The Key West Citizen Newspaper, March 3, 1939, Page 1

Associated Press Day Wire Service For 59 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West VOLUME LX. No. 53. Curtail Floridaiss‘WPA Rolls |KEY WEST HIGHWAY ITEM; New Official Head Says He! Is Satisfied With Opera-| tions As Carried On In; Key West | (By Washington Correspondent | of The Key West Citizen) | WASHINGTON, D. C., March) 3—Florida will have to face a substantial cut in the WPA. rolisih; withim-the next 30 days, Roy.) Schroeder, newly-appointed:state| WPA Administrator, told The Citizen today. He said, however, | he was “satisfied with the way! things have been going in the Key West area”. i Schroeder, formerly executive! secretary to Senator Charles o.t Andrews, left Tuesday morning to! take over his new duties in Jack-| sonville.. \ “I'm going to attempt to run the WPA on a business-like ba- sis”, he told The Citizen. “Since there has been a very drastic reduction in the appro-' priation there will naturally be a jarge number left off the rolls in the next 30 days. I will be &. as sympathetic as I possibly can but efficiency and ability to do the job will, in the future, have a large bearing on the employing of; old or new employes”. { Schroeder Said he had no def-; inite plans as yet on reducing the: rolls. Meanwhile, Colonel F. C. Har-} rington, Works Progress Admin-! Che Kry Wiest Citizen Key West, Florida, has the most equable climate in the country; with an average range of only 14° Fahrenheit THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN THE U.S. A. Administrator: Schroeder To CRAIG CONCERNED PLANE SALE to France is said to have aroused concern of ef of Staff Maj. Gen. Malin Craig (above) over S. army plane needs. istrator, said “the deficiency ap- propriation act. . .stipulates that there shall not be a reducion of more than five percent before; March 31”. { He said that seasonal influ-; ences “lead us” to expect heavier! WPA employment in early! K! March. i JOHN MILTON COMING HERE ja TO MAKE CHECK OF AUTO- ices will be held 5 o'clock. this} MOBILES NOT HAVING PROPER LICENSES In lafternoon from lia Fleming street. Rev. J. P. THOMPSON RITES THIS AFTERNOON EY WEST RESIDENT DIED YESTERDAY AFTER SHORT ILLNESS Mrs. Adele Thompson, 33, died l yesterday after a short illness in local hospital. Funeral serv- the’ residence, illy, of Fleming Street Metho- | dist church, will officiate. John Milton, agent of the Flor-) expected to‘arrive in the‘ within a short time for a regiilar “her husband, Frank <Fhompson; | which are! Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin: Felton; ; Burnell, Not only will the agent take nq Hamilton Felton, and one! check of those cars without the 1939 license tags. «.i charge of ida Motor Vehicle Department, is ee Funeral arrangements, are in the Lopez ‘Funeral Mrs. Thompson is survived by Maurice, Charles six brothers, Bennie, James, cognizance of the cars with out) sister, Miss Alberta Felton. of date tags, but he will, it is ex- pected, pay particular attention to cars being operated as taxes, without the regular for hire li- cense. These licenses, the for hire BERNARD COOK HELD IN BOND |S.R.D. Meeting | Held Yesterday | WAS IN SUBJECTS DIS CUSSED (By Associated Press) FORT LAUDERDALE, March \3—Meeting of the State Road Department and Representatives from Florida was held yesterday | morning in this city. | Discussion of the budget re- ‘cently drawn up by the State | Road Department for new con- istruction in the coming year was ‘held with the representatives. ‘This budget will be submitted to the legislature when it meets at |"Tallahassee in April. Speaker Pierce Wood of the House was in attendance. | | | | In the budget which is drawn up, according to Representative |Bernie Papy, who attended the |meeting, are appropriations for ‘two lengths of highway con- ‘struction over viaducts of the F. E. C. Railroad south from Big Pine to Key West which should largely eliminate the wooden | bridges now in use. (Ry Axsociated Press) | Pececvevevaccacccaccoses BERLIN.—The Nazi gov- ernment is disappointed with the Roman Catholic choice of a pope. It had hoped that a religious pope and not a po- litical pope would be elected. It states that Pius XII is a a political pope. DE a SPS 2 DELHI, India—Mahatma Gan- | dhi, popular leader of the Indian | possible interference with U. |people, is today near death as a j result of the fast he is undertak- ‘ing because the British Indian | governor refused to initiate a} program of social reforms he had| | promised. WASHINGTON.—War De- | Ppartment, just on the verge of issuing bids for a con- ventional-type dirigible, is | holding up the bids until | | plans for an all-metal ship is considered. ace | DETROIT.