The Key West Citizen Newspaper, May 28, 1938, Page 1

Associated Press Day Wire Service For 58 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West a a West Citizen THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN THE U.S.A. VOLUME LIX. No. 127. SINGLETON. IS CHOSEN DIRECTOR | | i Information Contained In| Report Of Recent Con-| vention Of Organiza-| i | | | | tion Above is a group photograph of | Girl Scout, ‘Troop, As who, pa Report received this morning | Pated. ina spear sara the oi <iMiegBusan LaKin Maintains from the recent Convention of the Florida Commercial _ Association, .carries the informa- tion that S. C. Singleton, secre- | fary at Key West, was elected Secretaries, one of the directors for the en- suing year. This is attributed by Mr. Singleton to the fact that, DEPARTED THIS MORNING OVER HIGHWAY ENROUTE TO ANNAPOLIS WHERE HE WILL JOIN SHIP none of those in attendance at the | convention ever had a look at| him. | Secretary Dymond. writes in a! letter “The Key West material} ou sent was placed on a table} ¥ th . ey Il th *, West Naval station has been near the room where all the S€S- | transferred and left over the high- sions were held, so that everyone | way this morning, accompanied attending the convention might | | by Mrs. Klaus. Lieutenant Wm. Klaus, U.S. N., officer in charge of the Key KEY WEST, FLORIDA. SATURDAY, MAY 28, 1938. city to determine which sections Overseas Highway July 2-4. fore the mammoth Celebratiqn the Clean-Up Committee. may be of the formal opening ofthe seen in the centeg,,.background. | Lead In Celebration Contest Miss Susan LaKin maintained , Sponsored by the Cuban Club, and | her lead in the race for a “Miss Miss Ada Rodriguez, sponsored by) Key West, Queen of the Fiesta” | the San Carlos Institute, but ‘here July 2-4, as the result of the dance and balloting at the Cuban | Club last night. The dance second in the series | being staged by the Celebration Committee to raise funds for the ‘fiesta, also saw Miss Bernice Brantley, sponsored by the Lions Club, forge well ahead of Miss Martha Carbgnell to break their second place tie of the previous | week. Last night’s affair, it was neither received a single vote. | Miss Dorothy Betancourt, spon- | sored by the Social Club Marti, | also materially improved her} standing in the voting and will | go to the Miami dance Monda; night as a serious threat to th present leaders. Standings of the contestants to} date are: | Miss Lilia Acevedo 2) Miss Bernice Brantley 45 Miss Dorothy Betancourt 27 Miss Martha Carbonell 37} Miss Susan LaKin 61} help themselves. There were 36. The lieutenant arrived in Key cities representd with 66 repre- | West June 29, 1935, He came to the relief of Lieutenant W. B. eentations®. | Jackson, who had received ord- | Mr, Snigleton had served no- ers transferring him to sea duty, | tice that there was but one place! a as, ys fps received by P i ieutenant Klaus. bc pga hinapacy eae a Lieutenant Klaus had been in| patter toruse ifs Judgment this chee ai Pree Bowral ‘ear with the promise that next | Wit dieser eee dearhé Would bn the spat, to| trict Communication Officer, in- that thoy voledifor Key West. 'structor in the Seventh Naval Dis- tC; thon te Wake it hatter. the trict of the Communication re- ext convention will be held at Panama City. The Key West Chamber of Commerce will begin to save up fas money, said the secretary, and next year join his associates on the list of. directors, who are serves and manager of the naval | station WPA projects. | During their stay Lieutenant | and Mrs. Klaus have made many friends and their departure was ‘hailed with regret, not only among their close friends, but the} the nayal forces and the WPA! DONATES WARRANT James T. Daniels, Jacksonville; L. ¥. Vonrath, DeLand; S. C. Single- ton, Key West; Wm. T. Simpson, Fort Myers; H. B. Kraft, Stuart;! Wayne Miller, Lake City. | EXCESSIVE HEAT IN JACKSONVILLE MERCURY CLIMBS TO NINETY EIGHT; RECORD FOR MONTH OF MAY JACKSONVILLE, May 28.