The Key West Citizen Newspaper, December 8, 1937, Page 1

Asseciated Press Day Wi Service. For 57 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key We! VOLUME LVIII. No. 291. ire st Final Adjudication In Hotel Sale Made Yesterd ‘Attorney W. Curry Har- ris Informed Of Mat- ter In ceived Telegram Re- Final adjudication of matters in connection with the sale of the Hotel La Concha, and rulings en disposition of the property ay Afternoon ROTARY GROUP MEETS TONIGHT | RECREATION COMMITTEEMEN TO ASSEMBLE AT CHAM- BER OF COMMERCE Members of \ the ''Re¢reation Committee of the Key: West*Ro- | O'clock in the Chamber MRS. L. L. CRUSOE DIES HERE TODAY FUNERAL SERVICES WILL BE: CONDUCTED TOMORROW AFTERNOON Mrs. Laura Louise Crusoe, 70, died 12:45 this afternoon at the home of her sister, Mrs. Peter Roberts at 1111 Southard street. Funeral services will be held to- morrow afternoon at 4:00 from the Lopez Funeral Home chapel, to St. Mary’s Star of The Sea church. Rev. R. J. Mullin will officiate. The deceased is survived by one sister, Mrs. Peter Roberts; The Key West Citizen KEY WEST, FLORIDA, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1937. More Operatives Called : For Work: On ‘Bridges Requisitions were received Monday from three of the con- tractors, construction of roads or bridges, on the Overseas High- way, states Wm. V. Little, in jcharge of the employment bureau lof the U. S. employment service. orers were asked for work on the decking of Bahia Honda bridge. Clarke Bros. Construction com- pany, Contract C, was provided with one truck driver. And for S. J. Groves and Sons | Contract D, eight white laborers Contract H-1, sub-1, six white lab-' thon. i i ‘GIVE LIST OF PLANES ARRIVING HERE IN AIR RACES TO HAVANA lyesterday at the Pan American) ills; Stinson; Miami. . For the J. O. Patterson Co.,; were supplied and sent to Mara-! ‘Illegal Practices Of Grand Complete list of planes arriving ,tie Revel, Scotty Dills, Mrs. Scotty} Key West, Florida, has the most equable climate in the country; with an average range of only 14° Fahrenheit PRICE FIVE CENTS John Riddle. Of Miami: Wires “Appreciation For Excellent Handling Of Plane Arnivals | Mayor Willard M. Albury Receives Telegram In Which Thanks Was Ex- tended Juries Revealed In Address At Fellowship Club Meeting Blasting the illegal practices of you wished your name to be ia en out of the box, you made this Mayor Willard M. Albury last tary Club will meet! moron merce offices, with: ‘were made yesterday wera P d citizens wh ane by Judge Paul D. Barnes. Attor- | most southerlyryachtelubin4 i . ;.1 | United Statesi- ney W. Curry Harris, special | “ Wien complete organization ties master in chancery, was inform-; been accomplished, special atten- tion will be paid to affording the ed by wire yesterday afternoon. young men of this city an oppor- The telegram to Attorney Har-' tunity to win new laurels for Key tis was received from Attorney; West by their ability to compete €. C. Copt who, with W. V. Bar-| With the best small sail boat skip- one niece, Miss Laura Roberts, and two nephews, John: Roberts and Theodore Roberts. jairport in the air races to Havana !in connection with the Ninth An- nual Miami All American Air Maneuvers, are published below. The pilot, number of the ship, passengers, make and home air- port follow in order: Dean Franklin; NC 19-E; Wm. Veach, Bobby Lupton, Paul Lurie; Keystone Commuter; Miami. Carl Kaiser; NC 14501; Edwin ;Qualman, Wm. McMinn, Donald McMinn, Elmo Scott, Wm. C. Clyme, Bernice Clyme, Irvin Da- vis (batman); -Buel 8-passenger; Detroit. et Announcement has been made of the death of John H. De Mer- itt, 54, of 143 SW Ninth street. Death occurred in Jackson Me- morial Hospital at 8:50 p. m., De- Circuit Court grand juries, and | undergoing thorough questioning! | by members of the Stone Church C. W. Bunch; NC 16414; Stead- jman Acker; Monocupe; Robert- son, Mo. request. Both illegal practices night ived this Sellowines balo- were often done. “However, that, evil is nowe remedied, ©*gram from John Paul Riddle, of Wm. P. Lear: NC 15405; George | Ross, Mrs. Ed Root, Mrs. Lear;! Civie club, City ‘Attorney George G. Brooks, delivered a revealing Wm. Kempeasked «that w! ‘Miami Beach, in appreciation of ney, the purchaser, and Henry W. Dew, receiver of the hotel properties, were Monday and attended the sale in Key West} ‘pers in the country. { | i TEMPERATURES which was conducted by Attor-| ney Harris in front of the county court house. Only the bid of Mr. Barney, was received and the price paid for this elegant piece of hotel property, was $15,000. Lowest Highest last night last 24 hrs. ‘Abilene 32 62 Apalachicola _ Atlanta Boston _ Brownsville —_. 