—One hundred la-} borers, who walked out at a Dodge assembly plant here, will} be returned to work Monday, it was revealed today as settlement of the dispute was effected. | WASHINGTON. — The reor-} ganization. bill was branded as ridiculous by minority members ‘of a House committte as majority | members voted for it. f WASHINGTON. '— Discas- | sion of the half billion ‘dollar. War” Department National Defense bill’ was held today | in the midst of talks on many | subjects. i ‘ANOTHER SPONGE | SALE WEDNESDA { | Anothr sale of sponges of va- KEY WEST, FLORIDA, FRIDAY, MARCH 3, 1939 | Arab Conference | Tea interlude soothed the palate of the Emir Feisal, minister of foreign affairs of Saudi Arabia, in London to attend the Arabs-Jews conference on Palestine. Land Three Bonefish Instead Of Permit They Were Out After’ BEING OPPOSED FLORIDA PRESS AS- | SOCIATION ‘Miss Jenkins Gets 5-7; "Pound Bonefish; Boat 57 And 47 1-2 Pound Am- berjack; 30 Lb. Grouper! .Going out to catch permit up the Keys yesterday, Miss Gladys Jenkins of New York City and a guest at the Casa Marina, FORT MYERS, March 3.—) (FNS) The Florida State Press Association has gone on record as opposing a three per cent “single tax” proposal, according to Carl) Hanton, president of the associa- tion. | The directors of the State Chamber of Commerce at a re-} cent meeting in Jacksonville de- cided to submit to the member- ship in a referendum the ques- tion of whether the organization should give its support in the next legislature to the “single tax” proposal drafted by a spe-/ up fighting until dead. cial committee with Col. Peter. 4 57-pound amberjack, one of O. Knight of Tampa as chair- re ii ae ithese yellowish monsters, which Hanton stated that a vote by’ lurk on the 10 fathom bar on the, officers and directors of the’ Gulf Stream side of the reef, and Press Association showed nine to | Slash away at live bait mostly and; one opposed to the proposal, al-' a gamey fighter, was hooked and re- turned with a greater prize of three bonefish, the largest of which weighed seven pounds and the smallest five. Bonefish are found on _ flats near cays in the Bahamas and along the Florida Keys. They are perhaps the scrappiest fighters in the sea and usually do not give ‘though one other expressed ap-|landed by W. N. Hadley yester-!'¢ proval “if it can be shown that;day. Mrs. Hadley was not far be-} a three per cent transaction tax hind with a 31-pound black! would produce enough to take| grouper of the voracious mouth’ care of all taxes abolished”. jand ugly eyes. Also in the party, | Several directors of the as-!out in Captain Beglay Filer’s Boston |sociation, Hanton announced, re-|Jaunch, were Mr. and Mrs. A. L.' Buffalo _ ported that they voted negative-' Bryant, who helped in catching ly after carefully canvassing! six grouper, three barracuda and public opinion in their sections numerous other reef fish. Guests of the state. : are registered at the Casa Ma- The special committee’s pro- rina. ' posed plan would substitute the wr and Mrs. J. T. Gaskill of +} Japan by means of economic con-| U. S., Japan Shake Hands ROOSEVELT OFFERS SYM- PATHY AT AMBASSA- DOR'S DEATH On ‘Auto CALL FOR (By Associated Press) | SQUARING TAXES WASHINGTON, March 3.—; IN MURP HY ACT Relations between the United! States and Japan seemed better; RUMORED THAT NUMBER OF today as President Roosevelt of- . MEMBERS OF LEGISLA- fered a naval cruiser to transport! the body of the Japanese Ambas-| TURE FAVOR REPEALING MEASURE sador to his homeland. Meanwhile press reports from Moscow show that Russia is also| making peace overtures with; County Clerk Ross C. Sawyer today said that this is the last cessions. ‘The concessions were! C2!! for settlement of taxes under : ca ; {House Bill'396, known as the Mur- See en British advice and ohy Act. He ‘said that all back A 5 «1; taxes on properties having tax Sees nity with Japan will | certfiicates against them as late be undertaken when a party of | ; fea . |as August, 1934, and subsequent uae ter mun isteresEop) tO -Kokio taxes, vill be included, Aa in- ano cluding 1939. COURT YESTERDAY: there will be a number of mem- CRIMINAL COURT JUDGE IM- bers in favor of Murphy Act, and if this happens POSES FINES UPON ALL OF DEFENDANTS the time specified would get left out, as the law would end 60 days ahead of time. Mr. Sawyer points out that in order to have a sale completed before the legislature meets, ap- plication should be in his oifice | before March 15, 1939, and advises V. A. Mickleberry and Louis! Fulmer, arrested Tuesday at! vantage of the Murphy Act, re- Homestead on a charge of taking an automobile in Key West be- diately. longing to Dr. Thomas S. Dodd! of Alexandria, Va., and wrecking} it on the road, were arraigned in criminal court yesterday after- noon, at a special session called) not repeal the law, the