The Key West Citizen Newspaper, November 14, 1938, Page 1

Associated Press Day Wire Service For 58 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West Key West, Florida, hes the most equable climate in the country; with an average range of only 14° Fahrenheit The Kry West Citizrn THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN THE U.S. A. KEY WEST, FLORIDA, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 1938 PRICE FIVE CENTS VOLUME LIX. No. 270. South Asscciation«Work _... [REPORT: SHOWS CHARTER GROUP Attired For A Kingly Visit Toward Maintaining: Areaa: As Residential Section Members Of Group Plan Meeting To Be Held To- morrow Evening At High School Building An organization which was re- _ cently formed for the purposes | cited below, will meet 8 o'clock tomorrow night in the auditori- | um ofthe Key West High School. | corner\\"6f White and Unites | streets: jie 'iscuss at length the| plans aud‘ideas which have been formulated. Members of the organization are Henry Brewer, 1401 Duval street; Colonel Louis Brinton, 1330 Johnson street; Bascom L. Grooms, 308 Washington street; Clifford G, Hicks, 1311 Flagler street; Aquilino Lopez, Jr., 1 Reynolds street; Wm. W. Watk ins, 711 South street. ‘The organization will be known as The South Association, and the principal objective is to main- e ' 1 MAKE REPORT ON CHINESE RELIEF KEY WEST CONTRIBUTES EXCELLENTLY TO “BOWL OF RICE” PARTIES In the national treasurer’s re-* port of the results of the “Bowl of Rice” parties held throughout the United States by 762 com-' mittees on June 17, it is shown that Key West contributed "$60, out*@f a complete total ‘forthe whole state of Florida of $798.92. irs. M. E. Berkowitz deted ‘as chairman of the drive in Key West for civilian relief in China, for which the movement was un- | dertaken. ' $2,500 FOR 8 PAGES OF BIBLE New York—Gabriel Wells re- 407 | cently purchased for $2,500 eight in the first six grades in an ef- pages from the Gutenberg Bible containing the entire book of St. aul’s Epistle to the Romans. SETS HIMSELF ON FIRE Hackensack, N. J.—Sitting on the curb in front of the home of | jToe County reveals that 11.6 per-; "PROGRESS OF ") STATE PUPILS SUPERINTENDENT OF PUB- LIC INSTRUCTION GIVES STATUS OF MONROE AND! OTHER COUNTIES | (Svecial to The Citizen) TALLAHASSEE, Nov. 14.— The Florida school boy who fail-‘ ed last year because he liked his! fun better than his lessons will; find consolation in a report of the | age and progress of children in, elementary schools to be issued | this month by Colin English, ; state superintendent of public! instruction. | More than 60,000 white ele-' mentary pupils have been retard- ; ed at some time by failure to “make the grade”, This is 36 percent of the white enrollment in the first six grades, The age-grade study for Mon- cent of the children are at least! one year younger than the nor- mal age for their grade, 36.5 per- cent are of normal age, and 51.9 percent are over-age. The state suprintendent’s study is being prepared from reports submitted by all Florida teachers fort to determine for the first time the age and progress of all elementary students in each county of the state. Twelve counties show less than 30 percent of the pupils making slow progress. They are Dade, | H { \ i i ee CALLING ON A KING AE a cord » the sultan of Dely, a Dutch possession, and his son, wore this ceremonial garb for their visit with King Farouk of Egypt. There might be an idea for beach shorts or pajama wear in the rich silks on the left. wecenscocccce MEETS. TONIGHT |REPORTS OF COMMITTEE TO BE RECEIVED AND DISCUSSED Members of the Charter Re- | vision Greup are to meet tonight in the county court house for the ;Purpose of eiving the reports of the Charter Study Committee, which have practically complete their work and have it ready for presentation. - At a meeting heid last week it was decided that the time had ar- rived for the matter to be con cluded. Every angle of the char- ter had been gone over and much time and study ¢ n to the va rious phases, and it is belie that the changes and amendments will be agree :the central group. The charter will be close’ icompared with the one which proposed to replace it, to the ex- tent that it has ben changed and the decision will be announced later. FOUR BUILDING —PEMITS ISSUED | Four building permits were is sued from the of! of Buildir Inspector Harry M. Bawer dur jing the past week. Issues during the period totalled 175 and ; were as follows: | Paint building at the corner of ‘Duval and Fleming streets. Own- ‘Criminal Court Hears Several Cases During i Morning Session