The Key West Citizen Newspaper, November 18, 1938, Page 1

Associated Press Day Wire Service For 58 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West THE SOUTHERNMOST NE VOLUME LIX. No. 274. KEY WEST, FLORIDA, FRIDAY, The Key West Citizen WSPAPER IN THE U.S. A. NOVEMBER 18, 1938 Go irene citer oe teen nian corms | Key West, Florida, has the PRICE FIVE CENTS Housing Program Discussed At Meeting Last Evening Speakers In Attendance MAKES INSPECTION Outline Plans On Activ: OF NAVAL STATION ties Relative To Proposi |COMMANDER ANGAS AND ' | FAMILY ARRIVED YESTER- | DAY AFTERNOON tion Details concerning the new; FHA Better Housing Program to be launched immediately in Key West were discussed last night at Commander W. M. Angas, U.SN., attached to the corps of civil engineers and district Pub- AMUSEMENT PARK |* TRUCK DAMAGED FIRE BROKE OUT WHILE ON WAY TO CITY: LOSS ES- TIMATED AT $2,500 One of three trucks loaded with equipment for the Key West Park, which will open on Trumbo Island January 1, took fire yesterday while en- toute to this city. The incident ‘occurred in the area near Ojus, outh of Miami. Considerable equipment on the truck was burned, entailing a loss of about $2,500. The equipment Amusement most equable climate in th} country; with an average range of only 14° Fahrenheit Council Grants Permission For Operation Of Skating Rink Despite Objections [MORE CASES ARE Petition Favorable To Es DISPOSED QF IN _ tablishment of Rink Also CRIMINAL COURT Read At Meeting Last Night VIOLATORS OF LIQUOR LAWS TRIED BY JURY; SEVERAL CASES NOL PROSSED; PAR- City Council, at its regular meeting last night, voted unan- @ meeting of lumbr dealers, arch- itects, contractors, realtors and representatives of the Federal lic Works office the highway 4:30 yesterday afternoon, accompanied by Mrs. Angas and daughter. They are arrived ove o’clock vill be replaced immediately, it is stated. Harry Wilson, director of public relations of the Amuse- ROTT FOUND NOT GUILTY imously to permit the newly-con- structed skating rink at the cor- | Several ca: in connection with alleged violations of the | liquor laws of Florida coming be- ner of Fleming and Elizabeth streets to operate despite a peti | occupying Quarters M-2 in the ment Park, and Mr. Philbert, !fore the present term of Criminal Housing Administration. { naval station. The meeting, held at the Cham- This a ber of Commerce, was attended | a ae A eeaon by M. M: Parrish, state director; Lieutenant Fort Callahan, officer in charge, and L. M. Pierce, aide utler, acting uistrict di- x oe to the officer in charge, 1 J. Robbins, chief un- 2 derwriter, and A. H. King, state mander Angas is making an in- spection of the station and the production manager, representa- tives of the Federal Housing Ad- yayy holdings at the eastern end ministration, and approximately Of fhe inend 30 members of the building in- - dustry and other activities. Se The speakers outlined plans on! how local activities can be tied in with the nation and state-wide | movement to stimulate building ; new homes and the repairing and | remodeling of existing real estate | property under the New Amend- | ments to the National Housing Act recently passed by Congrss. | Given Information j Lumber dealers and financial institutions have been furnished with information concerning «the | 4 rs new program and are now in a ida. and members of the National si »velo ‘ons | Association of Commissioners, "pair, remodel ‘or otherwise mod: | from 26 states. were ernize their existing property, as | S¥ests yesterday of B. M. Duncan. well as those interested in build- | engineer of the Monroe County ing new homes. Road and Toll Bridge Commis- Immediate objectives of the | *ion, at luncheon on Pigeon Key. campaign will include thé con-} The visiting group completed a struction of several small “dem- | three-day convention in Miami at onstration homes” by dealers |the Hotel McAllister on Wednes- and builders with newspaper ad- day, and made the post-convention vertising and publicity, inviting | tTip to the Florida Keys for the public inspection during construc- | XPress Purpose of viewing the tion and attendance at the form-| bridges from Big Pine Key to al opening upon completion. Lower Matecumbe. j Mr. Parrish, speaker of the An invitation to visit the proj- evening, was introduced by J. J./ cet was extended to the agricul- Trevor, vice-president of the turists by Mr. Duncan while they First National Bank, who ex- Were in Miami and __ yesterday plained that Mr.. Parrish was they came over the highway in state director of the Fderal Hous- | three buses and. cars down as far ing Administration and would! 