The Key West Citizen Newspaper, October 28, 1939, Page 1

Sassen pices SEE Azsociated Press Day Wire Service For 59 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West Key West, Florida, has the most equable climate in the country; with an average range of only 14° Fahrenheit Che Kry THE SOUTHERNMOST NE lest Citizen | SPAPER IN THE JU. S.A. VOLUME LX. No. 256. KEY WEST, FLORIDA, “FLORIDA, SATURDAY, Pe OCP OREE 28, 1939 PRICE FIVE CENTS Municipal Beach Nearer AS Counel Acts Special Meeting Heard Re- port Presented By Col.; Brinton; Scout Campsite i Discussed | | Report of the Citizens’ Beach | committee and further co- opera-| tion with the Boy Scout Camp- site Project committee were the two headline subjects acted upon! at the special meeting of City Council held last night at City; Hall Col. L. C. Brinton, chairman of the Beach Project committee since its formation Jast July 27, Last Nit [ROBERTS RESIGNS’ CITY COUNCIL POST; TAX ASSESSMENT AND TAXI MEN’S PROJECT DID NOT COME UP AT MEETING, LAST NIGHT COUNTY PURCHASES BONDS SUBJECT TO SELLERS’ APPROVAL iT A X ES AD ADJUSTED | CLERK SAWYER ADVISED BY CRUMMER REPRESENTA. TIVE ADMINISTRATION BOARD ACTED Clerk Ross C. Sawyer, of Cir- cuit Court, said this morning that jyesterday afternoon he was dis- Councilman W. E. P. Roberts|cussing bond matters with Mr.; resigned from the City Council | Lassiter, representative of the R. lo Strations Record Election Supervisor Edward C. Gomez today released the total registration figures of residents 4 who have signified their . inten- tions of voting at the coming city election on November 14, and, al- | though not complete at press | time today, it appears that an all- ‘time high has been recorded. With but two hours to go be- re books are closed for this last evening, his application for,E. Crummer Co., in Tallahassee,’ election, the total is 4,987—and it such a move being unanimously |©Vver long distance telephone and appears fairly certain ‘number will be slightly in pee turned in a full report of activi-|granted by other members pres- | Mr. Lassiter said: ties to the council, which treated ‘ent. Mr. Roberts stated that a fu- | in detail on all angles of negotia- tions transacted with the two owners of the property desired for the beach. Conclusion of the report stated that the city can have a beach! for one, two or three years by signing ‘a lease with Mrs. Lottie ture position requirement de-, ‘released funds to pay interest on manded that action. Two important subjects, inally scheduled for discussion at the special meeting did not come! up. The call mentioned only bjects of “general interest” and Larranaga and the Gato Estate,|did not specify that Tax Asses- the feature of the lease being! Sor-Collector Sam B. Pinder be that all city, county and state Present to discuss important as- taxes will be abated—the eity to Sessment problems with the coun- assume responsibility for the il. abatement in the lease. City’s chauffeurs’ petition to! Council decided to favorably ,Testrict traffic of Florida Motor consider a resolution on the beach | Lines’ buses to the. bus station “Project “provided” public” interést }Only* was not~acted* upon. was sufficient to raise approxi- | Twelve real estate brokers of orig- ; “The Board of Administration | the refunding bonds of Monroe county, which has been past due since July”. He advised that “the! Board of Administration has au- thorized the purchase of $150,000 also that the Will Top 3,000 Figure | | bf 5,000 before the end comes at 6 o’clock this afternoon. | Intense interest in the coming} election is manifested in view) ‘of this heavy election, it is pointed out. Observers have! commented from time to time on! the steady stream. of residents appearing at the commission booth all during the period of registration. The Citizen will carry a com- plete registration total in their issue next Monday—diviting the totals into ward sub-totals. Proclamation | i bonds, which were requested ne Naval Station resolution of the Board of Coun ,ty Commissioners on Gobteniper ;7 to be purchased at 72% but Mayor Willard M. Albury. 