The Key West Citizen Newspaper, April 20, 1938, Page 1

Associated Press Day Wire Service For 58 Years Devoted to the Best Interest§ of Key West pat Key West, Florida, has the most equable climate in the country; with an average range of only 14° Fahrenheit Citizen Che Kry VOLUME LIX. No. 94. THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN THE U. S.A. KEY WEST, FLORIDA, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 20, 1938. ! ‘Local Rotarians Plan To Be MAY YET. G0 Ti SUPREME’ | PRICE FIVE CENTS ye Discovered i Robbing Mails By Inspectors NEW ORDINANCE PI DIMI DMI ID Bond Over To U. S. Grand At Conference This Week (Rotary News Bureau) States and Canada this spring, POSSIBLY, *. 1 | |CHIEF “ENGINEER OF OVER- Addresses Service Club; P&O DOES NOT Club Votes To Pay $30 Of Telephone Bills For Art Gallery PLAN TO RUN FERRIES HERE |RUMOR THAT AUTOMOBILE the Overseas | | | | Characterizing Highway as the greatest single asset to South Florida, H. E. Day, auditor with the Overseas Road and Toll Bridge District, in an) AOGECSS be Task spt s last told of engineering and ELEVATORS ARE TO BE IN-| STALLED IN SS. CUBA! FALSE | Paul J. Saunders, president of! the Peninsular and Occidéntal Steamship Company, headquatt: ers_at Jacksonville, advises The OCALA, Fla., April 20.—Plans and thirty-nine in countries ou . | side North America. Total at- a ae ar idly completed by | tendance at all these district con- | je oe Club at Ocala, the city | ferences of Rotary International | | itself, and other civic groups for jis expected to exceed 60,000 per- | |the entertainment of Rotarians' sons, as they are the most im-| SEAS BRIDGE COMMISSION SCHEDULED TO TALK IN JACKSONVILLE MAY BE DRAWN: ISSUE p- . X BEARS ON RECENT coun viet Pee ai ‘onight | Jury Under $2,000 | Bond; Had Been Steal- DECISION | ———_ | Mass meeting 8 o'clock to- other aitticulties im ih. hop of the bi ‘ the bridges“ > railw Perch bridges have ever been converted into high- ways”, Mr. Day said. “This meant that we had to branch out in a new field. The bridges, besides, had to be designed to suffer a minimum of damage during hur- ricanes. Well, we drew up plans in spite of these obstacles for a $4,400,000 fund which the PWA was to furnish us. Then we learned that $800,000, which was to be an outright grant was not available at that period. This was just one of the many ob- stacles the engineers hurdled. They revised their plans in a quick huddle, submitted them to Washington, and they were ap- proved then finally.” Pointing out that the bitumin- ous retread material in the center of the bridges. is noticed by motorists but that its purpose Citizen that the company is’ not contemplating ferry service be-! {tween this port and Havana Rumors in the city that the S.S. Cuba will be fitted out with a |Special elevator to use in loading | } automobiles when the ship dry-! docks at Newport News May 2! B. M. Duncan, chief engineer of the Overseas Road and Toll |Bridge District, is scheduled to be one of the speakers at the Spring meeting of the American wil! begin its sessions tomorrow | morning at 9 o’clock in Jackson- | ville. The subject of Mr. Duncan’s paper will be on the “Conversion of Florida Overseas Railroad Into A Highway”, and as ‘the highway and its recent completion is one of the matters most discussed in all sections of the United States and in different parts of the world, it promises to be the out- standing talk at the session. It is worthy of note that al- though the American Society of Civil Engineers was organized in 1852, the meeting tomorrow will probably originated from the fact that davits in accordance with} new Federal Regulations are to: be installed, Mr. Saunders said. | The only other work to be done on the S.S. Cuba is the regular | scraping and paniting, the presi- dent advised, S.S. Cuba will resume her regular scheduled run between | Port Tampa, Key West and Ha-| vana with first sailing from Port! Tampa June 1. No change is an-| ticipated in fares, schedules, etc. “The information with refer-| ence to fitting the ship up for| ferry purposes is news to this of-' fice”, Mr. Saunders concluded. |be the first ever held in Florida. Mr. Duncan will exhibit colored lantern slides at the meet. He was accompanied by A. L. West, engineer. COURT CLERKS NAME OFFICERS OCALA SELECTED AS NEXT MEETING PLACE OF ORGANIZATION Society of Civil Engineers, which | ; 167th district of Rotary Interna-| tional at the annual district con-| |ference, which will be held here} Sunday, Monday and Tuesday. ing the year in each district. local Rotarians trip, Sebastian A number of ie make the | Cabrera, chai jthe district. and a number of| prominent Rotarians from other! —~ | parts of the country are expected | ito attend the conference. A talk by Bruce Williams, -of Joplin, Missouri, first vice- dent of Rotary International} the conference, will be' one 4 |features on the program. “Rolarid Horton of Lake Worth, Fla; ‘dis- | | trict governor of the 167th for'the | Department, who are attending lyear, will preside at the program | the convention of Florida State sessions of the conference. : | Firemen in Fort Lauderdale, are | One of the important matters | expected to return this evening. |to come before the conference is| ‘ The group of locals left Sunday | the selection of a jnominee for | morning, and included were: | district governor for the coming; Chief Harry M. Baker, Captain j year to succeed Governor Horton.!