The Key West Citizen Newspaper, October 11, 1938, Page 1

Associated Press Day Wire Service For 58 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West Key West, Florida, has the most equable climate in the country; with an average range of only 14° Fahrenheit Ker VOLUME LIX. No. 241. prove Key West Army, Navy Projects Calls For Expenditure Of| °° - Over Twenty - Thousand Dollars In Proposed Im- provements BERLIN.—Hitler is frowning | on the Nazi demonstration against | a Catholic church in Vienna to the extent of ordering a com- Chr y Wiest Citizen THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN THE U.S. A. TUBERCULOSIS: BEING ‘PLANNED | |DR. PARRAMORE REVEALS| CAUSES FOR MOST CASES; GIVES GENERAL OUTLINE OF DISEASE Dr. J. B. Parramore, director of the Monroe Couniy Health De- partment, was a pleasant caller) at The Citizen office yesterday | and while discussing health prob- KEY WEST, FLORIDA, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 11, 1938 Warld’s Largest Telescope: PAESSOSCOCCCOCCEOCCCOOCOCEEOOE 4 ‘ 7 A As The Citizen goes to press B. Curry Moreno Area |lems said that he was preparing | plete investigation with the lead- | to make a series of tee Ae ae ers to be “made an example of”.| County Would Have Perky | Sign Quit Claim Deed In Right Of Way Controversy PRICE FIVE CENTS , Medals Given Three Key Westers At Velada Program —_————~e Mesa, Sr., Drs. Cobo, Ga- ley Get Medals; Luz Lodge Honors Key West Women At the Velada or program of j last night at San Carlos At a meeting of the board of;the land known as Perky on the cles: ne - berculosis. ; \ oe : H Supervisor advises that the TES RM 4 NG ‘ f | Army project has been ap- | pRAHA—There are over 60,-| 000 fleeing Jews and other Ger- ...|man political offenders who fear «,j death or imprisonment if they | return to. Germany but who now | find the Polish borders closed to .| theny on the north, Hungary clos- jed on -the-south:.and Czechoslo- vakia demanding 'slow movement through-its country to Rumania. The Czechs, however, are loath to turn them back to Germany. PRAHA. — Hungraian troops moved across the Czech border to claim two disputed portions of Czech country. Just how much Hungary will finally get will de- | pend on future negotiations. Ex- President Edouard Benes will! probably go to Glasglow, Scot- Jand, shortly. i | { Andrews | |one who has it, eating from his | Replying to several questions | the doctor said that the disease is caused by the germ “Tubercle Bacilli”'and despite statements: which have been made it is never} inherited, although children. of tubercle parents are more sus-| ceptible to the disease because of being constantly exposed to the | germs, It is conveyed by kissing some plate, drinking from his cup or by using knife, fork or spoon without first boiling them well. One gets it from the drops of | saliva the sick person throws out | when he coughs, or sneezes, or | e touches things with his fingers. | f Tubercle bacilli may enter the; , lungs at any age, especially in| # early childhood. At once the! body cells begin to surround the; germs and finally succeed in ; |county commissioners held yes- ¢| | terday afternoon the Monroe |County Clinic was advised, that .| | the sale of the ferries Pilgrim and | Traveller had been consummated |and.the amount of $7,200 was, to | be allotted to the clinic. | Present at the meeting were: |Chairman Carl Bervaldi, Com- |missioners Porter, Warren, Niles jand Thompson; Attorney W. C | Harris, Chief Deputy Sheriff Ber- |nard Waite and C. C. Codrington, jadministrator of the F.E.R.A. of | Monroe county. | Mr. Codrington announced the sale of the ferries to the Belcher Towing Company and the price paid as being $8,600. Of this Florida Keys. The owner wanted certain sums jfor the road right-of-way. over | which it was proposed, .by the |State Road Department, fo con- }tinue the highway, to Key West. |The owner of, .,the.; right-of-way wanted to be given. certain sums, it was asserted, in. return for the property, but the.,commissioners are of the opinion that in memory of past consideration given the owner he should be willing to give the right-of-way for the use intended. Attorney