The Key West Citizen Newspaper, November 3, 1939, Page 1

Associated Press Day Wire Service For 59 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West Che Key West Citizen THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN THE U.S.A. VOLUME LX. No. 261. ' Highway Drawing: Tourists From Miami-Cuba Route; Cruise Ships Suffer Loss HOME TALENT. WAS "2 uent F EATURED AT LIONS. CUBA; MIAMI BOAT TRAF- SUPPER MEETING FIC SHORT OF LAST YEAR (Special to The Citizen) STRING TRIO AND HOME MO-| MIAMI, Nov. 3. — Overseas VIES HEADED PROGRAM; | PLAN EXTENSIVE CHRIST- MAS BENEFIT PROJECT Home Talent Night” at weekly supper meet- t Lions Club last Stone Church, with E. Day presid at sident H evening Lion pre of p” music supplied by consisted some | trio now in pro to Gerald sht and Joe Allen perfection. Saunders, ing 4 pleasing combination of string roup, i Kn br ments into pleasing and the numbers offered Highway is drawing many thou- sands of passengers on their way to Havana from taking the cruise ships out of Miami harbor, John Klein, deputy United States cus- toms collector in charge at Mi- ami, announced. Mr. Klein said that passenger ship and passenger arrivals here fell off in October. Eleven fewer passenger vessels came into Mi- ami port than for the game period a year ago. This year there were only 48 boats with 1,954 passen- gers. Last year there were 59 boats and 3,449 passengers. Plane arriv and incoming plane sengers in this city showed an increase, Klein said. One hundred planes arrived in October discharging 1511 passen- (Continued on Page Six) mel- | _ met with enthusiastic ption. of the the contin- | Allan Theme evening ued wher chairman, strong, announced that the would be shifted to re- moving picture house”, an aisle down the middle, rs and all—and a “wild west ler” shown on a machine and | pptied by guest:Charins! ” Pictur shown were} taken by Lion Armstrong various trips through the na colored movie shots Johnson were also shown. f busine session treated we help for the Christmas Le t. It was announced by chairman Jack Delaney that plans were proceeding to recon- ait old toys. Headquarters will be established Monday at San Carlos Book Store. Key West ha Directors’ meeting of the club‘ “unofficial tax collectors” who held next Monday night indirectly are helping local, state n Costar’s home, 704 White | 44 national governments harvest their annual revenues. the Na- tional Consumers Tax Commis- sion declared today. The unofficial, STORE EMPLOYES Al scene seiabie a witt u thril curtayt su, Johngon ne HIDDEN TAX CROP, DON'T REALIZE IT IN MOST CASES BUT HERE'S HOW IT COMES ABOUT; NCTC EX- PLAINS n. Some Mr by an estimated 508 and generally unknowing, ax collectors”, ac WILSONS SETTLE MALONEY SUIT cording to the NCTC, are the pro DEEDS SURRENDERED IN RE- jgcai re TURN FOR LOTS: RELIN. | “There are QUISH SERVICE CLaims -, |!¢vying and tail stores. 1,456 official spending tax govern- mental agencies in Florida”, said Mrs. Merville Mucklestone, presi dent of the nation-wide women’s organization. “But every clerk behind a store counter is actually a tax collector, too. “In every sale, these clerks col- lect fractions of hidden taxes that have increased the cost of pro- duction and distribution of the article purchased. These taxes, of necessity, must be passed on to the consumer as a part of the price. A major share of all local, state and national taxes now are hidden to the consumers who pay them this way. “The store clerks, of course, don’t realize it any more than the customer does, but every ring of the cash register represents not only a sale but a tax pay- ment”. The NCTC has study groups in approximately 5,100 communities in 45 states in its educational campaign to expose “unnecessafy consumer-penalizing taxes”, Mrs. Mucklestone said. The crusade in this state is led by Mrs. Ralph Austin Smith, of Sanford, na- tional committee member, and Mrs. Lela B. Norman, of Miami, state director. at to Phe Clazen) MIAMI. Nov. 3.—Three-year t by Charles S. Maloney, a tor of estate of Euphemia . against Mrs. Antoinette husband, Douglas Wil s settled here in Ci cuit Court with Mrs. Wilson re- linquishing her claims. Under the settlement Mrs. Wil- son relinquished her claim for 10,800 { to her mother her 1d also deeds Division and White prop © the executor for the bene f all the heir Mrs. Wilson ‘our vacant lots in Key West M rs befor di back the originally filed by Maloney and charged that ndue influence was used in hav- Mrs. Maloney deed the prop- to f daughter, Mrs. Wil- sought to have et Paul D. Barnes presided t Court. STRAW VOTE HELD TODAY vote polled in City Hall as open to the public 3 voting. Election Commissioners were Tom E. Roberts, Frank Velasco, and Leonard Alonzo. c FIRE BURNS 150 YEARS Saluda, N. C.