The Key West Citizen Newspaper, September 26, 1940, Page 1

Associated Press Day Wire Service For 60 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West 30 ‘THERES ACTIVITY VOLUME LXI. No, 230 wg In Steady ‘Stream Rexford Tugwell wat AT COF lare static”, stated secretary S. C. Singleton of the of Commerce. local Chamber | SION; Planing Bard To Discuss Problems Of County In Informal! | Gathering Satur day, Night | eee i \ Members of the Monroe County Planning Council, together with | other interested city and govern- | ment officials and civic leaders, | are going to get some first hand information on topics of plan- ning when they assemble at a special called meeting for next Saturday night at 8:00 o'clock at the county courthouse. Dr. Rexford Tugwell, ent chairman of the City consented to discuss the at the at pres- ew York has subject, His as a member of Presi- | dent Roosevelt's Planning Commission, informally, mecting. experience unofficial cabi- net and his later experience with the New York commission, quali- fies him as an outstanding, na- tional figure on pianning topics is expected that much good will come out of the meet- ing Mrs. R tary of the whict and it H. Spottswood, secre- Monroe County group, acts only in an advisory capac stated that invitations to attend the meeting had been sent to ate Planning Board The Miami Planning has also been asked a representative. well, soon to terminate a six-weeks’ stay in Key W guest at Boca Ci camp, has had charge of the capital budget the City of Ni York, whic through the Cor sion, cont iditures of the city fo: nts of any nature members. Cor n to send Dr. Tu GOLD STAR MOTHER'S DAY WASHINGTON Roosevelt has proclaimed the Sunday in September of this and of each succeeding year as Gold Star Mother's Day. by direction of a C essional Act. Preside Florida Exhibit May Show MURPHY SALE TOMORROW AT 10:00 A.M. if Which was by way, possibly, of telling The Citizen, which would testify to the fact anyway, jthat the local promotion office is jdoing a man-sized job of an- ' swering various and sundry re- quests for information on Ke; West. For instance: Yesterday, on actual check, twenty-two re- sponses to individual inquiries | nd fifty-six packages of litera- ure to different organizations, neluding the New York World's ; t In an effort to clarify pertinent |questions regarding city govern- ment and affairs which exist in Ithe minds of the people of this {community, Key West Junior |Chamber of Commerce unan- fimously went on record last night jas favoring a plan whereby all jorganizations of the city, repre- |sentatives of governmental bod- lies and other civic leaders would iFair and the Chicago Motor Club |be invited to sit in at an informal | CLERK SAWYER TO DISPOSE OF APPROXIMATELY SEV-| ENTY PARCELS: NEXT SALE OCTOBER 25 | Approximately 70 of | Monroe county lands by the Internal Board of Ta!lahasse« of the Murphy Act, ed at auction tomorrow parcels now under terms | offer- morning Ross C. Saw- | le on tne court- starting at 10:00 o'clock | will be | when county ci yer opens the si house steps Base bids have been deposited ! on all the lots to be sold and the sale is expected to last no more} than an hour. Preparations are now going} forward for the next Murphy | sale, which will be held on Octo- } ber 25th. Advertisement for this! sale will be in The Citizen on Fri- j day, October 4th | Mr. Sawyer stated this morn-| ing that there were still about} one hundred parcels of land with- in the city limits of Key West} that remained in possession of the LI. Board. Those interested in acquiring these lands y H certain locations by calling at his office. : FIFTY LICENSES SOLD YESTERDAY: Drivers of ng in somewhat according to county dge Ray-| mond R. Lord. noted this! morning that a total of 50 per- sons had applied for drivers’ in the past 24 hours For the convenience of those not able to call the court- house before 5:00 o'clock, Judge Lord announced yesterday that he would keep his office open un til 5:30 o'clock this afternoon, to- morrow and Saturday. | automobiles ce er now, censes at In Cleveland And Detroit rial Sept ; Cleveland in by GN of two WORLD'S FAIR, 26.