The Key West Citizen Newspaper, June 9, 1939, Page 1

Associated Press Day Wire |. Service : For 59 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West . Seed VOLUME LX. No. 137. Che Kry ¢ THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN THE U.S.A. New Charter Matters-Taken Up For Discussion During Meeting Held Last Night ROTARIANS OF CUBA TO ARRIVE | HERE TUESDAY |ENTERTAINMENT IS ‘BEING Committee Appointed To Give Out Information Dealing With Its Various Provisions The Charter Revision Commit- tee, sponsors of the new City Charter for Key West recently passed by the House of Repre- sentatives and Senate at Talla- hassee, held a called meeting last evening at Chamber of Commerce headquarters. The meeting was called to order by Charles Ketch- um, chairman. Recognizing that, in all likeli- hood, the peiitions now being FOREIGN ‘EXHIBITS | cxcwre vo curso ENROUTE TO CLEVELAND EXHIBITORS WIRING RE- SPECTIVE GOVERNMENTS FOR-ADDITIONAL MONEY (Ry Agsoctated Preus) NEW. YORK, Jene 9.—Foreign exhibitors at the New: York | World’s Fair have decided to wire their respective governments | for more money to finish exhib- jits at the. Fair. Difficulty with United States labor was given as the cause of | exhaustion of original funds giv- circulated for signatures calling | ©" to representatives of eight for a special election to vote on foreign countries. i | It was reported that, unions whether the new charter stiould | sore: demanded that-members’ of go into effect, would contain 4 ‘their crafts be employed to sufficient names, the committee jaid plans to disseminate informa-|tors employed foreign labor in tion concerning the charter. On| construction work. motion, a special committee was; ‘The exhibitors were determin- appointed to call on leaders of! eq that no exhibitions would be the opposition movement in ef-; made at the Fair next year un- fort to hold a joint meeting. The! jess steps were taken to correct purpose of this meeting would | the situation. be 6 ascertain the objections to: LESS the new charter raised by vosed CITY OF MECC A who are reported to be opposed | to certain provisions. Fred Dion is chairman of the special com- ; UNIQUE COMMUNITY TO HAVE HOMES OF ARABIC mittee, his committee being Frank | Johnson, Col. L. C, Brinton and | Charles Ketchym. | Further action voted was the start of a publicity campaign de- | signed to correct alleged misin- | formation being tirculated about j . the new. charter. A «committee | consisting of Wallace B. Kirke, Rev. John C. Gekeler and Albert “stand idly by” if foreign exhibi- | ‘TRIBUTE PAID TO CONVENTION | : jned for the 30 or more members of the Rotary Clubs of Cuba, who are due-to arrive in Key West Tuesday afternoon June 13, en route to Cleveland, Ohio, where they will attend the Thir- tieth Annual Convention of Ro- tary International. The visitors will be under the ‘leadership of Doctor Ramon Lo-|, ;renzo, of the province of Santa: |Clara, and ex-governor of Ro- | itarians in that section of Cuba. | iyesterday for the entertainment _ | following committee was ap. Pointed to attend to all the de | |tails: Willard M. Albury, Ever-' ett Russell, William L. Bates, ’ jClarence ‘Thompson, Sebastian ; |Cabrera, Jr., William V. Little | and Charles Taylor. i It was learned at the office o: Cuban Consul Berardo Rodri guez, that the visiting body will jremain in Key West for the night | | of Tuesday and leave the follow- tion city. | In a letter received by Presi- {dent Ernest A. Ramsey from Dr. Ramon Lorenzo, ex-governor of District 25, the writer advises | that he and his party will be glad | 'to meet the members of Key j West Rotary and celebrate a j “joint session of friendship. consider it a great pleasure if you can arrange te have your ladies present at this session. We will stay in the Overseas Hotel.” Entertainment is being plan- |- Plans were gotten under sway. {of the visiting Rotarians and the:, jing day en route to the conven- |° “The ladies of our party will - Peirce, Jr., was appointed. Meth-{ ods planned , include Publicity | releases of a Questions and An-| swers nature, answering all! known objections. Col. Brinton! will act also to draw up major changes in the new charter. to compare with similar provisions} of the old charter, pointing out reasons for the changes as de- termined in the Charter Study meetings held last Fall and Win- | { | tunique community will be found- DUNEDIN, June 9 (FNS).—A { t ed near here to be known as the: city of Mecca. The purpose of, DR. CHAS, MAYO the project is to afford people of | . RR SD ‘ | Arabic and Syrian descent and MADE MAN Y_ CONTRIBU- | birth a place where they can live together in homes of Arabic | TIONS IN ADVANCEMENT architecture and observe all the} OF MEDICAL TRADE traditional customs of their; homeland. The city was created iia TA ste by a special act during the last! VENICE, June 9 (FNS).