The Key West Citizen Newspaper, November 23, 1937, Page 1

Associated Press Day Wire Service. For 57 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West pd VOLUME LVIII. No. 278. Boy Scout Troop Now ‘Showing Great Activity! Meinbers Of Organization TRAFFIC MEN Manifesting Much In- TOUR FLORIDA terest In Collecting Toys} AGGREGATION ALSO PAYS For Children | visir To HAVANA ASIDE Evidence that the boys of Scout FROM OTHER POINTS Troop 5 have been busy campaign for collecting toys for! in the (Special to The Citizen) OCALA, Nov. 23.—A party of 85 attending a convention of the American Association of Passen- ger Traffic Officers entrained for home here the first of last week after a tour of the state. Returning from Hayana, — the j party was met at Port Tampa by ‘hew ‘stredmlined buses of Tami- work, the members are’ “at © work}ami Trail Tours and Florida Mo- of tor Lines for a trip to Clearwater z as _., and St, Petersgurg, they ere A Mee ite sampeny with’ were guests at a Shrine luncheon, the members of Troop 52, will Berane thence a ee van ota for a visit to Ring- TS iting Blt and circus nee Thanksgi | quarters. 4 The largest attendance of the! Tee deity, detuctiod by wsin to troop members recorded since the ; Tampa for a dinner dance at the reorganization, | Hillsboro and a special tour to announced | Bok Tower from where they con- during the meeting, and Official: ' of the troop stated that it was, ver Springs. very gratifying to realize i SALLEY INE NT poor children of Key West, wai shown last night at the meeting of the troop, when a number rof| the members deposited the result of their efforts before the scout- master, In addition to: this praiseworthy Preparing to arrange baskets where poor persons on ing morning. was keen interest which is being dis- Played by the boys. Chester Harris presented him- self for admittance to ship at a previous meeting, and as his credentials heartily indorsed by the committee . in charge of these matters, he was received with the regular for- tmalities” ” re Matters of interest were dis- eussed in detail and after the elose of the discussions the troop was dismissed, After adjourn- ment was announced, the boys enjoyed games until the hour ar- rived for the return home. Domingo J. Milord, Retired Cuban Consul, Died This ~ Morning; Funeral Tomorrow Domingo J. Milord, 68, retired, Tampa. There are also a Cuban Consul, died 1 o'clock this! number of nieces and nephew: morning at the residence of his| ing in Key West. i ‘Mr. Milord was first appointed niece, Mrs. Pedro Aguilar. Num-! .oneul in Key West, and served ber 7 Thompson Lane. Funeral services are to be held signed to duty in Savannah. Ga., tomorrow afternoon 5:30 o’tlock,\‘and after a term of service was member- were Infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Henry McKie Salley, died 10:45 a, m. yesterday in a local hospital. Funeral services were held this morning 11 o'clock, fro! the chapel. of the Lopez Faneral Home. Mr. Salley is one of the en- gineers employed by the Overseas ‘Road and Toll Bridge District, and Mrs. Salley is the sister of Mrs. Clem Price street. —~ large 8 liv- from the chapel of the 'Phitchat® Grdeted”to Miami and from there} Funeral Home on’ Divisidii stteet!went'té Havana where he was ill! Rev. Shuler Peele, of’ Fletiiiig)'for “a While and was retired. He Street church will officiate. returned some months ago to ‘the Surviving the deceasdt!’ aré ‘two sisters. Mrs. Charles Laas’ of Mi/'is last days with his aii, and Miss Domitila’ Mitford,’ Of) fiends and relatives. Str. Alamo Brings In host 150 Tons Of Freight Steamship Alamo of the Clyde-jat 7:45, discharged and sailed hit: Mallory Lines, arrived in port this|""Awore’ the shinments was one morning from New York, which was consigned to South a | Florida Contracting and Engineer- for Key West The vessel dotked| ing Company. Monroe County Sheriff Back Home From Trip Sheriff Karl Thompson was anjnight after an absence “of afrival over the highway last shipments approximating 150 tons several the Hot taking tment was —THANKSGIVING PASTRY— |8ths_ snd PUMPKIN and MINCE MEAT | Springs, Ark. P ii E s He siys he had a wonderful Nice Line FRUIT CAKES |!" d following the period of Maloney Bros. Bakery _| inctuding Phone 818 812 Fleming St.' enjoyed a at al cities, ightful vacation. inued by bus to Orlando and Sil-! BURIED TODAY. of Fleming’ _ {Sam B. Curry | for several years when he was as-| city of his early years, and spent, of! with} carload of sheet rock wall board,! ‘PERFECT TEETH DECLARED BUNK DECLARATION MADE BY DR. EDWARD C. SHRYOCK, DENTIST i 1 T (Special to The Citizen) OCALA, Nov. 23.