The Key West Citizen Newspaper, December 1, 1938, Page 1

} Associated Press Day Wire Service For 58 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West VOLUME LIX. No. 285. Che Key West Citizen THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN THE U.S. A. Building Permits Issued In November Represented Expenditure Of $27,235 a : Some Of Projects Were °OPOPMD ia ID Fer Work Costing Ag Lowest Temperature Here During November High As Five Thousand! Showed Sixty Degrees | Sm Dollars Monthly meteorological summary as issued by the United States Weather Bu- reau shows that while the normal precipitation for the month of November is 2.19 the record for the month showed an increase of -94, mean precipitation being 3.13. Barometric pressure. has been very regular, lowest re- corded on November 8 was 29.94, while the highest was on November 28 and was 30.26. a Lowest temperature wi November 28 and was 60 de- Since the list of issues for; grees, and the highest’ for i = |. the month was shown on ie during the past week wae Maveus in asd latesod published on Tuesday of this gg degrees. week ‘there were two permits is-| Wind during the month has sued up to and including Novem-} been from the northeast, ber 30. They were: with an hourly velocity of Repairs to residence at the cor- ner of Fleming and Francis/| streets. Owner, Mrs. Charles! Thompson; cost, $500. Erect a small business stand at) Issues of building and repair permits during the month of November totalled $27,235 for the | 35 permits which were issued to property owners in the city. ‘Some of the permits were for work costing $5,000 and others were for repairs costing as little as $50. November 15, 1871, when the wind was from the north and had a velocity of 41 miles an hour. KEY WEST, FLORIDA, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 1, 1938 Italian Pioneer Settlement Twentieth century pioneering for 20,000;dtalian colonists in Libya; affords Samal comforts unknown to the early American p‘oneer. ing the colonists. OF OPERATIONS WELFARE BOARD ONLY CER- TIFIES ELIGIBILITY OF WPA APPLICANTS 1216 White street. Owner, John H. Brady; cost, $100. SALE OF TAGS RECORDS REVEAL 1,215 CITY City Tax Collector-Assessor Sam Pinder said this morning to} The Citizen that a decided in- crease was noted in the sales of city automobile tags to date this | ing strects where a fire was found! year as compared to the sale last year. Last year’s sales of this date numbered 1,063 with revenue of $2,657.50. Sales this year to date total 1,215 with revenue of $3,- 037.50, making a difference of, $380 for this year over that of last. This condition and the increase in revenue in auto licenses was brought about, it is said, by the lrg | F udu ue TRASH IN OLD CISTERN IN plained here today by Clayton Cc. REAR OF SKATING RINK . |Codrington, state welfare com-) ” sycgeaREST—Rumanian rite WAS FOUND ON FIRE An alarm sounded from Box 125, corner Fleming and William streets, called the apparatus to | the corner of Elizabeth and Flem- | i | to be raging in a cistern which | was piled up with trash and de- bris. | It required but a few minutes ito quench the flames and the ap- paratus returned to the stations. Belief is that people who were ‘at the skating rink had been care- ‘less with stubs of cigarettes, and some one had thrown a lighted | stub in the pile of trash which |smouldered throughout the night efforts of Mayor Willard M. Al-|and the fire developed from this bury and officers of the police source and flamed up about 4:50 JACKSONVILLE, Dec. (FNS) The district welfare board | jand its staff plays no part connection with securing WPA “employment for the unemployed jother than to certify the eligi- bility of applicants, it was ex- in missioner, in a formal ment. The statement was issued, Cod- ington said to correct an roneous impression that he had been advised exists in some of ‘the welfare districts. The statement follows: { “The district staffs have a variety of duties, one of which jis to certify applicants for WPA !employment,. After the certifica- tion is made, eligibles are as- signed jobs solely at the discre- tion of WPA officials. Those as- signing officers have no connec- tion with the district welfare board or the state welfare board, but work directly under the state WPA authority. “That erroneous reports been spread regarding the place- state- is no doubt er-| have These ‘Estimate $10,000 Month Local are the type:of homes await- W.P.A. | Sponsorship Needed FOREIGN PARIS.—Firmness of Premier Daladier in handling the French situation has brought him great power and prestige. Pursuing his strong-man policy, the pre- mier is going ahead with three- year plan and has disposed of ‘left wing and Communist opposi- tion. gov; ernment continued its drive to | wipe out the ring which attempt- ed to assassinate King Carol. LONDON.