The Key West Citizen Newspaper, November 10, 1939, Page 1

Associated Press Day Wire Service For 59 Years Devoted to the Best Inte1ests of Key West VOLUME LX. No. 267. Che Ke rat Citizen { THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN THE U.S. A. KEY WEST, FLORIDA, FRID. Pres,. Roosevelt: : pee Y, NOVEMBER 10, 1939 Key West, Florida, has the most equable climate in the country; with an average range of only 14° Fahrenheit PRICE FIVE CENTS Holland Poised To Open Trucks For WPA Sponsorship "cubAY,ct0¥"8. Plane Squadron Here: NOW. Dikes If Invasion Comes; Border Clashes Reported GERMANY CLAIMS NO VIO- LATION OF NETHERLANDS NEUTRALITY WILL OCCUR; BATTLE EXPECTED SOON (My Ansociated Frenny LONDON, Nov. 10.—No offi-} cial evacuation from from Hol-| land by Americans has been or- dered by the American consulate but Americans have generally been advised to leave. Rumors swept through Holland} today that the great dikes had been released to keep out invad- ing German forces. but investi- gation proved this was not true. All dikes in Holland, however, are filled to overflowing and fe- lease of the vast quantities of water into the lowlands of Hol-j land awaits only the pressure of! a button. The area has been evacuated for two weeks. Germany is believed ready to strike a blow through The Netherlands although the Nazis} claim that heavy troop move-} ments in the area mean only that there are main German train lines near the border and troops VALLE LL LL MIND WANDERED FOR A MOMENT | | | (iy Axnociated Prenn\. HICKORY, N. C., Nov. 10.— The telephone rang. “Piedmont Dry Cleaners”, briskly answered George Hayes. “I beg your pardon”, he corrected quickly, “Lutz Drug store”. y “No, I mean the Hickory Drug Store”. Hayes had worked at all three places. CLIIIIINMS LIONS HEAR PROF. OBRYANT DISCUSS SCHOOL PROBLE SYSTEM OF PUBLIC INSTRUC- TION IN DEMOCRACY EX- PLAINED; CLUB HEARS RE- PORTS ON PROJECTS | i | come through there. The Nether- | lands are attempting to calm un- rest of the people stated that they do not believe Germany will attack through Holland. They claim that there is a possibility, however, that Holland will not remain neutral if England decides to strike at Germany through the lands. Reports were current every- where following «pressure by Nazis on, Netherlands govern-| ment to send England a _ peace plan and also heavy concentra- tion of German troops on the borderland. Troops Near Kaiser Heavy movements of Holland motor trucks and troops was noted near Doorn, where the ex- Kaiser is now living, but the Kaiser has not said that he will vet. rian Duchess today pre- dicted that Hitler would be as- sassinated and that the succes- sion of Herman Goering would be followed by considerable un- rest among the peoples with revolution finally restoring the balance of things. German planes, flew over Hol- land again last night and one Hollander was killed in a border incident with Nazi troops. Ger- man planes made reconnoitering flights over the eastern coast 0: England and were sent over the Shetland Islands also. British planes were also sent over Ger- many Pope Pius from Rome asked the nations of the world to “re- nounce their worship of force”. To Force Finland Moscow has announced that it intends to get its demands from Finland even if it has to use force. Finland still flatly re- fuses to consider the offers and is considering sending for its diplomatic legation from Mos- cow. 5 Angry demonstrations over Germany are reported following the bombing incident yesterday which very nearly resulted in assassination of Adolf Hitler. WM. H. MALONE COMES T0 CITY Attorney Wm. H. Malone, of Miami, and Frank F. Bryant were pleasant callers at The Citizen office yesterday afternoon and had gn interesting chat with the pubilsher. Mr. Malone said that he planned to remain a few days in his old home meeting with many friends and relatives, Mr. Bryant returned to Miami yesterday afternoon. HALF-HOLIDAY NOTICE Armistice Day, November 11, this