The Key West Citizen Newspaper, December 5, 1939, Page 1

Azsociated Press Day Wire Service For 59 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West _ Key pat 33 Key West, Florida, has the most equable climate in the country; with an average range of only 14° Fahrenheit Citizen i THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN THE U.S. A. VOLUME LX. No. 288. Sentence Passed. On’ Fritz Kuhn In New York Court * GIVEN 2%, TO 5 YEARS ON LARCENY AND FORGERY COUNTS TO-; DAY; MAY APPEAL | NEW YORK, Dec. 5—Fritz| Kuhn, 42-year-old leader of the | German-American Bund in this} country. was today sentenced to two and a half to five years im-| prisonment in a prison in this state, having been found guilty | third-degree grand larceny charges by Judge! | Hillbilly Conchs”,* ‘Charlie’ with | on forgery and James G. Wallace in court. Appeal may be taken to higher court by Kuhn—however, it is not known whether the Bund leader will make that move. Ful-! fillment of the sentence will auto-! matically cancel Kuhn’s citizen-| ship rights. The judge called attention to the fact that the Bund leader evidently had lied in much of his testimony—so, too, it appeared, did several other. witnesses. This matter was brought to the atten- tion of Prosecutor Thomas Dewey for action. Judge Wallace stated that he did not pass sentence on Kuhn as “a rabbler rouser” or a notor-! ious Bund character, but simply | on the ground of a “common} thief”. - t Much of the money stolen by Kuhn, it was proven in testi- mony, was spent on his “girl friend”, Mrs. Florence Camp. WEATHER BUREAU ISSUES REPORT VERY LITTLE PRECIPITATION | IN NOVEMBER: 53 DEGREES LOWEST READING a Monthly Meterological Sum mary issued by the weather bu- reau shows that the coldest day in November was on the 25th when the thermometer register ed 53 degrees, and the warmest day on November 19 when the reading was 84 degrees. There was very little precipi tation during the month, the greatest amount in 24 hours be- ing registered on November 14, when there was, registered .06 inches, which is a departure f normal for the month of inches and for the period January 1 of 1.98. The prevailing wind has been from the northeast and the greatest velocity experienced was 12.3 miles per hour. The high- est velocity this month since 1871 was 45 miles from the north on November 15, 1916. There were during the month 14 clear days, five partly cloudy days and 11 days cloudy. Days with measurable precipitation numbered four. 3 SHOPPING 06 since WEEKS LEFT ‘ tog | mORING JACKET er® | in SUTELCOME PACH! jat day break, |Eugene Sawyer began the prep-’ Detroit 246 BUY CHRISTMAS SEALS HONORING The National Guardsmen DANCE TOMORROW in the Rainbow Room of La Concha Hotel “Sugar” Sweeting’s Orchestra No — or Cover Charge MACARTNEY WAS GET. TOGETHER AT cHOWN SIGHTS OF Given For Worthy Cause| THIS XMAS PARTY eecccccccccceseccccccocs ALSO ENJOYED DINNER AT Among the special features of| BONEFISH KEY; CAUGHT the city-wide “Get Together”; Party to be held Thursday night} at 7:30 o’clock at National Guard} Armory will be a hand-balancing | and tumbling act by two local} boys. | A recently formed trio, “The! RACUDA SATURDAY Morton Macartney, chief of the self-liquidating dviision of the his accordion, ‘Jasper’ with his} RFC, who appeared before two harmonica and ‘Willie’ and his/ important political bodies of guitar, have also promised to ap-| Monroe county last weekend. was |pear on the program. This will|a surprise visitor to this city last be their first public appearance | Friday afternoon, it was learned and they are said to be very|today. Mr. Macartney was pres- good. ;ent to ostensibly confer with the Claudia Isham, whose tap! Overseas Road and Toll Bridge dancing makes ’em sit up and| Commission at its meeting Sat- take notice, will be there. |urday, and with officials of the Jitterbug dance exhibitionists, | Florida Keys Aqueduct Commis- |rhumba dancers and soloists will| sion on the same day. } KEY WEST FRIDAY NUMBER OF ‘LARGE BAR. ome KEY WEST, FLORIDA, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1939 Start Project For Hiydroplane Float { | CIVIL AERONAUTIC | ‘SS AUTHORITY OFFICIAL HERE | YESTERDAY; DUVAL STREET POINT PICKED AS BEST LOCATION |' Captain Robert S. Fogg, sea- {up with city and county authori- ,Plane specialist with the_ Civil! ties ‘at once. ‘Aeronautics Authority, was an} It. was decided that the matter iarrival in the city by plane from | of sponsorship would be taken up | Miami yesterday, for the purpose; with the county commissioners lot discussing plans and” a loca-jat their regular meeting tomor- ‘tion for a float to’ be used for!row night, and with the city ; hydroplanes. council at their regular meeting | He was met -by Mayor Willard ; Thursday night. The floats will ;Albury, Carl Bervaldi, chairman|be built by the forces of the Na- ‘of county commissioners, L. C.{tional Youth Administration. Brinton, of.city council, Victor Russa Increases Fury Of » Attacks As Storms Subside ‘UNEMPLOYMENT | seesecseeseseeersoeeoees BOMBING PLANES me | PAYMENTS LOW (CHILDREN TICKLED TIVE ON BOTH SIDES; IN ISLAND CITY | THREE COUNTRY CON- ‘San Carlos Serves Meals; FERENCE IN SESSION LIST FOR OCTOBER meatal eas | aeuee a LONDON, Dec. 5.—Russia | i } ‘WITH LUNCH ROOM 261 RECEIVED $2,449: OTHER! Cuban Consul Berardo Rod-|turned on increased fury in its DISTRICTS UP TO $75,000; Tiguez; accompanied by Raymond | war with Finland today as the | Delgado, Dr. J. C. Sanchez, Faus- | WINTER HAVEN LARGEST tino Rendveles, Alberto Martinez, | blinding snowstorm subsided in Jose Perez and The Citizen rthern territ j dropped in on the San Carlos | *2* -_ . wei (Special to The Citizen) | P..T. A. lunch room yesterday at which the little nation is making TALLAHASSEE, Dec. 5.—The noon. stand freed Winter Haven district received| Spread out before them was a|® desperate as ae the largest amount in unemploy- long table around which were! Bombing planes were busy on ment benefits and the Key West seated about sixty pupils of San|poth sides—the Finns with a district received the smallest Carlos School. Childish eyes i: sail cn Soviet: boats. amount in October, according to, looked up. At one end of the |S™@! Tala o i 1. (By Associated Press) e| . i in also be out in full force. Mr. Macartney arrived in Key The public will enjoy square | W dancing and social dancing to| with bridge commissioners John orchestral music. | Slade and John Kennedy. A mo- Program is under supervision | tor trip to all points of interest of the Key West Unit of the in the city was taken, and then WPA Statewide Recreation Proj-|the party, adding to it commis- ect and will benefit Lions Club sioners John Costar and Willard Christmas Toy drive. | Albury, journeyed to Bonefish RS eh SVERIGE as | Key camp, where they were the CHARLES SMITH } guests of Mr. and Mrs, Edward ? JR: LEAVES NAVY: = ) |spent in chatting and visiting \other points on Marathon. |Neff at a chicken and rice din- DISCHARGED WITH YEOMAN) Mr. Macartney conferred with est about 4 o'clock last Friday | ner. q * } Balanee-of- the -éVenitig ~ was | THIRD CLASS RATING: NOW | members of the bridge commis- WITH FAMILY HERE Sion at the meeting Saturday oa ; Morning.’ following the night’s Charles E. Smith, Jr., who has! spent four years in the United} ters in connection with the low- States Navy, has been discharged | ering of interest rate on RFC from the service and came home| bonds were discussed, the story from California to be with his | of which appeared in The Citizen mother and father, Mr. and Mrs. Saturday. An informal talk on C. E. Smith, 910 North Beach. | (Continued on Page Four) Mr. Smith has made an envi-| able record in the navy and was; discharged as yeoman third class | — but is carrying papers of the! BOSTON, Mass.