The Key West Citizen Newspaper, October 13, 1938, Page 1

Key West, Florida, has the most equable climate in the country; with an average range of only 14° Fahrenheit Associated Press Day Wire Service For 58 Years Devoted to the , Best Interests of Key West Key Wiest Citizen VOLUME LIX. No. 243. Election In Various Other Matters Are Heard During Regular Meeting Of County Board Last Night Polling places, which will con- the booths for the election to en Tuesday, November , last night by Tegular meeting held at the coun- ty court house. Present were: Chairman Carl Bervaldi, Commissioners Porter, Warren, Thompson and Niles; At- torney for the County W. C. Har- ris, Chief Deputy Sheriff Bernard Waite, Fire Chief H. M. Baker, Representative B. C. Papy, Mayor! Willard Albury and several in- will be paid $5 for the during the time the polls are and three cents for each of a voter recorded. number of ballots to be for each precinct was given out by Clerk Sawyer, ; Sixth precinct, 1,- precinct, 1,300; Eighth precinct, 100; Ninth pre- cinet, 100; Tenth precinct, 300. Another meeting will be held Applications for liquor licenses, one for the La Concha Hotel and the other for a cocktail lounge to be operated at the Hotel Jeffer- son by Al Mills, were brought up for consideration. Both of these were presented at the first meeting of the month last Wednesday night and were held over for final action until last night. The name of the place at the Hotel Jefferson will be the | Club Cayo Hueso. Representative Papy addressed the board on matters relative to the ferries Pilgrim and Traveller, which were recently purchased by the Belcher Towing Company ‘Vhis vacation-and ¥éturn’to Lon- .|ton was today assigned as new! November Seccccenconasaceeecsescs® PRAGUE.—Negotiations be- tween Czechoslovakia and Hun- gary were almost at a complete breakdown today when Hungary gave the Prague government un- til noon to come to terms. No ul- {timatium had .been..served but |the Czech gov it had ap- parently stiffened. Czechoslovakia offered to cede only a smali piece } of territory near the Danube j{ river as a result from what is be- lieved to be powerful support by | Germany and Rumania. A rein! of terror existed in the territory } in question, believed to have been | instigated by a band of Hungarian ; officers. ° j JERUSALEM. — Arab leaders ruled Jerusalem today after driv- ing out British authorities from! government centers. London’t sensational publication, “The} Week”, stated that England is} dealing an even chance of being idriven out altogether. ‘It was shown that the plan to partition the holy land had been abandon- , ed. HONG KONG.—Fear was felt today for safety of American and British gunboats in vicinity of} Sino-Chinese warfare. LONDON. — Prime © Minister Chamberlain decided to cut short don the early part of next week. | A new arament program with strong air fleet would be the sub- ject of an extraordinary cabinet meeting which will be called on the return of Chamberlain. MIAMI.—Lt. Comdr. C. H. Hil- skipper of U. S. Coast Guard Cut- | ter Pandora. MIAMI.—Movement has_ been | planned to eliminate all Miami | trolley cars to be replaced by! buses. At the present time street cars are owned by the city. 1 LONDON.—Strike by 5000 rail- | way workers threatened to/ | paralyze London’s food supply. ' Cause of strike was refusal of | ticket-takers to join the union. DETROIT.—Vote will be taken | jtomorrow in Hudson factory to| determine if 6000 workers will} Che jwho were in Key West for the KEY WEST, FLORIDA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 13, 1938 California:Dams Its Water i se Eureka; counts the project. —is 50 feet high but an earth fill nearly 30 feet deep conceals much structure. days until residentswill be usingnem:amater supply ,, fol completion of Eureka’s $890,000 dam (above), key unit of a $2,000,000 water supply ; Arch of the dam—which is.on the Mad river in Humboldt county, Californ’ \ ‘ { lowing ia| of the dami CUBAN GROUP LEFT TODAY. GUNBOAT ZAYAS ORDERED TO REMAIN UNTIL WEA- THER SUBSIDES | Most of the Cuban delegation | annual Grito de Yara celebration left this morning on the S.S. Cuba | following orders for the Cuban gunboat Juan Bruno. Zayas, on which they came-here, to remain in port until the inclement wea- ther subsided. The