The Key West Citizen Newspaper, October 5, 1937, Page 1

Associated Press Day Wire Service. For 57 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West “VOLUME LVIII. No. 236. More Requisitions Are ~ Received For Workers On Overseas Bridges Requests For Different Operatives Received At Employment Service Of- fice workers at two of the camps on the Over- seas Bridges and Road Work were received yestérday' at the’ office of Wm. V. Little, head ‘of © the United “States Employment Serv ice office at the WPA building.’ Request for Contract 'D, at Marathon, the S. J. Grovés™ and! Sons Co., asked that one cook's helper and five laborers be sent. asked for the assignment of seven white 4nd seven colored laborers. For Contract F, at Little Duck Key, requisitions were received from the same organization for Requisitions for Later another requisition | ‘stops ISSUING CERTIFICATES COUNTY CLERK AWAITS FUR- THER WORD RELATIVE TO TAX DEEDS County Clerk Ross C. Sawyer was advised yesterday afternoon that he was not to issue any of the tax deed certificates sold at auc- at the to tion yesterday morning regular Rule Day sale, purchasers: In the morning Mr. Sawyer had been notified that the motion for an injunction entered by the property owners before a judge in Miami had been denied, and at the noon hour he disposed of 22 lots. There were originally 44 lots three of which had been re- jdeemed on a previous date, and|the 19 yesterday at the sale, Clerk Sawyer was advised that the order issued by the court rel- ative to the matter would be re- certificate the; {MOST IMPORTANT: FEATURES FOR “EL GRITO DE YARA” HAVE BEEN PRACTICALLY ARRANGED Partly completed, the program for the activities tobe held on October 10 im celebration of the anniversary of “El Yara”, was anounced this ing. While details and all ments have not been the most important features of! the period of celebration have been arranged and within the next jfew days the progy:nt will be com- plete. ' Cuban Gunboat Pattia will be! in port, expected to arrive Sat- urday, October 9. On board the ship will be delegations of Cuban! war veterans, members of Emi- jgrados Revolucionarios Cubanos, | Ricardo Serra, representing the governor of Havana. ‘Captain Juan A. Estevez, per- sonal representative of President Laredo Bru, representatives of} ‘Cuban press, the Cuban Band, } ta band composed of young women; known as Ensueno, will also arrive{ on the gunboat. During the noon hour the cere-| mony of placing the corner stone} morn-} arrange- perfected, Che Key rat Citizen KEY WEST, FLORIDA, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 5, 1937. ‘By ‘MARY FREDERICK (In The Detroit News of Septem- ber 19) Ninety miles south of Miami a new, hard-surfaced highway puts out to sea over the concrete rail- road bridge that is the orfy solid link between the mainland and Key West. southernmost city in ithe United States. Called “Flagler’s Foy” when Grito dejthey were built in 1912, the spans|neers have chosen to route highway over the trusses, 60 feet) look more ‘like a sturdy rainbow to the island city, awaiting re- discovery after the disastrous hur- Ticane of 1935 swept away tracks and fills, halting railroad service forever. And Key West is not ashamed to regard herself as the pot of gold’ that will reward the host of visitors she expects when the road is ¢ompleted. Accessibility is a large compon- ent of resort appeel and by mod- ern standards of transportation, Key West is isloated. It is pos-| fall season, warnings will be giv-| sible to reach her from Tampa, by airplane from Miami. But the majority of tourists travel on wheels and while it is necessary to get up at night in Miami to eatch a fetty from Lower Mate- ccmbe at 9 a. m., with the know- ledge that a reservation will mean little if others arrive first, trade {must dag. Journalist’s Dream An overseas highway of some sort is an old dream in the keys, unbroken highway system reach- ing into northernmost Canada. One High Link In addition to providing a nov- el approach, the road wifi offer one minor thrill, The -long Bahia Honda bridge, unlike the others, is