The Key West Citizen Newspaper, October 26, 1939, Page 1

Associated Press Day Wire Service For 59 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West Key West, Florida, has the most équable climate in the country; with an average range of only 14° Fahrenheit he Key West Citizen | THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN THE U.S. A. KEY WEST, FLORIDA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 26, 1939 Commander Hoey Wil | Arrive Here: Next Week Gala Celebration Of “To ReOpen tay Yad Naval Station Opening CHARLESTON, S. C., Oct. 26,he would work under Rear Ad- |—Receiving orders today, Comdr.|miral William H. Allen, com- Fifty-five civil service men| now comprise the personnel at/| VOLUME LX. No. 254. Ciamberlai’s Reply To U.S.S. Claxton left on special) War Briefs orders early this morning andj; “1 was the third of the destroyers | DI? NOT SELL to go out on patrol. U.S.S. Bab-} | | bitt left last night and U.S.S. Reu-', In answer to a question asked ben James was out on four-day; bim by a member of the House patrols |of Lords, Prime Minister Neville Officers of the ships were | Chamberlain of England yester e@ ege Cav dl ( ities G. B. Hoey on temporary duty at! mandant of the sixth, seventh 4 {Fla to reopen the naval train- ae iing station there November 1) | \Key West Naval Station, accord- | |Minister Neville Chamberlain to-,24Val district. Mr. Pierce said. | In the group employed thus) the general meetung called yes- ‘be but one reply and we are pre- terday by Mayor Willard Albury ‘se ‘ALL DESTROYERS jplumbers, one cement finisher, ing was Everett Russell, chamber | “s jfailed to understand the ae over | — 7 3 : fcc i policy or the English people. ‘ ss all details of the celebration: i ‘ : ate ae . sae = Board of county commissioners! meeting held the 16th day of Chamberlain also said that Get-|OFFICERS WERE UNABLE TO this morning were seven more. Ernest Ramsey, chairman; Miss | Action toward participation in|march to Bayview Park for. for- met yesterday afternoon at 5| October, A. D. 1939, requesting man subs are now sinking ves-! \ ATTEND ROTARY NAVY | : i William Lee, Earl Adams and Naval Station and the Armistice |i" C. Brinton, U.S-A., retired,: a on a telegram from R. E. Crum-|tioned therein, and beak ebay Vi ean i mer Co., relative to the refund-| “Whereas, the State Board of Albury would issue a proclama-|Arthur Sawyer Post 28 pf ‘The “ M- Morgan, Sears wall tion this weekend in connection | American Legion. serve as chairman. Col. James z £ are i advertisement of its purpose to gin and through which section of board through the State Board of receive proposals for the pur- the line it would come. inuet of stratio start off with a parade beginning j civic committee headed by Ernest) (Continued on Page Four) at 7:30 o'clock in the evening! A. Ramsey for fitting observance the Charleston Navy Yard wilk/and eighth naval districts. (By. Associated Prean) ‘and assume temporary command Plans for celebration of Naval jing to Aide Lee M. Pierce. Six | | iday replied to Ribbentrop’s speech! This announcement at the’ jfar, there is one electrician, 10 pared to give it”. at Chamber of Commerce head- ‘back at Von Ribbentrop saying |. | two pipe fitters, six general help- OUT ON PATRO jers, two woodwork helpers, 19} president, who has named the} borers. Elizabeth Sharpley, Mrs. Hugh | the November 1 civic celebration ;mal Armistice Day ceremonies. o'clock in the county Court house purchase by the State Board of sels without warning. DAY FETE : \llan Armstrong. |Day parade arrangements was) Veteran of the World War, to ing program and bond offerings! Yo. abcertaln: Wise te ie atten: with the “big day”, and that the! In accordance with the pro-|D- MacMullen, U.S.A., command- Present were Chairman Carl °h@S¢ of bonds of Monroe county _ Hitler today at the Chancellory from the naval communications|of the resumption of operations jleave Saturday for Key West, 4 e e e LONDON, Oct. 26. — Prime 48 Chief of staff for the seventh \ Station Opening Day next Wed-! ‘more will be employed shortly, |nesday, November 1, have been! A {practically completed, following! in Parliament. He said, “There can "@VY yard here Wednesday said j f jioiners, seven painters. five] 