The Key West Citizen Newspaper, May 12, 1938, Page 1

= Associated Press Day Wire Service For 58 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West Key West, Florida, has the most equable climate in the country; with an average range of only 14° Fahrenheit The Key West Citizen THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN THE U.S. A. VOLUME LIX. No, 113. ‘—- 7777277222) First Publicity For Cele- "bration; $90 In Prizes; | Rules of Contest Re-. eleased CAR STOLEN LAST NIGHT FOUND TODAY National Publicity For Island Fishing Key West fishing will now get national publicity. Party Guides who make re- KEY WEST, FLORIDA. THURSDAY, MAY 12, 1938. County: Com Donate $1,000 Toward Highway Celebration * Various Other Matters, : Commissioners (City Propo VISITING LIONS EXPECTED IN ‘GAMBLING CASE SCHEDULED FOR PRICE FIVE CENTS ‘Plumbers’ Code Read At | Special Meeting Last | | markable catches between now and July 4 are request- ed to notify Warren Smith, director of the Highway Cele- bration, and a photographer will be immediately detailed to get pictures. These pic- tures will be sent with press Evening Was Also De- ferred | OWNED BY NINO DE ALMAS, | AD VERTISING | Tale Ee tay Regu- TAXI DRIVER; WAS TAKEN | APPROPRI ATION, Jar Meeting Conducted SOME TIME AROUND MID-| Last Night WILL ATTEND CHARTER DE-| JOSE PEREZ ROSENDO, DE-| “ NIGHT | LIVERY NIGHT BANQUET) FENDANT, GIVEN HEARING | Proposals for the operation of a AETRAETIONS CE EET MEST | | OF LOCAL CLUB AT STONE] BEFORE PEACE JUSTICE *teet bus service were taken up CITY TONIGHT — CRIMINAL COURT A state-wide contest for school | students of all ages for an idea} for the cover page of the official | souvenir program of the galaj Overseas Highway Celebration | here July 2-4, has been announced | County Commissioners, in regu- | by Warren Smith, general mana- | ger, in charge of ‘the celebration, | as his first publicity stunt in con- | nection with the three-day fiesta. | First prize in the contest will | be an award of $50 in cash and| an all-expense trip to Key West | for the celebration, second prize | will be $25 in cash, and third prize will be $15. Contestants are asked to submit ideas, either writ- | ten or sketched, for the program’s | cover page, which will petsoeiy | the rehabilitation and rekindled progressiveness of Key West. | The resulting idea or design) will become the symbol of the, celebration. Contestants may sub- | mit as many ideas, or sketches as} desired, but each must be accom- | panied by a 100-word—or less— reply to the question: “What will | the opening of the Overseas Hi¢h- | wav July 4 mean to Key West?” | While the contest will be eon- | ducted strictly on its merits as} such, and a design or idea actual- | ly selected from among the sug- | gestion submitted, the primarv | purpose of the contest is to ob- | tain publicity. T.he auestion is So | phrased that “Key West Ove seas Highway opening July 4,”) will- automatically ..beeome... im planted in the public conaRIOUs | ness by constant revetition in news stories about the contest | which will be sent regularly to newspapers throughout the South. | “The contest will cost us only about $250, while the actual pub- ; licity value, based on newspaper advertising rates alone, will be worth at least $10,000,” smith de- clared Rules governing the contest | were announced as follows: 1.—Contest is open to students of all public or private schools and colleges. 2.—The idea personify the rehabilitation and rekindled progressiveness of Key | . West which has resulted from the completion of the magnificent $30,000,000 ‘Overseas Highway again linking the city and the/ mainland. 3.—Contestants may submit as many ideas-—written or sketched —as desired. Ability to write or draw will not count. Neatness will not count. The idea is the thing. or design must 4.—Each entry must be accom- panied by an answer—in 100 words or less—té the question: “What will the opening of the Overseas HighWa¥ July, 4 mean to Key West?” 5.—Contest opens May 15 and closes at midnight June 15, 6.—All entries become the prop- erty of the Commission and none will be returned 7.—Decision of the judges will be final 8.