The Key West Citizen Newspaper, October 18, 1939, Page 1

Associated Press Day Wire Service For 59 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West Che Kry THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN THE U. S. A. aeons KEY WEST, FLORIDA, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1939 W.P.A. BAND WILL VOLUME LX. No. 247. Garden Club Cautions — (DIRECTED VERDICT est Citizen Against Further Wanton Destruction Of Tres IDECRIES NORTHERN RUMORS RELATING HIGH HOTEL RAT STATE CHAMBER OF COM- MERCE SAYS NEW RECORD SEASON WILL FIND PRICES SAME AS BEFORE Several topics of interest in re- gard to city-beautification were both discussed and acted upon at @ meeting of the Garden Club held last evening at the Key West Library. Mrs. J. D. MacMullen, | president, called the meeting to order before a good percentage of club members. Constitution and By-Laws, newly written, were read to the members and were adopted. Recognition of the work done; by the club in planting trees} throughout the city was given.} It was planned to conduct a sur-| vey of work done and | pecially note instances to es-j| trees had been uprooted. Numer- where | (Specint to The Cittzeny ous such reports have been tarn:| ae on nO es ee Oct. RENDERED TODAY) ‘AGAINST F. MABRY ATTORNEY FOR EAGLE IN- DEMNITY COMPANY WINS SUIT BY DEFAULT: COURT RECESSED | i | | | i | | Circuit Court met this morning | p j with Judge Arthur Gomez pre- | siding to hear the case of the! !Eagle Indemnity Co. versus! i |Frederick D. Mabry, suit for! jdamages in the amount of $14,-} | 130.10. ' | All officers of the court were} ipresent and immediately after j _ ee {court convened the following! lull in western front Hghting | {jurors were selected to try the | today asthe Nazis consolidated! Jissue: John P. Baldwin, James H. | their gains in yesterday’s offen- | |Carey, Tommy Reyes, ‘Milton! iyo, 1 | Roberts, G. H. Henshaw and J. F.'” yyench claim that the Germans! aaron liost 5,000 men in yesterday’s as- Deen Alfred E. Sapp, of| sauit on French positions. | iami, acting for the plaintiff, | A battle in the North Sea off, | presented the case to the court | the Netherlands is raging today | costs, which | with six warships and 12 planes! | with additional German Attack ‘ «(By Annociated Press) LONDON, Oct. 18.—There was, given when the planes approach- RESUME CONCERTS HERE TOMORROW |FIVE PROGRAMS EACH WEEK, | TWO TO PUBLIC, TWO IN SCHOOLS AND ONE AT HOS. | Five concerts a week have been i ( a Band, a unit of the Florida Music PITAL | scheduled for the Key West WPA | Project, George Mills White, su- |pervisor of the project, announced |this morning. Public concerts will be held on | Thursday nights, starting this ed the shore but only when the | week, at Bayview Park, begin. planes were directiy overhead. |_. ., British papers praised daring of "7 hE ease 20d onc Sunday. the German submarine crew in|@fternoons between 4 and 6 sinking the Royal Oak and _ in/|o’clock at the Art Center. damaging two other vessels, and! Thursdays mornings the band be ad =f Her at aati a mine-|will give special concerts for sach an attack shouid be render- ed impossible by the British navy. ischool, with Mr. White acting as !commentator and program direc- insisted that children of the Division Street | Key West, Florida, has the- most equable climate in the country; with an average range of only 14° Fahrenheit PRICE FIVE CENTS —————— City Institutes Drive To Collect Occupational i | * FLORID A BIRTHS | Otfice of Archie Roberts, City | | jauto license tags and occupational f IN 1938 REPOR llicenses would start tomorrow t jboth licenses. No drive for en- \MITAL STATISTICS BUREAU forcement has been made to date | FIGURES ON NEW ARRIVALS wood Carbonell stated that they AND MORTALITY | would conduct investigations and | Clerk of Key West. today in- |formed The Citizen that stringent D jenforcement of delinquent city | and Friday. October 1 is deadline date for | ‘LEASES INTE |—however, both police chief Ivan | age j RESTING viwood and license inspector El- |make arrests over this coming | weekend. i : a .—Hotel rates throughout Flor- | brought the total up to $15,769.18, > club id 1S i P | iB t0. acco i = = coreg oP aa ee eee Lida will not be hiked this year./and there being no case present- leg eam This is a statement made by/ed by the defend: kk ‘ are responsible for the wanton ‘ y iy thes detendan has ames ae | Harold Colee, president of the a directed verdict be ordered. engaged in the fight. Fighting'|GERMANS DECORATED |tor. The programs will be’ so ar-j began this morning near shore: WITH IRON CROSSES |ranged as to bring to the children | (Snecinl to The Citizen) and ranged off to sea out of sight!" BERLIN, Oct. 18.