The Key West Citizen Newspaper, December 16, 1939, Page 1

Associated Press Day Wire Service For 59 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West Che Key West Citizen | Key West, Florida, has the most equable climate in the country; with an average THE SOUTHERNMOST NE'WSPAPER IN THE U.S. A. VOLUME LX. No. 298. KEY WEST, FLORIDA, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1939 Commander Carpender Conducts Inspection Of Ships At Naval Station SHIPS AND PLANES STILL OOOO IOS OOM. ACTIVE ON PATROL/LJBRARY ANNOUNCES DUTIES IN THIS DIS-| TRICT Key West Library will re- main cpen, starting today, | only from 4:00 p. m. to 7:00 Pp. m. each day, until Wed- nesday, December 27, accord- ing to announcement made today. The revised ‘schedules are made necessary in that WPA assistants working at the library are now on _ special Christmas vacation ordered by state offices at Jackson- ville. The vacation is for a period of nine days.. Volun- teer help is taking over the library hours for the pe- riods above specified. "SII I I I SIS Ss PLANS STARTED TO GREET FLIERS MEETING HELD AT C. OF C, Inspection was held at the naval station this morning with | Captain Arthur S. Carpender, commander of the naval patrol flotilla forces, inspecting of-| ficer. There were but few ships in| the harbor to be inspected. The} air tender Gannett was in the slip, the Destroyer Lea, flagship} of the squadron, was at one of | the finger piers, and the De- stroyer Wicks was lying at anchor in the stream. All other ships of the squadron! were out on patrol duty, the/ Destroyers Twiggs, Evans and| Phillips. About 10:30, the Twiggs | arrived at the station, came up! to Pier B for supply of fuel oil, were telephoned for and} ssel made ready to sail at once. All planes of the squadron now} LAST NIGHT; MEET AGAIN - Graf Spee Continues Preparations For Freedom Dash; Finns Stop Reds SHORTENED HOURS | stationed here were reported out | on patrolling activities, although! most of them will, in all likeli-{ hood be back at the station to-| night and brought up on the ramp; on Trumbo island. EVANGELIST IN CITY FOR WEEK C. Ernest Tatham, noied evan- ON MONDAY In response to the call sent out by Mayor Willard M. Albury,’ through the Chamber of Com- merce, for a meeting last night to discuss the plans for greeting the fliers who will arrive in Key West on January 9 from the Air Meet which will be held in Mi- ami | FSC STUDENTS | ENROLLFROM WIDE AREAS 1 |SIXTY-SIX FLORIDA COUN- | TIES REPRESENTED AT) WOMEN'S COLLEGE; | KEY | | | WEST LIST GIVEN | (Special to The Citizen) TALLAHASSEE, Dec. 16.—j ; Sixty. six out of Florida’s 67} {counties as well as 21 other states land the Canal Zone are repre- | sented in the latest enrollment | study of Florida State College for ! Women, where 1,971 students are | registered, breaking all previous : records. i i Leon county with 218 students | jtops the list, followed by Duval! ‘with 174, Hillsborough with 151, | Dade with 144, and Polk with} a7. | | States represented include: |Alabama, Arkansas, Connecticut, Georgia, Iowa, Maryland, Massa- | |chusetts, Michigan, Minnesota. | | Mississippi, New Hampshire, New | jJersey, New York, North Caro-; ‘lina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South | Carolina, Tennessee, Vermont, ! Virginia, and West Virginia. Phyllis Adams, ; Mary Louise | Key West are: Anita Berkowitz, Bonniwlel, Margaret Dexter Jaro: os thy “Dufgan, Anna Josephine! James, Gwendolyn James, Cleo} Kemp, Emma Kennedy, Frances | SS SSS SSS 1 ELECTRIFICATION MEET ON KEYS FOR FRIDAY Attorney W. Curry Harris was a visitor to the office of The Citizen today with the information that there will be a meeting held next Fri- day night, December 22, at | Tavernier, at