The Key West Citizen Newspaper, August 5, 1937, Page 1

A ue Associated Press Day Wire Service. For 57 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West VOLUME LVI. No. 185. KEY WEST, FLORID The Key West Citiz A, THURSDAY, AUGUST 5, 1937. City Council Hears Many |tswile Coman’s Payroll For Various Employes Was Ordered From Funds Now Avail-. able At a regular meeting. of the City Council held last night, a let- ter was read from T. E. Price, at- torney for S. C. Anderson, owner ‘of the property known as Trumbo. Island in which objections were offered on behalf of Mr. Ander- son as to the amount of the as- sessment against the property. The property is assessed upon the tax rolt at a valuation of $500,- | 000, and the letter stated that this was thought to be excessive, and it was also shown that it was the belief and contention of the owner that the market value of this prop- perty is the sum paid for same upon the open market under com- petitive bidding which $146,000. discussion over the matter, it was decided to defer action later date at which time repre- sentatives of the property willed of plunging the world into bat- ‘many where his financial interests meet with the council in order to. arrive at some agreement relative to the amount of assessment. Fi cage has POR ee Club, in which the organization eonveyed its sincere appreciation for the interest shown by the city in inaugurating a clean up cam- paign on the streets of the city. It was shown in the letter that this was a civic responsibility of the city, a responsibility that is quite burdensome, due to the lack of finances for operation. j Sanitary Inspector Edward Gra- ham reported that he had made a roundup of the different filling stations of the city, to which task he was assigned some time ago, and stated that he found that much of thé old junk that had ac- cumulated around these different premises had been removed, say- ing that he met with hearty co- seperation from those that he had eontacted, the result of which shows that the conditions have been remedied to a great extent. It was ordered that a small pay- roll be made for which will be about six dollars for each man, The question of aning up Bayview Park was brought before the meeting, and it was ordered that the park committee get to-| gether on the matter, and make Some arrangements to have the matter attended to. A letter was read from Bertin Sawyer requesting that he be given permission to cut down a sandbox tree in front of his resi- dence on Fleming street. He Stated that the limbs of the tree in rubbing against the house had damaged the woodwork, and also stated that the roots of the tree were tearing up the sidewalk. It was ordered that Mayor Galey be Requested to give Mr. Sawyer per- mission to have the tree cut down. After the reading of the reports of officers, and attending to few other matters of a routine mature, the meeting was ordered adjourned. PAY GOES FOR PERMANENTS NOW (By Assecinted Press) Wash., Aug. 5. ~-Harvest season here means ex- tra dividends for beauty parlors. Beauty operstors declare they give dozens of facials and perm- a@ment weves to husky men just in from the fields. After considerable; Germany declared war on Russia uatil a the eity em-{ ployes from the funds available,’ Of: Importance | aaa Tender Poinciana Due To Retura Shortly Bid For Repairs On Tender Ivy Approved jarerite for execution by the Reis oy ee ae | company. ' There was also an optional via EQAST GUARD joffered by the company for cer-! {tain work on the vessel to the amount of -$7,174.11. ig 1 Bids for work on the Ivy were; received from two other congerns} and were opened at the head- quarters here on July 19 and for-| warded to {Washington for ap-! }proval. TRANSFER OF MONEY Coast Guard Plane V-132 ar- rived this morning from Miami in command of Lieutenant D. O. Reed, and berthed at the plane the bid of the Jacksonville Utility Company for repairs which are to be done on the Tender Ivy to which has been given the approval of the department, Regular bid of the Jacksonville concern is for $12,650 and the papers have been forwarded to Lighthouse Tender Poinciana,;which has been away for some | which has been on work on the|time working in the vicinity off east coast of the state since the|Lake Worth, is the Poppy. No first part of the year, is expected) date has been mentioned for her to return within several days, it) return to Key West. was said at headquarters this} The Ivy, as mentioned in the is- morning, |sue of yesterday, has on board) For practically all of the time;Superintendent W. Demeritt, the tender has been away from;who is making regular inspection, the port it has been engaged in|of lighthouses on the reef. When] Steamship Ozark, of the Clyde- various activities on Lake Okee-! this inspection is concluded, the} Mallory Lines, is due to arrive chobee. This work will be finish-| Ivy will attend to some work in! iotnersbae a N Ort ed in two days, it was said, and|Miami harbor, and then, if the 34.” ci aphts ear A. {the vessel will start for home. schedule is not changed, will re-;Toute to Miami and Jacksonville, Another of the local tenders turn to Key West. | It is understood that there is on ‘FES A BED OF ROSES es hear consignment of FOR WAR LORD OF 1914 Monday evening the Steamship By J. A. BOUMAN (By Axsociated Press) 'e DOORN, Holland, Aug. 5.— Twenty-three years ago August 1 Steamship Cuba, of the P. and 0. S. S. Co., arrived this morning from Tampa with 12 first cabin and one second cabin passenger for Key West; 30 first cabin and three second cabin passengers for Havana. The Hohenzollern ex-ruler has so completely recovered from his last winter’s siege of influenza that he has resumed wood-cutting, and Wilhelm II signed the genera) |long a favorite occupation of his mobilization order. exile, The next day German troops; He rarely is seen afoot in Doorn invaded France. village. By force of circumstances Today the man who was accus-jhis needs are covered from Ger tle sits on a knoll of his 50-acrejlie. The imperial refugee makes no estate here, absorbed in roses. excepton to the nazi rule that Once attended by generals and} money raised in Germany must bel Key West arrivals: Mrs, H. R. ministers, today he is accompan: {spent within the peieb. Noble, L. Torrill, Augusta Keller, ied by a soft-eyed dachshund. A Good Customer bs ‘Mustache Bristles No More Still, he is a Song gontoiper to}, THe erigtling: Mustache to’ whieh — ei i ele he gave his name is gray. It bris-} “I hope he will live to be 100 at} Jes no more but its tips still point |least,” one canny tradesman re- skyward. A gray beard covers hiy| marked. ‘once-arrogant chin. Mis stern face} His dark blue Mercedes car has softened, grown more angular. }takes him to tea parties at the The world was at his throat'homes of the Dutch nobility round when the abdicated monarch fled| about and Asai ey occasional tea to Holland 19 years ago. He found parties at Doorn House, He main- |shelter with friends and Holleniaees s. sondiab = nes jntinste Bag In Man’s Ear iprotected him. In 1920 he bought|friendship wi Dutch royal) spe ‘his 50-acre domain in Doorn. aren , ees Becomes Petrified Seventeen years have drowned the former monarch si the hatred, Now, at 78, the ex-lamong his roses the, Westminster a {Kaiser seems a handsome gentle-|chimes sound six, Time to dress TRIBUNE, Kas., Aug, 5.— |man of the old school. His per-|f0r dinner. The silver-haired gen-|Forty-cight yecrs ago a bug crawl- sonal sorrows—the suicide of hig{tleman rises: from the white seat.|ed into the ear of Tom Foley as jyoungest son, Prince Joachim, | With the dachshund at his heels,!he was feeding a threshing ma- soon after the war, the death of and nodding to gardeners as he! jing the former kaiserin in 1921—have/ Passes he disappears into the yel| a. oy been forgottn. {low manor house in the sunset. eriodicaliy for years Foley suf- * fered intense earaches, Recently jdoctors overated and removed the bug. It wes petrified. | He sits amid his roses cour-} Se ae iteously acknowledging respectfu’ } Sejentist Develeper ! i Of Tailless Sheep salutes from promenaders, (By Annociated Press) Public Is Admitted The ex-Kaiser has been steer) part of this summer. His consort, ! the business-like Kaierin Her: BROOKINGS, S. D., Aug. 5.