The Key West Citizen Newspaper, March 13, 1937, Page 1

- Monroe County Is Tenth | LARGE NUMBER WILL HEAR GOVERNOR CONE OUTLINE PLANS AT CONFERENCE IN JACKSONVILGE HELD LAST NIGHT WITH REV. SHULER PEELE OF- FICIATING Mistrlets im percentage of illit- iis on MN | JACKSONVILLE, March 13.— aeey, Monroe county is tenth | Several, hundred business leaders ; pected to attend the Florida Pro- sighteew counties of the district,| gress Conference here Monday to line his plans and program for the education division of the|Florida’s advancement anid econo- president of the Florida State ‘The city of Key West has the Chamber of Commerce, said to- sixth highest illiteracy percenta e°) Th governor will be the prin- cipal speaker at a luncheon ses- towns in the district, the — report roof-garden of the Mayflower shows. hotel. The state chamber is Governor Cone the opportunity of literacy percentage is given as| clarifying his thoughts and ideas PR ehtly, over: national and ig the outeome of several average of 4.3. The number of; talks between the governor and iMiterates in the fourth district is} Invitations were sent oct yes- reported as 22,177. The State’s terday to representative business moet illiterate congressional dis-|Colee said, tne mailing list in- trict, the third, has 23,810 i eluding the membership and diree: cials of the local chambers of tal population. commerce, newspapers, — bankers, Monroe County's illiteracy to-imeyors of Florida cities, officials of illiteracy < ‘ leadit tewid ti for other counties in the fourth MSiceaune koe kak adie Brevard, 4.7; Broward, 5.5;, broadcast from a local station Clay, 7.3; Dade, 2.7; Duval, 4.4;{ from 1:80 to 2:00 p. m., Mr. Co- vain CONDUCT SERVICES =e FOR THOMAS POPE number of iliterates is given az 487, and the percentage of il- racy reported for any town or eity in the fourth district is 9.1, Miami Beach. ‘in Key West's population group,| Funeral services for Thomas teiet ranks lowest among Florida (Special to The Citizen) highest “in illiteracy among the|{"0m. all parts of Florida are ex- secording to figures prepared by| hear Governor Fred P. Cone out- Works Progress Ajdministration. |™Y im government, Harold Colee, day. of the 22 principal cities and sion beginning at 1'p. m, in the For the fourth district, the il- sponsoring the conference to give to the people and press of Florida’ | Mr. Colee. men and women of the state, Mr. Utprates, 12.9 per cent of its to terate of the state chamber, offi- county commissioners of the state, district are reported ax follows) for the governor’s remarks to be 6:3;! For the city of Key West, the} literacy as 4.7. Highest illit- for Pompano; lowest is 1.2 for 10,000 to 20,000, 111 cities in the} Pope whose body was recovered United States have higher per-| yesterday from the water, were; centages of illiteracy, than Key|held 8 o’clock last night from the West, the report shows. Beverly:chapel of the Lopez Funeral Hills, Calif.; Grose Point - Park,!Home. Rev. Shuler Peele, of Mich, Kenmore, N. Y., and! Fleming Street Methodist church, | Medford, Oregon, have the best} officiated: records in this population’ growp,}| Mr. Pope fell Monday | night with only 0.1 per cent illiteracy. from the pier of the P. and O. S. Florida cities in the same group) S. company just after leaving the having worse records than Key} carnival, it is said, and his body West are: Gainesville, 5. Talla-| floated to the surface yesterday » tassee, 7.8; Sanford, 7. Two just before noon. eities in group—Palestine,} Death, it was announced, was Texas and Ossining, N. Y.