The Key West Citizen Newspaper, December 20, 1938, Page 1

Associated Press Day Wire Service For 58 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West NOTED GOLFERS PLAY EXHIBITION FOURSOME TODAY ROUND OF SOCIAL EVENTS PLANNED, INCLUDING EN- CHILADO SUPPER, DANCE, PARTY AND BANQUET (By GRAVY) The caravan of visiting golfers, composed of Billy Burke, Craig Wood, Dick Metz, Tom Casara; Gus Novatny and Jack Davison, have arrived in Key West. Playing a best ball exhibition match today in the Key West Winter Program play is Dick Metz and Eddie Bush, local pro, matched against Craig Wood and Billy Burke, at the Key West Southernmost Course. There will probably be another pro four- some. Metz, young star, was runner- up in the U. S. Open at Denver, leading the field into the final round. He is international four- ball champ, and has won the Thomasville, Ga., Open and Hol- lywood Open. Bush is a New England star, was the leading money player in Maine, and is noted for his team work in four- some matches. Billy Burke is the 1931 U. S. Open champion. He is the Mid- south champion and New York State Open champion. He has many other golfing wins. Wood is runner-up in the British Open, National P.G.A. Open, and three weeks ago won the Augusta $5,000 Open. The exhibition golf match be- gan at 2 o'clock this afternoon, after which the visiting golfers will be entertained with a cock- tail party at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Hemingway. aneane be entertained at ght at Auerbach’s 3] Restaurant, after which they will attend a dance given in their honor at Raul’s Club. Tomorrow morning the golfers will be taken on a fishing trip and the member that catches the largest fish will be given a Pfleu- ger rod and reel as a prize. After the day of fishing they will be guests at Raul’s during the eve- ning for an enchilado supper. Otto Kirchheiner, president of the Key West Golf Club, and Bob Spottswood, chairman of the tournament committee, request as many golf members as possible to attend the dinner at Auerbach’s and at Raul’s. The visiting golfers expect to leave over the highway Thursday Lowest Highest Station— last night last 24 hours 70 50 36 34 54 36 44 32 Denver Detroit .. Galveston Havana Huron is Jacksonville Kansas City KEY WEST . Little Rock Los Angeles Louisville . Miami i Mpis.-St. P. New Orleans New York Pensacola Pittsburgh St. Louis San Francisco Seattle Tampa Washington Williston 64 62 36 62 54 7 56 60 40 72 32 60 36 56 ADAMS’ | DAIRY Craig | if COUNCIL HOLDS SPECIAL SESSION HEARS PROPOSITION RELA-; TIVE TO DIORAMA PROJ- ECT FOR KEY WEST At a special session of the City| Counci! held Jast night, W. J. by the city for the purpose of aousing a diorama project. Beach essed the meeting rela | tive owes 2a erection of a-building ? Mr. Beach’s proposition is for the erection of a building which would cost about $800 to be plac- ed on the property adjacent to; the aquarium or any other suit-! able site that may be selected. Under the agreement Mr. Beach! would make an admission charge, | with 20 percent of the gross re- ceipts to go to the city. The council informed Mr. Beach that the city was not fi- | nancially eble to finance the pro-! position. Mr. Beach addressed the coun- cil following the reading of ietter from Secretary S. C. Single- ton of the Chamber of Commerce pertaining to the subject. There were no other matters coming before the meeting. HOLIDAY LULL STRIKES FISHERS 16,000 POUNDS KINFISH TAK- | Fi + EN LAST WEEKEND BY FISHING FLEET The holiday lull just before and during the Christmas ason, when few fish are eaten, have stopped markets for kingfishing and mackerel at the Thompson Fish Company. Orders we’ out yesterday to close off mackerel catching and yesterday the kingfishing fleet down in No Man's - Land, two sours out of Marquesas, returned with poor cat “There are plenty of fish th but none are biting”, fishermen state. Last weekend 16,000 pounds of kingfish were brought in. There will be much greater catches j when the demand increases this Season. BURLINGTON, Canada. — The town council granted the plea of | the public health nurse