The Key West Citizen Newspaper, February 10, 1938, Page 1

Associated Press Day Wire Service For 58 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West Che Kry West Citizen | 35. County Commissioners Order ., Purchase Of New Hose For Key West Fire Department Many Other Matters Are ‘RECEIVES LETTER Heard At Regular Ses- VOLUME LIX. No. KEY WEST, FLORIDA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1938. SUT EPEC Plan: Construction» Of BY a A MAKING SURVEY OF EXPENS- <cz=s" ToShorten Ferry Run Waterway Project To Key West | Possibility of the ferry route; schedule, but the ferries would be (Special to The Citizen) ! sion Of Board Conducted Last Night OF APPRECATION | FROM COMMANDER SCHRAE- DER TO MAYOR ALBURY OF KEY WEST One thousand feet of new fire | hose for the Key West Fire De-| partment, was last night ordered | Mosi pleasant are the memories} lof the officers and crew of the| at U.S.S. Dunlap in their recent trip| Pertanian ner oo ee by the county commissioners, sured in a letter from was done in compliance with the A_E. Schraeder, JACKSONVILLE, Feb. ” = tablishment of a f slip at Ba- | from Hardee to Cone”, said the | sblisiment of = ferry P ie Tax Revision League today, “is | ™ wager tes discussed an interesting study, the net in. | Mighf at the meeting of the county |crease being approximately 200 Co™missioners. It was shown that the advisabil- percent, Se te fetal exopent and | «cr -catshiil the alige was 87 Percent wd capita. brow to the ttention of the “Total state revenue receipts | hoard Thief during 1922,:the 2nd year of Har-} Duncan, in charge of the bridges dee’s administration, amounted | and roads. projects under con- ‘to $8 000,000, inch .| struction. by. the Overseas Road bi zaneet, including. $1, ge Commission. a request of Chief Harry M. Baker, |, The communication follows: | “Dear Mayor Albury, ~ who at a previous meeting of the' “On behalf of the officers and ; ‘ pegs Pee: . | few of the Dunlap, I wish. ance, | Press to you, personally, Present atthe meeting were Chairman Carl Bervaidi, Commis- | visit we had in your city. sionets Wm. R. Porter and Brax-! “To me it was a most happy re-| ton B. Warren, Clerk Hoss C. | suming of the ties of friendship Sawyer, Judge William vy. al-| formed Br tae Le bury, Chief Deputy Sheriff Ber-| Si") of as affection tow eid cena nard Waite, B. L. Grooms, B. D.| né of an affection for old Cayo) J z Frank | Huese- I first drank your rain} tateg water and ate your grits and! “4 ss . * .. S| grunts in "17, and I've been com- Dion, ag Demeritt and L. P.| ing back for more whenever a Mtv oie purhase_ oe Poet Dany Ee hose for the fire department, 2 West boosters by one hundred| letter was read from the Eureka | ang eighty-seven. I hope some} Fire Hose Division of the United | gay to bring in a big ship and in-} States Rubber Products Com- i 5 ‘ } pany, and signed by Roy S. Zim. | Tome by five or ten times that | merman, branch manager, quoting ' eg 8 | City of Key West, our sincere ap-| preciation for the very pleasant | : and Toll Br ORD a Fereetc from: US.) "his action would result in the funds: The,.population..of the creation of a ‘situation which ‘State. in 1922-.was, slightly more would do away with complaints amounted to approximately $3.00! IN OPERATIONS “For the fiscal year ending June 30, 1937—the last six months PRESENTS BRIEFS AND ARGU- of Sholtz and the first six months of Cone—state revenue receipts were $24,000,000, not including $2,000,000 from U. S. funds”, the League’s statement continued, “and $22,000,000 prorated back to the counties. The population in 1935 was 1,600,000, therefore, total state revenue for 1937 was almost $15.00 per person or $60.00 for an average family of four—an in- crease of 87 percent since 1922. “An MENT AREA (Special to The Citizen) WASHINGTON, Feb. Engineer B. M.