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; _ tragedy.” PAGE TWO “published Dally Rxcept Bandar By. L. P. ARTMAN, i From The Citizen 4 4 worner Greene and Ann Streets “ Onty Daily Newspaper m°Key West and Monroe 7 County. «ntered at Key West, Florida, as second class matter FIFTY-FIFTAH YEAR Member of the’ ‘Ausociated Prem. The Associated, Press is exclusively entitled to. ube for republication ofall news @igpatches credited to it or not otherWise credited in this paper and ‘isd the local news published here. SUBSCRIPTION RATES Une Year ome Month Weekly ...... ADVERTISING RATES Made known on application, SPECIAL NOTICE Al, reading notices, peor hs of inate lutions of respect, obituary notices, ¢ fhe eharwed for at ine'yate or 10 Seon ante” Notices for entertainments by, churches froma which ngyente Se fo ee. anritgs axe § conte.a lini The Ci forum and invites discus: sion of public ifiei § Ber subjects of local or general tatgreat but it will not publish anonymous communi- cations. NATIONAL ADVERTISING REPRESENTATIVES FROST, LA: & KOHN 250 Park Ave. New York; 35 East Wacker Drive, CHICAGO; Céneral Motors Bldg., DETROIT; Walton Bldg. ATLANTA. Woman's fond hope—that she may be weighed and found wanting. “The meek shall inherit the earth,” minus the inheritance tax. The popular trend is to evening papers. The ratio ndw is about . five to one, Greek learried in college helps the alumnus to remember the name of his gy eisai Automobile acciderits show a slight detrease, which may be due to the im- proved agility of pedestrians. Landlords are sensitive; they feel hurt if the rent is not forthcoming, . and guests are informed their welcome is ended. > iY ’ nate people are-those who can’t obtain credit enough to enable them to live beyond their means, Perhaps, after all, the most forty Thousands of dollars leave Key West every month for mail order houses Deeause the toca} merchants fail to invite cus- -tomérs to their places of business. We read that “when a Japanese young woman reaches 30 without having ac- quired a husband it is considered a The same as in America. \ Florists and post-card manafacturers are enthusiastic over the widespread ob- servanice ‘of Mother's Day and Postmaster General Jim is not exactly peeved, either. ~ Socrates was a philosopher but he had the habit to swear both deeply and volubly. Philosopher or no philosopher, & Wife like _ Xanthippe would make anyone swear and as a final gesture drink hemlock with _ equanimity. » . There are more than 60,000,000 awine * in the United States, not counting the road F ditgrs. -——Key West, Citizen, Takes too long to count the road hogs—and too much re- straint to Tet them pass after being counted. —Times-Union, The fact that five Alabama editors running for public office were defeated at the polls brings from Montgomery Adver- tiser the comment that it is a mistake and poor bargain for any newspaperman to seek public office and forfeit his greater power.— Editor & Publisher. Medical authorities state that each pound of fat €dVtains 4,500 feet of btood vessels, so if you are only one pound over- Weight, yon Biive nearly a mile of extra blood vessels, and that’s almost. the dis- tance of Duval street, which éxterids from the Atlatic Ocean to the Gulf of Mexico in Key West. The Altoona, Kansas, Journal says: A Yobng, pretty school teather who taught school in Altoona several years ago, in- augurated a new cure for tardiness at this time. She offered a kiss to the first ar- rival each morning. The next morning, at five oeloek, thrée youig men were sten _ sitting on the schoolhouse steps, and by six all the boys of the school and two members of the schoo! board had put in an appear- ance. REHABILITATION Key West if'in dire need of rehabilita- Administrator Green, who recently made | the rounds of the city accompanied ‘by William R. Porter. : And they agreed that, so far as can be determified at presetit, the most €ffec-| 19: ‘tive way, entailing lasting benefits, to