The Key West Citizen Newspaper, June 7, 1939, Page 1

Associated Press Day -Wire Service For 59 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West VOLUME LX. No. 135. Youth Making*Remarks Against King And ‘Queen Seized This Moning By Federal Agents Royal Train Awaited Mice ce CeCee ee WOMAN'S HAT CAUGHT International Border By FIRE IN “HEAT WAVE’ Various Officials Of State Department. (ee Reverted reee) LONDON, Jane 7.—The. thermometer in the English Capital today read 83, which constitutes a “heat wave” here. And it really was a hot day for one young female pedestrian, who was seen walking, down a main street with her hat about to burst into flames. A spectator yanked the hat from the young lady’s head, much to her surprise, and it was discovered that a glass ornament was reflecting the sun’s rays intensely enough to burn the cloth material of the hat. \ Lhd hide dete NIAGARA FALLS, June 7.—A Youth was seized by Federal au- thorities this morning when he ‘was overheard io make remarks egainst the King and’ Queen of} England. He asserted he “was going to get them”. The young man stated ‘that he was from Utica,-N. Y.; however, further questioning brought out | the fact that he had recently | been in Los Angeles, Cal. The authorities are of the: be- lief that the youth is the one for whom police have been on the/| lookout. Awaiting. th royal train at the international border are officials of the Stale Department. headed by Secretary Cordell Hull, who ARMS EMBARGOES PLAN OF SEC. HULL IN. ENGLAND TODAY: | ganization held a very interesting 1 ‘OPPOSE LIFTING OF | 1 SENATE ISOLATIONISTS PRE- | was composed of: Clarence Higgs, PARING DECLARATION TO|;, |and-Faustino Rendueles, who each! ‘stressed the need of increased } ;Key West with the idea of join- Hing the organization, so that jthe influence that must be used i, aes THE SOUTH RNMOST NE x KEY WEST, Tcmdmino ae Will Visit Here: Tomorrow} OLOOOLEEE. MEMORIAL SERVICES HELD FOR VICTIMS © SEVERAL ADDRESSES DE- LIVERED: COMMITTEES AP- POINTED TO WORK. IN IN- TEREST OF CITY ‘ (Ry Associated Preaxd LIVERPOOL, Eng. June 7.—Memorial services for the 99 victims of the submarine Thetis disaster were held in this and other coast cities of England today. Relatives of the dead offi- cers, crew and _ inspectors jeined government officials in services held on board a Navy ship over the spot un- Chairman Paul O. Ladd al members of the Key Citizens Or- meeting in the auditorium of the | Harris School last night at 8 o'clock. There were several speakers, among them being Joe Pearlman. { membership, as in the end the; @¢* which the ‘submarine organization is one which _ is rests. working in the interests of every | citizen of Key West. toeeeeeeeed It was urged that members use | { every effort to imbue citizens “ SEVERAL CASES : : pe HEARD TODAY IN CRIMINAL COURT | SPECIAL SESSION ‘CONDUCT- i ED FOR PURPOSE OF HEAR. | ING PLEAS OF GUILTY axl DEFENDANTS © greater weight can be*added to} for the sponsoring _ of projects, and the funds to assure that sponsorship. | Two committees were appoint- ed. One the Graveyard Commit- tee to work on a project in con- nection with the sponsorship of} this work. This committee is composed of Faustino Rendueles, Sr., chairman, members A. Wat- kins, Olney Roberts and Ivan} Roberts. Another committee appointed was in connection with a project | . t Criminal court was called in} ; Session at 10 o'clock this ane for Division Street School and | ing with Judge William .V. Al-| {bury Presiding, County Solicitor iAllan B. Cleare, Clerk C. Sam! B, Curry, Sheriff K. O. Thomp-! hairman members Armando Al-: fonso, A. Delgado and. Clifford: McNeal. | Florida, Motor Lines is a group of }agents of the F. M.L. from dif- } hineheon at the’ La Concha Ho-! lotose or no OF ROME-BERLIN- will officially welcome King | Get Roosevelt upon arrival of the streamliner late this after. | Boon. eet OTTO. RESIDENCE: FIRE LAST EVENING IS BE- LIEVED TO HAVE BEEN OF INCENDIARY ORIGIN Report of a fire at 534 Eaton! street, the home of Mrs. Thos. 0, Otto, was phoned to Station No. 1, 9 o'clock’ last night, and im-} mediately the signal was sound: | fact that shipments would be/tionally known for his work .in ed from Box 21 at Eaton and Du-} val streets. At once the apparatus re- sponded and firemén found the bottom of the building at rear burning and within a brief time the fire was and examination of the premises was made, Chief-Harty Baker {'said