The Key West Citizen Newspaper, November 4, 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 Kry West Cttizen VOLUME LVIII. No. 262. KEY WEST, FLORIDA, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1937. PRICE FIVE CE! To Light Action In Matter Taken By County Board Dur- ing Session Conducted Last Night Alonzo Cothron, who was grant- ed a franchise for the construc- tion and operation of an electric light and power Florida Keys, was granted an ex- tension of time by Monroe county their plant, on the commissioners at regular meeting Jast_ night. In _ his communication, — pre- sented through his.attorney Judge Raymond R. Lord, Mr. Cothron sets forth that he has heen formed by the construction com- pany that it is impossible to se- for the plant within the time specified. eure the Diesel engine A telegram from the manufac- turing plant to the contractors, explains the retarding of the ship- ment, and advised the holder of the franchise that shipment would be made during the. latter part of November. After reading of the letter and telegram, the board voted unani- mously to extend the time speci- fied for the construction of the plant the requested period of 60 days. Hugh Williams Gives Address! NEW NEWSPAPER in- Cothron Granted Extension Of Time On His Franchise. | | Up Florida Keys RECEIVEONE =| REQUISITION! j CALLS FOR WORKERS TO BE USED ON ROAD AND BRIDGE PROJECTS Just one requisition for work- ers on the Overseas Highway andj bridge projects was receivd this week at the offifce of Wm. V. Little, in charge of the United States Employment Service bu- jTeau. This was from the S. J. Groves and Sons Co., ‘Contract D, at Marathon, asking the assignment of two colored laborers, 'MISS N. DIAZ GIVEN HONORS' GETS APPOINTMENT AS VICE CHAIRMAN OF PUBLIC HEALTH SECTION i Miss Norma Diaz, who is at-; tending the Convention of State) |Nurses in Tampa, has been ap-_ pointed vice chairman of of Pub-} tlic Health Section of the asso-! ciation. ' Notice of this honor being con-i ferred on one of their associates! has made happy the hearts of oth-/ er employes at the Monroe Coun- ty Clinic, who are awaiting the return of Miss Diaz Monday j morning on S. S. Cuba, when con- gratulations will be in order. | !childre STOVALL FAMILY ARRIVES IN CITY VISITORS. TO OCCUPY. RESI-| DENCE IN MARTELLO TOW. ‘ERS, SUBDIVISION Mrs. Howard Stovall, of Stovall, sippi, accompanied by three n, Marie, Carter and Bobbie, were arrivals by plane from Mi- ami this morning, and will occupy the residence recently constructed by General S. Andrews, in Mar- tello Towers, subdivision. While a guest last year at the Casa Marina Hotel, Mrs. Stovall made arrangemens for a lease of the building, having decided to spend this season in Key West. The family chauffeur and maid ar- rived over the highway last eve- ning. ™M FROM TAMPA VESSEL LEFT SHORTLY AFT- ‘ER ARRIVAL ENROUTE TO HAVANA, CUBA S. S. Cuba, of the P. and O. S. S. Co., arrived this morning from Tampa with one first cabin} and six second cabin for Havana. Key West srrivals: E. E. Worth, . Barnes, M. Evans, ‘Consuelo Balbontin, Frank Balbontin, Jose Balbontin, Julio Balbontin. passengers The vessel also brought 68 tons! of freight and two sacks of mail for Key West; one ton of freight, ! one automobile and 198 sacks of mail. - TAMPA TO HAVE LATIN PUBLICATION SCHED-; Paul Marks Arrives For Conference On Bridges Paul Marks, attorney of Miami, and legal representative of the Overseas Road and Toll Bridge District, was an arrival on the ‘plane from Miami this morning |to meet with the members of the district commission and discuss matters relative to the proposed ‘ tolls for the road. Relative to his broadcast over the radio from Miami, Mr. Marks said: “I was invited to speak be- fore the Civitan Club at the Co- lumbus Hotel Tuesday, on the |subject, ‘Overseas Bridges’ and jwas to broadcast the talk over WQAM. Due to the change ia ar- rangements, the broadcast did not go on the air. “Last night I made the courtesy was extended because of the great interest manifested on every hand, by both Miamians and visitors. “JT corrected the press reports that you could drive down talk | over the same staticn, and this; to; } \ 6n the ferries. The four-mile trip mentioned must have been a typographical error, as I under- stand from the engineering de- partment it is approximately 12} miles. “The number of people inter- lested in the Overseas Highway jand Key West, is certainly a plasant