The Key West Citizen Newspaper, February 15, 1939, Page 1

¥ Associated Press Day Wire Service For 59 Years Devoted to the Key West, Florida, has the most equable climate in the country; with an average Best Interests of Key West leat Citizen range of only 14° Fahrenheit Che Key THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN THE U. S. A. KEY WEST, FLORIDA, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1939 ‘Roosevelt: VOLUME LX. No, 39. PRICE FIVE CENTS | Circuit Court Of A Upholds SpongeRe Teomn toes nila Gets Sailfish; Others | Fill Boats With Many Varieties Remanded To Custody casas 'DEMERITT GIVEN One Party Wants Aftida- | NEW ASSIGNMENT vits, Mounts For Two! | Barracudas To ‘Make: |LEAVING FOR NEW JERSEY i Folks Home Believe It’ | TO JOIN LIGHTHOUSE VESSEL (My Associated Presa) NEW ORLEANS, Feb. 15. —The United States Circuit Court of Appeals today up- held the state sponge reg- ! J. W. Wood of Mt. Gilead, Ohio, | ulation, and reversed the 4 ' Wm. B. Demeritt of the office landed a seven-foot ene-inch sail-| decision of the Tampa Fed- force of the lighthouse depart- fish yesterday from Captain oO.) eral Court. Lambiris Skiriotes, Tarpon Springs fisherman, was re- manded to custody of the sheriff. He had obtained a habeas corpus writ follow- ing his arrest on a charge of ment headquarters, left Monday Lopez, Jr.’s, launch “Four Broth- | lover the highway for Port of Palm Beach, to check out Engi- neer Herman Demeritt, who will jleave within the next few days ‘for Camden, N. J. | Engineer Demeritt has been as- | signed as engineer of the Tender | Zinnia, now at Camden, and ex- pects to be in the New Jersey city by February 18 to oversee ers” and had it mounted locally. | Making Captain Veral Roberts j of the Lil Dot sign an affidavit | and also bringing back two hand- some mounted specimens of bar- racuda yesterday a New Jersey and Philadelphia party did all! this to make sure the “people \the installation of the Diesel back home will really believe we law | power plant of the tender. caught such big fish”. Michael ‘ evi: Tender Poppy left Tuesday R. Hanson of Ventnor, N. J. using diving ap- : 2 be : tae imemning for Rebecca Sen 2 caught the larger barracuda, a 20 The lower federal perform necessary work on the ) onder, and Mrs. Thomas Brom- fs light at that point, which was re- : : Florida! ported extinguished. lay of Philadelphia an 18 pound-j i er. Mackerel, snapper, and 11 grouper were also brought in, Chuck Flack and _ Clarence Flack, of Lake Geneva, Wisconsin, caught large grouper and many yellowtails yesterday aboard the ‘MRS. F. GARCIA DIED LAST NIGHT S32. sponges like oysters do not FUNERAL SERVICES WILL BE petroit, Mich., landed three pom- CONDUCTED THIS AFT- pajacks, averaging “15 pounds !each, and a large shark, also fish- peas mye » jing.en.the “Alyee B”: : H !. Mr. and Mrs. C. C.:McCall of; Mrs. Francisco Mendoza Garcia, Grand Island, Nebraska,’ ranght ’ A + _ age 77\ years,’ died at her. resi- large grouper, snapper and yel- vlate them,’ It said treaties dence, 624 Whitehead street, last jowtail. Mrs. McCall won the pak , enacted since the Florida | Might at 11 o'clock. prize of the day with a four-foot Funeral services are to be held barracuda, weighing about 27! adopted , this afternoon 5 o'clock from the pounds. : oe chapel of the Pritchard’s Funeral HSE Soon assert more or less clearly Home. Father S. J. Mullin, of CERTIFICATES = | violating the state against paratus. held could not exercise juzisdic-! court that tion of more than one league from the line of low tide. The court of appeals said fall under the exclusive! { -juricdiztiors of the United States and “states may reg-, ccnstitution was a general adher: . erence to the) i° church, will officiate. theory of the three mile; Survivors are four daughters, limit.” Mrs. Louisa Perez, Tampa, Mrs.' imit. Felicia Perez, Cuba, Mrs. Elouise Abreu and Mrs. Hortense Garcia, Key West; two sisters, Mrs. Pla- Another sale of tax certificates citizen of Florida the court cida Perez, New York, Mrs. Flora Covering property in Monroe said “we doubt his ability to. LaRosa, Tampa, and 30 grand- county is being held this after- 7 children and 22 great-grandchil- on