The Key West Citizen Newspaper, December 23, 1939, Page 1

Associated Press Day Wire Service | For 59 Years Devoted to the | Best Interests of Key West VOLUME LX. No. 304. @evecceoeeccces Che Hey West Cttizen THE, SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN THE KEY WEST, FLORIDA, SATU Key West, Florida, hag the most equable climate in the country; with an average range of only 14° Fahrenheit U. S.A. RDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1939 Wery Ghristpas PRICE FIVE CENTS Europes’ Two Wars Stalemated; Nations Prepare ADMITS CON.| QUEST ISN’T GOING SO HEAVY DEATH REPORTED WELL; o days Christmas the wars on °°; in Europe’ seem to reached a partial stage of emate. | West Front, only small noted with than ction other oc- expedi- mnoitering of the Allies and fights ; | inisb-Ryssjan_fronts, wuieted “down Advices now reach- te that the earlier was com- Finn coun- r to be slightly tral observe re- in orderly retreat » take up strategic ting reinforcements to few dog Russia ith th of Finland, how- lannerheim line - still Ru: ’s assertion cen broken in sev- Russia admits that iencing serious dif- front, and she the world criticism r for her lack of mili- t Soviet officials explanation, that t look for a quick con- and, and “anyhow”, al pointed out, “the h attack on the cgfried line isn’t pro- and it isn’t any the Mannerheim r than ian countries are pro- with aid to Finland. volunteer fighting m Sweden and Norway ted to have left for the i Finland. too, is contemplating aid to the Finns, as is In France the govern- i heard President outline just what was planning. that a Russian General purged because of lack in the Finland war » be erroneous as the question has been re- at the front with a Neutral observers es- jay that the Russians fered a total casualty list ) in the war to date. HCLIDAY NOTICE ‘hristmas Day, Monday, De- holiday, the f{ this company will not be x business on that day. E KEY WEST ELECTRIC CO. dec23-1t day | ———JIM’S——— SERVICE STATION Extends Yuletide Greetings To All pee so is car—let the Wirter is here. rus ae i—save your spray it. PHONE NO. 5 j Cor. White and Catherine Sts. j cil ie ! i i | ANTHONY FOKKER DIED TODAY; WAS AIRPLANE WIZZARD MANUFACTURER OF WAR AND COMMERCIAL PLANES BEARING HIS NAME Aid To F inn THIS SANTA CLAUS And He’s Growing. Beard IS FROM MISSOURI Pecoesccceccccceccencocs By ED MILLS AP Feature Service Writer MARSHALL, Mo., Dec. Santa Claus is growing a beard You thought he already had one? Well, that’s true the fictional Santa, but it hasn’t been true Mr. his real name—of Marshall led Press) NEW Dec. 23.—An thony Fokker, noted manufac: turer of airplanes, died here to- y at age of 49. He had fered from meningitis and was coma for four d preced- ng his death thi: Contrary to g f, Fok- ker was of Dutch parentage. Many had placed his nationality as German, owing to the fact that during the World War he manu- factured airplanes bearing > for the Germans, Fokker built his first plane when he was 18 years old. He tried to market his ideas to the Netherlands, then to France and england, but wound up with a three-year contract with Ger- in 1913. At the outbreak of the Werld War, he was com- missioned to build mo; nd more machines, which, at least for of the war, ior to any on of E his of Santa Claus—that’s Mo. For years he’s been trying his own way to live up in the meaning of the name—given him, he.says, by agethgr.with a sense of humor—but he remained te many has clean-shaven. This year, thous suaded Marshal ta to try to look the part. When his beard is growing, he’ll whiten the whis kers and be a realistic Santa for the town. Eleven months a year, Mr. Claus divides his time between his plumbing trade and his Chris- tian calling ad pastor of the local Church of God In_ December. Claus spends m swering letters. Providing for five b (none named Santa) and two girls of his own doesn’t leave him any monev left to buv pr its for the thousands of anxious youngsters who write him annually. He has to depend on charitable friends to help him buy the stamps. It reauires quite a few to answer 6.000 letters—his nual average—but he keeps writ- ing as long as the stamp money holds out. There have been time in recent yea when he cut short the Ch as pleasures of his own family to answer more letters. The missives