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Service
For 69 Years Devoted to the
Best Interests of Key West
VOLUME LX. No. 44.
Nondnatian Ballots Now Being
Hade Read} By Comnao Bod}
Secretary Of Organization
Also Tells Of An Indig
nant Letter Just Re
ceived
Major activity was noticeable
at the Chamber of Commerce
this morning when The Citizen
called on Secretary Singleton, to
find all hands preparing the nom
ination ballots which will be re
turnable before the March meet
ing. This will be about the last!
!
chance for delinquent, as well as j
prospective, members to get their
names on the ballot, the secre
tary said.
Colonel Jack DeLysle has sent
an indignant letter to the cham
ber, occasioned by a long article
in the Oklahoma City Daily, ini
which Key West gets the worst
of it in a story signed by Ernie j
Pyle and dated Key West. The'
secretary said “the writer” found
several bars, open gambling, two
carnivals and a golf links, and
that was all for the tourist to see. I
“All of which”, said the secre
tary, “indicates that he found the
bars first and did not get around
to seeing the snakes at the rep
tile exhibit. If he had spent
enough money at the bars he
might have gotten that far. The
only thing he liked was the
‘heat’. He will probably find it
hotter the next time he comes. !
‘ Thanks to the generosity of j
Chairman Carl Bervaldi of the
County Commissioners, the cham
ber has been supplied with a
large table which is to be kept
supplied with the interesting cur
rent magazines and papers com
ing into the office, and for which
visitors are showing apprecia
tion”.
Several callers at the chamber’s
office this morning declared they
had come for a brief visit, but
have “fallen in love with the
city”, have gotten comfortably lo
cated and will stay longer.
’"newsflashes’*
(Hr Amoflalci Press)
BURGOS, Spain.—lt appears
probable today that France will
shortly recognize the Franco gov
ernment after a French envoy
now in this Rebel capital returns
to Paris. Earlier reports had it
that France would renege this ac
tion.
LONDON. —King George of
England today is to launch a 50,-
000-ton dreadnaught and prepa
rations for a vast expenditure of
armaments is going forward in
Parliament today as the British
Cabinet studies a rearming plan
which will go above three billion
dollars. Prime Minister Neville
Chamberlain is studying recom
mendations.
NOTICE TO BOAT OWNERS
AND OPERATORS
Your 1938-39 State License is
past due.
This law covers all boats en
gaged in fishing and sponging,
rlso all seafoods.
Our boat is at Coast Guard
Basin.
C. W. GASKILL,
feb2o-3t Conservation Agent.
9he MAX WELL COl^/k.
For Wholesale Quotations on FURNITURE and FURNISHINGS
MAXWELL VENETIAN BLINDS
RESTAURANT EQUIPMENT
So* or Phono G. A. PATTON. Local Representative
PHONE 9108 SIBONEY INN. 705 DIVISION STREET
EXCELLENT OVERNIGHT ACCOMMODATIONS--FT. JEFFERSON CRUISES-$lO ALL EXPENSE TWO-DAY TOUR„.PRICE TOURS 505 DUVAL STREET-PHONE 124
©hr <Kru Hirst Citizen
THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN THE U. S. A.
BEAUTIFUL! ffllk
IN STUNT TEAM
SHOW SUNDAY
LARRY MILLS. ATLANTIC
I
AQUA SKI CHAMP, ANOTH
ER STAR; COMICS FEA
TURED; SHOW AT 2 P. M.
The Key West Boat Club which !
is sponsoring the Atlantic Aqua- >
tic Stunt Team in a stunt show I
| Sunday at 2 p. m. at Yacht Basin j
i has arranged. for 15 numbers
i the greatest thrills, j
Featured will be the beautiful j
Liela Mae Beasley, Queen of j
Stunters, who will be backed up;
by a group of six male stunters j
who have performed before
Pathe, Universal, Grantland Rice I
and other well know sports
movie groups. I
| Another star of the show will j
j be Larry Mills, who will perform •
lon the aqua skis. Aquaskis |
j which are placed on the feet
much like snowskis skoot over |
[ the water with the performer
hanging on to a rope tied to a 35
; mile an hour outboard speedster,
j Mills is acclaimed one of the best,
* aqua skiers on the Atlantic \
| Coast.
| The familiar jump at the show
Uast summer, a six foot high
! jump, will again be in evidence
j with the jumpers to take the
i high leap while riding aquaplanes)
! towed behind speeding boats.!
j Comical acts will be another fea
' ture of the show.
