The Key West Citizen Newspaper, January 15, 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 Cittern VOLUME LXI. No. 13. Warring Europe Appears Headed Towards Climax BELGIUM ALARMED AT CRIMINAL COURT THREAT OF INVASION; RUSSIA MARCHE Ss DOCKETS CASES ae | THIS MORNING | LONDON, Jan. 15.—Observers | THIRTY-SIX NAMES DRAWN here tabulated war events over | last weekend and noted the fol-j lowing circumstances as of chief | ADJOURNS UNTIL 9.30 A.M. importance: | Belgium appeared to be in a! TOMORROW state of turmoil, and the reason} is not quite cle King Leopold | has all but d dd general| Cases pending for action of mobilization under the belief, it !Criminal Court were docketed to- | is stated, that the Nazis will day after court had been conven- shortly drive through his coun-! ‘el ze William V. Albury. try towards the sca and into ve ey ee lect Rey France. Over 700,000 Belgiums | After the docke Acai are under arms now and 300,000 court adjourned until 9:30 a. m. FOR JURY SERVICE; COURT! more will be cailed up for active service shortly. Germany, nied that any is possible provoke neutral action it was learned, invasion of Belgium Charging a plot to against (Continuea on Page Four) CORONER'S JURY ASSEMBLES TODAY STRIVING FOR FINAL DECI- tomorrow. | In court Saturday, Judge Al- \bury drew 36 names from the jury box for duty during the present session, which will prob- ably last throughout the week. | The following names’ were crawn, the majority of those listed having responded to call this morning: Miguel Castillo, |Lofton, John Larner, Walter (Continued On Page Four) William A. eocececes the SION IN CASE OF MAN U. Ss. CONSUL : A FOUND DEAD | Body of the unidentified man whose body was discovered a week ago today in the Roosevelt Boulevard swimming pool was buried today by Pritchard Fun- eral Home under instructions is- sued by Peace Justice Enrique Esquinaldo, Jr., coroner ex-of- ficio. At the same time Justice E: quinaldo announced that all ef- forts to date to identify the body had resulted in failure, and said that the coroner's jury would resume its inquest at 5 o’clock this afternoon at county court- house. Among the witnesses to be questioned at the inquest will be Dr. William R. Warren, city health officer, who performed the autopsy and who is expected to affirm or deny whether the lungs of the body were filled with water; Identification Officer Roy Hamlin; Andrew Pritchard, of Pritchard’s Funeral Home, and Silvio Carrera,,.WPA watchman, who found the body. Officer Hamlin spent Sunday on the Keys qu oning fishe: men and other residents in the hope of identifying the bod Hamlin had learned that a fish- erman, who had been in Key West a few days before the body was found. was missing. This man turned out to be very much alive, so that lead was dropped. Hands and feet of the body were tied with a green fishin Was Present During Siege WARSAW IN TOWN Coececcscosece-eeocessee W. H. Cramp, of Philadelphia, the American Consul at W; w, Poland, at the Casa Marina for | several with Mrs. Camp. leave the be- w during the German invasion, the consul saw most of the heavy fighting. In fact, as Mr. Cramp puts it, it was much too close for comfort. Mr. Cramp stated that while the bombardments were terrific, most of the buildings in Warsaw were modern steel structures and consequently, though hit numerous times by shells, they are still standing. The former consul to Warsaw was forced to stay in the city un til all of the Americans were evacuated. When he left he took 100 refugees..with him. Mrs. Cramp left Warsaw on the last train, September 1. Mr. and Mrs. Cramp will be in Key West for several days before ting a leisurely trip north. fe s their first visit to Key West and both love the Island. When questioned on his future plans, Mr. Cramp explained that he has heard nothing yet and then went on to say that the United |States was not such a bad place in which to live. line when it was discovered. Also in the pockets was another line of the same kind, a rubber purse such as fishermen carry and a fisherman’s knife. These effects e some basis for the belief » dead man may have been a fisherman. TEMPERATURES Lowest last Highest last night 24 hours 29. 