The Key West Citizen Newspaper, February 6, 1936, Page 1

Associated Press Day Wire Service. For 56 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West The Kep West Citizen Key West, Florida, has the most equable climate in the country; with an average range of only 14° Fahrerheit VOLUME LVII. No. 32. Council Discusses Matter Of Finances At Regular Meeting KEY WEST, FLORIDA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1936. PRICE FIVE CENTS ‘BOOMERANG. CLUE: SHOWN HOW HIGHWAY REPAIR WORK OUTLINE SCHEDULE|( : rues STORY'BY, NOW STARTED WAS DECIDED UPON FR “TRAINING aT|COUMtY Authorizes Purchase : Of Current Bond Offerings ( , Sat ee : | AGATHA CHRISTIE Now that actual work has!of wages and salaries to the wore NURSERY SCHOOL started on the repairs and im-jers who are charged against a provements to the highway be-}| Federal Emergency Relief Admin-! MYSTERY) tween Key West and No Name| istration fund. ATTENDING CHILDREN WILL! ‘ROMANCE AND Many Other Subjects Are SSID LSI SM Ss PROMINENT FOLK ARRIVE ON PLANE Quentin Reynolds, na- tionally known writer whose articles‘ of intense interest appear weekly in Colliers, arrived this morning on the Taken Up At Session Of Body Conducted Last Night The of revenue, question additional collec- be: aside from tax : inter: star, panying the known screen Carroll. Mr. Reynolds and Miss Carroll were met at the plane by Ernest Hemingway, friend of long standing of Mr. Reynolds, and went at once on board Mr. Hemingway's cruiser, and this afternoon are out fishing. | TMI IIL I ILS SPECIAL RATES | ON STEAMER TO ‘use su at at ona} BE ASKED FOR ; THIS APPLIES TO VISITORS COMING TO KEY W=:ST TO ENJOY FESTIVITIES OF LA SEMANA ALEGRE tions, which was shown to badly needed by the city at this Nancy time in. order to function proper- ly, was generally discussed at a regular meeting of the City Coun- cil last night. It was agreed that the council session meet in informal some- time during the latter part of the week for the purpose of going in- to the matter more thoroughly. addi- tional compensation for the city An ordinance providing | on its initial reading. mance provides that the collector shall receive additional compensa- tion of two per centum commis-| sion on the amount of delinquent | taxes collected, payable monthly on the amount collected during \ ! | | i Efforts are to be made to have the P. and O. S. S. company fix! a special rate for visitors to Key} i West during La Semana Alegre, | which begins F ry 23 and! An ordinanee amending eartain| Siating Setarla, Sea sections of ordinance 317, cover-!| | This information was incorpor- ing the sale of beverages contain-| ateq in a communication from the! ing more than-ene per centum Of local WPA, read at the meeting! alcohol, was passed on its firstiof county commissioners last| reading. This ordinance is for! night, in which was also asked! the purpose of preventing those] that the county contribute $350! having license for lighter bev- toward advertising this annual erages to dispense other beverages! event, 1 of a greater alcoholic content,| Notice was especially called to with a penalty fixed for the vio- the production of Gilbert and Sul- lation of the provisions of the! livan’s operetta, “The Pirates of. act. Penzance,” which was such a A letter was read from M success last year and which is to Fred Page requesting that the}be repeated this year, and the council allow her some money on{ necessity of advertising the fact the account in which she had ex-!in order to bring many visitors tended credit to some city em-/here during the week. the previous month, and such ad- ditional compersation as is pro- vided by law. ARRIVE IN PORT TOMOR- COMBINED IN LIVELY TALE STARTING TODAY; READ Key, supplementary to the ex- tensive program being carried out north of Matecumbe, it is consid- 6. That the general policy shall be for the Florida State Road Department to expend its BE GIVEN EVERY ATTEN- TION AT INSTITUTION RE-} GDB OOIL DOSS ps t:0n Taken At Meeting ANOTHER SAILFISH | OF Cotmmniosioners Last plane from Miami, | ; Clue,” The Citizen’s new serial, FERA administrator, ered timely to show how the con- struction