The Key West Citizen Newspaper, May 4, 1937, Page 1

* axict. | we I i ; | RT ?? ii a § get rid of them vid of them quick.” No 1, re- providing or Oct. louse | clarifying | pe agi ook (Flagier), Dendy (Gulf), (Helmes), Hatch (Su-! Hendry (Hardee), Smith (Clay), and Turner (St. Jobns). { Those voting against future abolition of machines were: (Su- Tots permits for building and repairs issued during the month ef April from the offiee of Build- ing Inspector Harry M. Baker,' Sumber 20, Included in the issues were sev- eral which permitted the construc-! tien of homes by visitors who have eencluded to spend their winters im Key West and purchased the} land on which to errect residences, The total of proposed expendi- tures for repairs and construction amounts to $27,375. | _ ) } . Diving Boys Prefer | Quarters To Dollars (By Associated Press) i HONOLULU, May 4.—Diving; boys here hope tourists arriving! this summer will toss them quar-/ ters instead of silver dollars, | Smatier coins are easier to ~-| trieve from the water, say these| Hawaiian mermen who meet; every including liner, shouting | fer a chance to display their skill. Although the toys manage to snag nine out of every ten yaa threwn from shipboard, officials estimate inat between $25,000 and} $80,000 ave imbedded in the mud! of the harbor botiom. Nine More Men Called | For Work On Bridges Nine more workers for the projects on the Keys were yester-/ day requisitioned from the office! of Wm. V. Little, in charge of} State Employment Service activi- | ties in Key West. One of these was assigned to* _ Commander ‘U. Delgado of 28, American’ John’ to the Legion | The Citizen learned today on By. . | the best of authority that negotia«|. (AP Feature Service Wiriter) tions-are under way for the pur- _ WASHINGTON, May 4.-- chase of the holdings of the Flor-| Here's. the- average oe. a schedule, United States: Senator ss . Claude’ Pepper, National Com-|ida East Coast Railway company} He's 51, weighs 160, mander Harry Colmery and Na-jon Trumbo. Island, but the name |5-feot-7 tall. tional Adjutant Frank: Samuel. of the proposed buyers was not{ He went to college, became a Heptine sf -these, speakers by lawyer, married and had. two Convention to be heldinext week! C. Howard Rowton department | 2?nounced. in Lakeland, Fia., are making final! adjutant’ at Palatka is as fol-| For some time past it has been preparations for leaving. Alter-}lows: Senator Pepper will b2jsaid that persens were discussing nates selected are ‘Leroy Voght) heard on Thursday, May 13; Na-jthe proposition of acquiring the and. Will Gomez. tional Commander Colmery on the | property. and the names of several Communications-veceived at the! fo-lowing day and on Saturday, 'concerns and individuals had been ; Key West unit headquarters show| May 15, the new officers will be | mentioned’ Lut’ none of the infor- the convention is very for-| installed by Adjutant Frank Sam-/ mation was authoritative. in having in attendance atj uel, who. will also. make an ad-|. However, several Key Westers convention, according to] dress. % who were interested- in some of $e he the buildings wrote the legal de- partment of the road asking what steps should be taken to acquire | certain ofthe buildings on the is- Hand in the event they were to be disposed of. In reply. answers were rezcived Four Tax Deeds Sold children. : He knows quite a bit of Ameri- ¢an history, keneyn ee the coun- itry, and would like to do seme- after. am: inecs..covesin thnig. about it, if he only tare! taal . ithe best way to proceed. | Of: several weeks. Death came,| | He gets 400 letters a day. He; hires a $1,500-a-year stenographer ; j to answer letters, and a. $3,500-a- year secretary. to listen to. world- savers and job-hunters, Good-looking, 5i-year-old C. Joseph Bell of Missouri is typical. He’s serving his second term in lhe house. He has part of Kan- |died this morning, 10:30 . o'clock, | i | grapher in his apartments at the Air Station Apartments. said bis son, Joseph, while he was At County Court House ladvising that negotiations - were sas City in his district, but he also lunder way for the sale of the is- has 30,000 farmers, hundreds of ‘land and all the property thereto, war veterans, widows who want im opposition to re-| Four Tax deeds of Monroe PMP DPSS , county were sold-yesterday morn- HER VISITOR. ing at the county court house by CATCHES: SAILFISH County Clerk Ross C. Sawyer, Birtom Ellis, visitor in Key after the intent of the purchasers} West