The Key West Citizen Newspaper, March 16, 1940, Page 1

Associated Press Day Wire Service For 69 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West VOLUME LXI. No. 66. Che Key THE SOUTHERNMOST NE Welles Expected Peace Chance Not To Report Hopeless PREPARES TO. EMBARK MRS, ELLE LOWE | FOR HOME TODAY; | | CONFERS AGAIN | ENT ERS RACE FOR COUNT CIANO COMMISSIONER i | ROME, March. 16.—U. S. State | SEEKS TO REPRESENT FIFTH Department representative, Un- | DISTRICT: FIRST WOMAN! Welles, TO FILE FOR PRIMARY ON i MAY 7 der-secretary Sumner was in this city today preparing to embark for home shores. In last minute conversations} Announcement of Mrs. Ellie| with Italian officials, including |Lowe for the office of County | Foreign Minister Count Ciano, Commissioner, fifth district, | Welles was understood to have | marks the firgt woman to throw} expressed on with his her hat into the political ring for trip, especially in regard to the the coming Democratic primary } reception accorded him by the ‘on May 7. i heads of Germany, France and! Mfrs. Lowe is the wife of Judge | England. E. R. (Doc) Lowe, justice of the! Welles also talked with repre- ! sentatives of the Nazi govern-|Peace on the keys. Mrs. Lowe ment here, who were present was, born, raised ct ah etl for further conversations with | Key West and is widely Soe the Italians on foreign policy in here as well pron the keys. | regard to the Balkans. eos RE While no definite information of County Commissioner from | could be gained from Welles, it the fifth district, I do so with | was understood that he will in- the thought that I bey art ually form President Roosevelt and fied to serve as a County Com- State Department head, Cordell Missioner. My interest in the Hull, that peace is not impossible Keys as well as in Key West in Europe. omic concessions | Tenders AES tele odds who coma | by Britain i France could | S¢tve the intepests of the pesaeoeia | bring about cessation of hostili- | County fairly and impartially, ties, Welles is quoted as haying| 4 if elected, I promise my stated, ‘unofficially, ~“ but the! CVers wagapetstion with the others statement is countered with the Commissioners for the best in- certain knowledge of the Allied | terest of my county. desire not to conclude any peace Although she has never before (Continued on Page Four) | Sought office, Mrs. Lowe has al-| d ways been identified with every movement for the progress of the keys. She is vice-president of the Florida Keys Electrical Co- operative Association, is active 2 in Parent-Teacher Association work, has been a Pythian Sister for over 25 years. Mrs. Lowe is a charter mem- | ber and past-officer of the Semi-! nole Sisterhood, No. 286, Dames! of Malta, helped to organize the Protector’s Club of Dade County satis E a DARK HC) RSE ENTRY IIS SSL DSS s CANADIANS ENJOYED KEY WEST CLIMATE Bill Robinson and his brother, Jim, who have been residents of Key West since January 25, enjoying the fishing and especially the climate, called at The Citizen office this morning before leaving for their home in London, Ontario, Canada. The brothers were anxious to secure copies of the paper of yesterday to take with them and show the folks at home what kind of weather they have been enjoying when they have been living in the delightful climate of Key West and the people in Canada have been experienc- ing bitter cold. SLM SILI SS Ss CRUISER DO-HO AT PORTER DOCK NEWLYWEDS HAVE BOAT UN- DER CHARTER FOR THEIR HONEYMOON CRUISE Palatial Cruiser Do-Ho, owned by Howard Johnson of Boston, Miller of New York, was at the taking on gasoline and other supplies. Mr. and Mrs. Miller are newly- weds and at the suggestion of Captain C. C. Banck came to Key West to spend their honeymoon. They were enjoying a stroll about the city Thursday when The Citizen called. Captain Banck is an old-time SPAPER IN THE —. KEY WEST, FLORIDA, SATURDAY, MARCH 16, 1940 (W. W. DEMERITT HONORED TODAY BY ASSOCIATES PERSONNEL OF OLD LIGHT- HOUSE DISTRICT PRESENT- ED COMMANDER WITH RE- MEMBRANCE GIFTS junder ‘under charter to Mr. and Mrs, Al led but he expected that within jadvised Porter Dock yesterday morning | HANS WALKER HANS WALKER