The Key West Citizen Newspaper, May 9, 1938, Page 1

Associated Press Day Wire Service For 58 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West VOLUME LIX. No. 110. Brown Properties Change Plans Cali For Activities Her = Change Aidan To Un- | favorable Business Con-| Bétines Of Sun, Moon To Occur This Month Eclipses of both the moon and sun will occur this month, according to the Hayden Plan- etarium of the American Mu- seum of Natural History. The eclipse of the moon, which will be visible in part in ditions Following Survey | Conducted Brown Properties, Incorporat- ~ Bs Aa a KEY ee ee Ota Wek FLORIDA. ., FLORIDA. MONDAY, MAY 9, 1938. Overseas Bridges Traveled By ~~ 34,206 Passengers In ‘April “Total toll collections for the, bound, 7,678. This is a daily month of April on the Overseas | average of 493. ; z iscussion on maintaining the SORORS SELECTED por mme Eciges Wer $25,479.25, tt wan-re- | District was held, but no action SIDE AT TERM? *SEVERAL | Ported at a meeting of the Over-! was taken. This includes re- |seas Road and Toll Bridge Dis-| modelling certain structures with- PLEAS OF GUILTY WERE | trict Saturday on Pigeon Key. HEARD | A total list of passengers, 34,-| king them serve a purpose. | 206, included 17,509 south- bauer) and 16,697 north-bound. This is | motorcade to make the trip over ia daily average of 1,140. | the brigges was not allowed, = Total of cars was 14,790. North-| being thought wiser not to estab-| bound there were 7,112. South-/ lish a Dep ae RT: in this matter. Criminal Court of Record met at 9:30 o’clock this morning in} the county court house with} ig contr otic" ® TQ NAME MANAGER (MUCH INTEREST — FOR HIGHWAY FETE SHOWN IN K. C. AT MEET TONIGHT Curry, Chief Deputy Bernard| Waite and all other officers| present. The venire of jurors was called and after answering to the ques- tions of the court, the venire was jin the District with the view to} A request from the Overseas | | _ |Celebration Committee to Se ESSAY CONTEST, Key West, Florida, has the most equable climate in the country; with an average range of only 14° Fahrenheit Citizen U.S.A. PRICE FIVE CENTS Bureau:Reporis'On Number = ion’ Born Residents Now Residing In Key West C L. PETERSON, WRECKING MASTER, eee — Shown To Be Al- 23a most Equal To Entire ‘Tellc Of Lake Osweya Niekiidias Raising And Ripeiving | Population At Outbreak eS Of Civil War By PAUL MAY veclal Washingtos Cortexponde: ot ‘The Citizen) - DISCUSSES TUG WARBLER WRECKING eee The recent Lake Osweya sal- ed, which, several months ago, purchased all the holdings of the! Key West Investinent Cos 'and’in: the Eastern part’ of United States, will begin’ shortly after midnight, May 14, and end at dawn. The eclipse of the sun, to session. heard by the court and the first sworn'in to serve during the| Several pleas of guilty were! ij |COSTAR WILL NOT RELEASE, RECOMMENDATIONS 'S E - CURED IN MIAMI BEFORE | Wage in Jacksonville by the Warb- LOCAL CONVENT IS AMONG let wrecking tug stationed at this THOSE SUBMITTING port; brought up some interesting SAYS: OVER ONE HUNDRED Problems as does every wreck | which will amount to $63,000.| WASHINGTON, D. Cc. May 3. Motors of the ship’ were electrical | and Diesel. The’ tiimersing will | Xe? Weit has ‘althost as =_— require complete renewal of cer- | O#¥igi? hort residents” ‘today as occur May 29, will be seen by few human eyes, for it will run its course across the South Atlantic. ! besides doing’ a” great “deal of building, has decided to forego | Darrow, colored, charged with! entering without breaking with intent to commit a felony, name- | ly grand larceny. case called was that of Curtis! i} j | i i | MEETING TONIGHT SENT IN their activities for an indefinite} entered the Adams home on Wad- Darrow is the young man who! A number of recommendations | (Special to The Citizens salvaged, C. L. Peterson, salvage | master, said. The Lake Osweya, a Ford Mo- |tor Company ship, was rammed tain equipment and cleaning of} other parts. Practically the entire | i#eiifix®’pépllation® df the out- motors will be taken down. For- tunately, the ship was empty when rammed. break of the’ Civil War. An indication of the growth WINTER PARK, Fla., May 9.