The Key West Citizen Newspaper, January 20, 1939, Page 1

Associated Press Day Wire Service For 59 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West VOLUME LX. No. 17. Arranging Miami, Key Havana, Charter Plane Service THE SOUTHERNMOST NE West, Arents Air Service, Inc., Completing Plans To-' day; Has Fleet Of Planes In Key West today arranging | Telegram today received by| for a charter plane service be- | hl a | The Citizen from Senator Claude tween this city, Havana and Mi-; | ami are George Arents of Arents Pepper advises that Eresieert Air Service, Inc., and pilot Peter} Roosevelt has given. his approval | C.Bals,' to project 30799, relating to the Mr. Arents told The Citizen! Key West High School. that the company has a fleet. of; planes whcih they are using for charter service in Miami at 36th! This project provides for the Senator Pepper Advises The Citizen About WPA Project Being Approved, improvement of the school and gymnasium buildings and is now eligible for operation at the dis- cretion of the WPA state admin- istrator. The amount of, funds which | have been given the approval of the President is $7,994, Street airport. Just out of the | factory is a new ain te! DAY N al T 1 Pl stem be employed in the | ee av 0 0 anes It has a 330-horse mo-; tor, a cruising speed of 182 miles| per hour, a cruising range of six! hours’ flight, which would cover! West Today approximately 1,000 miles. The! plane can carry four passengers and the pilot. | Two thousand dollars of new latest equipment has been in-} stalled in the plane, including a} receiving and transmitting radio. | Other planes in the service are! Stinsons. | The trip to Miami takes ap-! proximately 45 minutes, and to Havana the flying time will be 40 minutes. Peter C. Bals is the pilot | in the city at present. | The Arents Air Service oper- | ates the only regular air line in; the summer between New York! City and Saratoga, N. Y., where | a wealthy «clientele going to; Saratoga for the horse racing and Stopoff At Key KEY WEST, FLORIDA, U. S. Recreation Director Reviews Department Work Key West Rotary Club at its Supper-meeting yesterday heard E. C.Lindeman, U. S. director of recreation, give an outline of the work of his department, and Lieutenant-Commander B. Stuc- | key. speaking for Commander L. T. Hundt, bring greetings to Key West. Liegt.-Com. Stuckey told Ro- tarians that Key West Harbor has a fine anchorage, that the Naval Station was in splendid condition and@ that hospitality of the people was appreciated. from the ships and planes were Present. Nine officers Mr. Lindeman, who is in Key West at present for a vacation and is residing at the Naval Sta- tion, said that the principal aim of his department was to empha- size proper recreation for the American people. Pointing out that the average American worked 40 hours a week, that he slept 56, and that he had 12 hours of leisure, Mr. st Cittern SPAPER IN THE U.S. A. FRIDAY, JANUARY 20, 1939 ; enough land in the country for ‘1-16 of an acre for each person to enjoy by himself. There is too jmuch sensation seking in our jrecreation, Mr. Lindeman said. An unusual treat and a new! source of income for Key, West} was also a part of the Rotary supper. At each place was a to- {mato of unusual beauty and ex- cellence, all of them absolutely uniform in appearance and qual- ity. The donor, W. J. Ingling, *spoke briefly, saying that last winter he had promised the sec- retary of the Chamber of Com- merce that he would investigate development of the art of grow- ing. vegetables over tanks of min-! eralized water while he was tour- | ing California. He said he had performed the service and as an z sia indieation of his friendship for| Different denominations of Key, West and its institutions had; money which have been proven sent.for these tomatoes which | to be counterfeit have been were produced