The Key West Citizen Newspaper, July 23, 1937, Page 1

Press Day Wire ic Service. ' For 57 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West Associated VOLUME LVI. No. 174. KEY WEST, FLORIDA, FRIDAY, JULY 23, 1937. Paul Marks Named. Attorney For Overseas Bridge Board ACTION TAKEN AT MEETING oF orGANIzA-| WARBLER GOES TION HELD YESTERDAY AFTERNOON;| TO SHIP’S AID; HIS APPOINTMENT BECOMES EFFECTIVE} eee In G Jim Greagor, colored, found gui court this morning on a charge of| assault and battery, and sentenced | by Judge William V. Albury to was; bi Ity by a jury in criminal, 0? business ourt. Che Key West Citizen Cases.Heard. \Compiles Complete Report nina Covering Bridge Activities costantaanthereeeinsioennacrcinesesnbelitecnsiiiie Key . Florida, has the most equable climate in the country; with an average range of only 14° Fahrenheit en EEE PRICE FIVE CENTS ught liquor at ‘Mr. Sands’ Place! peceqncencecececcnececoe ' The jury took the retiring for a short time returned a Ver. }dict of not guilty. The liquor. ;spend four months at hard labor) which was not introduced in evi- IMMEDIATELY | VESSEL LEFT THIS AFTER.) NOON IN ANSWER TO CALL Paul H. Marks, attorney of 7:50 p. m.) pertaining to the fees | Miami, Fla., was yesterday ater H. H. Taylor, as attorney, or} |his employment as attorney, “for | any definite period of time be,’ Overseas: and the same is hereby rescinded Road and Toll Bridge District, 35 | ately. . fective immediately. \ Wrecking Tug Warbler _ sailed! this afternoon shortly after o’clock en route to Castle and repealed, effective immedi- land, British West Indies. ship left following receipt of a | t is further resolved that'the cal] ‘by the Porter Dock com- contract executed by the chair pany. i man of the past Bostd 6f Com-; In the call was information to commis-' missioners of this District, and, the ‘effect “that the Warbler was. y ; | th ecretary thereof, to H. H./to go to assist a sister ship, the sioners keld § o'clock in the aft-) 7, yjor, under the date f Feb-| Killerig, home station at Kings. | iruary 20, 1937 be, and the same’ ton, Jamaien, who was then at lis hereby cancelled and held‘ for work on the United States Navy when a resolution was read and/ naught. | “It is further resolved that the! mear Castle Island { mnazimovsls adopted. feeeretary of this board be, and is | The resolution further resolved | hereby instructed to mark the (the report was receiced approxi- that the amount of compensation | Word ‘rescinded on the minutes of | mately 12 qualified wreekers were, Sie Sar the eixvi ¢ the gp this district alongside the resolu- assembled, provisions placed on the ier esx Aamathan sony! e % | tions herein referred to.” torney “shall be hereinafter desig-}/ Another resolution bearing on’ scene of operations. ' nated by the board and submitted|the same subject was presented | to the Public Works Administva-!and unanimously passed as fol-/ tion for its approval.” lows: ‘WILL BAKER Attending the meeting were: “Whereas the Board of Com-: Howard Wilson, chairman; John‘ missioners of the Overseas Road | RETURNS HERE: Costar, vice chairman; ©, C. Sym-|and Toll Bridge District, Mon- | | onette, Ralph Boyden and Willard toe pene. was grented the ae | $ board members. There'and exclusive powers, under A icin Attorney |Chépter 16, 588 (Laws of Flor-- HAD BEEN AWAY SEVERAL’ ‘Marks, Dan Navarro and severa!| ida, 1983) to appoint such agents | WEEKS UNDERGOING other interested citizens. {and employes as the business of | Previous to the naming of At-{the distriet may require, and to} EYE TREATMENT torney Marks to succeed Judge; #ssess the compensation of such | ea Will Baker, who has been away HH. H. Taylor, the following reso-, officers and employes, subject, of | “lutions were read and adopted: {course. to the apnroval of the) " “Whereas the past. board of! Publie Works Administration of for several weeks undergoing commissiorlers of the. Overseas'their respective ‘compensations, treatment for the eyes following —Roadeand Toll. is ih ements: 3 an operation for, cataract, ig now ~ Monroe county, pore resolu-| “Whereas it is the’policy of this at his home Hn «Fleming street,’ ons on the dates of December | board not to delogate to any of- and overjoyéd at the realtzation | 1936, Febriary 18, 1987, ficer or employe of this district that his sight is coming back february 20. 