The Key West Citizen Newspaper, March 1, 1939, Page 1

sated Press Day Wire Service for 59 Years Devoted to the Interests of Key West LUME LX. No. 51. st manly BoardeHears Matter: | ) ‘Raising FéindssToward mntinuing Sewer?Project Opimion Expressed That RAOUL GARCIA ey For Material. id Be Taken From | Race Track Revenue :TO BE ARRAIGNED IN CRIM. ' INAL COURT ON GAMB- Making a brief address to the | LING CHARGE county commissioners at a spe-| — | ctal_ meeting last night, Repre-! Raoul Garcia, who was arrested bee Bi. CAPay asker that | Ca7ly Sunday morning by Depu-| ity Sheriffs Bernard Waite and) rd give assent 10 2NG'8P: Ray Elwood at the Club La Con-| jation of practically’@10}000 ga, charged with‘'‘operating a} i game of craps, was given prelim-| fo sponsor the continuatio#! of the fewer project in Key West. Present at the meeting were: Chairman Bervaldi, Commission- | rs Thompson, Monsalvatge and Curry; Attorney-tor - the - Board Harris, Clerk Sawyer, Deputy! {inary hearing yesterday ae before Peace Justice Franklin Arenberg. It was brought out at the hear-/ ing that the arresting officers had ; made the capture while the game) was in progress, and had taken) Sheriff Waite, Ernest Ramsey, | th Pees ie aa cvitiencs Will Doughtry, Dr. A. Cobo andj “at the conclusion of the hear- a number of workers of the ing tHe justice decided to hold WPA. |the ‘defendant for the next ses- Approximately $10,000 Needed sion of criminal court and placed Mr. Papy said that the figures , him under a bond of $150. ' project were s0a50, when coud MANY VISITORS AT LIGHTHOUSE: be used to purchase material for i MORE THAN 13,000 HAVE REG-| the continuation of the project that under present orders was to! ISTERED AT KEY WEST STATION the dice, marker, and the money i be closed down on April 15, but! that he was of the opinion that if. this money was provided for the | material that the work would; continue until the project was| completed. It was estimated that this would require about 20 During the months of Decem- for the payroll would be provid- ed but that orders had been re-| ber, 1938, and January and Fe! ceived that there was not any /ruary, 1939, visitors to the num- more government money to be: ber of 7,356 signed the registra-! used in the purchase of material] tion book, which is kept for that| for this work. Che Kry THE so & GIVEN HEARING £ fe i Fe Out in the Caribbean: this battleship blicked heavy:seas demonstrating seaworthi-' Fulmer were brought fo the city President Roosevelt who-is watching the sham ness. seeing many such sights. Caribbean ‘Battleships ' UTHERNMOST NE SPAPER IN THE U.S.A. KEY WEST, FLORIDA, "WEDNESDAY, MARCH 1, 1939 Hepburn st Citizrn Key West, Florida, has the most equable climate in the country; with an average range of only 14° Fahrenheit PRICE FIVE CENTS Board .Intereste _In Naval Station ‘Two Defendants Charged With Stealing Auto Were | Brought Here Last Night Shown New Piers, Machine Shop, Quay Wall, Deep Channels; Harbor De- fenses Pointed Out Three members of the Hepburn ' ' naval advisory board, headed by 'Packard Car Taken From "°° °°. @ Ss) Admiral A. J. Hepburn, and other Key West Was Wrecked, “Near ‘Marathon; Men! ' naval officials, landed in a naval North Florida Papers Help K. W. Publicity amphibian at Trumbo Island to- day and inspected the facilities of | | | : battlés at present is probably! PAPY WILL ATTEND ROAD DEPT. MEET COUNTY ATTORNEY AND TWO COMMISSIONERS WILL ALSO ATTEND Representative B. C. Papy, of Monroe county, plans to leave jthis afternoon to attend a meet- | jing of the State Road Depart- | iment, to be held 10 o'clock to-" State Colleke for Women, morrow,.morning_in-Fort. Lauder- ale. last night. Attorney W. Curry Harris, for Mr. Papy made this state- p-|ment at the meeting of the fish to be caught in Florida wa- | purpose at the Key West Light. the commissioners, and board, Rare 114 Inch California _ Barracuda Caught Yesterday SCHOOL HONORS “ROR MISS JAMES Miss Gwendolyn James, daugh- terx-of- Lieutenant