The Key West Citizen Newspaper, March 15, 1940, Page 1

Associated Press Day Wire Service For 69 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Prreneee intarente onceveN CRU West VOLUME LXI. No. 65. Nazis Engage In Efforts To Cancel Blockade Effects RUSSIA SAID READY To! = eebeeeene ACT AS SUPPLY AGENT DUE HERE TOMORROW Peeecccccrnncevaccccccce FOR NAZIS IN CaM PAIGN AGAINST ALLIES} a } | (By Associated Press) CLOSED SEASON FOR CRAYFISH BEGINS MAR, 21 SUPERVISOR DOWLING SAYS LAW MAKES IT IMPOSSIBLE TO SERVE SEAFOOD DELIC- ACY IN RESTAURANTS (Special to The Citizen) TALLAHASSEE, Mar. Many of the larger restaurants! ‘and eating places in Florida are urging the conservation depart- 15.—! Che Key West Cttteren THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER UN: THE--U: S.A. KEY WEST, FLORIDA, FRIDAY, MARCH 15, 1940 Havana-Key West Yacht Racers Here Tomorrow SEVEN SHIPS LEAVE CUBAN CAPITAL AT 5:00 O’CLOCK TODAY; SUBMARINE BASE TO OPEN SISSSSASM, SEN, ANDREWS LOOKS FOR WATERWAY-0. The Citizen was : advised to- day by Senator Charles O. Andrews ‘to the effect that he believed the Board of Engi- neers for Rivers and Harbors would, during the meeting be- ginning March 25, approve the Preposed Inland Waterway from Bahia Honda to Key West. The telegraphic advice stated that the belief was concurred in by former Senator William L. Hill. The race is on! !well into Saturday morning be- A fleet of seven racing andifore the first boats are in. | cruising yachts, some of them in-; Captain W. F. Jacobs, com- {ternationally famous, was sched-'mandant of the Navy Yard, will uled to answer the starting gun'open the submarine basin to the! in Havana harbor at 5 o'clock ‘public on Saturday from 8 a. m. SII IS SS SS 4 Key West, Florida, has the most equable climate in the country; with an average range of only 14° Fahrenheit PRICE FIVE CENTS <iOfficias Predict — Sewer Pant May Be Operated Soot to 5p. m., so that spectators may | LONDON. Mar. 15.—Compared with the news headlined during! ment to allow the sale of Florida jerayfish during the four-months’ ‘closed season, which begins the past three months from the | ty Aas DeWine supervisor of the department, said the law as it now stands plainly prohibits \this. The act was intended to capitals of Europe, today was 3 contrast as conditions appeared | to be settled somewhat following | the final disposition of the Fin- _jby protecting them at a_ time lwhien they spawn their young in })southern waters. While these dealers and eating places have agreed to co-operate in the plan by taking the crayfish before the season closes and |Serve during the closed season only the supply that was legally caught before the ban, the law jreads in a way which makes pos- | sion illegal: “It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corpora- tion, or association of per- sons, to take or catch any salt water crayfish from the waters of the State of Flor- ida for commercial purposes or to have in their possession, regardless of where caught or taken, between the 2lst day of March and 2lst day of July”... nish-Russian war. | Observers heard, however, that | much activity is going on behind | the scenes in Germany and Rus-! sia, mostly concerned, it was thought, with the effort to break | the effect of the Allied economic blockade against imports and ex-| FULLER WARREN ports, to and from the Nazis. | Fuller Warren, candidate tor | It is expected that Russia will!Governor of Florida, subject to! ‘the May 7 primaries, will arrive! |in Key West tomorrow, according | ization of peace by acting as sup-'to local managers of his cam-| ply agent for the Germans in the ‘Paign. He will deliver an ad-) idress in Colonial Park, next to| Britain and j.4 Concha Hotel, beginning at | !8:00 o’clock tomorrow night. In forwarding advice of {speech to be made by Mr. War-| |ren, the gubernatorial candidate indicated that he would follow | The only exception in the law ‘this general outline: lis thi main attacks against the « is that which allows fishermen to . ‘I promise you a very carnest take legal sized, or ~crayfish in blockade on Germany and thoughtful discussion of the'| excess of one-pound weight, for scribed here today in the press'most important matter that will| |bait purposes only. as a counter-blockade mevement ;face you in -1940—the