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

Associated Press Day Wire Service. For 56 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West No. 160. New Building Receives Great Boost In First Half Of Year | | VOLUME LVI. | Weeeeeeae, War Refugee Havens Proposed For Europe; iicisaneaaee Showing Made: For Six Months’ Period | In Survey Of Activities! Conducted (By Associ: Press) | PARIS, July 6.—Wartime | reservations for the aged, the | infirm and mothers with c il- dren, are proposed by Geor- ges Saint-Paul, surgeon-gen- eral of the Frene: Army. Under the plan, European countries would set aside such reservations in sections not likely to be in the fight- ing zone irl event of war, and equip them for caring for large colonies of refugees. The refugees would be plac- ed under the control of .a | commission of neutrals agreed | upon. by belligerant nations | i | { | | | | By RADER WINGET (Apsociated Press Financial Writer) NEW YORK, July 6.—The un-; precedented peace-time drive for i public and private construction} i during whe first half of 1936 pro-! ' duced the greatest acceleration of | building since the depression halt-| ed the forward strides of chat gi- and would be free from at- tack. The zones also would. be available for military hos- gantic dustry. Residential building, upon which government and civic orga-! ‘| nizations have exerted ‘the most pressure, responded by rising to the best levels since the end of} ‘CUBA BRINCS IN | 72 PASSENGERS Percentage-wise, ithe showing is} 1931, as measured by The Asso-/ ciated Press index, The estimated vol- | | VESSEL phenomenal. LEFT SHORTLY AFTER ARRIVAL EN ROUTE | TO HAVANA ume for the first six months of 1936 is half again as great as for! the first of last year and nearly ' double the initial part of the 1932 | Steamship Cuba, of the P. and the build-|0- S. S. company, this | St. ing of private homes so far this;™0Pning ‘rom Tampa and Petersburg with eight ‘irst year totaled about $320,000,000, i passengers and 20 second class compared with more than a billion = dollars for the corresponding per- | P@58ensers for Key West; 43 first and one second for Havana. iod of 1929. ee a Bae Nevertheless.thy distinct | ey West arrivals were: Svenuyclemniners lecaadisting | Nickel, Mrs. Nickel, Sarah Nickel, Ernest Nickel, Mrs. Sallie Curry, thorities have_warned that. the na-|D. K, Williams, M. S. A‘dams..A. tion will face an embarrassing) Lowe, Mrs. J. T. Arnold, Ed. San- lack of houses unless bui! ding| ford, Alice Sanford, E. ee A. Lopez, A. Saunders, J. varez, ick: sharply, private — enter. a ss picks up sharply, p “| Angel Valdez, H. Campbell, Hilda model homes,/ pigz, A. Pla, A. Williams, C. corporations have offered pre-} Carbelo, A, Henriquez. H. S. Me- fabricated dwellings. | C:anahan, G. B. Ruega, E. Acher- Public building has progressed ; S°n, nes Acherson, G, S. Patton, tons Mrs. rs. G. . Paton. : ‘The ie also brought 11 f freight and eight sacks of mail programs’ toe Key West; one ton 07 freight and bigger!and 195 sacks of mail for Ha- ivana. Total Far Below 1929 When the vessel sailed for Ha- Estimates show that in first half;Vana there were several _pas- of the present year contracts, Séngers leaving for Cuba, ine!ud- were let for buildings valued atiing Miss Alleida Napoles, Dr. $1,100,000,000, That gross is 58: Lynam B. Smith and Dr. Albert depression low point. In dollars, however, nroved class shortage of homes. Real estate au-! prise has erected slowly. Federal projects added to ' the total. Private industry turned} again to expansion which include more buildings. { i si | 1 who accom-! Mrs. May per cent higher than the corres-{ Hoggdon. ponding period of last year, which! ee ee than the 1933 comparative. But it DISCOVER FIRE stands well below the total of $3,- 012,200,000 registered for the The most encouraging hopes} are aroused by residential build-; Early satufday heorhink ing. Experts significant:y point) launch belonging to Ben Felton at her cheaper to build. moorings near the Gulf! —_-——_——_ |doek. The sane rte ire of the je ition of the fire department re- NOW IMPROVING ::2"2<2 to the call but when the apparatus arrived, willing hands ' | The loss was said to be negligible NEWS OF HER CONDITION oe BROUGHT To city By | PAINTER PODSZUCK Pintado, | (iy pmocecea Prem panied Mrs. E. C. Bairstow to _ST. LOUIS, July 6.