The Key West Citizen Newspaper, January 28, 1939, Page 1

Associated Press Day Wire Service For 59 Years Devoted to the Best Intzrests of Key West VOLUME LX. No. 24. Che Key West Citizen nn erm Key West, Florida, has the most equable climate in the country; with an average range of only 14° Fahrenheit THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN THE U. S. A. Girl Injured In Accident Died:5:40 Last Evening Rebel Troops Advance Fas | | | i | Body Of Alice Eiklor To| Be Taken To Miami; | Coroner’s Jury Investi-| gating Case i Alice Louise Eiklor, 12 years,' who was injured in the crash of | an automobile and motor-bike | | (iy Amociated Prem Thursday evening at the corner’ BARCELONA, Jan. 28.—Rebel | © of White and Division Moroccan troops of General Fran-' co are advancing northward at lingered throughout the day yes-| terrific speed driving a : | Loyalist troops and | fore them with thousands spilling evening died at the Marine hos- Ver into France. : ; Rebei troops are advancing so ‘rapidly that the Loyalist defense ‘cannot form to place a line against them. The troops are now north of Barcelona in the Cata- | lonian sector. itr i Pi BARCELONA; LOYAL- ISTS FLEE \Pe streets, ferday and at 5:40 o'clock last ‘A pital where she was taken im. mediately after the accident. The body was taken to the: Lopez Funeral Home where a coroner’s jury made the neces- the ceremonies by line of consul, vice-consul, school board, citizens be-|™ayor of the city, county com- ‘missioners, San Carlos board of | directors, school teachers and oth- ‘ers. Among others’ attending were! MARTI BIRTH CELEBRATED | ANNIVERSARY CEREMONIES AT BAYVIEW PARK THIS MORNING Eighty-fifth anniversary of the} {birth of Jose Marti, Cuban pa-} riot, was observed with a pro- | Now 25 MILES NORTH OF gram this morning at Bayview ark. Addresses were givén by Jose erez, Cuban vice-consul; Igna- cio Medina, president of San Car- \1os Institute, | Remond, principal of and Miss Benildes the San ‘arlos School. The city was represented at the Cuban Ilan B. Cleare, Enrique Esquin- ,;aldo, D. Torres, Berardo Valdes p< Rodriguez, Jose Perez, Ignacio 25 "miles iedina, Dr. J. C. Sanchez, F. Gon- zalez, A. Martinez, Miss E. Es- quinaldo, Miss Remond, Mrs. E. KEY WEST, FLORIDA, SATURDAY, JANUARY 28, 1939 Unique Human Interest Shots Taken For | tion General, Aquarium, | Facile Artist Among Shots Taken “Look” magazine photographer, | ; Walter Nase and Mrs. Nase, will draw to a close their Key West snaps tonight with a few shots of night club life in the Island City. | During the week several “hu-; man interest” shots have been taken by Mr. Nase with Mrs. Nase helping in the information ,to accompany the photos. Among the shots is a_ natural jcolor of an afternoon dance at |the Casa Marina lawn patio and a shot of Miss Lucila Figueredo, only surviving granddaughter of Cuban General Pedro Figueredo who was shot by the Spaniards | | Descendant Cuban Revolu- sary examination and will meet this afternoon at 4 o’clock in the county court house for the pur- pose of examining witnesses, ‘of whom there have been approxi- mately 12 summoned. Members of the jury summon- ed under instructions of Peace! Justice and Coroner ex-officio |Esquinaldo, Mrs. J. C. Sanchez, i, the Cuban revolution. Pedro “Look” Magazine RESTORE SAN CARLOS FUND CUT SHORTLY $200 MONTHLY FUND GIVEN BY CUBAN GOVERNMENT | IN; EXPECTED AGAIN MARCH; SLASHED TO $100 { Curtailment of the funds given’ the San Carlos School by the ;Cuban government is expected to} be restored in March. The school, which is supported entirely by the Cuban {ment, had been receiving $200 ; monthly for its support and was curtailed to $100 this month. From this fund teachers and paper, pencils, etc., lunches, uniforms, and minor building repairs are made. Uni- daily free govern-} school supplies including books, | PRICE FIVE CENTS County Commissioners Wire Congressman Cannon Urging | Naval Base For Key West \ | | | j 0 Other nique, Mammoth, Floor Show rae ca For President’s Birthday Ball Telegrams Being tative Assistance In Mat- ter Dinner In Rainbow Misted Starvation