The Key West Citizen Newspaper, December 23, 1937, Page 1

+ Associated Press Day Wire Service. For 57 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West VOLUME LVIII. No. 304. Various Lots Of. Sponges. Are Sold HereeYesterday This Was First Of Sea Pro-\" O77 OO OM M: BUTTNER FINALLY * ducts rine For Sale CATCHES HIS ONE For Period of Several) HUNDREDTH TARPON Months uaa Fred Butiner. confirmed disciple of Isaak Walton, set a TO APPEAR AT ‘ARIOUS GIFTS TO BE DIS- TRIBUTED TO CHILDREN FROM COMMUNITY CHRIST- MAS TREE. SANTA. CLAUS Santa Claus in all his regalia KEY WEST, FLORIDA, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1937. RAMSEY TAKEN | TO HOSPITAL TO BE OPERATED ON FOL- LOWING ACUTE ATTACK OF APPENDICITIS E. A. Ramsey, head of the de- partments of records for the WPA units operating at the nav- al station, was today reported as WILCOX POINTS ’ OUT DANGER OF WAGE-HOUR BILL PROVISIONS EXEMPTED IN MEASURE BY ITS SPON- SORS SHOWED IT TO BE BAD LEGISLATION (Special to The Citizen) | \County Board Takes’ Action On Revoking Liquor License Che Kry West Citizen Been Ordered Purchased Before; Order Was Can- For the first fime in several months sponges were yesterday record for himself about six months ago, and yesterday said he had reached the pin- nacle of success when he morning placed on the apuniciyat | brought in his one hundredth and laden with presents for chil- ee ee dren will appear in his sleigh at 4 Junk belive ‘going’ to hess it o'clock this afternoon at Bayview was learned that.an immediate Park, and shortly after old Kris} operation was deemed advisable, arrives, distribution of gifts will} he had been taken to a hospital WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec. 23.| Action which will probably re- —Pointing out its sponsors must’ sult in the revocation of the have realized the wage-hour bill) liquor license issued to Charles I. was bad legislation because they| Saunders, who conducts a place asec joners decided to advise Beverage Commissioner Thomas; W. Long, of the situation. Yesterday afternoon 2 letter from Mr. Long was receiyed and ‘ celled, However At a recessed meeting of the exempted from its provisions such Sponge Dock as offerings to pros- pective, buyers, and all of them, with the exception of two lots, were sold. Offerings of grass consisted of, 158 bunches and the purchase! price; was $44.14. The highest sale was.0f45 bunches for $19.19. Yel- Jowsyefferings numbered 308 bunches, and the sale price was tarpon. As a matter of truth Mr. Buttner caucht more than the hundred but some of them ‘were too small to be consider- ed in the count, and these he eliminated from,,the . record count. Before coming,t@ Key West and eventually;iJocating at Big Pine Key where he made his home at the Bia Pine Key Inn, he was convinced that many fine fish could be taken begin. Practically all of the toys will be] the appendectomy. from the Community Christmas Tree. Names of the children who are to be remembered with gifts of toys, fruit and candy will be called and thus any crowding will be avoided, Parents accompanying children, and those, who will casually visit the scene of gaiety, are requested to take seats on the bleachers and hear the concert to be played by the Key West Hospitality Band, and was being made ready for|a large portion of the working population such as agricultural B ALSLEYS ARE canning fruits and vegetables, Bt < House that the wage-hour bill asti e‘the,.amost serious it. to..representative demo- eos ceracy. which..has. been, produced in this generation.” C. M. Balsley;ef the . Martin it}"Thie bill, proposes a bureau- Publishing Co., which issuesthe}eratic. control of business and in- Marine News anda group of oth-} dustry and a dictatorship over la- er publications, and Mrs. Balsley,! por which, if enacted, must ulti- workers and those employed in} Cengressman J. Mark Wilcox told} $155.57, Offerings of wool num-| by an expert angler while and the happy carols to be sungi are visiting in Key West for