The Key West Citizen Newspaper, January 5, 1940, Page 1

Associated Press Day Wire Service For 60 Yeers Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West nS IN THE VOLUME LXI. No. 5. KEY WEST, FLORIDA, FRIDAY, JANUARY 5, 1940 December Highway. Tolls: Double November Total Predict Traffic Increase hy ace ROTARIANS LEAD | RECREATION MOVE IN BUSINESS OVER | YEAR AGO FIGURES TQ) BENEFIT NAVY Tolls on Overseas highway! jENLIST COOPERATION OF during December took a tre-} | CIVIC GROUPS; SEEK CEN- mendous jump and more than| TERS FOR WHOLESOME EN- doubled the record of November,| | TERTAINMENT according to a report released to-, day by Edward Neff, manager of | the road district. Under leadership of Key West ; ‘0 ; : |Rotary Club the civic organiza- jSider the League entirely Allies- | officer at Marine hospital While the receipts for Novem- tions of the city are to be en- llisted in 2 ber amounted to only $10,664, |listed in a plan to supply naval ‘personnel in this area with ade- the income for December totaled a quate and wholesome recrea- $21,230. The December, 1939 to- tional facilities and activities. tal exceeded the amounted col-| ‘This plan was revealed yester- lected during December, 1938 by |4@y at a meeting of the Rotary Club, marked by the presence of about $1100. i sia e 3 Commander L, K. Swenson, cap- Last month a total of 13,452 |tain of the destroyer Twiggs, motor vehicles of all kinds came senior officer afloat here in the through the tollgates at Lower |absence of Capt. Arthur S. Car- Matecumbe and Big Pine Key.;Pender, and Lieut. Comdr. D. B. |Quinn, naval aviation group, re- jeently named recreational offi- that ‘cer for the area. ” This was an increase more than 1200 above the number traveled the highway in Decem-j ber, 1938. i Biggest increase last month President William V. Little ap- pointed Rotarians Charles Taylor, Melvin E. Russell and William T. was in the number of drivers and | Doughtry, Jr., a committee to co- (GERMANY MOVES TO STOP NEUTRAL HELP TO FINLAND NATED LEAGUE’ DOES NOT, MEAN TRUE NEUTRALITY { | | (By Associated Press) | LONDON, Jan. 5.—Denmark, ;Norway end Sweden took on in- | creased war worries today when they took cognizance of recent declarations made by Germany | that their actions in assisting | Finland in her fight against Rus- jsia might very well involve them ‘in war action in their own coun- itries. | Hitler continued today to warn neutral nations against following ‘ the Allies. Membership in the} j League of Nations did not con- jstitute neutral qualifications ac- cording to Germany’s way of looking at the matter. Nazis con- | j dominated. ‘ Information on events clearing | through this European center in-| jdicated still further embarrass-' ment for Russia. Finn troops are | |reported to b pushing further into Russian territory on the; central front and three separate j drives by Soviet troops near Lake ; Ladoga have been thoroughly re- pulsed. The Murmansk-Lenin- ' grad railroad suffered still fur- | ther destruction at the hands of Finn ski troops and bombing | planes. | The Belgium cabinet resigned | today to make way for a new; government. Details of policy: were not available at press time. Young. Widow Leaves With Body Of Naval Ensign M. YV. Lussier ‘MENTAL DEPRESSION’ ONLY CAUSE GIVEN OUT AS CAUSE FOR SUICIDE; DEATH REVEALED SECRET MARRIAGE Accompanied by the widow and | resided in a White street apart- a naval officer, the body of En-| ment. Upon learning of the sign Maurice Vincent Lussier, tragic death of her husand she 23, U. S. N. R., who died of a collapsed and was under the care self-inflicted bullet wound yes-{and solicitious attention of the terday, left today via Overseas | wives of other naval officers un- highway on the way to Woon-j|til her departure with her hus- socket, R. I, for burial in the! band’s body this morning. family cemetery plot. ;. With her when the Lopez The secret marriage of Ensign} Funeral Home ambulance started Lussier was revealed following | up the highway was Ensign the death of the young aviation! William Cole, U. S. N. R., Ensign after Lussier’s former pal and close he had fired a shot into his fore- | friend, who had been detailed by head while seated in his auto-|naval authorities to escort the mobile outside the bachelor’s: body and the widow to Woon- quarters at the naval station. | socket. Under naval regulations, young; The body will be taken to the officers are prohibited from|home of Mr. and Mrs. Philippe marrying until after they shall, Lussier,-183 Park Avenue, Woon- have been two years in the