The Key West Citizen Newspaper, March 7, 1940, Page 1

Associated Press Day Wire Service For 69 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West VOLUME LXI. No. 58. Sweden: Aidvances Peace Formula To Bring End Of War SUGGEST CONCESSIONS POOP DOIOI OMA FINLAND SHOULD|MARLIN CAUGHT HERE MAKE; MOSCOW IS-| JN RUPPERT CONTEST SUES ULTIMATUM = Key West gained national spotlight recognition in the announcement that the giant white marlin caught here on February 9, was the first. entry in that division in the George Ruppert Fishing Con- test. The catch is credited to Vaughan Hewey of Boston, Mass., and the weight is recorded as 103 pounds, length, 7 feet six inches, without spike, and 32 inches girth. The charter boat “Flor- ida”, captain Phillip P. Niles, is mentioned in the prize en- try story, and the fish is de- scribed further as the heaviest white marlin to be caught since January Ist and it was vouched for by Tommy Aitken, who directs the Metropolitan Miami Fishing Tournament each year. Lh had At bd (QUEEN ELIZABETH (By Associated Press) LONDON, Mar. 7.—Fear of | consequences should Russia be successful in the aggressive war against Finland has prompted Sweden to press ‘for | settlement of that war, representing” other | Scandinavian countries, accord-| ing to information received here today. Dispatches relate of a new formula advanced by Swedish officials which allegedly have been forwarded to Finn head- quarters and to Moscow. While not much is known of the terms, it is understood that the Swedes are suggesting that Finland sur- render the Karelian isthmus on which most of the heavy fighting has occurred in recent weeks, and give Russia permission to; construct a naval base in the Gulf of Finland. Other conces- sions in territory adjacent to Lake Ladoga are understood to be a part of the formula. Finnish officials have ever made it known that they were agreeable to a peace of honor to them, however it is not expected that the Swedish gesture will re- sult in favorable response from'NEW GIANT LINER COM- Moscow in the light of develop- | PLETES MAIDEN VOYAGE; ments coming up since _ yester- day. f TO STAY IN NEW YORK Russian ultimatum has again been Sent to Helsinki calling on | the Finns to make drastic con-/| cessions in pee ae the war} NEW YORK, Mar. may . BD i > | : : ‘ pT a he Pee fot SO Queen Elizabeth, new giant liner tontorrow night at midnight. No |°f the seas, sailed into New York report came from the Finnish harbor this morning, successfully capital as to what would be done |completing her maiden voyage about the demands. jhere to join her sister ship, the In the meantime the war goes Queen Mary, both of which will on apace. Drives continue to he! be docked here for the duration repulsed in the Viborg area with! of the European war. heavy casualties again noted on| Quite different was the arrival the Russian side. The changed somewhat in the Lakejwas celebrated in peace times. Ladoga area with the Finns ad-|Thousands of people, however, mitting that some territory ha’|lined both the New Jersey and | (By Associated Press) ISS. j tide |as compared with the event if it! Che Key i ee | rest Citizen | THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN THE U. S.A. 3 REPORT FAVORS. COMPLETION COUNTY BEACH S. ENGINEERS APPROVE CONSTRUCTION OF PIERS: AWAIT WPA PROJECT FOR WORK TO START | Early development of the proj- lect for making a beach along the Atlantic side of the island above Bertha street was indicated at a | | meeting of the Monroe county’! |commission last night. | | t At that tinie it was formally ireported that the U. S. army:en- jgineers had granted the , county {permission to build necessary’ {piers and other works necessary to bring in and hold sand for the {beach project. {> | Chairman Carl Bervaldi_ indi- jcated that the county has some of ; the funds and has arranged for ‘materials in an amount necessary | jto sporisor the project when it re- ceives the approval of the WPA. | Development of the beach jabove what is known as. Rest Beach is one of the projects ac- tively advocated by the Chamber jof Commerce and the Key Wst Hotel and Tourist Homes Asso- {ciation as being important in| making Key West a great tourist | city. |. Hotelmen point out that while ‘South Beach is at present ade- | ‘quate for tourist needs, it soon | will be too small to accommodate the number of persons who will i jcome here