—With its mo- grade of yeoman first class. jtorman dead at its controls, a He drove his captain’s car as four-car Boston-bound rapid- MOTORMAN DIES Lowe, supervisor of National | Youth Administration activities, and Clarence Thompson, city mechanic. The group visited many avail- able points in the city, but in the jend the point which was decided to be the best suited for the pur- pose, was the site of the old Aeromarine station at the foot of Duval street, on the property owned by the Porter Dotk Co. | Captain Fogg was of the ‘opinion that a float could be built at this point which would be admirably adapted for the use for which it is intended, and sug- gested that the matter be taken SPANISH CHILDREN SENT BACK TO HOME ss seen . LONDON. — Three thousand Spanish refugee children, sent to C. OF C. DIRECTORS CONSIDER BOOKLET | Publication of a Key West | booklet occupied the attention of the Board of Directors of ‘the Chamber of Commerce at a call- ted meeting last night, and the imatter was referred to a com- mittee composed of Fred J. Dion,. Melvin E. Russell and A. E. | Peirce. . Attending the meeting were: President Everett Russell, Vice- President Mejvin E, Russell, Fred it Dion, W. T. Fripp, Albert E. | Peirce, Miss Elizabeth Sharpley, |Ben D. Trevor, Wm. M. Arnold; | J: W. John and Adrian O’Swee- the local office breakdown of table was seated Principal Ben-|Positories and the Russians with benefit payments made public ildes Remond. At the other end heavy concentration of bombing today by Fred B. Bradshaw, di-' rector of the Unemployment Compensation Division. Total payments in October were $498,- 749.37. In the Winter Haven district 8,646 beneficiaries were was teacher quinaldo. Tasty food. was presented to the children. After awhile the Mrs. Enrique Es- party began to look a little too! hard at. the food, so Consul Rod- paid $74,929.50, while 267 pay-— ments in the Key West district totaled only $2,449.50. } The Orlando district received the second largest amount from the unemployment trust fund, $57,459.71;-and Miami the third largest amount, $54,620.19. Other | districts, collecting “benefits of * riguez reached for a plate, hand- ed each of the party a spoon and jinvited them to taste for them- selves. The yellow corn meal and well flavored green peas were delicious. All of the party was by WPA and NYA help. known Cuban bread, apple jam, more than $30,000 follow: Lake- Salad and grapefruit juice adorn- | Jacksonville, | °4 the table. The diet is chang-| land, $41,030.73; ! ted daily. The lunches, are’ pro: $28,759.90, - and. ..Tampa,>$80;-' vided tres" bf charge bY the" 960.88, | Carlos P.-T, A. and are a won- went for a second taste. Serving Besides these two items, well-| San raids on various portions of the ‘country immediately north of Leningrad. Helsinki fears momentary con- tinuation of air raids as the storm clouds clear away. Ap- proximately 30,000 Finn troops are battling the hordes of Rus sia, and so far have successfully held the Finnish “Maginot” line from the Reds. In the meantime, peace hope® of Finland have gone aglimmer- ing as Russia turns thumbs down on various efforts made by neu- tral countries to consider such a measure. Norway, Sweden arid Denmark, however, started im- | portant tri-country discussions of \ future policy today." | Foreign diplomats are consid- jTest at Pigeon Key camp. Mat-' | ney. | Subjects discussed were the jmaintenance of the name Key West Information Bureau in the transporta-| Miami Directory with a phone ition and an additional five hun-! installed in the office of R. B. idred will remain in England be-' Fansher, 37 Civic Center, Miami, cause they have no homes to go and the bill for the same was to. (ordered paid. Contributors To The Red Cross Iti ii tii iit tT Following is a list of contribu- Mrs. Kitty Sanchez ‘tors in the Red Cross drive just G. C. Roberts {England during the Spanish Civil ‘war, have been returned to their homes in Spain. Five hundred ‘others are awaiting far as Key West and will later deliver it to the captain or his messenger when the ship arrives after a trip through the Panama Canal. transit train, carrying 500 passen- gers, sped through a. station. Several yards beyond an auto- matic control slowed it down and ta guard halted it. 'Scoutmaster lconducted themselves. Boys gt- Williston ___. 30 Enjoyed Boy Scout Troop Thanksgiving Encampment Jack Earl Donald Ramon Gonzago, Forest Arthur, Ward Troop No. 52 Boy Scouts, spent! tending the camp were: a two day encampment at Stock | Sawyer, paeene Seat, = : ams, enry ano, Island, in celebration of Thanks- | binder, Odes McKillip, giving and had a _ wonderful time. The boys left early in the! Herrick, Paul Herrick, Ray afternoon and by 6 in the eve-|Schoneck, Rayford Roberts, Ed- ning, when Scoutmaster Milton | Ward Strunk, Bert Cates, Byron Cook, Calvin Cates. Sawyer were | pitched, camp kitchen made and everything was ready for’ the} evening meal. ' Supper was enjoyed and after | = the dishes had been cleared away Lowest last highest last and everything put in order, the! Stations— night 24 hours boys settled down to an hour of Apalachicola . 