—Lieutenant-|™USiC appreciation and education’ WASHINGTON, Oct. | Auto license tags cost $3.00 this lyear—a fifty-cent raise being 18.—'! voted at a recent council meet- acts. Boy Scout and members of Ar- thur Sawyer Legion Post have been approached in the matter of prevention of more damage to trees planted and cooperation is expected. Future development of the Botannical Gardens which revert back to the city on Dece' of this year, was also discussed by the club before adjournment. COUNCIL POST WILL BE SOUGHT ~ BY¥-CARL SOUL ANNOUNCES CANDIDACY TO- DAY: GIVES HISTORY OF HIS AND SETTLEMENT HERE e of The Citizen, Carl L. Soule makes his formal announcement for the office of City Councilman in the coming election to be held November 14, 1939. NAVAL ACTIVITIES | |Florida State Chamber of Com-j ;merce after discussing this ques- tion with a number of leading hotel men of the state and with \Tepresentatives of the Florida |State Hotel Association. ! Persistent rumors gaining , jheadway throughout the North- (with increasing, rates in anticipa- | jtion of a larger tourist season j this coming winter. It is to stop |such unfair propaganda toward 'Florida that the president of the! |State Chamber of Commerce has ;made his investigation and is-| ijsued this statement. | | “The public can rest . assured | | that-Floride=basiness. men and ‘particularly hotel men’ seek to ‘hold down the cost of living. We! ‘have constructed many new ho-| tels and apartment houses, throughout the state and _ other-j} wise improved our housing facili- | ties materially. We are prepared | for the largest number of in-| vited guests who have ever come! to thé state and the public in! general can accept the advice of this organization that rates will! be retained on the level with re- | cent years,” | This was agreed to and Judge Gomez so instructed a verdict be rendered to the effect that the defendant pay the sum of $15,- 769.18 to the plaintiff. The ver- dict was prepared by Clerk Ross C. Sawyer, presented to the jury and was signed by G. H. Hen- mber 31/€™_ states charge Florida hotels| shaw, as foreman. Two cases were announced for trial tomorrow. These are Ca- brera Wholesale Grocery Co. versus Lee Baker, damages in the sum of $2,000 and Cabrera Whole- sale Grocery Co. $1,200. GOES SSSR E LIKE SCHOOL SO MUCH THEY GO SATURDAYS: Remember how you hated to go to school and how you would take every chance you got to skip a class? Well that’s not so at the High School. In one class, for instance, the boys not only attend classes regularly but even go to school on versus Jose; Padron, damages in the sum of} {of the shore. It could not be de-} {termined to which country the! !ships and planes belonged. | Prime Minister Neville Cham- | jberlain said that the defense of | {England in the German air raids; 'proved England’s superiority inj; |this battle. He said that Eng-j jland might expect “more attacks | | from the air” and that there were ; ;“many surprises in war and all) of them are not pleasant”. The} statements presaged the fact that! future German air raids might; ‘be more disastrous. | Chamberlain, in his weekly! message to Parliament, said that | jeight German bombing. planes} ‘had .been. shot. .down-.hieh™ |25 percent of the planes partici- jpating in the raids. There were | jnot more than 30. planes in both | {raids, Chamberlain said. ; 1 British soldiers are in the} ‘trenches with the French soldiers | ;and are prepared to fight together | jin a program of mutual coopera- |tion, Chamberlain said. | | First attack on the British pro- | ‘cedure in the war was made in’ |Parliament today by the Labor! |party, which expressed itself as! |dissatisfied with certain economic | | jas well ‘pleasure. ; The same program will also be School on as entertainment and commander and crew of the Ger- man submarine, which sank eel Royal Oak, were decorated with! ,; i Iron Crosses today in recognition | Friday mensinae of their daring ‘and accomplish- | Concerts weekly on Friday ment. i : {afte ill Crowds surged along the street the U.S. Marine Hospital, Many ieee ie, Feautes, Adolf Hitler. |fine letters of appreciation for > submarine captain and | the concerts at the hospital have crew described the sinking of the! been received by the project (Continued on Page Four) |from patients and staff mem- PRE ERE A bers. 1 ‘| ATE BULLETINS | Besides these regularly sched- juled concerts there are various ‘| (ity Auseeiated Prean) lother occasions each “month in iwhich the band plays. an im- portant part in the life of the SHINGTON,*~ Oct. 18.