The Key West Citizen Newspaper, December 14, 1936, Page 1

Key West. Fivrida. bas the most equabic -imste = the coustry: =ih a= average range of only 14 Fahrenheit ==—.| Che Key West Citizen VOLUME LVII. No, 297. KEY WEST, FLORIDA, MONDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1936. PESCE FIVE CENT. Y WEST SKY DOTTED WITH PLANES Bridges And: Tax: Matters DiscussedAt Meeting Held Here Saturday Afternoon Decided To Send Repre-| MORE MEN PLACED sentatives To Talla- ON BRIDGE WORK’ hassee In Interest Of Proposition ! aes | COMPANY WERE IN KEY | Members of the county com- WEST TODAY missioners and. Overseas Road and Toll Bridge District met inj} Members of the C. Y. Thoma- joint session Saturday afternoon 5°" company, who have Bridge . : Contract B. in the list of Overseas [Bride contracts, were in the city jtoday for another requisition for tion. men to work on the pre‘iminaries Present at the meeting were | °f the contract. B. M. Dunean, chief engineer and | They called at the offices of the manager of the district; B. D. employment service-in the WPA Trevor, members of the commis- building’ and had assigned to the sion; Chairman Carl Bervaldi,' See c re nte e Commissioners Wm. R. Porter, j work four mo carpe i, sain i: Norberg Thompson, Braxton B,!Darco hammer operator and two Warren, Nathan Niles, Clerk Ros:' laborers. C. Sawyer, Attorney Arthur! SEE Gomez, for the board; Judge Wm. A He THOMAS V. Albury and Attorney J. Lance.' fie Alle let Lester. { Urgent matters which were dis-| ENJOYS FISHING cussed at the meeting made it advisable that members of the} commissioners go to Tallahassee EXAMINER FOR LIGHTHOUSE to discuss ways and means, and Commissioner Porter stated today! DEPARTMENT MAKES EX- that he would leave this afternoon! en route to Tallahassee accom-! eee eres panied by Attorney J. Lancelot; = Lester. Attorney Gomez left by| — yesterday and ethers inter-' A. H. Thomas, examiner for the sted in the matter at issue plan lighthouse dep-rtment, who arriv- to leave tomorrow. ied last week to check up local | headquarters, was on an_ inspec- to discuss matters in connection with the bridges and the tax situa- LIGHT TENDER {tion trip last Saturday and yes-| 'terday going out on the Motor | During the time the vessel was So 'going and returning Mr. Thomas SUPERINTENDENT DEMERITT began trolling and had excellent CAME IN ON Ivy __ |luck, catching a large number of THIS MORNING |fish including more than 20 bar- 3 | Tacudas. Superintendent Wm. . De-'. He said this mornnig that he cite of the seventh ievaouaatad never had a better time fish- district, and Chief Radio Elec-' ins even though he had but a brief trician Carl Rom, returned to Key’ time in whieh to angle. West 7 o’clock this morning on spas board the Tender Ivy which ned RED CROSS UNIT been on the west coast of the state. i The suverintendent had been} MEETING T making a regular inspection of| aids to navigation in that section,| leaving last week. Mr, Rom had! There wil be a meeting of the also been'on one of his regular) Red Cross unit held tonight, be- tours of inspection, making re-} ginning at 8 o'clock, at the home pairs and adjustments of radio of Mrs, Grace Phillips, 421 Du- instruments, i jval street, according to announce- ‘Mr. Demeritt"Said today that’ ment made today. the weather was’ delightful, not! This meeting is being held for one delay in the trip was neces-}the purpose of receiving reports sary and he returmed a little; from those who have not already earlier than he anticipated would| turned in their reports in cennec- be possible at this season of the} tion with the drive which was re- year. cently conducted here, it is stated. Endorsement of Advertising Plan FLORIDA STATE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE Jacksonville, Florida, December 