The Key West Citizen Newspaper, January 7, 1938, Page 1

Associated Press Day Wire Service For 58 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West VOLUME LIX. No. 6. 5 | Che Key eat Citizen FRIDAY, JANUARY 7, 1938. KEY WEST, FLORID. Modérn Home To Be Erected In Section Of Martello Towers Various Other Building \MRS. L. FELTON ‘CRIMINAL COURT [Golf Club Given MAKES READY T0/ Jurisdiction | CONDUCT SESSION EVERAL CASES | drawn up between the City of/ es ‘e ‘ARE TO BE coy West and the Key West Golf! | HEARD DURING JANUARY! ciub, at a previous meeting. giv’| Criminal court for the January | adopted at a | 1938 term will meet tomorrow | the council last night. By Council Last Night -Permits Issued During Week For Repairs ‘To Residences H. P. Conable. regular winter | DIED THIS A. A fee at 9:30 o’clock~ in -the: | county court house, at which-time | it is expected that a jury-will-be FUNERAL ARRANGEMENTS drawn for the January session» FOR LOCAL RESIDENT TO | Judge William -V) Albury ‘said BE ANNOUNCED LATER today that the court+will adjourn’ jat once for the November 1937 Mrs. Leona Felton, 26, died in a The meeting was opened wii the-entire body and i ‘Standing in a moment of }prayer.as a matter of respect Councilman William Doughtry’s} \mother;“who- died in Jacksonville |on. Wednesday, and to Mr. Dough- try, who was absent from the Meeting, having left yesterday en- local hospital this morning at 11 o'clock. Funeral arrangements, under the management of Lopez Funeral Home, will be announced later. visitor to Key West, has conclud- | tion of a home in Key West, to be| l 4 | The deceased is survived by her on the lot purchased jhusband, Raymond Felton; daugh- * time ago in that section of Mar-| cePapeed Jean; mother, yrs. i lenriquez; one sister, fello Towers. known as Royal | Guilreymo Russell, Miami; one Court. brother, George Henriquez, of Mi- * ami, and two brothers, Frank and ‘The lot is 89 by 100 feet. The) Eugene Henriquez, of Tampa. | size of the home will be 55 by 60, an tae feat, isto be of the modern tye REPORT BIRTH | HERE YESTERDA and the estimated cost will be ap proximately $7.000. The contract has been awarded to Roy Ed-| Mr. and Mrs. Hamilton Wil- liams announce the birth of a boy jat the home, 1411 Olivia street, yesterday afternoon, 5 o’clock. to 8%. pounds. ing nicely. during Repairs to roof of residence at Frank Saunders; cost, $50. General repairs at 1191 Vir-/ overnm Key West Army Barracks, Fort General repairs at 944 Fleming | Taylor and the Martello Tower Street. Owner, Ygnacio Cobo; | reservations are in fair shape, Ma- cost, $500. | jor James MacMullen, U.S. A., in General repairs to 412 Eaton! charge of the Post, announced street. Owner, Margaret Lace-| this morning, from work done ' with $11,400 allocated from Corps 814 Whitehead street. Owner,! Additional funds, amounting to Mrs. Paul Reuter; cost, $300. | $6,000, have been spent on an En- TWO MORE YA F corscis Rarygemper nage Bnd ARRIVE YESTERDAY funds for which we are working, | are ing, we will be able | to put all of the military reserva- | tions here in absolutely first class shape in two years’ time.” “sista Gr rr. cawcen.| Funds Secured By Major DALE, “WEST WIND” OF MASSACHUSETTS | and preserving portions of the old ; brick works at Fort Taylor, and New yacht arrivals last night other engineer maintenance are the “West Wind” from Cen-| Work. terville, Massachusetts, at the| These funds were requested Yacht Basin, and the “Zelray II” | and secured by Major MacMullen = Pr . | 8 year ago to be used in the par- = le oe as Paice %$ @D-' tial rehabilitation of Fort Taylor some of the Zelray I, a 31 See. Sat Arey. Raps foot Chris Craft is Fran M. Ray- - mond. Mrs. Raymond is with him, Civilian, WPA and enlsited per- | during the past year in goniting The youngster tipped the scales| there were four or five cases Both mother and baby are do-| these would probably be called €4 from auto dealers for the pur-/f 'Various Improvements Made The $6,000 fund has been spent! term and the 1938 term will be route to Jacksonville to attend jdeleared in session, after which me resign gee —e | the list of jurors to serve will be| It was ordered atien 08 drawn nas the box. the: peopeees ordinance reguist- | ing the scanvenger service be de- There are several cases to be fered until Councilman Dough-} heard next week, part of the try’s return to the city, as it is licitor Allan B. Cleare, Jr., | morning with others to be filed u | before the week is ended. property owners connect up with Those cases now on hand are: the sewerage system, was a— el | Hildo Lee Bostwick, charged} °" its second reading, and wi ed | with vagrancy; Samuel Sawyer, ‘ken up for final action at i | assault and battery; Doris M. | D€xt ——< the ao { | Hope, operating a motor vehicle Recei = { eee nest oe vin police, stale soar amount ol | liquor; Ernest Butler, non-support “ of minor children; Harrison Cole, fines collected during uy | reckless driving of motor vehicle; ae December, was presen’ | Samuel Cleare, attempt to break and enter with intent to commit Shown to be $325.50. | a misdemeanor. | All current bills were ordered Clerk C. Sam B. Curry said that| Paid when funds become avail- | chase of an automobile to be used by the captain of police. In con- | nection with these bids, a proposi- | tion was made to the council by Edward Gomez, who has a certain amount of credit with one of the He would! ‘for trial. ent Reservations | sonnel labor has been utilized in | the work. During the past three | months, 30 civilian laborers, such as carpenters, painters, electri- cians, have been on the payroll, ; it was said. connection with the