The Key West Citizen Newspaper, August 20, 1936, Page 1

Associated Press Day Wire ° Service. For 56 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West VOLUME LVII. No. 199. BAND CONCERT CAPT. MPKILLIP AT FORT TAYLOR VISITING HERE AGAIN TONIGHT cmncumna ania GUIDE IS SPENDING VACATION MORE SPECIAL NUMBERS TO IN ISLAND CITY BE HEARD IN PROGRAM AR- RANGED BY REGIMENTAL! ORGANIZATION ‘Captain William McKillip, fa- ous friends as “Skipper Bill,” now visiting in Key West, is taking a vacation of several days from his duties as fishing guide the Another evening of delightful musical entertainment is promised 7:30 o'clock, at the in miliarly known among his numer-!. | president, in the chair, this evening, Fort Taylox encampment, by War- rant Officer Caesar La Monaca, director of the Regimental Band, ; and his corps of _ proficient sicians and vocalists, Once again there will be vocal solos by Private Frank Purnel) and two by Percy Long, ‘aritone. One of Mr. Long’s solos will be the Toreador song from the opera, “Carmen”. Another numeer of the evening will be a humorous selection, » “Howdy,” featuring Jack Senter; the Nut Drummer, who is leader of the Club Bagdad Orchestra, There will be 12 numbers on the program, one of which is being played by request. This the; overture from “Poet and Peas- } ant,” by Supre. Below will be | fcund the comvlete program for this evening: 1. March, —Sousa. 2. “The Merry Widow, ”” Waltz ! —Lehar. 8. Popular, “A Rendesvoul With A Dreams ’—Robin and Rain- mu- is “Washington Post” “Uncle Tom’s Ca>in,” a Dream Picture of tiie Old eae Lampe. 5. March, Goldman, 6. Overture, “Poet and Peas- ant”’—Suppe. 7. Humorous and Josh; featuring Jack Senter, the Nut Drummer. Leader of the Bagdad Club Orchestra of Miami. &.—-Baritone Soio, . Taxeador Song from “Carmen”—Bizet; fea- turing Percy Long. 9. Love’s Old Sweet Song— Molloy; featuring Percy Long. 10. Descriptive Fantasy, Hunting Scene”—Eucalossi, 11. Popula: req -ested number, “It’s A Sin To Te!l A Lie’—May- hew; Private Frank Purnell in Vocal Solo. The Star Szangled Banner. The largest numter of persons attending a concert this year were present at the concert last night and from their evidences of ap- preciation enjoyed the of the band and vocalists, But one thing marred the pleas- “On the Mall’— “A ure of the evening and that wag! the continued chatting of the peo- ple in the audience, many of whom j apparently came for nothing but to continue coservations started earlier in the evening. Another source of interruption was the singing by persons in the | audience Whd Seemed to desire to | impart td ‘others ‘the information | that they td0' were Singers. Though this knowléde may be gratfiying to the individual, those in the audience would much rather hear the singer ‘onthe’ program. Philippine Army Plans 3 Strategic Centers (My Associated Prena) MANILA, P. I. Aug. 20.— Phil- ippine national army officials con-| template the establishment of | three strategic. centers in the! archipelago, each with 1,000 sold-' iers and the necessary number of officers, Other centers will opened as they are needed, to be located at Camp Murphy, Risal province, near Manila; at Cebu, and at Parang, in the province of; Cotabato. Camp Murphy is close to Manila so that could be rushed into the city, need be, in a short time. is a center of population in the, Visays, while Parang is the center) of Mindanao provinces. The tat-| ter center will be of great strate- gic military value in covering the southernmost islands. soldiers COLLEGIATE DANCE TOMORROW NIGHT, 9 TILL 1 HABANA-MADRID CLUB ADMISSION .... “Howdy”—Ted |" offerings } be! sufficiently ; if| Cebu; ! waters of Monroe and Dade coun-; ties. Captain McKillip recently pilot- ed a large group of ardent anglers | to Paradise Island in the Bay of, Florida where an excellent day's; fishing was enjoyed in the