The Key West Citizen Newspaper, January 16, 1937, Page 1

vi OLUME LVIII. No. 14, LARGE DELEGATION OF CUBAN | Associated Press Day Wire Service. For 56 Years Devoted to th Best Interests of Key West ee OFFICIALS COMING HERE FOR UNVEILING OF MONUMENT ___| Associated Press Financial Writer Bust And Shaft Expected To Arrive From Ha- vana Latter Part Of This Month Plans for the mon it to be erected in Key West in memory of the great Cuban Martyr, Jose Marti, have been completed and it is expected that the bust and shaft, accompanied by the sculp- ‘Clients Dropped Off WPA Roll, Recalled TUG WARBLER RETURNS HERE * Clients who were dropped from the WPA work rolls during the past month are this afternoon be- ing advised of.their having been called back to service and the list KEY WEST, FLORIDA, SATURDAY, JANUARY 16, 1937. NEW FACES AT _ [INVESTIGATION WHEEL OF BIG | INTO ACCIDENT BUSINESS UNITS) IS COMPLETED FEW OF MAJOR PERSONALI-|MAN INJURED TESTIFIED AT TIES WHO MADE NEWS IN HEARING; REPORT OF NA- BUSINESS WORLD OF 1936{ VAL BOARD WILL BE SENT ARE MENTIONED: ‘TO HEADQUARTERS By SMITH REAVIS Commander A. H. Alexis, U. S. NEW YORK, Jan. 16.—An N. attached to the Navy Yard at eventful year of recovery consoli- Charleston, S. C., and Lieutenant! dation found new faces, as welljA. K. Morehouse, U. S. N., of the! as many long familiar, among the} air base Opa-Locka, Fla., today ewig finance, business and in-| completed their investigation in- A retiring 64-year-old bachelor | *® the accident at the distant con- lawyer, Herbert Fitzpatrick, sud‘} trol reservation of the navy which denly leaped to command of one-jon Wednesday resulted the seventh of the country’s rail trans- | q, inj portation when the mantle of the ee ne Pernt td, Se ey Van Sweringens—Mantis J. and : meee | Directly after their arrival yes-} Oris P.—fell upon his shoulders. i He became president of Mid-|terday they investigated the con- this dition of the tank which broke) Morning in criminal court charged George Gwynn and Mark Plum- mer were placed on trial WRITERS IN | AND OTHER KEY WE Gwynn And Plummer, "““", Acquitted In Court ‘MEMORIAL EVENT | BY EAGLE LODGE VESSEL WENT TO RENDER’ Will be seen at the garage, corner ASSISTANCE TO SHIP of Greene and Simonton streets. It was learned this morning at IN DISTRESS tor, will arrive the latter part of | the office of Area Supervisor B. this month. Jose Marti i of the most! revered names the history of! Cuba. He was foremost in the struggles of the people of Cuba for their liberty and spent much| of his time in Key West securing | funds to aid in the actviities of | the war which his people waged: i se long for their independence. It is because of his activities in} Key West and the love borne him! }Nuevitas on the coast of Cuba, | returned 8 o’clock last night. C. Moreno that the lists will aeet {ry 240 names, 225 of which will be men and 15 women. Another much smaller list. it was announc- ed, will be posted the first part of next week. i Wrecking Tug Warbler, which ; left Key West to render assist- jance to the Norwegian Steamer Aladdin which was aground off Members of the personnel of the Warbler said that before they reached the scene of the disabled vessel, Salvage Officer C. L. Pe- terson, on the Warbler, received P E KS information from New York head- quarters that the Aladdin had! SANDQUIST A , gone to the bottom, and the Warb- 2 ROTHER WEA ler returned to port. OFFICIALS COME The Aladdin was sugar laden and it is believed she was on one RU TODAY. | | |the protracted negotiations by both Cuban and Americans of | of the numerous ledges which are this city, that it was decided to: found off the coast of Cuba, and erect the monument in Key West, and no more fitting place than Bayview Perk could be selected, it was pointed out. H be-artival.of the ment and its sculptor plans will/ty, it is said. at once be laid for the erection’ to be followed by ceremonies to be held on February 24, when a} large delegation of Cuban offi-| ¢ials and other prominent in the! life of the island will be present. Cuban gunboats will bring the visitors and one of the largest! bands in Cuba to take part in the! unveiling ceremonies. There will! also artive a baseball and basket- | ball club to compete with local aggregations in a program which| wil te compiled during the en- suing weeks. It is intended to} make the unveiling ceremonies} and the rest of the time spent,} one tc be long remembered. Cello Trouble Great | Worry To Musician (ty Aw inted rex) NEW YORK, Jan. 16.