The Key West Citizen Newspaper, May 2, 1938, Page 1

sethe Associated Press Day Wire Service For 58 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West LN CEH E Che Key West Citizrn | THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER U.S.A. Key West, Florida, has the most equable climate in the country; with an average range of only 14° Fahrenheit VOL U ca L IX. sae WEST, F LORIDA, MONDAY, MAY, 2, 1938. PRICE FIVE CENTS Great: White Herons, Roseate Spoonbills On Rare Spoonbills Found On Torch Key; Deer Hunt- ers Agree To Discontinue Shooting Not only the great white herons getting greater in num- ber on the Keys and Key West, but so are the beautiful oreate spoonbills, E. M. Moore, Audubon Societies warden, with much ex- perience among water birds, re- ports. A dozen of the rare, gorgeous, red... spoonbills . were — recently ; spotted on Torch Key, the. war- den said, and an airplane survey made at the end of Jast’ month! showed that there were 140 great white herons in just a small area. This is a big difference from the | condition just after the 1935 hur- ricane when through shooting and the effects of the hurricane the great whites numbered just’ that many throughout the whole of Florida, Those groups which have been most interested in hunting deer on the keys, which are near ex- tinction, have’ been. approached and have agreed to Back the con- servation program, confining their activities to legal shooting, Mr. Moore said, and concluded with three phases of the present pro- gram appearing to be developing favorably, the program may be said to be well on its way. “In five years if there is no great hurricane or fire catastro- phe, and no wanton slaughter by hunters, the Keys will be dotted with birds——and will resemble i-hahitated. great.--bird sanctuaries of the country,” Mr. Moore said. “There is no need for feeding program for the birds,” , he said, “the waters and flats nearby provide that amply. There is need only for less use of guns. That is the big problem before Key West. When hunting is eventually prohibited then wil! the bird paradise here flourish.” The warden drew a graphic pic- ture of a possible vigorous bird life on the Keys and at Key West with the great whites, roseate spoonbills, Louisiana and blue herons, and the numerous shore birds, which although migratory, yet remain here quite some time. A VOTE FOR PEPPER 4 ISA VOTEFOR —‘HABANA-MADRID CLUB. KEY WEST! PPI LIL IS: ae Auerbach’s {oN Tnerease In Keys ‘SPELT SoS, ELECTION RETURNS AT CITIZEN OFFICE | In conforming to its usual custom, The Citizen will gather election returns tomor- row evening, and will post them on a bulletin board in front of the office. The returns will be posted at regular intervals as they are tabulated in the different precincts, and the public is invited to come around and hear the returns. TI IIIS SIS | FIRE DESTROYING LARGE AREA ON KEYS, REPORTED |RAGING SINCE SATURDAY: ORIGIN AS YET UNKNOWN: ROCK HARBOR AND NEW- PORT MAIN AREA Travelers returning over the highway today report that the fire which has been burning on the Keys since Saturday has prac- tically devastated an area of about one and one-half miles in scope. How it originated is as yet un- known, but that it has caused ir- remediable damage to large areas | of lime groves in the areas about two miles south of vavergier is establishmits, As far as is ascertainable, areas in the vicinity of Rock Harbor and Newport have been the great- est sufferers, and, it is said, that several groves have been com- | pletely devastated by the flames. An accurate report on the losses is at this time not available, but it is said by some of those per- sons who have been at the scene that the loss to date will approxi- mate not less than $50,000. One of the engines from the Key West Fire Department was sent with a force of men to the scene of the fire yesterday. The machine was the practically new pump from number three station. It returned today without having been used, it was said Going with the apparatus was Fire Chief Harry M. Baker, who did not visit department head- quarters and could not be seen up to the hour of going to press. PUERTO. RICANS AWAIT HEARING Two young Puerto Ricans are now in the county jail awaiting preliminary hearings on some charge involving their passage as on the Steamship the Clyde-Mallory Their presence on the ship wi noted after the vessel left Gal ton and arriving at this port they re turned over to Agent C. E. mith for disposal of their cases. The