La Concha Dining Room; , mE, Ball AtReu’s ChbLater Races Chile : er tection for lower section of Flor- In Evening ‘ollewing.an announcement in he press..yesterdav relative to he establishmeni of naval pro- | |GOVERNMENT PROPOSES | te One of the best floor shows) Se TEERERS in many years in Key West | ida, the Monroe County Commis- ‘sioners decided to lend their as- seen in milli baiecthatdterohsthnuPresis| sistance to Cony-essman Pat Can- i - | non in his plea for an auxiliary | NEW TORTUGAS BOAT MONDAY | | IN MIAMI AT PRESENT; 60- FOOTER, 150-HORSEPOW- ER DIESEL Fianklin Arenberg are: Paul Boy- sen, foreman; Frank O. Roberts, Robert W. Pinder, Leroy Torres, Ramon Rivas and B. J. Pierce. On the evening when the acci- New 60-foot Department of In- terior passenger and freight ves- ‘sell to ply between Key West and Marti to his mother parting to the revolution by Vio- eta Loto. E. Aguilar, Pedro Aguilar. Following program was dered: American and Cuban Hymns. Flower offerings by San Car- los School pupils. Brief address by Principal Miss Benildes Remond. Jose Marti biography, class work, read by Dector Machin. Reading of “etter ren- from Jose when de- Poem, “Jose Marti”, by Aurora forms are blue and white for the| dent Roosevelt Birthday Ball at girls with a blue serge pants for Raul’s Club tonight at 10 o'clock ieee area eae ? as Key West's contribution to the Grades run through the sixth | fund for Infantile Paralysis vic- | grade with instruction in both | :ims. | English and Spanish given. After; Official banquei will be at 8, nearby woods. Her aunt escaped graduation from the school stu-!o’clock in the newly-renovated ion a boat to Africa and is at @@tS enter Monroe County’s/La Concha dining room, which | |Junior High Schools. is a beautiful symphony in rain- resent buried in Key West ceme- ‘ildi i t tere, in the only above ground: The building and plot is owned | pow colors reflected on modern- j was sick and was taken out of |bed by the Spaniards to be court- martialed summarily and_ shot. His nine-year-old son, Angel, ‘Lucila’s father, escaped into the (Ry Asnocintia Prensa) SANTIAGO, Chile, Jan. 28.— In the area surrounding this city where a disastrous earthquake killed over 30,000 persons star- vation is afflicting survivors. The government has sent out an emergency call for supplies and has decided to lay drastic penalties on any foreigner who base at Kev West. Telegrams were sent by the ‘commissioners and a number of citizens also drafted wires to Washington, setting forth the advantages of Key West. and also showing that he establishment marble coffin here. ucredo Miss is receiving a pension Fig- jfrom the Cuban government. | Artist Fred Huhne’s occupation, to which he vicariously turned jby the Cuban government. San Carlos Building is also the joffices of Cuban Consul Berardo Rodriguez. Board of Directors consists of In! attempts to profiteer from selling | Of a base at Key West could be istic steel trim and marble. This foodstuffs. Any native profiteer- done with minimum of expense. will be the first use of the beau-' ing will be expelled. Following is a copy of the tele- tiful dining room. Around the; RIONTES 1 CREE = gram sent by commission: jroom are crysial clear mirrors,; eeeceeeseeenceceseoeesees “Honorable Pat Cannon, which bathe everyone and every-} |“House of Representatives, Dry Tortugas in U.S.D.I. work is Tiere dent happened the child’s mother, | ,President Ignacio Medina, Vice- Mrs. Mabel Eiklor, who had been | in Miami, arrived on the late bus | and knew nothing of the accident! until she was in the city. The! father, Oral Eiklor, who . is...a« fmember of the Home Patrol at! Miam iBeach, atrived yesterday. ! Both the parents left this morn-} ing for Miami and will there be! met by a nuinber of relatives and friends who will await the arrival of the body and attend the fun- | eral services, which will, it is said, be held in Miami. { As soon as the coroner’s jury’ has reached a verdict and the burial certificate has been sign-| ed, the body will be taken by mo-| tor conveyance of the Lopez Funeral Home to Miami and there