The Key West Citizen Newspaper, June 17, 1938, Page 1

Associated Press Day Wire Service For 58 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West VOLUME LIX. No. 144. Colorful Units Pageant Announced Today Pageant Written By Stet- son Kennedy, Judge En- rique Esquinaldo Re- hearsing Tonight First rehearsal of the Key West Historical Pageant to be present- ed at the Highway Fiesta will be held tonight st the High School Auditorium at 7:30 o'clock, Miss Edna B. Smith, director, \an- nounces. There are three scenes in par- ticular which call for large groups. Organizations or individ- uals wishing to take part will please be at the rehearsal tonight. The Rotary Club, Lions Club, Junior Chamber of Commerce, and Junior Woman’s Club are cordially asked to participate. Committee working on the Pageant are Miss Edna B. Smith, director; Mrs. Eva B. Warner, as- sistant; Stetson Kennedy, Judge Enrique Esquinaldo, writers; Mrs. Anne Livingston, accompanist; Alfredo Barroso, orchestra direc- tor; Emil Sweeting, narrator; Emil Sweeting and Miss Christine Calico, stage directors; John A. Klinkenberg, Crawford Parker, artists; Donald Lowe, Bobby Saw- yer, call boys; property man; Clarence Thomp- son, electrician; Clifford Hicks, ticket chairman; Wm. H. Reardon, chief usher. Pageant program follows: Scene I Victory Dance of the Calusa Indians... Directed. by. Dixie-Kay and Joe Torano. Indians are needed for the cast of this scene. Scene IT Landing of Menendez, accom- ing of the flag and proclaiming of the island Cayo Hueso, while mass is chanted. Allan Armstrong captains the unit. Scene IIT Pirate Feast and Carousal. Cap- tains are Edmund Curry and N. B. Shannahan. Scene Iv John Esperdy, | Of Historical COLONEL BROWN ADDRESSED DADE KEY WEST CLUB FORMER KEY WESTERS ARE URGED TO KEEP INTEREST ALIVE IN THEIR FORMER | (Special to The ‘Citteemy |. MIAMI)\ Fla.,..June.17.-+Col, ‘George E. Bréwny: engineer: for Florida;‘was principal, Yast night at the meetingvos : Key West Club of Dade ‘county, | held in the county courthouse. | He urged that Key Westers of Mi- ami keep alive interest in their former home and so stimulate the growing city. In the same vein, Circuit Judge Arthur Gomez urged members to} cooperate in the coming Celebra- | tion by boosting Key West as the} greatest resort city in southern) Florida. | Warren Smith, general chair- man of the Overseas Highway | Celebration Committee, announc- | ed that the Hon. Edwin James, chief of the U. S. Bureau of} Roads, will head the motorcade} of former Key West residents | now residing in Miami, which event is planned for July 2. Gov. Fred P. Cone, U. S. Sena- tors C. O. Andrews and Claude Pepper and Congressman Mark Wilcox are also expected to be among distinguished guests in Mi- ; ami’s..motorcade. Attorney Paul H. Marks, Joe | Montecino and Joe Fine were ap- pointed members of a committee to ask cooperation from Miami's theaters in stimulating interest in the Celebration. A radio program with Judge Gomez and Mr. Marks as speak- ers is scheduled for tonight at} 8:30 o'clock over radio station WQAM. TAG AGENT WAS | | ARE PLANNING FOR Che Kry West Citizen THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN THE U.S.A. LOCAL OFFICIALS | TRIP TO CHICAGO WILL LEAVING TOMORROW FOR PURPOSE OF SIGNING REFUNDING BONDED IN- DEBTEDNESS PAPERS Refunding of the bonded in- debtedness of the City of Key West will be made effective next week when a group of Key West} officials meet with representa- | tives of the R. E. Crummer Bond- | ing Co. in Chicago, and affix their | KEY WEST, FLORIDA, FRIDAY, JUNE 17, 1938. Tampa Is*Being Given To Overseas Road Celebration (Special to The Citizen) TAMPA, June 17.