The Key West Citizen Newspaper, January 16, 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 Che Kry West Citizen THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN THE U.S.A. VOLUME LX. No. 13. PRICE FIVE CENTS KEY WEST, FLORIDA, MONDAY, JANUARY 16, 1939 Florida National GuasdeTo; ™9e",Sets Williamson dueaves Thursday Ask Waterways) :' Last Warning Pee — Encamp Here Duning July Going ama Canal Zone : Appropriations ECUADORIAN GIRL FLYER 1S oi — LONG OVERDUE FROM CUBA TRADE POLICY Planes 9PLDII LSI SL Vernelinda Briones Left MERCHANTS SEEM HAPPIER TODAY Key West merchants have happier smiles on their faces i KEY WEST ASKS DEEPENING | OF 40 MILE STRETCH FROM BIG PINE ‘Childs M | euvers Ten-Day Period Of Activi- ties Will Run From! Ninth To Twenty-Third Of Month (My Associated Press) Coney Vice President Of 16.—| Britain and France united today) _. 5 ' in sending a “last warning” note /Rivers and Harbors committee) to Japan not to obstruct |trade of China. the ask Congress for a large sp-| md Recently the United States, propriation for work this coming; e- 0 Ine | England and France sent notes of | year. H protest to Japan regarding the i y | stopping of the open door policy | s in China. Japan indicated that 10:45; Had Not Arriv-| | (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON, Jan. Trip; Practice Machine G:n i | Fire This Morning | | Pump priming was said to ob- | | Commander Lester T. Hund. struct private capital in speeches on the floor of congressional halls. A drive to have: talking pic- tures in the lower courts of the} Major William V. Albury, Flor- ida National Guard, received this; who heads Patrol Wing Five nm w morning official notice from Ad-| in Key West for two months oi | ) jutant General Vivian Collins, | | | maneuvers, iold The Citizen io- she would continue her policy. | EES Cas ed At 3 P. M; Coast MANY PARCELS ordered through the governor, that the Field Training Camp of the 265th Regiment will be held in Key,.West July 9-23. Other units to be in the camp; will be Batteries A and B from | Jacksonville, Battery C from | Daytcna Beach, Battery D from | Pensacola, Headquarters medical | deiachment and Battery from | Jacksonville, and the band from | Miami. | B. A. BERGMAN TO VISIT HERE | SUNDAY EDITOR OF PHILA- DELPHIA RECORD TO today. Because it's getting. colder! And cold weather means the tourists will soon flock down to this warm, little Island City. Key West boatmen, noting low. black clouds to the south yesterday predict- ed a “norther”. This morn- ing the wind shifted abruptly to the north and blew down Key West streets under a brow of dark clouds. In northern United States snow and blizzards blanketed the East and Middle West, and northerners prepared to pack for warmer climes. When the present norther lifts one will find mild, pleasant weather on Key West island and beaches and hundreds more of tourists here. VF Lda uhhh uke heute Guard Vessels Patrolling | LISTED UNDER | Mrs. Hernelinda Briones, Ec-| MU RPH Y ACT j uadorian aviatrix, who left Mu-! H {nicipal Airpor:, Havana, Cuba, | | this morning at 10:45, had not ar- j rived at Meacham Airport this |APPROXIMATE AMOUNT OF nation was initiated today. Key West will have a public, hearing on the question of im- proving the Intracoastal ‘Water-! way. from Miami to Key West at the lighthouse department’s of-' fices January 23. Data will be | Was Accompanieg By L. G.; Lewis, Former Agent In| Key West;. Spent Enjoy- | able Stay TS GREE IS SS day that the destroyer “William- ‘ son” would leave Thursday for THE Cl®kZEN PRINTS 1,000 COPIES OF BIG | the Panama Canal Zone. | Destroyer Childs left her be.t FISHING STORY at the Naval Station this morn | city by 3 p. m. ' ; Mrs. Briones has a Fleet plane,’ with three hours’ cruising ‘range. | | Maneuvers’ officials requested {| | Coast Guard ships to remain in | the area of flight in the Straits | tonight. | | With Mrs. Briones was Arman-' Discussing with Clerk Ross C. ; do Alfonso, Key West mechanic. Sawyer this morning the possible | Twenty-one planes arrived to-| number of parcels of property | | day from Havana in the: mass which will come under