— (FNS)—An all time heat ‘record for May was set here last week when the temperature reached 98 degrees. It was the hottest May temperature ever recorded in the history of the local weather bu- reau which has been in opera- tion for 66 years. The previous hottest day recorded during the month of May was 96 degrees. The weather bureau at the Jacksonville airport reported a thermometer reading of 100 de- grees at the same hour, officials said. NEW ARRIVAL IN BETHEL’S FAMILY Mr. and Mrs. Warren A. Bethel announce the birth of a son, born May 26, at 8:45 in the morning. at the home on Eaton street. The new comer has been given the name Donovan Warren, both he and his mother are re- ported doing nicely “Key West's Smartest and Most Exclusive” Appearing Tonight THE WHEEL OF FORTUNE AT FRANK SABINTS CLUB LA CONGA No Admission. Cover or Minimum Charges |hagen 5 days °ahd Ply! ‘days. At the*dénélasitr © |property and activities andsing which will be used for the ‘installation of a storage battery ,employes who worked under his) direction. This morning they are on their way to Annapolis where the lieutenant wi]! report for duty on | ‘the U.S. S, Wyoming as head of the communications department jon that ship. June 3 the Wyoming in com- pany with the U.S. S. New York ,and U. S. S. Texas, will leave | with midshipmen from the naval academy on their annual cruise. The following ports will be w ed:'La Harve, 10 days" Bite? eruise , returh't6 “the!” United, States will be retarted," Mrs? Klaus, “in! ‘eétnpaniy wives of '$éveral éther offic the ship will, about the time, start*on a tour of Europe ; and will visit the ports which will be visited by the three naval vessels. Lieutenant F. H. Callahan U S. N., who was transferred from the U. S. S. Tuscaloosa, to relieve Lieutenant Klaus, arrived with Mrs. Callahan Wednesday, and is checking the final transfer of all at the naval station. PARTY LEAVING FOR TORTUGAS WORKING GROUP TO EN- GAGE IN OPERATIONS ON BUILDING Working party is scheduled to leave Key West May 31, and will go to Tortugas to work on a build- The men, some of whom will be students returning from school, for their vacations, have been selected and will be in charge of Paul Atwell, construction fore- man. In the group with Mr. Atwell will be six laborers. one carpen- ter and helper and a cook. The work is expected to cover a per- iod of about two weeks. thought, would bring out a big vote for Miss Lilia Acevedo,{ Miss Ada Rodriguez rene mee waccwaweee VIA HOUR HOUR AT ‘MARINE HOSPITAL: PROGRAM RENDERED UNDER DIRECTION OF W. P. A. RECREATION DEPT. FOR CELEBRATION | Sidney N. Thompson. city electrician, today gave fellow Key Westers a mark at which to shoot in his co-operation to helo put over the Overseas Highway Celebration, July 2-4. Mr. Thompson walked into Celebration Headquarters this mornnig and, without any preliminaries, declared: “I want to do my part in this Celebration because I believe it will mean a areat deal to all of us. I can’t afford a large donation, but here's a $50 city warrant. Sell it for whatever it'll bring and use it to best advantage”. DEMERITT PARTY LEFT YESTERDAY Mau ‘DEMERITT TO INSPECT An hour of music and enter-/ tainment was presented yester- day afternoon at the U. S. Marine | hospital under the direction of the WPA recreation department as-! sisted by members of the V. Y A. unit .The program was enjoyed by a large group of hospital patients and employees. There were about 55 attending Folowing is the program Piano Solo, Beatrice Moreno. Vocal Solo, Love Walked Ruth Roberts. Tap Dance, Darktown Strutters Ball, Betty Bubier. Vocal Solo, Renae Gloria Vinson. Instrumental ‘and Aeeal Phelan and Her Daddy Vocal Solo, Bei Meir Shein, Jane Thompson. Acrobatics, Francis Brennen Violin Solo, Sjursen and Violin. Vocal Riggs. Tap Dance, Over The Sea, Kitty Symonette Violin Saunders. 