The Key West Citizen Newspaper, May 7, 1938, Page 1

Associated Press Day Wire Service For 58 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West VOLUME LIX. No. ee Project ( Committee ouncil Che Kry Wrst Citizen Key West, Florida, has the most equable climate in the country; with an average range of only 14° Fahrenheit THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN THE U.S. A. Of G Studying Revision’ Of Property Valuations Provides For More Modern | Method Of Property Val- | uation, W. T. Doughtry,| Chairman, Says leetaliation, sf new records and, is ~ Procedure. ‘property vataation ‘for’ ‘bax ae sessment f 3 will mean thay)” the city will fave up-to-date aia modern methods of valuating real estate, William T. Doughiry, | council project committee chair- | man, said today in discussing the | W.P.A, project now before the! Project Committee. “This will mean”, Mr. Dough- | try said, “(1) Goiatets land de- scriptions of properties with clas- | sification of — properties under | their various headings, such os residential, business, ete. (2) Es-| tablishment of ownership of prop- | erties with complete history of | | the properties from original | ownership (3) new forms, indexed | card files, binders for the new records to be installed in the of- | ei ~ “This will not mean that ry Bay are to be raised inthe city”, Mr. Doughtry said. “We should have an equable and fair assessment) of properties of all classes. Visi- tors to the city are wary of in- vesting their money in properties which have low values, even though they can ‘see the proper- ties for themselves and realize they have higher values than are recorded. Again, others note the high millage assessment and are* rendeted cautious. They think the taxes are high, and do not know that this is taken care of by low property valuations. When the $500 valued properties for in- stance are raised to their real, values of $5,000, then the millage tax assessment may be lowered | and everything will look much better from a real estate view-! point.” “Everything is in the, teniative:: stage as yet", Mr. Daughtry conn) tinued, “We have sneyred. a) num | ber of texts on the way,in.whieh other cities haye handled jahe, property valiation problem, and will give the ‘Matter. long .and: thorvugh study béfore we initiate, it, | “The project now is to use W.P.A. labor, which will provide for 80 per cent of the cost, the city to pay but 20 per cent of the otal Which is quite an inexpen- pcess: for a very badly j Mr. Doughtry HAD MANICURE SET NEW YORK.—A manicure set was among the belongings of a, tramp arrested in this city. “WHEEL OF FORTUNE” TONIGHT AT Frank Sabini’s CLUB LA CONGA No Cover, Minimum or Admis- sion Charge At Any Time HABANA-MADRID CLUB —offers— ‘“*‘DANCING A —TONI OTTO DIVANTI AN Call 220 For Reservations LADIES ADMITTED FREE He ADMISSION 75¢ WE HAVE A COMPLETE STOCK OF FERRY SEEDS FOR FLOWER AND ‘city ‘real estate "us eae: room FOR MEMORIAL of the Ward committee, in a | EVENT MAY 29 Fi Mars, “extends an inv itll ASSEMBLED , tation to;the publisher and other Key. West) folk to join YESTERDAY AFTERNOON, IN ROOMS OF CHAMBER OF’ ,celebrat- | | COMMERCE c. E. Maccannon. chairman p)of Judge opine tee # David Elmes, yas, sena- District". ae nae of. the tele- | | Psat that an over- nie just discovered caused the delay in sending the in- vitation” but expresses the hope that “even now some of you may be able to come”. C hasthatharntashatateanhe Committeemen representing | met 5 o’clock yesterday afternoon in the rooms of the Chamber of Commerce to discuss plans for jmemorial exercises to be held at | the Crypt at Lower Matecumbe, ————~| where in have been placed the BEING PI PLANNED | Captain Wm. H. Reardon, Ameri- | Carl Bervaldi, chairman of the MORROW AFTERNOON ON | Chamber of Commerce. |the original committee of the |in the Labor Day hurricane of BAND CONCERTS |'°s:, Attending the meeting were can Legion; Charles H. Ketchum, | United Spanish War