office will close for half holi- day at 12:00 o'clock noon. THE KEY WEST ELECTRIC CO. novld-1t and have! Key West Lions Club observed | American Education Week at its regular supper-meeting held last evening at Stone Church Annex, when Prof. Horace O’Bryant, principal of Key West High School addressed the club. Lion president H. E. Day was in the} chair. Treating- on the subject a Democracy”, Prof. held his audience spell-bound the while he discussed topics of vital interest to Democracy and part the school system pla must front us today”, volving a'‘definite challenge to the way of life which we call! American, are these”. He then gave a comprehensive picture, treating on the eight sub-topies, which were: Concentration of Economic ; Power. Rise of Chronic Unem- ployment. Complexities of an Industrial Order. Heritage of American Individualism and Loy alties. Tradition of Violence and Intolerance. Danger of Interna tional War. Increased Power of | Propaganda. Civic Illiteracy. In conclusion, Prof. O’Bryant stated: “American democracy in-|, jdeed faces an unpredictable fu- jture. On the one hand are grave {hazards and bewildering prob- |lems, and on the other, magnifi cent potentialities and_ ideals. One of the most helpful elements in the situation is the increasing recognition of and concern for the ills from which the nation is} this | suffering. Encouraged by trend, American schools are re- examining their responsibilities in the democratic order and are working toward a program which can develop citizens capable of directing the future of democ- racy”. Citizenship and Patriotism chairman, Lion Charles Ketchum, | presented a group of 6B students jwith their teacher, Mr. Carey, |from Harris School. An eloquent appeal was made for better play- ground and recreational facilities jin the city. Patricia Duane and| |Louis Lowe presented the girls’ and boys’ sides of the urgent need existing. Committees reporting on pro- jects now in working stage were Rest Beach, Better Eyesight for | | School Children, White Way for} | Duval Street, Christmas Benefit {and School Lunch Rooms. Investigation of a need for more mail boxes at convenient loca- tions in the city was started. |The club also voted to petition the Overseas Road and Toll Bridge District to allow Marathon residents to travel to Key West for shopping purposes without} payment of tolls. Participation jin the Armistice parade was| jplanned. T. S. Caro was voted into membership of the club. Sanctions Ship. Registry Switch CIO PROTESTS INFLUX OF| SCANDINAVIAN SEAMEN; PRESIDENT PLANS RELIEF | FOR U. S. SAILORS | | Members of the City Council, yin special session last evening in ‘hy Asnocinted Preasy Council chambers at City Hall, ; WASHINGTON, Nov. 10. —/decided to defer action in the |President Roosevelt today sanc- | matter of purchase of four trucks Pased To New City Coun FOUR LOCAL FIRMS SUBMITTED BIDS FOR NEW TRUCKS; | TWO USED TRUCKS OFFERED; ART CENTER SUPPORTED tioned the transferring of Amer- ican vessels to Panamanian flags for W.P.A. sponsorship until it was more clearly understood ; what the necessity of such a pro- in order to ship American prod-' cedure would entail. The matter jucts to the Allies, |will probably be an early order | Out of Boston the H. H. Rogers , of business when the new council sailed bound for Colombia where | #8sembles after election, it was it would load a cargo of oil and: Stated. Bal of} “Probletms of a School System in| O'Bryant| the | sail for the war zone. Its crew| Sealed bids were opened is composed of 40 Canadian sea- men. Many other vessels were wreparing to transfer their reg- istry. CIO protested the influx of ‘more than 100,000 Scandinavian |seamen to take the jobs Amer- ican seamen are not eligible for. It sent protests to Roosevelt and jto all the Scandinavian coun- | tries. | Roosevelt said that he is pre- | paring a vast program of benefit ito the seamen including mer- |chant marine pensions and union ; insurance. Three Called To Old Navy Posts | CARL SOULE, EDWARD GRA- HAM AND FRANK PIERCE RECALLED | i Three citizens of Key West who are in the naval reserve |forces have been called back into the service and ordered to report at the naval station for duty. | They are Carl Soule, chief pharmacists mate, retired after “Eight problems which con-|20 years service; Edward Gra-|tions have been made, Secretary'made on a blackboard by a stated Prof.