The Key West Citizen Newspaper, October 16, 1939, Page 1

Associated Press Day Wire Service For 59 Years Devoted to the Best Inte:ests of Key West VOLUME LX. No. 245. Arthur Sawyer Post Releases Plans For Armistice Day Fete An Armistice Day celebration, including a parade of military and naval units stationed in Key West, appropriate ceremonies at Bayview Park, a national gun salute at Key West Barracks and CIRCUIT COURT TO! HEAR THREE CASES; THE SOUTHERNMOST NE KEY WEST, FLORIDA, j Che Key West Citizen Ge WSPAPER IN THE U.S. A. — an Planes Repulsed Attack On Scotland Coast FRENCH AWAITING NAZI ATTACK; CALL MAGINOT LINE SAFE TWO MILLION GERMANS ES- i County Commissioners — Vote Bond Resolution ‘DEFENSE GUNS | KEEP RAIDERS FROM BASES Key West, Florida, has the most equable climate in the country; with an average range of only 14° Fahrenheit PRICE FIVE CENTS Naval Base Operations Will Be ‘Sizable’; Navy Officials Contr Sunday DANGER OF STORM DIMINISHES; MOVING | Captain Harry L. Pence of |Charleston Navy Yard has in- {formed Lieut. Comdr. F. H. Callahan that he has not as yet: received his orders for transfer | jand is not able to say when he INVOLVES PURCHASE OF ‘shortly after 1 o'clock. He joined, SHRAPNEL FALLS IN EDIN- ‘TOWARDS BERMUDA | will be in Key West. JUDGE GOMEZ HERE JURY LIST DRAWN: CASES SET FOR WEDNESDAY AND| THURSDAY: COURT CON- VENED THIS MORNING Circuit court convened at 10 o'clock this morning with Judge | Arthur Gomez presiding, and As- | sistant State Attorney J. Lance-! lot Lester, Clerk Ross C. Saw- yer, Acting Sheriff Bernard Waite, Judge William J. Albury and Attorneys H. H. Taylor, Jr. L. A. Harris, W. Curry Harri: and Attorn R. M. Parker, Jr., { and Silver Squacia, of Miami, highlight the necessity of an, that the damage might be irre- present. Three cases are set for trial at this term. That of the Eagle In- demnity Co., versus Frederick D: Mabr: brera versus Lee Baker, and Ca-. brera ve s Jose Padron. The! Mabry case w: set for Wednes- ! the other cases are set for Thurs- | day morning at the same hour. | whose names were drawn from the box by thé judge to servé at the term: Raul Martinez, James F. Carey, John P. Baldwin, Tommy Reyes, J. F. Fieitas, Milton Rober Thomas J. Johnson, G. H. Hen- shaw, Louis Arnold, Fabio Oli- vieri, W. L. Mason, Samuel O. Kemp F. H. Mathews, John C. Lord, Raymond F. Kennedy, Hilton Henson, C. G. Papy, El | | {two committees this will be iprogram for the day: ‘Division street and the whole climaxed by a colorful ball and floor show in honor of naval and military leaders here, is being planned in detail by Ar- thur Sawyer Post No. 28 of the American Legion. At a series of weekend meet- ings, the Patriotic Observance and the Entertainment commit- tees of the post decided to pool their activities and abilities to make Nov. 11 a memorable day in Key West’s history and to em- phasize the city’s elation over jresumption of naval and military operations at this historic tional defense position. While the occasion will be marked by a display of the mili- tary and naval forces stationed here, the Legionnaires want to na- adequate defense organization as a means of maintaining the na- tion’s neutrality and discourag- ing other nations from attempt- the United States into war. The general seriousness and the patriotic features of the cele- grand ball and topnotch floor show at Key West Country Club fraternal and patriotig erganiza- tion. in the city will be:asked by Arthur Sawyer Post to cooperate and to participate in making the affair a great success. As tentatively outlined by the 10 a.m. Parade Duval and Caroline starting streets, thence to to TIMATED IN COMING AT-; TACK: NAZIS CONFER WITH RUSSIA $83,053.65; TO ASK WHY PREVIOUS RES- OLUTION WAS NOT ACTED UPON { (Ry Associated Press) LONDON, Oct. 16.