The Key West Citizen Newspaper, October 25, 1939, Page 1

Associated Press Day Wire Service For 59 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West The Key West Citizen { THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN} THE U.S. A. VOLUME LX. No. 253. Fifty-five Marines Assigned Here; Civil | — KEY WEST, FLORIDA, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 25, 1939 Serna EnEnEEEEEEEEEEInEEEEEEEenneeeEeee fhrmative V fe ‘UNIT TO ‘SIGN FOR 1940 FAIR SIGNING: STATE STOLE SHOW FROM COMMERCIAL Key West, Florida, has most equable climate in country; with an range of only 14° Fatveutelt the the PRICE FIVE CENTS Beach Project Approved By Hotel Group; Protest On Neutrality Revision AND FOREIGN EXHIBITS Occupational Tax Raise Service List Now 48 Two marine marines have been assigned to| Key West Naval Station, Lieut. | Consfir. F. H. Callahan said to- day and are expected shortly. War Briefs | | The men are to be quartered in | 50.000 KILLED | Day Observance Tomorrow ing which fronts on Eaton street. | that over 50,000 were killed in: =... Laws In Senate Today * | | | | ; NEW YORK WORLD'S FAIR, jOct. 25 (FNS).—Behind the story of Florida’s being the first exhib- it to sign up for the 1940 World’s Fair is the publicity genius of \Earl Brown, who has once more jstolen the show from the great | WASHINGTON, Oct. 25.—: industrial, foreign and state ex-: Isolationists “predict that the |hibits at the Fair. proposed Neutrality Revision} Naturally, the first exhibit t jaws will pass the Senate today.'sign up would get considerab! First isolationist senator, Nye |Publicity. Standard Brands ha: of South Dakota, said today that | Planned to announce the signing , the isolationist policies were|Up of their exhibit with Charlie | doomed to defeat and predicted |McCarthy and Edgar Bergen, who | (Ry Associated Press) NEWSPAPERS HELP CHAMBER COMBAT HIGH RATE RUMORS. FALSE PROPAGANDA ANENT HOTELS AND APARTMENTS i ARE SPIKED BY NORTHERN PAPERS (Special to The Citizen) 25.— |! Expressing confidence in the beach committee headed by Col. L. C. Brinton, the members of the Key West Hotel and Tourist Homes Association voted in favor of a development between Duval and Simonton streets that would Igive tourists maximum beach fa- jcilities at a minimum of expense at a meeting yesterday. Members of the association be- jlieve it would be unwise to at- |tempt ta erect bathhouses and | other more-or less’ permanent structures on the beach if and | when the property is leased from |TO AID FRANCE Navy Day, traditionally ob- served in the United States on October 27, the birth anniversary of the late President Theodore Roosevelt, will be observed in Key West this year at the Rotary Club meeting tomorrow noon. Lieut.-Comdr. Fort Callahan, in charge at the Naval Station, will be chairman of the meeting. Officers of the Navy Destroy- ers, which are on duty in the wa- ; must shift for themselves, the re-| port said. RUSSIANS MOVE INTO ESTONIA Russian troops now occupy all} a tained parts of Estonian ritory and 50,000 Germans are! evacuating the area, including} inmates of a German lunatic asylum in that country. { | i POLISH LEGION 's of Florida, of the Tenderi dom of the.station on Navy Day,’ the senate by a 60-50 vote. Those | Coffee. which has heretofore been ex- tended to visitors, and the oppor- tunity of visiting the naval ships in the harbor, will have to be denied this year because of orders recently issued from Washing- |that the mieasure would pass|Promote their Chase & Sanborn | |for neutrality revision are [tain of at least 60 votes with |which they may pass the meas- | ures. Principal points are on repeal tion of cash and carry policies, jTaising of restrictions on ship- ping, and taking many goods out jof the contraband list. | Polish Legion is being organiz-|Lapwing and the planes, which! jed in France to fight with French | &e patrolling in this area, will be 5 troops. jguests of the club, and the two PLANES FLY OVER BERLI | Speakers of the day will be Lieut.- |Comdr. W. C. Cross, of the De-; ENGLAND HEARS NAZIS {stroyer Claxton, and Lieut.-' in govern: |Comde. J. McKechnie, of the; >UAME HER FORGHER i jmental agents in the seized Polish |Plane squadron, a |Ukraing will take place tomor-| Lieut.-Comdr. Callahan said! jrow. Conference of white Rus-| this morning that the usual free- ; | 1 jsians in the’ Russian Ukraine will | _ TO BE RETURNED I |VON RIBBENTROP DOESN'T WANT ANY QUARREL | RUSSIAN ! CONFERENCES Conference of Ru: (My Agsociated Press if LONDON, Oct. 25.