The Key West Citizen Newspaper, February 3, 1940, Page 1

Associated Press Day Wire Service For 69 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West VOLUME LXI. No. 30. B WPA Area. Supervisor Thomas Leaves Next ( Weck For Miami Post BOUTELLE ARRIVES TO HOTEL PROJECT TAKE UP DUTIES OF LOCAL ADMINISTRA-) TION W. A. Thomas, area supervisor in the Key West and Florida Keys Area, WPA, has received orders to report to Miami head- quarters and will leave tomor- row morning accompanied by Mrs. Thomas. | Mr. Thomas, when seen by The Citizen this morning, s; FOR LESS NOISE IN COMMITTEE ORDINANCES OF CITY CON- FLICT WITH CAMPAIGN DE- SIGNED TO HALT AUTO- HORN BLOWING The subject of whether or not Key West will exclusively cham- pion the cause “no Che Key West Citizen THE SOUTHERNMOST NE|WSPAPER tN THE. Ue S.A. KEY WEST, FLORIDA, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1940 CITY HOST. NEXT | WEEK AT. NAVAL OFFICERS’ DANCE | ecccccccccccccccccooccce FROM: 43 10.81 ‘Monthly Figures Released JANUARY RECOR |OFFICERS AND WIVES WILL) i BE GUESTS OF COUNCIL AT) Monthly meteorological sum- RAINBOW ROOM AFFAIR! mary for the month of January, COMMISSIONERS ! HELD INFORMAL GET-TO- | GETHER TODAY WITH RICH- ARD DANIEL, STATE ROAD ROAD ) EXTENSION 3 automobile | d that horn blowing” among cities of | wives or sweethearts will be spe- | headquarters in Jacksonville had this state, appears to depend upon given no reason for his transfer, except to state that it was to be effective Monday, and he was to be in that city Monday, and re- port. The move is believed to be in line with state-wide economy measures. i Rumors were current in the city that area number eleven, comprising the Keys and Key West, would be eliminated in the state WPA organization, with ad- ministrative offices centered, probably, in Miami. Mr. Thomas said that six months spent in Key We has been one of the most pleasant of; his life, and has been thoroughly enjoyed by Mrs. Thomas. They have made a host of friends, and have spent many hours enjoying | the angling, which cannot be equali@d iif any part of the coun- try his whether or not the Public Safe- ty committee of the City Council working in co-operation with Guy Carleton, champion of the cause here, can work out a way of bringing such a feature to the city and not make necessary re- vision of the city ordinances now on the books. Mr. Carleton was first speaker at the Council meeting Thursday evening, appearing as a represen- tative of the Key West Hotel and Tourist Homes Association. That organization had suggested at their last meeting that “stop signs” be constructed for all cor- ners of main thoroughfares, with the additional wording, “Don’t Blow Your Horns”, on a line around the edges of the sign. Coupcilman Ramsey reminded « Sgencil that” present ordiir- ances called for safety features George Boutelle, civil engineer, 0n autos, including horns, be in; The mat-} Mr. ter, at conclusion of the discus- | has been sent to fill the vacancy | 890d working order. created by the transfer of Thomas and is already sizing up the situation regarding the proj- ects and familiarizing himself with the set up here. Addressed as area supervisor by .The Citizen, he promptly an- swered “don’t call me that, as I sion, was referred to the public safety committee for further study. Mr. Carleton, in bringing the subject up, had considerable to y in defense of his interest in ‘anti-noise” regulations here. don’t know what my position is truly ideal tourist center would at present, and will not know un- |result from ordinances ridding til orders are issued from Jack- the city of noises now rampant”, sonville, which will be in a short ‘he said. We mntetisacns . CONCERT SUNDAY COLD CHASED AT CENTER PARK Doctor Ea cliches Batfalo ight MAN TO KEY WEST Another delightful concert has been arranged for the WPA band to be played tomorrow afternoon at 3 o'clock at the Art Center Park. The following program will be presented under