The Key West Citizen Newspaper, November 25, 1939, Page 1

Associated Press Day Wire Service For 59 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West Che Key West THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN THE ?* VOLUME LX. No. 280. KEY WEST, FLORIDA, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 1939 Citizen U.S.A. JURORS NAMED Two Hundred German © oS T. E. Price To Receive Mines Wash Ashore court session TrumboTaxAdjustment On Yorkshire Coast cores wor pee ore | | [oon VEnESseeear #30 crry AND COUNTY OFFICIALS INDICATE CONCES- ENGLAND ASKS voLuN-| COUNCIL PRESENTS MILLIONS DAILY | “WILL BE SPENT BY ALL TOURISTS | LEASES FIGURES OF EX- i PECTED SEASON AND DAILY EXPENDITURES Key West, Florida, has the most equable climate in the country; with an a range of only 14° Fahrenheit PRICE FIVE 6 One-Year Lease Signed Provides For Extension \HOTEL COMMISSIONER RE- $750,000 WILL BE SPENT ON HANGARS AND QUAR- TERS FOR PERSONNEL; TO REPAIR RAMP Work will begin next week on construction of a $750,- | A. Mi DOCKET SOUNDING; signs WILL BE MADE AT MEETING HELD AT DEFERRED eee CHAMBER OF COMMERCE YESTERDAY pe TEERS TO HELP CLEAR} ig SEA LANES OF DE-| OPENING THIS MORNING STRUCTIVE MINES i BUDGET MOND AY | ; | T. B, Price, attorney for Trum#'ficials attending the meeting to | Criminal Court met this morn- | bo Properties, addressed a meet-|Mr. Price that the taxes would — ing at 9:30 o’clock in the county | ing of the directors of the Cham- Pscipestipen abate and ine courthouse with Judge William |ber of Commerce, members fj closed that. evening at 6:30 V. Albury presiding and the fol-| city council and county commis-|o’clock. | lowing officials present: County |sioners yesterday afternoon, rel-| Those who attended the meet-! (Special to The Citizen) | TALLAHASSEE, Nov. 25. — iFlorida winter visitors will spend about $1,288,000 a day for food | i} ie! | i i | |COMMITTEE FINISHES WORK | (By Associated Press) | THIS WEEK; EXPECT evening at 6:30 196,000 every 24 hours for amuse- and in the neighborhood of $1,-. 000 Project, consisting of a large hangar and quarters '9 ‘ house personnel of a full squadron of planes at Trumbo Field. T. E. Price, representing Trumbo Properties, and the Navy Department came to a leasing agreement late yesterday. LONDON, Nov. 25.—England | MANY CHANGES | | Solicitor Allan B. Cleare, Jr.,|ative to tax adjustments on the|ing were Mr. Price, Commission- called for volunteers today of} | Cle C. Sara B: Ghrryisha Chiet ; Drumbo, properties, in ofdes that {sss Ctl Bervaldi, Wi: Mon- } Fi Pam + and on Tumbo, which wa: orber; jompson; men who have had experience in| Citizens of this city are mani-| Deputy Sheriff Bernard Waite. labsired by the government, could |Councilmen E. A. Reniiey i (el i eoubat anat festing uiuch interest in the spe-| Immediately after the court as-| pe jeased at a SSE EGE rate.iBrinton, Ralph Boyden, t, 3 aed oy: cone meeting eX-! sembled, the judge announced | Meeting was held at Chamber of#Grillon and Glenwood Sweeting; menace of mines laid by airplanes | Hight Ses eieree ae phoney, ; that the sounding of the docket ;Commerce headquarters. ‘Directors of the Chamber of on the English coast and which’ budget will be presented as pre- | Would be deferred, and the draw- ! Meee ead that the: prop eee eis Cea Blmleson, | aa cA kh : he faj t thet ierty to be leased consisted of ap-;Charles Taylor, Everett Russell Eee ote Mini cin orintom | ing Of @ Jury to serve at the term, | | oximately 65 acres on whichjand Miss Elizabeth Sharpley. eee ___|chairman of the Finance com-| which will be called at 9.30 ‘the government would construct}. This morning Mr. Price stated of neutral shipping saat ESE meting idvahesen jock Monday morning, was)an airport. which would cost,/that the consummation of the i i i Ss, wi ie city ith i ildi jdeal al ci li t English shores. auditor and treasurer, and