left with the father and mother. Survivors are the parents: Mr. and Mrs. Oral Eiklor; grandpar- ents: Mr. and Mrs. S. C. Eiklor,’ Mrs. F. W. Broome; uncle: Fred Eiklor; aunts: Mrs. Vivian Davis, , Mrs. W. D. Bolton, Mrs. R. I. Riv- enbark, Mrs. S. S. Lane and Mrs. W. F. Byers. i It was later said that members} of Girl Scout Troop No. 1 of this} city, of which Alice was a mem-/ ber, would act as a guard ofihon- or and accompany the body to Miami. Fernando Stirrup, who was the driver of the automobile, arid was placed under arrest after the ac-; cident by orders of Mayor wil. lard M. Albury, was yesterday | afternoon relea: from con- expected in Key West Monday Program conclusion by Ignacio or Tuesday, Captain A. B. Towles,’ yedina, president of San Carlos who brought. the vessel. to. Mi- Inctitute ami, told The Citizen today. FINED FOR SINGING’ The vessel was formerly _sta-, ed in the United States Pub- lic Health Service*at' Fort! Mon:;,. MANISTEE, Mich. — Four roe, Virginia, and” has’ 150-horse. youths were fined a total of $248 Diesel engine. in this city for singing “Sweet at 30 and has a beam Adeline” on a street corner in Fairbanks Morse She can se Her master will be the early morning. of 16 feet. Alex Brun. Mr. Towles and D. V. Keenan, $9. a OS. both of the United States Depart- : ment of the Interior regional of- Hemingway, Back, Can Only Catch Barracuda fice at Richmond, Virginia, were in Key West to pickup Mr. Brun and bring him to Miami where he will take charge of the ves- sel and make the trip to Key West. It is at present berthed at! the Merchants and Miners pier in Miami. PERFORM TWO AMPUTATIONS DALE RUSSELL AND ISIDRO LOPEZ ARE ONES OP- ERATED UPON Dale B. Russell and Isidro Lo- pez, who each underwent leg Ernest Hemingway, coming back from New York where he had been arranging de- tails in connection with pub- lication of his short stories and novels, found poor fish- ing aboard his launch Pilar in the last two days because of high winds and muddy waters. The novelist caught most- ly barracuda, and although these four and five feet long sporty fish are lightly regard- ed by Key Westers, many a tourist-fisherman has spent the greatest day’s sport in his life hooking the “fight- ing fools”... Another rather quiet per- son in Key West at present is Dr. John Dewey. consider- ed by many the foremost philosopher in the world. Dr. Dewey is known for his works amputations at the Marine Hos- pital, were this morning doing! very well and, it is said, had good chances of recovering. The left leg of Mr. “Russell, when the depression closed mar- kets for his oils and watercolors, ; was pictured by Mr. Nase. Huhne! turned to handicraft designing ;and has decorated his house com- | pletely. This shot was ‘in natural color in his 724 Eaton street studio. This morning Mr. Nase took color photos of the vari- colored tropical fish in Key West | Aquarium. If water conditions ithis week had been better out- ,door shots, including Raul’s, | trained fish would have been) taken. { | Another shot which Mr. Nase | will take on a subsequent trip is, {of a local fisherman who catches | sharks, pulls them in and_ then: \jumps overboard to slit them! open in the water. Shots of | divers at the Key West reef, only ' !reef in the U. S., and of action} sport fishing in the Gulf Stream | | are other topics which have been! i suggested to Mr. Nase. i i | TEMPERATURES | @eeercccccccccccccccccee | Lowest Highest | Station— last night Jast 24 hours | Abilene 40 48 | | Atlanta 26 40 | Boston 16 22 | Buffalg 20 24 | Chafleston 36 46 \ Chicago 28 32 'Denver - - 32 50 | Detroit 22 26 | Galveston 52 60 Havana 64 ‘cipal of the school President Feliciano Gonzalez, Secretary Florencio Acevedo, Corresponding Secretary Dr. J. C.’ Sanchez, Treasuger Domingo Ubieta and Building Administa- H tor Abelardo Castro. Dr. Benildes Remond is. prin- and teaches mathematics, grammar, literature and drawing. Spanish teacher is Josepina Esquinaldo. English j teacher is Miss Elva Esquinaldo. | printed: dd SCHCOL GROUP LIKES ISLAND Sic of Cairo, Ezypt. Six students of Collier School, a school at St. Peters- burg for boys who do not ad- just themselves to Public School Life, and Owner Ar- nold D. Collier visited Key West yesterday and were de- lighted with the city. Although they had read in national cyndicated articles a great deal about conditions in the city, they found the city to be greatly enjoyable, and the boys voted unani- mously to return again next year and spend their entire vacation here. ‘The yearly vacation given the boys is provided by sale of native articles from shells, Pine needles, grasses sold in St. Petersburg: This year ey spent some time in Mi- ami, but wished they had spent all their time in the thing in a gorgeous rainbow mist, “Washington, D. C. of color. In this wonderful set-/ ting will be held Key West's: President .«-Roesevelt’ Birthday Banquet. | COCOoeoroeecoecesaccoeee | The floor show at Raul’s Club} LONDON. — Lord Chatfield, | will be in charge of George Mills’ minister of defense, will soon be- | White, master of ceremonies:: gin a vast defense program for | Just to give an idea of the unique England, which will coordinate | numbers which will be presented’ Britain’s army, navy and air force. the following official program is! | “We congratulate you on your determined effort to sec a !naval base for South Florida. The strategic importance of Florida in the plan of National Defense is elementary and we feel the most logical place for the establish- ment of adequate naval base is Key West. “Here we already have a deep . ,. water harbor sufficient to float WASHINGTON.—U. S. Chief the combined navies of the 1, Giriss,f the. Habana- of Staff Malin Craig is behind world, a submarine base which Madrid opening the show with closed doors today with a Senate! can be commissioned with mini- the fastest tap numbers ever con-| committee to discuss the latest. mum outlay, and sufficient facili- |ceived and with the most dazzling’ type planes being purchased by ties in general to insure the es- costumes seen or not seen this France. tablishment of a naval base with Wow! Get a minimum expenditure. | those dimes, girls! | WASHINGTON.—Monthly sur- “We urge you to consider also 2. Jitterbugs! You'll get the: yey of AFL reveals that unless the economic uplift to be given jitters watching them jitter and private industry is stimulated this community if the base be jiggle. Jeeps! Zenia Hoff and there is no prospect of return to established here. We feel thor- ; Walter Maloney. the 1929 levels and the AFL oughly confident that if the base | 3. Song—Miss Marguerite Her-| recommends a national planning is established in Key West, there /nandez. Anything you want from) poard to stimulate production. will no longer be the necessity the archives of music, the class-! POTS Sa for the activities of the WPA in ‘ies, opera or swing ’em sister. WASHINGTON.— Conservative Monroe County.” | 4. Dance—The Tango. You'll’ Democrat revolt continued in The telegram was signed by wish you cold.as Louise and Congress today with drastic re- the Board of County Commis- Gerald show you how it is done’ strictions on WPA politics expect- 'Sioners of Monroe County, Flor- |in Key West. ed to be placed. There is no sign ida, and Carl Bervaldi as chair- | 5. Songs by the jolliest guy in of a full-fledge economy drive ™4"- ,town—Daddy’ Jimmie Thomias. against the WPA request for a What a ‘voice and how he putS multi-million appropriation. FAMOUS AUTHOR VISITS KEY WEST | it over! Let it out, Jimmie, and. asthe | shatter that crystal chandelier. | NEW YORK.—Investigation of | 6. More Jitterbags—Florence the Cavalier crash continued to- \CLIFFORD ODETS, BROAD- WAY PLAYWRIGHT, IN NEWS FLASHES (Ry Ansociated Press) from Roberts and Manuel Hancock. day with the end in sight. A few | They’re on the beach; they’re in’ more of the survivors remain to the air; they’re within reach;}be questioned. H they’re in my hair. i 7. Two Sleepy People—Janice ; WASHINGTON.