—Started by a spark from steel and flint 150. years ago, the “Morris family fire” still burns and is now tended by Bill Morris, who is 79 years old. with Chamber Of Commerce Finds | Publisher Should Be Posted INTERNATIONAL WAS SUBJECT AT ROTARY MEET SEBASTIAN (CABRERA. JR., CHAIRMAN; CUBAN CON- SUL SPOKE IN SPANISH; MRS. WARNER SANG “Rotary International” was ‘the program at the regular luncheon of Key West Rotary Club yester- day, president William V. Little turning the gavel over to Sebas tian Cabrera, Jr., chairman of the Rotary International Committee. Mr. Cabrera introduced Cuban Consul Berardo Rodriguez Val- des, who addressed the club in Spanish, which was. interpreted ; by Mr. Cabrera. The speaker ex- pressed the warm and friendly relations between the two re- publics, Cuba and the United States. Guest artists presented by the chairman were Vocal Soloist Mrs. Eva B. Warner, and Miss Beatrice Moreno, piano accompanist. Mrs. Warner sang two solos, one of which was “La Paloma” and the other “Habana”, both of which were sung in the acceptable man- ner characterizing all of Mrs. Warner’s appearances. Visitors were . Col. George Brown, J. G. Woods, Rotarian from Miami, who brought as his guest, Harry D. Gross, and the guest of the day, Berardd Rod- -riguez Valdes, Cuban Consul. BERNARR MacFADDEN’S PUB- | | LICATION GIVES MISINFoR-| Key West Weather Bureau fore- { HELP TO HARVEST ; MATION ABOUT ROAD TO. KEYS Secretary Singleton of the Chamber of Commerce said this morning that he was just about to take it easy for a brief spell, “feeling certain that by this time everybody in the country had heard and knew Key West was in the United States and there was a magnificent road to it”. However, the secretary con- tinued, “it seems from a clipping from the November issue of Bea aR Beas n' KEY WEST, FLORIDA, 1 | WASHINGTON, Nov. 3.—Eng- lish high officials have expressed themselves as highly pleased |with the Arms Embargo Repeal ‘accomplished yesterday and are rejoicing that “unlimited re- sources” of the American nation | Will be available to them. ‘sentatives are today in confer- ence to iron out minor details in ‘the neutrality bill. The new -neutrality program together with \the President’s signature will be’ law probably by tomorrow. | Republican congressmen | are agitating today to keep Congress in session until the regular ses- sion in January, although Con- gress as a whole expects to dis- band following the final action tomorrow. Nazi newspapers are STORM NOW NEAR JAMAICA belabor- ~ |MOVING SLOWLY IN SOUTH- | EAST DIRECTION: CAUTION - STILL ADVISED VESSELS | Tropical disturbance was cen- tral this morning at 7 o'clock a short distance north of Jamaica. It is from 500-600 miles southeast tof Key West. hes winds from the north and any (dicted. Winds are expected {the 19-31 mile-an-hour range: The disturbance is attended by | fresh to strong winds over a wide | It is possibly area and gales near éenter. moving very slowly, east-southeastward . |. Caution is still advised small |eraft in the western Caribbean, |Florida Straits and waters adja- jcent to Cuba. ‘CARRY SUPPLIES "TO KEY FAMILIES Expect Neutrality Law To Become Effective By . _ JointActionTomorrow Five senators and five repre- ortheast with showers:also. pres! in FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 1939 | | t | CONGRESS WILL PROBABLY ADJOURN FOLLOWING | FINAL ACTION; ENGLAND PLEASED WITH | NEW EMBARGO LAW | Uy Associated Press) ing the American Congressional action and there are veiled threats of heavy submarine ac- tion against ships carrying arms to Allied countries. England promises immediate purchases of airplanes and ma- jchine tools and shortly after pur- chase of arms and ammunition. The American ship, “City of Flint”, manned by German prize crew, is reported to have lain in a narrow Norwegian channel last night and to have continued its trek to a Nazi port. English ships were said to have been close to thé Flint, but England said that the vessel can remain within neutral waters during the entire trip until it reaches the Baltic Sea. The Flint is believed to hav been attempting to contact Nazi planes and ships as a convoy in !to a