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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-04-01
SPONGE SALES
AT DOCK TODAY
SALES ON WEDNESDAY WERE
OF LARGER SIZE AND
BETTER GRADE

Therfswas a small showing of
sponges aah the Municipal dock
this mornlng. Four lots of wool,
consistingdpf II lunches. brought
S22.14; stWo lots of yellow, IA
lunches. sold for $4.4l and two
lunches of grass brought Al
cents.
Sales on Wednesday were of
somewhat larger size and of bet
ter grade. One lot of grass, with
q lunches. brought $4.20. Five
lots of yellow sponge with IS
punches. brought $27.32. and IL
lots of wool. with I49 punches.
sold for $296.06.
Largest sale of yellow was 80
lunches for S8,77. In wool the
largest sale was 10 lunches.
which brought SLOT. next largest
was 81 punches for S78.99, and Ia
punches brought $45.
Most of the vessel have return
ed to the sponge beds and 1t will
be several weeks before any large
takes are brought in for the mar
kets
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-04-01
BERT HERNANDEZ
TO ACT AS JUDGE

Bert Hernandez, student mem
Der of the University of Tampa
Dramatic Club. writes his par
ents. Mr.. and Mrs Lazero Her
nandez. of Key West. an interest
ing letter on the dramatic activi-
ties of the club.
The Hillsborough High School
dramatic students will present
the play, Dust in the Road, in
the state high school dramatic
contest, section of which will
be held at the University of Tam
pa
Among the judges of the plays
in the Tampa district is Mr. Her
nandez. who is honorary member
Of the dramatic society Alpha
Psi Omega. and one of five Sc
lected for the position of judges.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-04-01
Mayor Organizing Committee
For Highway Celebration
MANY VISITORS REGISTER
AT CHAMBER OF COMMERCE

Il suppose thus is the last ex-
cerpt from our register that will
be able to give you for some
time" Secretary Singleton told
The Citizen on calling st the
Chamber of Commerce Office yes
terday. This is only for the sec
ond day that the highway was
open"
What is the big idea Of dis
continuing this publicity item. he
was asked.
Just the fact that we are
short-handed for the work" he re-
piled. when we get to function
ing as a real Chamber of Com
merce. we vii, go through all of
the regular motions: at present IL
is about all that we can do 20 act
as a corresponding secretary for
Key West And we have plenty
OF correspondence. Look al this. ="
and he produced a letter from
Lake Worth inquiring about a
visit to Key West and contain
ing this paragraph:
Several persons that | have
approached say that the toll on
the several bridges is prohibi-
tive"
AT any rate, here are the
names of those who registered on
March 30. and they comprise only
about twenty-five percent Of our
callers; one hundred per cent of
whom found Key West so inter
eStlng that they took time out TO
tell about IT,"
Mr. and Mrs. Hardy, J. w.
Needham, Mr.. and Mrs E. G..
Williams. Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. A.
HART, all of Fl. Lauderdale; Au-
gust Burghard. Secretary Of the
Fl Lauderdale Chamber Of Com
merce. Arnold Heidi, editor Of
the Fit. Lauderdale Daily News.
Hubert Kaber. National Park
Service: Mr.. and Mrs. II. c. Wal
ton. Miami; Mrs. r. H. Markle,
Miss Evelyn Markle and Mrs.
Jane b. Stepp, Turtle Cheek.
Penna.; Mrs H. r. Woods. Glib
sonia. Penna. John Rosa and Fred
Burch. of Bridgeport. Conn. Ellis
A. Taft and Samuel w. Taft,
Milwaukee. Wis. Percy Sitley and
Irwin S. Frouls. Miami Beach.
Mr. and Mrs. William Walch, N.
Y. Mr.. and Mrs. ]. VanLaanen,
Green Bay, Wis.
Mr. and Mrs. ID. K. Mcdonald.
Cleveland Heights, O.; Mr.. and
Mrs. c. w. Kohler. Cambridge
Springs. Penna.; MIR. and Mrs.
Waltsinger. Pittsburg, Penna.;
Mr. and Mrs Jean Livingston,
Dayton. O.; Mr.. and Mrs. John
S. Abercrombie and Miss Sarah
Jane Abercrombit, of NJ Y; Mr..
and Mrs William Bogelow, Gran
ford, N. j.; Mrs. David Walton,
Miss May Walton and Miss Helen
Walton, of Boston, Mass, Mrs. NJ.
V, Belts. Miami; Miss Jessie
Glenn. Brookline. Mass: Mr.. and
Mrs o. c, Hall and Mrs. c. w.
Brooks, Minneapolis, MINI: Mr..
and Mrs. Gustave Pohh. North
Bergen. ". J.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-04-01
BOY SCOUTS TO
MEET TONIGHT
SCOUT BADGES WILL BE
PRESENTED AT REGU-
LAR SESSION

