The Key West Citizen Newspaper, December 31, 1937, Page 1

Associated Press Day Wire Service. For 57 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West VOLUME LVIII. NO. 310. CITIZENS FAVOR COUNTY TURNING OV ER GASOLINE TAX REVENUE 10 GIIY Vote Cast On Issue In Referendum Held Yes- terday Was Almost Una- Citizens of Monroe county de- cided yesterday, by vote, that the county shall pay annually to the city. a sum of money amounting fo from $30,000 to $50,000, of the gasoline tax allotments made to the county by the state. In Key West there were 1748 persons qualified to vote. Of this number 982 persons decided to go to the polls and cast their ballots. Despite the oft repeated statement that’ the vote would be close, the results show that 974 yotes were cast for the proposi- tion, and only cight against it, Below will be ‘found the vote by precincts in Key West: Precinct For 79 85 U6 322 91 166 215 Against 1 Total 974 There were 84 persons in the Eighth, Ninth and Tenth © Pre- ¢cinets, which are on the Florida Keys, qualified to vote, but up to the time of going to press there had been no returns received from these sections, Dut, it is said, these votes will be against the proposition: The foregoing covers the vote in the city, as taken from the re- turns received by Judge Raymond R. Lord. The official canvass will be made Monday night 8 o’clock at the county court house . PLAN OBSERVANCE OF JACKSON DAY ba WT JUDGE ARTHUR GOMEZ AP. POINTED CHAIRMAN OF LOCAL ACTIVTIES Judge Arthur Gomez, of Circuit Court, has been appointed as chairman in charge of activities during the Jackson Day celebra- tion to be held in Key West on January 8. In order to formulate plans for that date, Judge Gomez is today sending out invitations to city and county officials, and organiza- tions, asking the members that they meet Monday night, Janu- ary 3, in order that the matter may be gone in*o from every angle. The judge says that the meeting| will be'tield 7:30 o'clock on Mon-| day evening in the county court house, and that every one attend-/ ing may be comfortable, they will) meet in the ;ceurt where he will explain ‘the plans he haS de- vised, and byiefly-outtine the ob Jectives of the meeting. HOLIDAY NOTICE New Year's Day, Saturday, January 1, a legal holiday in the State of Florida, this bank will net be open for business on that day. THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK dec31-1t SPECIAL THIS WEEK AND UNT FL hhh dadidicdad TERM KEY WEST W. D. Caton .of, Dayton, Ohio, secretary to the presi- dent of Standard Register Company of that city. drop- ped into The Citizen office today to renew acquaintances with the staff, also, to renew his subscription to The Citi- zen. Mr. Caton, who is visiting in Key West with his family, expressed himself in this wise: “Of all the places we've travelled, both on this and foreign continents, Key West is the city upon which all members of my family are agreed as the ‘ideal place’. This is our third trip to your wonderful city, with its ideal climate and holiday facilities, and we plan to come again and again.” TD LOIDLII SSS KEY WEST, FLORIDA, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 31, 1937. enero ate Che Key West Citizen [ESS THROWN 0 COMING TO PORT GOVERNMENT VESSEL DU: TO ARRIVE HERE ON JANUARY 22 iF | US.S. Dunlap, now on a train- ing cruise to different ports, is | due to arrive at Key West on | January 22 and will remain until Wm |received by Lieutenant | Klaus, officer in. charge at the| | naval station. | pee, Pensacola, and Tampa. \JOHN R. BIXBEE | | John R. Bixbee, 44, died last |night at 9:35, in the Marine hos-| pital. The body is being made for shipment this afternoon on |Steamship Cuba for Tampa, en-| |route to the | ville. | The deceased is survived by his mother, Mrs. Florence Bixbee, ‘who was’in Key West several weeks ago, and by two sisters. home in Jackson- (Florida Press Service) veloping an economic program in Florida or any other state, when present political sentiment de- mands unlimited spending, is al- most impossible. Fred Cone, from the governor’s chair on Capitol Hill, probably realizes this fact more than he did one year ago, {when he entered office. Yet, a | close analysis, of his administra; tion to date, offers some startling facts, whether viewed by friend or foe, and these are important to every taxpayer. Almost $9,000,000 was taken from the general revenue fund by | the 1937 legislature, and only a portion of this was done with the approval