The Key West Citizen Newspaper, November 8, 1939, Page 1

Azsociated Press Day Wire Service For 59 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West VOLUME LX. No. 265. THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN THE U.S.A. — KEY WEST, FLORIDA, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 1939 Plans Complete. For Gala Legion Ball At Country Clu Next Saturday. Eve: ‘ELECTRIC SYSTEM MODERNIZATION SOON COMPLETE COMPANY EXPECTS LINE CHANGES TO BE ALL MADE BY DEC. 1; WILL AFFORD BETTER SERVICE Completion of the $50,000 mod- mecron ume 70 rom SCHOO, CLASSES AT 10 P. M.; GRAND MARC! AT 10.30 P. M.; “BEST SHOW EVER”, SAY DIRECTORS ernization of the electric system of the Key West Electric Com-' pany will be done by December! 1, president B, L. Grooms told | The Citizen today. VISIT EXHIBITS INSPECTED Consideration He said in-| e Pauses tnt: vat In Peace Plan STRESSED IMPORTANCE OF RAISING FUNDS FOR W.P.A. SPONSORSHIP: OTHER BUS- INESS DISCUSSED ‘AT CHAMBER MEET ' Members of the Chamber of ; Commerce directors’ group, to: gether with members of the local Real Estate Board and other citi- jzens of the city, assembled at} |Chamber headquarters last night | Key West, Florida, has the most equable climate in the country; with an average range of only 14° Fahrenheit PRICE FIVE CENTS Navy Department Desires Sivty Acres On Trumbo Island; Awaiting Advice WASHINGTON HAS BEEN FLORIDA CONSIDERS GAMBLING ORDERS * ! { |FOUR GROUPS Emphasizing the military and | AQUARIUM AND ART naval aspects of the Armistice} Day ball and floor show at Key| CENTER West Country Club Saturday} night, the sponsors, Arthur Saw- | Legion, today announced the members of the reception com-| tors at the Art Gallery and Trop- mittee that will greet those at-|ical Aquarium yesterday, enjoy- tending this first outstanding; ing the various sights. They saw community social event of the! several specimens which season. i 3 Those who will be in the recep-|"#Ve been added to the displays tion line at the club will be Com- |!" the tanks at the aquarium, and mander G. B. Hoey, commandant ,Many art specimens at the Cen- of Key West naval station; Col. |ter. and Mrs. James D. MacMullen, | The classes from the Division representing the . army forces! Street School were: 4B, 30 pupils, here; Major and Mrs. William V.;Mrs. Florence Mullinax; 4A, 29 Albury, serving in behalf of the! pupils, Mrs. Amelia Cabot; 2B, 38 national guard organization in / pupils? Miss Eulalie Jones.’ this area; Lieut.-Comdr. and Mrs.| The class of older students was C. H. Hilton, acting for the Coast | the 9A of the High School, under Guard forces in Key West; Licut.-|the direction of Miss Margaret |Neff. These students are study- MEET TONIGHT ing general science. Cotaatac mara rae Students of all the classes were z h interested in the re- Schoneck of Arthur Sawyer |VOTY MUC! : iad Masa oti the iAamerican cent additions to the tanks of ma- Legion today issued a call for rine life, which include a rare all Geeusbers {to -attend a | S2ecimen of brittle starfish with > |nine points instead of the usual aes - peters ifive or six, and the red robin and ant action in connection with |"C? Sea taven, captured by Man- the Armistice Day ball and |uel Herrera and presented to di- ficor show at the Country | rector, Joseph Romero, sen tenetater score MRS. VALDEZ WILL BE OPERATED UPON new P. Rubino, Marine hospital the U. S, Public Health |Stallation of the new switchbdard (BELGIUM AND NETHERLANDS COMBINE TO PRE- ifor a joint meeting and to hear MANY CITIES FEEL REVENUES | CONTACTED IN REGARD TO TERMS EMBODYING SALE OR LEASE OF PROPERTY jat the power plant would be; completed by Dec. 20. j The work consists in rebuild-; jing the main feeders of the dis-; tribution system and changing ‘ Classes of the High School and|the characteristic of the current} yer Post No. 28 of the American Division Street Schools were visi- | fr power purposes from two |phase to three phase system. The | modernization program will make jall motors on the lines more effi- jcient. It will also give steadier ‘voltage to Key West homes using \ electric lighting. ; To the company, the new sys- ;tem will mean that the carrying lcapacity of the feeders will be increased. It will also mean more economic operation’ under ‘the three phase system, Four ; wires are used in two phase sys- ,tem and three wires in three | phase. The work was begun July 9 j and as high as 30 local men have been used .on the project at times. At present there are 16 lemployed. One hundrd and fifty new poles have been . placed | throughout the city and 575 cross ‘arms. Fifty-six thousand pounds of copper wire will be installed. “Installation of the new switch- board wi!l cost $14,500 in itself. The work is being done under the department of Paul Mesa at ‘the Key West Electric Company | ;and foreman on the job is H. 4 ‘MISS BEARUP SENDS ,Congressman Pat Cannon, who had arrived in the city just prior ‘to the meeting, !deliver a speech on the W.P.A. | situation, { President Russell introduced |Congressman Cannon, who called attention to the fact ‘that though lhe had never received direct {communication from this city ,coneerning funds raised to spon- SENT PLAN; ITALY SUGGESTS PROTECTION OF BALKAN STATES IN-ANY MOVE CONSIDERED (By Assectated Presa) LONDON, Nov. 8.