The Key West Citizen Newspaper, January 12, 1940, Page 1

Associated Press Day Wire Service For 60 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West VOLUME LXI. No. 11. Redouble Efforts To Identify Man Found Dead In Pool Monday ESQUINALDO _— DECIDES | SMD MDM MSS SS. NOT TO SUMMON JURY MODERN STUNTS WILL UNTIL EVERY MEANS| FEATURE APPEARANCE Sa Members of the Derby Hell Drivers’ troupe announce today that every- thing is in readiness for the show. which will get under way Sunday afternoon at 2:00 o'clock at Trumbo Field baseball park. Thrills and chills galore are promised by the troupe, who have scheduled a full bag of tricks employing every known automobile stunt, with a few new thrills never attempted before thrown in for good measure. Advance ticket sales are proceeding at a good clip, according to announcement by the American Legion Post members and Boy Scouts of the city. both groups being sponsors of the show. Sea Food Grill, Mar- vil’s Cabana, La Concha Hotel and Page’s Soda Foun- tain are also handling ticket sales. | Jack While identification _ efforts. have been redoubled, into the death of | the in- vectigation the unidentified man whose body | was found Monday floating in the swimming pool off Roosevelt Boulevard today was going quiet- i ly forward. Justice Enrique Es-| quinaldo, Jr., announced that he would not summon the coroner’s | jury to resume the inquest until; all efforts at identification of the; body shall have failed. j Descriptions of the clothing} and marks found on the body} have been collected by Identifi-| cation Officer Roy Hamlin for distribution to police officials in| other cities and the Federal Bu-! reau of Identification at Wash-| ington. ve PIII SIS ST ST SF ‘We can’t do much until we establish the identity of the Peace Justice Esquinaldo said. -dnesday night the officials believed they had_ established the identification. Based on the} statements of several’ residents, | it was erroneously announced | that the body was that of Private! Henry D. Hatch, Jr., 33, formerly of Hamlet, N. C., now serving with the 13th Coast Artijlery regiment at Key West barracks. Among those who deny they identified the body as being that of Hatch, who enlisted at the barracks January 3, are Mrs. Millen. Roberts, 702 Pearl street, where Hatch roomed prior to his enlistment. Mrs. Roberts states that it was her husband, not she, who viewed the remains at (Continued On Page Four) SHIFTS SCHEDULE FOR NAVY PATROL SHIPS NOW OUT TO RETURN MONDAY; OTHERS PRE- PARE TO LEAVE There will be a shifting of ships at Key West naval station over the weekend. Destroyer Philip, now on up edule at the shop dock, will anchor in the channel prob- ably on Saturday and leave Key West on neutrality patrol on Monday. She will be accompan- ied by the Evans. The Schenck, now at anchor, will take the Philip’s place in the upkeep dock. She is scheduled to remain there for the regular k repair period. r Wickes is also on the; thedule, and will remain shop’ dock for another repair at the week. Both the Destroyers Lea and! ROTARIANS HEAR COUNTY MAY LOSE ITS HEALTH CLINIC UNITED EFFORT OF CITY AND COUNTY NEEDED TO IN- SURE CONTINUATION OF SERVICES, DIRECTOR SAYS Monroe county will lose its health clinic after July 1 unless the city and county combine to appropriate $1,000 towards its ‘maintenance, Dr. J. B. Parra- more, director of the unit, yes- |terday told the members of the |Key West Rotary Club. He said that the $1,000 appro priation would insure a _ $9,000 allotment from the State Board} of Health to maintain the clinic ‘for another year. Dr. Parramore added that since the organization of the unit in July, 1936, neither the city nor the county had con- tributed anything to its support. “Using my salary as a_ spon- sor’s contribution, we have been able to get various projects rang- | ing from $25,000 up”, Dr. Parra- more said. quito control and privy construc tion on streets where the new sewage system will not provide proper drainage”. “Due io the fact that the pub- lic health service desires the formation of these units in the various counties it is practically impossible to get contributions unless the unit is functioning in {the affected county. “Unless the county or the city and county combine and_ raise $1,000 or more to pay part of the (Continued on Page’ Three) Twiggs will return to Key West; from neutrality patrol on Mon- day. otiid Seaplane tender Gannett has also been undergoing minor repairs and is scheduled to be returned to the duty schedule Monday. Although the flag of Capt. Ar- thur S. Carpender, senior officer of the naval forces afloat here, is flying from the Philip, in the absence on patrol of his flagship, the Lea, the fleet commodore is conducting operations from an office placed at his disposal on the third floor of the naval ad- ministration building, foot of Greene street. FLOOR SHOW and DANCE Tomorrow Night, 10 till ? RAUL’S CLUB | TEMPERATURES Lowest last Highest last night 24 hours 36 _ 29 33 30 35 29 36 14 38 34 36 46 64 65 81 ~ 54 72 jKansas City . 