59 35 45 31 44 FIREMEN 10 FETE WILLIAM ARCHER In appreciation of his long service in the department, Wil- liam T. Archer will be honor | guest at a dinner to be given February 9 by the members of the Key West Volunteer Fire De- partment. Mr. Archer has been a member of the department for more than 50 years, and served as treasurer Stations Atlanta Boston Buffalo Charleston Chicago Havana Jacksonville Kansas City 38 19 71 40 11 66 40 86 70 29 of the organization since 1900. Mr. Archer was not a candi- ‘date for re-election at a meeting of the volunteers last week. THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN THE U.S. A. GIVES COMPLETE MURPHY FACTS IN TAMPA; PROCESS TO OB- TAIN UNCLAIMED LAND IS SIMPLIFIED Clerk Ross C. Sawyer returned ! ‘home yesterday irom attending the convention of Circuit Court ; ;Clerks which was held at Tam-; pa, last weekend, where final in- | £ petri | West, today aroused the hope and ©Mt storage facilities ' structions were given by the I. I. ;Board as to the procedure of ‘handling the Murphy Sales (Sec- {tion 9). : | Of initial interest is the fact jthat the partial which were forwarded several | weeks ago of all clerks are can- |eelled. A simpler and_ better |working agreement has adopted by the I. I. Board. The important points of the new in- ‘structions are briefly enumerated jas follows: | 1. Advertisement to be made set |in newspaper on Friday between! the 4th and 10th of each month. | 2. Parcels advertised to bej |sold at public outery at the court | | house door. | 3. Clerks will cause to be ad- | vertised as many parcels as pos- sible in one advertisement. 4. Applicant to pay upon ap- plication all cost, also applicants bid. Base bid to be 25 per cent of 1932 assessed value. 5. Sale~to be held by clerk on} ‘day indicated in notice between 10 a. m, and 2 p. m. | 6. Parcels will be declared sold to the highest and best bid- ‘der for cash, subject to the ac- | ‘eeptance by the Trustees of the I. I. Board. | 7, Purchaser at sale if nof ap- ‘plicant, pays all cost in addition to bid. If purchaser is not orig- (Continued On Page Four) EXAMS FOR NAVY YARD JOBS LISTED FOR WORK ON SHIPS AT CHARLESTON; THREE POSI- TIONS OPEN NOW Three announcements of Civil Services examinations to be taken for as many positions in the U. S. Navy Yard at Charlecton, | S. C. were made last weekend. The positions to be filled are as follows: Anglesmith, from $6.62 to $7.58 per day, to bend or shape chan- nel-iron, into angular shapes or any shapes generally used in ship construc- tion, working from templates furnished, Helper, Shipfitter, to $4.89 per day, to assist the shipfitter in assembling work aboard ship or in shops, fairing up and bolting up work. Calker and Chipper, from $6.91 to $7.87 per day, to chip plates and shapes of any thickness; to chip and calk seams, butts, and rivets to stand a pressure up to! 15 pounds per square inch on ship’s hull, buikheads, decks, etc. Applications, as usual, may be obtained from the lotal Civil Service Examiner at the U. S. Postoffice and are returnable to the Recorder, Board of Labor Employment, U.S. Navy Yard, Charleston, S. C. All positions require a 40-hour } week, and no-one is to apply un- less experience in the various po- sitions can be listed. FAIL TO FIND AUTO ROBBERS Police have been unable to get any trace of the two men who allegedly stole an automobile RETURNS FROM CONVENTION | instructions | { \ { | | {visited him na’ appreciates the been | Wy SRP {fort by Key West officials toward | a KEY WEST, FLORIDA, MONDAY, JANUARY 15, 1940 Rear Admiral Allen Declares City Will Come Into Her Own AROUSES HOPE OF CITY, COUNTY AND CIVIC BODIES IN RECEPTION TODAY “Key West is coming into her naval operations here. ome rea acne Rae dicated the naval station would n ese words, ear imiral its py W. H. Allen, commandant of the SPST» lis water supply from naval district embracing Key SUCh a system, veins ig Press 01 emer- It was in- optimism of a delegation of city, eG , county and civic officials that , 1" Tesponse to a direct ques- at station head- tion as to the future of the Key | West submarine base, Admiral Restrained by official policy; Allen remarked that it would be Admiral Allen made no direct 2 fine thing for the city if the promises for a more substantial base were utilized, but added naval development at Key West! that dt was too) soon to make any but his remarks indicated the Predictions that might arouse strategie hopes that might later be damp- and training values of this southernmost naval operating base. | Promised Cooperation In ‘his smiling remarks to the delegation, the admiral promised the full cooperation of his or- ganization with Key West, agreed to do all in his power to help the city finance and build a_ water supply system from the mainland and lauded the order which re- sulted in reopening of the ‘naval! station. % He suggested a concerted ef- quarters. Water Principal Factor Conversation among the naval | officers and public and civic of- ficials hinged around the need for a fresh water supply, mos- quito control and general facts regarding Key West. It was agreed that water was the prin- cipal factor affecting the future of