The Key West Citizen Newspaper, January 17, 1939, Page 1

/ Associated Press Day Wire Service For 59 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West VOLUME LX. No. 14. ew Dental Officer Assigned To Duty | At Marine Full-Time Government Of- ficer To Replace Local Dentist Serving Part-' Time (By Washingion Correspondent of The Key West Citizen) WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 17. —Assignment of a full-time gov- ernment dental officer to the Key West marine hospital to replace | the local dentist who has been serving part-time for the last two months was announced here to- day by officials of the U. S. Pub- lic Health Service. The new chief dental officer of the Key West marine hospital sions as insinuation on the cour-; imposed by the court, advised Pondon, went out in Capt. Em-| K age of French soldiers are being, that he would withdraw his in-; met Bradley’s launch “Barbara” clinic will be Dr. Samuel Avery, asssitant dental surgeon, reserve, now at the Baltimore marine hospital. Dr. Avery, wno has been at Baltimore for two years, was to be relieved about January 16, to go immediately to Key West to report to the med- ical officer in charge for assign- ment to his duties. Dr. Avery will be succeeded at ex-crown princess of Abyssinia, | Baltimore by Dr. George R. Schmidt, also of the Public Health a ca —_ .-._ os. Spain Takes Last Stand DESPERATE LOYALISTS HURL | BACK Two vIGOROUS REBEL ATTACKS | (By Associated Press) | HENDAYE, Jan. 17.—Loyalist | Spain troops are fighting with their backs against the wall to- ; day in desperate strength. i Two Rebel attacks have been | thrown back. | | ROME, Jan. 17.—Bitter attacks | by the Italian press on France is Che Key THE SOUTHERNMOST NWN Ordway Gets ‘CUT SENTENCE OF MATCOVICH 0 JAIL TERM } FINE OF $500 IMPOSED IN AD-} DITION: FORMER SENTEN- ENCE WAS FIVE YEARS IN PRISON Judge William V. Albury, at a/ | the court room, reduced the sen- tence imposed last Saturday on Mosby Matcovich, after being | found guilty on a charge of as-! ond degree murder, years in the state penitentiary to} a fine of $500 and costs. i Biggest Sail, Ss é KEY WEST, FLORIDA, Yesterday’s 66 Pounder T ops Yachtsmen’s 61 Pounder; 24-Pound Kingfish Brought In; In- ternational Writer Fishes In Casa Marina fishing, Rich- ard Ordway. in Captain Jakie Key's “Legion”, home with the prize of the day launch came yesterday, a sailfish 7'3", tipping special session of Criminal Court: the scales at 66 pounds. This is| of Record held this morning in) his first sail and puts him five days behind Mrs. Ordway, who caught her sailfish last week. Major Burman of Kentucky sault with intent to commit sec-! yesterday brought in a 59-pound! from five | sailfish, which was 6’6” long. He} was out with Judge Talbot in one year in the county jail and | Capt. Bagley Filer’s launch. The} major had hooked and _ nearly T. S. Caro, attorney for the de-| boated a much larger sail but} of the addition to the Overseas | ae | interpreted here as a move to! fendant, was in court for the pur-, upon getting it alongside it was Highway were brought up for| 6 was adopted, in which the State| | prevent France giving last min-| pose of entering a plea for a new lost with a splash. ute aid to the Loyalists in the | Spanish Civil War. Such asper- | hurled. ] GOLD CROWN STOLEN | CAIRO—A gold crown with diamonds, the queen of Sheba bearing her | portraits were among. valuables ‘worth $20,000 stolen from the house of Princess Wolete Israel, at Abbasia. The princess dis- covered the loss on returning ‘from-@ short apt to Jerusalem. List Compiled Showing Enlisted Personnel Of Patrol Sq uadrons Here | | trial, but on hearnig the sentence } | tention of entering a plea for a! new trial. i | Judge Albury said that if the| | defendant could not meet the | | the court would impose an ad-) | ditional sentence of one year in j jail. t Bancells Fined | | Luis Bancells, who was tried! ! on a charge of receiving stolen! | Soods last week and found guilty, | } 'waS sentenced to make festitu- | ! tion of the property and to pay | ‘a fine of $25 and costs. | Property, which was stolen and! | which Bancells was charged with! | purchasing, was brass rods which! | upheld emblems of metal mould- j; ed into the insignia of the Im- proved Order of Red Men and | the name of the person interred. ; They were taken from the graves Today the international corre- spondent, Mrs. Phyllis Robson, of to better her mark of a 22-pound barracuda by hoping to catch a whale, as she described the one that got away last week. With inlaid | provisions of the fine and costs,|her today is Mrs.