The Key West Citizen Newspaper, January 18, 1940, Page 1

Associated Press Day Wire Service For 60 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West VOLUME LXI. No. 16. Explosion Destroys Large Powder Factory In London Outskirts SABOTAGE SUSPECTED:|MIUJRDER VERDICT { DISTRICT ROCKED FOR} DISTANCE OF ABOUT RETURNED IN CASE Meaancace ae - OF STRANGE MAN. (By Associated Press) | LONDON, Jan. 18.—Three ter-|COUNTY AUTHORITIES CON- { rific explosions that rocked the| TINUE EFFORTS TO |IDEN- | outskirts of this city for a radius | of at least ten miles occurred | IN POOL JANUARY 8 this morning in a gun powder | . Monroe county authorities were | ‘continuing today their efforts to: jestablish identity of the man | whose body was found January 8 in the Roosevelt Boulevard | swimming pool, although the; ° ‘ \coroner’s jury completed its work detailed information on the © Hast night by rendering a ver- that | dict of murder at the hands of! person or persons unknown. sabotage on the part of spies. | The jury, named by Peace Jus- Eye-witness report on the dis- | tice Enrique Esquinaido, Jr., aft- i P f the bound bod; aster described huge shects of ( CmCwty ot the weed flame shooting up from the build- | FLT oe RE rae ings followed by three, separate | death in the following manner, explosions. Residents nine miles | to wit: By person or persons who away from the factory were'did then and there feloniously alarmed, supposing that an air strangle, suffocate or asphyxiate/ him and then bind him and place} | body in water”. i | In his autopsy report to the ducting a roll-call of all work- jury; Dr. William R. Warren, city | ers, endeavoring to ascertain the health officer, said that the Bis, full casualty list. |had been dead several days when; _ |found, that there was very little} : -.water in the Jungs, but, that.death CHRISTIAN SCIENCE |may have been caused by: suffo- \fisherman’s cord, and the body} GEORGE CHANNING. C.S.B.. had been weighted with a small; SPEAKS AT HIGH SCHOOL Stone tied around the middle. Ef- forts to identify the body as that AUDITORIUM, 8 O'CLOCK of a fisherman or of some missing Key West person have proved futile. In one instance the body George Channing, C.S.B., of|was identified by several per- * Pea ali sons, but the man _ presumably ee pra irri stretched on a slab in Pritchard’s jap Funeral Home morgue appeared Mother Church, The First Church ! tg deny his “death”. ot Christ, Scientist. in Boston,; Members of the coroner's jury Mass., will’deliver a free lecture were: Enrique Esquinaldo, Sr.. on Christian Science tonight at foreman; Fred Matthews, Oscar the High School auditorium. wig Se Re i De The lecture is given under aus- pices of the Key West Christian Gcience Society and will start promptly at 8:00 o'clock. The pub- lic has been extended a cordial invitation to attend the lecture. factory, causing five deaths im-| mediately and severe injury to scores of other workers in the buildings destroyed. Censure regulations held down} plosion and it is surmised the explosions were the result of raid was in progress. Government officials were con- | tion. When found the hands and feet | | PERSONNEL UNIT LEFT FOR MIAMI PARING LIGHTHOUSE MEM- BERS FOR C. G. RATING NEW CATHOLIC GUIDE ISSU TAMPA SCHOOL RELEASES 1940 EDITION; LOCAL CON- VENT DATA LISTED District Personnel Board. of the U. S. Coast Guard left this | morning after having been here } for several days investigating and getting information relative | The Citizen is in receipt of the to crews of ships in the service TIFY BODY FOUND DEAD : est Sanchez and Hilburn Roberts. ! Che Key ef See Hest Citizen THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN THE U.S.A. KEY WEST, FLORIDA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 18, 1940 HEART ATTACK PROVES FATAL TO SEN. HODGES PASSED AWAY YESTERDAY: HAD ISSUED STATEMENT WITHDRAWING FROM GOV- ERNOR’S RACE idesetas to The Citizen) TALLAHASSEE, Jan. member of the State senate from Leon county, and one of the chief aspirants to the governorship, idied yesterday. of a heart attack | SENATOR W. C. HODGES at his country home near here. He would have been 64 years old next Wednesday. Hodges became known as “Homestead Bill” in 1936, so called as chief author and ad- vocate of the homestead tax ex- emption plan. He served