The Key West Citizen Newspaper, March 18, 1939, Page 1

Associated Press Day Wire Service For 59 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West VOLUME LX. No. 66. SRD Equipment For Building. ‘Highway Extension Arrives Believe Work Will Begin) WPA School Project “Is Given Approval Next Month At Lower End Of. Big Pine-Key West Stretch With the arrival of a large, amount of State Road Department | equipment on the lower Keys, the revort that the department plans to begin construction of roadways next month over the, F.E.C. viaducts from Big Pine: Key to Key West seems a cer- tainty. ! The equipment is being placed! at the lower Keys where work wili probably be started, so that the largest number of inated. parallel to the railroad viaducts but are much more numerous. Ross Sawyer wired the State’ Road Department this morning! information ; announcement! for amplification of but received no concerning it. It is reported that the county, State Road Depart- ment and R. C, landowner, who has tendered his land title to the right of way in question to the county, have airived at a compromise satisfac-; tory to all parties. CONTRIBUTIONS ACKNOWLEDGED Acknowledgement of Key. West's contribution to the United Jewish Appeal, Inc. in the ap- peal for funds for Refugees and Overseas Needs, was contained in a letter received by the local chairman, Joe Pearlman, yestei-' day. The sum of $188.50 was acknowledged as dispatched by the local committee on March 7th. Mr. Pearlman takes this means in thanking all who con- tributed to this fund. Lowest Highest Station. - last night last 24 hours Abilene 42 70 Atlanta 40 56 Boston 22 38 Buffalo 12 20 Charleston 46 62 Chicago 12° 22 Denver 26 38 Detroit 12 22 Galveston 54 64 Havana . 72 Hurow 8 Jacksonville 44 Kansas City . 28 KEY WEST _ 71 Little Rock 36 Los Angeles — 50 Louisville 26 Miami 72 Mpls.-St. P. 0 New.Orleans _ 54 ee York 26 Pensacola 50 Pisteborgh 16 St. Louis 26 Salt Lake City 34 San Francisco 50 Seattle 40 Tampa .. 53 Washington 28 Williston — 0 oe 10th Anniversary Dance |) TONIGHT AT CLUB RAUL With Gala Floor Show 10 P. M. ‘TILL ?? John Pritchard’s Orchestra with MARY ANN SWINTON No Admission No Cover or Minimum 24 62 34 80 56 64 38 76 14 62 42 64 30 34 58 70 56 72 46 Se | ‘ | iam wooden ‘ bridges at one time may be elim-| The wooden bridges run} Perky, principal - CUTOUT IS 225 SPONGING William Spencer, who came into Key West yesterday for cigarette supplies for his | crew, reports that he has 225 buncnes of sponge in two - i weeks’ fishing, an unusual catch. Last week, Capt. Walter Lowe. who has been out some time, reported a catch of over 400 bunches. There were no sales yesterday at the Municipal Sponge dock, and it is expected that the | larger sale# will begin the | latter part of next week when the majority of the sponge fishing fleet will ar- rive in the city. A good month's fishing is usually 100 bunches. Fad athauths hncthathatted SCHOONERMEN WORK ON SPARS | SHAPING UP 80-FOOT SPAR “TOBA EXPECT LAUNCH- *hvonday next, according to Mr. ING APRIL 5, Workmen on the cable exon er are today shaping up the main-! mast spar, which will be about} 80 feet when installed. Cut for; Stepping the mast has already jbeen made. e The cabins are nearly complete, | with 11 bunks forward installed, and four, including the captain’s | room, aft. There is a hatch 45 feet by 21, with cable space, ex- pected to occupy 30 feet, prepar- | ‘ed. All hatchways have ‘constructed with the trim white and varnish. The sides have been painted; white with deck trim in gray.; Bottom has been caulked and put-| tied and wll be painted with! | copper paint a few days before jlaunching. Launching is expect- jed April 5. ‘WELFARE ROLLS ~~ GET NEW CASES / STILL GREAT NEED FOR DE- PENDENT CHILDREN ITEM For the March rolls of the State ; Welfare Board in Monroe Coun- | ty, 16 old-age cases, two new aid to the blind cases and one aid to dependent children case have ‘been added, supervisor Mrs. |Gladys Roberts told The Citizen. | In Key West at present there are 487 old-age, 117 aid to the; blind, and six dependent children | lana being supported by the} Greatest need is for dependent ,children with a survey some time | ago indicating that there were 500 jcases in Key West which needed ifunds badly. The last state legis-| lature appropriated $400,000 for| the entire state for this item. Ef- (fort is being made to increase the budget allowance in this particu- lar. Figuring on 500 cases the coun-| ty’s needs would be for a budget lot $12,500 for dependent children. |” BUNCHES IN WEEK (| been! in} THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN THE Key West, Florida, has the most equable climate in the country; with an average range of only 14° Fahrenheit Che Key West Citizrn U.S.A. KEY WEST, FLORIDA, “SATURDAY, MA MARCH 18, 1939 PRICE FIVE CENTS MONROSK COUNTY. 15, WIENESSES PROFFES WELL woop VS 4 50 JURY.NAMES DRAWN F' |SHOWN IN REPORT. ISSUED BY WELFARE BOARD; EN- | EXAMINATION; ADD FENCE, TIRE STATE GIVEN SUB. | PICKET CHARGE TO DOCK-: | STANTIAL AMOUNT | ET i JACKSONVILLE, March 18— witnesses who will be called to} lorida recipients of public as-- testify by the state against ~*~ sistance received cash payments’ pando Stirrup, who will stand | aggregating $8,075,885.74 from! trial ‘Tuesday morning in Crim-j July 1, 1937, when the State Wel- inal Court for mansiaughter fare Board assumed _ office,' charges in connection with the a, .'death of Alice Eiklor in an auto through February, 1939, accord- Food iibicekieaneident. | ing to announcement here from Approximately the sam¢ num- | the state ,oifices of the board. ber is to be called, by the de- | State funds comprised $4,051,- -fense. | 181.37 of.the total and federal! The case of- Kermit Forbes ; funds $4,024,704.37. The federal against Alpheus Dean and Victor H f ___|government matches state funds Dean has been added to the | Apnouncement of continuation | gojjar for dollar in the payment docket, which will be sounded lof renovation work at Division|of old age asistance and aid to Tuesday. Forbes charges” the | Street School was made by Mel-!the blind and one dollar for two coer Lah bas a ay wee in the ment of aid to. depen- | 0n, to wit: a fence picket, on him, vin E. Russell, local superinten- {dent chives - eHisieeut Hime quite aibIe dent of public instruction, coin- Total payments in the three! A list of 50 juror names were jeident with a wire dispatch tO categories were announced ‘as: firawn from the jury box this ‘Phe Citizen from Senafor Claude! fold age assistance, $7,653,992.74, Morning with the group instruet- ; | Pepper. Work is scheduled to aid to dependent children, $79,-..¢d to report Monday morning for | | start in two weeks. 4431; aid to the blind, $302,462. | examination by the court. oe ices ig See lrie | The aid to dependent chiidren; Following are the ne wine | program was retarded by a leg-! ames drawn: “It is indeed a pleasure to tive provision that it must be! Dan L. Navarro, Walton Park, advise that WPA Project No. /tinanced from the General Fund, Edwin W. Albury, Manuel Del stent haem SRERCERAIT. [MI es nied 4: }0r, Juan AL. Berennden, Levate 5 In Monroe County a grand to-;°T. ” akan tee a isito !tal of $135,258.50 was paid out by | A. Valladares, Sumner Sweeting, basco pre} \the State Welfare Board for pub-'P. D. Huddleston, Ignacio J. improve the Division Street [ji assistance during the 20!Avala, Orlando Caraballo, James | School building