The Key West Citizen Newspaper, February 1, 1939, Page 1

Associated Press Day Wire Service For 59 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West VOLUME LX. No. 27. Coroner’ $ Jury Hears Miss Cervantes Also Testi-| fies In Case; smnisall tion Will Probably End | This Evening Coroner's investigation into the incidents which led to the E death of Alice Eiklor following; ! ! | bike which she and Miss Blanche | and an: the collision between a motor- Cervantes was riding, automobile driven by Fernando} Stirrup, continued last ev but little further was learned. Miss Cervantes, who is. still confined to her home, gave tes- timony regarding the accident from her bedside. She said that} she did not know what struck her. Knew she was driving close to the sidewalk on the; right side and said the light was! She was not certain whether, she made the turn into Division street, as she intended to do, as the motorbike was struck at the! time by the car. She did not] see the car crossing Division street. Regarding the flash light which it was said was being car- ried by Miss Eiklor, she was cer- | Che Key West Citizen | Cocccesesosensescooccces HIALEAH HEAD ie BUSIEST DAYS loom ahead for Joseph E. Widener (above) as the Hialeah Park racing meet opens in Florida. Sportsman Widener is presi- dent of the Miami Jockey Club. JONES AWARDED SEVENTY ACRES ON KEY LARGO tain the light was shining when | | PENNSYLVANIA PROPERTIES, the motorbike was struck by the car, and was _ positive that | neither she nor her riding com-| panion had said anything about! not having a light. | Several other witnesses were | questioned by Coroner Ex-Of- | ficio Franklin Arenberg, includ- | ing Dr. Gholsen of the Marine hos ital who said that Miss Eik-|Kathryn B. Jones gave INC., BUYS 55 ACRES IN PINECREST AREA OF MAIN- LAND COUNTY A master’s deed awarded to! her 70} lor’s death was due to a com- jectes on Key Largo as the largest! pound fracture of the skull. County Solicitor Allan B. Cleare, , said that he felt cer- tain that the jury’s investiga-!ords in Monroe county court: | ould be brought to a close | house. tion this evening, but whether or not} | property transfer of ‘ i | “| ending Monday, according to rec-; the week} Approximately 55 acres in the. the jury would have the verdi } ct Pinecrest area of mainiand Mon- as to the for returning tonight, not sa cause of death ready, ROBBERS ENTER ALFONSO HOME’ Armando Alfonso, who resides! day that robbers had entered his home during the absence of him-; elf and family Monday night and | had taken some money. Discussing the matter with The 1, Mr. Alfonso said that ae and he had gone out vis: a ing thi found evidences that the home! he could roe county were purchased by; | the Pennsylvania Land Company ; | by Vanderpool Properties. Inc. Mr. and Mrs. Webster F, Put-| j nam, Jr., sold to Norberg Thomp-; ne and A. Maitland Adams two; i blocky on Stock Island. and Mrs. Euginio Martinez} fe aos Ygnacio Cobo an 81x43! from Miami with Captain Alex property on Virginia near Duval,! at 808 Windsor Lane, said yester-| 9 40x86 parcel on Virginia, and | 40x86 parcel on Amelia near} Duval. M. Louise Curry sold to Mr. ;and Mrs. H. S. Hinkle of Miami! Beach an acre on Key Largo. | Harry S. Parker sold to Millard | | Roberts two lots on Matecumbe} night and upon returning , Beach Key. Caridad Sanchez Castano sold! had been entered and investiga-!t Bena Garcia a 29x143 lot on! tion showed that $11 small change was missing. He could reach no ecien| as to the perpetrators of the rob-} ery, id had decided to place! the matter in the hands of the! department, which he had} | and some} eS ee street. JAYCEES PLACE SIGNS THIS W BOCA CHICA BRIDGE "=, “=n TO BE LIGHTED UP Lighthouse > Tender Poppy is: ON SATURDAY Key West, Florida, has the most equable climate in the country; with an average range of only 14° Fahrenheit Eel THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN THE U.S.A. KEY WEST, FLORIDA, | COMMITTEES AT NAVAL DANCES FLOOR SHOW ANNOUNCED: | OFFICERS’ DANCE AT Ha.