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Adsociated Press Day Wire Service, For 64 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West . VOLUME LY. No. 119. Airway Official To Visi it Key. — KEY WEST, FLORIDA, FRIDAY, MAY 18, 1934. Darrow, Still The ‘Super-Skeptic,’ The Key West Citsen Key West, Florida, has the most equable weather in the country; with an average range of only 14° Fahrenheit. PRICE FIVE CENTS United States Launches Movement Looking _ Eats: eens Tones Down Blasts Westin ‘Interest Of . Toward Ending Bolivia-Paraguay Dispute _ Of Expending Funds Re- cently Acquired For Im- provements (My Associated Press) JACKSONVILLE, May 18.— ‘Administrator Stone of the FERA said today that Major A. B. Mc- Mallen, head of the airways divi. tion, would be in Key West Mon- day, or Tuésday. to investigate the _ airport with'a. view of spending - rome of thg recently ' acquired FWA funds for improvements. < [Stone said he was specially anx- ‘ Bonste cid Key West td would Give. the airport every considers- Bon. " He ssid the airport improve- | arent would be another stop in the | general rehabilitation of that city. The sirport-itivicion bes: $316,- 900 PWA money to spend. * Most cities ® portion | WASHINGTON, Hoo Pas Clarence Darrow, now going on 78, eats’ spinach twice a day, | sneaks in a nap in the afternoon: and voices his blasts at “the .so-| jealled human race” more softly—| LOCAL COMMITTEE: but he: still remains the super*; i skeptic. JOE CABRERA AND J. FRANK) America’s most celebrated tal ISED OF AC./inal lawyer and “the world’s most BOMERTS AGPR, \famous infidel,” as William Jen- \ TIVITIES DEALING ee oe Bryan called him, obviously | as lost some of the fire he had in} PROPOSED IMPROVEMENT |ennessee evolution trial days; : but there are many sparks left. |. He still laughs at some of the | “damned dudes in America”; but,; “Under date of May 10, A. B. An ‘Official Critic? Of The NRA | | ©0000000000090000900000000000000008000 000000 000e e McMullen, director of the aviation; as chairman of the board which | on, wrote J, Frank Roberts| Studied the NRA and some of its ages vi vd of the ale ort | codes i in the interests of small bus-' es oe DOFF inesses, he withheld his Tash with | committee of city council, he! respect. to. the: ery program} would do everything possible to. pending the ns ett of the! secure funds from the FERA neC-: board’s: report ‘on NRA to thet essary to somplete the airport in| president. ap tyr | ‘Dickering, ‘And Hatin McMullen wrote that he But crak CHIE pinach he was ; on a trip to this city’ often carries his tray himself in the! the latter part of the month for cafeteria of the Pennsylvania | the purpose of inspecting the avenue hotel that is his Washing- | work already done and making ton residence and office—he will| plans for the completion of the | jet go with sporadic shafts of sal- FE I: Set A EEC AS EES SEIS ESSE: ERS Pe San Martin Overcome By Huge Demonstration Greeting His Retun To Havana Today) 7? (By Associated Press) (Ry Associated Preas) HAVANA, May 18.—Overcome} who were waiting to meet, him WASHINGTON, when h t off the boat from ; by a huge demonstration greeting reset shepard sg United States moved today Cuba today, Many of them patted him on the| two fronts te silence guns back and shook his hand alon, | President Grau San Martin feint-| three: mile route to his home. | Although orderly at all times, | Bolivia and P. peat he ebtacnd: Bis Heme Were ne crowd was unable to control} eee ard was carried to his-bedroom. j its emotions on greeting the man forced to leave the presi- Apparently the ex-president had otieeiccrog gin rag - }been unable to stand»the vigorous dency: last January. After an hour he was able to — by 100,000 well .wishers! ‘Great Britain Not Pledged To | his return to ex- } group of associates. eo \ |blood-drenched dispute over jungle empire. At the same time, |Eavoys In Neighboring Countries Seeking Sup- port Of Governments In May 18.