10- fejpick to- were not purchased because of day issued a prociamation calling protest to the Board of Admin- istration, by ex-commissioner. Wil-/ for a “day given over to Sean i liam R. Porter”. Mr. Lassiter continued: “The PATROL BOYS Released For: on Opening Fete rejoicing” for the opening of the Naval Station Wednesday. Key West can heartily offer up ‘thanks in’ fhis*saonth “of ‘thanks-| pening for the return to activity Repeal Of Arms Embargo Law Detals ( Paves Way For Cash-Carry Bill Rea ‘NEUTRALITY BILL WILL RELEASE ALL | PLANE SHIPMENTS WAR AFFECTED IN FINAL BILL EXPECTED TO PASS LATE NEXT WEEK (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON, Oct. 28.—Re- peal by the senate yesterday of the Arms Embargo Bill will clear the way for passage of the Ad- ministration Neutrality Bill cash-and-carry and will mean that America will be England’s ,chief country of import. Largest item in demands Eng-| land will make upon American | industry will be in very much needed planes. But heavy ship- | ments of other war materials will on be on the way over there. Passage of the cash-and-carry shipping plan, whereby England | must send ships over here to bring back arms, is expected to take place by Friday. TEDDY ROOSEVELT | LAUDS COMMITTEE ~. NORWEGIAN PORT of} Details Of Housing Project Aniiouncéd By Local Authority BELIEVE U. S. CITY om Hundred And Thirty- OF FLINT NOW IN Six White Units; Seven- ty-Four Colored; Details Explained GERMAN PRIZE CREW STRIV- | ING TO REACH HOME PORT} WASHINGTON, Oct. 28—Ear- THROUGH "NORTH SEA | narking. of $720,000 of funds for BLOCKADE H iKey West was made by United | States Housing Authority today (By Assvciated Press; ‘for a clearance program. LONDON, Oct. 28.—American | Line ship City of Flint, which is|* total of $30,449,000 was appro- jmanned by a German prize crew ;Priated in government loans for jafter being seized by German | sium clearance and low cost hous- |raider is believed to be in a Nor- Ee ate |weigan neutral port today. jing projects in German crew is attempting to |bring the City of Flint into a} pits : Nazi port by running the British |previously earmarked for projects blockade. A number of the American ———— ‘crew have escaped in Russia. Senator Claude Pepper advised American government has still | The Citizen by telegram that the made no pronouncement regard-! slum | sixteen states. | Money is from recaptured funds } now inactive. | jing seizure of the = DIES DEFENDS | EXPOSING ACTION | $720,000 had been earmarked. Director Wallace B. Kirke of Key West Housing Authority said {that the total cost of the project as determined by ihe U. S. Hous- ing Authority yesterday was $800,000:. -The U)~S.- Housing Authority requires 10% to be CLAIMS NAMES RELEASED 'furnished by the Key West Hous- CHAIRMAN OF CHINESE RE- LIEF WRITES THANKS TO MRS. BERKOWITZ mately $25 per weck for the thir-'/the city applied for a reduction teen wecks’ seasonal period. This | of occupational taxes, requesting amount, it was estimated, would that they be considered in the be required to maintain the prop-| “Professional” classification. erty in good condition, including |Council reduced taxes for this fencing off of hazardous property | 8toup from $62.50 to $31.25. Low- and proper cleaning. It was fur- | ering of occupational tax on the same block of bonds, $150,000,! were again offered on September | 29 at 75 and again the County | WOULD BE FOLLOWED ling Authority. This 10%, Mr. | Kirke said, will be raised by the BY STRONG ACTION {issuance of bonds. Interest pay- ; ments on the bonds at the pre- | vailing interest rates of govern- jment bonds is guaranteed by the of the historic Navy yard, Mayor VIEW MOVIES, Commissioners, by resolution on' Albury said. October 4, reauested that they be SAFETY FiLM iLM SHOWN BY! Plans are being rushed for- | Wednesday with committee head- purchased which the Board of Ad- A. A. A. OFFICIAL ,ed by Ernest A. Ramsey working; iat top speed. The parade which} ward for affairs of celebration (By Associated Press) ministration refused to do until! i Col. Theodore Roosevelt, Jr,,| ther understood that special ar-| Trailer Camp owned by C. E. Al- rangements could be made with the county and