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Associated Press Day Wire Service. For 56 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West The Key West Citizen KEY WEST, FLORIDA, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 1936. Bridge Hearing Held Yesterday; REASONGIVEN ‘No Objections Offered; Proposed | FOR LONG STAY Plans Given Definite Approval VOLUME LVII. No. 275. 1 Ready Party Beats Key West Makes { |ceipa MUST WAIT ™ BZEN COMPLETED (Special to The Citizen) MIAMI, Fila., Nov. 18.—Flor- ida’s preh'storic inhabitants, it jections, either verbal or written, 1 es Foreign Trade Zone In Key MANY MOUNDS | epartment Of Commerce sss 2. amie 1 * AROUND led after being in session just 1 | IC INHABITANTS® A [held yesterday afternoon at che |<, sfter being Only Four Cities Thus! ol MAN | RESERVATION i minutes. ‘PATR 10 1 we ing were: Ben D, Trevor, of the for the purpose of receiving ob-:Qyerseas Road and Toll Bridge Application, It Has Been} | . {agent for the Clyde-Mallory Lines; ship ictal the thentend Nall Announced RECEIVES to the proposed bridges and other | Clarence Thompson, pilot on fiend Si hip company, rema:n- MAYOR GALEY 2 . West Would BeWelcomed By: | OF FLORIDA’S PREHISTOR-| wey attended was the meeting, meeting was then ordered sdjourn- mess hall at Lower Matecumbe! Among those attending the meet-! Far Have Made Actual GU ARD BRIDGE: ; Commission; Charles E. Smith, | Asked the reason for the Steam- -— By PAUL MAY (Special Washington Correspondent of The Citizen) ‘WASHINGTON, D. C., Nov. 18.) —The Department of Commerce would welcome establishment of | a foreign trade zone in Key West, } Florida, which has sought infor- mation regarding these zones but | which has not submitted an ap- plication for’ sach a zone, it was learned’ ‘today. vo far, according to Thomas E. Lyons, of the bureau of for-| i eign and domestic commerce, ! perts of entry, have inquired ana} obtained details of foreign teadal zones, but only four have actually These! San! applied for such zones. four are New York City, Francisco, Mobile and San Juan,’ Puerto Rico. New York City is the only one! of those four for which a foreign trade zone is actually in sight,} New York City’s zone to be open- ed Nebruary 1, 1937. The De- partment of Commerce feels that, i as long as public demand for trade zones resulted in a law au-| ! | i WORD BY WIRE FROM GOV- ’ ERNOR SHOLTZ’ OFFICE In answer to requests sent by wire to Governor Dave Sholtz to take steps to have the highway bridges in Monree County patro!l- Chica bri ige Monday night, May- city’s chief executive that this matter has already been taken care of. The message which was sent by W. R. Smith, assistant secretary to the governor in his absence, im | States that “the chief of the road forty cities, most of them logical} patrol advises a man has already{ been sent to patrol the bridge, and a lieutenant is a'so being sent to investigate the matter.” Braxton B, Warren, member of the County Commissioners, in- formed The Citizen today that he assigned a patrolman to duty FRED LA RUE COMES TO CITY FIRST VISIT OF FORMER KEY WESTER IN TWENTY- jwould seem, found the mainstay tof their diet within the waters of ithe sea along which their dwe!l- jings ranged and, with crude ges- ture, flipped the disearded shells jover their shoclders in such quan- itities that they constructed the ‘ridges and mounds which are now rich discovered to contain such jed in the future as the result of |iore revealing much of their man- the fire on the Stock Island-Boca! ney of living. | That life, gs indicated in many |or Harry C. Galey is in receipt of | of the mounds which have been ;a telegram informing the | discovered within the area of the | Everglades National Park, one of plan and design, of life or- !ganized to accommodate facilities lof convenience, of transportation ‘and even a primitive form of com- combined with | with conflicting groups. i In these mounds are revealed {some of the earliest examples of !eity planning known to the human irace. ‘merce, | Uncover Rare Specimens | Even the elements, in their lat the burned bridge last n‘ght,! titanic foree, have been known te juncover to the modern gaze rare jman arrives there for this purpose.'specimens of F orida’s prototype jof the caveman, as in the