The Key West Citizen Newspaper, April 6, 1939, Page 1

Associated Press Day Wi Service : For 59 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West Key West, Florida, has the most equable climate in the country; with an average range of only 14° Fahrenheit Che Key West Citizen THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN THE U.S. A. KEY WEST, FLORIDA, THURSDAY, APRIL 6, 1939 VOLUME LX. No. 82. PRICE FIVE CENTS Senator Walsh And Congressman Cannon To Visit Key West For Inspection Of Naval Facilities Miamians Approve Steps Taken (County, Board, Orders By Cannon For Key West’s — Printed For Submarine Base Appropriation vertising Key West County commissioners in reg- Grace Phillips, secretary of the ular session last night on motion jocal chapter Red Cross, was | Said To Be Cooperating Wholeheartedly In Mat- see i man, Netame Re ranr"enaie at we one PiSheries Bureau Ma ee { — ter; Many Communicate) Send Official Here To propriation For Propos- eT 2 Inspect Sponge Blight “°“== (By Washington Correspondent | ae teste Press for the sum of $150 in the forthcoming, it would be impos- of The Key West Citizen) | interests of the Chamber of sible to continue activities much | WASHINGTON, D. C., April 6.| Information Contained In COMMERCE BODY ;Commerce. It was suggested longer. ithe Special Aiivertising Fand, and setting forth the fact that her "HEAR MATTERS. Pecks " < " 5 <, $ % FS 4 - ! —Miami, sadly disappointed in Leiter Received Relative! NAMES OFFICERS ; Sheriff Waite, C. F. Davis, of the ‘used in the construction of the} | There was no action taken in/gineer inspector for the PWA, a ‘ Z if a f i that Representative Pat Cannon! ING PASSAGE; ISSUES ARE’ he would giadly give the lumber |EVERETT RUSSELL ELECTED | ting of the board of co aty Attorney H. H. Taylor, Jr., in of charge, and it considered that | | ‘Few Minor Details Remain Seasters Antoun And To Clear Up Perky Right Of Way Highway ! Matter COMMISSIONERS Catiagian Compentnt if The Key West Citizen) WASHINGTON. D. C. April 6 —United States Senator David 1 Walsh. chairman of the powerful Naval Affairs Committee of the Senate. and one of the most poient members of the upper branch of Congress. will visit Key West with Representative Pat Cannon within the next few (By oe pee nase be ou aa Accompanying the letter was a ee nals willbe paid from !°P® from Mrs. Winnie Spencer | ee = jfesidence on James street had | |County Commissioners To |" ras 50 ordered. vere been afire some time ago and re- ; 3 resent at the meeting were questing that assistance be allot- | Assemble Again Tonight Chairman Bervaldi, Commission- b coreestnrentes jyers Warren, Curry and Mon-; 4), Detisvaiewmed | the board | re see P. salvatge, County Attorney Har-' 2+ there sa pasa pa ieee | When Corrected Papers vi.” Cierk Genrer; Clue Tetatyiere ee eo ee " a | Big jber belonging to the material; losing the southeastern air base! : ; f °, : ~ | i : rat * Will Be Submitted Davis Construction Co., ‘con- : : To Subject By Chamber | to Jacksonville, nevertheless ap- | aa aa | pasts) structing the annex to the ¢ourt aay ee seenuine re H ' en other material, which wou e ‘ proves wholeheartedly the steps| RESOLUTIONS READ OPPOS- | house, Charles H. Baker, en- y<cful in the repairs needed and! Of Commerce | —-— j the matter of the deeds to the [2nd 2 number of interested citi- for the work. It was understood | | flaken to ai est. E at a number of carpente a T. Paul S. Galtsoff, of the Bu- > . hsa taken to aid Key West. ae i as eee that eae arpent ad; Dr. Paul S. Galisoff, of the B PRESIDENT: OTHER MAT. According to ithe tone of cor- | Properties night About volunteered their servic Iree A MEETING recu of Fis COURT ABOLISHMENT anp| SALARY REDUCTIONS heries, is expected to the work will be done. Asks For Plane A communication from* W. Johnson, of Tallahassee, ed that the county sponsor plane to be used by him in the proposed Aerocade to represent Florida, one plane for each coun- ty, at the World’s Fair in New York. Oil and gasoline to be furnished by a well known gaso- line company. | Accompanying the communi- cation was one from Tour Direc tor H. C. Whitney, showing that the tour would start from Jack- | hama Island sonville on June 21 and end “With ‘Jacksonville on June 3 aes Mrs.