Harris was instructed }to prepare the necessary legal documents for the dissolution of the injunction in favor of the amount, the sum of $7,200 was te | owner in conncetion with the sale | be allotted unconditionally to the| of tax certificates in connection |clinic of Monroe, and after the | { bills against the ferries were paid, with his property, and prepare al quit claim deed in favor of the | Auditorium the 1938 Grito de | Yara 70th anniversary celebra- ition was brought to a close with presentation of Carlos Manuel de Cespedes, medallions to Dr. H. C. Galey,,Dr, Armando, Cobo and Mareus: Mesa; Sr..for outstanding werk, among the Latin,, popula- tion: of the city by Captain Jose Lopez, personal representative of Cuba’s president Laredo Bru. But two other Key Westers have heen’ given Cespedes medals, Mrs. Maria Gutzens and the late Judge Jefferson B. | Browne. | Although the official word has |not been given the Cuban gun- boat Juan Bruno Zayas is ex- pected to leave today 4 o'clock with a host of civic and military SOFIA.—Investigation into the | building a wall around the tu- death of Chief of Staff of Bulga- rian Army Maj. Gen. Yordan! Peyeff await the recovery of the | assassin, who then turned the pis- | tol on himself. It is believed that | he will soon recover conscious- | ness and a confession will then be | ed. BERLIN.—Col. Chas. A. Lind- bergh landed here today but re- test on a Statement he was be-) lieved to have made which be- littled Russia’s air force. Mean- while in England, American- born Lady Astor disputed belief | that the report originated in her} society group by stating that Col.) Lindbergh does not move in her group. This morning at the Naval Station 58 workmen were start- ing new activities which had } ceived yesterday and arrange-| SHANGHAI. — The Japanese ments at once started to secure are out for revenge today for a the men to he placed on the}Chinese victory in which 20,000} work, and up, to the hour of com-| Japanese are reported killed. It smencing work this morning 58/is China’s second biggest victory | had reported for duty. of the war. The Japs are determ- | It was said at the main offices|ined to capture capital Hankow bercle bacilli. This wall is com- posed of calcium and that is one of the reasons why it is so im- portant in childhood to see that children have diets rich in cal- | cium. Milk is one of the foods rich in calcium. Every child| should drink a quart, of milk daily. There are many signs which are warnings which should be heed- | vice at the Baldwin docks es: said the doctor... Among ther: posenyice Tf ‘you feel tired all the time, |’ = SCI. To lift 300,000 pounds—the weight of the world’s |largest telescope bearing—a 75-ton crane was pressed in- in Eddystone, Pa. Here’s one section of the bearing, which will shoulder the 200- when you have nothing to feel |inch Mount Palomar telescope, being loaded on the Cali- tired about; if you keep losing | fornia-bound steamship Pennsylvania. weight; if you have no appetite travel in three parts, at eating time; if you have a cough which hangs on; pain in the chest that gets worse when you take a long breath; if you spit blood. | } If you have any of these signs, | which are danger signals, you should see a doctor. If you can- | not afford your own doctor, go to the clinic and have the doctor |ENGLAN D RAISES TAX: make a tuberculin skin test which | is painless and harmless to you, but gives to your doctor a great! deal of information. | REVOLUTION The bearing will U.S. PAYING NOV. 6 BEGINS HIGH TEA TAX EDUCATION WEEK PROCLAMATION ISSUED BY; GOVERNOR FRED P. CONE iwas to be added to the monies , given to the clinic. | The matter of the ownership of | |the rights-of-way of the railway | | was brought before the meeting, jand it was pointed out that cer- | tain portions of the road had re- verted to Mr. Perky, owner of the balance, if any, of the funds} county for the rights-of-way over | officials it brought from Cuba. the Perky land. | Among the Caballeros de la luz In the event that Mr. Perky! iodge officials in Cuba it trans- does not sign the quit claim deed | ported here were Gran Caballero to institute at once condemnation | Lyminar Domingo Aragon Ar- |Proceedings in connection with | mendariz; Gran Secretario Oscar the securing of the rights-of-way | Ruz Garzon; Luminary Key West which crosses the land owned by | Lodge No. 15 of Havana Luis F. Mr. Perky. Falbello; Vice Luminary Key West Lodge 15 Alfredo Ayme and (CHARTER GROUP HOLDS MEETING LAST EVENING VARIOUS ACTIVITIES PUT ON |SEVERAL ADDRESSES HEARD: DURING EVENT UNDER, CITY MANAGER: FORM OF AUSPICES OF LEGION DRUM GOVERNMENT F“°?.