The Key West Citizen Newspaper, November 11, 1939, Page 1

Azsociated Press Day Wire Service For 59 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West VOLUME LX. No. 268. Key West, Florida, hag the most equable climate in the country; with an average range of only 14° Fahrenheit Che Key West Citizen | THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN THE U.S.A. KEY WEST, FLORIDA, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 1939 Sabotage Suspected In Barge Sinking; Planes For Germany Destroyed t INVESTIGATION UNDERWAY: SPANISH CLASSES NO DEATHS IN SINKING: MAY HAVE BEEN — T0 BE PRESENTED BY LEAK | AT SAN CARLOS (By Anxociated Pr | NEW YORK, Nov. 11.—Inves- MISS REMOND AND AD-| tigation is continuing today in VANCED CLASS WILL | the sinking of a barge at the | Narrows, which destroyed two| TEACH: WILL PROVE POP-| Lockheed planes meant for Ger-,; ULAR TO ALL There were 13 other} planes nearby. j i Authorities do not know if the} Announcement of the barge sank through a leak or was mencement of a free Spanish} the work of saboteurs. Captain | class at San Carlos Institute, be- and mate of the barge leaped just ' ginning Monday, was made at before it listed and sunk. the regular meeting of the San Planes To Brazil Carlos Parent-Teacher Associa-} Seven flying fortresses are off tion monthly meeting last night. Panama today winging their way! Miss Benildes Remond will) toward Brazil to take part in conduct the classes which will be commemoration ceremonies for a forty-five minute period on there. , Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays Stock Market Rises ‘and Thursdays of each week be-) j 0. She will be as- Stock market reports reveal Sinning at 2:3 | that great rises have been ex- SiSted in this work by the ad- perienced by wheat, auto and vanced class in Spanish from the the movie interests stocks. Rea- Sen waste enon ane ead bi son for the great increase in un- are Pore Mery bopulen in employment is’ that there are Boal De P d 3 his. country tcday with the birth rate YO Ue § ae agree increasing all the time. be ne geepan aris as CABLE SCHOONER | A Hrisé talk ankdubation in BACK IN IN HARBOR line with National Education ~: Week -was-read by Dr. J.C, Sanchez. Mrs. Faustino Ren-? dueles gave the parents and} teachers*a brief talk outlining the work being done by parent-teach- Schooner Western Union has ,°T @ssociations throughout the returned to her berth in the har bor after a trip to a point be tween Key West and Miami for the purpose of making repairs to the cable which runs _ between the two points. country. | Present were Miss Benildes Cable Master G. R. Steadman, who was in charge of the repair Remond, principal of the school and president of the association, ! Mrs. Josefina Esquinaldo, Mrs. Rachel Sanchez, Mrs. Ignacio ieeliad mond a en Ogden, Jose C. Sanchez, Dario party and also captain of the Garcia, Faustino Rendueles, schooner. told The Citizen that ; * e z a Pedro Aguilar, Julian Velez, the break in the cable w found Hect M. Des Den Poa off Long Key, had been repaired | 1 Cctor Moreno, Ur. Perez, Miss Emma _ Vildostigui, Mrs. Ernestina Garcia, Alice and when tested was found to ang the San Carlos advanced be in perfect condition. Ser many. 1 com- KAPPA DELTA WILL MOTOR SAILER HOLD CELEBRATION ARRIVES HERE {Spertal to The Citisen) |. Motor Sailer Escape, of La- TALLAHASSEE, Nov. _._ Vaca, Texas, arrived in port last Plans are going forward for the Might and is berthed in the slip 35th celebration of the formation |@t the Porter Dock Co., with of Kappa Delta sorority at Flor-/0wner. Captain Jack Fletcher, | ida State College under chair-|#04 Mrs. Fletcher and mother on board. manship of Mrs. R. Daniel Hart : i Per : oh ie held soon. Captain Fletcher said that the | President of the college chap- fishing in these waters was ex ter, Kappa Alpha, is Miss Ina cellent and there were so many Margaret Robinson, also of Pen- fish caught he decided to remain sacola. Key West members of for about one wek and enjoy the the chapter are Sarah Elizabeth SPOrt. Ayala, Barbara Taylor and Mrs.