The Key West Citizen Newspaper, October 11, 1939, Page 1

Azsociated Press Day Wire Service For 59 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN THE U.S. A. VOLUME LX. No. 241. a KEY WEST, FLORIDA, WEDNESDAY, QCTOBER 11, 1939 Reports Point To Big Inerease Of Navy-Army Facilities In Key West \SPONSORSHIP OF MUSIC PROJECT NEEDS DONATIONS LOCAL UNIT CAN EXPAND IF ssurance that funds et aside by the Navy 2ent for the establishment air base at Key West is 2y Representative Pat Can- srding to Washingtou| s the project is awaiting a ey report of costs before an- nt of opening is made. my officials there have indi- i that the army will locate | egal point to protect ee DONATE MUSIC SHEETS Comdr. F. H. Callahan,| OR INSTRUMENTS nd of Key West Naval at the station this | In anticipation of enlargement is statement, in the; ht of the W nm to mean that there will be Mills White, supervisor, issued a uch larger group of planes/call for greater sponsorship from at the station shortly. {Key West residents in the form For more than a_ month now (of joans or gifts of musical of the Seaman's Bar-! 5 sr the old W.P.A. head-|Stfuments of any and all kinds. has been underway with; Classes in appreciation of n of plumbing, lighting music are now in progress, con- ther facilities in a program centration on operas, symphonies eral restoration. Rehabili-' aq famous musical compositions tion of office quarters, for- in- erly occupied by the W.P.A., is|Peing featured in the studies. | When there is an 'Added study will need the loan yal planes based of a phonograph and_ records. the officers and men will be! Other sponsorship credit can be pi ag ;supplied in the form of instru- Increase Personnel 5 4 new Civil Service em-(ments to use in the boys’ band, were hired this mornin, and sheet inusic. In the near eut.-Comdr. Callahan said. Th future, radio the total number of Civil |!48ses may be organized, accord- Sitelen cecaliy !ing to Mr. White. Depending up- present to 19. Callahan 3 stated underway. at the station at that theClass would study operas to be number of men which will Ledeen belo aE rete ed for the next few months} i. J are Iner: Sa all the time. These |°t Teeut arersof-the above for ad: sane potted” by the station vancement of the’ musical project offjeers ond Civil Service blanks |@"€ asked to contact Mr. White given them. These. blanks are|&t the local WPA office or by then sent on to the Labor Board. Phone, number #0. | | On approval by the Board the (Qoothoator or five> number of men needed at one ge cbapina wee epee we is then hired. At 1 stations throughou the country increased activity has ne est the WPA Band ‘Concerts would probably start on the new sea- son’s schedule some time next week. ne Fort Army the other during the past few years have undergone tation and landscaping W.P.A. projects. »nfirmation of the Cannon ment regarding increase of tre was available from local army sources. T and reservations PLANES PLANT OTHER THINGS BESIDES BOMBS rehab thro lo « (Ms Annocinted Press) TUCSON, Ariz.. Oct. 11.—Air- planes now sweep over the wide open spaces of the southwest, jonal Guard unit here has dropping seeds. ed to 77 men from| ‘The aim is to promote growth strength. Officials o¢ food grasses on the range, thus West within the last improving grazing conditio 1940 Census increasing the National Guard fa- at Fort Taylor in the view securing a greater number of the annual encamp- t here next summer. From Washington came an- nouncement of reception of two . P. A. projects for the Army reservations at Key West. The projects have already been ap- S. C. Singleton, Secretary of proved at Jacksonville, the re-'the Key West Chamber of Com- | samples of the schedules or forms and a game with the Teache! port said. merce, has received an announce- For general rehabilitation of, ment from the Bureau of the the Army Barracks and Reserva- Census at Washington regarding tions $35,113 is to be furnished the Census of Business and the by the W.P.A. with $13,664 by Census of Manufacturers which the War Department. In another will be taken in Key West be- similar project the W.P.A. is to ginning January 2, 1940. furnish $42,992 and the War De-. The survey of business con- partment $16,329. cerns and manufacturing con- gra cerns of Key West will be part SCHOOL PUPILS of the most complete nafjon- wide survey of American busi- ness that has ever been made. VISIT AQUARIUM This national survey will em- brace approximately 1,700,000 re- —-—— |tailers; 180,000 wholesalers; 750, Mrs. Mary Ely, teacher of 000 service businesses; 50,000 ho- Class 6 B in the Harris school, tels and tourist camps; 50,000 had the class