surprise. Mayor Wil- liams, of Miami, and other city officials, signify their desire to be on hand when the first gap opens} np, and I and all those former} Key Westers now living in Miami will not have to be coaxed. “Upon the request of numerous newspapers, I am having a num- ber of photographs of bridge sites and locations taken by the Mat- lack studios in Miami, and sent to the papers for use in their roto- gravure sections.” Mr. Marks said that he intend- ed to leave this afternoon on the return to Miami, but thought it possible that he may conclude to stay over tonight to attend ORDERS CITING “HOBO EXPRESS’ GIVEN OFFICERS : i GOVERNOR CONE piaieiescs| OFFICIALS TO RID DIFFER- ENT CITIES OF UNDESIR- ABLE ELEMENT BRIDGES RADIO | ADDRESS TOPIC PAUL H. MARKS GIVES strik.| ING POINTS OF PROJECT MIAMI, Nov. 4 dered by Governor Cone to d continue the “Hobo Expres: peace officers of Dade, Broward; and Palm Beach counties find | themselves confronted with a se- rious problem due to the number of vagrants pouring in on them from the north, (FNS).—Or- “Breakfast in Miami, Lunch in; Key West, Dinner in Havana” % : ithe striking statement fired at The police chiefs of larger east nis radio audience .by Paul H.| coast cities state that hobos | Marks, attorney for the Oversens| must either go to work or expect road and Toll Bridge District, in| jail sentences. m . bs “T won’t have our streets fille” seus eee eee night with beggars all day and our|°Ver WQAM. parks filled with sleeping bums It was a gripping address. Mr. all night,” said Chief H. Leslie! Marks literally stung out the Quigg of Miami. many amazing phases of the new was! Orders Payr For Various Employes roll. City Forces To Receive _ Fifty Per Cent Of One Month’s Salary; Other Matters Are Heard The City Council at its regular meeting last night, ordered that a payroll be made from available funds for fifty per cent month's salary to each of the many employes, carried .on the of one city’s roll. The mesting .was presided over |by Jim Roberts, president of the j body, with..Councilmen W. P. Ar- cher, William Freeman, Marcus Key West in four and one-half|the meeting of the district com- hours after December 15. The} missioners to be held this evening; hours I mentioned was the actualjin the office of Chief Engineer motor travel, excluding the time B. M. Duncan. Several Offerings Of Bonds Voted Down By Commissioners Several offerings of bonds ‘made last night through the State; Board of Administration and jthrough private individuals to the board of county commissioners, iwere voted down, because of |pending decisions relative to the|be unveiled to the veterans and {gasoline taxes disbursements. others who lost their lives Present at the meeting of the|that terrible disaster, would i } ee tice E, R. Lowe explained that the work of assembling the re- mains of victims of the hurricane of September, 1935, to be placed in the crypt of the monument to! in Tre- board were: Chairman Carl Ber-} ,; 5 sali: Coumadin treacle Thompson, Wm. R.Porter, and | Discussion was brief and it was Cleveland Niles, Clerk Ross C.| decided to pay the bill’ of Mr. Sawyer, Attorney W. Curry Har-|Lowe for the work. |ris, Chief Deputy Bernard Waite,) From the business manager of everal interested citizens. Police in Ft. Lauderdale and Palm Beach express the same de- termination in handling the situa- tion in view of the fact that they are no longer permitted to carry vagrants to the county line to be passed on via the “hobo expres: WELFARE BILL TO AID NEEDY ‘WOULD HELP AGED AND IN- ‘CREASE EMPLOYMENT FOR THOSE UNDER SIXTY WASHINGTON, D. C., Nov. 4 (FNS).—Arthur L. Johnson, chairman of the General Welfare, Act” Legisiatwve Committee of Washington will be in Florida for four days in November and ad-/ dress mass meetings at Daytona Mesa and F. O, Roberts also attendance. | Overseas Highway bridges, soon; in {to be completed, which his | subject, “This is only one of the possi-} The report of Ivan Elwood, bilities of the completed high-\ chief of police, for fins col- way,” the attorney continued. “A short sea trip between Key West and Havana and another from the southern tip of Cuba to the Yuca- tan Peninsula completes a Pan- American Highway all the way from New York City to Buenos Aires. It will cut 1,200 miles from the old way of going across country to Mexico and then down.” The news that the upper span was lected during the month of Octo- ber was read, totalling $55 for the period