The Key West Citizen Newspaper, February 25, 1939, Page 1

Associated Press Day Wire Service For 59 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West Key West, Florida, h:. the most equable climate in the country; with an average range of only 14° Fahrenheit VOLUME LX. No. 48. KEY WEST, FLORIDA,: SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1939 PRICE FIVE CENTS Che Key West Citizen | ‘toon wire itn Key West's Chances For —, es See ” isit KeyiWest Tuesday To onsen Naval Air Base Shown To Be More Encouraging Albert Haverly 14 years old; Key West business may be in-j [negro boy appeared in criminal creasing its income through tour-; ‘court, at a special session this Ast expansion but ne worst diel és ets in some time have struc! jmorning, and entered a plea of the Thompson Fish Company, |guilty to charges of grand lar-| which employs pompano, mack- ceny based on the theft of Red{erel and kingfish fishermen. Men emblem plates from graves; Good weather at points on the in the cemetery, bicycles and a; Hast Coast have resulted in good tent. The emblem plates were | hauls and this added load thrown valued at $60. Matter Of Sending Repre-|-S PPD LS IIS, ae | VISITORS MARVEL TWO MORE K. W. - a | sentative To Washington “Over isLAND city FISHING WORLD Taken Up At Meeting | RECORDS NOTED Last Night |HEMINGWAY'S 119 - POUND | SAILFISH, NINE PEET LONG, AND CHAS. THOMPSON'S 26,594-LB. WHALE SHARK’ eek i |ONE CHARGE WAS THAT OFjBUT 30,000 POUNDS BROUGHT eo. e | | 00 ver Ir ase ite ERAL DEFENDANTS PLEAD-. ING FOR MACKEREL | ED GUILTY | “gis | i ee aa * SCHOOLS | Chairman Of Naval Af- | fairs Committee And ' Others Coming To In- spect Site Mr. and Mrs. G. Frank Jenkins of Winston-Salem, N. C., have ‘returned to Key West for a visit, and are thoroughly enjoying their stay in the Island City. Mr. and Mrs: Jenkins were in Key West in 1927 and ’28, Aquaski And Aquaplane Stunters To Give Show Tomorrow At Basin Allantic Aquatic Stunt Communist Troublemaker Team Start Thrills At 2 ° P. M.; Bring Beautiful ;on the market has greatly reduc- , Judge William V. Albury, pre- ed the demand for Key West siding, reviewed the career of Kingfish, which can usually be jthis youthful offender and fixed; Secured when bad weather pre- his sentence to begin as soon as} Vents the catches at other points during which time they be- he is taken to the Reform School i" Florida. But 30,000 pounds came taken up with the city, | at Marianna, and is to remain were brought in last week with! and have longed to return | a there until he reaches the age | limits placed on individual catch- for another stay. \ : ‘al of 21. ; es. | They state that the climate | Key West piscatorial conquests | Present at the special session} Mackerel fishing has been poor In response to a call for the’ | joint committee comprising City | and county legislative’ “bodies, | | representatives of civic organiza-| | | y, Chairman Carl Vinson of the House Committee on Naval Af- tions and the Board of Directors | fairs, will visit Key West Tues- of the Key West Chamber of, Commerce to discuss matters) relative to the naval air base,' there was present last night at the Chamber of Commerce office the chairman of the committee, Chas. S. Taylor: president of the! Chamber of Commerce, Chas. E. Smith; directors, Frank H. Ladd and Ben D. Trevor; Hon. Bernie C. Papy. L. S. Gruber, Starke, Carl Bervaldi, Wm. L Edgar is wonderful, and said that they hope that the charm and uniqueness of the city will be retained, despite improve- ments to be made. Mr. and Mrs. Jenkins said that they have noted many improvements since their last visit here, and stated that they were enjoying their stay at this time to such a great extent that they will prolong it as long as possible, as they hate to leave such an en- joyable climate and _hospi- table people as are to be found in the Island City. CHIIITIS IS Roy Fulford, Mayor Willard Al- bury. William Monsalvatge and Ernest Ramsey. Chairman ‘Taylor reperted..on; . | | the correspondence that had been carried on with many rep- resentatives and senators ii Washington, and stated the pur- poce of the meeting which was to adequate opportunities for reviewing the resources of Key | | } | ' i-tovide West by the congressional com-jfirst and six second cabin pas- in larger of the giant fish. mittee that will visit Key West’ vn ‘Tuesday, Feb. 28, and to make! provisions for a personal repre-!