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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-07-20
Gives Outline OF East
Route Pan-Anerican Way

West would like to know the de-
tails of the major features OF this
East route / have tried to
mobilize and outline.
"Goderich, Ontario major cheer
leaders, the most active cheer
leaders for the Blue Water Way
highway movement in Western
Ontario, the ones who sold Ashe-
vile on the Ambassador Highway
opportunity back in 1928, have
got together and directed their
secretary to write me, approving
my effort to tie the East Route
Pan-Ameriean, to their Ambassa,
dor Way, and urging me to carry
on in my effort to get Asheville
tied to the plan to head motor
cade to Ontario, timed with the
Toronto Exhibition, where Florida
has started its fall advertis-
ing, the past several years.
You have my word for it, the
most popular boosting opportunity
open to Asheville and her route
% towns and our biggest rival,
Knoxville and her route .25, is
this Ambassador Way and the
motorcade to Detroit, Toronto and
Buffalo.
Knoxville modified all the
East Tennessee towns back in 35
into a regional c. of C.. to help
Knoxville head a motorcade to
Ontario, but they just couldn't
muster the stuff it called for.
"The reorganization of the
Appalaehia, Va. Chamber of Com
meree tonight is founded on this
Pan-Ameriean highway oppor-
tunity, headed right through our
towns, it is in keeping with what
Steve Singleton has been urging
on me, to get van organization,
and we now have one, that can
and will furnish initiative.
The Appalachia, Va. business
men win be handicapped in help
ing this East route Pan-American,
until l can get Steve Singleton
and his greater Key West cheer
leaders, to furnish me some book
let and possibly some marked
copies of The Citizen, with a
very special message to some OF
the outstanding cheer leaders OF
route %, Key Vests best bet, in
. starting the next big forward
step in her cradeling this East
route"
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-07-20

"Dear William: Thank you for
having sent me the pictorial con-
corning Key West. / did enjoy
looking over it very much. Of
course everything in it was fafai-
liar to me as / have known Key
West since 1884"
Thus writes Peter o. Knight,
prominent Florida attorney of
Tampa, in reply to a letter from
William Knight, of this city, and
copy of the rotogravure edition
recently made of Key West and
of which thousands Of copies have
been sent to different parts of
the country.
Mr.. knight in his letter of
thanks calls attention to the fact
that in 1884 in Key West he de-
Tended a man in circuit court
charged with murder, and his
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-07-20
Peter 0. knight Recalls
Happenings OF Years Ago
During Stay In Key West

client was acquitted. After the
case he was offered the office of
county judge here, but declined.
Il was only nineteen Mt the
time.
81 have always had a warm
spot in my heart for Key West
because o. tae many friends l
had there, and ] know of no spot
on the globe where nature has
done soesanch for as Key West"
OF the attraetiveness of the
city Mr.. Knight feels that it can
not be surpassed and he cannot
but believe that it viii come back
again and be an important point
in this country. Il sincerely hope
So"
p. o. Knight has been for many
years and now is a regular yearly
subscriber to The Citizen.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-07-20
~ ~ - - %(%Z~
HAS GREAT HOPES
FOR ISLAND CITY

John Circuit, Siasconset,
Nantucket Island, Mass, is
another visitor who thinks
that Key West will eventually
be a great place to live and
so expresses himself in let
ter to friends.
When here some time ago
he fell in love with the island
and its attractiveness and
beauty, and the possibilities
of its being made more beauti-
full, and hesitates not at all
in writing to this effect.
Desiring to keep in touch
with the trend of events in
Key West, Mrs. Grout sends
in a subscription for The
Citizen, and the first copy is
being sent him today.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-07-20
County Board Approves
Key-Lighting Franchise
Document Signed For Per-
mission To Operate
Light And Power Plant
On Keys

County commissioners, at a re-
essssd meeting last night in the
county court house, signed the
franchise granting to AIOnzO Goth
ron the right to construct within
the district between Snake Creek
and Lower Mateeumbe, an electric
light and power plant to provide
service for jewellers on the Keys.
The franchise is to run for 40
years, and every phase of its
period of activity including acct
dents, and stipulations under
which the county will be en-
powered to void the franchise, are
covered in this comprehensive
grant which was unanimously
passed by the board and signed
by the chairman and members.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-07-20