11, 1936. Editor The Citizen: We read with great interest an article on the front page of a recent issue of The Key West Citizen explaining the co- operative advertising arrangement you have made with eut- of-State newspapers in advertising Key West. We feel this is an outstanding idea and has unlimited possibilities and wish to compliment you highly for inamgurat- ing this Yplendid plan for publicizing Key West in particular and Florida in general. With warmest personal regards and offering the whole- hearted cooperation of the State Chamber at anytime, I am, believe me Very sincerely, HAROLD COLEE, President. HYMAN FARBER CUBAARRIVES |W.C-BANKSIN CG. VESSELS | UNDER ARREST; FROMTAMPA) «~NEW POSITION’ «STAY INPORT | — RESENTATIVE OF Mi- FIVE TONS OF FREIGHT i } AMI NEWSPAPER FOR KEY WEST | POPPY | ON WEDNESDAY i ee TO HAVE POSED AS REP-| VESSEL BRINGS IN FORTY-; PROMOTED TO MASTER OF AWAITING RETURN OF am.! LIGHTHOUSE TENDER = PLANES FROM HAVANA Hyman Farber, alias Gus Farm-| Steamship Cuba, of the P. and; William C. ee Seemess Vssels of the U. S. Coast Guard, er, Jr:, who has been ing as aj 0. S. S. company, arrived this ‘second officer of the Lighthouse chi stati "i the a nétitnticessheaca a Her-| morning from Tampa with six first Tender Ivy, has been promoted toi” heen een ae j i 4and four second class passengers’ the position of master of : % ald and making a gentle touch for Key West; 20 first and three; house Tender Poppy. jerossing from Key West to Ha- jwhen opportunity afforded, is) second elass passengers for Ha-| Mr. Banks entered the service vana yesterday, are remaining in icounty jail. 1 Key West arriva's: Mrs. Eva Hj der Ivy in June 1919 and was flier¢ are expected to return. ! y, J. H. Ham- later promoted to quartermaster.| $ 2 d cherge of | Bagg, A. E. Kennedy, J. H } er pi @ : He was arrested on a ——, Mrs. :J..H: Hamson, Mrs. C.!OQn'Jan. 1, 1926 he was made! These vessels are the Pandora, possible vagrancy and it was:said . ; ah & 4 ich Mojave, C. G. 212. C. G. 244 and lheuwrould) havobbeenisela-asmel 4), Warren, Mrsy+A.\ West, Rogelio'second officer on the Ivy which | charge had it not been that specif- | x tet | The vessel:also brought 45 tons: Captain Banks is now on the depart! f the las {from the office of the Miami-Her- £. treigh + sack-of mail for! Poppy in the Cal verte, parture of the last, were ald asking that Farber, or Farm: eats ei ; . a ae as Caloosahat along the roete Keepmg constant ler, as the ease may be, be heldion Key Wests six tonsyof freight and River establishing lights and bea- ape ; a eee j 212: sacksi.of mail for Havana. ‘eons to mark the “new Trans “eit inthe event of accident. {State Waterway from the east \“*eutenant Commander Perk- i Iso H ee = suas aah Bee ease MRS PRITCHARD {coast of Florida to via St. Lucie ins, in command of the Pandora, jwith « part of « lettor head of the! 'Canal, Lake Okeechobee, Lake wes this morning paying 2 cour- out ‘a charge of obtaining money un- |transparent material. Qn the let-/ River to the Gulf of Mexico. lofficer in charge at the naval sta- tethead was typed his commis’ : pete ae jlooked impressive and convincing. | | That his efforts to obtain small! WEST THIS MORN; LEAVES GN TRIP. jsums of money were productive; ING i was evidenced by the fact that sev-i . aaiet jal j eral persons had given him small GOES TO TALLAHASSEE ON! sums, they so reported, and in} * - . - B * { A telegram was received in the FICIA! ‘ jhis pocketbook three dollars were | city iaamenitie annonndng tte OFFICIAL BUSINESS IN IN. found. 5 ogee at 5 o’clock this wee DIED AT NOON TODAY TR ( Ol ORADO | Funeral services will be held in} Certain matters which deve‘op-, AT FAMILY HOME | that city tomorrow afternoon. 