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

Re Associated Press Day Wire Service. 7 For 67 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West YOLUME LVIII. No, 244. Key West Is Give Excellent Pub Story And Pictures Ap- SIO SMa Sas, EXPRESSION OF pear In First Issue APPRECIATION Of Florida News And Views 4 First issue of Volume. No. Florida News and Views, the Universal Press Syndicate, Sarasota, Florida, has been ecived at the, Chamber of Com- merce. with .& Most.generous allot- from ment of four pages of text and 2s A and pictures were furnished by the chamber and in- elude scenes on the bridges of the Overseas Highway, a cluster of breadfruit from the Sawyer resi- dence grounds on Francis street, sand a large picture of the county court house, Beneath this picture is found: “Key West offers you _ its ra pitality. Practically all visitors} fall in love with the Island city, | A few are disappointed because| they do not find what they are seeking. “Key West offers no horse rac- ing nor dog racing, jai-alai, or other sports which appeal to ex- eitement-mad tourists. People are attracted by an Old World ‘harm, who are interested in healthy recreation, who enjoy Mrs. W. L. Lorimer, of Camp Roosevelt at Perry<On- The Lake, Ohio, who was sur- veying Key West last week with a view to establishing a camp ‘for boys here, wrote from Tampa immediately after her arrival there, and the card was received at the office of the ‘Chamber of Commerce. The card is addressed to. S. C. Singleton, executive, secretary, and is as follows: “Thanks for a most wonder- ful time, i had never ex- pected to really enjoy myself so much. Thanks again.” \ hdkdde ddd df ROTARY CLUB HAS ENJOYABLE SESSION TODAY PROGRAM IN CHARGE OF NED McCARTHY; JOHN FAIGLE ING MEETING The regular Thursday noon- day luncheon of the Key West Ro- tary Club was held today at the Parish Hall on Bahama with President’ “Oharles presiding. ‘ The program was in charge of Ned McCarthy, acting chairman o° Che Kry Wrst C MEMBERS CAME TO KEY WEST INSRECTED FACILITIES FOR ' ESTABLISHMENT OF TRAIN. ING CAMP HERE DURING } WINTER (Major A. E. Waller, U. S. A, and Lieutenant J. A, Bolger, !U. S. A., members \of the flying teorps, were in Key West yester- ‘day looking over the city and in- specting the facilities with the possibility of recommending the lestablishment of a training camp. here for about one month this winter. Just how many planes will be in not been decided upon at this time and the recommendations of the major and lieutenant will not be learned until their report is re- ceived in Washingon. Matjor Waller and Lieutenant Bolger, while here, occupied one of the cottages at Fort Taylor rec- reation center, and two other members of the arriving group, Corporal Olsen and Private Clark, mechanics, were quartered at the barracks. . It was learned that the survey ‘was completed last evening, and the plane took off this morning at 9 o’clock for Langley Field, Va, 6 “Taylor,| ~ Key West, Florida, has the most equable climate in ‘the country; with an average range of only 14° Fahrenheit KEY WEST, FLORIDA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1937. PRICE FIVE CENTS j ! Sees Casa Marina Applies. e e | For | Sale of liquors and wines has] Approval of the board was giv- been determined for this séasoniem the application of T. Luther at the Hotel Casa Marina, and} Pinder, whose petition for ‘the application for the limited license|operation of a saloon on his hold- required was presented at the [ims at Boca Chica was presented meeting of the county commis- ‘at ther regular meeting last Wed- Many Key Westers To tion Of Overseas High- the assignment for Key ‘West has} sioners last night. nesday, October 6. | After the application had been} Another application was pre- read by the clerk, it was statedjsented at the meeting last night that this was the first time since!ang will be finally passed on at jthe hotel had been built that aline next session saloon was to be operated. The : application is to be passed on by sented by Eugene Sands, opera- the board at the next regular|tor of the Marathon Cafe, at meeting. | Marathon, Fila, Announcement was made this, presented a check for the amount.