The Key West Citizen Newspaper, May 26, 1938, Page 1

Associated Press Day Wire Service For 58 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN THE U.S.A. VOLUME LIX. No. 125. o'Havana Fromm Gityy «BOYS HURT IN Fast Ferry T Wm. H. Ellery, President, In City, Is “Seriously” | Considering Establishing | New Run In the city surveying the pos- sibility of establishing a fast pas- | senger and freight service be-| tween Havana and Key West is William H. Ellery, president of the Kismet Steamship Lines, of Miami and New York. | Being remodelled by the Cox and Stevens naval architects in New York is the “Kismet”yan up to date 140-foot ship, whieh will be able to attain a speedof 20 knots.an hour. It id this. ship which may be placed in the Key} ‘West to Havana service, Mr. El- “ lery said. * “We were attracted here by the possibility of establishing a steamship line to Havana now that the Overseas Highway is) complete”, Mr. Ellery said to The | Citizen today. “We believe that many persons will want to go} over to Havana next winter after driving down to Key West. We) are seriously considering estab- lishing the service here”. Mr. Ellery has been in the! steamship business since his early | youth and has quite a favorable | reputation as owner of the Kismet; Steamship Lines. Coming in over the highway this morning he was guest of Secretary S. C. Single-} ton at the Rotary luncheon today. ; He will be in the city until to- morrow afternoon. “We are reconditioning a ves- sel here for freight and Dessen- | ger service for the coast-wise ' trade which could be an ideal} boat run between Miami and Key West or from*the west coast. | ; signed by Cox and Stevens, navat a«is,..being de- |. } TWO ‘SCHONECK _ PAST 10 DAYS | ONE RECEIVED INJURIES AT) SWIMMING POOL; OTHER | BROKE ARM IN FALL OFF! PORCH WHILE PLAYING PILL IBM OR: URGE JAYCEES ONW'* TO ISLAND CITY The Junior Chamber of Commerce bulletin sent over the state in connection with the Florida State Jaycee con- vention in Miami Beach June 2-3-4, mentions that “Key West is planning a post-con- vention party for you at their end of the new Overseas Highway”. Many local delegates from the Junior Chamber of Com- merce here are planning to attend the sessions. These will in turn interview Jay- cees and inyiteithem to Key West for a day's festivities. Stickers. with’) “Jaycees— On To Key»/West” will be carried up by the local Jay- cee delegates and pasted on Convention cars. Convention program in- cludes: June 2, Cocktail Par- ty. Watershow and Contests. June 3, Business Meeting. Luncheon, Dance at Coral Gables Country Club. June 4, Business Meeting, Election of Officers, Sightseeing. Ban quet, Dance. June 5, Key West, Sightseeing Tour, Tea Dance, Buffet Enchilado Sup- | cigse the wound. igi | Tuesday, Ray Schoneck, anoth-| f, , A aaa: ‘er son, was playing on the porch. | ,hathareachthathondeathal play was rather boisterous! |and he started to run away from THANKED FOR }a companion who was chasing; |him. He ran into a chair, which ; COOPERATION | tripped and threw him over the balustrade to the ground. | He fell in such a position that BY TAX ASSN. s of breaking bone, but examina- | tion showed that the arm had RESOLUTION ADOPTED BY proken and it was the position | |in which he fell that made it ap- ASSESSORS ORGANIZATION |.pegr-that it was the neck. - OF FLORIDA FOR ASSIST-| \ } | | i | | | | | | W. J. Schoneck, of the engineer- ing department, lighthouse serv- ice, in Key West, said this morn- ing that accidents seem to be al regular thing with members of} his family. | About 10 days ago his son, Bob, | was swimming in the pool on the \boulevard having a good time div- | |ing into the cool waters with a | group.of others. All the rest dived into the pool} | and Bab did the same, hitting the exact spot where the others en-| | tered the water, and emerged |OK., all except Bob, who emerg- | |ed with a series of scratches run- | ining over his chest and the en- tire length of his body. In addition to this he had a gash | | in his scalp and when it was seen ‘by a physician, it was found ne-} jcessary to take two stitches to| i | | | ia friend thought his neck was broken when he heard the sound Schoneck said that both of Fh hhh dad dL DuBOIS GROUP LEFT AFTER LENGTHY STAY | Leaving this morning were and their two children for Flint, Michigan. The DuBois group have been in Key West for the past year, residing at 401 South street. Mr. DuBois _is president of the DuBois Engineering Company in Flint. “You can make more friends in this town than any- where else in the world. There's no other city like it", Mr. DuBois said today, and Mrs. DuBois reiterated his re- marks. They leave a host of friends here. Mr. and Mrs. DuBois re- mained much longer than most winter visitors. Other attributes of the city, they-be- lieve, are the climate tandithe’- fishing. They will return next-ye@r.’