The Key West Citizen Newspaper, May 10, 1939, Page 1

The Key West Cit KEY WEST, FLORIDA, Wi (MANY REVENUE?’ (Twelve Building Under Observation; Little agro | sted nd Danger Ot Its Spreading: lissued from the office of Build-| SERIES OF BILLS TO SUP- ing Inspector Harry Baker for Authoritative Statements CALLAHANS ARE i PLANT THOSE RELATIVE the first period of the month of May number twelve and the} | Are Made By Dr. War-| Associated Press Day Wire Service For 59 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West most equable clim th country; with an erage range of only 14° Fahrenheit VOLUME LX. No, 111. SDNESDAY, MAY 10, 1939 Can ; PRICE FIVE CENTS mits Ksned PARIORROGRAM. Hoye’ Passs Bil roduced. sind OF Moth pvc exoveo| BY Pay Fig Compensation = Of Monroe County Commission SENATE GIVEN [Members Of Board Under Infantile Paralysis Cases i er, Vernon Albury; 000. Repairs to roof of cottde shop 826 Caroline street. Owner, |. P. Nelson; cost, $75. Repairs to roof at 816 Thomas} eet. Owner, W. S. Kuck-| hn; cost, $100. Build garage at the corner of cost, HOSPITALITY BAND HEARD IN SEVERAL SELECTIONS AT ENTERTAINMENT GIVEN LAST NIGHT TO AD VALOREM TAXES 'igtal is $2,475. Work on the dif-| TO BE CONSIDERED |ferent buildings is described as ‘follows: i ren Relative To Its Pres- ence Rumors concerning cases of In- | fantile Peralysis in Key West | have been in considerable circu- lation, so mucin so that The Citi- zen deems it necessary to make | this release in which authoritative statements are made by Dr. Wil- liam R. Warren, City Health Of- ficer. As a result of this investiga- tion, it is stated that there very few cas servation are under ob- danger of spreading of the disease appears imminent. In an interview with Dr. War- ren, it was pointed out that many exaggerations cxist in the spread of concerning Infantile Paralysi With this in “verha the facts published about the actual con- dition s nuw and no rumors cases. mind. tien would serve a geod pur- pose”, stated the doctor. Whe of F asked how many cases 5 there the city, Dr ren stated that there were four cases reported. “The: have been investigated and are Lemg closely watched by repre- ntatives of the U. S. Public| Health Service, State Board. of| Health and City Health Officer?) The cases are all ali under five years of age, only one child at- tends sci:ool, a private school in this city “Because of the above facts in regard to fewness of cases, au- thorities here are agreed that placaiding of houses, closing of schools and stringent regulations causing economic upsets are un- necessary”. Further informing The Citiz concerning the disease, Dr. We re lated that “Infantile Paraly- sis, or Acute Anterior Poliomye- litis. was described, by the An- cient: 1500 B.C. Up to the pres- ent time, intensive research by numerous scientists and the ex- pnditure of millions af dollars ly si were in have not determined the manner in which the disease is contracted ,for the tanks at the Porter Dock Phosphate, netting $4,400,000 and Olivia and it remains a mystery. “Unlike other febrile diseases and those of any acute nature, Port Arthur and went direct to Plan als close association does not spread the disease and it is very rare for two members of the World-wide, the disease is con- n-contagious, and this too, in Key West, as are widely separated and of association has been |} obtained”. | As to precautions to take, Dr. Warren quotes from steps taken in orders issued to the personnel of the U. Army Barracks. The precautions are issued in four classifiantiot follows: Contacts—Prevent needless con- tacts. Avoid crowds, parties, pasteurized milk or bring raw milk to. the boiling point. Thoroughly wash all food used in the raw state, such as fruits and vegetables. Sprays and Gargles—Have not proven of value and in young; children may prove harmful. Vaccines—Have not proven of value in preventing the disease. Fresh air, sunshine, good food, cleanliness, avoidance of fatigue and overexertion are advised by Dr. Warren, adding, in a lighter vein. that if people wished to employ “camphor bags, amber beads, lucky stones, etc., to com- fort. their superstitions, there would be no harm done”. JITTER-BUGS REBEL ST. JOSEPH, Mo.