The Key West Citizen Newspaper, September 14, 1937, Page 1

Associated Press Day Wire Service. For 57 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West No. 218. VOLUME LVIII. Scout Troop Outlines Program Of Activities Interesting And Well At- tended Session Of Or- ganization Conducted} Last Night | Troop § Boy Scouts of America| held a very last ni House, with a interesting meeting t in the rooms of Wesley large assemblage taking active part in the proceed- s. George F. Archer is acting scoutmaster unti the Ajmerican Legion, which is sponsoring the \\Clyde-Mallory Lines, Che Kry West KEY WEST, FLORIDA, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 1937. Member Of Engineering Dept. ANNOUNCE CIVIL |° SERVICE EXAMS. The United States ‘Civil Service has announced open examinations as fol- WASHINGTON NOTES TEACHERS { e TO CONSUMERS | ‘More men are teaching school Contiending that there is no than at any time in sixty years, | econo: ic justification for higher according to the Federal Office|food epsts during the next eight] of Educaion, which says that in|or ten’ months, Donald E, Mont- 1934, 19.1 percent of teachers}gomery, Consumers’ counse] of} were men, Forty percent of the|the AAA, calls attention to the) male teachers had high school | lack of organization of the con- jobs. As ‘usiness improves, the,sumers as a pressure group,| men are expected to leave teach-|strong enough to successfully do! ing work faster than the womenjsomething about increasing prices to accert better paying jobs in| which are not warranted by thej private erployment. jtrade situation. He notes con- sumers-strikes in several large cities and thinks that if mor> at-| Foreign trade statistica for July! tention was paid to gradual ris jing retail prices, it would be a show that the United States had an export balance of $1,836,000, {eteat deal better for the country. In-every other month of this year,} | Commission | competitive STR. COLORADO COMES TO PORT Steamship Colorado, lows: Associate medical officer, $3,- 200 a year, for general practice and for various special] branches. Enzineer and senior, associate, of the | and assistant egineer, $2,600 to arrived in port early this morning from| 4,600 viidcae ee New York end was brought up to| Associate dentist, $3,200 a! her berth at the ‘Mallory dock at/year, Veterans’ Administration, 45 o'clock. |U. S. Public Health Service, and The ship began discharging the| Indian Field Service. i 120 tons of freighf in the cargo Full information may be ob-} | for Key West, and at 9:45 hadjtained from the local secretary of - 2 } } completed and’ was starting for|the U. S. Civil Serviee Board of ,<epting May, there has been any | | VISOR 1 ol Tampa, which is the end.of her! Examiners, at the post office in|imPort talance. For the first) | tt eee oN eay, willl sehedul @ Spy jseven months, imports have ex-}*0r e ‘espe ay, i oe regen! \eeeded exports by $144,819,000. Visit the United States during Oc- oi i * ‘tober ‘and exchange views 000000000000 00CSCOCOOC OOOO OOOO OOO OOOO DOROOOOOOOS (ccenered bth con ee ae President and Secretary ! creased $468,478,000 and imports | State Hull. TRADE of ‘having undersized crawfish in hi: jthis. morning in Key West, Florida, has the } most equable climate in the country; with an average range of only 14° Fahrenheit Citizen | PRICE FIVE CENTS Visiting Here In Interest Of Intracoastal Waterway Project Dow Thompson Freed By Jury In Crawfish Case Dow Thompson, charged with} fendant announcing his plea call- ing of a jury was started. New interest is being awakened Within a short time the follow-| | ‘ing panel was secured: Felipe} '™ i *|Movrero, Harry M. Sawyer, ‘En-! from Bahia Honda to Key West Shown That Much Interest Is Being Shown In Route From Bahia Honda To Key West trial court, ession, was placed on criminal | Po’ the Intraco: Waterway NEWS NOTES hs the| “LOG” IS ALLIGATOR {000,000 times as bright “as the| SR TINE ON Jacksonville, Fla.—While Joe'sun, has caused a new star, so! It will take sometime.to set up meeting by 23rd ‘and, upon the charges being read pique Henriquez, Julio Barcelo,} ‘ INTERESTING ‘by County: Solicitor Allan B.! Adjimiro Moreno, Berlin Ay Sdw-|*?