The Key West Citizen Newspaper, November 21, 1939, Page 1

Axsociated Press Day Wire Service For 59 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West VOLUME LX. No. 276. The Key ij est Citizrn | THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN THE JU. S. A. KEY WEST, FLORIDA, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1939 England Will. Seize Nazi Exports; Mine Sinks Japanese Ship CHAMBERLAIN DESCRIBES MINE EPISODES AS “IN- New ¢ Last DISCRIMINATE WARFARE”; FOURTEEN VESSELS SUNK SINCE SATURDAY; 3 ADDED TODAY (Special to. The Citizen) LONDON, Nov. 21.—Prime Minister Neville | Chamberlain; said that Germany purposely cut away its mines to destroy neutral shipping going to England. Mr. Chamberlain said this was “in- discriminate” warfare and had accounted for 14 ships going to the bottom since Saturday. Three more ships were sunk today. The total of lives lost is believed to be 146. Jap Ship Sunk Japanese ship Tera Guna Maru was sent to the bottom with a terrific explosion when it struck amine. There were 205 persons aboard and it is not known the total death toll. There were some} survivors. The Japanese ship was pro- ceeding leisurely near the shore| with the sun shinging on_ its! decks when suddenly a terrific} explosion tore out its side and| sent geysers of water high intoj the air. The vessel settled on its! side, remained there for a few! moments and then sank quickly to the bottom. i Minesweeper Lost Also sunken was a British} minesweeper, which struck - a mine with the loss of six lives. A British trawler was sunk by} “enemy action”. | Chamberlain said that England would now begin to seize German exports as a retaliatory measure designed to choke off Germany | faster. The move is expected to have-repercussions as many neu- | Many New Developments ON OUR HIGHWAY Things are doing along the Overseas Highway. We didn’t realize just how much. Maybe you don’t realize how much. When you first leave Key West after being here quite a few months and pay a visit to| Miami as seems to be the grow- | ing custom just keep ideas run ning fresh in your head and to/ increase one’s circle of acquaint- ances, you usually have more of a surprise ahead than you think. Writer-Hermit You will pass Stock Island (al- | though you've done this before | we'll just make the point again! to strengthen our argument) and there on the round of pool on the | right of the golf course is a lit tle shack, trailer, old car and a few skiffs. There lives a writer | and his wife, we understand, who | like this place enough to hermit- | ize there. We hear that event- | ually those folk will attempt to develop the place. They already | have a swell swimming place. | Up to Boca Chica and past the first beautiful camp there, you will come upon a development by a New Jersey man who is making some very beautiful cot- tages there which are sure to be popular this .winter. He has | and crawlers away which cover- ed the beach and has uncovered | Marathon Developing The Marathon settlement is} growing rapidly. Filled with bars, hotels, restaurants, yacht) harbors, fishing camps and fish- | houses, it will undoubtedly one| day be a community in _ itself. Of interest is the Sharpless resi- dence. Sharpless, you will re-| call, is married to a DuPont girl| and the DuPonts are vitally in-| terested in developing the Keys. | The home is of Mexican-Califor- | (Continuea on Page Four) | TENNESSEE CORN-FED LIVE TURKEYS Tb 35¢ All sizes, select them yourself We Kill, Dress and Deliver Them FREE | Brady’s Poultry Market | Phone 540 1214 White St.’ lof disorder in Bohemia, Moravia |head of Nazi secret police, has GOVERNMENT COST tral nations will be affected. Italy is a principal buyer of Germany. Revelation of a German plan for an attack last week was made today by British govern- ment. The German plan was to attack through both Switzerland and Belgium in order to reach France. The German battle lines are still drawn up. in. readiness for an attack. The orders had been given for the major offensive, but were summarily cancelled by high Nazi sources. Disorders Reported There is very definite evidences} PROCLAIM NOMEMBER 30 AS THANKSGIVING DAY: OLD COUNCIL MET AND ADJOURNED SINE DIE. and in Poland. Heinrich Himmler, GRUBER REPORTS (Continued on Page Four) L. S. Gruber, manager of Overseas Hotel, said that the hotel has bookings which | First business conducted by i will go through until Janu- the new city council, following) IN MONROE COUNTY SESS SSS SES Sh MANY INQUIRIES | approximately three THROUGHOUT CHAM-| nance. BERS; ALL SPEAKERS ACCORDED APPLAUSE “The politicians are out—the financiers are in”. Thus was sounded the keynote of the inauguration of new city council ceremonies held last eve- ning in council chambers with hundred iresidents of the city on hand to \ applaud the many speeches i given. Dr. William R. Warren, newly- jinducted city health officer, $9.01 PER CAPITA HIGHER THAN STATE AVER- AGE; LEAGUE POINTS ouT REASONS; SIZE OF COUNTY sponsored the above remarks, continuing in his speech to as- jsert that, “Never before in his experience in this city had he j witnessed such a ‘changed ap- ordinances now on ae books. that of Mrs. Hugh A. Baines Pearance’ in affairs of city gov- Both were passed on first read-| 314 Miss A. E. Snow, who /¢rnment”. ing. | came in yesterday by car ‘ And, if another keynote would First amendment acts to cancel} from Riverdale, Calif, which be called for—the speech of City the ten per cent penalty now in Clerk Archie Roberts furnished ary 21 and that inquiries for reservations for the winter _ are coming in from all sec- tions of the country. Among the inquiries is their induction into office last | evening, consisted of the intro- duction of two amendments to is just outside Los Angeles, just that. | payments, effect on non-payment of oc- cupational licenses. This move! appeared necessary, according to| sponsors of the amendment, in| ; that balance of unpaid taxes were not coming in fast enough. t cost the people of| The second amendment would Florida $6.26 for each man,jact to cancel a traffic regulation woman and child in 1935. The!that makes it unlawful to make) 1938 cost had increased to $8.63}a left turn at any corner having) per person. These figures were|a traffic light. | revealed here today in a_state- Proclaims Thanksgiving ment released by the Florida Tax} Other business transacted was Revision League, showing the} action taken to request the mayor capita cost of county government to proclaim Thursday, November} by counties. 30, as the day on which Key West | The per capita cost in 1938) would officially observe Thanks- | varied from a low of $3.02 for giving. | Alachua County to a high of|” Bonds of the city clerk, $24.40 for Gulf County. The per NO BASIS FOR COST (Special to The Citizen) JACKSONVILLE, Fla, Nov. 21.—County governmient, not in- eluding schools and ‘bond debt city | and said that the drive over the highway introduced them to the “Wonderland of the Warld”. Other visitors who were in the city yesterday and enjoy- ed themselves immensely were Mr. and Mrs. \. Dufford of Flanders, N. Y., and J. W. Miller of Newark, N. J. LILI SS SS SS s MRS. A. ELWOOD, 88, DIED TODAY Roberts said, in part, that it was his fervent hope that the “government of the city might progress along more moral and spiritual lines. rather than too much\emphasis being placed don things Ki ae | “Better Times Ahead’ All in all—a definite atmos- phere of “better times ahead for the city of Key West” was evi- dent throughout the chamber last evening. Round after round of applause greeted the speakers, ;who, withiut exception, gave |ample, voiced expression of sin- cere desires to co-operate in ef- fort to lead the city to a more | substantial economic standing. Old council met at shortly after capita for Monroe county was $9.01 in 1938, compared to the state average of $8.63. Population No Basis It has been frequently stated and generally assumed that one of the principal reasons for the high cost of county government is the large number of Florida counties of relatively small pop- ulation. This seems to be a fal- lacy. The league’s report shows the citizens of Dade, the county of largest population, paid $11.37 per capita for ment compared to a per capita cost of $3.76 for Hamilton coun- ty, one of the smaller counties of tHe state. “Comparisons indicate” the league, “that government cost varies with the ability, honesty, and efficiency of the county officials instead of the size, population or location of the county. says Compare Costs “Taxpayers should compare the | Matters per capita cost of government in county govern-; tax assessor-collector and chief) Mrs. Ann Elwood, 88, died this 7:30 