The Key West Citizen Newspaper, November 25, 1937, Page 1

Associated Press Day Wire ‘ Service, For 67 Years Devoted to the Best Inverests of Key West Cone Wil Receive Bids For Operation ‘Of Scavenger Service 1 FA PAIE SD SSD Riese Ye Be Opmnat eee | APPRECIATION |NEW FORM OF FLORIDA FAIR riage aided led TO BE CONFINED sTRicT.| LY TO NEWSPAPERS AND STANDARD BILLBOARDS TAMPA, Nov. 25.—(FNS) In-' ‘fluenced by appeals from garden’ the Key Wiest Citizen KEY WEST, FLORIDA, THURSDAY, font Chapelle Noe 25, 1937. ving Day Here! alks Observed In I In Quiet Way Thanksgiving Day observance, Usual mail delivery was made in Key West is as usual a day of this morning, which will be the | quiet and peaceful manifestation é lof an attitude of gratitude and {MY one throughout the day, ex appreciation of the blessings ¢ept that distribution will be made which have been experienced; to the boxes, and all outgoing , throughout the year. mail handled as usual. All win- Special services were held in| dows were closed at 10 o’clock. During Special Meet- ing To Be Held Tomor- row Night Mémbers of the City Council Met in informal session yesterday} afternoon:.for the: purpose of dis« cussing: matters relative. to. the scavenger ‘service, and ‘decided to hold a special meeting tomorrow night at which time and proposals for the removal of garbage and trash from Key West! premises will be opened. A contract covering this service is now held by William Knight, who took over these duties under, the administration of the old coun-! ceil. Mr. Knight is now taking care of this service, and makes his own| collections for the work and serv- ice rendered. The the understanding that he main- tain their upkeep. The city te- imburses the cgntractor for hand- ling the trash cans that are placed! at different sections of the city| for the use of the public, while , /this is only a small charge, how-! er, it is shogn. It is understood that the city ‘at first desired to operate the service itself, and make its “own ‘collections, the same as that which is now being done by Mr. Kpight| in order that additional revenue may be obtained to take care of some of its operating expenses. The matter, however, will in all probability be definitely settled at! the meeting to be held tomorrow might. MORGAN, ARTIST ARRIVES IN CITY: WAS FORMERLY ASSOCIATED WITH WPA PROJECT IN KEY WEST F. Townsend Morgan, artist who/ was formefly associated with the WPA Art Project in Key. West, and aftetward wént té'sthér of the United States,’ and et Vie gin Islands, returned” this mccompanied by his! ; Miss Norma. (Mr. Morgan ‘said today that he was here in connection with the Art Gallery which is to be established here, and was await- ing specific information relative to the project, which was expected ‘within a short period. week, Mrs. G. R. ter, Helen G. Smiley have, arriv- ‘ed in the city and will spend the] winter season here. Their resi- dence is at 1415 Division street, Mr. Smiley, who was unable to break away from business, was an/ East} engineer with the Florida Coast Railway Company when it built its extension from Miami to Key West. The Smileys are ville, Kentucky. from Louis- sealed bids| city trucks) were placed at his disposal, with, The Citizen receipt of a letter of appreciation from Marcus C. Fagg, state super- intendent of ‘the Children’s Home Society of Florida at Jacksonville for the coopera- tion ‘given the institution in publishing items in the inter- est of the cause: The letter reads: “We want to thank you for the perfectly fine space which you so kindly gave to our So- ciety and its needs. We earn- estly hope that your readers will respond genefously to our Thanksgiving appeal. You are rendering a’ great service through your fine coopera- tion, and we do want you to know of our genuine grati- tude.” | ‘PAYROLL FOR AGED PEOPLE ON INCREASE EVERY PREPARATION IS NOW, BEING MADE TO PROVIDE! FUNDS FOR CHRISTMAS; HOLIDAYS JACKSONVILLE, , Nov. (FNS).