The Key West Citizen Newspaper, March 17, 1939, Page 1

Associated Press Day Wire Service For 59 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West VOLUME LX. No. 65. THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN. THE Che Key West Cittzern UO. S. A. Key West, Florida, has the most equable climate in the country; with an average range of only 14° Fahrenheit KEY WEST, FLORIDA, FRIDAY, MARCH 17, 1939 City Making P Plans To Install Electric Plant At Tropical Aquarium Ordered That Bids Called For; To Cost Ap-, proximately Sixteen Hundred Dollars At the meeting of the City | Council held last night, it was) ordered that bids be called for the’ installation of an electric plant at" the Tropical Aquarium, which is operated by the City of Key West. The bids will be reiurnable on, March 30. It was said that the | plant will cost approximately $1,- 600.. The matter was brought to the attention of the council by} Councilman Monsalvatge, who is | chairman of the aquarium com- | mittee, | A letter was read from Julian J. Marks, in which he complained of the noise that is now being made by the operation of the ra- | dio station at the head of the island all during the night. The station is adjacent to his prop- erty. Mr. Marks stated that when he purchased this property that it was understood that it would be included in a zone that would be free from noises, and said that such was the case when he pur- | chased the property, but that the station is now being operated all during the day and night. The! matter was referred to the zon- | ing board. Resolution Read "IIHT TTI O * PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT ‘GREATLY APPRECIATES. ‘FLOWERS GIVEN HERE Mayor Willard M. Albury is in receipt of a letter from D. J. Callaghan, Captain U.S. Navy. Naval Aide to Presi- dent Roosevelt, in which he tells of the nation’s chief executive's appreciation for the beautiful flowers pre- senied to him during his re- cent visit to Key, West. The letter reads: “The President has direct- ed me. to, extend to the citi- zenry,of Key West his sin- cere appreciation and thanks for the lovely flowers which he received during his visit to your citv. These flowers were placed in his cabin on board the U.S.S. Housion. A desire was also expressed by the President that I extend to you his best wishes”. TILT STS SS THREE GRASS. FIRES IN HOUR | | | A favorite practice of a certain’ group in the cuy, setting grass Produce: 130,000,000 Kilowatt Hours Monthly Largest in the world is claim for thes: 82,500 kilovolt |fires, required engine from No. 3, Nevada wing of Boulder dam powerhouse where these six giants, |fire station to respond to alarm generator in the Arizona wing, produce 130,000,000 kilowatt hours of - | fishermen began ampere generators along with energy in one each A resolution adopted by the’ calls three times last night within! month. The dam Bureau cf Reclamation received $3,297,289 in two years, with pro- Chamber of Commerce, in which Representative Bernie C. Papy| was requested to introduce a bill! in»the-ggisiaturesfor the protec-! uon of decr.on the Florida Keys, was read. The council was asked | to cooperate in the matter, and it agreed to offer all cooperation possible. About Taxes A letter was read from T. E.' fi.ce, attorney for Trumbo Is- jand, Inc.; in which he stated that he felt that the increase in taxation on this property in 1938 over 1937 was quite exces- sive, and stated that if the assess- ment was placed at a more rea- sonable figure that the company! would be glad to pay the taxes owing on the property. Would Clear Property | Councuman Wm. Monsaivatge brought to the attention of the; council that there were dU or 60 pieces of property in which the city held an equity, with other residents cwning the remainder, and who are occupying same. The councilman stated that he felt it would be a good idea to, have the property cleared up through the Murphy Act. It was ordered that the matter be placed in the hands of the tax commit- tee, with a recommendation that it be cleared up if it was found feasible to do so. About Sewer Project A letter was read from Roy Schroder, state WPA administra- tor, referring to the $10,000 pro- posed by the city toward con- linuing the sewer project, which has been ordered to be shut down } April 15. He stated that the} project will be extended further} than that date only for such time, as may be necessary to complete | the outfall piping extending out | into the harbor. This extra piping| will cost about $1,500, which} amount must be put up by the city to be taken from the $10,000! as proposed, providing that the} — agree to this. Mr. Schroder suggested that the | balance of the money, if appro- | priated, be used for sponsoring other projects that would anc! many men employed. The letter stated that these or-| ders had been received from na- | tional headquarters showing that! it would be impossible at this | time to expend any more funds' in carrying on the sewer project, beyond the date as specified. | Reports Read H Officers’ reports were read, covering activities for the past! month, all of which were ordered | accepted and placed on file. | , Denver | Huron an hour. Grass fires were extinguished | on Albury street, behind the High | School Gyfifiasium, and in the! graveyard, Fire. Chief Harry; Baker claims that the fires are | of incendiary origin. LIGHT TENDER Palm Beach replacing buoys along the inside waterway for the light- house department, according to radio information received at the Key West District headquarters this morning. TEMPERATURES @occecoccevecerccccccecs Lowest Highest t night last 24 hours - 42 66 32 52 24 42 18 24 44 72 12 28 24 34 14 28 62 18 78 42 81 54 82 12 64 48 64 40 52 74 48 8 Station. - } Abilene Atlanta Boston Buffalo Charleston Chicago Detroit Galveston Havana Jacksonville Kansas City ) KEY WEST Little Rock Miami Mpls.-St. P. New Orleans * iNew York Pensacola it, Louis Seattle Tampa Washington ~ Wiliston duction at 1-3 one. AIRBASE GROUP _ MORE HEARTENED |TAYLOR POINTS OUT THAT ON BUOY WORK’ Poinciana has arrived at West; ‘committees work in ; the Key West reasons STRATEGICAL LOCATION ENTERING DISCUSSION Press reports from Washington stating that the Hepburn Board is considering more emphat the possibility that a major base in the Southeastern district should be nearer the Panama Canal have hearted Chairman Charles Taylor of the Citizens committee working in the inter- est of the Key West bid. “Key West strategically is far more important than a base at Miami and certainly more so than one at Jacksonville”, Mr. Taylor said. The chairman point- ed out that emphasis ‘on the sraieere location of “t#é™ city has‘been a main point if!!'the preventing for'!°the base here. Meanwhile preparations of charts, maps, and a report con- cerning the proposed base at Trumbo Island is going ahead rapidly. OBJECT LESSON ROSEBURG, Oregon—First of- fenders in the court of Judge J. E. Wimberly in this city are to} be taken on a_ personally con- | ducted tour of the jail as an ob- ject lesson. The judge believes this a good method of halting criminal careers. OPEN THROUGH JUNE Receiving Guests At Special Rates From March 15 American or European Plan THE FORMER 5.000 ACRE PERKY ESTATE, SUGAR LOAF ISLAND, FLORIDA KEYS—20 MILES FROM KEY WEST . The Waterfront Village (Post Office, Telephone, Etc.) Named’ ” Perky. Fla. owning its utilities, water, lighting. \€i. With its many fine buildings and docks. Announces With Pride Its NEW LODGE Rie every hotel comfort NEW SUGAR LOAF ROOM In the Tavern with Food That is the Best a Dinner Parties Arranged i Eee 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 = Sugar lows Loaf a Club, Inc. ‘elephones, and Operator Miami 3-5246—Perky, Fla.. No. 1 ally i air! SILAS AIS SD VISITGR COMES AND SEES; MUCH TAKEN | UP WITH KEY WEST Among the recent arrivals in Key West from Miami was Emil Hufschmidt, accompan- ied by Joe Cruz, former Key Wester, who is now making his home in Miami. Mr. Hufschmidt stated that through the persuasion of Mr. Cruz he made the trip to Key West, despite many misrepre- sentations made by Miamians concerning this city. The visitor said that on his return to Miami he proposes to inform the Miamians in question that they are knock- ing the best town that it has been his good fortune to visit in the entire country as far as climate, hospitality, good food and plenty of the best drinking water, especially, to be found, with a good supply of water for other purposes as well. Mr. Hufschmidt stated that Key West, from now on, will always be included in his