their} bered 575 bunches which brought $1,646.95. The largest individua' sale was of 170 bunches for} $537.99. Other sales in the classes} bringing more than $100 were, 107 bunches for $466.88, 60 bunches, $185; 60 bunches, $188.99. At ths time last year the total sales was more than $6,000, and by the end of the sales week be- fore Christmas had reached more than $10,000. Sales yesterday to-/| talled $1,846.66, but would have been had offerings on two lots, one of 228 bunches of wool, and; the other three bunches of wool not been refused, the sum reject- ed for these lots was $866.12. CUBA ARRIVES FROM TAMPA LEFT: SHORTLY AFT. TO HAVANA * casting from the highway bridges. ~erday he cried “Eure- <a.” His record was establish- ed and he packed his belong- ings, left the Key for Miami and West Palm Beach. to tell other ardent anglers what fishing can be had from the bridges, if oue is persevering and knows the intricacies of angling for the “Silver King.” tude ube ude whe ule uh ud a) USE OF STICKERS HERE IS GROWING, BEING USED BY LARGE NUM- BER TO ADVERTISE % KEY WEST Chamber of Commerce is get- by boy and girl scouts, and in which all the children, it is hoped, will join. Preparations have been com- pleted for distribution of gifts to approximately 800 children, but it is believed that a few more may be supplied with toys and sweets, if the necessity arises. ; In order that the presentation of the gifts may be done accord- ing to schedule, provision has Legion, and officers of the Key West Police Department will be !on hand to assist in every way possible in maintaining order. Over 1000 children are expect- ed to be given gifts. Complete’ program follows: 1. Star Spangled Banner. Key West Hospitality Band. 2. Tribute to Flag. . 3. Selections. Key’ West Hospi- tality Band. 4. Christmas Carols. Sung by audience, and led by Mrs. Eva B. been made whereby members of} Arthur Sawyer Post 28, American vacation of two weeks, and are delighted. Mr. Balsley is combining dur- ing his stay both business and pleasure, and when seen in the office of the Porter Dock Co., this morning, talking business with Manager Charles Taylor, he said that after trying other places {in former vacation periods he had chosen Key West. ' “This is a great city with a wonderful future ahead, and. I feel that I am beginning one of| my most delightful vacations,” Mr. Balsley told The Citizen. WRECKING TUG RETURNS HERE Wrecking Tug Warbler, which had been absent from port since November 29, carrying on salvag- ing operations on, the Ward Line Steamer Cauto, which was wreck- ting invaluable assistance from a' Warner and the Boy and Girl] eq off the coast of Puerto, Mexi- great many citizens in carrying the message of Key West to other! Scouts of the city. 5. Santa Claas, accompanied by ;Mayor Willard Albury, Chief of co,.returned to her berth at the Porter Dock Co., this morning. | Salvage Master C. L. Peterson ; parts of the country and to other Steamship Cuba, of the P. and} O. S. S. Company, arrived this! Morning from Tampa with 10 first | and 10 second cabin passengers for Key West; 158 first and 17 countries, by the use of advertis- ing stickers. The small attractive seal bear- ing the invitation “Drive to Key second cabin passengers for Ha-| West, over the only Oversea High- Vana. Arrivals at Key West were: C. B. Elbertson, Jean Fleck, Mrs. F. Thompson, A. E, West, Mrs. West, Dorothy West, Mrs. C. C. Price, Mrs. E. Mears, Cecilio Crespo, America Espinola, Alicia Espin-| ola, John Edwards, Pablo Lopez, | Francisca Lopez, Rose Lopez, John Thompson, J. D. Thompson, | Mrs. J. Thompson, The vessel carried on the mani-| fest the following items: 19 tons/| of freighgcafid one sack of mail| for Key < it; 12 tons of freight | and sevén sacks of mail forHa- | vana, THOMPSON AND “” PORTER RETURN Wm. R. Porter, president of the First National Bank, and Norberg Thompson, head of the Yhompson interests, who were absent from the city for almost two weeks,; returned over the highway and by motor boat, this