application by Judge William V. Albury. | should be in the office of the At the trial the charges were! clerk not later than May 15. Rul- that the accused had used the| ing of the attorney general last property of another without the! January states that all procedure Expires On June 9 | The Murphy law would auto- | matically expire on June 9, 1939, and. even if the legislature does ie repealing the! those who have not filed within! that those who intend taking ad-: frain from waiting and act imme-, consent of the onwer. To this ; charge they entered a plea of! ! guilty. They were each ordered; , to pay a fine of $10 and costs or spend 60 days at hard labor inj the county jail. The total of fin and costs was approximately | $104. | Colored Man Tried \ Ernest White, colored, who was: arrested Tuesday by Constable! Cleve Johnson near Tavernier| outlined in the act with reference to the purchase of outstanding tax certificates must have been completed by the expiration date of the act, June 10, 1939. It is pointed out that Section 9 of the Murphy Act states as follows: After the expiration of two years from the date this Act shall become a law, June 9, 1937, the title to all tax certificates in the hands of the clerk shall auto- ‘and brought to the city the same; ™atically vest in the State of night as the others, was also/ Florida, and every right, title or placed on trial, charged with | interest of every nature or kind driving a car while under the in-| Whatsoever of former owner of fluence of intoxicants. | said property or anyone claiming White drove the car off the; by, through or under him, or any- road, entered a lime grove and,0Me holding lien thereon shall ‘did considrable damage to lime} Cease, terminate and be at an trees. He was fined $50 and | end. Further, no court in this costs, amounting to approximate-| State, either federal or state, ly $79. shall have jurisdiction to enter- | tain any suit brought by the for- oreo TEMPERATURES eoccsccccce Lowest Highest Station— last night last 24 hours Abilene ~. 44 58 Atlanta 32 24 26 36 34 20 | one claiming by, through or un- jder him for the purpose of ques- | tioning or in anyway litigating | or contesting the title of the state land. 44 | Should Act At Once 32 | 32 50 40 44 ‘sit idle by and let the property | be taken over by the state when j all one has to do is go to his of- | fice and settle all the back taxes | for a few dollars. If there is any j mortgage or any other lien on Charleston Chicago Denver . Detroit - Galveston Havana »; mer owner of said land or any-| |of Plorida or its grantee to said{ Mr. Swyer’s advice is not to! PRICE FIVE CENTS Council Passest@rdinance J Transportation Calls For Licensing Of Chauffeurs And Many | Other Regulations To | Be Followed , An ordinance regulating auto- lasie | West was passed on its initial | eoding at the regular meeting | ofthe»Gity Council last night. These‘és'a provision embodied in the* document calling for the li- transportation in Key i censing of chauffeurs, who must show that they are fully capable ‘of operating an automobile, with joc other rulings dealing with | the traffic situation. A resolution was adopted au- thorizing the mayor to apply to ithe U. S. Engineer’s office for | permission to construct or lay an ; outfall sewer pipe in connection | with the sewer project now being worked on by the WPA. This pipe is to be put down at the south-southeast corner of _ the \southernmost pier on Trambo Island to extend six hundred feet from the shore line. Hear Complaints | A letter of complaint was read from the Hotel Jefferson stating that the noises in that vicinity late at night were disturbing the | guests of the hotel, showing that several had registered complaint themselves regarding the matter. The letter requesed that some steps be taken to remedy the sit- uation. Mayor Albury stated that he was often called upon to stop radio noises, the crowing of roost- ers and many other like noises The mayor stated that this was quite a problem, although efforts would be made to do whatever was possible: in the matter in the way of ynnecessary noises, Denies Request A letter, was read from La Concha Hotel requesting permis- sion to errect a Neon sign be neath the traffic light at the in- tersection of Duval and” Fleming streets, with the wording, “La Concha Hotel”, with an arrow pointing in the direction of the hotel. The council showed that this would be discriminating and vot ed unanimously to deny the re quest. Receives Injury To Leg A lgtter was read from Mrs. Arleen B. Sheppard informing the council that she received a" injured leg some time ago whi!’ walking along Division between Whitehead and Tho: where the sewer work was being carried on. Mrs. Sheppard requested council to extend her some fir cial aid