The Key West Citizen Newspaper, January 19, 1940, Page 1

Associated Press Day Wire Service For 60 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West VOU UME ExT No. “17. IN THE be can Russian Soldiers Dig. | TO Await Spring Attacks NO (eaewew aes: SENATOR BORAH BRITONS SUSPECT SABOTAGE IN_ FAC-' TORY EXPLOSION; LIV- ERPOOL PORT OPEN (My Associated Press) HELSINKI, Jan. 19.—Russia was reported to be digging in for the long wait until Spring and better weather in which to plan! concentrated Finland. Danish observers their government that the Rus- sian attempt to outflank the Mannerheim Line had failed and that the Reds were in orderly re- advances against here wired treat in the Lake Ladoga region. PI MILD LD SI I DI TS for life. similar = Other sectors reported retreats tions. to strengtnened _ posi- BRITONS SUSPECT NO SABOTAGE LONDON, Jan. 19.—British of- ficials scouted the idea that sabotage yesterday caused the gunpowder factory explosion which killed five persons and wounded thirty. It was the second explosion at the facory in a month, the first definitely hav- ing been dental. British government agents, however, were investigating several industrial mishaps in the London. area..which pointed. to- wards the work of spies. LIVERPOOL PORT NOT CLOSED LONDON, Jan. 19.—Contrary to report coming from Berlin, the English stated today that the port of Liverpool had not been closed and that full ship service was being given. The Nazi re- port had it that danger of mines and submarines had caused the Britons to close the port. The air ministry stated today that the R.A.F. had driven off a (Continued On Page Four) Key West Folk determined as acci-, S@ME WHOPPERS CAUGHT YESTERDAY Mr .and Mrs. D. W. Jasper, ef Birmingham, Ala., and Mr. and Mrs. Parsons, of New York, reported an excellent day's fishing yesterday while out with Captain Ted Canova of the “Mary B”. The party brought in a to- tal of twenty-two fish, in- cluding seven kings, four mackerel, eight groupers, two amberjacks and a bonita. One of the kingfish weighed 35 pounds and a grouper tipped the scales at forty-three pounds. Another “whopper catch” was ‘a thirty-five pound emberjack. ELKS INITIATED — EIGHT MEMBERS. VISITING NAVAL OFFICERS ‘YACHT HIRAM HIRAM PRESENT AT CEREMONIES AND SOCIAL B. P. O. Elks lodge room was} a scene of gayicty and anima-| tion last night when a large num- } ber of members of the lodge and other lodges gathered to witness the. cenemonics tendant upon thé initiation Of a class of eight. Those who were members of the class of initiates and who were welcomed into the order, were: Fred J. Dion, Berlin Saw- yer, Gonzalo Bezanilla, Allen E. Curry, Raul A. Carbonell, George Alton Park, Emilio Romero and Dr. James B.’Parramore. Following the initiation monies, delightful refreshments. were served to those who were present, among whom included a number of officers from the ships ‘in the harbor. Music Being Recorded For Congress Library The abundant, diversified, and colorful folklore of Key West is being recorded by a WPA record ing expedition conducted by the Florida Music Project, Recreation Division, and_ Write Project, w.th equipment provided by the Library of Congress. After spend ing several days recording the folk songs of the “Conchs” at Riviera, the expedition reached Key West yesterday, and will re- main here longer than it will in any of the other cities on_ its statewide itinerary. Considerable time will be quired to adequately record the indigenous and immigrant lores to be found in Key West, includ- ing those of the Conchs, Cubans, Spaniards, native Floridians, and Bahaman and West Indian Neg The traditional folk songs and music of these peoples will be recorded on phonograph records, which will then be pro- cessed to make them permanent, aced in the Archive of Folksong at the Con- gressional Library in ton. Plans are being made to secure duplicates of the record- .in order to establish an Des. STEWERS, (Tennessee), 16 — ROASTERS. 