The Key West Citizen Newspaper, February 14, 1939, Page 1

Associated Press Day Wire Service For 59 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West VOLUME LX. No. 38. THE aval Committee Gi Charts, Statistical : . als Stay Here One Hour; Tour; 1 Trumbo Property, Naval, Conti Station; Greeted Here | Qn Arrival nue To (CRIMINAL COURT The House Naval Affairs Com- | HEARS TWO CASES | THIS MORNING spending an hour touring the BOTH DEFENDANTS PLEADED | Naval Station and Trumbo Island; GyiiTy; BOTH WERE GIVEN! Property, and with a mass ef SENTENCES BY JUDGE WM. maps, briefs and statistical data: j | V. ALBURY given each congressman. ' | The which | said, | upon stepping off of the first. There was held in the county | plane, that it had but one hour to Court house this morning a brief | spend here, waited nearly 20 Special session of criminal court ; minutes for a second plane bear-/ Wilt Judge William av Albury | ing Florida U. S. Congressman ecient aie sa eee Pat Cannon and Lex Green here. 2: yok Ie : seal The committee inquired about curren shies ou See | possible sale of the central strip ane ae Ee ‘ i of land on Trumbo Island, where eg eee bo sp hee ne eeveran i itizens. | is the airplane ramp at present. a z 1 They next took a complete tour The session was held for the . Ne ‘sole purpose of hearing pleas of, vicieed E Sioe oh dwin: 8€ ‘solicitor, and those charged with! al Sealand eat phe coouthiea USOC E bey we 1 ae in the Post Office Building they |He™y Johnson and Michael Con- 3 .” stantino. } replied that their time was limit- e first case called was that ed. The group at the Post Office o¢ enry Johnson and the charge | spent the time chatting agreeably was specifically read as “reckless! with each other for more than driving of an automobile” to. an hour before leaving. 'which the accused entered the| Many telegrams has been sent guilty plea and was sentenced by | by City, County and civic body) the court to pay a fine of $5 and! heads but etched strongly in the| costs or spend 60 days in jail.; representatives’ minds was a host Fine and costs H of viyid tglegrams sent from. Isa~! ¢299776:.% | dore Weintraub, who heads the! ‘The other case was -that of Young Democratic Club and»Michael. Constantino, charged | Junior Chamber of Commerce,! with breaking and entering with! which represents the male youth intent to commit a misdemeanor. | of the city. “So you’re the young Specifically charged with having fellow who’s been sending us in his possession when arrested) those telegrams”, they told him.!remains of three cartons of None of the committee would cigarettes and a box of cigars, make any statements regarding!which. he acknowledged we the choice of the committee as; part of the loot. their reports and recommenda-| Judge Albury said * that tions are to be giyen only to sentence of the court was Congress. The committee mem- the prisoner be confined in the bers seemed favorably impressed county jail at hard labor for a with the site. }period of six months. Cost of In the party making the plane the stolen articles was not to be! trip here were: Admiral A. B.'COmpared with the cost of bring- Cooke, Chief of Naval Aeronaut- ing the prisoner back to the city ics; Congressman R. A, Green of which entailed an expenditure, Florida, Congressman Pat Can- | 0f $147.35 by the county-. , non of Florida, George J. Bates of! Constantino was arrested aD Massachusetts, William E, Hess! Okeechobee last week for riding | of Ohio, Thomas M. Eaton of 25.2 hobo ee eos cus GUE California, W. Sterling Cole of being confined was quizzed by New York, Melvin J... Maas. of{the sheriff of the county an is theft of stolen ar- Minnesota, Leonard W. Shentz of ticles in Key aa nhio. Th On being advised of his con-! he mittee, which was in Key West? inspecting the site for a possible, ! air