The Key West Citizen Newspaper, October 5, 1939, Page 1

Azsociated Press Day Wire Service For 59 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West VOLUME LX. No. 236. Che Key a ; THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN THE U. S.A. —— KEY WEST, FLORIDA, THURSDAY, * (Special to The Citizen) YANKEE STADIUM, N. Y.. TODAY TO TAKE wes eo VICKSBURG JOB * | | | cinati Reds with two hits as the Yanks won 4-0 to take the second | Straight game of the 1939 baseball | classic. WILL WORK FOR SPECIAL |"'yicis' big bats went to work FEDERAL COMMISSION! IN 0" highly-touted Bucky Walters! ind broke through for three runs | ESTIMATING CAPACITY; |in the third inning. Walters also County Board Grants i j Road-Phone Priviliges ‘| be gotten out under the direction | |cember 1 and continuing through | {March 1 and 25,000 to be deliver- OCTOBER 5, 1939 ———$—— Yankees Beat Reds 4:To 0 In Second World Series Game ADVERTISING PLAN ‘OF COUNTY BOARD TO CONTRIBUTE $1,000 TO ‘HELP FINANCE BOOKLET; “MARK BYRON, III, APPEARS AT MEETING An appropriation of $1,000 was made by the board of county) commissioners last night for se-j curing a booklet on Key West to} of J. W. Johns and is to consist} of 100,000 copies to be furnished in lots of 25,000, beginning De- ed on the first day of each month. | B..L. Grooms and a committee ftom the Chamber of Commerce, | consisting of F, J. Dion and Mel- WKey ADDY Cautiously; French-British Fear Invasion Of Belgium U.S. Bombing Panes Key West, Florida, he- the most equable climate ia the country; with an average range of only 14° Fahrenheit PRICE FIVE CENTS wes Pacts. (By Aanocinted Press) LONDON, Oct. 5.—It appeared | today that Turkey was playing a very cautious game to avoid be- jing drawn into the European con- t {allowed a home run from the BACK IN TWO MONTHS bat of Dahlgren in the fourth. Pearson was highly effective. using slow curves, fast curv and fast balls. His work on the corners of the plate was almost perfect. ! Score by innings: R.H.E.: Reds 000 000. 000-0 2 0 Yanks 003 100 00x— 4 9 0 Inning-by-inning account of the ' game follows: First Inning REDS—Werber pops up to Joe Gordon. Frey skies out to right! center field. Goodman hits high | pop foul fly for out. No runs, no hits, no errors. | YANKS—Crosetti singles over short. Rolfe grounded to pitcher, and is safe at first while Crosetti | is out at second. Keller grounds 1 i | B. M. Duncan, former chief} engineer and general manager of | the Overseas Road and Toll: Bridge District, today informed | The Citizen that he had accepted | a temporary post with the Vicks- ; burg Federal Bridge Commission, | a special federal committee, and that he and Mrs. Duncan woul leave early this afternoon for: that city. Duncan will be engaged by the | commission on estimating work to ascertain the value of the toll bridge at Vicksburg, Miss., in a move to change that structure, from a toll to a free passage basis | of operation. The federal bureau , of roads has been authorized to | to second base and Rolfe is forced , Vin Russell,. were at the meeting e {in the interest of the booklet and {Mr. Jolins was introduced by Mr. ,Grooms, He immediately — went into, an explanation of his ideas; and displayed an outlay of the/ To Entomology Burcu Pursuant to a request made in|Thompson and T. Jenkins Curry @ communication from W. E. | Clerk Ross C. Sawyer; W. Curry Conn, of the Bureau of Entomol-| Harris, attorney tor the Board;' Nbean Sea : flict. She denied a request that she close the Dardanelles only |entrance to the Black Sea, to the |Allies. Also she refused to align |with Russia if the Soviets made ‘BILL’ LEE NOW take over the bridge and a val- uation figure must be decided upon for purchase purposes. “The work will keep me away from Key West about two ” ie | Second Inning months” stated Mr. Duncan this rf A : morning. He and Mrs. Duncan! REDS—McCormick flies out to expect to be back in this city; left center. Lombardi slams long} before Christmas. }one into left center, which Sel- PRESIDED AT LOCAL ASSEMBLY MEETING \runs, no hits,.no errors. j YANKS-—Dickey struck out on’ jlow fast inside ball. Selkirk sin-! lgled into short center but is thrown out at second in attempt- ing to stretch it. Gordon skies «pases i kei rae sb cat REDS—Berger flies out on hard CONCHA HOTEL; GREATLY ‘drive to left. Myers strikes out GRATIFIED