The Key West Citizen Newspaper, April 1, 1938, Page 1

Key West, Florida, has the most equable climate in the country; with an average range of only 14° Fahrenheit Associated Press Day Wire Service For 58 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West o'Stop, arm VOLUME LIX. No. 78. KEY WEST, FLORIDA, FRIDAY, APRIL 1, IN THE 1938. Che Key West Citizen THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER uU. $8. ° Need For, Homestead Rotary Club To Meet Key West Group Here April 14; New Wire| For Tennis Courts Pointing out the pressing need | of a s-‘+ty program on the new} Overseas Highway bridges, Ev. erett R. Rivas, former county | safety direcior, called for (1) an} honor patrol, (2) traffic signal observance, (3} non-glaring head- | lights, and (4) drivers’ licenses, at the Rotary Club luncheon yes: terday in St, Paul’s Church ed nex. “If the city would issue anv licenses, it would have the power to prevent a great deal of reckless | rvance | > Sel Vay R. Rivas, —ayS FIIPIT IDE 600 CARS DAILY | RIDE THE BRIDGES Traffic over the new high- way is averaging 600 cars a day, H. E. Day, Overseas Dis- trict Auditor, said today. This includes both north and southbound traffic, but there are about 50 more cars a day coming in the report shows. ! Record of the number of cars coming in opening day is not available, Mr. Day said, but tolls were $829.50. Wed- nesday, tolls collected increas- ed to $864.25. SHERIFF TAKES - | WILLARD NIX 10” REFORM RM SCHOOL ' CASE WAS HEARD BY JUVE- “When a man’s license is revoked for driving”, Mr. Rivas said. three or four days, and he has to do without his car, he soon learns to watch the traffic rules”. Glaring headlights terrible accidents, the former po-! can cause lice officer continued, and es- pecially so on the bridges. Proper adjustment and switching from brights to dims should be rules, he said. Signals are easy to obsérve, Mr. | " Rivas stated; left turn, arm) straight out; right. t am up; | een “When one has! to stop on the highway, hé waves his arm down so that it will at-| tract the attention” of the driver | behind, and -then slows down gradually.. Florida was the first’ state to build wide shoulders on | its highway, that motorists could drive off the highway when} stopping. f An honor patrol would enforce ; safety observance by each person ; voluntarily doing the best he} could to keep within the rules of the road. Homestead Club The Homestead Rotary Club will hold an_ intercity meeting with the Key West Rotary Club on April 14. Communication was received from George M. Frick, secretary, to that effect. Enthus- iastic endorsement of the idea was given by the local group. | Bill Bates was 74 years old this! week, and observed the anniver- sary by presenting the club with} a huge birthday cake. President Taylor pointed out¢hat Mr. Bates had a 20-year perfestiattendance | record until an ineapacitating ill- ness a year ago, A/piaming round of applause was given Mr. Bates in honor of the occasion.’ | Net funds from the Rotary Minstrel was announced as! $142.57, This amount will be put; inte the Community Chest. Emil Sweeting, director, and Ned Mc- Carthy, in charge o fticket sales, were given a round of applause for their splendid work Mrs. Anne Livingston and Miss Christine Calico, who were here on a WPA musical project, wrote expressing their appreciation at taking part in the Minstrel. Eddie Strunk, Jr, chairman, Joe Valdez, Sebastian Cabrera, Ernest Yates and Poly Artman, were given a rousing vote of ap- plause for their committee work (Continued on ~~ Six) _ | has been NILE JUDGE; © EVIDENCE. SUFFICIENT TO ORDER HIM AWAY | participated in the unveiling of Willard Nix, alias Aces, who a source of annoyance | to officers of the police depart-! ment and sheriff's forces for the past two years, being constantly accused of pilfering and acts of petty thievery, was taken away/| this morning by Sheriff K. O.