—Despite: Washington, D. C,. for medical name there’s a strain of Scotch j turned to Key West last evening,:he became a painter of horses, and reports Mrs. Bairstow is much’ he admits. improved. | Five years age, he sent for an Key West in an emergency plane his 10-year-old son, The boy didn’t | to some point up the state, after like it. Rather than waste it, the! which other transportation af-! father took the course. | accompanied along the whole | drawing since he was a boy, but | route to Washington by Mrs. Pin-| after jobs as pressman, plumber, | tado, who acted as nurse. acrobat, building contractor and, | E. C. Bairstow, who recently interest in art had waned. purchased a home in Key West,} He started with the usual land-| which is situated at the corner; scapes and sketches, but an early} Her many friends will be much | specialize. Recently he sold two pleased on learning of her im-!horse paintings. Now he is at provement. « work on a third. } in turn was 61 per cent higher January-June period of 1929. | ; out that higher rents will make it| was seen to be on fire Refining} i ‘Apparatus com Number 1 sta. had already quenched the flames. MRS. MAY PINTADO H TO SCOTCH STRAIN: treatment a short time ago, re-' in Frank Podszuck, and that’s how The patient was rushed from:art correspondence course for! yangements were made. She was} Podszuck had been interested in Mrs. Bairstow is the wife of ally, apartment manager, his! of Southard and Francis streets.! admiration for horses led him to I jwas taken ill after the {Key West Rotary in the following} Mr (jfain \ day, KEY Wes sige. abies MONDAY, JULY 6, 1936. Che Key West Citizen ‘HUBERT BAKER Fourth Of July Celebrated At DIED SATURDAY IN NEW YORK) | Beach With Excellent Program Hundreds of Key Westers ¢urn-| Supervised by Buster Cerezo. Bob| ;BODY TO ARRIVE HERE ‘oe out in a festive mood to cele-} THURSDAY; FUNERAL FOR. brate the glorious fourth of July’ FORM:R KEY WESTER To at the Coral Isle Casino on South; BE ARRANGED LATER | Beach, where many field events | ! took place. | The program was sponsored by. Order Hubert Baker, formerly of Key! We:t, but for a number of years a Festivity Club of resident of Barranquilla, Colom-! bia, S. A., died Saturday in New j York. He went to attend the con-j [operation of he WPA Recreation vention of International Rotar; held at Atiantie City, N. J., an Riceastecent then days conven-! started at 10:00 o'clock with the events a tion. The body of Mr. Baker will ar : rive Thursday morning on the) Cazcain boat frem Tampa, accompanie by Mrs. Baker. Funeral se are to be announced, it is after the arrival of the body. Mr, Baker urvived by hi widow, Mrs. Mary Porter Bakery; hundreds of people were enjoying mother Mrs. Loretta Baker, four! sun sisters, Mrs. Rose Estevez, aie Annie Edwards, Mrs. Alice Dan-! ford, Mrs. Blanche Fletcher. all 0: Tampa; brothers, Louis Baker, Jacksonville, and George Baker ey West. | military parade Arthur H. ‘di The street parade formed at the viees and dis-| said,| foot of Duval j anded at the Sow:h Beach where} Sheppard. street -bathing and other sports play. of the many events the day’s pened with a Kiddie funder the direction of ; Warner, Mar Kabaret, Eva B. Louise Knowles n. This show was y and . Estevez,| greatly appreciated by those who were arrivals this morning on thet Witnessed it. and the litt’e kid- St hip Cuba. idies who took part in the play al notice of the death of| were greatly applauded. Mr. Baker was received this morn-} Baby Contest ing by W. L, Bates, secretary o| Immediately after the Kabaret, Warner put on the 1 to 5 ar old prettiest’ dressed baby girl contest. First prize of this jcontest went to little Grace | Calleja, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. 'Carlos Caileja of Caroline street. ! Although the prize committee had only announced a t prize for this show it was agreed to give a second award to tiny Mary Dolores i Valdez, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. jIgnacio Valdez of monton tstreet. Both winners wore beau- tiful hand made garments. 