— | by the United Fruit Steamer San | "The Merritt Chapman and Scott |*"4 Change Key West has under- rn “AMATEUR CAMERA Meéting Attorney Paul Marks, | FOLLOWERS WILL of Miami, today, The Citizen ask-| : | dell avenue, and removed a watch | for the position of General Man- | rs belonging to Mr. Adams. He ager of the Overseas Highway | ver one hundred essays repre- afterward sold the timepiece for! ‘Celebration will be presented to; | Senting thirteen of the Catholic less than a dollar. The watch was! the Central Committee by John | | academies in Florida have been ed him, as legal representative of afterward recovered and Darrow | | Costar, committee chairman at a} submitted in the Tenth annual | Mateo, in the St. Johns River, April 11, and was completely fill- ed with water when the Warbler arrived at Jacksonville. It was} said by workers around the ship corporation, which owns the| Warbler, is the largest wrecking | company on the East Coast. It} has three wreckers. One is sta-| gone during less than eighty | years, this is only one of many | Comparisons made pomp by a tioned in New York and_ takes | W. P. Brown, president of the Brown Properties, when the com- pany intended to start operations | in Key West and build the pro- |} posed hotel on Duval street. Jand has been partly cleared and gotten ready for building. ! ‘The answer was given that aft- | er going over the conditions| throughout’ the country, as well as certain deterrent factors in| Key West, the company decided | fo call off all activities in Key | | GATHER TONIGHT arrested. E Judge Albury listened to his| meeting tonight at the County | y Contest conducted by the that the collision was due to faul-| care of the area down to Charles- | tabulation of 1860 census ‘Yigures, plea and after considering all | Court House 7:30 o'clock. Mr. ; Knights of Columbus, according | [ty steering gear on the Lake | ton. Then the Tug Warbler takes just brought to light at the cen- The | ORGANIZATION MEETING TO BE HELD IN COUNTY COURT HOUSE, BEGINNING AT 7:30 O'CLOCK Tonight at 7:30 o’clock at the} county court meeting of the amateur photo- graphers and photo fans will be house a second} wut. the | matters in connection with the | Costar was in Miami over the) ; to an announcement made _here| case, sentenced the defendant to). .okend working on the appoint- | 'today by Professor A. J. Hanna| feet Rated Sise wreniten: of Rollins College, official judge | Sam Luton, who was arrested! Neither the list of recommenda- of the manuscripts. about three weeks ago charged | tions nor those from whom the| A silver cup will be presented | with vagrancy and has since been | recommendations were received | to the student whose essay pos- Fe sae ey apg Eadaieed | will be released before the mect-|sesses the highest merit. This sentence, on the proviso. that he | ing tonight, Mr. Costar told The year’s subject is “The Life and leave the city. | Citizen today. | Times of Bishop Augustine Verot, It is known however that Mr. | Viear Apostolic of Florida and ment. Ed. Robinson, charged with) driving an automobile in a reck-' Costar was: to contact C. D. Leff-| | First Bishop of the Diocese of less manner on the highways of |Jer,.executive secretary of the |St. Augustine, Florida. (1858- }Osweya. She was struck just| over coastal duties down to King- | | abaft of the forward bulkhead on | ston, Jamaica, where another sus bureau. the port bow. She was at Le| wrecker from the same company ss Barons island. | takes over the coast, continuing | The Key West of Civil War | days was a far cry from the Key eae ee | down into the Carribean. When the Warbler arrived it| ——— | West of today. The cold census was found that private interests; The Warbler is one of the larg-| figures, long unusued, give at had tried to raise her and bring-| est wrecking tugs on the Atlantic | least a sketchy picture of what ing her out of water had her list-| Coast. It is the only survival of | \that younger city of Ki West ed to a dangerous 45 degree | an industry that for a long time | lik eB y ey | angle, which, if continued, would | sustained the populace of Key | W@s like. j have capsized her. So they sank / West. | It was a community of 2,832 the ship again. When Peacecn | Work is dangerous, C. L. Peter-| persons. Of these, 2,241 were and the boys from the Warbler|son said. One fellow brought) white. The slaves had not yet normal. held for the purpose oferganizing | the county, was given) a suS='} ir. Marks said that there were inte contributing factors to the! decision of Mr. Brown to discon- | tinue all operations in Key West. for an indefinite time, and the first of these is the Beneral de-| cline in the automotive industry. | As