in the fufure. for the sunshine and climate. Rest Beach is private property and may be closed to the public at any time, the hotelmen. point out, .in » an- swering questions regarding ‘the development of that site. “The proposed beach is essen- itial in the growth of Key West”, {Commission Chairman Bervaldi ‘said. ‘COUNTY TO ENTER | "41 WORLD'S FAIR ! |CONTRIBUTION SENT TO OF- FICIALS: BOARD HEARS ‘the city’s -recreational facilities. — KEY WEST, FLORIDA, THURSDAY, MARCH 7, 1940 Of C. Progress Drive Workers Held © Victory Dinner Event ENTHUSIASM REIGNED, AS ASSEMBLAGE TOOK STOCK OF SUCCESSFUL JOB PERFORMED Enthusiasm in the Chamber of | would continue until all of those Commerce drive to “Put Key (solicited and who have promised West Ahead” had hardly cooled |to joiri are signed up in the co- today when the directors of that|operative effort to so improve organization met to set up ma-|the city and its facilities that it chinery for carrying on an active | Will occupy a foremost position 5 ‘ob |in_Florida tourist cities. program, intended to do the job | Hara: thet caevings a? the along the lines approved by the’ menu at Overseas Hotel last augmented membership. {night a series of songs engineered One of the first concrete evi-|by Messrs. Gerald Saunders and dences of the determination of ;Allan Armstrong added some hot the Chamber of Commerce to put} pepper to the food and sprightly the improvement and develop-‘conversation that had been ment program across was the an-}aroused by the knowledge that nouncement by President Everett ‘the campaign—a campaign many ; Russell that the Chamber is pre-,said would end in failure—had paring to report a project that been a success. will be a noteworthy addition to} After expressing his own and Climax of the “Put Key West,the help and assistance of the Ahead” campaign was reached workers, President Russell in last night at a supper-gathering;quick succession called upon of Chamber officials and drive;Charles Taylor, Bill Lee, Allan workers at Overseas Hotel. It, Armstrong, Fred J. Dion, W. T. Was reported then that 257 mem- j Fripp, W. W. Demeritt, Bernie bers had been signed up, a figure 'C. Papy, Arthur Mulberg, Bas- exceeding the original goal by feom L. Grooms, John Carbonell, seven, Jr., Miss Elizabeth Sharpley and Director Larry | Vaughn, re; other chairmen for reports of ceived reports from division and;jprogress over and above the group chairmen of the campaign‘figures carried on Vaughn's indicating that within a few/score sheet. days the membership of the body}, They all agreed that from 40 imay exceed 300. Vaughn won’t;to 50 additional members are in be here to see the final total at-/ sight or certain, with a number tained, as he left at noon. today} likely to be signed if the work- for Chicago, where he maintains‘ers do not quit prematurely. It headquarters. | was agreed to continue the drive Officials of the Chamber made/indefinitely until all promises it clear that the membership/had been fulfilled. Vaughn said drive was not finished, but. (Continued on Page Four) Peeccevecvcevesveese eeece . cece KEY WEST WAS CITY IN WHICH VOTES eee ses eae Time Magazine Erred Naming Dade County Responsible eae eee eee WERE STOLEN FOR HAYES IN 1876 Covcccccccccsncoccccceses ewoceccocer It was here in Key West and;were only three Republican vot- not in Dade county, as the news-'ers. After South Carolina and magazine Time recently said, that | Louisiana had been swung into .|the crooked work was done that |the Hayes’ column, Republicans, jthe organization’s appreciation of | i 1 i » BOARD \)'T0 FIGHT. LEASE OF PUBLIC LAND: DIRECTS ATTORNEY TO FILE PROTEST WITH LI. BOARD AGAINST LEASES ON UP- PER KEYS HIGHWAY commission Monroe county last night voted to protest to the | Florida state internal improve- ment board against an offer to lease public lands along Over- seas Highway between Upper and Lower Matecumbes. A letter received and read by the board from Charles R. Pierce, Miami attorney representing key property holders, indicated that two persons had “squatted” with- out legal authority on state high- way lands close to the water's edge at the spot in question and were selling toods, refreshments and other commodities in com- petition with taxpaying business tirms. Pierce’s letter, and a statement | by Commissioner T. Jenkins Curry, identified the alleged squatters as John Allbritton and Angus