5 Vocal Solq, Sailboat In Moonlight, Dorothy Saunders. Harmonica Selections, Philip Bradley. Vocal Solo, All God's Children Got Rhythm, Mary Sawyer. Vocal Solo, One Rose, Vanessa Collins. Comedy Eva Cam very \ entertaining In , Edna *» “\AYDS TO NAVIGATION IN TAMPA BAY Bist Du W. W. Demeritt, superintendent His of Lighthouses in the Seventh Dis- trict, Mrs. Demeritt, their daugh- ter, Mrs. A. R. Moore, and Mr. and Mrs. B. A. Baker, left over the highway yesterday morning for Tampa where Mr Demeritt will board the Tender Ivy for an inspection of aids to navigation in Tampa Bay and Egmont Key Light Station and Depot. The other members of the party will visit with relatives and friends in Tampa and St. Peters- burg until May 30 when the en- tire party will proceed on to At- lanta to be present at the gradu- ation of William W. Demeritt, Jr on June 1, when the degree of Doctor of Dental Surgery will be conferred on him at Southern Dental College. William will be one of the hon- or graduates and has been select- ed and has received the appoint- ment for post graduate work in, Forsythe Dental Clinit\at Boston’ where he will proceed after his vacation which will .be spent here. which he is most fond Mrs. Moore will remain in At lanta where Lientenant Moore is now practicing his profession as an architect. The rest of the party will return by way of Tampa and then go to the east coast, where Mr. Demeritt will inspect Jupiter and Hillsboro Light Stations, re- turning to Key West in about 10 Solo, Rosalie, Gloria Solo, Chloe, Gerald The Skits, Grace Perez, and Francis Colt 14 SHOT IN APPENDIX) 5 Creston, Ia.—When Dr. Cleve Coakiey*operated on Roy Frus for SERRE he was not at all fer He shai appendix, believed to have been absorbed from rabbit meat fourg fourteen lead at Frus had been suf: lun pellets imbedded. in| the? of This photogravh was taken on the Troops 5 and 52, Boy Scouts, and of the city needed “cleaning up” Adrian O’Sweeney, chairman of County Court House grounds, just before the 27 boy... sceuts and 25 girl scouts. given, guide sheets <cveweae es | CHEATED OUT OF RIDE IN PLANE TAMPA, May 28 (FNS). Strict postal regulations and about 50 pounds weight served to cheat Rus- sell Kay. secreiary of the Florida Fair and Florida State Press Association, out of an airplane ride to Washington last week end. Postmaster Edgar Wall of Tampa, anxious to advertise the advantages of airmail and increase the poundage of air mail from the Tampa post office during Air Mail Week, conceived the idea of stuffing Kay in a mail sack, locking it about his neck and shipping him to Washington as an Am- bassador of Good Will for the Pan-American Hernando de Soto Exposition, to be held in Tampa next February, ‘Kay. who weighs but 123 pounds, was game, and Sup- erintendent of Mails Harrison even went so far as to actual- ly stuff him in a sack and make sure the stunt was feasible. The postal regulations were referred to and it was found that while it was permissible to ship an arfimal by air-mail so long as such an animal was harmless and had no of- fensive odor and required no feeding or watering enroute. The weight limit permitted was 70 pounds, Still hopeful of pulling the stunt, Wall wired postal of- ficials in Washington for spec- ial permission but it could not be granted so Kay failed to become an Air-Mail-Male. senthanthnhatnuile Fas W.P.A. TO TEACH FIRST-AID GROUP Arrangements of excess are going ahead to a W-P.A. First-Aid in structor to coperate with the local Red Cross Chapter in instruction preparatory to establishing three First-Aid Stations at Craig and Marathon Keys. Bernice W. Dickens visor, Division of W-P.A., said today. Mrs. Dickens made her monthly inspection trip this week to local education projects and left this morning for headquarters in Mi- ami secure Ramrod, Mrs. area super Education, | Otte Divanti and His Orchestra DANCING AT ITS BEST oo NO COVER CHARGE | i } t i ] i i i i | | mapping out different sections of | the city,ebegan their survey oa bicycles, in, cars, and afoot. SERVICES HERE,” !TO BE RENDERED AT CITY | CEMETERY MONDAY: OR- GANIZATIONS TO ATTEND CHURCH