The Key West Citizen Newspaper, November 16, 1939, Page 1

Associated Press Day Wire Service For 59 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West VoLU IME LX No: 272. KEY WEST, FLORIDA, Key West, Florida, has the most equable climate in the country; with an average range of only 14° Fahrenheit iN THE War Department Receives “™%,s2" Application For Garrison Bight Project From City DESCRIPTION OF BULK-| HEADING, DREDGING AND PIERS GIVEN; NO PUBLIC HEARING Advice from the engineer's of- fice of the U. S. War Department in Jacksonville acknowledges re- ceipt of application from the City of Key Wesi for work to be done on Garrison Bight, aiming at the establishment of a yacht harbor. This ap>lication is made by the city in cocperation wiih the Key West Yecht Club. WINDS CONTINUE-NO NCRTHER IN SIGHT High pressure area in the South Atlantic States has re- mained practically static dur- ing the past two or three days, though its intensitv is decreasing somewhat. This report comes from the cffice of Meteorologist G. S. Ken- nedy of the local weather bureau. The area is responsible for the recent dose of strong eastern winds experienced here, Contrary to rumors, there is no “norther” in sight for at least the next cycle of a week. ‘NEW LICENSE below all the Bight, to ndoned to 97 rning about 350 bulkheads the ed along cit ankment througt vals whar extending Boule TAGS ARE HERE COLOR IS BLACK AND WHITE; EARLY RESERVA- TIONS BEING MADE Preparations are now getting for the annual distri- bution of state automobile tags, and a consignment of 30 bundl of the black and white license plates were received at the office of Tax Collector Frank H. Ladd this morning. Last ‘vear the sale of licenses in’Monroe coulity amounted to 1,900, and it is expected that the number this year will exceed that of last year, by a few. ers who like number every e their selections in the office of the underway to get the s year, have and there is > collector a list of 16 applica 189 feet in s to the at et on of the ists of an ap je, with a bal- the outer end 30 feet wide, and s three . feet wide t on either side v Page Six) MATERIAL LANDED BY LIGHT TENDER THREE LIGHT . STRUCTURES BEING BUILT AT CHAR- LOTTE HARBOR Tender Ivy, of the Coast C Lighthouse div Saturday nig Harbor with material tion of three the waters in that vicinity, ed to port yesterday morn- re 1 Boca Grande Chan- tural parts were un- delivered to the y, of Fort Laud secured the con t for the construction of the t sructures and was h the equipment and to start the work. Shortly after arrival here ad- vices receive at headquarters the effect that the lighted entrance to the main n Key West har- <tinguished and’ the itched to put the Powell Cor erdale tra whic ready messages re 's this morn. > | that which will per- t Hens and rere the light is w lantern allation is found Chickens be relight installed if to be necessary. there who will this year be supplied vith the same number they had last year. MARRIED 78 YEARS LUCAS, Iow: Geo. M. Goben, aged city, have been declared ners of a nation-wide find the longest-married couple in this country. The Gobens have been married 78 years. Be- cauce of illness, they were unable to take advantage of the award —a trip to New York, to the World’s Fair and to the White House. survey to Nov. AT NAVY YARD APPLICATIONS FOR POSI- TIONS AT POST OFFICE TO- MORROW: MUST BE FILED | DECEMBER 7 | Applications may be obtained from the ary of the Board of Civil Service Examiners at the Post Office, Key West, Flor ida, for boilermaker, joiner, painter, pipefitter, plumber and any finisher to work at the sec s in the above or re- lated positions in the same lo- eality, requiring similar qualifi- cations and at approximately the }same rate of pay, will be filled |as a result of these applications. | Opportunity for placing these |applications will open tomorrow ‘and the date for receiving them | will