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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-01-27
Housing Authority Meets
And Discusses Different
Subjects In Operation
AIRPLANE ANCHOR
LIGHTS COLORFUL

Key Westers passing into
the city from Roosevelt Bou-
levard on the north side have
thought they were seeing
visions when a long line of
lights appeared on the wafer
off Trumbo Island.
They were the riding lights
of ID planes anchored off
Trumpo Island in connection
with naval Caribbean man.
euvers. Banks skirting the
anchorage. which consists
partly of channels. partly of
bay area. have been neatly
marked with white markers
to assist the pilots In jockey
ing their planes when leav-
ing the anchorage.
UP on shore at Trumbo is
a row of tents in which a
ground crew is quartered.
Farther down there may be
seen usually two planes Of
the group pulled up on the
concrete plane ramp there
which are being overhauled.
Nearby there may be a group
of the light bombs which the
planes may carry.
A familiar sight is a plane
flying low over the city tow
ing a target of white in a
wind filled pennant shape.
These targets are used for
machine gun practice by the
planes in the bay area north
of the city. The targets are
released over Trumbo where
they are picked up by a
ground crew.
Planes take off up Man of
War ship channel. They are
yellow and black colored and
are Consolidated planes from
the Philadelphia aircraft fac
tory.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-01-27
MANY REQUESTS FOR
KEY WEST BOOKLET

The little but comprehen-
sive booklet entitled THE
Chamber of Commerce We'll
comes You to Key West"
which were printed by the
Artman Press are having a
wide range.
Philadelphia Record has
just sent for more of them.
several places in Miami have
requested a new supply. and
one of the copies has been
sent TO the President and has
been acknowledged.
University of Miami has
placed its approval on the
booklets. and to cap the
climax. yesterday a visitor
from Maine. who asked that
her name be withheld. in
sisted on contributing a five
dollar bill to further the cir
culation of the booklet to
which she said she really
owed her visit to Key West
and found so much pleasure
in her experience that she
felt that she must make
practical expression of her
appreciation.
Among those with whom
the Chamber of Commerce
has maintained a correspond
ence for several months is
Professor Bartholomew of
Harvard University. who
with Mrs. Bartholomew ist
stopping over in Key West
before going TO Toftugas for
a prolonged stay where the
professor will carry on his
microscopic studies of vari-
Gus forms of marine life.
They too are finding Key
West all that it has been
stated to be in the informa-
tion sent TO them.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-01-27
Stronq Recommendation Made
For Staioning OF Large Coast
Guard Vessel AT Key West
Wonderful Facilities At
Submarine Base Noted
In Survey Made On Ad-
visibility OF Plans

Commander Lloyd Kielhorn.
United States Coast Guard Serv-
ice. who had been in the city for
several days assembling data as
to the ACCESSIBILITY of having a
/ Coast Guard Cutter stationed at
this port. told The Citizen this
morning that his report would
strongly recommend the plan.
While discussing the plan with
this paper, Mr.. Kielhorr aaid That
the report sent in by Commander
Hilton some time ago after visit
to Key West had been one of the
highest recommendation as to the
advisability of stationing one of
the modern types of Coast Guard
vessels at this port.
And that he heartily concurred
with that report, and that opinion
had been materially increased
after he had considered the Won
derful facilities afforded by the
submarine base at the naval sta
I ton with its series of well-made
welded steel piers and adequate
docking facilities.
Just before the bus on which
Commander Kielhorn was leav-
ing enroute to Washington this
morning left the station, he said
that he believed there was d pos
sibility of the Pandora, the vessel
which is commanded by Com
mander Hilton, would be assign
ed; to this port, and the time
would be short before it arrived.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-01-27
LOT OF RED TAPE
FOR One CUSTOMER

DIES MONIES. Ia, Jan. 81
The Nebraska power company of
Omaha obtained franchise from
the Iowa commerce commission
to build a power line in Potta7
wattamie county. %s
To get it the company had to:
l. File "a bulky application
2. Draw "a map Showing the
area to be served.
3. Advertise a complete report
of the contemplated improve
ment three times.
The franchise granted is for a
half-mile line to serve a single
customer.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-01-27
SIMONTON ST.
-
CRASH TODAY

In an accident this morning at
the corner of Simonton and
Fleming streets no one was in
jured, although considerable dam
age was reported to both cars in
volved.
Robert Curry of Key West and
Clifford Odess of New York were
drivers of the car. 1t is believed
settlement will be made out of
court.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-01-27
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE
LECTURE TONIGHT

