The Key West Citizen Newspaper, June 15, 1938, Page 1

Associated Press Day Wire Service For 58 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West VOLUME LIX. No. 142. Key West Chosen Next Convention City For Spanish War Veterans Ladies Auxiliary Of Or- ganization Will Also Meet Here During 1939 Encampment (Speciat to The Citizen) FORT LAUDERDALE, June 15.—The United Span- ish War Veterans voted to THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN THE Che Key West Citize U.S.A. KEY WEST, FLORIDA, W DNESDAY, JUNE 15, 1938. COLORS 6 \VOTE APPROVAL OF 1 NUMEROUS FIRES REPORTED DURING Propose Merchant Marine Training School In City SASS Synge nm OVERSEAS PARKWAY (3pecial to The Citizen) TALLAHASSEE, June 15. —The State Forestry Board today voted: the approval of the Florida Overseas Park- way across the Florida Keys, which will be a state project. Construction of a Civilian Conservation Corps camp on the Keys has also been ap- proved, and activities are ex- pected to start within the next few days on West Sum- merland Key. The National New York Wants It; Sale; O: Ferries Planned By | County Awakes Discus- Plan Improvements For Yacht Club House Here Federal Matter Decided At Meeting Of Directors Of Organi- | zation Conducted Last Key West, Florida, has the most equable climate in the country; with an average range of Only 14° Fahrenheit ae PRICE FIVE CENTS Agents Furnish Principal Testimony In McCall Kidnaping Tria Night Improvements are to begin at ence on the Club House of the! Key West Yacht Club. This was decided at a meeting of the di- rectors of the organization held | last night at the home of H. T. Connable. Besides the directors| there was present the House, Fi- In a communication to The| Miami- Radio Station Will Broadcast Programs Citing Overseas Highway Celebration |Proceedings Started In Cir- cuit Court Today; Pris- oner Closely Guarded To Protect Him (By Associated Press) Norman MacKay, advertising MIAMI, June 15—Parents j | . Park Service has endorsed nance and Building committee of Citizen, Radio Station WQAM, of | director, and writer of the com-} hold their next encampment at Key West in June, 1939. The Ladies Auxiliary will also meet at the same time in Key West. The’ invitation to LITTLE DAMAGE RESULTED: TWO OCCURRED YESTER- DAY AND TWO MORE TO- DAY PAST TWO DAYS | | Question of the establishment | school in the city was brought up | at the Stone Church Service Club | dinner last night and ‘a committee |of a merchant’ marine ‘training | ‘ the project. General beautification of the areas traversed by the highway is planned. This is in addition to the project of planting the area with grass, for which two contracty have been let, and are now being carried on. j | ithe entrance of Garrison bight, the club. Presiding at the meeting was Commodore James D. MacMullen, Others present were Rear Com- modore J. Y. Porter, H. T. Con- nable, H. B. Herrick, Earl» V. Wolfe and S. C. Singleton. The Club House is located at! Miami, expresses the thought | munication, indicates that many that the Overseas Highway Cele-| people in Key West are known to bration should receive the support | him and he feels the station is of all South Florida and “ to this; glad to do something for Key end ‘we have offered the facilities West without being asked. He ex- for ‘a broadcast program each/| pects to be in Key West next week between now and the Cele- | Sunday and Monday. bration”. | It was WQAM which sent to of kidnaped James Bailey Cash, Jr., numbly shaking |their heads, identified their litle boy’s pajamas from the witness stand today as Franklin Pierce McCall went On Friday, June 17, the series ; Key West the broadcasting equip- | will be started with a Key West ment previous to the opening of trial the capital crime Fiesta Salute, which will begin at the bridges and highway on| ~~ a yon of abducting him. and the first step will be to level} and surface the road leading to! { ve is Mele ie teat, coe 8:30 in the evening and last for 30 | March 29, using the mobile unit | j other improvements will be made. minutes. ' During