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

Key West, Florida, has the most equable climate in the country; with an average range of only 14° Fahrenheit Associated Press Day Wire Service For 59 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West Che Key West Citizen -THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN THE U. S.A. VOLUME LX. No. 67. Interested Citizen Cites Figures. In, Operation. Of County Criminal Court Shows That. Portion Of Expense To County As. EDITOR WRITES OF ROAD TRIP ere a: sun. | fouch- DAY RECORD EDITOR, GIV- ING ISLAND CITY MUCH Represented Is Far In! Excess Of Amount Additional information ing on the proposal to abolish the | Criminal Court of Record of Mon- | __ | PUBLICITY | roe County was given The Citi- | | | : | | Ever since the Sunday editor i {of the Philadelphia Record, Ber- jmard Bergman, accompanied by | intention fo introduce an act; Mrs. Brg the zen today by a taxpayer after he had studied the legal notice of Representetive Bernie C. Papy’s nan, spent a delightful | at next session of Legis- jcicient in the world is this vie {ten days in Key West last win- lature to do away with the court. ter, the Sunday editions of that/tone is ‘equal to that of a The legal notices are being pub-| influential newspaper have been) i oe lished in The Citizen by Mr.!8iving Key West all the best! Here is what was available to} New law requiring publication of such | proposals for a period of 30 days, Pennsylvania, Maryland, that the public may be fully in-| Jersey and Delaware readers on | March 12, under the heading of! |-New Thrills Spice Key West iTrip”: j | formed. “I'm only a citizen, not a law- yer or an interested party in the present controversy, but I’ve tak- en the trouble to inform myself of the facts in the case from the official records at County Court- house”, this taxpayer informed The Citizen. “According to fig- ures appearing in a story pub- lished by The Citizen Wednes- day, Mr. Papy is under the im-} pression it costs the county $9,- 55.40 for operation of the Crim- inal Court every year. It was inferred that this: sum was, raised ; by taxation. The statement. is. very misleading. Salaries Paid “In the article it Was set forth that Judge William V. Albury of Criminal Court is paid $2,900 an- “Two travel thrills have just been added to the writer’s mem- ory book. .the excitement of riding all day long at speeds ranging from 60 to 75 miles an hour in the engine cab of the Seaboard Railway’s new 6000- horsepower Diesel locomotive. . . the thrill of the Overseas High- way trip from Miami to Key West. “As for the ride in the Diesels, that is a story in itself. Running on time for the entire distance to Miami, starting, and _ stopping without ‘aby ‘jerks’ @r° Vibration; getting up a 60-mile-an-hour speed two minutes after starting; eatmg our meals in the dining car without, even the ice tinkling in the glasses. | | | CRIMINAL COURT CONVENED THIS MORNING: THREE DE- | FENDANTS ARRAIGNED AT! SESSION i Criminal Court of Record for} Monroe County met in regular; session this morning 9:30 o'clock, ifor the month of March, with} Judge William V. ‘Albury and all | officers of the court present. |. There..was one-Sase on the doc-/ ket fortrial’and that was the case | in. which ‘Alfred Dean and Victor Dean, colored, were accused, the former on a charge of aggravated | assault and the latter charged) with assault and battery. The case against Alfred Dean ee KEY WEST, FLORIDA, MONDAY, MARCH 20, Synthetic Violin Striking example. of just exactly what ‘Germany ig ‘doing in making synthetic ; boat, is in the city ; aboard the | products take the place of generally established products, so-that it will be self suc-|¥8@cht “Matthews 34” and charac- w of a violin, made of wood, coal and chalk. The ma- |terial is described as powerfully resistant yet pliable enough to be sawed and bent. Its wood instrument. FBI IS SSS | °° NCRWEGIAN CONSUL GENERAL VISITED , KEY WEST SUNDAY | | | i i (Ry Ans ercoe . TOKIO.