The Key West Citizen Newspaper, January 3, 1940, Page 1

Associated Press Day Wire Service For 60 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West The Key VOLUME LXI. No. 3. KEY WEST, FLORIDA, Fire Destroys Penick Residence; Will Probe INVESTIGATOR “CALLED | eocccccesccccceccccesces| TO DETERMINE WHE- CHICA THER BLAZE WAS OF GO FIRE CHIEF INCENDIARY ORIGIN ‘Cannevans Guests Here sa iveisas ur aw voina ANSWERED ALARM States Board of writers is momentarily expected | Fire Under-; »eeeceesconncocesescooce An interested spectator, = times a volunteer for the work at here tb probe the circumstances ;,..4, at the fire which spread surrounding the fire that de- through the Penick home at Em- i ma and Southard Streets last veloped last night at the home of i141 was Battalion Chief Thom- H. O. Penick at Emma and!as J, Cannevan of the Chicago Southard streets. |fire department here on vaca Estimates of the damage run|tion. from $5,000 to $12,000. This is| Chief and Mrs. Cannevan are covered by two insurance poli-|Suests at the home of Key West cies, one for $10,000 on the|Fire Chief Harry Baker and Mrs. building and the other for $4,-|Baker. When the Penick fire 000 on the furniture. jalarm sounded the two chiefs As firemen were arriving on|Were getting ready to leave the the scene in response to an alarm | Baker home with their wives for sounded at 7:15 p. m., two loud/an evening’s entertainment. explosions were heard in the| With the sounding of the Penick residence. Mr. Penick alarm, Chief Cannevan, of the had been away from home for | 10th Chicago battalion, and a vet- | several days, according to neigh- eran firefighter there, dashed out bors, and some mystery sur-|of the house with Chief Baker. rounds the cause of the ex-;He went into the blazing build-| plosions. jing with Paker and together they | After forcing their way into;surveyed the evidence and the the structure, which had been 'damaged interior and contents. rebuilt from an old residence by; “The Key West fire depart- Mr. Penick shortly after his ar-' ment did a fine job”, Chief Can- rival here from California more ,nevan declared. “I doubt if we than a year ago, the firemen dis- could have done any better in covered two electrical appliances Chicago, and I’m not saying this} connected, tothe house. circuits. | just to make a hit with the local Leading from these were a num-' boys. They seem to know their ber of rags soaked in some in-| way around a fire”. flammable liquid, having the! Chief Cannevan went with odor of turpentine. Chief Baker to county courthouse Flames were spreading through during the investigation of the the entire house, downstairs and ‘circumstances surrounding the upstairs. A tin roof confined the Penick home fire. The Chi-} blaze to the building. Firemen cagoan made no comment, but he|PY Mr. O'Bannon. As a world ja large national inventory”, Sup- Itasca will carry a championship | Rome-Berlin axis. |war veteran, Cates was given a) eryisor O'Bannon told The Citi- lifesaving ¢rew, which also will expressed the opinion that had was interested in some of the the roof been of other material strange things discovered in the | the flames would certainly have pbuilding. | (alse Of Explosions: at | RUSSIA ABANDONS LIGHTNING WAR; GO INTO TRENCHES FAIL IN EFFORT TO PUSH! THROUGH — MANNERHEIM | LINE; SUPPLIES RUNNING | SHORT IN NORTH (By Associated Press) | HELSINKI, Jan. 3.—Russia has {abandoned its lightning warfare | jin favor of entrenchment, this | capital hears, as all attempts to! get around the flanks of the Man- ; inerheim Line appear to have failed. Wave after wave of Russian ‘troops were hurled against the east and west flanks of the line jyesterday but to no avail. In the mid-sector, reports come ithrough that Finns are offering stubborn resistance to any ad- vance, in some cases forcing Rus- sians back. Supplies are said to be ex- tremely short for the Russian larmy in the north. This situa- {tion appears to bear out the pre- vious indication that Finnish troops have reached the Mur- mansk Leningrad railroad, which {is the main source of supply for northern troops. FINNS “MOPPING UP”; SWEDISH SHIP ATTACKED (Ry Axsociated Press) LONDON, Jan. 3.