Christian Science Society of
Key West announces a Free Lee
ture on Christian Science, to be
given this evening at the High
School auditorium at 8 o'clock by
Judge Frederick c. Hill, C.S.B.,
of Los Angeles, Calf, member of
the Board of Lectureship of The
Mother Church, the First Church
of Christ, Scientist, in Boston,
Massachusetts.
The public is invited to attend
this lecture. Doors will be open
at 1880 o'clock.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-01-27
SICKNESS WON PAROLE

DES MONIES, Ia.-Because
farmers. said they needed his
services to fight an epidemic of
sleeping sickness among their
horses, Frank Looms, veterin-
arian, was paroled from Jail in
this city where he was serving a
term for drunken driving.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-01-27
ON RECKLESS DRIVING

DALLAS, Texas-Dallas High
School students are taking a
hand in the traffic situation.
They have organized the $3.50
club" Is miles in the city, so
miles per hour in the country.
The emblem is a club with 26
spikes, one for each of the traffic
fatalities for the year.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-01-27
GIVEN SENTENCE

Cumberland, Md.-Accused of
slapping his mother, William
Thomas, "a, of this city, was sem
fenced to one year in the house
of correction, the sentence to be
suspended if he leaves the coun-
try.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-01-27
MISS SHARPLEY
new MANAGER

Manager ]. P. TOnetti of the
Hotel La Concha has severed his
connections with the hotel and is
planning to leave the city today.
Miss Elizabeth Sharpley has
been appointed manager, accord
ing to notification received by her
this week.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-01-27
NAMES STRETCHED OUT

SHENANDOAH, Ia.-Mr. and
Mrs. John Rogers of this city
named their eighth child Her
bert Hoover Depression Rogers. !"
Recently when another son was
born to them, he was christened
Franklin Delano Roosevelt Re-
cesSion Rogers"
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-01-27
Miss Alice EichlOr Has
Head, Leg Injuries, Miss
Cervantes Cuts; Stirrup,
Driver OF Car

Miss Alice Eichlor. Is. dauqh-
fer Of Mrs. Mabel Eichlor. who
operates Lands End Gift Shoppe
on Simonfon street. is in a Sc
rious condition following an auto
mobile accident in which the mo-
tor bike on which she was riding
was struck by a car driven by
Fernando Stirrup last night at
the corner of Division and White
streets.
Miss Eichlor suffered head in
juries and fractures of her limbs.
Miss Blanche Cervantes, II,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Raul
Cervantes of Fleming street, who
was driving the motor bike, suf-
fered several deep cuts about the
face and body.
Fernando Stirrup, 90, was ar
rested last night by officers
Franklin Arenberg and Basil
Tynes and this morning was
transferred to county Jail.
Several witnesses have been
secured by officers. The exact
fault of the accident has not been
determined. 1t was said to have
occurred on the turning of the
traffic light there. The girls,
when struck, were thrown on the
opposite corner, where a filling
station is located. They were
taken TO the Marine Hospital.
The car Stirrup was driving
was WHY'S.
Reports from the hospital this
afternoon as The Citizen went to
press were to the effect that no
material change was noted in Miss
Eichlor's condition, with but very
little hope held for her recovery.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-01-27
TWICE IN SAME PLACE

HARTFORD, Conn. = When
Mrs. Bessie Mather of this city
was called to court in her suit
against the city, filed because she
fell on an icy sidewalk and broke
her arm, she was unable to ap-
pear. She had tripped on a rug
and broken the arm again.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-01-27
FIRED ONE AT SMITH

NEW YORK-When Alfred E.
Smith appeared at a children's
party in a hospital in this city
recently, one of the children ask
ed him: Hey, can you talk like
Charlie Mccarthy"
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-01-27
PLAN WAS NO GOOD

ST. JOSEPH, Mo.-Proprietors
of grocery store in this city
encased the office safe in a block
of cement to discourage thieves,
but providers stole the concrete
block and more than $500 that
was inside of it.
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BERGMANS HIGHLY
PRAISE KEY WEST