—All entries should sed to: Ove lebration Committe: BENJ. SAWYER NOW Y EMBALMER PASSED EXAMINATION BE- FORE ASSOCIATION IN DAYTONA Benjamin Sawyer, af the Lopez Funeral Home, returned over thé highway last evening, ‘atcompan- ied by Mrs. Sawyer, from Day- tona where he went to take the examination for embalmer before the Florida Funeral Director's and Embalme: ociation Today, Mr. Sawyer received a telegram from Char S. McIn- tosh, secretary of the association, which reads: “Passed your em- balmer’s exam SPECIALS ON LONG- releases from the Celebration ** Comniitiee to newspaper: and’ magazines over the coun try. Large tarpon and sailfish» prizes are especially desired. “: VAISALA ALS Zit SIGNS PAPERS RELATIVE TO . SEWING ROOM Nino De Almas, who is a taxi- o'clock, it is said, when he re- tutned to his taxi it was not in place. He is usually seen at the cor- ner of Fleming and Duval streets, but when he went for supper he went to some other section and | it was there the car disappeared. An alarm was at once sent out. Captain Alberto Camero was designated a deputy sheriff to |insure passage over the bridges jand started out. Other officers | were warned to keep watch. This morning about 7 o'clock, cabi driver, last night decided to! jgetva late supper, and about 12; | | AND OVERSEAS HIGHWAY|, | TO BEAsADWERTISED: OVER (J8%-meeting lastnight, voted. do- WIDE ‘AREA . | mation of $1,000 to the fund for Staging the celebration in con- | { = ‘s Attractions of .Key> West! and ##stion with formal opening of the Overseas Highway \ywill, be (gi | exseas Hi | carried to every part of the Oni oe ie Panay oni tule = ‘ed States and foreign countries;3 and 4, the estimated total cost | through a decision of the county |eommissioners who last night authorized a half-page advertise- | $7,500. ment placed in the advertising medium Gimlet. Present at the mecting were | This subject was taken up at} Chairman Carl Bervaldi, Commis- | the first meeting in May when the | sioners Wm. R. Porter, Braxton | board was addressed by Haile M.' 3. Warren and Cleveland Niles; of which will be approximately }olation to happiness which was! MRS. LINTON CURRY AND | Constable C. Floney Pellicier saw FRANKLIN ALBERT GIVE |@ ¢@ at the corner of Southard and Francis streets, It was parked ADDRESSES AT MEETING on the wrong side and the offi- OF COUNTY BOARD Peas it would bear investi- | Going up to the vehicle Con- | stable Pellecier found that it was New Federal project which | the lost car of de Almas and was recently announced by the | Promptly took it in charge. Be- WPA, is the Sewing room, located fore it was returned to the owner : an excellent set of finger prints at the corner of Catherine and|were made, and the event closed Grinnell streets, was the subjects | for the present, at least. of two talks given by Franklin | Albert and Mrs. Linton Curry, the ‘ABSENTEE VOTING supervisor, befre the board of | CANDIDATES WITH NO OP- County Commissioners last night. | Mr. Albert spoke on the Sew-| POSITION TO APPEAR ON BALLOT ing room in a general way and| the sponsorship which is held by | the Monroe County Commission, and said that the requirement of | the signature of the chairman of | the board was needed to make} the project effective. Chairman} Absentee balloting will begin Carl Bervaldi signed the sponsor- i) o'clock tomorrow morning in ship papers for the board. , the office of County Judge Ray- In her brief summary of the/mond R. Lord. Tickets were au- ‘thorized printed by the county commissioners last, and the Art- pena Press will have tickets ready 4 |at the hour stated. ‘ticles issued during the time the| On the ballots will be carried tivity has been authorized and | the following names of candidates spoke in a happy vein when she | jn the second primary. described the transition from des-| For Representative in Congress | Fourth District, Pat Cannon and evidenced by the workers when Henry H. Filer. the announcement was made that! “Justice Supreme Court Group the project was to continue. No. 1, Elwyn Thomas and J. Tom It is impossible to put inte Watson. words the feelings of the work=} For. Railroad | Commissioner, ers when the announcements was, Gyoup.1, Eugene S. Matthews. rece ived, of the continuation of For Representative in the Leg- the projet, but from the remarksiistature, Thomas S. Caro and made’ jt"was easy to realize that rnice C. Papy. a fécting of heartfelt gratitude" po, County ‘Commissioner Fifth was the actuating motive back of; District T. Jenkins Curry the unanimous vote of thanks ex-!" ‘There was some question as to tended to the commissioners for | the placing of the names of those their sponsorship and assistance. | candidates without opposition on For the project the Federal! the ticket. County Clerk Ross C. government will give as_ their | Sawyer wired Secretary of State part $55,570 for labor. County/R A. Gray, and received a reply sponsorship amounts to actual/to the effect that names of can- monies, a sum of $1,587. Other) didates for any office, even agencies will supply textiles, fish | though they are unopposed, must work accomplished, Mrs. Curry | gave a concise resume of the | number of garments and other .