'ed at a meeting of the board of | ARRIVED HERE! Mr. Pritchard is a brother of county commissioners held Satur-| | Mrs. N. P. Nelson of this city, hav-|day, made it necessary for At-; ing left here several years ago for |torney Arthur Gomez to leave for 9h, died at peen toley ot 1 | home since that time. H ttorney Gomez left on the aft-, FOR WORK ‘AT LOCAL Mrs. “Pritchard Yesided in “Key jerMton-plane-yesterday for Miami; 7 | stternoon af 4 o'clock from West for a time when first mar- {Nd before proceeding to the cap- ‘Who will be much grieved onjter at issne with other officials, 10130) church officiating. learning. of her demise. are daughter, | Steamship Colorado of the j_ Survivors are one : Clyde-Mallory Lines arrived in| g@ TWO PERMITS | Mrs. Alice L. Curry; three sisters, : port early yesterday morning from MUCH INTEREST H Thomas Skelton, Mrs. Ben- |New York with heavy consign- : | iments of. material for the projects IN BLACK SPIDER} in the naval station and after dis- | charging sailed at 2:45 o’clock in : Z ee d tthe afternoon for Tampa. ba Two marriage licenses were is-| ers will be selected from that or- The heaviest part of the entire| . Eugene Bates, who is in, Bay,sutd during the past week from ganization. shipment consisted of 105 tons of Pines Hospital at Bay Pines, Fis,,|the office of County Judge Ray-; steel beams to be used in con-| Wrote his brother, W. L. Bates,/mnod Lord. Issues were made ; ‘struction of the group of five new|#8king if The Citizen would ob-jio: : i TEMPERATURES finger piers at the naval station to | Jeet to sending to the hospital the; James Milton Whitehead andj Pease as pce ‘replace the wooden structures’ black widow spider which had\Barbara Mae Lones; Cecil Brady | *** ‘ which have been demolished. been given so much publicity andjand Mavie Key. : Lowest Highest Steamship Yoro of the Stand-|8een by hundreds of people. —__—_——- Station— last night last 24 hours ard Fruit and Steamship company,| Mr. Bates’ letter arrived after] Root Rot Control | Abilene 30 52 is d ive this afternoon or |*he spider had deposited hep eges | Atlanta ... 36 52 evening from Philadelphin. com | im the cottony ease it had con- Developed In Texas, poston 5 3s ;, . | structed at the top of the jar in ; Buffalo 36 ee thenBorten Dock ico) Telacit dae eaetined, and 4hedl (iy Ansnetated Peonny ‘ Char’ : 50 This vessel is en route to Fron-| decided that it had done a good} TEMPLE, Tex., Dec. 14.—-Dr. i:Ghicago 40 hes : 1d in {J@he. and sexpired, = C. H. Rogers, plant pathologist-at: Herver 5 58 tera, Mexico, but is to be held in |JPRe.®™ p - 5 = : il Fri well Hence Mr. Bates‘will be denied| the Blacklands experimentistation: mb, oit J 38 port until Friday, according to ad- opi ity vof © seeing the | here, has developed a mew method) Fuvon vices received by the Porter Dock sp aghorr amet hed as far as is!Of root rot control (Sot BW 3éckaiek i company. SaaS ‘wed ! plots ef shallow-rooted ,ornamien-' _ Pee es _ . | knowg, is the:only one ever caught i ae ne og WEST _ wy me | West. im lieu of the spi- i <— Angeles .% ; TEXANS, TEXIANS? s pictunes:of the deadly insect; He digs the soil from ‘around! Miami _.. iT 68 THAT’S QUESTION | with:a complete description of its|the plant to a depth ofithree feet Minneapolis! | 2 habits are being sent by The Citi-|and four feet in area and replaces New Orleans . 44 (My Assectnted Press) zen to Mr. Bates. it with soil knewn to be free of New York 28 AUSTIN, Tex., Dec. 14.—The ee root rot. He mixes this with one; Pensacola . 46 letter “1” has split residents of SLEEPS WITH CATS Part copper sulphate to 50 parts’ St. Louis _.. 36 the Lone Star state into two earth, } Salt Lake City 22 camps over whether they should} HILLSEORO, N. H.—Miss} Dr. Rogers says chemicals will San Francisco 50 be known as Texans or Texians. |Leura Molien, farm woman of this|not penetrate deeply enough to Sezttle . 