The Key West Citizen Newspaper, October 7, 1939, Page 1

Associated Press Day Wire Service For 59 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West VOLUME LX. No. 238. Key West Welco n; Meeting Today Jayoees Urge Slate In Eletion Plan Huge. Parad Key West Junior Chamber of! city will be contacted to furnish Che Kry rat Citizen THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN THE U.S.A. KEY WEST, FLORIDA, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 7, 1939 | es $700,000 Housing ATTY. GEN. GIBBS SIDES WITH SLADE IN BRIDGE FIGHT CITES LEGAL OPINIONS THAT | SHOULD HOLD TO RETAIN BRIDGE DISTRICT CHAIR- MANSHIP FOR SLADE Key West, Florida, has the most equable climate in the country; with an average range of only 14° Fahrenheit PRICE FIVE CENTS World Series Game ‘(Special to The Citizen) MIAMI, Oct. 7.—Attorney Gen- | eral George Couper Gibbs has? upheld John Slade in his fightto retain chairmanship of the Over- seas Bridge Commission. John Slade is. facing a quo, | warranto writ regarding his right | ‘ |to hold the chairmanship as well | ment of a Federal Housing Aus! as his job as assistant state engi- ; thority program to consist of 200° Proposition for the establish- | ‘ jneer with the state highway.| | family units at a cost of approxi- ‘board: Gibbs adds, “an assistant | mately $700,000 is being ‘dis-' highway engineer is not a state} |cussed this afternoon by mem-/jofficer under the constitution of | bers of the Federal Housing Au-: Florida”. | thority, the Key West Housing Further, Mr. Gibbs states in his} | Authority and the City Council.!demurrer, “The information in’ The meeting was called this the nature of quo warranto fails afternoon following the arrival of ;to state cause of action. That} | Stanley Sweeley, of the Housing ; the information was not filed in j Authority of Florida, and, At-| the name of the attorney general | torney Emmett Powell, of the ‘and that it affirmatively appears Federal Housing Authority from from the allegations of the in- Washington, D. C. }formation that the respondent is | Attending the meeting are Mr. |not disquaiified under the con- Sweeley and Mr. Powell, mem- jstitution of Florida”. | bers of the Key West Housing; A hearing will be held in Mi- |Authority who were today ap-'ami October 18 by Judge Worth pointed by President Earl Adams Ww. Trammell in Circuit Court f Britain Wi ;will continue to give proposals n By Yankees 7 To 3 ll Not Hurry Answer To Nai Peace Offer (By Asseciated Press) LONDON, Oct. 7.—Britain will) mediately available take its time to answer the Ger-| trouble. : _| An attempt at sabotage was ae pecan ae peace, it Was aN- | lieved, to have caused the can- It-is Salleved that celling of all sailor leaves aboard s the warship Arizona off Cali- anxious for peace and fornia coast. It is claimed that one sailor was injured in the in case of is it! Berlin that {Special to The Citizen) CINCINNATI, Oct, 7—It was \four home runs for the Yankees jtoday and that was the bali IFIRST AID CLUB ORGANIZED HERE ‘"="S"=" "Ss | good for seven runs. Reds scored |but three runs on eleven hits. TO BENEFIT CITY CON OCCA \clouts, Joe DiMaggic lifted a tre- ITY CO, EMPLOYES PASS; mendcus smash to center for a FIRST AID AND RED Coss |f0Und-tripper, and Bill “Dickey also TESTS | Lefty Gomez, who has never | lost a World's Series game. start- SS led on the mound for the Yanks jbut was relieved by Bump Had- ley early. Jim Thompson retired in favor of Whitey Moore, who turned in good relief work for the Reds. Score by innings: R. H. E. Yanks 202 030 000— 7 5 1 |Reds 120 000 000— 311 0 Running story of the game i follows: { | | A group of men from the per- sonnel of The Key West Electric; Company, Key West Gas Com-| pany, Key West Police and Fire | Departments, U. S. Customs Pa-| ‘trol and other local units have formed the Key West First Aid Club. Each one of the members has qualified as a First Aider under | | i | i First Inning | YANKEES — Crosetti walked. Commerce took active recogni-|color in the parade, to be