Nazi port. German planes were operating off Denmark to- day and are believed searching for the Flint. i | Especially strong has been the (Nazi attack on Mrs. Roosevelt {with her statement that, “it is ;most difficult for America to javoid war” twisted into the be- j lief that America is drumming up jthe possibilities of a war with: jGermany. | i CITY WILL AID MOSQUITO DIRVE | VOTES TO GIVE MEN AND! SUPPLIES FOR TRUCK | ' City of Key West is going to! | mdterially aid the Mosquito Con- jtrol projects recently agitated jhere, by action taken last evening jat regular council meeting. i Councilman Freeman reported |that he had been successful in ‘obtaining guarantee of sufficient oil, the use of a truck from Co-! Physical Culture, that we’ve got |T. JENKINS CURRY BRINGS | lumbia Laundry, and a number to make another effort to reach Bernarr MacFadden, who spends his-winters in Miami, apparently in comatose condition. “An inquirer who asks the question, ‘How far out onto the Florida Keys can one drive with- out taking a ferry and would it be possible to take a one-day trip frcm Miami down over the Keys publisher and return?’ is given the follow- | ing answer in this widely pub- lished magazine: “‘One can drive as far south as Matecumbe over good roads with out taking a ferry. This is a dis- tance of €1 miles from Miami and the round about half the distance from the mainland to Key West, the southernmost extremity of the Keys’. “So it still seems there is a lit- tle missionary work for the Chamber of Commerce to do”, the BRIDGE BOARD TO MEET TOMOROW Vice Chairman John Costar an- | nounced today that a meeting of, Overseas Road and Toll Bridge Commission will be held Saturday ‘at 10 a. m. at the commission’s headquarters at Marathon. Mr. Costar said he did not know of other than routine business} te come before the meeting. CHOICE — POULTRY — CHOICE Fryers - Roasters - Stewers No Charge For Dressing BRADY’S (Live) POULTRY MARKET Phone 540 We Deliver-1114 White Place Orders For Your’ AID TO NEEDY IN HIS DISTRICT County Commissioner T. Jen- kins Curry conferred with Com- ‘missioner Chairman Carl Ber- valdi recently relative to certain | destitute families on the Keys and jthe necessity of providing for \them. Mr. Curry explained the situation and the result of his in- vestigations. Yesterday when Mr. Curry re; turned to his home at Key Largo, he was accompanied by Deputy Sheriff Raymond Maloney and jwith them was subsistence for P could easily be 'three families at Key Largo and| made in one day. Matecumbe is | five at Plantation, which was dis- | | tributed upon their arrival yes- | térday. 'TELEPHONE 495 IF YOU HAVE ANY OLD TOYS Members of the Lions Club are combining efforts to Stage a “bigger and better” Christmas Benefit for Key West children this year. As- sembling of old toys, wood. Paint and necessary tools is now going forward. Later plans will include do- nation and collection of funds to buy fruit and candy as in other years. Chairman Delaney of the committee announced last night that more old toys are | meeded. Children or parents | Wishing to donate to this | Cause may get instant re- sponse by phoning 495 at W.P.A. headquarters. A mem- ber of Recreation Department will take the message and see | that toys are picked up. ” | | THANKSGIVING TURKEY NOW "(PGi OOO IS Ss DANCING EVERY ‘NIGHT AT CLUB CAYO HUESO; NO COVER CHARGE—NO ADMISSION CHARGE; MUSIC BY JOHNNY PRITCHARD’S ORCHESTRA jof rubber boots, so that work of | oiling ponds city-wide could go | forward. Council voted to put prisoners ito work, or to hire help, if need- ed, to start cperations immediate- ly. Gas and oil for the truck , Would be furnished also by the city. Joe Cleare appeared before the }council and gave detailed reports on his work in mosquito control. i { ‘ 4 | | t LANKS ON HAN FOR DEPENDENTS | MISS CORCORAN ANNOUNCES NEW SUPPLY HAS ARRIVED i j | | i } | Miss Ania Corcoran, of the {American Legion. has been asked {on a number of occasions in just | |what manner a widow or child of |a person who served in the active | ‘military service of the United! States can proceed to secure death }compensation for the loss of the {loved one. | Miss Corcoran has been forced to advise those who have inquir- ed that she had none of the {necessary blanks on hand which’ |were to-be used in this matter, |but now is pleased to inform | those who are to make the appli-| |cation that she recently received |20 of these blanks and they are \available to. those who desire | them. | She says that those wha desire \the application blanks may se- cure them by applying -at her |home, the residence of Mrs., Thomas James, 416 Whitehead street. { RUSSIA MOVES TO STRENGTHEN | BALTIC POSITION INLAND ACCUSED OF SAME MANEUVERS THAT CAUSED GERMANY TO ACT AGAINST POLAND | | i (My Associated Prenn) ; LONDON, Nov. 3.