The Key West Citizen Newspaper, November 5, 1937, Page 5

Associated Press Day Wire Service. For 57 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West VOLUME LVIII. No. 264, Band Concert Arranged For Tonight At Colonial Park) eee ee ee Excellent iii To Be TOURIST SEASON Rendered Under Direc- tion Of Alfredo Barroso, Band Leader There is one sure sign that the tourist season has bloom- ed at last, and that from the farthest hinterland, the sun hunters have made the long trek and landed safely square in the middle of the Fountain of Perpetual Youth, states S. C. Singleton, secretary of the Key West Chamber of Com- merce. Each season we wait for this verification of the vasion by actual strangers, and when it is reported, the Chamber of Commerce dusts off the counter again and gets the glad hand limbered up, states the secretary. And now it has happened. The season is open. The re- port has reached .the com- merce body that an agile visitor was earnestly trying to corral a lizard, firm- ly convinced all the while he would be able to write home and announce that he had, single-handed, captured a young a tor. It hap- pens every year. We are off to a good start, is the an- nouncement made by Mr. Singleton. OLLI LIDIA Ss MRS. B. MERCER DIES THIS A. M. FUNERAL SERVICES WILL BE CONDUCTED TOMORROW AFTERNOON A program has been arranged Colo. mial Park by the Key West Hos- Pitality Band. . The concert will be directed by Alfredo Barroso. The musicians as well te be presented tonight at as the = audience, it is said are to the boys of the Roy ‘Troup who have worked diligently grateful Scout; i the past two weeks in pulling weeds, cutting the grass and put- ting the park in a order, presentable Benches were repaired and re- stored to their proper It is hoped that city officials will try to cooperate keep the public parks clean and attractive so that the boy scouts may devote their efforts to even more imoprtant service to the community than pulling weeds, it! is stated. The following is the program; that will be rendered tonight: iMarch, The Three Musketeers— King. Selection, Sullivan’s Operatic Gems—Seredy. Waltz, Sunny Italy—Tobani. Popular, My Cabin of Dreams ison; Have You Got Any ee Waive larch, Waldermore—Losey. Selection, Around the Campfire redy. position. in helping to Mrs.Blanche Grace Ladd Mer- sister of Paul O. Ladd, died Popular, Little Ol ietenfont , ete 4 Pines farmiee ithis morning 10:45 o’clock in the Medley, When My Dream Boat}Tesidence, 927 Seminary street. Comes Home Friend, That Old|Mrs. Mercer was 48 years of age. Feeling. Funeral services will be held March, The Huntress—King.* | tomorrow afternoon 4:30 o'clock ‘The Star Spangled Banner. |from the chapel of the, Pritchard ‘Funeral Home. Rev. 0. W. How- WOMAN'S CLUB ell, of Ley Memorial church, wil} officiate. ‘Mrs. Mereer is survived by the widower, H. T, Mercer; three SESSION TO BE HELD TUES- ; DAY AFTERNOON AT PUB- LIC LIBRARY ROOMS daughters, Miss Mildred Mercer and Miss Charlotte Mercer, Key West, and Mrs. H. D. Flinn, Downington, Pennsylvania; one brother, Paul Ladd of Key West. There are there grandchildren. Members of the Key West Woman’s Club are looking for- ward to a very interesting meet- ing planned for 4 o'clock Tues-| Scottsbluff, Neb.—Taking no day afternoon at the Public Li-! chances of being robbed during brary. his visit here, Howard Odell, far- ‘Among the interesting events;mer, looped a piece of thread of, the afternoon will be a talk| around his wallet and, tied the by Miss Etta Patterson on the|thread to his belt. Feeling the delightful trip through the prin-}thread jerk, he called. for help ¢ipa!l countries of the continent.and police seized two colored whieh she enjoyed this year. women on pickpocket charges. Photographer Gets Pictures Of Bridges For Key West Story In Colliers Weekly Interested and interesting visi-)sue of Colliers under date of De- tors who arrived last evening and] cember 18. left this morning were W. E. Scene rege upon arrival Boyce, special assignment photo-| rd i$ grapher for Colliers Weekly, and| nie Porter Harris, and later B. M. Mrs. Boyce. j Duncan, chief engineer of the! Mr. Boyce had been assigned to] Overseas Road and Toll Bridge district. secure photographs of the bridges) Early this morning Mr. Boyce and roads, of seenes of interest iD) im company with Miss Williams Key West, which will be used inj and Miss Harris, secured a num-! illustrating the latest story of| ber of pictures and later left with Key West, by Nina Putnam Wil-| Mr. Duncan to secure pictures of! eox, which will appear in the is-| the bridges, and was to continue) |to Lower Matecumbe where he MATINEE DANCE -| was to meet Mrs. Boyce who left! —Sunday, 5 till 9 p. m.