—England | Ford and General Motors cer-| had announcements in the offing’ eration | with appropriate ceremonies, j but before anyone knew it Gen- ‘eral Dennis E. Nolan, director of States Participation for the Faii had announced Florida’s part man of the World’s Fair, and |Karl Brown, were signing papers |while movie news. cameras ground away and flashlights | blazed. The New York Herald Tribune carried a full page headline on Florida’s participation and the announcement received import: ithe country. ‘FINLAND STUDIES }ant space in newspapers all over! JACKSONVILLE, Oct. Continuing their friendly coop-|the Sweeney and Gato estates. in behalf’ of Florida,| In this it is reported that Col. ‘Northern and Florida newspapers | Brinton and the beach commit- ,have been most helpful in aiding |tee agree. It is planned to erect |the Florida State Chamber of Suitable shelters and place bench- {Commerce to combat malicious|es at the beach, and to clean it of the arms embargo, inaugura- | pation and Harvey Gibson, chair-jrumors that rates would go “sky/up. The plan also will include high” in the Sunshine State this! provision for keeping the sand in ; winter, if was pointed out today good condition throughout the by Harold Colee, State Chamber | season, it was reported to the as- | president. sociation, } Colee said several authoritative | Some communication from the ;Sources had informed him of cur-| beach committee to city council rent rumors rife in the North that ‘on the beach matter probably will ‘rates in. Florida would be raised ‘be submitted this week, the ho- © an unreasonable level. tel owners and operators were in- _ According to the rumors, Flo- formed. {ridians are expecting a record-; ‘The association also went on ‘breaking tourist influx this year record as opposing the 25 percent because of the European War jnerease in occupational taxes. jand the fine work done by the The concensus of opinion among |Florida- Exhibit at the New the hotel and tourist homes in- ; York World’s Fair, and intend to |terests is that the taxes now are ireports that although thew, ‘still stalemated because of heavy rains on the western front, Ge many has now completed idrawing up of a complete army behind the Siegfried Line. A battle may be in progress in ,the North Sea as NetherJands re- {ports firing out away from shore. | England said ‘that reconnai- |take place. Friday. REX WILON PAYS VISIT TO KEY WES HERE ON PROJECT CHECKUP; | i RENEWS FRIENDSHIPS MADE PREVIOUSLY | PRODUCTION |STEPPED UP Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth | of England visited clothing manu- | facturing plants yesterday. She} Quarters for the officers are be-| Warsaw by German air raids,! been made subject to Charleston Quota set will be near 60 with water Telephones are to be _ installed was told Britain is now produc- | {today is producing as much in ing determined. jthat thousands were still buried: Total list of civil service men|in the ruins and that Germany Navy Board approval. Two were turned down last night because other minor positions to be as- signed later. zi Workmen are busy today re- modelling the Radio Communica- shortly. TION ACTS TO HOLD PRICE | one week as she did in 12 months| Rex Wilson, field engineer of Berlin and caused thousands who OF SUGAR DOWN in the last conflict. The plants;the Works Projects Administra- were listening to Von Ribben- who have been hired at the|was giving hot meals to sur-i Station is now 48. Fourteen men |vivors. Jewish persons, however, | were hired yesterday and four this morning. All hirings have of failure to pa: physical use| aminations. Lee M. Pierce is in-| terviewing today for these posi- tions { The W.P.A. project approved, yesterday is principally for re- moval of sunken piling around Pier B and around the Break- tion building for office space for the staff which will command the Station when it is opened. New offices ace being planned. ed LS ing more grey coats in the first | few weeks of war than she did| LARGE ARMY OF MEN WILL in the four years of the World| BE EMPLOYED; PRODUC- | War. In other words, England of | | visited by the queen are manufac- |tion, is a business visitor in the trop’s speech to flee to shelter. jturing grey coats and battle|city for the first time since he . aia — dress. Approximately 3,500 are; was relieved of the position of : CLEWISTON, Oct. 25 (FNS)-—| employed, mostly women. |Area Supervisor, which position °"tire German Florida’s six-months’ sugar cane harvest started Monday wheniyazt AIRMEN the United States Sugar Corpora- RESCUED reno. tion started an army of men at) Seven more German airmen,! Mr. Wilson is here for the pur- nation believes jing the resignation of B. C. Mo- |her, ae is iy | | | ae 'sance planes yesterday flew over} (had declared that the England said that nearly the|Flint was on a legal and lawful! ij he held for several weeks follow- Britain provoked the war and in- | was declared by Von Ribbentrop, ‘fluenced France to join in’ with ' who said that a “quarrel between | si French say that Germany |America and Germany was im-j;gary if her independence were |also believes French soldiers are | Possible”. WITH AMERICA ___ RUSSIAN OFFERS (Hy Associated Preaxp { (Ry Aanocintea Wrenn) WASHINGTON, Oct. 25—Fol-| LONDON, Oct. 25.