for a! raise in pay. It decrees an in- crease of one cent a day. | you sleep! ALBURY’S SERVICE 800 Simonton Street PHONE 444 jor eight weeks. j usual in order | catches of sponges to offer at this | Che Key gi Citizen THE SOUTHERNMOST: NEWSPAPER IN THE U.S.A. KEY WEST, FLORIDA, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1938 Bombs-In Bethlehem: Near a babe’s holy manger as Christmas approaches bayonets are now littered street with its bombed cafe at left shows the war damaged city in which Christ was born. coup gdh is back of soldier at left. to be seen Key Wi Florida, has the most equable climate in the country; with an average range of only 14° Fahrenheit PRICE FIVE CENTS ~ Duncan, Delegate ‘To Pan: American Conference In Chile, Leaves Tomorrow Traveler Magazine Publishes Illustrated Story On Key West And Ores Hwa Goes By Shin ‘Printed Under Caption Of ‘One Road To Key West’, Depicting Many Scenes Along Route Under the:caption “One Road ‘To Key West" the current is- in Bethlehem. This debris The Church of aley Heads Monroe Group. As Chairman __ Birthday Ball Celebratio SPONGE, SALES HERE TOMORROW WILL BE FIRST OF BEFORE CHRISTMAS OF- FERINGS Tomorrow will sce the first of| | the before Christmas sponge sales! ‘at the Municipal Dock. These ' sales, as a rule, have many offer- nigs of sponges which have been; collected during the previous six | Captains of the various vessels and their crews arrange the trip of the pre-Christmas season to cover a longer period than is} to have large) time so as to be well-supplied| ' with funds for the Christmas hol-} | idays. So far there have been several | arrive with their catches) blare cleaned and ready for| lay that will be a feature | each day at the dock until the; 1 of the week. All of the boats! are expected to have good catch- the the reports coming from has been good and clearer than usual. There are several out-of-town buyers already on the scene, who will make the prices higher than is usual, it is anticipated. How- ever, with the first sales tomor- row the trend of the market will | be seen and captains and crews will get an idea as to what the prices will be for the rest of the week. waters yor" ca MOSQUITOS TODAY KEEP TOURISTS AWAY Leaky water pipes under many houses form excellent || breeding places for mosquitos. | i On Roosevelt 0 | Nasi Headquarters At New York City-Advises That Galey Has Accept- ed Appointment, (Special to The Citizen) ‘SCOUTS DISCUSS “OVERNIGHT C HERE TOMORROW INVESTITURE SERVICE CON- AT MEETING IN WESLEY HALL LAST EVE- | NING: | weet | Meeting last night of Boy Scout Troop 51<held in Wesley “Hall. An impressive Investiture service was held which was beautiful indeed. Plans for an overnight camp | were’ discussed at the regular business meeting which was held sue of the Traveler magazine. carries a delightful story of Key West and the many interesting sights to be seen on the ride over the Overseas Highway bridges, and the alluring scenes which are found in the city. There are six attractive illus~ trations, photographs of scenes as théy are. The Maine plot in the city cemetery with the monu- ment of the Maine sailor on the beautiful shaft. Scene on the sponge dock, picture of the Trop- ical Aquarium, of turtles ready ;to be killed and prepared for making the delicious turtle soup for which Key West is noted, and another picture is of the Presby- terian church at the corner of White and Washington streets. Reading matter which accom- panies ee story is replete with | detail. et a view of the city ‘Tone must”: TES invitation’ of,” Superintendent W. W. Demeritt of the lighthouse department, and go to the top of Key West light which is the only “light- house operating within the limits of a city in the United States.” The description continues with “Here is the botanists paradise, NEW YORK, Dec. 20.