The Key West Citizen Newspaper, April 27, 1938, Page 5

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 27, 1938. Proposed Air Freight Line Between Chicago And Tampa May Touch At Key West Shown To Be Excellent Opportunity For Send- REPORT ON OLD AGE. ASSISTANC ing Out Crawfish To’ Northern Points (Special to The Citizens TAMPA, Fla., April 27.—An- nouncement has just been made by the local Chamber of Com- merce of a new air freight be- tween Chicago and which it is proposed by the vice- president and general manager, Porter L. Goodrum, now on the ground, may be extended from here to Havana by way of Key West. Chief concern is not for pay-| loads of freight out of the North going to Florida points over-| night, but for the types of Florida freight which would be available on return trips to Northern cities. In this connection it is suggest- ed that the delicious crawfish caught in Key West waters, well as some types of fish now ordinarily shipped by truck, to- gether with turtles for strictly fresh turtle steak on Northern | dinner tables, would doubtless develop into a good-paying pro- position for fishermen,’ shippers | nd the air freight out of Key West. Mr. Goodrum stated that Flor- ida oysters, fish and_ especially shrimp would be a profitable part of their freight loads North. An organization known as the Aerofreight Corporation has been formed by interests in Nashville, ; Tenn., to inaugurate a line be- tween Chicago and Tampa, pos- sibly in September, and _ traffic representatives of the firm are now surveying the territory to be served with a view to contracts for carrying freight exclusively. Passenger air lines, it was said, have approved the proposal while tentative approval has been se- cured from the Interstate Com- merce Commission and the De- partment of Commerce. Proposed Stops this city, | as) SHOWS AMOUNT BEING EX- PENDED IN STATE OF FLORIDA (Special to The Citizen) JACKSONVILLE, Fla. April 27.—Public assistance in two ac- tive categories is now nearing the half-miiiion dollar monthly total jin Florida, according to announce- ment here today of Clayton C. Codrington, state welfare com- missioner April checks for Old Age As- sistance and Aid to the Blind will total $443,329, Codrington said. Of this sum, $428,572 will go to 28,337 persons receiving Old Age Assistance and $14,757 to 965 re- ;cipients of Aid to the Blind. The average grant for Old Age Assistance is $15.12 and for Aid to the Blind $15.29. Residents of Monroe County will receive $7,551 from Old Age | Assistance and Aid to the Blind. |A total of 439 persons will re- ceive $7,296 as Old Age Assist- ance and 17 persons will receive $255 as Aid to the Blind. ed the State. Welfare Board, some 33,000 persons will be granted Old Age Assistance be- fore the list of eligible applicants will be exhausted, while approxi- ; mately 1,500 will be granted Aid to the Blind. Legislative appro- priations- were based on a social security survey made by the for- mer State Board of Social Wel- fare which forecast a case load of 27,304 in the Old Age Assistance category and 1,280 in the Aid to the Blind category. freight carriers and work on them will begin immediately, it was isaid. * Florida Business Regarding possible business, Mr. Goodrum said the problem is According to estimates furnish- | | POCOOOOOOCEOLOS OOO HOOSOHSSSOOSHSOOOOOOUEDOOOD ROSILLO WAS 7 FAMOUS FLYER | Broke Propeller On Test INDIVIDUAL; HAD Domingo Rosillo was the first flyer to make the trip from the! city of Key West to the City of; Havana. The flight made {May 17, 1913. Two years before |John A. Douglas McCurdy had flown to within ten of Havana but dropped into the wat- ler and was rescued by a govern- ment vessel. Local impression that Agustin Parla made the flight before Rosillo is an error. Parla flew fram here three days after Rosillo’s flight and landed jin Mariel, which is beyond Ha-! | vana. was miles Rosillo’s flight was from Flag- | ler Field, which was situated where Oil Companies’ tanks now stand on the F. E. C. property. He, |was a short, chunky individual, 'smart, détermined and cool. He took everything as it was. If he broke his neck, well it was just a broken neck and nothing more | astounding. If he made his flight |—it was a successful flight and | nothing else. When he took off for | Cuba he did not circle the field as jis the custom nowadays. Gas was | precious then. He flew straight for Sand Key and local residents saw him turn at that point and head | directly for Havana. Key West} ; Was thickly populated at that time and a crowd of 6,000 saw, jhim take off. Rosillo’s plane was a new, dark- colored monoplane, and the flyer did all the work on it himself. ‘His navigating instruments were crude as was natural in those days. Rosillo had learned to fly in France, which was one of the best countries to learn in those | days. Map of his course for Ha- vana was secured from the com- mandant of the local naval sta- tion at that time. Local folk were amazed to sce the airplane, the sight being a rare one