davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Evening star., 1938-02-16

3 Soto Beds with cotton topes-
try covers in rust. Were $50.
Now w------------a $3.50
8 Soto Beds, upholstered in
brown, green or rust cotton.
Were $47.5O. Now--$3z.5o
Bed High Studio Couch with
back and arms. Green mo-
hair wool cover. Was $1l9.5O.
Now W-------------$94.5 50
2 Hair Top Mattresses, single
bed size. With blue cotton
ticking. Were $3.50.
2 Single Mattresses with COT
ton ticking in orchid. Were
$2o.5O. Now $3.50
! Single Mattress with gold
coIored royon ticking. Wos
$5o.75. Now-------$39.50
3 Single Mattresses with blue
or green linen ticking. Were
$2o.75. Now-------$2z.z5
BEDS AND BEDDING.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-05-13
No Change In Equipment,
Or Personnel; Will Be
Known AS Key West Gas
Company

Florida Public Utilities Gas
Company of Key West was re-
Gently sold to Colonel Albert E.
Peirce of Warrington, Virginia,
and will be known as the Key
West Gas Company. Manager
Edward Fechtel announces today.
Operation is expected to be on
the same basis as before, Mr.
Fechtel said, with the same
equipment and same personnel
that we now have
Colonel Peirce has had great
deal of business experience OPP
Grating public utilities, and feels
that Key West has great posi-
bilities. For this reason he has
entered the field.
HE is a yachtsman of repute,
having placed second with a sail
ing boat in the St Petersburg to
Havana races in one of the class
es, and has an added interest in
Key West from its beautiful wa
tiers. He has visited here for
many years and thoroughly likes
the city, Manager Fechtel stated.
The colonel is~expected in Key
West Monday.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-05-13
CAPTAIN SIMONSEN
TO MASTER VESSEL
GOES IN RESPONSE TO CALL
SENT OUT BY ENROLL
FLYNN'S YACHT

Captain T Simonsen. master OF
vessels on all seas, sail or steam
left yesterday over the highway
by bus for Miami, and will there
take passage on plane to Ha-
vana to take charge of a vessel
bound 10 the west coast,
Cablegrams received by the
Porter Dock Co. requested that a
captain be- secured for a schooner
yacht which was bound from Ha-
vana to Los Angeles. Manager
Charles Taylor located Captain
Simonsen and arrangements were
made for him to 90 TO Havana and
sign the necessary papers.
The vessel Of which tho cap
tain will take command is said Ia
be the Schooner Yacht Sirocco,
and is owned by the moving pic
ture actor. Enroll Flynn. who was
spending vacation in Cuba
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-05-13
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TWELVE-FOOT
FISH ON BEACH
HUGE FISH FOUND THIS
MORNING BY WPA
WORKER

Riders and pedestrians along
Roosevelt Boulevard last night
and this morning were greeted
with a nauseating odor which
later in the morning became par
Ncularly offensive.
Investigation showed that a
large fish, about IL feet in length,
had floated upon the boulevard
beach and decomposition had suf-
ficient Roadway for the stencil 30
be observed several hundred feet
distant.
One member of the WPA forces
found it necessary TO go in that
direction and upon his return said
that it was terrible" in that
vicinity. and he intended TO CON
tact officials of the city and re-
quest that steps be taken to have
the carcass removed al once.
Some years ago an entire school
of these fish entered the harbor
and a number of them died and
had TO be towed out and allowed
TO drift with the current out to
sea. There were several of the
large ones, IL TO II feet, which
were found several DAYS later on
the sands at South Beach.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-05-13
Y YACHT CLUB
DISCUSSES PLANS
FOR CLUBHOUSE
MEETING HELD WEDNESDAY:
NEW LETTERHEADS OF Or
GANIZATIoN ATTRACTING
PLENTY OF ATTENTION

Members of the Key West
Yacht Club met Wednesday at the
residence of Major j. d MscMul-
len in Key West barracks for the
purpose of discussing certain
pertinent matters of interest.
One of the ideas brought before
the gathering was that of club
house plans and permanent head
quarters. The building which
will be used for this purpose has
not been announced as there are
certain matters vet to be decided
Other matters of interest were
discussed and it is understood
that announcements Of special i'm
port viii be made IN the near fu-
ture.
Those present were: Major Mac
Mullen, DR.. J Y Porter. Stephen
{. Singleton. Stephen c. Single
ton. Jr.. Melvin Russell. DR. Ar
mando Cobo. and r. c. Consble
Secretary Singleton said today
that the new ictterhead Of the
organization is attracting great
deal Of attention. II Is printed N
three eolors. black. yellow and
red. and is a product Of The Art
man Press
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-05-13
START WORK OF
REPLACING ROOF
ON COUNTY JAIL
OPERATIONS ARE NOW WELL
UNDER WAY; ALL MA
TERIAL REQUIRED is NOW
ON HAND

