The Key West Citizen Newspaper, February 23, 1939, Page 1

Associated Press Day Wire Service For 59 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West VOLUME LX. No. 46. Intense And Vivid Collections:s And Handicrafts In ——__ | South American Dragons, CIVES STATUS . World-Wide Shells, Clo- OF BENEFITS = Vases, Ship FOR JOBLESS WILLIAM V. LITTLE FULLY EXPLAINS METHOD DEAL- ING WITH COMPENSATION | MATTER Opening the treasure boxes of} Key West and showing the skill of collection and of handicraft of Old Key West, Chamber of-»Commerce Hobby | the Junior : { No worker who files an appli- and Handicraft. Show opened this cation for “jobless benefits” will morning at the Old Postoffice| be left in doubt as to his status— Building. | éven if he is ineligible—accord- Taking a cursory glance around |img to a statement. ,,issued by | the visitor is impressed with the! William V. Little,\in charge of large, green, iguana from South i he Key West office. Act After the applications are America, he of the nut cracker | checked against the records of! Jaws and vicious tail. Rattler’s | the Unemployment Compensa- | jaws and skin are also shown in_ tion Division in Tallahassee a no- a Tropical Reptile Institute ex-!tice is sent back to the office | hibit where Harold Williams originating the claim. This no-| handles venemous serpents and; tice will tell the worker that he} reptiles as any other would kit-! is or is not eligible. If he is not,} tens. : it will tell him why; if he is, it} To the right is a 12 case show | will tell him what his weekly by Mrs. Nifa de Leslie Calleje of rate is and for how many weeks| shells collected from all over the he may be paid during the time! world. The tiny spirallations and , he is totally unemployed. i Hobby ‘Show. The Key gt C€ THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN THE U. S.A. — KEY WEST, FLORIDA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1939 € Gslied Ship Successful Cr This is the army’s new secret twin-motor pursuit, plane: which ‘recently shot across the country in 7 hours’ and 86 seconds of flying time—only to crack up at. Mitchell Field in New York.: operating .equipment, tricycl e undercarriages,. carries machine guns. NORTHER TIME KEEPS BOAT OWNERS BUSY TOURISTS APPRECIATE KEY WEST AS WARMEST SPOT INORTHER BRINGS, | 60D FISHING PLANS MEETINGS NO FISH CAUGHT _UNTIL|7' present - FACTS REL.| COOL WEATHER CAME ATIVE TO SURVEY OF DOWN ‘| HIGHWAYS i { ideale! 1 beautiful tints of shells from Aus- | tralia, South Africa, the Philip-| notice telling an applicant wheth- “Under normal conditions the| IN U. S; YACHT BASIN pines, Hawaii, the Mediterranean, Key West, and scores of other places are neatly placed in shells for the perusal of malocologists. Gorgeous and beautiful are the vases from the collection of Dr. and Mrs. Stephen W. Douglass including cloisonne from the Orient. These vases have inlay sections ringed with tiny brass and show exquisite workman- er or not he is eligible should be jin the local office when he falls Mr. Little said. “Information i given the applicant as to what he should do if he is told he is not eligible and has reason to be- lieve he is. This is to give the applicant the opportunity to ask immediately for a hearing so if there is any discrepancies in our ship. Silver cloisonne vases with! silver inlay are brilliant to the! view. Then. -theres-are- -hand-! wrought brass vases and old,! brass candlesticks. | More Exhibits Conchs, sea fans, sea plumes, a large shark’s jaws, sea horses, porcupine fish, huge sponges all from the ocean floors from the Bay and Key West waters are an interesting exhibit from Chester Thompson’s Marine Curio Shop. Pflueger has two __ interesting mounted fish not often caught here, a brown Cobia and a bril- liant blue and yellow Spanish jack Workmanship of the High School Manual Training Class is shown in the end tables, lamp stands, lawn chairs and maga- zine racks exhibited. Tropical motif house numbers are also there. E. L. Patterson has display a model of the records we may correct them at! DICE. et scree 0 4 “We are receiving many in-j quiries from workers who be-; lieve that their employers should | | be contributing