7 37 |KEY WEST _ 67 73 'Los Angeles _ 58 62 | Louisville 35 40 |Miami — aig 74 Mpls.-St. Paul --2 29 New York 34 37 |Pensacola 61 64 |St. Louis 25 40 |Salt Lake City 32 42 | | j Stations ‘Atlanta | Boston |Buffalo ‘Chicago Denver | Detroit 1 Paso |Havana Jacksonville “These include mos- } FLORIDA’ OFFICE BEARS DOWN ON i |MANY LICENSES REVOKED | FOR CAUSE; ROAD DEPART- MENT RELEASES REPORT) OF PATROL WORK |(FNS).—Florida began the new | jyear with 143 less drunken and | reckless drivers menacing lives} and limbs of fellow motorists on | her highways, according to W. F.| |Reid, director, Department of | Public Safety. | Director Reid said that since jthe new drivers’ license law be- came 116 drivers’ li- censes have been revoked and 27| have been suspended for thirty | Drunken driving | was the reason for the revocation | ;of the majority of the licenses \revoked. The state is really bearing down on drunken driving, Reid said. A drunken person driving | on the highway is as dangerous as one with a gun firing into a! crowd; and while the Florida] Highway Patrol is emphasizing | education of the public in proper | driving habits and issuing warn ings for improper. driving, it is. very strict in the enforcement of the law against drunken aasiiet Petitions have been filed with; the Department of Public Safety jasking for the relicensing of sev- eral persons whose drivers’ li-| censes have been revoked for! drunken driving, but the law makes the revocation of the li- censes of all persons convicted (Continued On Page Four) | effective, or more days. | LATE NEWS BULLETINS: a I (By Axxociated Press) | WASHINGTON, Jan. 12.—Ad- miral Stark, chief of navy oper- ations, brought further plans for navy pansion before the House committee today. Subjects dis- cussed included increase in num- ber of vessels between 10,000 and 20,000 tonnage. se i LAKELAND, June 12.— Two hundred and fifty citrus growers in Florida combined their efforts persuading the Federal Court at Bartow to issue an injunction against the State Agricultural Dept., Commissioner Mayo, from carrying out provisions of the 1935 State law requiring all citrus fruit to be graded entailing payments of as- sessments by the growers. WASHINGTON, Jan. 12.—Sec- retary of State Cordell Hull again appeared before. the House Ways and Means committee in defense of his Reciprocal Trade Treaties which are scheduled to expire if not renewed for ariother three iyears on June 12. He stated that “the old days are gone forever. ; The U. S. must turn over a new leaf in its approach to gain new commerce for the nation and re-' tain old contracts.” ‘ nr eee net mime 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 ENS THE U. 35-Ae KEY WEST, FLORIDA, FRIDAY, JANUARY 12, 1940 Organizations Faciliti¢s. For Recreation Program TALLAHASSEE, Fla., Jan. 12; GOOD TURNOUT AT C. OF C. MEETING LAST NIGHT; PERMANENT COMMITTEE TO MEET NEXT MON- DAY; CAPT. CARPENDER ADDRESSED GROUP Emergency measures were adopted and permanent plans were laid at a meeting last night of a representative civic com- mittee to provide the men of the army, navy and marine corps and their families with the rec- reational facilities needed in Key West. Realizing the need for prompt and effective action, the com- mittee also decided to meet again Monday night at the Chamber of Commerce to consider an in- ventory of the recreational facili- ties and to make concrete plans for making them available to the men of the national defense forces. These facilities were offered by the respective organizations and individuals and pronounced adequate for temporary use by the naval officers present: Part of the sheriff's office and the hallways of County Court- house by the county commission as a headquarters and reading and writing space for sailors and other enlisted men