The Key West Citizen Newspaper, May 20, 1938, Page 1

Associated Press Day Wire Service } For 58 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West voutMe LIX. No, 120. Palm Diseases. Hundreds Of Plants: ti, Entire Block Wi Wiped Out; | Che Key West Citizen THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN THE U.S.A. Se. KEY WEST, FLORIDA. Lenin Lrapecu laps MAY 20, 1938. 1 ¢ld MEETING PRESIDED OVER BY PRESIDENT H. E. DAY: CON-| 1 Dr. John Gekeler Tells Of D | Rotary | Convention Yesterday’ U 5. ENGINEERS m Conse NOW CONSIDERING | ered Outstanding; Bill! Key West Program Consid- : . PASSES BILL TO : Is of Unknown Species; | EXTEND NATIONAL Help of Plant Board Of-- ~ MONUMENT AREA ’ ficials Asked Ina statement made before} the’ Rotary Club yesterday, BI Curry Moreno, WPA Area Super- visor said that coconut and palm trees are being killed off by a Plant disease, _ threatens the’ eon patie of the city. : “There is one block in the city | which’ has beet” entitely wiped out”, Mr. Moreno said. which seriously | Dr. William R. Warren affirm- ed Mr. Moreno’s remarks. The! (Ry Anssoctated Press) WASHINGTON, May 20.— The Senate passed a bill by Senator Charles O. Andrews authorizing the President to extend Fort Jefferson Na- tional Monument to include | nearby islands to protect bird- | life. A companion bill, sponsor- / os oa Someones 2. a | Wilcox! indw:is pending on the” eqand By-Laws. house Caferidar and is expect-’ ed sooti “fo be acted upon” | favorably: | Senator Andrews said President Roosevelt himself urged passage of the measure after visiting in the vicinity of Fort Jefferson and Key West on a recent fishing trip. { STITUTION AND BY- LAWS | | ADOPTED i | | West Lions Club presided at the | first regular week-day meeting |of the group last evening at the B| Stone Church Annex. |members were present at roll call and for the supper, served at 6.30 o’clock. Headlining business transacted jdpwas the adoption of Constitution ~Committee ap-| pointments were announced by the president as follows: | Administrative Committees — , Attendance, Herman Holtsberg; | Constitution and By-Laws, Allan H. Armstrong; Extension, H. E.! | Day; Finance, Delance O. Martin; | Lions Education, E. S. Walden; | Membership, Joe Allen; Program 4 President H. E. Day of the Key} _ INSIDE WATERWAY | APPROVAL OB ENGINEERS \ WILL MEAN PROBABLE PASSAGE AT CONGRES-' SIONAL SESSION IN 1939 Seventeen | President Charles Taylor of the! Rotary Club has been advised by! Senator Charles O. Andrews of | Florida that the resolution adopt- | ed April 27 by the Committee on | Rivers and Harbors of the House ‘of Representatives requesting ! consideration of a depth of five! {feet for the inside waterway be- tween Bahia Honda and Key! West is now before the Board of U. S. Engineers, J. L. Schley,! Bates Only “20 Year| Man” At Convention At the request of President Charles Taylor at Rotary lunch- eon yesterday, Rev. John Gekeler | outlined some of the Ocala Rotary | conference highlights and told of! j the international program spon- |sored by the Key West Rotarians jot which he was chairman. “The need of individual sponsibility in improving interna- | tior relations seems to be one, of ¢ greatest factors”; Rev.| Geleler said. “The mere fact! ‘tha recent attacks of U. S. gov- herninent officials have — brought! “swift. protests from countries| maligned shows how important is| } ea person’s responsibility”. This | | was the essence of the Key West! | program, and it brought forth! stimulating comment from scores of the convention crowd, dele-} gates reported. Key West, Florida, has the most equable climate in the country; with an average range of only 14° Fahrenheit ‘Meeting Last Night Precipitates Great Discussion Good Chance To Build Low-Rent Little ,Or.No Cost To City; Requires:Only City Coun- | cil 2Reselution, Housing Agency Setup | Local Favorable report of the Blight-| Clear Slums, Houses Rotary, Committeeman Williams Reports’ a aa TOIT IL IL OD |\S€GUTS TO START (CLBAN UP PROGRAM ° TOMORROW MORNING Boy and Girl Scouts will be called to attention tomorrow morning at 8:45 o'clock to proceed at once to the Court House Square to prepare for activities in the Celebration "gist That Portion Of Ordinance Appearing On Records Had Been Tam- | pered With | | | ‘gale of milk’ pHbaideté in’ “Key West, which was ¥edd at the regu- jlar meeting of the City Countit {last night, brought forth consid- erable discussion. after which it question arose following a com- WL herd, dedeeudeue Apt Entertainment, Gerald Saun- munication from H. P. Connable. , ON. LL | ders; Publicity, Allan, H. Arm- Charles Taylor’s invitation to| ¢d Area Committee of the Rotary | | the delegates at the convention | Club, headed by Chairman Hugh | chief of engineers, in Washing- was decided that action be de- ferred on the passage of the meas- Cleanup Campaign. Ten blasts of the whistle at the Columbia Laundry will be the signal. Adrian O’Sweeney. chair- stron; ton A Bureau of hptatnoak Seg | Adios Committees — Blind The information was revealed! Wa me eee one = fo from | Williams, will pass into the hands | yey was made o: e local situa-' ’ the southern part of the state./| : S it the Rot lunch terday ion in the early Fall, and it was | | Work, Allen E. Curry; Boys’ and at the Rotary luncheon yesterday, ine? - a There were five other invitations, | ls Watasiad Get; ihere © were Girls’ Work, Victor G. Larsen; } and President Taylor, addressing} lof the City Councilmen in_ the! |near future through the Cham- . diseases infecting the palm plant! ife of the city, which were un-! nown to plant literature. The! advice was given to burn all palm | and coconut trees which showed | the manifestations of those dis- | eases, but as far as The Citizen can learn very little actual burn- | ing was done. « “However, the situation even | then was much more serious than the Bureau surveyors’ reported”, Mr. Moreno said, “and at a has increased to an eee tent”. Local opinion has expressed that the present dry ciesopepis mot Stete Plant Board officials will! | Citizenship and Patriotism, Aug- | the gathering, said that the work | ut. these were all from the! just Bradley; Civic Improvement, | Joseph R. Peacon; Community | FUNERAL SERVICES WILL BE Betterment, Edward Graham; Ed- | ucation, E. S. Walden; Health and CONDUCTED SUNDAY Welfare, Edwin C. Trevor; Safety, AFTERNOON | R. B. Alexander. It was planned to invite Miss Bernice Brantley, the club's nom- gud inee for the title of Miss Key Mrs. Nettie Boll, 57, died at the west in the Overseas Highway j Fesidence, 1404 Albury street, yes- Celebration, to be present at the terday afternoon, 1.30 o’clock.|next supper meeting on May 26.) | Funeral services will be held Sun-| R. B. Alexander ited appointed to j,eseort Miss Brantley, ‘ sen ay afternoon 4.30 o'clock from Lion E. S. Walden was the} Ley Memorial church, where the | ‘speaker Of the evenitig SMS sub- willbe’ placed at 2 o'clock. ject being “Lionism”. Liéns Roar ; Rev; ©.C. Howell, pastor, » will) and adjournment came at 7:45, contacted and asked for coop-' officiate assisted’ by Kev. Shuler ,°'clock. ition. é MANY ENGAGEMENTS FI Pritchard's Funeral Home will Peele, ‘of Fleming Street church. MRS. V. MALONE {be in’chatge of artangements. (Mrs: Boll is survived by het! GLASGOW — Rode Roderick O'Neill | husband, William T. H. Boll; one/ BURIED YESTERDAY had been done by the Rotary com- | northern section of Florida, Dr. | mittee, Superintendent of Light- | Gekeler said. Again, President | houses W. W. Demeritt and Lieut. | Ta¥ler’s directorship in leading a} Ned McCarthy of the Coast and! froup of Key West Rotarians in Geodetic Survey. |the song, “Key West”, brought ; If the Board of Engineers ap-|™more attention to the city, and proves the project, with its lower | Sebastian Cabrera’s singing of a stipulated depth of five feet in-| Cuban song. contributed in the stead of the eight feet Ee i ee Dr. Gekeler con- ly asked, which would make that | #nue: particular stretch deeper than the| Another highlight of the Con- jrest of the way to Miami, it wilt | vention. Dr. Gekeler said, was in| | then go back to the House Com-! that Bill Bates was the only man |. | mittee, which should incorporate} whe stood up when the,call went: ) it at the next ion of Cor ress. out for members ‘who had had} [into the: Riveta"and Harbors Peg terfiet attendance for ‘20 years, | | ber