The Key West Citizen Newspaper, November 14, 1939, Page 1

Axsociated Press Day Wire Service For 59 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West VOLUME LX. No. 270. | . State: WPA H Cadlquartérs Releases OK Signal For Barracks-Fort Projets PROJECT WILL EMPLOY 62 MEN FOR 10 MONTHS; SEN.| PEPPER ADVISED CITIZEN} NOVEMBER 6 Following Associated Press dis- patch received last evening in- {| dicated state approval and readi- | ness to proceed with the $48,777) Army Barracks and Fort Taylor | improvements, story of which | was originally released in The | Citizen through special message | from Senator Claude Pepper on} November 6. “Additional work to cost $48,777 at Key West Army Barracks and Fort Taylor approved today by State WPA Administrator Roy Schroder. - | “WPA will provide $35,- 113, balance of sponsor funds from Army department. Project is for construction, general overhauling, re- habilitation and moderniza- tion of buildings on govern- ment reservation. Will em- ploy sixty-two men for ten | month's period”. | Senator Pepper’s direct mes-| sage to The Citizen related of presidential approval of the proj-! ect. Regular process of institu-| tion of work entails forwarding | of the project to the state depart- | anent of. WR4-and-complete au-..got. started: this week in ‘super-,troducing thorization with all details is re- | leased from that office, message above indicates. as the CONVENTIONS IN | Warner, were at headquarters at speakers, both before and HOLLYWOOD 10 DRESS SHOPS EXPECT REALLY BIG BUSINESS | According to advices re- ceived locally, Florida dress shops are laying in an ex- pensive list of dresses in the latest fashions and are ex- pecting to sell them easily this winter with increased tourist travel to Florida pre- dicted. With Europe shut off to many of the moneyed tourists most of them are planning to spend their win- *er vacation periods either in soums Florida or in Cuba, for foreign atmosphere. Local dress shops and other agencies are generally ex- Fecting Key West to get a large proportion of the busi- ness expected. VII SISSIES S IE SCOUTS PREPARIN TOYS FOR BENEFIT BOYS AND GIRLS WORKING ATFERNOONS UNDER WPA SUPERVISION Recreation Department of WPA vsiing Boy and Girl Scouts in preparing toys for the Lions Club Christmas Benefit. Girl Scouts, under Mrs. Eva San Carlos Book Store yesterday ~ sponsored by Che Key Wiest Citizen THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN THE U.S. A. KEY WEST, FLORIDA, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 1939 JAYCEES. STAGE HUGE POLITICAL | | PARADERALLY HUNDREDS WITNESSED LONG | PARADE AND ATTENDED | RALLY IN PARK: EIGHTEEN | CANDIDATES SPOKE | Junior Chamber of Commerce | of this city was highly compli-! {mented on all sides this morning for the excellent way in which they promoted and Ynanaged the political parade and rally staged jlast evening. { The theme of both events was jaimed at getting out as large a ee as possible today in the jcity election, and it appeared ° |that their aims were to be justi-: |fied as citizens began lining up! |before local polling places im-! {mediately after opening this | morning at 8:00 o’clock. H | The parade was a bit late in: ee however, it got. under; way at shortly after 8:00 o’clock : 'from its starting place at South; land Duval streets—then admist | | much noise, burning of torch- lights and ringing of cowbells—| jthe procession ‘moved slowly | ‘down Duval to Greene, to Simon- ton, to Fleming, out to White street, thence to Bayview park the scene of the rally imme- | ‘diately following At least sixty | lcars were in the parade, many candidates—prac- tically all with signs asking all citizens to vote today. The parade was augmented with two local orchestras—Gould Curry’s from Pena’s Garden of Roses and John Pritchard’s from Club Cayo Hueso—both mounted on trucks, and both furnishing | “jitterbug” music all along the j line of parade. Hl Successful Rally i Henry Taylor, Jr., was chair- |man of the rally staged in the bandstand at Bayview Park—in- eighteen . candidates running for office from council- men to mayor of the city. Hun- | dreds of residents were seated’ ‘out front of the stand—and good rounds of applause greeted