The Key West Citizen Newspaper, January 15, 1937, Page 1

Associated Press Day Wiré Service. For 56 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West VOLUME LVIII. No. 13. FOUR OFFICIALS | a ERTAINED bE ANE START INVESTIGAY ION eT | The Kry West ie 2 KEY WEST, FLORIDA, “FRIDAY, JANUARY 15, 1937. POPP PILLS OPEL EL ET LOL IES EE EEE TION LIVE OEP EEF FOR ‘ON JE COUNTY Criminal Court Defers Case: While Awaiting Arrival. Of Witness A hpaneks A ee was received from, CLIENTS: Action Taken At Meet- ing Of Social Welfare Board Held In West Palm Beach Fifty-eight applications for old age assistance were approved at t 'the monthly meeting of the Dis- morning and jtrict 10 Board of Social Welfare, | Key West. Today he phoned Dep- | held in Wes: Palm Beach Wednes- The case of the alleged theft\uty Waite that he caught the i-| first ferry. and would arrive in ‘ness place on the Keys was cal'-|the city this afternoon with Wit- day. January 13, and of this num- ber there were 17 in Monroe coun- ness Parrott. | Deputy Combs, who ‘is also an important witness, was reached by phone ‘ater today and he ad- vised that he wes unable to make the ferry but would endeavor to! catch the mail boat and request ty. This information was received yesterday afternoon by Mrs. G'adys Roberts, in charge of s0- ' : CL LE? ' Brad ag Fare } | ; ‘ae POCAHONTAS OF OR-;DID THE SIMPSON ant | GANIZATION AND OTHERS! MAKE THEM SORE AT US? | C d age xis ail PAID OFFICIAL VISIT ao MANY OTHER QUESTIONS i uries nvesti sine! LOCAL LODGE ARE BEING ASKED i Lieutenant Morehouse i Arrive In City Aboard A At a meeting of Minoca Coun-| By DeWITT MacKENZV j en Nn ea S cil Number 13, Degree of Poca-} (AP{ Feature Service Writer) | i Plane = hontas, held in the hall of Tiger NEW YORK, Jan. 15.—A gen-} | Tail Tribe 19, I. O. R. M., Tues-jtleman of Nebraska has written | | I . ‘ day evening, Great Pocahontas/to ask if, from long experience as} i Investigation into the causes| i ' wih ties sk fs Ethel King of the Great Councilja correspondent in England and! ' hich up to the collapse of of Florida, was the honored guest.|in other parts of the British Em-| the tank structure at the remote! Juries which bhai ema a peri me sea pce ern in the teil yay Ps pire, I can answer two questions: | | ito investigate into the causes of,in the Marine hospital, being kep' ing, who arrived over the high- «a at ; conteal reservation, U.S. N., Wed- the accident Wednesday at the} under observation for several days | way Tuesday afternoon, were ts Englishmen really like us, H nesday, and which resulted in the Naval remote control reservation, | ito determine the extent of his in-| Mrs. Anna Knowles, Great We- wos ‘Did yy Spe affair make jadjourned yesterday afternoon at/ juries. jnonah, formerly of Key West and m sore at us? Zz death of Joshua Smith and! clock and will resume their| The surgeon in charge at the |a sister-in-law of Mrs, Lula Lowe,| It is indeed a much eye yf Charles L. Russell, was started to-; duties Monday afternoon. hospital yesterday afternoon said'of Elgin street, and Mrs, Ger-|compliment to be asked to deal! Today was the first during the . d y bat | | me Peace Justice Franklyn Aren-|that it would be alright Monday{trude Decker, Great First Scout, with such searching inquiries, bu' | present week on which no cases}Shériff Thompson that he would| \ : Si berg of the First District, and!afternoon to examine Mr, Baker and Mrs. Herberta Buckhelder,|P® is grateful that the be eee tried at the session of crim-!leave Miami this | Commander J. H. Alexis, U. S.| Peace Justice Enrique Esquinaldo | and the hour of 2 o’clock was set| Great Pianist. man of Nebraska did not venture! inal court which convened Mon-{pick up the witness en route to N., attached to the navy yard at! of the Second District, acting as for the examination of the last}. There were present, also, two| "to anything more delicate, such} day morning. ; basledien, 605 and 3a coroners ex-officio, had the juries! witness to be called. other Great ‘Council officers:| 9° “What do you think of mothers: | | pe . Cy and Lieutenant iy" joint session yesterday morn-| This afternoon at the naval sta-|Mrs. Antoinette Roberts, Great| ‘"-law generally? {of two siot machines from a bu | - K, Morehouse, U. S. N., from’ ing in the jury room