The Key West Citizen Newspaper, July 3, 1937, Page 1

Associated Press Day Wire Service. For 57 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West Chr VOLUME LVIN. No. 158. ‘Applies To War Department Seeking _~ Permission To Build Pier ‘Steel And Timber Wharf| Transportation For Will Be Constructed On Northerly Side Of Pigeon Key } Fort Tayior reservation pre- sents a scene of great activity to-| day. To the casual observer it} tmheans a beehive of hustle and! {on the Cuba from Tampa, Encampment To Open On | je ment which had arrived . Monday Today all this work was in prog-} ress at the Fort Taylor reserva- }tion in camp construction, and ‘gta tctarnee lth hmrgeenitniilteanigente pti Key West, Florida, has the most equable climate in the country; with an average range of only 14° Fahrenheit PRICE FIVE CENTS Meeting Held ‘Last Night Four Men Injured Thompson “Fish Company Is Granted Lease On Land And Water Area On Key Vacas Group Application has been made to the War Department by the Over: Bridge Workers Is bustle, with nothing being accom; getting everything in shape and plished, but to the trained eye of/ ready for the arrival of the units! a soldier, it was seen that every; of the 265th’: Regiment Ploridad | ; At the meeting of the Overseas is-toward a certain: end: seas Road and Toll Bridge District, | by. B. M. Duncan, ager at Key West for permission te do certain work as described! below: Construction of a steel and tim-; ber pier on the northerly side of Pigeon Key. The pie: be. Greatly Appreciat It is seldom that a civic pro-| spend the money necessary for a iJect meets with such warm appre-j trip by bus. And, even if they ciation as did the Chamber of) hed possessed ample funds, the ‘Commerce und Retsil ‘Merchants |S. could not have accommodated } their number. | Association gift of a free ride in| So, to the ninety or more men to Key West for the citizens em-; who have enjoyed the opportunity ployed on the bridgs, it is shown.'to spend the holiday with family. ‘ The sucess of this movement and friends, the Key West Cham- eight fect wide and extend jis due to more than one factor, | ber of Commerce. atid the Key the bay a dist: of 138 feet'it is said. The contractors em-| West Retail Merchants Associa- i p-oying the men did a'l that they} ion ents a hearty welcome and from the shore line. ould to cooperate, and the neces- | will endeavor to arrange . for At the channelward end a head| sary funds were collected from|“Many Happy — Returns,” state ; .. | business and professional men who | those in charge. OF AA tong ted sight fect ve care prompt and generous in This morning a delegation SH will be constructed at right angles their response, A large sot representing the group shiek! to the pier. This head will extend; of commendation must go to the! :took advantage of the transporta-! 87 feet westerly of the center; tigher-paid men who cheerfully, tion provisions made by the Cham- line of the pier. Bents will be:**” their less fortunate comrades ber of Commerce and the Key se ve : get aboard the Key, West courtesy | West Retail MreHants Association, spaced six and half feet to eight! cars, leat ed at The Citizen’s office to feet apart, and will be constructed! Of necessity, this free ride was ‘egister their thanks and apprecia- of railroad rails fastened together! courtesy limited to those men'tion, of the opportunity afforded with railroad rails, with six by! eight caps and six inch by odes _deéking. { i } will whose rate of pay would hav2 2) them to be home with their loved made it a hardship for them tj ones. Ba Independence Day Celebration On Monday All thoughts are turned toward) this morning that there will be ‘Monday when the Independence cre delivery of mail, All mail, in-| coming and outgoing, will be a Day. celebration will see ceed and dbttidted as ‘usual and = day of revelry and sport, au offices in the postoffice will be will be enjoyed by the citizens of ' clesed after 10 o'clock, ‘Key West. Practically every place of busi-’ Retail Merchants Association, said ness will be closed during the! | that ‘all places of business affili- j afternoon and ali government ac ated with the association will close j tivities will be stopped for the at 1 o'clock for the rest of the day. \ day. The 265th Regiment, Coast Artil-! As a matter of fact it appears Oommander U, J, Delgado of the! tery, Floridal National. Guard, will/ that there will be but few, other "saab hearing on the application. Anyone desiring to protest. the / Proposed work from the ‘stand- point of interference with, or ef- fect upon, navigation, should sub- mit such protest in writing with reasons sufficient in detail to per- mit intelligent consideration to the U. 8S. Engincer’s office in Jacksonville. UNABLE TO GET LEGION SPEAKER ONE TO BE SUBSTITUTED ‘FOR FOURTH OF JULY CELEBRATION he Joe Pearlman, president of the | | Yesterday with ‘the arrival of Colonel J. Hu. Spengler, U.S. disbursing officer, a detail of men were sent to the P. and O. docks’ and under the supervision of the colonel work was started loading trucks with tents and camp equip- 4 (in short)time this) “is . evi-n | National Guard’ Monday consent ie Captain W: By Keating; Medieat| Corps and a detail from. that. de-i , by Monday morning :when; the, ried mainder of ‘the regiment. arrives; everything will be in readiness for; the. two weeks of intensive train-/ ing which is scheduled for the} coast. artillery regiment. Hospitality The Hospitality Band will give, another concert tonight in Colonial , Park at 8 o’clock. Once more, the Cuban Marimba Band .wid a!-| so present several selections on! the program tonight, |. Both of thse bands are units of; jthe Federal Music Project, which! is state 5 ision. o: Alfredo Barroso will conduct the Hospitality Band in the follow- ing numbers: March, “Present” Overture, “The Italian in Al- Laurendeau ; ~ Give Concert Tonight | Popu'ar, | | ' i i Band To ! Rossini Strauss; giers” Waltz, “Blue Danube” Intermezzo, hea hag Drumm) Cuban Marimba Band “In the Chapel in the “Moonlight” Hill; Voeal by Porfirio Valdez Love To “Berti; Voeal Age Porfirio Valdez March, “Moto Cyele’” Laurendeau Star Span- Key} i" National Anthem, gled Banner Colored Prisoners Brought To City Deputy Sheriff Henry Pindbi week of Tavernier arrived over tho highway last evening and in his! eustody were two colored prison. | ° ers, Wil Collins and his wife, Larline C>jlins. They are charg-; i j { i s¢cured the cash. Thompson sign-| ed the affidavit on which he was} arrested and his wife is accused of being an accessory, Given a hearing before Peace, | Justice E. R. Lowe at Tavernier, | they, were placed ander bonds off On Bridge Work | Read and Toll Bridge commission Five woikmen of the S. J; i partment arrived. yesterday, and “Greves and Sons Co., who were! ought to the city and given med- employe at, the time in carrying ties at Litth Duck Key, were pre-) cipitated into the water yesterday The men are Roy Jackson, King Thamas, Albert Rodriguez, Isi- dézo Espinosa and George Peter-' All the men, with the ex-, | ception of Peterson, were more. or | |nor Jackson, colored, could swim less injured by the fall and con-! tact with the broken platform. Jackson is in a local hospital and the physician in attendance aid today that it will be impos- |sib.e at this time to tell the ex-) tent of his injuries which are of the back and pe.vis, but there is! jne sign of any pinay The others, yt Peterson, ‘sufreréd” Whey 4 euts vand | Rodriguez was painfully’ injured chout the chest and was at the; Mar‘ae Hospital for an X-ray this! !morning which disclosed there were ne broken bones, but the flesh ;around the chest and shoulders | was bruised, hand injured, slight injuries to the kit s'de of the face where struck hy a piece of timber, As soon os the accident happen- | word was sent to Key West and when the men arrived at No Ndine i in the it rt Key an amulince was there to is i nie im were ree meet them and they were at once house, it. was, agreed to lease to the Thompson Fish company that lical attention. ; The group of men figuring ia small area of land and water oc- the accident, it is said. just start-! ied b fish ed beck depositing their tie when: — . | they saw another, group approach-' house on the Key Vacas group. the company’s jafternoon when a “safety” plat-, ing with a load and they stepped | ‘The lease isto run for 10 years, |fo;m broke. Jon the safety platform on the’ Lridge to slow the burden bear-j This action awaits ‘approval by ers to pass, Pee Public Works Administration. The men had no sooner assem-} i bled on the platform than it gave; Present were Chairman B. D, | way, and they were percipitated 7, IR T. {inte the water. Peterson, Rod-' ct add Stewore, Jenking , Tigues and Espinosa were all good Curry, Howard