The Key West Citizen Newspaper, May 3, 1938, Page 1

Associated Press Day Wire Service For 58 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West Che Key West Citizen THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN THE U.S. A. VOLUME LIX. No. 105. KEY WEST, FLORIDA, Recor | State In T Over Brown’s Farm Precinct - °°" a@°a@ym’ oporhacbead Counts Total V p| APPRECIATIVE OF ee elt See St > COUT EST Sonn 19; Gives Wilcox 17) ae Miss Elsie Balla, registered And Pepper 2 nurse from Michigan, was a visitor in Key West last week, Nereis returned home in company with three companions after a very pleasant visit. Ina let- | ter to S. C. Singleton, Secre- | (By Associated Press) i MIAMI, Fla., May 3.—! TO 2:30 SHOWS TOTAL OF 2,102 TOTAL QUALIFIED FOR TO- DAY'S ELECTION SHOWN TO BE 5,242; NO DISORDERS TUESDAY, MAY 3, 1938. LAKE WORTH CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, DENIES KNOCKING KEY WEST; REPLIES | ‘TO LETTER SENT BY LOCAL CHAMBER, | “There are only a few pinheads | | and nitwits up on the mainland | who put their spare time; ‘knocking Key West”, said S. C.| ‘Singleton, secretary of the local of Commerce, _ this, ‘morning. “We pay too much at-_ tention to them and not enough to the great majority of sensible jpeople who fully appreciate the fact that Key West’s comeback means more business for all of Florida. in | Chamber sore because they feel they were cheated out of a pleasant time. | “Please note that the toll on the | road is $1 per car and driver,! wenty-five cents for each passen- ; ger; that the 170 miles from Mi-; ami to Key West is made com- | fortably in less than four hours. That we have plenty to eat, ex- cellent drinking water, and while our leading hotels fill up over week-ends, there are plenty of rooms to be had at moderate | prices. If you have made the statements attributed to you, it is Key West, Florida, has the most equable climate in the country; with an average range of only 14° Fahrenheit PRICE FIVE CENTS Labor Department ‘Determines Wage Rates ‘In At Key West Marine Hospital S sin ps) Number Of ‘Winter’s Really posed Work |Procurement Division To Make Call For Bids Weeks Deals Recorded This Wee Within Next Several “The Citizen recently published | probably cur fault for not keep- | a story about Lake Worth advis-! ing you posted, but the rush down} ing tourists not to come to Key here “has found ‘us short-handed | FJg rida Emergency Relief OOOO I LIS IGA, tary of the Chamber of Com- merce, written from Miami, Miss Balla wrote: Reports from the state’s 1,- AT POLLS By PAUL) MAY 376 precincts indicated a/ West, and. we promptly asked}and: we-have not corresponded as | record vote being cast in the | “One vweek ago four young . . , | ladiesedrove to Key West on Democratic Primary which! more‘or less of a siaht seeing i i‘ ion | touraOn behalf of the others >} pe nercasl attenten | and myself I wish to acknow- ~{ because of pro and anti| legde the courtesy with which © | Roosevelt issues. | we wi received and the | . time we had. } “One of your gallant and | courteous citizens took us un- | der his wing and showed us around to the various places of entertainment. The friend- ly atmosphere left us favor- | ably impressed and we shall carry back to Michigan. a good word for the city and its friendliness.” Dh hh hnhadk hei el TRANSPORTATION MATTER CLEARED M., although time changes! UP BY LETTER: with locality, One small Palm Beach|SUBJECT DEALS WITH PRO-| POSALS FOR SUPPLYING! TRANSPORTATION FACILI- Farm in the Everglades got; TIES IN KEY WEST Se eal mentet me st SE aieaiainiAB ater the jump on the rest of th<"""9. H. White. general superin- . tendent of the Miami Beach Rail- state and reported its total beste Coaruany/cwiites The Citten vote by midmorning. The 19| that the railway company, is in )no wav interested, either directly or indirectly, in discussing or making proposals for supplying transportation facilities in Key West. At a recent meeting of the City Council, C. H. Stief. Jr., superin- tendent of transportation for the . * + | Miami Beach Railway. appeared machines are being used in) jofore the body to discuss Dade, Duval and_ Hills-| matter, but his action was pure- 3 . jly personal and in no way con- borough counties and experi-! nected with the company, writes Mr. White. “So there may be no misunder i standing,” I am writing this let | ter, and would aprpeciate your correcting whenever possible the lerroneous impression that now seems to exist,” Mr, White con clude Copies of the letter have been sent, it is shown, to the city coun | cil, and correspondents of Miami papers-in Key West. Warm, mostly clear wea- | ther greeted 400,000 voters expected to vote on senator, three three supreme court justices, two 19} state senators, 95 represen- congressmen, railroad commissioners, tatives and various county officials. 