The Key West Citizen Newspaper, October 19, 1938, Page 1

Associated Press Day Wire Service For 58 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West Ker Key West, Florida, has the most equable climate in the country; with an average range of only 14° Fahrenheit VOLUME LIX. No. 248. Entertain Tells Service Club Mayor Is Chief Enforcement Of- ficer Of City With Power To Stop Them William Doughtry, program chairman of Stone Church Serv- ice Club, after listing the pitfalls of the usual honky-tonk tourist town and the better form of en- tertainment for the higher class went, into individ- are to Key that, .re-) tment, the Mayer of ROY Wet the chief ment officer of the city and he has enough city ordinances at his disposal to eliminate all of them”, Doughtry said. Regarding Key West proper, Doughtry mentioned scores of; traffic violations with the last re- portofthe Chief of Police for fines and forfeiture showing but the arrest of two bicyclists. He mentioned the fact that the city has a new motorcycle for traffic duty and called attention to the driving near city schools. ; West must be educated to ‘Observe the traffic laws”, Dough- try said. Shooting is continuing at Mar- tello Towers with the shot pep- pering houses because no en- has been ordered de- an announcement to the contrary. “May I remind you”, y oan od the-city is liable to dé" net have enforce- real by taxpayers as Doughtry called was the operation of planned on lower Duval shortly, the operation of a planned some time ago, ition of bingo games by clubs and organizations, the op- eration of “nuisance” lunch stands where loud music and drinking were tolerated, the open solicitation of prostitutes on low- er Duval, the operation of bolita houses which are supported by the poor of the city, they shownig of crime moving pictures on es a3 * NEW LORD MAYOR POMP ofachange in Lon- don’s lord mayor was almost lost in the noise of war threats. This is Sir Frank Bowater, the new lord mayor of London, England, carrying a bouquet to the Church of St. Lawrence Jew- ery for a ceremony. MAKING TOUR OF INSPECT Che Doughtry Lists: Tourist ment Nui 2| Bettie Brewer, charged with j largely inhabited by Polish set- | tlers. y West Citizen THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN THE U.S. A. KEY WEST, FLORIDA, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 19, 1938 New U. Of F. Dorm Site | vagrancy, was arraigned in the; court of Peace Justice Franklin | Arenberg yesterday afternoon. The evidence offered in the! case was such as to leave no al-| ternative for the judge except to} place the defendant under bond of $100 to appear at the next term of Criminal ‘Court. H “(ity Associated Press) ¢ ee egrecaccecccocccene, : —Stocks _reacl | theigigreatest levels in the past, year today. MIAMI.—Florida Racing Com- mittee meets here Monday to de- termine race dates for Dade and | Santa Rosa counties. | WARSAW.—The little country | of Slovakia became an entity to- | Polish leaders to determine what |should be done with a mountain- ous section in the north, which is , ‘Three now, but a fourth is going up—University of Florida’s entire dormitory facili- ties are shown in this aerial view, but construction has begun on a fourth dormitory which will give the state university accommodations for an additional 230 students. jday and bodly conferred with! At the present time the dormitories provide for only 15 per cent of the student body of over'3200. Thomas Hall, shown in the upper part of the photograph, was the first | building erected on the campus when the state’s s organized and the university opened in Gainesville in 1905. under construction will parallel the two present dorms, and at the upper end, will pro- ject to the east a short distance. ystem of higher education STII IOIS SM L |BOOKLET EXPOSES $5 BOGUS BILL Late yesterday afternoon Cleare was one amazed coun- ty prosecuting official. Attempting to pay a $5 bill at the Clerk of the County Ross Sawyer’s office, he found Miss Florence Sawyer to whom the bill:was tender- ed examining it:puzzedly. "1 think it’s»icounterfeit”, she said. Clerk Ross Sawyer then sent to the First National Bank for the booklet which exposes bogus money. Sure enough, some of the details didn’t check with the speci- fications for real money. One thing counterfeiters have never been able to do is to secure similar silk threaded paper, and of course the num- bers are always a give away. Now the county solicitor, wracking his brains, remem- bered that he got the bill in Miami. Solciitor Cleare is at present without the $5 repre- sented and without even the counterfeit bill as he turned was re- The new dormitory now RED CROSS ROLL CALL DRIVE TO BEGIN THURSDAY CAMPAIGN TO BE. INAUGU- RATED WITH MEETING TO BE HELD IN EVENING AT 7 O'CLOCK LONDON.—The British cabinet is believed to have appointed a strong policy to put down the Arab rebellion as 2,000 British | “Tommies” stormed into the old section of Jerusalem today where the Arabs are intrenched, killing five of them. Three Jews were killed. British army commanders | are made. district commissioners to increase their power. ? VIENNA.