1987 and July 12,; the power to <mploy or discharge gradually but surely. 937, emp.oying H. H. Taylor as|any of its personnel or employes | attorney at a salary therein} or agents, and, % ‘the home yesterday The Citizen} designated and in and by such} “Whereas, by a resolution was told by Mr. Baker that fol-| resolution make such a resolution; adopted by the past Board of lowing the instructions of the act as a contract-for the employ- | Commissioners of this district the operating physician he is not do- of said attorney, and, | following vas resolved: ereas, the past chairman! ‘Further resolved. that moon appointed attorney and gen- eral counsel for the Is- This action was taken at meeting of the district ernoon in the county court house, jing anything to bring on unneces | the sary strain to his sight, but! for ,from injuries received. in the county jail. Harry Roberts, who was ar-! rested some time ago on a charge} } sault and battery. Some time ago at Cape from a shotgun at a man _ but; though the noyed and in fact frightened: Judge Albury facts and the plea and imposed:a! ne of $10 and costs or the‘al-|by Deputy Sheriff ternative of 60 days in the county loney, recently a ‘service on the K afternoon’s session nesses in the case summoned by ‘Cruiser Omaha, which is ashore! @Mded with the case of Eygene Mr. Maloney were Deputy Sheriff ds, 8 in- Henry Pinder and James Durden, Sending out a. call soon after | toxicating liquor under a regular agent of the Audubon Society. jail. Yesterday Sands, charged with selling beer and wine license. | There was no evidence brought State out at the trial to sustain aggravated assault agreed to. trial !plead guilty to a charge of as-'sulted in a verdict of guilty by ithe Sable! stated he would pass sentence on g the accused fired a blank cartridge! Moses tomorrow morning. |dence, was ordered returned. The case of the State versus ichael Moses, which was up for yesterday afternoon, re- jury, and Judge Albury This case was one in which the The naturally inflicted no harm al-'accused was charged with pur- complaining witness’ chasing limes from agreed that he was very much an- the Florida Keys, and on so persons doing |with the knowledge that the sel- considered’ the lers had stolen the fruit. The arrest of Moses was made Raymond Ma- igned to road and the wit- This afternoon the case of the versus Louis Pollock, this charged with setting up, conduct- ' Warbler and she sailed for the Ch@"&e a8 there were no witnesses ing and operating a lottery, is be- ' , who would declare that they had iny tried. Thomas Rex Smith Dies From Injuries In Miami Rogelio Gomez is in Key West,) 07 thé announcement of the death ‘having arrived yesterday from’ o¢ a son, Miami where he was called be- cause of the death of a son,, Thomas Rex Smith, by a former) marriage, and ‘was taken to Jackson Me-|the following morial hospital where he died cemetery at Areadia, where Hector Perez, of the }now Mrs. Gomez. Death in this instance was | caused by the boy being struck by The youngster was struck by!a ball at a. baseball _ Anvatytomobile: while. in...Migmi,}‘Bampa.+He game ip ~e buried-in- Tampa lay Young Smith was interred in the the This accident happened on July|Smith’s zre now making their While making a brief call at: 18 this year just 10 years to date home. Judge Albury To Preside | : ‘consideration and after ee TRUST? | Prosecution of the Western ‘Union and Postal Telegraph com- panies for violations of the anti- trust laws to lessen competition has been decided upon by the Anti-Trust Division of the Depart- ment of Justice, GROWING The Postoffice Department re- ports that domestic air mail serv- ice is growing and that the deficit has been eut from $13,- 000,000 in ‘1933 to $984,000 this year. The prediction is being heard that the serveie will be self sustaining Ly 1940: CLOTHES The Bureau of Home Econom- ies, U. S. Department of Agricul- ture, in cooperation with institu- tions in eight states, is undertak- ing measurements of normal ehi!