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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-07-26
Chairman Hale Gave Status
Of Situation During His
Stay In Key West Yes
terday

Arthur B. Hale. chairman of
the State Road Department. sAid
yesterday upon his return from
Toriugas that there was no ques-
ton IN ms mind about the con
tinuation Of the highway from Big
Pine Key 10 Key West. and that
the State Road Department will
play d part IN IFS construction.
But sad Alr Hale. there are a
number Of matters which have TO
bc considered. and several which
have 20 bc settled before any
thing OF a positive nature can be
sand as % when the work will
start
Being at Tortugas for several
days / have not been IN touch
with matters and there may have
been some things taken place
during my absence which may
have some bearing on this lasttor
II such IS the case | viii keep you
informed as 10 the status Of the
matter as soon as ! reach ITALIA
nassee", said Mr. Hale. who left
yesterday afternoon Immediately
.lter ms arrival
Others IN the Hale party were
( & Commander, president Of
The Florida Citrus Exchange, Ruy
Cason. Tampa city engineer.
Whitley Preston. OF Tampa. and
William Egan. 81 Miami, who
concurrcd N Mr. Hale's state.
ment that the Tortugas trip was
wonderful experience and pro
ducuvc of the greatest fishing
sport ttry had ever enjoyed Nh
Commander Vae ih. most sac.
f.I catching beside smaller
tn. th'o. # thc argcst baTa
salas taken from tho water. io
th5s vicinity th3s year
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was q oachc'oT WIN no hi'oEN Il
relatives ana every cent ne -
celVed, aside from ms own meas
or hcedS, was ilVe9I'" ~ oI li'sI'lE
happiness ih'' 'h' Ii\vS "' boy
Scout organizations ana Si''0'''''A
g.aonrs> among lh'9e VINO came.
I" ms notice
An ths tmc ut 'nc declaration
Of war by America April Is 1917.
Fraucl~ Leigh Was am enlisted
man and a member of an Infan
try band United States army Be
tor, ~ became am american
citizen a. had forsworn hls allegI-
aucs ta Great Britain
At inns time hc was but is. with
tn.ro3gh knowledge of music
Ue was Il member of the Church
~ ENGLAND am ACCOMPLISHED or
PIANIST and when he came 10 this
country though young man.
was recognized al composer Of
merit
When var va, declared. then
merely an enlisted man, he was
transferred from the band to the
infantry and rose 10 the rank of
frst lieutenant and assigned to
ComDanv b of the 353rd IN
fantrv seth Division. command
ed bv the late General Leonard
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-07-26
Road Department Head Very
Hopeful OF Continuing Highway
Over Old Railroad Structure
Remains OF Capt. Francis
Leigh Consigned To Sea


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Thompson, Adams, Buy $50 Acres
On Key Vacas From ]. Kirchheiner
THE CITIZEN FORCE
BEST OF NEWS COPY

The weekend was The Git
zen forces hour of limelightl
Enough happened TO them TO
make uD nearly every news
phase Of newspaper!
First. Percy Curry. foreman
Of The Citizen printers; Ga
briel Cabanas. The Artman
Press PRIMER; William Rus
sell. linotype operator. start
ed off the news. They went
TO Miami on a pleasure jaunt
Sunday. leaving o'clock in
the morning. and thus were
in the Personal Mention"
column.
Leonard Grillion. city edi-
tor. was really in the news.
His daughter. Florence Leota.
was married IN Miami to
George Everett Somers at
the Trinity Methodist church.
a sizeable society item.
Now how about feature
article? Well. Joe Allen. as
sistant business manager.
broke all precedent and went
horseback riding Sunday and.
what IS more news. stayed
ATOP the horse.
All that was lacking was d
front page story!
H. K. Nelson. linotype OPP
orator; William Nelson his
brother. who was visiting
here. and L. p. Ariman. Jr..
reporter. after d swell days
fishing in the Gulf Stream.
came close 10 Crawfish Key
10 bottom fish and after some
time weighed anchor pre-
paratorY 10 going IN for the
day With blue wafer almost
reached and assured safe pas
sage INTO Key West. the boat
crashed mic d round shoal
Just a foot and d half under
wafer. broke the coupling and
bent the shaft TO put the boat
out of commission.
That night at IL o'clock the
Coast Guard finally reached
the marooned mariners. took
them IN tow and brought
them in 10 Key West.
Don't say The Citizen
force can't make news!
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LOUISIANA CAJUNS
HEAR OF KEY WEST

