The Key West Citizen Newspaper, December 10, 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 Che Key West Citizen THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN THE U.S. A. VOLUME LIX. No. 293. Proposed Amended City Charter Read During | _ Meeting Last Evening, GCOD.WILL CHAIRMAN | After Making biased Changes Entire Docu- ment To Be Submitted. For Legal Drafting Members of the committee from | the Charter Study Committee; held a very inieresting meeting | last night in the offices of WPA, headquarters at which Represen- | tative B. C. Papy was a guest. ‘Those who were present were: i | 1 H E..A, Ramsey. Everett Winter, H.! E, Day, Charles H. Ketchum, Al- Jan Armstrong, Colonel L. L.} Brinton and Franklin Albert. The propcsed amended chara | ‘was read over, the different phas- es of the instrument discussed ~ end several changes were sug- gested by Mr. Papy. which were. accepted by the group. It was said this morning that following the suggesied changes the entire charter will be sub-, mitted to the legal committee for. drafting. ‘SCOUTS INITIATE . FIRST OF A SERIES OF TRIPS. TO REMOVE MOSQUITO | "BREEDING RECEPTACLES direction of Scoutmasier Dick Her- met with Col. Louis of the Southside Associa-| and initiated the mosquito: —_ this morning by | a truck- | s at the corner of ud Rest Beach. The cans have long been pointed ag as collectors of water of mosquitoes. Next) it is expected that all; Boy Scout troops of the city cooperate in another drive to area and. other areas of PREACHING a good-will creed among all races and creeds is one of several dreems of the American Pro- fessional end Business Com- mittee for tolerance, which has New York's newly-elect- ed lieutenent-governor Chas. Poletti (above) es its chair- man. ‘WPA FORCE 10 HAVE HOLIDAY so ailandiie aenee | CHECKS WILL ARRIVE BE- FORE CHRISTMAS TO PAY OFF EMPLOYES Practically all payrolls of the! OA group of Boy Scouts of| WPA will b compieted and will | ibe sent off before Christmas inj | ample time for the pay checks! to he received before the holi- today at the WPA offices. Work on the projects has bees | advanced and the men are work- ing, ard have for some time, six j |days each week, in order to have | this will be first-such hunt ever their holidays extend through the seagon. The period has been arranged to extend from December 17 to December 27, making; a:total of not working. In the group ,of scouts wre Joe Roberts, Leonard Key, Lou Smith, ' Felix. Yado, Paul| ® Chester M | Esquinaldo, fhony Bere Eu-) gene ‘and J. J. Rom-}, ero, Jr. BIIIIISI SS 4 Use Marl Cement On Courthouse Annex A very local ingredient is going into cement which is being used in the construc- tion of the $25,000 annex to athe Monro: ‘ounty Court- house work «» which began Tuesday. with the foundation being dug today. The ingredient is marl. Jeng in use in Key West road-building and known as @ very durable substance. Traces of its use in old Key West cisierns, dating back a half century, have been found, Architect Earl Wolfe of Russell T. Pancoast. archi- tects.-and P.W.A. engineer- ing inspector C. W. Baker, Jr. inform The Citizen. This mar! ingredient. which is being used partly as an ex- periment. may be extensively used in the fuiure, Messrs. Wolfe and Baker sta: Mari is dug below the surface of the ocean at a depth of nine feet. The pits are first blast- and then a dragline takes mari cut. Marl is found either on the ocean or Gulf sides. V hhh had hodheadkede) | Atlanta ‘Boston coo o1eoes TEMPERATURES Lowest Station— last night Abilene 52 28 42 38 36 28 40 34 56 68 hes t hours 72 42 46 Buffalo “4 Charleston Chicago Denver Detroit Galveston Havana Huron ile Kansas City KEY WEST Little Rock Angeles Louisville Miami Los Sait Lake City 3 San Francisco CHRISTMAS TREES WILL ARRIVE MONDAY MARZYCK and 1801 Von Phister Street PHONE 246 co. i | | 1. 