The Key West Citizen Newspaper, December 18, 1939, Page 1

Associated Press Day Wire Service For 59 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West VOLUME LX. No. 299. The Key THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN THE U. S.A. & ;a Ba pat KEY WEST, FLORIDA, MONDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1939 Bids For Trumbo Air Field Construction To Be Let January 5th AWARDS WILL BE MADE | *#eeeceeeeccccccccococcs FOR OTHER BUILDING ON) JANUARY 20 On Boa t Marlin Yesterday Commander G. B. Hoey today} told The Citizen that bids | on: Trumbo Island sight recently | Enjoyng a fishing trip yester- ‘aay on the “Marlin” were J. A. leased by the Navy department/5ji... sr, retired real estate had not been -prepared nor ad- } agent in Miami; J. A. Bliss, Jr., of Bliss Travel Service in Miami, | vertised as yet, although work| ra : and B. Gili, treasurer of Pan | American Link Transportation that part of the new construc-|Company. ; Jack Bliss had a hard time of {it. First he couldn’t seem to hook It is now expected that bids! the big barracuda, which were will be sent to interested Persons |chopping the socks off his bait. on Friday, January 5th, under;Then he hooked into some big specifications that will bring! fellow that carried away the awarding of the work by the 20th|line with a single fast jerk. of that month. Finally, he began to catch them Steel purchase bids have been|and brought in the prize of the let by the department at Wash-|@ay, a 25-pound, ugly-eyed bar- ington, it was stated, and con-'racuda. . tractors understand that detailed] “Dad” Bliss caught the first information on construction of |fish of the party and B. Gili got the hangar and all other build-| terribly excited over the big fel- ing and road work at the field, | lows he was pulling in. High- will be listed in the bids to be light of the day was watching a asked at that time. |50-pound black grouper appear Rumors to the effect that |off one side of a hooked barra- awards had been made on’ the/cuda and start tearing away at Trumbo work have no foundation | the ’cuda. It was a gripping bat- in fact, it was pointed out. All|tle of the deep. interested persons will be noti-; The Blisses were renewing fied amply in advance it was as- | their/acquaintances in Key West, sured The Citizen this morning.|including Hugh Williams and Rogelio Gomez. had been going on apace to bring tion to a head. FINNISH TROOPS conTINUE PLANS SLOWLY RETREAT RUSSIANS ADVANCE AT TER. | RIFIC COST IN PERSONNEL AND EQUIPMENT Mayor Willard M. Albury will {meet with .the representatives \from various organization in the \city this afternoon at 5 o'clock |to dscuss plans for greeting the (By. Associated Pre=a) |fliers from Miami who are due COPENHAGEN, Dec, 18,—The to arrive January 9. The meet-| Danish nation today heard con- ing will be in the Chamber of tinued reports of bitter fighting Commerce. raging on all three of the Fin-| Representatives from all or nish-Russian fronts. \ganizations in the city are ex- Russian troops were advancing |Pected to be present and take up in the north but not without se- | the business of the meeting where severe suffering and many cas-|it was left off last Friday eve- Observers stated that an | Ting. advance of forty-six miles had | — been accomplished on this front} —while Russian troops had push- | He ed inland about eighty miles on} y the middle sector. ! Heavy tanks, in increasing | numbers, were being employed | by the Russians, and thousands | upon thousands of troops were} being hurled against the courag- eous Finns, who were slowly re-} }NEW YORK, Dec. 18.—Hey- treating by reason of sheer out-}wood Broun, noted columnist of numbering of troops. \this city, died this morning, at Russian troops continue to be! 9:30 o'clock, following an un- harrassed by extreme cold wea- Successful battle with pneumonia | there, being, it is reported, poorly |and a heart ailment. clad. Hundreds have frozen to! Broun was reported to be! death and many others are ex- | headed towards recovery of his} periencing intense suffering in|ailment yesterday _ afternoon, | the advance. | however, early this morning, a Danish sources today revealed |Telapse was noted and death fol-/ the information that Finnish |!owed at the hour above stated. | bombing planes had succeeded in| Broun