Zayas left Tuesday after- noon at 2 o’clock following rush orders from Havana but returned | vo port in two hours following the encountering of unusually squally weather in the Gulf Stream and advices from Havana to turn back. The gunboat will remain in Key West at the Yacht Basin un- til the weather subsides. } WEBBER CASE UP TOMORROW: TO BE ARRAIGNED IN CIR-) CUIT COURT ON MUR- DER CHARGE —_ 50” OF BRIDGE BUCKETS VANISH Buckets are in the Key West limelight! Those red buckets placed at intervals along the wood- en bridges of the 40 mile stretch from Big Pine to Key West upside down in a wood- en holder with rope attach- ed! Not only have they saved a number of the wood- en bridges throughout the year but just Tuesday four Key West Fire Department appeared before the Monroe County Commission last night with the news that 50% of the buckets are gone. What has become of them? Well fishermen along the bridges use them for keeping their bait. cleaning their fish, washing their hands, and many @f them are lost in the hi The majority of the losses have been on the upper Keys bridges, Baker The Commission instructed Cleveland Niles to investigate and replace the buckets. TO hk hed headed de) MAYOR ORDERS ARREST OF CITY DONE CAREFULLY AMOUNT INVOLVES $50,000,- 000 OF RESPONSI- BILITY By CHARLES EDISON Assistant Secretary of the Navy | (Written for The A. P.) * WASHINGTON, Oct. 13.—The expeéfiditure of any public money | is a responsibility. When the amount involved reachs $50,000,- | 000 the responsibility is definitely ieee But when the $50,000,000 or more is to pe used to purchase ; a battleship there is a dual re-| sponsibility—first to see that the} public gets a dollar’s worth of ship for each dollar of the pur-| chase price, and second, to be| certain that the battleship pur- chased has all the desirable char- acteristics to make it of maximum | usefulness in the defense of our} lcountry throughout its 26 or more | years of service. | | This responsibility is divided. | |The general board, composed of! | experienced flag officers, de- | | termines the characteristics which } | include tonnage, armament, cruis- fine radius, speed, vulnerability, ete. | The technical bureaus study jthe general board characteristics, | work up general | specifications, provide plans and | | conduct various tests in the mod-| 4el basins,’at the boilér and other | |} CLAIM ONLY INTRACOASTAL ' | the State of New Jersey. No mer- {from Bahia Honda to Key West president; W. F. Coachman, Jr.,! GULF STORM OF THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN THE U.S.A. ATLANTIC DEEPER WATERWAYS BODY MEETS NOV. 16-19 LINK MISSING IS NEW JER- JERSEY’S; KEY WEST NEEDS 40-MILE DEEPENING | } Notice has been received. by The Citizen that’ the. Atlantic Deeper Waterways Association | will-meet in Washington, D..C., Nov: 16-19, for their 31st. annual convention. Of primary interest to. Key West is a statement in the cir- cular that the Atlantic intra- coastal waterway is complete ex- cept for a “missing link” across} tion is made of the application of Key West for a deeper water depth over a 40-mile stretch where low water depth goes as shallow as two feet in some plac- es. Many yachtsmen coming | here object to using Hawk Chan- nel on the outside the last 40 miles to Key West, which is not | always smooth water. { The Key West application went | to.the U. S. Board of Engineers and must sceure approval of that body before it is sent on to Wash- | ington where it is then approved | usually as a matter of form. The convention, it is pointed; out, will open after the General | Election and before Congress ac- tually assembles. Florida offi-! cers are H. H, Buckman, vice- director-at-large; E. G. Sewell, vice-president-at-large, and R. G. Patterson, director. ! MODERATE FORCE WARNINGS ISSUED MAINLY FOR SMALL CRAFT IN UNICH : vP HERE IS PICTWURED«the on- trance to the Fuehrerhaus in Munich, Germany, where Hit- ler, Mussolini, Chamberlain and Daladier gathered for conference which averted threatening general Euro- pean war. The house is also known as the “Brown House”. RIGHT-OF-WAY ISSUE BROUGHT BEFORE BOARD PRICE FIVE CENTS Investments Of $491,193 In 1936-37; Figures Released By State De- partment Of Agriculture | ° Accarding to a State Depart- ment of Agriculture report for the year 