The Key West Citizen Newspaper, June 22, 1938, Page 1

Associated Press Day Wire Service For 58 Years Devoted to the Key West, Vlorida, has the most equable climate in the country; with an average Best Interests of Key West range of only 14° Fahrenheit Key West Citizen THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN THE U.S. A. KEY WEST, FLORIDA, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 22, 1938. PRICE FIVE CENTS Home:Land Cuban Gunboat To Be Sent Here Will Be Sold To Thelma: Strabel : : - i” emoeeraacad OF Overseas Highway Celebration caciess soc thal Demeritt, Youth, To Home; Lords Sell Size-| ae Be Arraigned In Criminal Court For Kidnaping Threat VOLUME LIX. No. 148. The Sponge Sales On Monday ALUEN HAMPTON Part Of Southernmost "HEADS SERVICE Exceeded Thousand Dollars cLus‘crour Many Difierent Varieties ARRANGE SALE 0 Of Sea Products Display- | TAX CERTIFICAT | | OTHER OFFICERS; SOLOS) ed At Municipal Sponge | FEATURE ENTHUSIASTIC | MEETING Dock |TO BE CONDUCTED TOMOR- | ROW AFTERNOON AT COUN- | TY COURTHOUSE Naval Band Will Be Includ- ed In Delegation To Par- ticipate In Three - Day Fiesta BOY DEFEATS TEACHERS Los Angeles—After one month’s | |instruction, John Loughborough, | | Jr., 7-year old second grade pupil | Allen’ Hampton was elected |defeated three teacher of chess. | president of the Stone Church | ST | Service Club at the dinner meet- | PERSISTENCE WINS | ing last night at the Annex. | Carmi, Ill—For forty years,} | | | é | | { An agreement for saie of part Sponge offerings, which were } of the lot on which is the South- | Placed on the Municipal Sponge| Another sale of tax certificates Deck Monday, consisted of 245|is scheduled for tomorrow after- |noon at the county courthouse at bunches of wool, 87 bunches of 3 o'clock. The sale is under the |regulations of the Murphy Act, funder which act the previous 18 Largest sale of the day consist- | sales have been made. yellow and 11 bunches of grass. Fernando Camus is the new Oscar K. Carter, of Fairfield, woo-| vice president, L. P. Artman, Jr.,|ed Miss Daisy D. Williams, a |secretary, and Z. D. Harrison,| scHool teacher. His persistence treasurer. |fnially won out. They recently | Retiring president, Gerald! announced their marriage. Saunders gave a short speech re-! | viewing his administration, and | BATTLES PROFESSOR ernmost Home in the U. S. was} made during, the last two weeks | of realty sales, as recorded in the County Records. Marian Kirtland agreed to sell to Thelma Strabel. | The lot is 211x104. | Division of the Sawyer estate |saw the transfer of part of the Harold Demeritt, 16-year-old ied extortion of $5,000 from Mr, | ana Mrs. Frank Olmstead, under the boy should be under the im- | youth, charged with the attempt- Mediate care of his parents. In his plea for a lessening of Contained in a telegram re- ceived today by Warren Smith, | manager of the Overseas High- the bond, which was placed at $2,- | 500, the attorney showed that it|way “Celebration, from Pedro First sale under the Murphy act | Allen Hampton promised to con- ed of 70 bunches of wool, which) was held on December 8, 1937, brought a pri £ $393.99. oO: and the last sale is expected to en eee m* be held in 1939. ‘The act ends its lot of 51 bunches of wool sold for effectiveness on July 9 of that $353.99, one lof of 40 bunches of | ms ‘ oie whet a hess | threat of kidnaping Mr. Olmstead, | was impossible for the family to |tinue the’ work which has Ma ene ten peace vee fae | Cee va ot Piss sa | was given an airing in the court raise meee an amount but i q | Varela Nogueira,'secretary of nae Bt clipe ae !dent marble champion at Battle Mrs H. H. Baker gaa schin Ww. jof Peace Justice Enrique Esquin- | peste a erpaisviin owns and | war for Cuba,‘were some details tors and representatives’ asking’ GTOUnd Academy plays a game Sawyer. Ross Sawyer transfer- | aldo, Jr. yesterday afternoon and | “The neehe coaseeein ee the Cuban Government's par- |that pressure be brought to bear} 0f, marbles with Prof. Geo. I.' red part of thé 50x106 property | Demeritt was bound over in the |tween the committing-magistrate | gdiplticld-tibthe: colebebtion,. tn- on the proposition to establish a |BTi8gs, headmaster, with the stake | on| Eaton street between Grinnell | 1m of $500 for the July term of and County