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Service
For 68 Years Devoted to the
Best Interests of Key West
VOLUME LIX. No. 304.
Chamber Of Commerce 1$ ;
Ready To Receive Visitors
Several Groups From Dif-!
erent Organizations To
i
Spend Christmas Holi
days Here
Chamber of Commerce is work
ing overtime these days arrang
ing. as far as is possible, for the;
visitors who are going to set a'
new record this Christmas tide.
Mrs. James M. Garson will be in
the city with more than a dozen
pupils from one of Miami's lead
ing schools, and the Y.M.C.A. of
Gainesville will again fill ' the
armory as they did last year. i
Secretary Singleton was es
pecially jubilant as he informed
The Citizen that the Chamber of
Commerce would close the year
without an unpaid bill on its files,
which he suspects comes pretty
close to establishing a record for
Chambers of Commerce in this
section.
One of the most recent acces- j
sions to the organization is the I
Key West Charter Boat Associa- j
tion, an organization which the
cooperation of the chamber is \
. forming. Displayed in the office j
of the chamber is a photograph j
of Vera l Roberts, secretary of the i
association, and also a picture of
some of the boats lying at their
berths.
The next thing on the program. 1
said fSeftvHary Singleton, is to
get the taxi drivers to take a sim
ilar step and get that activity on
a business basis where members
will be protected from irrespon
sible competition and have a
recognized place in the business
of the community. This step will
be one that will be greatly appre
ciated by visitors to the city.
FISCHERS ARRIVE
FOR WINTER STAY
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I
WELL KNOWN MARINE IL
LUSTRATOR WILL PAINT
KEY WEST SCENES
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Anton Otto Fischer, illustrator
for the Saturday Evening Post
and other nationally known
magazines, and Mrs. Fischer are
in Key West to spend the winter
at their United street residence
in front of the Naval Hospital, i
Mr. Fischer who is known es
pecially for his marine paintings
has done several beautiful oils of
Key West scenes. He told The
Citizen today that he expected to
paint more this year. Mrs. Fisch
er is daughter of Admiral Sigs
bee, who commanded the Maine
which was destroyed in Havana
harbor by an explosion. The
watchword •‘Remember the
Maine” was used throughout the
Spanish American War in which
Key West was a valuable naval
base of supplies. j
The Fischers are well known
in Key West and have made a
boat of friends.
SPECIAL CHRISTMAS DINNER~SI.SO
CHILLED CKURT SWEET GHERKIN PICKLES
\II\KI> OLIVES
FltKSll LOItSVEK COC KTAIL
C REAM OF OYSTER SOUP CLEAR GREEN TURTLE SOUP
ROAST TOFXG VERMONT ll RICKY
Kit K* II CRAMIERKIKS CHESTNUT DRESSING
llAKltKf't ED SUCKLING IMG
FRESII APPLE SAUCE BAKED SWEET POTATO
MASIfKD lUTABAGBS FKKSII STRING BEANS
NEW POTVTOES IN C REAM
GLASS OF VIRGINIA DARE LIGHT WINK
UK \KTs OF LETTUCE CHEF'S SALAD HOWL
FRENC H DRESSING MAYONNAISE RUSSIAN DRESSING
HOME MADE FRUIT CAKE COCOA NUT LAYER CAKE
LIME PIE PUMPKIN PIE MINCE PIE
AMERICAN CHEESE ROQUEFORT CHEESE
SALTED ALMONDS
COFFEE TEA MILK
Fred Auerbach’s Restaurant
FOUR TEN FLEMING STREET
FT. JEFFERSON CRUISES - TUESDAY, THURSDAY, SATURDAY - $5.00 ROUND TRIP ~ TICKETS - INFORMATION ~ PRICE TOURS - 505 DUVAL ST. - PHONE 124
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THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN THE U. S. A.
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MAILING OF GIFTS
SHOWS PROSPERITY
News at the local post of
fice this morning demon
strates that Key Westers re
member their friends during
Christmas and there is more
prosperity here now than
there has been for many
years.
While no record is kept of
the number of packages mail
ed, except those that are in
sured, the receipts show that
more Christmas gifts were 1
sent out this year than dur
ing any other year in this de
cade. Sale of stamp stock up
to the close of business yes
terday for Decembar was
larger than during all of De
cember. 1937.
