The Key West Citizen Newspaper, January 3, 1939, Page 1

Associated Press Day Wire Service For 59 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West Mest Citizen Key West, Florida, has the most equable climate in the country; with an average range of only 14° Fahrenheit VOLUME LX. No. 2. achtsman Catches Tarpon, Shark, Sailfish In One Day Albert Pack Turns In Best| "MOOI OD ID Jewhish, Six Fishing Of Year; Tarpon 100 Pounds, Shark 200 Pounds, Jewfish 300 The most amazing fishing story of the year happened Sun- day to Albert Pack, who hardly had to add at the end of the day that he “had far better fishing in the last four days than I have had at east coast points in the last four years”. For Mr. Pack’s day of luck started before his charter launch, “Gorilla”, went out, and ended late in the evening after his launch had been berthed. Most readers will never believe this: Pack’s guide, Guy Stantani, who, by the way, once had a par- ty catch two sailfish on one line, was cutting bait for the day’s | fishing, and flipping the scraps| overboard, a huge green-backed tarpon popped out of water grab- bing the scraps. Pack grabbed a} rod and reel and hooked on a mullet head, not the regular mul- let trolling bajt, mind you, and dropped it into the water. Slam! bang! and the big fellow had it and was streaking out like a lightning flash. Under the boat he went, under another boat. Whooie!—and the rod and reel went out of Pack’s hands into the water! Euric Sterling, on the dock, spotted the fish jumping around the end of the pier when all were looking down below the Gorilla. So Pack, Frarje: Battzilta; "local guide, and Frank Haskins, cap- tain of Pack’s yacht, Chieftain, | jump in the yacht’s small motor tender and came around the pier. | Seizing the line with a boat-| hook, the missing rod and reel! was pulled up and the line at- tached to the line from another rod and reel. Then the fight! started. Up and down the Yacht Basin, in and out of piers the big tarpon ran and ran. Finally, bringing him in the tarpon was hoisted on the dock—100 pounds, six feet long even! | Is that all!!! No, sir! Pack, not satisfied, goes fishing in the Gulf Stream, and hooks six sailfish, bringing one up to the boat, and Mrs. Flo Cofbery another before sports- manlike, releasing them. One of | his scales from one of his 500 TAKE PICTURES _! OF AMAZING CATCH Five hundred people took pictures of the 100-pound tar- pon and 300-pound jewfish which were strung up Sun- day and Monday at the Yacht Basin and caught by a party from the yacht “Chieftain”, headed by the owner, Albert Pack. Interesting studies in hu- man nature were revealed. The folks from upstate points borrowed rods and reels and everything to make the pic- tures seem authentic, and the faces that were strung up alongside those beautiful fish ranged from the sublime to the ridiculous. Before Sunday was half over the tarpon had lost all sides. But one lady took the prize. She had her picture snapped alongside the fish and then went away grum- bling because she was snap- ped holding her pocketbook and “people wouldn't believe I caught the fish if I had a | pocketbook in the picture”. | hd did ded ceded MAKES NO CHARGE | BURLINGTON, N. C.—Magis- | trate J. C. Hall of this city never charges a fee for a marriage |ceremony. “Couples usually| |have plenty to pay as they go | good start,” he explains. | | Che Key THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN THE U.S.A. KEY WEST, FLORIDA, TUESDAY, JANUARY 3, 1939 $16,240,000 Conchas Dam ss Conquering the wild Canadian river, the mammoth concrete of the $16,240,000 Conchas dam in New Mexico—} vast irrigation district. Fishing. Writer Says Key. West. Has Country’s Prepares Articles For 250 Newspaper Syndicate; Two Sails, Wahoo Were Caught Yesterday | Two sailfish and a wahoo were | | prizes of the Casa Marina fish-| ing yesterday in the Gulf Stream i and Key West reef. | Mrs, Ira H. Coyne, of Daven-| | port, Iowa, who, with Mr. Coyne, | the two sailfish brought up to the Isynch was about eight feet long, an cousually large size. Besides this, a “doubleheader” of sails on the line at one time fea- tured the day. Jack comes home at the end of the day with scores! brought in a six-foot six-incher! Mamie Navarro; two daughters, ; of bonito, big mackerel aiid bar-' to top the day’s sailfishing. The} Mrs. H. T. Pillans, Mobile, Ala.,| racuda, also. Is that all, now? Sorry, but— Pack decided he wanted to was fishing expressly to catch a | sail, did that little trick and; | brought in a six-foot three-inch! two} blue and whiter, which weighed | Recio, | 31 pounds. | | Frank D. Cotter of Detroit! } fish weighed 48 pounds. His brother, Stephen S., made the! } i Best Angling “DEAL IN SESSION COMMITTEES PREPARE “MOD- | DIED YESTERDAY = "=v 22st neronrs: | ROOSEVELT ADDRESS TO.