| ferry service will be provided, and morning from the office of Tax| Mr. Ladd, desiring to get fur-| returning late in the evening on ‘Collector Frank Ladd that the de-|ther information on the matter,jthe ferry. Members of the} Jinquent taxes on Hotel Colonial/ directed a letter to Comptroller;honorary committee have been) This was pre- Sunday Nevember 14, has been designated as the day on which dedication and unveiling of the monument, erected at Matecumbe, in memory of the veterans who lost their lives during the storm of September 2, Labor Day, 1935, is to be held. Quite a number of Key West- ers have expressed their intention’ had been paid and the money de-| J. M. Lee, at Tallahassee, askingjnamed and among the names are First National) for certain information relative to|the following Key Westers: Mayor Harry C. Galey, Comptroller Makes Urge posited in the Bank. jthe hotel’s taxes. This morning Last week Henry Dew, receiver advices were received from the of the hotel, arrived from Miami} comptroller and Mr. Ladd ac- and went to the office of Mr.j cepted the check for $5,008.05, for Ladd to effect cancellation of the|taxes from 1931 to 1936, in- delinquent tax indebtedness and} clusive. MISS BRANTLEY {CUBA BRINGS IN IS PRIZE WINNFR| 35 PASSENGERS CONCLUDING SESSION OF |yESseL LEFT SHORTLY AFT- THEATER PARTY BY ELEC- ER ARRIVAL ENROUTE TO HAVANA Super- Miss Blanche Brantley was the Steamship Cuba, of the P. and’ Attend Dedication Of Monument At Matecumbe way Arrangements for the recon- struction of the ferry slip at Hog intendent W. W. Demeritt, Sev- Key were discussed last night at Lighth District, Li enth Lighthouse District, jeu- Bes oe a tenant Wm. Klaus, U. S. N., of- fieer in charge at the naval sta-| og county commissioners and de- tion, Howard Wilson, chairman of; the-Overseas Road and Toll Bridge | tails of the project were discussed District, a Thompson, Judge’ by the members. E. R. Lowe, U. J, Delgado, ad- jutant and finance officer Arthur| Present were: Chairman Carl Sawyer Post American Legion. Bervaldi, Commissioners Wm. R. The chairman of this honorary’ committee is Carl Bervaldi, and| Porters Braxton B. Warren, Nor: the vice chairman is Clarence; berg Thompson, Cleveland Niles, Pierce. Clerk It is understood that a number! fe. Se . of Key Westers and ee W. Curry Harris, Chief Deputy have been invited to attend,| » a Collec! whose names will be published at’ i, ee aie a later date. Frank H. Ladd, and interested citizens. Mr. Porter called attention to the Hog Key slip and said the time had arrived for making ar- Coming again to the aid of forty counties seeking to join him in dancing under a tropical moon, in|the Community Service ‘Commit- short, all people who are seeking|tee, who presented Jdhn Faigle a change from. a_ standardized tourist city, wil] find in Key West a haven. To these people is ex- tended a most hearty weleome.” In his letter to the chamber J. K. Lyle, director, writes: “We ‘want to run a picture with de- seriptive caption of the oldest house in the U. 8. and it will fit in nicely and give Key West some more publicity if you will send me a picture of the Southernmost house at once, us we are getting the November issue ready.” The picture will be sent. SCOUT TROOP as speaker. Mr. Faigle gave a very interesting report concern- ing a trip made a few days ago on ‘an. inspection trip of the Overseas Highway and bridges. He report- ed the section between Lower Matecumbe Key and Grassy Key would be ready for traffic by De- sember 15 and the section be- tween Hog Key and Big Pine Key would be ready by February 20. Mr. Paigie called attention to the fact that plans and prepara- tions are evidently lagging for the taking care of the numerous, visitors who will come upon com- pletion of the first section as weil as the completion of the entire highway. He read letters, cne PLACES IN FLORIDA KEYS | iucky winner of the I. E. S. Bridge SECTION {Lamp given this morning at the jlast session of the Key West Elec- tric Company’s Theater Party at Four residents on the Florida} Monroe Theater. Keys, niger ion no much — Another appreciative audience, ested in er matters taking pete place in their vicinity, and failed mare iy_ filling the Monese to comply with the law relative to Theater, enjoyed ‘the second day of “From Now On.” A. ‘F. Ayala, sales manager of the Key West Electric Company, was well pleas- {d with the event. | ‘Mr, Ayala feels that in addi- tion to providing the housewives the sale of beer and wine, will | have to explain matters. And tre explanations will have to be authentic and cover the sre = rm tied at bevel na their daughters with an en- Bate Paice Apia ae tertaining program, this picture Gomez, who went into the details} ”** — instructive = —— before signing the affidavits for |i" to the users of modern elec- their arrest. 