The following letter, giving a
description and outline OF the
East Route Pan-American Way,
was received by The Citizen from
W. G. Coutts at Big Stone Gap,
Va. The letter, which is of much
interest to Key West, is published
herewith:
Il am just in from the big re-
organization OF the Appalachia,
Va. C. of C. and it has been a
double inspiration to me to carry
on in my effort to help our towns
to be the first group of towns to
team up with Florida in this East
route Pan-American.
THE East route Pan-American
Way booklets, your Chamber of
Commerce furnished me were
handed to the major key men most
active cheer leading for this Vast
Ambassador Way, then when Col
lier's came out with their big
broadcast for the Pan-American
way, Feb. 81 | made a still hunt
for copies of Golfers, some "a
copies and mailed the clippings
and our Ambassador Way cheer
leaders sure would like to grab of
this prize for our pet route %
Detroit to Miami.
II am enclosing $1.00 to get on
your mailing list, to keep track OF
the progress being made on the
Keys road Improvement, also am
appealing to Steve Singleton and
his Second st. Petersburg cheer
leaders, to team up with the loca
press, in some special effort anC
message to Key Vests most ac,
tive and willing allies, Ashevillt
and her route % group of towns
Wouldn't it be wonderful
should the key men in Key West
find a way to carry on cradelins
this East route Pan-American ane
give the young business men {
chance to team up as a separate
unit, possibly cheer leaders OF thi:
plan Ontario is urging, 100000
young business men, a vast poten
tial shock troop, to burst the Hin
denberg line that is blocking tn.
1000 towns on 20 routes headed
for Florida from giving Califor
MIA a friendly race for this Pan
American Way prize.
Il have lots o. reasons for be
lieving the town builders in Ke,
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-07-20
Key West Battery
Given Much Credit

Major Guy A. Klock, F. N. c.,
is of the opiaion, and a justifiable
one that Battery 'E" of Key
West, Florida National Guard, had
to their credit during the encamp-
n,ent which cime to a close last
Friday, the most perfect kitchen
and mess hall at the reservation.
As a matter Of truth the major
DID not heitate to announce that
during his years of service he had
never been in a kitchn nor mess
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-07-20
PHOTOGRAPHS
MANY TREES
In THIS CITY
W s. WOOD EXPRESSES
OPINION THAT ROYAL PoIN.
CIANA IN FULL BLOOM IS
GORGEOUS SIGHT

There is no more gorgeous
sight in the flower world than
royal poinciana in full bloom, is
the expressed opinion Of VIM. S.
Wood. in charge, as director, OF
Federal Art Projects in this Flor
ida district.
And this opinion is coneurred
in by Eve Alsman Fuller, state dis
rector of Federal Art Projects in
Florida, whose ideas are ever on a
grand scale and even now is in
te1ested in the idea of an illustrat-
ed booklet to he titled key West
In Bloom" and on which Mr..
Wood is now working.
Mr.. Wood arrived over the
highway yesterday and brought
with him the finished photographs
Of many scenes in Key West,
which included an individual pic
ture Of every royal poinciana tree
in the city, taken several weeks
ago when these gorgeous trees
were in full bloom, laden with
flowers.
at is not until the actual photo
graphs are shown that one can
realize how grand this showing of
floral magnificence really is, !"
said Mr.. Wood, "and / hope to be
able eventually to put the idea
Key West In Bloom in one of
the most BEAUTIFUL and attractive
booklets ever gotten out.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-07-20
ROBOT COTTON GRADER

Memghis. TeHn.-k robot cot
ton chasing device. which operaics
electrically. registering TIE length
o the staps. and the uniformity
81 the fibefs when q sample Of
cotton Is PASSED N front ~ photo.
electric cells. has been Developed
~ DR.. x. l. HerteI. Profe.sof Of
Physics AZ The univers y - Ten
nessee. Dr. HsFtpl asserts that
hi "flhrograph~ when perfected
would prove more seeufate than
the best Graders n the inaastFg.
Tire instrument may BE- ready FOR
commercial use within . gear
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-07-20
BRIDGE BOARD
MEETS AGAIN
LAST EVENING
APPOINT CERTIFIED PUB
Lie ACCOUNTANTS OF MI
AMI TO MAKE AUDIT OF
ALL ACCOUNTS

Members of the newly-installad
Overseas Road and Toll Bridge
District, last night at a called
meeting, appointed the firm Of
Abess and costar, certified public
accountants Of Miami, to make an
audit of all the accounts Of the
projects on the highway at a price
not to exceed $3.50.
This was done in confirmation
Of the motion offered yesterday
noon when the first meeting Of
the new commission was kald fol-
lowing retirement Of the old com
mission. and the assumption of
their duties by the new.
II was stated that the audit pro-
posed to cover all transactions Of
the toll bridge commission since
tn date Of is inception and is to
be a complete report of all ex-
penditnIes made up to the pres
ent time.
II was announced that Paul
Amert, chief counsel of the PWA,
was to be in Key West today to
confer on matters pertaining to
the bridges and the extent of the
jurisdiction Of the commission,
the rsxt meeting would be held
tonight in the county court house
az $40 o'clock, when various
questions would be discussed,
among them that proposed yester-
day relative to the replacement
Of Attorney II. II. Taylor by his
suggested and no2inated success
scr. Attorney Paul Marks. Of Mi
ami.
Present at the meeting was the
fun board membership. also b.
H. Duncan, general manager and
chief engineer, A. L. VEST bridge
engineer; II. f. Day. secretary 10
B. NJ. Duncan; Harry u. Baker,
chief Of the Key West Fire De-
partment, and a few interested
eitirens.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-07-20