| Seales, coconut fibre, water and | po placed on the ballot. Df. A. B. McCreary, director of county Public Health of Jackson- wille, and Dr. John Wells, director ef. epidemology of West Palm Beach, both of the State Board of Health, are visitors in the city to- day: standing work in the prevention of communicable diseases, which is the principal work of the Serv- ice. While here they were in con- ference with Dr. James B. Parra- more, Monroe County U. S. Pub- lic Health Service director. transportation, to the amount of; ‘This accounts for the names of $4,820, {Eugene S. Matthews and T. Jen- Building rental which has been kins Curry being placed on the placed at approximately $200 | parots. monthly for the structure, totals $2,400. A commodity warehouse has been secured and provided PUBLIC HEALTH without cost to the: government and local sponsors. who are: given credit for this of $50 monthly or | $600. The total expense ofthe Sewing roonydorernc year wills ey, be approximately. $64,977. Distribution. whigk thas been made.at the Sewing 200m during the past period. activity, includes 6,000 . dresses of. all. sizes -for} Women and children; for enter- tainments approximately 500 cos- tumes. There have also been 300 mattress pads. mn to the foregoing s also been made 500 items of useful and instructive handicraft products, and in addi- tion numerous articles including children’s suits. numerous toys and a quantity of rag dolls. Agey, travelling advertising agent of the publication, and it was de- ; attorney for the board, W. Curry CHURCH ANNEX | Visiting Lions, accompanied by their Lionesses, will arrive in this city tonight at 6:15 o'clock, com- ing from Lions Clubs situated along the lower East Coast of | Florida to attend the Charter De- livery Night Banquet of the new- ly-formed Key West club at Stone Church Annex. Local Lions will greet the mo- torcade at the head of the island and escort them to the banquet jhall, headed by official fire de- Both are well-known for out-| cided to discuss the matter dur- Harris; Clerk Ross C. Sawyer, poets Sony are week. ae Deputy Sheriff Bernard st night it was announced | waite, and members of two com-! the board will take a half-page,;_., approximately five inches wide apitees and interested {and 10 inches long, in the Spring | “itizens. |and Winter, 1938 and 1939, edi-| Trevor Addresses Board B. D. Trevor, spokesman of the several tion. The cost will be $195. Another expenditure was au-| general committee of the Over- thorized for half-page in Miami| seas Highway celebration com-! Friday Night. It was stated that! mittee, addressed the board on |a great deal of publicity had been ' the subject of the donation for the | jgiven to Key West through the/ three-day celebration. He was columns of this periodical. ‘asked how much he was asking; | The editor, Fred Girton, hadjand replied that the amount was! {paid several visits to Key West, to be left to the board. j and expressed himself as delight-' It was the intention of the com- |ed with the city, both verbally | mittee, he said, to ask a donation jand in his paper. A $50 space of | from the board at once in order! the Key West issue to be publish-'to have funds with which to get jed in a June edition was ordered. | activities of Manager Warren | Price of a page would be $112.25.'Smith under way immediately, | The sum of $100 was authorized and later during the ante-cel ‘for the Memorial Committee to! bration period to make a second assist in defraying the expenses and final appeal, stipulating no | of the ceremonial to be conducted amount either time. |May 29 at the Matecumbe crypt. | ;The check will be given the | Chamber of Commerce today. Porter Opposes Idea Commissioner Porter said he | ldid not agree in this idea. He | felt that the county had done laying the foundation for secur- IN COURT TODAY ing the bridges and felt that the Bridge Commission should bear a large part of the expense of the celebration as the receipts of |ANOTHER CASE SET FOR travel over the bridges would be TRIAL IN CRIMINAL jereaty increased. Mr. Porter continued with the COURT TOMORROW }statement that during the entire + o ‘time the negotiations were going on’ with the, government citizens shad not, peen, called upon to do- igrate one cent of , the, necessary pfands. .A few public-spirited. citi ezens had donated , abomt;,$5,000, the county, had donated, approxi »mately “$20,000 and, citizens had again come to the assistance and |donated about $20,000. He thought under those circumstances the ar the greater of the cele- There was one case brought be- |fore Judge Willian’ V.’ Albury this morning in the recessed ‘Ses- sion of criminal court, being that of Howard 'T: Turner, who "was accused of fraud and cheating. Turner borrowed $15 from John ; Sands and gave as security his car. A few days later he ap- proached Mr. Sands and said there were some things he want- ‘ilizens should t ed to get out of his car and asked | Patt of the expenses that he be allowed the use of the Pr@tion key. Treasury Without Funds Mr. Sands acquiesced, handed| Pursuant to a statement m , the key to Turer, and that was by Mr. Trevor as to the ¢ the last he saw of either the key fto be given by the cou or Turner until he was brought Porter said that there were back in custody of Deputy Sher- tically no funds the ¢ iff Rex McLeod and placed in the ‘treasury and would be none f county jail. He was arrested at pay rolls or anything else until Craig's, Fla about December At the trial he entered a plea Warren Smith next of guilty and was sentenced to 9) words on the arrang! days in the county jail. the celebration and cited th The case of Arnold Johnson, that there was great charged with aggravated assault, work to be don iv litth is set for tomorrow (Continued from Page Two) 4 saic a Auerbach’s Restaurant 410 FLEMING STREET Will Remain Open From 11 A. M. to 11 P. M. During the Summer Months POPULAR PRICES WILL PREVAIL BEER WINES LIQUORS PHONE 98 partment and police details. Hon. Millard B. Conklin, Dis- trict Governor of Lions Clubs in Florida, will be the guest of honor this evening and will officiate at the presentation of charter cere- ‘mony during the program of the evening. Lion president, H. E. Day, will receive the charter on behalf of the local club. The program will be as follows: | Toastmaster, Dr. A. W. Zie-| bold, President of Miami Lions} Club; America, Assembly; Invo- cation, -Rev. Joe As Tole;-Songs | and Banquet; Roll Call of Clubs, Dr. Ai W. Zi¢bold; Introduction of Guest, Glenn Cold, Tail Twister of Miami Lions Club; Words of Welcome, Lion Gerald Saunders; Selection, ‘Mrs. Eva B. Warner, accompanied. by Miss Edna B. Smith; Humor by Johnny Es- perdy; Presestation and Accept- ance of Charter; Final Songs and} Adjournment. The complete charter member- ship of Key West Lions Club is as follows President, H. E. Day; Ist Vice President, Joe Allen; 2nd Vic President, Gerald Saunders; 3ri Vice President, E. S. Walden Secretary, Allan H. Armstrong; | Treasurer, ‘Delance ©. Martin; Lion Tamer, Lewis W. Robinson, | Jr.; Tail Twister, Anibal Arma. yor; Directors, Herman Holtsberg, Edward Graham, Hastings Smith and Jos, R. Peacon; R. B. Alex- ander, August Bradley, Ray E. Bridwell, Dr. F. S. Carbonell, AF len E. Curry, Victor G. Larsety, Walter C. Maloney, Louis Mercét; Edwin C. Trevor. Anibal Armayor is chairman ‘of the Banquet Committee, assisted by Herman Holtsberg, Joe Allen, Delance O. Martin, Lewis W. Robinson, Jr., and Allan H. Arm- strong. PLANNING SPORTS FOR CELEBRATION ' MEETING TONIGHT; ELABOR- ATE PROGRAM IS PLANNED anagers of baseball and dia- ball teams, boaing promot- and athletes of the city are ted to a meeting tonight at Hotel La Concha 8 o'clock to fer with the Highway Celebra- tion Committee and lay plans for a Sports program during July 2-4 Warren Smith, celebration di- rector, will be present ong the plans which will be dered will be swimming ets, all-state field meet, base- ball game between the outstand g team of Cuba and a South Florida All-Star club, diamond- ball games and other sport attrac- tions. A permanent committee and chairman will be appointed to handle sports, YESTERDAY Jose Perez Rosendo, charged with conducting a gambling. es- tablishment in the rear of a place Duval street, was arraigned yes- terday afternoon before Peace | Justice Franklyn Arenberg. The accused heard the charges read, and at the conclusion an- nounced that he would waive pre- liminary hearing and go direct to the criminal court for trial. Justice Arenberg said that as the accused had already posted a | knawn as the Broadway Cafe on} for consideration at a special "meeting of the City Council last | night, but after much discussion ' they were all rejected. Thore were three proposals dis- | cussed, one of which was from |Harry B. Peacock, which called | for the operation of buses having la capacity of from thirteen to j twenty passengers, to be run on ten or twelve minute schedules, bond of $500 it would remain for | with a