be December 7, 1939. | It is specifically will be useless to file applica tions if the person is not able to meet the following requirement Those applications designated ”, the first five positions, ap- t show they complet- four years prac’ ence in such tra lent of required apprenticeship. For the position “B”, one of which is noted, applicants must show they have had two years in concrete construction work in volving the use of cement com positions of various kinds. SOLOMON LEFT FOR TEXAS JOB Eckwood Solomon, who is an employee of the U. S. Depart- ment of Agriculture and who had been in the city. spending his vacation with his family and friends, left on the ly bus this, morning for ‘Texas..-ewe «te Before leaving he told The Citizen that he had recently been employed at Gainesville, but yesterday had received instructions to proceed to Brownsville, Texas, for the pur- pose of joining in the work of pink boll weevil eradication. ELECTION FATAL TO THIS MAYOR (By Associated Press) LONG BEACH, Long Isla 16.—Mayor of this city was shot and killed today by a dis- gruntled policeman who had been removed from the force by the mayor following an election Another aide to the mayor w seriously wounded in the shoot- ing scrape. Federal Bureau In! vestigation men are at the scene investigating the shooting. ADMIRAL WHO SPEED-LINED NAVY see oe, In Testing Pool Changed World’s Navies ee eae ‘WATCHES IT TAKE ON MORE POWER By PRESTON GROVER AP Feature Service Writer WASHINGTON, Nov. 16.—The mathematical genius who added extra miles to the speed of every modern warship afloat watches today from a bed in Naval Hos- pital here while younger com- rade using his plans, make y to add another billion dol- worth of might to the United ates navy. The famous _ ship whose texts have “bible” of naval every country, is Watson Taylor. His is one of the brightest naval minds that have cortié out of Annapolis. He is the admiral who “took the bone out of the teeth of high speed fighting vessels”, as navy people phrase it. Generations of navy men knew the huge boiling wave of frothy water which plowed ahead ef fast ships was a costly one cutting down the speed of the ship and eating up its fuel so that it could not stay at sea so long. It .was; beautiful to see an St designer, become the architects in Admiral David old style ship plowing the waves | with “a bone in her teeth”. But to the navy it was a costly sight. It fell to Admiral Taylor to de sign ships which cut the water ad of rolling it majestically aside in a huge wave. ' Changed World's Navies It took years of painstaking experimentation in a cramped testing pool in Washington. The plan he evolved was called the “bulbous bow”. To the inexpert eye it looked as if putting a big bulge on the lower part of a ship's bow would raise even a bigger wave ahead than would a knife edge. Taylor proved it would not. Every modern de-j| stroyer, battleship and cruiser now has the “bulbous bow” de- sign he worked out. i Speed-lining of ships was not his only contribution to naval de- signing. He put the U. S. navy in the lead of other navies for a time by center-lining the firing turrets. Old line battleships balanced their gun turrets on! opposite sides of the ships. | Taylor designed the system which permits the four heavy spapara on Page Six) noted thet it - MORE W.P.A. LABOR Caucus Tomort9 Council MeétingMonday _NEW COUNCILMEN TO ASSEMB ASSEMBLE IN MAYOR’S OF- FICE AT 8:00 P. M. TOMORROW Caucus of newly elected coun- cilmen will be held tomorrow evening at 8:00 o'clock, accord- ing to advice given this-noon by Mayor Albury. The meeting, which is held ostensibly to frame the officerships and committees|ness of officially announcing of- of the incoming legislative|ficers and committees is trans- branch of the city government,|acted. Following, that, the coun- will be called to order by Mr.