The Key West Citizen Newspaper, April 8, 1939, Page 1

Che Kry West Citizen THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN. THE U. S..A. KEY WEST, FLORIDA, SATURDAY, APRIL 8, 1939 ‘LEGION GROUP ~—sE._B.. Stickley Found Dead WILL: APPEAR In Cabana At South Beach | AGAIN TONIGHT “BAN AN CITIZEN f E. B. Stickley. of 12764 Bir- ARRAIGNED HERE wood Avenue, Detroit, Michigan. was found dead this morning at Associated Press Day Wire Service For 59 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of ie ante 4 | West Key West, Florida, has the | most equabile climate m the country; with an average range of only 14° Fahrenheit VOL U ME LX. No. 84. International Situation Clouds; United States Has Denounced Italy’ PRICE FIVE CENTS Council Adopts Resolution To Tax All Key West Workers UNION LAUNCHED . Weeeeeeee, W. P. Archer, New Coun- ‘ADVERTISEMENT ’ | LATE YESTERDAY me aeapan ; The deceased had been suffer-! ing from an abscess on the neck, ‘PILOT THREE, C. W. POWERS OF KEY WEST and had been treated by local | PULL IT OFF WAYS: AN- physicians, according to two pre-! CHORED TO ATKINS STREET PARADE IN CONNEC- | TION WITH CONVENTION ACTIVITIES WILL START AT 7:30 O'CLOCK one of the Cabanas at South Beach, and from all appearances had died during the night. NEW ENGLANDERS ARRIVING FOR | TARPON FISHING PITTSBURGH CRUISE PARTY ON 102-FOOT LELA ALSO Believes Germany, |CHARGED WITH BRINGING) WOMAN HERE CLAIMING | HER AS HIS WIFE Hard Pressed For Money, Will Seize Poland Next; lock To Allies Arthur Sawyer Post No. 28 scriptions found among his per- sonal belongings. Mr. Stickley; was a Spanish War Veteran which was revealed by papers! found with the body, and an un-} American Legion today issued Porfirio Batista Soler, a citi- zen of Cuba, was arraigned yes- terday afternoon before United general invitation to the public (By Associated Perens) of Key West and Monroe count: ow C, Se pr, “Wes WASHINGTON, April 8.—With : may, New Cable Schooner, “Western lt2ly rushing men and planes to Albaria as reinforcements after pepulaces in the little country rected their conquerors with waving Italian flags and shouts. the United States, through Sec- retary of S: the of tate, denounced act of aggression by Italy. ania had 1 protest to fs that the on her of the which Ttals olation t in of Europe had The pact has no ituation ap- as Presi- 4n) Warm wall mob commention tt turns to the capital Shamber- eriou veek- the country, an un- rom Po: ined today en- Stop | that ort in the reported completely slavia ha: rding the 1 Italy has note thanking have stated y hard pre seize rt of her they may through other small- and will ssed Po- i to reestablish ons in d the sian de- the Dar- pport the Al- may ma- is» peti- to include her of protection aggression for will cast in. her h that of the Allies. leet was in prepara- any event which in the near future. muita trength v The Gr may occur for MAKE REPORT ON AUTO TAG SALES Report of issues of automobile the office of or Frank Ladd since they put on sale December show that the following have securet c ax C and county there n 16 issued for official There have been 1095‘of 1 of the $15; 37 of the 22 of the $5. ues to trucks have been 228, nd for school buses and hearses, For trailers there have 13 issued and for dealers, two. There were 34 owners of for hire cars who secured the li- censes é Altogether there have been is- sued for all classes of vehciles 1,- s and funds sent to Tal- > total $22,897.80. Key West's Only Complete Auto Service 24-HOURS ALBURY’S SERVICE Pick-Up and Delivery Ample Storage Facilities 200 Simonton St. Phone 444 aicles. been BERTHS AT KEY WEST cashed check for $60 from the Union” which had proceeded; resolution om the proposed bull x LARGE NUMBER then + part of the show