—Anthony Eden will leave London Saturday for the United States. Purpose of his \ visit is to study working condi- tions and housing situation in this country before making bid for the premiership on his new deal program. NATIONAL ‘Area Supervisor B. Curry Moreno Will Not Esti- | mate Amount, Says 20- 50” Sponsorship Needed The City Monroe County must be ready to idurnish from 20-50 percent of Sponsors’ contributions for future Works Progress Administration “projects operating Hefej? Area Supervisor B. Curry Moreno told The Citizen today. The variation in the percent- ‘age depends upon the type of of Key West and! Fort Jefferson Boats Leave ___ Miami Enroute To Key West Key West, Florida, has the most equable climate in the country; with an average range of only 14° Fahrenheit PRICE RIVE CENTS DISCUSS USE | OF WATERS MATTERS IN INTEREST OF | PROPOSITION ARE eee UP BY FLORIDA BASINS; COMMITTEE JACKSONVILLE, Dec. .1.—! (FNS) A systematic plan of long term objectives for the unified | control and use of both surface ; and underground waters. in: Flor-! ida was discussed at the meeting } of the Peninsular Florida Basins ; Committee, which was held here | this week under the sponsorship } ‘of the Florida State Planning| {Board in cooperation with the Na- | tional Resources Committee. { At the same time the first! meeting was held for this year of | the Apalachicola Basin Commit- | tee, of which George B. Gross, | executive secretary of the Flor-} jida State Planning Board, was} |named as chairman at the mcet- | ling of the Drainage Basin Com-! ; mittee for Southeastern Basins at! |Montgomery, Alabama, on No- j vember 16. L. M. Clarkson, chief sanitary officer of the Georgia State Board of Health, and F. M.,| { Bell, of the U. S. Geological Sur-\ jvey of Atlanta, Georgia, the/ | other two members of the Apala- ; tended the meeting of the Penin-| sular Basin Committee. | | Asa-result of the.work of | drainage basin cofnmittees during! the past two years, inventories of | water projects have been made. | It is now proposed to adopt long! *term objectives of a permanent! (nature which will give due) AND CONTROL AGAINST BOYCOTT ks B. Sutton Of Sutton | | se ecvcrcccceccccseneeoos Lines, Inc., Operators, Making Trip On Boat- Boats To Arrive Today * j C. B. Sutton, owner of the Sutton Lines, Inc., will arrive in ' Key West this afternoon with the ships “Talofa” and “Nirvana” to shortly service to Fort Jefferson in the inauguraie passenger Tortugas group, 60 miles west of Key West. | ; The “Talofa” “Nirvana” left Miami late yesterday and were expected in the city around 3 o'clock today. The boats were SENATOR WILLIAM €E. j to make an overnight stop in BORAH (above) yesterday (the Keys. In the city today are warned that any boycott or | Mrs. C. B. Sutton, Mrs. Mildred pres — Pago | Patrick and Robert George, who Coos poe there would | preceeded the party coming into “tie-up” Congress for its com- | Key West yesterday. ing session. He implied that Captain Clinton Smith will be discussion of the great step | captain of the Talofa. which will would ene ts entire | make the regular run to Tortu- and NOVELIST PHONES — ARRIVAL PLANS MIAMI TODAY OR TO- MORROW Ernest Hemingway, well- known novelist, who, with Mrs. Hemingway and their two sons, project, Mr. Moreno said. “As far weight to all important water| Patrick and Gregory, reside in as the amount of materials the uses which will provide maxi- Key West, phoned W.P.A. can furnish we afe al- mum aggregate benefits at the from New York last night that they will ‘lowed only $5 for each person' lowest costs and which will pro- ‘arrive in Key West either Friday employed on our rolls”. Asked how much the - total amount of sponsors’ contributions would probably be this coming year, Mr. Moreno said, “That de- | vide for all present and future lo- | :cal needs on a practicable basis. | Among those interested both! as members of the various com- mittees and active proponents for WASHINGTON. — President pends on the number of projects the adoption of permanent policies Martin of the United Auto Work- ‘the city and county bodies decide ‘are Walter ers Union will appear before the | Dies committee today to explain Communistic and un-American activities in his organization. to sponsor”. Editor’s Note: On a basis of the 1,400 men reported on W.P.A. rolls during Assistant State Ad- F. Coachman, Jr., Managing Director, Florida Ship {Canal Authority; G. F. Catlett, sanitary engineer, Florida State Board of Health; H. A. Bester, drainage engineer, U. S. Sugar or Saturday. Mr. Hemingway said that he and Mrs. Hemingway would probably fly to Miami today or tomorrow and will then meet Otte Bruce in Miami and motor to Key West. The Hemingways have been in Spain where Mr. Hemingway has been gathering material for a novel. | gas. Captain Johnson will