The Key West Citizen Newspaper, October 20, 1939, Page 1

fed Press Day Wire Service ‘ Years Devoted to the nterests of Key West JME LX. Ne. 249. | Che Key | THE SOUTHERNMOST NE WSPAPER IN. THE U. S.A. KEY WEST, FLORIDA, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1939 out Committee Gets 0. K. From City On Campsite Council Pro * City Council officially endorsed | Both Ships Personnel: Lieut.-Comdr. F. H. Callahan said that details in the navy pro- jgram for stationing more ships and planes here were as yet in- complete but that it was well as- jsured that many planes and ships j would be assigned the Station in {the near future. | The orders regarding the num- Planes Aso For Navy Bast, { 10 60 |have about 40 men”. Commander Callahan said that the Labor Board has recently given him au- | thority to hire men locally with- out reference to its Register, but that this was in the case only | of ten persons. All others must | |first be on the Charleston Labor | \Board Register first, Of War May Follow Turkish-English Pact (By Associated Preas) Comdr. Parker Will Enforce F.D.R. Orders (By Associated Press) NEW YORK, Oct. 20.—Lieut-} The President declined to com- Comdr. H. R. Parker of the U.S.S |ment on whether he would ex- the Boy Scout Campsite project, ber of planes and ships have been at the stated meeting last evening | hanged often and Commander fi ;, |Callahan will release the com- ie appointed a council commit- | pjete amount only when the num- j tee to work out further details | Hor is. definite. gyyith the scout committee chair-| T ieut. Sylvester is expected in|they have none of a certain maned by Charles Taylor. Key West this. afternoon to su-/grade on the Register, it then Five clubs had communicated| jeryise construction of office | authorizes hirings by Station per- with the council asking for aP-| space for the headquarters of the | sonnel. i \ Way of bral clubs rsa Mare | personnel for the Station.|_ Many others have been at the lonation of land bounded by the 'rieut. Sylvester is a civil engi-| he said.! BERLIN, Oct. 20.—Germany | today was dismayed at the diplo- |matic loss of Turkey in signing a /Non-aggression pact with Eng- |Jand, and Dictator Stalin of Rus- sia promptly hinted that Russia jmay soon go to war. Stalin was quoted in a Moscow |mewspaper as commenting on re- ;cent Russian gains in the Baltic Then, the Station requests a cer- tain number of men of various grades, and the Board sends jthem a group of names. When Two Corporations Receive aK Valuation Reductions Two applications for revalua- | $100,000. tion of property in Key West! sion, pro and con, was had on the 60lf course and road leading t/ dicated that eight officers, 20 en-|names are on the Register, or if were considered and passed last evening at the regular city coun- A. Granday Canning Company valuation was reduced from $18,- Considerable discus- | county road, botanical jthe clubhouse on Stock Island ae t 1 and an expenditure by the city | Two occupational tax matters 45 to $400. Councilmen Archer, |gained denial from the council-' Monsalvatge and J. Boberts con- jmen. Mastic Trailer Camp, un-' stitute the committee. ‘der new lease to Frank Cara Chauffeurs Petition latter case. garden, | 'neer. Unofficial sources have in- }Wisted men and 13 civilian person- } nel will shortly be added to the staff at the Station. At present! ;there are two officers, 20 enlisted | ;men and about 40 civilian per-; jsonnel. Crews of planes and} ‘they can be hired only Station recently to get jobs, but! if their | the Register has none of a cer-| tain grade. Those wishing to} make application for work may | do. so by writing directly to! Charleston and filling in neces- sary applications. There is area as saying, “This strengthens our forts in these points and mobilizes us for new struggles and new victories for com- munism”. Russia also announced that five foreign spies had been cap- tured in a boat running without Claxton, who is in command of |tend the ban on foreign vessels