Troop No. 50. Boy Scouts of
America. will hold regular
meeting at the scout hall in the
rear of the clinic building, begin
ming promptly at 7:30 o'clock this
evening
A full attendance is expected
as presentation Of Scout badges.
registration and aduey cards will
be made. Scouts Billy White
head. Paul Herrieks Jr, and Rich
ard Noyes will receive their Ten
dcrfoot Badges, and the entire
troop will receive registration
and dues cards.
Patrols of the troop have held
meetings during the week and
some good thoughts on projects
will be heard A report on the
short time camp at the swimming
pool Will be given, and other inn
portant matters concerning the
troop will be brought before the
meeting
Other matters which vitality
concern the summer camp and
programs are 10 be brought up
for consideration. Scouts hav-
ing applications for membership
will bring up the proposed mem
Der or members at this meeting
The deadllne for applications this
year will be some time in the
middle If May.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-04-01
PRINTZ TO LEAVE
FOR PENNSYLVANIA
WIFE AND DAUGHTER PLAN
TO REMAIN HERE UNTIL
SCHOOL CLOSES

ID. A. Printz, head of one of the
largest mercantile houses in the
country, who has been here on
vacation for the past six weeks,
with Mrs. Printz and their daugh-
ter, will leave over the highway
tomorrow for Miami, accompan-
led by Mrs. Printz and Miss Ileen
Williams.
AT Miami he will take plane
for Washington and arriving at
the capital city, will entrain for
his home and business headquar-
ters in Franklin, Pennsylvania.
Mrs. Printz and Miss Williams
will return to Key West. Mrs.
Printz plans to remain until
school closes, when she and her
daughter viii proceed to their
home In Franklin.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-04-01
OLDEST Y. P. |.
GRADUATE COMES
OVER HIGHWAY
SAYS OVERSEAS ROADWAY
IS EVEN MORE BEAUTIFUL
THAN SKYLINE HIGHWAY"
OF NATIVE VIRGINIA

Over the new Tuesday came
the old
Captain Fl. G.. Crowder, the old
est living graduate of Virginia
Polytechnic Institute, roared
across the Overseas Highway
opening day, and was taken away
with the beauty of the scene.
''The wonderful Skyline High
way which runs on the eastern
chain of mountains close to the
beautiful Shenandoah Valley is
not even as beautiful as your
Highway, Captain Crowder said.
1.-THE Overseas Highway is big
ger thing.
Captain Crowder graduated in
1877 with a degree in mechanical
engineering in the days when not
even a sheepskin was given to
show that one had gone through
four hard years. The captain has
a winter home in Fort Lauder
dale, and was one of a group of
Lauderdalians coming down the
opening day. He summers in
Richmond, Virginia.
The old military school gradu-
ate was field marshall of the
company that went to Richmond
in 1876 from the Institute and
participated in the unwilling of
the famous statue to Stonewall
Jackson.
In June, Captain Crowder was
present at the commencement of
the Institute and was seated with
President Burroughs at the fac
uity table.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-04-01

