Jewish celebration feast. It commemorates the story of the Jewish people who lived in booths. At the Synagogue there} will be a tabernacle, which will be filled with various refresh- ments and will commemorate a feasting. The eight-day celebration will be brought to a close Wednesday and Thursday of. next week. i REPORT HIGHWAY WORK OPENS SOW for the purpose of securing an STATE ROAD DEPARTMENT READY FOR HIGHWAY EXTENSION CORAL GABLES. Sept. 26.— According to reports, Chairman} Arthur B, Hale of the State Road | Department, has declared that} within a month it is possible work will be started on extension of the Overseas Highway. The extension would _ start south at Big Pine over the via- ducts and roadways of the old F.E.C, railroad which have been taken over by the S.R.D The viaducts will be widened to con-! form with the width of the broad new highway over the now- bridged water gap. The extension will go straight from Big Pine to Torch Key and eliminate a long horseshoe in that area. Following the old F.E.C, roadbed, it will run more along the Gulf side than ocean side. It is understood} that under other plans the new road will go over the railroad viaduet at Card Sound also, The | new road will eliminate many wooden bridges, | | Overseas District Report JANUARY 1, 1938 T 'O AUGUST 31, 1938 Commercial Month— January* February” March* April May June July Autos 5898 6970 7373 14790 8602 7150 10313 Totals— 69274 *—Only portion of bridges open to traffic. Vehicles Passengers Tolls $ 6,964.31 8,092.75 9,328.70 25,495.00 15,821.26 13,718.00 19,146.75 15,396.75 12128 14350 15146 84206 19358 13850 22157 16656 563 554 583 780 889 1112 1166 1108 6755 147851 $113,963.52 ing prepared. BAR MEMBERS DECIDE AGAINST CHARTER ACTION MET TODAY AT NOON TO CONSIDER CHAMBER PLEA TO CLEAR UP CHARTER SITUATION Monroe County Bar Associa- | i tion voted at a meeting at noon! today in the county courthouse to reply to a letter from the Chamber of Commerce asking} for an adjudication of the present City Charter by stating that it was not the province’ of the ‘As- j sociation to take a stand in the | matter. | The motion, which was enter~| ed by Curry Harris, stated (1) it} was not the ‘province of the As-: sociation to decide in the mat-! ter (2) too many persons are vit-! ally concerned (3) it was the! province of an attorney to han- | dle the matter and not the Asso-! ciation as a whole. It was the sense of the meet- ing that tne question was in- volved. in both a legal and polit- ical light. In discussion it was brought | out that it was “most danger- ous” for the Association to de- cide such a matter as it would establish a precedent for the As- sociation to decide in other city matters. A resolution is also be- | Presiding was President Lance Lester who submitted a_ letter | from Secretary S. C. Singleton of ! the Chamber of Commerce which } stated in part: “At a meeting of the Board of! Directors ofthe Key West Chain; } ber-of Commerée, on motién duly seconded and unanimously car- ried, you are requested to use the! resources of the position you hold ‘ adjudication of the vague and’ unsatisfactory situation in which our community finds itself as the! results of the dubious authority of any charter now in existence”. i Present were attorneys J. L. Lester, Aquilino Lopez, Jr., Ray- mond R: Lord, T. S. Caro,;Curry Harris, John Sawyer, Wm. V. Al- bury, Henry H. Taylor, George! Brooks and L. A. Harris. OFFICIALS DISCUSS NEW ADVERTISING { t MEMBERS OF COUNTY BOARD ; MEET WITH C. OF C. OFFICERS a meeting in the offices last night | to which the Board of County 1 Commissioners was invited for} the purpose of discussing adver- tising plans for the coming sea- son. In attendance were Carl Ber- valdi, chairman of the County} Commissioners, Commissioner | Wm. H. Monsalvatge, President Everett Russell, Chamber of Com- merce, Directors Melvin *E. Rus- sell, Bascom L. Grooms, Fred J. Dion and Wm. M. Arnold. } The subject for which the meet- i ing was called was gone into from every angle and discussed through different phases, and the matter was held over for discus- sion at some time later. It was announced by the secre- tary that all the ‘ballots for the election of 12 directors from the | list named at the primary. elec- | tion held this month, have. been | i distributed to members. Elec-| tion will be held October 3. | KEY WEST, FLORIDA, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 2 js # Naval Activity In Near Future ‘TWO MILLION “MARK PASSED IN STATE AID GOVERNOR CONE RELEASES FIGURES ON UNEMPLOY- “I think there will be a ggeat deal of activity at- Key West Naval Station this winter”, Lieut. Commander Fort H. Callahan, in! command of the Station, told The i t ! i Citizen regarding Congressman Pat Cannon's announcement that high naval officials were plan- ning more use of the facilities. MENT COMPENSATION; BU- ' Lieut. Comdr. Callahan an- nounced that Lieut. S. E. Lee has been assigned to this station as ‘his assistant and will report for duty Monday. Lieut. Lee is at Present in Miami. The staff of workmen will, probably be augmented this win- | ter, Callahan said. REAU EIGHT MONTHS OLD i i } (Special to The Citizen) TALLAHASSEE, Sept. 27.