} sentation in Washington while, the matter of a site for the air Lase is being decided. Hon. Bernie Papy offered the use of his boat for conveying the 40 tons of freight and one auto- GagHERING DATA ON KEY visitors around the harbor, and to accompany them and reply to inquiries that might arise on the spot, it was suggested that W. W. CUBA BRINGS IN 344 PASSENGERS ESSEL ARRIVED FROM HA- VANA YESTERDAY .EN- ROUTE TO TAMPA Vv! Another large passenger list ar- jrived yesterday afternoon on the other questionable catch as a rec- Havana. 136 Steamer Cuba from Listed were 344 passengers, sengers for Key West, 200 first and two second cabin passengers for Tampa. Listed en the ship’s manifest were the following items: For Key West, one ton of freight and eight automobiles and for Tampa, mobile. The vessel sailed at 6:10 o’clock for Tampa with six first-class passengers booked at Key West, ‘reached a new highlight this: 4 ase |month as Field and Stream rec- i adie oauiee ey a eae ognized the world’s records of ap cca Chief Deputy. Sheriff i nine-foot three-quarter inch sail | po nard Waite, Cnstable Ray El- a veers ay omnia mae | Wood and among the spectato! | of 119 pounds and with a girt! ! ERS ee two feet 11 inches caught by{ nee a number of interested citi- Ernest Hemingway at Key West, | d < i - 2 = | Thomas J. Montville was called lg BOW ese Oren ca to answer to charges of reckless driving of an automobile, and pounds harpooned by Charles; upon pleading guilty -was_ sen- Thompson at Knights Key. | Both catches will be remem- : . bered in Key West. The whale | tenced to pay a fine o $10 and shark was landed in 1912 and the| Css: @ total of $26.89 \sailfish in May, 1934. Mr. Hem- Beagan Funderbunk entered a ingway was fishing with Thos. J. S. McGrath, who hooked the ‘giant sail and after becoming ex- sault and battery, and was sen- tenced to pay a fine of $1 and costs, a total of $24.41. George Lee, who arived from California and was charged with and acknowledged h Sentence in his cas city and not to return. Dan William was charged with drunkenness and entered a_plea of guilty. He was séntenced to pay a fine of $25 and costs. How- ever, the costs were ordered sus- | pended. ord is the 750-pound jewfish. Key | West jewfishermen have brought hausted turned the rod over to! | Mr. Hemingway, who landed it. | Field and Stream recognized two important divisions, which Le Sai are a welcome addition. It re-| culpability. cords rod and reel catches an { these caught .by any method: | records a 100-pound kingfish as a world’s record. Last year in | Key West the Demeritt Brothers j brought in a 111 pounder, but; | this information was never for- ‘warded to fishing agencies. An- JOS. LEWIS TO RETIRE Joseph E. Lewis, electrician at the naval station, will, on March 31, reach the age provided by the navy for retirement, and will be | placed on the retired list. Mr. Lewis entered the service in 1917 and has been actively en- jgaged in the work since that ltime. Before retirement em- | ployes of the navy are granted | leave and Mr. Lewis will take his jon March 1 and will be enjoying {his vacation when presented with COLONEL DE LYSLE COMES IN ON VISIT WEST TO BE USED IN STORIES plea of guilty to the charge of as-! a] Was deferred and he was ordered, by the, judge to, get out of the -wrest and-Blanvoe Girl Rider fas the schools have not been lo- ‘cated in some time. Most of the ‘netting for mackerel is done out of a base on the upper . keys. ‘Pompano fishing, done around !Cape Sable, remains steady. Arriving in the city at noon today were the seven stunters of BOATMEN ASKED 10 COOPERATE |MATTER DEALS WITH CON- SERVATION ACTIVI- TIES |the Atlantic Aquatic Stunt Team, who will provide the thrills in a stunt show sponsored by the Key West Boat Club tomorrow