The Key West Citizen Newspaper, February 8, 1938, Page 1

Associated Press Day Wire Service For 58 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West (2 Che Key West Citizen —— KEY WEST, FLORIDA, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1938. ARRIVE HERE BEAUTIFICATION, CLEANUP CONTEST. ering MEMBERS OF DIFFERENT "OOTOTTTTO Preliminary judging in the| At M 171 Dock Yesterda PARTIES SPEND SOME Pi ULLS YACHT CAPT. ‘AIN | beautification and cleanup con-| y TIME FISHING FROM HARBOR WATERS test, which was initiated last Sneed aunuilil ete [ea Ta Z| TOURBT TRAVEL TOKEY WEST fie Von ect West and then seeping up to STILL HEAVY DESPITE SMALL me” a © Arrive DECREASE DURING PAST WEEK | den Club and Tree Guild. the rest of the southern states Short Time Judges for the final apprize- ing the last week failed to in | is the service given by local Yacht Basin watchmen. It is not surprising for these watchmen to promise a yacht captain to meet him in the early hours of the morning to j | ment will be Dr. Stephen Doug-| Crease as it has every week since las, Stephen Cochran Singleton, the upper span of the highway) u.0 weck to | Miss Williams and Miss Engle. | has been thrown open to the pub- | recording 74 car. and 19 bus | Pictures of the yards before Leet ba eens —_ roca fon sengers. Fifty-five | campaign was begun and at its} Dut Slightly | trucks and i close will be aispiaga at deen JO tree eas fae y, 42 cars, one truck | Flower Show. {Motorcycles and 753:passengers. | s E {> The “high” in passengers this | | oaritieet it will make it of axe Ports from one ferry, which Monday: showed the lowest 3298 pumche: ct west anc peice Missing Fishing Vesse Located Off Marquesas Coast Guard Boat Picks °OMOOOO Ia eS THREE SAILFISH Up Launch With Brad-| "CAUGHT MONDAY | ford Roberts And Com- Albert W. Johnston and his panion recently were | ‘oot schooner, MclIntosh’s 46- and J. B. Snoot’s 30- Miss Joplin”. The 44-foot ned by Dr. and Reid has-been in | commenced survey of the many | yards whose owners are compet- | ing for cash prizes to be awarded | at the annual Flower Show, Feb- | ruary 25, 26 and 27, by the Gar- various guests on the “Dou- bloon”, the fishboat accom- | panying his large “Nicoya™. | have been iencing fi Launch Number 18A59% from| a eee the Key West Fish Company,, | Yesterday Mr. Johntson - | brought in two six foot six missing Friday and Saturday was | inch sailfish and his guest located Sunday off Marquesas | Lieutenant-Commander Phil Key by Coast Guard Patrol Boat Emerson, retired» who is at the Navy Station, brought in 185, Augustus Bradley, officer,in another excellent six foot The launch, whose master. is| > from Bal- have taken their boat through the entire in- side erway from the farthest point ii pleting the route this year in com- ing down here for the first time. They will go out after Gulf Stream fish in the near future. J. B. Snoot. who is from Joplin, Missouri, and owner of the Wise and Sr brokerage firm with two inch blue. and whiter. i ‘ Bradford Roberts, was sighted by | several other fishing boats off | Newground Buoy, Friday and the} position reported in Key West. It was thought, however, that Prad- | ford Roberts was staying out; later than usual to haul in a nice! Tatch of fish. When he failed to} return by Saturday, Robert Curry | of the Key West Fish Company | became worried and Sunday! morning notified the C. G. patrol; boat. | Officer Bradicy proceeded first to Newground Buoy, but saw no signs of the launch. He then! cruised further westward and; finally located it at 4 p. m. off; the Marquesas. From that point} he towed her into Key West, a distance. of 22 miles and arrived in port at 7:30. | Bradford Roberts and an ac-| £0) ¢ fisherman. had used} ‘the ae drop of water to make) coffee, wien they were picked| up. Another day and the pair) would have been suffering badly | from exposure and lack of water, | it is said. j RECEIPTS FROM "BALL FORWARDED SENT BY MAYOR ALBURY TO) COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN HANDLING MATTER 33 | Mayor Willard M. Albury yes- terday forwarded to Keith Mor- gan, chairman of the committee handling matters in connection with the President's Ball which was held on January 29, the :um of $194. Report shows actual sale ef; 116 tickets at $1 each, donations; of $6 from workers on projects of the Works Progress Administra: { tion, and a donation of _a check for $100 which was made; by Mrs. Jacob Schreiber, making @' total of $222. From this was deducted $4 for the printing of tickets, advertis- ing was $4, and the orchestra cost $20, leaving a balance of $494, which was forwarded by New York Exchange, for $94, and Mrs. Schreiber’s check for $100, a total