The Key West Citizen Newspaper, May 1, 1936, Page 1

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Associated Press Day Wire Service. For 56 Years Devoted to the ‘ Best Interests of Key West fE LVII. No. 105. OLUME KEY WEST, FLORIDA, FRIDAY, MAY 1, 1936. Che Key West Cttizen countrs > range of © BRIDGE FUNDS ARE ASSURED Duce’s Air Plan Speeded To Meet European Crisis CONDITION OF DECKING CAUSED | BRIDGE MISHAP Pro- gram To Give Italy One Proposed Aviation Of Europe’s Foremost Forces In Next 3 Years | INVESTIGATION MAD IN; MATTER SHOWS NEITHER OF DRIVERS OF VEHICLES WERE RESPONSIBLE squeezed into three years is giv-} | By GEORGE C. JORDAN (By Associated Presny ROME, May 1.—A billion six-year- | 1 lire aviation program| ing Italy one of Europe's fore-| Investigation of the accidents at it Hoes Ghida bulleeqesteenay wioce organ-| ing hva2 brought out the facts ithat neither of tke drivers of the cars were responsible. | It was said »y an attorney who nounced he would spend a billion| investigated tat recently truckloads of . marl have been most air forces, supported by wevelutionized industrial ization. In May, 1934, Mussolini an- many lire in six years to make over the national air force. Later he added |©#'tied over the structure and 200;060;000 ice beingincuthevts (Cre ne ee ead ss created a shppery condition on the tal to about $96,000,000, and or- dered the job done by June 1937. | decking. 30,! When the state road depart- | |ment truck skidded and the front | wheels went off the side, the rear | The air force already had been | 0f the truck blocked traffie and seveal other trucks were in line: | Waiting for the way to he cleared.: valent to about $72,000,000. | It was at this time that the car Fe {with the two women drove up. : roe Brekes were applied but the slip- his air pery condition of the bridge at: hat point caused the car to skid; Ate Bele a fender, azle and the radia-) ter was damaged. 7 as Se getting 900,000,060 a year, equi- I! Duce announced program the coris’sted 0 them pilot 41,900 men, inc HOME OF HIGcS also comprehends th 10,000 reserve pile 3,000 - poten.|. Mr. and Mrs, Virgil Higgs, of tial pilots aire in! Schippi ns Lane, announce the i ae ‘birth of a son weighing eight and training. {a quarter pounds. the; The youngster has been given ati the name Ervin Albert. Mother and baby are reported; as doing nicely, Before marriage {was Miss Ruby Pent. ve | ts. there are Informed _ sources present Italian air about 1.900 plar tween 450 and Africa. This ich be-! 500 are in ak Mrs. Higgs} number is being | ; OTHER VISITORS WILL so i | i i | { ‘booked pass. ‘on the P. and O. S, S. Cuba for} jlin, ‘eral wee' i Mrs, ' Mingoe, | : planting ceremonies, jmen was s PRINTZ FAMILY LEAVING TODAY, TAKE PASSAGE ON CUBA THIS AFTERNOON Mrs. D. A. daughters, rlene and Davie, with their gov- Miss Ann Glowe, age for this afternoon Printz, have j Tampa, taking the family auto-j From the west coast they } will drive to their home in Frank- Pa. This season just past was the second spent in Key West by Mrs. Printz 1 family, and for sev- Mr. Printz was her regret when busi-/ cessitated his leaving. have had a most ee son,” said Mrs, Printz, “six months of pleasure and recrea- tion under the most healthful | conditions, and have made ar- rangements for another like pe- vied during next season:” ‘ Others who are expected to leave | on the Cuba this afternoon are Graham Denby Fitch and daughter, Miss Hermione, who have also had an_ exeeptionaliy good season of six months here, and have also made arrnagements for returning next year. They are to return to the home in Washing- mobile. ‘ton, D: C. OHIO SCOUTS SEEKING | FULL-BLOODED INDIAN: (My Associated Presn? COLUMBUS, 0O., May 1.