The Key West Citizen Newspaper, December 8, 1938, Page 1

Associated Press Day Wire Service For 58 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West Key West, Florida, has the most equable climate in the country; with an average range of only 14° Fahrenheit VOLUME LIX, No. 291. Three Applications For Liquor Licenses Taken One From Place At Corner| Of Caroline And Duval) Streets Approved; Oth- ers Laid Over Pigeon Key Fishing Camp of the Overseas Road and Toll | Bridge District, B. M. Duncan, general manager, was one of three applications for liquor li- censes considered at the meet- ing of the Board of County Com- missioners at their regular meet- ing last night. Present were: Chairman’ Ber- valdi, Commissioners’ Warren, Porter and Niles; County: At- torney Harris, Clerk Sawyer, Chief Deputy Sheriff Waite, County Judge Lord, Deputy Shriff Parrish, Marathon; Prison Guard Torres, County Solicitor Cleare and Fred J. Dion. | The application of the Pigeon; Key Fishing Camp for liquor li- cense was laid over until the meeting next week. The same action was taken in the matter of the other applications, of Charley | Toppino, Overseas Garage at! Marathon and The Cabana, at) 605 Duval street. | Application of Regis Vaccaro, operator of the Trade Winds at} the corner of Duval and Caroline streets, which had been before the commission for the past four weeks, was brought up for con- sideration and was given the ap- proval of the board. Bond of Wm. H. Monsalvatge, who was elected commissioner for the First. District this year and will take his’ seat in Janu- ary, was read and approved. i on from Tallahassee, were and after some considera- “was decided to reject them all and the clerk advised to so “inform the Board. Request from Tax Collector Frank H. Ladd for $125 was read. It was explained that expenses for | mailing tex statements had becn | exceptionally large and the re-) quested amount was to bear these expenses. The request was) granted. Deposits by Sheriff Thompson} in the First National Bank of bail bonds and other collections in Up By County Board SIS SS SS SS 4 STRANGERS HERE ENJOY SUNSHINE INSTEAD OF COLD Visitors from St. Paul, Min- nesota, arriving.in Key West Tuesday, learned of the “cold wather” due to strike this section end took the precau- tion to cover the hood of their car with iwo heavy blankets and a couple of pillows to keep the engine from “‘freez- ing”. The manager of the local hotel at which the visitors, a Mrs. S. Reiter and friend, we guests, called the at- tention of Lee Conroy, a guest, to the car, and Mr. Conroy suggested that Mrs. Reiter visit the Chamber of Commerce and Secretary Sin- gleton would tell her that the temperature Tuesday might was 64 degrees, which would have been a “nice warm day in St. Paul in the month of April”. | Mr, Conroy said to The Citizen. “I worked on a Du- luth, Minnesota, paper in 1934 and was frozen and snowed in the hotel for 11 days without leaving the lobby to come to Key West whe! ven frost is unknown, and overcoast are a sure sign that a stranger is in town”. PILI SST STS 4 | DISTRICT COURT — CONSIDERS CITY CITY OWES L. P. CHALMERS $3,170.97 FOR BONDS ISSUED TO PAVE STREETS: MOTION ASKS SPECIAL TAX Representation for the City of Key West is today appearing in 6. S, District Court at Miami be- fore Judge W. W. Holland in an- THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN THE KEY WEST, FLORIDA, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1938 orship ene in New The ship is keel-less and rivetless and has five cargo holds lined with What is doesn’t have makes this all-welded motor ship, Dolomite, seen York unusual. ‘ERROR MADE IN SALE OF COUNTY TOURING PARTY LEARNED MUCH FERRY BOATS -.. ~ ABOUT FLORIDA REVEALED IN LETTER FROM French-Italian tension with dem- CONGRESSIONAL AND SENA-| ‘onstrations by Arabs in favor of; CODRINGTON; MATTER IS! French and shouts “down with; TORIAL MEMBERS OBTAIN | FIRST HAND INFORMATION TO BE STRAIGTHENED OUT Fascism”. Fourteen French bomb- | ing planes hovered over the city} ana! ABOUT STATE Peceesseoccencoossssovesce NEWS FLASHES ; and a quarter of a million French | and Italian troops faced each oth- | | jer across the border. It now appears that the sale of | PRE ER ; JACKSONVILLE, Fla. Dec. 8 Z ; BERLIN.