Solicitor’ Allan B. | naval merchant marine training ja holiday for all the boys. Not! ang Margaret to Mrs, Baker and Ceimiaal Court: year. Sale which will be held tomor- wool sold for $230.99 and another | lot of 43 bunches brought $146.66. | Top prices ranged from $6.94 as | low as $3.41 a bunch. There were} a number of smaller lots, which | were sold for normal prices, ac- | cording to size and texture, and the total of 245 bunches brought $1,179.86. | Yellow offerings were small, consisting of 11 lots, and the high- | est price paid was for 21 bunches, | which brought $12.35, while 40| bunches brought $9.41. The en-| tire lot of seven lots, 87 bunches, | brought $33.93. One lot of grass, which held 11! bunches, was sold for $5.39. All. offerings were sold for $1,219.18. LOCAL COUNCIL FOR CHINESE AID At a meeting of officers and/ committee chairmen of the local} Council for Civilian Relief in! China, Mrs. A. M. Hewitt stated, receipts of $52.89 represented the proceeds resulting from the Bowl of Rice supper and dance given on Humanity Day, June 17. This; amount was forwarded to the Na- tional Council. On behalf of the National; Council and the local chairman, |extra men. provided funds were | Mrs. M. E. Berkowitz’ thanks are extended to the officers, chairmen , of the committees and those who | worked with them, and all others who helped make the affairs suc- cessful. The name of Mrs. E. J. Bayly, who served on the supper and} dance committee, was inadveri- ently omitted in a previous ans) nouncement. ; WIFE IN THIS°CASE SPRINGFIELD, Mo.2:Ciifford | Matthews of this city wWaS' Prant- ed a divorce on the grounds that his wife nagged him about his cooking. - Use Vaccinol—it kills Wood Worms~-Phone 319-R. row afternoon will cover applica- ‘tions for the sale of 94 parcels of property; which are covered in the 45 applications. The largest number is 31 par- cels owned by the Criterion Cor- | poration, and the next is eight parcels. To date there have been 3,018 parcels included in the sales {which have taken place in Key West, the total value of which is placed at $191,835.63. this figure is the value of the property at a reduction of 80 per- cent. Of the actual value, as carried on the books, it is only necessary to multiply $191,835.63 by five! and the result is’ found to be $759,178.15 worth of property which has been covered by the Murphy act since the first sale was made on December 8, 1937. NEED EXTRA MEN PROVIDED FUNDS ARE MADE AVAILABLE An emergency cali has been sent out from the headquarters of the ¢leanup committee for ad- ditional help in completion of its program. In calling for this help Adrian O’Sweeney, chairman of the committee, stated to The Citizen today that he could use a few available to pay off the men en- gaged. “What I was thinking”, O’Swee- new said teday, “was to have civ- ic-minded merchants and clubs sponsor one laborer for one day. In that way. we could really do work thatsat the present status of the: campaiffi We will have to eliminate>iffom our plans”. Slosing; ‘he'! added, “Key must jbecelean «:fors’ the visitors | ands jusfavill be, elean’': Any merchant or club wishing to;: ,onsori@he laborer for one However, | ~ jonce in all the ten years, how- Pon anne eae ever, have they received the cov- A committee was appointed to |cooperate. with Miss Edna B.}| | Smith, pageant director, to assist | in the staging of the pageant. | An evening of songs, featured | by solo choruses, was a happy in- | terlude. HEARING TODAY won every time. WALKS 10,704 MILES Bloomington, Ind—In his four ..w¢ | years at Indiana University, dur- | ing which he acted as waiter in the University commons, Robert |J. Ballard estimates that he has |traveled 10,704 miles carrying FOR MATCOVICH |senawiches.” He ssures he aver- |aged 35 laps of 500 feet every jhour. WAS SCHEDULED FOR YES- | TERDAY BEFORE MONROE COUNTY JUDGE UNLUCKY BOY | Los Angeles.