—The young | folks of Lafayette High school are in rebellion against jitter- bugging. They held a party and invited parents, teachers and_ students to wear old fashioned clothes and dance “‘the old sedate’ from Galveston on the Brazos! phone 177 dances.” I GOING ON TRIP General repairs at 1014 Packer ‘street. Owner, Rob._Lowe; cost, \ fogarty and Georgia _ streets. wher, J. B. Webb; cost, $100. TALLAHASSEE, Fla., May 10 $100. Repairs to porch of school: Last evening before a large Provisions Of Measure Lieutenant Fort Callahan, U. '(es)—Proponents of a series of” General repairs at 907 Packer] \S. N., officer in charge at the naval station, will leave early Friday morning for Miami, ac- companied by Mrs. Callahan. At Miami the lieutenant will jentrain for Pensacola, where he'an estimated $47,900,000 to be| goes to take the examination for promotion to the rank of ljeu- tenant commander, which will oc- cupy 10 days. During his absence L. M. Pierce, aidé to the officer in charge, will be in general charge of all mat- ters in connection with the busi- ness of the station, and Chief Radioman Webster, will be in charge of the radio station. Tender Ivy, of the lighthouse department, which left Monday with As: mt Superintendent Henry B. Haskins on an inSpec- tion trip to Tortugas and Re- becca Shoals lights returned yes- terday, at 5 o’click. bills that would supplant the $41,- istreet. Owner, Mrs. Eugene Rus- 341,476 state and local govern- Sell; cost, $100. ments in Florida are now receiv- Pcie enti ee ing from ad valorem taxes with : cost, $100. | Repairs to roof at 222 Southard street. Owner, Jake Aronovitz; cost, $100. Move and repair one story business building at the corner of _Petronia and Simonton. streets. COLORED MAN TRIED TODAY) collected from three percent tax- es on retail sales, restaurants and amusements, hotel,’ transportation and utilities -re¢éipts and sever- ance of natural resources, expect to get their program before the Igislature within the next ten! days. ! Exhaustive tables, showing ; how much money could be ob-{ tained if the program is adopted j jand where the revenue should | go, were made available here this :week and the adoption of the ONLY CASE HANDLED IN SES- pias, said, depends | - s19N OF CRIMINAL COURT legislators THIS MORNING 1 { | upon what happens when house! | _and senate appropriations com-| mittee balance their books and ascertain how much money is} needed. Another factor, they said, | was whether bills to abolish the posed of in criminal court this state ad valorem property tax are | : passed and whether the legisla-."!"ing that of George Golden, ture submits to the people at the colored, charged with petty lar-j {1940 general election a constitu-'ceny. The prisoner entered a_ There was but one case dis-} building at 1014 Simonton street. Owner, St. Joseph’s school; cost, $500. » Repairs to roof at 1119 Varela and enthusiastic audience an ex- (cellent musical program was pre- ‘sented in Bayview Park in cele- street. Owner Mrs. Sarah Tynes; bration of National Music Week. cost, $100. Key West, it is said, should in- om oo ; i diles Frank Saun- ‘talent shown off! this program. Bes COB,” S , High professional’ statidards were bag Owner, J. Y. Romagitera; maintained throughout and in st, $100. ;No ‘case poor musicianship or se- HOUSTON LEFT ! One of the most important con- ‘tributions on the program was FOR ATLANT ,Mills