The Key West Citizen Newspaper, December 4, 1937, Page 1

Asseciated Press Day Wire Service. For 57 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West Key West, Florida, has the most equable climate in the country; with an average range of only 14° Fahrenheit soo] Che Key West Citizen Sz VOLUME LVIII. No. 288. Monroe County Benefits In Various Ways From: ‘State Welfare Program Announcement Made At|!"SP@DDOPDOLMM. . Riviera Climate Has Headquarters Gives Out-|""s Nothing On That Here line Of Different Ac- ee The climate of Key West awit: “decidedly” compares favora- tivities bly with that of such south- ern European resorts as Flor- ence, Italy. the Riviera at Nice and Cannes in France, of Mrs, Lindley Forest of New York City, who is here for the winter. Monroe County financially in at least four ways from the State Welfare Program, is benefitting KEY WEST, FLORID. THE WEATHER Lowest Highest last night last 24 hrs. 4 62 ASK FOR MORE EDITOR:OF JUNIOR» PUBLICA. | Abilene __ TION HAS HIS TROU: Apalachicola 4 is TAMPA, Dec. 4 (FNS).—Old- time newspaper editors will have to look to their laurels if they ex- pect to cope with the up-and- coming generation. Russell Kay, secretary of the Florida Press As- sociation, received a request from | one of the state’s youngest pub- Galveston — lishers for membership in the as- | Hatteras sociation last week, and a copy paren of the paper was enclosed. a eon “The Clarion” is a little four-) fT ackovanille page newsy paper published in ansas Cit Daytona Beach by Tippen David-; iy - 7 ! Brownsville _. 68 Buffalo 32 KEY WEST . A, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1937. BLAZE DISCOVERED ON TRUMBO ISLAND LONG FENDER ALONG DOCK WAS FOUND TO BE BURNING Fire was discovered on Trumbo Island about 1 o’clock this morn- ing and the apparatus responded to the call which was sent in from Box 131 by Officer Franklin Arenberg. The long fender on the P. and! ©. passenger dock was burning, at the. spot where the Cuba berths, and Officer Arenberg was| awaiting the arrival of the ap- paratus to direct them to the scene, Raul Garcia, proprietor of beer Duval Club Proprietor Arrested On Charge Of Operating Bolita Game PRICE FIVE CENTS t OF Airplanes ve Here Monday Coming Here Following Air Meet And - Races At Miami; Will Take Off For Havana Approximately 50 airplanes are expected to arrive at Key West purchaser presented the council- Monday morning, on the regular according to a statement released today, in Jacksonyille from the of- fice of the State Welfare Board. Dollar and cents benefits came from, old age assistance..CCC pay- rolls, dree, distribution of surplus commodities.and WPA employ- ment. A fifth county income, sistance for the blind, is next on the program and is expected to become effective by Christmas Statistics, compiled for October, show that this county had 211 persons receiving old age assist- ance grants totalling $3,255 for the} month; that it had 36 enrolled in the CCC camps, all enrolles being required to remit $25 per month to dependents; that surplus com- modities Were distributed to 768) residents of the county; that WPA employment, distributed among 837 persons totalled $31,- 339 for the month. In addition, the welfare pro- gram ineludes NYA certification, _child welfare investigations for NYA ‘schotwtships, ‘for ~ t Childrén’s ¢émmission, services to county agencies, out of town in- Foes and other welfare activi- “While the State Welfare Board is a direct administrative agency for old age assistance, aid to the’ Mrs. Forest likes the city because it is different, be- cause of its exotic foliage, be- cause the air is invigorating, because the people are very delightful. and interesting, , and because the island is un- like anything she has ever seen before. That the island does not ad- vertise its wonderful attrac- tions to the rest of the world. is the one complaint Mrs. For- est has to enter. She had no idea of the beauty and charm of this place until she arrived here. Previously Mrs. Forest win- tered at Palm Beach. OL