The Key West Citizen Newspaper, December 11, 1936, Page 1

Associated Press Day Wire Service. For 56 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West KEY WEST, FLORIDA, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1936. ewm@eaeae-7\sFFIRMATIVE | WPAUNIT WILL PUT Mr SDEWISIN ON OPERETA NEXT HY Entries In Air Race meena SCHOOL DEBATE FRIDAY IN MIAMI Sunday Have Been Accepted John C. McClure, who re- sides at 26050 Lake Shore Boaleverd, Euclid City, Ohio, . Stith amen, poe lt AdEienl Beckers Gf NING AT HIGH SCHOOL WAS: KEY WEST TO PARTICI 2 . : Recepien Coumiliee and Mts. McClure, are #ecent GREATLY ENJOYED BY ALL rate, xenearsac wu. 8t [NUSUAL WEATHER - Aumeunced For Comme arrivals in Key West and are ee rsa _ DURING NOVEMBER i Evex “Interesting beyond expectation! Negotiations were completed delighted with the city, weather and people and in fact everything here pleases and interests them. While discussing the city atid ité attractions yesterday, and gave convincing evidence of today for an open-air presente MIGHIST TEMPERATURES = the keen petceptive powers pos-' tion of the Pirates of Penzance by’ supry yeaes pURING FE sessed by students of the Key. the Federal Music Project of the West High Schoél, and their abil- WPA in Miami next Friday night. RIOD; LOWEST & THIRTY- i 5 ion-/feny Key Westers who have " ty to salyne quadieien <8 Ratha Te ee in aaguitin bales aa THREE Y=ARS step ie the Elysian Fields.” Daas, : 644444) al interest in a ciear and positive! 10 part in the performance im imanner. The debaters deserve | Bayfront Park. ; netfee st osha ralroron: |POEM SUBMITTED great credit.” | That the operetta of Gilbert! . BY JOHN DE P00 The foregoing was a dec'sion! and Sullivan will be presented in { | Wednesday and sailed yesterday] “at which one of the men present ae made by a resident of Key West, *he Magic City was indicated im who has attended many debates a telegram received by George Dr. Gregg Gia ee ‘ ; connection with the All American! or St Petersburg. During his The head of the match flew off as| TWELVE-YEAR-OLD SON OF stay the commanding officer, in; it ignited and landed in the tree pk. é jas: subto i Mills White, district supervisor of and was surprised at the versatil-'4,. pederal Musie Project, from vplanrabien ppt sit ity and exeptional ability display-'Dr. Clarence Carter Nice, state the trip to Key W est for an in-;company with Captain S. A Peter-| ornaments. In this fire three ag far aan ‘ast ary ectene = on a <= spection of the local bureau and|son, in charge of the local office; children anal their ‘mother iar DE Poo eta. pecs ley are att aan seeps eee este 2 = & : i «2. . and three other persons were een eS oan with the local office ‘ot the serviee, paid offifcial vis- | riously burned. The house was electric utilities should be govern-' project have been arranging for = copa : = lits to Major J. D, MacMullen,! gestroyed, ment owned and operated.” jthe performance one week before = Retcaietuedi tiie GU. S. A., commanding officer at! “In the East a dwelling was de- i dies iocal ottice and vinted e ow Key West barracks; Mayor H. C.!stroyed by a fire started by a|™™ eo ™ —— of the interesting si before|Galey and G. N. Goshorn, depaty!short cireuit in Christmas | tree} mits eee ‘pigreepeanr: pcape Seas et n f - ied tye A ‘ - 4 ue si! res ieir earn ness fakiay iefions tie leollector in charge at this port, |Jights. The New York Fire Patrol| which is herewith produced. ‘fhe sind tabexestiod in Shei ddan ol VOLUME LVI. No. 295. Chief Of U. S. Weather Bureau |AVOID CHRISTMAS Pays Visit To Key West Today py od Accompanied By Emest LT, IMLAY PLEASED nea or nav wast muieatt: Carson Of Miami Of WITH VISIT IN CITY: MENT EMPHASIZES NEED fice; Met On Arrival By FOR GREATER SAFETY DUR- ;j COMMANDING OFFICER OF, ING HOLIDAYS | G. S. Kennedy | | COAST GUARD CUTTER ly | eS NEMESIS Mr. McClure said that he is i enjoying a delightful visit and day by day the allure of the city becomes stronger: “After Key West the next |. “The Christmas holidays may ‘be clouded by fire tragedies un- ae : : tless peop'e are careful,” said Fire United States Weather Bus) IChiet Harry