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

Associated Press Day Wire Service For 69 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West VOLUME LXI. No. 48. Key West, Florida, kas the most equable climate in the country; with an average range of enly 14° Fahrenheit Che Key West Citizen | THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN THE VU. 8. A. Extraordinary Moves ae* Bring To Two TURKEY CALLS FOR, MOBILIZATION; PAR-| LIAMENT OF SWEDEN! MEETS SUNDAY (By Associated Press) LONDON, Feb. 24.—Threaten- ed wars on new fronts bothered Europe today as two moves in widely separated nations indi- cateti‘future trends that boded no good for chances of peace for| some time to come. In Turkey, lines of communi- A | cations were mysteriously check- N ew Fronts TI IDS SSSI. ILLINOISANS WERE HERE FOR 4TH TIME Coming to Key West for their fourth consecutive sea- son, Mr. and Mrs. Ray Sou- kup, of Wheaton, llinois, are Preparing this weekend to return home following a de- lightful three weeks spent at Boca Chica Fishing Camp. Considerable time has been spent fishing this year, as in past years, and the Soukups report some extra- ordinarily good catches. One snapshot shown The Citizen revealed the family, which this year included the son and daughter, a housekeeper and a brother and sister, | | Threat Of War | ed, reminding the world of the} ped k of fateful day | grou around a_ racl of last August when) seventeen fish. Pictured was similar news came forth from} a 40-pound grouper, a 30- this city. It was learned that! pound kingfish and a good mobilization of troops along Tur- | key’s eastern frontier had been} ordered yesterday and that the nation was preparing for mili- tary action of some kind. In Sweden, the parliament has been called into extraordinary session tomorrow. The need for a meeting on Sunday is _inter- preted here as meanful of emer- gency actions to come. Swedish officials announced last night that that nation had decided to abandon the gold standard and to institute new, vigorous de- fense measures. } RUSSIAN ATTACKS | THROWN BACK \ HELSINKI, Feb... 24.—Official,’ ~ Finnish communique today j stated that all attacks on the Karelian isthmus had been re- pulsed during the last twenty-' four hours and that the Russians had suffered new casualties run- ning into the thousands. Statements made indicate that the second Mannerheim Line is holding up staunchly against all efforts of the Reds to crash it. Viipuri, on the Baltic Sea, is still Finland’s, although it was al- mitted the Koivisto stronghold was in desperate circumstances. ENGLISH PRESSED LONDON, Feb. 24.—Hore-’ lot of amberjack, mackerel and barracuda. “We love Key West", said Mrs. Soukup, “and will most surely return against next year”. WATERWAY DATA COMES UP MAR. 15 ENGINEERS POSTPONE SUB- MITTAL OF FINDINGS TO NEXT MONTH Cat WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 24 (WNS).—Submission of Army Engineers’ report on need for an_ intracoastal waterway between Bahia Honda and Key West has been postponed, it was learned at the war department today. New date for submitting the report is March 15. Under orig- inal plans the report was to be ready February 15. the! C. OF :C.. DRIVE TO ADD'STEAM NEXT MONDAY | |SPECIAL MEETING OF CHAM. | BER DIRECTORS TO BE | HELD MONDAY MORNING: | PROGRAM COMING UP | | Plans to “Put Key West Ahead” | will move forward at even high- jer speed next week than it has {the last, | A special meeting of the Board jof Directors will be held Monday !morning at 10:30 o’clock to go over the details of the city-build- ling movement. On Tuesday |morning the Retailers will meet to discuss their views on the fu- | ture program. On Tuesday aft-| jernoon industrial leaders, ' finan-: portant position in the econdmic| ‘cial executives and utility heads ‘will confer for the same object.’ | Later in the week those in the professions, the hotels, amuse- {ments and various enterprises {will have similar conferences. | “These conferences will con- jsummate in drawing together a | program of activities which will jput and keep Key West Ahead”, |declared Ernest Ramsey, | (Continued on Page Six) NEW CITY TRUCK ~ READY FOR DUTY chair- | | POLICE DEPARTMENT PA- | TROL ARRIVED YESTER- DAY: COST, $797.56 | The city has a new \ Maria”! | Its a brand new Chevrolet— shining new black job “with an orange stripe along its side, and mow stands at the police station awaiting lettering work, ‘and its first call for duty. City officials stated that the new truck was purchased follow- ing bid offerings two weeks ago. Mulberg was the successful bid- der, the total amount: being , $734.80, to which is added an in- surance and carrying charge cost jof $62.76. | The truck will be assigned to the call officer at police head- quarters, both for police ealls ,and use in general service of the city. “Black Attend Church Tomorrow CHURCH’ CAMPAIGN obtain large attendance at all of Key West churches tomorrow ends today, the final messages from civic leaders and a special “Go To Church” page sponsored by merchants of the city; ap- pearing elsewhere in this issue, The drive was started three weeks ago—with intensity or- dered for the week just ending. Leaders of. the movement are urging all residents to plan at- tendance at some church in the city tomorrow. They point out, also, the desirability of regular church attendance—its effect on the city that is staging great ef-' forts to come back to an ‘im- world. ‘ “Without spiritual back» ground”, the committee states, “to strengthen the economical drive to ‘Put Key West Ahead’ the city of Key West can expect to go no place at all. Our desire! is to see more regular attendance | at churches in the city, and we! believe that the citizens will re- spond to our suggestion tomor-| Tow.” SERVICES SUNDAY FOR JOS. DEMEREIT Funeral services for Jés Glenwood Demeritt, 26, will be held tomorrow afternoon at 4:30 o’clock from the residence of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Clennie Demeritt, 1325 Simonton _ street. Father Maureau of the Star of the Sea, Catholic Church, © will officiate. Mr. Demeritt died on February 18 in Baton Rouge, La. t Surviving him are his parents, The Fellowship Club drive to} TOLL COLLECTIONS ARE 15% HIGHER AND MANY MORE DISTRICT LEASES ARE | t | Return of the Key West mem- |Bridge District Commission to the city last night revealed that the officials are generally optim- | istic over substantially increased ,operations this season. Not only are toll collections up approximately 15 percent above last year at this period, leases are steadily increasing, ac- cording to report submitted at ‘yesterday’s meeting of the com- mission. With the increase in tolls and |Tevenues from leases, the com- mission feels confident that it will meet all fixed interest and prin- cipal payments due under the program with the Reconstruc- tion [Finance Corporation, hold- ers of the $3,600,000 of highway bonds. A year ago the commission was operating the Pigeon Key fishing jcamp itself. Now it is under a |lease’ that nets the commission |approximately $200 a month. At lyesterday’s meeting the commis- sion authorized the operators of {the. camp to install a swimming |pool, the cost to be deducted from rentals. “While this will cut the lease \Tevenue, it will increase the fa- |cilities at the camp, so that more people will pass through the toll gates to reach the resort”, was the comment of one of the com- missioners today. ;“After all, the primary purpose of estab- lishing thé’ camp was to increase |bers of Overseas Road and Toll | but the district's revenues from} ‘waeeeereei Wy, EMER "ON NEXT Years Teip| RECEIVES NOTICE Ze m,re OF COMMISSION Mr. and Mrs. E. M. Farr, end granddaughter, Berna- chee BE DETACHED FROM PRESENT DUTIES FOR dine Bartram, of Detroit, Mich., returned north over PROBABLE WORK AT JACK- SONVILLE POST the highway today, follow- ing a short visit in this city. Spending the greater part of the winter's vacation in other Florida: cities, the | Farrs decided fo climax their | southern journey with a trip to Cuba via Key West. In between boat sailings, they spent some time look- ing over Key West and upon departing stated that an- | The Citizen learned today that Wm. W. Demeritt has received his commission changing his Abst Contraco To Arve: Here Next Week title from that of Principal Light- | PRIGR FIVE OBNTS | TO CONSULT WITH | NAVY OFFICIALS ON | PLANS TO START CON- STRUCTION WORK cate | | Officials of the Ivy H. Smith ;Company, Jacksonville general | contractors, recently awarded |the $283,684 contract for the de- | velopment of