to patrol_work being done out of!armed. vessels as well as subma- Key West, said today that he | rines. He did say, however, that would “use all measures neces- different circumstances surround sary ts carry out President/submarines and armed vessels. Roosevelt’s proclamation”. |The point has been raised that the Two submarines have thus far | President favors the Allies by the no ) . . ' aie lights and apparently attempting d here will be | formal test given for qualifica-' 4, make a landing on the Russian tions. | | coast. Commander Callahan empha-| Germany said that Turkey’s! been sighted off Key West shores. | submarine bat. There are few The President's proclamation fix. om warshins on tr ae fin ‘ Se |the Atlantic because of the Brit es a three-mile limit out from | bockade. But: teste. dike: & num- 000 to $13,000 anl Trumbo Prop- | : ee! the i i i ‘ oOo ee anne a ection (ballo, was denied permission to! Chauffeurs of the city will get | boats to be statione Ss, . i definite action next Monday night | additional to this. from $146,000, purchase price of|use a salary account in pay- aeees ® ; oe , ese 8 a 2 Sees _, at a special council meeting on| “Present civilian personnel will the whole property, down to;ment. Paul's Tire Shop was also thir petition to stop Florida Mo- |! | LIONS PREPARE jbe increased shortly to 60 men”, sized that the present list of em-! FOR CONFERENCE NEXT SUNDAY WILL BE HOST CLUB TO THIR- TEEN OTHER UNITS OF TWO SOUTHEAST ZONES AT PIG- EON KEY FISHING CAMP Members of Key West Lion: Club made extensive plans to be hosts to thirteen other Lions club: “ denied permission to use amount tor Line buses from taking pas- ue them on account to pay all sengers from the S.S. Cuba at the ‘of their occupational tax. jdock. Ordinance on the subject | Telephone bill owed on eleven Will come up then. leity Dhones was acdened paid,’, Another matter to be treated at ‘< ns eine ae wie ie this special meeting will be sub- mt pi snbus consieen ne len ject of assessments. Assessor- sion in regard to proper charging Cojjector Sam B. Pinder was re- of Jong distance calls. Considera- quested to be present to answer tion was noted for money owed ° S ee : several questions in regard to loo pledge to the local Red Cross why: the assessthent, roll. appears }and interest payments on prin- y ppeers | Bees . to have several inequalities. The jcipal account owed Mrs. Evelina <upiect was introduced when the Police convunitinn’s recom- | #PPlications of Saunders and Ca- mendation to pay doctor's bill brera Wholesale Groceries for re- for services rendered ‘Patrolman lief were prmehbsoe for. .dis- Jose Espinosa who was injured CUSSION “e pbingty n a fight with Special Officer | jeach Project |Harry Lee Baker recently white | | Beach, Brolect: ran het at | t with favorable ac- | Tfficulttes at the: sneeting. e on eeemce we | (Continuea on Page Four) i | | into more| ;Commander Callahan said, “inj ployes might be considerably aug- | {order to speed up work being| merited when actual operations at! done‘at the Station. We now | the Station began. | | | 1 1 ! (Speeial to The Citizen) TALLAHASSEE, Oct. 20.— at a two-section Zone Confere: ‘tion by the council. which it is entitled in a few more} signing of the pact was an ‘un- neutral action” and said that Turkey was making a grave mis- take. Two thousand Germans began to evacuate from Estonia. Turkey: was Germany’s ally in important _ position. It mands Italy’s islands and the entrance to the Baltic Sea. com- eae | | H ,the World War and occupies an | three-plane naval seaplane patrol | | , The pact calls for aid for each! | other in case of an attack in the Mediterranean Sea. There are ‘provisions for renewal of the LATE BULLETINS (iy Annoeiated Presa) t American shores into which sub- : J 2 ub-|ber of German submatines. marines of warring nations may! om ROTARY HEADLINES Commander Parker, _ besides! being in charge of destroyer pa-| trol work, is also in charge of a IN PROGRAM ANENT | |wM. P, DOUGHTRY, CHAIR- ' MAN OF PROGRAM: RO- TARIANS WARREN, PARRA- MORE, MORENO SPOKE ~ unit, which is engaging in daily ; i | activities. | i POE. a PRESIDENT SPEAKS |FURTHER ON BANS i (fy Asunectated Press) | WASHINGTON, Oct. 20.