the state well ag assenater and made two Separate races for the gover- leation, strangulation or asphyxia-‘norship, one in 1912 as a Bull) Moose candidate and again in 1936. In the latter race he lost governor, Fred P, Cone. Announcement of Senator Hodges’ death preceded by one !day a release from his office in | this city which stated that, be- ;cause of doctor's orders, he would |not enter the coming race for jgovernor. The statement boldly threw down the gauntlet to all ;who aspire to the governorship, ' stating—“I do desire to see some man as governor who sees eye to {the— | “Protection—and if the enlargement—of the sions of the homestead jtion amendment. “Make effective statutes now ‘on the books to provide free ‘scholarships in the state colleges to underprivileged children. “See to it that the legislature is kept in session until it pro- | vides money—not empty paper exemp- TUG PEACOCK | BACK IN PORT RETURNS FROM MOBILE AFTER TOWING SHIP 18.—. Senator W. C. Hodges, long-time ; _, M j jChairman Carl Bervaldi, -Com-' and holdings of the navy at Key | SEEK AQUEDUCT | Progress Administration in eye with me” on such issues as | possible | provi- ; 'appropriations — for dependent | Peecewvccvesevccsseceons Initial Steps Last Night | REDISTRICT COUNTY Peeccecccoscoveccccccoes | | At a special meeting of the} |County Commsisioners held last} {night the board directed their at tention to the proposition of re-} jdistricting the county and estab | \lishing therein new election dis-' ‘tricts and also new voting pre-} cincts. ; Present at the meeting were {missioners Braxton B. Warren! | Sawyer and Chief Deputy Ber- inard Waite. After some discussion it was} jdecided to rearrange the 11 dis: tricts'in the county, designating the lines and the parts of the} county enclosed by each set of! {lines. A resolution embodying} {these results is to be recorded in| ‘the registry of deeds in the office} jof the Clerk of the Circuit Court! ‘of the Eleventh Judicial Circuit, jand the resolution will be pub- |liched in The Key West Citizen: jonce each week for two weeks. W. Curry Harris, Clerk Ross | t PERSONNEL In connection with the arrival, division, Lieut. Comdr..| Ray; Byrns, supply, disbursing and ac-! counting officer for Key West inaval station, revealed today that of the body were bound with a ‘out by 200 votes to the present} His service is rapidly nearing a stage of development where the |station here will soon be self- | sufficient. 1 Briefly, Key West naval station ‘ facilities will soon permit the complete supply of the station, and the ships of the naval service on duty here; will soon be able to pay off the civilian and enlist- ed employes in the station, the ‘aviation unit and the destroyer officers and men in case it is ne- | addition to Commander aff is Warrant Officer FINNS DRIVE OFF | ' | RUSSIANS AGAIN | |N EW COUNTER - ATTACK | ROUTS 40,000 RED TROOPS; NEED PLANES (Ry Associated Prexs) HELSINKI, Jan. 18.—Finnish today pushed back the Ss approximately thirty miles on the north-central front jand reported that over 40,000 {Russians were in retreat to their | frontier. Estimates of needs by neutral fhe was on the Naval Supplies To Be Handed. Localy Soon COMMANDER BYRNS ANNOUNCES ADDITIONAL | ‘© SUPPLY, DISBURSING AND ACCOUNTiMG DEPARTMENTS |ADMIRAL ALLEN BOARD MOVES. TO’ DEPARTED TODAY FOR CHARLESTON EXPRESSED SATISFACTION WITH PROGRESS BEING MADE IN REHABILITATION OF STATION HERE Rear Admiral W. H. Allen, U,S.N., who had been on a visit of inspection at the naval station West, left over the highway this i jand W. H. Monsalvatge; Attorncy | morning at 9 o'clock, after spend- | FINANCING | ing a four-day visit. He was ac- companied by Mrs. Allen and their daughter Miss Thayer Allen, and will go direct to Charleston navy yard. Many interesting discussions were held with the admiral while inspection trip, and he expressed himself as be- ing delighted with his trip and the condition of things as he found them at the naval station. He was particularly impressive in the statement he made Mon- day, the day following his arrival, (Continued on Page Four) Leroy Alexander, who recently | ‘was-detached-from-service on-the U.S.S. Mississippi at Long ‘Beach, Cal., and who will serve as chief | pay clerk at the Key West sta- tion. Mr. Alexander will be