The farmlands Of the
French settled lands around
New Orleans. commonly
called the Evangeline coun-
Try. are hearing much of Key
West. Mrs, Wilhelmins Har
veY IN Franklin. Louisiana.
writes.
Following are excerpts
from the letter;
In the pas; when intro
duced here one would get the
question. And where did you
say you were trom2 ! would
reply that was from Key
West Florida. Perhaps they
had heard of such a place but
!; all seemed very vague %
them Now there IS Gil the
difference IN the world when
I mention Key West 10 some
OF the LoutSianAr1s here IN
me Teche secflon these
people are commonly called
Caluns always receive
.h.s reply Why Key West IS
t1e cltv that IS az re end OF
t1e Overseas Highway iSn.
4t Then ! am engaged III
co1ver>s'Jou about Key Wesi
Ter an Indefinite time
After a theatre party Tor
;he March of Time showing
- Key West here ! enter.
famed With midnight
Coa1h supper Hcw all @.
ray frle13s ere very eager 70
v.S: Key Wes:
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Evening star., 1938-07-03

lfr plus Csc, 175fr plus 25c, 2.45fr
plus 2.55fr and SIR plus SIR.
Carl E. Pelander tells the story OF
The Farce Island Provisional" Of
Denmark in Avocations Magazine for
July.
Uruguay is bringing out three air.
mail stamps to commemorate the
completion Of Negro River dam.
The Washington Philateiic Society
Is planning philatelic summer fes-
tival for Wednesday evening. July 81.
Details of the program will be an
nounced shortly.
Stamp meetings for the week are
listed as follows:
Tuesday afternoon at AIS. special
broadcast. Station WJSv. Columbia
network Ernest A. Kehr. philatelic
editor. New York World-Telegram, will
interview Miss Elaine Rawlinson. win
ner Of the first national stamp design
competition.
Tuesday evening at 8. Collectors
Club of Washington. Branch S. Society
Of Philatelic Americans, Thomson
School. Twelfth street Program,
bourse and auction.
Wednesday evening at 8. Washing
ton Philatelc Society. Hotel Carlton.
Sixteenth street. Business meeting
for members only.
Friday evening at 745. Washington
Stamp Club Of the Air. Station VOL.
Albert F. Kunze will present q stamp
romance and comment on current
philatelic news.
Saturday afternoon at 3, National
Federation Of Stamp Clubs, Station
WRC, National network Capt. Tim
Healy, master of ceremonies.
Evening star., 1938-07-03

