The Key West Citizen Newspaper, January 11, 1940, Page 1

Associated Press Day Wire Service For 60 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West Key West, Florida, has the most equable climate in the country; with an average range of only 14° Fahrenheit Che Key West Citizen THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER KEY WEST, FLORIDA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 11, 1940 | CN THE USStc As VOLUME LXI. No. 10. German Freighter Arauca May Be Anchored Here | APPROVAL MUST COME PIII ISS SS) ANNUAL REPORTS FROM FEDERAL! COURT; WOULD PROVE} TOURIST ATTRACTION | | i | if it can be transferred from its) | The German freighter Arauca, berth at Port Everglades where. | it took refuge from a British cruiser several weeks ago, may | come to Key West, it was re-| liably reported here today. Some time ago representatives of the owners, the Hamburg- American line, are reported to have questioned Key West water- front owners regarding the pos- sibility of moving the fugitive vessel here to avoid payment of the hea dockage charges at Port Everglades. H It was then suggested that the Arauca might be anchored with- out charge to the owners in Man- of-War harbor or in the outer! channel here. This suggestion is believed to be the basis of the request of the Miami law firm of Fowler & Givens which is act- ing with Arnold W. Kanuth of New York, attorney for the Ger- man line, to move the Arauca to Key West. Same Dock Fees If the German line planned to! use Key West dockage facilitigs, | such as Porter dock or the P. & O. docks, the regular fee is one cent per net ton per day for com- mercial vessels. Since the Arauca is a ship of about 3,000 net tons, the daily wharfage charge here would be approimately $30. This is believed to be not far below the dockage charges at Port Everglades. Whether the Arauca is moved from Port Everglades to Key West is a matter the federal; court must decide. According to reports received by The Citizen from Miami, L. A. Oates, British vice consul there, has been re- quested by the British embassy at Washington to’ check the pro- posal to move the Arauca and to investigate the procedure that would have to be followed. Inside Trip Down Fowler and Givens, Miami at- torneys, have suggested that the freighter be moved to Key West under escort of the United States Coast Guard inside the three- mile limit. If this can be done under court order, the trip inside the three-mile limit would make (Continued on Page Four) National Library Presentation Of Local Problems :. HELL DRIVERS IN. EXCLUSIVE STUNT “Follow the crowds to Trumbo Field” next Sunday afternoon is the theme song being sung by members of the American Legion Post and all five Boy Scout troops of the city, co-sponsors of the Jack Derby Hell Drivers’ ap- pearance in daring, thrilling automobile stunis. An exclusive feature of the Hell Drivers, not performed by anv other similar troupe, is the stunt that calls for a man to ride the front bump- er of a speeding car through a wall of fire with no pro- tective clothing whatsoever. The show is scheduled to get under way at 2:00 o'clock. CARS COLLIDE AT NOON TODAY Two cars collided today at noon and were severely damaged when a truck driven by Emilo C. Norcisa, traveling south on Si- monton street struck a car driv- .en by Mrs, W. S. Thomas of Suf- jfolk, Va., at Southard street. In the Thomas car were Mrs. A. P. Wimbley and Mr. and Mrs: E. L. Pope, all winter visitors in the city. Mrs. Wimbley received lacerations over the right eye and the others were shaken up con- siderably. Officer Raymond Cabrera is making a report on the accident to his superior, TEMPERATURES Lowest last Highest last night 24 hours a 4 Stations Atlanta Boston Chicago Denver Detroit Havana Jacksonville KEY WEST Los Angeles Miami New York Pensacola Salt Lake City San Francisco Seattle Tampa Washington Week Brings 1% 31 25 28 66 39 64 56 67 26 45 31 53 28 52 29 34 35 47 31 79 54 74 60 73 The following article, prepared by Mrs. M. E. Berkowitz, was to have been presented at the Planning Program last evening. Lack | of attendance caused cancellation Among community institutions,* the Public Library is considered more essential, solving the dual problems of education and rec- reation so necessary to good citizenry development. Here are a few facts concern- ning the origin of the present library, taken from the Woman's Club Year Book, 1928-1929: “About the year 1896, ‘The An- nex’ took