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

Associated Press Day Wire Service For 69 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West VOLUME LXI. No. 67. Hitler Confers With | Ii Duce; Final Peace Terms BelievedGiven ‘W. W. DEMERITT MUSSOLINI EXPECTED TO TRANSMIT INFORMA-| TION TO SUMNER} GETS WORD OF WELLES TOMORROW J AX TRANSFER (By Associated Press) Dat ee LONDON, Mar. 18—Proof;wiLL LEAVE KEY WEST NEXT that the Rome-Berlin axis still! THURSDAY; COMDR. HIL- TON BELIEVED SUCCESSOR TO TAKE CHARGE exists and of its apparent soli- darity, came today when authori- ties here were given information } of a conference held between | Commander W. W. Demeritt Adolf Hitler and Benito Mus- (this morning received orders from ial | Admiral R. R. Waesche, in Wash- solini over the weekend at Bren-| ington, D. C., commanding the |U. S. Coast Guard, advising him apie Fi he will rélinquish’‘ his com- jmand of the station in Key West |and report for duty at headquar- ters in Jacksonville. | Mr. Demeritt read the orders Z Z aa = in the presence of the office force and only eu can be brought tata Beatiqueetereiatiding snd tae into the picture at this time to! vised Lieutenant Henry B. Has- interpret just what the future |kins that he was in command of \the station until further orders, jor until he was relieved by Lieu- One source of information be-| tenant Comander Carl H. Hilton, lieved that Hitler gave important! who is expected to succeed Com- information Mussolini for ;Mander Demeritt at Key West. transmission to Sumner Welles, ' Mr. Demeritt, who has been President Roosevelt's “fact, |SuPerintendent of lighthouses in Ee - ae pee district since 1913, told The finder", who is awaiting em-| Citizen, after the orders had been barkation in Rome for his trip read that he will leave for his home to the United States. “The ;new station next Thursday. real peace terms—suitable to the} Nazis”, was believed the TANKER SALINAS thought by many observers. i SAILED TODAY Press~ dispatches from Berlin ject of the. conference, it announced that a “surprise an-j ner Pass, the frontier the two countries. No official report of the con- ference was given out, however, | holds in store for Europe. to sub-} was | AUTO STEALER ASSESSED $500 FINE IN COURT MUST ALSO PAY COSTS OF $373.77; ONLY CASE HEARD IN FIRST CRIMINAL COURT SESSION Criminal Court, with Judge ; William V. Albury presiding, met ! this morning with County Soli- citor Allan B. Cleare, Jr., Clerk C. Sam B. Curry and - Chief Deputy Bernard Waite, and at- torneys attending. Thirty-seven of the venire of! jurors which was drawn Satur- day to attend, responded to the cals There was but one case called for trial, and that was Harvey Louis Bigston, alias Dick, alias Richard Bigston. This man was arrested by the | authorities in Dayton, Ohio, and brought to Key West by Con- jstable Cleve Johnson, from the iKeys district, and arrived last Thursday night, along with the car which had been stolen. When arraigned, Bigston promptly entered a plea of guilty | to a charge of stealing the car and on a grand larceny charge of the theft of goods and chattels amounting to $70. On the latter charge the judge deferred sentence. On the charge of the theft of the car the ac- cused was sentenced to pay a fine of $500 and costs of $373.77, with the understanding that if 'the fine is paid the costs will be deferred. Court was then recessed until tomorrow morning at 9:30 o'clock. K. 0. THOMPSON HAS ANNOUNCED | | KEY WEST, FLORIDA. MONDAY, MARCH 18, 1940 A Story Of Club Eaifice DISCOVERED AT 7:00 O’CLOCK THIS MORNING; OF- FICERS UNABLE TO GIVE REASON FOR BLAZE 1 Only the frame-work of the;Fire Stations responded to the | upper story of the Centro As-/call. Before water could be | turiano building on Duval street | thrown on the blaze, however, | Bs «imost of the roof was in flames. | was left standing this morning | Aquilino Lopez, Jr., president | following the effects of a fire of | of a club housed in the building, undetermined origin which broke|stated this noon that the struc- | out some time after 7:00 o'clock. | ture was not insured, byt that a! The lower floor, while:in appar-{recent valuation of $7,500 ha ent good condition, was water|been placed on the property. | soaked and considerable damage }Chief Baker stated that his esti- to goods stored there was re-! mate of damage, inflicted was $4,- ported. 