The Key West Citizen Newspaper, May 1, 1939, Page 1

Associated Press Day Wire Service For 59 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West VOLUME LX. No, 103. Thirty-Threé: Applicants Nade American Citizens Ceremonies Conducted This Morning Following Ses- sion Of United Sstates Court Citizens from every walk of| life assembled the United States Court this morning to wit- in mess the ceremonies initiated by B. P.O. Elks 551 in welcoming the class of 33 citizens whose ap- plications had been favorably passed on by Naturalization Ex- aminer James B. Watkins during the last three days. "ARE COMING | ASSIGNMENTS COVER VISIT OF KING AND QUEEN | MANY i TO (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON, May 1.—As-+ ington newspapermen, in spite of the disposition of most of them — to look down their noses at “so- ciety reporting.” They expect it will be mostly that, chat about what the Queen wears and whe- ther the King’s sword trips him Che # THE so NOW COMES A. 172-1B. TARPON AT BAHIA HONDA MONSTER LANDED IN TWO- HOUR FIGHT; MANY 100 POUNDERS CAUGHT: SIL- VER KING PLENTIFUL Bahia Honda Channel, the “deep water” of Spanish posses- sion days, Friday night produced a silver monster of the deep, a 172-pound tarpon landed by a party from the charter boat Nor- ma. It was the largest tarpon this signments to cover the visit of Ye@% caught at Bahia Honda, al-' the King and Queen of England | though there was a. 178 pounder} \are at a premium among ‘Wash. {brought to boat last year in the} channel, Fishing is done most successful from boats that. ply in and out of the 240-foot wide con-! jerete arches around which sets aj very strong current. Many per- sons also throng the concrete railing 67_feet above the water and drop their lines down. { Tarpon may regularly be seen lined up in rows waiting for the as he leaves the train for a for- When Judge John B. Holland, mal call. jENJOYABLE DAY SPENT AT LARGE NUMBER ENROLL IN; UTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN THE KEY WEST, FLORIDA, MONDAY, MAY 1, 1939 (By Associated Press) NEW YORK, May a the Crown Prince and Prin- oa be the largest crowd ever as- |eess of Norway on hand for the sembled in this country for a) monies. Rhode I: ‘and 700,000 people | © from all over the nation were on event, almost 1 | Seorimecteut state exhibitions are ihand yesterday at the opening of | 18° scheduled for opening cere- |the New York World's Fair. \Monies with delegations planning The scheduled to be opened today two states. CANCERPDRIVE HERE’ BROUGHT CLOSED SUNDAY Norwegian exhibit is fo be in attendance from those SUMMERLAND: KEY PROGRAM BIG SUCCESS | } CCC CAMP; HOSPITALITY | CONNECTION WITH ACTIVI-! U.S.A. ‘EARTHQUAKE IN i i i { i (By Associated Press) TOKIO, May 1.—Reports of < serious earthquake in northern | Japan came through today, which “indicate that serious loss of life jand property is involved. The nature of the quake is re- "NORTHERN JAPAN INTRODUCES BILL (Ry Ansseciated Press) TALLAHASSEE, May 1.— Representative Bernie C. Papy introduced House -Bill 844 in the State Legislature today to abolish the © Crim- inal Court of Record in Mon- roe County. | 1 | | | Hl | | | i | | Cveesccccenecesesoeesece | | TO ABOLISH COURT! NEWS FLASHES “« Press) ported to be similar to that which i destroyed a big percentage of the | who presided at the session, had | finished his talk accepting the | tions for space on the train were ‘ = A granted it would be miles long. Bee Walking cad ae can's bY | Besides perhaps 150 60.200. news. the applicants as to their quali-|P@Permen from England, Canada fications for becoming citizens, | @"4 the United States, the “pilot” Attorney W. Curry Harris de- | ‘Tain will have to carry many es- Incidentally, if all the applica- livered an address to the appli- cants. Congratulates Group Mr. Harris congratulated the group and welcomed them as! citizens of this great country. He explained, in detafl the advan- tages of citizenship, what alle- gianee to government means, and the phases of the meaning of Gov- ernment of the People, by the! People and. for the People. The speaker then related the “Story of Mans, the life of this | sential persons such as Scotland !Yard men and Yankee Secret |Service agents. The King’s own | train will follow the pilot. $ As in presidential travels, a | “pilot” train goes ahead as a pre- caution against bombs in the track or faulty rail equipment. The idea sounds awfully thrilling, this , business of going ahead to clear out the bombs, but so far as this correspondent’s investigation | goes, one never has disturbed the | peaceful..progress. of.the....pilot.. | train. luckless bait, usually mullet, to come their way. Then there is a splash, gulp and one course is put away. But for Mr. 172-Pounder last Friday it was a_ different story, because two hours putting up a terrific battle, he must have felt awfully funny strung up at Craig’s No Name Key Camp for all the world to see, No Name's Mr. Craig is a cour- teous host to all, although he can tell bigger fishing tales than fact; finders would liké, it is said, but his boasting is well-founded on! tarpon, permit and bonefish in Bahia Honda and Spanish Chan- nels, which really form one big aghannel running from:.Atlaptic to Gulf. “Boca Grande of the up- after | BAND FURNISHES MUSIC TIES CARRIED ON IN KEY i | | FOR EVENT WEST i | | The entertainment program as, The drive for memberships in ' } v i arranged yesterday by the Rec-| the Women’s Field Army for the ‘reation Statewide project of the, Control of Cancer came to a suc- | ‘cessful close last night, but, for | ; the accommodation of those who and sports, | may have planned to enroll and at the CCC Camp on Summer-! have been unable to do so, Mrs. Key West unit proved 2 great successful day of fun, i the Key West group, which in-| local army unit, states that the cluded, the Federal Hospitality | list will be kept open a few days band, members of the Recreation longer. ‘Department, and a group, of, According to officers in the charming . young. wamen, events.J6cal unit, most-of those who-en- j Proceeded to shape toward a Tolled last year contributed land Key. From the arrival of, M. E. Berkowitz, captain of the; a! May Day Festival will take pl. allegorical being, his religion, his! Incidentally, this town is still family life and marriage, his job, | worried about where all the what he may hear over the radio King’s men and ladies in waiting per west coast is just a name”, | grand, and enjoyable time. Craig says. “Bahia Honda is the real acme of tarpon fishing spots”. | membership this year, and there The Blue Socks vs. CCC Camp are a number of new members. and the conscription of* Hans in times of terror. Explained human termites and their de- structive possibilities and the in- sidious propaganda contained in the many destructive “isms” which are being brought before the people, and impressed on his hearers the necessity of pre- senting a “united front .against the foreign enemy, and the equal necessity of combating the enemies within our borders.” Mr. Curry continued with statement that it is necessary to naturalize all aliens, as it is im- possible for any man to serve two masters. The speaker then gave a delightfully interesting the: will be sheltered in the White House. There simply aren't |the place is. In spite of every- thing many of them simply will have to be spilled over into $6 and $8 rooms in the local hotels. PORFIRIO B. SOLER _ ARRAIGNED TODAY Porfirio Batiste Soler, was ar- raigned before Judge John W. Holland in United States court to answer to the charge of smuggling in an alien, by name explanation of the symbolism of Roas Touksack, under guise of the flag, true Americanism, the , being his, wife. meaning o fthe Constitution and; When the charges were read the Declaration of Independence. the accused unhesitatingly en- The speaker brought to a close | tered a plea of guilty, and was his thrilling talk explaining that |sentenced to” pay a fine of $500 E Pluribus Unum means ex- ‘ana spend one year and a day in actly what it intends used as federal penitentiary. The sen- the motto of the United States, tence was suspended and the ac- as One out of Many, as this coun- cused placed under probation for try is made out of one govern-|one year. ment made by uniting many} Attendants at the session of states. , court besides Judge Holland were Mr. Harris’ address was re- Miss Edith House, assistant ceived with acclaim and many of, United States attorney from his hearers said it was one of the Jacksonville, Edwin R. Wil- finest talks ever heard on the liams, clerk of. court, Miss Ellen same subject. At the conclusion, E. Williams, deputy clerk of ‘ And its fame is indeed even now attracting hundreds of boats with the meaning of enough spare bedrooms, big as 20 or more to be seen there daily! during the present tarpon season, | .which immediately follows the’ winter season. At No Name Key Camp may be seen scales from tarpon rang- jing from 70 to 170 pounds and! all caught within the last few years. Many of them have been above the 100-mark. The channel is a natural habi- ,tat for fish with commercial! mackerel fishermen regularly bringing in their catches through- out the winter. MAKES REPORT ON jwas a one sided affair, but the | In all, the drive has been success- {CCC boys did their best. They! ful and those who engaged in the jfeel that with a little practice| work of : solititing memberships that they will give the Key West | are well pleased. . 