The Key West Citizen Newspaper, June 8, 1934, Page 1

Associated Press Day. Wire ; Service. For 54 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West The Kep est Citsen Key West, Florida, has the most equable weather in the country; with an average range of only 14° Fahrenheit. VOLUME LV. No. 137. Hurricane Sweeps San Salvador. And Lives; Property: Damage t Millom And Half Dollars Placed: Communication Disrupted (By Associated Press) NEW, YORK,’ June 8.—Eight lives were lost, 500 persons made __ homeless, ‘and damage was esti- ‘mated at $1,500,000, done by a hurricane that swept San Salvador, _ capital of the small Central Amer- cam country of Salvador on the Pacific coast yesterday and last night, the Pan Ajmerican Airways ‘reported today. All American cables previously had reported its line to San Salva- dor had been out 36 hours.» Martial law was declared today/hills of the that it was there George W. John-| as the result of the complete col- lapse of communication facilities, light and power lines, and railroad} Robert Sparks Walker, Chatta- i travel. Reports wirelessed’ to. the Pan has a yen for the facts, has col-| American Airways via its airport at San Salvador whieh escaped M Five Hundred Pevsons|SPECULATION ON [DENIES MOTION Rendered Homeless ;/ [CATION DEALING) TO QUASH WRIT | Tl WITH ‘OLD MILL’ MANY CLAIMS ARE ADWANC- ED; DAUGHTERS OF REVO- UTION MUCH INTERESTED IN QUESTION DISCUSSED CHATTANOOGA, Tenn., June 8,—The story that “the creek and the creaking old mill,” made fa- mous by!‘the'song “When You sai I Were: Young, Maggie”, © is Tennessee, stands debunked, maveh to the chagrin of the Daughters of the American, Revolution. A, D. A, R. marker proclaims to visitors to an old mill on Spring Creek, near Benton, Tenn., some 60 miles from here in the foot-| Smoky Mountains, ' son wrote the poem in memory of | his childhood sweetheart. j Rooga naturalist and historian who! Mected letters from living relatives of the author and of the heroine,! laggie Clark, to prove *that “the damage; said many large buildings! creaking old mill” is in Canada. in the capital were partially de near Hamilton, Ontario. molished. Homes in the residential an! triét of Nopango and Fovopango Mrs, Elizabeth C. Badgham, -of| ‘were washed away by heavy rains Gear es = deemed the re-, be st REY. “DAY LANDS IMMENSE TARPON ine, | Quotes Letter Walker quotes a letter from beste 3ou N. J., who Marte youngest.sister of ie > Clark, the .- herein, in Glatiford, a town ‘near Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, She was the eldest of several girls, ‘of which I was’one of the young- jest sisters. Our father was a | prosperous farmer. “George Johnson was born in a nearby town and came to Glan- -in which to. file an answer KEY WEST, FLORIDA, FRIDAY, JUNE 8, 1934. ‘Chiefie’ A ‘Modern’ Deer, Likes Pie And Auto Rides IN KRESS CASE PROCEEDINGS HEARD IN SU-; PREME COURT PERTAINS TO OUSTING FIRM FROM BUSINESS IN STATE Dy Asnoctated Press) TALLAHASSEE, June 8.—The | |fupreme court today denied a mo. nf oR to quash a quo warranto writ tby which it was sought to oust S. H | H. Kress & Company’s permit to do business in Florida, ; | The Kress Company contended | {the quo warranto was not proper! The “Chiefie,” Colorado deer, lik pie and “playing” the piano with riding in an automobile, eating | is hoofs. preveeniaet insanely 8 Fe {Bs associated Presn) jcigarette and cigar butts that “he’s ; BOULDER, Colo., June 9.—A' almost a living ash tray,” his own- pet deer named “Chiefie” with al er says. + fondness for pie and coffee, play-| “His favorites around the house upon whether the relators’ elaims i ing the piano and riding in an,are our cat and dog,” Mrs. Cover utomobile attracts many: Sunday! said. “In fact he won’t sleep un- 1 visitors to the home of Mrs. Verna/til the cat has been put to bed} pany’ *s license should be ousted, | Cover in Boulder canyon. { with him in their sleeping place in} ] |. Chiefie “just strayed in” andj} the garage. : Kress Company is given 20 days has put up at the Cover ranch ever{ Chiefie dislikes hay. His favor-; panes, his owner explained. Occa-| ite provender is coffee and pie, | {sionally he roams the mountains| though he also likes bread, bacon) The relators are represented by! for days at a time, but always ; and apples. “comes back home.” 1 With a little patience, Robert H. Givens, J, of Tampa. | Riding in the Cover auto was aj Cover taught Chiefie to strike a j gaily habit Chiefie acquired quick-} keys of a piano with his hoofs, ‘PYTHIAN SISTERS. hy, and