Lh hh dh dade de NOTED GOLFER TO PLAY HERE IN FOURSOME TOMOR- ROW MORNING * One of the world’s coming lea Young “golfers, ‘Richard’ Metz, 28, will play in a foursome tomorrow, morning at the municipal course. The other members of the four- some will be Joe Lopez, local golfing tops; Robert Spottswood,, and James W. Milligan. The te will leave the first tee about blind and aid to dependent chil-} 9:39. dren, it is also charged with the certification of persons seeking WPA employment, CCC and NYA enrollment, and with the distribu- tion of surplus commodities,” Clayton C. Codrington, state wel- fare commissioner, comented at Jacksonville. “It is the agency through which the federal gov- ernment clears the majority of its welfare activities. The value of! the program can be computed by adding up the practical benefits, such as those enumerated above.” A FUGITIVE 32 YEARS Chicago. Walking into a police) station, 8 Burns admitted | that ‘tie Bs bev’ A"ftigitive from| justice for thirty! thtee ‘Years. In Mr. Metz played yesterday at the local course with Mr. Spotts- wood, J. H. Kerr, and Mr. Milli- gan. Mr. Metz, who is from Chicago, last winter won the Hollywood, Florida, Open and the Thomas- ville, Georgia, Open, both carry- ing large purses. In, company with John C. Davi- son, who is head of the Spalding Golf Department with headquar- j ters at Chicopee, Massachusetts, | Mr. Metz has been the guest of Mr. Spotiswood during the last few days. After the match to- morrow morning, Mr. Metz and Mr. Davison will leave on the afternoon plane for Miami. This afternoon the famous golf- ing ace and Mr. Davison are fish- son, 12-year-old grandson of Ju- lius Davidson, president of the Little Rock Engine No. 2 was at the scene and wine parlor known as the man with the tickets they were Duval Club, was placed under ar-| handed over to Officer T. F. Rus-/| flight to Havana following the air ‘| more gossip news.” 1904, he and two companions es-} ing in a party launch at the invi- eaped froma Pennsyl-' tation of Cad. Coles, vania ator APB the of} Mr. Metz will enter the $50,000 a three- for robbery. | Biltmore Open in Miami later this atlas @ married and} winter. 4 pat a ‘4 surrendered, 5 use his conscience] ALUMNI MEETIN NDA’ had been bothering him and also| arieotr ameguge because his mother-in-law had! F.S. C. W. Al i, Key West been threatening to expose him, ecg iis Leggs will meet Monday 4 P. |M. at the home of Mrs. Isabel THOMPSONS RETURN | Ball, Elizabeth Street. iaictobiins | Final plans to entertain Dr. Mr. and Mrs. T. T. Thompson,} Ralph Lee Eyman, Dean of the! who had been spending a visit in| School of Education at Florida! Miami for six weeks, returned to; State, will be made. Dr. Eyman Key West last evening over the‘ will be in Key West for the en- highway. | tire day December 9. Commends NYA For Work Carried On At Schools Melvin E. Russell, superinten-} and, through you, -the | National dent of public instruction of Mon-| Youth Administration, for the roe County, feels appreciative of! splendid work done in equipping; the work of the NYA in this dis-| the lunch rooms at the Harris‘and trict in connection with the Division Street Schools. schools and the equipment which. “Due to a very large degree, the has been provided through the or- j work of the NYA made possible ganization. | the establishment of these lunch In a letter to Victor Lowe, sup-/ rooms. ervisor of NYA activities in this} “The workmanship was of a district, Mr. Russell expresses, for high order, and has won much | himself and the personne! of the! praise from the members of the| schools, his thanks as follows: ‘Parent-Teacher Associations of} “Dear Mr. Lowe: | these schools. / “In behalf of the Board of Pub-! “We appreciate the NYA con- Hic Instruction of Monroe County,| tribution to these projects very permit me to thank you,’ much.” jLos Angeles - {Louisville - {Miami _. {Minneapolis St. Paul - Nashville _ New Orleans New York Oklahoma City {Pensacola — Phoenix {Pittsburgh :St- Louis __. 