The Key West Citizen Newspaper, December 9, 1938, Page 1

Associated Press Day Wire Service For 58 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West VOLUME LIX. No. 292. MILK PORPOISE? EXPERT STUMPED; ASKS; THE CITIZEN TAKEN THROUGH SNAKE FARM | “Who can milk a porpoise?” is} the problem over wiich three | Florida natural scientists ponder. A northern university ordered a pint of porpoise milk for re- search work from the Marine Che Ary West Citizen THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN THE U.S.A. KEY WEST, FLORIDA, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1938 TESTS TO BE | MADE HERE OF TUBERCULOSIS EXAMINATIONS ON MON- DAY Dr. A. J. Logie, director of the Division of Tuvereutosis of the State Board of Health, was a visitor in Key West Wedn | making arrangements for tests ot those suspects who are victims of the disease or those who have come in contact with those suf- | fering from it. yee WANTS TO KEEP IN CLOSE TOUCH WITH KEY WEST |\NEW YORKER MUCH INTER- ESTED IN TEMPERATURE: WAY IS COMPLETED Writing from Pawling, West four years ago, and encloses a subscription to The Citizen to keep in touch with the trend of WANTS TO KNOW IF HIGH- | New} York, Ray Lewis recalls an in- teresting visit to the city of Key} Key West, Florida, has the most equable climate in the country; with an average range of only 14° Fahrenheit PRICE FIVE CENTS Recreation Supervisor Helps | Plan Island Winter?Program tg, ‘ASKS VACATED "JUDGMENT ON $14,000 DEBT )CITY ATTORNEY TAYLOR! Essie’ ‘Geiger Praises Foresight Of Committee, Suggests In- Present tensive Program | STATES “ECONOMIC MO-| Field Supervisor Misi “Essie RASS” OF CITY TO U. 8..Geiger of the state W.P.A. Rec- ' s COURT EXPLAINED jteation Department personnel. in ' cen ee | i i | Special counsel for the City of ber of Commerce and Key West ;Key West Henry H. Taylor, Jr.’ w.p.a. Rereation division _ offi- a conference with Junior Cham- | These examinations and tests events, and also to daily receive ireturned to the city today after Studios at St. Augustine. Milton Bacon, decided the task was beyond ‘him; He took his i will be held Monday, December |12, at the Community Clinic of which the doctor in charge is Dr. ; \5 . B. Parramore, who visited The a report of. the delightful clim- ! jate. “I'll never forget that ride! over the Florida East Coast Rail- j petitioning for staying of a per-j; emptory writ of mandamus in the approximate amount of $14,- cers, praised the foresight of the group in co-sponsering a-« Key West winter programjof activi- ' Citizen accompanied by Dr. Logie. road. Wish I could be there, but | 900 and in explaining why’ the problem to RossisAllen, director of the Florida Reptile Institute at Silver Springs. Mr. Allen “milks” poisonous snakes every week for their venom which is used in research. But Mr. Allen said no. “A porpoise’s milk supply”, he explained, “is hidden in small, in- 4 living won't get R. J. Zim- merman down. He's ready for anything and the garb and gadgets were donned by Zimmerman at a Pittsburgh safety conference to show how a cautious man may at- tain maximum safety. ios Hil | HTH i Hd rile E e g : iff B3 i FEEgSE ete k g i ; rReETTy y : accessible pockets exactly the re- verse to a cow’s udder, and to to reach this supply is the young porpoise. And the only reason he can do it is because of his. Jong and especially equipped ‘out”. vec! ARYGOS ie at at ela the cnn per oats | CQMPILE REPORT question of Harold Williams, Pee ct ws] ON SALARIES OF in charge of the Tropical Reptile tec ss preeerc| STATE TEACHERS Williams said, “but I would think that the mammal should be kill- —-- milk gland dissected| SHOW PERCENTAGE COMING ae wigan’ (Special to ‘The Citizen) cage the reporter pecial to The Citizen a mile when “aii| TALLAHASSEE. Dec. 9.