The Key West Citizen Newspaper, March 25, 1940, Page 1

Associated Press Day Wire Service For 69 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West Key West, Florida, has the most equable climate in the country; with an average range of only 14° Fahrenheit Che Kry West Citizen THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN THE U.S, A. VOLUME LXI. No. 73. MONDAY, MARCH 25, 1940 Allies To Intensify Blockade... |OMPR. HILTON scimirz’”” RETURN CHURCH. BENEFIT Against Nazis; Scandinavia Hit Artie In Key West FROLIC ‘AT 'PARK ~~ OF COAST GUARD “zi STARTS TONIGHT “faaane BEGINS 71-MILE SITTING AT DESK SO song FOR SECOND TIME | MARATHON SWIM beeccccccocccocesoeosces EVERYTHING IN READINESS | SUNRISE SERVICE OCCUPIED BY COMMANDER) For the second time during j FOR NINE-DAY EVENT: CONSIDERED | LEFT BIMINI FOR WEST PALM BEACH THIS MORNING; AL-| tendance at the annual Easter that the Allies were mapping out) WELL ATTENDED W. W. DEMERITT, FORMER | this season, Mr, and Mrs. Ernst | BAND PLAYS CONCERT TO- | READY COVERED 20 maLEs| Sunrise Service ‘given _at |Schmitz of New York and Berlin, | i LIGHTHOUSE SUPT. Germany, have again arrived at| NIGHT: MANY TO ATTEND | | Bayview Park under Key OF COURSE West Ministerial Alliance { |Key West. They are staying at | sponsorship. i {une Casa Marina for the final! Lieut. Commander Carl H./ week. . | After several weeks of plan- Rev. G. W. Hutchinson, of First Methodist Church, call- Hilton, U. S. Coast Guard, is;. Mr. Schmitz is the resident di- | ning, St. Mary Star of the Sea ed the service to order PRICE FIVE CENTS [More Than ‘Sixty Qualify For May KEY WEST, FLORIDA, Approximately 300 Key Westers and visitors braved an early morning breeze yes- terday morning to be in at- (Ry Associated | LONDON, Mar. Press) 25.—Govern- | { ment officials announced today) further blockade efforts against morn- Germany and were keeping a Pelee ee teed (Special to ‘The Citizen) MIAMI, Mar. 25.—Paul Chot- jteau, intrepid French aistant Scandinavian countries were |SWimmer, was well on his way at the subject of latest drives by |Press time today towards the British and French authorities, |half-way mark in his 71-mile| and the chief item to be blocked |SWim effort to reach West Palm | from Nazi manufacturers was |Beach from Bimini. iron ore. Despite protests from}, An early start this Sweden and Norway, the block- | following cancellation of the} eae) ell belumiitened jscheduled start yesterday ow-; At the same time, the British |ing to high winds, will bring the | attitude towards Russia has now |end of the race, if Chotteau’s | stiffened, it was announced here | 8U€SS is right, about sundown to- close watch on developments in the Balkan states. primary When the deadline for filing jpassed at midnight Saturday, it |was found by County Clerk Ross C. Sawyer that all but five can- didates for re-election will have opposition. This was predicted in a story appearing Saturday in The Citizen. All of the major officeholders jare opposed and one of the keen- They are the Aaron Ward and ‘est campaigns in many years for the Bachanan. The Aaron Ward State and county jobs is promised. 2 | The list of candidates as an- is commanded by Commander ing sat at the desk so long oc-/key position in the foreign net-land all is’ in readiness for the | jcupied by Commander W. W. De-; work of German railroad offices nine nights of merriment and meritt, former superintendent of ro) spans the entire world gyn, jAARON WARD AND BACHAN- = today. begun drawing | bal- the lighthouse service now com-|‘MTough agencies in thirty-two All committees received final; AN ARRIVED OVER WEEK-| __ A Wied tel ChE Ce ee ; linstruetions for the conduct of | jfle lines. for the first . | Mr. and Mrs. Schmitz are old their respective booths from Rev.