The Key West Citizen Newspaper, November 9, 1939, Page 1

Azsociated Press Day Wire Service For 59 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West VOLUME LX. No. 266. Surveys Ind icate Much Road Work Will Start Soon On Florida Keys LATERAL ROADS WILL CONNECT MAIN ARTERY WITH SCENIC SPOTS; STATE ROAD DEPART- MENT SET TO EXTEND HIGHWAY Surveys will be made shortly|cated at the upper end of the! that Armando Rivero died yester- building of|Proposed development which be-;day through his own negligence to determine the lateral roads on the Florida keys under a W.P.A. project sponsored by_the county, it was revealed | tempting to secure funds enough thrown to the street pavement today. Object of the roads is to con- }gins around Florida City. It is generally believed that fate Road Department is at- St the stretch jto complete to Lower | Florida City from Mate- Che Kry THE SOUTHERNMOST NEW PAPER IN THE KEY WEST, FLORIDA, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 9, | IN RIVERO DEATH Hitler Blames | OWN NEGLIGENCE: : VERDICT BY JURY | SESSION HELD THIS MORN-} ING Coroner’s jury empanelled by ; Coroner Franklin Arenberg this jafternoon delivered the verdict fin holding on to a moving motor | truck while riding a bicycle, ea te the, sheet pavenug|WARNS BRITISH THAT DRASTIC ACTION WILL FOLLOW; ENGLAND THINKS BOMBING WILL CANCEL CURRENT PEACE MOVEMENT jand thereby receiving multiple ' fracture of the skull, which caus- For Explosion nect the proposed new addition!cumbe, connect with the Over-!ed his death. over the railroad right of way|Seas Bridges District and then| There were no actual witnesses with the scenic highway along|Pickup again at Big Pine into of the act, questioning by Asst. the ocean. which is the present |Key West using the railroad right State Attorney J. L. Lester and highway. Roads will probably |of ways. .,, |Solicitor Allan B. Cleare, Jr., re- be placed at Tavernier, Rock Har-| State Road Department will) vealed. : bor and some of the lower keys,|set up funds for the Big Pine to} Carlos Garcia testified that he possibly Boca Chica or Geiger’s| Key West stretch at its Fall meet-}saw a number of boys running to Key. ing. The funds were to be!the scene and that when he got (By Associated Press) MUNICH, Nov. 9.—Explosion yersary may precipitate yesterday in the Beer Hall where | nto immediate war. Adolf Hitler made his first}| Hitler blamed the act on putsch toward taking over the British. agents and said that he Europe eat Citizrn U. S.A. 1939 ‘SOON ON LEGALITY OF SHIP TRANSFERS MARITIME COMMISSION TO REPORT WHEN PRESIDENT SAYS SO; TEST MOVE (Ry Ausociated Prens) WASHINGTON, Nov. 9.—Mari- jtime Commission will render a jdecision on whether the transfer jof U. S. Lines ships to Panama jregistry contradicts United States \neutrality laws, when and if |President Roosevelt decides to {let them render a decision. | The H. H. Rogers is under | Panamanian registry and is pre- | Paring to sail from Boston with | la cargo which they claim is not} jcontraband but which the Ger- |man government says is. | Meanwhile President Roosevelt | has received a telegram signed by | | 1 | | | | { SEAMEN PRO. | Key West, Florida, has the most equable climate in the country; with an average range of only 14° Fahrenheit PRICE FIVE CENTS ounty Board Grants Two Liquor Licenses WI Reign Parade |ERROR AND INSOLVENCY LISTS PRESENTED FOR APPROVAL; NO MORE BOND PURCHASES UN- TIL JANUARY; MEETING IN MIAMI SUNDAY Two applications for liquor li-|propriated last year be increased censes were presented at the to $150 for the present year. |meeting of the Board of County | The matter of necessity for ‘Commissioners held last night inthe increase was explained by ; Madrid Club, Front and Duval the county court house and both were given approval on the second reading. One was from! George G. Schutt, Sugar Loaf > Fishing Camp, and the other was. from Ida Gonzalez, Habana-| streets, Key West. | the tax collector, and on motion of Commissioner Warren, it was decided to allow an appropria- tion totalling $75, and in the event of more postage being necessary next month, it would be allowed. Announcement of Colonei State Road Department's ap- plication to U. S. Engineer for a permit to build over the viaduct at Jewfish Creek is generally be- lieved to presage larger develop- ment and possible early starting of the extension to Key West. Jewfish creek runs between Cross Key and Key Largo and is lo- NAVAL PLANE HIT SUBMERGED POST SENT TO GUANTANAMO: SIX OTHER PLANES STILL AT LOCAL BASE | | Patrol plane which had torn | @ two-foot section opt.of its bot | tom on a submerged post oft | Trumbo Island recently returned | to Guantanamo Bay and another ship was assigned here. The post was in the “clear” area marked out between the two lines of white posts. It is not clearly marked with a buoy. The plane passed over the spot at low tide, which made matters worse. A temporary patch has been placed over the hull and permanent repairing will be made at Guantanamo. | There are still six planes here. | German government and which matched by those of the U. S.