the naval auxiliary | seaplane base on Trumbo island | esesiou are expected to arrive in Key West either Tuesday or | Wednesday. other winter they would spend all of their vacation in the Island City, as they ‘were much impressed with | of Lighthouses, to Commander in| house Engineer, Superintendent They will consult with Capt. the United States Coast Guard.! Walter J. Jacobs, commandant of Information has also been xe- the many intriguing fea- tures found here. \ceived that Mr. Demeritt will be !detached from his present duties IIS IS III LF BP rich, ne has been performing for the past 26% years and at an MORE CONTRIBUTE jearly date will be transferred to {another station, possibly District T0 FINNISH RELIEF Headquarters at Jacksonville. repay annual leave of absence before LOCAL CHAIRMAN REPORTS jhe departs. However, in trans- i ferring from a civil to a military ON LATEST DONATIONS status all accrued leave is lost. FROM CITIZENS In the latter connection it is in- teresting to note that in over {41% years service Mr. Demeritt Additional contributions came} thas not had over 40 days annual into the local “Help Finland Drive” ft : eS gue Bering tea Dest His total annual and sick leave, Application has been made for} and only two days. sick leave.! two sisters, Mrs. Hugbi » Hinds’ tolls”. and Mrs. Oliver. Kemp, three! It was reported that the camp brothers, Stephen,. Harold and j|has been. improved by the opera- Clennie, Jr. . Pritchard Funeral|tor through addition of more Home, White and Olivia streets, |rooms| and construction of porch- is in charge of funeral arrange- es to provide greater privacy for ments. ‘guests. Go To Church Sunday The following article is the last of a series appearing each day this week in support of the “Go To Church Sun- day” drive sponsored by the Stone Church Fellowship Club, THE PLACE OF THE CHURCH IN COMMUNITY LIFE week. The drive, according to county chairman, L. P. Artman, will continue until March 1, and those who have put Off sending in their contributions are urged to do so the first part of next week, s Previously acknowledged _ was | a total of $25.00. Contributors this week were: Morris Holtsberg Jake Aronovitz - Rotary Club William Vassey Friends of Finns 6.00 In connection with the last named contribution, it is worthy of note to mention that a local woman undertook to raise the famonne from a group of her friends and presented it without $1.00 5.00 5.00; 2.00 | if it had been taken, would have amounted to over five years and the compensation while on such leave would have amounted to over $20,000. MANY SAILORS TO HAVE SHORE LEA AT LEAST ELEVEN VESSELS WILL BE IN PORT OVER WEEKEND Hundreds of sailors will be on Key West naval station, and | Lieut. Commander T. J. Brady, Cc. E.,, U. S. N., public works of- ficer at the yard, regarding plans for starting the work and for spotting the equipment and ma- terial as they arrive on the | ground. Lieut. Commander Brady is |preparing to build a field office for the naval engineering officers ~ and staff near the scene of the construction activity. Every step ‘of the construction and every ‘item entering into the base must be inspection to determine if it conforms to specifications. The Ivy H. Smith .Company had advised naval officers that it will be-among the contractors submitting bids next Wednesday ‘for the $25,000 addition to the naval station medical dispensary Naval officers will open the bids lat 11 a. m. Wednesday. The ad- {dition calls for an “I” shaped | building to contain six private | rooms, a general ward for 16 tbeds, and medical, dental anl ex- jamination rooms. ‘AUXILIARY HEADS | POPPY DAY DRIVE | | |ANNUAL SOLICITATION OF | FUNDS BEING MADE TO AID FINLAND Reserve Officers Gr oup By W. CURRY HARRIS, Belisha, Britain’s former war de- Attorney for Monroe County Board of Commissioners partment head today called on mention of names. |shore in Key West over the week-! TODAY jend, according to a survey this England to go to the aid of Fin-| land, although it was conceded by him that if any such gesture was made it would probably em- broil his country in immediate‘ war declarations from Russia. The British fleet is concen- trating heavy maneuvers along the Norwegian coastline in ef- fort to check the German liber- ties taken with neutrality reg- ulations in those territorial wa- ters. IIIS SS SS 8 | THEY’RE CAREFUL HOW THEY SPELL IT (Ry Associated Press) PARIS, Feb. 24.