10 days in which the men will be! er YACHTING COUPLE “LIKE ISLAND CITY: WILL LIVE HERE KEY WEST, FLORIDA, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1938 ' 1 JAMES A. MEYERS LIKE, COURTESY OF KEY WEST FOLK; NEWARK TRIO AR-| RIVE FROM PT. PLEASANT: Mr. and Mrs. Avary Moon of; Pine Island near Boca Grande, are so fascinated with the Island City that they have determined | to make Key West their home in i their 40 feet boat, “Cross Wind” | at the Yacht Basin. | Mr. Moon said he believed this! ;Was so since Mrs. Moon is ab- |solutely determined to here. The “Cross Wind” rather unique boat. is a Brothers Circus signed especially for comfort in; remain | Formerly | iowned by Ringling of Ringling; fame and de-| Gulf fishing it was purchased by; {the Moons. The boat is a double ender, with enough space | both below and above cockpit to stand entirely erect.! (It has high iron railings and a! \jury mast to “steady” the boat jin heavy seas and also for emer- |gency use. i Mr. Moon is a contractor and jhas built several beautiful homes jon islands on the west coast. The} | West. We heard a great deal of | adverse comment concerning it {before we came here, but we! jlike the city and its people im- | mensely. It is the one place | where people enjoy answering a i questiort. Others Arrive ! Arriving in Key West this] ; week from Point Pleasant, New \Jersey, having travelled down the Intracoastal waterway the tentire way and entering Key {West by way of Hawk channel in their 38. foot yawl were Mr. and Mrs, James. A. Meyer and jin the fishing tackle business. ‘The trip.down was comparative! sheltered all the way, they said, They used’ sail most of the way, depending on their auxiliary. | throughout the canals. i ‘GIANT ‘HUNT’ TO BE STAGED 10 (FNS).—For the | Preston Conrad. The Meyers = | '\OCALA, Dec. {the first time in history, |Fish service and the U. S. Forest Service are cooperating in the | staging of a giant “hunt” in the 296,000 acre Game Management }area near here. It is said that hid in the South. E. A. Schilling, Atlanta, wild} ‘life and game management in- ispector of the Forest Service, came here to supervise the opening of the hunt and to check | progress of the game mange- ment program in the Ocala for- est Money received from the sale! lof the $2 hunting. permits will go; ito furthering the game manage-| ment program. { -MAROCARNY YACHT FOR ROOSEVELT tat the Center; jstaff, suitable in the; \tice at Springfield, Mass. jare a guarded secret. ART CENTER INCORPORATION PAPERS FILED MRS, FLORENCE | SPOTTS- WOOD, CHAIRMAN: NAMED City Attorney Henry H. Taylor, Jr., this morning filed the incor- poration papers of the Key West of Clerk of Circuit Court Ross C. Sawyer. It is understood . that Judge Arthur Gomez has already approved the incorporation. days. This statement was made |Florida Game and Fresh Water; The corporation is to be a non-| profit organization formed for the purpose of holding lectures, classes and other art departments to develop finan- cial and moral support for a paid quarters and op- erating expenses and to initiate and aid cultural activity in the city. It ir s indebtedness up to $75,000 and owns real estate to the value of $150,000. Named as officers are Mrs. Florence Spottswood, chairman; Edwin Trevor, vice-chairman; Dr. Wm. R..-Wafren, treasurer, and Miss. Martha Watson, secre- tary. F. Townsend Morgan is di- rector of the Center. Trustees are Miss Etta Patter- son, Edward Bruce, Mrs, Miriam B. Illingworth, B. Curry Moreno, Mrs. Anton Ot er, Philhp C. Puderer, S. Long, PALM BEACH, Dec. i0 (FNS) —Will President Franklin D. Roosevelt soon become the own- of the only mahogany yacht | n the world? Capt. Billy McCoy, cal yacht expert, has announc- \ ed that he has been commission- ed by the Dominican Republic to select wood for, and supervise ction of, an all-mahogany yacht which that repub- present to Presid a token of the e: teem the Dominicans feel for him The yacht will cost about $20,- | 000. NOTICE Notice is hereby given that the 80% discount on Delinquent City Taxes will cease December 31.} Take notice. CITY TAX COMMITTEE | memberchip, William T. Carl Ber- v Mrs. L.. Peirce appointments for progra and other committees will be named in the near future. caT FCOLS CONVICTS FOLSOM, Calif.