The Key West Citizen Newspaper, November 1, 1939, Page 1

Day Wire ice Devoted to the sts of Key West Che Kry Wiest Citizen | THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN THE U.S. A. UME LX. No. 259. GCEiIvG.Ordérs To Increase bServe Officer's List; Many Have Opportunity 10 Eniist CAUTION ADVISED |PARADE, STREET “AS STORM MOVES | DANCE AND BALL UP TO BAHAMAS| SET FOR TONIGHT ADVISORY PLACES DISTURB-|NOISY GREETING WELCOMED ANCE ABOUT 300 MILES WEST OF KEY WEST; IT COVERS WIDE AREA | i i PRESIDENT SENDS ADVICE| TO COL. MacMULLEN; RE-| QUIREMENTS FOR ENLIST- MENT GIVEN Lieutenant Colonel J. D. Mac-!} Mullen, U. S. A., commanding officer at Key West barracks, through Major Webster Putnam, Jr., adjutant, advises The Citi- zen that the President has authorized the War Department to place a number of additional Reserve Officers from the pro- i = motion list branches, on extend’ | eae e atc: oe re THIS MORNING; NAVY'S OF- FICERS TO BE FETED Key West Weather Factory. whistles, church bells and fire engine sirens welcomed the first day of official activities Bureau, NAVAL STATION OPENING | KEY WEST, FLORIDA, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 1939 City Celebrates Naval Station Reopening With Fetes Tonight * NAVAL HISTORY OF ISLAND CITY BECAIN IN 1821 |BASE REGAINS RECOGNITION AS KEY TO THE CARIB- BEAN SEA AND GULF OF MEXICO * | } | | Comdr. ¢. B. Hoey Takes Over —— Station In Formal Ceremony | WILL BE IN COMMAND TEMPORARILY; ARMY AND NAVY DETACHMENTS FORMED IMPRESSIVE SETTING FOR CEREMONY In a formal ceremony this] This morning the official naval | ‘morning at 10 o'clock at Naval | commissioning flag went up over \Administration Building Lieut.|the Administration Building. It} Comdr. F. H. Callahan formally | is a triangular navy blue flag, relinquished his office as com-j|and signifies that the Station is Key West—the American base of Caribbean neutrality patrol activities! Key West, Florida, has the most equable climate in the country; with an average range of only 14° Fahrenheit PRICE FIVE CENTS j English Ship Sunk 450. Miles From U. §. Shore By German Battleship ‘HOTEL AND HOMES “-os=5" swzxs to a GROUP WILL ENLIST, SPEECH BELIEVED AIMED (My Associated Press) |ASSOCIATE MEMBERS ARE! WASHINGTON, Nov. 1—An SOUGHT: PLAN BEACH | 8lish ship was sunk dangerous. i | | ly near the American shores to- PROGRAM AND BILLBOARD day by a vessel believed to be a ADVERTISING ;German pocket battleship,- pos- ;sibly the Deutschland. The Eng- |lish freighter went down but 450 An immediate effort to enlist miles from the American coast. other. business interests in the} president Roosevelt's action objectives of the Key West Hotel} seid ed active duty under the \provi-|POrs the | C bs saagpleee ti a sions of Public Order Number 18, | }fzpanee, 25 apparently | near 76th Congress, first session, ap-! Cuban coast moving east-noth- selections will be made from |R0Ur. The storm will pass over those reserve officers in the! CUPa today and affect the south- grades of second lieutenant, and | ° Bahamas late this afternoon * iA and tonight. the detail will be for the period ; j jl December 1, 1989 to June 30.| This location placed the storm 1940. Subject to the budgetary | 200ut 300 miles in the newly-commissioned Naval | Station here this morning. The! noisy greeting lasted for a period } of ten minutes and marked the | would direct work to proceed at! first event in the observance | the Station to get it in readiness|though relinauishing his com- plans, which will be fulfilled this | evening. mander of the Station to Com- mander G. B. Hoey, who will be temporarily in charge. Commander Hoey said he as soon as possible to conform with naval department wishes. The ceremony took place — be- west of Key! Paraders from all city schools ‘fore the officers of the Station! Naval District will be designated ‘now commissioned. The same! jflags. are flown over naval ‘ships which have again been placed in commission. Lieut. Comdr. Callahan, Coincident with the sighting of ‘many foreign submarines off Key West and the Florida Keys iprowling around in the Carib- bean after Allied merchant ves- sels, Key West Naval Base jumped into the limelight and ‘the Navy Department today or- dered recommissioning of the Base. al- mand, will remain