as specified. A read from Dr. Ralph R. Braund, sur- geon in charge at the United States Marine Hospital here, rel- bas ative to Samuel Cleare, colored, TT, tho dotar oll Sot eign, tomlin, Man item sttention ot : the ty-five cents for each additional | "Stitution, where he was taken passenger, a short history of the) after he had been shot by a po- years of campaigning for the, lice officer sometime ago when bridges, and the wond scen- = Se adsina which wil Bema SR. en, Sheend to have. boos pleted highway, were other points! °*Passing On property ina aus stressed. picious manner at a point on Divi- sion street. Bills for services communication was | Report of Clerk C. Sam B. the newspaper, Florida Veteran, Beach, Nov. 11th, St. Petersburg, rendered were submitted along 12th, Orlando. 13th and rant TWO OFFICIALS {the 14th. He will advocate the passage} by congress of the General Wel- fare bill, introduced February, 1937, known as H. R. 4109, to help the needy aged, increase em-|JOHN COLLINS, INCUMBENT, ployment for those under 60; IN ELECTION TO BE tor for the FERA in Monroe}years of age, and to create aw county, showed, in a letter, the}enlarged buying power for the HELD TUESDAY amount of collections during | nation. ULED TO ENTER FIELD ON NOVEMBER 12 printed in the interests of the veterans of the state. hoth World War and Spanish War, came communication relative to an ad- vertisement for the Armistice Day edition, It was ordered placed on file. Miss Heen Williams, | with the letter to the city. It was ordered that the bills be turned lover to Mayor Galey for his ap- proval. Officers reports were read and ordered filed after which the meeting was ordered adjourned. MAIL BOXES FOR At Fellowship Club Meeting Observations on Key West was; ‘But we must first sell our- expressed by Hugh Williams at a selves on the necessity of pro- meeting of the Fellowship Club,|viding accommodations for the Monday evening in their meeting, visitors who will pour into our place in the annex to First Meth-\city before “sore a see It; J. A. Gregory, Jr., editor andj the First National Bank. odist_ churgh. “aneee ee eerm belie that fortunes, publisher of the new publication,| Report of Clerk Sawyer of Key Westers are the friedliest will be made ae k in. the('@s for many years asscciated| monies and bonds received on people, it has ever been my ex-|ments ta be made here in ©) with the Spanish daily, “La Tra-'tax redemptions during the past Curry of Criminal Court, for ac- {tivities of the court during the jmonth of Qctober, was read and Nov. 4 (FNS).—J|ordered placed on file. “Triunfo,” a new Latin newspa- Deposit slip for October from per, will enter the publication! the office of Sheriff K. 0.'Thomp- field here November 12. {son showed deposit of $37.29 in TAMPA, liquida- The General Welfare Act | perience to meet, and that seems to be the attitude toward all visi- tors. This cordiality will be the; biggest factor in making visitors and new comers welcome, feel at home, and their stay most pleasant and alluring. “To me, also a new comer, the people of Key, West, during the past few months, it seems that they are becoming-mere sold on their city and its fytu ot nd this sentiment Will” be’ very effective in selling our’ visitors of, our own city and its , charms. “We should’ alf"talk very posi- tively wbout Key West and our beliefs in its future. Visitors na- turally expect it and it is very importalt in selling them the idea of remaining here as well as_ in- vesting their money. “Key West's greatest attraction is its climate, which more nearly reaches perfection than any other reachable resort city. We must take advantage of the thousands and thousands of dollars of pub- licity we have received this year through the many feature articles which have been written and re- leased through newspapers and magazines, about the Overseas Highway. ober Building Permits | United States Senator 4 next few months. “Feel friendly to the Miami! duecion,” while Joe Rodriguez, its managing editor, has served on the month showed $7,230.64 in cash October on buildings, cabanas andj area, for there we have a great | the staff of Tampa Daily |number of friends, and it is from) pimes, Havana-American News ‘there we will draw our greatest!..q La Traduccion. |mumber of visitors. Miami _ will) The new paper, to be published sell Key West for an additional) weekly, will serve Tampa and trip for visitors. Sell Key West.! " in nopulation, | dell the idea of x:casbingtion trip] Pee 'from Miami and Key West, to} {Cuba and Fort Jefferson Nation-| WAR KILLS ONE al Monument, at Tortugas. | | “In Port Jefferson National} | Monument we have a greater at- MAN IN HAWAII traction than Fort Marion at St. | Augusine, because it is so much Piss saci jlarger, and has a greater appeal, gQs Associated Press) setting as it does out in the sea, HONOLULU, T. H., Nov. 4.