of Commerce. Mr. Williams announced yesterday at the Ro- tarv luncheon. “It will be relatively simple to! comply with the regulations of| the U. S. Housing Authority in! this matter”, Mr. Williams an- nounced, “and should require 4it-! tle or no monev’ for the Citv of | Key West. It will do a great deal of good for the city. { “The situation is now that those | with very small salaries are find-| ing it exceedingly difficult to) meet the rising rent prices over the city due to the tourist influx. | It is rapidly getting to be a 8 which comes up al each pesigeting Bates receiving the prize for ya8iey 4 that honor. | +. The treat of cake for everyone; \ present was on} Aaron’ MeConnel | ease his’ birthday being this! kn dyllars isto: be donated | for the erection of a First Aid, Station along the Overseas High- sional session. TARGET PRACTICE HERE : SATURDAY. “Under the U. S, Housing Ant thority of the Department of mie Interior passed last year, certain | j sections of the city, which now are unsanitary, disease breeding, | and filled with fire traps, can be | | rebuilt and low rents charged. man of the Celebration Clean- up Committee, will be on hand at the court house with all ground to be covered by the scouts outlined and each section written on forms with the necessary information. When the scouts start on their inspection travels, each will be fully equipped. ——— the forethought of Eb he deh hua i PAT CANNON TO ADDRESS YOTERS' |CANDIDATE FOR CONGRESS of this city was sent to jail for daughter, Mrs. Edmund Dough-! becoming engaged to one hun-| erty, of Plainsfield, N. J.; one sis- of Key| irs, Violet Malone, 45, died at dred and thirty-five girls whom he courted by mail. | ter, Mrs. Anderson Lones, ‘West. - {fo The Voters Of Monroe County’ The public is entitled to know my position in regard church, officiated. to the letter which was published in Wednesday’s issue of | The deceased is survived by the Key West Citizen. | I do not deny having written the letter in question. I sa not advised at that time of the true situation regarding bond refunding program and our state representative's | attitude towards the best interests of Monroe County. My subsequent investigation leads me to conclude that the re- | funding bond: iesye was beneficial to the ayers and P* _ citizens of Countys: rent ; Furthermerey inthé' Face of our — opposition, at that time, to shoo atiatt program, t! resentative of | this county ss ie the state tortie re validating | and confirmin action of the Boys” in savihi Sehe over-burdened taxpayers this enormous | This’ was subject to approval of the pub-! lig in an election held for that purpose. The representa-| tive at that time did not oppose the election for the ap- proval or disapproval of the refunding bond issue, because, when stripped of all prejudice, selfishness and hatred, it was a Godsend and a blessing to a distressed community. Now, the state representative and the public are ad- | vised of my reason for supporting Thomas S. Caro for state representative from Monroe County. I had the cour-_ age to change my mind when I discovered my original | judgment about the bond issue was unsound and I deplore the fact that our state representative did not do likewise. 4 In other words, I believe the representative of the people in the state legislature from this county should at ! all times be fair and open-minded, He should be fair even te those who oppose him politically and no man should be subjected to ridicule simply because he has the courage toe change his mind on public questions or public officials. ' Fey pened os cea een ere ‘who so signally honored me recently justifies tion of “water boy” then I prefer to have the ; repre-\ sentative’s enemity rather than his friendship. The time has come when honest men must’ meet: the common problems of this county in a spirit of fairness and cooperation. While guarding against : the so-called “Big Boodle Boys” of Monree county, we must at the same time prevent the race track gambling interests and the slot ma- chine racketeers of Dade county from undermining our government and society in general. Sincerely, i (Paid Political Advertisement) jee 'a loeal hospital yesterday morn- | ing. Funeral services were held | | yesterday afternoon 6 o'clock | from the chapel of the Pritchard Funeral Home. Rev. Shuler Peele, of Fleming Street Methodist three sons, Albert, Dempsey and | Troy Malone, ope daughter, Mrs. | Eugene Lewin, two sisters, Mrs. George Moore, Philadelphia, Mrs. Dewitt Roberts, Key West. Two { brothers, Julius Villareal, Key lg st and Edward Villareal, Tam- and four grandchildren. s0-called.