Material and all equipment re-
.quired for the work of placing
the roof on the county Jail Of
Monroe County has been re-
ceived. and work was this morn
ing well under way, with large
part of the covering already
placed by noon
Bids were called for this work
several weeks ago and at DC
meeting of the board Of county
commissioners held on Wednes-
day, May 4, bids were offered by
several contractors
After the bids had been consid-
cred separately by the board and
prices and material compared,
the contract was awarded to the
firm of Clyde M. Baltzell and
II. N Tcdder. the price being
1885 %.
The contract STIMULATES that the
old roofing on the building must
all be removed, and the new ma
tcrial set with the requisite paper
base. The shingles used % be %
silver-gray galvanized Grade A.
II IS also stipulated that all
bills contracted By the eontrae
tors IN connection with the work
OF roofing the building must be
paid
Besides the Contractors there
are three ptfers engaged in the
work
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-05-13
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COMES, BEES AND
ENJOYS VISIT HERE
DESPITE "KNOCKS"

Frank A. French. of a wide
Unknown advertising COM
panY with headquarters in a
Florida cifY9 came TO Key
West on businesss and found
it TO be one of the most pleas
urable trips ever taken. in
spite of the fact he was
warned against coming.
Writing of his trip. after his
return TO headquarters. Mr..
French expresses the pleas
ure he enjoyed and it is
gratifying to tell his friends
and acquaintance of "our
experiences and our favor
able-most favorable-find-
ings".
Mr.. French continued with.
Consider that we were told
not to drink the water: that
eating places were not ade-
quate; that we would not find
a place TO stay and better ar
range TO drive back the same
day" and other advice of
similar nature. IF is a pleas
ure 10 say:
You have a beautiful city.
marvelouslY placed; an at
mosphere of happy care-free
people. evidently pleased TO
receive visitors from the out
side world. While our stay
was short. we feel that we
made q number of genuine
friends. and we hope TO meet
them all again and see Key
West many more times.
Before leaving the city on
his return. Mr.. French spoke
in highest praise of Key West
to a number of people and
expressed his high opinion of
the city and its people.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-05-13
Miss Key West Will Be Chosen
As Queen Of Highway Fiesta
Renovation OF Art Center
Building Starts Monday

Renovation of the Art Center
will start Monday, Secretary
Kingman Curry announces, it was
decided at a recent meeting of
Eve Alsmans Fuller, State Fed
eral Art Project Director, with a
local Sponsoring Committee e,
headed by Mrs. Robert Spots
wood.
Three carpenters and a fore
man will begin minor construc-
ton work Monday, and later
painters and other labor will be
employed in the renovation work.
Recent donations have. made
available enough funds to begin
rehabilitation activities, although
the fund is not large enough as
yet to provide for classroom and
other incidental expenses when
the project gets underway.
July 3 Exhibition
Two exhibitions are being
planned for July 3, when the Art
Center will be opened to the pub
lie. Exhibit of the work of local
photographers. which will stress
local scenes, will be a means of
providing visitors here during the
Highway Celebration activities
with many artistic photos of the
city's interesting highlights. The
other exhibition will contain At
pieces, many of them by local art
lists. They will include water
colors, black and whites, oil paint
ings, etchings, mural sketches,
photographs, sculpture, stained
glass, ceramics, American De-
signs, posters, and Federal Art
Project student work.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-05-13
Vote For Queen Will Be
Purchase Of Ticket For
Series of Saturday Night
Dances

A series of weekly Saturday
night dances al the various night
clubs 10 select a Miss Key West"
from nominees sponkored by the
ciiY's civic and service clubs has
been decided on by Warren
Smith. general manager of the
Overseas Highway Celebrates.
Il am sure the club operators
will cooperate with US. though
we haven't yet appraised them of
our plans. Smith declared.
Our plan is TO stage a big
dance on successive Saturday
nights. each dance at a different
club. the tickets of admission
carrying the names of the can
didates for the honor of being
named Miss Key West. who
will become the queen of the
fiesta.
'This method of selecting a
queen has the three-fold virture
of insuring popular vote for a
Miss Key West, her supporters
being fUfe to vote as many tickets
in her name as they care to buy;
the plan will bring the committee
some ready cash for expenses in
promoting the general celebration
and at the same time reduce the
tAtitOAh ttiN hiNANiidiito OtilSA W ioG
would be called upon TO contri-
butte; it will give the night club
operators a chance to make some
money during what otherwise
would be a comparatively dull
period and, finally, it will pro-
vide entertainment for the COM
munity and offer individuals an
opportunity to contribute small
sums by means of dance ticket
purchasers
Names On Back OF Tickets
To-day we will ask each organ
ization in the city to nominate a
candidate. The name of these
candidates will be printed on the
Continued Oh Page Four)
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-05-13
HOWARDlEOWE'
r.ARRNESnHERE
k4faHzTe EFs1sE8tF 'fsfs
LIGHTHOUSE KEEPER CONES
TO CITY FOR TREATMENT
AT HOSPITAL
AM0hT N33W I