White, supervisor of Fed- See jeral Music Project concerning ;chestra which is to give a. con- QUALIFICATIONS OF POST- je in Key West on Thutsday MASTER. APPLICANTS - {i- ‘under the direction. of John {Bitter expert flutist and com- W. J. Houston, Field Service| A very informative talk by one Examiner for the U. S. Civil of Key West's most talented in Key West to examine into the Worth, was much appreciated. qualifications of the applicants Sire Sooke atone eye esugenc } Repairs to floors at 924 South-'deed be proud of ‘her musical \ General repairs to 916 ‘Duval ae lection evident. { the announcement by George CAME HERE TO EXAMINE the Florida State Symphony Or- night, June 8th. This orchestra oser. Service Commission, who arrived musicians, Mrs. Haydn Illing- she said she was glad to see com- This morning the tender was tional amendment to do away plea of guilty and was sentenced ,fér appointment as _ postmaster, munity singing gaining pop- at the Mallory dock taking on a with all other ad valorem levies by Judge William V. Albury to' completed his investigations yes- of three struc: to be installed load consisting tures which are ‘at Charlotte’s Harbor. TWO DIVORCE ‘DECREES SIGNED Final decre were yesterday signed by Judge Arthur Gomez and’ filed in the. office of Clerk Ross C. Sawyer, clerk of circuit court in the following divorce cases. M. Euginia Hall, nee Gulley, from the husband E. James Hall. Charge, extreme cruelty. E rique Garcia from Rose Gaetano Garcia, Charge, desertion. TANKER ROANOKE COMING HERE Due to arrive in port Friday morning is the Tanker Roanol ments of gasoline and diesel oil Co. The. Roanoke was loaded at where Wilmington, Delaware, dischatged. part ofthe cargo wa same After. dischat@ing at Kev ‘Wést economical tax ;.c Hegtions and; S I household to get the disease.!the ship will proceed on thé're- ‘the recapitdlation Shows a sur-,two brothers: Froilan Vazquez of | ave been summoned that would ‘as’ master of ‘ceremonies, turn trip to Port Arthur. WPA LAYOFFS | HERE FRIDAY Reductions in the forces em- ployed on WPA professional and service projects were announced today at headquarters of the WPA. The order for the propos- ed layoff will become effective on Friday, May 12. There were no names of in dividuals who will be affected an- nounced, but it was definitely as- serted that 17 of the workers at the sewing room and three who are employed on the horticultural project are to be dispensed with:! ‘STR. COLORADO LEFT TUESDAY Steamship Colorado, of the Clyde-Mallory Lines, which ar- rived at 1:30 o’clock yesterday ‘afternoon with cargo of heavy shipments for the lighthouse de- | partment and consignments of miscellaneous articles for local merchants, sailed at 5:30 for Tampa. There were 180 bales of cotton consigned to the WPA in Tam- pa, which were shipped on the Colorado. The cotton arrived last Friday. local units during the past thirty-five years of the Texas Co., with consign- three percent tax on county, municipal and district.!pay a finesf $50 and costs or} The revenue table follows: ‘spend 90 days in the county jail.) ! To be paid by purchaser. Three! Golden was arrested in Miami lrercent sales and use tax to raise ' following the theft of two small ‘$18,000,000 and to go to state and: fishing reels and one large. one, ‘local units; three percent res- {two quarts of Scotch whiskey taurants and amusement tax tox@nd.foyr.auarts of wine from a) faise $2,000,000 and to go to state | vessel owned by Captain Walter! and local units; three percent ‘Starck. . real estate sales tax to raise $12, | It is understood’ that when the 000,000 and to be prorated to local | vessel entered port at Mardthon | units where collected, |that the goods disappeared. Gol- To be paid by property owner, |den was suspected and traced to | Three percent gross