The Key West Citizen Newspaper, February 6, 1937, Page 1

ni VOLUME LVM. No. 82. Constable Elwood’s Car Rammed By Another Last Night On Duval Street Winter Visitor, Owner Ot; Offending Auto, Placed Under Arrest By Offi- cer Leon Roberts Just as one car crashed into the rear of another which was parked om Duval street last wight, Deputy Sheriff Leon Roberts appeared on the scene, took the number of the ears and did the necessary “7 hating the matter arranged. This legal procedure meant the issuance of a summons to appear before a justice of the peace to explain why the accident happen-|ful visit. They were guests sev, ae holds the office by virtne a . { ed, but previous to this procedure, °'#! times of Cifarles Taylor, man-!s, Davenport, the new _ presiding! the owner of the offending el was placed under arrest and ar- Tengement made for securing bond. The car which was rammed is the property of Constable Bard Elwood. That which did the ram- ming is owned by a winter : a Mr Calvert, it was said, MRS. L. POWELL DIED THIS A.M. BODY TO BE SHIPPED TO TAL- TERMENT ‘itor, Mrs, Lula Powe'l, 24, died this. morning at 1 o'clock, in the Ma-; rine hospital. The body will be prepared by the Pritchard Fun- eral Home and sent to Tallahas-' see, Fla., for funeral services and interment. The deceased is survived by her husband, Lester Powe:l; two sons, HARPERS LEAVE ENROUTE HOME ENGINEER ‘WiTH OIL COM- PANY AND WIFE ENJOY VISIT TO'CITY E. A. Harper, lubrication engi- neer with the Texas Qi! com- pany, ‘and Mrs. Harper, who ar- rived Monday morning from Tam- pa, left yesterday afternoon on the S. S. Chba for Tampa en-route to their home in Atlanta, Ga. Both Mr. ‘end Mrs, Harper were very much ‘innterested ‘in Key West, and said they had a wonder- ager of the ‘Porter Dock com- pany, ‘and Mrs. Taylor who accom- panied them to the boat and re- mained until it sailed for Tampa. STEAMER OZARK COMES TO PORT: CLYDE-MALLORY LINE VES- SEL BROUGHT OVER 100 TONS OF FREIGHT Steamship Ozark, of the Clyde- Mallory Lines, arrived in port & o'clock this morning from New Orleans en route to Miami and Jacksonville. j More, than 100 tops of freight. were unloaded at this port, includ- ing heavy shipment of coke for|TEN MILLION FLOWN ACROSS 'them, for they-are all as distine-' jichts immediate’ the p'ant of the Key West Gas Co., and at 1:30 the ship sailed for Miami, Steamship Colorado, of the same lines, is due to arrive in port to- morrow, coming from New York and bound for Tampa. HUNTS TURKEYS IN HER OWN BACK YARD By Asracinted Pren) i Fran id Georz H; - ate OS Coures Powell; 000-1 ava Mo., Feb. 0.—Min. Frei} er, Mrs, Estelle Wormmack, Tal-\ “ z lahassee; two sisters, ‘Mrs. Boag- | Spurlock did her turkey ‘hunting an Panderburk, Key West; Miss | in ‘herown back yard. | Edith Wormmack, and two broth-| Noticing two wild gobblers had ers, Johnnie and Maxwell Worm-| een coming regularly to the tame) mack, of Tallahassee. turkeys in her poultry yard, she) Mr. and Mrs, Powell are well| borrowed a shotgun and lay in known to @ number of friends in, wait. | this city and formerly resided at} The first day she fired and} 313 Peacon Lane. missed. The next day she threw! a rock—and missed. Phe third} ral TG), soil day she missed again: with the! E y T0 | shotgun. . \ VISIT KEY WEST The fourth'day she pulled both| triggers ‘and “bagged an 18-pound gobbler. ! Calvin Hall, a resident of Geor:| YOUTH. SNEAKS UPON gia, and two sons, John Bryant) 60-YEAR-OLD MAN. and Calvin, Jr., brother and mep-| | hews of D. B. Hall, of Sugar Loaf] Key, are expected to arrive next] ‘ENID, Okla., Feb. 6.—Youth is; week for a visit. creeping up on 60-year-old R. L.