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Associated Press Day Mite Service. For 64 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West ‘VOLUME LV. No.-84. Young Roosevelt Smashes Camer When | Photographer her Snaps Despite This, Picture Ap- INSULL TO HEAD In Philadel; hia | pa | BACK THIS WAY man Bruised Up ) (iy Associated Press) PHILADELPHIA, April T—A youth identified by} the Public Ledger as Frank- lin D. Roosevelt, Jr., smash- (By Ansociated Press | ed a phofographer’s camera, WASHINGTON, April i but His picture appears’ inj Semanal Insull, Chicago fugi the newspaper anyhow. is to start back to the U; , » The’ plate for the picture} “ snapped at a wrestling} match last night was in the | cr cantaation, Photographer's pocket and! The tate depattinent was not damaged when he said Burton Berry, American | was pursued to the lobby of ; consul at Istanbul, had been 4) the hall and tripped to the} nated by President Rooserep floor. take custody of Insull. nald Corvelli, camera- PRIZE TARPON TARPON CHICAGO = FUGITIVE LEAVE TURKEY WEEK EN ROUTE TO COUNTRY i it i face trial j on charges res: | Cai man, suffered bruises and torn trousers, Quoting Corvelli, the Led- ger says the 19-year old son of the president jumped sev-' eral times on the camera. “This man was taking a! Picture of me and I don’t’ like my picture taken,” was! the explanation which police ! said sae received, ’ | CAUGHT IN LOCAL WA’ | BY VADIM MAKAROFF, TER OF SAILING YAC! One of the largest tarpon! yen in these waters in one prj : ay that caught yesterday H Mor-.. i bi 3 , “this im “js” the’ president’s son,” officers ea Mcasts in Makaro’ corted the youth to Morgan’ S\Thureday from Havana afthay- automobile and the party | ing sailed his ketch int): St. left. * Petersburg Havana race aj avas Young Roosevelt to have left esterday ming | 18 @ i for Charleston. ‘week-end guest at the heme! jfore leaving he went out infish- Morgan, his Harvard | ing launch and returned [4s 45 yesterday afternoon a jprize measuring 6 feet, linch, weighing 135 pounds, % Satisfied ‘with his cate the captain, Mrs. Makaroff anchests! sailed for Charleston, wheithey | expect to spend several mons. MAMMOTH SHOES " serio CITY, MéThe museum this city ho vuni- que exhibit in a pair of when's! _| shoes, size 22, They belond to} a woman eight feet, fouriches tall, Seececccecassosesecscese TONIGHT Palace—“Moulin Rouge.” Strand—“Only “Yesterday.” TOMORROW Church—Services at 7, 9:30 and 11 a. m., and 7:30 and 8 p. m. Palace—“Moulin Rouge.” Strahi—“Only Yesterday.” ——_ +. Vast Amount’ Flows Into Nation’ Treasury From Taxation On Ber (GROUP GOING TO } {By Associated Urexs) CHICAGO, = April 7.—More than $225,000,000 in tax revenue has been washed into the public coffers by beer’s golden flood in its first legal year ending today, and by a relatively smaller stream of hard liquor since last Decem- ber 5. ,A total of nearly $237,000,000 has been collected by federal and; state governments te date in beer! and liquor taxes on the basis of an Major R. W, Hart, incomplete compilation by the As-| charge of the Marine hospita\ BS ary say Nine were examined yesterlay, » mow legal in 45 states sgl ahs Datrict of Cothnbin, cure oe en ere scree tributed nearly $174,000,000, Im only 19 states has it legal a full year. The federal government took im $137,000,000 in beer taxes. | Blankety-Blank-Blank! } It’s enough to amake body hot under the collar whee something goes wrong with your moter, Let us keep it in first class condition. Lou Smith Service ‘White & Catherine, Phone 5229 to camp. IN EXAMINATION CON DUCTED HERE been @ order to complete the compe- ment from Monroe county. ett Sawyer and Robert Curry. Monday in order to be in IN SHORT Tl w Nj States dcom: Tuckey nous wall from the collapse of his uty ing Captain Rivas for his excel- BROUGHT HE. Deciding to try the fishy set CIVILIAN CAIP; EIGHT APPLICANTS PASED| Eight of the applicants foren- jroliment in the Civilian Conseva-| ition Corps have been passes by) surgeon im; . jarge shipment of empty be j other was examined this mornng The young men are Willitm! en route to Tampa and Mobi ‘Joseph Almyda, Albert Julius dr-/ ‘nao, Bert Buckley, Millard Ed-j ward Burchell, Frederick Eugene Knight, Joseph Sands, John Ever-| This group is expected to leave z Miami Station ) Tuesday morning for assignment ye Kep West Citwen KEY WEST, FLORIDA, SATURDAY, APRIL 7, 1934. VAS PRAISED FOR HELP GIVEN QUARTERS PERTAINING TO ARRESTS MADE i A communication from Mayor! William H. Malone pertaining to. the services of the police depart fment, in connection with the case | in