as- sistant disbursing officer under! Commander Byrns. | Another arrival is a civilian employe, William B. Cooper, from | the Charleston navy yard. Coop-} er wili be chief eterk of the ac- counting section. Also here this week is another civilian, Victor D. | Neete, also from Charleston, who | will serve as chief disbursing } clerk under Mr. Alexander. j Over the weekend 110 tons of! supplies and materials for the station were unloaded from the} naval tanker Salinas. These items | have been placed in four naval| station storehouses, in accordance | with inventory regulations. The shipment included paints, pro- | visions, steel, tubing, pipe and | hundreds of other items for use in the station and for issue to the naval forces afloat. Commander Byrns said that as | soon as other supplies were on} - |Killam, hydraulic engineer who |ful fall, which occurred Key Vest Neutr | | DUNCAN LEAVES WPA. OFFICIAL HAD. | FOR WASHINGTON GOOD DAY'S FISHING | Corrington C, Gill, assistant commissioner of the Works JOINS ROBINEAU IN TRIP TO Washington, left Key West | today over the highway en- | rie | Foute home. While in this { city he was the house guest | Engineer B. M. Duncan left | of Mr. and Mrs. George Key West yesterday en route to! sa nat col { 4 ; a | f° enjoyed an excel- t Washington, D. C., in the antec lent/day’s fishing |yesterday ests of securing a loan of $1,000, | asthe guest of State Repre- 1000 for the Florida Keys Aque-| sentative Bernie C. Papy. The ‘duct, for the construction of a! catch-included dolphin, bo- ‘fresh water pipe line to Key 2if@s-twordusky sharks, sev- | West. eral kingfish, mackerel, etc. Sas 2 | Two strikes were made by In Miamj Mr. Duncan will be gjysive sailfish but neither of |joined by S. P. Robineau, attor- | them were landed. |ney, and arriving in Washington | they will be joined by Ellson 7, OMIM MD MD MMI DAT ‘has prepared the information rel- ‘RUSSELL KAY T0 | ative to the line, to be placed be- | fore the Reconstruction Finance! HANDLE MIKE AT i Corporation, from whom the loan | is to be asked. | AZALEA FESTIV ‘SEN. BORAH pila pape MASTER-OF- NEAR DEATH cexsionss 7 asvoe SUFFERS INJURIES IN APART-. LATKA FEBRUARY 18 MENT AT NATION'S CAP- | ITAL; HOPE GIVEN UP | (Speetal to The Citizen) PALATKA, Jan. (By Associnted Press) | WASHINGTON, Jan. 18.—The author of the widely read column “Lion of Utah”, William Borah, }“T00 Late to Classify”, will act 74-year-old senator who has seen | 25 master-of-ceremonies at the continuous service in Congress Jaycees’ Third Annual Azalea for thirty-two years, is gravely | Festival Beauty Pageant to be ill in this city following a pain-|St@ged in the Ravine Gardens in his ‘ber Sunday afternoon, Feb. 18. country ; range of only 14° Pahrenheit CEREMONIES AT RAVINE | apartment two days ago, causing much loss of blood from a hemorrage. Doctors today declared that they had given up all hope for the aged senator’s recovery. Borah is the ranking Republi- can in the Senate and is dean of that body in years of He entered his long service in the Senate on March 4, 1907. STUDENTS TO HEAR LIEUT. REYNOLDS TO PRE- SENT MOVIES OF ACADEMY AT NEW LONDON, CONN. hand the station would be able! to take care of every demand of! the station and ships. Many of | the needs up to date have been} supplied from Charleston and | Norfolk. By the end of February | the Key West warehouses should | be filled, the supply officer said. | COUNCILMEN Announcement is” made ‘today by Prof. Horace O’Bryant, of Key West High School that Lieuten- ant G. R. Reynolds (jg), of the} service. | OF COAST GUARD The Tampa newspaperman and noted after-dinner speaker will , also serve as toastmaster at the stag dinner here Saturday night, | Feb. 17, to which Jaycees from {six Southeastern states. and | Florida Junior Chamber of Com- merce delegations have been in- | vited. With Jaycee clubs from Ala- bama, Georgia, Mississippi, North |Carolina, Tennessee and South Carolina invited to join with |Florida Clubs in entering con- |testants in the beauty pageant this year, it is anticipated that at |least three dozen of the South’s |most beautiful women will com- | pete, forthe title of “Azalea Ques MO 1940" FINED IN COURT |ONLY ONE CASE HEARD TO- DAY: WEAPON CASE SET {U. S. Coast Guard, will appear | at the school tomorrow morning | FOR