~:ED CORPS DURING SESSION ‘PICNIC GIVEN AT CORAL ISLE MUCH ENJOYED American Legion Drum and, Second meeting of the Central | Bugle Corps’ picnic at Coral Isle | Committee of the Charter Re- Key West Lodge tative Eliseo Perez. Vice Secretary +a eee ho Domingo Aragon Navarro; Past Luminar Maria | Perez de Zambrana Lodge of Ha- vana Mrs. Rosalio Gomez and | Zambrana members Mrs. Maria Gomez, Mrs. Consuelo Benites and Mrs. Alfredo-Ayme. ‘Also going aboard the gunboat were Fedetico Lopez, Member of the Cuban House of Representa- jtives and Commander Cresencia | Cabrera, retired. Cuban War Vet- jeran. Most of the visiting Cuban dignataries have been résiding at the Overseas Hotel. Donations by the Cuban gov- ernment to persons representing lover 150 Key West families were | | | | STARTED AMERICAN | | i in the WPA head: tae "that batoks anid weather sets in. ;Casino was greatly enjoyed by | vision Committee was held in the|made yesterday with guava itely 105 would be put on the work within the next few Gays. Work which is listed to be per- | consists of: improvements | to buildings, rebuilding the fresh} water system, construct a con- crete retaining wall at the re- mote control station at the head, of the island, make improve- ments to tht coal sheds founda- The project ‘carti¢s'fedetal con- tributions améunting’” to "$41- 441.60. ANOTHER PROJECT Horticulture project which has! been in Washington for some time for approval, has been given the “yes” of the administration | and sent to Miami where further | action will be taken and the) project approval sent to Key} West. ! + t } Tt was said at WPA head- quarters this morning that for-! merly this project employed! about 50 females. When this ac- tivity was brought to a potential | close, most of the women were | assigned to the sewing Toom | project where they have beeen ac- | tive while awaiting the resump- | tion of the horticultural work. | KISSED MONEY GOODBYE CHICAGO—As he paid a $50 fine for speeding, Robert Galsen of this city kissed each of the $10; bills he tendered. | —DEPENDABLE— ; PRESCRIPTIONS) Years of Pharmaceutical ex- Perience assure you they will be dependably filled. j GARDNER’S PHARMACY “The Rexall Store” j Free Delivery | i ceeeemmaienl memmaiiaaaiemamenele |day, as a spokesman said that the DOES YOUR ROOF WE'LL SUPPLY MATERIALS TO STOP IT. SOUTH FLORIDA CONTRACTING AND ENGINEERING JERUSALEM.—British troops were stationed in the courtyard; today where Christ was believed | born in the Church of the Nativ- | ity but 15 arabs died in Palestine | towns today in Arab-Jew feuds. j ., WASHINGTON.—Jesse Jones | Said; that-hesbeHeves'the $60,000,- | 000, super: hi ‘across Penn- sylyania > wilb:be baade © possible | shortly through" R:F.©, group. | ; “RIO DE JANEIRO.—A diplo- matic break between Brazil and) |Germany is believed imminent to- Brazilian ambassador will be re- | called from Germany. The Ger-| man ambassador to Brazil is al- ready back in Germany on a va- cation. The action follows tense feeling since President argas’| curb on Nazi centers, clubs and! other groups. i | GRAND JURY IN SESSION CONTINUE TO EXAMINE WIT- NESSES IN CASE NOW BE- ING INVESTIGATED Grand jury, which is investi- gating the shooting of James Taylor, colored, by Edward Web- ber, had not completed their questioning of witnesses up to 3 o'clock when they resumed their session after luncheon. Up to the time of going to press. most of the 13 or more witnesses which were summoned had been heard and the last two, surgeons from the Marine hospital 4.10 at- tended Taylor, had been sum- moned for questioning, were called to appear before the jury. ’ LEAK? STIMULATE AND CLARIFY This test is made by putting aj small drop of liquid called tuber- (By Associated Press) culin, said Doctor Parramore, in} WASHINGTON, Oct. 11.