which will be | discussed matters pertaining to the Rural Electrification Project proposed for the Flor- ida Keys. The project is to reach from the eastern tip of Key Largo to Sugar Loaf Key and those who dwell in that area are particularly re- quested to be present at the meeting at which time bene- fits of the service will be explained and the advant- ages of electrification will be gone into. The meeting will be held in the Tavernier Theater, where everyone can secure a seat. SMD 9 SSS SI SS. TIMELY HEALTH HINTS GIVEN) ENGLISH SUGGESTS THAT TIL COLD IS CURED se as Colin English, superintendent, Florida State Department of Ed. “1 \NEW FLORIDA GUIDE MEETS PRESENTATION. OF HIS- AGRICULTURAL FACTS (Ry Axnociated Press) JACKSONVILLE, Dec. 16.— The Florida Guide prepared by lect, formerly the Federal Writ- ers, is meeting with widespread |demand although it has been off jthe press but a week, according to State Adminsitrator Schroder. The work 1s a comprehensive | compendium of Florida historical, industrial and agricultural facts as well as a completed guide for travelers in all sections of the |state and will be a factor in the |vast tourist business contem- | plated this year. “Among the interesting jcontained in the WPA Guide”, ‘points out Administrator Schro- der, “is that of the primitive !fishing secret used by the In- items Among the 15 students from) CHILDREN STAY HOME UN- jdians in the Euchce Valley six jmiles south of DeFuniak Springs. | jAecording to early Florida writ- pers the Indians poured a decoc- ition of the roots of the Galega | Officinalis, or Gracee Virginana, | {plant (commonly known as dev- Lowe, Alice Park, Cynthia Pearl- jucation, Tallahassee, stated at the/il’s shoe string) into the water. man, Edna Roberts, Winifred! ;ecent Florida Public Health As-|This decoction temporarily par- Shine, Theresa Sullivan. HEAVY DEMAND. | CONTAINS COMPREHENSIVE | jthe WPA Florida Writers Proj- | Roy} | range of only 14° Fahrenheit PRICE FIVE CENTS Council Borrows Four Thousand Dollars To | Meet Month’s Payroll |SPEE HAS UNTIL SIX, | TOMORROW TO. DE-! || CIDE; MORE servisn NINE SHIPS SHIPS ARRIVE SUNK LAST (By Associated Press) i TWO DAYS LONDON, Dec. 16.—Six o'clock | pee eee tomorrow evening is deadline| BRITISH ADMIRALTY RE- TORICAL, INDUSTRIAL AND | time for the German pocket bate PORTS SECURITY PATROL| i |tleship Graf Spee, at which time | HAS SITUATION UNDER | | she must be on her way from the | CONTROL jharbor of Montevideo, Uruguay | | (By Axsociated Presn) LONDON, Dec. 16.—Admiralty Today all indications pointed ‘figures on ships lost by mines or |to the decision having been made torpedoes from Nazi submarines on the German’s part to “make | listed nine sunk during the past !a run for it”. Loading of steel forty-eight hour period. i plates and stores went on at in-! Three of the ships were Brit- jereased speed. jish, three Norwegian, one Swed- At least five English ships are, enn, one Belgium and ore Greek. | stationed at the mouth of the Rumors of renewed laying of 'Plata river, and it is reported; mines by Nazi airplanes and jhere that the admiralty has or-' mine ships were heard here to- dered full speed for other ships|day. The admiralty, however, |or be interned. doubly sure that the Graf Spee | with its 100,000 seamen working |“shall not again bother shipping;on special mine-sweeping boats on the high seas”. jhad the situation well in hand. os Artillery Duels | to proceed to Montevideo to make Stated that the security patrol, | | FINNISH SKIES RED LONDON, Dec. 16.