built with truss spans; and rather than separate these sted] trusses to gain sufficient width for a road bed, the engi- the above water level. Easy approach- es and good handrails will soften the effect. Sixty feet, of course is no great height but it is enough to there is in the keys. Hurricanes will not be a haz ord, either to travelers or to the investment. Known in these waters announce themselves to weather bureaus far in advance and during the rail- when en at each toll gate. The road bridges, compared they were built to the Roman aqnaducts, have withstood every storm since, and the new fills, replacing those lost in 1935, are lower and more steeply graded. | Key West recalls only one loss lof life directly attributable to hurrieanes. That was a drunk who was drowned while trying to tie up his boat. City Does Comeback overlook everything | The tropical storms! eek from an extended trip ‘ , e ee ‘Miss Etta Patterson, Caroline street, who returned last of 522 |the continent as a guest of her schoolmate and lifelong friend,‘ i Mrs. M. H. Scott, of Babylon, L. L, told The Citizen the tour of| | Europe was her most delightful | experience. | { Leaving Key West the latter jpart of April Miss Patterson joined Mrs. Scott at the home and jon May 1 went on board the ;Mmagnifieent ship which was to | carry them to England where they witnessed the coronation of} {King George VI which was one of {the greatest exhibitions of pomp’ tand ceremony, and exquisite gran-' on conelude the tour by a Key West, Florida, has the most equable climate in the country; with an average range of only 14° Fahrenheit PRICE FIVE CENTS DealersReadily Licenses; Forty One Issued Up To Date Miss Etta Patterson To City From Extended Trip Shown That Practically All Dealers Have Come Forward And Paid In Accordance With Law Business ‘placed in Key West Returns { Switzerland, Austria, Germany, | Poland, Hungary and they were to; visit to} Russia, but at the border found that this part of the trip had to have’ awakened tothe fact that be cancelled. In aéveral of the Countries Valid tr eee ee of two or more weeks were made. | Witte’ ‘arid! liqué¥ licenses, must be Many of the operas of the great- secured bythe first of October est composers were heard in Ger-| many and Italy, and there was and it appears from records in the not any place of importance nor office of Tax Collector Frank H. scenes of world wide interest which was not seen for either a Ladd, that to date all dealers have brief or lengthy period. poet the laws. Practically six months elapsed from the time Miss Patterson left| sewed dering the past Key West until the day of her re- days were a total of 41 beverage turn, and on the date of em-' few one master concrete finisher and|¢eived in the mail this after-}0f the Cuban school, which is to} jdeur imaginable, Miss Patterson | barkation on the Steamship Queen’ licenses and it io a cafe essump- 35 laborers. Later another requiai | 20°n. tion received called for 14 white and 12 colored laborers, to be ROBERTS RITES sent as s0on as possible. An official of the Groves Com- Pany left in the morning with 10} of the laborers, and the others were to be sent later in the day, HERE TOMORROW '*: of the crew from the Patria. | | Arrangements have been con iso dear to the citizenry that aj So far as safety is concerned,| { journalist once wrote ah imagin-|the city feels comfortable about | Said. t ry story of the opening of such|tives of 500 ‘laborers now at, From England they made a ja road. He visioned a procession| work, of 1,000 more for whom| tour of Ireland, then back to Eng- of 1,000 automobiles, decorated| camps are being built. and these|!