8 A. M. and will close at sun- | down, The polls opened approximately 7 P. County precinct at Brown’s | voters gave Wilcox 17 votes for Senator. Pepper received ‘the other two. Long lines of voters wait- ed at most precincts. Voting | mentally in a few precints elsewhere. ZONING BOARD HOLDS SESSION APPLICANTS REQUEST IN- FORMATION RELATIVE To | 7 MPA A. BUILDING! CODE MOTORCYCLE CLUB va ade ENJOYS STAY HERE “If I was not already sold on the name Key West Over- sea Highway.” said Secretary S. C. Singleton at the office of the Chamber of Commerce, "I would be inclined to call it the road of Good Will.” "It seems” said the secre- tary. “to be a viaduct for a steady stream of friendliness and good will to Key West. Evidence of this attitude is re- flected in this letter from the Miami Chamber of Com- merce, signed John L. Morris, general manager.” The secretary then handed The Citizen the following: #@idressed to “Dear Steve Chub, reperttig To the. onthe” The zoning board met last night, with W. B. Kirke, chair- man, presiding. ! Applications were reteived from different persons who pro- pose to erect structures in which they sought information relative to the building cod Plans were discussed in connec- tion with the type of buildings and other regulations to be fol- towed in conformity to the new building code to be adopted. The board conferred with May- er Willard M. Albury and Fire Chief Harry M. Baker, building inspector, relative to the matter. Other members of the board present last night, besides Mr. Kirke, were: Fred Wolfe, Jack Long and Franklin Albert. \‘Bhe other members are B. Curry Moreno, Chas. H. Ketehare and sutcess of Whe visitiof the tub Fred Dion resti qos bird to: Key West Sunday. gle de- —— sctibed the elaborate recep- tion gnd entertainment ac- corded them in the most glowing terms. “I certainly appreciate this interest in Miami people which is being manifested by Make Your Reservations — NOW——FOR THE Mothers’ and Daughters’ Luncheon—of this Canvass of the separate polls in the: seven precincts of the elicited the information that a to- tal of 2,102 votes had been cast at 2:30 o’clock, and there had not been the slightest sign of disor- der in any of the polls. Votes cast up to the hour were: Precinct Votes Qualified 154 287 189 414 251 635 351 788 296 812 427 1,244 434 1,062 Totals— 2,102 5,242 At every poll the question was asked if there had been any signs of disorder, or any act on the part of any individual which called for the attention of an officer and the answer was, in each instance, in the negative. There seems to be a desire to have nothing occur which would deem the presence of a police of- ficer or deputy sheriff necessary, ‘and up to the hour this report was | made, no overt act had been com- mitted to disturb the quictude of the day. SCOUTS DISCUSSED _ IMPORTANT PLANS ‘Troop 5, Boy Scouts of America, held a very enthusiastic meeting last night with 23 members of the | troop present at the gathering place in Wesley House. sion was opened by Senior Patrol i Leader Ray Perez, and the meet- ing was conducted by Assistant Scoutmaster Dick Hernandez. Pledge of allegiance to the flag was recited in unison, followed by the scout laws and the Lord’s Pray A reading from the Bible was given by Scout Eugene Berkowitz. Paul Esquinaldo was reinstated and Robert Malone way elected a new member. Plans for a dance in the near future w and also a play, preferably one pertaining to scout’ activities. This is to be staged at an early date |. Plans for an overnight hike on "the 13th were perfected A diamondball game was pro posed between the two troops of boy scouts, the contest to played within the week The meeting was favored by the presence of Wm. Moehrkea