—Japan reported that Russian troops had crossed the border} in Manchukuo and en- |trenched themselves on Japanese land with a five hour pitched bat- tle ensuing. | eee Rolf A. Christensen, Con- rul General for Norway, with headquarters in New York City. accompanied by Bjarne Ursin, Consul at Boston, Mass., arrived in Key West on Saturday afternoon over the highway for a visit with Consul Charles S. Lowe, This was the Consul Gen- eral’s first visit io Key West, and he was shown all points of interest here yesterday by Mr. Lowe, who entertained thé visitors all during their stay. The distinguished visitors, although disappointed in not having been able to enjoy a fishing trip yesterday as was planned, were nevertheless greatly pleased with their jing a special meeting of German leaders today to consult follow- jing the declarations of England, France and the United States that they will not recognize the acquisition of Czechoslovakia by Germany, Hitler declared today. that he has no intention of mak- |nig other than economic conces- jsions from Russia and Poland. MOSCOW.—Reports have | it that Russia will shortly call a |seven-power conference concern- , 1939 PRICE FIVE CENTS Hepburn Board Receives Key West Data On Naval Air'Base Founder Of Matthews Boat "<i Ferveréet ® bos! | ed In Report To Secre- tary Of Navy lines Praises Key Cruise Enjoys Bithdeh: Fishing; om | Lee Yachtspeople Buy Home, | Key West Boat; Writer Working On Book (By Washington Correspondent of The Key West Citizen) WASHINGTON, D. C., March 10.—A brief from the Key West Inspection Of Naval Station =» »« By YardHead === =~ ,COMMANDER COMBS IS AS: lweceived today by the Hepburn SISTANT CHIEF BUREAU ?}°8rd. the Navy Department dis- YARDS DOCKS WITH HEAD. |“!0sed today. QUARTERS AT CAPITAL | The Board immediately took | into consideration facts contained conta’ ning data on costs of the proposed jnaval air base at Key West, was i} | | t | | | | | jago_ built S. J. Matthews, who 50 years the first Matthews jterizes the 100 miles of Florida} | Keys as a most wonderful cruis- ing ground with excellent fish-: Eve Matthews deean't cin a Py Be ¥ ee in the brief for possible inclusion ‘Matthews Company anymore. He} mmander Combs, a: in its report to the Secretary of |leaves that to his son, Charles’ chief of the Bureau of Yards and Navy, who will transmit the |Matthew§, who continues to de-| Board’s findings to Congress. |sign and produce an excellent Docks, Navy Department, Wash} Although, the Navy Depart- ington, flew in this morning and ment would not disclose the con- class of. cruisers in 34, 38, 46 and} {50 foot lengths. Next year it | will be 50 ‘years since Matthews ‘is at present inspecting Key West tents of the brief, it was believed | built his first boat for commer-! to include estimates on the cost | Naval Station. | cial production. Mr. Matthews is from Port, jCanton, Ohio. Coming down! through the Keys he reports ex- | ;cellent bottom fishing was en-, \joyed. He tried for tarpon, had i { |any of the silvet's. | Anice little boost for Key | West is the purchase of boat! jand a home here_by the Pen-! inicks.. The Pennicks, who are{ {rumored to be quite wealthy,} ‘renovated a. little, home ear pears. kerplunk at the entrance | ito the Yacht Basin and a’ tasty | |little home it is trimmed in blue} land white. They arrived here | |three months ago, fell in love; with the place, bought the Key); West home and also a Key West! boat, not exactly a “yachty”! Commander Combs luncheon guest of Lieut. and Mrs. Fort H. Callahan today and BERLIN.