4 boys good games. A played several selections during} To date the following are en- ithe game, and this seemed to add | rolled: \ bit of pep to the playing of the | Mesdames M. E. Berkowitz, boys. | W. Douglass, Wm. P. Kemp, Mor- Groups of boys, and girls, | gathered around the -piano, and ris Holtsberg, P. L. Cosgrove, Joe to the tune of well known songs | Pearlman, Wm. Demeritt, B. D. all joined in, and sang. Several | Trevor, Join B. Maloney, R. F. pit menkepong, Sires along ; Spottswoed, Charles Aronovitz, ie sandy beach; en ie sound : i i jof the dinner bell. Sandwiches |='°Phen Howe, Wing Lee, L. P. jof several varieties, very pala-|Attman, W. B. Kirke, V. A. John- jtable, with an ice tea drink found |S Zelma Curry, Beryl Curry, ja hearty welcome by the group | Lancelot Lester, B. C. Papy. lof hungry Key Westers. A splen-|_ Mesdames Charles Falk, Paul \did rendition of band selections, Lumley, C. D. Harrington, Isa- t i BUILDING PERMITS i New construction and repairs in; Key West, as shown by the re- port of the past month from the ithese. office of Building Inspector Harry M. Baker, shows a total of $29,- 275. Four permits were issued dur-| other day with the CCC boys. ing the last few days’ of the; month; amounting to $3,000 as folows: General repairs to building on, concert, as also a solo by Eva Warner. bers found great favor,.tiand re- wD {group left for Key West. But all Statewide Recreation ment and Julio Lacedonia, It is planned by Victor Larsen, ; and Mrs. Eva B. Warner of the) Leila Pitcher, Depart-| and Marie L. Cappick. to {by the Hospitality band, with !dore Appelrouth,M. W. Curry. jseveral humorous incidents which | Claude Albury, J. W. Costar, Car added to the enjoyment of the |Bervaldi, Frank Johnson, Ray G Mrs. | Bush, James » Adams, The Spanish num- ; Cleare. expressed a great desire for an-|varro, i Allan B. Mesdames:H...C. Galey, Luther peated requests were bmdde for! Pinder, Willand Albury, L. C. Brinton, F. C. Brown, W. C. Dun- Reluctantly, the Key West ! can, Bascom "Grooms, H. R. De- meritt, A. M. Hewett, R. G. Na- G. W. Allen, Sam Gold- smith and Wm. R. Warren. Misses L. Moline, Mary Trevor, Eliza Gardner, H. P. Connable, Melvin E. Rus- Laird street, owned by Ross C./plan affairs for the CCC boys in sell and W. L. Bates. city of Tokio in 1923, (MAY DAY FESTIVAL WILL BE CROWNED jISLAND CITY YOUNG PEO- PLE’S UNION CONTEST WON GAN OF UPTOWN CHURCH Crowning,.oi. the Queen. of .the. ace | tomorrow afternoon at Bayview Park, beginning at 5 o’clock. This year’s queen will be Dorothy Mae: |Dungan, of Fleming Street (Up- town) Methodist church, who re- 'cevied a total of 7950 votes in the :May Queen Contest conducted by Union. _Runntér-up was Ruby ; Thompson, First M. E. Church, S.'4083 votes, and Agnes Thompson, :Ley Memorial church, was. third! | with a total of 1246 ballots cast for ther. | The queen has | Sterling to be her king. Attendants to the royal couple ‘will be the other contestants in jthe May Queen Contest and their escorts: Ruby Thompson and ;Charles H, Ketchum; Agnes “Thompson and Cecil Cates. | The king and queen will be es- corted to the throne by a group of young people. Crown bearers will be’ Martha Gandolfo and j Terry Doughtry. { Prograta to be presented fol- ‘lows: Courtesy Drill — Kindergarten i of Wesley Community House. | | Folk’ Dances—Junior Depart-, | . tment of Wesley Community) | House, under direction of Miss Sarah Fernandez. Daisy Chain — Primary and} !Junior Departments of Methodist’ | Churches. H Balloon Drill — Intermediate | ; Department of Methodist Church-! ‘TOMORROW; QUEEN : the Island City Young People’s/ chosen Floyd i fe we nevecs WASHINGTON._The U. S. ,Government is taking steps to | strengthen the Panama Canal de-! {fenses, with announcement today of extensive fortifications plan- ined for Puerto Rica and Virgin islands. Initial work is sched- :uled for July 1 with all possible haste aiming towards completion ; | by the first of next year if pos- | sible. | PITTSBURGH.