The Key West Citizen Newspaper, April 11, 1938, Page 1

Associated Press Day Wire Service For 58 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN THE U. Che Key West Ctttzern S.A. KEY WEST, FLORIDA, Key West, Florida, has the most equable climate in the country; with an average range of only 14° Fahrenheit PRICE FIVE CENTS Other Work: Pkinnediln: Connection» With Road: _ And Bridge Projects Painting Ar And Other Beauti- MRS, S. L. ARIAS, 46 fication Activities Called DIED THIS 1S MORNING For In_ Different Con-| tracts | FUNERAL SERVICES WILL BE | CONDUCTED TOMORROW Beautification of bridge and | AFTERNOON road projecis of the Overseas Mrs.vSelina Louise Arias, 46, died 9.o’clock this morning in her residence, 1320 Pearl street. Fun-} will o'clock tomorrow afternoon from the chapel of the Pritchard Fun- {eral Home. Rev. Shuler Peele, | pastor of Fleming Street Metho- . dist church, will officiate. Oo 2 ne-of these is the completion! Gurvivors are the widower, of the painting contracts and the | wijjiam Arias; five daughters, other is the beautification on the | Mrs. Charles Ogden, Mrs. Howard | stretches of road. One of the} Sanchez, Mrs. Evon Hinde, Mrs. painting contracts called this|Ray Gates, Mrs. Norman Harris; Road apd Toll Bridge contracts, are things which have probably not been given much considera- eral services tion in the rush of bigger things, but there are two phases of the work which are yet to be done. week for the services of four ex- | two sons, Charles Pent and Ralph | These latter men were called} for, the Gustafsen and Sealander contract on the Knight’s Key | Bridge, which will be the last | VISITING IN C There are two contracts also for the beautification, which will! Mr. and Mrs. D. M. Bentley, of consist of planting approximately | Sayre, Pennsylvania, are visitors 234,532 square on the shoulders of the road and| Their first visit was made to will be done by the Thomas F. Key West when the Florida East Kenney and the Clarke com-/ Coast Railway wes running to pan The ..Kenney . company Knight's Key,.and the rest of the | $7,035.96. : Bentley told The Citizen, they Tape j have not missed coming to Key LEGION GROUP | West. Even though they did not | always spend the entire winter in enced many delightful hey said. REPRESENTATIVES ARE EX- |‘ “*! perienced structural steel paint-|Arias, and 11 grandchildren. ers, and six hand rail painters. | a work needed, it is said, to com- | plete the job. } sprigging. This sprigging is to be planted | here for more than two decades. contract calls for the sum of $6,-| trip was made by steamer. 828 and the Clarke contract for: Since that time, Mr. and Mrs. the city, they came to enjoy the delightful climate and meet old PECTED THIS EVENING OVER HIGHWAY be held »5! yards of grass in Key West, and enjoying them- | selves as they have been doing .leral of the fires have threatened hours, | FIREBUGS HAVE SET 125 FIRES | INTWO MONTH | LICE TO WILL DEMAND 20-YEAR | PENALTY FOR OFFENDERS \ There’s going to be a 20-year | ae for the firebug who is re- | sponsible for the approximately |125 fires that have been set all jover the city in the last two | months. | Fire Chief Harry Baker said to- day that the full extent of the |law allows a penalty of 20 years | for anyone over 21 years of age who is apprehended of this dan- gerous and fanatical work, and that he will insist on the extreme penalty for the firebug he catches in this city. | Suspicion is on several parties, \the chief said, and police are in- vestigating their sections. When one is caught he will immediately be arrested. “Those fires are being set for the fun of it—just to see the en- gine come tearing down the |street”, the chief said. “Most of |the fires have been set in va- cant lots in dry grass. During | the month of February there were 85 calls to the department, in March there were 40 and_ this month they’re starting out again jand have had the engine out 10 times. “The persons setting off these fires are endangering the lives of pedestrians when the engine rac- es