The Key West Citizen Newspaper, January 30, 1939, Page 1

Associated Press Day Wire Service For 59 Years Devoted to the Best Intcrests of Key West Key West, Florida, has the most equable climate in the country; with an average range of only 14° Fahrenheit he Key West Citizen THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN THE U.S.A. | KEY WEST, FLORIDA, MONDAY, JANUARY 30, 1939 British Arab Handshake Key | West Bid For New VOLUME LX. No, 25. PRICE FIVE CENTS s Stronger Naval Base Annual Operations On MIAMI OUTBOARD Infantile Paralysis Fund peewee —_ East Coast By eens CLUB PROBABLY | Bureau To Begin In Feb-| ruary HERE | N FEB. i £ € é | H | COMMODORE MILLS AND COX | (By Washington Correspondent | of The Key West Citizen) | WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan.) 30,—Annual statistical survey of the fishing industry on the East | Coast by the U. S. Fisheries will begin Bureau of in Florida OF CLUB IN CITY TODAY SAYS CLUB “ENTHUSIAS- TI¢;,ON PROPOSED TRIP Miami Outboard Club Stunt Team is anxious to make the Key West engagement during La | | i | early in February, bureau officials F Semana Alegre, which will take | here have announced. The examining units, sched- uled to start around the southern tip of the state and work north, will collect data on employees, fish caught, number of vessels, amount of gear operated and the quantity of products tured. i} PERFECT PLANS FOR NAVY DANCE MAYOR MEETS WITH COUN-. CIL COMMITTEE THIS | AFTERNOON, manufac- A meeting ‘of Key West City! Council Committee, which © will give civic dances for the officers and men of U.S: Navy Patrol Wing Five now based at Key West, with Mayor Willard M. Albury will be held at 4 p. m. to- day in the mayor's offices for the purpose of perfecting plans. Tentatively the officers’ dance will be at the Habana-Madrid with the site of the enlisted per- sonnel’s dance to be determined. William Monsalvatge heads the committee from the Council with other members Earl Adams, W. E. P. Roberts and Jim Roberts. Daily Key West-Miami Plane , this summer. sponsored by |Place this year February 19-25, according to Larry Mills. modore, and Milton Cox, superin- tendent of equipment at the club. com- here on a business trip dropped around to The Citizen office for a friendly chat and stated that the club members who were here thi Commerce, Junior Chamber of | thought this was one of the high- lights of , their exhibitions throughout the state. The stunts and races here drew a crowd. of 3,000 persons who lined the Breakwater at the Yacht Basin. Local folk were unanimous in de- claring that it was the most en- tertaining sports exhibition here in many years. They were: very. much _ in- terested in hearing of the organ- ization of the Key .West Boat Club which now has 23 members with scores of boats of all class- es. Valuable information. ~con- cerning future organizational methods was given club members by the visitors. On their trip here next month, Commodore Mills said that their crack’ stunting team of five members will make the trip, pro- viding that there are no other ac- cidents. One member had just received a leg fracture before the Key West trip and couldn’t come down. A girl stuntress will be in the group next month. The Junior Chamber of Com- merce Winter Program commit- tee are perfecting plans to have them here as one of the winter shows. . Service Begins On Wednesday Leave Miami 10 A. M. Daily; Leave Key West! Noon Daily; Arent’s Air! Service Planes Used | i Eugene H. Dobson, of Consoli-; | an announcement by Arent’s Air} Service, In¢., of daily round-trip i dated Tours, Inc., is in receipt of plane service between Key West and Miami, beginning Wednes- | day. j Plane will leave 36th Street air- | port in Miami and will Arrive in| Key West forty-five minutes| later. Departure at Key’ \West> enee TEMPERATURES Lowest Highest Station— last night last 24 hours Abilene 48 Atlanta 6 Boston Buffalo Charleston Chicago Denver Detroit Galveston Havana Huron, 44 34 66 36 42 36 66 32 74 38 Jacksonville - Kansas City 3 KEY WEST _ 74 79 Little Rock _ 38-- 40 Los Angeles Miami ___42,20 Mpls.