The Key West Citizen Newspaper, March 23, 1938, Page 1

Associated Press Day Wire Service For 58 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West Che Key West Citizen No. 70. VOLUME LIX. Repair Of Two Road Asked By Service Club W. B. Kirke Exp Explains Zon- PS MOMLLHO ODD MISS CAPPICK TESTIFIES ing Ordinance; Zoning Conforms To FHA Re« quirements, He Says ' Regular weekly mee‘ing of the Stone church service club was held last night in the annex of the church and afforded comsider- able first hand information to the members anent the proposed zon- | ing ordinance now before the city council. Wallace Bryant Kirke, man of the committee on zoning, gave a concise and interesting chair- comprehension of the plan as it! affects the new building in Key West. Starting with the class residential district and fol- lowing through to the class “C” he told of the requirements and the reasons for the same. The zoning as promulgated con- forms with the latest FHA re- quirements, he said. The tommittee appointed sev- eral weeks ago in regards to the repair of the two mile stretch of ; road running from the terminus of the newly constructed Over- seas highway to the main high- way on Big Pine Key reported that so far there has been no noticeable move made on the part of the state road department or the Monroe county commis- sioners to have its deplorable condition remedied. Upon motion, President Gerald | “Saunders wasdathorized toeon municate with the members of the county commission re- questing their action on the mat- ter. During discussion it was dis- closed that the county is in pos- session of a large sum of money derived from ferry revenue and it was suggested that some of that be converted to the repair of -the road. Mr. O’Sweeney, who is on the committee working on the matter interviewed Carl Bervaldi, chair- man of the commission, but re- ceived no assurances as to any immediate action. He was told that Mr. De Garmo, state road department engineer for this dis- trict would be here today to look over the project and lay plans for repair of the road. Guests were W. B. Kirke, Jimmy Loss and ceive die Effords. FRED PILCHER ENTHUSED OVER FISHING HERE Captain William Wickers, Jr., continues to maintain his reputation as one of the most successful guides in these waters, and the evidence of this success was again shown by his catch of last evening. With an angling enthusiast. Fred Pilcher. the captain was out yesterday and returned to Port with a perfect catch of different kinds, but . the largest and the one which at- tracted the greatest interest was an amberjack four feet six inches long weighing 56 pounds. Of course there were other amberjacks. two others which weighed 35 and 38 pounds respectively, and a number of barracuda, also a fine specimen of black grouper which weighed 12 pounds. Captain Wickers says that there were a number of other strikes. and five amberjack VC Mdddiddiededey > COLONEL GRAY ON VISIT COMES IN INTEREST OF J. MARK WILCOX’S CAMPAIGN Colonel T. C. Gray, who is in Key West in the interest of the campaign of J. Mark Wilcox for United States Senator from Flor- ida, was a visitor to The Citizen today and will be here for a few days. The colonel arrived Tuesday and has been contacting numer- ous citizens and discussing the preliminaries of the campaign for senator. He said that Congress- man Wilcox contemplates a visit LA. S0h8A be. able to mect his many COUNTY: PAYROLL EMPLOYES OFF TOMORROW AFTER- NOON In the office of County Clerk Ross C. Sawyer this morning. The Citizen was told that county employes will be paid off at 2 o'clock in the afternoon tomor- row. This pay is made the receipt of a check as the county's part of track funds. Period to be red the payment of the « joyes tomor- row will be Decer rT. 1937 January and February the Fine and and the February, Revenw ‘und Payment of t checks will bring the pay f the county up to date possible by r $10,000 the race by and Fund. of January and from the Ger Forfeiture onths 1938, PROCLAMATION WILL BE PAID®™ 1 chi ant staunch friends. NEW HOSE AT FIRE STATION Equipr Station was y orday