The Key West Citizen Newspaper, June 8, 1938, Page 1

Associated Press Day Wire Service For 58 Years Devoted to t Best Interests of Key West VOLUME LIX. No. 136. Application: cal E Many Lo Expect That Grants Will Be Made for All of Proj- ects If Properly Spon- sored Proposed projects which will be sponsored in Key West, most of which it is expected will be suc- cessfully carried to were handed The Citizen this morning. There will necessarily be hard work’ and continued. concentra- tion on the applications, and it is| confidently expected that grants will be received for all of them, if properly and adequately spon- sored, It was said that several of the projects listed are being present- ed and gponsored by the Junior Chamber of Commerce. The projects are 18 in number and are as follows: Fresh Water Supply; Public Beaches and Bath House Facili- ties; Municipal Airport, Land and Sea Planes; Extension of Inland Waterway from Bahia Honda to Key West; Slums Clearance; Ath- letie Field and Grandstand; Com- plete City-wide Sewerage Sys- Distribution System; Widen .and. Deepen Approach to Garrison _ Bight. Yacht Basin in Garrison Bight; Docking facilities in the Garrison Bight; Preservation of East and West Martello Towers; Additional Public Park facilities, water front preferred; Rest Rooms at Bayview Park; Additional School facilities, grounds and buildings; Addition | to County Court House Building; Renovation and Repair of City Hall, Offices, Jail and Fire De- partment quarters; Public Libr-! that Key West was the most in- | ary,, Museums and Art Galleries. LESTER CATCHES FIRST TARPON conclusion,/} he oe “Ware gmsgaa. GEORGIA BOYS PLAN TO PEDAL BICYCLES DOWN TO KEY WEST (peel Citizen) COLUMBUS, Ga., June 8.— } With the closing of the school | ferm come vacation ideas. Among the latest is a bicycle trip planned by several Co- lumbus high school boys. The party includes: Jack Cal- -houn. Humes Durden, J. T. Miller, Roscoe Johnson, })Weuth Day, mayor, and Prof. W. D. Johnston. The boys plan to travel down the west coast of Fiori- da to Key West, and then back up the east coast. Besides their camping equipment, they will carry cameras and fishing equip- ment — mainly, to “see the sights.” The tour began June 5, and the return has not yet been decided. A hh dededikodedeadl WIDE TRAVELERS FOUND KEY WEST VERY INTERESTING TWO YOUNG MEN WRITE TO THE CITIZEN FROM CANA- DA AFTER SIX-THOUSAND- MILE TRIP sia Len Kaiser and Bill Stan, 22 years old traveters, seeking ex- perience, and for the love of travel, were in Key West some trip from Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada, to Key West and return, | writes The Citizen as follows: “Just to let you know we ar- | rived home safely, and are really spreading Key West publicity around this town. Much tc our | Surprise we received a great deal jot publicity. “After six thousand miles of travel we are still of the opinion teresting and picturesque place that we visited. Since our return we have answered many ques- tions concerning Key West. They (Continued on Page Four) weeks ago, and after a 6,000 mile | | Association, was exhibited to the The Key West Citizen THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN THE U.S. A. KEY WEST, FLORIDA, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 8, 1938. (COMMERCE BODY PAID MEMBERSHIP JUMPS 20 PERCENT RODNEY PULLEN CREDITED WITH FINE RESULT; NEW SIGHTSEEING MAPS OF! CITY ORDERED j | | At the regular monthly meet- j | ing of the Chamber of Commerce which was held in the offices last night, the secretary reported a i twenty percent increase in paid up membership during the past | month, and credited the work of! Rodney S. Pullen with this fine| result, it was reported. | len to devote his time to the promotion of the interests of the Oversea Highway Celebration ‘committee for the next few days, | was aprpoved by the membership attending. Secretary Singleton’s member- ship in the Florida Commercial Secretaries Association, to which the secretary was recently elected a director was renewed. Z Purchase gf a number of maps of the city was authorized. The maps are of unique design, and will be welcomed by hundreds of | tourists as well as citizens. These were drawn and de- ‘signed by Bo Cutter and Miss} ' Helen Smiley. It is of the gay} type