The Key West Citizen Newspaper, December 16, 1937, Page 1

Associated Press Day Wire Service. For 57 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West VOLUME LVIII No. 298. Three Permits For Repairing Buildings Ne \dpdicitions Are Re-| ceived. In Past Week For Actual Construction Operations Permits for repairs, general and minor, issued from the office of| Building Inspector Harry M. Baker during the week just past, mumber three. No permits for ac- tual building were issued. Issues were made for: General repairs to residence at 1104 Division street. Owner, Raymond R, Lord; cost, $2.500. Repairs to roof of building at the corner of Caroline and New} streets. Owners, Dongo and John-j} son Estate; cost, $250. General repairs at 423 Front, street, Owner, Sebastian Cabrera, | Ir.; cost, $25. Mr. Baker said that he is now; working under new regulations, and believes people who are to make repairs, or build, should; know that permits to cost not} more than $100 cost 50 cents.! More than $100 but not more than $1,000, cost $1.00, and for’ permits for more than $1,000, a} QUICK RESPONSE MADE FOR NEEDY FAMILY IN CITY. ARTICLE IN THE CITIZEN YES- W. G. M'INTOSH TERDAY BROUGHT IMME- AND HIS FAMILY | pure aw 70 toca sur- ARRIVEONCUBA) *""* Unprecedented was the re- MR. McINTOSH WAS STRICK-/| sponse to an article appearing in The Citizen yesterday, which de- EN WITH ILLNESS JUST BE-| scribed the plight of a mother FORE VESSEL CAME INTO! and four undernourished chil- dren, whose condition was des- PORT titute up to a short time after this paper appeared) on the streets. oorcomnenra Directly after the article had Walter G. McIntosh and family, bess — elias vais sence : ; 5 . egan telephoning e number of Chicago, arrived this morning specified in the article, and by on the Steamship Cuba for the bedtime, bedsprings, beds, mat- fourth consecutive seasonal visit] tresses and articles of furniture in Key West, and are ensconced/ had been offered, and in addition in the residence in Martello Tow- ries a/supply of ms. log ers, recently completed ‘for Colo~]-) y arrangements are bein| nel and Mrs. Hugh. Taylor. made to. have..the donations car- The McIntosh family who’ ar-|Tied to the home)of the suffering | Issued ‘ rived were, besides Mr. McIntosh: and indigent mother and .chil- Mrs. McIntosh, Misses Eunice and Joan McIntosh, and Walter, Doriations from two’ local clubs Jr. The family car was brought and| have been announced so far. was in charge of the chauffeur, Paul Stoetzel. Mr. McIntosh was stricken with | t0 donate are asked to call 673-M an illness just before the Cubaj °F visit 607 Ashe street. There came into port this morning, and| re other families the group is a physician was at once summon-| ‘fying to outfit with the necessi- ed. After a visit for a brief time | ties of life. Any and all donations the medical opinion was that the| Will be deeply appreciated. patient could be taken from the (gia Nicaea oe aaa ship to his residence, where this|®®® eeccoosee The Key Wiest Citizen Key West, Florida, has the most equable climate in the country; with an average range of only 14° Fahrenheit KEY WEST, FLORIDA, THURSDAY. DECEMBER 16, 1937. Still Await Open PRICE FIVE CENTS Word On Much Enthusiasm Shown At ‘Stretch Overseas'Highway Plans for the opening of the Overseas Road and Toll Bridges were discussed at a meeting of; the commissioners held last night in the offices of Chief Engineer B. M. Duncan, but nothing was said about the opening. Attending the meeting were Chairman Howard Wilson, Vice Chairman John Costar, Members Ralph Boyden, C. C. Symonette and Willard M. Albury; Chief En- gineer Duncan and Bridge Engi- neer A. L. West. It was announced that no word had been received from Washing- ton on the question of opening; the road, with the exception of the 13 miles from No Name Key to Hog Key, to traffic, though the application of the commission had been sent in ample time to have an answer. Nothing is to be gained by mak- ing any statement relative to the opening, until final word on the subject has been received from Washington said Chairman Wil- son. When this would be he had no idea, but, he said, as soon as word is received a public an- nouncement will be made. Further discussion of toll rates was part of the meeting’s busi- ness, but no change in the rates for cars and passengers was an- nounced. The rates to be put in force when the road is. opened, with the exception of the gap be- tween Hog Key and No’ Name, is to.be: Cars under 14 feet, $2. From 14 feet to 15 feet, $2.50. Cars 15 feet and over, $3. For house trailer and car, $7. ‘Each passenger will be charged 25 cents. Special Court Session Conducted This Morning = ! ny Meeting Held Last Evening For Organizing Yacht Club Manager Of Carnival Corrects Statement On Receipts For Firemen E. H. Philbert manager of the, percent of gross receipts, which | {carnival which was» “West| amounted to $1,100. Total receipts Mast, year, panei ep 8 pang to approximately $8,-) | West Fire Departmentyseame in| Of -this amount, said Mr. Phil- , the office’ of { Phe\ Citizen ; morning ‘andsaid#that he: like to correct. acmisundetstand~;: ing relative to the distribution of pa the carnival’s receipts, :/also/! Percentage received by/ithe fire} $1,100 to the fire department, or a! department. total of $4,400. All expenses were As a matter of truth, he said,| paid by Mr. Philbert and he had | one error is in the statement that} to pay all the bills for comestibles! {the fire department received 12) for members of the company. percent of the net receipts. The} “In fact, I lost money on the fire department received 12%!.proposition,” he concluded. CITES NEED FOR ESTAB Decided That Proposed Organization Will Be Known As “Cayo Hueso Yacht Club” In spite of the threatening weather, over thirty citizens turn- charge of $1.00 for each addi-)mornnig he is resting comfort- Judge William V. Albury pre- tional $1,000. RELATES STORY ABOUT ACCIDENT: CAPTAIN OF MAIL CARRYING BOAT SAYS IT WAS ENTIRE- LY UNAVOIDABLE ee Captain Darrel Lowe, master of the mail boat which rammed and sunk the boat of Captain Nathan Niles, Jr., the light attendant to the unattended lights in this area, said last night that there was not! the slightest chance of avoiding the accident. 4 According to Captain Lowe the lights on the Iris, the light at- tendant boat, were seen by him about 10 seconds before the acci- dent. His boat makes from 20 to 22 miles an hour and the accident was positively unavoidable. His lights, he said, were on all the time. He believed the light on fhe Tris had just been turned on. The Iris was struck on the s‘ar- board bow while he, Lowe, was making an effort to avoid the accident, he told The Citizen. “I am entirely free from the blame in the matter,” he con- ER ARRIVAL ENROUTE TO HAVANA Steamship Cuba, of the P. and 0. S. S. Co., arrived from Tampa this morning with 12 first and one second cabin passengers for Key West; 32 first cabin and four sec-} onds for Havana. Key West arrivals: W. G. McIn- tosh, Mrs. McIntosh, Jean, Eunice and Walter McIntosh, Paul Stoet- zel, E. Salisbury, Mrs. W. D. Wild- er, Nancy Wilder, W. H. McNulty, J. D. Wing, J. D. Daniel, P. Ruter. | Listed'On the manifest were 19} tons of freight, one automobile, one sack of mai] for Key West; | two automobiles and 19 sacks of | mail for Havana, Bookings for, Havana include Miss Gertrude M. Hogan, Mrs. Ju- lio Gomez, and several second cabin passengers. | —— $5.00 DOWN will buy a lasting GIFT Hl for the whole family! A NORGE REFRIGERATOR NAVARRO, Inc. WE STILL HAVE A ably. NEWS NOTES FEW MORE POLL QUINTS GAIN Callander, Ont.—The five fore- most citizens of this section are gaining in height and weight. Tiny Marie weighs 31 1-2 pounds; Emilie, 34; Cecilie, 34 1-2; An- DISPOSED OF YESTERDAY UN. | nette and Yvonne, 35 each. sade i tal ilie 37, DER PROVISIONS OF was 36 inches tall, Emilie an the other three 37 1-4. MURPHY ACT cee apo New ¥i ‘The which contains the bodies of John W. Mackay, the “Silver King,” and his wife (parents of Clarence Exactly 100 parcels of property were disposed of yesterday after- Captain | | noon by Circuit Court Clerk Ross C. Sawyer, at the second sale of tax certificates under the provi- sions of the Murphy Act. Mr. Sawyer appeared on the front stoop of the court house, and began making the announcements | as required by law, and within 3] ; minutes the parcels had been re- { deemed by the owners, or persons. representing them. Each individual piece repre- | sents a payment of $11. Those which are accompanied by addi- tional pieces under the same own- , ership cost $11 each and $7 for each additional unit. There were represented in the sale yesterday afternoon 46 es- tates or individual owners, whose tax certificates represented from one to 10 pieces of realty. of the City Council held tonight, beginning at 7:30 o'clock. Receiving and opening of bids for the scavenger contract, is one of the matters to come before the meeting, while in all probability | there will be many other subjects | taken up during the course of the | | } H. Mackay, telegraph company head), has been “under 24-hour guard for the past five years, ever since marks of a chisel were found on an outer door. Still needed are a bed frame and more food. Anyone desiring MOTHER SAVES 2; DIES Chicago.