The Key West Citizen Newspaper, April 17, 1939, Page 1

Associated Press Day Wire Service For 59 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West VOLUME LX. No. 91. Abreu Simplifies Airplane Trafic, Key West To Cuba Cuban Tourist Commission ' POO OOP IOS. KENTUCKY GOVERNOR : | AND PARTY GREATLY Plane Simple Clearance’) ENJOY FISHING TRIP Papers As Vessel i Governor A. B. Chandler, | of Frankfort, Kentucky. and | party. who were out fishing Alberto G. Abreu, agent for] Seturdey. returned im the aft- the Cuban Tourist Commission, | po nage ee hag fast ved ieee | them being three sails st secui permission from! ighing. ively. Colonel Fulgencio Batista of the’ yg on og eee Cuban Army to transfer airplane befor maine ap party, passenger clearance papers to/ consisting of J. Don Tolbert Cuban Consul Berardo Rodri-! 354 brother, Sheridan Tol- guez, thus greatly facilitating) por: Mr. and Mrs. J. McMur- nee ee peice between Key; ay ary Mrs. R. J. McMur- est and Cuba. i a 2 Formerly, it was necessary to 5 y. of Tyler are aot secure permission through the viemeslontia ee whcied ant Cuban army staff if one wanted! 39d om Saturday morning to take a private plane to Cuba went fishing with Jakie Key or if a passenger plane company’ 84 Begley Filer. Representative Gives was operating between here and It was the intention of the Cuba. This would take from ten to 24 hours to accomplish. Now, ' it can be done in a few minutes if the proper papers are, made} available. Plane clearance now consists of only the same _for- malities as would a vessel leav- ing for Cuba. Mr. Abreu told The Citizen to- day that there were many planes which came to Key . West last year and did not make the trip to Cuba because of the great amount of restrictions. Arents Air Service, which attempted a Miami-Key West-Havana_ sched- ule this winter found the restric- tions too much of a_ handicap and discontinued their service. They will be informed of the opened. ths morning in Key new regulations by Mr. Abreu. Consul Rodriguez, who is ‘at present in Cuba and will arrive in Key West tomorrow, was a major aid to Mr. Abreu in secur- ing the new plane facilitations. ' Fall term and followed by the an- IMMIGRATION MEN IN JA- Mr. Abreu has been offered sev- eral tourist commissionerships both at Miami and at Havana but prefers to live in Key West and work for the best interests of this port. The new service should facili- tate passenger traffic through Party to leave this morning on the return to Frankfort, Ky.. but they decided to try another day's fishing. made their reservations and will leave tomorrow morning. COURT MEETS AND RECESSES With Judge Arthur Gomez pre- siding the spring term of circuit court, Eleventh Judicial Circuit, West. At 10 o'clock the judge called the court to order, and Acting Sheriff Bernard Waite issued the official call of adjournment of the nouncement that the s was open. Acting State Attorney J. Lance- lot Lester advised the bench there were no cases to be brought before the court and the judge or- cered a recess, subject to call. pring term THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN THE U.S.A. |F. L. MARTIN OF “BLUEWA- TER”, NEW YORK CITY, SAYS OTHER SOUTH FLOR- IDA PORTS LOSING TRADE | F. L. Martin of New York City jis at the Yacht Basin in his 54- jfoot yacht Bluewater, berthed at the basin, and is surprised to find an agreeable change in the city |with the greater prosperity it is' NAVAL STATION RECEIVES! tenjoying from the opening of the Overseas Highway. {Famietean: T. P. Hallock, Jr., of | Jacksonville, another guest, left |this morning to resume his busi- jness there. Mr. Martin and Mr. Jamerson will spend some time Mr. Martin’s guest’ is A. C.j KEY WEST, FLORIDA, ~ In Week: | | { ! DESTROYERS TO ON WEDNESDAY LIEUTENANT CALLAHAN AT \ | WORD AS TO TIME OF AR- RIVAL *' United States Destroyers Dale and Cummings, which were MONDAY, APRIL 17, 1939 Or ! ‘Kennedy, Bullitt Wire U. S. ARRIVE IN PORT Goveroment; Danzie, ‘© Poland Next German Aim In Thrust i (By Associated Press) ¢ LONDON, April 17—With re- pisbie sources stating that Mus- | solini and Hitler will not accept Roosevelt as a