the direction of Director Alfredo Barroso: March, “Our Lieutenant”, R. Lingo. Overture, Mahl. Waltz, “Sunny Laurendeau < Trot, “It’s A Happy. Happy Timberg and Sharples. Overture, “Royal Palm”, K. L King. Waltz, Ivanovici March, “Delmar”, Bennett. “Star Spangled Banner”, JERRY NAVARRO IN CITY ON VISIT Jerry Navarro, son of the late John Navarro, of New York, ar- “Mazeppa”, Italy”, L.; P: “Oriental Roses”, W. ij Frank , Fleeing from frigid winds sweeping across Lake Erie to- d their home at Kenmore, y., Dr. Frederick S. Park- Sr., retired Methodist min- and Robert Hall, head of the Kenmore Baking Company, today told The Citizen how they kept a few hours ahead of the cold wave as they drove toward sunny Key West. When Dr. Parkhurst, who is 85 rs old, with a bright blue eye left Buffalo, “which is a suburb of Kenmore”, the winds had be- gun to whip up ten-foot snow drifts along the lake “The first day we reached Har- risburg, Pa.. and thought we had ccaped the cold”, Dr. Parkhurst said.. “In that we were mistak- en. We got out of Harrisburg the next day in a flurry of snow. We managed to stay ahead of the real cold and the heavy snow, finally reaching St. Petersburg. “When we discovered how bit- | ter it was in St. Petersburg, we WEDNESDAY Arrangements are going for- ward for the last of the current ,entertainments arranged for the navy by the City Council—this one the Officers’ Dance to be given at La Concha Hotel, Rain- |bow Room, next Wednesday eve- |ning, February 7, under sponsor- ;ship of the City Council, Col. L. 'C. Brinton, special committee ichairman. Welfare committee, through ‘chairman Jobn Carbonell, Jr., al- jlowed $150.00 for these entertain- ments, the first of which provid- jed an official dinner to Rear Ad- jmiral W. H. Allen and naval of- 'ficers afloat here at the La Con- ‘cha Hotel, and then an enlisted ;men’s dance at the National {Guard Armory on January 24, All naval officers and cial guests at the dance next} week, and residents will be ad- jmitted by tickets now on sale at the office of the hostelry mana- |ger. Miss Elizabeth Sharpley. |. The event will be quite color- iofficers will be in uniform, and appropriate decorations will be installed in the Rainbow Room. |Jimmy Loss’ orchestra will play for dancing, which is scheduled jto get underway at 10:00 o'clock. cee | eeecccccccccocccceneeses “Man cannot serve two mas- jters!” Senator William ‘liams, veteran legislator, lawyer ‘and soldier, of St. Augustine, em \Phasized this fact in commenting Alon the situation which has Bing |been a mystery to Key Weéters. side Monroe County should be {the guardians ot the Overseas jHighway when it is Monroe County residents and property owners who are vitally interested ‘in whether traffic streams over ‘the bridges or not. “Men living in Ft. Lauderdale or other east coast towns cannot be presu to do their best for Key Wes! id the senator, who, ; with his wife, spent several days jin the Island City as the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph E. Browne ‘at the Jefferson Hotel. | “Personnel” of. ;the, -Overseas ‘Highway Commission ‘should be limited to Monroe County resi- dents”. His reasoning was: “One exercises the best. judgement when ; one is appointed to a committee or commission that he is most in- terested in”. We felt like shouting a loud and long “amen” to these senti- ments, fur the senator was talk- ing right up our alley. MacWilliams has been a prop- erty owner in Key West for 35 years. His first visit to the is- land was made in 1900, when he came here as the guest of the late Jefferson B. Browne, whose home {then was at the old Jefferson Hotel. The senator recalled those days ,when the hotel was fronted with long porches across the entire ‘length of the building. “T used to sit on the piazza with my feet on the rail and lissued by the weather bureau, {gives the minimum temperature | the | on four days,'! sas 43 on January 28, and maximum of 81 January 5,12, 13 and 14. Ex- itremes