—Pres- ident” velt today saitt “it is i silly” ‘to fix a three-mile or a! twelve-mile limit for a country. | “Different circumstances determ- ined different boundaries”, he | With prseident William V. ‘Little in the cnair, the regula: said in discussing the limits of | Thursday luncheon of Key West j“Within three years, barring an- years, and this will be due largely ; territorial waters. In the case of thoes age NYA BOYS T0 HELP ‘BEAUTIFY STATION o'clock in the morning. That topic heaulined the regular week- ly supper-mecting held last night at Stone Church Annex. Lion) president H. E. Day was in the} Serer a aa 'SCHRODER APPROVES PROJ- SURVEY REVEALS | RENTS ) STABILIZED ONLY ONE. HIGH-RENT CASE |disease which laid waste to the {vast sponge beds, there will be another crop of legal size to har- vest”, Supervisor R. L. Dowling jsaid in a survey of Florida fish- jing. tty”, Dowling said. | , “Conservation strides made in Monroe county are of such pro- , portions as to please me great- tly”, Mr. Dowling said referring ‘other invasion of the mysterious to its fishing and sponging indus-| WASHINGTON, Oct. 20—It ‘was pointed out here today that the Dies Committee is conduct- ing an investigation which may tend even to ordinary Atmer- icans. It is a “modern investiga- the charges stated under Hensate co wr r- prohibition he pointed. out the lday, P aithacs Ey Denner limits were 1500 miles. At pres-!jn charge ot the program Yor the ent he is asking a 300-mile ter-|qay, suoject of which was Com- ritorial water limit. He may ex-! munity ‘Health. tend it further under other cir-| Dr. William R. Warren, city cumstances, he said. jhealth officer; Dr. J. B. Parra- unore, in charge of the Community eged” purpose of hunting out spies and sabateurs. & 'Clime, and B. Curry Moreno, member of the iocal Housing |Authority, were designated -to speak on phases of cominfumnity health with which they were es- REPORTED; EXCELLENT APTS. AVAILABLE LIONS SEEKING TOOLS FOR SCOUTS =" Ten members of the local club will make the trip to Pigeon Key,| ECT; TEN BOYS WILL and under Lion Day, who will be} chairman of the conference, will! BE EMPLOYED offer a special program of enter-! tainment. Advance registrations, indicate that approximately one hundred Lions from the thirteen clttbs from Key West. to West Paim Peach along the Florida east coast will be in attendance. Chief topic for discussion at the conference Sunday will be the Havana International Conven- tion next July. Plans for trans- porting the thousands of Lions going to the convention and other subjects in connection with the gigantic affair will be thoroughly “Monroe county bids fair toto recent enforcement of laws re- gain the widespread fame to’ garding sponging and cana TALLAHASSEE, Oct. 20.— The supervisor had this to re-; Robert Gore was today appointed TREASURE SEARCH)" the county: “Monroe, to the State Control Board suc- !port on n i c T0 BE MADE AGAIN ou waters, more extensive ceeding R. I. Perry. Gore is Lihat there ueian Pepestedats-| than those of any other county, publisher of a chain of Florida NEEDED TO FACILITATE! The great debt of gratitude z newspapers. The Control Board crease in rents following an-| also are more beautiful, more owed to climatic conditions was is a group for increasing higher BEACH CLEAN-UP stressed by Dr. Warren, as he re- nouncement of the opening of the; WAR IN EUROPE WON'T STOP productive of variety, and should learning. CAMPAIGN val Sta i The; { | Naval Station, a survey by e OPERATIONS IN CA- | munded the audience of the ab- icit tes: that trent {be iver pichapter-to-themecives.) | saauiaie ou sb dkte-| | aeks ak Yomoesea aloe the recent itizen notes that present rents : : | , 1. 20.—, et have been stabilized. RIBBEAN The. commercial, production of | ication, into. high bailding| 1 | Lieut.