The Key West Citizen Newspaper, October 2, 1937, Page 1

ii Associated Press Day Wire Service, For 57 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West VOLUME LVIII. No. 234, Noted Writer Prepares Article On Subject Of PETER 0. KNIGHT MAKES PLEA FOR VOTING MACHINES Nina Putnam Wilcox Is Author Of Article To Appear In The Commen- tator In November Nina Putnam Wilcox, interna- tionally noted writer, has recently | completed an article on the sub- ject, “Florida Real Estate,” which will appear in the November issue ef The Commentator. It was written with the desire to correct what she describes as a “lingering | sales resistance to Florida estate.” In a letter to the Chamber of Commerce, she explains to Secre- tary 8. ©. Singleton her belief} that he will find it to his advant- age to do all possible to have the article widdy read, and this should be suggested to the various clubs in the city. It would also be advisable to send out as many copies, as possible, to friends. Mrs. Witcox explains that, “I have no interest in this idea! other than the furtherance of the! welfare of the state as a whole. I have been paid for my work and the number of copies sold will not affect me personally in any way. “The artide was written as the result of a trip I took the Eastern and Northern real parts of the country this sum-| mer, where I discovered a lingering sales resistance to @lorida real estate. This was so strong and so wnreasonable, that I felt it showd be corrected. I am only too, happy tq have been able to do my bit by writing the above mentioned story.” OILER OFF SHIP DIED YESTERDAY | Seit Sesarvila, oiler from the Texas Company's Tanker Roa- died yesterday morning at fe crdock in the Marine Hos- 12" pital. He was brought to Key West on September 22, on a vessel of the U. S. Coast Guard for treat- ment. The body has been placed with the Pritchard Funeral Home where it has been prepared for interment, and insructions from the company are now being awaited. 4 I PLANNING FOR GRAND VERBENA TO BE PUT ON IN CONNEC: TION WITH CUBAN CELEBRATION Many events are scheduled for} the grand verbena and all-day pic- nie to be observed ‘in celebration of the great memorial. day, “EI Grito de Yara,” at the Coral: Isle Casino on Sunday, October) 10, under the auspices of the Sacer- dotisas del Hogar of the Order Caballeros de la Luz, Topping the many events: and one which is attracting much en- ‘thusiasm is the “Little Miss Key West” talent contest. Many be- tween the age of 6 to 13, inclusive, have fied entry blanks with the committee in charge and it is ex- pected that this show will be one of the most interesting ever to be held in this city, \ The winner of the contest will be declared and crowned “Litt'e Miss Key West of 1937.” All those who have already expressed desire to} become a contestant have arrang- ed to meet at the home of Mrs. Eva B. Warner next Wednesday afternoon for a rehearsal. Among the numbers to be pre- sented for the approval of the audience are: tap dancing, truck- ing, the Susie-Q, the rhumba and others wl sing popular song hits. FROM HAVANA VESSEL LEFT LATE IN AFT- ERNOON ENROUTE TO TAMPA Steamship Cuba, of the P. and O. S. S. Co., arrived yesterday afternoon from Havana with two first cabin and three second ra’: ins for Key West; 14 first cabin and three second cabin for Tam- Key West arrivals: Avthur Go- mez, Alfonso Gomez, Adelaide! Benavides, Rosita Benavides and; Angela Santana. { The vessel aso brought 11 tons of freight and three sacks of mail for Key West; 40 tons and 147 sacks of maib for;Tampa. Sailing the Cuba \earried )the}:, following bookings «from: Key: West: Mrs. C. B, Harvey, iC. G. Harvey, Jr... Mrs. Guy Ketterer, Carl Rom atid severd second al ins. Delinquent Liquor Dealers Hurry Up To Trifling incidents often lead to great activity, and this was evi- denced yesterday when Beverage License Inspector George Gomez! started his round up of delinquent! liquor dealers who had failed to secure their required licenses. Seeing the delivery wagon of one of the dealers leave a location! after making delivery of some stock, Mr. Gomez contacted the driver and instructed him to drive te the county court house and make arrangements for securing} his license. j The law specifically says that! dealers raust have the license on October 1, and there is no allow- ance for any time extension, it was explained by Mr. Gomez to the Citizen. HEAR REV. TOLLE Speak at the FIRST M. E. a CHURCH Pay Licenses Well, the incident in which Mr. Gomez and the driver of the de- livery truck were the parties of the first part must have attracted @ great deal of attention, as the mews of the incident rapidly spread, and within a short time! dealers were hurrying to the! court house and securing their licenses. At 10 o'clock there was no ac- tivity at the court’ house, that is nothing unusual, but shortly after that hour the office of Tax Col- lector Frank H. Ladd was richer by more than $4,000 and there are & good many dealers in wine and beer yet to be heard from. The round up of these will © begin later. WALTZ NIGHT — Tonight, 10 ul 7 — Del Woods’ ae —NO ADMISSION— 1175 miles south, WILL RESULT IN CLEARING HILLSBOROUGH ‘COUNTY’S BAD NAME TAMPA, .Oct. 2.