The Key West Citizen Newspaper, January 5, 1939, Page 1

Associated Press Day Wire Service For 59 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West Key West, Florida, has the most equable climate in the country; with an average range of only 14° Fahrenheit VOLUME LX. No. 4. rvaldi Reelected Chairman Of Commissioners; W. Curry Hanis Reappointed Attorney Reorganization Meeting, With New Members In Attendance, Held Last Night By unanimous vote of the county commissioners at the first | regular meeting of the year last night, Carl Bervaldi was reelect- ed chairman of the board, and Attorney W. Curry Harris was reappointed with but one dis- senting vote, that of Commission- er Wm. H. Monsalvatge. Com- missioner T. Jenkins Curry was elected chairman pro-tem. Present at the meeting were Chairman Bervaidi, Commission- ers Warren, Thompson, Monsal- vatge and Curry; Clerk Sawyer, Attorney Harris, Sheriff Thomp- son, Chief Deputy Sherfif Waite, representatives of various or- ganizations, both men and wom- en, and a number of interested citizens. Committees Named Immediately after the meeting had been called to order and the chairman named, the follow com- mittces were announced: Finance—Monsalvatge, _chair- man; Thompson and Curry. Building and Grounds—War- ren, chairman; Thompson and Monsalvatge. Road—Curry, chairman; War- ren and Monsalvatge. Boulevard —Thomp$on, ~ chalr- man; Warren and Curry. Poor House—Bervaldi, man; Warren and Curry. Monsalvatge Explains Stand chair- hhh dh ddd] ‘ALL ISSUED ON NATIONAL BANKS} (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON, Jan. 5.— The Comptroller of Curren- cy has issued a call for the condition of National Banks as of December 31, 1938. This is the regular call sent out annually to all Na- tional banking institutions. CONCERT TONIGHT AT LOCAL PARK PROGRAM TO BE PUT ON BY KEY WEST HOS- PITALITY BAND | |. A new series of band concerts | for the public will be inaugurated | | tonight at Bayview Park begin-! ning at 8 o’clock by the Hos- pitality Band under the direction | jof Alfredo Barroso. i The Hospitality Band is a unit| of the Federal Music Project in} this area. The band was placed | under Federai Music Project supervision on February 10, 1936 and since that time has given |continuous service to the com- ;munity. Hundreds of concerts have been played in the city parks to thousands of people besides | regular weekly concerts at the U. |S. Marine Hospital and Women’s Work Center. - r It beirig“the*onty™ musical or+ ganization of its kind in the city | it has been called on many times; 'by civic organizations for parades, special holiday festivi- | | ties, P.T.A., children’s parties and | LIGHT KEEPER Che Kry West Citizen THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN THE KEY WEST, FLORIDA, ‘THURSDAY, JANUARY 5, e CANT FIND MACKEREL IN _| = 5,500 POUNDS OF KINGFISH | BROUGHT IN YESTERDAY: POMPANO ALSO CANNOT BE SEEN IN MOONLIGHT New Pneumonia Discoveries Five fishing boats of the Thompson Fish Company fleet re- turned yesterday from No Man’s Land with 5,500 pounds of king- fish, but good weather at East hast fishing centers have kept! the markets low. Mackerel fisheries with the! base at Key Vacas have been closed down during the “moon- light” period of the month. Fish- ermen cannot find the schools when there is moonlight and fre- quently have passed directly | over a school without noticing them. At dark periods of the month the fish are found by} phosphorescent streaks in the water. Pompano base at Sandy Key has closed off its activities en- tirely during the moonlight pe- riod for the same reason. Both pompano and mackerel are caught by nets but kingfish are caught by hand line. 1 Rapid fall in temperature and pulse rate, in lobar pneumonia victims, was reported in London recently by | Dr. S. C. Dyke (above) and Dr. G. C. K. Reid, who de- JENKS