HERE YESTERDAY CANDIDATE FOR GOVERNOR VISITED WITH FRIENDS IN ISLAND CITY Hans Walker, of Jacksonville, was a visitor in Key West yester- day in the interests of his can- didacy for the governorship of Florida, subject to the Democratic primaries in May. Mr. Walker's campaign slogan ‘From an orphan’s home to the Governor’s Mansion”. He is an energetic cam- paig supported chiefly by con- tributions of friends he has made in the business world of the state during the past several years. A native of Florida, Mr. Walk- er str s the need for a business man at the head of the state gov- ernment. His platform calls for the Golden Rule, Common Horse Sense and Practical Business Management. Mr. Wsiker last visited Key West in 1918 on the occasion of his sister's marriage to F. B Chappelle, the ceremony being performed by Rev. Harry Day. Poltical prognosticators have listed Mr. Walker in the “dark horse” classification in regard to chances for election. is: and is now an honorary member | visitor to the city, having made and organizer of the Aarogon Club of Dade County. C. P. Bentley’s yacht Shiawassie, a number of visits as captain of | Contributing to the betterment and the first person he asked for of the youth of the Keys, Mrs. upon. arrival was his “dear Lowe organized the Modern friend Chief of Police Ivan El- Knights of America at Taver-| wood”, nier, known as Knights of the! Gs ee ces Round Table, a non-sectarian or- ganization which established the G00D SPONGE first public library on the Keys. She is a member of the Theo- sophical Society as well as the Christian Church and has been active in the movement to estab- hy lish the church at Tavernier. | Sales of sponges at the Munici- Mrs. Lowe asks | the support! pal dock this week were few but of all her friends here and on|there were surprising prices paid the Keys in the May Democratic | for several lots, among them one Primary. | lot of 140 bunches, which brought | ——____—_. |$868 or more than $6 per bunch. JUDGE LORD WILL | ‘Altogether there were 380 | | bunches displayed on the dock, }mentioned there was another lot lof 101 bunches, which brought $489.40, another lot bringing WILL SEEK RE-ELECTION TO |) ining similar prices. COUNTY JUDGE SRSmpE asia aes PosT SF FS IS ft fh ANNOUNCE LATER | aside from the 140 bunches |$128.87 and the other offerings |DR. CANFIELD CAUGHT It appears from the files in the | office of the Clerk of the Circuit | Court, that Raymond R. Lord to- | day qualified to run for re-elec- tion as Monroe County Judge. | When contacted by The Citi- ; zen’s reporter, Judge Lord stated | that he would make his formal | announcement in this paper dur- jing’ the latter part of next week. | Dr. Harry Canfield again captured the “Fishing Head- lines” of the day today with the story of a catch made Thursday of a six and one- half foot sand shark made off Sand Key with a rod and reel. | Dr. Canfield, John Stock- | ing and Dr. C. W. Johnson Pena’s otae - Roses [es ot eee she “Oates” SPECIAL DANCE |, *swiiom Brows" Mrs. William Brown. The wives assisted in haul- SUNDAY NITE. MARCH 17 (St. Patrick’s Day) ing in thirty-eight “kingfish in the short span of but one Special Music and Entertainment and one-half hours. Mes- SURPRISE ORCHESTRA Dress Like an Irishman and Enjoy Yourself | No Admission — No Cover caught a good dose of sun- burn each. which they are all displaying to friends. OOM IIIH: SALES REPORTED {position which he sought as he HUGE SAND SHARK| | ;from Ley | Commander William W. De- imeritt, U.S. Coast Guard, was jthis morning the recipient of personnel of the old lighthouse {service, whose representatives en- tered the office and placed the gifts on his desk. The remembrances consisted of a desk set of pens, a pen and pencil pocket set and a _hand- some brief case. On the base of the pen set was a gold plate with the following inscription: “Wil- liam W. Demeritt, as a token of appreciation from the personnel District”. The presentation was made by Lieutenant H. B. Haskins, who, in a brief speech, recalled the as- sociation of the personnel with the recipient and feclingly told of the many nappy moments spent the former superinten- dent, and