serv-| socket, the parents of the young ice. Ensign Lussier had been in| officer. They were notified yes- the service less than two years | terday by the widow and the at the time of his death. \mavy department at Washington, Whether his act in firing a .45' which had been advised of the caliber shot from a service pistol | tragedy. into his brain was due to de-! Lieut. Commander A. P. Storrs, spondency caused by discovery ; III, senior officer of naval patrol of his marriage secret will never) group 53 to which Ensign Lus- be known to the public. Naval, sier was attached, lead a group‘ officers are mute i when ques- tioned about that. They have let it become known that Ensign | of officers who paid their last re- | Spects to the young aviator at} |the Lopez Funeral Home. There j Lussier killed himself during a!were no formal services—just a passengers. In December these totaled 38,927, while only 32,427 operate with Commander Quinn ‘and the naval forces in working came through the tollgates dur-| ing the corresponding month of 1938." It is evident that users of out the recreational program. Committee Chairman Taylor said that his-greup already. had. the highway are doubling up.|started work. On suggestion of Whereas many cars formerly {Councilman ‘L. C. Brinton, Chair- came through the tollgates with|man Taylor said the committee one or two passengers, the ma-jhad been informed that Cajt. jority now carry capacity loads.|Carpender was anxious to pro- Tolls collected during the sum-|vide the men under him with mer months of 1939 reflected a/every facility for enjoying their great falling off in traffic as|shore leaves in decent surround- compared with the summer! ings. months of 1938. However, bridge| The committee had gotten the officials now point out that the|approval of the Monroe county income of the highway is begin-|commission to use part of. the ning month by month to exceed |hallway at the courthouse for a the monthly totals recorded dur-|reading room for sailors, use of ing the tourist season a year ago./a. portion of Sheriff K. O. This seems to be in accord|}Thompson’s office as a recrea- with estimates some time ago (Continued on Page Four) submitted by the Reconstruction Finance Corporation to Overseas Road and Toll Bridge District Commissioners. Officials of RFC had declared there was no cause for alarm over the falling off in| revenue last summer, for there would be a heavy increase in public use of the highway be- gianing this season. SEEK WHITE WAY ERATION OF LIGHTS UNTIL MAY 1 SPANISH CLASSES RESUME MONDAY Spanish classes that were con- ducted last month at San Carl school, and which were shut- down over the Christmas holiday period, will resume next week with classes each weekday after- noon except Friday from 3:00 to 3:45 o’cjock. eae SED ier tucts the, The contract to Key West Elec Gidniee anil there. is: 1i0;, tuition 'trie Company calls for lights from charge made for those who wish |December 23, 1939, to April 30, to learn the Spanish language. | 1940, and the committee is still {contacting the various merchants }on Duval street, together with all \civic organizations of the city. | The following have!c@ntributed |to the White Way Fund, accor |ing to announcement by the joint Jaycee-Lions committee today: County of Monroe, City of Key | West, Joe Pearlman, Inc., Louis Pollock, I. Appelrouth, Morris |Holtsberg, J. R. Stowers, Key |West Gas Co., Palace Theatre, {San Carlos Book Store, Cabana, |Chas. Aronovitz, Broadway Meat Remond. San | Market. TEMPERATURES jorder to keep the lights on dur- Lowest last Highest last | ing the winter season is also de- night 24hours | sired. 31 42 Chas. E. Roberts, chairman of Stations Atlanta Boston 16 30 CONTRIBUTIONS CONTRACT CALLS FOR OP.| Co-operation from the public in | 18 4 Buffalo Chicago 22 19 |the committee, issues the call for donations. Those interested may | contact the committee and’ ar- 23 9 43 65 50 --7 68 52 30 21 61 83 60 19 74 65 30 vy --3 34 34 53 Denver Detroit El Paso Havana Jacksonville Kansas City KEY WEST Los Angeles Louisville 0 Miami 69 Mpls.-St. Paul --7 Nashville 17 New York 23 Pensacola 42 |rangements will be made to pick jup contributions, } POULTRY SPECIAL HENS, Ib __. 25¢ ROASTERS, 3% to 4% Ibs, three months old, Ib _ 32c FRYERS CAPONS DUCKS Dressed and Delivered FREE! (CONGRESS MAY LIMIT POWER SENATORS DON'T LIKE IDEA OF EXTENDING MORE POWER TO EXECUTIVE t 1 i i | (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON, Jan. 5.