week. They visited in Washington and New York on matters of the most! vital importance to Key West. Mr. Porter said this ‘morning that at this time there is nothing definite to be announced as a result of their trip. ‘out what the sentence way, to the dnly frost free city. Best fishing in the United States,” has been adopted as a standard part of the stationery of a number of citizens. This proposition has only been placed before the people for two days, and the chances are that within the next few days the idea will have been unanimously adopted, and there will be but few communities’ in the country where the claims of Key West will not He a matter of general in- formation. "| Old Handwriting Found On Door Of Kirke Home “The ‘Nightingale’ sailed today | for New York" was a_ sentence written in a girlish hand and rec- ently found by Mr. and Mrs. Wal- lace Bryant Kirke under four coats of paint on a door of their ‘old historical home at 410 Caro-| line Street. The fifth coat was the best preserved of all the coats of paint. Curiosity aroused, the Kirkes began a mild investigation to find was all about. They knew that the ham was the first built on Caroling 2 4 : street, and is known as the Carey | Home. Caroline street, incidental- Police Ivan Elwood, Chief of Fire| said this morning that the Cauto’s | Department Henry Baker, sane cargo, which is valued at approxi-| bers of the City Council, will dis-! mately $300,000, had all been sal- tribute gifts. Mayor Albury will] vaged by the Warbler before the ‘give first gift. tug left. Tomorrow at the Colored Re-| The Cauto, which had started creation Center, another Com-| to go to pieces, was not badly imunity Christmas T) ill be} broken up when the Warbler) eld to ae | sailed, but the position in which ANNOUNCE DEATH a : ARE AVAILABLE} Cancelled certificates on) all} parcels of property sold Devem-| Charles Sawyer, formerly of Key West;'who has been making his home 'in’Tampa for some time, and who»thtrived’ here yester- | day, informed The Citizen of the death of his “brother, Thomas Henry Sawyer, which occurred in St. Petersburg -a short time ago.) The deceased, who is also a; brother of Bruce Sawyer, has) g beer ane RF honte ty BE. gg BEE at any time during of. tersburg for the past 58 years. | fice hours, seid Bir: Gawrer. { At the sale conducted yester-| (APPRECIATES | day afternoon at the court house, | 1 |which started promptly at 5 H NYA SUPPORT o'clock, 55 certificates, represent- } Murphy Act, are now, available, Clerk Ross C. Sawyer announced ‘this morning. Owners of: the property: sold on that date may call and receive their cancelled | i ling 200 pieces of property, were} | B. Howard Brown, district sup-| ed by Clerk Sawyer, under the j ervisor of the National Youth Ad-} Murphy act. } ministration activities in this! county, expresses his appreciation | j of the support the movement and} | projects have been given by the! BELFAST.—Lecturing in this Ypeople of Key West. j city, Mrs. Sarah Barnes defined a DEFINES WORD | mately result in a destruction of the right of collective bargaining and which may easily reduce la- bor to a state of economic slav- ery,” Wilcox told the House. “It proposes a federal bureau with autocratic and dictatorial powers beyond any ever attempted in a government of free people. It would place in the hands of a lit- tle group of federal bureaucrats the power to regulate the earn- ings of millions of American citi- zens.” Wilcox predicted that if the bill were passed, private enterprise in this country would be subject to the whims and caprice of a gov> ernmental agency and that labor would have sold its birthright without getting in return the pro- verbial mess of pottage. Citing his unbroken record in support of all labor legislation, Wi added: “It “is most remarkable~ to’ me that a_ bill purporting be in the interests. of the underpaid working people of the country should exempt from its operations so many groups and classes of workers. It does not of business at Marathon, was