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VOLUME LV. No. 193. Nazi ‘Mapped Power Furnishes Play And Recreation In Program Out By Joy Bureau): HENRY THOMPSON RETURNS TO MIAMI : WITHRACE HONORS PARTICIPATED IN REGATTA! Four. Thousand:Key West Citizens KEY WEST, FLORIDA, TUESDAY, AUGUST 14, 1934. Compiling Data On Key West For Special Edition Sevoceccccrocecsceoooees Sign-Up In Voluntary Work Corps Doe ceccccccccccccocsseesoveseevecesocooeEeeEecee: (From Jacksonville Journal): {in terms of money in a bankrupt By JENNY BALLOU ‘eity—the only alternative was to United States Plans Spending — Over $33,000,000 In Program — For Ant-Aircraft Defe Seeking To Build Up Gen COMM IO IIL LS ~ PUT ON BY LARCHMONT | ; KEY WEST, Abg. 10.—There YACHT CLUB; BARBARA! can be no doubt even to the most go directly to the labor of the in- habitants. It was to this end that Mr. Stone organized a volunteer SDPIIIDLIS ¢ tA Ot Equipment eral Culture Of Nation In Promotion Of Many Great claims to success are made for the first months of the movement. One report states that in one month alone 70,000 men and women attended per- formances in the People’s Thea- ter, 12,500 were taken on con- ducted tours through museums, 92,000 had vacation trips and 3.- 500 Berlin residents took night courses in English, French and shorthand During the recent vacation of storm troopers many of the brown shirts enjoyed trips arranged by the bureau. “The nazi ‘power through joy’ movement, in greater Berlin is proud of its a plishments,” faye the review. “It is progressing lone its difficult road, Every- one is marching with us. Our aim ie m life for German work.” Excursions Cost Little Pixecursions tasting a day or a week are offered at surprisingly Yow costs, For about $9 a worker an spend seven days in the Black VPorest. For less than $17 he can, have a week's voyage to Scandi- avin. One-day trips from Ber- tim cost from $1.20 to $1.80. Tustruction in swimming, gym- Hastion, tennis, and boxing ix given for less than a dollar for eOurses of seven lessons. Brightly-colored posters em- Phasizing the value of sound bodies, a swimming “week” with! the slogan “every German a sw mer,” and a mounting interest in the coming Olympic games te arouse enthusiasm for sports. More than 200,000 persons have seen the propaganda play, “The Whiteuntide Organ,” at the People’s Theater—once the play- n- houses of the famous producer Max: Reinhardt but now in the posses- sien of the “power through jov” organization. Tickets cost 20 ents or less. “We are pion a ther Adams, a nazi district leader, im reviewing the ambitious pro- gtam of the movement. Teach Worth Of Workers “We national sovialists have put new meaning into the lives of German people, but our work must net end with the achieving ef political power. On the con- trary, our battle for the soul of the people will continue years. “The German worker of the twain and hand must not live only te carry on the daily struggle for twead. The laborer ought know his own value. “We are building a new social grees NAME OF CRAFT ENTERED | | WITH CAMP UNITS a Appearing in a recent issue of} Cee sendin |The Miami Herald was an article ment, comprising the states pertaining to Henry Thompson, of Florida, Georgia and Ala- bama, is pleased with the en- campment of the 265th Regi- | from the east, where he obtained | ment Coast Artillery. H The general came to Key | honors in the Larchmont Yacht West Sunday and remained little over as the guest of Lieuten- ant Colonel M. R. Woodward at the camp. While here he Miami; who recently returned to Club race with his speedy ! craft, Barbara. The article in part foliows: casual bystander that there has been a fantastic change of mood in this island city since July 2 when the members of the city; il of West t Sonne of Eee att eecen months, under the direction of the themselves in a state of emer- os gency and petitioned the governor) 10ca! administrator, B. M. Dun- to take over all their legal powers. | But it