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

Associated Press Day Wire Service. For 56 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West VOLUME LVII. No. 201. GARDEN CLUB MEETS WITH | TREE GUILD | PRISONER TO | GEORGIA SHERIFF YESTER- | DAY AT MATECUMBE ! BERNARD WAITE DELIVERS DISCUSS PLANS FOR SYSTE- MATIC BEAUTIFICATION OF KEY WEST AT MEETING WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON | Chief Deputy Sheriff Bernard Waite returned last night over the He that highway from , Matecumbe. A well-attended get-together! - 3 left yesterday morning for meeting of the Garden Club and : 4 e ees 7 |point with a prisoner, Vernie An- Tree Guild was held in th bli é einen iene eae | derson, who is wanted in Lowndes library Wednesday afternoon for} ¢ jcounty, Georgia on a charge of the purpose of discussing plans for < seduction. a systematic beautification of the pro- At Matecumbe Anderson was It was the sense delivered to Sheriff J. L. Spivey gram. meeting that the two organizations! of Valdosta, who was awaiting to | “This is what I call the receive him. quick work,” said sheriff, Anderson, was arrested, on warrant received Tuesday from | Georgia, at Big Pine Key by Dep- could work more effectively as one, and on resolution duly adopt- ; ed the two bodies were consoli- dated. RETURNS HOME| Georgia ; KEY WEST, FLORIDA, SATURDAY, AUGUST 22, 1 |AWAIT ARRIVAL — VAN NOY CO. WILL |NEXT SAILING T0 OF SHIP HERE | HANDLE'SALON ON | TAMPA ON FRIDAY TO LOAD METAL! HIGHWAY FERRIES ONE HUNDRED STEVEDORES|CONTRACT AWARDED FOR WERE CALLED FOR TOCAR-| DINING DEPARTMENT BY RY ON WORK OF HANDLING; FERA UNIT AND COUNTY: SHIPMENT COMMISSIONERS TRIP WILL BE MADE BY CUBA WHICH WILL COME IN FROM HAVANA Several prospective by P. and O. boat have asked in- ~ formation as to the next sailing Heavy shipments of metal are awaiting the arrival of the Steam-! duct the dining salon on the Mon- hemuntilimextas riday, aflernoon due'roe County Ferries has been | when the S. S. Cuba returns from Sunday, and will be loaded at the | awarded eieivand Now seiaterstate ira earet piers of the P, and 0. S. 8. com-!company by the Florida Emergency| ‘The Florida sailed yesterday pany. the j #fternoon and after dscharging | passengers at Tampa and St. Pe. tersburg, will continue to Mobile ; where she will be placed in dry- dock forgoverhaul and general cleaning and scraping. This vessel will return Wednes- day of next week to Tampa, leave {the same evening for Key West, jship Queen City, which is Relief Administration and The metal, consisting of 250 tons of heavy me‘ting steel, 450 :tons of No. 2 melting steel, 300} i i tons of cast iron scrap and 500 | on August 12 this matter was dis- tons of scrap steel, was purchased | cussed and the commissioners de- by the Florida Pipe and Equip-|cided to leave the matter- of j ment company. {awards to Franklin E. Albert, Porter Dock, company is agent) PERA director in Key West, sub- county commissioners. At the commissioners’ meeting i} i | } travellers | Award of the contract to con-' of a boat to Tampa. This will not ; The announcement by the ac-j uty Waite, accompanied by Dep- for the Japanese company, Mit-! ject to the approval of Chairman sail from this port for Havana ! whee she will go back on her reg-{ Che Key West Citizen 936. COLLECT RARE | SPECIMENS FOR N. Y. AQUARIUM } J.J. SHEA AND, HAMILTON » KNOWLES GATHER VARIE- TY TO BE TAKEN ON STEAM. ER TO NEW YORK { i J. J, Shea, of the New York! Aquarium is today adding to the collection of fish which was start- ed Thursday morning when within a few hours he had bought 450 fish, Mr. Shea arrived Wednesday | jevening from New York. Thurs- | day morning he started buying’ ,and before noon he had 304 fish. j ‘Later on he added others and by| jafternoon had collected a nucleus of one of the finest ever gotten together, it was said. | Hamilton Knowles, connected with the i collections! vho is also! New York! tive vice-president, Mrs. WilHam}yty Ray Elwood. He was given R. Warren, that the local WPA! hearing Thursday. Friday morn- was formulating a