The Key West Citizen Newspaper, August 30, 1937, Page 1

Associated Press Day Wire Service. For 57 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West VOLUME LVIII. No. 206. Che Kry West Citizen KEY WEST, FLORIDA, MONDAY, AUGUST 30, Key West, Florida, has the most equable climate in the country; with an average range of only 14° Fahren..2it 1937. PRICE FIVE CENTS ESE BOMB AMERICAN LIN Julian Langner Looking Over Unimproved Pro Scouts Enc ‘Accompanied By Dexter! " Saunders; Very Op-! timistic Over Island City’s Future “Callers at The Citizen today were Julian Langner, and Dexter Saunders, who arrived over the highway Saturday night for a ” Sisit with old friends and to form mew acquaintances. Mr, Saunders is a native of Key office} ‘DELINQUENTS | NOW PAYING COUNTY TAXES ; ‘West, born here 26 years ago and/cLERK ROSS C, SAWYER RE-! when quite young moved to Miami where the family has since made their home. Mr. Langner will be remember- ROPTS COLLECTIONS OF OVER EIGHT THOUSAND DOLLARS | ed by a great many people as he; was here on several soni ils morning announced the col- pe Was Big § * County Clerk Ross C. Sawyer) } |Last Of Coauiuus Re- turned To Key Westi | Saturday Night Over) { i Boy Scouts | the city} Friday night by bus and the ad- Highway Troop No. 2. of i | | | vanced detail returned by America, returned to truck on Saturday. | | From reports of the scouts and! Key Wester Obtains Monster Clam Shell Stories of monster clams which this city has the half shell of one ‘ \of these monster bivalves which aré able to hold a man under wa-!ywij convinoa any person as to the y power held by the living animal ter, if caught by tho leg or army! and the-weight is enough to prove jhave been.told but in a great | that no living man could come to the surface after being caught by | instances are passed by with) either leg or arm. | The shell which Mr, Thompson jhas was sent to him from the | Galapagso Islands, is almost three feet long and about two feet wide, and it is a man’s job to lift one when both shells are attach- However, Chester Thompson of ed. Steamship Alabama Leaves Enroute To Port Arthur the ‘a laugh and remark that it is just a dream or one of those tall stories. Steamship Alabama, of the Tex-} Steamship Colorado of as Oil company, which arrived in in Clyde-Mallory Lines, is due rt Saturday morning completed nae pisses . . | port tomorrow from New York en- discharging 26,000 barrels of fusl) route to Tampa. The vessel has Twenty-Five Holes Torn In Side Of President Hoover STORM MOVES viSeven Seamen Wounded; Three ‘FARUP COAST ‘Passengers Are Shellshocked REALBIG TIME ON LABOR DAY AT BOCA CHICA, following storm warning at 9:30 VARIOUS EVENTS TO MAKE | o’clock last night: UP PR AM IN’ PLAN-| pat frss = . : OGR: "| SHANGHAI, Aug, 30.—A NING FOR PROPOSED CELE-! swift fleet of four Chinese BRATION | bombing planes blasted the | big American Dollar Liner Plans for a real celebration at} President Hoover by mistake kK seule telat fer: | Boca Chica Fishing Camp on La- in the China Sea today, est barometer a‘ e nearest ship bor Day are now being made and! a |was 29.65 inches. Indicatiéns are! scores of contests are scheduled | WOUDAins seven of her sea- that the center will reach the coast! +t, }. held on that day, men, and halting America’s SMALL “)'DISTURBANCE — RE- PORTED OFF) TITUSVILL= LAST NIGHT j \ j National .Government Ac- cepts Full Responsi- bility; Claimed To, Be Mistake (By Associated Press) | JACKSONVILLE, Aug, 30.—! The weather bureau issued the} H “Tho small tropical storm was | ceritral at 8 p, m., Eastern Stand- ard Time, sbout 100 miles south- east of Titusville, moving slowly} north: rest or west-northwest, at- tended by gale winds. The low- ‘one of which lasted over a period lection of $8,259 on delinquent 41. i eadery the camp was a grand in the vicinity of Titusville late oil into the tanks cf the Porter Festivities at Boca Ghica will! efforts to get United States ‘taxes, practically all of which has! of months when he was interested. yon made from August 16.0p to! suecess from every angle. 