will be the special job i of this bystander to try and see} After the first fleeting moment. what lies under the animation,|¢f perplexity enlistments swept and to try to hear something,| the city like wild fire. The enroll- perhaps of great contemporary, ment closed last night. The new significance, under the hammer-! Soldiers in this FERA army which ing and sawing that has suddenly! has been recruited to raise Key converted a stranded, forgotten] West to a normal social and eco- population into a spectacle upon! nomic standard ‘unattainable by which the eyes of the world arée'mere relief, are men and women work corps in which each citizen, employed or otherwise, was asked to sign up for a number of hours per week, over a period of six Over 4000 Enlist OTHERS EXPERIENCE EXCELLENT FISHING E. E. Hall, of New Smyrna, declared yesterday afternoon he did not believe the many he had heard about Key West un- til he tried it himself. Mrs. Hall and myself and two sons were guests of Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Cherry and they insisted that we go fish- ing. We went in the car te Cudjoes and from the first mipute*we put the lines over IN KEY WEST AREA) help! new} ms Geun-} for | to! { ! went over the’ encampment — | | | “Competing in unknown waters} turned, may bring fear to some skippers,} When the Key Westers were but to Vice Commodore Henry S.; asked to join a volunteer work Lvhddipsens-omnne of the Toet'oai:| ree Neceent- mae te aa boat, Barbara, and Wayne Gunn,’ beautifying Key West in | order . it’s just! t make it a self-sustaining tourist ‘center, they were, for a while, un- another*day, another race and/certain what they were being more honors. }asked to do. Although there were “Vice Commodore Thompson’ many who came with the attitude and Skipper Gunn are back in Mi-! Of one negro who signed up with ami and, if you have any doubt a hearty: “Ah would do anything ‘i é ., ‘for our President!” of the thrills connected with sail- seen in the lines filing into the boat racing it is suggested you FERA offices with a rather be- spend a few minutes listening to wildered expression on the details of their recent trip! faces: They had simply come to East to compete in the Larchmont Lamvoes the call, some perhaps sae . Mi :membering another call which Yacht club racing. The two Mi-' they had volunteered to answer amians turned in a brilliant per-' some 20 years ago. formance at Larchmont sabia A Helping Hand matched against, a fleet of the sae The Key Westers now under- tion’s best snipe boats, they cap-! stand that a hand is b ing stretch- ‘FOUR PLANT BOARD (MEMBERS VISITORS ‘HERE DURING WEEK youthful Miami skipper, DR. MONTGOMERY, DR. NEW-' ELL, S. A. ROHWER AND A. BROWN CONFER WITH B.' | M. DUNCAN OF FERA ran Bees = gatta series from July 14 to 21. and a spirit of intimate co-opera- |” “With the Barbara lashed to al tion, qt ee Among the distinguished visi-' trailer, Viee Commodore Thomp- the idea of the federal relief ad- tors in Key West this week were, Son and Skipper Gunn left Miami! ninistrator, Julius F. Stone, Jy; Dr. J. He Montgomery, chief quar-| Oe morning before receiving 2 /When he was asked by the gover- antine inspector of the state plant! sreeting from the sun. Space does’ nor to act as his agent in board; Dr. Wilmon Newell, head, 20t permit the recital of the Mie cn A deg i out the plan of general rehabilita- of the board and S. A. Rohwer, of ; “thrilling experiences” along the tion for the bankrupt city, was to the bureau of entomology and A. 1a 0-mile trip as they maneuver- Be eg enue inenactar. ed automobile and the trailer with While here conferring with the its cargo through the heavy traf- *tocal unit they also met with B./ fic of Washington, Philadelphia, ‘tno: own feet. M. Durkan, administrator of the New York and other cities along, “4. the relief administration FERA in Key West, and took up’ the way. It is enough to report/ funds could not be used for this matters pertaining to the work