Thomas James, U.5S.N., and Mrs. James, who is a |200-Pound Jewish Land-. | ed; Big. Grouper Con-, tinue To Strike; Many; Bottom Fish ‘fornia barracida,'a really unusual y,5. johored by an “invitation to ‘the French Honorary Tea, recent- ly given by the Pi Delta Sorority { issi Fey fF . | Board of County Commissioners | ters, was landed by W. L. Bour. ;at the P. D: Phi House, Tue eday, {land of Chicago on Capt. Veral February 21. : 4 |. The tea was given in honor of Raber dares EAL; Yot TeMBrsey the’ students receiving the high- Race Track Revenue Urged =| house. { In the opinion of Mr. Thompson; July 25 of last year Superin-} the funds for the material could | tendent Wm. W. Demeritt decid- be provided from the funds now}ed to place a registration book| coming into the county from the conveniently located at the light-! race track revenue, and that the| house, to form an estimate of the| ‘number of people who visited the | structure from that time on. | From that date to the present | registrations on the pages of the | book showed that visitors from levery state in the union and jsome from foreign countries ,have placed their names in the book. Unfortunately, there is no, way in which it can be determin- ;ed the number who failed to reg- ister. | | Complete registrations as check- { county could use the amount re- quired from this source to spon- sor this phase of the project. It was suggested that a com- mittee be appointed from the board to meet with one from the WPA workers for the purpose of visiting the offices of the official heads of the project, and get all the data available in connection with the proposed continuation of the project. Committee Reports Tonight Mr. Bervaldi appointed Mr. Thompson and Mr. Monsalvatge, and Alton Goehring and Tony Ar- thur were named by the, work- men to meet today and _visit;the ‘ed at department headquarters: graph Company, is enjoying his) show: » For the first five days of July, 516; August, 2,502; Septem-} Marina visiting his father, Lucius pyejyr, i ber, 1,224; October, 821;.Novem- | ‘ber, 1,051; December,. 2,380; Jan-; members Wm, Monsalvatge and . Jenkins Curry, said they would in all probability ieave this eve- ning to also attend the meeting. Mr. Harris and Mr. Monsalvatge expect to leave late this evening jand meet Mr. Curry at: Key: Largo. AT. & T. OFFICIAL AT CASA MARINA Samuel P, Ordway, who is sec- retary-treasurer and a director of American Telephone and. Tele- stay in Key West at the Casa P. Ordway. S. P. Ordway is. from, New. the barracuda, an unusually. ‘vicious fish of great food value, darker @@lored than Key West, Probably straying in with the est attainment’ in -French, and 6, Fleet through the Panama Canal, Miss James has made a straight «pitch hike”. |“A” in the study since she én- i tered the college”last September. ' She was.a member of last year’s} ‘i q Staduation class at the Convent’ record rod and feel catch is 20 Véledictorian. \ ' pounds. | Fishing with Mr. Bourland were Mr. and Mrs. N. E. Sivert- 4 4 |Haven, Fla. and Miss Marge sen of Chicago and A. H. Fessler | Smith. of 'Providence,-R._L,,| of Flint, Michigan. Three dozen | rought in barracuda, grouper and Brouper, mackerel and barracuda! -,ckerel with the big fellows were also brought in. aa + | é a ‘striking in a shower of spray. ; Rogenberg Lands Jewfish | Aboard the excursion fishing Included in the recent success-} boat Alyce B, Charles Forster of ‘ful anglers in Key West waters! Chicago, Ill, landed a big group-| | was Catl Rosenberg of Milltown,,er to win the prize-of the day. Wis., who hooked a 200-pound| Fishermen’ usually pool on the jewfish on “Red” Williams’ boat,; Alyce By awarding: the grand| yesterday afternoon:|sum to the angler making the| ‘The fish was hooked on a No. 8; biggest’catch. Mr. Forster also| hook and 36-thread line. It re-'landed a 20-pound shark. Mr.; pe PERT ety ee of Indianapolis, Ind.; Rev. -and Mrs.