The Key West Citizen Newspaper, September 29, 1934, Page 1

“Associated Press Day Wire Service. For 5a Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West mOUSUME LV. No. 232. Navy Department Proposes ae Turn Key West. Naval Station. Over To Relief Administration Will Be Utilized Along With Other Activities . In Rehabilitation Pro- gram By PAUL MAY Special Washington Correspondent of The Citizen WASHINGTON, D.. C., Sept. 29.—Early action on} the proposal to turn ‘over! the naval properties at Key West to the relief ad- ministration in connection with its rehabilitation pro- gram, is certain, to the information dis- closed at the Navy Depart- ment here today. Rear Admiral H. L. Brin-: ser, Director of Navy Yards, ! declared that instructions to investigate the\proposal had. been forwarded to the Sixth Naval District and a reply! was expected this week. Admiral E, B. Fenner, Com- mandant of this district, is now conducting the investi- gation with the aid of the officer i in charge, it was said. Admiral Brinser explained that the Navy maintains only a smal staff at Key West for guard duty and the protec- tion of properties, and stated that “the navy does not con- template the reopening of Key West for its own use at this time.” DESERTED ON WEDDING DAY CHICAGO—Mrs, Florence Gib- son of this city appealed to the police to arrest her husband, who deserted her on their wedding day, taking all her money, according ‘SHIP TOBRING =| MATERIAL HERE FOR GOVERNMENT, WILL BE USED IN CONSTRUC- TION WORK TO BE CARRIED | ON BY LIGHTHOUSE DE- PARTMENT | The S. S, Muyan of the Amer-; ican Ship pase Corporation | jis scheduled to arrive in Key, | West some time next: month with: ja cargo of construction material consigned to’ the Lighthouse. De-, | partment. | Manager Charles Taylor, of the: Porter Dock Company, who has | been awarded the contract for | handling the unloading of the {ship with the regular stevedore | organization of the company has | been advised that the ship } will begin loading at Chester, Pa., about October 5. i Loading operations, it is | pected, will take about two da jand the ship may arrive at t port several days after loading operations are completed which | will make her arrival either Octo- i ber 11 or 12, it is anticipated. } At lighthouse headquarters it / was learned this morning that the | Mayan will dock at Pier A, known as the lighthouse dock and un-; _ loading operations begin as soon ‘as practicable after arrival. | Cargo on the vessel consists of ove light structure for Cosgrove! Shoal, one for Pulaski Shoal. six! smaller lights for Tampa Bay. one range light for Hillsboro Cut Aj Son@ for-Hillgbore: Sut D, and | enother for Tampa Bay Cut K. Erection of these lights will be | made by the construction forces} of the Tenders Ivy and Poppy. | LAST OF MARINE | RAILWAY MOVED { | Naught remains to show there | ‘was a cradle and marine railway at the naval station except the! gap in the sea wall where it once’ was, The entire apparatus was, some time ago, sold to the Ment- zer Metal Company of Miami and! the last load of the dismantled) ways was removed from the sta-/ | tion aw: Increase Sheen: In Business: Activity Throughout Country (Ry Annociated NEW YORK, Sept. 29.—Gen- ess activity as measur- mal Industrial Con- | ference board increased from 62. 7) in July to 63.6 in August, a rise| which was less than expected at this season. Production of passenger cars and trucks in the United States! and Canada in August was 11.8! percent under July and 1.0 per- cent over August of last year. During the first eight months of this year production by units gained 53.5 percent over the cor- responding period of last year. Re- tail sales of passenger cars in July were 21 percent greater than July of last year but 9 percent lower than June of this year. Building Contracts Up Building and engineering con-} tracts awards in August rose 0.5 percent over July in 37 states east of the Rocky Mountains to a point 13.3 percent over August, 1983. Publicly financed construc- tion awards constituted 57.5 per- cent of total August contracts let. While residential and non- residential awards declined, MONROE THEATER Frank Buck's WILD CARGO A picture that’s worth any- body's dollar at these prices: Matinee: Balcony, 10c; Orches- tra, 15-20c; Night, 15-25¢ Pens) { awards for public works increas- | ed. | Steel production | measured by daily average put was 14.3 percent under in August | out- the | July average. August steel opera- | | tions were