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ee eae led Press Day Wire Service. ¥ r 56 Years Devoted to the Interests of Key West ME LVIII. No. 15. KEY WEST, FLORIDA, MONDAY, JANUARY 18, 1987. se ee, te hey ICE FIVE Ct £3 —_———— NMA WPL ORS ==, VS PRONE PLANED TO BE USED IN’ bac HONAL MONUMENT bUSTODIAN AT FORT JEFFER- To Be Constructed ne ora” | At Fort Jefferson) acu poe ‘TION OF AIDS TO NAVIGA- State Employ- Superintendent William W. De- “et Ofer ‘tox Btazos Brings’ Heavy’ “fev OF Stan Freight Here Sunday cee Steamship Brazos, of the Clyde- the vessel, and she was free to con-! fo ae ‘4 sistht pp gia ne W. V. Little, of the Florida| Mallory Lines, arrived yesterday tinue her voyage to Galveston, ret Sheet pean cf eh vesdened Rempleymekt Servi }morning 4 o’clock from New York} Most of the steel consisted of, 1) Key’ West Saturday. is vice, hasi and during the next 16 hours aH beam piling for the naval sta-| oe pte ae oa ehta: in, assigned to the activities in| gang of longshoremen was kept at’ tion and will be used when the the newly-added etn sald the tiedd diene dad ed WORE unloading the vessel. . work of reconstructing the five ‘shperintendent; one, of then at ie: | It was not until 8 o'clock in the! finger piers in the submarine base) Fupiter and Sawer Hi labaro latet this morning. evening that the more than anes started. Entire cargo of the both of the electric type. The light ‘tons of steel and other Helseiy 7 bagi for Key West was upwards: nt Jupiter also has a radio bea- (Special Washington Correspondent ot The Citheen) | Fred 0. Eberhardt, who was} 0. A. Sandquist. WPA director ed as superintendent of the work, WASHINGTON, D. C., for the past two years custodian in the Third Florida District, who at the fort and will leave with the’ Jan, 18.—Fort Jefferson Na- i eras ac ; first group which wil go some! | of Fort Jefferson National Monu-| arrived late Saturday from Miami dime this evening on a, vessel of tional M I i on ment, was called to Washngton, to confer with B. Curry Moreno, 4), Coast Guard, and the prelim-| the scuthernmost of the Flor- by The Citizen Mr. Little laneous cargo was removed from of 300 tons, it was said. \ con. . D. C., for reassignment, and left area supervisor in Key West, di- inary wo:k will be started at : * that his assignment was) ad ee ee ee _____.| “1 found those places visited in| yesterday afternoon by plane en‘ oe oe, a oguieiceaee and wpe i ida Keys, is to be renovated te look . 2 excellent condition,” Mr. De-jyoute to th ital- two laborers be sent at once to! en the work gets underway gy, improved through pene: the * be A meritt said, “and enjoyed visiting rateierr ee oe lee Fort Jefferson National Monu-'a Coast Guard vessel wil! make! ad - Mr. Eberhardt was down to the ment to prepare a camp for a two trips for carry!ng supplies and | $2000 allotment to the State of men to be employed on the keepers and other employes # A sasiediction | monument last week in company crew of men assigned to work at changing thi ws working on! er a bridge activities which came under the jurisdiction ew 'e: mn assigned: to i zing the crews 4 Florida, the Works Prog- ie coe are! uid : bes at of the Seventh Disteict on Janu-| With D, C. Baylis, assistant chief the monument. ; the project at regular intervals. hed —- bed ij beew instructed to secure 4 bryal.” architect for the department of, Mr, Moreno said this morning; Dudley Bay-iss, assistant head ress Administration an- - iami the Tender Ivy and; x sie is relief rolls f i et Bil gia Be : Leoane i hen x i i i" hly with Mr. -| Valuable equipment or sesignmen* f°! ABOUT REORGANIZATION Comment in Congress was] {tom there proceeded on his tour] nounced to Mr. Baylis that he had when trady foe Phe ndl nres porrpary ge ce fs 3 a fst. quip , ; work on the bridge projects. varied. It is not easy to persuade! of inspection in his motor car- On} : e aes ‘ ti placed in the fort in the past is te Rp * |PLAN MEETS CRITICISM Senators and Congressmen to! th fa h ied reassignment, and -was leaving to start a sanitation program prey ,rangements were _ perfected for t by the Florida Re- In event that these could! 