hotel receipts !Miami where he was arrested, tax to raise $1,500,000 and to be | brought to Key West and given) prorated tg local units where col- , Preliminary hearing before Peace lected; three percent gross rent-| Justice Enrique Esquinaldo. | als and. leases tax:to raise $2,-! Baer pds 700,000 and to be distributed inj same manner; a_ three percent tax on transportation companies’ ;revenue end a_ similar ‘tax on JOSE VAZQUEZ, 68, evenue of public utilities, on DIED THIS MORNING for state and local units. leuneRAL aude: 9o an! To be collected from processors and passed back to property own- | HELD TOMORROW AFT- 8 ERNOON: A three percent tax on} stumpage value of timber prod-! ucts, $1,000,000, to ‘be prorated to} where colleéted; aj t all other; Jose Vazquez, 68, died 10 o’clock such as'this morning at his residence, 407 street. Funeral services! {will be held tomorrow afternoon , itchard’s Fun-} | | | products of the land, similarly distributed. The analy of the new tax |5 o'clock from, Pr estimated $3,000, Re annual sav-:of the Batin:Methodist church, ings, brought ahqu through more | will officiate: The deceased is survived by; plus of $6,558,524. as between Tampa and Manuel Vazquez of present total ad valorem revenue | Cuba. jand the estimated income from | ‘AMERICAN LEGION | DIED LAST NIGHT, MEETING TONIGHT | j |FUNERAL SERVICES TO BE| CONDUCTED THIS AFT- ERNOON There will be,a meeting of the} American Legion Post held to-! night, beginning at 8 o'clock. This will be a joint meeting; with the Auxiliary, with installa- tion of officers to take place,.. All members of both organiza- jtion are’ requested to be. ,,in, ;at- .tendance. Gregorio Valdez, 60, died last ‘evening at 6:30 o'clock in his resi- {@eneed” at 1221 Duval. street. Funéral services are to be held {5 o’élbck this afternoon, Rev. R. J\Mullin, S. J., of. St. Mary’s }Star'of The Sea Catholic church ‘officiating. Survivors are: ‘ FAR INTO THE KNIGHT, EMPORIA, Kas.—Mary Hughes, : | who works for.4, news setad | r Off vid: lesson THAR PARR ieee Mrs. Caridad Valde: power’ of newspaper advertising. Inadvertently, she wrote her telephone number instead of the advertiser's in an ad. All day ; : jone sister, Juliana Valdez. and most of the night the Hughes | 5, eral arrangements are in toning: ps cal ‘each ring. Home. The widow, z, five daugh- (ters, Juana, Carmen,. Aria, Stella ‘and Adella Valdez, two sons, ‘Flore and Gregorio Valdez Jr.,: fone brother, Adolfo Valdez and €HURN INVENTOR i REGINA—Manson U. Stinson has a new churn, his own in- vention, which he claims is eight times speedier in butter making Dr a ie ‘PRESCRIPTIONS | Carefully Compounded By H Registered Pharmacists t SURGE he | |GARDNER’S PHARMACY than the sid: tashionea vaniene | “The Rexall Store” Paddles inside the churn take 534 Duval St.) the place of the revolving bar- Pcnene ere nae - takes, into, account an ‘eral Home chapel: Rev.G. Perez; | jularity again. terday and left in the afternoon! Mrs. Norma Dopp, T. B. Kleb- for Atlanta. jsattel, George Mills White and Mr. Houston, with a member of Miss Edith Williams the local Civil Service Commis- instrumental and vocal sion, made a thorough and care- The selections embracing the 1 study of the qualifications of theme, “American Music”. ho téok ination} |”: ity Band, ee Tie the acuta the able direction of Alfredo Bar- Frank Delaney and Fred J. Dion. ,T°S° played a group of selections. under- in rector, showed his true standing of fine conducting these numbers. Thanks is given to Mrs. Norma Dopp, chairman of the local com- imittee, to Mrs. Eya, Warner, of Sen. Ernest R. Graham, chair-; WPA Recreatio’ and to George an of @ senate probing commit- | Mills White for te “able assist- tee, said today that witnesses ance in presentiig’ the pogram ‘or keep the committee busy for at making this program possible. last two weeks: IKEY CITIZENS BUY SITE FOR WINTER woe, DEFER MEETING Mr. and Mrs. W. Camby Cham-/Organization, which was sched- bers, who have been regular win- | uled for last night at Nelson Eng- ter visitors to Key West for the lish Park, was postponed at the past eight years, today purchased, ' solicitation of leaders in that sec- through J. Otto Kirchheiner, ; tion of the city. from Pierce Brothers, Lot Eight’ Paul O. Ladd, acting chairman and the Northwest one half of of the organization, said today Lot Nine, in Square 17, Tract 17.