| Mr. Hall told The Citizen this! Downing, who has discarded his} morning that this visit of his| glasses ‘and now is cutting his) brother and his sons, will afford) third set ‘of teeth. ! him the first opportunity of see Downing formerly could ‘not ing them he has had in 17 years.) read the streamer line on a news- However, he has been losing no' paper without his glasses. One opportunity of telling the folks} day he found he could read a lit- just how grand a place Key West) tle better, and within a year he is and what an attractive farm he] laid aside his glasses entirely. has at Sugar Loaf, and believes; The improvement in his eye- that when the visitors come they} sight, Downing admitted, was ‘not will agree with him and remain| nearly so much a surprise as the for a longer stay than they anti-| discovery his ‘third set of teeth cipate. "| was coming through. (By Associated Press) Four. More Vessels Take Berths At Yacht Basin Four new arrivals in the Key; Auxiliary Ketch Tron Duke is West a basin a : bi ir from Baltimore and is owned and} marine se are chronicled as oi) i yesterday, and are listed on ‘the parealned by - Macieaberty ead records es follows: Cutter Dusty Weather is also from} Yacht Amado, houseboat type,| Baltimore. It is owned by Mrs. from New York. The vessel is 77|'W. R. Mayo and the ‘captain is} feet long, 18 feet wide and of] W, R. Mayo. five foot draft. The Amado is} The Skvalla, auxiliary sloop, is} owned by Dr. James W. Decker.| from Gibson Island. The vessel] There are six guests, crew of five,|is owned and sailed by J. W. s.! and the captain is T. Lane. “Foster. . be delivered in Santiago, Chile,|#ight blooming. cereus, an enor-| rorida ceded by Spain in 1821 four and a half days later. |mous cactus with gaunt perpend’c-| naval ‘station was established German business men have been | Wlar rams and lovely white blos-| under Commodore David Porter, quick to take advantage of this S0ms, cocohut, and. date palms lad-| pirates infested this region routed service which brings their South /@% With fruits, blood red hibiscus, | way; 1824, United States marines Afnerican markets closer. jweird mottled crotons, avocad® | stationed at Key West; barracks j pears, purple, magenta and rose) ovected; 1829, first postoffice es- ee we | bougainviliea, and a pandanus tabjished, first newspaper _estab- TEMPERATURES if strange as vegetation '8 ‘lished; 1831, army cee a ‘ ts a st ci actory in e evocewccewesconcccoooocs ie re roe yaphagalbegls y Uuited States established by Wil i {Be a fisheritan’s paradise and it)iam H. Wall; 1832, first church Statier — fae civtt lest a1 aoe ite netopbace . . . more! nai 1845, bui'ding of Fort! We . sige tHan six hundped-varieties of edi-!m, 4... i sap RES 'Abilene - 52 76 ‘ ¢ as {Taylor begun, marine hospital con: | : |ble fish habitate-in its waters. The: structed; 1861, east and west Mar- a ey 32 |sport fisherman ‘finds tarpon, am-'tei15 towers begun as additional] Buffalo... 24 2g «| Beriaek, ‘dolphin, kincfish and | const defense; Fort Taylor garri- x + " e 'many others to test his or her luck adied bey Union. * Gop 1869, Chie as 34 and ability . . . while on my visit) ight to Key West by Cuban pa- rere 26 j {had the thrill of watch'ng a l- triots; 1875, foundation laid for} Dee ae ° |200-pound turtle being docked! the Convent of Mary Immaculate; rote Wapeeaglt 30 Htrom a yacht... the specimen was|iso9 aranich American War, first| avale. 