—As! week of the state Legislature,’ president of the International | the bill providing for the city College of Surgeons, New York! limits to include 180 acres, with | provision for future extensions. The new city, named for the fa- mous holy Moslem city of Mecca ‘in Arabia, will be located about {two miles from Dunedin on state PERMITS ISSUE Building and repair activities | der the supervision of Sheik as shown on the records in the Kahlil Ben Ibrahima Al-Rawaf office of Building Inspector Har- °f Nejd, and George Deeb of St. ty M. Baker, for the first week | Petersburg. A church and school in June total °$1,850 and are: ; will be built in addition to the General repairs at 1221 Pe- | homes, and.a Mecca Corporation tronia street. Owner, Mrs, Em- ‘has already been formed to es- ma Ayala; cost, $1,000. {tablish a factory: in the city. General repairs at 411 Bahama’ The plant will manufacture ladies street. Owner, Aaron McCon- ; 4resses, bathing suits, robes, uni- nell; cost, $500. | forms and men’s cotton apparel, Repairs to roof at 618 White |2nd is expected to give employ- j}road 229. It will be laid out*un-* and mid-Western newspapers | have recently carried interviews! with Dr. Fred H. Albee of Venice, ‘in which he expressed the great loss to the profession through the death of Dr. Charles Mayo of the Mayo’s clinic at Rochester,’ Minn. { Dr. Albee is quoted to the ef-j fect that too much cannot be said | ae KEY WEST, FLORIDA, FRIDAY, JUNE 9, 1939 [Motor Lines Group: Much | Taken Up With Key West; Enjoyed Visit Immensely SS ff SE SS 27-POUND DOLPHIN ‘ LANDED YESTERDAY One of ‘the largest dolphin ever caught in Key West wa- fers was brought to port yes- terday afternoon aboard the fishing boat cf Demeritt brothers, Measuring approximately three and a half feet, the ftreamlined denizin of the deep tipped the scales at 27 pounds. It was declared by local fishermen tobe the largest dclphin ever caught in. these waters. 2 A large, broad head and a thin bedy tapering off from the head to the tail were the outstanding character- istics of the record-breaking dolphin. Hooked and landed by Ben Demeritt, Frank Hemmett, son of Mr. and Mrs. C. C, Hemett of California, was given the thrill of fighting the menster a short time, after which the Demeritt fisher- man brcught the record fish to boat. Seven other dolphins were landed, averaging between two and three pounds. Young Hemmett was ac- companied by the family chauffeur, Fred Houble. The Hemmetts are visiting for a few days in Key West. Included in the catch yes- terday were approximately 200 pounds of snapper, over 100 pounds of yellowtail and approximately 100 pounds of snapper. A moray, measur- ing five feet in length, was . caught and placed ‘in the well of the boat alive. Imme- diately the “snake of the sea” swallowed two yellowtails and a dolvhin, satisfying its hunger. The moray, when brought to vort, was placed in a fish “car” tied to Swee- ney’s dock along with anoth- er member of this species to await the arrival of a collec- tor from the New York Aqua- rium, who is due next week. In the grouv fishing were young Hemmett, Mr. Houble, Leon Mvers, Bennie and Dick Demeritt. "FIII IIS IMs HOPING TO LAND REFUGEES JEWISH ‘Moving Pictures Of Key ‘West And Overseas Highway. Shown At Ho- tel; Osteen Gives Talk { Members of the group of visit- ing agents of the Florida Motor Lines, who assembled in Key West. yesterday for a business | Concha Hotel, had a very delight- ful time in every. way was the jopinion of the visitors. ;Following. the luncheon, mov- ing pictures in color of Key West and Overseas Highway were shown at the hotel and the dis- play of beautiful scenes were ac- jcompanied by a talk by T. B. !Osteen, traffic manager of the lines, and there was great inter- est displayed by the audience as jeach of the scenes was displayed. | Mr. Osteen explained that these jPictures had been shown at va- rious points throughout the coun- try at meetings of the representa- |tives of the Florida Motor Lines |and the Greyhound Lines, with jthe idea of impressing the em- 'ployes with the beauties of. the trip to Key West and then from this port to Havana. It was one of the most interest- jing meetings which have been |held, Mr. Osteen said.. and he | was very much gratified at the jintense interest displayed and jthe discussions which followed ithe showing. 