The Key West Citizen Newspaper, December 28, 1937, Page 1

Associated Press Day Wire Service. For 57 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West VOLUME LVIII. Sponge Sales Conducted HereeYesterday Exceed | ‘Twelve Hundred Dollars Five Offerings of Different MANY OVER 100 Grades Were Disposed | YEARS OLD ARE Dock FIFTY THREE RESIDENTS OF STATE OF FLORIDA ARE| SHARING IN OLD. AGE AS- SISTANCE. NO. 307. Though a few days late to get; the sponge sold before the Christ- mas Holiday season, there were five offerings placed yesterday on the Municipal Sponge Dock for (Special to The Citizen) buyers. One of these was a large JACKSONVILLE, FLA., Dec. offering of wool and the others ‘were small cfferings of wool and one of yellow. The largest number in one offering was of 245 bunches of wool, which sold for There was one wool lot of 60/ bunches which sold for $161.61, and two others, one of 16 bunches $1,017.99. | 28.—Maybe the Florida climate deserves the credit, but regardless} of where the glory goes the fact) remains that 53 persons claiming to be more than 100 years old are} | already receiving old age assist- | ance in the state, according to} | statistics made public here from headquarters of the State Welfare Board. : Only one of he twelve welfare of wool which brought $13.50 and | districts is unable to boast of a one of 22 bunches, selling for contenarian, this being District 8 $13.70, The only other offering | with headquarters at Fort Myers.| was of 49 bunches of yellow |The Tampa district has but one which sold for $15.35. ~|claimant to unusual antiquity, a Offerings of wool brought $1,- 206.80, which amount added to the yellow offering makes a to tel of $1,222.15 on the sales for the day. STR. COLORADO COMES TO PORT AFTER DISCHARGING CARGO _»NESSEL LEFT ENROUTE.. TO TAMPA - 8. S. Colorado, of the Clyde- Mallory Lines, arrived in port this morning from New York, and discharged light cargo at Key West. The vessel sailed at 10 o'clock for Tampa. = 122 years and whe- is.the white woman born 110 years ago. ‘District No. 12, with headquar- ters at Orlando, is the home of! the oldest grantee, an American) Indian whose claim to 151 years) is well substantiated and who is) probably the oldest person in the United States. 4 District No. 2, with headquar-| ters at Quincy leads the: state! with 13 persons varying in age! from an even 100 to 107. Jacksonville, District No. 6, has enrolled a white man who admits) runner-up in’ the state-wide long- evity contest. Perhaps the most remarkable} instances of retained vitality! comes from the Tampa district | {where welfare district records! | contain the notation that a wom- ‘an 114 years of age was denied) | assistance “because of earnings of| |applicant from private employ- BIG AUTOMOBILE FINANCE TRUSTS 0. L. COON COMES ON YACHT, LEAVES ON S. S: CUBA FOR HAVANA: WILL RETURN HERE Owen Lewis Coon, General Fi- nance Corporation president, and| party arrived in town Monday | night aboard his yacht, the “Sea| Bee”, and left yesterday morning | on the Cuba for Havana for a short trip. Mr. Coon is a very active and} busy defender of small automo- bile dealers. In an article in Time, Nov. 22, his and others’ ef-! forts to reveal alleged practices of | the four big finance companies in| the country—General Motors, Ac-! eeptance Corp., Commercial Cred-) it Co. (Chrysler); Commercial In- vestment Trust (Nash, Hudson, Auburn, Studebaker); the | Uni- versal Credit Corp. (Ford)—~in forcing their small dealers to fi-| nance their car sales only through | them, were thoroughly reviewed. ‘The A. F. C., a similar organiza- | tion to the G. F. C., and of which | Coon is also president, further re-| veals that subtle methods of} coercion are used by these com-| panies, hanging the big stick of} cancellation of their franchise over the dealers’ heads or slowing | up delivery of ordered cars. | A grand jury in Milwaukee is} investigating the allegations and} President Coon said he sees the) breaking up of these four com-| panies into smaller units again by | this action. Some 60 percent of) all U. S. passenger automobiles; are sold at retail or deferred pay-| ments, financed by discount com- | panies. There were 1,500 of these} independent companies in 1925. Today there are only 500 and | these are said to be dominated by | the four big companies. | The A. F. C..and.the G. F. C.; are also iting the American trend toward buying enna | on installment in the matter of automobile buying. Car financers have recently gone back from bal low 25 percent down and 30) monthly installments to 33 1-3) percent down and 18 months to) pay. | With Mr. Coon is Mrs. Coon; The Key West Citize — KEY WEST, FLORIDA, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 28, 1937. Commerce Body Receiving Many: Letters: From Those D ee Secretary Singleton, of the Chamber of Commerce, was busy, as usual, trying to catch up with his mail, when