The Key West Citizen Newspaper, May 1, 1937, Page 1

} < m| Mary friends were at the pier _ {Yesterday afternoon to say fare- {well to Dr. and Mrs. E. H. Carnes, their family, who left for E f were given in fare-|wiil arrive in Key ll to the Carnes’, two of them|and make ‘necessary: arran:; ‘One’ at the Club Mira-/for the tickets and announce-; _ affair. eres Pog eee tation: ne : . jare a stag ir. Another fare-| ~ 1 two presentations are 3 t well party was tendered them|ing sponsored by the Key West, Ckdedededitt eday night at the quarters of| Light Opera company and is ¢0- wayne i tenant and Mrs, William{ operating with the Federal Music. in the naval station. and Theater Projects in bringing | { af 3_ Fs ice ad, ER BF b2 = 3 : j [ i at the Klaus quarters|to Key West these product'ons! . and Mys. Carnes,| Which, it is said, are ; wu wnsceaty OWNERS PURCHASE Mrs. Harry C. Gal . : dent © ay Efforts are being made to post-| NECESSARY TAGS ; é if & ae é 8 . E] Mrs. Mrs. DeWitt, Lieutenant /POne the Amateur Night po:fo- J. E. Faigle, Major and/ance which was advertised to cake | D. Mullen, Captain| Place at the High School audito- eee a a rium on May 7, in deference 4h ROPRRT LEWIS, SPECIAL TAG Armando Gobo, Dr. aria Mra. Wik tte Federal Theater presente: | INSPECTING OFFICER OF * . liam R. W; " epi com ape Nowangt ay P74 ‘ LOCAL POLIC= FORCE, . CHECKING TAGLESS CARS GALL POR AMET. lee V. Albury, Dr. and Mrs. CABRERAS HAVE | | LAST EVE- | Stephen Douglas, Mr. and Mrs. $ i Lieutenant and Mrs, E. R. Me- RETURNED HOME: Since the appointment of Rob- 2 ay. EPERF RrREe Spring term of United States sil bo eet ‘ court will. open Wednesday morn- fendants have ay ing, May 5,-at 9:80. a, m, Judge ‘aiened and entered pleas of John W. Bolland will preside and Teg i aa | Franklin E. Albert. Carthy, Colonel-and Mrs. Hugh wis as special tag inspectin; ? gs ;. |K. Taylor, a and Mrs, oe ce _ officer of the Key West police Trevor, Miss Mary Trevor, Miss| Ap BEEN SPENDING g{force, he has found a number of ¢ Florence Sawyer, Miss Elizabeth iis < s{putomobiles without license tags} MONTH VISITING IN" and the owners have visited the} ; Tt was learned today that 33 tacted and uete sath ve $ A the requived city tags, Of this over the highway last evening fl curmher 31 aa forced to buy vr an absence fo one month visit-' pair year tegs at $1.25 each and VE in Europe and a few days i0/two were foreed to buy full year | agmia. s . {tags at $2.50 each, making a to- _ They left on April 1 and seit tal of $43.75. ing at New York took passage} fm addition to these auto li- slong with a number of other busi-! cen:.s tags several merchants have ness men, for Le Havre, and upoh| been found w-thout occupation- landing went to Paris. lal li ; " = al licenses and they were to go to During their stay on the Con- . ; . ze | the city hall ond pay up today. tirent they visited at Bordeaux,! a See j Reims, and other important sec- tions where the vast vineyards day the case of the United States day; Ear versus Bonifacio Rivero and Ne-. rom Miar i i mesio Malgrat, charged with con-' Priee, secretary to Judge Hol ‘racy to violate the customs laws, , land. ‘a ship loney, . Curry epparentiy gone ashore at the Moreno, Mrs. Julia Bean, Mr. and :t-but this morning it Mrs. Robert Spotswood, Mr. and and had sailed. | Mr. George Mills White, Mr. and of going to press Mrs. Don Williams, liad been unatle to! Jearn the name of the vessel. BENJ DEMERITT le DIES IN MIAMI 's Smoke News has been received in the t t eal Boy Scout Troop Outlines Z F r 9 | Cure Fatal aay 5 (My Associated Prens) | TOKYO, May 1.