—The advent of the holi- day season featuring Thanksgiv-| ing and Christmas at intervals of one month, adds interest to the old age assistance payroll, one of the largest to be released in the | state. . The total grants for November bwill be approximately $300,000 land for December between $350,- 000 and $400,000, according to the statement here today of Clay- ton ©. Codrington, state welfare commissioner. More than 20,000 persons will receive November checks. It is expected that 24, 000, at least, will be on the De- icember roljs, as all districts are ! now fully ‘staffed and applications are being disposed of ‘rapidly. club leaders and those concerned all of the churches, and in several With state beautification, General there will be song services and | -Sehools, publie and parochial, | are all closed, as are many places| VF hduudedeube duet “\ ulation | Manager P.T. Streider of the | Florida ‘air, to be held in Tampa, ‘Jan, 25 to Feb, 5, stated that Pair advertising this year will be leonfined exclusively to news- papers and’ regulation standard | billboards. | It has ‘been the custom of the’ Florida Fair to use paper fur- ished by carnivals companies, ! |fireworks and automobile race! | promoters, together with tack: jeards and placards with _ bill-pos-} | ters plastered on barns, fences, or |tacked to posts and trees to catch | jthe eye of the’ traveler on our) jhighways. ‘It is a practice used| for many years by all shows,!} fairs, carnivals and similar events, | {and the Florida Fair has been no} greater offender than a score of) other similar events,- and the Florida Fair has been no greater offender than a score of other | similar events held in the state. | ‘But since the Florida Fair is ‘designed to advance the welfare (of the ‘state as a whole and its ‘aim is to work in cooperation ‘with every interest ir organiza- tion ‘with a similar purpose, man-/| ager Streider feels that it is fit- ‘ting for the Florida Fair to take; the lead in helping to rid state {highways and communities of this offensive form of (arbre “known to the trade as “sniping.” Accordingly, money formerly} | budgeted for this form of pub-; {lieity has this year been reserved jexclusvely for use in accepted and; :recognized mediums such as reg- billboards and | | | news-} apers. Arrangements were* closed this. week with the Peninsular Adver-/ ' tising Agency of Tampa for the| ‘placing of both newspaper and! (billboard advertising with an in-| , creased appropriation over last year. Manager Streider express belief that Women’s Clubs, beauti-/ fication committees and state gar- den clubs would heartily approve} of this action and that results’ would prove profitable from an} attendance standpoint. Secretary Russell Kay of the’ Fair Association concurred with Mr. Streider and stated unani-} mous approval from the press of the state could be counted on. t ed the! i | { i | | Chamber of Commerce that he has| ly there are a lot more of them sermons this evening, to bring to| a close with song and _ gracious- ness, a day which has been one of calm and holy observance in all | walks of life. ‘All sgovernment activities were | stilled, exeept the regular patrols and observance of guard duty at the barracks and naval station. No activity was in effect on WPA, NYA and other allied projects. of business. Some of them for| | the entire day, and others closing |for the afternoon at 1 o'clock, to ;Temain so until tomorrow morn- ing. Taking advantage of the holi- day, many parties and family groups left over the highway this morning, to picnic on the Keys or visit with friends and _ relatives for the day. \ ‘COMMERCE BODY’S SECRETARY PREPARES ADDITIONAL DATA BEARING ON FISHING HERE So many inquiries about fishing all the benefits which would have reach the offices of Secretary S.| resulted from a two-year closed |C. Singleton, of the Key West' season on game fish, and natural- prepared ‘a statement to cover the/ than would be the case were large situation. He says his will have, fleets of boats steadily employed to do until he can get out that | in trying to break records. record-breaking booklet. | “I don’t even know the names Just now his main object in life] of the more than 600 varieties of | is to bring an armful of copy and} fish which the scientific sharps say a fistful of photos to this office! cruise from ocean to Gulf and {and get out the booklet on the! back again around this island. Artman Press for the chamber in| “But the lordly sailfish, the am- Key West to give its sister organ-| berjack, kingfish, and irridescent’ {izations throughout the state/ dolphin, the wahoo and the barra- | something to look at. cuda patrol the lunch routes from Mr. Singleton suggested - that! auterican Shoals light, around sabscribers to The Citizen lend a Sand Key, and more than 70 miles ‘hand in the preliminary work by|to the westward where they hold sending out a copy to northern|a dgily jamboree around the Dry sportsmen friends whose greatest, Tortugas. That leaping lena of the | thrill has been limited to catching sea, the tarpon, frequent all the a one-pound perch or bull-head. | passes, and on the flats among Briefly, the following is Mr.jthe Keys, sporties, gamest light! | Singleton’s fish story: tackle tester that swims in salt “Of course every crow thinks! water, the bonefish comes nosing its own young one the _blackest.