000. The building is situated be-} Dr. E. Rodriguez was at club! tween ithe Gilbert-Jefferson Hotel |headquarters until an early hour and the offices of the Key West|this morning and left about 3:30 Housing Authority. Efficient }o’clock, with the steward, Ange-| work on the part of the fire fight-|lito Rojo, for Miami. Mack Saun-; ers of the city under‘direction of ders, whe has been living there} Chief Harry Baker kept the since his boat was destroyed by | flames from spreading to those | recent high winds, left the build- structurest ling about 5:30 o’clock this morn- | mediately after discovery of ing and reported that everything | the fire Ivan Saundets, an | was in order. The men could give | alarm wag sent in from Box 12. Che Key West Citizen | THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN THE U.S.A. Key West, Florida, has the most equable climate in the country; with an average range of only 14° Fahrenheit PRICE FIVE CENTS SOCIAL PLANNING :|Weather Beat Us’ ‘Yacht Club Heads CONFERENCE TO BE HELD APRIL 21 MISS KETCHUM APPOINTED TO REPRESENT MONROE COUNTY AT JACKSON- VILLE CONFERENCE (Special tv ‘The Citizen) JACKSONVILLE, Mar. 18.— ith only five weeks remaining before the opening of the Flor- lida State Conference of Social Work in Jacksohviile on April 21 and the conference program almost complete, area chairmen are being appointed daily in the | ifferent sections of the state by Kenneth Van der Hulse, state membership chairman, of Green | Cove Springs. Miss Louise Ketchum was appointed yesterday as chair- man for Monroe county. Social planning is the thread which will run State; Race Off TRAINING COURSE FOR RECREATION WORKERS OPENS FIRST SESSION AT PARISH HALL TONIGHT! MISS DUN- BAR AND MRS. LIVING- STON TO CONDOCT Miss Ednis | technician, ‘Livingston, Dunbar, project Mrs. Anne of the and assistant, |THREE YACHTS CRUISED OVER, IN TOWN TO- DAY; CLUB PARTY SCHEDULED TONIGHT Officials of the Key West Yacht ;Club announced this morning that the Havana-Key West Yacht Race was definitely off for this year, with the added comment that “the weather beat us”. | Head winds that blew up jheavy seas at the entrance to Ha- vana harbor Friday afternoon through the State’ WPA Recreation Depart-!had delayed departure of the whole conference program this’ ment, arrived in this city last/six yachts entered in the race, year, Mrs. Constance Pringle Rudd, St. Petersburg, president. ' ‘night for the purpose of conduct- public heatth being highlighted. | Institute here under sponsorship This annual conference is the; ‘ ‘ only organization in Florida that jot the Co ity Recreation Committee. Four engines from Nos. 1 and 3 US. Survey Chief Cites Needs Of Wildlife At Conference i e (Special to WASHINGTON, D. C., Mar. |no explanation as to the origin of} |the fire. "The Citizen) {never again so long as it is in-| brings together all persons en- gaged in the broad field of social welfare. It provides an oppor- tunity for interested citizens, public officials, board members, and professional workers toe meet together so that informa- tion may be shared, problems realized, and inspiration given to find solutions, Members of the executive committee besides Mrs. Rudd in- At a meeting held this morning jat La Concha hotel, under chair- manship of Albert E. Peirce, Jr., president, the committee decided to call the first institute meeting tonight, at 7:15 o'clock, at St. Paul's Parish Hall. Future meet- ‘ings, which will be held twice daily at 3:30 and 7:15 o'clock, at the National Guard Armory i 18.—The needs of wildlife in the|habited by man produce as! | By a aes abundantly and prolificly as it! future are threefold Dr. Ira N. | gia atone the ohite nreaookc | Gabrielson told the Fifth An- | over the country and utilized it nual North American Wildlife! to his own advantage and for his | Conference here today, as Na- | gwn Apical Gabrielson ad- tional Wildlife Week opened. | #mitted.. x “We need in the future and | Speaking of the need for in- (Fort Myers; | Moore, clude Loris R. Bristol, West Palm on white street, it was stated. Beach; Miss Marion Mickler,; Attending the meeting this Tampa; Robert R. Walden, St. morning besides Miss Dunbar Petersburg; Miss Sada Bostick, and Mrs. Livingston, were Com- Quincy; Miss Hester Graham, mander B. D. Quinn, of the Navy , Judge Chester M. forces, Mrs. Eva Warner, secre- Wiggins, Bartow; Dr. Coyle E. tary, Adrian O’Sweeney, treas- Tallahassee;- and Miss urer, and Allan Armstrong, vice- jand the same winds continued to ‘stated, with social Igislation and ‘ing a five-day Leader Training |°27ce! all possibility of holding ‘the race this year. | Three of the yachts, however, are in Key West today, and the owners and crews will be guests of the Yacht Club tonight at \headquarters, where, at 5:30 o'clock, a “Steak and Stein” par- ty will be given. The yachts at jlocal