over a small Library Association organized by five or @ great deal of money was spent! apTAaCKs REPORTED ON SEV- | six men of-the city. With the books and the name they took over a debt of over three hun- dred dollars and so began for them the ‘White woman’s bur- den’ of raising money, which seems the heritage of all organi- zations of a_ philanthropic na- ture. “On May 3, Louise Cappick, with the help of a few friends, organized Woman's Club and finding that the Library Association was in financial difficulties, an’s Club took over the respon- sibility of the Library as its first | work”. At one time the county and | city each gave $40.00 per month toward the support of the Library. ' 1915, Miss Mary the! the Wom-/ of the program: These contributions were discon- tinued several years ago and the Woman’s Club has had the sole maintenance of the Library. At one time the librarians’ salary was donated by the late Col, Rob- ert M. Thompson. The present building loaned by the Catholic Church was badly in need of repair when taken over by the Woman’s Club and in reconditioning the building ,and beautifying the grounds. The upkeep of the library ‘en- tails great expense, therefore it is |suggested that the city take over this institution and by doing so enable the Woman's Club to use its available funds to buy more and better books. Under the present plans for \civic improvements, it is essen- (Continuea on Page Four) HEARD AT COUNTY BOARD'S MEETING . w. » smn asian sue CLERK SAWYER T ithis week to untangle some of { WYER TELLS STAT- | the disputed sections of his audit US OF EXCESS FEE FUND; of the Monroe county books, so DISCUSS FEDERAL CENSUS |that the county commissioners ;may act to protect the county’s FOR FARMS AND GROVES best interests. This information came to the !county commission in a telegram Ross C. Sawyer reported :Sent to Clerk Ross C. Sawyer, sion last |and transmitted to Commission- {ers William Monsalvatge and T. Jenkins Curry and Legal Adviser |W. Curry Harris, who have been working as a cammittee to rec- tify some of the conditions re- ported in the audit. The tele- gram came from W. M. Wain- wright, state auditor, in response to a message dispatched by the Acting on the suggestion of | Committee. | : k Sawyer, the counfy com. ! Commissioner Monsalvatge, on ordered $3,000 of the ex- | chairman of the committee, dis- fees contributed by the |Cussed with the commission the clerk transferred to the general |Tesult of the committee's series fund, from which county ‘salaries Of conferences with county fee andewacceareupeial |officials. It was evident that the In his annual report Clerk | -—— Sawyer reported receipts of $19,- | 281, expenses of $7,578 and his: own salary, $7,500, leaving a net income of $4,202. The remainder , of the exci ' Clerk to Monroe county commi night that he figures the excess jfees collected and due him dur- ing 1939 amounted to approxi- mately $8,600, of which $4,400 had been turned over to the excess fee fund. The remaind- | er will be turned in to that fund when the money is paid, Sawyer said ss fees will come for: other governmental agencies, to! bring the total net._income up| around $8,600. | Sheriff K. O. Thompson report- ed 1939 receipts of $4,286 and ex- penses of $5,387; County Solicitor | Allan B. Cleare, Jr. receipts of | $2,380 and expenses of $318, leav- | ing a net of $2,062; County As-! In Meantime, ove “Art For Art's Sake”, the uni- descor J, Otto Kirehheiner a net| “Ce! Slogan of the independent income of $2,049 above expenses, 2 tist, has been transformed in which were not listed in the re-|Key West to “Art For The Com- port to the board; County Judge/munity’s Sake”. Few people | (Continued On Page Four) realize how“much the Key West ;Community Art Center has done ‘for the city during the year-and- ‘a-half of its existence. WPA BAND PLAYS CONCERT TONIGHT WPA Band, under direction of Alfredo Barroso, appears at Bay- view Park tonight with a pro- gram of fine music, starting at 8:00 o'clock, as follows: March, “A-1”", Don Keller. Selection from “Prince Charm- ing”, K. L, King. Polka, “Polka Caprice”, man Perlet. Waltz, Losey. Characteristic, “On Tiptoe”, L. Hosmer. Seretnade, “Mooning”, King. Fox-Trot, “Heigh-Ho”, Churchill. Selection, alfe. March, “College Boy”, Bennet. “Star Spangled Banner”, Key. { | West people, children and adults, ‘have attended classes in all forms ‘of art expression, painting, |let- jtering, modeling, block print