—Adolf Hitler is call- 2 f¢W strikes, but couldn't land expected to return to Miami late today. SPONGES BRING HIGHER PRICES DING AMOUNTED TO | $1,710.55 \ , this suggestion, the Board |of establishment. A Navy Department spokes- man said that the Hepburn Board had suggested to Key West in- terests the submission of a brief, following the latter's request for a public hearing to present local views on the matter Earlier this week, a member had said that Board despite will still give an audience to repre- sentatives of any community, al- though he said that the brief should serve the purpose. TEMPERATURES 1eeecececescesescooseccee Lowest Highest Station- - last nijht last 24 nours Abilene 58 80 jing steps to be taken regarding looking boat but probably a good | stay here. They left Sunday | th totalitarian nations. ‘one, and naming it the “Ruth | evening enroute io headquar- | ——— Pennick” after Mrs . Pennick.} ters. | WASHINGTON.—It is believed They now berth it at the Yacht {displayed on the municipal dock that the U. S. will initiate legis-| Basin. ° Fons: A zi | FFG. GG" GW" G",@Y lation to change the Neutrality; Writer John Montgomery who | this Rcieaiinn@ INst) Sie Aaepen otter Act in order to give the President | with Mrs. Montgomery is at the) ings brought prices which were ARMANDO AYALA power to institute economic sanc-| Yacht Basin in the “Chance” is| ‘tions against totalitarian nations. | trying his hand at a novel. Mr.|!@tger than is usually offered at wa |Montgomery has had four ambi-| this period of the season. PARIS.—France is working|tions in his life, one to own a Of the entire offerings there FUNERAL SERVICES WILL BE CONDUCTED THIS AF- TERNOON “It is a four-hour ride to Key West but the time flies for there 1s so much to see. The spot where the World War veterans were killed during the 1935 hur- ricane. . .the monument to their memory. . -houses built six feet above the ground to protect the inhabitants from any future ca- tastrophe. “It is said, however, that no hurricane could ever again bring such damage for engineers have fixed things so any torrential fury would wear itself out. Mile after mile of bridges over the blue of the Gulf of Mexico and Atlantic Ocean; only one key ‘with pines on it (Big Pine Key), and people pulling up tuna and ,;othér varieties of big fish from the bridges. nually. I tind that his actual sal- ary is $2,400 annually. These are the facts: “The salary of the judge is $2,- 400, the salary and conviction fees of the county solicitor last year amounted to $2,395, the salary of the clerk is $1,500, the fee? of the bailiff were $108, the witness fees amounted to $255.20, and the cost of interpreters was $12. Therefore, the total cost of the court last year was $6,670.20, be- cause the fees of the jurors, which amounted to $2,335.30, were paid by the State of Florida. “In addition, the court’ collect- ed from fines and forfeitures the sum of $2,025.86. Deduct/the sum of $4,361.06, the total amount paid by the state and the revenue produced by the court from fines’)*"* : and forfeitures, and it is imme-| Key West itself. Houses hoard- diately apparent that instead of!€4 4p and shuttered for the costing $9,055.40, as alleged, the'SPanish people rarely come out actual cost.of operating the court! during the light of day. But when was $2,309.14. (might ‘falls! Ah, then. fun:-is Atlanta : 34 58 Boston._{ 24 32 Buffale & 26 38 Charleston 52 56 Chicago — 38 Denver 38 62 Detroit 30 38 Galveston 68 Havana — Huron 56 Jacksonville 60 Kansas City - 76 KEY WEST 78 Little Rock 72 Los Angeles 64 Louisville 56 Miami 74 Mpls.