instance jof the stone tomahawk found near | Sable by Ernest F. Coe, \chairman of the Everglades Na- |t'onal Park Association, in a sur. \vey trip last spring. Its material, {Chairman Coe stated, was a form tof stone which has never beer {found within the state and indi {eates an interchange w'th distant Key West ; Stephen C. Single- cccsteoction Weikite:be dose lty lee one ies |ing in port for such a length of ton, editor of the Key West Sun- “a the Overseas Road and Toll Bridge 42 Star; Chief Engineer Duncan time, she has been in the harbor|p; ays FoR WINTER SERWIC jand A. L. West, bridge engi-imore than one week, Manager neer, , |Charles Taylor, of the Porter } Hugh M. Matheson, E. S. Fras-! nock company, replied: Commission. The meeting was presided over H BY TRANSPORTATION LINES ARE NOW BEING CIVEN AT- We Ge weet cee oy 2 few wens Gateet and Ge poe ro was! warfare; ter, Ed. Sheeran, B. C. Papy, rep-; eae by Lieutenant Colonel Earl North, Tesentative in the lezislature from! There are dredges working at = | Monroe eounty; E. C. deGarmo,|the entrance to the harbor at U, S. A., engineers. The colonel R, A. Bissell, L. C. Frohman. Frontera, Mexico, and it will not covering Colonel George anaes of tie |be until the entrance to the har-| Conformity with the schedule: ;U. S, engineers; Car! ervaldi, | ae that lof the £ the Mc c the. leven Geeseats propesed: the |cluifmad) Monme qoenty comeia-| ot Sete o—. os eee eet emer sioners; State Senator Arthur , Vessels of the line will be enabled jty System is Lemg puamnce by he article from the navigation laws,’ Gomez, and J. Lancelot Lester, to enter that port. ; Florida Motor Limes ond x = = js .jassistant state attorney. | Reports of the vessel remaining] pected that by the time the wim Rannigncetuet ! Key Westers Returned vaway from the dock and anchored} 5, schedule of the ferry quitc= jections, if any, and a letter from | The Key West group, with the i= the harbor because of the se) ina at Get. aaa exception of the last three named, men’s strike is absolutely wrong, | ©_/"iset equation. {returned over the highway yester-;Said Mr. Taylor. As a matter of) qT 4 ao) is ce becume The question was then asked if}day afternoon coming on the pied 2a aisiagptaora — pin an Gubetia: . ante ere were any present who were! Launch Boca Chica to No Name %rou — 7 ung, Ferries Treveller and Pilger i 9 7 .'all who desire to come may do so. r > fin favor of the projects. B. M. Key and to Key West by automo: i The wv 1 ig not the Gatun, as|°™ tht date take up the —_ eo Duncan, chief engineer in charge two trips daily instead of one bile. j Messrs. Berva'di, Gomez and. has been reported, Mr. Taylor he jof construction referred to said, but the Ceiba as carried inj “*5 Std ths morn ne ™ the Lester continued to Miami where ; }letter which the colonel had just!'they were to, last night, join The Citizen last week. The Gat- bound will ‘eave the sips simai read and suggested that the letter’ County Clerk Ross O. Sawyer and, un, Miraflores and Yoro, other cams. 4 9 Oiek at teovered in deta'l the reply to the! proceed by train to Chicago where vessels of the line, are now at feat. lng =—ao-glinenear question, |they will take part in the proced-’ Frontera, awaiting the conclusion) =) 100 1 0. Mistecsmie umd No Objections Offered |ure of signing $3,169.00 in bonds of dredging operations in order to] 1 ¢ 00" 00 ee jecti vel "for i \- hiough the harbor entrance. “ “ Objections were then called for for the refunding agreement re- go t Neme Key. The same preeeduce will prevail 2 o'clock @ the afte= by the presiding officer, but there cently brought to the issue between! Pra, eggs wae cussed by Franklin E. Albert. of © EVENING TENTION ee i de eel | ee jread the specifications pees bat oe geting Gee ont a — providing for the eG er eee eee } mess ete cae te ee Ee the commission. | patente enisinetts | eh The Cites aode oc oes of = gece. ee ces ae eee ems. me gee =e Sk oe by Ge See, Comet Cond amt a coe cece mee ce ol ee ee “ Ernestine Schumann-Heink, Noted — Opera Singer, Died Last Night (By Associated Apresiny was not one offered, and the plans the R. E, Crummer company and A buses of the Florida Meter Le j | BEING REPAIRED | Shae the FERA, and J. Osteen. mamzag=- j were definitely approved. The Monroe county. | observe