state in regard to| assistance in abatement of taxes. ! David Gill, new resident of Key West, led a discussion con cerning guarantee of the main- tenance amount needed, in which he volunteered to match any funds raised by merchants or the Hotel Association, with an equal amount Boy Scout Campsite Charles Taylor again appeared before the Council on behalf of the Boy Scout Campsite project on Stock Island. It developed that further plans for the project included that of grading down the old F.E.C. Railroad right-of- | way to a level with the county road, the fill obtained to be used as part sponsorship funds for the campsite program. City Attorney | Taylor was instructed to contact State Road Department chairman Arthur Hale to request permis- sion to lower the grade on the 1500-foot frontage of the contem- plated improvement. ELK OFFICIAL COMING HERE Cullen H. Talton, District Dep- uty Grand Exalted Ruler, Florida East, Order of Elks, will pay his official visit to B.P.O.E. Lodge, 551, of Key West, November 2, next Thursday. Preparations are now underway for his reception and the smoker which will be ar- rnaged for the visitor. One of the ideas of Mr. Talton, aside from his official visit, is to meet Captain A. E. Sharpley, whom he has not seen in 20 years. At that time he was a paymaster in the navy, while Capt. Sharp- ley was an officer on the same vessel. erececccccccccansocoes DANCE Tonight, 10 till ? LA CONCHA RAINBOW ROOM feld at Division and Southard streets was also granted. OSWALDO CARRERO IS CANDIDATE FOR COUNCIL POSITION |\FORMAL ANNOUNCEMENT IS- SUED TODAY: STATEMENTS MADE IN INTERVIEW WITH THE CITIZEN yesterday when they authorized them purchased at the original of- | fer of 72%, instead, of 75. There: is no assurance, however, that the offerer of the bonds will sell them at 721% as the bids are only firm for 10 days. If the offerer insists that he be paid 75 instead of 72% the Board of Administra tion cannot insist on the lower price at this time. The purchase of $150,000 bonds means the re- |tirement also of future interest on the bonds, which will be can- i celled with the purchase”. CONCERT PROGRAM HERE ‘TOMORROW Announcement of Oswaldo Car- | {vero for the position of city coun- cilman appears in this issue of/W.P.A. BAND WILL RENDER | |The Citizen. Discussnig his didacy with this paper, Mr. rero said: n- “With the opening of the bridg- {es I realized that Key West is due |for many needed changes to mei the demands of tourists and pros- | |pective future residents to make our city a tourist resort, yet we do not want to lose sight of the fact that Key West is known and liked for its uniqueness and cer- |tain charm, which has brought it {the name of ‘The City Different’. “I will gladly accept any chang- es that may benefit the city, but will not be willing to accept any} changes which will rob our city of certain characteristics that are !pertinent to our welfare. “There are local look into, problems which affect |the lifelong residents of our city, those who have faced all adversi ties imaginable. those who have! taken the bad with the good, They must be considered. I will} serve as a watchful eye between the old and the new Key West. “I have always been active in| ‘civic affairs, was born in this city, jand having spent my life first as a bookkeeper and then for seven | years as local manager of a well- known national concern and at |present am the representative of a Miami concern. Having called } Music by RAINBOW QUARTET (0n the local trade for 12 years 1! featuring Sam Goble and His Trumpet — NO COVER CHARGE —. DANCING EVERY NIGHT AT CLUB CAYO HUESO; NO COVER CHARGE--NO ADMISSION CHARGE; feel I know the problems that jconfront the city, and on those bases I am offering my candidacy for city councilman”. Car-! problems to NUMBERS STARTING AT 4:00 P M Another delightful concert has |been scheduled for tomorrow aft- ernoon at the Art Center Park, ‘beginning at 4 o'clock A select- ed program of compositions from the famous composers will make j{ jup the program, which is as fol- lows: 1. March, Dan Keller. 2. Overture, “Poet and Pea: }ant”, Von Suppe. 