—Germany’s first air- ® the Ferries Pilgrim and Travel-| 1 carrier slid down the ways|‘£NS)—Cloce to 200 northerners, ler has not yet been completed, or | today and was christened the | Congressmen, senators and busi- some one has made an _ erfror/ “Graf Zepelin”. It is equipped to! ness leaders as well as govern- which has to be straightened out | carry 40 fighting planes. ment officials, are heading home- | bet tion of the! Sh, a le) di {before the consummation | WASHINGTON.—Congressman ward with a new understan ing | jsale can be announced, ‘ Dies, in defense of his inquiry on of the problems confronting! A letter from C. C. Codrington, 11) American activi accepted Florida citrus and sugar cane | pe Wel. activity, p coe en a tate Wig challenge to disprove accusations growers, and with a new and! 2 "(of his opponents that witnesses! finer appreciation of Florida’s County Court House dated De |had been “screwballed”. te : cember 1 and was presented at} s incomparable climate, paesit ond the meeting of the commissioners | NEW YORK.— Irregular tradin, | their tour of Florida under spon- Jast night, which is as follows: | setivities marked ptf of. ew porate: cot. the _ iotide: Sate “Unfortuiiately the” sale or! { Chamber of Commerce. ” if or' York Stock Exchange. Telephone | ite i transfer of the ferry boats Pil-|.nq Westinghouse were up with| Arriving in Florida’ on a 17-chr grim and Traveller has not, aS! qecline in steel. Corn showed | ecial train, the distinguished jyet, been closed, due to compli-| 4, largest gain of one point, with | visitors were given a comprehen- jeations caused by the action of other changes fractional. “s | sive picture of Florida in all its the county commissioners last ;beauty, during their tour of the summer. commercial, agricultural U. S.A. FORMER EDISON LABORATURY WORKER. eee Che Key Wrest Citizen | Cadillac Has Most Every Modern Saisie Installed | see tee see PRICE FIVE CENTS (Miami Methodist Conference Her Monday Replete With Dr. Spivey Heads Speak- ers; Committee Reports, Devotionals, Sermons HAS UNIQUE CAR-HOME IN KEY WEST Scbeduled An enthusiastic tourist by the !look at the left front spare tire name of E. L. Grauel, formerly a worker in the Edison labora- tories at West Orange, New Jer- sey for 20 years, has converted his Cadillac sedan into a travel- ing home with every modern convenience. He keeps the car- home at Rest Beach. Grauel, with Mrs. Grauel, has rented a cabana at Rest Beach but not to live in. They always sleep in their car. But to rest in the shade of and to “throw out a fishing line at night from and catch a fish bigger than I can stretch my hands”. Several small shark have been caught in this manner. The car, first of all, has a fold- ing double bed in the rear. How does the folding bed come out? Well, the front single seats may be turned around or taken com- pletely out to allow space. Spe- cial precaution as to the space has been taken. In the right side between the mattress and roof of the car to the rear is a chest of drawers with all drawers ex cept one reserved for Mrs. Grauel. Mr. Grauel has one drawer for the sum total of a necktie. We wish we could teil you how Mr. Grauel manages to get around the sanitary laws against carry- ing a toilet. But suffice it to say that he is entirely within the { law. Now, with sleeping, sanitary and clothes problems solved, the next is to secure water for drink- ing and washing. Well, take a “If you can speed up the Cus- toms Authorities so that we may close the sale, it would give me 'great pleasure indeed to pay the WASHINGTON CAR ="; | SMASHES SHOP and amusement highlights, from the Jacksonville shipping wharv- es down along the east coast to} centers, | the Miami amusement | back up to the sugar plantations at Clewiston, up through the | Ridge orange and citrus belt, with a side run to Tampa’s famed cigar | industries, then up through Or-} lando and Lakeland, norhtward! bill for watchmen’s services and | jalso make funds available to the! ‘Monroe County Clinic, as Pl STRUCK GOING ACROSS SI- agreement reached between the j writer and the Board of County MONTON AND WENT ; Commissioners”. OUT OF CONTROL t connection with his office, was SWet to a,motion by L. P. Chal-| The communication was