itinerary, due to the fact that he now has first hand infor- mation about the Island City, and promises to spread this information wherever he goes. 1 SLI LISS. s ANNOUNCE DEATH | _ OF REV. W. COONS |. Advices - Geens on February 21 in Schen- weetady, N. Y. He had been ill’ tsimeé he suffered a fractured hip “last May. j Rev. Coons was a former resi-' dent of Key West and at one time ! was pastor of the Baptist church. were received here to-| :dayuof the déath of Rev. Wm. S./ ‘JURORS WILL BE DRAWN SATURDAY EXAMINATION ON MONDAY MORNING: COURT CON- VENES TUESDAY List of jurors to serve in the coming term of Criminal Court will be drawn from the jury box ‘tomorrow morning, Clerk C. Sam B. Curry said today. The jurors drawn will report to the court Monday morning at 9:30 to be examined for eligibility for service. The court will convene Tues- day morning when the case | Fernando Stirrup, charged with | manslaughter who drove a car in | the accident in which Alice Eik- lor, 12, was killed, will be taken | up. Stirrup’s car and the motor- Bike on which Miss Eiklor was riding collided at the corner of TPIS GS SS S| 11875 KEY OF GULF of White and Division streets. FOUND IN RECORDS W.P.A. workers, who are revising Chancery records at the Monroe County Court- house, Wednesday afternoon found an issue of ‘The Key of the Gulf’, Feb. 5, 1875, while digging up mortgage records. In it are many interesting items including a mention of aged resident Fernando Rob- erts, who was in the carpen- try and coffin making busi- ness then and another item mentioning the purchase of a male slave by a negro woman for $1.000 and also her marri- age to him. TTI IIS SSIs { Ahern Funeral Home Aero-Car Ambulance Service "Air Cooled” i AMBULANCE SERVICE | Phone 22211 Miami. Fla. THE BAMBOO DANCE First Time In Key West LA CONCHA HOTEL RAINBOW ROOM Saturday Night Clubbers PRICE FIVE CENTS ‘Mayor. Albury Takes Firm tand Against Delinquents Of Occupational Licenses ‘Two Sailfish, Full Boat | | ‘iow Inspector Given Orders To File Affidav- Catches Marked Recently ‘so Two Hundred P Pounds of" Grouper, By Capt. Bra; | 28 Kish By Capt. Niles; | Odd Sails Two sailfish and full loads! 'were brought in this week as parties started slowing up and to get better |eatehes from less boats at the reef. ; Richard Hoberg of Indian- tapolis, Indiana, had a_ terrific struggle with a 30 pound sailfish ‘and finally landed the 6 foot four inch sail after it had stood on its tail all over the water, thrown itself bodily into the air— land finally brought in, a long} lean, streamlined body with a gorgeous blue sail among the dorsal flopping first to one side and then the other. With Mr. Hoberg was James Cunning, Jr.,! who was in on the remainder of SUCCEEDS JIMMY the catch—three barracuda and| a bonito. Catch was on Captain Henry Weatherford’s “Lucky Strike”. A little longer sailfish, a six) |foot four incher, was brought ini on Capt. Bob Daniels “Dorna D Il” but that fellow packed even more muscle and grit than the other sailfish caught yesterday and weighed 63 pounds. Mr. Sailfish’s bill was lost in the! struggle during his capture. ! Wharton Sinkler II caught the sail. With him was Mrs. Sinkler. captain Phillip Niles on the “Florida” brought his party into the dock with 28 fish including gray snapper, yellowjack, grouper and mackerel. | Two hundred pounds of srouper in addition to four mackerel, three barracuda and an amber- jack were brought in by J. Thompson Schell of Philadel- phia and Wm. J. McDonnell of Cleveland fishing with Capt. Bra Saunders on. the “Patrick.” SSIS PIES S THE CITIZEN ADS READ OVER U. S. The Citizen knows that it is pretty. well circulated throughout Florida but it is extremely gratified to learn that a certain person who is advertising real estate in | The Citizen has received let- ters from all over the union. Advertising Plantation Key property which runs on both sides of the Overseas High- way with Bay and Atlantic frontage he has received let- ters from persons in Miami; Birmingham, Michigan; Bag- | dad, Florida; Washington. D. C.: Philadelphia, Pa.; Na- ranja. Florida: Midland, Michigan: Short Beach, Con- necticut besides scores of lo- cal and key inquiries. _ Advertising under The Citizen plan whereby one need not pay until he has | sold his’ property, the Plan- | tation Key