|cil is ready to consider hold-over Albury in his office in the city |and new business. It is expected hall. | that a large portion of the citi- Present plans call for the joint zenry will be on hand to witness meeting of the old and new city | the opening session of the new council to be held next Monday council. evening, probably starting at 7:30 o'clock. As is customary, the old council meets to officially end any necessary business of the old legislative period. The new council is then in- ducted into office and the busi- wees woseseuce » HOME ECONOMICS CLASS FEATURES eee Many Objects Are Overt One Hundred is: Old eee se see INTERESTING DISPLAY OF ANTIQUES rr ir iriritiirrrrrri Terie Beautiful, rare and old exhibl- Hayes shows U. S. 25c and 50c tion, which has been put on by paper bills. Betty Henriquez dis- home economics class of teacher played a mug in the shape of a Clara Lankford, creating a face, which is 70 years old. A great deal of interest at the High 58 year-old illustrated bible was School with some of the articles shown by Louise Niles. L. Tay- | over 100 vears old. lor showe¢ a doll with needle- Three of the outstanding pieces workéd dress 50 years old. Betty are over 100 years old. One is a J. Lucas displayed a 70-ycar old sampler of intricate cross stitch- pitcher. ing work, which was made in a convent in Havana, November 20, 1838. The sampler wag brought in by Nellie Brost, A child’s spoon, used. to-feeds=th., children and” “grandchildren was placed on display py A. Borges. It is 100 years old. A child’s cup and sauccr, also displayed by Miss Borges, is 110 years old. Gold marriage links used dur- nig a wedding ceremony was dis- played by A. Borges. Jayne Thompson shows a. - 90-year old candlestick holder. Shirley Pierce shows button, high-heeled baby shoes 56 years old. Mrs. Ida ASK SCHRODER FOR is pepper, vinegar and olive holders were brought in by L. Wickers. Fifty-year-old pin cush- ion with large pins of those days was’ sliown by M. L. Pinder, and also a 70-year-old sugar bowl. Praxedes Norcisa contributed 55-year-old small Spanish fan. Nellie Perez, a 60-year-old sugar bowl. Betty J. Lucas, a beauti- fully needle worked baby blan ket. Nellie Brost, a 70-year-old sampler in flower design. Beautifully embroidered baby cap was displayed by Betty Hen- | riques. End of petticoat used! for wedding dress and a pin and needlebook was shown by M. L. Pinder. Miss Pinder.also show- ed a handkerchief and’ handker-' chief case with the outside in blue velvet and the interior in gold satin. Flossie Key showed ‘a bread plate with the inscrip- tion “Give Us This Day Our Daily Bread”. ‘HAVANA-MIAMI TRAFFIC HEAVY ‘OVER 2700 PASSENGERS CAR- RIED BY P. & O. S. S. CO. AND PAN AMERICAN OFFICIALS SEND WIRE PLEADING FOR INCREASE IN KEY WEST QUOTA Telegram relative to the quota increase in Fiorida activities of the W.P.A. was this morning sent to Roy Schroder, Works Projects | Administrator of Florida in Jack-! sonville, end was signed by Wil- lard M. Albury, mayor; Carl Bervaldi, chairman of the Board of County Commissioners, and §. } C. Singleton, secretary of the Chamber of Commerce. The telegram follows: “Re, increased quota of four thousand for Florida, we request you to bear in mind the emerg ency we are facing with 600 men and women in Key West who are unemployed, with many depend- ents. “We are grateful for all that; you have done and believe that Key West is on its way out of the distressed condition whic has prevailed, but in the mean- time here are these 600 helpless ones. No other immediate relief; is in sight but that which you} can supply. ! | “Help us until we can help our- selves as much as you can and we are confident that you will”. HAVANA, Cuba, Nov. 700 persons departed from Cuba to Miami, Florida, during the past. 30 days, according to trans portation company figures. The S.S.. Florida carried over 1461 passengers while daily Pan American clippers carried a total of 1268 over the air