and repair work was decided upon. At a recent meeting of the State Road Department held at Coral Gables, Fla., an agreement was entered into by C. B. Tread- way, chairman of ‘the depart- ment, and Conrad Van Hyning, incorporat- = i jing provisions as follows: scan neeoney. | 1. That the Florida State Road From the time that young] Department contribute the sum Bobby—one of the two leading | of One Hundred Thousand Dollars CHAPTER EACH DAY Agatha Christie, well known {author of popular fiction, is at her best in “The Boomerang’ characters in the story—drives A . the project, and the Federal his golf ball over a cliff ands | Emergency Relief AdministZation hunting it, stumbles onto a trag-! (through the Florida Emergency edy, until he solves the mystery,| Relief Administration) contribute action and suspense run neck-and-|not to exceed Three , neck to a dramatic conclusion.| Thousand Dollars ($300,000), in- Mheistatycis lively candenatning cluding additional ferries. It is : 1 1n8 | estimated that the project will throughout, but Miss Christie!“cost Four Hundred Thousand Dol- unsnarls every tangled thread of lars ($400,000), including addi- the plot with an expertness that tional ferries. marks all her stories. 2. That the present operating agreement between Monroe Coun- The pursuit of Bobby’s lost ball}; > might easily have led him into ($100,000) towards the cost of! Hundred} BROUGHT TO PORT Another trophy was added te the steadily gro ber of sailfish being taken this season by guests of Ernest Hemingway, and the author, when Mrs. Cambrai Chambers yesterday caught a fine specimen measuring 6 | feet 11 inches. Others i2 the party: Mr. Hemingway, his sister, Mrs. Jepson, and Mr. Chambers, all of whom made good catches, including bonito and amberjack, but Mrs. Cham- bers was the only one to catch a sailfish. ' The other interesting item of the catch was a perfect bil. | specimen of wahoo weighing money for materials, equipment,! ui technical and skilled supervision| not available from the Federal Emergency Relief roll: Emergency Relief Admi A typical day at the Key west | for labor, supplies and material, Nursery School, WPA project now necessary to complete the work} under way at the kindergarten within the limits of funds appro- pe | priated. Each organization will, building on South street, was | provide its own purchasing and outlined today by Mrs. Nnia Ry- disbursing facilities, ‘der Johnson, director of relief in 7. That the State Road De-| Key West, | Partment will be responsible for/ Starting between 8:15 and | Plans, specifications, engineering Fi i : service, and the administration of | 8:45 o'clock in the morning, ev- the actual work, The State Road ery mniute of the time spent by | Department will take full respon-; the youngsters at the nursery sibility for the efficient operation | school is planned for them, in a |of the project and its completion. way designed to give to the at- when sufficient and competent! tending children a well rounded labor is provided by the Florida! ¢aily schedule, and training in jEmergency Relief Administra-| personal hygiene. tion. : | At 8:45 A. M., after the ¢ | 40 pounds. As far as can be 8. That the supervision, direc-'dren have been taken to the| learned, Mr. Hemingway tion and protection of all men, school by their parerts or guar- said, this is the first one of while working on the project will: dian, an inspection is made by the| this species taken this year. be the responsibility of the eg peer ine balance of the pro-} | Road Department. Should emer-! gram follows: H ‘gency arise, it will be the respon-| 9-9:30 A. M., toileting an) 9M PO IOI I aS sibility of the State’ Road Depart-! drinking of water. CENTLY ESTABLISHED i i] ‘ Night; Other Matters Are Heard Authorization was last night given the State Board of Ad- ministration by Monree county commissiondrs to purchase $95,- 000 of current bond offerings for the announced price of 44%. Present at the. meeting were Chairman Cari Bervaldi, Commis- sioners Braxton B. Warren and | Nathen Niles, Attorney William V. Albury, Clerk-Ress C. Sawyer, Chief Deputy Bernard C. Waite, Peace Justice