—The popu- lar idea that primitive man pos- bunk, {declared Dr. Edward C. Shryock, j local dentist, after examining va- [rious sets of ‘teeth taken from jshell mounds at Silver Glen | Springs in the Ocala National For- est. : Estimated to be over 2000 years old, the teeth showed evidence of | pyorrhea, decay and absesses sim- jilar, to diseases affecting modern! | teeth, They were found to have been worn down comparatively early in jlife due to coarse foods which, while strengthening the jaw and] toughening the gums perhaps, had la tendency to destroy the dentine jand admit decay. Dr. Shryock was of the opinion jthat people of the present have jthe best teeth of all times when they take proper care of him. 'BENJ. R. CURRY DIED THIS A. M. jsessed perfect teeth is all 4 | FUNERAL SERVICES WILL BE} | CONDUCTED TOMORROW 1 AFTERNOON i | { Benjamin Russell Curry. 42.) died 9 o’clock this morning in his} 'yesidence at 522 Francis _ street.| {Funeral services will be held 4:30) o’clock tomorrow afternoon from{ |Fleming Street church. Rev.) Schuler: Peele wilt officiate. |” Pritehard’s Funeral Home will {be in charge of arrangements and} ‘announce the body will be placed} jin the church tomorrow afternoon tat 2 o'clock. Mr. Curry s survived by his mother, Mrs. Charlotte Curry; two sisters. Mrs.. Harry Pierce of Homestead and Miss Emma Curry of Key West; two brothers, C.} and J. Lennie Curry. ‘DR. FERNANDEZ DIES IN HAVANA PRACTICED HIS PROFESSION; IN KEY WEST FOR SEVERAL YEARS | 1 | } 1 Friends in Key West of the de-! ceased have received news chronicling the death of Dr. Lu-j ciano Soto Fernandez, who for the ‘past six years spent most of his time in Key West, practicing his profession. Before leaving the city on the} Steamship Cuba last week, Doctor; Fernandez said that he was going! home to Havana. and, he was con-| vinced that he was going to die at) an early date. Friends in Key West at the idea, and were surprised| when they were informed last! Friday that Dr. Fernandez was taken ill while on the vessel, and died before he could be taken} ashore. | laughed i } i RETURNS TO CITY. t { i } } | | | j Mrs. Mitchell White fhome Friday from a visit of one { Peek ite Migmi with her aunt, Mrs.’ George E. Manson and other rela- hives. She left last Sunday for Mate- cumbe to attend the dedi ion of jthe monument after which she proceeded to Miami. returned! i LEFT THIS MORNING Wm. B. Demeritt, ‘house department adq’ Mrs. Demeritt and their [Richard and Joan, rs. ren he ¢ left over where he/ highway this morning for a vaca- For every Ome approved, | tion in Miami. i | gineer, came down with the group) {saw that they’ were a !settled and returned to his office ingly, and that they are village may in KEY WEST, FLORIDA, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 19387. ey Wrst Citizen Key West, Florida, has the most equable climate in the country; with an average range of only 14° Fahrenheit PRICE FIVE CENTS Tax Collector Cites Status On Qualifications To Cast | Ballot In Special Election Vote on the proposal of the of $50,000 to the City of Key West to be used for debt service, will record only votes of those: citizens who are exempt from! payment of poll taxes, unless these taxes are paid by non- exempts, said Tax Collector Frank H. Ladd this morning. When the county 1 t | commission- to the allotment to the city from the county’s gasoline tax receipts, it was announced that the elec- tion to determine the wishes of} the citizens of Monroe county in this matter would be held. It was' specifically stated that in order to vote it was necessary that the |county to allot each year the sum) 1935 poll tax be paid. This morning the records in the office of Mr. Ladd show that no prospective voter has come for- ward at this time to register a de- sire to vote on the question by ' paying the necessary poll tax, and the day for the