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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-11-11
| GARDENERS PHARMACY
BEGINS CHRISTMAS
| CONTEST ON MONDAY

Announcement of interest to
every boy or girl in Key West is
made today in the advertisement
elsewhere in this issue sponsored
by Gardeners Pharmacy.
It's big Christmas contest fea-
ture that opens next Monday at
Gardeners, who is staging the
event in line with other Rexall
contests held in stores of the
chain throughout the United
Estates.
Entry blanks should be called
for at the store next week-and,
after proper signing has been
done, then votes in the contest
can begin to come in for the pc
Rod up to the day before Christ
mas. Mr.. Gardner announced to-
day that the first twenty-five
entries received next week will
get 1000 votes free to start them
off.
Boys and girls have character
istically been pressing their
noses against the corner display
window at Gardeners today
viewing the many excellent and
valuable prizes to be given
away in this contest. Details can
be obtained at the store.
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Kenneth Bearup
Celebrated Birthday

A birthday party was enjoyed
in the yard of the home of Mr.,
and Mrs. j. D. Bearup on Mar
garet street Thursday afternoon
by Kenneth Bearup, who was
three years old and his many
little friends.
Refreshments served were pink
limeade and pink, chocolate and
white marble cakes.
Winner of the girls prize was
Lorraine Curry and Donald Cur
ry won the prize for the boys.
Buddy Banks also won prize.
Approximately thirty-five at
tended the party.
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REV. jim LILLY WILL
PREACH TOMORROW

Rev. Jim Lilly, pastor of Elem
ing Street Methodist Church, re-
turned late last night from the
adjourned session of the annual
conference in Lakeland and will
speak tomorrow morning and
evening ct the church.
The subject at the morning
service will be Jacob and Esau"
In the evening, the subject will
be ''The Call From Flanders
Field.
Junior Patrol units of the city
schools will be special guests at
the evening service.
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Annual Red Cross Call
Opens In Nation Today

application of effective and eff,
cient relief methods; and
WHEREAS, we now have addi-
tional obligations placed upon us
to aid the suffering peoples OF
nations torn anew by the great
disaster of War;
NOW. THEREFORE, l, Fred P
Cone, by virtue of the power
vested in me as Governor OF
Florida, with a view of coordin-
ating relief and avoiding dupli-
cation of effort and other forms
of waste, do hereby name the
American Red Cross as the Off
cial relief agency for Florida in
any time of stress that may come
to us;
AND FURTHERMORE, I urge
all of the people within our State
to contribute as generously as
possible to the American Red
Cross bearing in mind at all times
that by so doing we are not only
assisting in the good works which
are carried on in emergencies
and catastrophes throughout the
world but also are unifying and
solidifying an influence of good
will between people which this
great agency of mercy fosters.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF. ]
have set my hand and caused the
Great Seal of the State of Flor
ida to be affixed at Tallahassee,
the Capital, this oath day of Octo-
Der, AID, 1889.
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MARINE NOTES
Coast Guard Activities

SO0SA N0oA ~ <AS4ANA4ACS
Coast Guard Tender Ivy is to-
day getting in readiness to leave
10 o'clock tonight for the west
coast with three iron structures
to be installed at Charlotte Har-
Dor, at the entrance at the 'Boca
Grande channel.
These structures are to be
erected by Powell Bros, Inc, of
Fl. Lauderdale and will take the
place of the wooden structures
which have been there for
number of years. Equipment for
the erection of the structures are
on the way to Charlotte Harbor
from Fl. Lauderdale at this
time.
Charles G.. Levin, engineer
from Key West, will go on the
Ivy as foreman-inspector of the
construction work, for the Coast
Guard.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-11-11
ENTERTAINMENT
PENA'S GARDEN

Armistice Day will be celebrat-
ed at Pena's famous Garden of
Roses tonight with another of the
usual Saturday Night dances
featuring Gould Curry's we'll
known orchestra, which will play
for dancing as well as offer sew
eral feature numbers. After the
Ball-drop in at Pena's, is the
slogan for tonight-and many
have indicated they are going to
do just that.
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CARD OF THANKS