E. R. Lowe, of Tavernier, and his som, Claude Lowe. When the bond offerings were ty and the Federal Emergency Re- nothing more exciting than the lief Administration be continued coroner’s report that the tragedy was the result of an _ accident. But this was tne too obvious con- clusion—and neither Bobby nor ment to provide and direct the! necessary facilities for the re-} moval of all men employed on the, work camps of and extended to include addition- al ferries; and should the State; Road Department assume the op- jeration and maintenance of the| project or in | ferries, the State Road Depart-; same. j ment will release and pay con-| 9. That the Florida State Road 9:30-10:15 A, M.. outdoor vias.’ JUSTICE LOWE 10:15-10:30 A. M., cod liver} oil and tomato juice. URGES PAYMENT pe-: 10:30-10:45 A, M., quiet During this time stories are} riod. read or the children are allowed fread by the clerk a brief discus- {sion was held, after which it was unanimously decided to authorize jthe board of administration to 'ROTARIANS HOLD his friend, Lady “Frankie” Der-| currently each month, all monies! Department and the Florida Emer-| went, would accept it, Their} derived from tolls, over and above|gency Relief | Administration! growing suspicions found fresh} the actual operating and mainten-! furnish thé other with any authen-! support when Bobby was poisoned | ance costs, to the Federal Emer-jic information and record in con-i by morphia and both concluded|gency Relief Administration orjnection with the project if and: that, although he knew litte/its successors. j when requested, | enough about the “accident,” he| 3. That all expenditures from; 10. That the salaries and ex-; knew enough to provide someone} the fund contributed by the Fed-|penses of administrative employes, with a desire to put him out of!eral Emergency Relief Adminis-| of either organization shall not} the way. tration shall be authorized by the|be chargeable to the project, but; Who could it be and what yes State Emergency Relief Adminis-|the salaries and wages of present; the motive? Bobby and “Frankie”; trator, or his authorized agent,|employes, usually chargeable to; immediately make it their ‘busi-j-and all amounts to be credited asj individual projects, and employes ness to find out. Soon it becomes} participation by the Florida State|added for this particular werk plain to them that they must! Road Department shall be ap-jshall be chargeable only for the solve the mystery to save them-| proved by him. aetual time devoted to the pro- selves, 4. That the responsibility for; ject, What follows makes entertain-|the selection of the workers, who| 11. That the Field Represen-| ing reading. The amateur detec-)so far as is consistent with the|tative for the Federal Emer- tived are a vivacious young couple) efficient and expeditious conduct} gency Relief Administration or, who substitute inspiration and]of the project, shall be selected; his authorized Staff Representa-| sharp wits for whatever is lacking; from the eligible relief clients,|tive shall have the right of re-} in police methods. Misleading} rests with the Agent designated|view and inspection, as well as; clues fail to dismay them and theyi by the Florida Emergency Relief |the right to suspend operation of plunge into risks that would ap-| Administration. the project for any branch of this pall many an experienced detec- 5: That all official records} agreement. tive. It all adds immeasurably |and accounts shall be kept by and 12. That neither organization} to the enjoyment of the reader|under the supervision of the|will employ any person on the and makes “The Boomerang; Agent of the Florida Emergency | project not acceptable to the oth-; Clue” diverting and absorbing} Relief Administration—this to in-] er, or the Field Representative or throughout. jpolnde the pay rolls and payment] his representative. Among other stories by the same eee es author are “The Murder of Rog- C EGASUS ARRIVES HERE er Ackroyd.” “The Mystery of} the Blue Train,” “Thirteen at! Dinner’ and “Death in the OTHER VESSELS COME PORT AND TAKE BERTH AT YACHT BASIN RAIN PREVENTS LAYING PIPING WORK ON SEWER PROJECT