—It revealed here today that ia has recently shipped $16,- of gold to Germany. De- community, former members pf the group of the transfer are not n, wi Ri have been reinstated and. re- hearsals have been held under the direction of Alfredo conductor, in ‘ preparation i these first concerts. REHEARSALS BEGIN FOR BOYS’ BAND TO, PRACTICE EVERY WED- know! for LONDON, Oct. 18.—British ships “Yorkshire” and “City of Mandalay” were sunk today by German submarines. Three hun- dred have been rescued. STOCKHOLM, Oct. 18.—Kings of Norway, Sweden and Den- All but..two, of the: 4ast-year. Little Saturdays when they do not have to. Don't believe it. Well— and military phases of the war.|mark and president of Finland |The party declared that there are today opened a Scandinavian | ;mMany unnecessary economic bur- conference, Nothing is known as! NESDAY NIGHT AT ‘There were approximately 10,000 ing. Occupational licenses were more births than deaths in Flor-' raised twenty-five percent, which ida in 1938, according to a spe- addition is to be paid in cash for cial vital statistics report made | special W.P.A. sponsorship funds. j A public today by the Census Bu-| After November 1, a ten per- Teau, Department of Commerce. 'cent penalty will be assessed all Births totaled 31,096 ~—_ and ‘jicenses not paid, according to Mr. deaths numbered 21,024. The: Roberts. The enforcement order birth rate was 18.6 per 1,000 es-|and penalty announcement were timated population and the death ordered recently by the City tate was 12.6. The infant mor- Council. tality rate was 57.9 per 1,000 live s births. CAI SS LL Les RECORD RAINFALL The tuberculosis death rate in Florida rose from 57.5 per 100,- 000 estimated population in 1937 ve to 59.0 last year. The cancer rate; HERE LAST NIGHT dropped from 97.3 in, 1937 to.92.7) -h Cart night” Kew West wis corded in the motor vehicle ac-! treated to a period of rainfall acer death eee was 444) which started at 4:10 o'clock in an .6 in : in the efternoon and contin- Five sets of triplets and 355! ued steadily until 6:15 o'clock sets of twins were born in Flor-! ¢his morning, resulting in ida in 1938. Of these triplets,’’ precipitation of two and one- three sets consisted of one boy, half inches—all very much and two girls, one set consisted! needed. re oe a es one. set of two) Although there were brief ys and one girl. j jiods when the downpour Mothers between the ages of! = heavy, for the most part 20 and 24 gave birth to 9,882 chil-| jy wasa light but, steady rain ‘dren last year to lead all age| proving of great benefit to groups. Three babies were born! the many gardens beginning to retiia between the ages “ to become extraordinarily 50 and 54. | beautiful with the variety of | Accidents claimed 1,642 lives! blooms seen each vear. Mr. Soule is an adopted Key Wester. He was born in Illinois, educated in the public schools of | F.D.R. APPROVES graduate of the Navy Pharmacy | CALLS FOR $10,318 IMPROVE- | page Se ses taa | MENTS AT NAVAL He entered the Unite ates Navy in December, 1916, and saw | STATION 20 years of continued service in| this unit. Mr. Suole first came to Key West in 1924 where he es- tablished a home. In 1931 he was W.P.A. project number 40132, to the amount of $10,318 for im- provements at Key West Naval, transferred to duty elsewhere but visited Key West frequently and Station has been approved by the President, U. S. Senator Claude | This is top season. Through- out the town, the boys may be seen whipping down the Pieces of wood and. iron in snappy style. Now do you don’t! Well— There is a woodworking class at the High School and in this class the students have discovered that they can turn out excellent tops. So after class hours and on Saturdays they may be seen see? You |dens on the British people and asked an_ investigation of the! |sinking of the Roval Oak with the iview that such a sinking would| |not happen again. It also in-| |quired why‘air raid warning dur-| jing the German air raids was not | TOO LATE TO CLASSIFY By RUSSELL KAY } | to the amoun of support Finland | NAVAL HOSPITAL will be given against Russia, who is encroaching on her territory. | Aaa haney | Starting tonight. weekly re- REVAL, Oct. 18. — Russian hearsals for the Key West Boys’ troops. marched through the Band will be held each Wednes- (Continued on Page Four) {day at the Band Room in the Sak _____ ;Naval Hospital. reservation with ‘George Mills White again in the \director's and conductor's role. | The band is working on a spe- 'cial program to be offered at a meeting of parents of band mem- jbers in the near future: Besides ithe band rehearsals, lesson pe- in Florida last year. Motor vehicle accidents accounted for, 742 of these deaths. Falls in the home cost 145 lives. Four drown- ings occurred in the home last, year. ANDREWS RESIGNS IMs Annovinted Press) WASHINGTON, Oct. 18.