The Key West Citizen Newspaper, February 20, 1939, Page 1

Associated Press Day Wire Service For 59 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West VOLUME LX. No. 43. PresidéntRuosevelt Left *. Key ‘West: Saturday Night! Chief Executive Off Nation! Heads For Caribbean To Witness Fleet Maneu- vers It is not at all probable Presi- | dent Roosevelt will return to the, United States after the navy war games by way of Key West, well- informed members of his party | indicated Saturday dgiight when| the USS. Houtiesitada the De-| stroyer Warrington) one trans- | Porting and the other escorting the nation’s chief executive, dis- @ppeared over the horizon. The probabilities are, these ob- Servers declared, the President | will return to Washington by; way of either Miami or Charles- ton. That means the chief ex-{ ecutive will not find time to fish Key West waters as he originally had planned. May Cut Stay Short | One reason for the change in| the plans is that the President is| worried about certain: develop- | ments abroad and may have to} cut short his stay with the fleet} to hurry back to the White House. In that case he probably would return to the mainland on the Warrington, for the Houston, her funnels painted yellow, has been assigned a definite part with | the defending’ navy units under} command of Vice Admiral Adol- phus Andrews, in working out “problem 20”. The Warrington is ready to re- ceive the President any time he wants to board her. Ramping has been constructed ftom deck to deck and to the bridge that the navy’s commander-in-chief may be able to move about free- ly when he does go aboard. May Visit Cuba Some of those identified with the presidential party expressed the belief the President may suddenly decide to pay a surprise visit to Cuba, Haiti or some other} Caribbean country in further- | ance of the “good neighbor”} policy of his administration. In} that case he would leave the! Houston which has a draft of 22.5; feet and board the Warrington! which would be able more easily to enter shallow waters. “President Roosevelt often changes his plans and it would! not be unlike him to pay a sur- prise visit to one or more of the countries flanking the Carib- bean,” one of the ., presidential party said. “He hopes to re- main away from Washington un- til March 3 or 4, but conditions | now shaping abroad may force | an earlier return. All the way} down Florida Keys Saturday he| discussed the foreign situation with Admiral William D. Leahy, | chief of naval operations.” { Familiar With Problem | That the President is not un-j familiar with the probiem being! worked out by the navy in the i in defense of the Panama Canal Zone was shown} when he turned to Mayor Wil- lard M. Albury, coming down Roosevelt boulevard Saturday} and said, pointing to the navy seaplanes anchored off Trumbo section: “Well, those planes will ‘soéh be taking wing to perform their part in the war maneuvefs.” In this connection it was learn- ed this weekend .that,.it.is pos- sible the navy. es now stationed here will. retura for a day or two to Key West after! the war games. At all events: the planes will return to base at} Norfolk, Va., shortly after con-! clusion of the Caribbean exer-) cises and remain there until time} to participate in the opening of | the world’s fair at New York.| The men and equipment are} ready to move toward the Cari bean at a moment's notice. The! officers know their problem and what they have to do, and now, await only ‘the word to go out) and do it. | southern | ' | | PRESIDENT RECEIVES — TWO 21-GUN SALUTES| The last view ot of President © Franklin Roosevelt Key Westers had was as he. en- fered a navy shoreboat and proceeded to the Cruiser Houston anchored in the outer harbor with four. ten ounce rods and one light steel rod rigged and ready for ac- tion. ‘As the President started out the Houston fired the 21 gun presidential salute and Tevietinet afterwards Fort zevl its 21 gun salute. of the Break- sare de of about esters and tour- naval shoreboats then ran alongside the officers cabana to pickup newspapermen and newsreelmen, the President's baggage and other baggage. The water was a beautiful green under the President as his tiniest boat, the smallest of. the contingent, proceeded out to the Houston, from whose smokestacks poured a white belch of smoke as it “got up steam”. Once aboard the Houston proceeded to the area in which the naval Caribbean war one were taking place. VIOMORMAT SD DUNCANS BACK AIN-ISLAND, CITY, MUCH UNEASINESS