The Key West Citizen Newspaper, February 28, 1939, Page 1

Associated Press Day Wire Service For 59 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West VOLUME LX. No. 50. Che Key West Citizen THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN THE KEY WEST, FLORIDA, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1939 Key West, Florida, has the most equable climate in the country; with an average range of only 14° Fahrenheit U.S.A. PRICE FIVE CENTS pplicants For Local. Postmastership Will Be Doubly Examined ee Field Examiner To Mate| CALLAHAN NOW Inspection Following LT. COMMANDER: ! NAVAL LINE SELECTION: BOARD RECOMMENDA. TION APPROVED Written Examination To Be Conducted (By Washington Correspondent! of The Key West Citizen) WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 28. Promotion to Lieutenant-Com-| —The three applicants for the!) anderiwas received. last night job as regular postmaster at Keffby Lieut.) Fort H. Callahan, offi-| West will be doubly examined,| °°" in charge of the Key wes Naval Station; it was learned today at the Civil}: 1 i.¢ of promotions approved by| : Service Commission. the Line Selection Board, com-' | posed of nine admirals, of the | |Navy Department, was yesterday | i j2PProved by President Roosevelt; Delaney—will have to take a ang on it was recorded the pro- written examination on March 5 motion of Lieut. Callahan. at Key West, and later will have: The promotion means super- to pass an inspection of their per-' vision of additional technical de- sonal and executive qualifications partments. At sea such positions! by a field examiner of the Civil ‘as chief gunnery officer, naviga-| Service Commission. {tor for the larger vessels are held It is probable that the regular’ hy Lieut. Commanders. Ashore} cecupant of the $2,900-job will’ other larger departments are | not be known for three months pjaced under the supervision of | or more. It will bea month be-' those officers. fore the examination takes place,’ Lieut. Commander Callahan! and another month before the ex- told The Citizen today that hej amination papers can be marked | does not know if the promotion and the applicants certified to} will mean transfer from the Key} the Post Office Department. | West Station, but does not regard) The Post Office Department) it probable/ i will require a month in order HIGH ON LIST ofpapal ities is Giovanni Nasalli- Rocca di Corneliano, 66. In. the voting, cardinal votesi:for bimself; there are two ballots The applicants—Fred Joseph Dion, Sam E. Harris and Frank Eligibles For The Papacy GENOA scent to the cardi- nals’ secret conclave whereby a successor to the late Pius XI is chosen, Italian-i:1n Pietro Car- ‘ dinal Boetto (above); 67, Genoa archbishop. THE NEXT POPE may be one of these cardinals whose names have been oft mentioned as possible successors to Pius. This is Cardinal Schuster, 59, archbishop of Milan. to ca te epsramene sopra BOPTATN PLANS | go through the red tape preced- ing installation of the new post- The examination papers will} not be officially graded until aft- VOTES $700,000,000 FOR RENO- er a field investigation of each applicant. This investigation will} VATION AND CON- STRUCTION involve the interviewing of prom- inent Key West citizens acquaint- | ———— (By Asnociated Preas) ed with the applicants, persons supposedly having knowledge of: the executive and business quali-} Top Weekend i VIGOROUS aaministrator is said to describe Adeodato Cardinal Piazza \{above), 54, Venice patriarchWwhose “youth” TWO-THIRDS majority of the college of cardinals is needed to, elect a new, pope. ‘Maurilio Cardinal Fossati, 62, is {Italian-born; he’s the archbishop of Turin. ace Naval Affairs Committee Will Arrive Tomorrow To Inspect Air Base Site | congided Data Bearing On Proposed Project Ready To Be Presented Upon Arrival FROM CALIFORNIA TO RUS- SIA SOS CALLS COME Members of the House Commit- |tee on Naval Affairs, now in Mi- (By Associated Peena) SS are scheduled to arrive in NEW YORK, Feb. 28.