The Key West Citizen Newspaper, April 26, 1937, Page 1

1996, were $309,519. UME LVIII. No. 99. Postal Savings In Are Termed swap scot 3 3% OUT COCONUTS ponents of a new drive to abolish the postal savings system. ‘That is the amount of money;the docks on the Miami river ‘she’s operating, both in the en- em deposit in postal savings ac- Within the next ten. days. eounteat the Key West postoffico ee March 31 of this year, the | lected from the Cape Sable re- seasonal cverhauling. latest date for which the post. _ sities department has @ report. 1) Piorida peninsula and ‘from pore ie ee & decrease of $6,795 fiseal year, since postal at Key West on June 30, ‘These deposits are “frozen a5-' eral chairman of the Florida com- sete", it is elnimed, because while) mittee arranging for 40th trien- the lew requires that postal sav-' nial conclave of the Grand En-'hody heard him. ius funds be deposited in local campment of Knights Templar of no one in hearing distance but a banks, if possible, the banks are the United Stctes of America. | fe hedged around with restric-' tions in use of the money that never gets back into circulation. nirs to those attending the great! on the Cuba, as her presence gave ——_—__—_— ‘ey Woct (SKIPPER FOND OF Key West TCE CREAM SODA 3? - ASSOCIATES ‘DISSIPATE’ ‘WHILE ASHORE yb eee ped FEVE - In a recent issue of The Tam- AS SOUVENIRS TEMPLAR FOR DisTRipu. Likes Ice Cream Sodas.” TION | The article is reproduced here- jwith: i | (Special to The Citizer:) | MIAMI, Fis., April 26.—Twen-' new propelier shaft for the port \ty thousand coconuts with hulls engine. While the ship is out, 7 'they’re doing a lot of work they intact will be unloaded at of | atone °F wouldn’t have time to do while ;gine room and on deck. This } * z s i k, of course, always is done These coco re ieog nuts are being col- sien the ship is in dry dock for “The last time I saw Captain gion at the southern tip of the! ' i town drugstore drinking an_ ice tof the smaller and more remotejcream soda with Chief Officer | first three quarters of the... }Bob Lord and First Assistant; jistands of the Bahama group. Walter McOook. So Captain| ig isn’t the only seafaring man who jieal product was issued yesterday | dissipates when he goes ashore. by John B. Pheips of Miami, gén-| His favoite is banana splits. “Yes, I like ice ceam sodas,’ the admitted, captain looking Aind there was |newspaperman. “‘On one occasion I was de- lighted to meet a Tampa lady idowntown who was a passenger Purchase of the coconuts which re to be given away as souve- ‘Unies it will pledge collateral to national convention in Miami next me a good opportunity to indulge seeure the deposits, a bank is not! July 17-23, is the result of for-|in an ice cream soda gracefully, permitted to lend out postal sav-| mer experiences at triennial con- even though Iam a deep sea man.” ings fund, opponents of the pos-'claves in. such cities as Seattle, | “But T'll go to bat for ice ‘tal savings eyetem point out. The Minneapolis and Philadelphia. revult, they sey, is that many! In each of these cities the de-jjn Philadelphia last summer when} baitlis af deTintig jeaar sates! mand 5 frentetidous that the) Bob Passavant “and T were “going deposits altogether. iii) cane af oeuiuinas ie | supply was exfatsted within a cream sodas. There was that time tup town on Saturday night—w a pooled our nickels and pennies few hours after opening of the | and found we had enough for two Representative Fred Biermann| Fiorida Grand Commandery head-) three-cent stamps, a pack of cig- Jows democrat, who is pushing a quarters, the system = entirely. temperate is Senator Guy Gillette, hee of fowa, who