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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-02-23
LADIES NIGHT
WAS OBSERVED
LAST EVENING
LARGE NUMBER WERE PRES
EMIT AT AFFAIR CONDUCT
ED BY CHURCH SERVICE
CLUB

First Ladies Night of the Stone
Church Service Club was held
last night, George Washington's
Birthday, at the Church Annex
and was pronounced a huge sue
cess. Over 20 persons attended
the affair.
Decorations of coconut palms
over the entrances and along the
walls, red white and blue stream
ers on the ceiling and table was
a very pretty background
Rev Joseph Tolle was master
of ceremonies and gave a spark
ling performance of wit.
George Nixon gave the well
come to the ladies, and praised
them in excellent manner. Miss
Nellie Louise Russell responded
for the ladies, thanking MIR. Mix
on and members Of the club for
the invitation and excellent pro-
gram.
For the benefit of male guests
and visiting ladies, Norman
Lowe recited the preamble of the
club and sketched roughly the
ideals of the organization
Each male member Of the
group introduced the lady accom-
panying him to the Ladies' Night
and each feminine member in
troduced her escort Following
the suggestion of Rev. ToIle. the
most sarcastic and telling epithets
were launched by the differently
gendered members, all done in
good fun. and raising peals of
laughter.
A short violin interlude by Ger
aid Saunders, accompanied by
Kingman Curry at the piano. was
a pleasant feature Of the evening
''The Long. Long Trail at the re-
quest of Norman Lowe was very
well rendered.
A short skit between a travel
ling salesman. Albert Carey. and
Gerald Saunders. railroad ticket
agent. was extremely humorous
Albert Carey gave a sketch of
the history of George Washing
ton, while Mrs Walden supplied
a very interesting account of the
known facts of Martha Washing
toms life.
An honesty test was taken by
members of the club. but the
master of ceremonies, TO prevent
embarrassment to the group. de-
cided not to take its average
grade.
A slogan guessing contest was
another very entertaining game
played An excellent menu was
served guests.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-02-23
ORGANIZATION
MEETING FRIDAY
JUNIOR COMMERCE BODY TO
MEET IN OFFICES OF
SENIOR UNIT

First steps toward organization
Of Key West Junior Chamber of
Commerce viii be taken at a
meeting to be held Friday eve
ming, 7:30 o'clock, at office of
Chamber Of Commerce in La
coneha Hotel building.
All young men of the city be-
tween the ages of 10 and 50 are
urged 10 attend at which time it
Is hoped a temporary organiza-
ton can be effected.
At recent meeting of member
ship committee of State Junior
Chamber of Commerce, an appli-
cation for a charter for a Key
West chapter was approved Tom
Smith, vice president of the state
organization. who presented the
application for the charter. win
come TO Key West TO assist in
the formation of a permanent or
ganization.
II is hoped that there will be a
large attendance at this first
meeting.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-02-23
PWA AUDITOR
LEFT YESTERDAY
w. D. THOMAS THOROUGHLY
ENJOYS STAY IN
KEY WEST

Wilton d. Thomas. auditor of
the Public Works Administration,
who was in Key West engaged in
the work of auditing the records
of the expenditures on the Over
sea Road and Toll Bridge project.
has received orders to travel and
left yesterday for Washington.
Before leaving. Mr.. Thomas
said that he had never had the
happiness to meet a more affable
and congenial people than those
he had the privilege of meeting
while here, and. anticipating a
return later in the year. has indi-
Gated that as he believes his
mother viii be delighted with the
city and its atmosphere of gen.
uineneSs and hospitality. he will
accompany her on the trip.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-02-23
MRS. WILLIAMS
DIED LAST NIGHT
FUNERAL SERVICES TO BE
HELD TOMORROW AZ
TERNooN