|there he saw Rivero on the stree: |Bureau of Roads. |Would soon talk to the British!3 399 Union Seamen asking that! Present at the meeting were | Lewis H. Watkins, U. S. En- gineer, for a public hearing to | An important meeting is being {called at Miami Sunday and. the {County Commission will send |representatives to the meeting. ‘PROF. O’BRYANT | SPEAKS TO LIONS | | Prof. Horace O’Bryant, princi- |pal of Key West High School, iwill be the speaker tonight at ‘the regular supper-meeting of Key West Lions Club at Stone }Church Annex. | In observance of American Education Week, Prof. O’Bryant will deliver an address treating on “some of the problems con- fronting our.school system in .a Democracy”. 7 Armistice Day | Ceremony Plans Complete Final details in connection with the Armistice Day parade and ‘badly bleeding and that Charles |Delgado, driver of the W.P.A. ‘truck, jumped out and said that jthe boy had been hanging on to; jthe truck without permission. iGarcia and Delgado carried Ri-| |vero to the Marine Hospital. Dr. Sidney Gholsen of the Ma- ‘rine Hospital testified that the) boy was unconscious from the | time of his injury to his death, | that he was bleeding from the} right ear and nose and that he had suffered a multiple fracture of the base of the skull. There were no injuries which would im- ply the truck had passed over | Rivero’s body. | | Anthony Alonzo was foreman | | came very nearly killing Hitler on the celebration of the anni- OSS aL SSIS, COTO RETURNS FROM FAIR SINGING WORK Eduardo “Coto” Garcia, “Tropical Son” of the Florida Exhibit at the Nev York World's Fair, who entertain- ed many thousands with his Spanish songs both vocally and instrumentally, returned fo Key West yesterday. jin “language they would under- ‘stand’. These were the same {words used before his Polish | Blitzkrieg. | All visitors to Hitler palace are | being closely questioned. There were no major Nazi of- ficials killed in the explosion but ithere were a number of minor Nazi leaders dead today. Eight lives were lost and scores _in- | jured. | $240,000 by.the Nazi government for apprehension of the culprits. |The explosion caused the upper walls to cave in and if Hitler had ; Reward has been upped to | their plight be considered. The | Chairman Carl Bervaldi, Com-!be held November 14, at Home- !seamen are out.of work due to: missioners Braxton B. Warren,! stead on the application of the |the transfers of registry. There} Wm. H. Monsalvatge and T. Jen-| State Road Department to con- jare between 8,000 and 10,000 sea-| kins Curry, Clerk Ross C. Saw- struct a bridge over Jewfish imen involved. lyer, Attorney W. Curry Harris'Creek was read. This applica- a jand Chief Deputy Sheriff Ber-\tion appeared in The Citizen | HALIFAX, Nov. 9.—Radio mes-|nard Waite, Tax Collector Frank) Monday, November 6. ‘sage sent via tropical radio said|H. Ladd and Deputy Mrs. Mary | Invitation from Arthur Sawyer that a French freighter had | Perez. |Post 28, American Legion, for eluded a German submarine} Mr. Ladd presented the Error the commissioners to review the | about 450 miles southeast of Ber-|and Insolvency Lists as prepared |Armistice Day parade and be | muda after a long chase. {in his office and they were ap-/ present in the bandshell at Bay- —— iproved after some discussion. _| view Park for the Armistice Day BERGEN, Nov. 9.—Captain of; After the lists had been signed | services, Saturday, was read and the City of Flint said that he/by the board Mr, Ladd explained ' jt was agreed that the board will } would unload his cargo in this; that there was an increase in the | attend. ‘port and then sail for America. mail out of his office, more than| An invitation is extended by The ship had been captured by’ five thousand communications to the Southeastern Planning Con- Germans, who declared the cargo be answered, and asked that the ference, to the board, to attend Mr. Garcia has signed with the Florida Exhibit for a 1940 engagement. Besides playing and singing Latin songs at the Fair, Coto has also sung over the radio” with “Don Cesar” and his trio. Garcia said that when any- one at the Exhibit asked him where he was from he would smile and proudly re- ply that he was from the southernmost citv in the U.S.A., Key West, Florida. Among the songs he sang at the Fair was “Key West the Best”. He gave away thousands of pamphlets and Key West literature and talk- ed up Key West in general. He was met at the bus yes- not stopped his speech earlier jthan usual he would certainly have been killed. He left the spot just 10 minutes before the explosion. \ de Enea of the coroner's jury. Other} members were Henry Sands, E. | Francis Barry. John A. Curry, T.