at 22.9 percent of ca- | | pacity as compared with 26.8 per- cent in July and 48.8 percent in} j :. Operations dur-! | August last jing the f year. were reported far ahead of six months of this the corresponding period of 1933. | Pig iron production in August | | declined 13.9 percent under Jul, | measured in average tons per day Electric Production Rose ] | | of operation. | | i] | Electric power production in | August increased slightly, an ad-} j vance which less than sea-| | sonally expected. “The greatest decline in power output in recent! was weeks occurred in regions where | heavy manufacturing industr a) are located,” the board reported. } |sack of the best flour which REQUEST USE OF AUTO TRUCKS FOR BIG PARADE ! 1 } t | MANY FIRMS DESIRE TO EN-| TER FLOATS BUT HAVE No} TRUCKS, STATE DIRECTORS | OF ACTIVITIES | | cS | A request that business houses} with available trucks lend them} for the electrical parade which is} to be staged the evening of Octo-) j ber 10 as part of the celebration | , of El Grito de-Yara was made to-| day by the parks and recreation department of the Key West A ministration. “Many firms are anxious to en-| ter floats in the parade, but have! no trucks,” “If other ; firms, with more trucks than will be utilized by them-in the parade, | will lend them * the colorful! procession the success of the pa- rade will be materially increased.” it was said. or Anyone having trucks which he is willing to lend for the parade should communicate with the! parkg nad recreation department! of the Administration, it was shown, Prizes totalling $50 are to be! offered for the three best floats | entered in the parade, it has been announced. First place will re- e a $25 award, second a $15 prize, and third a $10 award. Piety Of Chinese Son i Wins Honor By Nation, (Ry Associated Press) NANKING, Sept. 29.— Because Teng Ching-Yao, 36- year-old villager, stayed by his parents’ graves for three years, the n: nalist govern- ment has set up a votive tab. let in recognition of his filial piety. Teng’s native south of Wuhu. rice center of Chira, in Anhwei_pro- vince, now is called officially “Filial Son Vill Grave watching for three years has been regarded by Chinese for centuries as the acme of filial devotion. The son builds himself a mud hut alongside the graves of his parents and there meditates and prays. If single, he must not get married; if married leave his family village, he must alone. NOTICE | Saat | The Occupational Licenses and| | Auto Tags of the City of Key) We est, are due and payable on Oc- ‘tober. Ist of each year at the of- ;fice of the City Tax Collector, and failure on the part of any person, or persons, firm or cor- poration or association without first obtaining a license shal! be | deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and: upon conviction before the _ Police Justice, shall be p: by a fine not to exceed H or by imprisonment in the city j jail for a period not to exceed 60} day Collector before license based on a proper valua- jtion of capital stock, capacity ofj ; production or other contingency to require the person applying for such license, to file under issuing a oath, | i duly authenticated a statement of ‘the value of the property or the! amount of capital stock. Forms of oath are to be had at the of- fice of the Tax Collector. are subject to arrest with penalt; SAM B, PINDER, City Tax Collector. sept24-26-29 RIGHT UP TO THE MINUTE HOUSEWIVES ATTENTION: Special new low price on Tidal Wave Flour in six-pound sacks to- day. See your grocer and get a} has a nation-wide reputation for family use. sept27-3t | YOU WON’T HAVE TO WALK HOME because. of CAR trouble if you'll let us have it for an hour or so every thousand miles. Lou Smith Service Station White and Catherine Phone 522 ——— CARE AND ACCURACY Is practiced when filling PRE- SCRIPTIONS which your doc- tor has advised for you. Gardner’s Pharmacy Phone 177 Free Del KEY WEST, . FLORIDA, | SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 1934. ~The Key West Citben Fair to Live in 2,000 Pictures — Miss Naomi Anderson, World’s Fair employe., sinks back exhaust- ed just before hanging the 2,000tn print in Kaufmann & Fabry collec- This room in the Administration building of the Fair hodses prob- ably the most complete exhibit of | automobile It shall be the duty of the! a Ally | Hlicehses unpaid after October 15th GIT SA ” SIDEWALKS PETERSBURG Associate =) PETERSBURG, Fla., The old gag about tion of Exposition photographs.