that! there was but one dedigion to be} reached—that the blaze was of incendiary origin. Thefe was no trash in the vicinity; in fact the area where the fire was discov- ered was perfectly clean in every way. The chief, after a careful sur- vey of the damage, placed the) loss at approximately $200. STATE'S CAPITAL 1S QUIET AGAIN one ee See of trash paper as-relics of their the, extinguished | BE MADE AFTER ROYAL PARTY DEPARTS ‘ (ity Ansociated Press) ate isolationists are preparing a declaration against the Hull newt | NAMED ASSISTANT CHIEF OF | Heality endeavor, which | voice strenuous opposition to the UNITED STATES WEATH- ER BUREAU lifting of arms embargoes now jin effect. | The declaration will not be | made until the King and Queen|- lof England leave Washington |this weekend in order that no embarrassment may. be caused from its release, The group, headed by Senator Borah of Idaho, threatens fili-| buster of any such action as/ | planned by Secretary Hull, which}the Massachusetts Institute e would make possible the ship- Technology, F. W. Reichelderfer, | ment of arms to England or jchief of the Bureau, said toda } ly. | France in case of war, desvite the} Professor: Rossby is Re (Special to The Citizen) WASHINGTON, D. C., June 7. —The new position of Shae ae Chief for Resea: tion in the U. S. Weather Bureau| will bé filled by the appointment} of Prof. Carl G. A, Rossby, ot of the course in meteorology a’ eae: oe eee carey: bape: ‘STEAMER CUBA COMES TO PORT Steamship Cuba, of the P. and 10. S. S. Co,, arrived yesterday afternoon from Havana with 41 first cabin and three second cab- in passengers for Key West; 15 frist and four second cabin pas- sengers for Tampa. the application of advanced | meteorological methods to weath- | er forecasting... He has been‘ granted a three-Year leave of ab- sence to accept the new position | and is expected to assume -his’ {duties at the Weather Bureau in | Washington during the month of | June. s Practically all of the Key West passengers were bound over the| Sponges are still being brought | Florida Motor Lines for vacations; to the city and plated on- the jin the north and many of them} Municipal dock for the buyers to lcame via Key West for the ride} bid, but in a few instances the tover the highway going to New| prices offered are not in confor- | York and the World’s Fair. i, with those asked cares they Listed on the manifest of the | are flatly refused. \ship were the following items: | On the dock this week were For Key West, four tons of; placed 147 bunches of wool, 56 freight, four automobiles andj bunches of yellow and 10 bunch- |five sacks of mail; for Tampa, 48; es of grass. For the wool was of- tons of freight, one automobile} fered a price totalling $270.75, jand 46 sacks of mail. | for yellows a tot of $17.56 and! The vessel sailed at 5 o'clock | for the grass, $1.7 fe oe wel i ai judge — Sees eran kpied ee acting ; bing alcoho! into a hole left by fram operation ehind hi et and j became int "several months, has. been in the capacity of timekeeper for the WPA forces in Key West, has been notified that : he will -be| sentenced to spend 10. days |Acevedo and Emrie Williams. son and Chief Deputy Bernard Waite in attendance, The call for the session was made for the purpose of hearing, pleas of guilty entered by seven) || prisoners, some of whom were res | on bond and others .in-, mates of the county jail. Josephine J. Collins, charged with vagrancy, was brought be-! fore the bar and eritered a plea} of guilty to the charge. Sentence” in the ‘case was deferred. Samuel: Hutchinson, charged with petty larceny, pleaded guilty | ~cident. and was sentenced to spend es days in the jail, at hard labor. .C. W. Murray, charged with! and Educa- | j operating a motor vehicle while j Wi A OF! ICIALS under the influence of intoxi- | cants, pleaded guilty and was | sentenced to pay a fine of $50). d costs or spend 60 ‘days in} jail. The amount of fine and} jcosts was $72.27. John Miller, charged with | vagrancy and sleeping in a car| SPAPER IN THE u. S.A. WEDNESDAY, JUNE 7, 1939 ~~ r Lines:Group [Francisco Sarabia Killed In Airplane Crash This Morning ation . Wil Number soe tan rt-(Cone Signs Bill Fixing Pay ieee wie, ements Monroe County Officials FIP AI AL 222 (By Ansociated Press TALLAHASSEE, June “ ; Gawernes Cone signéd House Bill; ‘941, which was introduced by} Representative B. C. Papy, relat- ‘ing to the compensation to “be ‘paid the Monroe County Tax Col- jlector and Tax Assessor. 