58 Be sent to Miami for mounting, thence! ping token in Key West harbor; ‘uh gees a tothe Museum of Natural His: 1912 Overseas sd comple Jacksonville 60 a es ed; 1934, beginning of rehabilita- canads City 46 _—*{,__1 almost forgot my cares and 'tign ty the FERA; 1935, Septem- | {business appointments as the sky ber & Eabér Day hurricane iso- KEY WEST a was miraculously clear, and just’) 0. che tittle coval island by de. Dele Rock 60 | down the street is the most beau- |." oihine the Florida East Coast cea car Baba 58 ‘Itiful sea in the world, of a pure! rrcittticn tc that city. . ever since he a turquoise color that deepens. t? then Key West has been at a dis- Miong ..... % jemerald at the horizon. Ever since| gayantage with the rest of the | mapols = Commodore Porter used Key West|cte trmrvida bat poseessing | Rew resne Ha as a base for his operation against| the temerity and. intestinal forti New York 36 | the pirates of the Gu'f and Car‘b-\tude that ittakes to get some-| | Picteborat 22 bean in 1822, its excellent harbor here, the inhabitants and offi-| enespeh ta 22 has had its place in history . . «ciate have pit shoulder to chouldes| St. Louis ~ 42 during the Spanish-American war; cng are coming ont of one of the} pelt Dake Cl 46 it was the strategic base of opera-| worst catastrephies. that could ‘San Francisco 42 52 tions; the first Spanish prize, the! ‘Weke any comeounit ca Seattle... 3 RR (mee ot 8 a Ba om a Tampa 44 64 During the World War and in’ gents ot thst? cié Taae 4 tes? Washington . 22 -” |1934 the military base hummed|* continued on Page Fourr Williston --18 10 {with activity... now in times of| ‘ontinued on Page Four) | or =. j peace the submarine basin at the! { naval station, with three major, i ‘Dp A N r( : ty channels from the south and one Dp A N < E! ¥ ‘from the northwest, has been made} i ‘ i Sunday Afternoon, 5 till 8 |available. for yachts and ‘smal! Tonight 10 till ? ONE NIN NAN et Wt RE i WOMAN TAKES JOB AS CRIME! BEING LAW CLERK FOR’ NEW PRESIDING JUDGE IN OKLAHOMA (By Associated Press) OKLAHOMA CITY, Feb, 6.—A islender, blue-eyed, white-haired woman steps forward ‘in the Okla-’ ‘thoma criminal ‘court of appéals, When the judge takes the beneb and announces: | “Hear ye, Hear yé, the honor- able crimine] co2rt of appeals of |the state of Oklahoma now is ih session.” She is Blanche Wear, 53-year- old marshal ‘of the court and, ac- cording to Judge Thomas H. Doyle, ithe only woman in the United States holding that position in a 'erimina! appellate trisunal. ins law clerk for Judge James judge. She heid the same position in 1985 when Davensort was presid- ing judge for one year, but thi time she will hold ‘the office ‘two yeas. Born in Denison, Tex., and edu- jeated in Mt, Vernon, Mo., Miss Wear started teaching school near Ardinore at the age of 19. Two years later she decided she did not like the work and tecame a steno- igrapher. | “If an attorney refuses to come. into court in comp‘iance with ap} order of this court, we will send! “KEY WEST, FLORIDA, SATURDAY, FEBRU [Miami News Carries Story Major Ge ‘fer, Who Writes tinder ‘the non de | will find m Key West houses built coming of eee Miss Blanche after him,” Judge} Davenport promises. PLANE LETTERS | | : | 7 t ARE | , | ATLANTIC OCZAN | SINCE 1934 | at BERLIN, Feb. 6.—Ten_million| letters have been carried between | Grmany and South American by; {Lufthansa mail p!anes since regu- | jlar trans-Atlantic service was be-} gun by the German air monopoly | in February, 1984. Regularity of the service hag ‘produéed pilots Who can noncha- lantly say that they have flown the Atlantic 80 or more times. In cooperation with the Condor Syndicate, of Brazil, the Lufthan- sa ships have made it possible to post a letter in Germany that will Sugar Sweeting’s S: ADMISSION nea EI SS article on Key ‘West which’ is in-! ous charm, you find mural pain’ is a-ings, executed by artists of first cortiplete ‘summary of the city as'rate