The Key West Citizen Newspaper, March 2, 1938, Page 1

Sos it Associated Press Day Wire Service For 58 Years BeRrev ote d to the VOLUME LIX. THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN THE U.S.A. Planning To Develop Key West As Steering Seas Form- ed To Promote Organi- zation of Sponsoring Club Groups In response to an invitation sent out by the Key West Chamber of Commerce to representatives of several of the organization; in Key West, a “steering committee” was organized .ast night in the writing room of the La Concha Hotel in Center following members: Charles Taylor, Mrs. Stephen W.+ Douglass, Mrs. E. L. Patterson, Miss Ella Louise Hussell, Miss Martha Watson. Townsend Morgan, Camus, and Stephen C. Singleton. connection with Art activities. wjth the Chairman, Cyril Marshall, Fernando Organizations repres« Key West Woman's C Woman’s Club, Stone ¢ vice Club, Rotary Club. Chamber of Commerce. The Steering Committee is or- ganized to promote the organiza- tion of a permanent Sz Committee which shall b gughly representative of the minded citizens of Ke which shall operate to s the city a permanent ¢: develop Key Wesi a cen- ter, with teaching as exhibitions among its purposes Chairman Taylor. in « t many inquiries, a: number of questions of Townsend Morgan, as idicw®. Question. How many emp! do you expect to have? Answer, Seven, approximately. Q. Is it your intention ploy Key West help? A. Yes. As Ss possib' Q. Is it a fact that a hostess from out of town is to be empl ed? A. Not to my knowledge interviewer will bq have to be a person ful ted with the Many other gue Were discussed; the « Sembled being fully that this project offers West an opportuni the Island City z that wlil do much to most ¢ and the art yees to em- An Fine Visito: dd resic The committec Meet at the call of the chairman when Mrs. Eve Alsm ler ar- Fives in Key West and, in the Meantime to bring'the matter be- fore Await re ntinued of Page | -STAMP SALES ON INCREASE ACTIVITIES AT KEY WEST POSTOFFICE SEEM TO BE STEADILY INCREASEING Activities at office seem crease, ris, and th« @ great adv In Febr stamps which is percent © month in totalled Ts the rv issues in F a ed to S36 651.74 said while thos *month of th: $18,159.35. $3.694.99 Postal So ed in Febrv $394,156, wh pnd) required “hasty” ‘action seeacerted application before the An Art Centre ENROLLS CHARTER MEMBERS TONIGHT MEETING WILL BE HELD AT. — _ WEST, FLORIDA, WEDN ESDAY, MARCH 2, 1938. THREE ALLEGED GAMBLERS PLACED | IN JAIL “JUNIOR CHAMBER © CAPTURED BY SHERIFF ves. ! > TERDAY AT NO NAME KEY AND BROUGHT HERE OVER HIGHWAY Three of the who have been reap’ alle; SENIOR CHAMBER OF Com-/@t the No Name Key MERCE OFFICE; PRELIMIN- ARY ACTION SCHEDULED vicinity, were capture iff K. O. Thompson yesterd brought to the city in the count | their names as “tert Waterman and Her! Those joining the Junior Cham- ber of Commerce at the meeting tonight at Chamber of Commerce office, 7-30 p. m., will be enrolled as charter members, Earl Adams, president, announced today. It is believed that a large rep- resentation. will be at the meeting tonight at which preliminary ac- tion will be taken to get the Junior outfit underway. The meeting tonight is to get a sizeable membership. Junior! Chambers of Commerce all over the country are doing a wonderful work, both in assisting senior bodies and in initiating projects of their own, officials announce, and it is hoped that the Key West outfit will operate with the same progressiveness. The only way in which this can be done is by get- ting as large and as live a mem- bership as is possible, Chamber officials announce. WPA SPRAYER TAKES FIRE IN STREET WORK }men when they were there. MACHINE BREAKS OUT IN BLAZE; FIRE DEPARTMENT CALLED TO SCENE TO REN- DER ASSISTANCE Asphalt sprayer of the WPA street forces. while operating at the corner of Elizabeth and Caro- line streets yesterday morning broke out in a blaze and it be- came necessary to call for assist- ance from the Fire Department. This was done and members of the fire fighting force at Number One Station found it necessary to use four tanks of chemicals before the flames could be subdued. and excitement in the neighborhood was quieted February was a busy period for the department, said Chief Harry Baker. During the month 83 calls were made on the department ap- paratus, most all of them within the city and for grass fires. However;"¥ome of them have turned cout 't4' be Most alarming and flames could ‘be gotten under con- trol, anid: safely assured, for the time: be Monday a telephone call advis- ed of a burning building at Big Pine Key, and the chief ordered Number 2 to respond. The ap- paratus returned 5 o'clock in the afternoon with the information all structure had been lins. Through the phonic communicatior Keys, a fourth mem group managed to « by leaving on the afternoc yesterday, and before arrz ments to intercept him cc perfected, he had made hi to the other side of the failure