- dren from one to fourteen years, in order to set up, if possible, standard statistics on which manu- faeturers of clothing for Children can base their clothing sizes. For many years the Bureau has receiv- ed complaints about the varying sizes of ‘clothes made for children ‘and it hopes to be able to provide a degree of uniformity for manu- facturers to follow. BUSINESS The Index of Business Activity, recorded by the New York Times, last week stood at 106.7, reflect- ing a decline from the last of May of about three points, So far this year, the index has varied be- tween 100 and 110; last year it .tanged between 90 and about 109. (In 1919,*the index reached aroun: 1115 and the low of 1933 was about 65. * LAWYERS Complaining that many Internal | Revenue Bureau lawyers return tto private practice and that some of them used information they gained in, Government service to ‘help clients reduce or avoid tax- SHOWS ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF VARIOUS CONTRACTORS FOR ALL PROJECTS IN CGNNECTION WITH WORK ON BRIDGES | AND ROADS Rerort of the accomplishments ef the several contractors ing completed from Lower Mate- cumbe Key to a point about one- quarter the length of Long Key. Rock base comp.eted from Lower Matecumbe Key to a point be- yond Craig. in’ Estimate earned in June: $8,- yee snl Keg. Wert hog: bev 093.40, equals 6.6 percent. Esti- given The’ Citizen by Former mzte earned to date: $23,090.52, e cquals 18.8 percent, Chaieaiga BY Dis Trevor, ofthe. “Ty addition to earned estimates ) Overdeas Read and’ Toll’ Bridge for the the projects in connection with brides and roads between the contractor has provided a & teamp and furnisked all construc- Dist#ict) dnd is eomplete in de-| tion equipment, the cost of which tails qe of July 1, 1937. ‘are included in the unit items of { construction. Contract “A; “Channels Num-! Men employed on the contract . the week of June 19: six super- ber 2.and Number 5 Bridges. Wan- | ory, five skilled, 15 semiskilled namaker and Wells, Inc., Orange- cad 32 unskil'ed, a total of 32. burg, S. C_ Contract amount:! Contract “D” ond “E”, Knights | $159,993.82. Contract date: Octo-, Key, Pigeon Key sat peas new. | a te ; nel Bridges, S. J. Groves a ms cag 28, 1936. Date mark began: Cainpeny, Mae Pia. Comtaaal | November 28, 1936, Time limit: cunt: | $876,721.52. Contract 120 days. Contract completion gate: (February 20, 1937. Work idate: March 28, 1937. began: March 10, 1937. ‘Contract i hey completed: Al! beams in completion date: January 6, 1938. ‘place, Ail slabs poured on Chan- Time limit: 300 days. nel No, 2 Bridge and approxi- Work Completed {mately 75 percent poured on Work completed: Beams and {Channel 5 Bridge. Approximate- brackets in place on 45 spans, be- ly 70 percent of the hand rail 9. ts K Will be- chat, ‘beginning to. poor pai tis. Se See ee pooh Pavement work not be- month, Hand rail - na 3 f- 9 Estimate earned in June, $24, Sepsaen Pe Pate a 1620.90, equais 15.4 percent. ES) petimate earned in June, $12 timate earned to dat>. $101,489.70, 589.87, equals 1.4 persent, Esti- lequals 63.5 percent. 