at 3 o’clock at the county question before the court dren. court house by Clerk Ross C. . . a fs Sawyer. the boundaries which his, BAG MANY ELK The number of applications are state has set up. caine listed at 47 and the number of ‘ini GARDINER, Mont. —Approxi- Parcels listed as 278. ee mately 3,000 elk were killed by Those organizations or individ- Jaw governs his relation his own state.” St. Mary’s Star of the Sea Catho- ' Since Skiriotes was a | Domestic rather international to hunters this winter on the “firing uals listed as being the largest line” when the Yellowstone Na- holders of property covered by tional Park herd migrated from the certificates are: Key West \the park to Montana grazing Realty Co., 89; Garrison Park ss areas, James Weaver, game war- Corporatjon, | ;67; Mary McDougal CHEYENNE, Wyo.—A carload ‘den, estimates. ‘ Axelson, 153; Harry Gwynn, 16. of paintings by the world’s mas- ters, insured for $20,000,000 was held in this city recently until aj warm air circulating system could be installed in their rail- | road car. Many Matters Discussed At Meeting Of Commerce Body Unprecedented has been the;to see that the Bahia Honda-Key | COTPOIEOLS BROADCAST TO BE HEARD SATURDAY Representative B. C. Papy, ;rush on the Chamber of Com- | West channel secures considera- ! ‘merce, the secretary reported, | #00. i H To act in conjunction with city at the regular monthly meeting ang county officials in fulfilling held last night. that the supply the obligations resting upon the Boulevard, And ’ er Highway ‘ f Down Greetie Street ee aaa aL MDM: (GOVERNMENT, CIT Y| FORCES TO GREET FDR President F. D. Roosevélt will be greeted at the Naval Station by Lieut. Fort H. Callahan, in charge. of Key West Naval Station; Lieut. Col. James D. MacMullen, in command of Key West Har- bor Defenses; Captain Bark- er, in command of the Hous- ton, and Mayor Willard M. Albury of Key West. The automobile, a 16-cylin- der Cadillac with 185-horse- power, which will be used to transport the President, was in Key West yesterday. . It is a Convertible sedan.’ Anothet open car is also used by’ the President to greet the people _ in ‘parades and other events. — The car which is to be in Key West usually carries a heavy armament as protection for the President. Richard Flohr will chauf- feur the President. RTI SIS IH S NEWS FLASHES (My Associated Press) SOCK SET OH SSEESECOe MIAMI.—Police are searching, all roads near Miami for a garg of from four to six robbers, who broke into the Blackstone Hotel at 5 a. m. this morning and stole contents of 15 safe deposit boxes | for the first major Miami theft this year. Two hours later thé ational Guard Police ‘Bridges; Army, Police, Guard Boulevard, City Route To Naval Station Mayor Willard M. Albury, aft- | er a conference with government secret service officials yesterday, _ announced today that no auto- } | ‘mobiles or bicycles will be per- mitted along Roosevelt -Boule- \jWartd from ‘the entrance on Stock ision, Duval i _ Here 2 i | Formal announcement of Presi- ‘dent Franklin D. Roosevelt’s trip over the Overseas Highway Saturday morning and arrival in Key West Saturday afternoon at {2 o'clock with a party of ap- proximately 65 was announced ‘today by Frank J. Wilson, chief’ jof United States Secret Service |and Colonel E. W. Starling) chief {Of 'White House Secret Service to Lieut. Fort H. Callahan,‘ ‘officer in charge of the Key WeSt Naval Station. | Lieut. Callahan told The Citi- | Roosevelt Due T P. M. Saturday To Open Frisco Ra o Arrive Roosevelt will make the trip. In} the delegation will be Senator} Claude Pepper who wired Lieut. Callahan his intentions of _mak- ing the trip. Governor Cone named his son-in-law Mark Byron III, John P. Stokes, for- mer state senator, E. G. Sewell, | former mayor and Parks Glover, secretary of the state racing com- | mission to make the trip south. Overseas Highway officials will | also make the trip. As for the President’s plans, after arrival here, that will) | Saturday, if present dio At Key West Necessary Apparatus For Broadcast To Be Set Up At Old Postoffice Build- ing President Franklin Roose- velt will open the San Fran- cisco World’s Fair with @ radio