The Key West Citizen Newspaper, March 5, 1936, Page 1

Associated Press Day Wire Service. For 56 Years Devoted to the Interests of Key West Key West, Florida, has the most eguable climate in the ith an ave only 14° Fahrerhei Che Kep West Citsen KEY WEST, FLORIDA, THURSDAY, MARCH 5, 1936. ‘DIRECTOR OF BUREAU OF NAVIGATION APPROVES PLANS TO REPAIR FERRIES VOLUME LV. Commissioners Oppose Use 0f No. PRICE FIVE CENT. Judge Strum Continues MAKES PROTEST ABOUT VESSELS Ferries To Transport Street: Car Track Salvaged By WPA Many Qther Matters Are KEY RESIDENTS = i — ar FAVOR FEES BE ing Conducted Last Eve-| P AID E. R. LOWE } i Pisces PRESENTED TO { COMMISSIONERS EXPRESS- ING SENTIMENT AT SES- SION LAST NIGHT Purchasers of the street car track recently salvaged by the; sewerage WPA operatives, will | have to find other methods of } transportation than the ferries t : | Dwellers on the Florida are convineed that Peace Justice E. R. Lowe should be remunerat- the he hed in recovering bodies bring their and Thi: heavy trucks equipment to Key West. was decided at a mecting of the! cd for “excellent” work county commissioners last night.) “°C°™! and effects and establishing iden- who hurricane of Present Berv: Thompson, Nathan Ni yer, Coun tity of many’ persons lost ©: their live September This sentiment a resolution sig . during ti n Deputy Sheriff E. R. Lowe, Tavernier, the FER. Pittston, able prope Mr. Albe! operations addr relative to t the heav. ed to the coun- t night. The section and’ pre “| ty commissione: t}letter and plea indicated that, in the opinion of those who knew of Mr. Lowe's activities from the day of the hurricane up to the present, nothing the commissioners could do would be adequate compensa- ion for his work. | Another letter. the personal opinion of John A. Russell, who suffered greatly from the hurri- cane, deaths of loved ones, expressed the .; same opinion. When this matter was previous- ly, on two occasions, presented to the board, it was the board’s idea +thet Mrr-Lowe-hiad~been on the ayroll of the FERA, and Com- missioner Thompson so stated. This opinion was dispelled last! night by a letter from Wm. Green. FERA administrator on the Keys, which distinct!v stated that Mr. Low@ had not at any time been in of W tion indicated equipment we to be transported on Trucks Too Heavy Several truck the letter show weighed two there was one 1 a rail cutter, ably heavier. great, Mr. Albert transportation on would be jeopardi agreed w the pure be so advise. Report of were to be used, one of whi half “Zons “and ce of equi ipment, the ferries stem would received no compensation for his It was decided to call a special | meeting Saturday with the entir board and attorney present at which time final and conclusive ac- or| tion will be taken on the matter. ‘A. LOPEZ IN PRIMARY RACE ed issues to ¢ amounting to $30 is for the state the county. Clerk C. Sam B. Curry’s report of the special session of criminal court to hear a plea of guilty was! read and approved. i Tax Collector Frank Ladd’s de- posits for the pe H showed collections posited to the General, Reven and Forfeitur ing Indebtedne: cial Advertis Rond and Interes: f. Fund, $ and $1: MAKES FORMAL ANNOUNCE- i MENT FOR POSITION OF JUSTICE OF PEACE Speci. al| $50.05 Roady Abelardo I f The ¢ of the School} istric sits a on d district, the fore-} warded to W. treasurer and of Monro: Pe peace for the see Tax District Nj In connec V. Knott. treasurer e county, $17.55 35e. net $17.20. Sheriff K. 0. Thompson's state commission Reports On Cert Clerk Sawyer repor tes sold Cash, bonus $455.70. Communication Knott gave the ormation t' certain bonds which were autho: 1 to be purchased by the state! board of administration had not been secured.as the prices asked| were considered too high. } Request of Judge J. Vining Harris of criminal court that a} telephone be placed in his office} at 217 Duval street was granted.