The Key West Citizen Newspaper, March 11, 1939, Page 1

Associated Press Day Wire Service For 59 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West VOLUME LX. No. 60. Discuss Plans For Organizing Key West Real Estate Board Matter Taken Up Duin! Group Meeting Conduct-, ed At Dinner-Confer-| ence. An appreciable step forward toward the organization and regu- lation of the real estate buisness | in Key West was takén last night when a group of interested pas.) J8 fies mei for dinner and a con- ference at Auerbach’s Restaurant.) Prsident Florida Mrs Dunham M Seated at tables were: S. H. Bowman, of Real Estate Bowman, Mrs. the sociation; Violet secretary of the Association; Mr. Margaret Dion, Mis: Mr. and L. Lou Roberts, and Mrs. J. Dion, Mi Minnie Porter Harris, Mrs. V. A. Johnson, Johnson and S. C. Singleton. Following the James dinner, Presi- dent Bowman made a very inter- esting talk on the work of the As- sociation in promoting the inter- ests of real estate and property ownership in Florida. He ‘said-what a Strong real es-! te eset to a growing city like Key West, in maintaining ethical stand- standard commission rates and aequainting the. public with the services obtainable for the ards ive:ting public through realtors., He discussed the plans for strengthening the real estate li- ce ase law to give the commission power to act in case of unethical practi stating that Florida stands in the ranks of the 3l laws, even though hanaicapped by its pow Discussing the taxation prob- lems of the state, President Bow- man <aid that in every session the Florida Association —h repre- sented the owners and has been instrumental in holding down millage, when at every session ef- forts had been made to increase axation. He urged that the “Farthest South Real __ Estate Board” be organized immediately to represent the Florida Associa- tion in Key West, Fred J. Dion and V. A. John- son have been designated to act as a committee to complete the or ization and attend to all ne ary details in connection therewith front states having license NOT 1 EVEN SNUFF KNOXVILLE — A father testi. fying in his daughter’s divorce case on non-support charges, de- clared in court in this city that the husband “never even bought her a box of snuff, and she loves snuff better than nearly any- thing. FLOOR SHOW TONIGHT RAUL’S CLUB John Pritchard’s Dance Orchestra NO ADMISSION CHARGE lI YOUR CAR IS SICK Bring it to Albury’s “They oe In SAD 1d Go Out GLAD!” A_ COMPLETE SERVICE FOR YOUR CAR... FOR FULL 24-HOURS. | ALBURY’S SERVICE }, | 800 Simonton St. Phone 444 Fred‘ ti TEMPERATURES 'PSCOSHCHSOHVOOSIOSOSOOOOE Lowest Highest Station. - Jast might Jast 24 hours | | Abilene 80 | | Atlanta 64 | | Boston 34 i 26 70 | 40 62 | 34 | 72 = } Denver Detroit Galveston {Havana Huron 54 H 82 66 83 | 74 60 58 80 nville ansas City KEY WEST Little Rock , Los Enbeles Pensacola Pitstburgh Louis Peake citys n Francisto attle Tampa Washington Williston 46 | 40 | 64 | 32 i 4 i | UGH (from |from the lighthouse at Tortugas | and assistance. | were | incident. | by Inspector. W. W. Demeritt to | place a buoy at the scene of the ‘accident, marking the spot of the ‘hidding obstruction and | Sary. BRINGS 1 DAMAGED FISHING se TO BE PLACED ON WAYS . FOR REPAIRS Lighthouse Tender Ivy arrived in port yesterday afternoon 5 o’clock from the vicinity of Tor-; tugas and had in tow the fish- jing boat Sonar, which was! , brought here to be put ona local | ways for repairs. The Sonar was out with a party the Yacht Trade Winds‘ when a sunken obstruction was encountered. Two of the boat’s | planks were smashed and_ the small vessel started to sink. Fortunately a group of keepers ~ Last Night | Spanning four centuries of ‘romantic history, the Key West ‘Historical Pageant presented last (night at Bayview Park was wit- ;nessed by a large crowd of visi- tors and Key Westers. Narrator Emil Sweeting re- ‘ated the historic events inter- vening between the action scenes, and indicated the sig- nificance of the scenes presented. The pageant opened upon a {peaceful camp of Caribbee In- dians, featuring a sextet rendi- tion of “Pale Moon.” There fol- lowed the bloodcurdling attack ,of the Calusas, and the mas- »Sacre of the men and capture of the women. Then the