broadcast from Key | West Naval Radio Station plans go through Lieut. Fort H. ‘|Island and on the bayside, down { zen that President Roosevelt | Naval Station, the line of travel 4 | Saturday of President Roosevelt's Division street, down Duval and j west on Greene street to the wrote stating that he intends to |fish Key West waters, which are {known as the best in the coun- l try. | The President will take a spe- {cial train to Florida City and i which was in Key West yester- West and going to the Key West day, and make the famed drive | Naval Station. over the Overseas ‘offictal car on entering Key | there transfer to his official car,’ Highway, | be entirely up to him, Lieut. | Callahan, officer in charge Callahan said today. The Naval| Station will be closed all day|of the Key West Naval Sta- Saturday to everyone except the |, ses |official party. Anyone wishing| tion revealed to The Citizen to transact business with the ships should do so by Friday night. Mr. Wilson said that President | Roosevelt’s attack of grippe was) a’ today. Work is going on today t the Station, which is at {stopping on the highway for a! plans as to the actual trip would alleviated last night but that alll ihe foot of Greene street in (walks and_yards in tidiness for Spectators, however, will be al- eveiialia Read i Rae | West at 2 p. m. heading a car lowed oni the sidewalks on the party. An aero car will bring 33 toute, Mayor Albury said, but ‘newspaper reporters and photo- they are requested to keep order graphers. Traffic over the Over- and also not to fling flowers at Seas Highway will be closed dur- the Presidential car or attempt to ing the period of transit. give’ him any tributes of sympa-; President Roosevelt will make thy. Merchants and owners of his quarters on the Cruiser Hous- residences on the route are earn- tn. It is not known if Mrs. estly requested to flag-decorate' their places and also place side K ey W est Club this’ Presidential trip to Key! Cavalier Hotel was broken: into and clerks backed into a corner, while the contents of -the cash | drawer were: takeH.' Miami ‘po- } lice place. no eonnéction ‘between the two-robberies. i Pe aE “f LONDON.—Recognition. of| the! Franco gvernmeht in Spin; is.as-} sured today by Great, Britain with the formality of. passing the; ‘British Cabinet and receiving as-| Army forcse, under command of ‘surances from France that it is; Liuet.-Col. J. D. MacMullen, her wish also. i ROME.—Strengthening ‘of the! Italian garrison at Libya was an-| nounced teday with military spokesmen declaring that France! had fortified her area and that! Italy but followed suit, | WASHINGTON. — A bill to; double the U.S. Army air force; and calling for an expenditure of | 376 million dollars and 3,000 more} Station— last night last 24 hours | Will appear on the elaborate floor chapter of the National Infantile planes? will go through Congress with little opposition. Republi; | eans, however, insist that the pur-| ‘thasé of the planes be made over & three-year period. JUNEAU, -Alaska—Search for a mising plane with six occupants was hastened toward one spot where a searching aviator spotted | wreckage, which is not known to be that of a plane or a boat. STRUCK BY TRAIN FALLS CITY, Neb. — Gene Dowell’s flock of 200 sheep trusted. its leader once to often. The flock pastured along railroad West,\‘one of the biggest things! ar the Island..in..many years”,! ‘Mayor Albury, said... 1 Wheén the, President: enters! Mohroe ‘County, at,.Card Sound! bridge he will find each bridge ! from there on patrolled by Na-! tional Guardsmen. The Guards- men willbe at ‘their posts at 8:30 a.cm. Saturday.’ On Roosevelt Boulevard Key West police ‘will be in charge. Highway Ope Key. Westers of Miami an- +nounced plans Saturday for what jis expectec will prove one of the |biggest jamborees ever held | there, with a large part of the "proceeds being donated to last will | Year's Overseas Highway Cele- police the route on Division! >ration Committee for use in street, with city officers policing | Meeting the deficit incurred dur- remainder of route. [anReehe SCe te Drason: Mayor Albury said that the'__Joe Monticino, president of the President would lunch at the Ccc' Key West Club of Dade county, Camp on West Summerland Key and some 1,000 members of his fat about 1 o’clock. jorganization, will stage the jam- | boree at Miami’s Civic Center on eoece TEMPERATURES e.