The Key West Citizen Newspaper, March 8, 1939, Page 1

Associated Press Day Wire Service For 59 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West VOLUME LX. No. 57. Chamber Of Comme Nominates Directors Six Of Twelve Named 7, IDEAL ARMY RECRUIT Be Selected At Meeting °° To Be Conducted In' | April | | a li ea | At the semi-annual meeting of © the Chamber of Commerce last s night which is held for the pur-! eee S Pose of nominating candidates : for directorship the following were nominated: | Miss Elizabeth Sharpley. Bas-| com L. Grooms, Fred J. Dion, Charles E. Smith, Everett Rus- sell, B. C. Papy, E. A. Strunk, Jr., John H. Costar, John A. Gard- ner, Albert E. Peirce, Melvin Russell and Guy Carelton. From these 12, six will be selected at the meeting in April to serve as directors for one year. Resolution The secretary was _ instructed to forward the following resolu- tion to Representative B. C. Papy: i “Whereas there exists today on Big Pine Key and No Name Key a small remnant of a sub-species of deer which will in a_ short time become extinct unless given! prompt and effective attention, and; “Whereas these deer exist no- where else in the United States and no species of deer inhabiting the mainland could with any probability be acclimated to the peculiar conditions obtaining on the Keys, now therefore: “Be it resolved that our repre- sentative, Hon. B. C. Papy be,/ and he is hereby earnestly re- quested .to progure, the _passage. of a bill giving full protection to these deer until they have so in- creased in number that hunting may be again pefmitted, and, “Be it further resolved that, | due to the great attraction that; ate the bird life of our Keys has for| The Second round of inspec- the most desirable class of visi-|tions of Key West for the con- tors, that the Hon. B. C. Papy be! trol of Aedes aegypti mosquito and he is hereby requested to| breeding has been completed by ae the sap La ae of | the Aedes aegypti Control Unit shooting within one Es . the Overseas Highway, that jg!Of the United States e now in effect on the Tamiami Health Service. The Aedes aegypti Trail, to the end that our region | Index has been lowered from 26.8 may add to its already peed: to 20.8. An index of 5, or less, lished fame as an inviting sec-/ should be attained for safe con- tion for visiting and residence. | trol About Free Passage Secretary was also instructed | to request the road and toll|mosquito larvae (wiggie tails) in bridge commissioners to permit! cisterns the work of placing top- free passage of field officers of | feeding minnows (Gambusia) has the game conservation depart-|been continued. At the end of ment. The travel allowance for | February 302 wells, 759 cisterns, these men is very small and as|42 miscellaneous had been the work of the two men allot-j stocked. About one third of the ted to Monroe County has great-| cisterns in the city have been ly increased the supply of deer | stocked. and small game on the mainland, Additional control work is'’be- it is desired that the extension | ing carried on to make permaficit! “IDEAL” army recruiting of- ficers call Albert Owen Rowe (above), 19, who an- swered correctly all questions in an intelligence test and won a 97.25 physical rating. He applied at Louisville, is to go to Fort Benjamin Harri- son in Indiana. MAKE REPORT “ON MosQuiTO CONTROL HERE SECOND ROUND OF INSPEC- TIONS,COMPLETTD;: ACTIVI- TIES OF WORK ARE OUT- LINED of that work to the lower Keys! correction of breeding places!' G17! lis being sprayed on water” sre? be facilitated. | The secretary was instructed faces where fish can not be uséd to write to the City Council and} Householders are urged to eli- the Board of County Commis-/minate all possible breeding sioners, requesting their coopera- places before they are visited; An} National artificial container that will hold; b domestic ; t March 23-24, for the promotion | mosquito-breeder all year around of the trucks from the CCC ing and tion in securing representation in| again by Washington at the Rivers and Harbors the inspectors. Congress | water is a potential of Project No. 235, Gulf of Mexico | jin this climate. Division, Intracoastal Waterway | Report of Ins; bane § quicksands of the area. Che Kry THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN THE U.S. A. 10 ST. PETE, VANA*RACING | YACHTS MISSING THEM AROUND TORTUGAS; | OLDTIMERS BLAME CUR-} RENT FROM QUICKSANDS | i | } i Coast Guard patrol