|that he had’ been approached by The property has a frontage on ‘a number’ df influential colored Vernon street of 75 feet and a citizens,'thé question of the meet- depth of 111 feet. jing discussed and it was at their It is the plan of the Pur- suggestion. tf Age meeting .was chasers to start the construction - postponed! o'clock Satur- jday. afternoon, £ of a winter home on the site, and plan to have it in readiness for PAARL Cashion 28S | Karl Goodbread, assignment the coming winter. officer for this WPA _ district ANOTHER SALE OF acc thei ‘icc TAX CERTIFICATES #221221 ysterdoy_ and’ iodey all walks of life were met and Blake’s “Prophetic Books” set to the qualifications of the aspirants ™usic by Hubert H. Parry was and assembled by Mr. Houston. {dist Church Choir. They pre- coil eae ‘sented an understanding _per- RACING BUSINESS lable leadership of T. B. Kleb- jsattel. tat the end of the program. “The Glory of God in Nature”, {grims Chorus”. They presented TION TO KEEP COMMIT. ja charming picture all dressed in TER OUNE | BUBY: lbers with complete ease and in- ——_ jtelligence. This group which has TALLAHASSEE, Fla., May 10. will give its final musical con- of Florida’s racing business will continue in spite of the with- has impounded more than $750,- | 000 in pari-mutuels revenue, ear- A, large number of citizens in! The excellent stanzas from were painstakingly investigated, Sung by the Fleming Street Meth- \formance of this work under the GETS ATTENTION ' acc two very difficult numbers LEGISLATIVE INVESTIGA- Beethoven and Wagner's. “Pil- white and sang these two num- tial rehearsing since September (FNS).—Legislative investigation diawal of the Wiggins suit that marked for the counties. PENSION BILL Will Be Paid Five Dol- presented ! solos. | cert May 22 Mr. Klebsattel, di-, COMMITTEE TO CONSIDER TOWNSEND PLAN OF $200 MONTHLY (By Axscetated Presny “TALLAHASSEE, May 10.—The State Senate today was presented with a bill to sponsor statewide | acceptance of the Townsend Pen- ‘sion Plan, when it moved to con- sider a measure that would set up machinery to dispense $200 ‘per month to “oldsters” residing in the state. ‘wilt This consideration take place in committee meeting next Tuesday. | To furnish the necessary rev- enue for this Pension Bill, a con- templated three percent retail Sales Tax would be necesary. | ain es COURT HOUSE IS INSPECTED under INSPECTION XESTERDAY AFT- «ced to and-trom- the , ERNOON; PRONOUNCED IN EXCELLENT CONDITION | Final inspection of the county court house annex and improve- ments in the main building were ‘made yesterday afternoon by a PWA inspector, wno arrived on The Key West Choral Society, the 3 o’clock bus in tne afternoon from Miami. With the inspectors making the examniation were members of the board of county commission- ers, representatives of the Rus- sell H. Pancoast office, architects, which furnished the plans of the building and the Davis Construc- ,tion Co., which was awarded the contract for the annex and provements. Following the official inspec- tion, which was pronounced ex- cellent by all present, announce- ment was made that the nece: sary resolutions and addition pa- pers in connection with the in- spection would be prepared to- day and presented at the