|, Afterward the party plans to Arthur Lowell West, all alumnae. leave for Havana» and after see- _. ing the Cuban capital will go for a visit in the Bahama _ Islands SOOTALATS, WINS $100 BET IN OVERSEAS BIKE RIDE: WP. A. CONCER CONCERT “I'm a better bicycle rider FOR TOMORROW ito homes eee ae than you are”. You are not”. ' schools, and then in all probability back | Impressive Ceremonies Mark's ba Observance Of Armistice Day cry CHEERED ALL UNITS IN COLORFUL: MILITARY RY PARADE ARMY, NAVY, COAST | UNITS AND CITY MILITARY ORGANIZATIONS PRESENT- ED IMPRESSIVE SIGHT Hundreds of cheering Key: West residents assembled along ithe line of march of the Armis- tice Day parade held this morn- ing, to greet the various units that turned out in observance of the day. Not since the Highway Open- ing Parade held July 4, 1938, has there been such an_ inspiring !sight, and Key West gave ample proof that they thoroughly en- joy military parades with the reception accorded the parade today. Promptly at 10:00 o'clock the signal was given to start—and motorcycle police officer Basil | Tynes led off to clear the way for the units in line. In the of- ficial car were Grand Marshal Lt. Col. J. D. MacMullen, Lt. Commander G. B. Hoey, U. J. Delgado, Chief of Staff, Amer- ican Legion and Adjutant W. H. Reardon of the Legion Post, The army and navy units fol- | lowed the official car in that or- der, behind the WPA _ Band, dressed in natty white uniforms. Following the navy detachment came a detachment from the Coast Guard, then the United Spanish War Veterans, in car and afoot, followed by their Auxil- iary. Members of the Arthur Saw- yer Post American Legion were next in line, followed by the Le- gion Auxiliary, all in white uni- form dress. Three crack Boy Scout troops of the city were the next unit and the Girl Scout troop followed the boys. Patrol Boy units of the city one unit of about fifty boys in olive drab uniforms just recently purchased, were next in line. Another unit was in blue and white. Two floats were in the parade, bringing up the rear. Lions Club was first, composed of a_ flag- draped car with a lions’ skin over the body. Stone Church Service Club followed with a beautifully decorated car, all in white. The parade stretched out for approximately three blocks. Whistles and Salute Promptly at 11:00 o'clock, the city paid official tribute to the World War dead with a five- minute blowing of whistles, ring- of bells and releasing of fire en- gine sirens. At 12:00 o’clock, a twenty-one gun salute was fired at the Army iy barracks. Features Tomorrow Baseball game between two members of the Monroe County} league, motorcycle races and ex-, hibitions by the Miami Motor- cycle club, both at Trumbo field | tomorrow afternoon, and a band concert at Art Center Park at “Bet I can ride to Key West in less than two days”. “Bet $100 you can’t”. So started a conversation in Miami between T. Gordon Curry. 19. and a friend. To Prove his assertion Mr. Curry left Miami Thursday morning at 6 o'clock and last night at 5:45 o'clock arrived in front of the Hotel La Concha in the downtown section. Riding time averaged about 15 miles an hour, which is some time on a foot-pedalled bicycle. Mr. Curry will re- main at the hotel until] Mon- @ay morning when he will return to Miami. “Will you collect your bet”, }4:00 o'clock in the afternoon to- | | } i | Pesce | } morrow, will end the local ob- Sunday Band Concert by the | .orvance program of Armistice jWP.A. Band of Key West will Day. 'be held. tomorrow afternoon 4/ {o'clock at the park at Key West) }Art Center. A delightful pro- |} = ee gram of selections has been ar-| “Armistice Day” nine and one- jranged and will be directed by | half pound boy. was born to Mr. {Professor Alfredo Barroso: jand Mrs. Leo M. Curry at 915 Program Southard street at 7 o'clock this | March, “Connecticut” Williams | Morning. | Overture, “Revelry” Fred Jewell} _He has been named Leo M.