The Key West Citizen Newspaper, March 10, 1939, Page 1

Associated Press Day Wire Service For 59 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West VOLUME LX. No. 59. Court Of Appeals Gives ) Status Of Reversed Decision Of Fed- eral Court Covering Southern District Of Florida , | One more good reason for Key West maintaining its present status in the sponge business is given in a news note in the lat- est issue of the Fish and Oyster! Reporter published in Fernan- dina, Fla. “The United States District at New Orleans on Feb- ruary 14, reversed the decision of| the Federal court for the south- | ern district of Florida involving! the state’s sponge fishing law. “The appelate court said that! in its opinion no_ extraordinary, crcumstances existed and that a federal court should not interfere by habeas corpus action. “‘The judgement is reversed) with direction to remand the ap-, plicant to the custody of the sheriff’ of Pinelas county, Flori- da, the higher court ruled. H “The applicant, Lambiris Skiro-: tes, sponge fisherman, was grant-' ed a writ of habeas corpus in the Florida federal court following| his arrst on a charge of violating! the state law against using div. ing apparatus in gathering spong-/| es. “The lower federal court held that Florida could not exercise jurisdiction ‘more than one league Tron? theline of- low tide’ and that Skirotes would be de-| prived of his constitutional rights of a writ of habeas corpus was not granted. “The decision of the higher | court said that sponges, like oys-} ters, do not fall under the ex- clusive jurisdiction of the United) States ‘and the states may regu-| late them’.” The court also said that trea- | ties enacted since the Florida, more or less clearly a general ad- herence to the theory of the three mile limit. Circuit | Court of Appeals for the Fifth Sponge Laws VIIa Ia aaa! WASHINGTON. STATE THINKS OF CITIZEN A postcard addressed, “Edi- tor. most southeasterly news- paper in Florida”, from the Olympic peninsular in the State of Washington, most northwestern U. S. point, was promptly delivered to the editor of The Key West Citizen. A. Wilderwest, of the city of Union, far up in the fir and oak forests of the famed Olympic peninsular, writes, “Dear Editor: I am located in the ‘last west’ on the Olympic Peninsula an@ would much like to see a sample copy of your paper”, Up there industry is log- ging and serving tourists. Down here industry is fish- ing, sponge fishing and serv- ing tourists. FPDP LIL ISS SS ISLAND CITY BONEFISHING IN LIMELIGHT MORE TAKING TO SPORT; FISH CAUGHT ON FLATS; SHRIMP, CRABS, SMALL FISH USED AS BAIT Famous for its deepsea and jtarpon fishing, Key West is now coming into prominence as a bonefishing location. Far into the bay and between the keys throughout the Florida hundreds of deep, blue channels cut sharply through miles of long mud flats, which at low tide rise out of water and keys, wave short lengths of seagrass! constitution was adopted “assert/ while herons wade over them| land and Roger Weatherford. seeking out fish and crabs for food. Che Kry Ay xt Citizen THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN THE U.S.A. — KEY WEST, FLORIDA, FRIDAY, MARCH 10, 1939 In Congress Roles New Hampshire whose name Among those in the present'Congress are Joseph W. |Byrns, Jr. representative elect, (left) who's a son of the ‘late house speaker; Senator Fred’H.'’ Brown (center) of¢ { i t | | 48 Being mentioned as likely possibility for appointment, | FINAL RATING OF QUALIFI-| inning Havana-Key West Racing Yacht Expected In Early REPORTS ON CANAL PROJECT ENCOURAGING UNQUALIFIED ENDORSEMENT GIVEN PROJECT BY MAJ. GENERAL MARKHAM. CHIEF OF ENGINEERS HELPS DION IN P. 0. POSITION CATIONS FOR POSTMAS- TERSHIP INCREASED FIVE PERCENT | JACKSONVILLE, March 10.