—have! due to drowging and it was evi- the same percentage of illiteracy; dent from the condition of the as Key West. body that drowning was the Florida ranks eleventh among! cause and there was no necessity the States in percentage of il-! of empanelling a cordner’s jury. literacy, with 7.1 per cent, the} Besides other relatives the de- report shows. Over 78 per cent; ceased is survived by one sister, negroes. ‘ami. Criminal Court Conclude Activities This Morning 215 aiicer———— In criminal this morning, with Judge William Y. Albury presiding, the case of Mike Shep- pard, charged’ with setting up and a w gambling gathe on open highway at Snake Creek, ‘Was reopened. This offender of the laws of he state of Florida did not ap- court, and was not present today. The sureties in the case were, ac- three times to produce the ac- cused, but failed to respond. It was then ordered that suit be started against the sureties, Anne Dannehauert and M. G. O’- =. Neal. With this action the docket was q COCKTAIL DANCE Cleared and the judge ordered a Somers. Sund recess. § Bhi Atuenae, Clerk C. Sam B. Curry was di- rected to pay off the jurors who were declared discharged for the term. The total paid to the jurors VOWWME Lv. Noe. SOS ec ee | ef the State’s total illiterates aro! Mrs. Bertha McConnell, of Mi-| DOCTOR'S OFFICE Arenterg, justice of the and coroner ex-officio. to consultation. CASE OF EARL DUNFEE WHO DIED SUDDENLY IN Late. yesterday afternoon the died during a consultation with local physician, rendered a ver- dict to the effect that the deceas- ed came to his death from a heart ittack. Deéth occurred about 2 o’clock Thursday afternoon. »! Members of ‘the © jury were: } April) 10, Ulric Gwynn, foreman; Merville}: E. osim, Sr. John + Nelson; jand Eddie Albrry, Sr., serving in the investigation under ‘Frat The investigation was started Thursday afternoon anid wis con- tinued until after 4 o’clock yes- terday afternoon, while several expert authorities were called in- peace ‘Mrs. Dunfee and a sister arriv- ed yesterday from Miami to take charge of the effects of the de- ceased. The widow was appointed ladministrator, and to her turned over approximately moriey orders which were on the body. operating in Key West. pvessel of the Overseas WPA OFFICIAL FLORIDA KEYS to points on the Keys. One of the last things {ney Co., at Hog Key. DEPORTA immigration officials. this countty illegally, but ; Panama. —PHONE 40— in cash and a book of express was $196 found The deceased was a concession- aire with the carnival company Mrs. Dunfee and companion left this morning over the highwa; and tke body will be sent on a Trans- WwW. V. LITTLE LEAVES ON BUSINESS VISIT to W. V. Little, in charge of the State Employment Service reau in the WPA _ headquarters building, left over the highway this morning for a business visit Bu- done yesterday afternoon by Mr. Little was designating a cook and oiler to be added to the list of men re- quisitioned by the Thomas F.-Ken- | VERY PUZZLING DEALS WITH FAMILY THAT! DISEMBARKED AT KEY WEST FROM CUBA | WILKES-BARRE, March 13.— What to do with Jacob Tavah and! his family of six is a puzzle to| Tavah, alias Charles Belmonte, and his family are admittedly in where to deport them is the sticker. They are charged with entry on a fa'se visitor’s permit three years} ago. Originally from Constanti- 'nople, the Tavah family disem- barked at Key West, Fla., from; Havana. But the Cuban consul in! tro, 30.8; Herbert Boyden, 42.8; ” . Wilkes-Barre says the Tavah fam- gene ats Se enmen of the} iy entered Cuba illegally from i roced ierne County Prison to await depor- cording to, legal procedure, calledi tition heating. His wife and chil-| ‘dren were permitted to remain in Bloomsburg with rlatives. A broth-| Dorothy Bearup, 35.1; er of Mrs. Tavah, Marco Mitranti, is president of the Milco Undergar- ment Company of Wilkes-Barre. KEY WEST’S PIONEER } | (PRESCRIPTION DISPENSARY Simonton and Fleming Sts. KEY WEST DRUG CO. MEMBERS OF COUNCIL As" THEIR GUESTS of San Carlos, and thé joint com- contiection with the unveiling of stel the monument to José Marti, has’ coroner’s jury investigating into | received a telegram from the death of Earl Durifee, who'| Manuel Castillo, chairtiian of the’ x Cuban commission, extending an invitation to’ Mayor H. C. Galey to visit Havana. The telegram points out that! Dr. Laredo Bru, president of), Cuba, will be glad to receive the mayor