} | Thompson and is to be placed in! the reform school at Mariana. Nix was arrested by Deputy | | Ray Elwood just after he had’ | committed depredations © in* the ' | yard of a resident and had taken | some fine pawpaws "from a tree. He was caught with the goods {and arrested to be taken before! Juvenile Judge Juliette - Russell. The record of the boy was ex- plained to the judge, and the evi- dence was sufficient to warrant his being sent away for a pe- riod which will, it is expected, have a decidedly softening effect | on this recalcitrant youngster. | | His repentant period is scheduled to last for a period of two years. SPONGE SALES AT DOCK TODAY SALES ON WEDNESDAY WERE OF LARGER SIZE AND BETTER GRADE ;faughter will | Polytechnic o OLDEST V. P. L _ GRADUATE COMES OVER HIGHWAY — SAYS OVERSEAS ROADWAY IS EVEN MORE BEAUTIFUL THAN “SKYLINE HIGHWAY” OF NATIVE VIRGINIA Over the new Tuesday came the old— Captain H. G. Crowder, the old- est living graduate of Virginia Institute, roared Overseas Highway across the ' opening day, and was taken away \with the beauty of the scene. “The wonderful Skyline High- j way which runs on the eastern |chain of mountains close to the | beautiful Shenandoah Valley is} not even as beautiful as your Highway”, Captain Crowder said. “The Overseas Highway is a \ger thing”. Captain Crowder graduated in !1877 with a degree in mechanical engineering in the days when not even a sheepskin was given to show that one had gone through four hard years. The captain has ;a winter home in Fort Lauder- | dale, and was one of a group of the in Lauderdalians coming down opening day. He summers Richmond, Virginia. The old military school gradu- ate was field marshall of the ; company that went to Richmond in 1876 from the Institute and the famous statue to Stonewall Jackson. In June, Captain Crowder was present at the commencement of the Institute and was seated with President Burroughs at the fac- julty table. PRINTZ 10 LEAVE FOR PENNSYLVANIA | WIFE AND DAUGHTER PLAN TO REMAIN HERE UNTIL SCHOOL CLOSES D. A. Printz, head of one of the argest: mercantile houses in the | country, who has been here on vacation for the past six weeks, | with Mrs. Printz and their daugh- ter, will leave over the highway | tomorrow for Miami, accompan- ied by Mrs, Printz and Miss Neen Williams. At Miami he will take plane for Washington ard arriving at the capital city, will entrain for his home and business headquar- ters in Franklin, Pennsylvania. Mrs. Printz and Miss Williams will return to Key West. Mrs. Printz plans to remain until school closes, when she and her proceed to their ,dyome in Franklin. ‘Thertswas a small showing of” sponges-a the Municipal dock this MORNE. Four lots of wool, consisting<pf 12 bunches, brought $22.14; ;,two lots of yellow, 14 bunches, seld for $4.41 and two hunches of grass brought 41 cents. Sales on Wednesday were of somewhat larger size and of bet- ter grade. One lot of grass, with 27 bunches, brought $4.20. Five lots of yellow sponge with 85 bunches, brought $27.32, and 12 lots of wool, with 149 bunches, | sold for $296.06. | Largest sale of yellow was 39 bunches for $8.77. In wool the largest sale was 43. bunches, which brought $107; next largest was 31 bunches for $78.99, and 14 bunches brought $45. Most of the vessel have return- ed to the sponge beds ahd it will be several weeks before any large takes are brought | in for, the mar. Psi __hket RESTA URANT FOUR TEN FLEMING STREET Specializing In Finest Certified WESTERN MEATS Sea Foods and Clear Green Turtle Soup BREAKFAST—A LA CARTE LUNCHEON—75c DINNERS FROM 85c ALSO—LATE SUPPERS AND SANDWICHES BEER and WINES Fred Auerbach. Mgr. Phone $8 ents, BERT HERNANDEZ T0.ACT AS JUDGE § ‘ Bert Hernandez, student mem ber of the University of Tampa Dramatic Club, writes his Mr. and Mrs. Lazero Her- nandez, of Key West, an interest- ing letter on the dramatic activi- ties of the club. The Hillsborough High School dramatic students will present “Dust in the Road”, in school dramatic on of which will University of Tam- the contest be held at the pa Among the judges of the plays n the Tampa district is Mr. Her- ni z, who is honorary member of amatic society, Alpha oer and one of five se- for the position of judges. as PRIL FOOL DANCE” TONIGHT Habana-Madrid Club “GALA” Dance Sat. Nite Call 220 for Reservation -NO COVER CHARGE—— al pur- | Many