bring | * +4 Po | tion: that was the conclusion . of State | FERA Administrator Stone and Regional | 1. Formerly 4 . about habilitation would be for the govern- | 22. Body ‘ot ment to grant a loan for the construction | 3° Three of the proposed Overseas bridges. As Mr. Stone and Mr. Green pointed out, the building of the bridges would re- lieve the unemployment situation in Key | West, as every man who wished employ- ment would be able to get it, and, besides, the morale of the community would bel raised to its highest pftch in many years. Undoubtedly, the support or advocacy ‘of Mr. Stone and Mr. Green will prove a considerable factor in the culminating drive té obtain the bridge loan. What they | recommend—the relief of unemployment through the medium ofa worthwhile pro- |. ject—is in keeping with President Roose- velt’s program for cities whose industries have been discon- tinued or have been moved elsewhere. No other city in the country is more deserving of aid for rebuilding and recon- structive work than Key West. All ‘the cigar factories. have been ‘closed, the sponging industry has fallen off | to merely a shadow of what it was in the ‘old days in Key West, and the market for fish, during the last two years, has been the worst in the history of the industry in| thiscity, Key West would be a revivified city | overnight were a loan granted for the} construction of the long bridges. Her peo- ple, who have been-and still are dispirited by the weight of the depression, would re- awaken to new life, to new enterprise, to a determination to reach a point of progress that has never before been in striking dis- ‘tance, Were they asstired that money would | Lowest. be provided to make an actuality of ‘a hope | Mean that has been entertained fervently for years—a continuous highway te the main- land. _ A WEDDING WRITE-UP Most newspaper men shrink from the pass that responsibile duty to the female society éditor. Yet there are exceptions. QOceasionally an editor is found who can paint a word picture of nuptial events that any lady reporter might envy. We discovered one like that who ap- pears to be hiding his great talents obseuré Kansas town, while he ought to be the rehabilitation of] & 4 in anj THE KEY WEST CITIZEN Daily Cross-word Puzzle ‘ ot | ee pe Ler e eodcovvccccrccccs ACROSS Solution of Yesterday's Puzzie 5. Kindo pork 6 Wound with a pointed weapon Pronoun 1% Heavy cord 2 Sheet if Rolled on ema eels. i gar me rete ude een 22. 01g Yorm ot . God of love 29. ot butterfly 1 1 4. Those who ‘34. Gral a 4 part fn discuss 1. Plant of the vetch family = Part ore ‘bri + Argel oF be- i YW; c) gonna eerie aaa 2 2an 2ee8 me ee lining at La 3 TODAY’S WEATHER ——$—$$_$_____~. — Temperature® WEATHER CONDITIONS Highest 1 BH 78 82 80) Pressure is low this morning |over southeastern sections of, the {country, and the far West, | lachicola, Fla., 29.80 inches, and riag| Phoenix, Ariz., and Salt Lake, Gity, Utah, 29.72 inches; while a fiéld jof high pressure, crested over the _{upper Lake region, overspreads .;most other districts, Chicago, Tl., .'and Sault Ste. Marie, Mich. ‘30.24 inches. Showers and .thun- .|derstorms have been quite general during the last 24 hours from Oklahoma and the West Gulf | States eastward over the Ohio Val- ley and South and Middle Aflan- tic States, and rains have occurred on the Pacific coast from San northward. Tempera- Normal Mean . Rainfi Yesterday's Precipitation .0Ins, *9In vecord cavern 24-Hour be coding at 6 o'clock thts ceil Tomorrow's Almanac Sun risés .... ‘i Sun sets Moon rises Barometer ut Ram today: Sea level, 29.84. WEATHER FORECAST iN 8 p. m., Satarday Key West and Vicinity: Mostly | Franciseo holding down a big city job. Here is a} ctouay with showers tonight and{tures are below normal this morn- sample of his literary ability, which proves probably Saturday; ‘our point: “Tt was a wonderful wedding. The } jc) show girl was as sweet as any girl who ever lived; but modern. As she walked up the aisle