1, -Wm. W. Arnold, local agent for the F.M.L., was very enthus- iastic about the meeting, lunch- tures and expressed the thought ; there could be no greater inter- jest displayed by visitors in any jother section of the states than j was shown by the agents who were guests at the gathering yes- terday. ‘LAST OF SALES OF MURPHY ACT Last sale of tax certificates of visions of the Murphy Act, is be- ing held by Clerk Ross C. Saw- yer of Circuit Court this after- noon. There have been entered 112 applications covering 373 parcels of property, the larger holdings for the many important contri- NEGOTIATIONS PROGRESSING | U*iné listed as follows: butions made “by the © Mayo! brothers to the advancement of | medical knowledge and practice, | To the Mayos, he said, goes:the ! credit for pioneering: the. estab- jlishment of general clinics” and -hospitals in which all branches | of medical science and know- WITH DOMINICAN GOv- ERNMENT Mik (By Associated reas) HAMBURG, Ger.. June 9— street Owner, Milland Adams; |™ent to a large number of the jeage is made available in one|T¢ Hamburg-American Line's O. P. Searing, 29; Margaret | velopment Co., 13; Johnson and i Johnson, 13;- Juan Calleja, 20; (Nina Knox Mejia,.11; Benjamin N. Adams, 10; Willard M. Al- | 9; Constance I. ‘Adams, 9. | bury, i " Key West, Florida, has the most equable climate in the country; with gn average range of only 14° Fahrenheit PRICE FIVE CENTS President Roosevelt And King George Have Informal Chat Last Night At White House meeting and luncheon at the La; TWO SPEAKERS ARE HEARD AT ROTARY MEET |SEVERAL VOCAL DUETS REN- DERED BY MR. AND MRS. | GEORGE MILLS WHITE AT: ENJOYABLE LUNCHEON i | \ | | | | The program at the meeting of | \ the Rotary Club yesterday after-! ‘noon was:devoted to the Fourth} {Object of Rotary—International ! i Service. | ; In the absence of President | ' Ernest A. Ramsey, Vice-President ' |Charles Taylor presided and, {turned the program over to Se-| bastian Cabrera, Jr., chairman of | the International Service Com-} | mittee. | Jase C. Perez, of the Cuban Consulate was ‘ntroduced and ' made a brief address on the sub-! ject of cooperation between Cuba and this country. ! He was followed by Dr. Wil-| ‘liam R. Warren who gave an in-! teresting and comprehensive’ ad- | dress on “Contacts With Foreign Students” as a means of de-} veloping international under- standing through contacts be- tween the people of this country | and the young people of other, countries who; are attending: school and college here. t He si that ‘these, to “the” number of 40,000 are the unoffi:! cial ambassadors of their native SSS TTIO ML USE NETS TO RID BEACHES OF SHARKS | (By Associated Prensa) SYDNEY, Australia, June 9—The scheme of shark- meshing to rid New South Wales coast of sharks and make beaches safe for bath- ers is proving effective. During the first 36 weeks of the operation 631 sharks of a dangerous species were caught, but only 219 were captured during the last 36 weeks, It is believed that the number of sharks has thus been depleted through the systematic netting. | Vice-President And Mrs. Garner And Others At- tend Dinner Reception For Royal Couple (By Axsnociated Presxy WASHINGTON, June 9—The jheads of the two greatest nations lon earth met last evening in an | informal chat on world condi- |tions as Presidént Roosevelt and | King George of England took | time off from reception affairs SPILL EM S SS gpy | wd carried on discussions in the ‘DIED’ TODAY SAVED FLORIDA PRFOPERTY OWNERS OVER $50,000,. 000 IN TAXES | The private conversation took {place following the dinner recep- |sion at the White House and top- j ies discussed .according to the President, were world conditions | jin general. Sidelights. on the first visit of reigning English royalty to this (By Ass tated Press) |country included many incidents TALLAHASSEE, June 9.—The| worthy of passing notice. Murphy Act is dead! | Vice-President Nance” Garner _ Today, under terms of the orig-) and Mrs. Garner. violated their inal act as passed in 1937, the | age-old tule of “to bed by 9 Murphy Act, which saved Prop-}p. m.” when they were -inter- erty owners of Florida over $50,-! viewed at approximately mid- 000,000 in taxes and caused anj night, the first to depart from the equivalent loss to the.state,.ends.white- House receptor... When ed its two-year term of existence.! asked how he enjoyed himself, The Legislature just passed,!Mr. Garner replied, “It was plen- however, exiendea tne term of; t¥ hot in there, boys”, displaying ; Monroe county, under the pro-! | Dion, 48; Sarah E. Tynes, 24; Lida! 