—Distress| ‘calls from many liners over the) | world were heard today. |10 o'clock by airplane, according | : One amateur radio operator re-! . . s |vealed that’he had heard. the %0 advices received by Lieutenant- S.S. “Marian” send an SOS and! Commander Fort Callahan this |recorded a position over northern ‘Russia, but marine authorities be-! afternoon. Chairman Carl Vin- lieve he had the wrong position. ; On the Frying Pan shoals off; |South Carolina another ship was, he is coming by automobile, be- 'reported aground with attempts! _ = being made to save her passen- | i”9 desirous to take advantage of | gers. ' ; rcitcecdandiniieaicie ot ee ocean still another vessel was| Overseas Highway. {sending distress signals with; iCoast Guardsmen attempting to |reach the area. Off lower California a jwas floundering in calm having lost its propeller. ‘ey West tomorrow morning at son will arrive later in the day as Chairman Chas. S. Taylor, of - ithe local committee, received a ship seas, telegram from Fred J. Dion this , Morning, which, however, stated (CHARTER BOATMEN ‘5, Ps PAYIN 1G LICENSES | ,O’clock tomorrow morning and r Te | arrive in Key West early in the i ! PALERMO’S PRELATE, FoLLOws ARREST OF ROB- afternoon, and that the trip would Luigi: Cardinal Lavitrano | A (above), 61, is among those ERT DANIELS YES- | be made by way of the Overseas archbishops whose names are ! : heard. However, favorites TERDAY Highway, either by automobile or usually fare. badly in conclave. | Amberjack, 40 Pound. Jack Fish Catches Sponge Sales Dock Monday Exceeded fications of the applicants. | The Civil Service Commission| today voted for iis largest peace-} will designate a _ field examiner } time budget with $700,000,000 for | to visit Key West shortly after;the renovatioy and _ near-future) the written examination is given. | The duty of the field examiner| will be to check carefully the edu-| than that of 4st year in the same| cation, business experience and! general fitness of the three men! seeking the job. LONDON, Feb. 28,—England construction of naval warships. The figuré is $110,000,000 more department. Public announcements of ap- Turtle By ‘Sobel Of stoop, COUNTY BOARD Jack By W. Zeisett, And: i ae | Jack By W. Zeta And MEETS TONIGHT | = | | one | { | Members of the board of coun-! | ty commissioners were summon-| (Ry Associated Preand Ten Thousand Dollars }proval of Air Force and Army! | construction budgets will be made | | tomorrow and Thursday? GARCIA WILL BE ee. ‘PREMIER ANGLER GIVEN HEARING ders’ Patrick in yesterday's fish- fice of Clerk Ross C. Sawyer. DEFENDANT CHARGED WITH | OPERATING GAMB. LING GAME H Raul Garcia, charged with op- erating a gambling game in de- fiance of the law, is to be given! a preliminary hearing this after- noon 4 o'clock in the court of! Peace Justice Franklin Arenberg. | Garcia was arrested early Sun-' g, day «morning while operating a dice game in the La Conga Club.) The arrest was made by Deputies Bernard Waite and Ray Elwood, and, it is said, dice, chips, money and markers were taken in the haul. KOVACS RITES |come in from the rough Gulf DOES NOT FISH ing. | It is as aoe ae a | * to be held jointly with officials | j Largest of the ambegjacks: (+ ine Works Progress Adminis-| ; weighed 46 pounds and was.four tration and the problem of the “Buffalo’s premier angler” de-| feet two inches long. There were | county furnishing funds as spon- parts from Key West today, just grouper, barracuda and dolphin <ors for proposed projects will when the fishing starts again/ also in the catch. }be discussed. after windy weather, and with-! Six large black grouper of the’ Regarding the meeting Mr. Ber-} out trying his luck in these newly-! cavernous mouth and ugly ex-}valdi said that he expected that! \found sportsmen waters. | pression slammed into the lines every member of the board and Watts L. Richmond, who is an' trolled by N. L. Mott of La Cros-' the attorney for the board would all around sportsmen but who/;se, Wisconsin, and A. L. Mott of | be present. specializes especially in fresh and the Acme Steel Company, Chi-; saft water fishing and Mrs.| cago, and were successfully boat-a tail is lost, the party of A. H.! Richmond planned to leave to-jed. Six barracuda, one bonito Fessler of Flint, Michigan, and{ ee & and two crevalle jack also slam Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Richter of} The water had been rough and' banged in aboard Captain Henry; Washington, D. C., and W. L.