-Comdr. F. H. Callahan costs in Pittsburgh is underway ' Following an editorial in The | has been given a B Citizen this week, which noted} project by State Administrator Roy Schroder, W.P.A., at Key West Naval Station, which will employ 10 male youths of the N.Y.A. for a period of six months. This project, saig Supervisor Victor Lowe, while it will in no manner supplement regular work- ers it will help to improve and beautify the surrounding grounds. The need of a project_of this kind has been stressed by Lieutenant- Commander F. H. Callahan, offi- Approval TAMPA, Oct. 20 (FNS).—Wars , : 'may come, and wars may go, but fish, one of the choicest of sea- |the search of mankind for buried food delicacies, is another highly jterm of years and also the record { % established when the flu teok ! seafoods here is not so important | Final big “push” gets under its deadly toll of the country. said that only one case of a high- | jfor its volume, although this is today with F.B.I. men ready for | “8 in the Rest Beach Clean-Up! He spoke on the epidemic as it rent has come to his attention! large, as for the variety. Cray- testimony. Investigation in court pais Sponsored by the Lions raged through other sections of and that was for a large house, lis at present proceeding in cer-|Club—and all scouts of the city/the nation, and especially of the In other cases prices are not high. ltain electrical contracts. jare planning to assemble at that barracks at Key West, which suf- The Citizen understands that a { point tomorrow afternoon at 1) fered less than any other military { discussed. Business transacted last night very nice apartment may be se- cer in charge, and Lee Pierce, ; cured for $45 a month during the {treasure is a perennial thing, and | important phase of the seafoods t | so far as the State Department at jindustry in Monroe county. Sports | il aide to the officer in charge. Another project, which has been forwarded to Jacksonville for ap- proval, is that providing help at Key West Barracks. From this projeé@ will be assigned carpent- ers’ helpers, painters’ helpers, truck drivers, guides and other: from the N.Y.A., as may be need- ed. This will enable the boys to continue training in classes of work which they have chosen, it at the meeting touched chiefly on expansion of the Rest Beach proj-! ect and aid to Boy Scouts who are assisting so well in the proj- ect. A resolution honoring Dis- trict Governor Roscoe Brunstet- ter and pledging support for the fiseal club year was voted. Lion Dr. J. C. Sanchez, in charge of Sight Conservation and Blind Work of the club, reported that a large number of school children with defective eyesight #8 shown. were being examined. The club plans to furnish glasses to those most in need. | Franow is in the city‘to get the LIQUOR LICENSE GETTING PICTURES INSPECTORS. HERE F.C. Almony, special ‘super- | . % : visor of the State Beverage De-} He. was especially interested in partment, who arrived Wednes- day from Tallahassee, and Joe Fine, another official of the de- cilities at Key West Naval Station partment and former Key Wester, | } aie Sn the city. tage -anasged. in) Ahern Funeral Home checking the | : names and loca- tions of those who have secured licenses. “Air Cooled” The inspectors expected to fin-| AMBULANCE SERVICE ish their work and leave last) ppone 22211 Miami. Fle Aero-Car Ambulance winter, and that there are many | for $25 with a year-round lease. Commander Callahan, however, asked that property owners con- tinue to cooperate with the naval officers who are here and others | who will be coming. ‘AP PHOTOGRAPHER { Associated Press photographer |pictures of improvements of fa-| ITENDER LAPWING _ AT DOCK TODAY |ARRIVED IN HARBOR YES- TERDAY. FROM GUAN- TANAMO Airplane Tender “Lapwing”, which was in the harbor yester- ‘this morning. The Lapwing came to Key | West from Guantanamo and will be at the Station awaiting “fur- } ther orders”. It is possible the {tender will be based here in con- {nection with the