Mrs. Nellie Lowe Williams. rs.
died last night Gas O'Clock, in the
home at 322 Simonton street. Fun
eTal services viii be held tOmor-
row afternoon 4 o'clock from the
residence to First Methodist
church. The service will be con-
Quoted by Rev. Joe ToIIe, assist
ed by Rev. Y. T Shehane, pastor
of the First Baptist church
PallbearerS viii be- 7 T
Thompson, Ross c. Sawyer, Frank
h Ladd. NOrberg Thompson. Bas-
com L. Grooms and w. Curry
Harris.
Arrangements are in charge of
the Lopez Funeral Home.
Mrs. Williams is survived by:
one daughter. Mrs. S. Paul Week
er. of Raleigh, n. C., one sister,
Mrs. Gena Semple. of Miami and
a grandson, Paul W. Vecker.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-02-23

a home on the Windsor Lane
property. Hilary Whalton sold
the property to MIR. Burchen Fri
day.
Lot four, block IL, plat l, in
Key Largo City was bought
Thursday by Brand Properties,
Inc, from Walter c. De GarneS,
Inc.
On the Keys again, In the town
of Tavernier, a plot 100 X 100
froting the Oversee Highway was
purchased by l. II. Prevo and
Rethea Prevo from G.. c. Geiger
and Gertrude Geiger Wednesday.
Harold r. Pinder ct ux bought
the IS x 18I property at GIL Fran
els Street from Mary E. Roberts
on Thursday MIR. Pinder viii re-
novate the two story house there.
making part of it grocery store
and part an apartment
J. G.. Kantor bought the so Y 90
lot just beyond the Galley Hos
pital on Eaton street. Two one
story cottages now stand on the
lot It IS understood that apart
ment houses will be raised on it.
Key West Foundation Co. sold the
property Thursday.
Edward l. Graham and Mary
L. Graham bought the 80 X 80 lot
at Eaton and Whitehead streets
from Margaret Dion Friday.
The 90 x 10 property on United
Street 80 feet from the corner of
Grinnell and United Streets was
purchased by William ]. Cassidy
from Susan E Cassidy on Wed
neSday.
John Earl Miller ct ux bought
a so X 100 lot on Georgia street
a block from Bertha street from
Loren c Taylor ct ux- The sale
was recorded Saturday.
Clements Jaycock. Jr-, bought
the rs x 80 property on Packer
street a short way from the corner
of Virginia and Packer on Mon
day.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-02-23
EDWARD BRUCE
COMING HERE

Edward Bruce, nationally
known artist who conceived the
idea of establishing the first art
colony here and through whose
plans the WPA group of artists
was definitely made a part Of the
Key West rehabilitation projects.
expects 20 arrive about March /.
For two years. Mr. and Mrs
Bruce was here each winter sea
son. and occupied delightful quar-
tiers in the naval station. AT
Christmas time. Mr.. and Mrs.
Bruce were among those who
freely gave to the fund 10 aid the
poor and needy. and To provide
toys and food There are a num-
Der of folk who viii always re-
member their charitable gifts
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-02-23
DENIES STATEMENT
ON COMPLETION OF.
OVERSEE HIGHWAY.
MARKS SAYS NO
DEFINITE DATE HAS BEEN
SET FOR FORMAL OPEN
ING

Paul marks, attorney for the
Oversee Road and Toll bridge
commission, IN a letter to The
Citizen. deplores the fact that
some incorrect information is be-
ing given out concerning the over
sea bridges, and their completion.
There has not been any date
set, he says. by the commission
as to the date of opening, and the
statement that it will be formally
opened by April Is, should not be
published as authoritative because
of the fact that no such date has
been set. Thas wis published in
the recent issue of a publication
in Miami.
Mr. Marks writes further: You
know, quite a few people in Key
West still think the people in
Miami are against any favorable
publicity for the City of Key
West. But living up here as I do.
/ have found that people in Mi
ami are more than glad to give
Key West "a break, and are very
pleased to see it coming back on
the map
After all, they feel that the
more attractions for South FIori-
da. the better for everybody con-
cerned. but particularly because
there are 50 many Key West resi-
dents up here. whose hearts are
still in Key West"
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-02-23
STEAMER BRINGS
HEAVY FREIGHT