other | made. | with its added buildings, about;deal was an accomplished fac’ work to has blown up thousands of tons 7 | a j $750,000. jand work was to start at once Trawlers are also to be em jmueniety Obs thejcliy sovernmieat | eae mae acien | Satisfactory assurances were on the construction of the air- ployed in the work of clearing ‘the finished statement will re-|Chester W. Roberts, Raymond| given by the city and county of- ‘port. the English sea lanes. Two hun- ,veal many startling®innovations, | Navarro, Julio Barcelo, Jr., Ed- | —_— ~- —t —--- dred of the mines were washed | it is expected. ‘| ward McCarthy, Cecil Russell, | ° ‘ up on the Yorkshire and Irish| Various economies will be sug-; Samuel Davis, Samuel P. Higgs, | coasts today. | gested in the budget, according | Harold Baker, Leon Peacon, | ‘ ¢ Germany is protesting on the) to advance notice and definite! Henry Cruz, Thomas Garcia, Joe | se of Q-boats»by the British.| Policy of salary payment and! Torano, H. W. Entwhistle, Clyde | Nazis claim that these boats will! general city expenditure policy | M. Baker, Raymond Johnson, B. | ° ‘ be ruthlessly hunted down and it| will be presented in the budget} A. Baker, N. P. Napoles, Harold | will mean that English merchant | message and figures. | Peasy Marry, Ae Sei er | : ships will be destroyed without| Meeting will start at 7:30) tam, C. Milord, Wm. B. Russell, warning. A Q-beatis-one which | 0’cloe'. +5 SAMMe) We Theiapean: Albert | ae > looks like an ordinary British | PRE | Gandolfo, Howard 8. England, freighter but which is armed and| VISITORS FROM KENTUCKY | Judson Thompson, Joe Machin, ivy decaclatod Reasas has collapsible sides over the | 2s ECS ee ety. IO, Nov. 25.—Japan today claims still to be in communica- mounted guns which can be! Mr. and Mrs.’Clyde Bates of tiago Caraballo, Jr., W. G. Ca-| TOKIO, Nov. 25.—Japan today soe with an. important capital dropped for action. | Danville, Ky., were visitors on aj mero, Joseph Kemp, Darrell | warned England in no uncertain aoa be the ve sake pa A submarine of Germany is re-| Sightseeing trip yesterday, and; Lowe, John Larner, Chas. W. ‘terms that if she continued to Chinese aia pve ge: dy 16 ported to have been captured at-| enjoyed their trip to the various | Aguerro, Hubert Cruz, Kingman | enforce her embargo on all ex- tempting to enter an English for | Places of interest. Peay, ports from Germany to Japan days of terrific aerial and big gun aro ‘ - Hos as : = 3 oa |She would initiate reprisals on bombardments. i Denmark today when it struck on aca sc: 1j_ balou Aalto op og nptes German mine and quickly nk PPEMeritt Decorate y England started @ campaign of A crew of 16 is believed missing. embargo on all German exports thing they leave behind them Increased air action was re following German loosing of Philippines and U. S. j ported at the front with planes Cuban Red Cross Head mines near her shores. | vs Be ate of both sides in the engagements. | 5 Italy followed with another’ Meanwhile, there is consider- protest to England and The able speculation over the visit of | sai aid ; e hi x Netherlands, Belgium and many the admiral of the United States | =e | “I, these times, when a con. | Similar protestations. Manila of the Philippine Islands. EXPECTED T0 | Guard headquarters this morn: tinent is converting itecif- into Chinese Holding Out ‘Sayres is known as the “eyes and ing, Dr. Francisco P. de la Torre,' rivers of blood, where men de- . Meanwhile notice was given ears of America” in the Philip- | captain of the Red Cross in Ha- stroy without mercy and the|that the Chinese government Pines and the meeting is believed TIEUP 23,000 vana, presented Superintendent} hatred of races and ambitions of patelwaal pei oe onise William W. Demeritt, of he Sev-! the towns have made tragedies’ BUSINESS INDEX niosinecse: % ee at Sa het ‘enth Lighthouse District, with a/Of