} prices on their products. The guaranteed product of the company was listed at $1.10 per quests, that as the matter of juris- diction came directly within the province of Sheriff K. O. Taomp- son, that the matter be referred to him. J. Rickard, representing “ the Miami Daily News, addressed the meeting on the subject of a Key West highway section of the News to be issued on March 6. ‘The section will be in rotogra:zure ty place,an order with the News and was_at the meeting to get the decision of the board as to the number wanted. Tt was si that Chairman Bervaldi se! bers of the Board with himself, | zen meet abd? idig the possible Purchase’ of some of the issue, and also decide on the manner in which they should be distributed, if purchased. Judge Albury suggested the possibility of securing federal aid to assist in publicizing this idea, and this is another matter which will be taken up at once and efforts made to secure the de- sired assistance. . Report of Miss een Williams, liquidator of the FERA matters which were being brought to a conclusion when that phase of the administrative branch was ended in Key West, reported on collections and distributions as follows: Totg! Collections amounted to (Continued on Page Five) Layer Cake MILK CHOCOLATE Ld Layer Cake 35e ANGEL FOOD and DEVIL'S FOOD CAKES Egg Bread and Swedish Rye Bread—Daily MALONEY BROS. The Home of Baker Boy Bread $12 Fleming St. Phone 818 FOR FLOOR OF LASTING BEAUTY THAT WILL NOT MAR OR SCRATCH, USE SHERWIN-WILLIAMS MARNOT / | “Please con to your City! trend in this 15-year period”, said | Officials and ‘to the oiiewen of | the League, “is the fact that state Key West thanks for revenue reached its all-time peak : xr ‘tres and sont of approximately $28,000,000 in open hearted hospitality in which | 1926, the 2nd year of the Martin and Mrs, Albury set'a administration. This does not in- ‘esd f - ‘clude. $2,000,000 from.U_ S. £unitis. tivity for Congressman J. Mark Wilcox of Florida. During the course of the week, at the request of Speaker William B. Bankhead, he presided over the deliberations of the House of i +for two-day: 19_| being shortened by a distance of |i “The trend of state expenses | #bout 10 miles by the prompt es-_ Stipulated hours in the morning and the evening. There would be a decrease in the charges on the ferries, fslight i in the tolls the and bridges, would meet with the appro’ the public and the bridge sion, it was stated. it was said that if the-idea approved that Engineer~ could have the ferry fand in operation in about 10 jafter starting, 7 (said it was agreeal #Mr. Duncan to to}, than one million, therefore, total | regarding missing the ferries, as }installation of the | you officially as Mayor of the] revenue. for state purposes | there would be no necessity of a| possible, and it was MENTS ON BILL FOR EX-| T=NDING NATIONAL MONU-: 10.—The 4 interesting feature of the ‘past week was one of great ac- outstanding (and the latter displayed piece. ‘of work representing the archi- ptectural plan, clay model and }Sts tuillion dollars prorated back -of the first Deficiency Bill. ; 1} to: the counties Mh it will be recalled, was at the tail end of the ‘boom’ period during which state, county and-city government, and | individuals as well, were spend- 384)”. | ing money like drunken sailors. | “Revenue for state purposes de- | clined under the Carlton adminis- / Although the Key West Art} “The trend was upward again” Center is not as yet fully organ- the League added, “during the ized, the Federal Art Project is|Sholtz administration, reaching | to sponsor an exhibition of sculp-| the above figure of $24,000,000 for ture and ceramic work at the Art| the fiscal year ending June 30, | Gallery Building, adjoining the | 1937. - = Aquarium beginning tomorrow |_ “It is too early”, concluded the and continuing until Monday in-; League's statement, “to predict