as district ‘communications officer. Even- jtually a chief of staff of -7th and Tourist Homes Association ; will be made by the organization | membership, it was decided yes- terday at a meeting held at Hotel La Concha. The association is seeking sup- port to forward the municipal beach program, carry on a state-/ wide and national publicity cam- | paign and the placement of a against undersea craft was to be for the purpose of keeping the war from American shores. This is the closest approach of action to these shores since war started. Stephen Early, secretary to President Roosevelt today said that Molotov’s talk before the limitations, ten per cent of the reserve officers accepted for this detail will be offered commis- sions in the regular army at the end of the tour of duty. Selec- tions for appointment in the reg- ular army will be made on competitive basis under condi- tions to be announced later. Selections will be made those reserve officers’ of the grade of second lieutenant who from West. Bureau advised caution for vessels in its path. Forecast tonight for Key West is for moderate wings, which are jnot over 18 miles an hour. At 7:00 o’clock this morning the wind was only 10 miles an hour. Strong winds were reported by fishermen along the Key West | waterfront yesterday with the wind going as high as 28 miles an hour. | The disturbance | is of wide | will assemble at the Naval Station |and destroyers now based here,|and will assume command of gates tonight at 7 o'clock to be | Lieut. Comdr. H. R. Parker, | Key West Naval Station. After, assigned positions in the line of |Senior officer afloat, and in}Commander Hoey in turn re- march to start up Duval street | Charge of patrol activities here|linquishes his command he will | promptly at 7:30 o'clock. Com-|WaS present. Lieut. Colonel; become port director of 7th i mittee headed by Ernest Ramsey /James D. MacMullen and Major, Naval District. | will halt the costumed children Webster Putnam represented the; . Lt. Comdr. T. J. Brady reported \ briefly, in sections, before the re- | U- S. Army Harbor Defenses. for duty today as port director of | viewing stand at La Concha hotel!__Commander Hoev read Alnav|Key West Station. Lieut. Comdr. | where judges will pick six win-'52 from Assistant Secretary of |S. W. Kirtland reported for duty ners from the girls and six from the Navy Charles Edison which this morning as assistant port the boys to receive merchandise provided for the commissioning | director. of Key West Base. Commander! It was a verv colorful cere-! Key To The Gulf |number of billboards on the Key West Base, often referred) mainland to advertise Key West to as the Key to the Gulf of and its facilities and attraction: Mexico occupies a highly stra-| Associate members of the as- tegic position. Its present im-/ sociation will be solicited during portance is that it may be used/|the next few days. Restaurants, as a base for ships and planes business concerns and utilities patrolling the Caribbean andj will be urged to join the a: Gulf as a defense measure ~ for sociation and to back the pro- the highly vulnerable Panama! gram for the development of Key Canal. {West as one of the most im- There are many shipping pas-|portant resort centers in the sages between the islands of the! south. Soviet Supreme Council yester- day appeared to have been “tim led” to affect the arms embargo repeal question in the House. House sent the arms embargo question to a conference. Mr. Early said that apparently Molo- toy tried to “influence” the house vote. possess the following qualifica-; ..04 of strong winds with prob- tions: | Graduation from a_ civilian educational institution offering # college degree, or graduation from a senior unit of the R. O. T. C. or graduation from the Blue Course of the C. M. T. C. Recommendations of his Regu- lar Army Instructor, the Profes- sor of Military Science and Tac tics or C.M.T.C. commander, for higher training; educational qual- ifications equal to not less than two ye of college. Will not have reached his 28th birthday on December 1, 1939; possess: moral and physical qualifica- tions for the Regular Army and who never married. Applications must reach Head- quarters Fourth Army Corps Area, Atlanta. Ga. not later than November 15,, 1939. Interested applicants. who con- sider themselves qualified and eligible, may obtain further in- formation and application blank from the Commanding Officer or the Adjutant at Key West Bar- racks. ACTION BEGINS ON WEST FRONT ARMY AND PLANE ATTACKS NOTED; NETHERLANDS DECLARES SIEGE (My Axnociated Press) LONDON, Nov. 1.