The Key West Citizen Newspaper, October 31, 1939, Page 1

Associated Press Day Wire Service For 59 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West VOLUME LX. No. 258. y Fort Taylor AndiBarracks + Project Will Employ 80 Men For 10 Months Period STORM WARNINGS FURTHER ADVICE RE CEIVED ON $59,321 PROJECT RELEASED IN THE CITIZEN OCT. 24 {SQUALLY WEATHER PRE- DICTED IN WEATHER BU- REAU ADVISORY (iy Ansovinted Press) JACKSONVILLE, Oct. 31.— Che Key ARE STILL POSTED. THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN THE KEY WEST, FLORIDA, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 31, 1939 FLORIDA ET Nazis: Unleash Big coop Pusu) Guns Before Attack al Expected Next Week RUSSIA PROMISES ECONOMIC AID TO GER- TABULATION LISTS NEWS ITEMS GIVEN BY STATES: TOTALLED MORE THAN 400,000 INCHES (Speeial to The Citizen) WORLD'S FAIR, N. Y., Oct. 31. } —That the Florida State Exhibit, at the New York World’s Fair in- | jspired much valuable publicity | not only for the exhibit but for | the state, is attested by the vast number of clippings on file in the publicity office of the Florida pavilion. A careful check shows that from April 1, till Oct. 15, the date of the latest bunch of clip- pings received, a total of 27,636 SIDES TO PROTECT “CITY OF FLINT” SEA- MEN (Dy Associated Press) LONDON, Oct. 31.—‘Big inot Line. German planes today |Drive” of the Nazis apparently did not approach English bases i} was not far away today as huge for the first time in weeks. guns of Germany for the first | Russia is believed to have given |time were unleashed on the Germany assurance that it will | French ‘bases far*behind the Mag- back up its war economically, MANY; UNITED STATES WARNS BOTH) Citi Key West, Florida, has the country; with an average range of only 14° Fahrenheit U. S.A. PRICE FIVE CENTS City Celebrates Navy Yard Opening Tomorrow: Dance For Officers In Evening BEGIN TOMORROW, | NO MORE LENIENCY FOR} THOSE WITHOUT DRIV- ERS’ LICENSES TWO DESTROYERS ARRIVE, RAISING TOTAL TO SEVEN |ALL NOW BASE HERE; PUB- | LIC WORKS OFFICER AR- RIVES; OTHERS TO ARRIVE SHORTLY; MUCH ACTIVITY { | WHISTLES AND BELLS TO WELCOME OPEN- ING AT 8 A. M.; PA- RADE SCHEDULED FOR NIGHT i | Two more destroyers arrived jlast night and will be assigned ;to the fleet stationed out of the | Key West Naval Station and now ‘patrolling Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico waters. There are now seven destroyers basing in Key | West. Arriving last night were the Destroyer Badger, Lieut. Comdr. WE: Hennigan and sDisorert Celebration of the reopening lof Key West Naval Station will Works Progress Administration approval given today for the $59,321 improvements and con- struction project for Key West Barracks and Fort Taylor will provide work for an average of eighty persons for a ten months period. Estimated expenditures under the authorization will be split up into $42,992 WPA portion, the balance of $16,329 being supplied by the army as sponsors of the | project. Eighty-seven per cent of the WPA allotment wil! be used for labor. The project provides for gen- eral overhauling, improvement of various systems, roads, walks, curbs and gutters. Beautifica- tion work on the reservation as well as necessary grading and filling will also come under the appropriation. Advisory released by the Key |had been filed. These came from | West Weather Bureau this morn- | the newspapers of 47 states, the ing indicated that “a moderate |District of Columbia, the Philip- disturbance in the Northwestern |Pine Islands and several of the Caribbean has moved slightly |PTovinces of Canada. The tabu- | peatedulicined pe ilation by states follow: was central! ajabama at 7 o'clock EST a short distance ' Arkansas west of Grand Cayman island Arizona attended by a considerable area California - 336 116 324 20 | and the big drive of the Nazis is Fairfax, Lieut. Comdr. P. L.