° Justin Griess and a medal of that in default of the $500 fine| of Boston. Parties over the city were topped by the one of J. R. Hires, owner of the J. R. Hires Bottling Company of root beer fame, and George Darby, Jr., vice-president of Thomas Gassener Stainless Steel company of Philadelphia, which landed a 63-pound sailfish and two others as a highlight of their last day’s fishing in Key West waters. They left on the Sylvia @his morning. J. J. Haggerty brought in a 17- pound grouper and a 24-pound kingfish as the principal points in his day’s fishing. Haggerty is ‘ owner of the Ketch Bluejacket at the Yacht Basin. rat Citizen Ff WSPAPER IN THE U.S.A. 'UESDAY, JANUARY 17, 1939 Ecuadorian | | Commissioners Discu | Matters Relative To Extension Of Highway At a special meeting of the | cussed from several angles, and aoke | it was decided to have Mr. Ber-! j Board of County Commissioners} valdi and Attorney Harris leave held in the county court house this afternoon for Miami to con- 4 - ; |tact members of the company | his morning matters in connec- jand have the matter in question tion with the property owned by | straightened out. Both Mr. Ber- valdi and Attorney Harris left the Key Farms Land Co., over! shortly after noon to attend to, | which will pass certain sections | the matter in question. i A resolution pursuant to the tion of the board on January | Board of Administration is re- consideration. quested te advertise for the pur- | Present at the meeting were: } one of Monroe oon county- Chairman Bervaldi, Commission-| Wi¢ 8sue, said offerings to be | r received in time for consideration jers Warren, Monsalvatge; Clerk | hy the Board of County Commis-| Sawyer, Attorney W. Curry Har-' sioners at the special meeting ris for the board, Attorney J. L.| scheduled for Monday, February | Lester and Chief Deputy Sheriff 13- i | Beenard Waite. | Clerk Sawyer | was authorized .,, to furnish a certified copy of the i The matter of the holdings of| resolution to the board of Admin- | the Key Farm Land Co. was dis-| istratign at’ Tallahassee. | ‘Man Brought | Here From } ' Marathon Believed To | Have Died From Poison ' i who was to no avail and the young man died shortly after 9 o’clock. Coroner Ex-Officio Franklin | | Joseph K. Sawyer, | brought from Marathon yester- | | day afternoon, and placed in the MISSING SIX WEEKS A Homer Winslowesque touch pervades the story of a missing colored boatman of Key West. The painting by Homer Winslow, who spent many years in Key West and West Indian waters, is familiar to many. It shows a negro on a small launch far out in the blue Gulf Stream, his motor broken down, and the launch drifting farther out. On the stern of the launch is the home port, Key West. Six weeks ago Anderson Butler, 78-year-old colored resideni of this city. who liv- ed on Olivia street, went out in his sponging boat to the upper Keys to hook sponges. Usually he returned in a week or two weeks. After he stayed away three weeks the family became worried and went up to the Key at which he usually kept his boat tied to a dock. On the dock were his clothes and many sponge, but neither he or his boat were anywhere to be seen. Yesterday the clothes and sponge were brought home, but still nothing had been found of the aged colored resident or the boat. It is presumed that he became ill and unable to operate the boat or that the motor broke down. NEWS FLASHES (Ry Axsnoelated Pre ° SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 17. new transmitter to foil Nazi ra- + WS Sf es eS oe: i Enlisted personnel ] Squadron 14 and Patrol Squadron ; 7atycki. 