in| that all arrived safely. | purpose with the relief clients toned “Vice Commodore Thompson, Dr. Newell, Dr. Montgomery! forming 80 per cent of the pop- usually a quiet, modest gentle-| ((1mine SD per cent oF ee poe and Mr. Rohwer left on the after-| , capitalize the unique atmosphere ‘and beauty for a tourist center in order to put the Key Westers on up and; others were: their! : tured runnerup honors in the re-! oq out to them with a since! ty, It is now clear to them that! | between the ages of.18 and 65 The total who have enlisted for the six-months period is 4,304. | The labor hours volunteered rep-| ‘resent 71,743 hours per week, To put it into terms more in tune with our capitalistic way of] ‘thinking, the Key Westers, bank- ‘pupt in everything but natural wealth, have offered a volunta: ‘contribution toward the rehabili- tation of their city, the equi-, valent of $932,659 in labor at the} irate of 50 cents per hour, 1 When all enlistment certificates | of the volunteer works corps. are} ‘analyzed, the comprehensive plan| for the rehabilitation will be| definitely determined, What skiils will this labor rep-! resent? And from the human side, what will be the attitude of ‘the people who have volunteered fon the average of 18 hours aj ‘week, when they are actually as-| signed their jobs? And how wil tue job be done, in what spirit? Even now, one regular em-} ploye, a contractor, refused $18) overtime pay from the FERA, say-| ing he wished those hours ard that; work to be counted for his enlist-| ment in the volunteer work cory This spirit points to the sue of this unusual venture in labor.; ‘But the general aspect worth ; watching from this point is, what! | essential contradictions will have! to be faced, and what modifica- }tions made, when plans which are now in black and white, are put, into what Administrator Hopkins [calls “workable action.” aaa eat olule yesterday: Ulation—and one does not think noon train yesterday for Miami.! When he told of the hospitality 3 Dr, Brown will remain in Key} res nage i oy te e icials o} e Larchmont and New sy ha aaa Rochelle Yacht Clubs. As visiting skippers from Miami, they were | given special praise for their 'ong FERRY PARROTT | overland trip and full club priv- BRINGS FREIGHT ileges. This is an item that our} | regatta offic’ | Another large assemblage of an place at the! head of the list as it brings valu- able returns to a city where yacht- | ing and boating are important parts of sports and business pro- grams. “The Larchmont racing saw Mi-' ami’s lone entry, Barbara, off to a flying start the opening day for music lovers was at the encamp- Ferry Parrott arrived from Ha-! ment at Fort Taylor last night to (Wana yestduday | afternoon’, with two passengers, 12 empty cars and | one sack of mail. i This sack of mail was from the | U. S. S. Richmond and no. other) mail was placed on the ferry be-| a first-place award. The little; ; cause of a strike in the Havana; snipe won from wire to wire or | postoffice. | four minutes ahead of the second! | Word was brought by members! raft. The second day’s racing | of the crew of the ferry that the} developed into a spirited two-boat | strike started Sunday and 50 em-| race between the Barbara and W.: ployes of the postoffice had been} F. Crosby’s snipe of New Rochel-| 2 : | placed in prison. le” j especially the number dedicated hear one of the best programs of- i fered by the 265th regiment band this year. All of the numbers were ¢s- pecially selected by Director La- Monaca and were happily receiv- audience, ed by an appreciative \- 0 ae 2 eg | to Mayor W. H. Malone and play- ‘Hospitality League Organization | To Be Perfected 1 This Afternoon | ed for the first time last night. The program tonight carries a concert “L’Estudian- tina” a descriptive fantasy, “A Day at West Point,” and other beautiful numbers. Program 1.—March, “There’s About a Soldier” 2.