The Key West Citizen Newspaper, March 23, 1939, Page 1

Associated Press Day Wire Service For 59 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West Che Key VOLUME LX. No. 70. pat Citizrn Key West, Florida, has the most equable climate in the country; with an average range of only 14° Fahrenheit | THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN THE U.S. A. Fernando Stirrup:Tried: * In Criminal CourtWas °” Acquitted Last ‘Evening | Arraigned On Charge 0f|' SOOO OOD @, Manslaughter In Connec- | Motorbike Driven Into tion With Death Of Alice; Eiklor | | After being out of the jury box | for one-half hour, the jury which was to decide the matter of | charges against Fernando Stirrup. | manslaughter, in the death of | Alice Eiklor, returned a verdict for the defendant of not: guilty. | The case went to the jury at 8! o'clock last evening. This case was called for trial} Tuesday morning at the opening of the criminal court session, and the examination of witnesses, 18 for the state and six for the de- fense, and the necessity of sum-!' moning other jurors when the regular panel was exhausted took up the better part of the time. { Argument for the defense and the prosecution occupied but a brief time yesterday evening, and the charge of Judge Wm. V. Al-; bury was concluded at 8 o'clock. | Following the accident, which j cecurred on the night of January | 26 and the death of Miss Eiklor on the next day, a coroner’s jury was empanelled by Peace Justice | Franklin Arenberg, coroner ex- | officio, and for several days the: Stirrup Car, Testified Testimony at the trial of Fernando Stirrup who was acquitted last night of man- slaughter charges in connec- tion with the death of Miss Alice Eiklor in an auto and motorbike accident estab- lished the fact that he was past the green light and that the girls drove their motorbike into his car. With “over 26 witnesses called there was a great amount of conflicting testi- mony. The question of speed of the car has never been es- tablished. Some said 25 m.p.h. Some said 45 m.p.h. The two eye witnesses agreed that the light was green when Stirrup crossed it and that the motorbike which was driven by Blanche Cervantes with Alice Eiklor seated on the rear fender - was driven into the Stirrup car just .beyond the over- hanging light. The car and motorbike were introduced as evidence and the witnesses pointed out the marks on them which indicated that the motorbike had been driven into the car. Stirrup had maintained this just after the accident and since then. The accident took place at the corner of White and Divi- )sion with Stirrup travelling north on White. case was considered by the jury, | OPP PISS and a large pumber of ‘witnesses | examined, At the conclusion of the hear- ing on February 1, ‘the jury fail- ed to reach a decision as té the responsibility for the girl’s death, | and the coroner’s jury was dis- missed. After further examination of the witnesses who testified at the inquest, County Solicitor Allan B. Cleare, Jr., held conferences with J. Lancelot Lester, assistant state attorney, and later filed the charges of manslaughter against Stirrup, and the case was brought! to.a close last night by the jury’s| verdict. | Court Reconvenes | Recessed term of criminal court | ROBBERY AT ARNOLD HOME |sum OF NINETEEN DOLLARS a TAKEN FROM MRS. ARN- OLD’S HAND BAG William Arnold, local traffic manager of the Florida Motor Lines, returned to his home at jthe corner of United and Reyn- olds streets last night to find the met this morning at which Judge | house all lit up and the hand bag William V. Albury presided, and | of Mrs. Arnold lighter by $19. all officers of the tribunal were! present. Mr. Arnold was at the bus sta- jtion and, as usual, Mrs. Arnold There was but one case sched-; went to the station to get him. uled for hearing and the case of Raoul charged with operating a game of chance to which he entered a plea of guilty. He was sentenced | to pay a fine of $50 and