hearings will in all probabil- ity be held sta tara KEY WEST'S FINEST Dancing And Floor Show COVER CHARGE Sor Sa, FOUR TEN FLEMING STREET LUNCHEON... Soup — Entree — Vegetables — Dessert — Coffe FROM 45 CENTS TO 65 CE or Milk TS. e, Tea ALSO — BREAKFAST, DINNER, SUPPER and A La Carte Service LIQUOR—WI NE and BEER PHONE 98 FINAL MEET TO OBSERVE ROSILLO FLIGHT, FRIDAY COMPLETE PLANS WILL BE ADOPTED: TO BE FOR- WARDED TO HAVANA FOR FINAL APPROVAL Final meeting of the Key West Committee arranging for the May 17 celebration of the 25th anni- | versary of the first airplane flight from Key West to Havana made by Domingo Rosillo will be held Friday at the Cuban Club 8 p. m. Plans for the celebration at this end will be adopted and forward- ed to Havana where they will be approved by the Comite Pro | Homenajo Rosillo, which will con- duct the celebration at the Ha- vana end. The medal which will be given | Rosillo by the City of Key West has a beautiful design commem- orating the event in Key West history. It is to be submitted to City Council for final authoriza- tion. Celebration Plans Tentative plans, which will be finally approved Friday and later at Havana, call for a flight to Key West by Rosillo on the morning of May 16, accompanied by Cuban and American military and naval planes and ships of the Pan American line. After landing here Rosillo will lay wreaths on the Maine and Jose Marti monu- ments. In the evening he will be the guest of honor at a banquet where the presentation of the | medal will be made. On May 17 Rosillo will fly back to Havana, attempting to make the flight in half an hour as com-} pared, with the two*hotits and'50 minutes it took him in 1913. He will be met at the field by the Cuban Comite and partake in the celebration there. Communication has been re- ceived by Cuban Consul Berardo Rodriguez from Jose M. Vidafia, president of the Cuban Commit- tee, who wishes to convey Domin- go Rosillo’s appreciation of the cooperation of all local units in the celebration and The Key West Citizen for its publicity. SIX SUITS FOR DIVORCE Voreester, Ma For the sixth time, M. Josephine Kowalski wants a divorce from her hus band. Three previous suits were withdrawn, a fourth she won, and later remarried the same hus- band. A fifth was filed and later withdrawn, She means business this time, she declares. CLUB LA CONGA DANCING AND ‘| —FRANK SABINIS— —_j j | i ! FLOOR SHOW i | ! | Prices the same as a! every | other night club : | No Admission. Cover or Minimum Charge At Any Time ! THINK! When you go to the Polls Tomorrow Think of the Bridges Because If you think of the Bridges you will think of J. MARK WILCOX Leading Candidate for United States Senator WIN WITH WILCOX ‘ Candidates Line Up Forces For Election Here Tomorrow candidates in Primary is but and seekers who are Election of the the Florida State a short time distant, after office and those now in and are working to be not tomorrow, are today working working harder than ever to tie the loose ends of their campaigns together in order to solidfy their forces and have their constituents pre- sent a solid front at the polls to- morroy This is the tomorrow, and today view of one of the candidates who was making a final canvass of the city this morning and visiting as many of his followers as possible and giv~- ing last hour instructions as to the conduct of the race, and outlining the surest method of getting all the voters to the polls before the hour of sundown, which will be 6:58 o'clock. Records in the office of Super- vsisor of Registration John Eng- land show that the official books carry the names of 5,603 Demo- crats and 25 Republicans, making a total of 5,628 voters who are qualified to vote in the election tomorrow. The regi as follows: Precinct trations are recorded Total 287 414 535 635 788 788 799 812 6 1,242 1,244 1,057 1,062 8 45 45 9 86 87 10 254 254 Totals— 5,603 25, 5,628 The fact that the interval be- tween the closing of the registra- tion books and the day of election Was so short that’ the supervisor found it impossible to attempt to Dem. Rep. 284 3 413 get the lists ready for iit made it necessary for those who desired copies of the complete list of r trants to have stenograph- ers copy the names from the books, as they were entered. Hence there are a few persons who will have complete lists of the voters, but there will be no published lists available, as they have been heretofore. The Citizen today publishe: herewith the complete _ ticket which