—The Administration is in for a bitter | struggle in its fight to obtain! broader powers in case of emer- | gency as Congress prepared to j;contest the move to obtain con- trol over all shipping and indus- try by the chief executive. Senators William Borah and | Sherman Minton described the | Imove as “highly startling” and! |indicated that they would fight {the move strongly. | The Navy Department i] an- pared plans for two super-battle- | | ships to weigh 45,000 tons. Status of plans is that immediate con- | struction could begin, thus get-} ting the jump on any other power } {that might feel the necessity of | competing in construction of; such outstanding dreadnaughts. | The navy is also experimenting with metal-clad dirigibles, it was; {stated today. PUBLIC SCHOOLS REOPEN MONDAY | Monroe County public schools jopen next Monday, January 8th, | following dismissal of students | jfor the Christmas and New Year's {holiday period on Friday, Decem- {ber 22. Announcement was also made today that San Carlos school will reopen on Monday and opportun- lity will be afforded new students to enroll. OS Ee GILDARTS CAUGHT SAILFISH APIECE Mr, and Mrsi A. V. Gildart, Colfax, Wisc.. and Mr. and Mrs. H. W. Caulsen, Arling- ton, Va.. were out fishing with Capt. Bob Daniels and Ted Canova yesterday and they reported a good catch of kingfish, mackerel and bo- nito ‘in addition to two six- foot eight-inch sailfish. The sails were caught by Mrs. Gildart. Her husband was equally lucky with his sailfish catch of the same | | t BRADY’S Live Poultry Market Phone 540 1214 White St. St. Louis --9 Seattle 40 ‘Tampa me || Washington — 24 24 54 65 31 size. Mrs. Gildart is having her trophy mounted. . re “temporary mental depression.” While Ensign Lussier was quar- few solemn salutes from a group |of men who face death as a mat- 'Extensiv tered in the bachelor’s building ter of cource in the routine of at the station, his wife, Mrs. Ann | their duty with the naval aviation Lussier, a native of Woonsocket;' service: etl sel ee a e Planning Exh ibit Opens Tomorrow Morning Details of the State Planning Board exhibit which will tomorrow morning at by Clifford Hicks, chairman of the committee that has arranged the exhibit together with -eve-/ ;ning programs, also opening to-/ Recreation, Day-in-Camp, Project morrow, at 8 o'clock. Third Year Achievement of the nounced today that they had pre-| Florida Art Project will be pic-| Highway. tured with an exhibit of sculp- ture, ceramics, and an_ exhibit called Index of American De- sign. ture water colors by famous artists, a wash drawing, a dry} painting and an etching. Twelve panels will be shown treating on all phases of art work. Other divisions of the exhibit are listed as follows: Army and Navy Air Bases and Flights. Highway—State Road Depart- ment—Traffic Maps. State and Local Government— SEN. VANDENBERG CRACKS AT FARLEY OFFERS TO SUBSCRIBE TO JACKSON DAY DINNER UN- DER CERTAIN CONDITIONS Associated Press) W. IGFON, Jan. 5.—Sena tor Arthur Vandenberg of Michi- € open , ‘Coast , | Guard Headquarters building at ;9 o’clock were announced today ; Framed pictures will fea-| Aviation — Airport Pictures —) Geographical Area of Florida— Municipal Revenues. Music — Composer’s Workers, Orchestras, Scope, Teaching, State, Folk Music. Writers—Writers’ Project, State Books, City Guides, Rare Maps, Early History, Bulletins. Recreation—Our Play Center— Forum, Press, Negro- |Staff, Population Study, Parks Recreation Study, Climate and Parks Recreation—State Parks —Highlands, Hammock (electric), State Parks, Gold Head (elec- tric). Forest Resources — Functional, Forest Fire Control, Survey | Florida. | Miami. Daily News—Planning _ Photographs. ‘SCOUTS-LIONS MEET TONIGHT ‘TO CELEBRATE COMPLETION | OF REST BEACH CLEAN- UP CAMPAIGN | | Members of the Key West \Lions Club and scouts’ from all five Key West troops will as- |semble tonight at Rest Beach for ja joint meeting which is held to | celebrate the conclusion of the |beach clean-up drive. | Songs of Lionism and Scouting | will intermingle with the opening yand closing rituals of beth or- | ganizations. Che Kry West Citizen THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER U. S.A. COUNCIL PREPARES TO FETE FLYERS; MEETING TONIGHT FINAL ARRANGEMENTS FOR TWO-DAY AFFAIR WILL BE MADE AT C. OF C. MEETING; MAYOR IN CHARGE | Key West, Florida, has the most equable climate in the country; with an average range of only 14° Fahrenheit PRICE FIVE CENTS Leasing Of Botanical Gardens Considered At Council Mesting | Members of the mayor's re- ception committee for the Ha- vana-bound aviators from the Mi- ami air meet next week will