from hope- ful kiddies started coming this year before the first Thanksgiv ing. Santa is unhappy that some na- friends per- to the United Stateg in 1923 and undertook en gineering work the "0. as: Government at Lakewood, N. J. He was the designer of a ri motor plane and was consid- ered a ius amongst engineer- ing gir ZINNIA LEAVES FOR TORTUGAS INSPECTION for however, Mr. t of his time an- The Coast Guard Tender Zin- nia, which arrived this week from the west coast, where it had been engaged in buoy work > past few weeks, sailed 6 morning with Superinten- dent W. W. Demeritt, who is to make inspection of the light and an- i equipment on Loggerhead Ki being made the Zinnia occupied in replacing a buoy which has been moved from position. The party is expected to return today. The Tender Poinciana, which for a long period has been work- ing on Lake Okeechobee and |vicinity on buoys and_ beacons, and worked in Miami harbor on tions will be at war this Christ- the trip down, arrived in port mas but hopes that the United jthis morning at 6:30 and will be States can stay out—that “peace |here for the Christmas holidays. on earth” can remain this tion’s Christmas motto. |FRASER HAD GOOD FISHING TO REPORT John S. Fraser, of New York, and party who were out for an afternoon's fish- ing Thursday on the launch Amberjack, Captain B. Waite, had remarkable success, and caught plenty of the usual run,sbesides one sailfish and several bonito. Of course the principal prize was the sail fish, which was six feet, and a perfect specimen. The party also caught a _ kingfish which weighed 40 pounds, and a bonito weighing 25 pounds. The sail fish and the bonito were handed to a_ taxi- dermist to be mounted. LILI ILI SE SS Ss FRED MARVIL’S CABANA CORDIALLY INVITES ALL Key Westers—Tourists and Service Men—on the, occasion of our FIRST BIRTHDAY For An EGG NOGG on CHRISTMAS DAY between 2:00 and 3:00 p. m. will be ONLY TWO SHIPS NOW IN PORT All U. S. vessels are out on pa- trol duty except the Destroyer Lea, flagship of the squadron, and the Gannet, airplane tender. Destroyer Evans sailed yester- y after refuelling, and the stroyers Schenck and sailed this morning. De- Wickes —TRY THE— ’ Manhattan Restaurant For a Real Spanish Dinner on Christmas Eve 50c 627 DUVAL STREET Key West GALA EVENING Toright At Ten CHRISTMAS DANCE RAUL’'S CLUB Music by Ray Baldwin and | His Native Hawaiian Band | ALL STAR FLOOR SHOW | Covert Charge 75¢ Ladies Free! While the tour of inspection is , Santa Claus Brought Toys-Fruit To Kiddies § GAINED PROMINENCE AS QVER SEVEN HUNDRED TOYS DISTRIBUTED YES. © TERDAY IN ANNUAL LIONS AFFAIR Santa Claus came to town yes- ing at aboard the crack fire department truck of the city, at Bayview Park to of- at the Annual Chyistmas Tree Benefit for the city’s poor terday afternoon, ar about 3:00 o'clock ficiate children WPA Band opened the after- noon’s festivities at 2:30 o'clock with some spirited tunes. Then FPO LISI SD. 'N@ ISSUE OF CITIZEN MONDAY ' In accordance with a regu- lar custom, in order that its employes may be afforded an opportunity to observe Christ- mas, there will be no issue of The Citizen on Monday. The Citizen’ enjoys three holidays each year. The oth- er two being the Fourth of July and Labor Day. CONCERT SUNDAY Tomorrow afternoon at 4 o'clock at the Art Center Park, a select- ed program wiili be played by the W.P.A. bend under the direction of Alfredo Barroso. attention has been given istmas numbers on the , Which follows: “The Chancellor”, Professor c. Overture, “Lone Star”, E. Ha- zel. Selection, Seredy. Waltz, Ballardo, Selection, “Christmas Songs”. Selection, “Well-Known Stand ard Songs Marziale, “God Bless America”, I. Berlin. “Star Spangled Banner’, “Campus Memories”, Espiritus del Vino”, Key. TEMPERATURES Lowest last highest last Stations— night 24 hours Atlanta 39 51 Boston 23 28 Buffalo 21 29 Charleston 45 32 Chicago 28 34 Denver 18 39 Detroit 22 35 Galveston 66 vel Havana 62 78 Jacksonville 45 67 Kansas City 30 36 KEY WEST _ 64 72 Los Angeles — 51 63 Louisville 26 40 Miami 59 73 *Mpls.-St. Paul 14 26 New Orleans _ 59 67 New York 29 33 Pensacola 56 64 Pittsburgh 20 31 \St. | Louis 32 35 {San Francisco 54 54 Seattle 32 42 | Tampa 48 70 ) Washington 31 40 | 75e f For the BEST 8-Course TURKEY DINNER Don't Forget The SEA FOOD GRILLE Xmas and Happy New Year Mr.