The Key West Citizen Newspaper, March 24, 1938, Page 1

Associated Press Day Wire Service For 58 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West VOLUME LIX. No. 71. Sponge Sales Covering Two Days: Are Shown To Exceed Eighteen Thousand Dollar Many Of Offerings Municipal Dock Yes- terday , Morning Were Refused Display of sponges on the Mu-} nicipal Dock yesterday was one of the best which has been brought | to Key West in many weeks, and | had the entire catch been sold it would have brought the sales for | the week to date up to $23.000 and over. | However, there were three of- férings which were refused. One was of 70 bunches of wool for | which $167 was offered, another | of 328 bunches for $1,680, and an- other of 250 banches for which $1,217.99 had been offered. Hence the total sales of yester- day were 2065 bunches of wool, $10,076.40, and 11 bunches of yel- “ low, which were sold for $75.20. The largest sale of yellow of- “ferings was $27.66, paid for 74 bunches; next highest price was! $12 for 51 bunches. Among the largest lots of wool sales were: $1,150 for 200 bunch- es, $1,510.81 for 287 bunches, $977.99 for 180 bunches, $1,813.99 for 336 bunches, $1,347 for 250 bunches, $1,398 for 268 bunches, $713.99 for 123 bunches; $394.93 | for 87 bunches. | MOTTO OaL, LOCAL AND VISITING | ANGLERS CONTRIBUTE | TO AQUARIUM HERE Miss Eva Maloney is the latest angler to give her catch to the aquarium. While fish- ing from the Mallory wharf, Miss Maloney caught a fine specimen of the flounder. which is now cavorting around in the first of the oval tanks the visitor encounters upon entering. Two other specimens were contributed this week. One of them was a fine «French Angelfish and another was.a permit. both of which were caught by James Curry and placed in the large tank. Recent visitors to the Key West Aquarium proclaim it the most interesting collec- tion of fish and invertebrates they have ever seen. Several ladies said that for those who like to watch fish. and also to catch them, it would be worth while to spend an entire day in the delightfully cool and interest- _ ing “home of the fish”, study- ing them. IDI aaA Saas STATE BILLS = CLEANED SHOWN TO HAVE BEEN AC- CUMULATING FOR PAST ». ‘Totab. wetuel sales for-the~two*- SUEEBAL. MONTHS days, Monday and yesterday,‘ ‘brought $13,778.90. But had all: offerings made on the dock been accepted, the total sales would have been $23,356.88. : Another sale of choice lots is expected tomorrow morning, as several boats have arrived since NEW SERVICE PROVING BOON BUS-STEAMSHIP SERVICE IN- AUGURATED BY F. M. L. AND P. & 0. JACKSONVILLE, Fia.. March 24 (FNS).—Newly coordinated bus-steamship service inaugurat- ed by the Florida Motor Lines ~ and the Peninsular and Occident- al Steamship Company between | all Florida cities and Havana, is} proving a boon. to thousands of winter visitors who want to visit the Island City of Key West and gay Havana. Passengers are now able to leave any Florida city by Flor- ida Motor Lines bus for Tampa, St. Petersburg, Miami or Key West, the four Florida key sea- ports served by the P. & O. Steamships, and from there by boat to Havana. A number of optional routes at reduced fares affords visitors an opportunity to visit several sections of the state as well as Havana. Prison Official Suggests ° . a9 California Devil’s Island (Ny Anxoctated Press) i SANTA BARBARA, Calif, Mar.! 24.—Foliowing the riot at Folsom prison in which the warden was fatally stabbed. Edward I. Ab- bott, state prison director. has proposed an escape-proof Devil's TALLAHASSEE, Fila., March 24 (FNS).—State bills which have been actumulating for the past several months were wiped off the slate last week when Comp- troller J. M. Lee mailed out checks for $1,274,000 in payment! to creditors and announced that there was little prospect of fur- ther payments until next year. “Unless we receive large collec- tions from pending estate tax sources in the nature of windfalls and for which I am pushing with all the vigor at my command, I fear we will not be able to pay further general state bills until next year”, Comptrolle Lee said. Payments made by the comp- troller cleaned up the state’s bills to the first of the month for the first time since last summer, but left the general fund