ARRIVES veloped new drug for pneumonia. Drug is a 2-(P-Amino- benzenessulphonamido) Pryidine. DISCUSS TRANSFER WOOLWORTH HEAD (OF COUNTY FUNDS FISHES LOCALLY ae ugiee cae sat MATTER was nario oe ene Cupane the city this week and will spend a vacation of eight days with his | i ERS LAST NIGHT ro family at 1204-Pinestreet=>— Matter of transfer B. D. Miller, executive of the Returning at the end of the pe- from the Kanner Bill account of; Woolworth stores, who is from riod, Mr. Jenks will make pre-/ parations to turn over the prop- t , W 0 he ty for the purpose of|New York City, is in the city pieecouny als with Mrs. Miller aboard the ON VACATION: TO RETIRE FROM SERVICE ON FEBRUARY 1 148 FOOT YACHT, "BYMAR" AT YACHT BASIN of monies} U.S.A. 1939 PRICE FIVE CENTS Roosevelt Submits Fights Sailfish 35 Minutes, Loses It At Stern Of Boat ‘Illinois Man Gets 250-(° Pound Shovel-Nose d Shark, Anyway; Big Dol- ; phin, Kingfish Landed *. NEW W.P.A. HEAD Mr. and Mrs. Ira Covne of Da- venport, Iowa, brought in five barracuda around the 25-pound! mark, seven kingfish and a big jack in a fishing party yesterday from the Casa Marina. Mrs. Coyne caught her first sailfish | | this week. | Sometimes we wonder if losing | the fish is not worth more of a | story than catching it. Randolph | Bohrer ot Lake Forest, Illinois, | Soing out especially to catch a j Sailfish yesterday and have it; | mounted, found one of the stream {rovers rise to his bait a half hour j after the charter launch began} \trolling the Gulf Stream. Hook-! ing it he battled the big fish 35) |minutes and had it close to the; side of the boat. Captain of the |launch reached for his gloves and | ; began putting them on to bring | | the fish in. Bohrer began to tell | of how nice the catch would look | mounted. When flip, flop and it was gone. Seven feet of sailfish, almost up on a wall, disappeared. ‘LOCAL PROJECT i pecpetmeiivectatere hich IS AUTHORIZED ; weighed 250 pounds. The mon-/ | WORK CALLS FOR LAND- HERE IS THE NEW W.P.A. CHIEF who will direct relief work in the U. S. Francis C. Harrington. who brings a wealth of army experience to the job, succeeds Harry Hop- kins and has been W.P.A. en- gineer since 1935. Specula- tion is that Harrington will make the relief work more effective and less wasteful. *i—President Roosevelt Communication from Attorney ' many other occasions, it is shown. | Harris was read in which he re-| ‘The personnel of the organiza-| quested that he be appointed to! tion has remained very much the! succeed himself as adviser to the | same as when organized except board. |that ten of the original members Mr. Monsalvatge said that he} have resigned to take private em- understood that there was to be' ployment. The project now em- the service on February 1, after} 27 years of service. { Assistant Keeper Baldwin is -to| be made permanent keeper, it is said, and Charles Theophilus | Hall is to be given. the appoint-| ment of first assistant. !the board last night. ; Situation to The Citizen as ‘fol-' George Anderson. Coincidently | dolphin, which‘had more weight erty to H. Baldwin and will re-j ceive his official retirement from | cise 3 x e | Paying interest on certain bond- |) outitul, cream colored 146 foot |off in deep water. Two other six ed indebtedness of the county yacht, “Bymar” at the yacht|foot sharks were caught. Mr. was brought to the attention of, basin. Bohrer was accompanied by Mrs. Att Mr. and Mrs. Miller are spend- | Bohrer and son, Mason. orey | ing their time fishing Key West! Another party brought in two W. Curry Harris explained the’ \oters. Captain of the yacht, is |,15 pound kingfish and a 20 pound | lows: ‘the first officer is also named than those of usual catches. {ster was laid over the stern of ‘the boat and was later dropped SCAPING ALONG STREETS OF KEY WEST (Special to ‘The Citizen) JACKSONVILLE, Jan. 5.