in use at most tourist resorts and besides presenting a . street map of the city has wittily drawn | and labeled points of interest. | Among the titles are “When you! fish here throw back anything less than 40 pounds.” and “This in the isle where Manana_ begins. This map will, start you off right, but you must finish yourselves.” to a¢euthulate and prepare date | for the consideration of the bud- get committee. This committee is | composed of Fred J. Dion, chair- ‘man, Charles Taylor and John A. | Gardner. : An excelent story, reaching| |about 100,000 readers, published in the American Motorist, pro-| ividing high grade publicity for | | Key West for which indebtedness | is due the courtesy of J. D. Hess, \Jr., of the American Automobile membership. \ ASKED SUITABLE BURIAL | ae | Council Bluff. Ia.,—Included in | | the settlement accompanying the | idivoree di granted Reuben | Sales of this city against his wife, | was the proviso that he give her {a suitable burial after her death. Roosevelt Much Interested In Key West And Proposed OverseasHighway Celebration “President Franklin D. Roose-|representation from both the velt is vitally interested in Key , Army and Navy during the cele- West, the Overseas Highway and’ bration. the Fiesta here July 2-4,” was the} “The Washington trip, there- report brought back here by War- |fore, was entirely successful. ren Smith, general manager of Paul H. Marks, counsel for the the celebration, . following his | Highway Bridge and Toll District, hour’s conference with the Presi- showed Mr. Roosevelt a number | dent in Washington Friday. of pictures of the highway, in| “The President showed an, which the President evidenced amazing memory for details re- | keen interest. lating to the construction of the! “The success of our mission was | highway,” Mr. Smith said. |due in a great measure to the \ j Key West, Florida, has the most equable climate in the country; with an average range of only 14° Fahrenheit PRICE FIVE CENTS Pace Cenrseneanas co Nana aes Realty Sales’ Continue ‘As Well As In Past Winter ratte _ Sponge Conservation Is Problem Sponge Information Should Be Tendered Law En- Chester Thompson Warns That | Twenty-five Transfers Re- | corded in Two Weeks; Large Bloc to Esther | ee ALABAMA PRESS Realty sales are still holding up “He recalled how he had gone ‘very earnest co-operation and as- | CONVENTION AGAIN well, a survey of trading for the j the success of our celebration, | Monroe County School Teachers i | over ‘plans for the highway and ‘sistance ‘rendered by Senators C. A proposition to allow Mr, Pul-| madé' various suggestions which O;"Andrews and Claud¢ Pepper, | resulted in’ securing the loan for}'who arranged the interview with its construction. | the President: and accompanied “Mr. Roosevelt was eager to'’Mr Marks and I to the White do everything possible to insure |/House. “Ihave already been advised and expressed regret’ that he by the Navy department that a would have to make a Gettys- | squadron of nine Navy battle burg speech July 4, which would | planes will be sent here for the prevent his coming to Key West. | celebration. He said, however, that he would}. “As soon as the Cuban authori- take another fishing trip in Gulf) ties make known the full extent waters sometime this year and | of their participation, which we that time. |the Celebration Committee will “Mr. Roosevelt instructed Sec-| announce its complete program retary Marvin H. McIntyre to sce for the three-day Fiesta,” Mr. that Key West was provided with | Smith said. ' pia SAR eee Visiting Girl Scout Troop Greatly Enjoys Stay Here “We are having a grand time,} bulance of the Philbrick Funeral and really wish it could last lon- |Home of Miami, which was in ger, but it is necessary that we! re of Bob Crittenden and Jeave about 4. o’clock..this.after~. Cronin. nee noon and expect to be in Miarni) In Mrs. Wiedenmann’s party about 8 o'clock tonight. It is/are: Mrs. S. Robinson, Mr. and really the grandest time we ever| Mrs. G. C. Watkins, Sr., G. C. had,” said Mrs. E. L. Weiden-| Watkins, Jr., Scouts Priscilla Lo- mann, captain of Girl Scout! beck, Betty Pope, Lula, Mat Troop 11 of St. Paul’s Lutheran | Morrison, Grace Wilbur, Margaret church of Miami. |Horlow, Helen Carlstrom, Ruby The troop arrived yesterday | Watkins, Anna Robinson, Eliza- and after an afternoon of jollity| beth Robinson, and Dorothy Wat- and fun, retired to rest at the! Kins. American Legion hall, where ar-; They were making the rounds rangements had been made for of the city and-visiting all places their accommodation. After a of interest under the guidance of night of refreshing sleep, they | Captain Warner, First Lieutenant | started out this morning to visit Vanessa Collins, Second Lieuten- | all places of interest, and were ant Alberta Peterson, Mrs. Fer- encountered at the lighthouse de-, nando Camus, and a group of pot, where they were being en-|Key West members of Troop tertained by Superintendent W.' No. 1. W. Demeritt, Assistant Superin-; Mrs. Wiedenmann said before tendent H. B. Haskins and Chief continuing the sightseeing tour, Clerk Lionel Plummer, and others| “We wish to thank all who have of the office force. made our visit and stay in Key Mrs. Wiedenmann, her associ-! West such a marvelous one. Girl ates and members of the troop; Scouts, Mrs. Warner, American were with Mrs. Eva B. Warner! Legiom and Auxiliary, Boy Scouts Troop 1, and a number of/scvatsident’ WoW) Deméeritt, Fire De- from the boy.ireops,jand were!partment of ‘Key West, and the forcement, Representa- |. tive, Officials \ } “Pointing out that there is a | grave danger to the Monroe | County sponge beds, Chester | Thompson, principal speaker at i {the Stone Church Service Club | would inspect the hgihway at) should have sometime this week, | dinner last night, declared that there should be a united effort | of local folks to learn of this dan- | ger and fight against it. It is the long-standing question of divers ruining sponge beds, | Mr. Thompson said. Divers with | their heavy iron shoes trample {sponge beds and also gather pro- { miscuously. In 7 trips to a sponge {bed all chance of other sponge | growing in that spot in the im- mediate future is gone, Mr. Thompson said, for the simple , reason that they are not given a | chance. ..1o..propagate. pover the required five inches in width are gathered in first trip. {Then after some time the divers hreturn and gather those five inch sponges which have increased to jeight inches. However, sponges | from five inches to eight inches ‘are not mature. They cannot fer- tilize and produce new sponges So in less than s n trips that particular bed maybe entirely sterile and until new sponge can be introduced no other sponge can be taken from it. Sponge beds up the state are being rapidly Mr Thompson said to his statement, and this fact is shown ‘by the desire of Tarpon Springs spongers to come into Monroe County More immediate | Productivene is secured by div- ing sponges, but in the long run less productiven s had and a means of local livelihood destroy- led, he said jand her officers and: members of band ‘Seout ‘Masters, Superinten-} -Mr. Thompson stated that Mi- ami Chamber of Commerce of- ficials agree with his view and Philip C. Puderer, Mr. and Mrs. PREFER HAVANA AND KEY| Wayne P. Miller and Shult Prop- WEST TRIPS TO NEW YORK ¢rties, Inc., quit claimed to Brett CITY .AND WASHINGTON; | 8nd Williams the 65 x 187 parcel HERE JULY 18. jon Duval street between Angela | and Petronia. enna Thige- : Trevor and Morris sold to John aa een Press ogeaaioe >> Tight 9: 50 a AES peace at the will stop over in Key West twice | corner of Rose Lane and Simon- for sightseeing trips on the way ea ea FOR THIS SECTION ~ two weeks shows to and from its convention in Havana beginning on hey aes ae An agreement of sale: between The group will as throug! Key eee Suly Saad again Catlotte J. Roberts to John H. on July 22, This is the second | Boig involving the 49x88 property year,the Association has held its at the corner of Catherine and convention in this section of ‘ean Pearl was recorded. country, and have stated that they | Siow tieoscleen mote here than Grace -1 “Russell 'sold: to “Mri in New York City or Washing-|@"4 Mrs, Fred Snoddy etyal of ton, D. C. ' Bagdad, Florida, the 150x93corner The korowreshar gues : invited | of Washington and Leon streets. Frank Dixon, jabama’s next) governor, and Mrs. Dixon to be} Jose Romaguers. et al sesived guests of the trip . jall claims to, the 42x86 property An invitation wes: the on Duval street between Fein. c association