all after | the speeches that were made. | | \CORONER’S JURY _ FREES’ LEARAS “IN RUSSELL CASE BRAIN TISSUE TEST REVEAL- ED FACT THAT RUSSELL HAD ABCESS CONTRIBUT- ING TO DEATH i Coroner's jury investigating |into the death of Reno Russell, who died in the Marine Hospitai In City Election== Voters Indicate Active Interest ; Sunday morning, rendered their verdict last eve the jury. Robert Learas, who ALMOST HALF OF REGISTERED VOTERS HAD BAL- LOTED AT 2:30 O'CLOCK TODAY; POLLS CLOSE AT 5:40; PREDICT TOTAL OVER 3500 ;bond in connection with the ,case, was exonerated. Dr. Anthony Rubino, {surgeon at the Marine hospital, had sent brain tissue of Russell | to New Orleans for microscopical | tion for precinct five is- 890, the , and chemical analysis, received ote was 453. Complete canvass of all polling places in the city this atterno7 ese te rea cel his aft. (uty. that the’ analykls” showed ¢ ste ration is 633, total vote this aft-; made by the staff of The Citizen, \Seitbon being 353. lthute¥iseell hadiah. abeeke: oo indicated that a good proportion} motais show that 2460 ballots | the brain and death was attribut- of the registered voters will have| were cast out of a total of 5,127 ed to the abcess and a sub dual cast ballots by the time polls close | registered, indicating that an ap-| hemorrhage of the left temple at 5:40 o’clock this afternoon. | proximate total of 3750 will cast | lobe. The canvass was made at 2:30' their vote today. | Following the verdict of the o'clock. In some precincts, the vote' jury, County Solicitor Allan B In precinct one, out of a total; started out slow—in others offi-|Cleare, Jr., said that he would registration of 556, 238 had voted. |cials reported that a good crowd make a study of the’ testimony In precinct two, the registration! was on hand to start balloting at ;educed at the jury’s series of in- is 1177, the vote at 2:30 o’clock|8:00 o’clock when the polls, vestigations before determining being 560. Total registration injopened. Rain early this after-)if any further action was to be precinct three is 550; the vote to-; noon threatened to hold down a brought against Learas, who was tal was 253. continued flow of ballots—how- | teieased last night on bond of Precinct four has a total of 1321}ever it was expected that voting $100. registrants, the vote at i 2:30| would be heavy right up to time! o'clock totalling 603. Registra- | of closing late today. ‘WAITRESS COURSE Comdr. Hoey. To Release erSNex we pased Program Soon. = TION SPONSORS CLASS AT LA CONCHA jtendent 6f public instructidn, ‘an- nounces that a class for waitress- Survey is underway at present program for the Naval Station /S§ peg a reg osc hy sora by naval forces under Comman-| would possibly be ready for re-|4i¢, ? \tions will be accepted at the of der G. B. Hoey planning to re-| x di j { sade ; ee build the naval dispensary build {teases The commander said that! fice of William V. Little, director : + \there would be considerable ac-|cf Florida State Unemployment ing at the Station. 7 ‘Commander Hoey said that in tivity at Key West Naval Station Service in ieee Wilde se a few weeks details of a large | this winter. jwovember 18, ween o’cloc! Key West, Florida, has the most equable climate in the country; with an average range of only 14° Fahrenhéit ining following the last session of | |was tentatively held under $500; chief: Precinct six reg-|the report yesterday and told the | Mussolini | ‘SaaS MASS wa. \CITIZEN WILL POST ELECTION RETURNS AT OFFICE TONIGHT i Residents of Key West are | invited to congregate before the bulletin board in front of The Citizen office tonight to witness posting of election returns which will be gather- ed at regular intervals from the various polling places. | Returns will be tabulated | by wards, showing votes for the candidates at time of contact with the polls. First returns will probably come in at approximately 8:00 o'clock. | COIS ISOM IS POST EXAMS FOR | MARINE CADETS { 1 ‘FULL INFORMATION STATE EMPLOYMENT | OFFICE AT ; United States Maritime Com- mission announces an open, com- jpetive examination to establish tain merchant vessels. This is not a civil service examination. ,The list of eligibles will maintained by the United States Merchant Marine. ‘ General qualifications for ad- mission for examination are that be| PRICE FIVE CENTS Leads Move To Form Large Blog Of Balkan Counties |FORMATION’ PUSHED TO | WARD OFF AGGRESSION BY GERMANY OR RUSSIA: ITALY WOULD BACK PAC-’ (Ny Associated Prean) ROME, Nov. 14.