3 | . : tes earned to date: $18,017.04, No Estimate Made hs , s percent, No estimate’ - allowance ‘nes No atimate, allowance has. his been made for tails cast but not made for beams placed on placed, for the preparation of the bridges but not completed, for base Zor the pavement nor for ma- hand rail posts and forms, for terial stored» at the site. The gssembled brackets nor for mar leontractor has provided a camp terials stored at the site. In addi- and furnished a!! construct'on tion to earned estimates the con- equipment, the costs of which are tractor has furnished a camp and j included in the unit items of con- | furnished all construction equip struction. ‘ment, the costs of which are in the week of June 19 were: Six. struction. Overseas Road an@ To!!! general manager be,'and he is District, and the seeretary | hereby authorized to employ such! f, under the date of (Feb-| additional engineers and . inspec- ruary 20, 1937, entered into an/ tors as may be required by him in alleged contract for the employ-|the progress of the work of the’ ment of H, H. Taylor, as attorney, | distriet at the same general rate) at the sum of $12,900 upon whieh | of salaries’, ‘ | such sum had beeri paid-up to the; “Now, therefore, be it resolved ; period until February 9, 1937, | by the Board of Commissioner: ‘and for the further payment of of the Overseas Road and Tol! $250 per month until the comple: | Bridge Disrict, Monroe county, | tion of the project, and, | that that portion of the resolution ; “Whereas the said H. H. Tay-, ». adopte lor, as attorney, has received the Past Board of this District under! sum of $13,816.67 in payment for date of December 7, 1936, be, and j his past services as of June 22,; the same is hereby rescinded and» 1937, and this board believes that |"epealed.” sr the said attorney has been amply Tt was decided by the ~ board | paid for his services, and, {that the members will leave to’ “Wheress the resolution hersin-| Morrow afternoon in a: body and before mentioned did not auth-|in company with Chief Engineer | orize th past chairman and sec- B. M. Duncan make an inspection} Yetary to enter into any such) Of the progress and accomplish contracts or reldtionships for any , ents of the contractors of the definite period of time, and, jhighway projects, ; “Whoreas the present Board; To do this, it was said, would of Commissioners as aforesaid, be-} be impossible in one day. and it Yieve that it should at al! times be; Was declared that the best man- free to select its own confidential; ner in which to make the inspec- adviser and not have their hands; tion a complete one im every de tied by any outgoing board, and! tail, would be to begin tomorrow thereby be deprived of their pow-|and complete the journey late @rs and powers of offica and, =| Sunday afternoon, and it was so “Whereas, this Board’ of Com-| decided. missioners, as aforceaid, believes} Another matter which was dis- said. contract, as aforesaid, to be; cussed was the possibility of invalid and to have no force and/ storms this year, and the time was effect, and that no liabilities;now ripe to formulate plans for could te incurred thereunder, ; the quick removal of every per- and, :son from the camps and projects “Whereas the Public Works, immediately when notice of im- Administration did not insist upon) pending danger was received. the exeection of such alleged con-; While no definite plans were tract, but only followed its rales; agreed upon it was decided to go and regulations requesting that! into every imaginable detail at a the said alleged contract be con-/ meting to be held following the firmed as to the manner of com-| inspection trip, and arrange the pensation. jdetaits in order to be in readiness “Now, therefore, be it resolvedjte avoid any repetition of the by the Board of Commissioners of ; catastrophe of September, 1935. the Overseas Road and Tol} Bridg: District, Monroe county, that the foregoing resolutions adopted by the past Board of Commissioners of the Overseas} Road and Toll Bridge District, Monroe county, under date of! Hens and Fryers 7. February 13,, We epee and Deliver Sunday {| 1987 and -— PEREZ CASH MARKET — i meeting Phone 76 —Try Our Tender Juicy— HEILFFER MEAT Veal Lamb Best Grade PORK CHOPS All Cute Meats SOUTH FLORIDA’S MOTTO IS “YOUR entertainment at» the park. realizes that day by day he sees| more clearly and will soon be! ready to get the necessary glasses | which have been recommended. } NEWS NOTES Seeecccerecoacencocecs ZEP REBUILT FOR HELIUM Friedrichshafen, Germany. — oe! above referred to. adopted by the The LZ-130, sister-ship of the ill- | — 'JUNIOR CLUB fated Hindenburg, which has been under construction for some time, will be rebvilt for helium and il net be; launched until Spring. Changes be, made because; heligm wi xeduee, the carrying | capacity of the ship. H INTENTIONALLY “LCST” Rye, N. Y.