this month since 1871 (have been a low of 41 and a high of 90. | Precipitation for the month has been below normal, departure be- jing 1.34 inches. The heaviest precipitation was experienced on ‘January 23, when .38 inches was |indicated. | The prevailing wind has been generally from the north with an {hourly velocity average of 9.9 |miles. The highest velocity of | the wind this month since 1871 |was on January 5, 1909, when it | their | reached 46 miles per nour from } the west. DEPARTMENT ATTORNEY Informal meeting of the Board ‘of County Commissioners was | held this morning in the office of ithe clerk to discuss matters with | ‘Richard P. Daniel, attorney for | the State Road Department, rela- | tive to the extension of the road | lto Key West. | Attending tne meeting were ‘Chairman Carl Bervaldi, Com-! missioners Braxton B. Warren, ‘Norberg Thompson, T. Jenkins Curry, Wm. Monsalvatge, At- torney W. Curry Harris and Chief Deputy Bernard Waite. Mr. Daniel spoke interestingly of the plans for the extension in he road to Key West and went } most equable climate in the country; with an average range of only 14° Fahrenheit | Key West, Florida, has the PRICE FIVE CENTS aris: Bombers Inerease Raids. On British Sea-Coast Cite SOOTOTS SM: MILLIONS CUT \CELEBRITIES VISIT LOCAL ART CENTER The Key West Art Center may have to be renamed “Celebrity Center”. Such was the impression gained from the first weekly “open house” Thursday evening, which brought together such a group of noted names in the world of arts and let- ters as has seldom been seen in Key West. Carl Milles, world’s foremost. sculptor; Hervey Allen, . » renowned author of “Anthony, Ad- verse”; John Dewey, pre- eminent educator and _phil- osopher; Peter Blume, prom- inent painter: Virginia Ber- resford, whose painting, ‘into the many and numerous de- “Panama Canal”, is in the ' ful, it is predicted, in’ that naval ; ‘SENATOR M WILLIAMS PREDICTS BRIDGES eee Thinks Administration Should Be Exclusively Monroe’s |WILL BRING PROSPERITY TO KEY WEST: The number of clear days has ‘tails of the project regarding the jbeen nine, partly cloudy nine, right-of-way and the many things | jcloudy 13, with measurable pre- to be done before the project can ‘cipitation 0.01 inch or more on.be put into effect. four days. Mr. Daniel was accompanied by Solar halos were noticeable on: his son, Jack, who is enjoying the Jan. 14, 16, 19, 20 and 29. Lunar trip to the city and was also halos were seen on January 22 deeply interested in the comple- and 23. There have been no fogs, : tion of the road to Key West. nor frost, nor sleet. There were ———$$<<—_$____.. two thunderstorms, one on Janu- BRITAINS OFFER ary 15 and one on the 19th. VEN OF TWENTY-ONE NAZI} SAILORS TO BE RE- TURNED <8 (By Asxociated Press) New York World's Fair Ex- hibit: and Mrs, Florence Nightingale Moore, niece of the almost legendary founder of the Red Cross: were among the notables who sip- ped “Pepe's” coffee and ex- changed ideas with some seventy Key West artists and art lovers. The remarkable success of this first of many similar gatherings has satisfied of- ficials of the Art Center that the center is rapidly becom- ing a vital and necessary Part of the "New Key West”. Key West, in spite of its rel- ative isolation, is already at- tracting artists and writers of world renown. Art Cen- ter officials feel that this ~ trend “must be encouraged and every effort made to By MAUDE HAYNES HOLLOWELL TOKIO, Feb. 3—The Japanese | government today announced that a satisfactory settlement of ! keep these eminent artists here and make manent members of the fast- them per- A. MacWil-| That situation is: why men’ out- | jusually got for Key West what they went after”. | There is always a warm feel- ‘ing in recalling “the good old days”, but. wewere interested in our present-day problems. We ;tudely pulled the senator away from the past with a jerk as we asked him what he thought the jbridges will do for the island. “The bridges will eventually jbring prosperity to Key West”, ihe stated emphatically. “They {will be instrumental in the de- ivelopment of the keys between ithe mainland and Key West. They will increase land pric thereby increasing the assess- | ment of Monroe County land, | which will materially assist in liquidating the bond indebtedness | lof the county”. 