-Mrs. Raul Carbonell, Props. 507 Duval Street | i RED CROSS DRIVE isault on i followed some Christmas Carol singing led -by George Mills White. Promptly at 3:30 o’clock Santa Claus came and the task of dis- tribution of toys and fruit and candy began. Over seven hun- dred excellent toys, mainly con- structed by the NYA Department boys, were given to enthusiastic children of the city. As the chil- dren paraded past Santa to re- ceive their toy, they were handed a bag of fruit and a bag of candy. The affair, the second spon- sored by the Lions Club, was pro- nounced a decided hit by the committee in charge. Acknowl- edgement to the WPA Depart- ment and NYA and Scouts of the city, were given. STILL GOES ON MORE CONTRIBUTIONS LIST- ED AS RELEASED BY R. M. SPOTTSWOOD, CHRM. The Red Cross annual drive is still being conducted and _ re- ports coming to Chairman R. M. Spottswood list the following ad- ditional contributors: Mrs. Frank Sawyer, $3.00; Donation, 50¢ and the following $1.00 contributions: Mrs. Louisa Warren, Wing Lee, Rose Marie Shop, J. G. Kan- tor,Leonte Valladares, I. Appel- routh, Jack Barash, Dan Na- varro, Mabel P. Green, Ramonin’s Restaurant, John H. Simone, Celio Diaz. Mrs. Beulah Howard, Lopez, Molina Bakery, Eddie Gomez, R. Kirchik, Chas, Arono- vitz, John Gardner, Frank Le- winsky, Joe Pearlman, Morris Holtsberg, Broadway Market, J. R. Stowers, Mrs. Stephen Lowe and John Sawyer. ORDERED HELD FOR ASSAULT Joe Smith, who was arrested at Marathon on December 19 and brought to the city and placed in the county jail charged with as- the person of Perry Helveston, was given preliminary hearing before Judge Raymond R. Lord yesterday afternoon. The charges on which the hear- ing was held was'‘aggravated as- sault without having premeditat- ed design to affect the death of Helveston. He was held for trial at the next session of Criminal Court in the sum of $250. Jose — JOHNNY'S — Manhattan Restaurant Happy and Sincere Seasonal Greetings to all our Patrons, Aes ae cd Townsmen eal Turkey Dinner 50e with all the trimmings _ Sunday and Christmas All Day Key West 627 Duval St. CHRISTMAS DANCES Tonight and Tomorrow Night Habana-Madrid Club Music By sicacseaeeti Ons BIG SURPRISE TONITE! No Admission or Cover Charge KEY RESIDENTS ENTHUSED ABOUT ELECTRIFICATION OOD CROWD TURNED our| | AT MEETING HELD LAST | | NIGHT; COMMITTEE OF IN- \ am | Seeeerecccoccouscoccsoee CPREORATORSHAPEOMIFED TWO KEY WE SI There were about 175 persons | attending the Rural Electricifica- Selected By M. Everett tion meeting, which was held in | as ee the Tavernier Theater last sont? POETS IN VOLUME and presided over by County Coecccecccccecesoccce Tomorrow Commissioner T. Jenkins Curry. The meeting was an enthusiastic one, said Attorney W. Curry Har- | ris, by whom the meeting was called. Speakers who appeared before the meeting were County Clerk ;Ross C. Sawyer, Attorney W. Curry Harris and Representative Bernie C. Papy. who explained the plan of the Rural Electrifica- | tion Project, as well as the types | of loans and to whom they will be granted. Many questions were asked by ;the listeners who gave evidence | of being enthused with the idea land heartily approved of selec- tion of John A. MacRae, T. J. Surry, C. B. McPherson, Leonard Lowe, W. A. Parrish, John A. Russell and Alton Park, as in- corporators of the idea. Following the meeting a meet- ing of those selected as_ incor- porators was held and Attorney Harris was selected to draw up| the necessary form of incorpora- tion for presentation to the Rural Electrification Administration, and Alton Park was selected to inform the body of the action taken at the meeting last night As the provisions for member ship provides that there must be three members for every mile which are covered by the project. it will be necessary to secure 300 of The Citizen this week is a copy of a recently published book {of poems, under the title “242 ‘Great Contemporary Poems” se- \has gathered them from the great offerings of living poets, which is beautiful, being a lyric of supreme grace and execution. Shown on page 87 is an offer- {ing by Miss Marie Louise Cap pick, ~ “Jessamines”,~ which is beautifully conceived and written ‘in a style that is touched with |pure poetic subtlety and exalta- tion. CABALLERO LODGE