The Key West Citizen Newspaper, March 30, 1939, Page 1

Associated Press Day Wire Service For 59 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West VOLUME LX. No. 76. THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN THE U. S. A. William Demeritt Acquitted By Criminal’ Court Jury Defendant Was Arraigned SMOOOOG Oa, Today On Charge Non-Support Of Minor. Child At the recessed session of crim- | imal court which convened this morning with Judge William V. Albury presiding, the case of William T. Demeritt, charged with non-support of his minor child, was placed on trial. The indictment was read by ‘County Solicitor Allan B. Cleare, Jr., to which the. defendant en- tered a plea of not guilty. Selection of the jury began and . at the end of the panel consisted of the following: Leo Warren, James A. Knowles, Frank de Leon, Russell Hoff, Earl W. Higgs and Leonard R. Sawyer. After the examination of sev- eral witnesses, including the child’s mother and __ stepfather, the case went to the jury which returned a verdict of not guilty. CUBA BRINGS 24 TONS OF FREIGHT VESSEL ALSO HAS THIRTY FOUR PASSENGERS: AR- RIVES FROM TAMPA Steamship Cuba, of the P. and O. S. S. Co., arrived this morning from Tampa with eight first and two second cabin passengers for Key. Wést; 22 first and two sec- ond cabin passengers for Ha- vana. ' Key West arrivals were: Miss M. Wardlow, Miss N. Longworth, W. W. Wolfson, E. W. Berriman, op SURGEONS CATCH i TWO 15 amend Two fuses who have never caught a fish over a pound had a taste of what Key West fishing could be like a few hours late-in-the- evening trolling yesterday with Capt. Louis Avalo on the party launch Marlin. Dr. Anthony Rubino, surg- | eon in charge of the Marine Hospital, who said he had been hearing a great deal about Key West fishing but was going to be a pessimist until he caught a big fish, was trolling his line along- side the inner edge of the jetties at the mouth of North- | west Channel. Ahead a | school of jacks were raising | a ruckus piling into sardines | all over the rocks. I “How do you know when you get a bite?” Dr. Rubino asked. Just then a serious look came over his face and the rod began to bend wild- ly. “I've got something”, he shouted. Battling up and down the rocks against the fish, which seemed to have unusual stay- ing powers, the doctor finally brought to boat a fine 15- pound muttonfish, a great eating fish, which today was | enjoyed at dinner by the doc- tor and his family. i Another enthusiastic fish- | erman was Dr. C. Beall, surgeon st Atlania Federal Prison. A few moments aft- er Dr. Rubino brought in his muttonfish, Dr. Beall an- nounced a strike with shouts ard a bending rod. Fighting a fish, which several times aft- er the doctor thought was play out made amazing | Taree Secughs to boat-a 15. | pound grouper. Next time they're going to fish more than an hour or so before sun- set. | | 1 | | 1 | Velma Williams, G. T. Fulford, G. Y hdd did did di T. Seifton, George Valdez. Among the passengers were 14 members of the student body of the Junior College of St. Peters- bury on brief vacation, which they will spend in Havana, and plan to return next Tuesday. Listed on the manifest of ‘the ship were the following items: For Key West, 24 tons of freight, one automobile and two sacks of mail; for Havana, three tons of freight and three sacks of mail. Fulford, Jr. Cliff Williamson, Mercedes TD BEALL GOES ! BACK T0 ATLANTA H MEDICAL OFFICER OF U. 2 PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE WAS VISITOR HERE Dr. C. R. F. Beall. of the Unit- The Cuba sailed shortly before ed States Public Health Service. 11 o'clock for Havana with 19 first and five second cabin book- ings from Key West, and six sacks of mail. WOULD EMPLOY ELECTRICAL: MAN CLEARANCE ORDER RECEIV- ED AT STATE EMPLOY- MENT OFFICE A clearance order has been re- ceived at the office of Wm. V. Little, in charge of the State Em- ployment office, announcing an opening for a man with elec- trical experience: The applicant must have an A. B. degree; 26 years old, and with previous ex- perience in an electrical shop. The wages will be 44 cents per héur less five per cent for the first six months; 53 cents for the next six months and 62 cents per hour thereafter. Earnings | from that point