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

Associated Press Day Wire Service. For 57 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West Key West, Florida, has the most equable climate in the country; with an average range of only 14° Fahrenheit Che Key West Citizen | KEY WEST, FLORIDA, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 4, 1937. To Hold Meeting Interest Is Now Being With Contractors' Manifested In Key West PRICE FIVE CENTS VOLUME LVIII. No. 184, _ Disposes Of Numerous: — ARRAIGNED THIS MORNING ¢. I Duval ¢ { ON CHARGE OF ASSAULT a 8 i at AND BATTERY | Imposing Fines For Con- Armando Caraballo was given a} preliminary hearing this ‘morning in the court of Peace Justice tempt Of Court Shown To Be Something New Franklyn Arenberg, charged with assault and battery. -. SAILED TODAY Members of the Overseas ond) ineluseng the protective coating and Toll Bridge District commis-)°” that portion of steel beams) Secretary Of “hamber | which project beyond the Span- The complaining witness in the! i lanni) hold - geese ipien sion, are planning to hold & con-' 4,2) walls which it is proposed to Colored Defendant Given Of Commerce Becomes | IVY, WITH SUPERINTENDENT In Procedure ‘Although just returned from Jacksonville where he presided at @ term of Criminal Court of Record for one week, Judge Wil- liam V. Albury yesterday esived instructions from alla- hhassee to leave this week to pre- side again in Jacksonville August 9 to 19 at another session of the court. Judge Albury returned Monday evening. During his occupancy he did something which, according to available records, had never been done before in the Duval county criminal court and that is imposing fines for contempt of eourt. re- from t Man and wife had been sum-/ moned to appear as witnesses for the state, and failing to appear,' the judge sent deputies for the witnesses. Upon their appearance! he sentenced each to pay a fine case was Irrus Hague, who made ference with the contractors hav- |change; change in type of pave- ABOARD, ENROUTE TO REEF STATIONS Lighthouse Tender Ivy sailed this morning 7 o’clock with Super- intendent W. W. Demeritt, of the Seventh Lighthouse District on board, going to make regular. in- spection of lighthouses on Florida Reef. Station which will be visited by the superintendent are American. Shoals, Sombrero, Alligator. Cavysfort and Powey Rocks. It is understood that before re- turning to port the tender will yisit in Miami harbor for the pur- Work. COUNTY BOARD MEETS TONIGHT the affidavit that the assault and battery was committed by Cara- ballo. The avrest-was made by Constable Ray Elwood” Evidence in the matter sufficient to warrant the was com- mitting magistrate, he announced, j ‘in placing the accused under bond of $100 to await the action of the next session of criminal court. Fred Kirtland: -was arrested on! @ warrant in the hands of ‘Con- stable C. (Ploney Pellicier, charg- ing Mr. Kirtland with driving an automobile while under the in- fluence of liquor. Peace Justice Arenberg found sufficient cause from the evidence _adduced at the hearing to place the jaccused under bond of $100 for this appearance at the next term {pose of dong some necessary buoy| of eriminal court, ing the various contracts on the ' ment from concrete pavement, Keys. The meeting between the) plain, to rock base bituminous re- contractors and members of the)tread pavement, elimination of commission is expected to be held| water proofing on the underside Sunday night at Pigeon Key. jot concrete slabs, several other This was announced at a meet- proposed changes which will, it is ing of the commission besiguins beoge 4 effect the cost of con- ;held last night in the county court | struction. ii house attended by: Chairman} During the course of the meet- Howard Wilson, Vice Chairman! ing the question was brought up Ralph Boyden. Chief Engineer B.! sug, sted, by one citizen, that (M Duncan, Bridge Engineer A. paps: greet be taken to speed up West, and S. E. Day, secretary to! the work on all contracts. Mr. Duncan. There