costs, or| spend 60 days in the county jail. The accused was arrested on February 26 by Deputies Bernard Waite and Ray Elwood, who en- tered the Club La Conga and found a game of craps in opera- tion. There was other gambling paraphernalia captured at the same time. At the conclusion of the ses- sion this morning the judge an-} nounced a recess until tomorrow morning 9:30 o’clock when the that a was | When. they returned B. Garcia! surprised to find the light on, but quickly realized that the home had been entered when the money was discovered bag, and ‘that gained throughj\a window. they were missing from the “entrance had been The office of the sheriff was advised of the o¢curence and in short time officers arrived on the scene, fingerprints were tak- en, and a search for the culprits jat once instituted, SPONGE SALES THIS MORNING Sale of 101 bunches of sponge! !was concluded this morning at! the municipal dock when a local jbuyer offered $536 for the lot,; jand it was accepted. This offering of sponges was placed on the dock yesterday and ; }the owner was offered | $526.66, } case of Eugene Sands, charged with having slot machines in his | possession at his place at Marae thon, is to be brought up for trial. YACHT AWAITS | COMPENSATI | a TO INTRODUCE BILL | FIXING PAY AT FIVE DOL-| | LARS PER MEETING; NOT | TO EXCEED $300 YEARLY | | i i] Representative B. C. Papy, of; | i | | |Monroe county, is in this issue | jof The Citizen, officially notify- ‘ing the residents of the county of his intention to introduce a local bill at the session of the: 1939 legislature, which will pro-! vide: That ‘the compensation'' of | members of the board of county | commissioners of Monroe county shall be $5 for each meeting | which they will actually attend, and the amount of compensation | will not be actually more than ' $300 a vear. 1 | In this local bill there is an ex-' |ception made in the case of the : chairman of the board, who shall |receive $10 for each meeting ac- tually attended, with the com- | pensation for the entire year not |to exceed $600. Additionally each county com- | missioner will be paid the sum of |10 cents for each mile actually travelled in going to and from the court house, but no mileage ; Shall be paid to any commission- {er who lives within the limits of i ithe city. In discussing the proposed bill |Mr. Papy said he is making an , effort to get.the county down to ;a sound basis of operations, fi- nancially, and this is one of the , Steps which will bring about this condition. PROJECTS OPEN Three new projects have been dded to the roster of the Na- tional Youth Administration in ‘Key West under Supervisor Vic- ‘tor Lowe. | Youth assistance ‘for minor construction work and repairs on schools and other public build- ings project was begun March 21. Part time clerical and steno- graphic assistance to govern- mental agencies will begin March 26. N.Y.A. youths to be furnish- ed as part time worker as as- sistants, maids, and office boys in public school cafeterias, pub- i lic nursery schools, and other, governmental agencies where these types of services are need- ed opens March 24. FOF EL kd hk) FINDS KEY WEST AS REPRESENTED J. O. Tankard, of Nash- ville, Tenn., was a caller at the office of The Citizen yes- terday. and introduced him- self with the statement that “I have seen so many news- papers which have not pub- lished the truth, that I want ‘itton, South Bend, Ind., , Printz and Miss Ann Glowe,: KEY WEST, FLORIDA, Fifty Four Pound Black Grouper Caught; Rod ‘And Reelers Fish sii ‘i eee Four Tarpon Between 20; BANKER SCHACHT And 100 Pounds Caught : cocccccccccccccccccccces By Rod And Reel Club; Many Others In Trip On the “Lucky Strike”, with | Capt. Henry Weatherford, the} party of Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Ham-| DA |Franklin, Pa., believing variety ; to .be the spice of iife, brought | in a crevalie jack, muttonfish: some barracuda and‘ mackerel: » & beautifal ‘sailfish’ of » sever ONE OF NAZI'S great eco- feet one-inch, weighing 60 pounds,'| omic minds, Hjalmar Scha- : 2 |) ‘cht, is shown above. He is was landed in 23 minutes on 18-; responsible for the wonder- thread line by Hermon Fisch-| ful. economic balance Ger- 5 «cp:..