The Key West Citizen Newspaper, October 22, 1937, Page 1

Associated Press Day Wire Service, For 57 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West Key West, Florida, has the most equable climate in the country; with an average range of only 14° Fahrenheit Che Key West Citi KEY WEST, FLORIDA, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 22, 1937. PRICE FIVE CENTS VOLUME LVI. No. 251. Five Building Permits Issued During Wee One Of Issues Made Is For General Repairs To Cost GQver Three Thousand Dollars Permit for work now going on - at the Air Station Apartments, ‘Fetently purchased by Sam An- _ derson at the time of the purchase ©f Trumbo Island, was issued this _ week from the office of Building ’ Anspector Harry M. Baker. . The work is classed under the} | head of general repairs consisting ' @f new roof and various other |» activities, and will cost $3,500. _ | Other permits issued from the imspector’s office were for: Repairs to roof of residence at Whitehead street. Owner, ie Gandolfo; cost, $50. Genera] repairs to residence at _ 612 Simonton street. Mrs. Nellie Williams; cost, * $150. , O semgibey repairs to residence at faret and Eaton streets. Own-| er, Theodore Roberts; cost, $600. ’ Repairs to porch of fesidence at 619 Eaton strect: Owner, Mrs. Claude Williams; cost, $75. _ BOARD OF ED AT SESSION OF ORGAN. IZATION WEDNESDAY DIRECTORS ELECT- Stockholders of the First Title Guaranty and Abstract Company, held a meeting Wednesday in the offices of the company on White- head strect. There were seven stockholders present and 20 were represented by proxy. Following the gathering mem- ‘bers said that the result were eminently satisfactory and Man- ager W. L. Bates was compli+ mented on being the executive head of the organization in Key West which pays divilends. Election of the board of direc- tors was held and the following were named: Frank C. Brown, Dr. William R. Warren, W. L. Bates, J. Otto Kirchheiner and * George V. Perpall. There is every \ prospect that if business continues Bs good as it is now, that another dividend will be declared next mm April, it was said. \ Mr. Bates said: “We have a umber of stockholders who are ‘ut of town and cards were sent t\ all stockholders in the city re- ting their presence ‘at the ‘but very few responded.” sail by a prominent mem- very little interest was by the membership. THIEF FIRST ' Neb—-Taken by Pheyenne, Wyo., a man ntering a house in and taking some jew- police informed the if the room, Miss Janet esho<had been robbed. Miss Lowry found that da) watch -had been Owner, ! \EJECTMENT SUIT CASE STILL UP BEFORE COURT TIME LATE THIS AFTER- | NOON In cireuit court of the Eleventh Cireuit with Judge Paul D. Barns presiding the case of Dodderidge ;Russell versus C. L. Craig and jwife Grace Craig, ejectment suit, continues today, and it is expect- {ed that arguments will be con- i eluded and the éase go to the jury late this afternoon. ’ This case was started yesterday | morning at 91:30: o’clock and con- tinued throughout the day, with a recess at noon until 2. o’cléck, | when the examination of witnesses | was resumed and continued until | almost 6 o’clock, when recess was announced. At 9:30 o’clock this morning , court convened and taking of tes- | timony continued until the noon jrecess and was resumed at 1:30. o'clock. ;* An announcement was made at {2:80 this afternoon that the argu- ment of attorneys would start within a few moments and it was expected that the case would be Plagesdwith, the. jury about..3 : OMPLAIN ABOUT SHOOTING HERE HUNTERS ARE SHOWN TO. BE SHOOTING CARELESSLY IN MANY SECTIONS Considerable complaint is now being made by residents in vari- ous parts of the city, especially on the outer edges of the island,| about hinters who are said to be carrying on the practice of promis- euous shooting of doves and other birds, which action endangers those living within these areas. Complaints have been register- ed by those who use the golf course against the shooting in that vicinity. as well as those who reside near the south shore ‘and other sections. There is a city ordinance against shooting within the city jets. and those who have reason ; to complain, express a hope that }the authorities will have the pro- jvisions of the ordinance enforced jin order that these dangerous | practices may be eliminated, 'MRS. ROBERTS | PRIZE WINNER ‘Mrs. Eugene A. Roberts, 823 |Georgia street, was yesterday } notified by Kenyon M. Lee, of the Miami Broadcasting Company, | that she was a winner of the first (prize in the third Dawnbreakers Contest. The letter advises that the prize, MINISTERIAL OPPOSES SUNDAY CELEBRATIONS: PETITION MAYOR GALEY TO USE HIS EFFORTS TO EN FORCE LAWS IN OBSERV- ANCE OF SABBATH DAY The Ministerial Alliance as a whole, as well as Rev. Joe Tolle, pastor of the First Methodist