The Key West Citizen Newspaper, November 2, 1939, Page 1

Associated Press Day Wire Service For 59 Years Devoted to the « Best Interests of Key West VOLUME LX. No. 260. Che Key bya HF Bg eat THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN THE - n dhe KEY WEST, FLORIDA, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1939 Monthly Reports Turned In By County Departments At Board Meeting Last Night TWO LIQUOR LICENSES O. K.'D; C. OF C. ASKS FOR, HIGHWAY ADVERTISING ZONING; SEND RESOLUTION ON EXTENSION Report of licenses issued in be acted on at the next regular Monroe county during the month of October by the offices of Tax Collector Frank H. Ladd and County Judge Raymond Lord, in the report at the meeting of county commissioners last night, showed revenue for the State of $1,127.29 and for the county of $658.52. Present at the meeting were: Chairman Carl Bervaldi, missioners Braxton B. Warren, T. Jenkins Curry and Wm. Mon- salvatge, Attorney W. Curry Harris, Clerk Ross C. Sawyer, Acting Sheriff Bernard Waite. Com-' meeting. Deposits from Tax Collector Ladd’s office placed in the First National Bank, showed Beer Li-; censes amounting to $727.50 and} another showed Beer Licenses amounting to $557.50. Occupa- tional Licenses General Revenue account. Advices from Comptroller J. M. Lee, showed credits to the county General Revenue Fund of $66.89, $54.08 and $12.81, from taxes and licenses. Other Reports totaled $658.52. ' , All funds were distributed to the! \JAYCEES PLAN’ HUGE ‘GET OUT VOTE’ PARADE BANNERS, LOUD SPEAKERS WILL ASK RECORD VOTE Russia Asserts Finland Will Capitulate; Greece And Italy Signed Pact |CHAMBERLAIN THINKS GER- MANS WERE DISAPPOINT- | ED WITH MOLOTOV'S TALK | AIR RAID SIRENS HEARD | SIS IS SS SS \WINDS STILL BLOW IN ADJACENT AREA Disturbed weather condi- tions continue over east and central Cuba and adjacent waters, attended by fresh to strong winds, at 10 a.m. bulle- tin from G. S. Kennedy at Key West Weather Bureau states. This forecast is for winds from 19-31 miles an hour. Wind today at Key West is 16 miles an hour. Mr. Kennedy advised cau- tien for small craft on ex- treme southern Florida, Flor- ida Straits, Bahamas and waters around Cuban coast unfil the conditions pass. One of the chief topics for dis- | jecussion at the Jaycee business meeting tomorrow night will be jcompletion of plans for the huge; {“Get Out The Vote” parade t be staged the evening of Novem. | ber 11, Armistice Day. | | Initial plans call for the parade, | 'designed to make residents of the | city “vote conscious” in the elec- tion to follow three days after-| ward, to start at approximately | 8:30 o’clock on that evening, be-| ginning on Duval street in front! of the Southernmost Home. Two musical units have already indi- | cated that they will appear in the} }motorized parade and others are | asked to contact Jaycee members | (By Axnociated Press) LONDON, Nov. 2.—Russian in- formed sources said today that |Finland would capitulate to | Soviet demands on her territory jin spite of the fact that Finnish | governmental officials have given numerous radio talks that Finland will not back down. | Pact between Greece and Italy was signed today which is be- ‘lieved to have restored friend- for peaitions | ; Ship after the Albanian conquest All residents with automobiles | incident. The pact paves the and truck owners are invited to | "SO MQ™°MQP MILI. B'M 4 way for a Balkan-Turkish pact fall in line in the parade. It is! }to prevent aggression by larger have > ond Key West, Florida, has the IZPr most equable climate in the country; with an average range of only 14° Fahrenheit U. S.A. Spit OF Gail) Reiged During Celebrations Of Naval Station Reopening THOUSANDS WERE ON HAND TO PARTICIPATE IN PARADE AND STREET DANCE; OFFICERS FETED AT BALL " IN'HOUSE FIGHT FOR AMENDMENTS TRALITY BILL REVISION; BANKHEAD TO SPEAK | | | (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON, Nov. , House Administration represen- | j tatives claim that they have a’ majority of 20 votes with which | to pass the revised neutrality bill | calling for arms embargo repeal. ' Isolationists are still -making fight for their aims. ; The revised bill, which has al- ready been prepared in the form jot a joint resolution by both hous- ies, may not pass the House The Key Wester had a dif-.ing with free jitterbugging ferent spirit last night. | salient feature. Jitterbugging is Through long lean years in always a very happy form of ex- which the city lost its major in- pression, but last night with joy dustries and finally income from over returning prosperity to Key operation of Key West Naval West the young folk outdid