The Key West Citizen Newspaper, December 15, 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. 297. Che Kry West Citizen THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN THE U.S.A. KEY WEST, FLORIDA, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1938 Three Liquor Licenses Are Approved By County Board SIO IIasws Borids,<For Several Offi- cials Were Also Approv- ed. At Meeting Conduct- ed Last Night Three liquor licenses were ap- proved at the meeting of the Board of County Commissioners held last night in the office of County Clerk Ross C. Sawyer. They were for Charlie,Toppino, Overseas Garage, Marathon: Overseas Road and Toll Bridge District, Pigeon Key Fishing Camp, B. M. Duncan, manager; Fred L. Marvel, The Cabana, 605 Duval street. Present at the meeting were Chairman Bervaldi, Commission- ers Porter, Warren and Niles; Clerk Sawyer, Attorney Harris, Chief Deputy Sheriff Waite and several interested citizens. | Bonds of County Commission- ers Warren, Thompson and Ber- -valdi, furnished by the Fidelity and Deposit Company in the sum of $2,000 each, were approved. Bonds furnished by the same company in the sum of $2,000 each were approved for the fol- Jowing members of the Board of Public Instruction, A. B. Cleare, Sr, Clarence H. Pierce and Ralph K. Johnso: nds of Monroe County were authorized adver-| tised for by the State Board of! Administration as per announce- mert in this issue of The Citizen. The offerings will be received until 10 o'clock on the morning of December 30 at Tallahassee. A communication from W. V. Knott, state treasurer, requested that his office be furnished with copies of the amended peremp- tory writ, on mandamus, where- in the Land Title and Trust Com- pany is the relator and Monroe County is the respondent. The matter of advertisements for, bond offerings was brought up for discussion, and after a} sengthy talk it was decided that| Attorney Harris be instructed to request R. E. Crummer, fiscal agent for the county, to come to! Key West at the earliest conven-} ient time and discuss the matter with the Board of Commission- ers. Permission Given | Permission was granted Raul Vasquez to install 10 posts on the boulevard adjacent to his place of business on which will be placed lights for the illumination of the drive. Communication from David El- mer Ward, senator-elect from the Twenty-Fourth District of Flor- ida, advising that he will always be at the call of Monroe county to do all in his power for his con- stituents, was read. Depositary accounts for the? month of November were read,| checked and approved, after; ee the meeting was adjourn- WAITS LONG TIME | SALEM, Mass.—After a court- ship of 40. years, Joseph Hickey, 80, and Miss Carrie Payne, 79, filed marriage intentions in this city. Hickey explained to the license clerk that “he never had a4 to chase around after girls @ youngster.” WEEKEND SPECIALS Delicious Cakes For Your Weekend Parties! ORANGE—DEVILS FOOD and MILK CHOCOLATE 25c POUND CAKE, MALONEY BROTHERS | per teight years have KEY WEST HAS UNIQUE REPTILES, Among the unique tropical reptiles in Key West. which are native to Central and South America but which have been brought to Key West and thrive here are the Geko lizards and the canni- bal tree toads, Harold Wil- liams, herpetologist, told The Citizen today. The Gekos are small liz- atds. They and the canni- bal tree toads, a cream color- ed toad which shulks in dark corners and remains motion- less most of the time with his comouflaged color for protection, were probably brought here in old Key West days in banana bunches brought from Central and South America by boat. y “You know that along the stem in between the fingers of the bananas there is quite a space where snakes and other large reptiles may hide. Unloaded at Key West they remained here. They are found in no other part of ihe United States”, Mr, Williams said. DOLL DAM & ELECTRIC POWER — RATES ES REDUCED NEW RATE WILL APPLY ON BILLINGS FOR MONTH eecce Haven Of Dead Austrian Chancellor’s Wife © 0000000090000 OOSOOOOOOEOHONOD OCONGOOOOTOOOOOOOOOOODORSEHOOSOOOOOOSEDEOSELE | i ‘pokes 1934 had gone to this haven in Wales. Frau Alwine Dcllfuss, widow of the Austrian Chancellor killed in the Nazi revolt The house is at Liandrinded Wells. ‘WELFARE BOARD MET YESTERDAY | MONROE COUNTY CASES BE. FORE PALM BEACH MEET- ING ARE APPROVED i } i i | 1 ! State Welfare Board unit of, District 10 yesterday met at West Palm Beach for its regular ! |monthly meeting and action was! taken on a number of cases from ' Monroe county. ! New cases approved in this} ‘sector were 14 for old age as-| sistance and two cases of assist- | ance to dependent