! Boats which will be brought
down are one 15 foot Lyman and j
one 14* foot Thompson. Motors
are one 33 horsepower Elto and
two 22 horsepower Johnsons.
Names of riders are Carl King,!
Milton Coxe, Miss Leila Mae'
Beasley, Johnny Harrison, Jack
Jacks, George Fay and Larry
'Mills.
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'temperatures
Lowest Highest
Station— last night last 24 hours
Abilene 16 40
Atlanta 54 72
Boston 36 66
Buffalo 12 38
Charleston 6O 74
Chicago 16 * 22
! Denver 10 22
Detroit l6 38
Galveston 38 72
Havana 68
Huron —2 6
Jacksonville _ 64 80
Kansas City _ 0 10
KEY WEST _ 73 81
i Little Rock „ 26 42
' Los Angeles .. 50 66
Louisville 3O 46
| Miami 72 78
Mpls.-St. Pi* A-16 2
i New Orleans _ 60 74
! New York 36 66
Pensacola 64 68
| Pittsburgh 28 54
St. Louis . 12 26
Salt Lake City 16 32
San Francisco 46 62
Seattle 38 50
Tampa 64 82
Washington .... 50 72
Williston -12 10
NOTICE
The Key West Electric Com
pany will close its office at noon
tomorrow, February 22, in ob
jservance of Washington’s Birth
-1 day.
feb2l-lt K. W. ELEC. CO.
ATTEMPTS CUBA
YACHT TRIP ON
W A WINDY NIGHT
TURNS BACK AT MAIN SHIP
CHANNEL; LOCAL BOY TO
BE SHIPMATE ON LONG
CRUISE
At the Yacht Basin quite a
large number of yachts came in
just before the weekend to be in
the city during President Roose
velt’s arrival here Saturday.
One group of young fellows had
a tough time last week. Aboard
the Unda Maris they tried to go
over to Havana but got as far as
the main ship channel before they
decided it was too rough to at
tempt passage that night. Huge
waves rolling in from the open sea
greeted them and knowing of the
deep, deep water ahead they
Wisely turned back.. Key West
waterfrpnters will remember
Wednesday night as the night the
.weather turned decidedly rough.
The Dixon ia of Lawrence
Jones, Frankfort Distilleries’
owner, is back in port. The Dix
on ia has been making Key West
port more times this season than
in past years in conformity with
the trend of many South Florida
yachts southward to the wonder
ful cruising waters of Key West
and the other islands of the Keys.
Ed Walsh, owner, is aboard the
102-foot yacht “Lela”, Captain
Phillip Adams.
On the Onwcgo, 120-footer, are
G. L. Bourne and F. Schaff, of
fciials of the Superheater Com
pany of New York. Also aboard
are Mrs. Maud Mood and Mrs.
Mary L. Schaff. They will spend
some time fishing here. Captain
is C. B. Hurlbut.
La Camparasita is a 39-footer
owned by Miss M. Falk of Pitts
burgh, which is at the Basin.
Catches of red snapper and bar
racuda were reported.
Mr. and Mrs. C. F. Eaton at
Boston and Fort Lauderdale are
aboard the Nomad 11, a 50-footer,
with their guests, Mr. and Mrs. R.
E. Frye.
On the Penguin, a 70-footer,
charterer Mitchell of Philadel
phia finds that two Vierel 125-
horse engines have given perfect
results on the trip down. They
will take the hop to Cuba this
week.
On the 32-foot Cee Jac, name
of which is euphonized from Sea
Jack, are Robert Callaghan, Mr.
and Mrs. A. M. Callaghan of East
Orange, and Arthur DeLucca of
East Orange, N. Y., and Arthur
Simonds of Coral Gables.
The 22-footer sloop Muchachita
lis being groomed for a long •
‘ cruise trip to Cuba and the Tor-
I tugas and Tampa with a local ■
boy, Robert Dominguez, to be
mate to Captain M. H. Sobel of
Detroit. Anew Palmer four
cylinder engine has just been in- !
I stalled as auxiliary. Captain So-
I bel has tried outboards as aux
! iliaries but finds that they quit j
when they are most needed,
i Auxiliary motors are used when
j it would be difficult tacking back
anid forth to make a point.
Aboard the Miramar, Mr. West
i and the Shannons went for a
. short spin in the Gulf last week
but no one get sick except the
j young sailor boy on board, who
j gets seasick on every cruise, they
! report.
