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

E i | 4 t Associated Press Day Wire Service * For 58 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West Che Key West Citizen Key West, Florida, bas the most equable climate in the country; with an average range of only 14° Fahrenheit THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN THE U.S.A. Commissioners. Approve. Tran. FRCRL FORD, Much Other Business |; "OOM {PURPOSE 1s TO REMOVE RE- ISSUES CALE FOR: QUIREMENT FOR LIEN ON Taken Up At Regular “CONDITION OF BANKS) PROPERTY aND INCREASE Session Of Body Last| —— | BENEFITS (By Associated Press) Night WASHINGTON, March 10. | —The Comptroller of Cur- (Special to The Citizen) t i i } i { City Council in a special ses- |for zoning in the city limits of Two applications for license to conduct the sale of liquor were approved on final consideration. | rency has issued a call for the condition of all National banks at the close of busi- WASHINGTON, March 10— Key West. Planning. which has! Congressman J. Mark Wilcox of extended for more than two | mess Monday, March 7. Florida has just introduced a bill | ae a j , to amend the Social Security —— j y eeueudeheudede de to remove the requirement’ was brought to a head last night |for taking a lien upon the prop-' with the Council Gales she lerty of persons receiving old-age | ! KEY WEST, FLORIDA, THURSDAY, MARCH 10, 1938. Council Passes Zoning Over HalfMillion: “Ordinance Last Night Of provided there is one single fam- jay residence on the front portion | }of such lot. Buildings of civic assembly, club, lodge, or com-/ munity house, except where prin- cipal activity is carried on as a business. Educational, religious, or philanthropic uses, including dormitories, except correctional institutions. Private hospitals with not over 30 beds, and not less than 30 feet from adjacent side property lines, subject to ap- proval by Zoning Board. PRICE FIVE CENTS Property:Redeemed Under Provisions Of Murphy Act | j benefits under the act, and to | fit from $30 to $50. Prat atte meson we: HAS SERIAL IN sioners Wm. R. Porter, lorberg | said: = 2 j “The Federal Social Security Thompson, Cleveland Niles, At-| torney W. Curry Harris, Chief MISS THELMA STRABEL'S SE- | taking of a lien upon the property ~ | | of iderly. people who receive Deputy Sheriff Bernard Waite, | RIAL “YOU CAN'T ESCAPE old-age benefits. The act does, Clerk Ross C. ees | FOREVER” TO BE IN APRIL however, authorize the states to ager, Eugene Demeritt. | GOOD HOUSEKEEPING Applications for the liquor li-' i a3 ; | : ‘ . | be id for old-age benefits censes were those of Fred Auer-| Current issue of “Good House. pedo pagel cases bach, whose place is located at | keeping” magazine announces as| the economic condition of the 410 Fieming street, and that of | awe country will permit. The original Hibiok Caskcastt uit Gecds| the feature of next month's issue | act provides a maximum of $30 33 ‘Th-se applicati acai? new serial, “You Can’t Escape per month. This was as much as treet, tions t ze |it was believed at first could be Presented at the first March Forever’ by Thelma Strabel. | oa Living costs have advanced meeting of the board last Wed-| Miss Strabel has been in Key and no one now believes that the nesday, had been given the neces- | West for the past five weeks with | $39 provided in the act is ade- i * her sister, Mrs. H. M. Ashley, of quate. I have, therefore, included sary investigation, and signed last night. | Lexington, Kentucky. They are in my amendment the ee Another request for a license to residing at 905 Ashe street. {increase the maximum allowsble 7 | month, instead of th: sell liquors was received from! Miss Strabel and Mrs. Ashley {99° ero ied m the apieinal act” Frank Sabina last night. The ap- : a4 | 900 P —— : the “40d tion have as their house guest, David | Congressman Wilcox interrupt- tacieg capducied F. Godwin, of Washington, D. C. | ed his race for the senate to come | Act does not in terms require the | to the federal government. “I believe that the amount to is | Taise the maximum old-age bene-— take such liens and in that case to} | turn over one-half of the amount : Boarding houses with not more it |than 12 sleeping rooms. Multiple Members of the Citizens Comets 3 oo ‘ : mittee are: W. B.:Kirke; chair-}with area of all floors not to ex- a ceed area of. lot: Plant and tree Henry Brewer. William Demeritt,;f0r sale within 15 feet of front lot i Parking lots, not more than | | Charles Ketchum, Curry Moreno,; 250. feet . — nate boundaries of ; Business “A” “B” or Residen- Vesey Johnson and Jim Roberiss}i51 “AB” areas, with front yards | The Ordinance’s salient features'of 15 feet minimum depth, and side lot areas of five-foot mini- = ;mum depth. Poultry and fowl () Establishing of four resi-| may be kept, bred and maintain- dential sections lettered “A”, “B”, ; in a eee