The Key West Citizen Newspaper, June 27, 1938, Page 1

Associated Press Day Wire Service For 58 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West VOLUME LIX. No, 152. hay Dwight Rogers, District S.P.B. Representative, To Be Personally Inter- iewed viewe | Junior Chamber of Commerce at a special meeting of the board of directors Saturday contacted Stu Patton, president of the Jun- ior Chambers of Commerce in this district, who agreed to personally point out the necessity for build- ing the roadways over the con- crete viaducts from Big Pine to Key. West, to Dwight L. Rogers, state»planning board representa- tive from this'district. The State..Planning Board will meet: Wednesday in Tallahas- see forthe purpose of considering various toad requests :of-the State Roatl nt:\\Aumong them will be a ‘increase of the East Coast Highway to a four- ij cees Press Planning Board COUNCIL VOTES” MONEY FOR USE IN CELEBRATION ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS TO MAKE UP FUND DEFICIT; OTHER FOR ADVERTISE- MENT IN MIAMI PAPER At a brief meeting of city coun- | cil held this morning three resolu- tions were signed by the members who}were: Wil- liam Doughtry, Wm: H. Monsal- vatge, Jim Roberts and Roy Ful- ford. in attendance, The first resolution provided that the sum of $396.60 be ex- Jane highway, and also Key | pended for the purchase of one > Key West Citizen THE SOUTHERNMOST NE DELAYED VESSEL KEY WEST, FLORIDA, Three Sites For ARRIVED * ‘SATURDAY © EVE- NING FROM FORT JEFFER- SON MONUMENT ' C. M. Byrd, captain in com- mand of the vessel “Dry Tortu- gas”, which, is in the Department | of the Interior service and is em- | ployed on the run between Key | | West and Fort Jefferson Nation-| al Monument at Garden Key, | said this morning that the vessel | reached Key West Saturday eve- ‘WILLIAM FELTON DIED YESTERDAY |FUNERAL SERVICES TO BE CONDUCTED TOMORROW AFTERNOON William Henry Felton, 75, died in the residence yesterday after- A 7 noon at 616 Ashe street, Funeral ning about 6 o'clock. services will be held at 5 o'clock When the “Dry Tortugas” left/tomorrow afternoon from the Garden Key Saturday morning | Fleming Street church were the with a group of members of the! body will be placed at 2 o'clock. Florida Audubon Society on | Rey. J. P. Lilly will officiate. board, engine trouble developed| Members of Tiger Tail Tribe and it was necessary to return to|19 I. O. R. M., will atend the the necessary adjustments. Ar-\ selected from that body. lrivingrat the Key it was found) Lopez Funeral Home will be that the'trouble was in the car-|in charge of arrangements. buretor,-and in a short time the} Mr. Felton is survived by three matter was adjusted. | daughter, Mrs. Geneva Hanson, In the meantime it was thought}Mrs.~ Florine Smith, Mrs, Mary necessary to summon assistance. Haskins. Two sons, Raymond and This was done and the Coast Garland, two sisters, Mrs. Sophie Guard Cutter 244 left for the!Elden and Mrs. Trudy Carey, scene. | three brothers, Thomas L, Leslie Arriving at Garden Key Chosen In Preliminary Survey the point of departure to make}funeral and pallbearers will be | WSPAPER IN THE U.S.A. iy Beach | |Raul’s Beach, Section South Of East Martello | MONDAY, JUNE 27, 1938. City Beach * { Preparations * eveeveevvve Tower, Section North Of, be Rest Beach eee es | A_ citizens committee, whicn Leave eae se has been investigating the possi- | bility of building a municipal | |beach at some point along the| ee ecee H ie cide. | Five Georgia boys came riding | Boulevard, on the Atlantic side, | nto Key, West Saturday. on their will shortly initiate an engineer- | bicycles—all the way from Co-| ing shore survey to determine the | lumbus, Georgia, a thousand-mile \actual feasibility of the Project. | 1p" ae Sp oe In a preliminary survey, three | cies some S spool pep sites were chosen, the most» pre~icailed away for Havatia‘after | ferable being that known asispending two days int Key“West | Raul’s Beach at the turn of the'land sightseeing everyimdok and Boulevard. Here there has been'} corner of the city. found large deposits