The Key West Citizen Newspaper, December 22, 1939, Page 1

Associated Press Day Wire Service For 59 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West VOLUME LX. No. 303 Che Kry THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN THE U.S. A. KEY WEST, FLORIDA, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 22, 1939 Mussolini And Pope Lead Italian Nation hh Pleas For Peace IL DUCE PRESENTS "DPD MDD DMS SS 4 HIMMLER WITH SUG-/CQAST GUARD PIER GESTION THAT MAY END WAR } (iy Associated Press) | ROME, Dec. 22.—Efforts to} bring a Christmas present to the | world in the form of a definite peace movement were announced | here today as Italy became the center of all diplomatic eyes be-| cause of recent action. | Three definite steps have been taken in the direction of peace in Italy during the past two days. First was the earnest plea made by Pope Pius XII yester- day when he stated the hope that the Italian ion could find aj way to bring the warring nations to a cessation of hostilities. Second, is the announcement | that the Pope will speak to the College of Cardinals on Christ- y. exhorting world-wide | s in Catholic churches for pr peace. j Third—and by all means, the | most important, is the offer made | by Mussolini to Henrich Himm- | ler, chief of the Nazi secret po- lice which he asked that the German nation consider a peace | proposition. in on the Allies to forget the re- formation of Austria and Czecho- Slovakia. This plan Himmler is rushing to Hitler in his Christ- mas retreat at Berchtesgaden. Advices from London. state, however, that both England and France will, in all likelihood, turn down any péace that will contain such terms. Both nations} nave stated unequivocably that both Austria and Czecho-Slo- | vakia as well Poland, must be restored, if pe: is to come. Meanwhile, the Allies are con- | | | FINNS ;sian Bear is {quite a lamb—as dispatches con- | tinue to come through TO RECEIVE REPAIRS | (By Associated Press) JACKSONVILLE, Dec. 22. —The State WPA office to- day announced that the fol- lowing project had been ap- proved: “Preservation of concrete beams in the Coast Guard wharf in Key West”. The announcement further states that the WPA will spend $3,206 and the local sponsor's portion is $1,020. COMPOS LS ETT 8 'RUSSIAN ATTACKS HALTED BY FINN SUCCESSFUL COUNTERATTACKS ON ALL FRONTS IN (By Associated Press) LONDON, Dec. 22.—The Rus- developing to be to this city that the Finns are “literally shi Mussolini’s plan is said to call | Pocus them back on their on all fronts today. Stockholm has radioed that their correspondents report that have been cancelled by the Finns in strenous counterattacks. All | sectors, north, middle and south | |are showing results definitely in} |faver of Finland and complete | EXAMINATION BY. IMMIGRE» stopping of the Soviet attack. Italian planes are said to have aided materially in causing littl or no effect from Russian bomb: ing attempts. Thirty-five Rus- sian planes have been brought down. At least 350 tanks have |SPONGE. SALES | REPORTED; FIRST IN LONG TIME \CHRISTMAS SALES REPORT- ED AMOUNTED TO ALMOST $3,500; MANY TOURISTS | VIEWED SALE TODAY | For the first time in months, jSince the blight struck the ;sponge beds in Florida, there | were offerings of sponges at the | sponge docks this morning, which | brought a total of $3,446.28. Among the total offerings, ; there were but few yellows and {very few grass, and only a very few of other grades such as | glove. In fact the greater ma- 'jority of the offerings were of {the choice growths, which {sheeps wool. - | There were a few choice lots | which brought good prices and ‘some of the prices were con- |sidered unsatisfactory from every ; Standpoint, and were refused by {the owners, and will be offered ‘at the sale tomorrow, the last of the pre-Christmas sales. + Sponge which brought good ‘prices were as follows: 35 wool, $22.21; 182 wool, $716.99; 57 wool, |$238; 90 wool, $321.98; 78 wool, | $259.99; 33 wool, $128; 100 wool, | $348.89; 40 wool, $103.40. and 77 | wool, $218.69. | There were a large number of | people at the dock, many of {whom were strangers, who had never witnessed a sale of sponges