a hundred years ago live, ‘in, ath of the. Tin ‘States MAY CLOSE DOWN PRODUC. | beautiful medal in recognition of again, whee ail cae al ee PS; Pnitag States. x his work in having broadcast the | Of love between men has disap- | POINTING UPWARD : TION IN HOLLYWOOD; JOE) weather conditions, in both En-|Peared; how great has been the is SPECIAL G SCHENCK SAYS DEMANDS glih and Spanish, during the pe-| ee | the, pon BLN Ae think ne i . | 3 in fishermen as ‘ UNREASONABLE | Cagtaidt de isuseerd artived on! Who come to these prodigal seas INVERN QRIESEE HOY HIGH, FOR LEGIONNAIRES SS. Cuba yesterday afternoon f Florida to seek sustenance for LEVELS REACHED BY * |from Havana, delegated by the} their children, they ‘know that STOCKS ee se (By Associated Prexs) Cuban Government to make the; 0Wing to the humanitarian senti- CALLED FOR 93:00 O'CLOCK HOLLYWOOD, Nov. 25.—| presentation this morning, which|™ents,of this great American Strikes threatening to tieup ma-|he did with the following words: | their res ia wie as when Gh eas oe TOMORROW MORNING jor production in Hollywood mo-; “tt is for me a at honor to! they leave their families to start ss : HEADO vie studio threatened today as al bring in the name of the Rea|UPon this enterprise, they know| NEW YORK, Nov. 25.—Market a Bien preliminary conference ended in| Cross of Cuba, to Mr. William W.| that they will return happily to ‘Ursed steadily ahead and many ; a deadlock. |Demeritt, Superintendent of the their homes. I feel proud to rep. |T@W and finished inventories had | ; The strike would tieup 23,000 Seventh Division of Lighthouses, Tesent at this moment the Red heavy demands. This week the| Officers of Arthur Sawyer Post, men, including technicians and in Key West, a document which |CTOss of Cuba in presenting this Stock market reached a new high No. 28, American Legion, have! |called a special meeting for to-j morrow morning, Sunday, at Le-} other workers. reveals his efforts in aid of hu-|™edal to Mr. Demeritt in the full |Since the days of 1929. Joseph Schenck, who conferred | manity, and be bearer’ at the] Noawiedgs that he has a great ene age Ne fore psd than with William Beir, leader of the| same time of the me ith }2nd generous heart”. | lays of * ut ere ar zi a , strike, said to the press that Sich ane Pe oaicuant, eae Following the presentation Mr. ore people now employable in} Sion Reon on Whitehead present contracts between actors| his merits. _|Demeritt made a speech of ac-| the United States and this does / street, at 9:00 o'clock. and other higher salaried workers| This decoration has been do. | Ceptance of the medal at the end "0t make conditions as good as a; Several matters of importance are perfectly satisfactory to nated by the Red Cross of Cubai°f Which the building rang with | Whole. Boom of the stock mar-/ are to be discussed, including the them. He said that the ten per- for information supplied by our|th¢ cheers of the assemblage. Ket is predicted as good as this! matter of clearing up borrowed cent increase asked is unrea-|Cuban Consul, Mr. Berardo Rod-| Witnessing the ceremonies | Means that stocks are in de chairs and tables for the Armis- sonable as the Hollywood studios | riguez, who has facilitated to our | W¢re: Lieutenant Colonel J. D,;mand as they are expected to go| © ~ recently voted a ten percent in-| Department, information MacMullen, U. S. A., Commander | UP and buyers thus want them tice Day Ball from the Country con- | x" erease and if any action is taken| cerning Mr. Demeritt’s humani-|G- B. Hoey, U. S. N., Lt. Comdr. | 0 share profits. (Club, at all there should be a cut fol- partially in ruins following four Chinese soldiers who burn every-| arian laber; informatiqn which|Hilton of the Pandora, Claude lowing loss of European markets. | the Red Cross greatly appreciates |from our diplomatic representa- CHICAGO, Nov. 25.