of the coun-| tion the officers are examining|Guard of the Tepee, and The Simpson Case i the naval air Zield at Opa-Locka,}ty court house and approximate- | witnesses who were present at the | Miriam Carey, Great Keeper of| The Simpson query — to deal!ed yesterday but instead of the i arrived by plane this morning. | ly 80 witnesses were examined. {time the tank collapsed. Among|Wampum. with that first—is inspired by the principal witness, Milton Par- ; The proposed visit of these in-|. L&te afternoon there was but | the witnesses is Fred Nickerson,j Short but interesting talks were|fact that Mrs. Wallis Simpson, ‘rott, appearing, a telegram from wetigating officer ti 1a one witness to be heard. This was} who was in charge of the Sse by the visiting officials and|for love of whom King Edward him was presented in which he ig officers was foretold’ Charles Baker, who was injured in'to the tank and platform. also by Mrs, Bernice Park, Past| abandoned his throne and went told the court he was too sick to iy peeires y's iteue of The Cikigen| 02 ey ig Bere Le a 30, | Great Pocahontas, of Key West. | into virtual exile. is American- come to the city. following an interview with Leen: i Mys. Annie Baker, another Past|}bo:n. The answer is “no”’—the| However, he will be here this} ee tenant Wm. Klaus, officer {Great Pocahontas, of Key West, charge at the naval station. This morning Lieutenant Klaus | and his aide, L. M. Pierce, met the commander and lieutenant on their arrival at Pan American air field and from there they went to the reservation and at once start-' ed the investigation. LUMBER FOR NAVAL presented the visiting officials with gifts, each receiving a beau- tiful brooch and the Great Poca- ;hontas was also presented with aj} ‘bag woven in true Indian designs. ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS Happenings That Affect the Dinner Pails, Dividend Checks and Tax Bills of Every Individual; Na- After the meeting Heros tional and International Problems Insep- 1, On acpiving: Tuesday afternousl arable From Local Welfare en by Mrs. John Park at her home} ithe visiting officials were honor | that Mrs. guests at a delightful supper giv- | bi rth was in no way involved. H matter of nationality did not en- ter into the case. i A scattering of anti-American | Britons have muttered that the trouble was due to “another of |those dashed Yankees,” but that re-|does not represent the sentiment in England. Many English people are going out of their way to say Simpson’s American, evening as Judge William V. Al-\that he be furnished transporta- bury immediately ordered a capias issued for his arrest. The capias! was given to Chief Deputy Ber- nard Waite who telephoned to Deputy Bob Combs at Rock Har-| bor and also to Sheriff K. O.:next, will no doubt be analyzed | in Miami, asking that Key! Thompson, the witness be brought to West. ‘tion to Key West, Therefore, despite these draw- | backs, the case of slot machines which were alleged to have been taken one day and recovered the! sand exp'ained at the session of | court tomorrow morning, it was stated, Edward’s subjects would have! STATION WORK, DUE Sceneeneneennl miseanuainesigel EXPECTED MATERIAL WILL. . ARRIVE ON S. S. OZARK since depression set in. It is also; curred. However, during 1936) THIS AFTERNOON \true that various grave problems’ construction was at least 50 per) |_notably that of unemployment ‘cent better than in 1935, with Shipments of material for the} ~pments-in- the industrial field. Ith CONSTRUCTION? For thé past! just closed, . is is known to be planning a cam- 1 there has been fulfillment of hopes! paign to unionize General Motors,! During the year as a prelude to unionizing the rest! ber of disay t- jmixed with a number of disappoin' jor theldaduniey: is true that production and sales! five years, a major building boom indexes are at the highest levels‘ has been anticipated. It has not oc- —are still a long way from solu-) home building 70 per cent ahead, : tion. | America still faces a considerable As a result, industry looks for- (Continued on Page fom) on Georgia street, Wednesday aft-!felf the same about her had she ernoon they were taken on a mo-| bedn a nan of the Briticp toreade and visited the Points of interest, meme cnn mr a ual princess who had