plane, | | which landea yesterday at Key| || West after patrolling the waters} loff Dry Tortugas in connection| ; with the Tenth Annual St. Pe-! tersburg-Havana race reports that! it has been unable to sight two; of the sailing craft, which are) missing. i Old Timers around the Key) West waterfront point, out that! amateur skippers, now knowing| the waters around Tortugas, will; find themselves blown well out’ ; to the southwest from the. north-' erly current setting.in from the They | . predict that if the present fair! weather continues that the skip-! pers will eventually sail into! Havana harbor safely. | At the Fort this week was the! Coast Guard Cutter Pandora, | which was stationed there, also! | to safeguard the sailing vessels’ | Passage. i | | | GIRLS FOUND IN ATLANTIC SEAMAN WRITES LETTER: | TO GIRL FRIENDS IN LOUIS- ' IANA AND DROPS THEM IN) | BOTTLE | Bertie Nicholas, wno was craw- ‘fishing off the Boulevard Friday jlast with the approved gas lan-) ; tern and bully net, came upon a, /little bottle floating in out of the, Gulf ‘Stream, which contained ‘rather interesting ‘documents. | In it were two letters, one ad-| by officers from the sheriff’s of-, pound grouper. dressed to Miss Virgie Mae Guil-, beau at RFD 5, Opelousas, Louis-! iana, and another to Miss Irene Public O’Conan, of 443 Fourth Street,|and stealing sponges. Gretna, Louisiana. The return, address on each was Mr. Law- rence Richard of the S.S. Gulf | King of the Gulf Refining Com-} pany at Port Arthur, Texas. | Mr. Nicholas said that both let-| As a means of controlling the|ters were mailed ‘to the proper! Was made Deputy Ray Elwood ‘addresses and two of seaman Larry Richard’s girl friends, one in inland Louisiana bearing a French name and the other across the river at New Orleans, will get letter from their “boy friend”. ‘TRUCK DRIVER UNDER ARREST K. M. HANCOCK HELD ON’ CHARGE OF RECKLESS | DRIVING = | K. M. Hancock, driver of one :Camp at West Summerland Key, | ‘was arrested last evening by, KEY WEST, FLORIDA, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 8, 1939 Virginian Lands First White Marlin Here ee rate | PLANE FAILS TO SIGHT GOI MILL GLA Wite Hooks Another But! PICTURESQUE SPONGE SALES CONTINUING 4 Sponge sales are continu- ing this week at 9:30 a. m. every Monday, Wednesday and Friday with unusually clear water at this time of year allowing surprising hauls. Sale of sponge is arranged through dealers of nationally konwn companies who reside in Key West and takes place at the Municipal Dock at the corner of Grinnell and Caro- | line streets, where each boat | owner runs his little craft, sometimes a sailing boat and sometimes a motor boat | alongside the wharf and | piles his sponge in one place, Dealers then examine the sponge and dicker with the owner of the boat. The grape- vine among the sponge fisher- men provides for a uniform | price asked by the fisher- men, 1 The sponge when sold is | then loaded on horse carts | and carried through Key West streets to sponge houses | In Ten | Years Loses It; Weighed 791 Pounds And Seven + Realty Transfers Advance Over Past Two Week Period et | Chairman A. B. Hale Of DECISION ON Five Inches Long | The fishing fraternity at the Casa Marina was highly excited last night. The cause was a beau- \ tiful white marlin, brought in by | SRD Buys Largo Land; Paul W. Howle, Jr., of Richmond.| Duval, United, ‘Ashe,| Ap aliur. caprgcnce name Eagle Avé: Land Moves | measured 7’5”. With a 6-oz. tip ; | a 24-thread and 60: Pflueger Realty sects aavnaced dur: el, it took 25 minutes to land! ; ing the dast two weeks over the’ preceding two weeks’ records at Clerk Ross C. Sawyer’s office. the fish. It is reputed to be the first marlin brought in to Key West|in the county courthouse show, in ten years. Mr. and Mrs. Howe| with sales of property divided celebrated their success last eve-! between the Keys and Key West. ning with a champagne party. In a master’s deed, Aquilino’ Fishing with Mr. Howle was Lopez purchased the 30x113 prop- | Mrs. Howle, who also had a mar-;erty on Duval street near Greene lin hooked five minutes before _ Street. est Citizen Exeeed 13 Thousand Key West, Florida, has the | most equable climate in the country; with an average range of only 14° Fahrenheit PRICE FIVE CENTS Dollars One Of Applications Is For New Residence; Others For General Repairs To Property During the first week of March | building and repair permits is- sued from the office of Building j Inspector Harry M. Baker totalled z teFACTORY MAD | $13,950. The largest of the per- BERRIMAN .CIGAR Factory ™!