The Key West Citizen Newspaper, November 22, 1939, Page 1

Associated Press Day Wire Service For 59 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West VOLUME LX. No. 277. Key West, Florida, has the most equable climate in the country; with an average range of only 14° Fahrenheit THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN THE KEY WEST, FLORIDA, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 1 Neutral Countries Question British Blockade; Italians Exolange Goods With England Nazi Planes Over England; Army In Flank Movement NOTED DIPLOMAT | SPEAKER AT FLA. C. OF C. MEETING THOMAS BURKE, WASHING- TON STATE DEPT. OFFICIAL, TO POINT OUT ‘FLORIDA'S ECONOMIC IMPORTANCE’ Che Key West Citizen | U. S.A. 939 FLORIDA. FAIR CATALOG LISTS TION TELLS OF EXHIBITS AND PREMIUMS AT STATE FAIR OPENING JAN. 30 | SILVER ANNIVERSARY Epr-| Completion PRICE FIVE CENTS Of Beach Project Sought By Hotel Association; Council Yet To Sign Leases BRITISH ATTEMPT FULL "SOP ODD DO SM: (Special to The Citizen) SEVEN PLANES APPEAR OVER BRITISH ISLANDS; JACKSONVILLE, Nov. _ 22.— SUB ATTACKS SCAPA FLOW BASE; MINES TAMPA, Nov. 22.—(FNS) Of CIOL ILI SS IMD GROUP WILL APPEAR AT jfering $40,000 in cash premiums, | BLOCKADE OF ALL SWISS ARMY NAZI PORTS; BELGIUM IS GOING UP HARD HIT (By Annocinted Press) — ZURICH, Switzerland, Nov. 22.,—The Swiss are gaining about an inch in height every 20 years. The Anthropological In- stitute of the University of Zurich says so, basing its figures on comparative studies of men doing service in the Swiss army. From 1884 to 1891 the aver- age recruit measured 5 feet 4 inches. From 1924 to 1931 ‘the average recruit’s height was 5 feet 6 inches. 1 the | (By Ans LONDON, British blockade of both imports | and exports of Nazi ports was| put into full effect today and yesterday, several neutral coun- Nov. 22.—As tries find themselves vitally af- | fected. | Italy will now trade with En Hl gland securing rubber and cotton} materials in exchange for sup ASAIO AS SL 2 “mows © PERSONAL ‘WAR OF plane manufacture by Great Manich Bombing Is Cause oe ee NERVES’ FOR HITLER Little Belgium will be hard! hit by the embargo on exports from Germany. Great excitement reigned to- Gay as it was revealed that two British spies were implicated in Florida’s vital interest in Latin! |American commercial and cul-| SINK SEVENTEEN SHIPS |tural relations lends particular | jemphasis to the appearance of | Thomas Burke, chief of the In-| | ternational Communications Divi- (By Associated Press) LONDON, Nov. 22.—A flight of; the magnetic mines are the secret Nazi planes was reported to have} weapon Hitler boasts of. In the sion of the State Department,! bombed English naval bases, in-|sinkings there was an_ Italian | Washington, D. C., on the pro-! cluding the Shetland Islands and! ship which went down. |gram of the Statewide business. Orkney Islands nad Scapa Flow} Flank Movement {conference in Tampa Monday,'sectors today. There was no} , French have noticed a flank! | December 4, Harold Colee, presi- | damage reported. {movement of the German army, {dent of the Florida State Cham-' There were | which is edging toward Switzer- |ber of Commerce, declared to-! known to be \land and the Balkan states. Ger- jday. | flight. many may be ready to attempt | Announcing Mr. Burke’s ac-; There was a report of a sub-/a route through Switzerland or | ceptance of an invitation to ap-; marine having gotten into Scapa | through the Balkans and Italy | pear on the annual conference: Flow and torpedoed an English} to France. |program, Mr. ‘Colee said the; warship but the report is uncon- One million British soldiers to- will day left home and England for planes invading seven in the State Department official ’ firmed. ‘ have “Florida’s Economic Posi-! Seventeen ships have now been|the western front. Thousands} tion in the Western Hemisphere” | sent to the bottom by the Nazijupon thousands of marching as the title of his address. floating mines, which were loosed! troops were loaded aboard ships | Qualified To Speak jlast weekend. British believe |for the transfer. | “I feel Mr. Burke is pre-j ‘eminently qualified to discuss! ithis topic,” Mr. Colee _ stated,” | ane particularly in view of the ‘he, F RIGATE CONST CPovececcvcccccsooescossoes ELLATION STILL SERVES' jawards will the bombing which very nearly | » resulted in the death of Adolf! Hitler in a Munich explosion. The spies are supposed to have been in contact with disgruntled Nazi party followers who did the actual planting of the bomb. spite of statements By PRESTON GROVER i AP Feaure Service Writer t WASHINGTON, Nov. 22.