—El-} mer F. Andrews, head of the wage-hour board, resigned today | The fall of rain also proved of inestimable value to the many stores in the city, which have been forced to keep their showcases free of dust dur- ERNEST A. RAMSEY busily making the tops, returned to purcha§é a home im|Pepper advises The Citizen by! We don’t have to ask riods are' held Monday and Friday 1935, retiring from the service telegram today. “4 Now I can resist a lot of things,;each editor was greeted like a afternoons at Division Street i AS { afternoo: shortly thereafter to make his} This project is now eligible for | ints Te but an invitation to attend “Press| long-lost brother by fair officials school. permanent residence in this city.|operation at the discretion of the |Day” at the Southeastern Fair in|" members of the local press’ Mr. White hopes to have the Acive in civic and fraternal|state administrator. | PP a ILI LL I Is) ianta last week was more temp. | Comittee. and decorated with a band sufficiently trained for pre- affairs, Mr. Soule has been en-|_ ig elataRy gtion ater Shae Sasi | badge that was good for admis- | entation of several appearances gaged in the contracting and ag, ation Kgs could stand, so I quit! sion to anything and everything during the coming winter season. building trades for the past sev- jeverything and hopped aboard;on the grounds. At noon the} i and Secretary of Labor Perkins took over his duties. She also requested resignation of two of Andrews chief aides. It is pos- IN COUNCIL RACE; sae ecey eros ANNOUNCES TODAY the present usurpation of power. | Working pay and hours of 12,- INTERVIEW WITH THE CITT SUIGEY oe seieied- ZEN BRINGS STATEMENT eral years. He has also “kept his} lone of Capt. Eddie Rickenback-! gang was taken to the clubhouse | | hand” in the pharmacy profes- jer’s Eastern Air Liners, to be met|for a bang-up barbecue—and do! psi at the Atlanta airport by “Red” | these Georgia boys know how to; While in the service Mr, Soule’s | |Edgerton of the Western Newspa- | barbecue? They had enough pork, ! duties included the buying and per Union. ’ {beef and chicken on the table to} These Georgia newspaper folks | feed an army, while a string band | are a mighty fine bunch and I! entertained with the kind of mu-! found that they take their fair-isic that gets into your feet and! going seriously, for, believe it or starts ’em tappin’ and wigglin’. }not, nearly six hundred members| The fair was one of the most | jof the “Fourth Estate”—editors, |successful inthe history of the| - Masonic honors came to John I iF publishers and their staffs and organization. Where all the peo-'Colton Park of this city yester- \the House of Commons yesterday ! MAD MEN’ LEAD HIMON _[familics—turned out for the | ple came from I don’t know, but’ day in the form of election to the {afternoon in London. He said the, Sir Neville Henderson, Brit- | event. jthey sure came in droves. At’ position of Knight Commander, jdestruction was due to subma-jish ambassador to Berlin before; I’ve attended a lot of newspa-/times.the grounds were so packed Court of Honor of Scottish Rites rines, mines and airplanes. \the outbreak of war, has shed per parties and a lot of fairs, but!a guy needed a dark lantern and Masons of the Southern Jurisdic- Pee BES To offset this loss, the Admiral-jfurther light on the happenings ‘I don’t believe I-ever encountered a jimmy to break through the tion. Word of the election was (My Axnoetated Presa) ty Lord disclésed that 29,000 tons} that took place just before Adolf more downright hospitality or had | mob. . f ‘received by Mr. Park here last ROME, Oct. 18.—An. Italian of enemy shipping had been cap-|Hitler sent his troops into Po-/a better time. Mike Benton,| During the afternoon the press‘ evening from officials in attend- newspaper today announcel, that tured and that 104,000 tons of new | Jand. \president of the Southeastern | gang was taken on a tour of the ‘ance ‘at the Superior Council of Italy will never join the war;British shipping had been com-| He said that when the feuhrer ‘Fair, sure knows how to play host! grounds and then turned loose to'Scottish Rites Masons of the against France as long as the pleted. He further stated that;was reminded that any act and with the aid of “Red” Edger-jenjoy themselves in the midway ‘jurisdiction in WaShington, D. C present Italian king is on the|England’s forces had sunk 14{against the Polish policy in the‘ton, who acted as Major Domo, | where they took full advantage of! The election, a complete sur- throne. It also said that a huge|U-boats, damaged and probably|Free City of Danzig would be they gave the newspaper boys|their passes to all the shows and’ prise to Mr. Park, will be fol- Jewish refuge was being con-'sunk five others and that a few/classed as aggression, it only ‘and girls a day long to be remem-'rides. An excellent grandstand lowed by degree work and ac- sidered in Ethiopia. {more were believed damaged.