turn- placed at $316.42. { Collector Ladd reported de- posits in the First National Bank of funds collected by his office for licenses of $821.25 for the} state and $416.63 for the county.) Deposits by the collector in the’ same institution for beer and oc- ; cupational licenses 1938 and 1939 | totalled $636.63. i Monthly report of Clerk Curry ; of Criminal Court of Record was! read and ordered acceptedi and | filed. fH | Tax certificates redeemed or) purchased during the morith of! November reported by Clerk! Sawyer totalled $250.53. Of this} amount $229.87 in cash and $20.66! in bonds. Communication relative to the! purchase of county bonds was re-| ceived and read. . The letter was! from R. E. Crummer Co., fiscal! agents for the county, and made certain explanations which were discussed by the board and it was decided to lay the matter over until the next meeting night. SEA SCOUTS MEET TONIGHT Skipper J. Albert Hinson, of Sea Scout Ship No. 3, sponsored} by the Lions Club, issues'a call for a mecting of the Ship this evening at 7:30 o'clock at Golden! Eagle Hall on Petronia street. All members of the Ship are requested to be present together! with friends interested in joining the group. A winter program of activities is being planned. mers for an alias peremptory writ of mandamus requiring a special tax be levied in Key West to ob- tain $3,170.97 due him from the city int bonds and interest issued him for street paving. The motion for the writ stated that a peremptory writ in the sum of $8,223.10 had been granted Chalmers and that payment had been received in accordance with the writ until the 1938-'39 fiscal year when there had been payment received. According to the original writ the city was to secure payment by a levy of a special tax of one mill for 1935-'36, two mills for 36-"37 and a sufficient millage for 1937-'38 to cover the balance due. To date $6,530.72 had been paid but there is a balance of $3,170.97 still due. The motion for the alias writ also states that there has been no tax levy for 1938-'39 and that no budget had been approved for the period. no /EXPLAIN DETAILS — ‘OF DEPARTMENT Pupils Neff’s cl of Miss Marguerite at the Division Street School re treated to a delight- ful experience yesterday morning when they were entertained by Chief Harry Baker of the Fire Department and Captain Milton Roberts with an explanation of the workimgs of the department Engine nber 1 from the Greene street station was taken to the scheol and the teacher and pupils ridden to the station where every mechanical detail of the machine was explained. They were afterwards taken back to the school, declaring they had lenjoyed the rare treat. ed over to Attorney W. Curry | Harris to answer, explaniing that {the vessels had been sold to the : Belcher Co., of Miami, had been! ;delivered to the purchasers who thad sent tugs here for them and towed them to Miami. | They are now at Miami, chang- es have been made in. the ma- chinery, one or more engines hav- ing been removed, and other changes made according to the plans of the purchasers. These ferries were put into service by the FERA under Ad- ministrator Gilfond and had un- dergone many changes under his administration. Different forms of superstructure were built on the vessels and it was estimated that materials and work cost ap- proximately $70,000. On October 23, Thursday, the Tugs Pioneer and L. H. Harsey of the Belcher Towing Company of Miami, purchasers of the ves- sels, arrived in port and departed the following morning for Miami with the ferries, which were to be placed in service by the com- pany. According to the records at the court house the price paid for the vessels was $8,600 for both ves- sels, with $7,200 to be placed to the credit of the Monroe County Clinic, the balance to be used in paying the indebtedness of the ferries, and in the event any funds were left this amount was to be given to the clinic. WEEKEND SPECIALS Delicious Cakes For Your Weekend Parties! BANANA WALNUT PEACH DELIGHT and APPLE SAUCE CAKES POUND CAKE, per 25c MALONEY BROTHERS The Home of Baker Boy Bread 12 Fleming St. Phone 8 Struck in attempting to cross Simonton street on Fleming, a ear driven by a Washington couple was thrown, against an electric pole this morning on the