o'clock—and, having dis- of police came up for approval,| Morning ‘at 10:55 o’clock in the it: are turned the matter being referred to the |residence 528 Fleming street. et py liber ad i ‘ | over to the new body. with Coun- finance committee. G. W. Inglis, | Funeral services will be held to- \cilman-elect Freeman being de- ;owner of a roller skating rink fs | ol ff lared temporary chairman. Then which operated’ here last year, | orrow afternoon 4 o'clock from ee 4p ee caring ih Ge all applied for a license to operate! Fleming Street church, where pai officers and those ap- this year and his request was re-|the body will be placed at 2. pointed by the mayor. ferred to the public welfare com-} Rev. Jim Lilly will officiate. | h Ce: mittee. Funeral arrangements are un. - ast y A - "| In orderly fashion, the pro- Old Council Business jder the direction of ” - : e Lopez gram, well thought out in ad- The old city moved b zaneacted | Funeral Home. j vance, including order of induc- | arent ba ape=rey Chief sub. Survivors are two sons, Ivan|tion ceremonies, followed by ject treated was the okeying of | Elwood and Ray Elwood, and Dus ree Se fen Wat evens | és . ,one waiting, the acceptance final bills, which included one three daughters, Mrs. Nell Frei- | oeeches, wece Cocco The | for a total of $2,376.75 for cost of tas, Los Angeles, California; Mrs. imeeting lasted . approximately | the election on November 14. Mamie Neison, of Newark, N. J., | two hours, and not one of the ee en Ov eBes tor veer, |and Mrs. Katherine Carbonell, many who turned out to see the Archer, former ci ah rica ri of Key West. “birth of a new Key West” de- Me eee ey a eorved the aity |. There are also 18 grandchil-|Parted before the signal of ad- igs and 22 great-grandchildren. | journment was given. for ten years. Two resolutions were read to Appointees Ratified ithe new council—both offering All appointments recommend- |co-operation and support, the! ed by Mayor Albury were ac- \first from Key West Lions Club, cepted by the new council. Two} |the second from the Junior; were left open. No} Chamber of Commerce. license inspector was appointed | | Assembly For Cates NN. ¥. AQUARIUM MGR. VISITS HERE | posed of final business, the reins} bu: their county with other counties} @nd no supervisor for the aqua- A telegram from Charles Tay- of the state. The chances are|Tium was named. Tt was stated | M. C. Fenstemaker, manager of ' jor of the Rotary Club, called on if y . lice department would the New York i nd ‘ ten to one that if your county’s| that the po! € e New York aquarium, and) the mayor to appoint Myrtland cleared all the growing creepers per capita cost is high your coun- probably take over duties of the ty officials are low in their ability e |to render efficient government. ion beak neat \8 ; 4 quite a sizeable stretch of sand. | “Of course the thing that | 0M @ concession is under lease | ing fish with Joe Romero, of the makes possible excessive gov- ernment cost is the fact that county officials have arbitrary, indefinite and unlimited author- ity to levy ad valorem taxes; and the only way to prohibit a con- tinual increase in the cost of local government is to remove this authority by abolishing the ad valorem method of taxing prop- erty and setting up in its place a tax system based on a definite percentage of rental or other similar proceeds from the use of property.” See Our Ad ON PAGE 4 TODAY BERMUDA MARKET license inspector and that the aquarium would probably be put arrangement on bids to be asked. Leo Braxton Warr Invites the people of Key West to the OPENING ON WEDNESDAY of 7 Braxton’s Flower Mart Flowers, Plants, Funeral Designs, Corsages, House Parties, Weddings. COR. ANGELA AND SIMONTON STS. Mrs. Fenstemaker, are visitors in| Cates as special traffic officer ,in the city today. They spent a|charge of junior patrols in the great deal of their time discuss- | city, This request met with overwhelming a val of the as- |Tropical Aquarium of Key West. joven saipacliedes ema | They went all over the tanks long applause following the read- and Mr. Fenstemaker said that, | ing of the passage. while he has a greater number} lof varieties in the tanks at New| r York, there are a few more rare (IL, OFFICIALS | fish to be seen here. { - orAwenpprorecr 10 PLAN BUILDING SEAMEN PROTEST | | Engineer for the Orange State i (By Associated Press) |Oit Company will arrive this | WASHINGTON, Nov. 21.