|ham, chief pharmacists mate, re- | Singleton has agreed to turn over | guest. O'Bryant, “and which threaten | tired after 20 years service, and | his office to Arthur Sawyer Post! the future of Democracy, in-|Frank R. Pierce, chief machin-} until 10 o'clock tonight in order|parable Flea Madden, world’s list’s mate, with 20 years service. Mate Pierce has already re- ported at the station and was met at the gate this morning by The Citizen. JANE EYRE’ WILL ‘PORTRAY 1850 ERA |PLAY BY DRAMATIC CLUB AT HIGH SCHOOL TO- NIGHT | | “Jane Eyre”, the production which will be given by the High School Dramatic Club in_ the school auditorium, tonight, is an }authentic period play. Great trouble has been taken to secure imediately after the meeting was called to order. The following firms presented bids for new trucks: Paul’s Tire Shop, repre- senting International Trucks; Na- varro, Inc., with Dodges; Trevor- Morris, Fords, and Arthur Mul- berg, Chevrolets. Two other parties presented bids, Robert Saunders of Key i HOLIDAY CROWDS | AWAIT. TICE | DAY CEREMONIES ; NOT CERTAIN WHETHER BAT- TERY E WILL PARTICIPATE IN PARADE; OTHER UNITS | ALL SET TO MARCH West for one used truck, and! | Southland Motors of Miami fox | With one change in parade| janother used truck. iplans, Arthur Sawyer Post No. : Councilman W. A. Freeman ‘28 of the American Legion, today | {spoke at length against buying announced plans completed for | jtrucks until actual need for such ' observance of Armistice Day here | |procedu-e was established. Coun- ' tomorrow. jcilmen William Doughtry, Jr.,! The Legion today wired Adjut- | jand W. P. Archer concurred and 'ant-General Vivian Collins, St. | }£0 moved in that order. .The mo- ' Augustine, of the Florida Nation. | ‘tion was carried unanimously. ‘al Guard, asking him to request} | Other business disposed of at the cooperation of Capt. W. Curry | | this, the last official meeting of Harris in ordering Battery E of} the present administration, in-!the 265th Coast Artillery Regi-} ;¢luded a renewed W.P.A. spon- ment to participate in the parade sorship arangement with the Key beginning at Caroline and Duval , West Art Center and the release’ streets at 10 a. m. tomorrow. | jof William Woods from city jail; Capt. Harris had notified the! ;on_ fecommendation by acting’ patriotic observance committee of | Police Committee chairman, J..the city that he had not received | Roberts. Woods had served ap- official invitation to parade until! ‘proximately ten days of a sixty- Thursday of this week and thai| day sentence for threatened as-' it then was too late to alter his| sault on a W.P.A, foreman. ‘drill schedule. Parades by the! battery are rated as drills and the! ‘men are paid for such service. Capt. Harris added that he was | compelled to be in Miami tomor jrow and he would be unable to! “appear with the battery, “as re-| |quired by regulations”. | | American Legion officials stat- Will Be Replacéd Shortly With Oné From Norfolk SSSI I ISM M4 | HA SQUADRON OF SIX THOUSAND TOYS?