The Key West Citizen Newspaper, July 29, 1937, Page 1

Associated Press Day Wire Service. For 57 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West VOLUME LVIii. No. 179. Bridge Workers: Grateful. For Free Transportation, COLORED MAN GIVEN HEARING ARRAIGNED YESTERDAY AFT-: ERNOON ON CHARGE OF ROBBERY CIVICPLAVERS | FRIDAY NIGHT | ENTERTAINMENT TO BE PUT} ON AT HARKIS SCHOOL; ' EXCELUZNT PROGRAM AR- RANGED Work Of Raising Money To Take Care Of Ex- pense Is Still Being Car- Work of bringing home men Sealed bids for material to be, rnished the Overseas. Road and, lToll Bridge District for bridges! fon state road No. 4, Monroe| |county, were opened this after-, What is promised to be a very| noon inthe county court house,| entertainment evening, is the! with all members of the commis-| e p-ae' “ iat? i } three one-act plays, ““Gahdeenia, sion, engineers. and: clerks: attend-! {Reno and Return” and “The;. | ing. ' John Sands, colored, was ar-| Scandal”, to be presented at the} i | i x For Item A, 20 tons of strue- raigned yesterday afternoon on a} Harris school tomorrow night bY! tural steel, four offerings were re- charge of robbery. The prefim- | the Key West Civic Players for! ceived: being continued by Joe Pearlman| inary hearing took place. in the’ the benefit of the Boy Scouts for _Tampa Shipbuilding’ and En-j and S. C. Singleton, who divide|©ourt of E. Esquinaldo, peace jus-} their summer encampment. pO ae Covey tee i : SMe | 2 cast i follows: Virginia Bridge Company, © At-‘ tice of the seeond district. i The cast is as : ? segues; week Wekare’” jlanta, Ga., $2,780. ' on ee The evidence educed' went to John Esperdy | Aetna Iron and Steel Company,} ere are numerous instances | chow that Sands had held up an- Thomas Curry | Jacksonville, Fla., $2,257. ' whete:the macager: Day does not! other colored man, Ernest ~ Alecia Boeyen; ‘Kerlow Steel Flooring \ Com-/ provide sufficient money for men|thews and from him had Wm. Schoneck | Pany, Jersey City, N. J., $3,200. | to pay their fare home and_ re- turn and to provide for their “Gahdeenia” | For Item B, approximately ; families, and it is these men who 1,-) are grateful for donations which of Key West who are not in the higher brackets of the payrolls of the construction companies build: | ing the highways and bridges, is} the honor between them. |Sato . {Henry Mai-|Deila ... taken} Wallace $7.50, which the latter was forced to deliver because of threats. Sands would have made way | with the money, it was shown, had Gahdeenia | Marylou | Melissa Che Key West Citizen KEY WEST, FLORIDA, THURSDAY, JULY 29, 1937. Bids On Bridge ; } ‘ —_—_——_______ —_. Key West, Florida, has the } most equable climate in the eountry; with an average range of only 14° Fahrenheit PRICE FIVE CENTS Key West's 6c Instead Of ! | company’s bidding on Item A, as follows: } Virginia Bridge Company, At-| lanta, Ga., $2,652. Aetna Iron and Steel Company, Jacksonville, Fla., $2,520. Kerlow Steel Flooring Com-| pany,-Jersey City, N. J., $2,256. | The bids will be studied by the local engineering force and for-! warded to Jacksonville headquar-| ters of the PWA for approval andj, awards announcements. Other bids which were called! for and» were to be opened at the} same time, were for “furnishing; seictlien ous re sh gfe eal Requisitions: received today at, Sieth Webel Noe Monroe! See. Emetayiens ; hari County, stipulated in’ Cont bureau were from three of ‘thejored laborers and one tpuck dri ract I-1,! ss ‘* i ma" < a4 f t . "| contracting companies now build-|cr. Tri; is Contract G at Lower ‘as follows: | Maieuabe | Is Possessed Of Climate Most Congenial. To Trop- ical. Flora For some time past the Ke | West Chamber of Commerce has been citing as proof of the fact that Key West is the only city is the United States possessed of o Cla:ke Brothers Construction Service| Coatpuny are asking for nine col- £4 & jing roads and bridges of the Over- ‘Contract 'I-1 to consist of the) 025 Road and Toll Bridge District.