—Jews in this city | were persecuted when Austrians made the round of Jewish homes breaking windows and defacing houses. Twenty-seven Jews were buried Sunday with three of them suicides. Hitler issued orders to demote or dismiss those military officers who led the raid on the Catholic church here, headed by Cardinal Innitzer. The 1938 roll call drive of the can Red Cross_ will | Thursday with a meeting of the WASHINGTON.—British trade | agreement plans with America struck a snag here today as the/| United States asked for more concessions on automobiles, tim- ber and agriculture. A crucial drive. The drive, which starts Armis- |conducted on a more | ' REPORT ON TWO PHASES OF KEY WEST CHARTER ADMINISTRATIVE, LEGISLA- TIVE BRANCHES OF PRES: | ENT CHARTER STUDIED AND CHANGES PROPOSED 2 i man, | saat Fatih horse of the Belscopal {bullding last night with reports they will be towed to Miami to-| booster among northern yachts- |church at 7 o'clock, it was an-| nounced here today by Ernest!and legislative sections | Ramsey, chairman of the roll call} present city charter. | ‘The Charter Study group of met at the W.P.A. office presented’ on the administrative of the | H. E. Day, chairman of the | tice Day, November 11, will be} Study group, led the discussion. closely } Col. Lewis Brinton reported “BE TOWED TO | YACHT ELFREDA. MIAMI TOMORROW ARRIVES TODAY ONE LAID UP FOR FURTHER . DISPOSAL, OTHER JUNKED AND ENGINE PLACED IN| ANOTHER BOAT | it in to the First National Bank. l Lheudeaeudiudeutiuteathath | | | | | | No DOCK: AGE FEES, WILL BRING MANY YACHTSMEN | E. N. Belcher, Jr., representa-| First large yacht of the season of Miami, which has purchased} yacht basin is the “Elfreda” {the two ferries, “Pilgrim” and}|owned by H. H. Ripley and cap- |“Traveler”, morrow afternoon. {men for the Island City. The documentary papers~for| The Elfreda will base here this the vessels -have not. yet arrived | winter and on this trip wil! re- from Washington and the ferries, main in Key West until January may not make the run to Miami | when it will make the trip north on their own power until'the pa-| to take the owner and guests pers are here. Two tugs will be | aboard. sent down to tow them. | Writing for told The Citizen that | tained by Peter Nilsen, an ardent | information this PRICE FIVE CENTS jidvWebber, Found Guilty ‘0OGMurder, Sentenced To fe Imprisonment ' Today Prisoner Was Declared | Guilty Of Charge By Circuit Court Jury Sat- urday Night Ed Webber, negro who was found guilty of first degree mur- der in Circuit, Court; the. verdict of the jury. being rendered 9:30 o'clock. Saturday night, wes this | morning sentenced. to.hard labo: “in the.state prison’ of the State of Florida forthe period of your natural life”. | Court was convened shortly | after 10 o’clock by Judge Arthur ;Gomez, with Clerk Ross C. Saw- jyer, Sheriff K. O. Thompsonj«nd jother officials present. ‘here was aiso a small crowd of on- jlookers in the court room. Immediately after court was convened Webber was called to the bar by the judge, who spoke }as follows: | “Webber you are a lucky man. | You had a good lawyer to defend |you and it was his able defense | which inclined the4ury to recom- |mend you to the mercy of the court, and thereby save your life. | “You, Ed Webber, having been | tried on an indictment charging you with the crime of murder in {the first degree, said» to. have | been committed in the County of |Monroe and State of Florida, up- {on one James Taylor, on the 19th | day of August, A. D. 1938, and | the jury empaneled and sworn to | try the issue upon the indictment and on your plea ef not guilty, |Key West Chapter of the Ameri-' the City Charter Revision Com- tive of the Belcher Oil Company arriving this morning at the) haying rendered its verdict con- commence | mittee, Franklin E. Albert chair- | vieting you of the crime of mur- der in the first degree and recom- | mending you to the mercy of the |court, what have you to say why | Sentence should. not now be, ini= |posed upon you”. Askod by the judge, “What have you to say why sentence should not now be imposed upon you?” The prisoner had nothing to say, and the judge continued: “Thursday afternoon, an afternoon | most of the children at-| LIGHTHOUSE GROUP LEAVE stage will be reached in a few) idays. drawn plan than heretofore, ne-}recommendations for changes in cessitating the cooperation of the | the administration section of the “Saying nothing that could or The run tomorrow will depend | year about yachting facilities in| sould influence the court in its low | the city, Captain Nilsen received show, the operation of than one carnival in the ling the carnival, Dough- said, “The city passed an designed. to» give the power ta:prohibit the ‘op- of, more than one ‘carnival citys, license ‘was thei) “granted. to