—Enthusias- tic co-operation with and support | of the Overseas Highway Cele- bration at Key West, July 2-4. is being manifest today throughout) Tampa and Ybor City. Wednesday Warren Smith, gen- | eral manager of the/€elebration, | addressed a groupwofthirty lead- | ground during Smith’s talk after he was again introduced by Ka: J. A. Sweeney, president of the Tampa Chamber of Commerce; Celestino Vega, of the Ybor City chamber, wealthy cigar manufac- | turer; F. M. Traynor, vice presi- dent of the Florida Portland Ce- ment Co.; J. W. Schaub, of Maas Bros.; David Faulk, of Falk's De- partmeént’Store, and J. E. Sheri- dan, of'ithe Tampa Electric Co. COUNCIL ACCEPTS ANDERSON CHECK IN TAX PAYMENT MATTER HAD BEEN HELD IN ABEYANCE FOR SOME TIME; OTHER BUSINESS HANDLED LAST NIGHT A resolution was adopted at the regular meeting of City Council | last night abating certain taxes |on properties on Trumbo Island, owned by Sam Anderson and the , A. Granday Canning Company. ** These taxes were for the year of 1937, which were not ineluded Key West, Florida, has the most equable climate in the country; with an average range of only 14° Fahrenheit Mosby Matcovich Jail Charged Telephone advices received at the office of Sheriff K. O. Thomp- son yesterday afternoon about 6 o'clock were to the effect that | Mosby Matcovich, of No Name Key, had shot Captain Jimmie Saunders, an employe at Craigs. Immediately Chief Deputy Sheriff Bernard Waite and Con- {stable Ray Elwood left for the eral Home, returning from No scene. While enroute they met the | ambulance from the Lopez Fun-| PRICE FIVE CENTS Lodged In With Shooting Jimmie Saunders Last Evening jrest the: gun had been reloaded, |He was brought to Key West and |is now in the county jail. Although Matcovich stated to the officers that Saunders was coming towards him, Saunders | was shot from another angie than indicated by Matcovich, as the | wound, or wounds, were found in the mian’s back. He was evidently not shot by buck shot for when the trousers were removed from Saunders |there fell from them a badly Name Key. ‘They met Mf. Matco- | mashed .32 caliber revolver exrt- |night, April 21, and the resolu- | |yer, of circuit court. signatures to the refunding cer- tificates. i In the group will be Mayor Wil- Jard,M. Albury, Council President EarkAdams, City Clerk Wallace Pinder and Clerk Ross C. Sewyer, of the Eleventh Circuit of Flor- ida. The Key West group will leave tomorrow afternoon for Miami, and in the evening of Sunday} take a train which will go direct | to Chicago. Attorney J. Lance-| lot Lester, who represents the Crummer Company, said this} morning he will not be able to; go. These negotiations, which call for refunding the city’s outstand- | ing bonded indebtedness in the sum of $1,608,000 were finally de- | cided when the proposition came | before the council on Thursday | tions were signed by the mayor, city clerk and other officials. The refunding bonds are to} bear interest at the rate of two} percent for the first 10 years,! three percent for the next 10, four percent for thesnext. 10:years and for. the concluding five years the | interest will be five percent. The bonds to be signed are dated Jan- uary 1, 1938, and will mature! January 1, 1972. The bonds are to be signed for the city by Mayor Albury, Clerk Pinder and Council President Earl Adams. Validation certific- ates will be signed by Clerk Saw- Mr. Sawyer, who made the trip last year to Chicago when the| county bonds were refunded | through the Crummer Company, said he expected the group would ing Tampa businéssmen at the Chamber of Commierce and an- nounced plans for the three-day | Fiesta. The chamber’s Inter-City Relations Committee immediately began a movement to send 50 business leaders to Key West for the Celebration. Wednesday night The Tampa Times invited Smith to speak on‘ plans for the Celebration over its; radio station WDAE. Russell Kay. secretary of the Florida Press Association, Smith, who spoke for 15 minutes | and invited all of Tampa and, Ybor City to attend the Celebra-' tion. 4 Smith's talk over WDAE, at |were some: of the outstandingtin the eighty percent reduction |Tampans‘with whom Smith con- that was in effect’at'that'time. |ferred while here. All promised | seas Celebration Committee. \check from Mr. Andersoti in-pay- _ Smith left here Thursday morn- ment of current taxes on