—Diplomats|croachments of Russia and Ger- in Europe were generzlly con-|many. vinced that the hurried meeting} Admiralty Lord Winston of The Netherlands and Belgian Churchill told Parliament today | <5, projects, nevertheless, he has governments and presentation of}that English defenses against been working to get projects a peace plan te the warring|Submarines are at present very right along with the citizens powers of Europe presaged “pres-|¢ffective. He said that the Ark here. sure” on the governments by|Royal, which Nazis claim has, The cong’essman stated some of the warring powers. been sunken by a German sub- ‘cooperation is lacking Italy moved swiftly today in a|marine, has recently captured an West in the matter of plan which came to light ,sud-|important German vessel. projects through to completion. denly. Italy asked that any} Churchill also said that there He advised that he was at his peace move do not take into con-| were at least two German pocket “rope’s end” and that something sideration partitioning of the|battleships operating in the At- had to be done immediately to- Balkan states. At the same time|lantic and said that it was aniaz- wards creating, giving and fi- King Carrol of Rumania was re- ported reliably to have asked all the Balkan states to form a solid front in war matters. He will later ask that Turkey and then Hungary be included in the pacts. The measure is said to be a defense against the en- that in Key ed as-yet by British ships. gress is willing, he said, to carry He also added that defenses of 99% of the Toad if Key West will Scapa Flow at the time of the assume responsibility for the sinking of a British battleship by other ten percent. It is uncer- ja submarine were inadequate tain, however, whether that per- j but sat they have now been centage will exist after the next :greatly improved. : session convenes. Action must | A high English source said to- come soor? if results as needed day that if a peace comes of will materilize. present. negotiations that there Following C Z |should be no thought of revenge jon’s dueatare tc anee nie or punishment on Germany. He been thanked by Chamber presi- W.C.T.U. OFFICIALS VISITED ‘KEY WEST said also that minorities in all I | jcountries must be*recognized and oes eae meet biota Tea sew a PEE {that imperialism-should not be . CONFERRED WITH LOCAL‘ the thought of any nation in the oa W. Sheen dT of t MEMBERS; MISS PALMER Is | 214 today. the Inland Waterway Committee, | German patrols concentrated tated that the Bo: i | : : sta ard of Engi- NATIONAL DIRECTOR at two points against the French heors would consider any. pre- but were driven back. It is not , 4 | se lknown whether the patrols entation that the Chamber would unannounced, | carrying | ing they have not been discover- nancing sponsorship funds. Con-]| WILL BE CUT IF EDICT IS IMPOSED T. E. Price, one of the owners of Trumbo Island, who was in the city yesterday conferring with Commander G. B. Hoey, of- «(My Associated Preas, ficer in charge of the naval sta- TALLAHASSEE, Nov. 8.— ition, and Lieutenant Commander ,Hundreds of Florida towns are Fort Callahan, officer in charge awaiting Governor | of left this } anxiously Cone’s next move as the state chief executive announces there | will be no illegal gambling in| Hotel Mr. Price said he had noth- Florida this year. ing further to say regarding the With the winter season about! matter of the Navy taking over {to open many cities will lose profitable source of revenue. Thi | governor began his matter was new in the against vice last year with not-'the Navy Department, able success in the Miami area communications, morning for Miami: When seen at the La Concha 4 Trumbo Island for the erection ¢ /of a hangar for aeroplanes. The cope hands of the lresults of the conference yester- hua ka wen ‘day are on their way to Wash- and ! | t All of Key West’s bolita houses ington for final decision. were closed