The Key West Citizen Newspaper, April 17, 1934, Page 1

“| CLOSE. BIDDING ON CERTAIN ‘made by the successful bidder was|ters aboard government ships | i MELL HEARD BY SEVERAL HUNDRED PERSONS AT PARK LAST NIGHT Claude Pepper, candidate for the United States Senate from Florida, who is opposing Park Trammell, incumbent, addressed several hundred voters last night at Bayview Park in the interest of his candidacy. The speaker was introduced by Attorney George Brooks. In opening his address, Mr. Pepper expressed great delight at having ‘been afforded an oppor- tunity to visit Key West at this time, and. spoke \of the excellent harbor here with a draft of water sufficient. to take care,..of the ¢ waan today. Those of largest of government.and other y amounted to about $4,-|.vessels, besides the many other those of today<.to $2,-| facilities. available for -ships call- j "ling at this port. 5 ~ Some -remarkably close bids} He stated that he saw no good were received for certain lots, Injreason why the naval station y instance a lot was sold forlhere had not been reopened and; $612.99 and the next closest bid-|placed on an active basis, and} had placed his figure at $612.| why the marines were not quar-| vo other bidders made their}tered here during the recent and after the sale was de-|trouble is Cuba when the “sea ¢lared it was found that the price | soldiers” were kept in these wa- ; TOTAL $7,000, LOTS DISPOSED OF AT NEW sales, this week vat the amounted to approxi- just 35 cents more than the next| looking for a good landing place. highest. Two other bids for a|He said that with such excellent small lot were exactly the same, | housing facilities at the navy yatd , . Top price paid for any Jot was}and barracks, Key West was in one yesterday wherein the buyer|his estimation the proper place to paid’ $1,035 to the owner. Bids|have this government unit quar- averaged between $5 ani $5.50, jtered arid held ready for any 7 emergency in Cuba, ; ‘ ” Favors Roosevelt i Declaring that he was in favor! of following the policies: outlined | . ¥ | by President Roosevelt toward na-; “| tional recovery, he also referred | to many other activities in ees, is 1 .. He’ described < " of “communism” ‘by'Dr. William Wirt as one ‘The speaker then ‘struck at Sen- Trammel, accusing him of Florida ‘deserves, despite the lat- jer’s 18: years in the senate and than 35 years in public of- F to get for Florida all that |’ KEY AY, APRIL 17, 1934. UP! WEST. FLORIDA, TUESD. eee0 SOMING ‘@qeccvcogccece eo. FULL TEXTOF = JURY IN CASE OF | CHAS. RO CUMBED ‘TO INJURIES ON SAME DAY a Full text of the verdict by the coroner’s jury in the case of the/ ‘death of Charles W, Roberts,} | eight years old, is herewith given.| } Roberts was struck by an auto-! |mobile driven by Mrs. Allan Hampton. The accident occurred Sunday ‘morning on William street, near} ithe J. R. Valdes bakery. The | wounded child was taken to the | Marine Hospital and died that aft- ernoon, } Findings of the jury_are: boo“That the deceased, Charles ; Willard) Roberts; came to his death by bemg run over. by an automobile being run and operated: : by one, Mrs. Mary» Hampton, on | William street inthe city of. Key} | West between 11 and 12 o'clock {Sunday morning, April 15. That | the killing of the said Charles Wil- :lard Roberts was unavoidable. : That brakes of the said car were in good condition. That the rate of speed at which the car was be- ‘ing driven was a very moderate ‘rate of speed. That the operator of the car blew her horn and used! ‘every effort possible to avoid ‘striking’ and running over the boy.” The verdict was signed by Wil- liam Boll, foreman, and the other }members of the jury, George M. | Parks, Harry Lester, J. J. Albury, { Fabio Olivieri and Clements. Jay-| | cocks, Jr, | IVY SAILS LAST - | | | | | at ar | | i ‘The 1934 bascball seaéon, involving teams of the American) Y©SSEL CARRIES MATERIAL! and National League, starts today, after the opening game with | TO BE USED IN CONSTRUC- the Washington Senators and the Boston Red Sox was rained out | yesterday. - The full schedule of gamies will be carried out .with |, TION OF RANGE LIGHT AT much interest, as usual, being displayed by fans. PUNTA. RASSA | Lighthouse Tender Ivy sailed! 