M. Baker, in an in-( reau, in Washington, and Ernest; Lieutenant Miles H. Imlay,|terview with The Citizen today. Miami | CO™manding officer of the Coast; He empMasized the need for great- Guard Cutter Nemesis, was an-|€F Safety at this time, quoting re- ports of Christmas deaths and de- other pleased visitor to Key West, Istruetion received each yeat from rived this morning on a plane of and thcugh here but a short time,|the National ‘Board of Fire Un- the Coast Guard. They were in enjoyed his stay and did not hesi- | derwriters. the city at 9 o'clock and left on {tte in saying so. “From the South came word of | The C. G. C. Nemesis arrived |? Christmas Eve patty,” he said, | | | Dr. William R. Gregg, chief of Aut gt meee Se eee week we ee pe pers Carscn, in charge of the i ee AB hee Se Be —— Me kee bee greene ot Seceenle aed office of the Weather Bureau, ar- Diseussing weather conden: in Key West this worming with G. S. Kennedy, offical m@ change | condita: ple ove gem abeed at the local westher burees, be A told The Crtzen that at ime ume orth er eee See the return trip at 11 o'clock. Mr. Kennedy said. when the high £ andes est temperature fer any Novem ber in 50 years was recetéed and the lowest im 33 pears os = 5 perienced. John De Poo, 12-year-old son of} From the beginning of the de- Christmes, but it was not until Dr. and Mrs. Julio De Poo, sub-!bate the young people taking the ‘this morning that last obstacles ,had been hurdied by those in asked for immediate advice as to Bam Eee Before boarding the plane for! Miami he said that he was pleased! with the conditions at the local office and had a very e! and informative vis return later and SURPRISED AT. | CUT IN TAXES: { BROUGHT ABOUT BY FLOR-| IDA HOMESTEAD LAW | NOW IN EFFECT Trembling-with excitement, the ten dollar bil! he held in his hand quivering like an aspen, and tears and smiles strugyling for mastery over his emotions, George Adder- ly stood in the office of Tax Col-| lector Frank Ladd undecided what| had happened when to'd that his; taxes had been reduced from $81 to 40 cents, At first he looked at the tax collector in amazement. Then a frown crezsed his brow at the un- foimed thought that perhaps in former years he had been over-| taxed. Then he smiled at the thought that Mr. Ladd was just| joking and began to lay his mon- ey on the desk with conflicting emotions évident in his question- ing look. H It was not until he had the} Florida Homestead Law fully ex-! plained to him that he realized; that it would be necessary fori him to pay only a small fraction! of the sum he formerly paid on! the two and three quarter acres of accompanying Specificaly the recend< shew etter VESSEL TOOK ON | Meta, bound from Lieutenant Imlay has for the’ Teported 20 Christmas tree fires in| ijjustration past three years been in service ithe city. One of these was in a} Ta!lapoosa, but tly or-, father and his two small sons were ito thie district, relicving’ burned to death. A shoft circuit mand of the Nemesis. Lieutenant |. CuO ee, pied i ii fi 3¢_ | inite 1 iS 0 10" i Baker is now in San Diego, Cae daiing the holiday aieaa, and be SCHOONER META Swaccko“uct Chief Baker’s Safety Rules Don’t use any electrical equip- { Underwriters’ Laboratories; then {you can be sure it meets the stand- ‘ard requirements of safety. This and electrical gifts. Fuses, plugs AND SAILED FOR TAMPA land sockets should also be stand- ,ard, Two-masted auxiliary pereyng toys or appliai Honduras to! When not in use and don’t hang iwires over nails. the port yesterday out of fuel oil! use electrical toys until carefully and was assisted by the Coast iinstructed and then only under Guard Patrol Boat 825. jadult supervision. pier of the Porter Dock company, ee fixtures. Be took on, fuel oil and sailed 4:45 | a es cs o’clock for Tampa with a cargot Don’t use combustible decora- consisting of 3600 cocoanuts and: ‘ . are now on sale. ee # Don’t keep the tree up after . the holidays as it becomes dried TEXANS, TEXIANS? . | Don’t use fast-burning decora- THAT'S QUESTION! & for the table or house, as |they make the place decidedly dan- at Juneau, Alaska, on the Cutter | Six-story