the regret which was felt by all at the separation to come in the near future. In accepting the gifts Mr. De- meritt said that his association with the personnel of the serviee had ever been of the kind it was a delight to remember, and ex- pressing his appreciation of the handsome rememberances, said that he will ever cherish the jmemories of the pleasant hours and that the personnel of the Seventh District could ever de- pend on him exercising his every effort which would mean ad- vance for the members. Following this very delightful no orders had as yet been receiv- the next few days he would be from headquarters to turn over the command of the station to Commander Carl H. Hilton, U.S.C.G., and he would be ordered to report at Jacksonville, JOHNSON IN RACE FOR CONSTABLE QUALIFIES AND WILL SEEK FIRST DISTRICT ELEC- TION VICTORY Harry Johnson, present mem- |ber of the Key West police force, jannounced today that he weuld be a candidate for Constable of the First District in the May Democratic Primary. In making his formal announce- ment, Johnson said that he was acquainted with the duties of the had served for about two years as Constable of the First District. For more than one year he was a deputy sheriff and he has serv- jed for five years as a police offi- cer of Key West under administrations. “The people of Key West know me and know that I am qualified various jto fill the position and I will ap- preciate their support in the May primary”, Johnson said. RITES TOMORROW FOR MRS. RIG Mrs. Julia Riggs, 71, died this morning in her residence, 616 White street, at 11 oclock. Fun- eral services will be held tomor- row afternoon at 4:30 o'clock Memorial Church, where the body will be placed at 2 o'clock. Rev. O. C. Howell’will officiate. Pritchard’s Funeral Home witl' be in charge of arrangements. Mrs. Riggs is survived by one daughter, Mrs. Lorena Buckley; one son, Dewey Riggs; six grand- children and four great-grand- children. JURORS SEW LOS ANGELES.—Faced by a four-day recess, six women jur- ors settled themselves to do a bit of sewing. Their demand for a sewing machine was filled and the women, armed with patterns, scissors and the necessary mate- rials, went to work, |three magnificent presents by the | of the old Seventh Light House } episode, Mr. Demeritt said that Hears “Some Good “Ones FEATURE STORIES A priceless book will some day be compiled when the Chamber of Commerce can spare the funds to-employ a stenographer to stand down the conversation that flows ;back and forth in an _ endless stream across that venerable structure. | There is the party from the middlewest who learns with in- |dignant amazement of the exist- jence of Fort Taylor and scorn- jfully asks, “What did they want with a fort way- down here?” | There is the man who exhibits lan inclination “to take us apart” because he came down here to leet a sailfish, has only two days {to spare and the wind is blowing jtoo hard to permit of his fishing {in comfort. ' And then there is a_ letter which the writer evidently in- ;tended should not go astray, since it is addressed to the postmaster, “Key West, Straits of Florida”. | At any rate, the writer knew his ‘geography, which is more than jean be said for the correspondent | who inquired about the quality of jthe road to Fort Jefferson. Life in the Chamber of Com- merce is just one grand, sweet song, interspersed with a sour note at long intervals. FRASER ASSURES | GLADES BACKERS |GUARANTEES ACTION IF HE GAINS GOVERNOR'S MANSION (Special to ‘The Citizen) ST. AUGUSTINE, Mar. 16.— | Establishment of Everglades Na- tional Park as a wild-life shrine was urged this week by Walter Fraser, business man _ candidate ‘for governor, who pledged his vigorous energies to this end. “When I am governor”, he told Ernest F. Coe, director of the Everglades National Park Asso- ciation, the organization that has |worked untiringly for years for the establishment of the park, “the delayed action will begin. I |propose to urge establishment of the park by the Federal govern- iment as part of my all-inclusive program for the far-flung de- } velopment of this state”. Fraser’s pledge also was given ;to the directors of the organiza- \tion, composed of former Con- .gressman J. Mark Wilcox, presi- dent; Martin F. Avery, Frederick |W. Borton, Roscoe Brunstetter, Bryan C. Hanks, George E. Holt, | James T. Larimore, N. P. Lowery, \Francis M. Miller, Mrs. T. V. ;Moore, Thomas J. Pancoast, |Frank O. Pruitt, Ross Reeder, R. | Warner Ring, Leonard A. Usina, F. Lowry Wall, H. Sayre Wheeler and A. W. Ziebold. TEMPERATURES Lowest last Highest last Stations— night 24 hours Atlanta - ae 53 |Boston St aa [Buffalo ___ 22 28 Charleston —_.. 