Most of the yachts left the
1 Basin over the weekend.
His name is Snicklelritz and he
comes from lowa, where the only
thing that moves anywhere near
■ like the ocean is the tall corn,
jMr West, a retired movie pro-
Iducer of early days, owns the
Thelma Todd Cafe in Los An-
I geles and has spent many sailing
! years around Key West. One
time gong over in a norther in a
j schooner from Key West to Cuba,
i he got deathly seasick and so did
I most of the crew. The captain
called on him to take the wheel.
jTwo minutes later he reported
' all departure of seasickness,
i That’s why many boat owners
flike to take the wheels of their
boat. Miss Queenie Shannon,
too. has had some interesting
boating experiences. Especially
the time she got on the wrong
| boat, which turned out to be a
rum running boat going to the U.
iS. from Canada and which was
j later chased by revenue cutters.
, She will never forget the whine
jof the bullets over her head that
j night.
KEY WEST, FLORIDA, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1939
Brazil Minister To U. S. ,
v . t •
' ‘ mm. . sHHH
DEFENSE AND TRADE
will probably be discussed
when Oswaldo Ar an h a
(above), Brazil foreign minis
ter. arrives soon in Wash- ; ■
nigion, D. C.. to talk with . j
FDR.
COLLMONSOF
J, C. HOBBY SHOW j
ARTICLES BEGIN j
1
COMMITTEE TAKES ALL PRE- j
CAUTION FOR SAFETY OFj
ARTICLES; OPENS THURS- j
DAY AT OLD POSTOFFICE ’ j
j
Today and tomorrow collec-!
tions will continue for the I
Junior Chamber of Commerce;
Hobby Show which will open!
Thursday for a week’s run at
the Old Postoffice Building at i
the foot of Greene street.
Hundreds of interesting ar
ticles, hobbies and collections (
have been registered with the;
committee and will be on display \
for the show. -* •*> -v ; 1
A motif of coconut palms, pot-;
ted plants and patriotic colors;
will be carried out for the show. !
Exhibits will be arranged on
tables with appropriate cards de- i
signating the type of article and
interesting data concerning it.
The committee of L. P. Art
man, Jr., Wilbur Moehrke, Izzy
Weintraub, Edward Johnson, Ed- j
ward Bayly reports that one
large room at the building will
be utilized for all . the exhibits.
This will insure safety of the
many valuable articles. A guard
will be stationed at the single
entrance as further precaution.
The hours will be from 8 a. m. to
6 p. m. and during the night the j
building will be securely pad
locked as another . precaution. <
Use of the building has been do
nated by Lieut. F. H. Callahan,
officer in charge of Key West
Naval Station.
EBERHARnNAMED
WPA TIMEKEEPER
It was announced today at
WPA headquarters by Area Su
pervisor B. C. Moreno that Fred
Eberhardt has been appointed
area timekeeper for all activities
in Monroe county.
Arthur L. Steed, supervising
tmekeeper for the State of Flor
! ida, arrived in the city last night
and is, with Mr. Eberhardt, going
over the records of the timekeep
ing department.
EX-CONVICT ARRESTED
ABINGTON, Eng.—The first
j arrest in this city in nineteen
j years took place when an ex-con
vict was taken for obtaining
. money under false pretenses.
fted Marvil Announces. ... S
\ COUNTRY STORE MITE-TONIGHT 1
& CABANA and PATIO 5
J 605 DUVAL STREET k
1 NEW PRIZES and CHAMPAGNE J
TOWNE TUNESTERS J
J INAUGURAL DANCE IN PATIO |
WINNERS OF
ESSAY CONTEST
VISITORS HERE
j - •
PARTICIPANTS IN PATHFIND
ER NATIONAL CONTEST TO
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WRITE ARTICLES FOR PUB-1
LICATION
, . .
Arriving in Key West over the
weekend for a week’s stay are 18
winners of the Pathfinder Na
tional Essay contest, who will
write three days on the results
of their investigation while here
with the information to be print
ed in “Current Events”, a Path
finder publication.
The boys ranging in age from
below 20 to 23, with some college
graduates and some not, travel in
one of the country’s hugest trail
ers, a 25-footer, from California.
They left Washington, D. C., 10
weeks ago and proceeded to Port
land, Maine. They then made
their way back along the East
ern Seaboard to Key West, Flor
ida, the southernmost point.