making, etching, photography, ete. Key Westers have had the privilege of viewing the work of many of the country’s outstand ing artists, through the traveling exhibitions of the National Arts | Program. Interesting lecture pro- grams on art and related sub- jects have been given. And the ,colorful interior of the Art Cen- \ter Building has been the scene of many community group activi- ties. Total attendance at the va- rious activities of the Art Center during its first year was over 20,000. One of the chief accomplish- ments of the Art Center has been its encouragement of a group of artists—The Key West Society of Her- “Sea Breezes”, F. H. F. “Bohemian Girl”, Auditor Johnson Will Attempt To Unravel Mysteries Of Audit | ASSISTANT STATE AUDITOR TO ARRIVE THIS WEEK | TO CONFER ON ITEMS IN THE STATE AUDIT | OF CONFLICTING NATURE | PO OCHSOSEOSOSOSSOSSSOSSSH STOO HOSES SSOESSSSHSODSESS MING TO BE FUTURE Hundreds eee ‘PROVINCETOWN OF THE SOUTHLAND COP re encenenarevesvessdsessevesecneecccessoses More than three thousand Key PRICE FIVE CENTS Man Identified AS Dead Tur DISTRICT FOUR DECLARED BEST INSTATE CENSUS {audit recommendations and sug- i gestions differed with previoys FLORIDA DIRECTOR BED- audits, so that the committee! MM: struck some hard bookkeeping | Dew Co nee ranks knots in trying to unravel the re-| ESTABLISHED BY SUPER- port. : On the basis of VISOR O'BANNON tee’: the commit- 's investigation, Commissioner Monsalvatge said that the county | was to be penalized’ under the tdi epasianeg | audit for its inability in past WAST PALM BEACH, Jan.! years to pay certain officials 11—In a communication from | when their salaries or allowances Census District No. 4 headquar- had been earned. He indicated ‘ters today, Supervisor John W., that the audit would, in effect, (,,. a compel the county to pay some O'Bannon stated that State Di-| items twice, or not be credited Tector Frank P. Beddow had re- with payments made outside the cently declared this district has period involved. the best organized staff in the) Commissioner Curry said the ‘tate and high praise is deserv- committee had been unable to ed for the work being perform reach a satisfactory understand- , ed. ing with the fee officials because their jnterpretations of the meaning of the audit report dif- County along with fered from those of the commit- southeast counties, H ;tee members. He suggested that) Mr. O'Bannon was present in} all further action on the audit be Key West two weeks ago to delayed until Johnson’s arrival. ,make arrangements for the Busi-' ness Census, which has now be- | gun in this county under super- ! vision of Myrtland Cates. The population census does not get under way until April 1, Mr. O’Bannon reminded the citizens. seven other LATE NEWS BULLETINS | Learn More Of Art (By Associated Press) « | TORONTO, Jan. 11.—Premier a a , Hepburn of Canada called on aes putting the | Canadians to take the war more beauty and charm ot the Island jseriously, declaring his _ belicf City upon their canvases, to be that it was of utmost importance |bought by tourists and distribut- that the Dominion support the ‘ed throughout the country—the mother country to the utmost. \finest advertising the city can have. | If wresent vlans of the Art Center are carried out, Key West may in time become “The Provincetown of the South”, a seaside spot famed for its colony of artists that will attract thousands of | visitors to the island. i The Art Center is operated by SS enaiir es the Florida Art Project, under DETROIT, Jan. 11.—General the able direction of Townsend Motors officials today paused in Morgan, sponsored jointly by the their work to hold fitting cere- City of Key West and the Key monies on the occasion of auto- West Community Art Center mobile number 25,000,000 which Corperation, an organization of rolled off the line this morning. Key West citizens. “In no place else but the United Next September the federal, States could such an event be support may be withdrawn and possible”, declared one of, the of- the Art Center will then become ficials during the ceremony. strictly a community enterprise. The officers of the Art Center Corporation are determined - that | the cultural advances made dur- | ing the past year-and-a-half shall | not be lost to the city; that the} Art Center shall survive and) grow to become an integral part | (Continued on Page Four) are WASHINGTON, Jan. 11— Senator William Borah today decried the speech of Prime Minister Chamberlain yes- terday and the Lord Lothian speech in Chicago last week as containing underlying motives designed to bring the U. S. into the conflict abroad. | | | i CALENDAR, Ont., Jan. 11. —The father of the Dionne quintets today stated that it would be up to the guardians of the famous children as to whether they would make appearances at the New York World’s Fair this year. ACTIVITY IN AIR FEATU RES WAR NEWS TODA NAZI BLITZKRIEG Russians Pre STARTED IN AIR. ERAL BRITISH EAST COAST BASES HELSINKI, Jan. 11.