— ee eee PUT TO IT TO COVER THAT’S EASY’, SAYS LION JACK DELANE Y PATROL ASSIGNMENTS “You'll need at least a thousand toys before you can consider that your job has been completed”, stated Lion president H. E. Day to Lion } | Very shortly the six plane | group based at Key West will be jsent to Guantanamo Bay and Headline Acts And Color : With the orchestra and enter-;tracting widespread attention in’ tery parading tomorrow had been! |tainers ready for final rehearsals; the Miami area after a successful’ published for two wekes, but ad- | and with Key West Country Club| season at New York and Chicago. mitted they had failed to send completely renovated, Fred Mar-} Maidie Davis, an acrobatic Capt. Harris an official invitation |vil, local Legionnaire directing dancer, who comes here direct until Thursday. Jack Delaney, chairman of the club’s Christmas Tree Benefit this year. “We'll have that many”, answered Lion Jack. Thus was pictured progress being made in one of the club’s major current projects. Old toys, wood, paint and other supplies have been gathered by the club and the W.P.A. Recreational Depart- ment, together with the N.Y.A. boys, are busy at work in turning old toys into new ones. At the club meeting last night it was announced that the club would accept used clothing for distribution at Christmastime, along with toys, fruit and candy. This suggestion was made by the Junior-Senior High School jthere will be a squadron under jCommander V. Griffin assigned |to Key West Naval Station from Norfolk. The six planes here are only part of a squadron. The rest of the squadron is at Guantanamo |Bay. A full squadron is 12 planes. When the plane was |damaged here it was merely |patched up and sent to Guan- jtanamo for repairs while another |plane at Guantanamo was sent | here to take its place. }. Some of the squadron’s planes | have sighted submarines in the jwaters offshore but of course, junder neutrality laws, nothing \has been done to them. | With the defense operations at | the Panama Canal stiffening, the | present patrol is designed to 'keep the Navy Department ad- ‘the Armistice Day ball and floor; ‘show, today announced that. he | was drilling 19 barmen, waiters and busmen in their respective j duties in the expectation that from Freddie’s Night Club. at! Cleveland, O. i Miss Ruby Tucker, blues sing- ler, direct from New York City. “It is regrettable we did not officially notify the officers of | the battery that they were in | vited to parade the Key West P.-T. A. vised over the . possible move- Iments of any strange foreign Ships near the Caribbean. | Patrol activities are out of Bill Knipper, comedy dancer, national guardsmen”, Past-Com- Guantanamo Bay and out of Key fully 400 persons would attend!who has just finished a long en- Rotarians Held mander William Reardon, chair- j West on this section of the At- “man of the. observance commit- :tee, said. “However, we hope the matter can be adjusted before to morrow morning. It would be a! shame not to have the battery appear with the army, navy and coast guard forces in the ob-| servance of a national holiday”. | Units participating in the pa- rade will assemble according to! the schedule announced by Grand | Marshal James D. MacMullen at | 9:30 a.m. and will the affair tomorrow night. {agement at Roosevelt hotel, Advance sale of tickets, han-| Jacksonville. jdled through individual Legion-; Red Thorton, comedy car- naires of Arthur Sawyer Post No.!toonist, direct from the New 28 and S. C. Singleton, secretary ; York world’s fair, whose specialty lof Key West Chamber of Com-!is production of a cartoon of jmerce, has been beyond expecta-|scme. outstanding person in the tions. Since many table reserva- audience from any kind of mark Then, too, there is the incom- |to facilitate the last distribution | fastest novelty trap-drummer, Observance OF Education Week PRESIDENT LITTLE - PINCH- HITS FOR SPEAKER NOT ABLE TO APPEAR: BATES Canal Zone. ie Key West con- tingent does not patrol farther than the Yucatan peninsula. Im- portant passage to be continually checked there is between Cape San Antonio on the southwestern ‘end of Cuba and the Yucatan Peninsula. The planes usually carry a crew of three pilots, one of whom acts at navigator, one radioman and three mechanics. Chief me- chanic sits in the |of tickets and to accept last-|formerly with Ted Lewis, Jan minute reservations. |Garber and other -celebrated or- Of course the sale will continue! chestras, who is the featured throughout Saturday as long