the Brown Manufacturing Co., of Detroit, special in the manufacture of automo! bodies, this first of the causes given for a discontinuance of activities has a sound business basis. The second reason, said Mr, Marks, is the lack of water facili- ties: While there are activities toward securing the water supply, the plans are in the formation pe- riod and it will be some time be- | fore a sufficient supply of water is an actuality, said Mr. Marks. | The third reason, and a very; cogent one, said Mr. Marks, is the! out of line advance in property | valuation which has been done! without apy beth din Ushi ves vance. Asked ifcheviad arcitiéa GUO" 4 At the Art Center there will be Brown Wa ic up definite time when, and his associates Wot where the operatio which had been started some © ago, had been stepped; Mr.oMaek’ said he; had not, but that'they would be | resumed at some time when! normaley was established, was an assured fact. a camera club for Key West. Be- | pended sentence and was also} cause of the many political rallies | ordered to make himself scarce. and affairs that were held in the! the docket was sounded and the | past two weeks it was deemed/| | following cases set: advisable to postpone the first; Mario Perez, assault and bat- Following the hearing of pleas | {Miami Chamber of Commerce, | ” | atid officials of the Miami branch |{°"0).. According. do an an |of the American Automobile As- passgereanias issued by the Florida sociation. Other groups have al-| State Council of the Knights of so been interviewed. | Columbus last January, the pur- It is believed that the Central 4556 of the contest is to stimulate Committee will make the appoint- interest in Catholic history among took her“in charge, the ballast was first shifted to keep her up- right when raised. Then divers in the hull. Pumps were then was taken out of her. She was drydocked at Jacksonville for along was platen the deck of were sent down to repair the gash | | applied, and gradually the water | a wrecked ship and = became oF been freed, and Key West had frightened at the list of the ship; 435. It had 156 free colored resi- and the possibility that it might|dents, according to the cenms | go down at any moment, that he | bureau wanted to resign right then and | It was predominantly a man's | there and requested only that he, town, having 1,232 white men | bership is limited only by the 16-| | sure that the club will prosper. ad } ‘Captain Boerge Rohde and wife — Ruth Bryan Rohde, who | were visiting in Key West and lights, props and various other paraphernalia used sin painting that will be. well-suited to the} club members who fike portrait | photography. At the meeting tonight wiana| will be laid for a number of “as- signments” in which members will each be given certain shots te take. From the best pictures ttiry luncheon last Thursday, left over the highway yesterday for Miami and after stopping one day were to leave for their home in New York. Mrs. Rohde was the guest speaker at the Mothers and ‘Florida, who was the students in Florida schools and to instill in them a greater appreciation of the Church's part| in the development of the United States. Professor Hanna reports that this year’s essays “constitute a splendid advancement in the de- velopment of this state-wide his- torical contest.” He expressed gratification over the fact that) leader in native of} this pioneer Church a France, has received cellent historical treatment | Florida students. He restored the | Cathedral and the Chapel Muestra Senora de la Leche at St. Augustine and established | churches, convents and missions throughout Florida Schools for which were en- tered one or more essays in the} contest were: St. Theresa's Paro- chial School, Coral Gables, 3; St. | were: guests of honor at the Ro- Anastasia High School, Ft. Pierce, | 13; Gesu High Schooi, Miami, 16;/ St. James School, Orlando, 7; St. Joseph's Academy, St. Augustine, 15; Our Lady of Perpetual Help, | Tampa, 3; Convent of Mary Im- maculate, Key West, 1; St Joseph’s Academy, Jacksonville, such ex-) by} of} | Captain Nilsen said, “Pilot Davis ‘out of the sea nearby. | further instructions and finally PALM BEACH NOT TRYING TO HURT CITY’S YACHTING HERE SATURDAY | PILOT COMMISSION Kicnatal | BROTHERS “BEN M. CALD- | WAS MISINFORMED ABOUT | WELL, AND J. F. CALDWELL. KEY WEST PILOT FEES FOR WHOSE FATHER PUBLISHED | YACHTS, NILSEN SAYS THE EQUATOR DEMOCRAT In an article in The