last pd y =n or and Olivia streets to ward Luis Machado y Ortega, presi cnt) Romaguera. of the Cuban National Tourist commission, while visiting Bir-| Mary L. Kemp sold to Theodore mingham as principal guest of | R. Knowles the 44x90 property on Foreign Trade Week. Georgia between Catherine and Dr. Machado urged members | United Streets. of the state press association and| Mr. and Hrs. Edward B. Smith their friends to visit Havana and! sold to the Key West Foundation Cuba again and assured them of Company two,lots at the corner of an elaborate program of enter- Eagle Avenue and the Boulevard. tainment, and courtesies that , Shultz Properties, Inc, gold to brought such praise when mem- Sam H. Grubbs the 130x76 cor- bers returned to the states in net of Whitehead and Olivia 1936. streets. Sam Grubbs in turn sold More than 400 Alabamians it to Emily Price. made the trip to Havana with| William Knight et al sold to the press association in June, Evie K. Johnson the 183x200 cor- 1936. ner of Eliza and Pearl streets. President Walton and Webb, William A. Carey et al sold to Stanley of Greenville, who head- Mr, and Mrs. Julius Pinder part ed the associgtion at that time, of a 47x50 property on Angela say members are still singing the petween Catholic Lane and Fran- praises of Cuba and the hospi- cig street, tality they received there. | Eliza A. Harris sold to Ger- Extended tours of the city, in-| trade Curry the 31x47 corner of cluding public buildings and spots petronia and Ashe streets. of historic interest, were con-| Elisworth Johnson et al sold to dicted for the press visitors and pannie Peterson the 50 x 100 special Geremonies were held at property on Fogarty aventie be- Are Paid Final \Eight Thousand Three Hun- dred Dollars Issued In Warrants; State Loans Approximately $8,300 in war- rants were disbursed to Monroe County School teachers this ,morning, Melvin Russell, Super- | jintendent of Public Instruction, announces. Month’s Salaries revelling in the scenes they: wete} Key West: Citizen: after a talk before them stated official parties. tween 7th and 8th streets. This visiting and the. many: mew, andi) revealing things. they found inthe | lighhtouse,, headquarters,, and » at | Key West Tropical Aquarium: Mrs. Weidenmann told The Citizen the visitors arrived with | INITIAL LIST OF ~~ CONTRIBUTORSTO “Thee greetitig: given us upon our etitry into the city of Key West» was simply marvelous ‘and ya real treat. lean say for mysclf and‘ the members of the group, that it was one that will never that there was~indeed this dan- ‘ger present. More education to the danger is needed, Mr. Thomp- son said. Coast Guard officials sent here to aid in easing the feeling between local and. Tarpon The press members had planned té \visit New York and Washing, b Fo Repee Gated in. Goptember ton for'fieir official convention, Tay deeds from the.state of but now plan to make the New | Florida to Mary G. Marvin turn- York trip next year when they oq over lots one and two at the will take part in Alabama day at comer of Georgia and. Johnson ROAD CELEBRATION , Monroe County Commis- sioners |S. H. Kress Co. i | Oriental Pharmacy Gul Stream Trailer Park Maloney Brothers | Overseas Hotel __. H. T. Russel Panama Market | Delmonico Restaurant 5.00 | Roberts Book Store 5.00 her in the large and spacious am- “a8 Start Drive For Funds To S Finance Highway Celebration The drive for funds by the fi- be forgotten.” Spring: pongers themselves know litt of spong Thompson said. If they more of the matter and if senators and represe learned m the Florida 5 industry ponge y, ot state the the Coast Guard offi- know just how far County waters in son said cial did not out the Mon + Contributions, where desired, the 1938 World’s fair. Havana is a city of beeutiful and modern hotels and these will be put at the disposal of the of ficial press parties. Special trips into the for those who want to see the modern roads, new schools and other developments in the island the last few years wili be arrang- ed. interior FIPAA LD 2 Od streets, which comprige a 44x100 parcel. The dged was dated 1927 Jose R. Fleitas in another tax deed received the 23x96 property ‘on Louisa between Simonton and Duval streets Mr. and Mrs, J. A. Hayes sold to T. H. Rowgn the 55 x 84 cor- ner of White and