The Key West Citizen Newspaper, November 20, 1937, Page 1

Associated Press Day Wire Service. For 57 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West’ he # , PROVISIONS ARE | BEING MADE FOR BLIND AND NEEDY APPLICATION BLANKS ARE | NOW BEING MAILED OUT TO TWELVE WELFARE DISs- TRICTS OF FLORIDA VOLUME LVIII. City Makes New Ru For Payment Of Taxes 'REALTY GROUP HELD MEETING N To Benefit: By Reduction Made One Is Required To Pay Current Taxes: Along With Delinquent | (Special to The Citizen) JACKSONVILLE, Fla., Nov. 20.—Application blanks, to be jused by those sightless and near- | SESSION WAS CONDUCTED IN iNtERESE Or Topic Aloe tless who will apply for state assistance, were mailed out into REAL ESTATE BROKERS DI- tie VISION jstate this week, according to an- }nouncement here by (Clayton ‘Codrington, state missioner, The action was taken in antici- pation that, the aid to the blind Future payments of taxes to City Tax, Collector-Assessor Sam! B. Pinder on a basis of 20 per t cent of the delinquent assessment, | |twelve welfare districts of must also be accompanied by pay- welfare com- Meeting in the rooms of the Chamber of Commerce last night and the current taxes as well. was a group of real estate opera- pee ct the ions which) on grganiaation to. be known as| lan, now efore the Social Se- were adopted at the first regular’ the Real Estate Brokers Division|curity Board at Washington, will meeting of the new council on/of the Key West Chaniber of Com-!be approved without much delay: Thursday night, explained this; merce. [Tt was sent to the. national. capital matter in detail and showed the|_ After a welcome by Secretary] ser being sanctioned by the s I . |S. C. Singleton, of the chamber change from the previous resolu-| vembership sneha haieber | State Welfare Board. tion of August 24, 1937, was; |found to be acceptable to those! District’ directors have been in- At that’ meeting it was decided) present, and committees were ap-| structed, Codrington said, to be- that the council authorize the tax| Pointed to present rules and agin the enrolling of applicants ‘i code of ethics at the next meeting,as scon.as the blanks are receiv- _ ae _ ae which is to be held 7:30 o’clock)¢d, and to Follow through as rap- ey may settle ab delinquent) Friday night, in he. ga place. jidly as possible after the formal taxes at 20 per cent of their face! — Attending the eeting were|0- K. is obtained. It is hoped amount,, the total to be computed| Miss Minnie Porter Harris,'that all the blind will receive on the 1936 assessment roll. | Messrs: Frank H. Ladd, Vv. A./checks in time | for coreseee ispending, if not before, luti Johnson, Leo F. Hughes, W. H.}®! : - ha aaa Wi con ite ant Monsalvatge, High Wailtasis and The som of-4200,000 ‘has: been ursday poinited out tha iS: Clem C. Price. President Leo p, Bilocated fy a pereent 1 has been in effect to date, that Hughes, Vice President V. Ae a7 e Pais pnd ; sn eurrent taxes are due and the Johnson and Secretary-Treasurer ee sae ed Pare books for payment of current Frank H. Ladd were named offi- The Peano coy 5 sas . : sare state social security act taxes are soon to be opened, and; ©/#l8 of the realty: brokers, divi-t: vides for monthly assistance the new resolution provides as Mr. Hughes read a lgtter from of not exceeding _ fo all hone follows: who have been residents of Flori- ‘ Ted Reber, executive secretary of 4a for five years of the past nine “Tt is resolved by the city coun-|the Miami Realty Board, COW’ vara and who have resided with- il of the City of Key West, that, sratulating the registered work#|;, the state for the past year; from*the date of the opening ot oa ot So sta their PrO-' who have not sufficient income _ the.books. for the payment of.cur-| express-' or other resources to provide rea- vent taxes, that no taxpayer be | ie ti teiceet {hat he could not be} sonable subsistence compatible allowed to pay taxes under the! Vth them and lend a hand at the: with decency. or health; who are above outlined agreement and re- duction unless he shall pay all de- linquent taxes and current taxes ment of all delinquent amounts} | i resolutions til | with a personal greeting to Hug! | Williams, who has transferred hi: at onetime.” jactivities from Miami to Key/transfer of property for the pur- West. {pose of rendering themselves | Formation of the