— (FNS) Advocates of the Cross- shington Correspondent of The Key West Citizen) country ; range of only 14° Fahrenheit as U. S. Comptroller and Sen.’Robert Reynolds, Democrat he’ll permit himself only two poses and cut all his former North Carolina, who says “WASHINGTON, D. C., March|State canal project here have | Key West, Florida, has the ost equable climate in the with an average PRICE FIVE CENTS Morn inner, Runner-Up Of St. Petersburg-Havana Race Enter; Expect Eight To Make Run | The winning boat in the Ha- | vana-Key West yacht race, which ‘is being sponsored by the Key | West Yacht Club, is expected to | cross the finish line in the early | dawn tomorrow. In a wire from Al Peirce and ‘bratoriea acrobatics. sibs 10.—Fred J. Dion has a distinct been tremendously cheered late- | MRS, NETTIE MAE GATO, 65, DEAD FUNERAL SERVICES WILL BE CONDUCTED TOMORROW AFTERNOON Mrs. Nettie Mae Gato, 65, who had been ill at her home, 1327 Duval street, for several weeks, ! died yesterday afternoon 4:15; o'clock. Funeral services will} be held tomorrow afternoon 4) o’clock from the residence. Rev. P. J. Kelleher, S. J., of St. Mary's | Star of the Sea church, will offi-, ciate. The Lopez Funeral Home is in; charge of arrangements. Palibearers, who have: been..se- lected to serve, are: Harry M.: Baker, K. O. Thompson, J. B.! Sullivan, Charles L. Roberst, Ed- | win Trevor and W. Curry Har-| Tis. Mrs. Gato is survived by the; husband, Eduardo H. Gato, Jr.; two sons, Eduffdo H. Gato, III,, and Frank Gato; three daughters, | Mrs. R. M. Hyde, of Boston, Mass., Miss Edna Gato and Miss Anita Gato; two brothers, Ro-| | | i ‘AUTO ACCIDENT |KEY WEST BOOKLET BEING VISITORS KEEP 'NYA PROJECT TO COMING DESPITE BE, OPENED SOON VARIOUS KNOCKS srany susie mmoiia WILL | | | | \ { BE CARRIED ON AT SULPHUR SPRINGS 1 | | | | SENT OUT PROVES TO BE) VERY INTERESTING IN, MANY CASES | Victor Lowe, area supervisor | of the National Youth Adminis-| tration in Key West, is in receipt of advices to the effect that a; ‘resident shop project is i “One of thes days our visitor: returning home from Key West wae See Te WOW eiade preva-’ i; a few miles north of Tampa. —— along the highways oo a The following broad fields of mainland, and we will hear no} more of the stories which are, Work are to be practices: Wood- being told to discourage intend-| work, shop and carpentry, sheet ing travelers to Key West”, said” metal work, and auto mechanics. the secretary of the Chamber of} The present camp formerly Commerce this morning. ! ‘ ; “However, cars are still arriy-iused by the C.C.C. is being all ing with supplies of provisions! Conditioned and, when completed, | and water, and with visitors in-| will accommodate 180 youths. | dignant at having been imposed Only 100 will be accepted at the| upon. But we also have loyal; beginning. Equipment required friends wherever the intelligence for the project has been ordered) prevails, Here is a note from the! and will, in most instances, be} genial secretary of the Eustis | new and purchased especially for Chamber of Commerce, ‘which, the project. reads: ; Each worker will be assigned | “We are down to six folders’ for a short period to each branch of Key West, which you so kind-| of the work, or the three fields, ly sent to us recently. These’ following which he will be desig- folders are very popular. Many! nated to concentrate for 12 weeks to be! opened at Sulphur Springs, which | |the fact that Dion’s application | automatically increasing the final ly by the encouraging reports from Washington where _ the House Rivers and Harbors Com- mittee has been holding hearings fon the waterway. Of particular interest was the unqualified endorsement given the project by Maj. Gen. E. M. advantage over the other two candidates for the job as regular postmaster at Kev West, officials of the Civil Service Commission said today. This advantage results from for veterans’ preference has been fees 3 é issi Engineers, who stat that the approved Dyes a canal had more merit now than {when he first recommended it rating of his |two years ago. “It will be the five percent. grandest canal on the face of the Postmaster Sam E. Harris and lobe,” he said, basing his asser- Frank Delaney will have to de- tion on the large increase in Gulf | traffic since 1935. pend on their regular qualifica-; In his defense of the water- tions to get the job, plus the way, Markham scoffed at the standing obtained in the exam-' possibility of damage to Florida’s