'Salt Lake City — San Francisco — | Sit. Ste. Marie - Seattle |Tampa Washington - tona Beach News-Journal, and.a group of boys associated iwith him. It is issued weekly and sells for two cents. The pro- porion of advertising it contains would make many an older publi- cation envious. But that even the editor of this junior publication has his troubles from letters to the editor, is shown by a com- plaint from two of its readers who say, “We think that the Clarion is a swell paper, but we could do without a lot of sarcasm and The “Clarion” is now a_ full- tledged member of the Florida Press Association. DEFENDANT HELD FOR COURT TRIAL COLORED MAN IS CHARGED WITH NON SUPPORT OF FAMILY 60 64 ‘Normal Mean 2 Yesterday's Precipitation Normal Precipitation .06 Ins. *This record covers 24-hour period ending at 8 o’clock this morning. Tomorrow's Almanac 'Sun rises —_.._____. 6:58 a. m. Ernest Butler, colored, who Sun sets 5:38 p. m. lat eee No. Name Key. Moon rises _. 8:58.2. m. last by Deputy Ray El- Moon sets — 8:04 p. m. ‘wood, was arranged~this morn- Tomorrow's Tides ing before Peace Justice Enrique J Esquinaldo on a charge of non High - support of his family. jLow The decision of the committing} Barometer 7:30 a. m. today: magistrate following the hearing} Sea level, 30.10. of the evidence was that the ac- cused be placed under bond of $100 to await the action of the criminal court at the January) i4y west and Vicinity: Partly Arrest of Butler was made by|‘!oudy and somewhat warmer to- Deputy Sheriff W. A. Parish at| Tight and Sunday; gentle to mod- Marathon. He was escorted to! ‘i 5 : | Florida: Partly cloudy, possibly the ferry landing by Deputy showers in northwest ‘and ex- Parish, placed on ferry to be met'treme north portions tonight or by an officer from the sheriff's|Sunday; slightly warmer tonight office. and in south and extreme east portions Sunday. BRIDGE WORK Jacksonville to Florida Straits Fe RS weather tonight and Sunday; with possibly light showers over ex- and East Gulf: Gentle to moder- REQUISITION IS RECEIVED jireme north portion. 11:05 4:26 WEATHER FORECAST (Till 7:30 p. m., Sunday) ate northeast and east winds, probably becoming southeasterly Sunday, and partly overcast “alesse WEATHER CONDITIONS P.M.| » MORE OPERATIVES Work on the Bahia Honda Bridge is going ahead and a re- quisition for laborers was receiv- ed this morning at the United| States Employment Service which is in charge of Wm. V. Little. Four carpenters and six rough carpenters are requested to work on Contract H-1, Sub Contract 1, in connection with laying the concrete decking on the bridge.! The men are to leave Monday morning. Those who have this sub con- tract are the J. O. Patterson Com- pany. PROPOSALS The northern low pressure area has moved southeastward to the Lake region, and a shallow trough of low pressure extends south- westward to the lower Rio Grande \ Valley; while pressure continues Thigh over eastern districts, and {another strong high pressure area jhas overspread the northern Rock- j ies and extends southeastward in- to the southern Plains States. | Light to moderate precipitation has occurred since yesterday morning from the Lake region southward to the middle and west Gulf coast, with snow over por- tions of the northern part of this area. Temperatures have risen over most of the country from the Mis- sissippi Valley eastward and on within a short time and the fire was extinguished shortly after« INVESTIGATING ROBBERY CASE REPORTED TO HAVE TAKEN PLACE AT KEY WEST COUNTRY CLUB Forces of Sheriff K. O. Thomp- son are today investigating the al- leged robbery of the petty cash box at the have been taken. ; Osgood Kemp, operator at the _ golf shop of the club, reported at ithe sheriff's office this morning 0 Ins. !and imparted the information that | Warters. today | one of the back windows of the ¢lub had been broken open, en- trance gained to the interior and ithe sum of petty cash taken from the box. iA mumber of young men. who i said to have been in the \einity last night are being ques- tioned this afternoon by Chief