6 l| Ol } Chamberlain bitterly struck quarters. Chairman of the meet- jthat the German minister had ‘ ibe ” following committee to take over | | Hired yesterday afternoon and} Williams, Adrian O’Sweeney,|marking reopening of Key West) The committee has asked Col for the purpose of taking action! Administration of the bond men-' Meanwhile French patrols on It was announced that Mayor |taken last night at a meeting of |™ake the principal address. Dr Adi istrati has ishe: sive & iE program and bond offerings “Administration has published an sive of the Germans would be festivities on Wednesday would gram being worked out by the |°" of Kev West’ Barracks, will Bervaldi, Commissioners Braxton '°",*t4ay, November 3, A. D, in Munich is holding conferences | Bi Wesren, Wm. Monsalvatge, T: 1939, and with his generals planning the Jenkins Curry, Attorney. W.', “Whereas, it is the sense of this war. | Curry Harris, Clerk Ross C. Saw- | yer, Acting Sheriff Bernard Waite, and several others. The following telegram was read by the clerk, addressed to Attorney Harris: “Official notice Board of Administration discloses your county among those for whom Kanner Bill offerings be- ing received Friday, November 3. Recommend you obtain county commissioners authority and of- ficially request Tallahassee to réetiirn unopéned bid ~ received your county since Board of Ad- ministration has not acted upon your resolution approving . last offerings. Signed R. E. Crummer and Co., Lasseter”. Contents of the wire were dis- cussed and it was voted to send the following resolution to the Board of Administration, at Tal- lahassee, with the authorized signature of Clerk Sawyer at- tached. Resolution Whereas, 1t has been brought to the attention of the board of county commissioners of Monroe county, Florida, that the State Board of Administration has not acted upon Resolution of this board duly passed at special NEUTRALITY BILL STILL IN DEBATE ISOLATIONISTS IN LAST DITCH FIGHT TO INSERT AMENDMENTS a » WASHINGTON, Oct, 26.—Iso- lationists today said they would add an amendment to the Arms Embargo Bill in an effort to pre- serve it Congress in general predicted the vote on the Embargo would not come before Monday A great deal is still expected to be heard on the proposal to elect two senators and two rep- resentatives to the Munitions Control Board. Stephen Early, secretary to the President. assailed Secretary of Agriculture’s press release today in which he said it was unwise for Roosevelt to run for a third term. Early said it was most un- kind of Wallace not to consult the President first before making the announcement. Asked by reporters if it could not be better timed Early replied t could if it were timed at all. SPECIAL! SPECIAL! Friday, Saturday, Sunday MILK CHOCOLATE and PRALINE : LAYER CAKES 33¢ 812 st. board that this board should not (Continued on Page Four) DOCTORS INVITED HERE FOR MEET . SOUTHEAST DISTRICT URGED. TO HOLD NEXT FALL'S At a meeting of the Monroe County Medical Society held this week it was decided unanimous- ly to invite the District to hold their meeting next fall in this city and accordingly Dr. William R. Warren, city health officer, yesterday sent a letter to Ken- neth Phill M.D., president of the Southeast District Medical Association, at Miami. The let- ter follows: “At a hundred per cent meet- ing of the Monroe County Medi- cal Association held last evening, October 24, the members unani- mously voted to invite the dis- trict to hold their meeting next fall in Key West. “We appreciate the expressed desire of the members-to come to Key West, and while we have but four members of the So- ciety, we will try our best to make your visit profitable, in- teresting and pleasant. | “We would like to know as early as possible the number ex- pecting to come and the _ pro- gram.” Pilots Here To Esta Full Charter Plane Service Possibility of early inaugura-! tion of a charter plane service between Key West and Miami, Key West and Tortugas and other island points is announced by Bill Cleveland, pilot, and Hector Alexander, co-pilot, who are in Key West today. Their plane is a twin motored Douglass Dolphin amphibian, de- luxe equipped. It has a two way radio and all instruments for} blind