The Key West Citizen Newspaper, February 28, 1940, Page 1

Associated Press Day Wire Service For 69 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West Che Key West Citizen THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER tN. TWE. G87. 4. VOLUME LXI. No. 51. KEY WEST, FLORIDA, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1940 Key West, Florida, has the most equable climate in the country; with an average range of only 14° Fahrenheit PRICE FIVE CENTS HOTEL MEMBERS TO PUSH BEACH LEASE SIGNING | | | British Act 10 Pltig Leaks: In |WILL APPEAR AT NEXT CITY | | | COUNCIL MEETING; CO-OP- ERATION WITH CHAMBER DRIVE VOTED Advised that the city has not yet concluded a lease for the | public use of South Beach, the} ' Airbase Construction Activities Begin Soon | g TWO BIDS RECEIVED ON NAVAL DISPENSARY BUILDING ADDITION; CHEELY COMPANY TO SUPPLY AIRBASE BUILDING MATERIALS * TO ESTABLISH CONTRA- BAND conTRoL BASES ARMY IN CANADIAN WEST COAST CITIES ee ee ‘Moved From _ Barracks Key West Hotel and Tourist |Homes Association, at a meeting {at Coral Hotel Apartments yes- |terday, decided to March 7th before city council tion. L. S. Gruber reported to the ihas not been able to prepare the lease. The association has spent appear | ° ° 5 DES TER IN ‘with a request for immediate ac- | ee | ‘association that the city attorney | Opening of bids for the medi- |cal dispensary addition and start- jing of work on a field engineer- ing office as a preliminary in development of a naval seaplane jbase on Trumbo section high- lighted area naval activities to- day. | Only two bids were received for the $25,000 addition to the jnaval station medical dispensary such works as the evaporators and water-distribution system a number of specialists in such jobs will be brought here from outside, because none are avail- able here. One of the first jobs will utilize a number ‘of Key West laborers. That is laying the footings and foundations for the hangar which will be 375 feet JURY INDICATES BOTELLA DEATH WAS ACCIDENTAL RIVAL OF DEAD MAN'S EF- FECTS ON BOARD IVY: FUN- ERAL RITES TOMORROW | Accidental death was indicat- jed at the inquest before Coroner |Franklin Arenberg yesterday in |the case of Manuel Botella, 50, |quartermaster of the Lighthouse Tender Ivy whose body was {found early Monday floating at the Coast Guard pier off Front istreet. | After hearing the testimony of jury re- jseveral witnesses, the jcessed without returning a ver- {dict. It was decided to await th larrival here of Botella’s effects, FINAL VERDICT AWAITS AR- | Delegation Confers With Covernor Today --Ontlighway Extension STALLED BOAT WAS 'On Sea Over 24 Hours “SUPREME” THRILL | eqreccesoorccvsccacococe THREE (By Assoczated Press) LONDON, Feb. 28.—British | governmental officials today in-} dicated that they would shortly institute a campaign to “stop all leaks” the blockade being maintained against Germany. in deserter, was Chief move up for discussion was the establishment of con-) traband control bases on the Canadian west coast to check all ship traffic to Vladivostok, It was believed that many supplies received at that port were finding themselves in, Germany by way of the Russian transcontinental railway. R. A. F. PLANES OVER GERMANY LONDON, Feb. 28.—More suc- cessful flights of Royal Air Force planes were made over German territory yesterday and today, it was reported by the war minis- try British officials Dutch neutrality was violated in the flights, contrary to accusa- tions hurled by the Nazi press agencies. HOLD TWO YOUTHS FOR BEACH POLICE WIRE RECEIVED INDICATES AUTO STOLEN IN UP- STATE CITY denied that Key West police this afternoon were holding two 19-year-old youths arrested last night in re- sponse to a telegram received from the Miami Beach police de- partment. The boys identified themselves as Charles Paschall, 19, of 5955 Pine Tree Drive, Miami Beach, and Danie: Cassidy, 19, of Phila- delphia, after their arrest at a local hotel, where they had reg- istered for the night. Although the telegram that Night Police Captain Alberto Ca- mero received indicated the two youths had stolen the automobile they were driving when they ar- rived at the hotel, the Paschall youngster told a Citizen reporter that the car belongs to his father. “Why should I steal my father’s car?” he asked. “I drove down here to go fishing with Cassidy. I met him at Miami. We register- ed under our own names and have nothing to conceal”. A complete outfit of fishing rods, smudge pots and other ang- ling equipment was found in the big car. The Paschall boy said his father, C. H. Paschall, is a re- tired businessman now living at Miami Beach, but formerly of At- lantie City. A report that the youths were wanted in connection