| END: NEW ASSIGNMENTS | TO BE ANNOUNCED morning, ; ie a ‘< docie ile. {Of sunshine and fishing”. They Memorial Methodist Church, [/€acquarters at Jacksonville. have fished extensively around ' Father Kelleher with final de-|stroyers for duty with the Key preached over the loudspeak- First to greet the DEW head of the Keys, and their fishing trips tails. iWest Neutrality Patrol was an- er system installed, using as jthe Coast Guard district head- | from Key West have included} Over seventy-five workers nounced today by Capt. Arthur his subject, “The Living ‘quarters was Lieut. Henry B, | three-week trips on Fred Wag-'have been assigned to the many's Carpender, GEN: conimand- Christ”, and also deliverea Haskins, formerly assistant /Me?’S yacht “Paula Louise” to the booths and attractions at oe : today, which has been interpret-|™orrow. He had covered ap-j Christ". and a elivere frolic and all expect to be busy |iné officer of the naval forces | ed to mean that diplomatic ac-|Proximately 20 miles at 3:00, the scripture taken from * BREESE | | TWO DESTROY MAJOR OFFICEHOLDERS \ : | | HAVE OPPONENTS; now in charge of all Coast Guard /rector of the German Railroads Benefit Frolic will have its grand = activities in this district, includ-|{formation office, with head- | ,oning tonight at Colonial Park jquarters in New York and! on Duval street. The park and promptly at 6:15 o'clock. Pre- ae tae \election May 7. viously, at 5:45, fire bells of officially took charge of the area friends of Key West and have Pp. J, Kelleher, pastor and gen-! election Y * the city had rung out the call under orders issued some time| visited the Island many times/jeral director of the drive to raise jago. Commander Demeritt has|during the last fifteen years.|funds for the repair of the old! superintendent of the old light-|M@rduesas Keys and to other frol erme taecuee: rarely-explored fishing. grounds. waiting on the many parties that<afloat in this area. ; : he : lock this afternoon and ap-! Matthew 28:1-11. | eae & ait in |Mr. Wagner is the holder of the parishioners have arranged with tion will be directed towards | Everything appears to be in i ep { counteraction of movements now |Peared to be going strong. The congregation joined in their friends and _ visitors. To- being made by the Soviets to! The escorting schooner, singing several Easter hymns several Mrs. Schmitz has enthusiastic- ADDED TO LOCAL = rrevict nor Races ing the former lighthouse BerviCe: | jranches at Chicago, (San, Fran: momen eats at ee | FOR ALL CANDIDATES Commander Hilton this cisco and Havana. He holds the|orsted for the mammnch affair i ener S the \orated for the mammoth affair; - ee to servcie. | \q i . sferre 5 | Phey came here “just for a week |church. Fred J. Di d Mrs. A. | Rev. O. C. Howell, of Ley | been transferred to Coast Guard IM. Hewett, epkinget assisted, Arrival of two additional de- excellent condition”, Commander | @t8¢st number of club records in \Hilton asserted soon after glanc-|the Miami Rod and Reel Club. night the W. P. A. Band will play gain important concessions in reported that Balkan states FRENCH ANNOUNCE ACTION TO COME WASHINGTON, Mar. 25.—The French einbassy here today re- leased a story authorized by the home office in Paris relating of “intensified drive against Nazis” to start in the very near future. Recent diplomatic fered by the Allies has focused attention of the French and Brit- ish populace on the necessity to move-with- all possible haste against the Germans before fur- ther lo: are suffered in world prestige. MURPHY SALE HELD TODAY SPIRITED BIDDING ON NUM- BER OF PARCELS PRO- LONGED SALE an defeats suf- A good-sized crowd of bidders was on hand this morning at 11:00 o'clock when the second auction sale under terms of the Murphy Act on lands held by the | Internal Improvement Board was started under direction of Clerk Ross C. Sawyer. Spirited bidding feature of the parcels offered and sale, was approximately twice as long as the first held on February 26 Clerk Sawyer stated that about 400 parc were. offered in the sale today. Total amount bid was abou $18,000. ~d_ most the ZONING BOARD HELD HEARIN Key West Zoning Board held the first of two contemplated public hearings on the new zon- ing ordinance soon to be pre- sented ir its final form to the Council for enactment into Friday night in council chambers President John Allan Long announced today that another hearing will be held next Wed- nesday cvening, March 27, at 7:30 o'clock in council chambers, and he urged that all persons in- terested be present to acquaint themselves with provisions of the new ordinance. The Board is desirous of hearing from any- body who might have sugges- tions or criticisms to offer. It is planned to make what- ever changes are suggested at the conclusion of the hearings next Wednesday, and then prepare submission of the ordinance to just closing at press time, | Breeze, 'sharks had been seen near the | swimmer, but none had bothered | | Chotteau. j | The Frenchman is no new-} comer to long distance swim ef- | forts. In 1936 he