Improvements To Be _ Made By Lighthouse Dept. PPP, APPRECIATIVE OF COURTESY SHOWN James J. McCabe, visitor from Detroit, Michigan, who is accompanied by Mrs. Mc- Cabe, called at The Citizen office this morning to express his appreciation, and that of Mrs. McCabe, for the court- eous treatment he has receiv- ed while here. During the course of his chat with the publisher, he expres- sed his admiration and appre- ciation of Mayor Willard M. | Albury, who, he said, had manifested those qualifica- tions which are essential to the management of the affairs of.an up and growing city. LLL JR. COMMERCE BODY TO MEET REGULAR BUSINESS MEET- ING OF ORGANIZATION SET FOR TONIGHT Junior Chamber of Commerce meeting tonight at 7:30, Chamber of Commerce rooms, is the regu- lar business meeting of the club, Earl Adams, president, stated. There has been an impression that it was a_ special since it followed so close on the |First Dinner Meeting of the Junior outfit, but this was caus- jed by the many postponements of the dinner date. f Various projects the members have in mind may be brought up at. this meeting. Among those | which will be discussed are the funding of the historic signs to be placed over the city and adop- tion of the by-laws of the organ- ization. BOY SCOUTS TO MEET TONIGHT SCOUT BADGES WILL BE PRESENTED AT REGU- LAR SESSION Troop No. 52, Boy Scouts of ‘America, will hold a regular meeting at the scout hall in the rear of the clinic building, begin- ning promptly at 7:30 o'clock this evening meeting ~ By PAUL MAY (Special W orrespondent of The € nm) WASHINGTON, D. C., April 1. —Details of the plan of the light house service to spend $9,800 for improvements of the Key West Lighthouse Depot were revealed today in a transcript of hearings before the House appropriations committee, during ifs considera- tion of the commerce department appropriation bill. | In @ statement before the com- | mittee, the lighthouse service wa | (The project at the Key West | Lighthouse Depot is to provide protection to the wharf where de- teriorated, floor: ‘where destroyed by termites, re- paint the and install ma chinery now on hand “This is the only lighthouse de pot in the seventh district and the wharf is the point of storage of buoy equipment for the dis- trict, at the same time providing a berth for the lighthouse tender Ivy and other small tenders of the district when at the depot The wharf is supported by creo- soted-wood piling, the deck slab being of reinforced concrete. “The salt air conditions have proved extremely detrimental to the concrete-slab _ construction, having penetrated the concrete so as to attack the reinforcing, causing a spalling of the concrete and consequent exposure of the reinforcing steel to corrosion over a large percentage of the exposed surface underneath. “It is necessary to take “action to protect this structyre from fur- ther deterioration, ahd it is pro- posed ‘to thoroughly clean the steel and concrete in these are and apply protection by means| of a cement gun, this being the most economical method of pro- tecting the steel. “At the same time it is pro- posed to remove the termite-in- fested floring from a part of the office quarters at the depot, to paint the roof with nonpoisonous , Paint, and to install machinery in the blacksmith shop, carpenter shop, and machine shop, the equipment being on hand. The wharf repairs, it is estimated, will cost about $8,000, and the re- maining work about $2,000." PUTNAMS RETURN vFROM TORTUGAS renew office roof, A full attendance _is gapgeters RETARED' LIGHTHOUSE CcoM- as presentation of seout adges, registration and dues. cards wilt be made..,Scouts Billy White; head, Paul Herriék] J&and Rich- ard Noyes will re ye their Ten- derfoot Badges the entire troop will registration dues rd receive anc cards. Patrols of the troop have meetings during the week good thoughts on projects will be heard. A report on the short-time camp at the swimming pool will be given, and other im }portant matters concerning the troop will be brought before the meeting Other held some matters the summer are to be onsideration. which vitally camp and brought