collector has gtanted a Bokus leman carnival, planning ite Stowers ‘Park, an- ‘We hear, too, that rumors the American an inspection of beacons along | slovakia. and the Paid and Volun-| the route as far as Big Spanish | ents are plan-| Key Channel, for the purpose of | two other carnivals | determining how many, if any, EAL plane was brought safely to Fire Departm ‘to bring to the city’ Entertainments of a better class city cited were: boating and races, fishing and fishing tournaments, pageants, more music groups, more stage plays, native exhibits, athletics”. | Each citizen has a personal part ee ee affairs, Doughtry . W. Ludlum, connected with State plant board, stated that black flies were found on Key West plants but there was a little seale. The board workers would be here about six weeks longer. ‘This was the first half of the pro- era the no Guests: J. P_ Tonetti, Rev. J. Lilly, Guy Carleton, Jay Strick- er, Bill Lee, J. W. Ludlum. AINT LOOKS “Aquarium, Art} Exhibits,swimming pool, beaches, | GRAND TODAY TO MAKE SUR- VEY OF BEACONS } W. J. Schoneck, assistant light- house engineer, Andrew Albury, keeper at Dry Tortugas light, and the Philbett ‘eativat|Charles Mackie, assistant keeper, | v we find that)the ‘city 'Jért this morningin Power Boat #94 Rumanian leaders are con- 31, on a trip throtigh the Intra- coastal Waterway.” The plan of the trip is to make are missing or in need of re- | pairs. Earlier in the year it was re- ported that some of the beacons were missing, and a check re- vealed that many of them had been broken, or rendered use- beacons. All of the beacons were replaced. Mr. Schoneck and companions will go through the waterway on the trip north but expect to make the return trip on the out- side through Hawk Channel. NEW ARRIVAL IN LOWE'S FAMILY Communication received today from Mr. and Mrs. Charles G. Lowe, of Pensacola, ‘announces the birth of a son on Sunday, Oc- tober 16, at their home on Brent Lane. The newcomer has been given the name of Vista Spencer Lowe. Mother and son are reported as doing nicely. less, by boats being tied to the} + segs ha jed from the fraternal, LONDON.—Prime Minister Ne- | ville Chamberlain is quietly lay-! ing plans for another meeting with Adolf Hitler to consider all the dictator’s grievances in cen- | tral Europe. ' it was learned from Mr. Ram- | lips, executive secretary of the local chapter, have been busy formulating a schedule that will die piesa touch every nook and corner of WARSAW.—Polish, Hungarian | the Island. , j “With the ever increasing du- through the !ferring;on the proposition for a ties thrust upon us | various committees to be appoint- | civic and! business organizations of the city, } |sey, who, with Mrs. Grace Phil-| charter. Charles H. Ketchum reported as chairman of the legis- lative group on suggested changes. Sections of the Key West Char- ter dealing with taxation, board of public works and_ elections will be up for discussion at the, study group meeting Tuesday. The meeting will start at 7:30 o'clock, a half hour earlier than common;border for the three|misfortunes of the indigent, the ysual. Everett Winter, B. C. Mo- ;countries against Russia with the|Key West chapter is compelled |“common border” part of Czecho- | to make a more urgent call for | membrships thig year than in the past”, Mrs. Philips said here to- . iday. The locaF quota has been MONTGOMERY. — A flaming! ..¢ at 1,000 memberships. j < 4 | A special feature of the drive jthe ground today in a cornfield tig year will be the showing at near here by the pilot following | the jocal theaters a feature film the dropping off of a motor} in which Deanna Durbin, that in- jwhich caught the wing afire.| comparable and beloved young |The pilot landed as the plane /fijm star, sings ‘A Friend Indeed’, was completely on fire from end the words of which come from to end. Fourteen passengers her own pen and are put to the were saved. The pilot reported |jyric of ‘Roses of Picardy’. The that he was not alarmed and that date of the showings will be an- jthere was ny Sew — nounced at a later date, Mrs. |passengers. He had once [Phillies stated today. a mail plane and saved the mail| oy “se - in the same manner. The motor ter are Robert Spotswood, chair- | was found’ a "tnile “away with no man; Mrs. Phillips, executive lindieation as’ to the cause of it | secretary, and Hilton Kemp, | dropping off. treasurer. NEW ORLEANS. — Cardinal Mundelein of Cihcago, personal | Teptesentative of Pope Pius, head fof the Roman Catholic church, |said in a National. Eucharistic | Congress radio talk today that all | Europe is waiting for the mid- ‘night hour to begin a war on an LIEUT. INSPECTS JUPITER STATION Lieut. Fort Caliahan, officer in Officials of the Key West chap-' {reno and E. A. Ramsey will give | the reports. W. W. DEMERITT ~ RETURNS TO CITY HAD BEEN ATTENDING CON- FERENCE HELD IN WASHINGTON William W. Demeritt, superin- tendent of lighthouses for the Seventh District, who had been