The Key West Citizen Newspaper, October 14, 1938, Page 1

Associated Press Day Wire Service For 58 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West VOLUME LIX. No. 244. ‘ eee. ° No One Could Inflnenea)°‘ NEW AIR CHIEF Mrs. Hodgdon’, Freeman | °®°e#eeeeeeeececcoocccce Replies Heatedly To Ferguson | As a remand of the Mrs. C. A.} Hodgdon will case against Wil- liam A. Freeman, principal bene- ficiary of the $13,000 will, went into its second day this morning it appeared likely that the case might not be completed until } mad or tomorrow. \ Ferguson, who, was do- he questioning for the three for the contestants, Freeman with question after question, many of them in- volved, but the answers came one right after the other and after a day and a half of questioning not THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN THE U.S. A. KEY WEST, FLORIDA, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1938 WEBBER CASE UP TODAY IN | CIRCUIT COURT ADDITIONAL JURORS SUM-j MONED WHEN REGULAR| VENIRE BECOMES EX- HAUSTED ON EXAMINATION | Circuit Court of the Eleventh Judicial Circuit convened this! morning at 9:30 with Judge Ar-| thur Gomez presiding and all) court officials present. The case at issue is that of Ed Webber, charged with the killing of James Taylor. A true bill. was rendered by the grand jury, which was em- panelled October 10, and -on, Ocr tober 12. the jury made ‘nis presentment, to the. court. case was set.for hearing. today and at. the session this morning questioning of jurors as to,their: qualifications was started, | Shortly after 11 o'clock the) venire of 50 jurors had been ex-j an important point had been ad- mitted by Freeman. jhausted and Judge Gomez or-} | dered a special of 25 jurors to be; In reply to a query implying that he had unduly influenced Mrs. Hodgdon, Freeman heatedly said, “No one could influence Mrs. Hodgdon!” Overruling defense attorney's objection, Judge Raymond R. Lord allowed Ferguson to ques- tion Freeman concerning other wills he had drawn up. Freeman testified that he had drawn up three other wills, typed one oth- er, that in only one was. he a legatee, and in the others was ex- ecutor. Objections were on the point that the questioning would imply an unwarranted suspicion of Mr. Freeman. “Didn’t you know that some of the other heirs cut off had but the bare necessities of living?” Ferguson “I did not know of*or her “heirs with her", Freeman answered. The questioning was brought to a cli- “NAVAL STATION! attempted ‘to involve Freeman into admitting that he | ORDERED HERE TO AVOID: had inserted a $1 clause grant to} STORMY WEATHER: ONE) those relatives to be within the | law. “I do not know who advised} MEMBER INJURED ON WAY Mrs. Hodgdon to insert such a clause”, Freeman said. BD REL WEST | Taking up the burden of proof —- | ay ee with gaan Housed at the naval station instruction concerning the draw- ing up of the will in question. The handwriting was that of Mrs. Hodgdon, Freeman said. He testi- fied he did not make certain AIR CORPS HEAD Maj. Gen. H. H. Arnold (above), as suc- cessor to the late Qscar West- over who died in a plane crash, will have post four CCC CAMP BOYS QUARTERED AT of the C.C.C. Camp at West Sum-, merland Key, who were ordered | to come to Key West under the! command of Lieutenant James M. | Richardson to avoid th storm) |which was announced to be head- | ting in this direction. This is a storm of small intensity and not | “She told me|® hurricane. j eres Ses was to go to| Orders for leaving .were questions, Mr. Free- it Mrs. Hodgdon did it anyone to know: of. the besides the two signers contingent arrived at the’ station. | |They were closely “followed by | about 60 others who. had:been or- | were enroute when), the - orders | } were received for the boys in the | camp to proceed to Key West. The neWly arrived contingent jmade preparations to leave Mi- written instructions, the note and | ami as soon as they reached the verbal instructions Mr. Freeman station and proceeded to Key) drew up the will and returned it| West practically without stopping | to her, he said. She perused it/at the West Summerland camp. | and then returned it to him for! jeral of the trucks in which the case was taken up again! boys were travelling were drown- | today at 1:30 with J. J. Trevorjed out in the torrential rains ‘subpoenaed to answer questions jwhich were encountered and were concerning checks deposited in| forced to come to a halt on the the First National Bank in an ef-jlong bridge or “seven-mile | fort of contestants’ counsel to ac-/ bridge”, which crosses Pigeon | count for funds of Mrs. Hodgdon’s | Key. j estate, | While. the trucks were at rest ;one ofthe boys, Doyle McArthur WORKS HARD FOR NAUGHT by name, went back to secure a : | Ppump,to be used on the engine, | Manheim, Pa.