tak- en yesterday by the county com- missioners. Several meetings previously this application was approved by the board. Later on dneidents ‘alleged to have happened, in. the | Saloon brought about a», protdst from several sources, and the tests were so importunate e | WARNS AGAINST FIRE HAZARDS CALLS ATTENTION TO NECES- | SITY OF EXERCISING ALL CAUTION IN PREVENTION OF FIRES. Chief Harry M. Baker, of the Key West Fire Department, calls | attention today to the necessity of exercising every precaution at this season, to guard against possible fires, and consequently loss of property, and possible loss of life. of the-frequent causes of | fires at this time of the year, | Chief Baker points out, is the pre- sence of dry trees in the homes.of those who desire to brighten the period for their children with in connection with the letter was! board of county issie the license application of Charles! I. Saunders, which was referred held yesterday afternoon, action to the commissioners for further on a group of bonds which had action. Without any further BEE a previously offered was au- tion it was decided to disapprove : the application. This was formal- thorized.;and.are to be sold. — ly done and the application re-|. Present.af¢he . meeting ‘wére ferred to Commissioner, Long, in % Tallahassee, for final action. | | Chairman Garl-Bervaldi, Commis- sioners Wm. R. Porter, Braxton LIGHT TENDERS "orm = Srv Clerk Ross .C. Sawyer, Attorney — TO BE IN PORT FOR HOLIDAYS WILL NOT LEAVE UNTIL AF- TER JANUARY 1 UNLESS CALLED OUT IN CASE OF the fleet of Lighthouse tenders of the Seventh District, will be in port for Christmas and the New this morning at headquarters. Tenders Ivy, Poinciana and | py, and Power Boat 31 are in port today, and will not leave again until January 1, unless an emer- gency arises which makes it im- perative they must leave. extend its benefits) to all classes| gaily decorated trees, and lots of! Under the present schedule the of workers. The framers of this light. W. Curry Harris and Chief Depy- ty Sheriff Bernard Waite. The bonds in question was & group which had been offered by C. W. Wright, of St. Petersburg, ‘and consisted of bonds to the jamount of $20,000 at a price of 70, which were ordered purchased some time ago and later the or« der of sale was cancelled. Later the matter was taken up with the R. E. Crummer and Co., the suggestion of the ed drawn yesterday the purchase of the Wright bonds. A letter : which have an operation on the eyes, to save her s | first boat to leave will be the bill have been vecy careful to| The trees used for the prepara- provide that it shall not apply to tion of the Christmas season, are agricultural labor. The farmer usually of the kind which quickly still must go to work with the dry out, and are readily inflamma-} crack of dawn and labor into the | ble. These trees should be firmly night six days a week and take; anchored in-the home, and the his chances on the weather and_ children should be advised not to the fluctations of a man-made! reach for their gifts on the tree, market. las quite frequently the child tugs “And then the measure says it at the branch, the tree falls, and shall not apply to those who are; the result is a fire. engaged in the canning or pack-! ing of fish, fruits and vegetables. | which fires occur. Fortunately the It does not apply to retail mer-; history of Key West records but chants or their employes. It Jeaves| few fires at Christmas time, and out those who gin cotton but in-! none which have resulted in fa- cludes those who spin the cotton) talities. But there is always the into’thread. possibility of fire, and. it is my WWhy, if this is a good law, are|earnest wish that every,,.precau- theseianteother groups: of work-| tion be taken by parents, children ‘ets cleft out?) Why tiave they) and in fact every person, to guard ber 15 under the provisions of the emitted 46;000,000:-werkers from | against any chance for.,even a Apalachieola - the bill if'dtiisva good thing for