The Key West Citizen Newspaper, March 25, 1939, Page 1

Associated Press Day Wire Service For 59 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West Key West, Florida, has the most equable climate in the country; with an average range of only 14° Fahrenheit U he Key West Citizen THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN THE U.S. A. KEY WEST, FLORIDA, SA PRICE FIVE CENTS Canada’s Fast Plare VOLUME LX. No. 72. TURDAY, MARCH 25, 1939 Esteban Fernandez Found Guilty On Assault And Battery Charge ‘ANNIVERSARY OF ("FRENCH SOLDIER Fishermen Take Longer | Trips; Bring In More Fish Reefs Reported Alive with MONROE COUNTY Fish; ance Gabe, WELFARE WORK | | les 60-Lb. Amberjack, Two NOW CHECKED \ HIGHWAY OPENING : Sails; Wahoo, Tarpon TO BE OBSERVED With fishermen’s reports from i _ _ $ : : le the reef substantiating the pres-| EFITC RECEIVED FROM OR.’ |FORMER KEY WESTERS WILL © <> ence of many big fish that are GANIZATION UP TO END OF! STAGE CELEBRATION AT § more active than usual at taking { LAST YEAR | MIAMI CIVIC CENTER ON the hook with the coming of | MARCH 31 Spring, two parties fished Florida | Keys’ waters as they should be! (Special to ‘The Citizen) | fished,,two or three days at a, JACKSONVILLE, March 25.— | time, and brought in splendid| practical benefits whicn Monroe ; Goopragecmrtes: le, M | County has received from the re weld cpr d en eae ‘varied phases of the State Wel- rs. W..R. Ko) er, 7) 937, ville, Kentucky, spent three days| fre program: from. July; 14.1 |Was Charged With Attack On Tony Arthur, Fore- WPA Sewer man On Project Recessed session of criminal court met this morning for the purpose of hearing the case of . Esteban Fernandez, tried on a charge of assault and battery on Tony Arthur, foreman on the WPA sewer contract. The defend- ee es a se estes we 31, will} Canada’s claim for plane (above) built in Ontario is-that it is one of the fastest fighters on the continent. However, U. S. army now envisions 500 mile an hour planes. aS Friday night, March be a gala night among the for- | mer Key Westers at the Miami) F ant was convicted. fishing both the Gulf Stream and Bay areas and scored plenty of catches. Trying for sailfish, Mrs. Kopmeyer scored first with a six footer, but, masculine-like, Mr. Kopmeyer got the “biggest”, which was a seven footer. Each fish was in perfect condition, which is a tribute to the skillfull handling of the guide. In addi- tion the couple brought in five bonito, two mackerel, many large black grouper, crevalle jacks and barracuda. Mrs. Kopmeyer then put the kibosh on her husband by taking the fishing lead with a small tarpon.. Fishing was with Capt. Phillip Niles of the Florida. A two-day trip on the “Made- line”, Capt. Reggie Trevor, netted F. B. Anderson and Clarence Sea- man of Clveeland 18 groupr, one dolphin and a sprinkling of fight- ing crevalle jacks besides mack- cuda, yellowtail and Another wahoo, a 28 s landed by Edward ~ Dekton-of Boston; ~ fishing: “wittr Mrs. Dalton, E. Edwin Parmelee of Gardner, Mass.; Earl Johnson, Newton, Mass., and.Mary Louise Williams of Key West on Capt. Bra Saunders’ Patrick. The bal- ance of the catch consisted of three grouper, two yellowtail, four mackerel and five barracuda. Few wahoo are landed with only about five reported this ason. One wahoo was bitten in half by a shark earlier in the on. On the Dorna D, II, Capt. Bob Daniels, Mr. and Mrs. John C. C. Mayo of Ashland, Kentucky, counted up eight bonito, one dol- phin and a grouper. North and South Carolina got together as did their governors when J. M. Gregg of Wilmington, N. C., and J. S. Ramsey of Darlington, S. C., fished with Capt. Henry Weather- ford two days on the Lucky Strike and boated three dolphin, a large bonito, a_ kingfish and mackerel and grouper. The Messrs. Sanders and Gal- lagher ‘and Willy from the rocky coast of Maine found out about Caribbean fishing when Captain Ted Canova brought them to a school of amberjack and Sanders immediately hooked into a 60 pounder landing it after a 30- when the State Welfare Board | | was, inducted into office to De-j jcember 31, 1938, the end of the last calendar