0. S. S. Co., arrived this morning forts to enforce collection of from Tampa with one first cabin passenge- and eight second frlpeAUTIFICATION ACTIVITIES railroad taxes, State Comptroller Key West; 19 first cabin and sev- en second cabins for Havana. Key West arrivals: R, P. Law- son, Antonia Garcia, Regla Ful- ford, Mrs. C. D. Riggs, Mrs. J. L. ‘Newman, Gloria Riggs, George Riggs, Evelino Hernandez and E. Wilson. The vessel sailed 9:39 o'clock for Havana with the following bookings from Key West: Phillip @ Puderer Martha F. M. Watson, Maria Louisa Trevejo, Mario Gon- zalez, Consuelo Carmona. sfrom Virginia and one from Cali- jfonia, asking for information as to when the road will be finisn- ed. “In other words, when can I 62,.0f which | come to Key West over the Over’ scoutmaster,/seas Highway,” they ask. ‘0 ASSEMBLE tical improvements for the home. FELLOWSHIP UNIT NOW BEING CARRIED ON UNDER SUPERVISION OF CECIL CATALA Under the supervision of Cecil Catala, 18 women are now work- | ig on the beautification project} which was approved last week for Monroe county, and made ef- fective at once. In the slat house on the court house grounds the workers are planting seeds and trasferring leral Cary D. Landis, this after. effi nearly Hi, J. M, Lee, through Attorney Gen- ae Fes Ree | noon told Circuit Judge J. B. Johnson it is vital to the proper presentation of the counties’ case that they be permitted to inter- vene and help contest the rail- roads’ injunction against collec- tion of these delinquencies run- ning back three years. sigerp lt id | & FE : ‘the necessary license for; will begin to make plans for their| activities for the month of No- E. W. Carter, Jr., of. Louisville, Kentueky, was guest of Sebastian) One of the arrests was made} effective yesterday. This was in the matter of C. L. Craig, at x HEALTH OFFICERS ‘ Name Key, and three others, A.) RETURN T0 CITY 'P. Boatwright, C. 0. Garrett and/| R. O. BuShea, are to be pcre i from the ground to pots a number; The return sets forth there are of smaller plants which have . ivan ta xienteel tk Sonttte af oplaian en: #0 inept This project is mainly for the }Points.in assessing and levying beautifieation of grounds of pub- taxes and unless the counties can lie buildings and parkways, and is | defend their own ideas on the 4] FR, GAVE TALK i ON “TROPICAL HUR- vember, the first of a series of} Cabrera. oe es to he held tomorrow | night. The troop members are to meet ROSS SAWYER at the hall in the WPA building. | sent out over the highway this morning by bus, and it is antici- peted, that those charged with dis. obeying the law may be arraign- ed for preliminary hearing before ICANES” HAD BEEN INSPECTING * CAMPS ON KEYS Talk on “Tropical Hurricanes” local being done with the idea of at- tracting the gttention and admi tio of tourists. Those who are now at work, along with others; who may be employed, ane tocarsl for and tend the plants and shrubs | and it is anticipated that a ee | attendance will answer the call, as there are a number of interest- ing matters to be brought up for! discussion, FALL ON PENCIL FATAL Chicago.-—Hurrying to her cous- in’s house in order to get notes on a radio broadcast of her schoo! | lessons, Marian Knippel, 7, stumbled on the lawn of her; home, falling on the point of a) sharply pointed _ pencil which | pierced her heart. She died soon} afterwards. GOES TO AFRICA i DENVER.—Mrs. W. T. Piatt, Colorado nurse, has sailed for} South Africa where she will have} charge of a.native hospital and! dispensary at Nysaland, which! eares for about 200 lepers. LEAVES TODAY WILL ATTEND MEETING OF COUNTY CLERKS TO BE HELD IN ORLANDO Clerk Ross C. Sawyer, of cir- cuit court, left over the highway this moning for Orlando where clerks from all over the state will meet tomorrow and Saturday, to discuss many matters in connec- tion with the Murphy act recent- ly passed on by the Supreme Court of the state. Mr. Sawyer said that his on- derstanding is that among other legal lights who will attend the meeting ig Attorney-General Cary D. Landis, whe will elucidate and clarify some of the meanings of jthe bill which are not very clear-. jly understood by one not versed FOR COUNCIL-—-FULFORD. PENA'S GARDEN OF ROSES —Tonight, 10 till ?