As lor Christmas cards
that Key Westers sent to
friends or members of fheir
families, several thousand
more were mailed this holi
day season than during the
1937 Christmas. From De
cember 5 to the close of busi
ness al the post office yes
terday, 44,000 one and one
half cents stamps were sold.
These are the stamps that
are put on Christmas cards
enclosed in unsealed enve
lopes, and the number sold
i is more than three for every
man. weman and child in Key
West.
NEW ARRIVAI iN
HIGGS’ FAMILY
Mr. and Mrs. Virgil Higgs, of'
Francis street, announce the
birth of a son weighing eight i
pounds in their home on Decem
ber 18.
The new arrival has been given
.the name of William Austin
i Higgs. Mother and baby are re- j
’ ported as doing nicely.
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TEMPERATURES
Lowest Highest
' Station— last night last 21 hours
Abilene 44 52
; Atlanta 32 48
Boston 18 30
[ Buffalo 18 24
Charleston 38 48
! Chicago 28 32
Denver 20 36
Detroit 28 30
Galvetson 62 68
Havana 66
Huron _... - 14 32
Jacksonville 44 60
Kansas City . 32 42
KEY WEST 66 72
Little Rock 40 42
Los Angeles 48 66
Louisville 36 40
Miami 68 74
Mpls.-St. P. ... 24 28
New Orleans 58 62
New York .. 20 34
Pensacola 52 60
Pittsburgh 21 30
St. Louis 32 38
Salt Lake City 18 34
San Francisco 52 62
Seattle 48 50
' Tampa 52 72
Washington 30 40
Williston .16 30
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i SCOUT TROOP
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' TREE-PARTY
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EXCELLENT PROBXIAIC *PUT
ON WEDNESDAY EVENING
IN CONNECTION WITH EN
JOYABLE EVENT
In an atmosphere in which
• their scouting activities have !
been successfully carried on, J
members of Boy Scout Troop 52
held their Christmas tree party
on Wednesday night 7 o’clock,
and had a most delightful time.
Readings of Seasonal poetry,
and singing of carols started the i
festivities. A short talk was
given by Scout Chairman E. R.
McCarthy-on'the progress of the
troop follovHng which presenta-:
tjons of 'appropriate recognitions
were matte'to Scout Ernest Avila
i for good attendance and civic
i help, to Scout Bert Cates, as the •
! most outstanding member of the
! troop and his achievements, and
[ to Scout Eugene Sawyer, for ad
vancement in rank.
Presentation of a miniature
1 first class pin was made to Scout
| mother Sawyer, in recognition of
; the encouragement in the work
! she has afforded the members, j
(Junior Assistant Scoutmaster ;
! Joseph Campo presented Mr. Me- j
Carthy with a tie clasp in recog- I
nition of his untiring efforts in
the advancement of scouts in the
; city. The clasp was a gift from
I the entire troop.
This was followed by the ex- j
| change of gifts by the boys and
gifts of balloons and noise mak
j ers by Chairman McCarthy. Each ’
; member of the troop was given a j
;“good turn” token, in order they;
may remember to do a good turn
daily.
Those in attendance were: j
I Scoutmaster Victor Larsen, ‘
| Scout Chairman McCarthy, j
| Junior Assistant Scoutmaster i
j Joseph Campo, Scouts- - James
i Kelly, Calvin Cates, John Mem-'
| endez, Ernest Perez, Bert Cates,
1 Gordon Dill, John Marzyck, Paul
i Herrick, Allen Porez, Albert
: Peterson, Arthur Lowe, Ernest
Avila, Phillip Bradley, Sherwood j
Cruz, Jack Sawyer, Eugene |
Sawyer, Ramon Gonzago, Henry
Soldano, and guests Espinola
Roberts, Richard Dill.
I The program was brought to a
close by contests and games of
skill, in which all the troop mem- i
! bers took part.
find skulTof !
HUMAN SKELETON
„
Skull and bones of a human!
.-keleton were disclosed yester- (
day by WPA workmen, who were,
! excavating on South street be- j
' tween William and Alberta i
streets.
There were also several but-!
tons brought to light from the!