| Milton Roberts, Theodore Albury, The conference nominee for | Cleveland Dillon, John Lord, Le- | district governor will be formally | roy Roberts, Roy Fulford and |ratified by the convention of Ro-| William Roberts. | tary International to be held in San Francisco, California, June} 19-24, 1938, and the new gover- | a | nor will take office July 1. The} Clinton, lowa—Commandeering jPerson chosen to this position, in| a tractor to aid him, Dr. W. H. his capacity of district governor, | Pressnel, of .Charlotte, made a is the official representative of | rush trip here with Mrs. Ambrose Rotary International in the 167th | Spain, beating the stork by a good district. jnine hours. The tractor pulled Seventy-three such gatherings the doctor's automobile through are being held in the United the snow-blocked roads. ARE ‘SACOMING BACK TRACTOR BEATS STORK from the 61 Rotary Clubs in the Port gatherings of Rotarians dur- | 2 irman of the Con-;| Delegates from every club in ference committee here, announc- | | Decision of Judge Arthur | Gomez, of circuit court, that the} ordinance relative to the collec-j| tion of trash and garbage, is in-! vaiid, has created a great deal of | |interest among the citizens as| well as official circles. | The decision which was handed | {down Monday morning at once} | excited the minds of officials and | | immediately a'cmovement was! night at the La Concha Hotel of civic and fraternal organi- zations in the city for the purpose of organizing a Cen- tral Committee to celebrate formal opening of the Over- seas Highway has been called by John Costar, Overseas Commissioners chairman. Everyone is invited to at- terid:the meeting, Mr. Costar saidjvand added that he has beenvendeavoring all day tomy contact as many organization- al heads as possible. Members of the Key West Fire | -| Mayor Willard M. Albury told| |started to’ dovone of two things. | Enact another ordinance or carry | | the matter to-the supreme court | | of Florida. | There are certain interested | persons who believe that mation of a new ordinance cover- | ing the question in detail will be; effective, and others who are of! the opinion that it will be advis- | able to carry the matter to the! supreme court. UNDER ARRES Up to this afternoon it was said | —_—_ ‘that no decisive line of action | had been decided upon, but there | DEFENDANT IN JAIL UNDER CHARGE OF RECK- | was a possibility of the case being LESS DRIVING Date of the celebration and appointment of a General Chairman will probably be determined at the meet. | carried to the supreme court, and The Citizen that he had learned | | that Robert Lewis, one of the; partners to whom the city had; Edward Robinson is in the granted the right to handle the} tai Set, trash and garbage situation, in- county jail of Monroe, awaiting ! tended to take the matter to the} trial in criminal court on a charge | supreme court. |of recklessly driving an automo- , bile on the Overseas Highway. the for- |W OP PI IOD Ss I Pe, ing For Year James Henderson, colored la- | borer of the Post Office here, | who lives at 226 Angela street, {was found early this morning rehended and at-eleven o'clock | pleaded guilty befote U. 5. Com- | missioner C. Rodney-Gwynn. He | was placed under $2,000 bond and | bela for action by the Federal Grand Jury. When captured, Henderson ad- mitted his guilt and confessed to stealing over a period of three months and said that he would | be willing to make restitution | from $200 to $250. The inspectors said he had probably been stealing over @ year. | U.S. P. O. Inspectors J. A. Mill- jer and G. W. Mathews from At- ‘Janta came here secretly early [this morning after many com- | plaints had been sent their de- | partment, set a trap for Hender- | son and caught him red-handed }opening a “test” letter. Taking up their post in a secret is hardly known anywhere, Mr. HOLLYWOOD BEACH, April Day said this. was part of the ex- tensive planning for -preventing mueh damage-to the bridges dur- ing hurricanes. Hurricane Protection | “On either side of this retread | material are reinforced concrete | slabs, which are heavily anchored | into the viaducts. Below these | slabs are 9 inch slits. The slits| are to increase the space through which hurricane winds can pass | besides going through regular | openings in the arches. If the (Special to The Citizen) wind does increase far beyond; MIAMI, April 20.