Boatwright, who reported- ly have made application. to the state improvement board to lease the lands they now “illegally oc- cupy”. Deputy Sheriff Bernard Waite, who was in attendance at the meeting, informed the board ‘that on authority of State Agricultur- al Commissioner: Nathan Mayo the sheriff's office in February had given notice to - Allbritton and Boatwright to vacate the lands they occupy. . .He_ added. that after the notice had been given further instrue~ tions had been received from Mayo’s office to hold up eviction efforts until further notice. It was stated that the matter was receiving the attention of Peace Justice E, R. Lowe at Tavernier, while the holders of the lands had applied for leases. On motion. of Commissioner Curry, the commission directed Attorney W. Curry Harris to draw up a letter of protest against the leasing of this land along the highway on the ground that pub- lic property should not be marred by erection of shacks and other | Key West, Florida, has the most equable climate in the country; with an average range of only 14° Fahrenheit PRICE FIVE CENTS Partial Information leaving Dead Man PPL MMS EORTHER FACTS WILL SWITCHED TO TARPONS | BRING SOLUTION OF ROOSEVELT ~~ BOULE- VARD POOL MYSTERY AND HAD GOOD LUCK) Mr. and Mrs. Herman Koch of Pittsburgh, Pa., fishing aboard Capt, “Horseshoe” Weatherford’s cruiser “Lucky Strike” Tuesday afternoon. had but two mackerels boat- ed when they decided to try for tarpon. In three strikes, Mr. Koch was successful after an hour's battle in landing a 25-pound tarpon measuring four feet one-inch, Mr. Koch is considered the flour-and-sugar king of Pitts- burgh and flew from there with Mrs. Koch to Miami and thence on to Key West. Anéther step toward possible identification of the man whose body was found Jan. 8 in the | Roosevelt Boulevard | pool was announced today by |Roy Hamlin, Monroe county | identification official. | i | | } | swimming | A letter received by Hamlin jfrom Paul H. Wencel. chief of | detectives for the city of Detroit, |Mich., indicates the body may ‘have been that of Louis Bell, LISI MSS SF SS tormerly of Farmington, Mich., | whose parents or relatives are SUMNER WELLES |believed living at Lakeland, Fla. } Hamlin is now awaiting word CONFERS WITH FRENCH OF- from, police officials of Lakeland who have been requested to look FICIALS; ‘NO PEACE POS- SIBLE’, HE HEARS up’ Bell’s family to determine if the is missing and if so, when he jleft home. They are also asked to furnish a description of Bell, who was about 30, to determine | if it tallies with that of the body | discovered here. pee ES? | The letter from Detroit some — | prom) cobp Hamlin. (iy Amoemici Wa” “| Ehiet Weneel’s: report was based PARIS, Mar. 7—Sumner Wel- } on the fact that the laundry les arrived here this morning and imark “X631HV” found on the went into immediate conference | hogy’s clothing had been placed with Premier Daladier and sev-|there by the Redford Cleaners eral other French officials. 'o. of Detroit during 1939. First of many subjects discuss-| ‘Tracing the matter still fur- ed, it was understood. was the 'ther, Chief Wencel's detectives announcement by tbe French that | found that the clothing had been “there could be no peace in Eu-|received by the Redford concern rope as long as Adolf Hitler was from the Farmington Cleaners’ at the head of the German gov- |Co. of Farmington, Mich., a De- ernment”. troit suburb. The Farmington Welles is expected to return to! firm stated that the mark had Switzerland enroute to Italy on been placed in the clothing of Saturday of this week. | Louis Bell of that city. | It was thereupon learned that gave Florida’s electoral vote to |who had decided to put Hayes in Hayes in the election of 1876. 'the White House by hook and Tilden, the Democratic candi-|crook too, descended on Key date, defeated Hayes, the Repub- | West, which was then the largest been lost in the northwest sec-|Manhattan shores to see the jobjectionable structures. | Com- tion of that sector. ‘ |magnificent sight. REPORTS fa P SAI AAAS LS An was formerly employed by mission Chairman Carl Bervaldi ' ‘Conti d-On Pi Four) jand Commissioners William Mon-|CONDOR PICKS UP py eer ae jsalvatge and Braxton B. Warren j i i 1 Monroe county will be repre- and is extremely streamlined. 