—Dispatches here stated that Finnish troops (Continued on Page Four) Myrtland Cates, former © city; patrolman, will be in charge of the work in this county under | John N. O'Bannon, supervisor | for eight counties. selected after a competitive ex-| amination conducted yesterday | 5 point advantage. Others ex-! spread to nearby structures. mie eCunnevans: wall acemain Several lines of hose were here a week. After his retire- | quickly laid by the firemen un-| ment, Chief Cannevan said he| der Chief Harry Baker. As the will come right back to Key} fire was brought under control, west to live. Chief Baker and others of the! uaa be fire department, with Charles Roberts, fire insurance agent, COUNTY BOARD began making a survey of the situation. They made statements indicat- ing that in their opinion the fire was of incendiary origin. Some of the evidence supporting their CONFERENCE ON POLICIES contention was gathered up and taken to fire headquarters. Chief HELD LAST NIGHT AT Baker immediately telegraphed COURTHOUSE for an- underwriters’ investigator to make an examination of . the evidence and the damaged build- Fisss 1949 meeting of the Mon ing. Some time after the fire had Te County Board of Commis- been put out, Chief Baker with sioners will be held beginning at Fire Warden Roy Hamlin and 8 o'clock tonight at county court- others questioned a house paint- house, Clerk Ross C. Sawyer an- er. The painter, a colored man, moueed today No csecial bac! had painted part of the roof of . he Penick residence yesterday, "CSS is slated for consideration the Penic! Ps PI 'S A but said he had not gone inside at this meeting. the building, which was locked. Last night the commission held Chief Baker was convinced the an informal conference at Clerk painter knew nothing about the ciyvers office. They discussed a the ex- ‘ cid Tesi Me policies for the year and are re- plosions . Chief Baker estimated the ported to have made some ad- damage to be under $5,000. In- justments to the jury iists. surance Adjuster Roberts said it; Attending the meeting were might run to $10,000 or $12,000. Commissioners Carl Bervaldi, He said his early survey of the chairman; Braxton B. Warren, house indicated a 50 per cent William H. Monsalvatge and T. loss on the estimated $20,000 Jenkins Curry; J. Lancelot Les- value of the property, and per- ter, assistant state’s attorney; W. haps around another 50 per cent Curry Harris, legal advisor to the of the value of the contents. board; County Solicitor Ailan STEPUP PHONE Scuiscp wc’ SERVICE FOR NAVY None. ef the commissioners Commander G. B. Hoey, officer in charge of Key West naval sta- tion, was in conference today with officials of Southern Bell Telephone & Telegraph Company regarding extension of service to Trumbo Island, where the navy is starting to’ build a seaplane base. Next week the naval station will have a private telephone ex- change, Commander Hoey an- nounced. There will be several trunk lines into the station and a number of outlets throughout | the grounds and buildings. conference:ahd no official rec- ord of the proceedings was made by Clerk Sawyer. ] We are pleased to | announce that— GIL CORTEZ, Esq. Is now associated with us and will be pleased to take care of your individual styling and original appointments for all occasions. Leo Braxton Warren —BRAXTON’S — FLOWER MART Cor. Simonton and Angela Sts. EE i | | } { | | i ‘ MEETS TONIGHT, FEWER PERSONS would discuss the details of their | JUDGE and Samuel L. Lowe. | Besides Monroe County, Sup-| ervisor O'Bannon has charge of | this important part of the cen-j lsus undertaking in St. Lucie, In- {dian River, Okeechobee, Martin, |Palm Beach, Broward and Col- jlier counties. | County Enumerator Cates will CLEARE’S CAR IN ACCIDENT { | MISHAP OCCURRED ON HIGH- WAY NEAR TAVERNIER;: NO SERIOUS INJURIES | i | ee | | ! County Solicitor Allan B. \Cleare, Jr., met with an accident this morning wh n a tire on his| automobile blew out on the} highway as he was on his way to Miami on business. | Cleare left at 7:00 o'clock and} the accident occurred just after the car had passed over Tavernier | bridge. The car overturned fol- | lowing the blowout. It was! | | | | |serious injury, The car was left at Tavernier for repairs and Cleare proceeded to Miami and expected to return to the city tonight. \ MARRIED IN 1939 LORD REPORTED | DROP OF 25 FROM 1938 TOTAL i ‘ter. There were fewer marriage li-| in 1939 than were issued in 1938,! County Judge Raymond R. Lord| reported today. i A total of 175 licenses were is- | sued last year, a drop of 25 from | the record of the previous months. The falling off was! particularly noticeable during; last December when only a couples applied for marriage li- censes. During December, 1938, the number was 33. Business Census Opens Toda ;Cates Heads Wor A business census of Monroe, begin his effort at the outer sec4 pico, Mexico, March 7-9. county got under way. today. | tions-of-the county~ before- -en® ing~Tampico. the...Pandora.. will Tomorrow Central _WILL BE GONE UNTIL MARCH 11; GOOD WILL! STRESSED; TO MAKE TWENTY-THREE STOPS At 10 a. m. tomorrow the Coast Guard, Pandora will start on a good will tour of several thou- sands of miles to the countries of Central America? Freshly painted, her decks and inner works spic and span, the Pandora, under Lieut. Com- mander C. H. Hilton, will be joined by her sister ship, thi Coast Guard Itasca out of Saf Diego, on the west coast of Cen! tral America, on January 17th for the record-breaking tour. ( ' Besides Commander Hilton, the | Pandora will carry Lieut. J. H. Martin, three warrant officers, Chief Boatswain M. R. Bruce, Boatswain T. J. Lusk and Mat ;chinist W. E. Lowe, and 38 men. They expect to return to Key West around the middle of March. / Commander Hilton has been on many long cruises for the Coast Guard since he joined thal service in 1924 after resignin, i k tering Key West. It may be the | end of the month before he be- gins collecting the desired in- Cates was!formation from Key West mer- the citizens of the various ports, ! from continuance of military ac- chants and business interests. “This business census really is zen. “The 1940 census will give amined were Ralph B. Boyden’, new, accurate and up-to-date Cues with the breeches buoy. balance sheet of our people, our industries and our resources. “Information supplied by Key West and Monroe businessmen for this tabulation is seen only by sworn employes of the Bureau of Census. The bureau exercises no regulatory functions so that its records are not used for taxa- tion, regulation or investigative purposes. The data which is be- ing collected is to be used sorely for statistical purposes.” Information to be obtained by Enumerator Cates will cover every line of business activity, setting forth the number of per- sons employed and other data pertinent to the census. DISTILLING PLANT NEARS COMPLETIO STATION EQUIPMENT NO GUARANTEES SUPPLY OF FRESH WATER Ww Smoke bleching from a stack , learned that Cleare suffered no 'in the naval station this morning get around. Enroute to Key West the station. DNESDAY, JANUARY 8, 1940 |DIPLOMATIC. NEWS -OVERSHADOWS ALL | | | | EUROPEAN EVENTS | DORS TO MOSCOW FOR | | d Leaves CONFERENCES (By Associated Press) LONDON, Jan. 3.