WILL BE STARTED TOMOR- ROW, ITMS EXPECTED 5 Air.” The first chapter of “The Boomerang Clue” appears in The sti Citizen today. TO REGULAR SESSION’ COMMUNITY SERVICE PRO- GRAM RENDERED AT Man proposes and in come| Yacht Pegasus, with owner | cases the weather disposes, was | Clifford Hemphill a>d party of the conclusion this morning by/10 guests, returned from Havana John A, C, Bogart, supervising} this morning and berthed at the to do things whick are quict and restful, 10:45-11:15 A. M., indoor; play. Only the simplest kind of} play material is used at this time. Children ure encouraged to play with blocks or spoo's, and to use crayon on paper as all; these things allow their creative abilities to be developed. They choose their own play things and amuse themselves under svper-j vision, 11:15-11:25 A. M., toileting. 11:25-11:45, rest period. 11:45-12:15 P. M., lunch, when; nutritious food is served. The} children are expected to gain; weight as a result of the diet,’ sinee this has been the result in other districts. | 12:15-12:25 P. M., toileting and, toothbrush drill. 12:25-1:30 P. M., sleep. Each’ child has a separate cot, and rests quietly even though he does not sleep. 1:30-2:00 P. M., for leaving. The nursery schooi teachers are responsible for the children from the time they arrive at the school until they leave, it is stat-} ed, aS MANY LEAVE ON SHIP FOR CUBA Sailing on the S. S, Cuba this morning for Havana were 19 pas- sengers from Key West, some of} whom are recent arrivals and others who are spending the win- ter and are taking the trip as vacation, and two Key Westers. Those taking passage were: Mr. and Mrs, C. L, Hertz, Mrs.) preparation jto this effect was sent State | Treasurer W. V. Knott iast night, APPEARED BEFORE MEETING! ®¢vising that the necessary resolu- | tions would follow in this after- OF COMMISSIONERS LAST noon’s mail. EVENING IN INTEREST oa! A! communication |State Forest Fire Prevention MATTERS ON KEYS | Service was read in which the county board was asked to use every effort to prevent forest fires in this county, giving all co- for services rendered in his capa-jall county crews to use every city as corofier ex-officio on the/ Precsution for the prevention of — Placed on file. H Explains Security Act Another communication, this : ‘from the State Board of Social continued to the present, he as-, Welfare, went into de! ex- i = ramnifie: . ' serts, Peace Justice E. R. Lowe plaining the ramifications o: the i ; social security act, and wnat could of Tavernier, appeated before the} be done by the county in support county commissioners last night. '0f it. This was ordered placed This is the second time Mr. |°" file to be discussed at a later ting. Lowe has addressed the meeting | Tn, a ietter — a a relative to his bills for duties per-| gield, secretary of the governor's formed on the Keys. On the for-' All Florida Advertising commit- mer occasion he was informed:tee, thanks were extended the that the matter would be taken | board for their cooperation in the 5 - | mat ma: under advisement and a decision a apsgt sta conversation held by Mr. Grass- rendered later, {field with Commissioner Thomp- Last mght he produced a num-!son in which the latter said the ber of 1eports covering his activi- commissioners had appropriated ties, records of identification, | $1,334.40. “The governor and bodies interred and cremated, and | members of the committee will be a map showing points at which glad-to know Monroe has made the imyortant events of his work’ this fine contribution im selling was carried on. | Florida.” Followed a lengthy discussion | Clerk Sawyer then read a clip- at the conclusion of which Chair-} ping from a Florida paper which ffom the Urging payment of his cain Keys, following the hurricane of September 2, and which have {man Carl Bervaldi informed Mr-.! was a contribution from a man im Lowe that at the first meeting New York who went to the Fler- when this matter was discussed, ida advertising booth im the it was decided that consideration | metropolis and failed to learn would be given the claims. } anything about Key West. Every result of their decision will