15 are printed below. USS. bi Ae 15 ee i i ate | arles H. le, George W. Childs, which will remain in Key Ammons: Glacence Amos; ‘hadi. West during the two months of "son L. Anderson, Trinigan E. maneuvers and war games in this Beal, William H. Beaumont, Algie area, is in Squadron 14. U.S.S.) Belcher, William O. Bennett, Leo- Williamson, which will leave nard H. Berg, Paul Berry, Arn- Thursday for Coco Solo, Canal E. Bucknell, George R. Burch, sels indicate their squadron num- ‘ lins. with red trim is also on the de-| J. Cummings, Cecil A. Donaldson, Patrol Squadron 14 A. Fernald, Richard A. Flood, ; Goodwin, James R. Gould, Robert Beaumont. S. B. Bezanson, R. D. in Patroljlums, R. L. Wynn, A. C. Wys-|% | in the court room, told Judge Al-| Of eared neta oe Or- | peccccvcccvccncccocncecce er. Frank ©. Roberts, official! © TEMPERATURES member of the Order, who was|:eeeeeeeececccvccsocooccs Lowest Highest bury that the cost of the em-' Station— last night last 24 hours blems and standards was approx-! Abilene 42 58 imately $58.50. Bancells was or-' Atlanta dered to pay the money to Mr.' Boston - Roberts and he did so in the Buffalo presence of the judge. | Charleston _ The fine and costs were $64.03 Chicago and that sum with the cost of | Denver _ the stolen emblems and stand- {Detroit _ ard totalled $122.53, which is! Galveston considered a high price. | Havana Judge Albury advised Bancells' Huron oe that if he was going to deal’ in! Jacksonville _ junk to take out the necessary! Kansas City _ license and keep an accurate rec-| KEY WEST ord of all his transactions, which |‘ [ittle Rock - may be the cause of avoiding un- | Los Angeles pleasant complications such as j | ouisville y those just concluded. | Miami is The judge concluded by advis- | Mpls. -St. P. ing Bancells that for the offense | New “‘Onlbkia a fine of $500 or a sentence to} "a 34 32 52 32 28 32 64 16 58 32 73 42 64 38 70 old J. Bradford, Maurice S. Brad- A _ ford, William H. Brown, Raymond Zone, is in Squadron 15. Large numbers on the bow of the ves-;| Carroll L. Burns, Paul S. Byars, Luther W. Coleman, Earl V. Col- fees The Mvy airplane indent "Dosey W:. Gaon, RalpliE os pam a peoun | Cramer, Albert Cultrera, Thomas stroyers, indicating they are in; William J. Edwards, Wallace M. the aircraft division. ! Farrar, James W. Farris, Ralph , ‘ Gordon S. Fritz, Andrew P. Gar- S. Aponowich, E. H. Baines,/ per albert M. Goebel, W. J.! K. L. Bates, C. E. Bellais, J. F. E. Green, Jr., Otto E. Gundel, Blyth, G. M. Brown, E. T. Buff- ington, A. B. Cook, R. P. Dam- eron, H. B. Daniels, L. O. Ernest, | J.| Holland, Tom J. Hughes, John A. T. Elison, S. F. Entrekin, Farner, R. J. Foertsch, C. C. Gantt, B. D. Gerner, R. L. Gibbs, R. J. Glass. A. Gallie, J. L. Granger, J. W. Hart, J. A. Hawn, C. S, Heath, T. W., Heath, G. F. A. Homer, C. E. Hughes, A. Jackson, C. H. Jolly, J. Kita, M. Kunzer, R. Knutz, H. F. Lawton, R. Lay, J. E. Letel- lier, M. Luke, J. F. Magurk, C. J. McCarthy, W. D. McCusker. A.C. Miller, R. F. Miller, J. C.| Minnis, A. P. Morris, A. J. Pali- sin, D. A. Paterson, J. F. Pillo, R. C. Ponder, L. Powell, R. H. Ram- sey, W. W. Rash, R. O. Reich, R. E. Rhyne, J. J. Rizzio, L. L. Rob- inson, R. L. Ross, J. N. Russiano, J. G. Saunders, S. Sayaman, L. E. Schofield, O. D. Sharp. Glenn W. Harvey, Bill J. Hiller- |; man. 2 Clayton W. Hitchcock, James D. i Ivonok, Rollo Johnson, Charles E. Jones, Raymond E. Jordan, Rob- pert M. Jordan, Leon C. Kincaid, | John Knapp, Johnnie R. Lane, William B. Lower, William H. | Lyons, | Thomas E. McDonough, William ; W. McGlasson, I. W. Mendheim, | Joseph Mikulas, John C. Millett, | Valentine V. Monaco, Charles R. Murray, Thomas C. O’Connor. Clifford C. Olson, George S. ‘Patterson, Jr., Norfless Peck, | ins, Nick Pessas, William F. Pet- tengill, Paul M. Pickering, Ru- perto Sapalo, Vernon Saultz, \ Charles A. Schoder, Rex V. Scott, Eilert W. Seggerman, Dwight M. |Skinner, Gilbert ‘P. Smith, David P. McCullough, ! ' Ernest L. Pennell, Harry W. Perk-; , the penitentiary could be impos- | ed under the circumstances. SIX MANEUVERS PLANES STOPOFF | { Six planes which remained in| | Havana yesterday because of bad | weather ‘in the mass cruise of the | |All American Maneuvers stopped | |at Key West today before taking: off for Miami. } were in the cruise remained in} Havana., It is not known when | | this plane will take off. 4 i G. F. Sherrick, F. L. Sivills, E.