clusive, Townsend Morgan, local what the trend will be under the diseciek, aancuness. | Cone administration. While Gov- : * : m by W- SCR WLLIBE Kteck Oipicte tie P. A. artists and have been ex: : témplete fig- | tremely well praised over the ares aveilable are for the las! ais country. They “will be~ on, “aigermonehs tater: irs | play from 10 a. m. to four’p. tn J under Gane 1The in. | © A review of thé énibition wilt) Tes5e ¥ state payrolls o : i im ta ;_ }peréentdromsMfatety 1936,°t6 No- “Spyember, 1937, indicates that the rq-tferfd Wth continue upward but svecceecosecsecosesseces | ie expense Of some departments | show a decline. Developments in OLD KEY WEST state affairs in the next six months will no doubt indicate seecevccesceseseseeecess ‘definitely whether or not the | trend of expenses will continue jupward or be forced downward by Governor Cone”. TAX CERTIFICATE | SALE TOMORROW Clerk Ross C. Sawyer, of cir-'* - cuit court, announced today Incident of Fags Preacher ye another sale of tax certificates to- ning out on congregation morrow afternoon under the pro- be first at a wreck in the old/ visions of the Murphy Act. in wrecking days of Key West is! Jnich is involved 179 parcels well known. towned by 67 individuals. It seems that— * There are a number of lnrger The county court house in Jack- holdings, among those listed are son Square was the common place 15 owned by M. L. Sweeney; 15 of worship for all denominations. by the Model Land Company, and ave Fam. a good old Metho- 17 by the Tropical Investment list, was holding services there one day and from his pulpit he | COPP@"y- had a clear view of the ocean and the dangerous reef waters. During the course of his sermon he saw a brig beating down the gulf dangerous near the Sambos He saw her miss stays and drift towards the reef, With cautious. eyes the preacher watched her (Continued on Page Six) | Inaddjtion to his activity as pre- siding officer, he intrediice@ in the House wm bill to award the | Purple Heart decoration to Ann’ Celestin Singleton, a ee S tialsecretary to General Pershii during the world war. This meas- ure seeks to recognize the distin guished service of the secretary of the commanding general and if passed will be the first instance in which the Purple Heart decora- tion has been awarded to a wom- an Wilcox also .secured approval by the conference committee for the development and expansion of foreign markets for agricultur- al products. In addition to these widely dif- ferent measures Mr. Wilcox also during the course of the week presented briefs and arguments with the Committee Lands on behalf of his bill for the extension of the Fort Jefferson National Monument as a sanctu- ary for the him at tlie personal request of President Roosevelt ANOTHER SPONGE SALE YESTERDAY larger offerings of Municipal Sponge y was one of 280 M_ Pinder. ere considered t itch, of good tex- d the owner refused a bid as too low for the class of the catch ings and the sale ers, looked the ver raised the bid 9 for which.they were s on Public; | Atlanta | Boston Brownsville — 40 | Salt Lake City Sit. Ste. Marie Seattle Tampa Washington Wytheville Rotan, Texas.—Finding object, Ardie Murphy, 17. i to school and began picking at it/ with a pin. The blowing three fingers from hand and mangling the It wasa dynamite cap. dyea fet fl James's yacht, “Lanai”, whieh |"Toro”.and “Blue Heron.” . ee i Bd 4 f fe 0 el 8 & | iL | ;. | ates it Ky ef uli =F J. foot the yach ane | i 3) | : H awards. u it ! ei ti i! guide George Tracy, a | Bellevue Hospital. He was sur- Wester, ! ! ty ? I ri a A | / fi | i tf hh R 4 LF & sab i he The Rivers and Harbors Con men grew is an uncfiicial body of ae i t t | ! i : 3 2 : i sf if i! ae ~ VJ j efits a H be it il ih i | i Hl i ‘Gectemes + DIAMOND RIRG POR GALZ AT A SACEIFICE Tiemont wegmmy ore wo carts WE series o $250.00 Tas be weer