The Key West Citizen Newspaper, September 16, 1937, Page 1

Associated Press Day Wire Service. For 57 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West VOLUME LVIII. No. 220. Sponge Sales Eight Hundred Dollars Many Different Lots Di -| JUDGE GOMEZ posed Of During Bid ding Yesterday At Muni-| cipal Dock Offerings of sponge, of appre: | eiable size, were placed Muni of them were bid on and sold be-' on ipal dock yesterday and al fore the market closed. Different lots consisted of 207 /P€C” ill for several y bunches of wool sponge, bunches of grass sponge and 56 bunches of yellow sponge, making | 105 Banos, Cuba, will be @ total of 483 bunche: High sale of grass was when'a bidder offered, on his ticket, $145.66 for 185 bunches. bunches, and high sale of wool was $535 for 145 bunches, mately $3.69 per bunch. approxi- Total sales of the combined lots brought $816.85. RAYMOND LONES DIED LAST NIGHT FUNERAL SERVICES WILL * STEAMER OZARK CONDUCTED TOMORROW' AFTERNOON Raymond Lones, 34, died 7:30. e’clock last evening in the United States Marine hospital. services will be held tomorrow afternoon 5 o'clock from Fleming Street Methodist church, Rev. William L. Halladay officiat- ing. Lopez Funeral Home will be in! charge of arrangements. Pallbearers will be (Charles Roberts, A. Cleare, Jr., Robert Knowles, William Sands, Phillip Archer and Clarence Thompson. Survivors are his parents, Mr. and ‘Mrs. Frank Lones; two chil- dren, Yvonne and Raymond, J six sisters, Mrs. Wm. McClintock, Mrs. R. Hewitt, Mrs. W. Niblett, Mrs. Oley Alaska, Mrs. Milton Whitehead, and Miss Anita Lones; two brothers, Perey and William Lones; two grandmoth ers, Mrs. Ellen Kemp and Mrs Frank Lones, JOHN GANDOLFO UNDER ARREST CHARGED WITH = DRIVING AUTO WHILE UNDER -IN- FLUENCE OF LIQUOR John Gando!fo was yesterday afternoon arre: € Donstable | Ray Elwood, charged with driv- ing an automobile under the influ- ence of liquor and injuring the ear of another. Driving on Eaton street, Gan- dolfo is charged with striking the car of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph War- ren in which they were riding. Mr. Warren reported the incident and the arrest followed. Much Interest the | High sale of yellow was $8.88 for 22 Funeral | the} Che Key Wrst Citizen KEY WEST, FLORIDA, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 1937. ! Exceed GOES TO CUBA, (ACCOMPANIED BY BROTHER! | WHO WILL UNDERGO | TREATMENT THERE | Judge Arthur Gomez of circuit! feourt in the Eleventh Judicial} I\ District, was a passenger leaving! {on the Steamship Cuba this morn-| jing for Havana, accompanying | his brother, Aljonso, who has | Judge Gomez said he had se. 220|etired the opinion of a number of | H. Malone of Miami. | phy: cians who are of the opinion! |that the baths at San Antonio de bene- | | ficial to Alfonso, and will relieve | jhis condition which is the ns | of yaralysis. They expect to be |gone for several weeks. THREE APPEAR | BEFORE COURT | Nathaniel Roberts, James An-| |drews and Albert Laurie, were ar-} | raigned yesterday afternoon be- ‘fore Enrique Esquinaldo, peace: justice in the Second District, {charged with stealing conchs. The evidence wag not suffi- | cient, in the opinion of the jeace | justice, to warrant the accused | |being held and the case was dis-| | miss d, i ' DUE TUMORROW ! Steamship Ozark, of the Clyde-| Mallory Lines, is due to ssc in port tomorrow from New Or-! leans. The ship_has on board | eargo for Key West and also for) | Miami and Jacksonville. Two other vessels of the line, lare scheduled for early arrival at! Key West. The Medina from Galveston to Key West, Charles- ton and New York, is due Mon- y evening, and the Alamo, New ‘York to Key West and Tampa, is due Tuesday. { i | ‘ANOTHER CALL = FOR WORKERS, S. J. Groves and Sons Con-| | struction Company, which has everal contracts on the bridges | projects, today sent in a requisi- | tion to the United States Employ- ment §revice Bureau, for 10} white laborers, big and strong, to; |'be Sehit to Marathon for work on; licéntraét D! Wm. Vl" Little, official chargé of the bureau, said the ‘requisition will be filled otite With the “big and strong’ laborers, and another for the! hsame contractors, for six! | laborers for work on Contract F, Little Duck Key, will be filled at | the same time, ! ~ ADVISORY ADVISORY 9:30 A. M. EST— Scattered ship reports northeast of the Leeward Islands indicate that the tropical storm has re- curved and moved northeastward beyond the field of observation No