through the city streets. Sev- city blocks—the one Saturday night being just behind a row oi houses on United street that would have. quickly gone up~in “smoke if the fire had gotten out of control and also endangered the gas reservoir at the gas plant, which might have started a city-wide fire by an explosion. AUTOMOBILE LEAVES ROAD ACCIDENT HAPPENED SAT- URDAY NIGHT: NO |CHIEF BAKER URGES PO.) INVESTIGATE; | Representatives of the Amer- Jean Legion » scheduled to arrive this evening over the high- vay and be guests of Arthur Sawyer Post 28, of Key West, at a banauet to be held at the res- taurant 410 Fleming street. > who are slated Harkins. C. Howard : Joe to ar- state Rowlan, Clark, na- tional executive committeeman; Frank H. Vai. Houtan, Fifth Dis- trict vice commander; Charles S. ey, veteran replacement rep- ntative of Flerida; Morris A nm, adjutant «Coconut Grove ; Mrs. W. L. Lutz, president American Legion auxiliary; Mrs. A. L. Buzzell, Sr., Fifth District vice president of the auxiliary The delegates will arrive about 5 o'clock, register at one of the Jocal hotels, and at 8 o'clock re- pair to 410 Fleming where they will be greeted by members of the local post and hold their meeting and enjoy the banquet. MAKES VISIT TO CITY B. Kessler, formerly secre- tary of the Miami Chamber of Commerce, accompanied by Mr. Goodson, who will be remember- ed as the man who drove a La Salle car over the ties and tres- thes of the Oversea R. R. from y West to Miami, years ago, has been visiting in Key © West and making a study of © the pub- is of the city MONDAY, APRIL 11, 1938. ‘May Be Shortage In Housing This Summer---Mayor / Albury BRIDGE BUCKET WAS RETURNED ONE OF THREE THAT HAVE BEEN TAKEN AWAY IN PAST FEW WEEKS | Reappearance of one of the buckets which were recently re- | moved from the rack on Gandolfo Bridge, has aroused in the minds jof patrolling officers that fear of consequences may have been the motive actuating the return of the; container, Three-of the buckets have been reported: missing: within the’ past few weeks, and Saturday night it was noticed that: the: one» had been. returned. Deputy Sheriff |, Nathan Niles noticed the space | which had been“empty on the ! bucket rack was filled. | Investigation showed it to be one of the missing containers, but it was minus the rope which had been attached to use the bucket | iting architect, quickly in case of necessity. There are still two vacancies in the racks. “APPRECIATES ‘COURTESIES LETTER RECEIVED BY THE CITIZEN FROM G. J. KOCHENDERFER Appreciation of the courtesies extended to G. J. Kochenderfe editor of the -Marsfield Journal, of Mansfield, Ohio, who was a recent visitor to Key West in company with Mrs. Kochen- derfer, and enjoyed a delightful trip, was manifested in a letter received by The Citizen Mr. Kochenderfer had been in Key West before, bi: at that time the bridges were just beginning to be constructed. This trip he arrived several days before the highway was opened to traffic, but made the return trip over the completed project During their stay Mr. and Mrs. in the city, <ochenderfer L. Bates and News-; | They consist of large |signed and constructed ‘Real Estate Agents Endorse| F. H. A. Loans For Apartments And Homes In Key West (Special to The Citizeny MIAMI, Fla., April 11. portunities architects —Op- | for in planning smail homes as well as low rental developments under the program of the Federal Hous- ; ing Administration were stressed at a meeting of Florida Registered | Architects, Tuesday evening. in the. club: rooms of the University Club.’ This meeting was sponsor- | ed by the Florida: South Chapter) the’ American Institute of Architects, and was similar to other meetings being held in oth- er large centers in the Southeast- ern states, William T. Warren, FHA, con- came directly from Washington to preside at this meeting and present to the architects of South Florida the functions and latest development | of FHA Mr. Warren is to conduct sim- ilar meetings in several southern cities in an effort to stimulate the interest of architects in new housing developments _ resulting from the recent amendments to the National Housing Act. The amendments were framed with the aim of facilitating the pur- of small homes and of en- ging the construction of large-scale projects and groups of hou: for rent or sale. Mr. Warren exhibited motion pictures of three of the success- ful housing projects already com- é pleted hese projects are locat- ed at Silver Springs, Md., Pitts: | burgh( Pa., and Alexandria, Va.| gruo of | houses and apartments of various sizes and present rental units ranging from nine to 15 dollars per room per month. They pre-| sented an attractive and well-de-| develop- | ment in modern building a con-| crete solution of the housing problem in one of its phases. It} is interesting to note that all! three of these projects have been Judge Arthur Gomez, of the Eleventh Judicial Circuit of Flor- ida, trip on which he will relax after a long tedious period of circuit court work in Miami. Companions of the judge on the trip are Will Bell and Anderson’ Lones, and their destination, they said, is Spanish Key near No Name Key, where they will re- main for one week and expect to return next Saturday. Before no decision in the case of Carl Taylor, who is charged with vio- lation of the city ordinance rela- tive to the collection of trash and garbage, which was carried from the police court last week to the circuit court for opinion by Judge Gomez. ON VISIT TO CITY Mr. and Mrs. C. O. Ackerman arrived last Saturday from Miami for a visit with relatives and friends and will leave tomorrow morning on the return. cLUB “TO HOLD MEETING There will be a bysiness mect- ing of the Junior Woman's Club held tomorrow afternoon, begin- ning at 5 o'clock, at the Public Library. All members are urged to be in attébdance. RESTAURANT FOUR TEN FLEMING STREET WESTERN MEATS Sea Foods and Clear Green Turtle Soup BREAKFAST—A LA CARTE DINNERS FROM $1.00 ALSO—LATE SUPPERS AND SANDWICHES LIQUOR. BEER and WINES Fred Auerbach, Mgr. LUNCHEON—7Sc Phone $8 | | left yesterday on* a fishing | leaving the judge made} ONE INJURED An automobile which was be ing driven by a woman Saturday night over the highway was re-! ported as leaving the road just about one mile on the other side ‘of Dead Man’s Curve. No one in the car was hurt, and Beryl Curry left yesterday morn- ing with wrecking apparatus to haul the car back on the road, tow it to the city and make the |necessary repairs. RECALL VISIT. TO KEY WEST Dr. and Mrs. C. Lawton, Michigan, who spent a delightful vacation in Key West and departed on March 22, being forced to curtail their visit upon receipt of telegraphic advices from home, have written to The Citizen from their home city. Dr. Johnson says: “We arrived home Sunday aft ernoon. Wish we had remained with you people longer. Here we have snow and it is very cold They tell us the worst of the sea- son “Please recall the last time we saw you was at the sponge mar- ket, March 21. We left on the 22nd, and I asked you to mail your paper”, The paper is being sent to Dr Johnson as requested. “Moonlight Dancing” —TONIGHT— Habana-Madrid Club Presenting Otte Divanti and his Orchestra Floor Show at 11:30 —NO COVER CHARGE-—— W. Johnson, of Jer were guests of W. automobile rides with their host took them to every point of in terest on the island of Key West, which they most thoroughly en joyed almost 100 percent rented since completion A special field of opportunity for architects, Mr. Warren said, lies in the field of constructing dwelling units which will rent or cell for payments of $20 to $40 a month He urged see types of archi tecture ay to ‘the local areas be i new housing pnd disen te a renaissance of sound and simple NATHAN MAYO VISITS IN CITY: small home architecture as aw outcome ef the program and standards of the. Federal Housing ‘Administration Another interesting fact brought out by Mr. Warren was the sub tantial financial arrangement and record of housing administra tion. To date, he states that even though many