The Key West Citizen Newspaper, April 8, 1938, Page 1

Associated Press Day Wire Service For 58 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West VOLUME LIX. No. 84, E. Ramsey New President Of Key West Rotary Club Succeeds Charles Taylor; SAWYER MAKING Smith Reelected Treasur- er; William Little Is Sec- | | WILL COVER COUNTY SAL- ARIES AND CURRENT BILLS FOR MARCH retary | Ernest Ramsey was elected | | president of the Key West Rotary | Club, succeeding Charles Taylor. | County Clerk Ross C. Sawyer was busily engaged today in at the regular luncheon yester- | making up checks on the First day at St, Paul's Church Annex, | National Bank covering salaries and current. bills forthe month Mr. Taylor automatically becomes’! of March. the» ‘organiza: | Following a*statement made at . | the meeting of the..caynty,com- tion by its rules. | missioners ednesday. night) vin Charles Smith was reelected to | Wich» Mr. Sawyer advised.) that | funds were available for the pay- the post of treasurer and William | ment of Salaries and current bills . to date, it was ordered that pay- V. Little is the new Secretary. | ment be made. Emil Sweeting, Dr. Wm. R.} Warren, William Fripp and Wil- vice-president of will be ready for distribution some time tomorrow. Mr. Fripp and Mr. Demeritt | ARRIVES HERE A sergeant-at-arms, by ein | will be recommended by incom-|CAME IN FOR SUPPLIES; TO | ing President Ernest Ramsey, and | SAIL FOR MIAMI THIS AFTERNOON liam Demeritt were elected mem bers of the Board of Directors. were reelected to their posts. approved by the Board of Direc- | tors. | The Board of Directors is com- | posed of the President, Vice Pre- sident, Treasurer, Sergeant-at-| Yacht Placida, of Wilmington, Arms, and the four other Board Del., came.up to the Porter Dock members elected yesterday. |Company’s main pier at 9 o’clock At the June 30 meeting Presi- | this morning for supplies and was dent Charles Taylor will turn the} to sail this afternoon for Miami. srigindag to Ernest Ramsey who | On board the vessel, . With, t_ newky: eloeted of-' mand of Captui ficers and Board, of Directors will; owner, H. G. rl, gue plganey be installed, On July'7-the incom- \ty of six friends, who have been me. pei aged *wonduct their visiting at the Haskell winter The Homstead Rotary Club and | thes pete ane: Rotary Anns wilt ‘hold an inter- ami and with stops at Palm city meeting with the Key West; Beach, Jacksonville, Cha ~ ¢ pach, s , rleston, Rotary Club Thursday. ‘Shuler will be at Wilmington the day Peele will be the principal speak- | preceding Easter Sunday . - er of the evening and will giv oc ciceeietiipeisihienainecenens a talk pointing out Key We attractions. A short skit under the | direction of Rev. Joe Tolle, and a musical program in charge of | Emil Sweeting will complete the Key West section of the program. George Frick and daughter, of the Homestead Rotes will present NO CALLS ON APPARATUS @ saxophone and piano group of — SINCE CONFLAGRATION ie party will leave Homestead at 8 a. m. and expects to be here OF MARCH 30 by 1 Pp. m. Action on organizing a school- boy traffic patrol which will Since the conflagration which train the boys in traffic controt destroyed the barbecue stand on and award them medals and Simonton street on~March 30, badges for service has heen re-! there bas not ie ¢ ferred to a committeg ‘for con;fige sownded in 4 sideration. » vrdqo hiek Ha Stephen Cochran" Singletan, .morning: : Secretary of the Chamber, of) .calis,have advised of —burning Commerce took the opportunity. qf; /brushiitey which the department thanking Bascom Grooms, retire: Responded, HOF ~HC™ ing presid for wholehearted The latest of these brush fires fulfillment of the duties of his | was reported Wednesday night in office. the vicinity of the Casa Marina, Visiting Rotarians were H and was quickly extinguished. — BUSINESS MEN LEAVE TODA R. Goodson and B. R. Kessler, business men of Miami, have ‘been in Key West for about a week in the inter of a “See All Florida Program’ The Miami business men will leave over the highway this aft- ernoon for their headquar- ters. “DANCING AT ITS BEST” Every Night Habana-Madrid Club Another “Gala” Night Saturday Presenting the “New” HABANA-MADRID ORCHESTRA with “Tops” in all night club | entertainment. NO COVER CHARGE F. Norman >. Gignac. PECULIAR—EH, WHAT! LOS AN LES.