The Key West Citizen Newspaper, March 24, 1936, Page 1

Associated Press Day Wire Service. For 56 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West VOLUME LV ee No. 12. Citen KEY WEST, FLORIDA, TUESDAY, MARCH 24, 1936. HOSPITALITY UNIT | \:ewww eee #2: MANY YOUNG MEN |ARMY OFFICERS CONDUCTS MEETING’ HERE LAST NIGHT DECISION REACHED TO DIS-} BAND ACTIVITIES; UsEFUL-| NESS OF ORGANIZATION 1s| SHOWN TO HAVE PASSED | i 1 | The Key West Hospitality League last night dur! a meet-| ing held in the Hospitality House disbanded, its members passing a} } | i | i i { | | motion to the effedt that “the use-| fulness of the Key West Hospi-} tality League has been acom- plished.” The session was presided over} by Mrs. William R. W: ia| the absence of William H. Malone, who is planning to move to “I rren, lando. the discussion as to ieague should | disband, that | the work being done by the league} During whether or not the memoers de activities "of | is a duplication of the other organizations in the ci Woman's Club, the! Club and} j such as the Garden Club, the Countr similar associations. They also} pointed out that there no| longer is train service into Key; West the value of the Hospitality} Hous? as a place at which excur-| sionists could stop and rest _ has! been diminished to the point where | it is vi ly non-existent. The league was organized a year ago last August when eae iasm over the rehabilitation pro-| gram here was running rampant.! It was designed 2s an agency to; eater to tourists and the house | was opened to the publie to pro-! vide a place for the visitor to go. | Last night, league members pressed the belief thet the tour coming here much prefer to’spend j their time at the beaches, out- doors, and away from crowd | Since shortly er its organiza- tion Mr. Malone had served as president of the league until his} departure to Orlando, and since | the beginning tev. James S./ Day has scretary, last | night tendering resignation ; because he, too, ving to Cen-| tral Florida. The ground floor Club building was used league as the Hospitality House, and the house was provided by the | local Elks Lodge, although it had} been repaired and put in good cor. | dition by the FERA j Funds on hind, after all of the league has been paid, to be turned over to the local! chapter of the American Red Cross, for the relief of flood suf-} ferers, in all probability, although | details in winding up the affairs of the organization were left in| the hand: of the finance commit-| tee. since served his is me of the Elks by the bills are! re disbanding, the league authorized the sending of a night letter to Cong J. Mark; Wilcox, urging him to do every-| thing within his power to provide! Key West with a more satisfac-! tory mail service t the propos-! ed “star mail route.” which would} utilize the ferr stem between | here and the mainland | NEW ROOMS FOR FOOD PRODUCTS The WPA _ organization have new commodity roc the next two weeks, according to announcement made today. F. J. Dion has donated the use| of the building at the corner of Simonton and Angela streets for this purpose. Operations which are now being carried on in the building at the; foot of Duval street will be trans-| ferred to the new location. This | department of the WPA organize. | tion is under the supervision of | C. N. Recio. man | | | | | i ‘ will KEY WEST FIREMEN’S DANCE For Convention Funds HABANA-MADRID CLUB WAAL L LLL | ANGLERS MAKE BIG CATCH ON SUNDAY | Fishing parties from Key West are always successful, reed, but that of Sun- day which was out on the Launch Fernando, owned by Juan Carbonell, brought back one of the largest catches of the season. Variety of specimens is al- ways a foregone conclusion but this party exceeded ethers, in both variety and | numbers, and returned de- claring it one of the most en- joyable fishing events of the season, In the group, guests of the mayor, were Thomas D. Orr, Roy Robinson, B. Curry Mo- reno, Armando Cobo, Robert Spcttswood and