—Sev- seemed to break loose just|enty-eight perceni of last year’s Bhis story. would yi ida teachers and transportation “hale Stes an of pupils was provided from was occasioned only | State funds, according to a siate- from South Ameri-| Submitted to State Superintend- only “walking | ent Colin English. spot. The iguan-| Monroe County is one of 20 in West in the open which more than 95 percent of Similarly exhibited tunds during the 1937-'38 school Miami must be kept} year. Monroe County teachers ted or they will| received $72,114 and $2,818 was “Phe iguanas, or giant liz-|€xpended for transportation. the ordinary liz-j are limited to teachers’ salaries on fruit. and transportation of pupils. All F snakes of the| other school expenses except the spesidents have | cost of textbooks are provided rs is the | These expenses include all cost rare chicE stake is in}aries, maintenance and repair, coliction and many of the | supplies, insurance, _ libraries, named chicken snakes.| Salaries paid to Florida teach- balefully out from an-|ers during the cage is a half-tamed orient-| yeat totaled $13,388,404. Seventy- a python, with long,/nine percent was provided from date about the only creature able snout’ Institute of Key West. “Now, amazing group of rep- his legs. William grabbed | expenditures for salaries of Flor- horny, scaly “drag- wide summary of county reports not affected by cold} Payments was made from state their tails and grow} Expenditures from state funds amaoteasins, but} from county and district revenue. rat-snakes which residents | health service and debt service. for constriction. state sources and 21 percent from i it £ é ‘Taking a white rat out of aj local revenue. The cost of trans-/ breeding cage, Williams threw it] porting pupils to Florida schools Fy E and rattlesnakes. The} cent was paid from state funds ", little critter would do|and 30 percent from local funds. less than go up and smell QUARTERED IN tt However, the wea- too cool and the snakes |. Dropping a wa- moccasip before a king snake,! Popped it head first into in the twinkling of ih Rattlers ght, quite. a in the open | this fi ge of them been hand- x i ‘if C. A, Baker, Jr, P’ neer-inspector, who has been ‘apadl te act during the construc- tion of the addition to the county court house and the contemplat- ed changes, is located in the court house. Mr. Baker told The Citizen that .j he had installed his offices on the second floor of the building *}and will continue using the space until the work is completed. gE al rsa8 FA 4 REFEREE bane Williams} of administration, janitors’ sal-| 1937-'38 school cage with a group of moc-| Was $1,471,973, of which 70 per-| Physicians of.tae city have been asked to cooperate in the} movement and supply the names }of all indigents who are suspect> ;ed of being. tuberculous. Only in- |digents who are unable to bear ;the expense of the tratment wilt be subjected to the tests. X-ray technicians with their complete outfit for the examina- tion of the patients will be on hand Monday morning at the clinic with all the machinery and electrical connections in readiness to conduct the examinations. It is urged, said Dr. Logie, on all those who are tuberculous suspects or those who have been in contact with sufferers from the disease to go to the clinic and be tested to determine if there are any germs of the great “White Plague” in their bodies. GIVES LIST OF STATE EMPLOYES SALARY isan FOR-MON- In the supplement to the report issued by the office of State Comptroller J. M. Lee for the fis- cal year ending June 30, 1938, the following Key Westers are listed as employes of the state ‘as of March, 1938, and the sal- aries, monthly: Judge Arthur Gomez, circuit | judge, $416.66; Assistant State Attorney J. Lancelot Lester, | $375; Official Court Reporter An- |gela Caro, $75; Supervisor Bever- ‘age Department George G. Go- 'pational taxes) W. Roger Wat- (kins, $225. supervisor, $150; Virginia Baker, Howard, senior visitor, $100; Louise Ketchum, senior visitor, $85; Virginia McDermott, senior | visitor, $85; Marjorie Gwynn, istenographer, $85; Annabelle ; Lewin, general clerical work, $70. Monroe County Health Unit: Dr. James B. Parramore, director, 3275; Z. D. Harrison, sanitary of- ficer, $125; Norma Diaz, public Lowest Highest Station— last night Jast 24 hours jAbilene . | Atlanta - Boston Buffalo Charleston Chicago | Denver Detroit Galveston Havana j Huron Jacksonville | Kansas city ‘KEY WEST Little Rock Los Angeles _ Louisville ‘Miami | Minneapolis |New Orlans jNew York Pensacola Pittsburgh | ereteeseseerceaeeysuagesegerss guceeesseseesrsguses| saesesere Pe 1 Affiving at the Key West Yacht Basin yesterday was the “Restmore’’, 33 foot yawl, aboard which Peter Dohm of Copenhagen, Denmark is taking his wife, two children and baby around the world on a trip which began four years ago. 