the provi- | | cruise staged by the Miami All- sions of the Murphy. act this; ; American maneuvers group. Sev- month, he told The Citizen that jen are still at Havana Field. between 850 and 900 would be! | The planes bucked heavy north | affected. ! winds all the way. | Asked what will be the ap-! { Coast Guard Vessels Mojave’ proximate amount of taxes can-| {and Pandcra, which were in the ‘celled by this number of parcels, | TAXES CANCELLED THIS. i MONTH IN NEIGHBORHOOD OF $130,000 | Straits, were ordered to patrol the! Mr. Sawyer replied that the ap- RAGING MEET SUNDAY; FISH- friends, expressed great pleasure | ‘ area. ‘proximate amount of taxes would ; Manuel Orta, Cuban flyer, who be in the neighborhood of $130,-| filed with Col. Lewis H. Watkins, The Citizen will furnish | ing for a few hours of maneuvers |for certain periods of high ‘ ; | Yachts now take the rough Hawk 4+ G. Lewis, formerly agent a. District Engineer. The forty mile stretch from Big Pine into Key West remains too low water for lyachts to travel without waiting cr sae Ciyae-mailory Lines, anu tide. Channel route on the outside. BOATING CLUB ‘PLANS WEEK OF "MARINE EVE ING TRIP | WEDNESDAY: ARRIVE TODAY “According to his letter, the Sundayneditor of. the. Philadel-| phia Record is coming down to| Key West and give the city an’ intimate looking over”, said Sec- | retary S. C. Singleton at the | Chamber of Commerce this: morning. Mr. Bergman, the Sun-| day editor of the Record, writes: “Well, your eloquent dis-| patches about the charm of Key West have finally conquered me, | and my wife and I are planning! to come down next week. We} wiil arrive Sunday night in Mi- ami and, according to present plans, we'll come to Key West’ the next day by bus, as I under- stand the bus trip is very beau- tiful. “I know we will have a grand! time in Key West and it will be a real pleasure meeting you after our pleasant exchange of letters; these last two years. With best wishes and looking forward to | RINDON LEFT FOR HAVANA WAS TURNED OVER TO IM- MIGRATION AUTHORITIES BY JUDGE ALBURY . Leonardo Baquerizo Rindon, who was confined in the county jail on charges of obtaining lodg- ing totalling $12 and was later last week turned over to the im- migration authorities by Judge William V. Albury in criminal court departed, this morning for Havana on the Steamship Cuba. When arrested it was discover- ed that he was travelling under an assumed name, was a native of Ecuador and was connected with a high official in the gov- ernment. Matters were straight- ened out in Key West and when came here on the cruise from Mi- | 000. \ MEETING FRIDAY: STUDY ing when crashing from a 175-foot!information printed on them; level upside down. The planecatrying the number of the lot! | was’ completely demolished. ‘or part of lot, square, tract, deed i Stunting and races were held Fri- | Téference and number of parcels’ day and Saturday. ; have been sent out to 2,000 own-| ers of property, who are. delin- quent taxpayers, and but 400 PERMANENT KEY ; have been returned. | Information carried is to the WEST D | § P L A y effect that the Murphy Act ex-' pires on June 9, 1939, and all ap- | Plications must be completed by OF ART PLANNED *s' : £ Mr. Sawyer said it will be best pees Sy ‘for all property owners who in-; FRENCH CARICATURIST DAU- | fend to aye sopucetons in con- | + ‘ormity with the Murphy Act to MIER'S CARTOONS TO BE | do so during the early part of EXHIBITED TOMORROW IN; May, as it is necessary to publish DUAL SHOW the notices at an early date to! Sas comply with the provisions of the A permanent display of the) law. ' works of the Key West Society! All tax sales completed in 1938; of Artists, which are primarily of , Carry 1938 taxes free, and the local themes, has been made pos- | Same will apply to taxes of 1939. sible by the Board of Trustees of ! : the Key West Community Art; ami, was killed in Havana stunt-, Post cards with the necessary" PERIODS LATER Key West Boat Club, which | was organized by the Junior Chamber of Commerce, held an informal water show yesterday | afternoon at the Yacht Basin} which held the interest of scores of spectators. Duke