— Music By John Pritchard's Orchestra fin the law. Accompanying Mr. Sawyer was Assistant State Attorney J. Lance- lot Lester, whe goes to Miami to. attend te some legal matters be- returning ‘to the city, which will be Sunday evening, as Mr. Sawyer must be in here for the opening of the Pall term of Cir- ealt Court which will convene Monday. Jugde Raymond R. Lord this eve- ning. DOG PLAYS HAVOC Portland, Ore.— When Ray Harvey's terrier attempted to jjump from his car, Harvey reach- ed for him, fost control of his car and wrecked it against a fire hydrant. The crash caused an eight-inch flood of water to spurt from the hydrant and, before it could be plugged nearby base- ments and stores were flooded. There is one person employ- ed by the Federal government |} for every 27 families in the United States. To meet the pay- roll for those 830,000 employes, each average family of five persons must pay a yearly tax of $40, it is estimated. The 830,000 Federal }] ployes do not inclade those in |] the legislative, judicial or mili- ij tary-branches of the govern- ment. i em- this afternoon. Warrants for these artests were |PARRAMORE AND HARRISON! by Sam Goldsmith of the head of| Weather bureau was greatly en- who attended the while they are growing. It was said this morning that 18 are all who can be employed at the present time, ‘but later on increase, have been provided for which will allow up to 40 to be employed on this project. Dr. J. B. Parramore, ithe Monroe County Clinie, and{ieyed by all {Dan Harrison, sanitary engineer; ly meeting and supper ot \for the State Board of Hea!th, re-|Fellowship Club of First M. E. turned Tuesday evening from an Near. ear a ii ‘ ther {inthe Sun: schoo! building. inspection of the camps and other! Me. Geldenith: explained tx 6@ tail the methods used by U. 5S. } jactivities on the Florida Keys, | The doctor said that there was; 3 ” ifound q marked improvement in} Weather Bureau in tracing and ‘the camps and the sanitary fa-|Teporting storms He told the cilities and upkeep of the arrange |¢'ub that most of the hurricanes iments were well up to require- | Originated off the Cape Verde Is- ments. In fact the trip was very lens. asc 6,000 a i i , a us occur in {satisfactory ene ws Plata of September and October. Other |storms, he explained, build ag | just below the Swan Islands. / Guests of the club were thef 'Key West Rotary Club golf team, E. A. Strunk and Mr. Gold- RES: smith. This team defeated the Jadge Raymond Fellowship team last week. officially sppcinted Miss) | Contract C, at Lower Mate-| Club was favored by a musicalitds Elizabeth Maloney as admin- jeumbe, which was awarded to the, duet, with Gerald Saunders on the/jeratriz of the estate of her | Clarke Brothers Construction Co.,:violin and Kingman Curry on the! father, the inte Norvin G. Ma- is increasing im activity ad Tues-'piano. Beautiful poem entitled, loney, and the appointment is now day a requisition was received at|“The Test,” was also read by Mr. | officially recorded. the United States Employment;Saunders Regular bend, | Bureau. Adrian O’Sweeney suggested }fied in matters Wm. V. Little, executive offi-jthat the club work on the waterjsigned by Wm. tcer at the bereac, said that a re-| project to pipe water inte Key'? O. E>erhardt. quisition had been received whieh} West from the mainland. FE. A. jasked fer six negro laborers and) Strunk explained that another plan lone cook. The requisition will be! was now being worked on where-|the jat once filled. by the city would be amply sup- plied with water through another FOR COUNCIL—FULFORD. j process. MISS IDA MALONEY TO HAN- DLE ESTATE OF HER LATE FATHER ee: f Yesterday ' junderstand' ee of matters their position might be prejudiced before the court. The countie, organized and sought to intervene upon the in- vitation of the comptroller. The railroads, opposed the counties pleading for themselvs in the court and, ten days ago, Judge, Johnson denied their right to in- tervene. The comptrolier ai general appeared at ke : | : & Ht f ; i 5 fr #E i i HHL Hy to come that they : FEE e r* | BAYVIEW PARK Candy Cake and Other — REFRESHMENTS ee