—Payment of, most hurricanes and the waves|claims for lump-sums under the get higher or if there are other! Federal Old-Age Insurance plan factors in a future hurricane of the Social Security Act in which will make it extremely | Florida increased to an average of damaging then the first construc- | $31.27 in March, while the nation- tion to break away will probably | al average rose to $38.29, R. B. be portions of the concrete slabs. | Donaldson, manager of the Miami This will leave the central part of | Field Office, Bureau of Old-Age the bridge traversable, and re- | Insurance, announced today. pair can be made much faster; “Payments amounting to $3,- than if whole sections of the | 425,234.44 to pay 114,927 claims bridges were wiped out. | throughout the country have been The bridges are from 15-30 | certified since the plan became feet from the water on the con-| effective”, Mr. Donaldson said. crete areh construction: ‘The deck | “March payments totaled $836,- plate girder e$ ane about 30 | 367 87. feet trom she waterped there is! “A total of 21,858 claims were a third type of ralltoad, bridge paid during March. Of this num: over which the highway was run,| por 998 were from - Florida @ ttuss structure which in the! amounting to $7,128.49. Of thé! Bahia Honda Bridge is about 60 | total number certified, more than foot trom Whe water. a bridge it /58 Percent—12,700—were filed by was pro} 4 (1) to cut ace close relatives or representatives | Superstructure and run road over agg Mareen she parmients ro bed <2) wako 2 one way made to such claimants, as well Lover the top and another be- | 55 to those who had filed claims SHOWN LUMP SUM CLAIMS IN FLORIDA AVERAGE $31.27 i k _ Political Periscope — WOeeceeddnoscnoesccensscedéncoocsosocces (This is the second of a se- 20 (FNS).—The Florida Clerks Asscoiation, meeting * e T last ‘RENEDO CASE The offender came under the | outlook in the Post Office build- watchful eyes of Deputy. _Stveritt ing, Mr. Miller and Mr, Mathews. . {Rex McLeod, recently appoisited, awaited Henderson's arival. The by Sheriff K. O. Thompson, who| colored employe came into the Hollywood Beach Hotel week, elected Clarence M. Day AGE INSURANCE | lof Orlando as president; E. R./ Bennett, Ft. Lauderdale, vice dent; Jack K. Meeks, Bron- secretary, and W. A. Wil- presi son, liams of Palatka, treasurer. Ocala was selected as next year’s convention city. HUGHES FAMILY DEPARTED TODA Leo Hughes, former manager of the Over Sea Hotel, Mrs. Hughes and son and daughter, |Allan and Miss Katherine, left; Moore, also of Ft. Lauderdale. over the highway today for Mi- ami, enroute to Trenton, N. J., and after a brief visit there will proceed to Athol, Massachusetts, where Mr. Hughes will manage a summer hotel. This morning on the early bus, other members of the: family who left for the north were: Mr. and Mrs. Leo Hughes, Jr., and their little son, Leo, III, who will travel leisurely to the home in Trenton. Mr. Hughes said that the sea- son had been wonderfully suc- essful, and he looks forward to great changes in Key West to greet the family on their return next fall. of influential résidents:, ‘Williams stated he would carry.Dade:coun- | ty and said be needed only’a part the men and the issues the current political’ cam- paign. The views are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the editor.) ries of articles dealing with | | jnorthern end of the ‘district. | Aware Mayor Williams had been By OBSERVER involved in an unfortunate’ grand The people of Monroe county ioe taking a rather deep interest | formed the Miamian they already ese the congressional campaign. ' had committed themselves to oth- They have seen and met at least er candidates. |four of the candidates, H. H. Fil- Ae oe arse in the ee { ‘+ h ‘ < county heat o! ie congressiona ee ee a | race appears to be Dwight Rogers Lauderdale; Mayor Robert R. of Ft. Lauderdale. As a member Williams of Miami, and Lewis E.' of the state legislature, Rogers oe _ |truthfully proclaims he is the ; At the moment of writing, Fil-| father of the Florida Homestead er seems to have considerable Exemption Act, giving house- support. He was born in Key/holders a $5,000 exemption _ on | West and Key Westers usually | their properties. This fact is hav- are receptive to their native sons. | ing its effect among the rank and | However, Filer has not been @ file of voters throughout the resident of Key West for years county.: Those Rogers has con- | , Keys 3 the; ave. been im- fact does not seem to make much arcana Roget sincerity of difference. His nativity, there-;pyrppsejand his past record of fore, assures him of a degree of achievement. baer : None of the other candidates iler has some strong opposi- seems to stand much chance of tion. His opponents are not over- polling any substantial vote in looking any opportunity of break- this county. Lewis E. Moore is | ing down the feeling of loyalty to picking up a few votes and may }a@ native son. At opportune increase his strength as the cam- | times these enemies are recalling paign develops. |friends and ‘contacted a number | lof the Monroe county ‘vote ' to | | counterbalance. opposition in the | \jury investigation in Dade coun-! ; ty, the Monroe county leaders in-' low (3) hang one way roads on to old residents that Filer headed, While some concede Filer will either side sf the bridge (4) finally, run a two way road over the top of the superstructure, which has been done. The bridge is the same height and type as the | St. John’s River bridge at Jack- sonville, and local fears that it would not be safe were con- sidered with some amusement by Overseas engineers. In Channel Number 5 draw- bridge, which was too high, por- tions of the counter weights were cut off and lowered six feet, then a steel floor system added so that wind resistance would be less when the draw is open. It would always be opened against the wind as S. E. is the prevailing wind there. Big Job Ahead The famous “swing span” draw- bridge which is of the truss type was found to be too narrow. The engineers split it open and pushed it apart to the required width. “The District is just completing , a big job”. Mr. Day concluded, “but such clubs as the Service Club have bigger jobs ahead of them in promoting civic and (Continued on Page Six) OUR GALVANIZED because they had reached the age ‘of 65, represented 3% percent of the total wages received from cov- tered employment as defined in the Social Security Act. “The highest claim certified for | payment in March—for $549.50— was filed in New York, by a man who had reached age 65 and who had worked simultaneously for several employers”. WINDOW FALLS ON MAN Manchester, England While looking into a store window, Sid- i ney Farre! had thesunpleasant cx perience of being hit-on the head by another window. whith “felt from the third: fleor af the ‘build Jing. It has been acckdentatly dis- lodged by a man who was c ing it. Farrel! received cuts on the head. —FRANK SABINI'S— CLUB LA CONGA Key West's Modernized Latin- American Rendervous. Prices the same as at every other night club. || No Admission or Cover Charge At Any Time | ! | ; } ; | | - had been on other excursions. during the boom days, a Miami receive a plurality vote in Mon- bond firm which disposed of a roe and that Rogers will run a | large volume of securities in Key | close second, there are signs on FISHING TRIP ¥= that later turned out to be the horizon indicating that Rog- jexceedingly sour. Many local in-| ers is steadily gaining strength | Vestors are alleging they lost sub- It would be foolish at this time to Mr. and Mrs. R. G. Albury, Mr. Stantial sums through the pur- state Rogers will receive a larger and Mrs. H. E. Adams and Abbie; Chase of these securities. A dis- vote than Filer, but it does not Burts, who had been fishing in| iUlusioned investor has a long appear to be beyond the range of the waters adjacent to Tortugas,)™emory. How effective anti-Fil- possibility reported wher, they returned |¢T campaign will be only time righ aegeNS yosterday that high winds and /¢@n prove. (In Saturday's issue of The fhigh waters’ pobbed them of, Mayor Williams of Miami has Key West Citizen, the Ob- much sport - not made much headway in the server will present a discus- The party came to Key West enlistment of local support. He sion of the contests for siate about 10 days ago uponen- | came down to Key West a few senator and state represen- joying the “ne ee & ey had | days ago with a small coterie of tative.) had on former sits, ind | ————— although theyys stghe fish, the catch was nd large as it RETURN FROM RESTAURANT FOUR TEN FLEMING STREET All of the party, while here, were guests of Mr. and Mrs. De- meritt, Mr. Albury is a brother of the latter Sea Foods and Clear Green Turtle Soup BREAKFAST—A LA CARTE LUNCHEON —75Sc DINNERS FROM $1.00 ALSO—LATE SUPPERS AND SANDWICHES LIQUOR. BEER and WINES ARRIVED WAY LATE WICKFORD, R. L—Mrs. Fred- , erick Lewis of this city recently received a post card that was mailed to her by Mrs. Richard Barkiey on February 14. 