as! player with Al Friedman’s Man- the supply, limited to 400, holdsjhattan Swingsers. Madden has move off| “as ‘ promptly at 10 a. m. _| LED SONGS Jurgp; sree Following the parade, which will be reviewed by officials! from a stand at Division Street; “American Education Week” School, there will be appropriate | was the theme of the meeting of which is the streamlined section connecting the wing with the fuselage and checks the instru- ments carefully. The motors are out. It is not expected a very; been at the Royal Palm Club for |large number will be available at|three seasons, and has a line of | the club tomorrow night to those |entertainment that will amuse | wishing tables. Many Saturday jand thrill the Key West audience. {night revelers plan merely to! Al Friedman’s orchestra | take in the floor show, and their | competent musical organization, |requests for seats and standing'regarded worthy of supplying room will be filled up to the com- |the music for the dancing and; fortable capacity of the club/floor show Saturday night. This} | building, Director Marvil indi-|orchestra played last season at: |eated today. a {the Blackstone Hotel, Miami | Comedian Sid White, who will: Beach, the Kit Kat Club in Mi- be master of ceremonies for the ami, and the Hollywood Beach affair, sent word from Miami Hotel. j today that he is seeking one’ Club service will be available Long Island. i ' imore act to round out the floor after 9 p. m. Saturday. The re-;_ Mr. and Mts. Rojas have many , |show. These artists have been ception line of city, Legion, friends. in Key West, and came |engaged and will arrive here to- army, navy, national. guard, | ‘© Florida each season and spent | morrow afternoon for a final re- coast guard and~ other dfficiais @ While at their home at Isla- Armistice Day exercises. : Bee CLES RATIO as | ‘Advised Of Death is a | Of Chas. Rojas. William L. Bates advised The !Citizen this morning that word! has been received in Key West} that Charles Rojas, had died: Tuesday morning in his home at Key West Rotary Club yester- day, and with the speaker of the day unavoidably absent, Presi- dent William V. Little stepped into the breach and presented the fact that most people regarded education as a useful element in the equipment of the nation. It was a good bet with no takers. William L. Bates, officiated as music director pro-tem, and with more regard to tune than meter, the club joyfully chanted “Howd’ye do Commander Hoey, Howd’ye Do” and then turned their inspired muse to the at- so powerful however that if one of them broke down the other could carry the plane far enough to be refuefed or to be safely set down. Although the planes here are very lightly built they are se- curely braced. They are of aluminum alloy and can stand a very heavy sea. However a hole may easily be punched in them. Planes here are the Naval PBY2’s, which only came out last year. However, so fast is air- plane designing progressing that they are already outdated. New planes planned have more power- ful motors and are larger. The PBY2’s are the largest planes the Navy has at present, outside of bonifide 1850 costumes, many of! hearsal at the County Club: which are being brought in from) Garland and Marla, ballroom a Miami costumer. _|dancers extraordinary, now at Other costumes, accurate copies | of 1850 fashions, have been made | |by students under the direction | of Miss Ida Erigel, coach of the} play. Lois Malone is in charge) of girls’ costumes tonight andj !Don Herrick will supervise the | THE WEATHER FORECAST (ee SE | (Till 7:30 p. m., Saturday) |. The stage set is mid-Victorian | Key West and Vicinity: Partly |in atmosphere. Many Key West- | cloudy toni lers interested in the school have | much change in temperature; }lent beautiful 1850 furnishings | moderate easterly winds. jtaken from many old homes|N.B Forecast indicates winds here. e . | between 13-18 miles per hour | Play-goers will have an addi-| Fiorida: Partly cloudy tonight |tional