The Key West Citizen Newspaper, November 29, 1939, Page 1

The Key West Citizen THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN THE U.S.A. — KEY WEST, FLORIDA, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 1939 + Russia Strenathens x RM Workmen Begin To Clear PANE Baltic et Cian Sth Beh Fr Se ~ BY SATURDAY |O. R. & T. B. DISTRICT FILES| HOTEL AND TOURIST HOMES ASSOCIATION GIVES | WILL COMPLETE PATROL APPLICATION WITH WAR WORD TO GO; LEASE TO BE SIGNED SOON Azsociated Press Day Wire Service For 59 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West Key West, Florida, has the most equable climate in the country; with an average range of only 14° Fahrenheit VOLUME LX. No. 283. PRICE FIVE CENTS Aretitects. And Navy Officials Complete | UNIT OF TWELVE CRAFTS DEPARTMENT; NO HEAR- TENDER GANNETT ARRIV- | ING SCHEDULED ED TODAY Workmen under direction of ; received a promise from the CIANO OF ITALY SAYS| ENGLAND HAS “ABOUT FACE” POLICY; DE- CLARES HANDS OFF | (By Associated Press) | MOSCOW, Nov. 29.—Russian | newspapers today claimed that | Russia had broken off with Fin-| land and Russia announced that her fleet in the Baltic had been! reinforced. Europe exvects an’ invasion of Finland at any hour.) England has not declared _her- | self in the dispute preferring not |Good Collection Exhibited ithe War Department by Overseas Road and Toll Bridge District, e ee Ed. R. Neff, general manager COINS COME INTO and chief engineer, at Marathon, for a permit to perform the work described below on Florida Key at the northerly side of the fill between Knights Key and Hog Key, in Monroe county. The construction will be a timber wharf, T-shaped, with an approach walk seven feet wide © extending into the bay 13 feet OWN AT HI SCHOOL eo elee ;R. A. Lehmann, president of Key | county commissi6n of the use of West Hotel and Tourist Homes 2 Huck: Labor is now employed jassociation, today began cleaning ! archie Thompson of the associa- {up South Beach between Simon- tion assisting Lehmann in direct- ton and Duval streets to put it in , ing the cleanup program. shape for tourist use. Later the association expects This work was undertaken by|'® o-operate with the beach hse : jcivie committee headed by Col. the association despite the fact |p, C. Brinton in the employment it was reported at yesterday’s ;of a permanent beach detail and meeting at La Concha hotel that; special policeman to maintain or- the lease of the property had not |4et- L. \S. Gruber, treasurer of A flight of naval patrol planes | out of Norfolk is expected in| | Key West probably by Saturday. | Initial Trumbo Work | icra at this tans, PiaRES S18) Seaeceeceereccccccccoees | finclude the six already here. 4s SAILOR HEMINGWAY more planes are sent down from | j Norfolk, in addition to these, the ae : |planes from the present flight,! * uo | Now stationed here, will be sent Seamen Remember 4 Him to Guantanamo Bay. { Anchoring of the planes is ex- pected to be in the same moor- }ing location where the six; now IS BACK IN TOWN HANGHAR CONTRACT RELEASED IN WASH- INGTON; ‘OTHERS TO BE LET LOCALLY Information given to The Citi- been consummated by city coun- | ‘© 28s0ciation, was one of the proponents of the stationed here are moored. | C@eecccecoccovosceosoocs |zen today indicates that work is The exhibition at the School, which began Home Economics Class under Miss Clara Lankford, has now spread school-wide with all stu- dents bringing in articles for the present exhibition, largely on coins. In the collection are 200 reis, from Brazil, Mexican 10 cents! coin of 1919, Mexican $5 bill High in the beyond mean high water and terminating in a T-head seven feet wide and 160 feet long, the T-head portion of the wharf be- ing parrallel with the center line of the highway. The wharf will be constructed of timber piles with timber decking, eleva- tion of the deck to be three feet above mean high water. The entire structure lies within the cil. signing of the lease was a fore- gone conclusion as soon as it had been prepared by the city attor- ney and it would be safe to pro- ceed with the beach cleanup | work. The association appropriated {$50 for the preliminary work and It was felt that the formal ' gy, project and, Tender Arrived | Leicester Hemingway, Mrs. Tender Gannett arrived today Hemingway and little son have and will take the place of Ten-' recently arrived in the city for der Lapwing under Officer J. G.