swam fromj Catalina Island to Malibu Beach, | 41 mil in 33 hours and 44} ; minut In 1938 he failed by jfive miles to make the 56 miles! from Santa Barbara Island to! | Venice, Calif. i | The Bimini-West Palm Beach | |swim is aided considerably by ; the fact that Chotteau will cover {much of the distance in the Gulfi ROSS C. SAWYER WHITEHAIR CALLS RE-NOMINATION FOR PRESERVATION c= or encore cours | FORMALLY ANNOUNCES IN OF FISH INDUSTRY GUBERNATORIAL CANDIDATE | CONTINUES WHIRLWIND CAMPAIGN TOUR TO MANY | COUNTIES LAST WEEK | ee | (Special to of praise, following the words printed on programs especially prepared for the occasion, Rev. Jim Lilly, of Fleming Street Methodist church, led the congregation in prayer. Rev. J. C. Gekeler and Rev. G. Perez, were also in attendance. The service ended shortly before 7:00 o'’clock. SLM IIS SS 3 CONTINUED SUPPORT Ross C. Sawyer, who has cap- lably filled the office of Clerk of |the Circuit Court, announces for he Citizen) |ré-nomination in the May pri- KISSIMMEE, Mar. 25.—Flor- | mary to that position. \ida’s fishing resources, rapidly} Mr. Sawyer, in an interview to- eryaney cable andustry and | the | iaycwithsa representative of The state’s possibilities for future |°°* ‘: ee greatness were discussed last week | Citizen, said that during his in- by Francis P. Whitehair of De- cumbency he has conducted the Land. e preservation of our fish-| jing resources is most important for the industry ranks close to! the top as an income _ producer | for our people”, the DeLand can- | didate for governor said after aj| talk with representatives of the commercial fishermen and lead- | ers among Florida’s sportsmen at Lake City. Whitehair continued his whirl- wind campaigning in all parts of | |the state and made many new} friends in Dade, Broward, Palm | Beach, Okeechobee, _Hillsbor- ough, Duval and Columbia coun- | ties which he visited during the six days of last week. “Florida is known as | world’s best place to fish. We have thousands of miles of sea coast and inland and salt waters} that will always abound with} fish and aquatic life if a well-| ordered and well-operated con- servation program is established and maintained”. affairs of the office of Clerk of Mr. Whitehair said, “We invite the Circuit Court on an efficient the | ROSS C. SAWYER § tioned date to ing through reports laid on his desk by other officials of the service. “No changes in opera- jtions or personnel are contem- plated or expected.” | In assuming charge of all Coast Guard activities here, Com- mander Hilton was relieved of command of the Coast Guard Cutter Pandora. As. second in command, Lieut. J. H. Martin is now acting captain of the Pan- dora. It was not known today whether the appointment would ;be permanent or whether anoth- er coast guard officer would be vassigned-to the cutter. | Today Lieut. Haskins an- ‘nounced the tender Poinciana departed for Port Everglades to hand!y operations between that point and Miami. The Zinnia is at Charlotte Harbor removing some old wooden structures abandoned when steel structures were installed. Later she will TODAY'S ISSUE; ASKS FOR head for Tampa Bay where she ‘claim an annual tourist business will remain a week. The Ivy is in port. Recreation Committee Completes Park Project | | | Following organization of Jan- uary 11, the Community Rec- reation Committee, executive |group, today reported the com- |pletion of the first project listed under its banner of “better rec- reational facilities for the city” —that of a center at Colonial ‘Park, adjacent to.La Concha ‘Hotel. | The executive committee was ynamed at a Chamber of Com- |merce meeting on the aforemen- formulate plans nm co-operation with Commander 'B. D. Quinn, recreational adviser ‘for the navy forces here. The |full committee represented prac- | tically all organizations of the city. =| Colonial Park\ Recreation Cen- made | -ter, now completed, was }possible by ‘a direct contribution !from the City Council of $500. |This amount was expended for |building material used in con- | structing the Center, which i cludes a roofed-over shelter built | between two small structures on jthe grounds and several benches, tables, ping-pong tables, poles ‘and equipment for a volley-ball {court, a bandstand, other game popular music for the enjoyment of all present. Father Kelleher extends cordial invitation to all Key Westers and visitors to attend and to join in the gaiety