waters; around that area, they having suc-! ceeded in capturing a large num-; ber of specimens, of; | various varieties. i Quite a piscatorial feat performed on one of the when a member of the party,! | Mra. Hunter Lyon, landed a 30- pound barracuda, besides captur- ing several other large and thoice’ | specimens, ' Captain McKillip, who obtained his first boating experience in, the waters of Key West, and who |was also one of the first to fol-) low the business of gas engineer- ing in these parts, is now looked upon as being one of the best-| posted fishing guides in the state,! in addition to his thorough know! ledge of the engineering end in} the manipulation of vessels, es-, | pecially those that are engaged in| the fishing business, it is shown. consisting was! trips | (MANY CHILDREN BAPTIZED HERE CEREMONIES HELD el NIGHT AT HOME OF MR. i AND MRS. E. WELLS | Rev. Shuler Peele, pastor of! the Fleming Street Methodist! Church, officiated at christening !eeremonies held on Monday night; jat the home of Mr. and Mis. Earl! | Wells, 1119 Florida street at | Which time the following children \were baptized: Kathleen Antionette Wells. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Earl Wells. Shirley Mae Weech. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Earl Weech. Gladys Camille Watson, Parents, ; ‘son. Robinson Crusoe. Parents, jand Ms, Arnold Crusoe. | Mary Frances Lumley. Parents, | i Mr. and Mrs, Frank Lumley. ; Mrs. Emmie Russell was baptized at the same time. | Tuesday afternoon at 6 o’clock {the little daughter of Mr. and | Mrs. Hamilton Adams, was bap-| tized and given the name of! | Marilyn Yvonne. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Ladd, stood as Godparents. ‘ROACH STARTS ROW BETWEEN MANILANS Mr. also} j i ! MANILA. P. I, Street lights and roaches have! held the undivided attention of} the Manila municipal board for, some weeks as a bitter controver-| sy Tages between Mayor Juan Po- sadas and Councilor Vincente Al- indada. It all started. when a_ citizen! found a roach in a bottle of bev- erage put up by a Chinese firm. Alindada, also a special _police-| | man, was ‘alleged to have failed} to prosecute the case. He won ithe argument. The councilor now charges that} the mayor, seeking revenge be-} cause of his roach case victory, has had the street lights removed from the vicinity of his residence. | This the mayor denies, and mean- | while Manila newspapers ‘continue 1 headline the ‘“roach-street lights” battle, TOWNSEND MEETING | TONIGHT COUNTY COURT HOUSE /tenant Andrew D. Boswell, ents, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Wat-i Jr and feel they will have a large ‘NATIONAL GUARD AT ROTARY MEET CAESAR LA MONACA AND OR- CHESTRA, ALSO PRESENT; MUSICAL ARTISTS PRE-; SENT PROGRAM i With the Rev. John C. Gekeler,! the Ro- | tary Club met today at the usual: place and time and with the of- ficers of the Coast Artillery, Florida National Guard, and éther visitors as its} guests. Caesar La Monaca, bers of his orche: musicians, and with soloists Percy; C, Long and Frank Purnell gave a} 265th Regiment,) and mem- ra were guest | notable program. Brigadier General Vivian Col- lins spoke briefly and dwelt upon the threat to the peace of the; whom they know enjoy dancing to develop, and Col. Woodward} spoke on behalf of the regiment,! expressing their appreciation of| the unfailing hospitality accorded! the regiment whenever they visit! this port. President Gekeler gave the as-) surance of the warm welcome al-} ways awaiting the regiment here. The following is a list of the! guests in attendance at the lunch-! ‘on today: Brigadier General Vivian Col-j lins, St. Augustine. Lieutenant Colonel M. R. Wood- ward, Major P. L. Wall, Lieu- Cap- tain E, V. Garcia, First Lieutenant Wm. C. Ba: Lieutenant: | Maurice T. haver, First Lieu- tenant Ralph W. Cooper, Captain : Stanley Barchan, Captain