The Key West Citizen Newspaper, October 21, 1939, Page 1

Associated Press Day Wire Service For 59 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West VOLUME LX. No. 250. More Navy Expected Here This Evening A group of planes is expected | "TFSI SIDS MMS AM, | 'GOOD BOOST IN THIS: in the city today, Lieut.-Comdr. Fort Callahan said, advising that he is making preparations for: quaricting the aviators in the! Naval Station. He has not been} advised of the number of planes} which will come here. They are, believed to be part of the unit} which will base here. | Captain Harry L. Pence will! not take command of Key West; Naval Station. The Station will} be under command of Captain} er, it is believed. Captain! now on the west coast. | Lieut.-Comdr. Callahan said! that authorization of use of! Trumbo ramp for a_ temporary } period has been secured. “It is; quite probable that if a large; group of planes are sent here | they will be based off the ramp! as was Patrol Wing Five last year”, Commander Callahan said. ; No provisions are at present planned for additional facilities ; in the area, but it is possible that | this may be done in the future. | Lieut. H. N. Sylvester, civil; engineer, arrived yesterday and! is going over plans for the office | space of the administration which will be in the Naval Com-; munication Building, known lo-! cally as the old Postoffice. | There was no hiring of work- ers at the ation today since this is not a naval work day. Em- ployment will be resumed Mon- daxy...A.complete file of former, WPA. laborers in the city is in the office of the Station. When positions are needed at the Sta- tion, the Register of the Charles- ton Labor Board is consulted. If there is none qualified for that position, then he must be quali- Platies 10 Bast FOR OUR KEY LIMES Forest K. Paul, D.D.S., of Indianapolis, Ind., and Mrs. Paul, who were recent visi-, tors in the city and had a very delightful time, wrote to Mr. and Mrs, W. J. Scho- neck an interesting letter of their trip and hoped “the opportunity will be present- ed to reciprocate the many favors” they received on their visit. Mrs. Paul writes that they are still using some of the Key’ limes and they “both prefer them to lemons”. She indicates they are going to find the most practical way of shipping them and have “you send us about a peck”. The letter concludes with the following, “We brought home a half dozen select avocado pears, and will treat some friends this evening to a chicken dinner with avo- cado salad, using Key limes in the dressing and in the iced tea”, SSIS SES ES SS & OCCUPATIONAL AND AUTO: TAG LICENSE FEES DRAG BADLY APPROXIMATELY ONE-FIFTH The Key est Citizen THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN THE U.S. A. KEY WEST, FLORIDA, Diplomatic Co — ‘SATURDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1939 ences Still Act To Stall Actual Warfare PERSONNEL LIST FOR NAVY YARD - REVEALED TODAY |OFFICERS AND ENLISTED) MEN DECOMMENDATIONS | FORWARDED TO COMDR.! CALLAHAN; 46 LISTED j i Monroe County Health Com- mittee to cooperate with the state board of health work in this city; has been organized with Mrs. | i Health Problems To Be Studied By Local Group \NAZIS CLAIM TURK ALLIANCE i | { Hugh Willams as charman and I.! L. Weintraub as co-chairman. A committee is composed of Carl Bervaldi, Henry Taylor, Jr., Will Doughtry, William Little, Harry Day, Allan Armstrong, | shee eee aia ee R.| LONDON, Oct. arren, ts.. Norber; i i Mrs. Everett Winter. ie Cine | ee aired cad ote Moreno, Mrs. R. Rodriguez, Mrs. |” ectel 10: eg Sis wena: Mervin Russell, Mrs. Stephen! Adolf Hitler is reported ready Douglass, Robert “ WITH MUSSOLINI; IMPORT- H | ANT NEWS AWAITED (By Associated Press) Cabrera, Howard Overlin and a! izi ki saber fice dost, are emphasizing that the Turkey The committee works in coop- /2on-ageression pact signed with eration with a district committee | England yesterday is BLOW AT ITALY HITLER REPORTED TO BE READY FOR CONFERENCE 21.