( L,. Adams. and Antonio Fernan- dez., 4 jister Chamberlain, suffering from gout, sent a message to Parlia- |ment via Sir John Simon to the jeffect that the explosion prob- | land and Belgium had advanced. ! Another informed London | source said that the explosion |might be laid either to a genuine attempt of disgruntled party fol- jlowers to rid themselves of Hit- jler or to a Nazi attempt to in- ‘flame the Germans against the | British. It was recalled that the \Nazis are generally said to have | | jto participate in the parade and | | ceremonies, | | As near as can be determined LONDON, Nov. 9.—Prime Min- | jformal ceremonies at Bayview | there will be a substantial detail Park Saturday forenoon . were|of army forces, the entire mem- | given approval at a meeting last | bership of Battery E and sailors | terday by his Rumba Band. He has been at the Fair six months, set the Reichstag on fire in their memorable putschs in order to create sympathy for their cause was contraband. | |Schools Continue Observance.._ Of American The | { following program was jably wrecked what plans Hol- | presented this morning at Harris —Assembly. /School in continuation of the ob- | servance of American Education- ‘al Week: | Opening Song—“America”. | Devotional Exercises—Dr. J. C. |Gekeler, who spoke on the im- |portance of education and the many more advantages that the poor boy has since he must push and has something to strive for, | while the rich boy has nothing the conferences which will be held at the Hollywood Beach Hotel, December 4, 5 and 6. The decision.on this will be an- | allowance of $125 which was ap-| | i < = Bond ae of November 3, Education Wee which were requested to be re- turned from the Board- of Ad- , ministration at Tallahassee, were Song, “America the Beautiful” Teceived by the board, said Clerk | Sawyer, and were read by him. There was no further action | (Continued on Page Four) i DEMOCRACY CHAIR ‘WILL BE DEDICATED Fiag Salute—Assembly. Star Spangled Banner. Program At Convent Rev. P. J. Kelleher addressed the student body of the Convent of Mary Immaculate and St. Jo- seph’s College this morning in observance of American Eduva- tion Week. - After the girls and boys had saluted the Flag and sung the na-' tional hymn, the speaker began! AT FSC SUNDAY f : r by drawing out of the students, CONGRESS OPENS TOMOR- |for which to strive. j MORE WITNESSES HEARD IN JURY | PROBE YESTERDAY INVESTIGATING DEATH OF RENO RUSSELL: POSTPON- ED AWAITING ARRIVAL OF | BRAIN TEST Recessed session of the coro-| ner’s jury investigating into the) death of Reno Russell, who died} last Sunday morning in the Marine hospital, was continued yesterday afternoon at the coun-} ty court house, conducted by Coroner ex-officio Franklyn Arenberg, Assistant State Attor- ney J. Lancelot Lester, County; Solicitor Allan B. Cleare, Jr. Russell died following a fight with Robert Learas, alias Quivi- can, and was taken to the hos- pital where after lingering a week, died without regaining consciousness. Witnesses summoned to appear and testify at the session yester-| day afternoon were: Charles Bec- caise, Eugene Perez, Emilio Ca- sada, Augustin Crespo, William Crespo, Hamilton Williams and Victor Johnson. The general evidence educed at the hearing was' to the effect that no one of the witnesses yes- terday saw Learas use any weapon during the fight with Russell. both combatants. There are several other wit- nesses to be summoned later and will be called to testify at the re- sumption of the hearing which will be when there is received from the laboratory in New Or- leans, samples of brain tissue of} Russell, which were sent for chemical analysis by Dr. An- thony Rubino. DANCING E\ Only fists were used by | night of members of Arthur Sawyer Post No. 28 of the Ameri- can Legion. Past Commander William Rear- | don, chairman of the post's pa- triotic observance committee, re ported that all elements of the army, national guard, navy, ma- ri national defense forces and all civic and patriotic organizations | had been given formal invitations | STRESS BENEFITS OF CONSERVATION SUPT. DOWLING PUSHES SUR- VEYS TO PROVE WORTH OF ENFORCEMENT WORK TALLAHASSEE, Fla., Nov. 8 |(FNS).