braves held a victory dance, climaxed by a solo dance “The Spirit of | Victory” by Miss Carolyn Cherry. This scene was sponsored by the was going in a boat from the light to Fort Jefferson and’ saw the predicament in which'’ the folks on the Sonar were’ placed , immediately went ‘to their: Two men and two women, members of the fishing group, taken In the lighthouse boat and returned to the Trade; Winds, after which they advised | Key West headquarters of the hontas. Second Scene The second scene portrayed the impressive landing of the | Spanish Conquistadores, led by Menendez, a Priest, and Flag- bearer. Menendez (Orlando Es- quinaldo) named the island “Cayo Hueso” (Bone Key), taking pos- session in the name of the King of Spain. Led by the excellent voice of Gerald Saunders as Priest, “Te Deum” was intoned, and the Conquistadores made their exit as a recessional. The Lions Club sponsored and _pro- This was Thursday and_ the Tender Ivy was at once ordered render whatever assistance was neces- Tender Ivy went gn the mis- sion, leaving at 11 o’clock Thurs- day night, performed the work assigned and returned at the time duced this scene. stated, with the Sonar in tow. | In the next scene the pirates State-Wide Order a board would be a decided’ Asst. Stite J us eh ter’ Hears Restaurant, Employe; Another Em- ploye Oui Of Town Orders to clamp tighter the lid on gambling in Key West. were received yesterday by Asst. State Attorney J. Lancelot Les- fer from State Attorney George Worley in accordance with orders issued from Gov. Fred P. Cone and Attorney General George Couper Gibbs. Yesterday, Mr, Lester issued a subpoena for Proctor Jones for questioning regarding gambling | “in a certain investigation” and Mr. Jones was examined by Mr. Lester yesterday in his office. A second subpoena was sent for! Harry Miller, but Mr. Miller was not in the county. Jones is em-: ployed at a local restaurant. Mill- er is said to also be employed in that restaurant. { Raul Garcia was arrested by the sheriff's office last month for | operating a game of chance at | La Conga Club in an early drive. | Bolita ticket salesmen yesterday were stopped from distributing their tickets in the city. The next step these operators me ‘take, according to prveious prac-! tice, is to sell numbers by means of a single book in which the; ; names of the buyers are entered. ! | Buyers, however, do not like this: | procedure as their names appear! jin black and: white. IN OTHER COUNTIES ! | MIAMI, Fla, March 11.—The | lid on gambling is well closed in Broward and Dade counties, re- ports from officers today indicate, but gambling by winter visitors has fallen off as the tourist de- part for the north. Restriction has been enforced even in West Palm Beach. t Gambling in any form is pro- hibited in the State of Florida but past practice has been to } wink at the violations during the poelens of the tourist season. —— —— held their drunken carousal and lopened their chest of stolen , booty. They sang selections from 'the “Pirates of Penzance”. The {King was Ralph Boyden; eae Tommy Curry. In scene four, Lieut. Perry, Hed ina “squad of callers planted + - ——-—_______..______ ‘the American flag, and named ;the island “Thompson”s Island.’ | Miss Christine Calico led the Scene five was the humorous BE _ARRAI NED wrecking incident, wherein Judge Eagan, holding forth in the Court |House, spied a ship go on ° the CHARGED WITH RESPonsI- reef. A wrecking mater himself, ihe craftily strode down the aisle BILITY IN AUTOMO- | before shouting “Wreck ashore!” :and broke into a fast run, getting BILE CRASH ja head start on the other mem- ibers of the court. Judge Eagan ‘ was portrayed by Willard Al- Hearing of J. Pohlman, charged bury and Paul Archer was Clerk. with responsibility in an auto- The brilliant Cuban scene was mobile crash on February 23, is charectetired sty: aie tempo sehen ied Ee pe an aeetter: ed with a procession of refugees, | 8 E sas oo dk a jan industrial procession; a group Cae Ola? Soderbers aa lin rhumba costume entered, an-! uneing “Cuba Libre!” The Clarence Thompson were in Mrs. ee eer en Anthem was iaynita a ee ada asa sung, while the entire audience ite stre stoed. A vocal solo, “La Ha- by Mr. Pohlman, with several