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- For 54 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West VOLUME LV. ° No. 108. Kentucky Derby Will Be Run Devastating Fires In 7 i COUNCIL HEARS Ruins; Delage Thest-) MAYOR'S REPORT ened Alter By Thander-| QW POLICE DEPT. ERTS PRESIDES AT MEET. ING LAST NIGHT DURING yy Aumoeinted Prews) UISVILLE. May 5.— Notwithstanding a fire which left two stables. at Churchill Downs in charred} : ruins, and a possible deluge’: The City ‘Council met in regular atetied by gathering| session last night with Council- the sixtieth} man J. Frank Roberts. presiding, Derby battled/in the absence of President Leo u ; its Warren, and also president pro- full page-|tem, Ralph B. Pinder. Mr. War-| 2 y}ren was unable to attend on ac- SRE LOE cok gh sar dition hile’ Mr, } j pastor of St. Mary’s Star of the ABSENCE OF LEO WARREN] feondition, A little later he died.|iMterior, administrator of the..vast | Citsen Asserted That | Place Own’ ~ On Japan's ——___-____- -__. ‘GUNMAN’S WIFE PLEADS GUILTY TO CONSPIRACY \ ,MRS. BETH GREEN'S ACTION} IN FEDERAL COURT TODAY CAME AS SURPRISE IN CON- NECTION WITH CASE “KEY WEST, FLORIDA, SATURDAY, MAY 5, 1934. epeccccccccccecccccccccce GTON HEADLINERS 4 HatesTo See The UndersDog Get'A Dirty Deal’ eococccccccccoccccccccoce! | ©0090000000009990 * 4B EY; e esee ‘WEST PRIEST RECENTLY}- By ALEXANDER R. GEORGE, | (By aancciated Press) SUBMITTED 970. 1 OF BRAY iy ASRINGTON, “Mey” 5] TION; ARRANGEMENTS FOR) was March 3, 1933, the republican| SERVICE INCOMPLETE REY. DOUGHERTY DIES LAST NIGHT | administration's “moving out | jay” in Washington. | | A mild, ‘patient looking man’ _with quizzical, humorous eyes. be-! ‘hind large spectacles ‘was‘one of aj nen Cesete ebueahs oe cowl awaiting entrance to the night 11 o'clock in the rectory na ressive mahogany-trimmed of- ‘the church. His passing was un-j be f Pe i ted) Ibi 1 expectily: sadién. fice of Secretary Wilbur of the} Last Sun, day Rey.’ Dosxie aay | TICE. department. underwent an operation for. re-| The man unostentatiously moval of the tonsils. Thursday *tepped up to a suave: office at-| he was returned to the rectory;tendant and whispered: H and apparently was making excel-!_ “My name is Ickes, Harold L,; lent progress toward recovery. |! want. to say -howdy, nob good-} Last night ‘the attending phy-| bye to Mr. ‘Wilbur » Suppose, a sician, made ‘an examination andi nae ee ante-zoom:: until anes afterward left the rectory leaving TS AAG } the pastor in what was siento Thus the ‘cabinet debut: of ‘the, ed a fairly gpod and comfortable ™4n who today: is secretary: of the —— Rev. F. X. Dougherty, ay, ! (Ry Associated Presa) ST. PAUL, May 5.—In a sur ; Prise move in which her attorney i and the department of justice at- petroleum industry,” dirsetor of! the largest public ‘works project in| i f the nati id re-i ie a8, S808 neat Centered‘ fan| etn ety, Of the Baton and re tempted to maintain utmost ‘secrecy, Mrs, Beth Green, reput- Brief Life Sketch i Rev. Dougherty was born Aug-| ec. a | Pinder left the city recently for Overnight the ‘historic race! a trip to Fort M; - <i é i was received m Mayor William H. Malone in! he enclosed a report of the} of police, showing arrests s feor the month of ‘the amount of fines 63 for that i 5 ! May, | exports said it would take con-| showing: that the Sum siderable rain to slow it up much,| been. taken in ‘for the | “any tain was bound to} April. ee : % effect .on chances of en-| Aside from committee reports,| ree i and the reading of the reports of Fogarty,’long shot, was the first, officers, there. wa snothing other seratch announced, than routine business coming be. ‘fore the meeting. j za | ‘HENSON FAMILY | OZARK ALSO CAME"IN. YES. ass | TERDAY; ALAMO DUE. TO "ARRIVE MONDAY — Steamship Brazos, of the Clyde. Mallory” Lines, arrived ith of, COME IN OVER HIGHWAY FROM MIAMI FOR WEEK'S SOJOURN | | /Mr, and Mrs. John Henson and their three children were: ar- : discharging rivals over the highway this week: cargo the vessel took on shipments! and are spending a while with! of Sea Food Products, live turtle} their many relatives and friends. | and abd sailed at 3:30) Mr, Henson is connected with! Selock tee York. ». [thé Waste Department of Miami,! Steamer Alamo, of the same/and annually comes to Key West! lines, is due from New} for most of his vacation, accom-; York » fre and after dis-| panied by