with a Palm Beach robbery could not be veri- fied. Miami Beach officials call- ed shortly before noon and said two policemen from that city were coming to Key West to claim Paschall and Cassidy. tthat Selby |ment for an attack of bronchitis, MARINE HOSPITAL John Selby, Miami Beach po- lice department was arrested a week ago by the FBI on a charge of being an army moved yesterday from Key West barracks where he has been held incommunicado, to the Marine. Hospital. While neither Lieut. Col. James D. MacMullen, commandant of Key West barracks, nor Dr. An- thony Rubino, medical officer in charge of the hospital, would make a statement, it was learned undergoing treat- detective, who is and is being given a physical examination. dition is not serious, according to reports. thorough His con- Selby is chaged. with haying deserted from the army twice be- fore he became a member of the Miami Beach police His arrest came during the FBI vice- investigation at the resort. force. EUROPE HOLDS NO PEACE HOPES ITALY AND GERMANY DE- CLARE CHANCES FOR WAR HALTING REMOTE (By Associated ) ROME, Feb. 28.—Italian offi- cials had more to say today on the Sumner Welles’ visit, declar- ing that his mission was off to a good start with co held in this city last Monday. Italian pre: however, stated that chances for peace to come from future conferences were ‘quite remote”, It was learned here German papers w ing that Hitler w peace overtures Welles’ visit. Conditiens in Balkan territory remained tense, as news came through of unsettled conditions in many areas. Italian officials de- clared that Italy would enter the war, on whose side it was not clear, if the conflagration spread to the Balka REPORT TO FAVOR ELECTRIFICATION SAWYER WILL INDICATE FAVORABLE RESPONSE AT TONIGHT’S MEET that the re busy deny- preparing any preparatory to A report favorable to the effort to obtain a rural electrification project for the upper keys will be presented at a meeting to be held _ ator Joseph C. O’Mahoney, demo- upwards of $200 clearing’ the for sailors and marines and their beach and putting it in condi-jfamilies. Lowest was $23,287 tion for the use of citizens, tour- ‘submitted by the Southeastern ists and servicemen, and is pay-|Construction Company of Char- ing the wages of a man to keep jlotte, N. C. The other bid was it clean. {submitted by the Ivy H. Smith Declaring that it was of utmost |Company, Jacksonville, success- ‘importance to keep the beach for | ful contractor for the seaplane pubiic use until the county com-!base job, who offered to build pletes the proposed beach along !the dispensary addition for $26,- Roosevelt Boulevatd, the associa- tion directed President R. A.| This afternoon Lieut. Com- Lehmann and Treasurer Gruber to Mander T. J. Brady, C. E. U. S, appear before the city council. |N., public works officer at the Guy Carleton, another mem- naval station who _ supervised ber of the association, Was di-;0Pening of the bids, recommend- rected to proceed with the pre-;¢d contract for the dispensary paration of leaflets for posting in|building be awarded to the hotel rooms advising the travel-|Southeastern company. The rec- ing public of the traffic regula-|Q™mendation was sent to the tions here. Mr. Carleton report- {bureau of yards and docks of the ed city council recently had re-|2@vy department at Washing- jected the association’s plea for | tM. ae better traffic signs. Under the terms of the bidding Every member wf the associa-/@ocuments, the successful bidder tion present signed cards agree-|for the job agrees to begin work ing to devote several hours of /Seven days after the contract is their time in support of the “Put |@Warded and stipulates it will y West Ahead”. campaign have completed the job 75 o launched by the Key West Cham- |#!tet Starting work. “Corman ber of Commerce. Larry Vaughn, 'Bt@dy expects the dispensary ad- director of: the campaign, ex-|dition to be ready for service plained the project and outlined |@>0ut June 1. the program which ‘the chamber To Hire Key West Labor is preparing to make effective|. Ivy H. Smith of the contract- after the organization: is com-|i%& firm bearing ‘his name told pleted. |Commander Brady today some of fos \his construction crew and special skilled workers will reach Key DOUBTS VALIDITY | ert stercr 6 ona stort work an . construction of the seaplane base. | OF TRADE PACTS { able for the particular jobs as SENATOR O’MAHONEY DE- |they arise. | It is pointed out by naval of- | ithe work whenever it was avail- Commander Brady said that Key |West labor would be utilized in CLARES PRESIDENT ficers that in the building of “QUT OF ORDER” (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON, Feb. 28.