@ tedey B, Covnwall. of the An interesting phase of the Far) Cleare, Jr., entered a plea of not yer, Jr. United States De- \ Eastern situation is that Jahan is’ guilty. | After the evidence was in and |shippide gold to the United Beare Court convened 9:30 o'clock the jury had been charged by the) Pesan a which! has an arrangement with with Jud William V. Albury) bench, the jury retired to the ation’s millions of unem-| +1. Chinese to exchange gold for | pr si Gui. othe roomeand witht a host Gane sane organization selects a scout- increased $589,083,000. i. Engineering opened partment at Jacksom in Key the West disc reading g the project with back in the Ortega river he bump- of the ni Egginger was swimming on his{distant that it has taken its light! the machinery for, the registration Pealm, and this was followed by the troop reciting the scout oath and pledge salute to the flag. of allegiance and John D. Bearup, Jr., and George F. Lowe, new applicants for mem- bership were voted in to the ranks and Leonard Hobbs and Anthony Albury were reinstated on vote of the troop. Scout Hernandez called for vol- unteers to organize a diamondbal team and 15 members responded to the call. They will meet at Bayview Park Wednesday after-| noon for practice and out of the group of 15 it is hoped a good! team can be selected to feature in the future games. Scout Hernandez is to be recom- mended to the troop committee for the position of assistant scout- master. He has attained the age of 18 and is considered well quali-| fied for the position. Ray Perez Was appointed Senior Patrol lead- er and is also acting scribe for ‘the present, while Bob Pittman was appointed quartermaster of | way, it bounced back. the troop. It is planned to, in the near} future, organize patrols, hikes and} outings, and schedule these events: for the consideration of the boys} ‘ata afford time for prepara- tion. During an intermission the ex- giting game of Indoor Diamond- ball was played, after which the meeting was called to order. The Lord’s Prayer and the Great Seoutmaster’s Benediction were recited in unison. D. SWEETING GETS HEARING DEFENDANT IS HELD UNDER! BOND OF Q¥E THOU- SAND DOLLARS about three million years to reach} the! silver. Reports from ed into what he thought was al the earth, to burst from obscruity;P!°yed, but officiala, expect ‘m. | Chinese be British-controlled log. When he pushed it out of his! and take its place among the| arrangements have been te atongc tie Turning, brightest stars. The Just how the count will} discovery) Pleted. J : uv S| port, say that bar silver is being over, he found himself gazing in-|was made by Dr. Fritz Zwicky,De made is uncertain at this tie u.hed there from various parts to the eyes of a nine-foot alliga-|and confirmed by observations|>Ut there is a chance that the! (+ ciing, for safe-keeping. tor. Fleeing to the bank, he got, made at the Mount Wilson ob- |registration will be handled ,® his. shot gun and killed the|servatory. gator. |through the postoffices of the | ination. SCHOOL FOR AGED | LOSES 18-YEAR FIGHT Elgin, 11.—Some 200 persons! Peekskill, N. Y.—Stricken with] over 70 years of age will go to! sleeping sickness in 1919, Miss/school again due to the generosity | Ruth M. Gaudiner, 38, lost her) of Dr. (Chas. E. Sharpe, 78-year-| 18-year fight against the disease! old practising physician, who has, when she died recently. Hers, turned a 16-room mansion into an was one of the first cases in this institation of learning. Dr. Sharpe|'" . ' country to be diagnosed as the| explains that his sd purpose P| Praised Secretary Hull’; declara- i “ Z culiar malady. yous «living | tion of July 16, as a “new an gees u Satan eee uving | extremely valuable development i “lin the cause of peace and inter- SAVES DOGS; DIES School hours will be from 1 p. m.} tional cooperation.” The com- i ee. ire! to 5 p. m. five da: i, There | M240 eA the Chief Executive brane eae pace, ie winich one! will be no tuition fees, no text ™muniaue sets forth that the Little| statement explaining his reasons convinced! ienii hundred hunting dogs were kept,|books and no compulsory atten-j="tente has long been ed! for not signing the measure. George Gilbert, kennel master at, dance. ae ple stg eT see the Coraopolis Beagle Club, tried] => ¢ ARONOVITZ le z a ~ - cause of peace and umderstanding. to rescue the animals with the FARMERS ROUT PICKETS mene soneile. Consequently, it] SAYS EVERYONE 1S ESTED IN OVERSEAS help of C. E. Porter, Sixty of the’ Columbus, Ind.