=. Bernard A.. Bergman. edi-
tor of the Sunday Philadel-
phia Record. and Mrs. Berg
man, left on the early bus
this morning for Miami en-
route 10 their home in Phila-
delphia. after a delightful
visit of 10 days in Key West.
These visitors are of the
opinion they had never spent
a more pleasant vacation. en-
joYed weather which was
more delightful nor met a
greater degree of hospitality
then was found here.
MIR. Bergman said that he
and Mrs. Bergman had talk
ed over the idea of paying
another visit and was look
ing forward TO the trip
which would be made dur
ing the summer. as he had
been told that summer was
just as delightful as winter.
and he could well believe
that. as he was sure the PEG.
pie would be just as gracious
and friendly al any time of
the year.
He spoke finally of The
Citizen and the way in
which il handled the local
news. and said that he had
read the columns of the
paper every day. and, con-
sidered il a highly informa-
"tive medium and about the
best he had ever seen in a
community of the size of
, Key West. "
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-01-27
UNHAPPY MARITAL LIFE

YONKERS, N. Y.-When the
will of c. B. Imrie of this city
was filed, it revealed a bequest of
$4,000 to his widow, with the
notation With the hope that she
may enjoy this bequest more
than 1 have enjoyed our marital
life"
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-01-27
TRAINED PIGEON

LONDON - Joseph Palantina,
verger of Holy Trinity Church in
this city has trained a pigeon to
take a message from the church
to his wife every day.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-01-27
HIS ONLY JOB Is
TOCAREFOR TREE
tBy Associated rress,

SOUTHWOLD, England, Jan.
27.-A gardener has been APP
pointed with the sole duty of
looking after a Cornish elm tree
which King George planted at
hsi boys camp in 1886.
He is Colonel F. H. Brown,
who asked for the (unpaid) job
because the trees life is threat
ened by acts of souvenir hunt
ers.
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Key West, Florida, has the
most equable climate in the
country; with an average
range of only IA Fahrenheit
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Evening star., 1939-07-23
Canadian Organist
In G.. L. Festival

Conrad Bernier, organist, laure-
ate from the Academy of Music in
Quebec, will be the artist presented
by the summer school of the Cath
ollc University of America this
afternoon at o'clock at the third
concert of the jubilee festival series.
Together with Elena de Sayn, vio-
linist, Mr.. Bernier will perform at
the Shrine of the Immaculate Con-
ception. Besides three major works,
Haendels Allegro" from the fourth
concerto; Franck's Piece Heroique"
and Boelmann's Suite No. q" which
are written for organ solo, Mr.. Ber-
nier will assist Miss De Sayn in her
rendition of Bach-Silotis Suite in
e Minor and of the "Poeme," by
Chausson, the orchestra accompani-
ment to which has been adapted
and arranged by him for the organ.
This will make the first performance
of both works in this version.
Next Sunday, at the same hour,
the final concert of the series will be
held at the Mcmahon auditorium, at
which a miscellaneous program will
be presented Edythe Marmion
Brosius. harpist: Ether Cloyd. So
prano. and Elena de Sayn will be
the soloists.
Evening star., 1939-07-23
Recitals at Chanel

The sixth season of public organ
recitals will be opened Monday, July
81, and continue each Monday,
Wednesday and Friday. pm, at
the Latter-day Saint Washington
Chapel. located on Sixteenth street
at Columbia road, it was announced
today by D. Sterling Wheelwright,
chapel director and organist.
The programs will again be de-
signed to interest the average music
lover. and will include favorite
melodies, familiar lighter classics, as
we'll as the better known MASTER
pieces composed for organ. The
Monday programs will be preceded
at 7:45 pm. by an informal pre-
view offered by the organist foi
listeners who come early and taka
seats about the console. On Friday
nights the program will feature re.
quest selections and vocal solos bv
Mrs. D. Sterling Wheelwright, while
the Wednesday programs will be
patterned after the daily recitals
offered by the same church at tn.
OetAo dohC N4ly 4dUeIlldCle.
There will be no charge for ad-
mission and no collections taken.
conforming to the custom of all
public functions In Mormon"
chapels. Visitors Will be shown
through the Sixteenth street mar
BILE structure following the recitals.
The recital series was concluded
early in June. when Mr.. Wheel
wright, together with his family,
left for Moscow. Idaho where MIR,
Wheelwright was member Of the
guest faculty for the fourth con-
secutlVe summer. His summer
schedule included a new course in
church music techniques, private
instruction in organ and recitals at
the university and at the l.. D. S.
Institute. The Wheelwrights will
arrive in Washington about July 80
to enter their third season at ths
Washington Chape..
Evening star., 1939-07-23
Stokowski Directs
French Orchestra