“Big Boodle | - *oThe weight of any __ political seandidate’s PROMISE is measur- by PAST PERFORMANCE. —VOTE FOR— HENRY H. FILER FOR CONGRESS (Paid Political Advertisement) There will be small arms firing at the target range, Fort Taylor, Key West, on Saturday, May 21, between the hours of 7.30 and 11.30 a. m., according to an- nouncement made by Captain William L. Johnson, adjutant, 13th C. A. The danger zone will be 5,000 yards south of Fort Taylor. way, if the State Road Depart- ment or Overseas Road and Toll” Bridge District does not soon es- tablish stations. A resolution favoring the July; 2-4 Highway Celebration was pre- | pared, and read to the Rotarians | by Dr. Gekeler, and promising its | cooperation in any way possible. Guests were: Dr. C, |of Miami and Capt. G. T. Rude. K. Vliet! og. Small craft are requested to take notice and govern them- elves accordingly. Rotarian present was E. M. Sweet, Jr., of Stockton, Califor- nia. To The Voters s OfiMonroe County The chairman of my a: aaa abneanattiedl and my /opponent seemingly have come. .dovacparting of the ways. /What happened ‘in the past is just ‘another page in. the history of yesterday. 1 am concerned, and I believe a vast majority of the good people of Monroe County are inter- ested in, tomorrow and the future. I pledge to you, my fellow citizens, if elected to the legislature, to practice not hatred, but love; not strife, but peace; not discord and dissension, but good will and co- operation among all the people of Monroe County. It is only by maintaining an open-minded and tolerant attitude that Monroe county can take its place in the upper brack- ets among the progressive counties of the great State of Florida. Mud is dirt from whomever’s hands it may be flung. From my daily discussion of the real public issues through the columns of The Citizen, the readers thereof must realize that I am not a “mud-slinger”, whatever else may be said about me. I want ali the people to know that anyone who may verbally or by petition in circulars distribute defaming rumors or statements against my opponent ig doing so against my opposition or consent, directly or indirectly. I plead with those who are sympathetic with my cause not to indulge in any such undignified tactics, I only want the honor of representing the people of Monree County on the basis of honest issues. I have dis- cussed those issues from day to day and you know my position on every one of them, Yours for better government and social and political co-operation to the end that Monroe County and Key West may enjoy industrial expansion and prosperity and may become a compelling force for good in the City and County. Respectfully, Thomas S. Caro, Candidate for State Representative. (Paid Political Advertisement) “Agencies through which such | {a program must work are the Public Housing Authority, the) state, and city. Enabling legisla- | tion has been ‘passed by Florida, the U. S. Housing Authority! should be receptive to the plan, and all that remains is for the city to pass a resolution fayoring the project, and it can be initiat- \ “A local housing agency may j then be organized to borrow the allowed 90 percent in a loan, and supply the remaining 10 percent, partly in cash, partly in land, partly int other improvements. The loan can go 60 years with- out payment. “Complete regi has been re- ceived fronr’S. W. Strauss, U. S. Housing. Author: y Administrator. An analysisiofyit was made by the com: milter, and the procedure determined as outlined to you “The Chamber of Commerce will bring the matter before City Council and we expect early ac- tion”, Williams concluded LAST DAY TO” VOTE ABSENTEE Today is the last on which ab sentee ballots may be cast and up to 11.30 this morning predic- tions as to