— One of Governor Fred P. Cone’s “first comments upon returning to his office, after resting up from j his strenuous trip to New York in celebration of Florida Week, was {to say that he had received re- }ports showing that the Unem- {ployment Compensation Division ‘had passed the two-million dol- Already announced under pro-' lar mark in the payment of “job- ‘less benefits”. cess of construcyor is a new : " “ i : Disbursement of the first mil- }distilling plant which formerly lion dollars in benefits was reach. produced 40,000 gallons of fresh).ed July 26, about five and a half water: a> day The*work” is”éstit Months... after-Gevernor-Cone 7, 1939 HEAVY ARTILLERY | BOMBARDMENTS (ON WEST FRONT GERMANY MOVES ONE MIL- LION MEN TO FRONT TO AWAIT BRITISH - FRENCH ATTACK EXPECTED SOON (My Associated Prenay LONDON, Sept. 27.—Heavy ac- tion on the western front is ex- ;pected within the next twenty- | four hours as both sides in the} “coming struggle for supremacy ‘in western Europe relate of large | i concentrations of men along the ’ Siegfried and ‘Maginot lines. Ger-! many has 1,000,000 massed inj ‘readiness for the Anglo-French attack, matched by more than that number on the Allies’ side. Artilleries are battering “away at both lines—many shells ported falling back of the French jline in villages that have been ;abandoned by the _populaces. French batteries are concentrat-, ing on the Siegfried line and on' German batteries, preparatory for the advance. Berlin reported that a fleet of airplanes had attacked a squad- ron of British navy cruisers in the North Sea off Norway and that damage was inflicted on sev- eral ships. Winston Churchill counteracted this Berlin report by admitting that an attack had been made but that the only casualties suffered was one Ger- man plane shot down and the crew captured. Reports of gunfire heard in { the North’Sea yesterdayr were ex-; pat Citizen | re-| Key West, Florida, has the most equable climate in the country; with an average range of only 14° Fahrenheit PRICE FIVE CENTS Chamberlain. Reports. On Methods Planned To Slop Naz UB WARSAW SEIGE __BEGINS 4TH WEEK (Dy Associated Press) LONDON, Sept. 27.—In speech- ‘es to the British Pariiament yes- terday afternoon, Prime Minister Chamberiain and First Lord of the Admiralty Winston Churchili {told of three methods by which | England hopes to rid the sea of the German U-boat menace. They are: GERMANS RAINING DEATH | ON POLISH CAPITAL FROM AIR 1. The convoy system, which is now in full force. This protection is given both to incoming and outgoing vessels. 2. Arming merchant ma- tine ships, which is being done in all ports of the Brit- (By Associated Press) LONDON, Sept. 27.—In the}! |first news received in England! ifrom Warsaw in several hours, it| was announced last night that | more than 200 German airplanes} continued to rain death on civil-| ians of the Polish capital. | Fifty fires were raging all over | the city, caused by the aircraft! and heavy artillery bombard-! ments. A water shortage adds to} the desperation of the civilians, | who are described as fighting| gallantly against ever-increasing; odds. j Yesterday was the 2ist day of! the seige of Warsaw, and in, ish empire the world over, and is confined mostly to fast vessels. The guns will be manned by trained sea- men. 3. British counterattacks on submarines. Destroyers are used in this phase of war- fare. Attacks on the U-boats are now five to six times more numerous than during the same period in the World War, Mr. Churchill says. The First Lord of the Admiral- “celebration” it has been an-!ty announced that Britain had nounced that the German high-! gained in contraband oil seizures command has issued orders for! more than it had lost because of unrestricted fighting in and! sinking of its freighters by U- around the Polish capital. j boats. He said that the total ton- ‘nage of British vessels lost by ~Hsinkings ~-hes —been <Sl6wly--de- creasing in the past two weeks, personally presented on February meates O8 iViEO0 wiih Ned SeON- TE ipeetiket: check deslibd by the livision to Thomas M. Lilliston, n unemployed ‘engineer of Cara- j bollo. ; The large majority of’ benefits |were made to unemployed men aud women living in Florida and | jevery county in the state has/ ‘shared in them. A comparatively , | Small amount has been paid to | workers now, residing, in _ other {states:but who. previously had ,established benefits in Florida. | August was the peak month in: | payments when over $500,000 was | disbursed to eligible unemployed jof‘the state. porary workmen and two._per- manent workmen hired by th government. At the station new steel finger piers with modern welding in- stead of riveting were com- pleted within the last few years and a new quay wall constructed’ at Pier B and other docks at the station. Nothing has. been _ re- ceived regarding operation of a machine . shop, Lieut. Comdr. Callahan said. At present Key West Naval Station is the scene of much ac- tivity, Callahan pointed out, with three destroyers jbased here in- definitely. Orders to close the Submarine Base and Naval Sta- tion to private boats and civilians were put into effect September 10. Unconfirmed reports state that a squadron of naval planes will. soon be assigned to the station. Key West island has been a ‘ ‘ k, not benefits ar relief”, the ith ki te no identification marks L-ba: during mi Abn a day at W.P.A. with workmen to were no entific arks ee oe “t ‘ “Fes ‘put in 65 hours*until October 11, which could be recognized from " | . Dee the World War, |8°Vernor concluded. Board of Directors.of the Key | wars. uring ‘o1 ‘ar, | ‘when they: will have a day off a distance, and that the | West Chamber of Commerce held |Spanish American War and Civil plained’ by officials. of Norway who stated that their navy was in practice maneuvers. THOMAS HOPES TO FILL QUOTA OPENED TODAY, NEW PERIOD FOR 65 WORK HOURS TO OCTOBER 11 “Everything is going to be done | proving that the plan to rid the 'sea of the U-boat menace is now | working. | Declaring that the British , blockade will eventually win the DUTCH PASSENGER AIRSHIP war for England, Mr. Churchill SPRAYED WITH BULLETS; |*id that trom the very first day MAN KILLED ERRS IN ATTA | war was declared, Germany was {cut off from certain supplies of |raw materials. ; In answer to the: !German (iy Axsoctated Presxy {charge that England is ‘¢arrying LONDON, Sept. 27.—A Ger- on a ruthless blockade, which in man military plane, flying at an‘ effect would cause the starvation altitude of 2,400 feet over the'of innocent women and children, North Sea, attacked a Dutch pas- Mr. Churchill said that the block senger airship on its regular trip ade was no different than a land Governor Cone also answered tg build back up the quota”, to Amsterdam yesterday. The seige. the criticism that ; Workers did not want i t jobs as long as they could receive bene- fits when he stated “records of the Unemployment Service show | that more than 45 percent of the ; Placements are of workers who |are entitled to ‘jobless’ benefits”. | “The people of, Florida want unemployed Area Supervisor Wallace Thomas Nazi craft sprayed the told The Citizen today, in dis- cussing the employment situation at W.P.A. headquarters. Many relief workers undergo- ing recertification have been wor- ried about the possibility of se- curing relief positions. New period of work started to- 12th. neutral’ He stated that free rations airplane with machine-gun fire, were not allowed the inhabitants killing a passenger; G. R. Lamm, of a city beseiged. This was tak- a Stockholm engineer. jen to mean that the German seige In answer to protests, the Ger- of Warsaw was identical in pur- man government stated that the pose to the British blockade of Passenger plane closely resem-;German ports. bled an enemy aircraft. The re-j port further added that there BUREAU BOOKLET _ FEATURES BRIDGES the - Nazi operations. 'In June 1932, came another stag- | ‘Waft naval operations here were inkéfise. et ede seins ssc JUDGE WARNS OF tory goes io the early j TROUBLE T0 COM century when Caribbean pirates | ONLY 871 LICENSES SOLD OUT OF EXPECTED were routed by Commodore; David Porter. | During the World War days; and the few years following Key} West Naval Station. had sizeable| There was a staff of 22 officers headed by a com-{ 2500 TOTAL mandant, 65 marines, 150 civilian | employes and an enlisted naval) personnel of 100. These opera-' County Judge Raymond R. tions continued from 1914 until Lord is under the opinion that 1930. The monthly payroll was there are a number of owners of $54,000. |motor. vehicles who are building In 1930 the first curtailment,up trouble for themselves came to Naval Station. It was | by ing drivers licenses then operated on a. smail basis. |as required by law. gering blow—the station was or-|than 1,000 of the driver's per- dered decommissioned. Since | mits would be purchased by the then there have been 11 civil end of the week, especially as it service men on duty with Lieut. |is estimated that fully 2,500 will Comdr. Callahan in command. — | be required to fill the needs in Monroe county, but up’ to 1 ibd been and start in again on ‘the | pilot ceased firing when he dis- Workmen will put in three days covered the nationality of the air-| ‘this week and five next week. liner. , Hauling of marl