the family. charging will sail for Tampa and) Since ‘his arrival he has been Mobile. approached a number of times; jand asked how he came to get in such serious trouble in Miami and on the keys. When asking for an explanation he is told The Citizen carried a! story of his arrest and how he was’ released on bail awaiting trial, in’ Miami. and afterwards in Key/ West, 1 He sometimes laughs and at’ other times has become angry, | bet explains that his name is Hen- | son and the arrested man is Hin-; son, John, of Key West, weighs! George R. Putnam, commission-| about 120 pounds, The Hinson, | COMMISSIONER OF LIGHT- HOUSES HAD BEEN ON ‘TRIP WITH DEMERITT ‘ed pastor at, the time he was -h “i if ever inter-!of 1920 he was one of a handful! ’ ‘ : ; had} ested in all forms of clean and|of delegates who voted no when} Waters to participate in tac- | i jgarded by political observers as fed wife of the slain taeda uc ay | Roosevelt regime. +e spent in’ college work. No “Whit * i During the World War he was| ati aoe i Lee assigned assistant to the U. s.| Sitting long hours at. a broad: | chemist in charge of the labora-| desk in the big room, which over- tory at Brand Coteau, La. During |!0oks the distant Potomac, Ickes} the course of an experinient an {Still has that patient look in his explosion occurred in which. sev-|£¥¢S xcept when he thinks some- | * de ean tn ern Renny jn oc he wveromene” (United States Navy's Mammoth | ae ee Dirigible, Macon, Leaves Miami { suffered severe injuries to “the; Then the jaws take on a granite (By Axnocinted Prenn) | gangster, pleaded guilty in feder- |al court today to conspiracy. te {harbor John Dillinger, outlaw. At the requé&t of George Sul- } livan, district attorney, Federal |Judge M. M. Joyce deferned sen- ; tence until disposition of the trial of three co-defendants, Evelyn {Frechette, Dillinger’s sweetheart, ‘Dr. Clayton May of Minneapolis, and his nurse, Mrs, Augusta Salt. INEAPPLES ARE SENT NORTH cast, the milk blue eyes become in i vangape LN orlag sare jenticw steely and’ there are! H arian at Spring Hill College fo sn Arg pak Seagioel see cd poi mer of 1931 appointed Superior *harp-dealers are:'his patticolar! H of the church at Selma, Ala. | Tokes, who! bax: had:to’ say “not] MIAMI, May 5.—Lifting,;at Opa Locka naval_base,; Endeared To All :|to. many applicants for PWA its giant bulk into cloudless| and roared away with a full) On November 9, of the same:funds and favors, has said the’. ee | ‘ ' Rev, was int- ji skies, the navy dirigible| complement of officers and { Rev, Dougherty appoint- | word a great many times in his 36, TWENTY-81x & in ser sat grees st eae re bosses” and}Macon sailed away from'mén under command ' of HAE! CARLOADS: AR endeared | crusading for reform. ‘es 2 :. i jpewRIVED -LAST) 4 é to. the: ie aver tts cope national conveution) here-today> "for-- Caribbean|Commander-A. H. Dressel, /*/*R! seeds life. “He | headed southward toward, FROM HAVANA jthe Florida Straits and Ta | maneuvers with the! { , i | Cuba. Another shipment of The airship passed Over ‘vast Coast this morning. In the! Havana at 12:58 p. m., con- train were 46 cars, two of which! healthy sports, and displayed par-|the assembly ‘was asked to make j tical ticular. interest in’ the boys injunanimous the nomination of their sports and contests. Warren ,Harding for the _ presi-| fleet Arrangements for ,the services , dency. ' have not been completed but will! When the Insull interests sought! The great’ grey craft, be announced later in The Citi- to make peace with him four years | zen. ago, his answer was a loud “no | slipped easily from its mast tinuing toward Guantanamo. that reverberated through Cook —-~-- CRS Sip aE a3 SHEPPARD CALLED Confident That Roosevelt Now BACK TO DAYTON county and Illinois, although he Favors Proposed Silver Program WILL TAKE CHARGE OF a. — was advised it meant _politieal NIGHT ACTIVITIES AT EAST- Saag ics = Reeling oe suicide for him. When his polit- jical battles in Chicago became dis- May 5.