APPRECIATIVE OF
COURTESY SHOWN

James J. McCabe. visitor
from Detroit. Michigan. who
is accompanied by Mrs. Nc
Cabe. called at The Citizen
Office this morning 10 express
his appreciation. and that of
Mrs. McCabe. for the court
eous treatment he has receiv-
ed while here.
During the course of his chat
with the publisher. he expires
sed his admiration and appre-
ciation of Mayor Willard M.
AlburY, who, he said. had
manifested those qualifica-
tions which are essential to
The management of the affairs
of an up and growing city.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-04-01
Many Improvements To Be
Made By Lighthouse Dept.
BY PAUL MAY

Especial Washington Correspondent
of The Cittzenb
WASHINGTON. D. c.. April l..
"Details of the plan Of the light
house service 10 spend $500 for
improvements Of the Key West
Lighthouse Depot were revealed
today in q transcript of hearings
before the House appropriations
committee. during IFS considera.
lion of the commerce department
appropriation bill.
In statement before the com
miitee. the lighthouse service
said:
"The project at the Key West
Lighthouse Depot is to provide
protection to the wharf where de-
Perforated, renew office floors
where destroyed by termites, re-
paint the roof, and install ma
chinery now on hand.
This is the only lighthouse de
pot in the seventh district and
the wharf is the point of storage
of buoy equipment for the dis
trict, at the same time providing
berth for the lighthouse tender
Ivy and other small tenders of
the district when at the depot.
The wharf is supported by creo-
soted-wood piling, the deck slab
being of reinforced concrete.
The salt air conditions have
proved extremely detrimental to
the concrete-slab construction,
having penetrated the concrete
SO as to attack the reinforcing.
causing a spalling of the concrete
and consequent exposure of the
reinforcing steel to corrosion over
large percentage of the exposed
surface underneath.
1t is necessary to take action
to protect this structwe from fur
ther deterioration, and it is pro-
posed to thoroughly clean the
steel and concrete in these areas
and apply protection by means
of a cement gun, this being the
most economical method of pro-
tecting the steel
AT the same time ii is pro-
posed to remove the termIte-in-
tested floring from a part of the
Office quarters at the depot, 10
paint the roof with nonpoisonous
paint, and to install machinery in
the blacksmith shop, carpenter
shop, and machine shop. the
equipment being on hand. The
wharf repairs. it is estimated. will
cost about $4,000. and the re-
naming work about $4,000"
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-04-01
GIRL SCOUTS
TO ASSEMBLE

Girl Scouts. members Of Troop
Number /. under the command of
Captain Eva b Warner. are to
hold their regular meeting this
afternoon in Adams Hall.
Yesterday afternoon they as
sembled al the swimming pool
on Roosevelt Boulevard for the
purpose Of planting pine and CO
coanut palms al the proposed
camping grounds which is being
cleared and levelied of by the
Boy Scouts.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-04-01
LEFT OVER HIGHWAY

Mr. and Mrs. William Arnold
and little daughter. Billee Eliza
beth, left on the early bus this
morning to get a look al the Ov-
erseas Highway and bridges. and
were to meet the incoming bus
at Tavernier and return to the
city.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-04-01
LEFT THIS MORNING

James Butler. who arrived last
week from Havana and remained
in Key West for the fishing and
a pleasant vacation. left over the
highway this morning for New
York with brief stops at cities on
the east coast, and viii take a
Clyde-Mallory line vessel at
Charleston.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-04-01
Need For Safety Observance
On Bridges, {. R. Riyas Says
~ ~.
500 CARS DAILY
RIDE THE BRIDGES

Traffic over the new high
way is averaging 500 cars
day. II. E. Day. Overseas Dis
trict Auditor. said today.
This includes both north
and southbound traffic. but
there are about so more cars
a day coming in the report
shows.
Record of the number of
cars coming in opening day is
not available. Mr.. Day said.
but tolls were $829.50. We'd
nesdaY. tolls collected increas-
ed to $e64.25.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-04-01
Highway Commissioner
Other Officials To Meet
With Him April 8; Plan
Three Day Fiesta