1936-37, Monroe County manufacturies are topped by 39 auto repair shops which paid a total of |$75,480 to workmen for the periodvemployed, an aver- age of 8&8 workmen and repre- ;sented anvinvestment of $76,150. Monroe workmen a total of $353,137 in-the year. Investments represented a total of $491,193. Industries with next highest payrolls respectively are: One ice manufacturing plant with $25,000 employing 24 workmen and rep- |resenting an investment of $68,- 1200; six bakeries with 24 men |paid $20,100 with an investment | of $58,500; seven paint shops pay- ing 24 workmen $25,000 with an |investment of $1,350; four boat |manufacturing shops paying 18 {workmen $19,000 with an invest- ment of $46,450; four ice cream manufacturing parlors paying 25 MATTER RELATIVE TO PERKY | workmen $18,330, investment of $46,450; four machine shops pay- HOLDINGS DISCUSSED BY ing 12 workmen $18,300 with an COUNTY COMMISSIONERS, LAST NIGHT At the meeting of the Board County Commissioners held last} night the question of rights ways over the general were 7 2 made toward securing the righ! | which reverted to R. C. Perk; when the Florida East Coa Railway was abandoned. the highway was! brought up for discussion and} opinion expressed | was that up to the present time little headway had been investment of $23,000; three printing plants paid 23 workmen | $15,860 with an investment of | $80,000; 23 tailor shops paying 25 workmen $15,810 with a capital outlay of $2,763; 26 cigar manu- facturing shops paying 46 work~- men $15,405 with an investment of $6,500; nine sausage manufac- turing shops paying 20 workmen’ - $15,112 with an investment of $7,- 000; nine tin shops paying 14 workmen $8,200 with an’ invest- ts; ment of $7,900. y,|. Other industries with payrolls st | less than five figures follow: | Six battery shops employ six, of of W. Curry Harris, attorney for }payroll $3,200; investment $1,400; the commissioners advised 4 had | one blacksmith shop employs one, taken the matter up with Mr. | payroll $300, investment $750; six Perky and had sent hirt the fol-}bicycle shops employ seven, pay- lowing letter in connection with roll $6,040, investment $2,200; two the desires of the county: “Mr. R. C. Perky, “Perky, Florida. | DIFFERENT AREAS a storm of hurricane weather bureau. The advisory follows: ADVISORY “Dear Mr. Perky: | bottling works entploy four, pay- |roll $3,120, investment $26,500; lone box factory employs ten, pay- |roll $3,500, investment $30,000; ‘sip “At a special meeting of the}one candy manufacturing shop The moderate tropical disturb-| Board of County Commissioners | employs two, payroll $750, invest- ance, which was reported in the|held yesterday afternoon, I was Gulf of Mexico last night, is not/ instructed to prepare and for- intensity,| ward to you for your considera- according to advices issued this/tion, deeds for that portion of morning by G, S. Kennedy, me-! the abandoned right of way of and detailed | teorologist in charge at the local; the Florida East Coast Railway owned and held by your various; | companies between Big Pine Key and Key West.” Deeds and other papers in con- ment $275; one casket manufac- jturing shop employs two with payroll of $1,900 with investment of $1,300; two cement works em- ploys four, payroll $3,000, invest- ment $1,000. | Five coffee mills employ 12, | payroll $8,120 with investment of | $5,000; five dental laboratories employ eight with payroll of $4-'" industries paid) 465. , of Miami, and asked that the! watk out. Dismissal of three \ | ment io cé plants! 9:40 A. M.—Moderate. tropieal nection were enclosed, and are | 299 and investment of $3,700; five company be apprised of certain matters in connection therewith. Mr. Papy was advised that .the matter would be given the atten- tion asked. Clerk Sawyer, .was requested to write the Belcher Company relative to the matters involved. Mayor Albury addressed the; board on matters relative to the place of business to be erected by the Sinclair Refining Co., corner of Roosevelt Boulevard and Palm Avenue. Matters pertaining to the sidewalk and approaches were subjects of Mayor Albury’s talk, which were agreed to by the com- missioners. Isadore Weintraub, represent- ing the Junior Chamber of Com- | merce, accompanied by Attorney {stewarts in the ftictory is said to be the