on her father’s arm, her lips lightly tilted at the corners with a happy smile, she. was a picture of modest beauty, Her filmy Wedding gown and gossamer @A floated around her fair blond head like a halo. She was as nearly an angel as girls get to be in this world. At the altar, as she passed from her father, the man she al-|in south and central portions Sat ways loved, to the other man to whom she | urday. would devote the rest of her life, her dainty slipper touched a potted lily resting on the Gentle variable winds becomi floor and turned it over. Smiling again, Se turned to the dear old pastor waiting jor" at the chancel and said: “That was a hel! of a place to put a lily.” FISH FOR KEY WESTERS (Miami News) Giving fish to Key Westers seems equivalent to carrying coal to Newcastle, except that the fish distributed on the is- laud by FERA are not imported., The or-{ der was announced in the Key West Citizen | Saturday, just in time to avert sapicion of favéritiem by FERA Director Stoné, who spent the week-end near Jacksonville on a fishing trip marred by ‘seasickness and complete disinterest of northern Florida fish jn his bait. The Jacksonville Journal reported, as the sunburned and wan direc- tor returned: “Mr. Stone is how further convinced that the rehibititation of Key West must go forward immediately. He also. went fishing while visiting there re- cently and not ofily caught sdme fish but did not get séasick.” gentle i: {ia over most sections from the i issippi Valley eastward, with Mostly cloudy with|!ight to heavy frost reported in % tonight ‘and probably | portions of the Lake region, and jreadings as much as 17 degrees | below the seasonal average in the Valley; while over western icts temperatures are general- {ly above normal, G. 8S, KENNEDY, Official in Charge eeeeroce ebesee essen | Today In History enne2eeeees 1787—Constitational Conven- n, with delegates from all the ates except Rhode Island, began n Philadelphia. able winds. Flori 7 Jacksonville to Florida Strai {| 1790—The Tervitory of north 4 vines (BOSSee established. overcast j to. moderate northerly peasy: and Weather with local showers 1870—500 armed Fenians in- fight and probably Saturday. jvaded Canada from Vermont but East Gulf: Gentle to moderate | | quickly returned when resisted. northerly winds over north por-} tion and gentle shifting winds be- coming northwest over south por-'don (originated about 1688) tion. corporated. over mostly 1871—Famous, Lloyds’ of Lon- in- DEPOSITS IN THIS BANK ARE INSURED UNDER U S. GOVERNMENT INSURANCE PLAN THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF KEY WEST Member of the Federal Reserve Member of the Federal Deposit 'nserance Corporation U. S. Government Depositery "KEY WESTIN DAYS GONE BY « Happenings Here Just 10 Weta | fingervrints on Rubs Ago Today As Taken From The Files Of The Citizen The known as {hold a meeting this evening at political \Transfer Corner to make arrange. _ [ments for a @ish fry to be held ai “ |Some point on South Beach next Roy Fulfrd and Herschel | week. Demeri treasurer of rival candidates the pockets and are teaming up ‘make the affair a success, The board of public works having a breakwater son bight. After the die hipaa ceanailes recreation and children, amusement Editorial comment: Everybody, in Key West with an ounce brain or an inch of vision hopes!time but would review the whole | + ‘rebuilder of humans,” yto see the road to. the mainland a reality someday. But we must jnot stop at hoping. Girl twins were born this after- noon to Mr, and Mrs. John Pinder at their home, 1108 Olivia | to Keyport, N. J. Floyd C. Whal-;h st¥eet. One weighed 4 8-4 pounds ton, mechanician with the and the otfier weighed pounds. 