3. Valse Espagnole, cedes”, Enrique Miro. 4. March, “Cities Service”, Ro-! sario Bourdon. 5. Grand __ Selection, Le Diable”, G. Meyerbeer. 6. Selection, “Son of the Pusz- | {ta”, Keler Bela. 7. Waltz, “Selections — from Strauss Melodies”, arr. by Lester | Brockton. 8. Marziale, “God Bless Amer- ica”, Irvin Berlin. 9. Key. “Pacific Empire”, s- “Mer-! “Robert | AL ‘Dance Tonight Pena’s Paar Of Roses | Gould Curry’s Orchestra No Admission Charge—No Cover. | TS i “Star Spangled Banner”, ! AT SCHOOL This morning at Harris School two movie reels on traffic safety procedure were shown the boys of the School Safety Patrol by Harold W. Kuhl, manager of the membership department of the A. A. A. Club of Miami. Present were Director Myrtland Cates and seventy of the Patrol boys! from various schools. The pic- tures were educational. the with joyable weekend stay “in city. A talk to the boys, reference to their trip to Wash- | ington next year was given by Mr. Kuhl. SENTENCED ON ; _E. J. Lord, , formerly an em- Pe of the Key West Electric | Co., as a lineman on the equip- ment of the company, who was jarrested last Sunday morning charged with assault on the -per- son of F. L. Stuart, another em- | ployee of the company, was tried tat a special session of Criminal Court, 3 o'clock yesterday after- noon. Judge William W. Albury and all officers of the tribunal were present when the prisoner arose to answer to the charge of as- sault. and battery. He imme-/| ,diately entered a plea of guilty. ‘and was sentenced to pay a fine of ; ,$5 and costs, which he at onc@ ‘did and yesterday afternoon left on the 5 o’clock bus for his home |in Georgia. \— | To All Citizens of Kev West: Mr. Kuhl is having a very en-| ASSAULT CHARGE | PROCLAMATION Among the circumstances for which Key West can so heartily offer up thanks in this month of thanksgiving, none is more notable than the return of activity to our historic Navy Yard and the reappearance among us of the splendid will include representatives of | |many public and private institu-| | tions of the city will start at 7:30} o’clock in the evening before the gates of the Naval Station. Fol-/} lowing the parade there will be} a mammoth street dance at! Duval and Caroline streets. There will also be a ball for officers of |2"4 members of the local council | the fleet eta Leah here. HAMMELLS GROW ORANGES IN CUBA ‘ARRIVED ON SS. CUBA YES- TERDAY ON WAY TO MARKET CROP James Hammell, of Sola, Cuba, near Camaguey, and Mrs. Ham-! mell, were passengers arriving on| when the beautiful reproduction | S.S. Cuba yesterday afternoon! from Havana and left this morn- ing on the bus for the winter ir) ; Vero Beach. The Hammells are owners of 35 acres of fine soil in Cuba, which they have under -cultiva- tion growing oranges. On each ,acre they have from 68 to 70 trees or approximately 2,450 trees total, all of which are laden with oy each season. They come to Florida in the fall, dispose of the fruit and re | turn in the following spring and | remain until fall wher another; poe is ready for shipment. men who honar our flag afloat or THEREFORE, by the authority in me vested, I proclaim Wednesday. November First, to be a day given over to thankful rejoicing by all public and le institutions in Key West and exhort our people to join hearfily in all of the program now being prepared to show our appreciation of the good that has befallen us. WILLARD M. ALBURY, Mayor. jchairman of the United Council for Civilian Relief in China, has! |forwarded a letter to Mrs. M. E. | Berkowitz, local chairman of the |council, in which he personally; expressed -gratijtude for the! amount of time and effort she! jare giving to the aid of the Chi- {nese relief work. In closing, he states: “You have |joined hands in a good cause and’ |the thanks of millions of helpless: ‘was a menace Chinese refugees will for all time”. The local council has devoted} much time toward making this! year’s campaign as great a suc- cess as that of last year, and it is; hoped that when the report of the} Key West council is forwarded ; to headquarters it will compare} favorably with those of larger cities. The campaign will come to a close Monday night, October 