AT MANY IM- with bat on shoulder on fast ball down middle. Walters PROVEMENTS NOTED |grounds out to third base. No 7 runs, no hits, no errors. | out, Keller being safe at first. | DiMaggio hits long one into left field, Wally Berger pulling it ! down. No runs, one hit, no errors, high to center. No runs, one hit,! |no errors. In accordance with a long es- tablished custom, District Gov- | ernor James A. Franklin, of the| YANKS—Babe Dahigren slams one-against left center fence for double, the ball bouncing into 167th District of Rotary Inter-| national, presided at the As-| sembly of the Key West Rotary Club, which was held at the La! Concha Hotel Wednesday eve! POLI ning : This assembly, which consists primarily of the officers, direc- (Continued on Page Three) the Club, is held during the an- nual visit of the District Gover- nor, for the purpose of reviewing the work of the Club, planning | activities for the future, and dis-| cussing with the Governor the} problems arising in connection| with Club activities, and reme- dies which he might suggest for | date for a third term, a compara- | any conditions which might need | tively small number of the vot-)} correction ers, 10,000,000, will decide the| Prior to the assembly Gover- | outcome. That is to say, of the} nor Franklin and Mrs, Franklin} 45,000,000 voters of the nation.| were entertained at dinner in the| three-fourths have already made | La Concha Rainbow Room by |up their minds to vote either’ for President William V. Little and/or against him regardless of who Mrs. Little and Secretary Everett the Republican candidate may be; Russell and Mrs. Russell, of the|and the sentiment of this three-| Key West Rotary Club. fourths is half for and half against | Governor Franklin expressed a third term. { himself as greatly gratified at) This is the finding of the the many evidences of improve-| American Institute of Public) ment in the appearance of Key Opinion, es expressed by its di-} West's streets and buildings|rector, Dr. George Gallup. Who} which he had noted as having|are these 10,000,000, the undecid- | taken place since his last visit ed class? Dr. two years ago. Gallup says ais they are the’ eee oe VOesceovecccccsccooeccese | t SHOWS 10, tors and committee chairmen of | Middle-Aged, Middle Income Group Holding Decision WILL DECIDE -PRESIDENT’S CHANCES {new Federal Security Administra- ogy, for permission to do certain|Chief Deputy Sheriff Bernard work on the Monroe county road | Waite, May pire tine es leading to Cape Sable and to con- jter, Melvin Russell, E. R. Lowe; struct a telephone line along the'S. C. Singleton, J. W. Johns,’ road, county commissioners at a|Mary Byron and Kenneth Burg-} regular meeting last night grant- her. Hi ae ed the request, { In the Conn ‘communication . = {relative to the road, which is to Attending the meeting were: ‘be resurfaced and placed in con- Chairman Carl Bervaldi, Com- dition, it was also stated that the ‘missioners B. R. Warren, Norberg ; Bureau of Entomology asked and’ was granted the right for the | telephone line and, appurtenances* | tobe removed at any future date. Letter was read from George iE. Merrick commending the ap- |pointment of Ray Parker to rep- jtesent Monroe county on the Landowners Committee, whica BACK IN CIT jot the Everglades District on the {proposed refinancing of the ‘dis-! trict. It was pointed out that Mr.} ; Parker was an owner of large {land holdings in.the district and Williani J; Leé “and “Mrs.” Lee feminentty” qualtied™ to “handle” returned to Key West Tuesday the ee as pertaining to :this : : ,; county. evening following a three weeks ; Communication was read from vacation to Niagara Falls, N. Y.,| secretary Everett Russell express- where they visited with Mr. | ing the thanks of the Rotary Club ee sta ad cae wee Lees | !F the use of a county truck in stoped St che ew Fork World’s "@nsporting Boy Scout Troop 52 Fair and at Point Pleasant, N. J., (0, sed from their camp at Snap- where they called on L. P. Art- rs 3 man, piiblishee of the Ocean|_ Report of Sheriff K. O. Thomp- Ci |son showed deposits in the First Wor Gites They. ihe stax, | National Bank of county funds ped in Washington, D. C. and at- |@mounting to $133.62. ¥ -.,| Copies of two applications to tended one session of the special | 4,6 War Department for permits |to do certain work on the Flor- |ida