The Key West Citizen Newspaper, May 22, 1936, Page 1

Associated Press Day Wire Service. For 56 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West Che Key West Citizen VO LVII. No. 123. KEY ret FLORIDA, FRIDAY, ee 2, 1936. All Germany Drafted In War Preparedness Scheme * ‘SUPERVISOR OF "NURSERY SCHOOLS | LEFT YESTERDAY OTTO TOeS, | NEW SPECIMENS Nazi Government Begins; To Speed Up Operation Of Mines And Other Ac- ore Recent additions to the tivities hundreds of beautiful and rare specimens at the aviary of William W. Demeritt on Whitehead street, are a pair of beautiful magpies and two pairs of selected pigeons known as tumblers. By M. K. WHITELEATHER (By Associated Press) BERLIN, May 22.—Germany is seeking to make herself blockade- These specimens were re- ceived from S. E. Queen, of Springfield, Mass., who has never been to Key West, but was told by a friend who had been in Key West, of the beautiful birds owned by Mr. Demeritt. Mr. Queen entered into cor- respondence with Mr. De- meritt and the result was the birds, as above described. were sent at once and are now thriving in their sections at the aviary. proof, regardless of cost. Bitter suffering from the Brit- ish net thrown around her in the{ World war has spurred civil and military activity toward organ- izing the nation beforchand to live a long while on its own re- sources, An intensive campaign has been iby the nazis to find substitutes for pro- waged for three years In return Mr. Demeritt is sending this afternoon on the Steamship Cuba, one pair of turbits, two pairs of white crown pigeons and two pairs of eastern mourning doves. | Other exchanges are to be made, it is understood. beginning to! “| SPONGE SALES A. prepared- nso) ARE HELD TODAY y and army ducts, especially raw materials which Germany lacks and mast therefore buy abroad, and to stim- ulate exploitation of the try’s own natural resources, coun- Army men are doubt the isdom of ures already ome iy taken. ness plan embracin whole life is under men wonder if gin secant few mineral r these might better ved for th pu d might be infpossible. Mine Closing Suggested OVER SIX THOUSAND DOL- LARS WORTH SOLD WITH- | IN PAST THREE DAYS it was wise to be- exploitation of German urees when be war-time i abroa when ase Three buyers this morning of- fered bids on the group of sponge | offerings paced by the owners on the municipal sponge dock. Lots of wool sponge and others of the better class were sold for a total of $2,835.30, Individual Germany well as e economy as toward~uphold- ing the army at the front. The nazi sidies, gove} nt, with sub- up operation of copper mines in Mans? and lead mines in Upp) and iron ore veins in Sie Ordinarily, experts mines can not profitablo, The army says they ought to be operated at all. rate, the army would etal es mareeer has s ceeded a purchases were re- spectively: $845, $1,864.90 and 5.40. Other lots of lower be le sponges brought $607.96, not any} to slow down} from 26. ules for the three days’ offer- ings this week totatled $6,405.51. Last week's sales amounted to + $3,033.62 ‘MARITIME DAY IS OBSERVED VARIOUS SHIPS IN PORT DIS- PLAY FLAGS IN CONNEC. TION WITH EVENT iron-ore, e, one of many writers on the subject, “as far as that of the highest value is concerned, | would be exhausted in a few cades if we covered our normal ( peace-time necds out of dom supplies. ‘Army Asks ‘Long View’ “The same is true for copper,| of which there is still less, and al number of other me “The experience of the World war has drawn sufficient atten- tion to the ities in ease of a blockade. » probably will! Today is National Maritime Day be even gr a future warjand telegrams received by gov- because the need for iron, copper.; ernment departments _ instruted zine, and tin has become greater.” that all ships in the harbor display Major Hesse the soldier! tke flags, demands a long view of the na-| The Tende tion’s eonomic possibilities ! of