tenement house and a/ Lieutenant L. H. Baker, in com-|in tree lights was responsible.” ‘urged everyone to be guided by COMES TO PORT| Seeane unless it bears the label of FUEL OIL AT PORTER DOCK 4 Sean to ‘Christmas tree lights her home port of Tampa, entered ; Don’t permit young children to The vessel berthed at the main! Don’t set up the tree close to itions or ornaments. The safe kind out and a greater fire hazard. celebra- (By Associated Press) AUSTIN, Tex., Dec. 11—The}gérous for a Christmas letter “I” has split residents of! tion. the Lone Star state into two, Don’t be careless in the use of camps over whether they: should, Matches and. smoking materials. be known as Texans or Texians. Don’t use lighted candles on The argument was revived re-jttees or window sills—or any- cently after Mayor LaGuardia of , Where near burnable materials. New York sent Governor James! Don’t permit wrapping paper, V. Allred an old piaybill deserib- tissue or gift boxes to accumu. ing a program given Jan. 7, 1836,|Jate. Dispose of them quickly. It closely resembles a wooden flute, i Te § the i the question, and held the inter- verses is a cted-tab'e drawing of jest of the audience with the foree a vezs2I flying a flag with the in| itials U. S.'S. andi the title of the{Sble command of language and) craft Helf-Under. ‘gy sarod carve cepiaget. a z 5 ae the affirmative side were: The ill>stration is compatible/sidney Aronovitz, Anita Berko- with the lines of the verses in that |witz and Winnifred Shine. Oppos- the patched appearance of the'ing or negative side was upheld hull indicates that it will disin-iby Vance Stirrup, Andrew El- tegrate and disappear with the| wood and Norma Garcia. Hilary first discharge of the cannon:-A’bury was chairman of the de- mounted in the bow, ready for at-{ tack or defense, : the personnel which will come ‘from Key West to Miami. that on November 13, Mr. White emphasized today thet @1] persons expecting to par- tieipate in the performance in Mi- during the th smee 1905 ami must attend the rehearsal of od in connection witn the trip to Mi- bating ciel Mary Lotise Beh- “Sit oad sevengements fot housing; niwell. acted as ti per. The following is the poem: Thése selected to the ar-' _ MY BOAT guments offered by the debaters’ Pve built a boat (it sure is eute) 5 (were: E. A. Strunk, of the South; Florida Contracting and Engi- So fu!l of holes; it seems to me,/meering company; C. E. Smith,! It'll sink as soon as it sees the sea. |agent for the Clyde-Mallory Lines; | _ J }Allan B. Cleare, Jr., county solici-! ll take it out, tor; Ida Weintraub, and, Ide Sn-! And sail away southeast by south,'gel, teachers of the Key West; *Til I eotne to the land where (the | High School. | ons Yr : The natives sing and dance all day. tives of corporations, two‘ in Sie ‘ representatives of the educational ,* , you pesple thin! it my boat lattorney, of Key West, and one/ on -ert which is to be given next gee i won't go; attorney, and after the votes on Tuesday night in the High Schoo! | Well, just for that, I won’t let you: the debate were announced the 5 under sponsorship , know 4 declaration of opinion was that the of the Key ee *s Club ‘totalling $4,300. issues were | — — Approximately 60 persons prob-} Where the is'e is where I’ll sit-in‘ affirmative side was victorious by sweet repose, a vote of four to one. And to all you doubters, I'll raise . es EXPLAINS WORK the open-air presentation of the! Developed In Texas OF NY | Pirates of Penzance in Miami Fri-\vsi street jday night will tax to the limit it mem- Knowles; cost. bers of the company. Many re- General LOCAL H=ZADQUARTERS an! necessarily will be he'd of ates anh dene 3 SWERS MANY QUESTIONS between now and the departure Qwner, Will PERTAINING TO SAME concert is being given for |fit of the local welfare fund. (By Associated Preant TEMPLE, Tex., Dec. 11.—Dr. C. H. Rogers, plant pathologist at the Blacklands experiment station here, has developed a new method of root .rot control for small plots of shallow-rooted ornamen- tal plants, He digs the soil from around the plant to a depth of three feet and four feet in area and replaces for Miami, Mr.White pointed out, ¢se0. Many persons have asked constitutes the work of young men and women who 1336. ce of the arguments and the admir-' Rehearsal Tonight high was 88 degrees, whct = te a : = highest since November, 2556 and on November 28. 