The Key West Citizen Newspaper, January 9, 1937, Page 1

al Nate tb For 56.Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West VOLUME LVIII. No. 8. Ferry System And Motor Lines IN’S WAR. Criticized On Service Given| RATHER TOUGH Mater ls Taken Up/CUBA ARRIVES At Meg Ot Cou! FROM HAVANA, VESSEL LEFT LATE IN AFT- ERNOON ENROUTE Monroe County Ferry System TO TAMPA and Florida Motor Lines were * criticized im no uncertain terms} EXTRAORDINARY MARKET IS PROMISED AT CONCLUSION OF ACTIVITIES BEING CAR- RIED ON iy Askociated Preday se iSpain, Jan, 9.—Spain promises an mobiles; trucks and buses at the TALAVERA DE LA REINA, Steamship Cuba, of the P. and extraordinary market for auto-} (Opening Dinner And Dance At beautiful costumes, with lilting! dow, dance musie and amid surround- u Vides which’ lent a formality to| MT and Mrs. Morris Holtsberg | thosespresent, the formal opening Herman Holtsberg, dinner dance at La Casa Marina Steinke, Miss Charlotte Greenwald, last night was one of the most | Mr, and Mrs, Charles Aronovitz, conspicuous successes in the his-; Sidney Aronovitz, Jake Aronovitz. tory of this great hostelry. Lt. W. Klaus and party. Guests atriving at the dinner; Mr. and Mrs. W. J, Peabody, lhour of 8 o’cloek were served with: Miss Blin Peabody,” Miss Jane a meal which was the last word | Peabody, Jack N. Thompson, Mr. iin epicurean delights. The dinner} Caikins, Jonathan Latimer. jwas marked by special parties,! Dr. and Mrs. J. A. Valdes, Mr. tables being reserved for several’ and Mrs. Dan Navarro. days in advance. Special dinner; Mr. and Mrs, Brenner, Mr. and | musie was rendered, Mrs. Jennings. R -Casa-Marina Was Grand Success} ON AUTO CARS» Marked by a brilliant array of Capt..W. L, Johnson, Major sit. | |King of Orlando, will arrive | in! last night by members of eee S. S. company, arrived yester- county commissioners and W. M! Egan, in charge of the informa: day from Havana with 22 first|/conclusion of the war. and 17 second class passengers for Key West; 35 first class for St. Petersburg; 31 first and nine sec-/ 7, Following the dinner, dancing Thousands of these, most!y of| was started in the spacious ball- American manufacture, already|room, which this season will be have been wrecked or worn out by|the gathering place for many so- tion beoth in Miami. ond ¢lass for Tampa. g ini a H Egan Key West arrivals: Leo Kram-|the war. Thousands more, it is ex-} 90 was. introduced "| er, Clyde Sumner, Henriette Sum- | pected, will meet a similar fate ‘be-! Commissioner Wim; R. Porter and| ety Elmer H. Gaumont, John F./fore the fighting ends. i ¢ MeDermott, Celida Curbelo, Ho-| A huge toll of cars and trucks: at once wont into a description:of facia L. Smith Lily M. Smithy Min. has cen taken, by road. mishaps the deficiencies of both the: motor|nie Isaacs, Ella Mayo, Elizabeth} bul'ets, artillery fire and ariplane! kin Smith, Julio DePoo, Isabel DePoo,| bombs. Hundreds remain in opera- and the ferry system asven-) 5) Frank Rushton, Estelle Rush-|tion with bullet holes as evidence | countered by him personally andjton, William G. Thuss, Louisejof narrow escape from disaster. reports fi Thuss, John Martin, George Mar- ‘Requisiti , p neapihean oe tis, Athold H: | Ehte, neserie On both cael sso been; One of the shortcomings was, Ehle, Alex K. Sesson, Conception | ...mendeered ee aly Gocmer| the iy &k of bus faciliti, Ramirez, Alicia Ramirez, Alberto} |; us facilities on the Carillo, * Hilda Carillo, | Alberto cial trucks and buses take the; cial functions of the fashionable clientele. Music throughout the affair was furnished by Vincent Prin- cipale’s Orchestra. L. P. Schutt, manager of La Casa Marina, was an excellent host to his friends in this city and guests of the hotel, and was high- ly pleased with the success of the affair. OF the 182 guests attending, those who registered were: Mrs, Alfred G. Eddy, Mrs. Hebe ‘trip fom Hog Key to make two Carillo, Adolfo Ramirer, John De. {Pi#¢e of military trucks for troop,!Menner, General H. C. Hale. trips io order to get the passen- | Poo; Henrietta Anti, Milagro Mo- gun and munition transport. The} Mr. and Mrs. J. H. H. Ker, / times, corrected at once, to th 4 A sign “Requisitionéd” maks_ al-j Miss Wheat. 