—Allied mili- tary experts today estimated that; there were two million German soldiers behind the Siegfried line drawn up reportedly for an early attack. French batteries kept up steady fire on the area behind the lines |to harass movements of the troops. ‘The French said they would wel- come an attack on the Maginot Line as they might inflict such j heavy losses on the German army ; i H Board of County Commission- ers met this morning at 11 o'clock in the county court ‘house in special meeting to authorize $83,053.65 of bond pur- chases, the amount of state gaso- line funds receipts for Monroe county now on hand in Talla- hassee. Attorney Harris was instructed parable, French ere ready along to draw the necessary resolution |a 75-mile front with soldiers and for authorizing the purchase, {mechanized units moving up. have it signed and forwarded to | Meanwhile, Adolf Hitler is re- the State Board of Administra- suit for $14,130.10; = Ca-'ing to break our peace and pull, Ported to have sent a secret mes- tion to be put in effect. Another | resolution requesting an explana- State | morning at 10 o'clock and pration are to be relieved by a 2nd will do so also from other Board in refusing to follow ai pr pending diplo- previous resolution forwarded by | y Russia has\the board for the purchase “of; Following is the list of jurors the night of Nov. 11, Every civic, recently taken control ‘sage to Russia, Germany’s luke- warm ally. Germany continues |_ : to evacuate Germans from Latvia tion of the action of the Baltic countrie: matic negotiations. of these permiasion | 20°43. in September offerings, military | Which had now advanced several |points and will cost through to establish | countries granted bases. re-; More, was also authorized. li ith Turkey is prinieriterts ef Phases of the bond refunding ported today. Turkey has ex-; the Pressed itself as not wishing to Program had been discussed at a| ally itself with any country , Meeting yesterday by Mr. Crum- at which battles Russia, but it is re- Mer to clarify questions which | ported to be actively considering had proved a source of embar- action against other countries. It Tassment to the members of the is pro-Ally at present with the |different groups when they came Monroe | A hitch in Moscow plans for |¢ounty several thousand -dollars | the meeting * 2 o'clock, and re-| BURGH STREETS; GERMANS |mained until 5:30. | | Objectioh To Fish Traps REVISE CLAIM THEY SANK | S.C. Singleton, secretary of; “REPULSE” |the Chamber of Commerce, ad-|{ dressed the board relative to an application by T. C. Crosland to |the War Department for permis- | (ity Associated Press) ; LONDON, Oct. 16—An attack tsi jon Scottish coastal naval bases trap in the waters adjacent ‘Indian Key. Mr. Singleton said he based his | objections to the trap on experi- jenees gained from knowledge of |traps of a similar nature which had been constructed in Ches- successfully beaten back, al- though three German planes went beyond the defensive bat- teries. The planes were reported at R the Firth of Forth and near Edin- (Continued on Page Four) burgh At Edinburgh, shrapnel = ;from anti-aircraft batteries fell in Fe ed MS DISS the streets. Nazis at first claimed the dam- 'What’s Your Preference } aang of the 32,000-ton British | For Thanksgiving Day ? warship “Repulse” by the same * jsubmarine which sank the Royal Oak last week but later changed “On what day will Key (the statement to read that the West celebrate Thanksgiv- ing?” is a growing topic of conversation. Mayor Willard M. Albury today asked The Citizen to query regarding the feelings of the merchants, civic or- . ganizations and people of Key mayor will be glad to receive phone calls, letters and per- sonal interviews on the ques- tion. The question of fixing the date will be brought up at the regular meeting of City Council ‘Thursday night. President Hoover has ad- vanced the date to November !aged. | Norwegian fishermen reported :a battle between three British \destroyers, British planes and a 'German warship. The fishermen | watched the battle through binoc- ,ulars and said that the German {warship put up a~running battl= |tral Norwegian. waters but was |in a sinking condition. | The fishermen were forced to go around the zone of battle to jreach port. A Norwegian ship was sunk Friday by a German submarine. | i | | | +Repulse had been attacked but did’ not state whether it has been dam- ,and attempted to escape into neu-' | Details of “opening” of the Key West base are being worked up at present, but are not yet ready for release. It is under- | stood that the opening will con- sist of sizeable operations. Although unconfirmed locally a naval seaplane was in Key West yesterday bringing a num- ion to construct a fish pound net by German planes at 2:35 o'clock | ber of naval officers to discuss | to English time this morning was|Pening of the base. It was said} ;the plane arrived in the morn- ling. 1 Of principal interest locally is the number of men to be as- signed here, which will certainly consist of a good-sized group, {whether there will be any addi- tional ships based here, and if |the Navy will still base a flight jot planes here. “LATE BULLETINS (Ny Axnociated Prexn) MILWAUKEE, Oct. 16.