will depend upon’! the individual. Total hours of work weekly will be 44. chief medical officer at the, Fed- eral Prison in Atlania, Ga., who had been on a special visit to Key j West, and was the guest of Dr.! Anthony Rubino, left on the early: bus today on the return trip. The visiting physician told The Citizen that his special line was in psychiatry, and his visit to Key West was for the purpose of as- sisting in the examination of an| alien patient at the Marine Hos- pital, who is to be deported. i ‘NEW YORKERS Any person Who can meet with! the requirements should wire H. forces, who was in Jacksonville | W. Sperry, senior interviewer at’ to attend a meeting held for the | Panama City, giving--him- com- discussion of certain proposed ac- | plete information, and copy of the wire to Mr. Little¥ FISH LOCALLY 1 Out on Capt. Reggie Trevor's} Madeline, New York party of Mr. and Mrs. Eustace de Cordova re- port a catch of barracuda, mac- ! kerel and grouper. | ’\Largest fish was a 15-pound| absirracuda. j ALBERT RETURNS TO CITY | ! Franklin E. Albert, of the WPA } send a_ tivities in this-area,-returned last Fevening over the highway. Che Key West Citizen Key West, Florida, has the most equable climate in the country; with an average range of only 14° Fahrenheit KEY WEST, FLORIDA, THURSDAY, MARCH 30, 1939 New U. S. Attack Plane oe Out of sight in record time this new 4,000 pound attack plane can reach 5,000 feet in 1.6 minutes, 20,000 feet has duplex superchargers on in less than 6 minutes. 600: H. P. engine. Twin machine guns in the nose fire through propeller. Plane PAPY TO LEAVE CONCERT TONIGHT’ '27=-=-2-0-0-2"s'BOAKE CARTER | HERE TOMORROW EXPECTS TO BE IN TALLA- HASEE ON MONDAY TO ATTEND LEGISLATURE Representative B. C. Papy, of j Monroe county, told The Citizen today that he contemplates leav- ing tomorrow morning for Miami and will spend a short time in that city before leaving by train for Tallahassee. In Tallahassee on Monday, the day before the legislature con- venes, Mr. Papy will begin to set {up the matters which he will | bring before the body in order | to have everything in readiness by Tuesday, April 4. ‘ “I have made all the arrange- ments for my stay at the Legisla- ture and have also completed ar- rangements to keep The Citizen informed on all matters in which the people of Key West are in- ' terested”, Mr. Papy said. ’ Mr. Papy states that Mrs. J. W. Hattrick has been appointed as jhis secretary for the legislative session. PARRAMORES PAY | VISIT TO KEY WEST Mrs. J. B. Parramore, Sr., mother of Doctor Parramore of the Monroe County Health ’' Clinic, has been a visitor for the week in Key West and has been enjoying herself immensely, her son told The Citizen. Mrs. Parramore plans to leave the city tomorrow and will be accompanied by the doctor and Mrs. Parramore, Jr., who will go" as far as Miami. Another visitor during the past week was Henry L. Parra- more, brother of the doctor and president of a_ surgical supply | | | company which has four units in} the state. It has been ,18 years! | since his last visit, and he was} jvery favorably impressed with | the many changes which have: taken place in the interim. SESE BOSS a4 | |GREATLY DELIGHTED WITH ISLAND CITY} Mr. and Mrs. E. R. Sycks. visitors to Key West since Sunday. have “fallen in love” | i i s Sos i IN BAYVIEW PARK PROGRAM TO BE RENDERED BY KEY WEST HOS- PITALITY BAND There will be a concert given tonight, beginning at 8 o'clock, at Bayview Park by the Key West Hospitality Band. There will also be a concert given by the same band at the U. S. Marine Hospital this afternoon, begin- ning at 5 o'clock. The following is the program which will be rendered at the park tonight under the leader- ship of A. Barroso, band con- ductor: i March, “Victory Festival” — ' Oreste Versselle. Overture, “The Gilded Bond’ —L. P. Laurendeau. Waltz, “Danube Waves” — J. Ivanovici. { “The St. Louis Blues’—W. C. Handy. Fox Trot, “Rosalie’—C. Por- ter. Selection, “The Gilded Bond” —L. P. Laurendeau. March, “Washington Grays”— C. S. Grafulla. “Star Spangled Banner”—Key. LION BAGGER TRINIDAD, Colo.