—Skies over |north Finland were red last |night as many villages were i burned following orderly retreat jof Finn troops before increased fury of Russian attacks. In this sector, the Reds are reported. to |be making some headway, al- {though reports from Denmark today stated the advances were !being made at terrific cost of in- | | Increased action on the West- tern Front was reported today with artillery batteries of both sides reported to be hammering away at opposing lines. No reason for the increased ac- tion was given, and military ob- ‘servers here could not tmder- ; Stand just what-the firing-sneant,. jespecially in view of the winter jseason now holding the district jin its grip, with snow and swol- jlen rivers in all locations. icreasing casualties. Finnish sharp- ; [PASSES RESOLUTION TO | INCREASE HOURS OF | WORK FOR EMPLOYES | AT SPECIAL MEET City Council, in special session called today, meeting at 1 o'clock | in council chambers in City Hall, “voted to borrow $4,000 at six | per cent interest until January [31st 1940, in order to make a full month's payroll for all city employes next Tuesday. i Chairman L. C. Brinton of the 'Finance Committee reported that he had approximately $2,300 on jhand in cash. This was only ‘about one-third of the total amount required to give the em- ployes a Christmas present of a full month’s pay. Councilmen adopted a motion |directing the preparation of a | resolution calling for change in jhours for city employes. The resolution will state that work- ing hours are to be from 8.00 a m. to 12 noon and from 1:00 p. m. to 4:30 p.m, This adds two hours to the working day. Council deferred until the ;Tegular meeting next Thursday final contidération of a proposal by William Brown to conduct an Overseas Highway traffic sweep- |stakes feature for this city this | year. 1 January 5-7, representa- | sociation meeting at Jacksonville, | lyzed the fish causing them to/shooters and dynamited roads gelist from Toronto, Canada, and | tives from various organizations graduate of Toronto Bible Col- | sess lege, commences a series of Gos- |#!tended, among them being: pel addresses at Gospel Hall, 720} County Commissioner Wm. Southard treet, beginning tomor- | Monsalvatge, City Councilmen E. row evening, Sunday, at 17:30!A. Ramsey, Leonard B. Grillon, o'clock. These addresses will | Glenwood Sweeting, William continue each night next week, Freeman, Commander W. W. except Monday and Saturday. | Demeritt, of the Coast Guard, Mr. Tatham has chosen for his ;Commodore Melvin. E. Russell, subjects the following: |Key West Yacht Club, D. O. Sunday, .7:30 p. m.: “Trifles” Martin, representing the Lions; That Issue In Great Conse-|Club, Mrs. Joseph Lopez, repre- Ps {senting the Junior Woman's lub, and Charles Taylor, rep- resenting the Rotary Club. After a general Tuc version| Wednesday: iy: “A Great King’s Con “The Man in the Had No Insurance”. |the meeting, it was decided to Thursday: “A Real Benefactor | hold another meeting on the eve- For Hard Times”. [ning of Monday, December 18, in Friday: “Some Great Facts”. jthe rooms of the Chamber of a | Commerce, when committees will TUG W ARBLER | be named to handle the different | phases of the Greeting Commit- |tee, and the many other matters RETURNS HERE |wnicn are necessary. = } MISS FALK GRADUATES Wrecking Tug Warbler, which | ——- sailed December 6 for Tampa to| Miss Teresa Falk, who is study- go in drydock and be recondi-|ing nursing and has been taking tioned and repaired, arrived in|a post graduate work in surgical port last evening 6 o'clock andj|nursing at Baylor University, went to her berth at the Porter | arrived home last evening for a dock {48 | visit with her parents, Mr. and Salvage Master C. L, Petersen|Mrs. Chas. Falk. She exhibited made the trip on the ship and said | the diploma received at Baylor this morning that the Warbler is|to her friends and family. ready and in fine shape to put, _ AT 4 TOMORROW