P. F.! | McCall, ‘st Lieutenant Leon E.! , Waldron, Lieutenant J. B. Cato, First Lieutenant. Wm. E. --Thig-) pen, Jacksonville. Herbert F R. Reck, Adminis-! trator; Major W. V. Albury, Major R. F. Spottswood, Captain Leslie; E. Russell, Lieutenant E. T. Rob-} erts, E. F. Trevor, C. W. Kitter-| man. U, S. Internal Revenue, Key) West. Captain F Carl Sholtz, Captain! Wm. B. Keating, Caesar La Mb-| naca, W. O., Sergeant Rosary Picciolo, Corporal C. W. Burket, nard Stimmel, Jack Senter, Ho-! ard A. Foelker, Phil J. Kiles Frank Purnell, Percy C. Long, E. M. Singleton, Miami. Lieutenant Henry H. r.. Miami Beach, ‘st Lieutenant E. E. Dailey, Lieutenant Sam Pascoe, Jr., Cap- tain A. S, Mills, Pensacola. Taylor, Captain C. M. Converman, Ft.; | Barrancas. John H. Popell, Starke, Fla. K. R. Carr, New Orleans. JUNIOR CLUB TO ENTERTAIN TO GIVE DANCE SATURDAY NIGHT AT CLUB ON BOULEVARD Members of the Junior Woman’s Club are busily engaged these days in offering for sale to their dance which is to be giv- en Saturday evening at Raul’s ‘Club on Roosevelt Boulevard. Although they have been con- tacting their friends and others who mthey know enjoy dancing under the most delightful condi- ; tions but a few days, they are very gratified over the results attendance. Everything which will be con- ducive to the enjoyment of the guests at the affair has been thought of, said one member of} the club, and those who attend can be assured of good music, dancing on a perfectly conditior- | ed floor, and hostesses who will do | spending a vacation of two weeks been extended to railroads by the pall possible to make their evening | jhere with her mother, Mrs. ta happy one. SIX BANDS AT FUNERAL HULL, Eng.—As ‘his will, directed in ity. tickets | |ing talk dealing with WPA mat- | A ithat it would’ continue with | Wm. Lee Prady, Don Baker. Ri-! } ° MISS H HJORT i [ing like a good, clean matshed for pa . . a home, This, at any rate, is what I F | City’s No-Noise Drive ! | six bands played for the \of the mursing course which she to disturb worship 8 O'CLUCK—PUBLIC INVITED funeral of Karl Solchelm in aes 1 ac at the Jacksonville Hos- and annoy people who work in of- | areas outside the capital’s ancient pH the Key Wiest Citizen KEY WEST, FLORIDA, THURSDAY, AUGUST 20, 1936. Director Reck Cites Status Of WPA Operations Having Bearing On City Projects Herbert F. R. Reck, rector of the WPA. Roy Goodman, engineer in charge of operations, at the regular meeting setup, local were in attendance of and di-| being distributed in the waters This will have a great tendency toward replenishing which then will in all probability be caught in sufficient quantities the| to be placed on the market as has around the island reach maturity.! crawfish 'MAN HELD FOR EXTRADITION VERNLE ANDERSON IS PLAC- ED IN COUNTY JAIL YES- TERDAY AFTERNOON | | |e verte Anderson, of Lowndes county, Georgia, is in county jail | in Key West awaiting extradition to Georga on a charge of seduc- tion. He was arrested y erday afternoon at Big Pine Key by. Key West, Florida, has the most equable climate in the country; with an average range of only 14° Fahrenheit PRICE FIVE CENTS ‘Mussolini Seeking More Power, | Takes Tip From Wasnington | ‘ADJUTANT GENERAL Premier Evidently Deter- | mined To Make Every (VISITOR AT CAMP) ! Effort To Avoid All En- iVIVIAN! COLLINS ARRIVED, ! THIS MORNING; LEAVING THIS AFTERNOON tangling Alliances | By ANDRUE BERDI j gation of crawfish, which FRUIT STEAMER MIRAFLORES| i ‘Chief Deputy Bernard Waite and Deputy Ray Elwood. | A warrant and afiidavit was Adjutant General Vivian Col- received yesterday by the sherifi’s lins, Florida Nat-onal Guard, was ottice asking that the young may a visitor at the encampment tod be arrested and held pending the! and was, with the other office arrival of an official from Geor-, of the th Regiment Coast Ar- gia. His presence