4 Le The ship was painted a dull CITY COUNCIL gray color. It weighs 85,000 tons Overall measurement is 1,033 MEETS TON |feet by 118 feet width and was built at a cost of approximately ——_ |$29,000,000. It is capable of a Members of the City Council |speed of 32.5 knots and in other will assemble for the first meet-|circumstances would have tried ing of the current month tonight |for the trans-Atlantic crossing in Council chambers at the city |record. hall, the meeting to start prompt- | ly at 7:30 o'clock with Clerk | Archie Roberts reading minutes | —-+ of the Jast regular meeting as the| BASKING RIDGE, N. J.— first order of business. |When the Broad Acres Hotel No special business is on tap!here caught fire, the owner and outside of a few resolutions and his staff rushed to the coin tele- communications, together with! phone to summon the fire depart- first-of-the-month reports, ac-'ment. Because nobody had a cording to Clerk Roberts.’ \nickel, the hotel burned down. NO COIN—HOTEL BURNS Permits Show Two New Residences Being Built Building is.on the increase in! frame residence, 32 by 35 feet, at Key West with considerable per- | the corner of South’and Vernon mit listing being noted at the|streets, to be erected by James office of Building Inspector Harry |D. Roberts, Jr., now residing at Baker. 321 Catherine street. Cost $3500. Two new residences noted on the file which were re-|707 Seminole street. Owner, Dr. corded since the first of this/Robinson. Cost, $85.00 mionth—one on Vernon avenue,! General repairs to .building at being built ‘for Esther’ Andrews) 1123 Margaret street. Cost, $1,- Chambers by contractor Hamil+'000. ton Knawles, the other, a two- story residence at the corner of Vernon and South, being _ built for James D. Roberts, Jr. Permjts listed for the month to date are as follows: New structure, two - story Garage repairs, on building ;owned by G. H. Carter on Duval street. Cost, $100. | New residence, concrete block jhouse, 31%4’x79%’, on Vernon ;Avenue. Owner, Esther Andrews jChambers. Total cost, $7,468.22. General repairs on the South- Special Tonite at RAUL’S DINNER-DANCE CRAWFISH ENCHILADO 7 Till 9 O'Clock IAWANAN OLcERSTRA No Admission eeeccosece jstreets. Owner, Marion Harris Lowe. Cost, $100. { Garage repairs on lowned by Ed. J. O. Ri |613 Margaret street. Cost, $100. | General repairs to residence at {708 Whitehead street owned by Lambert Welters. Cost, $50. were! Repairs to roof on building at| jernmost Home, South and Duval! ° nted in the Florida State Ex- ‘hibit at the New York World’s Fair again this year, it was re- {vealed last night at a meeting of the Monroe county commission. ;At that time the commission re- ‘ceived an acknowledgement from Manager Earl Brown of the Flor- ida Exhibit of the receipt of half of the county’s contribution, This jamounts to $667.70. | When the remainder will be Paid was not outlined by the icommissioners, who plan to ask Manager Brown to change the lighting effects on the Monroe! lexhibit so that it will stand out ; ‘from among others there. Defer Action On Claims The commission voted to defer for later action the Settlement of jthe relatively small claim between ithe county and Peace Justice E. {R. Lowe of Tavernier. ! There was a question whether ‘Justice Lowe owes the county |$44 or $127 under various audits of the county’s books. State Comptroller J. M. Lee ad- vised that the question should be :determined by State’s Attorney 'G. A. Worley of Miami. Tax Collector's Report Reports received by Clerk Ross |C. Sawyer from Frank H. Ladd; {county tax collector, showed that ‘last month the collector had col- pected $15,145 and $7,104, which {had been placed in the First Na- tional Bank. ! Of the $15,145 item, $9,320 had [been placed to the county’s credit, $5,845 to the various |school funds; of the $7,104 total, |$4,405 went to the coun’ jto the schoois. ! {sel | ty, $2,699 Braxton’s Flower Mart fs be closed part of the day, building | Friday to assist in decorations ‘oberts at /for “A NIGHT IN HAVANA” to take place tomorrow night at ‘HABANA-MADRID CLUB. {sults of the election were thrown |Democratic ticket. lican candidate, by 33 electoral!city in Florida. Wheri they learn- votes, as historians now geher-|ed of the large Democratic vote ally agree, but Republicans, who |in the third, with only three votes still were in charge of the polls for the Republican electors, they in the South, were quick to fig- | unscrupulously drew up affidavits ure out that by giving the