were also| Itjis understood that this is one about 15 interested citizens pres-|of the important matters which } ent. : | will be discussed by members of The principal purpose of the, the bridge commission with the meeting was to take up certain’ contractors at the proposed meet- changes in contract specifications,'ing Sunday night. MRS. ARCHER CONVALESCENT News has been received in the Colorado Sails This John N. Costar, Members Willard! as to the delay im progress of{ M. Albury, C. €. Symonette and! some of the contracts, and it was| Three Years In Prison At a special session of Cities Judge Albury recalled to the ra ena Pe orig pcg and memory of the accused that at the in the office of Clerk €. Sam! B. Curry and presided over by pate temmn‘ef egaxt he had beew Judge William V_ Albury, aoe to 90 days im jail bat pleas of guilty aes heard ea ot! sentence had i eae 4 sentences imposed. on the promise ef the prisoner The most severe sentence was that he would not again transcend that meted out to Elijah Williams;'the law. He was sentenced to breaking and entering. Judge Al to rum concurrently with the sus- bury warned thé aceused that he pended sentence imposed at the wes pleading guilty to a felony: Mareh term. charge. ~ Benjamin Thompson faced the Williams had just finished serv-| judge on a charge of petit lar- ing a sentence of 60 days when! ceny, and was told by the court he was released. Almost imme-!that it seems he cannot keep out diately he broke into the garage/of the hands of the law, at which on the county court house grounds, | Thompson smiled in agreement, stole oil and tobacco and then} He was charged with the “ap- took a revolver and holster, de-/propriation” of 10 avocados, a@ parted and started to make things) bottle of sweet oil and a bottle of merry on Petronia street by dis-| capers, from the greoery store. of charging the gun and having a| Abelardo Lopez. The cost of the good (2) time, pilfered articles was approximate- ly $1.38. He was sentenced to | colored, who was charged © with’ spend-90 days in jail, the sentence | h| city tothe effect that Mrs, Emer- ii ont! Renvley sent g 4 the = Archer, who had been critic- the first in August, of the board/5°” ef $5 or spend 10 days in jail. In} ,» county commissioners, is sched-| another case, that of a young Wo-' uled for 8 o’clock tonight. in the man, he imposed a sentence of 10; office of Clerk Ross C. Sawyer in ally ill in one of the hospitals in Miami for several weeks, has re- covered sufficiently to be taken to her home in the Shirley Court Steamship Colorado, of e : ' ' He was arrested and placed in ' or é am {county jail, the gun was later re- } i. covered, and since that time he was back in confinement. He thej steef beams and girders for con-jyears in the state prison at Rai-| person. 15 days in jail. John Sands, colored, was accus- Outlook S. C. Singleton, executive sec- retary of the Chamber of Com- jmeree, said today that Key West ‘is due for a surprise party in the near future, “and if our treasury permitted, | would buy a nine foot alarm cleck to rouse the folk up to get ready for the procession that is ‘coming round the bend’. “Behind the isolation which the Bay of Florida has provided for us, it is dififeult to realize that there is no town in the United States to which so much attention is being direeted. Read this letter from the firm which handles the advertising contract for the Flor- |ida Motor Lines, And”, Mr. Sitigle- ~~ ed of taking money from a man|ton continued, “that is only one was sentenced to serve three) who was keeping it for another|of a dozen, some of eqaal and At first the act appeared’ some of nearly equal impbrtance.” ford, day in jail or $10 for a_ similar! contempt offense. Judge Albury said that he was; informed that the “sentences were said to be the~first tr court history for some time.”* + Replying to a question of The! Citizen, the judge said the docket he handled was crowded and prac- tically every crime on the calen- ‘dar, except capital offenses, were listed. the session of one ‘week, he said, more than 150 cases were disposed of. ‘Every Main Street j Is Akin To Wall’| (By Agnoctated Prexs) WASHINGTON, August 4.