—R. L. Dowling, super- visor of Florida’s Conservation Department, is making a stren- }uous effort to get before the peo- ple of Florida the importance of} }conservation and the magnitude | jand value of their salt water fishing resources and seafood in- \ dustry. Numerous surveys have been jmade and others are underway, endeavoring to ascertain the true | facts of the value and importance ‘of this previously neglected and jalmost forgotten resource. The value of conservation i: demonstrated by the recent sur- |vey trip made by Yulee Thomp- json and his party, which was {given some publicity. This sur- vey of the coast Keys to Key West was jfor the express purpose of bring- | forcement work and conserva- jtion methods have really accom- plished. | } VERY NIGHT AT CLUB CAYO HUESO; ADMISSION FREE, MINIMUM ine corps and coast guard of the} |from three destroyers, the Clax-| ton, the Babbitt and the Badger,; TICKET OFFICE OPEN UNTIL 10:00 P. M. MILI DS FI B'S & vy blaming England. ‘Legionnaires ‘Fell In’ And Stormed K. W. Country Club | Members of Arthur Sawyer! Well, anyway, the truck went |Post No. 28 of the American'out Roosevelt Boulevard and {Legion formed squads last night: ~ land, under the command’ of| (Def Proceeded: across Stick Is- Legionnaire Fred Marval, moved |!4nd to the Country club. The jin on Key West Country club/truck was unloaded and sent jand put the finishing touches to back for’ a second load. The i ggg ong ag eg ee tN pecs gs cy ieee ami the arade elements. | men! ‘ol ie ‘mis : si saat i TenteCol, James D. MacMuilen,|ball and floor show to be held: Might getting the building in |U.S.A., commandant of Key West | there Saturday night. |shape for a capacity crowd. |eoast defenses, will be grand) A regular meeting of the post} There will be 400 seats for the { marshal. |had been called by Post Com-/guests, Director Marvil an- Chairman Reardon emphasized | mander William J. Schoneck. | nounced. More than 250 reserva- lthe fact that all veterans of the|The veterans had all assembled tions had been made up to noon {Spanish-American and World | and were ready to go to town-on j today through the Key West wars have been invited to pa-|the regular monthly discussions;Chamber of Commerce which is rade. They may appear in the/regarding this and that when at- | handling distribution of the jsame division as the members of | tention was called. | tickets. Officials of Arthur Saw- |Arthur Sawyer Post who expect| “Fall in!” was in command lyer Post confidently expect every to appear in force. The invita-| As the surprised former sery- seat to be taken. To accommodate those wishing to purchase tickets and make table reservations for the Armistice Day Legion Ball Saturday night, Arthur Sawyer Post announced to- day that the Chamber of Commerce ticket office will remain open until 10:00 o’clock tonight and tomorrow night. | | | | Selection—Rhythm Band. | Play, “What Hartwell Learned” |—5A. Characters: Hartwell, |Charles Ray Brandt; Teacher, Betty June Cottrell; Principal, Edwin Curry; Mother, Geraldina Cabanas; Mother Education, Bet- ty Rose Kerr; Billy, Ray Gar |lotte; Mary, Elsie Jane Curry; Herbert, Kermit Roberts; .Arith- metic, Julia‘“Cruz; Geography, Frank Sardirias} History, ‘Kermit | Roberts; Lai cello; Writing, Rose Mae C&na- i lejo. ‘ | Selection, “God Bless Amer- jica”—Sixth Grade Chorus. 'W.P.A. BAND GIVES CONCERT TONI NAVY'S FAVORITE NUMBERS ON PROGRAM TO BE REN- DERED AT PARK ngutage, Caridad Ban-' The Country club is thorough- | tion is extended to all veterans | icemen lined up in the old fami-! whether or not they are members | liar squads formation, they were ly screened and has been scrub- from Cedar} made | ing out what two years of en-! |counted off and marched to a bed from top to bottom. The waiting truck. {decorations reflecting the Armis- placed at Division Street School) “Get in and like it!” was the tice Day spirit have been placed, yard fronting Division _ street, | next command. |the service facilities are ready where the parade will be re-| They got in and the truck took ‘and all that remains is the arri- viewed by army, navy, marine|them to Fred Auerbach’s 410 val of Sid White, master of cere- corps, coast guard, national guard | Fleming Street restaurant. Keys:monies, Al Friedman and His of the American Legion. | A reviewing stand is to be| | lers invited, whose names did not having been closed for the sum- several men and women who will appear ‘among those to be in'the/™er, and the Legionnaires appear in the floor show. lreviewing stand, are Lieut.