—Alleging that her husband annoyed her by eat- ing his meals standing, Mrs. H. O. Grabb of this city sued for di- vorce. PEE EEE TE HATS and DRESSES BRAND NEW ARRIVALS At The HUB DRESS AND HAT SHOP $02 Duval Street A BEAUTIFUL UP PAY CHECKS Che Key Wiest Citizen THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN THE U.S. A. KEY WEST, FLORIDA, FRIDAY, | |DR. JOSEPH BABCOCK OF ; PORTSMOUTH WRITES TO CHAMBER OF COMMERCE ABOUT HIS VISIT i i Dr. Joseph M. Babcock, of | Portsmouth, Ohio, who was a re- |cent visitor in Key West with his |family, was delighted with his APRIL 8, 1938. Drive To Fund ArtCenter | Remodelling Begun: Foday BUILDING PERMITS One Hundred Fifty Indi-| | SHOWING INCREASE viduals, { | 50 Organiza-| tions Invited To Be Sus- | FOURTEEN ISSUED IN FIRST | SEVEN DAYS OF THIS MONTH taining Members Funding of the program of re- medi opens eneaaling and rehabilitation of Key West, Florida, has the most equable climate in the country; with an average range of only 14° Fahrenheit PRICE FIVE CENTS Council Defers Action On Proposals For Operation Of Bus Service In City HOLDUP ON ROAD Other Matters Are TO INVESTIGATE | Heard At Regular Ses- sion Conducted Last | stay and the many courtesies ex-! | tended during his visit. |the month of April permits for In a letter extending his appre- ' building activities in Key West the Key West Community Art | Center building was begun this in. com-! FIRE ALARMS ciation, he writes*to S. C. Single- umbered 14. Records in the of- ton, secretary ‘ofthe Chamber of Commerce as follows: “TI want to take this opportunity of expressing our delight on our visit to Key West, which was a most enjoyable one. As we drove | into the city my little daughter said, ‘Daddy, we’re always doing It is expected that the checks! the dumbest things. Why did we|8nd_ pumps at 508 Southard | | come to a place like this?’ But |after going to the Chamber of Commerce and getting a few in- | structions on what see and what to do, the apparent drabness of the city changed into one of intense interest. | “The longer we stayed the bet- |ter we liked it. We appreciated the privilege of going into the | lighthouse and about the grounds. | The custodian of the aquarium | took great pains to show us the interestnig collection of fish, and | while we ‘fed‘ the fishes on our deep-sea fishing trip, we're going to try it again next year and hope the ocean will be calmer at that time. “We enjoyed qverything, the cocgnut ice cream, restaurants, services in the fine bathing, and ‘in’ fact everything in Key West. | We have never found a finer | place for the vacation time, and to { They planned to leave for Mi-|W€ desire to again thank you for | the part you played in it”. AUTOMOBILE WAS STOLEN NED BY FRED J. DION: RE- COVERED, HOWEVER, AT PIRATES COVE ow! Fred J. Dion lost his car Wed- nesday night. In fact, it was |stolen from in front of the resi- dence on White street and yes- terday morning was found at Pi- rates Cove and brought back to he city by Harry Dongo, who ent with Chief Deputy Bernard faite for the purpose. ‘By whom it was stolen, no one seems to know, but it is conjec- tured that whoever the thief was he discovered that the gasoline supply was low and arriving at Pirates Cove left Mr. Dion's car and took a magnificent car owned by C. B, Miller, who was at the | Cove Wednesday night. | This is the first theft of a car ;from Key West which was taken out of the city by the thief. There jhave been other cars taken with- in the city limits, but each time |the stolen vehicle was recovered. It was said at the sheriff's of- five that to keep cars safe, the ‘sensible thing to do is to lock them at any time they are to be left unoccupied. DISCOVER SMALL FIRE | Shortly before 2 o'clock this afternoon a small fire was discov- ered under the end of the Gulf ‘Refining Company's dock, and Engine Number 1 answered _ the call Arriving at the scene the fire- men were informed that the in- cipient conflagration had been promptly subdued by dock em- ployes and others who were at the scene. Tomorrow Night. 