8 Big Pine Key, returning short- embers O = | Nathan Mayo, commissioner of agriculture of the State of Flor- Departments Entertained At Luncheon Yesterday supervisor and manager of opera- that the fire was by a lighted cigarette on » rear end of the truck. The truck that was partly burn- ed and the other two vehciles ar- rived here last night. Work of unloading equipment on the ground was ‘ted at once. tions, stated probably caused. some one Agricultural U *STILLMAN GETS RAILROAD INTEREST’ has familiar ring, even if it’s only the miniature “Rensselaer Central’: with its more than 600 foot of trackage at Rensselaer Polytechnic in- stitute in Troy, N. ¥. Student officers of the line are Treasurer Guy Stillman (right), 20, whose father, James A. Stillman, sat on many railroad boards, and James Fiske (left), president. REC SHOWN TO BE BIGGEST OF BANK AGENCIES MANAGED FOR MOST PART BY MEN OF $10,000 PER ly wher after noon to Pigeon Key they were served conch chowder and a real old-time fish fry with all the trimmings. Toe visiting group were de- lighted with the visit’ and ‘mar- velled at the beautiful work completed on the bridges, which trancing sights in the world. There were a number of Key West folk attending, among them ere: Mr. and Mrs. John Costar, Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Symonette, Mr. and Mrs. Carl Bervaldi, Mr. and Mrs. B. M. Duncan, Mayor Wil- | lard M. Albury, Howard Wilson, William Lee, B. D. Trevor and G. F. Widmeyer, William Lee, Mr. and Mrs. William J. Lee and Mrs. Lee’s sister, Mrs. Linda Lou Walker, Mrs. Jack H. Roberts, Frank O. Roberts, Dr. Wm. R. Warren and son, Wm. R. Warren, Jr, five details of the plans of the body. Much Impressed The speaker began his very in- teresting talk by saying that Mrs. | Parrish, who accompanied the visitors, had already formed an opinion of K West, its quaint- ness and picturesque beauty, and several times during his interest- ili ing talk referred to the quaintly A lsiter from Willen 3: peech alluring picture presented by the , W@S Tead at the city council meet- old style houses and business ing lasi night requesting that a places to be nm in the section. space of land adjacent to the this of Division street. equarium be turned over to him He particularly stressed the for the purpose of erecting a idea that, in his opinion, these ‘di ii ‘i outstanding architectural remind. | Building ee Se ers of a bygone day should never! VO ions of under any conditions be changed. spe oi ‘ would be 20x30 feet. in the section mentioned. Paint be exhibit dioramas the buildings and make other | 1), pirate hi AG changes, he said, but never! ia many othe change the design or in any man- |) ition5. ner alter their beauty. a * g terete The city would be given * ' Loans percent of the gross receipts he speaker then went into the } 2 lected in the operation of the his various ‘plans of loans, the yi ical museum, the letter dis- amounts which could be secured, (Wecq ss Sa interest, how the loans were di- | ° pot matter was vided to make it easy for the 4, thor concidernt borrower to pay off his indebted- | SUUNEE consices A ness sured the persons to PUTROS¢ shally a he f whom the loan is to be made that atts I eee en anetted. a largersamount than he will be; auonee tA. Harrie addr Bo a gi we ey L. A. Harris addre sy ea ed the board sec licer Altending Sat 3 “ $ E. Graham, real estate salesman; fT Mrs. Ern ier erate a beet Stephen W. Douglass, retired (Continued on Page Four) Mr Harris stat Place was ¥v dred feet in the restricte the license the building In it would portraying y of this region interesting exhi ten deferred for ion, the n counc type and 3 the meeting were: NOTICE THERE WILL BE A MEETING Mr. Ha OF THE STOCKHOLDERS OF fact THE MONROE INVESTMENT lished CO. ON MONDAY. NOV. 21ST.’ © 1938, AT THE GOLDEN EAGLE HALL AT 7:30 P. M. BUSINESS OF GREAT IM. tablished PORTANCE TO STOCKHOLD- ERS AND REPRESENTATIVES OF STOCKHOLDERS. DO NOT FAIL TO ATTEND. V. A. ARCHER, io .o five nowl6-St PRESIDENT. council Petitions Council To Donate 7 Space For Historical Museum It was brought to the attention of the council that the Overseas | Sentinel in its recent issue stated | that the city should require a li- | censg {{fom outsiders competing with ‘local business houses in handling different products. | It was ordered that a commun- ication be sent to Allan Arm- strong, publisher of the paper, in- | forming him that this would be} contre to the state law, which those in the status men- tioned to operate without a spe- city license. It was ordered that a payroll f fifty pereent of one month's be made for all city em- permits Mayor Appoints Officer 1 Jetter to the council, Mayor tated that he had ap- i Basil Tynes as a_ police replacing Valter Vinson, resigned, and asked the confirmation, which was linance regulating char- t fishing was passed on a! reading. There was rdinance passed on its reading regulating travel oases NOTICE Merchants-Organizations Orgenize or sponsor a BOWL- ING TEAM of five men each. Send representative to meeting at Club Cayo Hueso. Jefferson Hotel. 