election is but a few weeks distant. As a matter of fact the election | will be held Thursday, December 30. Of course it is expected that jers adopted the resolution relative!a large number of voters will have qualified by that time. But should the attitude of the voters remain as it is apparent today, it was pointed out, the only voters will be those who are exempt, the number of these is approximately 1200. Massachusetts Folk _ Visitors For Winter Mrs. A. B. Connant, Roderick Steele, and Mrs. Con- nant’s two sons, Benjamin andj David, of Hanover, Massachusetts, brother jare visitors for the winter season| Winter here as a curative measure at 1700 Flagler Avenue. Mr. Con-| nant, who is a Hydraulic En- over the highway November 12, comfortably at Hanover. es The Connants are friends of Dr. James L. Huntington, a spe- cialist in obstetrical work in Bos-| ton, who is well known _ locally.) When the Connants mentioned to, Dr. Huntington. that . they~-swene|Kaysyas the Manx Parliament is|t? the Gulf from all the ports of clear nights, glowed the three OP-) this. settion are being looking for a place in which tojknown, died following an emer-| the world moored to her wharves. | per stars of the Southern Cross. were think-| gency operation, Lady Clucas suf-| Rich trade came and went over all! spend the winter, and ing of Miami, Dr. Huntington|fered a stroke brought on by the sailing lanes that led to t' promptly suggested Key West and gave such a wonderful account of the climate here that his friends were thoroughly sold on the place. The Connants are spending the for the rheumatic fever Benjamin and David have. Mrs. Connant reports that the climate is already working wonders, that the boys’| appetites have returned surpris- much better. FOLLOWS MATE IN DEATH Douglas, Isle of Man.—A few | hours after Sir George Frederick Clucas, Speaker of the House of grief, and died. | ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS | Happenings That Affect the Dinner Pails, Dividend Checks and Tax Bills of Every Individual; Na- tional and International Problems Insep- arable From Local Welfare Those who follow national poli-, ties always watch local elections, with close attention. The policy| that is approved by voters of a} the fullness of, time be the policy that is adopted in the seats of the mighty at! Washington. Disapprovals shown by voters will be reflected by, their representatives in Congress. It is in town, city and state elec- tions that the temper of the peo- ple is best reflected. The recent off-year elections’ were more than ordinarily signi- ficant. What they showed is well summed up by Dorothy Thomp- son: “They furnish no sign that the American people want to turn the direction of their political af- fairs oves to militant labor. “There is no indication that they wish an increase in govern- ment ownership. They show that there is a positive popular desire to curtail government extrava- gances. , “They also show that the voters ate not thuch moved by hysterical screams of red and bolshevik.” Labor—as represented by the | clO—fared badly indeed. Great- est labor hopes were pinned on Detroit, where CIO candidates for mayor and city council strvived thé primiiries. But all were de- feated. ‘In other industrial cen- ters, ineluding Canton, Cleveland and Akron, they met a similar fate. It is true that Mayor La- Guardia of New York had labor's endorsement—but he was also supported by the leading news- papers, and by influential business groups as well as Iabor groups, be-! cause of his refharkable fight aganst Tammany and his efficient and progressive stewardship of the y during his past term in of- lerk of light-! fi Light on public sentiment to- ward spending is found in the vote om préjected bond issues! about two were rejected. j {majority as a rule, and only lost telections show . . . The only two towns voting on! proposals to erect municipal} elec-| trie plants or to take over private plants decisively defeated the measure. From the standpoint of par- tisan politics, the elections are} more dfficult to gauge. Republi- cans made gains—out they were not large and Occurred in areas where the Republicans are in the control during the great New Deal sweep of last year. One im- portant sign of