and members of the city council and diseuss with them the unveiling of the Marti memorial Jou wiles will probably take phice oblttE ee Clifford G. Hicks presided as temporary chairman of the Citi- ‘zen’s Advisory Council meeting of the body which was held Thursday evening in the con- sultation room of the council at WPA headquarters. Since no one has beén appoint- ‘ion made rt R. Warren, Mr. lected to serve until a permanent chairman has been named. Those present were: Gekeler, Rev. W. J. Reagan, J., Joe Pearlman, Dr. Harry C. Galey, Carl Bervaldi, Miss Mary L, Partrick, Dr. James B. Parra- more, John C, Miller, Gladys Roberts. LEAVE ON TRIP TO OCALA, FLA. THREE GO TO ATTEND AN- NUAL MEETING OF SO- CIAL WORKERS Hicks was se- Mrs. Gladys Roberts, Mrs. Vir- ginia Baker and Mrs. Beulah How- ft! over the highway for Ocala, to attend the 21st annual meeting of the Florida Stgte Conference on Social Work. "This “conference, it is said, wil} Voegil Stinday evening and will plast-thrbugh Wednesday, it is ex- pected. Those who are to attend from Key West, plan to be back MORETYPISTS | AWARDS MADE. Announcement of awards made in the commercial classes of Key! West High School has been made by Mrs. Hildegard Ott Russell, in| Chicago charge of this department. Competent typists awards have been given the fo!- lowing students: Marjorie Frow, 39.3; Mary Cas-{ Huron Una Mae Brady, 31.6; Jose Sol-|Kansas C:ty .. |dano, 41.5; Phyllis Adams, 42.5; ;Kathryn Albury, 31.1; Tavah was committed to Luz-| Tester, 43.1; Allen Neal Roberts, 36.3; Mary Thompson, 34.8; Anita; Berkowitz, 36.4; Susan Roberts, | 35.6; Geraldine Canfield; New Orleans Andrew Elwood,|New York ... Salt Lake City San Francisco ‘SPECIAL 1 WEEK ONLY|s PERMANENT Dorothea Beauty Shoppe 1116 White Street pater : sd-diers to fire on them.” be| present at the uveiling ¢ere-| that sounded. pretty on monies,"he will probably accept] ang: we asked Mr. Gray if and come here for the cere-|tiought there sonie time might be C. G. HICKS PRESIDES AS|army and navy of the TEMPORARY CHAIRMAN | WASHINGTON, Match is—| 4 . ve , a. aes Gailfish In Local W of Represéntative Gray,| Ku . , Pennsylvania Democrat, to amend! : constitution to permit con- to select the commander chief of the army and navy when calied into service. constitution makes the ‘dent thé commander in chief |™any of which have been’ taken: name i > ve, Gray |this’season, by anglers. in a poy aero RP “I introduced the resolution,” he said. “That speaks for itself.” + He said it was entirely his own idea, that no organization was back of him. His proposed amend- “The commander in chief of the: United States, and of the militia of the several states, when called actual service of the United States, shall be elected or chosen by the congress of the United States, by secret ballot, two-thirds of each house concrrring, from among the officers of the army not below the of major general, and with advice and consent of such * Besides others who might object ;t@ the proposition the navy would it Ike it so well since it does not Then again, there is the resolu- tion by Representative Church of ja new and solid advance and that} contacts with Illinois asking a house inquity in-|one of the requisites for availing’ dents and visitors. to the ‘reason for keeping murkey corridor of the old state- war building the flag’ that tripped John Wilkes Booth and caused him to fall and break his leg after “jhe shot President Lincoln. Mr. Church thinks it ought to go to Springfield or to a Lincoln in Washington where more people would see it. the theater on Tenth street, off Penn- sylvania avenue, where the was hanging when it caught Booth’s spur, draws a constant stream of tourists. Sweepstakes Representative Sacks of Penn- sylvania would wipe out sweep~ stakes lotteries in a bill to pro- hibit transporting the tickets in-| }terstate or even to distribute in; this|terstate any list of prizes drawn or awarded in a lottery. That would just about end news stori of thé family of seven shoeless. children who seem forever coming} KeyWest Yacht Basin were reg- upowith $2,483.37 won in a lot-, . tery just as the mortgage is to be Ceeesocesooncoesssoocere Highest TEMPERATURES Lowest last night Iast 24 hour? 58 76 . 