The Key West Citizen Newspaper, December 29, 1938, Page 1

Associated Press Day Wire Service For 58 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West VOLUME LIX. No. 308. J. M. SHEPPARD PLANNING VISIT | TO ISLAND CITY COMING HERE IN INTEREST OF ESTABLISHING OFFICES | OF SOCIETY OF RESEARCH;' DUE IN JANUARY | | J. Mortimer Sheppard, director of the Pan-American Society of! Tropical Research, who has beenj in correspondence with shes Chamber of Commerce for some | time with the idea of starting | activities in Monroe county, ce | pects to be in Key West about the middle of January. | In a letter to Secretary S. C.| Singleton, Mr. Sheppard indicates | that his visit may result in every- thing working out according to; the plans which have been form-| ulating, and he expects that the) conference and interviews he will hold ‘when he’ comes will result in completion of arrangements. |{ If this is so, Mr. Sheppard) writes: “I shall then be prepared ; to move cur offices to Key West) early in February and immedi-; ately start work on the Botanical Garden and our regular routine work as residents of your good| city”. The Botanical Garden is the! place which Mr. Sheppard be-/ lieves will be the place for the! society’s activities, but does not! want to take it over and then | at some time in the future have | to give it up. | His letter indicates:* “I would} like to take this garden over and} make it.a regular show place”,| and assumes that he may be able| to get it on a “fairly long term lease, or what might be better} yet, an option to buy the ear-| den”, In conclysion the letter states: “You will be interested to learn thet thé Department of Agricul-> ture of the Peruvian Govern- ment at Lima, Peru, has desig- nated the Pan-American Society of Tropical Research as their agent or representative in the distribution of one million seeds of the national flowering plant of Peru as a good-will offering of the Peruvian people and govern- ment to the people of the United States. The seeds will be distri- buted without charge”. COMMERCE BODY — DEFERS MEETING Che Kry THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN THE u. S.A. KEY WEST, FLORIDA, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 29, 1938 PDS SD MB MS BGG Coe eeccccccccconccovecsoocccsooocccs PITTITITITIT ITT John The Baptist Born Here’ 1 Rare Wahoo Caught By Dr. F. N. Carrier! | Dr. F.N. Carrie and Willard S. Worcester of Detroit, troll- ing the Gulf Stream in Jakie Key's charter boat “Legion” yesterday went four hours without a strike and then— the best all around fishing catch of the season! Two sailfish! A Wahoo! Thirty-seven kingfish and mackerel and three bonito! Dr. Carrier caught the 43% pound sailfish and Mr. Worcester the 37 pound sail. Both of the blue beauties were over seven feet. The wahoo, a rare catch, weighed 29% pounds and was 42 inches long. De- scribed by Manager Peter Schutt as a “super kingfish,” Dr. Carrier bore out Schutt's statement telling of the ter- rific fight the sharp toothed fish put up. It is like a king- fish except that it has zebra stripes and has the potencies of both creatures packed in its streamlined body. Last year Dr. Carrier caught a large wahoo but a shark got part of it. The catch last year was the first at the Casa in four years. This year’s catch will be mounted. Worcester and Carrier are happier than schoolboys to- | day. \ III ID SES. oo KEY WEST LOSES IN EFFORT MADE TO GET HOSPITAL PROPOSED COMMUNITY IN- STITUTION TO BE Fee | LISHED IN WESTERN LO- CALITY, | es k Advices have been received by | members of the committee which | had been negotiating with a na- tionally-known wealthy founda- tion for the establishment’ of a community hospital in Key Wesi, | that the establishment has been selected and announcement of the city named will be made in February, 1939, and is not Key West. The letter explains that there were 109 applications received from cities in different sections {of the country, and all of them, ! as had Key West, complied with Last evening in the officos of the Chamber of Commerce mem- bers of the Board of Directors of the organization met to hold an important meeting, but after some consideration the decision was