the program) of the station, with Phillip Kel-| Federal Agents furnished the principal testimony as hold the next meeting at Key | appointed to investigate the mat- West was extended by B.H-| ay 1:45 o'ctock this afternoon| ter which is being handled by McCalla Camp of the Is! ind | flames were discovered coming! the Chamber of Commerce. City. froni the roof of a small house on| Discussion followed a communi- . meee Windsor Lane near the bake | Cation from Howard Wilson Key West's delegation made the | shop i MANY TO JOIN | nates ' A more ideal location could | there will be related some of the leher, commentator, and Leslie hardly be found, and the club/ attractions of the Celebration, | Harris, “Man of the Street”, and some ituated th a which stated that a bill will be in- énly bid-tenidered for the encamp- situated at the corner of | troduced in Congress. It was Mr.! ment, which announcement was made by the members before the" left last week. William and Windsor Lane. Fire Wilson’s opinion that there was a equipment responded to a tele- | move to establish the training phone call but found it unneces- | School in New York rather than MOVEMENT T0 Florida Department of United|sary’to use water. The flames! !” Key West and requested that Spanish Veterans will be com- manded during the coming year by Sterling Phillips, of Tampa, commander. They were, M. M. Reynolds, of Ocala; G. W. Hall of DeLand, and John H. Bartho- uxiliary will have as ‘Ola Park. Mrs. Della Weill of Tampa, for first vice president, and Mrs. Bertha Derrick, of DeLand, second vice president, JOHN W. DAVIS DIED YESTERDAY CUMBS IN MIAMI: WAS ON WAY TO HOSPITAL ‘Tax Assessor J. Otto Kirchhein- er was advised by, telegram yes- terday afternoon of the death in Miami of his uncle, John W. Da- vis, Mr, Davis was stricken while in his place: of business, at the Clipper Inn in Coconut Grove. He was rushed to a hospital but death had ensued enroute, He was 50 years old. Mr. Davis was born in Key West and lived here until about 25 years ago when he went to Mi- ami and for a number of years * was connected with the insurance business as assistant manager of the Gulf Life Insurance Com- pany. He had apparently been enjoy- ing perfect health, and Mr, Kirch- heiner was grievously surprised yesterday when he received the telegram advising of his sudden passing. Mr. Kirchheiner said this merning that funeral services are to be held 2 o'clock tomorrow afternoon in the chapel of the Combs Funeral Home, a counter-move be begun in this were smothered with little effort. | Between 8 and 9 o'clock this morning a pile of trash was found city, with information on the proposition to be forwarded sena- tors and representatives. It was ! brought out that establishment} ‘of the base in Key West would : % ;mean that 35 commissioned of! ue line of the Gulf Refining | cers, families, and the large per- pot ge di {sonnel in connection with such a : Sgr e apparatus responded | project would live here. Welcome it was found necessary to work | increase of payroll is clearly seen, the engine and play a stream on/ wr, Wilson wrote. the blazing trash to quench the| 6 ‘ flames. ‘The pipe line was so eal — oS ae tele of Monive steam formed when the. water | fore ee that:there are many angles to the Bystanders said that four boys’ question. On one side,. there is on bicycles were responsible for! the advantage to having ferries the fire as they were seen when | in the service of the county, which they deliberatly started it. They can be used to transport cars made their get away before they | across any of the present wooden could be caught. | bridges which may burn down. at 8 o'clock in response to anjtrips. On the other side, it was alarm of fire which was sounded from Box 122, corner of Eaton and | bridges could be repaired in a Margaret streets, and discovered! short time, and that the sale of ablaze in a small unoccupied the ferries would add to the coun- structure in the rear of 407 Mar-/ ty’s funds. garet street. Election of officers was an- There was practically little nounced for Tuesday’s meeting. damage resulting from the blaze.