—The that . * lor 50 years have boomed between Under state department Sitios | tions, American envoys in Argen- is Brazil, Chile and Peru are seeking support of those govern- ments in a plan for joint action to bring an immediate end to the the President project, It is now an assured fact that: fhe will be in this city at an earl, date, having already left Jackson-' ville for a swing through — the | state and plans to spend some jtime at Key West studying at first hand the possibilities of de- ; velopment of the airport here, ty sarcasm, He will tell you that there is ore general hatred today among the nations than-at any time since; the middle ages, that people “go on dickering, cheating and hat.” ing” and ‘that “this is ‘about ee worst period. we ever had. The} jidiotic nations set up crazy tariff LONDON, May 18.—Sir John; Simon, British ‘evetvn seeretary, | is not pledged to “preserve” in- Preserve Integrity Of China! (Ry Axscciatea Prexs) United States gives ite full coop- oe \ willing to participate in interna- Roosevelt began drafting a mes. jenge in which he indicated he will ;aek congress for quick passage of declared today that Great Britais| He intimated Great Britein was |2" arms embargo bill. | This would permit the United | will be eink =p onal Julius F, Stone, it is shown,|walls and branded as public ene- considers the airport here as a Po-| mies other people who. wanted to moeerr ibe, gage guess * | tential step toward the rehabilita-| sell them things to eat and wear,”! would waive thet, requirement at’ tion of the “souhernmost city in| To him, the United | States, in j the state” along with several oth-' particular, “is cursed with the dis- be proposals now being consid ‘ease of money-getting which the {depression didn’t eure at all, sate "The landing field is mentioned preachers are still ranting and no as lying next <te ‘the club © one,is showing any signs of turn- and golf course and-pifers uhus-|.ing the other cheek. as Christ told}: j.gally attractive features for them to do.” “ alying* their own) Lgtanee to alfght fi ir thé recrea- Darrow says rpyey he tional center. teenth Amendment was a step for- ward, but he fears that “with the federal government taking its} LARGE SHIPMENT AT WORK NOW ol bite, the states getting ‘in ‘their | tenvity of China, and will not par-| tional polleg of sanctions, that in| Stites to join with 16 other mani ‘reprisals against treaty BOS PS ufacturing netions in lin specific cases, should the Unit- | declaring an international and im- [et set fro partial embargo on all shipments jtatett agree to it formally. of war sapelies te ay ce (A The president hopes to send his Message to conresa Igte ee { pected to recom an enbargo jon arms shipments to belligerent baiitions. Before resuming reciproca) tar- tiff debate, eenators had a chance of the CLARENCE DARROW An avowed individualist, Clarence Darrow character” to head a board appointed to deter: small business. The man whom William ticipate in direct sanctions against; “stepped out of | ine the NRA’s effect |Japan or any other power in oth-! er parts of the world unless the TAXES CONTINUE: TWENTY-THREE HUNDRED! {| ARE ELIGIBLE To VOTE IN COMING PRIMARY 1 | Florida | action follows! 1 | ceived yesterday by J. L. Turnage, : cot wat tT ott F i vigor. r to due {iy Agsoctatc’ Wrens) SHREVEPORT, May 18. —Fred Lockhart was hanged here today for criminally at- tacking aad murdering Mae Griffin, 16-year-old school girl in April. The trap wes sprung at RUSSELL’S BODY i | | Criminal court convened this! morning with Judge J. Vining; Harris on the bench and all of-| jficore of the court in attendance. ' Three cases were set for trial) leans ‘Those of the state against) James Hyde, Luis Labrado an‘ E.