now, if he isn’t allowed to|and now he enjoys “playing” for court held otherwise. | The opinion does not touch are correet or whether the ein. | { his admirers. ~ “His only bad habit,” said Mrs. Cover, “is tearing clothes off the many line.” [ride when the family takes’ the it out for a spin, he follows like +a pet dog. The deer consumes if so « PRICE FIVE CENTS ‘Roosevelt Inaugurates Vast Plan To For: Deserving Citizens Of Country Commissioners Discuss Request For Free Transportation FERA Commodities Over Ferry System} *°*'* "** Heard At Regular i ing Conducted Last bing —_— Free transportation on the .fer- ries of the: Monroe County ~~ tem of FERA commodities been asked of the county commis- sioners by E. H. Goodwin, direc- tor of commodity distribution. This matter was placed before the board at the meeting of com- | missioners held last night in a let- \ ter from Mr, Goodwin. The ques- tion of making a decision was re- ferred td Chairman Norberg Thompson, who will discuss- the matter with Ferry Manager Eugene Demeritt. Present were Chairman Thomp- son, Commissioners Carl Bervaldi and Braxton B. Warren. | Ross C. Sawyer, Attorney Wil V. Albury, Deputy Sheriff Clem- ents Jaycocks, Ferry Auditor Roy Faulkner, and County Engineer Homer Herrick. Regarding Warrants Clerk Sawyer announced that the distribution of warrants for the employes of the county from General Revenue, Fine and For- feiture and Road Funds, began j yesterday afternoon after bank- ing hours. Many Other Matters Are NO TOLL T0 BE - President Informs Con- gress Of Movement To Provide Program For (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON, June 8 — President Roosevelt told congress | PADD BY TRUCKS | sete» 1: 5 i wropring «vast ~ NHANDLING FOOD PERTAINS ‘TO VEHICLES OP. ‘ERATING UNDER SUPERVI- SION OF FERA IN TRANS- PORTING PRODUCTS Trucks carrying food stuffs for clients on the lists of the, FERA will in the future be exempt from paying toll when provided with authorization from officials of the organization. This matter wa staken up at the meeting of the board of county commissioners last night and was reférred to Chairman Norberg Thompson and Ferry Manager Eu- gene Demeritt for action, It was announced by Thompson this morning that it had been decided to permit all trucks, arriving with commodities and returning up state to be free from toll charges but that the driver of the truck must be pro- vided with a certificate showing that food on the truck was solely for distribution to relief clients. Officials of the FERA in Jack- | | | ford to teach our school. He and Maggie became engaged. It was about this time that he wrote a book of poems called ‘Maple Leaves.’ In this book he wrote the poem, ‘When You and I Were | Xoune Maggie.’ He said that it was for them as they grew old Rey. Jus. 8. Day, Howard {wat-| tonether. eolm Day and Dr. R, W, Hart) pete Soot composed a fishing party which! “The old mill mentioned in the -left port last evening at 6 o'clock! Poem was Just below my father’s} and returned at 10 o'clock, The farm. It was a beautiful spot on trip was made on John Sawyer’s! the bank of Twenty Mile Creek. I. PRIZE FISH TAKEN DURING! “TRIP IN NEARBY WATERS } LAST EVENING ‘Material Arrives For Reopening Of Santaella Factory On Monday 'ELKS INSTALL ida from Tampa this morning was| NEW OFFICERS LAST EVENING: | Included in the shipment were The clerk stated he had dis- tributed chetks to approximately| sonville, Miami and Key West are half of the amount to be dis-|to be notified of this decision and bursed and the balance would be|take steps to provide drivers with handed to employes today. the necessary authorization. Tax Collector Frank H, Ladd’s Arriving on the Steamship Flor-} deposit of funds for June rad of June 1933 taxes was read as Y NES ; follows: Various county funds! GIVEN FC In connection with the pa th HI to hi one too re nev. ‘Knot, {COMMODITIES DISTRIBUTED treasurer ex-officio for Monroe; YNDER SUPERVISION OF CEREMONIES OF LOCAL OR-; GANIZATION WILL BE con:| DUCTED IN TEMPLE wi MONDAY NIGHT i j Key West Temple 20, siden Sisters, is planning for the cere-) Monies of initiation to be held | | Monday night in the Temple Hall! on Flening street. _ $737.80; various school funds, 4G |a large shipment of material ana 787.98, accessories for the A. Santaella| Cigar Factory. speedy yacht, George Franklin. . Day succeeded in making ize catch, which was a tarpon | visited the spot a few years ago! and the old mill is now in ruins. “In 1864 George and Maggie 141 pounds, measuring 6] Were