—Succeeding in strip- ping the flaming clothes from her two sleeping children, Vido Pan- ice, Jr., 2, and Joan, 6, Mrs. Ione; Janice, 23, fought her way through the flames which had en- veloped their bungalow home and dropped them outside the win-} dow. The exertion proved too; much for her and she fell in a faint inside the window, where her charred body was found on the floor. Bureau's provision- 6 Desai were Rhode Is- land,' South Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas, New Mexico and Califor- nia. ! SEA ELEPHANTS INCREASE | San Diego, Calif.—Scientists on | a recent expedition to Guadalupe Island report that the giant seaj TAXES ARE PAID SEVENTY-NINE PAID UP FOR SPECIAL ELECTION ON DECEMBER 30 Ladd said*yesterday that the number of poll taxes paid by per- sons intending to vote in the elec- tion of December 30, amounted to 79. It is understood that there are a large number of youths who at- tained voting age this year, and there are also approximately /1400 exempts, many of whom will cast their ballots. It is estimated that a total of approximately 1700 are qualified to vote. This election is being held to determine whether or not the county of Monroe will annually grant to the city of Key West from $30,000 to $50,000 of the monies allotted to the county as Monroe’s share of the state gaso- line taxes. NAVAL RESERVE UNIT PLANNED A Naval Reserve Communica- tion Unit is now being organized in Key West. Men between 18 and 30 years of age who are interested in be- coming radio operators and ama- teur radio operators desiring to | enlist in the naval reserves can do so by contacting A. L. Lynn, ra- dioman first class, U. S. N. R., at the naval radio station, any after- noon or evening during this week. County Tax Collector Frank H.j, FEW BARGAINS IN DOLLS LEFT--THEY’RE GOING FAST—GET YOURS NOWL..CALL SOUTH FLORIDA CONTR. & ENG. COMPANY, 598 elephants, almost exterminated for their oil, are once more be- coming numerous off the Lower California coast. They counted 1,000 males on the island and es- timated that a number of females also were in the vicinity. TO SUE FOR $500,000 session. ENJOYS VISIT TOKEY WES Mrs. Julio. Gomez, who haa Los Angeles.—Mrs. Martin been absent from Key West for} Johnson recently announced that about 30 years, was a recent visi-{she would file suit, through her tor and a guest at the home of| attorney, against the Western Air Mrs. N. P. Nelson. Express, for $500,000 damages as Spending a great deal of her}a result of the plane crash in time visiting friends to whom she} which Martin Johnson, her ex-} was familiarly known as Lela,|plorer husband, was killed and Mrs. Gomez said she had enjoyed| she was seriously injured. a very delightful visit, and re- gretted the necessity of having to leave so soon. “HOT WATER” FOUNTAIN Soda Springs, Idaho.—Soda | Springs was banketed in steam twhen a 1,700-gallon-a-minute |“gusher” came in during the BREAKS MANY RULES STEAMER OZARK DUE TOMORROW Steamship Ozark, of the Clyde- | Mallory Lines, is due tomorrow }from New Orleans, en route to |Key West, Miami and Jackson- | ville. The next vessel from Galveston. to New York via Key. West, is! jdue Christmas Eve, December 24. | i Manila, P. I. o ferring passengers “hére; a9‘ has been the customs in the past, Pan jAmerican trans-Pacifie clippers; j will fly through to Hongkong {from Guam Island. The Hong- sided at a special term of crim- inal court this morning at the eounty court house, to hear pleas of guilty. All officers were pres- ent when the accused were ar- raigned. The charges resulted from raids cofiducted by Sheriff K. 0. Thompson, a short time ago, and those arrested were Frank Rob- erts, Benito Perez and Ramon uesta. They were charged with ‘games of change, contrary to the laws of } the state. Each of the accused entered a plea of guilty and a fine of $25 and costs was imposed in each in- stance by the court. TEMPERATURES Lowest Highest last night last 24 hrs. Abilene — . 40 Apalachicola Atlanta Boston BS Brownsville _. Buffalo Charleston ‘Chicago Corpus Christi Denver. ___. Detroit __ Dodge City Duluth Eastport El Paso Galveston Hatteras Havana — Helena — Huron Jacksonville Kansas City Little Rock ___ Los Angeles .. Louisville _. Minneapolis Nashville New Orleans New York Oklahoma City Pensacola Pittsburgh St. Louis - Salt Lake City San Francisco Sit. Ste. Marie Seattle . Tampa Washington Williston ." 24 Wytheville" 46 50 ARRIVAL HARRIS’ FAMILY Attorney and Mrs. W. Curry SSRES| ELSRRERSESESSSESSS SBPSSKSSSSSLSSBSSS| $B| RBSSSSeEeayee 52 46 58 4 OF EVERGLADES NATIONAL PARK (Special ta The Citizen) MIAMI, Fla., Dec. 16.