—Nine moun- tain lions were killed last winter in the Stonewall mountains, near La Veta, by Bryan Denton of this city. SILI SS ASL, YACHTING GROUP GOES TO TORTUGAS: Leaving today for the Dry Tortugas and old Fort Jeffer- son is the yacht San Cristo- bal. IL a 52-foot schooner, with owner, Mr. and Mrs. J. Wesley Pape aboard. Accompanying them will be the yacht Wharf Rat. Il, of Mr. and Mrs. F. E. Nixon, who have been wanting to see the Dry Tortugas area very much. A stop will be made at Boca Grande for the fishing. The group leaving today at noon will probably be at Tor- tugas tomorrow afternoon |" PMO OOO eae, WOMEN WITH MAYCR GETS FIRST BOX OF “SMOKES” | - FROM NEW FACTORY Formal presentation of the first box of cigars made at | the Key West-Havana Cigar | Company, newly established in Key West. to Mayor Wil- lard M. Albury will be made this afternoon at the factory on Flagler Avenue by Presi- dent Walter M. Wolfson. Production of cigars will begin in the middle of next week, Mr. Wolfson told The Citizen with about 40 to be employed until others can be trained and orders come in. “You may say that a sub- staftial number of orders have been received” Mr. Wolfson said. The cigars are of high grade. Mayor Albury is of varnished cedar. Burnt into the wood is the wording, “First Box of Cigars Produced in Key West-Havana Cigar Factory. Presented to Mayor Willard M. Albury”. SSSI ES ISI SE LIGHT TENDER | RETURNS HERE Tender Ivy of the lighthouse department, which had been on ja trip to deliver supplies to light * stations, on the reef, returned this morning at 4 o'clock with the | working party that had been sta- ttioned since March 16 at Carys- fort Light. Members of the working party who returned to the city this morning’ were: Machinists Harry Shaw and William Vassie; Black- ismiths Wilbur Johnson and Wil- lis Brady, Carpenters Leroy Saw- yer, Hareld Thompson and Paul : Atwell; Additional Keeper John |N. Roberts; Laborers Sven Koller 'and Ray Bert Matcovitch, and ; Cook Roy Roberts. The mission of the working party was electrification of the istructure, including living quar- ters of the keepers, and increas- ing the candlepowre of the light from 130,000 to 190,000. The en- tire program has been completed, jis the report of Chief Radio Elec- itrician Carl Rom, who returned to the city several days ago. THE SOUL OF MEN. ~ MEN WITH THE SOUL OF WOMEN] ar a ene / CHILDREN OF ™ LONELINESS. ) ADULT MONROE THEATRE 1.20 occoce S ONLY The cigar box presented . | IS ‘SOLD’ ON 1 FLORIDA KEYS OUTSTANDING NEWS COM- MENTATOR WRITES LETTER) TO SECRETARY OF CHAM- BER OF COMMERCE Boake Carter, radio news com- mentator, ‘Key West who was a visitor in several weeks ago, writes to the Chamber of Com-; merce, est compelling style. A short passage from his letter is quoted | herewith: “I might as well confess that I have beef ruined by the Keys. Nowhere else satisfies me any more. I find working a hopeless task. Visions of green waters sparkling and clear, the rustling of palm leaves one against the other in a southeasterly breeze, warm and caressing from the Gulf Stream, the fishing and the birds, the sunshine all float across the page of paper, or the book, or the sheet of paper in the type- writer. “Believe me I feel like I could chuck the whole thing, cram my belongings in a duffle bag and light out for the Florida Keys and live here forever, or at least maybe die content”. Further along in his letter, Mr. Carter writes that he will be back for another visit in June. He has written Secretary Singleton a letter, received . several days a long letter in his inter-' ago, in which he asks that he be! furnished a catalog of different types of water tanks to be used! on the islands, or Keys, and he has been given all the informa- tion required. Other letters recently received at the chamber are of interest. One is from Miss Julia May Sam- ple, assistant to William L. Wil- son, in the Farm Marketing Bu- reau, who takes another oppor- tunity of finding some way for Key West people to make a little money on the side, and the Cham- ber of Commerce has mailed her samples of fibre from the San- severia for the study of the bu-; reau. Through the help of Norberg Thompson, Key West is to be giv- en a place in the splendid album of views published by the Aero Graphic Corporation, which has been furnished with photographs! jand scenes of Key West have also 'been furnished the publishers of j an encyclopedia. } Mr. Singleton says this has {been a very busy week. “We |have been furnishing interesting | jinformation about Key West tc jmany interesting people agd send- ing out the ballots for election of directors to be held on April 4. | Altogether. we have been excep- {tionally busy”. TIME “FLIES” TOTTENHAM, En; Eng. — Giving ‘evidence in court here a man ‘said: “Several times when we were staying at my mother-in- law’s house, the clock was taken aig from the sideboard, wound , then thrown at me.” PRICE FIVE C ENTS __ ley West's ‘TAMPAN MISSING FROM CUBA BOA Customs officers are look- ing for George Wilmer. 