—Officials are begin- | ning to get suspicious that some | of the many “lost” children at the|) #musement park, are being delib- | erately “lost” by their mothers in| order that they may enjoy free | The | lost children ave. usually taken to | Kiddie Land and given free access! to the rides and other entertain. ments until claimed. | 70,000 HOMELESS IN VALLEY Los Angeles.-According to so cial workers, approximately 70, 000 homeless pergons were wan- dering in the San Joaquin Val- ley, many of whom had moved to the arca from drought areas and numbers of whom were starving and dying from exposure and malnutrition i Social Welfare Examinations Tomorrow Merit system examinations of }the State Board of Social Wel-! examinations will be held by E. © will be held int Key West on Saturday, tomorrow, July 24, at 1 o'clock. afternoon, 805 Fleming Street! Mpplicants will meet in the number will take the tests | Junior Woman’s Club, which was ‘transporting him and another ele- ation. Representative Doughton, chairman of the Tax Evasion In- vestigation Committee, thinks that At Court In Jacksonville ‘ Judge William V. Albury, Mon-; Official instructions signed by roe County Criminal Court of /R. A. Gray, secretary of state, Record, will leave Sunday, it is 4% Pred P. Cone, governor of the ¢-y the benfcit of their clients, |State of Florira, were dened fie hi 2% i received ” ” 28 Hecksonville and pre | yesterday to this effect, advising side at a session of criminal court that the session over which Judge! in place of one of the judges, who! Albury will preside will be con- will be absent. |vened Monday morning, July 26. some legislation should be enact-| ed to blunt their _ effectiveness and preven: them from using their . * contacts and friends in the bureau is WARNS BANKS The Federal Deposit Insurance (engaged in speculative investing (in 1986, particularly im the pur- \te obtaining profits from a rise in TO ASSEMBLE the jings and warned that the banks jean expect no reduction in insur- ance assessments until] they mend their ways. PYTHIAN LODGE MEETS TONIGHT There will be a meeting of the nights of Pythias held tonight at 8 o'clock at which time v'siting officials of the order will be en- tertained. Hon, E. E. McDaniel, 5 ee a grand chancellor, will pay his of- NEW YORK.—At a Jeweish ficigh visit to the lodge. home for old people in this city is Among those who have arrived an exclusive Jolly Yong Men's for the meeting arz W. E. Blanch- Club, te which only men over 90 ard, Miss Grace Palmer and Ern- are el'gible for membership. oldest member is 10’ The. social meeting of Fifteen strong Negro laborers are listed as the sole requisition received at the State Employment to have been he'd yesterday on the beach, was postponed on ac- count of rain. The meeting will be held this afternoon, beginning at 5 o'clock. and in case of rain, will be held at the Public Library. 1 Bureau today to be sent row to the Florida Keys. i The men are to be consigned to work on Contract “B” of the C.’'Y. tomor- ELEPHANT BREAKS NECK Ebensburg, Pa. — Tip, 7,800 pound elephant, was killed when thrown from a truck which was Thomasson Construction company K at Grassy Key. EXCLUSIVE CLUB phant, for the Hagg Greater Shows. The elephants were thrown to the highway as the truck raced around a curve. Tip landed on his head, striking a gvard rail post, driving it four feet into the ground, The other ‘cials will arrive this afternoon. "Assigned To Other Work men now employed in that cavacity be returned to other work a» laborers, and 20 of the number Jerome D. Peterson, engineer for the WPA in District 3, made an investigation of the operations in Key West this week cided there were too many per- sons employed as watchmen. Therefore he ordered that High School building where the A. Ramsey, Monroe county board ond 4 member. Six applications have been filed in Key West and that terday. 