the times is the growing inclination of the voters to back the man they believe the best, irrespective of his party label. This trend marks a hard | blow to old-time machine politics, which depends for success on a “straight ticket” vote that ap- proves all party nominees and dis- regards personalities. To quote Miss once more, “The a public de- mand for humane qevecitount| coupled with increasing honesty, efficiency and sobriety.” | It may be only a coincidence— but it is a fact that a few days| after the elections, Secretary Mor- genthau made his immensely im- portant speech in which he op- posed increased government spend- ing, approved a broader tax base, and made reductions in appropri tions, and apparently charted a new fiscal course for the Admin-| istration. It is generally believed! that the business recession has! frightened the voters as well government leaders, and im-} creased sentiment in favor of a} more conservative policy. | General opinions hold that the) Special session and the regular! session of the current Congress! wilt be dominated by a cautious tone, and a disinclination to spend and experiment. The reverbera- tions from the local elections will echo loud in the halls and commit- tee rooms of the Capitol. . | Cuba, the Hondurases, even South. | Arrive Here To Confer With Local Supervisor SATURDAY EVENING POST CARRIES ARTICLE RELATIVE TO KEY WEST This is a part of a story under, the vessels were in from the mack- | the caption of “Johnny Sail Your ereling, the sponging, the coast-! Luck” in the May 22 issue of Sat- ing, the salvaging of the big deep-| — urday Evening Post, clipped by; watermen that more often than; ‘ Tiss Riso Mary Saudere: ind| not wate ‘Galigaidubly aabote GE! pipeorznalinic dee. sent to her parents, Mr. and Mrs.’ those reefs that burst in a hun-' Works Progress Administration, Cleveland Saunders, of Key West.! dred-mile crescent of creaming " The story concerns Key West as! surf to the northwhrd, they filled “**0S@ vee RNeeigeuas test eve it was in 1902 and was written by | the harbor like a flock of resting ni Charles Rawlings: 'gulls. They had bluff bows, slab “On a big-scale chart the isiand sides, square sterns and low hur- of Key West looks like a weather-! ricane-geared rigs. Their spars West with Project Supervisor B. ed turtle’s skull grounded on the made a forest, dense as the giant- southernmost American reefs by’ mangrove forest whose smooth the flowing sapphire of the Gulf; trunks wait on Cape Sable, across! Stream. Its tawny beaches shape! Florida Bay, to be varnished in the jowl, the flat reptilian head,' every evening by the setting sun. the clenched jaw. Embayed in} “The place temed with life at the Southeastern United States, the jagged, torn-off neck is the'a seaport pitch. A mood was! : harbor, a blue pool, and bedded, tense in the air—a mood of insul-' from New Orleans; Jerome Peter- down beside it in the lush greens! arity, of wanton freedom, dice! of coconut palms and laurel trees,’ rolled, music jangled, women; the fiery reds of big-petaled flow- | squealed and laughed. A white hot J. Y. Wilson, ers, is the town. It was, in that moon burned down from a sky still day, a white, trim, violent little niolten blue at midnight. The night place that belonged to the sea like’ easterly, a faint northern fringe of operations from Jacksonville, a ship. Men called it, shiplike, of the trades, crooned straight up ‘ 3 ‘she.’ It was more than an island, Jantern-lit Duval Street and car-, 80d O. A. Sandquist, field a settlement, a harbor. Rather a ried out a full sea mile the scent’ ‘ lodestone, & rébidakibds of all the ‘of flowers Metied Oth tga ee southern water that still, in that perfumes of Cuban girls strolling | South Florida zone, day, held sail to be queen. lafter lovers. Just lifting the; ae “Big deepwatermen making in- southern line, pellow as coals on} All activities of the WPA reviewed |Particalar Attention Is | Being Given To Sewer Projects Among Various Other Activities Prominent going over the activities in Curry Moreno. Ralph W. engineer for In the group are Langley, regional son, area supervisor from Miami; assistant Florida Administrator and acting director repre- the in ‘ “What course, big-ship cap’n?’