FELT ron THEIR SAFETY WHILE IN CHILE B. M. Duncan, general mana- ger of the Overseas Road and Toll ; Bridge District, and Mrs. Duncan, who had been visiting in South} America for about two months, | are back in Key West and at their | home on Eagle Avenue. Mr. Duncan was a delegate to, the Pan-American Highway con- |ference in Santiago, Chile, and 'Mrs. Duncan this morning told | while they had a delightful time, : she did not feel at anytime as; happy as when she returned home to Key West. For several days after the ‘fearful earthquake was experi- fenced ih, Chile, there was much! | uneasiness. felt’ on the part of friends fgq the safety of the Dun- | cans, and,this feeling of uneasi- ness was \not dispelled until a telegram from Sumner Welles, acting secretary of state, gave the assurance they were %afe on board the Santa Maria, bound for the United States. TRIPS PICKPOCKET NEW YORK.—George Modalle of this city was arrested as a |pickpocket in a subway as the result of a girl sticking out her! foot and tripping him when he | attempted to get away. GIVEN FREEDOM CHICAGO—Amerigo Bertolini of, this city, in jail for robbery, was freed because since his arrest | ship's company many successful ida an‘ 80x90 lot on igs he had dwindled from 225 to 150 pounds, had had all his teeth’ recognizable to the state wit ness. SPECIAL MEETING! KEY WEST CHARTER BOATMEN’S ASSOCIATION TONIGHT—MONDAY, 8:00 o’Clock Headquarters—F.E.C. DOCK Important matters to discuss— all members urged to attend. Che Ke THE SOUTHERN MOST INE 5 tie ae IN: there. Sik. _. Society Ladies Roun di | Give ’em their boots and homes in Santa Barbara, Cal, ‘the best of western cowhands. rugged outdoor ranch ‘Boag ‘CAPTAIN NOBLE | _ TS PRAISED FOR | | HIS EFF EFFICIENCY INSPECTOR OF STEAMSHIPS COMPLIMENTS SKIPPER OF CUBA, OFFICERS AND CREW! MEMBERS | | Edward P. White, Jr., princi-/ {pal travelling inspector of steam- ships, out of Washington, com- }The Citizen that she was afraid! pliments Captain R. H. Noble on! two weeks advanced into the she was not a good traveler, as,! the efficiency of his officers and! crew on the Steamship Cuba, which was reinspected on Feb- |ruary 14 and 15 of this year. In a letter to the captain he writes of the pleasure the in- spection of the vessel gave andj “the alert efficiency demonstrat-! ed before my eyes at the fire drills and boat drills and later at the emergency drill for ‘man! over-board’, has been very grati- fying to witness and I wish to compliment your own good self! and your personnel on the fine | character of your performance jand the thorough manner in! ; which these drills were carried! out. i “It has also been very pleas- | ing to note the manner in which | your vessel has been kept up. I have found her condition very good and reflecting credit upon |the entire personnel. I wish, al- | So, to take this opportunity ‘to | thank you for the fine coopera-' | tion extended to me in my re-} inspection of your’ vessel’ and to’ wish yourself and your good’ |and continuous voyages”. i | |pulled,;,and was, therefore un- ‘SICK MAN T 'AKEN | OFF OIL OIL TANKER | | | Arild Gustavesen,, member) of (4°: \the personnel of ~the>“Tanker, | Solitaire of the Texaco Co., was | brought to the city this morning} jand placed in the Marine beet } pital for treatment. |. Wireless message was caciiuedt \by the Coast Guard patrol vessel 1185 this morning, Captain August | Bradley, and the vessel was tak- !en out to meet the ship and — | Gustavesen ashore. | the records at the county court- | j house office of Ross C. Sawyer; |Hog Key. sies : from. fashionable i@\araund-the corral ‘with f: on. its pestiioanicnt in | saddles and these: rip svorting will round up ‘cattle and yi West coast society prides ‘itge Various Key oy West: Re Sales: In Past st Two Wee |Senaal Transfers Are Also: ‘SLADE: AND: "AND MARKS Recorded | Covering, ‘VISITED KEY WEST, Property Along Florida, A : John: AR: Slade} “assistant “state | Keys | engineer,- and ..Paul ‘Marks, | torney ‘for the Qverseas Road and | | Tol! Bridge Commission, were} | welcomed. callers at. the office. of The Citizen: to meet the publish- | et and old friends. Mr.-‘Slade’ and Mr. Marks ar- ‘rived Saturday in the party pre-| reveal. ceding the arrival of President Mr. and Mrs. B.C. "Bairstow | Wont "antl wgfentey atternse | sold to Allan B. Cleare, Jr: eon nen they left for*Miami. $4,625 the 90x67 corner of South- ard and Francis streets. vicinity ‘were ‘also sald. In a fee simple deed C. W.