says the orig- i imal purpose of postal savings— te protect the smal! depositor— } thas been outdated by creation of; BM to do away with saving- More! . j least partially jurge of those not familiar with! | the tropies and who desire to}| jarettes each and an ice cream This time the Florida commit-|cone apiece. But my favorite is tee hopes to be in a position to at | frosted chocolates.” respond to the! learry back home or mail with ap-/ | propriate label, tangible evidence | of their visit to Florida. | the Federal Deposit Insurance| | Corporation, which insures bank} i i @eposits up to $5,000; but the! SPONGE SALE | From the office of County y Senator declines to subscribe, \Judge Raymond Lord there were | fully to Representative Biermann’s! HELD TODAY ued during the week ending i Plans for abolishing the postal! {today, to the following persons, t savings system. He'd rather see) jlicenses permitting their marri- 1 seme way worked ovt to _release| lage. ; those “fronen aosets” in the local) There was held this morning, James L. Fort and Martha i eommonity, with resulting in-'at the municipal sponge dock aj Buck; win E. Sweeting and t ereaved buying power and freer’ sale at which the offerings were Georgina Machado; Jose Cerezo evedit, and is stodying legislation! not many, the largest being 80 and Margaret Jaycocks; Robert te achieve this. RETURNS To KEY WEST steamahip Cube ing the kh at th who of wool offered and two lots of hed been attending a Pythian Con-! yellow the largest containing 40 vention in Lake Wales, returned bunches which brought te Key West this morning on the The Camille Robinson, 4 $446.63. State Auditors Taken For Day On Fishing Trip comes to eld home while Mr. ishing and is in charge of the Department of few hours, Every visitor who Key West wants to go @rus. y doe They are prised at the number of m im the course of a and H. L. Pearce and W. B. Jobn- aon, state auditors who are period ecounty court house, and Mrs, John- r a day of ang- only of a launch in these ond caught plenty of fish.’ © starting on their day of ing and the experience was are te tions Yesterday Mr son and Mr. and Mrs. Pe: gon, William; Mr. and fam 8. Curry, and Nathan Nile, went out ling under the guidance of Skip- ger Evelyn Niles, the commande | bunches of woo! which brought Bergohy and Willie Mae Terry; $365, slightly more than $4.50 the Evangelin Boan and Maria Luisa bunch. i Caaballo. ; There were several smaller lots RETURN HERE “ONSUNDAY atenant Wim. Klaus. U. S. N,. at the naval! sta- K’aus, returned ay yesterday after- an absence of one $21.10.) total offerings ‘brought eee lofficer in ¢ Out ition, and Mr: over the noon afte week. The lieutenant was on his regu- lar trip to the different communi- Curry, who ¢ation units in the district, visit- ¢\ing points on both the east and Commerce airport at Fort Worth, | Wet coasts of the state, is reeuperating from a recent ill- gees And was the company satisfied with their day’s sport, ask any member of the party, said C. Sam swered his own query by saying r “you bet they were.” Many fine’ ‘Steamship Ozark, of the Clyde- fish were | taken, including the’ Mallory Lines, arrived in port caught in these waters for many and sailed for New Orleans months, also barracuda, one 3:15 0’¢'ock the same day. measuring four feet, mutton fish,! The vessel was from Jackson- of the various specimens taken in! small shipments of lumber. these waters. { = a The party had a delightfal out-| - ‘STEAMER OZARK B. Curry this morning. And an-! finest ‘specimen’ of niuttonfish Friday afternoon at 12:30 o’clock mackerel, yellowtail, and others ville and Miami and brought only EERE OEE es! WHITMAN’S