| did not permit fishing during | Weatherford’s Lucky Strike. 'Bourland of Chicago, brought in} | | |their visit here last week at the} Continued monster grouper and’ only a fish head with the tail! Casa Marina. Following the) parracuda catches were reported! secured by a big, slashing barra- weather, local captains report, py Dr. and Mrs. H. J. Setyer and! cuda engaged in the ruthless kill- there will be better fishing than| pr. and Mrs. H. P. Bentley of St.! ing of the reefs and open sea. ever as all the big fish have) payi, Minnesota, on Capt. Veral Grouper, mackerel, barrdéuda, Stream to the protected Reef Roberts’ Lil Dot and by Mr. and! and beautiful pink and white, waters. ‘land, Nebraska, on Capt. Gene/tured. Fishing |Hamilton’s William Post. Many’ Roberts’ Lil Dot. was on Capt. Four big amberjack that struck ed today, on call of Chairman’ sececcerecaceccecosccces | at flying baits off the edge of the; Car] Bervaldi, to attend a special j BURGOS, Spoin-Generalizsi-| | Gulf Stream were brought in by, meeting of the board to be held) mo Franco today made it clear, ,.@ party from Captain Bra Saun- 8 o'clock this evening in the of-| that those who “jumped on the | bandwagon” of late will be wel-| come to the Spanish .Rebel par- ty. Future joiners, will also be greeted friendly, he. said. WASHINGTON.—Mansfield of Texas is preparing today to fight TVA in a question on a power, project of Texas. ! MRS. LARRANAGA LEAVES ON BUS CALLED TO HAVANA ON AC- COUNT OF ILLNESS OF MRS. CHAS. MORGAN | Mrs, Lottie Larranaga was a’ passenger on the early bus thisi leave by plane for Havana, called) | of yesterday when 2,602 bunches| |Mrs. Henry Schuff of Grand Is-| tasty myttonfish were also cap-| morning for Miami and there will’ was refused, was $2,430.66. At City | George Gaskill, conservation | To Join Group |agent for the state, who’ yester-| “day made the first.atrest of tal Later this afternoon it was ‘charter boatman, Robert Daniels, | Said by Chairman Taylor that ‘reports that many of the charter |he, Everett Russell, Melvin Rus- iboatmen have been paying their’ <j) and Ernest Ramsey planned state-required licenses. iu 5 Mr. Gaskill made the rounds ‘© leave at. an early hour this of boatmen on the dock yester- afternoon |tb; join the visiting a ' wo. |Sroup ahd make the trip with jay morning and was again go- atieit tiememateer, pial pwes tie shoats) taney BVEFY lia Tayler’ glen said.that W.R ‘courtesy wi - ‘men, Mr. Gaskill sold, and eed Porter, president of the First that in some cases he permitted patria agains and B. M. Dun- the guides to depart for the reef °@"» Chief engineer of the Over- with their parties with the un- 5°88 Road and Toll Bridge Com- ‘Gerstanding that they were to Mission, contemplated leaving ‘pay the license on their return later this afternoon, and they : ji will return with the members of Various Grades Of Sea ‘° Prt ‘hat night. |the committee tomorrow in a spe- cial bus. Products Were Offered FRANK CURRY . committee who will come to Key —— West will not have a long time ing ; wes ay iN lin jthe eity as the plan is to leave Frank Curry; has: been tap) + | for’ iz in time to take passage Largest number of sponges, °d @8 an employe at the No. l\on the train which leaves at which has been on display in Key | ive Station, succeeding fe o'clock for Washington. Brief Stay In Mr. Dion's telegram it was indicated that members of the | Roberts,: who has been ‘plae i West in many months, was that! the sree list. Z lintoriaatien ia Nodition” oie Mr. Curry has already entered} Key West's application for the of wool, which were sold; 528,;upon his new duties. establishment of a naval air base which were refused, and 702' :at this port had been assembled bunches of yellow. _ °'| and the data po be rey ee Among the larger sales of wool | TEMPERATURES beergeens ” a is upon arrival tomorrow, as fol- were 152 bunches, $821.99; 245) lows: bunches, $1,236.66; 190 bunches! Lowest Highest | Facilities now ready for im- $1,061.67; 221 bunches, $1,121.67 .