1 In the field events, under. the ~|susiertisios of Leonards Garry,» ; Emerson Beccaise won the 100 | yard dash by 25 feet; Leno Cas- Rotary International, tro was victorious in’ the high CHESLEY PERRY. jumping contest when he cleared! Mr. Bates advised The Citizen| the pole at a five foot height. that a committee of Key West | Emerson Baccaise: the. cle Rotarians will be at the boat!” itoeiclonred aihcightsol a Thursday morning to meet Mrs. ; Kim Powell was Baker and the body. the winner of the pole vault con- HERE ON VISIT telegram: ! “W. L. Bates, The Rotary Club, “Key West, Fla. “Hubert W. Baker, Bar- ranquilla business man for many years past, governor of Sixtyeighth Rotary District and_ recently field represen- tative of South America, died of pneumonia Saturday in New York. Body will leave New York tonight on Havana Special arriving Tampa Wed- nesday and Key West Thurs- day morning. Afrange for suitable floral offering from ; test of track Horse Races The horse race contest was Caballeros de la Luz with full co-! marshalled by! fiesta , | Dunean finished in the ‘line in the pony competition £c st prize, 50 pounds o: oats. {Duncan rode “Emma.” In the ‘senior race, Cerezo was again the winner. This time he was riding izhtning.” Buster’s last year’s winner was a pet horse by na ” The winner of this! 'vace also received a half ck of! horse feed. Kim Powell, winner of le race was asked to dis- qua from the contest because: he the only man in the race. The rest of the contestants were! iboys under 16 years Powell understood the bi of age. situation winning | | FIRE DISCOVERED | i | the} { 1 the! and gladly conceded the honor to! |Henry Ogden who came in ‘second place. In the vail boat race, next to the, jbathing beauty contest, the most jtalked of event of the afternoon,! jwas won by uch Roberts who ; piloted “C:oud” win in 33 jminutes. His sere rival roiled lin two minutes later. Tennis match under the direc- tion of Clem C. Price was won by Pen Edgar and Peter Varela 6-4 in one set. ; The diamondtall championship game p'ayed by Stowers Park vs. Sanitary Department was won by the Park crew, 7 to 4, Beauty Contest ctly 15 minutes pas Mrs. Bell DePoo, di of the bathing beauty cont marched her quintet of contest- ants to the tennis court where Lennie Licata, acting announcer for the event, introduced the beauties to the public, and the judges, namely Pen Edgar. Jack Lettimer and Mr. DeW all strangers to Key Wes Atvter watching the contestants wih keen, leyes and making close observa-' tions the judges had a short con-! ‘ference and handed a slip of paper ;to ,the announcer bearing the ‘names 0. the winners. First prize iWegt to Norma Garcia, of 724 Caroline street, and second prize to Edith Russell, 903 Olivia street, and Beulah Howard, third prize. on LOCATE BLAZE SATURDAY NIGHT IN ROSE LANE — IN RESI- DENCE OF RAOUL GARCIA; FIRE DEPARTMENT DOES EXCELLENT WORK about 9:45 of Raoul Saturday night lock the residence a, on Rose Lane, was found to be burning, and smoke in great volume poaring from sev- eral openin ¥ us Was promptly on ! the ne and within a short time the flames were subdued. The speed with which the department got the fire under control and eventually quenched, elicited the praise of a number of nearby residents. One housewife living near, prominent in social circles “I think the work of the chief and his men was simply gtand and a card of thanks for prompt and efficient vice should be given the department.” Chief Bs Ker said that evidence of incend m were found near the house rd a demijohn con- taining coal oil was near the scene. Mr. and said: Garcia is said to have ex- ‘pressed the thought that some of i The Festivity club of the Order: Caballeros de la Luz deeply ap-! preciates the cooperation given by the WPA Recreation Department and other departments as a whole to make the glorious fourth cele- bration a real success. To Mrs. DePoo goes the credit of making the bathing beauty contest a realitv. The personal lindividua! efforts of this young lady made the event the success that it was, ‘field events were given medals. WILL GIVE OUTLINE OF PRO- POSED ACTIVITIES IN SO- CIAL WELFARE WORK j E. Hooper, Representative from the Board 02 Social Welfare, has been | in Key West the past few days. r-On Tuesday afternoon at the on United Street Miss Hooper will meet with members of|turbing it made suspects