-|™arched in. Under orders from! “We'll bring the best orchestra (Continued on Page Four) ’ {Commander Schoenick they be-|and the finest floor show now gan carrying the tables and appearing in the Miami area”, chairs out of the place and load-'Sid White said in a telephone ing them on the truck. Some of conversation this morning. “We'll y, Saturday, Sunday 08 pion cy eee leave Miami at 10 a. m. Saturday DUTCH TORT LAYER was explained that Mr. Auer-' final rehearsal at the Country and DEVIL'S FOOD — 33 |bach, proprietor, had graciously club during the middle of the LAYER CAKES ____ pconsentas to give the Legion the afternoon.” . Brothers use of his tables and chairs to Phene #ig/‘2Ke care of the ticket holders to/and floor show will be given in the Armistice Day ball. ! tomorrow's Citizen. SPECIAL! SPECIAL! Frida Maloney 812 Fleming St. and civic and city officials. Oth: /Were pfoduced, the restaurant Manhattan Swingsters and the| It and should be ready to begin a/ Details regarding the orchestra | | Key West W.P.A. Band will be heard in another of their delight- night at 8 o'clock. A_ selected |mumber of compositions will be jheard on.the program, which | follows: . March, “Spirit of 98”, T. V. De- \cimber,. ,.;, Overture, “Black Queen”, Fred Paraphrase, “Melody In F”, Ru- benstein. | Operatic Air, “In Melody ae ", Julius | Selection, “La Traviata”, Verdi. | Popular Selection, “Ricordi Abruzetti”, G. Manenti. Siar Spangled Banner. The concert will be under the directi ot , Alfred Barroso. } ful concerts at Bayview Park to-: Seredy. Waltz, “Blue Danube”, Strauss. | definitions ior education and} American Education Week. From! ROW: PAUL V. McNUTT the various and interesting an-| DEDICATES CHAIR SUN- swers received, the speaker con- ducted a lively discussion with’ DAY: NOTABLES APPEAR the students. j Using a blackboard, he briefly | outlined the process of education, } stressing the development of the powers of the soul, namely: the yillative, aesthetic, moral and re- ligious. Referring to the President's meesage;}on. American. Education’ Week, ‘the. speaker interpreted the terms “sense of duty” and “sense of responsibility” which should characterize each citizen of a Democracy. Rev. Kelleher then offered a prize to the student, boy or girl, | who will write the best composi- of Southern, who is general tion on “American Education”. ‘chairman for the Congress, said | peed approximately 2,000 delegates SPECIAL COUNCIL ‘representing more than a score j MEETING TONIGHT (Special to The Citizen) LAKELAND, Nov. 9. — The State-wide Congress on Demo- eracy will begin at Florida Southern College Friday” morn- ing at 10 o’clock with a keynote address by Dean William F. Rus- sell of Columbia University, and end Sunday afternoon with an address at 2:30 o'clock by Paul V. McNutt, federal securities ad- ministrator and presidential pos- ‘sibility, who will dedicate the institution’s Chair of Democracy. Dr. Ludd M. Spivey, president ' 1 of state organizations are ex- pected for the Congress. More than 30 speakers of na- | tional and state prominence vio | i the three-da’ City Council will hold a toe. |mecting ape anigay ogee :cial meeting tonight, starting at) Nazism, Communism, Fascism 7:30 o'clock in council chambers|ang other un-American in- at the City Hall. | fluences. H Final matters of the present | Colin English, state superin- administration will come up for | tendent of public instruction, \disposal. It is expected that bids | who is chairman of the program will ba received for the purchase |committee for the Congress, is of four new or used trucks for co-operating to project the pro- W.P.A. sponsorship purposes. gram of the Congress into the public schools of Florida. Twenty-three prominent Flor- idians will serve as chairmen and speakers for nine seminars to be (Continuea on Page Four) i | | ‘COUNTY FORCES ~ TO RECEIVE PA County Clerk Ross C. Sawyer |announced to The Citizen yester- jday that the General Revenue |Funds are available for the pay- |ment of employes for the month jof May, 1939, and the checks were being made ready for pay- ‘ment. —— RESERVE SEATS AT PAGE'S K. W. H. S. Dramatic Club's JANE EYRE Tomorrow Night, 8:15 p. m. High School Auditorium Gen. Adm. 25c: Res. Seats 35¢ ee eee cY | CHECK CHARGE 80c PER PERSON; MUSIC BY PRITCHARD’S ORCHESTRA