Regular meeting Of ne ovsF.
seas Read and Tel Bridge Gem
mission viii be held In KsY wsai
Thursday. "a wsa annsunssd.
John n. slads chairman. oi
Tallahassss. John p. KsnnsY Of
PERT Laudsrdsls ". v. Knosi and
.. N. Duncan win arrive here fos
the meeting. Other commissioa.
srs are J. n. CESAR. vice chair.
man. and C. c. sTmOnsiis. beth
Of KeY West.
Discussion Of plans fOs bssufi.
tying the Oversees bridges Is sx-
pseisd 10 be made al fhs meet.
ing.
Mayer willard n. AlbuFY viii
sndsavOur 10 hold : meeting with
the members Of the c0mnission
the following night Al ths Cham
Der Of commsEes offices Cor the
purpose Of organizing > esnsEal
committee 10 arrange the ssls.
bzsiioE fer ihs efaicisl sps~inu
Of the bridges
This meeting will be arranged
through the Senior Chamber q
Commerce. which win handle
the organization Of the commit
tees and aid in publicity work.
The Mayors idea Is 10 have >
Central chairman. who will have
committee ehairmen directly un-
der him. A publicity chairman
to bring the affair before the
eyes Of the nation should be I'M
der contract. the Mayor said.
In a statement issued 10 the
press yesterday. Mayor Albury
suggested that the official open
ing be postponed until the middle
OF December TO secure the Miami
crowd waiting for the opening Of
the race tracks in Miami. The
Mayor stated ne did not believe
that the highway would be COM
pIeted by July 4. the original date
suggested by . great many pe0-
pie. that July Is the worst month
in the year to hold a celebration
and that only Florida people and
q small percentage Of them would
attend the opening. which would
mean little publicity for Key
West.
The affair should be in the ma
ture Of q three-day fiesta. with
the first day for ceremonies. the
Mayor said he believed, with Of
ficials Of the 4s states Of the
Union. and Of the Central and
South American and Cuban gov
ernments invited 10 participate.
The international aspect Is inn
portant. since the highway means
50 much 10 Latin American cOun-
tries, he said.
These suggestions viii be
made at the meeting Friday %
next week.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-04-01
MINISTER RECKLESS?

LONDON For reckless driv-
ing. Rev. Arthur Flint has been
forbidden 20 motor on public
roads in England
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-04-01
Homestead Rotary Club To
Meet Key West Group
Here April ID; New Wire
For Tennis Courts

Pointing out the pressing need
of a 81 pty program on the new
Overseas Highway bridges. Ev-
erett r. Rivas. former county
safety director. called for tl) an
honor patrol t2) traffic signal
observance. t3) non-glaring head
lights. and t4) drivers licenses.
al the Rotary Club luncheon yes
ierdaY in ST. Paul's Church An
mex.
IF the city would issue drivers
licenses. il would have the power
10 prevent a great deal of reckless
driving. Mr.. Rivas said. when
a mans license is revoked for
three or four days. and he has TO
do without his car. he soon learns
to watch the traffic rules.
Glaring headlights can cause
terrible accidents, the former po-
lice officer continued, and es-
pecially so on the bridges, Proper
adjustment and switching from
brights TO dims should be rules,
he said.
Signals are easy to observe, Mr..
Rivas stated; left turn. arm
straight out; right turn, arm up;
stop, arm down. When one has
TO stop on the highway. he waves
his arm down so that it will at
tract the attention of the driver
behind. and then slows down
gradually. Florida was the first
state TO build wide shoulders on
its highway, that motorists could
drive off the highway when
stopping.
An honor patrol would enforce
safety observance by each person
voluntarily doing the best he
could TO keep within the rules of
the road.
Homestead Club
The Homestead Rotary Club
will hold an intercity meeting
with the Key West Rotary Club
on April Ia. Communication was
received from George NJ Frick.
secretary. TO that effect. Enthus-
iastic endorsement of the idea
was given by the local group.
Bill Bates was "a years old this
week. and observed the anniver-
sary by presenting the club with
a huge birthday cake. President
Taylor pointed out that Mr.. Bates
had a 20-year perfeea attendance
record until an incanacitating ill
ness year ago, Alrtntsing round
of applause was given MIR. Bates
in honor of the occasion.
Net funds from the Rotary
Minstrel was announced as
$i4257. This amount will be put
into the Community Chest. Emil
Sweeting. director. and Ned Nc
Carthy. in charge ticket sales.
were given round of applause
for their splendid work.
Mrs. Anne Livingston and Miss
Christine Calico, who were here
on wPA musical project, wrote
expressing their appreciation at
taking part in the Minstrel.
Eddie Strunk. Jr., chairman.
Joe Valdez. Sebastian Cabrera.
Ernest Yates and Poly Artman.
were given a ro.ising vote of APP
plauSe for their committee work
Continued on Pare Sikh
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-04-01