new city-widel ing at the request of the Lown- beautification project, met with! gog county sheriff he was take profound applause, and the club,it o Mateeumbe. Sheriff Spive by formal resolution, went on rec-\ said he would be in Valdosta this ord as sponsoring the project and | morning. pledged to Director Reck its full-! — est cooperation in the prosecution | FLORIDA BRINGS of his proposed beautification pro- | shubish Shoji Kaisha, of Tokio, Japan, which owns the metal. The | vessel and cargo is consigned to; !the following ports in Japan:! awata, Kobe and Moji. x Loading the vessel is to be done: {by agents of the Japanese con-} cern and is to begin as soon as! practicable after the arrival of the: ship, it was said, \ An advertisement calling for; i \ ; Carl Bervaldi of the commission- {ular schedule, between Havana | Aquarium is wasting no time ir and Miami. getting together his collection o Gomez. ha: Cilia cwhichs Nasehben invertebrates, and has to date se Necessary papers in connection } o cured a number of specimens in-i ana | that run while the Florida has’ cluding severs f ' * . | @ several octopi. H a aes “Noy poo. | Pees on the Tampa-Key West-Ha-; Should the additional specimen: ae Fi ivana schedule, will arrive Friday be secured as readily as the firs ple so notified. Three officials of | anq will take the Florida National both Mr. Shea and Mr. Know the company, including H. L.' Guard units to Tampa. :wil, have a great many by th Peet, Florida superintendent of] j time the fish are ready to be load-! the company, are due to arrive to-| jed on the ship for New York. ers and County Attorney Arthur on gram. t Miss Mollie Parker announced that she had been appointed by Mr. Reck to prepare plans for planting every street in the city, and asked that a committee from the Garden Club be appointed to assist her in the preparation of these plans. Mrs. William ‘'R. Warren, active vice-president of the Garden Club, and Rev. John C. Gekeler, president of the Ro- tary Club, were designated as committee work with Miss Parker on street planting plans, It was the sense of the meet- ing that Director Reck should be requested to meet with the club at the earliest moment possible and outline his ideas and plans for the beautification of Key West and indicate what he would like to have to the the garden club do in connection} ing at Key West: S. Melchor, C. with his proposed program, and the active vice-president was in- structed to interview Mr, Reck and ascertain if he would meet with the club at 8 o’clock Monday eve- ning, August 24th, in the public library. Regular meetings of the garden club will be held-on the first and third Thursdays of each month, one business meeting in the after- noon of the first Thursday, and a) combination social and education- al meeting in the evening of the third Thursday of each month. These meetings will be open to all residents and visitors who are in- terested in a more béautful Key West. , Believes America Now Center Of Music World (By Associnted Press) PITTSBURGH, Pa., Aug. 22. —Paul Domgureau, young French concert pianist, said he believes the center of the musical world has shifted from Europe to Amer- ica. The musician, visiting his sister prior to an American concert tour, said Europe is bored with Mal { { { 100 stevedores to work on the ship appeared in, yesterday’s issue of| The Citizen. The men were to ap- ply at the Porter Dock company. The announcement was made by {the Florida Pipe and Equipment! company. At 3 o'clock this afternoon} Manager Chas. Taylor, of the Por- ter company said that a full com-} plement of men had been signed: !up by 12 o’clock and they would |be ready for going to work _ to- morrow, ‘shortly after the arrival of the ship. ‘CONCERT SUNDAY JACKSON SQUARE | TO BE RENDERED INj AFTER- 1 NOON BY WELTERS CORNET BAND 199 PASSENGERS IN morrow evening by ferry and com- plete plans to install the service on Tuesday, August 25. CAPTAIN HOWE i | VESSEL LEAVES LATE i AFTERNOON ENROUTE TO TAMPA Steamship Florida, of the P. {and O. S. S. company, arrived yes- ierday