year, were sum-! |marized in a statement released there today from the state oifices of the Board. | When the Board went into of- {fice 101 residents of Mdnroe; County were receiving Old Age| Assistance. the statement said: The number of recipients had been increased to 468 on Decem- ber 31, 1938, for an aggregate sum of $7,360.00 per month. Dur- ing the 18-month period, Monroe County had received $105,921.00 in Old Age Assistance. At the ‘end of December there were 73 applications pending. At the end of December the number of recipients of Aid to the Blind had increased to 97 and ; the monthly payroll had mounted to $1,529.00. During the year 1938, Monroe County’s sightless | were aided to the amount of $8,- a} A Soe ee The Aid to Dependent Children Program was retarded by lackgof funds and atthe end of 1938 was still in its infaney. During De- cembef, five children received this aid for a joint sum of $69.00. The county is entitled to $726.00 monthly, limited funds available being distributed on a population basis. | The case load of recipients of ; surplus commodities was swelled by a federal regulation broaden- | ing ‘eligibility requirements to include those whose incomes were | less than 100 percent of their budgetary needs. It increased to 755° persons as of December 31. During the calendar year 1938 jclothing fashioned in W.P.A. sewing rooms to the value of $15,- 035.52 and surplus commodities | to the value of $20,261.28 were distributed in Monroe County. Monroe County has maintained an average enrolled strength in the Civilian Conservation, Corps {of 25 men. These men earn $30! per month each and remit $25} | monthly to dependents at home. | | During the tenure of the State! | Welfare Board, Monroe County |has realized an average monthly ! {income of $750.00 from this! }source. The aggregate amount jthe past seventeen years he has SCHRIEBERS ON VISIT TO CITY HAVE WITH THEM MISS WAN- “DA AND JUDGE AR- THUR J. TUTTLE Mr. and Mrs. George Schreiber, frequent visitors to Key West from their home in Detroit, Michi- gan, are in Key West today, hav- ing arrived yesterday with their guests, Miss Wanda and Judge Arthur J. Tuttle of the United States Court for the Eastern Dis- trict of Michigan, Judge Tuttle has been a regu- lar hunter of deer for the past 26 years and has always brought in his buck regularly each year. For been a member of Rotary Inter- national, and has attended a meet- ing of a Rotary Club each week for that time. The judge is Past Eminent Su-: preme Archon of Sigma Alpha Epsilon. He was intiated in the chapter in June, 1891, and attend- : ed the first Founders Day din-; ner on March 9, 1892. He. has not missed one since that date. The Record of Sigma Alpha Epsilon, a magazine published monthly ky the fraternity, carries | on the cover a picture of Judge} Tuttle and one of his prizes, the | head of a buck, and an editorial | in the March number of the magazine pays tribute to the | judge ,and shows that for the, past 15 years he has been a mem- ber of the National Association | of Referees in Bankruptcy, of! | which he was one of the founders and has never missed a meeting. CHINA CONTINUES — FIGHTING JAPAN 1.000 JAPS KILLED: PLANES SINKS WAR. | : Boston Buffalo Charleston | Pensacola jSt. Louis (Salt Lake | Seattle | Civic Center where the Key! ‘STATE SENATOR | sponsor a benefit*dance in com- W ARD ARRIVES | nemeration of the first anniver- TEMPERATURES eoccesccccvcccsccasccces Lowest Highest [ Station. - Jast hight last 24 hours ; Abilene 54 76 i eae o{ MEETS MANY PERSONS AT 52 | OFFICES OF CHAMBER os OF COMMERCE 64 78 2° 80 84 70 81 68 68 80 8 16 80 70 "93 78 80 64 58 52 82 82 72 West club of Dade county will i | sary of the opening of the Over- | Seas highway. A part of the pro- ;ceeds will be given to the Na-| tional Infantile Paralysis Foun- !dation. Joe H. Monticino, presi- dent of the ciub, states that a | large delegation from the Island City will join former residents State Senator Elmer Ward, of | of this city in the Miami festivi- Fort Myers, was an arrival in the eatin oar om ean We x ah | or E. G. Sewell will give ‘Qveriie Heed ade Tol Bridge | Willard Albury of this city. Mrs. | Commission, and today spent the |W He Malone! ebaionan ot ae SERS . ‘i jreception committee, will be as- jentire moe meeting friends sisted by Mrs. Sue Bradley Doug- ‘and constituents at the offices of | las, Mrs. O. A, Sandquist, Mrs. |the Chamber of Commerce. iEdwin Batker. Mrs. M. P. Dec There were several hundred) Boe, Mrs. S. D. W. Light, Mrs. i visitors during the hours from 10'/Louis Peacock, Mrs. Murray jto 12 o’clock, and the senator told Lowe, Mrs. T. S. Carrero, Mrs. The Citizen..he. bad--enjoyed. .a! Carrie Crowson,Mrs. — Ralph |most wonderful time, discussing | Higgs, Mrs. Virgil Cordero, Mrs. ithe needs of Monroe county as 'I. N. Meltzer, Mrs. Alvin Davis, ‘placed before him by his callers, “Mrs. George Brown, Mrs. E. C. both politicians and others. Saunders and Mrs. Florence Pet- , Among the group of visitors; row. was a delegation of teachers of! Governor Fred P. Cone heads the Teachers Association of Mon- the list of state dignitaries to roe county, consisting of the fol- whom invitations have been ‘lowing members: Mrs. Addah sent. Federal, county and city Ramsey, Mrs. Ethea Stricker, officials of Dade and Monroe. | Miss Miriam Carey and Mrs. Eu- counties have been invited also. | !lalié Jones. ‘Monticino states that this event Mr. Ward expressed himself as will be different from the usual being delighted with the number run of benefit dances, for it will /of visitors with whom he dis- bring together a large group of ON HIS POWERS ——_ | cussed various phases of the mat- old friends and acquaintances, jin the city until tomorrow and ,days spent in Key West. Accord- NEUTRALITY BILL |Key Westers now residing in WASHINGTON, March 25. 5 227 PASSENGERS | The Key West club of Dade Neutrality Act now. before Con- fee ae 1934 the! chub ‘was granted a strict the use of the power and 4, the. Pond 0... S&—S__ vesscl iferson B. Browne, native of Key Secretary, of Treasury Morgen-, cabin passengers and three second the purpose of being an asset in system with a reserve of three Tampa and St. Petersburg. } Chicago Denver Detroit Galveston Havana Huron Jacksonville Kansas City KEY WEST Little Rock Los Angeles Louisville Miami Mpls.-St. P. New Orleans New York Pittsburgh ity 3 San Francisco Tampa ~ Washington Williston PR (OPOSED TO TAKE PRESI- ters brought up and told The giving them the opportunity to | Citizen that he expects to remain enjoy reminiscences of former DENTIAL POWER FROM 4 will be at the Casa Marina. jing to the statistics of the club, | there are more than 8,000 former {My Ass fated Press) . CUBA BRINGS IN Dae aan bloc is fighting to take some of, Club Organized In 1932 the presidential powers in ‘the | c 2 jcounty was organized informally gress from the President. | lin 1932 as‘ a social club, but in Amendments, which will re-| Arriving yesterday afternoon | charter feats binciiiecourt| call for certain mandatory trea> Cuba from Havana were 227 pee the, order of the late Jef- ties are being proposed. sengers. There were 92 first | West. Paul Marks, former club thau’s plan to have the nation cabin for Key West, 131. first (president, said the club serves face its debts in a pay as you go, cabin and one second cabin for Miami, helpful to the welfare of ;the community, Judge Wm. V. Albury presided, and all officers of the tribunal were present to hear the stcries of the encounter between Fernan- dez and Artnur, but the larger number of witnesses testified to the effect that the blame rested solely on the part of Fernandez. The case went to the jury, which was composed of Paul Archer, foreman; Clifford Wat- kins, Juan Carbonell, Jr., Arnold Hinson, Frank Lones and Donald J. Curry, and within a few min- utes the jurors returned with the verdict. The jury's verdict was that the defendant was found guilty of the charges as embodied in the in- dictment and Judge Albury pro- nounced sentence of $200 and costs, or three months in the county jail. Other Cases Before the case of Fernandez was tried there were several! pleas of guilty the first of which was that of Frank Torres, charged with carrying a concealed weap- - on. Sentence in this case was de- be HERE IS A FRENCH SOL- DIER at Marseille, showing off his military equipment. France has been anxiously watching her army, the best trained in the world. HITLER VISITS MEMEL LAN THEATRE PERFORMANCE ON RETURN TO BERLIN (ity Associated Press) BERLIN, March 25.