fare of five cents for adults, his appearance for trial in crim- inal court. (CONCERT TONIGHT IN BAYVIEW PARK PROGRAM TO BE RENDERED BY KEY WEST HOSPI- | TALITY BAND The following program will be played by the Hospitality Band, under the direction of Alfred Barroso at Bayview Park to- night beginning at 8 o'clock. The i | tium grounds. Several 6f the | very latest popular numbers aré jincluded in the program. The band has recently acquired the assistance of several volunteer musicians making a total of around twenty-two members in the unit. These concerts present- ed by the Federal Music Project e a definite part of the cultural ind entertainment program of the WPA and a cordial invitation is | extended to all to attend. | March—-Stars and Stripes For- ever Sousa Selection — Songs of the Old i Folks = Lake | Waltz—Ti-Pi-Tin — Grover | Overture—Royal Palm King | Popular—Caravan Ellington Selection — Sullivan Operatic Gems . Seredy | Popular—Rosalie Porter rl Double Dare You Eaton +March—Promotion Nicol. | Star Spangled Banner Key i | Rex McLeod, deputy sheriff jalong the Keys and Overseas Highway, arrived in the city last night having in charge Abe Lew- is, charged with stealing decora tive palms at Planter, Fla | Lewis had been given a hearing before Peace Justice E. R. Lowe. at Taverier. The hearing resulted in his being placed under bail of $150, in default of which he was ordered to county jail where he now awaits ‘trial before criminal! court BUSINESS GOES SMASH had opened his roadside hambur- gér stand, Chaties Harris's bust- hess went smash. A motor truck crashed into it and demolished it completely. RAUL’'S Dance Saturday Might Music by Cecil Carbonell —FLOOR SHOW — Pepito Will Take Care of Your Reservation No Admission or Cover Charge! LEAF YELLOW PINE AND RED CYPRESS LUMBER AT SOUTH FLORIDA CONTRACTING & ENGINEERING same program will be rendered | on Sunday afternoon at the Aqua- | Peoria, Ii—<Four hours after he! | and two and a half cents for chil- | dren. i One was from the Island Trans- it Company for the operation of | seventeen-passenger buses, with a |five-cent fare for adults and two | and a half cents for children. | The other proposal was from ‘the Venetian Shortway, Inc | which also specified a five-cent | fare, with one-half fare for chil- | dren. | Two other proposals, one from Dah Navarro and one from Henry | Barnett, which call for the op- eration of smaller vehicles and | which were presented at a former meeting, were not considered last night. To Draw Up Specifications | After going over the entire sit- | uation, the council decided to fe- ject’ all of the proposals, which were said to be unsatisfactory The entire board, it was agreed, | would meet on Friday evening and draw up specifications which would be suitable to the city and submit them to the parties who presented proposals for the coun- | cil’s consideration and approval. If the specifications are satisfac- tory, those interested are to re- {submit proposals in accordance with the specifications as drawn up by the council No definite time was set for receiving final proposals in the matter, as it was stated that it would take considerable time to study the specifications. It is ex- pected, however, that the matter will come before the council some time during the first part of June. Rejects Plumbers’ Code The plumbers’ code, which was drawn up recently, was presented and read at the meeting, but aft er some discussion it was decided to reject this code, as it wa shown to be unsatisfactory. This. it was explained, is due to the fact that it was drawn along the same lines as is now in effect in other cities, and which it was fell would not be applicable to condi- tions in Key West It was decided to have the plumbers of this city get together to draw up » code which would be entirely satisfactory to all con- cerned. The revised code will then be submitted to the council for its consideration. Mo Funds For Donation Louis Pollock, local jeweler, chairman of the White Way Com- | mittee, addressed the council, re- questing a donation of $100 to- } ward the expense of keeping the White Way lighted on Duval | stteet. Mr. Pollock asked that the donation be made at the rate of $25 per month until the full $100 had been donated. He show ed that there was « deficit of $282, which is required to operate the system for 2 six months’ pe- tied. The committee chairman stated that the county had donat- ed $56 toward the fund. The coun- cil informed Mr. Pollock that, due to the city’s financial condition, it (Continued on Page Taree) COMPANY. PHONE 598, NOW