in such straitened circumstances that the payment of May salaries of state employes is in doubt. In the absence of a windfall m¢'™> the payment of estate taxes theres will be no large collections until next October when occupational licenses become due, ands next February when utility and insur ance taxes are due again. The state payroll is $250,000 a month, and general state expenses are about the same amount. Lincoln’s State Papers Are Still A Mystery {By Associated Press) WASHINGTON, March 24— Although 73 years have passed since the death of Abraham Lin- coln, it will be nine and a half more before h rians and Lin- coln admirers will see his White! House papers. The famous collection of sfate not be unsealed the great Pre the papers ongre Island for life-termers and habit- stir ual prisoners. He declares that “plotting of escapes is continuous among hardened crim- inals”. California has 550 li two prisons. Alcatraz prison in cisco is often referred is island, and is c cape-proof. It holds prisoners. in its Fran- as a Dev- ered es- \y federal virtually y ring the nm and - Kansas City THE SOUTHERNMOST NE WSPAPER IN THE U.S.A. (MRS. R. M. POWELL LOCAL ART WRITES LETTER TO - KEY WEST ART ASSOCIATION: VISITED HERE LAST WEEK- END } ! ] | j Mrs. Royce M. Poweil, Bee, man of the Conservation and} Beauty Section of the Art De-} partment, Dade County Federa-! tfon of Women’s Clubs, who visit-| ed the Art Center here last week- end and saw the present exhibi-' tion, writes an enthusiastic let- ter to the Key West Art Associa-! tion. The letter follows: “The visit to your Art Galleries last week-end was a real treat./ It was our first visit to Key West | | and was indeed a real thrill to'see/ | the unique beauty of your-eity as! ' well as an additional honor and} privilege to see the beautyour/! eyes might have missed-through the eyes of your: artists. “It was an excellent exhibition. You are indeed fortunate in hav- ing in Key West artists who can catch and immortalize the ever- changing beauty of your delight- ful little city. “‘The docks, Key West’ and ‘Derelicts’ by Eleanor Reed were both splendid, strong and vigor- ous, with excellent composition! and color. Cyril Marshall’s ‘Tur- ‘tle Schooner’ was most interest- | ‘ing. There was a real thrill to Sally Sortwell’s ‘Abstraction’. ‘Harbor Glimpse’ by Margaret Tyler was individual and good in color. ‘Along the Gulf and ‘Shower’ by Frank Litaker were); both good. The etchings by | Townsend Morgan have such a ‘fine feeling of light and color. They are both delicate and strong and we liked them very much./ ‘Key West Symphony’ by Alice Dudley was decorative and very | lovely. 1 liked het ‘Sponge Boat’, too. Both of these pictures have a nice jewel-like quality of color about them. ‘Summer Sunlight’ by Martha Watson was individual |and interesting. As a matter of fact, the entire exhibition was in- teresting and Key West is cer- tainly to be congratulated. “I must not close without a word about the Dudley’s etched bronze and pewter plates, ash ' trays, etc. I was particularly fas- cinated with the Cuban demijohn with pewter fish. If the tourist in visiting Key West, when the new highway is completed, are wise, they will take home not only beautiful memories but your . works of art as well. More pow- er to you all. | “With every hearty good wish and congratulations, I am, “Sincerely yours, “KATHERINE POWELL”. a last night ‘last 24 hours 72 76 68 73 82 70 78 40 oo. Abilene (Apalachicela |.:-62 Atlanta Boston Brownsville Buffalo Charleston Chicago Corpus Christi Denver Detroit Dodge City Duluth Eastport El Paso Galveston Hatteras Havana Helena Huron Jacksonville 3 a 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 Tampa Washington Wytheville SKBEKVSRKVSSRSAGSSASSLS| PASKKKEREVSLE SLES BIRLKLSSALSRASKSASISLRKLS| SRLS SLBR PROTECT YOUR CLOTHES, LINEN, ETC, WITH “BRO unaided eye. KEY WEST, FLORIDA, THURSDAY, MARCH 24, 1938. Freeman JAS LAE SL 2s 4) William Freeman, executor of TANDEM USED FOR TRIP OVER HIGHWAY Mr. and Mrs. Paul Longani of New York City were arriv- \ Lheahaheutududutiudeais DE GARM@+COMES: HERE LAST NIGHT TAKES UP MATTER OF RE- CONDITIONING ROAD ON PINE KEY EC. DeGarmo, maintenance engineer with the State Road De- partment, arrived in the city last night for a conference