} | At @ meeting of Equity Lodge, |\No. 70, Independent Order of {Odd Fellows, held last night at Ithe hall om Caroline street, the j initiatory degree was conferred on le ity Judge Alien B. Cleare, Jr. The meeting was largely attend. jed by members of the lodge and } i 'pibbles, the high taxes on Manor | i (By Associateg Press) fhave put a terrible burden on the} } Truck drivers in St. Paul join-| ie see the 1934 version poor drunkard.” TWENTY . TWO CARLOADS. ABOUT 155 ARE PLACED AT onns march,” There have been some improve- | BANK i the, reake of (teens today, Several bedraggled platoons leeenis, we sare in Physical com-| COME IN YESTERDAY;, WORK AT AIRPORT; OTHERS! gy brinsing motor truck trandpert tm ’teod up Pennsylvania avenue ‘to ia fae | MICHIGAN TO |average ‘aks “tp uit to Riley si FRUIT 1S TRANSFERRED} DISTRIBUTED IN DIFFER- | the twin cities almest to « stand-, aed White House. : lhe was; | AND SHIPPED NORTH | ENT SECTIONS tem. We still need the bonus,” said To many, Darrow seems a bit! | j ‘@ placard carried by one veteran. |gncongruous in the role of a new | i MAY HAVE BEEN LED BY DIL-| School tea¢hers Oldforge,} Other topics prominent in the See cane nae oe icin deni te wise ne Ferry Parrott of the About 200 men were assigned) LINGER; LOOT TAKEN ESTi.jP. tugboat operators in Buffalo tday included di@ught relief, demo- 3 * e ” ‘on’ matters relative to | ing rapidly and the office of Tax school of rugged -individualists, Pst Coast Railway Car Ferry |to work this morning on FERA; MATED BETWEEN $28,000 '224 at four ports on Lake Eric. ‘cratic party deficit, ocean mail clinic ‘and hospitalization ae ‘Collector Frank I. Ladd has ex-jwith some . of the ruggedness | Company, arrived from Cuba yes- eoligts + aes { ‘and 12,000 Pacific coast long-! jand proposed NRA telegraph code. = egreag hospital. ‘ perienced another busy day issuing worn off by the years. His friend- | terday mrretepon witht 25 cate ee j bred i AND $30,000 jsboremen also were on strike. : Tn the May @ issue of The Giti-| receipts, ay blue eyes, surprisingly gentle | Pineapples, 10.912 crates, and) quickly on the announcement re- ; Chicago teamsters’ strike, math RUSSIAN COMMISAR there wat an Associated) At 2:45 o'clock the books show- speech and frequent smile temper | phree in, bulk. ss or car of) fed by violence and threats, ended | ARRIVES IN GENEVA . despatch announcing that/ed issuance of 1275 and the office ' the sharpness of his shafts. | Plodanples in, crates were trans-|directet of operations, of an ad’| (By -Antentnged Treas after three days when employes}, GENEVA, May 18.—Maxim Stone, Jr, administra-|was still thronged with prospec-; Still the confirmed atheist, he . FLINT, Mich. May 18.—Ma-, iLitvinoff, Ruwian commiter for tor in had: been advised |tive voters paying up and getting | says: “When the shell is gone, I | ferred-and sent out over the rall-| ditional silotment..of $5,000- for! {6t the Wileox Coal Compaty vot, Pane SP and Sones ’ 7 Pead thisemorning for distribution! Rhine gun bandits, whe may have join a new union affiliated | oreign affairs, arrived here un-' the States Public/ qualified for the Primary on am gone, When the brain dies, I. < © Milsisec: Candy, jed to join a | ccpactadh : ¢ with Department had approved | June 5. “= {die. Then the long sleep.” vente vert, | been led by Joha Dillinger, carried swith the American Federation of | y today to consult wi of he Marine hospital at}, With the close of the day’there | Th the meantime Ke is enjoying | |» Two “ a the fig! ware ents About. 155 of the men went to Taken: ;the League of Nations’ leaders on ) the FERA, ‘will remain only tomorrow on: tis daily nap, ,his spinach, an, oc- paatosa in Ke aaah work at the airpjort, seven car-/°8 ® carefally planned raid on Nearly five thousand striking tbe question of disarmament and t on the FERA/which to pay these taxes and iss enciedal Coren eer’ cocktail before diaper: Si consigned to she A..Penters and 11 laborers were as-ithe Glenwood avenue branch of truck drivers picketed roads into|the possibility of Soviet . unions personnel, medical/Ladd says the office will close! .