1 | Most noticeable of all changes jalong this necklace of coral is- jlands is the marked develop- iment of the keys, the senator ‘thought. He the proper publicity and jmanship, development of jland ‘will be swift and sure. With this “back country”, Key West should become a lively trade , center. ' Nice thought to contemplate. But much better if we Key West ers got out and worked toward | }that exciting goal. | ' “You have everything to gain ‘and nothing to 1 ’, MacWil- liams advised seriously. “You're never going to get anything with- ;out going after it. “The wooden bridges should be j eliminated as rapidly as possible, as maintenance expenses ‘high, and they are hazardous. | They are too narrow for comfort. ; The psychological effcet on trav- | telers meeting a bus on the nar- | jrow wooden bridges is bad”. To which we heartily sub- |Scribe, having driven over them | | | WILL BE ASSESSED CANDI- | | DATES SEEKING OFFICE | rived in Key West yesterday and ,@ecided to extend our trip to this watch the pretty girls go by”, he| when we wére-cértain the bus | southernmost _ city. Here the German sailor incident was about to be miade by England. Sever, of the twenty-one sailors recently taken from a Jap ship, will be turned over to Japan as a “token payment”, and the. Brit- ish were stated to have said that! “no more similar incidents would | growing colony, gradually building the name of Key West to where it will rank with Provincetown, Wood- stock, Monterey, and other great art-producing centers, |WAR MINISTER STANLEY | GIVES WEEKLY RADIO | TALK CALLING FOR VICTORY j | FROM BUDGET ___ BY CONGRESS j H (By Associated Press) | LONDON. Feb. 3.—Increased \air fighting near British coasts ‘ECONOMY-MINDED LEGISLA- TORS CONTINUE IN EFFORT TO HOLD DOWN NATIONAL EXPENDITURES | occurred today, when a squadron of Nazi bombers appeared off | north Scotland and attempted fies A neoeanee teres) |to attack ships in the vicinity. { | ip Y: Lage ie ae e chased off, 'gress continued in its determina-| ae ee si ° } | ti i however, by waiting planes o push akberhe ani whan alleged | the Royal Air Force, after at announced today that additional |/e@8t two of the enemy planes millions of dollars had been lop- had been brought down. ped off the budget submitted by | ‘ | President Rovserall last month, |Who displaced Hore-Belisha re- Committee action first reduced |CeMtly, featured the weekly radio the Agricultural bill by $66,000,- ‘talks to the English people today 1000: Then followed a reduction |2"4 Stated that England's war \of $94,000,000 in the Independent | @im, is to win the war, its peace | Officer's Supply bill. $11,000,000 | 22™, is to provide a lasting peace was taken off the Postoffice bill | 2fter this war is over. - this week and $7,000,000 was or-!| Stanley stated that Hitler dered removed from the Defi-|™akes a virtue of all that the ciency Defense bill |Democracies. abominate”, and Today another: $2,000,000 was|that the Allies are determined lopped off of the Urgent Naval|that he shall not win this war. bill, bringing the total of reduc-| ‘If Hitler wins”, he said, “Eng- jtion to be attempted before Con- | land would lose her mighty em- { .}pire, and be brought under a |00. on 20) ARES ee dangerous form of dictatorship. | pea The life and death struggle, must” he said, “go on until the TEMPERATURES Allies come out victorious”. {NO WORD FROM Lowest fast Highest last |BALKAN CONFERENCE night 24houwrs | “LONDON, -Feb. ~3—No an- Atlanta _... 