CANDIES gratif cation and pleasurable -| pecially novel and exhilirating to we cai 4 eltement. they went to Sand Key, Mr. and Mrs. Pearce and their, hs seen rose red S00? where others joined the (son, and Mr. and Mrs. Johnson) pry wrep p, = These were Mr. and Mra. who expressed themselves as hav-| KEY WEST DRUG CO. Curry i their daughter, -, ing enjoyed a really delightful Phone 40 tien, who are vacationing in their! time. ! ee A purchase order for this trop- | Proud of Mooremack’s Oritani} ‘about fartively to see that no-! at BEN ATTENDING MASONIC SESSION IN JACKSONVILLE | Members of the local Masonic ‘pa Tribune, in “Along the Water| bodies who were attending the! morning 5:30 o'clock in his resi- Front” column by Russell King, | annual session of the Grand‘ dence, 1113 Varela street. Fun- CONDUCTED WEDNES- DAY AFTERNOON Asa L. Whitaker, 66, died this TWENTY THOUSAND WILL BE 2PPe*red an article under the | Lodge of the Jurisdiction of Flor-' eral services will be held 5 o’clock | OBTAINED BY KNIGHTS oF capton of “Captain Harrington ida in Jacksonvil’e ,last week, re-| Wednesday afternoon from the | about 350 non-relief supervisory | (Special te The Citizen) JACKSONVILLE, April 26.— iturned over the highway yester-/1esidence to Ley Memorial church. ' workers on WPA projects in Flor- | day. | They report having had a most | Lopez Funeral Home will be in present payroll per‘od, i e : per‘od, it was an- | ‘Then down to the 8. S. Cuba, ‘interesting and pleasant time and’ charge of arrangements. { " ; where they were polishing up 8 met a number of Most Worshipful | Mr. Whitaker was for 25 years | Grandmasters from the jurisdic. \tions of Georgia, Louisiana, Ten- jnessee, North and South Carolina, jwho were visiting for the ses- sion, Representatives from | West were: Wm. Mendell, Wor- /shipful Master of Dade Lodge | Number 14; Fernando Camus, District Deputy Grand Master {Charles Lowe, representing Wor- jshipful Grand Master of Anchor’ Lodge Number’ 182, and Gab-iel Gutierrez, Worshipful Masi of Dr. Felix Varela Lodge Nun:ve1 | 64. COMES TO TAKE BOY TO TAMPA { ‘CONSTABLE GRAVES WILL | LEAV= WITH WILLIAM SOLIS | | TOMORROW AFTERNOON i i | H.C. Graves, constable of the} jfirst district of Tampa, Fla., who} came here to take in charge a boy ‘named William Solis, who was ar- xested here upon receipt of a tele- \gram, will leave tomorrow atter- enroute to Tampa. | The arrest of the boy here was, {made by Captain of Police Al- |berto Camero, who has turned him ; |over to the visiting officer. } { See ee | TEMPERATURES { | Lowest Highest - i but neither state or district of- Station— last night last 24 houry Interment was at Rose Hill Cém-!ficials have any choice in the ‘Abilene .......... 80 letery. matte.r [Apalachicola 76 | He is survived py his widow,! “Higher authorities have or-/ | Atlanta 70 | y dered the reduction and it is up | Boston 56 ae _ Peake lp aesoleran | us to put it into offeet with | Brownsville 80 Bowers of Tampa; three daugh-|®® little adverse reaction as pos- jBuffalo .... 54 ters, Mrs. Norman Roberts and|tible on efficiency of the work jCharleston a8 Mrs, Hilary Knowles of Key program.” Chicago 46 | West and Miss Eloise Bowers of| Ingram seid he understood the {Corpus Christi 62 76 | Seine: two sisters, Mrs. Fred{S2me order app'ies to al! jobs be- Lech a ae be Reese and Mrs, J. H. Bedford of |i@@ operated with relief funds, Detroit 42 52 I watina: these brothers: Loo E, {such es Resettiement Administra: | [Dodge ‘City < 36 - | Bowers and §,:C. Bowers of Mi-|*ion project and other. 