@nd and crossed to France, with flowers and carrying offi-|men are doing the most import-| where a visit of several wekes was als and notbales, with band mu-|ant job_in the world for her. The} SPent, and then visits were made ic and speech meking dlong the}road is expected to save her from, ‘© the following countries: Italy, Spectators, ironically, were}economic dependency, give her a be erected on the lot on Smith’ Lane, will be done with grea’ ceremony, and later in the afte: {noon a ball game ig to be arrang. led between a local team and mem-! cluded for an entertaining Velada, ; which is to be held in San Carlos: “9: 08 as s0on as they could be’ listed and preparations made for them to go te the different assign-| ments. } The funeral of Robert Earl: Theater from 7 to 9 o'clock in the |t© keep abreast on special exeur- Roberts, who died yesterday morn- ing, will be held tomorrow after- ed at 2 o’¢lock.. The funeral will ibe held a dance ‘innit t 10 noon at 5 o’clock from the Gospel | ‘oe srt \ levening and after this there will sion trains from Miami. | o'clock ‘atid lasting until the dane- | are reat ¢ day of festivity, For it ‘was not until 1936, when the Overseas Road and Toll Bridge District. bought. the vailroad’s $30,000,000 _ right-of- Place in the resort life of a state that once called her its richest city. E‘imination of the four-hour fetry-trip - will. not only mean sveedier crossing of the keys, and Victor Larsen Give be under the direction of the Pritchard Funeral Home. Services way for a mere $640,000, that. at the tourist’s convenience, but the road-bufding project was}lower costs as well. The tolls have FOR VICTIMS TO BE HELD IN CONNEC.! TION WITH MONUMENT UNVEILING | Ceremonies in connection with! the monument which is being} erected at Matecumbe in memory of those who lost their lives in the hurricane of September 2, 1935, are to be held Sunday, No- vember 14, at 1 o'clock in the! afternoon. Invitations are being sent out by Lieutenant Commander Lewis P. Clephane, chairman of the com- mittee on receipts and invitations, and 0. A. Sandquist, . general chairman. One of these ii sides the others sen! ceived by Lieuten U.S. Nati tl char HY West naval's ny” wh mt named as a meriber--of the honorary committee. OPERA GROUP MEETS TONIGHT; Girls’ division of the Key West Light Opera: Company will meet | at 8 o'clock this evening at the! Overseas Hotel Ballroom, An invitation is extended to all t interested in this work to be pres-| members enrolled, a half-holiday | steamship Cuba Monday ent at tonight's session. Dorothy Marshall Leads will be conducted by Rev. Robert A. C. Jewers. Oharles Roberts, a brother, and his family, and two uncles, Robert Curry and family, and George Curry, will arrive here this eve- ning over the highway to be in at- tendance at the funeral. STEAMER ALAMO ARRIVES HERE Steamship Alamo arrived 3:30 o’clock this morning from New ‘York and, berthing, began to dis- charge a heavy consignment of freight. The vessel sailed 6:15 o'clock for Tampa. Another steamer of the same line, Clyde-Mallory, arrived 11:20 from Galveston. This freight was in small quan- 4) After taking on shipments of sponge and bottles and a mis- cellaneous assortment, the vessel sailed 12:45 this morning for Charleston, S. C., and New York, SEEKING NEW MEMBERSHIPS + A special membership drive for the P.-T. A, wi be conducted at the Harris school during the week of October 11 to 16. To the teacher and class hav- ing the greatest percentage of will be given, ‘In Popularity Contest Announcement of standings was made last night, following the! eount of ballots deposited in the! boy for selection of the winner! im the great popularity contest be-' dates in the contest, have not de-( 237; Olga Renedo, 200; Martha Ramos, 184; Anita Salgado, 100. Misses Josephine Ubieta, Wilma) Sands, Lorraine Valdez and Flor- ence Roberts, other candi SEAMAN BROUGHT | HERE YESTERDAY, TAKEN OFF SHIP IN AFTER- NOON AND PLACED IN MARINE HOSPITAL Edward J. Furr, ordinary sea- man, was taken yesterday after- noon on board the local. pilot’s as- sociation vessel, Bar Pilot Number %, brought to the city and placed in the Marine hospital for treat- ment, Early yesterday morning wire- less messages received by Porter Dock Company requested that a vessel be sent out to the sea buoy} to contact the Steamship Carbo, of the Lykes Bros. S. S. Co., and get a man who was in need of hos- pitalization. When the pilot boat arrived at the buoy and Purr en off, it was found tht fe suffer- ing from a gui “Wound, in the fleshy portion of the leg