the Hghthouse f though he recognizes Germany’s, ed e: i present difficulties in the foreign) flags trade field. The government is! the putting forth every effort to sell! true German goods abroad in order to gain foreign exchange -for pur-} chases. \ Reflecting the increased demand | for metals in modern war nealing ery, Germany’s consumption aluminum jumped so fast since she began rebuilding her army | that she now is the greatest alum- inum producer and user in the FUNERAL SERVICES TO BE/ world, She outstrips the United; CONDUCTED TOMORROW States in both. The hunt for “ers; or sub-} AFTERNOON stitutes, has proven costly. Many/ plants have been erected to manu-| facture fibres to replace cotton | and wool, whie artifi rubber | and various sorts of nthetic gasoline are on the market. TEN DOOR PRIZES BENEFIT CARD PARTY de-! and Poinciana, | t, were dress- | ing, the lines of rem the prows of vessels up to and across the | of the masts and down tol sterns. HENRY HARRIS, 73 * DIES THIS MORNING Henry Banks Harris, 73, died! 11:30 o’clock this morning at his home, 421 Catherine street. Fun- era services will be held tomorrow afternoon 5 o’clock from the resi- idence. Rev. Shuler Peele, | Fleming Street Methodist church, AT AVIARY HERE} ‘STILL PREPARING | | MISS NYE GRIFFITH, STATE; i OFFICER, HAD BEEN HERE; THREE DAYS IN INTEREST: OF WPA INSTITUTIONS | Miss Nye Griffith, state super-| of WPA schools, left here yesterday after spending three days looking over the loca! and conferring with per- sons in Key West relative to con- or nursery school \tinuing and inereasing the fune- tions of the school. During the stay of Miss Grif- fith the enrollment at the school, Hlocated at the corner of Reynolds and South streets, increased from 116 to 26, and within the next’ week or 10 da an additional | four children will be enrolled mm , bringing the en-| jyol'ment up to the full quota of| 30. Conferences were with Mrs. William R. local representative of the triet Welfare Board, Mrs. 0. S Long, sponsor of the Junior Wom- an’s Club which sponsors the nur- sery school, Thomas D, Orr, WPA! director and Roy Robinson, his { ant, and Miss Martha Buck, in charge of women’s projects. Additional furniture has just been installed at the nursery. This furniture is a product of the factory which is being conducted at the naval station, and includes cots and play equipment. The Junior Woman’s Club plans to make additional equipment avail-; able for the children in the school. also held} Warren, Di JUDGE BROWNE GOES TO MIAM i JURIST WILL ATTEND TO ¢ | MATTERS IN COURT PROCEEDINGS Judge Jefferson B. Browne, of | circuit court, left last evening; for Big Pine Key and this morn- ' ing went by highway and ferry to Miami to attend to matte pertaining to court proceedings in that city. yesterday morning Attorneys J.| Fritz Gordon and Bart A. Riley; came in a, special plane to discuss ! with Judge Browne the matter of | an injunction in connection with | the operation of slot machines in| Miami. It is understood that the visit of the judge is in connection with) this case and also another in| which one of the telephone com- | penies is involved. | | QUALIFIED LIST THREE OF DISTRICTS COM- PLETED BY SUPERVISOR OF REGISTRATION lified lists of voters in the second and third districts were complet- Que first, in Monroe county ed this morning by Supervisor | John England, ang show 958} names. i Mr. England is continuing the | complete check of the books and| j expects to have the other precincts teoay as soon as is compatible | {with accuracy as to names, spell- | ing and other details. | eae Se CELEBRATE GOLDEN EVENT) c.—pr.