the preliminary of a fore a peace justice held, and a capias f sued. They are ch derstood, with m: ating and having g ment and apparatus. gambling for money valuables. Kelly is from Louis leader of the gang, and i: be an expert as dealer of card monte. Waterr from Richmond, V: from Chicago, are pers or boosters for Their operations were ried on at Lower Matec’ they later transferred thei ties to the No Name Key the water gap. Deputies vis at Matecumbe found none Ss eral days ago they turned_up © this side and are said to ty: reaped a good harvest from travellers who were forced to at No Name while aw: ferries. There is said to as to positive identifi prisoners. —— Abilene Apalachicola Atlanta Boston Brownsville Buffalo Charleston Chicago Corpus Christi Denver Detroit Duluth EI Paso Eastport Galvestor Hatte Little Rock Los Angeles Louisville Miami t that other buildings ™ y had been cared for 3 as safe when the engine retur STOP SIGNS WILL SOON BE READY : WILL BE PLACED ALONG DU- VAL STREET NEXT WEEK. SAUNDERS SAYS Wythe COUNTY BOARD MEETS TONIGHT | of the Chief Statistician Analyzes Ropse MOVIES OUCH ZSNING LAW QUESTION CITIZENS STORM THE CITI- ZEN OFFICE: PUBLISHER OKAYS HEADLINES: ALL R MARCH OF TIME velt Recession “Visited Key Westy Mr. and , Mrs. Howard Grieves, — ' John F. McDonald Other Officials Were Here Robert R. Nathan, chief of the | National Income Section of the Department of Commerce, a bu- reau of research into the incomes _ Of the American people, who has ng ordin- the pub- ing out » tion. films ochemont, pro- New York The a hectic Roche- edit the ing vocai be been a recent visitor to Key West. leaving this morning, discussed the Roosevelt Recession in an inter- view yesterday. ‘Chief reasons for it he believes arp the break in governmenta! ex- pdnditures, the discontinuing of the bonus and the curtailing of relief money which reached a high inj 1936; the increase in the prices of, the products produced by capi- tal; break in agricultural pric especially when the large crops, cotton crops being hardest hit, and carry over crops were expect- ed to add to the wealth of the countr he continued volume of unemployment which by the ree- ent census shows 10 000,000 un- employed out of a total of 50,900,- 606 employables; finally, recent nternational uncertainties of the Tue National hag been organized the incep- He was also a member of the committee which was consult- ed on unemployment statistics be- fore the Socia Security Act was set up. With Mr. Nathan were Howard Grieves, istant..director re- search and statistics under Cor- ington Gill in Washington, Mrs. (Contimued on Page Six) Cecil Gray Found In Burning — Building; Refuses To Leave; Slashes Himself With Razor ng residence at 109 Si- t this morning. and. to him to come down, Harry Baker, Sheriff n and Joe Valen- the building and ng Mr. Gray out It was then seen razor in his hand, nief Baker again at then cut koth nd brought him out y. where he was njamin Sawyer’s car, and rushed to ad that his cond: garded as critical. H r said the fire seeing Gray origin eral reported building had probably with ne hed over tne wall tory and also ir on the first floor m Number One to the alarm TAURANT | RESTAURANT FOUR TEN FLEMING STREET Clear Green Turtle Soup CARTE LUNCHEON —75c FRS—FROM $1.00 TE SUPPERS AND SANDWICHES BEER and WINES Phone $8 i Moreno cutting to the right from | Che Avy West Citizen | H.R. Nathan Chamber Of Commerce Makes ‘Amendments To Constitution Numerous Visitors Marvel Over Rare Specimens At Local Tropical Aquarium SHOWS STRAIN OF AIRPLANES WITH BANNERS CITES MANY DIFFICULTIES THAT ARE ENCOUNTERED IN FLYING ADVERTISING PENNANTS Very few people, who, watch- ing the planes which fly banners , over our glorious Florida, adver- tising this and that, are aware of the difficulties and mental strain the pilots experience in doing this sort of flying. Getting these long banners off the earth without wrecking the plane is an accom- plishment in itself. since the weight of the banner and “drag” means that the plane is on the point of “stalling” at all times. A stall so close to the ground would be fatal We heard an interesting story the other day about one of, Flori- da’s prominent business execu- tives, Mr. Ben Thyson. His hobby is flying and he pilots his plane whenever possible in making business trips. Some time ago he was at the Municipal Airport at Houston, Texas. Doing seme “peeking chair” fiying at the air- port one rainy day, some of the “boys” suggested that he would get a thrill flying a banner. After more talk the idea be- car nore engrossing, and clear- ing skies offered the opportunity. Knowing his limitations as a pilot, “the boys’ ‘suddenly, found they | had encouraged Something which they feared might net work out ell. It was finally decide? to have him “take off” a few times to practice getting away quickly, and then the momentous minute arrived when, with three hundred feet of rope attached to the plane, and a y banner