| 4 short vacation visit. | Foster, which will proceed to} Guantanamo some time within the next few days. announced the funds for the | | ipitial work are available. | The association also passed aj iresolution directed to the Cham- | iber of Commerce offering to co- | jOperate in a municipal recreation | Program, one of the projects pro- {Posed by a committee some time tago. | Another meeting of the as- Waterfronters remember Lei-! cester’s achievements in sailing H ft between here and A new squadron of destroyers | Petite cra e é is expected in Key West about'Cuba quite safely. Several of ad | rips we arti haz-| January 1. Pre: squad: | the trips were particularly vexed sent Squadron ‘S| ardous but Leicester always came |right of way held by the ap- |sociation will be held next Tues-|U"der senior officer afloat Lieut. brought in by Blanche Cervantes. One hundred and thirty-four | year old Spanish dollar by Nel- | lie Brost. Belgian coin, Cuban} one cent piece by Martha’ Arnago. | Gold. brooch 85 years old, Mary | Sawyer, Newfoundland 20-cent! piece of 1899 by Blanche Cer-! vantes and alsd an Indian one-} to further antagonize Russia. | Count Ciano in Italy, however, said that England’s non wish to help Finland doing : Poland proves her imperialistic aims. Russian army at Finland fron- tier claims that Finns have at- tacked them four times, but Fin- land again denies the charges. Russian planes have flown over the Finnish frontier but as she is quarter rupee, East African half | shilling. An 1896 dollar! bill of ; U. S. by Betty Henriquez, 1827! U. S. one-cent piece by Sylvia} Roberts, Indian half penny of} guns have been ordered _still| 1891 by Blanche Cervantes. | quiet so*as to *prévoke “16” RTs- | _ Thery the ts a Colombian half- | sian wrath dollar, Chicago World’s Fair dol- The general consensus of | lar of 1393, 1856 U. S. dime. ol opinion in Europe is that Finland; 50-cent U. S. bill by Ida K. has given no provocation to Rus-| Hayes, 1836 50-cent piece by/ sia in border incidents. i Sylvia Roberts, one’cent U. S. | | Philippine money. Panama ten-} cent piece of 1904, Ecuador 10. cent coin of 1916, one mark of Germany of 1878. 1920 French| frane and 1878 German mark by) Blanche Cervantes. GEKELER SPEAKER AT SERVICE CLUB There is a Chinese copper, | DEPLORED MODERN DISRE- cas. There is a Kai Shek dollar | SPECT OF CHURCH; THANK- | Showing Chinese junk and Jap-| tanese bomb exploding. French | FUL WE'RE NOT AT WAR Indo China coin, Russian coin| jand Siam coin. A beautiful old gold chain 75 years old with compass points visible on both sides was brought in by Lois Pinder. Ernest Avila showed a Portugal coin, a 50 Barin piece of Rumania. a Nor: weigan coin, Austria-Hungary ; coin. Jerome Nottage showed a frane note 50 centime, made in the first World War. There is a ;' child’s bank 50 years old and Ray Pierce brought in a gold dollar, bill. Undercurrent Dr. John C. Gekeler, pastor of the First Presbyterian Church, was the guest speaker at the regular meeting of the Stone Church (Fellowship) Service Club held in the church annex last evening, with president Doughtry in the chair. Rev. Gekeler delivered a most int esting and inspirational address on the subject of the true spirit of Thanksgiving. In the course of his remarks the speaker reminded his listeners that in addition to the material blessings for -which they should be truly grateful, one must not lose sight of the spiritual bless- ings that God has showered upon the entire nation. The modern! trend of disrespect toward the Church was deplored by the rev- erend, who pointed to the fact that all the high and holy ideals which our great nation boasts have come direct from the influ- | ence of the Church.. Above all things, the speaker expressed a tion is not em- e Naa eat out ind that “we have been stopped but turned its at- a government which has declared |tention to attacks from the air itself as determined that we shall | from Germany. : not become entangled in a gi-| German planes were sighted | gantic struggle in order to satisfy j along Northumberland on the | selfishness and