—Engaged to help | and was struck by a passing his farmer-employer cut corn, | truck, bound ‘or Key West and Earl Finefrock went to work with | being driyep »by' Frank Curry. vim and vigor, He was working: . However) Ma Curry, not at full speed when the farmer | blamed for the accident which in- came along and stopped him. He | jured/MéArthit,fns the rain wag! had been cutting a neighbor's falling in such torrents that it! corn. was hardly possible to see but a few feet ahead. Tomorrow Night, 10 T:l ? Colonel F. M. Williams, who is among the official group at the RAUL‘S | iota gg is just below the knee, but no Pritchard's other injuries were sustained. naval station, said that he learn- fed that the injured boy had re- COVER CHARGE ——} This was corroborated by Lieu- ‘tenant Richardson. | ceived a broken leg, the fracture John — NO AINT UP! MAKE YOUR DWELLINGS ATTRACTIVE! t o'clock. j Cook, H. T. Miller. summoned, to report instanter, | and the case was continued at 1} Those summoned for jury duty ; today were: Clement Jaycocks, Thomas James, John P. Baldwin, | Victor O. Arenberg, Leonard T.; Curry, L. T. Adams, Robert B./ Pinder, Samuel S. Higgs, Publio| Carbonell, Roy T. Lewin, Fred} Solomon, Samuel T. McClintock, | J. A. Keaton, Kersey M. Sands, | J. Windfield Russell, M. F. Filer, | Alibey Oliver Armayor, John C. | Lord, W. H. Pierce, Abelardo} Lopez, Amando Machin, R. Aaron| Kemp, Frank Jolly, Joseph G.| 1 With but few exceptions the, total venire was located, and at) the session this afternoon those | summoned were questioned:as to| their qualifications, to serve at | the trial: Shortly before 2 o’clock the panel of 12 was completed with the following seated in the box: Ed. Mathews, Jr., Scott Sawyer, | John Ogden, Robert Roscoe Roberts, Archie Albertus, Vivian Pinder, Rudolph H. Sands, | John A. Knowles, James Hyde, John Blackwell, Jr., J. A. Keaton. Questioning of witnesses was} started immediately, the first! witness being W. A. Parrish,| deputy sheriff who arrested the | | | him to the city. There have been six witnesses | summoned for the defense and 16} for the prosecution. GRAND JURY STILL AT WORK | Grand Jury now investigating | conditions of county buildings, | including the jail and other coun-| ty property, is expected to com- plete their work by tomorrow | was spent in investigation of the} various schools of the county, the jury will be in most cases} the several structures. LEGION OFFICERS — ARE RE-ELECTED WERE GUESTS AT RECENT MEETING } All officers of Arthur Sawyer} Post 28 American Legion were reelected at the meeting held this week. Officers are to be in-| stalled at a later meeting and- will remain in their official status until April 1939. Members of the Auxiliary j}vere guests at the election meet- ing, and following the time of voting and naming the officers, had a very pleasant time enjoy- ing the delicious refreshments which were served in abund- ance. The elected officers were: Com- mander Wm. H. Reardon, First Vice Commander P. B. Roberts, Second Vice Commander A. E. Corcoran, Adjutant U. J. Del- gado, Chaplain C. E. Hattrick, Historian F. S. Baker, Sergeant at Arms, Patrick Kelly. Executive Committee: Leroy | Voght, J. W. Pinder, J. T. Trevor. A Tribute to Hernando DeSoto ‘The history of Florida is inextricably woven with the pattern of adventures and explorations of those men of old Spain whose broad trails extend throughout the Americas, None was more colorful than the expefition of Hernando DeSoto, who in 1539 landed on the shores of Tampa Bay and began from this point his eventful journey that carried him to the Missis- sippi. Celebrating the 400th anniversary of the Innding of Hernando DeSoto, Tampa will stage the Pan-American