—One death Troop Number 2, Boy Scouts of i and several hospital cases have vesulted from a revival by despon- dent lovers in isolated districts of North Japan, of the ancient “smoke cure” to release an un- anditaithful mistress from spells, “put upon her by a fox.” i The medieval cure for erring mistresses consists of holding the vietim in the smoke from a fire of green cedar leaves until the demon is exorcized. { The dead victim was the 23- Hi eFse i & F i i who, according to her lover, had: been acting queerly for a month, ' during which she refused his courtship. Convinced that she had; beet bewitched by the fox (who! in country districts is still be-; Miami, and) lieved to be endowed with super-/ ef Provi-| natural powers), the suitor and Mr. Persons is well! several sympathetic relatives held! | the squirming maiden over red that! Zire. ee Highway! The first “cure” did not drive begin-\out the demon. During a fourth’ amd that treatment the girl died of suf-' the rest focation. experience a) Several similar cases of Wesiness with’ focation have been treated travel conditions. jeently in hospitals. Exe id BE H sui: | re: | © Call Made For | ti Workers On Bridge Units Regebitions fer workers on}company, Contract C, at Lower the bridge and road projects on} Matecumbe ask for 14 colored r laborers. > Ploriie Keys, which were re-| wo:namaker and Wells, Con-| ‘Seived today by Wm. V. Little, in) tract A, at Lower Matecumbe, re-| Gherge of the State Employment! — that Aig eaesett ren assistants assignes to ir; Bervice office, are for 26. Tentenct. Slerke Brothers Construction) C. Y. Thomason Construction oe = |ecompany, Contract B, at Conch! Key, requisition 10 laborers. D A N @ E Mr. Little said today that about 750 men have been -assigned to TONIGHT 10 TILL ? {the different Keys projects and : at the present time just a few mA pO AALS more than 400 were working, the! Atm. $1.00 Ladies F others having been removed or ‘quit for different reasons. « city announcing the death of Cap- tain Benjamin Demeriit, veteran fisherman, in Miami last night, The body will arrive here the first vart of the coming week, Funeral arrangements will be in charge of Lopez Funeral Home, which wiil Le announced Inter. Captain Demeritt wes famil‘ar- ly known to Key Westers as “Een Tink” ond was considered one of the outstanding fishermen in this locality. He was also a “fisher of men”, preaching on street cor- | year-old daughter of a farmer, y2, whenever possible. S. ESEVEDO, 83, ~~ DIED YESTERDAY Santiago Esevedo, 83, died yes- the terday sfternoon at 3:30 o’clock.| Funeral services will be con- ducted this afternoon at 5 o’clock from Lopez Funeral Home Chapel, with Rey. A. L. Maureau, officiat- ing. He leaves but one relative, a niece, in ‘Cuba. Mr. Esevedo was known to his many friends as “Grandpa”. He. condteted a grocery store on Southard street, between Duval and Simonton, for a number of HOLIDAY FOR COUNTY UNITS Returning to home of Mrs. and returne? | absence of on onth, Lowest Station— Abilene .. Apalachicola . Atlanta Boston ....... Brownsville Buffalo ..... Charleston Chicago Corpus Christi | Denver : Detroit - Dodge City ; Duluth Eastport El Paso Ga:veston j Hatteras | Havana Helena j Huron Jacksonville Kansas City KEY WEST Little Rock Los Angeles Louisville 56 62 . 54 48 72 52 County Clerk Ross C. Sawyer} Mi: said this morning that today is the first of the season on which the employes at the court house ar2 permitted to take a half-day for holdiay, this to continue through the: season. As is usual, he said, his office will be opened. all day each Sat- urdey, as will the office of Sher iff K. O. Thompson. FACE CAUSES SUICIDE LONDON.—‘My face made me do it,” said a note left by Miss Violet Brady of this city when she committed suicide, 46 ! Nashville 58 New Orleans 64 {New York .... 44 Oklahoma City 58 {Pensacola 60 {Phoenix ..... 54 Pittsburgh ... 46 St. Louis _.... 58 Salt Lake City 32 San Francisco 50 Sit. Ste. Marie 44 Seattle - 44 Tampa . . 68 Washnigton .. 40 Williston 42 Wytheville ... 38 and ‘rineries are located, They 2lso went to the battlefields and cemeteries placed ‘vreatkes at each in name of ‘he Ame.ican Legion. ! America spent four cays in Virginia at the Cabrera’ t night after an| TEMPERATURES Highest last night last 24 houry 90 72 58 56 90 68 64 62 80 58 64 70 46 58 72 78 58 60 52 52 70 72. 