BATH. Eng--Mrs. Alfred Can
ming Of this city secured a court
injunction forbidding her hus-
band ~ speak 10 her.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-04-01

Key West. Florida. has the
most eQuable climate in the
country; with an average
range Of only IL Fahrenheit
Evening star., 1938-10-24
R. F. c. WILL OFFER
NEW BOND SERIES
Agency, Through Treasury,
to Refinance $29s, ,e72, 900
of Notes.

Through the Treasury Department
the Reconstruction Finance Corp. will
refinance about 32os, ,s73, 900 in out
standing notes Of series X, due Decem-
Der Is, through offering for subscrip-
ton, November /, = new issue desig-
mated series P. The new issue will
bear seven-eighths per cent interest
annually and will not be subject to re-
demption before maturity in 194l.
The new issue will be in bearer form.
with coupons attached In denomina-
tions Of $1,000. 5000, 10000 and
100000. Holders Of the maturing
notes will be permitted to subscribe to
the new issue only to the extent Of
their old notes.
Subscriptions will not be taken At
the r. F. c., but at the Treasury De-
partment or 1T Federal Reserve Banks.
Banking institutions generally may
submit subscriptions for customers, but
only the Treasury Department and the
Federal Reserve are authorized to act
as official agencies, today's announce
ment said.
Subscriptions should be accompanied
BY like face amount of notes Of
series K rendered for purchase, the
principal proceeds Of which will be ap-
piled to payment for series p notes.
Old notes rendered must have the
coupon maturing December is at
tached and accrued interest from June
IS to November l, about $50 for
$1,000, will be paid to the subscriber
following acceptance of the notes.
THE presept Offering affords the
holders Of these notes an opportunity
to acquire other notes Of the corpora
ton. Any notes of series K not now
rendered will be paid In cash when
mature" the Treasury announcement
said.
The tax exempt notes will be Al
lotted all subscribers In full subject,
OF course, to reservations set forth in
the official circular.
Evening star., 1938-10-24

taking specialized functions like those
Of muscle. blood, bone. ETC.. was any
higher organism possible. The single
wall shared by two and built up from
within. as revealed by Prof. Wilson's s
observations, may have been the es-
sential step in this direction.
Discovery that the human eye acts
as . storage battery with 4 constant
electric current running through It
was announced to the National Acad-
emy by DR.. Walter r. Miles, professor
OF psychology at Yale University. The
front part Of the eye, DR.. Miles said,
acts as the positive pole Of this bat
terry and the retina, the layer of nerve
tissue which Is direct frontward
extension Of the brain in the back of
the eye, serves as the negative pole.
Potentials Are Minute.
The eyes electrical potentisls. DR..
Miles explained, are extremely minute
and differ considerably for individuals.
ranging from about two ten-thous-
andths to three thousandths Of Z volt,
They can be detected, he said, by at
taching with adhesive very minute
metal foil dies to the skin above and
below each eye. These discs serve a,
electrodes and are connected through
vacuum tube microvoltmeter to an
extremely sensitive galvanometer. The
denections Of this galvanometer can
be Photographed, thus providing q con-
tinuous record Of the variations in
current,
The eye" said Prof. Miles, now
acts as both battery and switch, since
turning the eye changes the contact
relationships Of its front and back
With the electrodes. The farther the
eye Is turned in The orbit the stronger
the potential indicated on the GAL
vanometer, and As long As the eve
remains fixed at one point the voltage
holds steady at q value dependent on
the eyes position.
when the eyes are turned 30 de-
grees from the primary line Of sieht.
the potential may be used as q stand
ara. The amount of light falling on
the eye at the time of measurement
makes only slight difference in the
result. One eye may differ markedly
from its mate, just As people differ
among themselves. Repeated measure
ments on the same person as a rule
agree well. Apparently the eye poten-
tial Is not easily disturbed by minor
defects which interfere with vision,
THAT this electrical potential is
inherent in the tissues, or tissue re-
lationship, Of the eye ball rather than
derived from the eye muscles or tissues
lining the orbit Is indicated by the
fact that the potential is absent when
the eye ball has been removed. Pa
tients with one glass eye do not give a
potential on that side, even though
much of the muscle tissue remains
The fundamental cause Of this poten-
tial remains to be discovered"
Evening star., 1938-10-24
<. E. MAGRUDER DIES