by the hydroponic | passed in Key West. and worth- method by “Mineral - Made”! ),., checks have at. different |times been tendered, death of Admiral Crosby, an hon-| Wome" ive been victimised: | or member of the club, was read./handed one of these worthless It will be sent to Mrs. Crosby. ‘scraps of paper, was Juan Calleja. Visiting Rotarians: Don Brad-' an individual presented a travel- ley, Buffalo, N. Y.; Joe Levy, jer’s check for $5 on the “Manu- Freehold, N. J.; Chas. I. Norman, | facturer’s Trust Company, New St. Clair, Mich.; Stephen Reydal, york City”, signed by Dr. G. M. Verona, N. L. J. Doak, Gren-' Ellis. The name of the company Key West | Cashes Bogus Check Key West, Florida, has the most equable climate in the country; with an average range of only 14° Fahrenheit PRICE FIVE CENTS Council Calls Special Session To Investigate Charges Filed Against Police Justice Caro . Merchant Mayor Returns Unsigned Parking Meter Ordi- Property Suits Are Discussed nance; | i At the regular meeting of City is in printed form, as well as the ¢, cil : amount, which was printed on a pak teed palokt an tote perforating machine, and every- was xead from Mayor Willard M. thing seemed to be perfect. | = . Mr. Caileja accepted it for a Albury in which he informed the twenty cents purchase, handed coyncii.that he had sent a letter out the four dollars and eighty cents in change. The check was to Police Judge T. S. Caro re- placed in the cash for deposit in the bank, but within a short time Mr. Calleja was returned the to the charges that had been pre- check which was no good, the : A drawer of the check being un- ferred against the judge by known and without any ‘au- Councilman Will E. P. Roberts, questing an explanation relative thority to draw on the com- JURY RETURNS ITS VERDICT IN| SAWYER’S CASE FAILS TO FIND ANY EVI-! DENCE OF CRIMINAL IN- TENT IN CONNECTION WITH | MANS DEATH Last action of the coroner’s jury ~and“-Gordirer’ Ex-Officio Flying To Guantanamo Bay, Cuba; Land Planes Were Escorted Over By Two Naval Seaplanes Three naval planes on their way to Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, for Caribbean maneuvers, arriv ed at Key West this morning and took off at noon escorted by two of the large Consolidated naval seaplanes based at Key Lindeman said that his depart-}ada, Miss.; Christian Lantz, Sa-! ment had trained 56,000 recrea-}lem, Mass.; H. O. Shaw, Miami, } tional Ieaders tc help the people} Fla.; Earle S. Johnson, Newton, ; make profitable use of their re-}Mass.; W. F. Allen, Salisburn,| creational hours. Mass:; John R. Bradshaw, Stan-| Advantages of proper recrea-[ford, Ky.; Wélliam C. Maltby,) tion were summarized by Mr.} Buffalo, N. Y.; Edw. F. Rieth,| Lindeman as (1) a means of bal-| Kirkwood, Mo.; R. B. Yates,! ance. Too much play and work | Greenwood, Miss. | nowadays is done only. with the| ‘Guests: Lt-Com. B. L. Stud-| Many Key Westers To Join In Sc brain and a few accessory arm muscles, he said. There must then necessarily be a normal physiclogical balance. (2) Teach- ing of manual skill in stuff of the earth, such as clay, wood, metal, etc: This is not done’ine- cessarily,as.a_means of earning a | ley, U.S.S. Childs; Lt. C. E. Perk-; |ins, U.S.N.; Lt. W. C. Kaiser,} U.S.N.; Cadet Arthur F. Draker, USNR; Lt. H. J. Von Waller, (Special to USN.; Cadet F. L. Urch,| MIAMI, Jan. 20.