| BANA-MADRID, ENLISTED} MEN AT CUBAN CLUB | j Dances given for officers and! enlisted personnel of Patrol Wing‘ Five at two clubs Friday will! have floor shows and reception, committees will greet those at-/ | tending. i The dance for the officers will! |be at Habana-Madrid and will) begin at 10 o’clock. That for the enlisted men will be at the Cuban Club and will begin at 9;30. Both dances are by invitation only. Receptional Committee for the} Officers’ Dance: Willard M. Al- bury, mayor; James S. Roberts, ‘councilman; Wm. A. Freeman, | councilman; Dr. Wm. R. Warren, | Norberg Thompson, B. C. Papy, j Lt. Ned McCarthy, Col. Jas. Mc- Mullen, U.S.A.; Lt. Fort Calla- han, U.S.N.; Bernardo Rodriguez, 'Cuban Consul; Robert Graham, Dr. A. Cobo, Dr. H. C. Galey, | Howard E. Wilson, Charles Smith, Charles Taylor, Dr. Stephen | Douglas, Col. L. C. Brinton, Wm. R. Porter, Carl Bervaldi, Miss Su- |san LaKin, Mrs, Eva B. Warner, {Guy Carleton. ! Committee for Enlisted Men’s | Dance: Earl Adams, council president; W. H. Monsalvatge, ;eouncilman; Roy Fulford, coun- cilman; Wm. Doughtry, council- ;man; Will E. P. Roberts, coun- cilman; J. J. Romero, Ramon Del- gado, C. Perez, assistant consul; Frank Caraballo, Enrique Esquin- aldo, Jr., Dr. Jas. Sanchez, Reg- jinald Pritchard, Harry M. Baker, H. H. Taylor, Jr. TORTUGAS BOAT “F. W. MEADE” ARRIVES HERE NEWLY ASSIGNED D. OF I. | SUPPLY BOAT LEFT TODAY ! FOR FORT JEFFERSON; TO | ; RETURN IMMEDIATELY Newly-assigned Department = \Interior 60-foot motor launch ‘ |W. Meade” arrived last night Brun in command and expected to leave today for Tortugas with a load of fuel oil, which is stored at Fort Jefferson for the conven- ience of yachts. The new boat has a black hull with white superstructure and is built strongly throughout of wood | with mahogany frames. The boat can seat 30 in the cabin and ten| jin the pilot house. In the past |22 W.P.A. workmen have been { fee the trip about once every wo weeks, and occasionally in|! Tees It is believed that | there will be more frequent trips |in the future due to the need for| ‘building supplies in extensive! jTenovation now going on at the | Fort, The trip down from Miami was ;completed in 15 hours through ;Hawk Channel. The Meade is |expected to return immediately “fter delivering the fuel oil on | the present trip. It was berthed at the Yacht Basin. a Norway Royalty To America RECEIVE GUESTS, Royal wales will be put iv test in Martha and Crown Prince Olaf sit America. spring when Princes: (above) of Norway U. S. thi WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1939 oe FIVE CENTS ‘Navy Officer To Inspect Three Men Fall From | Scaffolding At Court One e Injured ™ | House; jthe new addition being built to the county court house was made! }this morning. The accident re-| sulted when three workmen pre- |cipitated to the ground from aj} scaffolding. ' is} Visiting the scene of the acci-| dent, The Citizen was told by J.) They as well as Eng-!M. Horre, engineer in charge of; land’s king and queen are scheduled as guests at the White | the work, that a part of the scaf- House. Building Activities For January Total $15,150, Eighteen Permits Issued SSS ST SSS I Ss | ‘CATCH KINGFISH IN INNER HARBOR Calling For Building And Repairs; Two Given Dur-, ing Past Week : | Issues of building and repair | permits for the past month, as! shown by the records in the of-, fice of Building inspector Harry Baker, number 18 for a total of $15,150. i Two issues have been made