The Key West Citizen Newspaper, January 24, 1940, Page 1

For 60 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West VOLUME LXI. No. 21. Associated Press Day Wire Service Che Kes eat Cttizen THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN THE U.S. A. Britain Warns: Nazis Treaty With Belgium HOTEL OWNERS | MOVE TO HALT KEY WEST, FLORIDA, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 24, 1940 envedepeoces. ‘! CONSTRUCTION ! i ese see eocce EVERY STATE OF UNION eee TRAFFIC NOISE i Florida Leads—Other States Listed In Respective Order ——— ee TO START SOON | eet ON NEW CENTER: ee nn rnin Key West, Florida, has the most equable climate in the country ; range of only 14° Fahrenheit with an average PRICE FIVE CENTS Commissioners Petition Staté Board To Call a oid alicia, TO IN TOLL GATE REP ORT OF ROAD DISTRICT saceigtnen alc AN-; e alls ror Mutual Aid | HAVE SIGNS AT HEAD OF | eeccccccocccccccsccccecevecevccceceseacceseoecees| NOUNCES FLOYD SIX AS e * TED: What state of the union do you! Alaska, Canada, Hawaii, Cuba, | SUPERINTENDENT OF CO-! 5 ISLAND ERECTED; DISCUSS | .opose sent the most cars over Philippine Islands, Puerto Rico | i E COMMIT TEE OF OTHER NEERS FOR CITY LONIAL PARK PROJECT | HOME SOCIETY \ jnecessary night noises such as ‘eral residents of Key West inter-| Michigan 314 546 {ments had been perfected for! PLAYS HOST 10 ‘the blowing of automobile horns j viewed recently, and some hit the ‘New Jersey . 236 398 construction of the Colonial Park | the Overseas Highway during | anq Nassau | ae nail right on the head when they | Indiana ~ B10 AED | Contes, swench avail congein: veo} 12 NAV Y WIVES DIPLOMATIC FRONTS AC-| TIVE AS NATIONS MAN-| EUVER FOR ADVAN-| TAGEOUS POSITIONS solution of some local traffic{then—what state was next? listed in the report as follows: _' morning by Albert E. Peirce, Jr., ; fe edie | Guesses on the latter question State— Cars Passengers president of the Community Rec- posoblems and for, reducing /un- | varied considerably among sevy-|Pennsylvania _. 362 652 reation Committee, that arrange- |SPECIAL MEETING HELD LAST NIGHT; REPORTS OF TAX INCOME WERE | HEARD | | (By Associated Tress) ! | —see. jthe month of January? Right! Th eh hl | _—_—_—. Practical suggestions for the'you are—it was Florida. Now.|, The next highest states were) Announcement was’ made this | were discussed at a meeting yes- os | LONDON, Jan. 24—There was’ ACKNOWLEDGES RECEIPT OF |" day of the Key West Hotel|Ventured New York State, That/North Carolina 179 349 _—jrious recreational facilities for | ! state registered a total of 563 cars!Georgia - 153 274 enlisted men now in the city. very litile action today on all) $142.50 WHICH IS SENT TO and Tourist Homes Association. i war fronts, with the exception of | continued Red attacks on Finn | lines. However, diplomatic fronts sprang into prominence with chief aggressors in this depart- SOUTHEASTERN BRANCH;| One result was the appoint- | mient of a committee to be headed | Nhasd tes eon iy Guy Carleton to appear be- The Monroe County Sponsor- | council with a request for place- | ment of a traffic sign at the head | |fore the next meeting of city; through the north toll gate dur-' Virginia - ling last December, and that ; Massachusetts amount of. automobiles carried | Dist. of Columbia 1939 passengers. ;Connecticut Two other states weren’t so far | Total cars through the toll gate behind New York, however. The | was listed as 7694 for the month, ‘report of the Overseas Road and | with 16,289 pasengers. Thirty- {Toll Bridge District for Decem-'four other states of the Union had . 141 - 121 117 177 105 151 262 204 | Floyd Six, local contractor, and ! president of the Stone Church |Service Club, volunteered today ; 'to take over full supervision of ; construction work on the project, ; ‘and it has been assured that i ‘work will get underway shortly. | The construction will consist | GAVE FIRST OF REGULAR LADIES’ NIGHT SUPPERS LAST NIGHT: DELIGHTFUL PROGRAM WAS GIVEN At a special meeting of the | joard of County Commissioners | last night it was decided that seen Ross C. Sawyer write the State Board of Administration jing Committee of the Children’s P : ,of the island to advise visitors of |ber revealed the fact that Illinois }'a total of 1071 cars represented in chiefly of a shelter to be erected ! ment of the European situation, | ‘asking that body to issue a call members of the British corps of diplomats. Great Britain today warned Germany officially that she would come to the aid of Belgium if any invasion of Nazi forces came about. This is in line, it was reported, with terms of the 1925 treaty