The Key West Citizen Newspaper, April 4, 1938, Page 1

Associated Press Day Wire Service For 58 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West VOLUME LIX. No. 80. Che Kry rat Citizen ? THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN THE U.S.A. KEY WEST, FLORIDA, MONDAY, APRIL 4, ek Black Legion Leader Still. | At Large, Prosecutor ‘Says Virgil Effinger, Lima, Ohio, Commands Illinois, Ohio, | Michigan, Indiana Terri- | tory Although the dread, weird and | vicious Black Legion crippled, its leader is badly in Mlinois, Qhio, Michigan and Indiana, still at large, Deiroit prosecuting attorney, who handled the famous case and was a visitor in Key West over the week end, said to The Citizen in an interview. The man’s name is Virgil’ Ef- | finger und he lives in Lima, ‘Ohio. All efforts to bring him to De- trdit for trial have failed, the visiting P. A. said. The “tip” on Effinger’s leadership in the Legion came from a certain per- son in Akron, Ohio, who had or- ganized an independent lodge and saw Effinger regarding incorpora- | The Akron fellow was | tion. taken out in a wild section of the . country and there with guns trained on him was brought through the weird ritual of the | Black Legion, making him al member of the organization. After Prosecutor While in the woods, the leading | car flashed its light three times,| AMERICAN SOCIETY URGES and men from the other cars ran | The leader then pointed | The car | to it. out‘an approaching car. was stopped at the point of guns | is| Duncan McCrae, | MANY INQUIRIES SENT TO LOCAL 5 EIEN SOME RECEIVED “ARE REDA- ’ FINDS OUT BRIDGES | TIVE TO DATA: DESIRED; ARE OPEN WEEK LATE Percy: Seymour, tenant | truck farmer of the Keys, found out Sunday that the Overseas Highway had been opened! Sitting at his vegetable stand on Cudjoe Key. just be- fore the fill leading to the Cudjoe bridge, Percy noticed that an extremely large num- | ber of cars were streaming | ies reeeived, with an occasional past him. | brickbat thrown in for variety. A Key Wester stopped to | chat. Taking advantage of | the opportunity, Percy com- | mented on the increasing number of cars ‘using the highway. the colored farmer almost fell over when told the highway was open and that accounted for the great number! | Percy, by the % the | ey, oY the way. was the | retary handed the visitor the fol-| | lowing letter: “Dear Mr. | of recent date convinces me that | Key West is just what I want. If | at all successful in what I aim to! NATURE “We get all kinds of letters”, | said the secretary of the Chamber of Commerce when The Citizen | made the daily call upon him to- day. “They are either inquiries to the prayer of all Chambers of} Commerce secretaries. The kind| | of letter Which we hope will give! the | feet on the verge of sending in is check for dues”. recent killer of a five foot | rattle snake on his farm. Just | before throwing the fatal rock at the huge rattler Percy shouted, “May the Lord make | my Aim Straight” and then | smashed the snake's head. BPaODa Iss s. PLANNING DRIVE AGAINST CANCER find it possible to take root there, | ‘as have others. I will come some- | time early in April and see you jthen. Thanks for your helpful- | nes The reply was in answer to a letter sent by the secretary on; March 14, and is signed by Zaner Faust, of Massilon, Ohio. “Incidentally”, added the sec-| retary, “the name signed to this COOPERATION IN MOVEMENT available to the real estate broth- ‘COMMERCE BODY OTHERS ARE OF VARIED | ‘or acknowledgements of courtes-}| “But in today’s mail comes the | sort of letter that is the answer! final shove to some careful | | members standing with reluctant } With that remark, the local sec- Singleton: Your fe, } letter and to similar others, are} Cae ee eae ee, LOOKING FOR CITY Thomas Hart, a “Philadel- phia Lawyer” has been forty four years finding Key West all his life—and is sorry he didn't find it forty four years sooner! Key West has everything, Mr. Hart, who lives at 1500 Walnut street, Philadelphia, says. The fishing, bathing, sunshine, climate, and the friendliness of the people are