this game and may win the convert
1ble points and prizes, If eligible.
Another amateur game with rating
point awards and individual prizes
has been scheduled for 5 O'Clock to-
morrow afternoon. Membership in
any OF the organizations sponsoring
the tournament Is not required for
the amateur games. The play is under
the direction Of Russell J. Baldwin
A MoNG the bridge winners last
week were:
AT the American Association Of Univer-
Sty women Mrs. Frank g. Smith and o.
L. Ia vesrhon tied With Ms. Dixie T; wrisht
81 nr. smIs L0dd .0G Tie broken in favor
Ann. sfinfer ana aiofis aiss Rstherins I1e0 ss Mss
Mutt, irst: Mrs. W. W. Breau and Miss
Schwartz and Il. r. King tied 'is for ffhhy third.
J.eF a 5hs h.nn.,. Ls Sale ale Studio Msnday; Mrs
second. and Mrs. H. NJ Burt and c. VI.
PMarkman' Park third. THURSDAY afternoon Mrs.
with Samuel Keemle and c. ". Parkman.
Mrs. Jack Bennett and Mrs w. Peyton
6iamire. Mrs. Dixie T. Wright and Wessal
At the Fairfax Hotel: Tuesday after
noon, Mrs: W. 8. Athey and Mrs R. Wood
side. hrst: John Donnolly and Elliott
and Miss Katherine McNutt. third.
Wednesday morning Mrs. J. w. Jackman
and j. A. Dearing tied with Mrs Robert
Du Bois and Mrs John Stewart: Mrs. d.
Z. Stephan and john L. .Donnoily third
Friday night. North and South. DR.. and
Mrs. A. J: Steinberg. frst; Mr.. and Mrs
IAh T.
Louis Dodson, third; East and West Mr..
and Mrs. B. Rossin. frst; Joe Granger
and Mrs. Dora Schwartz. second, and MI.
and Mrs. A. I. Westrich. third
At the Hotel Grafton: Agriculture game
Miss L: A. Ehrlinger and g. M. Richards.
hrst; DR.. and Mrs: J. B. GresE Custis.
Belt. third
At Colonial Village: Mrs. A. H. Cohen
and Mrs J. T. Onley second. and H. W.
Miller and Miss 8. Williams. third.
Evening star., 1938-07-03
Trip Directions.

U. s. No. all to Gainesville,
Va: Virginia No. IS to Front
Royal: Skyline Drive to Thornton
Gap. U. 8. No. al to New Mar
ket, U. 8. No. II to Harrisonburg,
U. 8. No. 80 to Franklin, w. Va;
U. 8. No. 220 to Monterey. Va.
Return: U. 8. No. $50 to Staun-
ton, U. 8. No. IL to Harrisonburg,
U. s. No. 50 to Swiftrun Gap,
Skyline Drive to Thornton Gap,
U. 8. No. 2l1 to Washington.
Time plan: First day Zone half
day. to Harrisonburg-l43 miles.
Overnight at A. A. A. Warren
Hotel or the Kavanaugh Hotel.
Second day. 2s2 miles. Total dis
lance, AS miles.
Evening star., 1938-07-03

picture Of this buildings other eleva-
tion. with the monument to the men,
ory Of Albert Thomas. first director of
the Office, in the foreground. Both
values bear the initials B. 1. t.
THE 30c light and dark blue carries
striking view Of the League OF Ma
tions building in Ariana Park. with
the snow-capped Jura Mountains in
the background. The 60c buff and
brown shows another view of the
League building. These two stamps
have the initials s. D. NJ included in
the design"
Harry L. Lindquist, president of the
National Federation of Stamp Clubs,
and Eugene Klein. past president. now
international secretary of the Ameri-
can Philatelic Society, are on tour Of
the Pacific Coast
When the Government Printing Of
fee was asked to print post cards ad-
vertising the release Of the 4l2-cent
White House stamp July IL, the copy
furnished gave the color as "black,"
but the ink to be used by the Bureau
Of Engraving and Printing is techni-
cally known as ebony gray" Be-
cause of the mistake. an edition of
10000 cards had to be scrapped.
Confusion has arisen with respect
to the identity of the designers OF the
new presidential stamps. Miss Elaine
Rawlinson was responsible for only
the 1-cent George Washington COM
position. She furnished the model or
style for all the others, yet had moth
ing to do with their actual designing.
The vast accumulation of National
Air Mail Week covers received by Post
master General James A. Farley is to
be preserved In organized and anno-
tated form for exhibition.
Independent chapters Of the Sou
venir Issues Association have been
found in New York, Chicago ana
Cleveland.
Bureau print precancels of the "
cent Benjamin Franklin stamp are re-
ported from fredericksburg, Md: 1-cent
George Washington, Baltimore; and
Evening star., 1938-07-03

