The Key West Citizen Newspaper, January 9, 1940, Page 1

Associated Press Day Wire Service For 60 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West THE VOLUME LXI. No. 8. Chamberlain Paints Grim War Picture Fr Bish Peal i ~ REPRESENTATIVES . | CONSIDER LARGE | NAVAL PROGRAM | ADMIRAL STARK DETAILS PLANS FOR BUILDING OF SUPER-DREADNAUGHTS; BUDGET UP WEDNESDAY DECLARES NATION must! ps ‘< BE PREPARED ror ARTMAN PRESS FURTHER SACRIFICES! TO WIN WAR» |Only One Plate Needed (By Associated Press) LONDON, Jan. 9.—Prime Min. ister Chamberlain appeared be-) qe Artman Press this week at| an appreciable cost has become ' jthe only licensed printers of the | day and gave a detailed report of new patented process known as, peu eae: |the Colorgraph by which two or} more colors can be printed from! Asserting that the British peo- ja single halftone, without any | (By Associated Press) ple had not heard enough of extra cost for color plates. It isi WASHINGTON, Jan. 9.—Sen- what the government is doing in not necessary to have new plates.|/ate had a recess today but the the war, Chamberlain took over | Old cuts, that have been used for’ House carried on in lining up an hour in his speech to give!printing in one color only, are legislative program for the ses- what he called a gloomy picture |adaptable in this process, thus sion now six days old. of what is to be expected as time ; saving the cost of extra plates. | Chief subject discussed in the goes on. | By this new patented process,! House today was the Naval Af- The English nation was warn-|The Artman Press can produce | fairs committee report which car- ed to expect further retrench- }color printing without the extra ries some outstanding items. Ad- ment as the government took ad- ;expense of art work and cuts,|miral Stark of the ditional steps to win the war. Defending his dismissal fore the House of Commons to- of ;means of advertising at a mini-|asked appropriations on a large General Hore-Belisha, Cham- mum expense to its customers. It scale for increase in ship ton- berlain defended the move by is applicable to a varied class of nage. The admiral stated that stating that “he would always do printing, and has a tone quality preliminary plans for huge what he believed to be right, re- gardless of who objects”. The English government will \definite advantages where a cus- placement had been drawn. jtomer wants color pictures but! Senate Foreign Relations com- the cost of two or four-color pro-' examination of the Trade Rela- cess plates. ever way she can, Chamberlain stated. He also stated that an extensive drive would be insti- | tuted shortly to check the mine |owner of this process, while on before the committee. warfare tactics employed by Ger-|a brief visit to Key West, of Consideration of the budget by many ; which he had heard so much,'!a joint Ho Senate committee, Stating that the nation should | made a courtesy call at the print- not relax in precautionary meas- ures against, air-raids,. Chamber- | Selling the license, as the smaller come. before both houses. tomor- lain recommended that black- |townS are generally disregardetirow, Republican members outs be continued for large |in such an advanced enterprise,; Congress were deglared as in fa- cities. | but when the method was ex- vor of such procedure. Franco-British relations were | Plained it took no salesmanship excellent, Chamberlain stated, | to make vals ee since the a and added that after the war the | cess is not sold as a general rule. pea co operative action would) One printing concern in Cuba, SALMON, Ida.—Although she no doubt be continued. |obtained the license for the en- is only 35, Mrs. Fred Goddard of The House cheered long and |tire island in perpetuity at the this city recently gave birth to loudly the announcement that | cost of $5,000. jher 13th child. Britain would send aid to Fin-! land. Concluding his speech, Cham- berlain stated that the English people must not be fooled by the appearance of quiet on the West Front. “It is merely the calm before the storm”, he stated. NAZIS STAGE AIR ATTACKS RECORD BIRTHS Planning Program Continues With Five Speakers Tonight A small, although none-the-less enthusiastic, crowd turned out last evening to hear a fine array of speakers give talks en special projects relation to community welfare on the program being the assignment owing to absence from the city William T. Doughtry, Jr., dis- cussed the advantages of the fresh water line. Wallace B. Kirke discussed low Air Maneuver Flyers Arrive On Good Will Miami-Havana Tour LAND TO CHECK ARI * i | | | \ | ! | Key West had some interesting 'visitors tuday. One by one they {dropped down from the Miami- Havana gir lane and alighted at \ the old airport near East Mar- tello Tower toward the upper end of the island. |. They were the aviators bound {from the Miami air maneuvers to Havana. After some official | Sreetings, some light refresh; {ments and some blithsome con- 'versation they took to the air ‘again for the overwater trip to Cuba. They were on their way {to the Island Republic by 2 p. m.