p, Howard Lowe. first assist
ant keeper at American Shoals
lighthouse, is in the city for
treatment at the Marine hospital
for injuries received at the light.
Mr.. Lowe. il was said at the
lighthouse headquarters this
morning, was standing on the
platform at the light He turned
suddenly in movement and struck
his side injuring himself suf-
ficiently 10 warrant him coming TO
the city for treatment.
John N. Roberts. additional
keeper at Key West. has been
sent 20 the light to fill the posi-
ton during the absence of As.
sistant Keeper Lowe.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-05-13
SUPREME COURT
RACEERESVEED
RUN 59 HAMHAtos BTSET
NfHakAt fAh ! kFa2At
ed Between THOMAS
AND WATSON

TAMPA, May 10 FNSl.-The
campaign for the run-off between
Judge Elwyn Thomas ana J Tom
Watson for the Supreme Court
got under way this week with
both eontendcfs planning sn 10
tcnslve drive for votes between
noss and May -
Thomas announced that series
~ rallies would be held N Dade
County this week 81 which be
vdl speak
J Tom Watson Of Tampa will
ussen q drive Cor votes IN West
Fls.gida and stated that he would
conduct an aggressive campaign
covering the entire state before
tise second primary.
geth men viii strive 10 swing
former Fuseh supporters 70 their
camp al the same time holding
those they already have
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-05-13
TWO CASES Are
HEARD TODAY In
CRIMINAL COURT
CASE OF WHITNEY PAPY RE-
SUITED IN MISTRIAL; TO
BE TAKEN UP AT NEXT
TERM OF COURT

Criminal court convened $3.50
o'clock this morning in recessed
session with all officers and in
terested attorneys present and
Judge William V. Albury presid-
ing.
The first case called was that
of Clarence Russell. who was
charged with engaging in the
business of selling fruit without
obtaining the necessary license.
When the case was called Mr..
Russell entered a plea of guilty
but displayed the necessary Ii
cense which he had secured since
his arrest.
Judge Albury considered the
case briefly and announced that
the sentence of the court was that
the prisoner should pay fine of
one dollar or be confined in the
county Jail for 30 days.
Next, and last, case for the day
was that of Whitney Papy, charg-
cd with selling beverages con-
tanning more than one percent of
alcohol, by bulk, without obtain
ing the necessary license requir-
cd by the law.
Arrest in this matter was made
in March of this year. At that
time the defendant entered a plea
of not guilty, and a similar plea
was entered following reading OF
the charge today.
Whereupon selection of jury
began and at the conclusion the
panel consisted of: Clifford Wat
kins, Nicasio Garcia, Julius Ca
Continued on Page Two)
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-05-13
Roaring Lions Invade City
Last Night; Make Dash For
Church Annex Banquet Hall
Visitors Met At Head of
Island By Local Delega-
ton; Stage Parad e
Through Streets

Lion roars reverbafed through
out the city last evening. issuing
forth from the Stone Church An
mex. scene of the Charter Deliv-
cry Banqust Of the newlY-fOrmed
Key West Lions Club. The roars
were in evidence of a delightful
evening on the part Of members.
local guests and out-oi-iown
Lions and Lionesses. who were
present for the occasion 70 the
number of over sixty.
First evidence residents had of
the Lions was promptly al $50
D. m, when local committee met
the motorcade. which had been
formed in Miami. at the head of
the island, and a parade was
formed TO wend its triumphant
way into the city and to the place
of meeting
Order Of Program
The banquet hall was full to
OVERLOOKING when POSTMASTER
DR.. A. w. Ziebold Of the SPONSOR
ing Miami Lions Club. gsvcfisds
for attention. The following pro-
gram was given. interspersed
with much humor and special ac-
tivity on the part of the visiting
Tail Twister, Glenn Cold
America. sung by the assem-
blage; Invocation by Rev. Joe A.
Tolle: Roll Call of Clubs, which
revealed that the following clubs
were ropresented-Redlands Mi
ami. Miami Beach. Coral Gables.
Miami Springs. Fort Lauderdale
and Lake Worth.
Words of Welcome by 2nd Vice
President Gerald Saunders Of the
Key West Lions Club: two songs
by Mrs. Eva b. Warner. accom-
panied by Miss Edna B. Smith;
Presentation of Charter Address
CONTINUED on Page Four
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-05-13
CLIPPER AIRSHIP
Is COMING HERE

