The Key West Citizen Newspaper, September 7, 1937, Page 1

Associated Press Day Wire Service. For 57 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West VOLUME LVIII. No. 212. Che Key Ulest Citizen KEY WEST, FLORIDA, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 1937. Chamber Of Commerce Tells Of Key West's Advantages Executive Secretary Of! hdd | ome WO FINE JEWFISH Organization Is Send-i" "CAUGHT FROM DOCK ing Out Much Valuable a Two fine jewfish were tak- Information en yesterday by Henry Ogden, Jimmie Curry and Merville Rosam, while fishing from the main pier of the Porter Dock Company. While it is usual to make good catches on the flood tide one of these fish was caught with the tide running in, and the other was taken while H the tide was running out. i Each of the fish was in perfect condition, running | about 70 pounds each, which dF Comprised in a letter which is now being sent out by the cham- ber of commerce is the statement that 90 per cent of the corre- spondents of the chamber are in- of Climate, health and three the terested in on or all things. highway. To comprehensively in-; form correspondents a letter has been written by Executive Secre- tary S. C. Singleton, which gives is, it is said, just the right | deailed information on these sub-) that a are rich in juices | ‘CUBA BRINGS IN | 47 PASSENGERS and tender as spring chicken. PILI LILI LSI SI SI ST ST 4 jects: “This is the only frost free city in the United States. No frost] has ever been recorded here. Fog i is very seldom observed. Most of the rainfall occurs between June| WESSEL LEFT SHORTLY AFT-| and September. Winter is the ‘dry season’. Summer tempera- tures seldom exceed 90 *degrees. Being within the influence of the trade winds, refreshing breezes} < z are prevalent. | Steamship Cuba, of the P. and Heat prosirations} g ees O, S. 8. company, arrived yester- | “There is much misinformation|day morning from Tampa with abroad on the subject of hurri-|four first cabin and 15 second canes. Hurricanes are a terrify-|cabin passengers for Key West | ee ee cite 28 first and no seconds for Ha-| “ Pcie vana. eae eae ae eee aver | Key West arrivals: M. Russell, z = igs DP pee ilma Russell, G. A, -Parramore, | — Benes iss seed aps A. Ballenger, Sarah Gable, | warning of one approaching, @nditouis Gable, Antonio Arango, ER ARRRIVAL ENROUTE {| | | TO HAVANA, cuBA ss! la ho.iday for some folk, but for|handle the urchins, COLORED MAN HIT BY AUTO INCIDENT | HAPPENED on} MAIN ROAD ON STOCK IS- | LAND LAST EVENING | Fifteen hundred giant starfish, |rainbow parrot fish, pudding wives, last cvoning » coloced man! SPiny lobsters, octopi, sea anem- was struck by an automobile near|°™* 80d @ long list of other ma- the Palm Dairy on the main road! re curiosities, comprising the ion Shae alae. fasidiac cies te largrest shipment of fish and inver- was supposed he was seriously in-,teTbrates to arrive at the New York jured. | Aqvarium, came in last night He was placed in the auto-! #broad the Mallory line freighter mobile of Earl Hathaway and Henry R. Mallory from Key West, taken to the Marine hospital where Fla. The entire staff of the Aqua- after an examination it was said|Tiunt worked until after midnight that he had sustained no injuries, transporting the specimens from It was learned later that Mr.'the ship to their new home at the Hathaway was driving the car: Battery. which struck the man who was’ The hundreds of weird creatures said to be Jacko, and is a well; were collected by Hamilton C. known fish peddler. iKnowles, tank man in charge of ——___-—_ —_— |the Aquarium’s salt water collec- BUSY D AY FOR tions. After a preliminary checkun jof the various tanks, Charles H. | Rreder, Jr.. assistant director of the institution. said the collection was a fine one. Outstanding among the inverte- { i ROSS C. SAWYER ATTENDS! >Tates were n dozen diodema, or) | black sea urchins. These creatures, ithe first of their kind to be ex- jhibited at the aquarium. were like {round pineushions studded with long, dark pins. These bristles ore : jextreme brittle and esuse cevore Yesterday was Labor Day and} pain when anv one attemnted ta TO MUCH BUSINESS YES- TERDAY, RULE DAY > + 3 agit Among other Ross C. Sawyer, clerk of Circuit} ynusual specimens were _ thirty Court, it was just another andijrrge rainbow parrot fish and a j busy day, and also Rule Day, first; giant Nassau grouper, which was’ straight-jacket about the big fi Monday in the month. {six feet lone and weighed about Aside from a number of other} 950 pounds. There were