— SAVES WALLET in in their ear over the highway. Mr. Boyce said it was |day, develop them tomorrow while! jin Miami, and at once send them} ;by airmal in order to have them! ‘in New York, Monday morning. Habana-Madrid tra Music By ADMISSION Boyce contacted} Miss Heen Williams and Miss Min-| impera-| HABANA-MADRID CLUB | tive that he get the pictures to-) iSEEK FUNDS TO HELP CHILDREN HOME SOCIETY OF FLORIDA NOW FACING LARGE DEFICIT BLOOMS AT LAST: Facing a huge deficit over $13,000.00), the largest deficit inj its thirty-five years of service to over thirty-eight thousand home- less and orphan children in Flor- ida, the Children’s Home Society of Florida is making an urgent Thanksgiving appeal for funds,} foods of every kind, and children’s wearables of every kind and size for children from wee babies up to boys and girls sixteen years of | age. ‘Even the smallest contribution in money will help a pile and should be sent to R. V. Covington, Treasurer, 40 Buckman Building, Jacksonville. Anything that children can eat, wear Or enjoy will welcomed by the State Superin- tendent, Marcus C. * “Daddy” Fagg, and all articles other than eash should be sent to the Chil- dren’s Home, 2560 Riverside Avenue, Jacksonville, or to one of the Branch Receiving Homes at Lakeland, Pensacola or Miami. Good homes for older homeless children from six to sixteen years}| of age are also greatly desired by the Home Society and its hun- dreds of homeless boys and girls, CUBA ARRIVES FROM HAVANA VESSEL LEFT LATE IN AFT- ERNOON ENROUTE TO TAMPA Steamship Cuba, of the P. and O. S. S. company, artrived yes- terday afternoon from Havana with eight first and three second jeabin passengers for Key West; 15 first and two second } passengers for Tampa. | Key West arrivals: J. W. Cap- po, Mrs. Cappo, Alejandro Mar- quez, Arthur W. Payne, Hugh E. Brown, Pearle Brown, Albert Barton, Joseph Pearistein, J. E. Faigle, Elizabeth Faigle, Charles E, Smith, The vessel also had listed on the manifest, six tons of freight and three sacks of mail for Key West; 25 tons of freight and 129 sacks of mail for Tampa. Sailing the ship carried from this port the following bookings: E. E. Worth, Homer Carmens, B. Harris, and a number of sec- ond cabin: FEW MEN CALLED ON BRIDGE WORK REQUISITION FOR OPERA- TIVES RECEIVED AT EM- PLOYMENT OFFICE cabin Just one requisition for work- ers on bridge and road projects was received at the office of the United States Employment vice yesterday, said Wm. V. Lit- 1 official in charge. | This owas from the Wisconsin } Bridge and Iron Company, and} trequests assignment of four men} {to the Bahia Hoda Bridge Proj- ect H-1. One rivet driver, one bucker, one electric welder and a ; mechanic. | HEAR REV. JOE TOLLE , et FIRST M. E. (Stone) CHURCH ll a. “WHAT PRICE PEACE.” Spm: “OUR MARTIAL MYTHOLOGY. i | —A Hearty Welcome To All-— i be warmly| Key West, Florida, ‘4s the most equable climate in the country; with an average range of only 14° Fahrenheit Che Key West Citizen KEY WEST, FLORIDA, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 1937. Criminal Court Criminal court for the Novem- ber term convened this morning with Judge Wm. V. Albury pre- siding, and all court officials present. The brief session was for the purpose of drawing a jury to serve next week, begin- ning Monday morning 9:30. Following names compose the regular venire of 18: Valter Vin- 'son, Herman 0. Lounders, H. E. Julian, Cleveland Dillon, Frank |Thompson, H. R. Bowery, W. P. Curry, Alrchie Roberts, J. M. Humbert, Pedro Baso, Jr., John H. Lundquist, L. P. Artman, E. A. Ramsey. Names on the special venire of 12, were as follows: Armando |Caraballo, George M. Fox, Sr, W. Otis Johnson, Everette R. ‘Al- bury, Vincent Cremata, © Mervin Thompson, Harry Williams, Ira ¥. Albury, Emory L, Pierce, J. “J. Kirschenbaum, Sidney M. Thomp- son, Rutledge S. Curry. ‘Case8 listed on -the docket for trial next week are as follows: State of Florida versus Harry Perez, non-support of a minor child. Benny Thompson, ceny. petit lar Today And Draws Jury | Archer,- William Weaver, George | -jrested during the