Leopold Stokowski, who always
attracts a capacity audience on his
annual appearance here with the
Philadelphia Symphony Orchestra,
Is abroad at the moment and has
been doing some orchestral conduct
ing In Paris.
On July l6 he directed the Or
chestra Philharmonique de Paris in
charitable concert for the benefit
Of the American Aid Society. The
program included a Bach "Toccata
and Fugue": Brahms First SYM
phony' (played here by the Ma
tional Symphony on the opening
program, Debussy's Prelude a
lapres-midi dun Faune,' Nous
sorgsky's La Mutt sur lie Mont
Chauve' and the Magic Fire
Music" from Wagner's "Walkuere. "
The chief patrons for this benefit
performance were M. Jean Zay,
minister of national education of
France. and His Excellency William
c. Bullitt, United States Ambassa-
dor to France.
Mr.. Stokowski is scheduled to ap-
pear in Washington leading the
Philadelphians in their second pro-
gram Of the coming season-Tues-
day, November %, at Constitution
Hall, at 8:45 pm. Reservations for
the series Of five programs can be
made now with Jordan's box, Office,
1889 G street NV.
Evening star., 1939-07-23
Gypsy Group
To Conduct
Sylvan Event
Musical Melange
To Be Presented
Tuesday Night

The sixth Summer Festival Of the
present season at the Washington
Monument will be held Tuesday
night at BIS o'clock in the National
Sylvan Theater. and will be pre-
sented by the Gypsy Chorus Of
Washington, directed by Robert
Frederick Freund. under the Joint
auspices of the Community Center
Department and the Office of Ma
tional Capital Parks.
Twenty singers and an ensemble
OF 80 will make up this picturesque
group, who will offer a gay musical
melange entitled Evening In
Gypsy Camp" set against a charac-
teristic background of eypsv
wagon, campflres and tents, in true
gypsy fashion. Myrtle Alcorn,
pianist, and Sylvia Kaplowitz. ac-
cordionist, will play the accompani-
ments for the chorus and solo num-
bers, Offering running musical
story Of life among the gypsies.
Two theme songs will feature the
entrance and exit of this popular
group, offering Where My Caravan
Has Rested" and whats That
Trail That's Beckoning?" to open
and close the show A dancer, Poppy
Callahan. will offer Brahms Hun
garian Gypsy Dance" as one of the
feaures of the festival.
Numbers from Bizet's Carmen"
Verdi I'll Trovatore" and FlotoWs
Martha" will be offered by Beatrice
Holland, Ann Evans and Everett
Palmer. A violin duet, La Com
parasitic" will be featured by Ger
aldine Thompson and George Per-
kins. Other popular singers, Erma
Calvert, John Wilson and Ell Capt.
tan. who is Robert Frederick Freund,
will give succession of solo and
duo numbers, including "Clavilitos."
Live, Laugh and Love" The Cry
of the Exile" ''Frasquita," "Sere-
made and Schuberts ave Maria"
to be sung by request by Mr.. Freund.
AS is the custom. chair privilege
tickets will be available to the public
at community prices at the Willard
and Hotel Washington, A. A. A. Tic
ket Bureau at the Community Gen.
ter Office in Franklin Administra-
ton Building; also on Tuesday night
at the Sylvan Theater.
Evening star., 1939-07-23
Known in Europe.
Fate Worse Than Death Sketching at the Zoo

advantage of looking about the same
from any angle. Sunlight falling on
him does not vary much, whether his
back, side, or front is toward the
sketcher. Make it point not to get
too close, though, for he sometimes
blows cloud of dust over himself
and you. with no regard for the
perishable qualities of water color
paint.
The bears are superb subjects, for
they offer wide variety of poses,
and even hold them for short periods
of time. Bears loll in the water with
forepaws stretched out over the edge
like society at a fashionable pool,
wearing a look of well-bred disdain
which practically puts the artist in
a class with autograph hunters and
other vulgar celebrity seekers!
For quick sketches of rapid motion,
monkeys are ideal. They are nervous
sitters, never still for an instant.
The. mandrill, who wears a per-
manent blush at both extremities,
is among the most interesting to
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the red-haired orangoutang, who
sits huddled in a corner, peering
shyly out from between his fingers,
or hangs from the top of his cage,
gazing sadly at his visitor.
Birdhouse Colorful.
The birdhouse, too, is colorful in
the extreme, and offers a pleasant
haven for the tired sketcher. OF
course, 1t has a stuffy smell, and
the noise Is ear. splitting-but there
are benches at favorable points; and
a place to sit without a stin breeze
blowing dust In your paint COM
pensates for small discomforts. The
booming sound Of the bellbird and
the screeching Of the parrots keep
the tired artist from doing or day
dreaming.
For sheer ugNness, unreueved by
Evening star., 1939-07-23