'Danish f amily Arrives Here | Qn Round The World Cruise One of those Danes, you know! been taught to do their “chores” the fellows who were tie first in about the boat. Soon they will Europe to sail to America, andj be! sturdy enough to really help *, pea out. pe sary, ais ae Ssetaees | Meanwhile the Dohms_ are continue the long line of remark. {seeking a place to winter. For able Danish sea feats and are in ' they usually remain anchored in ‘Key West on thevfirst-long'strettt"some Wwaim spot for the winter. of “a round-the-world cruise,! We predict they will soon learn berthed at the Porter Dock Co. in| more of the hospitality of the Is- am not situated so I can at pres- ent”, Mr. Lewis continued, “I am some information. Is the Over- seas Highway all complete now so I can drive to Key West with- out the long ferry trip? Just re- ,cently I saw a Florida aytomo- bile going through our village, jand on top of the license plate jthere was a plate, quite good size, advertising Key West. I think it read ‘Key West, the Southernmost City in the United States’ or something to that ef- fect. “Can you advise me to whom I the price of such a_ souvenir? Would like to have one to fasten plate. I have one on now read- ing ‘West Palm Beach where Summer spends the Winter’ but I would like one of Key West to put on the front of my car”. Mr. Lewis concludes his letter with the following, P. S—“I. do hope ‘your paper’ still shows’ the temperature column”. The Citizen is writing Mr. {city had not made a tax levy;.to take care of another $3,170 judg- , ment. Regarding a claim by John.E.! | Morris, who wa: due approxi-! ties this vear. “Many other East Coast tourist cities have winter programs ar- wondering ii you can give me| might write and find out about | to my car with my 1939 license | their 33-foot yawl. | mately $14,000 of interest-bearing ranged”, Miss Geiger said. “I |bonds, Attorney Taylor in a 24 am thinking specifically of Palm jpane penta. sruaines “ec0- | Beach and Vero Beach, where nomic morass” in whic! ey | ay ej BS. e ; West is now and reqyested that oe division w Seige apa? go ‘the judgment delivered against ly with civic groups in a pengreme the city some months ago in the ‘similar to that of Key West”. jmatter be vacated. He also re-| Miss. Geiger suggested that a quested that for the present a civic commission be _ Set. Up “stay” order be granted. | through action of the City Coun- Regarding the claim of L. P. cil and that this commission be {Chalmers for $3,170.97 due him , composed of representatives from from bonds issued to fund a all the civic groups of the city. street paving program the court |Special Counsel Henry H. Taylor, | was informed that the amount Jr., also a Jaycee, wili study the had been included in the 1938-'39, plan which is aiready in effect jeity budget. jin other East Coast cities. i Mrs. Eva Warner, general {chairman of the program group, j Peported the aims of the group and requested Miss Geiger's as- sistance in securing the services ROBERTS’ WILL \fatigable. worker who “gets re- ALL HOLDINGS EXCEPT ONE sults” and promised her utinost LLAR UEATHED {cooperation. Mrs. Warner men- Dol BEQ' itioned certain “gaps” on the ‘cul- TO DAUGHTER |tural side of the program which Peter Dohm, - his wife, Elsa! main here. Dohm, two sons, Lars, 5, and) With the Dohms is Heniz Mass :two months old Per Alton Dohm,! yon Protzen, who received his one daughter, Anna, are making Phd in Law as an exchange stu- ‘the trip. Fired by such Jack! dent in Denmark to the United London novels as “Snark”, Dohm' States at Cornell University. He ‘land City and hope they will re- | Lewis and giving him all the in-| |mez, $150; Field Auditor (occu- | | State Welfare Fund, Old Age | Assistance: Gladys