opposite corner and, going out of control, smashed into a small gift shop on Fleming street, breaking glasses in the car. The lady driving in the Wash- ington.car was taken to a local hospital and was reported as Te- ceiving no cuts or fractures al- though suffering a number of bruises. The car came to a stop at a concrete post adajeent to the gift shop. Not a window in the shap’s door was shattered. TEMPERATURES Lowest Highest Station— last night last 24 hours Abilene 40 62 Atlanta 40 60 Boston 36 48 Buffalo 36 40 Charleston 46 60 Chicago 30 34 ; Denver 36 52 | Detroit 30 38 | Galveston 50 68 Havana Huron Jacksonville Kansas City KEY WEST Little Rock Los Angeles 5 i ee 48 | 64 | 54 Louisville } Miami j Mpls.-St. P. New Orleens New York Pensacola Pittsburgh St. Louis {Salt Lake City jSan Francisco | Seattle | Tampa | Washington | Wiltiston j BSsresees to Washington, D. C., where the | group will disband. Special emphasis in the tour of Central Florida was laid on the visit to the Clewiston properties of the United States Sugar Cor- poration, where Senator Claude Pepper cooperated with company officials and independent ers in presenting the case Florida’s sugar to the visiting notables, d it is thought that the more clear pictures of the po tion’s suger bowl, given the visi- tors, will make revision of the Fiorida sugar quota by agricul- tural department heads or by congress far easier. ' ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATIO RELATIVE TO SIGNING OF FLORIDA STATE CON- STITUTION PORT ST. JOE, Dec. 8 (FNS). —The 100th anniversary of the ‘ signing of the Florida State Con- stitution is being held here this week, with song, dance, pagean- try and festivity such as never before seen in this small Gulf city, and marked by the dedica- tion of a new $75,000 memorial building erected on the Gulf shore, to commemorate the occa sion. Among the highspots of the [celebration is a display brought | penter there under sponsorship of Sen- ‘and four laborer ator Claude Pepper, gathered to were assigned ye fmark the 150th anniversary of today. |the signing of the United States Supt Horre Constitution, largely from the collection of Herman H. Diers. U. S Bureau of Roads official Governor Cone is being repre- tice Chapman of Court. bilities of Florida as the na- | NYA OFFICIAL LEFT TUESDAY A. YOUNGBLOOD, STATE DIRECTOR, INSPECTED LOCAL ACTIVITIES J. | | Joe A Youngblood, state di- rector of the National Youth Ad- ministration, who, with Mrs. 'Youngblood, was in Key W Monday and Tuesday for an in- |spection of the local NYA proj- ects, left over the highway Tues- day afternoon. After visiting the various proj- ect locations, Mr. Youngblood de- {clared himself pleased with the conditions he found. It is expect 'ed that with a few changés to the projects, and additions of new i types of work to that already be j4ng done, the youths of Key | West wili derive greater benefit: {from the NYA program | The slight sponsorship which the community is called upon to furnish wiil be returned to the many fold through the making of jtheir youths into citize {they may justly feel proud, he stated. COURT HOUSE. WORK GOES ON | Work on the county court house project is getting well underway and today a group i work making preparatory outlays for the actual construction activities to get underway. | Workers and others now on the | preliminary details number clev n, including Suprintendent |J. Hoore. Timekepeer Ben} Ketchum, three foremen, one car- one helper : whom { m »f whoin at carpenter two of ay and two the HITS A RABBITS EYE Ind. MARION, The Rev jfented at the celebration by Jus-' James Furbay drove a golf ball the Supreme ‘into the rough, hit a rabbit and j knocked out the bunny. on the fender. Note the. felt packing where once was the}tire and rim. Higher up inside the guard is a layer of sheepswool. The space tank, which may be filled when needed. Above this is a refrig- erator. A peculiar point and ad- vantageous point about the wea- ther here is that the warmth’ causes moisture to form inside the cooler and the temperature of the water there always a good many degrees cooler than the temperature of.the outside air. Now, how about some: modern } improvements. Well, note that littie air intake above. That's an