—Like Atlas and the Earth, Emanuel Feuermann, the Austrian ‘cellist,| goes forever burdened with a "cello too precious to let out of his sight, and too cumbersome to carry conveniently, So Feuermann always, when on tour in the United States, books two berths. The lower is for him- hat the water in her hold destroy- ed her balance of her precarious situation and caused the vessel to shortly before 2 o’clock with O.' miliar name of partly-bald, gen- slide off. and. sink. All of the officers and crew MRS. A. SKELTON DIED YESTERDAY FUNERAL SERVICES WILL BE CONDUCTED TOMORROW AFTERNOON died the and Mrs, Adel'a Skelton, 74, late yesterday afternoon at residence of her son-in-law ‘daughter, Mr. and Mrs John C. Park, 821 Georgia street. Death came suddenly. Funeral services will be held tomorrow afternoon 4 o'clock {from the Lopez Funeral Chapel to ithe First Methodist church. Rev. Joe Tolle will officiate, assisted tby Rev. M. L. Smith of Ley Mem- orial church. Ladies Temple of the Golden Eagle and Knights of the Golden | Eagle will attend, and pallbearers ‘will be selected from the mem- |bership of the last named organ- ization. Mrs. Skelton is survived by four daughters, Mrs, John Park, Mrs. Victor Roberts, Key West; Mrs, H. { ij self; the upper is for the ’cello. Feuermann thinks it would be a smart crook who could get a ’cello out of an upper berth without waking him. The ’cello is, incidentally, f: mous as the last made by Stra varius, and is valued at $30,000. Lodge O fficer Enjoy Visit To Key West: S. Brown, Maryland; Mrs. Quin- tin Starling, Lake Placid. Fla. }One son, Will Skelton. Miami. Two sisters, Mrs, Benjamin Lopez! and Mrs. Benjamin Russell, and ; one brother, S. L, Knowles, There yare also 14 grandchildren and ‘egiht great-grandchildren. “Sparkling Waters Lodge Num- the most efficient organizations in the state of Florida, and my visit with the members has been very pleasant and most entertain-|with members of the local organ-' jization, and said, “I have had a ing?’ Taus spoke Mrs. Belle Schoen- born, president of the departing yesterday West, en route to Tampa, after concluding her official visit the lodge and a pleasure visit in| the statement as to its progress Key West, Rebekah | During the stay of Mrs. Schoen-; ber 14, which I have just visited} born she was guest at a covered in my official capacity, is one of |luncheon and at a dinner given by Tonight Kern \the members at a local restau |7. March, Washington Grays rant, and also rode to all the Graffula |places of interest in company|g, Star Spangled Banner Key lvery delgihtful time.” }eonvinced of the progress and efficiency. {parts for the Coast Guard Plane| The visiting president presided Assembly of Florida, just beforejat a school of instruction and it from Keyjwas after the school that she was { Coast Guard Plane 109, in com- Sweringen interests at the behest of two newcomers to the railroad game, George A. Ball, 74-year-old Muncie, Ind., glass manufacturer, and George A. Tomlinson, 71- year-old ship owner, who them- selves had helped to create Mid- America to help the “Vans” and for a new “adventure” in busi- ness. Fairless Goes Up In Steel The huge steel industry brought another comparatively obscure figure into prominence when Ben- |jamin F. Fairless, former Pigeon | the cause of the accident, it was; This they were. doing when ar- | Creek, Ohio, schoolmaster, be- came top man for one-third of