The Key West Citizen Newspaper, January 31, 1939, Page 1

Associated Press Day Wire Service For 59 Years Devoted to the Best Int<rests of Key West Key West, Florida, has the most equable climate in the country; with an average range of only 14° Fahrenheit VOLUME LX. No. 26. KEY WEST, FLORIDA, TUESDAY, JANUARY 31, 1939 PRICE FIVE CENTS Replete La Semana Alegre (MURPHY A 2 . Highlights February Program | PROCEEDINGS. |- Of Winter Events Arranged END MINE 10 ATTORNEY GENERAL SENDS. i" LETTER TO COMPTROLLER! EXPLAINING PROVISIONS | ( OF EXISTING LAW | .Fortify Guam? | In Let EXPECT WPA MASS. MEETING IN TWO WEEKS POSSIBILITY OF RAISING NEEDED SPONSORSHIP FUNDS TO BE DISCUSSED; | FEAR CANNOT RAISE TOTAL | | le Flower Show, Hobby Show, | AT HOPKINS DEBATE Miami Outboard Club, °° : | { i Historical Pageant In Semana, Feb. 19-26 Attorney General George Cou-! | per Gibbs in a letter to. Comp-! ‘troller J. M. Lee, copy of which! ‘has been sent to Clerk Ross C.! i Sawyer, explains the provisions ! jof the Murphy Aet.and advises | that all procedure under the act | must be completed by the expira- j tion date of the act, which is ; June 10. | The act reads: Presenting one of the fullest! winter program months _ since; Key West has become tourist-! conscious, the Key West Winter, Program Committee. of the’ Junior Chamber of Commerce! and W.P.A. Recreation Depart-’ ment, has a gala La Semana’ Alegre, Feb. 19-26 chock full of | events as a highlight of the pro-! gram for February announced today with a full moon illuminat- | ing the nights of the Semana. { Capped by the Key West Wo-! man’s Club Flower Show, an an- | | ‘After the ex:|° ‘piration of two years from date} aria brerppitay either aaa! ? Big role for little isan acbedtuled for tiny Guam when Congress debates how ig Staie, shall have jurisdiction Important to national defemse:is}this Pacific island ceded to U. S. by Spain in Decem- 2: | A definite program of activities in regard to the need for spon- sorship of W.P.A. projects in or- der to maintain employment of hundreds on Key West relief will 40, entertain ahy’suit brought py ber;2898. It is 5,053 milessrom,San Francisco, 1,506,miles from Manila. Sumay city| the owner, of said:dandor anyone {fii;Guam and the harboriin:background which may be improved, are shown above. \laiming by, through: or under; = Cie Key West’s Advantages As Naval Base Shown ter Sent Out ‘William R. Porter Forwards | Letter To Congressman Cannon Dealing With | Subject i | In addition io letters and tele- grams, which have been sent to Congressman Pat Cannon by county commissioners and others ‘in connection with the hearing being held in Washington rela- tive to the establishment of a naval base on the coast of Flor- ida, there has been forwarded by nual event, which brings forth in profusion the beautiful tropi-| cal blooms of Key West island and which will be held Feb. 25-' 26-27, the Semana will begin® with the Key West Boat Club’ regular outing, City Tennis Finals, the Junior Chamber of Com- merce Hobby Show, replete with} Key West hobbies, Feb. 19. Feb. 20, a marionette per- formance by the Federal Theater Project will be sponsored by the Winter Program committee with arrangements going on to have an afternoon performance at the’ schools, February 21 and run- ning until March 5 the mid-sea- son exhibition of Key West So- ciety of Artists; an open air Stu- dent Show and Engravings by William Hogarth, will be shown at the Art Center. February 22,! which is Washington’s Birthday, the Key West Historical Pageant, sponsored by civic clubs under the direction of Emil Sweeting will open for a two day run. A parade and field day on the same, «day will also be -heldv» February” 24 which is the Grito de Baire and a Cuban independence day a Velada or Program of Joy. will’ DEBATE OVER the con- firmation of Harry! Hopkins as secretary of commerce had these three attentive listeners in the senate. Front to back: Sen. Kenneth McKellars (D- Tenn), Alben Barkley (D- Ky.), and J. Hamilton Lewis (D-Ill) ERNEST SANCHEZ NEW DOGCATCHER IMPOUNDS 50 “DOGS * THIS MORNING: LICENSES ‘before the im for the. purpese..of ‘question: ing, or in any; way contesting the tle: of the State ‘of . Florida or igrantee to said Jand”. Further along the following rule is found governing this ques: ‘tion: “As the general rule the {repeal of a statute without any. | reservation takes away all rerne-} dies given by the repealed statute ‘and defeats all actions and pro- ;ceedings pending ufder it at the time of its repeal”. * | Another citation is to the effeet ;that “The rule is that under | statutes conferring privileges on private individuals