? WS hdd, KEY WEST, FLORIDA. THURSDAY, MAY 26, 1938. ST. AUGUSTINE STUDENT WINS K. C. CONTEST JACKSONVILLE AND ST. AUG- USTINE SCHOOLS TURN IN| BEST ESSAYS IN CATHOLIC; er- Yacht | CONTEST Che Key West Citizen Key West, Florida, has th most equabie climate in the country; with an average range of only 14° Fahrenheit PRICE FIVE CENTS € - Last Night: Plans Made For Club House (Special to The Citizen) Tenth of a yearly series of es- says sponsored by Knights of Co-} |lumbus to stimulate a greater in-| | terest in Catholic history, particu- ! jlarly in relation to the develop-| ment of this country, was won by | Miss Jane Arthur of St. Joseph’s | Academy, St. Augustine, Florida. | “Miss’"Arthur’ will be awarded a} ‘Stiver‘cup'eppropriately inscribed | by ‘Jo BY’Clark,'‘staterdeputy, at ‘the®commiencement “exercises of “school this year. i r pedssand six essays! op hoe agar with those from ostph’s Academy, St. Aug- | ustine, and Immaculate Concep- | |tion High School, Jacksonville, | jachieving extraordinarily excel-| Children Complete »Im- munizations; Important Have Three Injections Typhoid immunization of school | of the work of the Monroe County children has been the main part| jlent results. Judgment was by | Professor A. J. Hanna, depart- ment of history and government, Rollins College. NOW IMPROVING Gerald Pinder, who was re-! ‘cently operated on at the United | The subject this year was “The Hospital here for| Life and Times of Bishop Aug-| States Marin appendicitis, proving. His many friends wish for him a speedy and complete recovery.; FINDS 100-YEAR-OLD SHIP is reported to be im-|ustine Verot, Vicar apostolic of | Florida and first bishop of the | diocese of St. Augustine”. Alexandria Bay, N. Y.—Plans as are being made to raise the hull of CHICAGO. — Mitchell Novak,|the Sir Robert Peel, Canadian policeman of this city, handed his! steamer, which was burned and landlady, Mrs. Stephanie Cekan, | sunk off Wellesley Island in 1838 a bag of 4,000 pennies to pay a/during the Patriot War. It was month’s rent. The bag weighed | located, buried in 75 feet of wa- 27 pounds. | ter. PAID IN PENNIES ‘Large Key West Delegation architects of New York, and when | ANCE OF OFFICIALS ' Going To Miami Monday For |his sons were getting along alright completed will be modern in| every way. We have been won- dering if Key West would be able to support such a service”, ‘The communication was replied to by Secretary S. C, Singleton, | who , extended en invitation to! Mr. Ellery to come to Key West} | TALLAHASSEE, May 26—| i. the Election Af (FNS)—Governor Fred P. Cone} , and State Auditor W. M. Wain-! wright were notified last week | 4), i today. H Big Dance ‘termath | erccceccocsenseencecess | A motorcade headed by Mayor) It was one of the tensest elec-| Willard M. Albury and compris- | ions in many years. Faces peer-!ing 50-ood officials and various} At Civic Center, the Key West Woman's Club; Earl Adams, president of the Junior Chamber of Commerce; H. |Health Department, Dr. J. B. |Paramore, director, announces in ‘the monthly report. One thousand seven hundred |and seventy-six been given school children. Two hundred and ninety-three chil- dren received the complete series of three in the white schools and |99 in the colored schools. | pletion of the immunization | treatment will be accomplished ‘next month. The injections are given by Dr. Parramore, assisted ; by Nurse Miss Norma Diaz. | It is especially important that jeach child receive all three in- jections, as there is no benefit | until they are given, Dr. Parra- |more said. + Professor and teachers have shown splendid cooperation in as- sisting the Health Department, officials say. inine were reported to the local Health Department. To insure a} measure of control all cases| should be reported as soon as pos-| sible to Dr. Paramore at the clin-| ic. ; .One hundred and