The Key West Citizen Newspaper, December 2, 1939, Page 1

Associated Press Day Wire Service For 59 Years Devoted to the Best Inte1ests of Key West VOLUME LX. No. 286. Che Kr THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN THE U.S. A. KEY WEST, FLORIDA, pat —. SATURDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1939 ~ |HANGAR BIDS TO BE OPENED NEXT WEEK IN CAPITOL RFC Denies Petition — Of Bridge Board For Reduction OF Interest COMMISSION WANTED | . BOND INTEREST RE-| ‘Raq PER CENT OF BUILDING 372x240; NAME CHIEF ARCHITECT; OWNER- SHIP SHOWN ene Further construction of the hangar information on the on {the newly-leased Navy property | Discovered At Matecumbe ‘on Trumbo Island concerns the pars SHIP PICKED UP Cecccccccccccccccce| = | bids and ownership of the, build- Morton Macartney, Washing- ‘ings to be constructed, | It is understood that bids for Liquidating Division of RFC, to-| Find of an “MS” in a bottle construction will be opened |from a Belgian _ trainin ship, Washington on December day told members of the Over- which was. sunk sa ef e B' seas Road and Toll Bridge Com-! European waters, was made by {Pastor W. F. Bowery of the regular’ Matecumbe Church and Albert Carey of Key West. that the) “tie find was made at .Mate- RFC had denied the Commis-|cumbe, and the bottle will be mies sent in today to the U.S. Hydro- sion’s request for graphic Office at Washington, D. - C., as requested. ij x : bond.interest from the present The ship is the Belgian Train- | Chief architect for the plans four per cent level to two per! ing Ship Mercator and the date|has been designated as Albert seeds jot the bottled message was June Kahn, Inc., of New Center Build- p1l, 1930, nine years ago. Their|ing, Detroit. The hangar is to John Slade, chairman, John position was 19 degrees thirteen|be 372x240. Work will include @ostar, vice-chairman, members | uunutes North. one: numerals | fabrication and erection of struc- a _| under these were F.4-22-W. tural steel frame work and ad- pa BHLCS Gs spuaretts ai There wag a little water in, the | ditional steel work. gether with general manager, pee but the message was very | Edward R. Neff, were present. we Gs eso ey cr, Ce clomae | In the opinion of the RFC, the! i ay uit *day in talking Bridge District would be doing a or haan much improved volume of busi- ness within the next two ye and it was believed that no re- duction in interest was neces- sary. It was further pointed out OR LEAVE TOWN that no other Bridge District in| the nation was operating on any! sora acid interest rate lower than the four | PRISONE: per cent charged the local Dis- | trict. | On application of Fratk Cough, | the lease for Pigeon Key was} turned over to J. Leslie Brown of | Delray Beach, who will operate! the camp under the same terms as the original lease. Charles Toppino, representing citizens residing in the District, addressed the Board, requesting that an annual pass be granted residents, under annual fee with a tag for automobiles. The re quest was referred to the RFC before action by the Board. FRESH WATER COMMISSION MIAML-BOUND LEAVE TO CONFER WITH RFC OFFICIAL AND EN- GINEERS; APPLICATION TO BE GONE INTO ton, D. C., Chief of the Self- will be the U.S. Government Bureau of Yards and Docks of ; Washington, D. C. It is further understood that the call for bids was made through Lieut. Com- mander Brady at the local sta- * tion. mission assembled in meeting at Marathon, reduction of LARGE MACKEREL | DUNEDIN, Dec. 2 (FNS).—The ‘largest haul of the year in this | section at one strike was made ‘last Friday night when John R TOuD OF GOOD/Bolger, commercial fisherman, jcaught 4,5000 pounds of Spanish mackerel. in the Gulf. . Several weeks ago Mr. Bolger caught 12;- ‘000 pounds of mullet in one day’s | fishing. Criminal Court went ses- | sion this morning with Judge | FMI LIL MIA LT IS. William V. AlWury presiding. ‘SCOOTER TRAVELER There was but one case to be; tried, that of Elizabeth J. Col- ARRIVES AT LONG LAST lins, who was brought before the Center of Duval street this morning court on a charge of vagrancy, | and the following jury was se-| was Charles Woodwell, 48 years of age, who has made lected to try the case: Garland: Richardson, Raymond Navarro, | the trip from Chicago using -| as his mode of travel a scoot- Julio Barcelo, Jr. Samuel P.