50. who sailed on S.S. Cuba for Key West from Tampa but this morning did not disem- bark here. Mr. Wilmer had expressed a desire to see Cuba and it is believed that he may be a stowaway on the Cuba. Au- thorities are to meet the boat at Havana when it lands this afternoon. Customs officers this morn- ing would say nothing to The It is known, however. that Wilmer’s baggege was taken by customs officers and ex- amined. In it: among other things was discovered a re- volver. If Wilmer is not a stow- away it may be that he was lost at sea on the trip here from Tampa. nh haathheadeadeudes ‘Senators Andrews And Pepper | In Accord With Gannon On s Navy Defenses wsrrrerres \Aindrews Will Submit An Amendment To Bill For Appropriation Of One Million Dollars T (By Washington Correspondent of The Key West Citizen WASHINGTON. D. C. March 30.—Senator today he will submit an amend Andrews declared ment to the Naval Defense bill Proposed by Representative Can ‘non appropriating $1.000.000 Key West. The senator for stated he is in complete accord with Representative Cannon's plan. Claude would c Pep, Andrev West it w th Cannon Is Pleased inf Cannon ormed ANNOUNCE MANY NYA PROJECTS APPLICATIONS BEING FILED nade ators, said “I apprec operation interest to ments impossible amendment pres house, which lready AT LOCAL ADMINISTRA- the air tx TION OFFICES “I hope the successful i ff aa know they will succeed Applications are now being re-.°°4¥ ©" as ceived at the local National’ pyRTHER CONFIRMATION Youth Administration offices for Oy Aunwrtnted Ceca} attending the resident training Pham campy c ‘ “2 30.—Senato ndrews ee a Se said today he would ask co Springs, Supervisor Victor Lowe ~¢ authorize $1.000.000 appror said this morning. riation to equip Key W F Youths attending the camp will as a submarine base be given 2n opportunity to learn carpentry, automobile mechanics, and metal work. Hours and pay are so arranged that after all ex- penses for the youths attending earnings, they will still have approximately are taken from their $10 monthly for their own use. For further information garding this opportunity and secure other details, applican’ may contact Mr. Lowe, area supe: visor at the WPA building. rr seeceeccececoseeseseese TEMPERATURES Lowest Highest Station— last night last 24 hou: Abilene 36 60 Atlanta 54 68 Boston 30 40 Buffalo 36 44 Charleston 60 68 Chicago 32 36 Denver 32 38 Detroit 32 34 Galveston 4 76 Havana 68 _ Huron 26 “4 Jacksonviile 68 86 Kansas City 34 3B KEY WEST 75 83 Little Rock 46 62 Los Angeles _ 52 64 Louisville 42 52 | Miami 74 80 Mpls.-St. P. 26 48 New Orleans 66 80 New York 34 48 Pensacola 70 74 Pittsburgh 40 _ St. Louis 36 46 Salt Lake City 38 58 San Francisco 48 56 ‘Seattle 46 64 Tampa 68 86 Washington 40 50 | Williston 32 52 to aeeccccccccseseseses WORTHAM HEADS PWA REION THREE ECTS IN NINE STATES: MON ROE COUNTY AIDED e- its - Wortham ha mand of the ministration reg rs Program plete proje by July, 1990, dec £ formation a Cr Baker, Jr. Uneulerr Pe in North Ter During the Works Admuimuist amoun Caro ne the funds PWA ame 071 as authorized by « To date, M red in the the progra | ministratio the Overseas Highway addition to Monroe courthouse. The water fsora. Homestead to also approved on et, and is.on the list as seon as additional fund: available, said Mr. Baker. | PHONE 816 JUST RECEIVED THIRD BARGE OF LUMBER SINCE WE STARTED The Reason! AND YOUR DOLLAR IS BIGGER AT STRUNK LUMBER YARD Phone 816 Roofing. Wall Board. Etc. Etc ) BETTER QUALITY BETTER SERVICE Near Clyde Mallory Dock DeePeeeemnenN eran eanene EXCELLENT OVERNIGHT ACCOMMODATIONS.-FT. JEFFERSON CRUISES--$10 ALL EXPENSE TWO-DAY TOUR..PRICE TOURS 505 DUVAL STREET-PHONE 124