Our sincere thanks is extended
10 our friends and neighbors for
the many acts of kindness ten
dered us during our recent
bereavement, the sudden death
Of our beloved one, Armando
Rivero. We are indeed grateful
TO those who gave the use of
their cars, the donors of the
beautiful floral offerings and
messages of sympathy.
nOvIl-It THE FAMILY.
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ment, and coquina, quarried from
coral rock, are two key building
products now before the public
Notice around town that visi-
tors are dropping in at curio
shops, going sightseeing and eat
ing in restaurants. Winters al
most here.
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hours. Constant source of trou-
BILE while fishing are barracudas
and sharks. These lurking ter
rors of the deep "stea" many
prizes being hauled in and at
times come right up to the boat
to "slice" a fish in half. Anna
teur anglers are puzzled when
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-11-11

Annual Red Cross roll call for
membership opens in all cities of
the nation today and will end
Thursday, November 30.
Proclamation released by Gov
ernor Fred p. Cone of Florida
calling for statewide coopera-
ton in the drive, is published
herewith:
WHEREAS, on November 18th
the annual roll call of the Amer
lean Red Cross begins and this
organization will conduct it's an
nual drive for funds necessary to
maintain this most unselfish and
humane of our national organi-
cations; and
WHEREAS in times past, when
our State of Florida has suffered
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-11-11

they feel their line slacken when
just moment before it was
whlzzing through the water. But
it doesn't take them long to find
the reason. To avoid this nuis-
ance sometimes it is necessary
to pull up anchor and try another
spot.
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Two Circles
Meet Monday

Young Women's Circle of Flem-
ing Street Methodist Church will
entertain the Young Women's
Circle of Ley Memorial Church
at the parsonage Monday night.
An entertaining program has
been arranged.
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PERSONAL MENTION

Mrs. ]. T. Edwards, who had
been spending several weeks. in
Key West with her son-in-law
and daughter, Mr.. and Mrs. Joe
Crusoe, left on the Steamship
Cuba yesterday afternoon for her
home in Tampa.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-11-11

awaiting the arrival tomorrow of
their neice, Miss Alice Mosher,
Jennings, Louisiana. She will
drive down over the highway.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-11-11

H G. Hopkins. of Miami, who
makes a visit to Key West sew
eral times each year, and who
had been visiting on his third
trip this year, left on the early
bus today for his home in the
Magic City.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-11-11

WHEREAS. this same policy
has been pursued aggressively by
the American Red Cross in other
states of our nation in times of
peril or disaster, with the prompt
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-11-11

di S a ter and
dist re IS, the
American Red
Cross has Civ
en- most gen
erously of its
labors and OF
its funds to re-
suit in Tehabili-
tation of our
stricken people.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-11-11

Miss Lettie Sullivan, daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. J. B. Sullivan,
left on the early bus this morn
ing for Miami where she will re-
ceive dental treatment and re-
turn tonight.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-11-11

Manuel Ramos, who arrived
from Cuba Tuesday afternoon
and spent a pleasant visit with
relatives and friends, left for
Tampa on the Cuba yesterday
afternoon.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-11-11

E. p. Johnson, keeper at Som
brero light on the reef left over
the highway this morning on the
early bus for Marathon and will
there take a small boat for the
return to his station after his
regular vacation.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-11-11

]. B. Sullivan, who has been
engaged TO make certain repairs
10 the machinery on the Steam
ship Cuba, left yesterday after
noon on the vessel and will re-
turn Monday morning.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-11-11

Peter Schutt, manager of the
Hotel Casa Marina, arrived in
the city this week, and prepare
tons are now getting under way
for the opening of the magnifi-
cent hostelry.
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Pat Kelly, who had been en-
joying a vacation of two weeks
with friends in Miami, was a
returning passenger on the after
noon bus yesterday.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-11-11

Mr.. and Mrs. A. d. Luethi,
1119 Won Phister street, are
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THE ISLAND CITY
MERCHANTS of the city some


MERCHANTS of the city some
times pay out as much as $25 a
month in charity and ads for va
rious private benefits. One club
after the other aSsalls the two
blocks between Fleming and An
gela asking for donations. Usual
ly the club is getting out a small
program and will give the store
the service of putting in a small
adj. If there is a card party, if
there is social, if there is a civic
event, in all the Duval merchants
find they are expected to be ade-
quately represented. And it's good
business for them, because one
must keep friends in business.
When a big delegation of civic
women enter the store in a rush
and hurry, though, it very nearly
scares the storekeeper out of his
wits.
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AROUND TOWN: Operators