property owner is well satisfied with the re- sults. “I would be willing to give $100 to any agency which sold the property for me. And this way I may sell it for much less”. SIT IeIass ' | NEW YORK BUSY BEE | BARBEQUE | ; Conch peg 1Sc: All Kinds H Sandwiches, 10c "PATRONIZE US IF YOU WANT 34 Until 4 A. M. Sunday ‘ |relief work, one jof safety of passage NAMED SECRETARY 16 President Roosevelt, Col. Ed- win M. Watson (above), who has been F.D.R.’s military aide, will succeed James Roosevelt to secretarial post April 4. YACHT BASIN PROJECT FOR CITY LOOMING PUT 500-FOOT DOCK ALONG BOULEVARD IN GARRISON BIGHT: WIDEN CUT IN BREAKWATER TO 75 FEET Looming before the City of Key , for the West is approval of three projects empioyment of men on ‘for the employment of men on of which is the long-awaited Yacht Basin to be | built in Garrison Bight. The proposai is to build a dock 500 feet long parallel to the Boulevard at the Bight. At pres- ent there is rectangular area with eight feet of water extending 1,000 feet from the entrance at Trumbo breakwater to the Boulevard. It is approximately 500 feet wide. The dock as planned, laying the yachts with their stern into the dock, will provide for roughly 30 yachts. Permission of Trumbo Proper- | ties must also be secured to wid- en the cut in the brakwater to 75 feet to permit a higher degree into the Yacht Basin. The Bight is at present one of the most protected in the State of Florida. . Two other projects, which are in contemplation, is a mosquito- control project on the Island of Key West, and street repair. TONIG sevecccces| At the regular meeting of the City Council last night. the re- pert of Auditor Charles R. Rob- erts was read dealing with delin- quent occupational licenses. The check showed that there were fifty-four delinquents, aggregat- ing an amount of $1,200, which is lost revenue to the city. Councilman started a discussion on the matter, which was joined in generally, to why these licenses had not been paid. Doughtry Mayor Heard Mayor Willard M. Aibury stat ed that if the license inspector Elwood Cerbonell, would furnish affidavits as to who the delin quents are and turn them over to Pclice Cnief Ivan Elwood, that he, the mayor, would see to it that the police department would contact the parties in question, {have them pay up, or subject ; them to arrest in violation of th ilicense law if they did not. The mayor was very emphatic “in his statements regarding the {matter, and said that if the li- feense inspector went at it in the tight way he could depend on the support of the mayor and po- lice department in collecting this revenue. orde that Inspector Carbonell be instructed to obtain the necessary affidavits in each case, and present them to the chief of :police, who also stated that he jwould start at once to contaetethe delinquents and have them meet this obligation, wh is a part of the city’s main rev- enue. Tex Resolutions Several resolutions relative to the execution of quit claim deeds in order that the proper trans fer of certain properties could be made were adopted. Pay Day Ordered It was ordered that a quarter of a month's salary be paid each employe from the funds now available. The employes were given an equal amount yesterday, this making a half month's salary at this time. A bid is read from The Art- man Press of $48 for furnishing sectional post binders and loose- leaf assessment roll sheets, with the H. & W. B. Drew Company of Jacksonville making a bid of $44.25. The Artman Press was awarded the contract To Repaint Signs It was ordered that 10 gallons of paint be purchased for the purpose of repainting the street traffic signs, which were shown to be badly in need of trimming up. The chief of police and his force will start at once to have this work done. Petition Read A petition was read from prop- erty owners and tenants on both sides of Duval street, between Front and Greene streets, re- qusting that the Club Cayo Hueso in the Jefferson Hotel (Continued on Page Six) HT—AT The CABANA COCKTAIL LOUNGE St. Patrick’s Party Music and Entertainment By The Towne Tunesters Featuring JIMMY THOMAS and BOB MOORE SINGING YOUR FAVORITE IRISH SONGS EXCELLENT OVERNIGHT ACCOMMODATIONS.--FT. JEFFERSON CRUISES--$10 ALL EXPENSE TWO-DAY “TOUR...PRICE TOURS 505 DUVAL STREET-PHONE 124