The Key West Citizen Newspaper, December 7, 1937, Page 1

Asseciated Press Day Wire Service. For 57 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West VOLUME LVIII. No. 290. Hospitality Band Renders Selection As Each Plane Landed On Pan-Amer- ican Field Seventeen planes in the Miami- Havana air race landed at the Pan-American field this morning. The race is in connection with the Ninth Annual Miami All- Planned After several months of prelim: inary preparation, a Federal Sav- lings and Loan Bank. Association Federal Savings And Loan Bank Association Bein thats American Air Maneuvers meriesd ‘weekend, | came a step nearer reality at a | meeting of a local group of inter- ested citizens last Saturday night Originally. it was to have been |#t the Island Inn, when a tem- Ore : : |Porary organization meeting was. & cruising race with a sinale StOP /held and a temporary committee at Key West. In this type of race, ‘clected to guide the organization! |toward completion. | Hugh Williams was elected Jow over the field and are clock- chairman, Fred J. Dion is vice- ed. Failure of the Miami end to Chairman, and E. A. Ramsey, sec- notify the race officials here re- last when the planes come in they fly Those present were advised of the Federal act creating the Home! as they landed. The race will now ;Loan Bank Board at Washington | and the Regional Bank at Win- be from Key West to Morro Castle ston-Salem, N. C., and of the rules jami 2nd regulations necessary to fol- in Havana, instead of from Miami Aw ts ainiice' ae © fox atch to Havana. lan organization. | As each plane landed at the | Necessity of Bank Shown field the Hospitality Band, Alfredo! The matter of the necessityiand Barroso, Sr., ‘conducting, played. advisability of having such an as- “Officials of city and organizations ed out, gernore — bee. Loa (met the pilots and their passen-'make money available for the gers, and conducted them to the! building of homes in the Key} hangar where the Woman's Club' West panier og ee ee served hot coffee and doughnuts, |98"5 nay oo Ganhnbiat The table was beautifully decor- | monthly basis, thereby making it ated with poinciana and lace fern. | possible for many citizens of Key | First plane taking off for Ha-| West who own homes to pay for; vana from Key. West left 2 12:51,|*#e™ like paying rent. It was .'|Pealized by those present that All planes were waved off. Offi-' such a rad as this Rgher to, cial starter was Lieut. J. E. Jones create greater building activities: of the Naval Base at Miami. J. L. here to take care of not only many j; Templeton of the Department of Citizens in Key West desiring to erce also officiated. : The Key West weather report: Commodations for the people who was cloudy, unlimited ceiling,' 47 coming to Key West in great- splendid visibility. At Havana it ¢) numbers with each . passing’ was lower broken clouds, unlimit-| month. ed ceiling, 12 mile visibility. A Federal Savings and Among the passengers coming Bank Association will be a mutual down, were Irvin Davis, the only /OTganization and one in which “batman” in the world who leaps ©Vety citizen should be vitally in- from a plane and with the aid of, terested, and it is hoped that many improvised wings and tail glides hundreds of Key West citizens to the ground, Mrs. Harold John-| Will cooperate with the organiza- son, wife of the famous Ford Tri-} tion of this association, those in- motor stunter, and A. B. Lambert, | terested state. Jr, grandson of the original/ Organization Begun founder of the Lambert (Lister-} The meeting Saturday night was _ ine) P’ agal Co.,.at St. Louis.! the culmination of many months The S jaye expected back! of effort in order to secure per-! Friday thrift,, savings, factstivcas, tat build homes, but also to create ac- | ack § t Key West, Florida, has the most equable climate in the country; with an average range of only 14° Fahrenheit The Key West Citizen | KEY WEST, FLORIDA, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1937. e (Engine Trotble On Ferry Causes Delay TEMPERATURES Lowest Highest last night last 24 hrs. Abilene -- 36 50 Apalachicola — 24 Atlanta 10 Boston 42 Brownsville 52 Buffalo - 4 Charlesto 18 Chicago — _12 Corpus Christi Ig For Key West ings and Loan Associations in Mi-' - ami, of which, there are five, was | Dodge City shown, The First, Federal Sav- | rastport ings and Loan Association of Mi-|i)] Paso ami, the oldest and largest in the Galveston United States, has grown from a.Hatteras — cash capital. of $8.200 in Decem-|Havana i Helena ber of 1934, to resources of over Huron $8,500,000 at this time, and the/Jacksonville __ Federal Savings and Loan Asso-! Kansas City __ ciations in the Miami area have KEY WEST __ made loans of about twelve mil-|Little Rock _ lion dollars in the last three years Los Angeles and have been a tremendous in- Louisville fluence in creating the present Miami amazing building activities in the Minneapolis Miami area today. |Nashville __ It was pointed out that such an New Orleans - association in Key West would’ New York —.... not be in conflict with any exist- Oklahoma City ing bank or similar association or Pensacola lending agency, but would be a Phoenix depository for savings accounts, ' Pittsburg and while the rate of dividends St. Louis cannot be stated until earned, all'Salt Lake City of the Federal Savings and Loan'San Francisco . 50 Associations heretofore establish-' Sit. Ste. Marie _ 12 ed in Florida have since their in- Seattle ception been able to pay divi-;Tampa dends of at least 4 percent. {Washington Main Purpose Four-Fold _—[ Williston nm here DIED LAST NIGHT number of Key West's worthy FUNERAL SERVICES People. Its activities would be supervis- CONDUCTED TOM! AFTERNOON SRSSsSsese ed by the Home Loan Bank Board and their examiners, and deposit insurance from the Federal De- posit Insurance Corporation is re-} quired, and all individual deposits up to $5,000 will be insured by this government agency. A further meeting for the pur- pose of discussing the local hous-| Mrs. Ida E. Gomez, died last ing situation and the require-| night at 10:30 o’clock in her home ments of the Federal Housing Ad-'at 621 United street. Funeral ministration as to how this new|services will be held tomorrow BE Ow Housing Administration might co-'chapel of the Lopez Funeral operate in the greater interest of Home, Rev. Arthur B. Dimmick, the Key West area, was held Sun-|of St. Paul’s Episcopal church, of- day morning. ficiating. This meeting was attended by! Pallbearers will be Wm. ‘V.@AL E. Ghose, supervising un-| bury, Raymond R. Lord, rd Fire re’ In Bridge Commission Takes Up Matter Of Opening Up New Portion Of Highway Personnel of the Overseas Road of the roads and bridges from nd Toll Bridge District:Commis- | Matecumbe to Hog Key on De- |sion, met last evening in the of-|cem 15, and itiivill be imperative Passengers Leaving Key West This Morning Tak- en In Automobiles To No Name Key Passengers bound north over} | the highway this morning were} { taken to No Name Key in auto- mobiles furnished by the Florida | Motor,.Lines because no bus |, driver, was available. | 0 January Matter Brought Up Last Night At Special Ses- sion Of City Council; Other Matters Heard ! | The matter of bringing a car- |nival to Key West sometime ‘about the middle of January, was brought before a special meeting | As a.matter of fact there was 19, ferry arriving last night as shee trouble on the ferry plying be- tween Matecumbe and Grassy Key. and the driver of the bus was with other passengers who were being held there because of the ferry trouble. It is understood that the trouble will be straightened out was some machinery today and ferry schedules will be! resumed as usual, LOWELL FUNERAL HERE TOMORROW WILL BE, HELD AT FIVE O'CLOCK IN AFT- fices of Chief Engineer BM. Dun- nat until a-neply to the request of@M6!City Coubell lastaight by ‘opening the road, with the excep- for permission:is received, nothing 'Harfy Baker, chief of @hé'Fire ition of the water gap from No/ definite as to a date can be an p t t Name Key to Hog Key, on De-! nounced. {cember 15. ! Resolution relative to announc-| The law relative ito ‘opération Present at the meeting were:.ing the sale of another group of} “ ;Chairman Howard Wilson, of the bonds of the road, for $500,000 was} of carnivals wes read by Gity At |Commission; vice chairman, John made to be forwarded to iy toe torney George G. Brooks in which | Costar; Willard M. Albury and C.