millions of dollars have been insured by the govern in housing projects, the ac foreclosures and oth thou COMMISSIONER OF AGRICUL- TURE PAID VISIT TO THE CITIZEN OFFICE Nathan Mayo, (€ Agriculture of the ida was a visitor State > commission here for but plans to return time or so. Mr. Mayo said + glad “to see so ments. Old Key West back better thar HON. J. E. LARSEN IS VISITING HERE loss by been about one percent thousand loaning orga such happy i wid part of one and will rema ra day | tu: beets dol hown re et up of the housing allowed projects $16, y. But w ar gements have made whereby it i — (Contir LIGHT TENDER LEAVES TODAY Lighthouse Tender Ivy morning for Tampa Bay s number of, buoys are t eved. Concluding th rk the t proceed to jar Keys and other points on west coast where lar ac are to be conducted. ft this morn in Shoals and from through the Intra * Waterway to Miami. The Tender Poinciana is continuing activities in Clearwater Harbc ince then been to fi Page Two) ne COLLECTOR OF INTERNAL REVENUE OF STATE OF FLORIDA Among th i: visi- where tors in the city be Edwin Larsen w tender wil Ce his m other, and E Buzzard. The collector and his par rived over the highway am guests of Howard Wil: collector of internal Key West. revenue Chnie, Many Matters ‘Before Highway ommission'In’Session Today Sharp Decrease Shown In Two Lines Of Business Forty Five Mile Speed Limit Through District Set; Cash Registers, Lighting Plants Ordered During Last Two Days. oo... gcc sun Restaurants held their own Saturday and Sunday as com- pared to last Saturday and Sun- day, but filling stations and ho- tels showed a sharp decrease. Gas stations fell off only 10% but hotels showed a general de- crease of about 50%. However, oe are only the percentages of weekend compared with last ieasies In reality there were many more people in this week- end than the weekend the bridges were not open. Restaurants from ‘just about the business to a 10% for {this given was that most of thé tourists were sightseeing Miami, many of them repeating their trip of last Sunday, and leaving in time to get back in Miami Sunday night. The pre- vious weekend most of the visi- tors stayed over to get their first good view of the city Bad weather in Miami Satur- day held up a great many from coming down, but yesterda quite a a ek in busine reported same” ancrease. Reason Tuberculosis, Venereal Work At Clinic Continues There were 604 clinic visits and 706 prescriptions filled at the Monroe County Community Clin- ic, report from Miss Mazie But- ler, nurse in charge, reveals. The report covers the months of Janu- ary, February and March. Minor surgical cases numbered 24 and ings 23. Tuberculosis control continued, Miss Butler said, with 28 positive cases recorded, 22 contacts, seven suspects, two arrested cases and ) visits in behalf of tuberculosis cases. These latter visits includ- ed t to hospital concerning X-1 of chest and to Social | Welfare Office to examine WPA | workers with tuberculosis, secur- ing milk from grocery stores which is donated by the county, ‘and to the chairman of the county ‘commissioners concerning cases that may be sent to the state sanatorium at Orlando, Florida. Of three other tuberculosis sus- pect cases one was declared inac- tive and two others resulted in deaths. Work to control venereal dis- an important aim of the continued as strongly as ever, There are 16 venereal cas- es being treated with 11 new cas- es referred to the Venereal clinic. Thirty-seven urinalyses were done by the nurse and 16 Kahn blood tests. New cases referred to ante-partum clinic were 11, and new cases referred to the Hospital were X-rays of new cases were on, 10 new cases referr to dentists, three » physicians four sent to E.F.N.T. specialist Home visits to morbidity case: hiet those bed-ridden with were 57. Post eases, 21 were to pr and re c diseases, SIX LICENSES TO WED ISSUED ward C sings and Margaret Papp; Clarénce Ewing Ward and Thelma Youlee Atwel David Wirt and Alice A. Ehr Edward E. Lewis and C Perez EASTER CANDIES