relative to the reconditioning of the road on Pine Key, which intersects State Road 4-A. After a lengthy discussion, dur- ing which the different phases of the work were discussed. and the equipment which is available was determined, it was decided that the work of reconditioning the road temporarily could be started at onee. This will be done by using the equipment of the county and the county’forces and the same of the State Road Department which jis available at the present time. | This will be done, it was said by | Mr. DeGarmo until such time as the State Road Department can (have the equipment necessary to rebuild the road sent to this sec- tion of the county. |ABOUT WHEELS WITHIN WHEELS (By Associated Press) NEW YORK. March 24.—The Chinese box of science is the search for the ultimate “seed of life.” There always is a smaller seed imside every seed if life so far traced. One of the smallest has been brought out of its nesting place by Profgssor Robert Cham- bers, of New York university. An expert in micro-chemistry, he dissects things invisible to the His knives are threads of glass with tips drawn too fine to be seen without a microscope. With one of these glass knives The has pierced the nucleus of a living cell. The nucleus lies in the center of a cell, like the yolk in an eye. The nucleus, says Cham- bers, has no apparent connection with the surrounding cell “white” —the cytoplasm. * But if the nucleus is punctured, the cytoplasm begins to disinte- grate.'The cell dies. This death never has failed to follow in single-nucieus cell! But some cells have two nuclei, and these furnish final proof that the nucleus is one of life’s seed boxes. If only one nucleus is punctured, the cytoplasm begins to disintegrate, as if death were coming. But this stops in a few minutes. In an hour the cell is fully expanded again. living ap- parently uninjured with its re- maining nucleus The seed of human life is a single cell. It, too. has a nucleus. What makes the life inside the nucleus is unknown a Admits. He Loaned. $3,100 Mrs. Hodgdon’s will, which rela-/ ‘tives of Mrs. Hodgdon are trying to break, admitted in the second day’s hearing yesterday morning that he took $3,100 of her money 'and loaned it to Charles S. Tift during the months of May and June in 1937. Mr. Freeman also admitted that the loan was endorsed by notes made payable to Mr. Freeman's wife, Eloise, and secured by mort- gages made to Mrs. Freeman, al- though the money belonged to Mrs. Hodgdon, attorneys for the contestants brought out. Mr. Free- man had never placed the mort- gages on record in the court house, keeping them always in his Possession. Mrs. Charles Tift admitted that’ she signed the chattel mortgage and the real estate mortgage | | made out to Mrs. Eloise Freeman. | Continuing the evidence against Freeman, Charles Roberts, First National Bank teller, said that several checks cashed by him, one $500 check in particular, was ‘turned over to Freeman. These checks evidenced withdrawals of Mrs. Hodgdon’s° money, Roberts Attorneys for the contestants, ‘after establishing the fact that a great deal of Mrs. Hodgdon’s |money was used in various trans- actions, then continued its evi- | ;dence that Mrs. Hodgdon was | poorly fed and clothed and that Mr. Freeman made no effort to’ improve this condition. Mrs. Lariz said that she lived only on cream, bread, soup, tea and the cheapest brand of canned foods. Previous temtimony had emphasized this fact. Roy Hamlin then testified that Mrs. Hodgdon complained con- + tinuously of her condition. Both | Mr. Hamlin and Mrs. Lariz testi- f that Mr. in spite of | the fact that he been with- | drawing her money, told Mrs. Hodgdon that if she were not At Key ALBERT | MAKING GOOD IN GOVERNMENT JOB KEY WESTER PLANNING TO TAKE FOUR-YEAR COURSE Che Key West Citizen West ‘Two Separate Contracts Will Be Awarded In Work ~ "SOIOILOLS. wo WE Be IN ACCOUNTANCY © AND enjoyed LAW —— Albert G: Roberts, son: of Mr and Mrs. Ernest. Roberts, of ‘Key! West, has made progress’ in his studies since leaving here for the north, and is now striving for greater laurels. | March 1, 1937, he was appointed | as messenger to the Washington | office in Panama Canal. March | 15, 1938, just about one year later, | he resigned to accept a Grade 1 