hana,” by Eva Warner, concluded companions, was going east on |the scene. Division street. | In the seventh scene Henry M. The cars crashed at the,eorner, | Flagler made his triumphal en- of White and Division. Mrs.!try, amid train sound effects by. Soderberg réceived a numberief the orchestra. The group of injuries and ‘it was several dayS')spectators sang the “Song of the! before their exact nature was de-! | Oversea Railroad,” and the Mayor ; termined. Mrs. Thompson re-' gave a “Toast To Henry Flagler.” ‘ceived a cut on the head aad a’ Flagler was N. P. Shannahan, and number of bruises and minor in-| Willard Albury was Mayor. ! juries. Final Scene Mr. Pohlman was arrested and. The final scene presented some- ; placed in the county jail where. thing of Key West’s attractions he was held under bonds of $200. as a tourist resort. There were While in the jail he gave a de-' bathing beauties, then the fleet scription of the nature of ‘the|came in, with Don Webster accident, disclaiming any Tre- demonstrating that the legend sponsibility in the matter. ithat sailors “have a girl in every He was released under the port” is untrue. Pena’s Garden bond on February 25, and left of Roses presented Fred Mack in the next day for Perky where he a vocal solo; the Red Barn Play- is employed. (ers presented Dorothy Carroll in - 20 MILES OR 30 Order of Red Men and Poca- Lieu- | - beautifully throughout the It open- ; OM KEY WEST BY AUTO“ KEY WEST, FLORIDA, SATURDAY, MARCH 11, 1939 ical Pageant Given Grand Success a Gypsy dance. Then Emil! Sweeting, as master of cere-; monies, introduced a number of | the features of the “Night In Ha- | vana: Bill Warner and Marian | Solano as Uncle Sam and Cuba, | the International Ballet by Caro- lyn Cherry, Rhumba Tap by the tiny stars Canova’ and Daniels, accompanied by John Pritchard. Then came the King and Queen | of Rhumba, Edna and Albert, Boza, who were encouraged to | give an encore. The humorous | skit with Ferdinand El Toro was; splendidly done with Victor Lar-; sen as Ferdinand, Betty Canova, as the Bee, Dorothy Carroll as | the Senorita, her companion the Picadoro, and Alan Armstrong | with the lyric. Eva Warner then: concluded the pageant, leading‘ the entire cast and audience in; singing “Key West, The Best.” | Producers of the gigantic show were Emil Sweeting, general di- ‘rector, chairman of the pageant | committee, and who served as} Narrator. He was assisted throughout by Mrs. Eva Warner. Mrs. Ann Livingston and Misall Christine Calico, WPA Recrea-! tion Division music and dance specialists, supervised and ar-) Tanged for rehearsals and di-| rected stage action. Victor Lar-! I Che Key West Citizen THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN THE U.S.A. WU. Key West, Florida, gee “OE sa most equable climate in the country; with an average range of only 14° Fahrenheit PRICE FIVE S NTS . Bagineers Recommend Deepening Of Main Channel At Entrance To Key Wes Blitzen Takes _ Key West Yacht Race Belieye,:Blitzen And. W; kiva,,Break Record For Club | Yacht Groups Meet Visitors Passage; The 55-toot Blitzen, owned by R. J. Reynolds, was first on cor-| rected time in the Havana- -Key ; West Yacht Race, sponsored by ‘the Key West Yacht Club. aie | Blitzen passed the finish line off! oe gaa | peace sii Will Be Dredged To Depth 0i Thirty Feet At Mean ——_—| Low Water ‘GROUP | NAMED TO GET DATA ON WAR DEA VETERANS’ TRATION GROUP SPONSOR- ED BY AMERICAN LEGION ORGANIZATION Havana (Washington Correspondent of The Key West Citizen) WASHINGTON, D. C., March '11.—Funds for the removal of ;Shoals at the northwest entrance | | | ef the Key West harbor may be GRAVE REGIS- the War included in Depart ment’s request to Congress for $41,000,000 to cover maintenance | work on existing harbor im- provement projects, it was learn Frow Russell, Charles J. Thom-' eq today. Estimated cost of th: sen and Mrs. Eva Warner, local Fort Taylor between buoys 8 and |as and G. Melvin Sawyer have) proposed Key Wesi work is S27 supervisors of the WPA Recrea-! tion Division, made all arrange-; ments and supervised last night’ presentation of the pageant. M » Warner was assistant pageant di-) rector and is the originator and! produccr of the “Night In Ha-) vanaj” outstanding cabaret