some of the outstanding things about it he is intrigued with. So much does he like | it that sooner or later he will buy a home here, eventually to settle permanently. Mean- while he will return every | year with Mrs. Hart, their daughter, Peggy. and son Thomas, Jr. Thomas is a student at St. George School, Newport, R. I., and was here on vacation. Key West Citizen is | mewhere equalled for cover- age of local news, Mr. Hart said, in praising the publish- | er’s' policy of completely covering the “local” field. To suit the action to the word, Mr. Hart ordered a subscription, stating that he will be a regular subscriber. | The group have left for their Philadelphia home. i | welder, do, perhaps my wife and 1 will OO MUMDI DP LD DD IP BPs 0.3) ADMINISTRATRIX ___ IS APPOINTED | CASE DEALS WITH ESTATES OF EARL AND MARGUE- RITE WEATHERFORD FORTY FOUR YEARS | and searched, but only an in-}| nocent-looking set of travelers! 4 found. They were — released. | Mrs. Mary , Lankford, 713 When the Akron fellow asked | Southard street, wifl serve as — ; mpgs reine a hearaes of theénroliment cam- at the i uling at- * forney, was expected. along that | |paign for the Women’s Field road, and the gang was on the | Army in Monroe county, to help watch for him to get him out of|combat cancer. Any woman the way. This is the sort of! wishing to enroll as a member thing that sometimes shakes up a jor wishing to volunteer her serv-| prosecutiz g attorney, Mr. Mc- ices to help enroll other women, Crae said. lean reach Mrs. Lankford by tele- Effinger then told the Akron | phoning 275-W or calling Mrs. M. attache of ¢the Legion's vicious! Berkowitz, 1101 South street, plan to overthrow the govern-| Phone 765, it is announced. ment and destroy Jewish and) The American Society for the Catholic influence. A secret arse- | | Control of Concer issues the fol- erhood, who are members of the} Chamber of Commerce”. TAYLOR ARREST TWICE IN SAME DAY VIOLATION OF NEW CITY valued at approximately $2, 435, ORDINANCE CASE WILL BE jand consist of two accident insur- HEARD BY JUDGE GOMEZ Mrs. Pearl W. Brinas has been pappeinkes administratrix’ of the) ‘estates of her brother, Earl V.! | Weatherford, and sister, Miss; | Marguerite B. Weatherford, who | [met death in an’ automobile acéi- | | dent at Ridgeland, S. C., ‘March | ance policies of $1,000 each, $410) | U. S. postal savings, and $25 in | personal effects. Those of the | sister are listed as $450 in U. S. postal savings and $20 in person- Carl Taylor, who is operating al effects. one of the scavenger trucks for William Knight, and who was ar- nal was exhibited. Plans to cap- | ture every public building in! Washington and an infernal ma- chine, 14 inches by 6, in a black box which would generate enough | poison in a short. time to kill everyone in a room were brought in by Effinger. A map with every Jewish syna- | gogue and Catholic rectory in the country marked on it was shown by Effinger. secret agents were to place these boxes in the country’s synagogues, and rectories and. thus kill off either “Ametican ~.Judaism or Catholicism, ‘The Jews were to go first; Effinger ‘said. Then the Catholics. Finally the members of the Supreme Court. Effinger is a man about 70 years old, Mr. McGrae said. Blanck Legion Cases In ten days, 15 cases concern- ing the Black Legion were tried in Detroit, and the sage red of | the outfit broken, Mr. saic, Forty-five oar soon | followed. The case began when the bullet-riddled body of al Catholic W. P. A. worker wa: found. A motorcade carried the | fellow into the woods. Coming to a certain bridge, part of the cars couldn't get across. One of the cars which was unable to negotiate the span carried the rope with which it was intended; to hang the worker. The rest of the party then pumped lead into the helpless W. P. A. man. Both (Continued on Page Three) Mili aS . Lo ~ Special Low Price For Limited Time On MUFFLERS, EXHAUST AND TAIL PIPES | ALSO ON OTHER AUTO REPAIRS AND PARTS NAVARRO, Inc. ~ sumiaiaoneOeBeS On a certain date,| rested Saturday morning charged with violation of the new city ordinance