The Key West Citizen Newspaper, November 13, 1937, Page 1

Associated| Press Day Wire } Key West, Florida, has the most equable climate in the country; with an average range of only 14° Fahrenheit For 57 Ypars Devoted to the Best Ingérests of Key West Che Kry West Citizen KEY WEST, FLORID. ‘, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 1937. Judge Gomez Orders Many Members Of American Recount Of Ballots) Association Of “Passenger VOLUMELVIII. No. 270, PRICE FIVE CENTS Number To AttendSECOND FERRY Nu TO BE PLACED momesnt Mattetmibe «ty TSE SUNDAY TIGL OSS Sa SS OLD DOCUMENT ACTION BECAME NECESSARY IS UNEARTHED! OWING TO LARGE NUMBER { THAT WILL ATTEND DEDI- Those From Key West To Leave Early Tomorrow Morning; Many Organ- City Attorney Aquilino Lopez,, recorded in the election of Tues- izations To Attend ‘Chairman Carl Bervaldi, of the county commissioners, and chair- man of the Honorary Dedication Committee in charge of the morial to those lost their lives in the hurricane of 1935, said that as far as can be deter- mined the following have awarded space on the Ferry Pil- who been grim which will leave No Name Key for Hog Key 8 o'clock Sun- day mor) Hog Key the journey will be taken up by car and truck for the Arriving at monu- ment area on Upper Matecumbe. Battery “E” Florida National Guard. Mr. Bervaldi said he un- Jr. is in receipt of a wire from j Judge Arthur Gomez of the Cir- cuit Court, who is now in Miami, Although a large number ofj°rdering that a recount of ballots | Z ps held in the tie race between {people up until yesterday after-| Wp. Archer and Wm. eis noon had secured reservations on! salvatge for councilman. TAMPA, Nov. 13. (FNS). CATION CEREMONIES —Digging among ancient and musty files, research work- ers of the Federal Historical Survey, unearthed a marriage license issued here in 1839, nearly 100 years ago. It is the oldest document yet dis- covered in the courthouse survey here. Brief and to the point, the license, about half the size that now is in use, had no The telegram states that the ap-| d 1 \ action} the Ferry Pilgrim to leave 6:30,/ jplication was received and passe: |upon, with the foregoing | Key for Hog Key and continue to; taken in the matter. Upper Matecumbe for the Me-| The order specifies that the re-| morial ceremonies, the requests! Count i to he beld on wubeee, » iafternoon, November 15, begin-| tomorrow morning from No Name border or decorations but merely authorized the marri- age of the couple to whom is- sued by anyone authorized to perform such ceremonies. Issued while Florida was still a territory, the printed form read, “For Leon Coun- ty and Territory.” The word “Leon” was scratched out and “Hillsborough” written above in pen and ink. The relic being turned over for transportation were so con- ning at 4 o’elock, and says that} day, November 9, was forwarded, special delivery, yesterday after- noon to Judge Gomez. Request for the mandamus was done on the plea of Wesley P. Archer and Wm. H. Monsalvatge, candidate for seats on the city council, and who were declarell ;each to have 716 votes after the official count of the ballots Wed-/{ nesday, the day after the elec- tion. As the elected members of the jcouncil felt averse to making the decision as stipulated by the law, the canditlates affected decided that the logical course was to ask Trafhe Officers | More Requisitions For Bridge Workers Received Two requisitions for laborers; Both requisitions were from the on the road and bridge contracts|S. J. Groves and Sons Co., for! on the Florida Keys were receiv- tinuous and insistent, that it be-/in the event that the election of-| came necessary for an increase in ficials fail to take this action, that; the transportation facilities. | they must show cause for not hav- Carl Bervaldi, chairman of the| i done $0, and must notify Judge { sate i Gomez, in this connection, not} county commissioners, through | later than Saturday, November whom the reservations are being} 20. made, said this morning that} The application for issuance of! another ferry will be put in serv-| the mandamus out of circuit court! ice for carrying Key Westers/for the Pleventh Judicial District, across the 13 mile gap from No' ordering a recount of the