10 till ? RAUL’S CLUB i icé ‘of Building Inspector Harty | M. ‘Baker show several permits} aving been issued for building} ;and improvements. . | were mailed letters inviting en- Three of the permits were is-| 5 |sued to Navarro, Inc., and total) rollment as sustaining members ! $5,000. ahey are permits for| o¢ tia Center: building a garage in the rear of, 601 Duval street to cost $1,500; | | build sheds for service station } morning, when a large number of | and individuals organizations Amount requested to become a sustaining member was left open One individuals | street to cost $2,500; erect a stor-/| to the groups contacted. age garage at 508 Southard street | 7 be ot S100. |hundred and fifty | Build frame apartment house; and 50 organizations have been jat 311 Elizabeth street. Owner,|sent the letters, mailing of a ; A. Lopez; cost, $2,800. | great number of them being done | Repairs to roof at 706 Ashe 4,:, morning. iso” Owner, W. J. Lowe; cost, tigeoisliing cf the building General repairs to 722 Simon- | calls for an extensive and strik- | ton street. Owner, C. J. Neely; ' ing change in the interior of the cost, $200. : __{structure, with large display General repairs at 412 Louisa rooins, classrooms Cec Lewisiinis work will be done in the Repairs to roof of building at| Very near future, Townsend Mor- | 204 Simonton street. Owner, V.; gan, Federal Art Project Direc- | A. Johnson; cost, $50. |tor, said recently. WPA labor Repairs to sills of building On| will be utilized, he said, the Duval street near Greene street. | = ‘ ‘ | | monies collecting in the present | Owner, Frank Johnson; cost, $100. |" : 2 | General repairs at 507 Duval | drive going only for material, |street. Owner, Clara Peacon;| The drive emphasizes that “the | cost, $75. _ |Art Center program is directed | General repairs at 416 Amelia not only toward building larger | street. Owner, Charles Fernan-| audiences for the arts, but also | dez; cost, $100. aK toward guiding and encouraging General repairs at 1408 Pe- group activity and group expres- jtronia street. Owner, Harold sion, leading to more complete Cates; cost, $200. community sharing in the experi- Build residence on Division | ence of art. It helps to further Street. Owner, Enrique Esquin-/ the application of art principles aldo, Jr.; cost, $500. : in the selection of articles of General repairs at White and everyday use as well as in com- Fleming street. Owner, Ray- munity and home plannnig. The mond Curry; cost, $900. | Center will endeavor to provide a center for local cultural activities MRS HUBBARD |in the visual arts and in the re- ° lated fields. It is a project de- signed and inaugurated with Fed- | has been created by the commun | —— jity. Wide sponsorship and sup- PURCHASED PLOT OF LAND) Port are essential if the Art Cen |ter is to carry out a program of ON WHICH TO BUILD HOME permanent value. The Art Cen- FOR WINTER SEASON USE, [CSI cee Mrs. Harriett Hubbard, who has been enjoying a delightful vaca- tion of six weeks as guest of Mrs W. Hunt Hagris at the home, 425 Caroline street, will leave on the boat for'Tampa this afternoon en- route to her home in Sidney, Ohio. During her stay, Mrs. Hubbard has met a number of old friends who have fond memories of those former days when Captain John F. Horr, United States Marshal, father of Mrs. Hubbard, and the family lived in the home on Whitehead street, now occupied by Ernest Hemingway and fam- ily. The old love of Key West was awakened and Mrs. Hubbard pur- chased a pleasantly located plot of ground on which she will erect ahpme to be used during the winter seasons. WALTER NORMAN BODY TO BE BROUGHT HERE; FUNERAL SERVICES ON SUNDAY AFTERNOON Walter H. Norman, 64, died at Florida State Hospital Wedne day. The body will be bre Key West tomorrow morning on a vessel of the Overseas Trar portation Company Funeral services w o'clock Sunday the Presbyterian church the body will be placed Rev. J. C. Gekeler wi Palbearers, who wil] serxe, ane “WHAT A WOMAN!” Frank Delaney, Frank’ H- Ladd. 57 A.C. Elgin, Douglas, Wilsen CHICAGO.