| March 31 to mark the first anni- !versary of the highway opening. Many of the big “names” of the Sisgeeciaies ® stage, scrcen and radio now ap- pearing at Miami night clubs “ Lowest’ Highest Show, program, following which { there, will be all-night dancing to ' two: orchestras. | A popularity contest will'be jone of the big features of thé ‘af- (fair, with a “Miss” or “Mr.”-Key | West and a “Miss” or “Mr.” Mi- ami to be selected by ticket bal- jlots as was done here during the \Celebration last summer. Win- ‘ners will be feted at the jambo- ree and awarded silver loving |cups. In addition, efforts are now | being made to arrange a _ free | weekend trip to Havana for the Abilene 54 72 32 44 74 30 40 Havana Huron Jacksonville Kansas City _ KEY WEST -. Little Rock picnic lunch, and arrive in Key} To Stage Jamboree Marking rest with the President. | ld Postoffice Building E. W. Starling and Frank J. the o P ; | Wilson were guests of Lieut. and}to set up the necessary ap- Mrs. Callahan at the residence in| the Station last night. Also here | paratus for the broadcast. were John C. Marsh, supervising | .. . jagent of Atlanta, and Henry F.| The Naval Radio Station Tyson, supervising agent at Mi-j : to signal ships ‘ami, both connected with eaias| meee is eeed i =f |guarding the Presidential trip. ‘in the Strait | munication between Florida and’ for com- In Miami ‘naval points and Key West Station. | All the major news serv- ning Anniversary man, Will Doughtry, Cari Ber- valdi, C. C. Symonette, Charles Taylor, E. A. Strunk, Jr., B. M.| moving pictures of the Presi- :Duncan, A. B. Cleare, Jr., Fredj Pe: tee : Dion, Dan L. Navarro, Teancre eee iii ber orandnces te Weintraub, Raymond Delgado, |Enrique Esquinaido, Sr., T. Jenk- ins Curry, William R. Porter, | Norberg Thompson, Earl Adams, 'Ivan Elwood, Harry Baker and! Bascom Grooms. make Executive Committee: Joe e 2 Monticino, general chairman; but all plans regarding his : Warren Smith, Paul Marks, Har- ty Gwynn, George I. Knowles, Mrs. Tildo Carrero, Willard Rus-, are subject to his final ap- sell, Bolivar Recio, Mrs. Iris ei . Duckett, Mrs. Ralph Higgs, Mrs./Proval”, Lieut Callahan Carrie Crowson and William’. Shayne, representing the local pointed out. i The Golden Gate Exposi- Paralysis Foundation. a i x | General Committee: Mrs. Wil-ition whichwill be held on jjiam H. Malone, Mrs. George Manson, Mrs. H. C. Wetmore, Mrs. William Prime, Mrs. Joe Prmie,|the Mrs. E. C. Saunders, Mrs, Ralph Gato, Mrs. Leo Bowers, Mrs. Vir- jgil Cordero, Lieutenant-Colonel George E. Brown, C. W. Chase, |Jr., Abe Aronovitz, Robert Giv- ‘ens, Jack Givens, Max Marks, Leslie R. Curry, O. A. Sandquist, , Mr. and Mrs. Munson Johnson, C. W. Watkins. Dr. M. P. DeBoe, Dr. Eugene ices and newreel companies will be in Key West to fur- and nish news, pictures opening the Fair, Lieut. Callahan informed. “The President intends to the broadcast here moves while in Key West i Treasure Island, alongside Oakland Bridge is an expansive af- tremendous fair and is being greeted enthusiastically on the west At the Fair, incident- of the beautiful symmetry of the coast. ally, is a painting |two winners. It is expected that'C. Lowe, Dr. Thomas O. Otto, Dr. Miss Bernice Brantley, the “Miss|S. D. W. Light, Joseph E Otto, , Key West” of the Overseas Cele-; Arnold Swain, Merlin Monsal- bration, will enter the contest. | vatge, Ralph Higgs, Bernard Pea-| The jamboree is intended to be con, Ernest E Roberts, Judge Ar- Los Angeles Louisville Mpls.