—Sen- | crat of Wyoming, today stated that in his belief the Trade Recipro- city Treaties now in effect were | unconstitutional. ; He said that President Roose- The movement to “Put Key West Ahead’ went into higher velt “had no business framing the | gear today. i act” and that, if the treaties were; The delegation in Miami today, ones strictly of trade, they should |headed by Chamber of Commerce have originated in the Senate—if officials to confer with state of ones having to do with appro-jficials on the possibility of ob- priations, in the House. - {taining what has been determin- Senator Bridges of New Hamp- ed as the number one project for shire had things to say about the|the moment, the continuation of treaties tcday when he said the ithe highway over the railroad Republicans could entertain no|bridges from Big Pine Key; the thoughts of victory next election |industrial group meeting yester if they didn’t come out flat-foot- | day afternoon; the retailers’ meet- ed against them, jing this morning; the Service i Sean SERIES Ney Club vote of co-operation last i ;evening, and planned programs 'INSPECTS NAVY {at the Rotary and Lions meeting | | tomorrow—all are important DEPARTMENTS #2": in the positive move to put the Island City up in front ranks | of Flordia cities. i } } The hotel association group } CAPT. SHARP AND WARRANT | pledged 100 percent co-operation OFFICER APPROVE COMDR. | evans’ ser-up FINNS MOVING UP West naval station today is Capt. | REINF ORC Arthur D. Sharp, S.C. US.N., __ / Washington, who arrived here] on to BOLSTER DEFENSE | Making an inspection of Key} yesterday with Warrant Officer ; speed, naval officers indicated. | long by 250 feet wide and 55 feet |" |. 3 e high. ‘Turning of the first shovel | Which were aboard the Ivy wher of earth probably will be pér-|2n¢ sailed “Monday afternoon: for formed by Capt. Walter F. | Tampa. Capt. L. H. Muse has Jacobs, commandant of ‘the Key | been requested in a telegram sent West naval station, at a fitting | PY Commander. W. W. Demeritt ceremony. This may be within | 2 send Botella’s effects here as the next ten days, Commander ,8°0" 8 possible. { Funeral services for the de. Brady believes. | . a . apr Baxitiea qnaterial. forthe field ceased quartermaster of the Ivy |he ane A isa went out off . pReamaaceonss 2 vi » held at 4:3 ;.!Stock Island for some fishing paainccrina office ‘ing | Will be held at 4:30 p. m. tomor-! I fishing 8 ing office now being) Lopez Funeral Home |With Frank Margcozi in the 16- built b: y i ‘ {row at the ey Beye! sian employes.) ‘A. Mau. |foot launch, the Catherine. The thrills came when for a large quantity of other material |Chapel, with the Rev. L. will begin arriving on the{feau of St. Mary's Star of the} Trumbo site within a few days, |S¢4 Catholic Church officiating. ;|/ore than 24 hours the party of It was learned from Ivy H, Smith |Burial will be in the city ceme- three were stalled out near the officials that approximately $150,- | tery under the direction of -the Eastern Dry Rocks, finally being 000 of the $287,684 contract will | lightho service. Botella had picked up by the Thompson Fish be for purchase of miscellaneous | "¢ver enlisted in the Coast Guard, |Company boat, the C. W. Powers, lumber and building materials, |S° far no relatives of the dead |shortly after noon Monday exclusive of cement, rock and/man have been discovered. | Frantic efforts to attract sand. | jing boats and planes flying Cheely Lumber company of} {head on Sunday afternoon Key West will supply all those | made with no success. All night materials, according to J. L.| long, too, boat lights were seen | but no one seemed to interpret the signals given on the Cather- line. Soaking rags in asoline organization. Campbell belieyes | that some of the purchase orders | rete g placed by the Smith company|TO FACILITATE HANDLING 2nd rEldhbe fire to them in an ef- will be filled beginning within’ |” 5 jfort to -attreee atention on shore thetteve ton days 0G | OF NAVY MAIL AT also proved futile. Campbell, | j \ 4 en ieeiate on nincch sty ac | BOGE ree |Sunday afternoon, prevented the | ay |, pl je the materials on Trumbo site, ar- | : Fibsdc Were fears Miaiiit cesterday | ouers from paddling nearer with E. B, O'Neal, vice president | aes ce Poste apd Sh Moe chgans. | ie setinas ioe catch the a on something One of the first jobs by the |moinod of delivering and collect- | solid, but the boat kept dragging, Smith company will be erection uae sa he Pagale Seca na coming dangerously near the Gulf of a steel fence enclosing the 59! ort are Bein eed bb foe ene ee acres of the seaplane base site. bs ; ee ee 3 eing worked ou! *! Coast Guard 185 searched for ; b |Postmaster Fred J. Dion reported | < ; : The wires of the American Tele- | 