ination. ‘underground water supply, de- There is one peculiar feature nied vigorously that the canal about the Key West competition. | Would be hazardous to ships, and Each candidate will eventually be|¢™Phasized strongly the import- certified to the Post Office De-|ance of the channel to national partment as a “ranking” candi-| defense. * date, because there are only! Three other experts, also tes- three canddiates and the law re-|tifying before the erable quires that the Civil Service added ar support oe are Commission send the Post Office Project: *NEY Sere er con. eae a tarot Si teey tier struction head of the waterway; The final shiek on ron Key | Sidney Paige, former official of 2 the geological survey and now a West candidates will be made by War Department geologist; and a field examiner of the Civil yyaicolm Pirnie, well known geo- Service Commission, who wll be jogist and waterworks engineer detailed to Key West to talk with! of New York. the candidates and other Key| ll three witnesses stated that West citizens regarding the ap-|the canal definitely would not plicants’ qualifications. cause damage | water supplies, nor harm the re- jnowned Silver Springs, resort qualifications by ;Markham, former chief of Army | to underground | {Melvin E. Russell, Key - West | Yacht Club representatives in | Havana handling the race from | that end, four yachts will defin- | itely be in the race with four | other possible entries. The yachts | will leave Havana at 5 o'clock | this afternoon. | In the race will be the 55-foot | cutter Blitzen, owned by R. J. | Reynolds of Sapelo, Ga., which is | the winner of the St. Petersburg- | Havana race. Also racing will be | the Wakiva, 69-foot yawl of Hark- nss Edwards, of Pittsburgh, Pa., |; which was first to arrive at Ha- | vana in the same race but lost ; when handicaps were figured. | Frances C. Bidwell of Passee-A- \Grille, Fla. has entered his 30- |foot sloop, the “Babe”, and the 1 ““Josephine II” of Miami Commo- dore Wilttafit A> Petzetd’ will also be in the running. Other possi- bilities are the 45-foot schooner “Haligonian”, Harry Bureau, Trenton, Mich.; 44-foot schooner “Admate”, Theodore Leonard, Bradenton, Fla.; 61-foot schooner “Shellback”, Ronald Lee, Hous- ton, Tex.; 62-foot: schooner “Go- locamm; Alfonso’ Gomez-Mena, Havana." = 7 Most of ‘the boats expected in the Key West race have also rac- ed in the) Miami-Nassau event, as well as the St. Petersburg-Ha- vana group. The program after the race is completed early tomorrow morn- ing will consist of an official wel- come and auto tour of the city at 2 p.m. At 5 o'clock a cock- ‘PLAN TRAINING neaeate projected line of the STUDENT PILOTS = At low tide bonefish remain in} the deep channels and cannot be! Fi ri 4 | caught, but at high tide when the ties dealing with the boundaries} 5 i of the state of Florida affect athe: mises from three. tas four, ! i all the specific claim between | It was also said by the court! that it doubted whether the trea- of our folk, tourists, have come in one field. down to your city, not minding! By special exemption from the dollar toll on the Keys for’ Washington each of the boys will | their car. | be employed for 100 hours éach| ““T have asked several of them! month, and it is intended that | | Somervell pointed to greatly jincreased traffic in the Gulf of | Mexico as proof that the water- HERE YESTERDAY ONE OCCUPANT OF CAR SUF- jfeet from the channels flooding | 2 . |the flats, the long silver bone- Florida and her citizens. |fish, sportiest fighter for its size and weight anywhere, swims i “In citing various court rulings pertaining to the three mile lim- it, the court held that these dis- up and over the flats. There they | FERED BADLY BRUISED RIGHT ARM upon their return what they thought of Key West, and the response is uniform. Very nice, well worth the trip and we were} ‘ about 40 hours will be devoted to} /elass work in connection with! | shop activities. |way was economically justified, OPPORTUNITY OFFERED TO and urged resumption of work as MANY FOR FLIGHT IN. | quickly and as efficiently as pos- | sible. tail party is being given for the visiting