of sand on! They are Jack Calhoun;*Roscoe the bottom, at low tide the water|Johnson, John T. Miller, Humes | being but a foot deep 200 yards'| Durden, who have all just com- | out, and a small beach having al- | pleted their senior year at Colum- ready formed on the shore. A | bus High School, and W. D. John- deep channel on one side increas- | son, who is accompanying them. FIVE BOYS CYCLE 1,000 MILES FROM For Havana On Cuba; Sleep In Open Fields . eee GEORGIA TO KEY WEST; SAIL TODAY age up to 70 miles for the day- light period. It is pleasant riding, especially when a shady spot is reached, the fivesome report, and they have been extremely lucky in keeping away from “showers, although they have ‘been caught a few times on thejepen road with not a shelter in sight when the rain came down around them. As for sleeping they are not en- cumbered with the botherances of, civilization. They sleep out un- der the stars in some open field. Some of them have blankets and Key West, Florida, has the most equable climate in the country; with an range of only 14° Fahrenheit averages PRICE FIVE CENTS Are Complete Fo hway Celebration |All Details In Connection With Three-Day Fiesta To Be Taken Care Of During This Week } | Preparations are complete, the actors are in their places and the | curtain is ready to rise on the | Overseas Highway Celebration at |Key West. July 2-4,.the biggest | affair ofits keind ever held in Florida. ‘Weeks. of» patient toil) shaping andrreshaping © the © memerous events.scheduled on’ the “sfficial progrant for*the grand opening of Florida’s — 70smil $30,000,000 West’s bid for completion of the viaduct roadways. A Jaycee letter to Mr. Rogers, citing the pressing necessity for the new roadways to eliminate the wooden bridges now in use over the route, and also present- ing the fact that right of way over the present viaducts has al- ready been deeded to the State Road Department, and construc- tion would hinge only on actual cost of building the roadways, was mailed over the weekend. It is understood that the Lions Club has also sent a communication to Mr. Rogers. Housing Survey Backing Endorsement of the coming housing survey, which will soon be conducted, was voted at the Directors’ meeting. It was brought out at the meeting that the su y-is merely ‘to figures on the housing situation in the city, and that individual names are not to be used in any way. Cooperation of individual property owners are requested when the housing group begins the rounds, It was pointed out | that Miami has recently secured | beautiful housing projects} through the U. S. Housing Au-, thority and that, with the interest Authority officials have already | shown in Key West there is no reason why this city cannot se-} cure housing construction in cer- } tain sections of the city. This will) lower construction in certain sec-. tions of the city. This will lower! the rents in those sections and} provide extremely sanitary) homes, it was stated. | i page in the Miami Herald, the members of the Audubon party! and Robert Felton, two grand- es the desirability of this site for | Three weeks ago today they were taken on board and brought children, Dorothy May Hobbs cost of which must be paid on or ! before January 1, 1939. Another resolution provided | that $1,000 be used to help make lup the deicit of $3,000 caused by the refusal of the chairman of to Key West. and Lennie Hobbs. Elaborate Celebration B anquet }a bathing beach. A second site | left the prospering Georgia city is just south of Martello Tower,|on their cycles and took to the oilcloths, but most of them do not o vereens. Highway gain gonnect- bother even with that. One very | in& Key West with the remainder necessary thing they were oblig- jot the United States, have creat- ed to get, however, was mosquito ed a program filled with thrilling, and a third most desirable loca- | open road. nets. They find them of use at | Spectacular events; and weeks of gy Scar pried spencndl ved persistent publicity reaching into |tion is a short distance north of | frist that they found their muscles | Rest Beach. tired. It is quite a hard job} night. Coming down, the boys traced | °Very city and town of the United Committee composed of Carl Bervaldi, Lieut. Edward McCar- | highways of Georgia and Florida Florida. They will take the boat | pushing the bicycles along the}a route along the West Coast of | States and Cuba have brought such favorable reaction that this the Overseas Road and Toll Bridge Commission to sign a warrant for And Dance Set For July 4.