Roberts, unit} senior visitor, $100; Beulah Clark ; sold his property in Denmark and ‘bought the Restmore with five-foot draft and nine tonnage \e¢apacity. Soon after their mar- riage the Dohms began a waik- ing tour of Europe, which took them as far as Greece. They were so pleased with their first taste of wanderlust that they bought the Restmore. Last year at this time they ; were in a Carribean port. Next year: they will probably be on the American West Coast. Thus far, since the beginning of the trip September 1, 1934, the Dohms have visited Sweden, Norway, The Netherlands, Belgium, Eng- land, France, Spain, West Africa, Barbadoes, Martinique, Puerto |Rieo, St. Martin, St. Thomas be- ‘fore coming to the United States. |The rest of the trip will probably “be up the Atlantic coast through ithe St. Lawrence, Great Lakes ‘and down the Mississippi to the ‘Gulf through the Panama Canal, thence to the South Seas, Aus- tralia, India, Madagascar, South and West Africa. Thus will the circumnavigation be. The Dohms travel staying long in ports they like and leaving quickly those they dislike. One of the latter was Malaga, Spain, where the yaw! was a target for guns of the Spanish rebel forces. Dohm doesn't know why—unless it was because the flag of Denmark is red. The responsibility of taking the, family around the world rests lightly on smiling Peter Dohm He is as enthusiastic as a boy. His English is broken and he laughs long and loud at his mis- fortunes. The children, through |their traveéis, speak a smattering its| leisurely, | is ‘deeply interested in the re- search work into anthropology he is making throughout the world and has several excellent plastic portraits of natives, among them being Seminole and other Indian heads, Japanese, Filipinos and Africans. Protzen joined Dohm first in Sweden, has left the yawl several times to journey into the interior of interesting places and model the natives. He always rejoins the: ship. He will soon leave the boat again and go to Mexico, where he will rejoin it. Coming over from Europe the yawl was sailed pecaefully push- ed by the trade winds over the 3,000-mile stretch which Colum- ended up at Barbadoes however. Only the sail is u with an auxiliary Ford Model A engine, made in Denmark, used only for harbor maneuvering. OFFICER PEREZ IS RECOVERING Bienvenido Terez, Key West patrolman, who was injured during the visit of Colonel Ful- gencio Batista to Key West, is rapidly recovering from his in- juries, which were received when he was thrown from a motorcycle while escorting the Batista party to this city over the highway. He has been released from the hospital here where he was taken } following his injuries. | Officer Perez proposes to leave |Monday for Havana where he will receive further treatment. co) of English, French and Spanish | as well as their native tongue. Dohm himself is not a fisher- man, he says, but a yachtsman, and is anxious to meet yachtsmen of this country. He invites folk aboard his where he and his family often hold open house. To support himself and family, Dohm writes travel stories for the papers and in his native other | yaw | Den-; mark. Mrs. Dohm is as enthus-| jastic as Ker husband about the trip. The children wouldn't give’ je up for the world. They have UY CHRISTMAS SEALS formation requested, stressing the | fact that he may get in his car/ and ride direct to Key West. can conference with delegations from 21 nations in attendance }opens at 6 o'clock tonight with | the principal question Pan-Ameri- can cooperation with the United States and perhaps the decision to present a united front against the world. Preliminary confer- ences have ironed out most of the differences. BERLIN.—German newspapers seized upon a speech delivered by a Lithuanian official, which declared that a province of Lithu- ania was so strongly German that it should be “angchlussed” witli Germany, and. blazoned it to th world. PARIS.