47 62 story telling and songs around a/| Atlanta 31 51 merry camp fire, until the hour | Boston 32 45 of retiring. | Buffalo 28 33 In the morning they were up; Charleston 39 56 two fires were Chicago - 32 36 made and cooks Beft Cates and! Denver -. 36 68 _ 30 33 35 44 62 73 62 57 7 arrived, tents TEMPERATURES aration of breakfast of hot cakes! Duluth and coffee. When the meal was Eastport finished the boys began taking’ Ef. Paso their tests, fished and enjoyed | Havana the swimming, and explored the Jacksonville’ - island. Kansas City _ After supper a short meeting KEY WEST _ was held around the fire and the Los Angeles _ application of Byron Cook for Louisville membership was received, and Miami —_. 3 new members of the troop were Mpls.-St. Paul given the initiation. In the eve- New Orleans _ ning a number of girlg came out New York to the camp. Pittsburgh __. At the close of the camp, St. Louis 34 Sawyer compli- San Francisco 49 mented the boys on their be- Seattle havior during the camp, and the Tampa excellent manner in which they “Washington _. 39 30 SESSSERSRSSSEE |consumated in Key West, as re- ‘leased today by Mrs. Grace ;Phillips, secretary of the local | chapter: ; Key West Electric Co, |Rotary Club {L. P. Artman Hollon Bervaldi Fred J. Dion | Atwood Sands {Roy Hamlin | Victor GR. Tynes - {Bernard L. Larsen - ‘Robert R, Valdez ___ ‘Samuel D. Leggett - | Aurelio Lastres \Eli Albury 'D. McCarthy Frank Weech aN Milton Sawyer __- !Henry Gardner |P. B. Roberts Wm. W. Watkins | Arthur. Pastorini jChas. Matthews ‘ ;Geo. F. Roberts ___ ,Ray Navarro __ jLeo M. Stanley |Frank Washington Claude Albury - Howard Wilson ic. N. Goshorn Harry Warren __ Geo. B. Cooke - Alfonso Gabriel _ is C. Singleton (Floyd Six Flossie Sands - | Bernice Thompson |Bebastian Cabrera, Jr. Mrs. Sebestian Cabrera; Jr, jHoward Pinder _ i |W. R. Camalier if Francis Doll _ Agnes Walker _ |Norma L. Garcia George J. Faraldo Everett C. Hall James, Horne __ $25.00 - 10.00 - 5.00 1,00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1,00 1.00 1.00 1.00 een ete e tek ed let et ad eee dad aia) esssssssessssssssssssssss: Theodore Roberts - Leland Sawyer __. Chester Thompson A. M. Hewitt - Donation __.... Frank Saunders Wm. S. Pinder _ Philip Emerson ____ Mrs. Carl Bervaldi Wm. Knowles ___- Dr. A. M. Morgan - Mrs. Hoffman - Maxwell Lord Paul Mesa, Sr. _ 22 Mrs. Juliette Russell - Wesley P. Archer Maitland Adams - Charles Thompson - Juan Calleja Mrs. Henry Prindle - Mrs, Benj. Trevor - Miss Mary Trevor Flossie Baker — Florrie Ketchings - Paul Mesa _... Mrs. Earl Julian Joe Allen _. e Luciana Gonzalez (col) Augustine Herrera (col) _. James Johnson Cormack Book Store Delmonico Restaurant Fo el el eel ell eel coll well el el ell cll el el ell ell oll ell ll eo §88888582535555555525235253355: 1 1.00 1.00 a2 2 Ey a PPSEREERG ERG? Residents of other states who! derful undertaking for the chil-| ering Germany’s position in the had created. earnings in covered|dren who greatly appreciate the eee ai Sypapeencas: re eas i ‘ nourishing, hot, noon-day meal. | Ever since the Nazi-Soviet agree Baeaes Atop pees trace hbo ss aaa ;ment reached last summer. it paid: $33,474.83 under the multi-| |appears that Hitler is getting state agreement. They filed ven House |more and more the worst of the their claims and applied for jobs! Class 9B, of the Key West|eal, whatever it was. It is in the states where they now! High School, under Miss Mar-| thought pom Practeais i oe reside and their claims were for-| 8aret Neff, was at Station Num- jrto oa pete jee! nds! the warded to Florida. Residents of|Pet, 1" this afternoon, making ar tat or pintand is completed Florida who created earnifigs in | ey. of the apparatus at the | SNS will almost certainly be, ‘ ' | station and was instructed in the | Which