of the chief executive. The year previous to his advent in office there had been a “wind- fall” of $4,000,000 to this same | fund from inheritance taxes, and jadministration few wealthy resi- known and left to the state estate taxes. This totals almost $13,- 000,000, which this particular fund | fund can mark “Gone With the! | Wind”. In viewing the one year | under Governor Cone this should | be taken into consideration. Governor Cone and Comptrol- ler Lee, at the last session of the Legislature, advocated earnestly pooling the 160-odd_ different state funds and appropriations for the necessities of government be | made therefrom. This would have |had the effect of abolishing con- | tinuing appropriations and allow- } ing surpluses, which often accum- j ulates in some funds, to be trans- jferred to important, nece: j and essential functions where ap- ipropriations are deficient. The legislature rejected this plan. Concrete facts, without bias, show Fred Cone has decreased ex- penses and increased revenues in practically every department over which he has control. particular office the taxpa money being saved is $25,000 than in the previous year. This leomes through the abolishment fof his contingent fund. In the Milk Board the expenses are $75,- 000 less than the previous year. In the Race Track Commision's operating expenses are $125,000 less than in the year before, and the receipts from this source have been increased to every county from $16,000 to $24,000, which means in round figures about | under the first year of the Cone! |dents have passed into the uh-j| In his own ™ CITES ACTIVITIES OF STATE ° IN WIDE SPENDING PROGRAM { $500,000. In the Beverage Depart- TALLAHASSEE, Dec. 30.—De-|™ent, during every month but| one, the cost of every employe to} the state has been reduced. The reductions show monthly from $16 to $49 each. In the month there was an increase shown over the previous year it was 64 cents per employe. The head of the Motor Vehicle Commission has demonstrated, under tutelage of the governor, that he can also save money. The total decrease is $71,729.85. There is also an increase of revenue here | over the previous year of $645,- | €89.27. Both this saving and in- crease of revenue goes to the state school system. An_ interesting feature that is on the 1938 revenue | collected, which is from Decem- bér 1 through December 20, 1937, is $504,424.06 which is an increase of $49,570.03 for the same period | of Jast year. Forty thousand injuries have }been handled by the Industrial Commission,’ and approximately | $1,314,414 paid to the'injured. As a result of the Safety Campaign fostered by ‘this commission fatal- ities among-employes has been reduced-to 87 in this year against 111 in 1936." The Unemployment Compensation division had a cash balance of $2,699,076.24 as of De- cember 16, plus a federal treasury credit of $1,250,000, made avail- able to Florida this year, which makes a total of $3,949,076.24 on hand. The estimated collections for 1938 will range around $5,- 000,000, which provides approxi- mately $9,000,000 for the unem- ployed in Florida in 1939, bene- fiting 241,000 employes in the state. In the Road Department there is also a reduction on overhead expenses of $500,000. This de- partment has also reduced a def- icit, which it inherited, of $5,000,- | 000, ta $1,667,000. ‘that I point to the records by these departments. I . feel I am justifying my promise to the people to give Florida an economicei administration.” -~GRAND OPENING— SLOPPY JOE’S BAR FREE NEW YEAR'S EVE DANCE —Tonight— Geo, Dean's Rhythm Boys —NO ADMISSION— Other ports at which the Dun-! Map is scheduled to stop. for,a few | | days in the Florida-area, are Mi-| DIED LAST NIGHT jready, by Lopez Funeral Home, | _. | The “Tt is with pride,” says the gov- | Drives Car Overboard At Matecumbe Ferry Landing ] | | | Careless driving on the county Hitigiecenge is bad enough, but when} ja driver does it recklessly, in jfact so recklessly that his car | goes overboard from the road and | blocks water traffic, it is just too | bad. | AN IDEAL P. LACE | January 27, according to advises} This is the predicament Harri-| criminal court. son Cole found himself in when} he faced Peace Justice E. R.j Lowe, at Tavernier, after being} arrested by Deputy Sheriff Ray~/ thond Maloney, after driving his| car overboard at Matecumbej ferry slip. | prevented the ferry boats going| More nges | |} Small lots of sponge were; placed on the Municipal sponge