—Coneert Waltz, tina” Waldtoufel Popular, “Temptation,” from the picture “Going Holly- waltz from The Key West Hospitality | League is being organized this afternoon, It is composed of 15 | men and 15 women. It is to be the central civic or- } ganization of the city of Key West Following are the of | those who have been selected to serve: Mrs, William R. Warren, Mrs.) Norberg Thompson, Mrs. Jerry Trevor, Mrs. Victor Moffat, Mrs. Howard Wilson, Mrs, B. Curry names Something “L’Estudian- | to deal with all tourists and visi- Moreno, Mrs. Wallace B. Kirke,! wood” Brown ovler @ what is more im-; portant, we are arousing a new e@heciousness of culture! It is a tack of the national socialist te make the valuable German cul- ture available to every worker.” MONROE THEATER Charles Ruggies-Una Merkel in MURDER IN THE PRIVATE CAR Comedies and News Matinee: Balcony, 100; Orches- tra, 16-20c; Night, 15-25¢ YOU WON'T FIND power through joy’ organization; tors; to meet trains, ferries, steam-! Mrs. H, C. Galey, Mrs. F. R. Kirt boats and airplanes. land, Mrs, Wade W. Rhein, Miss The idea of the league is to as-j Etta Patterson, Mrs. B. L. Grooms, | sist tourists in securing accommo-! Mrs. Eola Swicegood, Mrs. Lewis | dations, homes when needed, and! E. Pierce and Mrs, Andrew R. do everything possible to provide! Miller. for them before they come to Key Mayor W. H. Malone, Rev. | West and assist in taking care of | James S. Day, Dr. Armando Cobo, | them after they come. ! wm. R. Porter, Karl Thompson, | A meeting is to be held imme-! W. L. Bates, Sebastian Cabrer: diately after the organization for| Joe Pearlman, J. Fred Dion, E. 4 the purpose of electing officers| Strunk, Jr., Ross C. Sawyer, Sen- and appointing various committees| ator Arthur Gomez, J. Lancelot j to take care of the different) Lester, Robert F. Spottswood and phases of activities, Bernie Papy. | J and accompanied by lots of noise | with Batteries “A” and “ } the 1 MM rifles. | at the camp this afternoon that did good | shooting. i ” firing It was said | both batteries some Tomorrow will be productive of In-} stead of the spiteful crack of the! rifles there will heard . the booming of the 12-inch mortars. | This practice will be held by Battery “D” of Miami and Battery} “E” of Key West. Major W. V.! Albury will be in charge of the} firing. | Visitors arriving at the encamp-, ment today were Colonel P. L. Mc. jamara, assistant adjutant gen- and Lieutenant Colonel P. L.| Gage, U. S. A., executive officer of the Fourth Artillery District with headquarters at Fort McPher- son, Ga. : | | a different variety of noise. i he | | | | { ‘i ° eoes) WHERE TO GO | pan ee MAJOR C. R. COLLINS, President Florida Motorists’ Alliance MAJOR COLLINS ARRIVES IN CITY TO COMPILE DATA | PRESIDENT OF MOTORISTS’: ALLIANCE TO ISSUE SPE-' CIAL EDITION COVERING! KEY WEST ACTIVITIES | j Major C. R. Collins, of Tampa, ! Fla., president of the Florida Mo-! torists’ Alliance and director of} Florida Motorist Clubs, was an ar-! ANNOUNCEMENT MADE THIS anti ! rival in Key West yesterday. | Major. Collins is the publisher! of the magazine “Florida Motor-| ist,” Which is the official organ of the Florida Motorists Alliance and the. Florida Motorist Clubs. Cooperating with L. munds, regional director the Motorists Alliance, who the author of “Key West—The Ber-, muda of Florida” and “The Keys West,” which were pub- { of is lished in the Knights of Columbus Bulletin and reproduced in The] ; Citizen, they will compile a spe-| | cial edition of the Florida Motor- 1 National-Guardsmen Riciineth | In Gun Practice This Morning ist oevering Key West. | This will be done in collabora- the and, of; tion with assistance help of Key West of the Federal Emergency Relief} Administration. various groups citizens @nd officials} Major Collins called at the] Citizen office today and express-) ed appreciative surprise at the great advances made in the city| during the past eight weeks and} believes that Key West is firmly] on the upswing. The spirit of. the citizens and their ready coopera- | tion with the FERA, he