Keys, from Charles G. Brand SEVERAL NORTHERN CITIES Congress. = Mr. Lee is Key West manager of the Miami Daily News Bu- reau. t jand Thomas Renedo were read jand@ ordered placed on file. {Curry of Criminal Court of the 000 000 VOTERS tne oes of the tribunal during , |were read and placed on file. | . vehi | Reports of Tax Collector Frank | |For September the sum deposited | oe aS jin the First National Bank lowing distribution to the various! |funds: General Revenue, $135.80; | | Report of Clerk C. Sam B. the past period of September} ;H. Ladd were read as _follows:} amounted to $626.30, with the fol-! Cocccescccescoooooooeee® | Fine and Forfeiture, $49.05; Spe-| = 2 . | $163.50; Special dency would be desirable under i No. 1, $163.50. that condition. Dr. Gallup men-} Mr. Ladd’s second report cov- tions only four other _men who | cred the period from October 1 might make the White House: to 4 and showed the following Thomas E. Dewey continues to/ distribution: General Revenue, be ‘the Republican choice, and’ $9349.75, which was the entire right behind him comes Senator | zmount collected. Vandenberg of Michigan; on the| Report of licenses issued during Democrat side Vice-President | September, signed by Judge Ray- Garner is second to Roosevelt, Continued on Page F followed ky Paul V. McNutt, the) Contin sor toads tor. The prospects of Vanden- JA y C E ES WILL berg and McNutt are brighter | ~ than ever today, Dr. Gallup says. | MEET TOMORROW Skating away from politics, the | war and the place of America in} it. At the present time 16 per- Many matters of importance to cent want us to go after Hitler,)the city of Key West will be tak- School District survey picks up the subject of Proposed booklet, which will be} of approximately 20 pages, with maps of the city and the highway and interesting reading matter with profuse illustrations. Mr. Johns explained that he in- tended to go to Havana and dis-;{ cuss the matter with officials and business men of that city and in, the event he was unable to secure the necessary funds, he would so report to the Chamber of Com- merce and the county commis- sioners. The appropriation of $1,- b00 was then ordered to be paid, ; WASHINGTON, Oct. 5.—Fed- eral sources today revealed that patrolling the Carribean areas as U.S.S. CLAXTON NOW ON PATROL (By Ansoctated Press) American bombing planes are} $250 on the first of each month, beginning with December and ending with the payment of $250 on the first of March, the pay- ments of each amount to be made | RETURNS FROM VACATION IN js to advise with the Commission | pon delivery of 25,000 of the booklets. ~ Following the action of the commissioners, Mark Byron, of the Mark Byron, Inc., advertising ney, addressed the board on le'question}of advertising by bill boards placed at attractive points along the~highway and other roads leading to Miami, all of which are veins of traffic to Key West. Mr. Byron continued in a very interesting manner going into the details of his advertising plans, ‘giving prices on the boards per month and citing the amounts which had been appropriated by different cities in this country, the Bahamas and the island of Bermuda, and kept the board and others interested from start to United States Destroyer Clax- ton, under command of Lieuten- ant-Commander W. C. Cross, jsailed from the berth at _Pier “B” in the naval station 8 o'clock this morning on regular four-day patrol duty. Destroyer Babbitt, which today will complete her tour of four- day patrol, will return to port some time this afternoon. RED FACE DEP’T (PINK SLIP DIVISION). (By Axsoctated Prean) HUTCHINSON, Kan., Oct. 5.— There ate at least three kinds of slips. Vaden Stroud, as- sistant football coach at Hutchin- son high school, was on duty at the high school door with in- structions to let in no students unless they had pink slips—a sort of pass. So Stroud stopped ‘a pretty girl. “Let's see your the completion of his talk, but did|Pink slip,” said he. -The girl not ask for any appropriation by | blushed. So did Stroud as ae ja grab in the Baltic states. | Adolf Hitler was getting ready |to go into Warsaw to make a |triumphic appearance in a few ‘ | days in the capital of the coun- | , The sources spree that egneg [ore his Nazis had just cap Panama City. worried that their neutrality will English sources said that the be violated. Unofficial