} Higgs, Leon Peacon and Henry; er to which is attached a “ruz. | trailer about three feet Winesses for the state were:! long, but which can be B. J. Waite, Raymond Cabrera,| Jengthened to six feet and Henry Johnson and Ray Elwood,’ used for sleeving purposes. The traveler has gone who testified as to the times the; prisoner had been before court! about 48,000 miles in his in both the county and the city.) queer but compact scooter, and has traveled in seven The prisoner then took the stand and told of her treatment; foreign countri the flags in jail, how kind the officers had! 9g which he carries in minia- been and that she had been given; tyre mounted on a carrier,at- several chances to leave the city; tached to the ton of the bed. : | but had invariably came back to; arrangements or trailer. The be arrested again. sleeping compartment is so After the testimony was in the; small that when closed the case went to the jury which re-|; mattress must be carried on the seat of the scooter. turned a verdict of guilty, and| Judge Albury sentenced her to! ‘The Citizen carried the stroy of his arrival in New six months in jail with the al-} York City on his way to Key ternative of leaving the city and never returning. West in its issue of Septem- ber 22. Court was then recessed and| Siw TITS IS s TREATMENT IN HOOSE- Gow OF CouNTY in atraction on i 1 t Wm. A. Doughtry, chairman of i the Florida Keys Aqueduct Com- mission, Wm. Arnold, Earl Adams and Representative B. C. | Papy, and others interested, left for Miami this afternoon to dis- cuss with M. A. Macartney, mat- ters in connection with a fresh 2 water supply for Key West. the members of the jury paid It is understood that the mat-| the sum of $444.40. 4 | ter has been underway for the; -----— — Fe Se ee Sh a Se past several days, and the pres-! S h B h N 1 R d rival of Mr. Macartney from out €ac ear y €a y with the aqueduct division of the | Reconstruction Finance Corpgra-| try was advised that he had ar-; Great part of South Beach willjvision of Hotel and Tourist rived in Miami, and was ready | be ready for use by the public by | Homes Association with C. E. bers. }be completed within the next ‘hae It is expected that they will) few days. j ‘ge. ent meeting depended on the ar- Washington, who is_ connected; ss P For Use; Clean-Up Progresses tion. This morning Mr. Dough- Ses to meet the commission mem-/ this weekend with the work t0} ajfeid and Archie Thompson in meet B. M. Duncan, consulting Dropping over to South Beach | CALL FOR CONSTRUCTION | in} 6 at! 11 a. m. Owner of the hangar SENTENCED TO Jar, CATCH REPORTED | DRS Wess | RETREAT ORDERLY ON LAND, DESTROYING BUILD- INGS; SCANDINAVIA IN ANTI-RED MOVEMENTS (ily. Axsectated Prean) LONDON, Dec. 2. — Finland{news of the strong stand being ;Was congratulating itself todayitaken by their troops reached jaccording to dispatches received \ here, on their apparent success in beating back the Russian in- jvasion. Reports said that two Soviet battleships had been sunk, a submarine destroyed and a total of 19 planes brought down iby Finn defenders. Troops of Finland, however,} Meanwhile, on the West Front, j were withdrawing from the!the war remains quiet. Both Karinian peninsular, north of France and England are making {Leningrad, falling back in or-jall preparations to start their ‘derly fashion, though destroying ;new economic war next Monday |all buildings and things of value;when all shipping from Germany before evacuation. Early reports; will be blockaded. British an- that Helsinki had been evacuated {nounced that two ships on their entirely by the government were} way to Germany had been seized counteracted late today by the/and, at the same time, admitted assertion that the Finnish