—Premier Mus- | |solini today received many an- | swers to his efforts to form a | large bloc in the Baltic area j|which would prevent aggression | by large powers. {| It has been a serious time in the Baltic region, which believes |that either Germany or Russia is | preparing to take over one or {more of their countries. In’ those j jcountries are badly needed oil | jand wheat fields. The pact wouid bring Italy in ‘as a protecting country to the j Baltic group. Tone of the re- plies to Mussolini are said to be very constructive. CURRY HARRIS EXPECTS HIGHWAY ANNOUNCEMENT _ jan eligible list of a Te ccane oe superin: ‘appointment. as cadets. rah COMMISSIONERS CON- CERNING ROAD EXTEN- SION | | Attorney W. Curry Harris | Stated this morning that an im- ;portant announcement in con- afternoon and from now on ua applicants must not be over the; nection with the extension over age of 25 nor less than 18 on| the highway from Big Ping Key July 1, 1940, and unmarried citi-| WONy yesterday from | Miami zens who can produce evidence; where he went to confer with of good moral character. | representatives of the Keys Applicants must be of normal!Farms Land Company and the and free | State Road Department. lin the morning and 5 o'clock i | Plans have: been laid for the ORE Shine ete | the afternoon. The office is at jcomplete program and necessary | 314 Simonton street. {communications are on their) The cla@s is for Key West resi- | way. It. is quite probable that dents between the ages of 18 and \the activity will include a much 35, There is no charge and the, |larger plane and destroyer con- jwork is designed to qualify the! jtingent here, which will require oe CITIES MUST TAKE WASHINGTON, Nov. 0 OVER WP.A. UNITS |building toys. Mrs. Lillian Lewis| D : | THREE IMPORTANT GROUPS will instruct the girls at these; President Roosevelt a ad ies, | : fi intment 0 illip | REGIONAL CONFERENCE WARNS THAT UNEMPLOY- MENT NOT DECREASING t the location painting and re-! ‘til Christmas they will spend | HEAR NOTABL' , Tuesday and Thursday afternoons ; a WEEKEND; WILCOX SPEAKS John Bennet and Thomas CUrTY | Wage and Hours group. | will assemble each afternoon at TO FINANCE MEN |the headquarters. ; ‘ Bulk of materials has been NEWTONVILLE, Mass—Mrs.| A : * —] ‘Ss. {Special to The Citizen) supplied py ge Lions Club. | eiaiuart Wadeauriia arn ais | MIAMI, Fla, Nov. 14.—0Of/NYA boys are busily engaged in city has perhaps the largest col-| cae state-wide interest are the trio|making new toys and rennovat.' lection of pitchers in the world—j Aaek Ra ppune a of conventions of prominent jing old ones brought in by scouts | 1,878 of them, ranging in capacity | * * euiae iad Florida organizations scheduled and Lions. from one drop to one gallon. |Florence Kerr, state director of | | 1,878 PITCHERS | 1 | applicants to secure employment size, sound condition, {tn MAE Mee Bieerls was as waitresses during the winter from physical defects, especi r : : 5 ia j » especially | igined by Commissioners Wm. |neceneaty touring, ta phi nein derel ieee cp rests er those of sight, color perception, donssivatge and Ufdaekins Cur | sale |Shops, fuel pumps and dispensary will be Miss Girwiae Saibecher speech and hearing. There are/ry, and met with the representa- | pa <p ee os be Con’ !The course is. under the direct {other qualifications as applicants | tives to confer on matters in — j |structed at Trumbo Field and! supervision of the local Board of | will be assembled for written ex- | nection with the highway — ipossibly quarters for the planes| Public Instruction in conjunction 'aminations in algebra, plane| = Eie. Key over the payees !when the Navy Department pur- with the State Department of geometry and physics trite of ne aon er East Coast {chases 60 acres on Trumbo Is-| Trades and Industrial Education. | The mini t acti | ay ee |land. There has been some talk It will last approximately 120 ee ee eee for November 