Hernando DeSoto Exposition and With the Federal government and twenty-o ises to be the greatest event of its, kind ever st Pictured above is a.scene din the South, from one of the position buildings, nt, January 31 to February 18, next. -atin-American countries participating, it prom- showing the interesting his- torical murals that in life size@ figures depict the arrival of the Spaniard. Sponsored by the Florida Fair, the DeSoto Exposition will be staged on the present Fair Grounds where additional buildings and improvements will provide for the more elaborate and exhibits planned, extensive During the Exposition period the famed Gnsparilla Carnival will be staged as a feature of the celebration. All departments of the Florida Fair will be maintained as a part of the Exposition, with exhibits from all sections of the state affording Florida counties and communities an opportun- ity to present their advantages and opportunities to the countless thousands who will visit Tampa during this festive Exposition. COCONUT DISEASE ADVISER REPORTS. ON THREE CAUSES BUDROT, ROOTROT: ADULTS BUYING FIBER SHOULD CAUTION GATHERERS In discussion before the Rotary at a time of year when the in- juries usually proved fatal, to furnish material for coconut hats and bags were pointed out as |dangerous to Key West's coconut! woct population. The fact that every coconut hat or bag made the death of a coco- nut palm would "be the result re- | morning at which time the jury’s| was pertinently mehtioned, Cur- }ceived at a late hour-and it was formal presentment will be made. |ry Moreno, Area Supervisor, who | 1:30 this morning before the first! Much of the time yesterday | broached the subject, stated that the W.P.A."Sewing Room, project and jwas Mmalufacturing little, coconut}, Jit is expected that the report ;of\.products at present. Mr. ‘Moreno presented a report dered to West Summerland, and! favorable as to the condition of ; front Jack Brandt, who was asked here to investigate the condition | of coconut palm diseases in the city, which laid the causes of the dying palms as (1) stripping of the fiber sheathing (2) and (3) budrot. Stripping of the sheathing al- lows a weevil to lay its eggs in the exposed portion of the plant Coming over the highway sev-/- MEMBERS OF AUXILIARY and the larvae resulting then bur- row into the heart of the tree. killing it. cutting away sheathing to supply coconut fiber product shops and even standing on palm branches in order to reach them, probably do not know the harm they are: doing, Mr. Moreno said, but add- ed that the adults who are buy- ing the fiber from them are cul- pable for not instructing them. Regarding the other disease in- fections, Mr. Brandt advised root- , rot to be treated with a Bordeaux mixture and budrot to be treated either with Bordeaux or a weak solution of bluestone. The weevil can be controlled with the same sort of mixtures but all axes and other tools should be disinfected. S. C. Singleton, taking both sides of the question, gave a part humorous, part serious debate on the = subject. “Resolved that wages should be based on the profits of an organization rather than on a standard wage scale”. Henry W. Drew of Jacksonville was @ visiting Rotarian and Car- los L. Russell was a guest. WE'LL SUPPLY THE MATERIALS. SOUTH ADVISORY | ! 3 P. M.—The disturbance in| the ‘southeastern’ Gulf of “Mexi-| co has diminished in intensity | and remains about stationary 175 | miles westnorthwest of Key West with highest winds now only 35) to 40 miles per hour. Squally L. Bethel, COCONUT FIBER STRIPPING, | conditions continue over a con- |siderable area, however, and {small craft should continue to; exercise caution’in waters around | {the Florida peninsular the |mainder of today and tonight, | otherwise there appears to be lit- jtle further danger. | WEATHER BUREAU. | this morning were 190, members | accused, Ed Webber, and brought Club stripping of coconut trees, | ae EE i | | Advisory 9 A. M. EST. The! |disturbance in the southeastern | | Gulf of Mexico is moving slowly ‘eastward with center about 180! miles westnorthwest of Key It has spread over a con-} |siderable area with local squalls :from 40 to 48 miles per hour re- !ported. St. Petersburg reported a maximum velocity of 