8:30 o'clock. tonight. Nov. 18, Key West Bowling Alley ae !use YEAR SALARIES: ENVIED BY OTHER UNITS (ity Associated Press WASHINGTON, Nov. ~18— America’s biggest barking agency, the seconstruction Fi- nance Corporation, is managed for the most part py men whose $10,000 a year contrast very sharply with the higher salaries paid by first string banks in metropolitan centers, or even in some of the second string banks of the country. However, the salaries are the envy of many administrators of other federal agencies who have found no opportunity to crowd so many $10,000-a-year men on the payroll. In government serv- ice a $10,000 a year salary is quite some punkins, and no won- der, it being fair to middling pay in any field. Jesse Jones, the Texas banker and builder, whose own $10,000 federal pay check probably isn’t a tithe of his annual income, heads ihe organization. whose credit has been extended into many major and minor industries directly or indirectly since it was created under the Hoover admin- istration. It really blossomed out under President Roosevelt, Bankers Come High High class banking help always has come high throughout the ages and reports are that the amiable Mr. Jones has had to some of his most eager per- suasion to get some of his men to leave old jobs to join the RFC even at $10,Q00 a year, although needless to say the same is not true of all Although the Washington ayroll of RFC has 21 names ed at $10,000 a year and one, Lynn P. Talley of Dallas, Tex., assistant to the director, who is down for $12.500 a year—more than Chairman Jones himself or any of the other board members. Talley ut present on leave without pay because of extended illness. But RFC is a big outfit and seems to need costly men to han- die a line of credit extended part- ly to private agencies and partly to government agencies to a grand total of $9,832,470,000. Of its total loans, $5,227,877,000 has been repaid. Japanese Beetles Gnaw Shrine Flowers (My Associated Press) MOUNT VERNON. Va.. Nov. 18.—The Japanese beetle has no respect even for America’ famous shrine George Washingtor The destructive the rose garden, but A. C. Reath read gardner at Mount Ver: most insect United Stat ure the der control Issue Report Dealing With Qld Age Assistance And Unemployment Compensation (Bs TALLAHASSEE, Fila., Nov. 18 —Two new services, old age as- sistance and unemployment com- ation, shoved the business of la’s state government up to “$59,449,346.68- in the fiscal. year which ended last June 30, against $48,655,727.36 in the previous year. Old age assistance cost $3,986,- 811.44 in payments to_benefici- aries and operations, while the state added $5,762,783.12 to its trust funds and investments prin- cipally for future payments in unemployment compensation. Comptroller J. M. Lee’s annual report, published today, listed 1937-'38 regular disbursements at $48,441,169.75—properly compar- able with $48,374,519.13 for 1936- "37. However, th 1937-'3 does not include $977,3 unpaid bills outstanding on June 30. These unpaid bills are not list- ed as disbursements in the 1937-’38 report. Comptroller Lee said the net deficit for the ‘al year was $1,217,585.79. This v reduced to $977,374.04 by using $240,211.75 of a $336,903.44 bal ance in the general revenue fund at the beginning of the fiscal year. When the 1938-'39 fiscal year Started, the state had $96,691.69 in its gencral revenue fund to ap ply against unpaid bills and some unpaid appropriation Total disbursements — by state included $11,595,176.37 turned to countic for chools, $10,495,068.24 for road bonds and county purposes, and $11,853,796.13 road department operations These three funds totalld $33, 144,040.74 against $ 3,068.99 in the previous year The inc he total inc the re public county other ease in the three for of 1 regular of 1936-": ac most ions compara t There were executive dep ties, hospitals, @ public building construction Receipts in federal grants nations and other government $6,036, Thes accoun decre the court artments, chari do. subventions from encies 51.5 har were 9 agai 64 the general pays operating ernor’s office, the colleges The reallocatior 500,000 a decrease ¢ taxes and tax Associated Press) To offset general revenue fund did not pay out in 1937-38 these amounts which it paid in 1936-'37: schools, $3,529,000; books, $538,000; pense, $300,000, and state build- ing construction, $500,000. Licenses and taxes, including the seven cents a gallon levy on gasoline and the $1.20 a gallon y on liquor, provided $43,823,- 544.03 of the state's total receipts, an increase of $1,700,000. Inter- est on state deposits, fees, sales and rentals brought in $3,859,- 730. General property taxes produc- ed $1,805,295, a decre: of $400,- 000, while excise taxe: mainly from gasoline, liquor, wines and beer, increase 50,000 to $28,- 5,830. Non-business license taxes, including the one-half per- cent gross receipts tax, totalled $8,368,444, a jump of $400,000 he comptroller’s report went overnor Cone and to other officials. It will be avail- for members of the 1939 leg. islature. It was prepared by C F. Greene, ne autlitor, and W. S. Murrow, auditor, in Comp troller Lee's office NYA EQUIPMENT IS TRANSFERRED this decrease, public free text- to state the Nati on have t WPA machines have Operation. 