—Growing belief that the German people are not over-anxious for war was ex- pressed today after Adolf Hitler and his subordinate returned from Memeland and a feeble dem- ferred. William B. Woods, charged with assault and battery, entered his plea and the judge sentenced him to pay a fine of $10 and costs or spend 30 days in jail. The last plea of guilty was that of Geofge Davis, who was ar- raigned on a charge of vagrancy. Sentence in the case was deferred provided the accused leaves the city within the hour. Davis imme- diately left the court and was soon out of sight. More Jurors Drawn Following this action, the judge drew from the jury box a list of 24 jurors, who will serv t the {session of the court, which is scheduled for next week. Names of the jurors are: Otto Lundquist, L, E. Watson, Ray G. Curry, Walter Muntoe, Sr., Benjamin Lee Pinder, Pedro Pueblo, Leo Warren, Miguel Mar- rero, Earl E. Sands, Franklin E. | Carey, Peter B. Roberts, Ross C. Sawyer, Jr., Earl W. Higgs, James A. Knowles (Sonny), Russell Hoff Arsenio Diaz, H. Blake Roberts, | minute scrap. They were ex- and assisting onstration was given him. Thomas H. Roberts (Pilot), Ber- pau ‘billion dollars. The other plan} Among the arrivals en route to! other similar ' organizations in| Oictiskecarn trans Pinder; Edward Fernandes, tremely well satisfied with their |Tce!ved by enrollees during that was to build up a large reserve! Tampa were 62 members of the | from Bohemia catch of two dolphin, a bonito, | two grouper and three barracuda in addition to the “big yellow”. From the cold blasts of Canada southward to the warm Gulf Stream came Mrs. Leon Ryan of} Montreal to land a gorgeous blue and white sailfish weighing 35 pounds and a perfect specimen aboard Capt. Jakie Key’s Legion. A large catch of ‘bonito and dol- phin was also marked. Miss Pat Ryan was making her first trip to Florida and is delighted with the} Island City. Both are at the Casa Marina. Two sailfish were recently boated by Capt. Jakie Key in one day with C.-Yeiser and H. Sch- wartz, both of Cleveland, stop- ping at the Casa Marina, each landing one. In Bay fishing, C. Campbell and Yeiser landed two tarpon, one a forty pounder and the other a forty-five pounder. Reéently, too, Larry Duke of Fort Myers brought in a 45-pound tar- pon. FLOOR SHOW TONIGHT RAUL’S CLUB John Pritchard's Dance Orchestra NO ADMISSION CHARGE EXCELLEN period was $13,500.00. As certifying agent, the State | Welfare Board during the past } jyear has certified 704 residents of | |Monroe County to the W.P.A. for | ,employment as jobs became avail.) able, H The benefits, the statement istressed, were made possible without the necessity for levying ;any new tax other than that im- ; Posed upon the sale of intoxicat- ing beverages through repeal of the prohibition amendment. With the entire program well }advanced, Monroe County is re- {ceiving a materially larger rev- enue from welfare sowrces during the present year. SCRATCHING POST 1 i 1 j | | NEW YORK — Burdette Gar- jrard, ticket seller at a bus ter-{ ‘minal, has erected a scratching post, 5 feet 6 inches high for the convenience of bus passengers |who want to scratch their backs. PSS ARS SS “0 7 RS Saturday Night Clubbers tonight at LA CONCHA HOTEL RAINBOW ROOM Miss Beatrice Moreno ‘a set for next week and is to be} jpanish Pase Doble Dance si { AT 6:00 O'CLOCK Tv OVERNIGHT ACCOMMODATIONS-FT. (By Associated Presa) TOKIO, March 25.