hall in the National Guard or
United States Army where the
sanitary arrangements reached a
higher stage of perfection than
that OF the Key West unit.
Inspection records prove that
Battery "E' had a percentage for
sanitation Of 1895 out of a pos
sible hoo, 35 points ahead of
their nearest competitor, and was
presented with the beautiful sill
yer cup as a trophy for clean
illness and sanitary eminence.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-07-20
FINDS sI,Iso CAN'T COLLECT
NOW

San Francisco.Some time ago
Guadalupe Martinez. restaurant
bus boy. found sI,150 in currency
on the street. He reported his
find to the police but no one has
appeared TO claim the money.
However he cannot legally pos
SesS his find until February %
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-07-20
-coATLEss. cHuRcH.coERs

Stamford, Holding -
his philosophy that ministers
preach 70 help people, not q help
pewS, Rev. ". o. EDWARDS. pastor
Of the Springiale and High Ridge
Methodist Church, has invited the
men az his eonxrgnti0n to astend
ehareh IN the summer without
coats He hms announced that ~
himself wiH preach IA his shlrf
seeves K she weather Fenalns
hot
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-07-20
NOW READY TO
FINANCE
ON MORTGAGES
PRESIDENT OF REAL Es.
TATE AND MORTGAGE
BROKERS. INC, MAKES AN
NoUNCEMENT

Announcement was made today
by Hugh Williams, president Of
Brett Williams, Inc, 425 DuvaI
street, real estate and mortgage
brokers, of the completion of ar
rangensents for financing Federal
Housing Administration Mortgage
Loans applications in Key West
area.
Applications may now be made
with Brett Williams for F. H. A.
Mortgage Loan Insurance by any
one in this county wishing such a
loan for the construction of new
houses or apartments or duplexs.
Mr. Williams will take these
applications or help prepare them
or advise anyone wishing to build
in Key West as to the particulars
of the F. II. A.
Mr.. Williams takes care of all
details in connection with for
warding it to the Miami F. H. A.
office and looks after it until it
IS approved and commitment
granted for insuring the loan.
Fact that Federal Housing Adj
ministration operations are not
generally understood in Key West
has been brought to the attention
of Mr.. Williams while in this city
organizing his firm.
T. H. A. is branch of the Fed
eraI Government. II does not loan
money or make loans. It insures
mortgages over a period of years
up to twenty. Both the percent
age Of loan and term OF years de-
rending, to some extent, upon the
character and ability of the apple
amt to pay back the loan. states
Mr.. Williams.
After the F. Fl. A. approves the
loan and grants a commitment,
it is then necessary for some one,
firm or company to advance the
money on the loan.
Brett Williams, Inc, represent
mortgage interests, who are ready.
able and wiling TO advance the
full amount Of cash upon any
and all mortgages so insured By
the F. H. A. on any Key Yves,
property.
Building OF new homes and
apartments is one of the most i'm.
portant issues before the city of
KY West and If this city IS going
to keep abreast Of the times. II
must do considerable building in
the near future, states Mr vii.
Iiams.
In Mr.. Williams opinion. nc
announcement has been made in
this city since the granting Of tn
Overseas Highway loan Of greater
Importance than the announce.
ment az the availability az unIinl-
tied funds for construction OF
new homes.
Aside from needing aeeommo.
dations Tor the crowd that VII
eone here. Mr.. Williams believes
that Key West has everything that
the average tourist wants-uaoss
nearly perfect climate in tha
world. best fishing. restfulness
not cQua.ad anywhere else. cool.
ing breexes with cool evening.
and mornings. a liberal city. good
government and best Of all. mos.
pleasant ard friendly people.
Under this new plan. Mr.. WI,
hams points oat that Il i new
easy for citiaens Of Key West "a
build new houses. apartments ard
hotels.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-07-20
Miss Lora Lock Of WPA
Recreation Unit Arrives