reached to call the meeting at some future time, It was also decided that the regular meeting of the entire body, which was to be held on January 3, next Tuesday, be post- poned until one. week later, which will be January 10. The reason given for postpon- ing the meeting is that there are a number of social affairs sched- uled for next week and it may be impossible to secure a_ full membership at a meeting held on the regular date, LOUIS GREENE GIVEN HEARING Louis Greene was arrested yes- terday on a warrant which charged in the information that he was guilty of petit larceny and was arraigned for preliminary hearing before Peace Justice Franklin Arenberg. There was some time consum- ed in the hearing but in the end a continuance was ordered until Monday afternoon at 4 o'clock. The accused was released under bond of $100, which was furnish- ed by a friend Gladioli—Snap Dragons Asters—Roses 2s STRUNK FLOWERS PHONE 587 | stipulated the local | West now in New }a western locality and the necessary requirements as demanded by the foundation. One of the requirements was $40,000 cash to be provided by the city which was awarded the hospital, and as soon as this was committee formulated pians for securing the funds from the PWA and _ the idea was approved and the com- mittee so advised. There were.several individuals in the north, among them a well- known surgeon formerly of Key York, who were doing all possible to secure the establishment of the hospital here, but to no avail. The letter explains that the city which has EARLY FORAY vose be as TeAcmS ‘Christmas Holiday Season ( Crowds Arrest of Arab rebel pieuedtst in Ein Karim, Falestine, the birthplace of Jobn the [pant and a careful search for firearms, as above, accompanied a British roundup | there. ISSUE REPORT | ON LYN LYNCHINGS. 'TWO LESS DURING YEAR THAN FOR PREVIOUS PERIODS Records of lynchings during the | year 1938 disclose the fact that ‘there were six, which were two: less than for the years 1936 and’ 1937-4n each-of these years there were eight lynchings and in the year 1935 there were 20. These records, as taken from the files of Tuskegee Institute, Alabama, and sent out by F. D. Patterson, president of the insti- tute, show there were 42 in- stances in which officers of the law prevented lynchings, three of which were in northern states and 39 in southern states. In 41 of the instances the pris- oners were removed or the guards increased or other precautions taken. In the other instance armed force was used to repel the lynchers. A total of 53 per- sons, three white men, 39 negro men and one negro woman were saved from death at the hands of mobs. Of the six persons lynched, all were negroes. The offenses which brought about the lynch- ings were: rape, one; murder, three; failure to complete pay- ment of a funeral bill, one, and insulting remarks to a womian, loWing will be found . the ih which the lynchings oc- curted’ ind the number in each state: Florida, one; Georgia, one; Louisiana, one; Mississippi, three. TEMPERATURES been awartied the institution is in ' will be available to 50,000 people. WILCOX WILL JOIN MIAMI LEGAL FIRM Cards received at the office of The Citizen announce that Con- gressman J. Mark Wilcox will, on January 1, 1939, become a member of the legal firm of Hud- son and Cason, Miami, Fla. Members of the firm dther than Mr. Wilcox are Frederick M Hud- son, Fred W. Cason, Rudolph Isom, Garland M. McNutt,” Park H. Campbell and William Martin, and located at 630 and 653 Sey- bold building. DEDHAM, Mass. — Herbert Ohrenberger of this city received a lifetime pass from the manager of a theater because he became so tickled while watching a comedy that everyone else caught the spirit Lowest Highest Station— last night last 24 hours 52 42 28 24 46 26 48 24 58 20 58 38 758 "38 60 32 74 20 44 30 48 24 32 42 56 50 68 2 Abilene Atlanta Boston Buffalo Charleston Chicago Denver Detroit Galveston Havana Huron Jacksonville Kansas City KEY WEST” Little Rock) ..32 Li eles,., 50 prem metal Mpls.