the Legion-j naires will stage at Fort Lauder. dale next week in their cam- paign to bring the 1949 state! Z convention of the American! Legion to Key West. | Forming at 7:30 p. m. at the} Whitehead street, the} Legionnaires, Troops 5 and 52 of Boy Scouts, the Girl Scouts, | led by the Post’s Pirate Band, ! will parade through United | street. to Duval street, to Flem- street and to Whitehead | trect. At frequent intervals the parade will be halted to allow! the Key West Rhumba Dancers } to e their classic act on the| streets. Those in the troupe are Misses Celia Bello, Lenaida Castro, Maria Farto, Elizabeth Gartenmeyer and Celina Betan- * court. They will be chaperoned 1€ as at Fort Lauderdale next} week, by Mrs. Julio J. DePoo. To lay the ground work of the Arthur Sawyer Post campaign before the delegates to the 1939 state convention, Commander W,|™ H.Reardon, Al Mills, Convention Committee chairman, Fred Mar- William J. Lee and John Del- ado will leave for Fort Lauder- dale next Tuesday. They will open Key West headquarters in rooms already reserved at the ‘Tropical Hotel there. Next Wednesday the post dele- gates and a score or more of Key West Legionnaires will leave for Fort Lauderdale, while the Pirate Band and the Rhumba dancers and other entertainers will leave Key West on Thursday. The Key West band and the entertainers will appear at vari- points throughout Fort Lauderdale and then make a final appearance in the parade | preceeding the closing sessions} of the delegates, when next year’s | convention city is selected. St. Petersburg and Orlando have al. submitted bids for the 1940 athering. YACHT BASIN Arriving at the Yacht Basin are two fishing partics and cruising party. clubhouse, Dr. Edwa O. i Mrs. daughter, Edwards and and their the Miss Lagain Edwards, are here on the 102-foot Lela at the half-way mark of one of their weck cruises They are Captain of the Adams. down the Keys. from Lela and I Weathe infield, . K. Jennings S05 OF here on the Black, ae the Timberde piessly, for . a 50-footer, the tarpon they come de pring tarpon > fish iL to expericnee landing ene of th ver As near as could learn the thr Otte Ww r snd da”, ectivel Als on the Semper Mr. G,. Fitch, who are s fishing trips. ex- fishing bia ye: ing th ! molten sii ine reporter them: selves cook Oo hi and are VISIT AVIARY MANY ALSO PAY VISIT TO EXHIBIT AT LIGHT- HOUSE DEPOT ous Visitor Key West, lighthous who d the aviary and the exhibit at the depot, vumbered 33,415 duri » months, n. tratior maintained WwW Deme Registration at the # g the past the are intendent accor to h Super for the for the iquarters How mar re ccs ENJOYING STAY; were oe een. Scout Troop No. 49 of Mi- vho visited ami which arrived in the city } house and aviary last evening, are encamped at} nu i 3.740. the N al Hospital grounds. : i last wto months of Last night the boys took in there werc the shows, and sights of the city. in the book This morning the boys of the there visiting, and local troops en-| seb te gaged in a diamond ball game. f 9,675 lid not but ther Those the nt- ang registered During the the period 10,372 names written and it is thought that many other Aw did {The wi jvessel there we to attend tonight a pre-view of |States Commissioner on a charge of bringing to this country Rosa Toikasz, under the name of Mer- icedes Gomez, and claiming as his wife. On the date of the entry of the man and woman, March 17, ion of the immigration au- herities were aroused. and they were investigated and were after-, ward placed under arrest. Some time afterward the wo- man appealed for hearing and Dr. C. R. F. Beall, psychiatrist attached to the Federal prison at Atlanta, was sent here to investi- gate the woman. Dr. Beall had as his associates Dr. Anthony ubino