essay appears in the July number
of the periodical and Is attractively
illustrated with stamp reproductions
in half-tone.
James B. Hatcher. stamp writer, As
sociated Press, says: Since 1923 the
League of Nations and the Interna-
tional Labor ONCE at Geneva have
used ordinary Swiss stamps overprinted
'Societe des Nations and S. D. N. Bu-
reau International du Travail
Now the Swiss government has
issued a set of four special stamps for
the League and its bureau to use. They
were designed by H. Fischer and print
ed by heliogravure in two colors by
Courvoisier.
The 20-centime buff and red stamp
shows view from Lake Geneva of the
International Labor ONCE. The l.
franc buff and greenish black has 4
Evening star., 1938-07-03

rant such a bid The difficulty may
be solved by opening with one club
on this hand. You cannot get hurt
by such a bid, for II adversaries
have strong hands they will overcall.
and you will not be left in your one
club bid. 1t your partner responds
with one in any other suit you can
bid one no-trump. or If the response
is In spade you can raise that bid.
II the response Is in two clubs let
the bid stand: If it is in three clubs
you might make three no-trump. for
with such = response your partner
should have the hearts stopped and
possibly the king Of spades. The
same thing is true on the same
hand If one diamonds is the original
bid.
THE first annual Annapolis Roads
tournament, which began yes
terday, is being played today at the
Annapolis resort and will conclude
tomorrow Conducted under the aus
pices of the American Contract Bridge
League. it is being sponsored by the
Washington Bridge League, the Mary
land Bridge League and the Women's
Bridge League OF Baltimore and is
drawing large number Of partici-
pants from Washington, Baltimore,
Philadelphia and Wilmington
In addition to the regular program
Of events heretofore announced there
will be special amateur game played
in one session tonight, with master
points and individual prizes for the
winners. The awards are to be re-
stricted to players who have not more
than five additional master points
Players eliminated from the open pair
event this afternoon NAV compete in
Evening star., 1938-07-03

city on business. He is planning to
60 to London for the Harmer sale
Of the Crocker collection In the au-
tumn
cling on the continent.
BY courtesy of Stephen Macy, pres
ident Of the National Capital ANA
teur Astronomers Society, the local
philatelic public is notified that Sky
Magazine, the bulletin of the Hayden
Planetarium, New York, has published
an article on Stamp Collecting for
Star-Ga0ers," by Roy X. Marshall
of Wilson College Observatory. The
Evening star., 1938-07-03

IN OUR next week end trip let's
60 West instead of East, to
the mountains instead Of the
~ bay. Within 100 miles of
Washington stretches the Blue Ridge,
whose graceful mountain tops are con-
tinually cool and breezy. and within
200 miles are the Shenandoah and Al
legheny Ranges, soaring well over
1000 feet and Offering stupendous
scenery. Highland County. Va, has
the highest mean elevation of any
county east of the Rockies. On your
way you travel not only the Skyline
Drive but also, by an entirely feasible
alternate route, the "stratosphere
drive" which tops Reddish Knob
H,300 feet) and follows the summit
Of the Shenandoah Range for 10
miles through the spectacular scenic
wonderland Of Virginia on one side
and West Virginia on the other.
This particular trip throws you into
mountains within . bare IS miles OF
Washington. As you turn of the Lee
highway at Gainesville toward Front
Royal you cross the Bull Run Noun
tains. On sightseeing trip 1t is
doubly advisable to drive slowly and
carefully; you can see the sights you
set out to see, and you largely OBJ
viate the possibility of turning
pleasure trip into tragedy.
Your next mountain Is Blue Ridge.
In this section the foothills are higher
than the ridge itself. When you enter
Shenandoah National Park you soon
attain the crest and enjoy the many
panoramas to both sides of the ridge.
Descending to Thornton Gap 2.300
feeD you turn right and drop like a
plummet into Page Valley. which Is
separated from the Shenandoah Valley
by the Massanutten Range This lower
rane (the next one you croas) Is geo.
logical oddity. being utterly uncon-
nected with any other range and jut-
ting tongue-like from the mouth of
valley that extends unbroken from
Georgia to Eastern Pennsylvania. The
strangeness Of its geographical situa-
ton is matched by the unusual stories
that have come from its slopes and
coves--stories about Powelrs silver
mine. whose existence, though never
seen. was believed by contemporaries
because Of Powell's seeming wealth.
IT WAS claimed that this early day
Death Valley Scotty kept his help
ers blindfolded from the time they
entered the range to when they left
and that he had an impresnable fort
TO guard his mine against sudden
attack. The deep cove where he op-
Evening star., 1938-07-03