the character, the technical excel
lence and beauty of the works of
these painters-one may find it here
obviously manifested. The Sienese
school Is represented by practically
all Of its leaders; the Florentine
school is seen in the full glory of
the 14th and 18th centuries, begin
ming with Giotto. including Fra
Angelica. Fra Philippe Lippi, CHR
landajo, Piero di Cosimo, Del Sarto
and others. Bellini of the Venetian
school is seen in eight examples, five
OF which are portraits; Giorgione,
Titan. Tintoretto, Verenese are
here too, as well as, at long last,
Canaletto and Guardi To attempt
further to enumerate would be folly.
Such works to be properly evaluated
must be seen.
Gift Is Immediate.
Happily the pleasure and privilege
for the people of Washington are
not far distant, for. with charac-
teristic generosity. Mr.. Kress has
made his gift immediate and to be
consummated upon the opening of
the National Gallery, now in con-
struction. The collection is now in
his home in New York, from the
walls Of which it will be taken when
the time of transfer arrives. This
he admits will mean considerable
sacrifice to himself, but obviously
great gain to the gallery and to the
people who will thus profit i'm
'measurably.
Mr.. Kress has for some years been
an ardent and devoted collector of
the works of Italian artists of the
great eras. but so quietly has he
gone about it that only very re-
Gently has the exceptional merit
and importance of his collection
been realized. Like Mr.. Mellon, he
seems not to have passed through
the stages of misjudgment and
initial blunders which mark the be-
ginning days of the majority of art
collectors. From the first he ap-
parently has bought wisely and well.
Evening star., 1939-07-23
In Local Music
Circles

The Department of Agriculture
Chorus will give its final concert of
the season in the conditioned
Agriculture Auditorium Thursday at
$3.50 pm. Robert Frederick Freund,
who has been its director from the
day OF its organization five years
ago, will conduct for the last time.
Victor H. Neal will be featured as
soloist and will present SCOTS
Lotus Land" Palgrens May
Night" and Chopins "Polonaise in
A Major Mr.. Neal, who has been
the accompanist of the chorus for
the past five years, will also act as
accompanist upon this occasion.
The chorus will present as its part
of the program Arab Dance" by
Tchaikovsky: The Challenge of
Thor" by Elgar; Hills of Gruzia, !"
by Mednikof Andrews; I'm the
Silent Night" by Rachmaninoff- =
Treharne: 'Mayday Carol,' by
Deems Taylor; when Children
Pray" by Fenner; The Grey
House." by Messenger, and I'm the
Still of the Night" by Cole Porter.
Mrs. Hugo Hesselbach presented
Lucy McClenon in a piano recital
last Thursday at her residence, 1415
Twentieth street NV. Miss Nc
Clenon played compositions by
Bach, Beethoven, Mendelssohn
Chopin, and Mozart's ID Minor
Concerto" (f1rst movement and
Reinecke's "Cadenza," with Mrs.
Hesselbach at the second piano.
David Manley will be the tenor
soloist at the Foundry Methodist
Church today at the morning and
evening services, taking the place of
Justin Lawrie, who is in New Eng
land on his vacation.
The Philharmonic Choral Society,
directed by George w. Murphy, pre-
sented a program Of Negro music
at the Sylvan Theater on Thursday,
July 13. Solo parts were taken by
Miss Jenkins, Olive English, Alan
Anderson, Lawrence Wissanont,
singers, and Vernon Reynolds, vio-
linist. Tina E. Bohannon was the
presiding officer.
A piano recital by pupils of Myrtle
Fishburn Leonard of Lyon Park, Ar
lington, Va, was given on Thursday
July 6, at the Homer l.. Kilt Piano
Studios. The performers were
jeanette Gates, Peggy Corkery,
Mary Murphy, Regina Delaney,
Elaine Maycock, Betty May, Sally
Lyle. Shirley Shaw, Nancy Lee Lynn,
Goldie Reynolds. Mary Ann Rey-
nolds, Patricia Delaney and Sher-
man Leonard. Vocal solos were sung
oy Elizabeth Prendler Buchanan, &C.
couapanied by Ellen May Kline.