—The dip- | jlomatic action noted in several |European capitals today over- | shadowed war on two fronts to-} from the United States navy. He! day. entered Annapolis in 1912 and; All actions concerned gestures graduated as an ensign with the aimed at Russia as ambassadors class of 1916. After he joined , of three nations were reported ; the Coast Guard he had a varied | t0 be on their way to home capi-| experience, inclu@ing several , tals from Moscow. trips into the Arctic, by way of The recent expulsion of Rus- Alaska and the Bering Sea, on | Sia from the League of Nations is | the Coast Guard Northland. |said to be causing the recent | In leaving Mrs. Hilton and his diplomatic upheavals, being, as/ four children at Key West, Com-!some observers commented, a! mander Hilton said that they had natural outcome of the | | i i ! eat Citizen THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN THE U. S.A. | ternational Key West, Florida, has the most equable climate in the country; with an average range of only 14° Fahrenheit PRICE FIVE CENTS President: Calls For Cooperative ActionIn Message To Congress ecoe ereccssoccososess ‘ASKS FOR RENEWAL OF CANADIAN LEARNED TRADE AGREEMENT | ACT; BUDGET TO SEEK Determined To See Service) TAXES FOR DEFENSE vs <* j T0 (Ry Associated Press) e F LY IN 7 DAYS WASHINGTON, Jan. 3.—Presi- TALLAHASSEE, Fla. Jan. 3 dent Roosevelt appeared before (FNS).—Don’t tell anyone about FS - this because it might cause in- hi kn complications, with sixth Congress this protests filed with the Secretary ss of State and all that—but there is , Shortly after 2 o'clock and de- an interesting yarn buried in the jivered his al files of Herbert C. Whitney, di Speci hae rector of aviation for the State Road Department. Ayton Shortt, a 21-year-old afternoon the “State of the Nation” to an overpacked House of Represen- become accustomed to his long absences while on duty with his service. The Pandora is scheduled to leave Mazatlan, Mexico, her first part of call, January 17 and pro- ceed to Acapulco, where she joins move. Sir William Seeds, British am- bassador to Moscow is on_ his way home for an extended stay. He is reported to be carrying a definite message from foreign minister Molotoff concerning re- league | English boy, came to St. Peters- burg the middle of December on !a vacation with his father, who is inspector of penitentiaries at Ottawa, Canada. Before leaving Canada young Shortt applied for ja commission in the Canadian Air tatives in which were crowded all senators and representatives and hundreds of spectators in the galleries. the Itas¢a January 19. Other stops are: San Jose, Guatemala, January 24-27; La Libertad, El Salvador, | January 27-30; Amapala, Hon- duras, January 30-February 2; Corinto, Nicaragua, February 2-6; Puntarenas, Costa Rica, Feb- ' Molotoff. ruary 7-10; Panama, February, France has recalled its repre- 11-15; Puerto Limon, February sentative to Moscow for an ex- 16-18; Ceiba, Honduras, February tended stay in Paris. 20-22; Tela, Honduras, February | Italy is making the strongest 22-23; Puerto Cortez, Honduras,!moves against Russia. Her am- February 23-26; Puerto Barrios,! bassador is on his way to Rome Guatemala, February 26-29; Vera’ and the Russian ambassador at Cruz, Mexico, March 4-6; Tam-j Rome is preparing to leave for Leav- | home. Massolini- has- ealied~-on- Hitler come directly back to Key West. | to intervene in the Russian threat En route the baseball, basket-' of expansion into the Balkans. ball and rifle teams of the two!Qbservers ‘here thought that boats will put on exhibitions for fajlure of Hitler to stop Russia cent British anti-Soviet — en- deavors. “A serious rift in diplomatic relationship will result if con- tinued opposition to Russian aims continue” is said to be the gist of the warning issued by} and may even engage native|tion on the Bessarabia frontier teams if they can be found. The; would result in dissolving the! | It is very likely that Italy and Tres- Russia will be without diplomatic decir representation for quite some “Our whole mission is to create’ time to come. a a co" MARINES STAGE | GUARD CEREMONY mander Hilton declared. j pet ore a | EXPECT NEW ARRIVALS AT: POET LAUREATE WILL VISIT HERE ROBERT FROST WILL ARRIVE ABOUT JAN. 15 FOR REST give exhibitions, featuring Following a salute to the colors at the naval station this morn- !ing, the United States marine de- | Robert Frost, poet laureate of /tachment under Lieut. Col. G. D. | New England, a noted man of Hatfield’ went through a regular | letters, will soon become ‘a visi-' informal guard mount ceremony ! tor in Key West. |just inside the Greene street! Miss Heen Williams, an old: gate. friend, received word from himj Although some of the marines} today. Writing from his home at)in the detachment are recruits, Boston, Mr. Frost said he expect-;they put on a snappy ceremony ed to arrive here about January |for a number of spectators. The | 15. He said he wanted quarters!new manual of the army is aise} that would express some of the by the detachment, which- sim- charm of the city he had ab- plifies and peps up the guard sorbed during a stay here some mount movement and formation. ! years ago. | After the ceremony the old guard Of late the poet has been in match off to quarters, the new ill health, although still able to guard took up posts throughout | | { | | jthe Hialeah Park race track. Corps and was put-on the wait-! From the opening greeting of ing list. Howeyer, he was told “A Happy New Year to All” the that if he learned to fly he could applause rang out long and loud get into the corps immediately. a+ yarious intervals in the speech On December 16 he took a 30- A minute flight lesson with James Which proceeded for . an Johnson, commercial pilot and half-hour. Pre - announcement student instructor at the Munici- that the speech would treat on les pails ee St. Eetecaaeas By several major issues confronting faking three lessons a day. Ayton peace soloed four days later on Dec. 29, Re Damon sma soserete vows! shes oily cit hours. of dual with the speech as_ presented. instruction. 4 | Very few subjects were touched He then decided to get a solo | upon. license and flew five hours solo.; The President stressed the He received his solo license from |need for a unified front against Inspector Vavrina on the morning | the many problems now existing, of December 22. The whole | especially in view of wars abroad. course from initial instructions to|While the war condition was of solo license took only seven days. paramount importance, domestic even |developed the announcement that |he is scheduled to give two lec- j yard employes were testing the/tures. Here he expects to take. rebuilt water distilling plant. a complete rest. | The condensers have been re-) jtubed and the whole evaporation | jsystem generally overhauled dur- Tomorrow 19 other marines are expected to arrive here from Pensacola. | ing the last few weeks. It will supply fresh water distilled from sea water when the station stor- | age tanks aré depleted of the: rainwater collected from the buildings in the tyard. j | Demand for water in the sta- tion has greatly increased and is (making heavy inroads daily on the captured supply of fresh wa- The distilling plant ends the danger of “no water” when it is needed by naval vessel or station jcenses issued in. Monroe county 600 ALUMINUM ARCH (Ry Associated Prenn> ROME, Jan. 3.—Correspond- 12\ing to the trylon and perisphere | gram will get und of New York’s World’s Fair, the theme-center of Rome’s world ex- position in 1942. is to be a mam- moth arch 325 feet high, with a span of 756 feet, made entirely of [Italian aluminum. Boy Scout Awarding Court For Public Tomorrow Night Monroe County District Boy|members in the five troops in} Scouts will feature. a public|Key West will get under way. | Awarding Court ceremony, the|Approximately two hundred| \first ever held here, tomorrow awards will be presented, Mr.! |night at the High School audi-|Moehrke stated. jtorium, to which parents of| These committee chairmen are ; Scouts, all scouters of the district expected to attend and assist in; ,and officials and committeemen the presentation of awards: En- |have been especially invited. rique Esquinaldo, Jr., of Troop | Opening the occasion will be 53; Charles Taylor, Troop 52; Ar- |the WPA Band, which has can- thur Mulberg, Troop 50; Charles \celled its regular appearance at Ketchum, Troop 54; J. J. Trevor, |Bayview Park to entertain at-|Troop 51. jtendants at the ceremony. Pro-, M. E. Berkowitz, district chair- ler way shortly man, and William