The Key West Citizen Newspaper, March 15, 1939, Page 1

Associated Press Day Wire Service For 59 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West VOLUME LX. No. 63. No More To;Be--Allowede:. On Relief, Harrngt National Orders Received BATTERY SHOWING In Key West; Two Ex-' ceptions Allowed; Un-' employment Study _— | | have made application for relief | Approximately 75 men, who jobs, will not be taken on the} ; Lt.-Col J. de B. Walbach, U.S.) Key West rolls, employment of- PLEASED LT.-COL. INSPECTING OFFICER RATES ADMINISTRATION, PER- SONNEL HIGHLY Key West, Florida, has the At an inspection Monday . by| j Army, who is at present inspect-j ficer Claude Gandolfo told The ing all National Guard Batteries’ ‘of the 265th Coast Artillery; Citizen today, due to an order Corps, Key West.Battery E, was) THE so BEGIN COURTHOUSE RENOVATION SOON WYER'S OFFICE TO BE FIRST TO GO TO NEW ANNEX Personnel of Clerk of Circuit Court Ross C. Sawyer’s office are | Preparing to remove its equip-! ment and offices to the new an- nex within the next two weeks, | architect Earl Wolfe of Pancoast | Company told The Citizen today. The anrex is 85 percent com- plete, Mr. Wolfe said, with the plastering practically done, and painting to be begun later this week. The various county offices will be moved into the annex as it is gradually completed and the offices in the main building, are to be wenovated. Clerk Sawyer’s. The Key West Citizen UTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN THE U.S.A. — KEY WEST, FLORIDA, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 15, 1939 : ~ ee ‘SENATOR Miss Strabel Likes Character COMING Hi 1 ARRIVES MARCH 25 TO CON. FER AS TO CITY AND COUNTY NEEDS ' WARD weil } And Background Of Key West 1 Appeals To Writers And PP IPD OILI LISS ‘Artists; Will Build In MAINE FOLK CATCH, Year On Southernmost) #REE-FOOT CREVALLE | State Senator David Elmer | i | Ward, of the 24th District, will be| Property i | in Key West on March 25 to con-} fer with any persons interested | in the coming session of the! Legislature, according to a letter | ;received at Chamber of Com- | merce headquarters this morn-j ; ing from the senator. H | The letter addressed to the sec- An excellent three-foot one-inch crevalle jack was brought in by Mr. and- Mrs. D. C. Goodwin, fishing with Captain Gould Curry aboard the Moby Dick yesterday. The fish will be mounted and is to be placed in the | Miss Thelma Strabel, formerly of New York but “now of Ker, ee who will shortly build a} Geidwints ‘home ta A ‘retary is reprinted herewith: | beautiful residence on the prop- i | erty adjacent to the southernmost | home, likes Key West because it; ing through the Jacksonville ‘ated higlly, both in administra — tion and personnel, Administrative. work such as keeping of records, equipment and direction was praised highly. H office prohibiting any new as-| signments or replacements. | There are 75 men who are in process of being certified but who now cannot be given work be- cause they have not been en-' rolled on the rolls, Mr. Gandolfo said. The orders are national in scope, the Jacksonville office re- | ceiving instructions from Col. M. C. Harrington, national director. ' The two exceptions which are carried in the order are (1) that men retiring from W.P.A. rolls previous to June of 1938 will be allowed back and (2) illness or injuries forcing retirement at! any time. However, in this lat- ter, medical certification of the injury is required. Mr. Gandolfo wishes to em- phasize in connection with the or- ders that the 200 men who were transferred from the Army ‘proj- ect recently when it ran out of, funds to local projects in labor- #8 status. should t withdraw from the current folls or there) will be no possibility of placing them back on the, present rolls. Many of those who were trans- ferred to laborer status are skill-| ed men and were waiting until! they were given skilled positions! gain. Once off the rolls, how- ever, they cannot be placed back.! For the present all are advised to hold their present positions. Discussing the sewer project, which seems to face a certain shutdown in the next two months, Mr. Gandolfo said that the 442, men involved could probably be shifted around to other local projects, but that it would mean that those projects would run out that much faster with the new load. At present there is no possibil- ity of the entire relief load of 1,100 workers being absorbed in- to private employment in Key West, Mr. Gandlofo said. It is extremely doubtful if they could be employed year round in a