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For 59 Years Devoted to the
Best Interests of Key West
VOLUME LX. No. 72.
Fishermen Take Longer
Trips; Bring in More Fish
Reefs Reported Alive With
Fish; Feature Catches!
60-Lb. Amberjack, Two
Sails; Wahoo, Tarpon
With fishermen's reports from
the reef substantiating the pres- j
ence of many big fish that are j
more active than usual at taking
the hook with the coming of
Spring, two parties fished Florida
Keys* waters as they should be >
firhed. two or three days at a;
time, and brought in splendid j
deep-sea catches.
Avery pleasant couple, Mr. and j
Mis. W. R. Kopmeyer, of Louis
ville, Kentucky, spent three days
fishing both the Gulf Stream and,
Bay areas and scored plenty of !
catches. Trying for sailfish, Mrs. ■
Kopmeyer scored first with a six!
footer, but, masculine-like, Mr.;
Kopmeyer got the “biggest”,
which was a seven footer. Each
fish was in perfect contwtion,
which is a tribute to the skillfull!
handling of the guide. In addi-;
lion the couple brought in five
bonito, two mackerel, many large
black grouper, crevalle jacks and j
barracuda. Mrs. Kopmeyer then
put the kibosh on her husband by
taking the fishing lead with a
small tarpon. Fishing was with;
Capt. Phillip Niles of the Florida. •
A two-day trip on the “Made
line”, Capt. Reggie Trevor, netted;
F. B. Anderson and Clarence Sea- j
man of Clveeiand 18 groupr, one
dolphin and a sprinkling of fight
ing crevalle jacks besides mack-1
crel. barracuda, yellowtail and
muttonfish*. Another wahoo, a 28
pounder, was landed by Edward i
Dnftfm-<TfSo3ttrrr ' fishing with"
Mrs. Dalton, E. Edwin Parmelee !
of Gardner, Mass.; Earl Johnson,
Newton, Mass., and Mary Louise
Williams of Key West on Capt.
Bra Saunders’ Patrick. The bal
ance of the catch consisted of,
three grouper, two yellowtail, l
four macki rel and five barracuda.
Few wahoo are landed with only
about five reported this season, j
One wahoo was bitten in half by 1
a shark earlier in the season.
On the Dorna D. 11, Capt. Bob
Daniels, Mr. and Mrs. John C. C.
Mayo of Ashland, Kentucky,!
counted up eight bonito, one dol-1
phin and a grouper. North and i
South Carolina got together as
did their governors when J. M.
Gregg of Wilmington, N. C., and
J. S. Ramsey of Darlington, S. C.,
fished with Capt. Henry Weather- j
ford two days on the Lucky j
Strike and boated three dolphin, j
a large bonito, a kingfish and |
mackerel and grouper.
The Messrs. Sanders and Gal- j
lagher and Willy from the rocky
coast of Maine found out about!
Caribbean fishing when Captain;
Ted Canova brought them to a
school of amberjack and Sanders
immediately hooked into a 60
pounder landing it after a 30-
minute scrap. They were ex
tremely well satisfied with their
catch of two dolphin, a bonito,
two grouper and three barracuda
in addition to the “big yellow”.
From the cold blasts of Canada
southward to the warm Gulf
Stream came Mrs. Leon Ryan of
Montreal to land a gorgeous blue
and white sailfish weighing 35
pounds and a perfect specimen
aboard Capt. Jakie Key’s Legion.
A large catch of bonito and dol
phin was also marked. Miss Pat
Ryan was making her first trip to
Florida and is delighted with- the
Island City. Both are at the Casa j
Marina.
Two sailfish were recently
boated by Capt. Jakie Key in one
day with C. Yeiser and H. Sch
wartz, both of Cleveland, stop
ping the Casa Marina, each J
landing one. In Bay fishing. C. j
Campbell and Yeiser landed two
tarpon, one a forty pounder and;
the other a forty-five pounder.!
Recently, too, Larry Duke of Fort
Myers brought in a 45-pound tar
pon.
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THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN THE U.S. A.
MONROE COUNTY
WELFARE WORK
NOW CHECKED
REPORT ISSUED SHOWS BEN
EFITC RECEIVED FROM OR
GANIZATION UP TO END OF
LAST YEAR
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JACKSONVILLE, March 25. !
Practical benefits whicn Monroe j
County has received from the;
varied phases of the State Wei- j
fare program from July 1, 1937, I
when the State Welfare Board j
w'as inducted into office to De- :
cember 31, 1938, the end of the
last calendar year, were sum
marized in a statement released;
here today from the state offices
of the Board.