be} sand dune or marsh in the rest of made at a future full meeting of | the state was mentioned, the ecor- LUNCHEON TODAY engineer of the sewerage project, Porter Dock comrany for gasoline} and supplies. when he awoke to find it raining. Honec sort of the Pegasus is \the board when Commissioner 'Mrs, W. H. Hutchinson, i ROW MORNING t Steamship Cuba, of the P. and | 0. S. S. company, arrived this morning from Tampa with nine first and two second class passen-! gers for Key West; 32 frist and ; four second class passengers for , Havana, The vessel also brought 23 tons ; of freight and 120 sacks of mail |for Key West; three tons of \feight and 233 sacks of mai! for Havana, Steamship Ozark, of the Clyde- Mallory Lines, is due to arrive in }port tomorrow morning from j Jacksonville and Miami en route te New Orleans. Steamship Brazos, of the same lines, is due early, Saturday morn- Today had beem set for the |New York City. The vessel car- first installation of pipes in theities a crew of 12 end L. Wheeler: trenches which are already prepar-| is master. ed and in readiness for the be-| Cruising Houseboat Shiawassee, | ginning of this work, the second; with owner Calvin P. Bently, | step in the largest and most com-! family and guests to the number s j Prehensive project of the WPA/of eight on bo-rd, is berthed in j Served, and a flag presented by} administration in Key West. {the yacht hasin at one of the | Rev. J. S. Day was saluted and: Mr. Bogart said this morning’ finger piers. jthe pledge of loyalty to the flag| in a conversation with The Citi-| The Shiawassee is from Miami | and to the United States.of Amer-! yen that if the weather is not teo| Beach, carries a crew of eight ica was repeated. afi % inclement tomorrow he will have and the master is P. C. Branch. ani was said by W: {the pipe laying crews at work to-| Cruiser Sylvia II, of Coconut Stephen Douglass introduced as his guest, Gen. Albert T. Dalton, ; morrow morning. ;Grove, N. J. Munro, master, is ; U. S. A.. who was cordially Te-| at one of the finger piers in the membered as ‘Col. Fred” SERRE) | yacht basin. The o«ner, Samrel FELLOWSHIP CLUB sit riisca party’of tour ison & ‘boerd. The cruiser carries a ca vs) TO MEET TONIGHT W. W. Demeritt introduced | crew of three. | Lighthouse Service Examiner A.} i H. Thomas, and President Rus- NEW ARRIVAL AT sell also introduced a new mem- The Rotary Club held its regu- lar luncheon today in St. Paul’s! Parish House, with President Melvin Russell, presiding over the session. A new form of ritual was ob- | Pedre Pablo Caparo and Ann Flo D. O. Knox, Miss Vivian Knox, ; Miss Gwendolyn Scott, Miss Margaret Scott, Miss Anna Oakie, James Leidman, Miss Betty Buckner, Mr. and Mrs. Paul Judson, Mrs. Freda Horne, Mrs. A. Lezell, Mr. and Mrs. James D. Smith, Mrs. E. F. Hilton, Miss Consuelo Bar- roso, Alfred Bado, THREE LICENSES TO WED ISSUED matriage licenses have been jisstiéd ffom the office of Probate Judge Hugh Gunn dur- | | jing the week ending today. February 3 issue was made aa Redmond. | Wm. R. Porter, ill at home, and {Commissioner Norberg Thompson, absent from the city, will be respondent’s article showed, and }@ group of charming young wom- jen expatiated on them, but Key | West was only a dot on the map. The idea was expressed that Key West was being given a rotten deal. It was moved and heartily seconded that the communication be placed on file, and no further action taken at this time. | Officers’ Reports Read YESTERDAY; Tax Collector Frank Ladd’s re- port of deposits made in First National Bank for January show- ed $1,386.04, distributed as fel- jlows: General Revenue, $526.26; | Fine and Forfeiture, $56.95; Out- Plane of the Pan American’ standing Indebtedness, $265.97; Airways arrived this morning Special Advertising, $75.94; Spe- from Miami with 11 passengers cial Bond and Interest, $75.94; as follows: Road Fund, $37.97; General Charlotte A. Schubert, Maud School, $189. Special School Dick, Charles Valentine, Phillip' Bond and Interest. $64.20; Spe- PLANE BRINGS 11 PASSENGERS AFTERNOON ENROUTE TO MIAMI ployes in furnishing them with} It was also shown that there: ferred until a later