—Govern- ment officials here reported that any - aeuiien: eiaea heavy gunfire was being experi- BERLIN, Jan. 11.—The press enced by defenses along the Man- here today carried stories con-|nerheim line, indicating that the cerning what is believed to _ be !Russian army may be preparing the largest air operations against ;¢o, a new drive on the Karelian England since the outbreak of isthmus. the war last September—over four months ago. 2 Additional reports on the route SPECIAL! SPECIAL! j Friday, Saturday, Sunday DATE NUT-DEVILS FOOD and other variety LAYER CAKES. OC ‘Maloney Brothers Bakery $12 Fleming St—Phone 818 Many raids on Newcastle, the Of two Russian divisions on the Firth of Forth and on Thames middle sector told of the capture river positions were reported,|of a number of Soviet officers, although no facts concerning hits one of them a general. A Danish by bombs were released. |representative is said to have The attacks might presage the declared that the 44th regiment, | by hand grenades when it at- fice state that five or six Nazi The building is available for start of a German Blitzkrieg in | completely annihilated by Finns | tempted to set up a machine gun planes had been lost and that dances, card parties and may be the air, according to cne observ- last week, was one of Stalin’s!outpost on ground which served two of their ships had been dam- used as a dressing room for the|of entertainment for the service’ i t crack i :er. paring For New Drive On Finn Line (By Associated Press) R.AF. BOMBS CERIAN DA ISH PLANES SUCCESS- FUL IN ATTACK in i served for parade purposes Moscow in the past. Swedish officials have inform- | ee led Finland that the government Cay Aeeeenen: Boeon? |has issued widespread appeals to, LONDON, Jan. 11—The the Swedes to make sacrifices to ministry disclaimed any infor- jaid the Finnish cause. Other ap-' mation today that planes of the! peals in other nations are being R.A.F. had successfully bombed made to extend further aid to |Finland despite the recent over- |whelming victories accomplished \by Finn troops. | One source today revealed that here semed to prove that such ; Russian troops appeared to be an engagement had been under- quite ignorant of modern war- taken. fare. One patrol was wiped out’ British reports to the home of-" arates the Island of Silf from the German mainland. However, dis District No. 4 includes Monroe | ° HERE’S DESCRIPTION OF MAN FOUND DEAD, In an effort to establish Positive identification of the body found in the Roosevelt Boulevard swimming pool Monday, Identification Of- ficer Roy Hamlin today pre- pared the following descrip- tion of the man and his clothing: About 33 years old: five feet, eight inches tall: weight about 160 pounds; reddish | hair; gray eyes. i Wore gray worsted trous- ers with a thin brown stripe: light gray shirt with a red and white strive: a blue-gray tie; plain black shoes with | an English toe, size C-8. | Laundry marks in the | trousers pockets included M-13154; X-631 HV and 21570. Laundry marks on the under drawers and shirt were T-X-B, the shirt being size 15. In a wallet was found a note. bearing the words and numerals, “Poison Dick. 244948.” ! Any information regarding | such a man should be trans- mitted to Hamlin, the sher- iff’s office or Peace Justice Enrique Esquinaldo, Jr. VC heddhddededede SECRETARY HULL DEFENDS TREATIES APPEARS BEFORE HOUSE COMMITTEE IN INTERESTS OF HIS PACTS | (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON, Jan. Secretary of State Cordell today defended vigorously Trade Reciprocity Act agreement with foreign nations in appear- ance before the House Ways and Means committee. Thus, it is be- lieved, was touched off one of the main issues of the coming election campaign. Hull was questioned for over two hours and appeared con- fident that his agreement would be kept intact despite opposition manifested by both Republicans and Democrats. The secretary stated that the acts would work to forestall economic chaos when war condi- tions were terminated in Europe. He hoped that the United States would not duplicate its action following World War No. 1 when it adopted an attitude of “de- structive protectionism”. Sound international trade relations were much to be desired, he stated. 