| | MORROW AFTERNOON J. M. NAVARRO FUNERAL SERVICES TO BE CONDUCTED TOMORROW | AFTERNOON | (By Asnoviated Press) | ——- WASHINGTON, Jan. 3.—76th ‘ soe ei slatted Ae es Pee United States Congress convened the home at 424 Elizabeth street, 2¢ N0on today in an air of it Funeral services will be held to-| Pending political strife, with morrow afternoon 5 o’clock from| many reports of committees crit- the residence. |ical of the New Deal prepared ce eo last night and ready for presen- son, Charles L. Roberts, Nestor | ‘tion. Ross C. Sawyer, Jack| It is believed that John H. Gaiti and E. H. Gato, III. | Bankhead, Democrat of Alabama, | Survivors are the widow, Mrs. | will be elected speaker of the} house. His opposition will be Jo-| im- and Mrs. Clyde Brunson; Wash-| seph W. Martin, Repubiican can- ingtonfi D. C.; three sons, Ray-/ didate. Farewell To W. R. Porter. z ‘eel ial Tapsusemsasascee] wenwee oc as wa ot FUSE Unit OF Naval Group Station Sunday jalong, so I like to give them a| largest dam project in the southwest—has for its main unit’above 1,250 feet-long mass of concrete. Dam is key to a Peccccccsccocenveces TEMPERATURES Lowest Highest Station— last night last 24 hours Abilene - 48 72 Atlanta .. 36 62 Boston 16 50 Buffalo 16 32 Charleston 46 66 Chicago 34 38 Denver — 38 60 Detroit _ 26 32 Galveston 58 62 Havana - 66 _ Huron _ 20 42 Jacksonville .. 54 70 Kansas City 46 68 KEY WEST _ 70 79 Little Rock _ 48 66 Los Angeles . 48 58 Louisville 48 58 -- 66 78 1,138 Visitors MAKE READY TO | "INCREASE POWER | OF LIGHTHOUSES | WORKING FORCE OF DEPART- | MENT TO START ACTIVI- | TIES OF ELECTRIFICATION | AT AIDS TO NAVIGATION | Electrical working force at the; lighthouse department has been | organized and are now making | the final preparations for leav- | ing within the next few days to} | begin the work of electrifcation | at the several lights on the reef | which was authorized some time | ago. The first light to be visited will! |be American Shoals. At this! light the candlepower will be changed from 80,000 to a light having a maximum power of 125,- 000. Lights for the quarters occu-| | pied by the keepers are to be} electrified also and other acces- | sories established. The work will be completed, it is expected, { by the last of January. | | Following this work the elec-! trification of other lights are to| ; be started. The next which will | be gotten underway will be that| of Sombrero Key. The intensity | of this light will be doubled from| 22,000 to 44,000 candlepower. | After completing the work at} Sombrero, the working party! | will be sent to Carysfort Light, | probably in March. The same | kind of work will be carried on. | In this station the light is of 130,- 000 candlepower, and is to be raised to an intensity of 160,000. It is understood that the Light- | house Tender Ivy will be used in | the transportation of the work- men who are to do the work. 5 de: !county commissioners met 11:30 | this morning in the court house! |to bid an official farewell to Wm. | A i A | R. Porter, as a member who after | rrives t ; brief talk on the subject of Mr. | Porter’s services to the county, The love and appreciation of the | ! board, he said, was manifested in| PLANES COME HERE JAN. (32 years of continuous service, |was succeeded by William H. j |Monsalvatge who at midnight! |last night, became a new mem-| | ber. . | Clerk Ross C. Sawyer made a DELEGATE BRINGS and said that during the 10 years; CITY INVITATION he had been clerk of the board, | he had never seen any sign of} ee: wavering on the part of Mr. Por-| ALL ter, who had ever been a worker —— ROTHALIE': W: — in the interests of the county.; PRESENTED BOUQUET: 36} the gift of two magnificent bags, | 10; STUNTS HERE JAN. 14 | which was presented. | ‘ | | Mr. Porter responded with a} —— | btief talk in which he said that| x ‘ é his associations with the other| Miss Rothalie Wallace of Mi- |members had ever been of a}ami arrived in a Dort plane at Key West Remain In In December 10,828 Cars Travel Over- seas Highway In Decem- ber; Tolls Amounted To $20,125 Key West's population was raised 1,138 persons during the month of December, a compari- son of north and southbound traffic over the Overseas High- | way reveals. Automobile passengers coming south last month numbered 10,- 240. Northbound 9,102. There were also 946 cars which remained in Key West. Southbound cars numbered 5,922 while northbound only 4,976. there were there were Northbound trucks were 451. Southbound there were 766. One hundred went and twenty-six buses north while 128 came south. Tolls northbound amounted io $8,963.25. Tolls southbound were $11,161.75, Total number of cars travelling the Overseas Highway last month were 10,828, carrying 19,432 pas- sengers. Trucks numbered !.2!7 with buses 254. Tolls were $20. 