The Key West Citizen Newspaper, April 22, 1939, Page 1

Associated Press Day Wire Service For 59 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West VOLUME LX. No. 96. Kry | THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN THE U.S.A. Nes. Eth Wright Granted Homestead Exemption On Holdings At irae Cove Matter Was Taken Up rn ri ae Meeting Of County Com- EXCEEDED HERE Held This missioners | Se al Morning H ae i | Mrs. Edith Wright. owner of! half interest in Pirates Cove, ap-; BACK IN WINTER’ BY HYDROGRAPHIC | — | THOMAS HART DELPHIA RENEWS HIS SUB- SCRIPTION TO THE CITI- ZEN That tourists, winter visitors jand residents are much impressed with Key West, so much so that they submit written evidence of that fact, has been proven liter- ally hundreds of times in com- munications received at the office of The Citizen. Especially is this {true during the past year since | the opening of the Overseas Highway, bringing multiplied ——- KEY WEST, FLORIDA, SATURDAY, APRIL 22, PATIENT IN.OKLAHOMA HOS- PITAL TARESUPAWORK | SUDDENLY ! While out at Boca Chica, Nor-| (Ry Associated Presey berg Diaz and William Diaz} OKLAHOMA CITY, April 2—| found a bottle floating in the Blindness was closing in upon water and later on turned it| Mrs. C. P. Creamer of Oklaioma| over to the naval station. The | City and a specialist had decided contents of the bottle was shown | Sh¢, Must submit to a life-endan. |to The Citizen by Lieutenant )® "2 operation. 1939 est Citizen CAPT. MAYNARD SERIOUSLY IL jFort Callahan, officer in charge. It is a form issued by the: |Hydrographic Office in Washing- | ton, which is given to masters of | jvessels to be placed in the water} for the purpose of determining ; ithe tides and currents of the; locean. H | The:form in the bottle which! | Her hospital room was tice aSIee OF LIGHTHOUSE: with fragrant flowers but Mrs. Creamer could distinguish only al TENDER IN TWELFTH blur.of color without form. ISTRI! Suddenly she had a desire to} = a paint a picture of the flowers. | “From that moment on I be-| Zan to recover”, she says. Now,: 15 months later, she is producing. Captain Harvard Maynard. of the Lighthouse Tender Holly- SPONGE BUG _ NOT AS BAD AS |MEMBER OF FISHERIES OR-| | GANIZATION PLANS TO} LONDON, April 22 Wer geo- | CONTINUE INVESTIGATION sion in Europe is easing up since | HERE |the nervous condition apparent I Peared before the board of coun-; ty commissioners this morning 40 address them on the matter of| homestead exemption regarding | her share in the estate, which is yhock, attached to the 12th dis- | #vict with headquarters at Mil-| See v ee, Wisc., is reported as be-| Dr. Paul S. Galtsoff, Ph. D., of Bureats of Fisheries “¢ 'Beach, word of which was re- | ington wapeniea we aeie ;ceived at the local department purpose of investigati yy Superintendent W. W. De-! ‘ioe mae $05 eibds tera - : | Sponge blight, said today that he jwas .up near Boca Chica, pigires Sat sell for as much ! shows. that it was dropped in thes > . oo wi i jof the interest being shown in jes cae a eee |Key West is tue letter to The Citi-'24 degrees 41 minutes, north, and| - “It couldn't be anything but a jzen that is reproduced herewith. Longitude 83 degrees 22 minutes, :™itacle” she says. “Something seemed |following immediately upon President ‘Roosevelt's dramatic Plea for at least a ten-year peace delivered one week ago. How- | numbers of visitors to this city. } Am average and good sample approximately 125 acres. Present at the meeting were | (POI OOO DI SIS I Chairman Bervaldi, Commission- | ers Warren and Monsalvatge; At- torney Harris, Deputy Clerk Flor- | ence Sawyer and a few interested j citizens. | After Mrs. Wright had explain- | is ed the situation regarding her} claim, Attorney Harris read the! law and asked several questions j{ Soccceccenecesveccsoces NEWS FLASHES aa) wovese DAYTON, O.—Col. Chas. A. Lindbergh arrived here today in regarding Mrs. Wright's residence | 2 airplane flight of two and one Would do without the enthusiast-! atlanta in Florida, and other activities as | half hours from Washington, D. a citizen entitled to the exemp-|C- He will begin preparations "ewspaper, I cannot imagine, but| Buffalo _ |for a survey of air facilities in then, of course, it is not truly dif-|Charieston Mrs. Wright said she had been this country immediately. Col. ficult for newspapermen to paint Chicago a bona fide resident of Key West Lindbergh is reported to have the true picture of as charming a} Denver tion. since 1933 when she voted, as,t0ld President Koosevelt yester- shown by the records, and had day that Germany’s airplane de-! “Once again and for the.second | Galveston considered herself at that time a/Velopment is ahead of that in the time in our lives, the Hart fam-| Havana resident of much longer duration | United States. as she had not. lived in California. = oe for the past five years. ~ j CHICAGO,” <L-Col. " The question was put to the’ Knok, publisher of the Chicago hoard members and it was unan-| Daily News, in a speech last night upon you once again. : For health | 7 ittie Rock __ imously agreed that the claimant! before members of a newspaper itled t i | association, pessimistically gave opinion, has no equal; for charm, }} ouisville was entitled to the exemption as fifty-fifty simplicity, hospitality and the | Miami Es ichance that there would be war most excellent fishing of a life- ‘Mpls.