| ‘expected to start within the Mather. Also in‘ is the Babbitt i week. ‘and Fox. Out on patrol is the _ Propaganda in Germany con- Claxton, Gilmore and Reuben tinues to stress the belief in Ger- James. The Fox, Fairfax and ERENCE T0 CONF many that only the Jews in Eng- Badger are awaiting their turn iJand want promulgation of the to go out on patrol. \war and that the English people! Lieut. Comdr. Brady, who will {as a whole do not want the con- be public works officer, has ad- flict. _'vised Key West Naval Station | British planes today made re- he will be in the city for the ‘SCHOOL OFFICIALS i | CALLED BY STATE SUPERIN- TENDENT ENGLISH IN MIAMI THURSDAY In line with announcement made last week, arrests will start tomorrow for all those appre- hended without driver's licenses. Acting Sherfif Bernard Waite stated that after today the law in this connection is to be en- forced to the letter. There has been sufficient warning given to owners and drivers of motor ve-! of fresh to strong shifting winds jand squalls”. Continued caution for small craft from Cape Hatteras south- {ward to Florida Straits, Cuba {and Northwest Caribbean, is ad- vised by the Bureau as secondary disturbance that de- veloped last night, mainly east of Florida, and was felt locally, moves rapidly northward to the North Carolina coast producing strong squalls. As winds swept across from a {northwest direction in Key West last night, several launches broke their moorings early this morning. However, only minor | jconnaissance flights over _Ger- |many. (Special The Citizen) ; German troops made forays in- TALLAHASSEE, Oct. 31.—'to French territory for the first State Superintendent Colin Eng-;time and reported that they |lish has called a conference of, found French trenches with guns | superintendents, principals and}and equipment lying around ap- | school leaders in three counties at/parently abandoned when the Miami, November 2. trenches were deserted in haste. 372| The conference will include} America, meanwhile, warned 372 |discussions with several members | both England and Germany not 80|of the State Department of Edu- | to harm the American crew of 41 56 cation staff to acquaint school |on the “City of Flint”, which is 128 people with the developments in | proceeding toward a Nazi port at- 596 ‘the Florida program, for improve-|tempting to break through the 424;/ment of instruction, to obtain | British blockade. 256 cooperation in organizing faculty IT IAN FORCES 88 | 308 | 104 8,256 348 40 612 436 292 Colorado ,Connecticut ‘Delaware Florida Ceorgia Idaho Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky __. Louisiana Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota - Mississippi Missouri 100° groups for a study of instruction- 940 al problems, to make plans for opening of the station tomorrow. !hicles, including instructions to Arriving last night and reporting | sheriffs all over the state, regard- for duty is Lieut. Comdr. S. | Kirtland who will be port direc- | ers, Mr. Waite said. |tor. “Presumably”, Lieut. Comdr. | In several issues of The Citizen. F. H. Callahan who is radio com-i admonitions by the sheriff's of- munications officer said, “the fice and Judge Raymond R. Lord remainder of the official staff have been ~ published regarding will be in the city for the open-'the delayed actions on the part ing, but we have received no ad-' of owners and drivers of motor vises from them”. vehicles and ample time has been Hoey Now In Charge jallowed for the purchase of li- At the Station at present Com-censes. Any person who drives | mander G. B. Hoey is in charge.'a car or truck must be provided |There are four other officers al- with one or will be subject to ar- jready here doing Station duty. | rest. On the seven destroyers, one} tender, six planes based here ‘are approximately 75 officers.! W. | ing the laxity of owners and driv- | Montana 16 damage was reported. 