after- noon at 2 p. m. at the Yacht Basin with jumps 15 feet into the air, |end with trick and fancy boat | | Following is the gist of a com- | dtiving, the tricky aquaskiing and }munication to The Citizen from 'C. W. Gaskill, agent of the State ; Board of Conservation, in which | double. it is pointed out to the boat own-| men of Key} 4 county, that it) the-stur: is to their advantage to work! j.ocs gf Larry Mi -atains With tHe’ State Based! Kf of Taney BTW nO rapiains ' To enforce the conservation te :team, and is rated the best laws of Florida, to protect’ the, @quaskiier'on the Florida’ East : fishing industry and the sponge} Coast. Miils has been making industry, and it is shown that if| water sports pictures for Grant- the laws were riot enforced’ Tt] 3:0. oy ee te would mean great losses to the; 88 “Ue athe an PINE ES! people of Key West, and’ Mr. for many years. Supporting this Gaskill says there would be| pioneer daredevil will five plenty of “hungry mouths”. jother male stunters. who have Therefore Mr. Gaskill is ask-) 14), Ad thei ciitie ing that all of Key West and Periormed on mace sedis Monroe county cooperate withi!engths of wood behind roaring the conservation board in pro- | outboards for the cameras also. A new addition to the team is tecting the sponging beds | beautiful Miss Leila Mae Beas- | acrobatics while riding surfboards |ers and business be and Topping off the performance of -will be the reckless- U.S. POLICY on aliens iden- tified with groups urging overthrow of government is linked with court ruling on Austrian Joseph Strecker (above), one-time Commun- VISITING IS DUE TONIGHT EX-GOVERNOR OF OHIO AND OTHERS TO STOP AT CASA MARINA Ex-Governor Myers Y. Cooper of Cincinnati, Ohio, ond Mrs. Cooper, and Arthur C. Johnson of Columbus, managing editor of The Dispatch, known as_ Ohio’s Home Daily, and Mrs. Johnson, are due to arrive in Key West this evening, and will be guests over the weekend at GROUP day and will be accompanied by 15 other members for the purpose of inspecting the proposed site for the Naval Air Base. the the harbor and the To facilitate inspection of site, sels have been offered to The arrangements f three ves visitors on the trip. Days”, of which are to be made, the Pecheur’, Road and Toli Bridge Commis and the fast launci whien ts th prpeity of Representative B. C. Papy. Announcement of the proposed visit of the committee was pn | Lieutenant Fort H. Callahna, offi cer in charge at the naval stat | by the y department, and als: 4 by COtunel-George- Brown of the U. S. Engin at Miami. Much care been taken in assembling the -da and figures which are incorporated in the brief prepared for presentation to the committee, which will meet, it is expected, in the rooms of the Federal Court in the post office building, and the brief will be presented by William R. Por- ter. ——_— ‘CAR. CRASHES INTO HYDRANT ORDER TO AVOID HIT- TING BICYCLE Demeritt, B. M. Duncan, W. E./and one automobile consigned to, Price, Edgar Starke and Mayor St. Petersburg. Albury would be competent per-' BY Sons. It was also decided that a per- eeccce eevcesverccoces: TEMPERATURES Colonel Jack de Lysle, ex-vice- president of the Chevalier Cor. poration and president of the In- ternational Highway Association, is a visitor in Key West today sonal Tepresentative in Washing- ve ton would be necessary and that it would be quite possible to fi-| rance this. The time of the ar-} rival of the congressional party on Tuesday will probably be as- certained on Monday and if pos- sible, a hearing will be arranged Buffalo in the Federal Court Room. jen esron Available Acreage cetego In connection with the propos-' Detroit ed naval air base at Key West, it Galveston is pointed out that approximately’ Havana Abilene Atlanta Boston Lowest 28 34 22 12 44 18 20 6 62 68 Highest Station— last night last 24 hours. proposes to use in stories about | 68 56 40 24 52 24 30 24 64 :meeting his host of friends and{ | gathering certain data which he| i Key West. | Much of the work he is doing | jis nearing completion and_ this | work he intends to place at the | disposition of people who are do-| ‘ing their best in advertising Key | West, and includes maps of the | city, the roads leading from all) | parts of the country to this city) j his retirement papers. i boards as any of the male stunt- HERE ON VISIT pene aoe | ski riding among the outstanding NORTHER PASSES FROM KEY WEST With the cold weather def- initely broken up, Key West and other winter resort plac- es in the country prepare for the delightful spring-like breezes and temperatures of all days outside of “norther” days. Key West today had a low of 65 and a high of 72. Miami SS OSES SESS th ‘the fishing. ‘ey, who will do just as many ‘ers. Her stunts will consist in a ; dangerous double ride, a piggy- Crowther M, Boyd, manager of | numbers. Jacksonville baseball club itt The boats are on display at the the South Atlantic League, and| corner of Front and Whitehead BOYDS ARRIVE ring tricks on the speeding back ride, and an exhibition of Mrs. Boyd were. Visitors ‘in Key: streets, together with many of the Club West, yesterday - and. -; enjoyed themselves séeing ‘the’ many things of interest which they con- sidered very intfiguing. { Yesterday’ morning. the Boyds were in company of Attorney Henry Taylor, Jr., who went with them to various places in the city, which Mr. Boyd wanted to particularly see. ' One of these places was the | Pena’s Garden of Roses tonight.! their des docks where the fish are kept in , This afternoon they may be se€N | ing in developing Key West as a buyer} at the Yacht Basin constructing} winter tourist resort. the cars alive until the Key West Boat speedy boats, Two fast boats, five pow- erful motors, and ten aquaplanes {and aquaskiis will be in the cquipment. | Official headquarters will be in | the Jefferson Hotel with dona- tion of the rooms by Manager} ; Joseph Browne. The stunt team} |will be guests at a dance at! i the Casa Marina Hotel. They will join Dr. and Mrs. John Edwin Brown, home friends, who are spending their fourth Making a quick turn in his winter season*at this hostelry.' automobile to avoid running Mr. Cooper is an optimist on the’! down a bicycle rider at the cor- future of southern Florida, and' ner of'’ Greene and Simonton has considerable real estate hold- streéts this morning, Newt Ketch- ings in addition to his home in) ings ‘dyed the bicycle and rider Coral Cables. Mr. and Mrs. John- but’ ‘placed his car in a condition son are spending some weeks at which will need Ic the King Cole Hotel, Miami, The car was swerved so sud- Beach. denly that it went up on the All members of the party have sidewalk and crashed into the expressed their interest in the hydrant at the corner, bending new Overseas Highway. andthe bumper into the radiator, ‘e to see what it is do- tearing wide the grill of the radia. tor and bursting a tire. Bystanders remarked that the of repairs. 149 acres are available at Trum- bo Island for development. In-! cluded are three deep water piers with a total of 6,850 lineal feet of wharfage space with depths of from 25 to 27 feet! alongside. All the piers are of substantial construction and in good general condition. 12 46 22 65 42 48 28 70 --6 24 54 28 72 52 64 42 70 10 Huron Jacksonville Kansas City KEY WEST - Little Rock Los Angeles Louisville Miami Mpis.St. P. jand the advantages which are| | found in the trip and the glorious: |city which will be found at the! | end of the trail. \ | One of the stories which have! {roused the ire of the colonel, and |which he is determined to con- ; tradict in no uncertain manner | is one of the articles of criticism | written by Ernie Pyle, which are had a low of only 70 with a high of 70. Los Angeles show- ed considerable motion in Tising from a low of 48 to a high of 64. In Minneapolis it was six below and at Detroit it was | six above. New York was down to 22. signifies his choice of the fish,| the special six-foot high jump to| when they are taken in the net! be used in the show tomorrow. A} from the car, killed and dressed | Sightseeing tour will probably be! and handed to the purchaser;Siven the visitors tomorrow ready for the pot or pan, as