further advices unless further bbs, aind indicate reduces Is Shown in that at! In Swimming Institute Much enthusiasm is being showr By those in in the swim- Ming institute that will be opene y West on Monday, Sept: . through Septe under th (Polly) Oliver, Division of the instructor terested instr WPA, the the Supervision school dren in the beg classes will be given s ch s swi These classes for swimming held classes will ternoon, before nyafter school. tbe held ram i the i earn-To-Swim campaign, nd it is s hoped that all who can- hike ix, will this opportunity, a part or who would improve advantage -\ is stated The . swimm be places and time that the astructions will be held d will ced later. ‘anti-American \this country and forever fight that the President would appoin ‘Key West, spoke a few words to! CHURCH CIRCLE | Sam B. Curry JUDGE WARD IS ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS Happenings That Affect the the aeaaee Pails, Dividend Checks and Tax Bills of Every Individual; tional and International Problems Insep- arable From Local Welfare ROTARY CLUB MEETS TODAY AT LUNCHEON SESSION| PRESIDED OVER BY PRESIDENT TAYLOR; SEV-; ‘ERAL GUESTS IN ATTEND. ANCE A short time ago York Times’ index of activity reached a new high, and stood at its maximum’ be introduced fall. since September, 1929. The fig-| year’s cars will cost more. ure reached was 110.9, 100 equal-'producers have alteady luncheon of the Key West Rotary !ling a theoretical normal. Of the! prices, will doubtless Club was held today at Parish!many items contributing to the them again, and independents are Hall, with President Charles S./ index, all rose but one—carload-| following suit. Paylor, presiding. jings, ; CONSTRUCTION—Public con- uests attending Were David E.; The other standard business struction is declining; private con- Ward of Ft. Myers, guest of Mel-! barometers show a similar trend.!struction rising. Building ma- vin Russell; Father Thos. M. Mel-}The recovery movement has been terials rise in price. In this con- rose of Orlando, guest of Bill|steady and persistent, even in the negtion a survey made by Pur- ! Bat Wm. C. Pierce, guest of, face of many uieting factors.'due University is of interest—it| ! Sebastian Cabrera, and William; An example of this is provided by indicates that the all-wood hou Club guests;electric power output. As a rule,|is the cheapest to build of were Robert M. Graham and Mrs. _ power use decreases in the sum-; types, Robert Dopp. ‘mer months, due to longer day: STEEL — Production The program was in charge of and a recession in industrial op-; dropped fractionally, but Wm, Reagan, chairman of the club/erations. “Yet this year power forecast that it will soon service committee. The program | sales increased. jagain. Expansion of heavy was centered around “Hobbies; The adjournment of Congress dustry means vast steel orders. land Vocations.” A very interest-|had little effect either on the; RAILROADS—Are “now em- ‘“ program was ziven on this sub-; business indexes or the senti-: broiled in labor difficulti due ject. Mr, Reagan was assisted by} ment of business leaders. Sev- to demands for substantial wage Robert M. Graham, guest speak-'eral reasons are responsible for jncreases by operating employes. er, and Steve Singleton. ithis. For one thing, it had been) Business continues at a good lev- Wm. R. Warren gave short/ widely forecast for several weeks el, when seasonal considerations talks on “The Star Spangled Ban-' that Congress would call it a day are taken into account. Heavy ner” and “The Constitution.”! at about the time it did, so ad- ying of new equipment by many This weet is of vital iterest to! journment was no surprise. For ated for fall and all peopl s, the celebration of the another, the tendency of Con- signing of the Constitution. Dr. gress, during the last half at ‘Warren, in speaking of the Star’ jeast, was to resist experimental Spangled Banner, brought atten-'jegislation and to either H tion to the strange circumstances jt down or to defer it until next yiously. and the conditions which inspir-' session. So business had ed Francis Seott Key in writing breathing spell. Lastly, the our national anthem. |surgence of congressional On the signing of the Consti-| pendence, and its refusal to ;tution, Dr. Warren told of the New There will be a decline in produc business tion soon, due to manufacturer Next Major The regular noon-dzy weekly; upped } recently it in, SECURITIES — Stock market activity has been relatively