and grounds”. |months covered by the report.: Brady, Charles Fernandez, J. Ro- | Sponsorship funds of the Coun-'This was sub-divided as follows: 12nd Adams, E. C. Gomez, Max- ty School Board, raised at the Old age assistance, $121,038.50; ‘imo Diaz, John Walker, Leon ume of the original projects fori aid to dependent children, $405; , Haskins, Frank Balbontoni, J. R. both Harris School and Division |aid to the blind, $13,815. | Castillo, George Curry, Paul O. ; Street School, hold over on the! Public assistance grants in’ ‘Roberts, Antonio Cabrera, Whit- | above WPA project as well as the \Florida have gradually increased | M¢Y-R. Papy, Clifford Watkins, renovation project -at Harris! and for January of this year had | \Artubo\., Henriquez, Hugh Wil- Sehooh work on which will start| attained a total of $535,236, or/liams, C.-G. W. Park, Ralph B. ft at the rate of more than $6,000): | Garcia, Jr., Elijah Sands, Thom- per annum. jas M. Felton, Juan Carbonell, Jr. j “We ; Alexander Wilson, Stanley oe | a) Soveerveeccce iJose Machin, Sr., George | Spencer, Paul L. Archer, vas ‘HUNGRY SHARKS, OCTOPUS, LIVE POLYPS, sss (t= ® 9 Bethel, Frank Lones, Frank ‘Guerro, Donald J. Curry, Lain | ' Dobbs, Charles M. Hilton, Vic- | lees Lowe, Leonard T. Curry, Ed- | y B. Parker and Will P. Role \ (Special to The Citizeny There ‘are approximately 15} |Calls For ‘Minlbiee Of: | Over Six. Thousand Dol- lars At D Street School ivision,, juror | | | 1 | Russell. owe eee eae ‘Unusual Catches Occasion Interest In Open-Air Tanks eee wee eae ‘LAZY GROUPER, GOLD HIND IN AQUARIUM “* | MARTIN KEY WAS | i ROSSOHOHSOSOHSOOHOSSESHDOSOOSOOSOSOSSOOSEFOCELES? | Some very peculiar happenings: A 60-pound turtle has been around the Key West Tropical ; added to the pens along with the Open-Air Aquarium have been | 500- -pound — loggerhead turtle. | j noted by Superintendent J. J.| Romero told The Citizen that, Romero. \ shortly 6-9 large turtle :vould be! Elwood Key reports that his’ For instance, there is the shark | bought and placed in the crawls. | father, Martin Key, was srtuck which was being changed from} One of the largest porcupine ‘by a lightning bolt and knocked ' ‘one pool to another and bit a' fish seen in some time 1s at pres- down Monday. bayiasarhicreteniiys At. present |bobin the Aquarium. Iisa tlie joo ee Comm | Some! ; if sear ea ith, Pounder. time back and broke his hip. He e has been placed in a 2001 wi i | P | Twenty large green morays and was recovering well. from that! ;many grunts and snappers. He! oo speckled ones: writhe slither- accident, when the bolt! fell Mon- | doesn’t bother them much, but! Z i day and stunned himi! He reports | ingly alongsida the glasses show- | when he gets hungry, watch out! | ingithelr wiaksdedebeh and ‘crite that it has brought»baek“the pain! | Because he’s going to eae up 8 | eyes. a his hip. |fish or two. ‘ A tragedy occurred this roi One of the most perfect speci-| vitlanous Mr. “Oétopus reached’ LIONS 10 AT TEND i jmens of palaces rte pee NM! out and grabbed a grunt, and by placed in one of the tanks re-/ioqay had eaten its entire head | DELRAY MEETING | Anywhere are at present gambol-° ing in the tanks of the Aqua-! Members of Key West Lions ium. They are secured with a Club plan to compliment the | cently. When taken out of wa-' os jnet in See Creek. 