—When Mrs. Kate| Ralph Boyden: efid John Cost Thies, 70, of this city, was knock-. Survivors are: Mit. Afa N, } ed down by a street car, the only. man, the widow! “three sons. injury she suffered was the logs; William, Oscar and Walter Nor of her false teeth man and two grandchi RESTAURANT FOUR TEN FLEMING STREET Sea Foods and Clear Green Turtle Soup BREARFAST—A LA CARTE LUNCHEON —75c DINNERS FROM $1.00 ALSO—LATE SUPPERS AND SANDWICHES LIQUOR. BEER and WINES Fred Auerbach. Mgr. Phone 38 and offices. (DIED WEDNESDAY: ara} NOT CONFIRMED BOAT ACCIDENT ,INCIDENT IS REPORTED TO; CAPsAI Se } { HAVE TAKEN PLACE SOME| TIME DURING WEDNESDAY | NIGHT. | BUREAU?! OF ‘NAVIGATION’ CAME IN- YESTERDAY Reports from various sources} Captains H A. Huston and W. tell of a holdup on the highway,| H. Sebrill, of the United States Wednesday night in which the| Bureau of Navigation, arrived person who was robbed lost $50, : but who the robbed person was |e, erin earegiees oars no one seems to know, nor does | ion of the Motorboats Sis Agnes anyone seem to know the identity | and Iris, which occurred on the of the thief. (night of December 14 and result- There is something mysterious ed in the sinking of the Iris. about the whole thing, and Sheriff | “phe hearing was held in the K. O. Thompson said that there | ciyj] Service rooms of the federal is evidently something queer| building. Appearing at the hear- when the matter was not report- | ing were W. W. Demeritt, Super- ed to the sheriff's orice, and he’ intendent of Lihgthouse of the oe e4 place little credence in | Seventh District; L. 4. Muse, eo TEP Ore | Commander of the Tender Ivy; Deputy Sheriff Nathan Niles, | George I. Way, engineer of the told The Citizen and others in|}yy.C, J, Faulkner, owner of the the sheriff's office that while cov-/ sis Anges; G. Everett Perpall, ering his area as patrolman on clerk in the lighthouse service, | the highway late Wednesday | acted in the capacity of recorder. night, he encountered a man on Witnesses who were questioned the road near Boca Chica, who | hy the investigators were: Nathan started to say something about a \C. Miles, Jr., own ator of robbery, but his remarks were | the: [ris, and light attendant in rather Vague. the service; Esmond Sawyer, lab- When the deputy advised. his! orer on the lighthouse service? informer that he was an officer of | narrel] Lowe, in command of the the law and would give all as-|Sis Agnes at the time of the ac- sistance in the effort to catch the | cident. thief, the informer said a few in-}" ‘The hearing was begun at 2:10 coherent words, walked away,} in the afternoon yesterday and jumped in his car, drove off, andiyas concluded at 3:37 o'clock left the deputy standing tHere|” A transcription of the steno- wondering what it was all about. | graphic record of the hearing to- Deputy Bernard Waite said gether with a copy of the book that he believed there was not a| with the symbols were forwarded bit of truth about the robbery jtoday by registered mail to In- part of the story. Some person, | Sectors Huston and Sebrill in he learned, while out on the | Jacksonville, beach is said to have left a pock- |" "Superintendent De etbook in a car, returned and! ¢his morning that loses of equip- found it gone. But who that was ment sustained by the depart- had not been learned ment when the Iris when down, a matter which has been plac ed in the hands of the Depart ment of Justice. He also said that Mr. Niles will enter suit for the loss of the Iris, unless some set tlement is arrived at rit ROBERT 'SHEHEE APPEARANCE IN CRIM- INAL COURT eritt said Here's. Real News: Horse Bites Automobile LIMA, O., April 8. Dobbin took a nip at the machine here, but he prised as anyone. ; Al Becker, an