and Dr. P. D. Holloway, of the Marine hospital, where the investigation was held. In court yesterday Soler was iplaced under bond of $1,000, and was ordered placed in the county jail to await trial at the next term of United States Court. is being held as a material witn: and her bond is placed at $1,000. Following the trial of Soler the woman is to be deported to Cuba as the anvestig. showed that there defection. CUBA BRINGS IN 160 PASSENGERS VESSEL ARRIVES FROM HA- VANA EN ROUTE TO TAMPA is a mental Arriving on the Steamship Cuba from Havana yesterday afternoon, were 160 passengers. Of this number there were 51 first and five second cabin pas- sengers for Key West, and 101 rst and three second cabin pas- ngers for Tampa. Shown on the r ifest of the the following items: For Key West: one ton of freight, five automobiles and four sacks of mail. For Tampa: 46 tons of freight, one auto- mobile and 97 sacks of mail The vessel led at 5 o'clock for Tampa with four first cabin and three second cabin _ passen- gers booking at this port, and five sacks of mail. ‘STEAMER OZARK ARRIVES HERE department in Washington. Peace Justice Enrique Es- Menendez in charge of the beach, ;of the death of Mr. Stickley, ‘made the necessary investigation as coroner ex-officio, and arrived | at the conclusion that death re- sulted from natural causes that no inquest was nec i Mr. Esquinaldo took poss sion of the personal belongings of the deceased, wired one of his sons, Frank E. Stickley, of De- troit, for instructions concerning the disposition of the which was ordered removed the Pritchard Funeral Home. FREDERICK PAGE DIED YESTERDAY FUNERAL SERVICES WILL BE CONDUCTED THIS AFT- ERNOON to Frederick M. Page, 64, died | yesterday afternoon at 4 o'clock} in the residence at 412 Whitehead street. Funeral services will be held this afternoon 4:30 o'clock from the residence to St. Mary’s Star of the Sea Catholic church, Rev. P. ‘J. Kelleher officiating. Pallbearers have been selected | from old friends of the dec ed | and are: Eugene Pierce, Gideon | Curry, R. S.\Curry, Samuel Hart, F. Vidal and Hector Castro. Survivors are the Helena Page; one sister, Mrs. An- nie Shaw, and one brother, John Page. Funeral arrangements charge of the Lopez Home. are in Funeral TEMPERATURES eno Lowe: Highest Station— last night last 24 hours Abilene 46 64 Atlanta 36 52 Boston 32 50 Buffalo 26 32 Charleston 50 68 Chicago 28 46 Denver 46 56 Detroit 32 36 Galveston 46 52 Havana 76 — Huron 20 42 Jacksonville 48 62 Kansas City _ 36 58 KEY WEST 76 85 , Little Rock 38 52 her duinaldo was notified by William body, } widow, ; {about 30 feet down the temporary | ways built for it at the Aecro- } imarine shed yesterday as ae {Citizen went to press was launch- ed around 4 o'clock. With the “C. W. Powers” pull- ing on one hawser attached | the schooner’s stern the |“Pilot Three” pulling another at- tached to a beam hole the big schooner started slowly down the ways, hung for a mo- ment and then as both vessels} put their motors into high speed pent down fast. The bow of the if “Western Union” went high into jthe air as the stern struck the {water first and then the whole settled to the accompaniment of {scattered cheers A line of color- jed signal flags was rigged on the | vessels hull as a means of cele- | bration. The schooner was then towed} jalongside the “J. W. Atkins” the | :old cable schooner where the| {masts will be stepped, motors in- (stalled. and the -and the, rigging pI placed. ‘GUARDS MAKE | FINE SHOWING to and hawser ic REPORT ON RECENT INSPEC- | TION RECEIVED HERE THIS MORNING | | demol Mr. Sawyer ordered } equipment Report of Lieutenant Colonel J. de B. Walbach, Florida Na tional Guard, who inspected Bat- jtery E on March 13, was this morning received by Major Wil- jliam V. Albury from headquar- | ters. j The report gives personnel and jequipment of the battery the! {highest marks possible, and at the conclusion carries an added line! jto the effect thi the battery and | headquarters are in excellent condition. (By Assoct | eeccccacovece | WASHINGTON.