yachtsmen and yacht club members. At 9:30 p. m. at the Casa Marina there will be a Pa may be found standing on their | Any white boy on a NYA proj. STRUCTIONS gala costume Yacht Club Ball. cussions involved the right of oth-| er counties, their ships and citi- zens. 2 “Skirotes, however, the court held, was a citizen of Florida, and added: ‘We doubt his ability to question before a court the boundaries which his state has set up. Domestic rather than in- ternational law . governs his re- lations to his own state’. “It is thus shown, by the fed- eral court ruling, that the state may regulate the taking of spong- es”. ODD RELATIONSHIP KNOXVILLE, Tenn.—Because he married his divorced wife’s mother, John Burnett of this city is stepfather to his own children} by his first marriage. BERMUDA MARKET handles only the Meats obtainable. PRICES ON SAT. and SUN. Poultry. fe guari lee every one to be juicy and tender. Dressed by experts. SOFT-BONE ROASTERS, at FRYERS. tb BATTERY-RAISED BROILERS, tb _ We handle all of the ingredients for Souse PHONE 52 White and Virginia Sts. Come to BERMUDA MAR- KET where two butchers will 32c CELLENT OVERNIGHT: ACCOMMODATIONS.-FT. heads with their tails waving abové “the ‘water aiid” féeding on the crabs and small fish-on the \ flats. ‘ | |approaches very quietly, usually with oars, and casts live small fish or shrimp just ahead of where they are feeding. As the bonefish work up one will event- ually grab the bait, and from then on there will be action with sweeping runs and spraying wa- ter. As the flats have only three feet of water over them the bone- fish cannot sound and must make {the runs to either side or straight away. Now a bonefish has plenty of energy and such a fuss and commotion and shrieking reels will occur that the angler has ‘rightly dubbed the sport one of the greater delights of salt water angling. Bonefish are also known as jLady-fish, Macabi Banana-fish, 'Sanducha, according to which lo- jcality they are fished for. The |world’s record caught on fishing jtackle was a 13% pounder. Nine pound fish have been caught this Keys. Other Fish Catches !by Wm. and Melvin Lanphar, and | Dale-Morrow of Detroit, and H. fishing aboard the Lucky Strike, with Capt. Henry Weatherford. The catch consisted of: albacore, barracuda, mackerel, bonito, king- fish and dolphin. | J. A. Perry of Chicago, fishing with Capt. Veral Roberts aboard "the Lil Dot, reported much the same with bonito, dolphin, king- fish, albacore and mackerel. Yesterday afternoon at 5:20) surprised there were so few mos-' ect is eligible, and may apply to! | eo year on the mud flats of bid A nice varied catch was made! Gutmann, East Orange, N. J.,’ quitos. some more thanks,’ o’clock a WPA truck, driven by) James A. Horn, and an automo-! \bile driven by Mrs. Gladys M.! of _ those westion Eaton and the automo-| Will have a supply of folders”. red Savalas north on Mar- | WPA OFFICIALS ON VISIT HERE With Mrs. Green were several friends from Kentucky, and one Karl Goodbread, field repre- |sentative of the Division of Em- of the party, a Mrs. Jefferson, | suffered a badly bruised right! ployment, and J. Richard Thom- as, of the Labor Division WPA, arm. There was about $90 dam- | ‘were arrivals in Key West this age to the car. Traffic Officer | Basil Tynes investigated and de- | |morning, accompanied by a mem- iber of the National Park Service. cided that no arrests were war- ranted. MARRIED AT LAST CRISTOBAL, Canal Zone — A marriage license obtained 32 jyears ago was used recently when Constance Green and Fitz- gerald Green were’ married in | this city. H in Key West, and with the exception of Mr. Good- bread, left.on the F.,W. Meade, | vessel of the National Park Serv- lice, for a visit to Fort Jefferson. IGNORED MANY TICKETS i ets pNEWARK, N. J.