-St. P. .. --6 New Orleans _ 40 New York 22 Pensacola Pittsburgh St. Loui salt Lake City Francisco Seatt Tampa Washington Williston 36 32 14 18 40 22 28 18 oe. 26 63 “RDICULOUS’ * GOOD" SAY DIFFERENT tee ' The Citizen ‘hehe How Several Like Five-Cent Meters eee ‘PERSONS OF PROPOSED PARKING METERS ee With Key West City Council business. ! considering I'm almost wliling to installing’ parking, pay a nickle for every customer meters to clear up parking and! who parks outside to come in. traffic problems on several con-| | gested city streets, The Citizen reporter asked several how they” felt about it and received the fol- lowing answers: | BETES G. S. Kennedy, in charge of the Key West Weather Bureau: \“What do I think about it. It’s unprintable. It should be’ against the law to charge a_ nickle. to park in front of the Postoffice to get your morning mail. It’s bad for the tourists too. The Council ‘is stretching the Duval park meters distance too far,’ from Angela to Eaton is plenty.” Joseph Kemp, sergeant of po- lice: “It’s very good. It will solve many traffic ~ problems. Why, people park their cars Saturday morning on Duval street so that their families can sit in them on Saturday . night and watch the Saturday night parade. The merchants should benefit from the park meters, Gardner's Pharmacy: The City is all wet in trying to add an- other tax on us. We pay a city and state car license tax. Why another ? Key West is too small a city to pull that. If they are to clear parking problems, a half- hour of parking is enough. Just check your city ordinance and you'll find an hour parking al- ready supposed to be in effect. I know parking is bad. My car is parked on Duval now and_ it shouldn't be, but let the city en- force their present ordinance. Wm. R. Simone of Simone Tour Bureau: I like the idea This morning I had to wait from 7 until 11 o'clock before one car would move away from in front of my place. It will be better for Peccccccccce December thirty-first. custom. ing is from 9: 30 ’till 2. “eer: Samemece ge 4 ae ae Maxwell Lord: What do I think of it? I don’t think much of it’ It is out of line now. After | awhile they will be putting a me- The charge will be $2.50 per person. Please call Mr. Grobe, phone 780, for your table | resereations. This is necessary. ter on your nose. Mrs. Annie Page: It will hurt business along Duval. I think it will make Duval as deserted a street as at the time before when they tried to enforce no parking along the business section. I guess they’re trying to be a big city. Joe Pearlman, president of Re- tail Merchants Association: I am against it, but I can readily see that it is a means of securing badly- needed revenue for the city. Parking on Duval is cer- tainly congested, but that could be taken care of through a half hour parking limit. Fifteen min- utes would be too little for one to make a purchase. Frank Lewinsky: idea and I am against it. Key West is not that large yet. This first year of the bridges being open we should make it as pleas- ant as possible for tourists. But all day parking by some motorists should be stopped. Give them an hour each. PLACED IN AGONY ROYAL, Neb.—J. W. Linder of this city won a bet he could put a billiard ball in his mouth, but it took him an agonizing 15 min- utes to remove the ball. ALL OVER A RAT GREENSBORO, N. C.—When officers of this city answered a hysterical woman's plea for help, they found that a rat in her room had caused the excitement. It is a bad Marina will take place this year on Saturday evening, A cordial invitation is extended to the people of The formal Opening Dinner and Dance at La Casa | Key West to participate as has been the annual | | Dinner will be served at 8:00 o'clock and danc- CASA MARINA, PETER SCHUTT. Manager. i i i i i i | | FLORIDA Avnet: .OWN- _ ERS SHOW GENEROUS! RE. MERIT EXAM FOR | city SPONSE TO PLEA FROM GOVERNOR CONE TALLAHASSEE, Dec. 29.