his hold~ ing for Miami to attend a meeting j ings on Trumbo Island. This \of the Key West Club of Dade|check, to the amount of $2,920, County there that night, called to was sent to the city sometime ago, | discuss plans for a motorcade to) but the Council would not accept In connection 'with'' this): the. close cooperation with the Over-| Council also agréed™tevaccept a the Celebration. In his radio talks about the) was instructed last night to accept; Celebration, Smith said, in part: “Thank you, Russell, and good evening, ladies and gentlemen. If tion at Key West July third and fourth. “As you know, the 1935 hurri- cane completely destroyed all second, {land transportation lines between Miami and Key West. During jit at the time. The tax collector the check. It was ordered that the new motorcycle recently purchased iI may, I should like to tell you—| for use in the police department introduced very briefly—about our Celebra-| be accepted. This action was tak- len after the city mechanic had | passed on the machine. | It was agreed to donate $150 out | Overse: of the aquarium fund to the Highway Celebration | Committee to be used in cleaning 9:30 p. m., was followed by an-|the three-year period since, the up the city. other over WFLA at 10 p.m. W. | federal government and the state | The Council agreed to take Walter Tison, president of the highway department have been at care of the expense of the electric arranged a special program in. most remarkable roadway in |station—the NBC outlet here—|work on the construction of the ‘current at the Art Center for two }months. The Center will be of- honor of Key West and the Cele- \the world—the new Overseas |ficially opened on July 2 for the bration. | Isla_Garcia, WFLA staff ‘ist, sipplied the musiéal ue i. t Highway. This thirty million dollar rib- (Continued on Fage Four) Overseas Highway Celebration Dance Floor Show Vote for your favorite in Key West” for the— American flag raising ceremony | and naming of the key Thomp- | son’s Island by Lieutenant M. C. | Perry. Lieut. F. H. Callahan cap- tain of unit. Scene V A wreck on the reef. Fifty men, | women and children are needed. | Captains Jerome Berkowitz and L. P. Artman, Jr. Scene VI HERE WEDNESDA OF CONFERRING WITH TAX COLLECTOR John Milton, state tag agent, under the motor vehcile ac! this district, was a visito! city Wednesday for’ the VISIT WAS FOR PURPOSE /and there would be about two} | ie of 18 et ‘ rpose |be absent from the city about 10) |days, as there would be several | i days before they were in Chicago, | jdays required to get everything in| |readiness, signing of the bonds, and the return to Key West. Signatures are placed on the! »! bonds by placing the bonds in} in a contrivance! w ich, is.equipped in such a way | the contest to select a “Miss | Celebration. | Robert J. Lewis, who formerly joperated the scavenger service |for the city under contract, ad- |dressed the Council and réquested |that he be paid the sum of $394.60, half of the amount which he claims was lost in the way of ex- |penses and other matters while | working under contract with the | municipality. Councilman William Doughtry 'moved that the amount be paid, jand after a short discussion, it | was shown that this did not meet | with the wishes of the majority lof the body. In lieu of this, Council William | H. Monsalvatge offered a motion | that Mr, Lewis be allowed $157 on | the money due him from the pen- {sion fund toward taking care of the expenses as related and the motion was carried. | Letters were read from Senator |Charles O. Andrews and Con- gressman J. Mark Wilcox, stating that they were making every ef- fort to keep the WPA working force in Key West at its' present, vich who said that*Saunders had 'trespassed onl his property and that he was coming to him, Matcovich. ‘Not heeding warning given by Matcovich, Saunders, said Matco- vich, continued to approach, when using a single barrelled 12 gauge shotgun the latter shot him. Mat- covich ejected the shell and when the deputies