the same -cheea< i ALL WORK WILL HAVE BEEN ‘of the Fioride Motor Lees This matter is today Oe Ge COMPLETED BY THIS | JULIO PUIC TO BE Be sere | GIVEN “iplaces even in that remote time: thorizing them, - that demand/| ONE. YEARS Alongside the tomahawk Mr. Coc} HOLLYWOOD, Calif., Nov. 18. overcame the effects of obvious; Ficrida State Road Department on = “Should result in more trade zones.! Jalso discovered fragments of pot-}__Frnestine Schumann-Heink, the shortcomings and she remained 4 i) jose no time in getting the —_ opie an While the success of a trade zone} tery with a definite design re-! : oe card. {Boca Chica brdige back in cond:-|CHARGED WITH BAWINc soup "=" ie is by no means certain, no one! Among the arrivals in Key West 'vealing a tendency toward the| operatic and concert prima donna,/ Also in these late years sh@'tion, and it is expected that by — ahie as = — — will know what business they may Yesterday from Miami was Fred/decorative at a time when the/ gieg tast night, after a brief ill- tok a few pupils, but this work ‘this evening cll necessary repairs/ LIQUOR WITHOUT NECES- jaune ereate until they have been tried. While in Europe the past summer, Mr. Lyons made a study of Euro- pean trade zones and bonded warehouse 2perations, which he said were eminentiy successful, | The purpose of a foreign trade zone is to permit importation of foreign and domestic merchandise’ for the purpose of storage, break- ing up, repacking, assembling, dis- tributing, sorting, grading, clean- ing or otherwise manipulating, without subjecting it to custom laws. This merchandise may be exported thereafter, or imperted into other parts of the United States, subject to laws and reg- ulations in‘¢ase of __importati Charges in Such zone: would lenient, as th would be sidered publ mn. i be con- utilities. YOUNG TURTLE SHIPPED NORTH SENT TO NEW YORK AQUA- La Rue, former Key Wester, who has been making his home else- where for the past twenty-one years. He is accompanied by A R. Swearingen, both of whom will remain here for several days at- tending to business matters. They tare stopping at the Colon‘al Ho- iel, Mr. La Rue was for a long time employed at the local yards of the Florida East Coast Railway Com- p: Mrs. La Rue was formerly Maude Roberts of Key W Mr. La Rue predicts that with the completion of the Overseas Highways that Key West will en- joy great prosper.ty, saying that it wil naturally bring visitors here from all sections of the country, a great many of whom will no doubt become permanent resi- dents. BRIDGE PARKING WILL BE STOPPED SHERIFF AND DEPUTIES TO PUT HALT TO PRACTICE w of life was the survival of the fittest. Preserve Records The importance of the preser- yation of these records of early habitation in southern Florida was ‘pointed out by Dr. Ales Hrdlicka, . curator of the Division of Anthro- pology- of the Smithsoniap Insti- tue, even before the Everglades | National Park idea had been con ceived. In his “Anthropology of Florida,” published in 1922, he says of those mounds discovered in the Turner River region, which lies within the area of the park as authorized by Act of Gongress in |1934, “steps, it wou'd seem, ought [to be taken to preserve it for pos- terity, maki tion.” Chairman Coe has recently re- ceived a letter from Dr. Hrdlicka jin which he again says “the Turn- ‘er River region should, by méahs. be included in the park for the mcunds at its mouth are | the very best of the kind along the jwhole coast.” | The whole Turner River region, ! Mr. Coe reports, is rich in some of the finest examples cf these it a national R i } reserva- | all | ness. The famous singer | capital now Praha, slcvakia, and then was Prague, Austria. Roess! jeer, and her | Italian. vr, an Austrian army offi mother was | greatest Wagnerian _ contralto, jachieved riches as an operatic popular following in asa singer of timple German i “lieder.” In the hey-day of her | she was reputed to earn $135,000 ' while royalties on machine records of her voice brought in tional $50,000. Thirfty invest- jinents, mostiy in Chicago and | was limited more to coaching than’ wil’ have been made. of Czecho- perience ! contract with the Berlin opera and| jand concert prima donna and, in sence from the German which could best be done by | the