-St. qTy vl Te New Orlea 72 New. York a. Pensaeola, j. 64 40 | | Handshake binds the pledge of loyalty to England, made when these and other | Birthday Balls, and in Key W Drive Closes Key West Quota Will Be| Known Wednesday; Banquet And Dance Held) | Saturday | | | Drive for funds for infantile; ‘paralysis research and relief will i H \draw to a close tonight over the. i jcountry with President Roosevelt | | Arab leaders met with British officers in the Hebron district of Palestine. The Arabs i ji ao | H : the drive, which, under the chair- : {were asked to keep peace and order by Maj. Gen. Richard Nugent O’Connor( center), | iin ener ar Mr. Mills and Mr. Cox who are; commander of the Jerusalem district. ‘M. FERNANDEZ RITES SUNDAY KEY WEST RESIDENT DIED 7:30 O'CLOCK SAT- URDAY NIGHT Manuel Fernandez, 56, died Saturday night 7:30 e’clock at the home, 40§ Southard street. “¥un- eral services were held 5 o’clock yesterday ‘afternoon from the residence, Rev. Joe Tolle of First Methodist church officiating. Funeral arrangements, were un- der thé direction of the Lopez Funeral Home. The lo Logia Marti No. 3, Order Caballero de la Luz, Inc., 1915, of which the deceased had been a member in good standing for 21 y , attended the fun- eral in a body. This was the first r of the order passing Mrs. John, VETS the widow, Rosa Fernandez; three sons, Louis and Armando Fernandez; , three daughters, Misses Rosa, Mary and Josephine Fernandez; two brothers, Marcelino and An- tonio Fernandez; one sister, Miss Rita Fernandez, and five grand. ‘thildten. ‘§.S. COLORADO ~ DUE TOMORROW Steamship Colorado, of the ' Clyde-Mallory Lines, is due to ar- rive in port tomorrow morning. The vessel is from New York enroute from this port to the end of the run at Port Tampa. LEFT SUNDAY Mrs. A. E. Woodburn, who was spending a while in Key West and was the guest at the home of her sistér-in-law, Mrs. Victor Moffat on Whitehead street, left | yesterday afternoon for her home jat Marathon. ‘1 NIGHT CLUB “LA CONGA announces the GRAND OPENING today of their UNIQUE and COLOSSAL Columnist Notes Warmth And Peace Of Key | West | Scripps-Howard Ernie Pyle! aera any ' Writes Impreséionistical- NEWS F LASHES ly; Likes Some Parts, Not Othere- (ity Associated Preamp See ececensenweceaveeus ““CHICAGO—T'wo persons were killed and fourteen injured as a result of Chicago’s worst blizzard in many years. Two elevated trains in the west side of Chicago were derailed with rescue crews more than an hour getting to them. Snowfall is nine inches with the blizzard spreading over hundreds of miles. West of the rockies the weather has been frigidly cold and is spreading: to- ward the east with storm signals up from Cape Hatteras to East- port, Me., on the Eastern sea- board, Excerpts from two syndicated columns on Key West, highly im- pressic¢ by Ernie Pyle, who is at present 1 Key Wet mistic, iding in ar ed below. reproduc Mr. Pyle, a S columnist, as a whol hard on Key West and ers. Being ac being concerned Howard rather oy West- 1 not “com- ip) umnist a ith the he been ith the side 1 Key Westers n clubs and neration, are tra st into an effi little has BERLIN—Minister of Propa- ganda Paul Goebbels spoke omi- nously today concerning a future war in opening the Nazi Sixth Congress stating that anxieties of the past may be continued in the future in Germany. themselves, ucave eit ort itempti thiou ati to corrcel in industrious HENDAYE.—Spain is making her last stand in Catalonia with guards redoubled in border towns as caution against hungry feeling Loyalists. Spanish Loyalist pre- mier attempted to address a crowd and was shouted down. Loyalist General Quintana was imprisoned in another Spanish city. ip. | warmth ar e here and the | of the i Nothing has jbeen said of the bes fishing {grounds in the country, and lit- tle of the beautiful ocean and ; wonderful yachting grounds sur- |rounding the Florida Keys. The hospitality of the people has not been mentioned. The Latin and Bahaman elements, the quaint | beauty of the fisher cottages with ‘their southern columns and roof; |cupolas, has not been touched ‘upon. All salient points. Mr.! | Pyle may be believed either not| to have seen all of Key West or! as writing solely to be novel— | with a regard for the truth, but} | not the “whole truth”. The columns follow in part: “We have just driven over that! much-publicized new Overseas Highway to this much-publicized town of Key West. So I shall tell you about it. “At any rate, it is 173 miles |from Miami to Key West. It takes growing dimmer and dimmer be- about four hours. On the last/hind us. half of the trip you are over, or; “On the Overseas Highway you very close to, water all the time.| have unspeakably peaceful beau- | “The last half is across a string|ty. The shallow waters have col- of keys. A key, you know, is @/ors you can’t even name. The small island, you might say. Key|scrubby growth on the keys is ‘West ison the end of the string. | not unsightly. Now and then you “IT have read, and no doubt you jar—but because it is so peaceful It is one of the finest drives I have ever taken. Like A Peaceful Dream “We have made a quick week- end trip to Miami and back. That means we have driven this road three times. We fell more in love with it each time. “Coming back to Key West this last time, we began to feel our- selves change about two hours out of Miami. We could feel people and cosmopolitanism drop away from us. We could almost hear the rush and hustle of life Meacham Airport will be at noon.