The Key West Citizen Newspaper, November 4, 1939, Page 1

Associated Press Day Wire Key West, Florida, has the most equable climate in the country; with an average range of only 14° Fahrenheit For 59 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West Che Kry Wiest Citizen | THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN THE U.S. A. — eared VOLUME LX. No. 262. KEY WEST, FLORIDA, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1939 PRICE FIVE CENTS NAZIS PROTEST . [BOARD MOVES TO Project For: Fort Taylor And Barracks Approved oN EDR Totals $48,777 SENATOR PEPPER ADVISES THE CITIZEN: IN WIRE TO- DAY: W.P.A. PORTION TO- TALS $35,113 Following telegram was re- geived at The Citizen office this morning from Senator Claude Pepper: “It is a pleasure for me to ad- vise that W.P.A. Project Number 40,145 has been approved by the| President for the amount of $35,- 193. The project is to reconstruct ahd overhaul buildings and facili- ties, and is now eligible for op- Oh hhh he hdeded PROJECT WILL USE TWENTY-NINE MEN! (Ny Associated Press) JACKSONVILLE, Oct. 4. --W.P.A, Administrator Roy Schroder authorized projects today in six counties includ- ing: Monroe—Key West, oil and sand roadways and parking areas at lighthouse depot, to- tal cost $2,292—W.P.A. $1.- 446, soonsor $786. The project wil empoy 29 persons for about a month. LS hakede ddd deded @tation at the discretion of the State Administrator”. Immediately after the receipt of. Senator Pepper's telegram, Lieut-Col. J. D. MacMullen,.com- 5 gd officer at the barracks, és contacted and asked con- ¢erning the project and he gave) The Citizen the following infor-} mation. regarding the project,! which is understood to apply to! the barracks and Fort Taylor. | Grand total of the work! amounts to $48,777—$35,113 of | which is W.P.A. funds and $1 864 is funds by the sponsor. There will be employed seven | supervisory, professional and n ‘FINLAND GIVES IN land has accepted two-' the Russian demands on its coun- try but that it was not willing to accept the other demans. ON SOME DEMANDS WANTS FULL ACCEPTANCE Aly Anaoeinted Prenn) HELSINGFORS, Nov. 4.—Fin ish officials today said that Fin. Russia is believed to be exert- | technical men, 18 skilled men, | i ing pressure on Finland to allow sik intermediates and 35 un- skilled workers—66 in all. Thejit to establish a naval base or project is scheduled to last until/concentrate troops in the islands June 30, 1940. ‘or country of Finland. Russia BY NORWEGIANS: Ban Aa i NORWAY GIVES VESSEL BACK . TO AMERICAN CREW: AN-! OTHER FRENCH FREIGHT-' ER SUNK (Ny Associated Press) LONDON, Nov. 4.—Nazis gov- ernment today formally protested | the Norwegian seizure of the! American City of Flint, but Rus- sia adopted a hands off policy 'with the attitude that all was out of her hands. American newspapermen went j aboard the vessel and brought out a number of interesting points stapped all questioning. The ves- sel had been captured by a Ger- |man prize crew, brought to’ the’ Russian: port of Murmansk, where Russia had allowed the German | crew to’ sail the ship out toward Germany: She was captured in Norwegian waters last night by Norway and the American crew given repossession of its vessel. | The captain denied that one of his crew members was ill as the Germans stated. Another member of the crew |spoke of strang doings on the reports | RUSSIA STILL PUSHES DE-! trip over before it was captured |e supplied first. | MAND FOR BALTIC BASES; | by the raider, which led him to| ithe belief that the vessel might jbe sunk before it reached its H destination. German bitterly denounced Norway in the matter and said thirds of that she went out of her way to| affect the capture. A French freighter was sunk in the Atlantic today by a German submarine, From Shanghai come reports that the British pocket battleship Admiral Scheer is off a Chinese port and operating in Pacific wa- 1 ters. Neutrality Bill Becomes LaW before Norwegian naval officers‘ Pane Shipments To Star Soo FRANCE PLEASED WITH ACTION; GERMANY WILL’ PROTEST; CONGRESS ADJOURNED YES. TERDAY; HULL DESCRIBES BILL (Ry Associated Press) WASHINGTON, Nov. 4.