route. ‘ANOTHER CONCER BY WPA B Another of the delightful pro-; grams which are the pleasure of; the music lovers of Key ‘has been arranged for the con- News dispatch yesterday indi-| cert which will be presented to- cated that Key West's share of night, 8 o'clock, at Bayview Park the increase contemplated may | by the W.P.A. Band, be between ten to fifteen. PROGRAM | March, “Flying Squadron” Carl Lawrence SPECIAL! | Overture, “Royal Emblem” K. L. King | Selection from the comic opera, | “Mikado” Sullivan an BANANA RUT 33¢ Walts “Les Millions @Barle LAYER CAKES ___ R Di rigo ‘Maloney Brothers Bakery. March, “El Conquistador” 812 Fleming St. Phone 818 H. H. Bartlett ‘“Star Spangled Banner” Key SPECIAL! Friday, Saturday, Sunday PINEAPPLE LAYER Beautifully-designed giass salt, | oil | mu 16 | (FNS).—A total of more than 2,-} West | The Kry West Citizen THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER U. S.A. THURSDAY, Eves, NOVEMEEE 16, 1939 Joint ‘CHAMBERLAIN AND HITLER BOTH SEE NO PEACE HOPES | | NAZI LEADER pacudlnes| AGAINST ‘ENGLISH m. PERIALISM' ; AMBITIONS: , RAIDER NOT DESTROYED | | | | | (By Associated Press) LONDON, Nov. 16.—Prime- Minister Chamberlain advised the House of Commons that there was little hope of peace and Adolf Hitler said that Ger-j many would fight “until English | imperialism is destroyed”. | British destroyers Hood, Re-! pulse and one other are criising the Atlantic today with their; business officially quiet. Unoffi- | cially, the ships are believed on the search for the German pocket- i battleship which is known to be | in the Atlantic. | Wild rumor swept Europe last! (night that the pocket-battleship! '“Deutschland” had been destroy-' ed, but this was denied by the! British Admiralty. i England announced that she’ has seized 500,000 tons of contra- band thus far in the war. The contraband was designed for Ger-! many. Britain said that Germany , at present has only-*84 subma- rines, despite an announcement yesterday that Germany has re- cently built a large fleet of small jrange subs, Germany announced that it is consummating arrangements for shipments of war products from Rumania. Other German plans to secure Balkan products eis struck a snag. SUPPLY _ OFFICERS ARRIVE YESTERDAY i H naval station, who came in yes- terday over the highway, are C. E. McCoy and Lionel C: Lackey, of the Supply Department at the navy yard, Charleston, S: C. Mr. McCoy, who was formerly @ resident, with his family, in Key West, and was appointed to a position‘ in Charleston, S. C., two years ago, is glad to be back among the family and old | friends. NAZIS HAVE OW 1 \ (By Axsociated Press) NEW YORK, Nov. 16.—Well- known petroleum leader an-. nounced today that there is no shortage of petroleum in Ger-' many. CENSURE JRE ROTES — (By Associated Press) MONTREAL, Nov. 16.—Ro-; rian speakers’ speeches will be | i | i ta Pierce. But bt, Of US. PRICE FIVE ENTS Member Dict Today In Cait A SE et) AL CAPONE RELEASED FROM PRISON TODAY (By samdbted Press) LOUISBURG, Pa., Nov. 16. —"Scarfare” Al Capone was released from this prison to- day and is being accom- panied by federal officers to a sanitarium where he will undergo treatment. The officers aze only an. escort and not a guard, prison of- ficials said. Simultaneously police an- nounced that Edward J. O’- Hare, murdered Miami Beach promoter, was the man who gave the information which “put the spot” on Capone and caused his indictment under federal income tax evasion laws. Capone was sentenced to 11 years but was released after seven years because of good be- haviour. Police said that O'Hare knew that a gang was after him and carried a pistol at the time of his death. He died when he crashed his car into a post and was knocked unconscious. Gang in a car then brought it to a stop and pumped him full of bullets. Police did not say whether the gang was that of former leader Al Capone. PAPY TO. ‘OPERATE NEW GAS STATION LEASES PROPERTY FROM ORANGE STATE COMPANY AT DUVAL-DIVISION County courthouse records to- day revealed the fact that Rep-| | eedeniative B. C. Papy has leas ed from the Orange State Oil} Company a 56x100 lot at the cor- ner of Duval and Division streets, on which site the lessee will , erect a $6,000 building to be used as a service station. Mr. Papy’s lease will expire o | February 28, 1945. n NOW THEN, WIFEY TULARE, Cal—Benton Purtle| ‘WAS 73 YEARS OLD; APPOINTED BY HARD- ING; WAS ANTI-NEW DEALER (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON, Nov. 16.