1—| Scheduled to arrive in Key West tomorrow morning over the ferent parts of the state. They will enjoy a delightful | | tel, “hold: their business” meeting afterward and then go for a jsimitcing ride over the island, iting all points of interest and ' return. ‘on thé § o'clock bus. it’ Wm. M. Arnold, at Key This bill provides fer the com-' ‘pebsation of the collector and as-} 'sessor when. the same does not) jequal an annual income of twen- | ty-four hundred dollars and ne-; fest, told The Citizen, it is ex-|cessary office expenses not to) pected that from 30 to 50 agents, | exceed fifteen hundred dollars ‘as guests of the company, will; per annum, f 2 arrive to attend the meeting. This applies to counties having | a population of not less than ‘CRACK EXPRESS thirteen thousand, three hundred ; , TRAIN WI WRECKED ' ining not exceeding thirteen thou- i sand, three hundred and Gees Se sixty. OUTLINE GIVEN OF FLORIDA'S DRIVERS’ LAW ‘WARSAW LINE. DISASTER NOT KNOWN AS: YET (By Asnociaced Press) WARSAW, Poland, June ae The Rome-Berlin-Warsaw ‘crack | express train was wrecked 1 few | miles from thi§ city today, with loss reported fo be: ihe — 5 risg bende ‘catainly. inlist. bé gratitying| four Reeeons and a number of -to those who cooperated with the | Saasek. Florida Safety Couneil -in its ef- | foll forts to bring about a statewide | omar: cae Drivers’ License -and Highway | initial investigation, are unable patro) Law, stated Asher Frank, | to determne the cause of the ac- Director of the Council, today. No one organization is respon- | sible for the passage of this Act. ; ; The P.T.A., the American Legion, | jthe Jr. Chamber of Commerce, | ‘the Sheriffs’ Ass’n., the Fed-! erated Womens’ Clubs, the Press, | and civic groups everywhere | ‘helped to bring this about for, ' PROVISIONS COVER VARIOUS. MATTER IN. LICENSE’ AND HIGHWAY PATROL REG: | “t | ULATIONS LEAVE ON TRIP B. C. Moreno, WPA area super- jvisor; Homer Herrick, assistant are grateful. | WPA area supervisor; F. H. Mc-| ‘The new Drivers’ License sets Kinley, WPA field engineer, and’ up a fee of fifty cents for each! ‘MRS. GOMEZ MAKES which the people and the council | LY Key West, Florida, has the most equable climate in the country; with an average range of only 14° Fahrenheit ‘PRICE FIVE CENTS looveriond Of Gasoline ‘Be- | lieved To Have Been Cause Of Accident In | Potomac River i | (Ry Associa’ & Prexa) WASHINGTON, June 7.—Fran- | Sisco Sarabia crashed his plane into the Potomac River this morning and lost his life. RECORD FISH CATCH The largest sailfish which has been taken in Key West waters this season, was caught yesterday afternoon by Mrs. Arthur Gomez. wife of Judge Gomez of Circuit Court, and measured eight feet two inches. Old timers say it is the largest ever taken in these waters, And not far behind Mrs. Gomez was her son George who, after a lively tussle. brought in a magnificent specimen,-of the same kind, which measured seven feet three inches. Both fish were early |The occasion marked the very start of a ‘scheduled non-stop | flight from the’ nation’s capital |to Mexico City. Reason for tHe crash was the overload of gasoline carried on ~ board. Sarabia’s wife and child jand several friends witnessed the |tragedy from Bowling Field, \the plane circled in an endeavor ite obtain altitude—then crashed | nose first into the river. in perfect condition. In ‘the party which was out under the guidance of Beg- ley Filer, were Judye and Mrs. Gomez and son and. Judge and Mrs. T. S. Caro. Aside from the two fine 5 trophies the anglers caught a | Sarabia last week completed a large number of ‘dolphin, (successful trip from Mexico City barsncuda, mackerel, Kingfish (4, Floyd Bennett Field,” Brook- bic ariel _. |lyn, in 10 hours, 47 minutes, 36 é 5 GMODDODMMS .ccorsis, « distance ot 2380 miles, ‘NEWARK I ‘ARK MAYOR beating Amelia Earhart’s old | Mexico City-New York record by more than three hours. The rac- TARGET OF ANTI ing plane Q.E.D, in which the \flight was made and which - he SEMITIC GROUP wisn “Conquistador en a eeielas ', suspended: its. jinx. for” , {this trip, but on the attempted FOUND HUGE “GET. our” return trip today -assumed its old ou" habits and balked. XOUL SIGE TH FRONT raises’ Originally QED. was. built UPON AWAKING THIS for Miss Jacqueline Cochran in | 1934 and has always shown great MORNING | speed but still greater ill luck. | Always it was put hors de com- RS |bat in whatever race iti \éntered. (By Associated Press) | With Miss Cochran at "the con- NEWARK, N. J. June 7.