flying. It is much more} of its type in operation. It car- ries 10 passengers. } Chief Pilot Bill Cleveland has! just returned from the George! paign, local tour agent, and more 2. Vanderbilt expedition to Su- matra. He flew for Hearst news-! papers for seven years. He is at; present a lieutenant in the Naval, Reserve. He and Co-Pilot Alex-| ander have had World War ex- perience. Alexander was in the} army air corps. Cleveland in the naval reserves. Key West has no plane service : Flint” would be allowed to sail ‘out of Murmansk’with ‘the-Ger-" Russia today threw in its bid behind Germany in a plan to give Germany all the raw ma- terials it will need to conduct the war. Russia will also give England what materials she needs. Russia also declared that the English contraband list legal. Strong indications today were that the American ship “City of at was il-| man prize crew which brought it in. Germany, which first de- clared that the vessel charts with which to sail, now) s she had engine trouble. Rus- | ia under international law can | harbor a vessel which has en-} gine trouble. | that the crew of the Flint are| safe but has given no further de- tails regarding the way in which they have been treated. Meanwhile Finland sent back Russia’s demands with the an- swer that the demands could not! be met by Finland. Rumors throughout Europe have it that the Russians will next demand a base on Norway shores. Minister of currency of the! Union of South Africa reveals there will be no increase in taxes in the Union due to war condi- tions in the mother country. He said no other country in the world in proportion had more gold to back up its currency than the i Union. blish operating from the city”, Cleve- land said. He emphasized that the plane which is now at the 36th Street Airport in Miami is ready for charter now. It has just been given a major over- haul. | “We will charge but $75 a fly- |Bayview Park tonight at 8 o'clock | position ing hour”, Cleveland said. That|by the W.P.A. Hospital Band, un- at this port. |would make the trip about $7.50 der the airection of Professor Al- | ‘a person if there were a full load |fredo Barroso. each trip. him until next summer. __ Arrangements will soon be un- derway for an advertising cam- expansive landing facilities. DANCE with TED LEWIS and his Orchestra of New York CUBAN CLUB Maloney Brothers Bakery) “We thought it was a great Monday, October 30—10 till ? 7. Fleming Phone 818 Pity that such a colorful city as} Admission 75¢ scheduled to speak at ent orders. So urgent were the orders for 9! state for war had previously ; the denied the German allegations, the Claxton that three men who could not’ be rounded) ut stated he was up were left in town. Rotary rf Fi Club today in a Navy Day pro-| Poison gas to Poland during the gram but were forced to decline ‘ the invitation, because of the urg-.Wuered territory. Mr. Chamber- of ‘CITY MOSQUITO PROJECT BEG had no/ $50,000 PROJECT TO GET UN- DERWAY TOMORROW AT REST BEACH r | Works Progress $50,000 . Mos- Russia however has_ declared quito Project will begin tomor- row morning in the ployed. There will be 40 men to be employed project. Plan is to drain all low areas! of slack water, which are breed- ing places for mosquitos. Most of the work will be done on the out-| West who have qualified for the Rest election to be held on November Beach area will be drained into | 14 appear two incumbents of the the Salt Pond area, which has Board of Election Commissioners, skirts of the city. an outlet to the bay. Other low lying areas will also be ditched. There will be no placing of! tasks during past election _pe-| n ; city |riods, and especially during the | cisterns as in the program con- | | mosquito eating fish ducted by the PROGRAM INCLUDES MANY) section of | swampy, land just behind Rest | Beach with 11 men to be em-| approximately | the| on The into U.S. Public /in admirable fashion, and it is Health Service last year. | South Florida following recent | the |rains has found a mosquito prob- | acvord them a handsome |lem, which the present project is | confidence. \expected to greatly alleviate. CONCERT TONIGHT CUSTOMS OFFICE AT BAYVIEW PARK WILL HIRE MEN FAVORITES OF KEY WEST RESIDENTS ENS ese" that