Today CANCEL PROPOSED Proceedings Deal Prin- STEAMER SERVICE <ivally With Hearing Pleas Of Guilty; Ad- ANNOUNCEMENT MADE IN journs Until Tomorrow TELEGRAM FROM AGENT IN ATLANTA, GEORGIA Fall term of Criminal Court sit GE ABS Hari convened this morning at 9:30 Key o'clock with Judge William V. pi Albury presiding, Clerk C, Sam B. Curry, Chief Deputy Sheriff Bernard Waite. County Solicitor rom ent in Atlanta, and other > telegram d from Miar to Mayor Willard Albury lo emely regret to hat it is necessary to cz cel the Key West Best wishes for you TRAFFIC ARREST SUNDAY EVENING MARTIN KEY IS HELD For ** the term, were questioned and a few of the venire were excused. DRIVING WHILE UNDER IN- The oath was then: administered Allan B. Cleare, Jr. = sed Officials present. fol- As is a regular procedure with the opening of the court, a minister of the gospel, Rev. O. C. Howell of Ley Memorial church, offered a prayer of- fenders who were to be tried, and asked the supreme guidance for those who were officiating The jurors and summoned Satur: servi for those who were drawn to serve tain that section of the city just! his estranged wife, Joseph Trav- as it is at present. It is pointed) ers, 30, saturated his clothing out that within the area there are | with gasoline and struck a match. Flagler, Hendry, Leon, Marion, Manatee, Palm Beach, Pasco, to the others. The e of Harry Perez, who er, S. H. Kress Co.; cost, $400. FLUENCE OF INTOXICANTS Build a small structure to be ‘GOLD DIGGERS, DOMINICAN, SAIL 18 no stores, filling stations, night clubs or other commercial estab- | lishments. { ‘There is considerable building | in the section. New, have been built, and more | of the evidences are shown that home- activi- | city will center in that | that many of the open: and vacant lots will rapid-| be built upon. | It is one of the organizations ives to make a con t to the end that the de-! velopment of the district shall be such as to protect homer and home owners in that vicinity and to insure protection to the. homes which will be built in the future. Among the plans which have; been formulated and which will! form the subjects for discussion at the meeting tomorrow night, | are: | To make the south side of the! possible for residential eS; | to offer opportunity for united action in securing public improve-' ments, or in protecting the neigh. i undesirable, and to aid in the de- | velopment and the natural beauty | of that section lof the city. | The distriet'is enclosed with Mrs. Travers, seeing the fire, ran out of the house, recognized her husband and screamed for help. Travers was taken to a hospital seriously burned. Bs LE | BLE Em Pa.—Rushed to a hospital for treatment for a spid- er sting, McClellan Shadman, 20, underwent an appendix opera- tion, had his tonsils removed and was treated for three hernias. SUSPENDED; BOY KILLS SELF Philadelphia—Suspended from school for two days as_ punish- ment for breaking a window at school, Ralph Coffin, 15, commit- ted suicide by turning on the gas in the kitchen of his home where he lived with his widowed mother. The boy, physically weak, but a good student, felt himself disgraced. KILLS BULL WITH KNIFE Glenville, W. Va—Knocked down and gored by a bull, Wil- liam Powell, 66-year-old farmer, locked his legs around the ani- mal’s neck, grasped a horn and ' i} his pocket-knife. } ee | EMPLOYMENT GAINS | Washington—According to Miss jto pay their back dues . Pinellas, Seminole and Volusia. In 15 counties more than 45 per- cent of the pupils have failed at least one time and are listed as} slow progress. One cause of slow progress is} entrance of children in schol be- fore they. are . sufficiently de- veloped to acquire the ability to read. The study shows that 20 percent of Florida children in the ; first grade had entered when they were only five years old. Twenty-nine percent of the be-/ ginners repeated their work in| the first grade; yet only 38 per- | cent of children in the sixth grade had failed at any time. The small schools have a high- er proportion of over-age pupils! than the large schools. This va- ries from 45 percent for one- teacher schools to 31 percent in those schools having more than 20 teachers. Maybe He Didn’t Want To Pay Dues tw eee “at Press) ARKANSAS CITY, Kans., Nov. | 14.—The American Legion may Elmer is the shunk the Legion gives its members to induce them When the member pays up, he United street on the north to the Frances Perkins, Secretary of "8S the privilege of handing El- | on ‘the south, and White-| street on the west to Bertha} on the east. All residents within the area and all persons interested, are invited to attend the meeting tomorrow night. STREET SIGNS ARE ALTE Members of the Key West po- lice force and a member of the city council started 10 o'clock last night to paint stop and~ other} Labor, more than 640,000 persons were reemployed in private in- dustry from June to September of this year. i A COSTLY NAP Lexington, Ky.