twilight of life, won a huge but. her succ@:s was so great that! vaudeville,’ she bought her way out of the! radio and moving picture theatres home contract, paying first 10,000} was to vocal training. Iyorn June 15, 1861, near what is! She was a star in her own right, backed by 20 years’ ex- on German operatic stages when she made her first appearance in America on No- Her father was Major; vember 7, 1898, singing “Ortrud” j-| in a presentation of Wagnei | an \ theater in Chicago. Her impresario! BEAUTIFICATION f “Lohengrin” at the Auditorium was Maurice Grau of the firm of Albbey, Schoeffel & Grau, prede- Madame Schumann-Heink, ac- cessors of the Metropolitan Opera claimed as probably the world’s’ company of New York. She had just signed a 10-year was on a four-year leave of ab- capital, marks (then $2,500) for an ex- tension of two years in her leave This was learned this morning; |by making inquiries at the de- ;partment’s offices at the old bio- jlogical station, and the informa- tion was offered that a force of ;men were now working on the bridge and it would be in condi- jon today. | | WORK i i ON UNDER DIRECTION OF MISS PARKER t } One of the programs of beau- ‘and finally 25,000 marks to can-! tification which started last week career cel the Berlin agreement. In 1903-4 she made a concert a year from concert work alone tour of the United States, — latter) ans add eee also she appeared in an Am- ing 40,000 miles. In the erican comic opera, “Love’s Lot- tery.” Her health ‘broke in 1905) and her voice was reported ruined, | at the triangle at the intersection ‘of Greene and Whitehead streets ‘is being continued along the ea=t- ern side of Whitehead street. This morning a gang of 20 men, which started this work yes- terday, ‘were cutting holes in the sidewalk or enlarging holes SARY LICENSE webs ==s Juiio Puig = to be given 2 bear gn, other Tae seul Ot SF trip Mondey = ght sccompemed by Chief Deputy Bermard Wate. off cul. and | Beverage Inspector George Gomez =y = found om the premises at 626 S- anc some monton street, seme lagucr. agus acl pe diente, and 2 number of 3 cmpty required ACTIVITIES BEING CARRIED/)bottes and other bettles which! equiper= were being cleanec_ owe egos <> Last pear tae wee 2 Some va pecal- fee erty ween checked Se Comet Gam -—< gpeers a See ee Tks ser. = == eecsre ers anc The arrest of Puig was made ‘ed te secure. and @ the eet oo TWO YACHTS RIUM TO BE KEPT IN TANKS AT THAT INSTITUTION mounds, many of them laid out in | Calizornia real estate, were made but she went back to Germany for:ready there, in which wil ‘such a manner as to evidence ayand managed by her with a skill’, “rest,” accepted engagements| Planted poincianas, i NOW CARRIED ON EEE {highly organized community exist-!that brought steadily increasing there and came back to the United, The project is being done un- MARQU=SAS Pe _ ence. s i values and she became one of the States for 129 appearances in|der the supervision of Miss Mol- r Sheriff K. 0. Thompson said! Sych records, which will be pre-| wealthiest singers of her day. opera and concert in 1906-7 jlie Parker with Wi'liam Culling- — PLACED & HOSPITAL. CAME Yesterday a shipment of young] this morning that the time has now|served and protected under the| But her own generosity to num- - nis jford as her assistant. turtle from the Key West Tropical] arrived when it will be necessary administration of the Nationallerous friends and relatives and| ,Decomes American Citizen | Two of the Bay = om coast CUSED Aquarium was made to the New| for him and h’s force of deputies| Park Service once the area has|the world’s turn from high _pros-| The next season whe gave 113 jPaula Louise and Le Vernier Plame York Aquarium, to be kept in their|to insist that the signs on the ap-!been put under development, the perity to acute economic depres-| Concerts and then went to Europe! NEW JERSEY FOLK sailed this morning for s stay = tanks for the University of New) proaches to the highway bridges park chairman believes, will not!sion shrank her fortune to the 10F a year, where she created one) Marquesas where the fag = — York. x ss = j advising there must be no parking/ only be of high interest to the | vanishing point. When she was of the principal parts in Strauss’ WILL WINTER HERE =” goed at ths time