—Important Spottswood, | to make a personal call on Benito ‘Mrs. W. B. Kirke, Mrs. Sebastian | Mussolini in Italy. Nazi papers | " F Recommendations for verson- CABRERA-PADRON | {nel of officers and enlisted men} | |were sent recently by Admiral! CASE IS ON TRIAL { jAllen to Lieut. Comdr. Charles; |Wellborn, aide to Admiral Stark,’ IN CIRCUIT COUR jand a copy has been received by | | Lieut. Comdr. F. H. Callahan at} Rae Sar i |Key West Naval Station. | VERDICT IN FAVOR OF LEE | Commander Callahan said that | BAKER RETURNED BY JURY j this did not necessarily mean ; ‘that final orders had been given, | but that it is probable this will ; be the personnel as a whole. | Following is the list: One captain, chief of staff; one jlieutenant-commander as_ port |director. Lieut.Comdr. S. W. | Kirtland, retired, now at Charles- ton, S. C., headquarters, is pre- | paring for this duty. Lieutenant-commander, district communication officer, Lieut.- |Comdr. Fort H. Callahan is now \at Key West in this capacity and ‘is also in charge of the Station. | Lieutenant or, liegtenant-com- ‘riandet, retired, assistant. port di. ‘rector. sieutenant, assistant communi- es L ation officer. Lieut. S. E. Lee, retired, is now in Key West for | this duty. Lieutenant-commander, medi- fied through the Key West Sta-| PAID TO DATE: INSPECTOR |“?! officer at the Station. tion which sends data on a man who was formerly employed there and has been “spotted” to the Board which will then pass} on placing that man on its Regis- ter. Lieut. Comdr. H. R. Parker who is senior-officer-present- afloat at the station will motor to Miami tonight where he will be joined by Mrs. Parker who is arriving from California. Mrs. | Parker will be in Key West with | her husband. Lieut. Comdr. Parker is in charge of all ships and planes in the patrol activi- ties. Lieut. Comdr. Callahan is in charge of duties at the Station itself. WANTED MAN ARRESTED HERE DEPUTY SHERIFF WAITE NO- TIFIED WASHINGTON COUNTY SHERIFF Bernice Pettis, of Chipley, Fla., wanted on a charge of desertion | and non-support of his wife and child, was yesterday arrested in Key West on a capias issued out ef the court in Washington County. | As soon as the authority for the arrest was received the capias | was placed in the hands of Dep- {a total of 306 bought AND POLICE DEPARTMENT EXPECT DRIVE SOON Investigation at the City Hall today revealed the slow situation existing in the matter of. collec- | tion of occupational tax licenses! and automobile tag licenses. Out of an estimated seven hun. dred occupational licenses to be paid before November 1, after which date ten percent penalties will be assessed, there has been only a total of 160 payments made. Inspector Carbonell has the responsibility of enforcement of collections on these taxes. In the auto tax matter, the me proportion of delinquencies exists, with the police department responsible for enforcement. To date out of an expected 1500 tags to be sold, there has been only | by auto owners Of the city. It was announced that the city license inspector and police chief would institute drives to collect both taxes this weekend. Reports indicate that no serious drive towards that end has been started as yet. LOCAL LIONS WILL this week Commandef: or lieutenant-com- mander, supply, disbursing and / accounting officer. Lieutenant-commander or lieu- tenant as public works officer. Enlisted personnel will be to the number of 20 men of the United States Navy and may be _trans- ferred from the fleet reserve. Civilian, technical and clerical jemployes will be as follows: One fiseal accounting officer, one |storekeeper, five clerks steno- graphers, one under storekeper, on mail clerk, one messenger, one engineering aide, and two | draftsmen. | | { \ i YESTERDAY: CABRERA and the district committee is un- (aimed directly at Italy. FIRM PLAINTIFF | Circuit Court met at 10 o'clock ithis morning for the hearing of the case of Cabrera Wholesale Grocery Company in a suit for” the payment of monies due on promissary notes signed in March, 1934, by Jose Padron. Damages alleged are for $1,200. Court was convened with Judge’ Arthur Gomez