Edward E. Magruder, 50, retired
stonemason, died suddenly at his home,
4211 Leland street, Bethesda, Nd, Sat-
urday, Of = heart attack.
He is survived by his widow, Mrs.
Mary Agnes Magruder, formerly Miss
Leaman of Montgomery County,, q
daughter. Mrs. John r. Murdock, Be-
thesda; two sons, John r. and Leon
Magruder, both of Gaithersburg. Md !;
two sisters, Mrs. Mary Ridell, Wash
ington, and Mrs. Jennie Nally. Be-
thesda, and two brothers, James Ma
gruder, Washington, and William Ma
gruder. Glen Echo. He also leaves
three grandchildren.
The funeral services are to be held
this afternoon from the home, burial
to be In Fort Lincoln Cemetery.
Evening star., 1938-10-24

Life insurance originated in the days
Of Rome.
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COMMISSIONERS SALE
HENDERSON COUNTY

HENDERSON COUNTY
VS..
l. f. HarNims and wife, Mrs.
/. +. HarkinS, and f. NJ. Gold
Stcen. -,
BY virtue of a decree of the
Superior Court | will sell, ut pub
lie auction, to the highest bidder,
for cash, at the Courthouse door,
Hendersonvillc, n. c., March I,
1898, at twelve o'clock noon, the
following property in Henderson
County: all,
| lot Rainbow Lake road; : lots
Laurel Park; Recorded LENDER
son County Deed Book los, page
SO; Book 1903, page 80. w
This 4th day Of February, 1898.
VI. F. TOMS.
Commissioner.
2-7-Mon-4t
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C,,oo 7 Johnson.

Mrs. UldTVTTVV o. I.,roo of the
By virtue of a decree OF !, r' r
snpsrior Court I will sell, a. i;1 pHp-
iic eau auction Ell to the highest b'd dde,.
i for cash, at the Courthouse 1907 =
IHGeLnd Je, n. c., March ~. ~
f ngilS''i at twelve o'clock noon, the
following property in Henderson
County: ,1,,Io & Re
.iJaI Henderson County Deco
Book 207, page az. ,u 1903
This lin day of February, 1850
'''' NJ. J.. TOMS,
Commissioner.
2-7-MOn-4t
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COMMISSIONERS SALE
HENDERSON COUNTY

HENDERSON COUNTY
VS..
Perrin D. Byars and wife, Mrs.
Perrin D. Byars.
BY virtue of q decree Of the
Superior Court 1 will sell, at pub
lie auction, to the highest bidder,
for cash, at the Courthouse door.
Hendersonville, n. c., March Z,
1888, at twelve o'clock noon, the
following property in Henderson
County:
l lot Third Ave. West and
Whitfield ST.; Recorded Henderson
County Deed Book 1856, page l59.
This 4th day of February, 1898.
NJ. F. TOMS,
Commissioner.