at the Tropical places of amusement; 200,000 con- Aquarium this morning for the | struction contractors; 2,500 sales purpose of carrying on the studies finance companies, and approxi- of sea life and the different mately 170,000 manufacturing classes of specimens which may concerns. be found in the tanks. * | This will be the first complete The class, which is composed business census taken since 1935 of boys and girls of tender age, and the information, as required was busily engaged during the by law, will include the volume time spent at the aquarium in/of business for the year 1939; writing the names of the dif-)how much was done on credit; ferent fish in the tanks, descrip-| stocks on hand at the beginning tions of the various specimens, and end of the year; accounts and commienting on their pe- receivable; number of employees; culiarities. total pay roll; extent of self- They were particularly in- employment (proprietor-owners terested in the larger fish, but|and unpaid family members), displayed great interest in latest and rarest addition, red robin, which was succinctly of American business. described in an article in The} Citizen, published last week. ,formed by the Census Bureau the and other information essential | ‘the to measure the extent and volume/and are not available excent in! ROOSEVELT ORDERS’ | i } i i INCREASE'IN COAST GUARD ENLISTMENT TWO THOUSAND TO BE ADD- ED TO ROLL; ADDITIONAL DEPARTMENT FACILITIES ALSO ORDERED | | i i | H | 1 | Headquarters of the Coast :Guard service in Key West has ;been advised that the executive | order recenly signed by the Presi- dent authorizs increases in the personnel and facilities of | United States Coast Guard, be- jeause of the fact that the addi- tional service will be charged RESIDENTS WILL LOAN OR with more and important duties low development of events yes- i jemergency now existing. | The order provides that the en- jlisted strength of the active list ‘of the regular Coast Guard will j be increased as rapidly as _ pos- ashington report, is |°f the local music project, George; i516 through voluntary enlist- Would not consider the peace, \ ment, but not to exceed 2,000 men, exclusive of enlistments of former Lighthouse Service per- ;sonnel recently authorized, | Itis also provided that the present facilities of the Coast Guard shall be increased, repair- ed, modernized, enlarged and equipped to the extent determin- ed by the Secretary of the Treas- ury to be necessay to perform such additional duties and to ac- |commodate such increased enlist- ‘ed strength. COUNTY BOARD TO DISCUSS BONDS on the loan of a used radio, the MEETING TONIGHT WILL BE Tampa, an increase of 200 per IMPORTANT; BEGINS AT 8:00 O'CLOCK i | Regular meeting of the Board ;of County Commissioners at the icounty court house 8:00. o’clock more | tonight will be held in the of- | bandmen has been accomplished ; fice of Clerk Ross C. Sawyer ,the names and Mr. White stated today that} and it is understood’ that .im- Charlotte Esther Marcuse Jacob-; portant matters .in connection | with the bond refunding pro- gram are to be taken up. | It was said this morning that |there is an important communi- |cation from R. E. Crummer, fiscal agent of Monroe county, to jtaken up and discussed *in de- | tail. Action will be taken on two applications for beverage li- ‘censes which were presented at ‘the first meeting of the board last Wednesday night, and number of routine matters wil ialso be passed on. lL Will Be Most Complete Survey that he would receive shortly to be used in the Census of Busi- ness. The sample schedules to be employed in the Manufac- turers Census will be available a little later. Word from the Bureau of the Census indicates that the United States is being divided into 100 eas, for purposes of taking the » and that branch offices will be set up in convenient cities. The Business and Manu- factures Censuses will require about five months and enumera- tors with schedules will call on all Key West businesses begin- ning January 2. {facts, as shown by the census, ‘will be available by areas— | States, counties, cities and towns —during 1940, The final statis- |tics will include*breakdowns for the 48 States; 3,072 counties and approximately 3,150 cities and ‘towns of more than 2,500 popula- tion. The Census of Population, the |Farm Census, and the Housing ; Census will not start until April 1, 1940. As in all Census undertakings, jthe law protects those enum- ,erated by keeping all answers | confidential. They are available only to sworn Census employees broad statistical form” to any Secretary Singleton was in-/other agency in or out of the|so be interference from radio/Hittel, president of | government. the { in connection with the national It is announced that the basic} ‘WeD Hitler’ t Trust 1 ‘ : i H (By Axsociated Press) | LONDON, Oct. 11.