votes! the court to order a recount. It it understood that the attorney han-!ed by Wm. V. Little, in charge of dling the matter will not make any. 3 charge for his services, neither |the United will the clerks and inspectors, it ‘was said. | The meeting for installation of States Employment |Service bureau in Key West, this morning. Contract D, at Marathon, 14 white and one colored laborers} were asked, and for Contract. F. at Little Duck Key, four rough carpenters required. the newly elected members will be held on Montlay night, November 15, providing that the recount, as proposed, is held on Monday aft- ernoon, i= ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS | Visit Here Large Delegation Came In Yesterday After- noon On S. S. Cuba From Havana Members of the American As- sociation of Passenger Traffic Of- ficers from all sections of the United States, and their families, were visitors in the city yesterday afternoon between the hour , of arrival of the Steamship Cuba from Havana and departure Tampa. for A few of those in the associa- tion were members of the organ- j ization when it visited the city 10 years ago on one of their regular trips to different sections of the |Name Key to Hog Key. This will} be the Ferry Traveller, sister ves-| sel to the Pilgrim, and at a late} to the Tampa University for their museum. derstood it is intended to have — CAUCUS HELD 1) Lf DD Happenings That Affect the Dinner Pails, Dividend Checks and Tax Bills of Every Individual; Na- the entire unit attend. \ pre vatiane BORE. Of .. Representatives of the Arthur Sawyer Post 28, American Legion, and the American Legion Aux- iliary. Representatives of Spanish Am- erican War Veterans, and the Aux- iliary. \ Contingent of boy and girl seouts; numbering about 35. Representatives of the board of eounty commissioners and the city council. Overseas Road and Toll Bridge Commission, _Jnstructoin of Monroe County. Group of relatives of those whose lives were lost in the dis- aster. Members of the Works Progress Administration and allied divi- sions. These are to be carried to No Name Key in vehicles, 19 cars and two trucks, which are to be in readiness to leave 6:30 o’clock in the morning in order to be at No Name Key in time for the sailing of the ferry, 8 o’elock. BRIDGE BOARD MEETS TODAY PASS RESOLUTION RELATIVE TO ROAD AND BRIDGE BONDS Meeting this afternoon in the office of Vice Chairman John Costar, of the Overseas Road and Toll Bridge Commission, the mem-j bers passed a resolution requesting ; hour this afternoon indications JT NVEILING PROGRAM were that a ver y large ! SPIIIIILLS ications LIEUT EMERSON ihad expressed a desire to attend, TO BE BROADCASTED e jthe ceremonies, from Key West, ‘and both vessels will be crowded. RETIRED OFFICER TO SPEND Practically all of the organiza- {tions which wlil attend are listed REGULAR WINER STAY IN ISLAND CITY Announcement has_ been made of a national broad- east radio hook-up tomorrow afternoon at 1:30 o’clock in connection with the unveiling ceremonies of the monument at Matecumbe in memory of those who lost their lives dur- ing the Labor Day hurricane in 1935. This information was con- tained in a telegram received in Key West by Dr. William R. Warren from O. A. Sand- quist, field representative of zone three, of the Florida Works Progress Administra- tion. OL hdd (GUARDSMEN GO | TO MATECUMBE: DURING CEREMONIES TO BE HELD TOMORROW lelsewhere in The Citizen, and ‘most of the requests, which neces-} {sitated use of another ferry, came! from private irtdividuals who had| imade requests for space on the! ferries, and had to be refused. | The vessels are to leave as fol-! jlows: Ferry Pilgrim is scheduled} p L. Emerson, to leave promptly at 8 o'clock, jand directly afterward the Travel-| : slip, | Lieutenant Phil U. S..N., retired, is again beck in ter will becwarbed:tnte the Keyy West. for his regular swinter, and after.loading .will-Jeaye- visit, and says that ‘he feels “iW ARREN AND 1932 and has been gpending his 0 TER LEAVE winters in Key West since that | oo time. He claims he always looks, ENROUTE TO MATECUMBE TO forward to his winter stay in this ATTEND CEREMONIES city, where he knows so many friends and where he succeeds in} THERE TOMORROW ' i