the United States steel corporation’s properties, the Carnegie-I'linois Steel Co. Jt was Fairless who carried on crease—for all of ‘“‘Steel’s em- ployes, followed by a generai in- | America corporation, top holding away from the supporting struc-! with theft of two slot auhines! company of the sprawling Van ture, fell, and caused the deaths! i |from a place of business on the and injury, and later in the day met at the Naval Station andj Keys and were found not guilty — ? Data To As Soon As Possible To These meee; Evidence of the widespread im- terest im Key West and the desive "of writers and students te get | first-hand impressions of the city |and its possible future and ite en: questioned a number of the men! by the jury. [PROGRAM ARRANGED TO BE tertaining features, ave sow stem { that'tenant Morehouse were this after-! Agusto Aguero, J. R. Baker, Rob- ‘led to a new kind of working con‘ | Noon preparing to return, compile! ert Shultz, A. H, McInnis. — {tract—and a 10 per cent wage in-; the report of their findings P é “ RENDERED AT HALL ON PE- TRONIA STREET, BEGIN- NING AT 3 P. M. who were employed on the proj-| 5 \ bac: vor Testimony was to the eftect| The last person questioned was, that Milton Parrott met the ac-) | Charles Baker, who has an injured | cused men in Miami and told them ineck and is a patient at the, | Marine hospital. Questions asked|*® 8° to his place of business | ; Mr. Baker this afternoon elicited Tavernier, take the machines, carry} The Golden Eagle Lodge wil! no further information relative to; them to Key West and se:l them.,hold memorial services at the ‘ha‘l on Petronia street tomorrow | afternoon, beginning at 3 o'clock, jt which the public is invited. The fol:owing program will be rendered: Marshal of Ceremonies—Deputy Supreme Chief Ross C. Sawyer. Opening Song—America. Invocation—Rev. Yancy T. } jsaid, and, as far as can be learn ed, none of the testimony ind: eaten there was any negligence ©n! mony the jury retired but a brief! the part of any person connected! time and returned with the ver-| Ss the oR i dict of not guilty. Members were ommander Alexis and Liev-|w. FP, Saunders, Clarence Higgs, ; | tl ° ir and on Parrott, who s'gned the forward same to the Navy Depart-| information against Plummer and! | rested. At the conclusion of the testi- ne, Vocal Solo—Mrs. Grace Arch- j bY requests recently received for grees | | ker of Commerce ash fer infor: | mation relative to the highway |and bridges from Key West to the | mainland and is signed by J. Mi |B. Nicholson, of 315 Broad street, | Butler, Pa. Mr. Nicholson writes that he | spent his Christmas {Key West and | thesis fi | West ment in Washington, D. C. Gwynn, was called to the bar and /""s5 503) selection — © |erease throughout the industry. fined $25 or 30 days in jail by mand of Lieutenant Joy, arrived A, Sandquist and other WPA of-| ficials for Key West. “Within a short time after ahight- left for Tortugas carrying repair 128, Lieutenant Scheibel in com-} mand, which left here yesterday for Tortugas and damaged a wing, it is said. t After making the delivery of; the parts to the 128, it is stated, | and giving any needed assist-} |ance, the 103 will return here with ithe passengers of the 128, who, ‘are Fred O, Eberhardt, custodian | ‘of the Fort Jefferson National ' Monument; Everett Albury, of the local lighhtouse —_ headquarters staff; a surgeon from the Marine hospital, and Dudley Bayliss, as-; {sistant head architect of the Na-| \tional Park Service. CONCERT TONIGHT AT COLONIAL PARK EXCELLENT PROGRAM TO BE RENDERED BY HOSPI- TALITY BAND t } | The Hospitality Band will ren- i der another of its varied programs lin Colonial Park tonight at 8 o'clock. The band is a unit of the Fed- eral Music Project of which George Mills White is area super- , Visor, Alfredo Barroso will conduct | \the following program: { i | 1. March, The New Colonial Hall 2. Waltz, June Twilight King Popular, Para Vigo Me Voy Lecuona Voca! by John