offi-!that one of their ships was cials’ were still carrying on as/!missing. | them. All over Scandinavia’ today, ‘anti-Soviet demonstrations were being held, in angry protest to the brutal bombing aggression being conducted | by the Rus- \sians. Jayoees Hear Ramsey Mn Talk OG Fight Invasion aq og ; Key West, Florida, has the most equable climate in the range of only 14° Fahrenheit REUBEN JAMES RELEASED FROM "REEF POSITION DERGO REPAIRS; FLOATED THIS MORNING i It is planned to operate the S. dance gets in full swing. , 300 feet long, has accommoda- John Pritchard’s Orchestra will tions for practically 400 passen- |be on hand, as usual, to furnish/8ers and capacity of 3,500 gross a spicy program of late dance tons, and will make trips daily tunes. * between the ports, with the ex- During the evening a _ floor ;cePtion of Saturday. | show will be presented featuring) The matter has gone. far | some of the best talent the city ‘enough ahead and arrangements has to offer. ‘have reached a point of cer- A new face, Miss Joyce Dun-|tainty, that a tentative schedule lap, blues vocalist, will be heard |Of sailings has been arranged, for the first time at this affair,|@nd the first trip to Cuba will Miss Carolyn Cherry, talented !be made from this port on the acrobatic performer, will be seen evening of January 10, the re- im one of her intriesteiwoutines,./turn. will be made from Havana _ Those aces of “Jitterbugs” at 10 o’clocl and arrival Ti ‘Key Madge Sands and W. C. Ma.| West will be at 6:30 in the eve- . eos: ; Destroyer Reuben James, Lieu-! SCCCOHHSTESSSESZECECECES | PRESIDENT OF CLARK tenant Commander E. V. Sher-; man in command, which went , TERDAY TO DISCUSS at Key Lobos, near the Cuban' Affair At Club Cayo Hueso | PREPARATIONS coast, about 268 miles from Key} ° oe {her perilous position. Thi ii i | ie airplane tender Lapwing eeceesceseeececveseee ‘the Clark Steamship Company. ec- : jordered to the scene and a few tion of “Miss Key West” by Key | ¥@S in the city yesterday, for a hours later the Wrecking Tug West Junior Chamber of Com- | conference with Wm. R. Porter, }headquarters to proceed to the Club Cayo Hueso where Jaycees | president of the First National ‘ scene, are staging a big “Orange Bowl Bank, and Charles Taylor, man- ithatiiiiie\ivessel tied ‘been floated _ To enter this contest, all that! ager of The Porter Dock Co., dis- from its perilous _ position iS necessary is that young lady! the Charleston Navy Yard for re- Five out-of-town judges have | assenger and freight service be- pairs under andere, of the Gan- been chosen to make selection. © enone was at the salvage operations. will not know identity of other’. i pe toe judges nor of the girl whom they ees NATIONAL GUARDS: Tench, Saunders, chairman of /s, New Northland, which was in {Jaycee Orange Bowl committee, | shortly after midnight when the |@mi and Nassau. The vessel is TWO BATTERIES AND BAND OPEN CAMP AT FORT | } JAYCEES TO PICK! s.s. co. i crry ves. ashore early Thursday morning! wets: a i West, has been salvaged from ¢, UEEN’ TONIGHT | ——— | Desmond Taylor, president of and the. Tender Gannett were ‘Big event of the week, sel Warbler received orders from Merce, will take place tonight at; | This morning it was learned Dance. j and was on her way to be present at dance this evening. | “Ussing plans for a steamship ‘nett and one other vessel which Judges will vote separately and |tween Key West and Havana this select. H WI I ENTER CAMP |‘: that queen will be chosen | S°tvice last winter between Mi- TAYLOR TOMORROW Battery “E”, Florida National | Guard, is getting everything in’ readiness today for the reception | tomosrow of troops of Miami who: are cpming here to go in for ai ‘week's intensive training at Fort! Taylor. = . The troops which will go in' * Councilman Ernest A. Ramsey was guest speaker at the regular tinuation of the same influence, for the good of the City of Key | training at Fort Taylor are Bat- tery “F”, Miami, the Regimental Band from Miami under Caesar “BE” of loney, Jr., will be