insurance left ;his automobile in ‘a ‘parking iétvabout the time a mi{k’ wagon as making deliveries. Casting a py eye on a bright red “Diri radiator ornament, the reached over and nipped it you please He must have thou apple, "said Becker, »ked disgusted when he age as much sur man, Robert the t rged with and other artic! Shop of the Key West Golf Course, was plac ed on preliminary hearing Wed- nesday afternoon at 4 o'clock and entered a plea of not guilty After hearing the e+ the case, Peace Justice Enrique Esquinaldo, Jr, who presided at the hearing, ordered him placed under bond of $100 to appear be fore the next session of Criminal Shehee PAY VISIT TO KEY WEST s to Key West ay » Mr. and Mrs. W Lofton and Mr. and Mrs. W. B of Rock Harbor, and Mrs merson, of Miami, who en- joyed their visit and met a num- ber of old friends. DOGS RECEIVE ESTATE | DANCE — DANCE! FRIDAY — SATURDAY SUNDAY BOCA CHICA CASINO Mickey Cherep Prevents MISS MICKEY BARRIE and BLOCKLEY)*\ Eng William Sarrott of this'tity dirécted in his will that his @ébte’ be ‘paid and the rerh#indér of his $17,000 es- tate be divide? amorg his four PROPOSAL Sealed bi undersigned up to and inc ing Thursday, Apri 1938, at s will be received by Direct From CLUB CONTINENTALE » Miami Beach Admission $0c = Ladies Free NINE TILL Something Different— of OLD MA of 12 Months the al) with a CHINE wrt! he c LLACE PINDER apr. 8-16, 1938 City Clerk. SELECTION OF CLAY FLOWER POTS—4 BY 6 INCHES--SEE THEM TODAY AT SOUTH FLA. CONTR. AND ENG. COMPA BRILL OF UNITED STATES \ | sonville, to investigate the collis- | {meht' and other + Wallace Pinder and furnish Evening City*Council,) at its regular meeting ir ‘city hall last night. received two proposals relative to ‘“fthe operation of a bus service over the streets of Key West in which a franchise for carrying on this service is being asked. | The proposals were submitted | by Dan Navarro, local business man, and Henry Barnett, of Mi- ami. Harry B. Peacock. who | Presented a proposal to the coun- cil body some time ago, sent a telegram yesterday from Miami requesting that the matter of con- sidering proposals be deferred for a period of sixty days. allow- ing him further time in the mat- ter. Last night was the time set by the council body for receiving and discussing these bids. How- ever, the council complied with |Mr. Peacock’s request and the {matter was deferred indefinitely | or until such time as Mr. Peacock jis ready to send in his newest | Proposal, providing the time does {not exceed sixty days. Sidewalk Project A communication was read from B. C. Moreno, area super | visor of the WPA, relative to the new project of laying sidewalks in Key West. This matter was brought before the council at a | previous meeting. The city’s governing body is in hearty accord with the proposed project, whereby the WPA will construct sidewalks with the only expense to the propetty owner being that of furnishing the ce necessary ma }eerial for completing the work jJ1 All property owners interested {tin this ‘project are requested to Clerk the clerk with the dimensions of the sidewalk to be constructed and ai! other necessary details. The ap plications made to the clerk will be turned over to the WPA, and the work will be performed ac cording to agreement as soon practicable It is expected that there will be quite a number taking advantage of this opportunity to have side walks constructed at such a nom inal cost Electrical Code Sydney Thompson, city electri cian, addressed the board con cerning the adoption of a code for electrical workers in Key West. Mr. Thompson brought to the attention of the council members that there are m workers in this line here who are willing to pay the required U cense providing that they may be protected from others operating in the same capacity without pay~- ing any license. Mr. Thompson iso stated that there was a group of electrical workers who came to Key West Wednesday, bringing with them a code that is used in Palm Beach (Continued on Page Four) communicate’ with City NY. PHONE 593