he" pocket” battle: |all_asked to dress in their. Hal- | ai day said his country had not sold | puilding. lat the navy yard, the post voted Arthur Sawyer Post will furn-'to have a color guard and uni- ‘sh a color guard to lead off the| formed detail in the civic parade rade—then, in order, will come | the evening of Nov. 1. squads of Girl Scouts, Boy Scouts! Progress in arranging for a and children from all grade) military, naval and patriotic pa- hools, each group to be led by!rade Nov. 11 was reported by “grateful Patrol Boy squads of Harris and} William Reardon, chairman of \make it clear again”. Division Street Schools and St.!the patriotic observance commit- | Joseph’s College. W.P.A. band tee. Chairman Reardon — an- [bY pocker 1 SUNK will furnish martial music for the}nounced the parade would start German invasion of the con- lain declared that the secretary to BY POCKET BATTLESHIP parade. jat Duval and Caroline streets It was announced in London! Participants in the parade are} promptly at 10a. m. Nov. 11, | ship ‘Deutschland, jthe sea, had sunk ~-the British jvessel. Stonegate. Thirty-eight members of the crew were res- | cued by the City of Flint, United | (Continued on Page Four) raider of ganizations of the city may also lowe’en costumes. All civic or-} join in the line of march, if they so desire. * BOARD VOTES $50 | stand at La Concha Hotel, thence | ‘ELECTION BOARD !to Southard street. As paraders | | i pass in review, judges will pick;ALSO DONATES USE OF | the most original, MEMBERS QUALIFY | kilt -and| (Continued on Page Four) | TRUCK TO BATTERY |COMMISSIONERS ALBURY FOR TRIP TO MIAMI AND ROBERTS ARE UP FOR RE-ELECTION INSPECTION TRIP | } In special meeting yesterday, T0 FT. JEFFERSON cates ostensibly for another pur- | pose, the Board of County Com- & {missioners pledged the sum of Inspector I. Vinter of the Na-'$50 ta help defray expenses of tional Park Service will arrive carrying out a major celebration from Sebring tomorrow and ac- affair in connection with opening company superintendent J. B.;of the naval station next Wednes- Felton on an inspection of Fort day, November 1. Jefferson. ; Another matter voted unan- Department of Interior vessel|imous approval was the donation F. W. Meade is expected to be ,of a county truck to the Florida placed in commission next week. | National Guard, Battery “E”, to The vessel will be taken on ajcarry members of the battery to trial run today. It has undergone ‘the Orange Bowl Festival in M1- major overhauling,’ according to ami, January 1. The battery will the master, Alex Brun. ‘take part in the festival. Tnong the citizens of Key \Ira Albury and Ben C. Roberts. These members of the Board; {have -performed their assigned present large registration work, | freely predicted on all sides that voters. in appreciation, will vote of Conferences Bring Out Scouting Progress Here G. N. Goshorn, deputy collec-| A. S. MacFarlane, council ex-| Key West, and plans were made jtor of customs at this port, told|ecutive, and W. A. Dobson, re-' for expansion. Considerable of The Citizen today that the Bu- | gional executive, ed Scena ofthe discussion centered around reau of Customs is interested in| America, were in Key West yes-j 1). possibility of establishment |securing young men between the terday in the interests of scout: | Cub re nis ‘thie elie: ae ages of 23 and 45 years, who are|ing and appeared at three scout} * Concerts will be resumed at} graduates from High School, for| Meetings in the afternoon and for boys between the ages of “The Glow Worm” 3. “Show Boat” pars 4. 5. “Son of the Puzsta” Keler Bela “Straussiana”, selection of Waltzes on Strauss melo- Seredy| HABANA-MADRID CLUB made March, “Stars and Stripes | Sousa “Star Spangled Banner” Key! 6. dies Forever” 8. Alexander Cherry will be the master of|!Mr. Goshorn said they will be| The plane belongs to Vander-| Ceremonies. An especially select-| part-time employed, not to ex-| i this/M. E wit luxurious than most Douglasses | bilt, but will not be needed by ed program has been arranged \ceed two periods of half-days | Session, patrol leaders, scribes; district commissioner; |for this evening, as follows: 1, March, “Road King” d - Don Kellar qualified to fill the