—After convict | ecekare tied tolatoed up a hole in the foundation of the. dentist’s shop, they heard from within the e prison cat. work to rescue t in time to of anothe MOSQUITOES TODAY KEEP TOURISTS AWAY A mosquito epidemic in Panama was traced to a little cup between the fronds in the Gould Curry’s 7-Piece Dance Band No Admission—No Cover Charge OTHER, Ct ee “OFFICERS, TEN TRUSTEES Federal Art Center in the office. With the touch of the master; Senior Ordnance Engineer John Garand, ; Moons are entirely sold on Key/|fected the army’s new semi-automatic rifl2 PRICE FIVE CENTS Target Fractice For New Army Gun Exact plans ‘Couple Honeymoon In Key West Cn Yacht Mr, and Mrs. Phillip Moore of Chicago, newlyweds, are in Key West aboard the 68 foot yacht, “Freda" berthed atthe Yacht Basin. Mr, Moore's father. is part- ner of Fred A. Poor, owner of the Freda, who gave them the use of the yacht for their honeymoon. Now it would seem that newlyweds would be enjoying the birds and the ocean, etc. but what has gripped their attention more than anything else is a darn, old crossword puzzle. They have been working at it for some time now, and haven't completed it. Today they are out sail- fishing and are bent on get- ting a sail since they saw a nice catch here yesterday, and along with them went the puzzle, which they say they are going to finish or else. On the trip thus far they have gone from Miami up the West Coast as far as Tampa, Captain W. C. Thompson commands the Freda. POPPALAL LE b COMMITTEE HERE ISSUES CIRCULAR ABOUT “EMERGENCY THAT CONFONTS KEY WEST AT THIS TIME” Circulars bearing the heading “The Emergency That Confronts Key West” are being circulated in the city today and should prove of intense interest to all well thinking citizens of Key West. One side of the circular is in English snd the other side bears the Spanish translation The committee sponsoring the circu- lars was appointed from the Chamber of Commerce, City Council and County Commission- ers and are Charles Aronovitz, Earl Adams, Fred J. Dion, Cari Bervaldi and William T. Dough- try. { 1 i ery FUTURE FOR ISLAND CiTY: MEMBER OF NEW YORK’S DETECTIVE ~DEDARTMENT AND WIFE WERE VISITORS | HERE THIS WEEK Steve Devine, lievitenant in the New York Detective Deparument, and. Mrs. Divine, who were visit- ing in Key West this weck, and were guests of former Traffic Of- ficer kverett Rivas, are convinced that Key West has a great fu ture. Mr. Devine wiil be remembered as the officer who captured Dyce, the negro who killed a negro man and woman in Key V jébout 12 years ago, made his e: \ folks who | have | place. } Announcing — the opening of a new USED CAR LOT r. Simonton & Fleming Sts. Greatest Variety of Pedigzeed Used Cars oe Your used car as down pay- ment will apply in most cases. Terms to suit your income! cape on Line York. Both Mr. and Mrs. Devine ex- pressed themselves az being de. lighted with the visit and yes' day, before leaving for New York, said: “Only those who have been in Key West on pre- vious visits can see the changes which have ken place in the pact few ye » and are able to realize just how important they ere”. Continuing, a vessel of the Mallory and was caught in New they stated: “You live in the city and been hete for years ‘do not grasp the sig of changes which are many, the outsider who has id get a chance see the city as it now the great cha seen to plece of engineering work, I venture to say it is one of the most inter Zz in the world”. MANY ATTEND who _ per- 2, pucs gun in a machine rest for target prac- The gun weighs nine pounds, uses a .30 caliber ammunition and fires a clip of eight bullets, one or moze a second, before reloading. the but to the again can note taken @ great and ‘State Grand Master Of Masonic Order Greatly Pleased On Visit Here NEWS FLASHES (Ry Associated Prenn) | SSCCCLO SESH SESSHEESEEESE | FOREIGN TOKIO.—Russia will enter into no fishing agreement with Japan until she pays a Manchukuoan debt she owes, and Japan says that she is willing to pay the debt but that she will not be forced in- {to it and will not pay it until an eight-year fishing agreement. is treached. Japan announced that she is increasing her war bud- i get. |. LITHUANIA.—Another change \in the map is expected shortly as an election for a local parliament |got under way. Nazi strength been evident in the area. st year pro-German cab- inet officers won 24 out of 29 possible seats. LIMA.