sources }war will be kept from American ‘said that Belgium is agitated Rentaerpa if it can , oy Meno over the fact that she cannot stop } pip aetticad onda Amerie 45 planes of warring nations from 300 miles offshore. The Jatter Passing over her country. If she {part of the English statement is cannot do this, she reasons, how thought to mean that it is possible jis she to stop troops from pour- ithere may be sinkings in these jng through her lands. jareas. \ France today is still fearing ,a precautionary measure to de- |fend the Panama Canal. ah. ed the Administration of trying to+Previous- advices have stated | been, moved to the border. | NOW COMPLET |French submarine today sank a ployes, who had been at ° Sand |Stroyers mine In the returning working party been blown up. Germany into starting marine the board. BATES RETURN FROM U. S. TOUR ABSENT FROM CITY TWO MONTHS ON EXTENDED VACATION F the name of Franklin D.;survey shows that more than’ 6v | cial Advertising, $49.05; Road; Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Bates have Roosevelt goes up as a candi-|percent believe a third-term presi-| Fund, $65.40; General “School, returned to Key West after mak- ing a complete circle of the coun- try by bus from coast to coast in two months and still are con- vinced that Key West has every section of the country beaten with its all-around advantages. Among the highlights of the , trip: “Routed through Jacksonville, went to Pensacola. Called up Eddie Wilson, who showed us Pensacola and all the navy yards.” |. At New Orleans the Bates saw |SUPPly is received from Califor- Mr. and Mrs. Louis Wilson. Mrs. Wilson is Otto. . Kirchheiner’s daughter. Mr. Wilson is son of Mrs. Corinne Wilson. Mr. Bates said that New Orleans had more historical spots than any Amer- ican city. The Wlumination on Glenwood Anderson, Mervin D. Albury and the cook, Roy Rob- erts. tilted the edge of her dress. jméust have made a_ slip,” said The Keys---Florida’s Gold Coast By MARIE CAPPICK ‘equal to some and better than jmany products now on the mar- | ket. | Small incomes might be made AThis is ;the last of a of articles by Miss Marie picle on the ‘resources*of Key West and the Florida Keys.) led*in aloe which at this time is'and other marine curios. The aes high 30 pened ee ac- | shells might be placed in contain- jcount of its medicinal values,! i jwould be a_ capital investment. | TS Of native Soe a oe - |Aloe leaves. are now bringing/ es a eee. Yee \fifty cents a leaf, according to a ; They would make ditinctive and ‘recent market news letter. Dish-| valuable souvenirs. Wild flowers jrag gourds that cost nothing to mounted would be acceptable to |row and are used for cleaning, students of botany and others in- {pans and pots, are now retailing; terested in the study. Cigars in {in five and dime stores in New (native wood containers instead of | York at ten cents each and the the Cuban cedar boxes, would ; add to their selling value and {nia. {prove a trade novelty. Sponge | Sisal has long been known for! caps found on the beaches. are ‘its place in making rope, but | useful as flower holders and are ‘there are other uses for this;now bringing fancy prices in | A few ‘ecres of Key land plant- | by collecting sea shells, sea fans| plant. Residents of the Bahamas|New York where they are ship- use it for making hats, hand-|ped from California. If pecan| bags, baskets, floor mats and oth- { pralines helped to make New Or-! BRITISH STEAMER mide aged RECEIVES ORDERS British Steamer Newton Pine, Charles N. Woolner, master, which arrived in port yesterday morning and awaited orders while |hand are not sufficiently poor toto any one age or income group. | being given the usual inspection } by officials of the United States |pro-Roosevelt lower third, nor|the old and young and well-off| SPECIAL! Public Health Service, Customs} 2nd Immigration authorities, sail- ed last night for her destination. | Sailing orders were received through the Porter Dock Co., and| at 7 o'clock the vessel was cleared | and put to sea for a destination which was not divulged. | middle - income group. They’re anywhere from 30 to 49; years old and} earn up to $45 a week, “people | who on the one! Pres. Roosevelt side with the overwhelmingly | on the other hand _ sufficiently! vell-to-do to side with thé con-} servative, predominantly an Rodsevelt