'newly-formed Delray Lions Club \ter it is like a freshly washed | piece of gold. Unusual in color,' ‘by personal appearance in Del- MANY ARE PAY PAYING ray next Monday evening, ac- The only tarpon in cia too, are the royal purple parrot) ‘fish, not often caught. Queen | triggerfish with their cannibalis- tic war paint colors are amusing | and really beautiful. Most mut- tonfish have gray tails but in the! y aquarium this week is one sie! fe es Seca cr tne local a regal, . club last Thursday evening at People passing the grouper tank| Stone Church Annex. Meeting often think that they are atl dead | was called to order at 6:30 o'clock \from their lifelike positions. To- ‘by Lion president H. E. Day: day one was lying completely flat} City Tax —— :The marks the Char- on its side, having cameleon-like|Sam B. Pinder reports a Pe ter Night ge > a of the new changed color, and apparently |Tush of those wishing Pay clubs > * jdead. Another was upside down | their delinquent taxes under ,the| |..A/ plan of inter-club meetings floating near the glass. Others | 80 percent: reduction plan now. in between the’ Redlands, Coral | were sprawled all over the tank. | effect with about 35 in his office’ Gables and Key West Lions clubs | An interesting exhibit is that|in the last few days. was brought up_ for, discussion of live coral Of a brown-| Extension has been’ granted: by.|and deferred’ for later, action. ish color and. the same trac-j the city until June 1.° Mr. Pinder; Dori Price, of “‘trumbo .. Hotel, | ings as the type of coral they |©XPects his office to be extreme-|was voted into "membership. | leave behind them it is wonder- |!y busy until the deadline date. ‘Stanley Cooper was a guest. ful to irhagine that these crea- i Pek =~ See ! a build large coral islands. DANCE TONIGHT —AT—" | Pena’s Garden Of Roses | GOULD CURRY’S Seven-Piece Orchestra | | | BONEFISHING EXCELLENT. RECORD HOLDING GUIDE ED. BARRY PERMANENTLY AT PERKY. FLA. | No Admission or Cover Charge | i | the }cident occurred approximately 67) Senator Andrews’ Action On (PSTIRRUF Submarine Base To.Be Guided By Report Of Hepburn Board ‘Automobile Capsizes On With their rear axle breaking! in half a car driven by a tourist! group from Miami travelling to! Key West turned completely over on Grassy Key yesterday with | Mrs. Sally B. ceiving bruises. The Florida Motor Lines bus which was travelling Key i , West stopped and brought all ‘the party into Key West. Mrs.! Poffenberger, suffering from shock and bruised chest and back, was placed in a local hos- pital for observation. She is from Boonesboro, Md. With her in the car were her brother, H. L. Adams, John G. DeBruin of Orange City, Iowa, and Mrs. Mona Barnett of New York City. The car was travelling at a moderate rate of speed the party | told The Citizen but the axle; breaking caused it to turn com-j pletely over. in the middle of’ Overseas Highway. The ac-| Poffenberger re- | to iles north of Key West. ® JAYCEES’ ASKING. LICENSES FOR | STATE DRIVERS | INVESTIGATE BEACHES’ al VELOPMENT: STATE JAY- CEE PRESIDENTIAL CANDI-; DATE DUE WEDNESDAY In connection with a state ses cee drive for stele requirements | for drivers’ licenses in all Florida cities, the Key West Junior; Chambet df Commerce will co-| /operate and will investigate the possibilities of establishing driv-: ers’ licenses!in Key West. It was pointed out that the | present city'charter has ample power to enforce drivers’ licenses requirements. It was also point- ed out that many in the city have little knowledge of drivers’ rules ‘and an examination would bring these regulations before them. President Weintraub announc- ed that Campbell Thornhill, can- didate for state Jaycee president, and Hayes Wood, Miami attorney, would be met in Key West by a Jaycee delegation at the Alibi Restaurant probably Wednesday afternoon. The beach committee was: re- vived with confer¢nces to called soon forthe purpose at cleaning up South Beach and tor | the development of other beach; sites on the nearby Keys, which | will not require beach sand build- | ing. oe | We Need Money SALE! PRICES GREATLY REDUCED Your Present CAR