base, left yesterday after | i committce, the ction of the Key West Committee which greeted them were: Mayor Willard M. Albury, Charles Taylor, W. R. Porter, Fred Dion, Bascom Grooms, Everett Russell, Isadore Wein- | fession, the sheriff's office in Key! | West sent Deputy Ray Elwood{ ‘and Officer Franklin Arenberg | jto get the prisoner who was} brought to the city after 960 | jmiles had been covered, for} La Key West, Florida, has the most equable climate in the country; with an average range of only 14° Fahrenheit Che Key West Citizen SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN THE U.S. A. KEY WEST, FLORIDA, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 1939 Cocccccccccccccccsccccscocececoococcccccocococece | Roosevelt To Key West! Coccccccccccccoocose nd Wide Variety Of Fish Catches Include iviutton, Snapper, Barracuda, Grouper, Yel- lowtail, Shark, Pompa- jack, Kings, Mackerel Wide varieties of catches con- tinued yesterday in reports from ‘ishing boats.” Albany, N- West this weekend for re- of Detroit caught pompajack, it. They also wish to fish the “best fishing grounds of the snappers, grouper, barracuda on Captain Gene Hamilton’s launch | “William Post”. Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Price of Al- ton, Ill, caught mutton snapper, barracuda, kingfish, mackerel and grouper on Captain Veral Roberts launch “Lil Dot”. Mr. and Mrs, Howard Eaton of rie, a., on Captain Henry Weatherford’s launch “Lucky Strike”, caught small shark, mackerel, yellowtail, mutton snapper and baracuda. On the 60-foot excursion launch “Alyce B”, Frank Smith of Malverne, Long Island, New York, caught a 15-pound amber- jack, grouper and_ barracuda. Kenneth Morrell of Bronxville, New York, landed two barracu- das and grouper. Howard P. Gil- more of Westboro, Mass., bought in a barracuda six-feet long, 12 yellowtails and two groupers. B. B. Fugaarres, Dr. C. D. Moore, N. G. Shores and S. S. amounted to; Stephens, all .of Wytherville, Va.,| caught four barracudas, 10 snap- pers, 15 groupers and a_ seven- foot shark. NEWS FLASHES ted Press) eeeccecoves LONDON.—International Com- | mittee working on the problem of | Jewish immigration to Germany reports that Adolf Hitler has al- lowed an immigration of 400,000 Jews at 100,000 a year to be ef- tective immediately. BURGES. — The war in Spain today is at a standstill while General Franco at- tempts to secure recognition from the major powers of his government, Switzerland has given the recognition and sent an ambassador. France and England are seeking further information before giving theirs 'with the big question the, ¢ yRome-Berlin axis matte: re HAMBURG.—A iull-sized bat- | tleship, the first since the World| | { i County Board Orders Purchase Arrangements Were Com-/ 992 99D PDD IS pleted During Meeting Of Commissioners Last 5 Night President Roosevelt and Postmaster general Farley | shown above will be in Key Mr. and Mrs" Otto Snyder of Cuperation and fishing trips. Both have had bad attacks : . and C. M. Milligan of the grippe and are seeking warmer climates to alleviate | meeting last night completed ar- County Commissioners at their United States”. Roosevelt will travel the Overseas High- jzengements for the purchase of way, his “pet project” Saturday to Ke. [reside at the Naval Station. ROOS y West and will REACH KEY ‘WEST SATURDAY AFTERNOON RIVERS AND HARBORS UNIT TO ASSEMBLE MATTER TO BE TAKEN UP TO HAVE SOME EFFECT ON IN- SIDE WATERWAY HOUTE ' TO. KEY WEST ; . Thirty-Fourth Conventien | of the National Rivers and Harbors ' Congress has been called to con- vene in the Mayflower Hotel, Washington, D. C., Thursday and Friday, March 23 and 24, 1939, and the Board of County Com- missioners have been so advised. Notice to this effect was read jat the boarfi meeting last night, ‘as was a letter from William