for assistant scoutmaster, who gave an interesting talk of the good times he enjoyed with the troop George Lowe was declared win ner in the milk bottle contest, with Arturo Lujan, Jr., second. The meeting wasdismissed by the singing of “Taps” and reciting of the Great Scoutmaster’s Bene- diction. ON RESIDENCE Doctor A. M. Mor, president of Florida State Asso- ciation of Chiropractors, has tak- en a one-year lease on the Wil liams residence at 512 Simontor street, and will occupy the home about June I e discusses be y Key West Woman’s Club to be held Saturday. May 7th -at 1:00 P. M. at Public Library Phone 89 For Reservations Price 7Se you and the other citizens of Key West. “The motorcycle boys want to lead the motorcade down to Key West. and they will be sorely disapointed if this opportunity does not come about.” Dr. Morgan has for a number of years been making his home in Avon Park, and is active as commander in the Sixth District, [ American Legion. Mrs. Morgan will accompany the doctor on his arrival. She has been an active member of the Parent-Teacher PRD MDD DADAMS sscia0n of Avon Park Lake Worth, ‘how come?’ ' ‘The? answer is typical of our ‘corre+! spondence with organizations) | throughout the state”. In his letter to the Lake Worth’? Chamber of Commerce, Secre-/ tary Singleton wrote: “This a great country for funny stories. There was the lad in Alaska who wanted to know if it was true that the bridges were wide enough for only one ‘car, and if so— “There was an anxious inquirer | in California who wanted to know if the toll was 30 or 40 dollars. “We can stand that. We have ja heap of charity for the un- fortunates who live outside of; ,Florida. We are even tenderly! considerate of those who abide on the mainland. “But there being two sides to every story, how about this one, relayed to us by Mr. Roberts, who runs the Roberts House in a man- ner that does Key West credit? “He tells that a party, some of whom live in Lake Worth, state that they planned to come to Key , West before Easter, but were ad- ‘vised in your-seffice-net to come ‘because they could not get any- thing to eat, neither could they get a place to stay. Naturally, they postponed coming, but, con- tinuing to hear about Key West, decided to come anyhow. Also, | quite naturally, they are pleased, expect to come again and are thich “as ‘we should=havedone. | May'l hear from you?” Walter R. Kimmel, secretary of the Lake’ Worth “Chamber of Commerce, in: reply sent the fol- lowing letter to Mr. Singleton: “Your most gracious letter re- ceived. We agree that this is a great courtry for funny stories, but we are grateful that we are not gullible. “We are also thankful for a {good sense of humor and a good knowledge of human nature found in the traveling public. | True, there are two sides to the! story you reported. And our side is that the story did not originate in the Chamber of Commerce of- fice. “We are grateful for the in- formation you sent us, but we had already learned the details from) other sources. We lack informa- tion about Key West. We have no booklets of any description. |Our knowledge of Key West is very scant. “We stand ready to cooperate | with you and we are endeavor-! ing to sell Florida, and especially | tke SouthernSettion 6f. Florida, to Northern Visitors as well as Lake Worth in particular. H “I hope to be able to make a trip to your fair and historic city and learn something first hand. | “Anything we can do at thi end of the line for you, please | advise”. TR The ses-! eee o* LANDS SEVEN-FOOT One of the “big sailfish” caught this on was landed yesterday from Raul Vasquez’ charter boat, “Barbara”, William) M. Hancock when Eugene J) Foun-: vice. president of ‘Trust ». Company, foughk a sevens; dive pand . whiter, 4s for 50 mine finally boated it struck, it had supposedly Captain tain, the Trenton, foot executive Trenton No six-lygh weighing 86. pounc utes before he When the big turning after killed the bait with its long bill the good old macked into the line with Mr sail re > as i; sailfish cus- tom, it such force tha Fountain, a n with plenty jerked upright 205-pound gentl of from his seat! muscle, was Then began the battle in the blue waters of the Gulf Stream Streaking outgin furious charges the long, sleck gamester ‘jumped