afternoon’ from Havana | with one first and seven second | class passengers for Key West; 176 first and 15 second class pas- sengers for Tampa. Key West arrivals were: Jo |Huddieston, Rene Rodriguez, H Georgina Soto, Charles Rodriguez, Pablo Travaillat, Hortensio Tones, Gilbert Travaillat, Jose Lozano. The ship sailed 6 o’clock with three first class passengers book- (Ry Axnoctaved Press) WASHINGTON, Aug. 22. —The Navy Department bas announced that Capt. Alfred. G. Howe of Key West was among the 117 naval offcers who received awards; from foreigr. governments in rec- ognition of efforts to pro- mote friendly international relations. M. Powell, S. O’Neill. BRAGASSA TO REMAIN HERE :| The program, which will be ren- ncerersyeos mon seus | dered under the direction of Shed- j MACIST AT GARDNER’S | rac Hannibal, follows: PLACE OF BUSINESS . the Howe, now stationed | The Welters Cornet Band, i which is a part of the Federal Mu- \sie Project, of which George Mills White is supervisor, will give a} ‘concert Sunday, August 23, be- jginning at 5 o’clock at Jackson | Square, Washington, received Peruvian Grand Cross of the Order of Sol and Diploma. The awards were held here by the State Department and distributed this week under « i America. | March, | bers. Overture, “Dawn in the Forest” —Jarrett. “Stella Polka Baritone lerndonn. “Hostrauser’s’—iCham- authority of a Congressional ‘Act. Capt. Howe, it will be remem- jbered, married Miss Hilda Gre- gory of Key West, and is well known to many friends here. L, T.'Bragass who recently i graduated from the school of phar- | {maey, University of Florida, has! * y | a aclinea to residorinKeyaWert. jeunes One nee mally Gold: man. He has accepted a position with | Fox Trot, “In A Little Gypsy SSeS Gardner’s Pharmacy at jouthard; Teg Room”—Ed. Morack. ‘NELSON SCHOOL and Duval streets where he has: Overture, “The Oracle”—Otis {been placed in charze of the pre: | TAyOr. i Mrs. N. P. Nelson’s Kinder- }garten School will reopen Mon- SBE, Fox Trot, \ scription department. Billy Hill, | day, August 24, it was announced today. March, This school is located Solo" t - { “Wagon Wheels”— “Hitch-Hiking Rabbit | int Disrupts Auto Jaunt} Star Spangled Banner—Key. , BEAVERS USE LIGHT | i TO WORK OVERTIME: “First Regiment”—At- (ty Associated Press) PERRY, Okla. Aug 22 frightened cottontail in 2 at 727 mov-} (My Associated Preand ATTAINS — LORD TO REMAIN IN SERVICE HERE LATER ORDERS RECEIVED IN | PROPOSED CHANGES IN j CUSTOMS DEPT. i “Orders relative to changes | among the customs personne] in ‘Key West have been received one of which countermands the orders for William Lord to proceed to he is to remain in service at Key West. J, C, Cormack has been ordered {to Tampa to assume duties in the {liquidating di n; J. T. Hath- | away will leave in a few days for his new assignment at Pensacola and Oscar Lounders has been or- dered for duty at Miami. ‘NO CONCERT AT PARK TOMORROW There will be no concert of the |Key West Hospitality Band to- }morrow afternoon at Aquarium ; Park, it was announced this morn- ing by George Mills White, dis- | triet supervisor of the Federal | Music Project which sponsors the ‘local musical unit. Cancellation of tomorrow’s reg- joe concert was made in defer- ence to Caesar La Monaca, direc- ‘tor of the 265th Regiment Band, Coast Artillery, Florida National j Guard, who is presenting band ,concerts nearly every night dur- ing the encampment of the regi- ment at Fort Taylor. BAPTISMAL SERVICE SUNDAY EVENING i ! It is announced that a regular Jacksonville, and for the present} | The vessel on which the tank: twill, arrive is the Steamer H. R. Mallory, whichis due at Key West! Monday, August 31, coming from! Galveston. | MAKING SURVEY | BRIDGE MATTER: BROWN AND COTTON SRENES, ING DAY ALONG KEYS IN IN- , TEREST OF PROJECT Colonel George Brown, United States Engineers, and Ernest Cot-! ton, Assistant Florida Director PWA, are travelling on the Key: today with their destination Pigeon ' Key. It is understood their mis- sion is certain routine work per- taining to the engineering details of