assist him. The Talofa is capable of 16 knots, is registered for 80 pas- sengers and is what is known as an “outside” boat. At the Fort it is expected that the Nirvana, a 111-foot boat, will be anchored ‘permanently to provide overnight chicola Basin Committee, also at- | HEMINGWAYS WILL FLY TO accommodations for from 30-60 visitors under typical winter re- \sort conditions. | In-the Nirvana will be a glass i‘ botoom from which visitors may | view the tropical life of the South ‘Atlantic. Smaller boats are to be made available for deep-sea fish- ing, National Park officials state. The Sutton Line also operates a ferry service between the Bat- tery and the Statue of Liberty on Bedloe Island for the National Park Service. PERKY TO CONFER WITH COMMISSION ATTEMPT TO'SETTLE OVER- SEAS HIGHWAY RIGHT OF WAY TRANSFER NEW YORK.—Three convicted ministrator Huber Earle’s visit to| Corporation; and L. M. Fisher, Nazi spies will be sentenced in the city some féw months ago Sanitary engineer, U. S. Public department, who have been un- ceasingly vigilant and ever on the lookout for infractions of and non-adherence to the law. Mr. Pinder said that delinquent taxpayers should remember that the ruling permitting 80 percent reductions in taxes will remain in effect until December 31. However, that date marks the dead line for payments on this basis, and after that the taxes will be placed back on the basis of 100 percent. In the matter of occupational licenses there has been a decided increase this year over last. On this date last year there had been 368 licenses taken out, while | this year the records show that 502 of this class of license have been issued. Revenue from the occupational licenses for last year totalled $13,856 and for the present year, both dates of November 30, total $19,460—making a gain of $5,604 for the present period. NEW ARRIVAL IN MALONEY FAMILY Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Ma- Joney announce the birth of a son weighing eight pounds at an early hour this morning in a local hospital. Mother and baby were said by Mr. Maloney to be doing nicely. TREATED LIKE CHILD MILWAUKEE—Asking for a divorce from her husband, Mrs. JUNIOR CHAMBER " MEETS TOMORROW } ii | WINTER PROGRAM NOW AD-’' | VANCING RAPIDLY: RE- i PORT DUE } Junior Chamber of Commerce jwill hold its regular business | meeting Friday at the Chamber of Commerce offices at 8 o’clock } with a late report on the pro- jgressing Jaycee-Federal Recrea- | pea Department Key West Win- ter Program. | Beautiful posters are being | painted by Federal Art Project ‘artists and will be placed in the! various hotels and business houses {of the city with a program of each month's events on them. Latest group to consider the proposition of sponsoring events for the winter is the Hotel com- mittee, composed of hotel opera- tors of Key West. They will con- sider sponsorship of boat’ racing. iG sis pert D Delilah Anderson, 21, of this city, | whe is four feet tall and weighs! 70 pounds, charged that he treat- ed her like a child. UY CHRISTMAS SEALS ment of eligibles jlargely due to a public lack of understanding as to the restric- tions imposed by the WPA itself, and the fact that the number ap- plying for work is far in excess jof the available jobs. “Some of the WPA restrictions are: The number to be employed must come within the limitations of the quota set for the state and the funds available; the applicant must be 18 years of age or more, a resident of Florida and of the must be the head of a_ family, and only one member of a family | group may be given work. | “District welfare boards and their staffs have been as diligent as staff limitations permitted in certifying applicants to the WPA. They have had no part in the | Placement of those who have been certified.” Codrington added that mem- }bers of the 12 district welfare boards serve without pay and | through a sense of public respon- ‘sibility, as do members of the a board. ‘EIGHT MARRIAGE LICENSES ISSUED Eight marriage licenses have {been issued in Monroe county for ithe month of November, as jshown by the records in the of- {fice of County Judge Raymond R. Lord. Of this number two were is- sued during the week ending No- vember 30 and were to: Balentin Soler Montane and Isabel de la Cuesta; William J. ;Cassiday and Lois Knowles. must be in need of aid and must: be a citizen of the United States, ; Federal Court tomorrow. Maxi- mum sentence is 20 years. STATE AUTO TAGS PLACED ON:SALE LADD, TOLLE AND ENGLES AMONG FIRST TO SE- CURE LICENSES county from which he applies; he ; County Tax Collector Frank H. Ladd bought the first of the state auto license tags were put on sale this morning. This was in the $16 class. Number 1 in the $15 class was purchased by Rev. Joe Tolle of the First Methodist church, and Number | in the $20 class was bought by George