* was for a residence to cost TO BE LOCATED IN SAN- | a TAELLA BUILDING ON) COUNTY ROAD LOCATION OF This new structure will be of Spanish-Mediterranean type with | off white wails and golden glow | tile roof, and will be of concrete Definite decision as to the.loca-| block. A combination _ sittin tion of the Key West-Havana! room and porch will be a featur cigar factory was received today | of the residence, which will be by Carl Bervaldi, who has been feet by 30. advised by the A. Santaella com-/ ee pany of Tampa to turn over to| Major and Mrs. R. C. Snir where workmen trim it up and pack it in burlap bags shipment north. 4 fn ait were in Capt. Johnny Spencer's, SPITS SII SILA | boat Miss Mary Ann. COLORED BOYS nassue= iat $8 | losing it, and his father, Dr. Paul | yesterday, the prize being a 68%-| Philip W. Kiefer sold to R. O. |W. Howle, of Richmond. They , Kiefer the 33x91 property on Ashe the County Road. near Angela. B. E. Calkins sold to Henry w.! Piel of Detroit, Michigan, a lot on Palm Villa at Key Largo. '£. W. Berriman or a representa-| are the owners of the propos tive the keys to the factory on| building, which will be located | the corner of Von Pfister ar Mr. Bervaldi said that the keys; Grinnell streets. Davis Con: to the structure had been in his| tion Co. of Miami Beach, .. , Possession and he has been acting; been awarded the contract, and ‘as agent for the Santaella firm|J. M. Horre, engineer with the, K. B. Jones sold to Arthur B.' since it left the city some years j letic Association had much luck FIVE TAKEN, CHARGED WITH ___ENTERING SPONGE. ROOM | i Five little colored boys, be-, tween the ages of eight and ten, years, were arrested this morning} fice, charged with breaking and: entering the sponge room at the) corner of Duval and Front street | Howard Gates, manager of the; business, reported to the sheriff's; office last evening that his place} had been entered and a number of trimmed. sponges had_ been} stolen. As soon as the report; recalled seeing two, boys who, seemed to have their clothing stuffed in an odd manner. H He remembered the faces of the boys and this morning was on the trail but a brief time when he had two of the boys in charge, | forced confessions from them and) learned the whereabouts of three; others who were implicated in! the stealing excursion. The deputy recovered practic- | ally all of the stolen sponges, which had been nicely trimmed; and were all ready to be packed: and shipped. | Those who were guilty of the offense were Yurned over to the} principal of the school which they were supposed to be attend-| their parents. They | were considered too young to be: handled by the law. | id berjack, caught by Jo-| Hale, chairman of the State Road on eee A price m.' Department, 70.11 acres on Key berjack was also brought in. | Largo. f Among catches aboard the 60-| _,%. T. Spangler sold to Louise !foot excursion boat Alyce B yes-|Greenquist a half interest in 10 F f mainland property. { terday were: J. G. Snyder, Port ;#¢res © ane: prope: H revorton, Penn., who caught | In an administrator's deed, J. Bae large grouper, {0° snapper ; Otto Kirchheiner sold to W. “Ht. and 15 yellowtail; Charles S, Zim-' Sanborn of Dade county 11 lots merman, Sheepshead Bay, New! at Crain’s subdivision on Grassy York, grouper, snapper, mackerel, Key- : { 30 in all, and a.4%-foot barra-! In a master’s deed, Dan J. Mal- | cuda; Harry M. Ferntuck, Sheeps-! oy purchased the 48x100 prop-' head Bay, New York, won the, erty on South street near Simon-} i 1 of th ith a 25-| ton. ! RES eres (roe day Withee ! A. Granday Canning Company} |transferred to Norberg Thomp- | S |son the 50x113 property on Eliza- | JAS ADAMS DIED ; beth street, the 242x457 property | . {on Eaton and Francis streets, the LATE YESTERD AY 2x200 property on Grinnell near James. i | Thompson Ice Company trans-; |ferred to Thompson Enterprises, | FUNERAL SERVICES WILL a er the 201x201 property at the; corner of Margaret and Caroline} CONDUCTED THIS | lashes AFTERNOON Key West Box Company trans-| {ferred to Thompson Enterprises | {the 201x160 property at the cor-! James Adams, 84, one of Key'¢r of William and Caroline | West's oldest residents, and Streets. 