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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 Next Month At Lower End Of. Big Pine-Key West Stretch With the arrival of a large amount of Stale Road Department equipment on the lower Keys, the reoort 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 wiii probably be started, so that the largest number of wooden btidges at one time may be elim inated. The wooden bridges run parallel to the railroad viaducts but arc much more numerous. Rots Sawyer wired the State Road Department this morning for amplification of information but received no announcement concerning it. It is reported that the county, State Road Depart ment and R. C. Perky, principal landowner, who has tendered his land title to the right of way in question to the county, have ai rived at a compromise satisfac tory to all parties. CONTRIBUTIONS ACKNOWLEDGED _ _ _ I 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 Jjy 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. ’temperatures** ##•••••••••••••••••••••• Lowest Highest Station - lust night last 24 hour a Abilene 42 70 Atlanta 40 56 BosUm 22 38 Buffalo 12 20 * Charleston 46 62 Chicago _— 12 22 Denver 26 38 Detroit 12 22 Galveston - 54 64 Havana 72 Huron' .. 8 24 Jacksonville 44 62 Kansas City 28 34 KEY WEST .. 71 80 Little Rock .. 36 56 Los Angeles 50 64 Louisville 26 38 Miami 72 76 Mpls.-St. P. -- 0 14 New.Orleans 54 62 New York ... 26 42 Pensacola 50 64 Pittsburgh .... 16 30 St. Louis 26 34 Salt Lake City 34 58 San Francisco 50 70 Seattle 40 56 Tampa 52 72 Washington .... 28 46 Williston 0 16 10th Anniversary Dance TONIGHT AT CLUB RAUL With Gala Floor Show 10 P. M. TILL ?? John Pritchard's Orchaetra with MARY ANN SWINTON No Admission No Cover or Minimum EXCELLENT OVERNIGHT ACCOMMODATIONS-FT. JEFFERSON CRUISES~SIO ALL EXPENSE TWO-DAY TOUR-PRICE TOURS 505 DUVAL STREET-PHONE 124 ©lye IKetj West (Ettigen THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN THE U.S. A. WPA School Project Is Given Approval 225 SPONGING BUNCHES IN WEEK William Spencer, who came | info Key West yesterday for cigarette supplies for his i crew, reports that he has 225 bunenes of sponge in two - weeks' fishing, an unusual catch. Last week, Capt. Walter Lowe, who has been out some time, reported a catch [ of ovpr 400 bunches. There were no sales yesterday at the Municipal Sponge dock, and it is expected that the i larger sales will begin the ! latter part of next week when the majority of the j sponge fishing fleet will ar i rive in the city. A good month's fishing is usually ICO bunches. 'jrjrj&'j&jtrjpjpjrjr* ! SCHOONERMEN I WORK ON SPARS i■ 1 1 SHAPING UP 80-FOOT SPAR I * TODAY; EXPECT LAUNCH- *j ING APRIL 5 i **:;■; * . I ■. ! ' Workmen on the cable schoon- i er are today shaping up the main- 1 mast spar, which will be about 80 feet when installed. Cut for stepping the mast has already I been made. * 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 ; peeled to occupy 30 feet, prepar ed. All hatchways have been constructed with the trim in white and varnish. The sides have been painted I white with deck trim in gray. Bottom has been caulked and put tied and be painted with i copper paint a few days before j launching. Launching is expect ed April 5. WELFARE ROLLS i GET NEW CASES STILL GREAT NEED FOR DE i PENDENT CHILDREN I ITEM * . For the March rolls of the State j 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 j cases being supported by the i Board. Greatest need is for dependent children with a survey some time ago indicating that there were 500 cases in Key West which needed ' i funds 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 of $12,500 for dependent children. Calls For Expenditure Of Over Six Thousand Dol . 1 .., • ,•• 1 1 •iq vi > ■ lars At Street School • t Announcement of continuation of renovation work at Division Street School was made by Mel vin E. Russell, local superinten -1 dent of public instruction, coin i cident with a wire dispatch to The Citizen from Senator Claude Pepper. Work is scheduled to start in two weeks. The wire is as follows: "It is indeed a pleasure to advise that WPA Project No. 30930 has been approved by the President for the amount of $6,622. This project is to i improve the Division Street | School building and grounds". ! Sponsorship funds of the Coun 'ty School Board, raised at the ! time of the original projects for both Harris School and Division ; Street School, hold over on the j above WPA project as well as the j renovation project at Harris i School, work on which will start {Monday next, according to Mr. i Russell. HUNGRY SHARKS, OCTOPUS, UYE POLYPS, * ¥ * ••• Unusual Catches Occadon Interest In Open-Air Tanks LAZY GROUPER, GOLD HIND IN AQUARIUM j Some very peculiar happenings around the Key West Tropical j Open-Air Aquarium have been noted by Superintendent J. J. Romero. I | For instance, there is the shark which was being changed from one pool to another and bit a boy’s arm recently. At present he has been placed in a pool with i many grunts and