slight. The Federal Reserve a reduced discount rates to re-/ bond values. inde-| FOREIGN TRADE—Under the ac-, new neutrality act, the President the cept dictation from the executive | can cut off trade with any for- activities being! branch, is viewed with strong | cign power involved in war. But conducted in this country. He’ approval by indusrial leaders. {today war. such as the Sino- forcefully brought to the atten-| The nomination of Senator’ Japanese conflict, are undeclared, tion of the club for foundation and principles of the Oonstitu-) tion, and that it was for every American to follow the flag of spur Deal solons, to the Suprme Court, |ligerents continue. Japan, one | likewise had practically no effect}of the heaviest buyers of U. S. ion business. It was anticipated/ scrap iron in reent years, is now uying new sirel on a big scale, someone 100 percent int.accord) maf€rials that~arve dircetly and with his views. And there is | indirectly essential to war. For-| belief, pointed out recently by/eign trade in general tends to rise the club. He said he is especial- ymost of the Washington column-| slowly, ly glad-to be able to come to thi 's, that once a man is placed it city and spend his vacation. a position of great trust’ and Te- sponsibility where he no longer} is dependent on pleasing the vot-| three congresses in enacting ma-! jers to hold office, his attitude to-| jor laws. It shows that the leg- ‘ward legal and public questions | islators are nowhere near as eag- HOLDS I MEETING often undergoes considerable} er as they used to be to put new | change. laws on the books. H Secnem briefs of interest fol- | The 37rd Congress (1933- 34) jpassed 2 27 new major laws, includ-j Gucle se tee. Mamoral. Chareh 0 July,|ing the NRA, AAA, TVA, SEC,| : says the National Industrial Con-|and 4 important monetary acts. held its regular monthly meeting ie B ‘her ies i Th zéth Con, < (1935-36) at the home. Mrs ©. LiThomp-| ooo 1 eee ee negpeaenanatss Seth abeect). Mandhy. eady rise in cost of living! passed 19 major laws, including Pek cee ° ce Principal item register-}the social security act, a revision j night. 3 i ine was food, whichiof banking legislation, the Various talks were given con! iow costs 19 percent less than in|tional Labor Relations Act, /eerning our foreign mission work} 1929. | a faetn wid acta: by Miss Lenora Whitaker, Mrs. C.|"" aYTOMOBILES — July sales} The last session passed but six! Raab Miss Ann John-| wore greater than June, and Aug- |major laws. And some of these} son, Miss Gladys Russell and Mrs.) ust sales he'd to high levels, prov-|—such as the laws to plug loop-| Tom Curry. ling that the public's desire forjholes in the income tax—were | Miss Ann Johnson Clear- from satisfied. practically universally supported. for the Constitution. Wm. H. Malone, formerly of! The United States News has i H compiled the record of the last Hov The Young Woman's Missionary}! yen gm EIVING—In and of }new cars is far boa Florida, brought greetings} With Theft Of Goods is the president. of Cuban also Miss Fernandez of the Mission; here in Key West brought a message. After the business session, games were played, one of which) was “Ghosts.” j Those present were: Miss Phyllis Adams, Miss Lenora Whita- Miss Glad Russell, Mrs. C. Sam B. Curry, Mrs. Ronald Hen- dricks, Mrs. Joseph Thompson, Miss Ann Johnson, Mrs. 0. C. Howell, Miss nandez, Mrs. Tom Curry and Mrs. E. L. Thomp- son. Theft four cigarettes from Charles Tift, on resulted in the arrest tis Darrow, and he is now the county jail awaiting preliminary hearing. Yesterday af ed the Tift p the cigarettes b a clerk in the place after I street ar a house X boy who was standing saw the hidi of the prit and reported the matter Robert Lee Albury who, with little threatening persuasion, duced Darrow forth give f up. This Darrow decide was held by Mr fice w Deputy Sheriff Ray ared on the from of cartons the Division near eul- to store of place street, of in- to come and and t oon Darrow en- to do while by who started ran down Ash der - steps of El scene, Mr. county wood soon apy the prisoner and took him receited Albu jail. cing the VISITOR TO CITY Judge David Elmer rt Myers, Lee County, n Key West and reg Colonial He judge has male ne ig genérally whder- will be a can 2 ijeilbonse Leaves Ww. W Superintendent On Inspection Trip Demeritt, superintendent | Jr., ghthouses in the Seventh Dis-| Dr _ highway this! are orning for Miami where he will) Mrs an inspection of aids to} Li avigation