The Key West Citizen Newspaper, January 9, 1939, Page 1

$< —$ Key West, Florida, has the most equable climate in the country; with an average wange of only 14° Fahrenheit Associated Press Day Wire Service For 59 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West VOLUME LX. No. 7. Callahan Expects THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN THE U.S. A. KEY WEST, FLORIDA, Planes, Bass Here, Te To Arrive In Next Two Days Seitieanstulbalhe Fail To Anivel OOOO OLS Yesterday; Radio Ships But Receive No Answer; On Wartime Basis Although the destroyers Childs | and Williamson did not arrive as per schedule yesterday, Fort H. Callahan, officer charge at the Key West Naval | Station, said he believed the 18! naval seaplanes which are to be: based here will arrive today or! tomorrow. “The arrival of the ships may ! be at any moment,” Lieut. Calla- | han told The Citizen. “Since all movements of ships and planes: do; are on a wartime basis, we not definitely know when they will arrive. We radioed this morning, but have received no answer from them. The war games have already begun.” “You may say that I believe ; within | the planes will be here the next two days”, Lieut. Calla- | han said. There will be 18 navy cea-! planes arriving, two destroyers and one airplane tender in the group. They will base here two months for “war games” will include a theoretical defense of the Caribbean area, which in- cludes defense of the Florida Straits, Windward passage, and Cuba-Yucatan passage. The Caribbean area is defended to protect strafing of the Gulf Coast and also to defend the Panama Canal, which is necessary for quick fleet movements. COURT MEETS AND RECESS Criminal Court of Record met 0 o'clock this morning and was ordered recessed immediate- ly afterward, on instructions re- ceived by telephone from Judge William V. Albury, who was in Miami. Judge Albury was called to Miami yesterday on business of great importance, it was learned at the court house this morning, and found it impossible to get away from the matters to which he was attending in time to be at the court. His instructions were that court was to open pending his ar- rival at 3 o'clock this afternoon when he would be on the bench and sound the docket. TEMPERATURES POCOoCoocosecooeeosecees Lowest Highest Station— last night last 24 hours Abilene 44 64 Atlanta 36 66 Boston 32 46 Buffalo 32 36 Charleston 46 68 Chicago 42 48 Denver 30 38 Detroit 34 44 Galveston 62 64 Havana 68 _ Huron 40 50 Jacksonville 50 72 Kansas City . 52 66 KEY WEST _ 70 80 Little Rock 58 70 Los Angeles . 48 60 Louisville 44 62 Miami 72 76 Mpls.-St. P. _. 36 44 New Orleans _ 60 76 New York 34 46 Pensacola 58 66 Pittsburgh 34 48 St. Louis 50 66 Salt Lake City 24 30 San Francisco 52 58 Seattle 44 48 Tampa 60 78 Washington 32 60 Williston 22 42 SOMETHING NEW! Excursion and Fishing Boat “VIGILANCE” at Curry’s Dock PARTY OF 8 $3.00 PER PERSON Leave 9:30 A. M.—Return 5 P. M. FT. JEFFERSON CRUISES - TUESDAY, THURSDAY, SATURDAY - Lieut. } which | ‘SAYS KEY WEST BEST | ANGLING OF ‘ATLANTIC Best fishing along the At- lantic coast is that found around Key West. R. L. Pegg. and York France of Colum- bus, Ohio, said in discussing | their catches of last week | aboard the charter boat, “Moby Dick”, Capiain Gould Curry. Friday the trip was high- lighted with a 7-foot three- | inch sailfish catch of 61 pounds along the ten-fathom bar at the edge of the Gulf Stream. Saiurday they want- ed to catch a shark, and sure enough a six-foot one was brought in. They caught 14 varieties of fish in Key West waters, all game fish, during their stay here and all catches were by trolling. Mr. Pegg and Mr. France have fished the en- fire Ailantic coast from Maine to Key West. One 55-pcund grouper was another highlight of the trips. | the party will return for ! more Key West fishing in the near future. i i 1 i j | GEIS IIS LISS CLAIMANTS FOR BENEFITS ARE GIVEN NOTICE THOSE SEEKING JOBLESS IN- SURANCE