@John Wallenburg of New | Placed In Jail | Vv. A. Mickleberry and Lou | | | last night 10:30 o'clock in a car; driven by Deputy Sheriff Ray E. wood, who was accompanied by! | Raul Carbonell. Mickleberry and| | Fulmer are now in the county | jail on charges of stealing 4 Pack-| ard automobile and wrecking it) near Marathon. ! | Mickleberry was operating a‘ | Parking lot in Key West and the; car was left there by Dr. Thomas! |S. Dodd, who, with Mrs. Dodd, | | was visiting in Havana, and re-: }turned on the Steamship Cuba! | yesterday. | Yesterday Mickleberry con-! |ceived the idea of stealing the! and with his friend, Fulmer, ; his getaway from the. city; ; tended to get out of the} ‘state. This would have been a | successful effort had it not been; ‘for the accident and their’ subse- | {| quent actions, | i Began Hitch Hiking 1 i | The two fugitives, after they und themselves afvot, began to. One of the vehicles accosted was one which makes daily trips to Key West.from Mi- ami and was returning to the lat-' ter city when the driver was} asked for a ride. Having passed the wrecked car on the road, the driver of the vehicle was suspicious and ad- vised one of the highway patrol- men, who immediately phoned the office of the sheriff in Kdy West. In the meantime that of-: fice had been advised by the’ owner of the lot that the car and Mickleberry had disappeared. ‘ Deputy Sheriff Bernard Waite | got in touch with Judge Ken- Mrs. Williamson. |drick at Homestead, advised him of the incident and was given the assurance that efforts would be made to intercept the thieves. : Arrested At Homestead ! The Jacksonville Times Union and the Tampa Tri- bune regularly pickup Key West's unusual feature and fishing stories. printed. in The Citizen. Circulation of these Papers reaches hundreds of thousands of people in the Florida a and the fact that Key Wett is being “talked up” in Florida as ‘over the country is evident from the knowledge of the exisience of the quaint Island City most visitors have. In the Feb. 27 issue of the Times Union the remarkable feat of landing a barracuda on an ordinary table-spoon by Ed. C. Kroness of Cincin- nati is called the “most en- tertaniing fishing stories ap- pearing recently in Floritia pariers”.” In the same issue the three sailfish of Casa Marina guests, Justin W. Greiss, and Mrs. Phyllis Robson, and Leon Dure’s 38-pound sail and pleased expression are "Peary 7 verytime The Citizen re- ports an unusual catch such asa turtle, a goggle eyed monster with some feature interest about it, the strange habits of many of the fish world, or the quaint attrac- tions of this Bahaman-Cuban well as Key West Naval Station and Key | West Harbor defenses. Considerable emphasis of Key | West's natural advantages and jexcellent facilities has been laid | before the Congressional and Nav- tal groups. There had been point- jed out (1) strategic position for | patrol wo: he Caribbean and Atlantic, iar better than the loca- {tions of either Jacksonville or Miami; (2) natural facilities at ‘Key West Naval Station, supple- ‘mented by U. S. Army Harbor ! de s at Fort Taylor; (3) Key WwW freedom from fog, with Pensacola and Jacksonville re- ; porting yearly much _fogginess and Miami also reporting some; (4) low-cost of improvement with ramps, dredging, hangars all ,lumped under a $6,000,000 bud- iget. This is far below the cost in either Jacksonville or Miami j Much Interested That these facts were begin- ning to be recognized by the ‘Hepburn board*was -evident- as |Admiral Hepburn greeted the t Citi: s committee and asked to jsee the “old sub ba: {informed that it was quite mod- jern, with five new all-steel piers, and new qual walls ready to dock ships. NEW YORK CENT The naval group was conduct- ed to Kéy West Naval Station, | where a tour of the dockage fa- cilities. was made, including the entire qual wall in the Naval Sta- tion proper and the piers now be- |ing used as a Yacht Basin. They i were driven out on the Break- water pier at the sub basin and PRESIDENT IN CI | there viewed the 20-foot depth lof water in the protected sub base, saw the