during the week ending yester- day. These were for: j Repairs and improvements and | also paint the building at 130 Du-! j Owner, Frank John- | son; cost, $1,000. | Repairs to floors at 815 South- | Owner, Miss Lulu Scheurer: cost, $100. | val street. ard street. TURTLE SCHOONER @222eooao, HAS BEEN EN DELAYED KINGFISH FLEET BROUGHT IN 9,000-POUND CATCH Turtle Schooner ue 3 Adams”, which was scheduled to come in this week has been delayed, A. M. Adams, of Thomp-! son’s Fish Company, told The} Citizen, and is now expecte within a week. Kingfish markets, which have! been shut down, opened | Monday, but adverse were One of the few large king- fish caught in the inner harbor was reported today by Dr. Alice M. North of Ardsley - On - Hudson who landed a 36 pounder on the way out to the tarpon chan- _Mels of the keys on the bay side, Out in Captain M. S. Bradley's launch Dr. Alice North also brought ina 15 pound tarpon, which was the first of the season for a Casa Marina guest. Fishing with her was Mrs. Eileen Allen of New York City. Another Casa Marina guest who “hadn’t so much as caught a minnow before” brought in two large amber- jack weighing around 40 pounds and was greatly delighted is Geo. F. Walden of Bedford Village, N. Y. With him went Dr. F. N. Carrier in Jakie Key's “Le- gion”. Mr. Walden is one of the owners of Standard Oil of New Jersey. folding had been disarranged when some of the siructural| work was being removed. | The men who were working; , were Harry Baker, Albert Pinder and Chas. D. Anderson. They slid down the end which had fal-! Jen and Anderson, who was the; ;man at the end, received slight ' injury to the lower end of the | spine. ! | He was taken in the Lopez am- | bulance to the Marine hospital, | where an examination was made jand x-ray pictures taken. After-/| | ward he was taken to his home, 1207 Florida street. | Mr. Horre said that Anderson! would be to work. tomorrow} ' morning. H MRS. MALONEY | MAKES REPORT ON HANDI- CRAFT EXHIBIT AT OR- LANDO, FLA. Mrs. Hazel Maloney, who was |in charge of the Key West sec- tion of the National ‘exhibition which opened at Or- lando, Florida, on January 16, jreturned to the city this week and brings a glowing account of the show. All state were represented, she says, and on the opening night there were approximately 1000 people viewing the ex-| jhibits, and there were several INCREASE IN BUSINESS AT POST OFFIC RECEIPTS FOR JA JANUARY IS) |groups from the Virgin Islands. | jibe WPA orchestra furnished music during the entire evening. The exhibition from this city | | surpassed those of other cities ‘in the novelty of the crafts and their complete difference from others. Included in the local ex- hibit were the crafts from native materials, fish scale flowers, mats, hats, belts, purses, and E SHOWN TO HAVE EXCEED- bags made from coconut fronds ED THAT OF MONTH IN PREVIOUS YEAR There is a big difference in the duin {business done at the Key West post office between January | 1938 and the month just conclu jed yesterday. and fibres. It was difficult for the demon- strator, Miss Maloney, to make the visitors realize the flowers were really made from the scales of fish and the ornaments were really made from the scales of of fish and the ornaments were d- turned and twisted in every ay to convince the spectators wi During January of 1938 the re-' of the truth of this “fish story”. weather | ceipts at the post office totalled| Mrs. Maloney said there were Handicraft | y PLEASED TO GET FACTS RELATIVE TO ISLAND CITY Foster May, making a tour of Florida for Station WOW. Omaha, Nebraska, went to the Chamber of Commerce Isat week and wanted to know where he could get something to describe. The secretary availed him- self of Superintendent De- meritt’s well-known