Chureh, have petitioned Mayor Harry C. Galey entering protests against public celebrations in Key West on Sundays. The following are copies of the petitions which were.presented to The Citizen, with a request that they be published for the benefit of the general public: Key West, Florida. October 21, 1937, The Honorable H. C. Galey, Mayor, City of Key West, Key West, Florida. é Whereas, on a recent Sunday there was a public celebration in our city with 9 street parade that disturbed public Divine worship in several of our Churches, and Whereas, our attention has been called to an announcement by the Key West Social Club of a ‘Coro- nation Festival to be held on Sunday, October 24th, 1937, both day and night, Therefore be it resolved by the Ministerial Alliance of Key West, Florida, that a solemn. protest be entered by itsmembers against such practices as being contrary to the moral and ‘Christian con- sciences of our people; We therefore petition you as Mayor of our city to use your good offices in opposition to the above ‘ that you enforce such laws as may be on our statute hooks that prohibit the desecration of the Lord’s Day. Respectfclly submitted, O. C. Howell, president; Yancy T. Shehane, vice-president; John C. Gekeler, W. L. Halladay, Shuler. Peele, Joe A. Tolle, Rev. A. de Barritt. | Key West, Florida October 21, 1937. Hon. H. C. Galey, Mayor, City of Key West, Key West, Fla, ; ) Dear Mayor Galey: When our Pilgrim ‘Fathers land- ed on our shores their first act was to kneel on the sand and thank God for a safe voyage. | Their only purpose in coming was to worship God according to the ‘dictates of their oe. |Our nation téday recognized throughout the entire world as a God-fearing nation aid we are justly ‘proud Reghtis Bye Te Every nation Republic should forsake the prin- éiples of Christ on which our ad- vanced state of civilization has been founded, then it too must fall. Whenever our Independence Day falls upon the Lord’s Day our great nation remembers the com- mandment given Moses to keep it holy and the celebration invariably takes place on Monday. Such is the attitude of our nation at large with respect to the observance of our Lord’s Day. However, it seems that in our small commun- ity, we have started on a path that promises, if countinued, to lead us to the place where we will for- sake and disregard the sanctity of world it n God the . refi should the time* yur great la handsome Telecron clock, is: be- jing forwarded to her under sep- [arate cover. our Sabbath. As an organization that is vit- ally interested in the moral and spiritual welfare of the commun- i m Demeritt, of Lighthouses im this, nth district, is in reeeipt) $100,000 arti each of these ten-| prints of two proposed Zinnia and Narcissus, the, is for this district and the for the Fourth district. tenders are different from “She service and are ex-/in this district, he deems wil] be! Joe A. Tolle, Patter, First Metho- | bels for the use forjadvantagecus. Prints Of New Vessels Superin-, which they are intendd, it was|that this shameful desecration|boy’s hands and Betty Lou was| ity, we take this opportunity to protest most vigorously the pro- posed celebration which is schedul- ed to take place on next Sunday, October 24th, under the auspices of the Key West Social Club. We, therefore, earnestly petition your Honor to use whatever influence you can bring to bear in order of our Lord's Day shall not be- come a stigma upon the name of . ocr fair community. We are hope- leavveue approximately! fo1 that you will use all witha Mr. Demeritt was sent the blue a rel BE. kee fs desecration of our Lord's Day and whatever changes in the interior of the one to be assigned to duty {said. The Ivy cost ‘approximately! iders will cost against such acts. { Respectfully submitted, dist (Stone) Church. | will speak openly and fearlessly! Work On New: Local Naval Be Started Within the next few days a force of men will be put to work on the naval station project, which was recently approved by authorities in Washington, and for which an appropriation of ap- proximately, $28,000 was recently announced. Seen this morning B. Curry Moreno was asked how soon activi- BRIDGE GROUP HELD MEETING LAST EVENING MANY MATTERS IN CONNEC- TION WITH NEW HIGHWAY DISCUSSED DURING | SES- SION ! Members of the Overseas Road and Toll Bridge District met last night in the offices of the mission to discuss q number of| matters which will be necessary when the first section of the highway from Matecumbe to Hog Key is ready for traffic, com-j Chairman Howard Wilson, Vice Chairman John Costar, Members Ralph Boyden, Williard M. Albury and ‘C. C. Symonette. Mr, {Wilsons said: that..it was in- tended to have service continue for 16 hours each day until the ‘water gap of 13 miles had beer closed and the entire’ Overseas Highway was declared ready for traffic, when service would be probably continuous. Replying to a question as to} when the road, with the exception} of the gap of 13 miles, would be opened, Mr. Wilson said that an- nouncement would come from B.