it will almost certainly be. states which are parties to the) various phases of the mechanism | cording to neutral ‘opinion, multi-state agreement and who|by Albert Brady, member of the | wii pe ext month or two ing | department. a side. ; Decarieniera ved saad dukes: When tie time for instructi Gone now is the fulfillment of to Florida have the right to un-} og aveetaeiagg po OTE it ee Sheeieicees ‘ |had passed and the class had to| Hitler's dream, it is thought, employment benefits from the | return to their studies they were expressed in his famous book, states in which their earnings) driven over the city and back|“Mein Kampf’. In it 5 he pro- records were made. |to school by driver L. Roberts, Claimed that Germany's natural : |expansion direction would be to % ze 3 —~ | wards the Ukrane. That section °°* (of Europe is becoming more and *|more under Russian influence. eeevecccsvecesos ‘ARTIST _ DISPLAYS BRIGHTEN | Six States Send Delegates To Hollywood To Confer see eee eee ‘AT SOUTHEASTERN. PLANNING MEET Bwereccccasecncccccessescs (Special to The Citizen) HOLLYWOOD, Fla., Dec. 5—;are from the Coral Gables Art |The Fifth Annual Southeastern | Center, is Sivakegige? ae ne ; ; in| Panel containing a selection o! [feat at the Hollywood ‘Beach, ™4°x Plats by Florida Arti | | There is also a_ plaster Hotel for three days of import-| model cf the Matecumbe Key ant discussions. This announce-| Memorial, which was made ment comes from the office of! by the Florida Art Project George C. Gross, executive secre-| Sculpture Unit as a memorial tary of the Florida State Plan-! to those who lost their lives ning Board, under the’ auspices! i of which the event has been ar- ranged. “An outstanding feature of the} occasion is an extensive exhibi-| tion depicting by photographs, , ,Colorful samples of Pan- charts, maps and other graphic American escutcheons brighten representations planning projects|the background, and with these and work accomplished by the! are five flags which have flown South's leading states. Tennessee, over Florida. They. are called Alabama, South Carolina, Geor-. “The Big Five”, and consist of: gia, Mississippi and Florida are;the Spanish flag, planted by represented in this comprehen-| Juan Ponce de Leon, 1513, which |Sive display, which covers ap-| was also used by Columbus in proximately 350 linear feet”, 1492; the French flag, unfurled said Mr. Gross. over Fort Caroline on the St. These WPA projects are spon-{Johns River in 1564; the British sored by the State Planning; flag, unfurled over Florida dur- Board and are entered in the ing the British dominion, 1763 to conference as a part of the 1783; the Battle flag of the Con- board’s planning activities. federacy, adopted in 1861, was Etching framed under junfurled over Florida after her ! i 1 | secession from the Union; the Stars and Stripes of the United States, bearing the 23 stars for the then 23 states of the Union, was unfurled over St. Augustine | ‘on the 16th day of July and over {Pensacola on the 2ist day of “Index of July, 1821, upon ceding of Flor- Design”, most of which'ida to the United States. | At any rate, in the opinion of \authoritative sources, there will probably be a showdown in the matter of Russian or German domination in Europe ~ before |many more weeks pass. ALLIES PUSH NAZI BLOCKADE (Ry Associated Press) | PARIS. Dec. 5.—French and | British efforts in the war on the West Front were again halted o make possible full concentra- tion of both nations toward mak- ing effective the import and ex- port blockade of Germany. Ef- | fective date of the new economic- | strangulation move was yester- day. England reported today that \the Allies were making heavy purchases in Rumania to crowd |Germany out of that source of ‘supply. Prices paid were higher than Hitler could afford, it .was thought. mo It was learned here today that {Hitler had planned on drafting 1,000,000 young Czech students for the Germany army. In 5 the uprising that came in. opposition to this move, 1,100 students were shot by the German secret po- SPECIAL! SPECIAL! Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday CHOCOLATE MALTED MILK and BUTTER SCOTCH LAYER CAKES | }