AROUND TOWN: Operators of
the scores Of small cigar stores
in the city might increase their
sales by contracting cigar stores
over Florida and later through
out the ration. There is such a
small margin of profit in cigars
that the only profit must be
made by manufacturer to distri-
butor. Minute Men" from
Sixth Grade Glass of Harris
School are appearing before civ
ic groups asking that there be
action taken on securing more
playground space for them. The
idea may spread to the schools.
Recreation facilities are badly
needed in all schools here. &.
Tombstone for a well-known and
powerful leader of the city has
arrived through his request. e.
Keystone, made of mari and &C.
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HOLTSBERG'S
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PRINTED RAYON SILKS 2 yards soc
Broken Assortment CURTAINS. pairs for SOC
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TAFFETA all colors. yard soc
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BOXED TOWELS and WASH CLOTHS. in box - SOC
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OTHER SPECIALS ON SALE MONDAY
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FRUIT OF THE LOOM SLIPS 1914 sloo
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Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-02-25
U. S. Official
Succumbs To
Heart Attack

Berlin, Feb. 25.-(AP)-Prentiss
B. Gilbert, Charge D'Affaires, of the
United States Embassy, died last
night of a heart attack. He was SIS
years old. Mrs. Gilbert, who was
vacationing in Switzerland, was mott
fled at once and started to return to
Berlin.
Gilbert was a native of Rochester,
N. Y.
Funeral arrangements will be
made after the return of Mrs. Gil
bert.
When last seen by friends at the
Embassy, Gilbert appeared in the
best of spirits. He has been in charge
of the embassy since the departure
Of Ambassador Hugh Wilson on. Nov.
16 for Washington on summons from
President Roosevelt and Secretary
of State Hull.
Gilbert was succeeded temporarily
by first Secretary Jefferson Patter-
son, who this morning notified the
U. S. State Department, the German
foreign office and Doyen lDCU)
members Of the diplomatic corps that
Gilbert had died.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-02-25
Senate off To
Be TheGuests
of Wilmington

Raleigh, Feb. 25.-(AP)-The Sen
ate in a five minute session passed
fiv< local bills and left early this
morning for Wilmington to spend
the weekend as guest of the city.
The house, meeting briefly at 10
o'clock, received five new local bills.
Among the measures passed by
the senate and ordered acted into
law:
House Bill 191:-to fix court
terms in Currituck
House Bill 376: To authorize
Washington county commissioners
to provide for retirement for Miss
Augusta Carstarian.
Meantime, North Carolina, with
her financial cupboard, still was un-
able to ascertain whether it con-
tanned bone big enough for the
more-ever-broadening spending.
AS the week ended, the joint fl
nance committee adjourned without
acting on subcommittee program
designed to raise all the $1,876,OOO
needed to balance the budget.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-02-25
Fresh Attack
Is Launched
Hundreds of J e w S
Will Be Forced to
L We Germany In
Short While; Proper
tv Confiscation b v
Nazi to Pay Heavy
Fine

Berlin, Feb. 25.-(AP)-Berlin po-
lice authorities today acted to speed
immigration of Jews by serving no.
tice on the Jewish community that
it must furnish the names of humid
reds of Jews who would be requir-
ed to leave the country within two
weeks.
The order takes effect Monday.
Some new measures against the
alleged enemies of the Nazi regime
had been expected today following
a double barrel attack on German
haters abroad" and for opponents Of
the regime at home headed by Chan
cellor Hitler and Minister of Propa-
ganda Goebbels.
Hitler spoke last night at Munich
rally of his Town guar4" for the 10Th
anniversary Of the founding of the
NaZi movements.
Coebbels blast appeared in Italy's
newspapers. Both acknowledged
Nazi opposition to Jews in Ger
many.
Today's police notice provided
Continued on Page EIGHTY
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-02-25
Wages-Hour
Fight To Be
Very Bitter
Battle Over To Be
Holly Contested on
Floor of Assembly
When Considered
Daily Dispatch Bureau
In the Sir Walter Hotel
Rv HENRY AVERILL