the! morning. ' Dr. Brown was a caller at The itizen office this morning, and tated that he and Mrs. Brown were thoroughly delighted with their visit to the Island City, and case may be. Mr. Boyd said this was the fir: st Complete program follows: 1. Key West boys in exhibi- time he had ever seen anything tion of aquaplane riding. like it, and both he and Mrs. Boyd H in|cy boat driving, with Coxe and were very much interested There are foundations for five | New Qrleans large oil tanks or water storage|New York tanks, with a total capacity of} Pensacola seven and a half million gallons;! Pittsburgh buildings exist suitable for use}St. Louis for storing material and acces*}Saltibake City (Continued on Page Three}** '}San‘ Francisco !Seattle jTampa —. enEEEEEeEET TT iors DANCE TONIGHT _ | Williston 50 2 22 - 46 16 24 18 46 30 54 32 8 62 42 58 32 34 34 64 44 68 50 22 ‘syndicated and published in a | number of newspapers. The art- }icle in particular appeared in an | Oklahoma paper, and was referr- ‘ed to several days ago in a story from the Chamber of Commerce. "Paramount Newsreel of PRESI- |DENT ROOSEVELT IN KEY! | WEST at Monroe | feb25-1t ATTENTION Stone Church Service Club ‘ANIGHT OF LOVE” Have Your Car WHILE YOU SLEEP! Delivered To Your Door Bright Key West weather bureau, however, reports not much change over the weekend in temperature, with reports of &@ swing of the wind from the north to the gentle east. DIIDISS SS: he manner in which these things jare done in Key West. i Paramount Newsreel of PRESI- |DENT ROOSEVELT IN KEY |WEST at Monroe tonight. feb25-1t LAST SHOWING —TONIGHT— | RAUL’S CLUB Roosevelt Boulevard John Pritchard’s Orchestra! NO COVER CHARGE MEMBERS You are hereby requested to assemble in front of the church Sunday Evening at 7:20 o'clock i+ +» tovattend the Evening Serv- and Early In The Morning “The 24-Hour Station” ALBURY’S SERVICE Auto Storage Repairs Best-grade Parts—No Gyps 11:00 P. M. MONROE THEATRE Paramount Newsreel of President 2. Larry Mills—trick and fan- Harrison diving from bow of; speeding boat. 3, Carl King riding aquaplane! with high stilts—Jacks, Pilot. | 4. Larry Mills—fancy ski rid- ing and jumps—Jacks, Pilot. | 5._.€axe riding aquaplane with i turns. and spills—} ! | 6. “Aquaplane riding in the Gay Nineties” demonstrated by | George Fay—King, Pilot. ' 7. King and Leila Mae Beas- ley doing the dangerous double ride on aquaplane with stilts— Jacks, Pilot. ‘ | 8. Leila Mae Beasley in exhi- bition of ski riding. 9. Milt Coxe doing his daity + exercise on trapeze bar over King NO ADMISSION CHARGE ice, eee EXCELLENT OVERNIGHT ACCOMMODATIONS.-FT. JEFFERSO! CHAS. H. KETCHUM. President. || Simonton and Petronia Sts. H PHONE 444 i Roosevelt in Key West also at this showing IN CRUISES-$10 ALL EXPENSE TWO-DAY TOUR..PRICE TOURS 505 DUVAL STREET-PHONE 124 jand Mills on aquaplanes. 10. Mills taking the jumping: (Continued on Page Three) | | predicted a great future for Key | West as a result, principally, that fof the completion of the Over- seas Highway and bridges, which he states is bound to head great action of Mr. Ketchings in avoid ing the catastrophe of crashing into the bicycle and inflicting in jury on the rider was a_ very commendable thing to do, was also costly. but WANT VOCAL CORDS jthat Key West will KELLOGG, Minn.—The Rev. Enos Bacon of this city has re ceived $10,000 from the Britist travel toward this city. { Dr. Brown has visited here be- fore, and states that he has noted} e many improvements since. his|Medical Association for his voc: last visit, and expresses a hope|£ords,.which are deep bass an enjoy , the ;40prano,,and are to be claime jafter Bacon’s death. ~NEW YORK greatest of prosperity in the near future. He is particularly delighted with the climate and the hos-; pitality of the people, and stated; that this is one of the most de- lightful cities to be fourid in the} entire country. | DANCE TONIGHT —AT— Pena’s Garden Of Roses , GOULD CURRY’S Seven-Piece | { BUSY BEE for ee Conch Chowder and Crawfish Enchilado | SHORT ORDER | Orchestra No Admission or Cover Charge 905 Simonton Street }