children... | Three applications were rejected, ! ‘with 59 old age assistance and 30, (aid to the blind, reviewed and re- japproved. | Number of old age assistance agg (AF -RECEMBER® =——— cases being handled in this dis- The Key Wst Electric Company has put into effect, as of Decem- ber 1, a reduction in its rates for electric power service, The power rate for the first 100 kilowatt hours of use, per month has been reduced 5.3% or from 9.5¢ to 9c per kilowatt hour. A further reduction has been made in the power rates for a monthly consumption in excess of 500 kilowatt hours, which reaches the maximum decrease of 19.8% at 1500 kilowatt hours. In other words, the application of the new rate for a monthly consumption of 1500 kilowatt hours will represent a decrease under the old rate of $15.50 or 19.8%. Bascom L. Grooms, president of the company, states that this rate reduction is in line with his company’s regular practice to re- duce its rates for electric service whenever business conditions will permit it to do so. This state- ment is borne out by the fact that rate reductions made by the company during the past reduced » the kilowatt electric average rate paid per hour for all classes of service 43%. The new rate will apply on all billings made for power service 'on and after December 1. SCHOOL HOLDS FIRE DRILLS FIRE DEPARTMENT - SCHOOL DEPARTMENT HOLDS AN- OTHER SHORTLY Key West High School’s Safety Board Fire Department conduct- ed a fire drill in the school Mon- day. Immediately after fire drill, Chief Harry Baker of the city’s: Fire Department, ir spected the school, pointing out fire hazards and other important things that could endanger the lives of students in case of fire Chief Baker also demonstrated the use of— fire extinguishers. In the near future, the mem- bers of the High School Fire De partment will conduct a fire drill, j assisted by members of the c | Fire Department Afterward, t boys will be shown operations of ta fire engine and the correct con- The Home of Baker Boy Bread {/ uct in case a fire breaks out, 812 Fleming St. Phone 818 FT. JEFFERSON CRUISES -— TUESDAY, THURSDAY, SATURDAY -- | Chief He: rnandez, of the School | Department, stated. trict are 458, with expenditures {of $7,210. Aid to the blind 97, with disbursements amounting to $1,534, aid to dependent children one, a total of $30. Entire ex-| penditures in Monroe county for the month of November amount- ed to $8,774. | This information was given The Citizen by Ernest A. Ram-, sey, board member from Monroe county. BEGIN CHECKUP OF PROJECTS JACKSONVILLE, Dec. 15 (FNS).—Major Gen. Julian H. Schley, army engineer chief, and Col. L. K. Watkins, state chief engineer, have started on a 10- day checkup of all army engi- | neering projects, including the bitterly contested trans-Florida canal project. The officers with their assist- ants started up the St. Johns Riv- er for their first inspection trip. The tour is being made prelim- inary to drawing up recommen- dations for action by the next congre All federal projects on both coasts will be inspected. BAN PLACED ON LATEST PRODUCT, MIAMI, Dec. 15 (FNS).—As serting that rum, or other alco- holic beverage flavored ice cream would tend to cultivate a taste tor|$ such beverages in innocent chil- dren, Dr. George N. MacDonald, public health director, placed a ban on sale of the newly market- ed rum flavored ice cream in the city WALKS IN SLEEP HARRISBURG, Pa. — Delmar Lantz of this city, in his sleep. walked out of a window, slid on his stomach down a slate-roofed Porch and crashed into a brick wall, suffering a concussion of the brain. NOTRCE ! CHARTER BOATMEN There will be a meeting of Key West Charter Boatmen’s Associa- tion tonight at 8 o'clock at office om East Coast Dock. ia A RRR Rt ODS SS IMS MD. (eseeereee4 NEW INSPECTOR ‘U.S. S. PANAY OFFICER. | HERE ON MINESWEEPER Aboard the U. S. Navy Minesweeper Woodcock, which is to leave early this afternoon towing naval light- | er Y¥G17 to Panama from |, Key West where it has been the last three weeks, is Com- mander Lieut. Paul E. How- ard, who was executive offi- cer of the U.S.S. Panay, which was memorably sunk during bombing in China last year. Although Lieut. Howard was transferred just prior to the sinking, he was familiar with the Panay and Chinese intracosstal waters and was greatly shocked at the news of its sinking. Lieut. YGI7 was brought here Thanksgiving Day by the tanker Salinas and was stationed at the U. S. Naval Station since then. It is a general light ship supply ship stores, etc. Lieut. Howard has been on the Woodcock during the last six months. He was trans- ferred from Norfolk. Vir- ginia. His executive