The Key West Citizen Newspaper, October 27, 1939, Page 1

Associated Press Day Wire Service For 59 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West VOLUME LX. No. 255. THE SOUTHERNMOST NE Housing Authority Mails Appl For Approval Today: cation Application of Key West Hous- ing Authority for a $700,000 low-! cost housing slum clearance Brey ect from the United States Hous- | ing Authority will be mailed late! today. Chairman Wallace B.| Kirke reve: in conversation | with The Citizen this morning. Members of the Housing Auth-; i | { | | ! | ority have indicated that the re- quest would be followed by ap- propriation. The Key West Authority has been working steadily during re- cent weeks to draw up the appli- cation application for this year is morrow. The loca and has installed phone service. POSTPONE LICENSE ARRESTS TO NOV. 1 ESTIMATE 2,000 MORE DRIV- ERS SHOULD HAVE LI- CENSES IN COUNTY Deadline for mailing the ' to-j | authority is using the! headquarters at 124 Duval street: | | PIS LIM STS ST AT 4 ‘ECLIPSE OF MOON VISIBLE TONIGHT Tonight at 11:54 o'clock, E.S.T., an eclipse of the moon will be visible throughout all of North America. The eclipse will be slightly more than 99 percent complete 36 minutes after midnight. The whole eclipse will last for three hours and 24 minutes, At the same time of the eclipse the planet Saturn will be quite near the moon and will be seen just below the edge of the moon. The . eclipse will be caused by the shadow of the earth passing over the saiellite and as it advances the curved shape of the shadow will be easily seen. There are two distinct parts of the shadow, a wide diffused portion that will not be visible, and a ceniral por- tion which is more definite and much darker. The central shadow will be from 5,500 to 5,900 miles wide and when the moon travels across the center it may be completely in the center for one hour and forty minutes and in ROTARY MEETING | FEATURED TALK BY COMDR. CALLAHAN: | aenmsionee) FOR COMDR. CROSS OF U.S.S. CLAXTON IN SPEECH OBSERVING)! NAVY DAY i | | | | jvelt’s birthday occurring on the {27th of October, Thursday, of this week was set aside as the! day on which the Rotary Club} would pay its formal respects to} the Navy. Before turning the gavel over to Commander Callahan, presi- dent William V. Little called jupon Emil Sweeting for the song, \“Happy Days Are Here Again”, {Attar auleiahy Cominandes Callahan Feensh have andicatcd hae ean failed the Navy and Air Forces German headquarters has jaround the piano to render the set yp and that there are 1,200, Navy song, “Navy Blue and 000 troops just behind the Siegfried Gold”. {Line ready to move when The speaker scheduled for the ‘order comes. Adolf Hitler is ex- day, Commander Cross of the Pected to give the order at any x a. time. 1U.S.S, Claxton, received sailing ‘The offensive is expected to orders unexpectedly and Lieut.-' start before the severe English Comdr. Fort Callahan was in his! winter begins when bombing stead and was handed the gavel|English bases will be very diffi- jas program chairman for the oc- | cult. Gotan, | American ship “City of Flint” Comdr. Callahan introduced the |Was allowed to sail out of the senior in command of the Forces now in port, Lieut. A. W.|German prize crew. Russia, in |MacKnechnie, who spoke in|Teply to American requests, has warm appreciation of the long !£aid only that the American crew association and friendly relation- |i safe and that they have been ‘ship existing between Key West |#llowed to leave the ship at any- jand the Navy and conveyed to | ——— j Lieut. Jonn Faigle’s many friends | in the Rotary Club, his warm re- t gards, | Lieut.-Comdr. Callahan, oblig- | Navy Day and Theodore Roose- i | LONDON, Oct. 27.—Germany’s rain of bombs on England is ex- pected to begin very shortly. Major points of bombing on ae English islands have been termined by German ane headquarters. On En Bases Expected (By Assoctated Press) | rt they wish. Rumors spread! Park in Florida for the purpose} been j, the | \ Air | Russian port of Murmansk by the ! | touch with some part of the shadow for three hours and forty-eight minutes. Acting Sheriff Bernard Waite! said today that he is not check-| ing-any- more automobile-drivers ! in the matter of drivers licen, | Oe aT aa.) but is going to wait until Novem- | ber 1, when he will begin mak-| ed at a few hours’ notice to sub- stitute for Comdr. Cross as the! speaker, of the day, said” that while she did not» -have- Comdr: Cross’ notes, he did have the book jaorund which the address was {written, “The