Grated is still called Fort Valley. al
though there Is no trace of either sill
yer or q silver mine today. Also there
is the unauthenticated story that Lee,
In desperation at the end Of the War
Between the States, toyed with the
idea OF bringing his Army of Virginia
into Fort Valley for one last noble,
desperate stand. Had he done 80 an
Americal Thermopylae might have re-
suited. for Fort Valley can be en-
tered only through one narrow deflle
at the north end of Massanutten
Range. and handful of men could
defend 1t against horde.
At New Market you are in the
Shenandoah Valley. the pride of Vir-
ginia. Harrisonburg Is the CONNER
cial center Of its central portion. As
you spend the night here YOU will un-
doubtedly hear talk of Harrisonburgs'
"Stratosphere Drive" If you care
to. you can take this drive the next
morning on your way to Franklin and
Monterey. Don't go, however, with
out these warnings: it Is a mountain
road. narrow, winding, and unpro-
tected by guard rails. 1t would be
regarded by many As too breath taking
for pleasure. and by q few As actually
dangerous.
To those Of you who are used to
mountain roads and unafnected by
attitudes and hairpin curves, however,
lstratosphere drive and the trails lead
ing TO 1t are . downright joy. For
they are brand-new roads, banked on
the curves. They were built by the
c. G. c. and serve as FIRE trails in
the George Washington National
Forest.
II you do not want to take this drive.
follow the trip directions listed at the
beginning Of the article. II you do
take Va. No. ~ to Dayton, turn right
on Va. No. 257 through Ottobine to
Briery Branch Gap. Here the strato-
Evening star., 1938-07-03

1K-cent Martha Washington, Peoria,
III.
Photo Art Monthly for July contains
an article on Photography for Stamp
Collectors" by Sigsimund Blumann
and the first part Of an essay on Phi
lately for Physicists" by Harold r.
Schaeffer Of Waynesburg College.
Denominations Of the Koekelberg
semi-postals of Belgium. to be sold
to raise funds for completing the
Basilica OF the Sacred Heart, are
l0c plus Sc, 35c plus Sc, 70c plus Sc,
Evening star., 1938-07-03
Automobile Briefs

Lee D. Butler announces the ap-
pointment Of Lee D. Butler Air Con-
ditioning, Inc. 1855 Eighteenth street
NV. as Washington distributor for
the Stokol line of automatic stokers,
with Arthur Vieregg as manager and
John Thompson as sales manager in
charge Of Stokol
Evening star., 1938-07-03

North's lead was the ten of spades,
which was won with the queen in
dummy. Mrs johnson then won with
the ace and queen OF diamonds in her
own hand and played the ace of hearts
Evening star., 1938-07-03
By Frank B. Lord.

