The Key West Citizen Newspaper, February 8, 1939, Page 1

2 j Associated Press Day Wire : Pd ~ Key West, Florida, has the Service . most equable climate in the For 59 Years Devoted to the f country; with an average Best Interests of Key West f range of only 14° Fahrenheit THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN THE U. S. A. VOLUME LX. No. 33. KEY WEST, FLORIDA, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1939 PRICE FIVE CENTS Speci i BUSINESS IS Tee: 7 ° ° sine cso 4 SHOWN TOBE = ssinceseaal ee Navy P atrol Wing F Ive e ee eee Securing Naval Airbase ———- = : Conducting Night Flights |JUDGED BY PAYMENT OF! | = pe ile o | BENEFITS; MONROE COUN-! % ~ Meeting Held Last Night OOP O@DiID DS. | TY HAD ONLY aaa | OOO OL I 2 Wonthly Practice; Theo- In Rooms Of Chamber| DOCTOR CATCHES cuaAnes | |KEY WEST POLICE | RARE WARSAW : | MANY PREMISES | SHOW EFFICIENCY | retical Attack Begins Of Commerce When Sub-| | . . j E When Dr. F. N. Carrier of | payment of benefits under the! oe WITH *SKEETERS IN FINDING BIKE| Shortly; Practice Gun- ject Was Discussed Santa Rita, New York, goes provisions of the Unemployment, —_—_—— fishing, something is always {Compensation Law in Florida is] ae : : . i Ae ass, | Starting on what was ex- nery bound to happen. If he doesn’t | proving an accurate barometer of| é : i Pected to be a “wild goose bring in a sailfish, it isa rare | pusiness, according to Wm. V.! bas e 11 KEY WEST MEN EMPLOYED | chi proved a success with- | wahoo, or perhaps, like this | ittle, of the Key West office of ; ina short time after the hunt | Planes of Patrol Wirg Five of Key West met at the rooms of | evening that is being written | the State Employment Service. | ' AS INSPECTORS: 4.084 PREM-| had started and a visitor had about, when he fished up | “In jocalitiey where few claims| ay i _ | ISES INSPECTED; FISH IN. his rented bicycle back and the Chamber of Commerce last something from Davey Jones’ | for benefits are being filed, ei-| co . 4 . : : | age CISTE! the trio of police officers. maneuvers and war games last night to form a committee to} locker that even Capt. Jakie | ness conditions, as a whole, are| & a ‘RNS who engaged in the search, ; F Key was unable to identify at above the average”, Mr. Little} . i ; 3 : } wii were richer by $50. | moot) with the House Committee! the moment. |said, “and in localities where a! ae Ne ee io. : Report of the theft of a bi- | Commander Virgil C. Griffin told on Naval Affairs, which will This rare catch was ob- great number are being filed, it! ee ij _ |. With the first round of inspec-) cycle was received by Officer a q K Fy viously of the bass family. (has been the experience of other’ 4 Sa ‘ A oe _ ;tion’of Key West for disease’ Myrtland Ca who was |The Citizen today. in regular come to Key West Friday or Sat-| and everybody thought it was states that business cqnditions in 3 \bearing mosquitoes completed ieimed by Officers B. J. | monthly practice. urday to examine into the possi-| ® jewfish, but not so Jakie, | those localities are low nor- “ es be [ee of corrections of total num-i Pierce and Joe Espinosa, and | ! Representatives of civic clubs | stationed here for Caribbean |might practiced night flying. ee who has seen plenty of jew- | mal, | b i 5 a hunt was started. Interest | This is the first night trip tak bilities of locating an air base in} fish and should know. Any- | “By using benefit payments as’ 3 y ; : er of premises inspected were} was intensified by the prom- | 6p by the planes. Another group this city. | way, it weighed an even fifty 4 basis for determining business’ 4 : : jnenosted: by U. S. Public Health) ise of the $50. ans - : : | pounds, and eventually was conditions we find Monroe Coun- | oe : Mosquito Division in the city for| The officers realized that | will practice tonight, and a third Present at the meeting were:| identified as a warsaw. | ty in a very favorable position, as : é 4 three months work. | the wheel could be purchas- Bascom L. Grooms, Frank H. A deep: r fish, it had only 49 claims have been filed by | 3 feat § | Four thousand and eighty-four ed tor that price and so did | Anes . Ladd, W. W. Demeritt, John H.