17 and 18 at Hol- | lywood Beach hotel. Groups meeting include the Florida As- sociation of Personal Finance | Companip$, the Florida Institute | of Accountants and the Florida Title Association. In addition} the hotel will be host to the Uni- | versity of Florida football squad | preceeding the game with the University of Miami, which is slated for November 18 at the Orange Bowl. Hon. J. Mark Wilcox, of Miami, ex congressman of the South Florida area, will be principal speaker at the finance companies meet. J. M. Lee, of Tallahassee, state comptroller, will be a spe- cial guest. i J. K. Mathieson, of Philadel- phia, Pa., president of the Ameri- can Institute of Accountants, will give the principal address at the Accountants’ meeting. State senator Spessard L. Hol- land, of Bartow, and attorney! general for ;the state, George | Couper Gibbs, of Tallahassee, | will be guest speakers at the an-| nual convention of the title com- | panies | } i T APPING WIRES jNaval Base contrary to rumors. |of the Florida Music Project in| |Board refusing to pass physical|been changed from Wednesday | pointed out that (By Associated Prens) } WASHINGTON, Nov. 14.—Féd-' eral officers are today attempting ; had been employed with the pro-/ ment will prove satisfactory, it/believe that recent to assert their right to tap wires in prosecution of their official du ties to rid the nation of crime. Lloyd Strieker, famed criminal lawyer, and a corps of other lawyers, are right in court. i DANCING Opens Tomorrow At Fort, C.C.C. Convalescent Camp will} be opened at Fort Taylor tomor- row under the direction of Camp Commander A. L. Jones, who is in the city now and _ getting, everything in readiness for the opening tomorrow. Facilities of the camp will provide for sixty patients. LAYOFFS WERE FEW AT NAVAL STATION ONLY THREE RECEIVED NO- | TIFICATION OF FAILURE | TO PASS EXAMS i | There have been no widespread | layoffs of workmen at Key West} There have been three layoffs | because of the Charleston Naval; examinations of the men _ in; question. The meri in question | vision that their examinations | would be acceptable. | __ ;Professional and Service Divi |sion of Works Progress Adminis. tration, said at a regional meet- jing today that municipalities must be prepared to. take over divisions of W.P.A., which are | satisfactorily operating. i i Mrs. Kerr pointed out that be- f th d openii Pt : Noo ai duane NB hick that the war in Europe will of the camp appeared in The Citi |help ward off unemployment is Commander Hoey said that zen of November 6, following alonly “wishful thinking”. She {fds had not been appropriated discussion with Lieutenant Colo-|said that unemployment is still | for the project aa yet and he did nel J. D. MacMullen, U.S.A. com-| rampant throughout the nation manding officer of Harbor De-/and appears to be on the in- {of a private drydock company taking over one of the piers at jthe P. & O. dock to convert it into.a drydock at little expense. jcated south of the old W.P.A. Ad- ministration building inside the Station along Eaton street. It has a brick base, | W.P.A. auspices or not. Dr. R. B. Blackwell, of the medical corps, U.S.N., arrived jover the weekend, jthe Station. fenses of Key West. | crease. If municipalities do not make ing at the barracks by Com-|some provision in mander Jones that everything is| they will be faced with the grave F. Fuchs, surgeon, will be in| ployment, she said. charge of the medical depart-| PA OER Ne LS a ten men there as permanent WRECK BELIEVED ETURN: camp operators. | Ri Ss HOME T. G. Curry, credit man | Waco, Texas, was a passen- REHEARSE TUESDA (By Associated Prens) ger leaving on the afternoon pari GY |A large portion of a radio cabin| -et a delightful ride over the | was washed ashore here today, Possibly a submarine tender, this area, said this morning that had been wrecked by a storm} barnacles on! to Tuesday night and that re-| the wreckage showed it had been Caribbean was understood. 'storms caused the wreck. jnot know if it would be under! The Citizen was told this morn- | this matter in readiness at the camp. Dr. I.