— jmine, whom he married in 1922, A tailess breed of sheep has been (By Associated Press) went to supervise her properties|@veloped by James W. Wilson,| NEW HAMPTON, Ia., Aug. 5. lin Germany. None of the children | “retor of the state agricultural|—-New Hampton's volunteer fire of her former marriage were there | ©ol'ege experiment station. j department had a busy ‘day—all ‘when an Associated Press corre | For 23 years ‘Wilson has been in the same place. spondent visited Doorn recently, ‘tossing the native Siberian sheep] On the first trip FIREMEN—YOU HAD A VERY BUSY DAY they extin- COYQTES RAVAGE STOCK PRICES REDUCED Sale on Stock CAR. ‘though the garden is open to those! "ot yet available to sheepmen, is; An hour later they dashed to Dutch gendarme at the suard- TOISE-SHELL | An hour later it was to put out | ; ‘ On a white seat at the top of} they burst into flames again, se capeecibncessene BEWARE ALL SNAKES ino! jadmires his roses, dachshund by}. "ARIS. Aug. 5—A tortoise- | ‘The go: ua colors Spread be. murderous than it looks. Pulled} —tt is good common sense to re- | persons and organizations dear te) CmeEC™Cy MTvice- It’s an idea of \serves De. A. B. McCreary of the inders. Nobility League"; many from) Nevada legislature voted a boun-} pay it. PINEAPPLE, TUTTI-FRUTTI and! were left in peace by trappers| id lime of °34, "35, ‘MALONEY BROS, BAKERY) ecomine so bold that stockmen At one side of the ex-Kaiser’s|¥ith grades and purebreds of the) lrosarium is a slight eminence, Al | United States. The resulant breed | Eggleston's home. jot the public who get tickets of; *#id to have more vitality than} Ora’s home to put out another ‘admission from the stern-visaged ; other breeds. jTeof fixe and rip off some shingles. house, the knoll is chained off and; ja fire in Ora’s basement. He had “marked “private.” ; DAGGER, IS COMB stored the roof shingles there and | the slope, in front of an evergreen | r i {hedge, the é@x-monarch sits ana] Se aoe ; H iia aide. pabell dagger thrust through the (Ry Associated Press) i Gifts From Old F. ‘ front of a new leather belt is less} TALLAHASSEE, Fla. Aug. 5. : i the dagger proves; I snak i | Sane thie beet ¢ out of its sheath tt P jgard all snakes as poisonous, al- | Pret a caso sages paeead | be a handy little comb for'though many types are not, ob- ‘the old man’s heart. Little metal bgt tachonses Florida state board of health. { plates at each bush are the! re One reads “The Germans of Cit (By Associated Preas) cinnati”; another “The Germa®} ELKO, Nev., Aug. 5.—When the} various parts ‘of Germany “are/ty on coyotes two years ago it} marked “The Kaiser-Troe Youth" tnegiceted to appropriate money . FRI -SAT. SPECIALS } Since the law replaced the old | aad be peemrete program, the animals) CHERRY LAYER C| and hunters. CAKES, special Now they are multiplying and Phone 818 Free Delivery|4"¢ sheep raisers are organizing) their own extermination Program. | WINDOW GLASS CAN BE CUT TO MEASURE AT NO EXTRA C Steamer Ozark Due To 9 xu Sis GaN Arrive eve Tomorrow guished a fire on the roof of Ora} To Force COME IN TODAY and talk over Splendid newly painted cars priced LESS than NAVARRO, Inc. ; float in the submarine base. Others arriving on the — plane! were Lt. William Schissler, R, T- | | | Ralph Hearsh. The latter was brought to Key West for hospitali- zation at the Marine hospital. Rain Measurer Has to Tallahassee. Present were: Chairman Carl Bervaldi, Commissioners Wm.) Re Porter, Norberg Thompson, Brax- B. Warren and Cleveland Niles; Glerk Ross C. Sawyer, At- :torney W. Curry Harris, Tax Col- H,,Re Mallory, of the same lines, ! His Own Instrument ‘is scheduled to arrive from Galves-| 'tonj.en. route to Charleston and! (By Associated Press) | Sena - me . SAN LEANDRO, Calif., Aug. K ip Alamo, also of the|5.