125. Destroyers Williamson And Childs To Arrive; Ten- der, Airplanes Arrive January 18 Destroyers Williamson and Childs are expected to arrive in Key West Sunday, Lieut. Fort H. Callahan told The Citizen today. with airplane tender Owl and a , much-sought-after catch of a wa-| mond, Dan and C. B. Navarro;/ President Franklin D. Roose-| Miami ; [nature which had shown that’ Key West Airport this morning to; 90UP of planes arriving possibly catch a jewfish to top off the hoo, a four-foot one-inch wahoo,| six grandchildren, and one sister, | yelt will address the house to-| Mpls.-St. P. .. 20 24 day’s catch. So out to the end of which weighed 26 pounds. The} Mrs. Mamie Navarro Garcia. the Breakwater he went with @| wahoo, which looks like a king-| heavy line and big hook. Did he catch the jewfish? didn’t, but he did bring in a mere 200-pound shark! Well, how about it now, is that all? Well— Pack, just before calling it quits, dropped the jewfish line over the bow of his yacht berthed | fish but has stripes like a zebra, in its fight after it is hooked. | C. S. Van Dresser of the | Ledger Syndicate has been fish- | ing the last few days in Key West on an assignment to write fishing | articles about Key West. He has! also been visiting other sections} | morrow afternoon ai 12:45, east- said, is black palm, which he gets; ern standard time, with the ad- Sorry, he! uses the power of both creatures| from the Phillipines. A hacksaw| Gress expected to be principally | Pensacola is used to cut the wood, such is} 0n defense measures of the Unit- its toughness. Every 15 minutes| ed.States. of planing, the plane must be} A “cut” between New Dealers sharpened. Another beautiful) and conservatives of the Demo-} wood is palma breva, black wood | cratic party is expected to de- with a white streak. | velop in this Congress. The New Leggett has caught nearly! Deal is believed to be in line for 74 52 66 46 64 46 56 52 74 62 New Orleans New York Pittsburgh St. Louis Salt Lake City San Francisco Seattle Tampa _— Washington 46 28 50 44 60 38 jthey all were imbued with the| present Mayor W. M. Albury and| same desire to do the best pos- | the City of Key West an official |sible for the county. ‘That the! invitation to the All American time was at hand when the| Air Maneuvers at Miami, Jan. county would be called upon to 6; % 8. face other issues, and should the| ’ Miss Wallace, who is a candi-! time arrive when he would be | date for Miss Aviation of Miami| called on for service or assist-| honors at the Maneuvers, was} ance, he would be ever at the! met by Mayor and Mrs, Albury; | county’s command. He concluded | Miss Susan LaKin, Miss Aviation | by sincerely thanking the board | of Key West; Mrs. Stephen! for the gift of the bag and sachel, | Douglass, president of the Key! | January 18 to take part in two months of naval air maneuvers out of Key West Naval Station. The planes are scheduled to a:- rive here Monday, but Licut. Callahan believes that they will be here after the tender Owl ar- at the pier. Yep, you guessed it,| of the country’s fishing spots, but| every kind. of fish but a tarpon(| Modification with revision of the f | i 1 and assured them the articles) West Woman’s Club; and many he got a heavy strike, and after | says he is glad to go on record as! and a whale. One feat was catch-| National Labor Relations Act and Willist 0 38 bri ; would soon be put to use. others. Mrs. Albury presented. tives. The Owl is expected Jan- battling up and down, landed—| endorsing Key West as having you bet your sweet life—a 300-| the best fishing grounds in the pound jewfish. | country. In the last two days he They say Pack just sits in the} has caught 67 fish. Tomorrow he lounge of his yacht, muttering] will be out shark fishing. Mr. and mumbling—still in a daze. Van Dresser’s articles will appear He'd seen nothing like it! | in 250 