The Key West Citizen Newspaper, January 3, 1936, Page 1

_——_—— Associated Pr Day Wire Service. For 56 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West 2 VOLUME LVII. COMMISSIONERS HAVE APPROVED MUSIC PROJECT | APPROPRIATE TWO HUNDRED! County Board Makes Check Of Jary List For Present Year Many Other Matters Are!T0 START BUS Taken Up During Reg-| SERVICE WHEN ular Session Conducted BOATS ARRIVE Last Night - | | FLORIDA MOTOR LINES MAKE ie irl County commissioners at their! PLANS FOR SERVICE wae meeting last night gave substantial} WILL BEGIN ABOUT JAN. approval to the proposed Federal) i ie Project y st, by! FIFTEENTH Music Project for Key West, by 50 for expenses! EXPENSES TOWARD FED.| { ERAL ORGANIZATION Checking the jury list for 1936 was one of the ard approving discussed at of important matters {appropriating $2 the regular meeting county! KEY WEST, FLORIDA, FRIDAY, JANUARY 3, 1936. Gilfond Receives Transfer To In M. E. Gilfond, WPA and FERA administrator in Key West, this Position from Key West to a post in Wash- | ington, D. C., with the Rural Re-|he and Mrs, settlement Administration, and will, with Mrs, Gilfond, leave over the highway for the capita) January, 10. Dr. Rexford director of For some time Tugwell, national rural administration ! | i Washington, D. C. weleomed the change, the admin- istrator said that he was appre- ciative of the transfer which, AND FIFTY DOLLARS FOR} ™orning announced his transfer} means a decided promotion, but’ regretted the necessity of having to say farewell to the many friends’ Gilfond have made during their stay. 1 The announcement at this time,! he said, antedates by three months, the date on which he way’ scheduled to leave which was April 1, of this year. No successor to the post of ad- ministrator at Key West has been but is ~The Key West Citen MAYOR PLANS TO HAVE ORDINANCES | PUT INTO EFFECT CHIEF EXECUTIVE OF CITY WILL GIVE TRAFFIC LAWS IN KEY WEST ESPECIAL ATBRENTION “It will be my aim to have al! ordinances enforced during my administration,” said Mayor H. ¢ Galey to The ‘Citizen, “and at this time especially ordinances re-! ’ Key West, Florida, has the most equable climaz in the country ; range of only 14° Fahretheit with an average PRICE FIVE CE ‘City Council Discusses Tax ‘FIVE HURT WHEN | |MIZN WERE RETURNING TO CITY FROM GOLF COURSE; ALL EMPLOYES OF WPA ORGANIZATION i j TRUCK TURNS GYER | “twee Matters At: Regular Ordered Thet Employes Be Te Meet Tax OUTONBOULEVARD! ==" °* ==" | At a regular meeting of the ; | City Council beld last night with | Jim Robert: president of the lbedy, presiding. # was ordered | chat all city emoloyes be allowed activities,! made, Mr. Gilfond said, jhas been requesting Mr. Gil-j under the impression that a tem- !fond’s transfer to his section of| porary appointment may be made; 3 lineidental to the administration! lating to traffic and parking.” the project. Ap-! i Z| ere read} commissioners last night. ? With the beginning of service, °f The mayor said he had issued : Last evening about 6:36 o'clock! proximately 600 names w from the rolls prepared by the, commissioners. Present were: Chairman Carl Bervaldi, Commissioners Norberg | Thompson, Wm. R. Porter, Brax-/ ton B. Warren and Nathan Niles. Clerk Ross Deputy Sheriff Bernard Waite. County Tax Collector Frank H.,} during | Sawyer and Chief { i Ladd’s deposits of funds the month of December were pre- sented and approved as follows: December 10, deposi totaled $8,643.05 with distribution to the, yeneral Revenue. | { i following funds: $1,274.96; Fine $420.17; Outstanding Indebted- ness, $1,960.80; Special Advertis- ing, $56 1 Bond and Interest, $56 : General School, $1,400.57; cial School Bond and Interest,! $785.40; Special Se 1 Tax i trict No. 1, $1,400.57. | In connection with the fore-| going there was remitted to State, Treasurer W. Knott, as county; treasurer ex-officio, $6.80, commissions of 14 $6.66. December 19, deposits $15,952.11. Distribution to several funds Revenue, Forfeiture, $79 Indebtedne: Atlvertising, Bond and Road, $2,639.56; and Interest, Schoo! Tax D 639.56. In connection with the forego- ing the collector remitted to State Treasurer W. V. Knott, as county treasurer fic $82.78, less commission net $81.12. County Judge Hugh Gunn’s re- port of licenses issued for De- cember showed revenue for the county of $74.67 for the state of $45. Clerk Sawyer’s report of certificates purchased during cember shows receipts sf $829.50] in cash and bonds. | Application of W. Phil Archer) for appointment as highway patrolman was read and ordered placed on file. E. R, Lowe, and Forfeiture, i | | | \ less cents, net; totalled the] Fine and Outstanding Special 5: 1 Bond Special and tax] De-} stice of ie! peace at Tavernier, addressed the} board relative to his bills covering expenses and fees as coroner ex- officio and peace justice follow- ing the hurricane of September 2./ These bills were presented sev-! eral weeks ago. At that time the! board went into the different phases of the activities represented and decided, on recommendation! of Attorney Wm. V. Albury, that: for servic coroner, under the} circumstances, Justice Lowe was] not entitled to payment of s claims, | Mr. Lowe gave an outline of his! activil the many vicissitudes; encountered during those feverish} days following the debacle, in-} eluding the injuries he suffered] and subsequent illness. t He was questioned in detail as] to a number of cases contained in| his report, and the conclusion of| his summing up and explanations. | the body decided to withhold de-| cision until the return of Attorney Albury, who left yesterday for Tallahassee. 7 Seagram's and be sure WHISKIES AND GINS WAGN by the new ferries, bus service will be inaugurated by the Flor- ida Motor Lines between Key West and Miami. This announcement was made today by M. E. Gilfond, who ad- vised that all arrangements had been completed for this much {needed service between these two! points and as soon as the recently purchased ferries arrive, and be- gin the regular schedule, the bus service will start. , > ws The ferries, the administrator said, were neld up above Pensa- cola because of trouble with one of the engine parts, but were ex- pected in ample time to begin run- ning by January 15. Two trips with passenger cars will be made daily and every other day a freight trip will be made. SERVE OLD CAKE EAST ROCKIES, N. Mr. and Mrs. Eugene celebrated their 41st wedding an- niversary recently in this city, erved to their guests small portions of the cake baked for their wedding. Y.—When Cc. Gale| Several weeks ago Dr. Clarence: ; Carter Nice, Florida director 4 ‘musiea] projects, came to y! ; West for the purpose of organ izing the unit and after meeting; with local musicians decided the idea was a feasible one for Key ; West. | He took his departure and} | within a short time the local WPA administration was advised the ‘project had been approved and : Purchasing Agent C. G. Hicks, ‘was advised of the setup for the; ‘ organization in Key West. 1 In his communication the !county commissioners Mr. Hicks) i points out that an allotment of! | $13,000 has been made to meet | payrolls for the project which will! j extend over a period of six | months. j Those to he employed will be | semi-skilled musicians, 18; | i ! to 12 skilled musicians, six professional | | musicians and one director. | Expenses for incidentals are es- j timated between $500 and $1,000; ‘and it is to meet these that the! county commissioners unanimous-, ly voted the $250 as the county’s, share of the sum required. { ~~} ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS Generall] Happenings That Affect the Dinner Pails, Dividend Checks and Tax Bills of Every Individual; Na- tional and International Problems Insep- arable From Outstanding news affecting all nations comes from an office in the Quai d'Orsay, Paris, where | feeling ran high in both countries.’ yric5 Russell by Mrs. Carl Ber-| Premier Laval of France and Foreign Secretary Sir Samuel Hoare of Great Brita‘n authored a proposal that has set the world by its ears. Great Britain and France have led the League of Nations in seek- ing a solution to the Italian-j vious, for instance, that England! 4 duet was sung by Mrs. Janice! Ethiopian embroglio, In the past, these two nations have taken the niseworthy position of great seeking to protect little They have talked much powe; ones. j about high principles, about fair-' fascist Italy for its aggression Local Welfare suit, saying the deal violated ev-} ery dictate of justice. Public a More important still is the at- titude of the “little powers” to-| ward- the arrangement. These! powers naturally make up the’ bulk of League membership. They} have most at stake in making the! League a success, it being ob-! | is far better able to defend itself from aggression than are Finland, | Sweden, ete. As one newspaper| | Writer said, “To all practical pur- | poses, the peace plan rewarded! {fond authorizing his transfer. \ORDEREASTERN STAR ; Eastern Star, last evening held instructions to officers of thej police department to arrest violators of Ordinance Number , 310, which was passed by city { council on March 22, 1935, and which is comprehensive