—/For 40 years Tony B. Thom- Legd@eMlalloty organisation, ia dun’ an, deudatel, hae Waue s rain gauge jieetor Frank H, Ladd, Tex Asses- to arrive Tuesday from New York, | atop his shop or his house and has|sor J. Otto Kirchheiner, Chief {and after delivery of freight at scrupulously entered the precipi-, Deputy Bernard Waite, Peace Jus- this port will sail for Tampa. \tation, if any, in a notebook. He uees his reeords mainly to Arrives 46 Passengers times come for mile to eave P, D, Holloway, Mrs. Holloway, what the rainfall was in a given year. J. M. Kimberger, Mary Kimberg- er, Mollie Kimberger, Herman To Adopt Puppies e Lelman, H, Connors, J. Allen, R. Mullen, W. Lancaster. (By Axsoctated Press) Frow Russell, in behalf. of his DES MOINES, Ia., Aug. 5—|father, Dodderidge Russell, ad- The Des Moines animal reseue} dressed. the board relative to cer- ‘league advertised it had sixteen, tain lands owned on No Name Key, puppies for adoption, Between 1,-|and asked ‘that this property be The vessel also brought 17} 000 and 1,500 persons, coming by designated by the board as that tons of freight and one sack of| Street car, automobile or afoot,}Which belongs to Mr. Russell. for Key West; three tons of crowded into the shelter the fol-) It was pointed out that this is and 232 sacks of mail for|!owing day. ‘a matter whieh can be done only They not only took all of the| by the circuit court and that in the sixteen puppies withi premises the county commission- after Bs" Place o) |tice E. R. Lowe,.Third District; Ferry System Manager Eugene Demeritt, Assistant Manager Ar- thur Sheppard, Ferry Auditor Frank: Delaney, County Soliictor Allan B, Cleare, IJr., and a few interested citizens. Minutes were read and approv- by him and his elueidation of the problem presented, was in accord {My Asnociated Press) with the statement of commission LAMAR, Mo., Aug. 5.—C. R.| members. Burney, Lamar truekdriver, told} Report of Clerk C. Sam B, Cur- As liquidator of the Florida! police that while returning at night ry-of Criminal Court of Record, Emergency Relief Administration,} Miss Ileen Williams has rendered the first report of activities gto automobile crowded him off the; disposed of in the court during the highway, jumped ont and robbed | July term, was read and ordered jing the month of July. This was| him of $50 and foreed him at the | and filed. 5 presented at the meeting of the| Point of four pistols to drink | A group of bond offerings was county commissioners last night. |>#lf-pint of his own whisky. read as received from holders of At the time of the cessation of the FERA activities, approximate-' THEY LIKE ‘MARIA’; ly one month ago, it was decided THREE GIVEN NAME that funds in excess of the liquida-! tion expenses and other incidentals‘ (my ‘seunanandh Press) GONZALES, Tex., _— go to the Monroe Coasty j Clinic, and Inst night the county: i's triplets at the Fred Garcia for a total of $15, $10 of which | — : sum of{home. The girls were named|goes to the state and $5 to the en balance due, which will be} Maria, Maria and Maria, “My county ie to the clinic. likes the name of ‘Maria’,”|} Deposits of funds made in the le wief discussion it was voted to | refuse the offers. | Report of licenees issued by ‘Gounty Judge Raymond R, Lord 2 w »AMceompanying the ioumeninecn the father. tion: was an itemized report of re-{ er) Used In Radiators cards 19.25} (hy Asnocinted Prens> Sale':of ecaleulating ma- | TERRE HAUTE, Ind., Aug. 5./ and Forfeiture, $12.21; Outstand- chine - 125.00;——-A. C, Shawver of Casey, Di} ing Indebtedness, $65.12; Special Sale of surplus at the jwho directs bee colonies of 200! advertising, $16.28; Road Fund, warehouse authorized " | ferms im Indiana and TMinois, ve-| $32.01; General School, $40.70; by State Office 548.00; ports he has used @ substanee/ Special School Bond and Inter- ‘found in beeswax successfully 85 Lest, $34.45; Special School Tax 797.38 an anti-freeze solution in his auto- ‘District No. 1. $40.40, Total, mobile radiator. 58 | $258.93, 125.00} a “| Salary of watchman at i ADVISORY ADVISORY 9:30 A. M.: = Rest Beach ........... 40.00) Plumbing work at one of | the rented houses 1.00} slight Atlantic disturbance was [eentered about 175 miles east of Total expenses 166.00: Charleston at 2:00 A. M. moving Betanee : --n--~ 681.38} northward attrided by fresh to i This balance is the amount of| moderately strong winds. Indi- the check which will be sent tojcations are that the center will the clinic. pass over or near North Carolina Capes this afternoon or early to- The 18 de {night without damaging winds but |! the Key West Rotary Club was the purchase of = U: by Sheriff K. 0. Thompson, show- ed one of $393.03 and another of $71.88. Art sales, including post- Tax Collector Ladd’s report of | Petal = j Supervision and collec- tion .. | caution is advised small craft near, held today at the Parish Hall on ithe North arvling , coast. No| Bahama street, with President i further advites, unless distarbance | Charley § Taylor, presiding. increases in 5 WEATHER BUREAU, The program on International Key West, Fla.