said, probably the greatest factor in the; progress to date. Major Collins will remain in y West the rest of this week| and assist in completing the work | of the local participation in the) motorist. While here he is guest at the Hotel Colonial. | 3} al we began to catch fish. “Both of the “boys were lucky and so was I, but Mrs. Hall caught the biggest fish, a-barracuda about three feet coming back The Hall family is from New Smyrna and before leav- ing on the afternoos yesterday told The Ci they had spent a most enjoy- able time. TFSI ILI OLD aaa CHILDREN WILL GET PLAYGROUND AT LOCAL PARK AFTERNOON BY FERA DiI- RECTOR OF PARKS AND RECREATION ACTIVITIES Bayview Park playground is to West. This announcement made this afternoon by J. Curtis, director of parks and re« reation. All activities at the park will be wats Gerry | supervised and parents are urged to insist that their children go toe this park in their leisure hour During the time spent at park the children will be able toe play in safety and their diseiplin and conduct will be of the best at all times. Parents are invited to visit park at any time and of trained leadership. AVIATION OFFICER ARRIVES IN CITY Major A. B. McMullen, aviat officer with the state of Florida and also director of aviation with the FERA plane from Miami His visit was made to with B. M. Duncan, loca trator and discuss taining to establishment of air Key West the ee the value arrived yesterda. matte pe plane service between and Miami. Results of the the nounced later conference a plans discussed are to be a Thanksgiving Concert To Be Given At Bayview Park evening there will be hanksgiving Concert. tomorrow; spec ial) his has! | been arranged by the FERA a | Monroe—“Murder in the Priv- jate Car.” | Palace—“Chloe.” : | ministration, assisted by the 265th Coast Artillery Band, conducted Tomorrow Evening At Park Grounds 4.—KReading of Governor mation Capt. Leat Soprano Svlo Me,” Mrs. Dek Outlined (By Aesectated Preset WASHINGTON, Aug 4 | “War im the shies” would find | the United States encircled by oe | to-date defense unite if plans de | wetagad tp the wer depertmen! | are executed. Under the dines | tiem of General Goeugine Mine Arther, chief of stall, the de ; fire control equipment fer regular army regiment. seren wo ! tioma! qverd regiments cad (8 © active regular ermy The program would $33,325,000 reqrment: —_ shew | Seeretar partment, who re Inspection of Pans ’ tak in munication raft ret steps im th ably would be taken there Our Equipment Best War department offiow ant) aircraft Amer effiterent oped by th ane the most M. Ed-| be opened for the children of Key, and that th ull protection were provided t and the wke P bating Allie which | conduc Develop New Methods by Warrant Officer Caesar La-| 6.—Descriptive Fantasy, 3.—Two of the most popular Fox! eae | Trots: (a) “This Little Pig-| TOMORROW eee ae : : The program, which is an ex-| mie Went te pe | Monroe—“Thirty Day Prin-j cellent one, will be of a highly en c 4 cess.” aining nature, and quite dif-! me gy eau- | Ce! } tertaining na a sb a bd sla ie ' ferent from the usual program for tiful” from “Roman Scan-} Heiieeanae dals” ‘ open air events. Program 4.—Deseriptive Fantasy At West Point” 1.—America, led by Rev. Day and sung by entire audience Popular, “Did You Ever See A Dream Walking,” from} —Invocation by Rev. George Summers “Sitting Pretty” Revel The Star Spangled Banner. .-Selection of Victor Herbert Favorites, 265th Coast Ar- tillery Band Herbert-Lake Palace—“Chloe.” DANCE Tonight from 9 till 2 CUBAN CLUB Music Py 2 MIAMI COUNTRY CLUB NOVELTY ORCHESTRA H Specialties Gents 75c 3) Festival Midnight instrumenta Vests Fir Sheletemeed % effects in th . 265th Com Band distance tillery Ce Scripture Contralto Ww Address Sergeant ward 12.—-Benedict Rev Barritt The Star Spangled Banner » A BETTER BEER ON THE MARKET THAN WAGNER'S “PRIDE OF FLORIDA”. THE PEP IS ALWAYS THERE. IT IS MADE IN FLORIDA

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