—Japanese press agencies today revealed | that sabotage of Japanese ware- houses and chemical plants was being’ initiated by Chinese forces. A great number of incendiary instruments were found in fac-; tories and buildings over China. | Chinese forces burned a bridge! in Western China, which was an ‘important means of communica- | tion. _ Chinese planes killed over 1,000 | Japs in a surprise air raid. War-' ships were also sunk in the’ ! Yangste. i WILL DEMERITT UNDER ARREST + Will ‘Demeritt was arrested ; and placed in the county jail yes-| |terday by Deputy Sheriff Rex) |McCleod after he had used abv-. :sive language and a number of, ‘unprintabie epithets in connec-} ‘tion with the deputy. ! } ! | | —_———. handled by Peace Justice Enrique Esquinaldo, Jr. | first. \ President Roosevelt, ill with a ages ranging from 75 to 92 years, | club is both cov: Three Quarter Century Club, of aiding the fraternal spirit among met George W. Albury, Frank Le crowds een at a theatre the members. The plan of the |Tecently jubilant ieeadieortal, and | hie Hider sky, Frank de Leon, and Leonard H White House today. cold, reeived few visitors at the who went to Havana Monday for {their annual vacation and re- ported having a delightful time. | : Listed on the vessel's manifest} ‘were the following items for Key West and Tampa: For the to inculcate in the minds of its members a deeper sensé of civic pride and duty. ! Members of the executive committee with Monticino in- clude Paul Marks, W. H. Malone, SCHOONER LANDS performance, a rare occasion for; him. REESE FUNERAL R. Sawyer. At the conclusion of the draw- ing of the jury list the judge stat- led that the names would be re- |turnable at 9:30 o'clock Monday morning as there were a number morning and 300 turtle were ‘Banks. WITH 300 TURT Turtle Schooner A. M. Adams returned from the Mosquito Is- lands off Nicaragua yesterday placed in the Thompson Fish! Compshy pens. H The schooner, which is under British registry from Georgetown | in the Grand Cayman Islands brings the load of turtle into Key | soup, which is canned locally. { Captain of the Adams is Al. E. , JEFFERSON CRUISES--$10 ALL EXPENSE TWO-DAY TOUR...PRICE TOURS 505 DUVAL STREET-PHONE 124 former port there were one ton of freight, two automobiles and seven sacks of mail, and for Tam- pa, seven tons of freight and 73 sacks of mail. The vessel sailed at 5:10 o'clock with 13 first cabin and’ 10 second cabin pasengers booked at Key West, one automobile and two sacks of mail. WELL SUPPLIED | West about once a month. The; NEW YORK — When govern- | turtle are Sold as meat and gela-} ment agents found 900 gallons of |tinous portions used for turtle home-made wine in the home of Mike Destianni of this city, he explained: “I just made it for my ‘ friends.” of cases to be tried at the present HERE TOMORROW “=== The jury, which had served | this week, was then advised that the length of time the members Funeral services for Harrison could be held for service was one i i Tillman Reese, who died yester-| week and ordered Clerk C. Sam mittee. H 2 vA fount the dance enter-|4ay at noon, will be held tomor- |B Curry to pay the members for tainment which will include sev-|TOW afternoon at 3 o'clock from’ the week. eral acts of floor shows, a part: the residence at 1017 Varela, Disbursement of the funds was of which will be furnished from Street. : : | started and when Mr. Curry had Key West, will-be a popularity | The services will be conducted concluded he announced that he contest, a loving cup to be pre- | by Rev. Arthur B. Dimmick of: hag paid the sum of $582.90 to the \sented to the winner. Mrs. Wil-| St. Paul’s Episcopal church. {40 jurors who comprised the regu- lard Russell, Mrs. Bolivar Recio| Pallbearers will be selected jar and special venire, which and Mrs. E. C. Saunders will be from the Army barracks and the served this week. lin charge of the entertainment funeral will be conducted with | ‘and prizes. A welcome will be full military honors, with a squad | extended to all residents of Key of soldiers from the barracks fir- |ing the salute of three volleys. H. C. Wetmore, Willard Russell, | Harry Gwynn, Bolivar Recio, Mrs. T. S. Carrero, Mrs. T. H. Duckett, Mrs. Carrie Crowson, Mrs. Ralph Higgs and G. I. Knowles, member of the audit- GOING TO CUBA? Store Your Car At | ALBURY’S SERVICE We Call For and Deliver Cars Key West's Only Storage Garage Giving Complete Service 24 Hours — Day and Night! DANCE TONIGHT —aT— TOURNAMENT | Pena’s Garden Of Roses to be played| GOULD CURRY’S Seven-: | | | | : Phone 444