—Operations at hails the Hull declaration as BRIDGES 40 OUT OF 937 When President Roosevelt com- pleted action on every bill pass- ed at tne last session of Con- gress, the score sheet showed 897 bills approved and 40 vetoed. Seventeen bills were disapproved by the President during the ses- jsion, two of which were passed jover his veto by the two houses. se remaining 23 vetoed bills were killed when the President withheld his signature after Con- pgress adjourned. In each case, issued a PRAISE FOR HULL The Little Entente, which in- cludes Czechoslovakia, Rumania and Jugoslavia, recently held a conference to straighten out minor differences. Significantly, in a joint communique, they dogs were driven out before Gil-!the local plant of the Morgan! heralding the possibility of coop- bert was overcome. His burns Packing Company were resumed/eration in the political and eco- proved fatal. Porter was also| after 300 farmers routed pickets) nomic fields between European seriously burned. who were patrolling the plant.!states and the great American re- - The famers, who had tomatoes publics. The document qlso em- BOYS, 10; EXTORTIONISTS | and corn in their fields, also had phasizes the necessity of observ- Evansville, Ind.—Seized by po-|125 truckloads of the vegeables| ing the sanctity of treaties as al! ice as they attempted to pick up) waiting at the cannery to be un-jcondition for the restoration of; a “dummy” package left after a loaded when employes struck for! international understanding. company had received a note de- higher wages. manding $5,000 “or you will be} killed,” two boys, each 10 years’ old, explained that they “needed} INTER- “Eyes of the country are NEUTRALITY focused on Key West” The present Sino-Japanese con-' Charles Aronovitz who returned flict has demonstrated the futil-| Saturday evening over the Over- CONTEST EMPLOYS 900 New York.—The puzzle contest! states | iding and all {present. Following the regular, nounced a verdict which , when | procedure the case of Dow Thomp- they filed into the box, was an- son was called and upon the de- nounced as “Not Guilty.” Two Prominent Personages Are Visiting In Key West 2 vc..." i] | Visitors in Key -West today areyers have read with increasing ex- Co his | Margery Stoneman Douglas and/citement her vivid story of the) and collection of data, Mr. Corn- ly i |Florida Keys hurricane of Sep- Marian Manley, both of w OP aaber 2, 1935. thi | have gained enviable records in} Probably no name is better jtheir chosen professions. They|known among architects and . de- larrived by plane from Miami|signers than that of Marian Man- | ley, who has achieved the name of being the only woman architect of renown and whose services have Key Westers. This morning Mr. Cornwell met S. C. Singleton, executive secre- tary of the Chamber of Commerce and with him tendent W. W. Demeritt Seventh Lighthouse Charles Taylor, manager visited Superin- of the e ee isiting District, of the investigations well is afternoon making other vi in connection with his | mission, after lunching with Mr. Singleton and discu the idea and its possibilities. parts of the country. } Many Changes Effected — In Law On Licenses | this morning. | Many persons who read the been in demand for a number of gery Stoneman Douglas, and Key] beautiful] buildings in different SCHEDULED BALL Westers and south Florida read- | DIAMONDBALL CALLED OFF ON ACCOUNT OF RAIN Tax Collector Frank H. Ladd aaa eeered ores acdindsadsianinle Scheduled for last night the first game of the Night Diamond- ball League series was postponed {because of rain. However, * st {notice to all persons engaged in) | business in Monroe County advis-! ar the money.” KILLED aT FLAG RAISING ! cigarettes, is giving employment Midland, Mich.—When the steel tog staff of nearly 900 men and flag pole and chain came in con-| women, who sort the replies and taet with a power line of high | git¢ thew. voltage during a flag-raising eere- mony at the opening of the Bar- | commodate the workers. Dennis Sweeting, charged with, assault with intent to commit) rape, was arraigned yesterday afternoon before Peace Justice Enrique Esquinaldo and given preliminary hearing, j The evidence educed, said the peace justice, was sufficient to warrant the accused being held nes Rural school, George Tim-! mins, Jr., 12, was killed and his! brother, Carl, 14, and Richard] Sirrine, 10, were seriously burned.’ 2 KILLED FIXING RADIO | Beckley, W. Va.—When some-! stop working, Clifford Statzer in- vestigated. He found a high ten- sion wire had fallen across an electric line, cutting off his elec- tricity. Picking up an iron-han- dled pole, he tried to remove the wire, while his wife stood by screaming, “Don't touch that wire, it will kill you.’ When Statzer fell to the ground, his “DEAD MAN” APPEARS Whitman. Mass.—A body, found us in the conflict. as|action would be generally | William Blight, 62-year-old farm-! strued as favoreble to Japan and} on the pridge project and Key’ >Usinesses which have been here- subsequently buried.