5 . . ithe return he was accompanied) sunday, ‘paratory to the large and more starting the preliminaries to the two years by ot qualify from the relief rolls,| DOES IT MEAN ECONOMY? ane Tee ee act kp jby Mrs. Demeritt and Mr. and] JuSt what the new position is comprehensive general rehabilita-' rehabilitation of Fort Jefferson. | lief Administration was to ‘ 1 4 v1 v1 ign-' ti hich ii item- | jiami s who have signed up for; DEMOCRATIC PROBLEMS up, which would extend the merit} Mr John Fleming, who had been; to where he expects to be assign-'tion program which is contem: Left For Miami potas: - i if ad ed Mr. Eberhardt did not say, but, plated. Both Mr. Bayliss and Mr. Sand- spending the week in Miami. ible assignment to this work ' syste d, ‘d | } tld be selected, but in no in.|CONGRESS MAY WANT MORE) tem upward, outward _and| : he expects that it will be to come! First Operations 'quist ‘eft by plane yesterday aft- quate protection were not would any person be called! BATTLESHIPS BEGIN personnel would be turned over{ eeey a once | The first work which wil be un-!ernoon Zor Mismi and from there' provided for it another section of the state to an officer, direetly responsible} dertaken wi!l be cleannig out the‘ Mr. Bayl'ss will continue on to ” f til it was definitely shown that} BUDGET PROSPECTS |to ihe GeesGank Gi inden the! TEACHERS DUE IN | caer and doing other work in. Washington to take up other mat-! Present plane call for pro- ! OF MRS. C. HEPPY !eonnection with the establishment ters in connection with the Tre- tection of the . t j position or positions could not! H isi iti di ene ame Pier tale ab ay) ees en ot toiten cand! of sanitary conditions which have habilitation program which at (°° ‘est. | WARNING TO COURTS? neither have the responsibility or! CITY TOMORRO ; been sadly neglected, in a general present is only in a tentative state it will become the permanent Mr. Little said that he will take } th Fi ati Saki 2 way, and, this work finished, re-| pending the appropriation for the every precaution necessary to} a Peake Ad rice at iy Pace OF FORMER KEY WEST ——— , habilitation work on a small scale ‘necessary funds for carrying on peapevty: - the National ide oe the selection of By HUGO SIMS, tom for years. This would be! RESIDENT TO BE COMING AS instructors: “i! eine ee tet work, on a more extensive Park Service. ns outside of this city. That! a ‘ | i ne of the first projects to be! scale. i “1 eee Oe eres cee | GS mek 8: age cadartment | SENT HERE FOR SAN CARLOS —jundertaken is that of rehabilita-/ When Mr. Bay'iss left the monu- The WPA funds will ale _— here his interests will lie dent of The Citizen }heads and administrative merit: re and his loyalty to the people’ he President has submitted to and competence would be the sole! «f Key West and the service will i i tee bb qrastionad, ! Congress a program of govern tandard for selection. mental reorganization that is cer-! ition of the officers’ quarters. The | ment Saturday afternoon arrange- be uced for dock repairs to INSPIEUTION [walls of some of these buildings, ments had been made. he said to. provide a safe landing ph Mrs, Celeste Heppy, 27, died jue still standing and with a mini-; have the lighthouse keepers at Tor- ii this morning in her home at Sioux mum of work and material, it is tugas and members of the Coast for visitors and for work en There is not much in the PRS City, Iowa, death being due to} Eduardo Leon Pastor, a profes-' said, can be put in sound and hab-} Guard. who were at the island, the moat to check the un KIRKS PAY VISIT = to be mm ashlee ef profonsed dent's report that suggests econ) p,oumonia. Mrs. Heppy was be-|$er from the University of Ha-,itable condition. look after conditions at the fort 6: ; eee p# __|discussion. The essential parts Of; omy or the abolition..of useless gore marriage” Miss.