1905. IS CONTINUED CIRCUIT COURT CONVENE | “PODAY AND ADJOURNED UNTIL TOMORROW Hearing in the case of the dam- age suit of Helio Renedo against the Atlantic Mutual Insurance Company, of Savannah, Ga., an- nounced damages claimed being $4,500, was this morning con- tinued for the term by Judge Ar- thur Gomez, in circuit court. Present at the session, which convened at 10 o'clock, were the presiding judge, attorneys of both sides of the issue, all officers of the court, and the jury. When the case was called, attorneys for the plaintiff announced the ill- ness of .Mr. Renedo, and asked for a contimuance. Tt was then. announced from the bench timat the ejectment suit of Dodderidge Russell against C L. Craig and wife, Grace Craig would be ,heards|at tomorro session, and a re was order ed until that time. FRED WAGNER ARRIVES HERE Frederick Wagner, owner of the yacht Paula Louise, usually spends the winters at Key West and keeps his yacht in the yacht basin. This year he spent the winter at Jamaica, and has arriv- ed in Key West where he will stay for several months. Mr. Wagner comes on this visit, the Mar-; in a smaller vessel, quesas, and is accompanied by his private secretary, Miss Inez Fes- ABSENTEE VOTING HERE VERY SLOW Compared to previous years balloting this year of 1938 is exceedingly slow. Queries at the office of County Judge Raymond R. Lord this morning as to the number cast so far, brought the answer, 13 The first ballot cast in the present balloting was that of Mrs. Jane 1. Smith, widow of the late Josh Smith, at 1012 Fleming street. GARBAGE CANS ARE LEAK-PROOF—SEE THE SELECTIONS AT SOUTH FLORIDA CONTR. AND ENG. D } , placed him under arrest and took him before Judge E. R. Lowe, at | Tavernier. After he had heard the evi- dence in the matter, the judge announced his finding sufficient cause for holding the accused for trial and ordered him held under bond of $50 for his appearance at the next term of criminal court. The accused was brought to the city by Deputy McLeod and plac- ed in the county jail. DEPUTIES FOR ELECTION NAMED Deputy sheriffs who will act in special capacity on election day, May 3, were this morning an- nounced by Sheriff K. O. Thomp- son, as follows: For the general deputy who will makerregular visits to all the poll§ in: Key West throughout the day, Sheriff Thompson his selected’ Mervin Thompson, who” Werson has been'a resident o is thoroughly familiar with thé duties, having served in like ca- pacity on other occasions. For assignments to the other offices the following were nam ed Fred M. Page, precinct 1; Ulric Gwynn, precinct 2; Charles C Curtis, precinct 3; Reggie Griffin, precinct 4; Charles L. Albury, precict 5: Herman L. Roberts, precinct 6; Miguel Carmona, pre cinct 7; W. A. Parrish, precinct 3; Lenoy Russell, precinct 9; C. O. Garrett, precinct 10. LIGHT TENDER RETURNS HERE Returning to port yesterday Was the lighthouse Tender Ivy; with injury to her propelier'und possibly the propeller aliaft; caused by striking some submeetg- ed object, while working on the west coast Superintendent William W. De- meritt said that the tender is to be taken out on drydock for necessary examination amd to de- termine if other injuries, than those discernible while the vessel is im the water, have been sus- tained It was learned that the vessel can not be accommodated in the dock until Thursday, when the Post Office at 4 a. m., two hours before he was scheduled to go on {dutysand later said that he open- ed an outgoing mail pouch even while entering the building. He then went to a mail draw which was previously found to be part- ly open and returned the key to it. Mr. \Mitter dropped to the floor and went into the lobby of the building, while Mr, Mathews re- , mained at the observing post. Mr Miller mailed a letter and then returned to the secret lookout The two inspectors saw Hender- son go after that letter, which made a metallic sound “when dropped into the box from $2.50 in it, “like a chicken after chick enfeed”, they said. Mathews then dashed out into the lobby of the building where. Henderson was retiring and there apprehended him. Hi ai; later given into: eusthay pH ty Marshall Ray ‘Btis}i and ‘to, Born. in Atlanta, Georgia, Men: my West for 25 years. Local postal officials were greatly instrumental in tendering information which led to the cap- ture, the inspectors stated today. All those who have lost money through the mails are asked to send in complaints to Postmaster Sam Harris, which must include affidavits of the individual lor tendered both by the sender and addressee. These affidavits will then be sent to Washington, and although restitution is not guar- antecd, since special delivery let- ters carry no guarantee, the gov- ernment will do all in its power to make payment. GIVES CAN OPENER Princess Anne, Md.—J. Millard Tawes, Court Clerk, presents prospective brides and brides- grooms with a can opener when he issues them « license. He ex- plains his action by ssying “When 1 issue the license, I include a can opener with my compliments It serves two purposes—fizat to make home life a lot easier for the bride, and second, to keep the bridegroom from starving to death” full extent of the injuries will be) determined and repaired. COMPANY. PHONE 598, TODAY