for a certain | period of time, the privilege can- ;not be exercised after the time | allowed”. In conclusion the attorney gen- jeral writes that it is his opinion ithat if anything remains to. be j done in order to effectuate a pur- chase of tax. certificates under |this act after the expiration on }June 10, 1939, that a sale cannot 'be perfected regardless of wheth- jer or not application was made ite of the expiration iof the act. : | In a communication received by PP LIL LS SI LISS. PART OF BICYCLE STILL UNCLAIMED There have been complete bicycles found at times by of- ficers of Key West, and they have always been returned to their owners upon applica- tion. However, there is part of a bicycle in the office of Sher- iff Thompson, which, so far, has remained unclaimed de- spite the efforts to discover the owner, but no trace has been discovered. The frame of the wheel, TODAY IS LAST | CHANCE TO BUY “AUTO LICENSES NO FURTHER EXTENSION OF | “TIME, ACCORDING TO IN- FORMATION RECEIVED BY TAX COLLECTOR setting , forth the advantages of Key West ih 3 | q in the most complete detail. | fact that during the world war a | | ment looking forward to national From the number of state auto-! | mobile license tags soid to date, it} is.certain that the number esti-| mated to. be sold in Monroe, county by the end of the allotted | ;Petiod, will not have have’ been| secured by the close. of today, | which is the deadline for sales as| fixed, by Governor Cone. i |. When in the early part-of the >’ month. advices received at the of-| {fice of Tax’ Collector Frank H. Ladd ‘that the-sale of the tags! and f . also the pack- age carrier, which appears to be new, is attached, and the name on a tag attached to the seat is “Dartmouth”. It is a wheel built for use by a woman. _And that's all there is of the bicycle. Nothing else at’ all. Both wheels were re- moved from the frame. and the remains cast away in a: | . be brought to a head within the CORONER § JURY ;next two weeks at a mass meet- Wm. R. Porter, a comprehensive ing, Chairman Carl Bervaldi and explanatory letter CONTINUES ITS of the Citizens Committee told The Citizen. INVESTIGATION Present sponsorship fund nee has been set at $10,000 a month. In his letter, which was cen! ed i This would mean $120,000 a year. | jast Saturday. Mr. Porter cites the FURTHER TESTIMONY IN EIK- | Thought of the committee is that LOR CASE TO BE HEARD raising of the entire amount is al- ‘most hopeless, but that a share distinguished member of congress THISE AETERROOM) BEGIN-’ proportionate to ine city’s and said, “Any plans of the govern- NING AT 4 O'CLOCK jcounty’s ability can be raised. This amount, which will be de- termined probably this week,’ preparedness that do not embrace | Taking of testimony by the’ Will then be placed before state “ eon leceohane jury nvesiating the; W.P.A. headquarters authorities Key West and the Florida Strait accident last week when an auto-| at Jacksonville and a request ask- would be, in the judgment of a! |mobile driven by Fernando Stir- |rup and a motorbike ridden by) Blanche Cervanies and Alice Eik- | | lor collided at the corner of White | and Division street and resulted| in the death of Miss Eiklor, will! be continued at 4 o'clock this aft-} ernoon.. % yay " Several ‘witnesses were ‘called | yesterday. to testify but:MissCer- ‘vantes, whose injuries. do not-per- ed to continue the present relief, for which there is a_ pressing need. The mass meeting will prob- ably be at Bayview Park and will throw the matter open to the public. The question has been funder consideration ‘tof some weeks. Many of those on said to be favorable to a plan relief are ” mit of her appearing at the in-!Whereby voluntary hours would “i vestigation at..this time. and is be donated as a sponsorship share. | cansidered the most important! witness summoned, will probably jnot be heard before Thursday. ! TEMPERATURES |” So far there has been consider-| eeeececeesevcocccessoces | able’ ‘conflicting testimony heard. } a Cas eee ana { Lowest Highest Various opmions of the speed ae Station— last night last 24 hours | car was travelling have been giv- fi es a: | Abilene 52 64 ‘en and the situation of Miss Eik-' is 9 ; Atlanta 32 ‘lor after the accident has not been : 7 Boston 14 definitely established. © 5 we ' Buffalo 16 Yesterday after the testimony g Charleston 40 had ben recorded and announce-| Gicago 16 ment was made that a_ recess - 9 , Denver 28 would be taken until 4 o'clock Detroit 20 this afternoon when further tes- : : Galveston 54 timony will be heard, said Peace Hocus ae Justice Franklin Arenberg, coro- ner ex-officio, it was said that ees