—1 mayors and Detroit, it some miniature held d the cities which is being proposed that World's Fairs be ovember and De- cember, made up of some of the outstanding features of both the New York and San Francisco ex- have joined in inviting management of the Florida State Exhibit at the New York fair to be among the participants and are holding out inducements in the form of free space. The prime movers in the effort to carry both the New York and the California expositions to the mid-wes their leading at- 4y be seen and enjoy- millions who for any i neither New York rancisco during the two were open to the pub- R. Shaffer, a Flor- ida man who managed two of the leading ment enterprises at New York in 1939 and 1940, and Frank Buck of Bring "Em Back Alive” fame. hey are anxious that the outstanding features of the Florida State Exhibit be positions, where The i York, {Florida be kept in the public ‘itizen) i shown and now that they have the mayors of two of the big cit- ies to be visited—Cleveland Detroit—co-operating with them, they hope to persuade E. W. Brown, manager of the Florida showing, to join them. Mr. Brown has the under advisement and it is the hope of Messrs. Shaffer and} Buck that he will accept, in order that the good work so well car- ried out every year since 1933 at Chicago, Cleveland and may be kept up and that | and invitation “The shows in Cleveland, De-! troit and the other cities in the mid west”, said Al. Shaffer, “will afford a wonderful opportunity for Florida to make a showing of its resources and attractions at a time when the people are think-j ing of finding a winter climate to their liking. I am interested in Florida because I live there and I hope Mr. Brown will decide to bring the best of the exhibits now in the Florida Exhibit at the} New York World's Fair to Clev land, Detroit and the other citi which we hope to visit during the coming winter”. held | Improvement | | |proud of. | Papy, | plane county tax coilector and general } were sent out. A request for pic- tures and stories has been re- ceived from “Keystone News”, ithe monthly publication of the Pennsylvania Railroad, and _ it, too, will receive the usual prompt attention. As to some of the letters—here’s a sample: From the Florida State Exhibit the New York World's Fair— he little folders you sent to us time ago certainly were very cleverly arranged and con- tained so much information. The maps have been happily receiv- -d by the many visitors inquiring jabout Key West. Could you send ‘us another shipment soon? Flor- lida’s Exhibit has certainly been jwell patronized this season and we think you'll see a good many jof the visitors in Key West this winter”. some |_ And here's a letter that proved | interesting: “I am glad I went to you for} jinformation. Your most courteouS !and comprehensive letter and en- closures satisfied me thoroughly. I am deeply impressed and pleas- ed with your laudable ambition} to make Key West a city to be If nothing intervenes to prevent. I shall leave here for your city, via bus, on October Ist or 2nd” This letter was sent by W. Maguire, jeeure: J. PAPY REPRESENTS | COUNTY AT MEET TO JOIN NATION'S YOUNG DEMOCRATS State representative Bernie C. Monroe county’s delegate National Young Demo- convention opening to the crats’ for left yesterday afternoon for that city to attend the meet. Headed by 30-year-old Homer Matt Adams, national president, of Springfield, Ill, the Young Democrats will conduct their three-day rally to “round jvotes for F. D. Roosevelt for president”. Mr. Adams arrived in Miami yesterday aboard an Eastern Air | Lines plane from Illinois and was ! greeted upon alighting from the | by Hayes Wood, Dade chairman of the national rally. Two hundred delegates had regis- | tered by last evening and it was, expected that an equal number would check in this morning. TS SSSI aS. ‘GEORGE WASHINGTON’, now residing in St. Pe-! today | a three-day period in Miami, | up} For Council Swim Mest {meeting for the purposes of dis- cussing these matters. Regular monthly meeting of jJaycees was held last evening at {Seafood Grille on Duval street, {with Joe Allen presiding. | Discussion on the Community The value of the ‘Art Center to Key pecially to merchants, the subject headlined at a meeting of the directors of that group held yesterday at a noon-luncheon gathering at La Concha hotel. Called together ostensibly for the purpose of going over mem bership plans, Julius Stone, new- ly-appointed membership chair- man, following discussion with the group, announced that a drive would be staged during the first two weeks in February, aiming at a full-strength roster of 300 members of the Art Cen- ‘ter Corportation. Present at the meeting {Cyrii Marshall, president, {Allan Long, Wm. V. Little, tors, F. Townsend Morgan emmunity , West, was were John direc- direc- are |LEFT YESTERDAY FOR MIAMI) +3. of the center and Mr. Stone. {Mrs. Wm. R. Warren, another di- 'rector was not able to be present, but sent word of her full co- operation. Turning to subjects concerning the potential, commercial value of the Art Center and its Staff of artists, the art-minded ciizens present laid plans to bring the Seouts Leave. i ! Six Boy Scouts will leave Key i West tomorrow afternoon to en- ter the Dade County Council swimming meet to be held in the Venetian Pools at Coral Gables ‘BENJAMIN FRANKLIN’ "2s at 7:30 o'clock this eve- TAMPA. Sept. 2 Sept. 26 (FNS).