| in with every tide to look for small And there is undoubtedly good! crabs, and to behave like an ex- fishing along the line in Florida,| plosion when he thinks some one but Key West has a little hardjis trying to take advantage of luck whieh by force of circum-} him. stances is transmuted into good} “Here and there along bridge luck for fishermen. and dock, and in likely spots be- “Since Labor Day, 1935, travel] tween the shoals, for fishermen} from the mainland to Key West!and the lads who like something | | tas been at an irreducible mini-j small for the frying pan, the yel- | |mum, due to“the length of time] lowtail, grunt, grouper and sailor’s| | for the ferry trip, now soon to be| choice congregate. And while a a thing of the past. That is rea-| 200-pound jewfish is not exactly son No. 1. Reason No. 2 is thatia panfish, he is reducible to steaks yachtsmen do not visit Key West] and can preside over a chowder in in the large numbers that will} great style. come when we get a protected}- “In other words the, fishing is NYA Workers ‘Are Now Busy Key West, Florida, has the | most equable climate in the country; with an average range of only 14° Fahrenheit PRICE hagas ac CENTS Survey Will Be Made Of Florida Keys From Key West To Miami Lid Blown Off Fertile | Wal Be First Of Activi- ties Of This Nature In Sanford Bolita Racket) these Waters Since Civil War Days By PAUL MAY {Special pondeat and to The last of these large-scale charts, covering coastal waters of North Carolina, are being printed ighter, / Smiley ‘and daugh-| CUBA ARRIVES. FROM TAMP | VESSEL LEFT SHORTLY ar “It is the desire of Governor Cone and the State Welfare Board that December “Old Age As- ,sistance checks reach their des- tinations,” Codrington said, “and with this end in view the payrolls will be made up here with all pos- sible promptness. They will be | forwarded to the office of the! | State Comptroller in relays as! written so that checks may be is-| 5 sued without delay.” A new payroll is made up each {month due to the fact that many} jaddresses are changed and that) }Mames are removed from it for }various reasons, usually because of death. The payroll is prepared in the! TO HAVANA Steamship Cuba, of the P. il S. Co., arrived from Tampa; | this morning with one first cabin| and one second cabin passengers) for Key West; #5 first and two !seconds for Havana. Key West arrivals: G. Thomas ne Mrs. J. W. Stirrup. The manifest showed there was | business Office of the State Wel-| °" the ship 21 tons of freight and fare Board here, ‘the task being! OR Stck of mail for Key West; jone of the major proportions and/ no tonnage and 113 sacks of mail| involving much clerical, detail. fix Havens. Key West Although the number of payrotts| . Bookings from Key West | con- has practically doubled since July,| “8te¢ of one, fitst cal va at when the board was inducted into| €¢" E- F. Geggus,, and . severa office, no additional clerical help| *°Co"4 cabin. has been employed, in accordance} | with the ecOnomy program adopt , ‘JOHNSTONES Colored Defendant Is Brought To City And Placed In Jail ennyent wren Sam Wilson, colored, with reckless driving an auto- mobile in the vicinity of Rock Harbor, on the state highway, ar-| rived last night on the ferry, and! was met at the ferry by Chief) Deputy Bernard Waite, and] jea by the board and strongly sanc- ] Commodore Caston D. John- tioned by Governor Cone. j stone, U. S. N., retired, and Mrs. | Johnstone, of Washington, D. C.,! jarrived over the highway Tues- 5 night, and will be guests of brought to the city and placed in iM Johnstone’s nephew }the county jail. jmiece, Mr. and Mrs. Bascom | The prisoner was arrested by} Grooms. / Deputy Raymond Maloney and ex Tt is not known at this time ) jpressed a with to come to Keyj whether they will visit for only a West as soon as possible, enter] few weeks, as intended, or extend his plea and get the matter oveg] t stay here for the entire win- with. He will be accommodated./ ter season. i lof and t | Key West archipelago, so that the {40-mile outside run need not be chanced. “The result is that we have had channel through the wonderful] pretty good around Key West, and our boatmen are Key West boat- j} men, Islanders all. “For good measure, we have some excellent fishing camps.” HOME YESTERDAY R. Porter, president of ied who was Ww. irst National Bank, absent from the city for a period about two weeks, and at Tallahassee where he attended the Convention of the State Bank- ers Association, returned over the! highway yesterday, accompanying Mrs. Porter. Mrs. Porter had been visiting { with relatives and friends in Ala- bama, and Mr .Porter went to Mobile for a short visit, and for the purpose of accompanying Mrs. Porter on her return trip to Key hs est, Cc TO TAMPA FOR PRISONER Deputy Sheriff Ray Elwood left yesterday morning, accompanied Officer Franklin Arenberg, of Key West Police Department, going over the highway to Tampa for a prisoner to be brought to Key West for a hearing. It was learned that the charges against the prsoner are of a stata- tory nature, which will be explain- ed at the time of the hearing. TER ARRIVAL EN ROUTE ‘PORTERS RETURN \SAVAG WALLACE, COLORED, DEAD CASE WAS REPORTED TO OF- FICIALS WHO MADE IN- VESTIGATION visited | Savag Wallace, colored, was last night found to be suffering from a sudden illness in his home, and within a brief time died. Friends in the neighborhood of his home on Chapman lane, noti- fied Chief Deputy Bernard Waite and Peace Justice Enrique Ee quinaldo. Arriving at the home of the de ceased an investigation was made by both officials, at the conclu- sion of which Mr. Esquinaldo, as coroner ex-officio, deciared it would be unnecessary to empanel a coroner's jury. GARDEN OF ROSES —PENA’S PLACE— —TONIGHT— FIRESIDE DANCES) Enjoy Warmth and Comfort While You Dance j —NO ADMISSION— The bolita racket, which has ‘crank and did not attribute much} been strongly assailed in the cities) portance to it. secure the aid of federal al-! Juries, has had the lid blown off) thorities in tracing the letter; en again in Sanford, where another | Mr. Boyle replied that he in-} “ 25.—New h: returning indictments and | 50" “who hides his pong een where “Bolita Barons” are being’ Sueh a threatening manner is like for the Florida Keys, from Key a barking dog that never bites.” iw. vigorously prosecuted by Assist-\ He added, however, that the’ “°** Florida, to Miami, will be ant State Attorney L. F. Boyle. | grand jury is still in session and ‘begun July 1, the U. S. Coast and The following article from Tues-! it is expected that additional in- | Geodeti i day’s Sanford Herald gives an ac-, dictments may result from con- ae ee ae hate count of a threatening letter re-, tinued investigations. j today. The survey will be the ceived by Boyle, and of his viel! The threat note received by firet im thede Waters since Civil termination to continue law =| Mr, Boyle, postmarked Sanford,' forcement: Fle. and indicating that it had, War days. (Methods smacking strongly of| been mailed at 9:30 o'clock Sun-} yp, work will be undertaken by Chicago gangsters were injected; day night, was as follows: into the proceedings surrounding} “state attorney L. Boyle | Coast and Geodetic Survey crews the investigation of the local lot-| “you had better get the | working fm email leuaches. 1t ts tery racket when a letter was, grand jury to lay off the | - written to Assistant States’ Attor- | local boys you know what | expected that the work will be ney L. F. Boyle warning him to! we understand it is all yout | completed and the first of the new “lay off”, it was revealed this! doings and you had better | |charts issued early in 1939. The receipt of the letter by Mr.| bad for you.” Also scheduled for awa Boyle lent credence to the report! The letter was typewritten, uf- woon is ‘the %: - on the streets that the Bolita’ signed, and completely without} ie. ypcgrephicn high as $10,000 week in San-/ “Such action on the part» of ‘to Minti, whieh tie’ been intla ford out of the sale of tickets, | those coming within the scope of Way since 1933. The last of the would not abandon a field said, the grand jury’s investigation,” , interlapping photographs, taken state, without a fight. jlieve that those allegedly con- However, Mr. Boyle made light nected with the so-called lottery} |airplanes operated by Survey of the incident when interviewed rackets must be considerably; crews, will have been taken by ted receiving such a letter early of the present activity on bss day. Monday morning but insisted it part of the grand jury and | ‘The work of piecing together s ffi was probably the work of some local law enforcement officers.” ' the pho’ hn ehd. ‘eckrelating crews will then be begun. . ‘ When the project is completed, Turning Out Various Toys msm ‘rms ont vu: evn NYA boys at the Craft Shop, surprising, when viewing these! **t of charts of intercoastal water- ith prid the' finished articles and seeing the WY! fromm Key West to Norfolk, ars pentng ee | vd Virginia, on a scale of 1 to 40,000, at present from scrap lumber col-| realize that just a few short’ the inch—twice the scale of charts lected from the stores of the city.