skill: and standing, on the seen through the eyes of the writ-j walls of the restaurants night c'ubs m ;: “Last Thursday I visited the plume, The King Fish, The col-!. ” A » =; only tropical open-air aquarium in tumih, Headed “TaTtLe TAS”, is! the world . . . the tanks are light- herewith reproduced because ; its absoroing interest and detailed} waix around a handsome spacious descriptions of things which cl Patio ‘as you ‘observe the delicately the eyes and ears of the visitors. [tinted inhabitants with a'l their ‘Until 1 Went There. |} 1, x ithese are strange and lovely crea- ay, Rie southernmost ‘tyres, indeed, from the fabulous : ih the United States. It is @)unicorn-fish to the jaunty ser- y four miles lorig:.. . surrounded isish, the French angelfish — with| by reefs ‘which “break ‘the waves every scale tipped with gold, the long befote they come to shoredicuygoon fish with his spine as ithe temperature variant being but irish and batfish, the “welling fi 3 z 5 ig fish twelve and one-half degrees, with: putting himself up like an operatic a yearly average of 77... ‘ttenor; the Lutterfly and blue tang ktown ‘a frost. ‘ible family of ine fi ‘ bed ‘ Ny porcupine fish, which ‘One of ‘the charms of Key! must be seen to be Helieved, and West lies: in its architecture . - ./ are hard’y creditle then . . . some ‘and you find yourself in an unside-! fish isitely: beeuti- walked lane or-al‘ey with its small [0 °?1. the eainbows and angels, overgrown with tropical fru-tsand'anq no one -on this little tunip of foliage ... . ax Old4World atmos: | ogra] in the midst of the sea would phere ‘prevades ‘there . . . Spai ;deny tuat these, the most ancient frpm poreh to pereh until one for. test and f'nest show in town. gets that he is in the United) «1, the afternoons ‘the town is States . . . the Bshaman negro./quict, and the little ho:ses seem; as-of old; adds to the i‘lusion that} cainst the sun, and the: cltizens you are in foreign land . . . YO" ‘take their siesta . . . bet with the evening, after the houses built by settlers from all ithe thin Mite-and“cdniea'te lite parts of the world, and by ships'jtn the negro qvarters rich and, a i k out in song; of nais... , me correctly a noted architect/ang idling groups loiter along Du- and avthor once said, ‘It may sur- jval strect . . . the parnding seems iscent of Nantucket, of Virginia, | theater and Eaton street gn Du- of New Orleans and.cf. the. W 1 vespecialty Saturday nights] Indies. And yet, not lite any of afte~ Kress’ closes and on Sunday tive of Key West-as are the turtle-| ning church sorvices are o’er . . steaks and the sea-grapes and the) everyone seems to be in a very suger apples that you will find | jovial mood . . . so much for that “Key West is surrounded by! sonowing information that (to be the waters of the Gulf of Mexico trutntul) some of the residents of and the Atlantic Ocean .. . the | Key West, are not up on... In brellas along Rest Beach add to’ qayo Hueso (Bone Key), wa" the charm of this magnificent | aysrded Juan Pablo Sala by Don Stretch of water. and to the com- ;Juan de Estrado, Governor of triguing -and interesting, ‘and-is a! ‘and ‘cafes, by ie ty the rays ofthe sin, and you} ‘Key West x (colors slowing and sparkling . .. all island, a milé-and a-half wide yeant-major, the exquisite parrot Winter and summer intermingle,: hatp ana svepel, tke gicome toad- West is semi-tropical and has never) ang. pndding-wife, and ‘the incred-| a ‘minute's walk from Duval street | are uvroariously comic, like the native shacks or balconied houses, /}.4¢ al] of them are fascinat'ng, is heard as conversation drift |i, nobitants of all, put on the great- using his head as a carrying tray}a-ieep; their shutters are closed more than a century &#0 - - “icy 'endid fires of scnset grow pale, carpente:s who used pegs instead inosky voices breal if my memory serves! people stream towards the cafes, prise yo to find houses remin-jt, pe done between the Monroe y after the eve- there.’ . . inquiring around I pick up the, palm-thatched «cabanas and um- 4815 Key West, then known as fort. of the bathers. Other ‘swim: | Fiorida, for merito“ous service to ‘ming ‘holes’ are found in different | 4). crown of -Syain parts of the island. The royal) “In 1821 Key West was pur- [penn sae hae! burn) chased from Juan Pablo Salas by legend,’ John W. Simonton for $2,000. blooms several months:of the year, /(That is where Simonton street jae ne Bast Li pat yiane {ects its name; 1822, Lieutenant jdillas, banyans,; Spanish limes: | M. C. Perry took possess'on of the |Pomegranstes, and papayas, the. ictand as pa:t of the territory of craft. The breezes that blow are; RAUL’S CLUB too bland to chill the blood, but John Pritchard’s Orchestra they are excelient to fill the en-' adm. thusiastic yachtman’s sails. —_ | | Ladies Free’ ARY 6, 1987. ROQUE HEARING «| intended Thomas ‘G. Abbott, well Known; where, but first place one newspaper advertsiing man, and; hands of each winter visitor. recently attached to the Miami Asked what was the Daily News, is a visitor in Key said that ‘dering his stay he hat’ West, recuperating from an auto- so many wonderful and at! mobile aceident which resu'ted in. a scenes which could be ad. | morning im one of the magatticont a fractured skull and ineapacitat. | mb used ina ve te hee) maintaned by the division ed him from active service for a tion, Nestes png be i time. |s Be onan Mr, Abbott said that he. feels!fop_ | The plane om the geacrel West put in effect and is of thejto leavem, port type in im the army ie ee ee and ted «it at metere gg hoanig full size, would be just} — Mr, Se cemteanet gf quipped wth end in view he had addressed His idea is to use some of the | meeting of city couneil views now cvailavle in Key West,! night and explained and to personally make other pic-}of his idea and sho ; tures of scenes and persons, vsi- | bers that to get out « rotagravure i visiting Mrs, Andrews at Foot tors and local, and with the neces-; edition such as he had outined. saty informative articles, put out woul cost but a nomina! sum, and Taylor where che i scoupying a rotagravure section of about | that the benefits would be tenfold ome of the cottages i) Me. Ww. 50.000 and send them every- the expenditure necessary. _ 4: Calvert, Mire, Maxwell and tee FERRY UNDERGOES coves: sur sn» sos wit vonsie several weeks, it is understend. : aru | It was said today that Gearral TO BE ARRAIGNED IN AFT- VESSEL TO BE TAKEN OFF “*#re™* sxpects t@ ledee tome ERNOON BEFORE CQUN. WAYS TODAY FOLLOW. | "*% Sernine but Glens te extere TY JUDG2 ING OVERHAULING je Matte tater to ie coamme fer © lee ger wisit, Benigno Roque, who, is, under, indictment on a charge of assault with intent to commit murder, his being Bennie Pierce, will be arraigned 4 o'clock Monday afternoon before County Judge Raymond Lord for prelim- inary hearing. Yesterday Judge Lord announc- ed that the hearing would be Tuesday afternoon at the same hour, but later in the day Judge T. S. Caro, who is attorney for Roque, appeared before him and placed back in the water today, after being out on the ways for severa! days undergoing repairs, and ‘keing painted. ; on 7 Ry seer care wie - Mon’ RITUAL PRACTICE WILL lay for ove! ul an we one ‘of ‘the shafts straightened, and to! _-4°LD AT SCOTTIS® have certain minor readjustments | RITE HALL and repai.s made