The Key West Citizen Newspaper, October 20, 1938, Page 1

Associated Press Day Wire Service For 58 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West Ker VOLUME LIX. No. 249. $25,000 Annex, Renovation, Boon To Courthouse Employes the County Court at ‘itehead and South- streets will be placed in cir- culation as soon as possible, Earl of Russell T. Pancoast, ths, will improve thesprese i} in both looks)and ‘annex of poured concrete with a connecting: open loggia to the main building will erected at the rear 64 feet 45 feet wide. A corri- run lengthwise of the offices on each side. of the corridor will ity judge’s office. On entering the corridor rest rooms, available of- Space and the supervisor of ’s office. On the left tax assessor’s office, ilable office space. will have two open stone steps. and corridor will prob- laid in terrazzo with the of oak and insula- PeRES ES Fz He z 4 Te ft Che 4y West Citizen Key West, Florida, has the most equable climate in the |: country; with an average7= range of only 14° Fahrenheit THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN THE U.S. A. LAND» COMPANY. RIGHT OF }IN ACCORD WITH HIGHWAY EXTENSION; CONDEMNA- TION PROCEEDINGS IN PERKY CASE ‘ Key Farm Land Company has of way for the highway! over the land owned by them. This was a statement made this morning by W. Curry Harris, attorney rep- j resenting the county. The statement of Mr. ‘was given in reply to a question as to the situation regarding the aha way for thel“proposed “be constructé@®by the | m Big | y to Key Westi* Pthe road over its | practically as much land as the | R. C. Perky interests. Relative to the land controlled by the Perky interests Mr. Har- | ris said the commissioners are | waiting for a resolution. to be re- | ceived from the State Road De- | partment. In the resolution will | be the method to be pursued in | connection with the condemna- | tion proceedings to be instituted j by the county. This land, owned by the Perky | interests and over which the right of way of the road must be se- jeured, is approximately three MINISTER of England's air force, Sir Kingsley Wood, donned overalls to inspect Britain's balloon barrage—a mammoth device of chains and wires to entrap enemy planes. JAYCEES PUSHING WINTER PROGRAM DETAILS WILL BE PRESENT- ED BY MRS. EVA 200 feet wide. by the assessor tax collector into the sher- department; the space now i by the county judge’s sheriff's offices will be occu- tax collector. The the two pres- county clerk’s. office will be ripped out and the into one large of- Hi ‘ing facilities on ei-} the annex will relieve traffic congestion around | FIRE ALARM IN WORKING ORDER CHIEF BAKER SAYS NECES. | SARY REPAIRS HAVE BEEN MADE Key West's fire alarm et declared by Chiefy er to be in perfect ler and no further) anticipated, it was! this morning the chief; Citizen that until) is given, it would; thing to do, in case} to phone 896, residence of | 368, Number 1 station | ity hall, or 291, Number | meantime City Elec-| Theodore Albury assisted | Cruz, were making a} inspection of the system | to locate the i endeavor |ty _ projects, ——n FLASHES (Ny Associated Press) PAPER vseoereoseeeeootoe NEW YORK.—Stock market remained firm but trading was light this morning with only 360,000 shares sold, Junior Chamber of Commerce Annex 6:30 o'clock with ‘nine new members to be welcomed! into the club. The new Jaycees are Robert Smirnoff, Ignacio Carbonell, Joe} BARCELONA—Seven alleged Torano, Dr. Rudolph Wagner, B. | traitors . poate apa Shultz, Jeff Knight, Jr., James|™ent will probably get off wi i |their lives. Because of the dif- K. Brady, Ed R. Rivas and Joe! city of setting individual ae Cates. Initiation of the winter pro-| gram for winter visitors with a printed calendar to be distribut- ed throughout the city will be! begun with Mrs. Eva Warner} presenting the idea in more de-| tail. only 30 years sentences. BERLIN.—Adolf Hitler make a personal inquiry Jewish dispute in Austria. will in the PRAGUE.—Uneasy situation in Clubs and organizations;Central Europe. Czech army will be asked ‘each to sponsor an| Charges that five Czechs were event. Ee |Shot in skirmish with German Further details on the Jaycee officials over custom dispute. Hobby Show to be held in Feb-} eer oe ruary in connection with the pro-| BERLIN.—German officials an- gram will be presented. nounced today that the Sudeten Other business beforenthe club| Conquest had added over 11,000 will be.reports on,city and,caynsi#quare miles to Germany. Be ie torte: build at WASHINGTON.