—Ad-,week to lay plans for the erec- |miral W. L. Wiley was accused tion of 2 $6,000 filling station at of allowing his Maritime Com- the corner of Duval and Division | mission to be influenced by poli-| streets, which has been leased by tics, a seaman’s spokesman said | the company from Representative today. Wiley sharply replied to| Bernie C. Papy. the rebuke. American seamen| The lease is until 1950 and be- |have been forced out ‘of work) gins next year. Report that Mr. j With the registry of American|Papy leased from the Orange |ships under foreign flags. Sea-|State Company the property, as {men threaten ‘to ask that Ameri-'published in this paper, was in- can ships be sailed to war zones. correct. Ce | | ij Fi- _ member, Health and Sanitation, Taxation and Records committees. John Carbonell, Jr—Chairman, Public Welfare committee; mem- ber, Public Safety and Public Works committees. Leonard Grillon — President pro-tem; chairman, Public Safety committee; member, Health and Sanitation and Public Welfare committees. Ernest Ramsey — Chairman, Taxation and Records committee; member, Finance and Public Works committees. J. Glenwood Sweeting—Chair- man, Public Works committee; member, Finance and Public Wel- fare committees. City Clerk—Archie Roberts. Chief of Police—Ivan Elwood. Captain of Night Police—Al- berto Camero. Treasurer—E, J. O. Roberts. Tax Assessor-Collector—Sam B. Pinder. Police Archer. Election Commissioners—Ira F. Albury, Benjamin C. Roberts and John Collins. City Auditor—Charles erts. City Attorney—Aquilino Lo- pez, Jr. Department — Joseph Justice — Wesley P. Rob- Police Kemp, Ansel Albury, Laurie Rob erts, Franklin Arenberg, Bennie Pierce, Joe Espinosa, Harry John- son, Bienvenido Perez, Raymond Cabrera, Paul Thompson. City Health Officer—Dr. Wm. R. Warren. Meat and Sanitary Inspector—Millard B. Gibson. Golf Course Attendants—Floyd Dillon, Nathan Niles, George Thompson. City Mechanic — Clarence Thompson. City Electrician—Theodore Al- ry. Manager J. Freeman. Assistant Tax Assessor—Sam B. Pinder, Jr. Zoning Board—John Allan Long, Paul Boysen, Ralph Rus- sell, Earl Adams, Joe Pearlman, E. P. Winter, W. Curry Harris. ZONING BOARD TO MEET TOMORROW Organization meeting of the new Key West Zoning Board will be held tomorrow evening at John Allan Long’s residence on Angela street. It is expected that officers will be elected and pro- cedure of operation outlined. The board, as appointed by the Incinerator—William jmayor and ratified by the new council last evening, consists of John Allan Long, chairman pro- tem; Paul Boysen, Ralph Russell, Earl Adams, Joe Peariman, E. P. Winter and W. Curry Harris. RITES YESTERDAY FOR HRS. ROBERTS Funeral services for Mrs. Eliza Estelle Roberts, 56, who died Saturday, were held yesterday afternoon at 4 o'clock from Flem- ing Streét Methodist church, Rev. Jim Lilly officiating. Arrange- ments were in charge of Lopez Funeral Home. Pallbearers were Chester| Thompson, Edwin Roberts, Wil- liam Knowles, Noel Solomon, Emil Sweeting and W. H. Rear- don. <a SPECIAL! SPECIAL! Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday Orange and Tutti-Frutti 33e Key West, Florida, has the most equable climate in the country; with an average range of only 14° Fahrenheit PRICE FIVE CENTS Jury’s Verdict States Heart Attack Caused OF DECEASED HERE TO CLAIM BODY; WAS [HER OF NOTED PHILADELPHIA PLAYBOY; VED DESPONDENT OVER DIVORCE ul headed by|before shipping the body north. R. Lord, decided;The body is at Pritchard's . Allen came to; Funeral Home. a heart attack! Too late for publishing yester- d 1 “Body of day; the following telegram ar- lien, brother of Edward H. B. rived shortly after press time Allen acquitted in Philadelphia from the Associated Press: in 1933 of slaying his sister's!) PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 20.