| Station— last night last 24 hours | mediate use at the Naval Station, x *| Abilene 28 54 |naval radio communication, ad- agape FT ee ar, | Atianta 48 60 | ministrative building for | offi- 051.67: 174° tiiriches $766. 66, | Boston 34 50 cers, buildings for dry storage, There’ were man; small sales, | Butfalo ~ j Siiehy Soro ser eareaipet = Of Ope The: entes pied prleciiot the | Charleston * 54 ‘storage, machine shop, carpenter sales was $10,657.41. | cisicigo 32 | Shop and blacksmith shop. - ; | Denver <6 | Foundry, ship fitters shop, _ Bids on lots, which were con- ' Detroit 26 | garages, I cks for enli ‘ sidered unsatisfactory, and the; ! 1, quarters for the offi- offers refused were $1,016.66 for Galveston 4 i certi gasall 4 oil and Diesel 198 bunches, and $1,414 for 330, Havana -.... 70 Fis eyes calblaereiageiaoaegats bunches. There were ‘528 bunches | Huron eae eas | See sane weer: ea ea sae of wool and the total pri ich | Jacksonville . 60 iter alist pasha pggeearconerts price, which Kansas City _ 32 distillery plant and recreation \KEY WEST _ facilities. | Little Rock _. There are also at the Naval 7 Ss = a Total sales of yellow offerings amounted to $341.75, the largest) {Station eight. finger piers with 4800 linear feet of dockage space, one main pier with 300 feet of dockage space, equipped | who come here and have had the! Mr. and Mrs. Charles’ Detby of | the Cuban; capital by the se- jslow, small poundage grouper) Chicago, Harry B: Taylor and H.|Tious illness, of Mrs. Charles :eatches of other cities, consider it: Johnson landed crevalle jack,; Morgan. \individual offering was of 1 ‘bunches selling for $58. There | was practically no grass sponge THIS MORNING CONCERT SINGER “ | Mpls.-St. P. Funeral services for Stephen Kovacs, 35, who died Saturday in the Marine hospital, were held this morning from the Pritchard Funeral Home. Rev. J. P. Lilly, of the Fleming Street Methodist (Uptown) church, officiated. Survivors of Mr. Kovacs are his parents, who are in Hungary, and one brother, of Brooklyn, N. Y., who was present at the services this morning. VISITS KEY WEST jlittle sport to fish again for' muttonfish, grouper, two amber-| Mrs. Eugene Ashe, sister of Mrs. | | Srouper. But if they ever saw: jacks and many good-sized barra-/ Morgan, who was also called to jthe huge monsters that can bite:cuda. Fishing was on Captain! the bedside of Mrs. Morgan, was on the dock yesterday. _ j with fuel oil, Diesel and water |New Orleans | lines. BATTLE PNEUMONIA |New York — Professor Herbert Moody, well-|a five-foot barracuda in half, rip known concert singer, of Vienna,)@ man’s arms to shreds and) Saunders’ Patrick. From “inland” Terre Haute, | to: leave her home in New York, | _by plane, for Havana and was Virginia, who, with Mrs. Moody tackle anything twice its weight,’ Indiana, came Mr. and Mrs. Rob- expected to be there today. and Mrs, Gilman Hall, have been! they would change their opinion ert Nunn to land’ barracuda,| No information was available visiting in Key West for some! of grouper. The water for yards| grouper and mackerel on Cap- (relative to the nature of the ill- time at the Hotel La Concha, will i around is splashed up when a bi remain here x: j fight takes place with these The party is well pleased with articular monsters. the Island City. | But to continue with (and here in Philip Niles’ yacht Florida. On the Lucky Strike of Capt. Henry Weatherford, Roger Wil- (Continued on Page Four) |ness of Mrs. Morgan, except that | the seizure was sudden, and the ‘call was received late yesterday iby Mrs. Larranaga. JOHANNESBURG, So. Africa —Announced “a tremendous suc- cess” in fighting | pneumonia among tropical natives in the mines, drug “M and B 93” has EXCELLENT OVERNIGHT ACCOMMODATIONS.-FT. JEFFERSON CRUISES--$10 ALL EXPENSE TWO-DAY TOUR...PRICE TOURS 505 DUVAL STREET-PHONE 124 | Pensacola |Pittsburgh | St. Louis | Salt Lake City San Francisco | Seattle ARRIVE IN KEY WEST Mr. and Mrs. Jim Boyd, of Great Falls, Montana, arrived in Key West yesterday afternoon and this afternoon are the guests of their old friends, Mr. and Mrs. | Lionel Plummer at the home 416 j Elizabeth street, SRSNSSBSSNEEE BESSBRSssereBesesysy| seese