the city, and, following a representatives in Congress may soon be importuned to get busy on the water program. Mayor Willard M. Albury acted bringing a fresh supply of water as spokesman for the civilian from the mainland, stating that|/group, expressing the general such a supply would benefit | (Continued on Page Three) COMDR. HOEY TO | BE RELIEVED OF | COMMAND SOON | CAPT. JACOBS TO TAKE OVER | DUTY; COMDR. HOEY WILL; REMAIN AS PORT DIREC- | seca tt NAVY APPROVES capt, w. ¥. Jacots, usw. os) TENTATIVE PLANS chief of staff of the seventh nav- ‘al district, will soon arrive in} Key West to command the naval | station here, it was officially an-; nounced today. ! Capt. Jacobs will relieve Com-} mander G. B. Hoey, as com-| TAIN HOSPITAL ROOMS, jmander of the station. Com- i mander Hoey will remain here,, OPERATING ROOM, OFFICES jhowever, as port director -of the | AND LABORATORY {seventh naval district, according ! ;to a communication received by | Commander Hoey today. | {Commander Hoey has been in Official word that the navy de- jcommand of the station since it} partment at Washington had ap- !was officially reopened last No- proved of tentative plans and an vember 1. It has been his job and appropriation of an unrevealed | responsibility to put the station | cum for an addition to the dis- jand plant in an operating condi- } eagne ivaebcneanl has tion and to supervise the prepara- | Pensary at Key West naval sta- tion of plans and specifications for the proposed auxiliary naval} seaplane base on Trumbo Island. | by Commander G. B. Hoey, of- ficer in charge of the local yard. FOR DISPENSARY |I-SHAPED BUILDING TO CON. | {tion was received here yesterday ! PRICE FIVE CENTS Officials See Hope For Federal Action Favoring Aqueduct * 'CONFERENCE OF COM- | MISSION AND ENGIN- | EERS HELD SATURDAY | IN MIAMI | | Hope that federal lending jagencies would take action with- lin 30 days on application for ‘loans and grants totalling ap- | proximately $1,300,000 for a fresh | water system to Key West from ithe mainland were expressed to- ‘day by officials identified with Florida Keys Aqueduct Commis- | Sion. At a conference in Miami Sat- urday, B. M. Duncan, engineer, jand S. P. Robineau, Miami at- pointed suggestion, Key West’s| When he first came to Key West, Commander Hoey an- nounced his presence here as of- ificer in charge of the station would come to an end as soon as a chief of staff arrived. Capt. Jacobs is scheduled to come here from Newport, R. I., where he is reportedly connected with a nav- al staff college. | Commander Hoey has made a large circle of friends since he took over the station from Lieut. Comdr. Fort Callahan, now dis- trict naval communications offi- cer. The officer in charge of the from $3.95! quarters at imorning he was accompanied by i | tee-iron and bulb-tees | the afternoon the officers Naval Station Official in ; As soon as the detailed plans and specifications for the build- ‘ing can be completed by Archi- |tect Russell T. Pancoast of Mi- ami, Commander Hoey said his ‘office would request bids of re- ;sponsible contractors for the | work. The tentative plans call for ,an I-shaped structure along side ithe present small dispensary at the station. At one end of the long narrow building will be six private hospital rooms, while at ;the other end will be medical ;and dental offices, an operating jroom, laboratory and other fa- station has - participated 4 i cilities. The long middle section number of conferences with va-| wil] be a ward with a capacity rious public and_ civic. _officials,|o¢ 16 beds: - find has been “very co-opera-| Need for such a structure was torney, representing the aqueduct commission, were authorized to confer with Reconstruction Fi- Corporation and Works Progress Administration execu tives in Washington on the fund japplication made by the commis- sion. Attending the conference were State Representative B. C. Papy, William T. Doughtry, Jr., chair- man of the commission, Duncan, Robineau and L. L. Lee, of L. E. Lee & Associates, fiscal agenis for the commission, The commission was informed | that Ralson T. Killiam, New York |hydraulic engineer, identified fwith thé ESL. “Lée organization, nance Welcomes Admiral Allen INSPECTION: OF FACILITIES HERE MADE; FULL ROUND OF FUNCTIONS ANNOUNCED Rear Admiral W. H. Allen, commandant of the sixth, seventh and eighth ‘naval districts, em-! bracing sections of 12 states and including Key West, was of- ficially welcomed at Key West Naval Station this morning His flag, two white stars on a field of blue, had been flown from the station since his arrival at 3 p. m. Sunday. Sunday the admiral with Mrs. Allen and their daughter had been guests of Commander