56 SRS cember 2, following a brief illness. Mr. De Meritt was a steel work- er who went to Miami six years ago from Key West. The deceased leaves a widow, Mrs. Effie De Meritt; two daugh- ee Mrs. Harry R. Saunders, Key fest, and Miss Amarlyllis De H. Bender; NC 14404; Bob Kole- man, Steve Whitman; Beechcraft; Toledo. | Dexter C. Martin; NC 18408; |Mrs. Blanche Noyes, Dr. George |Bunch, Asa Roundtree; Stinson Reliant; Columbia, S. C. Al Heller; NC 11792; Annette Beechcraft; New York, N. Y. Arlene Davis; NC 15400; Don- ald’ Patrick; Beechcraft; Cleve-| land, O. C. L. Edwards; NC 14874;} George Baird, Mrs. Harold John-; }son, wife of Ford trimotor stunt- er; Howard D. G. A. 8; Detroit. J, L. Wells; NC 18593; Mr. and iMrs.S. A. Belcher, Mrs. J. L. Wells; Cesna: Avon Park, Fla. A. J. Baumler; NC 16677; Geo. \Schieffelin; Fairchild; Miami | Beach. Anna B. McKey; NC 16680; Rus- KS Heard; Fairchild; Richmond, ‘a, Bill Conrad; NC 606-K; Phil Vertes; Travelair J-67; Detroit. speech at the weekly dinner meeting last night. Grand jurymen throughou* the state generally adopt a selfish at-) titude, Mr. Brooks stated, and they are usually lax in their duty.! Ask the members of any group which is operating illegally if they would choose a federal or a circuit court grand jury to be tried by and they will laugh at your mentioning both in the same breath. Federal jurymen are re- j sponsible to' the government, ‘and as yet circuit court grand jurymen in the state have not the backing of the people they} represent. That is the reason the question” of*appropriation 0! funds for’ the'«municipal.-golf ¢heananner in which the arrival course ‘came up ih 1921-22, the jury was’composed only’ of Snd:flight of planes from Miami golfers.-' Mr. Brooks. stated that #5 Key w. Havana the proper authdérities must have) aed ent ant _— been contacted. jhandled at Key West yesterday: Another evil is that the jury-| my . “ men go in session in the morn-} ‘Our compliments fer the excel ing, bound by the utmost secrecy lent manner Key West handled and penitentiary penalties not, to reveal what goes on, and by the Miami-Key West -Mavena twelve noon everyone in town cruise. They are returning Fri- knows what has been discussed. } . 3 The grand jury is a relic from|4@y weather permitting. the old English Common Law. It! In turn Mayor Albury extends is the “big stick” that the people’. hold over their officials. It has M8 thanks to those Key Westers the power to\ subpoena ayone.| who made the reception possible, G N. ‘Meritt, Miami; son, Wadsworth De Meritt, Miami, and one grandson, John Wadsworth De Meritt, Mi- ami. ‘ibson; Monocoupe; Long, Island, 2 W. M. Smart; NC 15709; Joe R. Salzman, David Bacon, Merle Sut- A. B. Lambert, Jr.; NC 16158; Chas. Darnes, Cal Lathan; Stin- son; St. Louis. L. M. Schmidlapp; NC 17700; Mrs. Betty Lund, W. E. .Nicol, | Dewey’s grand jury in New York City accomplished such remark- ablt results. It got the support! The state attorney is the official interrogator, but he can be re- quested to leave the room dur- Buffalo _. Charleston FEW POLL TAXES 72 2B 38 Fi 3 34 7 f BEING SHOWN IN SPE- CIAL ELECTION i RSSSSSSSSSES SESE! SBRS Tax Collector Frank H. Ladd said yesterday that poll taxes which are required to be paid for the year 1936 before a voter will be permitted to vote in the elec- tion to be held December 30, are coming in very slowly. As a matter of truth, there have 2 been but 31 paid since the books} Minneapolis Were opened, which is considered/ St, Pau] __ as a definite indication that very| Nashville little interest ig being taken in| New Orleai this vote, which is to decide}New York _.. 22 whether or not the county will be}Qklahoma City 20 authorized to each year pay to the} Pensacola ____ 36 city from $30,000 to $50,000 of the] Phoenix county's share of the state gaso-) pittsburgh _ Hine taxes. St. Louis 12 The poll tax books will close on} Salt Lake City .. 30 the afternoon of Saturday, De-|San Francisco _ 52 eember 11, which will be Satur-|Sit. Ste. Marie — 18 day of this weck, just four ‘days|Seattle away, and those interested’ ‘are | Tam; urging on the woting public to Washin; provide themsel¥és with the’ ‘ne- | wifligton .....