—In laying on British agents the responsibility for the Munich beer hall bomb- ing, it is better than an average he was the representative of the State Department in Florida dur- ing the period of reciprocal; treaty arrangements with our); Latin-American neighbors. “Then, too, as chief of the In- ternational Communications Divi- sion of our State Department, he} has long been dealing primarily | with America’s cultural and radio contact with Central and! South America,” the State Cham-} ber president declared. “Because of these two activi-| 1 see History Tells Of Visit To Key West In Year Of 1836 cae ees UNITED STATES NAVY eee ; 142 YEARS OLD Written for The Citizen by FRANK W. LOVERING An Associated Press dispatch,an act unperformed by her, but dated at Newport, R. L., says the | rather by her sister ship. Cap- frigate Constellation, oldest ship}tain Dallas of the Constellation ILLEGALLY HOLDS ‘sleep well these nights wonder- jing if some of his friends had a hand in the business. Doubtless the British would not GOODS; ARRESTED Charles I : with obtaining certain goods and g0 into mourning over any trag Otterman, charged chattels from Joseph Gabriel and edy which might overtake the other equipment and keeping Reichskanzler. But if the British them for his own use, was did it-Hitler has reason to reor- brought to the city last night by ganize his police. Constable Cleve Johnson and} _ Being dictator is a nice job but placed in the county jail. it has its drawbacks. A man The hearing of the case had| can’t trust even his friends. Oft- been heard by Judge E. R. Lowe, en enough the rise to power is at Tavernier, and the accused; measured in sword-thrusts. So was placed under $300 bond for) it was both in Germany and Rus- hearing at the next term of sia. The purges in those two ;gamble that Herr Hitler doesn’t ti the United States Bia called commodore, according 0 i | these/fo “the naval records; "but “that taken an intense interest and ac-j 5 UP reat a atiae | de: lish suck orthwhile | days under President Roosevelt's; was merely a courtesy title given work, I feel we are fortunate in! limited emergency”. The Con-;him because he commanded a : ‘i : The rank of commo- 2 : ‘stellation is still carried on the! squadron, Floridians attending our ninth N@¥2"s aetive list though launch- \dore was not established untill : we years ago. Today she is; a pane Bee wee on g Providing living quarters for 150) Constitution Was In East of the State Chamber member- | “" isted men | When the. Constellation came ship in the Tampa Terrace hotel! An older sister of the famous to the defense of Cayo Hueso the} ‘December 4-5, 1939.” (USS. Constitution, r ving ship' Constitution was in Mediterran- | Mr. Burke will appear during @! the Boston naval station, the ‘ean waters under command of RY ECR ES program of the Constellation is doing her bit also | Capt. Jesse D. Elliott, and the first day. Arrangements for his nano way—she furnishes cruise continued from 1835} ‘participation were made by inspiration and naval lore for | through 1838. There is no record ‘Claude Pepper, United States recruits while they live aboard to indicate that Capt. Dallas of Senator from Florida. {her awaiting transfer to other | the Constellation ever served on pucks atin aus peetons. : ' __ |the Constitution as he is credited TRESPASS CHARGE The Constellation was origin-' with doing by several historians; ried 36 guns. She is built of! got to Key West until December | wood, cost the government $313,- | 31, 1932, when, reconditioned by | 314, and was launched at Balti-' the pennies of the school children +more in 1797. February 9th. ' of America, “Old Ironsides”, in| |Florida State Fair office |1799, when Thomas Truxton cap- tow of ihe USS. Minesweeper | Florida State Fair's annual ex- | hibition catalog, silver anniver- | sary edition, is off the press andj within the next ten days will be | in the hands of nearly 26,000 | prospective exhibitors at the 1940 ; |Exposition which opens here! January 30 for an eleven day; run. i Silver coated covers symbolical | of the Fair’s 25th anniversary | make the 1940 edition the most} attractive premium book ever is-! sued by the association. | All Products Listed H Every product indigenous to’ Florida's agricultural and indus- | trial activities are included in the listings for which cash! be paid. Separate competitive divisions for “coun- ties and individuals are shown and special