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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-04

vile Sound. 4
Miss Ruth Humphrey will return
today from a two weeks vacation
in New York, New Jersey a n d
Winston-Salem.
Miss Aloysius Blackham has re-
turned to Pensacola, Fla, after
spending her vacation with h r
parents on Chestnut street. Miss
Blackham is a laboratory techni-
clan at Pensacola hospital. 4
Miss Gwendolyn Blackham
returned to Fayetteville this week
after having spent her vacation
with her parents in the city. Miss
Blackham is a senior nurse at the
Highsmith School of Nursing in
Fayetteville. 4
Miss Majorie Heater, of Raleigh,
is visiting Miss Ruth Hart for sew
eral days at her home, 507 Orange
street.
Miss Saranne Fitzpatrick, of
Thomaston, Ca, is the guest of
Miss Elizabeth Williams at her
home on Princess street.
Miss Louise Emerson has return
ed from New York city and is
making her home with the Edward
Wootens in Woodcrest.
Miss Jennie Murchison, of Wash
ington, D. c., has apprived to spend
the month of August with her fam
lily at Wrightsville Beach.
Mr.. and Mrs. Albert F. Perry
have left for Linville to spend the
month of August.
Mrs. ]. Reginald Mallett and son,
of Baltimore, are spending i S
month with her family at the R. E.
Calder cottage at Wrightsville
Beach.
Friends of Mrs. Ralph Hodges
will be glad to learn she has been
removed from the James Walker
Memorial hospital to her home aft
er a two weeks illness.
Mrs. W. B. Evans and daughter,
Elizabeth Mae, have returned to
the city after a ten days visit in
Montreal.
Mrs. Beulah Meir will leave to-
night for a trip to New York city
and St. Louis.
Miss Jane Leonard, of Blunts-
town, Fla, who has been visiting
relatives here and in the eastern
part of the state, has gone to New
Zion, S. c., to visit relatives. She
will also visit in Atlanta and Ameri-
Gus, Ca, before returning home.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. H. Winstead
nave returned to Jacksonville,
Fla, after visiting Mrs. Louise
Canady at her home on Princess
street.
Jimmy Corbett and Bobby Little
will return home today from Lin
vile, where they have been visiting
Mrs. P. R. Albright.
Mrs. William A. Wood, III, and
son, Billy, of Rocky Mount, are
visiting Mrs. Woods sister, Mrs.
John N. Alexius at her home on
Harbor Island.
Mrs. Ben S. Willis, of Green's
boro, is visiting her parents, MIR.
and Mrs. H. B. Peschau at their
home on Masonboro Sound.
Il
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Morton Ste
Wart and children, of Baltimore.
Md, r visiting Mrs. Stewards
parents, Mrs. and Mrs. C. Van
Leuven at their cottage on Oxford
street at Wrightsville Beach.
Miss Madelyn Switzerland. of
Washington, D. c., arrived Satur-
day for a two weeks vacation with
her mother, Mrs. J. N. Switzerland
at Carolina Beach.
II
Miss Dorothy Gaines, a student
OF Duke hospital, has arrived for
a two weeks stay at the Sorther-
land cottage at Carolina B
Mrs. Gaines and son, Jimmie are
spending a month at the So,,+har-
land cottage at the beach. 2
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-04
Carolina Beach
Arrivals

Among those registered at h e
Moore cottages at Carolina Beach
are: Mr.. and Mrs. Roy Dean, of
K%enansville, Mr.. and Mrs. C. A.
Cressel and son, Billy, Of Char
lotte, Mr.. and Mrs. E. A. Flower
and daughter, Shirley, Of Charlotte,
Mr.. and Mrs. M. A. Todd and sons,
Donald Lee and M. A., Jr, of Dunn,
Mrs. D. A. Williams, Mrs. Berla
Williamson, Mrs. Willie Strickland,
Mrs. Chancey Williamson and Lee
Williamson, of Durham. 4
Ahn11t 100 nnQ narsonS ora 11ndar
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-04