in order to take care of some of the expense incurred |" connection with her i The matter was referred t { treet, thi kind, cost in excess of the regular type. In fact, they are placed at! Bernard E. Cook, who was ar- $1 per. hundred-weight. Hence a rested early this week, charged car weighing 4,800 pounds will with vagrancy, was given a pre- cost $48, and that is the kind a liminary hearing before Peace driver of one of the large cars se-| Justice Franklin Arenberg Wed- cured at the office of Tax Collec- | nesday afternoon. \ tor Frank H. Ladd yesterday. ; The evidence was sufficient to ;any property in this county the | interests should be protected. There may be some old out- | standing tax certificate against ‘the property that the owner does | Mo know about, and the clerk suggests that a visit be paid his \office and have the holdings! Board of Public Works for | tigation. About Sewer Fund Councilman Doughtry broug to the attention of the coun the matter relative to the cou" making an appropriation tow#™ rious grades was held Wednesday “single tax” for all existing state, | py; ; 3 ; i at municipal sponge wharf, cor-!county and city ad valorem ex-jer en one which | a7on ‘ ner of Caroline and Grinnell'cise taxes except the state gas0- included a Gc couid sinter ck: Jacksonville streets, at which there was sold line levy. The revenue received ,. Gaskills are at the: Cass. ie City . 1,410 bunches of sheepswool, 108 from the “single tax” would |; 72 | KEY WEST bunches of yellow and 149 bunch- then be apportioned among the sh j Little Rock _. es of grass. various subdivisions of the state (Los Angeles Top prices paid for wool were government. | Louisville LIGHT WORKERS Miami _ con Mr. Milton, while on a previous! warrant the man being held on’ visit to the city, said that cars'the charge, but. his incivility found on this trip without the! while in court aroused the anger proper license ‘will have the li-|of the committing magistrate,’ cense removed and the car plawd and his bond was placed at $200 as follows: For 330 bunches, $1,-' 765; 198 bunches, $1,066.98; 245 bunches, $1,037.66; 179 bunches, $1,096.66; 183 bunches, $899.99, anda number of smaller lots The poll being conducted by | the State Chamber of Commerce ' was completed February 28, but completé returns are not yet | _ available. | COMPLETE JO {checked, and begs to remind |property owners that this warn- ling is issued through the cour- Mpls.St. P. New Orleans New York Pensacola ' that Key Westers will be able jtesy of the office in the hope’ having the sewer project tinued, Mr. Doughtry said hq had been requested by Council man Monsalvatge, who w25 out} of the ‘city last night, to inform | Pittsburgh | to take advantage of the oppor- | the, council that the prope! PrO- tunity. “(Continued on Page Three) in storage until the proper ‘tag’ for’) his appearance at the next’ brought the total of sales up to has been secured. *"") te¥m ‘of criminal court. | $6,733. —— —————— Goes oa for ane. oo MAYOR HAGUE’S Siete, “Tout paid tor tee ees, WIFE. VISITIN The workmen left Key West Washington $36.89. Total paid for the grass of Mrs. Frank Hague, wife of on the night of February 20 on| Williston ferings was $27.51. j €¢ ? | Mayor Frank Hague, who has the Tender Ivy, were at the Ahern Funeral Home; Total for the 1,667 bunches! | been on the front page of neWS- light the following morning and FRENCH NUDIST PICTURE Joseph Plummer ‘sold was $6,820.12. |papers for some time regarding the work of electrification of the Vice-President ‘ 1,000-POUND CAKE OJAI, Calif—Bill Baker, a freedom of speech allowed Com- jight and living quarters of the | AMBULANCE SERVICE ' M. |} ADULTS ONLY! 11:00 P. | Members of the work party Ry from the lighthouse department et tale Cit who are working at Sombrero | ¢. Francs y Reef light, will complete the | Soa peas work today and expect to return! attle to the city some time tomorrow. ; 2™P@ | } : \} Last Showing Tonight— Auerbach’s Restaurant 410 FLEMING STREET A Delightful Place to Eat Luncheon from 65c—Dinner from 85c 410 TRIO PLAYING NITELY SBSSRSSSMSSSSreeesasl! ss SRESSRERSRSRaESE | { | ‘baker of this city, recently made munists and other un-American- keepers, was started. ‘a 1,000 pound fruit cake, 15 feet ists in Jersey City, is at the Casa) Members of the party will re- iin circumference, 3 feet high, ! Marina. ‘turn by way of the Overseas {and toppled with suger icing, With Mrs. Hague is her son Highway, as the Ivy is on the} ‘depicting San Francisco's Treas-|and daughter-in-law, Mr. and |west coast and no other vessels; Phone 22211 {ure Island and bay district. Mrs, Frank Hague, Jr. jate available at this time. EXCELLENT OVERNIGHT ACCOMMODATIONS.-FT. JEFFERSON CRUISES-$10 ALL EXPENSE TWO-DAY TOUR..PRICE TOURS 505 DUVAL STREET-PHONE |