papers of the Ledger Syn- dicate. Also in Key West is C. B. Leg- gett, whose beautiful handmade Miss Marguerite Page, daugh-| fishing rods have been much ad- ter of Mrs. Annie Page, who was| mired by many who have watch- spending the Christmas holidays|ed him fishing on the docks. with her mother and other rela- | Leggett, who is from Short Hills, tives, left on the afternoon bus|N, J., and suffers from arthritis, Sunday to resume her studies at} says his mental attitude has al-} Florida State College for Women. | ready improved after a short stay | RETURNS TO COLLEGE | ing a 196-pound shark on a six-| charges of politics under ‘the thread 4%-ounce rod at Beach-| W.P.A. regime. ' haven, N. J. | Four women members, the! | Excellent. fishing was enjoyed! only four women in Congress, i on the charter launch, “Marlin”, | will take their seats today. Sena- | Capt. Frank Gates, by Pare Lo-| tor Hattie Caraway, and Repre- |rentz, head of government mo-! sentativés Mary Norton, Edith tion pictures, Mrs. Lorentz and| North Rogers and Jessie Sumner! | Oliver Griswold, on Mr. Lorentz’| are on the roll call. | | staff, yesterday. | The party enjoyed hooking big! mackerel end barracuda, grouper. | | Watching the bait trickle out of water pursued by game fish was’ a beautiful sight they enjoyed, but they got their greatest thrill! when a large sailfish at Western} USES HINGES ON POSTS ELGIN, Ill—George Durkee of this city, who has become .weary of rebuilding his fence after cars continually crash into it, has placed hinges on the fence posts so that it falls with little dam- age. Present were: Chairman Carl Bervaldi, Commissioners Norberg Thompson, Braxton B. Warren, | |Mr. Porter, Clerk Ross C. Saw-/| yer, Attorney W. Curry Harris, | |Sheriff K. O. Thompson, Chief | |Deputy Sheriff Bernard Waite, | County Judge Raymond R. Lord, Tax Collector Frank H. Ladd. | _Clerk Sawyer announced R. E.! Crummer, head of the fiscal! fagents for the board, had sent a! box of fine Havana cigars to the| members. The feeling was unani- mous that the cigars be given to | the oldest member of the board, | and they were graciously ac- Miss Wallace with a beautiful; bouquet of flowers. | After a welcome luncheon at} 410 Fleming Street Miss Wallace was escorted on a brief tour of! the principal points of interest of the city. Asked by The Citizen’ how she liked Key West on her first visit to the city she said, “So much so that I hate to leave”.| Miss Wallace Was flown here by “Speed” Wikoff, piloting a Dort plane, a small plane'with a |29 foot wingspread. The. petite |plane has a five cylinder radial | engine which used but five gal- lons on the flight down. The ATTENTION, ELKS! | Dry Rocks came within six feet} jcepted by Commissioner Warren.| plane was flown at about 8,000 | in restful Key West. Leggett has | handmade rods for 30 years, and ‘has never broken a rod, such is | his’ skill. | He makes the rods “for fun”; Meet at Elks Club at 4:30 p. m.| and they have received the ap- Wednesday to attend funeral of proval of many fishermen Brother J. M. Navarro. | throughout the country. An in- a. | resting wood to work in, he! of the wake of the boat turning | | to the right,and left in gobbling | | up ballaos. Lorentz had his-arms: out waiting for him to jump on! the boat. Mackerel and kingfish} jumping 20 feet in the air pur-' suing the bait was a sight they; also enjoyed. | RESTAURANT For Wholesale Quotations on FURNITURE and FURNISHINGS MAXWELL VENETIAN BLINDS EQUIPMENT See or Phone G. A. PATTON, Local Representative SIBONEY INN. 705 DIVISION STREET | HABANA-MADRID CLUB| Moonlight Dance EVERY NIGHT! | No Admission or Cover Charge i feet. January 10, 36 planes, with 30 of them private jobs, will stop at Key West on a cruise to Havana |from Miami. On the way back, | which is expected to be Scene |14, six professional stunters in | the group will put on an exhibi- |tion at the Key West airport, uary 18. There was a rumor around Key West today that the planes would not come here and that the de- stroyers would be here only about two weeks. Lieut. Callahan explained to The Citizen that he believed the Williamson would be here only two weeks. The rumor was believed to have originated out of this piece of in- formation. “Everything is progressing nicely in provisions for the needs of the officers and men”, Lieut. Callahan said. A - FT. JEFFERSON CRUISES -- TUESDAY, THURSDAY, SATURDAY - $5.00 ROUND TRIP - TICKETS - INFORMATION -- PRICE TOURS -- 505 DUVAL ST. - PHONE 124