Three days out of every week
they are required to write in their
“■press car”. The other days of
the week they spend in recrea
tion and in digging up informa-:
tion. Thy are supervised by for
mer editors.
tßoys here are: Herbert Mac
Williams, Buffalo, N. Y.; Ray
Johnson, Idaho; Walter Bell,
Arkansas; Woody Wilson, Texas;
Joe Barfus, Wyoming; Ralph
'’Grubbs, Pennsylvania; Eddie
Sheehan, Connecticut; Bob John
son, New Mexico; Jesse James,
Kentucky; Jimmy Stokes, Ala
bama; Bob Hadley, Ohio; Ralph
Hawthorne, Arizona; Travis Bark
ley, Miss.; Ralph Bowen, New
Hampshire; Cy Pearlman, Michi
gan; Willard Wells, Maryland;
Bobby Mohlman, Delaware; Ed
Cobley, Washington.
THREE MARRIAGE
LICENSES ISSUED
During the week ending yes
terday there were three marriage
; licenses issued from the office of
fCounty Judge Raymond R. Lord,
making a total of 13 for the
month to date.
Issues during the week were
made to the following; Allen E.
Curry and Nellie Louise Russell;
| Argelio Alvarez and Hilda Mo
lina; Randolph Pritchard and El
len D. Roberts.
'DEFENDANT HELD
| FOR COURT TRIAL
I 1
Boagan Funderburk was arrest
! ed yesterday on a charge of as
j sault and battery. In the after
! noon he was brought before En
■ rique Esquinaldo, Jr., for pre
' liminary hearing.
After the evidence was heard
the committing magistrate gave
it due consideration and decided
to place the accused under bond
i of SSO for appearance at the next
! trem of criminal court.
MAY BE PURPLISH
i
WESLACO, Tex. Grapefruit
■in colors, such as purple, may
soon make its appearance on the
j nation’s breakfast tablets. Seek
ing some means of marking fruit
taken out of commercial chan
nels by the Surplus Commodities
Corporation, grapefruit growers
suggested it would be easy to
. color it with harmless dyes.
Purple Was proposed for a trial.
Rivers And Harbors Board
To Take Up intracoastal
Waterway Matter March 9
TENDER IVY
LEAVES PORT
i
i !
GOES TO SOMBRERO REEF
TO ENGAGE IN LIGHT
HOUSE ACTIVITIES
|
, Tender Ivy, of the lighthouse,
; department, sailed 11:30 o’cloclt
last night for Sombrero reef and
, this mornnig activities * were'
started on the necessary work of
increasing the intensity of the
light and electrification of the i
living quarters.
I Leaving on the tender were
electricians, machinists, black
smiths, carpenters, boat builders,
assistants and the cook. The cn
, lire working party is under the
! leadership of Carl W. Rom, chief
; radio electrician, who will super
! vise the work.
It is expected the work will
1 cover a period of two weeks or
less, and when completed the
light will have an intensity of 44,-
000 candlepower, just double the
! present intensity.
The Ivy is expected to be ab
! sent for two days and on the re
’ turn will take on a cargo of ma
; terial for the Tampa Bay section
j and proceed to that area to build
i six new structures for front and
j rear range lights.
When that work is completed
I the vessel will return and pro
! ceed to Carysfort Light to start
; activity similar to that being done
|at Sombrero Light, except that
i the light at this point will be in
| creased in intensity from 130,000
to 190,000 candlepower.
i Tender Poppy sailed this morn
ing for Card Sound for work on
: the Intracoastal Waterway, where
new lights are to be installed and
a rearrangement of the present
j lights is to be made.
Enroute to Card Sound the ves
: sel will go to Coffin Patches and
i place a buoy to mark the spot of
[ an old submerged mass of wreck
age, which, it is said, has been
! there for about 50 years.
newboaTfor
SAM ANDERSON
S. C. Anderson, owner of
Trumbo Island and of Munson
Island, is the owner of one of the
neatest and most thoroughly
equipped cabin cruisers that are
afloat in these waters, and was
(built in Key West. .a:
! The new craft is to be launched
some titnc this week and before
Saturday is to be delivered to the
| owner at Munson Island for use
t by him and his friends, many of
whom visit him during the year.
SPONGESALES
| HELD MONDAY
!
Small sale of sponges was re
corded at the Municipal pier yes
terday. The entire offering con
sisted of 13 bunches of wool, 50
bunches of yellw and six bunches
of grass.