—Senator Pep- ‘per of Florida is threatening a |filibuster if the cut of the relief appropriations is approved today by the Senate. Congress is pro- posing a $150,000,000 cut in the igeon L Cuban periodical. which goes to every corner of the world. is as follows: KEY WESTWARD! Transport your car to Key West, Fla.. and there start a drive over the Overseas Highway. characterized by President Roosevelt as “mag- either for a brief stay or 2 prolonged visit, read. . . THE KEY WEST CITIZEN The Island City’s Only Daily Paper L. P. Ariman. Publisher to be imiroduced im the legis lature. recommending ‘that measure be enacted grentimg *> the city of Key West powers = addition te these comteimec = x: charter to levy monthiy « tx of mot more than $1.98 om each enc every person who sell their serv ices within the city. Those re ceiving up to $30 per month will clk, dedadade Ae REMODELING —== taxed $1.88. placed im a separate — be us taking projec care Spensut ng ts. and ACTIVITIES BEGIN IN OFFICE OF COUNTY ——— Purp <d Eberhardt the Citizens € bLeture cmt Workmen construction of the engaged the assue. while heard, mcluding pard. Cleveland annex to the county courthouse, and work in connection therewith. were today removing the parti- in the office of Cierk Ress yel, preparatory to re and changing the of other modelling the partitior con “d plaster dense clouds of dust were arising as the jon work was carried on. files and covered protective partly of ana all in his. office with tarpaulins as move SKEETER INDEX DOWN 70 76 SATISFACTORY INDEX IS -s: INSPECT LOCAL WORK SOON Petitions are culated among # Went s Next week Asst. Surgeon eral C. L. Williams, Senior Sur L. Williams, Jr. Passed Asst. Surgeon G. L. Dunnahoo U. S. Public Health Service, and Philip G. Hasell, Sanitary En gineer, South Carolina Public Service Authority, will pay a visit to Key West to examine the work that has been done by the Aedes Aegypti Control Unit in Ger who legal 2 Ae not tak At numb the time to register. both of these places the r of visitors is considered se. and Mr. Demeritt’and those who are employed. feel that their efforts to arrange things conveniently for the visitors have met with a gratifying onse. very JOURNALISTS GO “LEFT” LEXINGTON, Ky.—Journalism at the University of Kentucky is turning to the “left.” L. T. Igi- chart, editor of the Kentucky Kernel, campus newspaper; Prof. Niel Plummer, head of the jour- nalism department, and three Kernell staff members all are left-handed. ARRIVES ON VISIT Noel Cook, recorder of labor board at the navy yard Charleston, S. C., arrived the Easter holidays with his! parents, Mr. and Mrs. Cook and other relatives. lof Troop No. | guests. |gan, John Dunn, the Donald Lott, Robert Dalton, Ed-| in win Johnson, n Key Derris West yesterday for a visit over Mascot Ed. Sloan. Alfred morning services at |Church with the local troop. Three boys of this troop were the } judges at the Kite Contest held | at Trumbo Island by the Harris} Steamship Ozark, of the Clyde- School. Mallory Lines, arrived in port Tonight the Scouts of Troop;9:45 o'clock last night from New No. 49 will be the guests of the /Orleans with light shipments of local troops at a wiener roast at 'freight for local merchants. The a local beach. The Girl Scouts ; vessel sailed 11:50 for Miami and will also be | Jacksonville. At 1:30 a.m. the Steamship Those making the trip here Brazos, of the same line, arri- are: Harry Lowe, ‘Scoutmaster; ;ved from