-Celeste}7ana, is. due to artive tomorrow, It was said this morning that; unt’ the-men from Key West ar- dermining of fort walls. An... i plan relate to’ the regrouping! agencies. Whetner this would re-! Thompson, daughter of Mr, and|fternoon on the Steamship Cuba,’ Hamilton Adams has been select-. rived. archit. o | of independent agencies, number-':uit under the continuing reor-;Mrs. Luther Thompson, of this|®¢companied by Miss Luz Benildes| aaa se re gene A Jing 105,. under twelve depart-! ganization power, or not, remains city. Redmond Iser, both of whom have, , the repairs and renovation. -TV.Ki , | ments, which include ten now’ to be seen when the plan is in’ The body will be sent to Key| been igned by the Cuban gov-| : oakikca “i S ears eg ed cbtietsl, Who | represented in the Cabinet and efect. Perhaps, it was wise not West for funeral services and in-;ernment, as teachers in San Car-) u oe ri e ire bd \the addition of two others, to'to be specific in regards to any-’terment and announcement will'los school. MRS. HEINDORF tes in Key West some years handle Social Welfare and Public'thing along this line in order to be made later by Lopez Funeral{ These teahcers, it is understood, | : : sihsG a x a ris ae aie Works. Six executive assistants’ avoid trouble with the affected Home. will be in charge of all ¢ in e e e ON VISIT HERE ccpandal by Mrs. Kirk. to the President would relieve him’ personnel. However, some of the} Mrs. Heppy is survived by her Spanish, while the classes in Eng- uIC xtin us e ' ; two/lish will continue, as now, under | ! Mr. ond Wri Kirk: wees met | f detail work and be his con- criticism directed against the plan' husband, Clarence Heppy, | cnampeie j !fidential representatives. { rel: b: | children; M d Mrs.| the direction of Miss Lisbia E m the arrival of the vessel by |~' Pp ives. jrel lates to an absence of any as-| children; psrents, r, and Mrs.|the direction of Miss isbia Es- AS | Pioede Albury, official in chacee| s — 3 jsured savings and Senator Byrd,|Luther Thompson, aand grand- quinaldo, who is an employe of; coin ick om ss ARRIVED IN CITY ACCOMPAN- of the local imm’gration unit, who | The entire administrative serv- chairman of the Senate commit-/ mother, Mrs. Ruby Johnson. ‘the Monroe County School Board.! Another fire on one of the over- as ‘eis ob w oh wee " to get 1% ey scieheal remained with them until the ship | 1%, ¢xcepting only policy-deter-'tee, insists that “hundreds of) ___ se ree Sin te tet exe N jseas highway bridges, which was (ee ked if Le Seleed prema ie galled for Havana. | mining positions, would be under’ millions of dollars can be saved] ‘blazing up and possibly would’... started by someone, Mr. Mesa AND DAUGHTER have resulted disastrously, Was:caid that he made a close ex- pee ja revised civil service and all by courageous and prompt action, ° e @ j agencies would be under the Presi-| without impairing legislative ob-j rl e ){ S$ 0 e dent except those having semi- jectives.” 5 - discovered about 3:30 o’clock yes-; amination of the place where the M E H . TEMPERATURES |iudieial powers. The present of- terday afternoon by Paul. Mesa,|fire evidently started and wa =. Bee: Reel eee Peececcccccccccoesoecece jiice of Controller General would; It is important, we think, to} 0 ‘as he was crossing the Cudjoe j convinced deed it was not of in ies Germany, arrived in Key i be abolished and its auditing’ understand that the reorganiza. | ene e est bridge. F bone ee fect. tent ‘week, ‘euuuneiae Station — ol acta tr tithes duties confined to a post-audit of tion proposed does not take from! p Mr. Mesa, who is superinten- | Shaye ones id ae nid Wee at geet ee Abilene ... 40 Sia executive expenditures, Any judi-; Congress any power to legislate, = dent of distribution for the Key ; mos! ste em, he said, will burn) her son-in-law and daughter, Mr aaeate 50 64 cial functions, relating to legal and because Congress retains the! : f West Electric company, saw the; Ut to the end, and one of them) os Seiten ” 40 54 questions of expenditure, would purse strings it will also retain) Bids for the next five contracts|Channel Bridge. The swing span blaze and first attempted to stamp: thrown carelessly, landed in’ a and Mrs. Fugene & jendere, and Buffalo ” 44 46 devolve upon the Attorney Gen- final control of the government.!for items in the construction of | 8 not included in this contract. | it out, but found this w