—Not ‘many years ago this district had plenty of Indians of the Shawnee. Delaware, Senaca and Wyandott tribes—now it has to advertise to find one. When Girl Scouts planned tree they looked around for a full-blooded Indian, preferably a girl, to® plant the seedling, an offspring of the ‘famed Logan elm under which a n Indians and white med long ago. i Ind‘ans of direct descent were searce, however, so the Scouts asked newspapers to help find treaty bety lone. mented constantly, however, wit new planes prod i by four big ‘Petitions Bein: aviation tr x independent companies and four firms manu a | facturing motors only. New Planes Climb Fast Air force plans cail ‘or sub-! of the old types. New! ed 215 | sted with the| Railroad To » of 950 mile Applause and congratulations} y of 6,600 | | were given Clifton Russell, of Isla- i © | morada, when as against; . They and are « a. | he voluntarily decided to withdraw nd_even| stitution of 80 per cent planes with new bombers have a miles an hour, con 100 and 110 and a erdising with a carryi pounds. The new purs of representative) of the people of the Florida Keys, ' armed with three, 7 five machine guns fi angles, The new reco i have a speed of iles an hour! Commerce Commission asking that as against 110 and open models! are rep bin jobs w ith | the railroad over the Keys be or-' > lates 1 navi- ocean He pe ee | dered rebuilt. This was done at a) For the pr Italy continues! meeting yesterday. to use the hy lane bombers | of the type used by General Balboj There were a number of these/ in his flight to An t the! petitions brought to the city by| 1930 and 1931 land bombers were! Mr, Russell, who is postmaster at! sent to Africa, leaving the more! {slamorada, and _ representing up-to-date planes at home for the| dwellers on the Keys who had de-! sterner eve alities of possible ¢lgred themselves as being de-} European war. |sirous of having the railroad re-| ; built and was taking the method ing at a from circulation the petitions to nee planes; be presented to the Interstate! g ‘Circulated Requesting Reconstruction Of Be Withdrawn and the use of the railroad via-; ducts and other structures for them, and the progr far made in securing funds and grants for the structures was explained ue him. It was also said that informa- | tion wa: hand showing that the amount of the loan and grant had} been stipulated, and it was ex- | pected that in a few weeks infor- mation would be received that all j negotiatio had been concluded and actual work would start in a short time. Explanatory talks were given! {showing just chow much depended | ac jon the people of the Keys andj plicants for permits, totalled $1,-|said, when E. C. de Garmo, main-! |Key West sticking together and {presenting a solid front in the} |matter of the proposed bridges. | At the concl¢sion of the talks, | ;Mr. Russell said that neither he nor the people on the Keys had been kept apprised of the progress be- jing made toward securing the - MORE PAINTINGS KEY WEST GROUP PLAC= ! Johnson, who have two and three ‘TEN BUILDING Making Plans To Operate Ferries Between Key West, Matecumbe To Carry Cars Permission Was Granted | This Morning By Super-| BY LOCAL ARTISTS 10 BEE Ga vising Steamboat Inspec- ter At New Orleans * | | i ! Permission was granted this VARIOUS PICTURES 1 | ii by Cecil B is- TRAVELING, EXHIBIT: OF} 00 8 eee ing steamboat inspector at New TREASURY PROJECT ' Orleans, to operate ferries Florida Keys and Key West of the Mon- By PAUL MAY (Special Washington Correspondent of The Citizen) WASHINGTON, D. C., May 1.; —Key West artists roe county system, between Key! West Hawk Channel. 