ARE BEING AD-' U. S. South American Trade Bids ig Ae NE coeecncccncearsecocesusesescosoeccocoes | | BOAT MAKES 1ST | _ ROUNDTRIP TODAY The S.S. Uruguay, one of the three 32,000-ton ships of the American Republics Line, shown ~ entering New York harbor preparatory to her initial voyage. The United States inaugurated the luxury “Good Neighbor” fleet this year to bid | MONDAY, JANUARY 9, 1939 Above picture shows the first class passenger's dining salon on the S.S. Argentina and gives some idea of the luxurious appointments aboard ships of Uncle Sam’s new “Good Neighbor” fleet. —e At left is shown the swimming pool on the S.S. Uruguay. Each of the ships in the fleet have such pools on their aft decks, making outdoor swimming a popular sport through- out most of the long voyage across the equator, * BOTTOM FISHING SIXTY-THREE FOOT ALYCE B. CAN CARRY 30 PASSEN-| GERS AND WILL FISH REEF! AND BAY AREAS Sixty-three foot bottom fishing boat “Alyce B”, with nominal rates, has established its base at the Porter Dock and this morn- ing sailed out on its first fishing trip of the season with a party from upstate who came here for the express reason of fishing | from the boat. | Owner of the boat is Ruth Elli- :son of Munson Island and New- found Harbor. Captain is Harry Smith with Tom Maxwell. en- gineer, and John Jehosaphat, Key West guide. The boat wil! be at Key West during the season. Bottom fish- ing, with all bait and lines fur- |nished, will be done along the Key West reef and edge of the Gulf Stream on fine days and on rougher days in the numerous : channels and fine fishing bar bot- toms of the bay areas. Thirty passengers can be car- ried out by the Alyce B., which is steamboat inspected and licensed through he Tampa De- | partment of Commerce office for ‘this area. The boat will leave regularly at 9:30 in the morning and _ re- turn at 4:30 in the afternoon. MAN DIES ON BOARD VESSEL _VISED TO REGISTER ar! for South American commerce which it fears Germany is making serious inroads into. | | NEAREST OFFICE i t Claimants for jobless insurance were being advised today by | William J Little, in charge of the ‘Florida State Employment serv- ice for this area, to register at the nearest State Employment of- fice. “Under the Flordia Unemploy- ment Compensation Law enacted 'by the legislature in 1937, and under the terms of the Social Se- curity Act, unemployed workers ; who have worked for employers having in their employ eight or more workers, with the exception of agricultural labor, domestic , Service in private homes, serv- ‘ice performed as an officer or member of the crew of a vessel on ' the navigable waters of the Unit- ed States, family employment, , governmental service, employes lot non-profit organizations oper- lated exclusively for religious, charitable or other purposes, and | who have lost their jobs through no fault of their own, are eligible | for benefits”, said Mr. Little, pro- vided, of course, that they haye earned the necessary wages dur- | ing the year 1938. These unem- | Ployed workers who are out of | work and who have the past year been working for an employer employing eight or more people, are advised to call at the local , office for information regarding unemployment insurance and their eligibility for benefit The local office is fully staffed with competent people and in- cludes interviewers, clerks, steno- graphers, etc., who will render prompt and efficient service te those entitled to benefits. The office is in the WPA building on | Eaton street. INSURANCE GROUP RETURNED HOME | Members of the force of the | Peninsular Casualty Co. who | were in Miami attending a meet- jing of the representatives in this district, were returning passen- | gers yesterday afternoon on bus- |es of the Florida Motor Lines. | Those who returned at differ- |ent intervals were: Emil Sweet- } ing, manager; P. M. Roberts, H. ;O. Russell, Raymond Delgado, Max Russell and Glenwood lowering. Three ships