10:30|%5 Past of her cargo upwards of| tonight. Storm warnings are dis-|hegin early in the mording:;Fiss-| ‘ Dock Co., and sailed played from Vero.Beach t® St./ dreds are making plansito.spend women and children out of P “tn securing the Free Port for Key. West. and is still an’ ardent be- liever in the city’s future. The visit of Mr. Langner and Mr. Saunders is along different) Times this time, as they are both interested in what Key West will] be after the com-| Pleted. have formed their own! opinions and are interested in! { bridges are building progress and looking over! the area to determine just what) ig done in the building line. ‘During the day they are visit-! ing several property owners andj} handlers of realty listings. Mr. Langner said he is not interested in buildings of any description. but only in unimproved property. | date. The resolution for this Fe-| The highlight of the encamp- duction was adopted at. the meet- | ing of the commissioners held on} August 16. i Homestead people, and the friend- Thers was no specified reduc-j ty feeling shown by every one. tion announced at the time. A radical reduction was the way in, which the announcement WAS city, in the gentlemanly manner made. Since the payments start-|— ‘ ed it was shown that the basis on in which they conducted them- which tha payments are made is practically 25 percent on the to-) tal of delinquent taxation. 'Scoutmaster Victor Larsen. Ho is being kept busy figuring; 3 out the taxes owed by delinquents and indications are that within yequest by the leading the next few weeks there will be! a large number straightening out, that the troop make Homestead their county indebtedness, R shown by the healthy . appearance? WE A CLIENTS «« the boys. The Leader Entvr- ‘prise and the South Dade News | ment was the hospitality of The scouts were a credit to this selves on all occassions, The impression is shown by citizens their annual camping grounds. | { | j Shipment of dry milk was re- carried many articles ‘on the ef- eontly received at commodit: the| states! j Camp life and the benefits are; omen 2 eee ‘Arthur, |100 tons of fabricated steel o'clock at night for Port for! Augustine, and small craft” cau-| the entire holiday at the camp. tion north of St. Augustine to Sex| Celebration ig being sponsored vannah.” by the Boy Scouts. Scoutmaster !Vietor Larsen is in to present plans! | sports events. According y : lace will be held bieycle races, | f0F the “most regrettable un- weather bureau at 9:30 thi8! one for boys under 16 and an-' fortunate mistake.” It of- ae lother for girls under 16; a pig’ biiegeh she 1 Wrecking Tug Warbler thorities said bombed the tropical storm passed very close i,oarq motor race, swimming race, to Daytona Beach at 8:30 attond-| diving contest, beauty contest in Wrecking Tug Warbler, which) laden with coffee was strandedjed by small area of - gale winds, | which will be chosen Key West's Hoover because he ht land help was needed. Stores) moving northwest or north-north- | post looking girl and the one ha’ thoug! jtoft last Thursday to go to the) were placed on the Warbler and|west, Storm warnings now dis-' ing the best form. it was one of ten Japanese tance of the S, S Cape San|# crew of 10 experienced wreckers | played from Daytona Beach to Sa-| ‘Topping the events of the day troop ships, |signed on here for the voyage. jvannah, Ga., and small ¢raft ¢: will bs the Big Dance to begin at | The vessel sailed and when|tioned north of Savannah to 9 o'clock | Japanese destroyers were about 21 hours on her way to the}Georgetown, South Carolina. In-} Prices will be awarded winners in the vicinity at the time scene of the wreck, sho was call-j dications its center will pass in-! o¢ each of*the above-named con-/ x: ed by radio and Captain Wilder! land shortly over extreme north- tosts, ve H Three passengers were . was advised that tho Cape Sanjcast Florida or southern portion ‘Those wishing to enter any of shellshoc’ Word was