— Florida Admistrator Robert J. a complete change in the per- sonnel and that he would cast a dissenting vote. He was follow- ed by Mr. Curry, who said he could not see where the appoint- ment of Mr. Harris affected tee policies of the body as Mr. Har- ris was only an employe of the board and at any time the serv-| ices of the attorney were unsat- isfactory they could be dispensed with. vatge vote. cast the only dissenting Bond Offerings Read Offerings of bonds were read as received from the state board of administration, but were laid over until a meeting to be held Friday night at which R. E. Crummer, head of the Crummer Co., fiscal agents for the county, will be present on matters rela- tive to the bonding condition of the county and the purchase of these and other bonds will be discussed. Mr. Crummer is to come by special request of the board. Application of the Key Largo Anglers Club for a seasonal liquor license was read. The letter was signed by Mark B. Newman and advised that the club was located about seven miles from the long bridge. The application was laid over until the next regular meet- ing of the month, Officers’ Reports Report. of.licenses issued dur- ing the month of December by County Judge Raymond R. Lord was read, showing issues of 29 with $308.75 for the state and $154.38 for the county. Monthly report of Clerk C. Sam B. Curry, of Criminal Court of Record, was read and ordered placed on file. Report of deposits made by the office of Sheriff Thompson show- ed $73.73, representing fines col- lected or bonds posted, was or- dered filed. Two reports for the month of December were received from the office of Tax Collector Frank H.} Ladd, indicating deposits in the (Continued on Page Four) FT. JEFFERSON CRUISES ~ TUESDAY, THURSDAY, SATURDAY - $5.00 ROUND TRIP — TICKETS -- INFORMATION -- PRICE TOURS -- 505 DUVAL ST. ~ On roll call, Mr. Monsal-, : ploys seventeen men on the band ; but with the assistance of sev- eral of the cities leading musi- ‘cians playing as volunteers a to- | tal of twenty-four musicians will! |appear at the park tonight. The program for tonight fea-| tures two overtures, the famous! overture from Stradella by Flo-! | tow and the Fountain of Youth} by King. The complete program , follows: ! March, Washington Grays =] | Grafulla. Overture, Fountain of Youth—| ‘King . | Waltz, Sunny Italy—Tobani. i |. March, The Cadets Own —! | Laurendeau. | | Overture, Stradella—Flotow. {| | Selection, Fra Diavolo—Mey- relles. | March, Field Cornet—Lauren-, deau. i 4 e | av0ee TEMPERATURES, ee Lowest Highest j Station— last night iast 24 hours | Abilene 36 62 } | Atlanta | Boston | Buffalo - | Charleston ; Chicago j Denver ~ | Detroit Galveston — Havana Huron __ j Jacksonville _ 64 ; Kansas City _ 38 ; KEY WEST _ 74 | Little Rock _ 48 Los Angeles — 52 | Louisville 52 {Miami - ae | Mpls.-St. P. __ 32 New Orleans _ 58 New York __. 34 Pensacola 56 | Pittsburgh . 46 | St. Louis _. 42 | Salt Lake City 30 San Francsico 50 {Seattle - 42 Tampa - 64 Washington —. 36 Williston - 12 54 18 26 56 46 28 32 56 68 24 68 26 44 64 54 40 48 72 32 78 66 81 62 64 66 78 34 76 40 68 62 ‘DEER HUNTING “On November 18 the board of | George Anderson. | | county commissioners requested Mr. and Mrs. Miller who an- | oe nually come to Key West to fish the State Board of Administra-| its famed waters will remain a tion to transfer sufficient monies few days and then return to |from the Kanner Bill account of Palm Beach. ; Monroe county to the interest and | | sinking fund account of the coun-| ‘ty in order to pay semi-annual | interest falling due in the refund-! j ing bond issue January 1, 1939.) HERE TOMORROW | After this resolution had been passed, but prior to the time that —_—— | the State Board of Administration’ OLD KEY WEST RESIDENT Season for hunting deer closed | met to act upon the same, Atmeri- Dec. 31 