Fe 3 Jacksonville 42 ing division and clerks were go-|"° results had been obtained’ up sneas City _ 32 i Mr. Sawyer from Mr. Lee is ex- would continue through January; | plained that the explanation sent it: was‘ithought that there’ would EME. by the attorney general meahs probably be another extension of Ernest Sanchez was appointed that “not only must the applica-|time, but yesterday the office was official dog catcher,yesterday by tion for sale of tax tertificates be' advised’ that today would be the Mayor Willard..M, Albury ‘and filed with you in ‘time for the/last on which .tags could be this morning collected approxi- sale to be held before June 10,{bought and tomorrow the owners mately 50 stray dogs “and im-, 1939, but the sale itself -must be of motor vehicles without the pounded them in the pen at the; held before that tirtie”. 1939’ license plates would be con-' north end of Simonton street. | In explainnig to-The Citizen sidered ‘delinquent. All dogs found without licenses; the ruling of the’ attorney gen-|: “At the office of the tax collec- will be impounded and unless the| eral, Clerk Sawyer said that all tor today it was said that 916 owner claims it and purchases applications must be filed before /license plates had been purchased the necessary license, the canines | May 19 because the publisher re-!up ‘to 12 o’clock and there was a will be put to death with gas, quires all applications’ be deliv-|:probability that there would be a painlessly, within 48 hours. Li-|ered five days before the first|rwsh throughout the balance of censes may be purchased from’ publication date. the day. tax assessor-collector Sam B. “Therefore,” Mr. Sawyer said,| “However there is not the Pinder. These licenses will run “the last Murphy application will | slightest chance that the. quota a year. {have to be filed May 19 in order} Would be reached as the total of | Mr. Sanchez said today that he! to be published May 25, June 1 | anticipated sales should be in the expected to have 25 more dogs!and June 8, and the sale will | neighborhood of 1700, which is i 2 i ito the present from: the investi- i ded early this afte! st ‘une 9,|the estimate placed by Mr. Ladd ing over the plans of the city and) © ne KEY WEST _ 65 {impounded early this afternoon. jjhus be completed on June 9, 4 Bancariaey ith ae of for-, making a count of homes and! gation on which blame could be |y ittie Rock —ui 36 mer years. |holdings which will be serviced |¢efinitely established. {ps8 Angeles _ 44 At any rate those who have | upon the completion of the exist- eine ---9 30 not purchased their tags for 1939! ing system, and mapping ' the’ Miami _.. 54 &t the close of business this eve- route -which will be covered if the! :Mipls.-St. P. 4 ning in the office of Mr. Ladd@;+wequesth for the extension’ is; ‘New Orleans .. 46 )New York : ! will be declared delinquent. tgranted. 2 22 j Pensacola I Local lighthouse department} 46 Pittsburgh 20 St. Louis 28 j was notified Sunday that the ra-| Salt Lake City 26 |dio beacon at Tortugas was out}San Francisco 40 ‘of service and was in need of/Seattle 36 immediate repair. Tampa 50 Carl W. Rom, radio electrician | Washington lof the service at this point, was) Williston ' insttucted to proceed to that point} lot at the southern side of the . city. BaF IS SST ST Ss WOULD EXTEND SEWER SYSTEM Request for an extension of the sewer system inesKey West is be- ing gotten in readiness by Area | Supervisor B. C. Moreno, and ac- ‘cumulation of the necessary data was started yesterday at WPA: headquarters. Engineers “from the engineer- be given by San Carlos Institute | in the evening. Later’ in the: evening the annual Night in Ha-! vana by the City of Key West will be held. February 25, a Saturday night, carnival Key West will awaken with a mam-' moth, mask street dance given by the Marti Club and other Cuban organizations. The same day the Flower Show will open. for its three day run. The Miami Out- board Club stunt team will put on an exhibition at the Yacht Basin on the 26th. Also in the week will be con- certs, baseball, basketball games and golf matches. Remainder of program follows: Feb. 1.—Visitors Day at W.P.A. Nursery School, Reynolds and South Streets, hours 9-12. Feb. 2.—Regular semi-weekly handicap golf tournament at Key West Golf Course. Golf Tourna- (Continued on Page Six) REQUIRED 50 36 24 62 30 44 26 64 28 72 42 83 50 54 52 18 28 60 40 58 44 30 40 52 44 72 42 18 the February MRS. BRODSKY’S SON, 6, DIED i News has been received in the} : city of the death of six-year-old! Mrs. Robert Spottswood has son, J. C. Junior of Mr. ‘and Mrs,| been advised that the funeral of J. C. Brodsky of Newell, South |Miss Alice Eillor, 13, who was Dakota. killed in an automobile accident Mrs, Bradsky was before mar-|here Friday, will be. held tomor- riage Miss Clarice Roberts,|™W morning in Miami from the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ed. L.