past month on | Bright, Gilbert U. Demeritt, Otto Convenes Martin Key, selling intoxicat- ing liquor not permitted to be sold under the licensee’s license. Possession of intoxicating liquor on which the federal excise tax had not been paid. George T. Roberts, breaking and entering with intent to com- mit a misdemeanor. Earl Howard, selling beverages containing alcohol of more than one percent by weight, . without lobtaining the license required by law. Four other persons were kee Has Washington’s Death OLD PAPER OWNED evccccceseceseccocoooeee ar- a similar charge. They were R. O. BuShea, A. P. Boatwright, C. L. Craig and C. 0. Garnett, and will be tried next week. Solomon Wagg, petit larceny. Esther Hawkins, operating a motor car while under the influ- jenee of intoxicating liquor. Calvin Watts, temporarily using the property of another. Elizabeth Dean, obtaining goods under false pretenses. Bradford Roberts, assault. James Adams, jchief. Samuel Cleare, attempt {break and enter with intent commit trespass. A reputedly one hundred thirty- seven year old newspaper is own- ed by Mrs. William Burchell of 501 Whitehead street in this city. It is the “Ulster County Gazette. Publifhed at Kingston. . .Satur- day, January 4, 1800.” tains the death and burial (George Washington, a | Samuel Adams’ speech to Con- gress, and the return of Napoleon to France. Mr. Clarence Ward, radio op-' ‘erator at the local Naval Station, was shown the paper and realiz- ing it might be very valuable, aggravated malicious mis- to to By FREDERICK V. FIELD |'Secretary, American Council, In- stitute of Pacific Relations Written For The AP Feature Service Can Japan be persuaded, or forced, to stop her Chinese cam- paign short of achieving her avowed intention of TOOTHPICK: TOPICS * By C. G. FLINT ee I was- standing outside Mr. Hemingway’s, where I often go for inspiration and to admire the palms. I was on my toes, for the [new wall is a little too high to look over with ease, when a stranger came along and asked it was that good. private reflection, but I answered that I was trying to make out the; name of Mr. Hemingway’s Esqui-! mo canoe. “I think if I could see it, I could read the name from here,” he said. So I boosted him} up. Then he looked around and said, “But I don’t see any canoe.” | “You are not looking in the proper place,” I said. “It is hung on the ceiling of the porch, the way the Eskimos all hang their kayaks.” [I was impatient be- cause he was rather heavy. Them he said, “Oh, I see the craft now and a trim little beauty... she is, quimo I ever saw, she’s very dark and has —.” “You’re looking at the house-; maid, dope (I was getting mad).} The boat has a name and that’s what I’m after, not the maid.” “The name of her is as plain | as the nose on your face,” he cut the Marx brothers, no doubt.” “I think you are wrong about that.” said a voigg behind us./ The name is ‘Goucho 2’, as I see it thru these bifocals.” This was too much for both of us and we turned on the man and would have fisticuffed but for the | timely arrival of the caretaker. “The name of ‘at canoe is “Gatcho 2’, and yous am all wrong. Se! Now git to Miami of off de Mas-| Mie exhaustion and social sa’s wall, So we moved on. tomorrow, secretly, with a tele- jscope. I believe the name is “To- jmato 2”, and I mean to sift it to) the bottom. med West . 5, 19 you hear me?” CAN JAPANBESTOPPEDIN EFFORTSTO CRUSH CHINESE? completely | me what I was looking at and if| Now, one cannot help resenting | intrusiong when one is engaged in: but she doesn’t look like any Es-/ But I'm going back. - was granted permission to mail it to a friend in New York City who jis interested in old publications. |The value and authenticity of 'the document is expected to be jestablished through him. | Some of the salient features of |defeating the Chinese armies? This the yellowed document: is the question which has become Ereer_ and Sons were: publishems.