—Dr. H. at~7 o'clock. This camp will be the home of the Geiger tree with iC. Galey of Key West, Florida, has been appointed county chair- man for Monroe couniy in the “Fight Infantile Paralysis” cam- | paign in connection with the an- nual celebration of the President's birthday in country-wide birth- day balls. Keith Morgan, national chair- man of the commiitee, for the the President's that Dr. ‘celebration of birthday, Galey had accepted the appoint- announced RECEIVES LETTER OF APPRECIATION S. I. Cooper, manager of th: Southern Pacific Steamship Lines, has written C. E. Smith, agent for the Clyde-Mallory Lines in Key West, a letter of appreciation of the work done by Mr. Smith when the Steamship El Mundo arrived in this port last week with fire in the afterhold. Mr. Cooper characterizes the work of Mr. Smith as “efficient, Prompt and cheerful”, and writes, “when you are next in New York I will be glad if you will let me know as I will be glad to thank you personally”. |held Wednesday night and Joe Austin Pierce was appointed quartermaster for the trip. Just before the opening cere- monies. last night Scoutmaster Pierce was presented with a can of smoking tobacco, by the troop. Gifts were also presented to Mrs. Fernandez and Mrs. Rose of Wesley House. By the ‘light of three candles the Investiture service then be- ! gan. Scouts Leonard Key, Frank Papy, Joseph Roberts, Gilbert Hall, Anthony Boyo, Everett Sweeting, Kenneth Knowles and John J. Romero were officially welcomed into the troop and each was presented with their tender- foot badge by Senior Patrol Leader Ray Perez. After this was completed the scouts were asked to leave the room and Second Class Scouts Donald Lowe and Eugene Berko- witz were presented with the Second Class badges. Each was given a troop token to take home and keep for one week Visitors at the meeting were: J. J. Trevor, troop committee man and district commissioner; E. J. McCarthy, chairman of the district council; M. Berkowitz, chairman of the advancement committee; George F. Archer, former scoutmaster, and Mrs. Fernandez of Wesley House. The] troop expressed the desire to ex-} tend to Mrs. Fernandez thanks for the candy and fruit she sent over for the scouts. There were | 25 boys present. MADE INTO INTO ROPE LONDON. — Two men and al woman escaped from the asylum in this city by means of bedsheets i made into a 40-foot rope. ja Board of | The | Station. its scarlet blossoms and its white fruit. Where else would you look for the towering Spanish Lime, which is probably called that be- cause it has no relation to the lime that , makes various liquids palatable.” “Here aa in all the country can one pluck a breadfruit from the tree, that Tropical staff of life for which H. M. S. Bounty went in search of during her ill- fated voyage on which Captain Bligh reaped the fruits of the brutality which he had so liber- ally sown. “The date and the Tropical Al- mond, the Sugar Apple and Sour- sop all perform as though they were in Eden where they first re- ceived the mandate, and all be- gan to multiply and replenish the earth. pace and time forbid enu- meration of the countless attrac- tions awaiting the visitor to Key West. See for yourself this win ter what this enchanting place has in store for you. You will be agreeably surprised at the rea onable cost for spending a few weeks, or the entire winter for that matter, at this little gem of a city where the climate is pro- nounced the best for comfort and easy living.” CLUBS ASK NAVAL (STATION N OPENING Service clubs @f, the week were sending Tettecs ! congressmen petitioning the” FOrindg. Rey ae: be at opening of the The Chamber of Commer 5 Directors’ meéting voted to send a tommunication Rotary Club, Woman's Clu’ and Junior Woman's Clubs have letters. Lions C! Junior ber of Comm Serv ice Club will send letters off this | week No Matter What Else You Give Give Candy—Too! We have the most beautiful boxes and varied assort- ment in town! Gardner’s “THE REXALL STORE” are due to the c TOSS SS SSE S| CATCH KINGFISH WITH ROD AND REEL WRAPPED AROUND IT | “Gaught in No Man’s Land ,imbthe last few days was a -ckipfish with the rare disiinc- tion of a rod and reel wound around him. The catch was made by Roy Fitch in the boat “Grace” of the Thomp- son fishing fleet. The rod is regulation size used for sport fishing. The reel is rather small and fish- ermen state that the kingfish probably broke the anglers