The Key West Citizen Newspaper, May 11, 1938, Page 1

Associated Press Service 58 Years De Day| VOLt visability Honda-i ~ Pursuant to a resolu ed April 27 by the Com: Rivers and He vestigation is to delay, on the advi viding a depth on the Intr way between Key West. This infe in a letter closed Gener Board of A contain: The eral report of sion Engir tion of the to Key channel fect “at pending incers. Under izing resol ited to'a ¢ eight of les {ional i ie: continue of enginecr adopted tee req viou termining t report proving Florida B. time ha fice forth in The the de ceed with the necc report “w the a cha this WEATHER EOL! UP SPONGE FISHER VERY FEW SALES BHCORDED ing ING 5 Announcing ‘JAYCEES 10 HAVE Northern Residents Dream Of ish Palms, Pullen Says Neck inions Key West Cittern SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER THE IN THE U.S.A. ‘THIRTY HISTORICAL ‘SIGNS JULY FOURTH, DECIDED ON: MATERIAL-GATHERING BE- GAN TODAY: NYA TO CON STRUCT SIGNS of placed locations g thirty historical signs Approving } the to be ; throughout tho cit 4 “| | bration, 's | | ground Southern College, Lakeland, | William Joseph Phelan} ng Hill College, Spring a, and Louis Aloysius | of Loyola University of South, New Orleans, La., all of Key West. Students are of but Nilson not selected be- holarship record aus of their record curricular activities, ath- and future possibilities. mittees from each University e the selections. Wilson uis Wilson is the son of Co- Wilson and Philip Wilson Wilson resides at 806 Pierce treet in this city. Receiving a High School diploma from St. Jeseph School here, was awarded an honor membership in Blue Key, Alpha Sigma Nu, national honor Jesuit Scholastic fratern- Theta Beta, national honor society. He was a mem- the student council from He was vice president Theta Beta this year. He was reasurer of Alpha Sigma Nu t! t He is a three-year class erst, “phetmacy sodality pre- | "36, junior editor Phar- | y Journal last school term, senior editor Pharmacy Journal term. He has been on several and ball’ committees, uni- student council citation Wilson wants to continue icine, using pharmacy as His hobbies are hand-} fishing, photography, read- ology of ce Mr ned pre-med Phelan Phelan is the son of Phelan of 1303 White- He graduated from St Joseph's High School He is a member of Tri Beta Biological Fraternity, and Sodality. He is Fr William J Mrs. W. J head St resident of Tri Beta Biological and prefect of the So. ecretary of student coun circulation manager of Spring hillian, school newspaper. His are Swimming, hunting and tennis. He will study aternity dality fishing Felton Felton is the son of Mrs. J. Thomas Felton ed from Monroe and He is a meriidd Howard M ma Sigma Chi ‘ound A ternity) and Lambda, 4 social fraternity. Het 1 vice president of Gam igma Chi, president of 1 Chi Alpha fr. Felton was a member of nd dramatic society tudent treasur Inter-Fraternity Council ver of Glee Club, Intramural Manager, Vice President Kappa Psi, participated debates, ed pr senate, vice ’ inference Methodist People’s Organ of Florida Confernce t Y. P. Orga n, stu toral appointee r delegate to L ership sch zation COUNTY BOARD MEETS TONIGHT the mee n e of Clerk Ross county court routine business is t was said Only "Karl mittee of the Jur {Commerce will 1 before the Highway Cele- cided at a cc have the signs crecté July 2-4 Oversea it wa om- | mittee meetir Each , will have with sign white back black t 1 A large single line the historical point of int will follow approxi word legend, which the highlights of the particu point. ach sign will d that the Junior Ch merce erected it Members of the mittee and other gathering the infc A report will be after which the r condensed and t for each sign d r 1 NYA Craft Shop | \ ill the signs. Material 1 furnished by the Cou unty sioners. Following terest decided on Fish Mark Salt Ponds, Ba ed over on raft way home, Warbler Trained fish, Southernr Bearing Breadfrui House, Old Ci Taylor, a Pirate | Post, Say view Park vent of Mary Im maculate Museum. Oldest House Stream and Ff Boulevard, Sp Turtle wl tor, Mollie P. Traveler’s Palm. Grounds and / Air Aquarium Station, Art Ce Department Mu Geyser. GAMBLING CASE SET FOR TODAY DEFENDANT TO BE GIVEN Then 1 fifty- ill bring Com- amber of com- construct Commis- are the of in y West, Gulf Li viary in