—Three T.W.A. |pilots battled desperated with a BY DOROTHY MAE DUN- ‘giant panda in the control cabin, lof their plane, which landed here ‘this morning. The panda, being \ ment of the plane. Apparently taking a dislike to his modern traveling accommodations, he broke his bonds and attacked the pilots, and was only subdued by actual hand to hand combat with two of the pilots. NEW ORLEANS.—The Presi- dent of Nicaragua landed here to- day enroute to Washington to visit President Roosevelt. He will receive an honorary degree ,at Louisiana State University to- morrow. !. RICHMOND. — Bishop Denny of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, predicted today that his church would not carry out plans of the three Methodist church congregations in this country to unite their groups into one church. WASHINGTON.—The_ twenty- ‘seventh annual convention of the ‘United States Chamber of Com- |meree convened today ‘city. The theme of the: conven- in | this tion is “The Key To Recovery”. Th international situation will be discussed at the opening ban- quet tonigt t. TEMPERATURES Lowest Highest Station— last night last 24 hours Abilene 60 88 brought to the Philadelphiga 200. Was chained in’a front compart-| when Judge Holland made the Jacksonville, and Miss Myra Sawyer; cost, $1,000. j;Key West during their Saturday | Contributions: H. -P. Connable, |°; pronouncement admitting the ap- plicants to Citizenship, he stated | that Mr. Curry’s address should awaken in the hearts of his hearers, a feeling of abounding faith in this country afid its gov- ernment. Many Attend Phillips, deputy clerk of Tampa. Judge Holland, and other mem- \ bers of the court were to leaye this afternoon on the bus for | Jacksonville except Miss Phil- _lips, who will go to Tampa. Ex- jaminer James B. Watkins ex- General repairs to building on United street. Owner, Hastings Smith; cost, $1,000. General repairs, 425 Caroline «treet. Owner, Miss Minnie Por- ter Harris; cost, $500. General repairs to residence, evenings in this city, and a monthly event at the camp. FIRE ON BOCA $9.00; a friend, $1.00. | i SOLD TODA ‘pects to conclude his activities | 1430 Vernon street. Owner, Frank The audience in the court room and leave tomorrow. was composed of many women; Beta eae ae and there was among them one’ G IN of the classes from ‘the High of POSTAL RECEIPTS were brought out by Mr. Harris. } : At the conclusion of the talk} Postal receipts at the local post the members of which; gave every evidence of the in-; and while the audience stood at office recorded for the month of} terest aroused by the proceed-{ ings as well as the points which } attention with their hands over April showed the amount of $3,-;Sawyer of Circuit Court during “distance across from. Stock — Is- their hears, Clifford G. Hicks, of 526.58, which is considered a good B. P.O. Elks, presented each showing for this period of the new citizen with a silk American year. flag, while stirring music was) Issues of money orders. from played by the Key West Hos-) the office showed a similar con- pitality Band. dition for this season of the year, The complete list of those ac-|a total of $35,792.56. cepted as citizens was published | in the issue of Saturday and was; NOT ALARMED AT ALL accepted with but one ‘exception, | that of Angel Mario Ramirez,, OAKLAND, Calif. — Aroused whose case is continued. Manuel from a nap by firemen who told Ortega Lopez, whose name was her that her house was on fire, not in the previous list, was ad-) Mrs. Nettie Nelson of this cit mitted, making a total of 33 new|told them to put it out, and drop- citizens. _ . ze) ped off to sleep again, 3 Johnson; cost, $500. TWO DIVORCE SUITS Two suits for divorce were re- corded in the office of Clerk the last week of April. On April 28 that of Mildred McNeal versus Glifford McNeal was recorded, and on April 29, the’ suit of Marguerite Di Premo versus Raymond J. Di Premo, was entered. AMBULANCE SERVICE Miami, Fia. vibd'Phére were a few sponges of- The title of this little story |fered #6F sale this morning on could appropriately read, “The}ghe<Municipal dock. The largest Boca Chica Fire Department, to| offering was of 139 bunches of : {wool which brought a price asm; Miss Thelma Cates,;Little Rock tot al in this. w. 2or roxi! .77 each | Captain’ Luther Pinder of ee i Chica’ sighted,a “pretty || Also “'théte | good. sized blaze” on. Boca,.Chica}bunches of wool which sold for jbridge, about one-third of. the}$g9, and four bunches which sold {for $5. Included in the sale were iseven bunches of grass which traf-jsold for $1.33. The entire lot fic was using the bridge at the |of offerings brought a price of time. Pinder and his force at the re- Ca jland. This was about 3:30 o'clock yesterday afternoon and no $1,038.33. ly have put the bridge out of|Chamber! commission if prompt action had j not been taken. Tom Thumb Wedding—Junior |Department of Methodist Church- les. Folk Dances—Intermediate De- {partment of Methodist Churches. ; May Pole Dance—Intermediate and Young People’s Departments of Methodist Churches, Serving on the committees are: | Program—Miss Margaret Neff, chairman; Mrs. Allen E. Curry, | Mrs. T: B. Klebsattel. Tickets — Miss Ruth Cates, Cecil Cates. Refreshments — Jay Stricker, offered © 36| chairman, Edna Pearl Spencer,|Mpls.-St. P. s ; Charles. Milord, Miss Frances ‘Lowe, Miss Helen Key, Jack | Aguero, Charles H. Ketchum. - Decorations — Leis Pinder, chairman; Jack Aguero, Ray | Pierce. Pianists for the Festival will be Miss Jennie Mae Johnson and Atlanta Boston i Buffalo Charleston Chicago Denver | Detroit 78 58 50 72 70 74 52 | Galveston 76 Havana | Huron | Jacksonville Kansas City |KEY WEST 84 78 76 82 72 4 82 76 78 | Louisville | Miami New Orleans — New York - Pensacola Pittsburgh iSt. Louis - |Salt Lake City jSan Francisco eee H H 60 72 48 74 70 58 64 84 56 88 Of All Interests Toward Obtaining Fresh Water ‘Bill In Connection With Matter Will Be Intro- duced In State Legisla- ture | | i | The question of whether or r->t the City of Key West and the | Florida Keys will have fresh wa- |ter from the mainland in the ; Near or far-off future, appears to ‘hang on developments occurring jover the weekend in connection | with the avpearance in The Citi- ‘zen of the legal advertisement | |sponscred by the Overseas Road ‘and Toll Bridge District, John R. ‘Slade, chairman. \ Reasons behind the insertion of j the advertisement in question are {quite sound, according to B. M ‘Duncan, General Manager of the Overseas Road and Toll Bridge District, who, in an interview |with The Citizen this morning, {pointed out the necessity for all order that the cause of fresh wa- ‘ter for Key West be not harmed in any way. | About Appropriation It is known that the amount of appropriations by PWA for the whole nation is $500,000,000. Of that amount, $6,- 000,000 has been alloted to Flor- ida, and this amount ‘represents , but twenty percenit.of the total of $30,000,000 on thé approved list for this state. ‘Whether or not the Florida, Keys Aqueduct Com- mission obtains their appropria- tion of almost two million dol- lars from this comparatively small total appropriation for this state depends, it appears, on strict ,cooperation between all agencies interested in the project. The Special Bill, now in’ the |hands of Representative B. C Papy for passage at the session of the Legislature, authorizes the Bridge Commission to allot funds from expected grants from the Federal Government to aid the Aqueduct Commission in funding their operatinos. The move was made, as explained by Mr. Dun- can and Attorney Paul Marks, to augment the work of the fresh water group. The project of en gineering this amendment to the | original Bridge Commission grant by the state, has been under con- sideration for some time, and all |interests, including Representa- tive Papy. who is reported to be in favor of the move, were cog- of all developments. Concerning Grant The Bridge Commission” has never obtained any grant on their original loan from the Fed- eral government of $3,600,000, and the present effort to obtain the grant for uses as outlined above, will not effect the status | of the loan, according to Mr. Dun- ‘can. It is thought, that if a | grant on the original loan is ob- tained, an additional grant may jbe released for the construction of not only the aqueduct but be used to stand part of the ex- |pense of extending the highway from Big Pine Key to Key West. | John Costar, vice-chairman of | the Bridge Commission, is quoted jas being “in favor of the bill”. He expressed surprise that con- troversy arose over the question, \it being his understanding that jall interests knew of the move- |ment that has been under way for some weeks. total | nigant Linterests working .in-harmeny: iné ~»