the number wi would be cast far eg actual count as sho’ TO BE HEARD HERE TO-” MORROW NIGHT Resident of Key West are i vited to hear Pat Cannon, candi- date for Congress in the Fi Congressional District, when he | makes a personal plea for votes in an appearance in La Concha | park tomorrow evening—-the program to get under way at 8 o'clock. Mr. Cannon will arrive in Key West late tomorrow afternoon to visit with friends before making | his speech. He is a candidate in the second primary to be held) y 24. A display advertisement el where in this paper carries Cannon’s ree “RESOLUTION The Rotary Club ‘a Key West, } by action of its Board of Directors under date of May 16, 1938, desires to voice its endorsement of the Overseas Highway and Bridge Celebration as marking the achievement of a long community aim. To all who have been connected with this great piece of public work in promo- tional and executive capacity; to the workmen upon whom much of the accomplishment has de- pended, we extend most hearty congratulations. They have been i outstanding, ords in the office of ouaty, gar Raymond R. Lord. The precinct voting at that ioe showed the number by ‘precincts, as follows! Pretcinet £11; pre- cinct 2, 4; precinct 3, 15; precinct 4, 14; precinct & 13; precinct 6, 18; precinct 7, 17; precinct 8, 2;; precinct 9, 1. No votes were poll- ed for precinct 10, Hence, despite the forecast of the number of aBsentee ballots which would be cast in the sec- ond primary, the total is but 95. SALE ON BABY CHICKS on oe RUPPERT KNOWLES poh eh due for ‘this that.is now. being” namely, Williare R. M. Duncan. Acted Engitiéer 6 | Project. The Club ansures Warren dieeith, ‘the general matiager of this ccle- bration, a wholehearted coopera- tion. Individual Rotarians will be found keeping step under his leadership. May 20-it To ONE FOOT _—T ONE MILE See Taylor, 514 Southard St. al daked! im part: ir ee | Dr. Wm.-R. Warren, city health. | officer, addressed the meeting. | He gave an outline of the situa- | tion, in which he stated that he saw no reason why the ordinance now in effect should be changed to require pasteurized milk being handled, providing that the sani- tary laws are enforeed relative to the handling of pure anc whole- \some milk, with all sanitary meas- ures being conformed to by all dairymen of Key West and also by those who may ship milk into this. city. Dr. Warren declared that no favoritism should be shown in this matter and that all dealers should be made to abide by the laws which now exiSt for the gen- | eral welfare of the community. Dr. J. B. Parramore, state health officer, also made an address. He gave his views \vé to the mat- [bef siatinns coat ‘as ever ready ate in all: matters toward | havi ig the milk pens kept up "| to the highest standard for the | benefit of all concerned. | Records Tampered With J. Roland Adams, local dairy- man, addressed the council on the subject. He cited ah instance in which he felt that he was being | ruled against. He stated that he had-been given a copy of the milk . ordinance as was supposed pear. on the city up to a short tims: in conformity ae \find that the pi janee which wah Na orit When, Mr.' Adaths was did he arrive at this '*"" sion that he was given @ doe. tored” portion to operate by, and which he said placed him on the wrong track unknowingly at the time, he entered the clerk's office and readily picked up the book containing the ordinance in ques- tion and brought it out into the council chambers. He showed the coucil where the document had been tampered with by someon whereby some of the wording bad been erased with other words written in to work to his detri- ment. Mr. Adams proved to. the counci} that the document had heen tampered with by someone who had entered the clerk's of- fice withogt the cierk’s know- leclg¢, as pritha facia evidence was shown on the page of the book (Continued om Page Six) Habana-Madrid Club Pride of Key West Coctest place to dance Most Refreshing drinks Breesiest Music ae man SE: Ema en a a RAR a tn een BHA RR Pe HIGH QUALITY WINDOW GLASS AT SOUTH FLORIDA CONTRACTING AND ENGINEERING COMPANY. CUT TO MEASURE. SEE US TODAY. PHONE 598 Brod jo catty} Bama “ ; nv me SAT