— trols it was fotced out of the 'London-Australii', race in 1934 Mayor, Reheheien: wes ‘the vittins \after the first day of flying. Twice of anti-semitic agitation today | thereafter it was entered in the \Bendix transcontinental race ftom when, upon arising this morning. 1.4; Angeles to Cleveland but lound | was never able to finish. Once ‘ashe a athe es oat aoe lit was entered in the Thompson ; ard reading, “Get Out, You”. | Trophy race at the Cleveland air races with the same result. Rac- bh a — amis eet ae SP ing pilots decided the ship was without the permission of the/Leo Warren, WPA state safety license and one dollar for chauf- lowed several other messages | hoodooed but Sarabia defied: the owner, pleaded guilty and was! in| county jail. } Three others who were each | accused of driving a motor. ve-; hicle without the required lis | cense, entered pleas. of guilty. | {They were advised that sentence ° ‘ami and held a’ conference. in the cases would be. deferred } ‘provided they each secured. the} necessary licerise.”’ The . accused were William Schoneck, Amando Josephine Collins was arrested : by» Sheriff Thompson. Samuel | Hutchinson was arrested by! ‘Deputy Ray Elwood. The other, arrests were made by Constable | Pellecier. | COUNTY BOARD MEETS TONIGHT Regular meeting of the Board of County Commissioners _ will be héld in. the office-of Clerk Ross C. Sawyer at the county 8 o'clock, tonight. Milwaukee—Following .an family custom, Josephine f until, tomorrow, the others more accidents and for forfeiture ilefe with the genstnnal {were to.return this evening. | representative, left over the high- feurs licenses. The law requires; way this:morning for Miami. , that the license shall always be They went,in answer to a sum- on the person while driving ai mons by. £, 5. Lomberg, assistant. vehicle. Licenses will be revok-)| i state director: of operations, who ed for drunken driving, using a was to leave the state office in car to commit a crime, for hit-| Jacksonville, meet them in Mi- and run driving and ‘false state-; ‘ments. Suspensions will occur | Mr. Moreno expects to remain when a driver has been in two or jing they .of bonds which is considered a [conviction. . Drivers now. driving | } who have driven a car: for one year or more can get a permit without an examination. In the} future however, all new appli-! cants will have to take an ex-/ ‘Animals And Insects Move On-Housewives (By Ashoctated Press) amination. ELMCREEK, Neb. June 7—j} .No person under the age of; housewives encounter sixteen can operate a car except some of mother nature’s crea- a restrictive license that is is-| tures in strange haunts. : }sued when the’ parents or guar-| One woman discovered a rabbit dian assume the liability. Neither | | black widow spiders in a book-' crime or who isa habitaal, user! case. “A probe of a cellar at of narcotics, the feeble minded another home uncovered a black ‘nor an insane person, secure a and white salamander. license. Deafness would not bar/ ee was wl any ga eet pie | most surprised ee which | She found a garter ss wal hideaciaemunan ees 2 ‘CUTS OUT WORRY | } jinx and while he got away. with sent him in various forms de-/the flight from Mexico City, the nding return trip attempted today ended br vg este eee | jin disaster, the intrepid pilot los- 'fown, and apparently . sent eves his life. aan ar renee ns ease PLAN TO ORGANIZE nigs in that reference was made/ ‘ROAD PATROL UNIT OVERNOR HAS POWER OF MAKING APPOINTMENTS FOR POSITIONS ABOUT SALES TAX LEGISLATURE FIGHTS OFF) ALL ATTEMPTS TO | TALLAHASSEE, Fla, June 7 LEVY TAXES \(FNS).—Speedy organization of |Florida’s first state road patrol oot traci! was forecast here today as the 1939 legislature left for Goyer- TALLAHASSEE, Fla., June 7 nor Cone’s approval a bill pro- (FNS).—Florida consumers won't! viding for a state driver's license |have to worry about a sales tax! and another measure authorizing for at least two more years and_ jthe establishment of a new de- operators of gambling casinos! ent to enforce safety laws will run their establishments at! on the highways. the risk of rigid enforcement of ‘The road patrol bill. vests in the gambling laws- under the the governor full power to make personal direction of Attorney | a}} appointments, includnig the |patrol director. Several appli-