organization eligible; who are not receiving \is regarded as just one more evi-| old age assistance. KEY WEST GIRL T0 {dence of a healthy business re-! An eligible is defined in the MARRY IN GOTHAM <<: in the city, constituting as it} plan as “a blind or near-blind does, a cooperative movement af-) person whose central visual acuity [fending protection to the interests; 20-200 or less in the better eye of clients and brokers, alike. with correcting glasses or who has | as peataEa, a disqualifying field defect in iW. M MILES IS which the peripheral fluid has con- is | VISITING IN CITY *ltracted to such an extent that the widest diameter of visual field extends as angular distance no SECRETARY OF STATE ROAD DEPARTMENT TO REMAIN HERE UNTIL MONDAY tion at the time of: receiving as- sistance; who have not made a MISS NORMA CABANAS WILL BECOME BRIDE OF PAUL HARTELT OF N. Y. ad greater than 20 degrees.” All applications will be consid- ered in the chronological order in which they are received. The eye ‘examination, provided for in the plan, will be the responsibility of an opthamologist and the social W.. M, Miles, secretary of the | and financial investigatidm»: the (Special to The Citizen) NEW YORK, Nov. 20.-—Miss Norma Cabanas, 21, a former resident of Key West and now of 118 East 72nd Street, New York, end Paul Hartelt, 23, of the same} New York address, were issued a! C; initial meeting. t The letter closed not inmates of any public institu-| ry ral KEY WEST, FLORIDA, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1937. Key West Dairymen Highly Praised B Interest of the Key West dairy-, }men and the expenditures they; jhave gone to in furthering the| | Milk Sanitation Program, form the} main subject of a letter to Dr. J.} |B. Parramore, director of ment, from Arthur H. Williamson, state dairy supervisor for the State Board of Health. Dr. Williamson was in Key | West some weeks ago, and at the {conclusion of his inspection was very much pleased with his find- j ings, as he expressed to Dr. Parra- more, arid to Z. D. Harrison, sani- tary engineer in this district. In his letter he writes: “It is with great pleasure I enclose the 1 Key West. You and your milki Pleased Domingo Romeu y Jaime, |ternational President of Boy | Scouts of Cuba, who spent a de- lightful vacation of several days ‘in Key West, accompanied by his ' daughter Miss Marta. |himself as being delighted with his {stay, and enjoyed his visit with heads of scout troops here. Troop 52, the visitor was |up with the many and trare shrubbery, growing in such | profusfon. Mr. Romeu mentioned the fact the| Monroe County Health Depart-} |Health Notes, published by the! ; United States Public Health Serv-| *¢eeeeeoeooooooooone expressed’ ‘West, the visiting Going for a visit to various cen-| j ters in the city in company with’ | Victor Larsen, scoutmaster of} taken! varied | specimens of floral beauty and the | »State Officer division should be justly proud of this rating. I enjoyed my stay in Key West and am looking forward to the time when I can be with you again. “You will get recognition this splendid showing in Public ice, probably in the January edi- tion.” Dr. Williamson’s reports of all conditions found are highly satis- factory, and in his detailed re- port shows a raw milk status of 95.7 per cent, ization plants is given as 93.9 per cent. Highest rating demand- ed by the U. S. Public Health report of milk sanitation status of| Service is for the raw milk, 96,; and for pasteurized milk, 96. International President Of Boy Scouts Of Cuba Much With Visit Here In-, that in January scouts and scout officials of Cuba will hold National Boy Scouts of Jamboree, and an invitation was extended to the different of the organization in Key West. As an appreciation of the stay of himself and daughter in Key official pre- sented to Scoutmaster Larsen a written acknowledgement of the pleasure he experienced while in Key West, and this letter was read at the meeting of the troop last night. It thrilled the boys and gave an idea of what they may the jexpect when they go to Cuba m| January. ‘ARTICLE ABOUT. LIEUT. MULLER IN MIAMI NEWS INTERESTING STORY OF HIS} BATTLE EXPERIENCES AP- PEARED IN PUBLICATION ON NOVEMBER i | i \ i | Lieutenant Frederick Muller, U_| S. N., retired, who is well known in Key West, and is now living at! 675 N. W. 44th had quite an interesting story of} his battle, published | in the November 11 edition of the} | Miami Daily News. 1 | Tre remarkable array of medals| {the Leuterfant has received for * iecial’services in the wars he has: street, Miami,! experiences | | | SCOUT TROOP * HOLDS MEETING) |MANY ACTIVITIES CARRIZD!