and retu OTTowW | 2 Area. Wa ard, is a Visitor tered at the While the statement stood that h for State next yea mee and They FIRST CLASS SPANISH COOK Now employed at PALM RESTAURANT 616 Duval Street Mrs. Nora Bethancourt, Mgr. LOWEST PRICES IN TOWN Real Good Spanish and American Cooking left over the mre Me ake Mr.) and daughter-in- W. W. Demeritt,’ were w . Dr. ‘and Mrs. ern Dental College. recovery | preparing for the 1938 models to} Dennis Sweeting Given “= Twenty Years In Prison Dennis Sweeting, who was ar-!time of his previous arraignment, rise | vote Bond prices recently dropped se-: has! Black, one of the strongest New and as a result our trade with bel-} . room project, ouncil : Key West, Florida, has the } most equable climate in the country; with an average range of only 14° Fahrenheit PRICE FIVE CENTS ears Matter Of Community Center rested earlier in the week on a icharge of assault with intent to {commit rape, was this term of 20 years in the state penitentiary at Raiford. ; When the prisoner was brought; into court he was asked the usual questions relative to an attorney ‘und upon learning that no legal {advisor had been secured and the} |prisoner had no funds with which to secure legal aid, Judge Wil- liam V. Albury appointed At- torney Aquilino Lopez, Jr., to jhadle the case for the defense. The attorney held a consulta- tion with the prisoner of the con- clusion of which the accused d cided to enter a plea of guilty to the charges with the result that the 20-year sentence was ‘pronounced by the judge. When he was asked by the judge if he had ever been arrest- ed on similar charg Sweeting replied that this was the third time he had been similarly accus- ed, but had not been punished for jthe other alleged offenses. | L. (C. Goff, charged with jcharging firearms on the highway, entered a plea of guilty dis- lof $8 and coss or spend 30 days jin the county jail. He agreed to rpay the fine, did so and was re-! leased. Dv -€. Watsons who was some time ago allowed to go with the understanding he would leave the | county, which he. failed to do, was arraigned and advised that the suspended sentence of 90 days, which wag pronounced at the morning 4 fin criminal ¢ ourt sentenced to aj; al}j public | and was sentenced to pay a fine} peta was revoked. The judge then ordered he be confined for 30 at} ‘hard labor, and if he would con-) ent to leave the county at the ation of the period, he would be permitted to depart. Court was jthen recessed until tomorrow morning. At the session of court yester-; day afternoon, Kermit Saunders} narrowly escaped a jail sentence. He was accused of a statutory of- fense and the trial proceeded as ordinarily is the case, and the jurors retired to decide on a verdict. i After the jury had been out for an appreciable time they re- turned to ask the judge questions relative to finding the man guilty and recommending that mercy be extended. The judge gave the | jurors the advice requested, and they retired, | | A little later on they again’ came into court to announce that they agreed to disagree and tcould see no chance of reaching} la verdict. Judge Albury advised, that the case was with them and jhe could see no reason why a verdict could not be reached. He did not think it necessary to \plaee upon the county the burden of expense of another trial. The jury left the court room jand within a brief time returned jand announced that a verdict had been reghed. When the {findings were read, Judge Albury jwas astounded, he said, to find that the jury had brought in a verdict of “not guilty.” that days | CUBA BRINGS IN | 2 PASSENGERS, LEAVES ON CUBA VESSEL LEFT SHORTLY AFT.’ ER ARRIVAL ENROUTE H TG EAVANA, CUBA Na-} Steamship Cuba, of the P. and O. S. S. company, arrived — this moinin: from Tampa with seven | firs st and four second cabin pas- jsengers for Key West; eight first jand two second cabins for Ha- jvana. | Key West arrivals: | Worth, Martha Robinson, Is rocker, Dunean, Duncan, J. W. Srilivan, J. | Blair, Catherine Allen, Nora len, Charles Allen, Doris erts. The vessel also brought 14 tons lof freicht and one seck of mail for Key West; one ton of freight and 241 secks of mail for Ha- vana. Cuba sriled at $:15 o’clock for Havana with the following book ings from Key West: Mrs. Jane €. Thompson, Arsenio Bezanilla, Arthur Comez, Alfonso Gomez, Etman Mumford snd a number of cabin passengers x E. G. Mrs. Rob- LEAVES OVER HIGHWAY Rev. Arthur B. Dimmick, of St Paul's Episcopal church, left over the