When the Board went into of->
fice 101 residents of Mbnroe j
County were receiving Old Age 1
Assistance, the statement said.’ 1
The number of recipients had
been increased to 468 on Decern- j
her 31, 1938, for an aggregate
sum of $7,360.00 per month. Dur
ing the 18-month period, Monroe
County had received $105,921.00
in Old Age Assistance. At the
end of December there were 73
applications pending.
At the end of December the
number of recipients of Aid to
the Blind had increased to 97 and
the monthly payroll had mounted
to $1,529.00. During the year
1938, Monroe County’s sightless
were aided to the amount of SB,-
8J.7.00. i
The Aid to Dependent Children
Program was retarded by lack*of
funds and at the eiid of 1938 was
still in its infancy. During De
cern bei-, five children received
this aid for a joint sum of $69.00.
The? county is entitled to $726.00
monthly, limited funds available
being distributed on a population
basis.
The case load of recipients of
j surplus commodities was swelled
by a federal regulation broaden
i ing eligibility requirements to
include those whose incomes were
less than 100 percent of their
budgetary needs. It increased to
755 persons as of December 31.
During the calendar year 1938
clothing fashioned in W.P.A.
sewing rooms to the value of $15,-
035.52 and surplus commodities
to the value of $20,261.28 were
j distributed in Monroe County.
Monroe County has maintained
an average enrolled strength in
! the Civilian Conservation Corps
|of 25 men. These men earn S3O
i per month each and remit $25
monthly to dependents at home,
i During the tenure of the State
Welfare Board, Monroe County
has realized an average monthly !
income of $750.00 from this •
source. The aggregate amount j
received by enrollees during that i
period was $13,500.00.
A? certifying agent, the State!
Welfare Board during the past
year has certified 704 residents of j
Monroe County to the W.P.A. for '
employment as jobs became avail -!
able.
The benefits, the statement :
: stressed, were made possible ■
without the necessity for levying
any tax other than that im
posed upon the sale of intoxicat
ing beverages through repeal of
the prohibition amendment.
With the entire program well
! advanced, Monroe County is re
ceiving a materially larger rev- j
enue from welfare sources during
the present year. ;
1
SCRATCHING POST
NEW YORK Burdette Gar
rard, ticket seller at a bus ter- !
minal, has erected a scratching 1
post, 5 feet 6 inches high for the!
convenience of bus passengers
I who want to scratch their backs. •
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Saturday Night Clubbers ]
tonight at
LA CONCHA HOTEL
RAINBOW ROOM
Presenting Miss Beatrice Moreno
in Piano Solos and Miss Maria
Farto and Miss Julio De Poo in a
Spanish Pase Doble Dance
AT 8:00 O'CLOCK
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Canada’s claim for plane (above) built in Ontario is-that it is one of the fastest
I fighters on the continent. However, U. S. army now envisions 500 mile an hour planes.
SCHRIEBERS ON
VISIT TO CITY
HAVE WITH THEM MISS WAN
DA AND JUDGE AR
THUR J. TUTTLE
i
Mr. and Mrs. George Schreiber,
frequent visitors to Key West
from their home in Detroit, Michi
gan, are in Key West today, hav
ing arrived yesterday with their
guests. Miss Wanda and Judge
Arthur J. Tuttle of the United
States Court for the Eastern Dis
, triet of Michigan.
Judge Tuttle has been a regu
lar hunter of deer for the past 26
years and has always brought in
his buck regularly each year. For
• the past seventeen year* }ie has
been a member of Rotary Inter
national, and has attendejd a meet
ing of a Rotary Club each week
for that time.
The judge is Past Eminent Su- j
preme Archon of Sigma Alpha
Epsilon. He was intiated in the
chapter in June, 1891, and attend- ;
ed the first Founders Day din- ■
ner on March 9, 1892. He has
not missed one since that date, i
The Record of Sigma Alpha
| Epsilon, a magazine published
monthly by the fraternity, carries
on the cover a picture of Judge j
Tuttle and one of his prizes, the
head of a buck, and an editorial
in the March number of the:
magazine pays tribute to the
< judge .and shows that for the !
past 15 years he has been a mem
ber of the National Association
of Referees in Bankruptcy, of
which he was one of the founders
and has never missed a meeting.
CHINA CONTINUES :
! FlGffllNG JAPAN
1
' 1.000 JAPS KILLED; PLANES
SINKS WAR
SHIPS
(llt Aanocintrd Prmt
j TOKIO, March 25.—Japanese
l press agencies today revealed;
; that sabotage of Japanese ware- j
! houses and chemical plants was
being initiated by Chinese forces.