up Scouts hav- membership her or The deadli f t will be some time MINISTER RECKLESS? LONDON - FREE DANCE Temorrow Night LOPPY JOE’S FAMOUS BAR Dean's Rhythm Boys NO ADMISSION CHARGE i i j i and - ~ | meeting e Jefferson iv MISSTIONER ENJOYED TRIP 4a) YO FAMILIAR PLACES George R. Putnam, _ retired lighthouse commissioner, and Mrs. Putnam, who were spending a de- e ce while visiting Key and Loggerhead y, returned Tuesday afte on the Tender Ivy. They left Mon day evening on the trip. For about 25 years Mr. Putnam was commissioner of lighthous: and was retired about two y ago having reached the re ment period of service Tis trip, and that of Mrs nam, was practical spot in a tour which they making of old familiar places old friends. Their to the Tortuga Loggerhead Put- high are and very much enjoyed Dealer WE NEED USED CARS! PRICE FIVE CENT? Mayor Organizing. Committee For Highway Celebration MANY VISITORS RE GISTER Commissioners | Highway AT CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OSs Oiishls Te Mes “I suppose this is the last ex cerpt from our register that I will be able to give you for time,” Secretary Singleton told The Citizen on calling at the Chamber of Commerce office yes- terday. “This is only for the sec- ond day that the highway open.” What is the big idea of dis- continuing this publicity item, he} was asked “Just the fact that we are short-handed for the work” he re- plied. “When we get to function- ing as a real] Chamber of Com- merce, we wil! go through all of the regular motions; at present it is about all that we can do to act as a corresponding secretary for Key West. And we have plenty of correspondence. Look at this,” and he produced a letter from Lake Worth inquiring about a visit to Key West and contain ing this paragraph eral persons that I have hed say that the toll on several bridges is prohibi- some appre the tive. “At any rate, here are the names of those who registered on March 30, and they comprise only about twenty-five percent of our callers; one hundred per cent of whom found Key West so inter- esting that they took time out to tell about it.” Mr. and Mrs Hardy, Needham, Mr. and Mrs JW E. G Williams, Mr. and Mrs. M. A.|/STEAMER SOUTHLAND AN-) | Hartt, all of Ft. Lauderdale; Au- gust Burghard, Secretary of the Ft. Lauderdale Chamber of Com- merce, Arnold Heidt, the Ft. Lauderdale Daily News. Hubert Kaber, National Service; Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Wal- | ton, Miami; Mrs. R. H. Markle, Miss Evelyn Markle and Mrs. Jane B. Stepp, Turtle Cheek, Penna.; Mrs H. R. Woods, Gib- sonia, Penna. John Rosa and Fred Burch, of Bridgeport. Conn. Ellis A. Taff and Samuel W. Taff, Milwaukee, Wis. Percy Sitley and Irvin S. Frouls, Miami Beach Mr. and Mrs. William Walch, N. Y. Mr. and Mrs. J. VanLaanen, Green Bay, Wis. Mr. and Mrs. D. K. McDonald, Cleveland Heights, O.; Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Kohier, Cambridge Springs, Penna.; Mr. and Mrs. Waltsinger, Pittsburg, Penna.; Mr. and Mrs. Jean Livingston, Dayton, O.; Mr. and Mrs. John S. Abercrombie and Miss Sarah Jane Abercrombit, of N. Y.; Mr and Mrs Wiiliam Bogelow, Cran- ford, N. J.; Mrs. David Walton, Miss May Walton and Miss Helen Walton, of Boston, Mass.; Mrs. M. | V. Betts, Miami; Miss. Jessie Glenn, Brookline, Mass.; Mr. and ‘Mrs. O. C, Hall and Mrs. C. W Brooks, Minneapolis, Minn.; Mr. and Mrs. Gustave Pohli, North Bergen, N. J GIRL SCOUTS TO ASSEMBLE Girl Scouts, members of Troop Number 1, under the command of Captain Eva B. Warner, are to hold their regular meeting this afternoon in Adams’ Hall. Yesterday afternoon they as- sembled at the swimming pool on Roosevelt Boulevard for the purpose of planting pine and co- coanut palms at the proposed camping grounds which is being cleared and levelled off by Boy, Scouts “DON’T “SPEAK TO ME” BATH, Eng— f this city secured a court forbidding her hus- —_ to her. oe BOXING SHOW TONIGHT — 8 O'CLOCK Auspices Key West Fire Dept. BLUE GOOSE ARENA was ; Park | eceessees BRUCES PRAISE OVERSEAS ROAD There have been many words of praise spoken about jhe. way. and one of the howd messages of ap- Was received to- pby friends