— (FNS) The generous response by Florida automobile owners to the plea made by Governer Cone to buy their tags early in order that the teachers might have their} salaries by Christmas, enabled | Motor Vehicle Commissioner D. W. Finley to transfer $450,000 to! the state school fund last week, and enabled the state to send a total payment of $569,144 to county school boards. Thé promptness with which the locak tag agencies made their reports and remittances to the Motor Vehicle Commissioner’s office also was of great assistance in the making of the payment to the school fund. Commissioner Finley stated that the collections for the first fifteen days of December this year exceeded all expectations. Last year was the banner year in collections by this department, he stated, but our collections for the first fifteen days of this year exceed those of last year by $59,468.97, or an average of near- ly $4,000 a day. The first fifteen days of December last year we collected $337,580.99; for the same period this year we collect- ed $397,049.96. Of course, Commissioner Fin- ley said, it is impossible at this time to say definitely that this increase in collections will con- tinue throughout the year, but we are greatly encouraged by the response we have had so far and hope that we can show an increase over our. banner year just closed. We are also happy, to have been able to comply with Governor Cone’s request to make this substantial payment to the state school fund for the benefit of the teachers at Christmas time. NEW HOTEL TO OPEN SATURDAY NEW YEAR’S EVE DINNER TO BE FEATURE OF ITS | OPENING Announcement is made in this issue of the opening celebration and coincidents in connection with the start of service at Trum- bo Hotel, Restaurant and Trailer Park on Trumbo Island. The opening affair will be a New Year's Eve Dinner to be held in the Hotel Restaurant and Patio next Saturday night to which all residents and visitors are invited,, Dinner will be served from 6 to 10 o’clock with dancing, featur- ing Gould Curry's seven-piece or- chestra, from 7 o'clock to 10. Al Crespo is manager of the restau- rant. T. E. Price, owner, in an interview today gave these facts about the new Trumbo Hotel There will be 40 rooms, all 24 feet square, with 32 rooms equip- ped with two Simmons double beds, as well with other all-steel furnishings. Twenty-six of the rooms wiil have private, screened porches. A bathing beach has been con- structed and fishing facilities are present, either from the hotel dock and piers, or arrangements may be made for a charter boat at the hotel. The present dance patio is 40 feet square, of con- crete, and the restaurant seats comfortably. Facilities for, tra are complete. These fea- tures are planned for completion within the next ten to fifteen golf driving range, three fleboard courts, horseshoe ng courts and tennis courts. t whole remodelling project together with new construction entailed an amount of $22,000, according to Mr. Price. WIFE PAYS BOARD MILWAUKEE—A judge in this granted Mrs. Blanche Foley a divorce when she testified her husband had charged her $6 a week for board and room. Key West, Florida, has the most equable climate in the country; with an average range of only 14° Fahrenheit CURRY HIGH IN $3,420 POSITION PRICE FIVE CENTS Key West Hotels Report Record 1,821 thick i Pass Through Overseas Highway Toll Gates With 3,632 Pas- CURRY. FORMER KEY WEST. | ER, HAD 84.18 GRADE FOR TREASURER VIRGINIA ROADS COMMISSION Eric Gould Curry, former Key Wester and brother of Kingman Curry of this city, was the high- est in a Civil Service examina- tion for treasurer of the Virginia Roads Commission which pays a Salary of $3,420 yearly, it was announced in the Baltimore Eve~ ning Sun December 12. Mr. Curry, who is an auditor in the Baltimore Tax Department, topped a list of 27 applicants of which only six passed. Univer- sity of Maryland accountants marked the examinations. Curry had a grade of 84.15. A former state policeman who had a 90-day temporary appoint- ment to the position, failed to pass the Merit System examina- tion for the permanent appoint- ment. The permanent appointment must be picked by the Roads Commission by December 31, Employment Commissioner Harry C. Jones ordered. GIVEN PLACE ON COMMITTEE B. C. PAPY NAMED CHAIR- MAN OF LOCAL JACKSON DAY COMMITTEE Representative B. C. Papy has . been advised of his being select- ed. as chairman of the- Jackson Day committee of Monroe coun- ty, according to a telegram re-! E.; ceived today from Herbert Wolfe, state chairman of the Florida Jackson Day Committee. Mr. Wolfe’s telegram reads: “At a meeting of representa- tives selected by Governor Fred P. Cone, Senators C. O. Andrews and Claude Pepper, held in Jack- sonville yesterday, you were se- lected as the chairman of the Jackson Day Committee in Mon- roe county. “The celebration will be con- cluded on February 18, with birthday balls in each congres- sional district, a total of 12 for the state. Your early acceptance of your appointment is urged by all”. Mr. Papy told The Citizen that he had wired his acceptance of the appointment. His Economizing Cost Him Plenty CHEYENNE, Wyo., Dec. 29.