I surrounding soil, which indicated
' that tho’eiblhing was of old time
, make which'had carried the but
j tons.
No one could account for the
j presence of the bones, and there
! was plenty of speculation as to
t how they came to be placed m
this out of way spot.
The excavation was part of the
work being done on the sewer
project, and the relics of the past
were placed in the fill and were
soon hidden from sight.
PRISON INSPECTOR
ARRIVES IN CITY
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J. E Creech, prison inspector
for Florida front Ibel otoct of
Nathan Mayo. of
Agriculture, was a visitor in Key;
West this monyitg; for the pq- 1
pose of inspecting the county
jail.
After going over the institu -
tion, Mr. pronounced,
everything in excellent condition
and said that he could give the
jail a clean bill.
Ahern Funeral Home
JOSEPH L. PLUMMER, i
Vico President
AMBULANCE SERVICE
Phona 21111 Miami. Fla.
KEY WEST, FLORIDA. FRIDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1938
(WALTER WINCHELL
PLANS VISIT HERE
Key West may expect in
spection from one of the
keenest observers in the
country who is known to
practically all America, by
voice at least, and many sec
i lions of the world. The name j
of the visitor is Walter Win
chell.
Just received this morning '
at the office of Secretary S. j
C. Singleton of the Chamber
! of Commerce, is the follow
ing note from Mr. Winchell:
"Dear Mr. Singleton. Thanks
for your wire and letter. I
will try to make it. Good
Wishes, Walter Winchell."
Carroll John Daly, noted
writer of detective stories,
has made up his mind to live
in Key West, and writes:
"And right now I want to
congratulate you on that
booklet which started me i
writing to you. I know the
: book started me and I know
you kept me at it. But I did
not find out until the other
j night that you wrote it.
Someone had shown me
the book. Later I discovered
that it was written by you.
So come on. You know me
well enough now. Pul me
wise to how much I should
pay. It's costing plenty in
time and getting ready and 1
it will cost more to get my
furniture and books out of >
storage, and ship them to
wherever my address will
j be.”
i NEWSFLASHES
IHr AMi><-lnlril I'rpm)
BERLIN. Under - Secretary
j Welles’ refusal to apologize for‘
j Secretary of the Interior Ickes'
1 recent verbal attack on the Nazi
government has widened the
German-Amcrican breach.
Welles pointed out that the
German controlled press has
made many attacks on President
I Roosevelt and that no complaint
had been registered with German
j officials.
The German retort was that
no German official had ever :
i spoken against an American of-;
j ficial.
WPA WORKMEN i
ENJOYING REST
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FORCES WILL NOT RESUME'
ii
OPERATIONS UNTIL AF- i
TER CHRISTMAS
| !
, Practically all workmen on the
1 rolls of the Works Progress Ad- j
ministration are taking it easy to- 1
day and the period of relaxation '
| will continue ujitil Tuesday, De-'
Cumber 27, when it is expected
that all activities will be resum
ed.
Preparations for this Christmas
, period of rest was started several
weeks ago when the workers be
gan working a greater number
of hours in order to get in the
time which would afford them
: the rest and. incidentally, insure
receipt of the pay checks before
Christmas.
LAST CALL FOR—
Films and Cameras
Excellent Gifts
Full Stock of all Types and Sizes
GARDNER’S PHARMACY
The Rexall Store
534 Duval St. Phone 177
|| Announcing the Opening of
j { FRED M ARVIL'S
t | Cabana Cocktail Lounge
Tomorrow Afternoon Saturday
i | "Callow" and Tony" behind the bar
| 60S Duval Street
HARRY HOPKINS
I GETS NEW POST
—i
HARRINGTON AND WILLIAMS
! ALSO GIVEN APPOINT- |
MENTS
illy Amtnrlnlril I’rrnn)
■ WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec. 23.
—Stephen Early, secretary to
President Roosevelt, today an
nounced the appointment of Har
ry Hopkins, by the President, to
the position of Secretary of Com
merce. the post which was for
merly held by Daniel Roper, re
cently resigned.
To fill the post made vacant by
the appointment of Harry Hop
kins, Colonel F. C. Harrington
was named by the President. >
The third appointment of the
day was made when Aubrey
ii
Wil iams was announced as head
of the National Youth Adminis
-1 tration.