& jthy of the Coast and Geodetic each day. But they have learned iSurvey, Curry Moreno, Homer | how to conserve their energy bet- directly from Havana to Miami on j little island city is assured of a fter cross | tTemendous crowd which will fill. the way beck, cycling a levery nook and cranny of avail- that amount, which it was under- stood was to be given for the celebration. | The third resolution provided | that the city request Hon. Dwight L, Rogers to request the Planning Board of the State Road Depart- ment to complete the Overseas Highway along the line of the ‘right of way “and over the con- crete arches and viaducts of the | Florida East Coast Railway, the maintenance of which has been accepted by the State Road De- ‘partment. LIQUOR DEALERS FACING PROBLEM RELATIVE TO TAKING INVEN- TORY OF STOCK WITHIN NEXT FEW DAYS Wholesale and retail liquor dealers are today facing a prob- lem which will cause them some work which will make for a lot of work if the problem is to be solved prior to the date required, Celebration Committee officials | the officers of the Cuban gunboat are planning one of the most ex-|Cuba; Lt. F. H. Callahan, com:| clusive and elaborate banquets |mandant of the Navy yard, and and balls ever held in Key West | Mrs. Callahan; Major J. D. Mac- to climax the three-day fiesta | Mullen, commandant of Key West next Monday, it was learned to-| Barracks, and Mrs. MacMullen; day. | Mayor Willard M. Albury, and a The Committee, faced with the| host of state and W.P.A. execu- jnecessity of holding an official! tives. ball and banquet in honor of visit-| The affair is expected to prove sing Federal, Cuban and Mexican /| the most brilliant social event ‘in dignitaries. dictated>by?custom’| many years.” ae lacking. a place large enough to |main dining room of the hotel on admit inviting every one, as was/the second floor at 7 P.M. When joriginally intended, has been | the diners retire to the especially j forced by circumstances to go to| decorated lobby and veranad for} | the other extreme. refreshments, or attend the fire- | Announcement was made today| works exhibition at the Navy | that the banquet and dance would | yard, the room will be cleared for | | be held at the La Concha hotel | all-night dancing. | | Monday night, July 4. Caesar; Since the Committee’s enter-/| LaMonaca’s band is being sought | tainment fund is entirely inade- to provide the musical back- | quate to cope with the necessity | | ground. , of providing this necessary dinner | Among the dignitaries who will | and entertainment for so many! attend will be Edwin Warley | guests of the city, tickets to the | Jamse, President Roosevelt's per-| combined banquet and ball have | sonal representative; Major Jaime | been priced so as to provide the | | Marine, personal adjutant to Col. necessary money therefor. And |Fulgencio Batista; the Cubanjsince the hotel’s capacity is| | Ambassador, representing Presi- | strictly limited, attendance will | | dent Bru; Senator Charles O. An-! be by invitation only. idrews, and Mrs. Andrews; H. T.