} peaiesy “Persian Moonlight” | Jt. Mother and son are sone King nicely. | Selection ftom a famous op- ‘Dance Tonight BOY BORN TO CURRYS L. Brockton | jIntermezzo, “In A eg Garden” he was asked. | Selection from “Traviata” verd | March, “U, S. Cruiser Colum- eratic air arranged by | ieee: Gatien Of Roses | Legion Ball Tonight Wil Climax Day’ i | O’CLOCK; ALL FINAL Now that the tumult shouting of the Armistice Day parade and services are a part of Key West history, Arthur Saw- yer Post No. 28 of the American jLegion this afternoon turned complete attention on the Armis- tice ball and floor show to be held tonight at Key West Coun- try club. A careful survey of the ar- rangements and a final checkup of the facilities at the Country club by the post’s entertainment committee revealed these facts: That 250 reservations had been made by fun-loving Key West- ers, and army, navy, national guard, coast guard and naires and that Director Fred Marvil and his staff had ade- quately responded to insure top-; notch service. That because of the seating ar- { rangements, ~allowimg “for ample ; dancing space and room for the floor show entertainers, it would be impossible to hold the sched- uled grand march without dis- rupting the seating arrange- ments and causing confusion. That Sid White, master of ceremonies eral fine acts, Friedman and his Manhattan swingsters, had arrived in Key West and were rehearsing a fast-moving and: highly enter- taining show. That 15 waiters, several men and bartenders were drilled in their respective duties and | were prepared to meet every de- mand promptly, efficientiy and smoothly, with every needed re-/| jfreshment and menu card item iced and ready to serve. The reception line will and sev- form at 10 p. m. and the dancing will| begin at 10:30 p. m. Fred Mar-! vil will have a word or two, but not many, and then turn the con- {duct of the affair over to Sid White. He’s had years of experi-= ence in running such dances and | floor shows. On the reception committee {will be Commander G. B. Hoey, U.S.N. Col. and Mrs. James D. MacMullen, Major and Mrs. Wil- liam V. Albury, Lieut. Com- SERS eer ie \ Armistice Day Ball * TONIGHT Key West Country Club Music by Al Friedman’s Manhattan Swing- sters. ate Six sparkling acts. 5 Ceremonies. , RESERVATIONS POURING /IN; GRAND MARCH; mere 3 A ANGEMENTS MADE UNABLE TO HOLD) LINE FORMS AT 10:30 | ‘NOTABLES SPOKE PRES. ROOSEVELT _ AT PARK SERVICE STATES NEED FOR THIS MORNING OMDR. HOEY, COL, BRIN- ARMISTICE DAY SPEECH DE- | TON, MAYOR ALBURY WERE LIVERED FOLLOWING MAIN SPEAKERS; SILENT : SERVICES AT GRAVE OF PERIOD OBSERVED UNKNOWN SOLDIER "A BETTER PEACE; and: Legion-! comedian, ! together with Al’ bus- , Rays | mander and Mrs. C. H. Hilton, Lieut. Commander and Mrs. A.! P. Rubino, Mayor and Mrs. Wil- lard M. Albury and Post Com- mander and Mrs, William J. Schoneck. A service bar has been installed ‘on the dance floor of the club, while the first floor has been converted in a clubroom with easy. chairs, a food counter and other facilities. The decorations are new and appropriate, the sound amplifiers have been in- stalled inside and outside the {grand staircase. A detail of ‘police and Legionnaires will guard cars parked in the adjoin- jing lot. Lt.-Col. L..C. Brinton, U.S.A retired, speaker of the day, tol an Armistice Day crowd gather- ed at Bayview Park to participate in ceremonies staged by The American Legion, that the four world war do not want their sons to experience the horrors they went through in another war. “This does not mean that Amer- ica will not fight with courage if our shores are threatened”, Col. Brinton said. “We need only | look to the fall of Greece, Rome | and Abyssinia to see that pre- paredness should not cease to be! a virtue”. The fall of those countries Col Brinton -blamed on a disregard of the principles of right living and a corruption of government. mand of Key West Naval Station “Everything is ready for the hundreds who have made reser- vations and bought tickets”, Di- rector Marvil said. this after- | Noon. “We are going to live up ‘to advance notices in every re- spect... We -knawethat everyone tory-of cinge cooperation between | 'will be pleased and_ satisfied. | jthe Navy and Key West” and he We'll be seeing you tonight.” jhad every evidence that this! } PaRgEE UST C .RRERS a | would continue to be so. Comdr. ABSENTEE VOTIN Hoey said that matters of eard i {necessitated the removal of the | Atlantic Fleet to the Pacific many ENDS: 179 BALLOTS ' years ago. The commander said | ’ that this ignored a strategic posi — tion of Key West. In the pres- MOST VOTES WERE BY COAST ent scheme of things “Key West! already cecupies an GUARDSMEN, AND FORT | position” in the neutrality patro! JEFFERSON WORKERS jordered by the President | throw a safety belt around the! At the close of alinanttens ballot- | American