2a aad Fe oe ne tne ene, ti oa eee carr'|most every serviceable automobile! Mr. and Mrs. J. L, Fort. * = =. *)in Spain. A. Jungmaker. Thii in the opinion of Mr./ sai Hakim Hague d Greed There is evidence that this} Dr. and Mrs. Wm. R. Warren, Egan, hovld be eliminated, and‘ Winiani Charles Frossard, steps taken to have a sufficiently large bus on the run to accom-|St. Petersburg with the fo!lowing modate all the bookings from Key West: Tee eign, iublerd; Roth Babcock, Mrs. Emerson, Dr. H. Blanton, Joc " tive at the destination from aay) West. defects in the operations of the bus lines, which should be cor- reeted at once, it was pointed out, Ss Wel made to , exceedingly awkward situations at} There were also a number of complaints regarding the opera- tioris of the erties. Some of them specific and other general one of the specific instances was the .uck of aaherence to rules and: regulations which, in one in- stance, had a number of passen.! gers frightened as to the out- come. Another complaint was the con- duct of the dining room forces and the lack o7 discipline which! was evident at times, and this lack imeluded the almost slovenly ap-| pearance of some of the em- ployes. Mr. Porter said that some of the criticisms were justified re-| garding both the ferries and the transportation by bus, and said that these matters would be taken| up with those in charge of the} services mentioned and he «saidj that the necessary improvements’ would be made, at 4 Chairman Carl Bervaldi opined) that it would be .an, exceedingly progressive step and certainly an! improvement in transportation! facilities to have twoybuses leav-! ing daily with passengers tb and! from the ferries which are now! making two’ trip each way daily.| This will also be taken up at) once it was said. eOeeereccoccccccccasecee TEMPERATURES Seeceeccsecossseeseosces Lowest Highest Station— !ast night last 24 hours Abilene 14 16 Atlanta . 46 58 Boston .... 42 52 Buffalo ... a8 58 Charleston _.. 60 68 Chicago 2 56 Denver ... 2 Detroit ... 58 Galveston 72 Havana - qi _ Huron 20 -8 Jaeksonville .. 64 78 Kensas City 0 10 | KEY WEST . 72 80 Little Rock . 32 70 Los Angeles .. 34 50 ! 38 66 12 78 718 6 New Orleans .. 68 80 New York ... 48 54 Pensacola 64 68 | Pittsburgh... 56 66 | St, Louis 14 62 Salt Lake City--12 12 San Francisco 32 42 Seattle mp OE. 32 Tampa .... 64 82 Washington 54 68 Williston _..-20 0 | j Hate and a number of There are. a number of other class, NILES IS MADE TAKES PLACE OF EVERETT i trict, has been appointed highway jett R. Rivas, who was appointed “transportation loss” has been far heavier on the leftist side than with the insurgents, who have had military The ship sailed 5:30 o'clock for Lars | the advantage of more J organization, Minister for Justice Garvia Oli- ver, speaking at Valencia, declar- ed recently that “more automo- biles have been wrecked and ruin- ed in the past four months than would ordinarily be the case over a period of 50 years.” Soldiers Go Joy-Riding Reports.from- Madrid. and _Ya- lencia indicate that more than a few cats have been wrecked by “joy-riding” militiamen, in most cases workers who find themselves in possession of powerful and ex- pensive cars for the first time. In San Sebastian, during the very first days of the war, the saw luxury cars taken from and public garages and, covered with red-painted signs and driven about with reckless disregard for the we'fare of the machine, Highway warfare in first months of the struggle took a heavy toll of cars, trucks and buses and torn reads have contributed to acci- second RIVAS WHO HAS RE- SIGNED Nathan Niles, former county|w commissioner from the Fifth Dis-| private traffic officer and assumed the duties of the patrol Thursday night. The appointment follows the resignation of Patrol Officer Ever- several weeks ago and was serv- ing temporarily until a successor|dents. Wrecked, overturned was decided upon. {burned cars have been a most ob- In tendering his resignation Mr.