mediator and will } accept part of the plan he pro-| Ten Days i who have been shocked greatly | by finding their source of revenue ‘shut off with the fungus growth ‘attacking the sponge beds are shing Key West waters and scheduled to reach port tomor-: Posed in regard to some of the Planning one more trip to Bay ; will go north about May 1. | “I think you will be getting ‘many more yachts here next win- !ter”, Mr. Martin told The Citi- | “Other southern Florid: fpoints have been rather strict } with yachtsmen tacking on high harbor rates and laying out many restrictions, that Daytona Beach ‘is getting many more boats to j1emain there this yeer than ever before. There are about 100 boats which will tie up there through- out the summer’. Mr. Martin pointed out that ;men were provided at Daytona and the grea’ ‘tree living quarters for yachts-{ trow morning will not reach Key j West until Wednesday morning at 6 o'clock, and will berth at atPier B, at the naval station, for {a supply of fuel oil. Information as to the arrival jof the vessels, which are of the jmost modern type and as yet are unassigned to any division, was 'received Friday at the naval sta- jtion by Lieutenant Fort Calla- han, officer in charge, as pub- jlished in The Citizen of that date. Yesterday the information was received in a radio message that test of service given ‘the arrival of the vessels would ‘as friendly mediator then for a ,countries, Ambassador Joseph i Kennedy told President velt that there would be war in Roose- ,a week in Europe. areas to see if there are any been ‘areas which have not yet jattacked. | There are approximately 150 ‘sponge fishermen, representing Most of the sponge fishermen | |1,200 heads, who operate in this Ambassador Bullitt, in Paris,!area. The vessels were just has also wired the State office in |starting t bring in good catches Washington saying that the war ee pairings 08 pecans would be within ten days. \ruined by the invading fungus. Roosevelt’s plan named 30 Sponge hooks placed under the countries which he asked Hitler jsponge to bring it up are brought and Mussolini to effect non-ag- |through the sponge from the ef- gression pacts with guarantees | —-——--——+-—-——. — t The Kry West Citizen fects of the blight. Sponge are thus ruined and unfit for sale. The disease which began im the Bahamas, spread to Florida Key waters and is well above Tarpon Springs, covers pretty well the area fished by the Key Westers. If the next trip out is unsuccessful, it is probable that most of the sponge fishermen will turn to fishing or go on Key West relief The blight came at a most im- opportune time for the Key West sponge fishermen. A short age of sponges on the market forecast higher prices for sponge. At present the few remaining sponges are bringing good prices. of non-aggression in return. He said he would be willing to act them. He praised Key West's’ be one day later and has been stt world disarmament. | beautiful Yacht Basin waters, the ,for 6 o'clock Wednesday morn-|} The next act of aggression is ‘lack of dockage fees, and the’ ing. lexpected to be against the free yachting area. {- The Cummings is under the/city of Danzig, which is near the {command of Lieutenant Com-/;Polish-Germany border. Its pop- TAKEN FOR SPY: imander A. H. Todd, and the Dalejulation is composed of nearly : $3 7 jis commanded by Lieutenant/90% of Germans. This will be a Commander A. Womble. Both “birthday present” for Hitler the vessels have recently been com- sources informed press agencies. _pleted and are on a shake down|It is believed also that Poland lerpise and are returning from/|will pay back of its own accord {Gulfport, Mississippi, en route to | $3,000,000 it owes the German | Norfolk Va. government. | eeeeve Soeoeeevegovecsre e MARQUESAS ATOLL PICTURESQUE eee PAN EMPLOY STRANGE INSPECTORS Z | | i ‘Plenty Of Blue Channels And Fish Through Islands ths Associated Press) TOKYO, April 17.