placed him under ar- W. J. PEABODY DIES IN DETRO WINTER RESIDENT HERE FOR MANY YEARS WITH FAMILY city of the death of Witter J. Peabody ,who, with Mrs. Peabody and daughters, Jane and Mrs. El- len Latimer, have made their resi- dence in Key West regularly, re- siding in a home in Martello Tow- ers. Mr. Peabody was the owner of a number of garages’ over the country. In Key West he was a | fishing enthusiast, and had many friends. At the end of the winter here Mr. Peabody left hurriedly by |plane to attend Mrs. Peabody. who was to undergo an operation. | } 'j ‘started toward ‘his house with the | Dr. Braund To Be Relieved Of Duty At Marine Hospital; A. P. Rubino His Successor | ridge, and there was but one hole jin the trousers indicating where the charge entered. The wound just above the buttocks, | No charge will be made against Matcovich, it is said, until the:con- |dition of Saunders is definitely |determined. It was learned from the sheriff's office that the phy- sician in attendance said that at the present time the condition of ‘Saunders is satisfactory. jis | | WASHINGTON, D. C. June | 17—(WNS)—Assigament of a new head to the Marine Hospital at Key West, Florida, was ordered here today by the U. S. Public The new director, Passed As- sistant Surgeon A. P. Rubino, will |relieve Passed Assistant Surgean | Ralph R. Braund, present head * lof the hospital, about July 20. News has been received in the | Dr. Braund, when relieved by Dr. Rubino, will proceed to New York for duty at Memorial Hos- pital there. He will stop en route at. Washington. for conferences with Public: Health Service of- ficidls regarding’ cancer investi- gations. Dr. Rubind is now stationed at the Marine Hospital in Pitts- burgh, Pennsylvania. The new director, a native of New York City, where he was born in 1894, has been with the Public Health Service since June, 1926. Before entering the govern- ment service be served as interne at Providence Hospital, Washing- ton, after grgduating from George Washington University in 1925, The new assignment is not a promotion for Dr. Rubino since Cuban and Spanish immigra-| Permit the signing of the 18 | no increase in pay or rank is in- quota. This was in reply to re-| tion. Folk dances and songs. Di- ! rected by Miss Christine Calico. Scene VII Flagler’s triumphial entry to Key West over the Overseas Rail- way. Ceremony. Captains Leo Warren and Will Doughtry. Scene VIII Rehabilitation period. Captains Curry Moreno and Franklin Al- bert. Scene IX Formal opening of Overseas Highway. A_ cheering, singing, happy crowd is needed here. All captains in service, WINS JUDGMENT Los Angeles.—When she proved that an automobile accident had turned her nose blue, Mrs. Anita Woods of this city won a $2,001 Judgment in superior court. BOXING SHOW —TONIGHT— BLUE GOOSE ARENA Thomas and Petronia Streets First Preliminary—8 o'Clock Auspices National Guard Reserved Seats For White Patrons ai meeting * Prank H. Principally the visit was made? for the purpose of checking the! office! with reference to’ SAles* be} fore the half-year sale of tags Was’, started. : fe This half-year sale was begun Wednesday, and notice of this ac- tivity was published in The Citi- zen of Tuesday in order that pur- chasers of the semi-annual tags may be properly informed as to the procedure and certain condi- tions which must be observed. Collecta vin ‘ Signature. As soon as is ek and another grow placed in readiness. This facility of work is made} Bygnible by one assistant in the ‘rummer Company feeding the bonds to the apparatus and when they have been signed they are immediately whisked away by an- other assistant. In this way, it is said, the operations would re- quire approximately four hours, provided nothing happens to in- terfere or retard the work. is finished they are} REORGANIZING quests sent to the representatives | j by the city. i | A communication was read ‘@)from Major J. D. MacMullen of }the Army Barracks. The letter showed that there was no objec- tion to the installation of tees