in those days. They saw McCurdy take off two years be- fore, and three days after Rosillo nosed his monoplane toward Ha- vana they saw Augustin Parla also leave Key West for the Pearl of the Antilles. Bronzed faces, used to watching the clean, | Plans call for freight planes to |the development of traffic out of | white sails of stout fishing and make stops at Evansville, Nashville, Atlanta and Jackson- ville. j cago the line already has been as- Rates for moving goods |Sured of sufficient business to traptions which Ind., | Florida for the North. From Chi-| wrecking craft saw with amaze- ment these bamboo and silk con- roared away would be one-third higher than | load southbound planes to capa-| down the field and soared off on existing railway express rates and only shipments of not less than 50 pounds would be han- dled. The 50-pound minimum has been agreed upon to avoid com- petition with air express services already operated. Here several days analyzing products for possible shipments to the North, Porter L. Goodrum, of Nashville, vice-president, and traffic manager for the proposed line, said Aerofreight would op- erate Douglas planes which are now in passenger service on va- rious airlines. He explained that passenger planes of entirely new design will go into service on several Eastern passenger lines during the Sum- mer, making present equipment absolete for pi nger service, al- though it will still be in excellent condition for freight service. A majority of these planes are not more than two years old. The Acrofreight Corporation already has arranged to take over several planes to be converted into LEWIS E (ALA Ad OA heb hd de ddddeddiddiddidd, Send A Business VOTE FOR . MOORE FOR CONGRESS city. | Mr. Goodrum j because overnight light express |service between Atlanta, Jack- sonville and Tampa and between Nashville, Evansville and Chi- ‘cago, already is available, there would be virtually no traffic ‘available on these two divisions The movement out of Chicago would be for points south of Nashville, and out of Florida for points north of Atlanta, The {freight planes would operate on an overnight schedule, leaving Chicago and Tampa early at night j with delivery of commodities at ‘each terminus early in the morn- ing explained that Possible Addition | As soon as possible, he con- tinued, Aerofreight proposes to establish a second line between New York and New Orleans which would intersect the Chi- cago line at Nashville, thus mak- ing it also possible to handle freight between New York and Tampa and between Chicago and New Orleans. (\(“4A4AALAAALAAAAAAAA AA A hd Fourth Congressional District Give Business A Voice Man To Congress the empty air. Many a wondering |look was observed. On a test flight Rosillo took up Dr. J. B. Maloney, the first Key Wester ever to take an airplane flight, and flew over the field with him. Coming down Rosillo nosed the plane over and broke his propeller. Unfazed, he waited three days for a new prop to be ese |fused to let him go |ficer in the Cuban Air Corps. lis torn and THE KEY WEST CITIZEN ~ ee Flight With Dr. Maloney eee NEW MONOPLANE Superintendent W. W. Demeritt e jof the Seventh Lighthouse Dis- | trict with headquarters in Key sent from Havana, screwed it on, West, has one of the most in- and then took off on his success-| teresting places in the city, and ful flight. |its attractive features are being added to by Mr. Demeritt and members of the force. Situated in the old Number 1 building of the navy there is am- ple room for a large display of Augustin Parla was the oppo-| site to Rosillo. He was tempes- | tuous and temperamental. When he was getting ready to take off! from South Beach, his mechanics |< _), ~ remonstrated with him and re- Reueares begoue, deve. Old style Ripping a| lights, wooden beacons, models of pistol out. of his waikt,.. Parla (foe, ore ee ERY Dice fiisateaed Acvalioot Ninaelt G24 | tures of ships which are extreme- seit If Ne | ly interesting to lovers of nautical was not allowed to fly. Thus con- | beauty especially. vinced, the mechanics got busy | si on the plane and soon had it in|, on; io" woe Teme interesting ex- ; | hibits in the “museum” is a mod- Parla ‘became a commissioned of |0,0f,t¢,,014 Mangrove, light- seem | house tender which was is service cea |during the Spanish-American McCurdy probably took the | Wat and captured the first prize greatest chance of all. His plane |@t the beginning of that short was an old style Wright model, | CoMflict. and looked more like a chicken, Today coop with a motor in it than any- thing else. The delicacy of its makeup caused many local per- sons to predict that he would never make it to Havana, andj sure enough the coop came down | on the-water ten miles short. | Fortunately a vessel was nearby | to make the rescue. the is superintendent Did you ever see a child die?) Oh, if you only could—if you jcould start but five minutes be- fore the call to the scene of the |tragedy where a little child’s life is passing out. But, picture the scene—a