44 74 . 26 34 - 22 34 50 70 . 26 34 . 24 50 - 18 32 . 64 70 - 64 _ a 38 . 54 78 28 38 . 67 75 ~ 52 62 . 52 60 . 34 52 - © 74 22 28 56 74 32 42 - 56 64 - 28 46 28 48 40 60 50 56 . 50 56 - 56 80 -. 34 46 6 26 in @ Wm, M. Carson, guest of Baclierto namie: the boat Whitlock on the Ketch Cyé aa aes i ey yesterday afternoon | u to! self, boat® one of the’ pe nor Meio pias 5 name of his #8 é i FE E iu brought in, measuring inches and weighing 50 Asked by The Citizen name Cyemba had any s‘gnifieance, Mr. Whitinck that it certainly did. sala Asked by The Citizen today what progress was being made in h’s reorganization activities in connection with the chamber of commerce, S. C, Singleton said that the number of applications for membership was steadily in-| creasing. te z ETE 1 have personally contacted fee? that Key West is on the verge of | merce, ‘More Than Fifty Activity in the sponge market; Only one small salé was he'd) has gradually dwindled until rt‘ yesterday morning at the muniel- picks up again with the return of | pal dock when 40 bunches of wool the vessels which have, practical!y,i were disposed of at $158.34, and all left for the sponge beds with- 12 bunches of yellow were bid in im the past 10 days. for $5.65. Three Pleasure Craft “| Berth In Yacht Basin t ‘ *. | Steamship Ozark, 4 istered during the last 48 houts, and thé records as‘ filed with t FERA offices show: Yacht Cyemba, ketch rigged,, 13.—Joe Frederick, a ministerial be used on the sewer project. Aft jowned by Bache Whitlock of New! student, claims the title of ugliest, er d'scharging, the Oxark sailed York, with Captain J. Thompsor college man in Texas. |for New Orleans at 5:30. lin ¢ommand. The vessel has @| He has challenged all “Beao e ‘ te Port crew of two, and Mr. Whitlock) Uglies” in the state’s colleges to| The power boat P Cop haz three guests. ‘compete in a contest to pick the tain Vera! Roberts, of the Over Sampan, cruiser from Miami, homeliest student. Frederick has seas Transportation company, #F fowned by Leo Droughton who is a head start. Last fall he was rived in port thie morning from also master of the vessel. He has voted by fellow students the Miami with eight tome of freteht several guests. | “ugliest man on the eampas.” ifer Key West ° Cruiser Souse is from Oyster; |Bay, New York, and the owner ae { {Captain 3, i. ee Hay = Cuba Brings In Over yi MISS E GEIGER | Two Hundred Passengers “ trom| Mrs. C. W, Smith, C. D. Water { man, Ma. Weterman, & Spare |CONFERRING WITH NYA ed cheer cag afternoon wi man, Ernest Kirklead, & Ged VISOR ON RECREA- | C/8ht first class passengers = Tor | ford, Mrs. Bedford, A. B. Remon, oe Key West; 122 first class passen | Mother Margaret, Mother Thee TION PROJECTS jgers for St. Petersburg and 106 iore, B. L. Murr, BE. @. Mores, | — }first elass and two second class mp 'p © Downln . | Miss Essie Geiger, WPA field; passengers for Tampa. i. ae ie oe jdirector of recreation is a visitor, Key West arrivals were: Achil-) ° id . in Key West today and is d'seuss- | les Borges, Herbert Harrington, ling the question of recreation pro- | Mrs. Ruth Harrington, Wm, Rob- jects with James Fort, NYA su-)son, M. J. Robson, Felipe Perajo, | D A N Cc E | pervisor in this area. James Proctor, Lillian Proctor. | The proposal is to establish a| The vessel sailed for Tampa! Tonight, 10 wm 7 project here to be supervised by’ shortly after 6 o'clock with thei) RAUL’'S CLUS the WPA with members of the / following bar a te Key John Pritchard's Orchestre NYA taking an active part in the' West: Lula Bond, its. C. Hh’ ade. $1.00 Ledics Free projects, | Storey, H. Mayer, J. Krausel, J.| (My Anwotnted Presny signments shipment of 192 FORT WORTH, Tex., March’ tons of asphalt for the WPA. te |0. S. S. company, arrived