here. Use of the shuffleboard courts at the courthouse grounds by the Rotary Club, which some time ago repaired the courts and put the equipment in first class con- dition. Key West public library in Duval street by the Woiman’s Club for reading and writing. American Legion clubhouse at United and Whitehead streets for reading and writing room, dressing room for those wishing to swim at South Beach, outdoor games such as horseshoe pitching by Arthur Sawyer Post No. 28. Use of the diamond ball field, two tennis courts and two hand- ball courts at Bayview Park by Miss Eva Warner, Monroe county director of the WPA recreational program. Cooperation of the Chamber of Commerce. Backing of the Chamber of Commerce, including the sugges- tion for lights at Bayview Park. Provision for _ entertaining “navy wives” by the Fellowship Club. Use of the Lions’ Club new clubhouse for dancing, shuffle- board and other games and for card parties by navy wives. Donation through Postmaster Fred Dion of the property along- side Hotel La Concha and two Junior small buildings on the lot as aj} temporary navy clubroom. Use of Key West Community art center for any desired pur- pose. Offer of music by the WPA band and the WPA musical proj- ect for concerts and dancing at points suggested by the commit- ; tee. statewide EASEMENT FOR ALT. &T. LINES |SPECIAL MEETING HELD LAST NIGHT; NECESSARY BECAUSE PRESENT LINES CROSS NAVY BASE SITE Combine ‘Into Pool | | | | | City Council met in special session in council chambers last the owners of Trumbo Island to grant an easement to the Ameri- jcan Telephone and Telegraph Probable use of one of the old |Company for the purpose of run- lighthouse buildings by the Coast Ding main-line, overhead wire Guard as a permanent clubroom |Systems over property owned by for the naval and marine groups. |the city along Palm Avenue on Members of the county com- 'the Island. mission and the city council| Reason for the request is that promised to help the program in| Navy Department officials were any way possible. reluctant to proceed with build Heading the list of speakers |ing operations on the air base were Miss Mary Poston, director |Wwith the wires stretched as they of the Memphis, Tenn., chapter |now are—diagonally across the of the American Red Cross, afield. visitor in the city, and Capt. Ar-| Council granted the request as thur S. Carpender, senior officer ;outlined. Agreement of the of the naval forces afloat in this} A. T. & T. Co. to make the neces- area. sary switch in line arrangements Miss Poston outlined the many |is to be sought, according to an- possibilities for entertaining and 'nouncement. amusing the defense forces here.} The only other matter of im- Her agreement to contact Richard portance that came up before F. Allen, Washington, manager ofthe council was the Passage of the eastern area of the American|the ordinance which validates Red Cross, to enlist his aid inj the salary changes made in the bringing a trained hostess for the! 1940 budget. The ordinance was proposed Key West servicemen’s passed on second and final read- clubhouse, was accepted by ; ing. Chairman Charies Taylor. | Capt. Carpender stressed the navy needs in a reereational! | WQ SHIPS SUNK sense when the men under him} are at liberty in the city after} arduous tours of duty in the shops | or on the ships engaged in the} neutrality patrol. ( “The responsibility for furnish- | ing this recreation rests on Key, West”, Capt. Carpender said. | “Anything you do along this line} will help us in our work of cgn-| (Continued on Page Three) IN NORTH SEA ENGLAND PREPARES SHIFT OF AIR DEFENSES AGAINST RAIDS (By Axsociated Prexs) LONDON, Jan. 12.—Reports |were given out here today that jtwo more ships have been sunk iin the North Sea, one a_ small |British vessel, the other belong- jing to an unannounced neutral ‘country. Both were sunk when |they encountered Nazi mines. pe | Air defenses in England are in DR. BROWN WILL ASSIST DR. ‘for a redistribution of bases, ac- VALDES TOMORROW: 77 ;gording to announeement today. {Nazi planes proceeded too far PERSONS TO APPEAR {inland on recent raids, it was said, and planes will be concen i ‘trated in different areas in an Dr. O. C. Brown, eye surgeon ‘effort to stop such raids in the working with the State Welfare j future. Board, will arrive in this city to-j morrow morning to prepare for | tests to be given to seventy-seven | applicants for blind-pensions. | The examinations will begin at; 1:00 p. m. tomorrow in Dr. J. A.