down last year fol | He did say. that the land lowing Governor Cone’s orders; which was di ed by the de- jand also many other gambling partment comprised approximate rooms. ly 60 acres which is located to | ee the north of the barracks and ‘ACCIDENT FATAL 10 Tuns to the waters of the bay { {“It is all up to the Navy De- { partment,” Mr. Price said be- ‘ARMANDO RIVERO === \ Five Year Lease } Arete, ; On reliable information The |"HITCHING” RIDE ON BI- Citizen understands that the eee: toe Navy.Department-sishcs- to se- i CYCLE AT SIDE OF Feure a five year lease from ; W.P.A. TRUCK '\Trumbo Properties, Inc. — for erection of steel airplane han- 'gars near the\plane ramp there. The Navy is planning to send part of a plane squadron here Armando Rivero, 18, a relief. Service; Mayor and Mrs. Willard PICTURES OF DEER desire to make up to and includ- jemploye, died early this after- under Commander Griffin from Mrs, Beulah E. Taylor-Fritz of Pressed a, general offensive. Miss Dorothy Bearup, of Key | Miami, Mrs. Fred Meissner of St.! Mrs. J. Y. Valdes, 1224 Duval street, accompanied by her ‘ing the 15th of this month. Data!noon at .the Marine Hospital ‘would go forward in a day oryfrom the effects of - fractured Moriah gone wand Nike to have M. Albury, acting in behalf of all citizens of Key West, and Post grandson, Dr. J. A. Valdes, local; West, writes to The Citizen from optometrist, will leave for Miami} Flint, Mich., and encloses two in- tomorrow morning where Mrs teresting pictures of deer taken Valdes will undergo an eye op-,at the Game Preserve at Lake-| Commander and Mrs. William J. | Schoneck, representing the mem- bers of Arthur Sawyer Post. Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Demeritt were to have represented the old light- eration on Friday at the Jackson | viw, in one of which Miss Bearup | Petersburg and Miss; Bertha Rachel Palmer of Evanston, Ili-; nois, were recent visitors in the Island City. Miss Palmer is in Florida two, Mr. Demeritt said. Chairman of the toll gates com- mittee, Albert Peirce, reported that it would be wise to get a check of the cars leaving Key} LARGEST MACKERE CATCH IS REPORTED to} jskull suffered in an accident oc- curring this morning while riding jhis bicycle and hitching a ride | beside a W.P.A. truck. The accident occurred on Reyn- ibe used to house many the hangars and a machine shop erected at the location. Jt also plans building of a road to | the Army Barracks through Trumbo Properties. The -hangars would of the Memorial Hospital, performed by | is posed. |make possible a personal _intro-| West as well as those entering | olds street along a particularly Dr. Bascom H. Palmer. It is explained in the communi- duction to teaching facilities of TOTALLED 47 FISH: SPANISH the city. Contact with the Over-| bumpy stretch of road. The bi- Dr. Valdes will serve as in ,cation that the game on the pre |a modern approach to the teach-| ,Seas Highway commission is} cycle fell under the truck but terpreter while observing the serve is protected until Novem- ing of the narcotic and stimulant | SPECIES WILL SOON planned in the matter. |River went beyond and_ struck delicate operation to be per-|ber 15 and on that date the|problem. She is author of “A| BE “RUNNING” The president presented the | heavily against the pavement. He formed. {hunting season opens. |Syllabus in Alcohol Education’) county commissioners’ resolution | was unconscious when carried to jand other publications on_ this! calling for completion of the the hospital. subject. She is introduced into} : | Highway over the railroad right- | |Florida through Joe Hall of the; Largest catch of mackerel so of way from Big Pine Key. Adop- |department of public instruction |fat this season was brought 0 tion of the same resolution by Jat Tallahassee. Mr. Hall is con-|port yesterday afternoon by |the Chamber was voted: ‘sultant in health and has just|commercial fishermen of a local | house forces now identified with the Coast,Guard, but they sent their regrets. In making plans for the ball and floor show, Arthur Sawyer Post’s entertainment committee made arrangements to open the grand staircase leading from the ground level to the second floor of the Country Club. It will be at the top of those stairs, the only planes. Whether Mr. Price has agreed to give the lease or to stand pat on a wish to sell a sizeable part of the property to the Navy De- partment is not known. Mr. Price would want to sell and not to lease. Procedure of govern- ment agencies is usually to have g dealt with state hes clearly. ‘COUNTY BOARD entrance to be used at the club that night, that the