| Pittsburgh’ Salt Lake City 3 Planes to be used in the trips are San Francisco 48 Stinsons and Beechcrafts, all with Seattle “ - | Tampa the latest equipment. The service | Washington a has government licensed trans- Williston Mr. Dobson ssid he also bas ex Aorn Funeral Home thority to chater planes of inter- | Joseph L. Plummer | nationally-known lines for flights Vice-President to the Bahamas and Cuba, in- © AMBULANCE SERVICE _ cluding the Pan-American planes. | Phone 22211 Miami, Fla. | have tead, a lot about this new highway. ‘Going to Sea on Wheels’, and things like that. It is supposed to be one of the 1,- | 000 Wonders of the World. | “Well, from a_ spectacular ‘standpoint it was disappointing. | At least to us. Such a highway ‘seems to me a perfectly logical \thing. And I am sure we have all seen engineering accomplish- ments more difficult and more astounding. “And yet, I recommend that drive in'a loud and pleading voice. Not because it is spectacu- ‘COCKTAIL HOUR ' From 3 to & Offering These Features: 4. Drinks on the House at 6:00 <a o’clock sharp! 6. . 7. Entertainment by real per- formers Also—A REAL FLOOR SHOW EVERY NIGHT ... and Grand Opening of the CHINESE CHOP SUEY RESTAURANT ‘see palms beaches. | “When we actually left the Florida mainland, it was as though we had stepped off of jreality onto the top of a peaceful (Continued on Page Four) waving along the | | manship of Dr. H. C. Galey, has} ‘been very successfully, will also! | | come to a close. | | | Roughly there are 100 cans out! in the city with appropriate labels! very | | asking donations for this | worthy cause. There are also 300 folded “dime” cards, which have | ‘been distributed over the city | with each having slots for ten; dimes. Finally, extensive adver- | ‘tising, part of the proceeds of| |. which go to the Fund, has been} donated by scores of merchants. } Key West’s quota will be known} by Wednesday night. | Birthday Ball and Banquet’ were held here Saturday night. | The banquet was at the Hotel La! Concha, where approximately 150 pe The Ball at Raul’s Club with\a mammoth floor show covering a great deal of prolific talent of Key West. There were approximateiy 350 at the dance In the floor show, with George Mills White as master of cere- were noted a rhumba by r. and i Julio de Poo, Billy smond and his Habana-Madrid girls in a tap routine, a jitterbug hop by Zenia Hoff and. Walter Maloney, a song by Mis Marguer- ite Hernandez, a tango by Louise Pritchard and Walter Maloney,’ and a tenor song by Jimmy Thomas. George Mills White and Janice White were heard in “Two Sleepy | People”, Key West’s World’s Fair} \ Singer, Coto Garcia, with Span-, ;ish songs accompanying himself’ ‘on the guitar and the Texas were present. },| Troubadors with John and Lois|dent on bond of $1,000. Also As- | Coffee and Johnny, Jr., in west-! ern songs. { | A great deal of credit goes to} |Dr. Galey’s committeemen, with! | Treasurer Sebastian Cabrera, Jr., and the Dance Committee, C. G Hicks, George Lucas, Larry Gard-' jner, John Delgado, Dr. Armando; , Cobo, Fred Eberhardt, and Music} |and Orchestra Committee, George | Mills White, Mrs. Eva Warner) and Jerome Thomas. | eno LEFT FOR STATION ! | Captain Eugene Demeritt, mas- ter of the Overseas Launch Le |Pechuer, who had been visiting; jover the week end with - hi family, left yesterday afternoo: for his station at Pigeon Key, i ——$——_—__— LEAVES ON BUS | Dalbert Bethel, who was spend- ing the week end in Key West with his family. left yesterday on the bus for Ramrod Key. NOTICE February 1. 1939, 7:30 o'clock. Officers will be elected for the, ‘ensuing year. ¢ Vv. A. ARCHER. President. i ‘ner of White and Division streets | | Friday- evening of 12 years old ‘an hour. Position Is Forwarded To Washington Tonight SIS SESS SSS 4 KEY WESTER GIVEN 1 Committee on naval affairs of AIRMAN’S LICENSE | the House of Representatives will (By. wa: shington Correapéndent | ™*** tomorrow in ‘Washington to Tot The Key West Citizen) | discuss the question of the estab- wpainie cae geetr ny | lishment of a naval base in Flor- To further set forth the claims jof Key’ 'est as being the logical | place for such a base and citing | the advantages which Key West five Coroners jury which is investi- gating the accident which occur- red Thursday evening at the cor- | .90.