—Richard Battag- |lia, 20 months old, has already SSAC SE Aang pees five visits to a hospital. First smi ; he swallowed a marble, then he Preliminary hearing of Mosby, « . ste, lowed it by eat- Matcovich, on a charge of shoot- ate ant baste, fol jing with intent to murder, which | ne er a po as te eave been heard yester” cutting his hand badly on a glass |day afternoon, will be heard this Mie: bel afternoon in the court of County |" SO*S- Judge, Raymond. R.Lord. . pet nprenismnane Mite When summons weré to be| BERATE WRONG PERSON iserved’on Carlton Craig, Charles) Sydney, Australia—Angry be- ‘Kelly and Frank Fisher yester-|cause their pay checks had not sy | OSWEENEY CAN USE THEM day, who are the principal wit-|arrived as expected, two employes nesses, they could not be located, of one of the Federal Ministers }and when they were found it was} put in a telephone call to a Can- |too late for them to appear and berra Treasury official and told | the case was postponed until this him what they thought about the | afternoon. |whole matter in no uncertain This morning they responded terms. However, to their dismay to the summons of the sheriff and they discovered that they had will be in court this afternoon 4 been given the wrong number o'clock when the case will be|and had berated the Prime Minis- | | heard. ter, Mr. Lyons. Caught In Key West Waters day isiaskéd to phone celebration | headquarters, 499, give the name, and if they have any special one to do the work they should give his name, otherwise the commit- tee will hire some unemployed person, Final Voting For Celebration Queen To Take Place Tonight The dramatic attempt which Max Schmeling will make tonight to break the jinx which whipped every former heavy- weight champion secking to re- fain the crown, will be broadcast at the Cabaret Dance at the Ha bana- Madrid. Pidree Brothers, local Philco dealers, have supplied the Over- seas Highway Celebration dance gommitiee with the latest 1939 model Philco radio, and the blow- by-blow, round-by-round broad- cust of the Joe Louis-Max Schmeling fight direct from the ringside will be heard by the dancers. The broadcast will be- xin at 9 o'clock, Eastern Standard Time The dance has committee decided this morning to make only one; count of the votes in the queen's! race tonight instead of the which had been scheduled. The count will he previously and final made at 1 o'clock, and immediately thereafter the name of the winner of the silver loving cup and the title of Miss Key West, Queen of the Fiesta at the Over Highway Cele- bration, July will be an- nounced The price of admission tonight will be 50 cents per person and each adm af ticket will be good for two votes in the queen’ Holders of the 25-cent teike merly used may use two of tickets for one admission, or may vote them as a single ballot fer their choice for queen. one 4, race. for- f these a twe| DEEP-SEA MONSTER brought to gaff at Key West by H. F. Burrows of Detroit, Mich. This 1400-pound. man-eating shark is the largest fish caught! in the teeming waters which surround the keys this season and its capture proves again the assertion that “He who baits his hook in Key West never knows what he will bring to gaff: fish run from one to one-thousand pounds and even larger”. The Overseas Highway connecting Key West with the mainland and which will be officially opened July 2-4 with a gala three-day Span- ish Fiesta at Key West provides the angler with easy access to the ‘YOUR HOME IS WORTHY OF THE BEST’—OUR SLOGAN S ‘John Sawyer. Mrs, J. A. Hayes and Bolivar \shall the 45x80 property Charles and New streets. C. A. Nicklas et al, as trustees, at Cleare, Jr., and it was decided to’/luding the dispatch of a gun- When the hearing was called,| fix the bond at $500 for Demer- |eted holiday for Prof. Briggs has Rebio sold to Catherine A. Mar-|*ttorney for the defendant repre- |itt's appearance at the next term ; sented to the court that his client of criminal court. | suffered from an affliction which| Mrs. Olmstead, after the hear- |necessitated care and treatment ing was concluded, patted Young teapedersed > Mr. and Mis: Alan ‘and the place to receive this treat- | Demeritt on the shoulder and said ;R. Kidd lots 13, 14 at Martello; Towers. | Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Carey sold | to Mr. and Mrs. Henry Watkins} ‘the 37x50 property at the corner | |of Angela and Catholic Lane. | |. Medora Baker sold to Claude | | Albury the 25x5f property at the | jend of an alley way off Watson; | street between Division and Vir- | | ginia. In’ a fee simple deed, Mrs. | Mamine Lord-sold to Marathon | Beach, Inc. 34 lots on Marathon; and her interest in the 148x210} | corner of Petronia and