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Associated Press Day Wire Service For 59 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West ! OLUME LX. No. Launch, Sloop Enjoying 2 _ Cruising Of Keys Waters Youth To Take Policeman’s Pe. SOOOETH A Launch To Philadelphia; SURPRISED AT CITY AFTER ILL REPORTS Sleop Returns From Mr. and eae R. B. Beare Marquesas of Milan, Ohio, who are stopping in Key West at the Williams House, were among Enjoying the wonderful cruis- ihe legion who have been ing of Key West waters are two! informed that there was no one the sloop Mucha-! * water to be had for tourists in | ¢ and the other the launch! Key heh rat aa ise ; x ior w: SAB liea, both berthed at the| WSs* nor & pee ard that one must bring food t Basin, in taking a trip here. | The Angelica, which was pur- And they are also among | chased by Charles R. Fischer of, the legion who have discov- | Philadelphia from Captain of ¢%¢4 that Key West is one of iba: : th snaitary, bright, lit- Police Alberto Camero, is being ae Eoin eS Sed ls outfitted for the trip up the At-| commodations, in the coun- lantic coast along the inside try. “Your food is excellent, waterway by Mr. Fischer, ac- your water pure and fresh, companicd by Mrs, Fischer, 384 the hotels far better than kt peeent thee -Ancelica these of most Florida cities”, : fs they said. | alongside the swimming _ pi The Beares blame the mis- at the Basin with a new coat of irformation on tourists who blue on ¢ and housing roof. have heard ill reporis of the It has a pontiac engine to propel S#¥ @nd without making ithe it irip here themselves have re- | layed the false reports. “We | Fischer was told it was mighty like the city, too”, they said, exper to run a boat up that “because it has no horse rac- length of coast but replied that ing or ihe fast crowd which France he had that all figured out, and follows the play and because than three times the amount to Weems we uiketo be sequeint: : ous sagas ed with. The city reflects take an automobile an equal di most nearly the anxiom, | ~~~ t : ‘Peace end Goodwill’. and el on the | "What you should do is Muc ta with it new place a large sign at West ixili stic arine entht Palm Beach and another at Miami advertising the truth about their x eriittie Scasoing about Key West so that all They, with guide Ralph may read it and they will al- nguez, have just returned low many others who had m a craise-t* Marquesas “in not arranged for longer stays weh of giant rays and leopard to remain here”. the leopard biting baited sna ple ghark SPILT IAI IS a eben report fishing trip in d the only coral an Atlantic Ss the lagoons found giant permit but de- cided they would return for those CIGAR FACTORY | OPENING SOON : MAY START OPERATIONS IN Lou: (ity 150th ano of later-—they just wanted leopard x | House chambers nere today. sharia aime GE AKHIc ko AG. 10 |, RE NPE MOOMEIEIME, “| Suicciacs she presened;-ot both 0 pounds in these waters. They NEXT WEEK lative bodies representation did catch a 200 pound stingare of the judicial and executive de- however. -y harpooned a tur- = partments was arranged. tle, but a steamer in the Gulf Inquiries concerning the cigar Chief Justice Charles Hughes of Stream bore down straight on factor iich is to be started in’ ihe Supreme Court and the asso- them and refused to fall off and Key West by a company that is! ciate judges wi present. Presi- this combined with h seas to to operate in the building known) dent Rooseve back from a allow the { to break the as the Brick Factory, at the cor-, Caribbean cruise, entered. point from its back and escape. of Grinnell and Catherine Th Marine band in their Dyin ter it probably was street, have come to The Citizen’ scariet uniforms added a touch of meat for me Isopard o sources. color to the proceedings. House Messi areif’ anc n informed, Speaker Bank and President Hartman on the 42 foot » through reliable channels, that) Roosevelt