} | For the benefit of those who \failed to appear among the hun- dreds at the airport this morn- ing, The Citizen learned that the aviators will pay another visit the. Cuban capital and {check in at Key West. { C.A.A. Men First | First arrival this again morning all its own. The new process has dreadnaughts of 52,000 tons dis-|shortly before 9 o’clock was an ; persons. airplane carrying R. F. Vavrina|tello Tower enabled the fliers to ‘val stealing of all property of} man on the car going head first | g of the United !land’safely into the strong breeze | Value by tax officials, or tax cer-/ with no protection, reverse spins continue to aid Finland in what- cannot, or feels he cannot, afford , mittee is preparing for extensive | States Civil Aeronautic Author-' sweeping the field, and none ex- | tificate sharks working in collu-|and many other stunts will be and L. N. Youn; lity. They served as official ’ tions Agreements. Secretary Hull checkers, noting the time of each-! A. C. Schaefer, inventor and is scheduled to be first to appear! arrival against a sheet giving the Mi ‘list of those entered in the Ha- 'vana flight. As the C.A.A. plane landed it r : as asked originally by Senator! was flagged to a parking space | before jing plant without thought of| Pat Harrison of Mississippi will’ adjacent to the site of the old air; | | plane. hangar-by*-Bob-Graham* of When Aviators Young and Vav-| said. rina stepped from their tidy lit- tle ship they were officially |greeted by Mayor Willard M. Albury. Organizations Preseut In a few minutes they were surrounded by other city, county and civic ojficials. Representa- tives of City Council, Commission, the Chamber of Commerce, the Rotary Club, the Lions Club, the Junior Chamber of Commerce, Arthur Sawyer Post No. 28 of the American Le- gion, the Key West Hotel and Tourist Homes Association, the Merchants Association, the Wom- an’s Club, the Junior Woman’s Club and other groups. The WPA Key West Band was on hand un- ‘der direction of George Mills White to serenade the fliers. As each plane glided downward CIVIL AERONAUTIC AUTHORITY MEN FIRST TO GROUPS ON HAND TO WELCOME PILOTS County Che Key West Citizen | SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN THE U.S.A. KEY WEST, FLORIDA, TUES DAY, JANUARY 9, 1940 LEAGUE CITES DISCREPANCIES IN MURPHY ACT ADVERTISING ONLY ‘INQUIRY LANDS’ IS CONDEMNED; POINTS OUT STATE TO RE- CEIVE TAXES ONLY RIVALS; LOCAL CIVIC ‘pin, Beverly Howard, Dorothy : Monro, Capt. R. W. ‘Martin, Rob: | ert Foster, George C. Brinker- | hoff, John A. Peterson, Isaac W. Garth, Charles A. Carroll. i Robert St. Jock, Jr., Alma H. Harwood, Vincent (Squeak) Bur- nett, Trell Manley, Shelley S. Edmondson, Jesse Briston, Capt. ;Alex Papana, Bobby*Lupton, P. J. Sones, Harry E. Lisk, Carl F. Kaiser, Lieut. Col. Richard Gim- bel, Guy A. Hain, Jr. Ralph Seidner, William T. Coddington, William H. Conrad, J. Buddy Batzel, Leonard R. Peterson, M. } C. Loutt, Ralph L. Stevens, Leo nard F. Ward, Fred S. Gundlach }and Ramiro Leonard. i Variety Of Planes (Special to The Citizen) JACKSONVILLE, Fla., Jan. 9. —The Internal Improvement | Board was today commended for holders preference in the sale of ; tax delinquent lands under the , Murphy Act. The commendation | Was contained in a letter to the ‘Board from the Florida Tax Re- n O Navy ap-|to Key West on Monday. That; They were flying Stinsons, | vision League. | and it will prove an effective peared before the committee and|/day they are scheduled to leave Cubs, Piper Cubs, Beachcrafts,; The league condemned the gram of automobile stunts at !Fairchilds, Curtiss Hawks, Ry- Board, however, for its instruc- jans, Buckers, Wacos, Rearwins tions to circuit clerks to adver- |and Bubls, all trim little craft, | tise only lands on which “in- } the majority of them seating two | duiries are made”, charging this A wind vane atop Mar- ruling makes possible the “vir- |sion with them,” and suggested that the board have complete lists of delinquent property com- (Continuea on Page Four) rerienced any difficulty. John L. Morris, manager of | iami Chamber of Commerce, | |; was among the earlier arrivals in| ,an official plane, and checked | ies jwith the C.A.A. representatives | taking off for Havana. | “The arrangements and the! ifield ~ were: ~excellett”; © Morris! “We'll be back here on| Monday.