Salt Pond! | Toad. | ‘to Brown properties, Inc, the} 1 property at the corner of | ‘witheticas and Olivia. t Mr. and Mrs. Robert H. Brady ‘lins the 25x82 property on Pauline street between Windsor | Lane and the Cemetery. Peter Nilsen, captain of the El-; freda, one of Key West’s best/ boosters among yachtsmen of the country, and Mrs. Nilsen, who eventually intend to retire and settle down in Key West, bought | a 40x112 property on South street between Reynolds and Grinnell from J, W. Griffin and Mattie Harris Richards. Ida Reynolds sold to Blanche |B. Pratt the 80x99 corner of | South and Grinnell | Mrs. George L. Roberts sold to Sarah J. Carey the 50x47 lot on Catherine between Simonton and | Duval. Charity M. Brady transferred |to Katie E. Brady a 50x100 parcel jon Patterson between 7th and |8th streets, a 100x100 lot on Fo-| ;garty Avenue between 7th and | 8th, and a 50x100 on Fogarty be- tween 7th and 8th |~ Keys trading has not slowed uD: ip: J Lieut, and*Mrs, Edward Mc- | Carthy sold to G. B. Ray of Casa , Grande, Arizona, 47.22 acres on | Big Coppitt. Mr. and Mrs. H. S. McKenzie sold part of lots 17 and 18 on | Tavernier to Earl E. Norwood Cumbe Key, Inc. sold to A. G. Blakely, lots 1, 2, 3 on Mate- cumbe, ,__ Forrest W. Finerty sold to E. J | Van Delinder a 365x150 lot on the Atlantic Ocean at Plantation Key. Mr. and Mrs. Kendall Adams sold to Albert Thompson lots 35, 36 on Plantation Key! Mr. and Mrs. L. D. Crum sold to Model Land Company 21 acres ‘on Key Largo. Clara L. Carey et al sold to Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Moore et al, @ 100x100 lot on Upper Mate-} cumbe. | Mr. and Mrs. Norman E. Curry! , Sold to Cyril Curry of Rock Har-; | bor property on Key Largo. { |, Tamiami Everglades Corpora-. tion sold to Katherine D. Russell | (Continued on Page Six} . —with— Otto Divanti and His Orchestra HABANA-MADRID CLUB Key West's Finest ——-NO COVER CHARGE-— me to nt was at home. It was said be nervous trouble, and that words to the effect that the young man had made a serious mistake. Mrs. Stearns To Be Heard Tonight In Radio Broadcast Citing Highway Celebration (Special to MIAMI, Fla, June 22.—Mrs. of Key West, will be principal speaker tonight (Wednesday, tion presents the “Key West Re- view” program in compliment to the Overseas Highway Celebra- tion. Mrs. Stearns’ husband, Captain Stearns, was’ commanding officer of the naval base at Key West from 1923 to 1927. Final plans for Miami's motor- cade to Key West will be discuss- ed on Thursday evening at an opening meeting of the Key West |Club of Dade county in the Dade Col. George county courthouse. The Citizen) , E. Brown, resident U. S, engineer, . and Mrs. Clem Price sold} Clark D. Stearns, former resident | Who is marshall for the parade, | will give the second of his series | of talks on Key West's develop- 1 | ment. | June 22) at 7:15 o'clock over ra-| Following Col. Brown’s talk, sold to Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Col- j dio station WKAT when that sta-/| committee reports will be given. Miss Molly Kerr, who is assist- ing Warren Smith, general chair- man of the celebration, spoke Tuesday before the Miami Civitan Club and extended to membérs‘an invitation to join’ the motorcade and td spend the week-end of the | Fourth: of July in helping Key West make a success of) thé fiesta: Her talk was enthusiastically re- ceived and a number of the Civit- ans took stickers advertising the celebration to place on their cars, and planned to attend. Committee For Continuance Of Clinic Sponsoring committee of the Community Clinic met in busi- ness session at the county court house last night. The meeting was called to order at 8:30 o'clock by Mrs. Robert Spottswood, chairman. Dr. J. C. Gekeler, treasurer, read the minutes of the previous meeting and the report of the treasurer for May. The treasurer called attention of the committee to the fact that contributions would necessarily have to be in creased in order to meet the minimum necessary expenditures At the request of the chairman Frank E. Albert addressed the group with reference to the types of public health projects that are considered eligible for operation under the WPA program It was clearly indicated that these projects would have to be sponsored by a public agency m order to be operated