awards are announced ; for farm youth groups who each | year play an active part in the agricultural and livestock de-; partments. | Enlarged feminine handicraft, art and flower show departments | figure largely in the increased ; cash offerings, General Manager | P. T. Strieder has announced. Booklets Ready More than 100,000 pictorial booklets, portraying Florida State Fair and Gasparilla invasion ac-' tivities, are also ready for the mails and will be distributed | throughout the United States by Chambers--of Commerce, * tourist bureaus and travel agencies. Sup-! plies of the booklets may be ob- tained upon application to the} in Tampa or will be mailed to, northerh points to addresses fur- nished the Fair Association with- out charge. into that Thanksgiving turkey tomorrow or next week, and | your eyes are feasting lovingly | IT’S A SWELL WAR—FOR DEER (By Associated Press) LUZERNE, Switzerland. Nov. 22.—Like most coun- tries in western Europe Switzerland banned all hunt- ing wher the Swiss army was mobilized in September, but Swiss farmers are com- plaining that the deer have grown so bold they're a nui- sance. Red deer, for years plenti- ful in the forest cantons on the Alpine foothills, have now taken to wandering in farmers’ fields and grazing with the cattle in pasture lands. SILI ISS Ts HOME SOCIETY MEETS THURSDAY NEXT COUNCIL MEET- | ING TO PRESS ACTION ON THE MATTER At an unofficial meeting of the |Hetel and Apartment House As- | sociation yesterday a group de- ‘cided to appear before city coun- cil at next meeting and ask that |mecessary leases for the munici- ‘pal beach be speedily drawn up. City council at its last meeting {decided to allow Mrs. Lottie | Laranaga abatement of city taxes jon the property. Since then there have been some conferences con= | cerning the county and state tak- ‘ing their shares out of publicity funds but the plan is as yet in ; complete. Satisfactory amount of funds jhas been raised by the Beach | Committee and by the Hotel As }sociation and both are anxious to see the project underway. Plans now for the beach in clude erection of sun shelters, possibly of coconut thatch, plac- ing of seats and benches, main- Members of the Monroe Coun- | tenance of beach, runways plac- Tomorrow Thanksgiving Day For Federal Offices (By Associated Press) t WASHINGTON, Nov. 22. —|Thursday in Warm Springs, Ga., | Will be several cases tried at the When you get ready to plough |in connection with his promise to | S*i0" for various offenses. The ty Sponsoring Committee of the Children’s Home Society ,are re- | auested to attend a called meet |ing to confer with Miss Minna Robertson, dent. The meeting will be held in the lobby of Hotel La Concha Thursday evening at 8 o'clock. John C, Gekeler is chairman. district superinten- McKILLIP RESIGNS William McKillip, former keep- er of the city clock, today an nounced that he had_ resigned from the position and that he would no longer be responsible ‘for operation of the clock. |“be back next Thanksgiving if| that the we don’t have war”. | a | ed in the water over a_ small rocky portion and patrolling by a deputy policeman. | City Council is planning} a spe- cial meeting for either tomorrow night or Monday. CRIMINAL COURT ~ CONVENES NOV: 25+ ~ |MEETS THEN TO ENABLE } JUDGE TO ATTEND | GUARD CAMP | es Recessed. session vf Court will convene Saturday | morning, November 25, 9.30 |o’clock, with Judge Wm. V. Al- bury presiding. It is understood that a jury will be drawn to |serve at the session, which will | convene on Monday. | Coun:y Solicitor Allan B. iCleare, Jr. said today that there Criminal reason for the call for court is judge, who is a major in the national guard, will be on jally rated at 1265 tons and car-' certainly the Constitution . never brought Henry Lowe was to tained the frigate, 300 men trod’ Grebe, reached this port on a ton all the chestnut. stuffing,| Department of agriculture|duty from December 3 to Decem- cranberry sauce and ice cream states that 32,000,000 turkeys are Criminal Court. countries caught up old friends ——— |and foes alike. The victims oft- TENDER IVY en were merely suspected of BACK IN POR planting the bomb in the beer garden in Munich. In dictatorial Italy, the purge from Cosgrove Shoals and Re- becea Shoals, where the vessel was sent yesterday to refill and wanting to do what someone in Germany actually tried to do in Tender Ivy, of the Coast Guard, was accomplished in rough humor |the city last night by Deputy the same decks the naval re returned yesterday afternoon