| Charles E. Stevens, Emmett D.! W. Smith, T. F. Smith, C. P. Songeborn, C..S. Stanley, J. W. Sti, F. L. Strelow, C. O. Swan- son JB. B. Thomas, M. E. Tomlin,!G. Ventresco, Randall Wagner,' Tubbs, C. E. Van Hook, M.| R. E. Wa; Wegtherly. iy E. Weaver, E. D. Wells, Eer- vin§F. Wendt, F. Williams, C. A. WijGon, H. O. Wilson, C. W. Wool- aught, A. P. Vorndran, J. A. | Stewart, | Robert G. Van Leer. Michael M. Vaydanich, Angelo Richard A. Wagner, George R. | Walker, William M. Ward, James er, M. R. Warburton, J. N.! F. Wayman, John Weatherburn, ' Harry W. Webb, Jr., Francis A. Welch, Clyde H. Welker, Jr., Merle H. West, Thomas P. Wilk-| pinsons Myron E. Zorger. Robert T. Thompson, | PHONE 9108 New York Pensacola Pittsburgh St. Louis __. Salt Lake City San Francisco Seattle Tampa Washington - Williston .. OYSTERS FEEL NO PAIN SYDNEY, Australia—Sympathy for oysters eaten alive is wast sympathy, says T. Ireland, Aus- “You can bits and it will feel no pain,” said. cyt an oyster into 50 ” he The MAXWELL CO. Inc. For Wholesale on FURNITURE and FURNISHINGS MAXWELL VENETIAN | RESTAURANT TOUPMENT 705 iON See or Phone G. A. PATTON, Local Ret SIBONEY INN. Marine hospital for treatment, died about 9:15 last night, and it is believed the cause of death was a poison, taken by the vic-: tim. ! Sawyer registered at a hotel at , Marathon Sunday night and yes-’ | terday morning was found by the clerk at the hostelry who found him unconscious. | | Members of the hotel staff | summoned a physician from the 'Civilian Conservation Corps camp at Summerland Key, who | worked continually for more than jone hour at efforts to restore the | man, but he gradually showed no \signs of responding to treatment, ,and it was decided to bring him j to Key West. Hl A call was sent and was re- | Sponded to by the ambulance from the Lopez Funeral Home, | which made a speedy trip to Marathon and a swift return, and ,Placed the patient in care of the ;medical staff of the hospital, but ‘son, Arenburg was summoned to the! dio attempts to secure the trade scene and the following were! of South America was announced summoned to service as mem-' here today. § % bers of the coroner’s jury: Basil; The new transmitter can reach Tynes, F. O. Roberts, John Nel-| as far as the Straits of Magellan. on, Joseph Espinosa, Benny It’s effectiveness comes from a di- Pierce and Ed. F. Roberts. —_—_ rect radio beam in an almost The jury made an investigation’ straight range. Previous trans- papas Sega 2 et ee at mitters broadcast in a circle and The deceased Was tn Ke West "3 Pee nied ane Sanda : d lef a The transmitter can be used to 'y morning and left on the broadcast messages to South afternoon bus for Marathon. America and will drown out all While in the station he told The mE Citizen that he was from Bir-| Other foreign short-wave recep- mingham, Ala., and discussed the | #0". families of Sawyer’s in Key West, Sena but did not say anything about , BUFFALO, Jan. 17.—An extor- relationship to any of them. tion plot, which threatened to He seemed to be in perfectly throw acid on Mayor Holling’s cheerful spirits, and continued the | Wife and daughter was foiled by discussion until the time came Police today. for leaving when he picked up a ara heavy overcoat and jumped on LONDON, Jan. 17—A close board the bus as it was leaving.| watch is being kept today on all It was said that he had not one, Plans to unite northern and south- cent in his pockets at the time he' ern Ireland to prevent a recur- was found ill. rence of the nine explosions, Agriculture Department Approves Agreement On _ Citrus Fruit Shipments | | WASHINGTON, Jan. 17.