F. Shultz, head of the | can NAnicers, “Associating fae DIED HERE THIS AFT- Biological Survey in this county | Which holds a judgment’ against | ERNOON Fy = ! the county, obtained upon unre-} omar d tee ‘is for buck | funded bonds, brought against! Mrs. Mary Albury, 79, died 1:30 31. Efforts have been made dur-| the State Board of Administra- o’clock this afternoon at the home . tion in Federal Court, seeking to) on Adams’ Lane. Funeral serv- ing the last year to preserve the | yee F . ri ae i: . | have its judgment paid out of the| ices will be held 4:30 o’clock to- last remaining deer herd in Mon- |} Seay eee | iene. abate. trocn, Firat ; .' funds authorized to tavkion. the-deer CoRncarer a ferred. Methodist church, where the species known only in the keys | “This matter was argued before | body will be placed at 2 o'clock. face exttrmination through ex-| Judge John W. Holland in Mi-, Rev. Joe Tolle will officiate. cessive hunting. | ami, December 29, when the mat- | _ Lopez Funeral Home will be ; ter was taken under advisement| in charge of arrangements. by him. Pending his decision the, Mrs, Albury is survived by two ‘attorney general advised the sons, Oliver Albury of Rock Har- | State Board of Administration ta) bor and Charles Albury of Key withhold $9,390 of the amount! West; one daughter, Mrs. eet jtransferred, same being the Baker; one brother, John Pini ! amount of the American Isurers’, of Miami. |claim. This created a deficiency, There are also nine grandchil- | of $9,930 in the interest payment./dren and eight great-grandchil- ren. | “The board of county commis- | |sioners last night passed_a reso-} lution authorizing the State) TUG Wrecking Tug Warbler which left some: time ago to go in dry , Board of Administration to trans- | | fer an additional $9,390 to the in-| | terest and sinking fund in order | to allow the payment of all inter-| est due January 1, 1939”, ‘dock at Tampa, returned to port | this morning, took on the regular | supply of fuel oil at the Porter Dock Co., and is berthed at her regular station. While the vessel was in the dock repairs were made, the out- | side of the hull was given the j j | necessary coats of paint, and the |} ernoon 4:30 o’clock in the home, | shaft of the vessel, which was | of a daughter. damaged when the vessel was at | Mr. Castellano sid that both|South Pass about four months | his wife and the newcomer are | ago, was repaired, and the War- doing very nicely. |bler is now in tip top shape. SEASON CLOS MONROE COUNTY DEER HERD NOW NUMBER BUT 10: NEAR EXTINCTION LOUIS JOHNSON TO CELEBRATE 71ST BIRTHDAY A pleasant and ever DAUGHTER BORN TO CASTELLANOS i | Mr. and Mrs. Froilan Castel- | lano, of 810 Duval street, an. nounce the birth on Tuesday aft- der ;Aboard Captain Frank Gates! !“Marlin”, H. A. Brown, Trenton, | .N. J. caught excellent fish in- , cluding a 25 pound black grouper, big muttonfish, and small group- | jer, cero mackerel, barracuda. | HOLDS MEETING of $36,501. | | At WPA headquarters in Key | The Boy Scouts of Troop 51, West it was learned that the proj- |held their regular meeting at} ect may be started within a few | the Wesley House at 7:30 Mon-| days or as soon as the project Dill authorized ihe operation in Key West of the following proj- ect: Landscaping along the | streets of the city for which 96 workers may be employed, the | day, Scoutmaster Albert Peirce, number is received and assign- | | officiating. The meeting was! ments can be made. |opened by the youngest Tender-| Specifications of the work pro- |foot Scout repeating The Scout vides for the improvement of {Oath, followed by the Lord’s|parkways along the _ streets |Prayer and then all sang one) throughout Key West, clearing, !verse of America. {excavating and screening and spreading top soil, grading, sprig- | It was brought up for discus- sion whether or not the troop) ging and