The Key West Citizen Newspaper, December 12, 1938, Page 1

Associated Press Day Wire Service For 58 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West The Key ith st Citizen Key West, Florida, has the most equable climate in the ‘country; with an average range of only 14° Fahrenheit THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN THE U.S.A. VOLUME LIX. No. 294. Officer Franklin Arenberg Shoots Negro Him | Early Incident Happened When KEY WEST, FLORIDA. MONDAY: DECEMBER 12, 1938 Sunday Morning SESS SSS ST & - Officer Was Making Ar- KEY WEST BEST OF rest Of Two Other! til us early Sunday morning he vised there was a fight at corner of Petronia and Thom- streets. He went to the scene of the disturbance and placed; two of the negroes, Howard Keece and another, under arrest, and_was taking them to jail when Sawyer made some insulting ri marks about the officer. H Arenberg started toward Saw- the latter struck the ‘ith what is believ- metal knuckles. the officer was effects of the} recovering he! er and fired at passing en-| Ras & i : i egeeee engi tel z E iH receiv- the death in that city; eo. | i YACHTING STOPOVERS Miami, Craig, Marco, Boca caught a sailfish here” they<y; state in a communication :tots The Citizen. Mr. and Mrs. Moore, well:i: liked by everyone at the Key West Yacht Basin because of .| Perintendent.of. Southeastern. Na- !1847,. by-.F..-Rendueles, } COMMERCE BODY SENDS LET- TER \TO SCHOOLS OF CITY Key West Chamber of Com merce is sending to the prin- cipals of the Key. West High school, Division Street school, Harris school, Convent, St. Joseph’s school and Douglass school, the following letter call- ing attention to the bicycle hazards. The letter was ordered at the December of the chamber on motions by George A. Patton and Guy Carleton: “At the regular monthly meet- ing of the Key West Chamber of Commerce, held December 6th, "ich concern was expressed at constant risk to which school emidren were exposed while riding’ bicycles. “While the improper driving of automabiles and trucks is partly accountable for this potential tragedy which hovers over the community, it was felt by thd¥é! Present that the lack of knowi-"%p, the rules of the road a lack of consideration edge of also eecce Rumania Riches Next? s With Adolf Hitler keeping a watchful eye on a possible anschluss with Lithuania, experts are pointing out that his “drive ea tward” may evéntually encompass Ru- mania, which is already developing new ties with Germany.» Above is an oil-shipment from Brazil, near Ploesti. Together with rich oi] deposits, Rumania has one of the most valuable deposits of natural gas in the world. OFFICIALS 6O TO TORTUGAS TO MAKE INVESTIGATION OF AREA AT NATIONAL MONUMENT 7 ebooe HURRICANE WRECKED FIRST e e CITY \Presant Cemetery Bought For Only $400 In 1847 CEMETERY, CAST ‘UP MANY BODIES | Coomene eeereeoces ee eo In the year 1846, Key ‘West* parcél of land for the amount of ‘suffered one of the most severe Yn See tie Bie = in--ite hist ; cord= In e year 1 ie City de- Doreapnes cane is igo »,.¢ided to sub-divide part of the ing to Bon. Jefferson B. Browne's Cemetery grounds inio one hun- book. So grcat was the force of dred lots and to post them for i the elements that they took a toll sale. These lots were 25’ by 25’. sseee of seven lives and dis-interred The first lot sold on the 7th of investigation of the area and/ ine podies of those who siept in February, 1852, was to Captain transportation facilities. | peace in this burial piot. Motor Vessel Talofa, of the Sutton Line, sailed this morning for Fort Jefferson National Mon- ument at Tortugas with a group of officials who are making an ; Francis B Watlington, who was In the party are O. G. Taylor}| At that time the burial grounds! born in New York City, April 1, chief of engineering; Hillory A.