—Presi-|'° An immediate effect of the dent Roosevelt affixed his sig-'neutrality law is cancellation of nature to the Neutrality Revi-|trips. U.S. Lines have cancelled sion Bill today ‘at‘noon and the | several trips. Bill became law with any nations; Germany will make a formal able to buy planes, arms and am- |protest to the American govern- munition from America on a cash ment through the German am- and carry basis. bassador in Washington, it is Congress adjourned yesterday | understood. America will point despite the objections of a Re-|out to Germany that any na- publican group. Other phases of the legisla- arms and armaments and_ that tion is settlement of international’ America is merely reverting to boundaries and barring of foreign the rights of international law. submarines from these neutral} zones. |tion and announced that it could Planes which have been on send 500,000 more men to the docks for some time awaiting ; front from its factories. shipment will be sent over; shortly. The American planes emphasized that the move is def- are not as fast as the German 'initely designed to keep America planes but they may be man-' out of the war and said that any- euvered more easily. However a ' government group will see to it | Me who said otherwise did not that American plane needs will understand the temper of the ‘American people. Jayeee ‘Get Out Vote’ i i | tion may come over and buy the; France acclaimed the legisla-‘ ~The project and_of ‘Weal ization,-including items of de- ferred maintenance, and covers! bi by the military garrison, the per-| sonnel of which is inadequate to}| perform other than essentizg mili- tary duties. Included in the project are a number of items necessary to Gomiplete rehabilitation of the plant, due to limitation of main- fehance funds over a period of 15 years and thus restore the same © a condition in which current} 5 maintenance may be _ resumed. The -project covers a number of buildings at Key West barracks, a few at Fort Taylor. Replace- ment of parts of the fence at the is one of con-]}took advantage of Germany’s pre- eral over-}occupation to take control of the “rehabilitation, modern- | Baltic,“ tong held by Germaiy.~* She has recently established ases on lands owned by Latvia, ; work which cannot be performed } Lithuania and Est: onia. ANNOUNCES FOR COUNCIL SEAT EEKING RE-ELECTION TO POST HE HAS HELD FOR PAST FIVE TERMS, TOTAL- LING TEN YEARS German vessels, which had been. interned in Chi- nese waters, are preparing. to leave, presumably under protec- tion of the German vessel. Bodies of four German seamen believed to be off a German sub- :marine, which foundered off the English coast, were ;ashore on the Kentish coast to- day. Each of them carried escape ‘masks commonly used on subméa- rines. A Japanese ship was today be- lieved to be carrying a German ambassador to Tokio for confer- ences with Japanese officials. The Japanese ship register did not show his name but it is un- ,derstood he is a descendant of ithe Bismarks. | Several washed | DETAILS OF PARADE DISC Paradé Changed To Nov. 13 ‘USSED AT MEETING HELD LAST NIGHT; WILL:CO-OPERATE IN Jaycee Get - Out - And - Vote Parade will be held on Monday evening before election instead lof Saturday as originally plan- ned. This change was made at {the meeting held last evening in Chamber of Commerce quarters in La Concha Building. Parade will start at 7:30 o'clock | jat South Beach end of Duval street, proceed up Duval to Greene, Simonton to Fleming, Fleming to White, White to Divi- sion and then to Bayview Park where a political rally has been planned. ; Detailed report on parade was William Freeman today makes! his formal announcement as a candidate for re-election to the office of councilman in the city avis to be held on Tuesday, [November 14. Mr. Freeman has served in the capacity of councilman for the) MO past 10 years and offers himself en eres for reelection on his ability to! WILL CONTAIN 5,127 NAMES;|serve the city and on the basis of past performances. TOTALS BY PRECINCTS ARE LISTED "barracks and beautification, grad- ing and filling of the grounds. The qualified list of voters for the city election to be held Tues- day, November 14, will be pub- Mosquito Ditching Project Will Extend To Other Keys WHAT WAS THAT AGAIN? gi ade to Jaycees by Joe Allen, chairman of committee on ar- 4—|rangements, who requests co- operation of entire body to make affair a success. Chairman announced that all candidates for office in coming election would be invited to par- ticipate in parade and that John Pritchard’s Orchestra and Gould Curry’s Dance Band had both ‘volunteered to furnish music for the parade. i Newt Ketchings, another mem- | ber of the committee, announced | that signs for cars and trucks had | been prepared. Joe Pinder was! appointed to take charge of the| public address system to make announcements concerning the! (By Associated Press) DANVILLE, Va. Nov. Your name please? The marriage license clerk gasped when he got this answer from the young negro: Judger Virli¢é Birdiron Massondail Wil- liam