— Evidencing the patriotic spir- it of their namesakes, George Washington Rentz of Ft. Meade and Benjamin Frank- lin Ryals of Tampa were among recruits enlisting in the army at the local recruit- ing station last week. “Tt was day of illus- rious names”, remarked the recruiting officer. who said that Park Trammell Sessions of Clearwater signed up right behind George Washington and Benjamin Franklin. New NEW ARMY RECRUITS | thé boys, who entered the J cees’ contest held in the Officers Swim Pavilion in the local Naval Station last Sunday afternoon, will attempt to “bring back the bacon” in the events that they have registered to enter. They are: | Ralph Solano, troop 50, diving: |Richard Barber, troop 5i, 50- tyard dash; Eugene Berkowitz, troop 51, diving; Eugene Sawyer, troop 52, breast stroke; Raymond Gonzaga, troop 52, 50-yard dash, and Leon Kincaid, troop 53, 50- yard dash. The boys will leave with scout- master Albert G. Peirce, of troop 51, from in front of his home, VIO a DL DMO, \ 1229 Vor Phister street, at 12:50 Clinic resulted in the appoint- ment of a committee to investi- gate the matter and report back to the organization ways means of assisting in maintaining this community service. Full report on success of the recent Boy Scout swimming meet was given by Dan Harrison, chair- man of the committee which sponsored the event. Letter of thanks was voted the Navy offi- cials for use of pool and other courtesies extended. Plans for an entertainment for members of the club and _ their guests were presented by Joe Pinder, fair would be held during the jearly part of October. Commercial Value Of Art Center's Work Is Stressed PROMOTION OF POSTERS AND OTHER MEDIA DISCUSSED AT MEETING YESTERDAY wmessage of the center to the at- tention of the merchants city- wide. Members of the staff, who already have displayed cooperat- ing interest in supplying poste: and cut-work for public projects, ! were asked to supply a portfolio of possibilities for exhibition purpos: A number of merchants in Key West have availed themselves of the staff-member services, and it was felt that the asthetic side of the city would be greatly ad- vanced if more and more com- mercial interests would follow suit. New pfoc described in previous center releases, open a wide range of possibilities for merchants to beautify their shop windows, letterheads and other mediums of promotion ordinarily used. Discontinuance institution membership in the Art Center Corporation was voted and i dividual membe! of those of groups, henceforth, will be asked | Complete were gone to join the plans for the over and pla success. center. drive Tomorrow | ENTER CONTEST AT CORAL GABLES’ POOLS, REPRESENTING MONROE DISTRICT o'clock tomorrow afternoon. In . the have been excused from school for the day by Prof. Horace O’Bryant, of the High School. This is the first time that a local swimming team has been each boys ,entered in the council-wide meet that will find expert swimmers engaging in the contests from Dade, Broward and Monroe counties. The publicity afforded Key West is thought to be of suf- ficient extent to warrant the trip expense. EGGS ‘CHEEP’, BUT NOT CHEAP {hie Aamnctoted Press) PUEBLO, Colo.—The kitchen staff at Colorado State hospital drew the logical conclusion when ; some lusty cheeping began to come from a crate of eggs. But, hastily unpacking crate, they found a cricket. the Che Key West Cittzrir THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN THE U.S. A. KEY WEST, FLORIDA, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 1940 ayeces Want Mett On Gy Government | APPROVE PLAN TO HOLD INFORMAL DISCUS- ILL: INVESTIGATE CLINIC STATUS [WouTaS BICYCLE To Florida! OVER 1400 MILES LAKE WALES, Sept. 26.—) (FNS) Carrying their own camp- | ing equipment, two boys, Cur- j tis and Robert McDonald. 