| were located in the rear of the 1804, and died April’ 7, 1887, at Tolson, chief of operations; Her- | Matipe: Hospital. (Eeaerer Ge Years, _ Histories: Serb: "alles s aceite tin | Taken from the Record Book, Jefferson B. Browne states it was pea * inating Su-\o the City Council March 28,\@ Goincidence that Captain Wat- i 0: 4 built the first house tional Monuments and Philip Pu-'tendent: of a W.P.A. checking '0n Duval street. This house ‘is derer, associate landscape archi-| Project, is: : still: Gertipled by: his immediate tech National Park Servige. | “On motion, a committee was family, and though built in the sf 2 | appointed to select a proper and|€arly ‘thirties, weathered the Mr. Tolson said they were on} suitable lot, out of the limits of /8teat hurricanes of 1835, 1846, the trip lfor the sole purpose of/the City, for a burial grounds, | 1909 and 1910, and sustained lit- looking over the transportation! and report the same at next | tle damage. It is located on the facilities afforded by the Sutton! ™eeting. Messrs, Wall and Wells ‘northeast curner of Duval and Line, and the work which has|.Were Placed upon tHe commit-| Baton stréets. : : | tee”. | The last cemetery lot, No. 100, been accomplished at the Fort. |__On the 10th day of November | was sold August 11, 1865, to Fer- The visitors spent yesterday | 1847: ‘nando W. Roberts, who is still on bicycle rides over the tity, vis-)_“Charles M. Wells and Wm. H. | living in Key West, a respected iting the many points of interest| Wall reported that they had se-| old resident. and expressed themselves as hav- | lected a lot, containing four acres} The first recorded burial on ing enjoyed ~ most delightful °f ground in Tract 5 on the Is-| the island was that of James time. They expect fo return to! land of Key West, out of the lim-| Johnson, who died on May 8, the city Wednesday afternoon. SENDS. RECEIPTS OF AUTO TA Pursuant to instructions re- ceived from Governor Fred Cone, Tax Collector Frank Ladd. has, Sent receipts from the sale. of} PART OF SPONGE | WOUNDED NEGRO SSutomobile tags to Tallahassee. FLEET COMES IN TAKEN 1 T0 JAIL ;, Early in the week ‘the letter BALANCE OF VESSELS EX- INJURIES SAID TO HAVE was received from the “governor | | scribed. on the map of the Island} jof Key West, delineated by Wm. jearly cemetery, which was in A. Whitehad in 1829”. | back of where the Marine Hos- | On the 10th day of November, ; pital now stands but the remains , 1847, L. Windsor Smith sold toj were later removed to the F. A. the City of Key West the above | A. M. lodge plot. its of the City, which Tract is de-| 1829, at the age of 60 years. He} was supposed to be buried in the} PRICE FIVE CENTS stiict Conference Opens ith’200 Delegates = * ‘GROUP CATCHES “| * "MERCY FOR JEWS | Seutboicn College President 600-POUND SHARK SOCSHSSSHSSSSESSSOSOSSOEE Dr. Ludd M. Spivey | AT BOCA CHICA Speaks 8:35 P. M. Be- fore Methodist Meet VISITORS FIGHT FURIOUSLY o TO HOLD MONSTER: FIRE } Miami, District Methodist Con- |ference, following committee INTO BRAIN 7 TIMES: FIND meetings at 4 o'clock, will offi- 15 YOUNG a j cially open with Devotionals at 7:30 o'clock tonight, conducted | by Rev. Joe Tolle, at First-Metho dist Caureh wits more than 209 {delegates present representing 30 Fate churches in the District from among them’ Bill : : Key West to West Palm Beach. Ohio and‘barry Kittinger of% . a Committee meetings will be % eld - m, i Hugeunot, Nv. and a Philadel: | : a : tappaebtrhethe hacen dd rg phia party had the time of their : WB phange, Christian Education, So- cial Service and Temperance, Lay Activities, Admission nad Licensing, Missions, Superanuates Golden Cross, Findings, Quarter- ly Conference and Spiritual State committees. Dinner for the delegates at 6 p. m. at Stone Church Annex will follow. A welcome from the Ministeri- al Alliance wili be delivered by Dr, John Gekeler and will be | followed by a welcome by Gerald t { A group..of winter visitors Brenner of | lives holding a huge shark hook-| TO PLEAD in the cause of eae aaah oe | Jews, Dy. Rufus M. Jones ed off Boca Chica bridge yester> ; _(abeve), Haverford college day and finally landed the mon-_ philosophy professor, and ster. two other Quakers are en- The group which were having, *™t? *° Germany for appeal a wonderful time bringing in 32! 