Geiess. - ne Reersation dleis -
- Dsstries 3. 81 Mami.
These visitors are en5eF.eE
fhslr atag sd hass aeesaed - ~
mala aneshsr d. SD leave over
fhe hsghNnv temoFFoN Ma Leek
SD aethss vi proceed - 1aet
ssasiae I'D alss Gsigsr - assV
nt Mism4
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-07-20
Preston Pinder Comes
To City On Business

which was granted last night to
Alonxo Cothron, By the county
commissioners
Matters in connection with tie
land are 30 BE strairhsened BY
the owner and for this reason he
was visiting the county eenrt
house to-day and assessing the
projected plant and vaiue to the
dwellers Ga the KEYS with Clerk
Ross c. Sawyer.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-07-20

Preston Pinder. prominent eiti-
zen Of upper Mateeumhe, was an
arrival over the highway yester-
day accompanied ty MS son. Rus
sen. ard son-in-law. shelton
Stone.
Mr.. P,nder, the elder. Il owmeg
81 land on which viii - erected
the building for the electric light
and power plant, frnashise fer
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-07-20
NEWS NOTES
PRIEST Ex-CoMMUNIcATED

Vatican City.-Raffaele codi-
pietro, parish priest. was recently
convicted Of "sacrilege" in fax
ing a miracle during a communion
service in his church and was ex-
communicated. The sentence vii
'unfroek" the priest, cast him out
of the church and deny him the
Catholic marriage sacrament.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-07-20
CHOOSES DOG; LEAVES WIFE

London.-Given the alternative
Of choosing between his wife and
his racing greyhound by a magis.
trate. William Frank James. Of
Fulham. South London, decided
to stick to his dog and pay his
wife alinonv Of six dollars q
week
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-07-20

Mss Lara LEX. 81 he WPA
Recraasian dlvisisn IA Forise ar
rived yesterday Tor > sisss wth
her many trends u thr cts nsd
il tie wPA 81 Ky West
Accompanying Hiss fork Il hsr
mosAer. Mrx Jeseie Egsrser. -
Emperia. Kans.. ard Na Esaie
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-07-20
County Commissioners Adopt
Tentative Budget Last Night
Various Other Matters
Heard During Special
Meeting OF 0rganizs-
ton


Tentative budget for the county
for the year 1878. was adopt
ed last night at the meeting of the
County Commissioner Of Monroe,
and the order for its qualifications
was announced.
Present at the meeting weres
Chairman Carl Bervaldi. commis-
sioners VIM. R. Porter. Norbsrs
Thompson. BraxtOn b. Warren.
and Cleveland Niles. Clerk Ross
c. Sawyer, Attorney w. Curry
Harris, Chief Deputy Sheriff Ber-
nard Waite. Judge Raymond R.
Lord. Tax Assessor }. Otto Kireh-
heiner, and number of interested
citizens.
The question of arranging tho
budget was discussed at a pre-
viops meeting and practically all
details were arranged with but a
few exceptions which were ode
eided last night and first pubHea-
ton in The Citizen ordered Tor to-
morrow.
Communication. by Telegram.
froa Herman Lssseter remeaaai
inc the R. E. Drummer company.
relative to the purchase Of =
group of bond offerings. was read
and discussed. The bonds. road
and bridge refunding. were offer
ed: $4,000 at 70; $4,000 at y
and $4,000 at rs, were ordered
purchased through the State Board
o. Administration.
Communication from j. n. Lee.
comptroller OF the State. was read.
Il carried an calculation Of House
Bill 500 relative 10 the purchase
OF tax certificates Action had al
ready been taken on these mat
tiers and the letter was ordered
filed.
In a letter from n. J. Flipse,
NJ. D.. chairman Of the State
Tuberculosis sanatorium commit
tee. was set forth the necessity Of
Monroe county setting aside q
fund in their budget, which win
provide for the treatment Of
tubereular patients At the Sana-
torinm.
The matter was discussed brief
" and Il was the unanimous opin.
ion Of the board that the sum o.
$1,000 should Be incorporated Ia
the budget then under eontempla-
ton. This vas authorized.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1937-01-27
EOGHEGAN GOLF
SHOW ON MONDAY

Golfers Of Waterbury and yicin-
ity have treat In store for them
next Monday evening when Bud
Oeorehegan, Highland Country
club professional produces his Sec
ond annual golf show at his golf
school in the Kingsbury hotel. The
program includes the personal APP
pearance Of such golfing stars as
Bobby Grant, Charlie Clare, Holly
Mandley, Ted Schorer. Fred Ills and
the masked marvel These experts
will demonstrate their swings and
shot making. Bud oeoghegan will
explain the fundamentals OF the
golf swing and will offer sueges-
tons 10 correct the common errors
made by beginners as well as the
better players.
SLOW motion pictures Of Bobby
Jones and Walter Hagen win feature
the program. which will be suple-
mented by action pictures OF Tony
MaDer0. national open champion,
Joe K. kwood and others who have
appeared at the Tfighisd Country
club IN exhibitions. This interesting
golf program rs FREQ 70 the eolfing
Dubiio and commences at . O'Clock.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1937-01-27
Greatest Winter
Sports Show
At New Haven