1 vscteigiet = a; j ami, and H. D, Bowers of Naran-| PRC LR saethts aa - | ia, Fla., and eight grandchildren. CUBA ARRIVES {Galveston 64 AB onl 7 { acc” 8 7TWO'STEAMERS THIS MORNING | Helena 42 70 = FI ten a0 2/44 ARRIVE SUNDAY! a Sates S ci 'VESSEL RESUMES RUN AFT- Kansas City .. 36 42 | ER BEING OUT OF COMMIS. | KEY WEST .. 73 86 Steamship Winston-Salem, of Little Rock .. 52 66 ‘the Lykes Brothers Steamship . SION FOR TWO WEEKS Los Angeles . 54 82 | Company, arrived in port yester-9 = Louisville 44 62 |day afternoon from Rotterdam} Miami 66 84 ‘with general cargo o7 1,900 tons,| Steamship Cuba, of the P. and inneapolis .. 40 46 land berthed at the Porter Dock 0. S. S pany, after being out vil.e 50 64 Company. The ves:el took on 21,-/cf commission for about two w Orleans 60 78 | 604 gallons of fuel oil and pro-, weeks, arrived this morning from New York 42 50 lceeded to Galveston. ‘Tampa and St. Petersburg with Oklahoma City 50 70 | Steamship Gatun, of the Stand-/ 18 first and seven cond cabin 5 58 72 lard Frait and Steamship Com-! passengers for Key 58 94 ‘any, arrived at the Porter Dock nd 15 second cabin for Havana. Pittsburgh 38 48 | Company’s pier this morning at Key West arrivals: Mrs, A. E. St Lovie: 2. # . 5:15 o'clock, took on 26,417 gal-: Sharpley, H." Perrin, A. MeWil- : bis ions of fuel oi! and sailed 8|!iams, H. C. Graves, J. F. Key, C. 64 Steamship Colorado, of the i "Sehe nae R B * T Gaon of Clyde-Mallory Lines, arrived 3) 0 Bese Siam arbdye Stchage — lo’clock yesterday: afternoon, dis-| Cart OPE ira, Mrs, JM. Williston Se? <i charpd aml salle 440) oP ameall) Mra: C. Ms Pina Nu Wytheville 52 Eee Carmichael, Miss M. Johnson, C. DIAMOND SUPREMACY The diamond’s supremacy in the | gem world dates from the diseov- ery of the so-called “brilliant” method of cutting, which reveals) its full beauty, ) GREAT EVENTS IN HISTORY | saver ' Hudson discovered the, Two hun- Fulton Henry Hudson river in 1609. |drea years later Robert ‘er from New York to Albany. er, Key West. ‘JOSEPH BOWERS Sevedith - Avenue, ‘Tampa, i ‘al years ago, Rey, M. L. Smith will officiate. | i member of the Knights of the! Golden Eagle and for 41 years al member of the Knights of Pythias. | ‘From the latter organization, Mr. | tion of approximately 50 percent Whitéker, 16 years ago, recvived'or such employes attached | planting group of Key West met @® & 25-year membership jewel. He ago. Survivors are the widow: Mrs. | jaude’ Whitaker and the follow-} ing ehildren: Mrs. James Walk-) er, Miami; Orion C. Whitaker, | New Jersey; Mrs. Glen Jaudon, Tampa; Mrs. Chester Tift, John J. Romero and Leonora Whitak-| Also two sisters, Mrs. Clara Saunders, Tampa, and Mrs. Louis Otto, St. Petersburg; one broth- 11 grandchildren. i i 1 t DIED IN TAMPA FORMERLY OF KEY WEST; SERVICES HELD IN SACRED HEART CATHOLIC CHURCH | | | 1 { Joseph B. Bowers, Sr., 403 East passed away at his home Monday, Aprilt 19. of Key West but moved to Tampa <9 He was a_ native Funeral services were held at :30 o’clock Tuesday afternoon at he Sacred Heart Catholic church. BENJAMINLOWE DIES IN MIAMI News was received in the city Saturday night announcing the death of Benjamin F. Lowe, in: Miami. The deceased was . the, son of the late Roger Lowe of Grinnell street, this city. The body will arrive here to-| Free Delivery’ ont his steamboat along the riv } morrow morning, and funeral ar-| Phone 177 rangements will be made later. gram, H ed. {projects now being worked. ida are being released during the nounced today by Frank P. In- Works Progress Administration. This action amounts to a reduc- tor, effective April 15. This latest administrative order provides that 95 percent of work- ers on a project must be certified relief Cients. It al provides that not more than five percent of employes on a