Raleigh, Feb. 25.-PrOposals to
enact a North Carolina wage-hour
law seem to be generating as much
heat as any others before the Cen
eral Assembly, and it isn't going a
bit too far to say that one of this
sessions briskest battles is going to
be fought around them.
There are two bills before the leg
islature, one of which has the nomi-
nal endorsement of the North Caro-
lima Federation of Labor, the other
concededly the utmost that the
State Department of Labor thinks
has even a remote chance of pass
age. The former follows almost to
the period and paragraph the Fed
eral statute The other, in general,
goes along those lines except in its
treatment of service and mercan-
tile industries; for which maxi
mum 48 hour week and a minimum
tWo-bit per hour wage are proposed.
Employer groups hostile to the
principles involved in the measures
have already opened fire before Jim
Volger's House Committee on Labor,
Continued on Page Five)
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-02-25
By ROGER w. BABSON,
Copyright 1889, Publishers
Financial Ruroam Inc.

Babson Park, Mass, Feb. 81
America wants chain stores to stay
in business. This is the conclusion Of
the majority of people who wrote to
me in answer to my requst for read
ers' opinions. The score was: For
chains, SO per cert; against chains,
80 per cent; neutral, II per cent.
Hundreds of letters have been sent
to me. They represented all shades
of public opinion manufacturers,
farmers, statesmen, independent store
owners, chain store employees, wage
earners, white-collar workers, house
wives and students.
Sectionally, the chains are most
popular in New England, the Middle
Atlantic States and the Pacific Coast.
The South (about six TO four in ia
vor Of the chair1s) and the Southwest
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-02-25
Finance Members Block
Railroading Money Bill

Attorneys for the large oil COM
panies protested upon the ground
that the amendment had not been
read until late Thursday, that they
had not had any opportunity to study
it, could not discuss it intelligently
until they had read it. Admittedly
it was an entirely new departure
from former revenue acts, and was
regarded as being vitality different
III many respects.
Thus went glimmering hope for
report of the bill this week. The
Senate is in Wilmington today, after
a very brief morning session at 8:3O
B. B. (before breakfast) and the
earliest chance for hearing is
Monday afternoon. Notice was Civ
en- that the Monday session will be
the "finar'' public hearing on the
item. Remote possibility remains
that the bill may be ready for re-
(Continued on PAGE Five)
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-02-25
Orders
Italians To
ReturnHon1e
Two Views Express
e d a s Trainloads
Leave France f o r
Homeland; Exod u s
Comes at Crucial
Time in Italo French
Relations

Paris, Feb. Thousands
OF Italian citizens living in France
were leaving for their homeland to-
Gay IN mass exodus in response to
Premier Mussolini's repatriation or
der for Italians abroad.
An Italian Embassy spokesman
said the exodus was "only a begin
ning".
Italian officials said several hun
dred Italians were leaving Paris on
a special train this afternoon. while
nearly 5000" were returning to
their native land from Farseilles.
Bordeaux and other cities.
Although the movement was Of
ficially in response to the repatria-
ton order under which Italians in
all lands were being called home. it
was viewed in many quarters as a
direct slap at France
Officially, the French government
accepted Rome's official reason that
the repatriation followed a Fascist
plan to get most Italians living
abroad back to work in Italy, despite
the fact the repatriation came at
crucial moment in Italian-French
relations was viewed by responsible
quarters was due to one of two
things:
l. Either Italy feared war with
France would come through;
2. Or Italy wanted to brighten the
French" and it was preparing OF
back up colonial demands on France
with action.
Today, repatriation movement fol-
lowed by a day a disclosure that
Italian residents of Corsica, French
island, near the Italian mainland
were returning home.
The Italian embassy estimated that
the number leaving Monday at
about 1000 (Italy estimates the Ital-
ians living abroad at 100000,
figure which does not take in ac-
count naturalization and included
the children born of Italians abroad).
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-02-25
RFC Officials
Confer Here
On A. & N. c..