them- fe reagan tea spirit record 2 selvise in celebrating antics. Dur- if bit. st night it turn lef-ling th i a present motions go through. initely and mounted high. For ce LR ty. tay | Isolationists are calling for va- last night climaxed a day of re-' "* mt : <i ties fi joicing over the opening day of:Prize winner was Onelio Valdez ;tious motions and amendments } ie P ; i ; 4 Key West Naval Operating Base,}who was attired as Uncle Sam in commission once more. |and did an amazing rhumba with Street Dancing | Rose Gonzalez. Runners up were One of the highlights of the W.C. Maloney, Jr, and Madge the , which would save the arms em- bargo or part of it. One motion ; would have an embargo kept on‘ jarms and ammunition but none i planned to old-fashioned powers. the Four Applications Four applications for liquor licenses were presented. Two of them, one from Mary Bass Brown, Overseas Lodge and Sheriff's report showed de- torch lights and numerous ned OCTOBER RAINY posits of $259.57, covering funds’ ners and loud speaking devices fo| MONTH BUT NO | handled during the month of Oc-' encourage a record vote in the tober. city election. Clerk’s report of Tax Certifi-! | would permit shipments of badly-iing immediately following Prime Minister Chamberlain, ! wanted airplanes to English and parade. With at least five thou- addressing Parliament today, said; French governments. Another ‘sand jamming the sidewalks and that Germany must have been, amendment would not permit the overflowing on the street, joy lend any ‘reigned supreme as scores 0: of Grill, at Marathon and another purchased from J. F. Gough, Pigeon Key Fishing Camp, which had been i presented at a previous meeting, _, Report of Clerk of Criminal were approved by the board. The Court C. Sam B. Curry, covering others, one from Perky Proper- : 2¢tivities of the tribunal during ties, Inc., at Perky, Fla., and one |the month of October was read from Ida Gonzalez, Habana- |@"d ordered filed. adrid Club, in Key West, will’. Communication from W. V. ssi aad aps neil Knott, state treasurer, was read 'showing purchases of bonds for |the State Board of Administra- {tion which was covered in an | (Continued on Page Four) { FLORIDIAN: KNOWN MORE THAN TWO MILLION DOLLARS PAID IN BENEFITS CAMP WILL HAVE AMBULANC | A group of Civilian Conserva- cates redeemed or C.C.6 \VeU.U, during October, showed cash re- ceipts of $51.47. !tion Corps youths from the West! Summerland Key camp left today ; for Fort Pierce, where they will' secure an ambulance for use in , this area. | It is thought that the ambu- jlance will be used in connection | | i ;disappointed in Molotov’s speech,!U. S. government to | RECORD WAS S |which promised Germany eco- | 1 ——- {nomic support but no military tsupport. Chamberlain said that | Molotov’s statement that England TODAY BY BUREAU on | had imperialistic aggression aims lwas a “flight of fancy”. MONTH'S WEATHER: LOW-!. Air raid alarm over England EST TEMPERATURE 59 | oe |COMPLETE DATA RELEASED | ! | went off today but was soon can- celled. An important French sec- tor four miles west of Saar There were 19 days during the Hrucken was shelled by German month of October on which meas- | big guns today. urable rainfall occurred in Key! ‘Phousands of ; ee, | Poles wander West, is the report for the period | over Rumania today and many of UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSA. TION IN KEY WEST FOR NINE-MONTH PERIOD TO- TALLED OVER $12,000 (special to The Citizen) TALLAHASSEE, Nov. 2.—With for the 30, the payment of interest yua ending September 1939, amounting to $78,353.53, the | interest earnings of the Florida Unemployment Compensation trust fund now totals $379,556.58, stated Harold C, Wall, chairman of the Florida Industrial Commis- sion. The fund is held-in the treas- ury of the United States in Wash- ington and may be drawn upon only to pay benefits to eligible unemployed Florida workers. Benefits first became payable in this state in January, 1939, and since that time $2,862,611 been paid out to jobless men and women. The fund is made up of contri- have! TO BE ON FL \FRIENDS HAVE NOT HEARD FROM GEO. MASSEY OF DADE CITY At least one Floridian is known to be a member of the crew of) the freighter “City of Flint”, con-) cerning which there has been so many conflicting and mysterious reports: George B. Massey of Dade City. As no word has come through |concerning the status of the crew and as the ship is known to be in German hands, friends of Massey are concerned over his safety and are eagerly watching foreign dispatches to learn his fate. with the Convalescent . Center, issued in the Meterological Sum-| them