Bennett Selection, Moonlight and Roses Black & Moret Overture from Gilbert and Sullivan’s Comic Opera Mikado Popular, The Way You Look (6. HOLIDAY NOTICE Tuesday, January 19, birthday thau, secretary of the treasury, Was ob re . floated $700,000,000 in 2% pe: ing at the air port barge the plane | cent, 13-17 year bonds at the low: Mergenthau Makes History In the field of finance the fa-: Judge Wm. V. Albury, for con- tempt of court in not answering the subpoena issued out of the court and making it issue a capias and have him brought back by MANY TONS OF LUMBER ARRIVE tleman farmer Henry Morgen- Wall street lips ay "i ei MATERIAL CAME IN YESTER- DAY ON BOARD STEAM- SHIP OZARK Announcement was made that the case against Joe Russell, pro- i £ Sloppy Joe’s place on est rate for. ordinary, long term, fiancing in the federal govern- ment’s history. Here are more of those who fig- | ured importantly in the year’s business, industrial and financiall Many tons of lumber of differ-| stamp, was passed for this week news: lent kinds arrived on the Steam-| The case against Ivan Saun- James M. Landis—stight, sharp-| ship Ozark which docked at the/ders for having gambling parapher- eyed chairman of the Securities} Mallory pier 3:45 yesterday aft-|nalia in his place, in the rear of and Exchange commission, who} ernoon and sailed 11 o’clock last! Sloppy Joe’s place, was also pass- developed far-reaching changes in| night for New Orleans. led for the present. Two other the marketing of stocks and bonds} The vessel came from Jackson-| cases, one against Isabel’e Mingo and warned vigorously against| ville and Miami and brought 144/and the other nst Gecilia Cas- another speculative boom. tons of creosoted and other kindy! tillo, charged with assault and Ex-Reporter H-ads Bank of lumber for the n station | battery, were passed for the pres- Leon Fraser—a big, soft-voiced| and heavy tonnage for local deal-jent. It is understood that th prietor 0: Greene street, for having in his, stock certain parcels of liquor not carrying the required excise newspaper reporter turned suc-!ers and lumber workers. jcases may be called for trial next cessively college professor, law-! Another vessel with heavy ship- | week. yer, internation-l financier and! ments, mostly steel and miscel-| Judge A'bury ordered an in- recess and instructed Jam B. Curry to pay the} tests, is the Brazos, due to arrive laneous shipments for local inter-| formal Clerk C. banker; namvd president of First National Bank of New York, one of the nation’s influential fi-|toorrow morning 5:30 o'clock. | off the jury. This was done, the nancial institutions, 'On this vessel there are more | disbursements totalling $252. Daniel Willard — white-haired; than 200 tons of steel for the and courtly dean of American} Naval Station, it is said. oe0eene! e railroad presidents, who fought] Steamship Miraflores, of the; TEMPERATURES for and won cheaper passenger} Standard Fru and Steamship | rates for the eastern lines. |company, arrived at 1:50 o’elock Alfred P. Sloan—lean-faced|from Philadelphia, is taking fuc}) Lowest Highest president of General Motors,! oil at the Porter dock and is te}Station— last night last 24 hours} |whose company split $63,000,000! be held here pending instructions | Abi‘ene 26 34 among its stockholders, the big-| {from headquarters. | Atlanta 38 |gest single dividend melon of the} — — | Boston 32 i year. | SLIDES DOWN ROPE | Buffalo 22 |” Joseph P. Kennedy—a Massa-| — |Charleaton 56 chusetts bank president at 28, and! WASHINGTON.—E. A. Sto-} Chicago 14 former chairman of the Securities; water of this city saved his life!Denver 18 ‘and Exchange commission, guided| when fire broke out recently in! Detroit 18 las an expert consultant the huge;his fourth-floor apartment. Hej Galveston 48 \R. C. A. recapitalization and read-| slid down the rope that he had) Havana 70, \justments in the Paramount Pic-|kept for 34 years under his bed) Huron “2 8 |tures organization. {for use in case of fire. iJacksonville .. 