} Guest of the club was Jack About 1:30 yesterday after-, Hayes. noon fire was discovered in a pile | of trash and debris on Southard; street in the rear of Frank Holts- berg. Apparatus responded and in a short time the flames were | PLAN PROGRAM, "e220 es Seeeecessoveceeoosceeees CONTRIBUTORS TO ROAD CELEBRATION 08.25 | Oscar Toledo 25 | Charles and Lumley Parks wre: | Frank Saunders E. K. Wilson B. Weintraub - ; Lula Scheurer | Hilary Whalton . T. R. Pritchard . El Chigp Lunch Room Charles H. Smith Grocery The Cosgroves Elizabeth Sharpley La Concha Employes 1.00 2.00 1.00 1,00 1.00 1.00 2.50 1,00 HOURS OF CHURCH SERV- ICES, BAND CONCERT AMONG CHANGES Due to a conflict with the regu- lar church services ‘scheduled for Sunday night, July 3, several im- | portant, changes have necessarily | been made in the official pro- gram adopted by the celebration committee. 3.00 2.00 5.00 5.20 The apparatus from the engine The ferries could also be run on rooms were called out last night) excursion, fishing and dancing! pointed out that most of the} {LARGE NUMBER WILL SIGN UP IN REGISTERING HATRED OF WARS OF AG, GRESSION A million Americz are eX pected to sign “Hu.nanits Roster”, registering their hatred, of wars of, aggre: fion with the great“eampaign t aid China’s destitute refugees Colonel Theodore Roosevelt, Jr. national chairman of the United } Council for Civilian Relief China, declared today in a patch to Mrs, M. EF. Ber' local chairman of the Council. The roster calls jnow engaged in a fare to call.a halt to th of open cities and thé of non-combatant civilic Berkowitz declared Mrs. Berkowitz jthat all persons who | Bowl of Rice party jand 2,000 other c | the country Frid eligible to sign the signatures will be sent to Chinese gov ers. There’will be 6:30 p.m. at Stc nex and dance |9:30 o'clock that }-. Colonel j word to Mrs. Berk« ernors of 20 states {ed. next Friday Day” and have ur their states to « Rice parties funds to provide f medciine for appr 000,000 Chinese Mayors of nearly 8¢ have urged spec “Humanity Day innocent victin gression. “The Bow! o! catching — the Americans t Roosevelt state a in| all nation: j wat bombing slaughter | Mrs. | pointed out) attend the Key West thro June ter. in | Roosevelt have f “Humanity d citi de wishes to acknowledge the indis-/ pensable cooperation which has! been extended by Sam Anderson | and his attorney T. E. Price, in making possible this very real} addition to the resources of Key} West, there advancing a fine ex-} ample of fine citizenship. | As soon as the house is made} excellent music will be) heard and a story of Key West's, historic background will be told. | J. N. Costar, of the Overseas | Commission, and Warren Smith, manager of the Celebration, have gave to the world great publicity anent the opening. More than a dozen speakers among them some of the promin- {ent business men and executives | Circuit Judge H. F. Atkin- | son, without a jury, listened to the evidence preliminary of the city, were heard, and a) been notified of the intention of really fine story was broadcast the statién, and on previous pro- | and the world was told of the grams it is expected that enter-| opening of the finest highway tainers and speakers from Key|would be celebrated, and the | to imposing sentence for the | crime to which the 21-year- { | old son of a minister pleaded nin corthegs | habitable it will be formally put} in commission and a steward will be put in charge. West will be heard. } story related by WQAM, guilty. But the father and Located as it is, it is shown, on a narrow strip of land between the waters of the Gulf of Mexico and, the Garrison Bight, it will be a most attractive rendezvous for resident-and visiting members of the boating fraternity. IMPROVEMENTS AT SOUTH BEACH | BEING PLANNED COMMITTEE FROM DIFFER- ENT DEPARTMENTS MADE SURVEY OF CONDITIONS YESTERDAY Robert J. Dill, state. adminis-| trator of the Works Progress Ad- ministration notified Warren ; Smith, general manager of: the! Overseas Highway Celebration, that Curry Moreno, WPA