Taken In Trade EVERY CAR MUST BE SOLD Open Sunday Morning NAVARRO’S USED CAR MARKET Simonton and Fleming Sts. | Highway Yesterday; One Of Occupants - Injured HONORED AT BROWN COURT WAS PAID Chief Justice C. E, Hughes (above), 76, when this distinguished jurist was honor guest at a capital meeting of Brown University Alumni. HASKINS GOING TO NEW' JERSEY WILL INSPECT LIGHTHOUSE VESSEL RECENTLY CONSTRUCTED Henry B. Haskins, bisistant! superintendent. of. lighthouses, Seventh District, expects to leave Monday for a trip which will eventually’ bring him to Camden, N. J., to inspect the new light- house vessel, “Zinnia”, which will shortly be brought to Key West. Trial run of the Zinnia will be March 24. It is pected that the crew of the v 1, picked from Key West personnel, will leave next week to bring the vessel down. Poppy arrived last night with pile-driving barge No. 1 from Mi- ami. The Zinnia will take on the |present duties of driving stakes |and similar work, whcih the Pop- be | PY is doing. The Poppy will then ‘tend lights along the Reef. Tender Ivy has arrived in Mi- ami. MORE SUBWAYS MOSCOW-—Plans for the third section of the Moscow subway, to consist of two new lines aggre- gating about nine miles in length, ‘have been approved. The new lines are scheduled to be ready jfor operation within two years. NEW 1939 CHEVROLETS Cars Delivered From $749.00 Truck Delivered From $695.00 Mulberg Chevrolet Co. | Statement Was Made In | Reply To Peter Knight, Who Is Working In Be- half Of Key West (By Washington Correspondent of The Key West Citizen) WASHINGTON, D. C., March 18.—Senator Andrews declared today that “he would be guided by recommendations of the Navy Department and the Admiral Hepburn Commission in any deci- sion concerning the location of a submarine base at Key West”. The Senator issued his state- ment in connection with a re ply to Peter O. Knight of Tampa who wrote him recently | urging ; Support for increased activity on , behalf of Key West. Although Senator Pepper ceived an identical letter from Knight, his secretary said that he would not answer it because it was a duplicate of one sent to the Senior Senator and thus re- ‘quired no reply. Pepper's atti- tude is also one of waiting for the ‘decision of the Hepburn conmnis- ‘sion before making reconimenda- tions. Knight claimed that Key West had in effect been discriminated against because other communi- ties with more population could exert more political pressure on the Administration in Washing- | RECEIVES AWARD Frank Delaney has received a golden-circle award from Alpha Tau Omega fraternity for se: re in the organization more than 50 late Mr. Deianey attended Bingham school in North Carolina and there was one of the charter Be mbers of the fraternity. ‘VANDERBILT YACHT ARRIVES IN PORT W. K. Vanderbilt's yacht “Al va” arrived in Key West harbor yesterday from Cuba and is pre paring to go to Tortugas for 2 fishing excursion. On the return from Tortugas the Alva will leave for Miami. re CAR STOPS HORSE RICHMOND, = Ind.—When milk-wagon horse - ran here in a flash-back to the ( Nineties, an automobile v used to stop it. David Porter- field drove his car in to the horse’s path. TONIGHT 10:00 O'CLOCK GRAND ANNUAL || MASQUERADE BALL Big All New. Latin-American Revue—featuring .. . JUANITA and TONY in Rhumba as it is done in the interior of Cuba. |; AMERICAN and RHUMBA i ORCHESTRAS Confetti — Serpentines Masks—Free Five Beautiful Costume Prizes . + Cuban Maracas presented at entrance to all who come | in costume. SOCIETY RHUMBA and CONGA EXHIBITIONS Admission — $1.00 Per Person j | j ! j i i EXCELLENT OVERNIGHT ACCOMMODATIONS-’FT. JE JEFFERSON CRUISES-$10 ALL EXPENSE TWODAY “TOUR..PRICE TOURS 505 DUVAL STREET-PHONE 124