#*¢at paintings i ON DURING SESSION of} Status of Pasteur- Cuba units ae & : Key West, Florida, has the } most equable climate in the country; with an average range of only 14° Fahrenheit PRICE FIVE © Many Warrants Issued For Motorists Operating Without Current Auto License Tags ' ccccccceccccoscosoecces CITIZEN REPORTER FINDS NOTED! Sj ra. ‘Heinrich Pfeiffer Once Machinist And Tool Maker| Not Having Occupational eee eeee Hl STUDIO LOCKARTIST REPAIRING) ““*** ITI received t From machinist and tool mak-* was fifteen until he was twenty, é Sd n painting every spare moment of| Mayor Willard M. Albury, | the time. Finally he decided to Chief Iwan Elwood, of the” Key Rounding Up | Reports by jer to one of the better artists i from ; ih the pense a et aiden turn entirely to the work he liked = \ trast ing. aecomp isl me of }the most and enrolled in Charcoal, West Police Department, and his jrieh Pfeiffer, who is in Key West Club of Baltimore. There Were associate Patrolm Frankia painting marine scenes. If this} more student days at the Penn- ‘ine jreporter had known that he would sylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Arenberg: who are making an in- jnot have’ been so surprised when! and in the Art student league at’, vehicles, he walked into the downtown Du-| New York City. Meanwhile hej is a ae wb a }val studio of this well-known art-' taught art work at those art “'¥ ‘ag% and o} 5 cere « ee and vane hea iad fsa rapes: tas he tzid Paris ative to the required occupational i thing which, of ali things, he ex-'and taught privately. en to pected last to sapere as ca Mass., where there! competently fxing a lock! iwas more teaching and painting. Heinrich Pfeiffer is best known | of the work of his and Ross Mof- for his landscape and marine fett, another famous painter’s of the harbor’ side by i est‘ outstanding art magazine of this : Z has so intrigued him that he in-| country has this to say: “most in-|the city tribunal, amd warrants of moter for license, indicate a busy afternoon pal court Monday. There are a number of delin- in mw summoned before ‘for their appearance were given police offi- were found without the required during line for straightening out these that jthat they are work, must be Among his better known paint- ings are “The Morning Sun Glow- ing Through the Mist”, which strongly emphasizes the presence of light in the scene; “The Race— Sloops Racing in Cape Cod Bay in the Morning Sunlight”; 52, Boy Scouts of America, held, “Boats”; and the beautiful “Early 1 Show”, a scene at Provincetown, Massachusetts. Since the time he was a coun- try boy in Pennsylvania where he hy Bill Porter, scribe for the or-jsaw a painter at work and sud- denly felt a “strong desire” to do the same himself, Heinrich Pfeif- The dollar offered for the neat-| fer has had a love for painting. | He joined his home town art so- ciety where he became even more LAST EVENING | There was an interesting and well-attended mecting of Troop last evening at their headquarters, according to announcement made ganization. est appearing scout at the recent Matecumbe was awarded during the meeting. memorial service at was then. forcediteJearn jthe ma- interested. in the work. But he chinist dandstook making trade. at! tends to spend the season here) gividual . . . most refreshing . . . painting. His paintings have! of the Grand Concourse of stu- been exhibited et all the major|dent work held in the Art As-' this morning to the galleries of the country. The: sociation Gallery was that done} yey ries a Monee as gee ai Ae lin the Provincetown Painting | °°" for service, in the event they D. Co the Penmyivania Acasensy | cumee conducted by Rose ak f Pi ‘Arts at Philadelphia are|+ett and Heinrich Pfeiffer”. But Ne fap en “ee his it has been ten years now since licenses before Monday. jeeeny these ee FoR "Si Heinrich Pfeiffer taught. His work. } “ Some of those advised ‘Allthongh he is rated a modern-| Work began to be recognized after} ist, hig work is not of that type; ‘Welve Years of labor, and since the several days