—A number of | USNR; Cadet E. Stanley,/Key Westers will spend the week | U.S.N-R.; Capt. W. F. Niethamer,|end in- Miami this week, par- 4U.S..Army; E. E. Lindeman, New | ticipating in several snsjal_af- pany. cial Events In Miami This Week ‘The Citizen) Bridge District Commission will ‘be held Saturday morning in the }State Highway Department of- »fices in the Dade-county-court- | who stated that the judge had be- i _ come derelict in the performanc> | of his duties, and who also re- | | quested that an investigation be | made in the matter. | The mayor stated in the letter {that he preferred having the }council call a special meeting sometime next week with Judge , Caro present fer the purpose of | hearing both sides of the ques- tion with a view to having the ‘matter cleared up. Other criti- | cism of the judge's court actions | will also be heard at the same | time. r P Regarding Police Officer the mineral’ baths’ demand safe, ! Franklyn Arenberg, investigating | living: but of increasing culture! York City; Harry B Wise; Bel- | fairs being arranged by the Key house after which the party will | speedy service. Arrangements are being com-! pleted in the city today for estab- lishment of the service with Meacham airport selected for op- erations. A meeting of interested per- sons with the Arents Service representatives was called in the Chamber of Commerce today by Eugene Hobson, who is aiding in establishment of the service. Pro- posals for regular trips between Miami and Key West and a char- ter service from Key West to Ha- vana were discussed. Present were: L. S. Gruber, E. I. Brown, R. H. Smith, Richard L. Light, Peter C. Blas, George Arents III, Eugene Dobson, G. G. Vieta, Hugh Williams, Clem Price, Wm. R. Porter, Alberto-G. Abreu. i into’ the death of Joseph Ramer | West. Sawyer, native of Enterprise, | Ala, who was brought from: Marathon Monday and died the) planes were three torpedo land same night at the local Marine! planes of the utility wing from hospital, was performed this aft- the Naval Aircraft factory in ernoon when the jury returned a philadelphia. verdict as follows: { They are expected through here! That the deceased “Joseph Ra-' again in March. : ! mer Sawyer came to his death: The naval planes out of Key! from cardiac, failure as a result West were to escort the land of methaemoglobinemia, from planes across as an additional causes unknown. We find no safety factor. The torpedo planes! evidence of any criminal intent janded cross ways of Meacham} or neglect on the part of anyone airport today. with the strong | in connection with the death”, d ; northwind which was blowing. | The verdict was signed by; Guantanamo Bay is another! Frank O. Roberts, foreman of the! principal base in the Caribbean | coroner's jury, Basil R. Tynes,) war games which will shortly be-| John Nelson, Joseph Espinosa,! gin. Naval plans for an increase Ed. F. Roberts and Bennie of aircraft facilities at Guantana- | Pierce. ._| Mo were announced recently. At Pursuant to the request of his Key West are based 18 planes, a The flight was under command of Lieut. (jg) R. F. Jones and the and happiness. Music, good shows are also being sponsored by the Administration to bring © culture outside of New York, Mr. -Linde- man said. Finally (3) nature study. Recreation is not merely exhausting oneself physically, but in relaxation in the beauty and-charm of nature. There is | mar, N.J.; W. J. Ingling, Pocatel-; West club of Dade county for | lo, Idaho; R. L. Smrinoff, Wash-| members of the Overseas High- | ington, D. C.; E. W. Leith, Miami, | way Commission and officials of Fla.; Fred Schmeck, St. Louis,’ the city and county. | Mo.; Elmer E. Heinemann, Kirk-| Mayor and Mrs. Willard M. Al- | mann, Mo.; Geo. W. Cook, Wash- | bury, Mr. and Mrs. John Costar, j ington, D. C.; Seymour T. Wil- Miss Bernice Brantley, Mr. and ;-helm,, New York City; S. D. | Mrs. Carl Bervaldi, Mr. and Mrs. Rickman, Miami, Fla. Dan Navarro, C. C. Symonette , and many others are expected to. At Orlando Among Others Presented ~~ |make the trip. t } e efe ; The party will attend the races ' = © ‘at Hialeah Friday afternoon as | aims ey es | guests of Mr. and Mrs. Mark ; Byron, III, and, after a banquet , that night, will be guests of the Biscayne Kennel club where a special trophy race will be run jin their honor. Miss Brantley, as “Miss Key West” of the Overseas |Highway celebration, will pre- sent a silver loving cup to the ;owner of the greyhound winning the feature Key West trophy Outstanding return to Key West. Joe Monticino, Paul Marks, and other officers and members of the Key West club, met in Miami and mapped plans for entertain-' ing the Key Westers. A resolu- tion inviting all Key West to make the trip: was unanimously adopted. Headquarters of the party will be at the El’ Comodoro hotel and all those making the trip are invited to contact the Miami group there. Special which will leave from the hotel, will be provided to take all Key Westers to the races and return without charge. Officers of the Key West club are: Joe Monticino, president; Mrs. Tildo Carrero, Harry Gwynn, H. C. Wetmore and Capt. George E. Manson, vice- presidents; Mrs. Carrie Crowson, busses, | The council was informed in a letter from the mayor that he had dispensed with the services of Albert Albury asia police offi- cer due to the fact that his serv- ices had proved to be unsatisfac- , tory, and stated that he had ap- pointed: Bennie Pierce in his stead for duty, on the police force. The council; confirmed the mayor's action in the matter. » -Criticizes Judge A letter was read from Regin- ald Pritchard in which he criticiz- ed the judge’s action in a recent trial of a defendant, who was charged with reckless driving, causing an accident. Returns Ordinance Another letter from the mayor was read with the parking me- ter ordinance attached, in which the mayor stated he was unable to sign the ordinance as the city j did nofyhave authority to make any pwtchase of parking meters} without calling for bids. He said that the city laws specified that any @Xpenditure exceeding $20D/\ could not be made without figs calling for bids. No discussion followed, with the matter being referred to the ciiy attorney. Mss. Ruth B. Owens, area su- | Mrs. Owens writes. Mrs. Hazel race. ‘ ' to the family home at Elba, which} When the war games begin ai. ai Pict = | West display. a is near the city of Enterprise, “white” fleet will attempt to es-| =°™ ‘ojects, writes that oe “From what we have seen the SiAL Yo RON j Alabama, by the Lopez Funeral’ tablish a base on the U. S. coast, Key West Exhibit at the arts and|Key West exhibit will undoubt- | | Home, where the body was plac-! with a “Black” fleet defending} ae | edly be the most outstanding and, : | the areb. | Stafts exhibition at Orlando, | versatile in the entire exposition, | ay GPE Tare | whi i and eare is being taken that each |. Making Arrangements Daliag, Term, tr as Puree bite met sting ether wes Dances Honoring Officers Mrs. C. W. Springer, 72, is con-| and wersatile of the entire pre- | obtain full eredit due such an ex- secretary; Bolivar Recio, treas- urer, and Paul Marks, honorary president. | mother, Mrs. John C. Sawyer, the | destroyer and an airplane ten- body will this afternoon be sent ger, MRS. E. DUARTES DED LAST NGHT FUNERAL SERVICES ARE..TO BE CONDUCTED THIS AFTERNOON Correspondence indicates that | the young man had received two; degrees at college, and was an; | attorney. He had been a sufferer! Mrs. Evangelina Duartes, 45, died last night at the residence, 736 Love Lane. Funeral services| are to be held this afternoon 5 o'clock from the chapel of the Pritchard Funeral Home. Rev. Guillermo Perez, of the Latin Methodist church, will officiate. ! Survivors of Mrs. Duartes are one son, Robert; mother, Mgrs. Angela Alvarez; four sisters and two brothers. from anemia, which was one of; ey fy the reasons given for his having | $e™ned, thetickd = dimers. “needn't resigned position in Washing- | boast pete ce flan Beet ton, D. C. ‘day and time has them beat, she! LEAVE FOR MIAMI fea TOMORROW NIGHT }| Mardi Gras Nite a Fred Marvil’s Cabana 605 Duval Street Mayor Willard M. Albury, John N, Costar and C. C. Symon- ette, left yesterday afternoon to attend a meeting of the Miami- Key West Club, to be held in the former city this evening. Surprises Galore... Fun... Entertainment i COCKTAIL HOUR Every Afternoon, 5 to 6 | All 35c drinks, 30c: 2 for 3lc }/ PRESCRIPTIONS. ; Carefully Compounded By BERMUDA -MARKET |: oe wi 8 Most Sanitary Market ncaa ; ‘PHARMACY ON PAGE FOUR i | SEE “The Rexall Store” | 534 Duval Street Phone 177° COOLSLOSESSOOOOSOOOOOSOOOOO OOOOH OOOOOOOOOOOOO® Inside—where it’s warm, sit in easy chairs! FREE CUBA TRIP JACK POTS OPPOSITE JEFFERSON HOTEL EXCELLENT OVERNIGHT ACCOMMODATIONS.