that the frolic will provide for the next nine nights. W. H. BURWELL _ ANNOUNCES FOR CIRCUIT JUDGE LISTS QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE FOR OFFICE HE SEEKS IN THIS ISSUE OF THE CITIZEN ally helped her husband in many ; deep-sea or fresh water fishing exploits from Norway to the | Mediterranean, from Labrador to South America and from: the Co- lumbia River to Catalina Island. They have kept an_ interesting record of all their catches over a period of many years, but are particulariy proud of the fact that most of their fish were turned loose “so that we might meet them again or let others have |some good sport”. { |. Mr. Schmitz is considered one! 6f the foremost-experts in the organization, development and |promotion of tourist traffic. He {has also lectured on this subject |before many American advertis- |ing clubs and traffic organiza- tions. He has helped to develop | the foreign and internal tourist business of his country to such, jan extent that Germany can a W. H. Burwell, in this issue of ,The Citizen, announces his can- ididacy for Judge of the Circuit ;Court in Group One. 1 Mr. Burwell was born in Bal- itimore, Md., of Virginia parent- lage. When he was about three years of age, they moved to Sparta, Ga., where he lived until of over 33 million travelers, with | (Continued on Page Three) jthe most part, contributed. The | |committee received a donation of | $100 from the Catioiie Church to ; apply on a partial remuneration | for four Key West carpenters! who combined to furnish _ many | free hours in construction work. | First activity for the Center is the Catholic Church — Frolic, | |which opens at the park tonight, another story on that feature ap- | pearing elsewhere in this issue. | As publshed previously, Thurs- ; day, March 28, will be set aside as Community Recreation Com- | |mittee Day at the Frolic and prof- its:from all concessions will be} jturned over to that group to be | used in future operation of the Center. ! American Legion has applied for the Center’s faciltiies on August, 1923, when he moved to |April 8 when a day of public re- Miami, since which time he has ception will be held in honor of jresided ’nd practiced law there. |State Commander Brooker’s of- Before going to Miami, Mr. ficial visit to the local post. Burwell practiced law in the Recreation Department of the State and Federal Courts of Geor- |WPA, under leadership of Mrs./gia for zepproximately twenty- Eva Warner, will take charge of |five years, handling diversified regular game hours at the Cen- | litigation. W. H. BURWELL ter, starting Thursday, April 4,| From 1906 to 1918, he served | \following the conclusion of .the |as a member of the Georgia Leg- \the people of the nation and of business basis and that service to ; facilities and lighting and plumb- |Church Frolic. Announcement of | islature, where, for two sessions, the world to come to Florida to|the public and economy in ad- enjoy our fishing, and there is no | ministering the office have been doubt but that it is one of our first considerations with him. state’s mest luring tourist enter-; Under his direction and super- tainment attractions, Our tourist | vision the..system.of. keeping»the: trade is increasing each year at|vast amount of records in the ia fabulous rate. Sport fishing is |clerk’s office has been improved. a major factor in bringing these He adopted the flat filing system hundreds of thousands of visitors |for court files to conform with the better practice in vogue in ing fixtures. Labor on the Center was, for | jschedules will come later, it was ;h¢ was Floor Leader of the State ‘stated today. (Continued On Page Four) “YOU ARE INVITED TONIGHT TO ATTEND THE GRAND OPENING OF THE the council at its next meeting, here to spend their money with March 25 April 4. | TWO FLOOR SHOW Every Nite Habana-Madrid Club “Nut Club” Show, 12:30'A. M. eternity, the large counties of the state. | “But we must not forget that |The public seeking information } in addition to our tourist attrac-/in the clerk’s office can readily | tion we have a $25,000,000 sea- obtain same without delay or in- food industry employing 25,000|convenience as a result of these people who subsist from our salt | improvements. waters. Conservation and re-| The continued support of his |habilitation of this great resource |friends and the electorate-at- jis one of the state’s major prob-|large in the coming primary