—Samuel L. Lowe, of 1107 Sens ecient | ida, as proposed by Representa- license, it was announced by | tive Pat Cannon. the Civil Aeronautics Au- | thority today. | Lowe may take solo flights after he has had eight hours of dual flight instruction, and is certified by his instructor se pecans to fly prow offers, together with the facilities ae Riataslatienivaitnes, ae oo are here, and the geo- step with his proficiency un- | 8'aphical situation, the following til he gets a transport pilot {telegram was today sent to Rep- license. jresentative Cannon: BaDIOILDID LS: “Supplementing the telegram }sent you under date of January JURY CONTINUES l27, we undeystand the object of jestablishing a base in Florida is INVESTIGATING ;to pro. :t the Florida Straits and J ‘the entrance to the Caribbean EIKLOR DEA Sea south of Cuba. “Key West is hundred ie ——- :miles nearer the area to be pro- ‘tected than Jacksonville or any HEARD TESTIMONY OF -SEV- | other locality in the United ERAL WITNESSES SATUR- | states, outside of Florida, Seems DAY: MEET AGAIN THIS to us it would be much. cheaper AFTERNOON | to place the present Key West | station on an operating basis |rather than to expend a vast sum of money for the establishment of a base elsewhere. “Suggest that you'refer to sta- 7 A ‘tistics on file with the navy de- and which resulted in the death partment in Washington as to ex- Alice Eiklor, will continue quiz- ; iting facilities at Key West, zing witnesses at 4 o'clock this whicn would enable the estab- afternoon in the court room of lishment of permanent and ade- the county court house. quate base at Key West with a Members of the jury, sum-|™ihimum of cost. We understand moned by Coroner Ex-Officio | that about {nree million dollars Franklin Arenberg are: Paul Boy- #8 heretofcae been spent in sen, foreman; Frank O. Roberts, deepening submarine base in con- Robert W. Pinder, Leroy Torres, nection with Key West naval Ramon Rivas and B. J. Pierce. tion and constructing fir At the session of the jury’ Piers. Saturray afternoon several wit-, “This locality is ideal for naval nesses testified that the car, activities in general. Patrol which struck the motorcycle, Wnig No. 5, navy acronautical which was being ridden by Miss division, has been operating at Eiklor and Miss Blanche Cervan-' Key West for the month of Janu- tes, was travelling 40 to 45 miles! ary, and unofficial reports are to 191 .|the effect that conditions are ‘Attending the hearing was Fer- most satisfactory. narid6 Stirrup, young mat° “Ad? “We also ufge you to consider ‘oe coving the ice bes i }the economic benefits to the com- le collision wit e motorcycle,’ munity which would result from ae baad vee been etresods thie employment of a large num- after arrest following the acci-| ber at the naval operating base. - | Elementary that employment ~of rie Aapssiend bb setts ' civilian labor on a large scale will Ana se ee sees CHOF! greatly reduce the relief rolls “of The body of Mis Eiklor was Monroe county. We believe if the taken in & conveyance of the base is established in Key West Lopez Funeral Home, driven by \0M @ scale that it should be there Benny Sawyer, Saturday after- would be very little necessity, if ann ito lSliatni tor tunemicmery= any, for further WPA activities ices and interment. Members of |i" Monroe county”. Girl Scout Troop Number 1, it is} The telegram is signed: Board said, are to be notified of the|of County Commissioners; -Mon~ hour of the interment in ample | Toe County, Florida, by Carl Ber- time for them to reach Miami for | valdi, Chairman. the services and funeral. Isadore Weintraub, president |of Young Democratic Club, re- | ceived a telegram this morning oe! a, | sent to the club from Senator | Claude Pepper, advising, “Will be . |to bring abdlit reopening of Key ; West Navy wa Regards”. The newly- Dei Mrs. Blanche Ralston, fégionall rate Club recently sent le- director of W.P.A. women’s and | grams petitioning for reopening | professional projects, from New! i | Orleans, aid Sire Rill A South-|°! Key West Naval Station. | worth, state director from Jack- |sonville, and Mrs. Ruth B. Owens, jarea supervisor, Miami, were | visitors in the city Saturday, g0-| ing over the local activities. H They were very much pleased with their visit here. Announcing - oe . Arent’s Air Service, Inc. Miami to Key West Daily Round-Trip Flights Starting—Wednesday. Feb. Ist Leaves Miami... 10:0 A. M. Leaves Key West. . . 12:30 P. M. CONSOLIDATED TOURS, Inc. and KEY WEST TOURS AND GUIDES 425 Duval St. Phone 34 also PAGE’S—Duval and Fleming | SPRAINS ANKLE Mrs. W. L. Halladay, who is jSlowly regaining her eyesight, | which she lost a year ago last September, had the misfortune to fall and is now confined to her: bed with a badly-sprained ankie.| EXCELLENT OVERNIGHT ACCOMMODATIONS.-FT. 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