Mrs. Hattie Taylor Schiller has
returned to the city from a bust
ness trip to New York.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-03-18
W. W. DEMERITT
GETS WORD OF
JAX TRANSFER
WILL LEAVE KEY WEST NEXT
THURSDAY: coMDR. HILL
TON BELIEVED SUCCESSOR
TO TAKE CHARGE

Commander w. w. Demeritt
this morning received orders from
Admiral r. r. Waesche, in Wash
ington, D. c., commanding the
U. S. Coast Guard, advising him
that he will relinquish his COM
mand of the station in Key West
and report for duty at headquar-
tiers in Jacksonville.
Mr.. Demeritt read the orders
in the presence of the office force
at headquarters building and adj
vised Lieutenant Henry B. Has
kins that he was in command of
the station until further orders,
or until he was relieved by Lieu
tenant Commander Carl H. Hilton,
who is expected to succeed Com
mander Demeritt at Key West.
Mr.. Demeritt, who has been
superintendent of lighthouses in
the district since 1913, told The
Citizen, after the orders had been
read that he will leave for his
new station next Thursday.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-03-18
Fire Destroyed Upper
STORY Of Club EdiiCe
DISCOVERED AT 700 O'CLOCK THIS MORNING; OF
FICERS UNABLE TO GIVE REASON FOR BLAZE

Fire Stations responded to the
call. Before water could be
thrown on the blaze, however,
most of the roof was in flames.
Aquilino Lopez, Jr., president
of a club housed in the building,
stated this noon that the Struc-
ture was not insured, but that a
recent valuation of $500 had
been placed on the property.
Chief Baker stated that his eSti
mate of damage. inflicted was $4,-
900.
DR.. E. Rodriguez was at club
headquarters until an early hour
this morning and left about $3.50
o'clock, with the steward, Ange-
Ito Rojo, for Miami Mack Saun-
ders, who has been living there
since his boat was destroyed by
recent high winds, left the build
ing about $50 o'clock this morn
ing and reported that everything
was in order. The men could give
no explanation as to the origin of
the fire.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-03-18
K. 0. THOMPSON
HAS ANNOUNCED
FOR REELECTION
PRESENT SHERIFF IS IN
RACE TO SUCCEED HIM
SELF; CALLS ATTENTION
TO PAST PERFORMANCE

In formally announcing his
candidacy for reelection,
Sheriff Karl o. Thompson told
The Citizen today he had re-
ceived so many public express
sions of confidence in his ad-
ministration that he felt impelled
to seek the office for the third
time.
Because of these expressions
of confidence in my administra-
ton of the sheriff's office and
County Jail, I intend to seek re-
election on my record, Sheriff
Thompson declared. THAT rec
ord and the County Jail are
open to public inspection at all
times, for both have been kept
clean and wholesome.
"The laws have been enforced
impartially for the benefit of the
people of Monroe county; Grim
inals have been rounded up and
arraigned efficiently and with
dispatch; there have been no
crime waves in this county be-
cause they were smothered by
the sheriff's office before they
had a chance to expand.
with the assistance of a cap
able, honest, Woodworking staff,
the sheriff's office has been run
like any efficient private enter
prise. We have been alert,
courteous and responsive to
every 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
give us their continued sup
port
Sheriff Thompson was first
elected in 1882, and has served
continuously since he took office
Jan. 8, 1888, having been re-
elected in 1886. While serving
as sheriff, Mr.. Thompson has al
so taken an active part in many
civic activities, and has been a
factor behind several campaigns
for county improvements, his
friends state.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-03-18
SHERIFF'S OFFICE
RECEIVERS LOOT
MOST OF EDDIE BUSH'S LOSS
HAS BEEN RE-
COVERED

Eddie Bush, from whom a car
was stolen along with about $50
worth of paraphernalia and cloth
ing last week, called at the office
of 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
and Patrol Officer Ray Atwell
had been on the job since Thurs
day night in search of the loot
and Friday night succeeded in re-
covering several shirts and other
clothing-in fact, the only things
now missing are the golf balls,
which were also among the stolen
goods.
Mr.. Bush expressed his CRATE
fulness for the good work per-
formed by the sheriff's office
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-03-18
SOCIAL PLANNING
CONFERENCE TO
BE Held APRIL Fl
MISS KETCHUM APPOINTED
TO REPRESENT MONROE
COUNTY AT JACKSON
VILE CONFERENCE
Especial tV The Citizen)