| Valdes’ office on Duval street, with Dr. Valdes assisting. Mrs. | Virginia Baker of the local wel- | fare office will be in charge. | Approximately two hundred! blind persons in the county now | receive blind-pensions from the | state. The persons to be exam-} ined tomorrow are new cases, suffering with cataract of the) eyes or other optical diseases. Dr. Valdes announced _ this morning that no private cases | would be handled tomorrow aft- | lernoon during the examinations. | EXAMINE FOR BLIND PENSIONS (By Associated Press) BARTLEY, W. Va., Jan. 12. —All hope that any of the 91 miners who were entrap- ped in a coal mine in this city two days ago when a series of explosions occurred, were alive were given up to- day by state mine rescue squads. A number of bodies have been recovered and proof was visible that the explosions were of such vio- lent nature that it was thought impossible that any of the miners then in the mine could possibly have lived through the disaster. FINNS REPEL ALL , ADVANCES RUSSIA STILL TRYING TO, (By Associated Press) STOCKHOLM, Jan. 12.—News } | 1 sians were organizing new mass attacks on the Arctic front jin renewed efforts to cut the Finnish nation in two. Dispatches indicated, however, that the Finns are successfully holding all ground recaptured following previous Russian drives. | Heavy bombardments on two ;Finnish cities in the north sector | jare reported. On the Karelian Isthmus, all! RUSSIA PREPARES NEW DRIVE ON FINLAND Balkan Nations Organize NATIONS MOVE Entente Against Russia es «By Assoeti BUCHAREST, Jan. 12.—King Carol gained prominence among tions in that section. diplomatic endeavors today when reached here today that the Rus- | "CWS Was issued that he was and announced that representa- pushing-further efforts to or- ganize a strong Balkan Entente against any possible invasion by Bulgaria and Rumania were due for serious conferences, it was stated, in the near future, on mutial policies, aiso to discuss agremeents to be made with {Turkey on the subject. FINLAND BE SHIPPED VIA NEU- TRAL COUNTRY (Hy Annociated Preasy LONDON, Jan. 12.—Additional plans to provide further aid to iFinland were going forward to- ated Press) | a threat towards Russian aspira- | | Italy also was much interested in the coming Balkan conferences |tives of her government would be on hand as observers, this de- spite contemplated visits from jemmisaries of Hitler, who will | very likely question Italy’s move- | ments in helping the Balkar. na-' ‘tions to crganize against Ger- |many’s new ally, Russia. [32 EE ‘TURN TO PAGE FOUR! See The Bargains In representatives considered ways and means. Shipments of planes from Italy were held up early’ this week when Germany protested bitter- ly to that country against the plan. It is thought possible, how- ever, that the Italian planes would be shipped to a northern inight to consider a proposal by | NO HOPE FOR MINERS | day as joint conferences of Allied PRICE FIVE CENTS Rear Admiral Allen SES SSS SSS 4 (SUCCEEDS IN LANDING 'SECOND SMALLEST SAIL Second smallest sailfish of the year was landed by Mr. Michie, president of The Michie Company of Virginia, lawbook publishers, while fishing in the Gulf Stream yesterday aboard the “Mar- lin", Capt. Edgar Taylor. The little sail was but four feet three inches long and Mr. Michie ordered a mount for his office. The sail first struck at Mrs. Michie’s bait but was so small it could not be hooked in spite of all her efforts. He finally made away with all her bait and then turned to the senior member of the fishing party. Mr. Michie brought the rod back with an awful jerk and hooked the sail. A large catch of kingfish was also brought in on the Marlin. Mrs. J. R. Eackin, a little old lady of 70-odd years, had a thrilling hour's battle with a 34-pound bull dolphin, one of the largest of the season brought in on the “Pilot One", Capt. Bill Wickers, in ta fishing trip yesterday. Capt. Wickers also brought his party into a large school of kingfish and succeeded in landing about 24 of the mighty battlers. In the par- ~ty-were-Mr.