to the fund but; are not doing so. These workers! are now worrying about their! benefit rights. In this case an; applicant should take any papers; or other evidence he has, which would prove that he did work for such an employer, to a local office of the Florida State Em-} ployment Service. A_ hearing} will be given the applicant and| if it is found that our records are | incorrect they will be corrected immediately. If the applicant’s! former employer should have been contributing, but has not; done so, this will in no way af-! fect the benefit right of the un-| a | employe’ worker. | “There are also many employ-! ers who have paid their conrti-! butions but have neglected t file their quarterly payroll re ports. The applicants who for- merly worked for these employ-| s are also protegt | ive their ben eligible. | r any} ig not neces: condiWons_ for a work) Secure legal aid, to collect his rightful benefits”, Mr. Little concluded. Air-} + — H STUDIES FINGERPRINTS voyage to America with t ing not more than a hi miles from Key West. sive materials are used but t effect is remarkable. A_ ship model from the 1860's is owned by E. J. Bayly. Key West Boat Club has on exhibit a speedboat made from a dinghey by H. A. Duffy and a streamlined aqua- plane. Key West Model plane Club has an exhibit of pro-! cesses in building model airplanes and also a beautiful display of the delicate ships. A more ex- perienced model airplane builder, Howard England, has a fine group of airplanes of the present and future, and also highly or- namental pistol grips and gun stock. Lonas Oden, widow, has classi- | fied more fingerprints in two! years than many police identif fication bureaus handle. She| started studying _ fingerprints} {“just for fun” and has classified | more than 5,000 of them. ' War Relics ' Among weapons are swords} from many wars, by Mrs. Eva B. Warner, a Philippine bow and, arrow, bayonets, a Cuban Ma-} chete by E. J. Bayly and Wilbert Moehrke. Scout troops have en- tered knot boards and a board of the tropical woods found in this area. The Junior Chamber of | an Commerce has on display three | of the historical signs it is plac-/} ing around the city. { Beautiful workmanship of the} nimble fingers of Key West Spanish and Bahama women are! revealed in the dresses and play- | suits of the W.P.A. Sewing Room Project, the gorgeous patched | quilt with blue topside, the! Spanish drawn work with tracery | _ as of lace and the interesting coconut craft of hot mats, sun’ visors and hats of the W.P.A. Handicraft project. The exhibit will run a week with hours from 8 a. m. to 6; Pp. m. | WINS DIVORCE BRIDGEPORT, Conn. — Mrs.! burger cheese under her nose d forced -her to smelhaty bits| ‘EXCELLENT OVERNIGHT ACCOMMODATIONS-FT. JEFFERSON CRUISES.$10 WATCHMEN BUSY to make his first weekly report”, ; In this little island town when a “northern” comes down it is a, !busy time for boat captains and) ‘although tourists do not welcome the slightly cooler weather they: | appreciate the fact that Key West | today is the warmest spot in the! United States. 7 ‘While Key West tembcrature last night went down to 57 de- grees with the highest tmepera- ture up to 78, Miami fell to 44) with a high of 78, supporting the fact that Key West is from 10-15 degrees warmer than most of southern Florida during a north- er. Way up in New York it was 16 degrees, in Chicago six and in Pittsburgh four, while frozen ice, sharp winds and blankets of blinding snow overspread the north. At the Yacht Basin watchman Frank Guerro was concerned with the “Tern” of Grosse Isle, which is anchored on the sea- ward side of the piers and al- though provided with fenders at all piling in contact with the boat, it is still banging against the dock alarmingly. The party has gone on a few days’ trip to Miami and left their launch here. At the other piers most boats! re sceured with three and four, ropes at bow’and stern and the wiser yacht dWners, sensing the! coming heavy weather, moved their yachts of the docks. * | At the protetted Garrison Bight" light fromy 22,000 to 44,000 candle-! |and in the lee Of the F.E.C. raped gees 3 the boats are riding well at an- | chor and at their moorings, but) for Tampa Bay and vicinity to REACH HIGHEST AVERAGE 1 ouisville |a, number of small sailboats and establish several buoys and will! -yELD THIS YEAR IN HIS- | OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla.—It’s | wboats in exposed places along/also carry material and equip- | hg | only a hobby with her but Mrs, | the Gulf side of the Island, facing; ment for three range lights in the green water and whipping spray, have filled with water. ' Out in Dr. Harry Canfield’s| |Jaunch “Cutes” were M. D. Daniel of Dayton, Ohio, and H:: R. Grahn of Rekford, Ill, for a) day’s fishing in the blue waters | iand big waves around Sand Key } Light. Mc- til after a sharp norther arose! during the morning when all heck; popped loose with 20-pound:| grouper, _ kingfish, amberjaok | FT. MYERS, Feb. 23—(FNS)| Harold Coleé of Jacksonville, resident of the Florida State! Chamber of Commerce. has been appointed chairman of a commit- according to an announcement: by Carl Hanton of Fort Myers, president of the council. is‘ committee will arrange series of meetings throughout on the leeward side* , weighing around 30 pounds slam-; | ming into the mullet-baited. hook.! '“Next time ‘givé' ws’ &-norther itt ! which to: fish, in ‘spite of muntains and valleys out there” they said. Florida to acquaint the people of’ dhe:state..with the. faets- revealed ing completed by the Federal jureau of Public Roads and the The biggest catch of the boat} PNA eke east pon was made by Mr. Grahn, with @ meetings in each Congressional huge fish seizing the line and District, probably at Sarasota, making the old reel. whine. and s ( 7 ile, creak on a light drag. After. Tampa, Jacksonville, Gainesville, = A Pensacola, Marianna, Miami, thirty. minutes of pumping, ‘Mr. ‘i . Fort Pierce, Leesburg and De- Grahn brought him alongside the. jand, culminating is a statewide boat when it was gaffed because ‘highway rally to be addressed -b; of its size and brought into the . 4 is ij boat. It was four feet one-inch Dp -C. of the Federal Bureau of long and was exceptionally fat Public Roads. Orlando has in- It’s a Lockheed XP-38 has stratosphere | LOCATION FOR SEWING ROOM EXACT TIME WHEN BUILD- ING WILL BE NEEDED FOR jeStateGonservation Agent jKMakes Survey Of Vessels “Required To Have License . J SSSLLLL £2 | VISITORS DECIDE | TO PROLONG STAY Typical of the many re- ports which reach the Cham- ber of Commerce, is that of Mr. and Mrs. William Burris, of Dayton, Ohio, who called at the office and said that in view of some of the adverse reports they had heard, they would like to express their views. Both Mr. iMrs. Burris said they ed in Key | West early in°February, in- | tending to stay only a day or | two, but had found the city | and the people so delightful | | i i ' i 1 | } | i that they had made arrange- ments to prolong their stay until late in March, they told Secretary Singleton. They said, also, that their many friends in Dayton would be advised of their delightful experience, the glorious sunshine and friend- ly people, when they return- ed home. Key West, Florida, has the most equable climate in the country; with an average range of only 14° Fahrenheit PRICE FIVE CENTS | Feels It May Be Necessary | To Make Several Ar- | rests In: Following Pro- | visions Of Law Cc. W. Gaskill, state agent of the conservation department, was a caller at the office of The Citizenyesterday, and said that the campaign now under way for !the collection of licenses for fish- ing and sponging boats was not meeting with very satisfactory results, and he felt it would be |mecetsary to make several arresis |for law enforcment. | The law under which the li- censes are made effective is Sen- at Bill Ne. 1189 “there shall be a license required {of all boats engaged in or having and provides CIGAR FACTORY IS NOT ("GQ OIG MI OM MBs 20 win iisning, or seafoods or KNOWN AS YET Selection of a new location for \tee of public meetings to be held | the WPA sewing room activity | Not q fish had been caught un-, by the Florida Highway Council,;#8 one of the many — problems facing the local administration, but just when this new, location IDEA HAS ALREADY BEEN EN- for the will be needed all depends on begin