meet tonight at-8 o’clock at the |Chamber of Commerce io discuss {final arrangements for greeting jand entertaining the skyway ; Visitors, The meeting was called by Mayor Willard M. Albury, who is making arrangements to greet the fliers when they alight on {the field at the head of the is- has directed the sheriff's office to clear the field of undergrowth) and grass and} the work is now underway. City Council made complete plans for the reception of the air-} race meet visitors in «this city. next Monday and Tuesday by turning over authority to the mayor to arrange all details. Officials of the race, in con- ference with the mayor this week, have planned to send the flyers to Havana in two divisions. Ca- pacity of the local field will not’ care for the hundred planes ex- pected, it was pointed out, so the flyers will arrive in lots of ap-' {proximately fifty planes each. First planes will arrive Mon- day afternoon and the pilots will’ stay overnight, then depart Tues- day morning for Havana. The second division will arrive short- ly after noon Tuesday, pause for an hour or two, then fly on to Havana in mid-afternoon. Raul’s Club will be the official reception. headquarters, where the Woman’s Club and juniors will officiate in handling re- freshments consisting of dough- nuts and coffee. Temporary watchmen will be hired to guard the planes and field marker flags will be pur- chased for better landing facili- ties. FBI INVESTIGATES RACKET SUSPECTS THRE MEN ARRESTED ON 8S. CUBA ON ARRIVAL FROM HAVANA Three men are being held in county jail by Sheriff K. O. Thompson on instructions receiv- ed yesterday from the Federal} Bureau of Investigation. They are Wilford McHugh, James H. McHugh and Walter Millin alias George Wilson, who were arrested recently in Ha- vana on suspicion in connection with alleged rackets and were ordered deported. Word that they had been plac- ed on the S.S, Cuba bound for RELEASED As The Citizen went to Press, it was learned that the FBI released the suspected racketeers mentioned in this article. | | Key West was conveyed to Unit- ed States immigration officials and Sheriff Thompson's office. Accordingly, Deputy Sheriff Ray jMAY DONATE SALARIES TO! land. Monroe county commission |" TO STUDY OCCUPATION- AL TAXES FURTHER; SPONSORCHIP OF WPA PROJECTS IS PROVIDED COUNCILMEN TO TAKE SALARIES; PAYROLL COMING City Council took action last night to retain the Stock Island CLERK TO BE! No. botanical garden when the appli- cation of E. R. Sycks, 1301 Divi- sion street, to lease the property and establish the Key West Bo- night; | of |4@nical Gardens was considered. CHARITY: COMMISSIONED AS TARY PUBLIC last subject City councilmen again discussed the their salaries. Councilman Sweeting brought the matter to the floor by re minding the council that the pre- vious arrangement, whereby levery five years for a total of councilmen deferred collection of |twenty-five years; to purchase their salaries, was only creating |the plants now growing in the a debt to pay at some future | 8ardens and to construct a home time. {near the gardens following pur- Councilmen Boyden and Ram-!chase of property from the city. sey brought out, however, that | The whole matter was left to a the purpose of the original reso- |Special committee consisting of lution was to pay back debts and|City Attorney Aquilino Lopez, salaries before collecting money |Jt., and Councilmen Brinton, on current salary accounts. Coun- | Boyden and Ramsey. Terms of cilman Ramsey, for one, declared | lease will be determined for re- that he was “not a dollar a year | Porting back at the next meeting man”. It developed that three | of the council. | . councilmen accepted ‘their sal-| Gardening Project Mr. Sycks, a newcomer to this city, proposed to lease the prop- erty from the city for five years, with privilege to renew the lease aries and four passed. In response to a request from On motion by Councilman Supervisor Joe Cates of the WPA Sweeting the council will collect Gardening and Canning project, salaries in the future and make |the council, through the chair- whatever disposition of the money |™an of the Finance committee, collected as they see fit. will cousiderr tie “possibility of Payroll Voted | supplying sponsorship for the As to a payroll for city em-| Project in the form of clerical aid ployes, the council took action|@nd continued purchase of seeds. i i C1 A resolution presented brings Pe ee eeneatot abatement of taxes for the E. H. a half-month’s salary on January 15th and 3ist. Recognition. of inability to make the payments, if