| C. O..Akerman transferred to! Perez, A. E. Woodburn, Edith E. | Joseph ‘B. Pinder property. in} Moffat and Pauline Burrus Pay [the cits. Sache rai ia 1 la, Sjostrom sol fr were given title to 11.02 acres on ana Mrs: E P.'Maule a’ lot on | Mandalay § subdivision ‘of Key Mr, and Mrs. V. A, Albury sold Largo.. Another parcel was ‘sold to Eddie E. Sawyer the 93x79 to the Maules+in the same sub- corner of “Emma and Louisa division ‘of. Mr. and Mrs. W. W. streets. Arner. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph E. Rus-| ,“Mr.*and Mrs.- Otto Stellrecht | sell transferred to Joseph S. Rus-| | sold to» H. S. Hinkle 10.32 acres sell, Jr., the 43x90 corner of Pine }on Key Largo. and Georgia streets. E. Payson Johnson sold to C. V. Robb of Miami sold to Ralph K.\Johnson the 150x26 lot The Houston Company of Miami on- James. street near Margaret. the 150x132 property on Fleming, Mri/and!Mrs: Robt. W. Evans | Street near Margaret. {sold to’: Laureano’ Moreno . two | Mr. and Mrs. Joseph L. Crusoe} lots on-Big Pine. transferred to’ the State of Flor-| Hentique Renedo sold to Mer- «Renedo:; Fernandez ~ the | street. 58 property on Wong Song} Mr. and Mrs. William J. ca | Alley hear Virginia street. sold to Harry P. McDonald the: Wm. R. Sweeting sold tg Edi- at-: Realty sales during the last city rather than up on the keys \adhier lots in ‘the imumpeiiate | | 100x100 corner of Georgia street! son Sweeting a’ lot on Mate- junder a new gujse and demand- | jing that officers of the law. be} {and Seidenberg Avenue. Four! cumbe- wae te PHONE 816 The Best; The Most Complete:Stock Of: Cemeut, Lime, ‘Plaster, Wall Board,'sNails, Etc. -MORE FOR OUR MONEY AT EXCELLENT OVERNIGHT ACCOMMODATIONS.-FT. JEFFERSON Key West, Florida, has the “most equable climate in the country; with an average range of only 14° Fahrenheit PRICE FIVE CENTS Ships A And Planes ribbean McGall: Gets Permit Appeal To Su-| preme Court Of United: Franklin Pierce McCall was today. the Cash kidnaper until 11 i Papp #o.the United: States | | Supreme Court. i Chapman acted a_ little imore than an hour before ithe. confessed. abductor oF ‘five-year-old James Bailey |Cash, Jr. was scheduled to ‘die with Paul Fried Bunge, condemned for slaying his’ wife and two daughters at Tampa. Bunge was |ecuted at 10:19 a. m. |_ Chapman said. he. held. up.,- |McCall’s execution’ with the- ex- .|approval of Governor Cone: | \Cone at Jacksonville de-| jclined to comment. Mc- ‘calls lawyer, C.. A. Avriett, left immediately for Wash-| |ington, Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Cash, ithe victim’s parents, and W. P. Cash, Skeegie’s uncle, | talked with. McCall | death house but they said {they had , not planned to | witness the execution. | NEWS FLASHES | PA (My Ansocinted Press) ee CHUNGKING.—Japanese are building a Maginot Line on the border of Russia to prevent any | invasion of the area by that coun- try. LIMA.—A revolution in Peru during the absence of President | Benavides was halted today by a faithful government man who | killed General Rodriguez, of De- partment of Interior, who headed {the revolutionary forces. Presi- !take command of the situation. LONDON. ZS enptana may send | troops immediately to France in jcase she is attacked and invaded \that a cooperative defense may insure effective resistance to ag- gression. BUENOS AIRES.—Latin Amer- jica today opened its annual week ‘of carnival. | | WASHINGTON. — Anti-lynch- ing bill reappeared in Congress punished if they are guilty of | willful neglect in not surpressing lynchings. NOTICE TO BOAT OWNERS — AND OPERATORS Your 1938-39 State State License is} past due. This law covers all boats en- gaged in fishing and sponging, also all seafoods. )Our boat is at Coast Guard oC: W. GASKILL, Conservation Agent. Execution Until Friday = ee Postponed. In Order To} jsmatched from the electric! — chair at the eleventh hour) L.. F. Chapman, | jstate prisen superintendent, | postponed the execution of | in the_ ; chased from Federal 1 this project and insofar as the Tkice | WPA is concerned ro dent Benavides returned today to! TT , Stay Of | @lficers sailed Of | Squadron Greatly Pleas- ed With Stay At This | DEF EATED ROBERT: @eccccesccce Four ships of the U. S. Navy. the Cruiser Houston, Destroyers Childs and Warrington and the iPender Owl, former mine‘planter, Which were in port Satdfday aft- ‘@moon, have all left foram un- “famed rendezvous in the Carib- | oe . bean Sea. The Warrington and the Houston left about 6 o'clock | oe : Saturday evening and the Childs }and Owl