—Indications that Europe must have war fol- to any concession by Hitler. England revealed today that terday. 25,000 war machines have been | Premier Daladier of France told the French people that France would not accept the in- _ Sufficient peace offered by Hit- ler. Britain indicated that it armored to resist shelling. Russia today favored a_ ter- mination of the conflict. A news- paper in Moscow said that Rus- sia did not want war with any country. It also explained the “recent ascendancy of Russia” } | ; been accomplished through TRAVEL INCREASES ON STEAMER CUBA vr ssormia ci ARRIVED °" four Baltic nations territory. ;It is at present attempting to |draw Finland within its orbit. President of Estonia, one of the four Baltic countries, re- signed today and another was | appointed in his place. |_S.S. Cuba of the P. and O. Sil? Evacuation of German. minor- |S. Co., arrived yesterday after~,ities from the Baltic countries j i irst. and from the Russian section of aes from PEERS me first Poland wae tieltede sadey trom soi pe eases ears PaSseNBeTS:, Jack of transportation but it. is for Key West, 44 first and one expected that this problem will jsecond cabin passengers for shortly be cleared. In Poland : |there were about 3,000,000 Ger- | i | GOOD NUMBER FROM HAVANA YESTERDAY cent over last Friday’s list of ia [mane in the ‘section now domi- | Consist of the vessel showed! elder | there. were, niné ‘tons. of. Sréightig ‘ lof mail for this port and forj{ , Tampa there were eight ‘tons of | STORE ROBBER freighi and four sacks of majl. | Arrivals of passengers included of Richard Hoeber, ROBERT HUNT FINED FOR RECKLESS DRIV- ING son; Merit: Jacobson, Juan Al-} jvarez, Juan Alvarez, Jr. Er-} nesto Fernandez, Ada Rodriguez, | Herminia Manrique, A. F. Dixon, | Ricardo Serra, Jose Lopez Greno, | James Moore, Phillip K. Stiles, i Bertram Gross, | Nora _ Gross, | Daniel Forrester, Louis Toth,! : Pancho Dragos, j bench, two pleas of guilty were Kathrine Sut-; A ; |heard and sentences passed. ea eerie Be te Wala ick # | Ernest Whitehead, colored, an- Jennings, Carlos Martinez, Rafael | S¥T° to the charge of entering a place of business on Petronia Fernandez de Castro, Carmela ; Ortime, Antonio Garcia Alvarez, Street, pysiant ces yen cae ee {Georgina Hernandez, Alfredo |2%s, 80 taking therefrom ea ; Valdez Tauli, Rafael Morales, ue. | Does 3 Sed ee rs {Valdez Tauli, Maria Victoria ha apragel ciara ecco pmapigecP rah |Gomez Bambino, Eduardo En-|fense was committed to realize jrique Bambino y Gomez, Wwil-|how or when he got in the place liam Ronald Bambino y Gomez, |° by what means he left. ;Coleman Blum. Judge Albury ordered that | Among the passengers for , Whitehead be given one year in ;Tampa were members of the | the county jail and suggested ‘football eleven from the Univer- ithat by that time he will have ‘sity of Havana, en route to play | 8otten sober. ‘the team from Rollins College, |. ‘curt 11:30 o’clock this morning Judge William V. Albury on the Whitehead was given a prelim- ‘rs|inary hearing before Peace Jus- College in Georgia. _tice Enrique Esquinaldo yester- The Cuba sailed at ‘5 o'clock ay afternoon and his story was for Tampa with the following essentially the same as that told bookings from Key West: Ellen | *is morning. ;Anderson, Jose Rodriguez and! D liars, “Rodriguez. - jert Hunt, who was charged with H | driving an automobile in a reck- jless manner. The plea was en- RELIEF FOR RADIO | tered through his attorney and CITY POSSIBLE “°° considering the circum- stances connected with the case, the judge fixed the fine at $10 and costs. ;TO INVESTIGATE FEASI- | se | piLITy OF SHEATHING OAST GUARD Lieut. Comdr. F. H. Callahan, COMDR. KIELHORN DEPART- in chai of Key West Naval! EARLY TODAY: OTH- je Radio Staton, told The Citizen; today that he would investigate’ ERS AT NOON the possibility of sheathing broadcasting equipment at the, Commander Lloyd V. Kielhorn, station to protect local receiving recorder of the Coast Guard Ex- sets from interference. {amining Board here yesterday for It may be possible to sheathe - holding examinatiéns at the Coast the equipment at little cost and Guard headquarters, left on the it may be impossible because of 7 o'clock bus this morning for a will bear out the point, Lieut. later in the day by the other ‘Comdr. Callahan said. members of the board. At present there is a broad-; Mr. Kielhorn said that he was rege set at the Coast Guard leaving early to meet some old | thouse