—jaboard his train as he journeye ERN AIR LINES COMPANY leaders re-| jof former j heartening he turned to his flower today | William W: | The fruit arrived on the Ferry! Parrott afternoon from Havana icars, The crates..were trans-| ‘ferred to refrigerator cars, The} vessel also brought ios sacks of mail. Steaniship Florida sailed yes-; terday afternoon for Havana with! | 59 passengers from Key West, i1} from Tampa, two automobiles and) 4 196 sac i to New York torattend the funeral’ 7° “seks of mail. ah oad ifs REGIONAL OFFICER | LEAVES FOR MIAMI a Seth Perkins, regional engineer | for FERA activities in this dis-} trict, who was in Key West for a} brief visit, left over the’ highway, this morning for Miami. : During his stay Mr. Perkins went over projects with B, C, Mo-| reno, supervising engineer, ‘and! will take his report to headquar-; 1 garden: for. restoration of spirit. Part-Time Gardener Five acres of blossoms make his home, in Winnetka, north shore| suburb of Chicago, one of the WASHINGTON, {show gard of the country.. He! Senate silver bloc is a specialist in dahlia growing, ‘ has originated several varieties} "™""*4 to Washington Frank Sheppard, who, with Mrs.|and named one-'the Anna W. Sheppard, was spending a vacation |Iekes in honor of his wife. Ad- with relatives in Key West, was}¥ised«by his‘ physi¢ian té give up summoned’ by telegraph yesterday | tennis as too, strenuous, he turns’ that the chiéf ‘ékecutive to return to Daytona Beach. . . |fo garden work in season, ‘ Just a little over two'years ago|:-1m bis: office herd’ Wekés’ works he left Key West and ‘was em-jWith his sleeves, rolled up, hase. ployed with the Eastern Air. Lines and a ndwii after a. train conference with! speAKs ON REBIRTH President, Reosevelt, confident} REPUBLICAN PARTY sym-| WASHINGTON, | pathetss ite: the. Ipgislative pr m|5enator Borah, Idaho republican “ re ~ fs \amtinbiatéant lon” ig, UePendent, today called for the "glass ‘of’ milk . : oe in ‘various capacities at the Day- 5.— May ti %, ! as was : . hae ‘ jrebirth of the republican party brouxht in: for luneh ‘andétten re-| © athe, permissive» pur-) shorn of its old “economic and tona airport. jturns after dinner..to remain-on] chase plam Woking’ ‘toward erea-| Bren ae sg BI “bag tga 2 Within a short time he was pro-!the job until 11 o’clock or later.! 5 be vast ‘ A idgetadR aie. yeeaamtge Mey te: moted and his advancement kept! At 60 he does not seem to feel the tion of'7 ration with gold as be restored to are steadily on until just before the'strain of responsibility as director | primary money. {| In an interview concerning mail carrying contracts were tak-jof three big governmental enter- | prospects for the party, now that 4 H Sai tax tthe Ualted ates ann plese: Members of the group who| new chairman is being sought to ters on his arrival and talk over| rain be. wes aundé night des. Long an avowed champion of raveled northward with the presi-| replace Everett Sai the the pians for continuing work in patcher at the port. | the under-dog, he shares with Mrs./ dent as far Baltimore, ex-| senator emphasized he not Key West. i The telegram yesterday advised | Ickes, who is a republican mem-; pressed gratification at the re-| ®dvancing any candidates for that Iya 5 7 | him the Eastern Air Lines had ber of the Ilinois state legisla-; sults of the conference, and unani-|P0St or the presidency. PLAN 10 REPLACE i been awarded one of the mail ture, an interest in the problems, mously predicted an agreement! . He hinted very strongly, how- j transporting contracts by the gov-| of the American Indian. They have: could be reached. fever, he thought that Hoover in- } ernment and he was called to) bome in what sounds like a re-| The president invited them’ fluence should be eliminated. ‘ take charge of the night activities | publican stronghold, Coolidge, Mc-! i of the port as despatchéer. | Kinley county, New Mexico. } {rota’s sensational new jot 1,159 pounds of butter, | i West, Florida, has the most. equable weather in the country; range of only 14° Fahrenheit. with’ an average PRICE FIVE CENTS World Must Interpretation Stated Policy Foreign Office Spokesman Refuses To Make Clear Hirota’s Declaration On “Hands Off China” (By Associated Prens) TOKYO, May 5.—A for- eign office spokesman fusing to clarify Koki re- Hi- dec- laration of Japan’s “hands off China policy” asserted today the ‘world must make its own interpretation.” The spokesman did say, how- ever, that the.speech was not in- tended asa reply to Secretary of State Cordell Hull’s statement of America’s position in the Orient, The interpretation placed upon the foreign minister’s speech by foreign diplomats was that Hirota {Served hotice that Japan will not participate in consultations with other signatories of the nine- power treaty in the event article seven is invoked. 