| vious sign of the costs of war. Rivas said that he was attached to Sas cheweid Wascists the State Plant Board and had!’ j¢ will be months, after the war accepted the patrol work until his}: concluded, before Spain can re- successor was appointed. He did] store normal highway transporta- not feel it fair to occupy two of-| tion, | fi¢és and asked that since a com- Holy Spain will pay for new petent successor, had been approv-| equipment is another matter, Most ed that his resignation be ac-|cars, tracks and buses have been cepted! ___ | American imports in the past. If He ‘will perform his duties with|the insurgents win, it is assumed, the ‘platit’ board and has been no-!this)market for American cars will tified that his appointment as/find new and controlled competi- deputgialieriff has been recorded] tion from Germany and Italy as and his bond of $1,000 approved. | one rewsrd for eatly recognition FRANK INGRAM by those countries. COMING HERE| DEFENDANTS GIVEN HEARING STATE WPA ADMINISTRATOR TO DISCUSS MATTERS CASES WILL GO DIRECT TO WITH LOCAL UNITS CRIMINAL COURT FOR TRIAL Frank Ingram, recently appoint- ed state WPA administrator, was due to arrive in Key West some | time this week-end to meet with Joseph Russell and Ivan Saun- ders were arraigned this morning, the local administrative force and{the former for preliminary hear, discuss futute operations. ing on charges of having in his This information was received! Place of business: liquor without last evening by Area Supervisor the required excise stamp, and the B. Curry Moreno, during a long latter for having gambling para~ distance conversation with O. A.jPhernalia in his place of business. Sandquist, director of the third| Mr. Russell appeared before WPA district in Florida. County Judge Raymond Lord and When Tom Orr was director of! Mr. Saunders before Justice of the Key West district Mr..Ingram|the Peace Franklyn Arenberg. was here as his guest and at that Both of the accused men waived time said he would like to return| Preliminary examination and their for another visit, and his desire |¢ases will go direct to the criminal is to be realized, it was said. court. They were each placed un- DANCE Tonight 10 till ? RAUL’S CLUB Tony’s Service Station Phone 34 Grinnell at Fleming Cars Washed, Polished, Greased and Repaired John Pritchard’s Orchestra SEE US ABOUT FERRY Adm. $1.00 Ladies Free! RESERVATIONS and! Mr, and Mrs. James Roberts, Miss Etta Patterson, Mrs. Fredericka Prindle, Mrs. 0. S. Long, Jack nor Warren, Mrs. Julia Bean, Mr, and Mrs, H. P. Connable and party. Mrs. C. D, Harrington. | Edna Smith. Mr. and Mrs. Ben D. Trevor. Miss Mary B. Trevor, Mr. and Mrs. Jerry J. Trevor, Mrs. Arthur West, Miss ‘Long, Mrs, 'C. C. Evans, Miss Leo-| | Mr. and Mrs. Allan B. Cleare, |Mrs. W. T. Eckberg. Joseph Peacon, Mrs, Angela Baldwin. Vaughn, Dr. and Mrs. W. P. Rice, Miss Preciosa Lopez, Joe A‘len, Aquilino Lopez, Jr., Miss ;Mary Jo McMahon, Mr, and Mrs. John C. Miller. Mr. and Mrs. D, Williams. Jr., Miss Kathleen Hughes. Dr. and Mrs. Harry N. S. Jones, Mr. and Mrs. Melvin E. Russell, and Mrs, Earl Julian, Mr. and ; Robert McCarthy, Mr. and Mrs. !ace O’Bryant. Mr..and Mrs, Ray Curry and party, | Isabelle Ball, Mr. and Mrs, E. A. | Grady, Mr. and Mrs, Sebastian Robert F. Spottswood, John! | Spottswood, Mr. and Mrs. D. K.; | Williams, ‘Mrs. A. E. Sharp‘ey, Miss Elizabeth Sharpley. Mr, and Mrs. Leo F. Hughes, | | jell are Mrs. Minme Rouse, and’ while under the 1 Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Pierce, Mr.