'R. Calkins, 13; Key Largo, De- | cost, $150. Repairs to roof at 1309 Pine street. Owner, ,C,amal Lopez new city’s citizens. ‘unit. joffices here reported -that they Juveniles Get Hiawatha lands ‘who, although they. are in; the class rooms today, tomorrow , may be the business and govern- | mental leaders in their own! countries. ¢ : Following Dr. Warren’s talk, the club enjoyed several vocal! duets by Mr, and Mrs. George Mills White, accompanied by Gus | Ayala. | entertainment of a delegation | from Cuban Rotary Clubs, en! route to the Rotary International Convention in Cleveland. This delegation of between 35 and 40; persons, will arrive in Key West | Tuesday afternoon June 13, spend ; jthe night here’ and leave for! Cleveland the following day. Guests of the club were ,Howard S. McClannahan, Miami, | Jose C. . Perez, Mr. and Mrs. George Mills White and Gus Ayala, of) Key West. | Members of the Social Club/ | years to two before the State may take title to property upon which taxes have not been set- tled through the Murphy Act. This gives owners'a. chance to pay taxes through: regular chan- nels. Originally, at the,expiration of the Act, it was intended jthat the ‘Plans were discussed for the State take over. all property that | had not been paid up. ‘his wilted collar. Some Congressmen of Irish idescent have stated that they ; will not show up at the English |Embassy reception today. One ‘Congressman stated (that he | would “snub” the rereption in protest to Scotland Yard’s' request | that U. S. Federdl !police. appre- hend Sean poet lan Irish, Par- jty head, now‘ii this country. | Othex Irish Congressmen planned 'to’attend the reception, choosing SMALL BLAZE THIS MORNING CAUSED BY CHILDREN BURN- ING GRASS NEXT TO WESTERN UNION {to respect the ocasion. | Some Disappointed i Purchasers of choice seats in ~ office windows , overlooking the jroute taken by the King and | Queen in their procession through jthe capital were disappointed (some to the tune of $100) when {they were not able to get a {glimpse of Queen Elizabeth be- 'cause of a parasol she carried. | King George and Queen Eliza- Children were responsible for; beth proved to be quick-change a fire, which was burning among artists when it was realized that the grass near the garage situat-| they had appeared in four differ- ed next to the Western Union,ent costumes within a period of Telegraph office, this morning | ten hours. and which was extinguished with! -Out of all of the hundreds of water from buckets used by fire-| thousands who were lookers-on men from No. 1 Station. |during various comings and go- After people become estab- r i lichad: tity officers will’ be ‘elect=|) +0) ne. Work of the Mayo! | brothe! cost, $100. ed and Mecca will operate under Repairs to kitchen at 420 Si- monton street Owner, Miss Mary Dunn; cost, $50. Repairs to porch at 820 Simon-! ton street. ‘Owner, Miss Irene Albury; cost, $50. Bids are being called by County Clerk Ross C. Sawyer for screens | for the county jail which is at present without these necessary} guards to keep the jail free of the city manager form of govern- ; ment. It is expected that growth of the:new city will be rapid as re- cent figures show some 500,000 people of Syrian and Arabic de- scent in the country today. | } \for the idea behind the founding | jhere of the Florida Medical Cen- ter and its organization as a gen- jeral hospital equipped to pro- vide medical care and attention ' in all its various departments, and under his direction Florida |Medical Center is conducted lalong the general pattern of the | Mayo's clinic. Florida was selected by Dr. Al- bee for the establishment of his ‘general hospital and clinic _be- jcause of the added advantages of climate and sunshine as its aids Another of the members of the! to medical science in healing. World of Wanderers, commonly; Through the International Col- called vagrants, was haled: before ' lege of Surgeons, many of the | Peace Justice Enrique Esquinaldo discoveries and developments yesterday to answer to a charge of being without visible means of support. After being quizzed by the justice he answered guilty to the mosquitoes. \ ‘There are-to be 31 screens for’ the wnndows and two screens for | the doors of the jail, and the call for proposals oe that de-} tails as to the kind of wire mesh and the wood to be used may be! the officer, Constable had by application to the sheriff's! C- Floney Pellecier, and was or- office. imext.term of Criminal Court. t B. P. 0. ELKS, No. 551 The All-Day Picnic scheduled For Sunday, June 11 HAS POSTPONED TO SUNDAY. JUNE 18 'made by the Mayo brothers have | ‘been given to the profession, and | {thus made available throughout . ithe world. tS | |. The next general congress of !February of next year, ‘some 300 surgeons from all parts Florida Medical Center. FREE OPERATION | MORGANTOWN, W. Va. — In ing contracts (a for a new. hospital in this city, the