held of the City Council, acting chambers on the .quo warranto ;mayor in the absence of Mayor writ. until the “right peace terms” are determined. |Sabotage attempt. Four destroyers and one Coast jthe expert teaching and guidance of Mrs. Marguerite Smock, local Rolfe grounded out to McCorm- ick. Keller hit a home run over tion of the coming city election | November 11. at a regular scheduled meeting| F. J. Dion, former chairman of held last evening at Chamber) the Key West Housing Authority, headquarters. Of chief import-} addressed the Jaycees briefly on ance was the project undertaken ; the new program for this city, to urge business vA Key | and a vote of thanks was voted # x F to those who assisted in obtain- West to consent to the placing of | ing this outstanding project for their names of the ballot to ef-|Key West. fect an_ efficient governmental; Other matters at the mecting ‘ody Gurifig thé hext twWo years. | treatedon~action to ‘have’ the aa , State Road Department com- President b ‘ - 2 " |plete the bridge from Big Pine was in the chair. men Isadore Weintrau' |Willard Albury and Hugh Wil-| The writ was brought up by liams, past member whose term Harry Gwynn, Paul Marks, ousted has expired, A. Maitland Adams,| highway attorney, is his lawyer. J. J. Trevor and Melvin E. Rus-| John L. Graham, assistant. state’s sell who, together with holdover attorney, will represent Slade. member B.,Curry Moreno, now; APPROVES- LIST - OF PATROL BOYS jof director of the local authority. Mermbers of City Council Presi- | ident Earl Adams, William Mon- salvatge, Wesley Archer, Wil- ‘liam A. Freeman and William T. ; Berlin has indicated that it will |, : . ‘Savor a malt ce Pope Pius Guard cutter will reach the side peace; “Weiliiyion circles. be- of the threatened Iroquois today. lieve that Roosevelt will make | ne aa a ee >| ; g mieten Users mene after the! ,dmiralty has declared the Brit- Bittighabaiteesatate thé pres: ish intend to sink and blame on iat SaAleencece Lerma ore Barn. Germany, but they have not been Pitch Uneccaptable.to. Raglan q| told of developments. All is well land they will wait, until a more|°° f" ‘detailedy-statement of “WPA COM r °F war aims is given. Belgium today reported that German planes flew over its bor- ;American Red Cross First Aid instructor, and public health nurse. These men each have cards jissued by the American Red | Cross. ; The purpose of this clu is to ibe ready at all times in cases of /Two runs, one hit, one error. jemergency to give proper atten-| REDS—Werber out, second to tion to an injured A until first. Frey flied out to DiMaggic |the arrival of ® doco ale \Goodman. go infield-bit near... of knowing the ‘proper thing toj pitcher. McCormick hit to right do cannot be over-emphasized, as| Lombardi hit to center, scoring in many cases death or perman-|Goodman. ~ Craft struck out ent injury can ‘be avoided by rightfield fence, scoring Crosetti DiMaggio struck out. Dickey shet grounder through second and went to third on wild pitch, but is trapped off third base by quick throw from McCormick. iKey to this city; co-operation in Again, in connection with the election, gigantic “Election Eve” parade is planned aiméd at “getting out a maximum a elec- tion vote”. Musical units in the C. OF C. WILL AC ~'to the City Charter ‘the city Lunch Room project and }Doughtry. Also attending were |inquiry as to whether Key West | City Attorney H. H. Taylor, Jr., could obtain an airport. | Judge William V. Albury, Rus-; About City Charter !sell Pancoast of Miami, E. A. The Jaycees have communi-!