} Board of Administration at Talla-! 4 'C. Symonette; Chief Engineer'hassee. This sale will leave ap-, i was shown that the fite de ‘Duncan, Bridge Engineer A. L. proximately $1,000,000 in bonds; partment is privileged to operate West, Attorney Paul Marks, Rep-'to be disposed of which will com-} ‘he 4 resentative B. C. Papy. jplete the disbursements. a carnival here without per: It was pointed out that neces-| Mr. Papy addressed the meeting mission of the council, providing sary application had been made to | relative to the mail contract. This} the Public Works Administration’ matter will be taken up at an-| that a certain portion of the rev ,for permission to open the section|other meeting of the commission, | ‘Meeting Here Tomorrow Night In Interest Of Yacht Club |. And Various Other Matters! ie two weeks. diction in the case, ; Tomorrow night at 7:30 o’clock received touches on this,” said the there will be held in the rooms of | secretary. jthe Chamber of Commerce an in-| “If the Chamber of Commerce Despite the fact ly interesting meeting, and ~ : Henge member of the.chamber is being urged to attend, and es- ae >. . Copigt 4203 i pecially. those who can visualize Funeral services“* for“ Jiidge' the advantage a yacht club will George A. Lowell, who died Sun- | prove to Key West. day afternoon in the Marine Bact The regular meeting of the di- ‘pital, will be held tomorrow aft-| rectors is to be held at the regular {ernoon 5 o’clock from the chapel ‘hour this evening, but the meet- {of the Lopez Funeral Home. Rev.’ ing tomorrow will be for the ob- ;Wm. L. Halladay, of First Con-' ject as mentioned, and it is an- | 1 t Pallbearers who will serve are: be in attendance to discuss this Leo Warren James Roberts, most important matter. Claude Gandolfo, F. H. McKinley,! It is being pointed out by Sec- Ray Curry and Victor Lowe. ‘retary S. C. Singleton that the re- !_ Survivors are: The widow, Mrs. results of his plan of sending out four daughters, Mrs. Edward is bringing forth fruit. Fine Weinstein and Miss Saranne Low- neighbors are already settling for ell, also of Houston; Mrs. Elwood the winter. Correspondents, who Carbonell and Miss Mary Jane had apparently forgotten all about Lowell, of Key West; son, James the city are starting all over Lowell, of Jacksonville. again. te can get,the tools to werk with there is.no doubt but that there will be no Summer Slump. We) have got the best summer climate within reach of millions of people. An objective has been set toward; which we are working, and the ‘slogan ist ‘A Full House Next} Summer’,” Mr. Singleton stated that the list of members of the chamber | names, and said, “Do you imagine ;we can carry on this job on that) |sort of an income?” and decides, ihe does not, either. | Everybody can assist, he said. local association and the Federal afternoon 4 o'clock from the Ethel Lowell, Houston, Texas; information relative to Key West He believes that there should be more members in the organiza- tion, and feels that applicants would be greater in number than at present, and suggests that those , who feel they can do something to assist Key West, should pay a derwriter for the F. H. A. for the six southeastern states, whose headquarters is in Washington, and E. J. Robbins, chief under- writer of the Miami insuring of- ice of the FHA Board. They dis- cussed the local'situation and ex- | Waite, T. S. Caro, Aquilino Lopez and W. C. Harris. Mrs. Gomez is survived by two |daughters, Mrs Aaron Kemp and | Miss Adella Gomez; two sons, Ar- ithur Gomez and Alfonso Gomez; sone grandchild, George Key W: jcials greeting the arrivals . ;Bascom Groomsy president, amber of .Commer Lt. Wni, Klaus and L. M. Pierce, Naval Station; W. W. Demeritt, Department of Commerce; Mayor Willard M. Albury; Dr. R. T. Wagner, U.S Public Health Serv- ice; J. S. Roberts, Wm. Monsal- vatge, City Council; Charles Tay- lor, president, Rotary Club. President Mrs. J. J. Trevor, Mrs. Willard Albury, and Mrs. Arthur Pastorini, were in charge of the Woman's Club booth. PLAN ATTENDING mission from the Home Loan Bank Board at Washington to