regular meeting of the commissioners to be held tonight. COUNTY EMPLOYES ‘TO RECEIVE PAY age a ae MADE AT | SPECIAL MEETING YES- TERDAY AFTERNOON Employes of the county are to be paid for two months, February and March, from funds of Gen- eral Revenue and those who are paid from the Fine and Forfei- jture fund are to be paid for the ‘months of January and February. This announcement was made at ia special meeting of the county j jissioners held yesterday afternoon. | Attending the meeting were 'Chairman Carl Bervaldi, Com- missioners Wm. Monsalvatge and T. Jenkins Curry, Curry Harris, Clerk Ross C. Saw- yer, and Chief Deputy Bernard: Waite. It was announced by Mr. Saw- im-! Attorney W.. lars For Each Meeting (By Associated Press) TALLAHASSEE, May 10.—The | House passed House Bill 936, in- {troduced by Representative Ber- i \ i { | 1 | | nie C. Papy, fixing the compen- ! sation of members of the Monroe |courtty board of commissioners. | Announcement of Mr. Papy’s | intention to introduce this bill | was published in te issue of The | Citizen on Thursday, March 23, ‘and provides: | That the compensation for the ;commissioners shall be five dol lars for each meeting which is actually attended by the member, but the amount of compensation will not be more than $300 an- nually. An exception is made in the | bill which provides that the ‘chairman of the board ‘shall be compensated at the rate of $10 |for each meeting which he act- ‘ually attends and payments for ‘the entire year shall not exceed $600. , It is also provided that com {missioners will be allowed 10 tcents the mile for each mile trav meetings, | but no mileage will be allowed ‘for any commissioners living ;within the limits of the city | Hence the only commissioner af- fected by this proviso is T. Jenk- ins Curry, who lives at Key Largo. Members of the board of coun- }ty commissioners are: Chairman Carl Bervaldi, Commissioners Braxton B. Warren, Norberg | Thompson, T. Jenkins Curry and | William Monsalvatge. GUN PRACTICE T0 _ START THURSDAY Thera will be Subcaliber firing | with 37 mm gun at Fort Taylor on Thursday and Friday, May 11 and 12, between the hours of 1 p. m. and 3 p. m., according. to an- nouncement made by Majer Web- \fter F. Putnam, 13th Coast Artil lery, Adjutant. The danger area will be 5,000 ‘yards south of Fort Taylor. Ship- ping in this area is requested to iproceed with caution. TEMPERATURES ‘ C0eenveccccccscccoenesoe i Lowest Highest | _ Station— last night last 24 hours | Abilene 68 90 ' Atlanta 58 16 Boston, 58 64 \,Buffalo 44 68 | Charleston 66 18 | Chicago 58 74 | Denver 46 80 Detroit 56 72 Galveston 72 86 Havana Huron, Jacksonville Kansas City . 62 KEY WEST _ 77 Little Rock _. 54 Los Angeles — 54 Louisville 54 Miami 78 Mpls.-St. P. _. 46 New Orleans _ 62 New York 52 Pensacola 58 Pittsburgh 50 St. Louis . 56 Salt Lake City {San Francisco | Seattle | - 44 68 78 82 78 89 78 70 74 84 82 80 74 712 72 4 84 66 Key West, relative to activities yer that a check had been re-;Tampa held a conference with Claude Another sale of tax certificates /in this area. Gandolfo, assignment officer in under the provisions of the Mur-; - Sagi ece | GLADIOLI noon at the county cot for MOTHER'S DAY STRUNK FLOWERS by Clerk Ross C. Sawyer. | Applications are 32 in number: 1 Phone 5 $7 | |ceived from the State Race Track |funds, of which the following dis- ,bursements had been made: Fine jand Forfeiture Fund, $2,223.22; General Revenue Fund, $4,230.54; Road Fund, $3,410. Total $9,- 863.76. Decision was made, and it was 'so announced, that $3,000 was to be set aside for WPA work on the boulevard which was spon- sored by the county. ; Washington ; Williston - j | “GROWING PAINS” Auspices K. W. H. S. Senior Class “Fridgy Night, 8:15 o’Clock Gen. 35e Reserved 50c Reservations from 3:30 today through Friday