and the guest of Dr. J. P. Jason, is another of those had been published the required! anglers who caught the first number of times The Citizen| sailfish while angling in these i made by! waters. and public announcement } Mr. ok, ae nee to get a strike from a fine | boat after g lengthy struggle. inches, and has been sent to @ taxidermist in West Palm Beach to be mounted. After the fish is mounted Mr. Ellis said he will have it appropriately encased and | send it to his Alma Mater. H kode dod. dd but nothing was to be announced {until the deal was closed, which it twas said would be within 60 or 90 days,.as the intention was to sell , the: entire island and buildings te ; was declared consummated. It is understood from a number of sources that the proposed price 0 be paid for the holdings is $600,000. ; on Grassy Key. Hi Other three sales were to Frank! J, Rieker, Key West, consisting of: Lot 17, Square 2, Tracts 28° and} 29; Lot 18, Square 2, Tract 28: and 29; Lot 3 Square 1, Tract si on the island of Key West. RACE TRACK MONEY WILL NOT BE RECEIVED FOR SOME TIME YET County employes have been forward to the arrival of ; the purchaser and he-would be thet |Person to contact when the deal ¢o™! pensions, pacifists, militarists, isolationists, He has to know. 2bout the 10,- 600 bills. that are introduced at each session of congress. He has attend. meetings of the four mittees. on which he serves, ‘make speeches in the house when his committees have a ill up, and then return to his: office to advise !Mrs, Grab-Stake who wents her ; daughter introduced at the Court of St. James’ and Mandy Jones whose husband has left her again. 't Plan To Come announced but it is. expected that} final arrangements will be con-; cluded after the arrival tomorrow: evening of-his close friend, At-| torney Wm. H. Malone, of Miami, | who has wired that he will arrive at that time. : Pritchard’s: Funeral. Home will’ his c.ty 0 . pe family have been here in the| i. was vetiton bn: Mekzlana and. pas hemdred years. ae had '0/ Virginia, and after. leaving. schoo) | work for his schooling, because) : i i his father and mother died before|@"4 while studying law was en-: jhe went to college. But he had! gaged in civil engineering, serv- tan uncle who was a lawyer. ing, for some time as county sur-' “Look here, why go to school! veyor of Monroe County. t anymore ” said the uncle mitt He attended lectures of the law day. “Pound a typewriter in my) yoo ttment of the University of | ees, » ” ‘office, and I'll teach you law. 3 ‘The youngster snatched the) 1owa- and. was graduated in 1880. time of suffering a heart attack Fusco ne in the Kellogg Sanatorium unti} ie pias ae ee ee | Out of 166 Key West entail breught home Inst’Saterday night;| ceit judge in. his home firme covered hy the twslneee Funeral services have not been ae Holt of | enews taken Inst pean, at ‘House of Judge Browne's death. chehdededede| srended to the census barens's _Fequest for 1934 sales figares or well as those for 1935. Compari> ICAL EXPEDITION TWO THREE YEARS HENCE OR “?™s which Jropped out of bust |ness from one year to the ment, (Ry Associated Prenn) MOSCOW,. May. 4.—The geo. @ently arise through change graphical and geophysical depart- classicieation of businesses fom ments of the Academy of Sciencoy Ome census te the next, the bares are preparing a great oceano-, ©xplains, graphical expedition to the Pacific Here is what the sew reper: | PLANNED TO MAKE EVENT! ONE OF GREATZST YET TO! GOES .ON T ORGANIZATION TO’ PLAY AT MEXICAN TAVERN IN last of the checks from Tal-' chance. lahassee carrying the finat amount; He stuck close to business for} {of the allocation of Monroe coun-| years because there was a pretty jty’s share of funds, and has been/nurse in Nebraska who. became} fexpected daily, but will be disap-;Mrs. Bell. They wanted a nice/ pointed, for at least one month.