—Reports that municipal, beach,..a survey eon rene and Great Britain were which. has recently, been; approv- | 4¢vising plans to pay war debts Commission: | WaS news to Secretary of Treas- #8 Ry the, Count, Co ee jury Morgenthau. The cabinet of- , {ficer stated that he knew nothing B ADLY INJURED MIAMI.—Suspended sentences | were given two prominent Cu- | bans recently convicted of smug- | gling jewelry into this country. cesta eect MIAMI.—Florida is af! | lorida is after more OVER AT SOUTHRD AND inheritance tax from the large THOMAS YESTERDAY | Deering estate. J. M. Lee, comp- troller, is asking payment of | $100,000. The'sum of | already been paid into the state Although reports of serious in- agreed to give easement of rights” Harris | is said that the com-| perties owns | ‘and three-quarter miles long, cae sponsibility, prosecutor asked for} KEY WEST, FLORIDA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1938 | { | | | prior to going in | Motots Diesel e at 16,000 gallons per minute. j _ World's Most:Bowerful:Fireboat' Goes’ to Work » The “Fire Fighter,” world’s most powerful fireboat, Is shown here during Its official tri: vice for the New York City Fire Department. The twin two-cycle s' es that supply a total of 3,000 horsepower, forced 22,000 gallons of water a minute through the nozzles, one stream being thrown a distance of 750 fe: The most powerful fireboa' Annex To ALA L LL 2d UNIQUE SIGNS | ARE DISPLAYED has attracted the attention of numerous visitors to the scene of the construction of the new schooner which is being built for the Thomp- son Fish Co., under the di- rection of Shipbuilder Will appreciatéany bad language.” Directly below is found the following: “For women only, N. B., If you haven't any more modesty than to appear in public with those *Shorts’, _etc., please keep away from here during working hours, if dressed with them, “And Oblige, Swearing or In the Hudson Rive: in cylinder General retofore was rated STATE PLANNING BOARD T0 JOIN NATIONAL UNIT |PROPOSE TAKING PART IN ‘“VEYS “SPONSORED BY RE- SOURCES COMMITTEE : TALLAHASSEE, Oct. 20. — |(FNS) The Florida State Plan- ning Board will participate in | two nation-wide surveys spon- sored by the National Resources Committee, it has been an- | nounced by George G. Gross, ex- jecutive secretary of the Florida | State Planning Boerd. | The purpose of one survey is to |assist planning agencies in pre- | paring a 6-year program of state 'and local improvements and pre- | paring inventories of public serv- \ice facilities. The purpose of this project is to assemble informa- \tion in map and statistical form on present public service facili- ties and picnts. These facilities will include street paving, sewers, | sewage disposal, water supply, water distribution pipes, schools, | hospitals, recreational buildings, | Museums, libraries, etc. The | project will be operated only i | communities or counties in which | there is sufficient local interest to warrant setting up a local project unit. The second survey, also spon- |sored by the National Resources Committee, will make an inven- tory of publicly owned lands. This inventory will fill several long felt needs and will furnish data useful in furthering inten- sive studies of land problems. It , will provide information on the , ownership, location, acreage and ‘use of public lands, including tax reverted lands. It will provide which will be of considerable TWO NATION-WIDE SsUR-} Bids To Be Received On October 31 MUCH SUPPORT GIVEN TO COE POTENTIAL CANDIDATE FOR GOVERNOR { ORLANDO, Oct. 20 (FNS).— 'Charles Francis (Socker) nationally known author and short story writer, in an_ inter- | view with an Orlando Sentinel ‘reporter, stated that he made a statement in Jacksonville several weeks ago that he was a potential candidate for governor he had received 1300 letters from friends and well wishers urging him to run. “Lord knows, I do not want the job of Governor,” the Sentinel quotes Coe, “but if my friends take me in their arms, run my campaign and elect’ me, what am Ito do” Coe contends that it would cost him personally at least $10,- 006 to give four years of his time to the governorship. He said he would probably be called a “yan- kee” in view of the fact he at one jtime was a resident of New York, j although he is now a resident of since |Palm Beach county and recently! }was admitted to the bar in this state. He intimated that he might not entirely agree with Mr. Roosevelt and asked if this $16,000 has data on prospective reversion, | would improve his standing. Asked whether or not he would Of Wrecking Tug Warbler’ * | | Coe, ! jury to Joseph Warren were cir-| nan 6, culated in the city following an} calbye hese oe hoeag The cecident yesterday in which the had all been cleared up! he was driving was struck and | and it was