s. Another shipment Of interlock-
ing steel piling arrived on the
Steamship Colorado last night 8
O'Clock from New York. In the
shipment were l62 tons of the
material. consigned to the naval
station
This piling, il was said. is an
other shipment of more than g.
600 tons of this material. which
viii be used in the setting Of the
quay wall at the naval station.
which work is under way at pres
ent-
On the vessel. also. vas a ship
ment Of sewer pipe for the WPA
project IN the city. The shipment
contained 1900 pieces of the pipe.
or about 500 feet
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-02-23
MartellO Towers, Key Property
Major Realty Sales Past Week

Two pieces of property In Mar
tellO towers. which is rapidly be-
coming the outstanding reSiden-
tial section of the city and in
which many beautiful modern
homes are being built, and a sale
of ii acres on Hog Island, where
the outstanding sales of the week
from Tuesday, February Is to
Monday inclusive Tracts on the
Keys were the other principal
buys.
w. c. Winkel Of Racine, Wis
consin was the buyer of the Mar
tello Towers tracts. One lot was
so x 100 and was sold by Eyie K.
johnson ct viz, the deed being re-
corded Tuesday, Feb. Is.
The second lot purchased by
Mr.. Winkel was IS K 100 and was
also in Martello Towers 1t was
sold by the First National Bank
of Key West
A E. WOODBURY. ct ux sold
three quarters of their IL acre
tract on Hog Island on Tuesday.
February Is One quarter went to
Pauline BrurS Papy. Another
quarter to Edith E Moffat, and a
third quarter to Charles w. Perez.
A sizeable plot of water front
property on the northeast end of
Stock Island was sold Friday by
S. c. Anderson ct ux to Charles
B. johnson of Detroit, Michigan.
The land was 500 K $50. 1t is un-
derstOOd that the tract will not
undergo immediate Improvement,
but it is quite probable that there
will be improvement later.
VIM P. BurcheH bought a lot
so X 100 which is situated just be-
hind the Catholic Church parson-
age on Windsor Lane. 1t is url-
derStood that Mr.. Burchell bought
the house at the corner of Angels
and SimOnton streets owned b.
Mrs o. S. Long. which he is at
present tearing down, that that
the wood viii be used to construct
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-02-23
]. PRITCHARD
RETURNS HOME

John Priichsrd returned yes
terdsy over the highway frum
Miami. and Is just recDrerug
from shock induced ~ AT auto
mobile accident IN WhIch Miss
Isabelle Pescuck was ms ra11nE
companion.
Miss Peacock uss drIVIuE tile
car and ran u into hEft pole
The result was q bruken arm fur
the driver and her companion ~
ceived . number - uTGlsez ahoat
the cheeks and nose
Mr. Pritchard Nraz wEzltlnE ln
Mann and was TIE guess uf hm
uncle and aunt NJ ard Mr. J p
Mullins, Of go s0uttwezi eleventh
street
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-02-23
Electric WeIders Assigned To
Swing Span Of MOser Channel
Bridge Now Nearly Completed
Over One Hundred And Fifty
Passengers Arrive Yesterday