which Captain Everett R, Rivas caused arrests to be made of par-| ties alleged to have circulated | counterfeit bills here some time! ago, was read at the meeting of! city council last night. Embodied in the communica-} ion was a letter which the mayor eceived from George H. Brodnax, | operative in charge of the Secret Service Department of the treas-; jury department, highly commend. | i lent work of cooperation in assist-} jing Henry F. Tyson, operative of ‘the federal department, who han- idled the investigation for the gov-! ernment. While special thanks iwas extended Captain Rivas for | his part in the proceedings, never- , the Iess the whole police depart- | | ment and all others assisting were | given mention. in the commenda- \fion from. government headquar. | ters. The report of the chief of police for fines collected during the onth of March was read at the meeting, which showed that an! amount of $274 was taken in for that period. There was a general discussion of financial matters pertaining to! lj aviation base near Fairbanks as adefe: develop safer a nm equipment. The map shows Alaska in relation Pacific territory. By H. C, HUNTER «n Annociated Meens) WASHINGTON, April 7. thony J. Dimond, congres | | one, of the finest harbors in the world for a hostile power to base An-! fleet operations and we hav onal agreed not to put any fo delegate from Alaska, contends, tions out there. It is the strategic, the next theater of war for the position of Alaska, now absolute- United States will be “Alaska, the: ly defenseless, which makes it im-j helpless.” | perative that an air base be es- the various departments, with oth-| In that way he describes Uncle tablished there and well manned.” be matters of a routine nature dis-|Sam’s northernmost territory in Referring to the milions of dol- {posed of, including, the reading{ connection with his bill to estab-'lars spent for’military defense in of current bills and officers’ re-|lish an army ‘air corps. training the Hawaiian Islands. Dimond/| * | ports. and defense base near Fairbanks.’ said: The site would be chosen by mili-- .“We have locked one doorway tary aviation strategists and the! against aggression but have left! post staffed with a full. comple) $e other, which would be the ment of officers and men equip-' main entrance in case of war on| ped with bombers and observation.! the Pacific, wide open and = un- pursuit and patrol planes. jguarded, An enemy operating Dimond said he was not an) from Hawaii would be 2,200 miles alarmist and not fearful of war, from continental United State but contended that if there were) but he would only be 1,400 miles any danger to the United States) away if he operated from the it lay across the Pac rather! Alaskan harbors.” j jthan the Atlantic ocean, | Ss. As Aid To Fliers Strategic Position | Declaring that a fleet starting. “In Alaska,” he said, “we have|from the northern tip of Japan ja string of islands (Aleutian) run-} could cover the 1,800 miles to peu towards Asia. They contain’ Attu Island, western tip of the !'PROPOSED MEETING OF OR- GANIZATION TO BE HELD AT EUSTIS, FLORIDA __ Key West Rotarians will have} | seven delegates. in the representa- tion from Key West at the con- vention to be held next week in | Eustis, Florida, B. Curry Moreno left on the afternoon train yesterday accom- panying Seth Perkins, of the FERA, and will remain in Miami until joined by others who left over the highway this ‘morning. | In this group were E. A. Strunk, jdr., Sebastian Cabrera,.Jr., Wil- liam Bates and B. D, Trevor. The | other two delegates, Dr. W. P. ; Kemp and Melvin Russell, plan to |teave this afternoon over the East FLORIDA TAKES | Thompson Hemingways And Thompson Kill Lions, others leopards, rhinos and of the beasts which roam the Some of the best of the heads) less dangero veldt Africa are trophies of the the year. Mr. and Mrs. Hemingway | Eenest Hemingway and Charles! Key West about seven ot Ray Wat jago and on November | Thompson left Key West to join game hunt in which Mr. and Mrs.| { par- 6 ticipated. in New York to get some neces- sary supplies. : eh ee Joined By Mrs. way shot three ‘of these and Mrs! When the party crossed Hemingway and Mr. Thompson! Africa into Asia on March Each member of the|they were joined by Mrs. Thomp- The | so who had left Key West in si 5 itime to meet them in Palestine, rhinos the party’s greatest kill. {and view-some of the wonders of Besides these there were a large! ithe Old World. jnamber of members of the deer] Mr, and Mrs. Thompson with Five magnificent lions shot by the party. were With 44 first’ class and 10 sec-} Thompson ond class passengers the Steam- from ship Florida of the P. and 0. S. S.