for five seasons. Various Scenes Stetson Kennedy of the Fed-! eral Writers’ Project," author of the pageant,.made. many revi-! sions in the various scenes and narration. He also conducted all publicity in Key West, Miami,! Jacksonville, and procured pos-} ters. George Copinus ', Area, Supervisor of District 5 for the Federal Music Project, provided and supervised the erection and aperation of the very effective and appropriate lighting effects. His daughter, Muriel Copinus, was in charge of all make-up. Tommy Curry assisted ably with the lighting. Alfredo Barroso, director of the Key West Hospitality Band, led the band which played so en- ,tire performance. George Mills | White, local supervisor of the | Federal Music project, assisted in musical arrangements. Mrs. |Etta Curry and Mrs. Piedad Parra of the Womens’ Work Cen- ter (WPA) made many colorful costumes, and their cooperation was extremely valuable. Victor Lowe and Peter Knight, local NYA supervisors, directed the ‘erection of the stage background and seats. John Esperdy capably handled all stage properties. Townsend Morgan of the Fed- eral Art Project in Key West sonville office of the Federal | Art Project supplied a large num-| ber of beaufiful art posters. Miss | | Lois Williams and Ida Ingle di-} rected the activities of the Ticket | Committee in a competent man- ner. The Pageant Committee wishes! to thank all those. who _contri-| buted to the success of the per- formance, and want them to feel that their services went to make for the benefit of all Key West, | in making more permanent and attractive Key West’s Historical Pageant. L The Old Established Village Named PERKY, FLORIDA Owning its own water, electric and other utilities and with its many fine build- ings’ and ‘docks, postoffice, telephon Heretofore’ the 5,000ACRE PERKY estate . telegraph, etc. Now, at long last IS OPEN’ TO A DISCRIMINATING PUBLIC The New Pecky Cyprus Lodge represents the utmost in modern hotel rooms . . . THE TAVERN ~~ with its handsome, with the finest of all new furnishings new “SUGAR LOAF ROOM” for Dining, ready with FOOD THAT IS THE BEST. RESERVATIONS: | Parties of any number—Telephone PERKY NO. S—asking for } ALLEN. Head Waiter i OUR FISHING BOATS ARE ALSO Sugar Loaf Fishing Club, Inc. Lessee and Operator SEE THE LIGHTS OF KEY WEST FROM OUR OBSERVATION TOWER ;Gulf Stream. provided posters, and the Jack- placed first in the St. Petersburg- are: | | o'clock. ;Club Rear Commodore Guy Carle-' liz early this morning. Arriving first, however, was, the Wakiva, 70-foot yawl, owned} Third were by Harkness Edwards. and fourth, the smaller Baby, 30-foot sloop and Capt. | respectively, of Francis Bidwell, George Wallace’s* 34-foot Moon. Although records. of previous! passages by the same _ boats, could not be obtained by The Citizen before going to press, it’ is* believed that both the Blitzen and Wakiva have bettered the: time of the Winsome Too, which had the best time of crossings of the group from Havana to Key West. The former established four years ago, when! the last of the races to this port’ was held, by skipper Harkness | Edwards, who manned the Blit-| zen yesterday. Actual elapsed time was eight) hours, 55 minutes and 26 seconds’ for the Wakiva; nine hours, 55 minutes and 58 seconds for the | Blitzen; 12 hours, 36 minutes and 42 seconds for the Babe; 14 hours 11 minutse and 25 seconds for the Half Moon. The “Haligonian”, schooner; \\arrived at the Basin around iN. m: toaay, having drifted farth2r north from a mis- | calculatioshof slippage in the The Haligonian Havana the class. Greeting the yachts as they crossed the finish line was the “Pelagic”, which was stationed at the finish line last night at 10 Aboard it were Yacht race in schooner ‘ton, Treasurer Ross C. Sawyer, Lloyd Fangel. ed as a liason boat and on it was Commodore ! Vice Commodore Melvin Russell in the Pilot Boat Three escorted | the yachts into Key West harbor | through the Main Ship Channel. -“fTheé wind coming across the -Gulf Stream last night was be east and: rough.enough “down the smaller , boats derail. | 4 A This afternoga official greeting yor Willand:M. Albury and a mot r,4qur of: the city were to ’ take, ieeztA cocktail party giv- en by the Key West Yacht Club at