in _connec- tion with the local i It was also t A committee was appointed tw consider the immediate prepara- tion of a project for the continua- tion of the local clinic. Mem- bers of the committee are: Dr Wm. R Warren, Dr. J. B. Parra- more, and Miss Margaret Mar- tinez. The committee made an appointment to mect with Mr. Albert. Thursday and prepare « project in sccordance with WPA regulations and requirements. The services which Dr. Raiph Marine hospital, rendered: to the clinic hence the community, were highly commended and his trans- fer from the local hospital another unit of the United States Public Health Service, was great- ly regretted by the members of the sponsoring cummittee During the’ meeting a commit tee from the Rotary Club, com- posed of Wm. V. Little, Dr. Parramore and Dr. Gekeler, ad- dressed the gathering with refer- ence to efforts to secure a per- manent health unit and hospital LAW OFFENDERS: UNDER ARREST TAKEN INTO CUSTODY BY DEPUTY SHERIFF RAY ELWOOoD Two offenders against the law ‘were taken captives last night by Deputy Sheriff Ray Elwood, and placed in the county jail to await hearing. One of these is Rupert An- drews, colored, who is charged _with assault and battery on 8 woman. Andrews will be ar- raigned for preliminary hearing before Peace Justice Enrique Es- quinaido, Jr., this afternoon. The other case will come up be- fore Justice Esqquinaldo tomorrow afternoon. This is the cose of John Thompaon, also colored, who Braund, surgeon im charge at the is charged with petit larceny. to} boat which will remain here throughout the period of the celebration. It is understood that the vessel will be the Cuba, and it will bring to Key West the Cuban Naval band, a_ representative Cuban baseball team, selected by the government, the official gov- ernment string sextette, to pre- sent native music, an extensive exhibit of Cuban products and pictorial scenes of the country which will be sent by the Cuhan Chamber of Commerce, and, if it can be arranged, several mem- bers of the Cuban Golden;Glove boxing team for bouts here. Secretary of War Nogueira also advised celebration officials that » further details of his country’s participation will be disclosed in day - , y. Smith announced the Depart- ment of Commerce building here. which is appypximately the size of the Miami Civic Center. was being cleared and prepared to receive the Cuban exhibit, an exhibit to be displayed’ by the Mexican government. vart of the official Florida: exhibition for the New York World’s Fair, a WPA arteraft exhibit, and exhibits by the Key West Camera club and the Key West Art assotiation. It will be the greatest exhibition in the history of Key West, Smith said. A telegram received today from U. S. Senator Claude Pep- | per advised Smith that at least two coast guard vessels will be assigned to Key West for the duration of the celebration. These, | with the USS Charleston and the |Cuba, will form the nucleus of a large fleet of vessels expected in } these waters for the Fiesta. The jsoldiers, sailors, and marines jfrom the American and Cuban gunboats, the Key West gerrison coast artillery, and the national guard will participate in the | paradeon the morning of July 4 Another announcement by | Smith was to the effect the Mi- ami motorcade being formed by the Key West club of Dade coun- ty, under the direction of Joseph Monticino, vice-president, and Paul H. Marks, chairman, ‘will leave Miami about noon on Satur- day, July 2. Heading the parade | will be Edwin Warley James, | personal representative of Presi- dent Roosevelt, who is schedied to deliver the principal addreds at the bridge opening ceremonies in Bayview Park July 4; U. 8S. Senator Charlies O. Andrews, whose co-operation has been in- valuable to the celebration com- mittee; U. 8. Senator Robert Rey- nolds, of North Carolina; Gover- Mark Byron, Il; Paul H. Marks, counsel for the Overseas and Toll District commission, and a host of other state officials. The Monroe County Board of Com- missioners, the Key West City Council, “Miss Key West" and a ing Key West access to the land, for a ritbon cutting cere- mony. After that the procession will come directly to Key West. “Use Veccinel—it kills Wood _Worma—Phone 219-R. EAKS FOR ITSELF. SOUTH FLORIDA CONTRACTING & ENGINEERING COMPANY. PHONE 598