| ¢ome to the surface for some residents of this county eovering | . a premises were inspected with 1,-' the stranger, who was de- of the flying is partly to acquaint Costar, Albert Peirce, Chas. S. idbit and hit upon Dr. Car- | the month of January. i va ; j 1542) premises found Licedi "termined, if possible, to re- Taylor, W. T. Fripp, F. J. Dion,| Tier’s bait. After swallow- “In fact the state as a whole! 7} ae : ing mos-; cover the wheel and, at the i John ‘A. Gardner, representing! mig: he thereupon dove jhas a record that compares fav- ‘ quitoes. The number of possible, same time, test the cleverness | appears at night. the Chamber of Commerce; Ern-| aight down one hundred = orably with that of other states. Paes pane perenne : bprrapceeds of the officers. | Aboard the planes are search- est A. Ramsey, J. Starke and E,| 4nd fifty yards. One of the reasons is that at this) [aly 42 SR ears! ace actactiG| aie ote en one | Lights to. spot-the ‘surface cof the R. McCarthy, from the Rotary; Apparently the pressure of | time of the year employment is at | y 2, e found actually, while to ponder over the | ‘i ‘ : . - \breeding. The others, however | A hich ocean if it cannot be seen read- Club; Franklin Albert and; *he water was so great that | its peak. At the same time we “ Ts, questions which were puzz- = © . $ i 3 the fi st hi es | = x may breed mosquitoes when’ jj i ¥ ily from the air. There are also Steve Singleton, III, representing; *he fish burst and his eyes do not expect any such rush for! \conditions are favorable. 460 pa emaeanesnin secs om buoy lights at the anchorage to the Junior Cham -| Popped out. | benefits as has occurred in other | ; : i i i merce; Carl ra ey a cael C. B. Cole, of Roanoke, was states, for all of the statistics | jcorrections: were made jn prem-| had been handed in he was in jaa ae eat sri oun berg Thompson, from the County! Dr. Carrier's fishing com- gathered by the Tallahassee of-| age pecaiare In 488 Sania to; possesion of the wheel, and Aer stv on planes Commission; William R. Porter,’ pee ene ere were fice in the last year and a half in-! leeen ee As Race IA te Fen officers had received the " Rederding the pet problem, H. E. Day and Professor Walden,| ®5!mg in the Stream. dicates that Florida has passed} : 4] will be . . ae ji aa : representing the Lions Club.| the one season stage”. : \ : ee ea cd area he Toegviciice iexpasesedithe the Wer Der eet eae ‘eae Others present were Everett Rus-| CMO MPO MDP LI LI I IS SF&F | Mr. Little also reported that lean cctibe died opinion that in no other city 2 i foation connected with sell, Mayor W. M. Albury, Repre- | Florida has accepted 1595 initial | A dozen Key West men have, Suld he have received more. itn’ Commander Griffin said sentative B. C. Papy, Dan Na-| MANY AUTO TAGS ! claims and 6670 continued claims | = jbeen employed as inspectors by Seana eanipen retary The problem of attack by a black varro, S. C. Singleton, L. S. Gru- :from other states. In these cases Seamen learn the sea Aboard the old square rigger,the USPHS. group for the 00S gov wea,” fleet on the white fleet, one wing a ‘of which is stationed at Key ber, J. J. Trevor, L. Valladares, Florida acts as the agent for the hc b : ff Hoff Ssland ‘duration of the activities here Samuel Hart and many other in- YET T0 BE SOLD liable state, the applicant being | J°SeP ornsd DOVE: TOs irae 0 ‘gapumespeen winees Nei oad are being trained as domes-; West, is expected to start Feb- ‘allowed to file his claim and re- | Y- 48 a training ship of the U. S, Merchant Marine Train-|{-° mosquito control inspectors. CMO PLD PMP MD a oe eee to creases | group tomorrow night. Purpose | pilots with the ground area as i terested citizens. Explains Matter ‘port weekly to a Florida State | ing School. The school is to raise the efficiency of present ; Last night as part of their train- ie ; Sid ; : te | I " from Washington. It will involve Cinsede tits cciaimad of FEBRUARY FIFTEENTH IS FI- Employment, Service office. His seamen. 