will be in the polls tomor- row, and voters who desire to fa miliarize themselves with the candidates can do so by reading the following: For United States Senator: T. C, Merchant, Finley Moore, Claude Pepper, David Sholtz, Wilcox ‘Representative in Fourth ngressional Mrs. Bernice H. Bowert, Pat Can- non, Peter J. Cunningham, Henry H, Filer, Lewis E. Moore, Dwight L. Rogers, Robert R. Williams. Justice of the Supreme Court, Group No. 1: Rivers Buford, D. Stuart Gillis; Group No. 2,-Tru- man G. Futch, Elwyn Thomas, J Tom Watson. Justice of the Supreme Court, for the unexpired term of Fred H. Davis, deceased Roy H Chapman, John Melvin Hearn. Railroad Commissioner, Group 1 Bruce Dav: W. E. (Buck) Hancock, Eugene S. Matthews; Group 2, Jerry W. Carter, Walter Kehoe, Wilbur C. King. State Attorney: Philip E. Paine, G. A. Worley. State Senator, 24th Senatorial District: Melvin E. Russell, Da- vid Elmer Ward. Representative in the Legisla- ture: Thomas S. Caro, Bernie C. Papy, Everett W. Russell Judge Criminal Court of Rec- or@; William V.Albury, Louis A. Harris. County Commissioner, First (Continued on Page Six) Melvin Earl Russell Candidate For State Senator For fifty years the that period. senator for District has come from Monroe County. one of the strongest bids for it that has been made at a After many years of misfortunes, disaster: the twenty-fourth Senatorial Lee County is now making me in and retro- aression Monroe County and Key West are again on the way to good fortune. Our wonderful Overseas Highway is ranidly bringing better days. However, we still need many things before we will have a permanent prosperity Among these may be mentioned an abundant supply of good water, an inland waterway, and a reopening and en largement of national government activities as well as the comple- tion of our highway. We cannot afford at the present time to lose the senatorship. it would be the first step backward after our glorious new start. We need all the political influence vossible in order to get the things that will supplement our highway to make Key West a great City. On one occasion when we were voting bonds there were only two negative votes. to build this highway Let us yote one hundred per cent to retain the senatorship and assure ourselves the advantages the highway may bring. (Paid Politicai Advertisement) J. Mark: Immense Crowd Turns Qut To Hear Wilcox Saturday Night Man Employed By WPA Who Was Intimidated On Voting Cites Views On Gratitude The WPA man of right and fairness and justice, whose blood boiled when he was told how to vote and who. kept his mouth closed for fear of losing his job, jall of which-he related in a story in The Citizen of April 26, now steps forward to have a few words to say about gratitude. “In the first place, let me say I am not going to attack anybody or utter one word that will hurt anybody's feeling. I am simply going to relate how gratitude compels me to do what I am go ing to do “I know there are some Key Westers who are going to vote against Mark Wilcox, not because they dislike him, not because they question his grit and back- bone to stand up for right and justice, despite whatever pressure is brought to bear upon him to do otherwise; they are going to vote against him for personal reason: I don’t criticize them for that; it their privilege to vote for whom they chogse just as it is my priv- ilege to vote for whom I choose. “IT am one of those many K Westers who can’t say, ‘See here, Gratitude, I am going to forget you just this once; I am going to brush.‘you aside and not vote for the fman you're crying out to me to vdte for, so you just as well shut up, Gratitude, because I'm not going to do what you’re tell- ing me to do’ | “Tf I did that, my conscience wouldn’t let me rest. It would ‘prick me in the daytime and, if 1 woke at night, it would prick me then. Why? I'm going to tell you why “In the first place, I'm not fool ish enough to think that Mark Wilcox got us the bridges alone I know that many men, most of them Key Westers, some not Key Westers, helped to get the bridges; I know too that The Key West Citizen fought for mon after month, r after year, to get the bridges, and I believe that if everything The Citizen ran in it advocacy of bridge: pasted end end, it tretch for many a mile But I do know that Mark Wil an the were to would jr FRBEK ARRIVES TONIGHT ~ with shipment of ‘yeaa STRAWBERRIES " and HUCKLEBERRIES Fresh Fruits, and, Vezetabies TIFT’'S CASH GROCERY “Hor Division St. Phone 