JACKSONVILLE, Mar. 49,
With only five weeks remaining
before the opening of the Flor
ida State Conference of Social
Work in Jacksonville on April
81 and the conference program
almost complete, area chairmen
are being appointed daily in the
different 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 through the
whole conference program this
year, Mrs. Constance Pringle
Rudd, st. Petersburg, president.
stated, with social legislation and
public health being highlighted.
This annual conference is the
only organization in Florida that
brings together all persons en-
gagged in the broad field of social
welfare. 1t provides an oppor-
tunity for interested citizens,
public officials, board members,
and professional workers to
meet together so that informa-
ton may be shared, problems
realized, and inspiration given
to find solutions.
Members of the executive
committee besides Mrs. Rudd in
clude Loris r. Bristol, West Palm
Beach; Miss Marion Mickler,
Tampa; Robert r. Walden, St.
Petersburg; Miss saba BoStick,
Quincy; Miss Hester Graham,
Fort Myers; Judge Chester M.
Virgins, Barlow; DR.. Coyie e.
Moore, Tallahassee; and Miss
Gladys Malcolm, Mrs. Mary Nc
Cormick Pynchon and Mrs. Ber-
tina A. Bedell, all of Jacksonville.
More than 1000 members are
expected for the meetings in
Jacksonville, which will last
from Sunday, April 81, through
Wednesday, April "a.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-03-18
TRAINING COURSE
FOR RECREATION
WORKERS OPENS
FIRST SESSION AT PARISH
HALL TONIGHT MISS DUN
BAR AND MRS. LIVING
SION TO coNDocT

Miss Ednis Dunbar, project
technician, and Mrs. Anne
Livingston, assistant, of the
State WPA Recreation Depart
ment, arrived in this city last
night for the purpose of conduct
ing a five-day Leader Training
Institute here under sponsorship
of the Community Recreation
Committee.
AT meeting held this morning
at La Concha hotel, under chair
manship of Albert E. PIERCE, Jr.,
president, the committee decided
to call the first institute meeting
tonight, at 7:15 o'clock, at St.
Paurs Parish Hall. Future meet
ings, which will be held twice
daily at $3.50 and tbs o'clock,
at the National Guard Armory
on White street, it was stated.
Attending the meeting this
morning besides Miss Dunbar
and Mrs. Livingston, were Com
mander B. D. Quinn, of the Navy
forces, Mrs. Eva Warner, secre-
tary, Adrian O'Sweeney, treas
urer, and Allan Armstrong, vice
president.
A full recreation instruction
course will be offered all inter-
ested in the city by the WPA
technicians. School teachers,
Sunday School teachers, PIT. A.
officials, Boy and Girl Scout
leaders, Navy and Army person
mel and representatives of all or
CARNATIONS are being contacted
to stress the desirability of at
tendance at the courses to be Of
fered.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-03-18
Fuller Warren Spoke
Here Saturday Night

Fuller Warren, candidate for
governor, addressing 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.
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. Il have
travelled about 5000 miles over
this State in the past month,
Warren added, land l can truth
fully state that this is the longest
continuous stretch of bad road to
be found on any arterial highway
in Florida. Its immediate inn
provement is essential to the
future of Key Vests tourist
business; and what helps and in
creases the tourist business here
is of benefit to all our State. My
promise to put this road in good
condition is in full accordance
with the plank in my published
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-03-18
Building Activity, Real Estate
Transactions Increase In City

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-
tors 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 $500, the price for
the other two stone houses and
lots not being disclosed at this
time.
The residence at 403 South
street will be completely reno
waited by Col Leasure, the cost,
as indicated at the building in
spector's office, being $4,000.
Other building activity is
noted as:
Construct a frame residence
at 708 South street. Owner, E.
x. Wilson; cost. $1,000.
General repairs to two-story
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-03-18
STATE HEADS OF
EMPLOYMENT HERE