in every } detail. | One section, 28A, of this ordi-! ence applies to bicycles, anc’ chis. | the chief executive of the ity said, must be obeyed or arrests | will follow. { This provides that bicy must ry but one persons Ayala.! cept in the case where an extra old | seat has been provided which doe: not interfere with the rider's; handling of the vehicle. Provision is also made each bicycle must be " with a light which is visible for 300 feet ahead of the rider. Stops | must be made at crossings when red lights are showing. just as is; 2P- required of automobiles. Riding on the sidewalks is pr hibited, and this applies to side-j : walks in all sections of the city. ! the administration, but it wasjuntil a permanent successor be not until yesterday that instrue-|agreed upon by State FERA Ad- tions were received by Mr. Gil-| ministrator Conrad Van Hyning and State WPA Administrator E Citizen he| A. Pynchon. Asked by. The if HAS INSTALLATION LAST ‘NIGHT (By NINA DE LISA LESLIEY Fern Chapter No. 21, Order May Johnson and Gus = Gerald Saunders played an favorite melody on his violin, ac- companied by Miss Cleo Kemp at, the piano. Dr. Willizm R. War. heir annual installation of offi- cers at Scottish Rites Hall here. The entire ceremony was lovely and impressive, conducted with dignity and beauty. ren delivered an inspiring a The Hall had been etaeeinere | ines and the benediction w decorated for the special oc-| pronounced by the Rev. Shuler casion with varieties of flow-} Peele. The affair, a public one, ers, the highlight being an enor-; was largely attended by an mous star in the center ceiling| preciative audience. covered with moss dyed in various! The following officers were in- colors to conform with the five stalled last evening by Mrs. W. E. colors of the Eastern Star or-| Huston, Installing Office der. This star was made by Fred-|_ Worthy Matron: Miss Nellie; aes ick Knapp. Lonise Russell. ‘STEAMER CEIBA j i } 1 1 Miss Nellie Louise Russell, the Worthy Patron: Frederick new Worthy Matzon of the local] Knapp. organization, upon her installa- Associzte Matron: Mrs. Lorena H tion was given a corsage of flow- , Saunders. H exs and a large basket of pink Associate } esident Taft roses, the presen-} Keister. tation being performed by little Secretary Miss Fay Elizabeth Bervaldi. Past} Treasure! Worthy Matrons, each carrying a Chaplain cluster of red Radiance roses, then Marshall: Mrs. Bernice Park. formed an arch beneath which Organist: Mrs. W. E. Huston. Miss Ruscell was escorted to the Warden: Mrs. Inez Steadman. East ty Mrs. Catherine Williams, Sentinel: Mrs. Florine Mesa. Retiring Worthy Matron, who act- Conductress: Mrs. Isabel Knapp. ed Assistant Installing Mar- Associate Conductress: Mrs. shall Jast night. These roses were; Ruby Hyman. then collected and presented to The five Star Points as resented: Adah, the Blue Ray: Mrs. Keister. Ruth, the Yellow Elaine England. Esther, the White Ray: Ida Kennedy. Martha, the Green Ray: Susie Skelton. Electa, the Red Kay: Mrs. Ladd. B.} | VESSEL SAILED THIS AFTER- NOON EN ROUTE TO PHILADELPHIA Patron: Charles { Mrs. Irene Adams. Mrs. Bertie Higgs. Mrs. Ellen White. } i H | Steamship Ceiba, of the Stand-} {ard Fruit and Steamship Company, jarrived in port this morning from| jAivaron Obregon, Mexico, andi berthed at the Porter Dock Coy-! pany. The ship is laden bananas and sailed this afternoon! | for Philadelphia. | Steamship Ozark, of the Clyde-! ; Mallory Lines, is due to arrive Mrs. | this evening from New Orleans,| with freight for local concerns,’ Mrs.;and after discherging will sail for Miami and Jacksonville. Rida! ‘Fruiter Yoro, of the Standard ; Fruit and Steamship Company, is! | due to arrive in port Sunday from } Philadelphia, consigned to the | Porter Dock Company. The ves-} {sel will take fuel oil and £2‘! for! rep- valdi, Installing Marshall. H Alice There followed a beautiful mu-! ical program, during which Mrs.