of Mr. and With Him April 8; Plan Three Day Fiesta Regular meeting of the Over seas Road and Toll Bridge Com mission will be held in Key Wes! | Thursday. it was announced. » John R. Slade, chairmen. of Edward Bruce of Wash- 4 Tallahassee. John D. Kenney of Me Bruce is a world travel- , & and accompanied by Mrs. Bruce has visited extensively in Europe as well as ail parts of America. They left over the highway Wednesday afterncon and immediately upon arriving in Miami sent the following message to some of their dear friends here. “The road is beautiful. There is nothing in all of Europe that can touch it.” Praise from such world wide travelers ts Mr. and Mrs. Bruce, is preise indeed. Y henhadathadhuthaateades SHIP’S BOILERS — WERE LEAKING CHORED OFF TORTUGAS, WARBLER REPORTS editor of | Wrecking Tug Warbler, which went out yesterday morning to assist the freighter, Southland, reported to be in trouble off Tor- tugas, returned in the afternoon when a wireless was received from the C. G. patrol boat Mo- jave that the freighter was re- pairing its leaking boilers and was in no troubie. The Southland is a Moore and McCormick ship and was bound from New Orleans. Louisiana, to Boston, Massachuserts. It is an- chored off the southwest buoy at Tortugas and the members of its crew are repairing the leaking boilers, which often break out, Wrecking Master C. L. Petersen of the Warbler said today. The Warbler had proceeded about 20 miles toward Tortugas | when} the} wireless was received. , 0 ewe LEFT THIS MORNING James Butler, who arrived last week from Havana and remained in Key West for the fishing anc a pleasant vacation, left over the highway this morning for New York with brief stops at cities on the east coast, and will take a Clyde-Mallory line vessel at Charleston LEFT OVER HIGHWAY Mr. and Mrs. William Arnold and little daughter, Billee Eliza- beth, left on the early bus this morning to get a look at the Ov erseas Highway and bridges, and were to meet the incoming bus at Tavernier and return to the city. )Port Lauderdale, W. V. Knott and B. M. Duncan will arrive here for the meeting. Other Commission ers are J. H. Coster. vice chair man. and C. C. Symonetie. beth of Key West. Discussion of plans for beauti- tying the Overseas bridges is ex pected to be made af the meet ing. Mayor Willard M. Albury will endeavour te hold @ meeting with the members of the Commission the following night at the Cham- ber of Commerce offices for the | Purpose of organising @ central committee to arrange the ¢ele- peaation for the officiel epenteg | ot the bridges. This meeting will be arranged through the Senlor Chamber of which will handle the organization of the cormmit- tees and aid in publicity work. The Mayot’s idea is to have « Central chairman, who will have committee chairmen directly un- der him. A publicity chairman to bring the affair before the Commerce, ‘eyes of the nation should be un der contract, the Mayor said. In a statement issued to the press yesterday, Mayor Albury suggested that the official open- ing be postponed until the middle of December to secure the Miami crowd waiting for the opening of the race tracks in Miami. The Mayor stated he did not believe that the highway would be com- pleted by July 4, the original date suggested by a great many pev- ple, that July is the worst month in the year to hold a celebration and that only Florida people and a small percentage of them would attend the opening, which would mean little publicity for Key West The affair should be in the na- ture of a three-day fiesta, with the first day for ceremonies, the Mayor said he believed, with of ficials of the 48 states of the Union, and of the Central and South American and Cuban gov- ernments invited to perticipate. The international aspect is im- portant, since the highway means so much to Latin American coun- tries, he said. These suggeations will be made at the meeting Friday of next week. A love story you will live with the characters. Dk Bore STARTING APRIL 5 IN THIS PAPER PROTECT YOUR CLOTHES, LINEN, ETC, WITH “BROWNS” SUPER CEDAR CLOSET LINING. PHONE 598. SOUTH FLORIDA CONTR. AND ENG. COMPANY