rating with the Bituminous Coal | Commission, and is now in the! administrative department, dup-! licating section of the commis- sion. This last appointment was made possible through a successful civil service test and examination. In his letters to his parents he asks to be remembered to his! many friends in the lighthouse service where he was employed | for two and a half years. ating that service in 1936. | tt e ry Utrera gtr Fad kee Hy which of the finest taken this year. Fh hderddadcdk ded) COMMERCE BODY HOLDS MEETING careful she would die in the poor- ©C°UF house. | Miss Rose Whalton, however, jtestified that Mr. Freeman brought Mrs. Hodgdon her money time and again, and on one occa- sion during her illness stayed at her house. TAX CERTIFICATE SALE TOMORROW Tomorrow afternoon at 3 o'clock another sale of tax cer- tificates will be held on the porch of the county court house. The sale, as usual, will be conducted by County Clerk Ross C. Sawyer. Represented in the sale tomor- row will be 75 owners and 123 parcels of property. Most of the owners are holders of few pafcels. The largest will be of 12 parcels, which belong to the C. Z. Huel- sencamp holdings: seven parcels held by Hazel Pinder and 11 par- cels held by Alfred Curry. Forgetful Blind Man Walks 3-Story Ledge | (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON COU HOUSE, O. March 24 house employes here watched breathlessly a man they knew to be blind clamber out or the third-story ledge of a building across the street. inch | ay to a distant window, and let him self inside. To amazed quest climber, James Knis violinist, said he had the key to his room, so he had to go out a hall window and around the ledge to gain entrar He's done it often at night, t RT. Court RESTAURANT Sea Foods and Clear Green Turtle Soup BREAKFAST—A LA CARTE DINNERS LUNCHEON —75< FROM 85¢ ALSO—LATE SUPPERS AND SANDWICHES BEER and WINES Fred Auerbach. Mgr. Phone $8 Meeting which was held last might at the rooms of the Key . | West Chamber of Conamerce, was estreet compwete for aaa. (was marnec ‘This project wil be NATION OF DIRECTORS |= ™% 2 contract award OF ORGANIZATION | amy iets ame Tecespt of Duds on as nigton more than one year, and for the purpose ef canvassing the plans to return for a‘ visit the lat- ter part of the year, ahd “will make the trip over the highway”. | PENT AND PARKER ARRESTED TODA AND ENTERING WITH IN- TENT TO COMMIT LARCENY re this motalde GHEE ED | were this sheriff's—offtce; charged” with? breaking and.eitering with intent to commit-@i siisdemeanor; to wit, petit larceny: . The charge‘is that Pent and Parker feloniously broke into and entered the vessel “Dollie”, which is the property of Alfred Knowles, by whom the information was signed The alleged culprits will be brought before the peace justice of the First District for prelimin- ary hearing DISCOVER PLOT OF GRASS AFIRE An alarm of fire which was sounded last night at 10-15 o'clock from Box 221, at the corner of Duval and Petronia streets, brought the apparatus to the scene It was found that a plot of grass in the rear of the building known as the “Fourth of July”, on Duval was burning. and it was extinguished by the use of the beoster' pump from Engine No. 2 JUST LIKE A WOMAN. HUH? MANSFIELD, O.—When Opal Statler appeared as 4 witness in +t case at Mansficid, Ohie, s terrupted Judge C. H. Hor- ton so frequently that finally he sentenced her to jail for five days for contempt of court. ballots cast for nomunation of di- rectors. Names of the nomimees were ‘Wm. M. Arnoid, John H. Costar. Fred J. Dion, William T. Fripp. John A. Gardner, Bascom L. Grooms, Everett Russell, Melvin E Miss Elizabeth A. Sharpiey, Charles E. Smith, E A Strunk and Hugh Willams From the foregoing list of twelve members, there will be six elected at the semi-annual meeting which is to be held on April 5 A letter from John Morris, Secretary of the Miarm Chamber of Commerce was read and dis- cussed, and it was decided to take ter under consideration and endeavor to ave the matter reopened. JAZZ LL 22 CLAIM KEY WEST IS BEST OF ALL GH ? : il! i rf it He it dy Lhee i i i f fh Saas s2sasass. Tree i Hie f ga | | HHH e | f I ! | z. | |! it lf f j i [i bye fad ” SUPER CEDAR CLOSET LINING. PHONE 5388. SOUTH FLORIDA CONTR. AND ENG. CC i oa