laid down behind him, the signal was given to “go.” Many a fingernail was bitten ply by those who kidded h'm into the try. Fortunately the fence eared, a turn into the wind gave a chance for some altitude, and over the city he went, with little thought from those that look up that a chap was perspir- ing greatly up there as he fought off stalls. M Thyson stayed up hour, came down lutely exhausted, but triu "the ba 4 squarely on the a second time t lost hi de was can't hire hin PARKED AUTO . ACCIDENT HAPPENED YES TERDAY AFTERNOON ON DIVISION STREET solet car, driven t corner of D the streets lght Aguilar’s left. Approximately Two Thou- sand Five Hundred Tour- ists Visit Place In Past Two Months A - ty-2:500 wi - the Key West Tropical Aquarium during the months of January end February, were delighted with the collections of fish and imver- tebrates which are on display and many complimented Joe Ro- employes. on the admirable clean- liness of the tanks and surroung- ings. Quite of the specimens on exhibition have proven worth- while subjects for photographs. and day after day delighted visi- tors could be seen taking still pictures as weil as movies, of the a few Some of the photographers made perfect action pictures, and were enthusiastic over the results. In the aquarium is, as has been \Payment of Dues iz in staliments Will Be Per- mitted in Future; Chamber cf Commerce neic ax might in the offices on Fieu=g ‘Streei. proposed amendment: °° ected upon and m response °c + popular demand # is now pu bie to sccept due: ic umatelimen | peyments imstesc of sem: e=>u ‘ally as bes been the case hereto fore. Adrian O'Sweeney os bee authorized tw recerer and rec for such payments. Bt is expe that this Change mm the method making payments will result = 2 marked increase m the numiet of active members, it The secretary was mstructe« act im conjunction with Joh Costar and endeavor to secure the appointment of jucal men te ssa as customs imepeciers. a5 marked increase @ trevel bas Tenderes mad@equale the preset inspector personne! lots for the semmu-ennual tion and election of six Garecters In response to Ross C. Sewyer. fer_several months, one of. C.eyget deformation and finest collections ever assembled in the tankg and pools, and some of them have been caught by anglers who have caught queer and interesting speciments and brought them to Mr. Romero as their contribution to the assemb- lage. A partiai-list of the inhabitants” shows practically every kind of parrotfish, including the rainbow and purpie, and brown scale Scotch, and many others which have held the attention of visi- tors who have returned several times to see the beautiful color ing and queer shapes Among the other specimens now on exhibition are the frog- fish, gray snapper, sea piggon. sea spider, drumfish, red drum fish, sea soldier, rose comb coral crocodile, red cardinal, devil crab, horseshoe crab, scapfish, ribbon fish, all kinds of groupers, gags. jacks and runners, alligators, brit- tle starfish, spiny starfish, horay coral. Loggerhead, green, hawks bill turtle, red sea urchin, red star- fish, green starfish, sea biscwit, nges, alive, orange coral, alive, a° fan. alive, sea caterpillar, loepard caterpiliar, white and black spiny urchins. honey comb coral, hermit crab, sea Tose sheephead, all kinds of crawfish, including several queens, yellow tang. ribbon Scotch, porgie, strip fash, black. green. mch angelfish head parrocf ish bullfrog fish, jewfish. fantail filefish, sand pinfish. biack ailor rubbert ist i heed shark, nurse shark sting ray, starfish conch. > conch, abalone, white spade trumpetfish Jung fast. snrdl ines. Japanese crawfish corn heiifish gray grunt utterfiyfish h, tom ow jue tate. choice sw cowfish, whit mch. lady fingerfish, see under bonefish fish, bunfish porkfish. doctorfish neediefrsh “ee (Contanued on Page Six) jellyfish “DANCING AT ITS BEST” } Key West marker t to the front bumper of The meeting adjourned =f @ early hour to enable some of the members to attend the Arts Pr ject meeting being bei mm tHe writing room af the La Conche THREE BOYS ARE LODGED IN JAIL HELD ON CHARGES OF EX AL PLACES Three bovs. nome of whom arr 12 years old. were placed m cow ty jai this morning upon ovr: of Juvenile Judge Juliette Ru sell before whem they were tee en to answer charges of tees schools. ® Arrests were consummatec the sher:ff's offerm and memo of the police department A fond deal of the results of thea pille- ings were recovered oy Deput Rey Elwood. «he oot we trail and started the search ether proved successtu When brougtt tefure BOT Titag thes the patter were very cos but regretied thea = te ju@@r cast tum ~ be taken to grwe the matter tu compdeTation 62 Ge gem time they could stay = jail ¢ upie ie us tomotiet and aGerat ready & etidetets bos rete FOUR WORDS A DAT at —M- Eat Bow a fuur words a Gay & her for 34 pears | STEP-ON GARBAGE CANS ARE VERY HANDY IN ANY KITCHEN. 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