i] securing such comfortable accom-} modations, 2 | Wm. R. Porter, president of the} This season, Lieutenant Emer-! pirst National Bank, and Dr. Wm. son is occupying the same delight- |R. Warren, left this morning 12:30 | ful quarters he did last season at/o’clock for Pigeon Key, en route; the Charles Williams home, cor-|to Upper Matecumbe where they [ar of Eaton and Margaret streets. | will attend the dedication cere- he is back home. The lieutenant was retired in ( Lieutenant Will E. P. Roberts; monies tomorrow. Dr. Warren]. will preside at the laying of the, im command of a detachment corner stone. | After the dedication exercises! are concluded, it is undrstoced, Dr. ; Warren will return to. the city, jwhile Mr. Porter will continue to Tallahassee to attend a meeting of | the Florida Association of Bank-/ ers. GROSVENOW DAWE VISITING FLORIDA BEING HEARTILY. WELCOMED of} Battery “ National Gvards-/ men, left on bus of the Florida; Motor Lines this morning for No} Name Key, eri” ‘rotite to "Upper! | Matecumbe whete they will © act jlast night at a caucus jdiscussed, but did not ‘CRIMINAL COURT LAST EVENING |MAYOR AND COUNCIL PLAN TO EMPLOY THRBE MORE POLICE OFFICERS Three police officers are to be added to the Key West Police De- tional and International Problems Insep- arable From Local Welfare The cyclonic disturbances in consumption has been the stock market have detracted;tory, though not startling. attention from business produc-! cotton prices have been firm. tion and activity indices. A AGRICULTURE: The farm-| curity collapse that, at the bot-'ers’ cash income this year will be! tom, wiped out values to the tune|the largest in many years, and} of some $25,000,000,000 has been may touch $10,000,000. The wel far and away the major domestic! cial session of Congress has been! satisfac- Raw se- United States, and in 1927 and 1937, included a visit to Havana. In the former year the travel- lers came to Key West from Tampa and returned by the way of Miami, having a special train awaiting their arrival at Key West from the Cuban Capital. This year the trip was made from Miami to Cuba, and the return by the way of Key West and Tampa. There were much fewer persons to enjoy the vacational excursion partment. This was agreed \upon| occurence of 1937. At this writ-| called to consider additional farm-)i” 1937 than there were 10 years called by Mayor Elect Willard M. Albury, with other members of the newj city council attending, Mr. Albury said this morning | that this decision had been reach- ed after a iengthy discussion, and with the additional men will in- crease the force to nine, icuding| the motorcycle officers. A number of other matters, of more or less importance, were reach a stage where they can be given publicity at this time, Mr. Albury said. | ADJOURNS TODAY DOCKET CLEARED WITH JURYMEN SERVING PAID OFF BY CLERK CURRY ing, a majority of economists seem} aiq jaws of a permanent rather | convinced that the worst of thelthan an emergency nature. Thus; debacte is over. A very large! tarmers as a. whole are in at ane proportion of margin dealers were] .cually happy position. wiped out in the break. As Busi-| PapoR: The peace negotia- ness Week puts it, “There is tions between the A. F. of L. and limit to every downward spiral, | ty C. I. 0. have, as was anticipat- | and that limit seems to have been oq, apparently broken down com-| gaa a Ppside abana situa- | pletely Further inter-labor war-' ed ji ‘ . {fare thus seems inevitable. Also} ie conta as industrial production inevitable seems more labor de- vomoasecle ey: peonge eee sd higher wages andlor substantial drop—but the CA rear eda a in sents by was nowhere Near as severe as the | strikes if employers refuse. drop in stocks. In two months,| ,ayTOMOBILES: It is impos- shars as a whole went down 38) inte to exaggerate the im | percent, declining to the late 1935} ance of this industry, which ac- ote Gouget es Os Be ne ole for nearly 15 aeons et ee ser: “ithe national income. e — wld dropped a little over! .ars are out, and are little chang- ie, ei: . jed from last year’s, with the ex- Fee erence th _ {ception of one or two makes. Many; ee ae P ¥> Fe"! mi t fe major improve- coven. much Of their recent lame! meet cet resauee