dockage this morning are: \the Gulf Stream, the Stormy |Weather and the Admate. Anoth- er yacht, the Wakiva, is expected to arrive soon, perhaps in time for tonight’s informa! party. ‘ All yachts cruised over to-this city from Havana not risking any race speeds, and, according to owners, that method appeared wise in that bueking seas would have caused tonsiderable damage to gear and equipment on the _vessels. This, it was pointed out, further substantiated the ad- visability of cancellation of the race. Still another yacht, the Java formation, Gabrielson urged ac- will need more and more, to de- | curate nationwide wildlife in- velop more dependable and ac- | ventories, taken at frequent in- |curate information on the stocks | tervals—a taking stock of the of wildlife and the harvest avail-| country’s wildlife resources. Gladys Maleolm, Mrs. Mary Mc- president. ;Cormick Pynchon and Mrs. ee A full recreation instruction itha A. Bedell, all of Jacksonville. ' course will be offered all inter- More than 1,000 members are: ested in the city by the WPA jexpected for the meetings in technicians. School teachers, nouncement would be forthcom-| ‘Tanker Salinas, which arrived ing in a day or two”, in regard to; Friday night with a shipment of future three-nation policy. This | 12,000 barrels of fuel oil for the is interpreted to, mean that the tanks at the naval station and a ishipment of general merchan- FOR RE-ELECTION PRESENT SHERIFF IS’ IN Germans, Russians and Italians dise, finished unloading Satur- are working out a formula for|day afternoon and sailed at 1 future operations. jo’clock today. Welles is reported to have had | Other vessels of the U. S. Navy another audience with Pope!in the harbor this morning were Pius XII today. He is reported |the Destroyers Lea, flagship of to have been given some ad-\the neutrality patrol squadron in vance information as to whaticommand of Captain A. S; Car- final words before he departs| Wickes, Philip, Schenck and the home. It is known that Ger- | Tender Gannet. manj Foreign Minister Von} oemenietapaienteienementmeins Father in talks last week, and it | is thought that this information, the United States’ under-secre- | tary. | President Aquilino Lopez, Jr., hi . {of the Centro Asturia Club, is- NAZI AIRPLANES | ones ale titte entreeting abet RAID SCAPA FLOW 'mtembers of the organization at BERLIN, Mar. 18.—German of- | 7:30 o'clock tomorrow evening in ficials today stated that their/the Island City building, 207 bombing raid on the Scapa Flow} All members of the organiza- navy base in north Scotland, | tion are requested to be present and that many navy ships were as matters of importance will be Mussolini might have to say in| pender; Williams, Twiggs, Ribbentrop divulged much of | at least in part, was passed on to CLUB T0 HOLD MEET | sues a call for a meeting of the air force conducted a successful ! Duval street. either badly damaged or*sunk. | discussed. Fuller Warren Spoke Here Saturday Night Fuller Warre: candidate for governor, addr ing a respon- sive and enthusiastic audience here Saturday night, pledged the early completion of the Pine Key to Key West road, and the Plan- tation Key Road, if he is elected to the high office he seeks. platform in which I say I will do everything possible to increase Florida’s tourist trade, which is ness in Florida.” Discussing further his plans to increase the tourist which, he estimated, amounts to the most important single busi-! business | Declaring that his study of the situation indicates that the neces- sary road improvements and eli- mination of the wooden bridges; will cost only about $295,000, Warren said he understood the Federal government stands ready to donate half that cost. “I have travelled about 5,000 miles over this State in the past month,” Warren added, “and I can truth- fully state that this is the longest almost a half billion dollars per year, Warren declared he will exert every effort to remove livestock from the highways and remedy a situation which is causing some travel bureaus to route tourists to other resort states, and making many visitors to Florida vow never to return. He also outlined a plan to make personal visits to the north and middle-west each year, and RACE TO SUCCEED HIM- SELF; CALLS ATTENTION | TO PAST PERFORMANCE In formally announcing his| candidacy for re-election, | Sheriff Karl O. Thompson told} The Citizen today he had re- ceived so many public expres- sions of confidence in his ad-j| ministration that he felt impelled ito seek the office for the third time. | “Because of these expressions | of confidence in my administra- tion