-St. P. claimed for 1938 and 1939, and it;the opinion of “a ‘was so recorded. Presents Bill Mrs. Philip L. Cosgrove, in half of the Woman’s Club, pre- sented to the board a proposed bill, which State Senator Elmer | SUpport Bag Sat Prams © to Ward and Representative B. C.|*¥ Papy will be requested to have! jin Europe within the next three be-| months”. He advocated that this HALIFAX, N. S.—Finding no the Florida Legislature. The bill is to regulate the plan-' rine of some foreign nation ‘in ning of signs and placards on the eng phair aban Overseas Higiway, in Monroe: *@v© | ves is that the county, as proposed at a former | Majority oe eye ae we meeting of the board and on, Submarine sighting was a false which no action was taken. [reEeet It was decided by the members i | NIAGARA FALLS, Can.—Ca- Eeeeest eat thee meas-' yadian war ‘veterans have under- ure would meet with th approval; t of Senator Ward and Represen- | ‘@ken to guard the property o! jit comes from Thomas Hart of | west, which is the vicinity of Tor-' | Philadelphia, Pa., who, with his ‘family, spent the month of March resort. The letter follows: j boca you my check for a renew- ‘al of my subscription to The Key West Citizen, which is quite one jof the most unique and locally jinformative newspapers that it has been my privilege to read. Just exactly what Key West ic and generous support of its city as Key West. ily enjoyed. the, month of, March midst, i re-| ia your ‘that aS ea have to pass before we descend and relaxation Key West, in our time, it is unsurpassed. “The youngest member of my icle upon the subject of Key j West, to be handed in as his thesis in English at St. George’s, Newport, Rhode Island, where he is a student. So you see that you have infected him with the germ as well as his elders. An import- ant part of his story, I am sure, will be the chapter that deals with the i that swallowed Tommy’s already- | hooked barracuda just off Ameri- can Shoals Light three weeks ago. I am sure that either that adventure will be featured, or the tugas. |my brush over the canvas. My ; Lieutenant Callahan is anxious‘ 4@site to paint was so great ‘in Key West, and intends to spend to contact either of the young "€ver doubted that I would be the coming winter seasons at this'men to secure further data as to 2bJé to do it”. jthe exact spot at TEMPERATURES Lowest ~ 54 . 46 nd . 36 . 64 _ 40 - 48 42 64 - 36 62 Kansas City _ 46 KEY WEST _ 70 . 48 54 44 ae || . 36 New Orleans - New York ___ | Abilene ‘Boston Detroit Huron Los Angeles - |country take steps to protect the famly, T. Hart, Jr., is now busily | pensacola ___ ; Panama Canal and prepare _to engaged upon a 30,000-word art-!pittsburgh __ | St. Louis Zs {Salt Lake City {San Francisco | Seattle {Tampa ..__ | Washington | Williston Highest. Station— last night last 24 hours 76 76 58 58 74 50 74 48 74 Boca Chica; “It is with real pleasure that I where the bottles was found. Mrs. Creamer, suffering from a jnerve inflammation which spe- ‘cialists said surely would cause blindness, was not operated on. She doesn’t attempt to explain i legenasiinscnsceessaeeess gga geall j at my u- j ble has been cured”, she says. , “My_eyes still trouble me and | some day L may be blind, but I keep so busy with my painting I don't have time to worry about it”. |» GOES TO TAMP "4 : |Last trip of the Steamship | Cuba from Havana to Key West until early in June was made lyesterday afternoon when the | ship arrived from the Cuban port |with freight and passengers for 'Key West and Tampa. On the passenger list there were 30 first cabin and four sec- ond cabin for: this port, and 40 | first cabin and two second cabin | passengers for Tampa. | Shown on the ship’s manifest 'were the following items: For | Key West, 13 tons of freight, two {amtomobiles and five sacks of jmail; for Tampa. 