REGULAR SCHEDULED CON- CERT TO BE GIVEN AT ART CENTER PARK Tomorrow afternoon at 4 o'clock the WPA Band will be heard in . j discussion of another of its delightful concerts ; take to Bible Who Was Burned Out andj plans and the requirements for at the Art Center Park. A pro-!school. The child would most | gram of selected airs will be )Played, under the directionf of |Professor Alfredo Barroso. Following are the numbers: March, ‘Invercargill’, Alex F. Lightglow. Overture, “The Royalis”, K. L. King. | Waltz, “Martha”, L. V. Flotow. Overture, “Mignonette”, Bau- man. March, “American Cadet”. | Star Spangled Banner, Key. LOPEZS RETURN HOME |_ Mr, and Mrs. Aquilino Lopez, |Jr., who had been in Miami and ‘attending the services for Judge H. F. Atkinson, returned to the ‘city last night on the bus. DELEGATES Back Count Ciano FROM CONFERENCE Delegates returning today from a district conference of all Metho- dist churches in this aréa, held yesterday in Miami at the River- side Methodist church, included two of Key West’s ministers, Rev. Jim Lilly and Rev. O. C. Howell. Others returning were Mrs. Lilly, Miss Lula Bond. W. N. + Knowles, Jack Weech, John Lowe, Mrs. O. C. Howell, Archie Rob- erts, Gerald Saunders, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Ketchum, Sr. Charles Ketchum. Jr.. Mrs. Ber- nice Park, Mrs. Ella Webb and Charles Johnson. DANCE Tonight 10 Till ? RAUL‘S CLUB. Featuring Princess Ke Kai in Hawaiian Love Dance Music by Ray Baldwin's Orchestra All Star Floor Show No Admission or Cover Charge Discloses Some Diplomatic Secrets |from college to spend the Christ- | | soe Seal ee | Uy Asavctered Press) : ROME, Dec. 16.—Count Ciano,: Small mention was made of} ie ‘ ape in tls sity today,'the new developments in the} isclosed some heretofore un-| Goeman- “ | disclosed elements along the dip. | German, Russian an, lomatic fronts of Europe when {CPt that Ciano expressed ex- jhe treated at length on several|treme surprise at Hitler's alli-| developments of the last three| ance with Stalin. months since the outbreak of ftaly’s virtual prisonership in wer. \the Mediterranean Sea was also! | Of interest to neutral listeners | was the statement that Mussolini "°t touched on, although the, only had two days warning of;Count did say that Italy would| the Hitler alliance with Stalin, stay out of the war, if possible, leaving Italy practically no time|aud would do everything to} 'to offer resistance to the move.| guard her interests in all re-} | Treaty arrangements between | gards. } \Italy and Germany, on the much |advertised Rome-Berlin axis, sin- |cluded definite agreements last year that both nations would re-| frain from fighting for at least three years. Hitler, later how-| ever, declared that jt didn’t seem} possible for Germany to escape | war, ex- Ambassador Restaurant MOVED TODAY TO Quarters Adjacent To The OVERSEAS HOTEL Fleming Street that in order to prevent the ; gious disease the child should not: be sent to school until he or she \had récovered from the illness. This statement was passed on to the residents of Key West by |Dr. J. D. Parramore, director of Monroe County Health Unit, to- | clenny on U. S. Highway No. l,iregard to clothing. Severe win- stated that a num- ins, nurses, teach- ers and parents already thought that for the sake of a perfect at- |tendance record it was a mis- send a sick child to ilikely spread the cold or conta- |gious disease to other children |from their intimate contact. lother reason he should stay at home in bed is because this would increase the child’s resistance to \the disease and .most likely pre- | vent complication$, such as pneu- | monia. A child with a strong consti- ‘tution could have a cold and it |would not cause any ill effects, ‘but