| termined campaign to be elected. Semi annual report of the of- This candidate attended Monroe | tice of justiee of the peace at;county schools and was graduated (Continued on Page Four) from the high school im the class/ of 1933. He reads, writes and speaks fluently, Spon languages, candidacy Mr. | not a politician, | hence has no past political record but if given a chance of being a! don tax or redeemed, $922.09 and} from W. SS FRI-SAT. SPECIALS DATE NUT and CHQCOLATE MALTED MILK LAYER c CAKE, special Pumpernickle Bread, loaf .... 10¢ MALONEY & PEACOCK eel his efforts to serve to the best of Shis ability. Keys’ both in property losses and | the employ of the FERA and had! and is making a de-! 5 IN DINING ROOM AT | } vana. i the English and | IN OPERATIONS | MANAGER OF PORTER DOCK: FE=LS COAST GUARD BOATS: INTERFERE WITH INTER- ESTS OF ORGANIZATION | i =| | | Di guard cutters of coast | to take ill and in- jured men from ships and bring- ing them to Key West, Charles of the Porter! Dock company asserts that ts not To The ussing the use , manager bein, Citi. Porter interes are In the y 1921 when prohi- tion was in effect and the coast guard service was taxed to capa-! city in patrol work preventing i legal traffic, a regulation was in! guard with | effect whereby the coast service would not interfer commercial enterprises. “Through the _ solicitation large steamship owners the Por- ter Dock company purchased a sel to be used as a sea ambul- ance which has been in this serv-; r the past 15 years. Cal vered at all hours, either and all kinds of her experienced. There has} never been delay in transit, tt of speed being ed realizing that ult in loss of life. icle in a recent issue of | a paper published in Miami stated | that the Coast Guard service was the only service available here to land injured end ill seamen,” Mr. ylor said, “which is far fromj z a true statement. } When the Coast Guard Cutter! Saukee was dispatched to Balti-| more to be decommissioned, this’ left without a vessel j e, and the Tug Pet-} of the Porter Dock company. | responded to calls when Coast Guard planes could not be des 1 patehed m Miami to meet ves-/ sels off Sand Key for the purpose ‘of bringing to land injured or; sick seamen. cords speak for themselv and the people interested suffi- {ciently to make a thorough check | jup will find that innumerable} eases have been handled by the! ‘orter Dock company in the past,! when Cozst Guard cutters were in | port, during the time when a reg- julation was in eSistence to pro- j tect commercial enterprise. “This service is still maintain- hed by the company, and utilized by some of the larger steamship | companies, but is foreed to op-j jerate under adverse cireumstanc- | es due to the Coast Guard service | being forced to seek other sources | | of operation since the lifting of prohibition.” of} i ROAMING YOUTH TAKEN T0 MIAMI ,; LAD WAS FOUND WORKING CASA MARINA Sergeant cf Police Joseph Kemp| \left over the highway this morn-, ng having in his custody DeWitt; . Laurence, Jr., 15-year-old lad who left his home in Washington, ! D. C., Janvary 17. | r, who is said to be a ning car steward for the Sea- d Air Line railroad, placed an sement in one of the Miami petire. the picture he was as a youth who was in st and was working in the dining room of ‘the Casa Marina | Hotel. | Yesterday afternoon about 5) o’clock C! Ivan Elwood and Sergeant Kemp went to the hotel,} sa ' found the boy, who gave his name and an account of his wanderings since he left home and thus proved to the satisfaction of the | officers he was the wanted lad. | In the newspaper advertisement the boy’s father promised a suit-| jable reward if his son was re- |turned to him. He