30, of a painting by Wing, a well- !known California artist, will be |awarded to the holder’ of the | lucky ticket. The presentation } will be made by Mrs. Berkowitz, ; local chairman, at 8 o’clock that} night at the library. Those whi have tickets are asked to be pres- | {ent at that time. BOY SCOUTS LEFT FOR PATROL MEET: Albert Peirce, scoutmaster of !Troop 51, left over the highway ‘yesterday afternoon accompanied |by four of the troop’s patrol} leaders who were elected at the meeting ‘Monday night. The newly elected patrol lead- ers who accompanied Scout- master Peirce and will attend a three days conference at Dania, Florida, are: Lysle McCown, {Donald Lowe, Eugene Berkowitz jand Walter Price. JUNIOR WOMAN'S CLUB HALLOWE'EN DANCE Saturday, Oct. 28, 10 Till ? CLUB CAYO HUESO Music by Pritchard’s Orchestra Admission, $1.00 Ladies Free MUSIC BY WASHINGTON, Oct. 28.— Chairman Martin Dies today de- fended his action in publishing; the names of 563 Federal employe |members “who were ‘ connected | !with the National League for} \Peace and Decency, which is said to have Communistic backing. President Roosevelt said the! Dies publication was a “sordid | iprocedure” yesterday. the Communistic organization to Americanism. ‘against the League. ENGLISH CANNONS DOWN NAZI PLANE |WAS RECONNOITERING OVER NORTH SEA; BRITISH PA- TROLS SUCCESSFUL | * (by Axsoeiated Prensy LONDON, Oct. 28.—Lone Ger- | man plane, which was reconnoit- jering yesterday over the North |Sea, was shot down off Scotland {by English guns. The German pilot was saved |but three members of his crew j were killed by the crash. Air Ministry announced that ' England had sent planes recon- {noitering over Germany j that all of them had returned i safely. FIRST AID GR \HEARD DR. WARREN Dr. William RW R. Warren, city; health officer, last night met with ! the Key West First Aid Club,! and gave a very interesting talk on first aid measures to the membership, of whom there were about 15 present. Methods of artificial respiration jwas the subject chosen by the doctor, and those who attended | jSay they have never listened to a Chairman Dies reiterated that! and: !U. S. Housing Authority through issuance of a subsidy. The application, which was ‘completed in rush time yester- iday, was for a total of. $824,000, | with $740,000 to be supplied: by !U. S. Housing, and $82,400 to be |raised through issuance of bonds. ' The City of Key West is required to furnish a subsidy consisting of elimination of taxes. The project is set up both for white and for colored slum clear ance and housing. One hundred be yours ‘ti, is planning Federal action |294 thirty-six dwelling family (units have been provided for the white project and 74 for the ;colored. This means that there twill be approximately 800 per- sons provided for in the housing i blenoed: The rent Will be under $9 a | month, Mr. Kirke said, with a {special rate also for utility serv- ice lower than regular service Both electric and gas companies | locally have been requested to ‘furnish the rate at lower cost by linstallation of a master unit. The apartments will not be ‘furnished but will have ranges, water heaters, plumbing and _other equipment. There will be three-room apart- ments housing from two to three persons; four and onehalf_ room apartments housing from three-to five persons; and five and one- half room apartments housing from four to seven persons. The very sizeable project, which ordinarily consists of two iyears’ work, was rushed by in two weeks, one day ahead of | schedule. In this connection, {Director Kirke says, “I wish to ‘publicly thank not only the com- ‘missioners but the various W.P.A. agencies and officers who have contributed to the gathering of the data so necessary for the }project. I feel great appreciation also for the members of the staff without whose help the project could never have been completed within the time called for”. | DANCE with TED LEWIS and his Orchestra of New York | more absorbingly interesting talk CUBAN CLUB |and explanation of the different; Monday, October 30—10 till ? jmethods used in the great i -— Ladies Free JOHNNY PRITCHARD’S ORCHESTRA