—Unless the State of Florida proceeds without undue delay toward early establishment of her Everglades | National Park project, there is | danger that much of the native wild life of this southern area opinion of Dr. Wendell Chapman of Bekerley, Calif, who, with Mrs. Chapman, has just complet- ed acamping trip in the Pine Crest region of that area. “We were shocked,” he report- ed at the headquarters of the Everglades National Park Asso- ciation, “to find that particularly deer and turkey are being shot down daily in numbers far ex- ceeding their legal limit and in areas that are supposedly protect- ed by law. . “Such laws, without enforce- ment,” he contiuned, “are worse than useless. “Florida,” he pointed out, “is far more favorably situated for the protection of her wild life with an equable year round clim- ate than is true in the western na- tional park sanctuaries where rocky formation and sparse vege- tation cause severe hardship on romp we uRyWUEL aNAoD = did see alligators, | found few snakes and none of the {poisonous variety, and neither mosquitos nor malaria. They did however, see rare or- chids of the leafless variety, in- teresting native palms and cy- press. They were able to obtain camera shots of otter and also saw deer, raccoons, ‘possum and fox squirrels, turkeys, ibis, agret, herons, limpkin and bitterns, as HONORED AT UNIVERSITY {Special to The Citizen) NEW ORLEANS, Lz., Dec. 16.— }Mario I Lester of Key West, Fla., has been elected to member- ship in the. International Rela- tions club at Tulane university, Jack Borneman, president, an- nounced today. The club is a discussion group LOS ANGELES.—George Sher-| night, spouting hot water thirty| kong Clipper, which until recent-| Harris announce the birth of an| devoted to the study of interna- wood of this city jail for 123 days whe victed of breaking 47 separate traffic rules. $ sentenced to} feet in the air. seeking a water supply for a i | Honoluly, for experimental flights to New Zealand. It was caused, itily flew between Manila and/eight-pound girl this afternoon in| tional he was con-jis thought, by drilling done in! Hongkong, will be returned toj a local hospital Mr. Harris said that both moth- er and daughter are doing nicely prominent lectures on the subject. Young Lester is the son of J. Lanceiot Lester of Key West. judge relations, often hearing} proba! well as a number of varieties of ducks. “Our first surprise on coming \to Florida,” said Dr.. Chapman, “was that level country could af- ford such variety of scenery. Our second was the vastness of Flor- ida’s wilderness, unsuited all the state there is no govern: ment owned area where the unique bird and animal life is af- forded adequate. and permanent protection. then this state will have perpetu- ated a wilderness utterly unlike anything on the continent.” With Mrs. Chapman, Dr. Chap- since his retirement from business in 1932, to the study of wild ani- mal life, both at work and at } play. Much of his time has been | son, spent in lecturing on these sub- jects and together they have au-! thored three books, recently pub- lished by Scribbners, including) “The Little Wolf” and “Beaver; Pioneers” for juvenile reading: band Wilderness for | ly returned -| from tain area Wwhete they study of the bone jer the hibernating bear and ;shots of ‘the animal in his winter quarters, which will be the subject of a forthcoming art- icle in National Geographic Maga- zine to which he has been a fre- quent contributor. In the spring Dr. Chapman will deliver a lec- ture to the National Geographic Society in Washington, D. C. ‘At the conclusion of their visit here they plan to journey to the Florida west coast, stopping over at Everglades from which they plan to see more of the Everglades) National Park area, | LEMUS HELD FOR CRIMINAL COURT Ignacio Lemus, charged with petit larceny, specifically with} | having stolen from the business it have his place of Joseph Russell the sum ja disorderly tay { The: ry, W.-T. Sawyer, Jr, Ww. W. do Lieut. Faigle, Dr. Valdes, Paul Archer, Melvin Russell, ren Sawyer, lace B. Kirke, Julian Frank Carbonell, Fred Harry Baker, Harry. win Trevor, Hugh Singleton, Sr., 8. Jr., Donald Carey, Charles Taylor, and Mr. Emerson. (Daily Herald, Biloxi and Guit- in Gulfport harbor since last Jan- wary. He had been with the U. 8. De- partment of Commerce on a ferry P in Key West. Hjs family will ar- PHILADELPHIA. — of this city daughter conduct of $23 in cash, was arraigned yes-| cause he caught her terday afternoon before County | Judge Raymond R. Lord for pre-/ After the testimony was in the announced that he found ible cause and would place the defendant under bond of $100, ‘to await trial at the next term of/ {criminal court. i Young Men's Social Club Pri. Dec. 17, Dey —CUBAN CLUB— Gents, 60c Ladies Free PRITCHARD’S ORCHESTRA