presiding. Clerk! iRoss C. Sawyer,, Acting Sheriff . Bernard’. Waite-and.. Bailiff . Ray. Elwood were present. The plaint- iff and defendant were also pres- ent and Mrs, Padron as witness for the defense. } After the jury list had been called and eleven talesmen had been examined, the following members were selected for the panel: Vivian Pinder, John Bald- win, J. F. Fleitas, Milton Rob-| erts, Tommy Reyes and Mariano | Cabrero. | Examination of witnesses in the case was started a few min-| utes after 11 o'clock, Attorney W. | Curry Harris conducting for the | plaintiff and Attorney T, S. Caro | for the defenant. | A recess was ordered at 12:20/ o'clock and the court activities | were resumed at 2 o'clock. Hl The case of Cabrera Whole-| sale Grocery Company, plaintiff and Lee Baker, defendant, was|gear up production which is at ‘be western front today was con-jof hostilities and to present dip- ‘of the der a state committee chairman. | Dr. J. B, Parramore, as director Monroe County Health} Department, with which the citi- | zens’ committee will work, stated, “Object of forming this commit- tee is to have a group of citizens whose interest will assist in pre- senting to the people their health problems and recommendations! from the study for solution of! these problems”. : _ Mrs. Williams - stresses that yone who would like to re- of the county Health Department | may interview any of the com- | mittee and receive friendly ad- | vice. * { Among diseases which’ are re- | ceiving attention all over the| country are hookworm, malaria, j syphilis and gonnorrhea, tuber-' culosis, pneumonia, infant mortal- ity, maternal mortality, diarrhea j and enteritis, pellagra, . typhoid | fever, typhus fever, yellow fever. | A school health program is a strong unit of public health work. i PROSPERITY? | uly Associated Preany NEW YORK, Oct. 21.—Busines: leaders did not deem it advis- able to put in new machinery to! | i | i | a blow} | It was revealed in England to-! day that Turkey had refused the offer of important oil fields if she! signed the Russian treaty. Russia today asked a new am- bassador from Turkey. { Nazis said that signing of the} treaty was “sucking Turkey into; the whirlpool of war”. Diplomatic events revealed that both Russia and Germany were planning eco- nomic reprisals on Turkey. Count Ciano of Italy today signed. papers ing for the re- patriation of | jans in the Ty- Tol district aecording to requests | from Germany. j All Nazi party leaders through- | out Germany are today in Berlin for a hastily ealled conference on! developing affairs. LITTLE ACTION ON WESTERN FRONT ANOTHER TANKER SUNK; AIR RAID OVER ENGLAND ‘i | i | tity Assoginted Prenx) H LONDON, Oct. 21.—Action at! }land should “seize this moment’ Key West, Florida, has the most equable climate in the country; with an a range of only 14° PRICE FIVE CENTS Registrations For City Election At Record High Love 'IOTIIETS:| ‘TUNA’ PIONEERS NEW BOAT COLOR SCHEMES New 21 foot party launch which was put into the water this week is the “Tuna”, owned by Bob Smith and captained by Reggie Trevor. Outstanding is the new color scheme used. On the sides of the boat are large blue waves with red trim and the topsides in white. The decking inside the cock- pit is light mahogany—so too is the entire housing. The housing roof is blue. It is a very striking scheme. The boat itself is designed véry roomily. Built from in- dividual plans, it combines many features of the more beautiful boats of the waters of this country. It has streamlined housing sides, and a V-type windshield. The fishing chairs will also be of a modern styling. It is well equipped with a bright lighting system and two spotlights, since its prin- cipal work will be in tarpon fishing. Its power is a Chrysler. It is now at the | Gulf Dock: | Question of the revision of the U. S. Housing Authority, as pro- MLS DDL MMS SF in Congress this week, does z * * the Key-West Hous: LLOYD GEORGE IN secu , hes PLEA FOR PEACE ‘inc: about $700,000 is assuted to { All indications point to a record vote in the coming: city