Wednesday night they were en-| divorced two husbands and who} tertained by the Past Pocahontas had been courted by the King. of Minoca Council 13 at the home| while she was still married to her) of Mrs. Mary Cruz on _ Leon cecond. street. Bingo was played until aj “Do Englishmen really like us’ late hour and a delicious rerfesh- I have lived with, fought with} ment course consisting of a salad,}and played with British peoples; saltines and hot chocolate was) for 18 years. Let it be said here! served, Key West naval station projects! | that T like and admire them; many/ Ese pote i Time Arrives To i File Applications In Tax Exemptions plication for exemption of taxes, cial activities in Key West. Other’ counties in the district which were mentioned were: In- dian River, 2; St. Lucie, 2; Okee- chobee, 3; Martin, 2; Palm Beach, 18; Broward, 14. The total num- ber of applications approved im District 10 is 462. Dr. Carl Herman, chairman, who {presided at the meeting announe- led that those persons who had passed the written examinations |for social service positions would soon be given a pel interview iso that their final ratings eou'd be {determined under the merit sys- jee This includes those who may have taken the examinations in Key West, it was said. CER OF LODGES are expected on the Steamship ward to 1937 with optimism ting-' Ozark, of the Clyde-Mallory, ed with worry. It is probable that! Attending the party were: Mrs.! Ethel King, Mrs. Anna Knowles, Lines, due this afternoon from Mi- ami and Jacksonville, and on the’ Brazos, of the same lines, due to- | morrow night or Sunday morning. Among the cargo on the Ozark is a consignment of 58,764 square feet of creosoted lumber for the five finger piers at the station, and on the Brazos is upwards of! 160 tons of steel H beams, sibly more, for the same projects. The number of men at this time employed at the station is about the same as several weeks ago ex- cept that two electric welders have been added to the payrolls! Other employes may be added as the projects progress. YACHT LEAVES FOR TORTUGAS; Yacht Judy, owner, Louis Slat- tery, Porter Dock company’s spend a few days in the waters at pier to; Fort Jefferson and Marquesas, ; fishing. Mr. Slattery arrived on the) yacht earlier in the week and; celebrated his arrival at Key West! by landing an immense trunk-| back, or leatherback, turtle, which | was harpooned by Mr. Slattery; when the Judy was about 14 miles away from port. WPA Gase Comes) To Ki Miss Martha Nelson, district ease supervisor from West Palm Beach, was an arrival in the city yesterday and is today going over the accomplishments and_ plans for the activities in Key West, as shown by the records in the of- fice of Mrs. Gladys Roberts, in charge here. Miss Nelson is charmed with Key W and is anticipating a gontinuation of her pleasant ex- yperience during the rest of her etay. |panding generating _ facilities, New York, are expected to arrive; {doesn’t want our sale: manship ap-|head of the island Wednesday, which will be more than doubled. next month and remain for the Mrs. Margaret Felton of 1110; plied to him personally. | will be held tomorrow morning 9 The political situation is a high- rest of the season. iElgin street died yesterday after-| Here is an illustration of thei o'clock. i ly important factor so far as utili- }noon at 4:30 o'clock. Funeral; general feeling: | The solemri rites will be held in ties are concerned, and will dic ooococooeeee® | services will be held this afternoon | The American Way | St. Mary’s Star of The Sea Catho- iets va eet pent STs) TEMPERATURES = 5 o'clock from the chapel of; When I first went to England lic chu h, where the body will be ecccsccccce e Pritchard Funeral Home. Rev.;many years ago, I. applied for placed 5:30 o’cl ternoon. | AUTOMOBILES: There seems i Shuler Peele of the Fleming Street ang granted an_ interview! Rev Re J., will to be almost no limit to the pub- Lowest Highest | Methodist church will officiate. | with a prominent member of the, officiate at a Requiem High Mass lie’s appetite for new cars, On’ Station— last night last 24 hours Survivors are one daugter, Mrs.| cabinet. That sort of thing was; Pallbearers will be selected the debit side of the ledger is the' Abilene . 26 60 John Borden, Miami; two sisters.