Ramparts We! ing arrests of those who are! found without them. | The total number of licenses! issued is 2,044, according to the records in the office of Judge Raymond R. Lord, and it was es-| timated that there would be ap- proximately 4,000 needed in this county, as it is not the owner who must have the license, alone, | but any person who drives the car, a license. Mr warning had owners and November ing 2 a fine of $500 or six months in jail. In case of an accident, said Mr. Waite, it will be too bad for the driver even if he or she has a license. What it will mean if no license is produced Mr. Waite did not say. been given the drivers, and after 1 he will begin mak- GOSHORN PLEASED : WITH JOB RESPONSE. Deputy Collector of Customs! G. N. Goshorn was a caller at The Citizen this afternoon, ex- pressing his pleasure at the re- to an article appearing in » issue of yesterday anent the employment of men on inspection duty at the dock Mr. Goshorn said that ere 35 applicants appearing at the office this morning and of} that number there were eight se- lected for the duty and he felt! that they would all prove factory for the duties demanded. WILSON LEFT ‘THIS MORNING Rex Wilson, engineer of the Works Projects Administration out of Jacksonville, who had been | in the city for several days, left! this morning over the highway for Miami and after a brief visit will continue to Jacksonville. Mr. Wilson checked over the} work being done on all W.P.A. projects and in reviewing differ- ent phases of the activities with Area Supervisor Wallace Thomas, he expressed himself as being perfectly satisfied with the work accomplished to date. must also be provided with Waite said that sufficient | rests and conviction means | ‘PROJECTS COME UP FOR STUDY AT LIONS MEET FULL PROGRAM OF ACTIVI- TIES FOR WINTER AND | Watch”, , and he felt that every | citizen in Key West should read} \that book. His address consist-! ted mainly of selections from this ‘important strategetic work, some of which follow: “To make this distinction clear: nC is, for example, of strategical \importance in the defense of our {Atlantic frontier that Key West |; !should be a fortified post. The/ !amount and disposition of the ‘Toll Harry Gwynn, resident of Mon-! Gwynn And Marks Petition To Dish la Sui, "5 jpRarEieee RELEASE OF} Voluntary dismissal of the quo warranto suit entered in Circuit ;Court against John Slade, chair- man of the Overseas Road and Bridge Commission, by roe County, was asked yesterday in Judge Trammell’s .court, and | was accordingly granted. Paul SPRING SEASON SCHED- armament and garrison required | Marks, ex-attorney for the Com- ULED FOR CLUB Girding for action on the com- | ing season’s projects undertaken by the group toox up the major part of the Key West Lions Club meeting last evening with H. E. Day, president, in the chair, International Convention next July in Havana with its probable + to give it the degree of security | {it ought to have are tactical con- | | siderations. “The maritime frontier of the | iUnited States in the Atlantic; Ocean may be described as the! coast-line from Maine to Florida, | and a projection from the tip of Florida to Puerto Rico and the} Virgin Islands. The Gulf coast, sheltered by command of the} (Continued on Page Four) | mission, was Mr. Gwynn’s attor- ney in the proceedings. The suit was entered in at- tempt to oust Mr. Slade as chair- man of the board, alleging that, WARNS AGAINST SELLING APPLES problem of entertaining thou-: Che Key West Citizen WSPAPER IN THE U.S. A. KEY WEST, FLORIDA, FRIDAY, HAY, OCTOBER 27, 1939 PARK SERVICE WILL PROTECT GLADE ANIMALS | | BIOLOGICAL gland’s ‘Bombs SURVEY DE- PARTMENT ASSUMES CON- { | LISHMENT OF PARK | (Special to The Citizen) WASHINGTON, Oct, 27.—The | National. Park service announced |today that the Biological Survey jof the interior department has |assumed partial jurisdiction over the proposed Everglades National hroughout Europe yesterday that | of affording immediate protection everal of the crew had escaped. | to wildlife in the glades. The City of Flint must £°| It was explained that assump- through the English blockade to reach a Nazi port. For this rea-|tion of authority by the Biolog- ||son no news of the-vessel is avail- ical Survey in no way jeopar- able today. \dized the eventual acquisition of Pope Pius released his first! jthe area by the Park Service for leneyclical since he was elected | ihead of the Catholic Church and| ‘Be establishment of the Ever- glades National Park. asked for a “just and true” ‘peace. He declaimed