| S. J. Groves Sons Co., Contract | climate congenial to the- rate constructiop of protection work,| D, at Marzthon, are” asking that! - i eo hy Wannamaker and. Wells Con- a (timiber bulkhead). No bids were| truetion Co., Contract A, Lower four conercte rubbers and 13) *Perimens of tropical flora, and received, hence none white laborers be sent to their. that only in Key West could that _ Jane Thompson | 200 feet open steel flooring, bids! Claudia Isham} Were received from three of the. have made it possible for them to visit their homes when a work Lois Malone} -— \it not been for the arrival of| Sophria INP. NEW U , |Special Police Officer 33, who Aes Miranda F ‘W USE period ends, (Ry Associated Press) BASIN, Wyo., July 29—The, 1,000 residents of Basin, near the Big. Horn mountains, want to be} known as citizens of “Lilac} Town.” i Nearly every householder plant-| ed lilacs. The Basin club placed 1,000 plants a!ong the main high- way. 29-Year-Old Lawsuit Settled In 21 Minutes, hi v Ruth Baker} Olga Ramos had been advised of the trouble. | “The Scandal” FOR PRODUCTS Mr. Pearlman attends to ail the The officer arrived on the; Mrs. Green .... Miss Marjorie Frow | | details of arranging for and pay- ; ‘ ‘ b allen ucee eblire | succeeded in getting $6 of the! Mrs, Smith . Miss Vanessa Qollins; LINCOLN, Nebr.. July 29—I7; and to Mr. Singleton is assigned |" yy.), stan, see. | Mrs. Parker the job of keeping track of eol-! tant and find “Wi.e;—Al!l Flavors” on ‘ cape and was yesterday mornin; i 2 ‘ Jections and turning them over to! : Ie Pt “eases pases pe ‘Ganiner! the men», don’t be surprised. New of colledting f | ‘work ‘Cabrera, who had been advised by) ° at si cas ao wpb getharead Sp to; Officer 83 of the status of the! presented cgain beeause of the| from the curd when milk is churn- this : to do’ Sands was placed under bond! public, which indicates that the) Ramseil and G. H. Ward of the; “5 xis to give a receipt’ of $200 to await trial at the next | efforts made by the newly-organ- Federal dairy research laborator- While the work of the three! AR aE Sa by. the community. Music in be-; Whey, psrt‘ally condensed and cea ae alen is very much; | tween plays will be furnished by veetened, can be blended’ with appree by the men who are AR Q itality Band. itious end palatable new series of Some benefits as many dollars are! NOW RECOVERING acrid |edidles, Ramsell and Ward report. brought ‘to this city which would} . } bet j en cadiiane dy and.cometimes may be substi- } transpeyiation furnished, * FR an eg x cea a Sy re ited for egg white. said, sige News has heen receved in’ the fw wc | city by relatives and friends of A Fiwith the addition of suitable fla- 9 |vors and colors, and is “tops” been seriously ill in one of the AT WM MENDEEL’S j hospitals in Miami for several) 44 i. with hot chocolate and sundaes. vering from her illness, ; : " | hich will be gratifying news to|VAREED LINE OF NATIONALLY | Common Sense Hits H naar . | : ADVERTISED GOODS TO BE| China’s Blind Men The regular luncheon of the! Mrs. Archer formerly resided Rotary Club was held today, with here, but has keen making her | PRICES NANKING, China, July 29.—) ing. Secretary KE, A. Ramsey China’s hundreds of thousands of | was in attendance, a'so a large STATES VARY THEIR ‘ ee: ai battle. against the new “rule of; Messrs. Taylor and Ramsey Second Annivereary Sale will: common sense,” which is depriv- Were in charge of the day’s pro-! 4 >, (City Axsogiated Press) o'clock, at Mendell’s Men’s Shop, Institutions for the blind were| before the meeting was the report! HOUSTON, July 29.—Federal | Sale will last only 15 day: | unnecessary in old China, at least} the district assembly meeting held; Birmingham, Ala., says the moon-| cation has created for us an army them » virtual monoply over for-| recently in Rartow. shiners of Alabama and Texas/of loyal and satisfied customers, tune-telling, : | | | place to secret.a still, fitting that we celebrate this birth-' cigimed: the end of supecitition,| | “In Alabama”, he explains,|day by affording our many cus-' put did little to enforce it. Now! « ? rw ow, GET ‘FLAG’ CASKETS ; , sei mountains, In Texas you find them | high-grade nationa.ly-known men’s police to prohibit fortune-telling, | (Ry Axxoeintea Preas) | in private residences, To me it is| apparel, Hundreds of soothsayers