—Delega- lowing Von: Ribbentrop’s speech tion from Finland is returning in which he said that Germany jfrom Moscow with written pro- would be glad to return the “City | posals from Russia on the Fin- of Flint” to America, Washington |nish government. believes the vessel will soon be} The proposals are believed however, assert that the ship was|not to be too extravagant since released. jthe Finnish delegation would Those close to Nazi officialdom,|have turned them down at Mos- carrying contraband and_ could | cow. rightly have been siezed. Stephen, However, diplomats believe Early, secretary to the President, | that they are more than was an- City of | ticipated since the delegates sent to Moscow were given leeway on accepting certain terms but not with America above those terms. | Italy and Jugoslavia today} igned pacts to.give aid to Hun-| | voyage. Absolute peace | questioned. hike charges in_order to. increase winter tourist profits, “It is true, of course, that we ward to a record-breaking and prosperous season”, Mr. Colee de- clared, “but there is absolutely no justification for remarks that |Florida intended to ‘hold up’ its invited guests. “Upon hearing of these rumors, the State Chamber immediately prepared and gave wide distribu- tion to a news release denying the high rates and giving’ the true facts in the matter. Our story was sent to members of the | Florida press, as well as scores of | newspapers in the East, North, Middle West and Canada. “I am happy to state this story | was widely printed by both state and Northern newspapers, thus high - enough. The + enspciation Plans to appear before city coun- cil in a body to voice their pro- jof Florida confidently look for- |tests to the higher tax. | Another meeting of the associa- |tion is scheduled to be held next | Tuesday at La Concha Hotel. VETERANS ASKED TO ATTEND RITES |ALL MEMBERS OF COMPANY | IINVITED TO HONOR | COL, WOLF | | George E. Spencer, of B. H. Mc- \Calla Camp, Spanish War Veter- | Finland is well armed and the | giving the true facts of Florida | ans, said this morning that it is southern coast is mined against|rates to millions of newspaper |the wish of the members of the attack. (Continuea on Page Four) Camp that former membérs of | Company I, of the Key West work on their plantations here. |) ¢tieyed shot down in raids over |pose of checking up on j 2 sane z 5 s s s projects .. . { 6 eae pal oe Grinding operations started the England and attacks on British |and is renewing many friendships |“sruntled with the war and are ! following day, Jay W. Moran, chips, were rescued yesterday. |formed while in Key West in the @Sking their officers to sue for | COMMUNISTS vice-president and general mana-/"Three were picked up by com-|former capacity. While making Peace. The French say this be-! z ca ger, announced mercial boats on the east coast/the trip to this city he encoun- lief would make “imbeciles” of | Guards, which was an active If the harvest can be carried through without restrictions from federal regulations, more than 4500 men will be given con- tinuous employment for a period of more than six months at wages higher than those paid in any| other agricultural enterprise any- | where else in the world, Moran | said | The opening of European hos- | tilities sent sugar prices sky-} rocketing because Continental | producers, who had been supply- of England and a fourth member|tered many mosquitoes on the ,French government officials and was dead. Two were takenron} Keys and this trouble was added Tidiculed the idea. ; board a British warship and land-!to when one of the, tires on his! Rumors before the Von Ribben- ed at the same east coast port. }car failes and a wait of about two top speech declared that a mass They said they had been drifting |hours was necessitated until the |German offensive would start fol- (Continued on Page Four) |trouble could be remedied, jlowing the speech, ‘START CAMPAIGN AGAINST DRIVERS THOSE NOT IN POSSESSION Garrison Bight Project Shows (By Ansocinted Press) WASHINGTON, Oct. 25.—Dies Committee today released the names of 563 employes who were participating in Communistic| practices. *Among the list is a member of the NLRB and a member of the Maritime Com-| mission. Members of the com-} mittee did not want release of the names since the indictments! did not necessarily mean that) To Celebrate Navy Yard Opening; Meeting Today Mayor Willard Albury today is-}on the occasion of formal open-|pressed that they would all- be body during the Spanish-Ameri- can War, be invited to attend the funeral services of Colonel Sam J. Wolf tomorrow afternoon at 5 o'clock from the Catholic church. | There are several members of jthe Company in the city at the present time, all of whom wére in the company when Colonel Wolf was an officer in the or- | ganization and the hope is _ex- jeach one named was a com- sued a call for civic leaders and | ing of Key West Naval Base next at the church tomorrow after- linterested citizens to -attend a |noon to pay a last tribute of re- ing 30 percent of the U. S. sugar needs under provisions of federal! law, chose to sell their sugar to} European buyers and Cuba be-| came reluctant to sell raw sugar | OF LICENSE SUBJECT TO ARREST ‘munist. | SIOOTIIIM: \GOLFERS DON’T |meeting at