recharge the lights at those points, Zinnia Left with quarts of castor oil forced | down the throats of hapless sus pects. There the method seems to have produced less bitterness than in the other two dictator- | ships but even Mussolini has been fired upon and now car- Sheriff Raymond Maloney and placed in jail under -$100 bond fixed by Judge Lowe at the hear- ing which was held at Tavernier. Lowe is charged with trespass- ing on the lands and tenements of Joseph Sutherland and will an-' tour of the nation’s coastal wa-! ters, and remained several days. ;. The Constellation served dur-j ing the Wilson administration as | a training ship for recruits at Washington. On Nov. 22, 1894, a memorandum from “U.S.S. Training Ship Constellation”, cruits at Newport tread today, as they fought the victorious battle with the French frigate L’Insur gente in a four-hour combat off the West Indies. In Defense Of Key West Key West has a feeling of kin- ;terested in Thanksgiving. o'clock ries a nick in his nose from an assasin’s bullet. Red C Tender Zinnia left 7 this morning for Fort Jefferson, where supplies were to be left and then to Tortugas with a working crew under Paul Atwell who are to lay a pipe line of 400 feet and do other necessary work. EGGS TO RESCUE LIBERAL, Kai M. R. Pat- terson of this city, enroute to Volunteer workers town with a supply of eggs, used called them to extinguish the when his car caught fire. are being in the Annual American blaze | Red Cross roll call, which began FOIE hdd DUSTY SHOES (fy Associnted Press) BOWLING GREEN. Ky.. Nov. 22.—J. J. Naille, railroad employe, has decided to re- place a pair of shoes he pur- chased in 1916 and wore until last year. The shoes still aren't worn out. But a small break has appeared on one of the up- Pers. ber 30. Robert F. Spottswood, Monroe county chairman, states that per- sons who would be willing to assist in this work should | immediately contact him, Mrs. Grace Phillips, secre- tary, at Public Library Build- ing, or Joe Allen at The Citizen | Office. ' Emphasis is being placed on this year’s drive, due to the ad-| "SB BSS BBB BM 4s ditional cbiigations which have} = been placed on the American) NOTICE Red Cross to aid the suffering | Due to the length of picture peoples of nations torn by the “DODGE CITY” with Ann Sheri- great disaster of war. | dan and Errol Flynn, we will Also, persons who have not yet, show only single feature at|been approached concerning their } matinee tomorrow with serial membership can help in the | and comedy. Regular double work by making their contribu- | feature program at night. tion direct to any one of the above | MONROE THEATER. | named persons. 58, i“ ross Chairman Calls For Workers; Drive Starts Armistice Day end ends Novem- swer to the charge at the next'ship with the old Constellation session of Criminal Court. ;for it was she that came to the {aid of the community in 1836, ac- {cording to information furnished ithis writer in 1931 by the Navy ‘Department at Washington. Con- {trary to general opinion based {upon a’ splendid historical legend, iit was not the Constitution that'ed to Newport. She lost two an- ;Swept in from Indies waters chors when cast adrift in Chesa (carly in 1836 to give succor to the | peake Bay. | Straggling town living in fear of | Three Sister Ships ) bands of marauding Seminole In ; Constellation was one of three jdians; rather it was the Constel- | sister ships built during the ad lation, whose romantic story 4S| ministration of President George jTevived anew by the Newport) Washington. The others were \dispatch about her activities inthe Constitution and the United | these parlous times at home and ' States, The latter was retired jtbgpecs t; lyears ago, and destroyed. The i istory, old newspaper files and ‘noted Constitution was saved for Posterity only through the late ‘signed by Lieut..Com. E. W. Hin- ton, ordered: the vessel to New- | port, R. 1, before Dec. 5 of that} year. The very next day the Con- stellation had a mighty narrow escape in a storm: was driven ashore with 20 men on_ beard. | After being rescued she was tow- PI SALS 7222) COLLECTS PERFUMES (My Annocinted Press) NORMAN, Okla., Nov. 22. —Having discovered a way to place odors on paper and make them stay there, Dr. | i \ ' jand cake that goes with it, you! might remember that Gere Washington and Franklin D. Roosevelt were both vitally in-j} | It was George Washington} {who first proclaimed the fourth Thursday in the month the offi- cial Thanksgiving. date. Presi- dent