at least ten times and was in the air nearly nine feet from the wa- ter on some of the leaps. Vicious- ly pulled from one side of the launch to the rushes, Mr. Fountain finally be- gan get the best of the Gulf Stream rover. Then began the | Auerbach’s UST COMPANY VICE PRESIDENT | Southard streets to Claude Salis.'on both research and education Opening Strike Jerks 205 Pound New Jerseyan Upright) Gordon G. Oliveros deeded the ‘phis movement of the Women’s | 26x131 parcel on Elizabeth street yieiq army is to secure the enlist- SIX-INCH SAILFISH reeling in testingly come a little way and, catching sight of the boat, would dather its strength and streak awey with the tine singing. But its fate ‘was settled. Reeling in! with jong ‘sweeps of the rod, Fotintaim soon had the big fellow alongside’ the boat, where he was! quickly gaffed and brought into the boat A interesting helper ; aboard the “Barbara” yesterday was “Yankee”, coal-black negro trainer of the world-famous tame grouper, shark and snapper, which eat out of his hands and! allow their backs to be scratched | at Raul's pool Mr. Fountain, who had a num- ber of thrilling experiences fis’ ing along the Atlantic Coast for, big fellows, reports that the thrill yesterday topped anything he had had before. He looks to Key} West, with its mingling of Gulf of Mexico and Atlantic Ocean as the “fisherman's para- " of the country Fountain is on a vacation to Key West and is registered at; a local hotel. The fish, a perfect specimen, will be mounted at Pfieuger’s Miami Shop | most Restaurant FOUR TEN FLEMING STREET LUNCHEON..- Soup — Dessert - ree — Vegetables — Coffee, FROM 45 CENTS TO 65 CENTS ALSO — BREAKFAST, DINNER, SUPPER and A La Carte Service LIQUOR—WINE and BEER PHONE 98 Tea or Milk | / i ji i Administration Returns Leases, Agreements To| Monroe County Quite a number of the real es- tate transactions which have been pending for some time are begin- | ning to come through, this | week's survey of the records of } Sylvia Rousseau Atkins sold to: Jane M. Dirvey of New York, daughter of John Dewey, one of | the world’s great philosophers, | both of whom were residents here this winter, the 34x134 home on Greene street between Whitehead and New streets. The Doctor and Mrs. Dirvey, who is a Doctor of Physics, will return here next winter. J.T. Albury, Mr. and Mrs. A. R. | Miller, Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Stan-| ton, sold to Mr. and Mrs. Louis, C. Brinton of Richmond, Virginia, | a Martello Towers lot. Duval Mortgage Company sold {to Mr. and Mrs. Charles M. Mo- education of cancer to the general | renus the 50x120 parcel on Eagle public has been neglected”, Mrs. ~o ¥ eoccces | Avenue between 19th and 20th y. E. Berkowitz, captain of the streets. Margaret Leodora Roberts turned over the 50x67 lot on Wil- , © liam street between Fleming an¢ ; between Division and Olivia to Mary C. Forns. j South Florida Contracting Com- pany sold to Arthur Mulberg the 46x90 lot on Reynolds street be- The fish would pro- ‘tween Von Phister and Washing- printed literature, etc ton streets. Mr. and Mrs. Harry L. Lowe sold to Vicente Molina the 49x97 lot on Margaret street between} Virginia and Catherine streets. | Trumbo Properties, Inc., sold to! A. Granday Canning Company a 200x2 strip on Grinnell street Mr. and Mrs. John W. Carey sold to Julia E, Malone a 51x100; lot at the corner of Fogarty Ave | nue and First Street. and a 50100} lot at Harris and Fifth strets Duval Mortgage Company sold to Mr. and Mrs. Charles M. Mor-! enus a 50x120 lot on Eagle Ave nue between 19th and 20th streets. | Projects | Florida Emergency Kelief Ad | ministration returned a number of agreements to rehabilitate and; ‘leases to Monroe County. Among} these were agreements to (1) re habilitate 522 Caroline street (2)} Country Club on Stock Island; (3) 1400 Vernon Avenue (5) 1303, | 1305, 1307 Duval (6) erect certain structures at the Habana-Madrid | Club (7) buy a herd of cattle (8) | Simonton and South Stre a} lease recreational center of; take care of Colonial Park (19 | and Elizabeth and Fleming street; park (11) use water reclaimer on} Lower Matecumbe (12) turr } Clinic chattel, provided the Cour | ty operates it | Miami Bank and Trust Cor pany, trustee, turned over Key Largo lots to Lucette