—Japanese j immigration-inspectors, long fa-! pase this port when Cuban families start north for the New York World’s Fair and will probably cali for charter or public plane DUE T MORR' i service. The S. S. Cuba will be Vy off the Havana-Key West run for six weeks and this city will be a without communication — services no, of the Clyde- with Havana. Undoubtedly, they Mallory Lines, is due to arrive in will go to Miami directly from port tomorrow morning from Havana if some effort is not New York, with freight ship- made to route them through Key ments for Key West. West Mr. Abreu pointed out. The vessel will discharge gargo ER at ES and Sail for Tampa, whieh is: the STEAMER CUBA last port made on ‘the~ southern ARRIVES HERE ti ‘trip. -eee | Steamship Cuba, of the P. and} (iy Associated Press) 0. S. S. Co., arrived in port this’ CARLSBAD, N. M., April 17.— morning from Tampa and St. Pe- Thanks to a congressional inves- tersburg, with two first and one tigation, the cost of elevator rides second cabin passengers for Key in Carlsbad Caverns are on the West; 45 fitst and eight second! gecline. cabin passengers for Havana. Immediately after an inquiry Arrivals for Key West were: the National Park Service an- Maria Garcia, Carmen Fernandez | nounced the charge was being re- and Armando Elizarde. ;duced from 50 to 25 cents. Listed on the manifest of the (oj, Thomas Boles, cavern su- ship were the following items: perintendent, said he favored the For Key West, 49 tons of freight 50-cent fee because a lower price and five sacks of mail, and for encouraged too many people to Havana, two tons of freight and ‘ride. STEAMER ALAMO Steamship # s Washington Inquiry | Brought Quick Results he sigzied mous for being so different from their _ traditionally courteous countrymen, are setting new rec- ords. Here’s what happened to a grizzled Britisher. The inspec- tor found his passport in good or- der, and stamped it, then re- marked: “This says that you are not married”. i That is true, I am not mar- ric ever been married?” , The walrus moyfa¢hes bristled. “As a matter of fact, no, I have never married”. Stroh: “Why not? You're pj enougn”, Next a young American was sked, “Did you go to college?” Yes". “What did you study?” That touched the match to the gunpowder. “I can’t see what the blank-blank difference it makes to you”, said the youngster, “but I studied engineering, and if that’s a crime in_ this country, give me my passport and I'll go back where it isn’t”. ‘ A rotund Dane came up to the firing line. In his pocket was a yellow envelope, obviously photo- graphic. ‘YACHTING STO An interesting stop for yachts- men on the way to Tortugas is the Marquesas, a perfect and large coral atoll, which is said to be the only one on the Atlantic coast of the United States, just {15 miles from Key West. | Forming a large roughly out- ilined circle, there are approxi- ! mately five deep channels which break into the atoll ciréle from ‘the open sea. Mariners, how- shoal area which is at the south side of the atoll. ‘Probably the best way to ex- plore the Marquesas is with ; dinghey and outboard motor, aft- ler anchoring one’s launch in a ‘protected spot in the channel. Making the run over from Boca Grande, aiming at the left side of the Marquesas, one will run into a stake and a clear green channel running into the atoll, which probably has the best an- | chorage. | To the right of this channel is a little inlet, which runs along a spot of beach and then swampy POVER 15 MILES AWAY a cloud of sand and boiling wa- ters just under your boat. Keep- ing on toward the island you can get across by tilting the outboard and having a high tide, and there is a landing with deeper water on the left side of the sandy spot. beautiful with mounds and hills as picturesque as those of deserts with the exception’ that this sand | ever, should be cautioned on the is of the finest, most , delicate white you can imagine. Just overhead is a cloud of the large man-of-war or frigate birds wheeling. In the little island to the right can be heard birds croaking from their nests. A‘ splash in the water just off the sandy beach and you'll see fright- ened mullet jumping in the air to elude the speedy barracuda. Take the outside along the two- ile long beach to your left. In the waters close to the beach will tbe seen huge shark and_stinga- rees, which offer good harpoon- | ing