328 ie 16 860 6,872 460 64 596 32 1,112 20 144 264 280 11 8 40 272 WPA Rolls Will Be Reduced _ | Tomorrow; Single Men Only |ORDERS ISSUED FROM 508 | the use of recent instructional materials, and to. plan - together j6-Next step to be taken’ inthe’ |state program for improvement of instruction. | Counties to be represented at }the meeting include Dade, Mon- {ree and Broward. | Those who will attend from |Key West will be Prof, B. C.! Duncan, principal of Harris PRO-NAZIS BELIEVED LEFT OUT IN SHAKEUP; IMPORT- ANT PACTS TO BE SIGNED STATE EDUCATION SYSTEM ' |School, and Prof. Earl E. Hamil-|the Fascist. Army by Premier o’clock Thursday morning. ing that all pro-Nazi elements but a periodical procedure to | purge. DICTATES COURSE TO tan States would be announced {of Germany and Soviet Russia on School; Prof. Horace O’Bryant,| , (By) Annociated Drea) |principal: of Junior-Senior High} LONDON, Oct. 21—Shakeup of ton, pringipal of Division Street |Benito Mussolini was interpreted jschool. They will leave at 10jin English circles today as mean- ele were eliminated. RUSSELL CI ARIFIES | Mussolini announced that it is | | keep fresh the Army units. It HOMEWORK STATUS known, however, that strong j {Fascists were favored in the = England announced today that a strong pact among all the Balk- ; shortly and that the pact was de- FOLLOW ‘signed to prevent encroachment Superintendent of Public In-'the small countries. E. Two marine officers and four LIQUOR LICENSE other officers are expected to ar- SALES. IMPROV: rive shortly. | On the destroyers and tender | there are approximately 550 men. } Twenty more enlisted men from | County Tax Collector Frank the naval reserves are expected.;H. Ladd said this morning. that |A marine group will approximate {in the sale of beverage licenses 53 and will arrive shortly. ‘for dealers on the Keys is pick- Civil Service group at the,ing up, which is indicative of Station at present are sixteen of hopes for good business this sea- the regular force and 67 who. son. have recently been employed.| .There had been received in his No additions are immediately ex- office this morning two applica- |pected to be made to this group. | tions for seasonal licenses, one for Total group here is approxi-'the Perky Properties, Inc., Perky, mately 80 officers, 550 enlisted; Fla., and one for the Inn By The }men and 83 civil service men.'Sea at Key Largo, which can be Yet to come are six officers and used during any six months’ pe- 65 enlisted men. riod. LESS THAN HALF OC- After Today Ten Percent Penalty Added To Licenses get underway tomorrow evening | with a big costume parade, start- jing at the entrance to the Naval | Station at 7:30 o'clock. Commit- tee plans, perfected last evening, also called for official observance of the first day’s administration jwith city-wide blowing of whistles and tolling of bells .at.8 jo’clock tomorrow morning, the {hour when work commences at jthe yards. Headline event of the day will be the private reception tendered |to officers of the navy personnel a | ASSEMBLE AT 7.00 O'CLOCK i Children scheduled to | march in the parade tomor- | row evening have been asked by chairman of the day. Ern- est Ramsey. to assemble at the starting point promptly at 7:00 o'clock in order that the parade will get underway at the appointed time. ———_ jhere and their guests to be held at the Rainbow Room of La Con- cha Hotel at 10 o'clock tomorrow it. “Danting will be “held. Doors to the lounge will be clos- ed to the public from that hour on. | Parade Details Motorcycle police will clear the line of march for the big pa- rade tomorrow evening. Theme song of the W.P.A. Band, which will head the parade behind the - (Continued on Page Four) Lf Lf Ee dd NBC REVIEW STATES KEY WEST IMPORTANCE For the second weekend NBC has recognized Key West in the wartime news. Yesterday morning week- end news review of NBC called Key West the “Carib- bean base of the neutrality front”. It called attention to assigning of another‘ destroy- er, the Gilmer. to this ‘port. From Key West now there PRIZE DRAWING 2% sun rxow WAS POSTPONED QUOTA HERE DOWN f | TO600 RELIEF WORK- RAIN LAST NIGHT CANCELL-; ERS ED CHINESE RELIEF | DRIVE FUNCTION \ | | A group of W.P.A. men will be released from Key West relief rolls effective tomorrow in ac- |struction Melvin Russell | pointed out in réply to queries by The Citizen, that the home- work for elementary and high schools. of the city was in ac- cordance with the state educa- tion system and that any reports of discrepancies were “not gen- eral”. no complaints. State education