of $194. FOUR MARRIAGE Taken off the records in the of- e of County Judge Raymond d are the following names h have been issued mar- riage licenses to wed in Monroe County: John Lockhart and Grace Min- ! fishing, after which A number of other sailfish have been brought in by Mr. Johnston during the season sinte he berthed the “Nicoya” here Jan. 11. Mr. Johnston's favorite way of fishing is to fall asleep in his deck chair the rod held tightly in "SIAL LLSS. te a offices ir x, Kansas City interest to visitors. and Joplin. is guest, Wil- liam Esdale of Miami. The pair like Key West very much. Mr. Snoot has several friends who are very much interested in the fu- ture of Key West and in buying te here. |yearly in the future with the | eventual end of making Key West | the “garden spot of the country”. | An enthusiastic response to the contest has been noted among d aging rep In a fish the Jot winter i The yeste Yact ville, Ca Porter Dock ner ti Gulf, and e On the G. T. Fulf and Mr GROUP ~ LEFT YESTERDAY . PARTY FIGURED IN RECENT RESCUE OF TWO KEY WEST YOUTHS Walter D. Ebinger, owner of the runa” ay and the “Mojo” has also ned out of port. After seeing the ibilities of the Il return with encour- junday aboard Russell _T. spending the ey West, was a guest. left for Havana Mr. n Brock- at the ing, while prepara- ting in the ing a big day. the owner, Fulford, Mr. Sifton,s-and Fulford mced with TEMPERATURES yacht “Shy Ann II”, who is also “ president of the Ebinger Baking Company, and guests, Dr. Joseph A. Burgun, Arthur K. Young and Raymond Kilthau, left yesterday for points up the Florida Keys, where they will spend a while they will Proceed northward to their re- spective homes. This is the party that figured in the recent rescue of two Key West boys, who were stone crab, bing in a fifteen-foot open motor- boat off a All ‘members ‘of thé" par’ Pressed °thertistives "aS" navi thoroughly “énjoyed their stay in Key West; having been efitertain on ‘several occasions. ey ‘alse entettained with a ioeKtail party on board the yacht recently, having several! local per- sons as their guests. ANNOUNCE DEATH OF MRS. J. DURST WILL BE REMEMBERED BY MANY FRIENDS IN KEY WEST Announcement has ceived in Key West of th of Mrs. Je: ¢ B. Durst tor and secr Forrest City es Forrest City Mr. Durst is the e lisher. Death occurred city, Mrs. Durst will membered as M Hers » Johnson and Virginia s nee. S. Higgs and Zelma Fleming and Nina Lee passing BIG FREE DANCE Tomerrow Night At SLOPPY JOE’S BAR Music By Geo. Dean’s Rhythm Boys —NO ADMISSION— Registered ARCHITECT | State of Florida | William at Fleming Street | —PHONE 80— KEY WEST ouzzzeez In NPs Lowest cht Iast 24 hours 50 Highest 64 68 62 48 76 4 70 40 vir 64 42 60 34 36 64 62 32 56 739 58 NOTICE ched by any for the and “NOT INNOCENT” BUFFALO.—John Best of this city, arraigned in court for intox- ication, pledged “not innocent”, and was fined $10. HIGH-PRICED GLASSES | | SPARTA, Ga.—John Chapman, ; a farmer living near this city,} paid.a traveling {‘gp-stalist” $250 -beavy for a pair of ten-cent store spec-} tacles. contestants this far in spite of the condition of the streets, which make it very difficult to keep the yards presentable. Tourists have commented favorably on the splendid effort Key Westers are making to keep their yards spic and span during this trying pe- -| Tiod of the city’s development in which the sewerage and water project is being completed, it is stated. DILUTED WITH VINEGAR FRANKLIN, Ind. — Martin Woods of this city, arrested for distilling corn liquor, told the judge that bottleggers, because of competition, had been forced to dilute ffieir liquor half ———$- — POLO PLAYING AUTHOR LEADS AN ACTIVE LIFE THE settings of Alan LeMay’s| adventure stories have moved | westward to the point where the East begins. Starting with wild} west horse operas and switching | to Hawaii and the mid-Pacific in previous books, Alan LeMay! chooses the troubled zone of Asiatic waters for his latest novel, | “Empire For A Lady”. | This exciting story, which will | run serially in this paper starting today, is laid on one of the thou-| sands of islands between Borneo and Australia. Alan LeMay is not an easy- chair warrior, but a man of action like the characters he creates. He} beeaniéa second lieutenant in the army “at the age of 18, and. it; wasn’t his fault that thé’war end-; ed before he could get to France. He has been a bantamweight champion, has formed his own polo team, and breaks horses on his California ranch. Salads Are Out In spite of this activity Mr. Le- May has found time to write ten books and many short stories. Among the most popular of his works are “Gunsight Trail”, “Bug Eye”, “Smoky Years”, “Deepwa- ter