—Highly sig- | nificant was the Soviet attack on! Finland today in the newspaper ; ‘Piavda”. i Russia generally is believed to! be putting pressure on Finland in j an effort to strengthen herself! further in the Baltic Sea and! Key West, Florida, has most equable climate in the country; with an average range of only 14° Fahrenheit PRICE FIVE CENTS each Resolution Passed ‘At Council Meéting; Move ToBuy Sponsorship Trucks R_MATENAXCE WDA SPONSORS’ FUND FOR MAINTENANCE HAS BEEN RAISED: ASK, FOR BIDS ON TRUCKS a FUND AMOUNTS BE RETURNED THURSDAY | z T0 $2,774.13 City Council passed a_ resolu- especially in the Gulf of Finland. | tion last evening calling for abate- RECEIVES EXTRA CASH The Seviet paper bitterly attack- | nent | Arthur Sawyer Post No. ed statements by Finnish officials , ting that Finland is ready for war and reminding Finland that Poland made the same statements | before its war and antagonized Germany into declaring war. Bitter also was the attack on Sweden for commenting adverse ly against Russia in the question. ' Finnish officials today said that it was ridiculous to think that little Finland was- trying to pro- voke a war and said that Finland was only attempting to affect a friendly settlement. Meanwhile, conferences _ be- tween German and Russian and German and Italian diplomats were ordered by Hitler, Goehring (Continued on Page Six) | ‘Reservations Pouring In For Armistice Day Affair DECORATING AND ENTER- TAINMENT COMMITTEES _ WORKING. PAST To: OFFER: HIGHLIGHT AFFAIR 1 At a special meeting tonight of 28° of the American Legion final plans for the Armistice day program, including the parade, the cere-! monies at Bayview Park, and the ball and floor show at Key West Country club in honor of the army, navy, mavine, coast guard and national guard forces will be discussed. The patriotic observance com- mittee will report the plans for the parade and park observance nearly completed. The parade will include elements of all the armed forces stationed here, the army, navy, marine corps, coast guard and national guard, the Boy Scouts, the Girl Scouts and veterans of all wars and organ- izations, headed by the American Legion. - Legionnaire Fred Marvil is ex- pected back from Miami tonight with a complete list of the en- tertainers to appear with Al Friedman’s Manhattan Swing- sters at the ball and floor show at the country club. The work of. redecorating the club building and provided improved facilities for entering the building and, serving the guests is well under way. Sale of tickets is progressing, | it is reported by Marvil and his} representative, Bill Archer. | Archer has been particularly ac- | tive in this effort to supply those} wishing to buy their tickets well | in advance. The main ticket of-| fice is at the Chamber of Com-} merce in the La Concha _ hotel} building, where all reservations, are being made for the 400 seats | that will be sold. | Reservations are gradually mounting. Among the earliest to make reservations were Com-} mander G. B. Hoey, new com-} manding officer of Key West; naval station, who has reserved 12 seats for himself and a party of naval and marine officers, and} Col. James D. MacMullen, com-| manding officer of Key West Bar-| racks, who has reserved eight places. “I don’t want anyone to get the; idea that I am trying to high- pressure them into buying tickets, but we actually believe now that the ball will be a sell- out”, Director Marvil said today. “As a result we are building new tables and getting additional chairs to insure everyone of the ‘400 we expect to attend a seat.” |the chairman. of taxes on the South Beach property now owned by} the Gato Estate and Mrs. Lottie Larranaga, for a period of one year, from November L, in return for a lease from the estate to the city to use-the property for mu- nicipal beach purposes. Thus ended the long-time proj- ect to bring at least a suitz temporary beach to the city this year’s tourist business. Mem- bers of the committee headed by Col, L. C. Brinton applauded the action taken by the council. ‘Pre- ceding the action, it was an- nounced by Col. Brinton that the necessary funds to