| | WASHIN \ Dan- | | Lauretta E. Kress and Dr. | iel Kress of this city recently cel- | ebrated their golden wedding an-} niversary by inviting to a recep-! ion the 3,573 babies that the for-| mer had brought into the world. GRADUATION GIFTS Sponsored by Mrs. Thomas D. Orr | COLONIAL HOTEL | Thursday, May 28, 8:00 p. m. | Refreshments EACH PLAYER . will officiate, Pritchard’s Funeral Home will be in charge of arrangements. j; Carmen Harris and one brother, , 25e| Sylvanus Harris, Phone 177 Free Delivery i Mrs. | | ST. PETERSBURG OFFICIALS | Mayor | a | publie wor! | monument, | fort | the plane accompan > ,; MANY OF MEMBERS GAVE | 70, jin the j secret and w jot t Fine line gift items just in. t Powders, Perfumes, Compacts, etc.! Survivors are the widow, Mrs.|GARDNER’S PHARMACY | vacation with his fami ‘VISITORS LEAVE ON BOARD PLANE CONVENT CLASS ENJOYS OUTING | Se | MEMBERS OF GRADUATING} PAY VISIT TO DIFFERENT UNIT SPENT YESTERDAY WPA PRGJICTS } AT SAND KEY City Manager A. F. Thomasson, John S. Smith and Engi-' Frank O. Lee, director of St. ficizls, who arrived yesterday a good will visit with WPA Di- rector Thomas D. Orr, their trip immensely, they said. Mr. the different projects being operated under the WPA, FERA and NYA, in the afternoon made Enjoying post graduation outing yeste at Sand Key w a group of members of the grad-| of the Convent of Immaculate, — rela-i They necr Petersburg of-:uating ¢ Mary and for of tive: friends. West and returned o'clock in the evening, The day f'shir the be: noon portsking enjoyed‘ cd from Key lock in} the, morning 6} They were the guests of H Or yesterday on a ride to Gand WRY wimmi on reading, and later a trip to Fort Jefferson in of a the luncheon in the liehthouse, which the de continuous Pellatrix, amphibian plane of the Coast Guard, pioted by Lieuten- ant W. which they anrived They the trip by was given zest by breeze which wa A. Burton, in from St. Petersburg. were accompanied on Fred Eberhardt, cus: throughout the day. Althe spent in the onen a of the the Sand Key to which through the courtesy Ww We The entire party of: Graduates Misses Norma Morgan. Louise Delaney, Alice Parks, Beu- Lillian Lujan, F vorth. O'Dell Wicker: ret Dion; Mr. and a My Mrs. # B Dotty Lujan, Arturo Wick rro and igh most of the day waS 2 goodly time ¥ enjoyed in light made part todian at Fort Jefferson national who explained the ion of the coun- ar as he section ean do. The v vere delight- ed with the experience. This morning shortly after 10 j o’clock the visitors departed on genatien tation entre wa possible and that of Superin- tendent Wm. Demeritt consisted lah Brantley, visitor who cam brief stay with hi ves Thomas D, Or tending high school in cee an grasped the opportunity offered to make a quick trip to Key West. ntley, Lujan, Bobby ers, ‘EQUITY LODGE. HOLDS MEETING iv of the! "0. Cerezo anc «| were at Sand Ke is the pien Edmond Cx the was ¢ Anounct DEATH MRS. SCHMUCKER BCDY TO BE SHIPPED FROM TALLAHASSEE TO KEY WEST FOR BURIAL during TALKS DURING SESSION LAST EVENING Meeting of Equity Lodge No. I. O. O. F., held last evening K. of P. Hall on Fleming j street, was marked with interest | and enthusiasm. Noble Grand George F. Archer | fficial!y introduced the newly- appointed Distzict Deputy Grand Master, William Mendell. At this time Past Grand W, P. Archer {made an interesting talk on Odd_ see Fellowship and expressed a de-! Lo ire that with the cooperation of | Ke all members of the lodge, the new given as pneumonia. District Deputy will have a very The body will arrive Monday+ successful term, morning on the Cuba from Tam- oble Grand Archer _ reported; pa, accompanied by the husband, ‘on the progress of the sewly-or-| Geerge Schmucker, and son, Dan- genized Bo: Fellowship Club, an) iel ae organization sponsored by Equity! The funeral will | Lodge. jday afternoon at 4:15 o'clock Late yester afternoon word was received here from Tallahas- announcing the death of Mrs. schmucker, formerly of Cause of death was be held Mon- DELIO COBO AND MISS ANNE_ COOK MARRIED IN AT- LANTA 2 YEARS AGC (Spe ATLANTA, Delio Cobo, of Miss Anne Cook, o: married in this ¢ 3 ; 1934. Their marrivge was kept a only recently an- relatives and | i { 1 | | | West, f Atlanta, were y on May 25 Many of the lodge members! from the residence. 