like the S. 8. Ur uguay (above) are over 600 feet long. be placed into the run. shortly than German SN SESS ‘INSIDE’ STORIES GIVEN BY JAYCEES, Interspersea in ine Junior Chamber of Commerce dis- cussicn at the meeting Friday night were several topics of general interest. “Inside” stories of the group which “knocked” the Pan-American planes propos- ed irips between Miami, Key West and Havana in the head; of the publicity stunt which one fellow tried to raise funds to form a com- pany for a_ steamship line between Havana and Key West; of the gradual “push back” from scores of houses now being renovated by renial agents, which the poor people of the city are experiencing; of how badly a federal housing unit is needed to take care of those who are forced to move and cannot pay high rents; of two carnivals being allowed in small Key West at one time were all talked over by the Jaycees. This procedure is regular- ly iaken to get a clearer idea cof some of the action being taken in the city. FELL ISIS SS SALAZAR FUNERAL THIS AFTERNOON Body of Mrs. Dolores Salazar arrived on S.S. Cuba from Tampa this morning and was accom- panied by her son, Luis. | Funeral services are to be held! this afternoon 5 o’clock from the s useam Ss OS |chapel of the Pritchard Funeral | Home. Rev. will officiate. Mrs. Salazar was born in Cuba in 1856. came to Key West in 1884 where she lived until 1926 when she moved to Tampa to make her home with a son, Ar- mando Salazar. t Bringing her body to Key West for interment was complying with a wish expressed during her life, that she be buried where rest the S. A. Mullins, S.J.) remains of her husband and two | with the right-of-way will be Phone 22211 | daughters. \ , Castro, ! husband, Harry STIRRUP RITES. HERE TUESDAY LOCAL RESIDENT DIED AT. i EARLY HOUR THIS MORNING Mrs. Leona Sedot Stirrup, 36, died this morning 5:20 o’clock in the residence at 1221 William street. Funeral services will be held tomorrow afternoon 4:30 o’clock from the chapel of the Lopez Funeral Home. Rev. O. C. Howell, of Ley Memorial ea will officiate. Pallbearers who have been se- | lected to serve are: Lumley Parks , Sidney Curry, Hector Cecil Catala, Clarence | ‘and Bienvenido Perez. Stirrup is survived, by her Stirrup, two! daughters Mrs. Catherine Faralda and Miss Rose Marie Stirrup. parents, Mr. and Mrs. James Stirrup, and two brothers Benja- ;min and Raymond Stirrup. MEETING TONIGHT AT OURT HOUSE MATTER OF RIGHT-OF-WAY OVER PERKY HOLDINGS TO BE DISCUSSED Scheduled for tonight 8 o’cloeks: in the county court house is one of the most important meetings in months in connection with the} vay over. the: grant of a right-of- holdings of R. C. Perky.,.from Lower Matecumbe to Key,.West,« which is to be used in-.comple| tion of the highway. Those who are expected to at-, tend the meeting will be Perky, Attorneys W. McL. Christie, Thomas H. Anderson and J. Lancelot Lester, representing Mr. Perky in tax matters, and At- torney Richard P. Daniels of the) State Road Department. Besides these it is anticipated that the members of Florida Keys Aqueduct Commission and others} who have matters in connection present. More ships will Previously American ships were slower and smaller OTT Te ID >| ' EXCITING BOAT TRIPS SATURDAY Experiences Saturday in the Gulf Srteam were excit- ing. With mouniainous waves making the boats turn on* their quarters to avoid crash- ing impacts, the Gulf Stream was being patrolled by a large number of fishing boats. Late in the evening ihe boats began to make for the reefs io get a little of the “fast strikes” common around the big rocks. Then every- thing weni wrong. Ice box of one beat overturned spill- ing water over the motor and drowning it out. Throwing cut*an anchor, the boat was held just off the dangerous jagged reefs until another boat ran alongside and threw a tow rope. The dis- abled boat was then towed ashore. Hardly had that affair been cleared up when a com- mercial fisherman developed