received at Key West Antonio had floated and there} of th gia coast.” | the prions. Pines should % eg wicsloess the that the disabled ship, which was} was no need of assistance. contact Capt. Luther Pinder or P0Mbs hit the boat's deck, Tiea} storm passed inland about avi Weather Bvreau,|Scoutmaster Larson not later and steel fragments ripped FARR TO TRY ‘CUBA BRINGS IN Ni fa. m. between Daytona Beach Texas. Key West. The following advisory was is- | sued throngh the Key West | Wes ii {Antonio off the port of Carta- j gena, Colombia, returned to port Saturday. { “Key West J2 aelapig qpon; Aug. 30—Lower, than next Saturday. } ab ahi 2p. m. Smali trop-! = holes in the veseel’s side. MARKS LEAVES ficighey of the camping routine, | BENEFIT AFFAIR yooms of WPA at corner of Si § |monton and Angela streets, states and also the Miami Herald carried] RETURNS TO CITY LUCK TONIGHT} 5] PASSENGE and Flagler Beach, Florida, and \is losing intensity with center! C...N, Recio, local supervisor of | WILL MEET CHAMPION JOE! VESSEL LEAVES SHORTLY /| near Palatka. Squalls will con-f ; Miss Dorsthy Bethancourt, wo won the beauty contest in Key West and was sent to Miami to compete with others for titie of “Miss Florida,” returned over the highway Saturday evening. i this department. | news articles. The products are now available, | and all certified clients are re-| quested to eall at the commodity ond class te: rooms and receive their allot it). coveted “Junior Life Saving ment. inns e Eight scouts completed the sec- and nine acquired following com- jtinue remainder of day along} lcoast of South Carolina, Georgia! and northern Florida.’ Somewhat) Paul Marks, attorney of Miami | hazardous to small craft. Other-| and legal advisor to the Over-| wise no further danger exists.” | *¢@s Road and Toll Bridge Dis- i } i FRIDAY NIGHT A dance for the purpose of ‘trict Commission, who was in ~ funds for Key West Pub- Key West to attend conferences lie Library will be held at Ha- LOUIS AT YANKEE AFTER ARRIVAL ENROUTE ' } (Special to The Citizen) | Steamship Cuba, of the P. and WPA Employes Required To Fill Out Citizenship Card Employes of WPA. activities inj It is understood that this is the Key West are being called on to| first time this procedure has been ss .,, done in this area. and truthful an- fl cut forme relative Whale’! were aro obligatory &s a com- citizenship. This is being done in| plete check has been made or will wee a be made on all persons on the rolls, eeived in an effort to determine) Just what will be the procedure after the questionnaires have been }filed was not announced in de- jtail, but the supposition is that a |geedly number of those found to ibe non-citizens are to be elimi- nated from the rolls. Those who have their first papers are to be retained, it is said, except a citi- zen who is qualified makes appli- recently re- just how many aliens are on re Ref rolls in Key West, and Mo: ree county. Every person on the employ-) ment rolls has been furnished one of these forms on which are! printed questions relative to mame, date of birth, where, “Are | cation for the work. you an American citizen"?. If} It is also a part of the orders the answer is no the person is re-' covering these questions of em- quired to give date and port of: ployment that first preference, in their entry into the United States,! all cases, is to be given to vet- and the date of first, second and erans of the Spanish and World third citizenship application. Wars. i | Award.” second | pleted the {Robert Smith, Eugene | Billy Russell, Emil Roberts, Billy | Porter, Buddy Miller, Garl Cruz, / | Bobbie Sawyer. | The following won the “Junior Life Saving Award’: Robert} Smith, Eugene Sawyer, Bobbi Sawyer, Emil Roberts, Dick Her-/ [nandez, Buddy Miller, Carl Craz,/ tRobert McClintock Ray Perez. The troop as a whole wish to thank the Rotary Club, Chas, Tay- lor, E.R. McCarthy and Mrs.j Reba Sawyer for their assistance land encouragement and the gen- jeral public for their help which made it possible for