|4 novelty to most London news- from employes at the naval sta- threat of labor troubles, which’ Atlanta 58 7 )Mrs, Mary Cash and Mrs. Raymond! harermen. One of my English tion with whom Mr. Smith was have already hit machine tool and ; Boston 62 |Baker; three brothers, John, Wil-|?olleagues, who also wrote on gov-, for years as-ociated ‘accessory makers. oan L, Lew-: Buffalo .. 48 liam and James Wells, and two! ornment affairs but who never! Arrangements will be-in charge pase a 2 eA Vanes Re arenes ee rected | h24 tried for an interview, was of the Lopez Funeral Home. : tins a Pallbearers will be selec 4 highly indignant with me. i The deceased is survived by the REEL = | from the Larroved aes Me re | | “That's the sort of thing an widow, Mt Janie Smith; one u ervisor . a. es | Men. of which her husband, John j American would do,” he snapped. daughter, Miss Virginia Smith,! ages 7 T. Felton, was a member. “] realize that in Washington a who arrived this morning from; Huron 14 -6 | Mrs. John Borden, her daugh-! : Washingt P ae nthe \Jacksonville .. 70 80 ‘i reporter can walk into the private, Washington, and one brother, jter, arrived here several days 880, | jrring of the secretary of state! William Smth {Kansas City. 4 28 and was with her at her passing. |°\1°° ° te : east IKEY WEST _. 75 81 i - | without being announced, put his —_————_— |Little Rock .. 38 66 TEMPER IMPROVES |feet on the secretary’s desk, and, SWALLOWS MOUSE ON BET, ‘Los Angeles .. 44 56 | j spit tobacco juice on the carpet. ; aq ees = fe te | Mrs, Kathleen Corey, in charge! Louisvi‘le ..... 38 62 | CHICAGO.—Charles Reymin of ; ete NR Satie -.. {het Gt SAGA MAC evand OE ANIC of educational projects in District | Miami : Rs 78 ithis city charged his wife with} ie ‘he ares one 8 see ah cir cantloned a Reece eke |No. 3, acrived last evening and is/ Minneapolis ..-12 14 |beating him, -but testified “her; | '°* has bad Gs be od by today meeting with the teachers to New Orleans .. 60 80 temper improved somewhat after| tte extreme slang—and our nas al eens ere get an idea of the progress of the | New York .... 58 64 jshe had her hair bobbed.” jaccent drives him to eee saebenas work in this area of the district.! Pensacola . 68 72 | | hae a OE Visits will be made to the nurs-| Pittsburgh ... 40 64 | ee ee hetiaad ada eddesball stitacis 16 is | FOR Quick accuraTE— (Free DANCE FreiW __ in ae classes, and Miss Corey told some} Salt Lake City 14 32 { ipti i ‘omorrow Night, 9 til | 7 ce x of those who are identified with;San Francisco 44 50 : Prescription Service SLOPPY JOR: S| eee Sones. — the work she was very much pleas-j Seattle -.. 38 42 : Gall PHONE 177 Rhumba, Tap Dancing, Singing ! and AO0DICHICES ed to be able to make the visit] Tampa . 66 82 |GARDNER’S PHARMACY| Music by Local Orchestra | Fulford’s Poultry Farm and is confident she will enjoy|Washington .. 64 68 | “The Rexall Store” [Ne Aasaieston ‘No Couvert Phone 880 I Deliver, her stay, i Williston --26 14 = pos-} left this morning from the} BACONS PLAN | the most favorable outlook of all Mrs. Gertrude Decker, Mrs. Her- is he'd by the retail trade busi-/ jberta Burckhelder, Mrs. Bernice! | nesses. Last year’s December | VISITING HERE P<. Mrs, Annie Baker, Miss buying totaled more than $5,! 000,-| |Miriam Carey. Mrs. Antoinette | | 000, ,000—as compared with $4,-| } Roberts, Mrs. Lillie Kemp, Mrs.! 600,000,000 in December, 1935, MASSACHUSETTS FOLK TO OC- {Lenora Roberts, Mrs, Cinderella; ‘and $3,700,000,000 in December,| | 1983, which marked the low point. | i Consequently, seasonal employ- | ment last December (extra clerks} {and office workers in department | stores, etc.) was encouragingly| high. This was reflected to some| Mr. and Mrs. Gorham Bacon, extent in the production field.’ oz Yarmouthport, Mass., have! \Key West through the months of x Roberts, Mrs. Mamie Sawyer andj CUPY BANK APARTMENTS | Mrs. “Mary Cruz. ON FLEMING STREET |officers departed over the high- way, declaring their time in Key} West to have been one of the most enjoyable ever experiencd. ‘ 2 |normally low. A synopsis of current business ,taken from authoritative sources, | February and March, anid will o¢-|’ follows: leupy the bank apartments>,pr} | ELECTRIC UTHATIES: Dur-j Fleming street. ing 1936, this industry spent; Mr. Bacon is the brother-in-law $330.000,000 for new capital'of Mrs. Daniel F. Bacon, who be-| FUNERAL SERVICES WILL BE equipment. This year it will spend' fore marriage was Miss "Margaret more than $530,000,000, as a re- White, daughter of Captain andj sult of increasing demand. Prin-, Mrs. Wellington M, White. M | cipal expenditures will go for ex- Bacon and mother, who is now inj CONDUCTED THIS AFTERNOON Yesterday morning the. visiting! ‘DIED YESTERDAY of my best friends are British. ually, Yes From a thousand and one dix’ {cussions about likes and dislikes, {comes the following: The British like the individual | American who is likeable. They do not have any great fondneso for Americans as a whole. Indi lishman dislikes about us as a whole. For one thing he is ex: tremely conse ive and is tensely annoyed by any excess ‘of| jaggressiveness—American or oth-! erwise—which results in loud: | | mouthed ostentation, or intrusion. } {He resent; | thing. | | Phe American method of pro-| | ceeding to a man’s oifice to do! | business with an Speoin many is another bugbear to the English- {man. He may admire Ar |initiative at a distance, but ‘quired to ennually ma\ There are many things the Eng-| | Owners of homes up to the jvalue of $5,000 are being advis- ed by County Tax Assessor J. Otto Kirchheiner that the time bas arrivea to file applicaziea for homestead tax exemptions. According to the law govern- ing this vhase of taxation regula- tions the property owner is ¥ » the ap: ~ SMITH FUNERAL and Mr. Kirehheiner is anxious to: have all these filed as soon as possible. The period of expiration is! April 1 and the tax assessor’s of- fice is ready to furnish any and, a!l information desired by own- ers of homesteads, Mr. Kirchhein. ey told The Citizen. DAUGHTER OF JOSH PAID OFFICIAL VISIT | MRS. BELLE SCHOENBORN MET WITH SPARKLING WA- TERS BODY LAST NIGHT | Mrs. Belle Schoenborn, high of- ficial in the councils of Rebekah Lodges, paid her official visit to Spark ing Waters Lodae, No, 14, HERE TOMORROW ‘SMITH NOW IN CITY inc esi es eet ene 9 O'CLOCK IN CATHOLIC CHURCH services for Joshua B. who died in the accident the Funera ' Smith, at the naval re: tion at -| West, COURTESY OF LIEUT. WM. KLAUS Miss Virginia Smith, student nurse from Washington. D. C., daughter of Joshua Smith, who was killed when the water tank collapsed at the naval reservation at the head of the island Wednes- day, arrived this morning. | Through the courtesy teannt Wm. Klaus, officer in charge of the naval station at Key arrangements were made to have a Coast Guard p'ane plac ed at Miss Smith's disposal imme- diately after she arrived by train ‘in Miami, of Lieu-| of the or ganizstion. Th's distinguished visitor was the hand-shaking,, J-| ee TO BE HELD aT, CAME IN ON PLAN2 THROUGH guest of honor at a social gather- | come-from - God’s - own - couday, | glad-to-have-you-know-me typé’ of] © jing held after the regular meet jing. Yesterday and today she was accompanied by members 6f Sparkling Waters Lodge on a ride over the city .vewing the many interesting sights. It was said this morning that though } Schoenborn was en- joying herself and would be ple ed to remain for a while long the duties of her position made it necessary for her to leave this afternoon on the 8. S. Cuba for Tampa. WR =STLES wiTH BULL MEMPHIS. Tenn.—H, A, Mann of this ¢t » works in an auto ‘mobile assembly plant, keeps him self physica fit “y wrestling with an 850-pound bull, which he raised 1 trained. News Commentator Plans Visit To City Bob Allen, famous news com- Stone, former administrater in mentator for the “Washington Key West, who gives some of his | Merry Go Round” is expected to sa te exte ee: ee — attractions of Key West to his larrive in Key West about Feb- friends, and urges them to visit | ruary 1, accompanied by Mrs.' where he and Mrs. Stone and their ; Allen, known to _the newspaper friends spent so many interesti¢ jworld as Ruth Finney, columnist and happy days. |for the Scripps-Howard League Arrangements have already jof Newspapers. been made for the accommoda | This information was received tion of Mr. and Mrs. Allen, and |today by Miss Ileen Witiams, in ypon their arrival they will be ‘charge of the FERA housing de ‘ partment, in a letter from Julius - assigned to Quarters G in the naval station.