of — “C” and “AB”, “A” including the | with building inspector written better class of residences, “B”, the objections to such poultry and next best class, and so on. |fowl. Total ground floor area of (2) “B", “A” being the high class of | with corner lot side yards abutt- are: business district. Establishment of two Busi- | @ll buildings riot beyond 30 per- | (3) Establishment of an Indus- | trial District. (4) Nothing in the Ordinance affecting the existing use of any ing street not less than 15 feet. Rear yards of 20 feet. Not more than 25 percent of rear yards to be occupied by accessory build- ings. No accessory building to be building or the height or yards of within 25 feet of street. No acces- Destroyer Somers, Recently Constructed, Arrives Here | Arriving shortly before the|- The stay of the vessel in port is ed at the main oil pier of the nav-} Officers of the Somers are: J. | al station, and will take supply|E. Maher, Commander. US.N.: H. | of oil. }D. Smith, lieutenant: C. Li.Hard- The Somers is one of the latest}esty. lieutenant; N. R. Curtin, | Vessels built by the navy. and is}lieutenant: C. A. Johnson, lieuten- | quipped with every modern in-| ant, jg: R. W. Thompson, lieuten- | Strument of warfare which is ap- ant. jg: R. M. McLaughlin. en- | Plicable to the type of vessel. | sign; W. A. Sullivan, ensign. Admiral Butler Will Arrive In Key West This Afternoon | Due to arrive over the high- ‘DIES THIS lv. Butler, U. S. N. who is re- i |turning for a visit of several | Sixteen Hundred And Thir- ty-Six Parcels Handled Up To End Of Febre- ary Since the state legislature of the 1937 session passed the Mui- Phy Act. which provides for the redemption of tax certificates. there are records in the office of Clerk Ross C Sawyer which show that 1.636 parcels have been re- j@ccmed up te the ont of Suis | ary. During the month of December. | 1937, there were 338 parcels re- | covered. In January, 1938, the re- j|demptions were slightly m-reas- ed, the number reaching 385 dur- jing that eriwt. Last month more jaan dovitet. tome the former Periods, and 913 parcels were re- | Amount of sales and cancelled, are shown on any building such as now exists. () Board of Zoning Appeals, j which shall be the City Council. sory building within two and one- half feet from side lot lines, with garage apartment or servants’ the approval of the chairman not- ed by his signature. charge of the hospital is at present for assistance in defraying the ex- penses for an operation on the eyes was read and it was decided {Continued on Page Six) “Dancing at it's best” EVERYNITE Habana-Madrid Club The only club in town with a floor show —NO COVER CHARGE — ‘Helena | Huron Oklahoma City Pensacola RLSSLRSSCSSSSSSSLSSSISSsses| ee i located at entrance to Aqua- rium by local and visiting artists of Key West Art As- sociation. You are welcome! é) to) Washington to introduce the 6 A Be Social cornky aa and | BF exe by building Pd boreal not nearer than five cs administr ration | Spector by a Zoning Board, mem- | . Spits ta.be sppcinted boy the aay} : Residence “C” Districts : Fae rs bly" or, subject to confirmation by the, Any-of the buildings or uses | gratified with the progress. which ' Council. ‘The Board will be com- Permitted in Residence “B” Dis-| jhe is making in campaign or | posed of seven members. Three | trict. Community garages, 50 foot bow Sexe lof the members will be elected for | Setback from nearest street and | TENTATIVE PLANS FOR FUN-| Weeks in Key West, and will oc- | ROW MORNING erds as follows: For . $2002.79: damunay the fierce reached i . . | Greater length. ing at 10:15: He had been a suf. It is 4 i that the ferer for several years, but about retiring the admiral upon “I am highly pleased over the Sees * A . i years, another two for two Soe iee oes Othe (Years ahd the remaining two for eae: pees Soluntary offers of /ON¢,Year. The Board will select rt oe eee. to me |# Chairman and Secretary from Pa 7 come i me | its numbers. i Saez —— - ee (1) Ordinance is to take effect | baad f upon its passage by the City! } Council. VISITORS LEAVE Following are the requirements jof the various districts: Resid: “AR” Distri Buildings allowed are one fam-/ Dr. and Mrs. J. E. Riegels, of St. Croix Falls, Wisconsin, Dr. and Mrs. Julian Simon, of Min- ily residences with private ga- Tages and servants’ quarters. Phy- neapolis, Minn., and Dr. Carl E. sicians’, dentists’, surgeons’ or oth- er professional -persons’ offices when used as their privat® resi- dences. Municipal recreation buildings, playgrounds, parks or reservations owned by the City. Places of worship. Boat piers or slips. Signs not more than five, , homes. square feet in area, placed in con- jn nection with the sale or rental of , other members of the party, that or construction or imprévementjand jofAhe premisés. Total’ ground, Dr. Roseberg said, as did the they