1b < FRYERS, (Tennessee), 16 FRYERS. (Battery Raised), tb 33¢ Cleaned, Dressed Ready For The Pot—We Deliver BRADY’S Poultry Market Key West's Exclusive Poultry and Egg Market Our Pouitry Can Be Included In Your Grocery Order Ask Your Grocery For— BRADY’S POULTRY Phone 540 1214 White St. re- | Washing: ! the Jacksonville office the WPA music project. Stetson Kennedy, of director of s for the music proj- id supervisor of the ex- pedition. Robert Harrison Cook technical operator of the equipment and is also making upplementary photographic stud- i While a member of the writ- ters’ project, Kennedy conducted extensive research into Key West folklore, and established many contacts for recording ants. George Mills White and Mrs. Eva Warner, respective local supervisors of the music and recreation projects, are cooperat- ing with the expedition in the locating of informants. Key West has long been appre- ciated by folklorists as an unusual source of folk material, as its in- sular position has provided ideal conditions for the acculturation of immigrant lores and the de- velopment of indigenous types, Mr. Kennedy says. Among the material to be re- corded here are such Cuban songs, sung in Spanish, as_ the cantos Juajiro, the voodooistic Naanigo chants of the Cuban Negroes, cantante callejeros, and the Cuban instruments: maracas, claves, and bongos. The songs of the Conch spongers are also considered highly important, as many of them show traces of old English felk musie. The Conchs, technically speaking, are Anglo- Saxon descendants Englishmen who migrated here }from the Bahamas. is From Key West the expedition : will proceed to Sebring, where typical Florida cracker fiddle playing and singing will be re- jeorded, ard thence exotic Latin quarter, Ybor City. local | at-| cere- | inform-! of Cockney | — to Tampa’s | |VAGRANT ARRIVES PREP-! SINKS IN COMA) | NATION'S CAPITAL IN GLOOM AWAITING FINAL WORD | i | | | | | | i (By Annociated Press) ! WASHINGTON, Jan. 19.—Sen- |ator William Borah was expected |to die momentarily, doctors an- jMouncing this noon that the 74- lyear-old veteran of the senate |from Idaho had sunk into a deep jcoma. He lapsed into unctn- |sciousness this morning. | Washington circles were in jdeep gloom today awaiting the ‘outctme tf the senattr’s struggle! Senator Barkley, ma- jority leader of the senate, stated ;that practically no business was ‘being transacted in the nation’s capital in deference to the out- come, LEFT ON TRIP: ARATORY TO TORTUGAS FISHING EXCURSION The yacht Hiram II, which had been at the Porter Dock for sev-4 eral days, sailed this. merni for Tortugas in the vicinity of Fort Jefferson and Marquesas. Built of mahogany, the Hiram II, is one of the staunchest ves- | sels that has been in the harbor this season, and although un- prepossessing in appearance, the} owner, John Hooker, who is on! board with Mrs. Hooker, says she! can stand any weather. | Besides Mr. and Mrs. Hooker the vessel has a crew of three} men. © There are also two dogs, an Irish setter and pointer which are kept as pets and in the event the owner wants to go ashore to hunt. Vagrant Arrives Yacht Vagrant of New York is moored at the Porter Dock and} awaiting the arrival of the own- ers, Barr Brothers, of New York, who are today in Palm Beach and are expected to arrive tomorrow. It was learned at the vessel that members of the party are expected to leave Sunday to en- joy the fishing at Tortugas. PLAN DANCE FOR ENLISTED MEN TO BE HELD AT AT aanony| HALL, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 24 City of Key West is making plans to hold a dance for all en- listed men in the city at pres- ent, to be held at the National Guard Armory hall at Southard and White streets on Wednesday evening, January 24. WPA Recreation Department, with Beatrice Moreno in charge, is working out special floor show features for the affair. Invitations are being issued by |Ex-Service Wives’ Club of this { city to be given to the ladies who | are to be hostesses to the service- jmen at the dance. Committee- in-charge is Mrs. Albert E. Peirce, Jr., Mrs. Malvina Hoff, Mrs. i Hugh Williams and Mrs. Eva| | Warner. Public Welfare chairman, John Carbonell, stated that ice cream! would be served at the dance. Enlisted men will be contacted through bulletins. A full pro- gram will be released later. BASKETBALL TONIGHT High School Gymnasium 7:30: V. P. pir mg No. 53 vs-: 8:30: Church, Miami, vs. Lions, K. W. ADMISSION __ —. 