20 41 {nouncement of conclusions reach- {Boston _ 16 30 ed at the Balkan conferences now Buffalo - 8 19 in session at Belgrade Yugo | Chitago 19 28 | Slavia, was made today. | Denver 20 29 Having direct bearing on the Detroit 17 24 |conference, however, was the Duluth 12 38 {news released today that Britain El Paso - 38 50 jand Turkey had agreed to new Fort Myers 42 68 | military pacts, and that English Havana . 62 13 |troops may be sent to the Dgr- r denelles. foes pate is 48 + | “Tie Allies’. desire to. éstablish | War Minister Oliver Stanley, : Stations occur”. ‘put by leaders in Japan, army today stated that the “war of China is conquered”. ! PDI IDI LIMA TENDER LEAVES MONDAY Coast Guard Tender Poinciana is preparing to take up regular course of duty and will leave era eee Monday morning. weather per- mitting, to do scheduled work in COMMITTEE SETS {the vicinity of Miami. | Concluding this schedule the ELECTION FEES x=" wl! proceed along the in- land waterway as far as Lake Okeechobee, and expects to be TWO PERCENT OF SALARY | In answer to yesterday’s query the in China would go on until all! absent from port about ° one ;month. Jacksonville _ 32 KEY WEST _ 54 Los. Angeles _ 54 | Louisville 13 Miami 46 Mpls.-St. Paul 6 {New Orleans _ 37 {New York 15 | Pensacola 33 St. Louis 12 |San Francisco 54 Slt. Ste. Marie 29 ' Seattle 40 Tampa . 38 (Washington _. 18 64 7 60 26 74 33 60 33 61 36 58 32 50 65 36 |a European Southeastern Front is ‘said to be endangered by the ‘continued determination of Ru- ‘mania to ship supplies* to the Nazis. NO GAINS IN SOVIET DRIVES FINNISH TROOPS HOLD POSI- TIONS ON ALL ACTIVE believes that with | sales- | key | | i Meeting of the Democratic} _Executive Committee of Monroe j County was held last night in the | county courthouse at 7:30 o'clock | ito consider the program of set- | ting the filing fees of the candi- ‘Stormy Weather’ First Entry In Yacht Rac “Stormy Weather”, one of the world’s most famous racing poceeaets .—Russia has made no appreciable gains in the recent more-furious attacks on their southern and northern fronts. Official communiques from the fronts indicate that the Finns are “holding their own”. y i | Russia, on the other hand, ac- trance is widened so that large cording to Finnish reports, is con- |cruisers can tie up in the pro- | tinuing to suffer heavy losses, de- yachts, is the first entry in this Present at the meeting were jyear’s Havana-Key West Race. Chairman Ben D. Trevor, Vice-|Owner William Labrot, well- Chairman Harry M. Baker, Sec- |known sportsman of Baltimore, retary Earl Adams, Treasurer ;Md., signed up for the race Bernard Waite, P. L. Weather-|Thursday with the race conimit- ford, Sidney Thompson and Eddie |tee of the Key West Yacht Club. Gomez. The sleek 53 foot yawl, berthed It was decided that a resolution |at Craig Docks, has won most of would be drawn fixing the filing |the big ocean races at one time dates in the 1940 elections. are fees of candidates at two percent ;0r another, including the race to} Norway in 1936, which was one of the greatest sailing races of all time. The local yacht club considers the acquisition of “Stormy” a real feather in their ‘halliards, as the presence of this yacht in their race is certain to jattract other outstanding boats. of the salary or compensation of the office sought. CHOP SUEY and CHOW MEIN — Our Special CHOP SUEY HOUSE No. 4 Aronovitz Lane (Between Whitehead and Duval, ; tected waters, he expressed him- |self as certain that a large pro- | portion of the yachts now berth- | ing for the winter at points up the coast will move down here— bringing many thousands of dol- lars into Key West every year. In view of this, he considers the development of the Bight as the most important step in the im- mediate future of Key West. The owner of “Stormy Weath- er’, who was one of the organ- izers of the flourishing -Anna- Polis Yacht Club in Maryland, offered many helpful suggestions as to yacht club organization. He stressed as of the utmost im- portance that the local club con- spite Moscow's denial of . such |claims. Soviet officials have been lreluctant