both delivered address. “Alnan” reported a nice catch. (here is a possibility of operations crday of three Kingfish with) beginning next week, provided a sities, the lergest 20. pounds. seanolne the ‘signatures of the lease are @eeeecevcccgougsorececes forty pounder was at. the boat’s Giinined. which is the only ob- TREMBLE 7. pletely around, shook the hook, ments. seevecvevvcessaeeue nd caped A 60 pound am- a " x Lowest Highest iso & feature ore REMOVES MANY SPOTS Station— Jast myht fast 24 hows grouper. Guide was} New YORK—As a_ hobby,| Atianta 4 52 Gomez Phil Cooper of tk cleaner] Boston 34 44 her yacht has discovered and dyer, has collected statistics] Buffalo 36 42 ; refi Jere etalon ad from . cleaners throughout _ the | Charleston 48 54 se Bae Gh tues thik we: country by which he estimates | Chicago 38 +48 a wikine of a. be that after each Than! giving, | Denver 16 38 ie Bee oe rae Christmas and New Ye Day | Detroat 36 50 catory success until it returns t0 fore than six million spots are | Galveston 60 66 the spot to see if this was just @ removed from vests and dresses.| Havin m0 Ss Pisces Ss“ CHECK-PAPERED OFFICE " = 7 Gan es ; I E TONIGHT — LIVINGSTON, Wyo—C. A msi = at Hamilton, merchant of this city, Lathe sock 50 58 Pena’s Garden Of Roses _Papered his office with 10. ‘angeles. 48 60. GOULD CURRY'S Seven-Piece | checks drawn by him on_ the Louville 44 52 ee hank during his 23 years of busi-!y7/0 75 72 25 ae The checks total $1,859,-; 3% p No Admission or Cover Charge Mpls.-St. P. 24 36 — {New Orleans . 60 64 np = a = es a »New York 36 46. \Penkgacola 52 60, vr A Pittsburgh 38 52 TONIGHT!! TONIGHT! Pisin: 258 Seit Lake City 18 38 HABANA-MADRID |=": “g Seattle 36 48 Tampa 54 72 N IG HT CLUB Washington 36 48 Featuring GRACE WORTH Williston 4 1x Formerly of Ear! Carrol’s Sketch Book—Winter Garden Show answer to Italy’s clamor for-French contrelled territory is these marching Senegalesee recently sent from Marseille to Djibouti, capital of French reoccupied a-strategic strip of territory and Italian Eritrea in Africa. Tension increased when } once ceded to nay between French S on of the ‘CONGRESS HAS ANNIVERSARY |; ROOSEVELT, SPEAKER BANK- HEAD GIVE AD DRESSES Associated Press) WASHINGTON, D. C., March ‘y of the first memorated in a Senate and Representativs in the and other Broadway acts. Also, Emcee at Paradise Club in New York MANY OTHER STARS INCLUDING DOT CARROLL and SLIM VERMONT ADMISSION TO PATIO—Week Nights, 25c: Saturdays, 50c Urder Management of Phil Thompson and Charley Cusick FREE ADMISSION TO BAR—Courtesy of Juan Carbonell Crawfish NEW YORK BUSY BEE The Biggest CUBAN SANDWICHES for j Conch Chowder __10e } SHORT ORDERS 905 Simonton Street KEY WEST, FLORIDA, SAT an aliland Public Schools IN THE U.S.A. URDAY, MARCH 4, 1939 Che x F. Wiest Citizen THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER most equable climate in the country; with an average Key West, Florida, has the } range of only 14° Fahrenheit PRICE FIVE CENTS expressed in Project Given Board's Approval CONCERT AT ART. CENTER SUNDAY Urder direction of Alredo Barroso, director, Key West Hos- pitality Band will present con- rt tomorrow afternoon, 4:30 e’clock, on the grounds adjacent to the Art Center on Front strect. Progrant follows: March, The New Colonial, R. B. Hall. Overture, Hungarian Comedy, Keler-Bela Characteristic, Parade of the Wooden Soldiers, L. Tessel. Waltz, The Skater, E. Waldteu- fel Novelty March, Bassology, Mac- kie-Be on, Operatic Gems, Sulli- van I Stein Song, Calear V. F Star angled Banner, Kay. _ PRAISES HOBBY . | SHOW EXHIBIT se G. Mr:. | York | Junior Muster of New; who viewed the Chainber of Commerce ; Hobby Show, which closed Thurs- day night, and enje viewing fine handicraft work, | larly cnthusiastie about pair of coccnut sandals made by Wom- | jen’s Handicraft. Shop of the WPA. Mrs. Muster said that it was as fine a pair of sandals as she had | ever n and that they