|Mrs. May Alspaugh, of Orlando. | ‘iquor. | Edwin Trevor, Mr. and Mrs. Hor-/ jing, assisted by ‘Bernice ' range of only 14° Fahrenheit : et LL PAY ‘OFFICIAL VISIT TO POCAHONTAS; OFFICERS OF LODGE TO BE INDUCT- 1 ED TUESDAY NIGHT NUMBER OF CASES WILL BE, TRIED DURING JAN- UARY TERM H ‘ae Great Pocahontas, Mrs. Ethel! Reports of county officials for the last six months of the year Criminal Court of Record will} which were not filed at the meet- jconvene Monday morning in the) ing Wednesday night were filed and + acnty court house with Judge. @t the meeting last night as fol- William V. Albury to preside. | lows: ; 7S \ Among the .eases: which have) Frank: H. Ladd'e report. as ing to be held on Tuesday night, ' heen filed: for trial at this term! °™=*y tax ‘collector showed col- Allan B, | atin of $1,541.40; expenses of Key West on Tuesday, seeorn-| panied by Great Weconah, Mrs. Anna Knowles of Tampa, Great First Scout Mrs. Mabel) Decker of Or!ando, for the meet- paying their official visit to the,by County Solicitor Hodge. ioe ai Pipa ‘| $744.76; “leaving a net income of . Betancourt an ‘illiam, “The members of the great coun- i Knowles, driving: automobiles $796.64. influence of| | DUting ‘the first~six months of | the year Mr, Ladd’s office ex- The following will be inducted} George Strawn, driving while| Pe?“es showed a deficit in excess | Mrs. Charles Taylor, Mr. and Mrs. |into office by Minoea Council,| under the influence of liquor andj °f income of $446.22. Hence for © Reymond R. Lord, Lieut. and Mrs. vq. 18, Degree of Pocahontas, at|is also charged with assault with the entire year of 1936 the tax ithe “rising of chiefs’ ceremonies|intent to commit manslaughter. | Cllector’s income was $350.42. to be held on the same evening,! This is the case in which the One reason of this meager re- with Deputy Tessie Crews presid- | 2¢Cused ran down and injured/turn for his services is shown in Patrolman Aberlardo Lopez, Jr. | ‘ temen’ Park,| George Gwynn and Mark Plum- the: _csatherion®: aM Eat Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. Pauah| | Col. and Mrs, H. K. Taylor, Mrs. | ; Cabrera, Jr. { | Mr. and Mrs, Henry Brewer, ! | Mrs. ang Miss Allison. Mrs. Jackson Golden, Capt. and senior past chief: Flora Michael, Prophetess. Tessie Crews, Pocahontas. Emma Griffin, Wenonah. Evis Sawyer, Powhatan, Annie Baker, Keeper of Ree- ords. mer, breaking and ‘entering with intent to commit a felony. Sterling Roberts, aggravated as- sault, Rafael Henriquez, Jr., operat- ing a game of chance. Armando Sanchez, operating a game of he * a Alice Curry, Collector of Wam- Esteban rnandez, petty lar- um. eny and discharging firearms on Ruby Saunders, Keeper of Wam-|a public highway. pum. | Mario Perez, assault and bat- Jesse Causey and party. ‘BAKER FUNERAL HERE TOMORROW IN MIAMI ON WEDNES.- DAY AFTERNOON William S. Baker, 69, jresident of Key Wist, died Wed- former | jnesday afternoon, 4:15 c’clock, in |Miami. The body was brought to {Key West this morning on a ves- sel of the Thompson company and placed in the mortuary chapel jot the Lopez Funeral Home. held tomorrow afternoon 4 o’clock from the First Methodist church, where the body will be placed at 2 o’clock. Rev. Joe A. Tolle wi'l officiate. The deceased was a member of the Knights of the Golden Eagle and Improved Order of Red Men. | Both of these orders wiil attend and pallbearers selected from the membership. Funeral services wi.l be i ; Miami; one son, jand sister, Mrs. Mellie Ingraham, j both of Key West. There are two ier eh Sylvia and James 1 wit m’ Baker. tas State Director Of National : Youth Administration Arrives * | | FORMER KEY WESTER DIED; Mr. Baker is survived by one} daughter, Mrs. L. B, Bradley, of; Charles Baker, | Joe A. Youngblood, state di-) Youth Ad- ministration operations; B. How-} ard Brown, in charge in Miami, and Miss Denemark, of Washing-! ton headquarters, arrived over {the highway last evening. They held a conference with James Fort, in charge of local. activities, and discussed the sit- |uation in Key West and Monroe | county taking up a number of mat- | ters relative to the future. The | visitors left over the highway ithis morning for Miami. Asked this morning if there had been any changes in the local sit- |uaton announced, Mr. Fort said , that none had been stipulated, and ‘the visiting officials expressed 'pleasure at the smoothly operat- ling section of the district in Key | Wert, 1 a iCycle Distance Of Eight Hundred Miles (Ry Axroerated Press) PITTSBURGH, Jan. 9.—Mr. }and Mirs. Harry L. Marsh of Sa- | rector.of National East Pittsburgh, where Marsh en- tered an electric welding school. The trip required 12 days and cost the couple $40 for food, tour- ist cabins and ’ecycle repairs. Mrs, Marsh said she thought it “fun,” except for a few spills in the hills of West Virginia. She recalled: “We would for three hours and then down the other side in 15 utes.” climb a mountain come min- 4 i ! i WHEREAS: j i have called upon our people to || add my. woice to theirs, and present need and the possibili PROCLAMATION The ministers of Key West have awakened to the fact that “man’s extremity is God’s opportunity,” and of worship on Sunday, January 17 (our Jewish people on Friday, January 15), and there to offer up their supplications; THEREFORE: I Mayor of this city, believing that i within the power of the Almighty to turn the hearts of our people to righteous government; do, in my official capacity, assemble at their several places urge upon all our people, our ity that God will hear our cry. H. C. GALEY, Mayor. “Ja unit of the Federal Music Pro-| vannah, Ga., bicyeled 800 miles to} Lillie Kemp, First Scout. tery. Lillie Hart, Second Seo | There are several other indict- Bernice Park, First Runner, | ments to be filed before court con- Mamie. Spencer, Secon? Run-}veneS Monday, it was shown: ner, Mary Cruz, First Warrior. Miriam Carey, Second Warrior. | Mamie Sawyer, Thizi Warrior. Antoinette Roberts, Fourth COMES 16 PORT Warrior. Gertrude Key, Fi Councilor. iepeaihiias Cinderella —_ Robert Second Councilor. e STEAMSHIP BRAZOS OF SAM= Amelia Roberts, Guard of Te-} LINES CAME IN LAST pee. Sally Roberts. Guard cf tne EVENING Forest, Lillie Kemp, Trustee. CONCERT TONIGHT x1 and after discharging, sailed for Steamship Ozark, of the Clyde- Mallory Lines, arrived in port EXCELLENT PROGRAM TO B= RENDERED BY HOSPI- TALITY BAND Miami and Jacksonvilte. Steamship Brazos, of the same lines,. arrived 9 o’clock last eve- ning from Galveston and sailed at midnight for New York with a There will be a program ren-|Small shipment of. live fish for the dered by the Hospitality Band in}New York aquarium, live and Colonial Park at 8 o’clock to-| canned turtle, sponges and a mis- night. The Hospitality Band is| cellaneous assortment of freight. Steamship, Yoro, of the Stand- ard Fruit and Steamship company, is due in port this evening, coming from New York, consigned to the ject, of which George Mi'ls White | is area supervisor, | The prog’am follows: i 1. March, “Standard Bearer” | Porter Dock company for fuel Bartholme | After bunkering the ship wil! 2. Waltz, “Enchanted Night” | for Frontera, Mexico. 7. March, “The Empire State” {hour or faster, then your time Collins | Should be worth at least $1.40 an Key hour or you are losing money. 