— There’s not much difference be- Wall street and Main Street in the opinion of Repre-| sentative Martin of Colorado, ‘when it comes to financial prac- tices. ~ During 9 house committee dis- cussion of legislation designed to! curb so-called " practices in corporate reor-! ganizations, frequent references | were made by the Coloradoan to! Wall strect, “When I say Wall street,” he explained, “I do not refer to New Work alone. - Every Main street has a little bit of Wall street about it.” the county court house. Clyde-Mallory Lines, sailed this! tracts on the Florida Keys, which morning 12:45 o’clock, to be a holdup but later extenu- ‘For 30 Years He’ Apartment, N. E. Miami Court. ly meeting there are a large num- ae Archer bapa be bia ber of matters to be brought be-\Valescing now, a ume! fore" the board “for <eohsideration| friends..wish. for-her a speedy.an¢ in addition to the regular routine | complete recovery. ees DE VALERA FOE As is usual with the first month- Been A ‘Telephone Company’ fi leneagrecriagpe tine | (iy Annosinted Prens) HERMAN, Neb., August 4.—/ SN FRANCISCO, August 4.— Herman’s one-man telephone com-| piery Sean Russell has moved his pany has completed “his” 30th| war for Irish independence over 7. to the American front. John H. Johnson, owner, man-| Declaring Ramon de Valera to ager, general handy man and a “puppet of the English for Tampa, after being at the dock at Key West since 9:30 yes- terday. mornjng, hours and 15. minutes. Unusual heavy shipments of destined| were consigned to Key West for} iebrication at a local machine shop; and shipments of like ma- vom total. of 1iLteriad for the projects at the} }maval station, eaused the lengthy ' stay at the port. eoce Seecceesesoveecesseoeses: LEGLESS BEGGAR HAS $1,452 St. Louis.—Arrested for ereat- ing a disturbance in the Union Station, John Christ, 40, a legless beggar, was taken to the police laeten, where it was found that | NOTES COCCCCLOSELOSOOEOSOOCOOOS RE-MARRIES WIFE Jamestown, N. Y.—Leaving his child-bride to enter the World War, Joseph Spano was unheard of for eight years. His. wife, con- cluding’ he was dead, remarried. Talman Cavey entered a pla of guilty to being a vagrant and annoying. pedestrians by solicit- ing alms. .Thig matter was re- ported last w and Carey was arrested by Constable Ray El wood, who practically caught him in the act. Welfare Board ating cireumstances were brought out which lessened the gravity of the offense, The judge considered Se, dif ferent phases of the case an- nounced that Sands would be con- fined to the county jail at hard labor for a period of 60 days. Holds Meeting Last Night trouble-shooter of the 350-phone exchange says he’s _ still strong. When necessary, he also han- dles the operator’s job, RETURN TO CITY County Tax Collector Prank H Ladd and Mrs. Ladd, who were Highway. ARRIVED YESTERDAY Harry Baldwin, assistant keeper at Carysfort lighthouse, yesterday to spend his: quarterly yacation with his family. Four Lots Of Sponge Were Sold Here Today One small offering of sponge was placed on display this morn-| bunches of yellow, selling for} $96.90, ; ing at the Municipat sales dock, and this was composed of four tots. There were nine bunches of wool, which sold for $3.80; ax! wool whieh sold for $1.52 and 27 The other let in the offering consisted of 25 bunches of wool | aisturbanee in the Atlantic airplanes by means of parent’ which was sold for $62.21, making & total for the day of $74.43. Fellowship Club Members Hear Debate Last Night Interesting meeting of First Methodist (Stone) Church Fellow-} ship Club was held last evening-at | Kemp was declared winner by @ vote of 13-10. Guests of the club were S. C. herown,” Russell is touring this going country to rally Irish-Americans/a small leather punch strapped to his Clann Na Gael. Thorugh it} Se hopes to unseat the Irish Free | State president and establish a | completely independent nation. As a major general