7) ‘The ch ait Ss ; the boat Sunday night, but failed eee: e changes will not af-! to find it, concentrating its search “After a life-time of xperiences, it remained to come to Key West and get the! real thrill of our lives”. Thus spoke Garrett Louer, of ale, Mich., in relating ex- met with ay when exciting | { e for us| pa over- were ‘ : : zi Some minor changes in th | | \ | | | i i | graph & Telephone company ,¢., ie ath have been moved from the site, | ae Wrest eee cra through the |in the bays further up the Keys and those of the Western Union |). to do ae handing Gee oad _ “For the first time in our mar- are now being removed. There /7yy 07.60 Witn D ie :Tied existence”, stated Mr. Louer, is no further factor interferring | ripe sasrieag |“Mrs. Louer was silent. She said with starting of the work at top|. One of the changes to be put/hardly a word during the whole into effect is the selection of an j experience. For that. matter. I assistant navy mail clerk who will | gidn’t say much myself. eith set be bonded and who will take mail | We very stem {to and from the yard. At the} {present time this work is handled SEY VAUGHN by a mail orderly. 3 at their meeting late Tuesday. | VISITED IN CITY, a Miss Elizabeth Sharpley, who is! aoa i ” division leader for the hotels,|DWIGHT FISKE AND Major | MPORTANCE OF “PUT KEY could not be present because of | WE: od illness; however, everyone pres- | GIBBS CONCLUDED ST any 7: Me veeaeT ent pledged to be a worker, s0/ ERLE EL STRESSED; ORGANIZATION that those who are on her divi- sion include: R. A. as Se es { FEEDGED FULL: SURBORT John H. Lehmann, Guy Carleton, | . Dwight Fiske, New York, well Suzanne Staley, Chas. H. John-|known writer and interpreter of | Th . son, E. S, Brown and L. S. Gru-' modern trends in music, and Ma-' gig, LS cigs See ot 2 he ber. Several more are to be! jor H. Humilton Gibbs, Middle- Stone Church Service Club last added to this group, including |horo, Mass., brother of Sir Philip |Goanng Was tumed over to City represnetatives from Casa Marina |Gibbs, famous English novelist ‘Term Was gpe ae mes, and and others of the outstanding ho- and war correspondent, have [esp cae bape eit director of the tels which could not be repre-!just concluded a visit in Key |being Ininehct Dene, Greer sented at this session. |West. They were registered at! o¢ Cocaerer by the Chamber $6,000 Budget Wanted jLa Concha hotel during their} In a few brief remarks Coun- That a budget of approximate- Stay. ’ s jcilman Ramsey outlined the ly $6,000 should be had to further; Major Gibbs toured every inch |highlights of the program in the program of the re-built cham-|°f the island, he told acquaint- | which he set forth the five essen- ber of commerce, crystalized to-|ances here, and found it one of | tial fields to “Put Key West day when a special budget com- the most “unusual and interest-' Ahead.” He was followed by mittee estimated the needs tojing places” he had ever visited|Mr. Vaughn who went into a carry forward the new program. |in the United States. more detailed: explanation of the Support now assured aed, CML TSR SA AP STEP |Proposed program and urged the ample for overhead, and the ad- JAYCEE DIRECTORS 2c of the organization ditional sum sought will be used | |t0 get behind the plan and put it chiefly for working’ capital. = WILL MEET TONIGHT i= for the welfare of the en- portion estimated to be idler hopes community. | AUTO LOADS LEFT KEY WEST FOR CONFERENCE IN MI- AMI THIS AFTERNOON (Special to The Citizen) MIAMI, Feb. 28.—Key West delegation in Miami reported at press time today that Gov- ernor Fred Cone had proven “most receptive’ to the group's plea for extension of the Overseas Highway. Governor Cone told the group, with whom he talked for almost two hours, that he and his road chairman, Ar- thur B. Hale, would champion the highway extension and installation of fresh water line to the city in a personal telk with President Roose- velt in the neer future. A mass attack of public and civic interests of Key West was launched upon Governor Fred Cone and officials of the State Road Department at the Alcazar Hotel, Miami, this afternoon, in en effort to win early action on extension of Overseas Highway between Key West and Big Pine Key and. from Lower Matecumbe to Florida City. Leaving here in three auto- mobiles this morning, the Key West and Monroe county dele- gation was scheduled this after- noon to confer with the gover- nor and his staff, including Chairman Arthur B. Hale of the State Roard Department to em- phasize the vital necessity of an improved Overseas Highway. Decision to place this matter squarely before the governor and his staff was reached y at a meeting at the Ke; Chamber of Commerce. Everett