aug by the addition of 1000 feet new and modern fire hose which was received on the Mal Line vessel Colorado from York On February 9 at Z of the Board of County Comimission- ers Chief Harry Baker the Key West Fire De; a dressed the board among which w Com 1938. from a moved ¢ ed fre Division « Rubber Produ promptly done WHEREAS. Geottrey | O'Hara. the noted composer, musi cian and speaker will be in our midst next March 24 and WHEREAS. it is to the cultura! interest of our city that Proper recognition be given this interesting visitor. THEREFORE. |. Willard M. Albury. Mayor of the City of Key West. Florida. do set aside Thursday. March 24th. as Geoffrey O'Hara Day. and do call on all citizens to partici- pate in the programs arranged in his honor. WILLARD M. ALBURY. Mayor. Attest WALLACE PINDER. City Clerk. » Buffalo i Charleston * Galveston 7 ' New York THE SOUTHERNMOST NE WSPAPER IN THE U.S. A. KEY WEST, FLORIDA, WEDNESDAY, ALUABLEPApERS: M@iNE Plans To Rebuild "TAKEN FROM SAEE MRS. HODGDON DRANK JUST SOUP AND TEA DUR- ING ILLNESS Will Freeman, executor of the estate of Mrs. Charlotte Hodgdon, | 5, forming a partnership with testified in the hearing yesterday afternoon that he did not remove any mortgages, notes or other valuable papers from Mrs. Hodg- don’s safe the Sunday after she died. Miss stand yesterday afternoon and this morning, said that Mr. Free- man brought a paper for Mrs. Hodgdon to sign sometime while she was ill, and that it looked to her as if it were a legal paper, but that she was not sure of it | Miss Cappick also said that Mrs. Hodgdon drank only soup and tea! during the period of her illness, dating from August 29, 1937, un- til her death, September 30, 1937. Miss Cappick also said that she saw no other food in the kitchen during this period. Mrs. Hodgdon dressed terribly, Miss Cappick tes- | tified, in spite of the fact that she had quite a fortune. Robert Spottswood, on the wit-| ness stand, stated that C. Aubrey} Nichols paid Mrs. Hodgdon $25,-; 000 for her properties on Duval street. Ross Sawyer, Clerk of the Circuit Court, introduced the original records of the deeds showing the transfer of the prop- erty from Mrs. Hodgdon’s father to herself to Mr. Nichols. J. J. Trevor, vice president of the First National Bank, was i interrogated | ~as-to the amount of Mrs. Hodg-) don’s deposits in that bank. Marie Cappick, on the! MARCH 23, 1938. : Strand Theater; Monroe To Be Completely Renovated owner of the E. J. Sparks, rks chain of movi icture j — mae "selves to the decorative theatres over the country, arrived yesterday to make some of the final arrangements preparatory Juan Carbonell, and to build the Strand anew at a cost of $40,000 and completely renovate the Mon- {roe for a sum expected to be not jJess than $10,000. The deal has not gone through as yet, Mr. Sparks stated. For the past several weeks he has had | the vice president of the Sparks ‘ company, Frank Rogers, negotiat- ing with Mr. Carbonell. Negotia- tions had proceeded to such a point that Mr. Sparks presence was required for some of the final stages of the matter. The Strand will be entirely re- built, Mr. Sparks said, and will be a theater with a 1000 seating capacity. It will be of modern design and have perfect film and sound projection equipment. The Monroe will be thoroughly renovated but the lines of the old Key West building will be Preserved. The interior and ex- terior, which both lend them- Spanish style, will be worked over and a complete celotexing job done. R. A. Benjamin, architect for the Sparks circuit, has been on the grounds and made a thorough inspection of the Strand and Mor roe Theatres, and has pr@pared a sketch of the proposed new Strand. John Carbonell, manager of the Monroe Theater, graciously show- ed the Key West March of Time reel at a private showing to Mr Sparks and Mr. Rogers. “We have decided to do the proposed work to fulfill a crying need for first class theatres in Key West,” Mr. Sparks said “Peal estate men in Miami are surely talking up your city. Why they approach me every day. You're getting wonderful pub licity in Miami, and this March of Time film is one of the be: t advertisements you could have, he said. Mr. Sparks and Mr. Rogers left yesterday on the plane. PLANT BOARD IS INSPECTING LOCAL AREAS EFFORTS ARE TO DETERMINE IF THERE ARE ANY FRUIT PIPL LZLZL EL ‘GROUP GREATLY ENJOYS TRIP TO PRICE FIVE CENTS Meeting To Be Held ‘Friday Night In Interest Securing Art Gallery Eighty. Four Passengers Arrived Here lere Yesterday “SS "= There were 64.passemgers arriv- ing on the Cubs.fpom Havana yesterday afternoon and of that number there were 27 for Key West and for Tampa there were * 57. Key West arrivals: J. V.