engine trouble and drcpped his anchor in almost the same spot where the oiher boat experienced trouble. Anoth- er charter boat heaved along- side and soon had it in tow toward the island, far away. The fisherman had lent his battery to a speedboat cap- tain and he had run it down. Many of the boat captains ovwere kept busy “blowing” etheir gas lines to keep the flow of gas to the engine. In roughi water sediment from gas and the rusting of gas tanks causes matter to congest the gas lines and ol prevents gas going to the 1 TS Ia SSS sas Joseph L. Plummer Vice-President AMBULANCE SERVICE Miami. Fla. i Ahern Funeral Home BODY BROUGHT IN YESTER- DAY FROM PASSING STEAMER {Ivor Skatet, member of the crew of the Norwegian Steam- ship Torny, died vesterday after- | noon on the ship. Radiograms to Che Key West Citizen PRICE FIVE CENTS Plan Meeting To Discuss _ Deepening Of Inside Route ‘MERCHANTS NOTE SLIGHT LETDOWN ‘MEET DISCOURAGING RE- PORTS PHILOSOPHICALLY: BELIEVE PICKUP Discouraging reports from hotels, gasoline stations, night clubs, and fishing piers concern- ing the failure of tourists to ar- rive at this period were being met philosophicaily by many to- day. Although this period is even lower than that of last year in tourist numbers, most merchants were hopefully waiting for the next two weeks when the largest number of visitors usually begin arriving every year. Harold Williams, at the Tropi-. cal Reptile Institute, ‘told The Citizen that Ross Allen at the Alligator and Reptile farm at Silver Springs farm, writes that conditions are very bad thriugh- out the state. Allen’s and Wil- liams’ place at Silver Springs is a popular to t attraction Miami merchants are complain- ing of the lack of tourist also. Warm weather and a_ ravaging tropical hurricane this summer are blamed. Peercceveenseesssovcsors NEWS FLASHES (By Associated Press) Pec eowererncecvecesscens ' conference. test the strength of the Berlin-', LOSES GRIP ON ! the Porter Dock Co., first advised | ! that the sailor was ill and a short |time afterward another radio- | gram advised that he had died. | Information was sent to the ! Marine Hospital and Doctors Ru- bino and Holloway, accompanied by Peace Justice Franklin Aren- | berg, coroner ex-officio, and Mor- | tician Benjamin Sawyer, left for ' the vessel in the Pilot Boat No. 13, under command of Pilot Clar- ; ence Thompson. | Arriving at the Torny, which ; was made and the body was | brought to the shore where it | was viewed by a corner’s jury, ‘consisting of George M. Parks, |Bernard Waite, Jr., Frank O. | Roberts, Owen Sawyer, Frank | Carbonell and Charies Ingraham { Members of the jury said that | they would meet again this aft- j ernoon and return the verdict. At a late hour Lopez Funeral Home said that the funeral will ; be held 3 o’clock this afternoon from the chapel, and Rev. Arthur ; B. Dimmick would officiate. | ai Sa L.A. BAGUIZO ARRESTED HERE CHARGED WITH ATTEMPTING TO JUMP BILL CON- TRACTED | 1 | | \ | !was at quarantine, investigation, Leonardo Aurelio Baguizo, 19: years of age, was arrested this | morning previous to the sailing of the Steamship Cuba for Ha- | Vana on a warrant issued from | the office of Peace Justice En-' rique Esquinaldo, Jr., brought to the county jail. and} The charge on which the arrest | | was made was that the prisoner) n secured rooms and accommoda- | tions which totalled $12 and was | attempting to skip to Cuba leav- | ing the bill unpaid. He will be arraigned for hear- ing this afternoon before the peace justice issuing the warrant. | arrest. went to a local rooming house, | LONDON.—Prime Minister Ne- ; ville Chamberlain leaves tomor- row to confer with Il Duce Benito Mussolini in Rome and _ carries } Moreaveapons than in his Mun Chamlerlain is to Rome axis following a policy of friendly negotiation with Italy. HENDAYE? Spanish Rebels! claim 17-mile advance toward Barcelona. Fighting is reported in Madura, a mining section of southwestern Spain. BUDAPEST. — Hungarian troops are being rushed to the Czech border as a formal protest on Czech friing of an Hungarian town is received at Peraeuee BERLIN.