the residence of H. P. Connbale will take place at 5 o’clock. A costume Yacht Club Ball at the Casa Marina tonight ‘will begin Half! record was; 45-foot The J-14 act-, J. D. MacMullen. , 000. At the same time, it appes unlikely that any funds would b ‘ group, of the WPA, which is be-| asked this session for comp !ing sponsored by the American | tion of aie at the eh entrance. The present conditio j besten: ‘Mrle -objectsis soles ®n of the jetties, the War Depart historical sketch of all the veter-! ment feels, is adequate to tal | ans of all wars, who died in Key | care of current commerce for two West up to and including the; ™ore years. ¥ car 1935. Gen. J. L. Schley, Chief of En y ! gineers of the” Wer Department Mr. Russell, ; and members of his staff are ten | World War, has been appointed | tatively scheduled to appear be | senior interviewer; Mr. Thomas is | fore a House committee — on ap the appointed field clerk, and Se ee ape 13 to sl Sawyer is his assistant. They are a - pts pale Pasi pal we | all veterans of the world war, i need fi = adie es ee mp ieee for employment in ..iq in his annual report for 1938 Pain thelgecinst withuriial that the “sum of $27,000 can be i Citizen, aoe EIDro} id that it is profitably expended during the ety cunpeional a mL 1S fiscal year 1940 for maintenance ensive and WL re- © | dredging with the U. S. hopper, ea aan of Aenean San Pablo during November and ey West, and it is probable that| December, 1939” involving the recourse to the files of the navy, reméval of the shoals. . which are in Charleston Navy; Although it was not disclosed Yard, will ®e necessary before’ for which project Gen. Schl the records, as required, will be will ask funds at next wee made available. committee hearing, it is gen ee some of the data may erally understood that those in- secured without much diffi- dicated in his latest annual re- culty, it is deemed possible that it port would probably be recor will necessitate a great deal of mended as being in the greatest study, therefore the time given need. for the completion of the work The present project calls for ; has been fixed for the period cov- ered by the next nine months. j been appointed members of the | Veterans’ Grave Registration | a veteran of the the removal of coral heads and reefs from the channel and anchorage to give a clear depth of 30 feet at mean low water and a channel width of 300 feet at 9:30 oclock. Préceeds from the ball are to go to further im- provement of the Garrison Bight Yacht Basin project, including finger piers. + Crews of the TUG ADLER ARRIVES Tug Adler, Captain C. F. Right, arrived in port this morning from New Orleans and berthed at the main pier of the Porter Dock Co., for a supply of fuel oil, The tue had a barge in tow C-\ which was to be taken to Beau- fort, S. C. various yachts Wakiva | Captain Harkness Edwards. John Timkens, Ernest Fay, Jean Bennett, Roy Robinson, £. Robison. Blitzen | Captain R. J. Reynolds, Oggie | Heddington, Ducksie Endt, Vivian | ae Turner, Al Peirce of Key West. | CHICAGO—When a woman of TERMED A ‘LUXURY DANCE TONIGHT —Lt Pena’s Garden Of Roses GOULD CURRY’S Seven-Piece Orchestra if |_Me Admission or Cover Charge , Serpentine and Masks FREE. New York’s 21 Club and MUSIC BY THE SWINGSTERS CLUB CAYO HUESO Jefferson Hotel Bidg. Half Moon Ithis city sued for a divorce, : ;court costs, alimony and $200, the War Veteran saaeid was in Ha-| ber omen) expense. ¢” UE ae vana at the outbreak of the [egos depend coe beraoaierpes ar Spanish-American _ War. His} should pay for it.” crew, which consists of “Lake” freshwater sailors, is exception. ally good, he says, and includes , =—_—_=_—_—AAAC ay Roy Wolcott, Wyn Sparling, Jim i ‘ Davis, Carl Nordenburg. Offering A ors | DAWN DANCE i Captain Francis Bidwell, C. Mabry, Robert Bullard. 11:00 P. M. to 2? Haligonian ! Captain H. J. Bureau, Bob Hewett, Hay Corcoran, Harry, EVA and NORMAN Louis McCormick, Walter Topoff. H | Grand Masquerade Ball i Saturday, March 18 | | HABANA-MADRID CLUB | ‘Costume Prizes . . . Latin Amer-| ican Revue, featuring JUANITA. ‘the Queen of Rhumba. Confetti. PHONE 647 EXCELLENT OVERIGRHT ACCOMMODATIONS.-FT. JEFFERSON CRUISES--$10 ALL EXPENSE TWO-DAY TOUR..PRICE TOURS 505 eat STREET-PHONE 124