snappers. He doesn’t bother them much, but when he gets hungry, watch out! Because he’s going to grab up a fish or two. <to One of the most perfect speci i mens of golden hind has been placed in one of the tanks re cently. When taken out of wa ter it is like a freshly washed piece of gold. Unusual in color, 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 aquarium this week is one with a red tail. People passing the grouper tank often think that they are all dead from their lifelike positions. To day one was lying completely flat on its side, having cameleon-like changed color, and apparently dead. Another was upside down floating near the glass. Others i were sprawled all over the tank. An interesting exhibit is that of live coral polyps. Of a brown ish with the same trac ings as the type of coral they leave behind them it is wonder ful to imagine that these crea tures build large coral islands. DANCE TONIGHT —AT— Pena’s Garden 01 Roses ! GOULD CURRY'S Seven-Piece Orchestra No Admission or Cover Charge KEY WEST, FLORIDA, SATURDAY, MARCH 18, 1939 MONROEXOUNTY MMFRfcWfcE L L IN ASSISTANCE ■■ ■ i SHOWN IN REPORT ISSUED BY WELFARE BOARD; EN TIRE STATE GIVEN SUB STANTIAL AMOUNT to The Citizen; JACKSONVILLE, March 18.— Florida recipients of public as sistance received cash payments aggregating $8,075,885.74 from July 1, 1937, when the State Wel fare Board assumed office, through February, 1939, accord ing to announcement here from the state offices of the board.' State funds comprised $4,051,- 181.37 of the total and federal funds $4,024,704.37. The federal' government matches state funds dollar for dollar in the payment of old age asistance and aid to the blind and one dollar for two in the payment of aid to depen dent children. Total payments in the three categories were announced as: old age assistance, $7,653,992.74; aid to dependent children, $79,- 431; aid to the blind, $302,462. The aid to dependent children program was retarded by a leg islative provision that it must be financed from the General Fund, which was depleted. In Monroe County a grand to tal of $135,258.50 was paid out by the State Welfare Board for pub lic assistance during the 20 months covered by the report. This was sub-divided as follows: Old age assistance, $121,038.50; aid to dependent children, $405; aid to the blind, $13,815. Public assistance grants in Florida have gradually increased and for January of this year had attained a total of $535,236, or at the rate of more than $6,000,- (JOO per annum. A 60-pound turtle has been added to the pens along with the 500-pound loggerhead turtle. Romero told The Citizen that shortly 6-9 large turtle would be bought and placed in the crawls. One of the largest porcupine fish seen in some time is at pres ent in the Aquarium. It is a nine pounder. i Twenty large green morays and 22 speckled ones writhe slither ingly alongside the glasses show ing their wicked teeth and cruel eyes. A tragedy occurred this week. Villanous Mr. Octopus reached out and grabbed a grunt, and by today had eaten its entire head off. The only tarpon in captivity Anywhere are at present gambol ing in the tanks of the Aqua- ; rium. They are secured with a net in Geiger’s Creek. | MANY ARE PAYING DELINQUENT TAXES City Tax Collector-Assessor. Sam B. Pinder reports a greater rush of those wishing to' ‘pay their delinquent taxes under the 80 percent reduction plan now in effect with about 35 in his pffice in the last few days. Extension has been granted by the city until June 1. fflr. Pinder expects his office to be extreme ly busy until the deadline date. KEY TO Fisherman s Paradise PERKY Fnest Accomodations * Cuisine Fishing .n the Florida Keys • LOD G E yiS*/ Phone Reservations ;X 15. WITNESSES j FORSTATE VS 1 F. STIRRUP 50 JURY NAMES DRAWN FOR EXAMINATION; ADD FENCE' PICKET CHARGE TO DOCK ET There are approximately 15 witnesses who will be called to testify by the state against Fer nando Stirrup, who will stand trial Tuesday morning in Crim inal Court for manslaughter charges in connection with the death of Alice Eiklor in aft auto and motorbike accident. Approximately the sam</ num ber is to be called by the de fense. The case of Kermit Forbes j against Alpheus Dean and Victor Dean has been added to the docket, which will be sounded Tuesday. Forbes charges'" the Deans with using a deadly weap on, to wit: a fence picket, on him, which cut him up quite a bit. A list of 50 juror names were drawn from the jury box this morning with the group instruct ed to report Monday morning for examination hy the court. Following are the juror names drawn: Dan L. Navarro, Walton Park, Edwin W. Albury, Manuel Del Pino, Gerald Lloyd, J. M. Varela, Sr., Juan M. Fernandez, Leonte A. Valladares, Sumner Sweeting, P. D. Huddleston, Ignacio J. Avala, Orlando Caraballo, James Brady, Charles Fernandez, J. Ro land Adams, E. C. Gomez, Max imo Diaz, John Walker, Leon Haskins, Frank Balbontoni, J. R. Castillo, George Curry, Paul O. Roberts, Antonio Cabrera, Whit ney R. Papy, Clifford Watkins, ArtuHenriquez, Hugh Wil