at Big Pine ti!lery, guest at the Rotary Lunch was indicated. jeon. |city must collect its taxes in or-| _ Before making the trip to Big Jisappoint:ng to his many jder to receive sufficient revenue Pine, Deputy Waite comp.ied with West friends is the necessity to operate the various depart-' Ce tain provisions in Florida Law his returning this afternoon. ments, which are now so badly in, Which are found in the statutes:arrived by the morning plane which | need of necessary funds to proper-; 2nd cover the arrest of persons from M:ami and told The Citizen liy function, for whom extradition being | that he had but a few hours here, He said that if the city is to go asked, engagements making it imperative | ahead, that it must collect its taxes, Anderson was brought to the that he ‘eave on the | by all means. regardless of what ‘ city and i ediately after he was plane at 4 o'clock, | by Jim Roberts, president of the a city and immediately after he wasp! clos | method may have to be adopted in acaneaa cits Ee | placed in securety, Deputy Waite council, wi ouncilmen Dela j * vir Sheri ‘ Ww : il elaney, | oder to obtain the proper re- wired Sheriff J. L. Spi of Freeman, Hicks, Mesa and F. Oo) gaits: Lowndes county, that he had ef- Roberts also in attendance. ‘feeted the arrest. Shortly after- Others present were the Mayor,! ward a reply was received to the Clerk Wallace Pinder, Chief of’ effect that the Georgia sheriff | Police Ivan Elwood, Captain of was “headed, for Key West to get ! Police Alberto Camero, Auditor Anderson.” Willard M. Albury, Tax Collector-' fare, and exnressed hope that some! This morning the prisoner was: or Samuel B. Pinder, Thos.| means may be devised whereby taken before Justice of the Peace E. Roberts, WPA sanitary officer,' the situation may be materially Enrique Esquinaldo to whom the Frank Cates, contractor, handling helped with the desired results ob-! Charges were read. He ordered the city’s scavenger ice, Coun-} tainable in as short a time as pos. ‘ Anderson held for 10 days await-! ty Attorney Arthur Gomez, Fire: sible. jing the al of an offi Chief Harry M. Baker, and several! 4 communication was read from i) or epee interested citizens. Fire Chief Harry Baker relative Mr. Reck in addressing the to streets of the city being MRS, S. ROBERTS council, gave a complete outline; yp while the sewerage work is be-! DIED YESTERDAY. been the case in. the past, he! | stated. ‘ Mr. Reck said that with the city. | being thrown back on its own re-! sources with the discontinuance of WPA funds, and help in other, ways, he felt that the only solu-. tion to the problem was that the. City Council last night, and upon invitation of the chair, Mr. Reck gave a lengthy and very interest- ters having a direct bearing on city affairs. Mr. Goodman also He made a few remarks in answer to several questions propounded by members of the council, dealt with the situation. ‘The meeting was presided over FLORIDA COMES IN FROM TAMPA BRINGS FIFTY-NINE PASSEN- GERS; LEAVES ENROUTE TO HAVANA Offers Cooperation In conclusion, he stated, that he wonld be ever ready to cooperate with the citv in all matters look- ing toward its progress and wel- arrived — this j morning fre ipa with 10 £ class and six cond class } !wers for Key West; 39 first four second class passengers of the status of the situation as jing carried on, and requested! Hava pertains to the WPA program, | that these streets be made one-way! Key West arrivals: Theodore and emphatically stated in a clear; thoroughfares in the meantime,| | Gallo, Mrs. Gallo, Theodore Gallo, andl sconce manner that the city with the public to be apprised of FUNERAL SERVICES WILL BE ‘Jr., T. E. Roberts, S$. Welcher. of Key West must make ready to; the fact, in order that the fire ap-! Mrs. B. C. DeWitt, H. DeWitt. C take care of all of its obligations; paratus’ may be able to