"Since we have been here two
years ago, we note a very decid-
ed improvement in your city,
due, no doubt, to the construction
of the Overseas Highway and the
characteristics of Key West peo-
pie to carry on and never give
up.
Thus spoke Fons A. Hathaway,
director of the Florida State EN-
ployment Service, who, with
Assistant Director G. A. Duncan,
arrived in the city yesterday on
business.
Mr.. Hathaway expressed him
self as being most pleased with
the local service work being con-
Quoted by William V. Little, di-
rector of the Key West office.
The visitors left this afternoon
for upstate points.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-03-18
CAR DAMAGED
ON HIGHWAY

An automobile, property of a
Mr.. SAUL struck slippery place
in the highway near Summer
land Key, approximately 81
miles from Key West, went off
the road and was badly damaged.
Louis Aguerro, who arrived in
the city last night, gave The Citi-
zen the above information. He
was member of the party rid
ing in the vehicle at the time of
the accident and revealed there
were no one injured.
The damaged car is now in a
shop in the city being repaired.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-03-18

Only the framework of the
upper story of the Centre As
turiano building on Duval street
was left standing this morning
following the effects of a fire of
undetermined origin which broke
out some time after ZOO o'clock.
The lower floor, while in appar-
ent good condition, was water
soaked and considerable damage
to goods stored there was re-
ported.
The building is situated be-
tween the Gilbert-J efferson Hotel
and the offices of the Key West
Housing Authority. Efficient
work on the part of the fire fight
ers of the city under direction of
Chief Harry Baker kept the
flames from spreading to those
structures
Immediately after discovery of
the fire Ny Ivan Saunders, an
alarm waf sent in from Box IL.
Four engines from Nos. l and 3
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-03-18

platform in which l say l will do
everything possible to increase
Florida'S tourist trade, which is
the most important single bust
ness in Florida"
Discussing further his plans to
increase the tourist business
which, he estimated, amounts to
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
in speeches before luncheon
clubs, civic groups, over the
radio, etc, delineate Florida's at
fractions and bring increasing
numbers of visitors here.
Warren also stressed two other
important planks in his plat
form; his plans to lower electric
light rates, and to add from Is to
Is million dollars annually to the
Continued On Page Four)
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-03-18
US. Survey Chief Cites Needs
of WiIdlife At Conference

WASHINGTON, D. c., Mar.
18.-The needs of wildlife in the
future are threefold DR.. Ira N.
Gabrielson told the Fifth An
nual North American Wildhfe
Conference here today, as Ma
tional Wildlife Week opened.
1--WE need in the future and
will need more and more, to de-
velop more dependable and ac-
curate information on the stocks
of wildlife and the harvest avail
able" the Chief of the U. S.
Bureau of Biological Survey told
the assembled wildlife authori-
ties.
'The second great need in the
wildlife conservation field it
seems to me is more land on
which the production of wildlife
is the primary enterprise" Cab
rielson continued. "And, the
third and greatest need is educa-
ton in many fields"
SIN this connection, it seems
obvious that this continent can
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-03-18
OFFICE SEEKERS
PAY in $4,000
SECRETARY OF STATE RE-
PORTS Ss.s4s.6o GOES TO
PARTY FUND

TALLAHASSEE, Fla, Mar. 18
(FNS).-Secretary of State r. A.
Gray reported last week that
candidates seeking nomination
in state and district offices in the
May primaries have paid a total
of $24,949 in qualification fees.
OF this amount $8,845.60 was
turned over to the State Demo-
cratic Executive Committee.
Three percent of a years salary
is charged by the state for quail
flying 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 %.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-03-18

residence at 1927 Eaton street
Owner, Chas. Boil; cost, $1,000.
Construct frame two-story
residence at 318 Fleming street.
Owner. T. V. Brennan; cost, ST.
900.
Build concrete block one-Story
residence at the corner of Grin
nell and Catherine strets. Own
er, Amanda Acevedo; cost, ST.
600.
General repairs to concrete
block residence at 1919 Flagler
Avenue. Owner, Eugene AL
bury; cost, $500.
General repairs to two-story
frame residence at 701 Southland
street. Owner, Miss Minnie Por-
ter Harris; cost, 500.
General repairs to two-story
residence at 905 Whitehead
street. Owner, Ralph Faraldo;
cost, $lUO.
Repairs to residence at 9O2
Florida street. Owner, J. L.
Crusoe: cost, S10O.
General repairs to one-story
at 1919 Pearl street.
Owner, Raymond Filler; cost,
9lUOs &, /.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-03-18
Hitler COnferS With
II Duce;; Final Peace
TermSBelievedCiyen
MUSSOLINI EXPECTED TO
TRANSMIT INFORMAL
TON TO SUMNER
WELLES TOMORROW

