The Key West Citizen Newspaper, March 21, 1938, Page 1

Associated Press Day Wire Service Che Kry Sn ind For 58 Years Devoted to the - eB ZrP Best Interests of Key West : THE SOUTHERNMOST NE WSPAPER IN THE U.S. A. VOLUME LIX. No. 68. Beautiful Remodeling Of Art Center KEY WEST, FLORIDA, MONDAY, MARCH 21, 1938. Building Planned? 1s Mrs. Robert Spottswood | mittee Chairman; $500| Remodeling Proposed | Mrs. Robert Spottswood wes} See talemen of 0 now. Spee | Steering Committee, headed by Charles Taylor, and which with jregistration for the county, was| their own food. | Fresh water is! } time 5,051. diffused, the lights placed above stretched muslin on the ceiling. Venetian blinds will adorn the windows. The project is primarily a cul- tural and educational one, Mr. Morgan said, and will include ex- hibitions of paintings, sculpture, ceramics and crafts. It will en- courage a close cooperation with ™music, drama, literature and the dance. Meetings and exhibitions | of groups, interested in these! arts, will be allowed in the build- Mrs. Fuller answered excelient- questions dealing with a large; Rumber of phases of the Federal Project and its local applica- 5 also read from the ual the Federal Art Proj- clarify salient features of rt Center here. Objection to the exhibition of the Key West Art Association at the Art Center was made in ane the Project, as follows, “the Art Center should maintain con- tinuous exhibitions of work by Jocal artists and craftsmen as well as of work from outside sources . . . the program should be directed not only towards building larger audiences for the (Continued on Page Four) LLL SS ff) | ACTING } / | NATIONAL MONUMENT Is/ RUDOLPH WAGNER | MADE LIEUTENANT | AUTHORITY FoR STATE-| MENT IN MATTER By PAUL MAY | (Special Washington Correspondent Thomas R. Johnson, acting su- VII LPLOL LS. jPerintendent of Fort Jefferson | RIJE AND ALBERTUS munication to The Citizen, a CATCH MANY FISH | Up a situation which, in all prob- | ability, has kept numbers of per-! sons from visiting the monument | Writing from Garden Key, Tor- tugas, on which Fort Jefferson Stands, the acting superintendent | | “There has come”to ‘my atten- jtion, in two instatieés, that a_ |rumor exists in Key"West to the’ > 4 jeffect that anyone wishing to visit of OF! VOTERS T0 jFort Jefferson must first obtain BE INCREASED) ross sot" sane 7s ees |through your paper you would |correct that impression. The Na-| jtional Park wishes to extend aj} EXPECT ABOUT FOUR HUN- cordial invitation to all persons jand will endeavor to assist them DRED AND FIFTY MORE TO in all ways possible to have a .|recreational and educatoinal out- TAKE PART IN COMING PRI-| ig which will long be remem- | bered. and assigned to the Medical according fo an- today by the "SOD Las. REGISTRATION Rue, “it was one delightful i have had since | turned to Key West.” PEEEEE Speculation among candidates | Course, always well to advise us) a ‘VISITORS LEFT pete who will be in Monroe} on the watch for the arrivals, for “ “In the case of small vessels jmaking the passage it is, of GSO@OOOOL@: is ri of the approximate time of arriv- eae een ee eee © qual-| here, in order that we may be thoughts besed on the fact that | "We have ENROUTE HOME i | _“We have limited aceommoda- eliminated, the registered will be | Shore, and only charge for laun- | _ Washington ~ Approval , WPA Project To Rehabilitate Oyster Beds Given Approval SOSSS CSS TSSSSSSSSSSOSSSS |ANNOUNCES FOR Sececcecccesesccseseeseee | Attorney Paul Marks, of the | Oversea Road and Toll Bridge Commission. believes that it will not be very long before the high- ‘aid: eaUIR: en, apaaiedl: Sou) tall: The Citizen is in receipt of a and hopes it will not be distant, ‘leérem from United States) i Senator Claude Pepper at Wash- | as he feels the need of a rest and ington relative to the approval | | ‘ide i of a WP. i rehabilita- | Wants to ride into Key West over {0 Of oyster bade long the At | the road from one erid to the oth- lantic and Gulf Coasts. The wire} jer. He was in Key West yesterday | jand left this afternoon. “Here to! attend to other business he could jot refrain from discussing the | ties in the opening of the high- way, and feels that few people see the future of the city in a manner }as complete and as comprehen- | will mean. | tribution is $198,215. | Talking about the expenditures) | “Counties along whose coast pee Reve been eee te els ae Dabs Nassau, | | $3,600,000 PWA allotment, Mr. | Guit St. Lucie, Sarasota, Taylor, | Marks said that $500,000 should | Monroe, Duval, Bay, Pinellas, PS hag | time the j Walt Pasco, Martin, | which would leave a balance of | — | dry and bed linen, if ours is used.