{ (Continued on Page Four) —_ | COFrespondence t respondence flooding the Cannon | office since announcement by the | behalf of the Key West Woman’s = hie nee 7 ;commissioners due fo the fact;€lub, addressed the board rel-| ree sets of resolutions rela- ; coe iol: i i“ ative to signs along the highway | there errors the = Hepburn Board that Jacksonville | tive to bills to be introduced at| — 7 ‘and suggested what action could | papers prepared by the Perky in-|be taken to have a zoning, act 1 2 ad covering the question at issue. Pi - ws erests, which were discover- i e the air base location. Miamians ; Legislature by Representative B. | sages BuPinder,, formes of s ! |ed until the papers were examin- {| ° Roa epartment, sal exptess themselves in no uncer-|C. Papy were read by Clerk Ross i at the orders respecting signs { : ps tain terms that Pat Cannon|C. Sawyer at the commissioners’ |®4 by Attorney W. C. Harris, for !along the highway required them ' ing last night. ithe county, and Attorney J.|*° be 33 feet from the highway, | meetin: taster | and that he had been instructed The first of the bills was that) Lancelot Lester, representing the|to see that orders were carried which provided for the payments > t}out. Many of the signs had been ; é aie ; The Cannon office expressed track funds to the schools. The The attorneys _discussed - the altogether. % : Z ._|second was that bill which pro-| matter for some time previous to Satisfaction with the reaction| vided for the abolition of the’ the meeting with Mr. Perky’s Asks Assistance from Miami and other towns in | timinal court, and the third Pro- | secretary, H. V. Bate, when it} Communication from susiaieivics. ;Vided for the reduction of the was discovered that a date, an jpay a visi to in-| to Key West vestigate in the mailer of th eae days to inspect the naval facili Fre : Ponge blight, which threatens | At di ocean aenioncal ties there. it was revealed today by persons close to had once again been selected as! the 1939 session of the Florida the senator ,destruction of the sponge in j the Chamber of Commerce _ this from Ma:sachusetts. Serator Waish is at Miami re- cuperating from a serious illness. jthere waters. } ' i morning 10 o'clock, the following Chamber of Consul L. In a letter to the British Vice explains the situation officers were elected for the Everett ice President Mel cond Vice Presi en- Commer President = suing I year ell, Fir V in E. ll. s ident William T. Fripp, Treasurer Fred J. Dion. S. C. Singleton S appointed executive should continue pressing for $1,000,000 Key West appropria- | a and it is reported that Represen tative Cannon has induced him 1o make the Key West inspection as part of Cannon's effort to have Senator Charles O. Andrews of } growth sponge tion. {during his recent visit to the letter f further reference secre- 0 our the pong just had a j visit from Dr. Paul S. Galtsoff, 4itte Bureau of Fisheries, WaShing- t | ding Leo Warren, of the WPA, ap. peared before the meeting and, in order to provide sponsorship funds to continue work on the ewer, offered the following sug- gestion: “That the Chamber of Comm > endorse the proposi- tion to be placed before the City Council that sewer and water connecti be extended into property lines, the cost of ma crial to be by the prop- said cost to ap > $10 or less”. would continue em- t for many ~ people of st and work no hardship on any one, the proposition was endorsed and recommended to the city council. Permission was granted L. S. Gruber, proprietor of the Over- Florida offer an amendmert to the pending naval bill providie-) for the appropriation of $1.00. ommissioners Appropriate Fund To Help Legion Unit In Drive For Convention’ Voting an appropriation of $100 delegat and their friends and} relatives assemble. During the parade of the department, the Key West re {sentation will include the rhum dancers in numbers they wil -present on the streets of Fort} ; Lauderdale, the Hospitality Band! a in pirate costumes, Frank Sabini| of ton. who ha the Bahama: tudying thi: just returned from here he has been trouble on behalf of 000 for bringing Key West naval defenses up to requirements. Representative Cannon is be “ides lieved to have left Washington for | Passage of the bills and the pro- discrepancy was found in the ac- visions incorporated and at the ' knowledgement, when the name conclusion of the readings there | of one of the signers was found was but one voice raised to offer to be wrong. Miami to press his campaign for the office of Clerk Sawyer in| of the body remained silent, and! pers under the circumstances, the county court house. for the the resolutions were placed on and it was decided that Mr. Les-|to Arthur Sawtyer Post No. 28 of payment of employes for the | ‘Me table. | ter communicate with Mr. Perky,}the American Legion, the Mon- General Revenue Fund for Janu- PATROL GROUPS j have the corrected papers back in} xe board of county commission- | plgries of county com! NET'S. | important factor. in the a motion for the adoption of the’ Attorney Harris said it would the appropriation before Senaio: ary 1939, and those from the Fine |Key West by tonight, when the ers last night directed the prep- of again taking up the matter and 2Tation of an invitation to the ARE INSTALLED bringing it to a conclusion. 