was president of the landing bombs on the Russian | i railroad from Leningrad to Mur- "IIS SSS SSS. mansk, temporarily cutting off | ualties. wancarR AND BLISSES AND GILL ENJOYED FISHING IP. & 0. SLICES: | HAVANA RUN | TO ONE TRIP S. S. CUBA TO SAIL SUNDAY AND RETURN THURSDAY: MAKES MIAMI TRIP START- ING NEXT WEEK The new schedule of the P. and O. S. S. Co., affecting the sailing of the Steamship Cuba from this port, goes in to effect on Decem- ber 24, with the first sailing from Key West on that date ‘for Havana. According to the schedule, the vessel will |Tampa, St. Petersburg, Key | West and Havana, on the follow- ling schedule: Leave Port Tampa land St. Petersburg on Saturday, arrive at Key West on Sunday, 7 a.m., and leave for Havana 110:30, arriving at Havana 5 p. m. ’ Returning to Key. West the | ship will. leave Havana Thursday 9 a. m., arriving 3:15 and leav- | ing for Tampa at 5 o’clock. There j will be one trip made from Mi- ami to Havana by the Cuba, during the interim between Sun- {day and Thursday, of each week. TEMPERATURES Lowest last highest last Stations— night 24 hours Atlanta . 40 67 Boston _- 40 46 Buffalo . 37 42 Charleston _.. 49 68 |Chieago 40 54 ‘Denver - 33 7 Detroit 38 44 El Paso ..... 33 65 |Galveston 60 72 ; Havana 65 79 \Jacksonville — 50 74 ;Kansas .City — 49 72 KEY WEST _ 67 77 Los, Angeles _ 49 17 | Louisville - 41 61 Mami CEs. |: 79 Mpls.-St. Paul 36 50 Nashville ~ 48 67 New York 40 51 Pensacola 52 69 St. Louis 40 64 San Francisco 51 63 Seattle 38 52 Tampa 7 55 Washington _. 35 ARRIVE Fi 4 | | Miss Josephine James, senior jand sister Gwendolyn James, | Sophomore, at the Florida State College for Women, arrived on |the late bus from Miami last night, for the holidays with their mother, Mrs. Thomas James, of ' Whitehead street. wood Broun, Noted Columnist, Dies Today Uy Axsecraced Pressy American Newspaper Guild and had long enjoyed a vast reputa- tion in the newspaper world. He had been in order a_ reporter, editor, manager, author and columnist ever since entry into the profession over thirty years ago. Peete We ha ECON Bermuda Market ss 2 ply between» Port |: South»Beach Project To Receive Attention HOTEL ASSOCIATION TO RAISE FUNDS TO KEEP BEACH CLEAN; PUBLICITY BUREAU WILL BE STARTED AT MEETING TOMORROW ee Proposals for raising addi- the association points out that tional money to carry on Sout ‘the fund for cleaning the beach Beach cleaning campaign and@'is about exhausted. A man must |for operating a publicity bureau'be stationed there seven days a \for Key West will be discussed’; week to keep the sand clean and tomorrow by members of the Key} to police the spot as a protection West Hotel and Tourist Homes: to bathers against ball playing Association. They will meet at|and rowdyism. 8:30 p. m. at La Concha Hotél. | Plans for setting up a pub- South Beach is proving the! licity bureau are nearly com- most popular spot in Key West) pleted. The association has voted for tourists and residents alike, | to finance the project insofar as Rarely. a day goes by that from}expenses are concerned. This 200 to 600 of them does not ap+|money must be provided, Presi- pear on the beach. The sand is}dent Lehmann points out. clean and kept clean. | “Many businessmen who have Within the next few days the) seen the beach are pleased with Hotel Association expects to start the result of our efforts and work on reconstruction of th@ have indicated they will support wooden pier at the foot of Simon; | the project”, Mr. Lehmann said ton street, and the construction! today. “We must arrange to of ladders on that pier and the | raise the funds and keep this other jutting from, the foot of beach in top shape for tourist en- Duval street. The piers are to’ joyment. It is one of our best re- be whitewashed. Benches are to sort assets. The publicity bureau be placed at the edge of the sand. is necessary to bring more tour- for those who do not wish to don/ists here. The campaign for bath suits and stretch out on the, more tourist facilities and for sand. ; bringing more tourists here go President R. A. Lehmann of hand in hand.” OLIVER GRISWOLD GIVES SOME GOOD Wrote Feature Article For December American Motorist eee ses REASONS FOR VACATION IN SUB-TROPICS Following is an article publish- ment of the stimulating effects ed in the Deéember. issue of sof brilliant colors. For those’ Who “American Motorist” by Oliver | want them suddenly, there is the Griswola, government movie | ever-fresh thrill of rumbling publicist, who, with Mrs. Gris-|Plorida-bound over the bridge wold, spends a large part of the} cote iis winter in Key West each year. |°"°% ihe ene : A generous portion of the article |Weak winter sun is struggling is devoted to Key West. jwith the morning mists. Name of the article is “Presto| “Presto changeo! Changeo” and American Motor-.