4 \ing they were given a talk on thé PAINTING CURB: | Greorcthea? Wateriiet 6f-the Paindnnx the Chamber of Commerce com-| NAL DATE FOR PURCHAS. :yPenefit cheék is mailed direct to °—— -—-------————-——_ ~-—— ‘history of yellow fever control Canal, Gulf Coast and Puerto mittee on the affair, presided at, phim from the liable.state. | ! activities by Jr. Entomologist F | Rican bases. Emphasis on de- the meeting. He explained the! ING LICENSES | BRT. ray RE \ { W. Fisk and four reels on mos-) |fense of the Canal is important meeting was called for the pur- ie eae ‘REP R | } ,quito habits were shown. | jin that the passage must be used pose of appointing a permanent; mete is approximately 500 | | OVER Cl T Y | ROAD LOTS SOLD | j s BE i ‘ committee that would be ellye| eee i ee bebe ‘SPONGERS AWAIT |DESIGNATE REQUIRED DIS-| west coast to the east coast when wide. An office for the private: bought in Monroe county if the HAS DISAPPEARED GOVT IN REALTY WEEK le Goa, i the Cansl wore secretary will be placed at the | humber assigned to this county is, “4 { 1 i TANCE FOR PARKING | bombed it would nceessitate a disposal of the committee and|Teached, it was said at the office _ | | BE OF AUTOMOBILES |voyagearound The Horn. De- | | fenge ‘tactics theoretically wili there was considerable informa-| ©! T@X Collector Frank Ladd yes-/ DEPUTY AT MARATHON RE- diel c which awaslavailabiectouail|tnay:-. ¥. i | | SCOUT WEEK STARTS TopAy; 2. R. LORD SELLS LOTS TO -~ | keep“enemy ships and planes 1,- le to all “"it was said at the office that; PORTS MATTER TO ae 000 miles off the Cuban coast. vy anneal that Mr. Por-|#8 the time limit for purchasing SHERIFF HERE PLAN SCOUT PROGRAMS, DOTTIE M. POWER; MATE- HIGH WINDS HINDER OPERA Basil ‘Tynes, officer with the oS en ee est ter be appointed to present thi these tags has been set by Gov-i inane ! CHURCH ATTENDANCE CUMBE, KNIGHTS KEY, TIONS OF SPONG- traffic section of the police de- and northeast of Key West Island Key West proposition to the Nav-| TF Cone as February 15, that; W. A. Parrish, deputy sheriff a4 1 ING FLEET partment, has started the work) for the past month the planes al Committee upon its arival, an here will nave to poe ae at at Marathon, phoned the office! SCOUT NIGHT } LARGO LOTS GO i of painting all curbs at street in-! have been employed in gunnery Mr. oni accepted the appoint- bled Sete Pan Garros ae pears thie morning a Rin gee | paar eee I tersections showing that parking Panda Seaniae eras ea ment. = 5 ee le en ap-) i ational Scout week be- r. an rs. R. R. Lord sold; i s is ibi an “ sth | DINE and bo: Following this, the city-wide’ ¢?S of motor vehicles are to be proached by a man named ginning today three active bea to Dottie M. Power three lots on as a es es porkate Tike ie prohibited at these points with! Another plane arrived to join committee was named and con-| Supplied with the licenses. Strickland who reported the dis- cout troops j : ¥ the County Road near Leon’ (uc pete paar ne jthe cars any nearer than 25 fect the group leaving Norfolk, Vir- sists of Ernest Ramsey, Isadore! The licenses sent to Key West appearance of his brother, John r-sroops in the city are pre-' stieet and four lots at the corner is. a a ean Gin, from the corner. Weintraub and H. E. Day. numbered 1700, and it was ex- Rubin Strickland, several weeks Paring for a week of scout ac- of ‘Von ‘Phister and. Tropical ing to begin?”, and, The Citizen: 2 s id! ivi vi ae : ‘ 4 has replied just as soon as the i Prints Exhibited pected that most of them would ago. tivity with the highlight Tuesday Streets in realty transactions of boats return with their catches,' Motorists shou be particularly! have been secured ere this date,| Judge Raymond Lord was ad- “n electes PERE Pie ‘ i There were exhibited a number! put the record shows that there|vised of the report and the sup- bie Bs co ememierewall tae eae er caierat with the! and place them on the dock for careful of parking near hydrants. positions of city officials . | the buyers. For some time the new hydrants of blueprints and several sketch- js still needed 500 sales to com-!position on the part of the i i mi aa z 3 Bt i | . Otto K hi - A es showing possible developments! plete the list. brother that there was the pos- for an hour. henge hla TBE Cake cl s a matter of fact there have| were not usable and parking was which could be arranged, that |sibility of the body of the partly! Election of scouts for the cit; i | been but few offerings placed on i ay, kept well within the planned ex- ‘|decomposed