J. Driver, the president of the con- ere advising that the cut in the budget for activities of the con- {gress may have some effect on the proposed continuation of the Intracoastal Waterway West. It was suggested that a repre- sentative of the .commission be designated to attend the meeting and Chairman Bervaldi said he | would expect all memhers of the! | board t6“keep the matter in mind, ‘and decide, on what action is to be taken at the first regular meeting, of the board in March. SMALL, BLAZE THIS MORNING At 11 o’clock this morning an to Key) traub, Melvin Russell, E. J.' which is paid at the legal rate. Starke, John Gardner, Lieut. EES Fort Callahan, Commander Vir-! | gil Griffin, Commander L. t.| REPLY SENT T0 | Hundt, Charles E. Smith, Ernest, Ramsey, Lieut.-Col. J. D. Mac-| PERKY TELEGRAM Mullen. | HAROLD BARTON | R. C. Perky of Perky, Fla., was | this morning sent the following GIVEN HEARING =" by Attorney W. C. Harris {for the board of County Com- fas! + EES : |missioners, in response to a tele- |gram from Mr. Perky which was Harold Barton, who was arrest jread at the meeting of the board | ed by officers of the Key West/on Wednesday, February 8, pub-; Police Department last week and /lished in The Citizen, February | in whose possession was found a'9, H moving picture camera, which | The reply is to the effect that; was stolen from the auxiliary} there are no funds available with sloop “Black Hawk”, was arraign-|which the county could perform ed for preliminary hearing before}the work asked, “heartily sym-} Peace Justice Franklin Arenberg; pathize with your necessity, but this morning. j Suggest that your transportatio; After hearing all the evidence | difficulties will be solved w! as furnished by the arresting of- the new state road is completed} ficers, Myrtland Cates and Paul|through your front yard. Thompson, the accused was plac- | ed under bond of $250 for trial p at the next session of criminal court | Carefully Compounded By Incidentally, .Mrs. Whitman, Registered Pharmacists | Chambers, of the “Black Hawk”, ; sere Oetrrs | zave the arresting officers her|GARDNER’S PHARMACY | personal check for $10 in recogni-| “The Rexall Store” } tion of the effective work in Te-| Phone 177 534 Duval St./ covering the camtre. i i RESCRIPTIONS War, was launched by Germany alarm of fire was sounded from today. It is of 50,000 tonnage,’ Box 321 and called apparatus to named the Bismark, and launch-, Adams Dairy Farm, 24011 Sei- ed here. Adolf Hitler spoke be-:denberg Avenue. fore 50,000 here at the launching.’ Responding, the firemen found —- that a small fire was in one of ROME.—It is believed here that'the buildings near the dairy, Mussolini will make the first which was soon quenched, and formal demand of France for its the apparatus was returned to Tunisian colonies at a speech ‘their stations. Sunday. ————___—_—- eee NOT A SINGLE PAIR WASHINGTON.—Senator King ———— told Congress that the time fori WAUKESHA, Wis.—A _ thief drastic world-wide arms reduc. | Stole 600 men’s socks here but tion was the present. and dis- not a single pair. They were agreed with Cordell Hull's pres- Samples, and no two alike, the ent arming policy. He said-ali’ victim, Hosiery Salesman Frank nations would disarm if asked to Davies, told police. at this time. more offen as an incisive minority democratic group is seeking to waylay even minor Administration bills. WASHINGTON. — Roosevelt today is faced with the appoint- ment of a new justice of the Su- preme Court with Justice Bran-' deis resignation yesterday. The! Scoce new appointee is expected to be | PHONE 9108 from west of the Mississippi. i e Siiil Remains In Bed Re- cuperating; To Arrive Here Via Overseas High- |. way (Ry Ase ciated Press) ‘WASHINGTON; ‘Feb. 14. |President Roosevelt remain- > ied in bed today recuperat- ing from