against; Failure of the State of Florida 'Germany and Russia and spoke |and its various agencies interest- in favor of the Allies. ‘that he was sure “dear Poland”! government the necessary lands ;would soon be given its inde-|for the park, was cited as the rea- "pendence again. He spoke of,son for the Biological Survey Italy in very friendly terms fol-|assuming charge. It was ex- tlowing its decision to remain | plained that under present cir- neutral in spite of Nazi axis; cumstances, the National Park ‘tieup. | Service could not afford protec- Germany is reported to have! tion to wildlife because the title ‘attempted to bargain with Tur- | had not been transferred to the key asking it to seize oil fields federal government. ;near her and thus sell the oil to! The Biological Survey, how- Germany. Turkey has refused|ever, has authority to protect cooperation in this respect. wildlife under the general statutes Ye jand so stepped in, pending the jfinal transfer of the land for park | Purposes, F.D.R. DISPLEASED | i two NAMES AS “SORDID PROCEDURE” against state law, he held salaried positions. { In a communication to The; Citizen today, Mr. Marks told of | the dismissal order, going on to say: WASHINGTON, Oct. “The term ‘office’ under the President Roosevelt today Constitution of the State of Flor- ferred to the Dies Committee's ida embraces the idea of tenure publishing of names of govern- or duration and the duties of mental employes who are en- some portion of a power, and since Mr. Slade is a “sordid procedure”. Assistant Highway Engineer it The President declined to com- may be considered that he is an'ment further on the action, employee of the State Road De-'claiming he did not have full de- partment. | tails. “This of course is a legal in-; The Dies Committee has re- terpretation but Mr. Gwynn and peatedly stated that publishing of I felt that since Mr. Slade in- the names did not necessarily sisted on remaining on the Board mean that the individuals were and had finally come around on members of the communistic! the lowering of the tolls, pub-' party but that they were only! licity and advertising program,’ members of the National League leasing of Pigeon Key, etc.,ifor Peace and Decency, which} which was necessary for the suc- \definitely had ene affil- (By Annociated Press) TROL WAITING FOR ESTAB.- | He said ed in the.park, to transfer to the | Key West, Florida, has the most equable climate in the country; with an -average range of only 14° Fahrenheit PRICE FIVE CENTS Naval Station Staf And Personnel. Will ~— Amive Before Nov. | QPEAEE AAO S| Present plans are still to open the station Wednesday, ‘Lieut. iNOW, THEN, WHERE ARE ' ;Comdr. F. H. Callahan said to- ALL THOSE OLD TOYS? | day. He has received no advises {regarding arrival of Commander jG. B. Hoey here to take charge jat Key West Station, but has jbeen advised that previously | considered Captain Stapler will jnot be Captain of Yard here. The two officers and 53 marines who have been assigned jto this station are expected to arrive before Wednesday. There has been no further news re- garding basing of an airplane |squadron from Norfolk here. Others of the staff who are ex- pected in before Wednesday are Port Director Lieutenant Com- mander S. W. Kirtland from Charleston; Lieut. Comdr. F. H. {Callahan will continue as dis- |trict communications officer; as- |Sistant port. director; _lieut. |comdr. medical officer; _lieut. comdr. supply disbursing and accounting officer; lieut. comdr. : public works officer. An enlisted personnel of 20 jmen of U. S. Navy is expected |to be transferred here from the | fleet reserve. Annual ~ Christmas Tree Benefit is less than two months off. In line with Procedure followed in other years, it is planned by the Lions Club committee in charge of details in coopera- tion with the W.P.A. Recrea- tion Department to be hosts to hundreds of Key West children on that day with Santa Claus presentations of toys, candy and fruit. Lions Club last evening or- dered release of a plea for city-wide cooperation in this affair. Old toys are neded. So, foo, are contributions of paint, wood, paint brushes and turpentine, Committee headed by Lion Jack Delaney plans a can- vas of the city for these needed materials. However, residents desirous of making direct contributions may contact Jack or any of. these members: Gonzalo Bezanilla, Charles Ketchum or D. 0. Martin. sovereign gaged in socialistic ese as / WLdddééiéd 2s FIGURES REACH LOWER LEVELS AR TOTALS RE- LEASED BY STATE C. OF C. 12 CITIES OVER $100,000 MARK (My Associated