1 Fy: ki E. placed peoreict theis paiatings cat" 5 ae and Matecumbe through have again Albert, FERA ex- cuti fF Fit i the (iccasmry RelisfuAst Project's| it ct eee latest tunvoleng oxiabitithan ams) 7 4 oe said this) attecncon she did not know exactly when this cther group of artists in the Uni Olin | | byt would announce it in art} ecdiStatas, ihedule would be put in effect, Dows, head according to of the relief arte A time for those owning cars and Project. Out of the seventeen whose work was selected to be/ ™©¢#sary preparations. sent out over the country week in Show" 4): 75<* aie from Key West, Dow id. The Key West men represented are Faust Azaretti, Walton Blodgett, Richard Jansen, Mitchell Jamie- son, and Avery Johnson. Each o2 the Key West artists has one picture in the show, with the exception of Blodgett and artiste] Site to go north, to make the/ tl nueae fit is not intended to transport PSsengers omthe-~ ferries ~from Key West, it was said, passengers going over the highway to Big Pine Key, being transported from there to No Name on the two launches Boca Chica and Tess. both of which are now in opera- tion. Thus owners of travelling north can rangements to have sent on the ferry from Key West and plan their move ts to meet the ferry at No Name or Mate- cumbe and proceed on their jour- ney. This procedure w'll necessarily have to be inta’ned until ar- rangements can be completed for the construction of a ramp at Big Pine Key which will reach out to a deep channel. approximately 100 yards from shore. rs who are make ar- respectively. ther cars Johnson’s three works are the largest number by one man in the whole show. They are Pelican’s Lunch, Low Tide, No. 2, and Unloading Steamer. All of them are water colors. Blodgett’s two pictures are al- so water colors. They are Light- gous Boat “Joy”, and In the red Section. The pictures of the other Key men are: Pelicans, by Aza- The Yellow Cottage, by Jansen; and Yellow Ho: by Mitchell Jamieson. To be sent out this week, the show’s first p at the i ry, Winchen- s., from May 1 to 15. stop-over dates and e not been determined, of art Planning For Ramp Plans are being made today to start construct'on of this ramp as soon as materials can be secured and taken to Big Pine Key. Se- lection of a place at which to start the construction is to be deter- mined er. In the meantime, Manager Eu- gene Demeritt, of the ferry s tem; Lieutenant E. R. McCarthy, of the Coast and Geodetie Sur- = vey, and S. W. Wilson, of ihe aster, Carlos Dyers James Fitz’, PERA engineer with the adminis- Cocasies Gharles Kaenclau, Ton| tative wait on the Keys, are tak- oe ales & ar’ - an ‘Wilson, |iM& soundings between Big Pine er cranes cel wala | Key and No Neme Key, to determ- and Milford Zorn |ine the most feasible and safe jroute for the fer to use when | they are placed in vice between D. two points. oon as their sic is made, Ds be made to have the material | transported to the point selected During the month of April, ten} from which to start construction building and repair permits were! of the ramp, and work will start; jissued from the office of Harry} at onee. ! M. Baker. The total sum for these| The necessity of t was ap- ies as estimated by the ap-/ parent late last evening, it was included in the ex- sides the Key West men mes F, Clymer, Bernardine F 125. tenance engineer for the state Only one permit was issued;road department, advised that all | during the past week. This was;of his efforts would be toward jfor a new roof at 1012 Fleming; securing material and _ starting ' street. Owner, Mrs. John Wat-; work to replace the sections of the kins; cost, $150. [No Name Key-Big Pine Key == |bridge. destroyed by fire yester- | day morning. Relative To Slip SATURDAY NIGHT BRITISH VICEROY MUST ERASE HIS OWN HIGH RANK GREAT INDIAN SUB-CONTIN-! ENT WILL HAVE TO BE CHANGED INTO AN AUTO- NOMOUS FEDERATION (Ry Associa NEW DELHI, 4 Press) India, May 1.