—Fed- eral Bureau Investigation men in hiding today watched while a W.P.A. watchman daringly used a W.P.A. printing press to turn | nee |SMALL CRAFT WARNINGS DOWN: POSITION NOW 1200 MILES NORTHEAST OF KEY WEST “There is little likelihood that jthe present hurricane reported will strike Florida”, Meteorologist G. S. Kennedy of the Weather. Bureau told The Citizen this morning. His advisory fixes its {position as about 1,200 miles from Key West , and about 200 miles Southeast of Bermuda. The dis- |turbance is moving out to sea. | One ship in the storm area re- | ports a barometer of 29.53 with a | velocity of 42 miles an hour. i “The winds and squalls we are getting today are not directl, connected with the disturbance” Mr. Kennedy said. “The-unset- tled weather comes from a high |Pressure area over the Atlantic states”. Small craft warnings, posted Saturday night, were down this t out $12,600 of counterfeit money. | morning. A non-relief employe had donc the engraving. SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 16.— Although John H.* Lewis could not be reached today it is lieved a CIO meeting today would further turn against Communists in the party. Lewis has said that there is no place for Communism in the CIO's activities. be-} GOV. CONE TELLS SHERIFF OBSERVE LICENSE DEADLINE | Bayview Park. | 10:30 a. m. 'at Bayview Park, with every or- ALL DRIVERS WITHO¥T LI- CENSE LIABLE ‘TO, ARREST FROM NOW ON; COLLEC- TIONS CONTINUE SLOW worth Johnson, B. D. Hall, Cleve- land Wells, Alfred L. Recio, Earl Saunders, Jesus Sanchez, W. S.j,. 0 i : 7 Eakins, Charles W. Wells, Archie ;Bamiation in the city participa Thompson, Stanford Watkins, | Maurice Felton, Hartley Roberts, Vivian Pinder, W. A. Bell, W. A. | 23 by proclamation from the former date of November 30. Governor Cone of Florida has refused to recognize the pres: dential dictum. decided to accept date. ioti ises exception of the Russian alliance, |UP for decisions. : - Patriotic exercises P , Members of the various bodies! ‘expressed themselves as having! been considerably enlightened oni |a number of issues. | | Mr. Crummer made the trip jfrom Chicago to Miami by _air-| | BIRMINGHAM, Oct. 15—| Woodward mining company! struck today when the employes | refused to accept contract ar- | rangemenis with mining offi- | cials. } COUNCIL TO DISC ‘SERVICES SUNDAY ~ OR JUAN PARRA re a. m. Participation by the’ jarmy facilities, the naval station, the 23rd the navy vessels docked here, CAMPSITE TONIGHT ‘plane and continued to Key West Kemp, Ambrose Cleare, Chester the Coast Guard, the fire de- Thompson, E. J. O. Roberts, |"'°, Vout Suan e: jpartment, churches, schools, busi- Mariano Cabrera. MURAL GRACES ART BUILDING | DEPICTS KEY WEST SHORE} LINE: PAINTED BY DI NEGRO Fh re { Besutiful 4x8-foot mural by | Paul Di Negro has been placed | on the side of the Key West Art Center building and is causing; favorable comment. The scene is of the Key West} shoreline and is a tropical com-| position. It shows large crotons in the foreground, a coconut palm in the midground, and the ocean, beach and cabanas in the back- ground. Schedule of exhibitions at the: Center as posted on the bulletin | board include Rembrandt Etch- ings (reproductions), Oct. 17-22; Florida Children’s Paintings, Oct. 24-Nov. 12; Conch Town Photos, Nov. 14-26; Watercolors, Eliza- beth Spaulding, Nov. 28-Dec. 17; Third-Year Achievements, Dec. 26-January 14; 45 prints from National Museum, January 16-| Feb. 4. | A small library room on the second floor of the Center is be- ing made into shape. It. will house paintings, books, reference works and reference reproduc- tions. Miss Mary Morgan is in; charge of this department. j | jan orchestra from ‘ness concerns and ships in port in a three-minute sounding of whistles and bells commemorat- ling the end of hostilities in the first world war. 12 noon National salute of 21 guns by 13th Battery, Coast Ar- tillery. at U. S. army barracks. 