L. Engles of Rock Harbor. Total sales of the tags at’) 9rTived in the city yesterday to yjami o'clock, as recorded at the office of Collector Ladd numbered 28;)@warded his company for the ad- yipisst. P had © "been | ditions, and changes to the county ;New Oricans and one of these bought since last year. RW. Craig of Craigs: Fla, when purchasing his license last Which is for the amount of thes; Louis year, said that the next wurhber Contract. price, $23,396, was not pittsburgh he bought would be 38, the’ same ¢xactly in accord with the re-)sait Lake City the county, quirements of the PWA, County ;san Francisco and to make sure he would suc- Attorney W. Curry Harris said. . Seattle number as that of ceed in getting the number paki for it at that time. INHERITS LEGACY SAN FR/ that he had inherited from an old friend in Frank Prestridge, 73. Francisco, walked into a legacy San city of the treasurer’s office and repaid an start, Mr. Harris said that he an-| who had stolen $7 from him. clean up all begin After the jury returned its ver- wreckage within one hour after old-age pension given him by the icity amounting to $95. with an average wage of $60, there is a monthly payroll of around $84,000. Now considering 20 percent of this amount it means $16,800 monthly would be required in nsors’ contribu- tions. Dating rom this would be some-mol and equipment paid from sponsers, which would probably bring the figure down to $10,000 a month. DAVIS ARRIVED HERE YESTERDA which CAME TO SIGN CONTRACT IN Detroit PROPOSED WORK AT COURT HOUSE S. C. Davis, head of the Davis «Construction Co., of Miami Beach, the which was Lsign contract, court house. The ; bond of the company, and this will probably cause some delay in the approval, it was said However, said Mr. Harris, the bonding company which made the | ISCO—Explaining bond of Mr. Davis has an office | st in Atlanta, and any discrepancies with the PWA in that city. Asked when the work will ticipated activities will carly next week. Health Service. Other meetings will be held later by the various committees for the perfection of the prospec- tive plans. TEMPERATURES se@eeerecccccvescooseseees lowest at 8 a. m. last night 52 38 32 30 42 36 34 28 62 70 24 j 42 | i | Station— | Abilene | Atlanta “Boston Buffalo | Charleston | Chicago ; Denver 32 | Galveston | Havana } Huron | Jacksonville i Kansas City ‘KEY WEST Little Rock Los Angeles 44 67 i 50 | 52 60 34 28 | 46 36 “4 42 32 “ 52 48 52 B » Louisville New York Pensacola Tampa , Washington } Williston JUROR ALSO TRIED MINNEAPOLIS — As a yary England, in the bond can be cleared up jury heard a damage suit in this city, a street car motorman iden- tified one of the jurors as a man j dict, the juror was held for trial , fing in ENGINEERS CALL OFF TRIP HERE Overnight which > the American Institute of Engineers, | who were making a tour of Flor- ida before going to Havana, were 'to make to Key West yesterday was cancelled, Mayor Willard M. Albury was advised yesterday. The Institute most probably couldn't find connections with Havana the same day, as there was no passenger boat service to that city terday from Key West Albury received the cancellation notice from Dr Jr. president of Chamber of Com stop Commerce. ANNOUNCE BIRTH : AT GOMEZ HOME Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Gomez nounce the birth of a boy weigh ing nine pounds yesterday morn their home at 720 Duval street. Mr while calling at The Citizen, that their wedding had been blessed with three girls and at last the } hoped-for boy arrived Mother and son are said to be getting along nicely. ACCIDENT RULING TA CRUZ, Calif —Hence automobile drivers who someone's automobile will be forced to broken glass and forth crash into in this citv the accident. Gomez said this morning, © R. C. Perky, land owner of the Florida Keys, who has been en- gaged in a controversy with Monroe County Commissioners over the question of turning over to them the right of way on his property for Overseas Highway extension on the F.E.C. viaducts, will confer with the Commission tomorrow afternoon at 2:30 at the County Courthouse Mr. Perky will be accompanied by his attorney, Mr. Anderson ATTEMPT TO CLEAR BASIN COMPLAINTS NUISANCE SOLICITING, DOCKING ASSISTANCE. CHARGED nO At a meeting of committees from the Senior and Junior Cham bers of Commerce last night pro porals to remedy complaints of yachtamen berthing at the Yacht Basin were heard and it was de cided to request the supervision dockmaster as a regulatory heard § from here that on had been given orders up yachts or in zy assist them. Co sance” soliciting were any m- Sas to “ni y local merchants also heard. Commodore Arthur Curtis Lanai” and Leon the “Martina III" had in- formed local sources that no as- sistance had been given them in docking theif yachts. There were (other complaints.