| many has at present in spite Renee Newark N-3 AE of the fact that she has little with Mrs. Fischbein and Harvey’ gold and needs many prod- Lewinsky, local merchant, aboard | Paul Demeritt’s Dac. It is rome. DISCH ARGED RELIEF mounted for the Fischbein home. On Capt. “Bra” Saunders’ Pat- rick, Dr. and Mrs. W. T. Lindslay THURSDAY, MARCH 23, 1939 PRICE FIVE CEN’ Recurring Reports Indicate Increase Of - Activities At Key West Submarine Base Legionnaires Begin Drive _ Toward Securing State : Convention Next Year Svecevccccecsecesoeseoce FAVORS ALLIES ‘Claimed That About Three Thousand Persons Would Be Brought Here For) Event Arthur Sawyer Post 28, Ameri. | i | | | | | ‘can Legion, at a meeting held last night, took up the matter of| j aa | making a drive toward securing | ‘WORKER ASSAULTS “ state convention of the or-, TORTUGAS TRIP The 105 foot yacht Helene is awaiting -better weather to make the trip to Tortugas in the next few days. Trying the trip a few days ago the yacht encountered heavy weather and the owner decided to turn back. Owner is R. B. Brown of Detroit. Party on the Helege are R. S. Browne, Jr. Mr. Sholte of Detroit and Mr. Booth of Clearwater. Captain is A. A. Alderman. March weather is very tricky and although it appeared to be light weather the last two days squalls have been racing around the horizon. EXCELLENT OVERNIGHT ACCOMMODATIONS--FT, JEFFERSON which he refused. The price paid for the sponge this morning was approximately ‘$5.30 the bunch. ZONING BOARD } | The proposed zoning enabling act that will be introduced. in the | Legislature has been given the approval of the Key West Zoning Board. < This matter will be taken up at a special meeting of the City Council tn be held Monday night, and all interested are invited to be in attendance. APPROVES ACT | i | NA hd hdd de of Madison, Wisconsin, landed 15, Nassau and black groupers and FOREMAN a muttontish. ARTHUR Mr. and Mrs. C. V. Kopp of Mt.| = i Ranier, Maryland, hooked and’ ESTEBAN FERNANDEZ AR-! Janded grouper, mackerel and barracud: aboard the Lil Dot,! TED AND GIVEN BREE Capt. Veral Roberts. { LIMINARY HEARING: HELD A lack grouper, one of the. FQR\CRIMINAL COURT largest seen around Key West in| ‘some time, was landed: by: Mrs ‘Everett. Sawyer. of 521 Gririne’ ‘stteet of this city. It, weighed | 54% pounds and measured four; feet, one-inch. Rounding out the arty were Everett Sawyer and ir. and Mrs. L. C. Schuldt of; Chicago. Total catch, besides the giant grouper, consisted of three mackerel, nine grouper, four bartacuda and a great many others that were released. \ The Brouper is being mounted by Al Pflueger for his museum in Mi- ami. Capt. Ted Canova on the Mary B had a two-day party of Rod and Reel Club members of Mi- ami, namely George Van Winkle, Ray Rutherford, George and Craig Forbes. Capt. Canova proved a good host as did the Rod and Réel men good anglers, for with casting rods and six- and nine-thread lines they landed four trapon between 20 and 100 | pounds, a permit, gray snappers, jchito, grouper, crevalle jacks, ‘runners and barracuda—about 45 \fish in all. Nice work, gentle- imen. i ‘On Capt. Henry Weatherford’s | Lucky Strike fished Mr. and Mrs. Sidney Gooch and Mrs. Charles [Conger of Rockville Centre, N. \Y. Their catch was yellowtails ‘and barracudas. One of Key West's charming \ladies of song, Eva of the Club \Cayo Hueso, fishes for diversion. {She landed a six-pound hogfish |off of Boca Chica bridge. Lucky | Struck. | fish to be landed by Eva. ! Fernandez was afterward ar- Aboard excursion boat Alyce B Tested by Chief Deputy Sheriff |on Wednesday, Mrs. G. M. Mills,; Bernard Waite and placed in the ; Mankato, Minn., landed a three- | County jail. foot shark and a 15-pound red | Vagrarcy Charge