— jon Garden Key of the famed Tor-| The Sino-Japanese conflict has jtugas group of islands, Thou-/cost a life on Kauai island, Ha- jsands of visitors can be brought | waii. jto Key West for no other reason; After an argument over rela- than to make the trip to this his-!tive merits of Chinese generals, |toric fort. - itwo aged celestials drew knives | “Amd, too, let us all appreciate /and one was stabbed to death. jthe work our Chamber of Com-! On the other hand, Kenji Oh- merce is doing te sell Key West/omo, a young Japanese, gave his to the outside world. Let us re-/pJood to save an old Chinese, Ah ;member that the work of the! Ming Liu. The two were strangers. ;Chamber of Commerce is not! shere, but in interesting people to! jeome to the city of Key west, SENATOR COPELAND jand learn of its friendly folk, and, its naturally grand climate “4 NOW RESTING UP ‘its compelling allure.” | VENICE, Nov. 4° (FNS).— lis |resting up prior to session of congress, scheduled for spending two weeks in Florida, the special) from other sources. In the let- ter was a check of $211.52, the |total less expenses. and $2,944.95 in bonds, making a total of $10,184.59. Tax Collector Frank H. Ladd’s report showed collections and de- The amount was ordered turn- posits during October and of No-led over to Rev. J. C. Gekeler, | vember 1, of $5,227.32. Six of; treasurer of the local unit of the the items showed payment of de-!State Welfare Roard’s Advisory| linquent taxes on the Hotel Colo-} Council. nial and the seventh item was| George Mills White, supervisor regular and delinquent eollections'of the Federal Music Project, set from ‘the same and other sources.} forth in a letter that the season Report of licenses, occupation-|is approaching when concerts by al, issued during the month of|the Key West Hospitality Band October showed $611.62 for the! Will be in demand, and asked that |state, and $459.12 for the county. | @ contribution from the county This report was signed by County! be assured for the purchase of Judge Lord and Tax Collector{™musie and other necessaries 4 Ladd, It was directed that Mr. White; Final actions was taken cn two | be advised that the sum of $250, | liquor licenses which were pre-|the same as last season, will be sented at the last meeting of the}Paid the band for the purposes| board. They were those of Flor-| Stated, on a basis of $50 monthly ida East Coast Hotel ‘Co., for| for the ensuing five months. the Casa Marina Hotel, and Eu-; Authority for the installation gene A. Sands at Marathon, for|0f a shuffle board cour near the the Marathon Cafe. Signatures!°f a shuffle board court near the of the board were affixed to both,| house grounds, was given to the which permits operation. Rotary Club, in affirmation of a} Another permit was presented |Tequest to the commissioners. jby the Charles I. Saunders inter-j go 1 jests at Marathon. Final action W W. DEMERITT We |wlil be taken on this permit at} W. W. Demeritt, |the next meeting. i Acknowledgement from Gover-| dent of the Seventh d ordered placed on file.| istrict, who left Monday mor Bush, representing The| ing over the highway for a bu: j nor Fred P. Cone relative to the/ resolution requestitig the estab-| lishment of the road patrol in! | Monroe county, was read by the! jelerk an, Ray superinten- Lighhouse | Steering Committee is made up of | 40 congressmen—Democrats, Re- In the coming city election there will be but one of the three ‘MISS JOHNSON publicans, Farmer-Laborites, and| election commissionerg now hold- Progressives. ing office to be voted for, who is Consideration of the bill by} John A. Collins, the Ways and Means Committee! The other two, Ira F. Albury has been petitioned by 126 con-!and Benjamin Roberts, will not gressmen in 32 states, four of be obliged to enter the race at these being Florida representa-/this time as their tenure of office tives: J. Mark Wilcox, Joe Hen-} will not expire until the next dricks, Lex Green and J. Hardin! city election in 1939. Peterson, ; Therefore the name of Mr. | Collins will be the only one of jthe three appearing on the bal- jlot at this time, RETURNS HOME DAUGHTER BORN | INHART FAMILY OF TWO WEEKS IN | _ JACKSONVILLE | Mr. and Mrs. Robert Hart, for-} imerly of this city but now mak-} ling their home in Thief Falls, Minn., announce the birth of an eight-pound girl at 3:35 a. m., November 3. Baby has been given the name of | Sally Jean. Mrs. Hart was be-/ | HAD BEEN SPENDING visit} Miss Elaine Johnson, member of the force associated with the office of Tax Collector Frank H.