repre-! sentative in Key West, had been} | instructed to comply with the re-| , quest made by the Clean-Up Com- ,Mittee for the celebration for the use of WPA trucks in removing: debris from the premises and streets. ‘ A. O’Sweeney, chairman of the {Clean-Up Committee, has been Yesterday afternoon a commit- » tee composed of Lieutenant E. R. {Vigorously pushing the clean-up arthy, Coast and Geodetic , campaign, but has been handicap- urvey, B. C. Moreno, area super- | visor, WPA, Homer Herrick and | Fred Knapp, WPA engineers, and Carl Bervaldi, chairman of the} county commissioners, spent some | time looking over South Beach | considering the possibilities of improveinents. - ON GREEK VESSEL over wherever there appeared to} Live stock on. the Greek Steam- be the possibility of sand being} ship Mina L. Cabanis, which was accumulated by jetties, and sev-j ordered killed by the quarantine ral places on the beach were of | officials, was put to death Mon- such a nature as to warrant sur-! day on the vessel and the hides veys being made and plans fosm-| and hooves burned, accordi ted for the construction of the! the orders. | : The vessel arrived Sunday It is understood that prices are \ from a European port. The live to be asked for making the sur-j stock had been taken on at ac and that the work will be/jtrish port where the hoof and! d within a short time pro-/ mouth disease is known to be} the prices are considered | prevalent. Hence the order to kill, reasonable, and commensurate | the live stock. with the work which is to be; ‘The steamer, which was anchor-| fone WP.A. Trucks Will Take Away Debris In mother, unable to speak | when State Attorney G. A. Worley unwrapped the pa~- jamas from a newspaper, furnished pathos that held the packed courtroom in ut- a ter silence. pet by lack of facilities for re-| : moving the trash. | Anticipating} Senior Cash and his wife told the co-operation of the WPA, | how five-yeat-bid Skeegie was O’Sweeney yesterday notified) all | put to bed the might of May 28, property owners that. if they | and that they never had seen him would pile their trash ‘in the} in. streets, his committee would see | “Can you identify these pa- to its removal. | jamas as the ones worn by your This valuable co-operation on | when you put him to bed?” the part of the WPA will enable| Worley asked the mother. She the city of Key West to present! jowered her head, nodded affir- a neat and attractive appearance | matively and at length managed to the thousands of visitors who to say “Yes.” On the verge of | will throng its streets during the | tears, she was taken from the three days of the gala fiesta cele- | courtroom by attendants. bration, the formal opening of; McCall, truck driver, who had the magnificent Overseas High- | occupied one of the Cash apart- way on July 2-4. ments at Princeton, hung his head and nervously twisted a handker- chief. The Federal Agents detailed McCall’s signed confession. that he stole Skeegie from his bed May 28 with handkerchiefs over his mouth and eyes. That the boy | DATA SENT | died accidentally, and that he Welcome information from the; Every precaution was taken for Right Reverend Monsignor J.’ McCall's protection. At the court- Nunan, vicar general of the Cath- | T9om door, two ar prom sghoe tat jolic Diocese of St. Augustine, on ponder the women, is eae | the historical data in connection ining their hapdbags and remov ing tO| with Menendez’ landing in Key’ ing their thats. More than a dor- West, has been sent the Key West | en officers were stationed sbout Pageant committee. the room. The Pageant will be presented | in connection with the Highway Celebration, and the committee} handling the historical facts have | been diligent in checking every; LIEUT. CALLAHAN RETURNING TODAY . ch i ‘ed in the harbor for several days| possible source of information Some citizens were of the opin- awaiting orders, sailed yesterday | . i wn: tha thiin: wingic could be dome} for Humid Soiea wale Wecnipts re en woe he BP) ae aaa Oe ee a the Works Progress Adminis- of orders received through the | 4#*# at the reauest of Judge En- | 0, West naval station, is expect- but it was learned this | Porter Dock Co. |rique Esquinaldo, local federal eq to return to Key West this.aft- be done by employes of that lami Mrs. Calishan acompanies : ‘Mr. Callahan. | WASHINGTON, D. C., June 15. tor Miami where instructions were j—Torpedo explosions heard all given to members of the Reserve Survivors are the widow, Mrs.