} “In the afternoon, we inhale ist editor says Griswold, “news-|the sun-warmed, pine-sweet air paperman and traveler, knows |Of the Carolinas. whereof he speaks—for he spends} “At breakfast, it’s urban Wash- considerable time in Key West, |ington, imbued with the nerve and like Ernest Hemingway, |tensing, horizon-confining, indoor Ernie Pyle and other fishing |routine that settles on a city companions, he is enthusiastic) when the sun goes South. over the multifarious catch avail-| “In fewer hours than it takes able in these tropical waters”. ito earn a day’s pay, you are in The article follows: |the easy tempo of fields and “I have just’ come from an{woods and cabins in a mellow, arduous sojourn in Hollywood simple countryside. where I was known throughout; “You head for Richmond and the motion picture industry as there make your choice from the ‘that man who goes to Florida and ;many alternate highways. One likes it’. jleads through Asheville, N. C., “Every Californian was aghast'an@ is generally known as the and demanded explanation. At ;scenic mountain route. A very first I attempted to pass it off |histori¢ highway to the South is -|MRS. MacMULLEN CALLS} by saying, ‘because I like to go South’. But you can’t floor those Westerners, not with one phrase. So. I was telling why for months. “But seriously: Now that cold, blustery winter has finally ar- rived, and the living hues of out-of-doors have turned to tar- nished browns and_ dead grays, we Washingtonians have choice of staying with dreary in- er a habit.' Deep under the quick jfeasons like, ‘because I like warmth’, ming’, and ‘because I like sitting under a palm tree’, there is a fundamental psychological urge the | ‘because I like swim-/} over U. S. No. 1, or, for direct, smooth roads to Florida many |people favor thetmiddle’ route !with many hotels::'\On the other hand, if you veer'over to the ‘coast you strike the Sea Level ,Route. It depends on what you want and the AAA will be glad jto tell you the advantages of eacn. | - a no intention of arguing, clement weather—or escaping. |I choose the fast, flat country |JUtY decided that Bingo must | pastime and it has resulted in “For many of us it is no long; |highway and I doubt if any this|St@Y and that the statutes that! providing modest side of the Mississippi has longer, juninhabited stretches. “First the pines and glossy jgreeness of live oaks, then soon the draperies of Spanish moss jand palm trees. 2a“Yys Key West, Florida, has the most equable climate in the country; with an average range of only 14° Fahrenheit PRICE FIVE CENTS ae MPT Hitler Plans Protest GET UNDERWAY To Uruguay; British tiie, Sel Goal Naat Coates BOARD ADVISES SAWYER! ABOUT ADVERTISEMENTS | TO START IN JANUARY | **|GERMANY BITTER BE- VE} cause More TIME . BEATTYS 10 Ross C. Sawyer, clerk of the 2 * WASN’T ALLOWED FOR circuit court, has received a let-/ To Be Near Ft. Lauderdale; REPAIRS TO SHIP jter from Engineer and Secretary | ee | e ee es \F. C. Elliott, of the Internal Im- ‘HUGE j | provement Fund, to the effect | (Special to The Citizen) that they are now ready to pro-| ve ceed with the sale of lands, title | to we has been vested in the! FT. LAUDERDALE, Dec. 18.— State of Florida by virtue of Sec- i ives S tion 9 of the Murphy Act. jpaoee has acquired another In accordance with the mem- | Well-known personage as a perm- orandum advertisements relative |anent resident—not one, but two to the act are to be dated in Feb- ;—for the Beattys, Clyde Beatty, ruary between the 4th and 10th |the world’s most famous trainer of the month. {of animals, and his charming There are a number of other | wife, Harriet, have chosen Ft. matters in connection with the Lauderdale as their future home. jsale of these lands, details of; The Beattys have secured a which will be given to the public |large tract of land, just aorth of later. } 'this city on Highway No. 1, which j | Nazi harbor of Elba. A I SS lis to be known as Clyde Beatty’s iser sinking w: | CL IN lJunmie Zoos. Here. Alb bases. The cruiser sinking was accom- | IMPORTANT ME (By Associated Press) | LONDON, Dec. 18.