— The Cheyenne union station din ing room staff is still wondering about the passenger who dashed in, shouted an order for a grape- fruit and sprinted back to the train with it just in time to catch the last car on the move. He tozsed a dollar bill to the waitres: “And he could have bought plenty of grapefruit on the diner for that dollar”, said the waitress. She Kaew Prmnin Could Do The Job (My Asnociated Press) BATON ROUGE, La. Dec. 29. —A woman telephoned for a fire- man. “Where's asked It's no fire”, came the but I need a fireman” Baton Rouge’s fire chief oblig- His man found a calm wom- the fir she was reply. ed an. “Would you mind killing this chicken?” she said sweetly. “I know you firemen always carry hatchets”. Hotels of the city report list- ings over the week-end which have been a welcome surprise and which have filled several of the hostelries. A Citizen survey revealed today, with traffic over the Overseas Highway heavy. The La Concha has been filled since just after Christmas with many persons being daily turned away. Advance listings are well jin advance of expectations. More rooms in this hotel will be avail- able at the end of January when renovation of the second floor with room conversions will give a total of 127 rooms. Oversea Hotel reported that its main unit was filled and that the annex was rapidly filling. They have 85 per cent of the to- tal number of rooms available. Gibson Hotel reported that the hotel section was filled and that the annex, was filled last night. For the last three days Gibson has been getting unexpected crowds. The influx, which was expect- ed after January 1, came as a surprise to the city’s hotel man- agers. Coming through the toll gates of the Overseas Highway District from Saturday morning until Monday evening were 1,821 mo- tor vehicles carrying 3,632 pas- sengers. It is estimated that 1,800 of thern came to Key West. Others were vacationing and fishing on the bridges and Keys beaches. PUBLICITY MAN GETS BIG GROUPER A telephone trouble shooter and a federal publicity man had a swell time fishing yesterday. Aboard the Charter Boat “Mar- lin,” Captain Frank Gates, Oliver Griswold with a Washington publicity office brought in a 40 pound grouper which broke his light rod in four pieces. Gris- wold says he will stick to heavy salt water rods from now on. Mr. and Mrs. T. Johnson also brought in many large grouper, kingfish, mackerel and barracuda in fishing the Sambo and Eastern Dry Rock reefs. Mrs. Johnson had a big thrill when a barracuda six feet long cut a mackerel she had on her line in half. Mr. Johnson is repairing equipment at the telephone office and says this is the best sort of a way to spend time in Key West. Senator's Secretary Gets 6 1-2 Foot King Senator Elmer Thomas of Ok- lahoma proved to be the best fisherman in a party from the Casa Marina yesterday after- noon in bringing in a 50 pound, six and a half foot kingfish. The monster kingfish was hooked by Miss Suzanne Stur- geon at the reef. She hooked another but it got away. She also made the “grand catch” of a sailfish. In the party were Bill Egan and Miss Daisy Good. Senator Thomas is chairman of the sub senate committee on appropriations for the War De- partment’s Rivers and Harbors committee. Before Senator Thomas short!; will be Key West application for a deeper channel on the 40 mile stretch from Bahia Honda to Key West on the inside waterway. The stretch which ranges from five feet at high tide to a foot and a half at low obliges yachts to take the outside route to complete the trek to Key West thus necessitating a rough passage. In another party from the Casa | Marina Mr. and Mrs. K. E. Street of Brookline, Massachusetts, each brought in a sailfish.