| RECREATION MUSIC SPE | $100,000, yet to be received. The John England, supervisor of| We ask that visitors bring along ion by The Citizen, | plentiful”. inks that the’ out that! sescesccessecesscoscoose list of 1936 was) The Citizen. Most of the ma- terial is derived from Jeffer- son B. Browne's history. “Key West. The Old and New™. but other information and elab- oration included is from re- putable sources. | Key West originally was settled i the Ki borigii evidences which will leave registered at this OF SiN 2, ope cviences Following a close study of con- | of stones in various localities ditions with which he is thor-|the Keys. ‘There is no record of oughly familiar, Mr. England €S- | any timates that registrations for the pirates then infested these waters, Primaries will number at least! piving the seas in search of their | here getting their hauls to supply 'the markets of Cuba. This was the case up until 1819, when sev- eral families from southern states comprised the first influx of resi- ; dents. Oldest House In 1836 Duval street was clear- ..|ed only about half way between SECRETARY OF BROWN PROP. Eaton and Fleming streets. After ERTIES, INC.: LEFT crossing Caroline — only house on it was the one belonging THIS AFTERNOON to Captain Francis B. Watlington. This house bordered the woods, and is the oldest house in Key L. Z. Clarke, secretary of the West at present. Brown Properties, Incorporated,, Indians were very much feared was in Key West today looking at that time, and the clearing of after the interests of the holdings,| Eaton to Simonton was done to and discussing plans for a 44- take away the means of the red- room hotel whcih it is proposed skins concealing themselves close | to construct on the land facing to the settlement and thus making Duval street, next to the corner s quick surprise attack on the of Southard. town. The work was done by a Howard Bonbright, an interest-| party of fifty or more U. S. sailors ed person in tha Brown holdings, sent on shore for this purpose by was also in the city today and the commanding officers of. the was looking over the property and | United States Sloop Concord and considering the plans and the pos-| other vessels then lying-in the sibilities of construction work. harbor. Mr. Clarke left on the after- The “sidest house in Key West” noon ferry with Attorney Paul is at 322 Duval street and has an Marks, and said that within the amazing low slung architecture. next week or two he would be reminding’éne of the fisher homes prepared to give an outline of the in old. Nantucket and New Bed- extensive plans which are now ford. In the rear there are con- under consideration by the com- necting passages leading into the pany. various quaint parts of the build- Before leaving Mr. Clarke ings, and a beautifully construct- showed The Citizen the plans for ed Dutch Oven. the beautifully designed hotel The house was built in the which the company will start ac- early thirties and was first situat- tively on within the next few ed on Whitehead street. It wea- weeks, and expressed the thought thered the great hurricanes of that it will present an even more 1835, 1846, 1909 and 1910, sus- imposing appearance than the taining but little damage architect's drawing would indi- It was thus the outpost house cate. of Old Key West. | ancient fortifications or mounds | being found in Key West.! ; CIALISTS MUCH PLEAS- jsum of $3,500,000 will have been | received with the arrival of the I } $500,000 which is coming. Asked if there was any possi- Mrz Anne Livingston and Miss, mitcd | Christine Calico, WPA Recreation ; that B. M. Duncan, chief engi- ee, we ee ee ae = . in Key West for three weeks,| sp ‘some matters with the PWA teaching folk dancing, and assist-! and believes that confirmation ing in the Rotary Club Minstrel, | by the PWA will be secured, but for a short visit to their homes, | re — = ee alter then on to Ocala, where their next | the confirmation with him on the Music Institute will be held. This} return from Washington. | institute was to be opened March } 12, but they were allowed to re- main in Key West for the third; TEMPERATURES week to assist ni the Rotary Min-/ strel. } Lowest Highest Mrs. Livingston and Miss Calico last night last 24 