A great number of incendiary
instruments were found in fac
tories and buildings over China.
Chinese forces burped a bridge
in Western China, which was an
i important means of communica
tion.
Chinese planes killed over 1,000
• Japs in a surprise air raid. War
ships were also sunk in the
j Yangste.
WILL DEMERITT
| UNDER ARREST
* Will Demeritt was arrested
and placed in the county jail yes
terday by Deputy Sheriff Rex
1 McCleod after he had used abu
sive language and a number of
unprintable epithets in connec
tion with the deputy.
Preliminary hearing has been
set for next week and is to be
handled by Peace Justice JSnrique
Esquinaldo, Jr.
KEY WEST, FLORIDA, SATURDAY, MARCH 25, 1939
Canada’s Fast Place
’temperatures**
liOwest Highest
Station- - last night last 24 hour.? >
Abilene . .... 54 76
Atlanta 56 84
Boston .. 36 58
: Buffalo 36 52
Charleston 62 82
Chicago 60 78
Denver 46 64
Detroit 52 78
Galveston 66 72
Havana 64
Huron 40 80
Jacksonville 62 84
Kansas City 60 70
KEY WEST 72 81
Little Rock 54 68
Los Angeles 54 68
Louisville 60 80
Miami 70 78
Mpls.-St. P. 46 76
New Orleans 62 80
New York 54 70 J
! Pensacola . 62 72
Pittsburgh .... 56 78
St. Louis 64 80
, Salt Lake City 38 64
San Francisco 48 58
i Seattle 44 52
;Tampa * 62 82
, Washington 60 82
| Williston 42 72
FIGHT PRESIDENT
j ON HIS POWERS
PROPOSED TO TAKE PRESI
• DENTIAL POWER FROM
NEUTRALITY BILL
lß.v Amu -lilted
] WASHINGTON. March 25.—A
bloc is fighting to take some of
the presidential powers in the
; Neutrality Act now before Con
gress from the President,
j Amendments, which will re
strict the use of the power and
call for certain mandatory
j ties are being proposed.
Secretary of Treasury Morgen
thau’s plan to have the nation
face its debts in a pay as you go
l system with a reserve of three
billion dollars. The other plan
was to build up a large reserve
| first.
President Roosevelt, ill with a
cold, rceived few visitors at the
j White House today.
SCHdONETLANDS
WITH 300 TURTLE
i Turtle Schooner A. M. Adams
returned from the Mosquito Is
lands off Nicaragua yesterday
i morning and 300 turtle were
placed in the Thompson Fish
Compghy pens.
i The schooner, which is under
, British registry from Georgetown
in the Grand Cayman Islands
brings the load of turtle into Key j
West about once a month. The;
turtle are Sold as meat and gela- <
tinous portions used for turtle
soup, which is canned locally. {
Captain of the Adams is Al. E.
Banks. ;
KEY TO Fisherman s Paradise PERKY
><?■> t Accomo-iations • Cu.sint
- i ' Fishing :n ‘he Florida He vs * LODGE
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STATE SENATOR
WARD ARRIVES
MEETS MANY PERSONS AT
OFFICES OF CHAMBER
OF COMMERCE
State Senator Elmer Ward, of
Fort Myers, was an arrival in the
city last evening, accompanied by
Attorney Paul Marks, of the
Overseas Road and Toll Bridge
Commission, and today spent the
entire morning meoljng friends
and constituents at the offices of
the Chamber of Commerce.
There were several hundred
visitors during the hours from 10
to 12 o’clock, and the senator told
The Citizen he had enjoyed a
most wonderful time, discussing
the needs of Monroe county as
placed before him by his callers,
both politicians and others.
Among the group of visitors
W'as a delegation of teachers of
the Teachers Association of Mon
roe county, consisting of the fol
lowing members: Mrs. Addah
Ramsey, Mrs. Ethea Strieker,
Miss Miriam Carey and Mrs. Eu
lalie Jones.
Mr. Ward expressed himself as
being delighted with the number
of visitors with whom he dis
cussed various phases of the mat
ters brought up and told The
Citizen that he expects to remain
in the city until tomorrow and
will be at the Casa Marina.
CUBA BRINGS IN
227 PASSENGERS
Arriving yesterday afternoon
;on the P. and O. S. S. vessel
Cuba from Havana were 227 pas
j sengers. There were 92 first
cabin passengers and three second
.cabin for Key West, 131 first
, cabin and one second cabin for
i Tampa and St. Petersburg.