have! Former coliders and saiiors of, such things in a home.” that our store handles the most tion of tie law that would re peacetime “x well as war veterans os joutstandings¥pes in the commun-: duce them to the state of beggars, | flags for }urial under a bill. ap- this sale is one of the periodical ss pranstien ee woved uy the senate military af,| HAS NAME TROUBLE) -oting-c-cnts sponsored by — the . proved sy the senate military a siscnad ing-events spt y Basin Folk Want To The estimated cost of the flags (My Associated Presn) preventing the accumulation of Be ‘Lilac Towners’| (37 each) would be $82,800 for jout-of-season merehand'se and When Felix Santa Cruz is as! later. name, they often repl h the latest styl The bill would apply to. honor- Reductions will be offered But what's your name?” & men end ~ omen nll tranches of; As a transportation employe, | Marx clothing, Nunn-Bush shoes, the militar: serv xisting laws y the eas-'confesed citenmstances decause| Monito socks and others. kets of \eterans with acttal war; he a namesake of this well-, Althouch t edvertisement on service, ;ed with bargains, Mr. Mendel | states that there are just as many scene in time to interfere andjMrs, Jones ... Miss Ida Weintraub | ing the hire price of the trucks,' 3 as = you step uy to a soda fountain However, Sands. made his es-; __. Mrs. Robert Byron Russell; . ; arrested by Call Officer Raymond; his associate. The actual These three plays are being! tes for the liqnid tat separates “iphone batts Ba die Perez, | matter. |many requests by the general| ed have been found, say G. Ai | term of criminal court. ‘ized Civic players is appreciated, | }¢S- f P ic Hos-| certain other foods into a nutri- benefited; the merchants also reap! |e part of the Federal Music Hos- It can be used in fruit whips, can- be diverted if it were not for} ANNIVERSARY AY ‘Whey makes an excellent icing {Mrs Emerson Archer, who hat | {wich used at the corner drugstore MEETS TODA , weeks, to the effect that she is ‘her many friends in Key West. OFFERED AT ATTRACTIVE (My Associated Prenn) President Charles Taylor, presid-! home in Mismi for several years. !blind men are waging a losing number of members. STYLES OF STILLS begin tomorrow morning at 8:30 ing them of their livelihood. ; gtam. The princ'pal thing coming H of the president and secretary on Judge Charles B. Kennamer of} “Two years in ovr present lo-, for blind men. Tradition gave, a ac A jhave different ideas as to the bestisays Mr. Mendell. “It is only, 4 decade ago Nationalism pro- “they operate the stills in the/ tomers an opportunity to save OM pooressive tin’ tne” fenloeetad’ WASHINGTON, Juiy 29.— a novel situation when you find] “It is a well-established fact’ united in a petition to stay execnu- | would be previded with national “MR. SANTA CRUZ’ ity,” Mr. Mypiell?eontinued, “and <6 far without success. fairs commit‘ee. i manufacturers for the purpose of SANTA CRUZ, Calif., July 29. the first yoar and would increase eping the store always stocked “Yes, yes, 1 know you live here. i ably discharsed former service such lines as Hart, Schaffner Mr. Santa ‘Cree often gets into| Grand Slam and Manhattan shirts, provide for draping o i known seaside resort. {tke back page of this issue is fill- jet listed, Clyde-Mallory Liner Ozark Due Tomorr | |Children Learn Birds | By Imitating Them ie, demnalegted: Pinta <peeianebaes i LINCQEN, Neb., Jaly 29.—A , distriet court jury took only, 21 | minutes to return a verdict for the is teaching its children to) plaintiff in a suit which had been te birds, by imitatng them.