Roosevelt set it up to No-| vember 23rd this year and about | half of the country has followed | his date. Skipped Four Years George Washington did not) proclaim a Thanksgiving day for four years after his first procla-| mation. He thought that the ac- tions of the people were too vul- gar in their rejoicings and once picked December 18 as the offi- cial date because he thought the} first northern snows would kill) off much of the vulgar display. | However whether you eat tur-} key tomorrow or next Thursday! or both days you will get your! Thanksgiving dinner at a cheap-| er price than ever before, the} | |tradition placed the Constitution Dr. Oliver Wendell Holmes’ ;in Key West harbor on January deathless poem, “Old Ironsides” ; | 15, 1836, and kept her there till iFebruary 9, when danger from! you remember snatches of jme Seminoles was passed. | The naval records at Washing- Ralph Bienfang. professor at the University of Oklahoma, makes a hobby of collecting scents. | | Department of Agriculture an-} nounces. Streamlined Turkey Another feature of the turkey. j nated by the Sow’. He bas more than 250 of them, gathered from all parts of the world, on file. They in- clude such rare fragrances as the scent from oil of rose and |ton show that the collector of the! | port at Key West (William A.} ; Whitehead, 1831-1838) wrote an! jurgent leter to Capt. Alexander | James Dallas, commander of the | — . : “Ay, tear her tattered ensign | 5. down! Long has it waved on high, And many an eye has danced to that it»will,.be “streamlined” in connection with the modern jtrend. The turkey will be lighter than usual but the breast meat will be larger all to make the; ! | Constellation: then cruising near! Havana, setting forth the imme | diate dangers Key West was! ter orange. ! see . That banner in the sky. Built in Baltimore, the Constel- lation was towed there for the turkey more the family size. | President Roosevelt and family | now gobbling about in pens awaiting their turn to grace the Thanksgiving table. Offices Close Tomorrow Tomorrow being the day desig. President as Thanks- giving Day, the Post Office will be closed the entire day. The mail will be distributed to the boxes and outgoing maill will be dispatched as usual, said Post | master J. Fred Dion. All other U. S. government ac tivities will observe the holiday, including the Coast Guard, the | Naval Station and the Army Bar- racks. At the two latter places the regular guard and police du- ties will be performed. GIOIA L LINE FORMS ON THE RIGHT, PLEASE (By Associated Press) MITCHELL, S. D., Nov. 22. ber 9 in training at the fort. 'SAUNTERING LAUNDRY (By Anwociated Presn) HUNTINGTON, W. Va., Nov. |22—It wouldn’t have been so bad, philosophized Mrs. Virginia Stover, if her morning’s work hadn't gone along with the clothes. She told police that a_ thief waited until after she had wash- ed her family’s clothing and | then disappeared with them from out of the tub, POA oe ee MISUNDERSTOOD ONE ANOTHER (iy Annocinted Prens) SANTA BARBARA, Calif,. | Nov. 22—Patrolman C. A. - | Lunnen attached a brake- | testing machine to a motor- ist’s car and ordered him to drive 20 miles an hour for the test. i “I don’t-see why I have to drive 20 miles for a brake test anyway”, he snapped. NS Lh dhe heck, hukuhude F Ldkoad he hike duh ade NOTICE, B. P. 0. ELKS There will be a SPECIAL MEETING Thursday, November} 23, 1939, 8:00 p.m. Lodge Room. All Elks invited to attend. GEO. O. LUCAS, | Secretary. | | } i facing by the presence on the Star Spangled Banner centennial lower keys of a large band of|in September, 1931. On her way hostile Redskins. |to Baltimore she put in at Nor- The Constellation ran to the)folk, where guns and spars were rescue with no delay. and after installed to give the frigate the completing her tour of duty she | appearance she had in the yes- was released and proceeded to|terdays of her glory when she Pensacola, base of her operations.|took part in the war with Tri- Similarity in names doubtless | poli in 1802, and struck terror to gave the Constitution credit forithe British in the War of 1812. will_spend Thanksgiving °°%!| 7 OOO OST OOS FOR THANKSGIVING J Buy Nunnally’s Candies LIVE TURKEYS We Have The New ‘Gone With) DRESSED BY FOUR-SPOTS The Wind’ Boxes. Other Boxes Ib 35¢ In Attractive peers MACY A. VILLATE SONS “The Rexall Store” 418 Front St. Phone 840 Phone 177 Free Delivery __aqua AiatecteemerananERaAS Er: Raul’s Hawaiian Orchestra Will Furnish Music For DANCING Tonight at RAUL’S CLUB NO COVER CHARGE