11939 convention of the Legion at ! Walsh. have been dead for not on those which healthy. ne It is not known herc that the when the senator will visit Key and exten- sur to five possible fi d me agin West. but some announcement i: 1 will re rs befor to carry or air {diametrically opposed to the! was written April 15. Another Checks are available today at|Commissioner Warren. The rest sanction the execution of the pa- ber 1938. expected within the next day or Amounts available from the . —% sores = ‘papers. “the “resolution: were ' should have been April 5, and ge {resolutions, and this was that of pe highly improper for him to and Forfeiture Fund for Decem- | board will meet for the several funds include $2,913.56, Fort Lauderdale next week to two. General Revenue; $1,321.66, Fine and Forfeiture; $209.53, Special Advertising Fund; $586.21, Road Fund; $294.20, Excess Fee Fund, and $6,500. Included in the general distri- bution are the miscellaneous bills and payment of bills in connec- | tion with the construction of TUG ADLER TAKES ON FUEL SUPPLY Tug Adler, of the W. G. Coyle Co., of New Orleans, arrived in port Tuesday from Charleston, S. C., for a supply of fuel oil, which was taken in at the Porter Dock Co. | ‘ ' W. Bigelow, | ACTIVITIES CARRIED ON AT, ST. JOSEPH’S SCHOOL | ae | Two more School Safety Patrol! groups were installed this morn- ing at St. Joseph’s School and at the colored Douglass School by C.| manager of the| South Florida Division of the AAA, which is sponsoring Patrol throughout the state The patrol sponsorship is also Youth Service Committee of which Lieut. E. R. McCarthy is; G CHARGED WITH VIOLATING STONE CRAB LAW: FINES IMPOSED { { come to Key West in 1940. Favorable action on the Le- gion’s request for assistance in bringing the Legion convention here next year followed a parade 6f the Legionnaires from their clubhouse at the foot of White- headhead street to county court- house. The parade was lead by a detail of police under Chief Ivan Elwood, Troops 5 and 52 of the Sidney Tullis, William Carey Boy Scouts and the Girl Scout and Chapman Hodgkins, 10 were arrested Tuesday by Deputy Sheriff Rex McLeod, charged with taking stone crabs during \secured through the Rotary Club the prohibited period of March 21 to July 21, were tried in criminal court at a brief session held by |chairman. Present at the ceres Judge William V. Albury yester- monies of installation were Mayor Willard M. Albury, Mr. Bigelow, jR. J. Fenley, assistant to Mr. 7 3 ve supplies secured from local deals| Bigelow; Officer Myrtland Cates, | in charge of school safety patrols ers, and at 5:30 the Adler rut out into the stream, picked up a barge, which was towed from Charleston, and sailed for Nev Orleans. OLD HOME ‘WEEK MURDER y Phoebe Atwood Taylor A NEW MYSTERY OF CAPE COD STARTS TOMORROW IN THIS PAPER in Key West, and assistant officer Basil Tynes; Ernest Ramsey, President of Key West Rotary Club; Lieut. McCarthy, and El- wood Carbonell. Each group was installed with the taking of oaths of office by the officers of the school boy pa- trol. Officer Cates then pinned the badges of authority on the boys, and Mr. Bigelow concluded with a general talk of instruc- tion on the duties of schoolboy patrolmen. Lysle McCown is captain of St. Joseph’s School Patrol, Rob- ert Lunderville is lieutenant and day afternoon. organization, with the Hospitality Band clad in pirate uniforms sup- plying the march music. Tonight the Legionnaires will make a similar appearance be- fore the members of the City Council when they gather at City Hall. It is expected the councilmen will follow the iead of the Chamber of Commerce and After hearing the charges read/the County Commission in back- the three young men entered pleas of guilty to the indictments and were sentenced each to pay a fine of $50, with costs ordered suspended. This was done and the offend- ers departed on the early bug this morning to join their vessel which is at Perrine, Fla. L. BLACKWELL DIES IN Telegram received today an- nounces the death yesterday i: Fort Worth, Texas, of Leland Blackwell, 42, brother of John ; Myrtland Cates is lieutenant. Pa-| Blackwell, of this city. | | | } } | trolmen are Dario Sanchez, Fred tillo, Albert Para, Joseph Crusoe, Julio Torres. Peter Valdez is captain of the Douglass School Patrol, Charles Allen is lieutenant, and Griffith! up the pre-convention ef- forts of Arthur Sawyer Spokesmen for the post before the official bodies are Com. mander William H. Reardon. Commander-Elect W. J. Schoneck | and Al Mills, chairman of the Post. | of Club La