officer on the Woodcock is Ernest Maltby. LATE J. W. SULLIVAN INSPECTS TALOFA Earl Tillotson, Steamboat In- ‘spector of the Department of ! Commerce at Tampa, who replac- ed the late ‘John W. Sullivan, | well-known in Key West, made to look over the Talofa, passen- er vessel plying bewteen here and Tortugas. | Mr. Tillotson was accompanied 'by James B. Rucker on the trip ; here. Besides inspecting the Talofa, awere -tointeryiew local seamen spection of the Warbler and other vessels. The Talofa was expected to | leave today on its regular run to Tortugas. COLIN J. SMITH RECEIVES INJURY Colin J. Smith, son of W. H. Smith, who is a member of the CCC camp at Spanish Harbor, was brought to the city yesterday and placed in the Marine hospital So The young man’s fathér said Angel Pereira, 12:15 that his son was working with this others handling a cross tie when the piece of timber fell on the Funeral services will be held this jeg and inflicted severe bruises. o'clock from the chapel of Pritchard’s Funeral Home. Rev. G. Perez, of the Latin Methodist church will offi ciate. 73, died morning at a local hospital. ternoon 5 ASKS FOR ALIMONY LOS ANGELE Seeking a di- voree in this city, Mrs. Gladys The deceased is survived by Jeffers asked monthly alimony of one daughter, Mrs. Angela Pere- $82 and explained: “My husband's ira; two sons, Frank and Angel, dog earns that amount in the and 11 grandchildren. movies.” COOPERATE IN MOSQUITO CONTROL WORK : The South Florida Contracting & Engineering Company. William Curry Sons and The Gulf atreame Trailer Camp have loaned trucks and drviers to the Committee cooperating with the Mosquito Control Campaign now being carried out in a = ay by the Monrce County Health Department and the The Committee will remove free of charge all tin cans and other small water containers on Saturday the 17th com- mencing at 8:00 A. M. One Trailer Camp truck will start from the intersection of Front and Whitehead Streets at 8:00 A. M. and $e on Whitehead Street to United thehce East to the City mn. One Trailer Camp truck will start from the intersection of Elizabeth and Greene Streets and proceed south to Olivia Street then east to Leon Street thence south on Leon Street to Flagler and then to the City Dump. @ne Trailer Camo truck will proceed to the west end of Vii ia Street thence to Simonton and United Streets thence dump at the foot of White Street thence to the City e Curry truck will proceed to the intersection of Galveston Lane and Olivia Street. The South Florida truck will proceed to the intersection of Caroline and Francis Streets and proceed south to United Street thence south qn White Street to Flagler Avenue and the City Dump. The truck assigned to the project will operate in the area. bounded by White. Virginia. Leon and Flagler Streets. Boy Scouts. not to exceed four. will be assigned to each truck except the one assigned to the project. All other Sopa will proceed to the Dump at the foot of White Street fill containers with cans. Gans and light water containers musi be in re- ceptacies and placed on the sidewalk not later than 8:15 A. M. NOTHING BUT CANS AND LIGHT CONTAINERS WILL BE REMOVED. Cocccccccccccccccce Prriritiiiiiitiiiiiiiitiiii iii iii tit PRICE FIVE CENTS “One Hundred Thousand Dollars - Budgeted For New Road Streteh _ From Big Pine To Ramrod Key REPORT COST OF SCHOOLS: Harassed Security Head | MONROE COUNTY'S INSTITU- | + County schools | $99,101, cacording to country re-! MAKES FIR FIRST TRIP. “EARL TILLOTSON REPLACING ; {classroom supplies, was $75,678; | TIONS LAST YEAR COST $99,101 {Special to The € TALLAHASSEE, Dec. |The cost of operating Monroe last year was ports submitted to State Superin- tendent Colin English. Cost of instruction, | teachers’ salaries, textbooks, and | cost of transportation $2,818; and cost of county administration $7,- | ! his first trip here as an inspector! 086. water, light. insurance, rents, and health service. Capital outlay for purchases of a fixed nature such as new buildings, school busses, or equipment totaled $2,427. Pav- ment for bonds and other debts was $8,861, bringing the total ex-! penditure to $110,389. The combined cost of operating schools in all was $18,621,252, three-fourths of which was for instruction. In addition to this $2,503,441 was ‘expended as capital outlay and Mr. Tillotson and Mr. * Rucker | for licenses, make a regular in-! $4,758,885 for payment of bonds} and other indebtedness, The average dollar spent for public education in Florida, in-| cluding capital outlay and debt! service, was divided as follows: 2.6 cents for administration, 54! cents for instruction, 5 cents for transportation, 10 cents for other current expenses, 10 cents for ;capital outlay, and 18 cents for debt service. YOUNG DEMOCRATS CONDUCT MEETING LIVELY DISCUSSION ON DIF- FERENT MATTERS DURING SESSION LAST NIGHT Young Democratic Club of Key West held a scheduled reorgani- zation meeting 8 o'clock last night in the court room of the county court house, which was fairly well attended and produc- tive of many valuable ideas to be adopted at succeeding meetings. Officers elected were sadore Weintraub—Pres: Stanton R. Cooper—First Vic President. L. T. Braga Vice-President Enrique Esquinaldo, Jr urer. Dario Q. Garcia—Secretary Louis C. Maloney- at-Arms. Lively discussions on important atters were entered int Jr.