The Citizen called on him this morning. “Look here,” he said, “I can write letters, but I can’t build ho- tels. Can’t you send out a gen- eral alarm to the citizens and builders of Key West? Here are 28 inquiries for hotel, apartment and private home accommoda- tions, opened and read, and an- other pile of communications awaiting. “Many of these letters are from men of large caliber, who want to locate in Key West with prospec- | tive stays oi from a few days to 2 lifetime. What am I going to To Visit Here | and approved cuts for new folder} | which will be off the press at the! end of the wee for Florida Motor Lines, based on Key West. “I wish to thank you for” the} splendid cooperation you gave the Florida Motor Lines and myself in gathering material in the pre- | paration of the folder which will | |be distributed over the entire |Greyhound and Florida Motor Lines systems. ts “T plan to visit you in Key West! Before opening of the Oversea some time after’ Christmas and| Highway can be officially declar- will bring my Leica camera and | 4d, there will have to be some attempt to get some color shots} changes made in, the insurance} enroute.” policies beat Soh discussed ee i | a meeting t evening in the The letter is from J. L. Laube,| rtices of the © ‘Reedcnnd Tnsurance Matt | the manager of the Atlanta office | of the Beaumont and Hohman Co, | Tolk Bridge’ Commission. * This | ers Bring About Delay In Opening New Section Of Highway) ..... Matecumbe would ha‘e to be ar- rangei, orders for ‘aese had al- Teady been placed, and work} would start immediately. The one at Matecumbe will be permanent, | but the one at Hog Key will be al tentative structure, to last until the road is fully opened, when tell aman who wants a modern! In the other letter, which is the gate will be moved to No} home mear the beach, except to Yefer ‘him to our associated real estate agents, with a prayer that they may know the answers. . “Few of us realize the friendly interest in Key West which is sweeping the country. We are be- coming ‘the fashion’. Here are two letters which give a slight idea of the correspondence com- ing to us every day.” Mr. Singleton then handed The Citizen the letters, one of which was from a large advertising company, and the other from a popular and widely read maga- zine, excerpts from either being published herewith. From Beaumont and Holman, who prepare the material for the Florida Motor Lines and the Grey- hound Lines, is a letter which reads: “tT have just returned proofs LIQUOR TAX TO ABD. DRO WOULD DIVERT SOME POR- TION OF FUND TO PRO- VIDE TREATMENT (By Ansociated Press) SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 28.— Steamship Texas, of the Texas) .” Company, will begin loading at;™°™* Port Arthur, Texas, on December | The statistics show that almost 30, with a cargo of fuel, oil and| 2” equal number of men and wo- gas, for the Porter Dock Com- | men are on the old age honor roll | 25 women matching years with 28| daughter, Elinor; sons, Harry and! Diversion of part of the state Owen. Their yacht is a Great liquor tax to provide treatment Lakes Express cruiser, registered | for habitual drunkards is the idea at Chicago, Captain Baltier. The of Dr. J. C. Geiger, city health di-| cruise was begun in Philadelphia’ rector. . August 10 when the “Sea Bee”| City treatment is widely dis- “may requlre sever days, said from the Travel Office of the|Chairman’ Howard Wilson’ this Woman’s Home Companion, Miss | ™orning. M. B. Sanford calls attention to|' Present at the. meeting» were: the article by Nina Wilcox Put-| Chief Engineer Bi My Dunean, Mr. | nam, in the Colliers Weekly. One| Wilson; Viee Chairman John Cos- | section of the letter is devoted to| tat, Members Ralph Boyden, C. C. information regarding the kind of Symonette, Willard M. Albury; | service given to travelers, and is| Wm. R. Porter, B. C. Papy and | very comprehensive regarding | Charles L. Roberts. , Key West. | The question of the insurance The writer explains’ that she is Policies was brought up for dis- | “looking forward to driving along | CUSSion, and it was shown that |the beautiful highway described | there would necessarily have to in your letter and mentioned in} be some changes in the policies the article.” | before it would be possible for Further on the letter cites num-| the operation of the highway. In bers of services furnished free to| Other words, the policies must readers of the magazines and con-| ™eet, in every detail, the require- cludes with a promise of service} ments of the U. S. Public Works and gives assurance of being| Administration. “happy to remind our readers and| What these changes were was/ inquirers about the vacation at-| Tot specifically announced, but tractions of your ‘game little it was said by Mr. Wilson that it | community’.” ‘| would take at least 48 hours to Pe make out the new policies with the changes required, and until CALIFORNIA MAY LOSE DIS- TINCTION OF BEING SOLE HABITAT one at Hog Key and one at Lower “YOUNG EDISON’ WILL GIVE LIFE (By Axsocinted Press) BERKELEY, Calif., Dec. 28.