on hand to do} ning. a little foot work. © eol'Tt. is understood from Mr. Gerald Pinder, floor show di-'Clark that the vessel will operate West—and “Whereas — the establishment supper meeting. of Key West Junior Chamber of Commerce held last evening at the Sea Food Grill restaurant. Important business came up for discussion at the meeting, in- cluding plans for the “Orange Bowl Queen” dance tonight at Club Cayo Hueso; pushing of the White Way project for Duval {street, and other matters. : Councilman Ramsey’s was “Citizenship”. During the full and excellent coverage of the subject, Mr. Ramsey treated on these divisions of his sub- ject—Citizens and Aliens, Def- inition of American Citizenship and Duties of a Citizen. Keynote of the speech was con- tained in the closing remarks, which were—“It is the duty of ‘a citizen to help create an in- , Olivia street and Windsor Lane, across from the property de- veloped by Mr., Carleton, béen a distinct detriment to fur- ther development in the city— and “Whereas—the City Council, in recognizing this condition at their last meeting by the refer- ence of petitions presented against operation of this Saloon to the Mayor and Police Depart- ment for investigation and re- porting back to the Council—and “Whereas—the Junior Cham- ber of Commerce believes that the Mayor and Police Depart- ment will report adversely against the continuation of the subject of a Beer Saloon at the corner of | has; LaMonaca and Battery \ Key West. jrector, will appear with Miss|under the Panamanian flag, and |Euphemia Maloney in a waltz {the Porter Dock Co., will be the |tap to George “Gershwin's ever-| agents for the company. GIVEN 4 YEARS TEMPERATURES There will be one show only SENTENCED TO SPEND Lowest last highest last | With dancing beginning at 10 Stations— night 24hours |0’clock. John Pritchard, with} Abilene 69 Phyllis Espanol, have some | TIME AT REFORM SCHOOL i BY JUVENILE JUDGE | Apalachicola _ 67 | brand new hit tunes for the eve- Atlanta 60 |ning’s entertainment. | Boston Bre] ————____—__ : Brownsville 80 SEASON IS 30 = Juvenile Judge Juliette Russell lon a charge of entering a whole- -Buffalo — 48 } | Two boys were brought before HOTEL OPENINGS, RAILROAD sale grocery building on Front Charleston 62 Chicago 46 Corpus Christi 82 Denver 55 {street and taking money and AND BUS REPORTS GIVE PH They are Edward Larsen, EN CTU! ‘13, and Maitland Knowles, 12. ° ela nearie&: ag | The boys were arrested sev- Detroit 46 Dodge City 58 eral days ago by Chief of Police Duluth El Pas6 . Galveston Havana‘ ___ 40 63 717 84 {telligent, a just, and righteous |public opinion. In a democracy, | public opinion tends: to rule, and public opinion can rise no higher ‘than the beliefs and the ideals of the citizens”. Resolution Passed Taking recognition of the “state of affairs” existing in re- igard to the saloon across from ithe property being developed by Guy Carleton at Olivia street and Windsor Lane, the Jaycees introduced and passed the fol- lowing resolution at their meet- ing last night, for presentation jto the City Council at the next meeting. “Whereas — The Key West recognizes the good influence brought to the City of Key West in worthwhile ing his money jJunior Chamber of Commerce} by Mr. Guy Carleton in invest-! said Saloon and will recommend the revocation of its license to operate—Therefor “Be It Resolved—that, the Junior Chamber of Commerce do hereby petition the City Council of the City of Key West to im- mediately act upon the report of the Mayor and Police Depart- ment and move to revoke the license of the said Saloon; and that— “A Copy of This Resolution— be spread upon the minutes of the Junior Chamber of Commerce at its meeting this first day of ; December, 1939, and be con- |sidered a part: of the regular |business conducted on that day.” PORTER RETURNS i William R. Porter, president of | the First National Bank, who had There will be a deputy hired |construction and beautification been absent from the city for 75 57 75 82 79 47 52 73 68 56 64 54 75 49 Jacksonville _ ; Kansas City — |KEY WEST - Los Angeles i) ae eae Mpls.