liams, C. G. W. Park, Ralph B. Garcia, Jr., Elijah Sands, Thom-1 as M. Felton, Juan Carbonell, Jr., Alexander Wilson, Stanley Key, Jose Mach in, Sr., George W. Spencer, Paul L. Archer, Arnold Hinson, Myrtland Cates, J. M. Bethel, Frank Lones, Frank Guerro, Donald J. Curry, Lain Dobbs, Charles M. Hilton, Vic tor Lowe, Leonard T. Curry, Ed- j ney B. Parker and Will P. Rob erts. MARTIN KEY WAS HIT BY LIGHTNING Elwood Key reports that his father, Martin Key, was srtuck by a lightning bolt and knocked down Monday. Mr. Key fell down some time back and broke his hip. He was recovering well from that accident, when the bolt fell Mon-! day and stunned hint. ' He reports that it has brought babk*the pain ' in his hip. LIONS TO ATTEND ! DELRAY MEETING I Members of Key West Lions j Club plan to compliment the newfly-formed Delray Lions Club by personal appearance in Del ray next Monday evening, ac cording to plans formulated at i the regular meeting of the local club last Thursday evening at Stone Church Annex. Meeting was called to order at 6:30 o’clock by Lion president H. E. Day: The occasifgr marks the Char ter Night Banquet of the new club, o A plan of inter-club meetings between the Rpdlands, Coral j Gables and Key West Lions clubs was brought up for discussion and deferred for later, action. Don Price, of Trumbo Hotel, | was voted into membership. Stanley Cooper was a guest. j Senator Andrews Action On Submarine Base Ta Be Guided By Report Of Hepburn Board Automobile Capsizes Oo Highway Yesterday; One Of Occupants Injured 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. Poffenberger re ceiving bruises. The Florida Motor Lines bus which was travelling to Key , 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. Deßruin of Orange City, lowa, 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 pletely over, in the middle of | the Overseas Highway. The ac , cident occurred approximately 67 j miles north of Key West. JAYCEES ASKING LICENSES FOR STATE DRIVERS INVESTIGATE BEACHES' DE VELOPMENT; STATE JAY CEE PRESIDENTIAL CANDI , i DATE DUE WEDNESDAY In connection with a state Jay cee drive for stele requirements for drivers’ licenses in all Florida cities, the Key West Junior, Chamber of Commerce will co operate and will investigate the possibilities of establishing driv ers’ licenses' an 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 j Restaurant probably Wednesday afternoon. The beach committee was re vived with conferences to be called soon for the purpose of, cleaning up South Beach and for the development of other beach sites on the nearby Keys, which will not require beach sand build ing. ' * - - ■ -■' - - j 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 Simonion and Flaming Sts. iwi.nm as ni w ■ mmm ■ ■■■ ■■ ■■■ ee —%■ 1 HONORED AT BROWN 3HS#vy : v' i; ; 3, A Wm* M 1 'ihMJ NfflHfcy., jfe. .JB Jgg’j ■ NR 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, assistant 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 expected that the crew of the vessel, picked from Key West personnel, will leave next week to bring the vessel down. i 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, wheih the Pop py is doing. The Poppy will then tend lights along the Reef. Tender Ivy has arrived in Mi ami. MORE SUBWAYS MOSCOW—PIans 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 for operation within two years. NEW 1939 CHEVROLET'S Cars Delivered From $749.00 Truck Delivered From $695.00 Mulberg Chevrolet Cos. Key West, Florida, has the most equable climate in the country; with an average range of only 14* Fahrenheit PRICE FIVE CENTS Statement Was Made In Reply To Peter Knight, Who Is Working In Be half Of Key West I (By Washington Correspondent of The Key West Citizen) WASHINGTON. D. C.. March I 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 i submarine base at Key West". i 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. i Although Senator Pepper re 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 commis sion before making recommenda 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 ton. FRANK DELANEY RECEIVES AWARD j 1 Frank Delaney has received a 'golden-circle award from Alpha Tau Omega fraternity for service in the organization more than 50 : years. { Mr. Delaney attended Bingham school in North Carolina and there was one of the charter members of the fraternity. VANDERBILT YACHT ARRIVES IN PORT i * 1 /; j W. K. Vanderbilt’s yacht “Al va” arrived in Key West harbor yesterday from Cuba and is pre paring to go to Tortugas for a fishing excursion. On the return from Tortugas the Alva will leave for Miami. CAR STOPS HORSE RICHMOND, Ind—When a milk-wagon horse - ran away here in a flash-back to the Gay Nineties, an automobile was 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 n the interior of Cuba. AMERICAN and RHUMBA ORCHESTRAS Confetti Serpentines i Masks—Free Five Beautiful Costume Prizes { ... Cuban Maracas presented \ at entrance to all who come in costume. SOCIETY RHUMBA and CONGA EXHIBITIONS Admission sl.OO Per Person — - - r i, r ,