MAGAZINE STORY
GREATLY ENJOYED
|S. C. SINGLETON AUTHOR
OF ARTICLE REPRODUCED
i
IN THE CITIZEN
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J 9 I
I The Citizen, in the issue of
j Tuesday, carried a story under
! caption “One Road To Key West,”
which appeared in the current
issue of the Magazine Traveler,
and was such an interesting one
i that republication of parts of the
story was decided on.
! So many favorable comments
were heard on the different
points covered, and The Citizen
was asked so frequently “who
; wrote the story”, that it was de-!
; cided to investigate. It did, and
I learned today that the writing
was from the facile pen, or type
writer, of S. C. Singleton. Cham
ber of Commerce secretary.
TUG WARBLER !
! DUE TOMORROW
! !
I
1 Wrecking Tug Warbler, which
j left port Tuesday to go ot the as
j distance of the Estonian Steamer
I Torni, which was reported in
! trouble off Cuba and near Porto
Padre, will return to Key West
tomorrow morning 7:30 o’clock.
; The Steamship Torni is. ac-;
cording to Lloyds Register, aves-,
i scl of 251 length, 2044 tnn<
I gross and 1209 net. What activity (
was done by the Warbler was not
incorporated in the radiogram
which was received by the Por
ter Dock Company this morn
| ing.
HARVEY CLOPTON !
PAID VISIT HERE
I
Harvey Clopton, former rota- 1
: gravure advertising manager of
the Courier Journal and Times of
I Lousville. Ky.. and now president
; of the Advertising Club of Louis
ville, was a visitor in Key West j
Wednesday.
Mr Clopton spent the day look
, ing over the city and was a pleas
ant and interested visitor in the
afternoon at The Citizen office.
Fan American Airways Plan
To Operate Service Between
Key West, Miami And Havana
U. S. Destroyers Due To
Arrive Here January 3
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(By Waihingion Correspondent
of The Key West Citizen
WASHINGTON. D. C.. Dec. 23.!
Is K. /
—Two U. S. destroyersjMhe
Childs and the Williamson- will
:
drive .in Key West from Norfolk
about January 8. for a ten-day !
stay, it was stated here today at
*l;e Navy Department.
Sailing date for the two vessels
from Norfolk has been set for
January 3, it was said, and it i3
expected that the vessels will re
turn to that ciiy atier the Key
West trip.
During their slay in Key West
the navy ships will lay off the
Naval Station.
The destroyers' visii is the only
voyage of naval vessels to Key
West, scheduled at this time, the
Navy Department said.
MRS. HENRIQUEZ
DIED IN TAMPA
RESIDED IN KEY WEST BE
FORE TAKING UP HER
HOME IN TAMPA
Mrs. Eduardo Henriqucz, 77, a j
former resident of Key West but |
who for the past 12 years has re
sided in Tampa, died December
20, and interment was held the *
following afternoon.
Before her passing, several of.
the children went to Tampa and j
spent a short time with their !
mother. They returned before,
her death, except Enrique Hen
riquez, who remained until the
end and returned over the high- ,
way last night.
Mrs. Henriquez is survived by
her children, Mrs. Ramon Deri
zar.s. Havana: Mrs. Alberto Roche.
Tampa; Rafael. Arcadio, EnrjQMR
and Eduardo, Jr., of Key,, West;.
, Kcgjjio and Joseph of Tamper, and
m
BUY CHRISTMAS SEALS
Just In Time For Late
Shopper*
NOW OPEN
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CORAL REEF
212 Duval Street
TOYS - GIFTS
COSTUME JEWELRY I
SOUVENIRS
SHELL NOVELTIES
CUSTOM-MADE TIES j
DOLLS
CHRISTMAS TREE
I AT FIRE STATION
DONATED BY A. B. CLEARE.
FORMER MAYOR AND
COUNCILMAN
; Number 1 fire station Wednes
j day night was the center of at
traction for pedestrians and auto
mobilists, each anxious to see the
beautifully decorated Chr.stn:as'
tree, which is placed just inside
:he entrance.
. Each year at this time mem- ;
beis of the Fire Department le
ceive a tree from a friend of the
department, which is dressed up
with tinsel and many colored
lights, and placed where it can
oe seen by passers-by.