~ RIDGE POINTER: When you
* have opened q major suit with
bid Of one and your partner
- Jumps to four In the same suit,
generally you should regard 1t as a
shutout bid. It denies ability to make
forcing take-out bid and also says
that the hand is not flexible enough 10
permit Of progressive method of bid
ding which would involve the showing
of other suits. 1t is stronger in distri-
button than a raise from one to three
and may usually be considered as weak
er in honor strength. 1t tends to prevent
adversaries from exchanging infor-
nation regarding their holding be-
cause of its high level. 1t does not
mean that the hand is hopeless for 4
slam. but 1t does say that if the open
ing bidder goes on to slam he does so
on his own responsibility.
pROBABLY one Of the principal
reasons why the Conneaut Lake
Bridge Tournament is popular with
Washington players is the fact that
1t is conducted by "Dick" Needham.
Dick" was one Of the first of the
big shots" of the game to give recog-
milton to lacal talent by coming down
from his home in Pennsylvania and
managing their first sizable tourna-
ment. Since that time six years ago
he has been here repeatedly. either as
a player or as an assistant in making
a success of local bridge events. He is
a recognized authority on the game
as we'll as skillful player and so it
Is that the fans like to participate
in any match which he conducts
The 18th annual Conneaut Lake
Tournament will be held at the Con-
neaut Lake resort in Western Penn
sylvania, and, as usual, a representa-
tive delegation OF Washington players
has made arrangements to attend the
events, which begin on Wednesday,
July 13, and continue through Sun
day, July II. with Dick" Needham
as the general factotum who brings
many Of the national experts Of the
game together for a series Of matches.
The tournament will consist OF three
major championships or trophy games,
f1ve minor championships or special
feature games for which certain re-
strtctions are to be placed upon COM
binations that enter. three amateur
games for players who have no master
points and consolation or bridge
frolic on Saturday evening There
will also be the cumulative score
contest and the amateur individual
contest
The prizes are the John Perry Clark
Trophy for the masters pair game,
the Grace Kraptz Trophy for the open
pair championship this was once
won by Miss Maize and DR.. J. C. Nc
Clelland Of Washington) and the
Conneaut Lake Trophy for the team
of-four championship. The mixed
pair game scheduled as one OF the
1888 special features was won in
1887 by Mrs. Daisy H. Mott Of Wash
ington and Alvin Landy. Other fea-
lures will be the mixed team-of- four
game. the women's and mems pair
games and the new partner game.
CITING either east or west, how
would you bid the following deal
to reach the maximum contract when
vulnerAble2
Evening star., 1938-07-03

Mrs. Lester D. johnson, in q recent
duplicate at the Balfour Apartments.
sitting west, played it for seven no
trump and won without q struggle.
The difficulty occurred in reaching
this contract. The bidding went:
Evening star., 1938-07-03

The design for the second
Northwest Territory stamp is
based on q monument to the
pioneer settlers created by
Gutson Borglum. First-ddv
sales arrangements proDide
for initial distribution at Mari
eta, Ohio, Friday, July IS.
p. O. D. Photo.
Evening star., 1938-07-03

Independent chapters Of the Sou
venir Issues Association have been
found in New York, Chicago ana
Cleveland
Evening star., 1938-07-03

The vast accumulation of National
Air Mail Week covers received by Post
master General James A. Farley is to
be preserved in organized and anno-
tated form for exhibition.
Evening star., 1938-07-03

Philip II. Ward. jr.. one of the
founders of the Washington Phila-
telic Society, spent Thursday in the
Evening star., 1938-07-03

Bureau print precancels Of the "
cent Benjamin Franklin stamp are re-
ported from fredericksburg, Md: 1-cent
George Washington, Baltimore; and
Evening star., 1938-07-03

1h-cent Mattha Washington, Peoria,
Evening star., 1938-07-03

DIR. Albert c. Schwarting of the
Library of Congress staff sails for
Europe on Wednesday and will make
the most of his opportunity to i'm
prove his stamp collection while trav-
Evening star., 1938-07-03
By Ralph Gray,
Touring Counselor. American
Automobile Association.

~ NOUR next week end trip let's
4 60 West instead OF East, to
I the mountains instead Of the
~ bay. Within 100 miles of