tcurist resort, he pointing out that other tourist re- sorts close down partly,.during the summer. IVY WILL GO INTO DRYDOCK Tender Ivy of the Lighthouse Department left last night and has arrived at Sombrero Light, where it is taking on part of the equipment needed to electrify Carysfort Light. Ivy will reach Carysfort tomor- row morning and will leave a working party there from 18-20 days modernizing the light. Then the tender will go into drydock at Miami either Friday or Satur- day morning. Tender Poppy left Miami for Key West this morning with a large pile driving barge in tow. ''Phe battery, in charge of Cap-| | | | tain Curry Harris, was praised | after routine battery inspection; | infantry drill by battery, platoon; and squad; riot duty formation; | gun drill on the company’s 155 millimeter GPF, and range drill, with plotting room activity. | There was an attendance of 52) men, with two too sick to be at the inspection. | | office.is first on the list. Painting of the exterior of the main, building has been ,com- pleted, Construction for the an- nex and renovation of the main! building, which was begun De- cember 6, 1938, will be complete probably around May i. REVENUE OFFICE OPENS TONIGHT ! |resort cities and because here she 1 |can relax in the warm. climate. The residence she is to build; will be of the Caribbean type, large open-air style with jalous- | ies. It will be concrete and con- struction will begin either this }summer or next winter season. She had a great deal of delight in | teasing Californians: this summer j {when she worked over scenarios |for the movies by telling every-| } t Howard Wilson, deputy collec- |has more “character” than other ; Maine. Aboard the yacht Marlin yesterday, with Captain Frank Gates, party of Su- zanne and Anne Palas and I. Walter Hawkins caught sever- :jal large grouper and also ladded barracuda and =mack- jerel to the'catch. Mr. Hawk- ‘ins said that he intended to send in writeups shortly on fishing in Key West wate: Y hahah hue deh ues COMPLAIN AT | “It is my intention to be in Monroe County and Key West for ‘several days to secure the needs | | of your area for consideration .at | the coming session of the Legis- most equable climate in the country; with an average range of only 14° Fahrenheit PRICE FIVE CENTS Publicpimion Divided Movement To _~AAbolish Criminal Court NO PREMATURE TERMINATION OF MURPHY TAX ACT SAWYER REPORTS QUESTION | | Bio nh eee ye CONVENTION; NO NEW STATE TAXES Representative Papy To | Introduce Bill In Legis- | lature Dealing With Mat- | ter Inquiry among various groups {that local public opinion is sharply divided over the ques- | lature. “Will you please notify through ithe press, the different organiza- jtions, County Commissioners; |City Council, Overseas Highway‘ |group, and any others you think jinterested, that at 10 o’clock on !March 25 I will be at the Key | West Chamber of Commerce and will be glad to see all of my friends”. Clerk of Circuit Court Ross C. Sawyer, who returned yesterday from the state convention of {Circuit Court Clerks, reports that it seems likely there will be no legislative action against the (Murphy Act before its termina- {tion June 9. ; Senator Murphy attended the lconvention sessions and ex- {pressed himself as having no re- |grets at instituting the much “cussed and discussed” Murphy PAPY AUTHORITY tion of abolishing the Criminal | Court of Record of Monroe Coun- ty as proposed by Representa- jtive Bernie C. Papy. The wording of the act Mr. Papy proposes to introduce at the forthcoming session of the State | Legislature appears in a_ legal ;notice elsewhere in the columns jot The Citizen in accordance | with evith the law in order that Sa eees | tor, announces that the local In- FRUIT FREIGHTER jone she worked in California to}. ;get money to build a home in/ | Florida. |COLORED BOY DANCER GIv- | Last winter the question of CLUBS’ NOISE | IS BEING TESTE |and publishing fee. Act, which frees property owners | the people of Monroe county may of all taxation for a small clerical! be fully informed about the pro- Mr. Sawyer posed measure. ‘receiving Income ‘Tax returns night tonight for’ the! purpgse of! making the present southernmost EN WARNING AGAINST | Continuation of the charges; pointed® out however that all \against Captain Clinton Smith of property must be registered for Mr. Papy and others support- ing the proposal are of the firm concluded, , Conti in‘an effort to dete r+ 8 ARCS BEARS {ternal Revenue Bureau will re- |main open. until 12 o’¢lock mid- MEXICO UNREST CAUSES! STANDARD FHUIT LINE TO