of the sheriffs office and County Jail, I intend to seek re- election on my record”, Sheriff Thompson declared. “That rec- ord and the County Jail are| jopen to public inspection at all/ times, for both have been kepti clean and wholesome. | “The laws have been enforced | jimpartially for the benefit of the} people of Monroe county; crim- | inals have been rounded up and} arraigned efficiently and with dispatch; there have been noj crime waves in this county be-j cause they were smothered by the sheriff's office before had a chance to expand. “With the assistance of a cap- able, honest, hard-working staff, the sheriff's officé has been run like any efficient private enter- prise. We have been alert,;| courteous and responsive to levery public demand, to every activity that required action on! our part. In short, we have} given the taxpayers of this coun- | ty good service at all times, so; that we feel confident they will | igive us their continued sup- | port.” ; Sheriff Thompson was elected in 1932, and has served continuously since he took office! jJan:.8, 1933, having been re-' elected in 1936. While serving | as sheriff, Mr. Thompson has al-; so taken an active part in many | civic activities, and has been a} they | able,” the Chief of the U. S.! In emphasizing the need for jobvious that this continent can — | Bureau of Biological Survey told the assembled wildlife authori- | of: America’s wildlife resources, ties. |Gabrielson said that greater pro- “The second great need in the |duction can be obtained in only wildlife conservation field it two ways—by the purchase of} seems to me is more land on |new land to be devoted to wild- which the production of wildlife | life production or by the further is the primary enterprise,’ Gab- SAVE AMERICA rielson continued. ‘And, the | i Holp Protect | | Your third and greatest need is educa- | tion in many fields.” | WATIONAL WILDLIFE RE “In this connection, it seems STATE HEADS OF | EMPLOYMENT HERE ;development of land no | able. “It has always seemed to me Stee <q. | that too much of our effort in pais eae fenlaney ace Be |conservation work was in cue due, no doubt, to the construction | rare re ri sctlendtieg ees | of the Overseas Highway and the thatee Neve ae Peon devciooed characteristics of Key West peo- an effective mechanism for get- ae to carry on and never SIV ting conservation understanding Thus spoke Fons A. Hathaway, |274,inrormation into the | mings director of the Florida State Em-|2nq appreciate its. basic sig- ployment Service, who, with | nificance for the future human Assistant Director G. A. Duncan, | Meipare of this country.” arrived in the city yesterday on | é business. Mr. Hathaway expressed him- self as being most pleased with the local service work being con- ducted by William V. Little, di-| | ! | i rector of the Key West effice. i The visitors left this afternoon | for, up-state points. |MOST OF EDDIE BUSH'S LOSS TEMPERATURES HAS BEEN RE- ; COVERED STORATION WEEK 3. 1940 MARCH 2 w avail- “Since we have been here two | | 1 Lowest last Highest last Stations— !Atlanta first Boston Buffalo Charleston, Chicago Denver Detroit El Paso Havana factor behind several campaigns |Jacksonville for county improvements, his!Kansas City night 45 25 26 54 35 23 30 47 66 54 40 24 hours 75 40 37 74 63 51 36 76 77 77 77 ) Eddie Bush, from whom a car (was stolen along with about $60 worth of paraphernalia and cloth- ting last week, called at the office ; Jacksonville, which will «last Wednesday, April 24. ‘OFFICE SEEKERS PAY IN $25,000 SECRETARY OF STATE RE- PORTS $8,845.60 GOES TO PARTY FUND TALLAHASSEE, Fla., Mar. 18 (FNS).—Seéretary of State R. A.’ Gray reported last week that candidates seeking nomination jin state and district offices in the May primaries have paid a total Sunday School teachers, P.-T. A. more land in future development ;from Sunday, April 21, through officials, Boy and Girl Scout leaders, Navy and Army person- {nel and representatives of all or- {ganizations are being contacted |to stress the desirability of at- tendance at the courses to be of- fered. ‘CAR DAMAGED ON HIGHWAY An automobile, property of a Mr. Saul, struck a slippery place in the highway near Summer- ‘land Key, approximately 31 miles from Key West, went off the road and was badly damaged. Louis Aguerro, who arrived in Head, with George Schaeffer, Bobby Bryant and Howard Finch, of Detroit, aboard, came into port ; Saturday morning, having left 'Havana Thursday afternoon. A trying trip was experienced by jthe crew and it was thought the {seams had been badly sprung, jalthough .drydock examination jrevealed none, of sufficient _se- vereness to hold the yacht from proceding to Miami Saturday |afternoon. Aboard the Gulf Stream, which | arrived Saturday night at mid- jnight, were the owner, Dudley | Sharp, and Mrs Sharp, Mr. and | Mrs. Ernest Fay, Mr. and Mrs. |Wheeler Nazro and _ Richard | Richie, all of Houston, Texas, ‘and Rear-Commodore A. E. | Peirce, Jr., of the local club. | The Stormy Weather cruised of $24,949 in qualification fees. , the city last night, gave The Citi- into port about one hour after Of this amount $8,845.60 was ‘zen the above information. He | the Gulf Stream and the Admate turned over to the State Demo-{|W@S a member of the party rid- | arrived late yesterday. cratic Executive Committee. Three percent of a year’s salary is charged by the state for quali- fying fee, and the Democratic Committee levies an additional two percent. Candidates for county offices do not qualify with the Secretary of State, but with the clerk of the circuit court of their county. The deadline for qualification is March 23. SESS EaBSs: vi ‘PAT’ MANSKER LEFT— BUT HAD TO RETURN Miss Frances “Pat” Mans- ker. of Jackson, Tenn., who has been at the naval station since operations started, and jof The Citizen Saturday and said that most of his losses had been; recovered by the sheriff's office. |The. car was found the same night, of the theft. | Chief Deputy Bernard Waite a ing in the vehicle at the time of Ithe accident and revealed there were no one injured. The damaged car is now in a shop in the city being repaired. | Officials, while disappointed j with the race cancellation, . an- {nounced that plans were “goirig forward for a “bigger and better jevent next year.” ‘Building Activity, Real Estate ~ Transactions Considerable activity in real estate was noted in this city as last week closed with a number of transactions reported at the county courthouse and much new construction and repairing work reported at the building inspec- tor’s office at city hall. Col. Shelby C. Leasure, new resident here, has purchased the three houses at the corner of South and Whitehead streets, owned by the late Judge Vining Harris. His daughter, Mrs. Marion Harris Lowe, was the seller. The corner house and lot sold for $6,500, the price for the other two stone houses and continuous stretch of bad road tojin speeches before luncheon be found on any arterial highway | clubs, civic groups, over the in Florida. Its immediate im-/ radio, ete., delineate Florida’s at- provement is essential to the!tractions and bring increasing future of Key West's tourist numbers of visitors here. business; and what helps and in-| Warren also stressed two other! five-day attack of sneezing, Mar-|New York _ creases the tourist business here important planks in his plat- is of benefit to all our State. My form; his plans to lower electric promise to put this road in good light rates, and to add from 15 to condition is in full accordancé!18 million dollars annually to the with the plank in my published; (Continued On Page Four) friends state. SNEEZES FOR 5 DAYS MARIETTA, O.—During the jorie Ruth Kaneff, 11-year-old girl, was flooded with telephone calls, telegrams, letters and what- not, giving her advice as to what ite do to stop the sneezing. jand Patrol Officer Ray Atwell |had been on the job since Thurs ‘day night in search of the loot jand Friday night succeeded in re- covering several shirts and other |clothing—in fact, the only things |now missing are the golf balls, 78 | which were also among the stolen 70 | goods. 57 | Mr. Bush expressed his grate- 69 |fulness for the good work per. 58 formed by the sheriff's office . KEY WEST - Los Angeles - Memphis ‘Miami «.—..___. 67 Mpls.-St. Paul 28 . 27 St. Louis . 53 San Francisco 55 jSeattle —. 38 ;Tampa _ 3 ‘Washington — 35 65 54 59 69 68 71 71 46 45 lots not being disclosed at this time. . The residence at 403 South street will be completely reno- vated by Col. Leasure, the cost, as indicated at the building in- pieii sf i i | i i He feds a3 i EE K. Wilson PMOL LI DOD Gone) Increase In City jresidence at 1027 Eaton street Owner, Chas. Boll; cost, $1,000. Construct frame two-story residence at 318 Fleming street. Owner, T. V. Brennan; cost, $1,- | Build concrete block one-story jresidence at the corner of Grin- \nell and Catherine strets. Own- jer, Amando Acevedo; cost, $1,- 000. j General repairs to concrete block residence at 1019 Flagler Avenue. Owner, Eugene Al- General repairs to two-story frame residence at 701 Southard street. Owner, Miss Minnie Por- ter Harris; cost, $100. General repairs to two-story residence at 905 Whitehead street. Owner, Ralph Faraldo; cost, $100.