Russell, president of the Cham- ber, suggested the formation of an official delegation to make the trip to Miami. As a result, the party included Mayor Willard M. Albury, Chair- man Carl Bervaldi of the Monroe County Commission, Vice Chair- man John Costar of the Overseas Road and Toll Bridge District camnfission, Col. L. C. Brinton, chairman of the finance commit- tee of City Council Sheriff K. O. Thompson, State Representative Bernie C. Papy, President sell and Secretary S. C. ton of the Chamber of Cor merce, and Melvin E. Russell, | Charles jor, Albert E. Peirce, Jr., and mmissioner Wiliam Monsalvatge of the County com mission. In their plea for extending the improved section of the highway along the old railroad right of way and viaducts above and be- low the toll district, the delega- tion intends to emphasize the danger to Key West prosperity if one of the wooden bridges fails, the need for a better highway in the interest of the national de- fense system at Key West, and the tremendous volume of gaso- line taxes that would accrue to Rus- Single- |the state if the road were im- proved by elimination of the wooden bridges and dangerous curves. Another factor to be presented to the governor’s at- tention is that the State Road Department every year is spend- ing huge sums to keep the old ‘county road and wooden bridges in condition to handle the volume of traffic. James F. Howard, chief pay clerk OF VIBORG AND MANNER- Board of Directors of Key West SMALL BLAZE EXTINGUISHED Fire of undetermined origin broke out in an automobile trunk stored beneath the home of Frank Pierce, machinist for the United States navy, at 1116 Seminary street, at 1:40 p. m. today. After a quick run city firemen soon extinguished the blaze. Fire Chief Harry Baker estimated the damage at about $10, at 8 o'clock tonight at Marathon. The report will be presented by Ross C. Sawyer, Jr. fiéld representative of the Florida Keys Electric Corporation Association, Inc., who has been making a sur- vey to determine the number of prospective electric consumers between Key Largo and a point a few miles above Key West. | It is reported that Chester Lake, field representative of the! Rural Electrification Administra- | tion, will attend the meeting of the | |directors of the keys association tonight. i of the navy. Capt. Sharp paid his respects yesterday to Capt. Walter F. Jac- obs, commandant of the station, and became his guest for his stay. Last evening Capt. Sharp was the dinner guest of Lieut. Comdr. and Mrs. Ray W. Byrns. Capt. Sharp approved the sup- ply, accounting and disbursement arrangements set-up by Comdr. Byrns for-the station. The Wash- ington supply corps officer is scheduled to leave for other nav- al stations and yards to continue his inspection tomorrow, - 48 _ 58 $200 and $300 will be used t In the course of his remarks para ad a _—_ more repre- | Mr. Vaughn cited instance after sentative the Chamber of Com-} instance wherein communities, by jmerce headquarters. Into these|jynior Chamber of Commerce taking advantage of the HEIM WEST FLANK —_ rooms comes thousands of tourists | will hold a meeting this evening, nities at hand, had succeeded H es GES jeach year who form their im-|7:00 o'clock, in Chamber of Com- eed he me eae hat (iy Associated Press) |pression of Key West by the merce quarters in La Concha /}, d foll co tha couree f ote ELSINKI, Feb. 28—Finnish : Hotel. fecaitiicd and tal genet H . . 28. sheadquarters appearance. Local lresistance and had gradually/| military leaders stated today that ® | A full attendance of the board} i | Stations : : : ; business men feel that the head-| in senaion “4 jfallen back into almost. complete reinforcements were being rush- | jat this session is requested by | oblivion. Throughout his entire,|Atlanta - ed to the west flank of the Man-!@uarters are not representative |the president, Isadore Weintraub. | very interesting ‘and inspiring | Buffalo nerheim Line to protect the sec-|and that they should be im-|— jaddress Mr. Vaughn stressed the |Chicago — ondary defenses from increased | proved. The room is contributed ‘Dinner Dance—Floor Show importance of our entire com- Havana .___ — Pie ee barrages |to the organization by the La Thursday, 7 till 9 munity being of one mind in/KEY WEST _ 61 cig ot Vita | oooee Hate iand. is well Jo] RAUL? S C1 B_ jputting across the cmemui st Miset —__¢1 Other sectors in the Finnish-|C@ted, and suitable. Improve BAL saeanit re TIVE "At th conclusion of th {San Francisco ie Russo war were comparatively | ments are necessary in decora- ane Be gram President Six ‘thanked. thé Seattl 43 : = ; ORCHESTRA |r ee es quiet today, it was learned. tions, floor, and furnishings. 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