rolling main ship channel going into Key West, Guest at the Casa Marina at! which can accommodate ships of present is F. E. Williamson, | 25-foot draft with ease and were president of the New York Cen- pointed out Northwest Ship Chan . : «4, | Mel leading to the Gulf of Mex- tral Railroad, who is here with! ig and also glimpsed the ‘excel- lent anchorages for large ships Many railroads of the country jn inner and outer Key ~ West are requiring legislation to aid) harbor. A short review of the them in elimination of economic) jarge machine’ ‘shop in excellent barriers now before them. Con-| condition,"#f the scores of build- gress is much concertied with the ings, whith''could be used “as island plunk the Times Union and Tribune spot it off in their papers. | Lk ahead, he ae ade dead uary, 3,850; February, i: ‘ eee F . i question. The New York Central guyarters,’alsé ‘i 7 : 1,126—| York City and Lucius P. Ordway quired 40 minutes to land the! and Mrs.’E. D. Tolbert of Arling-| Later, information was receiv- j “One ot the country’ Cashier yee making a total of 13,470. \is of St. Paul. iamcrhe My ‘ton, Va, brought in six large red/ed from P. Huau, keeper of the sal care aie country’s largest Inspect Defenses a ae Among the others were George! snapper and a number of yellow-| toll gate at the north end, that 3 Next the group was taken into WPA offices and secure.: the necessary information. The re-| sult of the investigation will be announced at the regular ~~ Buil ding Permits In ing of the board tonight. ing members of the WPA voiced | } Vandenberg of St. Croix Falls,'tail, both delicious food fish. the offenders had been seen'e eecccee e. Fort Taylor, where the coast de- | Wise., who hooked and landed a, John -Forster, son of Charles| Peddling cigarettes at Homestead, TEMPERATURES fenses of sand batteries and big |46-pound grouper. Several other, Forster, was not far behind his; and short time later word was re- : guns were pointed out,. also ! good-sized fish were landed by; father with a snapper, grouper; Ccived that the men had been ar-/'eeeeeeoecceseseeoseoees magazines, and other buildings, At the conclusion of the meet- their appreciation of the action) of the commissioners, and Com-! missioner Curry in turn explain-| ed the hardship which, would re- | sult from this curtailment of) funds that were required to make} Of February Total $16,850 Permits for building and repair the party, which included Dr.| and yellowtail catch. and Mrs. J. H. Simons of Min. Many Enthusiasts ;neapolis, Minn.; Mr. and Mrs. D.} Hotel La Coricha reports quite {I. Cobb of St. Croix Falls and’ at | thus- | Dr. and Mrs. J. A. Riegel, also of | bleed gat nuapaeten awning enthits “St. Croix Falls. j tested. | | Shortly before 3 o’clock yester- day afternoon, Deputies Elwood ;and Carbonell left the city for j Homestead, and returned 10:30 | that night with the prisoners, who Lowest Highest which could be used as quarters. Station— last night last 24 hours | From there the committee went Abilene Atlanta Bogton | Buffalo 36 .. 40 ~ 46 to Trumbo and took off for Mi- ami. They will go there for a short stay and will then proceed to Jacksonville, Mrs. Vanden- | In the Naval group were Ad- miral A. J. Hepburn, senior mem- ber of the board; Captain Ralph Whitman, Captain J. S. Woods, ‘ol. L. H. Watkins; Lewis Comp- j assistant to Assistant Secre- tary...of Navy Edison; Lieut.- !Commander J. P. Whitney, tem- porary aviation adviser of the | House: Naval Affairs Committee the payrolls for county employes, | which were now several months! in afrears. ij Met This Morning ' Commissioners Norberg Thomp- son and Wm. Monsalvatge, who} were appointed as a committee with ‘Tony Arthur and Alton. Goehring, workers of the WPA,| There are from six to ten who said they were drunk and had no Charleston i | planned to it today trolli i a ry 5 ruary issued from the office of also inthe party. the Rect Gates oi ee charter ay of their actions during the Chicago | Denver i . ‘Building Inspector Harry