46 | The argument was revived re-,city shaves her bedroom with|kill all root rot infection when Tampa . 54 | cently after Mayor LaGuardia of| twenty-one cats. Each night sev-| applied at the surface or even at Washington _ 28 !New York sent Governor James] eral of them sleep at the foot of|plow depth. Thorough mixture of; Williston _ 30 ‘Vv. Allred an old playbill describ- the bed while others are in boxes| the chemical with the soil kills the} ing a program given Jan. 7, 1836,| beside it, disease. = the American theater on the Bowery for the benefit of the i Gove Allred publicly suggested | residents be referred to as “Tex- ANNOUNCING— [chard F- Burges, took the. ap. GRAND OPENING posite view on the ground “Tex-) 7 \ coin? sevabncie|\ BENA’S GARDEN OF ROSES Both sides found ready converts, |and debate has reached Homeric ON CHRISTMAS EVE ‘The coziest night club in town—in the heart of the city but away frofn the crowd. Offering fleor space that will accommodate two hundred couples eomfortably. A newly_constructed annex with a new bar that is ultra modern. Tables in ball toom and on the veranda. DANCE to the rhythm of “Sugar” Sweeting’s Swing Band. Celebrate Christmas Eve with your friends at PENA’S GARDEN OF ROSES. Make reservations now! Call 287-W. ‘COUVERT -..... $1.10 (Including Tax) al SA bth dtd dtétdAttdtdddéda \ { \ | i=. Tonight at 8:00 0’Clock —BARGAINS FOR ALL— (ALtkakdedd AUCTION SALE | Chen nee. N) ae FRANK JOHNSON / i Light-j "ute to be guides to the airplanes fer the fimal ep & the Geet &- te-mational Mem Key Westie ~ oH ae Brera an inmate of the Monroe | vana. {as seaman on the Lighthouse Ten-' port until Wednesday when the, “®™* © "see A ccowd, extmee <4 te be ie exces: <f 3208 oe * comeined ot the ciepet Guerra, Veneta: A. Vanz, H. Me-/ position he filled satisfactorily to C: G. 837, and yesterday from the throughout the day Se an she == ie advices were received today | Touchton, Miss ‘E.:-Aranz. ‘date. ‘arrival of the first plane to the itimg sportamen and their glaaee Bed we mer 2 Mum seeecs the departure of the fhems race frcus that point, and sS net until 8-446 a2 = thet Ge Se= | Herald undernesth a piece of | DIES IN Wi Al Hiepochee and Caloosahatehee tesy call on Lieutenant Wm. Klaus, plane Eghted at the pect i tion, and said that the cutters and =cming out of che East, the aoe as representative of the paper an: H COUNTY ATTORNEY patrol vessels would remain until 4 ins os the pal a junder the transparent covering NEWS RECEIVED IN KEY; Wednesday. fuselege and wing: Bt was pict «d by Dwane L Wallece of ita, Kamsas. whe the Gey . were bod woe the coveted Acgeetee trophy i the 250-mile eveet =f jdeath of Mrs, Andrew agen | TEREST OF COUNTY OLD RESIDENT OF KEY WEST gs x. ge ADA a aftermecs. ht was 2 Cessna plane. built Mrs, Ethelinda A. Weatherford. ' the company of which Mr Wal VESS=L BROUGHT MATERIAL| Miami, where he has made his,@ ¢onference in Tallahassee. \home, 1214 Knowles Lane. Fun- ice is president, equipped with = jeral services will be he'd tomor- 145-herse power Wareer S§, ae- ter. He carried im the finely o> po nted cabin sp ome pamenge Miss Bett- Brownme Stunt Flyer From Roumane Key West bad an oppertumas fer = beet ts ‘jamin Lopez, Mrs. Benjamin Rus- *° ©Stertain T WED ISSUED 22: one brother, S. J. Knowles. sportsmen-flie-s from pommis sf a mania. Capt A Papens. ume The order of Golden Eagie will near ot hand as Homestead. and « jatterd the funeral, and pallbear- 5. ter gway as Bucharest, Boo scant i West fying alone His subestt when the planes vane. of the if it i! if te tt I SRL 4] i i ¢. ! if rH ? H i il I F bat it . ety i; Mi i it tet ft rll My iuil Th REGAL FLAVOR IS NATURAL FLAVOR—INGREDIENTS ARE CHOSEN TO BLEND WITH OLD TIME SKILL, AND BREW rly