attending conferences of superin- tendents from all over the United States and possessions, returned to the city yesterday on bus of the Florida Motor Lines. from Miami. Mr. Demeritt left Key West on October 2 bound for Washington. and told The Citizen today that he found the weather delightful. |The conferences were delight- issue that tomorrow will be for- charge of the Key West Naval’ gotten and that the only remedy Station, will leave today for a for it was for the people of the ‘semi-annual inspection trip of the | world to turn back to the God radio station at Jupiter light on ‘they have forgotten. A solemn the Florida east coast. pontifical mass was celebrated by Mrs. Callahan will accompany | Edward G. Howard for those who the: lieutenant and will visit in imade pilgrimages to the Congress. | Miami on the trip. WHEN YOU USE THE RIGHT KIND OF BRUSH. GET THE fully entertaining and trips were made to different points near Washington where latest inven tions and discoveries in connec- tion with aids to navigation were demonstrated. “Yes I had a very delightful and entertaining time, but I was glad to get back to Key West” Mr. Demeritt said. BEST FROM US. a great deal on the small pressure area which is off the @ detailed report from Lieut. Fort Bahamas and may roughen up, Céllahan who advised him that | the usual custom of not charging harbormaster fees the water. Arriving in Miami one of the | dockage or ferries will be dismantled and | Would be observed this year. the engine placed in another boat! other ferry will be laid up await-) New York yachting circles and ing . decision on furthe#’A@@/jhas been received with kposal. einen With Mr. Belcher is ‘Mri’ Belcher, Jr, and Mrs. a Milam, Jr. They will return to! Miami this afternoon. Hl COUNTY BOARD MEETS TONI | ELECTION MATTERS TO BE BIRD SURVEY TAKEN UP AT SPECIAL SESSION ity. The advantage of keepin; yacht in Key West waters d ' cold weather are eliminated. County commissioners will meet | Activities in connection in special session tonight 8) the Biological Survey of o’clock in the office of Clerk Ross United States, were resumed to- ree Sawyer fo, discuss matters in day by Superintendent W. W. connection with the gemeral elec-)Demeritt, after an absence of tion to ‘beheld ‘on ‘Tuesday No-|two weeks in Washington. All vember 8. of the traps used by him have It is provided by the general been set arranged. laws that the commigsjqners, will, suring Ae fast season he meet;to revise the “Yégistration | caught and Banded 2,006 mourn | bak onthe first “Wednesday | ing il omnection with afler the-bboke Aré’Cinged. The! binds oreibertbos but does not books were’ ¢losed on October anticipate trapping such a large 15, hence the revision of thejnumber this year. The season books will be made tonight. | started on October 1 and will Other matters in connection| end on November 15. with the election are to come be- | ——_________—_ fore the board tonight, and the| NOTICE, CHARTER BOATMEN board will authorize printing of the ballots for election There will be a meeting of Naming of clerks and inspec- CHARTER BOATMEN'S AS- SOCIATION at Gulf Dock on Thursday. Octo. 20, 8:00 p. m. tors and the selection of loca- This mecting is of vitel import- tions where the ballot booths are to be placed were made at the ance to every Charter Boat \ Guide. octl®-2tx meeting held on October 12, Wed- with jResday of last week. —$ SOUTH FLORIDA CONTR. The information has created being used by the company. The | Quite a stir in New England and en- husiasm, Nilsen advised Lieut. Callahan, and shoyld result in a Marcus large influx of yachtsmen to the RESUMED & ENG. COMPANY. | judgment, the court hereby ad- ‘judges you to be guilty of the crime of murder in the first de- gree, and that you are entitled to the mercy of the eourt\s “Whereupon it isathé seitence’ of the, Jam.and) the: fadgmiént’ of this court Abat you;'Ed Webter" be confined:at shart:laber! in! the!” State prisoniof)the state of Fiof ida for the period:ef;your natural life.” ; After passing sentetice, being no further businéss, Judge there g a . ¢ uring Gomez announced that the court ‘the early winter, Nilsen has al- | Ways maintained, is that the de- terioration caused by ice forming about the hull and the effects of stood recessed from day to day. ‘CARL ROM LEFT ON TRIP TODAY RADIO ELECTRICIAN GOES ON TRIP FOR LIGHT- HOUSE DEPT. the Carl W. Rom, senior radio elec- trician with the lighthouse de partment, left this morning over the highway in the official car of the department for Punta Gorda, where the Tender Poinciana is to be met and repairs made It was learned at headquarters ithat the engine generator and oth er electrical equipment has to be attended to and there are per- haps other repairs needed on the jequipment at Egmont Key. Miami Federal Music Project Marionette Performance Benefit Harris School P.T.A. | “Snow White and Seven Dwaris” HARRIS SCHOOL AUDITORIUM —Thureiay: 7:30 P. M— Children 10c Adults IS HONE 598