continent, Comdr. ing in the office of City Clerk | Hoey declared. Archie Roberts yesterday after-| Mayor Willard M. Albury, in a! noon at 5 o'clock the count of/short talk, said that this Armis ballots cast showed a total of 179 tice Day was a day not of “re- votes. There were approximate- | joicing but of remembrance and ly 30 of these from members of resolution”. the Coast Guard and 30 from, Rev. Jim Lilly delivered the | workers at Fort Jefferson. invocation and Rev. John Geke Mr. Roberts’ summing up of the ler delivered the benediction at count by precincts was as fol-/the end of the ceremonies. Taps lows: First Precinct, 47; Second , were sounded by an Army bugler, Precinct, 30; Third Precinct, 18;' while the navai and army units! Fourth Precinct, 39; Fifth Pre-| were drawn up at attention and cinct. 19; Sxith Precinct, 26. ithe audience remained quiet. Only three residents of this | Thirty seconds of silence were ‘city appeared before the Election observed during the program by Commissionets at a special meet- the entire attendance, wi spawee |ing held last night in Council} bowed in remembrance chambers for the purpose of res-| sacrifice of lives of the. ‘world itoration of names to the registra | war. tion lists. Mr. and Mrs, George Mills ; | White, accompanied by Mrs. | Ralph Milner at the piano, sang, “Lead Us, Oh God, In The Paths | of Peace”. The Key West Choral | | Socie ty, led by Prof. T. B. Kleb- sattel, sang, “Onward, Comrades, | Onward”. The W.P.A. Band ren dered several selections through- | out the program and “America” | was sung by the audience. N ican Legion commander, was in- | troduced during the ceremonies. Dr. A. M. Morgan, toastmaster, acted during the program. million soldiers ieft from the last, Commander G. B. Hoey in com: | William Schoneck, The Amer; (By Axsociated Prensy WASHINGTON, Nov. 11— President Roosevelt, in an Arm istice Day address, said that there must be a new and better peace than that which was made in 1918. The address followed cere monies at the grave of the Un- known Soldier, where Mr. Roose velt placed a wreath. The President said that it was not contradictory that the Unit- ed States should observe a peace commemoration program at the ‘same time that it is hastening its | defense preparations and increas- ‘ing its armaments. Mr. Roosevelt revealed that it has been his sincere aim to bring ;about a real peace among. the inations of the world. Throughout the country ad- dresses delivered took the atti- said that there was a “long his- tude not of remembrance but of! ke@ping America neutral during’ {the -Sy yet ae eS war, NYA STARTS WORK ON CHRISTMAS TOYS. After an enforced lay-off of; important | three weeks, the National Youth ! the Germans. dministration contingent, which jat the workshop located on the | {Coast Guard grounds, returned to! | Wark yesterday. There are 40 youths Scoucyial jat the shop, all busily engaged at! present in repairing, painting and ‘refurbishing toys of all kinds, | whieh are being gathered for the Lions Club Christmas Tree Bene- fit always looked forward to by: the poorer children of the city. The workers. are under the! guidance of Armando Alfonso,‘ who was appointed to the posi- ;tion upon the resignation of Pe ter Knight who haa been head of jthe activities at the shop since its | inception. PRICE FIVE CENTS Nazis Demand Bases i Netherlands; Belgium Considers Opposition |BELGIUM SAYS SHE WILL MOVE INTO HOLLAND IF NAZIS GAIN CONCESSIONS: } i 1 | TO ALLOW FRENCH ENTRY LONDON, Nov. 11.—Germany has made demands on The Netherlands to allow it to estab- lish army, naval and air bases in that country. | Belgium told Holland today , that if it opened its gates to the ;German army, she would also cross the borders and occupy a number of Dutch provinces. Bel- gium also said that it would al- low the French army to occupy its territory. i In a surprise appearance at Munich, Adolf Hitler flew there by plane today and attended the burial of the seven Nazis killed in an explosion intended for Hit ler and whose funeral Hitler or- dered on Armistice Day. From Zurich, Switzerland, to- day came news that the Ger- man army is rapidly fortifying the pass leading to Italy and brings the assumption that Ger- many fears an attack through Italian soil, perhaps by the French. A