Deputy Bernard Waite, who is at the head of the investigation. CUBA ARRIVES FROM HAVANA VESSEL LEFT LATE IN AFTER- NOON ENROUTE TO TAMPA | Steamship Cuba, of the P. and O. S. S. Co., arrived from Havana lyesterday afternoon with one :sengers for Key West; 19 first j and two second cabin passengers for Tampa. Key West arrivals: Jose R. de |Poo, Angelina Medina, Loila Fuentes. Manifested on the ship’s papers} were one ten of freight and three} sacks of mail for Key West; 21 tons of freight and 134 sacks of } mail for Tampa. Sailing at 5 o’clock were the following passengers booking at Key West: Mr. and Mrs. A. F. | Ayala, Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Stome, | Z. D. Harrison, Mrs. J. A. Mallard. STEAMER OZARK ARRIVES HERE Steamship Ozark, of the Clyde- Mallory Lines, arrived in port last night, 10 o'clock, from New Or- jeans, en route to Miami and Jack- sonville, Heavy consignments af freight Key West Country; 87, Club, from which $9.40 is said te|the Intracoastal Waterway in rest this.morning on a charge of setting. up and operating a game of chance. In line with his intention. to break up the operation of bolita houses, Councilman Wm. E. P. Roberts sent a young man to buy tickets at the club, and when the Report Vessels With Long Tows Still Going Through Intracoastal That the practice of hauling long tows through the waters of ‘Florida continues, is evidenced by ja letter reaching lighthouse head- | from Captain {Banks of the Tender Poppy. The tender is working on the waterway just above Port Ever- ! glades and Captain Banks records a number of unmanageable tows passage during the time he has been in that section. He mentions one instance where a small tug had a number of ves- sels in tow, and cites houseboats, barges and pontoons as the com- ponent parts of a string of craft 1500 feet long being towed through the waterway to the dan- | along the route. If this practice continues, it was said, there will be recorded the destruction of othér beacons and lights, a number of which have been destroyed as shown in the report of the department pub- lished in The Citizen of Thursday, December 2. This report comprises 92 aids, {of more or less importance, most of them small, but a number of first and two second cabin pas-|others more pretentious, the whole | coming to a total of $3,965, which must be replaced as soon as pos- sible. ‘SCOUT TROOP ger of the aids to navigation! sell with instructions to arrest the proprietor. races and meeting of aviators This was done. and Mr. Garcia’ rom parts ‘United States went with Officer Russell to city! ae oe [hall where the required bond for and. severali, foreign. countries. ‘ appearance in police court posted with Chief of Police van |20W coming to a close at Miami. | Elwood. Mayor Willard M. Albury stated yesterday afternoon that every ef- fort is being made to have the Pan American landing field put in first class condition .and to this Water Route |=! % t= st = ing loads of mati at the field, and prisoners are today being instruct- led in levelling off the grounds and getting every thing in read- iness for the arrival of the planes. Mr. Albury will designate one or more of the fire department at ONE OF INSTALLMENTS OF a nin sori will STORY BY AUTHOR RELA.-|aiso pe at the field to take care | TIVE TO KEY WEST HAS AP. |of any situation which may arise i | els, who is a regular winter visi- jtor to Key, Weay is { i tis a temporary guest atthe €a Marina. Later he will establish ref | winter residence in a residence : |be selected. In Collier’s of last week the} Benjamin Birs, recenlty ap- ‘first installment of his mystery anager gs ee perio t ye aaa ” ' iv ive frovel.. 