8. Star Spangled Banner peer tsec Prof. R, A. Meyer, Towa State rr . | University highway engineer, has Traveling Man Lives figured out from a series of tests increases In Colllapsible House that gaso!ine expense about one cent per mile between {iy Amsoeinted Vrensd , the speeds of 35 to 70 miles an MARION,.0O., Jan. 9.—When hour, while increased il con- Ross Showers of nearby LaRue, smption and wear and tear on goes traveling he carries his “ho- tires and motor adds another cent. te?’ on the rear bumper of his “If you drive a 70-mile trip at automobile. ;70 miles an hour instead of the It looks like a piano box when, 35-mile gait,” the professor says, he drives into a farmer’s yard to “You may. save an hour's time but park. Then quickly it is trans. Your expense cost for the trip goes formed into a one-room house UP an extra $1.40—to say nothing with 25 feet of floor space, a Of increased danger to life and standard-size bed, a kerosene, 'imb- stove, two closets and electricity. | — Showers’ collapsible automobile} house is the width of his car and 14 inches thick when folded. The materials cost him only $11, he) GARDEN OF ROSES said, and is made of spare pieces} Sugar Sweeting’s Swing Band of lumber, galvanized metal sheet- Couvert, $1.00 10 till 7 ing and “lots of hinges.” DANCING at PENA’S King} PRESS aT =e cs ger From oe | Some Statistics On ‘olks”” ake | cae 4. Operatic Airs, “In Melody | Fast Auto Driving | Land” Seredy | —-— Popular, “Pennies From; a Heaven” Johnston|. AMES, Ia., Jan. 9.—If you are 6. Popular, “In the Chapel in. |im such a hurry that you drive pone en Hill Your automobile at 70 miles an | axe of the Florida East Coast Railway for the years 1935 and 1936. For 1935 the taxes were $95,- 929.84. For 1936, with the -rail- road extension destroyed by the hurricane the taxes were approx- imately one third less, or $32,- 427.72, making a total of $128,- 357.56. Two per cent of this woula have gone to the tax co: tector which would have added $2,567.15 to the total income for the two years, é "Phe Otnér report filed was that of Frank 0. Roberts, justice of the peace for the First District, which showed income of $287.85, with no deduction for expenses, making a total of $287.85. In connection with the tax sit- uation a communication from Roy Rainey, auditor of the F. E. C. R’y., was read in which is vet forth the fact that in previous years ‘vhen the railroad was func- tioning personal taxes based on the holdings of the railroad placed at $10,000 was perfeetly sound and the company always paid amounting to $615. Now however the entire stocks of the steward’s department has been moved to Miami and the personal holdings of the company at Key West consist: of old of- fice furniture on the pier which is valued at not more than two or three hundred dollars. Tax Assessor J. Otto Kirch- heiner is,te be’ asked to appraise ‘the furniture mentioned as the ‘sole personal property of the rail- | way in.Key West, and fix the as- j sessment. , ‘JURY LIST MADE UP LAST NIGHT |SELECT=D AT { MEETING OF | COUNTY COMMISSIONERS HELD IN COURT HOUSE Proposed list of jurors to serve in the cireuit and criminal courts ‘of Monroe county were tentative ly selected lost night at the meet ing of the county commissioners. Present were: Chairman Carl Bervaldi, Commissioners Wm, R. Porter, Braxton B. Warren and Cleveland Niles; Clerk Ross C. Sawyer, Deputy Bernard Waite, Everett R. Rivas, Pesce Justice Franklyn Arenberg Prisoner Guard Leroy Tores and W. M. Egan, in charge of the in- formation bureau maintained in Miami by Key West. Each member of the board was cuppled with a list of qualified voters and from these lists some names were selected. Commission- ers Warren and Niles had their : lists prepared and ready for pre- sentation. Today C’erk Sawyer was pre | paring the list in the proper form j to be cut and folded, placed in the jjury box and be ready for use |when criminal court of record opens Monday for the regular [January term, tiated ee)