V. Little, vice ‘chairman, will ‘also be present, as court com- well as other district officers in mittee chairman, will take charge the persons of Paul H. Ladd, H. of the meeting, and presentation | E. Day, Isadore Weintraub, W. W. of official merit awards in recog-|Demeritt, Darnell Carey, Allan nition of work accomplished by|H. Armstrong and E. A. Ramsey. after 7:30 o'clock. |" “Wilbur Moehrke, This may not establish a record,! problems must not be overlooked, but it certainly shows that those |the President stated. tough for England’s enemies in of the citizens of the United the air. |States not to become involved in —- military action” must be ob- served, was a highlight statement, and the President continued to FLAMINGOS ACCE bring into prominence his wish “3 nie: Act provisions be not changed, Held Out For Nine Years 2s. in his belief, he was confi- ele oe dent that the start made with that act would prove to be the HOME AT LONG LAST instrument that would lead to- wards definite, stable peace con- AP Feature Service “The first president of the MIAMI, Fila. Jan, 3.—After; United States said that he was nine years of coaxing by amateur ;#8ainst ‘Entangling European Al- ornithologisis, bright - plumaged liances’", stated President Roose- flamingos are reproducing on |V¢lt. “The present president sub- the palm-dotted infield iakes at |*cribes to the same belief”, he Fourteen of the long-legged, Present policy of the State de- long-necked pink and red brids Partment did not entail any in- were imported from Cuba in 1930 | ftingement of that rule. to decorate the infield of Joseph) The President stated that the E. Widener’s swank racing es-|2nual budget to be submitted tablishment. Some died, some tomorrow would include an item ‘ i ‘ A for defense. All other items on src ae Hey Were GOURD AO HT get list would show re Other flamingos were ductions, he stated. He caution- brought in leter but it was a however, pee eh pied i: jave your cake ani ea joo"*", track oificiels tied tn maka in reference to curtailment if the resented. fo hatch out some baby fla- PY President bitterly deeried Joe Morrow, superintendent of actions of unnamed oi Meorew grounds, studied their diet and {fat apparently strove to auce Cie ee eaeea ith such delica” | motives, at a time when a united |liver oil. He even went so far as to construct turret-like nests! of mud, sticks and stones. | The flamingo, it developed, is| a stubborn bird. For seven years he refused to take the hint. | i this country appeared in the flock. There was joy in Hialeah Park's official: fam- ily. Two weeks later the infant expired and was sor- Canadian boys mean to make it}. “The hopes and _ expectations that present Trade Agreement eeseedoocceveconeossosee ditions in the future added, and pointed out that the escaped, and those that remained |C@lling for increased tax levies the birds feel enough at home Congress passed the budget as and wheat garnished with cod-! Then, on July 6, 1937, the | Trowfully mounted in a glass case. } Last May 5, however, another young flamingo made its appear-! ance. Others followed in rapid succession and now there are 60, youngsters in the flock of 400. | The papa and mamma flamin- gos apparently decided finally to make the best of matters, and: are living contentedly in their} new habitat. f Next Feb. 24 the entire flock: will participate in a Hialeah Park tradition, a promenade on the! turf course prior to the running! of the annual $20,000 Flaming | Stakes. : front was needed. A peace bloc (Continued on Page Four) TEMPERATURES Lowest last highest last Stations— night 24 hours Atlanta’ ._>/ 18 31 Boston” - 18 25 Buffalo ;..-... 45 22 Charleston —: 26 42 Chicago 6 16 Denver 29 44 Detroit 17 22 El Paso 46 59 Havana 64 81 Jacksonville 28 46 Kansas City ~ 11 18 KEY WEST _ 65 7 Los Angeles _ 57 60 Louisville eES 16 Miami 56 5 Mpls.-St. Paul --5 9 New York —_ 15 30 Pensacola _. 26 44 Pittsburgh _ 9 13 St. Louis 0 4 San Francisco 53 62 Seattle ____ 41 54 Tampa —_: 37 57 ‘Washington — 16 28