-]4 cessary poll tax certificates! And | Wytheville _..14 vote yes or no én this very /imt portant subject. 706 BENJAMIN BIRS LEFT ON PLANE Jacksonville Kansas City KEY WEST Little Rock Los Angeles Louisville - Miami a: Compile Report jy named as manager of the air-|the regular routine lines, says port of the Miami-Key West Air- —_ nae ways, Was a passenger leaving yesterday on the plane for Miami Mr. Birs goes for a visit at Mi. ami headquarters of the company, to discuss matters pertaining to winter travel on planes of the line, and other questions pertin- ent to the maintenance of the port and personnel It is expected that all questions will be decided today and he wili deave on the plane tomorrow morning for the return home. STEAMER ALAMO nurse, with patients coming in for many services. The majority of the cases are medical with a few surgical. Medical cases numbered 413 dur- ing the month of November, and 19 surgical. Other cases listed were as follows: Dressing wounds; and skin affections, 53; Tetanus. antitoxin, 2; prescriptions filled, ; recommended for hospital- zation, 11; blood for kahn, 29; urinalysis, 23; venereal disease cases, 13; antepartum, 17; partum, 1. Mrs. Madie Butler, registered the search difficult and resulting, CLIENTS RECEIV However, thh search for one, EIVE Two sisters Mrs. Newton ‘Knowles, Miami, and Mrs. Charles W. Chase, Sr., Miami Beach. Funeral arrangements were in charge of King Funeral Home, with burial at Woodlawn Ceme- SHIPS ARRIVE Three vessels of the United States Coast Guard service, which were doing duty as guides for the airplanes that arrived yesterday and later took off for Havana, ar- rived in port yesterday after- | noon. ‘The vessels are Patrol Boat 185, | which was stationed 15 miles from | Key West; Cutter Mojave, station- ed 30 miles from the city and Cut-| ter Pandora, stationed 45 miles at sea, approximately half of the distance to Havana. Vessels of the Cuban navy continued the patrol from that distance on to Havana harbor. The American vessels will stay in the submarine base until early Friday morning when they will Jeave 5:30 and resume their for- mer_stations until the return from Cuba has been completed by fhe planes. On Various Activities At Local Clinic’ ‘The Monroe County Community|case which has been discovered | placed bond at $200 for his ap-| being laden Benjamin Birs, who was recent-| Clinic continues to operate alongjin the community, although some/ pearance at the next term of! have changed addresses, making in many noneffectual visits. case would result in the discovery of others, mostly contacts, and in order to have a more thorough check up on the contacts a rec-} ord has been secured on all the deaths from tuberculosis in the county in the past five years, which gives 75 deaths, with a number of contacts not yet found. After making the second visit to one of the cases, symptoms of venereal disease were found, so ton; Waco Customcabin; Detroit. |Elizabeth Davis; Waco Cabin; Joe Marrs; NC 11165; Mrs. Let-' Ciricinnati. Bes KEY WEST EXPERIENCES LOWEST leoldest day of the year! It was cold in more ways than one. A telegram sent by Jack FROST of the Miami Daily News to their local representative, Charles Garing, concerned a pas- senger on the morning plane, a Mr. NORTH. | ing. Not only that. The pilot bring-| The situation is even more des- ing down Mr. North was George! perate. Today Sam Goldsmith of SNOW. Key Westers are very much; with the news that this morning |perturbed over the matter. It was; was the coldest since 1934, with well enough for the weather man/|a recorded temperature of 48. to call for such a day. He only Everything’s going against us. COLORED MAN _|BRITISH SHIP GIVEN HEARING ARRIVES HERE Allen Smith charged with ag-| British Steamship Summerleaf, gravated assault on the person of Captain A. Blythe, which arrived Duncan Jones, both colored, was) in port yesterday, was this morn- yesterday afternoon arraigned for| ing berthed at the main ‘pier of preliminary hearing before Peace! the Porter Dock Co., undergoing Justice Enrique Esquinaldo. |minor repairs and will, probably, At the conclusion of the hear- | be at the dock for several days. ing the committing magistrate an-| The Summerleaf is enroute to jnounced that he found possible |New Orleans where she will be ‘cause for holding the accused and | loaded with metal scrap. After