—New Deal majority of judges in the Supreme Court was made pos- sible today when Pierce Butler died in a hospital here this morning of an ailment dating back several months. Justice Butler was “73 years jold. He was.appointed to the | Supreme Court in 1922 by former |President Harding. He leaves four sons and two daughters. It was indicated that Attorney General Murphy will probably be appointed by Roosevelt to the |judgeship. The appointment will give the president the majority in the Court. Mr. Roosevelt had fought for some time two years ago on revision of the Supreme Court. Deaths of various judges {since then, made it possible for {the New Deal to secure its de- sired majority though Congress {did not approve the first action \" gain this end. COUNTY SOLICITOR STUDYING RUSSELL DEATH TESTIMONY Recent arrivals for duty at the 5 nathaathoahathaetoantwrtead| LEARAS AT LIBERTY On $100 : PHYSICIANS “AND JUSTICE TO BE QUES- TIONED County Solicitor Allan B. Cleare, Jr., said this moerning that it was his intention to go over the transcript of the testi- {mony educed at the hearing by ;the coroner’s jury investigating | the death of Reno Russell | Mr. Cleare said that a study of | the transcript of the hearing and several questions which he pro- poses to ask of the physicians in the case, followed by a discussion jwith the peace jutice, would en- able him to determine whether jor not there will be any further ‘action taken by the law in the | matter. | Robert Learas, who was. held |in connection with the case, is at | liberty under bond of $100, jwhiech was reduced from $500 at ithe conclusion of the coroner's | blue, penciled following. an ad-\of this’city, whose car had been ‘hearing last Monday evel ning ‘dress in.a Rotary Club this week,} in which the British policy in the! ; Present war was condemned. i | KUHN FREED (By Associated Press) | NEW YORK, Nov. 16.—Mis- trial was declared in the Fritz} Kuhn suit, although the evasion | charges had been dropped $4,000. | Federal officials said they | would continue their charges at a} later trial. VISITING HERE Mr. and Mrs. Fred Scholl and their daughter, Miss Hilda Scholl, are in the city today en-| joying the aquarium display and} | Visiting the various places of in terest. { EMBEZZLING AUDITOR | BATON ROUGE. — Employed as auditor at Angola-penitentiary for 10 years, Cecil T. Phillips con- ‘fessed in this city that he had | embezzled $52,955 from the pris-! on. | ae UNK LUMBER YARD | missing two days, received tms' ‘unsighed’ eard: “Your car is in a San Jose service station. Have your wife take her keys out from | Now, on. Thanks”. PGI M LID | THIS SILO IS BUILT OF HAY... (iy Annociates Prens) cite ene hae” teeerrrree ‘MRS. CRUZ NOW GREATLY IMPROVED Many friends in Key West of | Mrs. Priscilla Cruz who had been {dangerously ill for the past sev- \eral weeks, will be glad to learn ‘that she is greatly improved. and ill —_ sidered so serious that Hezekiah Carey, Mrs. Carey, were called from |Miami to Key West and arrived on the bus last Sunday. WASHINGTON, Nov. .16.—Sec- retary of Interior Harold Ickes gaid today that President Roose- velt is “perfectly capable” of act- ing for himself in announcing whether he will run for a third 1 i | RAUL’S OPENING DANCE Saturday. Nov. 18—10 ‘till EXCELLENT FLOOR SHOW RAY BALDWIN and his Admission — 75c Couple