hospital- ity and went with the visitor to the tov of the lighthouse and transmitted to the re- cording on the ground a gen- eral description of what could be seen, not forgetting the impressive fact that the buildings of the city were almost hidden by the foliage and the splendid trees. The record was shipped to Omaha and today the office received a letter under date of January 26 addressed to S. C. Singleton, Chamber of Commerce, from Fall's City, Nebraska, signed by Mrs. Bert Ehman, which reads: “Today I heard you in a very interesting broadcast with Foster May about Key West. I am interested in |. getting the facts about your RETURNS HOME: city to use in travel club work. How Key West got its name and anything which would interest travellers to visit your city. Postage for reply is enclosed. Kindly thanking you”. The information asked for has been prepared and sent to Mrs. Ehman. TIS IIS SO SSS YACHT BASIN FOLK ANNUAL VISITORS HERE BRIGGS STRATTON. SCHLITZ BEER, ENGINEER AND MIN- ING CORPORATION HEADS AMONG ARRIVALS A large group on the yacht Sirena, at the Yacht Basin, Cap- tain Arthur Wimple, connected with leading United States In- dustrial firms include Mr. and Mrs. S. S. Briggs of Milwaukee, Mr. and Mrs. Uihleia of Mil- waukee Schlitz Beer Compan, Mr. and Mrs. Herman Schle- singer of a noted chemical works, Mrs. Stephen Briggs, and Mrs. , McCullough. The group will remain a few days and then return to Naples by way of Shark river. Most of those at the Basin this week are annual visitors here. Key West ‘Naval Station | Captain Abbott, Accom- | panied By His Wife, To Arrive In City Tomor- Captain J. S. Abbott, U. S. N.. Report of a slight accident at \ adainae \chief of staff in the Seventh Naval District, Mrs, Abbott, accompanied by ‘will arrive in Key West tomorrow, coming over the highway. | ©The visit of Captain Abbott i: | Official as he is to make an in- spection of naval holdings on the ‘island, and he and Mrs. Abbott plan to remain for one week and | will occupy quarters in the nava! station. ‘DRAMATIC GROUP PLANNING WINTER STAY IN KEY WEST | GROUP LAST ‘PLAYED AT RED BARN THEATRE IN WEST- BOROUGH. MASS.; HAS GOOD REPORTOIRE Red Barn Players, who just closed an engagement at Westborough, Massachusetts, of outstanding Broadway hits of the few years, are making final arrangements to establish in Key West for the winter. It is planned to hold the performances, which 1 repertoire of the be ys, such as s Girl”, at the Street Grammar School. Ailan, Holmes, of the states that there are nine playefts in the group and they handle all details of the performances. Mr. Holmes, who left Saturday, will return today to make final arrangements. Mrs. a B. Warner of the W.P.A. Recreational Department aided Mr. Holmes in establishing here in the interest of s outstanding dramatic entertain- ment during the season. have dra- in- tter Boy Division players, mixed that U. S. STEEL PRES. LEAVES Leaving this morning tyasd R. Stettinius, Jr, mppointed president of U. whose appointment w throughout the country is comparatively young With him was Mrs. Stettinius. was Ed newly- S. Steel noted he since TEMPERATURES Lowest — Highes last night last 24 hours 48 68 38 48 12 18 18 44 24 16 Station— Abilene Atlanta Boston Buffalo Charleston Chicago ‘$3,453.61 and for the month of many of the visitors who had January just ended the receipts’ never seen coconut palm trees were $3,960.45, an excess over and it was difficult to explain flooded ' January of last year of $506.84. “how, where and why” this Also there is an appreciable|fibre and the fronds were ob- ‘difference in the number of tained. There was always a =: money orders issued during Jan- crowd around the Key West juary of 1938 and January 1939. booth and the