Harris. (Bill’s: girl's name was Hettie Wall.) lished in The Citizen next Mon- Z. D. Harrison, with the Health day, November 6 . The list will cover most of five pages and con- | Unit, réports that he will shortly | tains a total of 5,127 names. begin work on securing ease- Division at hs some recat ments for properties on Stock Is- | ee re eo a ah 550; | land and Boca Chica with the fourth, 1321; fifth, 890; sixth, 633.)end of eventually bringing the | Absentee voting started at City | Properties in the range of the| Works Progress Mosquito ditch- ing project now in operation in Key West. Mr. Harrison said that all de- sired easements in Key West had been secured, except one, .and that it would shortly be secured. The city has kept up its mos- ~~ WHITE WA¥:PROJECT. as has been the practice in the past. Jaycees pledged co-operation with City Recreation Department in formation of winter activities and recommended that _ street dances be held often during the | Season. Charles Roberts. was appointed \chairman of a committee to work in conjunction with the Key West Lions Club and other organiza- tions interested in lighting the ; White Way during the winter months. Formation of a Presidents and Secretaries Association was pro- posed by President Isadore Wein- traub. This idea will be pro- posed to the various tions of the city and if favored Junior Chamber of Commerce ‘will make plans to effect the or- ganization. President Weintraub announced ; that he would award a Jaycee Pin to any member bringing in five new members into the club. SISIHTIO SL ANDREWS ANTICIPATES TRIP TO ISLAND CITY Senator Charles O. An- drews appreciates the friend- ly attitude of Key West and CURTAIL SCHEDULE OF HOMEWORK PUBLIC INSTRUCTION DE- | PARTMENT HOPES TO ELIMINATE HOMEWORK IN FIRST SIX GRADES | eee | That the Florida Department ‘of Public Instruction is taking cognizance of the homework problem in grade schools of the state is noted in a letter to a resident of Key West, homework in the first six grades of Florida public schools. In the communication, Colin English, state superintendent of public instruction, reveals that conjunction with each have. prepared a bulletin in ‘which abolishment of homework in the grade schools, budgeting and limiting work time in the upper grades have been recom: imended. The bulletin will soon Secretary of State Cordell Hull be released through Mr. English’s | ‘office. ' Full contents of the state su- perintendent’s letter follow: ! “The health and physical edu- ;cation teachers of the | working with the State Health | Department, have prepared a health bulletin for use in the pub- lic schools of Florida, which will i be released from this office at an early date. |. “One of the recommendations jin this bulletin is that children {in the first six’ grades will not be required to do homework and that homework for pupils in the upper grades be budgeted and the time required for the work be| limited”. | Recently The Citizen received | several scattered complaints by | mothers of pupils in schools of Key West, concerning the amount of homework assign- ed their children, Conference Of Principals Discussed Plans To Better which | jStates that recommendation will| soon be made that there be no! Florida health units, working in| other, | State, | SIS ILS SSS Ss i\AS STOR Continued high winds are forecast ‘for tonight and Sun- day by Key West Weather Bureau with the disturbed condition over eastern Cuba in conjunction with high Pressure over the United States causing the bat weather. The wind at 7 o'clock this morning was north north- west and was 22 miles an hour. Caution is advised small craft until the condition passes, ADVISORY 3 P. M. i Tropical disturbance at 1 Pp. m, E.S.T., centered on northeast coast of Cuba just west of Antilla, moving in a northerly direction. Winds of 50 miles per hour reported near center and fresh io strong winds and squalls pre- vail over a large area. Cau- tion advised in Cuban and Ba- haman waters and off the toutheast Florida coast. Signed, WEATHER BUREAU, Jacksonville. Baas PIII LIS s LEAVES ON S.S. CUBA i | | i 1 | i | J. B. Sullivan left on Steamship Cuba yesterday af the iter- mechanical work on the shi the trip to and from Tampa, re- iturning. Monday morninge«, ip on Harris School will observe |American Education Week, be- ginning November 5 and ending ‘on the 11th. | Mayor Willard M. Albury |today proclaimed the week of Nov. 5-11 as American Education Week in Key West. Posters have been placed in windows of various stores to inform the public. The churches of the city have been Harris School To Observe “| American Education Week’ American education, which all believe are especially worthy of public attention just now. It is hoped that, as American people consider their school system dur- ing this week and many weeks to come, they will ask very seriously what purpose this great educa- tional enterprise is intended to serve. Universal education is a splendid thing and one of which} |WINDS CONTINUE HIGH KEEPS ON organiza- | asked to observe the week at Sunday services, and the topic for that day will be “Religion in | America”. General theme for the week is every American can well be proud. Eut other parts of the world which do not cherish as Americans do the ideals of de- mocracy in government and in ‘Education for the American:community life also have ‘uni | Way of Life”. jversal, compulsory, tax-supported Daily themes are: Sunday, The education. Americans are proud Place of Religion in Our. Democ ,of their schools, not only because |racy; Monday, Education for Self: {they are’ available at public ex- |Realization; Tuesday, Education | pense to all the children, but' also for Human Relationships; Wed-;because of the great humane nesday, Education for Civic Re-'ideals which these schools cher- sponsibility; Friday, Cultivating |ish and nurture. the Love of Learning; Saturday,; Four of these great ideals have Education for Freedom. become the official themes dur On Tuesday night at 7:30;ing four of the days of American o'clock the Harris: School will} Education Week. hold its regular P.-T. A. meeting; Self-Realization is the first pur- by observing American Education j pose of education in. this democ- State Education Methods "THREE KEY WEST PRINCI- PALS ATTENDED CONFER- ENCE IN MIAMI; SUPT. RUS- SELL ALSO PRESENT The Monroe delegation of sup- ;enintendent and principals which ;attended the conference at Cen- ‘tral School of Miami called by {Colin English, superin- tendent of Public Instruction, re- ‘turnea Thursday and report a jvery active meeting. | From Key West Superintendent ‘Melvin E. Russell, Principal Horace O’Bryant of Key West {High School, Principal Earl }Hamilton of Division Street School, and Principal W. C. Dun- can of Harris School were in at- tendance. One of the principal topics |agreed on was that a system of regular visits of nurses to the jschool would simplify health education. Many personal in- stances of.a pair of glasses for |better nutrition or remova! of tonsils were brought out to prove {how much more efficacious pro- per health surveillance is in | school work. | The meeting was agreed that modern, system of Florida High School education was vastly im- proved over the old, and the statement was made that the bal- jlot could better be intrusted to the average high school grsduate {than to the average adult. state the grade noon and will do some necessary| Attention was called to the | bulletins of the State Education {Department which were sent out 4reguiarly.~ |. The Monroe delegation was | particularly struck with the fact |that the problems which many thought were individual to Key West are also peculiar to’ other sections of the state. Conducting the Key West group on a tour of Central School was Principal Joe Wheeler, a former Key Wester. Conference was in charge of M. L. Stone of the State Depart- |ment who was assisted by Dr. Edwards, G. Hall and Dr. Eddy. Purpose was to improve instruc- tion in state public schools with the use of no more materials |than were on hand. | This phase of the Florida pro- gram is attracting national at- tention with Dr. Alves Burman {of Washington Education De- partment keeping his eye on de- velopments with the idea of other |states, starting a similar sys- emi. CABLE BREAKS IN: MIAMI: LINE | LEAVES TO REPAIR: WILL TAKE ABOUT A WEEK Pe abathod ok } | | | Le get-out-and-vote campaign. All members of the organiza-! ;tion were requested to meet at | the Chamber of Commerce quar- jters next Friday afternoon at 5 ;0'clock to make final plans for | ithe affair. i its citizens and so expresses himself in a communication to the Chamber of Commerce. In the letter, Senator An- drews says: “As soon as the Special Session is out of the way I am hopeful that it will be possible for me to make a trip down the east coast and After some discussion it was Week and Father’s Night. jracy. Schools seek to develop in- z ° Thursday morning at 8:40 | quiring minds, to kindle imagina-|_ G- R- Steadman, cable man- jo’clock the children will assem-|tion, to develop sound emotional, #8°t for the Western Union Tele- |ble in the auditorium for chapel! mental and physical health, to 8T@Ph Co., left this