the local of Social Welfare and thé local | whom the simple joys of English/{ citizens advisory committee, of! which Mrs. William R. Warren is; j chairman. Miss Hooper will give a} picture of what the State Board | tragic event f Social Welfare is planning tonen do during the next several months. Arthur Burdett is the old miser She also will tell Key Westers what some of the other districts! in the state are accomplishing.! Any person interested in attending, “™¢® W. Meynell’s the meeting. which will be held at: which starts today, July 6, in The will be welcomed. Citizen. His standing in the com-j i sion will also be munity was evident to Detective! held, and Mé Hooper will be‘ Inspector Hylton as soon as he glad to answer auestions that! arrived and plunged into the mys- arise pertaining to the work of)tery. Tears for the departed the State Board of Social Wel-. were absent, and few too were fare. , jthe clues for which an earnest DESTROYERS — COMING HERF : U. S. Destroyers Gilmer and. jey’s late and unexplained arriv- Barry, are due to arrive in port al. Hadn’t it taken. Dale an it tomorrow morning 7:30 o'clock ordinately long time to make the and take fuel cil at the naval sta-! tion. They will be here but one it is said. These are two of the vessels whiclj were here from June 4 un- til June 8 and enjoyed a number of social events which were plan- ned for the entertainment of of-} ficers and men. Today, July 6, The nevs of Arthur Bardett’s murder fell with dramatic idenness on Nellie Reeves’ Field! sud- dinner With a force equally dis- of a viilaze life were to be preferred {to the glare of publi had brought on whose untimely end gives {name to “Murder Tonight.” aac An open d fears and eyes attentive and well- thumbed notebook unlimbered. That notebook was to contain a number of signiicant | jottings, not the least of which pertained to: [the Reeves party. There was, for j instance, this matter of Dale Ship-! Reeves place? Could the delay j have been due to a visit to newal of the bitter quarrel which ery H Inspector Hylton wasn’t the [Sort of detective to keep his nose MURDER TONIGHT? NEW SERIAL | Exciting Mectees By Laurence W. Meynell Starts of the State Board} number of quiet country folk to! y which the } new story, i \ detective must be on the lookout, ' short trip from his home to the! his} uncle on the way, perhapg the re-| tewnsfolk were to remember lat-! In The Citizen in his notebook all the time, how- fever. He would have been less than human if he had failed to } observe that Mrs. James White, wife of the local police sergeant, was an unusually attractive wom- an, that eccentric Naney Feather- stone was trying to protect some- one and that some of the other ; Women were, to say the least, mysterious. Meynell’s | first-rate entertainment for every- b ody. GIVES ALL CREDIT TO HIS PET DOG (Wy Associated Presa CHARLESTON, Ss. —Sidney Jaffe is never without ‘a pocketful of marbles. | He scys it’s because he never “sticks in” for a game unless Shevie, his pet Spitz dog, is along. “I don’t call Shevie a_ pet,” ' > Mrs. jon June | was received by Pr C., July 6.; Sidney says..“She’s a mascot, for; ; She always brings me good luck. “I always take her with me (when I play marbles. One day I left her home and lost every marble I had.” Sidney is the son of Mr. and Mrs. I. S. Jaffe and they back up their son in his claims for She- vie. i 2 t DOES NOT LIKE DOGS ex- for dogs, city was charged came BUFFALO.—For forcibly pressing his dislike Joseph Cuzek of this jfined $25. Cuzek was with shooting a dog that jnesr his home. |te June 15, his enemies may have decided to ’ burn him out and took this meth- od of injuring him in the belief that the house may have been his property. The lost said to approximate $200, not including a quantity of clothes lost by the lessee, which he estimates at about $300. MANY LEAVE ON TRIP TO TAMPA MORE THAN ONE HUNDRED TAKE ADVANTAGE OF REDUCED RATES Many Key Westers have taken adva p of the o: round- trip rates on the © Cuba of the P. and O. . company for 10 days’ vacation to Tampa. A large number left Tuesday of last week and another group left Friday. More than 100 from this cty ave now in Tampa. Those leaving Friday were: Miss Celina Betancourt, Marina Palenzuela, Ana Renedo, Jennie