Veterans; FIRST ONE TO BE GIVEN To. | board of county commissioners, }and S. C. Singleton, W. R. Porter, member of the GROUNDS ADJOINING Lo.) | county commissioners and one of CAL AQUARIUM { | béard to pass on the requested idonation which was discussed ati New! SHeUEP Band “Concerts the meeting Wodnesday. ntebt. ‘ ‘i _sent a note of regret that he will be given ¢ach Sunday after-\ would be unable to attend the noon starting at 4 o'clock on the meeting, but gave assurance that grounds adjoining the Aquarium, the county would donate $100 to- and Art Center. Benches. have |ward defraying the expenses twhich will be incurred by the been placed in position in shaded sponsors; the American Legion. sections of the park and there is; ample room for many cars to. ing it was announced that a called park. ‘meeting of the committees would “ be held the early part of next It is stated that many people| and make final plans for will be attracted to these concerts the exercises which will be held as well as to the Aquarium and May 29. Art Center”, stated George Mills} Invitations are to be extended White, Federal Music Director.’ to all camps of veterans and aux- “The Art Center is expected to’ iliaries on the east coast. become a center for all types of | artistic activity in the commun- ity and as soon as_ the mesa: AWARDED JOB T0 ‘building is remodeled there will ‘be many attractions for the public! CONSTRUCT T ANK here. This seetion of the city has | many points of interest with the, Lighthouse Department add the! a Nays ard open, to visitors. It is | KEY WEST MACHINE SHOP TO. ed that with the addition of | pel hand cohcerts ‘this part of the | ERECT TANK AT MA- city will bé'a ‘popular meeting | RINE HOSPITAL place for w fof, ‘Sunday ah noops’. eer Alfredo Barroso will conduct | AUL MAY ‘the prograrh’ which, by the way, | neni BY PAUL Correspondent! js an, upustially fine one. Several Def The Citizen) new popular pieces, overtures and WASHINGTON, D. C., May 7 Marches will round out the peat —The Key West Machine gram. The Sunday concert at will construct the new storage South Beach will be omitted un-! tank scheduled for the Marine til further notice. | Hospital at Key West, the Treas. Program follows: jury’s procurement division -an- March, “Sempre Fidelis” | nounced today. Sousa} ‘The Key West contractor, with Selection, “Sullivan's Op- {address at 103 Simonton street, eratic Gems” Seudy won the contract award on a bid Popular, “Rosalie” Porter | of $1801, the lowest of several Waltz, “Tesoro Mir” {bids submitted. The procurement Becucci! division has allotted forty calen- ‘dar days for completion of the Churchill} work, which the Selection, “Songs From the { would be started immediately Old Folks” Lake; The contractor’s guarantee Popular, “Thanks for the | check for $180.10 will be held by Memory” Robin-Ranger the procurement division until, “I Double Dare You™ Shand-Eaton Thunderer” Sousa “Star Spangled Banner” 2 Popular, “Heigh Ho” ADAMS DAIRY LUNCH 920 ‘White Se. INVITES YOU TO TRY OUR DELICIOUS. ICE CREAM Saturday and Sunday. We offer the following flavors: VANILLA CHOCOLATE ORANGE-PINEAPPLE Pris ee RAISIN j 10¢ l March, “The T. 13 BEST’? GHT— D HIS ORCHESTRA %-PINE PKGS. PKGS. malty KEY WEST, Bi ie -—— Jayetei Endorse 15 Point | City And County CASE INVOLVING STEAMER’S CREW UNDER APPEAL |DEALS WITH MEMBERS WHO, WERE DISCHARGED FROM: Going on record as favoring al SATURDAY, art 7, 1938. And New Municipal Ath- letic Stadium To Be Ac- ively Pushed COMPANY'S SERVICE SOME !5-point program, the Junior) | Chamber of Commerce at its regii- | TIME AGO fed meeting last night voted to, Joe Cruz, member, of the crew | actively work especially toward of the Steamship Florida, who} | Securing a mosquito-control ee ! was discharged from the employ | ‘in the service of the P. and O.) S. S. Co., last June, has received ; {letic stadium with a view toward) notification that the case of the | crew and ship is in the circuit, | inviting