New Haven, Jan. Tr-The biggest
and most glittering carnival Of
color ever presented on Ice, the
ice Follies Of 1897" will be staged
at the lew Haven Arena next
Wednesday and Thursday, Febru-
airy 3 and 4.
The "1ce Follies" carrying It's own
scenic effects lighting propesties
and costumes, wardrobes mistress,
musical director and stage mana
ger, rivals the creations Of zeigfe1d
in his palmiest days and comes to
the Arena with the reputation OF
having broken attendance records
In every city 1t has appeared.
Rainb0w-Line
A crew of props" men will trans-
form the Arena into a winter
wonderland. The rink will be paint
ed red, blue and silver. Elaborate
scenery will be erected and, with
multicolored spotlights played upon
II, the ice will mirror every color Of
the rainbow.
The finest cast OF professional
skaters ever assembled will present
twenty-five spectacular acts-comcdy
acrobatic timbling, Ice ballets, pant
omines, beautiful tableaux, group
numbers and novelties which have
never before been attempted ON Ice.
The ice Follies" is the same show
which played to standing room at
the Madison Square Garden in New
York last week. II presents for the
first time In theis country, Miss Idi
Paper and Karl Zwack, European
figure skating champions, from
Vienna.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1937-01-27
WEST SIDES COP
THREE HOOP GAMES

The West Side Speedboys played
three games in three days and won
the three contests. Two were played
out OF town. Sunday In Torrington,
they took over ST. Joscph,s OF that
city, 4-0; Monday evening I'm An.
sonia they defeated the Maple A.C.
OF Arsonia. 1920 and last night at
Russell school they defeated the
Connecticut Blues of New Haven,
1874. 1t was q close game until the
last period. and then tho Speed
boys got started and walked away
with the game. The Specdboys will
play the Bristol 5hamrocks In a
return game ut Russell school FRI
day night. The local team won the
first game In Bristol, N-30. Admis-
sion will be charged and large
attendance Ia expected TO see the
game, which starts at 8:15.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1937-01-27
Today's Sport
Parade
BY Henry McLemore
United Press stan Correspondent

, want TO brag-~because I've tried
10 quit that--but 1 believe can
learn to play golf well enough 10
take oil the girls"
There isn't any doubt about It.
She'll do Just that, In time. She
has the strength and she has the
touch. And. what IA more import
ant. she can spot EN- all head
start in spirit. Women golfers have
way Of choking up when the going
gets tough. Not the Babe, the tough
or IL gets the better she likes It.
That's not on opinion. That's
proved fact.
Confident
And she has confidence. Sitting in
the hotel after the round Of golf
someone suggested q fishing trip
and asked Babe TO 60.
"5ure," she answered, and I'll bet
you five dollars I catch the first
flsh and FIVE more that / get the
biggest one"
No one took her UP. probably be-
cause 10 isn't wise TO answer the
challenge Of o winner Of GA first
place medals. You don't get those
for cockiness, but for performance
Babe Ia not thinking about getting
married. She thought about 1t last
year In fact, she got within one
block OF the preachers house. But
let her explain:
I'VE were Just block away. and
all Of o sudden said TO myself
Babe, you better wait o while sc
jumped out OF the car. 1t wal
going about 20 miles an hour. AND
wrote the fellow letter OF explain
alton q week later"
The fellow, she wouldn't tell his
name. but he's o major league base
ball player.
Copyright 1887 by United PresO
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1937-01-27
NEW MILFORD KACEYS
TO FACE HOPEvILLE

The Hopeville Community Center
has succeeded In bringing another
banner attraction TO Hopeville this
Friday evening when they tackle the
New Milford Kaceys headed by that
well known all around athlete Dave
Adair. IIennie Sfnithwick, local
boy, Is also with this team.
The kaceys are D rhngy team,
every member over 9 IT, tall. Against
this team Hopeville can also show
I'VE 9 fo6ters, including Henie Koch
vino Is Just hitting his regular stride
and II. Dubuque, Dave BartOlmi, Joe
Joyce and n. Dubuque.
Preliminaries will start ct 1880 p
m. and the big game Ut $50.
Big Jake vreeland will referee the
main TIT.