expected that in| ‘turned completely over at the; future the calls would be per- corner of Thomas and Southard fectly transmitted. | streets, it was annooncet at the} | Marine Hospital today that he ‘sustained but small cuts and CITY COUNCIL ‘abrasions’ on the left arm and a . {deep cut over the left eye, and/ MEETS TONI | was released after treatment. | | Warren was retunring to the iferries at the Yacht Basin on} which he is employed, via South- There will be a regular meet-/ard street with groceries for the/ ing of the City Council held to-! evening meal, when a car driven | night, beginning at 8 o'clock, south on Thomas by Mrs. Frank | which will ba the second regular’ Bentley srtuck and overturned session of the month. this car. Both cars were badly ‘There are several matters aside} smashed up. from routine business to come! Mrs. Bentley was in a high before the meeting, and it is ex-’ state of tension yesterday follow- pected that it will be a busy ses- ing the accident, but was not in- iv’s x “f wine JEANNE BOWMAN STARTS OCTOBER 22 IN THIS PAPER TD LDIILIL LS ALWAYS EASY TO SECURE WHAT YOU WANT WHEN YOU CALL US. SOUTH FLORIDA {value in any examination of the enter the gubernatorial race, Coe problem of chronic tax delin-! said: “That reminds me of a | ship, information on private prop- am offers‘to run this state for | ‘ Yor! Skil | STARTS OCT. 24: } ” t i ponte the Manhattan end of the old will be in the office of Judge!layed for three hours while the absentee ballots. sanded. } Press last night at a meeting of was anfidunced that the ballots of Cass county, Texas, are as- ‘quency. If necessary to secure a | story——. I'll make you a proposi- | complete picture of public owner- | tion;—when a better man than I jetty may also be assembled. yfour yeats’ then Pll be for him.” ABSENTEE VOTING” ™0##it@= ==>e8 New f arp painfYaaded track tuailer cat ett too erturn “ei gave ‘Manhattan Bridge a bright new Ballots for the general election coat of paint. Traffic was de- Raymond Lord on Monday, Octo-/ trailer was being put back on its ber 24, ready for the casting of wheels and the bridge roadway Contract for printing the bal- Sc aERaEEEeEEeeteeeEeeeel jlots was awarded The Artman FOR TAX PURPOSES the county commissioners and it} GALVESTON—The oi! fields would Be ready by Monday, Octo-' sessed for tax purposes at $13,- ber 24. { 000,000. CONTRACTING AND ENGINEERING COMPANY. PHONE 598 “Y'rs Truly, “WILL T. BODDEN". KEY WEST TO BE ADVERTISED SILVER SPRINGS EXHIBITION TO BE USED, SAYS — ROSS ALLEN For Charter - aie. bf (By Washington News Service) | WASHINGTON, D. C.. Oct. 20./ |—The sea-going tug Warbler,! | | “It looks as though we had aes Being geeniedien. 6 Re? | triends all over Florida”, said West by the Maritime Commis-| Secretary Singleton ai the Cham- | sion, will be chartered by that | ber of Commerce this morning. | s3 ¥ “E. Ross. Allen,.who proposes to government agency if a satisfac: | open a(branch of the Plorida tory price is offered, it was in: Reptile Institute here this win- |dicated here today by Commis- | ter, and is now having his build- sion officials. ing constructed, proposes to use jhis well established Silver The Warbler, together with two Springs exhibition as a feeder to other tugs now at New York, is| the Southernmost City. He being offered for charter as a} | Salvage vessel. The charterer writes: | “I am putting a folder rack in ; Will be required to furnish a} front of my log cabin where surety bond of $25,000 to guar-/every one must pass, and I am antee the performance of the; going to have a man there on the conditions which will be laid | job advertising the outstanding down in the charter. lattractions of Florida and Key Bids will be opened here on| West. This will no doubt send October 31, and an award will be |g great many’ people to you. We made as soon after as bids canjaregning:to need a” folder or be examined and determination | carg:qwith thevattractions of Key of the highest bidder made.-QwlW Wost listed, arid wilt’ need “About sdeiaact yg citizens may bid on the:3'490,000 for: the comitig’ seasir’!* vessels. ¥ il 9 1 eaj All thréf’shigs, the Warbler, | tne ootvetary, Dan sendin the Peacock and the Willet, are) about. 