just be- low the hip, received in Houston, Texas, during some trouble fol- lowing a strike of tugboat men. ARR HEE Mrs. E. L. Lorimer, of Perry} given real impetus. There followed the PWA ap- proval of a $3,600,000 loan, con-/ reduction from the present $3.50; tracts were let in November and again in February, and now the new highway, 20 feet wide and treated surface on a rock base, is actually creeping south and westward bridges and coral fills toward No Name Key, from where pave- ment extends into Key West. Two ferry gaps had to be eliminated. The upper one, from Matecumbe to Grassy Key, was closed Aug. 1; the lower one, west of Knights Key, will be closed by Jan. 1, 1938. These 32.6 miles|than ever like the top carving on| jare the last link in an otherwise/a totem pole. WRECKED CAR ON ROADWAY CAR SEEN BY AUTOISTS EVI-|\HAS BEEN APPOINTED’ AS) DENTLY MET WITH ACCIDENT Automobilists riding along the south roadway of the boulevard|morning at the lighthouse depart- | seeing an| ment headquarters that Charles! _ this morning, report automobile on the wrong side of the road which had evidently met with an aceident. There was no one in not yet been published but the District promise; a considerable for car and driver, passengers 50 cents extra on the ferry. In 30 years, when the loan shall have been liquidated, Key West will be free to all, | at the ferry’s passing will be the pelicans at the Lower Matecumbe Manding. They have already tak- en a notion to the wooden piles and resent having their sun baths interrupted twice a day by the arrival of a boat. Now they can sit undisturbed, looking more CHAS. PEREZ IS ADVANCED 1 | Announcement was made thi )L. Perez has been appointed see- ond officer of the Tender Ivy, Mr. Perez is at this time on | Victor Larsen, charter member ‘of Boy Scout Troop No. 5 which j was organized in 1921, and is now, | Seoutmaster of Troop No. 52, was! the principal speaker at the meet- ing last night of Troop No. 5. Mr. Larsen addressed the meet- over existing] Among the first to feel relief) ing, having as his subject the | eoanapsage *for a Community | House to be used for recreational | purposes and also for a meeting| | place of both boy and girl scout) | troo; | Plans which have been given a |great deal of study by Scout- j master Larsen were explained and his words were attentively lis- tended to by the boys, who have! evidence of being deeply inter-| ested in the idea and would join/ in any movements which would! j bring about a realization of the! plans. Much Success In Recreational Program’ oo 4 coed NE MARRIAGE Noticeable success is reported in the grammar recreational and | physical education programs which lave being carried on in Division | Street and Harris Schools of Key the | the Tender Larkspur, which has} West by NYA youths and under on The Lakes, Ohio, a famous| vicinity who knew aught of the} been placed in service while the! the supervision of the Recrea- camp for boys, arrived morning | from Tampa, to°* confer with! Secretary S. C. Singleton, of the} Chamber of Commeree. | The trip of Mrs. Lorimer was brought about through the efforts} of Mr. Singleton, who viewed the/ possibilities for the establishment} ‘of a winter camp for boys in Key! West, and wrote Mrs. Lorimer} she make a visit and} the proposition. { NEW ARRIVAL | Mr. and Mrs. Roy W. Edwards! are the proud parents of a nine-; ing carried on by the Key West posited any votes since the begin-| pound bey, born Friday night,/ Social Club. Standing of the entries, to! date, is: Dorothy Marshall, 996; Louise Pritchard, 599; Lillian) Acevedo, 550; Mary Castro, 402;) ning of the contest. Judges who have been named by the club and who will deter- mine the several winners at the contest are: Albury, Peace Justice Judge Wiliam V.} , October 1, at 9:60 oclock, in their yhome, 1402 Olivia street. Mother and baby are reported doing nicely. Mrs. Edwards wa, before mar- tion therewith, not even the own- er of the ear. All the information whieh could be gleaned was that an ac- steeriig wheel of the car ly Sat of commission. IN THE BAG! Sensational New 1938Plymouth; undergoing extensive repairs. bei apeipeapidititane CAE (cident had oeourred, and that the} CHAMBER OF COMMERCE was | twisted and the tar was apparent: | ELECTION —TONIGHT— at 8:30 o’Clock AT THE OFFICE If You Have Not Voted Yet | Elect Directors + on the‘ aceident nor any thing in connec-;!