before and who expressed sur- prise at the ease and facility with which the sale was car- jried on. are all Russian gains made this week ; | WILL BE FREED | TION AUTHORITIES CON- TINUES OVER WEEKEND | (By Associated Press) | NEW YORK, Dec. 22—The sidering their present war status. | Gither been captured or destroy- |crew of the German luxury liner Daladier today reported to the Chamber on progress made and received the unanimous vote of that body. The French Premier stated that France would con- tinue to send supplies to Fin- land. 2100 men had died for France up to date, victims of battles along the West Front. PACK, PACK AND SOME MORE OF SAME BY LIONS FILLED 1.000 BAGS WITH FRUIT AND CANDY AT LAST NIGHT'S MEETING IN STONE CHURCH ANNEX mi to E. fo Lions Club members presented an industrious sight last night when the whole crew pitched in filled over a thousand bags with fruit and candy, which was used in the annual Ch: nas Tree Benefit for the poor children, the event starting at 2:30 o'clock this afternoon \ Oranges, apples, tangerines in ample quantities were on hand when members assembled for supper at 6:30 o'clock. So, too, were containers with over fifty pounds of Christmas candy. President H. E. Day called for dispensing of all business in or- der that the work could proceed. Just before adjournment. how- ever, new Lion Charles H. John- son, was welcomed to the club, and another new member, C. Sam B. Curry, was voted into mem- bership. a The Lions authorized release of | A! a communication to the city-at- | fri large through this medium thank-|sons, young and old, and High Schools. will two weeks’ vacation, half-year on Monday, several prominent ¢! the Art Center, plans for organi- | zation of the Key West Commun- ity Players are Phil Terry, protege cf the \David Belasco, graduate of the|tivities will take place, and American Academy of New York | Where also visiting celebrities and Pasadena Community Play- house School of California. Mr. Terry has had years of suc-‘ cessful stock and Little Theater operation. thused with the charm and beau- ty of the Island and with ed by the Finns. COUNTY SCHOOLS — CLOSE THIS NOON All schools of Monroe County closed at noon today, with stu- dents dismissed following Christ- as parties held this morning. Children in the grade schools have a according County Superintendent Melvin Russell, returning to studies r the firal session for the first January 8. Community Players Group (Columbus will be held by the |U. S) Government through Christmas Day. it was announced \by immigration authorities _ to- \day. However, all examinations will week. and the crew will be at liberty to “do whatever it choos- es” for a period of sixty days after that date. Government authorities an nounced today that the City of Flint will sail shortly from Berg- en, Norway, for a home port. A cargo will be taken on at an- other port and the ship will prob. ably leave early next week, it was stated. WHITE WAY IS Expect Tarn-On Tomorrow A. NEAR REALITY Lions-Jaycee Committee has brought the Duval Street White Way project up to a finishing point and, according to announce- ment last evening, the which will bring the main thor- oughfare of the city into promin- encé, will be turned on tomorrow night to start a three months’ period of lighting. The committee lists herewith the initial contributions for the project: Monroe county, $100; City of Key West, $50; Palace Theater, $10; J. R. Stowers. $10;.Louis Pol- lock, $10; $10; Holtsberg’s, $10; Key West Gas Company, $10; S. H. Kress, $25; Key West Electric Com- pany, $25. The committee will continue in contacting work with other mer- chants of the city to raise suffi- cient funds to keep the lights burning each evening for the whole winter season. ROTARY CLUB _ DISCUSSES P.