| i fe ; There is a present book publish- prominent with the.sudden turn! ing company by the same name, in American foreign policy toward! which may have evolved from the! international action given by/0ld newspaper. .The Samuel | President Roosevelt’s Chicago| Adams speech was on the occa- h. ieee of a second rising of Penn- ypeech. sylvanians against the Constitu-! The answer, or rather the near-)tion. Volunteers and the militia| est we can come to an answer, quelled the uprising. . . .The fa-; nowy lies in’ what is likely to de-|mous “Poem on the Death of ‘hd = ia i #3 | Washington, by a Young Lady” is. lop along-three directions: {prifited’in the issue. - Tt was com- 1, The ability and willingness, posed “for the Gazette” and is of China to continue strong re-} | probably the first publication. . sistance over a long period of, The resolution of. Congress on tae Washington’s death, December 15, { tin which the world-known words, 2. The strength of watever) first in war, first in peace, and policy the United States, Great) first in the hearts of his coun- Britain and the other supporters] tren, ”” occur among the news of international action decide to) despatches printed. . .In an ex- j adopt. The internal situation - Negro Who 3. Japan. With regard to the first fac-| ; tor, we have the} Chinese armies offer unexpected-} ly strong resistance to superior} | offensive weapons in Shanghai, but} in north China the Chinese armies} so far seen James Richardson, of Home- { stead, is in a local hospital with 'a severe stab wound in the right | have been steadily retreating with} breast, and ‘Charlie Davis, of Mi- ; only one determined stand in the; ami, is in county jail, awaiting the battle of Nankow pass. In the) joutcome of. his attack on Richard- air the Japanese have shown! son, and hearing when charges are themselves superior to China; on’ proferred. water, except for what China can/ ido to block river channels, iJapanese are in complete } trol. the| They had an altercation in a place con-|at Marathon, which resulted in Davis drawing an ugly looking War In The North knife and plunging the blade inte The majority of close observers, | Richardson and would have prob- however, believe the Japanese| ably succeeded in mal:ing a fin. jeampaign to be very far indeedj ished job had bystanders not in- from completion. Many Chinese | terferred in time to save Richard- sympathizers are not even wor-; | son, ried by the rapid Japanese ad-| Deputy Sheriff W. A. Parrish| | vance in the north, for they inter-; Was Summoned to the scene, plac-| pret the amazing lack of Chinese | ed Davis under arrest, and had resistance as suspiciously jike a his brother administer first-aid Japanese lines by drawing the in-|Profusely, and suffering from] vaders far into the hinterland.| bruises and other minor injuries Once the Japanese line is stretch- |reesivea when the combatants jed along the vast length of the" casa gona uns Wane Yellow river these observers look| was apprised of the stabbing by for a protracted Chinese campaign; Mr. Parrish, who said he would of guerilla warfare designed to} we the ee man, he —_ | make Japanese occupation unten- ood etle se “vapranpin = sci g: able and to force Japan to eco-| He left at once in company ao Deputy Ray Elwood ,and at TODAY’S TAX OGRAM | rest at home. Nearly one-third of the rent the average citizen pays repre- sents taxation. Last year the average rent paid in the Unit- ed States was $30 per month of which approximately $9 was for direct and indirect taxes, such as taxes on the property, gas, lights and feel, ete. Thus, im one year, the average family has $108 extra tacked onto the rent bill s as PRESERVE YOUR CAR with a coat of Paint applied the MOD- HUNDRED AND THIRTY-SEVEN. YEAR; It con-! of | famous! Both of the men are colored. | * ote And Landing Of Napoleon PRICE FIVE CENTS Key West To Be Given Publicity ‘In Having Wide Circulation “| picture Display To Ap- ewspaper pear In Philadelphia In- quirer, And Also In Mi- ami Tribune BY MRS. BURCHELL: tract from the London Gazette, the loss of the town of Zurich by the English and Russians, fight- ing against the’ Dutch, is “re- ygretfully recorded. . .Bonaparte and Berthier are repoted landed at Frejus, France. They disem- barked there rather than at the lregular port of Toulen, because ‘they feared British capture. They | were said to have fallen, on their knees and fissed the “land of Hiberty.” This was on Oct, 14. A dispatch from London, Oct. 24, has the news (two months late) that the victorious British and | Russian armies are to |Holland. All prisoners are to be given up. All cannon are to be returned, Besides the stirring news of those birth-of-the-republic times, Samuel:the old paper has other features; A large number of| of interest: inotices of the settling of freats estates. Sheriff sales ad- ivertised. A: typographical error; a date