will be in Mi-| wher his son will be turned over ie him. WAGNER BEER MAKES A HIT WITH THE WHOLE FAMILY. YOU'RE SA SAFE | seas Highway ferry route. the’ ; ; to luscd, he would fix it up and next land five second class passengers} | Company, is due in port Saturday} J. B. Weaver, director of the purchased and funds to be allot-| d for the work, and heade been requested to ma rds at once. The plans were accepted prac-| | bureau of navigation and steam- ne of * beat inspection, | department | commerce, has given his aperotel tically as presented with but twot One of thsee provided, ! Weaver's letter. for the in- stallation of a metal _ stair leading from the deck to the di ing salon. j which will be used on the Over-; The other directs that steel! jcarlines eight inches deep he fit- ted to the longitudinal girders | outboard to the side of the : on a line with those fitted be e examined the plans and | tye girders. These carlines Franklin E. Albert,' to be outboard ends by — suitab officer of the FERA in’ stanchions, and bracketed y West, told The Citizen, and| While adding some weight ow that final approval was given! the superstructure unit, Mr. Weaver, the way has been | bert pointed out, this reinfore e clear for pushing the work| ment will greatly add to the} conclusion. strength and stability of the super-} There remains material to structure, reconstruc-; exceptions, jin Mr. tion of the superstructure on the! to the plans for the | Feeries Traveler and _ Pilgrim,| ; Three other government agen- be CONWAY GRANTED USE OF BUILDING | AS FISHING CAMP SITUATED ON NO NAME KEY;) COMMISSIONERS GIVE PER- MISSION FOR ITS USE AT MEETING LAST NIGHT ‘PARKING CARS ON BRIDGES TO BE PREVENTED COUNTY BOARD MAKES DE- CISION PER-, SISTENT VIOLATORS TO BE ARRESTED IN FUTURE IN MATTER; P. J. Conway, of Pittston, Pa.,! and owner of considerable proper- ty in Key West, has been granted the use of a building on No Name infraction of the law will bej| ney to be renovated and used as' punished by arrest and trial in fishing camp. : i i Mr. Conway attended the coun- was decided by the county ty commissioners’ meeting last oners last night night and stated his intentions. He'jng yeading of a letter from said that if the county would grant Gerry Curtis, W director of the him a lease on the building which ; employment di ike pein = small and apparently not‘ ed out that many cars are daily | parked on the bridges and ed that steps be taken to abolish this hazardous practice. i hief Deputy Sheriff Bernard Waite supported Mr. Curtis and told the board he had on several occasions called the attention of anglers to the signs at either of the bridge approaches advising that parking was forbidden. In one instance a man who had persisted in disobeying the injunc- ytion and was caught in the act re- plied that others were doing it so “why pick on me.” It was decided that officers en- | countering persons parking on the | | bridges would give them warning, Ss | taking the license number and ad- rf sing that a second warning would | CUBA BRINGS IN sess set 54 PASSENGERS welcome to fish from the br but parking cars on the spans Visitors and Key Westers are | not be tolerated. It is entirely! Anglers who persist in parking | on highway bridges, are to be warned once to desist. The next J easone induce some of his friends ‘0 come to Key West for the fin- est fishing in the world. Part of the building is on the highway and the rest on Jand owned by Mosby Matcovitch. He had made an atgngement with Mr. Mateovitch and if the county would grant the lease Mr. Conway said he would have the building moved back from the road and fix it up. The commissioners agreed that Mr. Conway could have the build- ing for the use which he stated, | and it would not cost him one penny for the lease. | VESSEL ALSO BRINGS FOUR- 'too dangerous and must be stop- { ped. the commissioners agreed. TEEN TONS OF FREIGHT i } FOR KEY WEST ‘THREE BUL BUILDING PERMITS ISSUED, TWO OF THEM GRANTED DUR- ING WEEK WERE FOR GENERAL REPAIRS Steamship Aare arrived from} Tampa this morning with 16 first! for Key West; 30 fir: second class passengers for i and three | | Ha-; | | Arrivals for Key West were:! | Mr. «nd Mrs. F. M. Smith, R. R.