—A new Nazi_build- ing was dedicated today with Hitler and 8,000 workers looking on. It will house immediate of- fices under Hitle DETROIT.—Ford denied any personal zgrement with Martin’s labor union, signifying that he would join it with his 87,000 em- ployes. He said that he would continue his own successful deal- ing with emplo; without the aid of labor union: NEW YORK. — Secretary of State Cordell Hull disembarked from the lier Santa Maria today and declared a warning to ag- gressor nations who wish to dis- turb the peace of the Western Hemisphere. He said that South America did not wish to stand isolated but was prepared to de-| fend its peac WASHINGTON. — A senate committee is preparing to blast away at the New Deal and the appointment of Harry Hopkins as Secretary of Commerce. On the committee are many enemies of Hopkins. ‘JERRY KING UNDER ARREST Jerry King was arrested last night by Constable C. Floney} Pellecier and placed in jail, | charged with vagrancy. It is ex- pected that he will be given a hearing before Peace Justice} FrankIni Arenberg this after-} noon. Mr. Pellecier said this morning| that he had advised King that} the best thing he could do was to get out of the city. This was} several days ago, and inasmuch that the advice was not heeded, he decided to place him under | $5.00 ROUND TRIP -- TICKETS -- INFORMATION -- PRICE TOURS -- 505 DUVAL ST. -- | building and repair work. ‘Officials Of sited Department And Local Organizations To Hold Session Meeting of officials of the Uniied States Engineers and members of local organizations to discuss the proposed deepen- ing of the inside route through the Keys from Bahia Honda to Key West is scheduled for some fime within the next two weeks. William W. , tendent of the District, that he Demeritt, superin- epventh = Light- said this morning had contacted a number house of organizations whose members hal the matter of deepen- ing the route to Key West under have consideration for some time, and glad to learn that the mat- were ter is nearing the possibility of being made an active project. Lieutenant E. R. McCarthy the Coast and G who, with his of irvey, forces, has done a great deal of work in connectioa with the proposed improvements, and compiled figures in connec tion therewith, said this morning » cost of the work would be approximately $260,000 and would mean an actual saving of $50,000 annually to the county. The estimates and figures were forwarded to the National Rivers and Harbors Committee by tne Monroe County Planuing Board. BIG BARRACUDA SAM JUDD CAUGHT CONCH ON HAND LINE LAST YEAR Sam Judd of Sf. Louis who with Walter Burtelow was fish- ing yesterday on the Barbara, Captain M. S. Bradley from the casa Marina brought in several large barracuda, grouper and dolphin. While weighing the largest of the barracuda on the pier it slipped from Mr. Judd’s hands and fell into the water. Mr. Judd said that in the future he would use gloves with accompanying spikes. Last year he had the experi- ence of catching a conch on a hand line and bringing it in from deep water. FIVE BUILDING PERMITS ISSUED But few activities were re- corded during the past week of A to- tal of five were found on the records of Building Inspector Harry M. Baker, reaching ex- penditures of $3,100. General repairs to 533 and 535 Emma street. Owner, L Penick; cost, $850. New addition to the Southern Cross Hotel on Duval street. Owner, E. H. Brown; cost, $1,- 000. General repairs to 1409 Divi- sion street. Owner, Mrs. G. Ricketts; cost, $900. General repairs to 516 Angela street. Owner, S. Caraballo; cost, $250. Build addition to 700 White | street. Owner, E. R. Tynes; cost, $100. ‘PRESCRIPTIONS Carefully Compounded By Registered Pharmacists i GARDNER’S PHARMACY “The Rexall Store” 534 Duval Street Phone 177 PHONE 124