of October 50 reeorded. Among the genera) advertisements jare noted the finding of a young heifer, of which a complete de- |seription is given; Peas for Sale, {may be exchanged for wheat; a {grocery store presents its ad in rhyme; and a iM is {tised for sale Tele ees “stout, healthy, active negro +} wench.” on The prize ad in the issue, how- jevery concerns the notice of a Mr. Steenbergh who “forbids any |harboring or keeping of his wife : or trusting her” as he will pay | none of the debts she thus con- | tracts! Was Stabbed! At Marathon Brought Here: the time specified received the | prisoner, the wounded man and |the witnesses to the affray from Deputy Parrish. | The group came to Key West j where Davis was placed in jail, Richardson was taken to a local |hospital and @ physician summon- ed. The witnesses were advised to report to the sheriff's office to- i day. | Dr. Wm. R, Warren, who was {summoned to attend the wounded |man, said that indications were that the right lung had been |punctured. This worning he said | Richardson way doing as well as jean be expected. } “The ‘Groucho 2’, after one of | predetermined plan to extend the|to Richardson, who was fee TUG WARBLER RETURNS HERE'~; VESSEL HAD BEEN UNDER- GOING REPAIRS AT TAMPA {1° Wrecking Tug Warbler return- tea yetterday afternoon from {Tampa after being in dry dock | for several days ondergoing re (pairs and being painted. | Lighthouse Tender Poppy, | whieh was at Tortugas recharging ‘light, in that seetion, returned to ‘port last night 10 o'clock. ETE AEE NEW YORK BUSY B —Special Today— | souse, TURKEY SANDWICHES | | THE BEST IN SANDWICHES evacuate | Matlack, head One of attractive newspaper publicity displays, seheduled for the near future in the interests of Key West, that>which will appear in the Philadelphia Inquirer of Decem- ber 5, and one week later im the the most Miami Tribune. This information was conveyed in a letter received by Miss Ileen Williams, of the firm of Harris and Williams, from Claude C. of the Matlack Stu in Miami, and one of the | widely known photographers, stills and moving pictures, in South Florida. ‘Mr. Matlack writes: “Yester- insol-} day we delivered to the Tribune enough pictures, properly cap- tioned, to make up a double page Roto section in the Philadelphia Inquirer, which has a circulation of 1,200,000. These will appear in the issue of December 5, and the next week will appear in the Tribune, “The man in charge of this de- partment of the paper asked me to get him from time to time, any god pictures of interesting sub- = within the circulation boun- daries of the Tribune. I suggest- ed that a full page Roto on Key West would make a good subject and suggested several things which could be shown in the pictures. “We have written thirty-five letters to various magazines rel- ative to the pictures and stories of the Overseas Project. We have [received very favorable re- { on ‘ot the letters referred to by Mr. Matlack was in reply to the Time, Incorporated, makers of the motion picture reel “Time Marches On.” Mr. Matilack is also of the opin- ion that visitors to Florida would be greatly interested in visiting | the Fort Jefferson National Mony- | ment at Garden Key, Tortugas, and shows figures of the num- ber of visitors to Fort Mariotiy Sts Augustine, and Fort Jefferson. There wer2 no visitors to Port Jefferson during 1936, but’ in’ 1937 there were 709. During the’ year 1936 visitors to Fort Matlot numbered 210,812; and 1937 2544 087 travellers went to visit the By pile. . Matlack is convineed that rar numbers of people will vinit Fort Jefferson when there has been established suitable and com- | modious transportation from Key | West to that massive structure, lanl miles from this city, out in the Other information furnished showed the attendance at Na- tional Parks, during the year 1937 as follows: Great Smoky Mountains, 727,243; Shenandesh, 1,041,204; Yellowstone, 499,242; Yosemite, 481,492, and Mr. Mat- luck believes that thousands will eventually be recorded as visitors to Fort Jefferson. Miss Williams said that the publicity Key West and the Over- seas Highway will receive through the Philadelphia Inquirer and the Miami Tribune, can not be esti- ‘mated and the cost to the county ‘and city, will be practically noth- GALVANIZED WARE SUCH AS BUCKETS, TUBS, GARBAGE CANS, WATERING POTS--- ALL BEST OF QUALITY. SOUTH FLORIDA CONTR. & ENG. COMPANY