lBy Associated PresE)
LONDON. Mar. l8-Proof
that the Rome Berlin axis still
exists and of its apparent soil
darby. came today when authori-
ties here were given information
of a conference held between
Adolf Hitler and Benito Mus
solini over the weekend at Bren-
ner Pass. the frontier between
the two countries.
No official report of the con-
ference was given out, however,
and only surmise can be brought
into the picture at this time to
interpret just what the future
holds in store for Europe.
One source of information be-
lieved that Hitler gave important
information to Mussolini for
transmission to Sumner WelleS,
President RooSevelt'S fact
finder, who is awaiting en-
barkation in Rome for his trip
home to the United States. ''The
real peace terms-suitable to the
Nazis", was believed the SUBJ
ject of the, conference, it was
thought by many observers.
Press dispatches from Berlin
announced that a surprise an
nouncement would be forthcom-
ing in a day or two, in regard to
future three-nation policy. This
is interpreted to. mean that the
Germans, Russians and Italians
are working out a formula for
future operations.
Welles is reported to have had
another audience with Pope
Plus XII today. He is reported
to have been given some adj
vance information as to what
Mussolini might have to say in
final words before he departs
home. 1t is known that Ger
many's Foreign Minister Won
Ribbentrop divulged much of
Germany's aims to the Holy
Father in talks last week, and it
is thought that this information,
at least in part, was passed on to
the United States under-Secre-
tary.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-03-18
E1:X3IIi;13:y
| AskiaR%ssaef
1||3E Ells! : s WEEK

development of land now avail
able.
1T has always seemed to me
that too much of our effort in
conservation work was in educat-
ing ourselves and those already
interested in the program, and
that we have not yet developed
an effective mechanism for get
ting conservation understanding
and information into the minds
of those who do not yet know
and appreciate its basic sig
nificance for the future human
welfare of this country"
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-03-18
TANKER SALINAS
SAILED TODAY

Tanker Salinas, which arrived
Friday night with a shipment of
10000 barrels of fuel oil for the
tanks at the naval station and a
shipment of general merchan-
disc, finished unloading Satur-
day afternoon and sailed at
o'clock today.
Other vessels of the U. S. Navy
in the harbor this morning were
the Destroyers Lea, flagship of
the neutrality patrol squadron in
command of Captain A. S. Car
pender; Williams, Twiggs,
Wickes, Philip, Schenck and the
Tender Cannot.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-03-18
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 Soil
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
cali 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-
stable Cleve Johnson, from the
Keys 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 $40.
On the latter charge the judge
deferred sentence. On the charge
of the theft of the car the ac-
cused was sentenced to pay
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 $3.50
o'clock.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-03-18
CENTRIC ASTURIANO
CLUB TO HOLD MEET

President Aquilino Lopez, Jr.,
of the Centre ASturiano Club, is
sues call for meeting of the
members of the organization at
1880 o'clock tomorrow evening in
the Island City building, 207
Duval street.
All members of the organiza-
ton are requested to be present
as matters of importance will be
discussed.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-03-18

never again so long as it is in
habited by man produce as
abundantly and prolificly as it
did before the white man took
over the country and utilized it
to his own advantage and for his
own purposes" Gabrielson adj
fnitted.
Speaking of the need for in
formation, Gabrielson urged &C
curate nationwide Wildlife in
ventories, taken at frequent in
tervalS-a taking stock of the
country's wildlife resources.
In emphasizing the need for
more land in future development
of Americas wildlife resources,
Gabrielson said that greater pro-
duction can be obtained in only
two ways-by the purchase of
new land to be devoted to wild
life production or by the further