Bowen, Morris Cruz and H. A. Duffy took spectators for rides: in their speedy outboards. The Bowen cano-like speedster was seen in several daring turns, many of them making the boat slide on its side. Boat Club members tried out new aquaplanes_ behind the | speedy boats. A properly con- structed aquaplane has a beveled surface which makes it slip over waves easily. A flat board will) dip and throw the rider. Specta- tors enjoyed the “whipping” of the aquaplaners by the specd- | | i | | voun E. Craug, vace-presiden. Key West, were visilors in the city last week and were the guests of Agent C. E. Smith. They spent a delightful after- noon here, ; Mr. Lewis, who is well-known ‘in Key West and has a host of! at the many evidences of prog-| i ress seen on every hand, and pre- | dicis great developments in the future for, the city. Mr. Lewis and Mr. Craig left| late 1 Saturday afternoon, ex- | Pressing themselves as having! had a very enjoyable time. HEMINGWAY'S LEFT FINISHES NEW YORK HECKLER | HEMINGWAY “REGULAR FEL- LOW” UNTIL PERSONAL NASTY REMARKS MADE; THEN WATCH THAT LEFT the Key West Chamber of Commerce with a thousand copies of the amazing day's fishing accomplished by Al- bert Pack of the Yacht Chief- tain in catching a 100-pound tarpon, a 350-pound jewfish, a 200-pound shark, two sail- fish, getting four other sail- fish strikes, and a fishbox full of Stream and Reef fish. The copies will be printed next week and given to the Chamber, which wil] mail them to persons and places where the fishing story will have. effect of drawing more anglers to Key Wesit— the fisherman’s paradise. and will return to the Staiion late this afternoon. { Planes of the Wing berthed at ‘the Trumbo ramp held machine gun practice in the area north, | northwest and northeast of Key | West this morning. ‘SENTENCE FOR BANCELLS SET Italy May Get | boats in making turns. Center, with the exhibition open-| TEACHERS PAY seeing you, I am, sincerely yours, Bernard A. Bergman”. he left this morning officials said that Baron Munchausen was con- | sidered a great falsifier, but Rin- don was considered a better one. Lowest nignest’ BARRED FROM Station— last nightJast 24hours! 4" LOCAL AVIARY es Sai TEMPERATURES Abilene +: 32 46 Atlanta 36 50 Boston 22 34 Buffalo 28 30 Charleston 40 54 Chicago 28 34 Denver 16 34 Detroit ~ 26 30 Galveston _.. 40 56 Havana _ - Huron --4 16 Jacksonville _ 44 58 Kansas City _ 12 32 KEY WEST _ 74 68 Little Rock _ 26 42 Los Angeles _ 50 56 Louisville 34 48 Miami 62 76 Mpls.-St. P. _ --4 16 New Orleens — 40 58 New York 26 38 Pensacola 38 54 Pittsburgh 30 36 St. Louis 28 42 Salt Lake City 18 38 San Francisco 46 56 Seattle 38 50 Tampa 54 62 Washington 28 33 Williston 2 10 Ahern Funeral Home Joseph L. Plummer Vice-President AMBULANCE SERVICE Phone 22211 MUST BE ACCOMPANIED BY OLDER FOLKS W. W. Demeritt, superinten- dent of lighthouses in this dis- trict, owner of an aviary which has a beautiful collection of beau- | tifully plumaged birds, many of | them rare and from foreign coun- , tries, issued orders this morning ‘that boys, unaccompanied by older folks, will be kept off the reservation in the future. The reason for this decision, | Mr. Demeritt told The Citizen ‘is | because of the recent theft; he | believes was on Saturday, of sév? eral rare specimens. Tommygings} one melodious grassquits; ! greywinged ©.” parrakeets, are among the missing birds. On other occasions birds have been found missing. One time, { not so very long ago, some rare } specimens were missed from the ‘cages and while discussing the | loss, Mr. Demeritt was heard to mention the fact and one of his { litt had lost. CELLENT OVERNIGHT ACCOMMODATIONS.