} M.’ Dunean, chief engineer, andj it wa’ expected that he would} give out the date as soon as he was satisfied roads and bridges were in readiness. Mr. Wilson said he expected there would be no formal an- nouncement of the road’s open- ing for traffic, and no celebration in connection therewith, until the highway was declared completed from Matecumbe to Big Pine Key. When that would be he did not; venture to state. CAMERA CATCHES : LIGHTNING NOISE: (By" Axsociated Press) NEW YORK, Oct. 22.—The) “snap” that lightning makes in} your radio has been photographed, | as it emerged from a cloud miles’ distant. Electrical waves, inet ible to the eye, make the noise} preceding the flash. ; The waves were discovered with/| an oscillograph by F. W. Chap- man, and reported in Nature, the British official science journal. i The pictures showed something|Tique Esquinaldo issued a warrant | steward with the Texas Oi] Com- new—sixty-three electrical waves) in a single lightning flash. ; Previously movie came have caught the visible lightnibg, and showed that what the eye sees as one steak of flame, may be dozen “darts” and rivulets of fire.} The new oscillograph pictures! show that lightning is like the| barsting of a dam, with invisible electrical “spray” flying in alpitid rections. Tests showed that radio) noise preceded the visible flaahy | 73 KILLED WITH OLD GUN rf) Los. Angeles.—Finding an id} gun in a closet, Betty Lou Van! Orden, 9, and her brother, Bobby, | 6, proceeded to play with it. It) accidentally discharged in the’ Ishot dead . | SOCIAL CLUB MARTI's ‘PRE-HALLOWE’EN BALL ; Tonight, 10 till 2 a. m. : Station To Coming Week ties would be started, and he re- Plied that arrangements for as- signments of workers were now under way, and work would be- gin next week. The project provides improvement of buildings and grounds in the station and” the fonds with which to do the work are now available, it was said. for the GROUP RENDERS FINE PROGRAM AUDITORIUM DURING THIS WEEK The Key West High School Mu-, sic Department, under the direc- tion of Miss Edna B, Smith, ren-/ Jer, W, T. Fripp, Rev. Joe Tolle,! dered an excellent program at the The auditorium was in green and red for the occa- decorated | i jehapel program during the week.| William Bates, S. C. Singleton,| Former American Consul Gener Samuel Lee Planning To Make His Winter Home In Key West Retired Official Accom- Rotary Governor Meets. i With Committees During. stv, ter tow day Over Highway Consul General, now retired, and Mrs. Lee have arrived in Key ‘West for the winter, with the idea Roland S. Horton, Governor of International Rotary District 167,) who is on an official visit to Key) West, met last night with commit- tee chairmen of the local Rotary organization, in the office of the Key West Chamber of Commerce o*ficial} made a number of sugges- tions looking forward to improved service in Key West and con- gratulatel the club upon its), 2 healthy growth and the high de.|im mind of possibly making Key igree in which most of ‘the com- ;er West their winter residence. They j mittee work is handled. | ‘Appreciation of the friendly}came in over the highway yes- on Fleming street. and helpful attitude of The Key heir h 5 Among those who attended the} West Citizen was voiced by sev- seomey: from es hea meeting were: President Charles|eral members. Looking forward! Rutland, Vermont. Taylor, Treasurer Charles. E.|toward the use of club publicity,! Smith, Secretaty Ernest Ramsey,| it was decided to supply the class! Mr. and Mrs. Lee, shortly after W. W. Demeritt, Rev. J. C. Geke-|in Spanish in the public schools,| their arrival, were met by Hugh with a subscription to the Spanish Be edition of the “Rotarian.” ; Williams, of the firm of Brett- The point was made that 4 Major J. D. MacMullen, U.S. A. |Rotaty does not seck a con-' Williams realty epemntors, and The work of each committee! spicuous place in community serv-' through him have rented the new- was discussed in detail with the ice, but endeavors to quietly per- Rey. Shuler Peele, John Gardner, sion. The Glee Club sppeares in} governor. Key West procedure! form many services through the ly-constructed garage apartment Present at the meeting werejtheir robes of navy blue with gold} was compared with that adopted! activity of its individual mem ot Judge Arthur Gomez, at the gollars and cords. The girls giving the Bible drill Gvere especially costumed for the ipart. ‘ , The program follows: March; “Spirit of-St. Louis.” ‘Flag Salute led by Vance Stir- rup, president of Student Govern- {ment. Color bearers—Owen Sawyer, Herbert Boyden, George