8) id caballo jacks in a school where FLEMING STREET { there were “thousands” using <* red and white plugs and speckled RESIDENCE BADLY {Saunders from the Methodist with the live jack for “bigger’ Churches. A Wesley. House pre- fish” might be exciting. So over-! DAMAGED IN FIRE 22 by Miss Martha Robin- board went a live jack hooked up’ son and Miss Sarah Ferrande: on a large jewfish line, the line' enplitinloeds donated by a Key West resident. ‘dist-sponsored institution. At Art Murray noticed the line CAUSED BY OPEN JETS ON 3.95 messages. trom the. Young going out and grabbed it. Such = ‘People’s Unions of Broward, was the pull that he shouted for RAR STO Oe Dade; Monroe and Palm Beacr. hele and oe ae ~ TIMATED BETWEEN $1,500 counties will be read. Idea of a others nearby leaj to aid. “Whi ” On the first run the shark nearly, AND $2,000 | ct bessetiieie ie ech oe ee carried the group off the bridge. ‘er, presiding elder of the dis- Staying always near the: top: the -. |triet, with sponsorship of training nonster. in. one case. leaped: .. Fire caused. by..open, jets 9M schools forthe district to be-cek-- ent out nip clear gun eh stove in a vesidence owned ed from the various churches. water. Getting close to a ban! by the Porter Estate at 611 #lem-' These training schools instruct it: succeeded finally in breaki fis Tine. an taeatitien Cubes ing street, was the cause of the Breve school teachers in their work, boy then scurried down the alarm which sounded at 5:40 bridge and when the shark open- o'clock yesterday afternoon from Dr. Ludd M. Spivey, presi- ed its large mouth nearly drop- pox 132 at Fleming and Simon-| deni of Southern College at ped the hook in. i a | Lakeland, will deliver a ser- ton, streste: | mon at 6:35 tonight. Dr. When the shark was finally landed after seven shots. were One of the gas jets was turned, Spivey has traveled in 30 | Countries in Europe and fired into its brain it was seen to on, unlit, Chief Baker said, and be of a leaden color with an ivory the other was left on lit, it was, South America end his ad- gray belly. It had seven rows of discovered in an examination fol-| dresses on world problems teeth and is believed to be of the lowing the fire. The hole in the! are being heard throughout “Jeopard” or dangerous variety. wall was burned immediately he- the state. Cutting the belly open the group hind the stove and it was only; Toniorrow morning at 6:3) found 15 young in her, all of there that the fire began, he there will be devotionals by Dr. {whom were promptly killed. said. i Homer Thompson of West Paim Moving pictures of the catch Apparatus from Stations Num- Beach. Roll cali and organiza- were made and the shark is at ber 1 and 3 responded and de- tion of the delegates will next present in town on exhibition at partment members found the be sounded with election of a minnows got the idea that fishing! j will review work. at the Metho- ge HI Hi rear iH miecld t ; BSSSSSLSSSSRASS SALVE | Heusessea= | | and and po life and limb which is daily oc- Tring. “Will you .in your official capa- city, try to secure consideration of this matter by the riders who in some cases, at the risk of their, lives; needlessly annoy car driv-| ers and create a most unfavor-/} able impression in the minds of! ; visitors? It might be impressed | |upon the bicycle riders that the | | bicyele is a vehicle, subject to) | vehicular laws and that courtesy | |and good “sportsmanship would | ido much to reduce the ratio of} deaths which are occurring at} the present time throughout the; | nation at the rate of four avery hour. “Tam instructed to assure you! courtesy on the part of the/on which expressed the wish of cle riders, was the largest; the governor to get in all monies contributing cause to the risk of! from the sale of tags to pay in salaries of the teachers PECTED TO ARRIVE NEXT WEEK the schools, with instructions to send | the last of the amount collected,, Some of the sponging fleet | by December 10. ;have arrived in port with large | or small catches, and it is ex- PPO P MAMBO | pected that at the beginning of THREE TIMES OUT, THREE SAILFISH the weekend Peter of our cooperation if we can as-|! |sist you in any way.” OY CHRISTMAS SEALS oro eeaeaeas next week the entire fleet will have arrived in port and prepar- ing to place their stock on the Municipal sponge sales dock. Reports from different sections }of the waters where the fisher- men have been at work, . and ‘some are still actively engaged, fare to the effect that some of ithe vessels have large takes. } Sales for the week ending Saturday showed that but few ‘bunches were offered. One of the sales of 230 bunches of yel- low brought $54.90, and 151 bunches of grass brought $18.26. SON ARRIVES AT K. KERR’S HOME Kermit Kerr an- mother, i ing nicely. j INFLICTED BY ANOTHER NEGRO name as Leroy Brown was taken to the county jail by Captain Al- berto Camero, with many cuts about his head, shoulders and