consummated with Belgium of mutual assistance na- ture. Insistence of some members of the British Parliament that rela- tions be broken off with Russia |Home Society met last evening the speed limits, the necessity |in the lobby of the La Concha | for watching through street stop |signs and the ordinance against Joe Pearlman, treasurer | blowing of horns except in case ‘of emergency. ' Hotel. of the organization, reported that he had received $142.50, the num-/| tion was a proposal for building ! ‘stop signs to be placed at the main thoroughfares. These would z a contain the customary word The committee was gratified at! “Stop” with the addition of the j the response that has been made! words “Don’t Blow Horns”, so as |to their appeal. Funds on hand to bring to attention the desire | ber of contributors being in the | neighborhood of fifty. will be forwarded to the South- fF better and courteous driv-| ing. | Members of the association is emphasized that thev have lost ‘eastern Branch of the Home. | The goal of the committee sent a total of 482 cars with 872 passengers and Ohio registered ; 463 vehicles and 770 passengers. | The report lists cars from every | state in the union, besides a to- | Also discussed by the associa- |tal of 47 automobiles and 64 pas-/ latter three. sengers from the following for- jeign countries and _ territori Duncan Rep the toll figures with 1940 passen- ‘between and extending from the ' i A gers. Lowest states recorded two small buildings now on the’ pone anne _ cueetainiient were Idaho and South Dakota, !lot. Also, a band stand for con- which it is hoped will be carried each with one car, the former ‘certs and presentation of various 02 at intermediate dates the having two passengers and the ‘entertainments, will be built Stone Church Service Club was lover the cistern on the grounds. host to 12 “Navy Wives” last Florida's total was 3130 cars Erection of standards for a volley , night in the club rooms adjacent with 8256 passengers. \ball net will be made in the rear ; __!of the lot. Separate projects will | the First Methodist Church. jconsist of construction of tenches! Commencing with informal in- jand tables to be placed on the | troductions of the visitors at 7:00 lot. BENE |o’clock, the invocation was of- ;. Mr. Six will donate all time on fered by the Rev. Hutchinson, pastor of the church, followed by orts On \the projejct. The committee asks | jthat other contractors and car-! ;Penters co-operate with Mr. Six ‘Adrian O’Sweeney, who also acted the address of welcome given by} for bids for Monroe County bonds. The clerk will do so to- day. Present at the meeting were |Chairman Carl Bervaldi, Com- ‘missioners Braxton B. Warren, Wm. Monsalvatge, Clerk Sawyer, Attorney W. Curry Harris and Chief Deputy Sheriff Bernard Waite. | The chairman of the Building and Grounds committee was au- many guests of recent weeks be- cause some visiting and many resident drivers cannot refrain from blowing their horns un- necessarily, particularly in vicinity of hotels and tourists homes patronized by strangers. It was pointed out that if the reason for the desire *for-¢ driving were brought home to the people of Key West the amount of noise might be re- duced to a fair minimum. Key West is a tourist city and de- (Continued on Page Four) {homeless children in suitable a |private homes. Until this can be S.$. WARBLER M 2 ¢ .. | society ‘located in Miami. It is to cover this cost that the local com- Louisiana to the assistance of the Japanese freighter Kinugasa The Warbler was away for 21 days, and on practically the en- v Salvage Master C. L. Peterson. When the scene of the stranded fore the vessel could be floated. As soon as this was accomplished in protest aganist the Finnish in- | Sa vasion met with hestitant reply $260, an amount sufficient to care today from the office of Prime | for one child for @ year, the pur- Minister Chamberlain. Nothing | pose of the society being to place | arranged some time is often re- | quired. During this period they | are cared for in the home of the Ice Fe ormed Several Times | mittee is asking for the full sum | of $260. WITH HEAVY SEAS It is felt that many more ‘of | ee e Wrecking Tug Warbler, which had been on a trip to the coast of Maru, returned to port last night obout 8:30 o'clock, and is berthed at her regular pier at the Porter Dock Company. tire voyage rough seas and frigid weather w: encountered, some times the ssel was partly shrouded in ice, according to vessel was reached it was found out that the ship had a general cargo of, 9,000 tons on _ board. About 600 tons was jettisoned be- the ship put into port