—A slight, fair-haired youth walked in- to the offices of the Amer- ican brigade here and said he wanted to join up. The commander asked him the usual questions, then in- quired as to his name, “Joseph Staline”, replied the lad, “nad in our family Attended Camp Session’ The Key West Chapter of the Reserve Officers Association en- tertained Major Lathan H. Col- lins, Regular Army Instructor and Executive Officer of the Miami Miltary District at the After this trip of inspection the officers were addressed by Colo- nel F. M. Williams, Superin- tendent for the,- National ark Service, about the work done by the Civilian Conservation It may well be said, without If one will turn back through the pages of history, he will find that the nucleus of every new settlement has been the com- ‘munity House of Worship, which jusually was established soon \after the early settlers had pro- jvided! for the bare exigencies of life. These early churches proved \fear of contradiction, that today the various Christian churches throughout our communities are the most powerful factors having |to do with their development; uplift and betterment. This has jalways been true since the very. | inception of our government,— TAMARIND TREE CUBAN OFFICIALS UNVEIL! PILLAR AT CEMETERY THIS. MORNING morning that showed at least 11 COMMEMORATED |recently recommissioned, are the | naval vessels will be in port the next two or three days. | Coming to Key West tomorrow | from San Diego, where they were ; “Today we are honoring heroes dead, Please buy a poppy of red” Destroyers Williams and Bailey.| ‘The above is the slogan on the The Williams is scheduled to be-|jips of all volunteer ‘Workers for ¢ome a unit of the Key West/the local American ‘Legion Post neutrality patrol fleet under com Auxiliary who are busily en- mand of Capt. Arthur S. Carpen- | gaged in soliciting funds for wel- CC Camp at Ramrod Key last Corps in the Bridge District to night. After a banquet the Reserve officers were addressed by Major Collins regarding the Reserve Of- ficer’s Obligation and the duties |which they would have in case of mobilization. Camp Commander George W. Rymer, Ist Lt. Cavalry, and jLieut. R. M. Herrick then con- ducted the officers over the camp \for a general inspection. They were shown the kitchen and ;mess halls, workshops, library, recreation rooms, and barracks, after which they were shown the | workshops and _ class rooms | where CCC enrollees are taught | the various trades sifch as radio- jman, electrician, cabinet makers, we're very particular about the ‘e.’” \electrician, plumber, cook , and baker and numerous high school kd Lh hdd subjects. Proclamation WHEREAS; a very definite position is being filled b: all of the Churches of Key West, and py epee es WHEREAS; that position mav best be strengthened to community-betterment levels by calling attention to the ad- visability of more support— THEREFRORE, as Mayor of the City of Key West, I do hereby proclaim that Sunday, Pobrusse cesaeee known throughout the city as “Go To Church Sunday”, and that all be urged to co-operate in the Fellowship Club project by being in attendance at some church on that day. J WILLARD M. ALBURY, Mayor of the City of Key West. beautify the Keys and to provide recreational and park facilities \for the general public along the keys. Camp Commander George Ww. Rymer then told of the many problems met with in handling CCC enrollees, methods of feeding, clothing, jteaching and working enrollees. Officers at the banquet wer ‘Major Lathan H. Collins, Col. F. M. Williams Major C..F. Snearer, Captain H. S. Cressler, ist Lt. George W. Rymer, Ist Lt. I. I. Fuchs, Lieut. Wm. R. Warren, |Lieut. J. O. Gregory, Lieut. M. S. Gardner, Lieut. J. F. Hooper, | Lieut. R. O. Schroder. Officers elected at a recent nleeting of the Key West Chap- jter for the current year are: \President, H. S. Cressler; Vice- |President, R: M. Herritk, Secre- | tary-Treasurer, J.