More than $50 passengers az
rived yesterday afternoon on the
Steamship Cuba, from Havana,
and upwards of so of the arrivals
were passengers for Key West,
returning from a tour of the Is
land by way of that city.
Records on the ships papers
show that So first cabin passen-
gers were on the vessel with
tickets for Key West, eight 9TH
ers were second cabin passengers.
There were also I04 passengers,
first cabin, for Tampa and St.
Petersburg, and four second
cabin passengers.
Key West arrivals Max Clauss,
Mrs. ClauSs, Elizabeth Cowles,
Emile Smith, Walter Tate, Erwin
Coburn, Josephine Coburn. Leo
Burke, Mrs Burke, Charles Neil.
Mrs. Neil, Burt Engert, Mabel
Engert, Sidney A Foster, Mar
iorie Lawrence. Jacob Zellotin.
Yetta Balbontin, Henry HUM,
Anna Kuhn, Mary Rogon. Abra-
ham Rogon. Kenneth Hudson.
Florence Hudson. Joseph Zurig-
haft. Anna Zurighaft. Mario p.
NapoleS. Geo. nj. Wheeler, Marion
Wheeler, Maria Vlosal. EVELYN
Gary, Luis Keyes. Luis Muzi, ia
cob Rosenfield. Shirley Rosen-
field. EStella Rushton, Frank
REshton. Louise Crouch. SOPHIA
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-02-23
MONSTER HUGE OTTER

Mobile. Ala.-The cause Of al
the recent CONSERVATION n Fish
er's Alley was recently killed-tke
victim Of shotgun pellets The
monster" was a 3o-pound otter.
which was about four feet from
head 20 tip Of tail Sithering
thrugh the fence az the home Of
Charles Ardoyno. Il was ferocl-
ously attacked By Ardoynois col
lie dug and Subsequently shot b
Ar6oyno.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-02-23

SmuzyaShks, Frank Haines,
Grsyce Haines. Herbert o. Chat
FIN, Laura Chaffin, "a. Powell.
Gonzalo Bezanilla, Ester GuriEa,
Gloria Bezanilla. Carl0fs Rod
riguez, Henry E Wilson. LueIls
Z Wilson, James Dolan, Alice
Dolan, Raymond O'Brien.. Marie
O'Brien, George BuIlxhorn, June
Kirley. Edward Kirley. Emerson
Kuo. Folyn Kuo. Francisco San
chez, Lita Sanchez. Reinhardt
Ebert, Celia Sanchez. Marcia San
chez. Horacio Sanchez. Maria
Sanchez. Horacio Sanchez
The manifest of the Cuba show
ed the following items: Three
tons Of freight. SIX automobiles
and three sacks Of mail for Key
West: q tons of freight. two auto
mobiles and 10 sacks Of mail for
Tampa.
Following bookings for Tampa
left on the Cuba from tins city
Mr. and Mrs. n. r. Stevens. {. J.
Edwards. r. G. Allison. 7. Shirs-
day. Mrs. Shiraday. L. W. Robin-
son, W. r. Fleming. Mr. and Mrs
w. r. Orth. Mrs. w. r. Orth. Jr.
Joan Orth. Mildred Orth. J. Hoff
Jr.. c. J. Weber, Mrs. Weber
Carl c. Streuer. Mrs Streuer.
Stuart Sreuer. MIR. and Mrs I. r
Nsffz. Mrs. Bartlett. Anna Post
George Foster. Robert Parsona
Iames Wood, y +. Dyson-
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-02-23
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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-02-23
Increase In Stamp Sales
Raises Postmaster Salary
Receipts At Key West
Office Increase Suffi-
GENTLY To Warrant A
Raise
BY PAUL MAY
Especial Washington Correspondent
of The CTfIEeu1

of The CIfIEenJ
WASHINGTON. D. c.. Feb. %
Key West citizens bought
enough stamps in 1887 TO give the
postmaster there a 500 a year
raise. the Posioffice Department
disclosed today.
Adjusted receipts at the office
went up just ssII over the $4,000
mark which divides $4,000 offices
from $500 offices. the Depart
ment said.
With the adjusted figure at
SIS. 900 for 1896. the Key West
Office now pay $4,000. The higher
pay win 60 into effect with the
beginning of the fiscal year July
/.
Postoffice officials explained
that the receipt figure is adjust
ed in calculating salary and office
classification because only 90
percent of the gross intake counts
for this purpose.
Congress changed the law in
this respect in 1888 to keep all
postmasters from getting auto
matte raises out of three cent
postage.
The next mark for Key West
stamp buyers to shoot at is s33,-
600. which would bring an AUTO
Esatic raise of 500 TO the Key
West postmaster.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-02-23
new ARRIVAL IN
SEGALS' FAMILY