—! In‘ time California may lose the distinction of being the sole hab- | | itat of the “big trees.” | Prof. Woodbridge Metcalf of | the University of California finds | that the two species which grow Name-Key, and the permanent structure established. Chairman Wilson said that) there were three different insur- ance policies made out to cover) different phases. One was for} damages which amounted to $10,- 000, another for from $10,000 to $100,000 carried public liability insurance, and the other was for Use and Occupancy, and was for $120,000. The different policies were dis- cussed from’ every angle, and) every contingency which might arise was talked: over, all present) joining in the discussions which | lasted from 8:30 until nearly mid- night. Mr. Wilson said this morning in | his office that the commission is) being asked continually just when the road will be opened, and} every one is given the same an- swer, that no definite announce- ment can be made until all mat- ters have been cleared up, waich in anyway affects the bridges or range of only 14° Fahrenheit Admiral Butler Coming Here To Inspect Naval Reservation Officer And’ Party Will Reach Key West This Evening; Will Also ‘Spend Vacation Here H. V. Butler, U. S. N. and party who were at Miami Beach today, have started on their visit to Key West and are ex- pected to reach here tonight, ac- ine te a , by Lieutenant Wm. Klaus, officer in charge at the Naval station. The visiting officer has in his party Mrs. Butler, Mr. and Mrs. Schum, the two sons of the But- ler’s and Mrs. Lucian Green, a daughter of Mrs. Butler. The admiral is in command of the Sixth, Seventh and Eighth naval districts, with headquar- ters at Charleston Navy Yard, Charleston, S. C,, and will enjoy a brief vacation of 10 days or two weeks in Key West. Quarters of the commandant at the naval station has been preper- ed for the occupancy of the visi- with The Citizen that, as soon as all things are in read- iness an announcement was to be made public, and this announce- ment may be possible within the next few days. PRANKSTERS = REMOVE BUS TAKEN FROM GRASSEY KEY SLIP; DRIVEN FIVE MILES went to Chicago, then back) cussed here, as result of revela-| to such enormous size—the se-/ WAS PICKED BY THOMAS EDI- through all the Great Lakes,' tions that in the first 11 months! quoia sempervirens—can be trans- | through the New York Barge | of 1937 there were 7,549 men and/ planted and are thriving in) SON IN 1928 AS bc recast Canal with 33 locks into the Hud-/ 1,559 women admitted to emer-| strange soil. Among the places SUCCESSOR TO ELECTRI- : son River, down to New York/ gency hospitals whe were listed they are flourishing are Australia, | | Pranksters were responsible) City, and out into the Atlantic as drunk at the time. | Japan, New Zealand, Italy and CAL WIZARD |Christmas Eve for taking the| Ocean, down the ‘coast to this Is-| Carrying his idea a bit farther,! parts of France and England. | ——— | Florid ; ich | land City. | Dr. Geiger suggested that part of} It will take several thousand (By Associated Press) be soe rete range ce Mr. Coon and party will return the gasoline tax be used to treat| years, however, for them to rival) SAN FRANCISSO, Dec. 26 —| ws sgeenas eines ie | Friday morning, remain,.here a indigent persons injured in auto| the California redwoods in size. |The “boy genius” selected in 1928 | ning it five miles down the toed, | tall day probably to -fish,ithen. con-\jaccidents. by ‘Thomas Al !Edisin ‘has turned | backing it on the embankment 4. MRS. HOLT TO tinue the ¢ruise\on: the, west coast | ——— |his baeteon'seienvé and-invention | and in so doing cutting the tires| . of Florida up to Tampa, j. 1 M: G HOLLAND ji ‘or of religion.” ©? | badly, George Arnold, at the bus trip t r > — ' GETS PROMOTION VACATION | Saat | Mrs. W. R. Holt, who arrived ed by “Edison after a nat-| station, announced to The Citi- Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Acherson,' with Mr. Holt last Friday night, vessel will have in the; men. on arrival at Key West, 4,-| The average age of the 53 per- barrels of gasoline, or 168,000| sons is 10251 years and their and 5,000 barrels of Die- combined ages 5,453 years. or 210,000 gallons, to be unlvaded into the tanks of the PADDLE WHEELER | MISS TOMKINSON | 10 BE SCRAPPED, IN TAMP A VESSEL COMPLETES ITS The Citizen was today ‘advised | ni ssonest lads sary of the death of Miss ‘Marjorie} Tomkinson, who died -suddenly | on Christmas Day in the hospital | +p DOWN HIGHWAY "Huston, of S40 ben'tchd Wa Who the guilty parties were) tiny “sloppy” | Massachusetts-Institute of Tech~{ Still had not been ascertained to- i Parag — ap ae spas mg The bus driver, Elwell Key, (By Associated Press) CORNWALL, Ont., Dec. 28—} he “Britannic,” 72-year-old St.