} Ca n, R. R. Carson, Jr., J. S. Me-| Lean, L. McDaniel, M: M. F. Me- During the past week three Nally, Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Ma-| building permits were issued from lone, Mr. and Mrs: E. A. Banell,' the office of Building Inspector Mrs. C. Carmona, George Car-| Harry M. Baker, granting the fol- mona, Manuel Carmona, Mrs. A.’ lowing activities: McClennan, Miss A. McClennan,, Construct garage at the resi- J. W. Harris, Jennie Harris, H., dence, 1617 Southard street. Own- Chipchase, E. Derby, R. Burck-' er, T, K. Warren; cost, $50. hardt. | General repairs to residence at Also on the Cuba were 14 tons'616 Caroline street. Owner, of freight for Key West and 96° James Johnson; cost, $300. t sacks of mail, one ton of freight! General repairs to residence at and 3 sacks of mail for Ha-:1020 Southard street. Owner, vana. I Mrs. C. Ebertson; cd cost, $200. j Steamship Granada, of the! Standard Fruit and _Steamship| FELLOWSHIP UNIT Freighter Ozark, of the Clyd T0 MEET TONIGHT Mallory Lines, is scheduled to a - Members of f the Junior Division | rive tomorrow from Jacksonville of the Boys Fellowship Club are and Miami en route to New Or-! being notified that there will be! leans. Steamer Brazos, of the’ an important meeting of the or-| same lines, is due tomorrow eve-| ganization held 7 o’clock tonight’ ning from Galveston, en route to. in the Knights of Pythias hall on} New York. | Fleming street. | Steamship Alamo, also of the! from New York, will bunker the Porter Dock Company sail for Frontera, Mexico. at} aa day from New York en‘route to|ed and it is hoped that a full at-! Tampa. tendance will be there. Ja follow-' sea ‘tacted the G | George L. ! vessel for about |she sailed and another | thoroughly | warmer-minded On Railroad Issue To March 27 TOS aS. woe se| - VISITORS CATCH THREE SAILFISH Aviators Captain H. Prirdle and E. A. Srymer, S. A. started their success Saturday by catching L. ang’ two fine tarpon. Yesterday they their success of last week by bringing to boat three sail- fish while the guidance of Captain King Gomez on his launch Mocca- excelled out under sin. The largest of the sailfi measured eight feet, the was seven feet one inch the smallest was seven inches. A trio of per- fect prizes, it was said. six ISSO LM. BPS Fs) TWO STOWAWAYS ON BOARD SHIP BROUGHT HERE { i | ! AMERICAN LADS WERE DIS-! COVERED ON GRE=K V=S-! SELL SAILING FROM TAM-; PA FOR GLASGOW | At various times local vessels} have been called upon to put to from native ships, the first time a 1 has left this port to take natives from an alicn ship. Association w: Greek ship for Glasgow with a cargo of had two American lads w been discovered on the v cxptain asked that a b. out to get them. The pilet boat went con- areék ship, the bey were taken on board, brought shore and turned over to Geron- do Roman and Herble Todd. of the, immigration border patrol] who took them yesterday morning to the ferry and sent them on their way Mr. t be sent out, the boys. Jones, 16, Baltimore, and Victor Grant, 19, Niota, Tenn., had been on the dirty Greek 36 hours before 6 hours Te Roman ss hidden in 2 lifeboat t vealing themselves to the During that time they hod sted on the reserve supply rations in the life nd hungry when ° was they pat came ashore. CLIMATE TO TASTE FOR EVERY CABIN ON BRITISH LINER (My Assoeinte CLYDEBANK, Scotland, —Britain’s giant new transat-; lantic