} company sailed for Havana | terday. The ship carvied, two automobiles, two tons freight and 196 sacks of mail. Ferry Parrott arrived 5:10 o'clock yesterday afternoon, from one each, o,| party also killed a leopard. of | | some bottles. The vessel sailed 1 | for Charleston and New York. ‘Two other vessels of the fine) are due to arrive Monday. Freight- Al Da ' s family including eland, which is their magnificent German police Hava at, ve or of lot the largest of the African antelope dog, Hobo, returned to Key West ica fs oth cars.}@0d reach a weight of 1,500/Thursday on the Havana Special. 1. Prelehter of the Clyde-j Pounds. The one killed by the! Mrs. Hemingway arrived on the | Mallory Lines arrived 10:45 last, Party was of top weight more trae Sophy ae. Mc. night from Galveston, After dis} Other Specimens agen nahh ag ee . ied with} Key West some time next week. charging the ship was loaded wi Various other specimens, That the adventurous Heming- ‘cargo consisting of sea food! of them extremely beautiful were! 4. .hirit is not’ confined E | products, live turtle, sponges and ai. Killed. One of these the gate! nec unatay , also killed : . nest Hemingway and his family is greatest koo-doo is of the elk/indicated by news received by family with spiral horns. One of) The Citizen that his brother Lei- those killed had horns 57 inches) cester Hemingway, 18 years ong lis now on an adventurous trip by or Ozark. from New Oriedina, enj Mt. Thompson brought back’ sea. |Coute to Misi. and Charleston (With him what is probably thej land the Agwidale from New York lest collection of photo graphs! { e Agw a ee of a bunt ever secured. Many of|terday in a 17-foot sloop icester and a friend, years old, left Mob | them show the lion in the majesty; Venezuela, on the northern coast tof life and other. after the kill.:of South America as their destina- } Many of the photograph« were ‘tion. Their longest open sea hop j posed by the members of the: will be approximately a distance | party standing near their trophies of 800 miles. after the hunt. Others show the When The Citizen mentioned life of the veldt in various’ this adventure of Young Heming: phases. They are clear and well! way to Charles Thompson he re- | developed. The work was done in plied that there is a possibility of jeeveral of the larger African hi« stopping at Ker West to see cities, th er ate i) —SPECIALS— Strictly Fresh Eges Delegate Calls Alaska Helpless — Anthory J. Dimond, congressional delegate from Alaska, wants congress to establish measure. He contends that any war danger lies acro: Pacific and that Alaska would be vulnerable in case of attack. An enemy operating from Al declares, would be only 1,400 mil2s away from continental United States. He hold: | Alaskan air base would give army rilots valuable training in flying hazardous territory and e mond ‘conditions in the north, the dele-' jand subarctic winter as ideal eon- ‘time rescue Alaska from the dan-'Jones sailed this mormng for a ‘ger of becoming the battleground Various Wild Beast In Africa and hides of the animals slain are | New ORDERS CALL FOR ONE: now being prepared for walls and| floor decorations and are expect-| ed to arrive in Key West later in; 1 left) months! Mr. } them on their hunt, first stopping! 12,! in} with * Ke: West, Florida, has the most equable weathe> in the country; with an average range.of only 14° Fahrenheit. PRICE FIVE CENTS United States Cliamber Of To Def. end U. S. In ‘Next War’ Commeree Says Sions Show Further Business Recovery FE EAR F BOMBING | Survey Reveals More Men BY UNEMPLOY ED In Many Sections Are AT MINNEAPOLIS, vss Work At Bete Wages POLICE MACHINE GUNNERS| STAND GUARD AT CITY HALL STORMED JESTER-! DAY (Ry As-veiated Press) WASHINGTON, April 7. —The United States Cham- i ber of Commerce today said | that “on every hand: there Uly Associated Press) lappear encouraging MINNEAPOLIS, April 7.