W un PRELIMINARY HEARING THIS AFTERNOON Pere F Juli jgiven 2 IEE Ta Rraghlyn anon a Stabii hme ment of the p k the #% gembhing tear &part- wna plac afternoon cers Te TARGET PRACTICE IS STARTED TODAY )' the *) William V. * rested twice iS II ACTED ARRANGE FOR BROADCAST ON OVERSEAS ROAD Jose Perez, formerly chan- cellor at the Cuban consulate in Key West and now in Ha- vana, will on Saturday eve- ning May 14, speak over the air from Station C.M.B.S., in Cuba, and will have as_ his subject the Overseas High- way and Key West. The ad- dress will be in English. Cuban Consul Berardo Rod- riquez told The Citizen today that the station to be used by Mr. Perez will be of 1170 kilocycles and the hour at which he will be heard will be 7:30 in the evening. Every day between 7 and 8 o'clock in the evening Mr. Perez may be heard over the same station speaking on the same subject. During these periods the address is in Spanish. SILI ST SE SS Ss ROBERT SHEHEE GIVEN SENTENCE ONE MORE CASE HEARD IN CRIMINAL COURT THIS MORNING Robert Shehee ing in criminal court sentenced to serve one year at hard labor in State following his plea of guilty to a charge of breaking and entering. Sentence was passed by Judge Albury after due con- sideration being given to the cir- cumstances surrounding the attention given to his record which shows his having been ar- in Miami and twice in Corpus Christi, Texas tically the same charges ch arrest was this morn- penitentiary, case, and Prac- attend- ing ec Several weeks ago he broke in- to the Key West Golf Club house nd stole a number of golf balls, cigarettes and other items of greater or lesser value, and was captured while making his get- away over the highway, brought back to the city and at a_ pre- liminary hearing entered a plea of not guilty The only other case which was heard was that of Gerald Rob- erts, who was charged with oper ating an automobile without hav procured the 1938 license. He however wed that the pur chase of the current tag had been le, and he was allowed to de rt on a suspended sentence No other business being on the @ocket for this date, Judge Albury announced a recess until 9:30 t morrow morning DEFENDANT IS GIVEN HEARING charged witt yesterday jo for pre was shown at the at the accused used lan ich was heard by a num the vicinity and and very abusive ex KEY OWES nees FLORIDA, Able SS Se ate MAY 11, 1938. Always Wanted To Go Fare | thest South In U. 8.5 Pian Lights For Aqua- rium, Mosquito Control Key West, Florida, has the most equable climate in the country; with an average range of only 14° Fahrenheit tek aides GEN7e Various ‘Matters ‘Discussed Of Chamber Of Commerce Last Evening ; A dream of going as far south | inchs eich dations ‘YESTERDAY'S TORNADO TR AV ELLED a dream of palm trees, oranges! {Ser ene henene eS Maeed At 30 MP. H, Velocity Of 100 i. P. H.| cool sea winds, one shared by} eee jpenrly everyone in the northern | Pullen, | latest addition to the Chamber of | ® the | studs lured Rodney S. Cecil Ranew, caretaker of Pi | rates Cove Fishing Camp, hit yes- terday by a tornado or water- States”, Mr. Pullen said in a short | spout, discussed the rare event to- |talle before the Stone Church | day with The Citizen. | Service Club at the Church annex | Commerce personnel, to | “Southernmost City in the United It was a tornado and not a wa- terspout, Mr. Ranew said. It '“made up” on dry land about a Employed in the automobile in-| quarter-mile off the Overseas dustry in Atlantic City, he often|Highway adjoining a camp occu- dreamed of warm Florida, when | pied by G. M. Fox. From Pirates icy winds swept in from the cold Cove the six employees there north sea there, he said. Finally | could see it start toward them, he came to Georgia where he} darting first this way and then finally wiggled his host into go-| that way. It was entirely off the ing acr the Florida line. So! ground until it got within a few taken away with the beauty. of| hundred feet of the camp when the land: pe was he that he! jt took to the ground and tore proudly carried back a Florida} through the heart of the camp. palmetto palm to Georgia |It was travelling at about forty Second Ladies’ Night will bejmiles an hour with a velocity ; held Tuesday at 7:30 in the annex) of at least 100 mph. Roaring vole ot dhe cis cecidal These| through the camp with such a Ladies’ Nights are held quarterly.’ fearful noise that a person There was a large attendance .at/ eoyidn’t hear his own voice, it the rok Night and plans are g0-| went past about three hundred ing forward to have the Second | Night as much a success as_ its amis 20g Suan Gigsplves predecessor. a “ e: mittee brought out the fact that |* Semantic anaes tlie $27,000, which has been allot- | C@% @n¢ sought S 7 ted Key West, will soon be used|°™P- Mr. Ranew and four other ‘ * loyes were in the same build- in a mosquito-control project, | C™P/OY: t Plans to start the project moving |in&- They didn't say much, Pa are already under way, William ee ee BS ean Monsalvatge said Mr. Monsalvatge also reported | himself also. When the tornado : that a plan to provide lighting | £4" Tipping through the camp, he for the Aquarium has been form. | 18M out into the yard to see which ulated. A new pump to provide | Way to run. But it was fairly a water circulatory system will be | ©@SY to stay out of the way of the utilized also to furnish electricity | big twister. Out in the bay an for a lighting system for the old Nassau colored person was in Aquarium, Art Center and near- 8 rowboat: Seeing the black by park grounds. This will add column come down on the camp, to the attractiveness of those | he began to ply his oars, heading municipally-owned buildings, Mr.| Straight out for sea at a “very Monsalvatge said nice” clip. Guests were Rodney and soeer McConnell last night. Pullen eaten A Coast Guard Communications LE Os IT truck and crew, which was com- ing down the highway at the time, was stopped by the driver CENTERED IN and barely rolled out of the way CONTROVERSY of the big column Caught in the center of the dis- turbance, an Ohio party, whose J, B. HODGES WAS CRITIC OF james couldn't be learned, in a CERTAIN ROOSEVELT POPCCR SSCS COSY MB LSSOCOSLESSELOOOSE DSSS TESOL ESS: GROUND BUT THREE HUNDRED YARDS | Rodney Pullen, New Mem- ber Of Organization, Gave Address At Inter- esting Session vee } { interest to the members of ew Pontiac, were struck, their}the Chamber of Commerce: who car twisted around and thrown) are operating hotels have off the road. The car was for-| - state tunately ‘not overturned. The | rooms suitable for visitors, is the only damage to the auto qwas in eA doors being pulled bodily oft of) °° =o eee Renan it, and in a large storm shutter! meeting of the chamber, to have picked up by the storm and flung} i down on the all-steel roof, mak-|‘¢ secretary list, and give.pub- ing an eight-inch dent in it. None) licity to such acommodations as of the occupants received uNury: The lady in the did get “ little dirt in her eye”, Mr. Parcel said. | | members may care to list. The meeting last night was the regular monthly meeting which was postponed because of elec- tion night falling on the same date. The meeting was well at- tended and a number of activities of importance to Key West were acted on. Rodney The only building demolished at the camp was a small store- house, but none of the cottages! received serious injury other than storm shutters and screens being whisked away and blown over the island. The little building wrecked was smashed to kindling wood, Mr. Ranew stated. The! solar hot water system at the camp was ruined and the Pirates Cove sign demolished. S. Pullen, a new mem- ‘ber and accession to the cham- be personnel was introduced and spoke enthusiastically of the cordial reception he was meeting | throughout the city as a represen- | tative of the organization, and | the great opportunities he saw, G. S. Kennedy and Sam Gold- | not only for the Chamber of smith, in charge at the Weather /Commerce, but for the city of Bureau, report that it is not un-|Key West. common for a waterspout te come |. Secretary Singleton was _in- up on land, but that there is no! structed to continue the advocacy record of damage to structures in| of the dredging of a thoroughfare this vicinity. Neither is there a| ftom Bahia Honda to Key West, record of a tornado. It is ex-| and to endeavor to secure further tremely unusual, the weather ob- consideration of Key West's claim servers report, for a tornado to| as a site for a modern marine form on such a small space of hospital land as Sugarloaf Key. Mr. Ken-| The secretary was also in- nedy will make the trip to the |stfucted to secure a copy of the