| . ©. Gekeler sang “Just for To-| day” and “If ‘Flowers Could Speak.” Miss Susan LaKin ren- dered “Just Pining for You” and Ray: Mrs. Lewis and George Mills White. | Accompanists were Miss Jennie. KIDDIE.CABARET { rib. | all} one of the trucks operated by the} WPA organization capsized on the boulevard, injuring five of six occupants, one of whom was badly injured, receiving a broke" The truck w= the city from thi where the men ha on’ work et driver of the wuck was Ha’ ning course re Th sting: en ear? dari jury. to make tax payments om their ‘homes with warrants. This also ! the; applies te employe: whe msy o~= ja lot om which they propose to 1 lerect a home whesewer they may | become finameiai'y abe te de so | City Atteracy Arthur Gomes suggested that Mayer Kary C€ Ca'ey, the attorney, sadter and j Piedela, who escaped without in-j jother officers meet at regular m= The other five occupants, who} -ervals icferxally with the cous were injured, ar2: Cherles Pierce. slightly shaken tp with a few braies. John Hall, broken rib and oth- 2r minor injuries Louis Bancelis, cut om right ler and otherwise scratched up. Julius Saunders, shaken with few bruises. Albert Montecino bruised back and other slight bruises. All of the men were taken to the Marine Hospital where their up { injuries were attended to. Motorcycle Policeman Fveret R. Rivas answered the call sent écene, rendering the injured men all possible ascistan reached the hospit ATTORNEY ALBURY LEAVES ON PLANE GOING TO TALLAHASSEE FOR SEVERAL DAYS ON BUSI- NESS MATTERS with! Attorney William V. legal adviser for the county commissioners, left plane yesterday for Miami route to Tallahassee to be gone several days. Mr. Albury’s princi is to take up matter. tion with the moveme tain holders of bonds suing to have about $7,000 of Monroe County’s gz olime funds transferred to the ad valorem Albury board of er al mission connec- t of cer who are j ther i smay be devised out for help, and was, soon on the |™** lore they} | palice court | during the month o* } amountin, loa for the purpose of discussing [caters dn qgenenad See in eon jof the city. pre Co De!a: man Fr: - suggestion. ead tha! state jwas a we jthat n= felt that jaccompiished ia this way fer tb general good e! the city It is propesed to make suger Toms at these get-together me-t ngs in order that some seems whereby the city can receive some additvona fue in the wav ef tet coliertio: fines am! im various ~s other ways The report chief of police, ivan Elwcod ef fimes collected December. was read and = te $148. ; ! erdered . gE other “Ts were a anc ordered placed on file Current Were orterca epted bills were read “2 whem fumes be me come avaiable A re was acepted thorizing partial payment« ceived by the tax collector im tax payments owing to the present eceneme conditions ef the cit The resolution alse s<tate- {economic ¢ i O as- ue that oMutions new preva:l- mg create hard=higs om the oo erty owner in many canes te meet tax ebligations due the city der the ptem fer collection ed expedient 2 terest the city that the method payments un- the pre r the 2.) nically described, it ER BEER HAS THAT OLD FASHION! lealing, about justice. They have’ against Ethiopia.” Small nations; Jone a great deal to enlist world yealize that on some not-far-dis-} sympathy in favor of Ethiopia,’ tant day they may be in the posi} and to cement it against Italy. It tion Ethiopia is in now, with a big has been the common belief that neighbor seeking to take oyer| they would go to any ends to) their territory. So, to these snail! protect Ethiopian sovereignty. | nations, the Laval-Hoare proposal! It is for that reason that the!;, ,, unsavory as anything could} “deal” announced by Laval and po Hoare caused so great @ rever-| Result is likely to be trouble in- beration. Briefly and non-tec "i side the League, with small na- would ive 'tions trying to wrest League Italy either outright or virtual | leadership from England and ae orca ale aie, waula ta { France, vest. it in other, loss im- ice oaxtain things in exchange, | portant nations. It is cbvious ly a new seaport, but most | that an internal battle of that commentators say they really | S°°t would weaken the power of; would amount to little, inasmuch | the League. as Italy would be in a position to! Interesting sidelight on Mu dominate Ethiopian affairs 100; solini’s attitude is that he finds; per cent. So far as Ethiopian | the Laval-Hoare proposal unsatis- independence is concerned, the f@ctory because, even though it’ deal would seem to eliminate it] Would give Italy so much, it still entirely. falls below his “minimum de-! Response to the announcement} ™ands.” The only inference to; must have caused both Premier | be made is that he plans to go, Laval and (foreign Secretary | ahead, in the face of world opinion, Hoare to suffer a severe attack and sanctions, will fight any or, of .nerves. The proposal had all the nations before giving in. i] hardly © out on the wires be- Thus, new complications arise fore p ist began to pour in. In ‘in Europe—and every one of the ‘French ‘Chamber of Deputies} these complications, producing as- and the English House of Com-;they do hatred, misunderstandings mons, members virulently de-| and anger, augment the possibility nounced it. Newspapers