a light attack of grippe but went ahead with «plans to leave late Thursday night for Key West, Fla., where he will embark on a Caribbean cruise. Rear Admiral Ress T. Mc- Intire, White House physi- ‘cian, said the President was improved. The President will board a special train late Thurs- day night for Florida. Under a tentative itiner- ary, he will detrain at Flor-, ida City, below Miami, Sat- jurday morning. He ‘then moter across the Over- Highway, which he has expressed a_ desire see, to Key West where he will board the Cruiser Hous- will to ton between 3 and 3:30 p.| m. He is to be gone about two weeks. LAUGHS AT OTHERS LONG BEACH, Calif.—Most Californians give up ocean bath- ing during the winter months, but not Mrs. Ellaj McCulloch, despite her 91 years. She is a familiar figure in the surf here at all times of the year. For Wholesale Qictatiant on FURNITURE and FURNISHINGS MAXWELL VENETIAN BLINDS RESTAURANT EQUIPMENT Phone G. A. PA’ SIBONEY Local Representative INN. 705 DIVISION STREET | Tefunded bonds, road and bridge which had been partially decided on at the meet- | refunding, ling held yesterday morning. | Attending the meeting | Chairman Bervaldi, Commission- ers Warren, Monsalvatge and Curry; Deputy Clerk Miss Flor- ence Sawyer, Attorney W. C. Harris, Chief Deputy Sheriff Bernard Waite and a few inter- ested citize The meeting was to take final , action on the purchase of bonds according to the bids which were | offered through the State Board ‘of Administration, and it was def- ‘initely decided te purchase two (of the four bond offerings. First of these was “Item A”, Road and Bridge Refunding, for $105,000 et 71 and interest. The , Second was “Item B”, $8,000 at '71 and interest. The other two items were priced too far above these to be considered. | When the figures were read and it was deided to make the purchase, the vote was taken and the result was unanimous by those present, with Mr, Thomp- son being recorded as absent. Following the meeting, At- torney Harris told The Citizen that with the purchase of ‘the $113,000, approximately one-sixth of the bonded indebtedness of the county will be retired. DUTIES OF CITY FOR ONE HOUR HOLD MINIATURE CITY. COUN- CIL MEETING, ‘Mock’ city COURT SESSION; BEGINS. AT FOUR O'CLOCK Boy Scouts of Key West will | take over the duties of city offi- cials this afternoon for one hour, beginning at 4 o'clock, in observ- ance of Boy Scout Week. At that time there will be held ‘a miniature City Council meet- ing and a mock city court ses-| sion at the City Hall. Ray Perez will be Mayor; Richard Barber, | President of City Council; Eugene} ‘Sawyer, City Clerk; Kenneth! Knowles, City Auditor; Arent Sjursen, City Treasurer; Estevez; Avelio, Chief of. Police; Jack! Sawyer, Chief;,of Fire Depart- ment; ‘Miguel .Baso, City Judge; , Ernest Perez, City Health an Sanitary Inspector. } Others who’ ill’ take office for | the hour petidd “Will ‘be; _ Felix! Yado, Captaini*ofPélice, “Ramon | / Gonzalo, Sergeant°6f'Polfce; Don-| ald Lowe, Fire Captain; City; Councilmen will be Anthony Al- bury, Eugefie Berkowitz, James Kelly, J. B. Sawyer, Marion Col- i‘lins and Henry Vinson. Police- men be Buddy Miller, Lou Smith, Henry Soldano, Joe Pierce, Delio Gonzalez, Armando Perez * and Walter Vinson. Firemen will be Calvin Cates, Paul Herrick, Rus- sell Hyman, Walter Price, Man- uel Alayor, William Roche and panihesr Palenzuela. were: PRICE FIVE CENTS : Five Packed 'Can Leave Within Three- Hour Notice; Await War Of Bonds Department Orders; ‘CRUISER HOUSTON AWAITS PRESIDENT With the official press re- lease regarding the visit of President Roosevelt to Key | West still delayed, the Cruis- er Houston with the destroy- er-leader Warrington, both of which arrived yesterday, are awaiting the President to conduct him to the war games in the Atlantic