3 | grandfather of Earl Adams | In a master’s deed the Duval) president of the City Council,| Mortgage Company secured two | died late yesterday afternoon at/ lots on eee aoe between | the home, 907 Southard street, 19th and 20H streets and then after a lengthy illness. i transferred it ie W. C. Harris. | The funeral will be held this; The Place. is, the:present residence! afternoon at 4:30 o'clock from the ,°f Mr. and: W. C. Harris. | residence, with services to be!. First National Bank of Tampa, conducted by Rev. Ford of the!in @ master’s deed, secured fhe} Church’ of . God. Funeral ar- | 263x217 property on Whitehead | e treet near Southard. 1 rangements are in charge of the! § } Pritchard Funeral Home. Mr, and Mrs. D. A. McDougal Knights of the Golden Eagles | ttansferred to Mary McDougal! * week, but was ol ago, and had taken Mr. Berrjman out to view the factory and look over its facilities when he was here several weeksjago. Mr. Bervaldi did n§t say wheth- er Mr. Berriman or his represen- tative would be in West this the * opinion that Raul Garcia, who is connect- ed with the Berriman firm, and possibly others, will arrive on the S.S. Cuba from Tampa tomorrow morning. MONROE COUNTY’S OLD AGE BENEFITS VERY SUBSTANTIAL ie | NEEDY UP TO END OF LAST: CALENDAR YEAR | | (Speelal to The Citizen) JACKSONVILLE, March 8.— Figures released here today from the office of the State Welfare Board show that one of Monroe County/s.most substantial pay- rolls;is,that which its needy resi- dents 65 years of age or more re- ceive monthly in Old Age Assist- ance. | Between July 1, 1937, when the| State Welfare Board was induct-| ed into office, and December 31,) 1938, the end of the last calendar; ; Grinnell streets. company, will be in charge. Other actjvities listed are: Build garage apartment at the corner of South and Thompson streets. Owner, Harry M. Smith; cost, $1,000. Repairs, to porch of home at 816 Ashe street. Owner, Law rence Higgs; cost, $100. _ Repairs to cistern top at 723 William street. Owner, Thomas Skelton; cost, $100. Repairs to garage at James and Owner, Lumley Estate; cost, $100. Repairs to roof at. 718 Eaton street. Owner, Mrs. J. N. Fog- arty; cost, $50. ‘LEAVING TODAY WILL BE HELD IN OCALA County Clerk Ross C. Sawyer will leave over the highway this afternoon enroute to attend the asociation meeting of clerks of the different counties in Poids to be held at Ocala. Mr. Sawyer said that these meetings are quite often produc- tive of valuable information as they are usually attended for a brief time at least by the attor- ney-general and other state offi- cials. will attend the funeral in a body.| Axelson a portion of mainland year, Monroe County recipients **@eeeeseececceces Survivors are the widow, Mrs./ Property. | Annie Adams; three daughters, Juana Romaguerra et al sold to! Mrs. Annie Sawyer, Key West,|Georgiana Cleare the 113x25) ‘property on Center street near. of Old Age Assistance were paid; an aggregate sum of $105,921.50, | the figures reveal. This is in ad-| dition to cash payments made to! TEMPERATURES Lowest Highest from Bahia Honda to Key West, which is believed to be jeopard-'spected since work was started, ized by certain retrenchment in} the budget for such projects. | Also, the secretary was in- structed to write thanking the Hon. Pat Cannon for his vigilant attention to the necessity of pro- tecting’ small craft from_ the onerous provisions of the Draft Convention No. 53 of the Inter- national Labor Treaty. Charles S. Taylor reported for the committee appointed from representative civic bodies to present our advantages as an air} and naval station to the recent} visiting congressional and naval delegation and it was felt that) Key West has never had a finer} example of united and unselfish | cooperation on the part of every | citizen who had an _ opportunity | to serve his community. The | secretary was instructed to pub-; lish the acknowledgement of State Leon Case of this city re-} thanks of the joint committee to, all who responded so loyally to, the call for service and the be- am not married, but feel if I am | bond, will appear before Peace lief of the chairman that sub- awarded a distinctive plate my Justice Enrique Esquinaldo, Jr., stantial results of their work’ would accrue to Key West. i Number of times premises in- 17,294. Number of possible mosquito- breeding containers found, 69,- 682. Number of containers found breeding, 8,376. Number of premisés found breeding, 5,605. Number of premises where cor- jrections were made, 1,830. Percentage of premises found breeding, 153. Percentage “of ‘correction’ premises found breeding, 131: Percentage of correction of ‘to- tal number ‘of premises inspected; 42. It is shown that the rains were a contributing factor. ol ASKED FOR NUMBER LANSING, Mich.