Information was yesterday re-
ceived BY Mrs. Thurston johnson.
of Fleming street. telling Of the
birth of a daughter 70 Mr.. and
Mrs. J. D, Segal. in Jacksonville.
Mrs. Segal was formerly Miss
portia johnson. of Key West, has
a host of relatives and friends
here who will be happy to learn
of the birth Of a daughter.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-02-23
NOTICE

Annual meeting and dinner
Of Scottish Rite Masons Of Key
West viii be held tonight.
February q. Dinner al Ia
coneha Coffee Shop. ? O'Clock
Election of officers 10 follow in
Scottish Rite Temple. All Sect
fish Rite Masons in the eifY
are invited 70 dinner and meet
ing after. as guests Of the local
body.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-02-23

Associated Press Day Wire
Service
For SO Years Devoted TO the
Best Interests of Key West
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-02-23

Key West Fluridz. kzz -
most equable crE<z = -
country with an Evs-zEe
range Ct only 14' FzkrszhaE
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1938-06-17
Plans Complete For
Cay Scholarship Dance
By A. D. e.

On Monday, June 20, gay young
girls and their gallant escorts, as
well as the lofty young men with
their fair young ladies, all 1888
graduates from Seattle, Tacoma,
Everett, Wenatchee and Bremen
ton, will be the center of attrac-
ton at the Community Scholar
ship Funds Fourth Annual Dance.
Faurot's Hall will furnish a mag
nificent background for the hand
somely gowned guests. Visitors
from as far away as Portland have
promised to come and make this
one of the largest and most bril-
liant affairs of the year. All pro-
ceeds from the dance will go for
scholarships at the University of
Washington next fall.
Mr.. James Clayton, chairman of
the dance committee, and Gerald
Wells, leader of Seattle's most po-
pular orchestra, are promising all
those who attend the height of the
seasons enjoyment. Five hundred
cards have been mailed through
out the Northwest but we have
tried to mail only one to a family,
Mr.. Gayton said. We want every
one to feel that they are invited,
however, and we want you to come.
A subscription of sixty cents will
be charged those who are not gra-
duates.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1938-06-17
Mgr. Wilson Sends
An Open Letter

I want to extend to you on be-
half of the American Giants, our
sincere thanks for the fine sup
port that you have given us. Of
couse we have made mistakes, but
they have benefited us greatly.
Considering that, many of our
boys have to work nights and are
not able to keep rigid training
rules that members of other teams
are able to keep, they are as a
whole doing fine.
The team plays in The Dalles,
Oregon, on the Bird and 4th of Ju-
ly. Also the team will give be-
nefit dance at the Tennis Club on
Friday, June "a, to help defray ex-
penses of the trip. Good music
and a wonderful evening assured
all. So, dear fans, we are expect
ing you out. We need your sup
port.
Il Wilson
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1938-06-17
Baptist Choir To Appear On
Enterprise Program June 3Oth

Mrs. Josephine Casmon, choir
leader and organist of the Mount
Zion Baptist Church, will appear
on the Northwest Enterprises all
Negro hour, Station KEEN, 8:15
p. M, Thursday, June 30, with the
Mount Zion choir.
Mrs. Casmon has made history
in musical circles, and the fame of
the Baptist choir is widespread.
No one ever hears this aggregation
but voices the highest praise for its
ability. Mrs. Bessie Radcliffe, SOLO
list and soprano, has an outstand
ing voice, full of pathos and beau
tiful in its clear and bell-lilZe qua
lily. She has received favorable
comment from famous critics. Her
solo work in spirituals is excep-
tional.
The Northwest Enterprise is
highly pleased to be able TO pre-
sent this group of talented and
beautiful singers to the air lanes
of the northwest. The paper re-
minds all to tune in early on the
night of Thursday, June 80. The
program is for forty-five minutes
and starts at S:15 instead of $50
as usual. The last Thursday in
each month is from 8:15 to 300
p. m. All other Thursdays, $50
to 900 p. m.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1938-06-17
Probe Begins Into
Death of Police. Victim

