The Key West Citizen Newspaper, March 31, 1938, Page 1

Associated Press Day Wire Service For 58 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West VOLUME LIX. No. 77. Thompson Fish Company, To Construct . Sea Wall : Bordering Property Line Makes Application To | War Department For Permission To Carry On Operations } (Special to The Citizen) JACKSONVILLE, March 31—| i Application has been made to the | War Depariment by the Thomp- | son Fish Company, of Key West, | Fla., for a permit to construct a| concrete retaining wall on the; water front of the property own- ed by the company on Caroline! street between William and Mar- | garet, according to announcement | made today by Earl North,| Lieutenant-Colonel, Corps of En- gineers, District Engineer. Plans of this work may be seen at the U. S. Engineer Office, 2nd floor of U. S. Courthouse and Post Office, Jacksonville, Florida, and U. S. Engincer Suboffice, Mi- ami Beach, Florida. “ It is not proposed to hold a public hearing on this application. Anyone desiring to protest the; proposed work from the stand- point of its interference with, or effect upon, navigation, should submit such protest in writing, with reasons in sufficient detail to-permit intelligent considera- tion. Protests should. be. mailed to the District Engineer, U. S. Engineer Office, P. O. Box 4970, Jacksonville, Florida, in time to be received on or before April 8, 1938. The work proposed is as fol- lows: The construction of a concrete retaining wall, dredging and filling. The area to be in- closed by the retaining wall ex- tends northerly for a distance of 178.5 feet from a line 149 feet} northerly of and parallel with the north line of Caroline street. It extends easterly from the east side of the pier west of the foot of Margaret street for a distance of 214 feet to the applicant’s east property line, 151.5 fect east of the east line of Margaret street. Dredging to rock will be per- formed over an area between the east line of William street and the applicant's east property line, 1515 feet east of Margaret street, a total distance of 603.5 feet. This dredging area will extend into the harbor for a distance of 250 feet from Caroline Street. The dredged material will be placed behind the proposed retaining walls. The proposed fill will ex- tend about 50 feet seaward of ex- isting structures, in that vicinity. REMOVED FROM HOSPITAL HERE HIS HOME ON SIMON- TON STREET Juan Hernandez, who was struck Thursday morning by an Overseas Transportation truck at the corner of United and Simon- ton streets, suffering five fractur- ed vertebrate in the lower part is spine and other minor in- Ss, was removed from the Ma- Hospital to his home, 1327 ret, this morning. r cast “was placed around t trunk of. the injured man at the hospital this week. Hernandez is’ tueh grati-* he work done by the doc- Marine Hospital and f as deeply in- ju rnic debted to them Truck Arrives Tonight With Fresh Shipment of i Fruits and Vegetables Tift’s Cash Grocery ¢ 1101 Division St. Phone at VIIa aaa aaa e Artman Press Printing Windshield Stickers John Abercrombie of Mi- ami, Florida, coming into Key West for the first time— and making the trip over the new, scenic bridges—is so en- thused at the little, old world city, that he voluntarily came around to The Citizen office and requested some sort..of posters or stickers with which he could advertise the city. V Lkukueuhubeudeukeude| SICK MAN IS BROUGHT HERE TAKEN OFF PASSING SHIP AND PLACED IN MA- RINE HOSPITAL Ernest Iorio, native of Italy,! | but with “his home in Brooklyn, | 'N. ¥., was brought ashore this! morning 2:45 o'clock from the! Steamship Tiper, and placed in the Marine Hospital for treat- ment. Officer in charge, August Brad- ley, of the Coast Guard Vessel 185, received the orders yester- day advising that he meet the Tiper at midnight fo get the sick man and bring him to shore for