relative to the trans- porting of trash and garbage, was arrested again this morning at two different times under the same charge. He was released on bond, and | lowing notice: “Support the War Against Can- | cor—fear, ignorance and delay—j} these are the allies of cancer. For | jcenturies they have held the | field. For centuries they have taken their cruel toll of human- 'y. But today they are being challenged by the women of America, determined to end the | mounting columns of unnecessary death. “No one is drafted for this great war to save human life, but every woman is needed. Care and patience and courage are requir- ed for this peacetime crusade. Will you volunteer in this war, @ war to protect you, your | friends, and relatives, and the (thousands of underprivileged | women, who, without your help, | will not receive this vital mes- sage of hope?” <cne SUMMER CRUISES _ BEING PLANNED FRUIT LINE VESSELS WILL OPERATE PASSENGER SERVICE this afternoon in police court. William Knight has employed John G. Sawyer as his attorney, and the proceedings dealing with the case have been taken to the Circuit Court, it is stated. It is expected that the case will be reviewed in Circuit Court to- morrow or next day, after JAMES LEISHMAN REACHES GOTHA The Citien iin. is in receipt of a; postcard from James M. Leish- | man, retired actor, announcing} his arrival in New York City on! + April 1 Mr. Leishman, who had been spending the winter in Key West, asks to be remembered to his many friends in Key West. TSS aaa a aes STARTING APRIL 5 , According to information re ceived by Charles Taylor, mana | ger of the Porter Dock Company from the Standard Fruit and Steamship Company of New York, the cruises to be operated on the steamers of the line dur ing the summer to Key West will ‘be on a small scale, figuring on about twelve passengers, which will be handled on the freight ships. SS. Atlantida, scheduled leave New York April 12. has ten passengers booked already. The cruises are to be conducted all during the summer manths, DON'T MISS IT! and in all prebability accommo- IN THIS PAPER dations will be made for a greater number as the season progresses. WOOO MODS Oa # | to his case is‘ scheduled to be heard | * which Judge Arthur Gomez will; ‘TAX DEEDS SOLD THIS MORNING | REGULAR SALE HELD BY COUNTY CLERK ROSS Cc. SAWYER County Clerk Ross C. Sawyer this morning in front of the court house at the regular legal hours of sale, sold three tax deeds at the regular Rule Day sale. | Tax deeds purchased by Jona- than Cates represented Lot 44, Square 4, Tract 28.29, and Lot 39, Square 4, Tract 28.29, which were formerly owned by Nina Robin- son. Deeds purchased by Nellie White was part of Lot 2, in | Square 6, and is listed as being formerly owned by George Budde. ‘SCOUT TROOP MEETS TONIGHT There will be a meeting of Boy Scout Troop 5 held tonight, be- ginning at 7:30 o'clock, at the | Wesley House, according to an- nouncemnet made today. All members are requested to be in attendance. ‘SAM MALONE’S BODY SHIPPED TO HIS HOME eeaus VICTIM IN AUTOMO- | BILE ACCIDENT WHEN CAR PLUNGED INTO TAMIAMI | CANAL | Body of Sam Malone, the third victim to die in the automobile jaccident Sunday, May 29, in j which a car plunged the Tamiami canal, was shipped to jhis home, Newport News, Vir | ginia, Saturday night. Miss Nell Malone, sister, came to Key West | Saturday and left yesterday on | the plane to meet the body in Mi- ami and accompany it home. Mrs. Vincent Banks was driv- ing the car which crashed into the canal. Her child, Ralph, 11 months, received head injuries from which he died. She con- trdcted pneumonia and died in Miami, and two others in the car, Henry Hutchins and Frank Mil- | let, are also seriously ill The group were returning | Miami from Tampa. | Mr. Malone was an electric having worked in the Station ‘and also on the | Overseas Bridge: He had been jin Key West a r | Survviors are the father, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph P. Malone, Newport News; sisters, Mrs. John Hanna, Misses Anne, Kathleen, Nell, Marie, Agnes Ma- lone, all of Newport