The Key West Citizen Newspaper, May 6, 1938, Page 1

Associated Press Day Wire Service For 58 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West Ch VOLUME LIX. No. 108. Mrs. Boerge Rohde Tells Rotes Of Denmark’s Cooperatives i Psteating En- ODPL MLL DDS Of Gambli inos UNUSUAL SPACE try Of Gambling er GIVEN BRIDGES Passed; Clubs Of City IN MAGAZINE To Protest Interesting is the front | cover of the Southern Bank- er, which carries a clear and Mrs. Ruih Bryan Owen Boerge| perfect photograph of a sec- | tion of the 1 i if thi Rohde, “the adopted daughter of Seeiees ak the Key West”, one time congress: | vaaiyegicg lab Over The man from the Fourth Congres- | J. J. Trevor called the at- . | tention of The Citizen to the =f sional District of which this coun . ith the a ty is a part and former envoy to; mark that this i¢ the first ime within movement in attained |” | ® retired captain of the Danish! Royal Guards at Copenhagen, was also guest of honor at the luncheon, and at the conclusion | of Mrs. Rohde’s remarks, told of | his delight at being in Florida and expressed a wish to be in| Fh hd hed Key West again soon. He does 7 not say this in every state ana) WRECKING TUG city to which he journeys, the) Create tates s| RETURNS HERE a beautiful state and Key West) such a quaint, hospitable city that | this credit should be given them,| WARBLER TOWED DISABLED ’ “Denmark is a little country) STEAMER TO NORFOLK, not even as large as Florida,| without great natural resources, | VIRGINIA and yet prosperéus through its! cover a large piece of con- trasting paper with a quota- tion. It was the unusualness of the cover which first call- ed Mr. Trevor's attention. rat Ctttz «| quiries as to its reliability. Knott, | r Key THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN THE U.S.A. KEY WEST, FLORIDA, FRIDAY, MAY 6, 1938. FRAUD ORDER. PUT HALT T0° USE OF MAIL’ CONCERN OF MILWAUKEE, DIED THIS MORNING | WISC., HAD BEEN CONDUCT- | ING "MALE HELP WANTED” | |BODY TO BE SHIPPED TO | CAMPAIGN IN FLORIDA i | HOME IN LAUDERDALE, | MISSISSIPPI | TALLAHASSEE, May 6 (FNS). i—A fraud order issued by postal | authorities‘has halted mail ac- Mrs. H. K. Nelson, 23, died 12:50 | tivities of the Associated Adjust- | o’clock this morning in the Ma- fers of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, it/ rine hospital, after an illnéss last- | was announced today by Insur-| ing but a few days. Mrs. F. M. ‘ance Commissioner W. V. Knott.| Hamner, her mother, arrived home ‘in Lauderdale, Mississippi; and with’Mr. Nelson was at the’ bedside When her daughter passed on. Preparations were made by the who also is state treasurer, made Lopez Funeral Home today to a preliminary investigation and! <end the body to the home in turned the matter over to postal Jauderdale, Miss. where funeral authorities. | services will be held after which Knott said the company’s pro-| interment will be in Bay Springs, cedure was to advertise in “male! iss. Mr. Nelson and Mrs. Ham- help wanted” columns of news- | ner will accompany the body, papers. On answering, the appli-|jeaying tomorrow morning. cant was asked to send $5 for ma-| Yast December, Mr. Nelson terial and a listing in a directory came to Key West to be employed |to be mailed insurance companies. jn the mechanical department of Rarely, if ever, according to’ ‘The Citizen as a-Linotype opera- Knott, did those who sent their tor, and was shortly afterward remittance receive any business. | joined by Mrs. Nelson. They had completed plans to make their CHARTER BOATMEN 32 "<1 HAVE ORGANIZED funeral services there will be | a | return to resume his activities | with The Citizen. Mr. Nelson said that after the some arragements to be made, at |MEETING OF THOSE INTER- | ing an extensive advertising cam- | paign in Florida and the commis- sioner has received many in- | the conclusion of which he will i This concern has been conduct- | #bout one” week ago from the) Real-Estate Selling In City Handicapped, Realtors Say MRS. H. XK. NELSON Score High “Boom” Prices, | ' “Jumping” Of Prices,) _ Slow Abstract Securing, _ Frozen Real Estate Loans | | In a survey conducted by The | Citizen among realty offices of | ‘the city it was brought out that hundreds of investors have been unable to buy property here for a number of handicapping reasons. | “People in Key West “pecting a real estate boom”, one of the realtors said, ‘well, they | are demanding boom prices now { ¢ their properties.” This