2 low of 54 was recorded, which = the lowe<t Mr. Kennedy ssid that the com= of Texas is experiencing seme ‘ee arrme bere temperatures but up to the det Key West hes beer mavens amos farm land he owns on Key Vacas.| i0© 4) P'S etcan theater on the| Then frowns disappeared, doubt vanished and he walked from the, office as though he had not one eare in the world. pa “ Mr. Ladd adid this motaing that! residents be referred to as “Tex- A jians.” An El Paso attorney, he has had the same experience | ‘*” ‘ . on several occasions when persons a pay "5 ea ed had entered the office, placed the eee ced See mena usual amount on the desk, only to, Both sides found ready’ converts, learn that the homestead law was, in effect and their taxes were only j and debate has reached Homeric a minimum of what they were for- | Proportions. Bowery for the benefit of the “Texians.” Gove Allred publicly suggested | ACTS OF VANDALISM “KILL” ROAD SIGNS (By Associated Press) sCHARLESTON, W. Va., Dee. | 11.—How long should a road sign stay on the job? About five | years if everyone would let it ! alone. | Chief Engineer Mortimer W. Smith, explaining what an im- portant part a uniform sign sys* tem plays in the lives of motor- ists, has discovered that too many persons like to take highway markers home or something. He says 1 “Replacement of signs is fre- {quently necessary, not so much because they haturally beconie obsolete as because of vandalism. SHOPPING DAYS LEFT Don’t give 2 child a flimsy mo- ‘tion picture machine. Use only ‘machines and film approved by iUnderwriters’ Laboratories. | Don’t, under any circumstances, H use the dangerous nitro-cellulose these ate not only a severe fire | hazard, but also give off d fumes as they burn. Don’t give toys that require an alcohol or kerosene lamp. Thete are too many chances of an aeci- ident causing a fatal fire. “Some people keep a fire ex- tinguisher or a pail of water ready for instant use,” the fire chief concluded, “and this certainly is } good idea. Instruct your fam- ily in these rales and then they may all enjoy the holidays with- out the danger of fire.” ‘TANK STEAMER — ARRIVES HERE i Steamship Mendocino, tanker | under charter to the Tankers’ Cer- poration of New York, arrived in port this morning and berthed at jthe main pier of the Porter Deck company. The Mendocine is bound from pit with soil known to be free of Sex rot. He mixes this with one t part copper sulphate to 50 parts’ earth. . Dr. Rogers says chemicals will }not penetrate deeply enough to films from regular theaters, 3} xi] al] root rot infect | ‘ion when applied at the surface or even at plow depth. Thorough mixture of, the chemical with the soil kills the SLEEPS WITH CATS HILLSPORO, N. H—Miss| Leura Mollen, farm women of this! city shares her bedroom with| eral of them sleep at the foot of the bed while others are in boxes beside it. STAMFORD, man, 14, and 10, of this patents’ home fin allo employed by the National Youth Administration and today The Citizen asked the same question at headquarters, and received an informative reply. Besides numerous tasks in con-} Ps nection with work in the different snoop pte a city and county offiees a group of ; P@*s of oe young git!s are engaged in making = WILLIAM CAMERO up if i i | i I | ay te al +] f i , if ha sheds h lil rie & £ at af te it { on . © qapecod ue. = > er 2 ere the ~<weue dumm the Gey oe an Te Comet Fliers ae re \ lr | a at i ned ih { Ht i | Mt rt | te! if "he if Uh Tat ’ | - a CTION SALE An indisturbed sign should last) Montreal, Canada, to Tampico, for five or more years without! Mexico, took on bunkers at the replacement. It is probable that’ Porter company and was to sail over half of the signs replaced|this afternoon for her destina- are because of vandalism.” tion. AVOR IS --INGREDIENTS ARE CHOSEN TO BLEND Tee HEE +H 7 | ih REGAL FLAVOR IS NATURAL FLAV: WITH OLD TIME SKILL, AND BREW IN