answer, CONDUCTED TOMORROW = yy powell, 0. R. Savage, P. H in the way of maintenance of its: calls with mére safety AFTERNOON ' Smith, O’Dell Wicker. J. H. S various departments, which have, . He said that with the streets in| ee D ! yer, Marion F. Chureh, W. RB. heretofore been taken care of! the condition as stated, it was, Mrs. Sarah A. Roberts, 87, died gado, Ramon Salgado, Jr., partially by funds and Soa oment very dangerous in driving the ap-| yesterday afternoon 6 o'clock in/|¢ Perdomo. coming frony the WPA organiza-' paratus to a fire, and urged that the residence at 816 Eaton street.| The vessel also had 76 tons tion, | all necessary precautions be taken’ Funeral services will be held to-' freight and three sacks of mail Regarding Aquarium | by motorists in using the streets.! morrow afternoon 4:30 o'clock for Key Wert; thr tons of The first thing on the program) The matter was turned over to| from the residence to First Metho- © reight and 264 sacks of mail for was official notification by Mr. | the board of public works for its dist church. Rev. Joe Tolle wi — Reck that beginning today, the| consideration. officiate. Bee support given by the WPA inj Thos E. Roberts, WPA'sanitary) Pallbearers will Le: Allan B.: operation of the aquarium would) officer, notified the board that; Cleare, Sr., Charles Albury, W. S. FOUR BUILDING be withdrawn, with the exception’ after August 21 that the city Eakins, N. P. Nelson, Steadman the would need a man to operate the; Pinder and E. A. Sharpl if employment of Emory Pierce as! city’s schooner, Greyhound. The} Lopez Funeral Home biologist at the institution, whose; matter was turned over to the charge of arrangements. services were considered to be very| mayor. who will make an appoint-} Survivors are: Three daughter: valuable, especially in the propa-j ment to fill the position as re-jMrs. Charles H. Ketchum, Mrs. \ it is! quested. Leslie A, Curry and Mrs. Howard | hoped will eventually be the means! After disposing of a few other J. Sawyer; two sons, Victor Rob- | of restoring the crawfish industry] matters of minor importance, the|¢rts and Walter Roberts; 20} in Key West when the fry now, meeting was ordered adjourned. |srandchildren and 18 great-grand- | children. ‘or Building Inspector Harry M. TENDER POPPY sisting pen rn Items of work are listed as: ' sion street. Genera] repairs at 1415 Di LIGHTHOUSE VESSEL HAD cost, $2,000. Owner, G. R. Smile | Repa to the roof, galv ed | BESN YP SPERGOING | shingles, on United street : NEEDED REPAIRS He monton. Owner, Gerald Valdez; [cost, $75. Lighthouse Tender Poppy, which; Repairs to roof at 515 Francis was on the ways for about one! street, galvanized shingles. Owner, week undergoing repairs to engine; Lenard Myers; cost $200. and the vessel’s stern, was let! Repairs to roof, down in the water this morning. | 1214 Olivia street. Immediately after leaving the | Lumley Estate; cost. ways the vessel was placed in ae- | |tive service and sailed with Carl | TURKS | IN FEUD _ Rom. senior radio electrician, for, Grassy Key where repairs will be! made to one of the lights which‘ ISTANBUL, Turkey, Aug. 20. | was reported as showing dimly. ter Dock company. The vessel is tion test field. | —A bloody vendetta, arising over en route to Frontera, Mexico. Key West is considered by the Matshed Homes Solve ia land dispute, hes elrendy taken Freighter Colorado of the society as the most important lo-} China’s Housing Problem. a toll of fifteen lives, including Clyde-Mallory Lines is due to ar-| cation for their research work in! iseven children, at the village of rive Sunday from New York, en! metallurgy, as compared to a!l | Aksum in Kurdistan. route to Tampa. | other locations where similar tests A peasant and his nephew car- | and experiments are conducted. ried out the wholesale slaughter i before they themselves were hunt- ed down and