is the principle obstacle to getting out- siders interested in Key West real estate, the realtors are unani- mous in saying. Another realtor said, “I’ve had fellows in here | who would think nothing of slap- , Ping down $10,000 to $30,000 for a | deal. Yet, because prices are so | inordinately high, they gather re- sentment, and usually do not pur- chase.” | Prices Jumped “Even with the high prices, speculators, residence seekers, | businessmen continue to maintain great interest in purchasing prop- | erties here. But, very often when they are ready to make a_ pur- chase at an agreed price, then the owners “jump” the prices. That, if continued to the extreme, as is now the case, will handicap trade”, the consensus of opinion are. ex- _their home. Mr. Pullen has form- | | They will reside at 623 Division | | street. | | Magazine, a high-grade -publica- Lewis And peo UP THEIR, aso ew mma WILL RESIDE ON DIVISION STREET: MR. PULLEN TO) BE PUBLICITY DIRECTOR, “FOR COMMERCE-BODY | Not only have newspapers and magazines of the United States published stories and illustrations of Key West, but news media of the large European countries have de- voted a great deal of space to | Key West. in «pictures: and | stories. | Edgar Stachelberg, nation- | ally-known manufacturer of Among the most recent acces-| sions to Key West is Rodney s.| Pullen, who, with Mrs. Pullen and | their young son, Rodney, who} have come to Key West to make | just received @ letter from a sister,«Madame Bordage, un- der date of April 28; written from Paris. One*paragraph in the letter is of particular interest, and is as follows: ed a connection with the Key) ‘West Chamber of Commerce and | will be its publicity director.) way. a | and Key West must be a very lovely resort now”. Mr. Pullen has for the past five | (LADLE LA 4 Sf S| years been publishing the Miami | tion which has received the ap- proval of the leading businesses and institutions of Miami Beach, | MIS. I.E. ROBERTS = DIED YESTERDAY letters of introduction from the FYNWERAL SERVICES WILL BE CONDUCTED SUNDAY | most influential citizens of Miami | and Miami Beach. For the past 17 years the new | -—————-~ + cooperative method”, Mrs. Rohde | began. “Farms are alliorganized into a close-knit unit, which does away with the profits of middle men. Dairy products are ‘most closely cooperated. Such is the system that it is said a bad egg Wrecking Tug Warbler return- ed to port this morning from Norfolk, Va., where she made the trip to tow. the, damaged Ford motorship Lake Osweya, which ESTED HELD WEDNES- | DAY NIGHT ' Charter Boatmen of Key West met Wednesday night at 8 o'clock, ' can be traced "back to the man’ had been injured in a collision in| and formed an association to be | and farm which ‘sent it. Cream- eries work right in with the farm- ers in the system. In fact, every- thing is controlled except the weather. The Danish farmers the St. John’s River with the United Fruit Line Steamship San Mateo. On the evening of April 12 word was received at the Porter} have learned that liberty does not! Dock Co., that the Warbler was consist. in knocking off every | to sail at once for the St. John’s shackle, but just those of certain | River to render assistance to the} erty. They listened attentively, Wednesday afternoon and while! circumstances. | Lake Osweya. Preparations were “There is an American National gotten under way and the ship ™ark in Denmark, which has been} sailed 2 o’clock on the morning | known as the Key West Charter | Men’s Association, a body of as- sociate workers, the need of which has been felt for some time past. | There were about 30 member: attending the meeting, which was j held on the Gulf Refining prop- | and showed their deep interest by the lengthy discussions held. on, ithe various points which will be donated by Danes of this country. | of April 13, and arrived at the) embodied in the charter of the In it the Danish and American) scene of the disaster April 14. | organization. flags wave side by side, and| Arriving it was discovered that! When the election of officers every state of the Union has its) work of the wrecker had been | was concluded the following were CAR PASSES ONE SN RATTLER ON BOCA CHICA MEASURED OVER THREE FEET Mr. and Mrs. Philip Cosgrove and son, Richard, were out riding on Boca Chica, the car passed over and injured a rattlesnake, | which measured three feet three inches and weighed two and a half pounds. Richard said he has never seen an animal which was so tenacious AFTERNOON is. j | “Another thing which is hold- publicity man has been actively ing up transactions for an un-! engaged in the publishing busi-| jcalled for length of time is the|ness. His work bcicnkuantios | a | . . 