| Worth, Sally Goedde, Hilda| Goedde, F. B. Romero, Paul A} Blanchford, Alyce Bianchford,| John Burch, Hazel Burch, Clar-| ence Burch, Percy Toole, Calvin | Thomas, Florence Thomas, Jose’ Perez, Preston Wilson, Lita Wil-; son, Gail Danly, Jeanette Dany, | Eugene Meilson, Dollie Meilson, | Florence Mitchell, Valerie Temp- ‘AUXIUARY OF LEGION POST (WILLIAM REARDON. COM. MANDER OF LOCAL ORGAN. IZATION. ISSUES STATE- MENT IN MATTER Endeavors of the American Legion are aided vitally by the jwork of the American Legion est, daanne Ses NA aaaaray, declared William Eiglantes Rodriguez, Elva Esquin- | DRY TORTUGAS cage John Weirick, Jaconto Al-|esron, commander of Arthur Going for a cruise to Dry Tortugas last weekend was F. P. Mabry in his 23 foot with Owen PESTS REMAINING IN THIS nope S Summons have been sent for Charlie Tift and Roy Hamlin. ' Mr. Hamlin is expected to testify at this afternoon's hearing which began at two o'clock. ROAD WORKERS ARE CALLED Requisitions for laborers on the Thomas F. Kenney road building project, of the Oversea Highway. were received at the employment office yesterday, and were the first recevied in more than one week. The requisition callef for four laborers and offe truck driver to be sent to the project which is be- ing operated at Big PineeKey. TEMPERATURES Lowest Highest last night last 24 hours “4 7 76 Abilene Apalachicola | Atlanta 82 Boston 60 Brownsville 82 70 7 Chicago 80 Corpus Christi 7 80 Denver % Detroit 82 , Dodge 52 Duluth 48 Eastport Paso City 70 Hatteras Havana Helena Huron Jacksonville Kansas City KEY WEST Litties Rock Los Angeles Lanisville Miami Mpis.-St. P. Nashville New Orleans 76 38 50 82 70 82 76 665 80 80 eat) 78 39 74 66 72 a2 78 42 cay 30 “4 82 68 3B 7 Okiahoma City 3 An inspection unit of the State ~ Plant Board is now in Key West visiting all parts of the island and making a complete inspection of all areas. The inspection is being made for the purpose of determining if there are pests of any kind left in any of the areas which was cov- ered in a most thorough manner and inspections brought to a close last year. When the inspections were con- cluded and the most careful and complete investigation brought to a close, it was declared that everything in connection with the presence of the black fly had been eradicated and the Plant Board forces left the city. H. S. McClanahan, resident of- ficer of the board, who is station- ed in Key West, was seen by The Citizen in his office in the federal building, and said that the inspec- tion was being made by a force of 25 members and wlil be complete in every respect. Among the members of the in- specting force some have been here before and will be well re- membered by Key Westers who they met on previous visits. A few have been with the board for pe- tiods as long as 18 years. The list includes the names of G. F. Burden, J. C. Bell, B. E Daniel, J. B. Gut W. R. Lyle, C. R. Shepard, C. S. Stephen: J. Clark, Z. V. Dyson, C. E. Shep- ard. S. H. Shaw, P. E. Frierson. C. R. Stokes, L. S. Light. O. D. Link, J. H. Henderson, RW Lindrer, H. H. Frierson. G. S. Mc- Mullen E. Frierson, G. H. Baker, G. A. Helseth, E. G. Hume, J. H. Sealey arrested oon by the sher- was ffs office beverages ne perce hol and which was not covered by his license. About a week ago he was nolle pre case was tried and criminal court 2: rect to the court inary hearing. thout prelim- - pected that however, was the star ee ee Far from just catching fish. he cast his line out and. quite surprisingly. saw a