} Ladd, ig in the office today hav- ing returned from a_ delightful ln ‘eich ies. lasetiak . r i .|fore her marriage ie me of two weeks in Jack |Roberts of Miami Beach. With her mother, Mrs. T. John-| son, Miss Elaine left two weeks ago for Miami to spend a while with a sister, Miss Dori, Johnson, who is attached to the U. S. Im- migration force in that ares, and | remained one week. t From Miami she went to’ Jack-! yn“ Mergetx of fhe crews of sev-; TRAILERS PLANNED SARASOTA ARRANGES TO TAKE CARE OF PERMANENT- LY LOCATED TOURISTS SARASOTA, Nov. 4 (FNS). Postmaster L. D. Reagan, in .an effort to solve the diffieylt prob- lem of handiing mail deliveries to tourists wintering here in _ trail ers, issued orders effective Nov. 15, requiring ali permanenty lo- ed trailerg to install regular mail boxes to facilitate deliver. jes. Each trailer must have a street and number to enjoy the advant ages of regular mail delivery service, Changes of addres on regular forms will be necessary if trailers are moved from one location to another. One hundred and seventy-twe trailers are now registered at the Sarascts Camp, as against 105 at the same date a year ago, Mon ager Jack Kerr stated. Sponge Gatherers Expect To Make Large Catches of the strong winds. That's why Nodember 25. “| ness visit in Miami, returned over {sonville for a visit of one week Arriving this week the senator! © ;t i the Flovida Im won ie highway leat evening. jwith another sister, Mrs. J.D. ¢ral nanan and Mrs. Copeland ‘plan to selene une a = nage ih Members of Mr. Demeritt’s|Segal, after which she returned ing business, say that prospec! ‘ the ‘eruiee’.” Building and repair permits is-;Monmouth Holding Company, and; ™ain qdietly at their beach home| ne’ oy" "yer. ‘Boch covinined the:| Patty Were: Mrs. Demeritt, her/to resume her duties. Mrs. John-|for = big catch for the Christmas oe ge gg SE sued from the office of Building) the estimated cost of the work is|h¢Te until time to return to Wash-|, considerable space will be Sele oe a ae peng Pag ee pred we ee after the holiday season is good, and they Mr Demeritt said, they had been ‘obi : i eee: | anticipate good prices. {successful to date and in addi- Inspector Harry M. Baker during! $15,000. , ington. |woted to the Overseas Highway,| the month of October numbered} Other issues for November were \it was stated | Hersel Demeritt, member of'tion to appreciable lots of ordi 19, and the tipulated | for: FRI SAT. SPECIALS Commissioner Porter suggest-| Captain Nelson Spencer's ecrewjnary sponge, had on the vomel work was es Repairs to residence at — ° jed that a committee be appoint-| was in the city for a few days,| 137 bunches of high grade wool The first issue during the cur-|Elisabeth street. Owner, |PEACH DELIGHT LAYER! ed, to include Chairman Bervald,| CARD PARTY land this morning said that be was| He said that it was the inten rent month was for reconstruc-) Bezanillo; cost, $100. etn = many i Pena’s Garden of Roses Oe iy fey og nga ——— oa = J 2, special ) berthed at No Name y. along main on -_ —Tenight, 10 “Cleck— | Lith several others of the fleet. |stbly, six weeks before returnice jf in the spong-) ¥¢ cate in for 5 few days to f ! ty| Visit home and get a little rest be Show Total Of $25,950 ‘ PRE-ELECTION DANCE © Sponsored by Los Amigos Club and Social Club Marti Fleming. 517] B. JUNIOR WOMAN'S CLUB 35 e | to take up the matter. Mr. Ber-| Friday, Nov. 5. 8 p.m. tion work on the old Edgar House,| General repairs to residence at |walid appointed as co-members | OVER-SEAS HOTEL BALLROOM) which is to be call Southern Cross Hotel. The e was to the 517 Eaton street. Owner, J. c.| MALONEY BROS. BAKERY McMahon; cost, $150. iPhone 818 812 Fleming Street | eaaitend aieh Sih Prizes Refreshments j PLA i In a communication Peace Jus- — — _ { yee ADMISSION" | “We have not been able to do a7 work at the ‘spots’, because! to the city and preparing the catch for market. HARDWARE FOR BEST RESULTS. SOUTH FLORIDA