about matters which were attended to,| thirty different kinds of inverte- Mr. Sawyer held the regular sale | prates, of tax deed certificates which had | Queen Angel Fish been properly advertised according} I» the shipment were dwarf to law, and disposed of nine at the! squirrel, queen angel fish, beche regularly prescribed hour in front | de mer, sea cucumbers, box crabs of the, county court house. }sergeant majors, slippery dicks, |toad fish, blueheads and many othem species. -! = The ship arrived with the fish in large wooden tanks on NEW YORK AQUARIUM OBTAINS FINE COLLECTION OF FISH SPECIMENS FROM KEY WEST (Reproduced from New York Herald of August 29) | | | an jets of air into each tank. |Cargo booms hoisted the tanks ‘onto five big trucks. Three or ‘four attendants boarded each jtruck. Each man was equipped iwith a large dipper with which he stirred the water to keep it aerat- ied on the way to the Aquarium. | At the Battery all hands turned | |to unload the finny cargo. Even Dr. Ross Nigrelli, the institution’, iparasitologist, stripped off his} |shirt and dashed about with nets| {full of fish. One man stood be-! side the tank on each truck and jdipped up the fish in a net. An- ‘other ran with them into the building where another | jthem up to other attendants on] |top of the big tanks. They grabbed the nets and huried along cat- iwalks to dump the creatures into ithe proper exhibition tanks, ‘Netful of Puddingwives’ Far into the night the Aquarium twas a beehive of men running} bout with fish. The building rang} “Netful of | ; with such shouts as puddingwives; where’ll I put; ’em?”, “Giant starfish coming ‘up,” “Parrot fish for the fourth tank on your left” and “Spinyj lobsters fresh from Florida.” | When it came to the big group-! er it was a different matter. While! \it was still in the tank on the} itruck, five men fitted j canvas | Then six men hoisted it out and| j lugged it into the building. With} ‘much straining and grunting they; {lifted it to the edge of one of the! i big floor tanks. The jacket was junlaced and the 250-pound | grouper flopped into the tank. It wam to the bottom and remained | |still for a long period, eyeing its) new suroundings. | The fish were caught off Key | West by Knowles and hired fish- a i i passed | se To Key West, Florida, has the most equable climate in the country; with an average range of only 14° Fahrenheit PRICE FIVE CENTS One Hundred Aliens o Be Taken Off WPA Rolls Warren Lopez. Service In A. C, Small, Captain United States Marine Corp recruiting officer stationed at Savannah, Ga.,! writes The Citizen. advising that Warren C, Lopez, son of Mr. and} M Comal Lopez of Key West,; s one of a group of young men ccepted for service in the corps, s been sent to Parris Is-! Here the recruits are put un-, and h ider initial training and being pre-| | inety-Two Are Thus Far Listed To Be Dropped; Expect Many To Be Re- stored, However IN | { i Accepted For Marine Corps pared for service on some ship of] the fleets of the U. S, or some! foreign station. Young Lopez at-| tended the Key West High NSchoo! 4F€ about 92 aliens who are to and has made preparation to con-| be dropped from the lists of WPA tinue his studies while in the! | Marines through the medium of; *¢tivities): but it the Marine Corps Institute which some of these wil intains courses in most of the , sciences and trades, and tui- m is free of charge to all mem-' steps cam be taken. bers of the Marine Corps. As far as can be learned there is expected that be restored to service as soon as the necessary From the 200 men employed ery Fire Dept. Responds To Two Alarms Last Night Key West Fire Department ap-: paratus responded to two alarms last evening, neither of which were found to be signals for any- thing to disturb the minds of the persons interested, as both fires were out in a few minutes. | One of the blazes ensued when’ ee | on the projects at the navai station | cad alga prajests, te H that be said about 12 have been found 80 to aliens, and about on other | projects which makes a total of | 92. There is one other which has not been project checked a gas stove exploded near Cara- ballo’s garage at Petrenia and Simonton streets, and the other} was a grass fire on the side of the! Oriental Pharmacy on Duval) street. Neither of the fires resulted in) °F thete are aliens. any property damag | which all employes are women, and it is estimated that about 25 MANY EVENTS MAKE UP LABOR DAY CELEBR But few places were busy yes deck.