Del*Pino. National Anthem—Sung by Glee Club and Assembly. “Viking Song”—Glee Club. Song by Assembly — Morning Gilds the Sky.” Devotional Exercises Reading—Andrew Elwood. Bible Drill—Virginia erts, Flossie Mae Key, Louise Niles, Lois Malone. Song, “Eye Hath Not Seen” from the Oratorio and “The Holy City” by A. R. Gaul—Glee Club. Orchestra number—“Blue Dan- ube Waltz” by Strauss. Skit, “Trial ty Jury” — Mem- Ts of Glee Club. Characters: Judge, Harry Bravo. Bailiff, Doyle Smith. Bailiff’s wife, Virgie Key. Accused, Marjorie Frow. Song, “As We March Along”— bei 4; Glee Club and School Assembly, } accompaniéd by orchestra. Announcer—Herbert Boyden. B. THOMPSON UNDER ARREST This morning Peace Justice En- for the arrest of Benjamin Thomp- son, charged with petty larceny. It is alleged that the accused pil- fered a one-half gallon of paint from the South Florida Contract- ing and Engineering company. this afternoon for ear | SemReTTORE IE. 1938 Plymouth | On Display Tomorrow Climaxing 10 years of Great Cars SEE IT! DRIVE IT! TELL YOUR FRIENDS! | H ; “When | Overall,| vision of Paul Ladd. He has 10/that it must be replaced with a Ella Nicolai, Rose Mary Kelly,|men working on the project. Sylvia Roberts,’ Sylvia Pinder, | | Virginia McClanahan, Maud Rob- as part of the boulevart! and cross-| chase material awd have the work | } } 4 ; } | pital. The accused will be arraigned ; preliminary | in other sections and the visiting bers. cirner of Pearl and Newton streets. Two years ago, Mr. Lee com= pleted his service with the United was supervising Consul Generaj in | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and since j that time has, with Mrs. Lee, driv- en more than 50,000 miles over the country. Almost 40 years ago, Mr. Lee Now Being Replaced Work of replacing the old cul-jming pool, near North Beach, hax vert on the boulevard with a costo in such condition as to be ¥* in Key West, This was short- one is being carried on by a force pronounced dangerous. {ly before the U. 8. 8. Maine was of WPA workers under the super-} Some time ago it was decided; docked at this port prior. to the ‘fatal trip to Cuba. He was im- pressed with the possibilities of climate here, and trying to find the warmest place for a winter residence, decided to come whee he knew his desires could be fulfilied. Having spent almost 30 years of residence jn the tropics, Mr. and Mrs. Lee believed they would feel more at home here than in any other part of the Unit- ed States. Mr. Lee speaks highly of Key {new one and approximately $4,000 This culvert, which is installed) was set aside with which to pur- es the thoroughfare at the swim- done. Scouts To Meet Tonight In New Actuired Hall i of; IN \ateop No. 52, said he expects a large attendance at the meeting lof the organtzation this evening, ROGER WILLIAMS HAD BEEN! UNDER TREATMENT IN LOCAL INSTITUTION Seoutmaster Victor Larsen, as he has in store a great sur-' prise for the members. This meeting will be the first to be held in the newly acquired a scout hall in the rear of the Mon- roe County Clinic, which is on the old naval hospital grounds on pany and attached to the Motor/ Seminary street. The meeting is | Boat El Caribe, died this morning|called for 7 o'clock. | 4:45 o'clock im the Marine | Presentation of several scout The nies ot bs idee will be made and pro- / ms of the troops was conveyed to the Porter Dock/ schedule will be discussed. 'Co., agents for the Texas Co. Roger Williams, formerly hos- i Severa! weeks ago Mr. Williams was brought to Key West by a vessel of the United States Coast +Guard. He had been taken off the El Caribe while the vemel was at sea, and upon his arrival was iat once placed in the hospital. | Seriousnesy of his condition | was conveyed to his employers and his condition being i ‘grave, Mra. Williams was advised land arrived from Puerte Rico early this week. —— | AT WPA CENTER ' j | Things are picking up at the [WPA Home Making Center, cor- jser of Angela and Simonten streets, secording te announce- jment made by Mra. M. H. Robin- FORGET--SOUTH FLORIDA CONTR. AND ENG. CO. PAINT SALE IS STLL ON. GET YOURS NOW WHILE THESE REAL VALUES West and sees a bright future for the city if the citizenry will be fair with their prices and not take advantage of the people who will want to come here to make their home. Who's Whe of America | ists Mr. Lee: “Sarauel Todd Lee, born at Leeds, Engiand; came to Amer- ica when eight years of age; edu- cated at Ann Arbor, Michigan, Ui of Virginia and Ls Universidad de Santo Tomas, Ma- nila, Philippine Islands. Married Emily Griggs Parker of West Rutland, Vermont. “Served im the United States during the war with Spain, and’ Puilippine Insurrection, in the United States, Cube and Philippine | Islands, 1898-1900; Division Sup- erintendent Public Instruction, | Philippie Islands, 1002-1903; with