air-conditioning vent. And here’s a folding table for kitchen work on the door. These are only a few of the. things ebout the car, Mr. Grauel told The Citizen, but the most amazing discovery and one which “I'm willing to bet lots of people here would lke to know is that e discovered a material which will keep out, ar ‘Os- QUITO and any SANDFEW hat do you ladies call it, dear?” Greuel said, turning to his wife. “It’s marquisette”, Mrs. Grauel} said. “We put it on the windows} of our car and sleep comfortably | all night long”, Grauel added. { “We maintain that we can live! anywhere in this -car”,y Gratel! concluded. “We slept for a week | on Michigan Boulevard in front of the Art Gallery there, for} we've a complete set of curtains | for the windows”. WPA PROJECT FOR KEY WEST IS APPROVED PROVIDES FOR EMPLOYMENT OF SIXTEEN PERSONS IN CLERICAL WORK AT COURT HOUSE Information received from WPA headquarters in Jacksonville by Area Supervisor B. Curry Mo- reno, is to the effect that ap- proval has been given Project 30694, which provides as follows: Employment for needy profes- sional, educational and clerical persons in verifying and revising Monroe county records, including revision of plat books, indexing deed records, filing and indexing marriage records, licenses. Verification of ownership and deed references as shown on the tax rolls for 1 also the rein- dexing of chancery cases and verifying the chancery progress dockets for the period dating from 1888 to 1 inclusive. There are to be 16 persons em ployed on this project when it é well under way and the five dis tinct phases of the work will re quire eight months to do. This project is sponsored by Monroe County which provides $3,585 and the of $8,275.40, is sup: plid by the government Mr. Moreng has been notified at the funds for the work are ailable and the project number signed. It is anticipated that wk will begin tomorrow balance 0: UY CHRISTMAS SEALS With Dr. Ludd M. Spivey, pres- ident of Southern College at Lekeland the principal speaker, a fu program of addresses, ser- encloses a 20-gallon Signs, devotionals and church work is sthétiiled for the 200 delegates 16"9hé" Miami District Conference of “the Methodist Episcopal Church to be held here Monday and Tuesday at the First Methodist (Old Stone) Church. Impressive and solemn will be the vesper services to be conduct- ed at the tomb of Rev. CE. A. Van Duzer, the first missionary to the Cuban people. who died of yellow fever at the age of 22 years. Rev. Garfield Evans of the Dania First Methodist Church, himself a Cuban missionary, will conduct the services at 5:15 o'clock Tuesday afternoon at the tomb in the City Cemetery. Lodging for the delegates has been arranged with Key Wesi members and friends of the church, Complete conference follows: Monday Aflernoon, Doc. 12th” 4:00- 5:30 Committee Meetings. 6:00 Dinner. Monday Evening 7:30- 7:45 Devotionats. 7:45- 7:55 Welcoming Address, Gerald Saunders, Wesley House Pre- sentation, Miss Mar- tha Robinson and Miss Sarah Fernar dez. Message from Young People Fraternal Deis gates. 8:35 White Christmas Pre- sentation, Drs Ry Z. Tyler, Sermon by Dr. Ludd M. Spivey Benediction. Morning. Dec. 13 Devotionals by Dr Homer Thompson Roll Call and Organ ization. Pastors’ Reporis Advocate by Rev. P. Marshati Brotherhood by Rev R. A. Selby Church Extension by Rev. R. E. Wickei Christian Education by Dr. Ira Bar nett Golden Cross By Rev Garlield Evans. Lay Activities Harwell Wilsor Missions by Dr Fred Turne: Orphange by Rev. € W. White Woman's Society by T. Pearce Sermon by Dx Viiet Lunch. Devotional Kh. A. Allen Report Admi and Licensing Com mittee Report Benevoiences and Orphange Com mittee Report Christian Lit erature Committee. Report Christian EA ucation, Social Serv ice and Temperane Committer Report Lay Activi ties Commnstite Report Misaons, Su- perannuat and Golden Cross Com- mittee. Report Quarterly Conference Records Committee. 3:00 Report Spirituat (Continued on Page Four) program 7 55- 8:05 8:05- 8:2" 8:25- 8:35- 9:15 9:15 Tuesday 30- 8:45 8:45- 9:00 9:00- 9:39 9:30- 9:45 R 9:45- 9:55 9:55-10:05 10:05-10:29 R. 10:20-10:30 10:30-10:45 by 10:45-11:00 A 11:00-11:15 Mizsionar, Mrs. A 11:15-11:30 c K by Rev 200 2:00- 2:10 2.16- 2:20 2:20- 2:30 0-20 2:40- 250