man __ found on positions will be by the meet eee Mae wiliaws E Pin-| ® mauinicipel aren i rhinos Pee ange’ the “use-| CONTINUES WORK pendijures, «The Jacquin ee 5. Ot » TEMPERATURES Molasses Key last Friday night bership and will take, place’ der sold to Prédton B. Pinder tole arid the acme oe craic aparealcped acts Pte part of Trumbo Island would), might be that of the missing i lrettirn of the sponging fleet has’ 25 feet on either side of one of mean a great deal, it was said,| i ea * IStrickland. \Saturday. This weekiatithe reg-|Jots on Matetumbe Beach. | been hindered by wind and mud-, the stands is forbidden. ‘ | i ais i and it was suggested that the Lowest _ Highest However as the missing man is ¥/@T Meetings of Elks! BoyScout| Mr. and Mrsi\Harry S. Parker! ay waters. " ae ; a Fi Troop 50, American Legion Scout! sold to Mr. and Mrs. Millard Rob- | j owners be approached on the| Station— last night last 24 hours | white, and the body found gion Scou' | Numbers of vessels have been SPORTSWRITER Hl = Any lables. us6 74 Friday was positively identified TTP 51 and Rotary Club Troop erts two lots on Upper Matecum-| perthed at points along the Keys,| |COUNTY SOLICITOR HAS RE- 52 boy scouts will dedicate them- be CEIVED MOST OF NECES- The committee was instructed | Atlanta 42 60 jas Henderson Butler, colored saleek ing z ReongaltNe all of the captains awaiting abate-! to phone Mr. Price and ask him| Boston 26 32 | fisherman missing for ‘a month i Pcoultne by, again take|. Cariaed Sabchex Castano trans-| fect of the high winds and the| VISITS IN CITY: SARY TESTIMONY !for quick relay of ships from the ginia, at 7:30 p. m. and arriving Officer Tynes also said that here 5 o’clock yesterday after- noon. Previously there were but 17 planes here. This is the 18th and completes the two squad- rons. to be present at the hearing. Mr.| Buffalo 28 34 ithere is no chance of there hav-! ns bs Scout oath. Programs be- ferred to Lena Garcia a 29x143! time when the water . will be! Papy said he would get in con-| Charleston 50 64 |ing been a mistake in the identi-\ ore © Sponsoring bodies are lot in an alley of Division street.| clear enough to start operations, | tact with his company and see|Chicago - 32 38 | fication. | eres cnet by the troops. | Mamia M. Reinoso transferred 4ut even as late as last Sunday’ © B Kell 5 what price they would release |Denver 14 36 Deputy Parrish advised the of- riday boy scouts will attend to Frank H. Cox a 92x52 lot on! members of me ie oe sports writer for} P) i te ‘i school in uniform. Sunday will J, hi treet Blanch H eae 8 the Atlanta Journal, was an ar- their pier for. Mr. McCarthy, Mr. | Detroit — 28 34 jfice of the sheriff that he would /'" s F . osepnine Street near Manche. | families stated that weather con-; rival K : F Demeritt and Mr. Starke were|Galveston _. 58 66 gather details of the missing P¢ Scout Sunday with all scouts’ TT. Jenkins Curry, Inc., sold to. giti bea java Sea ese, ae evennle <a fury, in the investigation . | A to attend services. eee : : for a visit of a few days. pine ark Arai appointed members of the tech-| Havana 70 _ |Strickland man, and would in all Tuesd: 1 ith ,__ the Board of Trustees of St. Step-; The last sale which was held deca E of the death of Alice Eiklor, and nical committee. {Huron ~-14 8 jprobability come to Key West) Tuesday along with assuming hens Wesleyan Church a 79x50 th icin. dock paren OE aaa eller’ is a nationally-| - octed the balance this after- ittee. | 2 4 ads : ther who the other regular duties of city, i on the municipal dock consisted! known sportswriter and the first ©*PeCcte a Hi si ticm, {Jacksonville _ 56 66 |this evening and the brother ffi ah il b lot on the corner of Whitehead) 4¢ 192 bunches of yellows, which | 4; ‘ i noon. 5 —— Kansas City 8 60 made the inquiry will probably )}°*tcers, scouts who will become ang Julia. |eold for $33.71, 57 Tiitiches: of thing he did on his arrival was Riicsunil stlievicvidencougiven The idea of having a represen-' EY WEST _ 73 84- j accompany hjm. councilmen for the hour will hold’ yyy and Mrs. J ph Valen-| ied {to phone in a swell Key West : re Pe = ja council meeting. | | wool bringing a price of $70.52, | fishi ; at the hearing is assembled, Mr. tative from Key West present at/ Tittle Rock _ 46 60 - zuela sold to J. H. Hde a 103x10) snd nine bunches of grass selling| qo nee gam he heard last night, Ciare said, he will give the mat- j i | > heari i iami a | Sea Scouts, sponsored by the sao Sen | scree orton panic cient pizesazectes 46 4 ‘LICENSE OFFICER {Lions Club, eee registered! !