had a sa delightful _and he will always remember the’ floor area of all buidings not to ‘day when the party was out fish- | exceed 30 percent'6f the lof area | ing, and (icame near (Front yards with depths of at least | hauled .ov when caught 29 feet Two side yards with around the legs by a bight in his minimum widths of seven feet, +line, the hook of which was in | with side yard abutting street on the jaws of a monster shark. —_j corner lot not less than 20 feet The shark was a hammerhead, | Rear yard at least 20 feet from a vicious fighter, and was 9% | building. No more than 25 per- feet long. Had it not been for | cent of rear yard shall be occu- the other members of the group, | pied by accessory buildings. No the | accessory buildings shall be with- crew, Dr. Roseberg would have} in 30 fect of any street. Acces- been hauled into the water. |sory buildings within a side yard shall not be nearer than 50 feet to the street. Resid “B” Distri Every building and use of Resi- dence “A” Districts. Two family residences, with two private ga- Tages and two accessory servants’ quarters apartments. Secondary KILTS CAUSE DISTURBANCE Naples, Italy —When a Scottish | soldier appeared on the streets of |Naples wearing the traditjonai abbreviated Scotch skirts, the or subordinate single family resi- dence or one family garage apart- ment on rear portion of a lot, subject to approval by zoning Board. Tourist cabins and trailer campsj complying with regula- tions of Florida State Board of |Health. Retail stores and sales rooms. Funeral parlors and mor- tuaries. Building area not beyond 50% of lot area. Front yard of 10-foot depth. Side lots of 10 feet with 15 foot minimum on side yard of corner lot abutting street. Not more than 25% of rear yard to be occupied by- accessory buildings. No accessory building within 20 feet of any street, nor within 2% feet of either rear or side lot lines. Garage apartment or other living quarters not with- in five feet of either? side or rear lot lines. Any building or use permitted Residenite “A” and Residence “Br Districts: Apartment houses nwuttiple dwellings. Apart- Hospitals and Sanitariums,. locat- ed: mot less than 30 feet. from ad- jacemt side property lines. Res- taurants. Funeral parlors and mortuaries. Community garages, not less than 35 feet from near- est street curb line. and no part to be nearer than 2% feet from any property line. A garage for more than five cars shall be at least five feet from each lot line except a rear lot line. Parking lots with no parking in a front lot area of ten-foot depth and a side lot area of five-foot depth Buildings of civic assembly, pub- lic art gallery, public library. public museum. Building ‘area not beyond 50 percent of lot area. Front yard with depth of 10 feet. rear yard of 20 feet, side yards of a minimum width of eight feet Any building having an elevation above 40 feet shall have a setback (Continued on Page Six) i BREAKFAST—A LA CARTE RESTAURANT FOUR TEN FLEMING STREET Specializing In Finest Certified WESTERN MEATS Sea Foods and Clear Green Turtle Soup ALSO—LATE SUPPERS AND SANDWICHES and WINES ~ CONCERT TONIGHT 10 days ago suffered a stroke from | pletion of service, was issued which he failed to recover. Washington yesterday. The deceased was"bgrn in Man- | - chester, England, and gaeto the | United States about 50,yeats ago. | About 10 years ago he came to} Key West and since that time has | been making his home here. _ He is survived by two sisters, 1§ ALSO PRESIDENT OF SALT Miss May Kent and Miss Edith! Kent, who are living in Chiches-! Tentative plans for the funeral have been made for tomorrow morning 8 o'clock, with services and a requiem mass at St. Paul's church. Rev. Arthur B. Dim- mick will officiate. Pritchard’s Funeral Home will be in charge of atrangements. AT BAYVIEW PARK HOSPITALITY BAND WILL AT 8 O'CLOCK “Outdoor Life” and other hunting and fishing magazines. Mr. Bonnell is a manager of real estate offices in New York Key West Hospitality Band, un- der the direction of Alfredo Bar- roso, will present the following concert program tonight at Bay- view Park. beginning at 8 o'clock: March, “The Exposition Four” N. Alexander Selection, “Olid Favorite” U. S. Seredy Waltz, “Artist's Dream” ‘ R. Volistedt Song. “Mari! Mari!” E DuCapua “On the Warpath” L. King Fox Trot. “Wagon Wheels” Hill and D. A. Rose Popular, “Song of the Islands” CE King, Poular, “Indian Boy” H. Bennett Ringside seats for white patrons TICKETS S0c — 6 MATCHES Make Reservations Now’ about May |. and wherever they may be Key West will be the subject of ther talk they seid LILA CRUZ DES NHL ; Friends of Mrs Liles Cruz, for- merly of Key West but for the pest 30 years « resident of BMi- ami, will be grieved t learn of occurred at ber Tuesday evenmng irs Crust i survived by four pons. and Jose Cruz of Mb- of Jacksonville, amd indians. and one ee