-St. P. 46 New Orleans 64 New York 36 Pensacola 62. Pittsburgh 46 St. Louis 12 Salt Lake City 68 San Francisco 60 | Seattle 58 Tampa 72 was holle prossed and that against Victor Dean went to trial with the following jury selected to try the issue: Edwin W. Albury, Leonte Valladares, Ignacio J. Avalo, Orlando Caraballo, John Walker and George Curry. When the case was concluded and went to the jury the panel was out of the room but a brief time when it returned with a ver- dict of guilty. Judge Albury sen- tenced the offender to pay a fine of $10 and costs or 60 days in jail. : There was one plea of guilty entered by Troy Harnon, charged with malicious destruction of the property of another. He was sen-! tenced .to pay a fine of $5 and costs. There were not many sponges desperately to develop its arma-| boat, one to be a White House} ments to those in the power of Teporter, one to run a weekly, Were two lots of wool, one of Italy and Germany. newspaper—and the last to write| which consisted of 241 bunches Se a book. Thus far he has done|and another of 76 bunches. The | -BUSHAREST.—King Carol ofall of babioye con everest ee is| first lot sold for $1,172.99, or |Rumania is within the orbit of at presen ppin; us out on a} js German influence with great| typewriter in the stern sheets oteee and se fraction a bunch, and [quantities of oil made available |his cruiser. He is on a year’s) tHe lot with 76 bunches, sold for \to Germany in a trade agreement. | leave of absence from the Mem- | $396.66, o> $5.21, and a fraction 52, The oil is expected to supply half } phis Commercial Appeal. If the) the bunch see as ea Be died yesterday morning at 5 °f Germany’s war-time needs. book is successful—it'll be longer | . aitogether there were 383 Bee at Fernando Stirrup, | clock“ at the. residence, 1002 : ‘ charged, with, manslaughter in ? PRAHA. uicides of Jewish | than a year’s leave of absence. var | bunches of wool; which sold for connection with the death of Alice Fleming street, tonowing an ill-|Czechs continued today after ‘Mrs. Montgomery helps, also. ; This morning she’s varnishing | $1,696.52 and 21 bunches of yel- Eiklor, is,scheduled for’ trial to- P¢t of Tampa, and the local Hitler's annexation of the coun- morrow morning. ‘of 15 months. ‘try. One Jewish medical doctor Armando Frederick Ayala, 48 48 46 52 as) i i Asset Instead Of Loss eae ee “For this total of $2,309.14) “Called ‘Cayo Hueso’ by the Monroe county received a total of} Spanish, Key West is one of the! 15,519 hours of labor, which, at! most picturesque cities in North! 15 cents an hour, far below the| America. Not quite two miles! average wages paid laborers in| wide and less than five miles this county, produced $2,387.85.| long, the island ghosts could tell That means a net revenue for the | stories of Spanish, pirates who county from the activities of woodwork on the Chance and | low, which sold for $14.03, a total, pe RTO The deceased was a member of called to attend 40 Jews, who had GETS SWANSON’S worrying about “holidays” OF i sale of $1,710.55. | missed places in the painting. | FOUR SEAPLANES LAND THIS MORNING: HOUSTON AT SEA the Masonic lodges and the Shri- ners of Tamja, and the local lodges will hold ritual services this afternoon at the chapel of the Lopez Funeral Home, 4:30 o'clock. Church services will be conducted by Rev. Arthur B. Dimmick, of St. Paul’s church. | Pallbearers who will serve are attempted suicide, committed suicide himself from the horror of thé oppression. Three hurfdred Jews, who have their papers of admission to other countries, are in hiding, fearing arrest before they can escape. BURGOS. — Nationalist Spain Criminal Court amounted to $76.71 last year—instead of a loss of $9,055.40, as figure@ by Mr. Papy. “Assuming a case: Suppose 1,- 705 cases, of which 137 were traf- fic cases, were tried im municipal court. That watld /leav 68 cases which migh a in Justice of the Peace courtse.