10:30 p. m. Opening, of; ball and floor show at Key West Country club, the proceeds to be devoted to Arthur Sawyer Post's. child welfare and community _ better- ment fund. Commanders of the naval and military forces here have as- sured Arthur Sawyer Post of their cooperation in all phases of the celebration. Further de- tails of the plans for the parade, the exercises and the dance will be announced later. Tentative plans for the ball at the country club have been dis- cussed and approved by the en- tertainment committee. The ar- rangements include redecoration of the club building, revamping the entrance so as to permit di- jrect approach to the second floor} ballroom up the grand staircase and many other arrangements. In this effort, the entertain- ment committee has enlisted the full-time service of Fred Marvil, well known club operator, who ill direct arrangements, select among the many musical organizations in the Miami area, work up a floor ‘show of acts brought to. Key booking | West by a_ national agency, and finally act as master of ceremonies at the all-night af: fair. “We're going the limit of our resources to make this the out- standing social event in Key West's history, the finest sea- son’s opening the city ever en- joyed” Director Marvil said to- day. “We'll issue complete re- ports of our efforts from tim: time.” = e to! et |b; WILL MEET WITH MAYOR! | AND SCOUT COMMITTEE TO TALK INFORMALLY | City Council will .meet tonighi! lat 8 o'clock with Mayor Willard | M. Albury: and the Boy Scout! Committee to discuss plans for a, Boy Scout recreation center, pos- sibly to be located on Golf Course | property. ' The meeting will be informal) The*Charter Presentation Ban- and no other business is expected | quet held at noon Sunday at La to be broached. ; Concha Hotel by the Key West i agp Baws |Junior Chamber of Commerce WALLACES' BAB visiting members of the Jaycee clubs in the Miami area and ; Coral Gables. } Guests of honor were Tom F. - Smith, who presented the Na- | Glenda ad acter se’ 3st (tional Charter to the local club, Lagaiscg oh i the one . the rear }and Suc. Singleton, secretary of of 816 Fleming street. Mines ee ea aeligecen ok ibe: Lone, Funeral Home. Ret ent, in reper 2 or may | “ aes! re Miss sal in, Mrs. Jim Lilly, of Fleming Street Aticn E. Curry, Mrs. Isabel Ball; | Methodist church, Will ofcinte, (Messrs. Tom J. Mullin, Jack | pe . |Montgomery, Silver Squarcia, H. |H. Brooks, DeLancey Thompson and John Sherman. jand Mrs. Moreno Wallace; one jbrother. Robert W. Wallace; Before presenting the charter the club, Mr. Smith, im- | grandparents: Mr. and Mrs. Bert Lowe, and Mrs. Charles Wallace. ito ave imediate Past State President, ‘stressed the need for a Junior { pera A CSR ‘COUNTY HOME ‘ iChamber of Commerce in Key INMATE DIES wos and he commended the ;town for their splendid work in Edward John Bevans, inmati| | bringing this city back into the world news. President Weintraub of the Monroe County Home, died | this morning at 10 o'clock, at the accepted the charter for the local Jaycees. Home. Funeral announcements | Following are the highlights of the’talk presented by. Mr. will be made later. Word is be- | Singleton: ing awaited from relatives. | :“Someone has said that elo- Funeral. arrangements are in | quence was not necessary if a charge of the Lopez Funeral/man were telling the truth; and ‘Home. {t am sure that I would not need i | i | |SEVENTY-FIVE YEARS OLD; Impressive Ceremony Marks Jayeee Charter Presentation IN MANY PLACES Juan Parra, Ts, cigar factory owner, died at 3 o'clock Satur- ,day afternoon and funeral services were held yesterday afternoon at 5 o'clock from Pritchard’s Under- taking Parlors. |. Mr. Parra was born in Ha- ; Vana, Cuba, in 1864. He came to |Key West at the age of eight : iyears, He was an. expert in a memorandum if I were only cigar-making activities and own- telling you that you are most eq and managed factories in New heartily weleome. But, it seems,' york City, New Orleans, La.; there must be a speech, too. _| Jacksonville, Sanford and Green “You younger men, the Junior | Cove Springs. Chamber of Commerce, have; Mr. Parra reared a family of perceived the power of organ-' 13 children, each of them born ization, and I am glad for that in a different section of the because into the hands of your: United States. Today there are _ generation is committed the