big league baseball teams| court of appeals. | nes’ for spring training seasons. | Mosquito - “Control Project | ect for the city and also an ath: PRICE FIVE CENTS ers To Make An estigation On Desirability | Of Key West- Mia Waterway _ PLANS RAISING he IN FINE TARPON | | Adopted By House Com- PERMIT RATES Bee | |WILL ‘PROVIDE FOR FULL- time *8KGARIED INSPEC-| TOR: RATES NOW EXTREME- | LY Low Gerald Pinder, well-known local entertainer, was him- self last night entertained by bh the antics of one of the finest t By PAUL.MAY <Spectal. Washington Correspondent fh The Citizen) \WASHINGTON..D. C.. May’ ?. .newsinwestigation of the de- | sirability.of wat improve- | Applications for information that the tarpon was brought + weer } |four organizations of Key West! | bodies of veterans and residents lof the Keys who lost their lives, secretary, | At the conclusion of the meet-! Shop | contractor said! satsifactory basse see ofthe job. ! The letter is from Joseph Cur- | ran, general organizer of the Na-; tional Union of America, com-} monly called “NMU”, giving de-} tails of the progress of the case | | which are now being handled. In| City Council and County Com-} |G. Sawyer for his client, Wing his communication Mr. Curren! writes: { The decision was made and the | men are to be reinstated. with back wages and subsistence as of last June. Of course, the com- | pany has the right, under the| law, to appeal this decision. And! this they have done, and the case } is under appeal in Washington, wtih no date having been set for} the hearing. | “The National Labor Board will conduct the hearing on behalf of | the union and it will not be neces- sary for all the men to be there. | Therefore the men do not have io | maging ittthe Yacht Basin of the| stay in one place. If any of them) wish to ship or go elsewhere, they | ‘are frée to do sé. However they } should leave some address so that} they can be contacted when necessary. They will be notified after the appeal is heard and “they will always be able to get! their jobs back and coilect back | wages and subsistence. i “It is most improbable that the! court will upset the decision of; the Labor Board, because it is a/ Federal Board and it is not ¢us- tomary for the courts to fly in the face of the decisions of the Gov- | | ernment.” | The letter concludes with the} atement that “You fellows have; certainly shown splendid union} ! spirit.” | ‘BRIEF SESSION OF COURT HELD | DURING MORNING | | |JURY WAS DRAWN WHICH WILL REPORT FOR, DUTY i MONDAY MORNING FOR | MAY TERM st Judge Wiliiam V. Albury called into session this morning at 9:30 o'clock a brief session of Criminal Court of Record for the purpose ‘of drawing a jury which will preside at the session of the tri- bunal next week Besides the judge there were present: County Solicitor Allan B. Cleare, Jr., Clerk C. Sam B. Curry and Chief Deputy Bernard Waite Judge Albury announced that a lregular venire of 18 and a special venire of [2.would be drawn and proceeded to.draw the following names ffm. the. box. Regular venure:, Abelardo Rod- Tiguez, B! Alton Geehring, Henry | Pasa, George. H. Gibson, Jr., John ‘Tift, Clifford Watkins, Raymond (Continued ‘op Page Six) Auerbach’s The program endorsed by the |Jayéees and which will brought to the attention of the; missioners follow: (1) Fresh water supply for Key West and the Keys. (2) Municipal airport. (3) City-Wide Beautification by tree and vine planting. (4) Municipal Beach. The pro- position is to build steel groins as has been done at the Roney) Plaza and all along Miami Beach to let the action of the reef and | waves build sandy beaches. (5) Widen and deepen Garri- son Bight and build finger piers with a view toward ultimately % ion. of the. Water } and Sewerage project for the city to extend to all streets. (7) Rest Room facilities | Bayview Park. (8) Athletic Stadium. (9) Renovation and repair of City Hall. (10) Addition to the Court House. (1) Increase of playgrounds for the