5 Yesterday morning ana after-!been spending about four months} was Were in Swim- with relatives, will remain indef-! risa. ‘Those in bath-| ‘noon Targe ing in the morning constituted largest gathering assembled at ‘popalar resort this year. Today is the B7th anniversary high commissioner to Santo Do-! ity Queen Mary mingo, are expected to arrive int She was borniKey West this afternoon. of Her. Royal Maj of he Britain. in Kensington Palace. ish Tae ‘Consul W. J. Hi. Taylor. The weather bureau sub station. at Sand Key reports passing of 38 ships during the past, two days. went. these, 35 went west, two east and one south, f Many, compla’ ints by aatomobilists because of earth and refuse piled up on sides of the highway on the proach to the Stock Island side of the bridge connecting that with the city, At one point The Brit- sailed from Havana this morning. is placed at the top of; the pole at the consulate of Vie | a eae were made, yesterday afternoon and evening FRIDAY, MAY 25, 1934. | eoccccccesocecccs oe Today's Anniversaries eeedereccdessouensactvcd { °1782—Samuel Livermore, New Hampshire _ jurist. congressman ‘aint and soil was piled up on either 'and U. S. Senator, born at ‘Walt- side of the road and made it pos-}ham, Mass. Died at Holderness, FINGERPRINT CLUE NEW YORK—Adam Lenansky this city was charged with mur-! : der, through a clue supplied by his! two cigarette, ask Hater en sible for but one car to pass at a N. H., May 18, 1803. time. One automobilist said he tended to complain of the mat-| 1803—-Ralph Waldo Emerson, r to the county commissioners, * essayist, poet and philosopher, ' America’s great thinker, born in Charles Lunn, who some time ;Boston. Died in Concord, Mass., for ago lost his left hand and part of; April 27, 1882. the organization, his arm in an accident at the Flor-| ihave put their hatchets in their ida East Coast Railway, is expect-/ 1803—E. Bulwer Lytton, pro- to ed to return today from the com-| tific English novelist, author of {pany’s hospital in St. Augustine,|the “Last Days of Pompei,” fa- jwhere he has been under treat ther of a famed author, born. Died jg, ment by Dr. J. N. Fogarty, chief! jan. 18, 1873. constructed surgeon of the company. i , along the shore front of the garri-| } construc-! tion of the breakwater, dredging ‘dperations will begin and a swim ‘ting pool will be constructed. Thi will be an addition to the man: that have been made recently to provide! 1810—William H. Channing, This is the day that Was sap-; Unitarian clergyman, author and posed to be the time when local :peformer, born in Boston. Died politics would begin to show some pec, 28, 1884. ep, but up to the hour of Boing | press none of this has been in: evidence. In fact, things appear! 1823—Lorin Blodget, : physicist, to be much slower in line of poli-| Weather expert and af tics than they Were one week ago. | born near Jamestown, “. Rtizs Representatives*of The Citizen, in Philadelphia, March 24, 1901. have heard it frequently said by} voters they were not sure how | of {they were going to vote at this! pion wrestler, physical for 1845—William Muldoon, cham- culturist, born at list of candidates and decide later. | Belfast, N. Y. Died at Parchase, iN. Y., June 3, 1933. | The all-metal seaplane, owned | S jby the Aeroma e Airways com- } 1847—John Alexander Dowie. !pany, which arrived yesterday, left the muchtalled-of founder of E. this morning at 5 o’clock sirenitoy Vine City, preacher, prophet and ler, born in Scotland. -Died in com-| Chicago, March 9, 1907. 1-4 pany, is on the plane with Mrs. |Whalton. The pilot is C. J. Zim-} 1860—Price Collier, ‘merman. Mrs. Whatton, who has) born at Davenport, Towa. Nov. 3, 1913. author, Died nitely im Keyport, ‘which is the} Subscribe for The Citizen. i—— if Key West's First Faneral Home Key West's First Ambulance Service PRITCHARD Phone 548 Never Sleeps { the ‘home port of the plane. the’ ae Senator McCormick, of Minois, land Sumner Welles, American They; vine | STEAMSEIP C Co. UNITED STATES FAST (P&O mE: PORT TAMPA—HAVANA—WEST INDIES } Effective April 27, 1933 i —— Key West for Havana Tuesdays and Fridays 12:15 reer Havawa for Key West Wednesday. and Seturdays 9:45.A, M. Leave. 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