—Peter 0. Knight, appealing to the people of Hillsborough county to give voting machines a tremendous ma- jority, said such an expression of the polls Tuesday will end the be- lief, widely prevalent in Florida, that it isn’t possible to hoid hon- est elections in Tampa. Taking up oft-repeated charges that “Hillsborough is a hotbed of ten politics,” which he denied, C@onel Knight said that because of these charges the county had lost its» influence in state-wide elections and that when a Tampa candidate announces for a_ state office the people of Florida imme- diatdy turn against kim in the belief that fraudulent efforts will be made in his behalf, regard‘ess of his ability. Adoption of voting machines, he added, will be Hillsborough’s def- inite and final answer to long standing cracks at its integrity and “reinstate this county in the fine situation it occupied for years, until lately. COUNCIL HOLDS BRIEF SESSION PAYROLL FOR EMPLOYES OR- DERED; TEN DOLLARS FOR EACH MAN The City Council at a special eeting held dastenight. ordered thet a payrel of $10 for employe be made from the funds now available. A few other matters, one of which was that pertaniing to the proposed budget, were discussed. These were the only matters ADVISORY coming before the meeting. | i Advisory 2:45 p. m. Tropical} disturbance central 1 p. m. 150 to southwest of New Orleans, moving northwest- ward about 10 to 12 miles per hour, There has been no increase in intensity. Highest winds re- ported are about 30 miles per hour. Storm warnings remain displayed from Carabelle, Fla, to Port O'Connor, craft should exercise caution next 24 hours between these points. WEATHER BUREAU, New Orleans, La. , ADVISORY—Northeast storm warnihgs ‘continued at Panama ity, Fia., to Morgan City, La., andj northeast storm warnings or- ered’ 9:45 a. m. west of Morgan City to Port O'Connor, Tex. Tropical disturbance attended by fresh to strong shifting winds and squalls over a considerable area was central 7 a.m. EST about 225 miles south of New Orleans, moving northwestward about 10-12 miles per hour. This disturbance in connection with high pressure over the north and middle Atlantic states will cause strong winds and squalls along the coast of the northern Gulf of Mexico, Storm warnings are now displayed from Carrabelle, Fla., to Port O1Con- nor, Tex. Small craft along the coast from Cedar Keys, Fla., to Port O’Connor, should exercise caution. SET FOR 3-YEAR FIGHT Peiping, China.—According to Hachiro Arita, former Foreign Minister of Japan and also for- mer Ambassador to China, Japan is prepared fer a struggle of from three to four years until all com- munism and anti-Japanism has been stamped out in China. FLEMING STREET METHODIST CHURCH —INVITES YOU— 11 a m. “Christ Dwelling Within.” pm “The Marks of Christ.” Texas. Small; Che Key Wrst Citizen KEY WEST, FLORIDA,-SATURDAY, OCTOBER 2, 1937. New. Superintendent At is » FortJefferson National — Monument ‘Arrives Here Arriving last evening over the highway was Willard H. Morris, who is to ge the new superinten- dent at Fort Jefferson National Park Services in this atea, suc- ceeding Phillip (C. Puderer. Mr. Purderer, associate land- seape architect with the National | Park Service, who has been acting! as superintendent of the area, will be relieved of this assignment ; on October 14, On that date,he expects to leave for Cuba for @ short visit before proceeding to Washington. Conversing with Mr. Puderer today, he mentioned a few of his activities during the eight months he has been in charge of this area, one of which was >an_ intensive study of the monument area to determine its needs, policy of fu- ture development and has prepar- ed plang for a long range pro- gram of construction. Al compre- hensive Master Plan has formulated which will serve as a guide for all future work cover- ing a period of years. He expects to return to Wash- ington the latter part of October} to work on a special National Park assignment and at the con- lusion will have charge of all architectural projects being ex- been} Park Service was greatly interest- ed and encouraged by the progress which had been made to date. This progress, he said, was due primarly to the excellent coopera~ tion which had been received from the various other govern- mental agencies, particularly the ?ocal WPA office, U. S. Coast Guard, Lighthouse Department, Navy