targets. As you pass along, you will notice sandy strips on both sides of blue channels young | MEXICAN CONSUL ADDRESSES ' COMMEMORATING PAN-AMERICAN DAY (By STETSON KENNEDY) Servande Alzati, Jr, of the iMexican Consulate, speaking in ‘behalf of the Consular Corps of }Miami, addressed the Pan-Am- jerican League in commemora- jtion of Pan-American Day, April 14th. Alzati traced the history the day from its inception in 1930 to the historic Eighth In- ternational Conference of fhe American States held in Lima, Peru, in 1938, and paid tribute to those whose efforts have made Possible the high degree of |mutual understanding now exist- ing between the twenty-one Am- erican Republics. He particular- jly hailed the Lima Conference for its Declaration of American Principles and the Declaration of ene Principles of the Solidarity {of the Americas. “No doubt we all realize that ithe work for practical Pan-Am- ,erican Solidarity has not yet |FOUR HUNDRED AND SEVEN- TY-SIX BUNCHES OFFERED { | Sponge offerings at the Munici- jpal dock this morning totalled 476 bunches of which nine bunch- es were of yellow and 467 were wool. Wool prices offered were as follows: For 129 bunches, $813.99; for 156 buffches, $1,004.99; for 178 bunches, $1,066.66, and for ttwo bunches, $4.60, all of which {were refused. The only open sales made were two bunches of of SPONGE SALE This little sandy spot is really; HELD TODAY been concluded,” Alzati declared. “Every one of us must bear im mind that we will have to work continuously for the cause of Pan-Americanism with the great- est optimism and good-will to- wards one another. “I wish to express on behalf f the Consular Corps our appre- ciation to the inhabitants of Florida, and especially South Florida, for their friendly atti- tude towards each of the coun- tries of Latin America. Let us hope that now and in years to come the common history of our three Americas may find us as united as today, and even more, looking forward with the same eagerness for liberty, justice, solidarity and progress; and that through parallel efforts we can carry on, today and tomorrow, the great task of making the American Continent a veritable leader of the civilized world.” TEMPERATURES Lowest Highest Station— last night last 24 hours | Abilene | Atlanta | Boston | Buffalo Charleston | Chicago Denver Detroit Galveston Havana Huron Jacksonville Kansas City Little Rock Los Angeles Louisville Miami v59 sacks of mail. The ship sailed shortly before 11 o'clock with 30 first and seven second cabin passengers booked at Key West, five automobiles and nine sacks of mail. ALL HE SUFFERED WAS, A BRAIN CONCUSSION’ \ officially received an ambassa-'ray of my stomach." ?E (By Associaced Press) ADA, Okla. April 17.—Ben Austin thought he was lucky when his car hit a guard rail and Thus, he said, they missed seeing many of the points of in- terest. FIRST AMBASSADOR VISITS PRINCESSES (By Associated Press) LONDON, April 17.—Princess Elizabeth and Princess Margaret dor at Buckin; first time. This was M. Corbin, French ambassador, who presented the igham Palace for the skidded 60 feet on its side which dolls given to the Princesses by left him uninjured, fell over a bluff beside the high- | way and suffered a brain concus-; sion. . | j | the People of France during the; Then he stepped from the car, State visit of the King and Queen! to Paris last July. VISITING HERE Alexander Sprunt, Jr., super- visor of Southern Sanctuaries of the National Association of Audu- The inspector asked to Mangrove root, which is more see it, and when he did, his eyes grotesque than any of the fabled popped and his jaw fell. It was: pictures of Hades. Many nests ‘a set of negatives, exposed “arid“and ‘rookeries are seen in the jcovered with splotches of grey’ tiddle of this area. As one pene- tand black-in great, curving lines. ‘trates farther into this _ inlet, ; What! .A foreign spy with: 'pic-' there is ‘a little sandy spot under-' ltures. ofthe Yokosuka’ Navat water’ to the left where. huge 'Base? 5 merous *ybarracudas sun themselves and ! “No”, said the Dand, sadly, "smack into the schools of mullet! “you're mistaken. That's an which, move wild-eyed about. ‘Ger ‘When the water begins to shoal have treatrhents, wherever I go”.; UP in mud banks then one finds i thorseshoe crabs, those strange jremnants of prehistoric times, all nm Inmate Invents |Sorts of stingarees of all sizes, Silent Plane Propeller schools of snook weighing as palais! *“|much as 15 pounds. A few tar- (Ry Associated Press) ipon plop here and there. In the FOLSOM, Calif. April 17.