The Key West Citizen Newspaper, February 18, 1938, Page 1

Associated Press Day Wire Service For 58 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West VOLUME LIX. No. 42. C. D. Mallory, Owner Of Aboard Yacht, “Bonnie WORKMEN AND Dundee”; C. P. Bentley, OFFICIAL LEAVE Boston Public School FOR GARDEN KEY’ Builder Also Here MAKING READY FOR START- ING OF PROJECT AT FORT JEFFERSON NATIONAL MONUMENT } | | | C. D. Mallory, owner of the Mallory Steamship Lines with | headquarters in New York City, tis at the Yacht Basin aboard the. j took keeteh, “Bonnie Dundes”. | Willard Morris, acting superin- Mallory Line boats have been|tendent at the National Monu- ment at Dry Tortugas, left yes- funning into Key West port for terday morning on a vessel of the slong period of time. In the past Coast Guard for Garden Key: Passenger boats made this port a) regular ‘stop. but at present only the freighters touch here. Miss Margaret Mallory, Mr. Mdlory’s daughter, is with him, their guest, Richard Hunt, is aboard. Captain of the “Bon- lee” is Eric Johnson, who wilfbe remembered as captain of the “Doubloon” connected with, _ the Wicoya” yacht. The party will remain here a few fays and will then leisurely! eruist back along the Keys. Ex-| men and other employes in that |New York City cellent fighting bonefish were| caught along the Keys on the; way here. A fishboat, the “Wee Bonne”, accompanies the ketch. | Other arrivals at the Basin are | C. P. Bentley‘s 105-foot “Shiwas- | see If” and accompanying fish- | boat, oe “Hookum”, and Ralph | ’s 86-foot schooner, the} “V; a i Me. Bayder is an architect of Ww. Ww. mery, architect, also from and Mr. and Mrs. aay key the same. city, are C., P} Bentley, who is well ly and much liked, is for a stay in Key West waters. Last year he was at the Galapagos Islands, but decided to come back this time as he has been doing for the past 14 years. Mrs. Bentley is also well known, and takes an active interest in club and social affairs of the city. Mr. Bentley is owner of a screen, manufacturing plant in Owosso, - i Guests of ‘the Bentleys are Mr. and Mrs. Carl Johnson, of Cleve- land, Ohio, and Lester Brewer, of Owosso. Captain of the “Shiwas- | see III” is Peter C. Bank. OF ANNIVERSARY DeMOLAYS DISCUSSED “MAT. 4 ( 3) At their regular meeting Tues. day night, members of Robert J. Perry Chapter, Order of DeMolay, concluded plans for their anni- versary celebration next month March 7 marks the fifteenth year that the local Chapter has been active. After some discussion, members decided on having a banquet, to! which all past DeMolays in the city will be invited. If arrange- ments can be made, the group will play shuffleboard after the banquet. The advisory council, consist- ing of Masons, will also be in- vited to the cclebration The DeMolays also planned sev- eral entertainments for the near future and request the support of the public. The local chapter expects to do greater things than last year. when they led the state in a per- centage gain of membership, which was doubled thereby show ing 100 percent gain BIG FREE DANCE | TOMORROW NIGHT AT [| SEOPPY JOE’S BAR | Rhumbs Contest and i Entertainment Geo. Dean's Rhythm Boys —NO ADMISSION— With Mr. Morris was a group of four men assigned from the WPA rolls to begin the work of clearing and vetting ready for the project which has been authorized and will be started within a short! time. } . Before leaving, Mr. Morris said | that he expected the vessel, which | has been assigned for this work, ; to arrive, and after the vessel has been ‘prepared and made ready for service, the problems of trans- j portation to and from Tortugas) will be solved, as far as the work- | area are concerned. Ix THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN THE U. S.A. DAILY REGISTRATION AT CHAMBER OF COMMERCE TO BE PUBLISHED REGU- LARLY Frequently visitors to Key West find it convenient to enter} the rooms of the Chamber of Commerce, hoping to find .that friends, who i Reed, Pawtucket, R. Mrs. H. G. Simpson, Cleveland, | Q.; Gus Tusdmantil, Beachaven, ; N. J.; Miss J. Hanley, Stanford, Conn.; Fred Dunlee, Mrs. W. P. Ww. Dunlee, Y¢ Ys Mr. and Mrs. C. Springfield, 11. ; kett, West Palm Beach, Fla.; Mrs. | Joseph J. Kennedy, Miss Patrici | | CHECK MADE ON AUTO SHOWS when first announced was fixed | for January:15.