county| announced a contest to pick a This restaurant will be closed} name for the structure, the prize being a free appendectomy. [aays had not given up hope of landing rs, Dr. Albee gives credit the 907 Jewish refugees in some! American haveh. Negotiations still were in pro-| gress with the Dominican Gov- ernment, and if they prove sat- isfactory, the steamer St. Louis will be ordered to return from its mid-ocean position. ‘NEW MEMBER AT WEATHER STATION Charles G. Reeves junior me- teorologist in the Weather -Bu- reau Service, has arrivedsi? Key West and will be ers ‘ith the local:bureau during tf, o ricane season. Mr Reeves has been stationed se of at Cincinnati, Asheville, Houston { |charge, which was preferred by jthe college will be held here injand Lakeland during the last i when |several years. After completion of his present tour of duty -he | dered held in bond of $50 for the /°f the world will hold clinics at|wiyi return to Lakeland, his permanent station. ‘Ramenin’s Restaurant — 615 Duval Street Instead Of Hoosegow (hy Adnociated Preany |. CAMPBELL, Calif, June 9,— Justice John Blaine has his own lidea of handling juvenile law | breakers. Instead of jail sen- tences he gives them reading as- signments and orders them report back for examination on what they have learned. A favorite work in this regard is Longfellow’s “Hiawatha.” Jus- tice Blaine says it accents the ‘rituals with which Indian tribes | marked a boy’s coming of age jand the self discipline necessary ‘for manhood. i Roof Thatchers LONDON, June 9.—Property owners in England» who main- tain quaint cottages and houses with “thatched” roofs are wor- ried over the dearth of expert thatchers. A survey reveals that there are tonly 400 straw thatchers in the country, and another 130 “reed” thatchers in Norfolk. , ! DINNERS |= Most of these workers are SPECIAL for Saturdays and Sundays during summer except on Satur- and Sundays. ‘ men. It is feared that Marti are working out a plan to’. within a brief time a call was ings of the royal couple, only one have the South Beach grounds ‘ent in and it was found that the jarrest was reported. This inci- cleared and covered with sand in order to. beautify the surround- ings in such a manner which will prove attractive to weekend visi-| tors. 2 Several of the members state that there has been many com- {plains made at hotels and other |places and the Club is endeavor- ing.to work out some plan iwhereby the beach will be kept jinviting to visitors as well as Key Westers. The Club makes its stand clear} when it states that the member- ; ship will furnish all the materials for the work if the WPA ad- ministration . will furnish the; labor. A letter is being prepared | | garage .was burning. Apparatus; dent came when a negro was-ap- jresponded and the flames weré|prehended acting suspiciously | put out by the use of the “boost-|and was booked when he could er” pump on the engine. Later in the morning about 11:40 wires were being changed by Electrician Theodore Albury, of the fire department, and the sounding of the bell was caused by the electrician having to cut the wires. WAS HIS LAST WIFE ROCHESTER, Ind. — A widow of this city asked police to pre- vent three divorced wives from decorating her husband’s grave. “He was mine last,” she -ex- igive no legitimate accounting’ of | himself. See Queer Places In London, the press gives a typical English reporting on the visit of their King and Queen to Washington. One paper, the London Star, reported that King George and Queen Elizabeth noticed “all sorts of queer places” as they were driven to the White House. They saw “Hot -Dog | stands”, “immense Gas Stations”, | “blazoning signs” and many other oddities. And the expressions heard on all sides by the onlook- and will be sent. to B. C. Moreno, claimed, “and I think it’s ‘my ‘ing for his. cooperation. An estimate of the cost of ma- terials jalso being requested’ {Club's Board ‘of D area supervisor of the WPA, 7” industry , ers included such as “At A Boy, King”, “At A Girl, iy though the cries were just Barely audible over the welcoming ex- pressions of “Whee” of the “mil- lion and a quarter U. S. citizens” F on hand for the occasion: The London press contains very little jelse but stories of the U. S. visit of their royalty—and with it all, the severe heat wave in England at present, is all but forgotten. New York City promises to give one of its largest demon- privilege to say who should place flowers on his grave.” Special Special! HENS 3% to 4% lbs. average 75€ cacu Also . S Tennessee ROASTERS and Battery-raised FRYERS BRADY’S POULTRY PHONE 540 ! will be 16 teher'tape and, oihind paper floating down i (Continued on Page