DISCONTINUE RUN Greek vessel Nicolaos - Em-! biricos in Key West from Bel-| gium received orders yesterday at the Porter Dock to leave for | Jurace;€uba;-where she — willy pickup a cargo of sugar. i There has been little traffic during the past year in vessels stopping here. The Standard! Fruit Company freighters, which; regularly stopped in Key West. on the way to Mexico for a load! of bananas, have stopped making! the trips to that country because | of unrest there for more than a} year. The vessels stopped here for fuel oil and the line was the only one making the trips here regularly Other traffic vessels which have been longer out in the At-/ lantic because of storms and heavy weather than they ex-) pected and stop in here for addi-j tional fuel is as it has been in the immediate past. | HELD ON ARSON CHARGE SAN JOSE, Calif—Despite his plea that his home was his castle and that he had a right to burn dward Murphy was held on n charges. \ from citizens of Key West. The office will close for the supper hour at 6 o’clock, reopen- ing at 8 o'clock. ,;So the idea was dropped. Miss Carbonell of Havana-Madrid for' Monroe County Courthouse, with of great economy to TEMPERATURES 900. Highest last 24 hours i See Lowest Station. - fast night k Abilene 38 Atlanta Boston Buffalo 52 22 -- 26 72 38 40 *\pass the Zoning Ordinance al-' missed in city court yesterday by| | home into a nightclub.and gamb- |the Tortugas passenger boat! ling den arose and Miss Strabel | Talofa will be made Monday aft-! ; was wrought up that such should (Cases against joe Russell of,ernoon before Justice of Peace! jbe allowed in a residential section Sloppy: Joe’s Bar, Felipe Carbo-| (First District) Franklin Aren-} jand especially in her back yard. nell of Osceola Bar, and Juanj berg in the sheriff's office at the DISTURBING PUBLIC | Strabel is still waiting for the running establishments and cre-!a report on Frank Papy’s author- present Florida Legislature to ‘ating unnecessary noise were dis-; ity as harbormaster to be given. County Solicitor Allan B. Cleare! jready in effect in the city, though! Judge T. S. Caro. es written Florida Secretary of, lacking the necessary “teeth”. Joseph” Browne: of Hotel Jef-!State for Mr. Papy’s commission, ; Miss Strabel is always a trifle ‘ferson ‘and Ellen’McHugh of Du-| following the point raised at’ a jill at ease during interviews To. val Hotel were the complainants. | hearing Monday morning that Mr.! the point raised that this was} Charge against the establishments Papy’s commission expired last : |strange in a writer, she replied was that they created noise Mon- Charlestor. ! Chicago Denver _ Detroit _. Galveston Havana Huron , Jacksonville Kansas City KEY WEST Little Rock Los Angeles Louisville Miami __ Mpls.-St. P. New Orleans New York Pensacola Pittsburgh . Louis it Lake City n Francisco pattle ‘'ampa 62 60 26 24 32 64 68 Be 62 20 . 68 .. 44 52 29 . 68 6 60 34 64 44 30 26 50 - 40 66 62 42 44 70 ; some thought. Miss Strabel has never written! ducing groups played very softly 24 4 68 79 14 68 70 78 32 | two long serials a year, about 65,- ; 006 words each, but revises care- \fully for e finished product. She |is a great believer in the help! that they had been quiet. jand aid given by magazine edi- Turned Over To Father ee for whom she writes almost} Richard Culmer, young colored | ed as creating a nuisance. exclusively. She is at present] boy, who, in company with other j under: contract to a large publish-' colored youths, has been dancing !ing concern, which means that, at various outdoor places in the 76 | they haye the right to “first re- | city for nickels and dimes and 46 fuse” her stuff, she says. How- said to have made himself a nuis- 68 ‘ever, this is always a great step ance in jumping on car fenders 54 forward for a writer. Her present’ and being impolite to the public, 68 sor.al, “The Bright Face Of Dan-' was remanded to the care of his 40 \ger”, in the Ladies Home Journ-' father, who was instructed that 60 al, has been highly publicized by sf such conduct continued he 46 the editors of the Journal as one »would be responsible to the city 80 {of the outstanaing serials of the|insteadof the ‘child. !nicolodeons and other music-pro-|vequired of commercial vessels. |a short story. She writes usually | and quietly and could not be list- The complainants said that this) was the first night in some time ;month after two years’ duration. | !that writers probably know more day night, which listed them as; Captain Smith was arraigned !about their characters than about! nuisances. It was