she will sail for Grades Mouth, Scotland, where both cargo will be unloaded and the vessel scrapped. SPECIAL HONORS FOR SPOTTSWOOD (Speciat to The Citizen) cold day, when officials of the city and woman’s club were busy igiving the Miami-Havana air race ‘pilots a very warm reception, not only spiritually, but also with {steaming hot Key West coffee ‘and doughnuts, for Fate to add ;such a dastardly trick, was gall- | criminal court. | VARIOUS ARTICLES | | In compliance with instructions, C. N. Recio, commodity supervisor of Unit 29, State Welfare Board Commodity Division, has compil- ed a report covering articles re-}For outstanding work Cadet John yoeived and distributed during No-|Spottswood of Key West, Fla., has ‘vember to certified clients in Mon-} been honored in special orders re- noe County as follows: jcently published at Riverside Mili- Food Commodity: 30,000 pounds |tary Academy of this city. |the Weather Bureau walked in: gether with one of the most'done. There are 18 jurors | ap- honest and capable state attor-|pointed, and 15 must be present neys New York City has ever;for a quorum. Twelve must vote had. Besides this, Dewey re-|to pass a proposition. Only one tained the support of the people official, the Judge of the Circuit in his prosecutions after the jury Court can dissolve the jury by was dissolved and this was anoth-| adjourning his court. When he aoe this,.he must use the eth dite Ae ee er important.factor,. s Will Doughtry proposed..that est judgment. Appeal for an un~ Mr. Brooks discuss the stuffing j names are kept. The city at- his seat may be made to the gov- torney explained that the law re- ernor of the state. _ quires 600 names to be proposed). Charles Ketchum, chairman. of at a meeting of the county com:|the committed ’on ‘bringing + missioners by the commission-|importan¢e of the coming coun’ ers. These names are put into a] gasoline tax fund ‘transfer to the jury box, and the judge of ana circuit court then pulls out name-!it has been impossible’ to ‘hold a slips for jury duty. In the past! meeting of the 20 years, Mr. Brooks stated, te’Chamber of Commerce, and the {his knowledge nd body of the Civic Club as yet. Only 32 vot- county commissioners have both-/ ers have paid their poll tax and ered to make up the names.: qualified for the election up to They have in each case when) Monday. Mr. Monsalvatge stated necessary authorized the county! that 51 per cent of the qualified clerk to perform that action | voters in the city must vote for Further the law states that al the measure to pass it. He also different set of jurors is to be! said that the Keys population are appointed for each term of cir-| against the measure, since they cuit court, requiring that after}; want the money to be given them the judge pulls out a set of jury| as in the past. name-slips, those names be sep-| At the lasticity council meet- arated from the main box, both] ing'13 membééts of thé’club were boxes to be placed in a vauilt.| preset it wd reporte& Norman |Around 1928, it was noticed that' LoWé!| F. % McKiihley the same jurors were serving . Wéech were! kppointed over and over again. The judge, as'thé second of the’ 'revolving | pulled different names out, Mr.| groups -te—ettend--the~ coming Brooks stated, but called out) council whatever name he-~ wished. If} Guest you wanted to serve on a jury,|Cooper, Jesus ma, Earl you merely got in touch with|Julian, Wm. H. Monsalvatge, |the proper authorities and your|Jr., Chester Knowles, George ‘pee would be called out. If} Brooks. Boy Scouts Organization Until today, yesterday was the started things. But on that very|of the boxes in which jurymen’s that the judge be removed from and C. Galey and Councilmen, 4 — the patient. was urged to visit the/°f apples, 2027 pounds of dry| Cadet Spottswood’s fine record Hold Meeting Monday Night Joseph Cates was the principal speaker at the meeting of Troop 5 Boy Scouts, Monday night, and aoe instructively on the pur- |things of advantage which may be ually or as a 5 He told of days when he was a scout, of the life in camps, and the many songs which were in ‘vogue at that time, and the many other interesting and entertaining pose of scouting and the many; and numbers of the boys arriving brought with them toys which j }class condition, and were turned GAINESVILI E, Ga., Dec. 8.