—Secretary of low “I ceived this request for a automobile license number: chances for an early matrimonial venture will be assisted. EXCELLENT OVERNIGHT ACCOMMODATIONS-FT. JEFFERSON CRUISES-$10 ALL EXPENSE TWO-DAY Deputy Sheriff B. H. Waite, and; placed under arrest on a cei § STEEL (of reckless driving, folloWing a:'Ue we collision between the truck and / ‘the car in which Mr. Waite, his! V Pp. VISITS | wife’ and little son, Bergard,! e vd | were riding. iets | The accident was similar to the} one, Wifigh happened several! Charles H. Rhodes, vice-presi- weeks ag6:"and the Waite car! dent of U. S. Steel, and J. Schuy- | was struck ‘By the truck at the: ler Casey, president of M. H. ‘rear of the‘ machine, and pushed Treadwell Company, are at the jups.onm the sidewalk near the'Casa Marina, = \building“at ‘the’ forner of White! _Thep are enjoying many fish- ands Division streets, | ing trips in Key West waters. , Hancoék' had two companions! Swith Him when the collision oc-! -eurred, and it was thought that ' they were going to raise some ob- jjections to the arrest of their |friend, but when Hancock was, | placed under arrest, it is said, all : eos } Damage to the Waite car is} estimated to be about $50. Han-! |cock, who was reieased on $100 \4 o'clock this afternoon for pre- | liminary hearing. PHONE 816 i THIS WEEK’S EXTRA SPECIAL | Special lot of 1x4 flooring, suitable for sheathing, cheap || and backing To go at this price to make room for more lumber we are expecting. Get yours while it lasts STRUNK LUMBER YARD |Mrs. Louise Hurner, Tampa, and Mrs. Alice Cruz, Miami; two, |sons, Livingston Adams and) R. Albury transferred |Vernon Adams, Key West, and| Evie K. Johnson the 55x104 cor- | many. other relatives. | ner of United and Varela streets. There are twelve grandchil-'_ Mt. and Mrs. Lawrence H. | Olivia. childrén: | a lot on Key Largo. Tamiami Everglades company ‘S RIB i i HUG BREAK | acres of mainland property. 5 | MILWAUKEE — Complaining, |Mrs. Anna Falk, 56, of this city, Largo. obtainadie: dius: | Mr. and Mrs. Clark V. John- eR Lee -—_—— | ston sold to Annie C. Rockwell of |New Philadelphia, Ohio, 10.12 {acres of mainland {| the Pinecrest area. George F. Cook sold to Claude L. Freeland mainland property. Mary Angeles | s6ld 1,920 acres of main- |land property to Olga V. Irons | of Connecticut. Olga V. Irons in pes transferred this property to ] . $27.00 M Ivar Axelson. Ten acres of mainland property was transferred by Ivar Axelson NO. 7 WALL ST. {to Charles Jones and to Kimble | Popham. |Tesidents of the county in the !to Dependent Children. | Individual grants are limited to a maximum of $30.00 per \dren and thirteen great-grand-, Klopp sold to Frank A. cial month and are in proportion to Charleston | the need of the applicant, which | is determined by trained investi sold to Lawrence K. Cone20} gators in the employ of the dis-, Detroit trict welfare board. Mr. and Mrs. Plus Levi sold to| a constant increase in the| Havana jthat her husband hugged her so| Atlantic Investment Company a} case load has resulted in a con-| Huron \hard he broke one of her ribs,/ lot in the Baywood area of Key/istantly enlarged Old Age Assist-, Jacksonville janee payroll. Warrants received by Monroe County recipients for | last December aggregated $7,360, |it was announced. This was the Property near jargest amount paid out during | Lquisville |any one month since the public | assistance program was inaugu- rated. McDougal Axelson of Los! ‘Total payments for the state|/New York | during the same period were an- pa as $6,679,294.74. | HENS DO DATING i PARA: | CANBERRA — Australian hens |date their own eggs nowadays, a jdevice fastened to each bird |Stamping day, date and breed. Station. - last night last 24 hours 48 to form of Aid to the Blind and Aid Abilene | Atlanta Bostord Buffalo 46 14 12 50 24 30 18 58 ~ 12 . 14 ~ 56 44 72 46 48 ~- 34 74 14 56 18 54 , Chicago * Denver _. ' Galveston | Kansas City _ |KEY WEST _ | Little Rock __ |Los Angeles | Miami | Mpls.-St. P. (New Orleans | Pensacola | Pittsburgh 16 St. Louis . 38 Salt Lake City 28 |San Francisco 44 Seattle ____ 42 Tampa _ 62 | Washington __ 28 {Williston _. --2 SSSSLSCKSSRSSSLLSSSE | TOUR...PRICE TOURS 505 DUVAL STREET-PHONE 124