Pena. Caridad Lacedonia, Mr. and Mrs. Ernest § ar Mr. and Mrs. R. Villar, Mrs. Natalia Vidal, Henry Renedo, Henry Jr., Mrs. Mar Mesa, s Me Jr.. Joseph ne Mrs. Areadio Rod- rguez and two children, Mr. Ar mendo evedo and daughter, Wa'ter Price, M nd Mra. Jack Williams and son, Elci Blaneo and Mrs. Cristina Perez. SYDNEY BALL DIES IN CUBA new story promises} News has been received in Key West announcing the death of Sydney J. Ball in Havana, Cuba, This informat‘on y L. Wea- Ball, a 25. itherford from Egbert brother of the deceased. who i now residing in St. Lou's, Mo. The news of Mr. Ball’s demise will be greatly regretted by his numerous friends in Key West, where he resided before taking up his residence in Havana. Qld Viking Battle Fleet To Be Floated In Fjord (Mr Agsecinted Press) BERGENA, Norway, J An ent're Viking fleet, now rest- ing on the bottom of the Sogne fjord at Fimreite, may be floated again if plans for salvage are car- ried through. History of the fleet dates back 1184, when a battle was fought between King Sverre siv 6 ‘of Norway and King Magnus, who i zlso claimed the throne. The fight reached its climax at 9 p. m. and ended at midnight when Masnus was killed and his 26 ships, manned by 3,200 war- tiors, were sunk. Pad P Paths Toward Spotlight Mark Oppesing Nominees’ Rise ODD DOD DD II ® Resume Of Past Activities LEATHER MEAL ; Candidates oK’D BY court “ '™ jes Given Fellowmg Check- up Frem Records {My Asnectaicd Prone? DROHICZYN, Poland, July 6.—-By cating a leather shoe scle, Andrew Szathowski tablished a reputation of pos- sessing an ostrich-like diges- tiem and earned 100 aloty ($18) Szatkowski shoemakes ccald demolish even leather. = we you 100 zloty if you eat a shoe scle,” incredulous cobbler. But when Szatkowski de- voured the tough morsel, the shoemaker refused to fulfill his part of tie bargain, be- cause. he said, he thought it was all just « joke. The local judge, however, held thet « proper contractual obligation bad been imcurred, and Szat- kowski t his money. | aati teal LESTER FUNERAL a = NEW Anmecumtes ore: YORK. july 6 Framsus D_ Receewelt «a: SB years of beasted to « his teeth anything. when be received the Democrat dat nom.mation for Fresileat im 1932 Two term: a governor of New York had pu him i= the aaticnsd spotlight the Hoover inndslide be won by «= plurality 25 ese The second came = 1930. jelural:y had grown to 725.000 Sugnit the fact that he ant was carried New York state narrowly lim 1978 while be Demecrat:- E | presidential nominee, Alfred E when the wictorioas party was comscld: KEY WEST RESIDENT DIED AFTER V=RY BRIEF ILL- NESS FRIDAY NIGHT ine. hes emormoes plaral.t, national him 2 poltica Harry Lester, night after few hours «rz! hours pie, and soffering 69 illness Lester had eaten a piece of an Mr before shortly He friend to a local cure He bis quarters on Duval was stricken with the pain pPloved fatal he was a while afterward found over the ba‘usirade and at the time. Fune 4:30 o'clock the chapel Home. Rev St. Paul’ ficiating. afterward wz was t drag medicine. some was mount’ng the sta treet an which hort hang: was dea this aftern the Lopez Funera’ Arthur B. Dimm Epi church opa of Torres, Park are: Leroy George M Pelacz Pallbearers Fernando Gato. Ivan E.wood Charles Curtis. Mr. Lester is survvied brothers, Dr. F. W. Lester Cz'ifornia, and Graham Le Miami. Mr were Miam ~ and Mrs. Graham arrivals on the yesterday Lester plane fr FUNERAL SERVICES TO BE CONDUCTED THIS AFT- ERNOON Mrs. age 83 o'clock at W hitehea Josefia Caraga de died last night her residence treet. Funeral ices will be held t o'clock at the Pritchard Funeral A. L. Maur Ther th after chap Hi au wil are 2 GRAND SECRETARY OF CABa- LLEROS DE LA LUZ TO AT. TEND MEETING HERE LILING discovery few miles formed this q village inte a camp. Hundred Chinese are} swarming over the hillside where the deposits have been fou washing the gold from the = Many have been made wealthy svernight. Others are making comfortable lwing re-washing tt which have already China, gold om here has <t Hunan pre booming miming f grmvels — worked Engineers say the small one and cannet imst long epost = FOLKS WHO HAVE TRIED IT AGREE THAT ITS GOOD--BUT DON’T TAKE THEIR WORD FOR IT--TRY WAGNER BEER FOR YOURSELF. SOLD EVERYWHERE