Cove sometime today and will at-|bonding ordinance adopted for tempt to classify the disturbance the protection of local merchants 3 from competition by transients, and also to urge upon city coun- cil a measure for licensing guides. Steps are also to be taken to cooperate with others in securing a “blighted area” project for Key West. Attending the meeting were President Charles E. Smith, Miss Elizabeth Sharpley, Bascom L Grooms, John Gardner, Charles S. Taylor, Frank H. Ladd, Everett Russell, S. C. Singleton, Rodney S. Pullen, W. P. Fripp, Fred J Dion, and A. M. Hewett. Cecil Ranew, who was in the U. S. Army here, reports that a} waterspout hit the Army Bar-/| racks about 1922, but he does not! remember if there was any dam- age at the time. There were four waterspouts in the vicinity of Sugarloaf yester- day, Mr. Ranew said. B. M. Dun- can, Overseas Bridge Engineer. reports three off Pigeon Key. It is quite probable that the dis- turbance was a waterspout. At all events, it was quite an “unusual day” with peculiar waterspout or tornado breeding conditions CITY COUNCIL neha AUTOMOBILE TAG LAKE CITY, 11 (FNS) Chairman J. B. Hodges of the State Democratic Executi Com- mittee, who died at his desk here Sunday night, was the center of FINDS CONDITIONS MUCH sti fof contr gdeyatte BETTER NOW THAN ON FORMER VISITS ay as ter certain Roose effort wa the state ¢ of It policies and an e to oust him from anship last Janu ary, withe ucce: c Borr Hodge r€ to Lake City at the age of 15. He admitted to the bar in 1904 ized one of been here several days. Mr. Smith lawyers finds conditions much better than the State for six years, was the only became rr at H. Smith, automobile inspector for the sta of Florida, is a visitor in Key West and licens« as Chairman of Diceno- k on former visits. cratic Cc When arriving. Mr. Smith wa accompanied by three other members of the motor vehicle h- cense bureau, Henry Clay Craw- ford, John Mijton and Virgil Bird Th st cei three official left earlier in the week Auerbach’s Restaurant 410 FLEMI 11 g From LUNCHEON—. DINNER and BEER A. M. Soup, Entree, Vegetable Dessert and Drink WINES PHONE 98 Mr. Smith said that been no arrests made, except There were others, approxim. } 30 owners, who had failed | make the proper 1938 license plates ] handed the regular tickets made the required purchases. | | i there purchases of NG STREET se To Midnight— and i be other v mh. before Ju Ps, Mr. Smith said, in an effort to check up on those owners who are anticipating the use of their vars until the half year rolls round From 45c to 65c ALA CARTE LIQUORS when they will make purchases of licenses for six months s dence at Number MEETS TONIGHT There will be a special meeting of the City Council held tonight, beginning at 7:30 o'clock, at which time proposals for operat- ing a street bus service over the street of Key West will be con sidered Another matter scheduled to before the mecting is that of receiving a working code that was recently drawn up by the plumbers of Key Weeks MENENDEZ KEY, 53, DIED THIS MORNING FUNERAL SERVICES WILL BE CONDUCTED TOMORROW AFTERNOON Menendez Key 5.40 re 53. VESSEL NOW IN NEED OF MASTER Telegraphic request received from Havana by the Porter Dock this morning, asked that & master be secured for the Schoon- et “Siroceo” which is in the har- the Seven o'clock this morning in Lowe's Lane. Funeral services will be held tomorrow afternoon 5 ¢ Fleming Street church clock from where the body will be placed at 2 o'clock. Rev. Shuler Peele wiii officiate Lopez Funeral Home will be in charge of arrangemen’ urvivors are: The widow Wits Kee . ae bor of Havana Sp ware rubiely peners The vessel is the property of Elsie Madge Key. | Fair brothers Errol Flynn and the intention of Clarence Key and Martin Key the owner is to make the trip of Key West, Willie Key, of Nas uban port to Los An- sau, and Alvisi Key. Miami. One Wages are nen sister, Mrs. Lizzie Stirling, of Key West Co. : —Tomorrow Is— BANK NIGHT AT FRANK SABINI'S CLUB LA CONGA No Admission. Cover or Mini- mum Charge At Any Time f . Fia—Dr. Henry 1, 80, and Dr. Sylvia Wilson, who were recently rematried twenty years after having been divorced, spent their second hon- ey moon here. SPECIAL PRICE NOW ON HIGH-GRADE OAK FLOORING. SEE AD ON PAGE TWO. SOUTH FLORIDA CONTRACTING & ENGINEERING COMPANY. PHONE 598