¥¥ is in drydock in Jacksonville | tional Department. At these schools group games, [individuals games, drills, proper teconduct in marching and cales- ‘thenies form part of the program | which, is supposed to be carried | Out through the current school 4 Feat: | Miss Vanessa Collins is actively) lengaged at the Division Street! | School im association with Miss Watkins, Miss Celia Bello Louis Chavez, as teach- ers. Harris Schoo! is under | the direction of Miss Nellie Al- j bary | Reaalie Saunders, Miss Josephine | Ubieta and Robert Castellano. - BIG FREE DANCE | Thursday, 16 till 7 PENA’S GARDEN OF ROSES in association with Mins! Mary at Southampton, England,' tion that there is mot one place for the return to the states, Miss! Patterson realized how quickly the! “ithi= the corperate.limite of the months had passed by, and that /sousty which has not secured the she was nearing the end of one of proper licenses or made _provi- the most pleasurable and interest- ing experiences of a lifetime. sions to secure them at an early date. * Gecupational licenses have not moved so speedily. Only 31 have issued to date, but it is rea- | business man who knows the necessity of securing his permit to deal or do business of any kind must have his license on or before January 1, 1938. Each month the tax colleetor’s ffice furnishes the comptroller Announcement was made by the} wee een the oe end = baseball team manager that 4/the names of those who have not. game will be played tomorrow] t¢ at the end of December there afternoon, and all members were! is found any business man who urged to be present and assist in has failed to provide himself with any manner possible. a license, that person is to be ar- The troop has agreed to start] rested, ¢ active work for raising funds for the encampment to be held next! vided with a set of forms which summer, and cake and candy! are to be filled out by the col- sales are to be held at intervals,| ctor and handed to the sheriff on Duval street locations. ag oo on the dalingpent ated event of. nonpayment of Other matters of more or less) the license to levy on his prop- importance were discussed, after|erty, real or personal, for the which the meeting was brought to|*™mount of the license. a close by the Salute of The Flag and Seoutmaster’s Benediction, Met Wi Matters relative to the beauti- fication of a vacant lot where a playground may be. laid out and which may be also used for a park} were discussed. The tax collector has been pro- CHARLES TAYLOR GAVE TALK AT MEETING FRIDAY EVENING Troop 52, Boy Seouts of ing Pridsy evening in the rooms at the WPA! headquarers building with a good attendance. LICENSE ISSUED, Chas. Taylor, manager of the Marriage licenses issued during) Porter Dock Company, gave & the past week from the office of! short talk on the merit system, County Judge Raymond R. Lordjand a ape net te oa derived from its and al ive far below the rogular earned PS me i wf io drill maneuvers. As a matter of fact there was! This troop will make an en but one issue during the reven.|eampment on Roosevelt Bos'evard day period and this was to Manuel |Friday evening and there estab Domenech and Angela Soldano. lish Camp Tayler. American Legion Post To Meet This Evening of the meeting which will be held ‘tonight # o'clock in Legion Hall on Whitehead street. ~ Enrique} riage Miss Dorothy Wells, a daugh- NAVARRO’S, Inc. BRING YOUR BALLOT Music By Crem ing Me aM M™ Steel 6 gee | emmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmnyy | _i0b Fischers Oncheten SOUTH FLORIDA IS HEADRUARTERS FOR THAT FINE LUSTRAL PAINT MADE BY THE SHERWIN-WILLIAMS CO. SAVE MONEY BY USING Olga Marrero, 324; Dinorah' Esquinalde, Jr., Halley } Object of the meeting is to Nickerson, 296; Dora Medina,'and Pedro Rosende. ‘hold the regular election of of-|large vote for officers,