impos- | favorable spot where the woct] 1 J onter, Muriel, and is having @ etatenten. ..: 64 hs eral. The Budget Bureau would: The plan does give to the execu-'the Overseas Road and ‘Toll! Contract F, construction of ap- sible as even while he was trying | Was partly decayed, kept a , ees. 94 38 become an office manager for the, tive the responsibility of his, priqges will be opened in Key eae 15,543 feet of com-!to do so the flames seemed to burning and the h nt_melted the} wonderful time coer 16 36 entire establishment, combining’ branch of the government and the! hes plete bridge deck on the railroad: gain headway. {oil in the creorote sufficiently to ise: Seine aaa int. 8e 40 | present. jobs with more research’ power to do his administrative! West» st the county court house.) bridges known as Pacet Channel! Finding his efforts useless he) become ignited. emis stead. alee ana Galveston 62 70 land planning. | work, Which is what the Constitu-!1} 0’clock in the afternoon of Feb-} Bridge, Missouri Little Dick) saw a car and trailer near the end Mr. Mesa is convinced that! age and vied since she as a: .... @ al |tion inténded. The economy that’ ruary 2. | Bridge, Ohio Missouri Bridge,| of the bridge, drove to the car | had not he, or some one clse,;been in Key West she feels like Psa 10 6 This rough outline is nothing is aimed at can be secured as At that time all bids will =| Bahia Honda-Ohio Bridge and'and explained the situation. The passed a would not e been 64 years od and is growing young Seeetiiie . 66 80 |more. It does not attempt to give easily under the set-up as under: opened and read aloud. They call | 5Panish Harber Bridge. owner of the car had a jewfish line! long before there would have been ¢. and more ane. 1. tn Kansas City . 12 80 ‘a complete presentation of the’ present conditions because an act ape if i Contract G will consist of grad- handy and attached it securely to much damage resulting ie y ad i i resi tea . for furnishing material and labor,|ing and rock base surface treated = a KEY WEST . 75 81 | proposal submitted by the Presi- of Congress can abolish almost; i, ee i i eS Z es . This is her first visit to Key Little Rock _ 44 54 |dent or his argument in support |any agency and cut down its costs,|#Nd it is specified in the proposal paving approximately 8.8 miles) FIRST LIBERIAN TO | West and in fact her first visit te Sen Angeles _ 42 56 | However, there is emphasis upon’ Friends of the new plan insist that one million four hundred and!long, along the existing right-of- CUBA BRINGS IN MAKE GLOBE CIRCLE the United States, and though un Louisville 44 54 ithe independent nature of many’ that it is not a question of “power! ffty thousand dollars, $1,450,000, {Way between Key Vacas and Big ! = familiar with the American langu Miami . 14 78 |present boards and commissions, and no power” for the President, and not more, will be available for Pine Key with connections to the, 107 PASSENGERS (ny 8 sms, feels that it wil Minneapolis .--10 20 | virtually under no control except. but rather one of “responsible’ these five contracts. {existing pavement at each end. | | MONROVI not be before she will be in a New Or'eans .. 70 78 | the courts, and insistence that, as' power and irresponsible power.” { This is the first time since the} oe Contracts To Be Let | Gabriel L. Dennis, positi ay th h s at New York .... 46 50 {they belong to the executive! appropriation of $3,600,000 was! here are still some items to jthe tr ry of Libe home amor her fam and Pensacola .. 68 72 { branch of the Government, they; Strange as it seems, Demo-, authorized for the bridges that! be let by contract, it is said, be- VESSEL ALSO BROUGHT IN) hecome the first L ian ever to Pittsburgh . 