The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-02-17
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be done to protect the President
in coming down the Keys from
the mainland
To Patrol Bridges
Mayor Willard M; Albury,' who
has been invited to ride with the
President, has announced that all
bridges win be patro1led begin
ming early Saturday morning and
lasting until the presidential par
ty. passes onto the Island of Key
West. This means that no pc
destrians. or no fishermen win be
allowed Jon the bridges.
To. further safeguard passage OF
the presidential car, at request OF
Colonel StarIing, the Overseas
Road and Toll Bridge District
Commission, acting with the State
Road Department, will close
route 4A4from Florida City after
8 a.. m. tomorrow. No cars win
be permitted to proceed north OF
the toR gate on Big Pine Key to-
morrow so that the highway may
be free. as possible of traffic.
ITO Have Lunch
After leaving Florida City the
/ party will proceed without a
scheduled stop until West Sum-
merland- Key is reached. OF
course, the President may halt
the procession at Pigeon Key or
at some other point along the
line long enough to study some
particular scene or phase of the
Overseas Highway construction.
At West Sunmerland Key the
President is scheduled to have a
/ plate luncheon and wave a greet
ing to the members of the Civilian
Conservation Corps stationed
there. That will be about l p. m.
tt is I expected the President
will order a brief stop atop Bahia
Honda Bridge, the highest of the
series of spans covering. the wa
ter gaps between Big Pine Key
and Lower Matecumbe. From
that point onward the party is
expected to proceed as quickly as
possible to Key, West. Once the
President reaches the naval sta
ton here he will be driven di-
reetly to the cabana."
Radio Address
There telephone wires have
been strung to attach to micro
phones that will be installed by
the broadcasting companies.
Whether the President will alight
at this point or whether the mic
rophones will be brought to his
car is not known at this time. At
all events, somewhere between 3
and'4 p. m. he will deliver a ra-
dio broadcast on a nationwide
hookup formally opening the
Golden Gate Worlds Fair at San
Francisco. "''''f'
That duty over with, the Presi-
dent is expected to walk a few
feet to, a ramp which will lead
him directly to a launch from the
U.S.S. Houston, 10,00oIton cruis-
er of the latest type, which will
be his home for the next two or
three weeks. Those who know
the President state that once he
is comfortable in his special quar-
tiers aboard the Houston he will
not leave them except to make an
occasional fishing trip. The
Houston will carry him to vicini-
ty of the; point where he wants
to fish land the cruisers launch,
with probably a Key West guide,
will be used for the actual fish
ing,
Many Coming Here
There are thousands of cars
and scores of yachts in Key West
today. Many others are expect
ed tonight and very early tofnor-
row, before traffic is shut off at
Florida City around ga. m. All
visitors except those on official
| business will be exciuded sff6fn
the naval station and there will
be strong guard of soldiers and
sailors to see that intruders do
not jump the fence, at least UNI
| til the, President is safely aboard
the Houston.
Yacht owners and others in
boats may go out and look the
Houston over provided they stay
at a reasonable. distance, away
from the big cruiser. Any boat
man that disturbs the Presidents
rest or gets too close to the cruis-
er is liable to get some pretty
curt orders from some hard-boil-
ed sailors determined that their
Commander-in-Ch shall not be
annoyed-he gets enough of that
at Washington, is their theory.
1t is reported around the naval
station, that the President plans
to make trip to Dry Tortugas
where he will find the finest fish