| Herrick, Fred Knapp and Frank- | lin Albert will make the engi- ter along the way. Starting out they average but 60 miles a day, the tip of Cuba on the Yucatan seeing the sights of Havana, and able space during the three days ‘of the gala fiesta. neering survey, which will con- sist of more extensive examina- | tion of the bottom at those sites, and an estimation of the possible | amount and cost of iron piling or} groins to be erected offshore to bring the sand into the beach. PARADE PROGRAM but in the last few days they have been kicking the old aver- irst Portion Of Cleanup go back up the East Coast. Plans after that are still tentative. | attraction of holiday week- and diplomatic usages and yet| Dinner wil! be served in the|- , lOne Hundred And Seventy- Campaign Program Finished <= | the parade, which will form on) BEING OUTLINED Plans for the parade here the! PAGEANT TONIGHT morning of July 4 as part of the! Overseas Highway Celebration REPOS, will be mapped this afternoon by ‘ the committee headed by Major; A general rehearsal of the his- J. D. McMullen and Major Wm. | torical pageant is set-for tonight V. Albury, at the former’s office.| at 7:30 at the senior high school Indications are that the 265th building, Miss Edna B. Smith, Coast Artlillery Florida National | pageant director said this morn- Guard Band, directed by Cesar) ing. All of the gigantic cast of| LaMonica, will be available for|300 actors and actresses are ex- pected to be present. Duval Street below Caroline, and} In order to assure a smooth march to Bayview Park for the | running presentation of the high- | official dedication ceremonies. lights of Key West’s glamorous | All local, civic and service or-| history, it will be necessary to| ganizations and clubs are invited| hold general rehearsals every | to participate in the parade with | night this week. All of them will floats, or any other manner they | be held at the senior high school | REHEARSAL FOR stage when all crews concluded Five Loads Of Trash Col- | ment exhibits. At noon nine U. S. |Navy bombing planes wili come roarifg into the Key, West air- lected During Recent Ac- iviti | port. ball between |Keey Want and the Urs. Charice: tivities }tén will be pl “Trash, some trash, and more |nbon, ‘with ano} inv trash, was the theme song of the | i)» tie winner afi, University workmen Saturday and Sunday”, |of Havana filling in the interval until the arrival of the Tampa said Adrian O’Sweeney when and Miami motorcades, scheduled discussing progress for six o'clock. see “ th} The motorcades from Tampa cleanup campaign which he is (and ngeeriysy by Edwin W. James, chief of highway transport supervising as committee chair: | division of the U. S. Bureau of man. Public Roads, U. S. Senator C. O. Andrews, and many foreign, The campaign closed its first United States and Florida offi- Municipal Beach | which is July 1, 1938. No subscriptions will be accept- | wish. and at 7:30 every night. cials, will be met atop the beau- J. Edwin Larson, collector of last { Recent work on the proposal to! Internal Revenue of Florida, in build and beautify a municipal! a communication to Howard Wil- beach along the Boulevard was! son, deputy collector in this dis- reviewed and a ,eqmmittee. ap-|trict, advises that all wholesale Sonfer with the county thei as-jed warehouses, rectifiers and) ” : by the Jaycees be fore the. county commissioners. VE PERMITS TO WED ISSUED Just an even dozen marriage licenses were granted during the week ending June 27, and certi- and retail dealers, distillers, bond- manufacturers, are required to make a complete inven- tory of their stock, which must be submitted in triplicate before | the date mention | This authority in joint resolu- jtion of the Seventy Fifth Con- i gress and was approved June 16, | 1938, and imposes a floor tax of +25 cents on each proof gallon and |@ proportionate tax at like rate fon all fractional parts of such ‘proof gallons upon all distilled spirits, except brandy, produced, i | Cole, regional director, P.W.A.;\ed after 6 p. m., Saturday, July | Senator Robert Reynolds, of 2, the Committee announced. Tic- | Bryant, of the U.S.S. Charleston,|cludes dinner, dancing, favors | and his entire staff of officers; | and liquors. | | 1 There will be several conting- Celebration officials consider; ents in the parade from both the pageant as one of the great- are en route here for the celebra- | which is filled with outstanding tion. events. | i | 1 | ficates were issued from the of-| or imported, on which the inter- | fice of County Judge Raymond R, Lord, Issues were ot the fol- Jowing: Forrest W. Finnerty and Mar- guerita