SUNDAY NIGHT Tomorrow 7:30 local evening at o'clock, members of the American Legion post and the or- ganizations they have invited to join them in attending the me- |morial church services at First | Congregational Church will as- | semble at the corner of Southard |and William streets and march in- | to the chureh_in a body. | The ‘pastor will preach a ser- | mon of special interest to these organizations and appropriate | music will be ‘rendered by the; it was} choir and learned. On Monday afternoon at 4:00 o'clock, these organizations will} assemble at the corner of South- ard and Margaret streets, opposite | |the public school, and march at 4:30 o'clock to the Maine plot in the city cemetery where fitting memorial services will. be con- ducted and the following interest- ing program rendered: 1. America, Key West Hospi- tality Band | 2. Remarks by Past mander A, H. Sheppard 3. Invocation by Rev. Alfred De Barritt 4. Vocal solo by Mrs. Paul Archer, accompanied by Miss Ma- rie Knowles 5. Brief remarks by Past Com- mander Sheppard. 6. Vocal duet by Mrs. individuals, Com- Julia tll | | ie / Key West, Florida, has the most equable climate in the country; with an average range of only 14° Fahrenheit PRICE [EIVE ‘CENTS ‘Mayor Albury And Party Plan For Official Visit Tok Havana wsssrssees Proposed Mission Is To-In- apd ~ ae IN vite President Of Cuba WASHINGTON, DIES | To Attend Highway Cele- | bration (Special to The Citizen) WASHINGTON, D.C., May | 28.—Paul May, Washington | correspondent for 200 news- Mayor Willard M. Albury will he U: Hy bm eg — ar ing wees {leave next week for Havana for | His office will be continued | the purpose of carrying out an | by the present staff under the | ox | | executive mission as mayor of the name of the Wena News Service. city and inviting President Fed- | TL III DIS IM A {erico Laredo Bru, of the Republic CANTASS. VOTE 54 of Cubs, Colonel Fulgencio Ba- +o tates chiot of the Cuban Army. Jyan J, Ramos, Secretary of State, “and other officials of the country. : |10 cote to Key W OMA Lee cuances| ef eee FOUND IN ADDING AB. | pen ee sa ba ~ | opening of the Overseas High- SENT VOTES way. July 2-4. i Canvassing board of the county Mayor Albury is also a member |met yesterday afternoon in the of the Overseas Road and Toll |county court for the purpose of Bridge District, and will be ac- checking over the results of the slectontne May 24 and adding companied by C. C. Symonette, a |the absent votes which made no| member of the district, and, like | material changes in the count. the mayor, a member of the gen- | Members of the board making) eral celebration committee. the check were: Carl Bervaldi,| They wilkgbe accompanied by chairman of the board of county; Raymond ado, official repre- commissioners; Raymond Lord, sentative the Cuban \€lub, and judge of the county court; John Enrique Es@uinaldo, Sr., official | England, supervisor of registra-| representative of the San Carlos tion. The changes, by the absent! Institute. votes, were as follows: | Warren Smith, manager of the | i RRS Sate | | | } | } i | | | | | | | | | { Name Number Total Cannon 1929 1951 celebration, accompanied by Mrs. | Smith will leave for Filer ‘Thomas Watson Matthews Caro Papy } Curry | Miami, and that night the group ba | wil leave on the Steamship Cuba ive in ‘Havana Wednesda: 1781" bet x. 1884 | That they will be tendered a 2139 | grand reception upon their arriv- 2491 /al in Cuba Wednesday, is shown —— by the following extract from a ecooeeeee ictter received yesterday by Cu- NEWS NOTES ban Consul Berardo Rodriguez Valdez, from Pedro Varela Nog- | eweccccccenanasscecseser ueira, Director-Secretary of War of Cuba: HIP CRUSHED: DRIVES HOME “Your letter received. 1 Warsaw, N. Y.—With his hip| personally await the crushed by a boulder, Merrill) Richards, 44, of Silver Springs, 1342 po and Joes pep eo next ednesday, and ‘assign sistance for them from the managed to drag himself into his car, drove across a plowed field | to his home and stopped the car by running into his house. The crash attracted his family who rushed him to a hospital where his condition was pronounced critical. |GOLD EXPERIMENT COSTLY Berlin, N. H.