the boys to jmake this never-to-be-forgotten leneampment, which not onty help- ed the boys, but brought the peo- ple of Homestead closer to our home people in understanding each other. It was a splendid encampment, and a group of boys that the peo- |ple of Key West can be justly proud of for they acquitted them- selves perfectly. A fox wag given to the troop for a mascot by Scoutmaster C. 0. | Cain o* Troop No. 25, Home-| ‘stead. ; | class tests:/ Sawyer, | | IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO RENT THIS SEASON, SEE OUR LINE OF HOUSEHOLD GOODS. SOUTH FLORIDA’ CONTR. AND ENG. COMPANY. PHONE STADIUM TO HAVANA, CUBA NEW YORK, Aug. 30.—Tommy /|0_ 8. 8. Co., afrived from Tampa Fatr will be given a chance tonight |this morning with seven first at Yankee Stadium to display his|and two second cabin passengers fighting alility aginst Joe Louis, | for Havana. the Brown Bomber, champion of; Koy West arrivals: Mrs the heavyweight division of the! Carlstedt, Gar! Carlstedt, world. tris, R. T. Harris, G. M. Gill, The champ weighs 198 pounds! nice Gil, Virginia Gil, E, Blanco, and the challenger, 207 pounds. | L. Sanchea The bout will be for 15 rounds The vessel also brought seven or less, tons of freight and three sacks of The odds are 5 to 1 on Louis,j mail for Koy West; two tons of but there is one British referee) freight and 185 sacks of mail for who praises the Welchman, He is! Havana. C. B. Thomas, and says Tarr is; pin eTIE NCO REV. S. PEELE . Hi the best fighter England has had for some time. He claims the boy is tough and also can dish it out. | ne Rev. Shuler Peele of Fleming LABOR DAY Street Methodist church, and Mrs Cc E L E B R A . I 0 N | Peele, left over the highway this morning for Miami enroute to erates Chaat lLakeland where Rev. Peels will a - attend the Schoo! for Pastors for Sports Events Jitney Dance! one woek me gests Beauty Contest Refreshments BIG DANCE, 9 TILL ? Transportation by Florida Motor Lines At the conclusion of the ses- sions, Rev. and Mrs. Peele will journey to North Carolina where they will spend a vacation of two {weeks while Mrs, Peele reeaper- a the period of several weeks. M | LEAVES ON TRIP NEW ARRIVAL IN LAYNE’S FAMILY Announcement has been made of the birth of a son to Mr.-and ae James E. Layne at their thome in Baton Rouge, La., on |Priday of last week. | Mrs. Layne was before marri- jage, Miss Marjorie Pinder, daugh- j ter of City Clerk Wallace Pinder. | Mother and baby are reported jto be getting along nicely ‘LOCAL ORDER | ' ‘TO ASSEMBLE The members of Porn Chapter Order of Eastern Star will assem- ble tomesrow afternoon at 4:30 elock at the “Tarpon Cabana” on Rest Beach where their an- j with the commissioners, left Sat-\hang-Madrid Club on Priday eve. urday afternoon by plane and in-| __ ; cidentally had the plany al to "ng, September 3, beginning at 9 himself, for Miami. o'clock. Mr. Marks came especially to) be present at the conferences with) Chief Engineer and General Man- the Key West Woman's ager B, M. Duncan, and when this) cy Perr, 5 matter was cleared up and wd i and: Robert 3, Gup nouncement was made that Mr. | ‘rt, Order of DeMolay. Duncan was to remain in the posi-| John Pritchard’, Orchestra ‘har tion he occupies, and no other proposed changes were cortem- been engaged to furnish = pro plated, the attorney decided to re-/@tam of dance rhythm for this af turn to Miami, fair. Judge Gomez Returned — Here Saturday Evening Jadge Arthur Gomez, thelleave again Wednesday. ciresit court of Monroe Accompanying the judge nual picnic will be held. who had been presiding st a see- his dsughter-in-law, Mrs. George In the event of rain, the affair i will be held at the Seottish Rite “0 of court in Dade County, re-/Gomes and her daughter, Marjorie. hall, corner of Simonton and Eato® turned to the city Saterday night|who left last week for a visit with streets, at 7:50 o'clock im the: jevening. [for = brief stay, and expects to! relatives at Fort Laaderdale. Affair is being given jointly by Junior of county,| were