-and Mrs, Herrick .. * All boats were from the Porter Dock Company pier. Lh huduede de ddd. LIONS’ MEMBERS HELP IN DRIVE FOR RECREATION COMMITTEE APPOINTED LAST NIGHT: FACILITIES OF CLUBHOUSE FOR DANCES, PARTIES, ETC., OFFERED Members of the Key West Lions Club took action to co- operate with the city-wide pro- gram in providing complete rec- reational facilities for the. navy and army enlisted personnel. Lions Martin and Armstrong were {appointed the club’s representa- |tives at, the Chamber of Com- mercé meeting held last night. The club offered its nearly- completed clubhouse with all facilities for the navy men, al- though it was recognized that ithe location was out of the way. The complete equipment and model environment for dances, luncheons, suppers or any similar affair could be turned, it was pointed out, to {Special occasions to fit into the city-wide program. The club heard reports on the (Continued On Page Four) REVENUE OFFICE | CLOSES FOR WEEK | The Internal Revenue office in ed next week, according to Dep- uty Collector Howard Wilson. Mr. Wilson leaves for Jackson- ville tomorrow for the purpose of taking an Income Tax course. iHe will return in time to open this office Monday, January 22. ROASTERS, fb _.......... FRYERS, (Tennessee), WE DRESS and DELIVER FREE parties, | the Federal building will be clos- | POULTRY SPECIALS! | STEWERS, (heavy), tb 22c| 28c. Will Arrive Sunday; Receptions Announced iON OFFICIAL VISIT TO | NOTE PROGRESS MADE IN REHABILITATION OF STATION Tentative plans for the recep- tion of Rear Admiral W. H. Allen, ;commandant of the seventh naval (district which embraces Key | west, who is expected here Sun- ‘day morning, were announced {today by Commander G. B. Hoey, | officer in charge of Key West | Naval Station. When Admiral Allen arrives | Sunday by motor car, following ‘a trip to other naval facilities in jhis district from his headquarters at Charleston, S.C., he will be accompanied by his and daughter, and his aide, Lieut. | Commander S. R. Clark. They will drive directly admiral’s quarters in the naval station where they are to be greeted by Commander Hocy. | From 5 to 7 p. m. Sunday, Com- jmander Hoey will be host to Ad- miral and Mrs. Allen and their {daughter at a reception in his | quarters. Official greetings to the com- \wfandant the district will be lay morning. The Marines will be | drawn up inside the main gate jof the station and present arms jas the admiral approaches. Or- dinarily the admiral’s flag would be saluted at 8 a. m., but there is no saluting gun at the station. Lieut. Commander Fort Calla- han, communications officer at the yard, is arranging for public and civic officials to be presented to Admiral Allen at Commander Hoey’s office in the administra- tion building at 11 a. m. Monday. At this time city and county of- ‘ficials may present the com- munity’s official greetings. Before the arrival of the civilian officials, the officers at the station and the naval ships.in port at the time, headed by Capt. Arthur S. Carpender, senior of- ficer of the forces afloat in this wife to Admiral Allen Hoey’s office. Admiral Allen and Capt. Car- pender are old friends, both in and out of the naval service. Ad- miral Allen had spent many (Continued on Page Three) at Commander AUDITOR JOHNSON ARRIVES THIS NOON IN CONFERENCE WITH COUN- TY OFFICIALS ON AUDIT Assistant State Auditor W. B. Johnson of the State Auditor's Department, arrived in the city this noon, and immediately went into conference with various county officials to iron out dif- ferences cf opinion now existing as to interpretation of the audit recently completed covering gov- |ernment practice in the county for the years 1936 to 1939. The conference is expected to last all afternoon and may, con- jtinue over until tomorrow. ..No information as to . whether any ‘changes in the audit recommen- ‘dations had been agreed to was available at press time today. Mr. |Johnson ptepared the audit re- {port and came to the city at the |suggestion of the board, TRUCK PARTS DISAPPEAR | SALT LAKE CITY—Leaving jhis truck at a garage to be re- |paired, hn Teturned. jgot in cab, stepped on the |starter and, to his , noth- ling happened. _ Investigation showed his battery, al] four ars } It was reported here today} efforts to break the Mannerheim that Ttaly had communicated} BERMUDA MARKET’S Line have again met with fail-|with Turkish officials asking | ADVERTISEMENT ure. Thousands of Russian troops permission to establish two air| are finding the going tough. | bases in the Black Sea, aimed at! neutral country for reshipment to |Finland later. 1 rer ge ryote fore “Most Sanitary Market In Town!” U! 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