or- mganize a Key West association, °yj and after all of the initial require-| yey of the Key«West area in an womnents of the rules of the Home attempt to make possible a great- ean Bank Board were met, the Board at Washington last week of-! ficially granted permission to the! Key West group to organize; and this meeting was held for the pur- pose of electing officers to serve: ‘for the temporary organization until such time as the charter is granted after which a meeting of all shareholders will be held, at {which time, in accordance with | the rules of the Home Loan Bank Board, permanent directors will be elected, who in turn will elect plained that they were here to help this new association in every way possible atid to make a sur- and one great j|jorie Gomez. : Rt TUG DEPARTS a er volume of FHA insured mort-| G Praises Key West ON SATURDAY Both gentlemen highly praised | aonmtecesjions Key West in having initiated an} establishing a Federal Savings |S consigned to the Porter Dock and Loan Association in Key West.'Co., for oil and water, took on They also said that the group these supplies Saturday and sail- the entire city in this forward-|, Steamship Summerfear, - Cap- looking step and further explain-|‘#in A. Blythe, arrived in port ed that such an association here'¥estteday for minor repairs to gages in the area. | organization for the purpose of] Tug Wm. B. Alexander, which should have the cooperation of |ed for Costa Rica the same day. should greatly increase building!™@chinery. The vessel is bound cosa oad} JACK DAVISON Mother, Mrs. Ellen Lowell, Hol-' Noboy is worrying about people visit to the chamber, and talk to ton, Kansas; brother, J. H. Lowell, wanting to come this season. him. He said, “We can fix that White Plains, N. Y.; sister, Miss “They will tax our travel and alright.” Ellen Lowell, of. Holton, Kans.,'sleeping accommodations, espe- The list of names on the regis- and three grandchildren. {cially after the highway /is com- ter of the chamber is short, he (pleted and they fimd: they can states, but feels i vill grow. Those drive the whole way. That will people on the | are standing by | be late in the spring. ‘When will the city, doin possible to as- the road be finished?’ isthe ques- sist, are std tion being continually asked in “which is a Pe town,” he the mail received, and each letter concluded. LEFT SUNDA | TAKES ALONG THREE KING-| FISH CAUGHT IN LO- NYA Rules Br oadened To CAL WATERS Furnish Work For Youths Jack Davison, representing one! There are many needy youths ; If young men and women in jof the large sporting goods hous- in Florida who will welcome the! Monroe county wish to increase jes, who was here for a brief visit! good news that the former regu- jtheir work experience and obtein and meeting old friends, left Sun-|jations governing the selection of | some much needed cash, they can day on the plane for Miami ¥ with three fine kingfish which he |!208¢ who could work on NYA | consult Victor Lowe, NYA super and learr if they are eligi- ay | f j 1 | | Key West,| the body went ing opposed to four to three against f cilmen | j gregational church, will officiate. ' ticipated that a large number will carries today approximately 64! were drawn) | service. jnish all necessary such other that may be necessary. to be provided and floorings, |twice weekly, at a exceed fifty each disposal to | with a graduated scale into effect for the | garbage and trash in |the amount as | pecially pertaining H iE i : caught Saturday while out as the projects have been broadened to j Visor, guest of Mr. and Mrs. Cad Coles include hundreds who up to this (ble for NYA work. Mr. Lowe will on Mr. Coles’ Cruiser Dac, cap- | tained by Captain Paul Demeritt. |the permanent officers of the Key | West Association. Hugh Williams informally ad- , dressed the meeting, pointing out }the need in Key West for such an, N¢W organ! | taurants and other ness. ime have been shut off from jeive —_— and counsel to all ap-; The en The group of anglers made a)'*¥A jobs. op #way all trash and activities in the area; and that;t® New Orleans for a cargo of ‘they would do anything within ScT@p metal, to be taken to Grades their power to cooperate with