of = 4 a Leonard Giovane'li, biologist in| on the bridges must be obeyed. | many pede eg will visit the} past 70 she was glad to take en- "©W Per “Electra.” Her re- ' the year. feo oa a — eharge of the aquarium in Key! Both the sheriff and his depu-| park annually, but will be of great gagements which paid for a week turn for a 1909-10 concert tour; i The Paula Louise & cuned by Septet == es po West, said this morning that ar-|ties have been most courteous in! archaeological importance. jens than helf eee had re- Proved the most profitable of her} | Frederic Wagner and the La Vere West Se mere = * pee rangements had been made for] warning anglers against parking|—. : ceived earlier for single perform- American career. i Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Buchholz,/tiere by Gene Culver. They are - < sending these turtles by Emory L.|on che bridges, but their warnings emacs, Tu GbS6 sha meld ake had! Thereafter she tapered off her;of Ocean City, 2 and panned ths tip we sree Ci = =a = Pierce, formerly in charge of the|have been of no avail and TS Rae: wéedink the dame _ hat ond) SEER work, but continued! cluded pln =) stay Marquess durtly after Ge ee pee ee ee aquarium and who is now on the| continue to disregard the warnings BUSINESS haeoahse ed cree |briefer annual tours and limited! during the winter season in estival of the La Werriere last Jey and Shel Isle of Man, England. arid despite every thing ssid, » fies {operatic engagements. One of her| West, and will arrive aboyt De-| meek. Cue of Se pete oe Joe Yesterday the request for the|on the bridges at any and. ail! OPPORTUNITY Limited To Numbers , last stage appearances took place;cember 1. Another yacht which & at the BH Gree che woe cee off shipment was received and two times. | Ome ‘of the largest manufac-! Her voice by then had become| February 25, 1926, when she! Some time ago letters were re-|submarine base expects to ewe he Seams Seer Seat and dozen of the young turtle were! This morning, while discussing turers in United States has fran-\CO™Presed to little more than emerged from “retirement” to.ceived at the FERA housing de-|for the Marquess: this afternoen gineed & the sele’ cates at 3 shipped in a vessel of the Over-/ the recent fire on the Boca Chica! chise open for dealer in Key West. | half its former range and she was'sing “Erda” in “Das Rheingold”! partment making inqairies re- or possibly tomerrew. This & the ame Get siete an cansieeed Ge seas Transportation company, and bridge, the sheriff said that it now| Most unusual finance plan avgil. limited to such numbers as’ with the Metropolitan company. garding accommodations and re- Pelagic and is owned by Eduard Ge eqital See Sie & attr will be sent by express to ateR | became incumbent on him to en-; able te assist dealer im merchan-| 2tahms’ “Lullaby,” the traditional} Her most famous roles were’ plies were sent as soon ac these H. Morse. ae wb 2 ee oe York. 2 !force the law regarding parking! gising. Christmas hymm “Holy Night”) “Fides” in “Le Prophete”; “Ort-; could be secured. j ‘The power best Powers, Cap The ather getiest & Peed Bie The reptiles are consigned tojon the bridges and he will find it! Ph rer SWEARINGEN, |2"4 similar songs of short rangeirud” in “ ? “Erda,”| The information forwarded was tain Veral Roberts, of the Over gmbethes. mecter of Se Cub the Department of Physiology of} necessary in the future to file in- West Colonial Hotel, if jn.| 20d brief phrases. But the artis-;«Fricka” in “Die Walkuere” and) and upon their arrival Seas Tramsportates Camgeny. sf ae Comets oe Oe ee the University of New York City,| formation against all who disre- pst “6 wt ™™*'try of the singer, plus the mater-| “Orpheus” in Gluck’s opera of Mr. and Mrs. Buchholz will be rived im port this mermning ot T Hiei ant & eet = Ge to be used by the students in pur-|gard the regulations, and instruct nal charaeter of her personality; that name. But she mastered 150, comfortably located at 6.1 Fiem-_<'cleck from Miami wah sees, beet = Ee Set fee ee suing their studies. jhis deputies to do likewise. Be undimmed stage paces (Continzaed on Page Four) | ing- street. jtons of freight for Key Wet i __ THERE ARE MANY BRANDS y TO CHOOSE FROM BUT IF YOU START OUT WITH REGAL BEER, YOU'LL NEVER CHANGE TO ANOTHER.