des-} four surviving, Joe Parra of ; tiny of the nation. |New York City, Alicia Paramo of + “It would be rank presumP-'-Tampa and Juan Parra, Jr., and tion for a generation that has Amado Parra of Key West placed the world;in the dreadful) pay) bearers iat the aeevires muddle in which it is today to! were Pedro Oliva, Laureano Mo- instruet you as to what course reno, Juan Carbonell, Alfredo Png once take to redeem a world | Barroso, Frank Hernandez and In yuble. We can only point) a doifo Lopez. back up the trail to where we; took the wrong turning; and « HEAR OF D TH OF MRS. RIEKER 7 Swe fail to do that, it is up to you! 1) |_ Mrs. Mattie: ig Rieker, 57, | died at Zook’s Mill, Pennsylvania, to discover it for yourselves and | |to right the wrongs that we have | committed, so that no longer! shall there be a bewildered hopeless, desperate element in the land, fallow soil, ready at hand for the sowers of the seeds of isms, but that the land shall be| Tuesday, advises received in the populated by a free citizenry,|city state. She was buried Fri- every man able to dwell under day. , his own vine and fig tree with} Services were at the residence none to vex or make him afraid. | of her sister, Mrs. Peter Swelgert ; “You will hear much of the/|and at United Zion church, Akron, need of a spiritual regeneration, Rev. Wesley Martin officiating. ‘and that is needed too. But that! Mrs. Reiker, the wife of Frank jis not enough. You must make | J. Rieker, was well-known in jthe right to life, liberty and hap- Key West, the couple owning a ‘piness something more than the home in this city and having empty phrase that it must seem spent their winter vacations here (Continued on Page Four) each year. i y taxicab, arriving Hee ae Gwies cick aaceneues SHERIFF LEAVES FOR HOT SPRINGS Sheriff Kari O. Thompson left over the highway yesterday for Miami and there'was to take the train for Hot’Springs, Arkansas, for the baths. Norberg Thompson, brother of ithe sheriff, and president W. R. Porter, of the First National Bank, }are at the Springs, having left ‘several days ago. It is understood they will return together. SAWYER REPORTS GOOD FISHING TRIP | Clerk Ross C. Sawyer, of Cir- jeuit Court; Dr. Armando Cobo |and Representative B. C. Papy re- iturned to the city Saturday aft- |ernoon from a. vacation of three |days spent at Boca Grande and Marquesas. ‘ Mr. Sawyer said this morning \that their stay was delightful, \the fish were plentiful and biting good and they really enjoyed one of the best fishing vacations ever. DESTROYERS HAVE ° ! TARGET USS. Destroyers Claxton and Reuben Jemes left Pier B at the James and Babbitt have béen in port since Thursday night await- \ing further orders. Although nothing official was released concerning the target practice, it is understood this was the purpose of the trip. PRACTICE . Sheriff K. O. Thompson has re- ceived a communication ~ from Governor Fred Cone, calling the |attention of the authorities to the fact that the deadline for motor- jists to obtain drivers’ lice i was October 15 and that owne: and drivers have had ample time to secure the necessary cards. The sheriff is asked to cooper- ate with the county judge and the Motor Vehicle Department and arrest any person who is found violating the law after October 15. Concluding, the governor's let- ter has this paragraph, “I hate to take this action but due to the fact that funds from the ‘sale of drivers’ licenses are coming in so slow that it will be several months before I will be able to set up the road patrol unless we get more revenue”. CEMETERY PROJECT APPROVED BY F-D.R. Word was received today ~ by Mayor Willard Albury... from Washington that President-F: ‘D. Roosevelt had approved W.P.A. project number 40136, listed as the City Cemetery Project... The. amount to be expended is $2,743. The project is under diréction tof supervisor C. G. Hicks of the Professional and Service division at the local office. NEW AIRPORT DEDICATED (By Associated Press) NEW YORK, Oct. 16—New York City today dedicated a beautiful new airport with Mayor La Guardia presiding. The field comprises 500 acres. Over 150 planes were active over the field {during ceremonies. Canadian transport planes flew in during the day. DANCING EVERY NIGHT AT CLUB CAYO HUESO; NO COVER CHARGE--NO ADMISSION CHARGE; MUSIC BY JOHNNY PRITCHARD’S ORCHESTRA at