the Oversea Bridges, B, M. Duncan, manager of the! bridge commission, was to meet | Colonel Brown and Mr. Cotton and | was in an automobile ready to! leave when news was r ved of | = terrible accident which result-! ed in the death of his daughter, Miss Anne and son, Bob, and se rious injuries to Mrs, Duncan. ‘THOMAS KELLY RETURNS HOM | Thomas M. Kelly, retired light-| house keeper who makes his home} in Miami, arrived over the high-| way Thursday night in company with his son and daughter, Thomas { L. Kelly and Mrs. Lena Roberts, | and grandson, Conway Kelly. For severa! weeks the elder Mr. Kelly had been ill and it was de-| cided that his recovery would be} hastened by his coming to his for-! mer home in Key West. It was} to escort him back that the fam-|! | | | | ‘VACATION SCHOOL Key West, Florida, has the | most equable climate in the | country; with an average range of only 14° Fahrerheit | PRICE FIVE CENTS Automobile Accident In South Carolina Takes Lives of Son And Daughter of B. M. Duncan MARK WILCOX PAYS CALL AT CITIZEN OFFICE | Mrs. Duncan, Driver Of | Car, Reported To Be In Serious Condition At | | Hospital Congressman J. Mark Wil- ‘(cient ata WALTERBORO, S. C. Aug. 22.—Mrs. B. M. Duncan of | Key West was reported to | be in a serious condition in cox was a welcomed caller at this office today, and ex- pressed his pleasure at being again with his many friends fenn tow deen Kap Wn a hospital here following an automobile accident which | fatally injured her daugh- jter Ann, 16, and son Bob, 13. The accident occurred yes- ‘\terday on U. S. Highway 17, |two miles from Walterboro, Mr. Wilcox arrived yester- day afternoon by Coast Guard Flane from Miami accom- panied by his son, Joe, who splendid is also having a time. According to plans Mr. jas Mrs. Duncan and children j were on the way to visit her | brother, Carter Thomas, of Wilcox and his son are to re- main in Key West until Mon- day. He expects to spend a | Lancaster, S. C. | Mrs. Duncan, who was brief time at the national the | driving apparently lost con- guard encampment and age e trol of the car which over- rest of his say will be | turned. Sheriff B. L. j Walterboro, ~itrs | gated the accident, said no inquest would be held. CHURCH GROUP Mr. Duncan was notified ENJOYS PICNIC 2 the tr2sedy by telephone. He went from Key West to Miami by speedoat MUCH AMUSEMENT FURNISH-! e car, proceeding to Jackson- ‘ville where he planned utilized in meeting friends and Rhodes who of discussing matters in gen- investi- eral. and ED AT EVENT GIVEN THURSDAY to catch a plane for the Caro- lina city. Members of the First M. I Church School celebrated their! at the this a gioom over the N has cas of terrible tra nnual picnic Thursday Coral Isle Casino. )circle of friends to whom the I During the morning the young-! cans had ende: er people enjoyed swimming ard! ing the'r skating. Mrs nic luncheon was enjoyed. friends there were groups from beginners to adu n the ed themselves Key We is called by her reside in t. At noon a delicious pie- Later! Dunca an example of the races for ali age,type of American womar and Miss Anne, whose de r sixteenth First place winners curred ¢ birt ferent rac Corn john Monsalvatgi ly Russell, Ru : manly lit- ng, Betty Jo Tolle, | 11. ye Ruth P ep, Biles ype of is Betty ‘stine, Mar- Kemp, Albert Peters2., Jaex asve'o, Howard Johnson Ltherdige, | Lopez Gwynn, Svlvia Gates, Saunde: Blue ribbons were awavdet first place winners, red ribbons went tu second place winners and white ribbons to third. did not feel up to taking the long i drive, but acceded to th f the chi.dren and went pleasure trip which resulted such a terrible disaster, Mr. Duncan was in Key West yesterday d had just rece At 5 o'clock, after refreshments | "¢WS of the action of the tr department in announcing were served, the picnicers started seg home, bringing to a close a day of the allotment of $3,600,000 Sa: the bridges had ava i e und that notices were being out from Washington aid that was th had heard in a long t:me lad that he had that infor s he was then avout to lc Bre n made h tion to meet Colonel George PROGRAM MONDAY U .S. engineer and Assi the! e The closing exercises of PWA Administrator art and artistic personalities, ad«{ ing automobile with six persons ding. can kick up quite a commotion. “As a result, the best artists} The surprised bunny hopped come to America where where} suddenly into the front seat of they are received with an open! an automobile on a county road JUNCTION, Tex., Aug. 22.