project can be paid above the security of relief wages, “All exemptions as to hours, er, Glarence Whitaker, Iowa, and| ‘Stes of pay and condit:ons 0% /igce Bryant employ heretofore granted were The order is. applicab’e to all states, he said. “This cut will affect our pres- ent operations in Florida only to a limited degree,” Ingram declar- tai'ment of funds made services of these workers no longer neces- sary.” He added that state and dis- trict WPA’ officials are making every effort to put into effect the Washington instructions so as not © interrapt»-physieal progress on “We will continue to work as meny persons as possible with the money allotted, especially those placed on relief rol's because of actual need,” dec'ared the admin- istrator. “Natcrally, it is regretted the 350 or more non-relief supervis- ory employes must be released, E. Pangk, Patsy Pangle, J. C Kenyon, Mrs. Kenyon, D. Grady. The shiv also brought 43 tons of freight, one sack of mail for Key West; four tons of freight and 542 sacks of mail for Havana. eee eee rare — JUST RECEIVED — Fresh Shipment of GALE’S CANDIES —Priced From 25¢ to $3.00— GARDNER’S PHARMACY “The Rexall Store” Free Delivery “Reduction in number of op-; erating projects alowed and cur- | to State Administrator of ths} NECTION WITH PROGRAM |Papy | H — beautification and tree- Th: City ‘Couneil, Armando Cobo laney aso reno, also revoked by the order from! Trevor, ; Mr. Hopkins,” declared Ingram.! and M: Cc j matters bearing planting and wl in (bringing the jcessful cone CAPTAIN NILES i oa | WENT OUT ON BOAT ON VIS. | IT TO POINTS IN LIGHT. HOUSE DISTRICT j sn Captain Nathan CC. Niles, Jr. of the lighthouse service, left Friday for No Name Key and lat ‘er left on his boat, the Maitland | Adams, for one of his regular vie jis te points in the Seventh De triet. | The district covered by Cap itain Niles, as light attendant, cow ers a sector 272 miles in length recehing jiscayne Bay & Shark River. The trip started Friday wil tak» him to the fert® est section of Biscayne Bay. Accompanying the captain ‘were Mrs. Niles and r tw little sons. the One of the sumeren: Heme oe cage, 8h tipet Mixx Roth 8 Geeee Ghtree superintendent of cements wert and professions! eretoets ef the WPA, and Mie Be .aerte Bete and J. Poller, ber emeetentn, bere competed they @rentigatiwn. © Key Wet They arr ved ever the Hibone vero! deys age and oft ooo Oe read on the retere te Meee FF day afterresn Group In Havana Extends Appreciation For Courtesies Shown During Visit Here Mayor Harry C. Galey ceipt of a letter from newpaper men and radio announcers in He vana, who were in Key West dur ing the ceremonials and entertain ments attendant upon the envell ing of the memorial to Jose Marti, extending their appreciation. The letter follows: “Back in our country, we news paper men stationed at the Pres dential Palace, and others of colleagues, who attended the um veiling of the monument eur Apostle Marti, feel deeply grate ful, and wish in this letter te com vey our sincere appreciation the countless courtesies extended |to us and the ready cooperation ‘received from the cijzens of Key West. in re eur And, furthers, ef ent Cugres te cert and every etmee our wnewte appreciation Me binder. end conpereteee oe! ce pertait, te the sutherdee: oh. o® teteted e — one ~~ he foctity, We tke etvettege of this apportumity te eterete appre taties a thee wan Reames to tverete RB Geren, te Ge usion Virgilie det Ame, tiers @ \ Marte, Antonie Pole OF Cred Manee! Pactrene ©) Mer J Proweper Cacreeete, ethers ‘ u @ Monee! Marines Nene Diese Information As tren, C MO V doe © Oe CMS ot CO £. toe Octavio Lowarvagee, Le ' : Ate, COD er 0 eet