25¢ (No Passes) jare now safe at’ their ;Denver PATROL SHIPS RETURN FROM : GUARD DUTY * PROTECTED FLIGHT OF AIR- PLANES TO WAR GAMES: | MOTOR BARGE BEING PUT IN SHAPE Several of the destroyers the neutrality patrol, which have been doing duty “somewhere in the Caribbean” guarding the line of flight of the naval airplanes’ to the number of 50 or more en- route to the annual war games and landing exercises being stag- ! ed at Puerto Rico, the city last night. Although the necessity of ex-, ercising guardianship over the! route has passed and the planes stations, returned to patrol activiues “were immediately this morning. The ifirst vessel to leave was the Ten- der Gannett, next was the De- stroyer Lea, followed in a short time by the Destroyer Schenck. The Lea, flagship of the squad- ron, is expected to return to port this afternoon. There is another vessel at the naval station, the motor sailer barge used by the commandant, | and there was a machinist and | force of men getting the boat in readiness this morning. It is 40 feet in length and has a capacity of 90 men. The _ barge was | brought here on the Tanker Sal- | Inas, IDR. JOHNSON ARRIVES TODAY | tats snacaer ae Key west! Arnal tepoct wf the Board was Dr. C. W. Johnson of Lawton, Michigan, and Mrs. Johnson, who ‘ate regular visitors ‘in Key West during the winter season, ar- rived over the highway this aft- ernoon and were ‘preparing to make ready for their usual stay of several months. The doctor is an enthusiastic angler, and as soon as he is set- tled and rested from the trip, his many friends will be seeing him along the water front, with rod and line, ready to gratify the de- sire for a yank at the line and the resultant fish. Bowers Brought ASCAP Problems confronting the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers were out- lined in some detail by Frederick V. Bowers, song writer ASCAP representative, before the members of the’Rotary Club! meeting yesterday noon at La Concha Hotel, and at’ the Lions Club meeting in thé evening. Composer Bowers said were attempting to upset copyright laws under which song writers and producers in the so- ciety were able to collect ment from all commercial users | of music and songs. He outlined some of the ganization represented in ASCAP} |by which it was possible to cheat the use of songs and_ music some 30,000 in establishments throughout the nation each day. | He told how the country is zoned and checked constantly TEMPERATURES Lowest last Highest last j Stations Atlanta - Boston Buffalo _ Chicago night ad 14 --2 13 10 -8 13 —. 69 24 hours 57 22 12 --9 7 9 37 79 65 73 64 Detroit El Paso . Havana __ Jacksonville Mpls.-St. Paul New York - St. Louis San Francisco Seattle Tampa ‘Washington a | CRC. LISTS WORK of, resumed | structed. and | that ' commercial interests at this time; the | pay-| or- | by | ASCAP agents in order that ail) users of such music and songs for! KEY WEST, FLORIDA, FRIDAY, JANUARY 19, 1940 The Key West Citizen THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER U. S.A. chs Public Cooperation! ‘TO GET UNDERWAY | Ceereccocccocccccocooces | Community Recreation Com- | mittee met this morning at 9:30 ‘o'clock and proceeded to lay out ‘plans for establishment of a cen- {ter in Colonial Park in accord- ;ance with original plans made on Tuesday of this week. Acknowledging the support of the council, which body appro- | ‘priated $500 last evening in re; ular session, the committee un dertook to spread that amount as | far as possible in providing am-' ple facilities for a maximum of jservice to the enlisted men. Rest rooms, band stand, horse-/ , Shoe pitching courts, a volley ball |court with net, table games of all | ‘kinds, including ping pong, and/| ‘writing materials will be pur-| ichased. Benches are to be: brought in from the Botanical Garden and others are to be potay roofed-over shelter will be built. | Committee members ask ‘the public come ‘ideas to supplement the work } ‘already started. Chairman Al-+ bert E. Peirce, ‘Ir, reminded all! that “helpful suggestions now | {would be much in order—rather | than ‘criticism later after the | ‘committee has completed its} work”, i LIEUT. REYNOLDS _ SPOKE AT SCHOOL, "PRESENTED MOVIES AND IN-; that ! | FORMATION ON COAST / ' GUARD SCHOOL | ‘Senior High School were present ‘at a special assembly this morn- | ing to view talking movihg pic- tures of the Coast Guard Train- ing Schoolat New London, Conn.,-* and to hear pertinent informa- tiontion concerning qualifications given by Lieut. G. R. Reynolds, Gg), and M. C. Youmans, both from Coast Guard headquarters. in Jacksonville. Boys at the school expressed much interest in the qualifica- tions stressed in entering the Coast Guard service. The repre- sentatives are appearing at all schools in the state to create in- terest in the service. i — county jail, Story Of | To Rotary-Lion commercial profit may be com- pelled to contribute to the fund ES | ENTERTAINED ARMY | AND NAVY H On a sightseeing tour of the city yesterday, Mr. Bowers contacted Col. J. D. MacMul- | len at Key West