| public sentiment in this country | wot, 5 Bae 5 = in; would not support thing happened to make his radio/ ) joe) Junch room began to choke | ment. in the woods, was identified hand and Three weeks later, customers violently when William Blight put in his appearance. Blight ex- plained that it must have been someone else who had been burie TAILOR-MADE KNOT-HOLES Ocala, Fla.—When authorities recently constructed a stone fence around the city’s new $60,000 under bond of $1,000 to answer wife put the baby she held in her athletic field, they invited all the to the charge. County Solicitor. Allan B. Cleare, Jr., said today that he had gone into the case today and} it was his intention to file the} nécessary papers apd have the} ease set for trial in criminal) court which is now in session, i arms down and seized band, trying to pull She too collapsed. killed instantly. hus- awa’ were her him Both NEW STAR | Pasadena, Cal.—A gigante stel-| lar explesion, described as 500,-! small boys of the community to! the be advise just how and where traditional knot-holes should built KILLS FRIEND'S CHILD Detroit.—Unable to explain his action, Joseph Jacobs, 45-year-old utomobile worker, confessed that {being conducted by P. Lorillard, & Co., manufacturers of Old Goldjon an isolation theory to be en- A whole floor of an of-} position ig mandatory in the event} |fice building is necessary to ac-| " d signed as and investigations began at once. Labor, to take charge | Grady, whose work as ity of neutrality legislation bapa, bor: Highawy from New York andj ing that certain matters be at-! en-lother Eastern markets where hej tended to and that he be called forced by embargo-quarantine-| has been spending the past month! ™pon to furnish any advice which jmethods. The Neutrality Act ha! selecting new lines for Aronovitz/™4y be deemed necessary rel- not been applied, though its im-| pepartment Store. lative to licenses which will be- ! - | “Everyone is interested in the;C°™e due October 1. | of war and no one suspects that! Qverseas Bridges and in my opin-, The tax law which was passed; jpeace reigns in the Far East. To! ion the coming winter season will #t the recently adjourned session jhe had crushed the skull of Eve-_ apply the Act, designed solely to|be the best in the history of the keep us out of war, might involve | jsiand.” Besides, such; Wherever Mr. Alronovit travel- CON- ied, he was beseiged with questions its enforce-| Mr. Aronovitz is well pleased |with the purchases made while on {this buying trip. jhe was able to get the pick“of the re-' market in men’s, women’s and Assistant-Scretary of! children’s wear. of labor} “I have selected a line of relations for the Radio Corpora- | ladies’ wear that cannot be equal- tion of America, has been the/ed in quality and newess of style “trouble-shooter” for the Admin-|and believe that my customers istration in many labor disputes. will be greatly pleased with the In his new work, he will be new Fall and Winter merchan- available for use under special) dise,” states Mr. Aronovitz. circumstances, | Special attention was paid to }the purchasing of men's wear. TEST | Mr. Aronovitz made excellent pur- Resigation of Edward F. Me-'chases in Nationally advertised Assistant ‘lines of men’s clothing. Secretary of Labor has been out- standing in settling labor dis-/ putes, gives the A. F. of L. and! —— the C. I. O. another oceasion for! Wallace, Va.—While riding testing power with the Adminis-| horseback near his home, Ed Tate, RESIGNS Edward F. MeGrady, who CURRENT KILLS HORSE He believes that in others of long standing. $ (of the legislature contains many! } changes and additions with which {the business people should become !aequainted Mr. Ladd said. Some }tofore excluded from the pay- ment of taxes are now assessed and rates have been made higher | For example: Barbers formerly paid at the rate of $1.50 per chair. Now the tax has been made $15.15 up to five chairs. Bakers formerly paid $4.50 but this has been raised to $22.75 up to 10 employes. Bootblack stands up to five people must now pay $15.25. Wholesale dealers must pay $37.75 and must make a just declaration of the stock carried. Another provision is that all dealers who have not secured their {proper licenses by January 1, 11938, will be reported to the leounty solicitor and sheriff, and | prosecution will follow. rangements have been concluded WERE TAKEN FROM HOME OF} for the contest to be played Thursday night. ADs ere The Citizen was told this morn- ing that an added attraction at Bayview Park Thursday night will be the music of the Key West Hospitality Band. When the