|Combs Undertaking Parlor. Roberts of 317 Peacon Lane. Miss Eiklor tived in an apart-| |ment owned by Mrs. Spottswood. N Now Open--- and meeting with the high approval of discriminating lovers of good food! COCKTAIL HOURS | SUPREME f —may assuredly be spent in the new CONCH ROOM of the LA CONCHA HOTEL 36 4 headed ull ule eT TIA FE ‘ Peecccccccocococesescocs: Every Afternoon From 5 to 6 Bring A Friend— and be a liberal host! SPECIAL FEATURE— Two Drinks for the price of One. You pay for your drink —well pay for your friend's! | | | NOTICE Key West Charter Boatmen There will be a meeting of the Association at F.E.C. DOCK, Wednesday, Feb. 1, 8:00 P. M. All members urgently requested to attend. VERAL ROBERTS, .jan31-2t Secretary. For Wholesale Quotations on FURNITURE and FURNISHINGS : MAXWELL VENETIAN BLINDS RESTAURANT EQUIPMENT or Phone G. See PHONE $9108 NE A. PATTON, Local Representative SIBONEY INN. 705 DIVISION STREET EXCELLENT OVERNIGHT ACCOMMODATIONS--FT. Her mother operated the Bonnie Louise Dress Shoppe in Key West. | ONE SHOT BAGGED TWO FLENSBURG, Ger. — Shooting a hare as it jumped over a water |ditch, a hunter also landed .a | five-pound pike, that was swim- ming in the water. The story is | well authenticated. Colored Moving Pictures of KEY. WEST and - : Big Game Fishing and — presénied by Tonight — at No Admission. Cover Minimum Chatges ———. JEFFERSON |on the Tender Ivy, and left in the | | afternoon. } The Conch Room OF THE LA CONCHA HOTEL Breakfast ...7 to 11 A. M. Luncheon . . . 12 Noon to 2:30 P.'M. Dinner . .. 6 to 8:30 Pi M. The City’s, Best Food::1... Prices Modératé'” DANCING »NAGHTLY” * © 9:30 to230°' °° LARRY SOTHERN’S ORCHESTRA Come and dance in this beautiful setting ... the accoustics are perfect! BAR OPEN DAILY 11:00 A. M. to 1:30 A. M. \ TURNS ACTRESS | LONDON—Princess . Indira of Kapurthala. has broken away from Indian tradition. to become; an actress on the London stage. She is playing the part of a Turkish ‘slave girl in a new play. «Bigger tia t pos "TONIGHT | —at— :. Fred Marvil’s CABANA Lem Abernathy will-again be i here! Prizes and all sorts of fun! Come Early—Stay Late eae | MD VIZLLALLAAALA AA LA N NOTICE There will be a meeting of stockholders and representatives of stockholders of the Monroe In- vestment Company at the Golden Eagle Hall, Wednesday evening. February 1, 1939, 7:30 o'clock. Officers will be elected for the ensuing year. V. A. ARCHER, jan30-3t President. thinking people, fatally defec tive”. “All shipping”, the continued, “coming into and go ing out of the Gulf of Mexico pass f jirectly by our doors, and we are fficiently near the Yucatan Channel to effectively command the approaches from that direc tion with a fast cruiser, destroy- er and air patrol”. Attention is called to the fact 'that as a base for naval opera- tions, ;Key West would be of in calddlable value. Its valuc shown during the world war when every branch of the government forces was represented here. It is shown that»Key West is one of the few ports in the country {where the interest of the army {and navy are so_ clo: allied, where one is so ne ary tu th jother, “where the latter, in its operations from here as a base’, | will require the protection of the jformer, hence the necessity of tadequate fortification here for | this purpose. Mr. Porter also points out that Key West is the logical location | fob an airplane base, its value of ‘operation in the vicinity. from’ ‘which the enemy is likely to ap- proach so that “our air forces can intellig&htiy inform our fleet Ue , the enemy’s approach”. And, continuing further, Mr. | Porter points out that it is only i through the Straits of Florida and the Yucatan Channel that an ene- ;my’s fleet can enter the Gulf of Mexico. ! “I trust the foregoing will re- jceive earnest consideration of ‘your colleagues. We are asking ; this not in our own interest, but from a National viewpoint, par- ; ticularly the Gulf seaboard, which (Continued on Page Six) GLADIOLI 75¢ Dozen STRUNK FLOWERS 1211 Catherine St. Phone 597 message FAMILY NIGHT—WEDNESDAY Barrell of Groceries . .. FREE CARDS NOW ON SALE 25 Games or Ca SPECIAL | GAMES Come Early and Be FORTUN rds for... . 50c SPECIAL AW. FREE CUBA—EVERY NIGHT ARD— TRIP TO HAVANA, Sure You Get A Seat E BINGO Opposite—Jefferson Hotel 5 IN CRUISES-$10 ALL EXPENSE TWO-DAY TOUR...PRICE TOURS 505 DUVAL STREET-PHONE 124