treat in seeing Gerald| and Saturday; Pinder dance. Curtain rises. at 8:15 o'clock. west central portions. ight and Saturday; not: Coast Guard Tender Ivy, re | J 4 slightly warmer/the purpose of checking the |tonight in extreme north and will form at 10 p.m. The grand march begins at 10:30 p. m., the floor show around midnight. morada. BUS LINE AGENT BACK FROM MIAMI Group Returns From Tortugas 2.29027 iti: ‘in Key West, returned on the! afternoon bus yesterday after! _| attending a banquet given by the : Lines for employes from all sec- | turned to port 6 o'clock yester- | tions of the state. | jday afternoon from Tortugas and! Mr. Rodriguez said that the! |Fort Jefferson, where the vessel banquet was held at the Alcazar’ was sent Wednesday night for, Roof, and there were a great iver |number of men of the organiza- ~ {tion attending the event. The | Status of the lights | opinion was that it was one of the! in that tention of that old time friend and Key Wester, Andrew Miller, retired superintendent of the P. and O. S. S. Co. Guests present were: Com- mander G. B. Hoey, U. S. N., of- ficer in charge at the naval, sta- tion; Howard McClanahan, State Plant Board, formerly of Key West, now of Miami; Andrew R. Miller, well remembered.in Key West, where he was during two wars, P. and O. superintendent and is now living in Fort Lauder- dale, Postmaster Fred J. Dion, and that always good table com- panion, Edwin F. Trevor. an experimental four motored job. Extremely tough at present is the assignment the present squadron has. Dividing the squadron in half, each half must cover what an entire squadron is usually assigned to do. The two halves of the squadron prac- tically cover the outer defense fringe of the Atlantic. The crews have been hard put to it to keep the patrol at greater effi- ciency. The squadron here is a junior squadron and after going back to Guantanamo it is highly possible that they may be sent to the 2. Sa Jacksonville Air Base which is CHICAGO.—Lyle Bell, owner|progressing. But that remains FAST WORK POULTRY SPECIAL HENS (Stewers), th _ 25c ROASTERS — FRYERS FRESH EGGS Place your THANKSGIVING ORDER NOW! BRADY’S | POULTRY MARKET |? The only Exclusive Poultry Jacksonville to Florida Straits: |Moderate easterly winds; over- cast weather tonight and Satur-! | day. | East Gulf: Moderate east and {southeast winds; overcast weath- jer tonight and Saturday. DANCE | Tonight At Ten | HABANA-MADRID CLUB | | vicinity. | grandest affairs ever given at the} Passengers who made the trip | hostélry., itt Tortugas were Senator Robert} SOME STEAL R. Reynolds of North Carolina} eases! and his daughter, Miss Fraiicon| INDIANAPOLIS. — A burglar | Reynolds, who made the trip for/who broke into the home of,Carl' ithe sole purpose of seeing the Buchanan here recently stole| |cell occupied by Dr. Mudd, in the }eight volumes of the acts of the} ;fort at Fort Jefferson. {legislature in Indiana. | The senator said that he knew} ! HOLIDAY NOTICE | very well the history of that fa-| ‘mous prisoner, had visited his —— home in Virginia, and after see-| Armistice Day. Saturday, No- ing the moving picture “The vember 11, we will not be open’ Prisoner of Shark Island” felt he for business on that day. CORP. | ! 4 novl0-1t brass i i ity, {to be seen. shy ary ee ough to si] With the news that the Navy is planning an Air Station in Key West to supplement the Jackson- ville Air Base, Key West is get- ting ready to become more air- minded than ever before. It has always been a Navy town. It may also be a naval air town. NOTICE Heft his truck long enough to set a burglar alarm in, his plant. ‘While -he was gone thieves car- tied away a 40-pound box of aluminum shoe taps from the ve- hicle. —_—_— RESERVE SEATS AT PAGE'S K. W. H. S. Dramatic Club’s JANE EYRE TONIGHT 8:15 P. M. High School Auditorium Gen. Adm. 25c: Res. Seats 35c DANCING EVERY NIGHT AT CLUB CAYO HUESO; ADMISSION FREE, MINIMUM CHECK CHARGE 50c PER PERSON; MUSIC BY PRITCHARD’S ORCHESTRA