3 } | athount of abstract work which| south being im that -greet feabre | confronts the lawyers of the city-! atjantic City, New Jersey. This) They are so piled up with it-that | sarnered experience with pub they cannot get. their abstracts lilly and bagsetlldie the ‘acct G8 plane sees rg Sr “3 time”. | publicity that commends itself to bs Apt bs os Hag achat! the tourist, Mr. Pullen brings to tase Cinguied and a sal of Key West and the | will be placed at 2 o'clock. Rev. itheir investments, Others see Key West Chamber of Com-)| wm. L. Halladay will officiate, how long it takes to secure a Merce, which has engaged him as) Members of the Knights of The publicity director. will attend the } the residence of the family at 618 Grinnell street. Funeral services | will be held 4:30 o’clock Sunday afternoon from the Congrega- | tional church, where the body Mild. yesterds} allaeeok vee) 82, died yesterday oon in Key West, Florida, has th most equable climate in the country; with an average range of only 14° Fahrenheit PRICE FIVE CENTS Sawyer Give Up Scavenger Contract With City ‘Five Proposals Read At | Meeting For Furnish- { | ing Key West With Bus Transportation | | At a regular meeting of the | City Council last night, Robert J. [ERE Parte ere wee: farew the:seavenger contract that high-grade Havana cigars, has ‘| they had: with«the city. and in ibtutnethe cityocancelled the bond | posted by theroperators in. con- On request of Mr. Lewis. the city agreed to pay him $50 for | services performed during the four months that the contract was in effect. The council also agreed to pay Mr. Lewis $12.50 per month ito handle the city’s garbage and ‘trash, which is the regular rate | paid for this service, Included in this is the taking up of dead dogs and cats that may be found on the streets. ’ Mr. Lewis will now operate the seavenger service as an individ- ‘ual, with ne connection Whatever j with the city, except that he will jbe paid for his service to handle the garbage and trash as men- tioned. Proposals Received | There were five proposals read flag there. You can’t imagine the; made more difficult, as another thrill that went through me when| company had been at work on I first caught sight of Florida’s| the wreck which had been listed flag, so.far away from home”. ; to about 40 degrees, and had to| Mrs. Rohde read President Roose-| be beached on LeBarons Island, velt’s message to Denmark at the | in the river. 3 July 4 celebration there, which | |, Hmnediately ve i ara 40,000 people attended. A pageant) : ig 3 of covered wagon days Flccom: | short time Pairs had panied the festivities. °!»° pbdchrenpde and the Lake-Osweya “This cooperation of Denmark| Wasvin pengition $0 be towed to, always reminded me of theicdopsHmyHock,. Th tel (Was made eration of Key Westers, who'‘are Pande vessel; ag vise she a close-knit body among ‘:thieth. Norfpik Binlitag i gh selves”, Mrs. Rohde concluded: ’' STY, FERRETS $ Wanbler Started the journcy back Protest Gambling Casinos f to Key West, docking here at 9:30 A resolution protesting the pos-| o'clock this morning. sible establishing of gambling ca-| Salvage Master C. N. Peterson forthe ne irs, and the % numbers were among the finest) ‘declared the official head of the | association. President R. M. Dan- iels; Vice President, Henry Wea- therford; Secretary - Treasurer, Ted Canova. | Naming of a board of directors in whose hands all matters af- jfecting the functions of the body | will be placed, are: Harold Key, ' ! Oliver Russell, Morrell Bradley, \Bouis Avila and Eddie Saunders. of life as was this snake—a fine specimen of the diamond black variety. They rolled the car sev- eral times over the reptile before it gave any signs of collapse, and was afterward finished by pound- ing its head until all signs of life were extinct. Richard was asked to explain how the passing of the car over the snake could have inflicted [ sufficient injury to cause the rep- ‘MUSICAL GUILD tile to be plgeed hors de combat { when it gaye every evidence of being able t6 fight so vigorously. CONDUCTED LAST NIGHT AT Richard’ ¥éply was very com- prehensive to those who know the HOME OF PRESIDENT OF ORGANIZATION family, he