G. B. Hoey, officer in charge of the Station, at his quarters. During of the station and ships present here and a number of citizens drop- ped in at the little reception. When the admiral left 9:30 o'clock this Commander Hoey, Lieut. Com- mander S. H. Clark, his aide, Lieut. Commander Fort Calla- han, district communications of- ficer, and Lieut. Col. G. D. Hat-, field, commanding officer of the | United States marines. Inside the main entrance gate the marine detachment under his! | First Lieut. M. O. Donohoo, and tive”, according to those who have come in contact with them. DR. |. SAUNDERS TO CANCER POST LEAVES WEDNESDAY FOR BALTIMORE MARINE HOS- PITAL; HERE OVER YEAR were called to attention and pre- ,Sented arms as the admiral’s party arrived at the spot. The buglers then gave two flourishes, ‘ranks were opened and Admiral Allen inspected the two detach- ments. Admiral Allen then made an} inspection of the administration | building. He was particularly interested in the plans and speci- } fication for the proposed new auxiliary naval seaplane base on} Trumbo Island, and spent some time discussing details with Com- mander Hoey and Lieut. Com- mander T. J. Brady, naval civil engineer officer in charge of pub- lic works here. ao At 10:30 a. m., the admiral greeted the officers of the sta- Dr. Irvine Saunders, who has been associated here on the med- ical staff at the Marine Hospital, received an appointment recently to the Cancer Research Depart- ment in the Marine Hospital at Baltimore, Md. Dr. Saunders has been in Key West for the past vear anda half, coming from Oklahoma |kla. He will leave Wednesday of this week to take up his new work. Enroute to Baltimore, Dr. Saunders will visit with friends and relatives in Virginia for a few days. City, | | (Continued On Page Four) nee KEY WEST CAMERA ee ‘Paper Features Pictures MAKES BOW TODAY ' Residents of Key West today were greeted with a new publi- cation, distributed to subscribers this morning. The publication is named “Key | West Camera” and contains over a hundred views of Key West scenes. Publishing editor is L. P. Artman, Jr., and photo editor is Jack Harris. Six pages make up the publi- cation, four of pictures and two containing a greeting to Key West and key information iden- tifying the pictures on the other four pages, The “Camera” is scheduled for :weekly appearances. tion, destroyers, tenders and sea- mhoniciees planes, who appeared at Com- mander Hoey’s office to pay their official respects. Heading the group was Capt. Arthur S. Car- Pender, senior officer of the naval forces afloat and in the ‘air here, who is an old friend of Admiral Allen. The. seaplane group was headed by Lieut. Commander A. P. Storrs, II, Tourists got a great kick out of the Key West waterfront ac- tivity yesterday. There was Waterfront Presented Busy Scene Over Last Weekend | { | flight commander of patrol the naval station enlisted per- squadron 53. sonnel, was drawn up. They) MRS. HICKS | Tonight at Casa Marina,. Ad- |miral and Mrs. Allen and their SERVICES TO BE HELD HERE; | daughters will be guests of the i ‘Continued Pi DEATH 0¢ D IN (Continued on Page Four) cenazcxsies BLIND PENSIONS | city, county and public officials !also paid their respects to Ad- ‘miral Allen, as outlined else- 'where in this issue of THe Citi- !zen. 3 Mrs. Vernon Hicks, 55, whose | | As this gathering broke up, | plenty of ship movement which drew attention of many strang- ers, while some hundreds of them viewed the 2,000 exhibits at the tropical aquarium and the Thompson turtle crawls. Three destroyers, Philip, Evans and Wickes were anchored in the main channel, while the Schenck was tied up at the naval station upkeep dock where she is to re- main the next two weeks. Crews of Philip, Wickes and Evans were summoned late Saturday night to e the ves- sels into channidl ‘because of the expected arrival at the fuel- Sunday evening for Port Arthur, Texas, for another cargo destined for other Florida ports. The S. S. Cuba arrived at the P. & O. Steamship company dock from Tampa at 7:45 a. m. and cleared at 10:55 a. m. for Ha- vana. On her arrival the Cuba carried 59 first. class and one second class passenger for Ha- vana, eight first class and a few second class passengers for Key West. When she left for Havana she carried 108 first class and two second class passengers who boarded her here. is The Cuba brought 60 sacks of |mail for Havana and one sack for |Key West, and 15 tons of gen- eral - surveyors were ling dock of the naval tanker) West from Tampa. From Key home is at White and Division | streets, died yesterday at the, residence of her daughter, Mrs. | Ralph L. Higgs, in Coral Gables. ' q, TO 88 PERSON Dr. Joseph