the work of setting up the equipment. The-sewing room-has heen lo- | the | PY the highway survey just be- cated in the Gato brick factory; building at the corner of Grin- nell and Catherine streets for al- most three years, and during that time has gotten everything in complete arrangements for the operations, including the making of mattresses for the WPA. It was learned today that the condition of Mrs. E. H: Gato, who is reported as’ being seriously ill, was such -as to preclude the pos- \H. S.Fairbank of Washington, sibility of signing the necessary , the the papers in connection with lease of the building’ to PLAN TRAINING AVIATION UNITS a|when the new cigar factory will| DORSED BY STATE JAY-CEE | AVIATION COMMITTEE LAKE PLACID, Feb. 23.— ‘(FNS) C. R. Coachman, state supervisor of aeronautical educa- tion for the WPA division of education, has originated a plan ito train 2,000 aviation students each year in Florida. Coachman’s . idea has already been endorsed by“the state Jay-Cee aviation committee, according to a state- :ment by William Kirchhaine. : The plan would provide for and according to the Fish. Mar-|vited. the state meeting to be Projectors of the cigar factory as the training of 1,200 pilots and ket’s scales was 40 pounds in held in that city. weight. Other members of this state- |wide committee are: George CHT TEN 4 ‘Burr, Winter Haven; L. V. Con- irath, Deland; Dave Curtis, Tam- RETURNS HERE =: M. M. Deaderick, Bradenton; J. M. Elliott, Jacksonville; Sam |Ellis, Pensacola; Walter Fuller, St. Petersburg; R. B.~ Leopold, Tender Ivy, of the Lighthouse Paparcns suenehies. Orlando: Department, returned to port on my .4. 4 3 é Tuesday night from Sombrero! light station, where the vessel’ went Monday ngiht; ‘to carry Thatcher, Vero Beach. equipment and a-working: party to increase the intensity of the! CANE PRODUCTS The tender will leave. today TORY OF FLORIDA Tampa Bay. Four of these sets! of lights are to be placed, but _ CLEWISTON, Feb. 23.—(FNS) announced yesterday in The Citi- zen. TEMPERATURES 1@eeeecseosoecsz00 Lowest - Highest last night last 24 hours 54 Station— Abilene ", Atlanta Boston Chicago Denver . Detroit Jacksonville _ KEY WEST Little Rock - Los Angeles. Miami __ 3 Mpls.-St. P. — New Orleans .. New York - Pensacola ——__—_____—_—-- | materials for one of them are al- The discovery of new varieties pittsburgh NOTICE All members of the Improved‘ Order of Red Men and Degree of. Pocahontas in Florida, are in- vited and requested to be present at a Special Meeting to be held at the Red Men Hall, 3819 North | Viola Gerard of this city wonsa'|Miami Ave. Miami, Wednesday.' ajigator Light, and proceed ‘to’ \divorce from her husband aft饢March Ist. at 8 P. M.. to fefteen years of married life, be-.{thé:Gredt Incohonee, Edward C- cause he held a piece of lim--Levey-of Francisco. 'G. A. LUNDQUIST, sub2-27).008 Great Sachem. MIDNIGHT ONLY—l1 P. M. WARNING — “ECSTASY” is not indecent or obscene, but a beautiful symbolic film of life. You must have the in- telligence to interpret the meaning unfolding to enjoy it. We also recommend that you see it from the beainging. “ECSTASY” starts at 11:60 P. M. THE MANAGEMENT. t the site. |of cane giving a better produc- Tae ee Boy left yesterday: tion balance enabled the United for work in’ Hawks Channel, The States. Sugar. Corporation to vessel left Tuesday but was Teach the highest average yield forced to ‘return for repairs to~this-year in the history of Flor- one of her pumps. This was done eh boy Moran, | hamepsepar and she sailed to establish a buoy inst pear has cpetae shea j at Coffin Patches, deliver oil at ‘On Fet 4 the ninety-| fourth day of the present season, a new all-time high grinding record of 5,519 tons of cane were .put through the crushers and ; Card Sound and the Intracoastal fes in ig to make certain chang- es in lights and beacons, which | most of the heavy-barreled cane have been scheduled. yet to be cut. The old type of j DOLLS BEAD FOUND IN-CROP. cane matured late and had to be i ber cape apace ‘eut before it had reached ma- | ORACROOK, N..C.—Thé head turity and had attained top sugar jot a doll measuring nearly two" yield.’ The new varieties’ now inches across was found in the pignted give better balance by j crop of an eagle killed near this’ having some mature early, some j city. mid-season and some late, en- Ser INTOXICATE abling. the corporation to attain KEPT INTOXICATED LOS ANGELES—R. E. Julien BREAKS INTO SCHOOL ie ce ity in giving testimony Scene’ e trial of his contested di-} -MONTREAL — Roger Piorer vorce it against -his ‘wife,!broke into a reform school in charged kept him in a_ state this city and was® sentenced to of intoxication a month before four months in the same place they separated. tor attempted burglary. ALL EXPENSE TWO-DAY TOUR PRICE St. Louis -_. Salt Lake City San Francisco Tampa Washington Wiiliston OPENING TOMORROW... Key West's Fitst PUROL Service. Station Corner Division and Francis Stréets Distributing All Purol . ucts —_ -, Oil - Greases 800 mechanics annually in addi-, ‘tion to those already receiving in- struction. In most cases, men jand women would be picked for training who will be able finan- j cially to carry on their interest jin aviation after the completion of the course. The plan further provides for students to be se- kaw from the 25 to 35 age list. SEVERAL GRADES OF SPONGE SOLD | | There were but few offerings \of sponges on the municipal pier yesterday and with few excep- | tions they were all purchased by \a@ buyer from Miami, practically a |new arrival in the market. Offerings consisted of {bunches of wool sponge, | bunches of yellow and 67 bunches ‘of grass, and all of them of ordi- ‘Mary normal grades. ; The wool offerings sold ap- | proximately $3 per bunch, yel- lows brought the usual and so did the grass. Sales of j wool brought $132.24, yellows | brought($37,35 and the grass sold for $22.85. Total of $191.94. 49 79, prices H other products of the salt waters ida”. All information in connection with the vessel, whether vessels, schooners or launches, must pre. sent in writing to the Supervisor {of Conservation an application name, nuntber and: de- {scription of the vessel, name and a, or the of the State of Flor- {post office of the owner or own ‘ers, together with further data or jinformation as the. Supervisor !may deem necessary and “there upon the supervisor shall register ‘such boat or other style of ves isel and issue the necessary li cense upon the payment therefor and all licenses shall be issued and granted to the boat, vessel or launch according to the provided schedule, as follows: “Boats under 16 feet long and under four feet beam $1 and five cents; boats over 16 feet and over four feeti beam, 20 cents for each additional foot or fraction there- of on length or beam. “Additional license tax is re quired on all boats, vessels, schooners or launches owned in whole or in part by aliens or non- residents. This tax is $25 for ail boats having connection with fishing or engaged in fishing and is in addition to the license tax required by the act”. The provisions of the act do not apply to boats, vessels or schooners engaged in the sponge !industry of the State of Florida who pay a higher flat rate license on such boats. In Section Six it is provided that any person or persons, corp. orate or otherwise, violating any of the provisions of the act, shall be punished by being fined in the sum of not less than $100 nor ex- ceeding $500 or by being impris- oned not exceeding six months or by both fine and imprisonment. Discussing the proposed craw fish hatchery, which it is hoped will be established at Key West, Mr. Gaskill said that the proper | procedure would be to have the county commissioners make the required application. He also said that the establishment of a hatchery at Key West should be sponsored by the board of com- missioners, at no costs to the board or without the use of any rent You and Your Friends . . . “ARE INVITED TO:ATTEND THE " MRE ING : utiful, RAINBOW ROOM and RAINBOW LOUNGE LA CONCHA HOTEL SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 25 Dinner. . . 6 to 9:00 P. M- Presenting—LARRY SOTHERN’S ORCHESTRA “Music In The ‘Sothern’ Manner” DINNER and DANCE MUSIC “For Reservations Phone 160 | funds. Air-Conditioned Rainbow Lounge. Open 9:30 P. M. ’Till | A. G. POWELL, Manager TOURS 505 DUVAL STREET-PHONE 124