—Time ey Seer. ater two days the | nies, and it now develops that e' spot is examined to see whether | enemy airplanes can shake more rapidly disappar and leave no taxes out of tea-drinkers than the marks. {old-time fear of British redcoats. Accompanying Doctor Parra-| England recently raised its tax eiets pe vet suber peg elon tea from 12 cents a pound to ‘who is attached rv the clinic, ‘tak- 16 cents and while the English ing the place of Miss Norma Diaz. don’t cheer it especially, they are R.N,, wito is studying at William }Paying it without threats of stag- ‘ana "Mary: College. ing tea-parties such as added his- ‘Mrsi-Smock is a graduate of'theytorical zest to our pre-Revolu- University of Minnesota, Post | nary days. ee Graduate of the University of, The money, of course, is going Michigan, Teachers College of De- | *© build up defenses for the Brit- troit, took a course of Public ish Isles, which right now are Health Training in Detroit and concerned over the prospect of studied at the Palmer School of ;D@Ving fleets of bombers come Nutrition of Children in the same °Y&T from the Continent. city. Just for the sake of comparison, it could be mentioned that the STATE REALTORS tax which precipitated the Bos- MEET NOV. 20-23 ton Tea Party was about six cents a pound, barely less than a third of the tax the British now are levying upon themselves. It Depends On The View The fear of British redcoats was not enough to convince the Yankee Colonists they should pay the tax, although to be sure the circumstances then. were far dif- ferent from affecting the present Br The comp was that the to help redcoats here to ke jection”. the other fc tea taxes popped a Tan 1g ft the gover BUSINESS IN HOLLY- WOCD MEET (apecial to ‘The Citizen) HOLLYWOOD, Oct. 11.—Real- tors of the state with leaders in/ their respective fields will meet at the 22nd annual conference of the Florida Association. of . Real Estate Boards in Hallywood, No- vember 20-23. This gathering, which will have | headquarters at the Hollywood Beach Hotel, is called for the pur- pose of clarifying conditions as to real estate sales, investment, management, appraising, financ- ing and leasing. fight the Harry J. Wood, Fort Myers,’ Tea has Fla., president of the Florida As- ed in this cc sociation, will sound the keynoteja 10 perce war levy in his opening address on the | was repealed. But somebody has “State of the Realtor Nation”. jeoe= pay for these battleships. nists nded nee tt kept over s in “sub- was on nists paid States 1789 1903 wh {Special to The Citizen) | TALLAHASSEE, Oct. 11—A proclamation designating the |those in attendance | October 10. | High point of the entertain- ‘house 8 o'clock last night, and in addition to members of the com- Monday, |court room of the county court | jelly, Cuban cheese and beer, among the president of Immigants; cigars and cigarettes |gifts. Benito Gutio, the Revolutionary week of November 6 to 12 as; Ment was mostly for the children | mittee, a number of interested | Ignacio Medina, vice president of 'American Education Week in Florida has been issued by Gov- ernor Cone. Plans to aid teach- ers and patrons in observance cf the week in all schools will be forwarded by State Superinten- dent English to principals and county officials in the first issue of the state department’s month- ly school bulletin. The proclamation urges citizens and public school teachers into closer cooperative relationship and terms an efficient school s: tem essential to the happiness and welfare of the people of the state. COLORED MAN GETS HEARING Robert Lee, colored, who was arrested Sunday morning by Con- stable Floney Pellicier and Police Officer Harry Johnson, after he had inflicted a sevgre cut on the leg of his wife, Kaycee. Ss are ned b re Peace Justi En rique yuinaldo, Jr., yesterday afterr n. After hearin the prisoner ar ofifcers, the c trate ordered the pr under bond of $100 for pearance at the next criminal court the tale told by g nd term MADE UP OF 8 SISTERS the last five y eight sisters, the daughters of the late