200,000 pieces of litera: now operated by the commission. tors Bnd | ave 1D El a bet a7 The Warbler, formerly the U. S, might be ‘said"to news when & Navy Warbler was built at Phila-| national magazine like Motor deiphia'in 1920. She is 181.6 feet Boating reprints a Chamber I | long, 35.5 feet in beam, and has Commerce letter, which was pub- a draught of 16.3 feet. Net dis- placement is 330 tons, and gross Denunaees eee a 7 art displacement 715 tons. A crew of 34 > yes. | DUt that happened in the Octo- men is carried aboard the ves. \ her -gunter and: the. hendlion sel. calls attention to our welcome to yachtsmen”. an Coeecocccsoccossesooeces NEWS NOTES SPONGE SALE ON WEDNESDAY Phillip A. Timmons, 86-year-old| SMALL OFFERINGS OF DIF- farmer, left the remainder of a} $10,000 estate in trust for the up-} FERENT VARIETIES AT i of the Oak Hill Riverside} WEitstery. "he intareeh ts to be} MUNICIPAL DOCK sei for the “perpetualcare, up-/ eep and improvement” of. the} ‘grounds. ? eo; $10.000 TO CEMETERY Berlin, Md.—After bequeathing | There were small offerings of sponge yesterday at the Munici- : pal sponge dock: There were 46 FIREMEN FREE MAN bunches of wool, 35 bunches of Baltimore, Md—While three} yellow and 10 bunches of grass. doctors stood by, administering | Wool offerings brought prices sedatives, Carl F, Lassahn, 51-|below the ordinary. The best year-old printer, remained con-!price paid was for 21 bunches, scious as firemen worked with; which brought $44.44 or @ frac- blow torches to free his arm /tion more than $2.11 a bunch. which had been caught up to the| Offerings of yellow sold for elbow in the gears of a rotary|prices which were rated below color press. Ninety minutes/normal: 35 bunches bringing but later; he was freed and rushed to| $10.46, and 10 bunches of grass @ hospital where the crushed arm!sold for $1.57. Total sale of 91 was amputated, [bunches brought $76.14. TODD IIIS Is | ta of! PRICE FIVE CENTS ‘Architect’s Representative Explains Requirements For County Building Matter Brought Before Commissioners During Meeting Las* Special Night } | | | Earle V. Wolfe, representing | ruseett Pancoast, the architect lobe has been given the contract Hfor furnishing the plans for con- Sifittion of the annex to the |the spetial meeting of county | commissioners last night. | Present at the meeting were: |Chairman Bervaldi, Commission- jers Porter, Warren and Niles; |Clerk Sawyer, Attorney for the |Board W. C. Harris, Chief Dep- \uty Sheriff Bernard Waite. Sup- |ervisor of Registration John Eng- ‘land and several interested citi- | zens were also in attendance. Presents Papers Mr. Wolfe had with him the preliminary forms and papers necessary to be forwarded to the | Public Works Administration, a | number of which had to be signed | by members of the board and witnessed by other than mem- bers. He gave a detailed explanation jof the papers and the forms | which had to be filled out and explained that all necessary re- ‘qui its had to be concluded ‘started by Deceniber The hourly wage scale, number ;of men to be possibly employed and other details in connection with the construction are being | worked out and will be ready for presentation in ample time, ex- plained Mr, Wolfe, to meet with the demands of the PWA. Many of these matters were ; necessarily contained in the reso- Hlution which. is to be forwarded | to the offices of the PWA in At- lanta, and on motion duly sec- |onded and carried, the resolution {was authorized signed by the jchairman. and clerk, which was at once done and made ready for forwarding. Books Completed John England, supervisor -of registration, announced the com- | pletion of the books and stated | that the list of disqualified voters was ready. They are to be pub- lished on Saturday, October 22. | The qualified list, as provided ‘by Section 284, Compiled General ‘Laws,’ Will be published in The ‘citleeh on or before October’ 29, ‘it Was announced. There will be 7,000 ballots Yprinted for the General Election to be held on November 8. The list of ballots as provided by Clerk Sawyer, calls for: First precinct, 400; second precinct, 600; third precinct, 800; fourth precinct, 1,000; fifth precinct, 1,- 000; sixth precinct, 1,400; sev enth precinct, 1,300; eighth pre cinct, 100; ninth precinct, 100; tenth precinct, 300. Asks Raise In Pay After these matters had been concluded, Mr. England address ed the board on the matter of a raise in compensation, and re quested that his emoluments be raised from the present pay of $62.50 monthly to $90. Mr. Porter expressed the thought that the registration books of the county had never before in many years been kept ; in such perfect and accurate con- dition, but that as the budget had already been made up he thought this was a matter to be taken up by the board for 1939, as there ate two new members to be seated. He recommended that a resolu- tion be drawn up by the present board to be presented to the new j board, setting forth the admir able manner in which the office of supervisor had been conduct- ed by Mr. England. Depository accounts were read and checked by members of the (Continued on Page Four)