for a sup- ply of fuel oil and was to pro-j ceed immediately on her voyage home. TEMPERATURES Lowest iast Highest last night 24 hours 24 32 18 28 10 26 31 50 9 24 --1 16 19 24 20 31 62 73 35 65 0 15 Stations Atlanta Boston Buffalo Charleston Chicago Denver Detroit E} Paso Havana Jacksonville Kansas City our citizens and visitors will avail themselves of the oppor- tunity to make life a bit easier and brighter for the unfortunate children. Contributions will be received by Mr. Pearlman at his place of The association voted to co- business on Duval street. The operate in every possible way goal is $260, and only $117.50 is with the Cuban Tourist Commis- |required to complete the local sion and Cuban authorities in ef- project. jfecting a better transportation | system between Key West and Havana. pends upon the tourist for much of its income, the hotelmen set forth in their discussion, there- fore the citizens must cooperate in making the city more attrac- tive to tourists. I'M SORRY WILSON, N. C.—Charged with CAUGHT ROBBER assault and battery, a man here told the sheriff: “I’m ready to sign those papers”. “What pa- pers?” asked the sheriff. “I mean those papers that say I’m sorry I did it”, replied the pris- oner. gunman robbed a bank here re- cently, a mob of citizens chased him through the town, trapped him in a store and recovered the $200 loot. Outstanding Women Write For | “National Paralysis Foundation | 1 The Citizen presents herewith the third of a series of six articles on infantile paralysis written by outstanding women. By VICKI BAUM Widely Known Author and Playwright PACIFIC PALISADES, Cal.,!| This year, more than ever, I Jan. 24—Not too many years | count myself lucky and privileged ago, when I first came to the) to pelp i , ight United States, I was hardly con- | ee een ae like a ee | scious of the existence of infantile |O" ‘ntantile paralysis, conduct |paralysis. True, I had seen those | through the aid and example of | upon whom the disease had left | the President. In other parts of its mark — apparently healthy | the world peopie are taxed to the} men and women in wheel-chairs, breaking point, are forced to give - Trip To Washingto B. M. Duncan returned yester-;good that the day from Washington where hé! granted”. : : had spent approximately a week| Additional information con< i = WE cerning various local angles, both ; in company with Miami attorney | engineering and legal, were, re-: Pete Robineau, in the interests of 'gyested by the R.F.C., same to be! the Florida Keys Aqueduct coms! supplied very soon, Mr. Doughtry | mission's application for a Toan?s ated. . from the R.F.C. to start opera-| pans ener Reeuan tie i 7 FR » a sf in tions on the fresh water pipe line | trom fe REC. based tn imme. from the mainland. jdiate ability to meet interest re In conference with the mem-jquirements, and’ a W.P.A. proj- bers of the Commission late yes-;ect of $300,000. Either ten-inch terday in chairman Wm. T.|lined pipe or 12-inch unlined pipe Doughtry’s office, Mr. Duncan} would be used for the aqueduct. stated that the commission rep} Mr. Duncan stated that a field, sentatives met with very good re-engineer from Washington will ception at the hands of the R.F.C.i\come to Key West early next loan would be, now applied | ; whenever private work permits in jorder that the project may be! completed as soon as possible. MALLORY OFFICIAL ONFIRST VISIT HERE Vincent K. Hull, président of the Atlantic Gulf and West Indies Lines, known as the AGWI Lines, of which the Clyde-Mallory Line: as master of ceremonies. j Following the supper which !was prepared by Mrs. Charles {Ketchum and assistants, the fol- jlowing program was given: | Scripture reading and recital | _(Continuee on Page Four) { {thorized to proceed with arrange- ments made with John Sawyer for the installation of sanitary ‘equipment and improvements at the county jail at a cost not to ‘exceed $290. | Communication from the Flor- |ida Industrial Commission was ;read in which the commission re- quested permission to hold a hearing on an industrial accident in the jury room at the county court house Friday, February 9. ‘CEERK RELEASES _ ELECTION DAT: .is a part, was a visitor in the city ! ‘this week, accompanied by R. I.| ALL DEADLINES IN CONNEC- ‘Vervoort, general agent at Mani. | TION WITH PRIMARIES IN MAY ANNOUNCED This was Mr. Hull’s first visit | to Key West and he was particu larly delighted with the city and! its many attractions. He was a} guest of the Casa Marina Hotel! OTTERVILLE, Can.—When a! children with metal braces sup- KEY WEST _ 56 74 48 47 -3 Los Angeles Miami Z Mpls.