hospitalization. THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN THE U.S.A. KEY WEST, FLORIDA, THURSDAY, MARCH 31, 1938. CITY HIGHLIGHTS | TRAVELER SAYS | VISITOR WHO HAS BEEN IN | 47 STATES AND EVERY | PROVINCE OF CANADA! | LIKES IT BEST | | Harry R. Benzler, who has) j traveled through every state in: the Union but Oregon, and re-} | fuses to say why he has not been! jthere, who has been in every Province of Canada, who has/ |journeyed to Sitka, Alaska, and| has even made the water trip) around America, has now come to! | Key West. | The erstwhile traveler sums up| his wanderings under the title, | “Around and Across America”.! | With him wherever he goes is a | little autograph book, which con-! tains the names of quite a num-/ ber of important people in the} ; country, and is also distinctive in! | that it contains the names of a |number of “unimportant” people! | whom Mr. Benzler has had happy |moments with. These count as much as any others, Mr. Benzler; said. Eighteen years ago, Mr. Benzler spent a winter in Florida and as the expression goes, “Once You: |Get Florida Sand in Your Shoes, | |You Never Can Quite Break) | Away From Florida”, has had a! longing to come back to the state | again. This year he returned to} the state of huge swamps, long} flat lands and beautiful white beaches. This occasion is high-! lighted by the trip to Key West, |however, Mr. Benzler says. Mr. Benzler has visited every national park in the country and is hoping to be able to get over to the Fort Jefferson Park. EXAMINE INTO | | DEATH OF MAN WHO DIED ON STEAMER SILVER SWORD Late yesterday afternoon in- formation was received from the \officers of the Sword Steamship TEMPERATURES Lowest Highest last night iast 24 hours 48 84 70 76 62 84 38 40 4 64 68 80 72 a4 36 Abilene Apalachicola Atlanta Boston Brownsville Buffalo Charleston Chicago Corpus Christi Denver Detroit ;bedy, with a physician Lines, authorizing that a coron- er’s jury be summoned to determ- ine the causes which led up to ‘the death of Seaman John Crisp on the Steamship Silver Sword.j Peace Justice Franklin Aren- berg, coroner ex-officio, summon- ed the following jury: Elwood Carbonell, foreman; Alvin T. Sawyer, W. J. Walker, George M. Parks, Raymond Cabrera and Harry Johnson. After an examination of the in at tendance, the verdict was render- ed to the effect that the cause of death was acute cardiac dilation of the heart. CONCERT TONIGHT | 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 Sait Lake City 2 San Francisco Sit. Ste. Marie Seattle ‘Tampa Washingtor ion Wytheville DANCE TONIGHT —a ——PENA’*S— GARDEN OF ROSES —Jimmy Loss’ Orchestra— Admission 7S¢ Ladies Free . | tonight AT BAYVIEW PARK There will be a concert given beginning at 8 o'clock. at Bayview Park, by the Key | West Hospitality Band under the direction of its leader, A. Barroso. The following are the numbers that will be rendered March, Gallant Zuaves, (Kingi) Overture, The Golden Bond, (Laurendeau) Waltz, Blue Danube (Strauss) Novelty, Comic “Tat-Too” Mu- sicians Strike (Fahrbrach) Popular, (a) Adorable, W ing: (b) Farewell to Arms, Seredy. March, Valiant Youth, (Kling Star Spangied Banner NOTICE ; LARGE JEWFISH O. F. Kane, of Pennsyl- vania, accompanied by Mrs. Kane, are spending a very delightful vacation on the i ef Hii i HAE i 5 2 F é bale iO i it Ff hi FE i f E i if | & F s EF g i i E a g f hk hh hh hdd JR. COMMERCE BODY T0 MEET SESSION OF ORGANIZATION TOBE HELD TOMOR- | ROW NIGHT | Junior Chamber of Commerce will hold a business meeting at the Senior Chamber of Commerce rooms tomorrow night at 7:30 o'clock. Plans to meet the visiting con- gressional committee, which are coming here to survey the possi- bilities of reopening the local Naval Station, will be discussed. Arrival of the committee mem- bers, which was scheduled to be held this week, has been postpon- ed until the near future. Discussion of the by-laws of the body