Building, Navalj friends in Miami’ and spend~a ‘Radio Station, and there may al-|while and that Se ae F. on Page Four) } |work on destroyers in ports. ( fish,’ among Baltic nations as having | The other case was that of Rob- | high costs, but the investigation visit in Miami and will be joined; ART UNIT NAME IS UNIFIED'UNDER SCHEDULES ARE RELEAS- 'D: LOCAL SPONSORSHIP GROUP REMAINS SAME | Under the plans now proceed- ing for the operation of the Na- tional WPA Arts Program, | local unit has changed its name i | Center. by Mrs. Eve Alsman Fuller, sent to the battlefields of France. | State Supervisor, according to| Army officials stated that many wishes of Roy Schroder, State of the tanks were heavily enough WPA Administrator, for unifica- tion purposes. | There is no change in the name of the local sponsor co- |Key West Community Art Cen- jter Corporation, of which ‘Edwin ; Trevor is the president. iform under the Florida | Project. The Florida Arts Project, ap- ‘plication for which has been ap- proved and funds ,the — Florida Board, its executive officer be- ing George G. Gross, secretary. The estimated average monthly costs and employment of the | Florida Projects are as follows: | Art—$17,335, with 160 ployed. { Music—$32,750, with 320 em-! _ ployed. | Writers—$7,055, with 60 em- ployed. E Thirteen per cent of the esti- }mated’ costs -will be ‘contributed by sponsors. The local - Key West Art Project is supported by This change was made} | operation which continues as the This jchange makes the titles of Art ;Centers throughout the state uni- Art made avail- able, is officially sponsored by State Planning em-} 1 ' Che Kry West Citizen PRICE FIVE CENTS Communications From Cuba Feature Velada Observed the; Last Night FIPLPI STAM Letters were read from Cuban ‘HIT-AND-RUN DRIVER | from the Key West Community | but that the door would be open | art Center to the Key West Art! UPROOTS POINCIANA Since the beautification Program has been in progress on Whitehead street a touch of added beauty has been given the appearance of the thoroughfare by the luxuriant growth of poincianas and Jerusalem thorns which have been planted at intervals on either side of the street. This morning a vacant space was seen at the corner of Southard and Whitehead streets and upon investigat- ing The Citizen realized that one of the poincianas had been broken off and carried about 15 feet with the up- rooted stump left in the ground near the corner. Further investigation was made and it was learned that the driver of a car, whose name could not be learned, had evidently lost control of the automobile which had mounted the sidewalk, snap- ped off the tree and skidding along the walk, had again taken to the street, leaving the demolished beautiful tree behind as a reminder of the carelessness of drivers. It was said that the auto- mobile suffered some from the contact, and | with badly damaged “and dented body. the Key West Community Art| °P Perera a’ iia Center Corporation, the City of Key West and the Monroe Coun- ty Commission as _ co-sponsors. | Announcement of resumption MARRIAGE LICENSE ISSUED Yesterday afternoon there was ‘of a full-time schedule for ,the issued from the office of Judge galleries is made today. jhours are: | The Raymond R. Lord a marriage li- cense' authorizing the wedding of } Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thurs- ‘Edward Marquez and Elaina Gon- days and Fridays, 10:00 a. m. to zalez: a.m. to 12:00 noon; Mondays closed all day. GOVERNMENT SUPPORT — LINES At a special session of Criminal 4:00 p. m.; Saturdays from 10:00; Sundays that Rev. Guillermo Perez, in the county courthouse, with from 4:00 p, m. to 6:00 p. m.; the Latin Congregation, officiate at the wedding. the license of would It was noted on UP ‘B. G. Gilt Gutlines Fall Program Of Plan To Start Soon see BEHIND NEW STEAMSHIP.’ SERVICE | Weeseoccocceoosooosoooooooooesecesooosoooocoo sess | in. couse of justice, in order that With support of U: Florida and Cuban g mental agencies behind the Pan Ameri- can Link Transportation Com- pany, which is planning passen- ger and freight service between Havana, Key West and Gulf ports, start of operations is con- sidered not far off by B. G. Gili, treasurer of the company. pany is being accomplished through Jacksonville sources, one of which is understood to be the L. & L. Freight Company, whose lines run through the South. This Jacksonville capital will be the major backing of the company. It ‘is also understood that Norberg Thompson, owner of the Over- {seas Transportation Company, Financial backing of the com-' passengers. Total traffic in freight of the Sea Train to New