—Tom Mooney and George. Let’s put out the nine finement in the county jail on! foreman for the WPA forces, was bond of $1,000. ! removed below the knee, and the; j left leg of Mr. Lopez was remov-; which are largely based on the characteristics of human nature, and for an interna- ‘ Huron 22 Jacksonville 36 (Kansas City 30 40 54 50 67 TONIGHT Mardi Gras Nite a Fred Marvil’s Cabana 605 Duval Street Surprises Galore... Fun... COCKTAIL HOUR Every Afternoon, 5 to 6 All 35c drinks)! 30¢: 2 for 31c “Brother Can You Spare For Wholesale Quotations on FU! !ed above the knee. | GOULD CURRY’S Seven-Piece | tional investigation of the charge against Leon Trotsky. former Russian communist, who was charged with trea- son to his country. The in- vestigation was conducted in Mexico City. Both ampu-} tations were deemed necessary | because of gangrene developing. | Both of the patients were cient of the Morroe County Clinic. | ! DANCE TONIGHT 2ar— Pena’s Garden Of Roses | oro, TONIGHT AT La Conga Key West’s Smartest Floor Show FRANK and TEDDY Orchestra No Admission or Cover Charge i —AND OUR OWN— RNITURE and FURNISHINGS PAGGLIACCI VENETIAN BLINDS RIS SASL 422 2) |KEY WEST _ 60 | Little Rock .. 40 jLos Angéles — 50 | Louisville 28 | Miamj 54 ; Mpls.-St. P. _. 24 New Orleans .. 46 New York +16 Pensacola . 46 Pittsburgh 14 St. Louis __. 36 | Salt Lake City 30 San Francisco 48 | Seattle 44 | Tampa eau Washington .. 20 Williston 48 60 36 66 34 50 28 52 24 ! j | } | 44 { Hear the Harmony Boys TRYON and KING and see the RHUMBA DANCING cele: SLOPPY JOE'S FAMOUS BAR Island City. Students making the trip were Bob Grimes, Jack Nel- son, Joe Ford, William Alder- man, Harold Edwards and Harrison Wilson. FI III ISS Sax 5 today said he would aid lights and go to sleep. members of United Shoe Work- 8. Bringing the World’s Fair | ers now in prison. to Key West—Coto Garcia, the; ACCIDENT HERE Leaving this morning was-Ciif- ALBURY’S SERVICE | AUTO STORAGE Key West's Only 24-Hour ‘One-Stop Service Station OPEN ALL NIGHT 800:Siménton St. Phone 444 DANCE TONIGHT HABANA-MADRID DON’T MISS THE RHUMBA DANCER Best Floor Show In Town JIMMIE HEFFNER’S REVUE WASHINGTON. — Farmers of ford Odets, New York City play | tropical sun! Spanish and Cuban}92 states today requested wright, who has recently written | songs as they should be sung! |changes in the AAA to exempt Many Broadway hits, and who 9. The Texas Troubadors—| farmers from certain restrictions. Spent yesterday in Key West. ohn and Lois Coffee with John-! isaian Mr. Odets’ wife is Luise Rainer, ;ny, Jr. Songs in a new style by} JACKSONVILLE. — Warmer gifted Hollywood actress wha-has* some real folks, |weather for South Florida over twice won the Academy .Award}é 10. Blues—light and dai%—by | the weekend was predicted today.|' for the best performange .afe than Madge Sands, the torchiest gal inj ~ year. Mr. Odets isa, radigat town. i : writer whose best ‘known recent ll. Finale — The March of ey Broadway play is “Waiting For | Dimes, featuring the ladies in the} S. C. Singleton, secretary of the Lefty”. j chorus doing the can-cean and fill-}Chamber of Commerce, planned, Mr. Odets ran across a stop ing them with dimes. Gosh, what! to leave this. afternoon over the here and- smasfied into Robert a show! Now dance to the rhythm! highway visiting points on the, Curry’s «car. lemept was of John Pritchard and his band.}|Keys, and planned to return to, made out of court for $50 dam- President’s Birthday Ball and} the city tomorrow. ‘ages. Dinner committeemen follow: | — National chairman—Keth Mor- | gan.- i State | wards. Key West chairman—Dr. H. C. aley. | Treasurer—Sebastian Cabrera, jJr. | Dance—Clifford G. Hicks, Geo. jLucas, Larry Gardner, John Del- jgado, Dr. Armando Cobo, Fred | Tropical Son from under the; | PLANNING ON TRIP Announcing the Opening OF FOOD SERVICE IN OUR NEW DINING ROOM SUNDAY. JAN. 298 Including Bar Service chairman—W. T. Ed- i la MAXWELL RESTAURANT EQUIPMENT Phone YATTON, Local GO. A TONEY INN. 705 D! See or PHONE 9108 TONIGHT chennai 2 amet Latin and American Acts NO ADMISSION, COVER OR MINIMUM | Eberhardt. | Music and orchestra—George Mills White, Mrs. Eva Warner, pam Thomas. La Concha Hotel KCELLENT OVERNIGHT ACCOMMODATIONS--FT. JEFFERSON CRUISES--$10 ALL EXPENSE TWO-DAY TOUR...PRICE TOURS 505 DUVAL STREET-PHONE 124