system in the He said he has received, An Italian-Grecian pact is ex-{ pected shortly to be signed for the same reason. | Important news came from} Russia which announced ‘that meeting of the Soviet Supreme} Council tonight would result in| release of “extensive and import-j ant material”. | A blow to the English came to- day when the Bombay native CUPATIONAL AND AUTO TAG LICENSES HAVE BEEN PUR- CHASED Key Westers apparently arej | OF BANDED DOVES | | elementary grades, Mr. Russell | government resigned as a protest choosing to ignore the recent; Mrs. M. E. Berkowitz, chairman }of the local Chinese Civilian Re- | lief committee, announced today ;cordance with Jacksonville or- iders reducing the quota, Area |Supervisor Wallace Thomas told |The Citizen today. | said, provides a certain number | to English policy of non-rec- jof minutes of class and a certainjognizance of native elements \number set aside for study. Itjand program. It has also asked | W. W. Demeritt, who repre-| {sents the Biological survey in this | city and in connection therewith annually bands a number of; edict pronounced by the City | Council in regard to penalties to be assessed those who fail to pay } |also outlined a certain amount!for a statement on British aims|0ccupational licenses and auto; that the drawing for the prize} Mr. Thomas pointed out that | Mourning doves for the study of , | painting originally scheduled for | those who will be let out will all jbe single men. He said that this did not mean that all single men j would be released, The painting, one of one hun-! The Citizen understands that dred prints given to the first like | the quota has been reduced from number of cities in this country | 670 to 600. When the quota was jat 670 not all of the men were |last night, has been postponed to | Thursday evening. | | which established local campaigns | working, however, so this does to raise funds for Chinese Relief! not mean that 70 men will be re- | purposes, is by a noted Chinese | leased tomorrow. It will be a j artist. It-will be awarded to the number somewhere below that. | i .| The cut is a general one or- holder of the lucky ticket follow- dered alk thagigitiout the state: ing the drawing to be held. In ake: year relief rolls in ‘Award will be made at the pub-| Florida have been cut about 50 lic library on- Thursday of this} per cent and Key West which |of work to be accomplished in}in the present conflict against {the various grades. Mr. Russell |Germany. {said this was being followed. { | By state ruling, no other sys-! tem may be followed in cities of, oo jthis state except the Florida sys-) Two schooners from the Grand tem, which is fixed by state|Cayman Islands arrived in Key ‘education experts. | West Harbor yesterday and were Mr. Russell pointed, out that unloading turtle caught off the ithere is little homework assigned |Nicaraguan coast. The turtle jin the primary grades, first, | were ordered by Thompson Fish ;second apd third grades. There }Company. jis a little more in the elementary; Usually there is only one grades, more in Junior High .and | schooner, the A..M. Adams, which |in Senior High in accordance |brings turtle to this port, but or- | with developing intelligence. ,ders to have two schooner-loads | The Citizen had received sev-'were given for this trip. About jeral scattered complaints. _Mr.!300 turtle. are in 300 TURTLES ARRIVE |licenses before this evening at 5 jo’clock. At least, a good per- |centage of business people and |those who drive automobiles, jhave failed to pay those licenses jas records in the City Clerk’s of- fice revealed this morning. At noon today, out of an esti- mated 700 licenses to be applied for in this city, only 276 had ap- plied for occupational licenses. Approximately fifteen hundred auto tags should be purchased this yegr and the records reveal today that a. total of 608 have been bought. ~ Tomorrow morning the penalty law becomes effective. In both | their migratory habits, has re | ceived three of the regular cards telling of banded doves that have been killed this year. 4 One of the birds was shot in j August of