va- rious, parts of the body, said to have been inflicted by a keen edged weapon in the hands of Robert Lee, another colored man, also arrested by the captain. Whatever caused the fight has not been definitely determined. Lee said he took the knife with which the cutting was allegedly done, from Brown. Brown claims that the cutting was done by a razor and that he still had his knife: ; When a physician had finished attending to the wounds Brown had suffered, the count of stitches! taken in his body totalled 43. He was walking about in the jail, seemingly bothered but little by his wounds. Ahora Faneral: Home JOSEPH L. PLUMMER, AMBULANCE SERVICE 22all Miami, Fis. | Ae RMR RANT Last night a negro giving his! ta trailer camp. building in flames, which required prompt action on the part of the deport- | ment to quell. | After working for about one hour further signs of combustion | were found and an_ investiga-' tion showed that the damage _amounted to between $1,500 and $2,000, The building carried. $2,- insurance. ' ° Many strangers assembled at the scene and it was the general ‘ opinion that the work of the fire- men and the able direction of the chief, was responsible for the short duration of the: fire. One of them said that “firemen of ‘Key West gave good evidenve of being able fire-fighters. CAMPBELL TO GET HEARING arrested yesterday and placed in the county jail charged with j ° eseecereeoe " ‘ (fs Ankocinted Preas) | Se eeenesebaccovescccooes | LIMA.—United States and Ar- gentina agreed on Hull’s proposal of a solid front of the United States and South American coun- tries against all outside doctrines. Argentine’s foreign minister an- nounced to Hull that if he would put a resolution before the meet- ting Argentine would accept it. | LITHUANIA.—Lithuania is a |divided country today. In the semi-autonomous section where German residents carried polls yesterday there is wild rejoicing. jin the central section where is ithe capital a state of emergency |has been declared as crowds are | Secking to the squares demand- ing anschluss with Germany.’ There is comparative quiet... in gonad sections of the countty.b: ew t ! Would! Teach Youth | Democracy’s Me } | Florida Southerti College propog- ,@s a chair of Democracy to en- courage American youth to em- | brace Democracy with “even @ | greater enthusiasm” that the aeseag of Russia, Germany and Italy support their national pro- grams. | Students would be taught the | meaning end history of Democra- cy, Dr. Ludd M. Spivey, president of the college, explains, and j would be shown that failures of Democracies have been failures of its leaders and not of the sys- tem itself. | front part of the ‘committing a statutory offense is to be given preliminary hear- ing 4 o'clock this afternoon before 'Peace Justice Enrique Esquinal- *do, Jr. ” Tt was said at the county jail ***thig morning that there were at least two witnesses who have “been summoned to testify in the "inatter. } NEW ARRIVAL IN ~ BARKER'S FAMILY Announcement has been made of the birth of s son on Satur- day morning to Mr. anu Mrs. Al. Barker at their home in West Palm Beach. Mrs. Barker, was formerly Miss Gloria Domenech of this city. secretary scheduled. Pastors’ re- ports will be issued at 9 o'clock. Beginning at 9:39 reports on conference activities will be in- itiated by a report on the publi- cation of the “Advocate” confer- ence magazine, edited by Rev. R. P. Marshall of Lakeland. Report on the Board of Brotherhood, a group which provides for the in- ‘come of widows of pastors, will be given by Rev. R. E. Wicker and Board of Christian Education report by Dr. Ira Barnett, Lake- land executive secretary, will fol- low. “Rev. Garfield Evans of Dania will discuss Golden Cross Board activities, a group which seeks to provide hospitalization for Methodists members. Lay activities report will be by Har- well Wilson of Winter Haven Missions will be presented by Dr. A. Fred Turner of Orlando. Rev C. W. White of Enterprise will report on the Orphage Board. At Ent crise is the Methodist Or- phange Home. Woman's Mis- sionary Society report will be by Mra. A. T. Pearce, secretary of Miami District. Dr. C. K. Vliet of Nashville will deliver a sermon at 11:20 a m. with lunch follow- ing at 12:15 at the Annex. The afternoon reports from Conference | : Hil | z ph fit | i : it } i i : 3 i | i 4 : fr