48 and’ 'Tampa 38 during the night. The {slow movement will cause squally +weather to continue over southern » Florida and adjacent waters to- {day and ‘tonight and storm warn- pings for Small boats and ex- | posed islands and beaches remain displayed from Tarpon Springs to Stuart but it is emphasized that this is only a moderate dis- turbance attended by squalls and not a hurricane. WEATHER BUREAU. rootrot | WELFARE BOARD — ISSUES REPORT State Welfare Board of District 10, headquarters at West Palm Beach, issued this week, the fol- | lowing data, covering expendi-| tures and the number of cases of | Old Age Assistance and Aid to; the Blind. For the entire district of Mon- roe County there was given to 427 citizens under the old age plan, the sum of $6,780. Aid to blind citizens numbering 100, $1,- 576, making a total of $8,356 Approved new cases, 11 for old age assistance and one for aged blind. Rejected applications num- bered five. There is no aid to de- pendent children distributed in this district. Young boys, who are! IN SELF DEFENSE HARTFORD, Conn. — John Kosak, 67, of this city told the judge in court that he acted in self-defense when he hit Albert Powers, 97. He received a sus- | pended jail sentence of ten days. SCOUTS 10, HAVE OVERNIGHT CAMP, ERS OF ORGANIZATION — oI | partment authorized its gobs to Fourteenth Street. TO LEAVE CITY THIS AFTERNOON Boy Scouts of Troop Number night camp for the month of Oce- tober tonight. The camping place adjoining the home Beaver. This courtesy extended to the troops of city. Members of Troop 52 will leave the city about 4:30 o'clock, marching in sets of twos and will cover a set course through the of Harry has been the city. They will, in the course of! CONSULTS PRINCIPALLY on) Board of Directors of their trip, visit at fhe home of Che Key West Citizen ‘Another | | | Cecccccccescerscerseooos | regarding the demands. Key West, Florida, has the most equable climate in the country; with an average range of only 14° Fahrenheit Key» West WPA Project NEWS FLASHES '}More Than Twelve Thou- | sand Dollars To Be Ex- | en (By Associated Press) : pended In Street Im- BUDAPEST.—The Hungarian | army mobilized today and an- nounced that it would use any) measures necessary in the terri- A torial annexation crisis in Czech-| A Key West WPA project call- oslovakia. Strong Czech feeling |ing for the expendi dove was rising. | | twelve thousand dollars for street BERLIN.—It is known that! > Adolf Hitler does not favor all] has been given the ap- the demands of Hungary for| proval of the president, accord- Czech territory... Czech ministers | @ have been’eonferring in Germany | ing te telegram received today |by “The Citizen from United VIENWNA+s—A number of | Statee*@enator Claude Pepper, churches ‘and convents were or-/} : dered closed tothe public today | Th® wite’received follows: by German command in this Aus-| “It is indeed a pleasure to ad- trian town. The Nazi action fol- provements |lowed the preaching of a sermon | Vise you that WPA project No. by Cardinal Innitzer Wednesday | urging the public not to observe | 78? ses Shee epenanes he the | bombardment is proceding Nazi orders frowning on Catho- lic church operation. Dr. Goeb- bels came here today with his mission believed to be guaging of Austrian feelings in the matter. SHANGHAI. — Seventy - five thousand Japanese are detouring slightly northward on their march on Canton, 90 miles away. Sev-| eral towns are reported captured. Canton is an important supply base for the Chinese. Heavy the Japanese marches. HENDAYE.—A new Rebel of- fensive against seaport ona got under way today with Loyal- ists reporting that they drove back the drivers. Generalissimo Franco,has sent up new reinforce- ments to the seacoast front: 4 WASHINGTON. — Navy De- | President for an amount of $12.