election of| Efforts were made at the last on England, which, if successful, | Florida's next Governor. session of the legislature to cor- would stalemate all shipping and! “! Will discuss my program for | rect the above law so as to allow keep any ships from plying to the relief and betterment of Flor-|the restaurants that so desired to the British Isles. ida. Much of past maneuvers, it! the following questions: |closed season by furnishing proof was stated, was designed to test! “1. How to get your light and |to the department that such cray- the feasibility of the idea, which |POWer bills reduced. jfish being served were taken in will call for complete circling of . How to stop the killing and!the open legal season. This law, England and Scotland with con- °tppling of people on the public ;however, was not passed, and the tinuous flights. While no bomb. highways, by roaming livestock. | situation remains the same as be- ing of cities would be undertak-' “3: How to -provide approxi- fore, with the only recourse left en, the maneuvers enable a con-/™Ately $15,000,000 without addi-/heing that of serving some sub- stant check on all shipping and | tional taxation, for: (a) Old age /stitute, if any. vessels would be in constant dan- | P® nsions; (b) School teachers and | eee bons stack schools; (c) Public _ institutions; | pie |(@) Road building and improve. R.0.A. GROUPS | DUE TODAY \ ies ; U.S. Tanker Salinas is due to MEET TONIGHT VISITORS’ TOTAL now turn her attention to capital- ; campaign against France. NAZIS TO START AIR ATTACKS BERLIN, Mar. 15.—One of the! Allied j was de- and irc ! expenses”. ;conserve the supply of crayfish! Specifically, I will discuss ‘serve Florida crayfish during the | | West. With the U.S.S. Destroyer Lea {keeping watchful eye on them jthe yachts will fight it out on the | jstarlit waters of the Gulf Stream {during the night. | | Sometime Saturday morning the sleek hulls will cut the wa- iter between the two destroyens lanchored on the finish line, and {drive out on the breakwater and 'see the fish of the race off \Fort Taylor. The entrance will be through the, Eaton street gate. Club officials urged all nautic- ally-minded Key Westers to be out in a boat around the finish line Saturday morning, as should be a show worth seeing. jthe 1940 Havana-Key West race! The yachts will be berthed at will be won. As this is a handj-'the old ferry slips on Trumbo cap race, however, the final rq-iIsland, north of the P. & O. jsults will not be known until jafter a number of the yachts {have been carefully checked famous “Joseph Conrad”, world’s across the finish line by the|smallest full-rigged ship. Yacht Club race committee, head-| A gay evening of entertain- ‘ed by Vice Commodore H. P.;ment is planned for the yachts Connable. men, beginning with a_ steak- The two speedy yawls, Wale jToast around the club’s outdoor and Stormy Weather, are ex- fireplace on Garrison Bight, con- {pected to lead the fleet and}tinuing on to the Habana-Madrid furnish a white-heat finish com- for the “Conch Follies” show to parable to last year’s neck-and-|be presented by the Artists’ So- neck battle between the Wakiva|ciety, and ending up at the Club and the Blitzen. With strong Cayo Hueso for a headwinds to buck it should be dance. { R. C. Perky Dies Today. In Miami a Se (By Associated Press) MIAMI, Mar. 15.—R. C. Perky, ' resident and developer of South|ed a Se aoe — to i iad Florida for 30 years, died early |S00, Jack, returned to Perky , lteday in a Seokeies hater, Lodge, Sugarloaf Key, twenty-| |three miles north of Key West. twelve hours after attending the} Years ago, Perky was affiliated funeral of his mother. |with the F. E. C. railroad de- The 60-year-old pioneer buried | velopments, and later was a real his mother, Mrs. Lily Perky, who’ estate dealer in Miami and Coral {died February 14 in San Diego, Gables. He became interested Calif. Perky had been suffering in the keys, bought Sugar Loaf, from a heavy cold and had de- and developed it as an exclusive layed the funeral until he felt fishing resort. Funeral arrange- better. ;ments are pending. Tax Revision League Brands | Murphy Act ‘Dismal Failure’, it) dock. Of added interest will be | the presence in the fleet of the} “ship-wreck” | After the services he summon-' this afternoon for the