on Catherine street by the WPA in jconnection with the sewer proj- ect Mayor Willard M. Albury sent a letter to the Council relative to A. rearganization, meeting of | Sea . Scouts of. Ship! Number \ ‘Three, under the sponsorship of {the Lions Club, will be held to- | night 8 o'clock at the High School | Gym. Samuel Higgs is the new skip- | per of the Ship, and states that it jis his intention to give the mem- | bers many honors to work for. the ‘matter of dumping pineapple | peelings at the dumping grounds, volved, but the Key West post will be the first hospital in which Rubino will have directorship Asked this morning for con- firmation of the orders Dr Braund said that he had been notified of the transfer, and ex- pected to leave shortly before July 20. He expressed regret at leaving the gty and his many friends. | Work of checking being con- | cluded the sale of tags was start- ed, and late yesterday morning the office of Mr. Ladd had record» jed the sale of 11. jnounces that commencing tomor- Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Joh: _|fow morning and continuing and Recon mn Sohoccd through Sunday, nineteen trucks MANY TRUCKS FOR | R. Adrian O’Sweeney, chairman of the Overseas Highway Cele- | een P CAMPAIGN) } bration cleanup committee, an-| this morning over the highwa: |Mr. Johnson will accompa Solomon and two children, left | Will be dispatched to pick up all trash throughout the city. Mr. O’Sweeney states that this MISS LILIA ACEVEDO Cuban Club MISS DOROTHY BETANCOURT ~ Social Club Marti MISS BERNICE BRANTLEY Key West Lions Club MISS MARTHA ‘CARBONELL Jr. Chamber of Commerce MISS SUSAN LAKIN Key West Womait’s Club MISS ADA RODRIGUEZ San Carlos Institute im iy ‘ |them as far as Miami. Mrs. John- | work will be expedited consider-! json and Mrs. Solomon will pro- ceed to Gainesville. Mrs. Solo-; mon will join her husband, who jis connected with the U. S. De- +partment of Agriculture in that city. ; Mrs. Johnson will remain there |for several months’ visit. | SUMMER DANCE } SATURDAY NIGHT RAUL’S CLUB Music By Raul's Orchestra —NO ADMISSION CHARGE— | | 4 ably if all occupants of premises will put all debris out to the curb so that time, which is the main factor in this campaign, will be saved. Use Vaccinol—it kills Wood Worms—Phone 319-R. DRESSED POULTRY BROILERS FRYERS DUCKS HENS — All Sizes — Falford’s Poultry Farm Phone 880 I Deliver Last Chance--- TO VOTE FOR YOUR CHOICE AT THE SINGLE ADMISSION PRICE ' Tofhorrow Night Habana-Madrid Club Otto Divanti’s Orchestra 9:30 p. m. "till? by the A. Granday Company. The mayor said that the matter was brought to his attention by the sanitary officer and the chief lexecutive of the city suggested that the sanitary boat be used for the purpose of handling the peel- ings, providing that this meets with the approval of company of- ficials. Three bids were recived from firms handling fire hose in re- | Sponse to a call sent out by the Council. One was from Eureka Fire Hose Company, one from Fabric Fire Hose Company, and another from The Fyr Fyter Com- pany, which was submitted by R. Adrian O’Sweeney as (Continued on Page Four) Use Vi Key West’s Finest ——NO COVER CHARGE—— CELEBRATION ‘ MIAMI, July 17—Beginning tonight, 8:20 o'clock. there will be a series of broadcasts saluting Key West on the Over- seas Highway. They will go into the history of the Highwe: covering the purpose of encouraging the motorcade, celebra- tion and entire weekend. Paul Marks has been invited to speak about the project and celebration. Key Westers here met last aight with Lieutenant Colonel George E. Brown perfecting arrangements for the motor- cade and celebration from this end. Please advise Key Westers to tune in on WQAM 6:36 tonight, June 17. Everything is being done to make the celebration a success. their | CARRIE A. CROWSON. Secretary of Overseas Highway Celebration Commifies, ee0ee OCS SartEseetatres Te see vee a GARDEN HOSE AND LAWN SPRINKLERS—TURN TO PAGE TWO AD NOW—SOUTH FLORIDA CONTRACTING AND ENGINEERING COMPANY. PHONE 596