87 84 80 70 86 62 70 84 62 72 74 82 64 76 56 64 66 64 84 64 60 58 variow? family STEAMER YORO and} the; STEAMSHIP ALAMO DUE TO ARRIVE FROM NEW YORK TOMORROW they | *) ‘ard Fruit and Steamship pany, arrived 9 o’clock this morn- ing from Philadelphia, jat the Porter Dock company’s ; main per, took on 3: 3 gallons lof fuel oil and s da 0 o’clock for Frontera, Mexico. ‘Steamship Oz | Mallory Lines, = Nast: evening from h | discharged caro and | o'clock this morning for Miami and | Jacksonville. | Amother vesse ilines, the Bi jlast evening 'echedvled stop but proc: | rect from Galveston to N same s dre the due in | port tomorrow from New York, e |route to ‘Tampa, EMPLOYMENT OFFICER HERE | Miss Edna Mattox, assistant supervisor of employment in the ' Third WPA district, is a visitor lin Key West looking over the situation. During her stay Miss has been holding confere Miss Mary Falk on 1» Feonneetion -with - so jwork in this ar | | { | Mattox vith tters in service | KNEW THE BIBLE GLASGOW, to the day of his death, Dr. Wil jliam Baxter, 9! of this city, jknew the entire bible, and could lyepeat from memory any passage lof scripture. | ARRIVES HERE! Steamship Yoro, of the Stand- } com- | | berthed | rk, of the Clyde-| Scotland. — Even, i: + badly wrecked, it is said. | America, are planning an_.over- night hike for next Friday, May 7, and all the boys » are mak/ng plans for the event, i This | me-ting of the tsoop held iast eve-; ining. The meeting was cailed to | jorder by Scoutmaster Vietor Lar-; sen, Following rol! call, scripture reading and repeating the scout laws and motto, the idea of hav- jing a minstrel show was discussed jand it was proposed to begin to | make plans at a Zuture meeting. It was announced by the scout- er that the troop wi.l tomor- lrow night attend Divine services in the First Presbyterian church. ! ! at a regular; was dae tod ‘CAR WRECKED LAST EVENING | THREE YOUNG MEN NARROW- LY ESCAPED SERIOUS INJURY ‘ Three young men, who were at-| }tendixg the High School prom at ‘the Key West Country Clvb last! ning, had nzrrow eseares from erious injury when their car turned over near the intersection! of the highway and the road iead-; ing to the club, The young men‘ were John, Spottswood, Sidney Curry and, Henry Lee Weatherford. The lat- ter was the only one who was in-; \jured, being painfully cut and, it id, Mr. Curry felt a little! iff this morning. The escape from serious injury | was remarkable, it is said, as the| car in which they were rid’ng was 0. | Ronguette, Ana D. toon Edward Bright, Jr., ALBURY ASSUMED POSITION IS QUITE AN AD. VANCE OVER FORMER ONE; INCREASES SALARY Willard-A, Albury, been an additional lighthouse keeper at the local department, has been transferred to the posi- tion of assistant depot keeper, and assumed his duties today. (Superintendent William W. De- meritt said this morning that the who has position is quite an advance over the position o/ additional keeper, Albury’s pres- $1,620 an- and increases Mr. ent salary making it _nually. Steamship Cuba, of the . company, arrived yester day afternoon ‘rom Havana with 14 first cabin and three second cabin passengers for Went st cabin passengers for tersburg anc first and four cabin pasengers for 37 St Pel second Tampa. Key West arrivals Margaret L in, Hilda Lutrin, Cletilde Lu trin, Miguel A. vu Dolores Ferr G B de eduardo Fannie de Ferrar, Maurice Fr Anice Me. el, Ja Fort, Martha Fort, August Blanchet Enrique Renedo, Isabel Benavide Maria de los Engeles Santana. The ship sailed for Tampa with the fcllowing bookings from Key West: Mrs. Edward Bright and E. A Carnes, w, Skelton, Dr. E. H. Ady, in port this aloe with ten tons of freight Mrs,! sever-| veeks, Mra. Maud Corry, of Gait more, will cise se ie and the party has planted @ Ge lightful vacaten durag the eee bration ef Net onal Cotter: which starts Monday Miss McClintock leaving this viet for tve Kentucky Derby, Steamer Cuba Arrives and Carnes, Carnes, Gif ord, Ray Woman, Mee. Gtllie acedonia, Mrs, Everett Albury, William Albury, Resell Alinenp, Dorethy Albury, Mr, and Mire. @, H on, Mr. and Mra Jobe Bright. Power Beat Arrives Power boat Sullivan, Oaptais Axel Peterson, of the Overseas Troneportation Company, ect ved from Misené or Kev West