—Tempo of the war has increased on the Western Front with German at- tacking forces estimated by the French at from 60 to 1,000 men, forcing their way down to the base of Maginot forts. The Netherlands declared a state of siege on its western fron- tier as a means of preventing German troops from pouring through its neutral country in an effort to get around the French Maginot forts. : England reported a reconnais- the ; ably gales over small area near ; center, FINLAND FEARS ~ RUSSIAN DEMANDS MOSCOW WITH REJEC- TION OF TERMS H (Ry Asnociated Press) | LONDON, Nov. representatives cros: ‘sia today with Finnish rejection {of a treaty Russia wishes to se- ‘cure from the little Scandinavian country. | Finland has said that the Rus- | sian demands are unacceptable and also said it believed Russia would try to force j terms. resist with arms if need be. All warring nations seem to b well pleased with the Moloto talk yesterday coming from Mos- cow. England and France said they were pleased to note that Russia insisted on the Soviet Union’s neutrality. Germany was pleased and an official statement ;said that there was nothing in her the speech which Germans could | object to. | Talk of a treaty’ between Italy jand Turkey grew today, as Eng- jland said that Italian rejection of pro-Nazi elements in its Fasc- ists lineup indicated that the Nazi axis had at least been brok- en or sufficiently shaken that it will not be resumed. J.B. BETHEL, 90. DIED IN DOVE Advices received in Key West chronicle the death Saturday morning in Dover, Fla., of J. F. that | Finland was prepared to} |prizes donated by merchants of the city. Following the parade, street dancing Witlbe “held. on. ‘Duval street between Southard and j Fleming streets. Music will be {provided by loud speakers over the electric transcription facilitie of J. R. Stowers Company. | -P.A. Band will play only for the marching paraders. Private dance and reception to officers of the navy will be held {in Rainbow Room of La Concha BUYING BONDS |COOPERATES WITH COUNTY TO AFFECT PURCHASE AS ORDERED RECENTLY County Clerk Ross C. Sawyer aid this morning that the county had been receiving 100 percent ‘cooperation from the Board of Administration in Tallahassee, that and at a recent meeting of the; woven with that of the Army administrative body a purchase of 131,000 bonds was authorized. These bonds were of the 150,000 bonds referred to in a previous ‘issue of The Citizen. Huen Lassiter, of the R. E. Crummer Co., fiscal agents for Monroe county, yesterday advis- ed Mr. Sawyer that of the offer- ing of 150,000, which was brought before the State Board through the county commission- ers, but one offerer, in the ‘amount of 13,000 bonds, refused ito make delivery. | Cooperation by the State Board of Administration means the re- \tirement of a large percentage of !the bonds by the use of gasoline funds, which would otherwise have to be met by an ad valorem jlevy. ' Recent favorable action by the Board of Administration au- thorized the payment of all past - due interest on refunding bonds, sance flight of English planes; Bethel, 90, a former resident of | said Mr. Sawyer, and the surplus over Germany and said all the aircraft returned. It this city. | Funeral services were held bonds were used to purchase the above 131,000 bonds, which takes German ships were said to be|from the First Methodist church Monroe county out of the de- operating in the Black Sea sup-|in Tampa yesterday afternoon,’ fay)t column. ing Germany with chrome!and interment was at Bradenton, | and manganese, war materials, from Russia and other points. England today placed its peo- ple on a rationing basis as far @s securing bacon and butter |Fla. | Survivors are the widow, Mrs. | Charity Bethel, three daughters, Mrs. Emma St. Lorent, of Dover; Mrs. Mary McDougal, Miami; | $50.00 REWARD will be given to anyone who will give information leading was concerned. The butter ra-|Mrs. Lettie Barnott, California. | tioning