Valdes reported to-|Sunday she pumped several thou- lay that the state examinations{sands of barrels of fuel oil into Salinas. They had cleared when the Salinas entered the harbor. | j mobiles, 25 sacks of mail and seven tons of fish for transport West the Cuba carried eight auto- | would also meet with Duncan and |Robineau at Washington and ex- !amine the engineering and finan- {cial phases of the water system jwith the federal agencies. Word reaching the aqueduct commission indicates that the RFC and the WPA favor financing o: |the system. The commission has asked the RFC for $1,000,000 on a loan. This sum would be used, in part, as a sponsorship fund for a $300,000 WPA work grant. It is estimated the $1,300,000 thus obtained would cover the cost of ‘a 14-inch pipeline from the main- |land. pumping stations and ma terials. Duncan has been running a survey for the water line along the Keys for several weeks. The reported today working near Tavernier in the direction of Florida City. Sur- veys at the Key West end of the line are reportedly finished. From these surveys it will be possible for the engineers to pre- pare the detailed plans in operation with Killiam, hydraulic expert. If the RFC and WPA engineers at this week’s meeting approve the tentative plans, the matter of providing the money would have to be considered by the boards of the two agencies. The WPA project sought would provide much of the common (Continued on Page Four) MARINE QUARTERS ALMOST COMPLETE Barracks for the United States marines now guarding the naval station property will be ready for occupancy this week, it was in- dicated today in statements made to Lieut. Col. G. D. Hatfield, com- manding officer of the detach- ment. Only the water connec- tions remain to be made before the building is ready. For some time the marines, have been quartered in the old station recreation building. MRS. MONDUL RECEIVED FINAL DECREE SATURDAY co- cargo consigned to Key) j | Mrs. Ophelia Mondul, who re- ; : f visitoi * PROPOSALS |from a visitor Saturday night and| Funeral services, which will be/ held in his office Saturday after-|the station storage tanks. Over to Havana. Hundreds of visitors ceived her final decree from Jo- KEY WEST Little Rock Los Augeles Miami Mpls.-St. Paul New York Pensacola St. Louis San Francisco Seattle Tampa Washington __ 69 25 51 70 1 41 34 16 46 34 50 38 79 40 70 78 21 53 60 30 58 48 71 55 Sealed bids will be received until Friday, January 19, 1940, '7:30 P. M. for Three (3) 11% ton, hydraulic dump trucks, steel cabs, with dual rear wheels and 10 ply, 32x6 tires, f.o.b. Key West. Bidder to state cash price, also terms. The usual right is re- served to reject any and all bids. ; BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS. jan13-2t abandoned it at Division near Si- monton street after they had crashed over the curb and land- ed on the porch of a nearby dwelling. The car is owned by Ray Coff- man, Miami, whose yacht is now tied up at Craig’s Dock. Mr. Coffman parked the car downtown, where it was stolen by two men whose identities were not immediately established. announced later, are to be in/noon resulted in certificates of charge of the Lopez Funeral blindness being awarded to 88 Home, and will be held in this | Key West persons, who are city. ‘suffering with either advanced or Surviving Mrs. Hicks, besides |partial, yet incurable, cases of her husband and daughter, are: | cataract. Two grandchildren, June and! Dr. Valdes was assisted in the Patsy; one brother, William Men-|work by Dr. O. C. Brown, of Ft. endez, a sister, Mrs. Thomas Lauderdale, representative of the Moore, both of Key West, and State Welfare Board. Pensions another sister, Mrs. Roy Nor- | will be granted the persons ex- cross, of Miami. j2mined, it was stated. j Were on hand throughout the 100 tons of material for the local | loading and unloading. supply store were also on board! Besides a number of pleasure the Salinas. It took 12 hours for| yachts, the Coast Guard Light- the unloading operations, after house Tender Ivy and the Naval which the Salinas departed for! Seaplane Tender Gannett were Texas. | tied up here over the weekend. i Also unloading fuel oil here; Today the destroyers Evans Sunday was the Texas com-'and Philip were scheduled to pany’s tanker Arizona. She drop-|leave on regular neutrality ped 15,000 barrels into the Porter | patrol in this area, while the Lea Dock company tanks. She ar- and Twiggs were due back at the rived at 2 a. m. Sunday and left | station after a tour of sea duty. | seph Mondul Saturday, left Sun- |day on the S.S. Cuba for Havana, |where she will remain indef- itely. 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