Monroe County High School, and Harris and Division Street Schools, with a_ possible building program. (12) Slum Clearance and pub- lic housing. (13) Paint-up city. (14) Stimulation of rooming house, apartment, hotel and cot- tage building. (15) New highway signs below Homestead and above Miami to replace those which still advertise ferry service over the water gap and do not, mention the new Overseas Bridges. The suggestion was made to paint a striking pic ture of an Overseas Bridge on the signs. Bring Convention Here Key West Jayceon will invite the state Jaycees, who will hold their convention at the Deauville June 2, 3, 4, to make the trip to Key West on Sunday, June 5. A form letter is being mailed to the various Jaycee outfits in the state. Henry H. Taylor, Jr., who will soon be a Key West Jaycee, in- formed the body that bulletins which are being sent out by the Miami and Miami Beach Jaycees are requesting the clubs 4o pro vide for an extra trip down to Key West over the new Overseas Highway Plans went forward rapidly for entertainment of the Jaycees when they arrive here. A ban- quet will be held Sunday after- noon and a gala tea dance fater. Friday the 13th of next week there will be an “unlucky dance” held at the Habana-Madrid ‘by the Jaycees to raise funds for enter- tainment of the visitors A great (Continued on Page Six) at County campaign for Restaurant 410 FLEMING STREET —Serving From i1 A. M. To Midnight— LUNCHEON—Soup, Entree, Vegetable Dessert and Drink From 45c to 65¢ DINNER and A LA CARTE BEER WINES LIQUORS PHONE 98 and exceptions were brought be- | fore the Zoning Board at a meet- be ing in the City Hall last night. Application of Attorney John | Lee, to make an exception in the case of the required foot setback from the sidewalk of the estab- | ‘lishment being built at Duval} |and Angela streets was refused. | A special committee was ap-} | pointed to work on the matter of lopting a fairer charge for is- | suing building permits. The} charge now is extremely low, the | committee reports. If the rates | are raised it is planned to pro- | vide a full-time salaried building | | inspector and defray the expenses of efficiently managing the Zon-| ing Board, members report. City Council must pass this first. Application to move a house by ja professional mover was ordered. Yéferréd to the owner of the house for complete specifications as to} | repairs, etc. Dan Harrison, State Board of| Health officer, brought out the} fact that present outhouses in the yards of a number of homes are} not up to State Board of Heaith| requirements and new outhouses in the future to satisfy these re- quirements can be built at almost the same cost of the old out-| houses. PARAMOUNT NEWS MAY FILM MAY 16 k FLIGHT 10 CITY. DANCE ADDED TO FESTIVI- TIES; MAYOR ALBURY TO PRESENT ROSILLO WITH KEYS OF CITY Paramount News Weekly will possibly send a cameraman here to cover Domingo Rosillo’s land- ing and takeoff on May 16-17 in connection with the international celebration here of the first fight frorn Key West to Havana by Ro- sillo 25 years ago, local commit- tee, meeting last night at the Cu- ban Club, revealed. Three planes from the Cuban government will accompay Ro- sillo here and back. At the air- port here Mayor Willard M. Al- bury will present Rosillo with the keys of the city. Rosillo will then: lay wreaths on the Maine and Marti monuments. In the eve-} ning he will be guest of honor at a banquet and will be presented) with a medal struck by the city! of Key West and diplomats of the . San Carlos Institute, Cuban Club and Caballeros de Marti. A dance wall probably follow the bang inquet. The following mornim@! Hesillo! will depart for. toasted there. regtion of Alfredo Barroso, will provide music at the airport and at the banquet. Frank Schnei- der read a short poern on Rosillo’s (Continued on Page Six) ~ BIG DANCE —TONIGHT— ——PENA’S—— GARDEN OF ROSES Gould Curry’s Orchestra Hereey f° Psy ‘The Hospitality Band, underdi-bengineer