} pendng 29 years. aa ot Od +4 ei Te] f 25 youngsters meets! The litigation involved a $195! f the Stand- +A reed bo + lag: 3 ww and rehearses the’ judgment action begun in 1908." mship com. t \ eth * - - al ; ot La tied of sparrows, the piping: The amount of recovery, with in- saline st + baal on Rabie yas ¢ qvail and other woodland) terest, was approximately $600, Mexico, for’ co yr a te s sag | | | } i ANGELES, July aPhis Ste Steamship Cei ard Fruit and pany, sailed ls aelock for Fr , ing, pump their own clasped hands ‘knotty questions for | object to the official }spection of jcub fell through a hole in @ tango of banana FRL-SAT. SPECIALS MALTED MILK, DEVIL’s FOOD AND ORANGE LAYER MALONEY BROS. BAKERY Phone 818 Free Delivery WHENEVER YOU ARE THIN jlons of fuel oil. Steamer Qzark, of ‘the Clyd Mallory Lines is due to arrive te- morrow from Jacksonville and! Miami, will discharge some cargo at this port and sail, for New Or-} teans. Due next Tuesday. is vessel of the lines. This is the! Colerade bound from New York te Tampa. i sounds. Two professional whistlers are nati THREE ONE-ACT PLAYS “Reno and Return”, “Gahdeenia™ and “The Scandal” Auspices K. W. Civic Players —Benefit Boy Scouts— Tomorrew Night, 8:00 e'Cleck | ADMISSION « We and 15¢ CATES, NOT PIERCE Due to a misunderstanding, an announcement appeared in The Citizen yesterday of the birth of a son to Mr. amd Mrs_ Joseph Pierce, when as & matter of truth the another HARRIS SCHOOL AUDITORIUM nemes should have been Mr. and Mrs. Joseph. Cates. The name of the fine bey is Har- eld Michael Cates. KING OF PAINTING CALL 598 AND ASK ABOUT “ZILO”—SOUTH FLORIDA CONTRACTING AND were opened. }Matec*mbe, requisitioned con- ' assembly camp at Marathon. i pe antl SS office Harry. at’ Pre-eminent among authozities T. on Florida flora is K, Dahlberg, {of Miami, and to him a query was at addressed. His reply, published E.‘ herewith, may be regarded as a most valuable pointer. to Key {West folk who sometimes fail to t that they are dwelling on. sien oe = | erete finishers’ helpers. Ora to ene ie A : = a me trees, the Breadfruit, grow and (Ry Associrted Press) i | Then a widely travelled Key NANKING, China, July 29.—| ! . F 4 Liallenged ts Should modern Chinese, on meet- | , Waeter the: statemen { as ee and, realizing that statemsntr er clasp and pump each other's? | : i ! about Key West must be 100 fer When is a bl ’ 2 | i ine’ tary ‘a halpreeetmeaig eae Applications for repairs to prop-| Repairs. to aga: 1 ig cent correct, the secre! took : ‘ rty ii street. Owner,, Wm. nowles; These are only a few of thn SR Ssanet a oF ost, $100. qe ae es ae, which «an. | SONG 2 ? i s General repairs to residence swers are being sought by Nan-| Baker during the week ending 1108 Thompeon Lane, Owner, king’s bureau of rites and cere- | J¥ly 29 number four, as follows: | Gates; cost, $50. cies “ewe: Wha. be .! General repairs to residence} General repairs to residence sioned to bring up to date reeute, | 722 Love Lane. Owner, William 925 Flagler Avenue. Owner, ee Sova: aitie i Sriy. | Sbencer; cost, $200, lA. Strunk, Jr.; cost, $200, ate etiquette and social custonis. ! ae Chinese who have lived abroad’ ayy blue . long: ‘ e@ A e ‘OF gown-and black short jacket be-/ ae , cS "dressed to S. cause it makes the wearer con- ; : ‘ ecutive secretary of the chamber spicuous. Those who are working! bed : Pes of commerce: to transform the Chinese from aj il. “According, to the best. of. my nation of pacifists into one of he-| ‘ \Neswledge: Geaeectes” tae uber men fighters protest that the} ‘mens of Artocarpus Incisia, wearing of skirts encourages ef- be feminaey, Blue is the off Breadfruit, in Miami, and one on the old: Hotel Poinciana grounds at Palm Beach, All of these are old stumps, due te repeated freez- ing back, and as far as I am aware neither has ever produced full grown fruit. “I have no knowledge of one at Bok Tower, neither has W. L. Phillips the Landscape Artist who was in charge of. the beautifiea- tion and did the landscaping. Of course it is conceivable that some- 1 Talman Carey, who was arrest- Constable Ray Elwood, as he was icial color of tho|ed Tuesday on a charge of vag: | right at the point where the of- Chinese Nationalist party, and the Tancy and specifically annoying | fensive conduct of Carey wap such blue gown and black jacket the | Pedestrians by soliciting alms, was|as to make the arrest necessary. recognized. formal habit, but re-| arraigned yesterday afternoon; The committing magistrate de- cent gatherings of the party faith-;im the court of Peace Justice/cided there was sufficient evi- ful have revealed so many difter-| Frankiyn Arenberg, Idence to warrant his being held ent conveptions of the offic iq}! ‘There was no question as to the for trial and placed him under bond color that the board of rites has; Correctness of the charges as pre- of $50 for h’s appearance at the been forced to decide exactly what f¢!red by the artesting officer, next term o/ criminal court, Steamship Cuba, of the P. and two ' second cabin passengers for Key West; 40 first and cab'n passengers for Havana. Key Wect arrivals: W. H, Rob- erts, Mrs. W. H. Roberts, R. T. Barker, Emma Hepburn, A. Exper- dy. one second Big Bad: Sheep Butis Wolf From His Door (Ry Associated Press) to ‘CRESTON, Ia., July 20.