| ‘tion-wide dayestig posse Lowest’ Highest pa, Fla. She i lived for.a number of years in Key West. Miss Tomkinson was born in Honeeye Falls, New York, but spent the major part of her life in Florida, which she loved. She leaves her father and mother, Mr. and Mrs. S. R. Tomkinson, of Genessee Falls, New York, and ‘one sister, Mrs. Ralph Phraner, of Tampa, to mourn her loss. —_——. ei e Lawrence river paddle wheeler—! jlast of its type in this area—has completed its final run. The boat, constructed of iron plates, has been sold by its own- ers for scrap. For 25 years the craft was employed on the King- ston, Ont.-Montreal run, — for freight and passenger service. The Britannic was built Glasgow, Scotland, in 1866. in More Requisitions For Bridge Workers Received Several veal od were re- ceived,; for, kanen on three Py sriate ay ‘On “the bridges and road contracts and the men ordered were to be sent at the earliest possible time. One of the requisitions asked for four white laborers to be sent to the Spanish Harbor Camp of the Thomas F. Kenney Company, who have Contract G. Four color- ed laborers were also requisition- ed for the Spanish Harbor Camp T US FIGURE ON YOUR of the S. J. Groves and Sons Co., Contract F. The J. O. Patterson Company, te whom Contract Sub 1 of Con- tract H-1 of the Bahia Honda Bridge, asks for seven colored la- borers, four rough carpenters, two truck drivers, and one concrete finisher. Preparations were n.rde to fill the requests immediately by the United States Employment serv- ice bureau, which is in charge of Wm. V, Little. | St. Louis last night last 24 hrs. Abilene ____.. 68 Brownsville Buffalo Charleston Chicago Corpus Christi Denver Detroit aie Dodge City — Duluth Eastport El Paso Galveston Hatteras Havana Helena Huron kisteas Jacksonville __ Kansas City _. Little Rock Los Angeles Louisville _ Miami Mpls.-St. P. . Nashville New Orleans New York Oklahoma City Pensacola Phoenix Pittsburgh j j | BESSERBESSHLESSSaB| SSS oRELLEBRENESE SGSSSSRLELLSSSRLLE | SSSVESSs of 618 William street, have re-| from Miami, has decided to re- cal wizard. He did brilliantly and} after graduation established him- coming through with his passen- gers to Key West, discovered that’ ceived advices telling of the re-| main in Key West for an indef- cent promotion of their son-in-! inite period with her parents, Mr. law, Matthew G. Holland, to the and Mrs. Harry L. Lowe, at the |rank of chief machinist, United ' home, 711 Southard street. Mrs. States Navy. | Holt will be remembered as Miss Mr. Holland is now on a tour | Leota Lowe, former cashier of the of duty in the Spanish war zone, | Palace Theater. while Mrs. Holland, formerly Miss! Shortly after their arrival, Mr. Elizabeth Acherson of Key West, | Holt found it necessary to return is residing in’ Annapolis, Md., and} to Homestead, where he is now expects to join Mr. Holland in the employed, and left for that city spring. | Sunday evening. cece oe ° The formal Opening Dinner and Dance at La Casa Marina will take place this year on Friday eve- A cordial invitation .is extended to the people of Key West to participate as kins been the annual custom. Dinner will be served at 8:00 o'clock and danc- ing is from 9 till 2. The cover charge will be $2.50 per person. Please call Mr. Grobe, phone 780 for your table reservations. This is necessary. ELECTRICAL NEEDS--OUR STOCK IS COMPLETE--PHONE 598 SOUTH FLORIDA CONTRACTING ‘ the bus was missing when the ie as a consulting engineer. —_| terry pulled into the slip. The jut now he declares the world | sssistance of other car owners on can get along without his contri- | the ferry was requested and the butions to science. He will devote passengers, a large number of his life to the Oxford group, 4 them, were carried to the ferry! worldwide movement to bring re- slip and placed on the ferry where) ligion home to the individual. | they were brought to No Name “Instead of building bigger and Key and boarded the bus there. better bridges and machines,” he; The bus had been left at the explains, “the need is to build Grassey Key slip Friday morning, | | better. individuals. Today there is| when the north going driver and a real hunger on the part of the passengers had driven it from people for spiritual values.” | Hog Key slip. A lot of disastrous things —! wars, depressions and so forth — have occurred since young Huston | }was catapulted to fame as the) probable “second Edison.” He ad-/ mits these have influenced his/ Huston is only 25 years old and) looks forward to a long and use-} ful career in personal evangelism. } He believes Edison would have; approved his change‘of plans. Lighthouse Tender Ivy, which | left Sunday night for Tortugas, is ofa oc! hall, scout headquarters, rear of | th ed Victor Larsen points out, it very in the vicinity, and then started on his return to Keeper Andrew Albury, and & ENGINEERING COMPANY