-St. Paul porting shrunken and twisted! UP everything; yet they cannot limbs—but I had thought of|determine to what uses their |them as victims of unfortunate | wealth shall be put. It is ex- accidents. Then, officials in Washington. He said ;month to check details of the Commission’s application. that approval of the data con H tained in the engineering pros- pectus had been given, and that, all in all, “the chances were very Pe veereocevesucccancosce | 'HUDLOWS DECIDED Are Purchasing Home Here. IN FAVOR OF K. W. New permanent residents of Key West are Mr. and Mrs. H. S. Hudlow and their daughter, Miss Myrtle Mae, formerly of Atlanta, Ga., and Pensacola, Fla. They arrived yesterday afternoon over the highway to close a deal that jwitl make them owners of the |property on the northeast corner of Fleming and Francis streets. At present the Hudlows are the; guests of Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin 'Demeritt, brother and_ sister-in- jlaw of Mrs. Hudlow, at the home, 531 Francis street. The new resi- | dents plan to remodel the two-! story home immediately after the, final transaction. Recently Mr. Hudlow purchas-| \ed land in Pensacola with the! view of building a home in that city. Coming here for the Christ- jmas and New Year’s holidays, jthe Hudlows discovered they | would rather live in Key West 4 Clerk Ross C. Sawyer has pre-! to find | pared a list of activities required | a mag- for the primary election in May! jnificent hostelry. {and announced them. at the meet- | and expressed surprise |that Key West had such Clerk Sawyer was advised to |answer the letter advising that the jury room was made avail- jable for use and all equipment | will be placed at the disposal of ‘the members attending the hear- ing. | Warrant for $1,000 was re- ceived from Comptroller J. M. Lee as part of the race track (Continued on Page Four) DISTRICT LISTS PASS RECEIVERS | MEETING JAN. 16 BROUGHT, SEVERAL ADDITIONS TO | PRIVILEGED TRAVELERS Before leaving on the trip north ing of the county commissioners | 7 a e Mr. Hull told C. E. Smith, agent | last night, as follows: H of the Clyde-Mallory Lines, that; First primary is to be held on IT’S WARMER HERE this trip to Key West would not!May 7 and the second primary | be his last. | will be held on May 28. H oe oe | District registration books are CARELESS PEDESTRIAN to be open from Febrhary 5 to|Reports Favor Key West —— March 4. | af i BORDENTOWN, N. J.—Be-| Registrations before the super- THAN IN ANY CITY walk directly into the side of a, April 20. ize . passing taxicab, Mrs. Catherine) Last date to qualify as a can-| cause she stepped from a side- sivor will be from March 4 until js Baker was jailed for 30 days in| didate by filing sworn satement Action taken at the January 7@%¢T J lays in) y 16th meeting of the Overseas ‘ME i (Continued on Page ‘Threey Road and Toll Bridge Commmis i Key West was the warmest city in the nation today! Weather report listing tem- peratures of the nation revealed sioners gave recognition to. sev- eral requests for passes through the ‘toll gate. Chief adverse de- cision was that taken in regard | FRANK SPRAGUE LIKES KEY eee this information today, and, ac- cording to the figures, it ap- . WEST'S jPeared’ that the Island City / Should really brag about its cli- ene | ite. to the petition of residents with- | Delights In Infermzlity Of City; ‘Can Do As I Please’ | No other city could brag a low jin the District to obtain special consideration. Disapproval of the R.F.C. in this matter influenced | ithe commissioners in their denial of the plea. Toll gate keepers were sent a revised list of those persons and agencies eligible for passes fol- lowing the meeting. The list includes: Ordained clergymen, recognized or having proper credentials, Employes of the District, in- cluding C.C.C. Camp’ personnel, when properly authorized. ! Members of National Guard} j i | | | PROSPECTS en . | While the mercury in his home itown thermometer flirts with the |zero mark, Frank Sprague, of | Winnipeg, Canada, is finding Key iWest beach life much to his lik- yin | | ig. Mr. Sprague, who is staying at the Cactus Terrace on Division |figure during the last twenty- |four hours ins the fifties. Nearest | to that bracket were Los Angeles jand San Francisco, with 48. Key | West’s temperature low was 56 ooceecoees| Miami was 47. Highest tem- A former resort owner, Mr. | perature in the same period was Sprague is greatly interested in|74 in this city, two points over Key West from that angle, and |e eat cay tae the |considers it one of the most fav-| Tocal bureau predicted slightly crable spots in the country. He colder weather for this