if this same child went to |school and spread the disease |germs, some child with a frail \constitution would contract the cold, then from lack of proper food, medical attention, or prop- er clothing, might develop com- plications and die or become a {chronic invalid. ARRIVE HOME FROM COLLEG mong the arrivals this week | | A mas holidays with the families were ‘eight students from Florida University. They left \’Gaines- ville Thursday and arrived 5 o’clock this morning. In the group were Ignatius Lester, Jesus Carmona, Paul Mesa. Jack Cormack, Paul Saw- yer, Hilary Albury, Harry and Jeff Knight. CLUB CAYO HUESO offers (TONITE) JOHNNY PRITCHARD and HIS ORCHESTRA Gerald and Louisa—Philis El Hector—and others COCKTAIL HOUR: 5:30-7:00 every day—"Play Bingo e for your Drinks” {All Popular Cocktails, 25c) ‘DANCING TONITE *| “The derivation of the An-| erman picked out the best fish, ileaving the others to recover. This is now prohibited by state jlaw. | name \‘Cracker Swamp’. which is locat- ‘ed between Baldwin and White- | house several miles east of Mac- jis told as follows in the WPA Guide: ‘After the battle of Oul- |see the retreating Federals de- |serted several box cars of crack- jers on a side track of the rail- jroad, now the Seaboard Air Line, ; which extended from Jackson- ville to Lake Citv. The Confed- erates pushed the cars three {miles to their camp in the swamp where they rationed out the crackers and bestowed the name |Cracker Swamp on the vicinity’ | | TEMPERATURES i Lowest last highest last Stations— night 24 hours Atlanta 40 56 : Boston 28 35 | Buffalo eee | 40 | Charleston 44 52 |Chicago 38 47 ; Denver 38 63 | Detroit 36 38 |El Paso .. 30 65 [Galveston 63. 73 | Havana 64 75 i Huron 30 61 |Jacksonville . 51 68 |Kansas City _ 38 60 KEY WEST _ 67 7” ‘Little Rock . 42 55 iLos Angeles 84 | Louisville 49 ifloat near the surface. The fish-| ;and burning villages make prog- COOPER RETURNS ress slow. | | In the middle sector, Finland lis reported to be holding all ad- vances in check, so too, are the, {Russians being held on _ the, | Karilian isthmus on the south. AFTER 14 YEARS Texas, is in the city, making his first Key West visit in 14 years, land is surprised at the ; ter conditions in the north sector changes that have taken place i causing untold suffering during that time. ; amongst Red troops and many} He is making his home for the ‘are reported to be freezing to present with his brother, W. A ‘death. Twenty tanks were cap- Cooper, on Whitehead street, and ‘tured by Finn counterattacks in ‘the middle sector today. | Russian troops are reported to ibe in poor shape, especially in {mas season. | High School Notes | | THIS WEEK. ‘started training rules for all stu- idents trying out for Varsity bas- |ketball squad. This year’s sched- jule will bring teams from all ‘over the state and several na- \tionally-known teams. ; Idea is to jmake Key West nationally known [for its basketball. We've a good {start now. -Ernest Bowden has reentered from Miami Edison High, Miami; Fla. . .Ray Pinder lof 9B comes from-Andrew Jack- son High of Miami. . ‘Tom Ketch- ings of 9th grade comes from Washington, D. C. Coach Offutt , sanville. MAJORITY of students in manual training classes have ad- vanced from squaring boards and making dado ‘joints to their first JUNIOR B's present Kay Kay- i projects, such as tables, chairs, ‘ser programs with Charles H. |Ketchum as Professor Kayser. iMusic was by John Pritchard, ;plates. . Seven A One has a Jap- |Sammy Goble, Henry Roy Can- anese exhibit in main hall in- ‘field. Participating were Elaine |cluding works of pottery and |Carney, Nellie Louise Russell, oher handicraft from far eastern | winner of first round of ques- |country. tionnaire. Evelio