153 tons of | freight and 34 sacks of mail. | sixty-pound grouper) e ‘Sitting In With The Lawmakers By GILBERT D. LEACH the captain was stricken, jfrom February 13 until April 19 was in one of the hospitals in that city. Yesterday Mr. Demeritt sent telegrams to West Palm Beach with the idea in view that it would be beneficial to the suf- ifering officer if he could be sent {to Key West and be entered at the Marine hospital. He received the ,information pest the captain was too ill to be {moved either by plane or ambu- {lance, and would have to remain there under the attention of his wife, until sufficient signs of im- rovements were shown to war- rant his being moved. RECENT ARTICLE is continuing his investigations, and is led to believe by his dis- coveries that the sponge beds in the vicinity of the Bahama Is- lands, were greater sufferers than those in these waters. | While the sponge beds in the Bahama Islands suffered greatly jand the growths were destroyed {as much as 90 per cent, he did not think that the wool sponge jin this section suffered damage to a greater extent than about 66 j per cent. | However the yellow and grass | Sponge were completely killed in ; Some sections and in others had suffered to a great extent. In all cases it will be from four to five years before the sponges again become as Htacked by the blight as sponges ‘are vety ‘slow growing ani- mals.” However the doctor does not believe the blight was as great i as wast first estimated, and dis- jplayed a number of sponges | which had been attacked, were luxuriant as; ; they were before they were at-/ moves are being made by dipio- matic corps in practically all capitals abroad. Preparatary to Hitler's officia reply to the President's message to be delivered next Friday, Nazi effort extended towards thorough discount of the “fear of aggression” factor that featured the week-old peace plea. It i reported that all of the thirty-one is a nations involved will reply te in- that they consider “no threat of aggres | sion” exists. Hitler's reply is ex jPected to be non-belligerent | stressing. mainly, Germany's need for markets as its main, future actions. Apparently in support of this jreply is the knowledge now re quiries put by Hitler RELATIVE TO PAYMENT OF badly torn and discolored, but | eased that Germany is making CLAIMS IN INVEST- MENT COMPANY Stockholders in the Tropical Building and Investment Com- pany are continually calling at jthe office of Judge Raymond R. Lord, and asking for dividends = shown by The Citizen, as be- ling paid, which is wrong. One of these owners of stock in the company said to The Citi- zen this morning that it should be more careful in making state- ments in such an important thing jas money dividends. This person was shown a copy of the paper and asked to find the article, and turned to the ar- ticle, and the legal notice, and | which showed every evidence of dropping off the diseased por- ‘tions and were “growing new :and healthy skin.” ! Dr. Galtsoff went out yester- day with several owners of | Sponging vessels, wisited a num- ; ber of beds and spots, and re- ‘turned with a collection of speci- mens in various stages in dis- , integration, which has been given ‘careful study under the micro- scope and various tests with for- mulas. The doctor said he would con- tinue his studies of the growths until Monday when he will leave for a visit to several points on the Keys and then go across the jstate to “other points and will i probably bring his investigations plans to renew industrial rela- tions with France, negotiations that hed progeeded satisfactorily lyp to the Cx¢ite-Siovakia crisi of last Fall, Bub discontinued at that time. 4 52 Italian mats are active-in the Balkan states. As a result, it may be that a‘“leaning towards the Rome-Berlin axis” may be ‘more pronounced than heretofore ‘In overtures to Yugoslavia, fas- \ cists are guaranteeing that Hun- gary will withdraw territorial claims on that country im return for favorable economic conces sions. Turkey, however, is acting to counteract the efforts of the dic- \tators. Offers by that country to tative Papy and was given the! Power companies from sabotage,' thrill of actually seeing a five! z x - = 2s dial wstien din eeuda not | a close at Tarpon Springs. cahale 4 | following the discovery by offi- unanimous approval of the board.’ ini; ‘that 100 sticks of dynamite Attorney Harris was asked to! : 2 : fe ulate th fi th jihad disappeared. While ‘no di wapniels tbe: ne = €! rect evidence of sabotage is ap- ete Smagiers aw fied to; Parent, it has been stated that the representatives of Monroe in}. the Legislature. | RICHARD WAGNER KEY WEST GROUP THIS MORNING ON VISIT TO MIAMI A Key West group left over the o'clock this morning at the resi- | highway yesterday 2s aoe for dence of a daughter, Mrs, Ger- |? weekend visit with relatives trude Ricketts, 1409 Division!and eins = Miami. es t. Amon; party were Mr. * Final arrangements have; Mrs. Charles (Buster) Richard- bee: ii .