Heard | |Snapper; Dr. W. E. Lawhead, Van’ Another case was brought be-| | Wert, Ohio, landed a 25-pound fore Peace Justice Esquinaldo yes-| | amberjack and mackerel; J. F. terday afternoon. This was the} ; Rivers, Greenwich, Conn., caught case of George Davis charged with a 20-pound amberjack, 18-pound vagrancy. The accused was | grouper and a four and a half bound over to the present term | | foot barracuda. {of criminal court in bond of $100. ' | DENTIST SIGNAL H | — ' NEW YORK—Dr. S. Blaustein, PORTAGEVILLE, Mo. — The; dentist of this city, has a “stop- city commissioners of , this city} and-go” signal attached to his have painted checkerboards at apparatus and controlled by the convenient spots on the side- patient, who when he feels he’s walks of the business section to Esteban Fernandez was ‘ars ' 3 raigned in the court, of Peace Jus! tice Enrique Esifiinaldo, 'Ir., th. morning at 10 o’clock ona charge! on the person of Tony Arthur, WPA! foreman. ! When all of the testimony hadj been assembled at the conclusion of the hearing, Judge Esquinaldo decided tnere was sufficient evi- | dence to warrant the accused be-, ing bound over in the sum of $100 to await the action of the criminal court. Probability is that Fer-' nandez will be tried at the pres- ent session. It way learned at the WPA of- fice that Fernandez had been dis- charged by Foreman Arthur, who had decided that Fernandez was not doing his full share‘6f work, and was. advised that ‘he could not neglect his duties. Those who witnessed the at- tack said’ that: work ‘had! fillished for the day and’ Arthur Was sit- ting astride his bieycle when he ‘was approached by’ Fernandez, who touched him on the shoulder and when Foreman Arthur turn- ed Fernandez struck him in the face. There are some who say that the aggressor had something in his hand when the blow was of assault and battery PROVIDE RECREATION folk. | —_——-.-.. DANCE {posed of R. E. Newton, P the convention, for. |ganization for Key West next year. The matter was thoroughly | discussed, and it was decided to! send out questionnaires to the | various merchants of the city and others in an endeavor to ascertain their views and sentiments in the matier of cooperating in the in- terest of West, en a 4 4 ve i The ESE. ‘Mending’ the! conventioy He States that in ‘th easier of {the ‘merchants arbldvériookell* in! ‘the way of feceiving one of these auestion- ires, it is requesied that they t in. touch’ with the committee. “Prompt ‘Reply Urged A request is also made that these questionnaires, which are’ being mailed out today, be filled in and returned to the Post as soon as possible in order that the proper. representation may be made in its bid for the convention in 1940 at this year’s gathering to - be held in Fort Lauderdale on April 12. The ways and means committee selected for this purpose is com- M. J. Horre, A. L. Mills, Fred Marvel, W. J. Schoneck and Dr. A. M. Morgan. All civic organizations FRIEND OF FRANCE, this rewspaper publisher Gri- gore Gafencu has been nam- ed Rumanian foreign minis- ter succeeding Petrescue Comnen. Gafencu was a pilot in the World War. Ru- mania at present is propos- ing a trade treaty with Ger- many. which will bring the courtry within the totalita- Tian state orbit. BAROMETER FOR FISHING SHOWS SOME CHANGES of the city are also requested to. coops craté'in “thé anatter of *sSéurifig YELLOWTAILS TAKE PLACE ig.ctated that ‘ “this AA eee OF KINGFISH: TARPON SEA- Wwoule ae ebpaeysiodo éversons| SON IN OFFING WITH'MORE 0 est, and every effort! will be made to enlist as. much, FISHERMEN TO COME HERE interest’as ‘possible ‘in the pro-| posed undertaking. * i Election Of Officers | There was also an election of first change for quite some time. officers held during the evening,’ Yesterday the Demeritt Broth- we the pusliowing being serie’ .ers, who know more about fish- - oe joneck, post command- ™ 3 er; R. E. Newton, first vice-com- | "8 ae ese mander; T. A. Woody, second | West, brought