left this morning. Units of Wing Five, of the air- 18 in preparations | ‘ project by April a {plane squadron, number, began early this morning, conducted maneuvers in SEVENTY-TWO TO NINE this area, and before 6 o'clock was senate vote rejecting they had all departed for the FDR's nomination of Floyd rendezvous in Caribbean waters. H. Roberts (above) as federal Going with the planes was Com- judge in Virginia. _ mander Victor Griffin and Com- = mander L. T. Hundt. Officers and men of both sea SEWER PROJECT and air units. expressed them- ¥ selvés as being sorry to depart so OPERATIONS WILL hurriedly, as they have enjoyed ; theinselves to the greatest extent isince being assigned to duty in | CLOSE APRIL. d ee area, and have made many {friends from whom it is hard to ; ay va Beas jpert B,°¢." MORENO; pe SUPER. '**Especially. were the personnel of the ships and planes gratified VISOR OF WPA, IN RECEIPT at the arrangements made at the . OF INFORMATION FROM %@val station, where every wish {of officers and men was granted, | HEADQUARTERS | whenever: possible, and not one | disturbing factor was experienced | that in any manner did not con- | B. C. Moreno, acting area su-| tribute to their pleasure and com- pervisor, WPA, in Key West, an-| {Ft during their stay in Key nounced Saturday that instruc-| = tions had been received from E. S. Lofberg, assistant director of NEW SERIAL STORY operations in Jacksonville, that, | STARTED IN CITIZEN all activities on the sewer proj-: —— ‘ect must be brought to a close! “Dangerous Service” by Grace ‘on April 15, 1939. [Elliott Taylor, is a rare com- It is pointed out in Mr. Lof- {bination of stirring adventure, berg’s letter that copies of letters ;fine romantic feeling, and ex- from Malcolm J. Miller, field rep-'¢¢lent writing. This new serial resentative, and Ralph W. Lang-'has started in The Citizen. ley, regional engineer, attached! The story concerns gay, im- to his letter, are of the same ten- petuous Peter, who rushes aS. or. ;where angels would think twice Mr. Lofberg’s letter continues: his opel silgalnnees: hig with attention called to the ad-i/ves Ganger as much | as . she monition that no additional wa. loves Peter—sensible James, ‘who : ‘hopes Petrel will stop ling tensor eewet-bibe 16 10, Beste tater outa pes the "World “over—and dark, fascindHing Tony who lives too dangerously wie to share his life with a woman ae ee Peter and Petronella are ee dauntless pair. Peter becomes a In a letter on the same subject ‘foreign correspondent for a Lon- from Mr. Langley to James Y.\don newspaper, but he needs | Wilson, director of operations in ‘petre] even then. Together they Jacksonville, contains theSs@ hit the trouble spots of the globe words: —the regimes in Germany and “No more pipe of any kind will'Russia, dissension in India, riots be purchased for this project and in Egypt, and civil war in Spain. the project will be rescinded by All the time, Petronella is in the Washington office on April jove with Tony Lance, a British 15. ‘agent. Fate throws them togeth- “Between now and April 15 we er, and tears them apart are to complete work as far as: Events force Petrel to the con- possible to put the sewage SyS- clusion that Tony is ruthless— |tem in operating condition, but’ that he would sacrifice their love, whether the work is completed or even human livesyfor duty. Life not, no allocation of funds is to with Tony’ means danger, trou- be made to this project after ble, horrér’ Marriage to James, | April 15. {her ‘hildfidod).: friend,) means | “It will be noticed from’ my re-' peace” ii the quiet English coun- | port on January 24 that as soon trysidd)!"’ 9 «© as the. sewage project is closed, Petrét Séhtson, tosing! battle the projects now approved will with herself. "Then tea@rning that be sufficient to employ the num- Peter-and Tony aré Missing, she ber of men now at work in Key) rushes to stricken Madrid. There West, and it will be necessary for : she finds Tony again, and realizes the sponsors to furnish contribu-! that a woman can’t make terms tions on new projects to work the! with love. iTelief load on the nr basis @8/ “Dangerous Service” is mod- | any other ‘sponsofs’. } 4 fern, exciting, provocative. | COLUMBUS, Ohio—Not: satis-| ‘Aber Funeral Home fied when he found that she had} no pocketbook, a bandit forced Joseph L. Plummer Vice-President Miss Florence Cochran of this city to take off her shoes so he \could Be sure there was no, |money hidden’ in’ them. AMBULANCE SERVICE ; Phone 22211 Miami, Fila.