Island”, and “Dark Tropic ‘As a student at the University of Chicago”, says Mr. LeMay, “I flunked advanced composition. But my ambition is still to be- come an author”. Born in Indianapolis, Alan Le- May is 38 years old. He has two children,-aged two and five, but regrets that he is without a dog at present. He claims to be a very RESTAURANT FOUR TEN FLEMING STREET SPECIALIZING IN FINE WESTERN MEATS —and— HAND-MADE CIGARS OF HAVANA TOBACCO Shipped—charges prepaid—to any point in the U. S. A. FRED AUERBACH. Manager LOOKING THROUGH Alan LeMay. who has “Em- pire For A Lady” and nine other books to his credit, says his ambition is to become an author. poor trout fisherman, and hates salads. Don’t think that Alan LeMay’s fiction is all blood and thunder, however. A girl of 20 is the moti- vating force in “Empire For A Lady”. Trading and gun-runping brought Captain Clyde of the Linkang, and his nephew, Paul Thorne, to tropical Balingong bay. But it ed incred to them that Christine’s yawl, the Avon, should remain in those dangerous waters. The jungle, the sea, tivélty in love, and the ‘constant’ threat of peril, make this story magnificent entertainment for all readers of adventure and romance. PHONE J >to come in was in the January 16-22, with 477 cars, 17) trucks and two motorcycles. Best days so far were January WPA 13 with 164 passengers, and Janu- ary 21 with 87 cars and two! trucks. } Outstanding day of the past week, from Sunday, January 30, to Saturday, February 5, inclu- sive, was Thursday with the large figure of 70 cars, seven trucks, two trailers, 112 car and 41 bus} anc of veliow 53. Dumcmes Dc there were ony 7] Demces = woo soic AL tme sfterme so COME TO CITY Robert J. Dill, State WPA Ad- ministrator; O. A. Sandquist. Field Representative im the Third Zone; Ernest Saunders, Acting Director of the Division of Fi- week of | three trucks and one motorcycle. passengers, the second largest/mance and Statistics; Karl A number of passengers to come in-|Goodbread, Field Representative to Key West in a single day. of the Division of Employment, Another good day was Wednes-|and J. Williams, from the State day with 99 car and 34 bus pas- sengers, 60 cars, one truck, cna} trailer and one motorcycle. Office, have arrived in Key West. These officials came im over the way last evening and, with | high Tuesday followed next with 80|B. C. Moreno, Project Supervisor car and 20 bus passengers, 56 cars in Key West, are today going ever ott. and one truck. i junday had the second of Cayo Hueso was granted to Juan Pablo Salas “in considera- tion of the several services ren- dered by him at different times, much in the Royal Artillery Corps stationed at this fort, as well as the services rendered voluntarily and without pay at the office of the secretary under your admin- } istration by Don Juan de Estrada, then Spanish governor of Flor- ida”. John W. Simonton, after whom Simonton street is named, forsee- ing the possibilities in Key West. bought it for $2,000 January 19, 1822. Simonton sold three quar- ters of the island soon after to John Warner, U. S. Consul to Cuba, John Mountain, U. S. com- mercial agent at Havana, John Whitehead and John W. C. Flem- ing. Warner and Mountain soon sold to Pardon C. Greene, who be- came a permanent resident of the island at about that time A conditional sale of the island to John B. Strong by Salas brought about an early mixup. Strong transferred his claim to John Geddes, who promptly made a landing and took possession of the island. The lawsuit which followed resulted in the Simon- ton claimants receiving the island through a compromise in which Salas gave Strong 500 acres of land at Big Spring. Florida Two explanations of the deriva- tion of the name Key West have come down the years. One that t is the most westerly of the keys or islands, hence the name Key We William A. Whitehead quotes an old resident of Key West. who said that the Indians of the Keys were driven back along the Keys battling the In- dians who lived along the coast. that at Key West they made a last stand and were annihilated. Their bodies, allowed to stand unburied were soon reduced to 3 large expense of whitened bones They expect to remain until te-_ morrow. 4 sceceee 8 i ill itt i i iF ] ty fs j i } f ir) rey f Lier ; ( t } earl rt, iM i i ’ land and the pond ceased to re ceive tides No consequences hav ing occurred. City Council passed an ordinance compelling residents to fill up the swamp Beyond Caroline street there were only dense woods, which were cleared in 1E% by 2 landing party from the US rh baat $$$ WALL BOARD, ROOFING, CEMENT AND LUMBER. IF YOU ARE INTERESTED THEN CALL THIS NUMBER--598—SOUTH FLORIDA CONTR. & ENG COMPANY