11. Hull his C. Of C. Meetin IIS Up Alive To Disprove Claim SPL SS SS SNATCH HAD BEEN IDEN- TIFIED BY SIX PER- _ SONS ACCORDING TO | EXPERT HAMLIN | Emulating Mark Twain, hum- Hatch, Jr., 33, |formerly of Hamlet, N. C., now a buck private in the 13th Coast orist, Henry D. | Artillery stationed at Key West Barracks, announced that reports ef his death by drowning in the Roosevelt Boulevard swimminz pool were slightly premature, to “I'm not dead yet!” Hatch in formed Peace Justice Enrique Es- quinaldo, Jr., after he had been advised that six Key Westers had identified the body found in the swimming pool Monday and now resting in the Pritchard Funeral Home morgue as_ having him. “And this is the first time I've ever been reported dead”, Hatch ruefully continued. “I wouldn’t been jmind this report so much, if it were not for my mother up in North Carolina. It must have been a shock to her and all I can do now is wire her that I'm alive and kicking. as usual”. With Justice Esquinaldo, Hatch ‘thereupon went to the telegraph office and wired his mother, Mrs. Henry D. Hatch, Sr., of Hamlet. !Later he went to Pritchard’s morgue, but was unable to iden- tify the man, who, in death, had temporarily impersonated him. “He's a stranger to me”, Hatch declared. “And am I glad that isn’t me stretched on that slab!” “It was a terrible mistake and I'm sure everyone concerned re- grets it and hopes it did not cause you or your family too much trouble or grief, no mat- ter how momentary”, was Jus- tice Esquinaldo’s comment to Hatch. At the same time Justice Es quinaldo announced that the in- quest into the man’s death would be continued indefinitely, pend ing further efforts to establish the identification of the body. Previously, when he had _ been advised the body was that of Hatch, Esquinaldo had announce ed he would summon the coro ner’s jury for the final inquest tomorrow afternoon. Neither Justice Esquinaldo nor other officials would confirm further reports that the man was murdered. It is reliably report- ed, however .that the investiga tion is now going forward on the theory that it was murder, not suicide. The man’s hands d (Continued on Page Four) g Tonight To Discuss Recreation Expansion Representatives of city, county and civic bodies have been re- quested by Charles Taylor of the Rotary Club to meet with him at 8 p. m. tonight at the Chamber of Commerce to discuss plans for expanding the city’s recreational facilities for soldiers, sailors and marines now stationed here. It is expected that Capt. Ar- thur S. Carpender, senior officer of the naval forces afloat in this area, and the naval recreation officer, Lieut. Commander D. B. ; Quinn, will be among those on the requirements of and marines personnel they are off duty. At a meeting last night, Ar-j the naval} when} j American Legion, acting on a suggestion of Chairman Taylor, | ization’s clubhouse at United} and Whitehead streets, for the} use of the men in the armed forces here. wish to go in swimming at near- by South Beach, thé Legion- naires announced. Legionnaires R. A. Lehmann and William J. Lee were named a committee to represent the post at tonight's meeting. Taylor reports that two small buildings adjoining La Concha hotel, and city hall and county courthouse have been made avail- able for the recreational pro- gram. It is reported also that the Woman's Club is prepared to provide a reading room and ma- Air hand to explain the needs and /jterials at the Public Library in Duval street. Planning Program Cancelled Because of the important meeting tc be held by the Cham- ithe Hindenburg dam, which sep- thur Sawyer Post No. 28 of the|ber of Commerce tonight, the program scheduled by the State Planning Board Exhibition in the patches from Denmark arriving voted to extend use of the organ-|Lighthouse Building has been cancelled. The exhibition has released its guest speaker of the evening, Miss Essie Geiger, Rec- reation Supervisor of the WPA, who will speak before the Cham- ber of Commerce in the interests units, having been Te-.as a covering for a Finn outpost. aged in air battles on West Front. |sailors, soldiers and marines who men stationed in Key West,