Ocean off Puerto Rico after a week- end stay in Key West. It is expected that the ; Houston will transfer a bat- | tery of cameramen and report- ers to the games accompany- ing the President. Meanwhile a landing float for the Presi- dent to board the Houston is being prepared at the Station | anl all swimming passes have been cancelled. The main gate at the Station has not as yet been closed to visitors, however. The President, suffering from a severe at- tack of grippe. will recuper- aie in the warm sunshine of Key West and also enjoy the , Gulf Stream and Key West Reef fishing. Robert Allen, co-author of the syndicated Washington Merry-Go-Round, who is va- cationing at the Naval Sta- | tion, said that he expected around 5,000 people to visit the Island, including news- “paper representatives, the presidential party and tour- ists. TWP ILI LI LSS SS TEMPERATURES eacaeececrece Lowest Station— last Abilene Atlanta | Boston Buffalo Charle: Chicago Denver Detroit Galveston Havana Huron , Jacksonville Kansas City KEY WEST Highest night Jast 24 hours 76 60 48 44 60 48 26 38 56 28 22 36 62 66 66 8 68 58 82 Little Rock Los Angeles Louisville | Miami Mpls.-St. P. New Orleans 64 68 Praises Weather U. S. Naval Patrol Wing Five, which has been sta- ticned in Key West since January 20, with 18 patrol planes, destroyer Childs, and ‘tender Owl, is packed and ‘ready to leave “within three hours notice” in connection with the war games in the Caribbean Sea, Commander Virgil Griffin told The Citi- zen today. Although there was official release in the mat- ter it is believed that the wing will proceed to Hai to figure in keeping an “enemy” fleet well off the entrances to the Gulf of Mexico. Orders are await- ed from Washington as to when the departure will be but it is quite possible the ‘Wing will not leave before two weeks. Commander Griffin told The Citizen that the weather in Key West has been ideal for machine gun and bomb- ing practice: The planes have been engaged in reg- ular patrol flights over the Caribbean and night ma- neuvers. The Childs and ‘Owl have been undergoing “shakedown” activities and ,also maneuvers in the wa- ters adjacent to Key West. There are approximately 50 officers and 250 men sta- tioned here on the ships and planes. The ships have been sta- tioned at the Naval Station alongside Pier B. The planes have been anchored in the Bay off Trumbo Island ramp. “We hope to come back next year’, Command- er Griffin said. no HODGDON CASE IS CONCLUDED AGREEMENT REACHED WITH PETITIONERS IN CON. New You TEST OF WILL Pensacola Pittsburgh St. Louis Salt Lake San An order issued out of the court of County Judge Raymond R. Lord this morning declares the fa: will and testament of Char lotte Amelia Hodgdon, admitted to probate on October 29, 1 be the same is hereby held the true last will and testament of the deceased, and admittance to record is ordered and confirmed. =o The order shows that the peti- ST. LOUIS—Eddie Broadway ‘tioners in the contest of the will, of this city earns is livelihood philip Bourquardez, Arthur Bour- canvassing the highways at night quardez, Annie Bourquardez, on his motorcycle, stopping each Jackson and Farleigh Bourquar- car with only one headlight, and | gez Herald, have effected a com- selling the driver a new lamp promise and settlement of their bulb. alleged rights and claims sought “| to be enforced and have executed ' : APE, | 2nd dclivered relesases in favor of VALENTINE PARTY ‘William A. Freeman, individually, jand all of the offer legatees TONIGHT named in said last will and testa- Habana-Madrid Club Tampa Washington Williston 42 --8 WORKS ON HIGHWAYS 'ment, of which William A. Free- man is the executor. RAIN CHECK Carpet Golf GOOD FOR ONE GAME AT FRUITLAND COURSE J. Otto Kirchheiner-R. E. 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