News; broth ers, Frank Malone, Newark, N. J Dave Malone and Jack Malone of Newport News. Services will consist of a re qujem mass to be said at St. Vin- cent’s Catholic church in New- | port News. x into to mother and MANY LEAVE ON CUBAFOR HAVANA P, & O. STEAMER ARRIVED IN PORT THIS MORNING FROM TAMPA Steamship Cuba, of the P. and O. S. S. company, arrived in port this morning from Tampa with nine first cabin and one second cabin passenger for Key West 139 first and two seconds for Ha vana ; Key West arrivals were: Rob- jert Blair, Mrs. Blair, A. E. Sav- age, Frank Borden, D. B. Cash, | Mrs. Cash, Georgia McLeod, J. R Blair, J. W. Sullivan, Ernest Og. den. Listed on the manifest of the ship were the following items: For Key West, 47 tons of freight, one automobile and one sack of mail; for Havana, 231 sacks of mail. Leaving for Havana were the following bookings at Key West John Mender, Frank Borden, Dar nell Cook, Mark Cook, Georgia McLeod, Arthur Savage, Wm. Harkenberg, Emily Harkenberg. Wm. P. Blakeslie, Paul Raskoff Arthur Sawyer, Walter E. Brow nell, Robert Cannon, ®nn Can non, George M. Gray, Hannah E. Gray, Stuart Vandivere, Blanche Vandivere, Stuart Vahdivere, Jr Ben Valjean, Edna Valjean, J. B Hoag, E. H. Keith, Sarah Sloan Irwin I. Cohn, Sadie L. Cohn Smith Griffith, Jr. Elizabeth Griffith, Sadie Lee, Frank Hub bard, Mary McCarthy, Lewis Wil- liams, Mary Williams. ~ OWL HAWK? DAVENPORT, killed and carri owned by Conrad Px this ¢ ! consideration | the Key West, Florida, has the most equable climate in the country; with an average range of only 14° Fahrenheit PRICE FIVE CENTS Business. Activities Here Over Weekiind Exceed Expectations BOARD IS STILL SEEKING YACHT “CLUBHOUSE SITE | REQUIREMENTS OF NAVY DE- PARTMENT TO USE BAT- TERY AT NAVAL STATION QUITE STEEP The Board of Directors of the Key West Yacht Club has devot-| |' ed several sessions to inspecting | various clubhouse sites suggested by the members. Permission was granted by Lieut. William Klaus, | US.N., officer in charge, Station, to look over the old bat- tery at the connection. Naval yacht harbor in this | It was pointed out. however, | that, although there is. every de-| sire to cooverate in the develop- | ment of local activities. a number } of specific requirements of the! Navy Department would have to be met should the club request; {permission to use the structure. At the present time, at least, the club is not in a position to meet some of these requirements. All of the sites suggested have deSirable features, and the board has their relative merits under A decision will probably ‘not be made for several weeks, it being very likely that to has a special meeting, when the board its pry. ‘SICK MAN BROUGHT TO PORT THIS A. M. COAST GUARD BOAT CON- TACTED STEAMER CITY OF HOUSTON FOR PATIENT Coast Guard Vessel 185, Aug ust Bradley in command, left port this morning on radio ad- vices to contaet the Steamship City of Houston and remove a sick'man, who was to be taken to the Marine hospital for treat- ment THe 185 left port at 5:25, con- tacted the vessel at 6:20 and re- turned to port at 7:20 o'clock, with ‘the patient, Austin Herbert Reed, ship's cook, of 300 North 74th’ street, Houston, Texas. Arriving at the hospital it was said that the patient was suffer- ing ‘from inflamation of ‘the spleen SIX LICENSES TO WED ISSUED Marriage licenses recorded in the office of County Judge Ray nond R. Lord show the n 12 persons during the past ames week. rmi Includec ist are Jr € David Wirt Thoma: ” and Paul RESTAURANT FOUR TEN FLEMING STREET Specializing In Finest Certified WESTERN MEATS Sea Foods and Clear Green Turtle Soup BREAKFAST—A LA CARTE DINNERS Fred Auerbach. Mgr. LUNCHEON—75c FROM 85 TE SUPPERS AND SANDWICHES LIQUOR, BEER and WINES Phone 98 Senator Claude Pepper TALK I HIS RE ome ee BAYVIEW PARK 8 o'Clock Tonight! OF FOR 8 ! | | | Jempcratic ve Com-f tee j matter will be placed before the membership for ratification at be called completed | HABANA-MADRID CLUB Speaks Here Tonight | testanrante Jump 100 Per Cent, Gas Stations, 30 Per Cent, Hotels Near 600 Per Cent Restaurants, filling