will i (Continued on Page Two) ‘be appreciated by Mr. Sawyer. to April 3 BENEFIT FROLIC *-* SPONSORED BY St. Mary Star of The Sea Catholic Church Band Concert, Booths, Games, Rides, Fun, Midway Henry B. Broadfoot, who is also commanding officer of the 65th destroyer division of the 32nd squadron. Others in the Key West Patrol | are the Fiagship Lea, ‘Philip, kvans, Hale, jshield, Wickes and Williams. | Nearly all of the fleet was in port Twiggs, ider new assignments is predicted \for later in the week. | One absentee is the ‘Williams. |Carrying members of the naval ‘asronomical survey _ party, >the William is now in the Bahamas, | where new navigational data is ‘being prepared for the use of traversing the channels between |the Caribbean and the Atlantic. !The Evans had been on this as- }signment, but was relieved by jthe Williams over the weekend. E. ESQUINALDO, JR,, ‘SEEKS RE-ELECTION ‘AS PEACE JUSTICE SECOND DISTRICT INCUMB- | ENT MAKES ANNOUNCE- | MENT TODAY; NATIVE KEY | WESTER Enrique Esquinaldo, Jr., an- nounces asa candidate for re- election to the position of Jus- |tice of the Peace, Second Dis- ;trict, and solicits the considera- |tion of the voters at the coming |primary, May 7. | In connection with his |didacy, Mr. Esquinaldo state: | “In announcing for re-election jas Justice of the Peace, Second , District, I do so with the firm ;conviction and satisfaction that I have served the people of the ‘county-at-large efficiently, im- {partially and at a saving of many dollars. ' “The records of my office and jthe State Auditor’s reports are open to public inspection. | “E am a native Key Wester, ‘the oldest of a family of eleven. ;I have taken and do take part in every civic movement for \advancement of our city. “I have a Bachelor of |Degree and four years’ | can- Laws experi- jence as a Justice of the Peace; I am seeking re-election prompt- jed by numerous friends. | “If renominated by the Demo- |cratic Party, I will continue in the future as in the past to con- ‘duct the affairs of my office, free from partisanship, free of graft ‘and guided solely by the highest ideals of Justice and Equality, ; which have been imbedded in my Crownin- |today, but some movement un-! ‘naval and mercantile navigators | :|, Clerk of nounced by Clerk Sawyer fol- Hows: State Representative — Bernie C. Papy, incumbent, and Willard M. Albury. Sheriff—Karl O. Thompson, incumbent, T. Jenkins Curry and Berlin A. Sawyer. Tax Collector—Frank H. Ladd, incumbent, and Joseph Mc- Mahon. Tax Asséssor—J. Otto Kirch- jheiner, incumbent, and Claude |Gandolfo. Clerk of Circuit Court—Ross C. Sawyer, incumbent, and Isa- jdore Weintraub. | County Judge—Raymond R. Lord, incumbent, and Rogelio |Gomez. Judge of Criminal Court—Wil- {liam V. Albury, for confirmation. Solicitor of Criminal Court— ‘Allan B. Cleare, Jr., for con- firmation. Criminal Court—C. |Sam B. Curry, incumbent, Harry |E. Dongo and Leonard Grillon. | Juvenile Judge—Mrs. Juliette | Russell. Superintendent of Public In- |struction—Melvin E. Russell. | Supervisor of Registration— |John England. | School Board Members—First district, Clarence Pierce, incum- bent, and Donald Cormack; second district, Allan B. Cleare, Sr., incumbent; third district, Ralph K. Johnson, incumbent, and J. Carlyle Roberts. County Commission—First dis- jtrict Williamy Monsalvatge, in- cumbent, and Eduardo C. Gomez; second district, Braxton B. War- ren, incumbent, and J. Frank - Roberts; third district, Carl Ber- valdi, incumbent; fourth district, |Norberg Thompson, incumbent, and William T. Doughtry, Jr.; | fifth district, Roland W. Craig of |Craig, Mrs. Ellie Lowe, Taver- nier, W. A. Parrish, Marathon, and Robert H. Thompson H. !Thompson, Tavernier. | Justice of the Peace—First dis- jtrict, Franklin “Arenberg, in- cumbent, Raul Carbonell, Milton Parrott, and Bennie Pierce; second district, Enrique Esquinald6, Jr.; incumbent, and Amado Parra; third district, E. R. Lowe, in- cumbent, and C. Marvin Thomp- son, both of Tavernier. | Constable—First District: Ray Elwood, incumbent, Harry John- (Continued on Page Four) TEMPERATURES Lowest last Highest last Stations— night 24 hours | Atlanta’ 26 43 |Boston 18 29 |Buffalo 8 20 )Charleston 35 Chicago 13 Denver | Detroit El Paso Havana the | Jacksonville Lam by my beloved mother”. ‘CHAMBER of COMMERCE ! MEETING at the | Chamber of Commerce March fe 7: , :30 P. ae |KEY WEST - Los Angeles |Miami 70 |Mpls.-St. Paul --5