have sought the hidden \which it is*rumored will be open ™*ty- by-the-U;-S. Weather ‘parts of ‘mountainous regions gd shortly: at Fort Taylor. reau. Total precipitation for the where friendly peasants supply |" The ambulance may be used to Month was 11.83 inches, an excess'them with food. Other Polish \transport ill C.C.C. youths from °f 5.83 inches. Greatest during ‘citizens who flew from their coun- |various camps in the country to the month was in 24 hours on the |try are housed in drafty places money to the Allied governments, ‘dancers performed. Hundreds | Speaker of the House William |costumes from pirates, to caba- |B. Bankhead will make a rare | lleros, senoritas, queens, ducks, jtalk today. Mr. Bankhead rarely chinamen, ghosts were seen addresses the house except in{everywhere in a burst of color. jeases of importance, Spotted in among them were the | United’ States Navy and the CONCERT TONIGHT \khaki of the United States Army. ‘A page from history was spread AT B AYVIEW P AR | before rejoicing Key West. Younger folk of the city par- iabecinlycens! ticularly enjoyed the street danc- INTERESTING PROGRAM SET. TO INTEREST YouNG | AND OLD TONIGHT white and blue uniforms of the! jon other means of warfare, which evening was joyous street danc-| song. ij Parade formed at the Naval Base and marched east on Duval street from Greene. City units featured the parade. Arriving at the Duval between Southard and Fleming block, the parade was ,momentarily halted while judges looked over the scores of cos- tumers to pick prize winners. Prize Winners Among the prize winners was Patrick Hemingway, son of Ernest Hemingway, nationally known writer as Donald Duck. Bernie Clayton Papy, Jr., son of - Florida Representative B. C. Papy as Satan, and Miss Jane (Continued on Page Four) MEETS ‘COUNTY COUNCIL AND W.P.A. WORK | DADE CITY, Nov 2 (FNS).—' BELIEVED 10 HAV the Key West center with the 18th and 19th when 5.56 inches |transfer from the trains at Miami | probable. H 'W.P.A. TO HAVE FIRST-AID WORK men will be instructed in first- aid work on Mondays and Thurs- days at the Administration Build- ing with the first period sclied- uled for Monday. Mrs. Margrete Smock will in- struct the group in Red Cross First Aid Work. Key West First Aid Club, which is available in case of city emergency, has been instructed by Mrs. Smock and all members lreeeived their certificates. E FOOD eee ' W.P.A. Supervisors and Fore- fell and inundated the lower ,parts of the city. | Mean barometer was 29.95 inches, Highest was on October ‘26 and was 30.13 inches. eccurred on October 31, 29,72 inches, when the disturbance was in the northwestern Caribbean Sea. Mean temperature for the month was 80.2 degrees, which was a daily excess average of 1.1 degrees. Record high was 92 de- grees and record low was 59 de- grees. Since first of the year the temperature has averaged 1.4 degrees above normal, Prevailing direction of the wind was East, which was slight- ly over 51 percent of the time. The average hourly velocity was 9.2 miles. The maximum velo- city occurred in the hurricane of October 17, 1910, when it was 76 miles an hour from the South. Maximum wind for October, 1939, was 32 miles from Northeast at 4:45 a. m. on October 31. There were nine clear days, 16 Lowest | butions paid by Florida employ-| ers having eight or more workers on their payrolls, who are en- gaged in “covered” industries These contributions are taxes paid on the total payrolls in these industries. In Florida 6,600 em- ployers are paying contributions, seeseesceccocccocecccoce and 350,000 workers are covered. | English Blockade Brings Sh eee . | partly cloudy days and six cloudy LAST REGULAR MEETING OF COUNCILMEN NOW SITTING land sleep on the floor. They all \fear being sent back to Poland. 'Those who escaped into France ‘have joined the French Polish Legion. z W.P.A. Band will present an- other in its bi-weekly programs of concerts tonight, scheduled to! start at 8 o'clock at Bayview: Park. H The program follows: \ | PASSENGER ON SS. CUBA IN HANDCUFFS March, “A-1", Don Keller. Fantasia, “Musical Scenes from| Last regular meeting of the Spain”, Otto Langey. present City Council will be held Waltz, “Wedding of the .Vinds”, | tonight in council chambers start- John T. Hall. ling at 8 o'clock. Meetings are held Polka, “Caprice”, Herman Per- the first and third Thursdays of tet. jeach month. The second meeting |DEPORTED BY IMMIGRATION | Characteristic, “On Tiptoe”, L.,of this month comes two days BUREAU AT TAMPA TO Hesmer. after election, at which a new | Fox Trot, “Think It Over", | list of councilmen will be elected. VENEZUELA | Frank Mansfield. | No important