°-O. Gregory, and Historian, Alex. L. Jones. H Committees appointed were: Distinguished Guests—Major R. |F. Spottswood, and Col. F. M.! |Williams. Entertainment — Lt. |W. R. Warren, Lt. John A. Long, | Lt, W. W. Demeritt. C. M. T. C. | Lt. Alex. L. Jones. | | ‘Dance Tonight | —at— | Pena’s Garden Of Roses | 10 P. M. sill ? Gould Curry’s Orchestra COME ONE — COME ALL! — | especially when one considers that the right to worship God as ithe individual saw fit was the j Very reason for the colonization jthe complete source of the early |settler’s recreation and pleasure. They were responsible in no |Smiall measure for the rugged individualism to which we so jder, U.S.N. In celebration of Grito De Baire, officials of San Carlos In- stitute, led by Dr. Julio DePoo, | president, together with Cuban! in this area. The Bailey will re- main a few days, and then leave for other duties in another zone of naval operations. explaining the | \of the New World. | |Proudly point in the American | character. TEMPERATURES | . Our churches may be proud of jthe fact that as our communities |have grown and developed, they {have been the militant and fear- jless foes of vice and lawlessness, —that they have been the con- stant advocates of the good and wholesome in our community life. Almost without exception, |there is today no clean and pro- Lowest last Highest last night 24 hours _ 35 46 . 21 36 19 28 41 50 . 30 25 - 40 58 ~ 42 Stations jAtlanta {Boston |Buffalo Charleston jChicago ; Denver le Paso {Havana _ Jacksonville |Kansas City _ 14 ‘KEY WEST _ 60 |K. W. (Airvort) 57 Los Angeles _ 55 Louisville _.. 35 Miami 56 Mpls.-St. Paul --6 i New York | Pensacola _. 46 San Francisco Seattle ___ Tampa |that does not owe its present ‘condition to the untiring efforts ;0f its local churches. | Last, but not least, our churches jhave consistently practiced the greatest of all human virtues, )Charity, and have always oc- jcupied a foremost role in the re- {lief of the poor and distressed. © EET WEEK-END SPECIALS Sub-Gum CHOP SUEY and CHOW MEIN (First Time in Key West) SOUTHERN FRIED CHICKEN chop suey house No. 4 Aronovitz Lane OPEN ALL NITE oe DANCE — FLOOR SHOW Tonight at RAUL'S CLUB Music by Ray Baldwin COCKTAIL HOUR Sunday, 6 p. m. till ? No Admission or Cover Charge | gressive community in America} |Consul Berardo Rodriguez and | Vice Consul Jose Perez, gathered! or anchored in the harbor to- at the Cuban monument in the | day were the Destroyers Lea, city cemetery this morning to flagship, McCall, Schenck, Evans, junveil a pillar in memory of the Wickes, Bancroft, Rodgers and tamarind tree that stood on that: McCook, and the Seaplane Ten- mee many years ago. der Gannet. According to pres- It was under that fsmous'ent indications these vessels will tamarind tree that Cuban pa- triots met to plan their fight against Spanish oppression in the year 1868 and for many years following. The pillar, which stands about five feet high, has a glass case til Monday. A number of the officers and men of the fleet are planning to go fishing over the weekend. Among them will be Capt. Car- pender, an ardent fishermam, At the naval station dockside | iremain in Key West at least un- | » senior officer afloat fare work of the Post in return for the familiar red poppies, na- tional insignia of the annual | drive. It has been called to the at- {tention of The Citizen that of- !ficial poppies are those that have this legend attached to them: “The American Legion, Ameri- can Legion Auxiliary, Veteran- | Made Poppy”. ALE CLUB CAYO HUESO (Opposite P. & O. Docks) —offers— | | | EVA and NORMAN “The Girl With 1000 Songs” | —and— | JOHNNY PRE D resting on the column: in which is encased. a part of the famous | tree, cut down five years ago. Others present were Mrs. De- Poo, F, Rendueles, Dr. Jose C.! Sanchez, Enrique Esquinaldo, Sr., who has been held up by wea- ther conditions from indulging | in the sport here. Capt. Carpen- | der has fished in many quarters; and His OR OTHER ATTRACTIONS charge Satur- the gamiress of the, fish in this Theodore » Ramon Val-: section. Minirsum check of the world and wants to test | ee i os i | dez, A. Garcia, R. Roche and Pedro Aguilar. . REV. W. R. HOWELL of Jacksonville WILL PREACH TMORROW —at— Ley Memorial Church 11:00 A. M—"Christ’s Great Prayer.” WHOL 7:30 P. M—"The Danger of Neglect.” REVIVAL SERVICES CON- S. A. COHEN, Representing THE MAXWELL CO., Inc. ESALE Furniture, Furnishings, Restaurant WILL BE IN KEY WEST AT GIBSON HOTEL TODAY AND TOMORROW For Interviews Or Contacts With Anyone Interested