airplane con- |tingent to be in this city. When Patrol Wing Five was here last year it was accom- | panied by two destroyers and one itender, day, docked at the naval’ station! |Washington is concerned, the: |European war and the Caribbean ! |shoals where sunken ships and} jburied treasure may be found, |are both important. i In a letter to Perry W. DuMez, ! who, with Capt. R. A. Phraner of : the motorship Albee, is planning lan expedition to South Florida | waters, Nathaniel P. Davis, chief | | of the Division of Foreign Service jAdministration of the State De- |partment, suggested, however, |that British and French regula- jtions for their Caribbean territo- rial waters be studied, and that {becomes necessary to run into foreign ports. Tampa in mid-November to fur- jther investigate salvage possibili- ‘ties in shoal coastal waters. | The motorship touched at Key West last winter at the end of a | short cruise in the Caribbean Sea. | SPECIAL! SPECIAL! Friday, Saturday, Sunday | PINEAPPLE LAYER CAKE 33¢ | Devil's Food Squares _ Se Maleney Brothers 812 Fleming St. Bakery Phone 818 passports be obtained in case it}: j The Albee is expected to leave} fishing, of course, 1s of untold! worth because Key West is ai tourist center of international note”. MALLORY DOCK WORK ENDING WAREHOUSES, WHARF AND| | OFFICE RECEIVE RENO- VATING ATTENTION | aati sl pe Schedule of repairs, painting and replacements, which have! been carried on for the past sev- eral weeks at the Mallory Dock, are nearing completion under the ‘direction of James H. Roberts jand his crew of builders and | painters. All work on buildings, ware- houses and offices have been com- pleted and for the past week ex- jtensive repairs have been made on the dock proper. New pilings have been driven and one of the large struts has! been renewed. At different sec- tions the planking of the deck has (SMa OM Maa LM. BUSY SCENES ALONG OUR WATERFRONT It was a busy waterfront scene during the morning. Aguilar was been removed and replaced.| (QTM MOM MM MA \ were 50 members present. o'clock. Other residents inter-: i count post in the try. A terrible ested, are asked to be on hand ati jacking in hospital facilities was that time. Committee in charge has issued a call for loan of tools—hoes, takes, shovels, towels. Many of |the scouts are unable to do much work in that very few tools are jon hand. Citizens interested may ibring tools to The Citizen of- fice or to Ray Curry at Paul's } Tire Shop. Tools will be tag- also brought out. Dr. Parramore told of the con- tinuous activity of the clinic in ‘combating social diseases, mdin- |taining a constant vigilance, és- pecially over public eating-places ‘and seeing to it that thé public schools received preventive vac- cination for diptheria and other diseases. i ged and properly cared for by the’ | committee. } Troop 51, Albert G. Peirce scoutmaster, enters the fray to- morrow for the first time. Its {section is from White street to jthe first cabana. Other jare progressing excellently with their sections. | CLUB REVIEWS | ALL CANDIDATES osort'rcrs sna Marti Political Club met last| SPECIAL! SPECIAL! night and reviewed qualificat tions | Stewers, (Hens), th 25 lof all candidates who have an- |Soft Boae Roasters. i _ 29c {nounced for the city election No- CHOICE vember 14. Fresh Eggs, doz. 42 | Achievements in public and %, {private life were noted President| Drady’s (Live) Poultry 1214 White Street iPhone 540 We Deliver Engineer Moreno explained in ‘detail the progress being made jby the Federal Housing Author- jity unit-in Key West. and from ‘trend of his talk it could be read- lily understood that the speaker | was thoroughly imbued with-the |knowledge of the plans being | brought to a issue. The jtalk of! Mr. Mi was timely jand very assuring. |- Among the interested guests at the luncheon were W. Z.-Shuler, of Fort Pierce, and Edgar L. San- secretary. There DANCING EVERY NIGHT AT CLUB CAYO HUESO; NO COVER CHARGE-—NO ADMISSION CHARGE; MUSIC BY JOHNNY PRITCHARD’S ORCHESTRA