matters were | | Selection, “Rose Marie”, \Scheduled for attention at the Frum! arid H. Stothart. | meeting tonight, routine matters March, “El Capitan”, Sousa. only were to be handled, accord- “Star Spangled Banner”, Key. ‘ing to Archie Roberts, clerk. R. | One of the pasengers on board | the S.S. Cuba, docking this morn- ing, appeared with handcuffs. | Investigation revealed .that he !was being deported to Venezuela |via Havana by immigration au- |thorities at Tampa. | | In a letter from A. R. Savage, | |general agent of the P. and O. S. S. Co., he was listed as Louis |Eduardo de Shelley, of Vene- TE TO CLASSIFY By RUSSELL KAY TOOLA zuela, about 35 years of age, and And now it seems that a lot fear they find that Independence | | ON ERADICATION |\‘MOSQUITOES MUST GO’ SLO- | GAN AS BOTH AGENCIES j PLAN TO PUSH PROJECTS. | IN CITY Members of the Monroe County | Planning Council are creating a great deal of interest in the Mos |quito Control project and feel ‘that they will be able to accom- plish much in the eradication of the pests, if every person in the city will lend support. It is planned by the council to have captains in every section of |the city who will point out and assist in many ways in getting irid of the countless. receptacles now evident everywhere and | which are breeding places for the | mosquitoes. Council members are certain that when the «movement has gotten underway and people of ‘ENOUGH FOR LONG-TIME CONFLIC ortage In Fat, Fish And Iron days during the month. Thunder- described as a very dangerous storms occurred on eight days. | character. Small craft warnings were dis-| ‘The jetter contained informa- played on several days, but notion that “Shelley may attempt ;unusually bad weather occurred | 4, escape’ while in your custody; except on the last day during and jplease be sure to take every san i soooocccoccoooeooooeeeses jin connection with the Caribbean the city are awakened to the realization of what the complete eradication means to the city and those who dwell here and those who are to come for the | winter, there will be evidences of ‘the willingness of citizens to jof folks are all stewed up over Day has been changed to Decem- Thanksgivin’ and when to ob- ber 25 while the 4th of July will serve it. The football boys are;be celebrated the first Monday just ‘naturally runnin’ ‘round in| in September. circles tryin’ to determine when! Uncle Fred told us he was 100 |to schedule the Thanksgivin’;per cent for Roosevelt, but just Day game. The Army and Navy | the same the old boy ain’t lettin’ (By Associated Press) {tropical disturbance. The month {precaution to insure his safe ar-} lrival in Havana”. teams, bein’ more or less Fed-; nobody mislead him into gettin’ heartily join with the W.P.A. For the period January 1 to; Nov. 2.—Ge mS September 30, 1939;. Key West| BERLIN, Nov. 2—Germany is registered a total number of;i" bad straits from its cutoff of benefit payments of 1,565. Amount Shipping trade but food shortage disbursed was $12,543.78. jis not immediately threatened in H years. ; Germany’s fish supply is dis-| was unusually free of reports of | Sa jl ‘rupted 90 percent. Ten percent | tropical storms. faa net foe ee of the fish comes from the Baltic.; Sunshine was 66 percent of the/ while handcuffed. When out of | Germary needs iron ore. It is at s eral, will probably have to play thankful a whole week ahead of Then the breeding places will | their Thanksgivin’ game on the time. Some timid souls are wor-| soon be abolished. é | 23rd, while Florida, bein’. a state ried for they are afraid if they It was called to the attention linstitution, will have to play don’t observe the 23rd they'll be of The Citizen that the first act possible against an average for! ‘present making an effort to con- Soe ute Bisa amy tiie aca: bag vert its poor iron ore supply into ;the month of 64 percent. There, were no days during the month! ‘iron. Its iron supply has been cut!on which the sun failed to shine | he had been released and again/|theirs on the 30th. | considered Conservatives or Re- placed in irons when Key West| The banks, to be on the safe,publicans or somethin’. At the sponsored by the Monroe County Planning Council was a mosquito joff two-thirds, but Sweden will|and two of the days had 100 per-|#S Sighted. When the ship left continue to send it this metal. cent sunshine. ne eee ee ceuing (De wae side, will observe both the 23rd} same time; in the face of Brother |eradication project, which was |and 30th. The postoffice will;Fred’s Official Proclamation, | put into effect some years ago Fifty percent of its foreign} German diet is said to be ade-| This month was the