For the first time in several
years. one of the large clipper
flying ships Of the Pan American
Air Lines Is scheduled 10 arrive
al Kew West shortly. and will
berth in tire yacht basin near the
dock formerly used by the Miami
KEY West Airways
Notice Of the intended arrival
al the ship VAS received by Mana
ger Benjamin BirS If the local
landing field, ard Il was stated
that the plane viii o. enroute 20
Havana ard is 70 stnp az Key
West for TIE purpose Of taking on
three passengers for Cubs.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-05-13
DR.. A. B. McCreary, Coun-
ty State Board of Health
Director, Blames Lack Of
knowledge

Speaker DR.. A. B. McCreary,
Jr., director of county public
health of the state board of
health, told Rotarians at their
luncheon yesterday that the
curative phase of medicine in
Florida has kept pace with that
of other states but that the pre-
ventive angle has not.
DR. McCreary, reiterated the
thought of his speech at the state
Rotary convention in saying that
the reason for this was ignorance
of preventive methods.
''The principal cause of this is
the fact that most physicians
handling this phase of the matter
have their own practice to take
care of, which does not leave
much time for preventive medi-
cine. Handling this phase of a
county's problem is a full time
job" Dr. McCreary said, land a
physician should be paid a good
salary to devote all his time to
that work.
Monroe County has number
of splendid health conditions
within its boundaries. There is
no malaria here, with which other
places are afflicted, because the
malaria mosquito does not exist
here. There is no hookworm, be-
cause the coral rock strata is not
a favorable breeding place. How
ever the county must watch its
tuberculosis cases, its venereal
diseases, its infant death rate. In
FAINT death rate in Florida is one
Of the highest in the country. Two
hundred mothers were sacrificed
this year, and ignorant midwives
cause most of these birth deaths
"Some of the important work
Public Health officials are doing
is in stamping out the bubonic
plague, cholera, and the hundreds
of various types of food inspcc-
tons, such as milk examination.
Sanitary work can always be
done, the speaker concluded, and
Key West. by doing this, can be
the garden spot, the gem and
the Jewel of Florida.
DIR. John Wells. State Board of
Health director of epidemology,
endorsed DR.. McCreary's thoughts
in brief address
Charles Smith was named as
delegate from the Key West Ro-
tary Club to the San Francisco
national convention this summer.
Sebastian Cabrera was named as
alternate.
Every section except the ex-
IRENE southern section of Florida
has had State Rotary conven-
ton. President Charles Taylor
said, addressing the club and
guests present. Eve believe that
next year. with the other recog-
milton we are getting. is an ideal
year for the convention, and We
intend to put on a first-class af-
fair, if we get it,, he said in re-
porting on work being done TO
bring the 30 convention here.
Other business considered was
donation of a gavel to the new
Lions Club. endorsement of the
cleanup campaign for the High
way Celebration and cooperation
with the committees named. and
favorable report Of the School
Lunch Room Project.
RotarianS present were DIR A
B. McCreary. Jacksonville, DR..
John Wells, West Palm Beach,
Guests were Warren Smith. and
DIR. D. N. Cone.
~~------------
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-05-13
THREE ABSENTEE
VOTES ARE CAST

Absentee balloting for the sec
ond primary election, which is to
be held on May "a, started this
morning in the office of County
Judge Raymond r. Lord, and the
first ballot was cast by Jose Perez
RoSendo.
There were three ballots de-
posted in the box with Judge
Lord during the morning period
from 0 o'clock until the noon
hour.
The other two we're those of
Mr.. and Mrs. Carlyle Roberts.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-05-13
STEALS RAILROAD

Providence. r. I-Convicted ~
stealing q railroad in broad day
light" Joseph Comma -, has
been sentenced Ia pTiaoD III
dence showeS that nc. togethsr
with q fictitious agreement and
! gang II hired WORKERS. re-
moved $50 tons q rails from TIE
a bar do n d HaTrisvIlie. Woon-
eprkef Railroad
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-05-13
ALBURY FAMILY
RETURNS HOME