- We are sorry we were unable to muster a larger: fleet | jof ships for the trip”. Coast Guard Protects As a protection against — pos- | sible danger for the water cross- ing to Havana three Coast Guard vessels. were stationed in the for the Port Allegany paper, 'Straits of Florida on the direct visited Key West last year for line to the Cuban capital. They,/one’ week. This year, with his were the C.G. 185, the Mohave|wife, he has been here one out of Miami and the Nemesis month and contemplates a_ still out of St. Petersburg. Each of longer stay. the planes was equipped with The following article, to ap- two-way radio, so that swift’ pear in two parts, was published ‘communication with one of the in the Pennsylvania newspaper surface vessels, was available in under date of January 4: case of emergency. “Key West is a diamond at the Some of the ships took on extra end of a chain of emeralds, and cargoes of aviation gasoline from worn on the breast of a shimmer- _a truck that went to the field, ing satin sea. No other American city is so situated; no other is J. C. Galloway, feature writer giving property owners and lien | NATURE NOTES By J. C. GALLOWAY Reprinted From Port Allegany (Penna.) Reporter and Argus Key West, Florida, has the most equable climate in the country; with an’ average range of only 14° Fahrenheit PRICE FIVE CENTS Inquest Fails To Discover Identity --OfMan Found Dead HELL DRIVERS 0 ‘Famous Thrill Champions ‘APPEAR SUNDAY DR. WARREN PERFORMS AUTOPSY; AWAIT FBI REPORT ON FINGER- PRINTS Inquest into the death of the °° man whose body was found float- off Boulevard yesterday | Jack Derby's Hell Drivers are sos ais cits i making preparations for their ap-|'~9 *" ® Swimming poo! |pearance at Trumbo Field next Sunday afternoon, starting at 2 lo'clock; under auspices of the! local American Legion post and} troops of Boy Scouts in the city. The world-famous thrill cham- | pions, who have appeared from |coast to coast, with some of the | most daring, death-defying stunts |known, will present a full pro Roosevelt morning was being continued to- day, but there appeared little immediate prospect that it would ever be identified. Officials are awaiting word jfrom the Federal Bureau of In- vestigation as to whether the fingerprints of the man _ tallied [their performance Sunday. with any on file in the bureau's Pete Pee ring a (immense identification division a 4 | before concludi 2 est d over end, side over side, oncluding the inquest. with a! Autopsy Performed Yesterday Dr. William R. War- ren, city. health officer, per- formed a post mortem examina- tion of the body at Pritchard's Funeral Home at the request of Peace Justice Enrique Esqui- naldo, Jr., who is in charge of he investigation. The autopsy was performed jafter a jury summoned by Jus- |tice Esquinaldo had viewed the body... None..of ste. -findings_of - |this examination was revealed |by Dr. Warren and will be with- {held until the jury is convened probably within the next few days to complete the inquest. The jurors are Ernest Sanchez, !George Acevedo, Hilbourne Rob- erts, Enrique Esquinaldo, Sr., Oscar Fernandez and Fred Mat- thews. They named Mr. Esqui- naldo foreman. Sweater Claimed After viewing the body yes- | ‘ear en jerashing walls of fire presented. Tickets are now on sale by le- |gionnaires and scouts. Spec! = prevail for advance sales. {fresh breeze even though the sun |be hot; herice it is ideal for eld- ‘erly folks as well as younger. In jconsequence many of its resi- dents are on the retired list; cul- tured people who have time for {the finer interests and graces of | ilife. Before returning to Key! | West this season we had written \to our friend, Rev: John C. Geke- | ier, inquiring about some one in- |terested in the plants of the city. \He referred us to Albert D. Leu- thi, with whom we had ‘some ‘correspondence. Once in charge |cf a missionary school in Cumber- | HIT SHIPS IN BRITISH NAVAL PRESS QUERIES BASE; FINLAND'S ACTION (By Associated Press) conducted each night this week through Thursday in connection COME ON, KEY WESTERS (Contributed) A new Santa Claus is the Plan- ning Board. Of maps and charts, they’ve quite a hord— In fact they’ve everything under the sun To show Key West what might be done. But the Conch sits back with in- difference high lets opportunity pass him a BERLIN, Jan. 9.