reception committee will assemble to greet the guests. The reception line will form at 10 P. M. Saturday. As each guest arrives.he or she will be greeted and passed along to Le- gionnaire Fred Marvil, who is di- rector of the ball and floor show for the Legion. Director Marvil and his assistants will then escort the guests to their seats in ac- cordance with the reservations now being made at the Chamber of Commerce. Promptly at 10:30 P. M. Al Friedman and his Manhattan published bulletin No. 7, “Sug- gestions for Teaching Effects of |fish market. | A letter from Captain T. Luth- 7 er Pind egard to a beach The catch totalled forty-seven’ wag pees ur get eo eee MEETS TONIGHT Eyre’ Will Delight All Since the Dramatic Club re- cently announced the production of “Jane Eyre”, there has been a rush at the High school library to obtain the book. Many stu- dents have discovered that ro- mance made Jane Eyre a “best seller” a generation or so ago. The plot of the book is inten- sely exciting and the reader Stimulants and Narcotics.” 4 Miss Palmer formerly |well-pitted against each other, superintendent of public instruc- the passionate temperament of jo, for the state of North Da- | Rochester (Evelio Valdes) is set yota and now is director of al- jagainst the demure charm and ¢ohol education for the national jupright character of Jane (Elaine | woman’s Christian Temperance Carney). A good dash of comedy | Ynion ‘relieves several scenes of high’ rs Fritz is president. of the \dramatic intensity. Frances Wil-| Fiorida Southeastern District of ‘liams as Dowager Lady Ingraham w¢.T,V. which includes Monroe demonstrates “Charm” in a satis~/ County, and while here had con- feels a great sympathy for the fying manner. \ferences with members of the | The cast contains the names jocal union. troubles of Jane, a poor gover-| u nae ness. in a rich English manor.;0f many popular high school’ ‘The visitors came from Miami was | most popular with: residents and visitors in Key West, will soon be making their appearance. Fishermen report they’ are ex- “floating” fish within the next few days and catches will crease daily until toward end of the season sometime in March. No kingfish have been boated Spanish mackerel, which are! pecting to bring in this type of; in-| and were of the cero species.| Roach Committee. Smallest of the lot weighed one- ‘pound and the largest tipped the scales at five-and-a-half pounds. | A resolution expressing appre-| Regular meeting of the board ciation fon Congressman Can-'of county commissioners will be non’s presence here and his read- ‘held this everfing at 8 o'clock in iness to respond to all requests’ the county courthouse in the of- from Key West was voted. ;fice of Clerk Ross C. Sawyer. | William McHugh gave a very, Mr. Sawyer said this morning ‘interesting talk and dwelt at that aside from the checking of | some length on the vicissitudes 'the depositary accounts and oth-| of the assignment processes as er regular routine business, he ' operated in the local office of knew of no important matters to, the W.P.A. :be brought before the meeting. | tand in greatest Lieut. Comdr. G. B. Hoey de- clined to comment on the matter today to The izen stating that all announcements in the matter would come from Washington. JAMES KEATING WILL RECOVER James Keating who is em- ployed in the hair dressing sec- tion of a local barber shop, was taken suddenly ill last evening suffering was Swingsters will go into action, (Continuea on Page Four) NOTED COLUMNIST of 1850 costumes and manners. The characters in the play are/ The dramatization which will be | Students. resented Friday night steps up} c re action of he book aaa oe :Thornfield Hall—Alicia Borges. retains the charm in its portrayal! Mrs. Fairfax, house-keeper of Adele, _Rochester’s |child—Doris Roberts. Nora, an Irish servant—Char- adopted in Mrs. Meissner’s car and while|as yet but commercial anglers here visited points of scenic and| predict lovers of this highly de- ‘historic interest. They expressed jlectable member of the finny! keen pleasure over the drive on|tribe will be enjoying its de-| |the Overseas Highway and their/licious meat the latter part of} |visit in the most southerly city|this month or early in Decem-! Response to the call of the Hotel Association Receiving Good Support For Projects }taken to the Marine hospital for : treatment. Dr. Anthony Rubino, chief surgeon in charge of the institu- jtion told The Citizen this morn- tain a temporary beach for the|ing that Mr. Keating, when VISITOR 0 ISLAND Miss Prunella Wood of New York City and Coconut Grove, Fla., is a visitor in Key West, staying