| by the visiting group with par- he repeated Joes. i ' to} “ ‘West!’ Johnny cried the an- swer. ‘West by Key West! Home!’ “‘Home! We points her on home!’ Joes’ acceptance came in a joyous shout above the increas- ing hammering explosions. “West by Key West, she is!” West ticular attention being given the Bahamas, the Indies, progress of the sewer project and ern Florida, up over the “Bay- way.’ It fattened her prosperity and her culture, and nurtured her insular pride. She was vain of many things—her women, her bay horses and silver-mounted surreys, the top hats of her gentry and “The towlines creaked, snugging their Bahaman porched houses; home on the bitts. Johnny swung with gold moldings and taupe car-| the big wheel. It answered, and pets from Paris, and crystal chan-| the black bowsprit slowly moved deliers. Bust most she boasted| across the horizon and steadied. her lean tall seamen and herA trickle of wake, the faint be- schooner fleet. It was the hard-! ginning of a trail, eddied away est-sailed and the smartest fleet from her stern. West by Key south of New York. When all West she bore.” prospects for the future of this most important item in the work in this city. It was said today at head- quarters that practically all mem- bers of the visiting group will leave Key West in time to be at their respective nmes for Thanks- giving day. LICENSES ISSUED | Oklahoma City.—In order to| ‘Three marriage licenses are the the | number recorded in the office of | ES T0 M |“Society for the Prevention of | Judge Raymond R. Lord, showing | Married Men Posing as Bachelors” | the issues, for the. week, ending IvY’S CREW LEFT SUNDAY | recently proposed that “all mar- Saturday, November 20. Those to whom the issues were ON VESSEL FROM [ried men be compelled to wear) jade were; James. Russell and TAMPA | NEW SOCIETY FORMED | protect unsuspecting girls, according to Miss) Marjorie Russell; Evgene Valdes of the/and Bioneva Roberts; Floyd Villa- real and Ardis Knowles Sawyer. | wedding rings, ' Jessye Ornette, founder new society. | the! Lifhthouse Tender Ivy sailed Sun- 10 Municipalities League To spur, which is to be taken to Mo- Meet In St. Petersburg bile, and left for emergency use.) Qericinis and members of the/and officials will be heard in sd- This vessel was sent to this dis-| Florida League of Municipalities | dresses relative to important mat- trict for use by the crew of the are getting in readiness to attend| ters of municipal government. Ivy while that vessel was undergo-, the semi-annual convention of Every municipality of the State ing extensive repairs in Jackson-| the league which is to be held in| of Florida should send. one or P : | St. Petersburg on Thursday and|more representatives to the con- a 4°Y-| Friday, December 2 and 3. lvention, t the statement of os | The principal plan of the league league officials, and it ts par- Advices reeeiyed at local light-/is “To increase the number of | ticularly ——_ — - s é this morning! well governed communities in) families attend, an ‘or abit asa? a the Tes | Florida” and at this conveahion| thie special entertainment will der Poinciana is weather-bound oe bgsore * = ceneatig | Sees ¥ reenter Poti County Offi lass On Official Visit To Miami Tender Poppy is busy in Miami) j harbor, the time being taken up} principally with the restoration’ | County Judge Raymond R. Lord case pending for the next session ___-. | left over the highway this morning ©! ¢ritminal court. of beacons which have been de- stroyed in the séetion. HOLIDAY NOTICE jfor Miami where he will visit = {briefly on business matters in November 25, 1937, 2 legal holi-| Connection with his office. } day in the State of Florida, this! Accompanying Judge Lord was) bank will not be open for business| County Solicitor Allan B. Cleare, on that day. \ Jr, who ie to question certzin per-/ THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK./sons on the Florida Keys and alo nov?3-2t in Miami, in connection with « Members of the crew of day o'clock | { from Tampa on the Tender Lark-| morning at Two C Thanksgiving Day, Thursday, ie? RESERVE TABLES EARLY Phone 435-8 | MRS. A. A. BLENUS, Prop. MAKE THE HOME COMFORTABLE WITH A HEATER’ SOUTH FLORIDA HAS AN INEXPENSIVE LINE DESIGNED FOR ECONOMICAL OPERATION. CALL 598