29 "RETURN WORLEY To The Office Of STATE ATTORNEY He Has Been s — Efficient impartial — Honest Fearless Democratic Primary May 3rd, 1938 {Paid Political Advertisemer Paid for by Friends cox was the man that put the last link in the chain that had been labored over for years to obtain money to construct the. bridges; I do know that Mark Wileox en- dangered his primary campaign two years ago and stuck in Wash- ington till five days before the primary, fighting as long as. six- teen hours a day, to get the as- surance of the President that the grant to build the bridges would be made; I do know that Mark Wilcox then left Washington by plane and hurried to Key West to tell the joyous news to the peo- ple here; I do know that in the county court house, the Saturday before primary day, he gave that news to a cheering multitude. I still remember what the President said in effect, ‘Mark you can go back to your district and tell the people of Key West that the money will be granted for the bridge “There were a few Key Westers who thought that Mark Wilcox resorting to catch votes propaganda, and there were still a few Doubting Thomases even after The Citizen, on the day be~ fore election, published a dispatch confirming what Mark Wilcox isaid 4 iz “As long @s memory lasts, T shall not forget those things and, not being able to forget them, my gratitude compels me to vote for Mark Wilcox. If I went against my gratitude, my conscience would never let me rest, and one of the most awful feelings in the world is to have a nagging con- science Despite all the acti y Wilcox’s opponents, I am just ure as sure can be that there hundreds and hundreds of Westers who are just like me. I am just as sure as sure can be that there are many now who think they are going to vote against him who will not be able to do so when they are alone in the polling booth with their con are Key Key West has been Key people have been known far wide as hospitable and grateful, and something in my heart tells me that tomorrow at the polls Key Westers ang mot ing to do anything that Apil et reflectior on their hospi and gratefuiness; sombfhi ng my heart tells me that; now We have the bridges, we are not go- ing to forget our gratitude for the who was outstanding in get- ting them for us” West its and mar i I respectfully solicit the vote | of all voters in tomorrow's | Primary Election for the office i of MEMBER SCHOOL BOARD From the third district. 1 have | } lived in Key West al! my life— my two children are graduates | of schools here—and I feel | thoroughly competent fo }hendice afi matters of the School Board efficiently and te the satistection of ail. (All Districts Vote) (X) J. CARLYLE. RO! ni | al Ad tee i Outlines His Many Acti- vities During His Ad- ministration As Member of Congress A crowd, larger than had at- tended any other political meet- ing in Key West during this cam- paign, was presentSaturday eve- ning in the vacant lot next to La Concha to hear Congressman J. Mark Wilcox. candidate for Unit- ed States Senator. At the beginning of his address Mr. Wilcox explained that, when he awoke Saturday morning, he was unable to speak, and that a physician was immediately sum- moned, and, after an examination, found out that Mr. Wilcox had laryngitis. One of the first things he was told was that he would not be able to make another speech for at least ten days, but Mr. Wilcox said that, after the physician had worked on his throat for more than an hour, he Gonlared he had @ speech tvmuke Saturday night in Key West and was determined to make it if he had to whisper into the ear of his secretary and have him repeat the words. After spraying his throat every * half an hour and sucking lozenges Wilcox, by West at afternoon. was nid of a joud speaker and amplifyers, able to make himself heard clear ly However, as he feared he would lose his voice at any mo he dictated to his secretary swer to some of the thing Senator Pepper had said in his peech that the could « ne n during the day, Mr the time he reached Key 5 o'clock in the able to talk and, with th wai ment, an a secretary the FOR REPRESENTATIVE BERNIE C.. PAPY (Kus Reelection) apie. Fighting for Tho interest of Monros County” aig Pefticad, Adveruscuwe's ——HEAR—— DAVE SHOLTZ CANDIDATE FOR U. S. SENATOR Deliver His Finel Campaign Message VIA RADIO STATION WQ AM TONIGHT AT ‘ 7:98 O'CLOCK FLECTRICAL SUPPLIES--SOCKETS, WIRING AND EVERYTHING FOR HOMES AND STORES AT SOUTH FLORIDA CONTR. AND ENG. COMPANY. PHONE 598 : 4 3