election on November 14, + as more and more citizens appear at the city registration desk to en- ter their names on the rolls. Supervisor of Registration -Ed- | ward Gomez reported today that a total of 4,568 residents have registered for the coming elec- tion. | This figure compares with the | total of 2,771 on the books at the Hast city election held in 1937. Books of registration will be closed Saturday, October 28. Lo- cal opinion now considers that ithe total registrations may reach : the 5,000 mark. HOUSING PROJECT NOT AFFECTED BY CONGRESS ACTION LEGISLATION NOW BEING CONSIDERED WILL NOT BE- COME EFFECTIVE UNTIL NEXT YEAR | | 4 | | | | . A Housing group here had said |Key West for a white and colored )slum clearance project. Details com- WAR-TIME MINISTER WANTS |0n the project are. being | pleted at present. ENGLAND TO CALL | Commenting on the revision jof the Authority, Mr. Dion said CONFERENCE | that private capital is seeing that ithe Housing units over the ¢oun- ki re ‘ try are very successful ‘arid’ mote yr frees Fem .,,and more private capital is com- LONDON, Oct. 21. — Davi i into the field. Lloyd George made a great plea! The new slum clearance plan for peace today. jas proposed in the House this George, prime minister during | week would not be voted on un- |the World War, said that Eng- |til the regular session of Con- » | @ress in January. SROBSOBE ELA HALLOWE'EN PARTIES to call a peace conference. Lioyd | George referred to present lack | The letter of Lieutenant Com- mander Wellborn, Jr., points out ‘that at present there are the fol- lowing civilian employes at Key West station: One typist, two ‘watchmen, one public works quarterman, one electrician, one plumber, one joiner, two machin- ists, two general helpers, one lclassified Iaborer. There are also the following ! Navy personnel: One chief radio- iman, U.S.N., six radiomen first class, U.S.N., two radiomen sec- | ond class, U.S.N., one yeoman first class, U.S.N., and two radiomen; : . \first class, U.S.N. Reserves. ( There is an interesting story | At the present time there are behind the picture “First Lesson”, jthree destroyers and three patrol which will be awarded to the | |planes operating at Key West. It holder of the lucky ticket on jis of course impossible to say; % = : i \ what the future will bring and October 30 at the public library ; iwhat forces may eventually be by the local council for Civilian ; required at the station. ! Relief in China. | the jury rendered a verdict to the effect that, the defendant was not | guilty as alleged. in the case,} which was a sit for $2,000 on promissary notes. | Local Drive For Chinese | Relief Gets Under Way ‘brought to conclusion yesterd resent reach’ limits be- fined to cannonading and to pa-' lomatic developments which is afternoon at 4:45 acer gabon oe they pop erate a pres- trol parties in search of prisoners. | bringing a stalemate in the Allied- ent ity is lasti Pro-; An air. raid alarm was heard duction levels have not ificreased. Over England today and two un-} They also debated whether con- identified planes were reported would approaching the coast. seek E regia: ee | Tanker Gustav Adolph was re- STE ~ | which was not definitely identi- | fied as a German submarine. This | brings the sea toll to 75 ships | with 26 neutral ships sent to the bottom. THE CHAMPS bowl. Her face will live in ten | aneain Preas: thousand reproductions,, which | bleh) mx . will go to hang in American! homes, purchased with’ money | /TINERANT PASTOR that will go to help buy rice to! FORT DAVIS—The Rev. Dew- feed her brothers and sisters in ey Mobson Joiner travels almost China. | 1000 miles a month filling pul- Under the direction of Mrs. M. ‘pits for Sunday services in four E. Berkowitz, local chairman of !Texas counties. ported sunk today by a craft: uty Sheriff Bernard H. Waite, and | he started out after the wanted ATTEND P. K. MEET ANS SES The artist, Tse Wing Kwong,'! for a year he worked long hours | Relief in China, tickets for the| every day in a tiny room in Sanj water color reproduction of