M.! Each member of the party ex-| ¢:4; ‘seintnl Baker numbered 18 and totalled pressed themselves as having! {iS ne ae ~ tke tee pa Praise Sheriff's Office | Detroit Dr. Dodd and others, who were Galveston et ' $16,850. Issues for the past week‘ been thoroughly delighted with | detsion: best fishi boat trip! ; told last night of the theft of the, Havana Beznard E. Cook, who was ar-| Were as follows: { the excellent fishing to be found! : | General repairs to frame struc- in Key West waters. In the lobby may always be car and. subsequent events; were| Haron] eee ee suneiiies and | ture on Catherine: street, owned. Variety Of Catches found: fishing enthusiasts telling loud in their praise of the effi- Jacksonville placed in county jail on a charge Py Charles H. Smith. Cost, $1-| On the Florida, Captain Phillip| of their catches pulled out of the cient work done by the sheriff's| Kansas City work at Key West during Feb-. berg and Mrs. Rosenberg were 56 20 10 230 - 50 70 . 10 . 58 42 to meet. with officials of the. re~ lief organization this. morning, |}... % | ee ee ae Ace Super) weynery hearing this afternoon 4/ visor B.C. Morno. ' : [Sone : poe | The meeting was to discuss the; “The hearing, it is understood, } possibility of having the sewer) will be held before Justice of the} project in Key West extended, Peace Franklin Arenberg. provided funds were made avail-| SS AT able by local ‘authorities for the! HOSANNA’S HERRINGS | purchase of material with which ; SR Say | to continue the work. | LONDON—Banquet was held! It was brought out at the ses- to honor the crew of the drifter | | of wagrancy, is to be given a pre- | Construct gas station at the corner of Duval and Catherine streets. Owner, J. M. Renedo; cost, $1,500. Erect a private garage at 987 | Whitehead street. Owner, Ernest Hemingway; cost, $1,000. General repairs to the building at the corner of Olivia and Pine streets. Owner, Joseph Russell; cost, $1,500. Repairs to roof of home on ‘Niles, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Cooper’ tropical seas around Key West. ee Fee pee oe BENEFIT JAMBOREE TONIGHT HABANA-MADRID CLUB 50—ENTERTAINERS 5—BANDS | White street. Owner, P. Rob- | office in Key West, and the valu-| table assistance rendered by their | connections along the highway. | Last night Dr. Dodd said he! waeuld: leave this morning for, Marathon, go to the garage of Chas. Tippino where the car was; taken, investigate the damage and make arrangements to have the necessary, repairs made. The doctor expects to leave for his home in Alexandria, Va., this! ! week. { KEY WEST _ 74 Little Rock _ 34 Los Angeles _ 44 Louisville 32 Miami __ 4 Mpis.-St. 0 New Orlean: New York _ Pensacola Pittsburgh St. Louis Sait Lake City during the’ Florida inspection; | Commande#'C. ‘A. Trexel, CEC They were met by a Military | and’ Citizens: Committee of Lieut.- ;Commander Fort H. Callahan, |Lieut-Col. J. D. MacMullen, W. | R. Porter, John Gardner, Isadore | Weintraub, Wm. V. Albury, Bas- com Grooms, B. M. Duncan, Earl Adams, S. C. Singleton, who con- |} ducted them on the tour. San Francisco | Anohter Group Arrives In Cars sion that Mayor Willard M. Al- i bury had ited Administrator oan, leaeyce irs babi loe ferts; cost, $100. Ray Schraeder in Jacksonville/the best single herring catch of| " Repairs to windows at 1216 that there was available for con-|the season, nearly 263,000 of the Catherine street. Owner, Albert (Continued on Page Four) (fish. ‘ | DiNegro; cost, $100. j EXCELLENT OVERNIGHT ACCOMMODATIONS.-FT. JEFFERSON Admission Charge... .. 25c All Biitertainers and Musicians Are Asked To Be a “Friend” : To a “Friend” Tonight Arraigned Today ' Seattle | This morning at 11 o'clock, | Tampa ma Mickleberry and Fulmer were ar-, Washington - | (Continued on Page Four) | Wittiston CRUISES-$10 ALL EXPENSE TWO-DAY TOUR..PRICE TOURS 505 DUVAL STREET-PHONE 124 | Other members of the House Naval Affairs Committee, who ‘came in cars, went to the Casa | (Continued on Page Four) i j RSESSSSPSSETERSSIESSER S