| Ramsey, Chief Harry M. Baker,' cated with The Citizen in regard Representative B. C. Papy, Wal-} situation. | lace B. Kirke, P. L. Wilson, and a! The group is in favor of the new }number of interested citizens. {instrument and announces that! Mr. Sweeley openéd the meet- \it will ¢o-operate with any or-jing with an explanation ‘of ,the ganization in the city’ to force!main object of the housing au- |the city council to observe the] thority, which is providing homes, families Cc. W. BIGELOW. MANAGER, INSPECTS LOCAL UNITS AT ALL SCHOOLS; FULL CON- TINGENT GIVEN Twenty-four.. new _ members were inducted into the Schoolboy ‘Safety Patrol this week and the der. French claim to have beaten back several attempts by German troops to take positions. Both Germany and France claim to have captured officers. Artil- lery firé was noted at the front and increased activity in the North Sea was reported. Washington today announced j that 67,500 more troops would be added. to: the regular: army. com- plement to* bring about an active combat force, which would be im- _ CLASSES TO OPEN | WPA Commercial and Citizen- ;Ship classes will resume work at jthe Commercial Department of the High School on Monday, October 9. A new class is being organized lin Beginning Shorthand | and now in. progress in ,. Shorthand, |Typewriting, English and Citi- Typewriting. Other classes’ are’ proper care given to an injured person before the arrival of a doctor. In the home itself this knowledge can be applied to save many anxious moments. In the event of drowings or electrocu- tions a qualified team is ready at all times to administen, proper artificial respiration. It is hoped to carry cut an ex- tensive campaign in the educa- One run, three hits, no errors. Second i Inning YANKEES—Gordon fouled out (Continued on Page Three) ‘PRESIDENT SAYS | SUBMARINE OFF IN CHARTER CAUSE : ALSO TAKE UP TOLL GATE Usislature. PROBLEM AND PUBLICITY FINAL DECREE ISSUED CAMPAIGN Final decree in the divorce suit ‘of Mazie Spalding Knox from her husband Joseph Directors of the Chamber of Knox, was signed this week _by Commerce met at a lunch table, Judge Arthur Gomez and filed in the Hotel La Concha yester-|in the office of Clerk Ross C. = ai ; Sawyer yesterday. day and matters of importance were discussed and several very. important things were discussed, and scheduled for action. Those attending the meeting; and the luncheon were President Everett W. Russell, Vice President Melvin E. Russell, Charles S| Taylor, W. W. Demeritt, W. T.! Fripp and Albert E. Peirce. B R 0 N C H I T ] §, eee reces seccccecccsavces eee One Suffered 52 Years; $ eee . attention, the chair appointed a Edward: WONDERFUL CURES OF SINUS, \for the occupancy of 4 € |whose incomes are within the {original number again approved lower economical brackets, and ‘by Clifford W. Bigelow, traveling | gave a terse but complete outline |manager of the American Auto- lof the aims of the Federal Au- |mobile Association. thority in providing the oppor- New badges and belts were tunity for this class of housing. {given the newcomers. New khaki He also explained that there uniforms for the patrol are being were a number of representa-|made at the W.P.A. Sewing Room tives from other cities in the,and some of them are expected country, which.were eager to get to be ready next week. (Continued on Page, Three) Purpose of the patrol, Director ie Lae {Myrtland Cates announced, is to! isafeguard pedestrian and student- | pedestrian traffic at interesec-j jtions, The patrol members stand, one on each corner,, and when} the light is red for traffic sends the students across. The periods in which the patrol is. stationed j lis at just before time for school! \to begin in the morning, at little ; itecess, at noon recess and at the close of school for he day at 2:30 m. { 100,000 Spent On Another ASTHMA, CITED eee CUTTER PANDORA | this morning at 10 o’clock from } was a former C.C.C. boy in Tam- zenship will resume work. Any person sixteen years of | age or older, who is not a student jin an elementary school, high | school or college, may attend the jadult WPA classes. Mrs. Grace Crosby is teacher, RETURNS 10 PORT jJOE NAVARRO ON SHIP: ‘SERVICES SUNDAY ENLISTMENTS NOW CLOSED FOR MRS. C "MESA Lillie Carey, aged 58, passed *away yesterday . after- noon at 3.o’clock at the home, |1108 Fleming street. Fi Tampa where she had been ary- | services, in acer of socked docked and the bottom painted. Funeral Home, will be tomorrow New apprentice seaman on the afternoon at 5'o’clock at First M. Pandora is- Vernon Berg, who|~ Church, the Rev. G.. W. " C L | Hutchinson officiating. pa. Making his second trip on| Mrs. Carey is survived by a Coast Guard Cutter “Pandora”, | Lieut.