evening, likes the informality of the town, as the tailend of the latest cold the fact that “you can dress as wave that grips practically all of itime last year to look around for | 2 irs YOU please and do as you please”. (street, came here for the firs’ He likaé.i{ becduse is%s ant a a few days, He stayed three | 8YP” town as are so many re- jthe nation comes on down. | and began inquiring of property | |months and returned this year |°TtS where, he says, they take a ‘VOTING DISTRICT through the/ pended in the creation of mare information spread by the Presi-| perfect, more fiendish machines jdent’s Birthday Parties, therejof destruction; in killing more |came an ‘awakening to the dan- | people more efficiently. *|gers of the dread and mysterious: But we, in this country, hav: jdisease, of the . scourge which | the incredible fortune to be ab! \periodically reached out forjto send our dimes marching to |young and old, rich and poor,!the White House, and to say: 24 26 8 New York . Pensacola St. Louis San Francisco Seattle Tampa Washington e le |for sale. They became interest-| yed in the residerice they are now! : purchasing and left Key West to/| ‘definitely deeide on ‘their plans. | ; Soon after returning to Pensacola | ithey wired a binder for the prop- erty here and arrived yesterday jto complete the transaction. i units, and their equipment, hav- ing proper travel orders. School buses. with children. Trucks and equipment belong- ing to the State. Road - Depart. ment, and State Road Patrol and !private cars and members of the ; personnel when on official busi- |with plans to remain until late | ‘Urist’s money and don't even | (aren op ae neue ose,” ARE. ADVERTISED jwarm ‘south winds will have | —% pasecsatanie ek is:‘Key | found thejr way to. Winnipeg. Harty 40. the goltng-e partic =| |fishing enthusiast that Mr.|* A legal advertisement spon- W P. BROWN REAL Sprague confesses ‘himself to be.|sored by the Board of County aa ? He thinks that the water situa-|Commissioners, which appeared 4 strong and weak, my neighbor’s|“These dimes shall not build ai The Home of .... BEST QUALITY MEATS— CHOICE TENNESSEE POULTRY. AND STRICTLY FRESH YARD EGGS— BERMUDA MARKET White and Virginia Sts. INVITES YOU TO TUNE IN STATION WQAM Tomorrow Morning at a 7:15 O°CLOCK Hear An Outstanding An- * nouncement About Gur children and my own. |torpedo, but an iron lung; these When a local epidemic of in- | dimes shall not pay a soldier, but fantile paralysis occurred, I, like|a nurse; these dimes shall not other mothers, made an effort to} construct bombs, but a hospital; protect my children. And in that/these dimes shall not kill a man, effort I learned how much good | but let a child live!” And when had already been done — the we have helped to the best of our quicker recognition of the dis- | ability, we can be content that ease, the treatments by exercise| we have also struck a~ blow for and massage, the experiments|our ideals of freedom and hu- for the purpose of prevention—/manity; by having made Possible |but I also learned how pitifully | health and happiness for a human | weak we still were; how much] being, we have won the only vic- |remained to be learned,- to bejtory that is worthwhile and last- |discovered, to be tried out. ‘ing. jlisted man of the United States jNavy, having done duty in the jSubmarine division and aviation corps. He has been out of the Service six years. SGT FIRST DINNER DANCE} of the Season | RAUL’S CLUB |} Tonight, 7 till 9 o’clock—Music by | Ray Baldwin's Orchestra ERR aT RAEN RI Mr. Hudlow is a former en-|™ ess. Members of the Board, at- torneys and engineers represent- is the Aqueduct and Rural Electrification Boards when on official business. ‘ Dr. J. D. Parramore and Dan | ESTATE HEAD, HERE W. P. Brown, president of the Briggs Manufacturing Co., of De- ji ltroit, Mich, and head of the! ty Health Unit, when on official |and Miami Beach, is in the city Z. Harrison of the Monroe Coun- Brown Properties in Key West jtion is Key West’s only big prob- |i lem and that when fresh water |i is brought in from the mainland there will be no reason why the ‘island cannot become a flourish- ;and the Key West people. Then, ‘business within the District. Members of the Bureau of Pub- lic Roads, when on official busi-! ness. Coast Guard Telephone Repair. Crew, when engaged in lines within the District. |accompanie® by Lou Clarke, agent at Miami Beach. Mr. Brown expects to remain ferences with Fred J. Dion, who Tepairing |is agent for the properties in Key » (West. \folding the paper from whi ‘had been reading over ern weather reports, ve bestia pasttime, “sittin sun”.