—Strike is| tive, because it has been offered holding up production in Illinois. ; One labor company holds that its president had no right to deal with the CIO in Superior Oil} strikes. Dance Tonight Pena’s Garden Of Roses Gould Curry’s Orchestra Ne Admission Charge—No Cover jthe opportunity of rewarding a | great citizen. “The Red Cross of Cuba feels citizen as an example for his meritable labor, an American | citizen who more than an Ameri- {can citizen is a citizen of the | world, a citizen of humanity to | which he has given his services which today this Cuban Institu- tion rewards, avoiding with his | measures of forecasts, irreparable | ‘maritime disasters, which would greatly konored to present this | Albury, Lieutenant Martin of the| Pandora, Jose Sanchez, president \of San.Carlos; Ramon Delgado, ' president of the Cuban’ Club; | Bonito Guito, president of the! ‘Emigrados de Cuba; Berardo) (Continued on Page Three) | “DANCE. eee CLUB CAYO HUESO S. A. COHEN, Representing - THE MAXWELL CO., Inc. WHOLESALE Furniture and WILL BE IN KEY WEST AT SOUTHERN CROSS HOTEL TODAY AND TOMORROW ~ For Interviews Or Contacts With Anyone Interested ———— | striking the water at a slight! |ment during the five |winter season of 1939-40, accord- jing to the calculations of Hotel ,Commijssioner W. M. Taylor. Commissioner Taylor, who has ‘estimated that the tourist ex- penditure during the season will approximate $690,000,000 at the rate of $4,600,000 per day, based his prédictions on a careful study lof the way tourists spend their ;Money in the state. : | “Of the estimated $4,800,000 that Florida visitors will spend jeach day they are here this win- iter”, Commissioner Taylor said, “it is estimated that in addition |to the money they spend for food jand entertainment, they will | spend: | "“For lodging, |for travel, $828,000 a day WAITRESS CLASS SEEN AS BOON TO BENEFIT EMPLOYES AND SOLVE PROBLEM OF RESTAURANTS Training class for local girls for positions of waitresses is seen as a boon for local employes. The class is enrolling more and more girls and Miss Gertrude |Laubscher announces that there hated Fi si positions open. ma lem of local restaurants aay se 887% | and poe during the inte ji urposes, season is to secure experienc: Perce v £ $368,000 vaitresses. In the past much of He explained that these sums) this class of employables came are based on statisties from his | from outside the city, but the department showing . that. the New class is expected to ¢limin- | average division of the tourist ate this situation in the future. jdollar is: 26% face walk 20% for lodging, 28% for food, of instruction in a few weeks. \18% for travel, and 8% for mis-| The course of instruction \cellaneous purposes. “We are receiving reports al- 'most daily of the increase in |tourist travel into the state”, Commissioner Taylor said. “There lis every indication that this com- ; jing season will be one of the |finest in the state’s history”. is state. Qualifications are that the 18 and 35 and a resident of Key West. It meets daily at Overseas Hotel at 9 o’clock in the morning with the exception of Saturdays and Sundays. Reserve Officers Association _ Organized Chapter Last Night | | A Key West Chapter of the Re-|Col. . Williams, Major Robert F. ‘serve Officers Association was or ‘Spottswoed, and Lt. Gardner | ganized last evening at a meeting constitute the committee. held at Chamber, of Cormwit| Meetings will be held - the litama in’ charge of the West ;Second and fourth Friday in each | Summerlarid Key C:C.C. Camp,!month at 730 o'clock at the was the presiding officer at the’ chamber. A group school was meeting, and it was at his sug-' organized and Col. Williams will | gestion that the organization was jhe Geek | oresnpheeyottocks in the chap-}' Other officers, besides the cee were elected in the persons of above present at the meeting | Lt. Henry H. Ward, in the Med-!were: Major K. £. Snearer, Capt. \ieal Corps, chairman; Lt. M. S.'A. Cobo, Lt. RusSell S. Campbell, |Gardner, Key West Barracks, | Lt. W. W. Demeritt, Lt. G. O. | sergeant, secretary; Lt. Wm. R. | Gregory, Lt. E. A. Tiner, Lt. J. A. | Warren, Jr., liaison officer. (Long. | A committee was appointed to, Col. Williams spoke briefly on | perfect final organization plans.