FRIDAY to give a half-hour moving pic- jture presentation and description tof the Coast Guard Academy at | One case was tried in Criminal Key West, Florida, has fie most equable climate in the with an average PRICE FIVE CRNTS ality Patrol Fleet Guards Navy Flyers ALL SHIPS STRUNG OUT TO PROTECT LARGE FLIGHT TO WAR GAMES Destroyers of the Key West neutrality patrol unit today are “somewhere in the Caribbean” guarding the line of flight of 50 naval fleet marine airplanes en route to the annual war games and landing exercises to be Rico, according to well-authen- ticated reports. Wotd fram Miami was to the effect that the airplanes, man- ned by aviators of the United States marines, would leave that point today en route for the un- disclosed Caribbean point where the maneuvers are scheduled to continue until March. None of the naval officers at the Key West station would re- veal the destination of the de- stroyers Lea, Wickes, Twiggs, j Evans and Philip and the sea- plane tender Gannett when they left here at intervals Saturday, {Sunday and Monday. ‘The Lea junder direct command of Capt. Arthur S. Carpender, senior of- ficer with the forces afloat, was | } | { i ! i 18.—Russell | the last to leave the harbor. | Kay of Tampa, secretary of | It was revealed by Miami avia- | Florida’ Press Association™ % + interests that * 49 “or mhe~ (marine airplanes, which are not ‘equipped for water landing, hail from the marine corps base at » Quantico, Va., while one carried Lieut. Colonel James T. Moore, who will act as umpire for the games, from the San Diego, Cal., base. A large number of naval ves- sels will be strung out over the line of flight from Miami to vicinity of Puerto Rico. They will serve as “landmarks” for the aviators and to act in case one of the aircraft is forced down by engine or other trouble. At the eonclusion of this duty the Key West neutrality squadron will re- sume its usual patrol work, al- though the flagship Lea and the Gannett are scheduled to return here within the next 24 hours. ITALIAN TANKER HERE YESTERDAY «A waterfront arrival late yes terday was the Italian tanker Fulgor, enroute from Trieste, Italy, to Beaumont, Texas, whica put in at Porter Dock company |pier at the foot of Duval street at 5 p. m. Beginning at 9 p. m. the § |Fulgor took on 21,315 gallons jfuel oil, and then sailed at mid- night for Beaumont. Her officers and crew were si staged this year near Puerto af : | 5 A | servers i 4 New London, Conn. . * lent regarding the trip from he Catholic Di-{@"d the office personnel, with a/ TO THAT POINT observers in order for the Finns MEET TONIGHT | ; ? Court of Record this morning. perce oe Guide, pub. View to determining who will be | to hold off the Russian advances |_ Lieut. Reynolds will also talk | Syage William V. Albury _pre-|Jtaly. lished by the Mary Help of| inducted into the service when | mach: | Bbsbas oe listed a total of two —- ee waged ee 7 wien |sided and all officials of the court! =e aS Plor-|the Lighthouse Department is| salvage Tug Peacock was tied |Pundred planes which would’ _ : : [ea eee oon | eke prépagit, | “eam Dra a faecal ea transferred to the Coast Guard. | yp a are Leda tsa aap |serve to check the Russian plane City Council holds its second further education at the United | The lone case was that of R. C.| TEMPERATURES i — ee Hh Waieectine and Members of the board are Duval streets this aueiing She | bombardments now causing se- meeting of the current month to- | States Coast Guard | Academy | Casey, who was arrested by| Se cine book, issued as the COMmander W. K. Scammell, js filling in during the absence vere damage to the Finn cause. night, with council president |leading to a commission and @j¢tateroad Patrolman L. W. Bra-| Lowest last Highest last Catholic Directory abithe diocese’ Commander E. F. Palmer, Lieu- \of the Warbler still engaged in | This most recent defeat of William A. Freeman calling the |carecr in the Coast Guard. zell, charged with driving a mo-| Stations night 24 hours of St. Augustine, and approved ‘enant W. L. Maloney and Yeo-! pulling the Japanese shin Kinu- Russian attacks will lead to can- members together in council; - ltor vehicle at an excessive rate | Atlanta 54 ty Hissin Bercy. DD man First Class David C. Kier-|gaca-Maru from a reef off Texas, |C¢l/ation of