at the Island Inn. Miss Wood is woman’s editor of King Syndicate, writing over a national by-line about fashions for the past ten years in this country, Europe and South Am- erica. ‘ She began newspaper work in Miami, with the News, continued it in Havana for several years and has been associated with metropolitan newspapers and syndicates ever since. Coconut Grove is called “home” by Miss Wood, where she | hopes to establish a permanent, home on retirement soon. DANCING |lotte Mercer. lof the United States. They stayed ber. | Grace Poole, a servant—Ellie | Rae Gwynn. | Jane Eyre, a governess—Elaine poaeer Edward Rochester, master of STAR BEEF | Thornfield Hall—Evelio Valdes. We are -cutting it AMERICAN| Bessie Leaven, Jane's one- STYLE. . .also a large shipment {time nurse—Lillie Mae Knowles. of Selected POULTRY from! Bertha—Blanch Cervantes. Tennessee and MILK - FED] Dowager VEAL has arrived. \Frances Williams. REMEMBER... . | Lady Mary, her daughter— we are again. sélling MOCK | Florrie Mae Key. CHICKEN LEGS, at, each _ 5¢) Dr. Carter—Roland Keeton. The More You Eat The More You Want! PLACE YOUR ORDER FOR TURKEYS NOW! We handle LIVE TURKEYS EXCLUSIVELY White and Virginia Streets _— Perez. PHONE 52 |__ Rev, A LE — eer ee) BERMUDA MARKET HAS JUST RECEIVED— SELECTED—CHOICE— {Helen Archer. ; Blanche—George Cates, | Pierce. Richard John Rivers—Charles Lady Ingraham— | jat the Island Inn. YACHT CLUB WI ASSEMBLE TODAY Meeting of the Board of Direc- tors of the Key West Yacht Club is being held 4 o'clock this aft- |ernoon in the clubhouse, which is |situated on the old right-of-way } | just east of the draw bridge. Sir Wilfred Lynn, in love with; There are a number of import-|the organization, but at 3 0 te ‘ant matters to be brought before |rehearsals there have not been have joined the asociation. Each: the effect that Key West does not Zita, an old Gipsy—Shirley the meeting—matters which are|more than 25 attending. important to the club as well as \given when’ the clubhouse is , opened, it was said. Key West Hotel and Tourist \Homes Association for associate ;members to get back of the or- |ganization’s community service and publicity program has been more than was expected, it was announced yesterday at Hotel - Boys’ Band of Key West is|ba Concha at a:meeting of the scheduled for rehearsal at 7|™embership. jo'clock this 'evéning at the band) Several of the members re- room at the old naval reserva-|Ported they had contacted in ex- ition hospital on White street. |Cess of their quotas of prospects | George Mills White, in charge and stated that they had met BOYS’ BAND WILL REHEARSE TONIGHT Lady Blanche, Mary’s sister—|of Florida East Coast Railway,jof the band’s activities said this with a generous reception and morning there are 50 members of @n enthusiastic response. Up- is to be given a large member- He expects that with the beau-|ship certificate to be posted in his Mason — Anthony | to Key West. One of them is the tiful weather now being experi-|Place of business. The certif-| The fact that Key West is well \|house warming which is to be,enced in Key West there will be|icates are being printed now by equipped will be made known an appreciable increase in the The Artman Press. | attendance at rehearsal tonight. | Having seen their effort to ob- EVERY NIGHT AT CLUB CAYO HUESO; ADMISSION FREE, MINIMUM CHECK CHARGE 50c PER PERSON; recent | wards of 30 associate members! luse of visitors this season brought | brought to the hospital, was suf- j;to a successful conclusion, the} |association members immediately |laid plans for enlisting additional ! support from other firms andj |publie-spirited individuals. in. or- | der to launch a program of bill- | board and newspaper advertis- ling about the City of Key West and its attractions and tourist fa- cilities. The hotel and tourist home op- lerators are determined to do something to overcome the false propaganda that has been spread in some sections of the state to jhave adequate lodgings, fresh water and other tourist facilities. by sign and written word, the fering from a ruptured stomach ulcer, and he was fortunate in arriving for treatment within five hours after the condition arose. The necessary operation was performed, said Dr. Rubino, the opening in the stomach was closed and this morning the patient appeared to be in good condition, with every chance of recovery. No visitors are al- lowed. —— Key West High School Dramatic Club Presents JANE EYRE FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 1939 8:15 p. m. = High School Auditorium Gen. Adm. 25c: Res. Seats 35c MUSIC BY PRITCHARD’S ORCHESTRA