highway this morning | Rhode Island where he will spend hi vacation. for CAPT. MUMFORD HAD BECN SPENDING VACA- TION IN KEY WEST WITH RELATIVES { | a { Captain Etman Mumford, mas- ter of the Wrecking Tug Killerig, stationed at Kingston, Jamaica, | left this morning on the Steam- ship Cuba, for Havana, and will! continve to Santiago and there! take plane for Jamaica. The captain had Leen spending} his vacation in Key West. with Mrs. Mumford and the children! - who are guests at the home of her} parents, ‘Mr. and Mrs. Jose Pelaez, and who will leave in several! weeks on the return to Kingston. | STEAMER GATUN COMING TO PORT Steamship tun, of the Stand- ard Fruit and Steamship Company, is reported as due to arrive in port tomorrow from Philadelphia, Pa The Gatun is one of the fleet of ships plying between United States ports and Frontera, Mexico, engaged in the fruit trade. Prae- the company’s ships trips the | coming tically all of to Ke and Deck Company. come south : Porter secure ao. lah WPA Sewing Room Project — ‘ This morning the WPA sewing which has been sus- i for almost one month, was for operations at the old factory building at the cor- Catherine and Grinnell streets, where it was cated. Resumes Operations Toda formerly to- | } Project Supervisor B. C. Moreno said that there were approximate- ly 125 persons to be employed and the work will be under the supervision of Mra. Linton kK. Cerry, who was the supervicor when operations wus pended, were : application for the posi | with the county with a view of | Necessary lone thousand lover one thousand dollars for , after a brief jseavenger contract fer the lwho was asked to lwhich ix being fitted | Mrs. Eva Shee Appoint- ed Supervisor Of Bay- view Park; Payroll Or- dered For Employes At the regular meeting of the City Council held last was ordered that it be night, a payroll made for all employes on a twenty- five per cent basis of one’s month's salary. The meeting was presided over by James S: Roberts, president of the organization, with Ceuncilmen W.’P. Archer, Frank Delaney, William Freemi Marcos Mesa nd F. O. Roberts also in attend- ance. Mrs. Eva B. Warner of was ap- pointed supervisor Bayview Park following the reading of an Mrs, Warner is to serve without com- mn, and will supervise all to parks, with on a beautifi- whereby the premises may be made more at- ‘ogram tractive for the benefit of visi- tors as well as local residents who may may have occasion to visit the park. Victor Larsen, recreational activities, addressed the meeting requesting that the city donate a plot of land for the erection of a community center building. There were two sites suggested, one of which was the incinerator grounds on the eastern end of the island, and the other, the lot adjoining the No. Three fire station. Due to the fact that the last mentioned lot is control- led by the county, it was decided to appoint a committee to confer b- use of De. supervisor of taining permission for its The committee is composed Councilmen F. GO. Roberts, laney and Archer. Victor Lowe, head of the NYA forces, addressed the council rel- ative to having traffic signs pre- pared for Key West for the com- ing winter season. Mr Lowe stated that if the ad paint, the forces of the NYA would con- struct the signs. It was ordered that the necessary material be fur | nished, An ordinance relative to the sale of alcoholic beverages, which was passed on its initial reading” at the last meeting of the council, was read and passed on its final reading. Another ordinance, which speci- fies that any person desiring to build, construct, repair molish, must make application to the building inspector for the necessary permit, was passed on its final reading. One of the main provinions of the ordinance fixes a new schedule in the i» suance of building permits, Any amount of work costing les: than hundred dollars, will be fifty between one hundred and dollars, one cents; one dollar; additional thousand frm j thereof, one dollar The matter of having Bayview Park cleaned up was brought to the attention of the council, and disc ummon the matter, it was decided to call William Knight, who eperstex the city, or cooperate the matter. Mr. Knight y agreed to have his trucks remove all trash that is piled up there Fire Chief Harry Baker report ed that he had a sale tires taken from the in read: (Costinced on Page Four) ON COMPLETION OF THE ROAD TO MARATHON, THRONGS OF VISITORS WILL VISIT THIS CITY. ARE YOU READY? CALL SOUTH FLORIDA. PHONE 598