-FT. JEFFERSON CRUISERSIO ALL EXPENSE TWO-DAY Seeoocccseceeeeeseeosees “Brother Can You Spare {|} A Penny?” VAUDEVILLE TONITE }} —t— Monroe Theatre Featuring— JIMMIE HEFFNER on the FORTUNE BINGO comfortable.and you can sentation for the 48 states. Letters to the City Council and County Commissioners express the thanks and earnest apprecia- tion of the gracious manner in which the board of commission- ers and city council assisted in making a success of South Flor. ida’s participation of the exhibi. tion, which is being held from January 10 to January 24, inclu- sive. “No exhibit of this kind would be complete without representa- tion of the extremely fine and unusual handicrafts practiced and produced’ in that most unusual) and surprising island metropolis”, | { i | EA iYes, Sir!— We have just what you want SOFT BONE ROASTERS FRYERS and HENS | cellent display. | “We are sincere in our belief; | that this display will produce) :much favorable publicity for’ a you for your fine coopera- Council held last ngiht, it was | 3 ' ordered that a committee be ap- pointed to meet with Mayor Willard M. Albury for the pur- Lowest Highest (dances to be given in honor of Station— last night last 24 hours | the officers and eniisted person- pose of making arrangements for ' And Men On U. S. Ships jyour city, and again wish to During the meeting of City; This matter was brought be- fore the meeting last night by Councilman Adams, who is act- ing mayor in the absence from the city of Mayor Willard M. Al-}| bury. Mr. Adams stated that Mayor Albury had requested him | to bring the matter to the atten- Abilene __. 32 Charleston Chicago i Nel of the visiting U. S. govern-|tion of the councilmen, saying | ment vessels and other units now’ that he felt that these proposed tat this port. There will be two’ entertainments should be put on | Separate dances, one for officers, as a matter of courtesy to the and the other for enlisted per-| visiting officers and enlisted per- | sonnel. ;Sonnel of the vessels now in Denver | | The committee named is to be -| composed of Councilmen William | Monsalvatge, Jim Roberts and Will E. P. Roberts. President of the Council Earl Adams will also serve along with the other mem- bers of the committee. ‘Ahern Funeral Home Joseph: 1 Plummer AMBULANCE SERVICE Phone 22211 Miami, Fila. Beesegsxessss| RESSSSVSs | port. ' Featuring—AN EX! eessesoeoos Payroll Ordered It was ordered that a payroll for city employes be made on Saturday on a basis of a_ half- month’s salary for each employe. i Complaints of Noises A letter was read from the Stone Church Service Club rela- tive to unnecessary noises now being created in the operation of motor vehicles, without proper mufflers and unnecessary blow- ing of horns. The letter request- ed the council to take some ac- tion to have the condition .rem- edied. The matter was laid over for further consideration. Pay The question of payment on ithe motorcycle which was< (Continued on Page Two) inn eee eS 20 0000000000080 080S000SSOSOSOOOOOOOEOOOOOSOSOO® The HABANA-MADRID CL ANNOUNCES THE GRAND GALA OPENING DANCE | SATURDAY NIGHT—JANUARY 21 at 10 o'clock LATIN and AMERICAN -CELLENT FLOOR SHOW and DANCE MUSIC “The Most Beautiful Tropical Spot In All Florida” ADMISSION—BY INVITATION ONLY TOUR...PRICE TOURS 505 DUVAL STREET-PHONE 124