in their first catch vice-commander; U. J. Delgado, of yellowtail this 200 adjutant; L. L. Lehmann, chap- ! pounds of ‘em. lain; Harold Russell, historian;| During the winter they have The fishing barometer shows its anyone else season, Dr: A. M. Morgan, M. J. Horre,| that kingfish schools are growing William Cordova, executive com- ;Scarcer and that they will be mitteemen. | Starting to bring in the delectable The newly-elected officers wil] Yellowtails instead. Other fisher- be installed..on April 19, and,™men on the reef’ have been re- Brack Cantrell; vice-commander ; Potting the waters around the of the fifth district, will be in-|Protective “big rocks” are alive vited to comé to Key West to pre- | With yellowtail. been firmly established i FAIL TO CASH ORDERS ._ | Americans forget to ¢ash from | $500,000 to $700,000 in postal} | {had enough drilling for awhile, provide recreation for the towns- ney orders, the Post Office commercial fishermen require. | | > |flashes on the red light. Department reports. Visiting Ball Team From UNIVERSITY OF HAVANA CUBAN CLUB Fridey. March 24, 9:30 P. M. Admission, 75c Ladies—Free CRUISES-$10 ALL EXPENSE TWO-DAY ‘TOUR..PRICE TOURS 505 “WASHINGTON — Every year | bring fish will disappear suddenly} from these water; bets chaster | bagt fisherment ie bitinud sto! them in @t g the re- mainder of the season, but they; will not be present in the amount} With the next full moon tarpon! fishermen will be coming here in| earnest. The Florida Keys, with in between wide flats, are ideal for catching the sporty silver) |king moving through the moon-! lit waters of the channel. Added | to the regular deepsea anglers | will be another group of tarpon) fishermen who will shortly Beatty their night runs. | Chetan Sagem ated iad Fully Decided On Air Base For Jacksonville At | Very Beginning i (By Washington Correspondent of The Key West Citizen) WASHINGTON, Although Key West apparently has taken another “beating” rela- tive to the matter of the estab- lishment of the new naval air base, with Jacksonville having been recommended for the site. it may find some consolation in recurring reports that submarine base establishments will soon be increased. Although Congressional offices be quoted, ‘learned from usually authorita- | tive sources that the Hepburn jboard had undertaken a review would not it was of the southeastern air base sit- {uation oniy out of courtesy for ithe Congress that requested it | Before the re-study was aitempt- ;ed, it is claimed, Jacksonville had in the minds of the board members as ,the logical, practical and best site for the proposed base. ' Jacksonville won over Miami because of its railroad facilities, {while Miami was favored over |Key West for that same reason, iand also the lack of a sufficient {amount of fresh. water, The Citi- ;Zen correspondent ‘was told by a ; Source intefested in Miami. ——_—____—. Preece npecececesesescoes: ‘FEMPERATURES | C@CCeovcceeccocascescooce | Lowest Highest Station - Jast night last 24 nours Abilene 60 80 Atlanta 76 | Boston 34 Buffalo 30 Charleston 80 Chicago 48 Denver 68 ' Detroit 38 Galveston 68 Havana 2 Huron , 82 Jacksonville 80 Kansas -City 82 KEY WEST 73 Little Rock 80 Los Angeles 60 Louisville 68 Miami 78 Mpls.-St. P. 66 New Orleans |New York | Pensacola , Pittsburgh St. Louis | Salt Lake City | San Francisco Seattle | | | ) Patrick Kelly, sergeant-at-arms;' been kingfishing, but they report | Tampa 46 i Washington 68 Williston CHURCH AUCTIONS | _ BUFFALO, N. ¥.—Rev. Roderic Smith of this city recently con- | ducted a series of “auctions” at ‘side at thé “propésed’ installation.| .This does not mean that king- | church services at which he of- fered homeless boys to families who-would rear and educate them, properly. Fred Marvil’s CABANA jits hundreds of channels pouring!} JITTER BUG CONTEST TONIGHT —instead of the regular Thurs- day Night Contest. PRIZES AS USUAL AWARDED! Prizes As Usual Awarded! l—. DUVAL STREET-PHONE 124 March 23.— /