&0. CURTAILMENT APPROVE SUUGESTION TO CONTACT INDIVIDUALS AND FIRMS IN EFFORT TO RE. STORE HAVANA RUN lights, | Isadore Appelrouth, | | WANT MEETING ON MURPHY ACT | ARRANGEMENTS BEING MADE | PLAN BEFORE INTERNAL | IMPROVEMENT TRUSTEES | | Committee of the Clerks As- | sociation of the Circuit Court feel | that it is necessary in order that ithe clerks throughout the state lcan ably handle matters in con- jnecion with the Murphy Act, that ‘a meeting with the trustees of the |Internal Improvement Fund be held. This desire of the Clerks Asso- {ciation was expressed in a tele- igram sent to F.C. Elliott, secre- itary of the Internal Improve ment Fund, signed by the Clerks’ Committee, C. M. Gay, E. R. Ben- ies and J. L. McMullen, a copy ty. The copy follows: |. “If clerks are to handle Murphy jland, they must continue to give the public efficient services. They ycannot do this under the - rule jadopted by the trustees last Tuesday. “We still feel that we are en- jtitled to a hearing before your board to submit our suggested plan! of operation. We would like }to have our committee meet fhe trustees Tuesday, January 9, ;1940. Please advise if this can ‘be arranged”, ! Clerk Sawyer has addressed to Mr. Elliott a letter which asks some questiohs regarding instruc- , tions and method of procedure [Ross C. Sawyer of Monroe coun } of which was received by Clerk f Citizen il Tumed Down Brown Contest Plan At Meet Last Night HEARD ‘GUY CARLETON Occupational Licenses Must “in wussnce meen Be Paid In Full When Due be nap rommmlag ING AUTHORITY COUNCIL TURNS DOWN PPI MISS IMSS 5. City council met last evening. PARTIAL PAY PRO- ALL IN FAVOR OF jcalled to order at the sound of CEDURE; NEW HOURS: THIS—VOTE YES! |*e sevel by President Wm. A. FOR EMPLOYES and Key West, Florida, has the most equable climate in tlie country; with an a range of only 14° Fahrenheit At 12:30 o’clock this morn- | ing, City Council president | Wm. A. Freeman referred an important matter to chairman E. A. Ramsey cf the Taxation and Records committee. | “Please tee", pleaded Free- | Portant measures were enacted. man, “what can be done about the length of council meetings”. The council had been in session for over five hours and the plea, jokingly enough stated, made a decided hit with the members and what few spectators there were | Freeman, at 7:30 o'clock, | then proceeded to dig in for Council members “bore down” |arother record over-five-hour on regularly established places of business last night in regular session, when they moved to pro- session during which several im- | First on the list was considera- | tion of the “Brown Plan”, having to do with a special advertising jcontest devised by Mr. W. A. Brown in which it was » repre- {sented that the city would be guaranteed an annual commis- |sion of between $5,000 to $10,000 vide stricter enforcement of the | occupational tax laws. The subject came up when the; matter of partial payment of the taxes was introduced. ‘of the sale of Murphy Act lands. Members of Key West Rotary Mr. Sawyer asks: : Club, at a meeting yesterday, de- |, “I4 it intended that all applica- : Rane tions, that is to say applications cided to have individual members jeceived from different. applic- contact outside connections in an ants, each of which may include effort to prevent curtailrgent, of. one of more parcels of land, and the Key West-Havana service by Teceived by me up to a given the P. & O. Steamship compary. ne Ell a be bab in SHE A neti single advertisement? ir, on ie This suggestion was offered bY Gther hand, is it intended that Sebastian Cabrera and was fol- there shall be a separate adver lowed by a discussion in which tisement for each application former Councilman William TT, which may be filed with me? Doughtry, Jr. Secretary’ S. C.! “Your letter of instructions ad- ‘ dressed to persons making in- Singleton of the Chamber of quiry of the trustees, paragraph It appeared that Taxation; Chairman Ramsey had been following the process of letting Judge Archer decide the merits of cases when delinquents ap-! peared before him, in regard to! ability to pay all of the tax at oats ‘ present. In some cases, arrafige- i peers. albelti.interesting: ments for partial payment were} bes recommended to Tax Collector! "gs", er SESS SP Ss Pinder. nice OPERATE SIX still on the sidelines. And The Citizen reporter was in hearty agreement with the proposal. It was the rec- ond regular meeting in suc- cession that had proved and served notice that taxes/ must be paid before deadline) time, which has now