—British ad- miralty today claimed a double naval victory, listing as number ‘one the scuttling of the German | pocket battleship Graf Spee 'three miles outside the harbor of | Montevideo, Uruguay—and num- ; ber two, the sinking of a 6, ‘ton German navy cruiser in the | |hibited to the public at all times |Plished by a British submarine, 1a fine $100,000 zoological collec j= a daring raid last night, suc- ‘tion. Here, daily, Clyde and /cessfully evading several Nazi | Harriet Beatty will present their | craft before sending the fatal pr- ‘thrilling and spectacular animal |pedo into the cruiser’s side. acts. At the zoo, a large steel Tod the bi uae |arena has been set up, and here | Z ae 1g cieataied \Clyde Beatty will present the | Cetning the scuttling of the Graf jgreatest group of jungle-bred | Spee is the final disposition of \lions and tigers ever assembled the crew and action purported to |together at one time; Harriet | be considered on the part of Hit- |Beatty presents her -thriller—a |ler and his official family con- Mrs. J. D. MacMullen, president |tiger riding on the back of an ‘cerning protest to the Uruguayan of Key West Garden Club, issued ;elephant. There will be other|government. It was learned here a call for a meeting of that or- exciting acts—clowns, acrobats,/that the German government ganization for tomorrow night at dancing elephants, aerialists, per-| was bitter in its feeling towards the library. ‘forming bears and chimpanzees, | Uruguay for not allowing more Matters of much importance and, oh, ever so many more. jtime to repair the Graf Spee— will be discussed at the meeting,| In this unique goo, the visitors {sini it was understood that a con- MEMBERS TO MEETING TOMORROW NIGHT Mrs. MacMullen stated today,' may stroll thi reproduc- | claim for damages would be filedy and a full membership turnout is‘ tiom of the: Aff ‘against that-nation by “Gerniats . to be desired. Meeting will get ‘lion’ roam about in’ barle: dens | Meanwhile, Uruguay has seized underway at 8:00 o’clock. ‘behind... water barriers; tigers, |four of the crew of the Graf jsleek and tawny, pace up and Spee, on charges of scuttling the idown in open pits; deer,- ante-|vessel. Three hundred other FISHERS GUESTS jlopes, bison, zebras, and water ; members of the crew have landed é |buffalos graze together in one in Montevideo and another seven OF CHAS MATHEWS °2: corral; monkeys chatter and hundred, including —_ Captain bd \scold in their rows of cages; ele- | Langsdorff, are off Buenos Aires, « ;Phants — back and focths| Argertion: awaiting permission |begging for peanuts. One may | to land. > Mr. and Mrs. George _ Fisher | ae. Grouch nile trails on the| British admiralty today. admit- and their four, children, Ruth, 'backs of these enormous fellows. |ted that sixty-one . members of Mildred, Wanda and George, Jr.,!Swans, geese, ducks swim grace-'the destroyer Exeter were killed are visitors in the city and guests | fully about on shaded pools. and in the naval battle last Wednes- at the home of Mrs, Fisher's par- | flamingoes stand so still. Pheas-|day. Thirty others were wound- pent Mr, and Mrs. Chas. Mathews ants, peacocks, and demoiselle|ed and much damage to the ship on Grinnell street. leranes wander at will about the | was inflicted by the German Mr. Fisher’s urge to go after | garden paths. Tinkling water | Faider. some of the big-fish in Key West falls sparkle and gleam in the! eee waters prompted .him to engage |sunlight. Rows and rows of | LOPEZ 71 a boat almost before. his family |palm trees, gorgeous flowers ot le 7 , had become settled. No luck was every hue, crotons, ferns, reeds, | reported yesterday; however, he!water plants, and blooming DIES YESTERDAY id hard on the trail of some finny shrubs are everywhere in abund- | trophies today. ‘ance. ' gee Mrs. Josefina Montero Lopez, 197, died yesterday morning 10 {o'clock at the residence, 417 Giatid Jury Approves Bingo As Test Case Goes To Court (Special to The Citizen) LONG ISLAND GITY, N. Y.,, The grand jurors, after thor- Dec. 18.