4 h Administrat ferred from the and the nal s room and been third ing, Eaton paraphernalia placed ewing room and ai treet Thomas and Ange treet last v The Sheriff Sells His Prisoners Candy (My Ananet’ @ Preasy and penalties decreased $260,000. i prise Court, at which Judge William V | Albury is presiding, were heard yesterday afternoon and _ this morning. { At the afternoon session yes- terday the case of Milton Parrott, which was tried by a jury and brought to a close late in the day, resulted in a verdict of not guilty. Case pending against William “Slim” Pinder was nol prossed He w charged with selling liquor without the required _li- | cense Mabel McKinney, who was also on trial to answer to a similar | charge, went to a jury consisting of Leonard R. Sawyer, Charles Hjort, Charles H. Pierce, Ander- and Harry . Baker and the jury’s finding as that the accused was not | guilty At the session this morning {cases of alleged violations of the ‘liquor law, in which Thomas Russell, H. S. McKenzie and Jack legislative ex- | Baker were the accused, were nol! | prossed. Thomas Gilling, ; battery on th > per: was called for trial and entered a plea of not guilty. The following jury was selected to try the issue: John F. Blackwell, Edwin Rabag- ny, Francisco B. Guito, George A | Albury, Pedro Valdez and Doug- las Anderson. | Shortly after 12 o'clock the jury took the case for considera- tion and the judge ordered a re- : until 2 o'clock. When the ; ion was resumed at 2 o'clock {the jury returned a verdict of as- sault. Judge Albury received the ver dict and announced that sen tence would be pronounced at the session tomorrow morning. FRED EBERHARDT NOW RECOVERING Fred Eberhardt, who, for the past 15 months, had been an in mate of the Marine during that time assault and on of a woman, hospital and underwent four major operatic ha 1 and is making La Concha Hotel Mr. Eberhardt told The zi morning that the h been re home 4 operation healed perfec nd that now ready to resume h tions with the WPA in Key West WPA OFFICIALS LEFT YESTERDAY regional en headquarter with je and E director of the div ieft out morning arrived ration over the th terday and Area matter: supervisor Moren« project has juri Sit-Down Strikes Are “Old Stuff” AMARIL tion signed by residents of that vicinity and read at the meeting. The petition requested that per- mission be denied on the grounds that it would be a nuisance to those residing in that area. There was also a counter peti- tion presented last night from o.her residents of that locality ; requesting that the rink be per- | mitted to overate. | Council ordered that the peti- tions be placed on file without action due to the fact that a li teense has already been issued by the city for its operation. open 10:30 o'clock each week rink will be frem |7:30. to night, regularly, remaining closed ‘on Sunday, and will be operated | Po sibly later sions. on” speelal bcea Regarding Airport A letter was read from Frank lin E. Albert, who received the communication from H. H, Perk ins, district airport engineer of the United States Civil Aero nautics Authority. In the letter it was stated that it would: be well if the city would definitely decide as to whether it will agree to the construction of an aifport on the site surveyed recently by representatives of the CAA. The property in question is located on Stock Island, a portion of which is now being used as a municipal golf course. The matter was re ferred to the project committee for investigation William Knight, in a letter to the council requested that he given an opportunity to submit a bid for the removal of trash from city-owned property Robert Lewis, who is now per forming this service, p' ented a contract which he holds with the contending that he has this The contract in question igned by the city ere of the requirements, definitely state for it is to be in force. discussion it was decided to refer the matter to t city att for hi tion and if it proves to be a good tract, Mr- Lewis will be per itted to continue However, hould the contract be declared llegal, bids will be called for the rk as requested by Mr. Knight in his letter to the council INFANT SON OF BARKERS, DEAD ght a telegram ativised rl Domeneche t Palm Beach two-year-old i Mrs. A. L. Bark before mar be right was not clerk which i and does not hat period mney investig: i been ill, t thought to b covery y surprised to cement Ahern Funeral Home JOSEPH L. PLUMMER, Vice President AMBULANCE SERVICE Miemi. Fis. covered and wa on the road to ana they were griet