110 o'clock last night for the ee) Key West, Flotida, has the most equable weather in:the country; with an average range of only 14° Fahrenheit. PRICE FIVE CENTS Makes Denial Certain Names Attended By Dr. Wo. Wirt FINE WEATHER [iiss Ale Baiows; In terior Department Em- IN OPENING OF pean a BALL CONTESTS, *°*. MAJOR LEAGUE TEAMS. EM- (ay Aassstated Breen) BARK ON 1934 PENNANT| WASHINGTON, April 17. RACES AMID HIGH HopEs!—Miss Alice Barrows, in- AND’ EXPECTATIONS terior department employe, who was hostess.at the muck PRE 2 publicized September . din- Cheered by the best opening} er, attended by Dr. William day weather since.1931, two ma-| Wirt, told house investi- Jor hesebsll: sedav nba gators today that none of the with | BUCStS had_ mentioned the i names of Kerensky or Stalin ene, ead ee or Dr. Rexford he Hy or ‘Ap ideal April day, sunny and) 4: cad ens eibieets-at warm, dawned in all eight cities! 5»): where games are scheduled with) She testified they had con- Gus H. Fan responding to the/ fined themselves to attempt- sunshine to/ ing to interrupt the talk ‘by swarm to box offices with money| Dr. Wirt. ‘ in hand and a smile on his face.| As the first of six present Overnight estimates of club| At the. dinner with Wirt to executives placed the turnstite| testify, she. said the party. total for both American and Na-| WS “not a success,” because tional Looguse(at 188,000 bat ber-| °F OF Witt: contiaed: come ring unexpected afternoon show- age Daas, oft ppeared this might be con- s0 ee siderably surpassed. eet TO. GET HEARING HOLDING UP CAFE AND DEMANDING MONEY on the -1934-pennant race) beaming rays of ers it aj heard as she added that re- mark to her denial of in- cendiary. assertions which the. Indiana educator at- tributed to dinner attend- ants in his testimony a week ago. } James Cottrell, who was ore MAKE REPORT ON ed early yesterday morning on & charge of holding up the Star Cafe : eH fs 4 *-. lused in the construction of a Tee oi 58i rage light at Punta Rassa. Tender| with an automatic gun and de- e : viation Poppy, which is now in that vici-! manding that the money on hand tO. ,Rity and has erected the working|be placed in a sack, was to be ae ah platform, will construct the light. placed on trial this afternoon, RELIEF RATIONS Issues of rations to the needy { William W. Demeritt, inspector] The arrest was made by Cor-jon the relief rolls during the week of lighthouses in the Seventh Dis-| stable Ray Elwood and the hear-!from April 7 to April 14, number (iby Associated Press) WASHINGTON, April 17.— "PHONE SYSTEM ‘hdd caught 15 people who had! nitle were passed: by the and, only four minor: enes law, and-these for the re- of individuals and companies. . Would. Help Schools Pepper deviated! that he was in favor of federal aid of the schools, but for local management. He spoke for old ‘age pensions, sug- gesting that 70 be the pensionable age at the start of the program. He declared himself to be in fa- vor of the payment of veterans’ compensation certificates up to a point that they are paid only to {those who are actually rt need of ‘ the-money for their e: mee. Liké:a bolt out of a clear sky, ! “eput rl not in favor of pay- E. D. Dodge, state automobile tag} ment of the ¢ % os FIFTEEN AUTO TAG DELIN- QUENTS ARE TAKEN UP HERE | | audience that he would never be found equivocating, that it will | Mark Requa, republican national FROM SAND KEY {committeeman from © California ae make an inspection of aids to nav-|the court of Peace Justice Frank igation and attend to other mat-|}0. Roberts, 4 o'clock. ters before returning on the sett Charges were made out and filed Seki \this morning, They cover the Tender. Poinciana, «which is question of ising a deadly weapon working on the east coast ‘and in the hold up and the cantuge of ‘was; recently repairing and replac-’ the ‘possession of ing beacons on'the . intra-coastal! ; e a8 waterway,‘has started homeward. | It wilt -he:several days before the} vessel reqches .Key -West-asthere | and deseribed asa ‘felega’ friend and adviser” of Former President i | Hoover, was pictured: to the senate” -air mail imyestigating committee teday as having yoluptecred to ae ——— are several projects which she wifl «|| 1930 im the interest of an aviation attend to en route. | company controlled by E..L. Cord.