geo in production for a considerable | }icne : | lovgts, af ties. Mose iaduatelga (teens |e Weiaee eee however, hope for a good winter | 10% lee record wideh wit ous ? rr . Unit profits may and spring business. The predi tataa’ ber larger, Paco oi rad] Son is that this year’s Christmas’ -peases in the retail selling prices! buying will hold up well. of most cars are a trifle greater Some specifie business informa-| than the, increases in manufactur- tion of interest follows: _|ing costs, “Independents” may} COMMODITIES: Dropped iM) make some inroads into the ‘Big, 1 FROM PENSACOLA TO KEY WEST LEUT. KLAUS { tomorrow as a road patrol during | the unveiling ceremonies, of the} memorial to those who lost thelt | ivalue along with securities, but to' Three” but they will be insignif- {a much lesser extent. Relief is! ; " aaa ‘ icant, according to observers, and; Criminab court’ convened this| that the trend in the future will General eh pring morning 9:30 o'clock with Judge! be slowly upward. | Ford will be the big sellers. | ago. That year more than 300 members and families came to Key | West and were taken for a sight- seeing trip over thé city and see- tions of the highway which was then near completion. This year there were but 74 members of the association in the visiting group, and but few of them members when the associa- tion came here 10 years ago. CUBA ARRIVES FROM HAVANA VESSEL LEFT LATE IN AFT- ERNOON ENROUTE TO TAMPA Steamship Cuba, of the P. and 0. 8. 8. Co., arrived yesterday afternoon from Havana with one first and three second cabin pas- sengers for Key West; 93 first ‘cabin and no seconds for Tampa. Key West arrivals: Jose R. Perez, Sirvia Pia Campos, Wil- liam Neblett, and William Neb- lett, Jr. The ship’s manifest showed the following entries: Eight tons of | William V. Albury on the bench,] POWER AND LIGHT: America| prices: Recent deflationary freight and three sacks of mail but as the docket had been clear-| js constantly becoming more com-/ events have caused a downward for Key West; 142 tons of freight d of all cases except several/ pletely electrified with the utility'treng in retail prices, especialy, and 112 sacks of mail for Tam rhich were continued until the} industry's output holding to. alroods. Increased consumption is pa. next term, the judge ordered ad-|high level. New power production jthe result. This is especially no-! Sailing the vessel carried from ite nap-acunne nen / |records have been constantly re-/ticeable in the meat field—zoom-|Key West the following bookings: Before issuing this final order,| corded. The industry’s net earn-! ing prices had brought about con-| P. W. Vassew, D. G. Crocker, W however, Clerk C. Sam B. Curry; ings, however, remain at practic-| simer strikes in many areas. Kolmes and J. W. Sullivan jwas instructed to pay off the/ally the 1932 level, due to greatly esis = aes on |jurors. This was done by the increased taxes and higher fuel and! g i} . T A | State Treasurer Wm. V. Knott, te use the necessary number of bonds to insure an additional $500,000 for the bridge and road projects, | The meeting was called for} 12:15 o'clock and with the excep- | tion of Willard M. Albury, who| wypte for the was deterred by a previous en-jriculture in 1927-'28 “Florida—’ tion, in this section of the state. gagement, all members th : - sarap toma oolong |An Advancing State.” He also] He was accompanied by Mrs. compiled in 1928-'29 a detailed} Klaus, and they expect to return It was decided at the meeting tey W. early that Chairman Howard Wilson, Fe ead sg agi as Vice Chairman Costar, Members CG. C. Symonette, Ralph Boyden Because of the former work he|)~ and Mr, Albury, will leave to-|has done for Flortia, Mr. Dawe) morrow morning on the early|is being heartily welcomed from ferry to attend the monument un-/ Pensacola to Key West by friends! veiling at Upper Matecumbe. pin this state, | jber 2, 1985. : | ! Members in the detachment are of Knowledge in Washnigton is} Lieutenant Wm. Klaus, U. S.N.,! Privates Bernard Waite, Louis a officer in charge at the naval sta-; Richardson, Joe Henriquez, Paul a tion, left over the highway this ) Soldano, Everett Roberts, Mathew Department of Ag-|™morning on his regular inspéction | Zacal, Arnold Pyre, Jack Porter of communcation and reserve sta-{ and Julio Lucignani. MIAMI, Grosvenow Dawe of the Institute Nov. 18. (FNS).