followed! of a major war. It is for this rea- son that the Italian-Ethiopian | trouble is of great interest to Am- erica, which would be critically, affected by any major war. The American State Department still carries on its careful, neutral, policy—officials have little to. say. but the cables are humming) between Washington and our em-: (Continued on Page Four) 1 | NOTICE VOGUE CLEANERS announce that in future delivery and pick- up service will be handled by manager personally as the regular delivery man is no longer con- nected with this business. ISMAEL, CALLEJA, Mer. jan3-2t HERE TOMORROW Many Key West children are cheduled to participate in the Kiddie Kabaret being given tomor- | row morning at Bayview Park un-} der the supervision of the recrea- tion section of the local WPA. The program will start at 9:30 a. m. in Bayview Park. Those taking part in the pro- gram have been practicing during! the week and a good program is| ticipated. In the highlight of] MILWAUKEE. — “What's the| the program, a tea party, the en-{ fun in being rich if you like to; tire cast will participate. j work,” asks William Planking-} Victor Larsen, who is in charge,! ton, 21, of this city, who is work- j has a surprise for those who take| ing in New York at a $20 a week} part in tomorow’s program. job, althorgh worth $4,000.00. W TO MEE A meeting of. the Youwhg:Demo- cratic Club will be held tonight! at 8:00 o’clock in the showrooms} of the Meltzer Motor Company. | The meeting tonight, will be for) the purpose of increasing mem- bership in the organization and to arrange for the Jackson Day Ball to be held on January 8 at ‘the Habana-Madrid Club. 4 | | RICH, BUT WORKS The formal Opening Dinner and Dance at La Casa Marina will take place this year on Tharsday evening, January ninth. . A cordial invitation is extended to the people of Key west to participate as has been their annual cus- tom. { | Dinner will be served at 8:00 o’clock and danc- ing from 9 until 2. The cover charge will be $2.50 per person. Please call Mr. reservations, Rood, phone 780 for your table | PETER SCHUTT. Manager. ; tax funds. Other matters of interest t. the {eounty, ineluding those relative | to roads, will be discussed at the | capital by Mr. Albury. STR. EVELYN RUNS AGROUND COAST GUARD SHIP SAUKEE. ENDEAVORING TO FLOAT SHIP changed to aliow cach partie! pay ments to be made Severni other reteteve nee duscussed_ with recommendation< made After disposing ef « few other matters of minor importance. the meeting was ordered adjournec were IS TRANSFERRED i | | Kingman Curry, who has beer connected with the baggage rooms Radi as F . {of tke Florida East Coast Rail- adio advices received this) way Company™at Key West for morning at the naval radio sta-; many years, has been transferred tion, advised that the Steamship! t, West Paim Beach as baggage Evelyn was aground at Rebecca! clerk with the company there. Shoals and was in need of assist-| Ye has been holding the posi- The Florids Keys tabloid, announced thi the publiea: The week December 6. 15 ering. of West shortly ef Medford Ted hi the Key W wines de majority * Ove was <ver quate suppert from iecal hents and bu-mess men and a: a result g sizeable fortune war zpent to maintain its existence it is said. But im « commoutity that does not adequately support ene paper, the failure of « third paper eventually wes a foregoing clusion. aner- ance. tion of expres: cle:; here with the Lieutenant Wm. Klaus, officer! Miami-Key West Airways Com- in chargg, advised coast guard’ pany since the reilrond was dis- stations and also the Cutter Sau-! continued. He proposes to leave kee which was away from port. | tomorrow for his new station. Later the Saukee_sent a radio} to Key West to the effect efforts were being made to float the ves-| YACHT DIXONIA sel, but at 3 o’clock this after-| noon they were unsuccessful. GOES TO MIAMI ADDITION TO | em NEW ! Yacht Dixzonia, with owner, J { party on board, whick was im port at the Porter Dock yesterday for fuel and water, sailed im the aft- County Solicitor Allan B.jernoon for Miami. Cleare, Jr., and Mrs. Cleare, an-; The Dixonia arrived im port nounce the birth this morning in! during the holidays, and berthed eis 2 . a local hospital, 9:20 o'clock, of in the submarine base. After be-|_ "2 Sopment <f <if nee suet a fine boy weighing seven pounds.! ing here about 24 hours she left Mrs. Cleare and son are this| for Tortugas, from there to Ha- CARDNER’S PHARMACY scents SO ae eee eee ee ee Free Delivery y- jim. * mami cr ae eS ED FLAVOR THAT DAD AND MOTHER WILL REMEMBER AND YOU'LL RAVE ABOUT. TRY IT. FACA 22RBBs0