—Allan Thom- | as, who “dozed off” in a restau- ! rant, awoke to fnid that someone | had stolen his shoes from his} feet, a ring from his finger, a stickpin from his tie, a hat from his head and $12 in money from his pocket. | i NEGRO PALLBEARERS Fountain Inn., S. C.—Because applauded and generally were signs of warning on the city|°f his “special interest in the streets and completed their tasks | Welfare and well being of the | at 4 o'clock this morning. colored people” in his commu The signs were painted where-{itY. James H. Drummond, 64,! ever needed on corners of Duval/fatmer, merchant and former and Simonton streets, and state legislator, left written re-) were the remarks of approval} West that “six respectable Neg-| heard this morning and through-/Tes” be the pallbearers at his ut the day, remarks apprecia-! funeral. tive of the w i at seachee® Work done f0 avoid) wet ving POSTOFFICE” Those who did the tasks were:| Wilmington, Del—A flying} Chief of Police Ivan Elwood, | postoffice, which picks up and | Sergeant of Police Joseph Kemp, }delivers mail without landing, | Traffic Officer Basil Tynes, Spe-| Was recently demonstrated. The | cial Officer Oliver Kemp and/plane, flying at about ninety City Councilman Will E. P. Rob- | miles an hour, picked up a dum-} erts. who is chairman of the/my sack of mail from a rope at-| street and sanitary committee. tached to two 23-foot poles, at the }same time dropping another. AMR ARMIES ES eRe | NOTICE Ahern Funeral Home) er w=: cme: noatmes There will be ting of th _ JOSEPH L. PLUMMER, sax da City Hall Thaedny Vice President Association in City Hall Tuesday jnight, 8:00 o'clock. All interested AMBULANCE SERVICE | Phone 22211 Miami, Fla. persons are requested to attend. | eRe NINERS IEEE T..C. CANOVA, jwith each cup of water. | salt-tablet Secretary. | beside drinking fountains. mer down to some other delin quent dues payer. But Bob Cox was so taken by Elmer he has decided to keep! him permanently. “The Legion will have to find another skunk”, he said. alae pints ee j Suggests Suckers For Noisy Music-Lovers ape nelatea Pree) ' MILWAUKEE, Wis., Nov. 14. —C. F. Schmidt found his en- joyment of summer park concerts spoiled by persons who talked, noisy. Schmidt sent $5 the other day | to the park commission with the request that it be used to start a fund for purehase of all-day suck- ers to be distributed to future concert audiences, That, he said, should keep them quiet. Workers Get Salt With Their Water (Mv Associated Press) LINCOLN, Neb. Nov. 14— Have you had your salt today? Lincoln WPA workers get it in regular quantities from a water boy who hands out a spoonful Project officials began the practice at the advice of physicians who noticed excessive perspiration had caused a weakened condition among a number of workers. Lincoln business firms also have adopted the plan of placing dispensing machines ably combined to borhood from things which are Severed the bull’s windpipe with have to search for another Elmer, | Puerta Plata digg! | Dominican eee Sail From Puerto Plata Without Compas: In 29 Days FOOT DORY 1000 MILES TO KEY WEST ceded cceccorccccccccvevesceesen: Intrepid youth, with a touch of foolhardiness,. sailed a dory-type 18-foot boat from Puerto Plata in 'the Dominican Republic 100 mil to Key West landing yesterday morning at the Yacht Basin aft- er 29 day: Now of Columbus who founded Puerto Plata in 1899 or maybe it was at sea. maybe it was the spirit !adventurous youth out to sail the blue seas of the Caribbean and maybe it was luck that had a iit- tle to do with the successful trip. We think it was all three. The spirit of Columbus three adventurous and youths prob- art the trip. Brian Mo down in Bader and were : for gold in ins of the Mecting Fernandez, “Una Finca y mucha farm “and many houses, t two decided to e along the dark-skinned Do- ntally wrote Puerto Plata | Dominican Tracy A. zier of Mlinoi. beautiful mou Republic Nunez ¢ the Julio . ca Jos whos minican who inc for a newspape Blood of the Indians runs in his Then came the m stacle which alway y of youth. Art risti in the Dom y applied for They were just to make sure took their charts an Now here is where in. They had he to city after lea but arriving in yntainous ob- Ch lic the: jearance ers. refused