| Coast Guard Cutter Unalg Z jived from Fort Lauderdale yes- The Sand Key Lighthouse tele-| Chairman Black, Alabama demo-'terday afternoon and anchored in| phone cable has been placed im} crat, read into the record a tele-ithe stream off the naval station. | commission again after having) gram from Lynda! Young, officer’ | i been out of service since the last! of the Century Air Lines, to L. B. TWO AIRPLANES ‘M’FARLAND stormy weather experienced in! Manning of the Cord Corporation, this section. | dated in September, 1931, saying WA Manuel Gomez, who looks after; Young knew Réqua personally and ARRIVE TODAY TO CUBAN and a like nature at Key West,| Hoover administration can be —_— j Sone and who keeps up telephone lines’ used to our advantage.” | Two planes arrived at Key West /OFFICERS WILL JOIN OTHERS for the government ‘along the! The Cord Company it was this. morning from the j ing in the work of restoring the! was seeking to have air mail landed at Pan American field. cable between Sand Key and Key/routes thrown open for com-| In the machine were Captain West recently carried on by the! petitive bidding and was not try- W. A. Harrison, and Lieutenant J. ; TWENTY’. SEVEN ‘HUNDRED FEET’OF CABLE RENEWED IN PLACING LINE BACK ml ‘COMMISSION ‘ Soviet } i | Coast Guard operations . of . this! believed “his influence with the! coast, was instrumental in assist-|shown in other correspondence “Aviation Base at Ops-Locka and| trict, sailed on the Ivy and will|ing is scheduled to take place in'848, according to the records of = 4 distribution , those in charge of 5 During that period the follow- ing commodities and amounts ; ‘were disbursed: Butter, 1,065 \pounds; smoke@ pork, 4,550 | pounds; 848 lard, 450 ; Milk {361 packages. Russia Takes Exception ‘To Enforced Settlement Debs (Ny Asectated Prem) MOSCOW, April. 17—Active } 'Coast Guard Cable Ship Pequot in| ing to make a deal for any con- Vorner, U.S, M.C. Reserves, mak-| Destroyer MeFarland sales ian. which 2,700 feet of cable was re-| tract. ing regular practice flight. last night for Havana where the "a, et the newed. ; The officers made a call ‘on | Uificers of the whip will join with! wae < wih met be This line of communication has | Lieutenant Wi B. Jackson at the! those of the Destroyer Ji le tate |proved to be very convenient for, Navy Administration Building and Jones in inepeéting the Cruiser oe debt settlement. mariners who have become strand-} ed on the little key that borders; : on the gulf about seven miles from never be said of him that he lack- ef ed the courage Yo take an open position ! on controversial qui pice aog Sat Ms nowt to the party will never be CIRCUIT COURT afterwards returned to the field| Richmond, flagship of Admiral | city, whereby they have in; ese ; | eeee ; and took off on the return flight. | Charlier S. $ The McParland is expected tol gction time past been afforded an oppor-j Circuit court, for the Twentieth WHERE TO GO tunity to communicate with Key; Judicial District, met in recessed éeaiinn pra oj tion to be transferred to the Bich clared effect that jmond at Havana. will not deal with s Key Westers were theught to have and all officials present. a ile, and hb - .| Strand—T Like It That Way” leave with him for Port Ever- been lost for awhile, on reaci The case of Pugene Sands ver- raha phone system, with a boat from notified by attorneys that the case ie ‘this port being immediately sent/had been settled out of coart. Palace—“You Made Me Love! it expected Admiral Freeman, at Key = for a few CULONIAL HOTEL J. S. Golden, Manager 5 retarn tomorrow and take om ®! ft deseribed it ax load of fuel off at the naval at | © wist American West for needed assistance, jsession this morning with Judge TONIGHT 4 rty of i: Thursday the McFarland ‘will stch Some time ago. a party of Jefferson B. Browne presiding a 5 learey the tag at Cusmieale ond" an obstacle . z, ‘ ‘ bg { Mr. xX". ing the light station, got in touch sus Vernon Spencer was the only 994 “Mystery 0’ H ’ i the tele- % : —— inspection of the Antares. with Key West. over the | one set for trial. The court as yomomnow i aoe oo oe j there, taking the marooned party; As adjournment was ‘ordered You.” | wilt ia hod. tom © them beck $9} until the regular fall term ig Strand—“Jimmy the Cent” and) hours whieh will leave this port. October, “1 Like It That Way.” lor