—Recommending that the oughly studying Bingo, said: “W Jaw fit the behavior instead of | pelieve ado db oe eae making behavior fit the law, the |ducted, primarily for charitable Novembe: Queens County Grand | purposes, is in itself a harmless —-— | |Southard street. Funeral services | were held yesterday afternoon at 5 o'clock from the residence to | St. Mary’s Star of the Sea church, Rev. A. L. Maureau, SJ., of- | ficiating. Pritchard Funeral Home were the directors. Survivors are two daughters, Mrs. America Fabal, Havana, Cuba, Miss Josephine Lopez, of Key West; one son, Juan Lopez, of Key West; 14 grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. RITES TOMORROW incomes for ban the games must be repealed.'many churches, hospitals and In compliance with the Te- other charities conducted by quest of the jurors, copies of the| worthy non-profit organizations fndings will be sent to the speak-/|of a public or semi-public na- er of the Assembly, Governor | ture. Many thousands of per- Lehman and the president pro-'sons apparently Participate and supplies for the northern armies | of Soviet Russia. Moscow warned the world that her expulsion from the League of Nations relieved that nation | of any further responsibility. to | arbitrate or negotiate further | expansion moves. | ARRESTED FOR ASSAULT ae | Thelma Racket will be given preliminary hearing this evening CABRERAS’ GUESTS ENJOYING VISIT Mr, and Mrs. Arthur B. Bauserman, of Arlington, Va. are visitors im Key West, the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Se- bastian Cabrera, Jr. Also visiting with the Ca- breras and a guest of Francis Doll is Carter Prophet, of New Market, Va. The Bausermans and Mr. on a charge of attempting to com- mit an assault on another per-} son. whose name was not given. The hearing will be in the of- fice of Peace Justice Enrique Es- ; quinaldo, Jr., at 5:30 o'clock this afternoon. Prophet are delighted with this, their first trip to Key West. They have been out on fishing trips and have made remarkable catches. Siar I Iiss Ss | Large Shipment of |, LIVE TENNESSEE POULTRY | Any Weight 1 ee ee JIM’S SERVICE STATION | MRS. FRANK BAKER PHONE NO. 5 Let Us Rust Proof YOUR car! Correct Lubrication—Tire Re- pairing—Auto Supplies DER.” i | t ~ Place Your Orders Early _ WE DELIVER ANY TIME YOU DESIRE that sends us recurrently to the subtropics. “So, forgetting that there are other reasons, one is the enjoy- (Continue@ on Page Four) evening, December twenty-third. .)029° , A cordial invitation is extended tothe people of Key West to participate as has been the annual custom. : Dinner will be served at 8:00 o’clock and danc- ing is from 9:30 ’till 2. 2 The charge will be $2.50 per person. Please call Mr. Grobe, phone 780, for your table necessary. CASA MARINA, it “Charleston will- remind you |tem of the State Senate, District | that this corner of the mptinent Attorney Charice F epalivan) had a graceful way of living said. Since this | ruling five | legal guinea pigs”, whose cases will test the operation of thi laws that forbid Bingo for char- ity, were before Judge Charles S. Golden. The defendants pleaded not guilty and were paroled ii custody of their attorney, L. T. Flatto, for trial January 15. PPING derive pleasure from the playing of this game. Therefore, we recommend that a change be |made, so that this game, when layed under circumstances sim- lar to those existing in this country, be legalized”. ** The “legal guinea pigs” Were arrested in November for operat- j ing 2 Bingo game forthe betiefit |of the Society for tha Pteveni lof Cruelty to Childtéh. “They were indicted by the Grand Jury. FOR MRS. JOHNSON The body of Mrs. Emma John- son, who died in Miami, arrived in the city this morning. Fun- eral services will be held tomor- row afternoon 4 o'clock from the chapel of the Lopez Funeral Home, Rev. J. D. Peebles, of the Baptist church, officiating. Pallbearers will be: George M. Park, Ramon Rivas, Harry Fish- 1 we K LEFT er, Glenwood Kirchheiner, Clyde seperate shes” t lived at 915 Eaton street. On June 9th, 1938, the above men- |tioned property was deeded to |John W. Sawyer and since that date John W. Sawyer has been the sole owner and in absolute control without any connection| Order Yours Early—Do It Now! yiauoever with any member of} BUSY BEE BAKERY 900 .St. - Phone 120 the Sawyer family.