the offic’ nd cor pa- jthey had tc 1, Jose who car- around ith that publican which fc land of Haiti. W Julio Nunez Fern ries printed calling card: Republic’s gove' jped they did, to tt ever, a t the bo: a reef short they did nandez answered rocked and rol the swells and go straight dow with seasickr chosen for th h it and nc dden ¢ mg the Cr some w: i to head nm nr coast they efore they de- rth to Miami | Then they ran into trouble again. - The wind was contrary to their course and they found that it, as well as the Gulf Stream, was gradually dropping them in to ward the Keys. So they decided to put into Key West Today one of the Tilinois boys! is in Miami and will bring down a writer to see the boat and hear their tale. He is to pay them for the tale of their experiences. Th other THlinois youth is having a hard time with the customs of- fice. The little Dominican is tioned at the boat on the ramp at the Yacht Basin telling hi tale in Spanish to the curious who drop in to see the unpainted dory, constructed in three week of yellow pine. Fernandez w soon write a “histor himself. ow don’t tell me the wrath of Columbus, Li I venturous youth di trip together. ’ It Couldn’t Break— But It Certainly Did (Ry Associated Press) ROCHESTER, N. Y., Nov. 14 When the baby demolishes an “unbreakable” S. Bureau of Standards knows why. that can’t happen but really do, Dr. ordon M. Kline, of the bureau, the American Testing Materiais. The unbreakable wear is made plastic materials. These are usually formaldehyde plus phe- nol, or plus urea. In science th known as “thermosettin, t is, they harden under heat, d afterward heat does not af- fect them But, Dr. Kline explains, it takes just the right amount of heat. Too little makes a weak article Too much makes a brittle tum bier. That is the kind the baby wrecks. Too much heat com heat-curing d for speed leads to tumbler; the U. It is one of those things tells Society for of en the expert with a pe can detect flaws in a tumbler. ll wonder,” Dr. that one hears so Kline many Bring your Prescriptions to us with the knowledge that they ic “ GARDNER’S PHARMACY “The Rexall Store” : Phone 177 Pree Delivery, eee) ill used as a store on Fleming street Owner, H. T. McConnell; cost $500. Construct a cool drink stand on Duval street opposite Hotel Jef _ ferson. Owner, I. Jennings; cost, 1 $75. : Repairs to building at 616 Du- val street. Owner, Duval Mort- ‘gage Co.; cost, $200. | BOATMEN ASSN. There will be a meeting of the K West Charter Boatmen’s ation held tomorrow, Tues: d Hall ted are tendanc All to be inte in Clerk Glices Deal requested on Axsorinted Press) GREENFIELD, O Ralph Head, istome 1 fit hoe clerk r mut | do several man © custom clicked only tomer, ph like” the shoes I sid He Hi and the iatter b Nazis Match Maginot Line PLANS MEETING ; lay night, beginning at 8 o'clock, _ -lin the City . In Stocking Feet ‘" was charged with non support of a minor child was ordered nol prossed, Mr, Perez having died while the case was awaiting trial % Earl Wells charged with driv- ing an automobile --without - the neéessary license, enteré@d a plea of guilty and sentence was de- ferred. Albert Pla, charged with re- ving the bark from cocoanut 3, private property, entered a plea of guilty. Sentence was de- ferred. George Gwynn, entered 4, plea of guilty to a charge of assaait jand battery on the person ‘of Clyde Knight, and was fined $5 and costs, the total amounting to $24.16. Morris sted last loney Pel rharje of driving an automobile while under the in- fluence of intoxicants Mr. Pellicier told ‘The Citizen that the ed ran_his car into. the rear of the ned by Mil- ton Sawyer cident hap at corner of Simonton Fleming stre Mr. K released under bond of $100 Martin Key wa o th he 1 tree Southern Canarics Becom2 Guinea Pig 14 ary bird r part to help med Romer, who entered a plea of guilty to a charge of ag- sault and battery, was sen- tenced to pay a fine of $5 and sts, a total of $26.25. As the of court was held this morning for the purpose of hearing pleas of guilty, and there were no further pleas to be ige Albury ordered a ntil 9:30 tomorrow morn- E MARRIAGE : LICENSE ISSUED conquer malaria uthern lov jc ion 9 ment FAVORS SIX MEALS He Tel’s Customers They Always Wrong JUST RECEIVED Fresh Shipment Fruits and Vegetables and Avocado Pears TIFT’S CASH GROCERY , Phone 29 1101 Division Sisset CAMERAS ARE ‘VERBSOTEN' warns ting all comers op guard im this area along Germany's western frontier where Nazis are completing their Limes fortificationy, sometimes called the Siegiried line. These exciusive pictures give rare views of the defense aysiem.