-St. P. - ,Overseas Highway Bridges by artist Ralston Crawford ;of booklets hac been exhausted,;community in connection with and it would be necessary to the visit of President Roosevelt, have a new supply under written; President C. E. Smith appointed ‘at once. W. W. Demeritt offered | Vice-President Frank H. Ladd ,to assist Secretary Singleton in and Everett Russell,and agreed attending to this matter. (to serve with them...) ., Attending the meeting were’ A new member, Hara Laub: six members of the Board of Di- 'scher’ who has ‘remodelled ime rectors and a number of active residence at 408 ‘Eatén street and members, # jis there making'his ‘home, was Resolution drawn by the introduced ‘and’ madé c we |Transportation Association of| The-sécretary/w&s/ifist t | America, relative to a Bill which | prepare a-letter“to the ‘business, has received a _ telegram from Harry W. Bowen, secre- from Harry J. Bowen. secre- tary of the Florida Jackson Day committee advising that a broadcast of the subject will be heard this week. The telegram reads: “Please advise listeners in Key West through the local press that Hon. James A. Farley. chairman of the Na- tional Democratic Commit- tracks for some time.. When ‘the | New Qrleans train appeared, the leaders|New York would run away, and the rest | Pensacola would follow. This time the leaders became confused, and} St.» Louis . 26 ran into the path of the train. Salt Lake City 30 The entire flock was killed. i a “get-together” and frolic for all, thur Gomez, Tildo Carrero, Dr.! Key Westers and former Key J. M. Renedo, Arthur Fulford, Westers and not a money-making | Charles L. Knowles, Charles Dil-! enterprise, therefore the proceeds' lon, Charles B. Costar, Richard from ‘the sale of tickets will be} Betancourt, Henry S. Thompson, divided 75 peteeht ‘to the Over-|Jack Maloney, I. N. Meltzer, seas, Highway Celebration Com-|Charles Lunn, George Waite, js mittee and'25 percent to the Na-| Maynard Baker, Floyd Schraeder, | 6 tional Infaritile Paralysis. Foun-, Alvin Davis, Jr., “Mrs. Shirley! 4 Kaese eei'ry datidn, Monticino annunced, The; Cook and Dr. J. G. Campbell. HARD ON Te les +°*" Celébratioi Committee’s, percent-| ~¥'g iy Fage will: be deducted; before; the | } at | bridge, with the gray steel railing, white cement flooring and beautiful blue oceanic back- ground providing beauty of color and geometric design. Overhead in reality will! tower the world’s biggest the Oakland-San tee is to make a Jackson Day radio address Saturday be- tween 10 and 10:30 o'clock over a state-wide hookup”. Fd he hud huheudeulel ‘it is proposed to endorce,-».was}men Gf Key) West Who’ are re: | ‘read, and after. consideration had/ceiving Service from the Cham- {been given it was decided to in-|ber of Commerce but are not, as} struct the secretary to write for yet, sharing the expense of the; +a copy of the Bill which was to operation of the organization. | , be endorsed. |. The question of the new book- | The secretary was let was brought forward for dis-| ORCHESTRA— FLOOR SHOW also in- _expenses of the affair are paid the -wdrst le" yand the Foundation’s portion aft- one’s voice, next to’ a whisky erwards. it. That is the conclusion; John H. Costar, who was nam- dottors have arrived at. ed chairman of the local commit- tee, is expected to call a meeting of his committee immediately N E Q N structed to get information con- jeussion and it was decided that; the new issue should lay par-, ticular stress on the advantages LATIN and AMERICAN No Admission, Cover or Minimum % DOLLAR IS BIGGER and formulate plans for co-oper- | ating with the Miami group. Committees, announced in Mi- SPECIAL MEETING! KEY WEST CHARTER BOATMEN’S ASSOCIATION TONIGHT—WEDNESDAY 8:00 o’Clock Headquarters—F.E.C. DOCK Important matters to discuss— all members urged to attend. | Francisco Bridge. SHORT CIRCUITED TEMPLE, Tex.—Hugo Lan- jquist, farmer, called a mechanic when his car balked. Then he {discovered a hen had crawled-un- } the Big Pine Archipelago. ‘of Key West to summer vaca- Letters from the Rivers and |tionists, in order to avoid the: Harbors Association was read/usual summer let up on busi-| - ‘and representatives are to be urged ness. cerning the preservation of the LOU SMITH few deer said to be remaining on Phone 600 EXCELLENT OVERNIGHT ACCOMMODATIONS.-FT. JEFFERSON CRUISES-$10 ALL EXPENSE TWO-DAY TOUR..PRICE TOURS 505 DUVAL ST ami included: | Key West Committee: Mayor | Willard M. Albury and John H. | Costar, co-chairmen; L. P. Art- VERAL ROBERTS. | FRONT and DUVAL. - Secretary. || der the car and up to the top of the motor where she laid an egg. The egg short-circuited the elec- trical system. REET--PHONE 124