greed”. | Scottish coast and gunfire was | The speaker: concluded by heard above Edinburg, Scotland. | pointing out that the Thanksgiv- | One German plane is believed to; ing season is truly.an American | have been downed, : institution and implored his list-| England attacked an important | eners to cling tenaciously to the |German air base which is be- | high ideals that have made /lieved to have been the base for America the greatest nation dnejrecent Snante over England and the world today. : i ; i By unanimous consent the | A 1,041 ton British ship went club voted to return to the orig- | 40wn from a mine explosion, but) inal time of meeting and com- jit was the only sea casualty re- LONDON, Nov. 29. circles declared optim the German mine menace has plicant. No public hearing is to be held on the application but anyone desiring to protest against it from a standpoint of its interfer- ence with, or effect upon, navi- gation, should submit such pro- test in writing, to the District 'Engineer, U. S. Engineer's office, P. O. Box 5970, Jacksonville, in time to be received before De- cember 5, 1939. CITY TO. OBSERVE THANKSGIVING DAY CITY AND COUNTY OFFICES TO CLOSE; MERCHANTS CLOSING HALF DAY Offices in the County Court house and the City Hall will be closed tomorrow all day, the employes to observe Thanksgiv- ing Day as usual. It was also announced by the president of the Retail Dealers Association that all of the stores will close at the hour of 1 o'clock and remain closed for the day. The postoffice will observe the regular Thursday half-day _holi- day, and many of the other places of business. both whole- sale and retail, will be closed for either half or all of the day. Usual services will be observ- ed by the churches as announced. in another section of today’s is- ‘sue. Of Bolcf For Short European. War (Ry Associated Press) and great quantities of flour into Germany. French Parliament will meet tomorrow and will probably be 100 per cent behind Premier | Daladier. France has not decided whether to turn the special war time powers of the cabinet back to Parliament. Belgian sources revealed their belief for a short war. Italy de- further promulgation of the war as the major powers are waiting to see what she is going to do. HOLIDAY NOTICE Thanksgiving Day, tomorrow, November 30, the office of this |day at 2:30 p. m. at La Concha, CRIMINAL COURT wie IN BRIEF SESSION ARRAIGNED ON ONLY poner weano; GAMBLING CHARGE | COURT ADJOURNS UNTIL | TOMORROW Raul Garcia was arraigned. this ; Franklin Arenberg on a charge of setting up and operating a ‘game of chance. The accused stated that he preferred. to waive preliminary hearing and would take the case direct to court. The committing There was a short session of Criminal Court this... morning with ‘Judge William V. Albury presiding and all officials of the court present. Elvie Acevedo was brought before the tribunal to answer to} the charge of shooting without} A similar procedure was fol- th s i « ; ee Paap es nats €h- lowed in the case of Alfredo San- jjudge deferred sentence. panes WhO. Was EIEesed on a ft wad arioGnben: fond. th similar charge and brought be- bench that court would beceia aoe Suriaue Eequinalda, for pre. until 9:30 o’clock tomorrow when ! unio, haa tor He waived a brief session would be held,!Prwgnary hearing and was and a holiday would be held in! observance of Thanksgiving Day. ! for his appearance at the present term of Criminal Court. pear at the present term of Crim- inal Court. : Both of these arrests were | ROTES OR LIONS wENDEL'S STORE IN SHERIFF SALE Eugene Spector of West Palm Beach was awarded the Mendell |Shop at 517 Duval street in a | sheriff's sale for $2,800, he being President William V. Little of | Rotary Club of Key West an- | nounced today that there would | |be no meeting of the organiza- | tion tomorrow noon, in observ- ance of Thanksgiving Day. The club next meets Thursday, De cember 7. ithe highest bidder. A similar announcement has! Jn the sale is included come from officers of the Key | goodwill and trade name. West Lions Club, who meet regu- |" Writ of attachment was filed larly each Thursday evening ati by Allan B. Cleare against J. E. 6:30 o'clock. ‘ 2 |! Alpert, November 3. November Lions Club announces a direc-| 1g a petition to sell was filed and tors’ meeting to be held next | the sale itself held Saturday. Monday evening at Lion Sidney e pes eked octhumrtatian Fr STUDIOUS MAYOR Einhorn’s home, 901 Duval street, | | STORRS, Conn.