in the, [rish Republican army, Russell says he jis subject to arrest if apprehend- ied in Ireland, as are his 10,000 ‘nvestor exploita-| vacationing in Miami Beach, re-| ¢ojowers, ‘But with American} to Maine. turned recently over the Overseas! moral and monetary support he hwas to leav», a bandit robbed his Phopes to turn the tables on his old fenemyrde Valera. ft Most thrilling moment in the ' ’s life came in 1922, when ‘he Watched five of his followers arrived) exeented bia firing squad with} cup of coffee.” |}his own turn next. A reprieve ar- rived just in time, | “Paging death under those cir- {ecrmstances is not bad—not as j bad as a toothache,” Russell said. a spirit of exaltation, of dignity, comes to you. Your mind is at rest. “The reprieve was shock than the sentence death.” ADVISORY | ADVISORY 9:30 A. M.: Slight }ef Florida continues slow north- | ward movement but shows little | imerease in intensity. Center ap ‘parently about 200 to 250 miles feast of Titusville at 8a. m. at tended by wide area of squalls. Smali craft should continue to exercise caution along and off }the Atlantic Coast north of Titus [ville to Cape Hatteras ne=t 36 fhours. | WEATHER BUREAU, Jacksonville, Fla. LEAVE ON VACATION “When you are dying as a patriot | a greater; of) ' ? jhe was carrying $1,452 in bills in} Two years ago she learned that he was still alive in Italy, © but could not get permission to come to America. However, a year ago her second husband died and, in the meantime, the Italian Gov- ernment decided to honor Spano for distinguished war service and as a part of the reward, permit- |ted him to come to this country. He and his wife were remarried, using the same ring he had used ‘in the first wedding ceremony. under one arm. i SAVES FOR VACATION; ROBBED New York.—Edward Bonner, 65-year-old night watchman, for four years saved his money in jorder to take a real vacation trip The night before he | pockets wf $20 in cash and forced | Bonner to open a locker and give j him his savings of $400. On his i way out, the bandit tossed him a 15@ cent piece to “buy yourself a} | BOY INVENTOR WRECKS PLANES Cleveland—In an attempt to fly to Washington to see Secretary of War Woodring to tell him of SENDS THREATS TO an invention of his, Julius Bai. ROOSEVELT mut, 16, “borrowed” an Army Atlantic City, N. J.—Rev. Dr.’ airplane without wermission and | William West, 40, was taken into) crashed into another Army air- custody by Federal Secret Serv-| plane in a faulty take-off. The ;men, charged with writing | boy admitted he had never piloted jseries of letters to President) a plane but had been up in one Roosevelt threatening by “con-| for forty minutes and had read eentrated™ thinking to “disrupt) and studied a lot. The damaged the Democratic party.” | biplanes cost about $34,000 each | TESTS “AERIAL” MINEFIELD! ¢ eves e London.—Tests to prove ; WASHINGTON \ | practicability of laying © “serial minefielay & connhey raiding} Seceresesesesoeesessoses |Tockets, capable of discharging at REPEALED ‘a height of 32,000 feet twenty; The so-called “married persons’ bombs, each tethered by a long clause” of the Economy Act has wire to a parachute, are being; been rescinded by action in both made on one of the government’s/ houses of Congress. It provided | proving grounds in South Wales.| that whenever employes were to } tbe dismissed by the Government, | ‘BREAKS NECK AT GAME one whose husband or wife | was | Minneapolis—George P. Dahl, employed would have to be dis- }20, suffered a broken neck after! mised before those who were lrunning inte a teammate during a|Gmmarried. The repeal weuld re- igame of baseball and died on the; move discriminations against em- athletic ‘ield. [ployes on asecount of marital i Status. SHIP LOSES SKIPPER } j Moskegon, Mich—Its owner} TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN } | E. A. Ramsey, chairman ef the}ed in Washington, and then. per- local advisory committee of the} 0M falling in either of these State Welfare Board, met with —e may apply for assist- members of the board last