scence” enacted nearly 10,000 times each short year—think of it! Ten thousand boys and girls dying through someone's carelessness. A busy street! A passing car! A careless driver! A boy, just like your lad, carefree and hap- py! A ery—oh, God, look! You drop to his side. His curly head rests in your lap. His body bleeding, his eyes bright and questioning look into yours. He can’t understand why he is hurt. He had never been told. In a faint voice he whis- pers, “Mother”. | Your eyes are filled with tears and your heart overflows with pity. But it’s too late. The deed is done. The boy is dead. Par- ents, teach the children in their play to stay out of the streets/ Teach them by your own acts and words to cross the street at the crossing only, looking first to left and then to right. Teach them to save themselvse. Mr. Driver, pledge yourself that through no careless act of yours shall any child be made to suf- fer. SAFE AND SOUND | Stop and let the train go by, It hardly takes a minute, | Your car starts off again intact And better still you're in it. Boston Transcript BE THRIFTIER ! | Get a Genuine General Electric Refrigerator ; Triple: - y _— a TeFRIGERATOR uy @ When you buy Rear Electric you don ves _you invest! See the si 1938 models of sone frigerator that start at “gave wave. {2 Amer s all-Steel Cabinets Super-F sliding Shelves NewFast Freez ase tw that rele or a trayful ia 960 without remperacure at tox 28 Switch, gn onesee (SUPERINTENDENT DEMERITT HAS NUMEROUS RELICS DISPLAYED AT LIGHTHOUSE HEADQUARTERS HERE .ance wonaca exrecreo writing to the different districts for contributions to the exhibits, and yesterday received three photographs which depict scenes in the vicinity of the Boston, Mass., area. One of the pictures is of the Boston Lighthouse, which is the oldest in North America. It was built in 1716 and its history is an absorbing story\of those early days in America, which are ever a source of inspiration to the stu- dent and writer. Another is a picture of the lighthouse on Minots Ledge. Though it was taken in clear weather, as indicated by the skies and the waves, adverse currents and the location of the light, it is said, keep the structure con- tinually hidden by a veil of mist and spray, clearly indicated in the photograph. The last of the trio of photo- graphs depicts a scene of the is you ‘MUCH INTEREST OVER ELECTION TO VOTE IN ALL PARTS OF FLORIDA TAMPA, April 27 (FNS).—For the first time since the national election of 1936, the voters of decks and superstructure of a vessel, the hull, and part of the deck area appearing as though submerged and sinking. It is a scene which would strike terror to the hearts of the uninitiated, and yet is the usual conditions which are found where the lightship at Nantucket is an- chored. Mr. Demeritt said yesterds that he is having the three photo- graphs framed to be added to the collection, and has written to the other districts requesting that scenes which will prove of inter- sent to be placed in the est, be collection in this district. TO PAGE FIVE | Florida will have an opportunity in the May primaries to express their desires in governmental ac- tivities and to approve or disap- prove of proposed policies. The repeal of the poll tax re- quirement for voting and the great interest aroused in the Unit- ed States senatorial campaign, as well as numerous hot local con- tests, have combined to pile up the greatest total registrations in the political history of the state. However, all candidates, demo- cratic organizations, and civic clubs, are appealing to the voters to get out and vote. National leaders are especially interested in knowing what the voters of proposed national trends, Pre- sident Roosevelt’s pump priming plan, increased WPA allotments, and for that reason the vote in May will be eagerly watched and will have far reaching results in national legislation. Every citizen owes it to his country and to own interest to express his opin- ion by his vote at the poll. An awning has been perfected that is operated by a photoelectric cell. It raises and lowers itself according to whether the weather is cloudy or bright THE KEY WEST CITIZEN THE DEATH OF A CHILD | INVITES SEE eHUMOROUS eFASCINATING @ NEW ano DIFFERENT TALKING MOTION PICTURE COOKING SCHOOL AT THE Sealed-in-Stee} TRIPLE-THRIFT UNIT with Oil Cooling Save ALL Ways! Check the multiple sav. ‘ ings of the new General Electric! Look at the price tags, compare values! Aad we believe you will Choose a General Electric’ FREE ADMISSION PALA AB Tomorrow and DAIL TWO 5 M CE THEATER DA Ys Friday ‘ GRAND PRIZE DRAWING FRIDAY A cordial invitation is extended to every woman in this community to see in My Kitchen,” the Hollywood production, featurir actors and actresses, that combines cookery instruct amusement. It is the most interesting and fasgnat ga a b Star ver of well-known » entertainment and g presentation of cooking methods ever devised for the home-maker. You wiil be able to see all and hear all. YOU WILL BE ABLE TO SEE ALL--HEAR ALL