the | Mouth, Scotland, where, after dis- ization. |charging, the vessel is to be} if gE Eis CHURCH MEETING | --dudége gumbers of vacancies garbage city-owned ry Rev. O. C. Howell of Ley Me- association, and its purposes, how morial church Mrs. Howell, Mr. and Mrs, Thomas Curry are plan- ence in creating greater building }2™S ning to leave Wednesday morn- ing to attend the conference of the Methodist churches ~ of the Miami District’ at West Palm Beach. Mr. and Mrs. Howel? will go in their regular capacities, ‘and Mr. and Mrs. Curry: go ‘as delegates from the congregation. PRESCRIPTIONS Filled Accurately with Fresh Pure Druc: and Delivered Prompily at GARDNER’S PHARMACY —The Rexall Store— Phone 177 Free Delivery it would be a substantial "influ-7 activities here, andat the same time provide the means for many citizens: te secure homes; and it is expected, in line with the divi- dend»record of other like associa- tions, in Floridayt pay substah? tial dividends. ‘ Organizer Arrived Joseph I. Davis, of Miami, who handled the application for per- mission to organize with the Home Loan Bank Board, arrived in Key} West Saturday afternoon in order! to present the matter to the group! Saturday evening, and discussed the matter in careful detail as to} the requirements to be met andj fulfilled in the organization. The growth of the Federal Sav- i ‘ ( hose and Robbins |rapped. came/to me West Sunday — Yacht Lanai, Commodore James i by air for the conference and | 25 Owner, is berthed at one of the Sutvey, and ate remaining in Key, West until the departure of the! plane this’ afternoon. in. This spacious pleasure craft is a frequent visitor to this MARRIAGE MAKES REPORT ENSES ISSUED ON HOSPITAL Marriage licenses issued from| Mrs. Maria Gutsens, matron of the office of County Judge Ray- Merecedes Hospital, reports that mond R. Lord during the week 'seven patients are now being tak- ending yesterday, numbered three en care of at this institution. and were to: | They are: Charlie Culmer, Har- Edward Gonralez and Catherine | vey Stirrup, Angel Perriera, Al- Beason; Harold Matthews and bagracia Viera, and Louisa Hac- Marguerite Johnson; Kewly A.\key, Marian Ingraham, Thomas Smith and Henretta Rolle. iEvans, colored. fine catch, specimens of other} Formerly only those people pp, [NYA Projeete were oceasioned by | property, edible fish being taken with the tween the ages of 18 and 25 whejbays tid gipis,peturning:to school kingfish. Of the latter there were| were members of WPA familigagthis fall, g9,,work opportunities finger piers in the Key West yacht! 15 taken, and to afford his friends |or families receiving commodities jarciopln jp,hhose whoare inter-| Bo Cost to the bas: qualify ahder this{ OP: employ-~jnew Tulingeits 9: @ part of the proposed dinner. j|ment. A recent ruli —_— the grounds for + ICE BREAKS: TWO DROWN in addition to these fo: —— young men and women may now Phillipsburg. N. J—Going for a' have NYA jobs whose families are walk-after eating their Thanks-| below the subsistence standard. | giving dinner, two sisters, Palma,} Even though the head of the) 14, and Margaret Santini, 11, | family has a small private job, or} ventured out on the ice covering is farming for himself, if the in-| Announcement has been made @ nearby pond. When they fail- come is telow the figures set by of the birth of a daughter to Mr. ed to return home after a reason- the welfare board, the youths ip and Mrs. Eckwood Solomon yes able time, their father, Peter San- these families may be certified |terday afternoon at their home in ‘tini, traced them to the pond and, for NYA only. This means that this city. peering through a hole in the ice, young people in noncertified fam-| Mrs. Solomon was formerly Miss |saw the bodies of the girls lying ilies may now be certified for the | Fae Johnson. ,near each other on the bottam in training, work ex) and| Mother and baby are reported about six feet of water. iwages that NYA supplies. @ genuine treat, Mr. Davison de- or other forms of public assistance jestedaand_ ,;cided to take three of these for| were eligible for NYA ‘empty containers | public streets, and city be fF nt Sheet cats that may strects. ye | oat yi ;