performing incidental j and appurtenant work. | would adopt the Troop Budget Plan for the forthcoming year! iy iviti “ |which. wes. unanimously | The activities will be done on | proved. @P- | city-owned property and tax- A new game called “The crows | are to be levied to cover the land Crains” was played. An| amount of funds expended on the lover night encampment was) Project. Allocation by the WPA planned for in the near future. | Wil! be $35,001 and the sponsor's At the next meeting a report of , C°MtTibution is $1,500. | the troop’s finances will be given! gE ARTS |and all who are delinquent in WOULD PROTECT ; chance to’catch up. | A Green Bar Patrol meeting} HOME INTERESTS was held on Wednesday night| | and a program for 1939 was map- | ae | that the policy of The Citizen is ‘ROUGH WEATHER | in direct opposition to outside in- } terests encroachment upon busi- | STOPS TOMORROW 2° in this city. This goes for | | the publishing business. H | A recent case comes to the an outside advertising sheet is soliciting advertising in this city for a special edition of their me- dium complimenting the arrival Veteran fishing guides believe | Childs next Sunday. that the wind now to the north-| This solicitation is without | east will change in its usual man-| consent of the Chamber of Com- j ner to a mild easterly wind. | merce. Rather rough weather, which came down yesterday and today and which kept fishing parties from making trips, is expected to be cleared up for tomorrow with dues for 1938 will be given a} ped out. | Advertisers are again reminded | all retail business here, as well as fore when it is discovered that the change of the moon tonight. of the Destroyers Williamson and Multi-Billion - Dollar Budget To Congress Today President Nominates Felix Frankfurter To Be Jus- tice of United States Su- preme Court (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON, Jan. 5. sub- _|mitted to congress today a i multi - billion - dollar budget |Proposing vast .outlays for national defense and con- jtinued deficit spending. At the same time he sent ¥ \to the senate the nomina- tion of Felix Frankfurter, | Harvard law professor, to be justice of the supreme court. The budget would run the i federal debt to $44,458,000,- 000, in 1940, an all-time high. It calls for $8,995,- 663,200 federal spending in the fiscal year starting July pas The major items include $1,609,000,000 for national defense, $968,158,851 for agriculture and $1,500,000 for work relief. 'ASKS COUNTY TO ADVERTISE PUBLISHER OF TOURIST “ GUIDE SOLICITS SPACE Joseph W. Jobn, editor and publisher of the Tourist Guide, which is published at intervals in Hollywood, Fla., appeared be- fore the county last night in the matter of secur- ing advertising space for Monroe county. Mr. John was advised, at the completion of his talk, that in the first place the county was in no Position, financially, at the pres- ent time to authorize any expen- ditures, and in the second place jthe Chamber of Commerce was |doing a good work along these ‘lines, and it was the idea of the board to first lend whatever as- sistance possible to that organ- ization. It was the sense of the commis- sioners that at some time in the future the matter may be dis- cussed but that at the present time lack of funds made it ab- surdly impossible to contract for any space. SIX SPONGE BOATS LEAVE 12 MORE EXPECTED TO LEAVE TOMORROW FOR SIX- WEEK TRIP commissioners Six more sponge fishing boats left this mornnig for bay areas after grass, wool and yellow sponge in a trip which will be about six weeks’ duration. Twelve boats have now left for the fishing area, with approxi- mately 12 boats still in the city expecting to leave tomorrow morning. A number of the spong- ers after stocking up with pro- visions were celebrating their de- parture at the City Fishing Fleet Pier yesterday. PHONE 124