Chamber of Com- imerce headquarters to arrange |details of a planned celebration | Wednesday, November 1. The meeting got underway at |3:30 o'clock this afternoon and | details , of celebration planned i spect to their old friend and com- jrade. ? ? {6 United States refiners, know- i ae SEE oo ee ing that U. S. refiners would City Attorney Henry H. Taylor Acting Sheriff Bernard Waite have to pay Cuba's asking price saig that application for building ART CLASSES told The Citizen today that he has im the end. : E }a Municipal Yacht Basin at. Gar-| started a drive to round up all However, in spite of this situa-|rison Bight together with neces-| HAVE BEGUN (<= of motor ~ vehicles tion, the price of refined sugar sary legal papers are being drawn | has declined within the past sev-| yp today and will immediately | PB jor trucks without having provid- eral days due to the fact that/be sent the U. S. Engineers at! Jed themselves with the necessary beet sugar factories in the west|Miami Beach for aproval. | Free classes at the Key West ‘license. and Louisiana and Florida sugar; Phase of the work which must;ATt Center, Front and Whitehead; Mr. Waite said that operators factories are now making avail- | pe approved by the Engineers is streets, are starting up again)of the motor vehicles have had able American-produced sugar./that involved in widening thejthis week. ;ample time to secure the licenses Prices for sugar will be held at a| Bight entrance and in construct-| The first class was held today | and Governor ‘Cone has express- common-sense level if. the entire ing piers from the boulevard at consisting of Adult Outdoor{ed himself in similar words and American market is opened to the | which yachts may dock. Neither Sketching in all media. Town-| excerpts from his letter to sher- ; jcenter, is instructor. be held each last week. afternoon at \of himself and deputies have so {ier availed nothing as all who American producer, Morgan| stated | nial. aE wa oT |, The project will be under aus-|for adults will NOBEL AW ARD pices of Works Progress Adminis- } Wednesday Z | tration, o'clock. Project for building a muni-| On Saturday morning, Novem- cipal beach by means of groins;ber 4th, at 9:30 o’clock, the reg- (My Associated Press) to be located on the Atlanti¢e side | ular classes for children 16 years! able to produce the required li- OSLO. Oct. 25.—Announce- of the boulevard near Bertha} ment was made today that the street with data to be submitted |hoped that classes for older chil- | ber of drivers who are known Nobel prize for medicine would|to U. S. Engineers is being dren will be arranged. ~All stu-'to be without the licenses and if today be awarded to a German | drawn up by Chairman Carl Ber-jdents in the classes are asked to| encountered by the law will have doctor and a Belgian scientist. |‘ valdi. furnish their own materials. —_ {to pay. the penalty. DANCING EVERY N ’ | who | jare caught operating their cars; request is expected to bring de-'send F. Morgan, director of the iffs in every county in the state | This class; were published in The Citizen | 3| Mr. Waite said that the efforts have been intercepted have been‘ and under will start. Later, it is/cnse. However, there are a num-} | | | IGHT AT CLUB CAYO HUESO; NO COVER CHARGE--NO ADMISSION CHARGE; LIKE MOSQUITOES SCQUTERS WILL icone es MEET TONIGHT, |CONFERENCE WILL HEAR | DISTRICT AND REGION. AL EXECUTIVES Scoutmasters, troop committee- |mén and committeemep of the | Disrict organization Boy Scouts here will assemble at a |Seouters Conference tonight to | starting at 8 o'clock. A. S. MacFarlane, scout execu- |tive of the three southeast Flor- |ida counties, and W. A. Dobson. ‘regional executive from Atlanta, have arrived in the city and will ‘lead the scouting discussions at the meeting. They will be intro- |duced by local chairman M. E. CDDDD DDD MA’ werkowitz |bd held at County Courthouse, will be released for publication in tomorrow’s Citizen. Local committee has tentative- ly arranged a schedule of events for the opening ceremonies. De- termination of whether a parade will be held, what form of enter- tainment will be given and what other-more formal events will be nouncement made two weeks ago, it is felt that all citizens will join in the planned celebration. It is this circumstance that has Prompted the citizens’ committee HALLOWE’EN Auspices Harris-P.-T. A. VISITING PYTHIANS TO ARRIVE FRIDAY A large delegation of Knights of Pythias of the lower East Coast will be in Key West Friday to visit with Key West Lodge No. 163 at 7:30 o'clock at Knights of |Pythias Hall, according to-advices received by J. Winfield Russell, |K. of R. and S. The group will be headed by 'E. W. Toole of Lakeland, Grand Inner Guard. A splendid reception is being prepared for the visitors. TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN This is to certify that from this day forward I will no longer be responsible for debts. con- tracted by my wife, Laura Ma- MALONE. oct25-3t MUSIC BY JOHNNY PRITCHARD'S ORCHESTRA