809 Division pleased with the progress of the! The deceased is survived by the | | Florell Brown of El Paso, Texas. IS MADE KNOWN: iw ig Fisher of Scal OTTOS’ FAMILY ' !announcements of the made short talks on the order and! street. Lopez Funeral Home is in organization. husband end son; mother, Mrs. | Cleora Planding of Fort n-law, Mrs. Nellie: ae Relatives and frien ' May 16 to D expressed themselves as _ well charge of arrangcmen | Florida Lightbourn; sisters, Mrs. SECRET MARRIAGE Myers, M wton Curry of Ki an of Key West. NEW ARRIVAL IN happy parents yesterd Csgood Otto, son on Thomas ami. | The new arri has been giv- jen the name Thomas Osgood Otto, III. Mother and boy ed doing nicely. II, in M nounced to friends and here, Mrs. Cobo has been an employ the Sears Roebuck and com-| pany organization in this city for| shing his junior year at Atlanta | Extraordinary Dance Southern Dental College. Saturday Night, 10 till ? Mr. Cobo will soon return to] HABANA-MADRID CLUB. Key West to spend the sera —Music By— vacation with his family. is not yet known if Mrs. ay will | CHET BROWNAGLE AND HIS 11-Piece MIAMI BILTMORE ‘make the trip with him! Henry Renedo, also of Ke ORCHESTRA Admission $1.00 West, who is completing his sopho- | For Reservations Phone 220 more year at Southern Dental ve are report-} College, will soon leave for his He will be accompanied to Key West by} Renedo. tof the Ladies Free ‘‘! ‘TOWNSEND CLUB FORMED DURING MEETING HERE GEORGE WINNIMAN HEARD AT COURT HOUSE LAST NIGHT GIVING DETAILED EXPLANATION OF PLAN Winniman Townsend Old George the Pension county ing the organized a lc to ¢ on the citizenry William M 1 president Beauregard Lowe © president; T. and Mrs. Mon elected treasur The ¢ officers arried ou to the voting. Before the elec introduced Tony Cr rules with r a club in Tamps ful which he believe in Hillsborough ful here, if He w ho made adopted. 1s followed + ditions ates, whi ame line Park on Wednesday Then Mr. Winn of the extant summary Wedes a tion in detail of what it is earnestly ccomplish, his hearers if tions to be asked, to explain them. A number on matters which ailed to mentic them in « The exp): to be satisfactory to t asked them and to t The idea of was then announc tion led some of briefly. i ed for would co time more aken in Mr. Wi meeting the Towns-nd date for y West next week voters 2nd an ann effect would be nue, than 30 members we: Pa CAPTAIN KEY RESIGNS POST CAPTAIN C. P. ALBURY WILL BE PLACED IN CHARGE OF FERRY KEY WEST Captain Stanley Key nroe Gounty Ferry tached to the Ferry has tendered his re become effective f the ferry Franklin E of ferry opera zen this morning th P. Albury will be mand o¢ the Key tain Eugene Deme 2 of the Flor DR. PRICE GIVEN CHURCH POSITION ... . B, Frank Price, Pr number recently arrived States, has been elect tor of the Southern church. Th intelligence was by Dr. Alfred DeBar church in Key W published for the information | members of the con; | this city. gtegation Capital Flows Slowly Into Nation’s Industry As Bank Deposits Show Steady Rise °S aaa LEEDS HEALTHY BIRDS HATCHED HERE Cape Has Net While Do ew Hemingway b head be hea thy & th opinion of aviaries and se that they Inquiries made by T elicited the to the best of these are which have eve Ce te oe . PLATFORM OF P. TOMASELLO ~ CANDIDATE TELLS OF > FOR COVERN HIS PROPO ACTIVNIE tity Annee (Editor's Nete gins a series of 14 lining the platforms of Democratic canesdaies governer. Im response to a= invitation from the Asseciat ed Press the candidates wrote the articles them they are presented as the a= didates’ cand-date wa about his platform expressions ain icles are pudlished d-r im which ceived. Others PETER TOMASELLO Of Orlando im the or they were re- follew coum am KIRKES’ FAMILY Kirk BIG SATURDAY NITE ‘DANCE May 23, 10:00 o'Clock RAUL’S CLUB FREE Enchilada to the Guests No Admission Charge BE