Galveston with 59 tons Harry Lowe, Jr. and Ben Turner, /of freight which included a car Assistant, Scoutmasters;’ Leonard |of asphalt for the WPA. Lowe, Sr. Patrol Leader. The ship departed at 4:35 with Scouts: Floyd..Lawrence, Ever- | }24 tons consisting of live turtle, ett Hunter, Wilbur Davis, Billy turtle in cans, and an _ assort- Bell, Jack Wilson, Jimmy ei ment of miscellaneous items. herd, Joe Mclver, Fred 4 | ‘Norman Smith, Tommy Flana- WELCOME TO Neil Smokes, {Louis Campbell, Donald King,:REVIVAL IN BIG TENT ‘John Campbell, Harry Campbell, | Fleming and Elizabeth Sts. Dick McCluney, | SUNDAY 8:00 P. M. James Powell,’ , Extra benches are being added to take care of the crowd! 1 Powell, The Scouts will attend Sunday | the Stone | SA ne COCONUT ICE CREAM| DANCE TONIGHT | AT ITS BEST —AT— Pena’s Garden Of Roses Adams’ Ice Cream Parlor! GOULD CURRY'S Seven-Piece | 923 White Street Orchestra No Admission or Cover Charge amount asked by the Pres } Tas Aasedes oe 88 jount asker yy the President. Louisville 36 46 Miami - 74 82 Mpls.-St. P. 22 32 New Orleans _ 42 56 New York 36 48 j | SAN FRANCISCO.—A British |ship sank today in striking hidden rocks 20 miles off Puget Sound and the crew is believed to be jall safe and in their lifeboats Pensacola 40 60 making for the shore. Coast Pittsburgh 26 34 jGuard is speeding to the area. | St. Louis 38 50 —— ! Sait Lake City 42 66 | NEW YORK.—Expose of a San Francisco 54. 80 huge counterfeit money ring in Seattle 50 70 ‘central Europe was made today Tampa _. 56 82 |with several arrests following. A Washington _. 36 48 group of Jewish counterfeit Williston 20 44 jmoney makers had been floating! {American money in Poland ‘and other central European countries! :and some of the bills had even | gotten as far as a reserve bank in this country. EIGHT OUT OF TEN DIE BOMBAY — S. V. Paruleker, a , labor leader, told an institute of ‘engineers studying Bombay liv- ing conditions that 882 out of! every 1,000 babies die in the one-| room tenements of the city’s slums. Bombay's death rate is, the highest in India which has the highest death rate in the! world. BURGOS.—Nationalist Spain is today negotiating with France regarding recognition of the Na-/ itionalist government. Meanwhile, | ;Franco. has announced that only criminals and thieves will be! | prosecuted among Loyalist offi- cers. 1 - | For Your Easter Dinner— |Peanut. Fed HAMS, ‘guaranteed tender and ; ‘fine reps by jenter to breed. He Key West In the fourth round of inspec tions of the city requiring the latter half of March the Aedes Acgypti Index was iowered from 19.5 to 76. The Index for the |whole month of March was 132 A satisfactory Index is about 5. J. H. LeVan, who is super- intending the Key West opera tions, has pointed out many cis- terns with screened hatches, but which have left wide spaces through which mosquitoes may has pre- sented The Citizen with a blue-' Print of a scientific cistern hatch} ;cover which fulfills its purpose excellently. The hatch fits over | a railing which is placed flush on the top of the cistern hatch opening. Where the railing meets | the cistern, caulking should be} placed to seal the opening. The | hatch has runners which fit) both inside and outside of the! cistern railing. A small roll of} 30 pound saturated felt is tacked | between the runners and will rest on the cistern railing. thus! sealing it also. BIG EASTER DANCE —et— RAUL’S CLUB TONIGHT comma howed had been collected aquarium during the March. There tors to the aquarium penod ttee were AWARDED DAMAGES ¥ —Su ee HUNTINGTON, N for damages suffered whe swallowed a natl while eating | piece of pie, Mrs. Margaret Gre lof this city was awarded lagainst the store which solic TONIGHT PRESENTING LADY LOU our pint size, personality