guest Carl Werks, of Des Moines, Frank Carbonell and Guides Clar- ence Thompson and Richard Demeritt. i | ! | | i | Marine Hospital, | helium, the assistanee of the ma- | chinist of the U. jon Sunday morning to cheerfully | ;grect his wife, who FIGHT TO SAVE i i swords to rescue within | ¢' | When their “‘ ARRANGE TO JOIN PHYSICAL EXAMINATION TONIGHT PREPARATORY TO ENLISTMENT Much activity has been evident; morning from Miami by plane and!ed at one of the finger piers in! of Key) after a short stay took off on the | the yacht basin. | among the young men ince the article relative to for enlistment in ' Florida National Guard appeared The Citizen last week. During the time which has elaps ed since that article, an appre cizble number of eligible Key; ters have signified their inten- n of joining and have made all! arrangements except taking the; physical examinatioi This, Captain Leslie Russell in-| formed The Citizen, will be given all applicants tonight by Dr. ‘| NATIONAL GUARD! | APPLICANTS TO BE GIVEN ARRIVE TODAY TAKE OFF ON PLANE FOL-| LOWING SHORT VISIT IN KEY WEST Ij jor Williams, U. S. A., and a: | enlisted personnel, arrived thi ‘return. Mrs. Andrews and Mrs. Wil-} the | tiams, who are vacationing at the with Owner ‘army cottages at Fort Taylor, | were at the Pan American landi ‘field when the plane landed. Short- ly afterward they went for » sightseeing trip from the aiv. the invitation of Gener: al An- idrews, ‘Fraffie Officer Everett ‘Rivas also became a member cf ithe sightseeing group. H The plane, of the most modern | army transport type, twice cieled the city and returned to the field. The passengers from Key West de- | i L | | ADMIRAL PATTON | Alexander, U. S. P. H. S., who! norked and the plane left for Mi- MUCH IMPROVED, NAVAL OFFICEK RALLIES: AFTER PASSING THROUGH | CRISIS AT HOSPITAL S. Patton. di-| Coast and| who has been st Rear Admirai rector of the U. Geodetize Survey, | undergoing treatmert in the U. was critically ill} over the week-end when compli-; cations set in Saturday morning} and the admiral suddenly became | very low. ! Through the courtesy and co-} operation of the U. S. Navy Field S| urday and again on Sunday with; ican Airwa; S. Lighthouse : | Bureau, working Saturday aiter-| {noon, and in rushing an otherwise | unobtainable fitting for the helium! tanks, the untiring and ceaseless efforts of Dr. E. ue Carnes, the staff of the U. Marine Hos. pital, Admiral Patton was suce: and | felly carried throuzh the cri: recovered , ttavelers declared it one of the; Ife was sufficiently was flown down from Washington by D. Alexander, crack pilot of the bu-; reau of air commerce. Admiral Patton was consultation by Dr. jart of Miami, specialist in in- j ternal medicine, who was flown seen in | from Miami 0 Key W est by Lieut. Marshall, U. Dr. rls wee former ly | the staff of the U. S. Marine Hos- ital. | | ROYALIST CAUSE MODERN ‘MUSKETEERS’ PAR.| | TICIPATE IN MOVEMENT ' UNDERTAKEN j | | fated Press) March 24.—Three aged and a rmed I are drawing their} their beloved movement from the of republican law. For years the swashbuckling, street-fighting quartet have flirt- ed with the law in their campaign, to bring Jean, Duke of se, to the vanished throne of France.| s one- Artagnan royalist tacked the socialist leader, Blum, the government decreed} dissolution of the “Action Frané; caise” society. Leon Daudet. Charles’ Maurras and Maurice Pyujo are the muske-} : southeast, ex-! at Opa-Locka ia flying down Sat-! comodore planes of the Pan Amer- sailed this morning} Franz Stew-' “ } Floric ! Chairman C. will be at the armory 8 o’clock and examine all applicants. Captain Russell said that stl | uniforn and equipment have been received and old and new memb: are to be supplied from} the new issues. ‘PLANE LEAVES FOR TORTUGAS 14 PASSENGERS MAKE UP EX- CURSIONISTS GOING TO GARDEN KEY sapphire sea Sailing over 2 ruffled by gentle winds from the} ; guests, and is berthed at one of | han, Leila Dunn, Euric Sterling, Mrs. M. E. Gray