Conga in clubs with Slim Vermont, who will do a number of blackface turns when he is not acting drum major for the band. Other th arrangements will be announced | ° later. A special and emergency meét- ing of Arthur Sawyer Post has been called by Commander Rear- don for Friday night at request of Convention Chairman Mills. “We want every member of the post on hand to enter. into some important discussions re- garding our plans for - bringing the convention here in 1940”, Chairman Mills said today. COMPLETING C&G | WORK IN COUNTY RIVES FROM GAL- VESTON Legion’s Convention committee. | Plans for promoting the Key ‘Westward movement of the state department of the American Le- gion before the delegates and visitors at Fort Lauderdale are progressing, Chairman Mills re- today. He announced that Mrs. Julio! |. DePoo had consented to re- it six of the city’s finest iN |rhumba dancers, supply them with costumes, transport them to Fort Lauderdale and act as chaperon for the young ladies at It is understood that funeral‘a series of public appearances be- Valdez, John Costar, Ralph So-/ services and interment will be!fore the American Legion con- Jano, Daniel Sawyer, Hector Cas-| held in the city in which Mr.|¥ention, in the Fort Lauderdale Blackwell died. He is survived Thurston is also lieutenant. Pa-! trolmen are Manuel Cruz, Leo-! ight clubs and hotels where the Lieut. C. L. Anderson of Gal- veston has arrived to take charge of the completion of the records of the field work of the Coast and Geodetic Survey in Monroe county. |. -With Lieut. Anderson are Lieu- tenants Junior Grade Harry F. | Garber and J. C. Tribble. group will work over the records ‘until June 1 when they wiil be transferred to: Pensacola for in- land waterway work. The work to be done by the new group is strictly office work {and there will be no field group i employed. the night; F as/* LIEUT. G. L. ANDERSON AR- The} a at the bli ied from one by vessel transported Dr. Galts au will 2sk ih t 4 | SCHOONER GOES OVER TOMORROW y LOXLEY ARCH SETS TIME } FOR LAUNCHING AT ‘oa Schooner completed t ched at noon ley Arch Citizen te with the expected at that time It was thought that launching might be today but Mr. Arch wa th details of the h it ‘vill be launch- ed, and ordered more strengthen- ing. WCARDLE LEFT TO BOARD SHIP James T. McCardle. machinist in the U. S. Navy, who had been enjoying a furlough of four weeks with Mrs. McCardle their child at the home, tronia street, left on the early bus yesterday for Norfolk, Va. Arriving at his destination Mr. McCardle will board the U. S. Transport Henderson and pro- teed on the vessel, to which he is attached, to various points in the East, en route to the Asiatic Station. The Henderson makes two trips yearly to ports in the East. new Union”, ull be lau forer estern : Hotel, to have the use of the er's office for the purpose alling a meeting of all busi- s and professional persons, to hom the Overseas Highway elebration Committee might be indebted Other bu: was deferred pending a meeting of the newly organized Board of Directors. STEAMER ALAMO SAILED TUESDAY Steamship Alamo, of the Clyde Mallory Lines, sailed Tuesday afternoon for Tampa. The vessel ed in the morning from Nev . with light consignments of ht for local dealers. wo other vessels of the line i to arrive at Key West Ozark from New Or leans and Brazos from Galveston cheduled for arrival Friday eve ning. ness KEERVILLE, Texas — Wild deer are becoming smaller in Texas, says Earl Sanders of this city, state regional game man- ager. Sanders weighed 1,000 deer killed in recent seasons and said that they averaged 76 pounds, dressed. This, he says is much lighter than deer killed a few: years ago. LEAVE ON TRIP Mr. and Mrs. Edwin L. Rob- erts, of Francis street, left this morning cver the highway for a visit in Miami and other points in that section. ELKS, NOTICE Installation of Officers tonight. March 6, 1932, 8:00 o'clock ELKS CLUB Visiting Elks Welcome |New Orleans ; New York Cannon began meking en ef- fort favorable to complete de- velopment of the Key West navy facilities after Key West and Mi- ami lost out in the effort to ob- tain the proposed new southeast ern navy air base. The bill row before ‘the Senate and can only be amended by one of Flor- ida’s two senators. Senators An- drews and Claude Pepper have declared thev are in favor of the appropriaiion and have promised their support of the Cannon pro- posal. TEMPERATURES Lowest Highest Station— last night last 24 hours Abilene I 74 Atlanta 4 Boston Buffalo Charleston Chicago Denver Detroit Galveston Havana Huron, Jacksonville Kansas City Little Rock Les Angeles Louisville Miami Mpis.-St. P. 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