|brought on another “brainstorm” | bered. | show was provided, supplemented ceptance of the post at Masonic BACKGROUND OF THE WAR Digest Of War News From All Fronts i John accounting of medical supplies, which gave him a_first-hahd knowledge of accounting and fi- nance. In 1938 he became a reg-} istered pharmacist in Florida. Mr. Soiile solicits the support of his many friends in, this city and if elected promises a sound, business-like administration. |REVIEWS WARFARE ON SEA Be A total of 174,000 tons of British vessels have been destroyed since ;the war began, Lord of the Ad- ;miralty Winston Churchill told/HITLER MAKES DECISIONS; i France lost three ships Saturday | jbecause of the submarines, dis- closing that the British loss of two vessels totalled 13,000 tons. ITALY WON'T FIGHT FRANCE Mr. Churchill stated the Ger- Park Eleted To High Post In Scottish Rites Order |French fleet has also reported jin the mind of the German dicta- } These Georgia folks go in for|with a brilliant fireworks display 'ceremonials, time and place to successes against the submarine ;tor—the mind in which the hogs, cattle and poultry in a-big|at night. {be announced later. KOD AK FILMS "32% he said. jpeace of the world rested. jway and the exhibits of cattle} -Highlight of the evening was.ai Mr. Park is Master of Palm New Shipment Just Received All Sizes * “The Rexall Store” Phone 177 Free Delivery lies the past week after all efforts final decisions and (failed. He said England andl Sir Neville revealed that Pro-: and birds were some of the finest|dance with Gene Krupa and his‘ Lodge of Perfection of Key West, that (Continued on Page Four) been practically devoted to neu- in a conversation pingehee tied Noten idea that all they raise in| heard him on the radio, of course, ‘and Deput ey ;tral shipping for two weeks, be-, preceeding the Poll conflict, Georgia are razor-back hogs and;but you just ought to see that ter of the 24th District. GARDNER’S PHARMACY ‘came intensified against the Al-|had told him only Hitler makes ' woods cows, you should have seen |guy in action. I've seen a lot of| Mr. what- {the marvelous hog and cattle dis-|drummers in my time, but Krupa day that ‘for peace by Adolf Hitler hadjever he, Goebbels, or any other played at the Southeastern Fair.\takes a couple of drumsticks and | Key bebe Lipeas se in attend- that (Continued on Page Four) jance at council which opened! form ANCING EVERY NIGHT AT CLUB CAYO HUESO; NO COVER CHARGE-—NO . Arriving at the Fair Grounds, man U-boat campaign, which had paganda’ Minister Josef Goebbels, 'I have ever seen. If you hold the | boys furnishing the music. You've order of Scottish Rites Masons, ity District Grand Mas- Park told The Citizen to- the only Mason from CONCERNING HIS DESIRES gs TO WORK FOR ALL t | Ernest A. Ramsey today makes }formal announcement in ~ The ;Citizen of his candidacy for City Council post in the coming city election, November 14. In an interview, Mr. Ramsey had these statements, to make concerning his candidacy: | “In announcing my candidacy | for councilman in the forthcom- ing city election, I wish to say to the citizens“6f Key “West that «my main desire is to work to- ‘wards the improvement of ec- or. nomic and governmental affairs lof our city. j i i , Monday of this week in Wash- ‘ington, was W. E. Huston. ARCHER IN RACE | FOR POLICE JUDGE PREVIOUSLY HELD SAME | FICE; ASKS FRIENDS’ SUPPORT } “T am with familiar local conditions. I have been « This issue of The Citizen car-jto the I in ries the announcement of Wesley futher Teme 2” P. Archer as a candidate for the; “I have lived in Key West fo" office of police justice, and’ the}14 years. If you do not know wh° poe Sled the support of j his host of friends and the voters |of the city. Having been city judge in a previous period, Mr. Archer feels he is fully qualified to per- the duties of this office. ! : 1 am—ask your next door neigh- bor or ask the man on the street. I believe they will be able tell you who I am. | If elected intend to represent the entire ; Key West and work to the benefit of all”. “CHARGE; MUSIC BY JOHNNY PRITCHARD'S ORCHESTRA