H. A. Henry is one of the handsome shor‘ aft 11 o’clock for Log- gerhead Key and Garden Key in! ‘the Dry Tortugas group. On the plane were 14 vacation- ists from points in the north tak- ing advantage of this opportunity; o see Fort Jefferson National Monument, that historie old pile of masonry, and the lighthouse keeper’s quarters at; the} Returning this afternoon | most inter they had} ever ‘take ly ent-rtained at Fort Jefferson by} Kee dian Fred 0. Eberhardt, en-} d their luncheon at the fort esting trips laa coeunedaregreuane tacts! could not have been longed. RENOVATION OF ROADS PLANNED | STATE HIGHWAYS TO BE PUT IN CONDITION TO MEET PRESEI:T-DAY TRAFFIC pro- (Florida News Service) TALLAHASSEE, Mar. Renovation of roads to the point where they will meet present- day traffie conditions has become an increasingly lerge duty of the maintenance department of the state road department, B. Treadway said here today. Such work, he pointed out, is a necessary part of the division’s respons sibility. necessary > improvements to meet) traffic conditions of present-day travel, he said. ‘Some idea of the extent of this work is found in figures which} 358 miles of other road were re- treated.” Treadway | said. . “‘The j work was done to preserve. * thé ate’s investment. “In 1934, the department re- They were pleasant-| 24.— ‘ A i at various times; oe ‘MORE VESSELS i | {ALL OF CRAFT ARRIVING /3RE TAKE BERTHS IN YACHT BASIN Several new arrivals are jL. B. Manning and on} | beard returned. | Bymar, Deisel cruiser, Portland, ! iMe., arrived yesterday with own- er Byron D. Miller and two; party ; the finger piers. | master. Martina II, Hollywood, ¥kk., cabin cruiser with owner Leon | Falk, Jr., and party of guests on board, arrived yesterday, depart- ed and returned this morning. Winsome Too, yacht, owned by Harkness Edwards of Lex:ngton, Ky., arrived last evening andj sailed later for St. Petersburg to} j take part in the St. Petersburg-! | Havana and the Havana-Key i West rac ‘LUCILLE MELTON _ BROUGHT TO CITY { CHILD TAKEN ILL ON BOARD SHIP PLACED IN LO- CAL HOSPITAL | Lucille six-year-old daughter of Dr. | Louisiana, is a patient in a local | hospital. She was plaeed in the institution at an early hour this morning, The child was taken ill while on board the Steamship Tillie Lykes when the vessel was off Miami. Word was received by the Coast Guard of the child’s illness. The | Coast Guard Cutter 185 contacted ithe ship and brought the little sufferer to Key West. Arriving here the vessel was met by an ambulance of the Lopez Funeral Home and Miss Melton was taken direct to the rect to the hospital. ‘CHARTERS GIVEN Melton, j (Ry Assoeinted Press) i {dozen oil \-erriment. to prospect for oi! or other vola- {tile substances and to manufac- ;ture and refine the minerals. | One of the new concerns, The concerns propose the teers and they promise to give the! constructed 78 miles of road and! Sulu Oil Company, is controlled! ; government a hot fight on its dis-} retreated 291 miles. j solution decree. Maxime Real del Sarte, the! one-armed D’Artagnan, stands at! the head of his street-fighting| “king’s henchmen” ready to duel} police with his iron-headed cane,| Last year, 160 miles of road were rebuilt and | Cotabato, 55 miles were retreated.” DIES. FROM INJURY SYCAMORE, Ul.—While chas- iby Americans. The others, the the Kadapawan, the! Mindanao, the Panay and the} P’kit oil companies are owned by Filipinos. Interest in oil followed ex¢ ploration of oil fields in Bondoc Saturday, Mar. 28, 9:30 till 7? |@ rallying symbol which has car-|ing a mouse in his home in this|peninsula, province of Tayabas, Music by Del Woods’ Orchestra ADMISSION - $1.00 ried his followers into many a riot] city, Benjamin Hancock fell and 00| for the fleur-de-lis banners of the} broke his hip, and later died of | ‘‘Action Francaise.” j the injury. by American geologists. In 1985; there were 77 applications for o'l leases in nineteen provinces. | if H { \ i General Andrews, U. 8. A., Ma-| Ai; COME TO PORT, re-! ported in the yacht basin today. | and the Yacht Alamo, with owner! gill, John Patton, Ada E. Nieder-| C. E. Melton of} P | The Nicoya is owned by Albert | W. Johnston, the Bymar is owned! ON OIL FIELDS, MANILA, March 24.