killed by enraged villagers. Six victims, including three children, fell in the first attack during a night of wedding festivi- ties. On the funeral day, the mur- derers returned to shoot two more villagers and a child, and again they escaped. The next day they reappeared, wiping out a whole family. Fears that the feud may spread. plunging the whole area into bit- ter internecine strife, have led many of the more peaceful vil- jlagers to leave Atgsum. of } be in} H 1 |; MOST APPLICATIONS CALL FOR REPAIRS TO ROOFS OF STRUCTURES Building and repair permits {authorizing activities totalin, 1325 were issued from the STEAMER OZARK _|C. REINHARD DUE TOMORROW, VISITED HERE ARRIVED RECENTLY TO CON- FER WITH L. M. PIERCE AT NAVAL STATION COMING TO PORT ON SATURDAY Steamship Ozark, of the Clyde- | Mallory Lines is due to arrive to-! morrow morning from Jackson- C. E. Reinhard, of Palmerton, (| Pa., representing the American ‘ eae = | Society of Testing Materials, ar- ville and Miami with freight for’ ):yeq t scaitly to See with the Key West. The vessel after dis- | jocal representative of the society, charging will continue to New L. M. Pierce, aide to the officer Orleans. in charge at the naval station. (Fruit transport Miraflores, of} The object of Mr. Reinhard’s | the Standard Fruit and Steam-! visit was to make an inspection of | ship company, is due in port' certain materials which have been Saturday for bunkers at the Por-' exposed for tests at the naval sta- rubberroid, at Owner, T. A $50. (ity Axsoctatad Press) 2 (ty Annocintea Press) NANKING, China, Aug., 20.— | Be it ever so humble, there’s noth-' Nanking’s city fathers believe, Includes Engine Toots! for with 150,000 or one-seventh of the capital’s population too | poor to buy, build or even rent | more substantial structures, mat- {sheds at approximately $8 per |shed are called the solution for the Chinese metropolis’ increas- ingly acute housing problem. Some 37,000 families now ex- LEAVING FRIDAY sic | ABILENE, 8ex., Aug. 20.— ‘Miss Harriett Hjort who was. Abilene’s anti-noise campeign has! H.' city commission, Hjort, will leave tomorrow morn-} A resolution was mailed to the ing by Florida Motor Line Bus to! president of the Texas and Pa- j Tesume her studies at Riverside cific Railroad Co. asking that! isting in filthy hovels which pro- | Hospital in Jacksonville. ; train opecatives blow their whis-! vides little shelter for anything This is Miss Hjort’s second year tles as little as possible so as not | but disease germs are to be moved in churches|to especially designated matshed \ fice buildings. city walls. Key! afternoon | PERMITS ISSUED TAKE 15 LIVES °* ROME, Aug. 20.— Premier Be- nito Mussolini has become another George Washington im his deter- mination to stay out of entang- ling alliances. With conditions seemingly per- fect for an alliance with Germany, he savs to Hitler, in effect, “We can collaborate witheut incor- porating.” With England and France pleading for his return to the Stresa anti-German front, he re- fuses to attend their prelimisary Locarno conference. He intends to be more than “se little bit independent.” will s lowing corner. { power and Ger- Italy 2 called ber out hi He powers pact solin Wants Mediterranean Pact One attitude of E in the n is the ngland Mediterran Duce wants England to mu i and enter mutu dom Anoth > fl Dw Frenc left will cha eigr is the work treaty. He must als er Ger and Italy Balk borate TO WED ISSUED With three licenses this ues of marriage week added the list in the office of County Judge Raymond Lor records show a total of nine t for the month Issues this week authorized the following marriages: Rene Machin to Clara Perez; Hansel Mickens to Nellie Sawyer; - Hilton Key to i Viola Roberts EVERYONE’S DRINKING THE NEW “DAILY DOUBLE” BEER. GET IN LINE AND CALL FOR “DAILY DOUBLE” NEXT TIME YOU WANT THE BEST IN BEER