to event admit major battles are in progress in Fin ‘land. Russian bombing planes con jtinue to hammer away at Finnish morale today. Information was \released, however, that the Finns shot down twelve planes yester- ‘day and seven more were unof- \ficially reported shot down. ; The Mannerheim Line on the |Karelian peninsular still holds. | Wave after wave of Soviet troops |have been hurled against Finnish | defenses in that sector, but to no javail. Finns appear confident they can hold out until more Mr. Labrot was taken for. an inspection tour of the yacht chib property and became very en- is the guest at the home of Mr. |* " we 'reminisced with a far-away look | was goifig to’ crowd us off and Mrs. Arthur Pastorini, recup. 04nd the sunshine at last. Even jin his blue eyes. He went on re-|the wet depths below. erating from an injury to: his though the air around us was a'membering those.’ days. ‘“Key! “We haven't enjoyed into | rear Aronovitz Store) centrate on building its member-/sybstantial help comes from OPENING TONIGHT, 8 O'CLOCK s ship from among the type of peo- | friendly neighbors in the Spring. e ankle. He is connected with the sher- iff's office in the Second Election District, 21st Assembly, and says there are a “few Democrats left in New York”. NEW YORK-BUSY BEE Try our DINNERS if you want to be pleased. We're starting again making HOT BOLLOS and BEEF and CRAWFISH MOLLETES —— 905 Simonton Street little chilly at times, the sun feels West had fighters’ then. ‘Men ! cold’ spell, “but the senator good”, Dr. Parkhurst and Mr. Hall are jlife Jeff Browne, | Hunt Harris, George Allen and old Dr. Porter. be- jlieves it will bring to the mind ,;0f people of this nation the fact the guests of the former's son,;Those men focused the attention | that Key West has never known Frederick S. Parkhurst, Jr., a re-|of the entire state on Key West. | frost. tired mining engineer, a winter guest at Trumbo hotel. Dr. Park- hurst was an active Methodist minister for 59 years in Western New York. “My remaining years are lim- ited, so I want to see everything there is tc be seen here and else- where”, said the kindly old min- ister as he started on a sightsee- jing tour with his son. | They went afer what they want- je". He laughed. “And they { SSAA TR EDO {RILEY REVIEW’ . Sponsorea by First M. E. Church HARRIS SCHOOL AUDITORIUM | Monday, February 5, 8 P. M. jADMISSION _______._ . 15e TT: | “The tourist seeking to evade ithe cold winters of the north will eventually appreciate the ideal N }climate of Key West (verifying a jfact islanders have always known)”, he said, “and even the summertime temperature of 80 degrees you enjoy is ideal”. Senator MacWilliams has serv- ed 28 years in the Florida legis-! (Continued On Page Four) late | Opal Fussell, Proprietor FLOOR SHOW and H DANCING | Every Night At j Sloppy Joe’s Famous Bar Dance Music by Eddie Tryon and his Yankee Hot Shots direct from Cleveland, Ohio | Harry and Johnnie — AILEEN DOYLE, Singing Waitress—all in featured FLOOR SHOWS. |] No Admission No Cover thusiastic over the prospects of the club, saying that it has the opportunity of developing one of the finest yacht basins in the country. When the Garrison Bight is dredged and the en- Dance Tonight Pena’s Garden Of Roses 10 P, M. till 2 Gould Curry’s Orchestra COME ONE — COME ALL! ple who fully appreciate what a; yacht club means, both to =: [CLUB CAYO HUESO| Selves and to the community. He said, “It is best to start with a Docks: lsatail. niuslous of enthusiastic | ‘OPPosite Charter Boat ‘ boat-conscious people who can! attract the type of outside|f! EVA and NORMAN “The Girl With 1000 Songs” yachtsmen that every club needs} j —and— Johnny Pritchard to become great”. | DANCE TONIGHT] joa tis Orchestra RAUL’S CLUB 10:00 —— till 2 Music By RAY BALDWIN and OTHER ATTRACTIONS COCKTAIL HOUR (J Minimum Check Charge Satur- | Tomorrow, 5 to 7 p. m. days, $1.00 per person: Week | No Admission or Cover Charge Nights. 50c per person