25 days. The est P. Roberts. The other offi were instructed to report for : work on the sewerage project ye Clearing end grubbing has been The other five were to completed from Lower Matecumbe be changed within the next few Key to a point | Men employed on the contract‘ cjuded in the unit items of con- supervisor; nine sk'led; 19 semi-! \sk'Ned and’ 26 unskilled; total of 70. Contract “B”, Long Key, Tom's , Harbor No. 3 and Tom’s Harbor (Number 4 Bridges, C. Y. Thoma-| ‘son Construction ‘Company, | Greenwood, 8. C. Amount: $365,- | 489.98. Cpntract date: Novem-: |ber 5, 1936. Work began: No- tvember 28, 1936. Contract com- limit: 220 days. i All beams in place on Tom's ‘and more than 50 percent on the: 4 Brid; Began: to pour, on’ Long Key Bridge June 20. . Bes; ginning to.pour hand. rails this) ; week, Pavenient work not start- od. | Estimate earned in June: $32,-/ 352.74, equals 8.9 percent. Esti-| mates earned to date: $88,974.77, equals 24.3 percent. i No estimate allowance has been made for cuts in the span-/ ‘drel walls fur beams, for beams waterproofed and placed but not) concreted into place, for the pro- paration of the base for the pave- ment ner for materials stored at the site. In addition to earned estimate the contractor has’ pro- vided @ camp and furnished alt construction equipment, the coste of whieh are included in the unit item of construction. Number Employed Men employed on this contract the week of June 19 were: Twelve supervisory, seven xkilled, 45 eemi- skilled and 66 unski.led; tota! of 130. Contract iC", grading and pav- ing Lower Matecumbe Key to Grasy, Key, Clarke Brothers Con- , struction company, Clinton, I-+a. Contract amount: Contract date, February 20, 1937. Date work begun: March 10, 1937. Contract completion date: August 4, 1997 Tipe limit: 160 Gays. one-third the Men emploved on this contract the week ending June 19. were’ Twenty-six supervisory, 20 ski'l- ed, 25 semi-skilled, 65 unskilled. Total, 136. Contract “fF”, Pacet Ohennel. M'ssouri-Little @uek, _Ohio-Mis- souri. Bahia Honda-Ohio and Spanish Harbor Bridges, 8. 4 Groves and Sons Company, Miami Fla. $376, Corporation says that many banks pletion date: June 26, 1937, Time 939.37. Contract date: February 20, 1937. Work began: March 10, 1937. Completion date: Jars chase of securities with the view, Harbor No. 3 and No. 4 Bridges ary 6. 1938, Time Limit: 300 days ‘All beams in p'ace on one-thirc poured. Date of beginning thie work hes not been set. Hand rai? being fabricated, a few sen? to the field. Estimates earned in June, $10, 686.08 equals 2.8 percent. Exti- mates earned to date, $14,720.19 uals 3.9 percent. ie estimate allowance bar been made in the spandral walle for the beams, for beams water proofed and placed but not con ereted into place, for the prep: aration of the base for the pave- ment, nor for materials stored at the site. In addition to earned estimates the contractor hes pro- vided a camp, and furnished i construction equipment, the cost of which are included in the unit items of construction. Give Number Men employ2d on this contract sre: Eight supervieery, eight skilled, 25 semi-skilled and 29 un- skilled. Total, 7 Contract “G", grading and paving Hog Key-to Big Pine Key. Thomas F. Kenney Company, Oriando, Florids. Contract amount, $105,154.34 i ‘the priee rather than with the/Long Key Bridge. (All s'abs pour-'o¢ Pacet Channe! Bridge, begin: ! ON BRIDGE WORK | view to obtaining reasonable earn-|ed on Tom's Harbor No, 4.and No. ning at Duck Key, No sisbe $122,972.75., length of Long Key. Rough grad-, HOME IS WORTHY OF THE BEST”. IT HAS ALL OF THE BEST MATERIALS READY FOR YOUR BUILDING PROBLEM