4 The treaty among lother things #2 | Suarantees.an open door in China, as HANDS OUT 10 Y OF NEEDY } ee REAU | IN KEY WEST DURING WEEK ENDING TODAY pine-! appless was sent out over the} During the week ending today the FERA commodity distribution were in bulk, the others in crates, / bureau at Key West, under structions from Miss Tleen 6:50 o'clock yesterday | liams, director, of social servic in 26) Made 874 issues of comestibles, All cases of needy presons’ are investigated and when the case “has been reported on ecards for the different commodities they are ‘then issued to elients, the quantity depending on the number in the family. Issues for the consisted 159 packages of cheese, 1.274 pounds of lard and 6,175 pounds of pork. Quantities of provisions includ- ing flour have been requested and are expetted to arrive early next SAWYER LANDS LARGE TARPON OF FOUR ON TRIP YESTERDAY week Out of @ party of four angling for tarpon, yesterday, John Saw. yer was the only one skillful enough to land his fish. He caught one measuring six feet three in- ches and. weighing 110 pounds. Robert Sawyer, John Sawyer, Warren Sawyer and Leroy Torres | No campus playboy was Harold; jickes when he attended the Uni-} Befriends “Under-Dog” WHERE TO GO J Dpbecee the quartet of fishermen. The United States Lighthouse) ay of them had strikes, the fish Department announces that Mianil] waking several leaps and then Harbor Main Channel Light 12-14eaying the angler with red, reel, ex af lighthotses, who, in company] of Coconut Grove, the one ‘in )*®*eeeceeee ay Chain. ee with Superintendent Wil +) trouble, weighs about 200 pounds i TONIGHT qfenior, wRen , jook part in his Demeritt, inspected Palaces—*The Sea Ghost” Sand Stet | political: ddmpaigzn in the “Cross Examination.” ispring of 1897. Chicago was tre- Strand—“Queen Chri »_ fmendously stirred and so was POE iL Bh tt RET —" nm isting.” . itr fold 7 i } : . | Hafold over a public utility ques-; LAI, May $.—Floridiansy Particularly tio. He dropped his academic; | | pursuits. and reported at the heach| peased in their manifold works to-' “three Henrys,” east coast’s Henry quarters of the independent re- publican candidate for mayor, and John Maynard Harlan, son of the' many still living, whe pioneered and third, a comparative new- jlate Supreme court justice, need use ees OS odes re-icomer to Florida scenes, Henry | Marshall Harlan. : 4 Lateaste sick ‘Secwe tomes: | torre oe epmerniacnss cars Gee wor. r years ago in stamp col- tier” because of its opportunities. muy vele-| heroes, too, to be feted. former's! Fer men who built the Governor Dave Sholtz, members }state through grasping of its lat-'.¢ his cabinet and other digni- . , {ent potentialities, honor was paid/taries, were enreute here on under-dog|i® every section of Florids today,| special train to take part in the Pioneers Day. Ne jversity ef Chicago. He was a. which was reported missing Ti tine and hook. 3, will be replaced as soon &* PYBE-) John says that heroy and War- ticable. tre were both thrilled when they thad tarpen on the lines, and avked | what to do with the lines when the '|flab started to speed up. The finh ATLANTA, Ga.—After 1. W-| snewered the questions by shaking King of this etty, had proved to) Sut the hooke and leaving for oth- court that his cow and bogk @ied.ter party. his 4 children were iil, and had! The party was fishing in Jack lost his job, the judge placed him! channel snd Mr. Sawyer says the on probation instead of giving him) waters are teeming with tarpon ja juil sentence for drowning his) which are biting as freely . ax sorrows in liquor, grunte. | STRAND THEATER |} Greta Garbo-John Gilbert —aliipes QUEEN CHRISTINA || Metince: Balcony, 10¢; 0 iL tre, 18-200, Might, 1 Florida Honored In Celebration Sentence anise and) father, snd father, it is shown, PLACED ON PROBATION honored were the Tender Ivy. } On his arrival from Washing-|" - ton yesterday it was thought Mr.}/ tmam would return te Washing. | is now learned he will) TOMORROW Chureh—Services’ at 7, 9:30 330 adn 8 p. m.! Palace—“The Sea Ghost” {“Cross Examination.” Destroyer Goff, which was as.) Strand—“Quegn Christina.” signed to duty as guard for the) Navy Field—Baseball. flight of planes which left Miami| j yesterday for Guantanamo, re. jday to hener men and women,'M. Flagler, west's Henry B. 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