the investigation which at, present has undergone | that time Heinrich Pfeiffer has hin |much ridicule among erities and| found it possible to live on the} Cee ee ome Seed the people. ° It is close to the old- ea! of Pos Le annals Ba , the city hall this morning and were i nd is appreciated |¢U™IDe . . a gen rm yrs talk, 80 many artists thafked their at yen ‘that Mortday is the deade egainst modernist painting—Mr. | Romie lucky stars for the WPA Pfeiffer think; that there are} art projects. At present, though, | in this school, and; Mr. Pfeiffer is owned and diree- Jegal requirements, and on doing wonderful] tor of an art gallery and an art} = ‘ theater in Provincetown, where he @y the licenses has resided during the summer played. for the last 16 years. For some time now, though, Mr. | Pfeiffer has been wintering in St./ | Augustine. He happened to men-! {ter in Florida to a number of; other artists and the result now] jis that there is a little colony of them in that city. Requested ‘to do the same for Key West, Mr. Pfeiffer heartily agreed, and said jhe shouldn't understand why many } lartists have not come here be- | fore, the scene is so rich in possi-| | bilities. Accessibility, of course, was a question but, with the bridges through, quite a number should quickly find the possi- bilities here, he added. Mr, Pfeiffer is here SOME ON FIRST VISIT TO KEY WEST; OTHERS HAVE BEEN HERE BEFORE Mrs. Katherine Conant, and two sons, of Boston, Mass, are visitors in Key West and are oc cupying the residence at 1700 with his/ Flagler avenue. State Road Department, is in| responsibility be a ystate welfare) con in siti¢e 1886, and which he The scouts also discussed, among license to wed here today in the! i }Key West, arriving yesterday and| worker. the ther matters, the giving of sev- Municipal Building. They stated Having been advised by the | which ‘he worked from the time he wife. yexpects to remain on business un-! til Monday. { Mr. Miles is a graduate ot MRS. i. ROGERS they would be married this month yin Emanuel lutheran Church here. ‘ The bride.té-ve was born: in| F-orida University, and his visit! Key West, the daughter of Joaquim; is being made pleasant, because | and Manuela Cabanas, Mr. Hartelt,}of the chance afforded to meet! who is the son of John Paul and}some of his classmates. He was| Betty Hissner Hartelt, was born|the guest this morning of Judge in Hastings-on-Hudson, N. Y. William V. Albury. Five Building Permits Issued In Past Week per-; Baker, during the we | November 19. M.| Of these permits there | CONDUCTED TOMORROW AFTERNOON Mrs. Louisa Hernandez Rogers, 85, died yesterday afternoon 2:30 jo’clock in her residence at 400 |€atherine street. Funeral serv- Vices will be conducted 5 o'clock jtomorrow afternoon from the thome of a son, 415 Catherine street. Rey. Wm. J. Reagan, Five building and repair week ending. J., officiating. mits were issued from, the of of Building Inspector. Harry TURKE CAPONS SOFT-BONE ROASTERS BIG CHICKS HENS FRYERS were charge of arangements. two which stipulated the sum ef| Mrs Rogers is survived by one $8,500 to be expended. One is'daughter, Miss Maria Rogers; ;the residence of A. Maitland) four sons, Manuel and Santo, of }Adams, planned for Martello’ Key West, Tito and Julian of {'Towers Subdivision will cost up-|Tampa. There are also 14 grand- iwards of $4,500, and the other is' children, 14 great grandchildren | for repairs to Hotel La Concha, to!and two great great grandchil- cost $4,000. dren. Repairs to roof at 724 Carpline} - street. Owner, A. Garcia; ‘ K. W. H. S. Glee Club and DUCKS csiceroabtlt ag TENE Orchestra present | General repairs at 1012 James; —No Cold Storage Stock—!.treet. Owner, James Knowles.) CARDEN OF MEMORIES” { Falford’s Poultry Farm |‘ *°° “Scoot AUDITO Repairs to roof of 2, ie HIGH SCHOOL AUDITORIUM Phone 880 E.Dellveelaig frantic ek Ce | Teneday, Nev, 23, 8p =. Owner, John i Adults 25< hildren 10c 1A. Pierce; cost, $150. i bs . < | “ } cost,! UPSON WALL BOARD IS THE BEST IN ITS FIELD_NATURALLY IT IS SOLD BY SOUTH FLORIDA CONTRACTING & aN Rae YESTERDAY: |FUNERAL SERVICES WILL BE Lopez Funeral Home will be in| [always modestly. keeps in und, is mentioned in the Among them are the i Congressiona! Medal of Honor, the highest recognition the gov- érmment grants, the Navy cross, {and the Croix de Guerre. | As Commander of the