MIR and Mrs. Hilary Albury,
who were spending a short stay
in Miami, returned over the high
way Thursday evening.
They were accompanied on the
return trip by their daughter,
Miss Rosemary. student at Pro-
violence Hospital, Washington,
d. C., who will spend a vacation
here with her parents.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-05-13
FlOrida'S Preventive Medicine
Below Curative In Work Done
TODAY'S LEADING
EDITORIAL

Read todaY'S leading edi-
forial on Page Two. II
concerns bicYclists and mo-
florists alike. and contains a
warning particularly 10
young bicycle riders-a
warning thai. if needed.
will prevent accidents and
perhaps death.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-05-13
Key West Gas Company Sold
To Col. A.E. Peirce Of Virginia
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SENATOR PEPPER
THANKS VOTERS
To The People of Monroe

To The People OF Monroe
County:
You have been my true
friends and I shall always re-
member with the deepest
gratitude your loyal and valu-
able support. I want you 10
know that in me you have
not only your Senator. but a
friend and whatever ] can do
to further the interest of
your great County. 10 make
for better conditions and a
fuller and richer life for all.
I want TO do.
From time TO time I shall
look forward TO visiting you
again. so I may know you
even better and keep in the
closest possible touch with
you and your problems.
With every good wish to
you all. / remain
Sincerely yours.
CLAUDE PEPPER.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-05-13
slsa.ooo IN ONE HAND

Los Afseries--A Court ortsT re-
strained L1pi Brlce. brother ~
FsunIe BFfee. coEueg11Enne. from
collecting $4,000 which. records
showed, ne wou from Harry 7
Clifton, In single hand Of stud
poker
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-05-13

Key West, Florida, has the
most equable climate in the
country; with an average
range of only Ia Fahrenheit
The Omaha guide., 1938-09-03

lies not only in the Presidents recon-
mendation of certain economic mea-
sures of business, industrial and agri-
cultural reform, but fundamentally of
organization into trade unions, tenant
farmerss organizations, share coppers'
unions and cooperatives- among con-
sumers and producers, of the black
and white workers in the cities and on
the farms. Not into separate jim-crow
unions, but into the same unions. It is
base to he reconstruction of the South
that the fifteen million black people be
made free citizens with a right to vote
in every election and to be voted for,
even if federal troops must be station
ed there to see that this simple act of
justice be done. Have not federal
troops been used for less noble pur-
poses?
The Omaha guide., 1938-09-03
HOW BIG Is TOO BIG?

Legislative attempts to limit the
size of businesses, especially those en-
gagged in the merchandising field bring
to the fore a question similar to "How
far is up?" The news question is, How
big is too big? Is the grocery store to
be kept by law to the crossroads en-
porium size? Is its number of employees
or its annual turnover, to be rigidly re-
stricted? 1t not, just what basis of
computing size is to be used?
Some of the lawmakers would des-
troy the chain stores, on the grounds
that they are too widespread, too large
and efficient, and do too much business.
Ii that is true, what is to be done about
department stores-some of which,
though they operate but single outlet
do as much business as a chain with
hundreds of stores and draw trade
from the entire community and its en-
virons?
Such questions as these inevitably
appear when you attempt to make
mere size the arbiter of commercial
virtue. Any law defining the right and
wrong sizes of industry is bound to be
unsound law, in that it must be based
upon the prejudices and opinions of in
dividuals. A far sounder solution to
the question of size is found in natural
economic law. When a business be-
comes too big and unwieldy it likewise
becomes wasteful and ineficient-and a
smaller recompetitor promptly steps in
and takes its trade. There are Difficult
ties as well as advantages in size-as
the fact that thousands of progress
sive independent merchants have only
met chain competition but have given
it a merry race, proves.
Halt industrial gowth by law and
you halt PROCESS. You establish a false
standard that is destructive of oppor-
tunity. To all inents and purposes you
defraud the consumer. You shackle am
bition and ability. And in the long run,
everyone loses.
The Omaha guide., 1938-09-03
NO GUESS WORK

The safety of life insurance, as an
institution, has been provn in a hum
dred economic storms. And that safety
is guaranteed by two irrevocable prin-
ciples-the multiplication table and
the law of mortality.
A life insurance company knows
almost to a nickel how much it will
have to pay out during any given fu-
ture period. It's charges and costs are
edjusted accordingly And the money is
there and ready when a contract fall
due.
Life insurance has survived the
greatest war and the greatest depres-
sion in modern history with its coles
flying. That is why more and mo~o o.
tizens are turning to it as haven for
savings.