Valdez, Roland a iKeeton, Carolyn Cherry. Second, MISS JUANITA LEWIS. new, \round contestants were Ellie Rae attractive teacher of Junior High, J. M. Cooper, of Corpus Christi, | many | will remain through the Christ-: tea racks, bookcases and house; FRIENDS HEAR FROM VECKERS Friends have received informa- ition that S. P. Vecker, of Ra- jleigh, N. C., has been appointed vice-president of the Carolina Light and Power Company,.with headquarters in Raleigh. The Veckers, Mr. and Mrs., and their son, Paul, are expected to arrive in Key West shortly after Christmas, and Mrs. Vecker, whose old home is in Key West, expects to remain for the season, Mr. Vecker, an ardent angler, will spend a_ vacation fishing, and Paul will remain during his vacation, from Harvard. MRS. GUERRA DIES "LAST EVENING Mrs. Eliza Guerra, 67, died last night at 10:15 o'clock at the home, 416 Margaret street. Fun eral services will be held 4:30 o’elock tomorrow afternoon from the chape! of the Lopez Funeral Home to Fleming Street Metho- \dist Church. Rev. Jim Lilly will | officiate. Survivors are: Three sons, Leo- nard, Manuel and Joseph Guer- ra; one daughter, Miss Elise Guerra; three sisters, Mrs. Maria Pent, Mrs. Lula Roberts and Mrs. Nellie West. Six grandchildren ‘also survive. j 1 | Zelia Carmona, winner, | was wedded to Owen Sawyer, Jr.. | Miami Cyan; \Mpls.-St. Paul BE SURE TO REMEMBER THE 25TH OF DECEMBER! FRUIT CAKE and other DELICIOUS CAKES Order Yours Early—Do It Now! BUSY BEE BAKERY 900 Francis St. Phone 120 EE EER West High and son of Mr. and iNew Orleans: . bed jover Zelia Carmona. | ‘by Rey, 0, ©. Howell, _ RETURNS T0 CITY Oklahoma City | {from Orange Union High, Orange, Pittsburgh |Byrns, USN., at Key West Navy |“Good King Wenceslaus”, in Se-jiott, Maine, arrived yesterday San Francisco Highland Park High in Illinois |Philip Orta, Eugene Fabal, Rose | can be male. |Tan.pa {Washington - \cago. . John Brady is from Mont- | Anthony Perez, Elizabeth Cates, \jighted with her surroundings ae tion. . ‘Trace Van Buren is from |@fe of 9th century Bohemian | ing greeting her old friends. j ‘COCKTAIL HOUR : OI TRN PRET Barroso comes from Bishop Eng. | POLICEMAN’S BALL | of La Concha Hotel ;Cynthia Lamoy is from North 1 |U.S.N. at ‘Key West. . Rosetta Gould Curry’s $ iS. and. John Brady. In the ‘final (member af Class of 38 of Key: |round, Nellie Louise Russell won Gwen Sawyer . of . Mewton FORMER VISITOR |Nashville : 53 i istreet. ‘Ceremony was performed Hew: York | NEW STUDENTS in the news: tc eats jPensacola - |For a ey onion tick, Osanee, | DECEMBER 22, Dramatic Club | |Phoenix Calif. Father is Commander Ray Will present’ Christmas play.; yrs Cc, H. Greenleaf, of EI- St. Louis iYard.'. .Alma Galterio comes to |Mior High Chapel. Cast includes anq’ ex i = ' ae ~ pects to remain for a | Salt Lake City /11A. under Mrs. A. Ramsey. from |Jack Weech, Magali De Leon,| month or more if arrangements Seattle Marjorie Gorham, 9th grade, | Demeritt, Don Herrick,| “Comin, z 1 ree i sy i ig to Key West last sea- is from Roosevelt High in Chi-|Caroline Cherry, Roy Rogers,!son Mrs Greenleaf became de- | Williston iclair, NJ. John’s father is con-/J0an Elbertson, Marguerite deiand the many gracious persons | Wytheville |nected, also, with the Naval Sta- | Leon, Faye Gwynn. Costumes| she met. She spent this morn- Sturgis, Mich. . Jacqueline Hall| _ (Continuea on Page Four) is from St. Petersburg. . Norma) | TODAY—S:00 TO 7:00 P.M. | RAINBOW ROOM High School, Charleston, S.C. . .| hia from Tonight 10 Till ? Introducing—J {Carolina. . Leon Kineaid is from ¥ c IMMY LOSS | Norfolk, Wa: ' Vaihoon 46's pilot of Pena’s Garden Of Roses AND HIS ORCHESTRA | Wise of 7th grade is from Kirby | ADMISSION 'Smith Junior High. School, Jack: | aa