} views and news of the Fair. TAIT ‘NEW AUTO LICENSE ‘TAGS WILL BE OX ‘STEAL RI CT D SALE DECEMBER 1 * ST. | STATE PLATES FOR 1935 TO BE PAINTED WITH BLACK LETTERS ON BACKGROUND OF YELLOW down the sidewalks in all serious- Pe- ght be taken the city of St. ne: by tersburg. the paths in outlying sections of Some of pedestrian State sioner Moto: mi Georg the city disappeared during the arrested recently on charges of walking away with the walks. They pleaded guilty to the charges when they ap- day announced summer. Four men were license collecto: The on in Raiford is turning out daily approximately 10,000 of the 4 000 new license d this wou County Judge ewitt. manutact i He amp! nts said he te blocks from su re eee sold them to on The new tag: ed with black | ground of ¢ company in order d for his family. Coeccncenccoceveves00e0s Judge Hewitt sentenced of the men to 10 days WHERE TO GO A. a —— ee charged fruit buy fo ow son, Monroe wate Palace —“The TOMORROW Services a GIVES CAUSE OF THEFT Church and 11 a, p. m., and at 7 m. Monroe Mr aded that NEW YORK “Wild Cargo.” is ¢ The Last Compa a saan Palace. EWR hs SE | WORLD SERIES BROADCAS1S Sponsored by Service Station ’ yrner of Flem- Albury’s street 1 the new Gver Columbia and N.B.C. vice Station networks. You are cor- ed by dia'ly invited to listen to \ a each game in the show- rooms of the fr, I ry i TREVOR & MORRIS 312 SIMONTON STREET public that n no way ith this service gned): W. G. BETHEL. |" ATSOUTH BEACH |'THOSE MAKING UP PARTY { vived at 4:30 o'clock and before ; the pipe lines were connneted up ) suits VISITORS ENJOY BATHING FRIDAY CONSISTED OF PASSEN- GERS ARRIVING ON FRUIT STEAMER GATUN Passengers arriving on the Steamship Gatun of the Standard j Fruit and Steamship Company, yesterday afternoon were afford- ied an opportunity of delightful sightseeing trips and sea bathing. | The ship, which was consigned ; to the Porter Dock compat, ar- for oil, practically all of the pas- | sengers were ashore. One group of four men and three women decided that a bath was ‘the proper way of enjoying the afternoon ang sith bathing} arted for the beach in one of the seven passenger touring cars which was at the dock, i No Place Was Open Reaching the beach consterna- tino took control of the party as well as the driver because there was no bath house open. What to j do in this extremity was the ques-! tion and the party had about de-| cided to return to the boat when the driver was struck with a hap- py thought. “Come on, let’s go,” he said to the party. “Whe: of the women p: ing,” iH if you will use close quarters to| change your clothing.” } All members of the party! agreed they wanted a bath and! if possible were going to have it) and would not be deterred by the} 2,” asked one; ngers. “Bath- says the driver. “That is, ‘mere fact that no bathiag. beales} were open, and in chorus, said to} the driver. “Lead us to the bath- ing place.” le The driver, none other than J.| P. Stickney, drove the party to al secluded part of the beach where | there is a long stretch of white, ‘sand and told hte men to get out and wait for a few minutes while | the | the ' robing was completed, Eva Wilton } , SY es women prepared for bathing. | All Curtains Dropped He then pulled down all of the curtains in the car, and, telling women they would be safe from prying eyes left the auto: and within a few minutes the dis- the women left the car and the men entered to change their clothes for bath-! ing suits. After bathing for about hour the same procedure used in donning wearing apparel. | The party was driven into the city and after enjoying refreshing ice | cream sodas at one of the places! Duval street, were driven to} boat. | Before leaving the car the par-| ty decided that they had enjoyed j a delightful afternoon and a bath! under the most pleasing eircum-| tances, thanks to the thought and} ingenuity of the driver of an auto-, mobile. one was on th CUBACARRIES 111 PASSENGERS Steamship Cuba i day afternoon for | 105 first cle rs, six sec ond class, 21 of mail, two jeer of freight and five automo- | i sailed yester- Havana with} biles. Ferry Parrott came in from | Cuba with one car of tankage, one | lof rope. two cars of pineapples 11 crates, baggage, 211 sacks of mail and 20 empty cars. Steamer Agwidale, of the Clyde-Mallory Lines, is due to at » Monday morning from New After discharging freight! the ship will sail to Tampa and | Mobile. DON’T STOP SMILING feel overworked, » stop at the nearest vendor and get an Ice Cold Bottle