brought out in on complaint of Papy that he had_ themselves, Which calls for quite! the testimony that that night all'not paid the harbormaster fee CATES FAMILY RETURNS HOME Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan Cates, and Mrs. Mary Sue Demeritt and ‘Mrs. Nora Montecino, sisters of Mr. Cates, and Miss Yulee! Knowles, who left for Miami on Sunday, returned to Key West yesterday afternoon over the highway. The party went to Miami to at- tend the funeral of Asa Sweeting, | brother-in-law of Mr. Cates,’ which was held in Miami on Mon- cay. afternoon. opinion the act, if enacted into law by the Legislature, would lresult in a substantial saving to the taxpayers of the county without affecting the ability of the county to punish wrongdoers and to mete out justice to the in- nocent. Murphy proceedings before May 19 as June 9 is the dealine for all Murphy proceedings. The convention will initiate legislative action which will be the state with economy to come especially in picking up the loose ends of the (1) error and insolvency list and (2). of the Murphy Act, said ! loose ends having caused the state thousands of dollars. Produces Figures Figures produced by Mr. Papy jshow' that it--cost $9,055.40 in |1938 to operate the Monroe Mr. Sawyer is in recy! an | County Criminal Court of Record. order from Governor Fr ;/Of this sum $2,900 was paid to Cone asking for a statement of | Sudge William V. Albury, $2,070 all those on the error and in-/| ae rer |to County Solicitor Allan B. solvency list in Monroe County! cjeare, Jr, $1,375 to the clerk, for the last 10 years. | Tt is the $108 to the bailiff, $12 to inter- purpose.of the governor preters, $2,335.20 to jurors and the Florida legislature the $255.20. to. witnesses. Durin, \ 5 ig the amount of money these looose year 189 jurdrs' gerved in Crim- ends has caused the state. z : » inal court} and 96 witnesses were At the conVention were many callefti state and cabinet officers. A ee ee A oF r 3, Criminal court handles all mis- somaee cen ee espe demeatérs and felonies except Scare, AES probability capital punishment crimes and oe 8 other cases presented by the city that there would be no new P ps A . police to municipal court. Un- taxes a salient phase of the ques: dexithe! Papy! pro lsiietanies Oe. demeanor cases would be settled by the county’s three justices of 43 HAVE NOT the peace and the county judge, and the felonies would be pre- sented to the Circuit court. FIVE PERCENT OF TOTAL BUSINESS HOUSES LACK Wachington 40 56 ‘year. It is running at present. | Williston _..--16 8 Her work is of the light roman- inua Project City officials of Key West to- day met with representatives of the state and regional W.P.A. of- fices, in the office of B. C. Mo- reno, local supervisor, and dis- cussed, informally, the continu- ont ance of the sewer project. The present order from State Administrato® Roy Schroder’s of- fice is to close all sewer truc- tion work on April 1cRteewas brought out at the meeting tedan that this order would not be suf- ficient for even near-future. er | requirements of Key Wi ral je Whe her | nce Of Sewer in the next day or two. «tic. type. The. reporter spointed / + out that ‘there<seermed "td "be a! | quality in it which made it.more/ j outstanding. She quickly replied | < ; that her work was always “sin- | Is Discussed =: 1 | ; In Key West she finds the best. ‘time to write is early, “in the| cool of the morning’. or not the W.P.A. would con- tends to spend a part of each year, tinue the project under sponsor-|in Key West, partly to relax and. mark in membership, the Arthur sented — by ship atrangemeni, a communica- ; Partly to revise work she has al-;Sawyer Post, No. 28, American Lover—Che-Che”. tion to Administrator Schroeder ;Teady turned out. A writer,’ containing the city’s plea to con-| however, must needs travel quite during the past year, resulting in Club La Conga. tinue the project is planned with-|@ bit, Miss Strabel thinks, and | this she intends to continue doing. | It was felt that a reconsidera-| Miss Strabel, although born in! tion of the original order coming! ministrator in Washington, could | She worked in advertising depart- be effected, providing sponsor-|™ents before turning to fiction. ship of an undetermined amount! Concerning Key West, she said|erans to attend a Stag Birthday tions. would be forthcoming from the/that its character comes j city-at-large. {from a long and interesting his- In any case, all projects under tory of momentous texp rience. present‘ appropriations must end This gives the city a background: by July 1, and, according to Mr. and an atmosphere which is most Moreno; this sewer project can} appealing to artists and writers.’ American Legion ~ Twentieth Anniversary Tonight Following the lead provided by She in-jthe national organization which Cayo Hueso. is fast approaching the 1,000,000 Legion, has staged a fine drive a membership approximately doubling that of last year. In celebration of this fact, and New York City,. began writing | joining all posts of the country in tiers”, {Nm B, M. Harloe, assistant ad-/| fashion pages in Paris first. Then | observing the 20th anniversary Conga. lof the organization, the local post invites all world war vet- Party at Legion Hall this eve- ning, starting at 7:30 o’clock. A “snappy” show and _ enter- tainment has been worked out by the committee and free eats and drinks will be served follow- To Celebrate . » Opponents of the proposal elaim the county would not save | OCCUPATIONAL LICENSES . fi’ the money annually spent to maintain Criminal court. They point out that a prosecuting .at- City Auditor Charles Roberts, on suggestion of City Counéil. yesterday completed a check of city delinquents, which revealed that there were about five per- Eva and Norman from Clubjcent delinquent or about 43 es- tablishments. Bull” pre-} The list was turned over to “International ; License Inspector Elwood Car- ‘bonell, who is expected to inves- The Whistling Queen from | tigate the cases in question. It is believed that some of the places thumba! in question are closed and that . }others are really delinquent. “Ferdinand the the Edna-and_ Albert, dancers. “Mademoiselle from compliments Club in min- | vaudeville presenta-! | Two stage favorites strel and Grits and Grunts — comedy i sketch. Night Cap—Juanita in ??? Songs, stories, laughs, head- aches, hangovers. ' | THE FORMER 5.000 A The W P SUGAR LOAF ISLAND, FLO ; "FROM KEY WEST torney would be needed to pre- sent felony cases to the courts, that the fees paid jurors in Crim- inal court now are paid by the State and would hereafter have to be paid by the county, and allege that in the long run it would cost more than it does now to handle all misdemeanor and felony cases. Was Voted Down “In 1934 the people of Monroe county voted three to one against a similar proposal when it was submitted to them at a referendum,” a prominent Key Wester pointed out today. “As the proposed act now stands the (Continued on Page Four) OPEN THROUGH JUNE Recefvitth Guests At Sveriel Rates From March 15 American o: European Plan CRE PERKY ESTATE, RIDA KEYS—20 MILES Oftica;/Telephone, Etc.) Named ‘ufilifies, water, lighting. etc. docks. buildings and ing a short business session to 7, open the evening. The program, |printed by The Artman Press to WORLD WAR VETERANS be completed by that time suf-; Then, again, the climate here is ficiently for adequate operation.| Wonderful, she says. Miss Stra- Announces With Pride Its NEW LODGE NEW SUGAR LOAF ROOM AT PRICES THAT FIT Near Clyde Mallory Dock COMPLETE HIGH QUALITY STOCK OF Cypress Lumber and Mouldings Also Pine Lumber. Cement, Plaster, Lime, Sash and Doors, Wall Beard, Nails, etc. etc. STRUNK LUMBER YARD EXCELLENT OVERNIGHT ACCOMMODATIONS--FT. JEFFERSON CRUISES--$10 ALL EXPENSE TWO-DA ' 4 Other low-cost projects were bel, on her present stay, will re- discussed in the light of govern-, main until late April. She is re-! ment approval, cnief of them the Siding at the Pierce residence on! Mosquito Control, Garrison Bight ;South and Washington streets. { Yacht Basin and, Road Repair. Attending the meeting were H.' S. Sanders, regional engineer; E.! S. Lofberg, assistant director of operations, Jacksonville office; | Mayor Willard Albury, Represen-' tative B. C. Papy, City Council-| {men Earl Adams and William BABY CHICKS $1.00 Per Doz. RUPERT KNOWLES Caroline Street YOUR POCKETBOOK Phone 816 . | | {Jimmy Thomas. day, reveals this lineup: Call to order by Post Com- a7, _ REUNION Dr. A. M. Morgan, toastmaster. : bac Address, Commander Morris! Bryan, Coconut Grove, Fla. i LEGION HALL Guest speakers and close of business. TONIGHT, 7:30 P. M. Free Eats—Free Drinks Che” from Club La Conga. | Show “Chow”—Schnapps, Vino, Beer. | Ea | Master of Ceremonies—“Che- plete Dinner Parties | eee ett a CATERING TO THE DISCRIMINATING TRAVELER AND THE FORMER LONG KEY FISHING CAMP CLIENTELE Our Fishing Guides and Boats Are Ready. So Are the Varieties From Bonefish To Tarpon Sugar Loaf Fishing Club, Inc. Telephones, Lessee and Operator Miami 3-5246—Perky. Fla.. No. 1 \Y TOUR..PRICE TOURS 505 DUVAL STREET-PHONE 124