The Key West Citizen Newspaper, September 26, 1936, Page 1

Associated Press Day Wire Service. For 56 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West Key West, Fierida. bas most eyguabic c_mate w F. range of eniy 14 Che Key West Citizen VOLUME LVII. No. 230. KEY WEST, FLORIDA, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 1936. ILROAD ABAN [ARRANGE CLASS | | INSHORTHAND PEK = FIVE CesT ENT APPROVED PAPY HEARD ON | Commerce Commission County Board Discusses Issue To Validate Refunding Bonds Commissioners Take Up CONCERT TONIGHT | TION OF WPA INSTRUCTOR Many Other Matters At AT LOCAL PARK Meeting Held Last Eve- ‘Interstate FERRY CONTRACT - | Grants Request OF Receivers OOO OOO TOD V1, Auteerined Te \ DR. WARREN LANDS , IMMENSE KINGFISH 5“! Sxstse Properties Pine Makes Closing Argument. | BRINGS MATTER OF DINING i SERVICE BEFORE COUN- i TY COMMISSIONERS 4 i Co To Jury This Afternoon | A new class in beginners’ short-| Fred Pine, : : jhand will begin Monday night and Giblin, of Miami, was at 3{out of the city at the time of the' night brought to the atention of! : election. commissioners the; of the firm of Pine} ballots, and some of them were! Representative B. C. Papy last | ning = lject of the PA, it was announc-! EN BY KEY WEST HOS- 1.4 this morning. Decision At a.speciali: meeting of the} PITALITY BAND ' this course to those already given» the State versus Rogelio Gomez 1 lin the Monroe County High School ' i, criminal court. | board of jannex was reached after a. large a ; last night the proposition to; A series of evening concerts! number of persons had indicated | | : i | FIRST OF SERIES TO BE Gly. / through the adult education Pr" o'clock this afternoon still argu-| | to add|i@& for the defense in the case of i county commissioners | He went through the informa-/ All persons over 16 years of! }sue was being tried, Issue Defined The matter at issue was clearly | defined by this able attorney and the prosecution’s side of the case and the charges on which the is- were pre- nted in such a manner as to con- | Vinee his hearers that he was con- a desire to take up the work. gg ee ees validate the refunding bonds to {? tion count by count and with in. Company was the main subject of Federal Music Project, will be in-| discussion, but no steps will be taken until certain changes in the! park, George Mills White, district resolution are made. | Present at the meeting were Chairman Carl Bervaldi, Commis- | sioners Wm. R. Porter, Norberg | Thompson, Braxton B. Warren, and Nathan Niles. Attorney Ar- thur Gomez, Clerk Ross Sawyer, Chief Deputy Sheriff Bernard Waite, Representative B C. Papy, | and FERA Director Franklin E.' expected that the concert tonight! Albert, and Attorney J. Lancelot! Lester, representing the Crummer | Company. The reason for the meeting was! ‘announced by Chairman Bervaldi who instructed Clerk Sawyer to! read the validation proposition,! and semi-operatic numbers have’ all been included to make up a which, as usual, was lengthy, ver- bose and in a number of in-! st.nces required elucidation by either Attorney Gomez or Attor-! ney Lester. ‘After practically the entire pro- posal for validation had been read, one sentence “was discussed at) great length when it was decided! to ask that Attorney Lester eom-j municate with the company and ask that the paragraph in question be couched in terms which could be easily understood and which would clarify this particular para-! graph. - | Further reading of the valida- tion proposition or discussion of it was deferred until the requested changes have been made. Clerk Sawyer was instructed to issue a warrant for $1,800 to the credit of the State Board of So- cial Welfare to be used the dispensing of Old Age A nee to those persons in Key West qualified to receive it. On motion unanimously carricd Attorney Gomez was authorized to attend the next meeting of the Overseas Road and Toll Bridge District, and request that. body to have all future bids on constrac-! tion work for the bridges opened | in Key West. : It was shown that Key West can easily accommodate any number of bidders who will attend the} meeting when bids are opened and; the entire board wanted to go on} record as being averse to the! opening of bids at any other place! but Key West. i in FIRST HUNTIN The first hunting license of the | eason was issued from the office of Judge Raymond Lord. Maloney, and