| Church services scheduled for $5,934.20 Lieutenant ¥." H. Callshan, Rafaele Peacock Davis; two sis-| 8:15 to 9:15 Sunday evening, in ters, Mrs. E. D. Loper, of Miami,| the program as published, have Mrs. R. B. Templeton, Ruther-| been changed to from 8:00 to 9:00, fordton, N. C.; four nephews, H.| and the band concert by the U. S. E. Kirehheiner, G. E. Kirchhein-| Army Band, scheduled for 7:00 to er and’ H’ D. Kirchheiner, of Mi- | 8:00 Sunday evening, July 3, at ami, @nd°-F O% Kirchheiner, of | Bayview Park, have been chang- this city. There are also three|ed to from 9:15 to 10:15 on the nieeés, Mrs. C. F.-Hyrne, of Mi- | same date and place. | paign promise | most < idrives ever cx Total— TOURING PARTY BOYS PROCE among tte ara tom te. TO ENCAMPMENT 5s pvEV FUNERAL vana yesterday afternoon was a/ suce g that nothing of this type ech pllasbsinaesineet writers’ project director. ‘ernoon from a business trip to Mi- WOODMEN'S CAMP | sonrcooroon nna They left earlier in the week ami, Mrs.-W. M. Hendry, of Tam- A few other minor changes and pa, and Mrs. Gus Eldrdige, of | additions to the official program party of tourists numbering about 20 who had been in Cuba and New York. All members of Key West Camp, No, 23, W. O. W. are re- quested to be present. bring fami lies and friends, at K. of P. Hail, Fieming street, Thursday evening, 8:00 o'clock. State Manager E. V. Miller will be present and would like to meet all members of the camp. A good time for all who at- tend. June 15-2 BE SURE AND SEE are contemplated and will be an- nounced by the committee as soon as they have been definitely de- cided upon. | OKLAHOMA CITY. — Because jhe doesn't like bridge, and his | wife does, Frank Million, tire {dealer of this city, spends his jevenings making dresses for his {@nuahters. ‘were returning to their homes in the states by the way of Key West. } The party was under the guid-- anc? of Miss Nancy Estes and had been enjoying a delightful time in Cube, took advantage of the route which has been outlined by different transportation lines, and made the return on the Steamship Cuba to this city and over the Motor Lines, to Miami. “ON OUR AD TODAY highway on buses of the Florida; i PAGE TWO--BARGAINS IN Ulric Gwynn Smith, J. Stric Johnson sre t for membershi; unit wh zens Military j Fort Screver Young Strick left last week a and Smith the early bus enroute Jack they will entrain the fort in e Ray Wiibur te are t ARRANGES MET over the southern part of Phila-| Radid Communication unit, end deiphia were explained by ex- There will be a meeting of Key West Camp No. 23, W. O. W., to- morrow evening, beginning at & o'clock at the K. P. Hall on Flem-_ ing street. At this time State Manager E. V. Miller will be present, and de- sires to meet ali members of the camp. Members are requested to bring their famihes and friends. An en joyable evening i promised ail who attend. RITES TOMORROW 1 services will be held afternoon for Mrs. jamie Eliza Harvey, who died clock yesterday morning at home, 712 Olivia street. services will be from the tchard Funeral Home at 5 Rev. J. H. Stroud, of the teeostal Mission and the As- Ly of God, will officiate. cloek snew defenses against torpedoes, Yard to test a new “shell-proof” hull which may revolutionize bat- tleship construction. The new design is said to be an outgrowth of the so-called blister —with— Otte Divanti and His developed | Orchestra by the British Navy in the World | War. Experiments in this coun-| try have been suspended since the Naval Treaty of 1922, but the new) billion-dollar building program put engineers to work to perfect "HARDWARE ITEMS. SOUTH FLORIDA CONTRACTING & ENGINEERING CO. PHONE 598