55 Chicago 35 Denver 55 | Detroit 30 El Paso - 70 Havana 73 Jacksonville _ 59 iKansas City — 66 KEY WEST . 72 {Los Angeles 80 | Louisville 50 {Miami 62 |Mpls.-St. Paul 37 |New York ; Pittsburgh 4 St. Louis ; San Francisco {Seattle { 37 2 Key West CONCH FOLLIES VARIETY REVUE Sponsored by Key West Society of Artists Saturday. March 16, 9:00 P. M. Habana-Madrid Club Benefit Children’s Playground Fund and the Community Art Center COUPLE $1.00 at the information desk and take | pst Citizrn U.S.A. DRAW JURORS’ LIST FOR NEXT COURT SESSION FIFTY NAMES DRAWN: RE- TURNABLE AT OPENING OF COURT NEXT MONDAY AT 9:30 A. M. Criminal Court met this morn- !Judge Wm. V. Albury presiding, jand County Solicitor Allan B. |Cleare, Jr, Clerk C. Sam B. Curry and Chief Deputy Bernard Waite attending. | After a few preliminaries the i judge started to draw the names jthe term of court which meets |Monday morning with the. jury !venire returnable at 9:30 o’clock. 'There are several cases on the idocket for the week. Names for the jury, which {were announced by Judge Al- {bury, were: | Everett R. Rivas, J. R. Comba, ‘Stanford Watkins, Orlando Cara- |ballo, Pedro Aguilar, J. C. Gard- ner, Thaddeus Gates, Angel Fruito, Wesley P. Archer, Jr., Berl Ralph Pinder, Jr., Edward |Goehring, Rafael Estevez, W. Frank Johnson, Fred Saunders, ;Horace Albury, F. S. Elbertson, Mario Pena, Rafael Henriquez, W. H. Entwhistle, P. R. Monsalvatge, Wilson Jolly, Simon E. Creole. Bernardo Vidal, John W. Saw- yer, C. N. Recio, Joaquin Barrosa, Hubert J. Roberts, C. R. Richard- son, Robert Shuitz, Samuel J. |Higgs, Frank Milord, Benjamin N. Adams, Whitmore Russell, Wil- liam B. Cline, Julio Barcelo, Jr., Charles Fernandez, E. J. Bayly, \Thomas Garcia, Agusto Aguerro, Charles L. Pinder, Eugene Al- bury (Buster), G. W. Hanshaw, Jose Geo. Piodela; Phillip J. Bak- er, Ralph R. Russell, John A. | Roberts, Clifton Bailey, Manuel Rodriguez, Samuel Kemp, W. P. Burchell. SEEK3 RE-ELECTION core JUDGE TRAMMELL IN CITY TODAY VISITED WITH FRIENDS IN INTERESTS OF CAN- DIDACY Judge Worth W. Trammell was in Key West today visiting with friends in the interests of his can- didacy for nomination to succeed himself as Circuit Court Judge of the Eleventh Circuit, compos- ing Dade and Monroe counties. | In a conversation with» The Citizen this morning,» Judge Trammell stated that he-has been on the Circuit Court bench for a little more than eight years, dur- ing which time he has “served faithfully and ably; always pay- ing strict attention to the duties of my post”. Judge Trammell has visited oft- en in the Island City and has a number of friends here. Whitman’s Easter Candies JUST ARRIVED Easter Wrapped, priced from 5c to $3.00 Suitable for Grandchildren to Grandfather KEY WEST DRUG CO. ing at the county courthouse with ; lof the jurors who will serve at} Key West, Florida, has the most equable climate in the country; with an average range of only 14° Fahrenheit PRICE FIVE CENTS Stiff Head Winds — Caused Yachts To Cancel Race Evettt J TSI IITI ISS. | PERKY FUNERAL WEATHER ABATES; SERVICES MONDAY| PEIRCE RETURNS TO- | NIGHT WILL BE HELD WHEN services for R. C. Perky, who died yesterday morning in this city, will be held next Monday afternoon, at 2:30 o’clock. Burial will be in Woodlawn cemetery. Jack Perky, son of Mr. Perky, and sole survivor of the owner of Perky, Fla., is in i > Satie | Advice received today from ‘Havana from Rear-Commodore | albert E. Peirce, Jr.. |that the Havana-Key West Yacht stated to ‘Race, originally scheduled Miami, having arrived here sar from the Cuban capital city shortly after his father's ‘jast night at 5:00 o'clock, had death yesterday. { Be