purchase. | The entire matter was turned} over to the police committee,} with instructions to report back at) the next meeting. Money Still On Hand gg eagunepe ms by ergy 24 All of the Corps Area money} letter was read from has not been used as yet, and sev-| Chamber of Commerce calling at-| ‘inelude installation of cement | eral projects which will be done} | sidewalks and cisterns: with WPA labor are still in pro-} cess of being approved by WPA | Work done atthe Bartacks &nd'|*'*! le bein vepaiing! "2 | headquarters. Among these is aj | beautification: project which will Fort Taylor ¢insist’ structures* a in’ painting h@uses atid in’ washing ‘anti’ fig wall encirclés the i tal amount of collections was). Full Over Links tention to the serious and hazard- ous lack of facilities for controll-/ ing gas and oil conflagrations which may at any time constitute A letter was read from a color- runningrthe streets, attend Chester Thompson e the meeting relative to the. ination of a license for his IN SINKING OF FINDINGS OF BOARD OF IN- QUIRY WILL IN ALL PRO- BABILITY BE MADE KNOWN partment, who was detailed to take down the testimony at the hearing held in the office of Su- perintendent Demeritt, at district headquarters. Whiteway val Club, Curro’s Place and John- nie Blackwell's Stopover. A motion was made for the re- vocation of was lost with no other at the time. Manifested roll call, action being Teed eilitee, Chairman Fred Kent, of Christie, speaker of the house of Jacksonville, state chairman of the committee, today announced that plans are being brought to a conclusion in ali but several of the smaller counties, and declar- ing that a really great celebration will be held tomorrow, January 8. and interiors of a number of houses, and general structural re- pairs. New steel fences have been erected, and several new roads have been built at West Martello Tower and at Fort Tay- jor. and their guests are Mr. and Mrs. John Ritchey, also of Ft. dale. This is the ifrst have ever visited the West being one of the city, their lives and have finally so. They are quite impressed with {| International Rotary came to the uniqueness of the place. They | the fore at the meeting of the will remain a few days and then Key West Rotary Club yesterday return to Ft. Lauderdale. when a communication from Gee- On the West Wind is the owner, ' long, Australia, informed the local Horace C. Hortshorn, retired cer- | organization that the Rotary Club tified public accountant, his of that city had Proposed a toast guests, Mr. and Mrs. Peter von to the Key West Club. President Dresen of Ft. Lauderdale. Captain | Charies Taylor read the greeting is Leo M. Allen. The West Wind! from the distant colaborators in is a 40 foot double-cabin gas‘ the cause of international friend- cruiser. Mr. Hortshorn left Cape|ship and the acknowledgements Cod the last of September and sent them by the local Rotary came down to Norfolk, remained Club and the Key West Chamber some time, then cruised to Ft. of Commerce. Lauderdale, where he hasbeen A distinguished group of visit- visiting with his many friends ing Rotarians and guests was pre- there. sent to share in the fine internat- Although they have had little ional program presented by Se- chance to see the city, the party bastain Cabrera. in the course of have a very pleasant first impres- which was heard eloquent ad- sion. Today.they hired a motorcar dresses by Sr. Berardo Rodri- and are touring the city. guez, Cuban Consul, Cuban Vice- I | | : Key West Rotary Club Has Enjoyable Luncheon CHECK OVER YOUR WATER LINES, FAUCETS VALVES. OUR STOCK OF PIPE FITTINGS IS COMPLETE. SOUTH tthe spirit of cooperation shown! throughout the state is a manifes- tation of the teeling in the dif- 1Consul Sr. Jose C. Perez, the Spanish Vice-Consul, Feliciano Castro, with Attorney Adquilino Lopez interpreting. Hi Past President of the Tampa Rotary Club, Frank Traner, Pana- manian Consul, stationed at Tam- pa; and William Henry Darby, of Dover, England addressed the Club which was privileged to en- joy two vocal duetts by Mr. and Mrs. George Mills White accom- panied on the piano by Fred Ayala. A letter, endorsing the invita- tion of the First Baptist Church to the Baptist State Convention to meet in Key West in 1939 was read by the president. In the absence of Ernest Ram- Szy, Tecovering from an opera- tion, the Rev. Joe A Tole per- formed the duties of secretary. by Chairman Jim Farley, of National Democratic Executive Committee, who will speak 10 minutes. FE Fe eel £3 = H fei i Al The state chairman said that! jurer, both of Jacksonville, | Cone and Chairman treas- J. man of the | said that he | send to headquarters tas it was very evident to meet the demands. if : TE E i at i [ g EL rfl HI i these licenses, but I | That the Russian trial of Leon | Trotsky was definitely 2 “irame-| | up", Dr. John Dewey. head of the | international commission of in- Hf z Re. Fs ” Fr Hi yu id A ‘ hi nl xa i i eat i Rk ¥ g | i i : hie i 9 rH it i ‘|t in i i (E FUNDS FOR KEY 'WEST Army Engineers Recommend $27,000 For Maintenance (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON, Jan. 7—Army engineers have recom- mended that Congress appropriate $27,000 for mainte=- ance of Key West Harbor. ture of $4,055,600 on rivers, harbors and flood control projects in Florida, and an expenditure of $275,290,319 im United States. juse of Key West Harbor Goes not | justify the relatively high cost of at j f ; ia £ ¥ their needs and especially of their iret uh : E e ff | | | ic mai i Fe z f ' : HRVGRKURUASKUNEKAeee | KkEH | pit if & f ta! kg § ef fF a t iil EUCKSRRREEREUELBELRE! P.keNANeeeateA Taf i j i i i ! { [ f | hi | g E i