Department and Coast and Geodetic Survey. With the extremely limited funds which have been impossible to achieve any degree of success, had it not been for the excellent and unselfish cooperation of these agencies, Mr. Puderer said. This spirit was evidenced not only by the regular government agencies, but most of all by the WPA employes assigned to duty at the fort. The amount of en- thusiasm, personal interest and pride in the area, expressed by the individual workmen has been the most gratifying, In discussing the helpful coop- eration end suggestions given by many Key Westers who have shown deep interest in the proj- ect, Mr, Puderer expressed his “sincere thanks to The Citizen ‘and its staff for their efforts in disseminating essential informa- tion to the public in a timely ecuted in state and national parks/and authentic manner.” in Georgia, North and South Carolina and Florida. While in conference with The Fort Jefferson will expressed |dvedop into one of the most out- Citizen, Mr. Puderer With such continued support {given to Supertntendent Morris, undoubtedly much enthusiasm over the future|standing National Park areas in prospets of the ort Jefferson{the Southeast, Mr. Puderer con- area and stated that the National ' cluded. Capt. Cosgrove Retires ce Wa A Weare Cait Captain Philip L, Cosgrove was Panama, whicn was towed in to on September 30 retired from the lighthouse service after hav- ing been on active duty for more than 47 years. He entered the service on April 24, 1890. the three oldest men in deck department of the mariner from deck hand to captain. He was enjoying a vacation with Mrs. Cosgrove in New York when Superintendent Wm. Demeritt, of the Seventh District, received notice of his retirement as of September 30, | Captain Cosgrove was one of the de- partment, in point of service, slim a pension of $195 each month had filled every position in the! during his lifetime. port by the tender. The crew of the Mangrove was citéd for their action and the story of the cap- ture of the Panama played an im- portant part in the exciting news stories of tke period published in the newspapers of the world. Some years afterward he was made captain and later became master of the Tender Ivy, which position he was holding at the time of his retirement, which car- STEAMER OZARK ARRIVES HERE Steamship Ozark. of the Clyde- Mallory Lines, arrived this morn- Retirement of the eaptain was ing from New Orleans and berth- optional, as he could , have Te-led at 5:30°°%’clock, discharging mained in the service for five freight immediately. years longer, as retirement is not Shipments‘ 6? size obligatory until the age of 70) were unloaded, included in which P years is reached and he is just/ was a large shipment of coke for|their support of him in his can- 65. His duty has carried him to many different points and his service has been performed on aj number of different ships, includ- ing Tenders Laurel, Hibiscus, Arbutus, Mangrove and Ivy. While he wag first mate of the Mangrove, in 1898, the Key West Gas Co. At 9.45 the Ozark sailed for Miami and Jacksonville. ‘WEARS REFLECTOR BELMONT, N. Y.—Willis Me- Omber of this city always wears the vessel|a red automobile reflector on his captured one of the first prizes of | back as a tail light when walking the war, the Spanish Steamship |at night. To Our Readers An unusual requirement of spate for iegals made it necessary to reduce the reading matter of today’s issae of The Citizen, and the management feets assured that the sub- seribers will overiook this unusual condition, particularly if they are advised that preparations are being made im the mechanita} department to be ready to increase the size of the paper whenever it becomes necessary to maintain the per- centage of reading matter to that of advertising. | For the past few years The Citizen has had te do some hard riding over rocky reads, and many times it seemed im- possible to surmount the difficulties, but with the aid of some loyal supporters and a patient personnel, we were able to catry on as a daily paper, and now, we hope, s brighter future looms ahead. THE MANAGEMENT. cials Key West, Florida, has the most equable climate in the country; with an average range of only 14° Fahrenheit PRICE FIVE CENTS Of State Board Of Health Inspect Sanitary Water Supply In Key West ITALIAN QUEEN HELPS GERMANY HOSPITAL FOR SPECIAL CAS- ES OWED TO QUEEN ELENA (By Associated Press) KASSEL, Germany, ; To the initiative of Queen Elena of {Italy, Germany owes its first hos- \pital for special treatment of in- flammation of the brain (encep- halitis) recently opened here. Queen Elena had been told by her daughter Giovanna, queen of Bulgaria, of a cure discovered by a Bulgarian herbalist. She had clinics opened in Rome, Milan and Turin. A visit to her