° This time -was/ later ordered extended by Gov-j; ernor Cone until February 1, by; which time it-was expected that, practically all owners would have provided themselves with the re-! quired tag. However, that expectation was doomed to be dispelled, in Mon- roe county at least, for a recent check up of the sales made here to date, of yesterday, showed ap- proximately 1220, leaving more than 200 owners without the proper tags. Last year at this time there had been sold 1400 Jdicenses ‘in this county. With 1220 sales shown on the records, it is said, and a goodly number of those being sold to winter visitors and quite. a few having been sold to units of the carnival, there remains quite a number to be sold in Key West,, was the information given at the office of Tax Collector rank Ladd. wae NEW KIND OF: Ann Kennedy, Detroit, | Mrs. Sewell R. “Rent, Mass.; Eugene W. Vaillard, Bos- E orwich, I fe li | E : f | z F 4 [ w. } z RFRR Mass. I. C. Pepper, Reid Madden Charles and Mrs. Virginia D.C; & He or afe : i ie be i i ? ee ' i i FS § i Charles Vi Washi Garth ep i FEF f f zhaRE F i > FF i B.C. B. James,_ Menalkas Duncan, Mass.; Nicholas Gray, Mich. GRASS FIRE IN EARLY MORNING ) 5 SHRIMP ‘Seen a i An article appearing in a recent issue of the Biloxi (Miss.) Daily Herald tells of a new kind of shrimp found. The discovery was made by a vessel of the U. S.; Bureau of Fisheries, Captain E. Raymond, with Joseph Menendez of Key West as engineer. The article, in part, is reproduc ed herewith: “Discovery of a new variety of shrimp, different from those, packed at the canning factéties along the Mississippi Gulf coast, * growing at a depth of 300° feet some 100 miles south of Mobile* in the_open water of the Gulf of Mexico, was made by the U. S Bureau of Fisheries boat, the Peli- can, during its last trip on the special investigation work in which it is engaged, Captain E. Raymond stated. “This new shrimp when cook- ed, showed a very strong iodine content, Captain Raymond said. : Whether or not the shrimp proves of commercial value remains to be determined”. RENEWED, SECOND-HAND, GALVANIZED WATER NEW ARRIVAL IN PARKS’ FAMILY A nine and a half pound boy was born this morning to Mr. and Mrs, Ivan Parks of 1701 Washing- | ton street. Mother and son’are doing very weil an KEY WEST, FLORIDA, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1938. New City Charter, Zoning Discussed At Rotary Lunch "ORAL LB BBA ,| wo 2 vital talk on municipal af-| LENGTHENING VISIT | gave an account of the assets and | | liabilities, at the Rotary Club | Not uncommon is thé news to Key West who came here only for a week's stay has stayed on as long as was pos- sible. But Key Westers are interested. in these stories. in H i i F F : uF Fi luncheon, President Charles Tay- | ~ lor presiding, in the St. Paul’s| GIVING OF CITY | church annex yesterday. In general discussion it was the 10 GOVERNMENT | opinion of the members that the | business fashion with a new char-| ter. | | The matter of zoning “= city | SCHEDULED FOR 8:30 AT | was brought before the club i | Dr. William R. Warren reviewed| COUNTY COURT HOUSE; two efforts to put the MIXED CROWD i Sis rn This time, however, | Sess st as | he said, the work that is:Daing, FILMED LAST NIGHT jes should meet with a better | ae eutcome. “I think we have a city | historic | that is alive to the change that is|_ Reenactment of the i i 1 in which Key West was | coming about. I think the people | Scene