-Comdr:'’ Hilton, arrived COAST AT MIAM: NATIONALITY ‘ROT KNOWN: MAKES TOTAL OF THREE SEEN OFF U. 58. SHORES; 15 MILES OFF MIAMI tion of the general public in the ; knowledge of First Aid work. It would particularly be helpful to contact organized groups where | this knowledge is needed, mem-; bers state. j | Classes are held the second and | :fourth Fridays monthly at the tian ‘American Legion Hall at 7:30 p.| The following dispatch 'm. Any interested person is wel-| was received just before | come. Membership does not re- | prees time today: quire any qualification beyond} Ciiy Ancechiiea Pratt being 18 years of age and having} ‘an interest in. First. Aid work. HYDE P ‘ARK, Oct. 7.— |. A class for women, conducted Temporary White House an- by “Mrs. Smock, will _ be” started;nounced today. that a sub- betes a4 site| Episcopal as ish marine definitely identified lall from 3 to 5 p. m. weekly. . If this club can be of service to /** foreign had been sighted anyone they are requested to get |Yesterday about 15 miles in immediate touch with any of | from Miami. the following: Nationality of submarine | George Lucas—Key West Elec-| not disclosed, “nor wai it i tric Co. a Henry Johnson—Key West Gas | learned how she was sight- the Pandora is Jose Navarro, ap- | sister, Mrs. Elizabeth Roberts Co. Feeling that the question of the City Charter should be given POS oeccccccccccscccccococecoceoocecoeneeooeccesee | { - | A wonderful )Prentice seaman from Key West.| and one son, Emery Pratt. Pall Myrtland Cates—Key West Po- committee who are requested to oi ‘There are now 64 inthe school Wm. Hassett said the Presi- tale cure examine the situation regarding Going down Duval street when | poy patrols of the city. There are the charter and report back to the board with such recom- mendations as they may deem proper. Members of the com- mittee are A. M. Hewitt, chair- man, Sebastian Cabrera, B. C. Moreno, Embry Pierce, Clem_C.| Price, Edward Starke, J. J. Tre- vor and J. Lancelot Lester. To consider the question of the advisability of doing away) with the lower toll gate of the; bridges of the Overseas High- | ful climate here was told The! ; Citizen here by two residents ot pagar ee . vAS sacle who have been in Key West little 284 Would unwillingly bump into more than a year. {many people. Now he goes about Marcus Ellis who had suffered {building boats and such like. terribly with bronchitis and sinus} Schau had been trouble, reports wonderful im-j|from his ailments for 52 years provement. Mr. Ellis said: “I}and couldn’t talk when he first came here to die and today I’'mjcame here. He is very happy going about building a boat upjover his cure. Mrs. Schaub came the Keys”. here with Mr. Schaub and Mr. | T. E, Schaub, who has been|Ellis’ daughter, Jane, is at. the jasthmatic since birth, and came}High School this year, having . _}Ladd, Paul suffering | sawyer, A. Lujan, Thomas Dion, | through fresh sea air and wonder- | he first came here, Mr, Ellis could!20 in the Division Street and 20 lin the Hatris School. St. Joseph’s ‘has 12. Douglass has 12. There jare seven honorary members at; jthe High School, who are Billy Lightbourne, Leroy Kenneth Solomon, Byron Cook. At Division Street School there ‘are Captain Forest Arthur, Lieuts. .Myrtland Cates, Jr., Joe Thomp- ‘son, Jr., Herman Cerezo, Robert 'Cruz and Norman Roberts, Jr.; 'J. ‘V. Woodson hos been routed through the local Coast Guard of- jficials and is in Fort Lauderdale jat the training school. Enljstments in the Coast Guard in this area are now closed. i j ONINSTANT ORDERS ‘DESTROYER LEAVES, Governor Franklin Speaks 5 r U.S. Destroyer Reuben James, Charles Curtis, George Parks, Roberts. | Bearers at the service will be {lice Dept. Leonard A. Curry—Key West Robert W. Knowles, Christopher | Fire Dept. | - Knowles, Jabus Loure, Malcolm| Earl A. Lunderville, U. S. Cus-|$ubmarine |toms Patrol, Post Office Bldg. |dent had authorized him |to release the report on the in accordance | with the policy of telling of _Presence of foreign warships |in the waters adjacent to oti | shores. Submarine is first report- waters since Roosevelt dis- clozed at a recent press con- yay, ffect on the revenue ; dod ‘the interests of Key West,|ere with one lung completely the chair appointed the follow- | USeless, has been largely cured of ing committee: A. E. Peirce, L.