| problems of widespread unem. ment at the camp, and there will! WINNER OF BET _ GERMAN TENDER; DAYTONA BEACH, Nov. 14—j bus Sunday for Miami aft- George Mills White, supervisor | confirming belief that a Nazi ship, rehearsals of the Boys Band have|nearby. Old waterfront men} hearsals under the new arrange-|in the water sometime. They Tuesday night will prove the/ Planes scouring an area north! A large number who have| best night in the week for this/of Jamaica found many oil slicks taken physical examinations and | activity, and it is expected that but no signs of any wreckage. In shown with remediable defects | the 50 members of the group will the past few weeks brushes and being reinstated, however. challenging the are correcting the defects and/be able to attend all of the pach hearsals regularly. other equipment with Nazi in-; signia have been washed ashore. bk hid df tL) hours. Local hotels and _ restaurants are cooperating if this training program and will give preference The dispensary building is lo.|*© the, people whg qualify them. | |selves for employment this training program. during Discussing the Bausch and awarded next June to the high ranking student in science at the Importance Of Science Medal Discussed By Prof. O’Bryant after acceptance by steamship company or master is $50 per month. Further information may be obtained at the office of the Florida State Employment Serv- ‘ice in Key West. lowers. We need tolerance in- assigned to,Lomb medal which is to bel stead of bigotry; we need to con- sider general welfare instead of BATTERY T0 HOLD | TARGET PRACTICE | Webster F. Putnam, Jr., Major, }13th Coast Artillery, Adjutant, |today advised The Citizen that Battery “E” and Detachments, would conduct target practice with the automatic pistol on the | range at Fort Taylor Wednes- |day morning, tomorrow, starting jat 9:30 o'clock and lasting until | 11:30. The danger area will be about 11,000 yards south of the fort. Small boats operating in this vi- SSa aa sss. |Key West High School, Professor racial or national welfare; Welcinity are advised to proceed O’Bryant said yesterday to The|need to fight the foes of hu- with caution. ' Citizen, that: | “Science subjects occupy an |increasingly important place in \the curriculum because of the | technical development of the | United States, and the necessity |for prospective; workers to un- ‘derstand some ef, the. principles | underlying scientific processes in industry. | “The Bausch and Lomb medal, | which Key West High School will |award for the fourth successive jyear, is an incentive to high! semination of knowledge and; ‘school students to work for |recognition in the sciences. This |medal is awarded to the grad- |uating senior who has made the | greatest progress in science dur- |ing his or her school career. | “The distressing period through |which the world is passing of- ‘fers a great ity for dif- |fusion of the spirit to the truth |seeker, a spirit which science ‘tries to inculeate in all its fol- jmanity, misery, ignorance and {disease, as opposed to senseless {human slaughter. ; “Science has been perverted to the lowest purposes, although it is possible for it to lift much of the load of a suffering world. High School students are capable lof recognizing the immense use- fulness of science and many of them will become contributors to its growth, a growth which {flourishes under the free dis- | Peaceful periods of production.” SPECIAL! — SPECIAL! | Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday | APPLE SAUCE or CHOCOLATE MALTED MILK | LAYER CAKE, each __ | 12 Fleming St-—Phone 818 TENDER TO HENS AND CHICKENS REEF | Coast Guard Tender Zinnia left iport yesterday afternoon for |Hens and Chickens , Reef . in |Hawks Channel for the purpose of relighting the light which was reported extinguished at that point. It was thought that the light would have to be replaced and the vessel went to the scene with the necessary equipment to make the replacement should necessary. The location of Hens and Chickens Reef is approximately 80 miles from Key West and it is expected that the tender will re- turn this evening. it be aed tl ern gerne tenet ennai Sing sheets inspec ge Re ea OS nee EVERY NIGHT AT CLUB CAYO HUESO; ADMISSION FREE, MINIMUM CHECK CHARGE 50c PER PERSON; MUSIC BY PRITCHARD’S ORCHESTRA