simply mentioned that “father was riding on the side of the car which passed over the snake”. APPRECIATION To the Qualified Voters Monroe County, Florida Please accept my sincere thanks for the splendid endorsement given me in Tuesday's election. I will continue to do my best to faithfully perform the duties of my office as Judge of the Crim- inal Court of Record, Monthly meeting of the Key | West Musical Guild was held at }the home of the president, Mrs. George Mills White, last night. National Music Week was the top-| ic of discussion, as well as musical activities, locally and nationally | A musical program, featuring the Musical Guild String Quartet, and several” beautiful selections, were played by this group of fine in this instance. } musicians. Those who were pres-| Again sincerely thanking ent declared that several of tBcfand-all I am Faithfully, WILLIAM V. ALBURY. may6-lix ever written by the masters, and; their interpretation by the quar tet. of strings, was mastetfuly done. Solos and duets were sung and the assemblage joined in singing several choral numbers. The programs for the summer season were discussed, and it was decided to have meetings on the first Monday of cach month 410 FLEMI —Serving From 11 I will always keepin mind sthe| sinos here, with its accompanying | said today that the damage to the element of underworld vicious-} Lake Osweya amounted to about ness, which will deprive Key | $70,000. istence, was read by Dr. John C.} Gekeler and unanimously passed | by the body of the Rotary Club. | The resolution provided that a) MEET TONIGHT Mayor Willard M. Albury, and) encase William W. Demeritt, who were} appointed by President Charles} Junior Chamber of Commerce Taylor, provide for action on this| Will meet tonight 7:30 at the of- service clubs of the city are to be | Commerce : contacted for expression af sim-| Projects will be the principal ilar resolutions. | business to be discussed. Mem- Establishment of three Red} bers have quite a number to bring the Keys, which will prove to be esac valuable principally in case of ac- cidents on the Overseas Highway, F OR MOTHER’. Ss DAY and which has been requested of We have baked especially in the Rotary Club,.will be taken up|] honor of this occasion—a big at a Board of Directors meeting. | selection of— len, Jr, Charles F. Bielman, Jr. Beautifully decorated with George I. Rhoodes, Captain Ro c : Boerge Rohde and Mrs. Ruth Bry- bees or Carnations—a' For The Weekend We Suggest |) plans are going forward to spon- Tomorrow Night At RAUL'S CLUB 10 o'clock till ? John Pritchard's Orchestra West of its friendly, peaceful ex- | committee of three, Dr. Gekeler, matter. The civic, social and/fices of the Senior Chamber of Cross First Aid Stations along! UP- Guests were: Rodney S. Pul- ROSE IN SNOW CAKES SUMMER DANCE —NO COVER CHARGE— YOUR LAWNS AND GARDENS NEED WATER. GARDEN HOSE AND LAWN SPRINKLERS AT SOUTH FLORID. CHERRY and BLUEBERRY TARTS BUSY BEE BAKERY 900 Francis St. 522 Duval St. Phones 120 and 210 !sor a concert in July to be given by a former Key West boy who is gaining recognition in the na jtional music world for his vocal | abilities. Light refreshments wer served \dunng the evening. piece of property and refuse to start operations.” Slow Abstracts “There is another angle to this matter, however” the realtors state, “in that it is exceedingly difficult to assemble the mass of data concerning the deeds here. Why, in one case, we found that a deed had not been recorded in 60 years.” “Again, real estate loans are not easily available here. Very little credit is given businessmen planning large structures, even though sati: tory collateral tendered as urity. “Until these hinderances are eliminated Key West real estate expansion will go forward slow ‘and IL am frank to confess that to Ime, your perfect te is just ’ OF LOCAL VOTE Canvass of tk which wa cast in the 10 precir of Mon- roe county on Tue election, is being conducted in the county court how this afternoon. The canvass is being made by the regular members designated by the law, and the board con- sists of Raymond R. Lord, county judge; Cari Bervaldi, chairman of the board of county commission ers, and John England, county supervisor of registration. CLUB'LA'CONGA DANCING AND ae! FLOOR, SHOW Prices the same as at every other night club i No Admission. ‘Céver oF {| Minimum Charge‘At Any Time Auerbach’s Restaurant NG STREET A. M. To Midnight— LUNCHEON—Soup, Entree, Vegetable. Dessert