passed. The | vote was—for strict enforcement, Councilmen Brinton, ‘or more according to success of operation. Final disposition of the matter 'brought an adverse decision, ‘these councilmen voting for the |plan, Carbonell, Grillon and Free- |man, and these against it, Boy den, Brinton; Ramsey-and Swect , ing. Nuisance Matter Following the reading of Chief Ivan Elwood's report that he had found no nuisance to exist in connection with the operation of a saloon at the corner of Windsor Lane and Olivia street, it de- veloped that a case in point had been dismissed yesterday before be completed by Tuesday of next |) Will Be Organized Soon Through the cooperation of zens announced by late He is greatly en- the iendliness of its residents. Mr. \Terry, with two younger broth- ers, Pat and Ray, are establishing the only; permanent home in merican tropics. Absorbing of all talented per- and | into the i ing all congerned for the help!Players is planned by Mr. Terry,} given to make the Christmas Tree | with presentation of a variety of | affair a success. The benefit will |Programs from community sing- continue until a late hour this|ing and twilight fiestas to full| afternoon at Bayview Park. {evening programs. All coaching! will be gratis. Exceptional talent a Te { CHRISTMAS DANCES | CHRISTMAS DANCE | Tomorrow Night In The RAINBOW ROOM Of La Concha Hotel JIMMY LOSS’ ORCHESTRA Favors and Fun for Everyone | | eNO,SOVER of MINIMUM — | | Pena’s Garden Of Roses SATURDAY — Admission 75¢ | CHRISTMAS EVE (Sunday) | Admission 50c | Music By GOULD CURRY | will be given professional oppor- | tunities. Mr. Terry is negotiating for a {most desirable location which {will serve as a Community Playhouse. where all rehearsals, | productions, sports and social ac- {could be presented. It is planned {to give the major part of the evenue derived to local chari es. \ Success of the program will create tremendous recreational {and publicity value to the com- munity, those who are acquaint- ed with the project state. Initial show may be presented in the next few weeks. | \Late Arrivals In— GIFTS WHITMAN’S CANDIES Beautifully Packaged KEY WEST DRUG CO. CHRISTMAS DANCE Tomorrow Night, 10 till ? Habana-Madrid Club A BIG SURPRISE FOR ALL Music By New Habana-! Orchestra | ‘Madrid {No Admission—No Cover Charge Commerce, County Health Officer J. B. Parramore and President Wm. V. Little of the club par- ticipated. . i Mr. Cabrera was of the opinion that letters addressed to outside firms and individuals might be effective in restoring full service on the Key West-Havana run, He regards curtailment of the service as a serious blow to travel through the city. Mr. Doughtry pointed out that the service is being curtailed for business reasons. He _ indicated the Key West traffic was insuf- ficient for profitable operations, so the company has decided to operate the S.S. Cuba once each week :between Miami and Ha- vana. “From Key West’s standpoint it would be better if some company with ships carrying more passen- gers and automobiles were to be induced to,set up a Key West- Havana ferry service”, Doughtry said. “If lower fares and charges for cars were put into effect on such a service it would probably be a good thing for the city”. Secretary Singleton said that the most pressing immediate need ; was for the city to get back’ of the movement to improve Overseas Highway, particularly at this end. His opinion is that a. better high- way will bring more traffic and thus induce some ferry company | (Continued on Page Three) The formal Opening 2, speaks of an estimated cost of (Continued from Page One) TEMPERATURES Lowest last highest last Stations— night 24 hours Atlanta . 56 Boston - 43 Buffalo - 30 Charleston 60 Chicago 30 Denver 42 Detroit 32 El Paso 66 Galveston 72 Havana 76 Jacksonville 65 “Kansas City 38 KEY WEST - 69 Los Angeles 78 Miami z 73 Mpls.