British plane out on a re- connoitering flight over Germany failed to return today. Britain is rushing plans for a two seater ting plane for use. with the fights are Germany is plapning ("Bc into Holland. igium does not fear an im- [mediate attack by German forces but it believes that Germany will first peaceably take up a position ‘in Holland. All over the Netherlands today jal the dikes have been filled with charges of dynamite to let jin North Sea waters and block A heavy guard of border troops has been: ordered to;had been employed in Key West jout ‘by the Itetherlands.. PYTHIANS ENTERTAUED Extertausment given last night by Knights of Pythias Lodge 163 in their hall on Fleming street was one of the most delightful affairs of the fall season and | there was a large number of Key Westers and visitors attending who enjoyed every minute. The affair was given for the ‘benefit of the P.-T. A. Lunch ‘Room project being conducted at the different schools and follow- ing delightful refreshments there was a period of dancing until a late hour. Yacht Club Directors Are Pleased With | Members of: the board of di-} frectors of the Key West Yacht} |Club held a meeting Thursday afternoon in the Club House at. Garrison Bight, and found it in |excellent condition for the house “ ; warming which will be the next’ assemblage on the program. Present were Commodore J. D.| ,MacMullen, Vice Commodore! Words by Sid White, maste? of ceremonies. Food by Caterer Francesco Zeppa. Drinks by Fred Marvil, Carlos & Co. (Tom Collins, 35 cents: Rum Collins, 35; Rye Highball, Sc: Scotch Highball, 40; Champagne Cocktail, 75—so it goes, with Pabst on draught, in bottles 20—what more can you ask?) LET JOY REIGN UNCONFINED! ARTHUR SAWYER POST NO. 28 haath 10, and Pabst and Budweiser Drawn up before the bandshell | Melvin E. Russell, Rear Commo- | | were the colors manned by color |4ore H. P. Connable, Fleet Cap- | bearers , from the Boy and Girl | tain Everett W. Russell, Treasurer | Scouts, The American Legion, Ross C. Sawyer, Jr. Directors A. | School Boy Patrol, Spanish War’. Peirce, S. C. Singleton, III, and | Veterans, Army and Navy. |Secretary S, C. Singleton. oc ST LR | “Admittedly, there are more | \pretentious clubhouses. in the, ‘MRS. EMERY DIES \country”, said one of the direc-; TY weal the traffic of the port,} jnortherly the expanse of the Gulf Mrs. Thomas James and family of Mexico stretches out, and tors, “but it would be hard to find, ‘one more ideally located”. vhave been advised of the recent! when one turns to the southeast To the southwest one looks to- }death of Mrs. Pete Emery at the jone views the Garrison Bight | |with its multitude of small craft} _home in Newport, R. I. The Emerys had a host of! |Snugged down for the night. As friends in Key West, when Mr.| night comes on the automobiles; ith Headquarters telephone, the Key West Yacht }Club will prove to be a favorite retreat for the proverbial tired business man and for quite a lot of them who have learned» that ‘just hearing the waves lapping against the shore is a_benedic- ‘tion”. ‘CRIMINAL COURT | OPENS MONDAY j | November term of Criminal Court, with Judge William V. jAlbury presiding, is scheduled to open in the county courthouse at |9:30 o'clock Monday morning, | November 13. Unless other cases are placed jon the docket during the coming j week, it is understood that those listed for trial are very few. Now on the docket are the following: C. E. Gill, charged with driv- jing an automboile while under the influence of liquor; Walter The American Legion Emery was a member of the navy and was connected with the of- ficial family of the U.S.S. Os-! jalong the boulevard begin to-tell| Roberts, colored, charged with their rosary of twinkling lights. imalicious mischief; Percy Lones, With comfortable, well-lighted|charged with hunting without V huhende heukeuheuerdeuheut “O22 “I hope so”, he replied. | cL. Sowmens |e Aiton Chemo abe sire | ba la, which stationed at} . itdoor and|having secured the required li- 'BSLIPIIG IS: Siet Spaggled Basak SER pele ee wee a fireplace ving ' SCOTTI O ILI IMO OGG. S icy vies tor song period" ‘well-equipped kitchen’ and ‘ne\cenee DANCING EVERY NIGHT AT CLUB CAYO HUESO; ADMISSION FREE, MINIMUM CHECK CHARGE 50c PER PERSON; MUSIC BY PRITCHARD’S ORCHESTRA