cause of the strife. CHECKED UP Truck of the Manhattan Distri- butors, of Miami, was seen going ; over the streets of Key West last jnight and was checked by Super- visor George Gomze, of the State |Beverage Department. One of the inmates of the truck, said to be a Mr. Cohen, president of the company, was questioned and released pending jan investi; ' | CircuitCourt'of the Eleventh | Judicial Circuit will meet tomor- | |row and “be presided over by | Judge Arthur Gomez, for the trial | |of Ed Webber, against whom al | true bill was found yesterday by | jthe grand jury. j | Webber was found to be re-| jsponsible for the death by shoot- | | ing with a revolver of James Tay- i lor on the night of Augus t 23. |The shooting took place on the night of August 19 and Taylor | | was taken to the Marine hospital , where he died as stated. OTHER ACTIVITIES LIMIT SHOOTERS DOVE HUNTERS IN’ MARTEL: LO TOWERS SECTION BRING: MANY COMPLAINTS TO MAYOR'S OFFICE Mayor Willard M. Albury in- forms The Citizen that he has giv- en Chief of Police Ivan Elwood orders to arrest and place charges against dove hunters operating in the vicinity of Martilo Towers in violation of a city ordinance. ¢ ment Qo | thei @4yal experi-| ahdsin outside commercial plants. This’ work crystalizés in the form of plans-ep¢ specifications which | jare:s furnished the prospective bidder étéral months in ad-/| \vance of bid openings, to enable, |them to make proper estimates. | [PAY WARRANTS — NOW AVAILABLE | Pay warrants for those county temployes who are paid from the General Revenue Fund are now available in the office of Clerk Members of the grand jury,} “The hunters are apparently | Ross C. Sawyer at the county; gation of the activities! which completed yesterday the! Persistent”, Mayor Albury said. | court house. storm central 7 a. m., EST, about | 275 miles south of. Port Eads, Louisiana, showing slight move-| ment, apparently toward “the northeast during the last six hours. Further movement will be indicated in later advisory. | Strong winds and squalls up to 48 miles per hour continue in Gulf to east and north of storm cen- ter. Small craft from mouth of Mississippi to extreme southern Florida should remain in port un- til further notice. Storm warn- ings remain displayed Carabella, Florida, to Morgan City, Louis- iana, and small craft warnings east and south of Carabelie to Mi- ami, Florida. ‘ Florida. now, “I am also enclosing a parti: release of mortgages) Properties, Inc., the ‘mortgagee, the Osland Holding Company, It would appear that certain portion of the into foreclosure after it was di: missed. “As near as I can figure fro the right of were loaned me by the Sta Road Department, there is. a proximately 13,800 linear feet i volved. This is simply my esti- |mation and the true figures may actually be less or greater. “I hope that you will find or should be, in the hands lof Mr. Perky. Perky property is still subject to the lien of this mortgage, which was once thrown way maps which jelectrical shops employ six men with payroll of $3,400 and in- vestment 6f $2,000; two furniture ‘manufacturing shops employ two men with payroll of $1,380 and investment of $675; two jelly fac- tories employ four with payroll of $1,600 and investment of $2,- 1000; four jewelry shops employ six with payroll of $4,370 and in- vestment of $3,200, One locksmith employs with payroll of $750 and invest ment of $100; one mattress manu facturing shop employs eight with | payroll of $2,800 and investment of $900; one monument manufac turing shop employs one with $500 payroll and $300 investment; two novelty shops employ ten with payroll of $5,560 with in to of a is- o m ite p- in- it BULLETIN 11 A. M—The moderate trop- ; ical disturbance in the Gulf of Mexico announced in former ad-j| visory, now moving northeast-/ ward, is not a storm of hurricane intensity but ~erely a disturb- possible to give the county this property. I realize that you have had differencés with the State Road Department, but in the final analysis Monroe County, and not the State Road Depart- ment, will be the beneficiary up- on the completion of the new Hi. H. Taylor, Jr, member of the | of the Jaycees, addressed the board with | 2 @ request that $75 be given to the REDUC! ALIMONY body for a survey of location on | seiurceie the south