had the | quality of durability. — 1 { i ! Fea cL SCE PLAY THE GAME FREE! Every Fifteen Minutes for vour drinks { New - Novel - Exciting! | AND LISTEN TO We EVA and NORMAN DIRECT FROM i 21 Club—New York. |: CLUB CAYO-HUESO| -Jefferson Hotel Bldg. Many Needy Persons To Be Employed In Work Of Binding And Repairing Books Project for the public of Monroe county, schools sponsored by the board of public instruction, was last night approved by the board at the regular meeting and signed by Clarence H. Pierce, y chairman, and Melvin E. Russell, superiniendent of public instruc- tion. The papers are to be forwarded to Mrs. Ruth B. Owens, supervis- or of Women’s and Professional projects in areas four, five and eleven, for her appre 4 It is provided by the project to employ needy persons in bind ing and repairing books, and to bind or rebind periodiéals nu lished prior to January 1,, Those books and_ peri Sis owned by the public. school li- naries and other operating pub- lie agencies. They are in need of repair but there is no budgetary allowance for this work, it a normal function of the spon- sor. No regularly employed per- ons will be displaced and the project in no way takes the place } is partieu- of work which would be given to, 1 private concern. SPECIAL REDUCED PRICE SALE At All Package Stores Fifths $2.10 Tenths 1.10 "On Sale At All Leading Bare And Package Liquor Dealers re tured when the it is shown, nor is} ravel Over Bridges And Highway Shows Increase Over Traffic During January Land Five 4-6 Pound Bonefish Over Eleven Thousand Ve- hicles In Month South- At Key Vaca Cove Recently Bound; Average Of 402 Graham GetsNearly For- | ty-Pound Kingfish; Min-. nesotans Hook Pelican | | With Bird Band | Manley Judd of New York | City, cut with Capt. Harry Snow | of Marathon fishing the flats of Le Vaca Cove, brought in five tiful gamy bonefish weigh- ing 4'4%-6!. pounds, Mr. Judd, who is an ardent fisherman, said, “Now I know ! why the called the Fisherman's Paradise”. Heaviest bonefish caught weighed but 1334 pounds. It belongs to the lady fish family and possess an abund- of a ance id power. On the f i tail can be seen in the air the fish stands on its head feeding on shrimp, sil- ides and crabs. They put up ice as ereat a fight because of the shallow water and are Byzed by all anglers. Casa Marina guest Mr. Grate} brought in one. of the, prizes of yesterday’s fishing with his mam- moth pound kingfish meas- uring four feet eight inches long and as near as local records have it the second largest kingfish brought in this year at the Char- ter docks in rod and reel catches. The catch was made from Cap- tain Morell Bradley’s Barbara and included also mackerel, bar- racuda, grouper. Capt. Red Lopez of the yacht Madeline hooked into a four foot four inch 45 pound amberjack for his party of Wm. M. Ryan of Oak Park, Ill, K. D. Jamieson, Floral Park, L. I., Thomas Church and Roy Church of Bordentown, J. A nice catch of barracuda, grouper yellowtail and a mutton CALIFORNIA HAS fish was boated. Capt. Bob Daniels of the Dorna | D. II treated his party of Mr. and Mrs. G. M. Hardenbergh and Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Robe n of St. Paul, Minnesota, to bird catch well as a fishing catch. A pelican was hooked with a band attached to its leg reading 1937-803550 Notify Biological Sur- , Washington,” D. °C. Barra- cuda and mackéiel / were cap- party brought their hooks down below the wa- ter again. Newspapermen went a fishing Jon the yacht, “Patrick” of Capt. |Bra Saunders and landed grouper land barracuda. C. M. Foresman, inancial advertising manager of |Chicago Daily News and Mrs. \Foresman and Miss Lee of the Miami Daily News were in the | party. ROBERT FECHNER Robert Fechner, director of all | GCC. camps in the United States, fiS°a visitor in Key West and is accompanied by Mrs. Fechner, \ is. secretary ‘and chauffeur. | Mr.’ Fechner, it is said, comes | primarily to inspect the camp at j West Summerland, and this aft- ‘ernoon was to be the | Lieutenant-Colonel J. D. MacMul- ON VISIT HERE: Lest III SS IS 5 len at his quarters in Key West; barracks. HAVE YOUR CAR REPAIRED BY EXPERTS AT ALBURY’S SERVICE “They Come In Sad. And Go Out Glad” —NO GYP PARTS— 800 Simonton St. THE 24-HOUR STATION i 9 | Daily FACES AUTONOMY ! Monthly report of the Overseas Road and Toll Bridge District 4908 re . a ® covering the month of February. shows an increase over the re- port of January of both vehicles and passengers, as well as trucks and miscellaneous vehicles. Automobiles and trailers south bound numbered 11,275, an aver- age of 402 daily. Departing cars and trailers numbered 10,333, a daily average of 369. Total aver- age for the month daily. north and south bound, 771. Number of passengers going over the highway during the CROAT AUTONOMY de- | nonth was 42,413. Those travel- mands __constilute ravest Scoble facing Deacucbi ing south numbered 21,392, an Cvetkovich, new premier of average of 764 daily. Those go- Jugoslevia. ing north, were 21,021, an aver- i: PS ee ———_———- ‘age of 750, Total daily average 1 the month, over. thethighwey Miscellaneous Vehicles Trucks and miscellaneous ve- hicles using the highway during the month were 1,194. Of these ARRIVES IN CITY e 4 there were 688 south bound, a Corington Gill, assistant WPA qaily average of 24. Going north administrator from Washington, +there were 506, a daily average of D. C., arrived in the city yester-| 18 : day to enjoy the fishing and! Buses. coming south numbered 122, or an average of 4.4, while those gding north numbered 120, an average of 4.3.. Total number of buses was 242, a daily average of 8.7. * Collections For Month Collections for the entire month totalled $36,905. South bound traffic produced revenue of $19,174, or a daily average of $684.79, while that of north bound traffic produced revenue of $17,- 731, or a daily average of $633.25. Total daily average for the month, north bound and , south bound, was $1,318.04. Vehicles of officials and work- men using the highway during the period numbered 897, or a daily average of 32. Total of vehicles during the month num bered 23,942, or an average 855 each day. PHILLIP ALBURY. UNDER ARREST Phillip Albury, “better “knc as “King Phillip”, was arrest last night by Constable C. Flor Pellecic S$ a suspect in the th:' meet his friends. Today he went out to try his luck angling, and was the guest of Mr. and Mrs. George Mills White and Raul Vasquez. CONTINUED COLD Southern California has besn having tough luck with its weather ihis winter. Yes- terday Los Angeles recorded a low of 43 and high of 60, while Key West had a low of 73 and a high of 82, a most delightful temperature with cool winds blowing in from the ocean. Reef fishermen turn to the Bay and Channel waters around Key West while the wind remains fresh from the east, blowing, directly from the sea There was the starting of lighter weather this week on the ocean but the wind pickd up again. High tide tomorrow will be at 9:33 in the morning with low at 3:16 and then of - a of chicke high again at sar p. m. Tar- Constable Pellecier told 1 Don, fishermen thevesmo0n-= | citizen thats tie aghibeer light nights will find fishing | oiaced in county jail, and w: better at slack tide tonight. in all probability be giver about 3:14 tomorrow morn- ing. But it makes little dif- ference. When there’s moon- light and a trolled bait those big silvers strike all the time. Yacht and small boats cruis- ing will stick to the inside tomorrow because of the fresh sea winds. hearing Monday. FLOOR SHON TONIGHT RAUL’S CLUB John Pritchard’s Dance Orchestra NO ADMISSION CHARGE Auerbach’s Restaurant 410 FLEMING STREET A Delightful Place to Eat Luncheon from 65c—Dinner from 85c 410 TRIO PLAYING NITELY EXCELLENT OVERNIGHT ACCOMMODATIONS--FT. JEFFERSON CRUISES--$10 ALL EXPENSE TWO-DAY TOUR..PRICE TOURS 505 DUVAL STREET-PHONE 124