this year. It had been banded on January 1. The bird |was killed at Prince Edward's lIsland. Another bird, which was jbanded on January 1 also, was {killed on September 20, near a city in North Carolina. i fe | ‘These feathered fliers me} their jdeath quickly in comparison to another bird, which was banded in Key West in January, 1935, and was recently found dead at | | SIELITIOS: EFT: TED LEWIS week at 8 p. m. jonce had’ 1,300 on relief was ac- jcordingly cut. The State W.P.A. Administra- tion has funds outlined for run- ning until June 30. How well these funds are made use of will e — There may be furth cuts. A relief bill will probably also be proposed to Congress (Editor's Note — The Citizen Nebraska der dateline of October 24. The ‘BOYS: BAND WEL | New Jersey — mandant of Key West Bar-} North Dakota |The Citizen office that the re- Oregon GREENS ENJOYED | | night has been postponed until a South Carolina who are annual visitors to | The postponement is made Texas spent here, put in several [of the naval station in which Virginia parted for their home in while at the World's Fair delightfully interesting talk and Jast week they took one catch. ing a number of fine jacks, shark. It was a good tussle on their fingers, they brought and Mrs. Green, Miss Eva y M. D. Griffen and the other ner of the drivers were in- car driven by “Mr. Griffen ren was headed north on Bertha} SPECIAL! SPECIAL! Bertha when the cars came to-| TUTTI FRUTTI both drive 812 St—Phone 818 ema which meets in January. originally released the story con- |New Hampshire release came from the office of REHEARSE LATER #3, racks.) Ohio hearsal of the Boys’ Band which. Pennsylvania = FAREWELL me FISHING | date, which will be an- South Dakota _ Key West and recently got a {necessary by the celebration to- Utah - days fishing before they raid | many of the boys will take part. (Continuea on Page Four) Lynnbrook, Long Island. with Mr. and Mrs. Everett on their experiences in this farewell fishing trip and were Friday they went to Big rounded out the sport with a and in the end, with hands in the fish. Maloney and John Rivas. ON COUNTY ROAD ph E. Warren, collided on though both. cars” weré was going east on Flagler Ave-| street. Mr. Warren turned into| Tyesday, Wednesday, Thursday eon carried — insurance, | LAYER CAKES Guired by law and there were no| ceming this "$59,321. project un- (New Mexico — Col. J. D. MacMullen, com- North Carolina - DEBE ELM M&M) Notice has been received at Oklahoma. was scheduled for tomorrow Rhode Island Mr. and Mrs. Jack Green, | nounced. Tennessee _ short vacation which they (morrow evening for the opening Vermont _ farewell Sunday and de- It was Mrs. Green, whe, Rivas of Key West, gave a city. especially the fishing. exceptionally lucky in their Pine Key and besides catch- long fight with a five-foot torn by the line and blisters | | The party consisted of Mr. Ve Lk hh ded Two automobiles, one, driven Avenue Saturday and y damaged. nue and that driven by Mr. War- | Flagle sever just near the corner Of) cHoCOLATE NUT and Both cars = had the license re-| Maloney Brothers Bakery attests made. |depend on how long the present} relief quota will remain the} ie Cone heal aoe occupational and auto i tag licenses, ten per cent over | —+ | amounts due will be assessed. Oc- THE FLEET’S IN! \cupational licenses were raised a | SADJE HAWKINS’ DAY | at shed flat twenty-five per cent recently KEY WEST DRUG CO. : | |to establish a WPA sponsorship { |fund. The number | Drop in and see the miniature 368, provided for the deadline TONIGHT—10 till 2 | SHIP MODELS of the United [date of November 1 and called Admisden 600°” Ladies Pree! | ~ ena deare ise eensen this pase cant $080 Orders |tag li year cost $3.00 Taken For Christmas | Russell invited an inspection of ment. the education system followed here. Laka City, Ane AND HIS ROCKAWAY. eet 4s 3 BEACH ORCHESTRA WEDNESDAY, NOV. 8 CUBAN CLUB Admission __ _ 1Se and 20c | Admission 60c Ladies Free Algo Feature Picture And Shorts! —qqa DANCING EVERY NIGHT AT CLUB CAYO HUESO; NO COVER CHARGE--NO ADMISSION CHARGE; MUSIC BY JOHNNY PRITCHARD’S ORCHESTRA