— channel where your launch is an- The convict newspaper at Folsom” you can find tarpon roll- | prison has announced that a ing every night. | Noiseless propeller invented by an’ . Then follow your main channel: inmate has attracted favorable through the cen , attention from the war depart-|atoll toward ment. Mpls.-St. P. New Orleans ‘New York breaking in from the sea. These} wool,-$1.21 and nine bunches of are very pretty spots and worth |yellow, $2.25. exploring. On one sandy strip,: It was said by one of the buy- one can occasionally see schools ,ers that all of the owners of the of tarpon slowly moving back,Sponge, sought.to secure better and forth. On your right as you| Prices. and i go down, about ten miles away, | would be are the dreaded quicksands,{ the prices raised. which have swallowed up sailing! Tae. vessels whole, masts and all! Youngsters Have Ideas = Washington _ About ‘Perfect’ Teacher Williston (My Assented Press) | Pastors Get Together These quicksands are formed by the Gulf and Straits of Florida WILMINGTON, Del. April 17.: A - : } Here’s what you should be to (By Annocinted Preasd meeting. When you come to the shoals you may strike crawfish with meet the “ideal teacher” require-; SAN RAFAEL, Calif, April 17. ments set up by Junior Hi-Y'—Twelve Protestant ministers of Club Club members of a local/this city have banded together \to help make marriages success- BSALERLSASsessesaseas| aeeseBeSt ESSSALSASLSSSBNeeess| seeass ess grains pole, or you may bottom fish, or you may troll for group- er and snapper, or look at in- school: al Others R S. Fegp of tee Coed Acco mauts Authority ot Wastogcoc eccompamec by DW cout 5-2: Derecter of Aviston and C Hacsen. Miam: Derecter ot Arse Sion arrived iz Key West chic mormng. enc mece « surwey = the tacilthes tor seapuenes a: “= port. The officials arrived by piece of the coast guard wet ee5t: ed mm the submeriee bese end were met by Lieutemest Fort Callahan officer is charge a soe meval station Mayor Willers ¥ Albury. Carl Serveidi Meivin Recs Everstt Bowell ond (Ches Teyiece and =ade oc i> spection of the facilites a: “5 = port for the eccommodsticn of pianes. The mterest and Flornda avizton » has been aroused om the oe ties of Key West as 2 sap base particularly. They * Key West group belief there planes im these © landing facilities vould be man facti able ifr the Garrison Bight he was told would scon verted into a Yacht Basin present WPA app t the matter goes through Bight would be an ideal an age after the cut is w seaplanes which a through the opening Tb Aeromarine bese near the ter Dock facilities were abe spected Especially recommended Mr. Fogg were the of small-cost landing which seaplanes could tir uf > and be serviced. Mayor Albury was told the cost of each ramp to the city would be about $200 of sponsorship. This project w be emphasized before Authority heads, Mr. Fogg said The project to make # mu Pay airport on Golf Course pr erty under sponsorship of city with WPA. the work ws also mentioned im the er of the morning. Mayor Alb pointed out that 30,000 yard fill had been promised him —_ coulc the sponsorship costs sen said that this project « ing kept in mind. Mrs. Paul Mesa left over the highway this morning, accom- panied by her son, Paul Mesa, Jr.. Ignatio Lester. Hilary Albury jand Jack Cormack. | The young men, students at | Florida University. -will continue fon to Gainesville to resume their studies after a brief vacation, and Mrs. Mesa will remain in Miami } ‘PRESCRIPTIONS Ahern Funeral Home. Aero-Car Ambulance Service “Air Cooled” The army has written Bob; | bon Societies, is a visitor in Key Kersten that he “apparently has | West, investigating the several & good idea”, the paper reported.