—The’ the sheep turned the tables at the Waiter Vorhies farm—it killed 9 wolf, Vorhies had adopted a wolf cub left motherless and raised it on 6 bottle, Romp'nz in the The vessel sailed about two jhours iater for Havana with ao (number of passengers who had fbouked at this port for the Cuban capital, Also brought from Tampa were FOR VISIT pri 18 tons of freight and two sacks of mail for Key West; three tons Mr. and Mrs Paul Cannady’ o¢ freight and 272 sacks of mali were arrivals over the highway! ¢', lett 3 "7 yesterday for a visit Poo wi is and what is not true blue. j S B: : : . caurornia neruses Steamer Cuba Arrives Saar opie se TO ‘SOAK MOTORIST’ | recently. As for it developing in- md ; to a mature rufiting froiting «Ry Assogiated Press) ‘ specimen that far north, is entire- SACRAMENTO, Calif., July. ly out of the question. fo nia’s two big auto “As you probably: know, the a tions drew a sigh of relief presente see Breadfruit sheds its foliage an! athe legislature adjourned with- loses all of its green shoots when out enacti:.¢ a serios of bills class- PLAN GOING the temperature falls below 40 ed:iby ‘these ‘orranizations as of ©: 8. 8: Co., arrived this morning degrees. This precludes the pow the “st: k the morotist” type. | q TION sibility of its ever developing in- Among these under the associa | 7 shortiy after 10: bitleck from to maturé fruiting. tree gany tions’ fire “cre measnres to fin- | } ; where in the United States exec warprint all drivers, to tax motor’ a creda crac acc at KEY WEST. Therefore. your touris's, t> re-establish speed traps! Dr. and Mrs. Julio de Poo and statement that only in Key Weat and to require semi-annual in- son, John, will leave on Monday, does the Breadfruit tree beat autemo'nles at a fee.’ Angust 2, for a vacation of one fruit, is justified. month. “Ii I were you I should cer They will first go to Havana tainly make it a point te aequire where John will be entered in a the young. Breadfruit stocks that Cuban military academy. Later Miss Mollie M. Parker, your grest- they will return here and motor est horticultural authority, new New York and other cities of hes crowing, and have them set st. While away Dr. De out, by someone whe knows how, study in New York. in selected, well-protected loea- tions, making this a nucleus of @ fatare ‘Key West The Breadiruit City’. “1 do net need to point out that in nobility of fellage and in appeal to the tourist with sesthe- tie perception, the Breadfroit stands A-l among all tropiesl yees, haymow, the the floor into a sheep pen beneath, where an argy buck sheep but ted it to death against a wooden Vorhies collected boutity op the pelt. Officials Arrive For Business Visit Mre, Owens constast, J. Pa'- ‘A, ler, was alee am aprival and i+ meeting with others of the teesl administration and offieers of tier county in connect.on with mstier: pertzinng to projects in Monro, county. Cannady’s mother, Mrs. Addie} Thompson, at the home on Wate head street. i Accomnanying the Cannadys: daughter, Bobbie Jean, who will) be the guetta, during their visit.) of Mrs, Lydia Adams st the home! on James street. DR. DE P00 Wishes to inform his clientele that he is leaving Key West on 4 2nd for one moth and will to resume his office duties September 2nd. MENDELL’S —2ND ANNIVERSARY— SALE Begins Tomorrow Morning, 8:30 o'Clock —BE ON TIME— See Big Advertisement— Page 4 i } Mrs, Ruth B. Owens, in ct of women's projects of the arrived yesterday even'ng over the highway and ix today consult'ng with Mrs, Linton Curry at the | sewing room, and other offici«s lof the sdav'nistration. 4 ENGINEERING COMPANY