—There will be no im- portant gains in Italy’s demand for return of colonies now heid by France which formerly be- longed to her until the visit of Prime Minister Neville Chamber- lain of England to Rome next }month when it is expected that Mussolini will Jay his cards on the table. A demonstration at Rome today by Italian students was promptly repressed. Another at Tunis, France, was repressed Hundreds of police arrested ring leaders of the thousands of stu- dents. MANILA.—Thirty-five storm- tossed American seamen reached jthis port in a small 2,000-ton freighter after passing through the center of one of the worst typhoons of recent years. It limp- WASHINGTON.—The reorgan- ization issue is beginning to be heard again in political circles here but it is not likely that it will be repeated this Spring. Phone 22211 Miami, Fla. LP AAAS EIT Last will and testament of Mary E. Roberts, who died last Saturday and funeral services held Tuesday afternoon, was filed yesterday afternoon in the office’ the city would be in need of this winter. In this group it is hoped to secure such events as a sy! phony orchestra,. Federal play, Federal marionettes for ong): or more exhibitions. Mrs. Werner reported that the LIMA Peru.—The Pan-Ameri-j clubs of the city were cooperat- ing wholeheartedly with the-pro- gram and predicted that each year the program will rise to greater proportions. In pointing out the various programs sponsored by other Florida cities, Miss Geigger mentioned (1) the social Phase and (2) recreational phase. In the first, each win- ter there are being held tard parties open to winter visi- tors, concerts, addresses by noted speakers, exhibitions. rocial clubs open to visitors, civic dances, beach clubs. In other sports programs, in- cluding baseball, _diemond- jof Probate Judge Raymond R. Lord. The instrument provides that all just debts and funeral ex- penses be paid as soon after death jas convenient. “I give, devise, ‘and bequeath to my son, John, the ‘sum of one dollar”. : | To a daughter, Clari ‘in ap- | preciation of her untiring and }unselfish love and devotion all residue of the estate, both real jand personal”, which consists of | the following: j ; One lot in the Meacham sub- | division, a lot at the corner of | Division and Margaret streets, | “the titles to these properties be- ; ing absolutely vested in me”. ; Also all money in the savings; account in the First National | Bank and also the Postal Savings! in the post office at Key West,; Fla., as well as any other mis-| cellaneous effects which “may; jhave been my property before | jmy death”. | | Witnesses whose names were; signed to the document were! Miss Margaret Martinez and Ju-} {lius Saunders. } Program for the next four months include most of the events and the Program Committes will continue the’ task of securing more inien- sive representation in other phases of the program, es- pecially the social vhase. “The social phase is important | because it fits the winter visitors }right in with life in Key West", Miss Geiger concluded. MUCH PUBLICITY : GIVEN INDUSTRY { | SIS CAMPAIGN” TO BE CLEWISTON, Dec. 9.—(FNS) CARRIED ON The wealth of publicity received : by the Florida sugar industry. as @ result of the'recent essay con- test conducted by the Florida News Service, has brought such a flood of visitors to view the Clewiston properties that ar- rangements for regular visiting hours were necessary to prevent undue interference with .the operations of the plant. As a result, the Sugar House will be open to visitors every day except Monday, from 8 a. m. to 12 noon, and from I p. m. to 5 p. m. Special guides have been re- tained and are stationed at the visitors entrance to conduct tours through the plant. No admission is JACKSONVILLE, Dec. 9— (FNS) State headquarters of the national “Fight Infantile paraly- |sis Campaign” will be set up in, ithe Barnett National Bank Build- jing here, in charge of William T. Edwards, director of the DuPont Foundation for Crippled Chil- dren, it has been announced. Edwards has already received { Plans for celebrations of Presi- ident Roosevelt's birthday ; throughout Florida will be pushed ito completion. Funds from the? Last year, 15,000 visitors toured birthday celebration will be used the U. S. Sugar Corporation prey jt aid infantile paralysis victims. erties.