—Germany continued its air attacks against England today, sending a large flight of bombing planes over an east coast naval base, claiming direct hits on five British ships. Announcement was also made of increased Nazi patrol activity on the Western front in France. German newspapers are still carrying lengthy stories on the subject of Finland. Theme of! And the stories is mostly against the neutral countries of Scandinavia, although some editorials were noted with a querying voice as to why Finland apparently was carrying on a campaign against Germany in her communications with other countries. TEMPERATURES Lowest last Highest last night 24 hours 23 33 18 25 21 27 14 35 ll 24 32 56 70 82 32 54 --1 22 63 7 55 63 56 vi} 32 46 18 24 28 47 56 59 39 51 20 29 He could do so much to help in the race To make Key West a place. lovely The Board can show you what it’s all about— Come on, Key Westers!! us out! Help with the State Planning Board exhibit at Coast Guard head- quarters building. Everett Winter, vice-chairman of the Key West Zoning Board, , spoke in behalf of zoning. John! Allan Long was unable to take FIREMEN TO HOLD ELECTION TONIGHT |. Fire Department election will be held tonight between the hours of 6 and 9 o’élock at No 1 fire station. While no opposition candidates have been listed on the ballot, the election officials have an- {nounced their desire that all} members turn out and vote. Stations Atlanta Boston Chicago Denver Detroit El Paso Havana Jacksonville Kansas City KEY WEST Los Angeles Miami New Orleans New York Pensacola San Francisco Seattle Washington __ ,cial Welfare. rental projects in connection with into the wind toward the field, the Housing Project now up for ® Key West fire engine stood by consideration of the National \t0 actinygase of a crash. Mem- Housing Authority. bers off thé: Police Department, Edward R. Neff gave an inter- headed by Chief Ivan Elwood, esting outline of the Overseas Were on hand to protect specta- Road and Toll Bridge district. tors against injury and planes Much interest was displayed by from damage. Automobiles were those present and many were the Parked near East Martello Tow- questions asked the various ¢T- speakers in effort to gain more Stunt Flyer Arrives information on the projects. Second arrival here was Capt. Tonight’s program, which will Alex Papana, Hungarian avia- be called to order by Chairman tor, whose stunts were among Clifford G. Hicks, include the fol- the thrills at the Miami air meet. lowing speakers: His Bucker plane, made in Eu- Dr. J. B. Parramore, director rope, appeared no bigger and of Monroe County Health De-,no more powerful than a small partment. automobile. He tried no stunts William V. Little, director here, contenting himself with a Florida State Employment Serv- matter-of-fact circle of ‘the field ice. and a quiet landing. Ralph O. Boyden, member of Then they began coming more the City Council. rapidly. One ship no more than E. ‘A. Ramsey, councilman, and landed and taxied to the parking representative of the Florida So- area than another was circling |for freeway. Others In Flight Among the visiting aviators who landed here were Bernon T. Woodle, Jr., Patrick O'Drago, Herman Colbeck, Dr, B. L Pip- An arrival in Key West harbor BOND FIXED last night was the S. S. Occiden- tal, Texas Oil company tanker, IN KNIFE CASE which put in after an unevent- ful trip from Norfolk, Va. She ae tied up at the main pier of the! Charged with aggravated as- Porter Dock company and began sault, Wiliamena Suarez, 20, col- unloading a cargo of gasoline and ored, pleaded not guilty when diesel oil. arraigned yesterday before Peace Dock company officials said the Justice Enrique Esquinaldo, Jr. Occidental probably would leave| She was held under bond of Key West for Texas early this $100 for appearance at the next evening. session of Criminal Court. The S. S. Arizona of the Texas) The woman is accused of cut- company is expected at Porter ting Woodrow Sands, also color- docks next week to drop a cargo ed, with a knife during a quar- of fuel oil. ‘rel Sunday, like it. Others may be vastly land Gap, and afterward in the | larger, richer, more imposing, |service of the navy and now re-} they may rank higher in educa- tired, we found both Mr. andj tional and soejal standing; but;Mrs. Leuthi the most lovely of none other has such an unique gentle-folk. The Eden lady went setting; none other flames more | with the latter to a missionary LIONS’ BOARD MEETS TONIGHT terday, the jury was lead by Jus- tice Esauinaldo to the swimming pool. As the peace justice was reconstructing the scene when Silvio Carrera, a WPA _ watch- man, discovered the body, an un- identified man, woman and child approached the jury, curious to know the reason for the little gathering. Under questioning of Justice Esquinaldo, the couple said they had been swimming at the pool on Sunday. Asked if he had lost