—When he {ignored 80°parking tickets, Aaron |Selenfriend of this city was fined ‘$1 a ticket in traffic court, plus i$5 for the personal service ticket j Which finally brought his to the bar. | Joseph L. Plummer Vice-President AMBULANCE SERVICE Phone 22211 Miami, Fla. FOR SALE BY ALL LEAD- ING RET. «+. MORE POPULAR EVERY DAY! Claude Gandolfo, of the WPA} the others, | Can you let us have, the supervisor for assignment. He} folders,! must be-eertified by the welfare! | board, 18 years old or must not} Casting for them the angler|Green, came together at the| And, ef course, Mr. Singleton: be’ 25 years old until the end of ‘corner of Eaton and Margaret |Tepligd, “as soon as our fellow June. Must be recommended by’ Istreets. The truck was going Citizens make it possible, Eustis! area supervisor and district stt-|an¢e order from the Nebraska ;pervisor, accepted by the state | NYA office and entitled to a sat- \isfactory medical certificate from |a physician. “TEMPERATURES Lowest Highest Jast night last 24 hours -- 60 70 Station~. | Abilene | Atlanta | Boston _. Buffalo | Charleston Chicago a . 20 . 18 _- 58 - 32 40 28 -. 62 74 32 34 76 40 50 Galveston | Havana - Huron 30 | Jacksonville 58 Kansas City _ 44 | KEY WEST _ 72 | Little Rock _ 62 }Los Angeles _ 48 |Louisville _.. 38 Miami ___.__ 68 Mpis.-St. P. . 18 |New Orleans _ 40 New York _ 28 Pensacola 58 Pittsburgh 30 St. Louis __ 40 Salt Lake City !San Francisco Seattle Sn Washington 36 Williston _ 20 eRSSSussersaps | se 44 36 JEFFERSON CRUISES-$10 ALL EXPENSE TWO-DAY Florida State Employment, ‘Service offices in the U. S. Navy! building is in receipt of a clear- NEWS FLASHES Press) ee | State Employment Service, list-| gisaNGHAI—Japan has said ing ten opportunities for flight/ t,4¢ she will continue to fish in instructors between the ages of! Ru csian waters. 21 and 45 years, at salaries of} i $200 the month. : | HENDAYE. — Fighting within ; Duties are to train student’ 599 yards of the Rebel lines on pilots under the provisions of the! the outskirts of Madrid and also | civil aeronautics authority of the | in the city proper are communists | Army Air Corps. The education’ ang Loyalist die-hards, who do {required is that of high school not concur with General Casado’s | graduates, with experience in the; plan to surrender with honor to | Army Air Corps preferred. | the Rebels. In the groups are 1, Fhe men selected are to g0 to thousands of seasoned Loyalist Randolph Field, San Antonio,’ soidiers who do not wish to sur- Texas, for a short course of spe-' render. cial training. They will enter as, . cadets with quarters and rations and a salary of $75 per month. Transportation to Randolph Field will be at the expense of the ap- plicant. In additiongythey, have _ listed seven openings with May 15 as the time limit, for aircraft me- chanics and ground instructors with ‘wages from™-$100 to $150 monthly. : William V. Little, in charge of the local office, states that qual- {ified applicants for these positions | should go to the office and reg- ister. PARIS.—Authoritative reports have it that Mussolini has taken away some of his demands for concessions from France in Africa and now wishes only economic rights in eastern French Africa and minority rights in Tunisia. ROME.—Disquieting was Mus- |versary of Fascism should be building. BECAME WPA PROJECT ASSURED OF MEAL | FORT LAVENWORTH, Kan. — _— {Hamilton Moore of this city be- CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — Under | came a WPA project when his {the will of John L. Warren of wooden leg was broken as he at- ewe city, a four-year-old cocker tempted to board a freight train. as long as he lives. \fitted with a new leg. solini’s order that the 20th anni-; BOAT PARTY IS RESCUED LIGHTHOUSE BOAT WENT TO ASSISTANCE; VESSEL NEARLY SUNK Wednesday notice was received that the fishing boat Sonar, at- tached to the Yacht Trade Winds, while off Tortugas, had encoun- tered an obstruction and was pretty nearly sunk when a boat from the lighthouse at Tortugas went to the rescue. In the lighthouse boat were keepers from the light going to Fort Jefferson, and they reached the sunken vessel and rescued two men and two women, mem- bers of the party from the Trade Winds, who had been fish- ing from the Sonar. Key West Yacht Club commemorated on a Sunday, so, spaniel is assured of his favorite|He was provided a project num- | meal, hamburgers and tomatoes, ber at a WPA carpenter shop and TOUR..PRICE TOURS 505 DUVAL STREET-PHONE 124