run to Key GOLF EQUIPMENT AND CAR STOLEN FROM EDDIE BUSH LOCAL PROFESSIONAL WAS PREPARING FOR NORTHERN TRIP; AUTO RECOVERED LATER; POLICE ON TRAIL | Eddie Bush, golf pro at the ‘Key West links, last night loaded his car with golfing parapher- nalia, valued at about $60. He was preparing to leave this morn- ing for the north, but the car was stolen a short time later and Mr. Bush did not leave on time. | The car, it is understood, was a by two men, one dressed {in white and one in blue sailor !uniforms, who rode up to the {hotel at which Mr. Bush was | tayitg: They dismounted, left | their bicycles, and climbed into ees car, driving it away. Notice of the theft of the auto- longa was received by Chief ‘Deputy Bernard Waite and Traf- | fie Officer,Ray Elweod,-who im- Imediately started a search and eventually found the vehicle in the ditch on Palm Avenue, just ‘to the west of the ball grounds. It was practically undamaged. The ofticers then started a search for the culprits. Although many persons were questioned and a number of packages were examined, no trace of the persons. responsible for the stolen goods were found, except a package recovered near the scene which} ‘contained golf stockings. | The bicycles on which the cul- \the theft were taken to the po- \lice station by Call Officer Laurie ‘Roberts. There they were recov- | ered by the owners, who said they | | were taken from in front of one | r the theaters. There will be a meeting of the Reserve Officers Association to- night at the Post Exchange Build- | ?}47aT NUMBER REGISTERED /barrels of fuel oil and 12 tons of | Army Barri } “Bill” ser will address the , hool -session on aviation. Offi- | cers will assemble at 8:00 o'clock. | | ing at th K TELL THE TRUTH, GIRLS! AT LIGHT, 7,669 : |4 o'clock and will dock at Pier (Special to The Citizen) {B to discharge a cargo of 12,000 {general cargo. ‘"\"There were three destroyers ’ |berthéd at the dock this morning. |'They will move to other berths | An idea of the number of visi- | While the unloading of the Sal-! | tors who have been in Key West | \inas is being carried on. IN FEBRUARY: HIGH DAY, 437 |during the month of February | Ships at the dock are USS. JACKSONVILLE, Fla. Mar. 15.—The so-called Murphy Tax Adjustment Act passed by the 1937 Legislature, of statewide discussion since its | passage, ifailure” here today by the Florida Tax Revision League. and the point’ was branded “a dismal} in a statement released | all real estate was $440,183,000, ‘and property representing an as- ‘sessed value of $84,400,000 was | tax delinquent; therefore, 19.1% | of the property in the state ae tax delinquent. “The average millage levied pea | ONE the counties for operating pur- jposes in 1936 was 32.6 milis. The | ‘CARS COLLIDE COLLIDE LAST NIGHT OCCUPANT INJURED: ONE CAR BADLY RALEIGH, N. C.—Let this be|can be gained from the number |Destroyers Lea, flagship of the a warning to you. girls—don’t fib! of those who registered at the Patrol squadron here, Hale and about your age. Recently, an ap-|Key West lighthouse during the |Crowninshield. Flagship Lea is! plicant for old-age assistance had | month, 7,669 in number. jt be used by Captain A. S. Car- to admit that she ~had fibbed! ]t must be understood that the | Pender to convoy the yachts from | about her age at the time of her|number is not the total visitors’ |Havana in the race to Key West. marriage. The license, issued in |jist but only of those who regis |The vessel was under half-hour | 1897, showd her age as 17 while jtered. It is estimated that one- {Sailing orders this morning, she claims she was 34 and only | third of the people who visited |@Waiting abatement of weather | fibbed in order to conceal her'!the light and climbed the stair- |Conditions before sailing. real age from her husband who | way for the magnificent view of | Other vessels of the neutrality was 24 Ithe squadron in port this harbor and the city did not ; Patrol sign. morning were the Destroyers BENEFIT DANCE) The smatiest number that dia | Twiggs, = Pomainieond \sign was on the first day of the ; Tender Gannet. month, when there were only 136 | sy CLUB CL GHAGESO |Largest number was registered —presents— dmission i¢ Per Personjon February 25, when 437 signa- ; : ‘THE COSSACK PRINCE’; Operetta In 3. Acts High School Auditorium Gen. Adm. 25¢ = Seats 35c FULLER WARREN Candidate For GOVERNOR WILL SPEAK IN KEY WEST TOMORROW NIGHT 8:00 O'CLOCK COLONIAL PARK Next To La Concha Hotel Philip, Wickes and the Tonite, March 15, 10 till ? ; es signatures recorded in the book. |'K. W. High School Music Dept. All Proceeds to the Fund tures were recorded. 