now is the same as th~t;Three sons, Harland of New. of Germany, but England has «| York; Harry and John, of Dover, | great deal of other types of fats. | Fla. | DANCING EVERY NIGHT AT CLUB CAYO HUESO; NO Hoey also read orders from Rear mony as Lieut. Comdr. Callahan Admiral W. H. Allen, com-jyelinquished his command to!enemy submarines and ships mandant-of-the- 7th Naval~Dis-/Commander Hoey with °thé-sf=} (Continued:on Page Three) trict directing him to report for;ficers of the Army and Navy! CASS ee See duty under Navy Department or- drawn un in white dress uni- SOUND IDEAS FOR | —— ‘lower West Indies through which ders. jforms in the background. Mayor Albury Extends Greetings To ‘Our Frie \ ; W.P.A. CONSTRUCTION OF Mayor Willard M. Albury of- of the Mississippi, 900-FOOT BEACH ficially greets the re-opening of Valley, that great storehouse of. ;Key West Naval Station. His national resources that reaches ‘message, entitled “To Our from the Rockies to the Alle- |Friends of the Navy” follows ghenies and from the Great ‘herewith: {Lakes to the Gulf of Mexico, all I am not addressing you as the commerce of the coasts that ae along the boule- honored guests; the Navy is not enclose that vast body of water | The plan, according to Chair- ia guest in this Island City—it and the Caribbean sea as well,’ man Carl Bervaldi of the County belongs here. and all the ships of the Navy Commission, is to dredge the sand I am speaking for all of my that have given safe conduct to from the deeper water and bring istlow, citizens who are rejoicing this commerce, have passed in it eck eats aNibliges aes |with me over your return after review before Key West, of along the boulevard to protect a long absence when I bid you Which it has been truly written ' the base of the boulevard and iwelcome here again! vat C. Singleton, that it '5/there will alzo be ites groins The story of Key West is inter-| Bisnishéd point of a acimitar | tre -constitehedsmeeh trom ero. That, guarding, sweeps ision. Before the Nation's heart =| ‘The groins, which will be built, And ever Keeps, _ |will also aid in building up the Unsheathed its vigilance. {beach further through the years. It stands and waits, Two groins will be constructed The outpost sentinel lin the Bertha street area and Of our Southern gates. ‘one groin off Raul’s Beach to pro- This November will long be tect it. One of the groins will be remembered as the month with |in the nature of a fishing pier, three Thanksgiving days. One,| which will be run at a commer. the first dav of the month, be- cial rate with proceeds to be ap- ‘cause we see our Navy Yar lied t rd Kk f- the shaking off its lethargy and ris-|peach, - PAeeP. OF the ing like a strong man about to) Be Raced Saal run a race; another, on so POSTAL RECEIPTS i commerce Under contemplation by county _ Sponsorship at present is W.P.A. construction of a beach 900 feet long by 125 feet wide to start at Bertha street on the boulevard to jand Navy. It was in 1815 that jour recorded history began with; jthe presentation of this island to ja Lieutenant in the Spanish j|Army. Less than seven years elapsed before it became the possession of an American citi-' zen and immediately the Navy } was called upon to make his pos- | session a fact as well as a theory. It was not until the Navy -had demonstrated again, that what it started it could finish, that two hundred years of pirate domi- nation ended and the “Brethren of the Coast” passed forever from the Straits of Florida. In war and in peace, the vast twenty-third, for those who agree with President Roosevelt! that we might as well have aj} little longer breathing spell be-| tween Thanksgiving and Christ- Mas; still another for those who; ‘agree with Governor Cone that! if the turkey lives a week longer Key West postoffice shows there will be more of him. But, | Slight increase for the month of |while there may be divisions of ,October, 1939, over those for the |opinion as to the merits of the|*@me month in. 1938. | twenty-third or thirtieth, we are; Receipts for last month, as tak- First meeting of the month of |all of one accord in recognizing ©” from the records of Postmaster the Board of County Commis-|this first dav of November. the|¥- J. Dion; show a total of $2 | sioners will be held