Wilson and Jchs ;swimmiers, but neither Thoma? Costar, Manager and Chief En- | gineer B. M, Duncan, Atorney H. | Charles Parks, known to his in-| at, secretary. Mize timate friends as “Toots”, who is! 2mm ncr employed on the project, saw the Florence du Pare, and several in- men strugg-ing in the water, real: terested citizens. | ized they could not swim and} jumped from the bridge, a dis-/ Other applications for leases jtance of about 30 feet, to the have been received by the com rescue. ‘ mission, it was announced, ‘but He first pushed Jackson to the. p'atform, which was afloat, where peeabe 3a oo. be an alee ipeken % ihe could be hauled out of this time. F | ter to) “and ‘then: i qaeetiGn ‘ot boii! on {veseue 0’ mas and kept him bridges known as H-2 and H3 was afloat uti assistance, could be discussed and it was announced 1a ond < the. eventing: “men! ; by Engineer Duncan that he will hauled to safety. Those who witnessed the act apply to the PWA for permission of Young Parks say that had it to do the work on a force aceount, not been for his presence of mind) Op motion, unanimously carried, it jae ready realization of the dan-| wee io wee predicament i h'eh | eaiae and ‘Jackon sae sachs} A vealatian was introduced to and his prompt action, one, or, the effect that salaries and ex- possibly both, of the men would | | pense accounts of members of the have drowned, \conitieslon fur; the year. which | a stroke. District Supervisor Of Is Pleased With Work ‘started on July 1985 and ended | on July 1936 but which up to now | have been withheld, be asked pro- ‘vided the requests are approved i by the PWA. So ordered. | Attorney Taylor announced that ithe remuneration for the commis- | sion’s attorney had been fixed at ' $15,000 for the entire life of the jeontracts, that up to date certain } payments have been made which American Legion called at the|be here to join in the . festivities office today, too late to get the and the arrival of these officers information in the advertising sec-/and soldiers will lend an addition-' » tion, that he had beeh advised that ‘al touch of color to what promices| there will be no speaker of the; to be a great celebration. Legion able to come to Key West} Postmaster Sam Harris said than refreshment businesses, | | makes it necessary for a reduction ‘which wili be open during the! to Jesse Thompson. , : . j afternoon, giving rise to the idea! Collins endorsed the cheek ine! that Key West, as a whole, will, low. the name:of,Thompson,-and* ed with cashing a,check made out $250 each and-in' defad'é"of the - j bonds were placed in mae county | jail.in Monroe ‘cowht "ateait! the next session of eti eaves: len i in making Independence Day, } 1937, one long to be remembered. for the celebration on July 5. NO PAPER MONDAY The commander annovneed that a substitute speaker will be Owing to the fact that Monday will be observed as mamed for the speaking which is to be held at Coral Park Monday Fourth of July, there will be ne issuesof The Citizen on morning. HOLIDAY NOTICE that day, allowing the force an opportunity of participat- ing in the events of the day. The Citizen observes three holidays each year, the other two being Labor Day and Christmas. Independence Day, Monday, July 5, 1987. a legal holiday in the State of Fiorida, this bank will not be open for business on that day. THE FIRST NATIONAL BANE: SThy2-2t More Requisitions For Bridge Workers Received Additional workers haye beer requisitioned by the S. J. Groves and Sons Construction. Co.,. for work at Gamp D, Marathon, and nouncement was made today we} Claude, Gandolfo, in chatge of the! State Employment office during ‘the brief absence of Wm. V. Lit- tle, Mr. Gandolfo said that 13 white! {taborers wer asked for and for feach day through the week two! perere will be needed, Laborers, | whether or not on the relief rolls are to be used; PRE-FOURTH OF JULY DANC Tonite, 10 ull % RAUL’S CLUB Pritchard's Orchestra No script No Stags — company has been. ~ corded for} six negro laborers at Little Duck! Key, Contract F. py be tet requisities by the same; DISTRIBUTE PRODUCTS Distrivution of riee, grits and/ joatmeal at the WPA commodity rooms, corner of Simonton and | Angela st-eets, was begun yester-! iday, and will continue for one! week, states C_N. Recio, local | supervisor. Steamship Gatun =f the Stand-; All certified clients will be pro jard Fruit and Steamship