5 TONIGHT—8:15 O'CLOCK | ss | fh Ch deudedeudeuteude ES ee BRADY’S POULTRY SPECIALS STEWERS,. tb 24e (Choice. Tennessee Hens) | ROASTERS FRYERS EGGS. doz. 18c to 22c (Fresh Florida Grade A) —A REAL BARGAIN— We Clean. Dress. Cut and Deliver—no Charge Phone 540 1214 White Street . N . N : . , . LY LS |taxes levied in 1939, after all ad-| justments had been made under | the Murpky Act, averaged ap-! proximately 37 mills. The League said: “Proponents Jof the Murphy Tax Adjustment! j Law claimed the excessive tax delinquency which had accumu- lated up to 1937 was the after-| jmath of the real estate boom of the 1920’s and the economic de- ‘pression starting in 1929; and if property owners were permitted to adjust these back taxes, this |millage levied increased 13.5%. property would go back on the | “In 13 counties tax delinquency |tax rolls and the taxes thereafter | was higher in 1939 than before would be paid. This elmiination }passage of the Murphy Act. The \of tax delinquency, it was claim- | present trend indicates that de- ed, would result in a more equit-|linquency will be higher in 1940 {been applied tax delinquency was reduced only 4.7% on a_ state- wide average, and the average | den and reduce property tax jin another year will be higher in levies; all of which would be | practieally all counties. In a few! {done in the two-year period pro-; more years another tax adjust- vided in the Murphy Act. “We do not question the sin- | continue cerity of those who advanced this | tax system”. argument, but the two-year pe-| In conclusion, the League said: | iriod has now elapsed and facts show the Murphy Act has | Plediction was correct. Tax de- been a dismal failure”. jHinquency is the result of exces- According to the League’s state- | ment, “the total assessed value of | |property and not some temporary | real estate in 1936, the last tax emergency. The only way to, year before passage of the Mur- |cure the evil is to abolish the ad | phy Act, was $408,573,000 and|valorem method of taxing prop- property representing an assess-|erty and replace the ad valorem ed value of $97,000,000 was tax tax with a property tax based on delinquent; therefore, 23.8% of )@ percentage of the gross rental the property in the state was tax or other proceeds from the use of | delinquent”. |property, which would be fair, | *Continuing, the League reports: | equitable, and collectible. Cer- “On June 30th, 1939, at the end tainly, no fair minded person of the two full years provided for | ean object to submitting such a the operation of this*tax adjust- | change in our tax system to a ref- ment act, total assessed values of sete vote of the people”, “In other words, after the full | effects of the Murphy Act hadi able distribution of the tax bur-|in over one-half the counties and | ;ment act will be necessary if we| under the ad valorem | the |“This is proof that our previous! sive and inequitable taxation of | DAMAGED About 12 o'clock last night a C. Galey, driven by Ensign J. T. |Eversole, U. S. Navy, with a par- ty of guests, and a. Pontiac con- jvertible coupe, driven by J. Ortiz, came together at the cor- ner of White and Division streets. The Chrysler was badly damaged but the other car did not sustain igreat damage, being struck near the rear. Immediately after the accident ithe passengers received the at- tention of a physician but none were in need of medical assist- ance, except Mr. Ortid, who, it is understood, received a slight in- (jury to the left arm. Thefe avere no arrests as the ‘crash was considered an accident, jwith no responsibility to be cars, it hasbeen surance. 'HABANA-MADRID CLUB | ‘RIONDO DO RAMBLES’ ss Chrysler car belonging to Dr. H.