CHICAGO, June 16 (CNA) =
Inspector E. J. DAILY, this week
began detective bureau investi-
cation into the death of John Rob-
inson, 33-year-old West Side Ne
gro, following his beating by Max
well Street white policemen on APP
ril 2.
Ordinarily such Investigations
are conducted by a police trial
board, Lillian Goodman, acting Sc
cretary of the International La
Dor Defense declared in warning
against police whitewash of the
case. Miss Goodman was also cri-
teal of the delay in beginning the
investigation, which was only or
dered after Chicago organizations
exorted pressure on the police de-
partment.
The investigation is closed to the
public. Only Attorney David ].
Benthan of the LID was present
for the West Side Citizens Com
mittee on the opening day of the
probe.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1938-06-17

ROCK HILL, S. c. (C) - 1t is
no longer Billboard Jackson, but
it is now DR.. James Albert Jack
son, for the honorary degree of
Doctor of Laws was conferred up
on Mr.. Jackson here Tuesday eve
ming May 81, by the president and
trustees of Friendship Normal and
Industrial College, a 47-year-old
Baptist institution with $50 stud
ents and a graduating class this
year of 46. Mr.. jackson was the
commencement speaker, and at the
conclusion of his address to an au-
dience of ITO persons, he was pre-
sented his own "sheepskin," beau
tifully bound and duly signed by
L. r. Barbee, D. D., chairman of
the Board of Trustees, and Presi-
dent James H. Goudlock.
A native of Bellefonte, Pa, Mr..
Jackson has had a varied career,
including experience as a bank
clerk for a year and a half in the
old Real Estate Loan and Trust
Co. in Chicago, back in 1903, but
is better known for his seven years
with the Billboard, national thea
trical publication in New York, his
five and one-half years with the
U. S. Department of Commerce as
business specialist, and the last
four years with the Standard Oil
Company of New Jersey, with Of
fices at 26 Broadway, New York,
covering Is states promoting gas
and oil sales among Negroes. Be-
fore coming on the national scene,
Mr.. Jackson was for two years in
the U. S. Military Service.
Mr.. Jackson has also had var
led newspaper career He started
as police reporter on the Pitts
burgh Press, later wrote theatrical
news on the Detroit Today, (now
the Detroit Times), and was re-
porter on the old New York Globe.
Upon leaving the Department of
Commerce he was for a time on
the editorial staff of the Washing
ton Tribune, and for twelve years
carried an Associated Negro Press
card.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1938-06-17
Urban League Workers Council
Complete Four Years of Activity

NEW YORK - Letters of praise
and congratulations from many
leaders of labor throughout the ma
ton came to the Workers Bureau
of the National Urban League this
week when that organization call
ed public attention to the compile
ton of its fourth year of organic
ing and directing its Negro Work
ers' Councils. The Councils were
formed in 1884 as a national wor-
kers' education program to give
Negro labor a better understand
ing of trade union methods and
problems.
More than 10 Councils have been
set up in 81 states of the Union,
Lester B. Granger, Secretary of the
Workers Bureau, has reported,
and at least half of these have car
ried on more or less intensive pro-
grams of trade union education and
organization. Labor Institutes have
been held by Councils in such cit
les as Newark, N. j., Baltimore,
Md, Atlanta, Ca, st. Louis, Mo.
Glasses in workers education have
been encouraged and conducted in
New York, Philadelphia, Seattle,
Richmond, and oIner cities. In
many communities Councils have
secured the admission of Negroes
into unions which formerly had
barred them, notably in Atlanta,
Ca, where colored painters secur-
ed a union charter after three
years of battling; in Memphis,