-FT. JEFFER | BOYS VISITING RESERVATION | anid} with? | beautiful” blue‘ and olive bodies! ing tomorrow. ' In the large gallery will be} hung a comprehensive collection! of lithographs by ‘Horace Dau- mier, the great French master of| ENTERTAINED DURING STAY | caricature. Daumier, with his} £ amazing mastery ,.of line and! HERE BY SUPERVISOR OF RECREATION VISIT 10 CITY | forceful criticism, was one of the | strongest elements working for | social and political reform in a corrupt age. His caricatures ex- | = ist today almost solely in the! Miss Bertha Mackery, former- | form of newspaper prints from! ly of the WPA Recreation Divi- the radical papers ‘of his day | sion but now teacher of physical (1808-79), and the exhibition at, @ducation at the Coco High the Art Center consists of about | School, in company with Miss 80 of these prints, which are! Lois Collins, teacher in the Elem- loaned through the courtesy of | ©Mtary School of Coco, and Mrs. Mrs. Virginia Paterson. ; Mamie Lietch, registered nurse of, French. captions have been | New York, were visitors in Key; translated into English so that all} West Saturday. a may understand their meaning.|_ They were guests of Victor This exhibition is to be on dis-' Larsen, WPA supervisor of rec- play only through Sunday, Janu-' reation, and were taken to the ary 22. | points of interest including the; coTbepe will be about 40 artists! Lighthouse, Art Gallery, Botan-: represented in the Key West Ex-| ical Gardens, Martello Towers, hibitien. tomorrow, which will in- and other attractions, and when} ,clude ails, >=\watercolors, lino| 9¢Parting expressed _ themselves \ prints,, etchings, sketches, metal! 8S being delighted and charmed nand..weod.craft. The exhibition with the beauty and quaintness | ill;change fromday to day with | of the city, and the varied colors | REW, paintings ‘hung. It repre-| a: Lois waters surrounding the is-} sents. new ‘creative original 12nd. sea about the city. The sna! Said Miss Mackery, » “Key West gallery on the lower floor has will some day be a little paradise, been allotted the society for the dae eee Spey cach winlee a eee siceard| is coach of one of the finest bas-| | ketball teams on the East Cast,; AVIARY FOR EAGLES MELBOURNE, Australia — A/| With a team in Key West. flight aviary for eagles is being “We all hope to return some, built at the Melbourne zoo. The/| time later in the year, spend a tions. | the opinion of the visitors. i Wednesday night the Club will go shark’ fisting at Caldas chan- nel and other. spots in the charter launch “Marlin” after meeting at 7:30 p. m. at Gulf Dock. Sunday: a meet will be held be a race between slower, .out- boards. Four sailboat captairis are planning to enter a race, and three rowing will probably com- pete in a race. A two man boat rowing race may also be held. An exhibition of aquaplaning will also be held with “Flat foot flop- sie floojie”, an aquaplane riding dog appearing. Friday night at 8 o'clock at either The Citizen. office or the new clubhouse, Lighthouse Build- ing Three, another meeting will be held at which further plans for the club will be discussed. Future programs will include an instruction period of navigation by Lieut. E. R. McCarthy of the Coast and Geodetie Survey and tearing down of a large outboard motor at a meeting. EXTEND TIME TO BUY TA Saturday evening Tax Collec- tor Frank H. Ladd was advised by telegram that the last day for the sale of automobile tags would in December. Mr. Ladd said that the gover- Ernest HemingWay, noted ‘novelist who resides in Key West, ‘has been sadly misinterpreted from. the socks he takes at peo- | with three outboards lined up for PI€- a feature rate. There may also! With a reputation as a “tough guy” most people think he goes ‘out of the way to take pokes at. people, usually administered at bars. Ernest Hemingway is one of the world’s sincerest persons. But there’s one quirk which those who know him realize. He doesn’t like descent to personal, cheap heckling or remarks. 