— sweetheart, Francis Donaldson, ; William W. Allen, drowned Key was found in the water near} West, was brother of Edward H. Stock Island Sunday ‘afternoon. |B. Allen, acquitted in Philadel- Jury Reports Phia in 1933 of slaying sister's The jury report does not say ‘Sweetheart Francis Donaldson. whether the death came as the Edward Allen died Wast Palm result of a suicide or a heart at-| Beach two years ago. The two tack in the water. Allen is heir) brothers and sister were heirs to with his two sisters to a $350,- | $350,000, estate of father, Horace 000 estate of his father, Horace; Allen, wool merchant, William Allen, wool merchant. Edward “Allen went to Florida six months Allen died ten years ago. ago. Death news kept from sis- Mr. Allen had divorced his ter, who recently became mother wife in West Palm Beach two and still in hospital. weeks ago and is reported to! Body Found Sunday have been grieving ites the Gonzato Bezaniila, manager of divorce. He had been living at Palace theatre, today told The Martin Key's since August. Death | Citizen about’ the circumstances news was kept from his sister | preceding the finding of the who recently became a mother and is still in the hospital. Papers in Mr. Allen’s pocket told of the divorce being granted in West Palm Beach. . Uncle Here Today Uncle of Wiliiam Allen, Mr. Whitaker, came to Key West yes- terday from West Palm’ Beach and will await the arrival of another sister of the deceased body. He and his wife had visit ed Stock Island on an afternoon drive and were parked near the jocean side of the island. | A car was noticed parked near | the ocean—and no one was in it. | Mr. Bezanilla was about to drive off when Mrs. Bezanilla called attention to what appeared to be , a man. supposedly owner of the , car, lying a short way down the {beach at that point. He ap proached the object—-then dis NO NEW TAXES vel the dead man. FOR 1940 SEEN Serer Ds IN NEW BUDGET >. 2 Mills White and Clifford uae serra Hicks, all’ three just back from a fishing trip, came to the spot FP. D. R. SAID TO BE CON-| «4 discovered that the man was SIDERING "ECONOMY PRO- dead. s | Bezanilla then went to the GRAM"; NINE BILLION DOL- sheriff's office and told of find | ing the man and a coroner's jury LAR BUDGET RUMORED | was then impanelled. MIAMI AND LOCAL went to Dr. Galey’s house, elose by, and the doctor, together with (By Axnociated Press) WASHINGTON, Nov. ‘Ge Without further ado, Bezavilla, . Stephen Early, secretary to the President, revealed today that the budget being made by Presi- dent Roosevelt will stress econ- omy. The statement implies that there will be no new taxes for the coming administration, out- side neutrality patrol costs. The President's deficiency bill calls for $273,000,000 for national defense for the coming year, Mr. Early said, but would not reply to questions as to whether the President would ask for a $9,- 000,000,000 budget of the next congress. LEFT FOR JUPITER Lieutenant - Commander Fort Callahan, U.S.N., officer in charge of communications at the naval station, and Mrs. Callahan left over the highway yesterday aft- ernoon fot Jupiter and other points. 'COMDR. CALLAHAN: ‘REPUBLICANS =MET |ATTEMPTING TO GET MEM- BERS TO HOLD GET-TO- GETHER MEETINGS Carrying a sign which advised they were ftom Miami, a group of Republican members of — the Republican Club of Dade’ county arrived in the city Sunday and held a meeting in the La Concha Hotel. There were just 13 members in the party who intended to get as many as possible to join the club and hold get-together meetings at regular intervals in Key West to solidify the Republicans in. Mon roe and Dade counties. In the visiting group were: Wesley Garrison, chairman of the county of Dade; Mrs. Garrison, Mr. and Mrs. €. E. Wiggins, Mr. and Mrs. B. G. Griffith, Mr. and Mre. Paul Schroeder, Bert Aker. Lew Ben Cohen, Mrs. Pfander, Mrs. Peterson and Mrs. Stewart. COURT MEETS DAILY AT 4:00 City Police Justice Wesley P. The commander goes to meet with thd reserve officers who are at that station and other stations on the east coast. Mr. and Mrs. Callahan are expected back late today or early tomorrow. DIES TO DETROIT (By Axnociated Press) Archer informed The Citizen last can Committee to this city next weekday at 4 p. m. month to investigate reports of; To quote from his speech made \That slogan, apparently, will | guide the conduct of the office of (By Asnociated Press) | LOS ANGELES, Nov. 21.—! TOMORROW NIGHT would be largely influenced by) in the vote of cld folk who want old) DETROIT, Nov. 21.—Martin evening that his court would communistic activity. jat the council meeting: “The police judge. Senator Downey said today that Paul McNutt is} Dies will bring his full un-Ameri- hold forth, starting today, every |more you do, the more you get”. the next presidential election! OF LA CONCHA HOTEL