sea dip and seize the hook. Care- sands area. where the current from the Gulf of Mexico into the Gulf Stream sets up a boiling sea. It rather rough and wet. In the non-Key Westers that , hheneahthindatende) NEW BUILDING PERMIT ISSUED CALLS FOR ERECTION OF BUILDING AT END OF DIVISION STREET ding act: gin on the property the corner of Division streét and North Beach. which was recent hased by R. T Covington: purchaser has secured a g permit from the office of ng Inspector Harry M. Bak- h provides for the con- struction of a combination restau rant and patio, apartments and a soon be situated af also be a dock in addition to constructed the other ms initial work the proposed an expen- a e of $8,000 Baker said that in r permit it was announced that building would be of com blocks, and the owner ex- fore the work was completed the cost would be in the neighborhood of $39,000. for this crete i fonso. | Listed on the manifest of the! Cuba were the following items:! Four tons of freight, one automo- bile and three sacks of mail for Leaving om the vessel when sailed for Tampa were the follow- | Sawyer Post No. 28 of the Legion. in a message to Legion members urging enroliment of the women of their famibes in the Aux- ing passengers booked at Key @ll the great things it has dene for West: M. O. Hamon, K. T. Kush- the disabled veterans and depend- jack, Mrs. Kushlack, Mrs. C. C. ent families, and for the security Price, Walter Price, Miss Florence ang progress of the United Albury, R. L. Farrell, Mrs. Farrell, States”, M. Santonne, S. M. Caviness, Mrs. Caviness, Mrs. H. Gilbert, D. Ske- verett, Mrs. Skeverett, Hilda R. Commander Reardon Stated. “Through the Auxiliary the women of our families work All Organizations Are Urged Te Have Repre- ) Every Salis, Mrs. E. A. Ratnery, Miss M. shoulder to shoulder with us for, Neff, Mrs. T. H. Pierson, Mrs. O. the purposes of the Legion Them C. Howell, M. L: Windom, Mrs. help is invaluable in miany of out | Windom, Mrs. E. Jonés, Mrs. O. J. =ttivities. Haskins, Miss Mary! Pinder, Mrs. | Norma Dopp, Mrs. Henry Garcia and several second cabin passen- “The Auxiliary, like the Le gion, is now enrolling members for 1938. With the important work ahead of the Legion ths year including our endeavors im defense of American democracy. our work for a secure peace, our GOES ON TRIP TO ATTEND . EDUCATIONAL ASSOCIATION MEETING TO | BE HELD IN TAMPA Leaving on SS. Cuba yesterday noon was a group of teach- rom the public schools of Key going to attend the Florida Educational Association meeting, which will be held in Tampa The meeting will last over a pe- ried of three days with every phase of educational activities in curriculum of the public school system to be taken as @ topic for discussion Those leaving yesterday as rep- resenta s of the schools in Key Ww were Miss Florence Ai- ary. Miss Jennie Seymour. Mrs. ia R Salis, Mrs. E. A. Ram- y. Miss M. Neff, Mrs. O. C. How- eli, BMrs. Oliver J. Haskins, Miss Mary Pinder and Mrs. Norma Hi JAILED FOR CRUELTY California, Pa—-Mimer Bell, a young father, was sentenced to thirty days in jail after being ac cused of cruelty to his wife and children. A nurse testified that she was forced by him to dilute the milk given to the children with twice as much water and that they often didn't get enough food to eat — GEOFFREY O'HARA NIGHT pices KW HS. Music Dept ry Club and Woman's Club HIGH SCHOOL AUDITORIUM Tomorrow Night. 8:15 o'Clock Under Direction Edna B. Smith General Adm. 3Sc: Reserved. Sc —$$ efforts in behalf of our disabled comrades, their families and the families of the dead, and our cam paign to open more employment ities for men over forty. we will need the help of a strong Auxiliary more than ever. “Wives, mothers, sisters and : daughters of Amencan Legion) members and of deceased veter ans are for membership calling upon all sacs Ss to urge the eligible women oes families to enrol] in the where they can give active sup port to the Legion's great pre- - gram for 1938". MRS. D. TODD NOW IMPROVING Mrs. Todd, wife of Immigration Officer D. 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