company, | | vided with products on presenta: ' arrived from New York this j tion of ecards, it is stated, morning at 3:55 o'clock, took on} 180,194 gallons of fuel il and! jeaiied 6 o'clock for Frontera, | 7, | | Mexico, i Freighter Ozark, of the bends | Mallory lines, arrived yesterday! LOCAL WOMAN TAKES POISON t { HOLIDAY NOTICE Independence Day, July 5, 193 ta legal holiday in the State of | Florida, this office will not open for bosiness on that day. THE KEY WEST ELECTRIC CO. jly3-1t NOVELTY DANCE Auspices Social Club Marti HABANA-MADRID CLUB Sunday, Midnight John Pritchard's Orchestra Noisemakers Serpentines j ' 'Mr. and Mrs. Pedro Bazo, of 421 | Catherine street, yesterday seve four bichloride tablets in i aa oak oes ak a | ter, and told her family what she had dene. An ambelance was summoned. the young woman taken to a | physician whe «emptied her stom. | } ach and administered corrective! | medicines and today she is re NR oe sessing at cane. “| Steamer’ Gatun’ Here For Fuel Supply 3:40 o’clock from Miami and; Jacksonville and after discharging: ~~ peg of lumber, sailed for; ‘w Orleans, ey Para steamer, St. Mary, of i the Standard Fruit. and Steam-| ship company, is due to arrive on; Monday morning for fuel oil at the| Perter Dock company and sail aft-' erward for Frontera. P-E-N-A Invites You To Celebrate Sunday, 10 till ? —at— GARDEN OF ROSES. Continuous Music By 5 ing’s D Band | visite the Center in | on June 29 and 30/and was pleas-| Mrs, Frances E, McCann, dis-, rict supervisor, of the Home ‘Making project made an official Key West! ‘ed with the progress that had been} j, made since her lagt cal’, states | Mrs. M. HL inson, in charge ‘of local activities, For the present, the enrollment for sewing will be closed. The Center needa the loan of more sewing machines, it is said.| {An ad to this effect appears in| { another part of today’s paper. in monthly payments in’ order to A. new carpenter will be on the wind nigga eer ; ree throt ut tl remai © © tee he . can Deady jon. P| the. work is being carried on. = ee eer To this end Mr. Taylor read a 'new worker wil! help the women to! resolution prorating the remainder make useful artic’? of serap ma-! 07 the fund of $15,000 on » basis ‘terials. The handicraft group are! of smaller monthly payments, getting started in a real way and| whieh will continue until ali con- \others are invited to bring their tracts are concluded. [t was so material for work, it is announced. | ordered. ! Fish scales are at a premium now, A number of matters of minoz ) it is shown. interest were diseumed and Mr. Many interesting things are be-, Curry asked Mr. Duncan if it ing planned and all are invited to‘ would be possible for him to make visit the Center. | up a report covering the a-tivities and expenditures to date and the | ‘Arrange All-Day Bus Service Transportation from Key West | to Boen Chien for ali the many j who will go to that island for the for persons supposedly jJaly 5 celebration has been at- | ranged, it was smncunced this! Miss Neotina Bazo, daughter of July 3 and 4, Saturday and ™°ring- } As the parcde end speaking wil ‘be concluded by 10:20 o'clock the} jschedule of bust, of the Plorids/ Motor Lines will be inangurated) st that hour and continue through | out the day. ‘will leave the station each hour —NO ADMISSION— | during the time it is deemed neces ; TE ee percentage of construction pleted. Mr. Curry explained that it was his idea that each member of the board would like to have this ree- ‘ord and as it was possible that = 10 Doe new board may be named within a few days, the.report would be « — Ph ages o reminder of their work ARNInG Duncan said be wepid be ” ning to wet up the report and Public is ee "to be on i ¢ “have it ready within te next few making days Myr. Trevor then sid that [he would ask that the report be leollection fer San Carlos Institute.) outtiched in The Citizen in order | No persons is authorized to do this: that the public be given of institute com- an se- curate and comprehensive idea of the accomplishments of the pree ent commission. FREE With every O1L CHANGE, Siete ccrtine oesitine tot poe RADIATOR to poor RADIO |B. & A. SERVICE STATION Eaten ond Grinnell Streets { RAUL’S CLUB Pritchard's Orchestra Neo Script Me Stags ; ‘ FOR BATHROOMS USE SHERWIN - Vi WILLIAMS ENAMELOID OR SEMI- LUSTRE. ALWAYS ON HAND IN VARIOUS COLORS. AT SOUTH FLORIDA, CALL 598