and possible adopttén will also be made at the meeting. RAYMOND M’CAW | ON VISIT TO CITY . NIGHT MANAGING EDITOR OF, NEW YORK TIMES RODE! | between Several Pieces Of Key West Property And Key — Holdings "FIBA IDLas. | VISITORS CATCH Change | Hands Deeds recorded for the week) from Tuesday, March 22, to Mon- | day at five o'clock in the office | of Ross C. Sawyer, county clerk, included the sale of the corner! lot at the junction of Bay Road | and the boulevard, a 78-foot} front property, by Mr: and Mrs } William E. Huston to R. T. Cov-| - This is the property where} apartments, a patio, filling station | and docks are. to be built. The | sale was made March 14. , Charles E. Geiger sold a size-!| able piece. of . mreguiarly- Property on Eaton street between Elizabeth and Simonton streets to Mr. and Mrs. Charles H. Johnson of Queens county, New York. Sale was made Friday. On Eaton street between Duval and Whitehead streets a 59x73 lot was sold to Joel G. Kantor, March 10, by the West Properties, , Inc., James L. Conway, New York City, president. Mr. and Mrs. Stedman J. Pin- der Wednesday sold to Jonathan Cates a 46 x 86 lot on Olivia street between Geurgia and Florida | streets. } On Julia between Whitehead and Thomas streets a 79 x 50 piece of property was sold October 16 by Patrick Orman, Ben Orman, James Jones, Mr. and Mrs. Ira Nelson, Mr. and Mrs. Cornelius Gonzalez, Delia Mathews, Shed | Grigsby and Peter Orman to Re- | becca Portier. H Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan Cates! a 42x55 parcel on Florida street | Rawson and Angela streets. j On the Keys sales continued as | well as they have recently. A 1750 x 2000 foot parcel on -he west bank of Tavernier Creek with a frontage on the Atlantic! Ocean, including 17 acres, was | sold March 19 by Mr. and Mrs. | Claude F. Lowe and Mr. and Mrs. | Charles Veber to William Dubil- lier of the Roney Plaza Sun Club in Miami Beach. With a 75-foot frontage on the Atlantic Ocean on upper Mate- cumbe, another parcel was sold by Carlotta B. Archer to Martha P. Magruder, 3437 Main Highway, Coconut Grove, Florida, on March 15. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Taylor sold to Juan Calleja a 100x 100 sec- tion on Big Pine Key, September 22. Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Stewart of Minnadsota sold to HL An- derson' of Dal# ¥, 891 acres om Big Pine Keyg cumit 3F Raymon ais eerpes \ ielt EDOSES: TOMORROW Times, was a visitor to Key West today and called at The Citizen office for a chat with the pub- lisher. Mr. McCaw was a visitor last year and spent a very delightful time meeting many friends and promising he would be one of the first to arrive over the highway when finished He says he did not get here at first but was among those who first came over the magnificent highway, and claims it is really a wonderful ride. RETURNS FROM HAVANA Mrs. R. B. Pritchard. who had m visiting in Havana with her -law and daughter, Mr. and William B. Rude, returned to y West Tuesday afternoon on nship Cuba OFFICIALLY CLOSED AFTER BREAKFAST. MANAGER SCHUTT SAYS Casa Marina Hotel closes mot morning fo fast, Peter B. Sx anounced today Operated as a very exclusi hosteiry, and catering to so the finest families in America Casa is always a welcome a junct of the city Many of the ow nding social affairs of the season have been held at the Casa The beaut and t year patio h. to. ng break tt, manager he social the e¢ pr RESTAURANT FOUR TEN FLEMING STREET WESTERN MEATS Sea Foods and Clear Green Turtle Soup BREAKFAST—A LA CARTE DINNERS LUNCHEON—75 FROM 85< i | | Che Kry Wiest Citizen Have Survey ‘Made Relative To Fresh Water Pipe Line CANCER CONTROL "£4eew wes: tener oi Bast Me BOARD MEETING CALLED TONIGHT i |8 P. M. AT HOME OF MRS. M. | « E. BERKOWITZ. CAPTAIN OF | FIELD ARMY. AUXILIARY) OF NATIONAL SOCIETY | Meeting of the newly organized Executive Board of the Woman's Field Army, an