Among the arrivals en route to
Tampa were 62 members of the
Three Quarter Century Club, Of
ages ranging from 75 to 92 years,
who went to Havana Monday for
; their annual vacation and re
; ported having a delightful time,
j Listed on the vessel’s manifest
1 were the following items for
Key West and Tampa: For the
former port there were one ton
of freight, two automobiles and
! seven sacks of mail, and for Tam
pa. seven tons of freight and 73
sacks of mail.
The vessel sailed at 5:10 o’clock
with 13 first cabin and 10 second
cabin pasengers booked at Key
West, one automobile and two
sacks of maiL
WELL SUPPLIED
s NEW YORK When govern
ment agents found 900 gallons of
home-made wine in the home of
; Mike Destianni of this city, he
explained: “I just made it for my
friends.”
Esteban Fernandez Found Guilty
On Assault And Battery Charge
ANNIVERSARY OF
HIGHWAY OPENING
TO BE OBSERVED
FORMER KEY WESTERS WILL
STAGE CELEBRATION AT
MIAMI CIVIC CENTER ON
MARCH 31
Friday night, March 31, will
be a gala night among the for
mer Key Westers at the Miami
Civic Center where the Key
West club of Dade county will
sponsor a benefit* dance in com
memoration of the first anniver
sary of the opening of the Over
seas highway. A part of the pro
ceeds will be given to the Na
tional Infantile Paralysis Foun
dation. Joe H. Monticino, presi
dent of the ciub, states that a
large delegation from the Island
City will join former residents
of this city in the Miami festivi
ties.
Mayor E. G. Scwpll will give
an official welcome to Mayor
Willard Albury of this city. Mrs.
W. H. Malone, chairman of the
reception committee, will be as
sisted by Mrs. Sue Bradley Doug
las, Mrs. O. A. Sandquist, Mrs.
Edwin Barker, Mrs. M. P. De-
Boe, Mrs. S. D. W. Light, Mrs.
Louis Peacock, Mrs. Murray
Lowe, Mrs. T. S. Carrero, Mrs.
Carrie Crowson, Mrs. Ralph
Higgs, Mrs. Virgil Cordero, Mrs.
I. N. Meltzer, Mrs. Alvin Davis,
Mrs. George Brown, Mrs. E. C.
Saunders and Mrs. Florence Pet
row.
Governor Fred P. Cone heads
the list of state dignitaries to
whom invitations have been
sent. Federal, county and city
officials of Dade and Monroe
counties have been invited also.
Monticino states that this event
will be different from the usual
run of benefit dances, for it will
bring together a large group of
old friends and acquaintances,
giving them the opportunity to
enjoy reminiscences of former
days spent in Key West. Accord
i ing to the statistics of the club,
j there are more than 8,000 former
Key Westers now residing in
Dade county.
Club Organised In 1932
The Key West club of Dade
county was organized informally
in 1932 as a social club, but in
1934 the club was granted a
charter fr.om the circuit court
under the order of the late Jef
ferson B. Browne, native of Key
West. Paul Marks, former club
1 president, said the club serves
the purpose of being an asset in
Miami, helpful to the welfare of
the community, and assisting
other similar organizations in
aiding the fraternal spirit among
the members. The plan of the
club is both covic and social, and
to inculcate in the minds of its
members a deeper sense of civic
pride and duty.
Members of the executive
committee with Monticino in
clude Paul Marks, W. H. Malone,
H. C. Wetmore, Willard Russell,
Harry Gwynn, Bolivar Redo,
Mrs. T. S. Carrero, Mrs. T. H.
Duckett, Mrs. Carrie Crowson,
Mrs. Ralph Higgs and G. I.
Knowles, member of the audit
ing committee.
A feature of the dance enter
tainment which will include sev
eral acts of floor shows, a part
of which will be furnished from*
Key West, will be a popularity
contest, a loving cup to be pre
sented to the winner. Mrs. Wil
lard Russell, Mrs. Bolivar Redo
and Mrs. E. C. Saunders will be
in charge of the entertainment
and prizes. A welcome will tte
extended to all residents of Key
West.
THE KEY WEST GAS COM
PANY BOWLING TEAM
challenges the winner of the
KEY WEST BOWLING LEAGUE
TOURNAMENT
to a series of games to be played
at any mutually agreeable date.
Signed, ALLAN HAMPTON,
Secretary.