Barracks, and was invited to gi cert of old-time favorites be- fore the army and navy men in town. Arrangements were made and following the Lions’ meeting, Mr. Bowers was es- | | ¢orted to the Barracks Hall, | where approximately one H hundred soldiers and navy | men, including personnel of | the airplane squadron, had as- sembled to listen to Bowers | recall to memory the favorite songs of long ago, interspers- H ing a number of modern | tunes, such as, “The Beer | Barrel Polka” and others. | The impromptu program i continued for about an hour. The, service men joined in with some “roof lifting” Singing on invitation of Mr. Bowers to render some community. singing. jfor the authors, | publishers. | As a prelude to his remarks at ‘both meetings, Composer Bowers | sang several oldtime songs, play- | ling his own accompaniment on! jthe piano. During the course of the Rotary | luncheon, which was much en- | Joyed by the members, the club | |made a-contribution to the school | |luncheon fund. President Wil-| jliam V. Little also suggested sup- + ‘port for the infantile paralysis |fund. | The Lions conducted no busi- ness at their evening meeting in hostelry. } 4 acon- | composers and ithe La Concha itinue to be transferred lintended the {Council referred this matter ithe mayor. tra motorcycle Trunbo Airport Sewers To Connect With (ily = LICE DOCKET; SPECIAL POLICEMEN’S ILEGES GRANTED Upon application of the Navy ‘Department, the Board of Public | Works will take up the matter of connecting the new Trumbo Air | ieee sewage system to the city’s | ‘aa This action was decided jon at last night's meeting of the | ,council. read to the council, revealing a total of $13,945.00 received dur- ing 1939, all of which was ex- pended with the exception of ai $207.05 balance on hand as of January 1, 1940. Dr. Wm. R. Warren, at the re- quest of the council, delivered a' lengthy, detailed and excellent ‘report of ine work of the sanitary department, calling attention to the many and varied duties per -formed. It was brought out that much-needed work was held up for lack of funds. Prisoners of the city will con to the the council agreeing to pay 66 cents per day for eacn prisoner’s upkeep. A study of the police docket ‘will be undertaken, the clerk to work out a satisfactory system to ‘keep all transactions up to date. ' Laxity of keeping records ap- peared the reason for undertak- ing this study. Harris School P.-T. A. petition- ed the council to provide a safety jdirector to replace Myrtland \ Ciitess whe previously had super- work of patrol the public schools. to Providing of an ex- policeman for inight duty was left up to the squads at ployment undetermined. Guy Carleton, Charles Johnson land R. A. Lehmann are to be made special policemen of the ‘city following proper swearing-in procedure. Subject of providing a car for city mechanic Clarence Thomp- son was referred back. to the Fi- , hance Committee following a dis- ‘cussion of the duties of the of fice. The traffic light at Division and Simonton streets is to be moved to Fleming street on Simonton and a stationary stqp sign paint ed on the Division street inter section. Subjects of street light complaints will now be handied jby the Public Safety Commit- | tee. The council will undertake a | Study of all properties in the city coming under control of the LI. ,Board. Future purchase of -suit- able lots may be made. A lease for the Botanical Gar- | den will be drawn up in the near |future, following settlement of | whether or not the property is now owned by the LI. Board. LOWE'S. POULTRY FARM Francis Street | Battery erties FRYERS and BROILERS Dressed afid Delivered CUT-UP FRYERS —— PHONE 478 —— . PRIV- forward with,COUNCIL TO STUDY PO- PI IS ISIS TSI BUILDING PERMITS FOR WEEK $2560' Record of builiis building and re- pairs for the week ending today, as shown on the rec- ords in the office of Building Inspector Harry M. Baker. are as follows: Remodel the front of the building of the South Flor- ida Construction and Engi- neering Company at a cost of $1,000. Paint building at the corner of Francis and Olivia streets. Frame iwo-story house be- longing to the Busy Bee Bak- ery: cost, $250. New addition to one-story residence at 914 Watson street. Owner, R. T. Gaskin; cost, $100. General revaizs ‘to “hanie one-and-a-half-story resi- dence at 509 Duncan street. Owner, W. S. Edgar: cost, $200. Repairs to roof of one-and- a-half-story, residence at 615 Francis street. Owner, E. P. Johnson; cost, $500. Repairs to