and Drink DINNER and BEER When introducing Mr. Pullen to The Citizen, S. C. Singleton, sec- retary of the commerce chamber, stated that he now considered that the organization was equipped to give Key West the sort of service | i for turnishing Key West with a Golden Eagle bus or other motor vehicle trans- services and pallbearers will be | selected from the lodge member- rong over the streets of Key ship. é Lopez Funeral Home will be in| am - o proposals was from charge of arrangements. larry B. Peacock, who proposes Mrs. Roberts is survived by a{ ‘© Operate a bus system at regu- lar intervals, with a fare of five Mrs. Jones that he had long visualized and which, until now, he saw slight hope of rendering. A large part of Mr. Pullen’s work will be the building up of the membership, both locally and by interesting his many friends on the mainland who are already to draw cards in the Key West setup. “After all”, said Mr. Pullen, aft- er the introduction, “you know you have one asset here which cannot be matched in the United tates, and that is your fishing, daughter, Louise Stuart, Florida, two brothers Samuel and Thomas Roberts, and one sister, Mrs. Lillie Cold. There are also 39 grandchildren. SEEKING FUNDS FOR WATERWAYS WASHINGTON". °C, lan as gr Ree aie the jorfial ani pond i last” week’ in Wustitng- ton, Walter FP! Codthiridn: Jr., of | Jacksonville, pleddd fir a high- er appropriation for ‘waterways, and a resolution was adopted for presentation to Congress insisting upon “adequate appropriations for water projects” and asked Congress to make such expendi- tures a major part of the presi- dent's “pump-priming” program. Coachman is chairman of the @atir Your «be known ortsmen to make this their base of operations in company with the many na- -known men who already in your local news and the at large, will be glad to learn of. Ernest Hemingway showed that he was an inspired genius in more ways than one when he made his home in Key ; Florida Waterways Congress and West”. lexecutive vice president of the Mr. Pullen has many mounted! Gulf-Atlantic Ship Canal Asso- specimens to testify to his status | ciation. The Florida Waterways as a sportsman, including a mar- , Congress was formed for the pur- lin weighing 486 pounds, and ex-/| pose of perigcting a strong cen pects to have these on display in| tral organization with which to the Chamber of Commerce office | push the development of Florida's in the near future. inland waterways. Its program in- i ———— jcludes developments in eer 4 county in asa SUST RECEIVED! |S Soe See A FULL LINE OF The Senate appropriation com- SELECT MEATS mitee recommended expenditures AND POULTRY something thrown d fishing only needs, to bring many mor of $11,000,000 for flood control and $119,020,000 for rivers and ON SPECTAL SALES FOR harbors during the next fiscal —_ — le . This was an increase of FRI. — SAT. — SUN. | (75,000,000. for flood control and BERMUDA MARKET | $25,000,000 for rivers and harbors White-Virginia Sts. Phone $2 | over the House @ppropriation. , ~ DECORATED CAKES j —for— MOTHER’S DAY j ORDERS TAKEN NOW! Habana-Madrid Club arbors WINES PHONE 98 From 45c to 65¢ ALA CARTE LIQUORS Key West's Finest Dancing Every Night NO COVER CHARGE 35¢ 50¢ MALONEY BROS. The Home of Baker Boy Bread 812 Fleming St. Phone S18 —$—$—$—— re ents for adults and two and a ‘half cents for school children, | Buses suitable to the business will be used on all routes to be lcovered in connection with the | service. | The Venetian Shortway Cor- poration, of Miami, proposed to eperate motor yehicles, with five ycents to be charged for adults and two and a half cents for chil- dren. ‘The'fsland Transit Company of Mian also.had @ proposal, which éulls for the, operation of buses, j witha fivecent fare for adults and t¥o and a half cents for chil- (dren. Henry Barnett and Associates of Miami was another company offering a proposition to operate a bus service along the same tines of the others. Dan Navarro’s proposal is to operate motor vehicles over.a regular route, with a fare fixed not to exceed ten cents per pas- senger After a discussion of the mat- ter, it was decided to defer-ec- thorizing L. L. Lee and Associates of Miami to make a survey of conditions in connection with a proposed fresh water pipe line for Key West. This organization (Continued on Page Six) || FRL and SAT. ONLY Roll Batter, % _ ae Block Butter, ee CONTRACTING & ENGINEERING CO. PHONE