is good for the hunt- season. to be given by the Key West Hos-| be issued by R. E. Crummer and pitality Band, sponsored by the #&¢ Who are not attending public terjections of comment, augurated tonight at Colonial! supervisor of the project, which is | part of the WPA, announced this; morning. A new band stand has been con- structed, and seating facilities for several hundred persons have been | provided, the district supervisor | from 60 to 100 words a minute pointed out. Coming during the; and advanced dictation is offer-| being made a goat of and in this early Saturday evening hour, it is will attract a large number of persons, Alfred M. Barroso, conductor |of the band, has arranged a va-' ried program for the first Colonial ‘concert, and the numbers are €x-! {pected to be well received. Popu-| lar selections, waltzes, marches well rounded out program. Those in charge of the project 'believe that the Saturday night| coneerts will add a greai deal to the gaiety which prevails on Du- val street that night each week. COUNTY BOARD ADOPTS BUDGET ITEMS SET FORTH CHECKED BY CLERK ROSS C. SAWYER County commissioners last night in regular meeting accepted the budget which was prepared some time ago and the tentative figures printed in the September 15 issue of The Citizen. Items set forth-were checked by Clerk Ross C. Sawyer and after being discussed without any chang- es the budget was accepted and unanimously passed, on motion. Tots! millage for the years 1936 and 1937 as set forth is 62%, dis- tributed to: General Revenue, 8; Fine and Forfeiture, ; Road Fund, 3; Special Advertising, 4; Indebtedness Fund, 16; General School Fund, 10;. Special School Tax District Number 1, 10; Spe- cial Bond and Interest, 5; State, 2%. NEW ARRIVAL AT JOHNSON’S HOME Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur Johnson, 321 William street, announce the |birth of a boy, born at the resi-| Havana yesierday aft-rneon with dence Thursday, 3:00 p. m. Both mother and baby are do- ing nicely. DANCE TONIGHT 10 O'CLOCK | HABANA-MADRID CLUB | The issue was made to Walter) Music By Geo. Deane’s Orchestra! 5 o’clock. Among those leaving _ 75e; Were G. O. Donoghue, M. A.jwere signed to the absentee en- ADMISSION - ——$——— WHY SWELTER AND SUCCUMB TO LASSITUDE AND LAZINESS WHEN YOU CAN KEEP COOL BY A DAILY BOTTLE OF DAIL caustic) “iNeed of the defendant’s guilt, !and confidently expected convic- or comic, stated in no uncertain ‘tion. Alttorney Worley’s summing jup of the case was concluded at : 11:10. one of the allegations charged in} At this time a 10 minutes re- ! was ordered by Judge De- __ Well. The judge left the court days ycom and upon his return an- lin entice @aciiy acres. in; When men were once each year, nounced that the Interstate Com- j shorthand theory are offered, pro-| urnt on a funeral pyre to lurge | merce Commission had granted | viding an opportunity for the stu-/ away the sins of the people, how|the plea of the Florida East ident to review shorthand; dicta-'in later days the body of a goat: Cot Railway to abandon the ‘tion classes are conducted offer-' was substituted for that | Key West Extension. \ing an opportunity to build up! For a few minutes the court | vocabulary and reach a speed of|'™#"» 2nd from that day on the room was in an uproar with hand 3 'ery had been that someone was clapping and discussion and_ it | Was several minutes before order | was restored, With the resumption of bugi- jness County Solicitor Allan B. 4'Cleare began his argument for ballots’ the prosecution. He prefaced his or private schools are eligible to! enroll in the classes, Grace Cros- by, in charge of the class, empha- | terms that the case had not proven j sized this morning. With the addition of beginners’ ; z E }shorthand to the curriculum, the informatien. adults may obtain several differ-! we told of the ent kinds of instruction and help” le olden of ed. In these last named classes case it was Rogelio Gomez. jstudents have an opportunity to) Produces Ballots build up speed through the use of ; es short-cuts used to such marked; diestaically | he ipeacuced number of the absentee | advantage in court reporting, and have an opportunity to increase which the information charged argument with the statement that their speed up to 100 words a had been subjected to erasures the news just given by the judge minute and more. Was such as to make him or any The schedule under the revised ee aan sparc C ler person in Key West happy. program follows: ‘ J te ; Then began a clear and concise Mondays, Wednesdays and Fri-: that they find the or summary of the proceedings of days: 5 P. M. to 7 P. M.