—Mayor An- beginning at 8 o'clock. STILL DANGEROUS ;thony of this city is attending {school again. He commutes 26 Tie GEE jmiles thrice weekly to study ee, Amend Fern? English, economies and _physi- STANTON, Mich., Nov. 29.— | ology at the’ University of Con- Sheriff Chris Hansen, of Mont-! | necticut. calm County. has,been a law en-| forcement officer for 23 years—/ but he has yet to fire a gun at a criminal. Now in his third| IVING DAY four-year term as sheriff, Han-|Complete TURKEY DINNER sen reminded all and sundry; With all the fixings 50c that, although he has never used| for ————.____— his gun in the line of duty, he} THE BEST FOR LESS at the still is mighty quick on the; Manhattan Restaurant the |e ASR RE MET GIVE YOURSELF A TREAT ON THANKSG: \clared that she alone is stopping draw and a tolerably good marks- | Proclamation |morning before Peace Justice; magistrate fixed the bond at $100 | Comdr. H. R. Parker. Another senior officer will take the place of Commander Parker, who will probably be transferred to the Guantanamo Bay area. { Destroyers in port are Babbitt, Roper and Claxton. ZONING BOARD MEETS TONIGHT Seeond»meeting of the new Zoning Board appointed. by Mayor Albury. on November 20, will be held this evening at chairman John Allan Long’s home on Angela street, starting lat 7:30 o'clock. ; Work to be done will be made up chiefly of preparation for | public hearings to be conducted {on zoning restrictions plannned. | Members of the board, besides Mr. Long,-ar@ E. P. Winter, vice- the placed under bond of $100 to ap- | chairman; W. Curry Harris, sec-' bit. Jake is expected in the city retary, and Earl Adams, Russell, Paul Boysen Pearlman. Ralgh and Joe VISITORS FROM ST. LOUIS Mrs. G. Reller and party from St. Louis, were visitors in the city yesterday afternoon, taking }@ Sightseeing trip to the places {of interest. Some Key West, South Florida or Florida boy and girl may be assisted in completing his or her education in college providing they meet with the terms of the Elks National Foundation Scho} arship Fund, Chelsie J. Senerchia of Miami, president of the Flor- ida State Elks Association, re- ported today. The foundation was created in 1928 when the annual session of the Grand Lodge of the Bene volent and Protective Order of Elks was established in Miami. The foundation offers four prizes totaling fifteen hundred dollars, as follows: $600; 2nd prize, $400; 3rd prize, $300, and 4th prize, $200. Any student in the senior or graduating class of a high or Preparatory school, or in any un- dergraduate class of a recogniz- ed college, who is a_ resident ‘within the jurisdiction of the Berievolent and Protective Order of Elks is eligible. The merits on which the ap- plicants will be judged include 1st prize, : } through. | Married five years ago, the | Hemingways now have a three- | | and-a-half-year-old son, who took his first steps in Key West. The | youngster was but a staring babe ‘ getting an eyeful of Key West \from a caged crib on the sloop, |“Aguila de Oro”, owned by Lei- {cester, and was caged so that he | would not fall overboard. This was a couple of years or }so ago when the Hemingways | quit a job in Fort Lauderdale to ‘vacation in Key West with their Ysloop. They ‘sailed afl over the ; keys and.took one long trip to | Fort Jefferson. | Last year Jake Klimo, Heming- way’s sailing pal, was in the lcity with a friend to take a eruise. Jake announced blithely that he did not know where he could cruise to but was waiting to see “which way the wind was | blowing”? Jake ended} up by not ; making a long cruise at all but jonly going around the keys a jin a few days. | Leicester Hemingway is at !present employed with the edi torial staff of “The Country Gen- itleman”. We might add, to com- plete this story, that Leicester is/| |the broher of Ernest Heming- | way, well-known novelist, but! we won't do that bevause Leices- | jter doesn’t like to be known as ‘the brother of a famous guy. «+ Elks Invite Local Students To. Compete For Scholarship character, scholarship, citizen- ship, exceptional