date. ers deeply intereseted in the Adopt Resolution events of the week and several of | effect “that the city tax collec-]ing to interview officals of the| tor be and is hereby authorized} P. and O. company and_ request , ation only such homestead prop-! Florida make stops at Key West erties as may appear to be en- When en rovte from Miami to the law by affidavit:of the prop-' Passage to Miami from the Cuban} erty owner now or hereafter on’ capital. Menroe and the state of Flor-!Tequested appropriation for the! ida.” | advertising fund will be announc-; the mayor informing the council! So SS that he had appointed John: Nel-' CUB A BRINGS IN force to fill the vacancy created! 47 PASSENGERS Gwynn, asking confirmation of} the appointment. The action of firmed. | The report of Chief of Police that $184 had been collected in fines during the month of Discuss Jail Needs The matter of furnishing addi- was taken up for discussion, The jail committee was instructed to ing mattresses as were shown to be badly needed. the city patrol wagon which was now being placed in proper shap> the police department. A bill was submitted by T: sions due him in the collection of delinquent taxes to the amonnt cent, and one for $14.75 at two, New York, and another vessel of per cent for the collection of; the line, the Alamo, is due to ar- ed paid. York, en route to ‘fampa. Officers reports were read and Power Boat Sea Belle, of the! also presented, gad were ordered} from Marco for a catge of empty paid when funds become | avail-| containers which arzived via Mal- groceries. The matter was de-|are a number of non-Key West-| A resolution was adopted to the these, residents of Miami, are go-! and directed to exempt from tax-, that at that time the Steamship; ediedataianek mption under! Havana and also on the return! file or of record inthe eounty of} A decision on the matter of the A communication was read from ©4 later, it was decided upon. son as a member of the police by the resignation of Ulric the mayor was unanimously con-| STEAMSHIP) OZARK DUE TO Ivan Elwood was read showing January. tional mattresses for the city j look into the matter of purchas- The council was informed that would soon be ready for use by Collector Sam Pinder for commis- of $74.54 at the rate of two per! ing from Galveston, «n route to current taxes. Both were order-| rive Sunday morning from New accepted. while current bills were! Doxsee Sea Food company, arrived able. lory Line. ber, Charles R. McCarty, who was informed that he now shared mu- | tual interests with 162,000 Ro- tarians distributed over the globe in more than 4,000, clubs. The program, having for its subject, “Rotarian Education and Community Service,” was pre- sented with an address by Wry H. Malone, | __ There will be a meeting of the ; Boys Fellowship Club held to-; , Right, beginning at 7 o’clock, at} February 5 a license was is-| Hall, Curtis Stanton, Louise Hyde,! (Continced on Page Four) SALGADOS’ HOME sued to Gus J. Ayala and Dora C.! Edward Ayers, Quentin Reynolds,’ j the Knights of Pythiss Hall, ac-j jcordnig to announcement made| today. Arnouncement has been made the organization will be taken up| fonso Salgado on Tuesday at their at this meeting, it is stated. and; home, 612 Elizabeth street. @ request is made for a large at-| Mother and baby are said tendance of members. be doing nicely. | | to Arnao. The wedding ceremony was! performed in each of these mar- iof the birth of a boy, weighing|/riages by J. G. Piodela, notary/ing 4 o'clock Several matters of interest to! nine pounds, to Mr. and Mrs. Al-| public and deputy clerk in the/ were: jadge’s office. Another issue was made this afternoon to Thomas Quintana and Eleanor Major. IF YOU WANT TO OPEN YOUR EYES ABOUT BEER FLAVOR, TRY A CASE OF WAGNER BEER—OR A FEW ICE COLD |Nanéy Carroll, Walter Schubert; sed Oscar Schubert. | FRL-SAT. SPECIAL Departures on the plane leav-\cApameL NUT CAKE AND yesterday afternoon | TTT PRUTTI LAY. 35° ER CAKE, special Arthur Schauder, Hugh Emer- son, Clarence Nice, William Mix-| MALONEY & PEACOCK son, Norberg Thompson, Emma! ppone g: 812 Fleming St Thompson. BOTTLES. YOU WILL BE CONVINCED