dock this morning as offerings to! | several buyers, and all of them were sold. | The offerings consisted of 67) bunches of wool, in three lots. | highest price paid was $138.88 for 52 bunches. Other lots Yachts At Local Yachts “Standick” and Cath- erine F. II” left this morning! after stays of a day at the Basin. The “Standick”, Captain Ken! McGregor, is journeying to Mi-| }ami to pick up a charter party. It has come from St. Paul, Min-| nesota, down the Mississippi) river, to the Florida coast and is! at present on the last leg of its preliminary journey. It is the| largest private yacht ever to} make the long trip through the | river from source to mouth. | At Miami, Walter P. Butler of | St. Paul and party will board the | yacht, which will then journey to| Havana and later return here, It) jis the intention of Captain Mc- Gregor to make Key West the} base when the party is in these waters. He likes the service available and the way he has been treated here. _ The “Standick” is a twin screw 65 foot yacht, Henry Goebe, Chi- cago, designers, who also de- signed the “Sea Bee”, which has been in port for the last week. It has a ship to shore radio tele- phone, requiring a special federal license, is luxuriously equipped and boasts beautiful hull lines, Captain A. W. Long of the “Catherine F, HH” from Nokomis, Florida, agrees with Captain Mc- Gregor that Key West's popularity | the ferry could reach its berth. Today At Mu | $1.25 for three bunches. Leave After Stay CLOSE TOMORROW OTHER ACTIVITIES TO CEASE IN OBSERVANCE OF NEW YEAR'S DAY up to the slip, and it became} necessary to secure two bdats to} haul the car out of the way so/ All this was heard when Cole| While not as general as on was arraigned, and Judge Lowe) Christmas Day, tomorrow will be fixed his bail at $150 for his ap-| celebrated by practically all tho pearance at the next terfn of ‘stores, closing at.least for the half- day holiday. Windows will be opened at the Cole was taken in charge, after | the:preliminary hearing. by} , i . i | Postoffice until 10 o'clock, with Deputy Maloney, placed on the! one delivery in the ee Out- ferry, and in answer to a tele-| going mail will be received and phone call last evening. Chief | dispatched as usual, and distribut- Deputy Bernard Waite was at/ed to the boxes. No Name Key when the ferry! Members ofthe: ‘Retail Mer- The car was in a position which | landed, took charge of the prison- | chants’ Association will close their | in the county jail awaiting hear- places of business at 1 o’clock, the er and he is now in county jail. Are Sold | same rules being observed as was | done on Christmas Day. | All government activities will be observed as usual, with activi- ties other than required by regu- ce |lations ceasing at the usual hour | this evening, and not .being re- nici 0C | sumed until Monday morning. | aeecieeeipantiten TEMPERATURES _ Lowest Highest last night last 24 hrs. .. 58 6: brought $5.10 for five bunches; Offerings of yellow were 150} bunches, which sold for $51.55,/ and 19 bunches for $1.00. Of grass|Abilene __ Sponge there was one offering of| Apalachicola 72, bunches which sold for $13.68.| Atlanta — Total offerings consisted of Boston - 308 bunches, and the price paid Brownsville —.. was $211.46. Buffalo ___ ia Charleston Chicago - Corpus Christi Denver - BIR ors ig Detroit Submarine Base °° Duluth __ Eastport __ as a yachting base is growing. Mi-| El Paso ami has high dockage fees ang | Galveston other forms of taxes that are| Hatters keeping the piers there empty, | Helena pear) he. said. ‘ Pipes Mr. and Mrs. Henry Faurot are} Seen the owners of the cruiser, and | K; i z " * |Kansas City - are delighted with the Island KEY WES’ ‘ x | iT City and adjacent waters. EDWARD SAWYER, |Los Angeles AGED 64, D Louisville ARRANGEMENTS FOR FUNER- Miami —.. Mpls.-St. P. AL TO BE ANNOUNCED LATER | Nashville |New Orleans —. New York _. Oklahoma City Pensacola Phoenix | Pittsburgh # }St. Louis —_ | Salt Lake City |San Francisco 4 Edward A. Sawyer, aged 64 Slit. Ste. Marie; years, died last night 10 o'clock, Seattle while at his place of business at Tape ‘ Washington Greene and Whitehead: streets. wipiston The deceased had long been a suf- Wytheville ferer from heart trouble, and an attack last night proved fatal. Funeral arrangements, which are in the hands of the Pritchard Funeral Home, will be announced later. The deceased is survived by two sisters, Mrs. E. A. Gardner of West Tampa and Mrs. Sevilla Lester of Punta Gorda. There is also one brother, Jabez Sawyer, of Key West. RESSERSSSSSSSSSLLALASISSSS | SSSSRVSRLSRSESeSzR HeeRba Beesaeeraswsseraesys | ses.uss DeLAND, Fila., Dec. 31.