forty-seven} | physical examinations and 203 in- | | injections have} er who had been in Key West Com- | Cases of measles have increas- | jed to a considerable degree. But. Monroe County School Children' Three Hundred Ninety-Two VISITOR T0 CITY | ‘Typhoid Immunizations Given May Matter: Of Via Importance To Organi- zation Discussed During TAKES OWN. LIFE THIS AFTERNOON | Commodore James D. MacMulien | found ready concurrence to plans PEPE’S COFFEE SHOP WAS | nich hed bein wotkted oul Sor a SCENE OF SUICIDE: SHOT | cup House for the Key West HIMSELF IN HEART: DIED/vacnt Club, at the first dinner INSTANTLY \given by the organization last {night at the Club Miramar on Frank B. Harris, a strang- | pooseyelt Boulevard. Many matters of vital import- about two weeks, sat in @ ance to the club and its future chair nearby -Pepe’s Coffee! were discussed and the details Shop this afternoon at 3\ of various entertaining features ‘ o’clock, drew from his pock-| were gohe over by the enthus- et a .3& calibre revolver aad |jasts of this organization. which shot himself through the bids fair to become one of the heart, dying instantly. Franklin Arenberg, jus- tice of the peace, was near at the time and took charge of ; : the remains, A search of the! nei Sum Andeson, eee ot body disclosed two notes, one | Trumbo Island, through the eour- Permission to remodel the gate house at the draw opening into of which was to him from) his child and the other ad- dressed “To Whom It May Concern”: tesy of Attorney T. E. Price. Both gentlemen were unanimously elected to life membership in the club. Steps were taken to ascertain if it may be possiblé to build two South Sea Island’ Proas, which | and look over the situation and} that the executive committee of | make the necessary investiga- the Tax Assessors Association of | tions, to acquaint himself with entities. | Florida had unanimously passed | ‘a resolution thanking them for | a for the official count. ing over the shoulders of the Poll! other enthusiastic boosters will Inspectors Tuesday night were! go to Miami Monday for the Key ned with the strain of waiting | Westers’ dance at the Civic Cen-! : _ Around | ter, it was announced today. leven thirty in the evening, how- The six Key West girls com-| E. Day, president of the Lions spections were also made at the | will eagh be about 30 feet long, Club, and Rafael Betancourt, pre- | schools. sident of the Social Club Marti. The young ladies themselves, Miss Lillian Acevedo, sponsored by the Cuban Club; Miss Dorothy | Other activities of the Depart- | Wife meeting, the weekly pre-| natal examinations. and advice, | | ment have been the monthly mid- | for a race ‘at the formal highway celebration opening. The con- struction will be unique to this | section of the country and will at- i LODGE GROUP |the splendid cooperation they |ever, when results were fairly | peting for tke title of “Miss Key | were giving the tax assessors of |certain, the celebrations began./ West,” Queen of the Fiesta,| Betancourt, sponsored by the| and the venereal clinic. Seven} Social Club Marti; Miss Bernice; new prenatal cases and one) ract a great deal of attention to | fore The Citizen, trucks with pas-| opening of the $30,000,000 Over-| Brantley, sponsored by the Lions| venereal patient were admitted in A footnote at the bottom | Key West. The secretary was instructed to |tion that is very vital in building RETURNS HOME the intangible tax rolls of the sev-| |sengers wildly beating the steel | seas Highway will be among the sides in rhythmic time, and other honor guests at the dance, which Club; Miss Martha Carbonell, (the last month. sponsored by the Junior Chamber } | of the letter carried this mes- | continue his efforts to establish a Nellie thoroughfare from Bahia Honda | |to Key West, thereby materially | Culmer of 20 W. 7th street, | increasing the resources of Key IN BAYVIEW PARK suees. and 1125 Angela! West in a business as well as a street, Key West.” | recreational capacity. { ithe state in furnishing informa- | Parading along Greene street be-| July 2-4, celebrating the formal | MRS. BERNICE PARK HON- | sage, “Please notify jeral counties, thereby making it) cars carrying impromptu jazz/is being held for the purpose of of Commerce; Miss Susan LaKin, | | possible for the state to benefit) bands, giving wierd musical re-| rallying former Key Westers, now | sponsored by the Key West wom: CONCERT TONIGHT |in a substantial way through the sults from jolting around, releas- | residents of Miami, that they may | an’s Club, and Miss Ada Rodri- | operation of the Florida Intangi- | ed a great deal of the tension. | be apprised of plans for the cele-| guez, sponsored by the San Carlos Mogg eng pe en | bration and a state-wide motor- | Institute, will be chaperoned by | Th lution further request- One car in particular was chalk | cade in which’ they will take. ajMgsiJohn H. Costar and Mrs. Eva} ie. PORDAS marked from fender to fender | prominent part: ORED AT CONVENTION OF POCAHONTAS The next regular meeting of the club will be held at the time of |the annual election of officers, ast Mrs. Roland Adams, Mrs. Alice | »pWartier. The entertainment at the | ation covering Curry, Mrs. Annie Baker and! Mrs. Bernice Park, who were at- tending the Pocahontas Conven- tion in Orlando, returned » this week and report havinguhad a ed that inform: |federal income ‘tax reports of ; }1937 be furné to the tax as- | sessors as sodi possible in or- | der that the a rs might have with o candidate’s name,! Besides Mayor Albury,the ful! The Sights continued even | lowing prominent Key + Mesters}, ing crowds in cars paraded the! attending the dance: Johnenkh streets. | Costar, vice chairnman of the:Ov- this information on hand in time | last night when impromptu sing-} have signified their’ intention, of dance will a number of ‘Spariish *: ity. and rhumba cby:cnutive: Key!’ Westers andicCatidns.1!o! iW'With’ the (Kéy ‘West Club of ‘Miami actively: engaged in pro-| |PROGRAM TO BE RENDERED | BY KEY WEST HOSPI- TALITY BAND CASE GOING T0 jwhich will be heid in November,‘! CRIMINAL 'To carry cn the work which has r | been started under such promis- ling conditions, the following committees were appointed: delightful time. ” Voting at the polls, one was be-| erseas Highway Bridge and.Toll j Mrs. Park, who is a Past’Great COLORED DEFENDANT RE- Regatta, Race and Entertain- |to enable them to secure proper | ment—Vice Commodore Melvin sieged by even more enthusiastic | Commission and general chair- |moting the enterprise, we expect Hospitality Band, a unit of the mani of the celebration; C. C. jintangible returns for the 1938! Pocahontas, was appointed to the aad sent: years honor of being one of those to assist in raising the Great Chiefs at the next convention which is to be held in Fort Myers. appointment was made by the Great Incohonee of the United States. } All preparations had been made | by the local delegates to secure the convention of 1939 for this city, but it was decided that the time was not ripe for this so they decided to wait until the follow- ing convention, when they feel) satisfied they will succeed in hav- | ing Key West designated as the’ place in which to hold the 1940 convention. Mrs. Park was recently offi cially notified of her appointment | Solicitors than ever before. “Don't | A second resolution passed by | forget so forth” and “Remember | the executive committee request- | 8° forth” were Rurled at every- ; ; ‘, t | one entering the doors. This is a ed Auditor Wainwright to chee | flagrant infraction of the law and the intangible tax returns in all! nh counties of the state to determine Should not be permitted by the | authorities. whether a 50 percent valuation he shell ta: Gece: botliseon basis was being uniformly used eon rains tsa tested election, a great deal of over the state. r i The driva to bring hidden in-bitter feeling was engendered, tangible property to light was/@nd campaign dodgers and news- started last year by Governor Paper advertisements were quite Cone when he secured from the |Strong in their expressions. === Federal Government the right to, One good point on the election inspect income tax returns. As/of Pat Cannon is that upstate the results of this drive State Politicians will realize more and Auditor Wainwright estimated more that Key West has big, mo- that stocks, bonds and other inr, bile vote, and that it is to be vig- tangible property owned. in the , orausly solicited. Part of this so- state amounted to $2,136,000,000, licitation will necessarily come Symonette, also a member of both organizations; Carl Bervaldi, chairman of the Monroe County Commission and treasurer of the celebration committee; Charles Aronovitz, a member of the cele-| bration