—A half-| developing companies} henchmen” at-' reveal that in 1933 twenty miles { have been granted 50-year char-j Leon! o¢ obsolete road was rebuilt andjitery by the commonwealth gov- YACHT WEST WIND ARRIVES IN PORT ALVA, WITH OWNER WILLIAM K. VANDERBILT ABOARD, LEFT YESTERDAY ‘in the harbor Saturday and berth- Dr. Edwards has five guests. * i €abin iser Pirate Wench, Lawrence Schwab and three guests on board, arrived Sunday from Miami, for a brief jstay in the yacht basin. Yacht Alva, with owner, Wm. K. Vanderbilt; Mrs. Vanderbilt jand party, sailed yesterday morn- jing for Miami. The Alva return- ed last week from a cruise to | South Am America and Cuba. ‘PLANE BRINGS 7 PASSENGERS NINE DEPART YESTERDAY AFTERNOON ON TRIP TO MIAMI Seven passengers arrived on the j Pan American plane this morning {from Miami. ‘Nine passengers de- parted 4 o’clock yesterday after- | noon. Arrivals were: F. D. Sullivan, Meyer Forer, Althalia McIntosh, Arthur McIntosh, Gertrude Pen- | ‘man. Departures were: Samuel Beléh- er, Jeanétte Belcher, Lawrence | Jackson, John W. Evans, Jr., George H. Stewart, Anna Calla- Clayton Sterling. - TAYLOR SURVEYS DAMAGED VESSEL i YACHT NICOYA WAS DAMAG- | | ED IN SUBMARINE BASIN YESTERDAY AFTERNOON Charles Tzylor, manager of the Porter Dock company, this morn- ing made a survey of the damaged | Yacht Nicoya. having heen ap-} pointed by Wm. R. Porter, repre- jsentative of the N Uderwriters. The Nicoya, berthed at a pier in the yacht basin, was injured yyesterday afternoon when the Yacht Bymar, which was being, berthed, accidentally struck bow! on, The Nicoya’s stern was dam-} laged, to what extent will not be! known until the report of the! survey is made. | by Byron D.’ Miller. GUESTS AT OVER-SEA | HOTEL Mr. are recent arrivals in Key West for a stay of several weeks and at present are guests at the Over- Sea Hotel. | Some weeks ago, Mr. Leighton! wrote the housing department of | this desire to come to Key West} | With Mrs. Leighton, and was mak-} ing arrangements on Trecommen-; dation of Elmer Davis, noted! writer and contributor to Harpers | Magazine. His letter was answered, with | the desired information given, and } now Mr. and . Leighton are; spending the first days of which, will, no doubt, prove a delightful | ‘and beneficial vazation. Yacht West Wind, under char-| iter to Dr. O. M. Edwards, home’ | eroup of other army officers and port Wilmington, N. C., arrived: OUT-OF-TOWN FOLK ARE NOW; and Mrs. G. R. Leighton | 1 1 t } i | KEY W2STERS RESPOND To! CALL SENT GUT BY PRESI-| DENT ROOSEVELT FOR NECESSARY AID As president of the United States and of the American Red Cross, President D. Roosevelt has issued a proclama- of this promptly Franklin tion urging the people country to contribute | and generously so that sufficient funds may be available for the relief of the more than 200,000 homeless people the , areas of the northern section of in flooded the country. j “I am confident that the| iface of this great need your re-! immediate and as generous as has been ‘the case when the Red Cross has acted as your agent in the relief) sponse will be as always of human suffering. In the face of this overwhelm- jing disaster, reads a | adopted by the Federal Council of Churches of Christ in America, it is recommended that immediate and generous cooperation tors, councils of churches church people throughout ‘ country with loca] chapters of Red Cross in the efforts raise funds for flood sufferers. | Contributions to the fund in ‘ey West are: W. L. Bates 'Mrs. L. W. Bethel | Mrs. E. M. Phillips William Menendez resolution pas- and the! the to Mr. and Mrs. A. D. Luet : Mr. and Mrs. V. A. Johnson iMr, and Mrs. Wm. Coachman | and daughter Betty | Mrs. John Gardner ! Miss Eliza Gardner Nattie Garcia (col.) |Judge J. V. Harris Mrs. Mary E. 7 ee ‘MAKE READY FOR |” FIREMEN’S DANCE EVENT TO TAKE PLACE SAT. URDAY NIGHT AT HABANA- MADRID CLUB HERE Yew York Marine} ! te just for “This activity has nothing do with fire fighting. ‘getting real busy pr the dance we are givii ‘evening at the Ha! »Clab, and we are doing ev | possible to make it a gr we ar wrday jrid thing nd suc M. So said a member of the Key West Fire Department this morn ing as he came in The Cit’en of ifice to arrange for an advertise. ment announcing the benefit dance to raise funds for con- vention to be held in Key West ion April 20-21 and 22 While Chief Harr Winter Haven attending a ling of fire chiefs from all parts iof the state, the laddi t home are attending to their end of the plans which is to raise funds One of the surest way agree, to get ready cash to give a dance similar to the one given before, which was cons‘der ed one of the most entertaining affairs of its kind ever given’ here. The dance Saturday, they, say, they hope to make even more entertaining and enjoy: thar ‘the other. DESTROYS SIGN OF MOTOR LINE “Baving nothing else to do and ifeeling in a destructive mood, | they is =| some vandal last night deliberate-! | BIG FREE DANCE Tomorrow Night At 9 Silver Slipper Dance Hall Rudy and Pie Bis Rhythm Boys PUBLIC INVITED | If you are out for a good time— pay us a visit ly destroyed the sign in front of the office of Florida Motor Lines. ! The person tore the plate com-} pletely from the frame, for no i reason that any person can de-} termine, and threw it in the street! where it was this morning gr by George Arnold, who is il charge of the office.” ‘JCE JOHNSON HAS Key West, Florida, bas the Most equabie clamate m the country; with am average 4 Fabreches Republicans Watch Borah - Whose Presidential Bid Hinges On Stumping Tour SOOO EIL Hs Yar Speceiaivon ba Com nection With Senator's itt fe See Te Comme Campaign ‘SWEET’ AUTO CAR Captain Joseph Johnson. of Whitehead street, bas sweet automobile. He made the statement, The Citizen doubted the statemest and the captain proved his sertion when he parked the car im front of this office this afternoon. Alighting the captain said “Here is the and honey is sweet so is this aute for im it is a beehive, and here are hundreds of bees leaving and entering the hive is located mear the ras tank im the rear” And the captain was right. He said the car had been at Ramrod Key for some time out of use, and the swarm of horeymakers must have d-- cided it would be ar admir- able Iccation for a hive They colonized im the auto and Captain Johnson has been trying to dislodge them but up to date has been umsuc- cessful. Any person whe knows what to do in cases of this will find the BYRON PRICE —————— A amas me Senator Bera > cmmeraates oo By as hint ae specacce -ampegs Doe car i far mere thas a cosesl seterest have bees ashe. ee really = te throw & » presidents! camp dors be these great poe. of perwensiee ckhqueece whch made bem mous ind, he says, temobile is welcome to Also the hive if reached without injury to the car. VJ74LA42 24242 FINAL ACTION. ON PROPERTIES WAS EFFECTED PERTAINS TO EXCHANCE OF PROPERTIES BETWEEN NAVY DEPARTMENT AND COMMERCE UNITS Final action im the exchaz of properties between the the departimes made ft we department of commerce Saturday and was Lieutenant and Super er L ghthous departments Permanent Dustric transier and jurisdiction by partment to the commerce was made ings numbered one sheds numbered 29 shed numbered wharf A, together with lands u=- der and around these structures. including a 13 § along the south side of numbered 1, contain ng i= area of approximately square feet. And transfer m by Permanent and jurisdict comm ment department building, with surrounding west to the r and area of approxim square feet These government properti were tentat exchanged abou two years ago and the department occ: | volved. 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