—Second } a, ‘Treas nd with of the wa interest ties will be combined Democratic principles ganization, which, it cluded, will add zes to the mectings It was announced chair that the next be on Mon December the same place, when plans will be discussed and new members will be accepted from meeting will 19. ONLY MALE IN CLASS FON DU LAC, Wis—Albe: Mueller of this city is the only male in a class of 29 studying fine art of sewing in a vocational evening school. Regulation Courts and Horse Shoe at— FRUITLAND COURSE 15.— | Other current expenses in-| |cluded cost of maintenance, heat, Florida counties ; Sergeant-j including ! BOSS of 9,000 on the much plugged social security act group, Frank Bane has no idle time at his Washington office. He used to be city manager at Norfolk, Virginia, now is receiving criticism through the S.S. Act. COLORED MAN GETS HEARING | rectpSex Thousand Del- lars For Other Road Work Agreed On During Meeting Held In Miami At a meeting-held in Miami | yesterday morning between Siate | * | Road Department officials, sena | sors and representatives of tho | Fourth Congressional Distr.ct. | Monroe Couniy was budget:d for $100,000 to consiruct a new road between Big Pine and Ramiod Keys and $46,000 for resuriacing @ rough stretch beiween Taver- nicr and Snake Creek, Represen- tative Bernie C. Papy iold Tao | Cilizen today. esented the county at mparr Papy rep the mecting and was ac ied by Overseas Bridge wee 8. M. Duncan. Work on the two stretches, will January 1 probably start bar. Wapy said. ‘the Big Pine-Ramrod | will turee streica eliminate wood.n , ROBERT LEE WILL BE AR, Iptriciges..and.. - oF RAIGNED ‘FOR TRIAL IN CRIMINAL COURT Robert Lee, gravated assault on the person of Leroy Brown, both colored, j was arraigned before Peace Jus- | tice Enrique Esquinaldo, Jr., for preliminary hearing yesterday afternoon. Evidence educed at the was such as to warrant the com- mitting magistrate holding Brawn of participating in the affray, and he was placed un- der bond of $100 to await trial at the next term of criminal court So Brown, with the 43 stitche. taken in the wounds received, is now in the county jail, and Lee, who was charged with being re sponsible for the wounds, is freed from the chi on a charge TEMPERATURES west Highest last night Jast 23 hours ay 54 a4 46 62 30 Station | Abilene | Atlanta @ Bostor | Buffalo i Charleston | Chicago ' Denver Detroit Galveston 4 M at further | 5 Lake City 2 Francisco 5 pa Vom gion 7 i MOSQUITOS TODAY KEEP TOURISTS AWAY All wash tubs and other charged with ag-} by tive mies. The road, wuica runs away trom ua airect 1 Big Pine Key going norti then westward and curving Lac« again soudiward to join the “di rect line” on Ramrod Key, wiil be but over F.E.C. viauucts i ine same manner as the other viaduct-built bridges of tae Ove: seas Hignway. ‘ne ‘Tavernier-Snake = Croce streich is a bumpy, “washboaid e€ 0a ara, sype roud and the resurfacing wiil ria YP & make it as level and beautitul as the other wide stretenes of tuc present highway. The U. 5S. Bureau of Pubic Roads customarily matches funds appropriated by siate agen cies for the counties. It wa pointed out that this means t.ac 9146,000 additional will be appro priated for Monroe County 1oed Presiding at the meet we Brooks Bateman, head tus S.ate Road Department offices at mi. Before’ each Gongre: the reprefentatives and g@pators ot euch Congressional district meet with State Koad Depuit ment heads to’ determine needs of each county $ an extremely calm ¢ eting”, Mr. Papy on nearly all th re calmly done in t seen yet, AU seemed to bevant their allotments” The budget will adupted formally sometime next year NEW ARRIVAL AT HOME OF VALDEZ 1 Mrs. Manuel Valdez of 1a street announet the irth this morning of a bey, both at 2 o'clock. The will be i the name Odilio Valdez dd baby are reported ng nicely ad M u be son BUY CHRISTMAS SEALS $5.00 ROUND TRIP -- TICKETS — INFORMATION -- PRICE TOURS -. 505 DUVAL ST.- PHONE 124