5 Goes ee WS lto the arrival of the planes and published. Some of the scenes of | handling any and all contingen- [the novel are laid in Key West | cies which may arise at the port and Mr. Latimer is quoted as say-|during the arrival and departure. ing that they will come in at] Every possible requirement is about the fourth installment. being foreseen, and the necessity Collier’s calls atention to the| of extreme care and vigilance is ' novel with a streamer head across | being impressed on those who will the cover. It is in the feature/ be in charge of different phases of -spot, that is, it is the first story the schedule after one turns to on opening the maga-| made and preperations, zine. Although a mystery novel, it is} made. 'J. LATIMER, NOTED WRITER, VISITING HERE Jonathan Latimer, noted writer |hamperirig arrival of planes and eit departure. of mystery short stories and nov- > of the type that of late has been vety popular, that with a gay, sophisticated air. PUBLIC WORKS BOARD MEETS sistant leaders, Librarian, Scribe,; ‘The new Board of Public Works and its duty is to formulate all/ met last night at the City Hall| | Plans for the troop. \for its first meeting of the new A general discussion took place | administration, and organized for} of the progress made by the or-fthe ensuing term, with Harold| The charge was read and, ganization, and plans for Decem-| Pinder being re-elected as clerk} was the case in the ber and especially the Christmas| of the organization. \of the other two on similar holidays were made. | The members are Everett Rus-|es yesterday, the accused | The next meeting will be held! sell, Norberg Thompson, B. D.| guilty and was placed under |in the near future, when the mat-| Trevor, John Costar and C. Nes-|of $100 te await (isl et the jter of a Court of Honor will be/ tor Recio. ary session of orizainal copst- taken up. This is a very vital) matter, as many scouts are pre-; | | HOLDS SESSION | A very interesting meeting wa: held at Troop No. 52 headquarte: Wednesday night by the Scouts | Leaders Council. This council composed of scouts who are Se nior Patrol leader, Patrol and As-| | Ramon Cuesta, third in the trio of men charged with setting up Sealed proposals will be re- the Texas coast, but are still be- ceived by the Board of Public low normal in the Atlantic States; Works, City of Key West, Flor-' while there has been a change to ida, for furnishing one second! colder in Montana and North Da- hand Dump Truck, capacity 1% kota. tons. | Bids will be received until Fri-| day, December 10, 1937, noon,’ —————__—_ and the usual right is reserved to; EXPLOSION INJURES BOY reject any and all bids. cern HAROLD PINDER, New Bedford, Mass.—Roger S. decd-2t Clerk,| Lumbard was desperately injured jand five other students at New Bedford Textile School were se- riously hurt when gunpowder of his own making exploded in the chemistry laboratory of the school. The principal declared the boys’ experiments with materials for gunpowder were unauthoriz. ied. G. S. KENNEDY, Official in Charge. . .: “Bear Ye One Another's Burdens.” 8p m: “The Teacher.” —A Hearty Welcome To All— Master consigned to local merchants; were unloaded, and the vessel sailed at 1 o'clock this morning for Miami. Those present at the last. ses- sion were: Senior Patrol Leader Arent Sjursen; Patrol’ Leaders iBobby Sawyer, Robert Smith, Carl Cruz;’ Assistants Billy Rus sell, Donovan Herrick, Scoutmas- \ter Vietor Larsen and Librarian Jack Sawyer. New Plymouths $798 5 PASSENGER SEDANS On Display Tonight NAVARRO, Inc. | s in Ib. boxes—25c to $1.50 GARDNER’S PHARMACY —The Rexall Stere— | j| Baring for the pris hedines 8 “|Mere Than Thirteen Hundred | ....Birds Banded During Season |" sssperindendent Wm. W. Demer- toe resnevation, he will chase fer this i lith.ef the Seventh Lighthouse < gear said this morning that By wey fo gead not ome seme |the work of banding migratory|try bearing records | birds in the interests of the U. S.jcaught, some of | Biological Survey, was nearing| tant sections and the end for the season. ida. During the period of the work] Among the cards this year Mr. Demeritt has band-| Arkansas ed upwards of 1,300 doves and|was killed by « lother’s. He has just received 300] state, and when |more bands from Washington and|clutched in its after these are affixed the birds’ which had been captured in his traps at Fort Tay- West by Mr. Demeritt in