C. Wood- ruff, Carrie E. Woodruff {Continued on Page Four) j "FRANK SABINTS— CLUB LA CONGA DANCING AND Prices the same as a! every other night club No Admission. Cover or ti | Minimum Charge At Any Time [ Present, was selected as treasurer. | ELECTION RETURNS ‘AT CITIZEN TONIGHT: In conforming to its usual custom, The Citizen will gather election returns this evening, and will post them on a bulletin board in front of the office. The returns will be posted at regular intervals as they e tabulated in the different precincts, and the public is invited to come around and hear the returns, EDUCATION TO PREVENT CANCER IS EMPHASIZED NEW MEMBERS IN WOMEN’S | ispectat WoshtnrtameDerrespondont } of The Oltizen? | WASHINGTON, D. C., May 3. | with determination of wage | rates for workers to be employed |on the U. S. Matine Hospital re- | pair job at Key West, the Treas- |ury's Procurement division will | have the work on the market for | bids within several weeks, it was jlearned here today. | Monroe County Deed Book shows. | SO MY PLO ILI LI I S74, This is a $12,000 project, de- i Signed to completely rénovate the Key West hospital. | Determination of wage rates for ithe job was a difficult task for |Department of Labor officials, | who at first contacted St. Augus- \tine and Miami officials for data | on prevailing rates in Florida. |Sinee Key West is 200 miles away, iA and | ope D ARMY FIGHTING 9; | this data was not considered ac- EASE ANNOUNCED BY CAP> ciate: / TAIN MBS. M. E. BERKOWITZ | M. M. Russell, secretary of the | Building Trades Council of Key | West, supplied information on ‘prevailing rates which the pro- curement division has decided to “Research in cancer is going on throughout the world but the | Rates will be as follows, the department decided: $1 for brick- layers and strictural iron-work er finishers; 80 cdénts for carpen ters, cement finishers, glaziers painters, contrete mixer opera tors, plasterers, sheetmetal work- ers and tilesetters; 60 cents for structural iron-worker helpers; 40 cents for laborers, mason tend- ers, plasterers’ tenders, sheetmet alworkers’ helpers and tilesetters’ helpers. WSTING HERE Miss Effie Knowles, formerly of Key West but who has not been visiting here for about nine years, is visiting , telatives and friends today and is enjoying a delightful time. Miss Knowles, who is én at- torney attached to the tax divi- sion of the Department of Jus tice, told The Citizen that many changes ere noted in the city, es pecially new residences in the cinity of the Casa Marina, and is convinced that Key West more beautiful than: in past Women’s Field Army fighting “Money is necessary to carry ment of everyone by paying a dollar fee. Seventy cents of that collected in Florida stays in Florida, thirty cents is used for “There are very few people who do not have a relative or dear friend who has died of can- The dollar may be looked upon as a form of insurance to help some member of your fam- ily or yourself if and when Meer, develops” auaal Following are new members Miss Laura Moline, Mrs. 1 Ap-/ plerouth, Mrs. Claude Albury, Mrs. Wm. Demeritt, Mrs. Mary Lankford, Mrs. E. J. Fechtel, Mrs. M. Hewitt, Mrs. Russell Hoff. Mrs. Charles k, Mrs. B. C Papy, Mrs. George W. Allen, Mrs. Arthur Mulbegg, Mrs. S. Gold- smith, Mrs. Lee Pierce, Mrs. E. M Phillips, Mrs. M. M. Bethel, Mrs. ; Wm. R. Warren. i Miemi, spend a few days at the COMMITTEE ON | hone 3 x apivens reg and. then FINANCES MEETS © te her ivities in Wash- gton ORGANIZE AND..NAME OFFI- CERS; PART OF HIGHWAY cer, Her trip will be brought to a close in Key West tomorrow morning when she will leave for “ELECTION RETURNS” will be broadcast over f H ing at the HABANA-MADRID CLUB Dance and Fleor SHOW Committee on ‘finantes, which is a part of the General Cormmit- for the Celebration of the ing of the Overseas Highway ; on July 4, met and was formally; organized at a meeting held in the rooms of the Chamber of if "t tee i Commerce, yesterday. Attending the meeting were: B D. Trevor, elected chairman; Franklin Albert, named secre- tary; C. E Smith, Miss Teen Williams, John Costar and F. Dion. Cari Bervaldi, who was not —NO COVER CHARGE-— SPECIAL SALES NOW ON WALLBOARD MATERIAL—UPSOM AND MASONITE BRANDS.-SOUTH FLORIDA CONTR. AND ENG. COMPANY. PHONE 598, TODAY