hours said that they felt like they were leaving home, because of the splendid cooperation and hospi-| Atlanta tality shown them, and assistance “No place have we found such vast musical possibilities and eagerness to learn the harmonica and folk dancing”, they said, “and it has been a genuine pleasure to work twice es hard, as any other place we have been. We felt that we were getting results and the Program that was presented at the Marine Hospital Thursday made us feel that our work was @ success. “We wish to thank the many; friends made while in Key West for the wonderful cooperation, and for the genuine Key West hospitality that can be truthfully called southern hospitality. Our! regrets are that we could not re- main with you all longer, and it will be a treat for us to return and continue this program in your fair city, with the friendliest peo- ple in the world”. Abilene Apalachicola 7% 76 58 52 76 70 76 El Paso Galveston Hatteras Havana Helena Huron Jacksonville Kansas City KEY WEST Little Rock Los Angeles Louisville Miami Mpis.-St P. New Orleans New York Oklahoma City Pensacola — Phoenix Pittsburgh St. Louis Salt Lake City Seattle Tampa Washington Williston | Wytheville WPA WPA had 2,166,878 persons on its rolls during the week ended March Sth. This was 90,621 more than in the previous week. The largest increases were: Indiana, 14.794; Michigan. 14,694: Ohio, 13,058, amd Hilinois, 10,174. RESTAURANT FOUR TEN FLEMING STREET WESTERN MEATS Sea Foods and Clear Green Turtle Soup BREAKFAST—A LA CARTE LUNCHEON—7S< DINNERS FROM 8c ALSO—LATE SUPPERS AND SANDWICHES BEER and WINES | BESSLRBSLSVSRISLSLSKALSSN| MAK BSssassessse RHAKSELSSSALASSSSTALIKSwH seARssz Fred Auerbach. Mgr. Phone 38 | Manatee, Charlotte, Flagler, Oka- | loosa, Citrus, Palm Beach, Frank- | ‘ee, ing, Berar Hermon NILES ENTERS” | In Primary Levy, Broward, Hernando, Indian River and opening for trate next week he sd] need, left Saturday for Washing-| | | |INCIDENT TOOK PLACE IN) | FORENOON ON PETRON- IA STREET _ _ | Cleveland Niles, county com-| Arnold Johnson, colored. is in} missioner from the Fifth District the county jail, following the cut- |. M ting of Leonard Hall, also color-| pre ME age = ed, following a short argument aa atin re which occurred shortly before noon yesterday. They had the argument on Pe- tronia street, it is:said, and Hall walked away intent upon avoid- ing any further trouble and was followed by Johnson. Coming up to Hall, Johnson pena ae ; started cutting and before he fin- ir. Niles, during his years of ished inflicted a severe gash on a > on County Commissioner Niles has for years served either the county or the city in an official capacity Officer on the police force, then chief of the department, and was, following that service, sheriff of on the left arm. a b n be Johnson was ¥fftsted by Dep a a uty Sheriff Ray ¥eood and plac- At the county lection tee ed in the county jail. Hall was Years #60 ae contiite pomp oar under the ‘om the Fifth District, was elect- Johnson, it was said at the court -— " ~ — pen house today, will be given a pre- perriaes - ee hminary hearing charged with 9§-' "0 bases his candidacy for re- re —— election on the records he has ¢s- tablished and solicits the votes MATERIALS T0 of the people of Monroe County ‘on his past performances. uave seex exeosen roc ~~ NAME PROPOSED MATIC CONDITIONS AT ae: NAVAL STATION C. A Bielmann, who recently purchased the building at the cor- : ner of Caroline and Duval streets, E. S, Taylerson, of the Carnegie says he has no idea of changing 'ipinais Steel Co. is expected to! the name of the place, as it is ‘arrive either today or tomorrow suited to the place and has been ‘for-the purpose of inspecting ma-' for years known by that name terials which have been exposed’ Mr. Biclmenn says he is await- ot ‘aval station’ on racks of ing pertain legal actions im con- American Society Testing Ma- nection with the purchase of the terials. y, and when this is cleared It is expected that Mr. Tayler- he will make an announcement as son will be accompanied by Earl to the use he will make of the M_ DeNoon, who was here just a fine old building. short time ago, and R. F. Parsons, ad of Middletown, Ohio. FATHEP. AT 63 L. M Pierce, aide to the com- mandant at the station, has been Grady vilic, Pa—William Mat- requested to assist Mr. Taylerson thes, 83, became «2 father recently have been undergoing the tests. 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