— | accomplished by the boys individ- jover to Scoutmaster Larsen, who \is attending to this feature. After adjournment games were |played. During the entertaining session, Miss Mary Trevor, mem- ber of the troop committee, visit- ed.;the hall, and enjoyed the |they had collected for the Com-| munity Christmas Tree. They are; to be repaired and put in first) jand whose act was one of assist- jance, and accompanied by the and backing of the people to-|ing discussion and this is often, £teatest courtesy to the flyers and their companions: | James E. Yonge, president of ,the Miami-Key West Airways; Benjamin Birs, manager at the port and his personnel; Mrs. J. J. Trevor, president of the Key West Woman’s Club; Lieutenant aide to the officer in Demeritt, ith Lighthouse Members of the Guard; | city before the people, stated that -m members; B. ‘ of the Chamber of Corimerte, and associate members; Lopez Funeral Home, manager Benjamin and Pritchard's Funeral Manager Reginald Pritchard, their ambulance service. migrat services, and the Cuban Consul: ate; Dr. Ralph Braund, Dr. Julio DePoo, Dr. Wm. big Dr. City missioners, Chi Elwood) and members of ief of Police I the 1 GHA ta bididd Beir Bernard Waite and ties from the office of O. Thompson. Mayor Albury also wishes to thank the citizenry in general and especial thanks are tendered The | Citizen and its repertorial staff jfor the publicity given the. im- ‘ portant event. The executive is also delighted with the wonderful service |dered by members of the Key West Woman’s Club committee Joe Romero, caretaker at the local Aquarium, makes announce- Home visits by nurses were gular cli ses, and) Skim. milk and 3,144 pounds of has resulted in ‘his being awarded | features of scouting. His talk was| mis a iprunes to 783 clients. ta Merit Stripe. He was publicly | exceedingly instructive as well as; COMES TO PORT made: to morbidity cases, 10; ad- acetone i cases, 12; private Steamer Al: ‘i Mallory Lines, arrived terday morning and berthed at 5:45 shipments of freight for loc: iness places. * After discharging the e sailed for Tampa with heavy car- 0, will discharge and return di- rect to New York. s, 3 for hospitalization and tacts, 6; visits, noneffectual, 5. Continued pace to visit every tuberculosis SEE THE NEW BRIDGE LAMPS AND OTHER GIFTS, EXC have a blood test taken. The re- sult was positive, and treatment for that condition was started to administrative are in/at once, and is being continued.) of the morbidity cases, thel and the patient is showing mark in. ed improvement generally. half of the constructive tuber-/ is work. Visits to tuber-| Physical chest examinations were made of 4, and tuberculosis cases, 20; visits to con-jtests of 10, other than in school,/ were made. Results of the last efforts are being/recorded 10 tests, showed six to warehouse located at Simon’ jand Angela streets. be positive and four negative. Finished Products: 23 coats;commended before Riverside’s and skirts to 15 families; 108) Cadet Corps of 650 boys. children’s dresses to 87 families; | —_—______ 24 infant dresses to 12 families;/ NEW SHIPMENT OF ise woleeais deennes ty Te See BABY FOODS lies; 52 shirts to 26 families; 21| Just Received—All Flavors comfdrts to 21 families; 188 huck/ towels to 47 families. All of the articles were distri- buted from the local commodit: mes —The Rexall Store— | y GARDNER’S PHARMACY) entertaining, and was thoroughly NOVEL IDEA enjoyed by the hearers. Victor Larsen, scoutmaster of; Yonkers, N. Y—When street Troop 52, was also’a speaker. The/|car riders find it too chilly in the theme of his brief talk was loyalty |trolleys for their comfort, they and trustworthiness. In a de-}just open up a window next to the lightfully instructive talk he ana- temperature regulator (which is lyzed the meaning of the words! supposed to keep the car comfort- which, he said, were fundamentals/able) and the cold air rushes in of suecessful membership in the}and convinces the regulator that scouts. it is time to get busy. It does and There was a large attendance,!the heat is turned on. ment that the aquarium has been made ready %o receive all visitors who are now arriving in the city, as well as local residents. He statos that there are now |many rare specimens on exhibit, |which are being added to daily, jand says that the visitors, cially, will enjoy a visit to place where so many different rieties of fish «pecimens are to found. i ELLENT FOR CHRISTMAS PRESENTS. GIFTS FOR ANY MEMBER OF THE FAMILY. SOUTH FLORIDA