°t, wie between White! for $1.36—making a total of; Koller shines especially in golf ter intensive study, at the con- 2 : Louisville __. ' {thi i i tessa 59. " F j¢ clusion of which he will make Mr. Porter said that he had had| yiiami BY 82 {this wePk. Lions Club will hold: winista #. Boll quit claimed to $105.59. tournaments where his analytic oe oe eet as te whether : soft a long talk with General Forchey, | New Ori 70 1 ARRIVES IN CITY ja Scout Night tomorrow nigfit!' © sing H Boll the Eaton street! 'style is much appreciated by his! Bi retired head of the air forces of! New York as S| bedh Sevaimastens dnvited! te asagene COUNTY BOARD eaters, He, bas followed Bovey ae ant avcatigation the United States Army. They} pensacola __ 62 a | ‘ | totes, Doenthiy Marhy 7 ane 5 tR61 sie tuk event: that he decides had discussed the possibility and pittsburgh __ 38 | John Milton, in charge of ac- ARRI ’ MEETS TONIGHT 's-::: Bolling Pag names f08/ MANY To. aie the inquiries, he ssid he probability of Key West being) st. Louis 52 _| tivities in this distriet of Florida REQRUT ARRIVE am | years. will periaie the witnesses designated as an air base, and soit Lake City 22 32 ‘for ‘the enforcement of the Taw! Reynitod E. F. Lansbri, autKhdr.! b NIGHT i paseo at the inquest, and have their tes- the general said that Key West) San Francisco. 38 52 jin connection with the securing | was included in the recent argiv. [cee Pam |i SIIB OALDLLL£4A timony again recorded. If it is was vitally necessary as an Ad-| Seattle 32 40 of motor vehicle licenses, is a! als in Key West. He was 1 Cay Ninety Party Regular meeting of the Board| Sipldasodahasseary. attics Atant County Solicitor Allan B. Cleare, Jr., told The Citizen to- day that he had received most all of the testimony given before the (Continued on Page Four) |Tampa — 64 74 | visitor in Key West today and is panied on the trip here by Mr. || of County Commissioners, will: Dear Florida: {he will take whatever legal steps a ~—»| Washington _. | looking over the situation. jand Mrs. Stetson Kennedy. 4 Habana-Madrid Club jbe held this evening in Clerk| pT De PRESCRIPTIONS } Williston | This morning Mr. Milton said! Cece ue nese Se | | Sawyer’s office at the county! LOS ANGELES.—The tem- | c | —— | that while there are seven more ARRIVE FOR VISIT | NO COVER. . ADMISSION |}! court house at the regular meet-| perature dropped below | Carefully Compounded By VISITING PARENTS days in which to purchase the SEES or MINIMUM CHARGE J! ing hour of 8 o'clock. freezing early today in south- | Registered Pharmacists \ | | | jare required. VISITING KEY WEST J. A. Hazard, representative of 1939 license, he has seen a large’ Major and Mrs. Cleyburn Mc- te |]. Mr. Sawyer said that aside from) ern California towns. The the Texas Co., from Key West to | ee | Frank Gato was an arrival on number of vehicles with the 1938 Cauley arrived in Key West last {fi the regular checking of deposi-| lowest temperatures were 29 GARDNER’S PHARMACY ‘the steamship Cuba yesterday license and thinks there will have| night from Houston, Texas fora {| 2’ Orehestras — Floor tory accounts and a few commun-| at Corona, 20 at Santa Ana, |Fort Lauderdale, is a visitor in “The Nl Store” | afternoon from Havana for a visit | to be a rush on the office for| visit with Mrs. McCauley’s sis- Show — Many Prizes , | ications, there was not much busi- | and 32 at Riverside. the city today and a guest of Phone 177 534 Duval sz. with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ed/ them all to be supplied by Feb- | ters, Mrs. Roy McKillip and fl) ‘f ness to be brought before the) 'Chas. S. Taylor, of the Porter {Gato at 1327 Duval street. lruary 15, which is the deadline. Mrs. William H.-Reardon. |S | meeting. SOHO DIID IDI D Dock Co. EXCELLENT OVERNIGHT ACCOMMODATIONS.-FT. JEFFERSON CRUISES-$10 ALL EXPENSE TWO-DAY TOUR..PRICE TOURS 505 DUVAL STREET-PHONE 124