Prem JACKSONVILLE, Oct. 27—> September building in 41 Florida municipalities was valued at ap-| proximately five and a half mil- lion dollars, according to a com- |pilation of reporting cities’ |figures as released today by the| Florida State Chamber of Com-} | merce. Total for the 41 communities! | was $5,455,802 for last month as ;compared with $6,398,846 re- ported by the same cities for Sep- Civilian, technical and cleri employes will include one fi senger, one engineeri two draftsmen. | This morning two laborers, land one painter were employed !which brings the total recently employed to 58. This does not include 16 of the regular em- |ployes at the Station. Lieut. H. H. Sylvester who | was here to: lay plans for office asts at ‘the Administration Building in the Communications Building left this week. A $13,576 W.P.A. project for |removing piling around Pier B and Breakwater will probably | get under way next week. Chief storekeeper arrived to- day and reported for duty. The |naval contingent of three destroy- |ers and six planes have asked for |a medical officer. Navy Day Observed There was but one vessel of the U. S. Navy in the harbor this ‘morning. Berthed at Pier “B” at |the naval station, it was gaily there | sands of Lions from all points of the nation in this city enroute, is the chief project of the club port of the Zone Conference held last Sunday at Pigeon Key, treat- ing on that subject, was read to the club and a continuation of plans to further that cause was emphasized. INVESTIGATION SHOWS THAT cessful operation of the bridges, ' iations. the continuance of this litigation Dies of Texas is pheeaink for | | tember, 1938; a loss of $943,044 covered with flags in besa 79 |for September, 1939, under Sep- of Navy Day. Re-! FIFTEEN MEN ON | SKEETER PROJECT | | Starting this morning on the mosquito control project was aj WPA CLIENTS HAVE BEEN SELLING ALLOTMENTS William H. Reardon, in charge of commodity distribution in this area. for the WPA, said this Other projects brought up for | force of 15 men working on a pipe |morning that he is very much active discussion included the Christma for the city’s needy children this | year. Committee, under Lion} {Jack Delaney, reported on its co- ; operation nee aiming at a suc-} jcessful benefit. The servation committee, C. Sanchez, Lion Dr. chairman, S- | inence. Clubhouse Corporation and | committee, actively pushing the | completion of its project through, | ;made an important announce- | ment and the club planned to! continue cooperation in the Clean-Up Rest Beach project with | jthe five Boy Scout troops in the city. Special representation in the! jNavy Day Opening program was! \planned with the possible en- |trance of a float in the costume (parade to be undertaken. Ahern Funeral Home Aero-Car Ambulance Service “Air Cooled” AMBULANCE SERVICE Phone 22211 Miami, Fle which is laid in the ‘let to drain the area near the! boulevard and Bertha street. Just as soon as this pipe has ‘been cleared, said Area Super- | ght Con-'visor Wailace Thomas, there will | commodities is given to J.) be a larger force of men put to! also; work, probably early next week. | finds it difficult to realize |brought its problems into prom-, ‘No information was obtainable as | shortly after leaving the |to the amount of money allotted | quarters with the fruit some of|after noon on Tuesday, to the anise a LOCALE CHANGED FOR AMATEUR FETE Mrs. Eva Warner of the W.P.A. | Recreation Department, who is in \ charge of activities in Key West, wishes to announce that the ama- | jteur Program, which is scheduled | | boulevard | j disappointed in learning that cer-! Tree Benefit planned 824 which wil be used as the out-;tain persons who have received the sold recent the} their portions from ‘consignment of apples :fruit directly afterward. This fruit, along with other certi- | fied clients of the WPA and he' that head- | the clients have sold their por-} jtions. Action such as this can] only bring disaster to the ven- dors, he said. There will be another period of distribution of apples at 8 o’clock tomorrow morning, said | Mr. Reardon. There has been re- ceived 504 bushels of the fruit, | approximately 23,000 pounds, and Mr. Reardon hopes that he; will not hear of any other clients | selling them. | for tonight at 7:30 o'clock for! | Bayview Park, will be held in the| | auditorium of Division Street | ' school. There are a number of con-! tingencies which necessitated this ichange being made, said Mrs. } CUBAN CLUB | Warner. The program is one of, Monday, October 30—10 till ? |arranged. which has so far been | admission 75¢ Ladies Free DANCE with TED LEWIS and his Orchestra of New York would be of no avail and would federal action against members of | ‘not react to the best interest of | the League, and today, interview- ithe Lite fyecoteracte te gee District.” led Federal Prosecutor Murphy. MANY ATTENDED — SPECIAL COUNCIL COL. WOLF RITES) MEETING TONIGHT | ST. AUGUSTINE'S | CITY MAN. AGER AND BROTHER WERE AMONG THOSE PRESENT Special City Council meeting ie been called for tonight at ;Council chambers in the city | hall. | Several matters of importance Colonel! will come before the council shortly | members, including the subject of were correct assessment of personal ‘held yesterday afternoon at 5 property taxes in the city. Tax o'clock from St. Mary’s Star of!Assessor-Collector Sam B. Pin- |The Sea Catholic church. Rev. | der is expected to be on hand for |A. L. Maureau, S. J.,-officiated. {questioning by the council. | There were a large number of| Disposition of the petition by \friends of the family, together |city chauffeurs and taxi-cab op- with members of Arthur Saw- | erators to prevent the Florida! tyer Post 28, American Legion, | Motor Lines from picking up} B. H. McCalla Camp, Spanish! boat passengers at the F. E. C.) War Veterans, and a number of dock, will be offered, too, it is former members of old Company | reported. “I”, Florida National Guard, at-! It is understood that various {tended the ceremonies. From city committees will bring other |these units the pallbearers were matters before the council. | selected. Among the out of town} SPECIAL! SPECIAL! |friends in attendance at the ob-|Stewers, (Hens). Ib $f ‘sequies were Eugene Masters,, SOFT BONE ROASTERS \city manager of St. Augustine, CHOICE FRYERS \and his brother Herman Masters, | Fresh Eags, doz. 2 at one time conductor with the) BRADY’S (LIVE) POULTRY Florida East Coast Railway, and ; MARKET 1214 White Street {both dear friends of the de-! ceased. Phone 540 We Deliver | Funeral services for |sam J. Wolf, who died |tember, 1938. An even dozen municipalities |advised the State Chamber of jeonstruction in the $100,000-or- | | better class. They were: Miami, | $1,216,695; Miami Beach, $691,- |945; Jacksonville, $676,044; Pen- | sacola, $369,852; St. Petersburg, $356,023; Ft. |756; Orlando, $278,570; Lakeland, $256,902; West Palm Beach, $185,- 123; Tampa, $154,543; Gainesville, | $140,055; Coral Gables, $135,720; | ‘and Hollywood, $133,008. Other reporting communities land their totals for last month were: Delray Beach, $91,141; ; Sarasota, $81,770; Ocala, $50,038; | St. Augustine, $39,806; Daytona | Beach, $34,541; Winter Haven, $25,068; Ft. Myers, $24,860; Jack- sonville Beach, $24,200; Clear- | water, $20,985; Bradenton, $20, | 120; Vero Beach $24,200; Lees burg, $14,165; Winter Park, $11,- 040; New Smyrna, $11,001.65; | Sanford, $10,240; Deland, $9,661; i | Lake Wales, $9,100; Lake City, | $8,900; Panama City, $7,155; Plant | | City, $6,500; Key West, $6,400; | Tavares, $6,000; Apopka, $3,790; Sebring, $2,855; Winter Garden, $1,250; Avon Park, $1,200; Daven- |port, $500; and Palatka, $185. Lauderdale, $318,- | Usually on this day, which ‘ig also the anniversary of the bitthy of late President Theodore Roose velt, ships are assigned to differ- lent ports in the States and-visi- |tors are welcomed to Idok-over ‘the vessels. However, this year orders from Washington are to the effect that naval stations and navy yards are 2 be closed to visitors and there |have been many disappointed persons denied the pleasure of | entering the station and visiting | the ship. The national colors were placed this morning at the entrance to Coast Guard headquarters, which is open to visitors, and there {were a number taking advantage jot the opportunity. ‘MRS. BACOM MEETS MANY OLD FRIENDS | Mrs. O. R, Bacom, of Miami, |was an arrival in the city. today for the purpose of discussing real estate matters and to meet with relatives and her many friends, * DANCE ~— 45¢) | } most of whom remember her as Mabel Maloney. Accompanying Mrs. Bacorh was another Miamian, Dr. Arthur Pot, Saturday Night, 10 till ? fas is having a very pleasant LA CONCHA RAINBOW ROOM time and is much interested in |Music by RAINBOW QUARTET the many developments which | Ree Sam Goble and have taken place in the city since His Trumpet his last visit. They expect to re- —— NO COVER CHARGE —— turn this afternoon. Saas nnn Ennion reemerged DANCING EVERY NIGHT AT CLUB CAYO HUESO; NO COVER CHARGE--NO ADMISSION CHARGE; MUSIC BY JOHNNY PRITCHARD’S ORCHESTRA