of PETER DOELGER BEER Only a DIME a bottle 1 tired in "ARRANGE FOR Key West, Florida, has the most equable weather in the country; with an average” range of only 14° Fahrenheit. PRICE FIVE CENTS City Decides To Accept Payment Merchants Partly In Warrants SOOTTTEE LA raion Pissed At This Way To Key West Session Last Evening | Reseinds Previous Ac- tion In Matter Arthur Brisbane, his “Today,” mentions Key West. 20,000,000 readers may have read the name, and of these many may have inquired and learned about this isle down a source of gratification. No people are more appreciative when remembered by writers of note than Key Westers. The following is what Mr. Brisbane ran in his column: ' QO B. Winters, flying from New York to California, wires: “Flying would be easier if a prominent | roof was marked in each town.” Chambers of commerce should discuss that. It is an important kind of advertis- ing now neglected, and the | national; government should | do something about it, pro- | H { in The City Council at a special in the southern se-s, is meeting held last night adopted a res-"~tion which provides that \ the city will accept payment for occupational licenses beginning } October 1 on the basis of fifty percent in city warrants and the } remainder in cash. This action rescinds that taken at a previous | meeting when it was ordered that the full amount of licenses he paid in cash. Mayor Wiiliam H. Malone ad- dressed the council pertaining to this resolution, and stated that he | felt that this would be the proper | procedure te follow at this time in ‘the collection of occupational enses, inasmuch as it give employes a chance to dispe of their warrantz, and at the sam time preserves a market for th exchange of warrants in this con- i nection. He also stated that {the long run all employes of the city would benefit to a greater ex- tent in this way than would | i case if the merchants were viding air-road signs for fliers and huge arrows point- ing “This way. north to Chi- cago,” This way to Seattle,” “This way to New Orleans, “This way to Key West.” IIIS III SD ‘ WORLD SERIES RETURNS HERE | complete returns of the i | down” tuie | vealed j vary, ; the cost of vided 62.8 percent, the and ~ Ford Motor Company has advi ed its local dealer, Trevor” and Morris, Inc., that it will a national hookup the World Detroit Tig the National t over Series between the and the winner in League race. This hook up will include both the Columbia and National Broad- casting systems and will come di-{ rect from the two ball parks Trevor and Morris will have a loudspeaker at the showrooms on Simonton street and has invited the public to come in i listen to these broadcasts. Emergency Relief broad-; vented from meeting th ligations with the city in this spect. | Mayor Malone also promiscuous shooting that i: being carried on by bird hunters ;on the outskirts of the. city, ally in and around the e@ d section, and said that complaints were being receive ¥ idents requesting that > be discontinued to extent at least. The council agreed to th ! pointment of another police cer by the mayor for a perio a few months to take care of t natter. A few other matte importance were discussed du the spoke of meeting after which | ment was ordered. Officials Claim Some States Have Failed To Match Program With Proportionate Share (iy Asnoe By HERBERT PULMMER WASHINGTON, Sept. 29.— Federal emergency relief officials plan to do little a “cracking of their own on_ policies and procedure during the coming winter months. Some of the states are not put- | ting up as much cash as FERA thinks they should. When federal aid for the de y th on tions were would happen has come increasingly more diffic ires made publi Hoy federal The last fig Relief Admi that the gove ment is carrying about two-thirc of the whole burden. From Jan- 1933, throu: unemployr to the taxpayers was $ 000. Of this amount Uncle S June, 340,000,- ‘am pro DANCE A BENEFIT TONIGHT at 10 O'clock RAUL’S CLUB BOB’S ORCHESTRA ed. Press) percent and the sub-divisions 21.2 percent May Withhold Funds Hopkins is omething mailer poli i { “I am “that ma e going to in convi what the dynam rator and his budg Long Term Relief United Stat « nent relief | 16) nes SPECIALS Liver Received v and Fryers h Pork Pic Pork I ring Lamb Milk Fed V Monroe Meat Market Phone 411 Free Delivery DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME CHANGES TO STANDARD TIME TOMORROW. NO CHANGES IN THE GOOD FLAVOR OF WAGNER'S BEER. AT LEADING VENDORS