voters in the upper in- come level”. _ é | One factor that might help elect | President Roosevelt, if he should | run again, is the war; for the! Japan. Before Munich, the milit-;méeting of Key West Junior ful. Ba jant figure against Germany was Cliamber of Commerce to be held; At Baton Rouge walked around ,has health-giving qualities. There !coconut fibre baskets from mak- id si it t ith lar: 1 j-ter useful articles. The sea weed |leatis famous what is there to pre- and six percent want a war with;en up. at the regular monthly Canal street at night was beauti- ithat is i tics ook cur’ ali lvent Key coconut cakes sold in | In Congress the fight for and) ‘ against neutrality measures con-|that Germany will make a break tinued.. A House speaker accus-jwith troops through Belgium. Potions oe legisla- | that Germany has massed troops nerees. along the Belgian border and SAND KEY W | that<Belgian troops “have also The French claim that Ger- |many has lost 30 planes thus far lin the war. They state that a board Poppy nade i German merchant: marineman. Sfternoon with a group” of em.| England claims that British de- are chasing German Key Lighthouse scraping and | Submarines back into the painting the structure and mak- | area the Germans have laid down ing minor necessary repairs. jand that several of them. have we Paul Atwell, foreman; J.| Berlin accused Winston Sheldon Atwell, Victor Russell, |Churchill, British First Lord of Mathew Zacal, Louis Ovide, J.|the Admiralty, of trying to trick {unrestricted warfare and thus lose the sympathy of the rest of (oe world. The Berlin *press claims that Churchill is arming merchantmen to war on = sub- marines. Sweden today issued a half million gas masks to its men as precautionary measures. It has also placed buoys along its three mile limit that vessels will clear- Ty see the neutral area. Reports ‘that Russia is establishing air bases on Estonian and other is- lands in the Baltic are trickling in. German submarine gave a sun- ken ship's crew a_ collapsible ‘boat and also guided another |boat toward them from eight | miles off the coast of Ireland. It | quickly sank from sight then. | ‘The German pocket battleship, {“Admiral Shier” which sank a ‘vessel inthe South Atlantic jearlier this week, probably ran the English blockade ‘English ‘sources say. It was known to be \in a German port when the blockade was established. REVENUE DEPT. OFFICIAL IN CITY | JOHN FAHS PAYS BRIEF CALL ON DEPUTY WIL- jonly five pereent. But after Hit-| tomorrow r evening, 8. o'clock, ler’s second. Czech coup this| the Chamber of Commerce quar- spring, the barometer rose sharp- | ters, La Concha Hotel. ly to its present point. Curious-| President Isadore Weintraub ly enough, Dr. Gallup points out, |requests a full attendance of the! the war-minded are not confined | membership at this session. SPECIAL! It’s a pretty even distribution of! and poor who are itching for al fight. The rest of the population, snchatgg y, S x the 80 or 90 percent, desire two ENESS te Maloney Brothers Bakery. these two desires are contradic: | « e tory is a moot question, which’ 12 Fleming St—Phone 818 | Congress is bound to answer, |Bates’ niece met them at the sta- in the capital Huey Long built and |is iodine and iron in this weed, |ing saw the spot where he was killed amd ‘recently there has been ‘and his grave in front of the|Placed on the market sea weedjhelp solve the jtablets for those deficient in iron and iodine. Roselle, known as the Florida cranberry may be and look- {preserved aS. other cranberries, tion. _ The niece a nice loc Lalngeees nyaegn : laboratory technology together.!would find a wide and steady They were shown over the city. market. Of course a plant would Dallas, Texas, was the scene of ,be necessary; but if the matter pleasant visit with another;were presented to the Federal capital. At Little Rock, Arkansas, Mrs. a Carlsbad Caverns. To get there use of the . they walked five miles. They ; women know (Continued on Page Three) [im season, and their the Keys famous? Bee culture on, the Keys would sugar prob- lem. Bees cost over their; original purchase price, which I have been told, is about $2.50 per 10,000. Wild i i their sustenance, and Howest figure brings jone hive robbing gives, conser- vatively, 25 gallons of honey, to John L. Fahs, newly-appointed United States Internal Revenue