committee; Berardo Rod- riguez, Consul of Cuba at Key West; Enrique Esquinaldo, presi- dent, San Carlos Institute; Ra- mon Delgado, president of the Cuban Club, and Jose Sanchez. The presidents of the various civic and service clubs sponsoring | the contestants in the campaign! to select a “Miss Key West,” also will make the trip. They are: | Mrs. S. W. Douglas, president of , quarters. one of the largest crowds ever to attend a dance in Miami,” War- ren Smith, general manager of the celebration, said. Tickets for the entertainment program have been on sale in Miami for several days. The backs of the tickets are printed in bal- lot form which permits the pur- chaser to vote his choice of a “Miss Key West”, the entire pro- ceeds being turned over to the celebration committee to help de- fray expenses of the fiesta. Other Key Westers desiring to make the trip to Miami Monday lare asked to communicate with | Maysie Gaiti, at Celebration head- Federal Music Project, will pre- sent a concert tonight in Bayview ‘Park at 8 o'clock. Alfredo Bar- roso will conduct the following program: 1. March, “The Cadets Own” 2. Overture, Gilded Bond” Popular, Memory” Waltz, “Sobre Las Olas” “The 3. “Thanks for the Selection, “Chimes of Nor- many Popular, “Ti-Pi-Tin” March, “Cities Service” 14. 5. 6. 8. National Anthem, “Star Spangled Banner” Laurendeau 4 to stand for a hearing yester- Laurendeau | Of stealing a check from Paul Rainger i th Rosas | from Young, while they were on ithe Keys, cashed it and came to Planquette| Key West. Later he was found Genet! by Young and arrested by officers jof the pofiee force and placed in Bourdon | the county jail, FUSES TO STAND FOR PRELIMINARY HEARING | E. Russell, B. D. Trevor and Wal- lace B. Kirke. House Byilding and Finance— Rear Commodore J. Y. Porter, H B. Connable, Dr. Armando Cobo, Earle V. Wolfe, H. B. Herrick Sailboat Activities—Secretary §. C. Singleton. Motorboat Activities — H. P. Connable. Junior Member Activities Stephen C. Singleton, Il. Membership—Vice Commodore Meivin E. Russell, Karl O. Thotnp- son, Charles Taylor, John A. Gardner ard W. Curry Harris. Those attending the meeting were: Commodore MacMullen, ‘Vice Commodore M. E. Russell, John Crawford, colored, refus- day and answer to the charges Young, cashing it and spending e proceeds. Crawford secured the check ‘Yesterday he ‘was taken up for hearing before Judge Rear Commodore J. Y. Porter, Lord,’ ‘but preferred jalthough the total assessed ,value, With epproving many government * having the case go direct to as Grand Deputy Chief of Pyth. or-intangibles last year amount- and state projects for the city and | Reena Cl ot Pri, GSOIIILIDIOMOIOO OOM wecsan KIENDANT ted to‘only $276,000,000. county, and there will be much! + ‘Practically every. state has _an| benefit derived for the city. Mark ti r Fiorida'a-zate+Witeex was once elected by Key ‘is considerably,“lower sthan. that. West's vote, arfd never forgot it. “Still +} used. in most of them. ‘ongresswoman Ruth Bryan I Topping Them Alt It is estimated that collections Owen was once defeated by that —with— from this source will increase vote, and from that time on look- Otte Divanti and. His nearly a million dollars this year. ed to the Island City as a strong ——-—— power. NOTICE a -__ NOTICE There will be a meeting of the I wish to notify my clientele Key West High School— ALUMNI that I am leaving for a vacation May 25th, and will close my of-' \fice until June DR. F. S. CARBONELL, . may24-3t has received her commission. Key West’s Finest ——NO COVER CHARGE—— The wonderful expression of confidence given me in the form of a good majority of Primary votes on Tuesday was very grati- fying. ITHANK YOU ALL! BERNIE C. PAPY CALLE Lh bn hh hhh hh dd WASHINGTON, N. J.—Herman | A. Petty, 69, of this city, has not |missed attending Sunday school | since he was 10 years oid. DEVIL'S FOOD and MARTHA WASHINGTON— MALONEY BROS. The Home of Baker Boy Breed 812 Fleming St. es WEEKEND SPECIALS criminal court. }Sir€. Singleton, II], Fleet Captain iH. P. ble, H. B. | Braund, Wallace B. Kirke, Charles |S. Taylor, Everett W. Russell, Dr. J. B. Parramore, Earl V. Woife, Harry Baker, Neil Knowles, Del- mar Butler, Jack Thompson, Ross C. Sawyer, Jr. MAY 27 IN THIS PAPER Phone $18 | STANLEY’S FINE LINE OF HARDWARE IS FEATURED AT SOUTH FLORIDA CONTRACTING & ENGINEERING COMPANY. PHONE 598. WE HANDLE THE