46 50 should be under the President’s' cratic leaders are not too pleased any bids have been called which; fore the complete project is con- FOURTEEN TONS !trave! around the world St. Louis 26 42 control. Otherwise, it is pointed, with the top-heavy majorities that were to be opened in Key West,/cluded and these will be let at a | Onh 000 mile tour he gath Salt Lake City 20 28 | out, there will continue to develop. the party enjoys. They are not and it is believed there will be!later date, it is shown. OF FREIGHT jered economic infomation which San Francisco 46 50 la “gourth branch” of the gov-! worried about getting through the, quite a few representatives of con-; All, or any, of these bids must ;he will attempt to apply to his Seattle 34 38 ernment “not responsible admin-! major measures of the President’s| struction companies in Key West. | be submitted on forms supplied by| <4 {country, and he completed a trade '« Tampa ........ 66 80 istratively either to the President,| program so much as they are over! Contracts Explained | the Overseas Road and Toll Bridg: of the P. and;@gteement with Jay which Washington .. 36 52 to the Congress, or to | the prospect that the members! These five contracts are as fol | Distt and each bid must be a aiviveds this granted the aapeneas _ rights will not f ‘ " om ili: =s om ad 2 5 anie. certifi chec! Y y cA in Liberia in return pec hat da Williston 18 0 Courts.’ of Congress may want to do more’ lows: companied by a certified checks) morning with eight first and two) fieq privileges for, Like Saisie enka: saat ae _{than the Chief Executive desires.! Contract C, to consist of the! or bid bond, for five per cent of; : fs |Take, the matter of-relicN'> Un-tyeading and rock base surface] the base bid, as a guarantee that)second class) passengers from | Japan. \ ni6-2t should be be awarde first > 4 if | doubtedly the President, while de-| treated paving of approximately’ the bidder, rul eamer 1 jtermined that no | citizen shall, 10.9 miles in length along the ex- the contract, will within ten con-|c'ass and six second c¢ from ‘ ; starve, is anxious. to lighten thelisting railroad right-of-way | be-| secutive days after written notice! Tampa and 6Y first class passen- John Sands Arrai ne | C i | nani burden of relief and|tween Lower Matecumbe Key and | being furnished of the award, en) 50.5 from St. Petersburg for Ha-| ‘ampa for Key West; keep the rolls closely cropped.;Grassy Key with connections to) ter into a written contract in ac-) e,e Awaitin Orders: minute such an idea gets| the pavement at each end. cordance wth the accepted bid. {one : ite | . linto action, however, there is a} Contract D, construction of ap-) It is provided that contractors) Key West arrivals: Mrs. H.| a rush of sentiment and a branch of} proximately 12,375 feet of com-| and SSE shall pay the, Rutherford, A. W. Schlucter, A.| e ore eace us ice i i oe E : _|votes in Congress for maintaining} plete bridge deck on the existing} prevailing wage rate prevailing in} Navery, T. W. Haas, i Haas, | vinnie sp Ea: ee aeeeae tat _nfter the ship ar-| oi favors of the past. Whe the|railroad bridges known as Knights the locality where the work is to|C. A. Parramore, Mrs. A. Graham, | flores, of the Standard Fruit an Dek con ei jhe backed President proposed an allowance Key Bridge and Pigeon Key|be constructed. | Miss A. Graham. J. D. Brown, An-! John Sa Steamship company, which arriv- ipa mean, th'thd chin arid bed of $790,000.000 for relief needs) Bridge. | These minimum rates have been tonio Vaso. | ed Saturday afternoon from Phil- eel given 78.127 ations of{tntil June 30 there was an imme-| Contract E, construction of ap-| determined by the Overseas Road! The vessel also brought 14 r, the peace justice ordered adelphia, is still being held in port} "| sez epee diate pronouncement that the sum|Proximately 13,690 feet of com-jand Toll Bridge District, and in-jtons of freight and one sack of ands be held for trial at the pending instructions from the op-|fuel oil. The ship’s destination i: iwas “tragically inadequate” and plete bridge deck on the existing! corporated in the contract docu- mail for Key West; no tonnage!cy and constant intoxication [next term of criminal court unde i erators, presumably Frontera, Mexico. . (Continued on Page Four) lrailroad bridge known as Moser ments. ‘and 120 sacks of mail for Havana.j After hearing all the evidence: bond of $50. ds was bro’ {Peace Justice Franlyn Aren | this morning charged with vagran

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