—Attempting to extract gold from a rock he had found, Michael R. Bourassa pour- i" lic element over a, small stone which he heated on,,the family stove.’ The, fumes which Nelson and Mrs, Minnie Robinséa{t 300m Tillédthe small home, caused accompanied Marie Knowles. 7.. Memorial addreas by Cap- tain William Curry Harris, speak- er of the day 8. Selection Band 9 rious 10. taps. 11. Star Spangled Banner by Hospitality Band 12. Benediction by Rev. liam Halladay Arthur H. Sheppard, past com- mander of the Legion Post, will be marshal of the parade and will act as master of ceremonies at the Maine Plot Commander Reardon extends an invitation to the general pub lic to attend these services at the church Sunday evening and at the cemetery Monday afternoon. by. Miss by Hospitality| Placing of wreaths by va- organizations. Three-volley salute wil- FIPLELLLLA FUND-RAISING DANCE TONIGHT hh hhh and! the death of Bourassa’s 5-manths- ‘old son and the serious illness, of the entire family. OUT 3 DAYS; DIES Palo Alto, Calif—Arontt Haw- kins, 31, spent seven months in a hospital recovering from in- | juries suffered in an automobile crash. Three days after his dis- ; charge from the hospital, he was fatally hurt when his motorcycle t collided with a car. ahd POUNDS: FOR CAR Bisbee, Ariz—Ed Plumb. auto- mobile dealer, recently sold an automobile and was paid for it in sitver dollars—1,200 of them. The counting of the money. which weighed 75 pounds, required en hour’s time, “DEAD” SNAKE BITES Statesboro, Ga—Johnny Hath- jcock found a rattlesnake and “killed it.” He put it in a sack and jearried it home to show to his friends. Reaching into the sack to exhibit his snake, he was bitten by the snake he thought he had | hea. He will recover. NOTICE Motorcade which will form the Key West contingent st the Me morial services at Matecumbe to- morrow at 1:39 p. m., will form tomorrow morning at the Armory and be in readiness to leave at 9:36 sharp. Captain Arthur Shep- pard, marshal in charge, sdvises that all cars report to him at the pes at 9 o'clock sharp. Police Department. Representative of National Defense Mayor of Havana, Chief of Police and the Muni- cipal Band will be awaiting their arrival. Best wishes.” The delegation will remain in Havana until Thursday or Friday with the exception of General Manager Smith who will fly back to Miami Wednesday and leave by Eastern Air Lines Thursday for Wasbkington with B. M. Dun lean, chief engineer of the Over sea Highway, and others, for an audience.with President Roose velt on. Friday, June 3, which ha been, arranged by Senators {Claude E. Pepper and S. O. An- drews. It is understood that President Roosevelt will probably be fishing in Florida waters at the time of the ceiebration here, in which event he will participate in thi ceremonies set for July 4, climax ing the three day fiesta. If he 1 unable to leave Washington it + expected the president will oper the highway by electrical impul. and assign a cabinet to represent him here with a formal address. Extensive participation by United States naval vensels has alresdy been promised by Sena- tors Pepper and Andrews, who requested six torpedo boat de- stroyers, a light cruiser and three submerines be ordered here for the period of the celebration. The delegation going to Cubs will al- so formally request that several Cuban ships of war be sent here for the same period. ad The entire City of Key West is cooperating to make the cele- bration the biggest thing of its kind ever heid in Florida. Already scheduled are a series of pageants, a track and ficid meet, an aquatic show, outhoard (Continued on Page Six) seeceresee BIG DANCE —TONIGHT— —PENA’S—— GARDEN OF ROSES STANLEY'S FINE LINE OF HARDWARE IS FEATURED AT SOUTH FLORIDA CONTRACTING & ENGINEERING COMPANY. PHONE 598. WE HANDLE THE BEST