—Po-! agi S : or: flice, fearing a bomb plot, stood} of further business re- guard today at the city hall which covery,” but that “advance” .000 unemployed and, ‘is threatened by some of the was stormed yesterday by a rag-} ing mob of {pending legislative _ pro- all last ; pos sympathiz Riot squads watched night and today warned by Ch - Michael Johannes that he had re-|_ “More men are being put ‘to work at better wages,” ceived a tip that “25 men aearac, with revolvers are com up, and that the city halt ma ight'the organization said in a } be bombed. H H fortnightly summary of signs an army the he that an would to the United States proper and also, here” City council voted to recom-} ua pmena demands of rioting mob, in-| tional business affairs. cluding contin C Pca gc uance of CWA and! Firms and Aleutians, before a fleet starting thus acne Seattle jinereased relief allowances. at the same time from Seattle, Rioters were beaten back twice | Jong in the red are » batlover the line Di-} s an air force stationed | yesterday without gunpla ficers were! { closer to the black, to fly!not before a dozen of! Comparative quiet prevailed to-| “Certain legislation, the! hurt yesterday. flying day. e pSmE TES ELISE ton otabite books and some | threatens this advance.’ 70 CUBAN WATERS — "AT HEARING OF” SENATE BOARD He included in the measure t plan for rotating all pilots to give OTHER: GOVERNMENT ves-} After being in port for about DENIES ASSERTIONS BY SEN. 10 days, the U. S. Destroyer Jacob! es ATOR LONG THAT SULLI- them experience in the north. Hopes For New Equipment SELS TO ARRIVE AT THIS PORT IN NEAR FUTURE VAN CONTROLLED MOORE’S OFFICE corporations either at Fairbanks would have or getting only 1,200 miles to protect territory. Emphasizing hazardous some gate described the rugged moun-, ‘tains, the vast expanses of tundra lands, the freezing cold of arctic “Forced to combat the elements} of our northland,” he said, “I am| certain army fliers and de ners | would develop new equipment} which would - make _ their work | easier and safer and at the same our of duty in Cuban waters. of two nations if war between the' With the departure of the de- United States and a Pacific power, Stroyer the last of the U. S, ships! jthat were in port are gone, Oth-| jers are to be in port within a ” | shogt tme, it is said. ' | Six vessels of type have! {been assigned to service in this | Vicinity with Key We: as the pate ever came.” sis Sys (My Associated Press) WASHINGTON, April —ha- ward iichtor, counsel for D, D. nominee for collector of j intert venue at New Orleans, }today denied s«sertions by Senator {Long that Colonel John Sullivan - controlled Moore’s office, and said “Moore's name was suggested himself to President Roosevelt The hearing was devoid of fire loeceka which have marked several previous days of the senate hear- this 1. ~\NEW COUNCILS — PLANNED FOR PRICE ISSUES SALVATION ARiY | SERVICE SUNDAY HUNDRED AND TWELVE} ‘Aafatens Mista a CONSUMERS’ BODIES TO, tion Army, who ret West recently for a HANDLE SITUATION conduct the serv evening at local headquarters, be-| {ginning at & o’cl Press) } A short April 7.—One! ranged to yendened consumers’ | tion with the servi j pected that number aiteading! Federal Deficit Ii Government Operation Exceeds Two Billion Salva, STAMPED TOO HARD BIG LAUREL, Va. found his left foot was L. T. MeN a mountaineer og in thi ty stamped so h a larze'to get it ke” that he broke his leg. When i Cis Axsxoct “asl WASHINGTON, hundred and twelve councils are to be formed through- out the nation to aid in adjust- { ment of price | ~ s eXx- fell local consumers complaints. Frank Walker, director of the} National Emergency Council, mak-| ing announcement today, said the! plan would be on an experimental! basis until it is determined how it} would work. Walker safd councils would be under direction of the consumers’ of the National Emer- gency Couneil. It will act as a coordinating | agency to aid the National Recov- Administration and Agric’ Adjustment Administration} The Hi-Y Club consumers’ problems, | High School wil as they relate to! SCHOOL CLUB TO HOLD CEREMONY (By Ansortated Preas) WASHINGTON, April Federal spending the year which ends June 30, ' passed $5,000,000,000 Ou April S, the latest the «© spent $5,005,500,000 pared with more than $3,750,000, G00 last year. The deficit today stood at $2 7. division 5 fiscal today in ural in hand date had available, mment ction ceremony on in April & o'clock, at the | Methodia at Church held prin new members of the The idea demonstrate te jthe public the value of the H-Y /65$,000,060 as compared with $2,- Club to boys who are about oe ‘part from school and go oct inte! 287,000,000 « year ago. the wor! ing them an ideal to; _ jlook forward to for a better and ROSES AND |\'vcvec's FLORAL PIECES). ivtocs tm moral, mental and ses! PHONE 597 ducements to be acquired by be- South Florida Narsery —- ee p ae com. HEAD BURNED OFF WINNIPEG—Enscaping guarding a iil be nurse is to { this city thrust his be was burne furnace and 8 bs * rele phy Margaret siavandobn in ONLY YESTERDAY Metines; Balcony, 10; Orches- tre, 15-20e; Might, 15-25< jeoming affiliated with this club which in compored of high school |