| home, and they have it now, on al This information was received lake outside Kansas City. | in a telegram. ioday. from State} * Losing Money On Job Senator Arthur Gomez. The wire jin the: next year he was appointed Ocean two or three years hence. Shows: Tivo big ships will. be used and the | The 127 Key West stone ie survey is expected to take more porting a ety thes showed an inerease from $1,774) wo yei , to the St, Louis Democratic Con my. 4; i rag .. S1884 ne bo vention in 1888-and was a mem-' "© aim 1s study 0} 2 - 1985, ber of the committee which noti-' cific, its depths, surface and at- city attorney of Key West and served in that capacity four years. He was a delegate at large Foud stores, with 56 reportmg, had a sales decline from $18,004 mosphere mass movements over- {today that preparations are go:ng jforward to make the celebration’ Mexican Tavern at Miami Beach. jon Independence Day on July. 5,! MIAMI BEACH was sent to County Clerk Ross C. Sawyer and is: ‘Race track check i eat Leaving over the highway this not to be sent to counties until all bills of the racing commission {morning for Miami Beach was the, have. been paid. Will possibly: be said Key West organization known as! 916 month.” the Louisiana Marimba Band, who have a contract for playing at the! BE CELEBRATED IN KEY! ie 1 Captain Arthur Sheppard TEMPERATURES In the group are Amado Ma- the holiday falling on Sunday, chin, Roland Rogers, Andres Diaz, | e July 4, one of the greatest ever} Tata Nebo, Nilo Diaz and Roy . i held here. : jAreda. ‘The members say they! siation— last nat lst 21 hover American Legion and about 75 in. ng forward to a very successful Atigni os vitations have been sent out to| Cngagement. Boston 76 every patriotic, fraternal and civ-', . | Brownsville 82 ie organization in the county, and | SKINNY BREAD Bufialo 76 from all of these is expected a re- ; Char-eston 68 ply which will indicate their aS HERE TO STAY ; Chicago. . 60 eral acceptance. xe 4 | dy Anseciated: Presa) jCorpus Chri 80 . poe alli prespinatlons, it’ CHEYENNE, Wyo., May 4.— pies 48 is anticipated, will send represen-’ stubby and plump: loaves would Detroit -. ; tatives to the meeting which will increase bread consumption, but | Dodge City 56 be held in the American Legion the cine: “atremaniniod. bread loaf | Duluth 64 red ng fogs a toes See: is here to stay—at least in Wyom- | ey na er will be discu: m al an ing. Hi ‘aso .... ‘ the outline of plans: laid, 5 sean was the decision of Wyo- caer oe Hh fete a ere ; ming bakers who met here and de- | #atteras Z ISSUED CHALLLENG:; ,¢ided there is too much public | Havana oe — KOED BY. AMATEUR’ sentiment: for long, skinny loaves | Helena FF a0 A of bread to eliminate them. Nessa Z bi ‘ MITOHEM, #Eng.—After issue} «The excessive baking of stub- onville . 64 72 ing a public challenge at a fair in 4) piump loaves:of bread, the old; Kansas City .. 54 60 this- city, James Walker; profes-| achioned design, would increase |KEY WEST a4 sional pugilist, was knocked out)} 04g consumption because when! Little Rock - 72 by am amateur: a man sits down to a meal he will |Los Aneles . 70 --—-——| eat so many’ slices of bread, re-| Louisville ... 68 gardless of the width and breadth | Miami 84 of the slice,” one baker explain-| Nashville 70 bed. per os “But there is more bread in one |” 78 {slice from the stubby, plump loaf, | 70 compared with a slice from the| Pensacola - 76 {longboy’ or streamlined loaf.” Phoenix . 100 H | Pittsburgh - 74 Y | St. Louis 68 the S: J. Groves‘and Sons La — waht Ten — pa, 78 pany, Contract F, at Little Duck! Man with experience in small Son Francisco 43 60 aoe pidibny 2d gs tam sity | CIGAR FACTORY to take charge‘ Sit. Ste. Marie 42 76 Wannamaker ne Wells Con-! of same. Have everything rondy ati - tract A. Lower Matecumbe, ,e.it? start. Give full particulars in Tampa - g bs quisitioned two assistant ameceka eek Totter. SH. ' Sayeer. 2 oo i 70 = s Box 1411, Fort Lauderdale, Fla. | Williston : : inishers and two truck. drivers. i Wytheville ... 44 68 d Gleveland and Thurman of But in 1926 he felt sure enough! the inati: jof himself to look around, and} He was postm: in Key West |that landed him in the Kansas|from 188$ to 1890 and a member | City.council for four years. “That! of the Florida: Senate from 1891| {was a pleasure,” he says, al-\to 1893. For the succeed’ng: | though he lost. money in the job.| four years he was co!lector of cus-' ‘Then he became a circuit court| toms, and was a candidate for, the; | judge, and then a congressman. | nomination of governor in 1892.' | He really likes the job, al-;He was a member of the Sons of; jthough he’s losing money because!the American Revolution, being, jhe took it. descended from the Brownes- 02} He’s getting gray here in Wash-| James City county, Va,, where his; lington, but he’s keeping his waist-! father, Joseph B. Browne, was line down by horse-back riding. _| born. | | He has read Gibbon and he, H+ was a man of literary taste.’ |shivers over the degeneration of 2nd attainments, and during hi of | ex: | United States senator from Kea-| {the “glory that was Greece and life had contributed articles to a ‘the grandeur that was Rome.”; umber of leading magazines, He‘ jhere, |The Old and The New,” which to-| | jday is used by many writers who, { nnection. with the earlier Key} | | West, , | ACCORDED HONOR ani wi*sin0 oximeter the, j | Knights-of Pythias. On June 19 | FORMER KEY WESTER OCCU- jiams Atkinson, grand niece H ‘General John S$. Williams, | PIES HIGH LEGAL |He’d like to prevent a repetition’ Was the author of “Key West, jszarch for interesting facts in} ‘MISS E. KNOWLES He was a member of the Elks! | 1889, he married Frances. Wi i POST \tucky, who was known to soldiers \ jas “Cerro Gordo” on account of j == {his honorable connection with Miss Effie Knowles, formerly | that battle during the Mexican of Key West, has just been accord- | "** jed a distinctive honor in her pro-) agy¢g FORGIVENESS OF DOGS: fession, according to Frank A. |Kennedy, in his Washington |News Letter, published in the Mi- jami Daily Ne | “Effie Knowles, jattorney occupying a high legal post in the department of justice here, recently survived a heav shake-vp in her particular section of the legal division. : | TE RR “More than 30 high priced at- HALF-HOLIDAY NOTICE | torneys, some of them pets of pow- init Beginning May 6. erful administration leaders, were ; y |‘separated from the service’, to QUALITY FOOD STORE juse the official term. M'ss Effie will close at 1 p. m. each. | retained her own job without ap- Thursday during Sum- i |pealing to the Florida senators mer months H “fog ¢ Relping: bend-” Eivestne starrer NEW YORK CITY.—Leaving a note to his two police dogs, Miami woman| Waldo and Rex, asking. their for- Sorte va) Siveness for his act, Gerard San- ger, 61, of this city, hanged him- self from the closet door in his flat. SESE A SON ter ronnes eoereenngennreset snr —— — “ = ee ‘head. The party expects Key West Art Work To Emigdio Reyes, d'rector of the All work sent is to be forward Federal Art Project in Key ed for the Exposition West, is receiving words of com- In his letter to Mr. Reyes Wi mendation for the ab.e manner in| .iam S, Wood, superviser of th which he has conducted the pro- project in Distriet 3, » Me ject in this. city and has been Reyes to thank Clifferd G. Mick j asked to send al] of the work done end B. Curry Mow for they fiw here that he deems suita . tO cooperaticn in the activities of th Paris, France, for the exposition project in Key West. to be held in that city. Mr. Reyes told The Citizen that All of the work selected is to szlections from those made at Ke be sent at once to Jacksonville West by the workers on the lees ite be mounted and matted and; Art Project numbered 23. © then to Washington from wh this number there were 21 water to $717,000. Twenty-seven vatiag and drink ing places decreased their saber from $145,000 to $142,000, Seven general serehandiee stoves reported $334,000 in sa'es jor 1934, and $833,000 tor 188%, billing stations, numbering five, le, 20003 mainte ned the same sees figure = for beth years, $59,000. Receives Award Lumber, building and hardware As War Casualty, stores, six reporting, had ® alee increase from $170,000 to 8178, 000, Four drug stores had « sates de creas’ from $64,000 to $62,000, en miscellaneous stores cluding liqvor stores, fiom $50,000 to $49,000, Inciuding the Key West ‘ures, compatable reports were secured from 131 retail stores in Menres - county, showing a <mes inerease : rom $1,783,000 in 1934 te $1 ; 843,000, : Flo:ida’s increase was from to be quipped to study the great deep area off the Philippine islands, The main ship wi.l contain se en laborzior‘es to be used by 47 scientists. Funds. already have been allo. cated by the state. (By Axsveiated Prens> SAN FRANCISCO, May 4.— San Francisco is paying $600 for a World Wa: casualty—to a child who was not even alive during the conflict. In the patriotic days that saw “hamburger steak” changed “liberty steak,” this city chang the name of Berlin street to Bru sels strect. The name “Berlin” w chiselled out of the cement s walk and the hole never fil.ed up. A few weeks ago Robert Breuck, 000 to $811,601,000, ar a school pupil, stepped in the ¢ 11 percent, with reports received pression and broke his leg. His for both 1934 and 1985 from 1 parents put in a claim for da 4 stores representing 73 per ages and the $600 award followed. , cent of the state's total besinee® Be Exhibited In Paris it is to be forwarded to Paris.jcolors and two oil paintings, soa alas icon nrch > eta Pandat ao 4 :