in of the city are taking active in- | turned over to Governor Sholtz, Fresh Water Matter Che Key Wiest Citizen BUILDING TAKES '. © Pace Adin ONNEW ACTIVITY swine easre Te On Trumbe istand PAIRS TO JEFFERSON HO- Se smended quer qndimene ; } j Repairs to the old Hotel Jeffer-— | son, building of a garage apart- jment at 706 White street. and ordered killed by « wate of Sour ‘terest in the great matters now | for the March of Time film which | aati cua Se sents | obticiaks and representative citi- the gathering that the people of | 7€"S in the scene. wel the city would back them up in’ been atranged through the cour- the coming momentous municipal | tesy of Miss Tleen ( haahiatheahaheahadateadl y ii 10 PAY ed. The point that 15 percent o’ PRIMARY FEE 1 notin sex: ot sy wou _—_— | duced Payment on the large city | Believing that the sooher Fae beard Key has his name placed on the list of ; Wolfe. 2 {/ ates in an eleection, and-at-._ Visiting Rotarians were N. D.; / necessary arrangements. This week, Mr. Harris entered the office of Clerk Ross C. Saw- ‘year, clerk of the county of Mon- foe, and deposited $120, which is percent of the total yearly of the office to which he thus became the first | to make that necessary VISITORS LEFT i a : Offices to be listed and for which candidates must post the required percentage of the annual salary. are: County Solicitor, County Commissioner, Judge of; Leaving this week over the Crimimal Court of Record, mem- highway was Henry Rosendahl)’ bers.of the School Board, Repre- well-known playwright of New sentative in the Legislature, and| York City, and his sisters, Gladys Senator from this district, which | Mae and Josephine, of Chicago. comprises the counties of Monroe, Mr. Rosendahl has been in the city for 4 short vacation and has become so fascinated with Key West that he intends buying a lot and building a future winter home on it. | Connected with the county-fa- mous Schubert, Inc.. producer of plays on Broadway in New York Sponge offerings displayed on | 204 im the Principal cities of oe the Municipal dock this week ten several plays which have were few and sales were naturally peen successfully received although there was a variety of lots. Smith” is coming out in the near Principal among the offer'ngs future, Mr. Rosendahl stated. It were: 60 bunches of wool, £130; is a story of a society girl, he said. 160 bunches of wool, $652, and 30 who became a street walker and bunches of the same, $85.21. There ended her life by jumping from were also several lots of other a hotel window. wool sponges, and one lot of yel- low. ES BYsuekoShSBsess er) HPSRSSSLssRsssste ' Jacksonville Kansas City — KEY WEST Little Rock Los Angeles Louisville Miami Mpls.-St. P. Nashville New Orleans New York - Oklahoma City Pensacola Phoenix Pittsburgh St. Louis Salt Lake City San Francisco Sit. Ste. Marie - Seattle Tampa a¢ Washington 49% ti» Pe -16 Wyihevtife MRSLRLAVRSTVISRESASSR.| f a ot ye Mr. Rosendahl has been offer- 5 ed a position as a mévie script Altogether there were 285 writer, but says the job doesn't bunches...of wocl and yellow pay as well as his present one. Sponge, which brought a price of , Several of his plays have been $890.35. filmed. RESTAURANT FOUR TEN FLEMING STREET SPECIALIZING IN FINE WESTERN MEATS {-BSeucessaresasessessy 3.zF word POLLAN wealthy cian of this city, became so used to living im Pulimen cars im the course of many business trips that he bought one and had it fitted gobenene PIPE.AT BARGAIN PRICES--AT SOUTH FLA. CONTRACTING AND ENGINEERING AA | the office of Building Inspector | 3 on, which _— Hotel Jefferson. 5 DOW = Communications by Browne and Reynolds — H ' if [ Hu Hid lilt tit tel fh { ‘| i —) Shue : BABSON PARK. Feb. 17 (NS) *=. 396 i ; th [I li ri fl t 4 4 | Ht efvtne iti if tt lr al ! if if tf | | i : l It i q wal Ih n letter ™ ® : and commodites situation. COMPANY. PHONE 596