sweeper, U. SS. Hubbard, it i | Frederick Muller; task to pick, jup the easily exploded mines Ger- jman ships set loose in the waters | off the French Coast. The French | Qroix and the Congressional med-| ‘al were given him because of his Jexcellent work at that task. A battle with an enemy submarine, {won by Muller, brought him the 'Navy cross. There was another jtime, when Frederick Muller show- ed his courage. Amid high seas and a roaring storm, the Lieuten- ant supervised the transferring of 1500 soldiers off the wrecked Ten-| adores, ashore on the rocks off the Isle de Yew, to his own ship. A number of medals were given him for that performance. In spite of all this, though, The/ News quotes Muller as saying that he hates war and all its ter-;} rible train of crippling, disease and death, that he is happier now, red, with his country at peace. CHRISTMAS SUIT PRESSED FREE For Our Regular Customers | WHITE STAR CLEANERS JOE MEDINA, Prop. Duval and Angela Streets mine ; ; i ‘ |for Miami and Jacksonville. was were car-/ . 8. ceived his senior patrol leader's! brarian, i VANA ENROUTE TO S. Co., arrived yesterday eral baskets of food to the poor] ae " badge, ‘while Bill Porter ARRIVED FRIDA awarded the second class badge. | Jack Sawyer wes appointed li: VESSEL ‘CAME IN FROM HA. M. McCarthy gave a talk to, TAMPA the boys during the meeting, while . many other activities Steamship Cuba, of the P. and ied on in interes’ e sco - ried on in interest of the scout or- utheouindes: Meiie Sievieis-”. atte {two first and two second {passengers for Key West; ganization. | Key West arrivals: Carl E.| | Wharton, Fannie M. McClelland, | {Eugenio Machin and Manuel | Naranjo. VES9EL CAME IN THIS MORN-| Listed on the ship's ING AT 5:45 O'CLOCK FROM NEW ORLEANS sacks of mail for Key West: 25 jtons of freight and 125 sacks o {mail for Tampa. Bookings from | this for port Steamship Ozark, of the Clyde- Mallory Lines, arrived this morn- ing 5:45 o'clock from New Or- leans with heavy shipments of freight for Key West. Tonnage approximated 300 tons, and.consisted of a variety of goods and equipment. Included in the shipment were two carloads of coke for the Key West Gas Co., and 58 tons of sewer pipe for the WPA sewer project. } The vesse! sailed o'clock | } H. Boyd, J. G. Westrick, Domingo} Romeu y Jaime, Miss Marta) Romeu, Charles E. Pangie, Mrs William Cates, Mrs. R. C. Red- dick, P. Farrell, W. Ailen, Mrs. L. West. “HEAR REV. JOE TOLLE at FIRST M. E. CHURCH 11 a m: “SPIRITUAL GROWTH.” 8p m: TO DUTY.” —EVERYBODY WELCOME— “FAITHFULNESS eabin| first and two seconds for Tam-} j manifest | were two tons of freight and fourjat the United States Employment, Tampa were: A. T. Henderson, F.} "a, Duck Key. ENGINEERING COMPANY. PHONE 5 - |family physician that the climat- RTUNE ic conditions in Key West were the best in the world in the treat- Wan-/|ment of rheumatic fever, and as a both of her soma cre sufferers from this ailment, it was decided to bring the boys here for the BEGGAR HAS FO! North Plainfield, N. J. \dering into a police station, | ragged, unkempt man, begged | meal-and lodging for the night.’ wintor ‘A search revealed that the man Mrs. Graham Denby Fitch and | identified as William F. Beck, 66, daughter, Miss Hermione, of Wash had $90 in cash on his person and ington, D. C., arrived this week four bank books representing de- and will spend their fourth con- | posits of $24,129.09, and also an secutive winter season im Key interest check for $225. West. Two Requisitions Received Here For Bridge Workers Requisitions for labor receive) man carpenters, two rough car- ‘penters, and four white isborers to be sent to the contract tomor- row morning. Free DANCE —MONDAY NIGHT— Nev. 22, 9 till 7 BOCA CHICA CASINO Masic By John Pritchard's Orchestra { Service bureau, in charge of Wm./ V. Little, grow fewer as the days} go on by, only two being re- ceived this week. Yesterday a cali for four negro} laborers was received from the S. J. Groves and Sons Co., to bej sent to their contract F, at Little; Today requisitions were : ceived from J. O. Patterson, Kan-' sax City, Mo., firm, which has! been awarded a subcontract by) the Wisconsin Bridge and Iron | Company, for laying the drive-! g, werybody Invited To Come lway on the Bahia Honda Bridew.| aud Have a Good Time known as Contract H-1. ; This requests or eo ry, re-