started today! The attacked plane continued jen the new street on Olivia be-|to Amsterdam without further | jtween Whitehead and Thomas. _, incident. i INTERESTING STORY HIGH- LIGHTS ARTICLE BY C. OF C. SECRETARY i | Late News Bulletins (By Associated Press) | i : “Travel and Recreation”, an in- ‘formative pamphiet issued by jthe Unitea States Travel~ Bu |reau, Department of the. In- terior, and containing news and |anteresting anecdotes from every |section ot the United States, has WASHINGTON. Sept. 27—The Definite policy of future terri-| reached the office of The Citizen German ambassador to the Unit- torial control influence in East-' The opening story, which is on ed States notified the State De-!ern Europe were to be discussed, page two of the pamphlet, is un- It was fully expected that more fication from London was not re- leased at press time today. i LONDON, Sept. 27—The aver- age Englishman takes the atti- jder the title, “Overseas Highway eS FER | Leads to No Sech Kentry As Dat” LONDON, Sept. 27.—The po-|and is attributed to “Stephen C. lice force of this city has been Singleton, genial executive secre- more than doubled recently. Re- tary of the Key West Chamber serve policemen now help the of Commerce, who can be count- regular force in patrolling the ed on to combine a vein of hu- city day and night. mor with informative accounts eee |of travel and recreation trends WASHINGTON, Sept. 27.— in ‘The Land of Sunshine’, who WARREN BENNETT TO RECEIVE MEDAL Se tae Daneats Gost Guard Te. [SE ce taken 12° tivity on the Western Front, but| sistant Secretary ‘of State Sum-|had heard was true. - The story ict, is ii i i i ich | Offieii a i i that effen yo’ git to do | trict, is in receipt of a good con-|with the proper license, which (fficials declare that “everything! ner Welles of the United States | went yi otek i nid | pt t : 5 oF will straighten out in due time”! today handed delegates to the| main’ you can go all the way to |Homes Association in this city,;duct medal which has been; carries the weight, height and™ thi ts i d eles oak sound 36,911.75! called The Citizen's attention to- | awarded to Warren Bennett who | color of the hair and other iden- ‘and many things that are misun-| Pan American Union convention | ral aa me tne ee 29,675.75 day to an omission in the incor-/was recently transferred from |tifying marks of the person ,driv- derstood now will be cleared up in this city a detailed report of | boa! 16,074.25 | poration story in yesterday’s|the Coast Guard Cutter Talla-| ing. jin the’ future. his country’s plan to keep cen (nee eee a _ ies 10.781 75 | paper. ‘ poosa to the lighthouse service. Although the office of the; American countries neutral. “An iter about a ive. main’ te al MOSCOW, Sept. 27Foreign encirclement of both South and|pause for reflection the boy an- ‘sae be) a bt Oy opt : 7 |President Roosevelt and officials scnds this story of the original ‘The judge said. there is no's ht Vyiere in the ‘of the Navy Department today reaction of a little negro servant Bieler but that one or more 8% We must make the best of! started confdrences designed to boy to the Overseas Highway drivers will be checked and found ‘”» according to statements re-| up the naval program of connecting the mainland with leased by government officials.|the United States. |Key West: «hey in 5 > SEPTEMBER 1, 1938 TO AUGUST 31, 1939 Commercial Vehicles Passengers 1137 10238 1200 8044 1271 9616 1471 19432 1470 30170 1436 42413 1396 32868 1276 15685 177 11627 Tous | $ 11,24650| __ [TWO OTHERS ARE HOTEL MEMBERS 10,102.76 | President “Lee” Lehman, presi- 20,128.55 | dent of the Hotel ‘and Tourist 28,544.75 Autos 5707 4989 5966 10828 .. 16421 21608 17174 8743 5336 Month— September October November December January February March April May i i The average man criticises the “A y PANAMA CITY, Sept. 27.—As- | West asked if the horrible tale he June July August 5319 7256 6098 Total— 115445 15156 1140 12499 1136 19342 1046 14406 14,140.25 11,830.75 $212,009.56 10,770.75 | | The source of informa’ ition for the story failed “to show. that Charles Johnson, director, and Mrs. Hugh Williams, correspond- , were also. incor- the organization. ing Porators of Mr. Demeritt said that Mr./judge has been kept open Bennett has been put in the) throughout the day frim 9 in th: galag aia tga ah ees evening Dry Tortugas it ition he will receive the medal just as soon as it is possible to send. it. every have- number Minister Von Ribbentrop arrived North America is in this city today with thirty-! navies of all nations on the West-|I sho wouldn’t love to live sales‘ five German aides to begin con-/ern continent to discourage sub-|sech ken’ i marine by |swered in low tones, ‘My Gawd. in no try as dat’. : for that matter’, an- swered Steve, ‘nor me neither’,” warfare or naval moves (Continued on Page Four)