ts been called ‘o! jue to vy ISI DISS SF S FST : head winds, and that it will not BASKETBALL |be held until Sunday or Monday. Yacht, Club officials had made CHAMPS WERE {all preparations, following all de- ’ jtails as outlined in the papers LIONS GUESTS #s week, including the finish- | line ceremony which was to have aes {boo held as the racing yachts SIX MEMBERS OF TEAM AT-~sailed inbetween two of the Key |West Neutrality Patrol destroy- TENDED SUPPER-MEETING fers anchored in the harbor. THURSDAY: OUTSTANDING} Apparently, according to ad- vice received, entering boats in RECORD REVIEWED the race had intended to make the race up to the very last ee Minute. Vice-Commodore~Horace Key West Lions were hosts to: P. Connable reported that the their champion basketball team | Coast Siergerd octien ae . ,Stationed a’ e starting line in members Thursday at the SUP-|iavana, had. indicated that fact per-meeting, with President Ger-jin a message to headquarters ald Saunders in the chair. jhere at 4:30 o'clock yesterday. It Program featured a recital of | is thought that the yachts had the club’s prowess in camtuaran Pore. ieee up to the prs i .|to the harbor, preparing to star! tne: Inland City Lease: cham-| rece, and then had given -<ip pionship with an undefeated rec- due to the heavy seas breaking ord in the schedule just now com-| into the harbor. ing to an end. Twelve victorie’| The U. S. S. Lea, flagship’ of were gained against seven con-|the local destroyer fleet, on tending quintets. sated! last evening, kept in touch Guests of the club, members of! with both Havana and Key West. the team, were: Bob Saunders,| According to previous arrange- Joe Pinder, Newton Ketchings, Chester Knowles, Mervin Rosam and Ygnacio Carbonell. Lions and guests combined in} jment, she was to have escorted | the yachts to Key West on ~its |return from patrol duty. Mr. Peirce is expected in Key a guessing contest to name the} West late tonight or early to- total points amassed by the club’s|morrow. He advised that he will five during the twelve league |come over on the 70-foot yawl, games and two games played |Gulf Stream, which was to have with Miami teams. Team mana- | been. in the race, but will have to ger, Joe Lopez, came closest to | forego the event in lieu of neces- the total, which was 942. Lions’ | sity #6 return to its home port. five’s opponents were allowed| The remaining six boats, the 536 points. | Wakiva, Stormy Weather, Con- It was pointed out at the meet- | dor, Admate, and Half Moon, to- ing last night that. the record | gether with the Joseph Conrad, achieved entitled the team to bet- | escorting vessel, will remain in ter than “A-Point-A-Minute” |Havana until the weather clears, slogan, in that the total time|and then race for Key West. consumed in the 14 games was} Yacht Club officials an- but 560 minutes. |nounced that the “Steak and Lion H. V. Kepner of Denver, | Stein” party scheduled for © to- Colo., was a visitor at the meet-|night, will be held next Monday ing. Mr. Kepner, a retired school | night at the club quarters on teacher, visited Key West 50 years |Trumbo Island, at 5:30 o'clock. ago. Chief Randall Wagner was SST TANKER SALINAS DISCHARGES OIL Navy Tanker U.S.S. Salinas, with a cargo of 12,000 barrels of fuel oil and 12 tons of general cargo, arrived in port last eve- ning and, this morning came up| to Pier B and. began discharging. “Ships af the Key West neutral- ity patrol in port today were the Destroyers Lea, flagship, and Twiggs, Wickes, Philip and the Tender Gannet. VAGRANT WO! HELD FOR COURT Katherine Price, who was ar- rested yesterday for wandering aimlessly in the streets, apparent- ly with no place to go, giving evidence of being a vagrant, was | given a hearing this morning be- fore Peace Justice Franklin Aren- berg. The tesimony in the case was such as to warrant the accused being placed under bond of $50 for the next term of Criminal Court. RAUL’S CLUB ‘Tonight, 10 till ? GALA FLOOR SHOW Peaturing PRINCESS KeKAI “Pearl of the South Seas” in HAWAIIAN LOVE DANCE Reyes, Jr., Cuban others , and vid KeKai’s Hawaiian Orchestra Admission or Cover Charge Tenor Music by NEWS Prices: 10c, 15 arid 25¢