— The Marquess of Linlithgow, suc- ceeding Lord Willingdon as vice- in the opinion of roy of India, is, many, ffi- shouldering the most di Brit- ish crown has had to face within cult task any subject of the the empire for 50 years. The great Indian sub-contin- ent will have to be changed by him ‘rom an autocratically governed British possession under a viceroy into an autonomous federation in which the empire will be repre- sented by a governor genera No man, Britishers here could do the job better. Linlithgow was chairman the parliamentary committee that shaped the autonomy-giving con- stitution for India in 193: In Father’s Footsteps k, Lord Previous wide experience of In- dia’s intricate problems came to him through travel, and as chair- man of the royal commission op Indian agriculture, 1926-28. inaugurating consti- tutions is becoming a Linlithgow family job. The m John Adrian Lou pra prseent Australian tion working as governor eral of the commonwealth, 02. Born 48 years ago, Victor Alex- ander Jchn Hope, of Hopetour House, Linlithgowshire, is head 0% the Scots clan of the Hopes. There are many of them. The Hopetoun parson once droned in his sermon, “The world is ful blast ed hope: just as the his and three danehtevs filed family pew under the pulpit. Expects Thrilling Experience Tail, debonair and command- ing, he is a “strong man,” policy is always one of a His appointment has widely welcomed in India. Indian congress organ, the tional Call,” recognized Li gow was responsible for port of the Indian com sion “which w the admiration of the I ple.” He had travelled 18,000 miles on a personal iour of spection before he signed it. He expects a thrilling time dur- ing his term of office. “Make no m'stake about i he said cently, “the r dia, for so many changing, are at move..” Linlithgow has as one of Britain's peers.” but his looks the World war he delighted sev- eral privates serving under him by performing an impromptu apache dance. On another occasion in the offi- cers’ mess, he irapersonated a ge 1900- mar- beer The in- re- masses of In centuries last on the been “mosi solemn maiden aunt at a children’s party, | and often could be heard all over divisional headquarters doinz full) justice to tenor arias from Gilbert and Sullivan operas. SPECIALS We Carry Only First Class Meats Chuck Roast, tb - Beef Chops, tb 2n- un-, | POINCIANA HAS BEEN President's Signature Only Acquirement Now Necessary WASHINGTON, May 1-Repr tative J. Mark Wilcox President Rooseve ins only step that rema eral approval of the prx ae t the gaps in the highway f ida mainland to Key West. The Florida congressm project had been approved legal, finance and engineering sions of the Public Works A tion. Under the plan, the hi traverse some of the bridges used by the Overseas Railway Florida East Coast System. TWO PLANES }. ROBESON ARRIVEHERE = ARRIVES HERE MR. AND MRS. RALPH HICCS RECENT PURCHASER OF » AND CHILDREN WERE AMONG ARRIVALS imini Qartiiti ighway V . TINE PROPERTY KEY COME IN TODAY EN GAGED IN ACTIVITIES ON INTRACOASTAL ROUTE Tende e fleet of Poppy awelung continue dist: port. The Poppy erable weather to struction f the new light at Northwest Che: MOTHER'S DAY of presenting to the I. C. C. sign-| | pridges, but since he had been ad- jed petitions setting forth their! vised in detail he would volun- D A N r{ E hopes for transportation by rail|tarily withdraw the petitions from jover the Keys. jcireulation, to be held in escrow. Tomorrow Bake 10:00 o’Clock Soa | sisi by Pritchard Orchestra | twas present on invitation. The) terday afternoon, it was learned ADMISSION $1.00} proposition for the oversea bridges today. | Clear Meat for Stew, tb Hamburger, tb Small Chops, 1 ; Rib Roast, tb BROADWAY MEAT MARKET } Phone 286 701 Duval St. en eee GRAND DANCE Auspices Caballeros de la Luz HABANA-MADRID CLUB TONIGHT Floor Show—Prize Waltz Gents $1.00 (no tax) Ladies Free SE In the event it was decided to jeonstruct a temporary slip or j other structure for use by the fer- ries, it would have to be done by {other interests that the state road) department. At the same time he! (Continued on Page Four) CANDY Fresh shipment just recerwed at "S PHARMACY Free Deliwery PALM DAIRY Phone 177 PHOME 2 i | WHEN THE “THIRSTY” GATHER, THOSE WHO KNOW GOOD BEER AND WANT THE BEST ALWAYS CALL FOR WAGNER'S. YOU TOO, WILL ENJOY IT

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