|son and little son, Bruce Wayne; nm made with the Lopez Fun: . eral Home, and the body will be Hpeecinage Elwood and Filmore taken Monday morning at 10 5 o’clock over the highway to mi-| The group expects to shigg? to ami for tion. Key West late Sunday T- Survivors are the widow, Mrs. | noon. Lottie Gollhardt Wagner; two daughters, Mrs. Elsa Melcher, Chicago, and Mrs. Gertrude Rick- etss of Key West; a son, Richard Lee Wagner, Chicago, and one sister, Mrs. _ Li Smith, Cali- fornia. There are also four grandchildren. Richard Wagner, 80, died 8 LEFT YESTERDAY Walter Price, son of Mr. and (eee pseae wens easier Socccccessececcesccccos You''Shoyld have been here boat, if he decides that this is the a more important ofthe two”. ‘Monday, amd Monday night. Last ae the: sheriffs and -constables and justices’ of the peace, with a eevesceccecese (find the word “stockholder” in z either. jand' hates the rest with a at The article distinctly said twice poser Knish —— Seems — OP nt the body of the article and ithe ilk‘haven’t hesitated to Us€ gnte in the head, that the com- thim for the goat. Blame him for| pany was paying claims ! ‘to. de- “essere "= RULING MADE ON | ' PIPE CONNECTION ‘HOTEL MANAGER CONNECTS UP TO WATER SYSTEM WITHOUT PERMIT At the meeting of the City ,Council held on Thursday night, {the matter of Joe Browne, man- ,ager of the Hotel Jefferson, con- jnecting up with the city water mains without permission, was taken up for discussion. As a result of the matter, City Attorney H. H. Taylor, Jr., has been instructed to take what- necessary against the hotel man- ager. ; SEAT COVERS For Your Car Is Available a “The Only 24-Hour Station” ALBURY’S SERVICE smattering of county commission-| when all in the world he did was ers and members of school boards, : to get some of the submerged migrated, and the cots were full) folks out from under and back of ’em. But this week started off; on the level where they can be with the best crowd-getting sub-| taxed some more. You fellows | ject of them all. The objective, who haven't caught on better} was to see how much the chain! wise up before the ninth day of! store traffic would bear without) June or you will be eternally | folding up and leaving the state.| barred from the holy land. By the time this is printed they’ll| These legislators get blamed all be back home wondering what for a lot of things, most of which , the Legislature is going to do! are “put over” on them. . News- ;about it. Don’t ask me; I'm not! papers pull a lot of hot chestnuts la member. | out of the fire because they don’t |. This isn’t a news column. It know they're hot. First off, these | jcouldn’t be. News changes hour- | legislators are supposed to pit | jly in Tallahassee,and if I tried to) their wits against the best con-| tell you the pewse+this column | niving brains of the “staté “and ‘dog who finished half an ‘two jover, if. éf E ¥ H 4 i 5 Wi uf: : | ? & iy rH t i H i Hy i! if in SH H H i Hi iF 5 i 8 Be i E it fh ; i aj ft | all this mixed-up tax situation | positors, nowhere in article nor |iS, a5 is the doctor, enjoying his legal notice was the word stock- holder used. TWO STEAMERS COME TO PORT Steamship Ozark, of the Clyde- Mallory Lines, arrived in port this morning at 1:15 o'clock from ‘New Orleans, immediately began cluded and sailed for Miami and Jacksonville, 2:15 o'clock. At 3:15 the Steamer Brazos of the same lines arrived in port Texas, began line is due to arrive at Key West New York to Tampa. _ DANCE TONIGHT at Pena’s Garden Of Roses Orchestra No Admission or Cover Charge Bulgaria and Rumania territory and favorable economic rights. England is reported to be in full accord with the negotia tions along this line Russia continues her effort to line up the triple-alliance with England and France | Florida trip to the fullest extent. Po that the Danzig ‘question will be brought to the j —_$_—$—__—__—_ ‘LODGE GROUP fore of the world’s spotlight again i ,next week. British and French concentra j tion of navies at Gibraltar brings forth reports that this “key to | Three lesters, ‘the Mediterranean” is ‘ attendin; ome cate Spot ply fortified for any emmergency dependent Order Odd Fellows, at | London announces plans to take St. Petersburg, Fla.. have return- Over the British Broadcasting ed to Key West with the distinc- Company for dissemination of ition of having honors conferred | Propaganda should the occasion | Frank O. Weech was appointed ; District Deputy Grand Master for CATCHES BUMPS istrict Namber 24; Enrique Es-) 4 nx ansAS CITY. a ere. oe one oe tee ww ient ar the Dr. Galtsoff has as his travel- | ing companion from Washington, |Captain I. V. Mishtout, who, while not an expert, is very much ‘interested in the experiments be- ling carried on by the doctor, and ance firm finds that far fewer accidents occur on Friday the Dangerous! Wet Feet! Ward off Colds and Flu with PRESCRIPTIONS Gardner’s Pharmacy Phone 177 $34 Duval Street