elec-;and had them signed by local Re- toral votes in South Carolina, !publicans, declaring that the vot- Florida and Louisiana to Hayes jers in the third had been intimi- he would have been elected by |dated. One of the supposed acts one vote. of intimidation concerned a well- On trumped-up charges ballots |known resident of that time and in heavy Democratic districts in | well-known also until his death those states were thrown out by |twenty years ago. His descend the cartloads. The result was/ants are residents of Key West that Hayes, at the conclusion of |today, and his name will not be that dirty work, was given the mentioned: elt was declared that otes of those states and was he “toted a gun” outside the later inaugurated President. {polls and threatened to shoot The last place where the re- anybody who did not vote the As a result jout was the third ward in Key |of those affidavits, the state’s ;West. The polling place was at Fleming and William streets, the tnorthwest corner, directly across from where the Fleming Street |Methodist Church now stands. { On a percentage basis the third was the heaviest Democratic ward in Florida, perhaps in the jentire South. In the entire ward: election commissioners, who were Republicar, threw out the vote in the third and Hayes “carried” the , State, = Dade county had nothing what- ever to do with the result of the election. Time said: also that \Dade had “less than 800” resi- (Continued On Page Four) i concurred. Commissioner Nor- berg Thompson was absent. DIES STUDIES ILLEGAL ENTRIES ARRIVES IN MIAMI BEACH FOR COMMITTEE WORK (By Associated Press) MIAMI BEACH, Mar. 7.—Mar- tin Dies, Texas congressman, was here today carrying on investig: tions for his un-American Activi- ties Committee. Dies was reported to be inves- tigating the illegat entry at this port of aliens and foreign agents 5.S. POST LETTERS Yacht Condor, one of the entries in the St. Petersburg- Havana yacht race which be- gins the latter part of this week, was in port for a brief time ‘yesterday, coming from Miami enroute to St. Peters- burg for the start of the race. While here rmembers of the crew dropped’ off fourteen letters found a short way north of Key West in a bottle dropped from the United Fruit Company’s S.S. La Per- la. Postmarks on the letters, two of which were addressed to relatives in London, Eng- land, were March 4. This enabled comparatively quick Posting of letters found in this manner. | and other matters coming under the jurisdiction of his committee. FINNISH DRIVE. NEARING COAL SEE |- sPLETED.ON MARCH * Contributions continue to come in to the “Help Finland Drive” headquarters in L. P. Artman’s Office, the total amount now on hand being $92.00. The local fund will be sent to state headquarters in Jackson- ville on March 15, and it is hoped that $100 or more may be sent. Listed herewith are the latest GPIB A LDS BD GW esbingion TEMPERATURES Lowest last Highest last night 24 hours . 33 55 34 43 24 29 40 61 30 36 16 35 23 36 53 68 57 74 47 67 33 53 59 67 59 82 45 61 49 68 25 36 30 42 32 46 56 12 34 52 34 44 | Stations | Atlanta | Boston | Buffalo |Charleston |Chicago | Denver | Detrdit’ {Galveston Havana \Jacksonville |Kansas City KEY WEST Los Angeles {Memphis {Miami Mpls.-St. Paul |New York St Louis ‘San Francisco Seattle Jaycees Carry On Drive To Keep White Way On Nice response from Key West te | County of Monroe, City of Key. merchants, city and county ,g0v-; West, Joe Peariman, Ine.,; Louis ernments, will make possible the »popiock, : lighting of Duval street white way throughout coming season, Isadore’ Appelrouth, ’ | Mortis Holtsberg, J. R. Stowers’ rding to a re from |Co., Key West Gas Company, Charles Roberts of Fost National Palace Theater, San Carlos Book Bank, chairman of the drive be- | Store, Fred Marvil’s Cabana, ing conducted by Key West|Chas. Aronovitz, Broadway Mar- Junior Chamber -of Commerce|ket, visitor Key _West Rotary with cooperation of Lions Club. | Club, Sea Food Grill, J. G. Kan- More funds are needed to com-|tor, Inc., Frank Lewinsky, Men- plete the goal set at beginning | dell’s (Specktor), F. J. Dion, Na- of campaign but a large per-|varro, Inc., First National Bank, centage of amount lacking has|M. P. Green (Green-Leigh), been promised and it is expected | Rotary Club, Over-Sea Recrea- that others who have not yet/tion Club, S. H. Kress & Co, contributed will come forward | Karl