positions|ticular discussion Lincke ‘should inauire at the local cus-|Problems of scouting. Grand Selection from the Jerome Kern Overture, “Poet and Peas- | Von Suppe as inspectors of customs | evening. nine and twelve years of age. | M. E. Berkowitz, district chair-| The two sree were re cribi i f those |Mman, introduced the two execu-|tertained at dinner even: A. who eae paves © work, |tives to approximately sixty ,at the La Concha Hotel. Those scouts at a rally in the afternoon | present, besides the guests, were at Harris School. Following this;M. E. Berkowitz, J. J. Trevor, William V. each, weekly, at a basic salary of |@nd quartermasters were called | Little, vice-chairman; _ Isadore $2,100 per annum. Any pended 7 a ‘pep talk” meeting for par-|Weintraub, chairman for ad- on various | vancement; Charles Taylor, com- fmitteeman for troop 52; A. G. The other ‘meeting, to which) Peirce, scoutmaster of troop 51. district and troop committeemen| The evening meeting brought PERN | were invited, was held at county out the pending action of chang- HALLOWE’EN jcourthouse, starting at 8 o'clock. | ing the council name to one more | MASQUE BALL |A good turnout was on hand to general. It was also announced : “* hear both Mr. MacFarlane and that the district would hold a ,Auspices Young Peoples’ Sodality, | St. Mary’s Catholic Church | toms office, it was said. |Mr. Dobson give an -inspiring|meeting next Monday evening, | picture of scouting in the council October 30. Mrs. Margrete up of Broward, Dade and | Smock, an invited guest at the Monroe counties. Much pleasure; meeting, was complimented for was expressed at the progress her work in assisting troops in the scout movement had made in |first aid practice. Friday, October 27 | PRIZES! | | ADMISSION 60c proceed to Division. street. 0 | CHILLY WINDS | BLOWING OVER FLORIDA EXHIBIT | OFFICIALS HOPE FROST WILL | NOT HARM TREES AND | VEGETATION BEFORE END | Or FAIR_NEXT WEEK iSpecial to The U.tizen) NEW YORK WORLD'S FAIR, Oct. 26.—Wintry winds are be- jginning to blow across the j#lushing Meadows and the lana- scape engineers in charge of the |tropical plantings in the exotic gardens of the Florida State Ex- ‘hibit, here atthe World’s Fair, are hoping against hope that the |paims, orange trees, grapefruit |trees and other exotic trees, |plants, vines and shrubs will re- main untouched by frost till aft- er the close of the big show at | midnight, Oct. 31. Many of the iarger plants will |go to various public institutions |having glass covered conserva- tories large enough to house \them. The fish tail palms will be |housed in the elephant house, the | bird house and the monkey house jat the Central Park Zoo. Other rare plants will be sent to the Staten Island Zoo as well as to the Brooklyn Botanical Gardens jand to the conservatory at Ellis Island. | Several New York public jschools having conservatories |will be given various forms of \citrus trees, tung trees, pineapple plants and other growths having educational value. Thousands of ‘ornamental plants will be deliv- ered, after the close of the fair, to private individuals who have bought them subject to delivery “holds up” jwhen the big show for the winter. ~ Foster Parnes, horticulturist of the Florida State Exhibit. “and Miss Margaret Humphrey; ~his first assistant, are in hourly touch with the weather bureau and when the thermometers show jan inclination to drop below. the laanger point they take precau- |tions to protect their precious l\eharges throughout the Florida garden against being frost-bitten. |Thus far, however, while ice has formed in various spots fhrough- jout the fair grounds, the: Florida jarea has escaped damage. | The one hundred or more Flo- |ridians making up the personnel \of the Florida State Exhibit, are | beginning to feel the chill winds |that blow over the fair jand are anxious to go home. | Most of them will leave-immedi- jately after the formal closing of the fair but a number will be re- quired to stay for a week or 10 days storing the exhibits which will be left for the 1940 fair, and j otherwise making the Florida building safe for the winter. DANCING EVERY NIGHT AT CLUB CAYO HUESO; NO COVER CHARGE—NO ADMISSION CHARGE; MUSIC BY JOHNNY PRITCHARD’S ORCHESTRA