a Sweater, the man replied in the affirmative and immediately identified that held by Esqui- | prismatic color in its flower bor. |SEMI- ANNUAL REPORTS TO Gered streets, more brilliant lights BE HEARD; RAY CURRY and depths of shadow: in its peo- | ple. Its history scintillates with HOST AT SESSION romance; tragedy and comedy, poverty and wealth, have walk- ed its streetsand sailed its seas Members of the Board of Di- since its begifming; and today rectors of Key West Lions Club one finds its" many facets re- |will assemble at the home of di- flecting lights from all over the rector Raymond Curry, White and world. A wide variety of inter- Fleming streets, tonight at 8:00/ests center in+this little island. 'meeting and met her friends; we | naldo as the one he had forgotten ‘went on garden trips with Mr. | the day before. It was the sweater Leuthi and learned much» of |that attracted Carrera’s atten- tropical trees. Together we at- (Continued on Page Four) DUE BACK TODAY ‘concert of the season of the Key | West Choral Society, of which jour friend is a baritone singer. | ‘Both these entertainments were jof a fine type, and a most pleas | ing introduction to the life of the | o'clock, with Lion H. E. Day presiding. Semi-annual reports cf the club will be made. Reports of the State Cabinet meeting held at Hollywood, Fia., |last Sunday, will also be made. |Members Day and D. O. Martin were present from the club. SEAMEN TAKEN OFF SS. FLORIDA Two men stricken by illness were taken off the S.S. Florida of the Texas company yesterday (on the Key West pilot boat and \transferred to the Marine hos- pital here. The nature of their | was not revealed at pital. Call for ‘their removal from the Florida was received by Charles Taylor of the Porter | Dock company and by him trans- |mitted to the pilot boat, which met the Florida in the Gulf | Stream directly out from: Key | West, illnesses the hos- Eiieers city. The concert was held in “And of what shall we write the auditorium of the Convent first, with so much to tell? Of of Mary immaculate, one of the these sea-waters, pink and green, 'show places of Key West. Eighty |purple and blue and clear as: percent of the audience could not crystal, with their gardens be-|be distinguished from one of the neath? Of this wealth of green-|north; among the rest were many both sides of every street of rich |growth of black hair. and poor alike? Of the mingled | —_ |Taces one sees in every part of! “Our modest little sketch book |town; biack hair and brown of Florida flowers, fish, etc., un- {skins and Spanish speech, along expectedly opened the way to |with residents pink and white |other friends. Mrs. Leuthi call- and fresh looking as though ‘ed in her artist neighbor, Mrs. |just from the north? Of navy|Winter, who lives in a snow |men and boys on the streets, in| white house on the next corner; | spotless white? Of navy planes,and thus we came to see her roaring over the city and the | watercolors of flowers and other sea every morning? Of the/fascinating bits of handcraft, wharves where the fish bogte ope painting of local pods and dock, and jzzled men, fisher-|seed vessels especially appealing men and fers, congregate? |to us because of its color har- Some day, perhaps, of all these;monies. Through her we met and other things innumerable. her brother, Wallace B. Kirke, - |whose watercolors of flower sub- “This time let us talk of the jects made while he was con- city and its folks; friendly, de-jfined at one time to a sick-bed, lightful folks, real folks that youjshow the accurate drawing, become friends with at once, and {painstaking attention to detail \feel that you have been friends|and fidelity to nature which \for always. This tropic island naturalists so much appreciate. icity has a climate and gen- | Versatility, original design and tle; seldom ¢ool, always with a‘ (Continued on Page Four) WILL ARRIVE AHEAD OF DE- STROYERS WHO ATTEND- ED AIR MANEUVERS | Capt. Arthur S. Carpender, local ery and flaming color that banks | brown complexions with a thick | senior officer of the naval forces jafloat in this area, is scheduled jto return to Key West naval sta- tion today. He is coming from Miami where his flagship, © the Lea, and the Evans were de- |tailed during the All-American jair meet. He will arrive ahead |of the two destroyers. At the station this morning jwere the destroyers Philip, Wickes and Schenck and the sea- | plane tender Gannett. The Wickes {and Schenck are taking on fuel, while the Philip is completing a two-week turn under the up- keep program near the station shops. 2"x4" (Dade County) ANY LENGTH Your DOLLAR is BIGGER at STRUNK LUMBER YARD —Phone 816—