The tree this year is one of the
most beautiful fir trees which
nave been seen this season, and
I was a gift from former council
man and mayorv Allan B. Cleare,
Sr., who ever has a warm spot
ui his heart for the fire-fighters
It prdaehts i a delightfully
Christmas look, but there is miss
ing from the branches the pres
ents and greeting cards which
usually form the must attractive
; art of the decorations of a
Christmas tree.
Members of the department arc
anticipating gifts and are looking
forward to Saturday when, it is
.loped, that many gifts will be
uspended from the branches.
SCOUT TROOP
i RETURNS HOME
i
MEMBERS ENJOY ENCAMP
MENT AT THE PINES ON i
STOCK ISLAND
i
Scoutmaster A. E. Peirce, Boy
j Scout Troop 51 and a group of
the members, returned yesterday
from the camp which had been
established at The Pines on Stock
Island. The camp was arranged
expressly for the purpose of giv
ing the boys certain tests which
are required by the scouts.
Mr. Pierce said he was able to
give the scouts a splendid outing
much of which was due to the
courtesy of Major Wm. V. Al
bury, Florida National Guard,
■ who loaned the tenting equip
ment which made the com
fortable camping possible.
> Those who took the tests and
passed were: Anthony Boza. Lyle
McCarron, Leonard Key. John J.
Romero, Donald Lowe. Anthony
Albury. Frank Papy. Gilbert Hall,
Joseph Roberts. Paul Esquinaldo,
and Eugene Bcrkowitz.
The formal Opening tinner and Dance at La Casa
Marina will take place this year on Saturday evening,
December thirty-first.
A cordial invitation is extended to the people of
Key West to participate as has been the annual
custom.
Dinner will be served at 8:00 o'clock and danc
ing is from 9:30 'till 2.
The charge will be $2.50 per person
Please call Mr. Grobe, phone 780, for your table
reservations. This is necessary.
CASA MARINA,
PETCT SCHUTT, Mtug.r 1
Key West, Florida, has the
most equable climate in the
country; with an average
range of only 14* Fahrenheit
PRICE FIVE CENTS
4
j. V
Station To Handle Passen
gers To Be Constructed
On Waterfront; Plans
Nearly Completed
Pan-American Airways will
operate plane service between
Key West, Miami and Havana,
providing all necessary facilities
for the handling of passengers,
from Havana and other govern
in' tal activities in connection
therewith, are provided locally.
Jim Yonge, legal representative
of the Pan-American Airlines,
and J. Galhaus, an engineer of
the lines, were in Key West this
week and discussed the matter
with W. R. Porter, president of
the First National Bank, in all
detail.
Station Necassary
The visiting officials pointed
out that it would be necessary to
construct a station on the water
front where planes coulpl be
brought down and passengers
landed. In the station will have
to be rooms for the use of gov
ernment officials ‘which include
U. S. Public Health Service, the
Customs Service and the Immi
gration Service.
Mr. Porter told The Citizen to-
day that arrangements have been
completed for the construction of
the station which will be on a
conveniently located pier in the
subbase, according to the blue
prints which have been made and
are in Mr. Porter’s office.
Ships which will be used in
the service are the Fan-American
Clippers. Trips are to be made
from Miami to- Havana, from
the Cuban port to Key West,
hack again to Havana and thence
to Miami.
Capital Naadad
However the service will not
be put into effect unless Key
West capital is supplied for the
construction of the station and
facilities in connection therewith
i Conservative estimates place
the cost at from SBOO to SI,OOO
and Mr. Porter said that the best
portion of the amount has been
secured, or promised, and there
was but little doubt in his mind
that the entire amount needed
for the station would be secured
The far reaching effects of this
service, the small cost to passen
gers, which it is said will be
something less than the passage
by steamer, and the short time of
the trip and the convenience to
travel, make it certain that the
necessary funds will be provided.
A REAL DISAPPOINTMENT
Chicago. Thieves broke into
the automobile of Nathan Glazer.
shoe salesman, and stole four
cases of shoes, including men's
work shoes, women's gold and
silver evening slippers and sports
boots. The only trouble, the
thiev*s would have to be one
legged to profit much—they were
ail for the left foot.