formation of the diamondbal! league was announce Officer Fienvenido Perez ‘ast night recovered a number of art- icles which had Leen stolen from|eq there were three teams te Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Lopez’s|enter the competition but since home on Catherine street, and| that time another team has join a ed and the U.S. Army players arrested the boy, 12 years old.) eon the barracks will become charged with the theft. contenders for the honors Mrs. Loyez, before marriage Miss Nelj Rose Knight, was a caller at the offices of The C zen this morning and said that! the aricles recovered were two} diamond rings, one school ring, | one pair of opal cuff links, small bank cotaining a sum of money,| Requisitions received the flash light and a number of other| United States Employment Bu artic'es jreau thin morning ty Wm. V. Lit While the theft had been re-/tle, official in charge, called for ported, Mrs. Lopez had no idea eight negro laborers that Officer Perez had been as-; These men are to be to signed to the case, and was very\#he C. Y. Thomason Contract F happily surprised when last eve-/at Goneh Key. This is the con ning he reported hig success in)tract which one week ago war reovering the stéfen articles and) said to be approximately 75 5 the capture of the boy. cent completed. ‘ANOTHER CALL FOR WORKERS at sent er New Choral Numbers “Are Received By Local Group Several have been received by choral numbers the loeal d time. new choral group and will be rehearsed this evening for the first These selections were chosen from the repertoire of leading groups! and have proven successful where-| ever used | They are of a type which are jlyn Mack, 10-year-old daughter; tration in the matter of his sueces-| 34-year-old farmer, reached out jof his friend, and had hidden her sor jto brush aside a wire dangling in |body in a clump of weeds. His} j}his path and was knocked to the wife said the man had been suf- FINDING WORK {ground by the current from the fering from irrational spells since Members of the COC are find- | high-voltage line Tate, only the death eight years before of his! ing private employment at al Slightly hurt, was amazed to dis jown daughter, who would have) raster rate than since the corps; Cover that the current had pass- sh a oe {heen the same age of the girl he! was organized in 1933. In July,!ed through his body and had kill interest to the singers as well killed ithe last month for which figures ed his horse. as the jence, and preparations; are available 13,385 men accepted a are under way for a concert to be le de jobs. Robert Fechner, given Thanksgiving ec. the rector, says that employers inter. proceeds to be donated to charity! BUCKEYE LAKE, 0.—John ested in the qualifications of en Two group rehearsals are held Bush of this city didn’t have ®)roilees will be given every as- Prescription Service weekly in the salon of the Over-| fiddle, but he did have an organ'sistance by camp officials who Cay HOME 177 Sea Hotel at 8 o'clock. One is on which he played after he had set|are anxious to secure employ. GARDNER’S PHARMACY Tuesday and the other on Frday fire to his house. The would-be ment for the 89,000 men to be “The Rexall Store” nights. | Nero was lodged in jail idischarged during the fall months.” LODGED IN JAIL | —FOR QUICK ACCURATE— AND IF IT’S STORM SHUTTERS, SOUTH FLORIDA, 5 i j ; important matters were to be dis-| Life Saving Award 98, HAS ALL KINDS OF MATERIALS TO MAKE THEM OF. REMEMBER THAT MAGIC PHONE MISS PERCIVAL COMES TO CITY i ' | Plan Teaching »Art: Of Swimming. In Key West 4 { Miss Mary W. Percival, diree-j tor of District 10, State Welfare! | Board, was an arrival on the’ plane from Jliami this morning; fand will return this afternoon The visit of Miss Percival is to be brief because of the necessity of leaving for other parts, but) A® opportanity is to be offered! giving instrection in swirmm all persons in Key West to learn) for beginners and also the art of swimming. Those who students, and also in Junior and already have a knowledge of the) Senior Life Saving. art will have a chanee to qualify} Registrations for these for the Junior or Senior Red Cross'can be made at the Recreation | Department office at WPA head ssed with Mrs. Gladys Roberts,! Polly Oliver, instractor of the| quarters, with Vietor Larsen or unit supervisor in Monroe coun-|WPA Swimming Institute, will Mra Eva B. Warner. The ty, therefore the visit was made|arrive in Key West within thejand place for the classes will today. next few days for the purpose of ) announced later advar clneace he NUMBER