- | |723. This project is to construct bysuderes E and Fourteenth Street |and is now eligible for operation jat the discretion of the state ad- | ministrator™. | MAYOR ALBURY ADVISED | Mayor Willard M. Albury has ibeen advised by telegram from | Washington, D.C, that Works Progress Administration Project Number 30500 has been approved |by the President and the amount is $12,723. The telegram is from Senator Claude Pepper andthe project lreferred to is that for the repairs | and construction at Avenue E and The project | take off clothes in order to enjoy |is now eligible for operation at sunbaths aboard battleships. Spe-| the discretion of the State Ad- |cific warning, however, did not} ministrator. re-/52 will have their monthly over- | allow gobs to take off too much of their clothing. WASHINGTON. — President nel pickup in the federal ¢om+ ‘MORE JAYCEES bb has allowed a fm ARE VOTED IN ) | | | one of the scouts where a brief} chat will be enjoyed and re- freshments served. Arriving at the camp, supper will have been prepared by the advancé detail, who will also have the camp set up and ready for the night. The camp is to be held for the purpose of acquaint- ing’the boys with hiking, camp- ing and passing of tests. Saturday, tomorrow, morning the scouts will prepare their own breakfasts, make short hikes to various points near the camp, en- joying fishing, swimming, track- ing, and test passing. They will return to the city at noon. CERTIFICATE SALES FEWER Toward the end of the year ac- tivities in tax certificates under the provisions of the Murphy Act are fewer and fewer, until at the sale yesterday there were but 12 applications and 21 parcels represented in the sale at the county court house. As usual the sale was conduct- ed by Clerk Ross C. Sawyer. The largest number of parcels were of the Vanerpool Properties, In- corporated. Two other applica- tions were of three each. One application entered by Evie K. Johnson and one by the Cheva- lier Corporation. INJURED IN SLEEP ALBANY, Ore. Turning over in his bed while asleep Floyd whitaker of this city dis- located a vertebrae at the back of his nec’, and had to be treated by a physician. i | will be at the head of the island | munications system. DUNCAN AGAIN IN WASHINGTON PIPE LINE APPLI- CATION B. M. Duncan, manager of the Oversews Road and Toll Bridge District, is enroute to Washington to consult with P.W.A. and R.F.C. officials préscipally in the mat- ter of the Florida Keys Aqueduct Commission’s application for a fresh water pipe line to Key West. Mr. Duncan recently returned from a trip to Atlanta and Wash- ington concerning the applica- tion, which is reported progress- ing favorably. A large number of persons who are considering investing in Key West if the pipe line goes through are watching the operations with great inter- est. Some of these potential in- vestors include “big names” of the country. Other details in connection with the Overseas District application for a P.W.A. grant and loan to finance the highway extension from Big Pine to Key West and a section around Grassy Key will also be presented by Mr. Dun- can, CITY AUTO TAGS MADE AVAILABLE A new supply of city auto Ii cense tags have arrived for the current year, and are now avail able at the office of City Clerk Archie Roberts. These tags go on sale during October of each year, the same as oceupationsi licenses, both of which are due and paybele dur-| ing the same periods. |WILL BE GUESTS AT SUPPER | MEETING HELD ON | OCTOBER 21 the Junior Chamber of Commerce met last night and approved an- other group of members for the club. | The total list of new members | approved recently were Bob Smirnoff, Ignacio Carbonell, Joe Torano,’‘Dr. Rudolph Wagner, B. Shulta;aeff Knight, James K. Brady,,Ed R. Rivas and Jot Cates, ° { Preliminary discussion took place on the city wide Hobby Show to be held in February and on a cutting down of the large club to active members. New members voted in the club will ibe guests at the dinner meeting October 21. EXPRESSES HOPE FOR GOOD YEAR Miss Lucille Dion, niece of Mrs. Fred Dion, who spent many months here a few years ago, and is now in N. Adams, Mass., writes as follows: “I hope Key West will have « ‘good year. I have. often talked to others about the Island City land its enjoyable, cilmate,, The récent storm in New. England, lwhich injured some . financially, twill ptébably pre-‘ent them from 'touring this wiriter.” TO OUR PATRONS In order to make necessary re- pairs for the coming season, we must close the HABANA-MADRID CLUB until November Ist at which time we will formally open with « ‘New Floor Show and Orchestra. JUAN CARBONELL. Manager FLORIDA CONTRACTING & ENGINEERING CO. PHONE 598