auxiliary of the American Society for the control of Cancer, will be held tonight at 8 p. m. at the home of Mrs. M. E Berkowitz, who is captain. Other officers of the Eexecutive | Board are Lieutenant, Mrs. J. Y. Porter; Secretary, Miss Marie Cappick; Treasurer, Mrs. A. M. Hewett; Publicity Director, Mrs. | | Nina de Leslie Calleja | An Advisory Board will also be | named, which will include doctors of the city, school board mem-/ bers, ministers, and city and county officials. These will be) named at the meeting tonight. | April has been designated as the month in which the drive) against cancer will be empha- sized. President Roosevelt endors- ! ed the nea cancer may ledge of the symptoms im-/ Tembedetae ithe Picks Ads | iliary are to be secured to help fight the dreaded scourges of can cer and. instill prevention meth ods into the people of the county. Seventy percent of the money will remain in the state to carry on research against the disease. REPORT REVEALS LESS TAGS SOLD MORE REVENUE DERIVED IN| SALES, HOWEVER. IT 18 SHOWN TALLAHASSEE, Fila, March 31—(FNS) The semi-monthly audit of the Motor Vehicle De- partment on March 15, shows thes, the tag agencies of the state sold 278 less tags to that date this ‘year than they did in 1937, but that they received $322,754.47 more in revenue Motor Vehicle Commissioner. D. W. Finley, estimates that the sale of tags for new cars is ap proximately 40 per cent less this year than it was to March 15 of last year, and that revenue de rived from change in automobile certificates of title 1s about $12 000 less. The increase in revenue re ceived while the number of tags disposed has fallen off slightly is due, Commissioner Finley say to the fact that the department pectors making jose check upon the weight of motor vehicles and have found a considerable number who have been buying light-weight tags for heavy-weight trucks. This check up on weights wil mtmur throughout the The audit a e been - t the ha the which 4. $4,650,145. » March i we than the red 1 The chief inspector's report on Seminole, Orange Polk Lake and Volusia counties, to the middie of February shows a gain Brevard same period in counties. The shows total tag q 936 of 349,455 compared to 349,733 to same date m 1937, and $5,258,438.54 im revenue com- pared to MSU5SKOT w date in 1937. these COPS PRAISED FOR HANDLING TRAFFIC When traffic cops praise from aufomobilists. i f : j ints HE tell i i i ii if iit ill HHI tt i] it i i iy } FL hdkdkadded dhe din E. ESQUINALDO ae BACHELOR OF LAWS DEGREE ATTAINED BY LOCAL Peace Justice Enrigue Esquin- aldo, Jr., has been informed that he has successfully passed ‘the final examimations for the degree of Bachelor of Laws from Le Salle Extension University, and that his diploma will be sent hi within the next few days. Information was in 4@ letter from R. C. Samsel, Dean of the Uniyersity, Chicago, Iimozs Similar information has also been received by Judge Wm V Albury, who gave the examune- thon to Justice Esqumaide The degree represents years of tedious labor on the part of Mr LODGE TO HELP IN CELEBRATION COOPERATE IN FORMAL HIGHWAY OPENING Members of the Knights of Pythias of Key West have passed @ resolution in which was em bodied an offer of the united sup- port and cooperation of the lodge in proposed activities at the torma! opening the hughwes on July Fourth The meeting at whach the rese luton of participation © as passed was well attended and “ expressed opimon members, fact that the ities é one they will fee to partcipete rvery ible in muking the the most memorpbde of Key West Fri. and Sat. Specials ‘Try these delicious ' LAYER CAEES { i BANANA - WALNUT. sa » CHOCOLATE enc 35e other. specie: 1 MALONEY BROS. The Home of Baker Boy Bread ; vaous ext idge 2 game ony day que of tre bi delighted © With Engmmeers Tuesday In Miami in Comnecnos With Project — §%O COVER CHAEGE— Smt [82 Fleming St ewe 8 prea OO aIae