—The agriculture department today One more of the planes which |tralian museum conchologist. | tentatively approved a marketing jagreement to regulate Florida (citrus fruit shipments. The pact, jwhich goes to growers and j handlers for approval, would | regulate grade and size of grape-| | fruit, oranges and tangerines in- ‘tended for interstate shipment. | | ‘The department rejected an in-! idustry proposal to include in the’ regulation a volume of Valencia’ [ocenans shipments. | The marketing program, de-' signed to relieve the severest |Surplus in the industry’s history, | | would keep off the market those ; grades and sizes of fruit which’ | would result in producer losses. | { The agreement must be ap-; ; Proved by two-thirds of the, (By Associated Press) growers by number or by volume of fruit produced, and must be signed by the handlers of at least 50 per cent of the fruit growers committee, assisted by the ship- pers committee, who would ad- minister the program. GIVE A DIME .. ! or MORE! TO HELP FIGHT INFANTILE PARALYSIS THIS AD SPONSORED BY RAUL’S CLUB Scene of the President’s which took place here yesterday. HASKINS GOES OUT ON TRIP Henry Haskins, assistant super- intendent of lighthouses in the seventh district, left by bus this morning to make inspections of the lights and stations in the dis- trict. Mr. Haskins said his inspection will be of shore stations, and will include Miami, Port Ever- glades, Hillsboro Inlet, Port of Palm Beach and Jupiter and he expects to return Friday. TONIGHT... Key West, Florida, has the most equable climate in the country ; range of only 14° Fahrenheit with an average PRICE FIVE CENTS rl Flyer Rescued 21 Miles Off Sombrero Light VIII I LLIB sed Up By |COLORED SPONGER, 78, | Steamship Liberty Bell; panied By Armando Ai- fonso Of Key West Accom- | | | | A pretty, little, stubborn avia- \trix, Mrs. Hermilinda Briones, is also lucky! Reported missing yesterday | when five hours overdue at Key | West with only three hours gas, | Mrs. Briones late yesterday after- \noon 20 miles off Sombrero Light, | which is at the reef off Pigeon |Key. set her plane down on the rough water and was rescued by |the freighter Liberty Bell. With \her was Armando Alfonso, Key | West mechanic who accompanied |her on the flight. She was com- ‘ing over on the All American Maneuvers cruise from Havana. Mrs. Briones was long overdue ;coming down from Miami in the mass cruise when the cruise came to Key West Tuesday before hop- {ping to Havana. She stated s' ply that she had a flat tire that she stopped at Marathor repair it. This was the only rea- son why she took three hours to make the hour trip from Miami, she said when arriving here. However, Department of Com- }merce officials who listencd to ‘the motor of her plane saw that it"was badly in need “ef” fe pair They grounded her here, which reduced Hermilinda to t Saturday following she secured permission to go over and made the hop successfully. Found Friends Here | While grounded in Key West Mrs. Briones was befriended by ars. ‘A Fire Chief and Mrs. Harry Baker whose guest she was during her stay hege. She said “Everyone is so nice*here”. The Bakers had | several letters addressed to her |herejwafter she had left, and mailed them to her husband in New York. With her was Armando Al- fonso, Key West mechanic, who had worked on the motor and re- paired weak valves badly filled with carbon. Alfonso is quite a feature in himself. Arrested many years ago for smuggling aliens into Key West by boat, he was later released and then pur chased an airplane. The plane was similar to that which Mrs. Briones lost yesterday. He is not a registered airplane mechanic. Later he sold the plane to Daniel Lawson of Key West. Blown Off Course Bucking strong head winds coming over from Havana, Mrs. Briones was blown well off her course. Instead of making the almost northerly flight she went to the northeast and sighted Pigeon Key. She had been in the the air two hours and forty | five minutes, with but 15 minutes gas left. Immediately after land- ing, her green Fleet plane jIt was seven years old but | was lucky to get it”, she told The Citizen when here. She and Alfonso were expected to be picked up last night by a Coast Guard Cutter, from the Liberty Bell, and brought eithen finto Miami or Fort Lauderdale. |At Key West yesterday a Coast }Guard plane arrived for the search. Key West Naval officers were preparing to send out naval ‘seaplanes here for war games. Coast Guard cutters stationed in ,the Straits had begun patrolling ithe area. COUNTRY STORE NITE With Lem Abernathy and his surprise packages! 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