| months ago, some of vesged Sirls) previously issued, Practically ali of the ‘material is bad never tried to make the -nos| : of them had never used a sewing see the finished articles which ate, machine. These Jayettes show! now, and will be svsileble. in six being produced by the boys under great care and excellent work-' months. ‘Charts for the rest, of a ly as are those which are to be/in cireulation in the lar charge of operations. in el new roy ais pe lien: 40h |purehased in city stores. They! scale, with the exception of the raise is being given to those: would be a credit “to finished Key West and the North Carolina realize the care which must be ex-| Better results are being ob- ercised in the production of the, tained on all of the work projects and} % the National Youth Adminis- of Miami and Tampa by grand ‘When ‘saked if he. planned 20s (Washing ton | ot ‘Phe: WASHINGTON; “D. C., Nov. grand jury is exposing operations | ' tended to ignore it since a per- morning. quit right now or it may be Barons who have been making as punctuation or capitalization. \vey of the waters from Key to be the most fertile in the Mr. Boyle said, “leads me to be-| with special five-lens cameras from regarding it today. He admit- worried about the final outcome} March, 1938, officials stated to- them with the work of the launch ers will have available a complete various toys which are being made'neatness and workmanship, 10 or be simaately & halfanlle to yg at j¢ommon article, and in fact most being used, and it is surprising to the direction of Pete Knight, in manship, and are finished as neat-) ¢6 waterways system are already engaged in the work by those who seamstresses, areas. tration, it was shown, due to the ~ ADVISORY Advisory 9: 140-e. m. Eats | disturbance central at 7 «. m. assortment of toys on display, one can ‘hardly‘believe that the! rule at present in force, that if a finished articles are produced from! youth shows aptitude for work. . the material which is supplied the) other than on which he is employ-| 8b0tt 170 ‘miles south of Mobile, workers. led, if it is possible they are trans-' Alabama, moving apparently All youth engaged in the work) ferred to the project unit for, northeastward about 15 miles per are giving their knowledge and/which his ability seems most hour attended by shifting gales best efforts to the creation of at-| suited, and where both he and the If present movement continues tractive toys and are doing 0 agency will receive the greatest center will reach const tonight with the realization that the bet-) benefit. {between Pensacola and Cedar ter the article produced, the hap- | Keys, Florida, preceded by strong pier will be the hearts of those sterly to northerly winds this who will receive them at Christ-! jafternson reaching gale force up mas time. Some of the youths) Senled bids and proposals for to 50 miles per hour this after- are volunteering to put in extra/the removal of garbage and trash’ Non or tonight. Caution advised time so that the number of toys from premises of Key West will, vessels in northeastern gulf Galt and to be distributed will exceed the be opened by city council in spe- small eraft should remain in port number first anticipated. jcial gegsion at 730 p. m. Priday, funtil orm ‘pases. Northeast To the casual observer/it ray} v 26. Amy or all bids to\storm warnings remain dicpiayed | appear that this work is eceupying! be “aecepted or rejected or defer- at Morgan City, Lovisians, to the éntire; time;ef the force, but red for consideration by the coun- Carrabelle, Florida the making af the toys form bat o cil. ov?5-2t} WEATHER BUREAU | smal part of the work being done,! aa [Fenimore for the Monroe County Visiting WPA Officials Left This Morning Over Highway |furniture for the Monroe County roan Board, for the county; They come in carly thie week court house, and other public: j agencies, and are able to view with | pride the work already accom-) | plished, and are daily trying to improve their workmanship and) "eh W. Langley, WPA re-} \ artistry. gions) director for the South-|for an extensive survey of At the NYA sewing room 21 eastern United States, with head-) cts in this, the Third District, } are engaged in making lay- quarters in New Orieans, and J.) ss ove eald that thes lettes to be distributed through’ Y. Wilson, acting administrator in having s lthe WPA Commodity Room to’Plorida, left by bus this morning! found everything working nicely, |meedy families in the <ity. It is for Miami jend mo changes were anticipated. pre). ; ct MAKE THE HOME COMFORTABLE WITH A HEATER. SOUTH FLORIDA HAS AN INEXPENSIVE LINE DESIGNED FOR ECONOMICAL OPERATION. CALL 598