afternoon on exercises. A special program has! enable each child to share in the 20a" the company’s Cable been arranged. Parents are / cultural arts which constitute hu-| Schooner, Western Union, for a invited. |manity’s heritage from the past |Point near neat ipate aot a Friday will be Open House and! and to develop the sturdy per- |? necessary cable work between all parents, are urged to visit the|sonality and character without | K¢y West and Miami. . Hall Tuesday of this. week for | those who know they will not be present in the city on _ election day. Approximately fifty per- sons have cast their ballots. SeGocccovecsevecseeee OYSTERS Fresh Shipment—Nice Large Extra-Select Chesapeake Bay (ASSES Dance Tonight —at— Pena’s Garden Of Roses Gould Curry’s Orchestra No Admission Charge—No Cover 2p ste ——___---- D. Place your order for THANKS- GIVING TURKEYS early! We handle CHOICE POULTRY. and MEATS ex- clusively. sca EE Peat eae eae BERMUDA MARKET White and Virginia Sts. PHONE 52 White and Virginia Phone 52 quito project as far as cisterns | decided to have two dinner meet-| have a chance to chat with classrooms so that they may bet-! which all other education is use- |go. Mosquito eating minnows {have been placed in the various! jcisterns throughout the city. Well! | stocked, these cisterns are believ-| jed not to be breeding mosquitos. Mr. Harrison said that there || were two types of mosquitos which usually bothered Key West residents. One was the salt ings a month instead of a busi-; you in person”. ness meeting and dinner meeting (QV PMIO Oa DMs Proclama ‘ ter acquaint themselves with the work the children are doing in school. The lunch room is serving a ten cent luncheon to the public on reservation. Topics selected to be studied {by the classrooms are: less, if not positively harmful. Economic Efficiency is a second great purpose of ~ education. Schools prepare boys and girls to contribute gladly and effectively to the production of the goods and services which, taken. to- gether, make up the American standard of living. Schools should marsh or pest mosquito which lays its eggs on the mud and-then when rains come the eggs hatch. These muddy areas. may be reach-! ed partly through proper spray- | ing and partly through ditching : Another type of mosquito is the! domestic type. This type lays its eggs on the surface of the water. ' and the eggs quickly hatch into larvae and then mosquitoes. Cis- | terns must be kept stocked with | with procedure followed in the nation Week”, and {TO ALL CITIZENS OF KEY WEST: In recognition of the entirely worthwhile aims of the schools of Key West in stressing a fully gram of providing good citizens for the future. and in line I HEREBY PROCLAIM, by authority the week sterting November 5th and ending tion rounded out pro- all municipalities throughout in me vested. that November 11th Edi * request of the special occasion by attending t! scheduled in the schools of this city. 1A—Self Realization. | 2B—Self Realization. 2A—Self Realization. 3B—Human Relationship. 4B—Cultivation for Love of Learning.” 4A—Self Realization. 5B—Civic Responsibility. 5A—Cultivation for Love of Learning. 6B—Civie Responsibility. 6A—Civie Responsibility. | | 1B1-1B2—Human Relationship. j develop in everybody—adults as well as children—a grasp of eco- nomic problems that will help Americars to deal intelligently {with the production, distribution and use of wealth. Schools should be seriously engaged in educating consumers with a high sense of values so that the wealth of the nation may not be dissipated and misused in the production of {worthless or harmful things. minnows and artificial containers, | ‘such as tin cans, destroyed. WILLARD M. ALBURY. Mayor. The themes emphasize certain | issues in American life and in| Human Relationships are a (Continued on Page Four) Mr. Steadman told The Citi- jzen this morning that the cable vessel is berthed in the slip at the P. and O. dock with the crew ‘in readiness to depart, with gil | material and machinery tg put to use at a mOments notice. The break is in the Miami-Key . | West cable and with the force of, ., |mien on. the cable boat, said Mr. | Steadman, wil require about one_ week, pgssibly less, to make the necessary repairs and have the jline ready for service. FOOD SALE will be held by House Committee of KEY WEST WOMAN’S CLUB TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 7 Following rgular meeting at 4 p. m. CLUBHOUSE—1301 Division St. Sa ERR SME ih } | 1 | (ING EVERY NIGHT AT CLUB CAYO HUESO; ADMISSION FREE, MINIMUM CHECK CHARGE 50c PER PERSON; MUSIC BY PRITCHARD’S ORCHESTRA