Catherine streets. Keys tax deeds dated 1930 were assigned to C. F. Loweand The funds represent payment gone through the gills. Lance is still to figure out how it got But he is mighty satisfied with the first tarpon he has ever caught and believes in dreams at school coming true. “Key West's Smartest and Most Exclusive" Tomorrow Night Is of the final month of the 1937-38 {school term and completes | salaries of school, teachers for the year. It was at: first. thought that salaries would be cut to as low as 40% for. the: final month, but ispeedy action at Tallahassee in | switching..funds brought the full pay. 1 j rowing of $574,000 fer the state jteachers’ salary fund from other furids in the state treasury. Loans came from the grapefruit adver- tising fund, the estate tax ex- pense fund, auto transportation fund, beverage department ex- pense fund, fire insurance fund. and others. the} about! Governer:Cone signed orders: yesterday, which authorized bor-| Mulberg Chevrolet Co. Jaseph E. Russell ca Dr. William R. Warren _. K. W. Bottling Co. | K. W, Machine Shop B. D. Trevor e Cabrera Wholesale Groc., Inc, ie Lumiey P Roberts Hard- ware Co. Chester Thompson Agwilines, Inc. (Clyde- Mallory) Wesley P. Archer. G. C. Roberts Hardware Theodore Knowles Star Coffee Mills. HOLIDAY NOTICE Until further notice ARCHER'S 5.00 5.00 5.00 15.00 1.00 50.00 25.00 5.00 3.00 50.00 5.00 200 5.00 may take the form of advertising in the official souvenir program to be published by the cclebra- tion committee. ancial committee for the Over- seas Highway Celebration here July 2-4, got underway this morn- ing with a big rush when R. S. Pullen, publicity director of the Authorization to solicit and chamber of commerce, who has collect subscriptions for the cele been appointed by the commit-, bration were given to V. L. Stra- tee to take charge of the drive, ) han, 727 Eaton St: Miss Gertrude gave a crew of solicitors instruc-* Curry, 1006 Fleming St; D. K. tions to go out and get money. Williams, 531 Caroline st., Pullen told the solicitors that Miss Martha Ramos, 925 Duval st the Overseas Highway Celebra-, H. H. Hyman of Miami. one o! tion means an immediate upturn the supervisors of the building of in prosperity for Key West and the Overseas Railway which is that for every doller business now the base of the Overseas men and citizen contribute now Highway, was asked by the fi- to assure the success of the cele- nance comm) to serve as gen bration, they will receive untold eral chairman of South Florida benefits in return through the ad- district, with the exception of f i Key West will receive BANK NIGHT Within 60 days the loans are GROCERY will close at 1:08 2. 9 tourist attraction o'clock on Thursday afternoon. Th list of contributions will be Customers are requested to ©o- published daily in The Citizen, Monroe county The tentative budget adopted by the Overseas Highway Cele- bration Committee calls for an ROOFING PAPER--GALVANIZED SHEETS--SHINGLES--ROOFING CEMENT AND ALL SUPPLIES-AVAILABLE AT SOUTH FLA. CONTR. & ‘line taxes and beverage depart- ment’s surplus. operate by phoning in orders early on this day. ARCHER'S GROCERY. beginning today, that the expenditure of $7.500, of which 30 public may know what progress only a small part has been sub- is being made. scribed to date. ving is not allowed ied. His opin which suit < by law ext that He mista cured to him. A about the nece ing. the Another wante propagat and * short sketet in the waters ar preceded Mr topic of s waters at teeming with life than has any r the country,” Mr. Thompson mid and quoted Alfred G. Mayo, out [standing marine scientist. The | (Continued on Page Four) J. H. Riley for Cudjoe Key prop- erty. Another tax deed went to Jose Moreno for six lots in Ang- ler’s Park of Key Largo. One of the largest transfers took place during the period Mode! Land Co, sold to Esther K. Jullin 40 acres of Big Pine Key and Eloise B Knox et al {sold to Pether K Julian 77.80 | acres orf Stigar Leaf Key } -Mary E. Sweeting et al sold to J. Lanceiit “Lester the corner of (Continaed on Page Four) “Still Topping Them All” —with— Otto Divanti and His Orchestra HABANA-MADRID CLUB Key West's Finest —--NO COVER CHARGE—— ANTON FISHER MUCH INTERESTED IN CITY portrayer of sea scenes, of "SOIIOIIEL. ENG. CO. PHONE 598