Citizen of; Ben M. Caldwell, editor of the April 30, Captain Peter Nilsen of Jasper News, accompanied by the yacht Elfreda, was misquoted his wife, daughter, Mrs. L. B in that he did not say that the} Hughes, a grandson, and brother, KEY WEST NEWS — BOYS OF 1894 i | visitors to Key West Saturday. The Caldwells were newsboys {against Key West” regarding the | °" the old Daily Equator Demo- charging of pilot fees to yachts crat back in 1894, which was entering Key West harbor. published by their father, J. M. At a public meeting of the | Caldwell. inai Buying the paper from Charles pire ame esate er gman e Pendleton, the Caldwelis ran ¢ Democrat but three months. At the end of that time, they ap- proached Mr. Pendleton as to psion was carrying on an { ious, propagandist ci and the Pilot Commissioners did try to show that the Key West Palm Beach Inlet Pilot Comniis- | | J. F. Caldwell of Jasper, were | made by members, it is said, an exhibition in the Art Center Gal-| lery may be arranged. All persons who are really in- terested in photography and who, , are over 16 years of age are urg- ed to attend this ecespinana candi ELOISE KEY | mother of the deceased, left the 2; St. Joseph’s School, Hastings, an’s Club last Saturday and ex- 2; St. ae High School, Pen- pressed herself as having enjoy-! sacola, 1; Ann-on-the-Lake ed a very delightful time being in ' Academy, ose Palm Beach, 2; company of old friends:in Key St. Paul's High School, dJackson- West whom she had not seen for ville, 9; Immaculate Conception several years. School, Jacksonville, 32. On Monday June 6 in New —_——_—_——_——. York Mrs. Rohde will begin a LEAVES OVER HIGHWAY weekly broadcast over the R. C. —e i At the meeting tonight the or- V@erancy will be called for trial sible executive connected. with “fotogs” will stretch a point and chabgs of vagrancy, will be tried | their progress to him. charge of petty larceny will be founders of the movement feel | sult; Gerald Roberts, operating | ROHDES LEAV LEAVE are photographers are especially | | this. week. At club meetings in the future | cases docketed during the week | WAS HONOR GUEST ON facilities for indoor picture- taking | ae ‘NELSON LEAVES with The Citizen, left on the aft- for Lauderdale, Mississippi, to at- Daughters Luncheon of the Wom- an early hour Friday morning. pany Saturday to Miami and was meeting tha ¢alled for Mon- | '€t¥: first case es <tahll ith Ment at the meeting tonight. The| day night of two weeks ago. Manuel Lopez, charged with’ manager will be the most respon- | tomorrow. j | ganization will be begun and it is , the celebration, and the numer- hoped ‘that all the — amateur! Juan Rivero, also arreSted on | ous sub committees will report | Pontostow | The meeting is open to the ech ie lintel anh ce in| Harold Hannibal, arrested on a! ube, ae year minimum age and a sincere} interes j tried Wednesday. ieeerest in pholograpny, .. the! Arnold Johnson, aggravated as- , an automobile without a license, | Tbe taelhey, obi Rak: Wate who | are cases which will also be heard | OVER HIGHWA parler te attend and have a part| County Solicitor Cleare al ——— jin the formation of the club. ‘that there will be several other| MRS. RUTH BRYAN ROHDE me! ae will cs treated to | come will be tried before the! tur nd it hy 7 is also hoped that full | | session is ended. OCCASIONS will soon be avilable to the club. H. K. Nelson, linotype operator ernoon bus Saturday for Miami and there entrained that evening tend the funeral services of Mrs. Nelson, who died in Key West at The body was sent on vessel of Overseas Transportation Com- expressed from that point to Lauderdale. Mrs. M. F. Hamner, | afternoon before. Mr. Nelson ac-| companied the body. ja. network which will continue George M. Fleshman, of pilots did charge pilot fees against , yachts entering the Key bales harbor whether the pilot | formed service or not, which I pe jected to, as I know from past ex- | perience that the Key West pilots |do not charge pilot fees against! the yachts unless the captain asks for their services”. It was merely that the Pilot) | se i 1 j Meri-|Commission was misinformed and | buying it back. The agreement, |the Caldwelis said, was that Pendleton was to give them $300 and also take care of certain debts, which amounted to $500. Pendleton, however, refused to make payment, and J. M. Cald- well heatedly turned over the | paper to him without a cent of remuneration. be placed atop a big rock sticking . 