|ermen who took them in nets or|terday. Even some of those busi-|¢towd of more than 2,000 which | | | ENTERTAINMENT ATION IN KEY West, FRIDAY EVENING nat 72 BE PRESENTED IN AUDI- thet ot orn | TORIUM OF KEY WEST HIGH SCHOOL ment were provided for was increased by nightfall until} me one warned and housed need! da May Cook, Joseph Cook,! feel any personal apprehension, a Hi COMES TO PORT, a Pipes conveyed fresh sea water}caught them on handlines. iness places which heretofore clos- | There has not been a hurricane in Key West in 19 years. is a reason, and we may expect it to operate in the future as it has in the past. Our splendid trees tell the story, and the writer lives in a two story frame house which, like many othe has stood un- shaken for 75 years. “In the subject of health the letter continues: “Malaria is un- known. The quality of our cis- tern supplied water is evidenced hy years of entric diseases. Our Wairies rate among the highest in the state. House flies are com- paratively rare. Mosquitoes have been less troublesome this sum- mer than we have found them in many northern cities. They re- spond to local control. Their fly- ing range is limited and they are of a variety known as ‘pestiferous’ and not disease bearing. The ab- sence of shock due to extreme changes in temperature, seems, 9 tend toward retarding ; super) annuation, The climate is kind to elderly people. } “Lieutenant Henry B. Poih- commandant of the C. ent camp, located Taylor, this city, makes the following statement: ‘I have seen men so badly crip- There’ Willard Cook, May, L. Cook, Ernest Cook, N. Hamilton, Ger- aldine ‘Carter, Eloise Corrf, Zelda} Nunez, Josephine Sullivan, Letty | Sillivan, Teresa Sullivan. The vessel also had on board 10 tons of freight and three sacks of imail for Key West; one automo- bile and 201 sacks of mail for! | Havana. MRS. LANKFORD | | ARRIVES HERE Mrs. Mary S. Lankford arrived; ere yesterday from Indianapolis, ndiana, where she has been mak- ing her home for the past two! years for an extended stay in this! | city and is at the home of Mr. and 'Mrs."'Leo Warren on Elizabeth street. | | Having lived here for many; fh Mr, Lankford has a host of | i 1 ‘hy | Mallory Lines, LEFT ENROUTE TO TAMPA AFTER DISCHARGING FREIGHT Steamship Alamo, of the Clyde- arrived in port this morning 3:15 o'clock from New York, discharged light ship- ments of freight and sailed 6 to’clock for Tampa. Ferry Ftorida Keys came up to ‘SERIAL AUTHOR GOT START | MAKING HORSE LINIMENT | Breaking eggs (not strictly backed up on the tail of her gown } fresh) into a vat to make horse and sat down on the stage in most | }liniment was part of the first jobj undignified fashion. This business ‘held by Hulbert Footner, author|had not been rehearsed. At this jof the romantic serial! point the audience decided it was ghter mystery i witnessing a comedy, the la |at one time there were fully 4,- : |000 at the beach. s, decided to remain closed for] The principal attraction during the afternoon was the crowning of “Miss Dorothy Bethancourt as Queen of Key West. This was done {with Miss Bethancourt wearing a beautiful gown and three young ladies representing Club Marti, Agramonte Castle and the Cuban Club, acting as maids of honor. Master of Ceremonies Bien- venido Perez delivered an excel- lent address in which he extolled ed but half a day on regular holi- dz the entire ay. while others remain- in the morning and then were closed for the rest of the day. Boca Chica and South Beach presented scenes of gayety and At Boca Chica, Luther Pin-; der and his assistants and Troop Boy Scouts of America, under ed open for a brief time fun. } An Evening of Entertainment, | which will be presented on Friday, Sept. 10th, at the igh School | Auditorium, is being looked for- | ward to with much interest. | Eva B. Warner and Bert |nandez are directing the | which is being put on by the y | West Drama Club of which John | Esperdy is president with the co j operation of the Recreation De partment of WPA and the Senior He 8 the Porter Dock Company’s main|“The Dark Ships,” which starts pier this morning, and took on ajin this paper today. supply of fuel oil. The vessel has Bren underpoine: Seen us for 80 Ito be an author with less educa- era] weeks, and is expected to goj ai back on the run within the next| tion,” for he was obliged to leave week, peenoot at 14 and look for a job. Tug Captain Clarence M, Con-|He was born in Canada, but was don, of U. S. A., Quartermaster | brought to New York as a child Department, came up to the Light-} house Department dock this morn-} ing for repairs to the boiler. The|¢? part of his live, vessel is from Pensacol: and is; That first job paid $ xpected to be in cond “Nobody,” he says, “ever set up and has lived there for the great- 5 week tothe Canal Zone. |presented the greatest difficulty iii her return to this city MONROE COUNTY COUNCIL OF : PT. A. ARRANGES MEETING j pled wih rheumatism they had to, be taken off the b on the rival, and in 15 days they have been able to go in swimaning. In every instance convalescents have left here improved in health and weighing from 10 to 20 pounds more than when they arrived.’ We have the longest days in the win- ter and the shortest in summer, to be found in the United States, This and our position out in the waters of the Atlantic Ocean and the Gulf of Mexieo, accounts for our equable climate. Absence of dust and smoke, and the more di- rectly overhead sun, with its in- ereased radio activity. fy the statement that there sun light in the United St in healing power to t sunlight in Key West.” In his dissertation on Ss no ates equal at of the the high- retary has this to way the si an- hounce West this writing by and motor bus, t ing over the hway and We expect the highway bridge be completed and the minated time next y iat steamer operat- fe some ar, the fishern sport.” nen can Regular meeting of the Monroe: County Council of Parent-Teac er Association will be held at 2 p. m, in the Harris School audi-| terium tomorrow. All teachers in the Monroe County schools who can attend are requested tq be present in o der to cooperate with the National and Florida Congresses. All members of P.-T. A.’s and parents whose children will enter school in this county this Fall are invited to attend the meeting, Comments from the state Monroe County's annual report will be read Mrs. Charles H. Kete Mrs. Tony Arthur and Mrs. A. Pe- tersen are the presidents of the three local units. The officers of the Council are as follows President brera, Jr. President-———-Mrs. ; Doughtry. Secretary—Mrs. ton. Treasurer— Mrs Historian——Mrs. Papy m, ~Mrs. Sebastian Ca Wm. Tj James Single- Herrick. c Paul Bernice C. chair. fol mittee are as on rcould no longer be put off, he had to sell his stamp collection. “T can still smell those eggs when I think of that time,” he re calls. From Banker To Actor The horse medicine company !presently folded and a succession lof jobs as office boy and clerk fol }lowed. These founded the knowl- ledge of New ‘York's odd corners which he used in his seri Franklin A ' Publicity —Mrs. 1] bert. Membership—Mrs. Carl Rom. Student Aid—Mrs. Enrique Henriquez Finances—Mrs. Robert Roberts. Program—Mrs. S. A. Peterson.| mances and detective y Hospitality——Mrs. S. E. Watson.) ing with life in the stre Late!s Summer Round-Up—Mrs. Carl/he has found a new background Bervaldi in old Calvert county, Radio Education — Mrs. Tony where he now a Arthur. 'scene of &The Dark Ships.” Puclie Milton Saw-) AS a very young 1 came infected with Parent-Teacher and) the theater. While totin Parent-Teacher—Mrs. R.j columns of figur ‘was revolving the dfrey | of a play. The play was never duced, but thro job ons—Mrs. Skelte ation — Mrs. G son i Hygiene—Mrs. H. S. Me- Clanahan Art—Mrs. M. L. Smith Protection—Mrs small shook the Ju-' F five anadian one-night sta: was everywhere rotten actor, but Representative — Mrs. 4 acclaimed as 3 t was good ex- zeation—Rev. Joe A ment—Mrs. J, A. Boza. Wesley Arch- er. Home Sasnett. Character Charles Ke ine member of the road com pooled their talen nie and literary. At the the fate of this piece hang in leading (and only) duecation—Mrs. B. F. Education Mrs. on by to-; ly, on which he managed to sup-| jf who will be glad to learn| morrow to continue the Journey | port himself after a fashion. Shoes | N ; When the purchase of a new pair, continued and a profitable engage- ‘ment followed. The leading lady {sat down on the stage every night during the life of the sketeh. Newspapering In Calgary | “Unfortunately these things do inot last forever and I had to go back into the business offices I |hated,” Footner say: ‘(My next t came when a giddy friend in Calgary, Alberta, got me a job on a small newspaper out there by ying I was a star reporter on a w York paper obliged for my health to seek the great open spaces. I don’t think anybody in Ca'gary ever found me out.’ | During a busy year, he started two newspapers of his own in Cal- gary, and next summer made a 2,000-mile trip by packtrain and canoe through the unexplored northern part of the province. Footner nowadays southern Maryland on the broad of the Patuxent river. His known as Charles’ Gift built in 1650. It’s one of the dwellings America has an exciting history—but that another story. { | | lives in he in command of Victor Larsen, held forth and did everything possible to make the sports and other events one continuous program of pleasure. Pie eating contests, greasy chases and other were carried on through- out the day, and although in the morning it seemed the crowd would be small, before evening fell there was a gathering esti- mated at between 1000 and 1200, enjoying themselves and remain- ing for the dance at night, which lasted until about 1:30 in the morning. At South Beach, where Grand Verbena was carried on by Agramonte Castle Knights of the Golden Eagle for the benefit of ‘Mercedes Hospital, there was an immense crowd throughout the 24 hours the affair lasted. Dancing began immediately er midnight was sounde i until morning at Coral Isle Cas where hundreds of dance lovers took part. The were carried on during and varied forms of Key Westers sack races, pie events the aft- and festivities day n entert. <> Highway On office of Co i R. Lord s week endin thre n the & there were h Camus and Geraldine Pa- tricia Carter: Phillip Theos ury and Doris C Jose and Helen Gonzalez Evening of Entertainment By Key West Civic Players HIGH SCHOOL AUDITORIUM Friday, September 10, 1937 ADMISSION —Benefit— Diamondball Senior League 1S¢ Wm C R ty County Commissioner Porter, and Mrs. F Commissioner Norberg Thompson, Mra. Thompson and daughter Miss Marie, Mrs. B. Curry Moreno and ghter Miss Betty, Mrs. Wm. R aught Warren daughter orter, and Leonor * formed a party leaving over the highway this morning for Miam There, Mrs. Porter w ed by -in-law and daogh- Mr. and Mra W and after a short urn home. Mrs. Thompsen will continue to Washington where Miss Marie will enter Trinity C« , and Mrs. Moreno will go to, It be join lace K re stay will Leave Over the graces of Miss Bethancourt Diamondball League of the city. and paid tribute to the Maids of| Many of the members of the Honor, Misses Grace Sierra, Club | Bayview Music Club will be Marti; Marguerite Perez, Knights in attractive musical numbers of Golden Eagle, and Olga Aguilar the two One Act Plays, of Cuban Club. | Bohemian Shawl” and At intervals throughout the day, Slicker” will go over as real yp These prizes fessional, according to the prac from tices, it is ‘anid. The various grocery stores, toilet ar-| Will be announced at ticles of wearing apparel, from/ date. other business places in the city. There was not one moment in which there was not some form of entertainment going, with Isle Casino dancing floor occupied with dancers whirling to delight- ful music, and this scene of fes vity lasted until long after mid. | REQUISITIONS RECEIVED YES. night, and practically everybody having a good time and enjoying TERDAY AT EMPLOY- MENT BUREAU prizes were given. were baskets of groceries. program a later =.) CALL FOR MORE ‘BRIDGE WORKERS ev ning. The consensus of opinion is that y minute of the day and eve- Requisitions received by tele there hax never been a day more phone at the office of the Federa filled with opportunity for enjoy-' Employment Service Bureau were ment and 5 ure than that Of) sent in yesterday by S. J with delightful enter-\ and Sons Company, calling tainments at both Boca Chica and workers on two projects path Beach. yeste for For Contract D there was asked 15 white laborers to be Hog Key and for Contract F, six negro laborers and two carpenters were asked SOCIAL CLUB There will be a blage of the Junior Chab on Thursday sftern ginning at 5 o'clock, at th lie Library rooms, Folicwing these activities the Thi, announcement was made mothers will visit relatives in dif-' today by Mis, Nellie Louise Rus- ferent parts of the states before sell, an active member of the or re ng home | ganization, who states Mr and Mr. Thompson hostesses on the occasion wil plan going first to Atlanta, then) wires £. L. Patterson and possibly to New York and Cleve-| (phelig Lester. land, and afterward to HH A large attendance prings, Ark. where they qi requested ast this take the baths, before retarning| which gives promine of heme _ livery enjoyable one. sent rough Extended Trip Philadelphia wt Mixa Betty will enter the Museum of Applied Arts, and Mra. Warren will pro- ceed to Northampton, Mass., Mixa Leo re social assem oman's bee where nor will enter Smith ( the be Miss that in meeting, being « QUALITY. SEE US FOR QUALITY GOODS. SOUTH FLORIDA CONTRACTING & ENGINEERING COMPANY. PHONE 598