18 and 16 years old respectively, com F Tom Mass. ; Key West, Florida, bas the | most equable climate in the | country; with an average | range of only 14° Fahrenheit Royal Airmen Increase Raids and! who stated that the af-| s laid to insure its| pleted a 1412-mile journey bicycle on arrival here ne week. The lads came to visit their uncle and carried their own + camping equipment on a trailer {weighing 165 pounds. They aver- aged from 50 to 80 miles a day {Sunburned and weather beaten, ED. D. R Sic SIGNS |the boys related their experi- ences to the editor of the Lake | Wales News. | Highlights of the trip included ; GOES INTO EFFECT OCTOBER 1STH: WILL STOP MANY SHIPMENTS TO JAPAN: ‘a battle with the elements when | jthey encountered a hurricane in } PAN-AM LOAN APPROVED the Carolinas, the killing of al rattlesnake that insisted on i sharing their camp, being robbed ‘of all their cash ($8.35) and the rescuing of a dog from drown- ing. | They left Springfield, Mass., | August 19 and plan to make their home in Florida. ‘SEAMAN BREAKS ARM IN FALL ,ACCIDENT OCCURRED AT | BARRACKS EARLY THIS | ' MORNING ed Press) Sept signed rap st WASHINGTON President Rooseve embargo bill on 1 iron at the White House morning which will pre export of all such arman terial following October 1 Western hemisph may still receive scrap jthe bill states, but it {from Japan, the nation most fected, and other belligerent Coxswain George M. Hubbard, tions both in Europe and Asia U. S. N., was severely injured! President RB: had when. he fell from the third floor ; quested p: bill spec of the seaman’s barracks about fying that i it {3:00 o'clock this morning. Inv needed t itigation at the naval dispensary | scrap material for ‘this morning revealed that he | defence had a broken arm and wrist and National other injuries. was interested in Explaining the fall, Hubbard | quested its passage declared that he was unable to!) President Rooseve sleep and went out on the bal-|the bill recently cony to get some air. Misjudg-jsets up a separate ing the railing height, he lost his 000,000 for th balance and fell to the pavement Bank to lend” t below. mater will be evelt re of the l the ase prog conserve supply in its own expal De ion also signed passed which fund of $50 Export-I Pan-Americ countries Captain Walter F. Jacobs, com-| Represent mandant of the station, ordered a Michigan Board of Investigation to sit on| War Department the matter to ascertain respon- | Congress sibility for the accident. The tion with the exact Board’s Personnel includes | gers we now face Comdr. G. B. Hoey, U. S. N_, ret., tainty Lt. Comdr. Frank Excell Bowser, U. S. N. R, M. C. and Lt. (jg) John L. Rhodes, U. S. ret stated CITY COUNCIL E P. WINTER MEETS T TONIGHT ARRIVES HERE a Mrs. E toc and fear — we Mr. z SPECIAL MEETING WILL ‘a r HEAR PLUMBING CODE hase morning READ a homer from first this | Startir in |keep up on z Winter stated City council meets in the of two special assemblies week tonight at 8:00 o'clock council chemtbers at the city hall Purpose of the call for to- night’s meeting, according to ci clerk Archie Roberts, is to fin the new Plumbers’ Code ord nance on its second reading. Fe lowing discussion and possible revisions, it is expected that the measure will be passed into law on third and final reading Tomorrow night the council is expected to meet in prolonged session to thrash out the new |budget provisions which will set the millage rate for ta purposes during the next fiscal year. OKLAHOMANS OBEY ;, THE GOLDEN R (By Ansociated Press) GUYMON, Okla. — Fire de- stroyed the farm home of Cecil Long, killing his 8-year-old sc and injuring Long. Several days later eight neigh- bors arrived, driving tractors. In one day they did all of his fall plowing. Thursdays and Mondsys. THE UNITED The Navy pr calls — jare on whi means expa facili bua t before. The expansion ” |activities c | Defense WEEK-END SPECIALS SPICED APPLE AND LAYER CAKES, special Maloney Bros. Bakery ugh % Phone 818 812 Fleming Street ship’ frame: as they ifor it. The blast furnaces mus t Nazis Berlin Subjected Toe Five- Hour Attack Last Eve- ning; Axis Powers Are Forming New Union LONDUN. sept. 26-World War No. 2 appears to be gaining in momentum dail And the sdaed pace ss supplied. for the most pert Royal Air Force. Taking the chin for a protracted por occupied chuefly with the defense of England during the cast two months. the F_AF_ now has gaim ed sufficient strencth te carry on imcreasingly larger raids Germany and French erees. over OUR DEFENSE (Editor's Note: This is the sixt’ end lest of © seus p= pared by the National Defense Adwscry Comme = = Sponse fo numerous requests fer erfickes «= cer setemal program. Future releases will eppeer Tae Com ot | STATES NAVY Behind The Limes