seventh! to be released and again have the {Germany as the Nazis have piled up a tremendous reserve in food- (Special to The Citizen) trade has been lost because of the {English blockade. This includes quate but not until shipments of ,Wettest on record, but was far ‘fresh vegetables from Russia, | behind 1933 when 23.56 inches both imports and exports. Many Balkans and Poland which are, fell during October. A small; close on the 23rd and remain|they can’t very well ignore the|and which was successful to the | | 30th. Of course if a guy likes|greatest degree. Hundreds of | jholidays and turkey he can go citizens took part in the move- ahead and take two Thursdays ment and when it ended not one off and give a couple of gobbler receptacle could be found nor handcuffs placed on him when |open on the 30th. Newspapers the harbor of Havana was sight- |Considerin’ a Thanksgiving Day Edition are in a tough spot—no |matter which day they decide on | jStuffs, which may last them TALLAHASSEE, Nov. 2.—| German factories have been shut! pein; Colin English, state superintend- ;|down because Germany's balance | the necessary vitamins. The g made will Germany have | “twister” occurred on the night | \of October 13 but no material ent of public instruction, an-|of trade. is thus shut off. Again,!German diet given its citizens |damage was reported. nounced today that Mary Jose- jthere are about 1,000,000 phine Sullivan successfully passed workers who are now in the army. ! said to have no ill effects. the Constitution examination held |Domestic German retail trade is; recently in Monroe County. SPECIAL! SPECIAL! Friday, Saturday, Sunday see ete LAYER and Maloney Brothers Bakery hundred thousand tons of wi 812 Fleming St. {off 50 percent. | Its food reserves are very high and may keep the nation going !for months and years. Important fats which Germany needs are shut off to her. Her {whaling fleet, which operates in Arctic waters, is afraid to go out because of the blockade. One this fleet. DANCING EVERY NIGHT AT C Two million Poles will soon be ‘placed in factories to aid German |production. A million tons of |8rain is expected shortly. How- |ever there is a candy shortage in | Germany. | The average German dict con- sists of one pound meat, five |pounds of bread, nine ounces of fats, three ounces of marmalade : ay get as much as double oO: : factory |has been tried in America and is | DESTROYER BARRY ARRIVED TODAY | Destroyer Barry arrived this imorning from patrol activities. |Skipper is Lieut.-Comdr. Cole. | A naval patrol plane was ex- ipected out of Guantanamo Bay, | | e hale | and four ounces of starch. Work-jbut has not arrived, probably Phone 81@ ™eat is annually brought in byjers m i this. due to the high winds in this area. TOMORROW Nl jbutchers’ are bitin’ their finger | pensive. ! jnails and runnin’ their hands! One chap I know is sore with ! ‘through their hair wonderin’ | with ‘Fred and Roosevelt. It i | which day to make plans for and seems he got a letter from his Key West Junior Chamber of | whether folks are gonna eat tur-; mother-in-law, who always comes Commerce will hold its regular | key two weeks runnin’ or be-/|over fot Thanksgivin’ dinner and \business meeting tomorrow night,|come so fed up with the whole| brings a mess of relatives with \s o'clock, in Chamber of Com-/mess that they'll quit worryin’|her, sayin’ on account of the mix- jmerce quarters, La Concha Build- and mix up a mess of beef stew./up this year and not knowing for ing. It has occurred to some folks|sure which day is which, she’s | President Isadore Weintraub that if we can up and change the ‘plannin’ to come the 23rd and |requests a full attendance of the date of Thanksgivin’ after ‘all!stay thru the 30th. membership as there are many these years, why most anything Even the preachers are upset. ‘matters of importance to come can happen, and they are afraid|I asked one the other day what before this meeting. ‘to pick up the mornin’ paper for (Continued on Page Four) | 4 ‘ and:top of that it is more or less ex- | were there any mosquitoes in | evidence. | Members of the council are Dr. Harry C. Galey, chairman; Melvin \E. Russell, superintendent of pub- jlic instruction; Carl Bervaldi, chairman of county commission; Clifford G, Hicks, Frank De- laney, Leonard Albury, who re- sides on the Keys, and Mrs. Rob- ert F. Spottswood, secretary. Draining Work Proceeds Another group of men went to work today on the Works Prog- ress Mosquito Project of draining low areas within the city. Work is at present underway (Continue@ on Page Four) LUB CAYO HUESO; NO COVER CHARGE--NO ADMISSION CHARGE; MUSIC BY JOHNNY PRITCHARD’S ORCHESTRA