- ' echinacea aed a ay * Minneapolis, entry into the league, and repairs to the buildings! promptly at 5 o'clock, as required. BARBERS’ CASES }Granday Canning Company. signed to contifuance of theitne Citizens? Cofamercial Bank.” cevefsi bakeries deel: oak . > this { ‘Steamship Ceiba, of the Stand-| aquarium and the balance were in the meanwhile a proposal to rebabiltation 7 Spas of Rexistration John | party eit and ip Cmerae jsent te to work on the drill. grounds|“Sis morning, and made off with, ‘Sioa canes, diner ee ee jis due to arrive in port Sunday} “Iments to P ay and Boll cakaliee. aolative thenatal Pea Misha: shower as-thad tina | {be taken on e Porter Dock} vision of hapeni w. W. i ipnd $30,000 in currency that had ican seahihs Weled clhn 6 Me ith Mr,. Turn- raged primary. yam eres a lObresehy X jaccntien pe the permanent ‘ome del in an j jlivian representative had the end in} Of course, since then there have | | ,, Freighter Ozark, of the Clyde-| for the Coast Artillery of the led ear. | quasly: oppened is | application: plans made op-}been a number of others qualified, | OFFICER ‘PLACING CHARGE) Mallory Lines “ore ga) sn Florida National Guard. 1 ws a dul i ee many having paid poll taxes, but; eans, an a haa ee itnesses were NOT ABLE TO ATTEND SES-|after discharging il sai With the addition of $5,000,, : - ler_ to). SION } i ite {bring the list up to the 2,600, vad ge oecggt a onchange! "dh ARG and that one, of the three! ON DEGREE WORK mark, it is said. AT THIS TIME lend of the month, as $6,000 is! jman who entered the bank “levk- ers ‘fonction j available for direct relief. = MACON REACHES ARRIVES TODAY’ Asked if he knew anything 4 Nhe Oillinges.” He epeted 0) about the vegetables and citrus {machine gan. ‘sts| HOME PORT TODAY: fruit that sre to be shipped to) = tKey West as shown in an Asso-/ bandits escaped in two auto. |. FUNERAL SERVICES ARE BE-|ciate Press dispatch in The Citi-' 4. ‘mobiles despite prompt police ace a ; zen yesterday, Mr. Turnage said Pho. nose eee! Sagan PS ae See the knew about the vegetables but’ tion im answering the alerm. j lp, May. AFTERNOON thin; te date about the fruit.! | 18.—The savy Dirigible Ma- | Suares, barbers, for violations of| g Sama’ thorn san acted] * *} the law relativg'te ‘the eonduct of] The body of William E. Russell, | by W, H, Grien, regiosel odmia-| brethren from other lodges. Sev- con arrived at its home port pee nay Saute who died 10:50 o'clock Wednes-! istrator, if he could ase string’ eral interesting talks on the gvod ees . information on which these;day night at the home of his| beans and squash, and be replied! FOR WASHINGTON from a mob. tof the order were made by the . ah Se oes | men was arrested was on affidavit! janghter, Mrs. Lesion Rom. te Mi-|at cace chet they would be wert t 3 pecan j members é er pabticipating in fleet of George Ives, barber inspector|Ami, arrived on the Havana Spe-|comed addition to the list of co- joe ba eta te apy pind At the next regular semion to . for the state, who was in Key) cial today, accompanied by a num-| mestibles for distribution. The ; WHERE TO GO be held mext Thursday night, maneuvers in Caribbean wa- {West several weeks ago. |ber of relatives. fruit will also be welcomed, he, Wm R. Porter, chairman of | seqeegescccessecposcesee Judge Cleare will receive another one: seas It was shown that Mr. Ives had; Funeral services are being held| says, jthe Overseas Road and Toll Bridge| jdeuree. (sent a telegram stating he would|this afternoon, 4:30 o'clock, from|—---. ———- | Commission, was an a STRAND THEATER not be able to attend this term of|the chapel of the Lopez Funeral! JUST RECEIVED court and asked that the cases be Wm. Janney-Dorothy Appelby |) continued. in KING OF WILD HORSES [' Judge Harris advised he would! Fredrick March in continue the cases as requested. DEATH TAKES A HOLIDAY ; There being no others scheduled Matinee: Balcony, 10c; Orches i tor today a recess was taken until tra, 15-20c; Night, 15-25< {tomerrow morning 1¢ o’cloek. iHome. Rev. A. Van Ryn, of the t Congregation of Brethren, is of- i ficiating. Members of local lodges Knights if the Golden Eagle are in at} hermes and pallbearers were) MARKET selected from the membership. Phone 411 $10 Fleming Street Shipment of Hens and Fryers Fresh Meats Daily From Miami Eggs, (shipped), dex... 22c Fresh Florida Eggs. dor. _. 25 Before leaving Mr. Porter told | The Citizen he intended to step [Ont “Deh Tithes & Setidey." ifor the night in Miami and today | Saree leave for Washington, D.C, to. Tomoneow [take ao matters pertaining to tho} | Strand—“The Cat end the Fid- Neon for bridges, - Strand-——“King of Wild Horses” |