— visiting in Dawe j report by counties of the " “ SEWED UP POCKETS load of Florida at that time. We Went sa The Top —wit! FLORSHEIM SHOES Large sale on FLORSHEIM SHOES this year made it poo- i} } oc-| Old Age Assistance Cases In Monroe County Increase Number of old age assistancejeither rejected or withdrawn,) eases in Monroe county was in-jleaving for approval the balance! ereased at the meeting held this] of 92, which have been added to! week in Fort Pierce by the State! the list making a total of 303 for} | | | —NEW 1938— DODG ive Passenger Touring Sedan,) —“—— delivered in Key West, BIG FREE DANCE $999 “aaa eee NAVARRO, Inc. —Tonight, 9:30 vill 7— Dodge Plymouth regular and special venires |bles, such as Federal competition, LEFT LAST NIGHT |have not been abated, and retard} taurant waitresses in this city! try, substantially surpassing the! Steamship Granada, of the went on a strike, charging that) same period in 1936. Slight im-| and members of the newly organ- trip are: Girl Scouts, Vanessa ized troop of girl acouta,, are to Collins, Nellie Albury, Claudia } ‘ | ‘The ship arrived 3 o'clock yes- | building cost, has at least tem-/| Shoe to present us with thet) torniay morning and anchored in beautiful— 1 . | Porarily sto; As as result, i the hour of departure, awaiting +) Who lost their lives in the storm/|tes, Barbers Jarrett, Caroline | isaster of 1935. Jarrett, Eva Camus, Jane Thomp- orders from headquarters in New Orleans. ‘ports have been about 10 percen —WE ARE GRATEFUL— jahead of last season's. Domestic | to our customers for their gen- i a A erous patronage which has made this improvement pos- sible and solicit your continued patronage. Lewinsky's Men's Shop “Where Better Men's Wear is Seid” STEAMER GRANADA clerk who disbursed $360 to the! material costs. Its political trou- j its normal development. FLINT, Mich—Eighteen res- high level throughout the coun-| ; . + 5 * i ke the jeompany, sailed last night at 7:45! pockets shut so they coukd not ac- curred in New York. Agricaltur-/ Boy Scouts of Troops 51 and 5,; Those expecting to make Mia teathp igh ot Gicti ee ae CONSTRUCTION: The risé in part in the Memorial Services at Reberts, Florence, Jarrett, Geral- There the vessel remained until | COTTON: This season's ex-| Yelling of the ‘monament to those’ Lettie Sullivan, Blanche Cervan- NEON SIGN ——| vision of Scoutmaster Victor Lar-| Boy Scouts, Arent Sjursen, Ray sen, Acting Scoutmaster George! Perez, Sebastian Cabrera, Jowph |P. Archer and Girl Scout Captain Campo, Donovan Herrick, Piliy 'Eva B. Warner. The several| Porter, Bobby Sawyer, Edwant | Units are to assemble tomorrow Stickney, Buddy Miller, Bob Pitt- | morning at National Guard Head-| man, Billy Spence, Dohald Lowe, | quarters, Armory at the corner of Arthur Lajan, Russell Hyman, | Southard and White streets, st | Robert Smith, Emil Roberts, Phelix |6-20 prompt, in fall uniform. Yade, Cart Crus. ' i | RETAIL TRADE: Has held to a} ; Standard Fruit and Steamship’ the manager sewed their uniform: provement—3 per cent—has for Frontera, Mexico, for a cargo) cept tips. al buying is heavy. | leave tomorrow motning to take: Isharh} ¥vélyn Solano, Barbera os , \ Kennédy, Barbara Sherm the stream opposite Fort Taylor.| contracts let have been rising. | Upper, Matetumbe: when the» unm idine 4 FLORSHEIM j Scouts will be untier the super-|son, Frances Collins. ‘ PAID IN PENNIES || PHILADELPHIA—Mra. Flor-} ence Shaldt lagged s bag contain-/ ing ane thousand pennies that she! had been months in saving into the office of an attorney as pay- ment of a divorce fee. CORAL ISLE CASINO Masic By Bert and His Rhythm Boys i j } i i | i county district. | morning that there are at present! meeting. Of this number 15 were the district board. |! i Welfare Board and attended by) this section. 1 E. A. Ramsey, from the Monroe} Mrs. Gladys Roberts said this! There were applications from}230 more applications srating| 107 individuals presented at the|consideration by the members of| i BEFORE YOU BUY ANYTHING IN BUILDING SUPPLIES-~-PAINT, OR HARDWARE, SEE OUR QUALITY GOODS AND OUR SENSIBLE PRICES. SOUTH FLORID.