liner Queen Ma’ whose maiden voyage to the United States is set for M is to have! air conditions suited to whim, including perfumed the ladies. Arctic blasts may swirl in one cabin, while next door Pp on an atmos | | | | i i j | | } March air for may switch Each of the its own “gadget” tro] Exotic fragances will be on tap for climate con- ; for women passengers, and a flick of the lever will rid their rooms of cigarette smoke, which wil! be ‘emptied by suction fans. In all, 150 grades of air are to j be supplied by the giant air con- | ditioning plant, which will operate from 29 stations and handle 100,- 000.000 cubic feet of air daily over a five-mile network of pipes. WEDS FAMILY MEMBERS After being} FREDERICK, Ml. There are a number of vitally! divorced from two sisters, Warren | judge, permitting the public servant he will be sincere inj ami tomorrow morning, it is said, | Clyde-Mallory Lines, is due Sun-, interesting matters to be discuss-! Spillers of this city, was recently married to Miss Annie Redman, a sister of his former wives. }27 on whether the receivers should rebuild the lime at | Flc-ida East Ccast Railway made restoration of the FEDERAL JURIST BEFORE WHOM MATTER FOR DECISION RESTS CLAIMS EXTRA TIME GRANTED TO ALLOW RECEIVERS CHANCE TO CARRY ON NEGOTIATIONS FOR DISPOSAL OF F. E. C. R'Y. PROPERTY (Ry Associated Preas) JACKSONVILLE, March 5.—Federal Judge Lovie ‘ W. Strum continued until March 27, the bearime to de- termine whether the hurricame-wrecked cversea railway West with the Florida maimland is to | rebuilt cr 2bandoned. ccnnecting Kcy he granted this extra time te wilew Scott M inm R. Kenan, Jr. He said , recetwers for the F lida East Coast Reilway, to continu: negotiations for di- | pcsition cf the property. icated he would rule on or shortly after March b cost estimated at between $1,893,039 and $2.942,099 d- pending on the tyne cf reconstraction or te dispose of th< subject to Inter=tate Commerce Commission prop< tion. Cn Labcr Day the tropicel burricame tere owt much the line, devastated ccral islends and killed more than 4 | persons. Lcftin told Judge Strum that fimances of ful. from He said efforts to obtam fund: : Fiance Corporation fell thrcowrh ser line do the Recor cause the receivership cf the railway syste h < t | possible to post the sequined secunitpeltn# Receivers, he <aid, have been negotiating with po interests, which he did nct mame, and with the Ow Read and Teli Bridge Dictrict of Monroe county aan of the oversea line. These negotiations will conticuc added. The Road aad Bridge District, be sasd ebtain RFC funds to handle the deal Siate Senator Arthur Gomez cf Key West V. Albury, Mcmrce county attorney; B. M Duncan sulting engineer State Road Department; H C bom = - | mayer; Bascom L. GCroom:, president Key West Elec Co., and others representing the souther=mest city = United States, icid the court the city and county bed come recenciled to the abandonment of the owerse2 ‘ way, but hoped the eversea highway would be comp* The Guaranty Trust Company of New York ~ icwed to imtervene im the hearing as 2 trustee for the mcrtgage bondholders of the Florida East Coast Rasw=» ‘PLANE BRINGS = DEMOCRATIC CLUE 3 PASSENGERS 10 MEET FRIDAY SMALLER TYPE OF AIRCRAFT LANCELOT LESTER ARRIVED THIS MORN- ING FROM MIAMI CIVE ADDRESS 4T LaDIES NICE Onc duck, plan the’ - as hot * Corne Hulswit . Wm. D ges, Marx A. Almons k, Harry € lia Hulswit, Val Bittne: Robinson, Joseph ¢ Brambacker, Will Walter Link, Oscar Liz Galey. Jane TWO LICENSES == TO WED ISSUED icenses have been two days the county weddings Two marriage issued during the past from the office of of: Jchn Gerald Reberts and Doris growing by leap= and Vivian Saunders. its ergamicaten fete meent WHEN YOU ORDER THIS GOOD BEER. 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