Tse | man and yesterday found him pELEGATION LEAVES TOMOR- after an arduous search, and : placed him in the county jail. ROW MORNING AT 9:30 O'CLOCK i Acting Sheriff Bernard Waite telegraphed Sheriff John P. Har- | rell, of Washington county, that | the wanted man was now in con- | finement. The reply stated that} Ten members of the Key West he was leaving 5 o'clock this {Lions Club will leave this city morning for Key West and is ex- | @t-9:30 o'clock tomorrow morn- pected ‘o arrive late tonight or |ing in private cars for attend- early tomorrow. janee at the Pigeon Key two-zone ~|conference to open at that point A Ra ARAMA ST Dance Tonight Pena’s Garden Of Roses Gould Curry’s Orchestra No Admission Charge—No Cover |at 11:00 o'clock. | Lion H. E. Day, president of jthe local club, will be chairman lof. the conference which will see |thirteen other clubs sending ‘representatives to enter into dis- cussions concerning promotion of the Havana International Lions ee | Convention next year. DANCING EVERY NIGHT AT CLUB CAYO HUESO; NO had always wanted to paint, and|the United Council for Civilian | LATE Seis and Chinatown. He had} (My Annotated Press) Ino training, no instruction. ;day Wing heard that there was STOCKHOLM, Oct. 21—King to be a competitive exhibit of Gustaf of Sweden today express- water color paintings at Gump's, ed a feeling of thanks to Presi- the famous San Francisco gallery dent Roosevelt for his note on and art dealer. He heard of the the opening day of the Scandi- exhibit only two days before it! navian conference. King Gustaf was to open. He began. painting, ! said this was very gratifying to worked steadily for two days and! the Nordic people. {two nights, and then presented} | —_— the result for consideration. It/ TOKIO, Oct. 2i.—Japanese'was accepted and hung in the newspapers said that Japan can-j}competition. Wing was declared not have a friendly feeling to- an overnight success. | ward America until the United! The painting is of a little, soft- | States recognizes its conquest of eyed round-cheeked Chinese girl | | China. They said that the United sitting at an empty bowl of rice. States must now recognize that It was the child’s “First Lesson” [there is a- different. order of in.hunger, for there was no means | [things in China. _ Jot supplying rice for the empty | One ' Le: Wing Kwong’s painting, “Firs son”, were placed on sale this | week. Each ticket asks @ volun- tary contribution of twenty-five cents or more for the benefit of the Chinese. Those unable to be contacted by Mrs, . Berkowitz | may buy tickets from Mrs. A. M./ Hewett, treasurer of the local | council. . The drawing will be*held on.; October 30 at the public library MARRIED COUPLE WALSALL, England.—Mr. and Mrs. Pedley, both 89, recently celebrated their 70th wedding anniversary. . , SCHOOL MA‘AM MORGANTOWN, W. V.—Fifty- of Seething in one years 4 jone hundred committees which when the holder of the winning number will receive what is con- sidered a splendid work of art. Reproductions signed by the art-|ards, veteran elevator pilot, has ist are limited to one hundred |traveled 55,395 miles up and down copies, and are sent to the first!in the last ie eee oe: hind | UP-AND-DOWNER i up and down d John Keneally, janitor at the federal building, figured it out. have been formed for helping the ' Chinese. ¢ | NOW IN FULL SWING {German war. | iat England will soon be faced} | with the colonial question by Ger- | {many and it must then be pre-| | pared to make sacrifices for peace as well as war, Lloyd George said that the! English minister to Russia was ‘highly unsatisfactory afd that! ,the British diplomatic depart-| jment did not move speedily to’ iremedy this condition. ae. | 40-Star Flag Waved For Six Days (By Associated wrese) te et et tc es AMARILLO, Tex., Oct. 21—A! jflag that was the official one of ithe U. S. for only~six days is in {Possession of Arthur Ball, Jr., of Wyoming and Idaho entered union in 1890 and Utah * Oklahoma was: admitted. i _ COVER CHARGE-—NO ADMISSION CHARGE;. MUSIC BY JOHNNY PRITCHARD’S ORCHESTRA