two-story frame residence at 1016 Fleming street. Owner, W. P. Archer: cost, $75. Repairs to one-story hous- es at 529 and 531 Olivia street. Owner, Julio Ca- banas; cost, $500. Repairs to frame two-story house ai 906 Southard street. Owner, Frank Carrasco; cost, $50. Build garage at 320 Eliza- beth street. Owner, V. O’Brien; cost, $100. General repairs to frame one-story house at 511 Fran- cis street. Owner, Thomas Carter; cost, $100. Build private garage at 1012 White street. Owner, ‘Juan Mayg; cost, $400. Build pump house at 1231 South street. Owner, George M. Gray: cost, $100. | mayor, also, with the time of em- TIS aI SIS PIS TS LEAVE TO ATTEND AYALA FUNERAL John G. Sawyer and Miss Glo. ria Sawyer Ayala, were passen- gers leaving on the Steamship Cuba to attend the funeral serv- ices this afternoon of Miss Gloria's father, Gus Ayala, who succamb- ed to a heart attack in Tampa,! Wednesday night. * Mr. Ayala was a native of Key some time where he conducted a |towel supply business and had been very successful. | He is ‘survived by his widow, |Gail Ayala, and nine children, as} ‘follows: Mrs. Mary Warner, Mrs. | Genevieve Barter, Mrs. Piedad |Reynolds, Gus Ayala, Jr., Laura May Ayala, John Sawyer Ayala, Imogene Ayala, Gloria Sawyer Ayala and Netty Gail Ayala. FLOOR SHOW and DANCE: Tomorrow Night 10 till 2 RAUL’S CLUB West but had been in Tampa for: Key West, Florida, tas most equable clinat® ih country: - range of only 14° Fahrenheit with an PRICE FIVE ‘CENTS ‘City Council Provides $500 For Recreation Committees’ Project ; | APPROPRIATE FUNDS | FOR SERVICE MEN’S DANCES; OTHER FA- | CILITIES TO COME City Council moved to co-op- jerate with the Community Rec- jreation Committee iast night at meeting, when, on mo- tion by the Finance Committee, /a sum of $500 was set aside to ke used by that agency to build |tuitable shelters, benches, a band- ‘stand and other facilities for the |use of service men in the city fe Colcnial Park. | The center planned will in- clude a volley bail court, in the back of the Park site; a roofed- over lounge space with benches, jchairs and tables to be placed between the two small buildings now on the lot and extending out jin front for a distance of about [fifteen feet. The bandstand will offer the means to hold various ‘concerts and other entertain- ments, including boxing contests and. amatetir fhore.- | Joseph E. Browne, of the Jef- \ferson-Gilbert Hotel, volumtegr- ed the use. of ore of the stores {in the hotel building for the Rec- ‘reation Committee. | Another matter of |the furthering of recreational matters’ in the city was acted upon in the passage of another appropriation of $150.00 to pro jvide two complimentary dances ‘for enlisted mén’ and officérs, of jthe army and navy, one on Jariu- ‘ary 24 and the other on January | 30. Expenses of the official lunch: eon tendered to Admiral Allen ‘and other naval officers was to |come out of that amount, how- ever. The luncheon, incidentally, was |highly praised by members ‘of | the council last night and a vote ‘of thanks was extended Mrs. Wil- jlard Albury, wife of the mayor, ,and. Mrs. L. C. Brintgn, wife of | Councilman Brinton, for the very ‘fine decorations furnished. Prospects for a shooting gal- lery and a skating rink, both to jrun during the balance of the ‘winter months, were advanced— also with the thought in mind to provide more recreation for tour- ‘ists and service men. The former | was given an okay, providing all safety features were not over- looked, and will be run in con- nection with the Terrace Bowling Alley at Duval and Angela streets. The skating rink will be rua between Duval and Whitehead streets on Southard street by S. W. Inglis, the same operator that was here last year. Expenses of the refreshments furnished pilots of the good-will planes from Miami to Havana on January 9 amounted to - $22.58, ‘and the bill was ordered paid by the council. Other eppropriations made by the council included $75.00 for re- jplacement of old piping at the aquarium. The matter of buying \two dump trucks of one and a half ton capacity for work im \connection with the sewer lateral work soon to be started, was re- ferred to the Board of Public Works. Funds for the truck pur- chase were to come from the icity’s sponsorship money on a loan basis. A total of $10.00 per jresident for connections has been jcollected from a large list of | properties in the city to date, jand other similar funds would |go into the fund to repay the city for the loan. interest to