evening} [oea) welfare problems ‘were in the conference room at WPA discussed by the groop at the headquarters. This was the first}meeting last night and in partieu- meeting of the ‘conmmittee with}jar those probioms by which the Mr. Ramsey since his appointment | elinie is. affected, as chairman by Governor Fred P.j| Key West, it was said, is prob- Cone. ably the only place in the state The chairman spoke interest |where social and civic minded imgly of the present State Wel. fare Board program and of the }tion to assist the - representative plans which are now being .oyt-jof the State Welfare Board lined for the betterment of th?) working: out community problems. state. It is now possible, it wat|;. Present at the meeting besides pointed out. for Plorida to parc! Mr. Ramsey were: Dr, J. \C. Geke- ticipate in the three phases of the jler, sceretary-treasurer; Rev. Wil- National Security Act, but to}jiam J. Reagan, 8. J., Dr. William date only Old Age Assistance is| R Warren, Joe Pearlman, Dr. being undertaken, }Belph R. Braund, U. 8. P. H. &., In the very near future Plor-/ surgeon in charge at the Marine ida’s plans for administering aid hospital; Dr. James B, Parramore, to Children and the'in charge of the Monroe County Blind will be, it is hoped, approv-| Clinic, and Mrs. Gladys Steamer Cuba Arrives Steamship Cuba, of the P. and, Sailing shortly after 6 o'clock ©. S. S. company, arrived yester-|the vessel carried the following day afternoon from Havana with| bookings from Key West: Mra. six first and 10 second eabin pas-} Edwin Trevor, Ellen and sengers for Key West; 37 first and| Trevor, D. Bosses, Mrs, A. L, for| West, Arther, Jr, Mary Jac- i cabin passengers : Key West arrivals: Anite Gato, | ¢. Howell, Edna A. Gato, Gas Hudsk, Dave son, Wm. DeWeil, Alper, Maria Martiner, Teresa) mere Croft, Mrs. Vi Romero, Concepcion Perez Mi-| Mra Andrew Page lord, Armand Rodrigves, ign} *f s#cond cabin. Redrigwez, Pauste Castille, Ans t ; = i ; ° ik: es The letter to which Mr. Single- ton refers was written by 3. Le! Laube, manager of the Atlanta Hi herewith: “Thank you for your letter of July 28 with enclosures. “This is indeed the information per filters a the position “We are building uj West file, se that we the material needed for duction of folders for tion this fall ii addition to attempt to have the Cleveland fice of Beaumont and Hol feature Key West in one of Saturday }ments. |. “It | 3 } ut FE re ; | HE litt ik | have ) tural jcountry go to confer with you and city officials and natural color pictures now the vogue. “I wish to thank you. cordial consideration and | Peat i é : a i f ; 3 : f ni , y i | | ae Hi (golden opportunity for a for Key West whereepon Sunday Schoo! Butiding. | Singleton, S.C. Singleton Hi, Fer-/ Delicious supper was served the/nando Camus, Norman Lowe and/ Roy E. elub under the direction of Mrs} Howard Pinder. Vietor Larsen; machinist 2nd now Charles H. Ketchum. [was received inte the member-'the naval station mai A debate by members Dr. Wil-/ship of the organization. liam P. Kemp and William Wat-| Shuffle Board tournament now kins on “Who is the Best Golfer?” | being conducted was continued Was enjoyed by everyone Dr, j after the meeting. |_ This is to advise that from this! Gvidie Cervantes, Resa Cervantes, watchman at|Lake Michigan with sails set and/ fourth day of August, A. D. 1937, Antonio Sanches, Juan Bivers. in gate, left! no hand af its helm. Its owner, 'I will no longer be responsible for’ § S. Cube with Mrs. Rogers and the children| Henry Kohler, swam to shore/any debts‘contracted by my wife,!tons of freight power the highway this morning en/ and thoocht the craft lost, but it /Gloriana Bayly. i route to spend a vacation in thei was found by coast guardsmen, mountains of Tennessee. jwho brought it to its mooring. s j washed off by breakers, a twenty-/ Rogers, retired naval: foot sloop sailed for five days on/ ; i l 7 aogt-Itx EDWARD J. BAYLY. een entra emenren WATER IS VALUABLE-REPAIR YOUR GUTTERS. NO SOLDER TO USE. ALL GALVANIZED. AT SOUTH FLORIDA CONTR. & ENG. CO.