consensus was it {In the former year issues totalled was the best there. { | $36,341.79, and in January of tkis| The daily attendance ran up jyear issues totalled $43,355.05, or'to 2,000, and many of the visi- an excess of $7,013.26. itors indicated their intention of | icoming to Key West to see the { NOTICE ;community in which these in- Key West Charter Boatmen were produced. Good fishing was reported at Denver Lowe Key by R. V. Hyland of Detroit Hyland Engineering Cofmpany Galveston in New York, Ed '‘Mahoht?" of Havana New York and Mr! Suelt“heré! on Huron the yacht, “Sybil”; Captain’ John | Jacksonville Van Mills. The group may go to’ , Kansas City ont nec J How. TREX WEST m the Beverly Jean Hancock of Jackson, Michigat, Reh aecies and Mrs. Clark are visiting “the. Totikville city according to.an annual’ ous! tiami ee | St. P. Good fishing at Dry Tortugas aps “a 5 ‘is reported by Mr. and Mrs. J. N¢w Orleans T. Milliken of St. Louis, Mrs.|New York Thelma Manne of St, Louis and | Pensacola Mrs. Fred Marvil of Key West’ Pittsburgh aboard the “Romance”, 54 feet. /St- Louis The party reports a 34 pound/San Francisco kingfish catch and 30 pound Seattle grouper among the outstanding | Tampa fish brought in. Captain is Washington | Williston Fifteen of 25 Historical Signs, | at work in the channel which! \ iio, were designed and ma-| runs from Hawk’s Channel to Boca Chica, installing smaller; aids to navigation. 14 60 68 26 46 36 65 46 42 34 60 24 52 16 | conditions resulted in poor catch- |terial secured by Junior oe: ROBERT ALLEN ALLEN {es with the total but 9,000 pounds. | | ber of Commerce committee, will | The market had been It is understood that owners! be ready for distribution by the lover Coastal Florida. of property living in the vicinity |€94 of the week from the eed of Boca Chica plan to instalp! craft shop. : lights over the bridge leading| The signs, each of which desig- | COCKTAIL BINGO from Stock Island to the busy | nates a point of interest in Key; Robert S. Allen, one of the center on Boca Chica. | West and. summarizes briefly its| most prolific writers in Washing- | F R E E 4 to 6 Every Afternoon ‘history, covers comprehensively; ton, D. C., and co-author of the! N 0 i I [ & E | the outstanding historical points.|“Washington Merry-Go-Round”, ‘ Starting Feb. 2nd There will be a meeting Dancing Entertainment The signs will be wooden and the! was an arrival in the city yester-| ‘| 50-word lettering will be in green! day morning and with Mrs. Allen stockholders and representatives against a white background. lis occupying Quarters D in the ABSOLUTELY NEW! of stockholders of the Monroe In- | ABSOLUTELY FREE! vestment Company at the Golden - Everyone Welcome Delay in getting the signs out! Naval Station. Eagle Hall, Wednesday ‘was caused by difficulty of veri-| Mr. Allen has been a visitor in February 1, 1939, 7:30 Jefferson Hotel sdistananind jteresting items of handicraft i There will be a meeting of the VERY BUSY STORK Association at F.E.C. DOCK, :sas-anpaniags | Wednesday, Feb. 1, 8:00 P. M.| CHAMPAIGN, Ill—The stork All members urgently requested /set an all-time high in this city = attend. | during 1938 with a total of 460 VERAL ROBERTS, » births. The highest previous birth Secretary. | | record was 439 in 1925. | fying historical material. Remain-; Key West on several former oc- | o'clock. | ing signs are expected to be ready |casfons, and has formed a wide Officers will be elected for the| by the end of next week. ‘eirele of friends who extend a ensuing year. | Distribution of the first half by! hearty welcome to him and Mrs.) V. A. ARCHER, | Jaycee members will probably be) Allen. They expect to remain in| President. ite made Saturday. | Key West until February 28. as | Leonard Tallman.