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HERE IS A FRENCH SOL
DIER at Marseille, showing
off his military equipment.
| France has been anxiously
watching her army, the best
trained in the world.
HITLER VISITS
MEMEL LAND
!
GIVEN SMALL OVATION AT
THEATRE PERFORMANCE
ON RETURN TO BERLIN
(By Atuip|n<ril I’rfMl
1 BERLIN. March 25.—Growing
belief that the German people are
not over-anxious for war was ex
pressed today after Adolf Hitler
and his subordinate returned
from Memeiand and a feeble dem
onstration was given him.
On his return from Bohemia
i recently jubilant crowds met
. him. Hitler was seen at a theatre
performance, a rare occasion for
i him.
REESE FUNERAL
| HERE TOMORROW
Funeral services for Harrison
Tillman Reese, who died yester
day at noon, will be held tomor
row afternoon at 3 o’clock from
. the residence at 1017 Varela
k street.
The services will be conducted
|by Rev. Arthur B. Dimmick of
St. Paul’s Episcopal church.
Pallbearers will be selected
from the Army barracks and the
funeral will be conducted with
full military honors, with a squad
of soldiers from the barracks fir
jing the salute of three volleys.
i DANCE TONIGHT
—AT—
, Pena’s Garden Of Roses
j GOULD CURRY'S Seven-Piece
Orchestra
No Admission or Cover Charge
Key West, Florida, has the
most equable climate in the
country; with an average
range of only 14* Fahrenheit
PRICE FIVE CENTS
Was Charged With Attack
On Tony Arthur, Fore
man On WPA Sewer
Project
”
Recessed session of criminal
court met this morning lor the
purpose of hearing the case of
Esteban Fernandez, tried on a
charge of assault and battery on
Tony Arthur, foreman on the
WPA sewer contract. The defend
ant was convicted.
i Judge Wm. V. Albury presided,
and all officers of the tribunal
were present to hear the stories
of the encounter between Fernan
dez and Artnur, but the larger
number of witnesses testified to
the effect that the blame rested
solely on the part of Fernandez.
The case went to the jury,
which was composed of Paul
Archer, foreman; Clifford Wat
kins, Juan Carbonell, Jr., Arnold
Hinson, Frank Lones and Donald
J. Curry, and within a few min
utes the jurors returned with the
verdict.
The jury’s verdict was that the
defendant was found guilty of the
charges as embodied in the in
dictment and Judge Albury pro
nounced sentence of S2OO and
costs, or three months in the
county jail.
Other Cases
Before the case of Fernandez
was tried there were several pleas
of guilty the first of which was
that of Frank Torres, charged
with carrying a concealed weap
on. Sentence in this case was de
ferred.
William B. Woods, charged
with assault and battery, entered
his plea and the judge sentenced
him to pay a fine of $lO and costs
or spend 30 days in jail,
j The last plea of guilty was that
of George Davis, who waj ar
raigned on a charge of vagrancy,
j Sentence in the case was deferred
I provided the accused leaves the
city within the hour. Davis imme
| diately left the court and was
i soon out of sight.
More Jurors Drawn
Following this action, the judge
idrew from the jury box a list of
24 jurors, who will serve at the
session of the court, which is
j scheduled for next week. Names
the jurors are:
Otto Lundquist, L. E. WaLson,
Ray G. Curry, Walter Mur.coe,
Sr., Benjamin Lee Pinder, Pedro
Pueblo, Leo Warren, Miguel Mar
-1 rero, Earl E. Sands, Franklin E.
j Carey, Peter B. Roberts, Ross C.
Sawyer, Jr., Earl W. Higgs, James
A. Knowles (Sonny), Russell Hoff,
Arsenio Diaz, H. Blake Roberts,
. Thomas H. Roberts (Pilot), Ber
tram Pinder, Edward Fernandez,
George W. Albury, Frank Lewin
sky, Frank de Leon, and Leonard
R. Sawyer.
' i At the conclusion of the draw
ing of the jury list the judge stat
ed that the names would be re
! turnable at 9:30 o’clock Monday
morning as there were a number
, *of cases to be tried at the present
session.
The jury, which had served
this week, was then advised that
the length of time the members
I I could be held for service was one
> week and ordered Clerk C. Sam
j B. Curry to pay the members for
the week.
Disbursement of the funds was
| started and when Mr. Curry had
concluded he announced that he
had paid the sum of $582.90 to the
40 jurors who comprised the regu
lar and special venire, which
served this wee Tc.
GOING TO CUBA?
Store Your Car At
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Service 24 Hours Day
and Night!
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