Orleans and of the P. & O. ferries at Port Everglades has been noted, and if the company secures one third of the contracts the company will profit well. Mr. Gili be- lieves this can be done. Trucks will later be by the company which will load at the plantations and run di- rectly to the boats for ship- ment. Cost of transportation for bananas will be reduced 50%, Mr. Gili believes. Passen- ger and car fares will be down to a minimum also. No cars will be transported, however, until the two larger boats are put in- | will also cooperate with the com- to service. pany. Four hundred thousand dollars is needed to start operation of ithe line. In order to start the service early, the company is {considering purchase of two ;smaller vessels," which are at {present being inspected as to quality and serviceability. These. if purchased, will initiate the , Service long before January. It is understood both are in good cx 1- dition. Later, two larger vessels are.to be put into service of the line. Transportation costs, both for Mr. Gili pointed out that the American government with its. reciprocity treaties and lenient attitude toward Cuba has greatly favored: export of Cuban prod- > ucts and is in favor of increased shipping. In Cuba, well known bankers . and influx with greater service. Far in the future and not in , Passenger and freight, will be i cut, Mr. Gili said, and thus made more attractive to those using the line. Principal profit of the com- pany will come from the trans- portation of bananas directly . board, from the plantation to a Gulf American ‘port, probably Pensacola. Key America will i highway route to encouraged. | governmental officials by Ricardo Serra y Garcia, representative {from Cuba, for the Grito de Yara |ceremonies held last night at San | Carlos Hall, stating that Cuba’s | “heart is with Key West in the | celebration”. | A cablegram from Laredo Bru, President of Cuba, was read by {Dr. De Poo, chairman of the cele- | bration. | Mayor Willard M. Albury told jof the friendly relations which have always obtained between the |Cuban and American populations jin Key West and between Kev | West and Cuba. He spoke on ihe | significance of the Grito de Yara, ; which marks the first uprising of |the Cuban people against oppres- sion of Spanish rule. Letter from Col. Fulgencio Ba- tista, chief of staff of the Cuban Army, stated, that the colonel re grettéd he could not be in Key |West for the affair but that his heart was with Key Westers. jLetters from Beruff Mendieta. mayor of Havana, and from Col Celestino Baizan Lobo, provincial governor, were read. Mr. Serra |represented Col. Lobo and als» {the National Association of Cuban | Revolutionary Emigrants of Ha- | vana. Dr. J. C. Sanchez, president of |san Carlos Institute, opened the jprogram. American and Cuban ‘national anthems were then sung by a chorus from San Carlos {Schonl. Poem,-Diox.decOciubre”. was read by, Miss Aurora Leon. | San Carlos School Chorus was heard singing “America”. A piano solo, “Shubert Serenade”, was i given by Onelia Vasquez. Man- dolin and guitar solos, “Farolito” jand “Cielito Lindo”, were given by the Pereira sisters. A skit, “El Patriota vy, Mambisi- |to”, was presented by) .Eduardo |Dial and Gloria Watson! ' Dr. De Poo ‘brought the program to a close. | Ceremonies at the Cemetery | yesterday morning had opened \the festivities with Lieut.-Col. L. jc. Brinton delivering the address _jat the Maine Monument and Dr \J. C. Sanchez and Enrique Es- jquinaldo, Jr., heard in addresses |at the Cuban plot. | Col. Brinton’s Speech. | The Citizen presents herewith }the speech by Col. Brinton: | We are gathered together to- jday to recall the memory™ of" a brave bard of patriots, .and - to |pay tribute to that memory for \their sacrifices and devotion to States, | West will be’ a stopping point for we may enjoy that freedom, for ‘which they, so valiantly,-and for so many years, struggled. | During the centuries during | which Spain had ruled its colony, |Cuba, an extremely corrupt ad- | ministration, in a grave economic jcondition, with new and heavy | taxes, military repression; re- curring heavy deficits in thé" bid | get added to an already enormous debt, and the complete fiasto of the junta of inquiry of Cuban and Porto Rico representatives which met in Madrid, in 1866-67—all were important influences favor- ‘ing the outbreak of the Ten Years War. Both political parties in Cuba, the Reformistas and the Separat- ists, had been, many times, un- |successful in their demands that ) their grievances be corrected. Seventy-one years ago today, |on October 10, 1868, Carlos Man- (Continued on Page Four) iis Hue ll Hs