|the value of such an organiza- | tion as had been consummated, SON FOLLOWS IN {and all reserve officers per- FATHER’S FOOTSTEPS ‘manently residing in Key West ' (By Ansocinted Press) jas well as all visiting officers YAKIMA, Wash., Nov. |were invited to join the associa- tion and attend the group school. Penh interested may get in touch jtion to walk off the end of a 10-|memtbers. foot diving board last summer | |when his father wasn’t looking.| 8. 8. OZARK ARRIVED He’s been diving ever since. Lanny caught on to diving so! quickly that he does things many’ grownups wouldn't attempt: useg a sort of natural swan diye |'Veston, and after delivering light. consignment of j sailed at 8:45 for Miami and Jack- he boy’s father, Tex Dale. |Snville.- says he also dives from the three.):Steamship Colorado, of | the for amusement, | The class will complete its course | |provided free of charge by the, ‘applicant be between the ages of! | Lanny Dale, aged two, took a no-!With any of the above committee He /6 o'clock this. morning from Gal- | freight, | Mr. Price accepted the terms of |the Department for a one-year |lease with option to renew it for succeeding years. The instrument jis practically the same as a five- . |year lease except that navy pro- | cedure does not allow for long- er than any one fiscal year lease. Commander G. B. Hoey said | that a squadron of planes would ‘arrive here shortly approximat- ing the eighteen stationed here ‘last winter. The squadron is un- {der Patrol Wing Five, which is jin command of Commander V. Griffin. Commander Griffin has {not signified whether he will be |in Key West to command the | squadron. | There were 18 planes here last jyear and an equal-.nymber ex- }pected within the next few weeks. A squadron under new orders may consist of anywhere from nine to 18 planes. Thus a | “full” squadron will be in Key West. Patrol Wing Five was here last year but squadrons {were smaller last year than this |year, four squadrons making up |the patrol wing. One squadron {this year will be as many as the | entire patrol wing last year. Personnel of the squadron 15 |expected to consist of 170 offi- cers and men. Architect designated by the {Navy is Russell T. Pancoast. |Contracts .will shortly be let. There will be no civil service |men employed by the Navy as is ‘the case at the Naval Station. Those desiring employment |Should get in contact with the contractor or contractors desig- |nated by the Navy. Mr. Pancoast \is at present drawing up plans required. | Besides erection of the hangar and quarters there will probably also be minor repairs to the ramp \at Trumbo and very likely clear- ing of minor obstructions in the channels approaching the ramp. DRINK CAUSES DEATH LEWISBURG, Pa.—While sit- ting by the stove in his home, Austin Burd felt the need of a drink. Instead of the expected ; Wine, it was gasoline. Burd spit it out on the stove. Flames ignit- ed his clothing and he died soon after. CHIMES TOO LOUD SCOTTSVILLE, Ky.—Because residents complained that its ‘chimes awoke them at night, the |town clock in this city has been silenced after dark by order of | the county court. FINAL DECREE FILED Final decree in the suit for di- vorce of Genia W. Savage was filed Thursday in the office of Clerk Ross C. Sawyer of Cir- |cuit Court. The divorce was granted on |the grounds of extreme cruelty, \and the plaintiff was granted in lieu of alimony $2,622.72 as share jin the sale of property. HERE ON BUSINESS C. H. Schautmann, chief of the mail division of the U. S. Coast