Raleigh, Feb 25.-(AP)-Attorney
General Harry Mcmillan and three
representatives of the RFC confer
red with Governor Hoey today on
proposals to lease the State controll-
ed Atlantic and North Carolina rail-
road.
Hoey said the three RFC men had
inspected the road and would report
to Jesse Jones, RFC chairman.
The study was made, Hoey ex-
planned, the RFC was considering
whether to attempt the propose lease
of the road and whether to release
about 100000 held in railroad bonds
guarantee for Morehead City port
terminal bonds.
The railroad wants the bonds re-
leased in order to use the money to
retire its debts.
The RFC representatives were
John Barringer, chief examiner in
the railroad division; T. A. Hamil-
ton, examiner in that division and
c. M. Clay, assistant general coun-
sci.
There have been two proposals to
lease the A. and N. c.. and the board
of directors has passed a resolution
saying it thought it best to lease the
line
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-02-25

of several apparent indications that
the crop of new laws at the present
congressional session might be COM
paratively small
Another statement from Secretary
of Commerce Harry Hopkins in an
address at Des Moines, Iowa, that,
with the emphasis shifted from re-
form to recovery, the administra-
ton is now endeavoring to promote
that recovery with all the vigor and
power at its command"
Meanwhile economy advocates
joined in an effort to reduce the
S170,000,000 expenditure President
Roosevelt has proposed for new war
planes.
Several said that they believe a
substantial saving could be made by
supporting the house approved linli-
tation of $500 planes for the army.
This limit has been raised to 5000
by the Senate Military Committee
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-02-25
Daily Dispatch Bureau,
In the Sir Walter Hotel.
nv LYNN NISRET

Raleigh, Feb. 25.-The budget
may be theoretically balanced and
the full joint finance committee may
make its report to the floor Of the
assembly early next week, but the
committee late yesterday afternoon
declared with a chorus of loud Noes
that it is not going to hang man
in his absence. A group led by Odus
Null, Of Cleveland; Fitzhugh wal
lace, Of Lenoir, a,sM Frank Taylor
Of Wayne, sustained the old COM
mon law right of a defendant to be
given bill of particulars and his
day in court, when they voted down
the proposal of Durham's Victor
Bryant and the expressed wishes OF
House Chairman Bill Fenner that
the amendment to the chain gaso-
line station tax be considered inIne-
dlately.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-02-25
Recovery, Not Reform Is
Sought For Business
Barkley Declares No Autobiography Legsla-
ton to Be Enacted by This Congress; Hopkins
Gives Business Encoura ging Note

Washington, Feb. 25.-(AP)-The
Roosevelt administration endeavors
to quiet business fears and encour-
age private investments gained i'm
petus from a statement today by
Democratic Leader Barley in the
Senate that he had received word
that no anti-monopoly legislation
would be offered at this session of
Congress.
Barley reported his information
from O'Hahoney, Democrat, Wyom-
ing, of the special committee of legis-
lators and government officials ap-
pointed to investigate monopolies and
other economic subjects.
The Senate leader added, however,
the Senate would ask additional
funds, probably as much as the $780,
900 appropriated for it last year to
continue its investigation.
Barkley'S announcement was one
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-02-25
Roosevelt Urges Labor
To Negotiate For Peace
Send Letters to John
L. Lewis and William
Green Asking Early
Settlement of Differ
ences; Lewis a n d
Green Decline to Com
ment

Miami, Fla, Feb. 25.-(AP)-Pres-
ident Roosevelt, in letters today to
the heads of the country's rival la
Dor organizations said "labor faces
challenge in finding itself divided
into opposing camps" and called up
on them to name a committee to
negotiate peace.
In letters to John Lewis, chairman
Of the Congress Industrial Organiza-
ton, and to William Green, presi-
dent of the A. F. of L., Identical eX-
cept for the prima paragraph, he de-
clared the American people sincere
ly hoped that constructive negotiation
of peace with honor may come about
between the CIO and AFL within the
early months of the new year."
'The secretary of labor he adj
ded to the letters made public at the
temporary White House here, tells
me "that after careful investigation
and prolonged conversations with
prospective leaders in both groups,
there appear to be no insurmount-
able obstacles to peace, and in fact,
there is a real desire for unltication
in the labor movement for all par
ties concerned.
The President was still at sea
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