4 1.009 white women. It was the only town in the ‘county which rated census list- ing. | In the whole county, out of a | white population of 2,302, there were only 210 persons, both men ‘and women, over 50 years old, In the largest age group, between 20 and 30, the county had 332 men }and 193 women. [NEGRO ESCAPES FROM CITY JAIL RECAPTURED IN BRIEF TIME; FOUND HIDING UNDER HOUSE ee Cee | Raymond Batiste, colored prisoner in the city, this morning at an early hour, walked out of the prison, through the Number 1! Engine room, evidently intent on making his complete getaway, when three shots fired from the revolver of Night Officer Paul Thompson, practically resulted in _ his recapture. Batiste evidently felt safe until he heard the shots. When he speeded up, ran to the corner of Greene street, turned on Duvai street ran across property and sought a hiding place under the Baldwin home on Ann sireet. Officers Thompson and Frank- lin Arenberg wenton the hunt At Jasper, the Caldwells have eral services were held yesterday * afternoon 5:30 o’clock from the Survivors are the parents, Mr.' and Mr, and Mrs. H. R, Richards, ! and Mrs, Frederick K one | of St. Petersburg, were visitors! Eloise Key, infant of 16 days, Chapel of the Lopez Funeral Home. Rev. W. L. Halladay, of brother, Donald; grandparents, in Key West over he FEA Mr. and Mrs. Samuel T. Gates, and were guests of vrdtbikdAS died Saturday afternoon in thej First Congregational church, of- and Mrs, Emma Key. son’s uncle and aunt, Mr. and! home, 741 Windsor Lane. Fun- ficiating. Mr. and Mrs. John Dickerson on the lighthouse reservation. Mr. Dickerson and Mr. Richards are members of the Bar of St. Petersburg, Fla. were attending Key West Yacht Club Postponement of Meeting The meeting of the Key West Yacht Club scheduled for Tuesday. May 10. 1938. has been The post- poned meeting will be held at a date, time. and place to be announced later. was held in Hollywood. They decided to make the run to Key West They arrived Saturday evening over the highway, had a delight- ful time and left on the return to St. Petersburg last evening. WE HAVE A COMPLETE STOCK OF FERRY SEEDS FOR FLOWER AND VEGETABLE GARDENS. SOUTH FLA. Mrs, W. W. Demeritt, at-the:home ; the meeting of legal lights which! Funeral services will be held in Lauderdale and interment will be in Bay Spririgs. LODGE HONORS “GIVEN RUSSELL J. Winfied Russell, for many} years a staunch and loyal mem- ber of the Knights of Pythias, | has received an appointment to a high office in the Order. Saturday an official commun ication was received by Mr. Rus-; sell, notifying him of his appoint-!; ment by Grand Chancellor R. R.| Wilkinson, of Palatka, to the rank | of District Deputy Grand Chan-)| (cellor for the Eighth District. for the following 10 weeks. On dian, Connecticut, who was, July 4, which falls on a Monday, spending several days in Key| Mrs. Rohde said she will devote West, left over the highway yes- + {the time on the air to a descrip-|terday afternoon for West Palm Ind of the Overseas Highway Beach, and will be there a few and bridges, and to Key West. days before going north. Auerbach’s Restaurant 410 FLEMING STREET —Serving From 11 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 + 1 for the escaged man and after searching briefly located him in his hiding place and brought him back to the hoosegow, where he was seen this morning. hot that they deliherately tried to! | the three months of issues of the carry on an underhanded cam-| nomocrat. This is their first paign against Key West, Captain visit since 1894. They find the Nilsen says. et he Palm Beach o ; Lepianch chanwed. pilot | much opposed 1S conga ta A Sonali and a tae ‘iarongls! against harbormaster fees charg- ed against private yachts. These officials are really trying to pre- vent these charges”, the captain BACK IN 1890— A pressdent anttot “the United States was running 4 printing LA CONCHA GARAGE wishes to announce that VINCENT CREMATA is now in charge of our SERVICE DEPARTMENT Let us estimate on your next REPAIR JOB press. One of America’s big steel company heads was stoking @ blast furnace. An international banker was firing a locomotive. A railroad president was pounding a telegraph key. There's always room at the top. Where will you be im 1957? —Tomorrow Is— BALLOON NIGHT AT FRANK SABINI'S CLUB LA CONGA No Admission. Cover or Mini- mum Charge At Any Time CONTRACTING & ENGINEERING CO. PHONE 598 i