tonight in the |day when we welcome the Navy | 691.72 against’ those of Octobe: county court house and it is ex-|back home as Key West's real | 1938, which were $2,596.65, an in- {pected that little out of the regu- | Thanksgiving Day. | crease of $95.07. lar routine business will be oo Men of the Navy, may your) acted. stay with us be long and ,; Clerk Ross C. Sawyer said that | you know peace through all your! NAVY OPENING DANCE he was of the opinion that the|days, here or elsewhere. But Tonight, 10 till ? meeting will be shorter thanjshould (and we pray Ged to! PENA’S usual due to the fact there are a!spare you that) peace be de-! EN OF ROSES number of activities scheduled in | nied you, then know that here! “GARDEN connection with the celebration you dwell among your own peo- | Music by Gould Curry’s Orchestra on the opening of the naval me} ple; that our hands, our homes,' No Admission or Cover Charge our hearts are yours. TT { | nds Of The Navy’ "7" PUSHES PLANS FOR| Record of postal receipts at ai +| Southeast Channel, several hun-| MOVE TO COLLECT BEACH GUARANTEE Yesterday the association also ‘adopted’ the suggestion of L. S. |Gruber that State Representative Bernie C, Papy be asked tu: sup- iply the organization with the latest laws. affecting the hotel in- ‘dustry. The association wants to; PEARLMAN APPOINTED HEAD ibe in position not only to observe! OF FINANCE COMMITTEES: lall the laws, but to improve the | ‘hotel service here as. part of thej $60.00 NOW IN FUND jeffort to bring more visitors | j here. | | | Another meeting of the as-,. A total of $60.00 has been col- |sociation will be held next Tues-' jected in the drive to provide a jday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock. j pyarantee to the City Council 7 that maintenance iunds will be SHIPS HAD TROUBLE raised to care for the new South i Beach in return for a resolution ‘WITH HAVANA GA presumably to be introduced at a council meeting this week. eto | This advice came from Joe Pearlman today. He has been CUBAN PILOT WAS FORCED appointed chairman of the financ | TO REMAIN ON BOARD committee by Col. L. C. Brinton j chairman of the full committee. 8. S. CUBA ‘Those contributing are Southside } Rede pas Association, $25; Col. Brinton and | \Mr. Pearlman, $5 each, and the i There was a gale blowing in!La Concha Hotel, $25. ; the Havana area yesterday morn-| Mr. Pearlman stated that action |ing that approached 40 miles an;of the Hotel Association yester- hour, and passengers on vessels day would not affect, ,contribu- had difficulty in the harbor tions in any way. Th desiring |maintaining a standing posture. to become associ *"mémibers Those seated at tables in the could contribute in that way, or \dining saloon found it difficult'direct contributions could be |to keep the dishes in place. made to him, Pilots in the harbor could not: David Gill stated last week that get back on their boats after they he would personally match any |had taken the vessels out of the ‘one individual contribution. ‘The {harbor to start on their voyages, drive will be intensified this jand one of the pilots, Fernando weekend, accortling to Mr. Pearl- +Panne, could not get back on the|man. Funds will be raised to pilot tug without danger to him- guarantee proper care for a ‘pe- self and the craft and was riod of fifteen weeks. forced to make the trip to Key | West, arriving here on the ( @g@gegaooeaaae |Cuba. He will return on the | vessel tomorrow. NAVAL OFFICER’S CAR HEAVY SEAS ATTACKED BY VANDALS z | Vandals committed rank DESTROY LIGHT) ssssis- cm tect {of stati here when BREE es | it was discovered this morn- | ing that a Hallowe'en prank Radio telephone advices receiv-| i led at the lighthouse department |are to the effect that the 70 can-! \dlepower light, which was re-| jcently erected at the entrance to/ dred feet from Fort Jefferson, | had been destroyed by the heavy } seas yesterday. i |. At Coast Guard headquarters | ‘it was said this morning that the office had been advised yester- | day of the destruction of the light jand this morning official con- |firmation had been received. The | light will be replaced as soon as | Weather conditions permit, it was learned. Pia DOLDLLD LM 4 ADMISSION CHARGE; MUSIC BY JOHNNY PRITCHARD’S ORCHESTRA COVER CHARGE--NO