Philip Duffy, the first town | treasurer. ~ dance steps. ‘who Participated, but the specta- tors enjoyed the sports, games, folk dance and contests that were given by the Legion corps, and supervised by members of the Recreation Department, WPA. Sports opened with the. folk dange;|“Going Around the Moun- tain”. the singing, and all the children |gathered in two circles with the tiny tots to the older children giv-! ing a version of the various latest This was greatly enjoyed by the spectators. The nipple and bottle contest | was won by Miss Gloria Riggs Winners of other contests fol- low: Potato Tynes. Potato Arango. Wheelbarrow, Naldo Diaz and Gus Disdier. Pie eating, boys, George Lowe. Pie eating, girls, Eva Camus. Sack race, boys, Frank Papy Sack race, girls, Ethei Mae Rob- erts. Three-legged race, girls, Gloria Riggs and Eva Camus. Three-legged race. ‘Ogden and Lee Griffin Baby eontest—Healthiest baby, six months to one year, Mildred and Dixie Wharton (twins); pret tiest baby, six months’ to r, Sandra Thompson; health- by, one year to two years, or Lowe; prettiest baby, two years, Tom race, boys, race, girls, Martha practicing grammar ‘ents at the school playground periods, which are supe: Department. ‘ Miss Vanessa Collins ‘Jed | Edward | boys, James one ised by the Recreation citizens attended. | Meeting was called to order by | Chairman Franklin, B-pdhertaouw after the routine, business! « was concluded he announted! that:the'f meeting was called for! the» purs pose of hearing from members of the Speakers Committee, of chairman. Attorney Aquilino Lopez, Jr. was the first speaker, and took as his subjection Cincinnati, Ohio, which city has shown great pro- gress under the City Manager {form of government. Mr. Lopez {explained how it came into being, and gave details explaining how successful the city had been up- to-date. Dr. Warren followed with a de- tailed report based on a study of the wonderfully successful pro- gress under the City Manager form of government reported from Dallas, Texas, since it was adopted in 1931 Interesting addresses were de- livered by Everett Winter, Henry \Brewer, Colonel Lewis Brinton and Clifford G. Hicks In all of the addresses the fact was stressed that in every case it was shown that the old finan cial obligations had been even tually liquidated, and those who at the beginnnig had been un- alterably opposed to the manager form of city government, were practically all won over when the accomplishments were made evi- dent ONLY 14 DRINKS CHICAGO—Testifying in court, G. V. Morehead of this city said “I deny emphatically that I was drunk; why, I had only 14 drinks.” |San Carlos Institute; Domingo Ubieta, President Cuban Vet- lerans disbursed the presents. The | gifts were an annual token in ‘celebration of the Cuban holi- day, \ | Béfare a large crowd yesterday lafternoon the plaque com- |memorating Cuban, patriot and which Dr. Wm. R. Wartett is the | organizer Jose Marti was un- veiled at the corner of Duval and Petronia streets. It was designed lby Esteban Valderrama, well- known Havana sculptor, and was donated by the Caballeros de la luz of Cuba. The visiting grand Lodge of Cuba representatives paid an of- ficial visit to San Carlos Institute and School yesterday afternoon and inspected Mercedes Hospital last night. Mrs. Maria Gutzens, who has worked for years keep the institution going, was | presented with a Cuban flag as a token from the Cuban govern- ment and with a diploma of honor by Mrs. Rosalie Gomez of the Zambrana Ladies lodge of Cuba for work in the Sacerdo- tisas del Hogar, Key West Ladies Auxiliary of the Caballeros de la luz, Sunday night Mrs. Gomez presented to Mra. Josephine Johnson for 26 years work in the Sacerdotisas lodge, the only re- maining lodge member of the | original group of 26 women who j|founded the Mercedes Hospital, and Mrs. Dulce Maria Perez tok- ens of award for outstanding service to. the Sacerdotisas lodge. Veiada program follows: 1 Cuban and American National Anthems. Presentation of three Carlos Manuel de Cespedes Order Med- ais to Drs. Armando Coto, H. C. \Galey, Marcus Mesa, Sr., by Cap- (Continued on Page Four) COMPANY. PHONE 598 TODAY