-St. Paul ‘New York ; Pensacola |Phoenix - 39 \Salt Lake City 32 eee Francisco 57 Seattle Tampa _. A ggerreetsip ad | | | 45 Informally Yesterday Arrivals who will be here for | MIAMI BEACH, Dec. 2 (FNS). —The winter season is at least |30 days ahead of 1938 and pre vious years. Substantiating this/ |is the early opening of seasonal | hotels and exclusive “winter”; |shops, reports of railroads, bus ; and air lires, increased consump- |tion of gas and water, increased |postal receipts and nearly twice jas many inquiries at the Cham- ber of Commerce as compared to \last season. Opened | Beautiful, new sun _ parlor engineer for the commission, in| this morning The Citizen noticed |to patrot the beach every day {of a previously unimproved sec- several weeks, visiting Warm the season were noted this week{which is being designed by ‘Springs, Ark., and then went onjat the Casa Marina which mark- Shultz and Weaver of New York Miami, and representatives of} that about half of the beach had/for supervisory duty. The beach L. L. Lee, Miami engineering} been cleared of weeds, grass, sea-jwill be cleaned daily during the firm, who planned the pipeline} weed, stickers and mule grass. | winter season. from the vicinity of Homestead/ There is about 100 feet of beach to Key West. {from the property lines in the It is understood that the ap-!rear to the ocean front. | plications of the Florida Keys; The beach will be cleaned from | Aqueduct Commission, will reach} Duval street past Simonton a total of $2,100,000, which it is|street to the Coral Isle Casino:} estimated will be sufficient xia Baba is being done under super- the entire work. | fpermeensnener somnarsertsennactrie ox ue a Sona |Get Your— Dance ‘Tonight TURKEY DINNER Pena’s Garden Of Roses NEW YORK BUSY BEE Gould Curry’s Orchestra Also TURKEY 15 SANDWICHES for __. LOC No Admission Charge—No Cover | 905 Simonton St. Key West More Gripping—More Vital GREATER TODAY! Fredric MARCH : Warner BAXTER Lionel BARRYMORE ‘The Road To. Glory’ TONIGHT MONROE THEATER at a MIDNIGHT SHOW Starting at 10:30 P. M. ADMISSION 20c and 25¢ i tion of the city—and “Whefeas—this association has }gone Of record.as desiring a con- a visit to several other cities, has ireturned to Key West. ed its informal opening yester- day. Formal opening of the hotel.and , annual dinner-dance will be celebrated December 23. ‘will shortly be ready. It is done’ jin pastel effect with light blue | the predominant color. It will) jbe modernistic and yet have the; (tropical touch so well known to the city. It will face the beauti- Ivan Elwood and Sergeant Kemp, and after being given a grilling by Deputy Sheriffs Ber nard Waite and Ray Elwood they confessed to entering the place and taking money. Judge Russell heard the story and after giving the matter much thopght and consideration, de cided to send the boys to the reform school at Marianna for terms of four years in the hope that the training received would bring about a change. CONCERT SUNDAY AT CENTER PARK Concert to be played by the WPA Band under the direction of Professor Alfredo Barroso con- sists of a number of selections which have been assembled from the compositions of the noted composers and will be presented at the Art Center tomorrow aft- ernoon at 4:30 o’clock. The program follows: March, “Bugle Boy”; Ed. Mc- Beauty Contest! Dance! Floor Show! Tonite at Ten : JAYCEE ORANGE BOWL DANCE CLUB CAYO HUESO Music by John Pritchard’s Orchestra No Admission __ No Cover Charge MINIMUM CHECK CHARGE 50c Expected in today are Mr. and |Ponaad Grand Selection, “La Sonam- }bula”, Bellini. | Serenade, “La Paloma”, Yra- } dier. | Medley, “Southern Melodies”, Al. Hayes. ! Waltz, “Glory Of Egypt”, K. L. “Chimes Of Nor- Planquette. ful blue waters of the Atlantic Ocean. is in the city and today is out! Parlor suites are being dec- enjoying the splendid sunshine |Orated and refurnished. Societe, DANCE RAUL’S CLUB Selection, mandy”, R. March, “Golden Eagle”, Pat {