—Secretary Cordell Hull will deliver an outline of Ameri- can thought in the Pan-Ameri- can union tomorrow morning ,and the afternoon talks by For- jeign Ministers of Peru and Ar- gentina will follow. Argentina has developed anti-American hos- tility. The first preliminary meeting is taking place this aft- ernoon, j tina LONDON. Investigation of the discharge of Jewish employes several plants said to have ‘been occasioned by Nazi threats that this had better be done or else Grman trade would be lost is being conducted today by Scot?" land Yard detectives. | TUNIS. —Ital and. Arabs rose in revolt. against each other today and presented Mussolini with a claim to a minority settle- ment of her former colony. It is believed that a truce the warring factions will, be ef- fected today. ' NATIONAL WASHINGTON. —- $556,000,000, twice the cost of TVA, has been saved the private consumer since the installation of the TVA yard- tick, it was testified in a hear- ing here tod: Savings to the consumers are expected to in- crease, It is poszible that Sena- tor Norris, for whom the dam is named, wilt appear before the hearing tomorrow. WASHINGTON.—Cold weather settled down today over all ctions east of the Mississippi ad also in the Rocky Mountain‘ region. WASHINGTON. — Testimony before the un-American activities group today was by the presi- dent of the Daughters of American Revolution, who de ared that America must revise feeling toward democracy, close check must be kept propaganda and that 1 must be outlawed. SCOUT JUBILEE ORLANDO, Dec. 10 (FNS More than 1,000 Boy Scouts from Georgia and Florida attended Scout Jubilee staged h of a program designe: ere a * home to Scouts and ete Pesta the value of scouting as a work- able program for meeting the needs of red-blooded i they grow inte menho Demaid A. Chene chairman. DANCE AND FLOOR SHOW Tonight. 10 till 7 RAUL’S CLUB the between * the ] ‘Prominent Offi Official. And Members Of Party En- tertained By Local Or- ganization “This has been one of the most delightful trios I have ever taken, and has been thoroughly en- joyed by the entire party.” was the gist of a statement made by Most Worshipful George Fish, Grand Master of. the State of Florida F. and A. M,, who left over the highway. with his party yesterday, after paying his offi- cial visit to the Twenty Fourth District Thursday night. Other members of the party were Mrs. Fish, Distriet Deputy F. A. Brown and Mrs. Brown, all of them being on their first visit to Key West, and who” had splendid time, and were unani to on a mous in their agreement as the beauties of the the ride over the highway and the marvelous bridges. The party arrived Thursday afternoon and were taken for a trip over the city, while Secre- tary F. O. Weech, of Dade Lodge 14, acted as guide and explained the different sights. They were especially interested in the speci- mens at the aquarium. scenery ote After, the “very delightful and interesting ride” the party re- paired to the Scottish Rite, hall, where the members of the sev- eral Masonic orders had assem- bled to meet the Most Worship- ful Master, and hear his address of greeting. One of the most interesting statements. made by Mr. Fish was when he called to the attention of the assemblage the fact that Dade Lodge 14, F. and “A. M Key West, was the oldes organization in the Florida, its charter having issued in 1845. At the conclusion of the ad- dress, which was said to be’ one of the most interesting ever de- livered on a similar occasion, a delightful supper was served by the members of the Order East- ern Star. There were venty- five at the tables, including sev- eral visitors. been FIRE IN DUVAL STREET GARAGE SITUATED ON PREMISES OF OCEAN VIEW APART MENTS An alarm of fire sounded Box 34 at the corner of | and Simonton street s morning called the « to the Ocean View Apartr on Duval street, between Ur and South streets, was found in the Little damage resuited the fire, it was said by Chict Harry M. Baker, who directed the operations. Engines fron Number 3 ste dnt when they m of Simonton and while g« ong to the stated that very little wher ga { ber | had @ t at the aod cai- corner BUY CHRISTMAS SEALS | wines For Wholesale Quotations on FURNITURE and FURNISHINGS MAXWELL VENETIAN BLINDS RESTAURANT EQUIPMENT See or Phone G. A. PATTON, Local SIBONEY INN, 705 DIVISION