Freshly Arrived TODAY! All Kinds All Prices KEY WEST DRUG CO. operative cases in the same mat- ter numbered six In the post operative cases an , infant, two months old, developed {an intestinal obstruction and an operation was performed on it by Dr. Ralph Braund of the U. S. Maritte Hospital. This operation required all the artistty and skill of a good surgeon, as well as the best of Post operative care. After two weeks in the hospital, the in- fant was removed to its home and was visited daily by Miss Butler to give instructions to the mother concerning post operative care, and an outline of feeding. Home visits to morbidity cases cover mostly old chronic cases, bed-ridden, and to whom a home visit from the nurse would be of great benefit, derived from in- struction in home care, bathing patients in bed, changing patient, from} Commission met in the Overseas District offices this morning to velear up a maze of matters which tare before them for consideration. John Slade, chairman, came down from Tallahassee, arriv- With him, was Paul Marks, attorney for the ing last night, also, District. Present at the meeting were commissioners J. H. Cosiar. ; vice chairman; C. C. Symonette, Key West; State Treasurer W. V. Knott, Tallahassee; B, M. Duncan, engi the district; x and general manager of Mayor Willard M. Albury: Mary Jo McMahon, Sect. John Kennedy. was not present commissioner, A L. West, bridge engineer, H. E. Day, Dis- trict Auditor, were also there. Other citizens present Bernie Papy, Sam B. Curry. Navarro, Frank Johnson, C. E Shine, Waldo Palenzuela, Jack Baker, and representatives ftoit the National Cash Register Com pany and Burroughs Cash Regis ter Company. Speed limit through the dis- trict has been set for 45 miles per hour, which is the state regula- tions for highways. This limit will be rigidly enforced, commis- sioners decided. Two cash registers were order- ed purchased from the National Cash Register Company for $545 each after this company had giv- en the lowest bid. Battery charged lighting plants were ordered purchased from the were Dan Kohler Company These plants improvising bedpan and how to place patient on it to prevent sores, method of preparing and giving simple enema and how to care for bed linen in case of commuicable disease. Dr. J. B. Parramore, director of the Monroe County Health Unit and Community Clinic, supervises the regular routine of the Clinie, which is @pen for vis- iting cases as follows Tuesdays, 10 a. m. to 12 m Galey Wednesdays, Dr, DePoo. Fridays, Warren Mrs. nu cept Saturday p. m for office confere: in the hor are not to be confused with those which will eventually light the District roadways and bridges. This afternoon at 2:30 the commissioners went into session again Many important problems face them, it is learned. Discussion will probably be held on the mat ter of the definite appointment of toll collecters. Formal ¢ ng of the bridges was discussed this morning and a committee from the commissioners, an adjunct to the Committee, which will set the date and handle all arrangements for the celebration, will probably appointed this afternoon Routine busin will also be atte Thi the meeting Dr 10 a. m. to 12m General 10 a. m. to 12 m, Dr M. Butler, the Clinic be is on duty every day ex and Sunday bedside There is outside a of requisition ded to this aft session will con , it is learned © OF ervice clude - BRUSH FIRE ON SATURDAY NIGHT jock Seturday alarms of fire was sound Box 32 at the corner of Virginia = streets, apparatus to a fire on treet telephone for com ery unication, also, ATTORNEY OTTO ON VISIT TO CITY 30 torney electior row for M the 5 to, 3 station responded. The fire was his moth who will vi um, a pile of bruth which was ami. responded GRAND OPENING— OF KEY WEST'S NEWE: I AMERICAN NIGHT § ‘CLUB LA CONGA —Thursday, April 14th— American end Cuben Orchestras BIG FLOOR SHOW Special Attraction: NEW CUBAN RHUMBA TEAM First Appearance In Key West SEE OUR LINE OF KNOCKED-DOWN CYPRESS SCREEN WINDOWS AND DOORS WITHOUT HARDWARE. SOUTH FLORIDA <