S. Valenzuela; Thomas V. Brennan and Martha Beatrice Carbonéll; Samuel L. Russell and jnal revenue tax imposed has been ;paid and which, on July 1, 1938, jare held by retail dealers in liq- |uors in quantities exceeding 250 | gallons in the aggregate, or by | any other person. | Mr. Larson stated that all deal-| Lelanette Roberts; Raymond Fel-/ers will be forwarded instruc- | ton and Mildred de Mont Olsen; tions relative to the tax which is} Julio J. DePoo and Isabel Namara; Charles McCullough and Rosina Leto; George Allen and Florence Carey; John Morrison Deal and Emelina Marie Alfonso; Isreal Albury and Lavinia Dean; Sylvio Rojas and Maria Garcia; ! C. Raymond Banks and Ophelia Machado; Maicolm Sawyer and Thelma Russell. PRISONER LOSES WATCH Harrisburg, Pa.-Soon after the two ceil mates of John Roco, in jail im this city, had been given their freedom, Roco reported that they had stolen his $35 wrist watch. and paid during the month | July, 1938. Youngstown, O.—The first lar thet Evan E. Thomas, tion officer, ever earned. | fin the bank where it posited in 1889. LOCATE THIEF Sti was de- Me- ' to be reported on the reglar forms | of f This is the 55-piece symphonic orchestra of the First Christian Church of Miami which will give an hour's con- cert at Bayview Park, as part of the Overseas Highway —"~ Will Give.Concert Here During Highway’ Celebration i | | } | | the console of the Hammond electric organ on which she| will their operations 9 o'clock night. According to the figures North Carolina;* Captain W. H./kets are $2.50 each, which in-| Cuban and American ships, which | est events on the official program | by Mr. O’Sweeney, 175 loads were taken to the place of disposal on the last two days. tiful and spectacular Bahia Honda Bridge, highest point of the high- way—70 feet above the ocean— by a delegation from’ Key West, play several interludes during the concert. This pic-| quested to proceed Boston.—Following a trail of Cc headed by John Costar, im “Although the volume was of the celebration commil wil. more than anticipated”, Mr. jorq M. Albury, mayor of Key O’Sweeney said, “the system we | west, Bernice Brantley, Queen of used in making the collections the Fiesta, members of m4 was perfect and we have com- seas Highway! ea AT pleted all the pick-up except a Bridge Co! ission, Moni E few hours’ work on odds and 'ty commissioners, members of the ends”. s Key West city council, and a This week is to be devoted to large group of citizens, Mits cleaning the gutters and flushing Brantley, as Miss Key West, will the streets, and Mr. O’Sweeney -.t » ribbon extending across the said that “any residents, who will, highway as the climax of a brief = assist to @ great extent by ceremony officially opening the cleaning out their own gutters”. | road to the public. ‘The formal Next Friday it is proposed to didication ceremonies will be start the work of cleaning the }..14 Monday, July 4, at Bayview beaches and freeing them from pi where Edwin W. James the incumbrance of seaweed, @ 111) ‘be the principal speaker, great deal of which has accumu- 5, .\4ent Roosevelt's personal lated. representative. HERE TOMORROW the presentation of an elaborate historical pageant by a cast of 300 depicting epi- sodes of Key Sy antinne pest, and the formal ceremonies (Continued on Page Four) TEMPORARY PERMITS Will be isswed to Concessionaires AT NO COST = During the GALA FIEST. THREE DAYS area JULY 2.34 with By order of the City Council Windows of buildings south- ture, incidentally, is one of many such that are being sent east of Division street and south OUR HOME IS WORTHY OF THE BEST’—OUR S ashes, police of this city found the thief who had stolen a hot stove from the home of Edith Hawton. ‘ elebration, Sunday afternoon July 3. Inset, upper right, is Browyne Haston Sears, director, shaffer, talented staff artist of Radio Station WIOD, at { and left inset, Isabe] °%t by the Committee to newspapers all over the state | west of United street should be |put up top and bottom, and fra- publicizing the Celebration. gile articles should be secured, it is stated.