\Were it not for the ‘Criminal ¢ f Record those*ease$ cost the county) ap added* $18}- 224, figured ‘the basis “of the present fees\pravided ‘by ‘statute for handling such' cases in the courts of thée’Justices of the Peace. “Add to this figure the jurors? fees, which under such procedure would have to be paid by Mon- roe county instead of the state, and the average man can easily see just how much will be saved by Monroe county under the bill abolishing the court”. EXCELLEN preyed upon the rich targo ves- \friends and associates of Mr. remains silent regarding Loyalist Would ej {sels sailing between New Eng- land”. NOTICE All delinquent Commercial and Pleasure Fishing Boat Licenses |must be paid not later than |Saturday, March 25th. Arrests will follow for those not com. |Plying. |< BENNIE RUSSELL, Agent ~ State Board of Conservation, 1005 Eaton Street. 7 ee i i + | BARRY PERMANENTLY AT PERKY. FLA. i Four Naval seaplanes from tre ‘Cruiser Houston, which is at sea! joff the Keys, arrived in Key) ! West today to take on mail for; Secretary of Navy Swanson, who! is on the Houston, and left about | 1 o’clock this ‘afternoon. The plnaes tanded in Man-O’- | .jWar Harbor and the mail loaded | Mrs. Charles S. Taylor, Miss Eli- “Vaboard them from the Trunfbo | { Island ramp. : The Houston has been in the i war games in the Caribbean. ! i PERKY LODGE } | } ED. | | | { Ayala, employes of the Key West Electric company, with which he was associated for many years: Bascom L. Grooms, A. M. Hew-' itt, Earl Julian, Paul Mesa,! George Lucas and Anthony! Yates. ; Douglas, past-president of the Survivors are the widow, Mrs. Securities and Exchange Com- Emma Ayala, three daughters,’ mission, was today appointed by President Roosevelt as associate justice of the Supreme Court. WASHINGTON. — A_ Coast Guard ‘vessel rescued boys in a tiny sloop 220 miles below Bal- boa, with their vessel expected :to go down momentarily. Spain’s wishes for peace with honor. It is believed that Franco will enter Madrid only through military conquest. zabeth Ayala, and Miss Emma Neal Ayala. Five brothers, Ga-; briel F., Gustavo, Roland, Oscar; and Nelson, and two sisters, Mrs. W. A. Daniel, Tampa; and Mrs. Patrick O’Quin, Glendale, Cali- fornia. H Ahern Funeral Home Aero-Car Ambulance Service “Air Cooled” AMBULANCE SERVICE Phone 22211 ‘NEW 1939 CHEVROLETS Cars Delivered From $749.00 Truck Delivered From $695.00 Mulberg Chevrolet Co. | T OVERNIGHT ACCOMMODATIONS-FT. JEFFERSON CRUISES--$10 ALL EXPENSE TWO-DAY WASHINGTON. — William O.| On her first visit to Key West} Mrs. John Duff, Jr. of New Bed-! ford, Mass., is convinced that she} will return again. Her guests are! Mrs. John McGuire of Miami and | Mrs. Sandquist of Coral Gables. ! They are on the 83 feet Kalmia! anchored out in the Yacht Basin| harbor. They have’ enjoyed grouper bottom fishing off Fort) Taylor. Captain is Harold} Downey. H The 75 foot Whereaway is an-/| chored out in the harbor with) Mr. and Mrs. George Pettelo of Dallas, Texas, aboard. They are out today deepsea fishing. Cap- tain of their boat is Harry Jep- json. They never berth at docks! \preferring always to anchor out as they are doing at present in the Yacht Basin harbor. A few) inights ago they spent at the; imouth of Calda Channel. | On the 35 foot Harwetta Mr. jand Mrs. G. L. Dunboar of | Sharon, Pa., Captain and Mrs.) |Herberg H. Johnson of Fort | Lauderdale are at the Basin after| ,a leisurely fishing trip down through the keys. Captain John Van Mills is at} jthe Yacht Basin in the “Sybil” jconnected with Robert Moses,| 'N. Y. Commissioner of Parks,; | who has been a guest at the {Casa Marina for some time. BUILDS OWN CHURCH | Washington 32 42 a | Williston 40 PRINCETON, Ind.—During his | twenty years as priest of St.j Joseph Catholic parish here, the} __ Rev. Nicholas A. Hassel has built} HAUGHLEY, Eng.—Parishion- with his own hands a church, a ers here were asked to sign an sisters’ home and a rectory. Now anti-gossip pledge by their vicar, he is building a school. 'Rev. W. G. White. CURB ON CHATTER PALACE SEE THIS PICTURE! |. 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