} jlearned, carried the required in-| ROTES HEAR ABOUT THEIR SERVICE A REV. GEKELER SPOKE ON “SERVICE TO COMMUNITY” “DEMERITT HONORED In every community and civic activity Rotarians will be found jin the forefront, the Rev. John C. Gekeler declared yesterday in house. pas When thc meeting was turned over by Fresident William V. Lit- tle to Chairman Charles Taylor of the club’s service committee, jhe introduced the Rev. Mr. Geke- jler as speaker on a community service program. serving the community the mem- fact that the recent successful Chamber of Commerce campaign Ben Trevor paid a _ glowing tribute to Commander W. W. De- meritt of the United States Coast |Guard, former lighthouse super- | intendent here, who was attend- ing his last regular meeting of the | Key West Rotary Club. Com-/ mander Demeritt expects shortly to leave for Jacksonville to as- sume new duties under the Coast Guard. In response, the club unan- |prits had been riding previous to |!mously voted Commander De- meritt an honorary life member- ship for his outstanding service to community and the club. Commander Lyman K. Swen- json, commanding officer of the 64th division of the 32nd destroy- er squadron of the Key West neu- trality patrol, and Lt. Com- mander Carl H. Hilton, who is slated to succeed Commander De. meritt' ‘in the Coast Guard serv- tice here, were other official guests of the club. Sebastian Cabrera, Jr., intro- duced three guests, Dr. Gilbert Converse of Harvard University, ly of Bogota, Colombia; Maj. B. L. Smith, project engineer for the WPA in the southeastern area, who established the first airline ;to Cuba from Key’ West when he can Airways, and Harold DuBois, Detroit air conditioning engineer. Prof. Converse, a doctor of philosophy, made a few remarks in which he said that Key West was a friendly city that did not communities do. TEMPERATURES Lowest last Highest last night 24 hours 29 45 32 42 22 34 65 Stations Jacksonville KEY WEST _ Los Angeles - Louisville oe 24 30 63 84 72 81 82 33 46 77 Mpls.-St. Paul Bee! York 21 [aians. Prizes Every mele = The speaker emphasized that in | bers of the Rotary Club were not | to do so for self exploitation but | for the. betterment of. the city in! which they live. He stressed the! had been instigated by Rotarians. | |PUBLIC WORKS BOARD | CONSIDERS PLANS TO | BEGIN OPERATION OF | LATERAL PROJECT | Everett Russell, chairman of |the Board of Public Works, to- ‘day stated that operation Number Two Sewer plant, which | will serve most of the district of AT MEET YESTERDAY: W.W./ | between Whitehead street and eastern boundaries of the city. is jlikely to start within the next \five weeks, depending upon check of possibilities now being made. a a talk given before Key West Ro- | tary Club at the weekly lunch-; eon-meeting in St, Paul’s parish- | Immediate start of the jlateral project under WPA spon- sewer | sorship is contemplated, which, following the City Ordinance on ‘the subject recently passed, re- | quires that all property owners lin the district connect up private |property sewer lines with main | sewers. | Start of the lateral work will be made on Eaton street, it was announced, running from Duval streét"to the Palm-avenue site“of*” the sewerage disposal plant. Ap- proximately one-half of the curb connections on that street are in, it was stated. Present work being carried on consists of arranging for ship- | ment of pipe from Miami for the jlateral work and preparation for’ a series of tests of the sewers leading to the disposal plant to be made by City Engineet B. Curry Moreno. The City Ordinance requires that all property owners of the city connect up with the main sewers and that a flat charge of $10.00 per each connection ‘will be assessed, payable to the city tax collector. TOUCHTON WITHDRAWS an international traveler former- | was identified with Pan-Ameri- | lexploit the tourist as some other} FRED L. TOUCHTON (Special to The Citizen) | MIAMI, Mar. 15. — Former State Senator Fred L. Touchton, jAvon Park druggist; announced jhis retirement today.from the race for governor of-Florida be- |cause of lack of fun His withdrawal cut field of |announced cafididates for the |Democratic nomination in the |May primaries from 13 to 12. | Touchton expressed “deep Te- \gret” at his inability to 7 |the campaign, and added: “I announced as a businessman, feeling that there is a great need for business reform and general |development in Florida. I still | feel that burdensome taxation Sox business reforms must brought about before Florida can make any substantial Progress. ce op badl; i so ly as it needs one today”. finance ~ be PR.