courage, pa |triotism or service and any not lable action or distinguishing ac- | {complishment are the criteria by which the applicants will be being pushed on the construction work planned for navy-leased property on Trumbo Island.. Commander Hoey, in command of Key West Naval Station, pointed out that T. Russell Pan- coast, architect to whom the de- signing has been given, his en- gineer, Mr. Connell, and Lieut. Meade who flew here from Washington to familiarize him- self with the project have been working over the plans for the Trumbo sub air base. All have left the city after considerable study. Bids for the officers quarters, barracks and storehouse will be let from the local Naval Station and bids are expected to be ready for release within two or three weeks, Commander. Hoay,, said. Contracts for the hangar and small machine shop at Trumbo Island will be let out of Wash- ington, Commander G. B. Hoey added. The lease for the Trumbo Is- land property has now been sign- ed by both Trumbo Properties owners and by the Navy Depart- ment, Commander Hoey said. The commander emphasized that as soon as any units of equip- ment are moved into the area it will be imperative that there be no trespassing on the site. The general public is advised that this will be enforced. HANDS OFF IN WAR. EMBARGO FOREIGN RELATIONS CHAIR- MAN SAYS SOME EFFECT TO U. S. COMMERCE (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON, Nov. 29.— Senator Key Pittman, foreign re- lations committee chairman, said that the embargo on German exports w |l affect the United States somewhat but that the U. S. would not interfere in the | Matter. Scholarship Fund does not furn-/ ‘ish application blanks nor do | they insist upon any special form |of application of presentation. | | They prefer that éach applicant 'should use his own ingenuity in| | presenting his or her case. It is | suggested, however, that each ap- | Plicant should present, or have | Presented in his or her behalf, a! printed or typewritten brief or Prospectus which sets forth all the data, with supporting ex- j hibits, including a recent picture of the applicant and a letter of; endorsement signed by Exalted Ruler Harry C. Galey and Secre- tary George O. Lucas of Key West Lodge No. 551. The schol- arship record of the applicant should be shown by certificates from the high or preparatory | schools or college which he or} she has attended. i j CLEVELAND, Nov. 29.—Six teen thousand W.P.A. employes are out of work in this city and are facing desperate situations. They were cheered by news that the Surplus Commodity Commis- sion would supply them with food. SEATTLE, Nov. 29.—F: E. Gannett, owner of a chain of newspapers and bitter New Deal critic, said that America must be freed from the effects of the “New Deal insidious creeping of powers over the American peo- le”. “A Mr. Gannett stated that he would aecept the Republican nomination for president if ten~ dered him. VISITED TWO WEEKS |company will not be open for ; WHEREAS, Thursday. November mencing at the next lar ses- | Ported. F : ' saan Fe Pak cai baa gather | French ships claim to have|business on that day. promptly at 6 o'clock instead of ;Seized two German freighters} THE KEY WEST ELECTRIC CO. 6:30 %b’clock. \carrying 4,000 pounds of coffee} nov29-1t 75 cents 7-Course TURKEY Dinner | GULF STREAM iii i |Get Your— TURKEY DINNER i i | THANKSGIVING DINNER | Special Turkey Sandwiches for THANKSGIVING WELLS’ LUNCH ROOM 900 Street | 908 Sunouton St. for “Keg, West nated by the City Council of Key West. as a THANKSGIVING: THEREFORE, I, Willard of Key West. do hereby- request our people while in their for the manifold blessings bestowed on (NEW YORK BUSY BEE|“* "Seived_suipment. EXTRA jOpening For The Season The Trumbo Hotel’s “HANGAR” Offering a fine THANKSGIVING DINNER eee to 10 p. m ‘M. Albury, Mayor to All applications must be filed! Mrs. Guy Phillips, who had on or before April 1, 1940, with | been visiting for two weeks with chairman John F. Malley, 15)her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Manuel State street, Boston, Mass. to| Gomez, and other relatives left whi a icai should 'on the 11 o’c! lor Niagara communicaions tes: Miz YOUR OLD CAR AS Ramonin’s Restaurant DOWN PAYMENT