in charge to boat. When measured it was found to be just five feet in length and weighed 8&2 pounds. It was really a beau- tiful specimen, and was said to be as fine a fish as hes been taken this season. , hehahhnthnchnticaheatal ‘AWAIT ARRIVAL — OF TORTUGAS | SERVICE BOAT CAPTAIN CHARLES BIRD OF INTERIOR DEPARTMENT VESSEL TO REACH. HERE TODAY Captain Charles M. Bird, of the Interior Department, who been in the city for several weeks awaiting the arrival of a vessel | which will ply between Key West land Garden Key, told The Citi- zen this morning the vessel is ex- pected in port today. Captain Bird was in company with Acting Superintendent Thes. R. Johnson, in charge of activities jat Fort Jefferson National Monu- iment, and they said they were expecting the arrival of the craft some time this afternoon The Dry Tortugas, which is the name of the boat, will make its initial trip tomorrow. The‘ boat is 49 feet long, is capacious and capable of carrying quite a load of cargo. It will, for the first several weeks, said Captain Bird,, make frequent trips, . bepween, Garden Key and Key, West, cars rying an accumulation: ‘of Treight which has been awaiting the ar- rival of the vessel When this cargo, or these sever al.eargoes, have been all taken, to Garden Key, the vessel will take up a regular routine on a sched ule calling for sailings every two weeys to Key West and return. Superintendent Johnson said that visitors to Fort Jefferson are |” allowed to avail themselves of the opportunity of going on the boat, but they must carry their own food for their personal use, and go with the understanding they will be forced to remain at the Fort for two weeks. COLONEL NORTH ARRIVES HERE ACCOMPANIED BY HIS WIFE; MEMBER OF PARTY Earl North, district the forces Colonel of the U.S. in this section, with quarters in Jacksonville, and Mrs. North, were arrivals in the morning ° Accompanying Colonel and Mrs. North was Colonel George E. Brown, engineer in charge of the division with headquarters at Miami Beach. Colonel Brown told The Citizen that the visit was one of general inspection routine, and there were no special activi- ties contemplated tor this section of the district at this time. has | | ments between Key West and | Miami is soon to be made by the | army engineers, it was learned |foday at the house rivers. and harbors committee. | This investigation will be fade lin response to a resolution adopt- \ed by the house rivers and har- ‘bors committee calling on the ; army engineers to review pre- vious reports submitted on this ‘oject to determine whether a shane recommendation is jus-— tified in view of different condi pea Recently the army engineers reported adversely on the advis- ‘ability of extension of the intra- coastal waterway between Miami and Key West to a depth of eight feet. The authority for that investi- ‘gation was so worded that the army engineers were abie to con- sider the proposed improvements only from the standpoint of the desirability of an 8-foot channel. In their reports, however, the army engineers indicated that there might be justification for a channel of less than eight-foot depth. It is for the purpose of inves tigation of this ‘phase of the pro ject that the new study will be made. In the course of the investiga tion’ public hearings will be held by ‘the war ‘department to permit Qed! Hiterests t ‘present their Views bh the desitability of the propdsed itptovements. Upon completion of the’ field work! reports will ‘be submitted fo’ ‘Washington for’ consideration tr the Hoard of efigincers, the chief of engineers, and the sec retary of war Congressional authority will be required before any of the de sired improvements can be plac ed under construction. It will require several monty at least for this study and there is no possibility of the new re ports being considered at the present session of Congress city this; VEGETABLE GARDENS. SOUTH FLA. CONTRACTING & ENGINEERING CO. PHONE 598