| Service was carried out under ne a pte ainnation of Sebastien Calearh, MENDELL’S [chairman of the International 2ND ANNIVERSARY SALE [Service Committee, sexieted by Grand Slam and other SHIRTS, ' Everett Russell and Eddie Strunk, solids, whites and fancies; every! members of the committee. fine Broad-| Guest artists on the program rendered several songs of Our of "36 model. Alo, number of HARGE AT SOUTH FLORIDA CONTRACTING AND ENGINEERING COMPANY. PHONE from Kansas City four men in an {showing a recapitulation of cases| ‘bonds and sent through the State: | Board of Administration. After! b Aug. 5.—jshowed but one during the month’ First. National Bank as reported) funds deposited in the bank was?) General Revenue, $37.56; Fine) Key West, Florida, has the most equable climate in the country; with an average range of only 14° Fahrenheit PRICE FIVE wk (TS FROM CERTAIN FUND | PLANE ARRIVES TO COMPLETE PAYROLL WAS DISCUSS- ED; RESOLUTION NECESSARY TO MAKE TRANSFER AS PROPOSED Transfer of certain monies from the advertising fund in order to complete the payroll was to be asked today by the county com- missioners, who instructed Clerk Ross C. Sawyer, at the regular meet- ing ek night, to take the necessary step by resolution to be sent } Report of Clerk Sawyer showed that during the month of July rev- enue from the sale and redemption of tax certificates totalled $10,- 200.55, of which $6,948.33 was | paid in cash and $3,252.22 was paid in bonds. In a communication, Governor Fred P, Cone called attention to |the advertising of Florida through- out the nation and that at an early date the program would be | outlined at which time Monroe ‘county would be expected to do its part. It was pointed out that this was a matter which had been attended \to by the board and there had {been incorporated in the budget ta fund to cover this advertising ‘item. Reading of the bills followed and a arose relative to {the salaries of the tax collector and assessor. It was 1 ‘the attorney, that the {tion for the sor was fixed by the |ture at $2, — | the county. jenue of either of |hoth, exeeed the fixed by the logislature, it goes j to the officers and not to the ° | county. Mr, Porter said that it was a | ease of “heads you win and tails jwe lose.” It was his unterstand- ling, he said, that the salaries were ito be $2,400 annually and $1,500 office expenses. Should the rev- enue of each office be $6,000, for example, each would receive $3,- '900 and the residue would go to | the county. The original bill, it was point- (ed out, was for $3,600 annually, and $2,500 expenses. This was passed in the senate but killed in the house, Representative Papy ‘communicated with the commix sioners, showing his objections, and it was agreed that he wobld sponsor the bill fixing the remun- eration of the officials as now is But Mr. Porter was of the opin- lion that all revenue above the $2,- 490 and $1,500 was to revert to the county. | ollowing this disenssion it was seen that it was almost 11:30 jovelok. The balance of the bills were read and the meeting was re- cessed until Friday night, 8 o'clock, when matters pertaining te the budget and the tax rolls bwin be given consideration. Rotary Club Puts Service Program Today Italian selections, accompanied by Gus Ayala at the piano, | President Taylor addressed the pelub relative to his attendance jst the Bartow amembly, render- ‘ing s report of the activities a ‘ carried on dating the convention. | BB. MeMahon of Tuscaloosa, | Alabama, was s visting Rotarian, se well as Tim Pittman of Fort : Lauderdale, with H. C. Hancock tof Miami being @ guest ef Bilt ; Bates. | George and Janice White and | Gus Ayala were guests of the program comunittee.