while in the dock. | Further repairs w.ll ve made to! the engine and power plant and it} is expected the vessel will be plac-! victin Ritua’ practice wii be held to moirow morning 10 clock at the {emanate from the same sourees, asked thet the date for hearing be set for Monday. Although all of the papers had ed back in service next week, Scottish KR te hail, corner of Baten and Simonton streets, by the © der of DeMeoiays, ‘been made out for the hearing as MRS. i. BROWN } Joe Richardson, aatter ean of Tuesday, said Judge Lord, the cellor of the ongan sation, stetes reasons offered by Judge Caro for that arranwem< - nee bette asking for the Monday hearing were considered sufficient, and the change was ordered. | NO ‘WINDOWS’ PLACED IN NEW OFFICE BUILDING — Mrs. H. S. Brown, Jr., of Silver ‘Springs, Mu., and son Thomas, _aré visitors in Key West and are the guests at the home of Mrs. | Brown’s brother-in-law and sister, Mr.“and Mrs. John Park, of Pine made for putting a icam through the degrees, with other activitte to be carried on by th of the chapter Reversed Si _ ~~ a te salve’ RACINE, Wis, Feb. 6 Ain of- 8nd Georgia streets, re Se fice building without windowed _ It, ras;the-jutentign, of Mre)yenrold Mark Gress, « 7 walls is ‘under construction here. Browi/to Arfive “here in time to ing Wings backwards Tt was designed by Frank Lloyd, attend the’funeral of her mother, "ing to ee leit-vo-vighs Wright, internationally known Mrs. Adella Skelton, ‘but the ill- Mrs. * jc Lough architect, for S. C. Johnson & Ress of her son prevented them, tems red , ~g oa oo Son, Inc., wax makers. coming in time for the services. caused transporter © on * Daylight will enter the office’ It is expected they will remain for Meryves Pe through tubular shaped glass Several weeks. Merk. wh . bands encircling the building ———_— tered her specia . one at a six-foot level, the other RED CROSS FUND we oS yee at the angle formed by the wall saw and “: « * at” os and the roof—and through sky- rey : lights. Artificial lighting will " | Previoasiy acknowledged $1,337.40 workroom are offices for depart- ment heads and junior executives, : The chief officers will use a pent- house on top of the main office. : The building will cost more than $250,000. ! Cuba Brings Because the only exterior open- Cash 50 * an ae ings will be chambered “entrance Mrs. Harry Cooper 1.00 eg ae doors, the building utilizes two Livingston Bethel 1.06 ae : “nostrils” —cireular shafts run- Saunders Wholesale Gro- can see ‘right bere isis oa ‘ cery 10.00 wants be a wend Ua ay ning from the basement to the be - rgof—through which the air-con- ae of Bauder ois <a oe hoe = a ditioning equipment will breathe ene - es Eee in Fresh air. Benjamin M. Russell 3.00 as “vight-eved The main unit is a vast work- -- room, 130 by 210 feet. On a }mezza-nine gallery around the In Over Hundred Passengers “The trouble with mo:t modern} Steamship Cuba, of the P. and Hufmann, Bife Hediew buildings is that they are not 0. S. S. Co., arrived from Havana Thomas P. Coleman. Howard really modern,” says Wright. yesterday afternoon with 11 first Monett, Marie Monet, Frask — and two second class passengers Sechust, Aune Sechurt Alumnae of Florida State College for Women for Key West; 75 first class pas- sengers for St, Petersburg and 20 with the r The ship smiled 5:10 for Tarp bs . first and two second class for booking kK We ' Volentine Card Porto ; Tampa. Rac Rae, F. Chars " Friday. Febrvary 12. 8». m. | Key West arrivals were: A. E. Charaby, 8. ©. Kelly. Mee & HOSPITALITY HOUSE Phone 787 for Reservati EACH PLAYER ....... 25e A ee sett en en etn, Sanchez, Leslie McNair, © | Thompkins, Mario Sanches, Rose W. T. Fr