maintain the beach property had been raised. The lease will contain a 30-day (Continued on Page Six) AMOUNTS FROM OCCUPA- TIONAL AND AUTO TAG LI- CENSES |. City Auditor Charles Roberts’ reports last evening at City Coun- .cil meeting revealed the fact that a total of $7,210.44 was on hand in the General Revenue accounts, left during the month of October after expenses deducted. Total taxes paid in were $18,- 386.88; paid out, $14,753.04; bal- ance, $3,633.84, Other accounts credited were: Special, $160.00; Indebtedne $297.04; Board of Public Works, $345.43; W.P.A. Projects Fund, $2,774.13. These accounts totalled were the amount above mentioned The W.P.A. Sponsorship Fund received credits from the 50c ex A total of 772 hzd been paid up to November 1, or a cash amount of $386.00. Bal- R Leupational license tax.callections ELIEF : CAMPAIGN s; half of both licenses _ have CLOSED LAST NIGHT “:°" Fine and Forfeiture Fund was noted at $72.00; Building Per WINNING NUMBER DRAWN AT "its, $11.00; Special W-P.A. LIBRARY FUNCTION: MAY. “P0sorship Fund. $137.00; Auto OR ALSUAY Sone. GoaL Mile Transportation Taxes NOT REACHED tra for auto tags. from J. M. Lee, $50.00; Board of Public Works, Project 4579, $42.00. Aquarium account has a balance of $46.63 on hand. Council passed on second and final reading the ordinance to re duce Real Estate and Trailer Park Occupational Licenses to $31.25 Robert Lewis’ scavenger service bill of $50.00 for service to the navy yard was approved. Miami Herald bill for advertising and death payments to widows of fire- men were both voted for consid- eration of the Finance commit tee. So, too, payment of the bill for publication of qualificd voters in the coming election The campaign for funds to aid civilians in China came to a suc cessful close last night at the Woman's Club Library, when in the presence of Mayor Willard Al- bury, honorary chairman of the local council for Civilian Relief in China, Mrs. M. E. Berkowitz, and other officers of the local council and interested ticket hold- ers, the Jucky number “187” was drawn from the box in which stubs of tickets sold. were placed. The drawing of the number was by Mrs. Willard Albury, wife of the mayor. As the holder of the ticket was net present he or she may claim the beautiful water color reproduction of First Les- son at the home of Mrs. Berko- witz, 322% Whitehead street. Mayor Albury, in a short and appropriate address, commended the chairman and officers of the local council for Civilian Relief in China, for having accomplish- ed a splendid humanitarian work for a great and good cause. Mrs. Berkowitz, as local chair. man, was assisted in the cam- paign by Mrs. A. M. Hewett, treasurer, and Miss Marie Louise Cappick, publicity director. Mrs. Berkowitz responded fo the may- or’s addrses by stating that the success of the campaign was due in a large measure to the assist- ance given by her co-workers who £9 actively engaged in. sell- ing tickets for the fund, and to the whole-hearted support given by the citizens of Key West who always respond so readily and so liberally to any cause of suffer- ing.’ To all who contributed- in the least way the chairman ex- One of the highlights of the tneded her personal thanks and ‘evening was the banquet of Key the thanks of the local council; West dishes. Among these was officers and members. She stress-|baked deviled crawfish, diced ed her gratitude to The Key West fried conch, Spanish olives and Citizen for its part in publicizing | many other dishes. the campaign. Be | There were 48 of Key West Although the goal set by the Elks Lodge also present. local council was not reached, it| is stated that an amount was col-| lected sufficiertt to place Key/ vo in line with other cities, THE with larger populations in the| campaign. The total amount will! SHACK RESTAURANT be announced in The Citizen as| Southard and Margaret Sts. soon as all tickets are reported to|SAME INEXPERIENCED COOK EE AT ELKS MEET ALL ENJOYED NOVEL KEY WEST DINNER SERVED: D.G.R. PRESENT One of the most enjoyable meetings in recent years was held last night at the Elks Club with District Deputy Grand Ruler C. H. Talton of Daytona Beach present. Among the visitors there were also E. C. Henshaw, trustee of New Smyrna Beach lodge and editor of the “Florida Farmer”; H. Saxon, New Smyrna Beach exalted ruler; W. A. Whitehead, New Smyrna Beach, H. L. Har- mon of Miami; Tom Waddell of Daytona Beach; F. C. Van De Sande of New Smyrna. RIE SR OPENING TOMORROW