funds were | not available, was brought into the discussion and motion, how j ever. Council voted to pay expenses of obtaining Notary Public com mission for clerk Archie Roberts. ‘Voluminous notarizing work is anticipated in connection with Homestead Exemption forms to be filled out by residents in the city during the next three months. City mechanic Clarence Thomp- son’s request to apply his salary- due account on the purchase of a car was turned over to the Fi- nance committee. The same (Continued on Page Three) ary DIRECTORY RELEASED SOON PUBLISHER ANNOUNCES TO. DAY THOSE NOT LISTED MAY ENTER NAMES Canvass of Key West in con- nection with compilation of a new 1940 directory for the city was finished today under the di- rection of H. Earl Humbert. Since there is a possibility that some persons were overlooked by the enumerators and that a number were out of the city when the information was sought, Humbert announced that it is not too late for everyone to be in- cluded in the directory. He has asked that those over- looked apply at the Chamber of Elwood and Deputy U. S. Marshal Commerce or The Artman Press | eorg Cuba |for blanks on which they may baby ee ee bok trons Ha-}note the information desired for MPD DD DB | regime. gan, a leading contestant for the; Awards will be presented to all cians ee eects wal | for their work and a spe- tional Chairman James Farley on |Cial prize will be given to the somewhat of a “spot” when he | troop that performed the best addressed a letter to “Gentleman jjob of cleaning-up. ses a as ae woe Se Meeting will be called to order pleas pay for a ticket! * js a to the Jackson Day banquet ee ee aoe oe ating samen attend the affair if the function |!¥ at 7:00 o'clock. | would have as its purpose the. same that called the original ban- ‘DANCE! | Tomorrow Night, 10 Till ? quet celebrants together. | President Andrew Jackson as- , CLUB semblad the first beaguet aloe oe RAY BALDWIN’S NATIVE celebration of the “wiping out of | the national debt” during his! HAWAIIAN ORCHESTRA __. Admission 50c Ladies Free ivana yesterday. None of the three men offered any resistance when they were placed under arrest by Elwood, and Gomez. The FBI asked that, they! be held in county jail pend-/ ing further investigation of their} activities. It is probable an FBI operative will be here to ques- tion the men before they are held much longer. Some time ago the McHughs and Millin were picked up by the authorities at Miami, but were subsequently released. Later they went to Cuba, but were re- garded by Havana authorities as undesirables, ; the directory. EEE TONIGHT — — 8 P. M. Special Meeting of the AMERICAN LEGION To Take Action On Bingo IMPORTANT THAT ALL MEMBERS ATTEND Gato property at Catherine and Grinnell streets, which action supplies further sponsorship for the WPA Sewing Room at that site. Occupational Taxes Subject of enforcement of oc- cupational taxes in the city was | thoroughly covered in discussions \led by Councilman Ramsey. First assuming full respon- sibility for the drive now on to collect these taxes, Mr. Ramsey answered two complainants, © P. L. Weatherford and Charles Ar- cher who operated tourist-lodging | homes to the effect that the city must not discriminate in the mat- but must treat all alike. “Continued payment of city ex- penses, salaries, etc., depends en the success of the drive now go- ing onrto effect full collection of the “éteupational taxes”, he stated. If ‘another instance, however, Councilman Ramsey stated that the matter of “duplication” of ‘occupational taxes, especially in regard to stores that paid one classification of tax and then were forced to pay still others covering related merchandise, should be looked into. The coun- cil designated that the Taxation \committee make a complete study (Continue@ on Page Four) CITY COLLECTED OVER $25,000 AUDITOR'S REPORT FOR DE- | CEMBER AT MEETING LAST NIGHT ITEMIZED RECEIPTS City auditor’s report at last 'night’s council meeting detailed a total running well over $25,000 in |collections by the city for the |month of December. | Payments in the various depart- ments were headed by $20,095.96 collected in current taxes. Other accounts received credits as fol- | Delinquent taxes, $3,068.30; In- jterest on taxes, $137.85; Water taxes, $35.71; Street paving liens, |$310.41; Occupational licenses, {$2,516.25; Auto tags, $315.75. | Fines and Forfeiture fund was leredited with $322.00 for the month. An amount of $12.50 was paid in for building permits and the aquarium had a credit bal- ance of $327,80 for the month,