-St. Paul 22 Nashville 44 New York 39 Pensacola 64 St. Louis 35 San Francisco 63 Seattle 48 Tampa 68 ‘Washington 40 Tomorrow—Sunday—Monday TURKEY SANDWICHES All Other Sandwiches , NICE LARGE EXTRA SELECT ! OYSTERS Ice Cream Pie—Som: New! Many other specials for S WELLS’ LUNCH ROOM 908 Southard Street Dinner and Dance at La 20 26 44 17 52 40 42 34 Casa Marina will take place this year on Saturday evening, December twen {| day, and from. 9:00 a. m. to 1:00! Carbonell, | 1 Judge Archer because, as it was WEEKS IN CITY | | present. {CORNEAL BEMIS apy anor | At this point, Guy Carleton OF LICENSES; DEFER EX- |asked for recognition, and pro- ceeded to give an illuminative re- EMPTION OF SCAVENGERS | sume of the whole matter and FROM PAYING TAXES, |stressed the fact that he should not have been considered as a complainant, merely a witness Mr. Carleton’s description of the incidents that had arisen to (Continued on Page Three) Grillon, Sweeting. For partial payment procedure at judge’s option, Councilmen Boyden, Ram- sey and Freeman. “Councilmen’s Salaries At a late hour, Councilman} Sweeting brought up the ques- tion of salaries to councilmen, and suggested that the council! consider acceptance of salary| money, then turn the amount, back to the city as a gift or to on. Scuthecd some charity institution. In that x the hour was late, action on the {Street between Duval and White- matter will come up for disposi- [heads was granted Milton Morris tion at the next meeting, how-/last night .in council meeting ever, President Freeman sug-| when committee chairman Car- gested that “the city government} bonell stated that no objection to was the most needy case for|the ridesscould.be found from charity in the city” and he sug- the: investigation conducted. “Li gested that councilmen consider cense will be $125. TO ESTABLISH HOSPITALS that fact in their deliberations. It was stated that the rides The city’s Botanjeat Gardens would operate for a period of WITH FEDERAL FUNDS WHERE NEEDED to rides Permission operate four | amusement ROOSEVELT PLANS HOSPITAL PROJECT on Stock Island gained a respite; about six weeks, starting soon from danger of complete shut- after the first of the new year. down when finance chairman) Council moved to retain a safe- recommended that a con deposit box at the First Na rovide the wherewithal to guard ' tional Bank for safe-guarding city the plants with day and night-|honds, ‘The members also decid-| WASHINGTON, Dec. 22— watchmen until such a_ time a8 ed to investigate the possibliity | President Roosevelt today an operation of the gardens could be | of providing a patrol wagon for jnounced that he would soon arranged. Cost ‘to the city will) the police department. recommend a national hospital be $140 per month for the men’ 4 move to exempt city scaven- | building plan in areas lof the na- to be employed. |ger operators from payment of | tion lacking in such facilities. Employes’ Hours loccupational licenses was halted,| The plan is to submit the Starting immediately, all em- | 2¢ jeast temporarily, by reference | project to Congress in January ployes of the city will put in of the matter to the Taxation |for approval. Federal funds ap- thirty-nine hours a week in the | committee. Chairman Ramsey of | propriated would be matched by clerk’s and tax’ assessor-collec- | +12 committee, however, stated |state or municipal funds, the tor’s offices. The hours will be’ (ontinued on Page Three) | President announced. from 9:00 a. m. to 1:00 ra ig hes | i :00 p. m. e OK A YE A TOE pose pony BE SURE TO REMEMBER | . m. Saturday. The shift THE 25TH OF DECEMBER! | fork 8:00 to 12:00 noon was made) FRUIT CAKE and other in order that residents of the city | DELICIOUS CAKES could transact city business in|. Order Yours Early—Do It Now! lunch ; 3 cee ge if Enabling legidlation was pro- | BUSY BEE BAKERY (Continuéd bri Page Three) | Lae nd (By Ansooiated Presa) —also— FAMILY CARDS KEY WEST DRUG CO. TEE A OTE LEE ELS LRT SE _— invitation is extended to the 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. ; The charge will be $2.50 per person. Please call Mr. Grobe; phone 780, for your table reservations. This is necessary. CASA MARINA, PETER SCHUTT, Manager. FLOWERS FOR CHRISTMAS Cut flowers Tork Roaste CHRISTMAS DANCE} | ""‘cavons Fryers Tomorrow Night Fresh Eggs Stewers rues ws |! BRADY’S NATIVE HAWALAN BAND || Live Poultry Market Cover Charge. . :75c WE —_ a cep Phone 540 1214 White Street | Phone :| }