T0 HAVE GUESTS ORDER OFFICIALS WILL BE | THROUGH CITY TOMORROW ABOARD S.S. CUBA Delegates to the Supreme Con- {vention of the Order Caballero jde la Luz, Inc., to be held in Ha- for the Keys Project, and Ross | yana, Cuba, on the 28th, 29th, 30th C. Sawyer, Jr., was appointed to | and 31th of this month will be re- initiate the membership survey. jceived upon their arrival here TO APPEAR HERE |Jr., president of the local ‘lodge, | Marti No. 3. HEFFNER - VINSON WILL GIVE PRODUC- Among those arriving from TIONS AT STRAND Tampa will be Jose Gavilan, |Grand Master; Angel Rosado, GROUP Grand Vice-Master; Armando Lo- |pez, Grand Secretary; Florentino |Diaz, Grand Vice Secretary; Ra- mon Parcdi, Grand Treasurer; Pablo Gonzalez, Grand Vice | Treasurer; Rogelio Berdeal, Grand Past Master; Enrique Garcia, Su- preme Vice-Secretary; Victor E. |Pasetti, Supreme Past Master. and many others. Upon their departure from |here the delegates will be joined The company will present pro-|P¥ Emilio Norcisa, Grand Pa- Ructions neat aneatle it i re. | Tiarch, and Manuel Domenech, ne asda ate {Supreme Past Master, who will ported, under canvas _ stretched | i th anor from wall to wall of the present |#!° attend the convention. Strand Theatre site on Duval} | Street. \ Lessor of the property is Juan | z 5 | Papers were filed yesterday pebeagenic prot edie | afternoon in the office of Ross C. i i | Sawyer, clerk of Circuit Court, in |ductions given here over a long} ei 8 a period of time and for his more the divorce suit of Robert Martin ins largaret K recent appearances as master of |Thomas against Marg a, iq | Thomas. ceremonies at the Habana-Madrid | Final decree in the divorce of vate | Francis Denison Holmes against | |Bar Dee Hollingsworth Holmes, | BE SURE TO REMEMBER | was filed in the office of Clerk | THE 25TH OF DECEMBER! Ross C. Sawyer, of Circuit Court | FRUIT CAKE and other | yesterday. | DELICIOUS CAKES | | Order Yours Early—Do It Now! | | BUSY BEE BAKERY | 900 Francis St. Phone 120) TONIGHT AT | || PENA’S GARDEN Formal announcement is ex. | pected in a few days by the Heff- ner Vinson Theatrical Company of the presentation of stage pro- | ductions by its stock company in this city. DIVORCES FILED OF ROSES Fun, Frolic, Merry-Making Famous Rhumba Team: RANIE and LENA |} Music a la: Gould | CHRISTMAS DANCES —at— | Pena’s Garden Of Roses | SATURDAY — Admission 75c | CHRISTMAS EVE (Sunday) Admission 50c Music By GOULD CURRY Received at the editorial desk | {lected by Michael Everett, who! S.S. Cuba Arrives Here As Revised Schedulels Inaugurated \MAKES ONLY ONE | ROUND TRIP WEEKLY FROM NOW ON DE- SPITE PROTESTS Beginning of the new schedule jof the P. and O. S. S. Co., will be tomorrow when the Cuba ar- rives from Tampa in the morn- ing, and will make the first trip which will include one Havana from Miami weekly. The vessel will return to Key West Thursday of next week, at 3:15 o'clock and sail for Tampa jat 5 o'clo¢k. The schedule calls ifor one t#ip, from this port every ‘Sunday, #nd return Thursday afternoon. In the meantime the Ivessel will make a trip to Miami from Havana. There have been a number of organizations protesting against the new schedule, especially at this time of the year, but as far as can be learned none of the protests have had any effect on | the heads of the company. SCHOOL CADETS ON VACATION trip to |RIVERSIDE ACADEMY DIS- MISSES STUDENTS FOR XMAS HOLIDAYS (Speezar to Tne GAINESVILLE, Ga., —Wednesday marked of the fall term of Military Academy of and witnessed the exodus of some five hundred and fifty Cadets enrolled. Planes, buses, trains and private automobiles furnished transportation for these boys back to their homes lin the forty-five states and for- leign countries represented in | Riverside. | The Cadets will enjoy the va- leation period until January 7 'when the entire Corps of Cadets jand Faculty will re-assemble for ithe three winter months at the Academy's Winter Home at | Hollywood-by-the-Sea, Fla. Among those who left River- ide are the following Cadets from Key West, Florida: Sebas- tian Cabrera, III, and Paul W. | Reuter. ee CHRISTMAS DANCE TONIGHT In The RAINBOW ROOM Of La Concha Hotel JIMMY LOSS’ ORCHESTRA Favors and Fun for Everyone 23. the close Riverside this city BEST HOLIDAY GREETINGS pea ete 1214 White St. Phone 540