60 80 eae ee Pe eh See are ees ai i | Rana City... 6 14 |KEY WEST - 73 81 M |Little Rock .. : 38 Man 0 Conducted }:". | ‘Louisvi'le Miami hs Minneapolis ambling Game On:*:- | |New York .... 36 ! Pensacola : Pittsburgh ighway Is Arrested =" Salt Lake City 24 awe ees jSan Francisco 44 ap P Seattle 26 Conducting a gambling game on | peared, it is said, and the surpr 68 80 ithe open highway at Snake Creek ing thing is that he did not a 38 64 the sheriff to play. as oe lwas just another way of luring the passersby to try their luck and’ sheriff placed him under arrest, this was being done by Mike Shep-/ assembled his paraphernalia and pard until Sheriff K. 0. Thomp-| took Sheppard and his outfit be- had but slight chance as the DANC of Robert E. Lee, a legal holiday in the State of Florida, this bank of! will not be open for business on) to| Sparkling Waters Lodge and made} that day. BANK. |THE FIRST NATIONAL ‘ jani6-2t tson appeared on the scene and, fore Peace Justice E. R. Lowe at captured Sheppard and his outfit.) Tavernier. The paraphernalia Sheppard was out in the wide! was order held in safety and the RAUL’ S CLUB open spaees and was doing an ap-|gambler was placed under bond| John Pritchard's Orchestra ‘parently good business with his! of $500 for his appearance at the’ Adm. $1.00 spindle wheel when the sheriff ap-! next term of criminal court, | Tonight 10 till ? t Ladies Free tional Sunday Schoo! Orchestra, Mrs, E. R. Evans, director; Vern- on Lowe. Jr.,-Merthyn Evans, An- Ellyn Evans, Ruth a s Camille Collins, Voeal D v jinson, Mrs. Leona | Ladies Temp!e. ! Quartette—Rev. Y. T. Shehane and sons. Address—Rev. | Yancy T. She- hane, Vocal Solo—Miss Elizabeth Rosam. | Benediction—Rev. Yancy T Shehane. CUBA ARRIVES FROM HAVANA | VESSEL LEAVES LATE IN | . ALTERNOON ENROUTE TO TAMPA Arriving from Havana yester- day afternoon was the Steamship Cuba of the P. and O. 8. 8. com- pany with 10 first and three se ond class ‘passengers for | West; 30 first and five secon¢ class for Tampa and 42 first class {for St. Petersburg. ' Key West arrivals were uel Brenner, Emily Brennner, Lois Brenner, Frances Brenner, Alice Lanceford, Robert T. Lanceford, Gordon Barrett, Sixto Smith. Jose | Fernandez, Alberto Beltran, Dan- liel Horton, Charloe Horton | Lorena Horton. | The ship sailed at 5 o'clock with 'bookings from this port as fol jlows: G. L. Scheer, J. R. Bla |A. McDaniels, Mra. Belle Sehoe iborn, Dr. J. H. Montgomery, C. Zeluff, Mr. and Mrs. G. | Sam. 1 Ellis, |R. S, Carpenter, Mrs, Harry Lowe | Mr. and Mra. W. W and dauchter, Miss Jane, and Mr and Mrs, Albert Grupe, all | Chicago, are recent arrivals in Key West for the sunshine and other | attractions which can be found th’s time of the year in no othe jplace but Key West. | ‘and Mrs. E. C. Bairstow, of Fran icis and Southard streets, and to op Rob-| > Anchor of Hope—Members of | These visitors are guests of Mr. | / { | be forwarded writer and for | West information, | Another writer seeking infor {mation is Carl Stephens, editer of the University of Wineis Alumni News, of Champaign, Ulinois, whe does not spec'fy what he wants in detail but seeks information whieh will furnish material for an art cle in the A pape However, Mr. Stephens does nat ask this information from th | Chambe Commerce, bat directs his er M Francis We kins, a winte miter whe ts ‘for her second season and ashe that Mr Watkins assemble far him the 4 ed information. Other letters of this and every conceivable typ being rece ¥ ed almost daily by the Chamber ‘of Comme ol of them asking ' for m to be used in ve nd they are each om informaten gives , vious way swered and the when possible Counterteit Coin be Better Than Real One (My Aasectated Press CLARION, Pa, Jan, 14.--Be ward Trunk a counterfeit tiver dollar whieh he prine than a jollar he ever owne Trunk a hotel, picked up the b woe when we Chicagoans Arrive To Enjoy Sunshine West naking and enjey water coud | ja wou