Yellow offerings sold for $23,
the w'ool, 13 bunches, were bought
for $28.82 and six bunches of
grass sold for $1.25. Total sales,
$53.06.
Auerbach’s Restaurant
410 Fleming Street
A delightful place to Eat
Luncheon from 65c
l Dinner from 85c
410 TRIO PLAYING NIGHTLY
DIRECTS* I WORLD LABOR!
1 !
WORLD LABOR POST is
filled by former governor
John Winanl (above), of New
Hampshire, recently sworn
in at Geneva as the Interna
tional Labor office director.
STATE OFFICERS
ARRIVE IN CITY
I
CHECKING UP ON ACTIVI
I j
TIES OF VESSELS OP
i
ERATING HERE
I
r
C. W. Gaskill, agent of the
State Conservation Department, I
| is a visitor in Key West, accom-;
panied by Thomas Crosland and
Earl Jackson, members of the
! !
conservation forces. Mr. Gaskill)
told The Citizen he plans to re
main for one week.
; The group is making a check,
up on vessels engaged in fishing,
sponging and other activities j
whereby livelihood is gained from j
' the sea, and the department is de- i
| termined that all vessels coming
1 within the provisions of the law
must be provided with the neces
sary license.
Mr. Gaskill said he will also
make inspections of the catches
of crawfish and stone crabs and
determine if any of them are be
ing caught under size. Asa mat
ter of truth, the group is in Key
West for the purpose of investi
gating transgressions of all laws
of the conservation department
and punish those who*.,'break \
r them.
PREPARE BLANKS
FOR CITIZENSHIP
Members of the National Youth
Administration, along with oth
ers, assembled in the WPA rooms
this morning and were busily en
gaged in filling out their deposi
tion blanks, required of them to
establish their citizenship.
It was ordered that this be
| done when it was decided that
! all aliens were to be removed
i from the lists of employes, even
} those who had secured their first
citizenship papers.
Miss Margaret' Martinez and
1 Enrique Esquinaldo, Jr., notaries
■ public, were on the scene for the
purpose of notarizing'the declara
tions. , v •••*,* I
t' '! ' -Giv* iMW *n> ; j
‘‘A NIGHT IN HAVANA”
FIFTH ANNUAL CABARET
Benefit City-Recreation Park Fund
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 24th
Cuban Independence Day
Rhumba—Ballet —Tango—Jarabe—Maracas
Admission SI.OO Couple $1.50
Reservations At Chamber of Commerce and Clem Price
Key West, Florida, has the
most equable climate in the
country; with an average
range of only 14* Fahrenheit
PRICE FIVE CENTS
Further Data Forwarded
For Review Of Practic
ability Of Proposed
Project
(By Washington Correspondent of
The Key West Citizen)
WASHINGTON. D. C.. Feb. 21.
—The War Department field en
gineers' report on the proposed
improvement of the inlracoastal
waterway from Miami to Key
V/est is due at the chief of en
gineers office of the rivers and
harbors board on March 9. it was
learned here today.
The report has been returned
to the district engineer at Jack
sonville for further information.
It was not revealed what further
data was needed in order that the
livers and harbors board could
adequately review the practic
ability of the project.
Officials here would not make
any statement as to the recom
mendations in the report, nor
would they hazard any prediction
as to what the ultimate recom
mendations of the field engineers
will be in light of ttu*.additional
information requested by the
chief of engineers office here.
However, should the report
recommend against further work,
local interests will have an op
portunity to present arguments
in open hearing before the rivers
and harbors board gives its deci
sion.
Should the recommendations
of the field engineers reverse
those of a previous report, ap
proval of both the rivers and har
bors board and the congressional
rivers and harbors committee
will still be necessary before a
cost survey, the next step in pro
ceedure, could be undertaken.
When the latter survey is com
pleted and funds appropriated for
the work by congress, only thin
can forging of this link in the At
lantic Coast intracoastal water
way actually begin.
EARL DE NOON ON
VISIT TO KEY WEST
i Earl De Noon, member of the
American Society Testing Ma
terials, arrived in Key West for
the periodic inspection of ma
terial for the General Motors Cos.,
being exposed at the Key West
naval station.
It has been several months
since Mr. De Noon was last here
and on that visit he was accom
panied by Mrs. De Noon, who be
fore her marriage to Mr. De Noon
was Miss Alice Bate, who has a
host of friends here, and spent a
most delightful visit.
BABY CHICKS
SI.OO Per Dozen
RUPERT KNOWLES