grasp on the small reel in whirling the reel at a terrific rate cf speed on a run. Several visiting boats have been fishing the waters to- gether with many local guide boais. OTITIS IIIS & WARBLER GOES 10 SHIP’S AID VESSEL REPORTED IN DIS- TRESS OFF PORTO PA- DRE, CUBA Telephone messages this morn-} ing from New York advised Sal-| vage Master C. L. Peterson of the Wrecking Tug Warbler that the! Steamship Torni, of Estonia, was | in need of assistance off. Ports Padre, Cuba, and the Warbler was to respond to the call. Preparations were immediately started to issue the call for. the; extra crew of wreckers, which ar called for service on the vesse in emergenc and when the wrecking tug sailed shortly after the noon hour, there were 14 ex-| tra men added to the crew. Of this number there were 10 wreck- ers, The Steamship Torni is a ves- sel of 2044 tons gross and 1209) tons net. She is 151 feet in length. No particulars relative to the ship were given in the message receiv- ed by Salvage Master Peterson. BUS, SCHEDULE CHANGES TODAY NEW ARRANGEMENT IN SERV- ICE ANNOUNCED BY WIL- LIAM ARNOLD, AGENT of «he Florida Motor Lines for Key West and the Florida Keys, effective today, is announced by District Passen ger Agent William Arnold. Departures of buses at West will be at 7 and Il a and 3 and 5 p. m. ¢ the week except that New schedule m leave at te of the buses will be D, 6:30 and 9:30 p. m. Mondays and Thurs he first bus arriving tead of 12:30. arrivals and de- nd Tues- Fridays whe The ¢hanges Prices. og de with the boats going to Mondays and Thurs- from Havana on rr Arriving Daily STRUNK FLOWERS PHONE 587 | Builder Of Overseas High- way, First Great Link Of Pan-American Highway, B. M. Duncan, general mana- j ger of the Overseas Highway pene told The Citizen today |that he would leave tomorrow morning for Santiago, Chile, to ‘atiend the Pan-American High- | way Conference there January 13. Mrs. Duncan will fly down Sat- |urday from Miami to meet him | ihere. The appointment, which was | from Sumner Welles, acting sec- retary of state, is a presidential } appointment. Mr. Duncan told The Citizen that he does not know if he will be on the pro- gram for an address untul he sees those in charge of the conference. Duncan will first go to New York | and there take ship for Chile, | Duncan was chief engineer dur- ing the construction of theOver- | seas Highway. For 10 years he | was in the engineering division | of Miami. In 1929 he joinéd the engineering staff of the «state highway department and was with that group until 1934 when he became a consultant in the en- ginecring division. He gave up \.this position to. superintend. tae | building of the Overseas High- | way. | dt is quite probable that Dun- can will be called on to talk through his experience with the | Overseas Highway, which has been called the “first great link’ of a proposed Pan-American Highway through Cuba and Yu- | catan and South America, ; The Key West Citizen and | many local citizens have long fought for the highway, whi is about 1,500 miles shorter for At- jantic coast residents going w South America. It would~route much trade through this section if it were completed throughout | its length. SINKING FISHBOAT RUN ON CRADLE _ 180303 STRUCK OFF FORT TAYLOR YESTER- DAY Thompson Fish Company fish- ing ficet boat 18C303 following a crash into a channel buoy..was towed by another fishing boat on the cradle at Willie Wickets’ ways last night leaking badly and there sank halfway. Jim Nelson was in and was second to last in the fleet off Fort Taylor, which wa coming in from No Man's Land, here they were kingfishing. H was following the boat just ahead hich suddenly swerved to avoid the buoy and Nelson was unable o pull the craft away before th buoy smashed against the~ side f his boot. A gash was in the port bow Early this morning anoth boat from the Thompson F Company came alongside With ® pump and pumped her. dry freparatory to putting a patch over the gash. the ~ boot SAVINGS FOR ALL! Our Pre-Hoiday PRES SY ORIN ib ci SETS AES LS ARERR ie ESTER” GE RR Re FT. 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