stations. | hotels report a striking increase | of business over the weekend, | ranging from 30 percent to 600 | percent. It was expected that Saturday |and Sunday, “the weekend". | would witness hundreds of more | Cars come in than at any other |time. Thefacts bear it out. H. | E. Day. ‘atiditor of the Overseas | Road and Toll Bridge District. ‘gives an unofficial estimate of | around 2,200 cars for both Satur- |day and Sunday. This means | that there were about 7,000 pas- |sengers, since the average has -} been about three passengers to acar. This number includes both — coming in and those going CLAUDE PEPPER United States Senator “the White Way was lighted Saturday and Sunday nights for the first times in three years. Brilliant illumination, with the UNITED STATES SENATOR TO | new 600 candlepower single lamip BE HEARD AT BAY- bulbs, of Duval street, made ,a | striking picture. They will con VIEW PARK ‘tinue being lighted every night |for the next six months, and an additional fund will probably be Claude Pepper, United States scout then ‘to continue the il- celina law jumination Senator, will speak to Key West | Duval street. was-jammed with residents this evening in the in- | parked cars. The boulevard, the | terests of his re-electidn, at 8, Pind: and the streetd of the |o’clock. The speech will be de-|city, where the 2,000 or more livered from the bandshell in| cars were sightseeing the unique Bayview Park on Division street. | city that is Key West, bore loads Mr. Pepper is scheduled to ar- of traffic. There were fay, fresh rive over the highway shortly be- looks in-the faces of Key West fore his appearance. efs as thousands of new faces * Adectdhiteledncksienaieiieacee were seen everywhere. MRS. L. VW. CLEARE In inquiries over the city, The FUNERAL SERVICES WILL BE CONDUCTED TOMORROW AFTERNOON Citizen finds that hotels report the greatest increase of business. Although some of the hotels and rooming houses have been filled for some time The Citizen finds that others report increases about 600 percent, six times the number of guests that were there the preceding weekend. Filling stations did a rushing business, and reports bring their ' increase up to 30 percent. This Mrs. Louise W. Cleare, age 73, figure may even be too conserva- died this morning at 4 o'clock at | tive an estimate. the residence, 507 Francis street. Restaurants bring different re- Funeral services will be held to- ports. Increases have been re morrow afternoon 5 o'clock from | ported from 40 percent. to 100 the chapel of the Pritchard Fun- | percent,, The average is believed eral Home. Rev. William Halla~ to be closer fo the, 100. percent day, pastor of the First Congre-| mark; New. staffs of waiters and gational church, wil¥ officiate at | waitresses have-been, ordered for the ices. many places, and increasing sup Surv plies of food are anticipated, for Mr the future. Mr Noon time is the bert meal, the Mr restaurants report. This show: teacher that a great deal of the tourist taught for more than fifty years, | are coming in and going right out with some of the leading citizens again, but the hotel increase to Two sisters, Russell, Key West; Philadelphia. » was an old school Key West, having of this city receiving instructions | proves that a large slice of t under her. tourist crop is remaining in t " Perrin to take advantage of the r attractim ms of the city and to er fri endiinest eo the people. COMING T0 PORT ... A bit of » controversy arose as to whether Gaturday or Sunds better day, but report tat that Sunday showed a little Key better figu to re- ceding the Cruiser being taken station: cruise to about 40 perceni incr ness during the pact ing t opening United | bridges. and is manned by a of approximately 20 offi- nd 320 men, artis at > 20 June 24, i h i than the day pre wh he Navy WE PAY TOPS fore USED CARS NAVARRO, Inc. wae TOOTDL 4s “DANCING AT ITS BEST” Every Nighi Key West's Leading Night Club —NO COVER CHARGE AAA hk hhh dd PROTECT YOUR CLOTHES, LINEN, ETC. WITH “BROWNS” SUPER CEDAR CLOSET LINING. PHONE 598. SOUTH FLORIDA CONTR. AND ENG. - COMPANY