—Short-. changes and if they did, find the: the case from the time the first hand Theory; 7 P. M. to 9 P. M.: defendant guilty. witness was called until the, last eed rmiie peak sp.m,|_ Following the argument of At- pescnoay was, recension. uest y an jursdays: - - -. z } ie name of each witness was ‘to 7 P. M-—Dictation Class; Tip: | ney Home seige Pewell tend) enced and lite | enaened M. to 9 P. M.—Advanced Dicta- €d to read his charge to the jury: equced summarized in a clear and tion. {after which the case would be with comprehensive manner which was | | them to find a verdict in accord brief but convincing. Not one with the evidence educed from Phase of the testimony as given N. ORTEGA, 59 eee jon the witness stand was slighted DIES SUDDENLY: Court convened 9:30 this morn-} 2nd while attention was specific- { i : A lally directed to certain matters jing and after the jury panel was which may have escaped the jury, | jcalled and the responses received, ' soj:citor Cleare paid particular at- ! procedure of taking testimony was tention to and stressed those PUBERAL SEES VC USPARE 20 reamed: 2 ‘items in the testimony which bore } BE CONDUCTED THIS ! a pies but a Han Gi directly on the witnesses who called. lerk of Court Ross C. averred they had not voted but AFTERNOON | aver y ha a i erasures Sawyer and Mrs. Jack Gaiti, who whose names were signed to en- i ‘was summoned from Miami for' yelopes containing ballots alleged | jthe purpose of testifying in the to have been voted by them, the 7 archos ee died sud-! case, and arrived last night. | witnesses, j denly last night... He was seen to. Mr. Sawyer was asked a num-; * | he ill and friends. were taking him ber of questions relative to the} Ona ones at st 3 eee: to the Marine hespital. He died tally books of the June 2 elec- j before the institution was reach-' tion. The books had been offered ‘ed. in evidence. He also explained {he witness were well known to Funeral services are to be heldi that the county was divided in each other and had been in the ;this afternoon, 5:30 o'clock from: five election® districts comprising habit of chatting when they met. [the chapel of the Lopez Funeral} 11 precincts, one of which, pre- Mr. Paeetti had been asked if he Home. Rev. Wm. J. Reagan, of cinct 11, was inactive. ‘voted an absentee ballot and re- St. Mary's Star of the Sea Cath-/ Mrs. Gaiti Testifies ‘plied No. Asked if the signature olic chureh will officiate. | Mrs, Gaiti was then called to'on the envelope containing the ab- he) deconesd septa ad the stand. She testified that she sentee ballot alleged to have been three daughters: Mrs. Grace Has ai not vote in the first primary.|voted by him, was his, he again kins, Mrs. Gloria Herce and Miss There was one absentee ballot’ replied No. Could he take oath Mercedes Ortega; one son, Eugene} i. her name, was in one of.the signature was not his? He Perez; sone brother, zou Ortega, e ballot boxes and the envelope then replied Yes and continued by ues Jersey, and four grand-| ned with her name, but she Saying he was 70 years old and the children. ositively said, it was not signed: Teason he was able to swear the y her. ; Signature was not his was |.ecause This was the last of the wit-;he had never signed his name as nesses for the prosecution and as, he was not able to do so. V, lisese were no witnesses to be in-j Many other items of a convine- | {troduced by the defense nor was ing nature were presented to the jthe defendant in the matter to jury by Solicitor Cleare who | take the stand, taking of testi- brought his arguments to a close ‘mony ceased and arguments be- jan. The opening barrage was start- led by Vincent Giblin, for the de-j jfense. He outlined the case from} { Steamship Cuba, of ‘ze P. andj the point of view of the defense,/ O..S. S. company, arrived fr: pinned gave a clear and conclusive | outline from the defense point of} jone first sirss and cne seeond; view. He spoke for about ‘class passenger for Key West; 11; minutes. } {first and 11 second class passen-; He was followed by Attorney) Annie Mills of this city sued him, genrs for Tampa. |G. A. Worley, who dispassionately| was awarded $5,000. * H Key West arrivals were: Ernes-; presented the state’s case. His} jtor Rivero and Julio Lopez. jarguments pointed out that on} DELICIOUS OYSTERS } Two passengers who booked/ several of the charges the accused| Extra Large Select—any style | first class at Key West and a num-jwas and gould be nothing else ICE CREAM—All Flavors ber of second class passengers;but guilty, The evidence brought Barbeeue Oyster and other sailed when the S. S. Cuba left Sas je showed conclusively that a Sandwiches | Bot Souse Every Saturday number of persons whose names WELLS’ LUNCH ROOM the attorney. In this case, it was ointed out, both the accused and | VESSEL BRINGS IN TWENTY- | FOUR PASSENGEPS; LEFT H ENROUTE TO TAMPA asking God to guide the jury in riving at a just verdict. RECEIVES AWARD CHICAGO.—After waiting 31 years for Frank Jesson to make good his promise to marry her, Mis< : i i Schwarz and Miss Camille Perez.'velopes, had not voted sbsentee 900 Southard St. shortly after the noon hour by! Phone 207-W; sideration. jthe county Matter of the contract recently} ‘granted the Interstate Company); to operate the restaurants of the, Monroe County Ferry system. i Mr. Papy said that he did not, want the contract for himéelf, in! fact the personal equation did not‘ enter into his idea. He simply felt , that the contract should be award- | to a local man or organization. Speaking for the board, Com- he did not see how any changes could be brought about in the matter at this time, as the con- tract had been granted the Inter- state Company for one year by Franklin E. Albert, FERA direc- tor in Key West, by whom the system was being operated. Com- missioner Norberg Thompson con- curred. It was suggested by Mr. Papy that passes be issued by the ferry system to State Senator Arthur, Gomez and himself and asked that the board of commissioners so in- struct Mr. Albert. : Clerk Ross C. Sawyer was in- structed to write Mr. Albert a let- ter advising that the Loard had nm») chjecticns to pas<-s seing iv sued Senater Gomez rac Repre- sentative Papy when they were j ttayelling on county by mess. ' STR. GRANADA STEAMSHIP ALAMO DUE TO, ARRIVE HER= TOMORROW | { FROM NEW YORK { ! i : Steamship Granada, of the {Standard Fruit and Steamship! , company, arrived at the Porter! ! Dock this afternoon shortly after! midday. The vessel is from New; York bound to Frontera, Mexico,! and is taking on fuel oil. Another vessel of the same line is due to arr.ve from Philadelphia | Monday, will berth at the Porter ‘Dock and also take bunkers, pre-' can port. ; | Steamship Ozark, of the Clyde- | Mallory Lines, arrived midnight from Jacksonville and Miami,, dis- i charged freight at the company :dock and sailed 2:50 o'clock this morning for New Orleans. Steamer Alamo, of the same !lines, is due to arrive tomorrow {from New York enroute to Tam- ; pa. j | PERTAINS TO PAYMENT OF | OCCUPATIONAL LICEN- i SES IN KEY WEST H ' — 1 An ordinance providing for and | regulating the registration of all | persons, firms and corporations engeged in a brsiness, profession or other occupations in the city jof Key West, fixing the license taxes, was passed on its intial reading last nicht at a meeting of jthe City Council. The body met this afternoon and passed the ord- imance on its second and final \ Teading. j There were several changes j made, following the reading of the ordinance, after which it was voted on. i This was the only matter com-; jing before the meeting for con- i LAtddAdiéiiéd) R. L. WARREN tariff rates on ome day's =o tice. DIED THURSDAY GETS PERMIT BODY TO BE BROUCHT TO KEY WEST FOR BURIAL ON MONDAY «z Richard Leonard Warren died 7 o'clock Thursday evening ix | the Florida State Hospital. Tb body will arrive Menday mornimc the Tampa. on Steamship Cubs fro fee frem Funeral seevices will be o'clock Monday afterneon the Lopez Fuecral Home chapel Rev. A. L. Maurean, S J. = Mary's Star of the Sea Cathole was particularly claborated on by paratory to sailing for the Mexi-/ “burch, will officiate. Knights of the Gelder Eagte. Key West Volunteer Fire Depart ment and T.ger Tail Tribe Nem ber 19, Improved Order Bed Mex. will attend the services and pall bearers will be selected from the membership. Mr. Warre is survived by be widow, Mrs. Florrie Warren; son, Leonard B. Warten; suter, Bre G. Pronk Sawyer, and teother Braxten B. Warren. RAUL’S CLUS Jobe Practards Orchestre Adm. $1.00