any more planned- chambers at City Hall at * TOURISTS MAY lof speed. Boston 18 "A change which greatly. im_|J0m- They. left at 9 ocleck and |i¢- was reposted today sthaiWats| sve PY She teaemians in the eo A Oc at ik. echeact The accused entered a plea of | Buffalo 12 roves the publication is the ad-| Will go to Miami, where the per- pier had moved the Jap vessel |OPinion of military authorities| One delegation that is sched guilty to the charge and was|Chicago 8 Bit ofa "Civic Section”. sonnel of the Coast Guard Cut-j spout 100 feet, but al stad a here, at least until Spring. Fin- uled to appear before the council NOW TOUR FORT sentenced to pay a fine of $50,|Detroit _. 1 15 "Ref ence is made to the Con-| ter Mojave is to be inspected to-| tough job ahead to float her in! nish; _froops. are), proving far is a group representing the Com- R | with the costs suspended, or spend!Havana - 16 Re pas = Sales late’ d day and tomorrow. The board | free water. | Superior to the Soviets, and addi-|munity Recreation Committee. ; —_— 60 days at hard labor in the coun-|Jacksonville _ 41 60 vent oO : i ppieass aes scr will then proceed to headquar-| ‘the Peacock put in last night tional planes and guns will keep Request for co-operation in the N.Y.A. BO" BE ON HAND | ty jail. | Kansas City _ --5 13 See eset he Fy ae sf ters in Jacksonville. froma run: from ‘Mobile. She {the Finn cause on optimistic city-wide drive to provide rec-'%* ¥S TO Case of Thelma Racket, charg-|KEY WEST _ 62 70 Sanei and Mary in Key West.| 9, left the S. S. Hanseat there after | /¢vels b dnl? ak odds reational facilities for pees | DAILY TO GIVE OUT ed with exhibition of a dangerous |Los Angeles _ 48 2 Sir upercr of this weitason EARN QE GUS. {teins ter trom a: point below |m-numbers of solder posi ane ome INFORMATION _—|weaDon, wat set for tomorrow, (Miami "6573 is Sister M. Ludovica and the! Miami. The Hanseat developed }-————~~ ae ee a TECH ay vc penoeree jafter which court was recessed. |Mpls.-St. P. --21 -8 courses of study are given as A ALA’ D TH engine trouble and was taken in} 1 i : —_—- —- New York ins, 5 21 Kindergarten to Grade 12 inc) AVALA’S DEATH tow stout'ten days aso after sne | CHRISTIAN SCIENCE SOCIETY OF KEY WEST || ‘,, Agee St louis 2s sive, and specializing in Spanish, 5 ronalbuah as Ns acer ap cel announces a | iat ‘aidepameied omits, sroatal wged epee pt 4 5, 3 aaa xter, who was formerly sta- { a | ~ 3 French and Music. Twenty teach : : | tioned ‘at Key West, is the mk FREE LECTURE ON CHRISTIAN SCIENCE be offered during the balance of| 63 g ers comprise the faculty and the, Information was received last ter of the P, “ By GEORGE CHANNING, CS.B. |the winter season at East Mar- 28 number of students is 200. {plans by ne —s Ayala, | Soee Te ee ee of San Francisco, California _ tello Tower, the old fort built | eis widow of the late Fred Ayaia, in' br aware we — Member of the Board of Lectureship of The Mother Church, |/during the Civil War. peur. B. P. O. ELKS NO. 551 a telephone mesage, which told oo FOR SAL : The First Church of Christ, Scientist, in NYA boys will be stationed ail Key West Woman’s Club an-| PINEAPPLE — ORANGE k es of the sudden death in Tampa of | y The Garden'Club | Boston, Massachusetts the fort to acquaint tourists with nounced today that the Key West! and HONEY-NOUGAT , You are invited to attend Gus Ayala, brother of Fred. j| ANNUALS, doz... 25¢! in the . the history of the edifice and to|Library would be closed daily at} LAYER CAKES 4 Initiation and. Smoker tonight, 8| The deceased was a native of |ROSE PLANTS, each _ 7S HIGH SCHOOL AUDITORIUM \conduct tours through the old |3:00 o’clock in the afternoon un- Specials For j o'clock. Lodge Rooms. |Key West and made his home| Sale will be managed by Mrs. Corner United and White Streets brick structure. The fort will be til further notice. FRIDAY and SATURDAY Z eee oor pegheecne baie Maan cinuarte W. J. Phelan at 1319 Duval TONIGHT, 8 O’CLOCK jopen for inspection each day of| The library committee of the GEO, CAS, |he moved with his family to (Street—Thursday. 1 to § p. m— THE IALLY INVITED the week including Sunday, it|club has charge of the library janl8-1: Secretary. Tampa, living there since then.| Friday, 9 a. m. to 5 p. m. } piscine ya sara is Seiaccmoccocena was announced. = functions.