— jJohn Tanner, who operates a 1,- , 215-acre irrigated farm near here, recently cut a hole in a beaver | Love Lane, NEW-ARRIVAL AT ily members made the trip to Mi- baptismal service will take plac at the First Baptist Ohytch Sui day night during the regular ev ning service, j JOYRIDE IN HEARSE PAULSBORO, N. J.—A former mayor of this city, John J, Vanne- man, has. been charged with steal- ing,a hearse, going for a joy ride, and wrecking it. MRS. N. P. NELSON’S Kindergarten School 727 Love Lane Will Reopen Monday, Aug. 24 rabbit After floundering! dam on his place on the South in} i:v HOME OF MOORE Mr. ard Mrs. P. J. Moor? an- j Llano river. He plaeég@an electric light at | the point, believing beavers would near here. | around up front, the jumped to the back squarely the face of Mrs, Antone Pliske and scratched her severely before} not work at night to repair the | bounding to the front again. | R. A. Pliske, driver finally cap- tured the crazed animal. He maintained control of the ma- chine in spite of the excitement. é Tcekent “e | nounce the birth of a son recently esis in Bs reer working and at their’ home, 529 Simonton Tanner took down the light, Steet: saying he was not going to fur- nish electricity for beavers to, the name of Paul Joseph. work overtime. a IS SE gar eS PAYS BACK DOLE ST. LOUIS—A thief of this HULL, ‘Eng.—After being on city broke into an automobile! COLUMBUS, 0.—Ab Billings} the dole“two years, James Haw- owned by Florian Goick, stole: of this city told a policeman hej trey ofthis city found his wife three burial suits and approxi-) wanted to be kicked for_ being| had a bank account, mately a dozen shrouds. drunk, and the cop obliged him. | back all ‘he had received. STEALS BURIAL SUITS GRANTED REQUEST | 4 se EVERYONE'S DRIN ee Pastor Yaney T. shbnshet Gai ‘deliver a message to the congre- cation on the subject of “The | Devil’s Supreme Masterpiece of | Deception.” and folowing this message, several candidates who arc now waiting, will be baptised. The entire membership of -the tors ere cordially invited to ac- tend this service, THREE EGGS IN ONE DAY MARSHFIELD, Mo.—Mrs. Fin- is Rupe of this city declares one and paid] of her hens laid three eggs in a} single day. | i DELANEY FAMILY Born to Mr. and Mrs. Jack A.} Delaney Tuesday afternoon at 4 The new arrival has been given| church und all friends and visi-! o'clock at the South Beach Infirm-! jary, a baby girl weighing eight} | pounds and three ounces. } | The little lady-hes been given} ithe name of Jacqueline Marie. | Mother and baby are reported} jas doing nicely, | Mrs. Delaney was before mar- iTiage Miss Anna Deval. | be the Cuban Vacation Sehool will held in the school room of | First Methodist Church Monday at |NEW ARRIVALIN 7 p. m. Rev. G. Perez will present the diplomas. The exercises will be in English. Rev. A. de Barritt will preside. ton and he would tell good news. The Colonel a coming to « and will possibly be on the Keys for several but “I will back in Key West Monday,” Mr. Duncan. d Mr. Cotton are some routine He was seated in his car a lit- tle before 4 o'clock ready to star on the trip to No Name Key wh |the news was received by (Continsed on Page Four) DANCE Tonight at 10 o'clock | HABANA-MADRID CLUB By ander: ore ponies =e Good Music—Refreshing Drinks City Clerk, | ADMISSION 50c The program will close at 8 o'clock. NOTICE « ' All streets in the city of Key’ < West that are torn up and under, construction are declared one- way streets, } Take due notice and your right. give to aug22-1t KING THE NEW “DAILY DOUBLE” BEER. GET IN LINE AND CALL FOR “DAILY DOUBLE” NEXT TIME YOU WANT THE BEST IN BEER