|his asthma and’ regained use of S. Gruber and Miss Minnie Por-| the other lung. . i it that | : Sie nets eee in ajover the country to secure relief report to the Board jfrom bronchitis and sinus touble. Charles S. Taylor presented |He had gone to the famed coast the proposition that a permanent | f Oregon, which was said to be Boy Scout Camp be established |S° favorable to sufferers of those en Stock Island, sponsored by ailments, but finds that Key West the city with the aid of WPA |climate and iodine of the sea air labor, and on motion duly made |far surpasses any of those places. | and seconded the Board went on|California was even a worse spot record ro - to be in. z ing a taomerat® eo | Mr. Ellis was gassed in the last To review and make final|war and U. S. doctors spent over plans for the coming season’s/ $100,000 on him trying to cure his publicity campaign, the Pub-|many ailments. They were un- licity Committee, “Bascom L, successful. Finally. Dr. Wagen- Grooms, chairman, Melvin E.|hak of a Cleveland hospital re- Russell and Fred J. Dion, was re-|commended the Florida Keys to quested to meet and make their|him. Relief came within the first report, lweek after he was here. Ellis said he has traveled all; Patrolmen William V. Albury, Jr., Billy Spencer, Nilo Albury, Niles, Charles Baker, ‘A. Brost,’ jJack Curry, Hamilton “Williams, | ,Jr., A. Cruz, Mike Perez, Jrj Wil- jcome here af the enthusiastic de- ; scriptions of the place from her father. “Ifthe government would build hospitals along these Keys,’ liam Malone, Robert Arevala. jit would save millions of dollars | Harris School—Capt. Kenneth fand the lives of many thousands : Kerr; Lieuts. Lawrence Padron,! ,of war veterans’, Mr. Ellis said. | jon’ Monsalvatge, Kermit Sweet- |“People all over -the country ing, Billy Show; Patrolmen Nar-} » know of the fame of this place 'cisca Castillo, Gailey Sweeting, | jfor such cures, but things have | Robert ‘Archer, Bobby Sikes, Ker- | jbeen so bad with the middle class mit Roberts, Larry De Lozus, People that they haven’t been Clayton Pappy, Frank Rom, Man- lhere to regain their strength: The \place needs more advertising on | Mr. Ellis; stated. “T think it is the best place in cepting California, Corsica or oth- er famous I.know of lable to afford a six months’ Te| tinued on Page Two) |those qualities, also”, the world for these cures, not ex- jageres of cures in - West”, Mr, ck jone.of the three destroyers as- signed :to this area for patrol; duty, leftport 10:30 o'clock this morning on hurried orders, which were received by the officer in command of the vessel. No in- formation was obtainable as to the destination of the ship. er Claxton, one of the ships assigned to patrol duty in these waters, left on regular as- signment Thursday, and the De- stroyer Babbitt is due to arrive in Port this afternoon. GOV FRANKLIN jwr tag Red Letter Day at the Rotary Club luncheon was Thursday with President Wm. V. Little announc- ing Rotary Ann Little’s first ap- pearance at a Rotary lincheon (and followed that by introduction of District Governor James Franklin of Fort Pierce and Ro- tary Ann Franklin. Colonel J. D. MacMullen, On Progress. Of Rotary ference that one had been sighted off Southern Alaske and another off Boston. jturn introduced a tablé of guests REUBEN JAMES consisting of spruce young cap-| MAY BE IN CHASE tains and lieutenants ‘Jahioe Badety: Patan |helping to make life |West school children and is largely sponsored by ae! uate tion.