elder daughter | Mafalda, who lives here as_ the wife of the provincial governor, Prince Phillip of Hesse, resulted in two German experts being sent to Italy to study the remedy. The new clinic, named for Elena, is to get medicinal supplies free from Italy until Germany can produce them. T.S. CARO IN RACE MAKES ANNOUNCEMENT TO- DAY FOR POSITION OF POLICE JUSTICE Announcing his candidacy for reelection to the office of Police Justice in today’s issue of The \Citizen, T. S. Caro feels that in} so doing he is justified by the opinion of many friends who have commented, in commendatory terms, on his administration. “I have always endeavored to seek and find the basic reason on which charges have been preferr- ed, and if it is shown that there; are extenuating circumstances, have tempered justice with merey and made the sentence ag reason- ably dight as possible commen- surate with the offense.” This attitude, which has ever been that of Judge Caro, and his readily understood efforts, in. the? administration of the law,, as cit;, cumstances will permit, say many friends, has convinced many of the fairness of his decisions and has prompted them to promise | didacy. Satisfaction with his administra- \tion of the office during two pre- I vious periods have prompted hiv supporters to suggest a third term announcement, and Judge Caro is soliciting the votes of those who are convinced of the fairness of his attitude as Municipal Judge. Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Stowers, ac-| companied by Mrs. Howard Wil- son and infant son, and Miss Leila Pitcher, returned over the ‘Overseas Highway last evening of two While in Atlanta, Mr. Stowers jeclercted a line of Christmas good, for his firm. Oct, 2—} *| Visitors Meet With Dr. J. B. Parramore For Con- ference On Local Con- ditions Candidate For Police Captain Among the recent visitors in Key West, who came here for the jpurpose of conferring with Dr. J. |B. Parramore of the state board i jof health, were Fred Safay, direc- tor of sanitation for the Floride State Board; Sam MacReady, dis- trict sanitary officer, and M. Sigmond, also of the state organ- ization. While here they made an jSpection of the sanitary water tsupply, and with a few changes a be made, they stated that the | VERNIE GRIFFIN water supply was found to be | ‘adequate and safe, VERNIE GRIFFIN The officials were entertained during their stay by Dr. Parra- SEEKING OFFICE more and others connected with the health department, and ex- [maxes FORMAL ANNOUNCE’ MENT FOR CAPTAIN pressed great delight with their OF POLICE’ visit to the Island City. They stated that they were yoetocsiiy, surprised at the great interest now” Being nianifested throughout the state in connection 2 . with the Overseas Highway bridg- Advoronserain asi te wouwe fea now under course of construc- ;Key Wester, today makes 8 ston, and said that j Soca formal gumouncement as a CAR! the outlook that pay isa idate for the office of Captain large: tntax of hi - aah of Paice in the coming city elee- head for Key “a at the high- tion in November. way is completed and thrown oper Mr. Griffin has had many years!to traffic. {of service as a special police, hav- ing served up until the last ad- CONCERT | ministration. He ig thoroughly! jacquainted with the duties of this EXGELLENT PROGRAM TO BE RENDERED 8Y HOSP!- widely leity of Captain of the Police De- forced. y loffice and feels that he is fully jqualified to serve in the capa- | partment, “If elected, 1 will, with the he'p of the other members of the police force, see that the laws and) TALITY BAND ordinances of the city are en- “| awiloappreciate the support] 4x excellent program has been jand ednfidence»of the voters and: srranged to be rendered this eve- ledge them fdithfal: service iftning, beginning at 8 o'clock, in elected to’ the office? Colonial Park, by the Key West UDIES DESPITE PRECAUTION | rie ‘Rbilene, Texas.—When Riley Swift, 38, went fishing he always) Overture, took the precaution of tying him-/ popular, In the Chapel [self to a tree to protect himself} Waits, Artist's Dream Volledted from drowning. However, his Selection, Operatic Pearls body was found dangimg from a) Laurendesu rope tied té6 a willow tree, his Popular, Too Marvelous Whiting jhead submerged in a creek. Had) March, The White Feathers the rope been six inches shorter, he would not have drowned. ‘ —. ‘Don Williams Ordered | To Duty In Tampa Don Williams, who was re-;when he received @ leently appointed supervisot of) recting to proceed as \the Master Plan for Monroe coun-|sible to Tampa and ty and which is now being worked| for duty in the office on by WPA employes, has been) trict. j advised that his appointment to s| It is the intention | position in the department of U./lisms to leave on S Internal Revenue has been ap-