'That’s the one time he loses his temper, and he has a temper with the kick back of a mule. ~ Saturday night at the Stork Club in New York, The Citizen is advised he soeked another guy. How did it happen? Well, ) listen, and see if Hemingway did | not run true to form. { A man, whose friends identi-; , fied him as a broker stumbled up ‘to him pretty well lit up. “So! |you’re Hemingway, huh? Tough; guy, hugh?”, he said and pro-! ceeded to smear his hands over. Hemingway’s face. Now, it is a‘ | wonder he didn’t get smacked: then! But Hemingway is taming, # little in that point and he only} | politely demurred. Writer Quen-| tin Reynolds, next to Heming- | way, advised, “Sock him but don’t! draw blood”. Back came that| ‘and would like to arrange a game! be January 31, instead of Janu-! nderous Hemingway’s left fist ; {fom the scales of fishes. ‘ary 15, as was announced early a wn: bad completed its; Among the exhibitions of hand-| swing, Mr. Broker was dreaming 1of better days. ' but don’t get personal and nasty! ; TTT IID ISS Concessions FRANCE TO HELP STATION TRADE BUT GIVE NO COLONIES { (By Assdclated Press) | GENEVA, Switzerland, Jan. 16.! —League of Nations officials are today working on a plan where- by France will grant certain con- cessions to Italy. If Mussolini will indicate fa- vorable consideration, France will allow Italian goods entry through a seaport. It will also institute cooperative methods on its end of the Addis Abbaba rail- road. No grant regarding the Suez canal is at present evident, League officials state. The French colonies of north- ern Africa, however, will not be conceded. i MRS. ‘MALONEY GOES ON TRIP TO ATTEND HANDICRAFT EXx- HIBITION OF SKILL IN ORLANDO Mrs. Hazel Maloney, supervisor ‘of WPA handicraft work in Key West, left yesterday afternoon: on bus of the Florida Motor Lines to attend the National Ex-} hibition of skills of the unem- Ployéd which will open in Or- lando tomorrow. Mrs. Maloney will be the dem-/| onstrator of the work done in Key West, and the methods employed; manufacture, which include hats,! pocketbooks, hand. bags, slippers, | sandals, picture frames, fa&s and! calendars and many other articles| made entirely from materials, found in Key West. There will! also be on exhibition an excel- lent display of flowers made i icraft will be specimens from each of the 48 states in the union, hearers mentioned that he had enclosure 140 feet long, will be longer time and enjoy more of} nor each year made the final de-| Treat Ernest Hemingway like | but Florida cities will be the only | | bought some birds and they turn- constructed so the birds will be the gracious hospitality which was! cision on the matter of tags about ‘a regular fellow and you'll find | cities which will have demonstra- | Miami, Fla.| ed out to be the ones Mr. Demer- able to fly under natural condi- | extended to us on this visit”, was| January 15, and this year was no him the best of regular fellows,| tors of the work and the man-} exception. ner in which they are fashioned. SON CRUISES--$10 ALL EXPENSE TWO-DAY TOUR..PRICE TOURS 505 DUVAL STREET- | | | Rivas, | Frow Russell. FOR TOMORROW CONVICTED ON SATURDAY: CHARGE WAS PURCHASING STOLEN GOODS TAKEN FROM CEMETERY Luis Bancells, charged with purchasing stolen goods, namely brass standards, which carried emblems of the Order of Red | Men, and: piaced on the graves of deceased members in the city cemetery, was found guilty of the | charge at 5 o’clock Saturday aft- ernoan. Members of the jury who were sitting to try the issue were: Fer- nando Acosta, George Gwynn, Berlin A. Sawyer, Jr., John D. S. William McKillip and Following the reading of the verdict, Judge William V. Albury announced that he would defer passing sentence until tomorrow morning 11 o'clock. Seen in his office this morning the judge said that Attorney T. S. Caro was to present his plea for a new trial in the case of Mosby Matcovich at the same time. - CAPTAIN SMITH VISITED HERE OFFICIAL OF MILITARY IN- STITUTE DELIGHTED WITH STAY HERE Captain G. B. Smith, official of ‘the Kentucky Military Institute, at Linden, Ky., was a delightful visitor in Key West yesterday, coming to the city for the pur- pose of visiting points of inter- est, and leaving in the afternoon | by bus for Florida winter head- quarters of the institute near Venice. Returning from his ride, Cap- tain Smith told The Citizen that he enjoyed every minute of his | in fashioning the various types of tour, and was indebted to bus driver, C. E. Milligan, for a com- prehensive story of the trip, es- pecially the ride over the high- way. He plans to return later and visit Fort Jefferson, that his- toric pile which has been an- nounced as a National Monument, LOWE FISH MARKET Phone 151 MOON FISH PHONE 124