shore of the island}; PHILADELPHIA —Asking for where required construction of }& reduction of the $6 a groins are to be made for the|mony he ee a Monten County. vestment of $2,300; three peanut roasters employing three with payroll of $1,500 and investment of $1,375; three plumbing shop: employing seven with a payroll of $7,300 and an investment of #4,- 400 | Webber shooting of James Tay-|“When an officer is around they! Distribution will be for the| }lor and rendered a true bill, were| cease firing but as soon as he|month of August, 1938, and was! }today devoting most of their time | leaves they start in again. I've made available by deposits made | | foam investigation and inspecti-|received scores of complaints) by Tax Collector Frank H. Ladd | gatioh of the schools of the pub-'from residents in that section’ from collections of licenses for $6 a week ali~!jic'school system, and other mat-|whose homes are peppered with} the sale of liquors, wines and was paying his . wife,\ters. of which the county has|the shotgun charges. It is a very beer. 3 5 Building up of the beach site| David Beerman of. this city told cgntrol. which has been affected by ero- sipn. ‘There was considerable discus- sibn on the matter but in the end it, was decided to make the re- q@@ested appropriation of $75 frpm the General Revenue Fund when the money is available. the subject of the visit of Com- manier W. N. Richardson, who was in Key West on a visit with ® view to selecting location for a (Continved on Page Four) INSPE the judge: “Ihave four wives,! ;your. honor—her two sisters and} gher mother. jwhat to do.” j reduced to $4. | EA TT ‘HALLOWE'EN CANDIES | Shipment of WHITMAN'S just received. Wide range of prices. | GARDNER’S PHARMACY “The Rexall Store” Phone 177 Free Delivery CET i | The entire panel of 18 mem-} bers were being accompanied on} Waite and Deputy Ray Elwood. FLEES WITH CASH PORTLAND, Ore.—While one} bandit held Gordon Berg, a} grocery clerk of this city a/ dangerous matter”. Although the dove season now on, the hunters are not al- is They all, tell, We) their visits tothe different loca-| lowed to fire within the city lim- The payment Was) tions by Chief Deputy Bernard its. “Violators will definitely be brought to court”, Mayor Albury said. SILVER DOLLAR IN MAIL CHILDRESS, Texas—An un- wrapped silver dollar, with the LONG LOST IS FOUND | LLONDON—John Keay, a ped- idler of this city, who disappeared 24 year ago, has been found, and notified that he had inherited $20,000. COLLECTS AWARD LONDON-—-George R. Colner of }prisoner in a back room of his/ address gm one side and a three- this city was awarded $13,000 in Store, another donned an apron,|cent stamp on the other, was re- court because he had lest the waited on the trade for an hour,/ ceived ip the mail by J. Lee Dil-/ senses of taste and smell through and then fled with the cash. lion of this city. jan injury. ance attended py rain and squalls with winds up to 40 to 48 miles; per hour. This disturbance will| move over Florida during the next 24 to 36 hours, and warn- ings have been issued for smali boats in the Gulf of Mexico and Florida coastal waters. Precau- tions by persons on exposed is-j lands and beaches should also be taken until this disturbance pass- | es. No other precautions appear necessary at the present time, but } interested persons should stand by for later announcement this afternoon and tonight. i highway. Six radio shops employ seven “Trusting that you will lend us| shd pay $4,900 with an income }your cooperation in this behalf, I beg to remain, “Yours very truly, “W. CURRY HARRIS, “Legal Adviser Board of Coun’ Commissioners, Monroe Coun-| 820 payroll ty, Florida.” RED CROSS FUND Contributions to date follow: ro gen acknowledged lof $2,925; two shoe shops em i pley three with a payroll of $3,- 1120 and an income of $2,300; four | sign manufacturing shops em- ty | ployed four workmen with $1- and $1,145 invest- iment; two taxidermists employ two with a payroll of $709 and an investment of $350; nine tire shops employ 14 with a payroll of %,- 200 and an investment of $7,900; two typewriter shops employ $26.00' two with a payroll of $650 and 400 | an investment of $775. OUR LINE OF DINNERWARE--BEAUTIFUL AND REASONABLE. AT THE SOUTH FLORIDA CONTRACTING & ENGINEERING COMPANY. PHONE, 596