small fire, which may easily. de- labet??! boonuonas + | velop into a disastrous conflagra- ‘ PUintingout:that the bill would | tion, Chief Baker concluded. bring chaos, because it would} z force regulation of some business | but provide no regulation for on, MANY ARE PAYING er businesses “on the other side} of the street”, Wilcox also recall- THEIR CITY ed the situation which would arise with respect to Negro labor} in the South. | “There has always been a dif-} Sam B. Pinder, city tax asses- | redeemed by the owners. This ference in the wage scale of white sor-collector, remarked this morn- \El Paso { i was second regular sale conduct- and colored labor,” he pointed, ing that collections of taxes are | Galveston out. “So long as Florida people , better at this time than was anti- | are able to handle the matter, this | CiPated, and that the article rela- Havana | delicate and perplexing problem/ tive to the saving of the four per-' Helens can be adjusted; but the Federal| cent if paid in December, as pub- Government knows no color line lished in The Citizen, continues and of necessity it cannot make) t bring results. _ any distinction between the races.|_ Payments are coming from the rf ‘ parabens «, is! ? ‘least anticipated and most unex-)} Little Rock Int}ai jetter received by Victor “liar” as “a woman before she is We may rest assured that when’ a k pLéwe.tecéntly, Mr. Brown writes: married” and “a man after he is’ we turn over to a Federal Bureau | Pected sources, said the collector, Los Angeles 9 | Power Boat 31, which is expected to return to her station at Tortu- , gas at an early date. | The Ivy came in about 10 days ago after completing her tour of duty on the West Coast. The Ten- der Poppy, which was carrying on @ program on the east coast and the Inland Waterway, last week with the wreck of ‘Launch Iris, and the Poinciana, coast, came in this morning. | TEMPERATURES last ni Abilene __ Atlanta Boston - | Brownsville | Buffalo Charleston Chicago ‘Corpus Christi ‘Denver - Detroit | Dodge City ; Duluth , Eastport | Hatteras Sal SPENLEHERESE PE OES Huron Jacksonville | Kansas City KEY WEST . There are a number of ways in which was active on the west, Inés of the & OGRE | ly, was bordered by a salt pond in NEW ARRIVAL IN {te css the cpieinal pore ot ‘ the houge was. built in 1837, and a ‘ portion, iconnected by the door on} ™ . , which ig the writing, was added jan 1843. . Further research revealed that Mrs, W. V. Key Of this city is; the “Nightingale” was a clipper in receipt of a telegram from Mr.; Ship. which, if the sentence is ac- and Mrs. Fred Gaskin announcing curate, plied between Key West the birth of an cight-pound boy and } York sometime between at Miami Maternity Hospital, last 1837 and 1843. week. } Mr, and Mrs Kirke conclude Mother and that the information volunteered well. | by the unknown young lady must Mr. Gaskin is better known as, have been the sad result of bid~ Fred Key in this city Kins live in Matecumbe. baby are doing jor boy sailing with the ship. H aS The Gas-| ding goodbye to a sweetheart il. |THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK.| (ofshis. gratification at the support given'the idea here, and con-} peludeswith this paragraph: i given ’by, ey West, Citizen }@Specially in the publication of }the mews release regarding the broadcasting of the NYA pro- gram.” "HOLIDAY NOTICE Christmas Day, Saturday, De-; cember 25,.a legal holiday in the State of Florida, this bank will not be open for business on that | day. dec23-2t4 DON'T WAIT TOO LONG TO PLANT YOUR GARDEN--GET YOUR SEEDS AT SOUTH FLORIDA CONTRACTING & ENGINEERING COMPANY-—-PHONE 598 married”, i ee ee (Continued on Page Five) Saranc DANCE # BOCA CHICA FISHING CAMP and RESORT Capt. T. Luther Pinder, Prop. Tonight, Dec. 23, 10 till ? —Featuring— HEM OLSON AND HIS ORCHESTRA | and “I can say that the results so far are very gratifying.” i CHRISTMAS USED CAR SALE NAVARRO, Inc. Louisville HaCSILEKSSSRRSRASARARILSSYS| LBSS AR SRSSssVeeees BotMSeeVSsERSesnSesexy