—Three strikingly beautiful dioramas de- picting Florida scenes will be placed at focal points in the Penn- sylvania railroad station in New HABANA-MADRID CL . Tonight New:Year’s Eve ; » Jimmie ‘Heffner’s | York to call attention to the Flor- lida exhibit opening there on Jan- juary 1, it was announced today by Earl W. Brown, of BUSINESS PLACES | FLORIDA EXHIBIT OPENS IN NEW YORK JANUARY 1 } COLORED MAN UNDER ARREST JAIL: BREAKING AND EN- TERING IS CHARGE Felix Hopkins, colored, was ar- rested this»morning and is now |ing on a charge of breaking and | entering. He was caught by Shad- jrach Hanibal, spe¢ial policeman, as he was in the Douglass school building. After apprehending the intru- der, Policeman Hanibal turned | him over to Officer Raymond Ca- | brera. He in turn took him to the! |county as the charge against. the | prisoner is one which is not han- | dled by police court. Hopkins admits that he-entered }the school building, but intended jno harm. He will probably be | given a hearing this afternoon. It {was learned that he is from | Homestead, and not as was first; | suspected, a native of Key West. COMES 0 CTY | Mrs. Ruth B. Owens, supervisor | | of women’s work and professional | projects in the Fourth and Fifth \areas of the WPA. arrived over) |the highway Wednesday evening, | accompanied by her assistant, B.) | J. Fuller. They went over the accomplish- ‘ments of the several units, assem- | bling data for the final report for) the year 1937, | | Ralph W. Langley, regional en- |gineer for the WPA, is expected) jto arrive in a short time from) ; headquarters in New Orleans, and. proposes to spend about 10 days’ vacation. | itis not known how many will) jbe in Mr. Langley’s party, but it) is understood that there may be! Mrs. Langley and a daughter. : bureau maintained by the rail-; road. Here an information staff directed by Miss Virginia Chown- | ing will answer inquiries and dis- tribute literature about Florida. | Decorated with palms and rare, tropical plants, ornamented with | specimens of Florida birds and fish and dramatized by diorsmas Use Of New Road To Be Confined To Ferry Traffic Traffic Restricted To 25 Miles On Bridges; New Ferry Schedule Effec- FELIX HOPKINS PLACED IN | tive Tomorrow son, of the Oversea: Road sued an announcement’ at ‘to the opening of that por- tion of the highway between Lower Matecumbe Key and Hog Key, will be opened to tractors’ morning. forces tomorrow and driver, 50 cents; each passenger, 25 cents. Trucks will be charged on a sliding scale. Channel 2 and Channel 5 | bridges are completed with the exception of asphalt sur- |face. On Long Key Viaduct, Tom’s Harbor No. 3 and Tom’s Harbor No. 4, the pleted and the handrail and ed. Special caution is advised on these uncompleted bridg- es where traffic will be re- stricted to 25 miles an hour and will be escorted by po- | lice patrol during the bal- ance of the construction pe- riod. NEW SCHEDULE The ferry schedule which morrow is as follows: Leave manager the Florida National Exhibits. “One of these dioramas will be near the main entrance, and an- ler the organ console in concourse where no | displays have previously been al- | lowed,” said Mr. Brown, | “The Exhibit itself has been ; ' (other und: | the grand BAND ands FLOOR SHOW | ‘given large space next to the GIRLS MUSI Beauti COSTUMES BIG TIME ACTS hurting and fishing information of Florida scenes, the exhibit No Name Key at 6 o'clock, should prove an alluring sight to wintry travellers, some 50,000 of 11 o'clock, 12 o’clock noon os m pass through the station and 3 o'clock p. m. jaily.’ The exhibit will nentinwe Leave on the return to through March and is pos-! p sible "by the Penayivania: rait-| 0 ame Mey at © oeleek, road, the Atlantic Coast Fd bes o'clock, 1 o'clock p. m R. R., the Seaboard Air Line R. R., the Florida East Coast R. R, and) “nd 3:30 p. = the Richmod, Fredericksburg and; ADMISSION $1.00 COUPLE PHONE 220 NEW YEAR'S DAY— DANCE Tomorrow Night. $ till ? —CUBAN CLUB— c ful Literature from Florida Cham-/ bers of Commerce, industries and/ organizations sent to the Florida National Exhibits, care of Fishing! Information Bureau, Pennsyl-| vania Station, New York City, will be intelligently distributed) i IL THEY’RE ALL GONE--SIX 32-PIECE SETS DINNER WARE. A REAL BARGAIN. AT SOUTH FLORIDA CONTR. & ENG. CO,