married and went to’ Cleve- feet, 10 inches. Rev, Day played the monster for abovt an hi and a half, the “big on was) safely landed, Photographs of the prize catch was made by members| ®€8r the old home in of the party. The fish was taken with a No. 18 thread line. } lo land, Ohio, where he accepted a | position as associate editor of the} Cleveland ‘Plain Dealer. In May; | 1865, Magigie died and was buried | Canada. Heartbroken, George returned to Canada as professor of languages Officers of the lodge say there will be a large class initiated in- | | WILLIAM to the order and some members | of the order are to be reinstated. ; | The degree staff of the Temple | i will } ‘demonstrate floor. wor! Which is, said tobe one of... th most impressive ‘ceremonies ; j aases | plants. by any organization. Installation of officers of the} The weight of the total ship- Plans are going: forward for the Key West. Lodge of Blks was held | ment is approximately 17 tons, It reeéption tq be tendered” Grandsjs.¢ night at the lodge rooms on Will be transported to the factory CURRY HARRIS _IN., 80 packages of tobacco in bales | and cases, mold boards, presses, -STALLED AS EXALTED RUL~| viatform scales, platform trucks, ER; LARGE NUMBER AT-) labels and cellophane, and other | paraphernalia used in the opera- TEND EVENT | tion of- cigar manufacturing | 5 Dr. Hart also landed a tarpon,|#"4 mathematics at the Univer- Chief Mrs. Crystal Manson. whe; naval street with a large number | today and be gotten in readiness which was smaller, however, than the one caught by Rev. Day. A large shark was captured during the trip besides many smaller fish. NEW, MODEL MAN IN FSACIST TRAINING (Ny Axsociated Press) MILAN, Italy June 8.—The fascist regime is forcing a new type of man, described as the | age. possessor of “virile humility.” ity of Ontario. “In 1866 he had the poem writ- ten to Maggie set to music, and how well I remembered his com-} ing in from Hamilton with the first copy published. I sang a great deal in those days and we tried it together. I have always been! so proud that my brother and I; were the first to sing that song. I still have the old copy. It has; been much used and is yellow ass keidiog letter from Donald un. {will pay her official visit to the: or members in attendance as well, for operations by Monday. County, $769.72 less commission| of $15.39, leaving a balance of $754.33. Sheriff's Report Sheriff K..0. Thompson's re- port of deposits for June 5, 1934, is recorded as follows: In the; case of Pedro Santana, $38.59. Clerk Sawyer reported the cake lection and distribution of $2,-! 190.49 account of tax redemptions for the month of May 1934. ; FERA UNIT More commodities for local. re-| ' tributed yesterday. They con jed of 125” hampers of string oom and 75 hampers of squash, Provisions have been made to ship to Key West 200 more hamp- Jers of the beans, 100 of squash, | lief clients were received and die! Temple within the mext few) 2, several visiting Elks. — nies tecmnly my A buffet cold supper was served) 2 st during the ev ith other fes- Key West pra will lis happily re ing e ening, wh ote e: ‘membered by many friends # Miss! | ¢0:tainment. Crystal Angus, who, with mel The following are the officers! mother and other relatives, madei that were inducted into office: her home on Newton street. Wm. Harris—Exalt ed) } tivities making up the program of Curry Wi atron Sawyer — Esteemed | | Leading Knight. Benjamin Loyal Knight. Sawyer — Esteemed| While the factory will begin Monday it will not be until Tues- ' day when the cigarmakers will be; senianes bs tables. ‘MRS. DORA BAKER | | DIES THIS MORNING Mrs, Dora Baker died this Judge Hugh Gunn _ reported,5,000 pounds of Irish potatoes and licenses collected for May amount- approximately five tons of cab- ing to $25.50, Of this sum. $17.00) bage. goes to the state and $8.50 to the; It is understood that pursuant county. to a request by the local distriba- The First National Bank of; tion offices the above will arrive | Key West was unanimously desig-|in two equal shipments to avoid lates as depository for Monroe, crowding and possible loss by any County funds up to the amount of / cause. $10,000, | Notifie: yn was received by Clerk C. Sam B. Curry’s re-|telegram this morning that = con- | port of the activities of criminal | signment of peas was shipped from court during the month of May! West Palm Beach by express and plan of social insurance for 3 “of a citizen and his ly.’ This with another national plan for land and water resources will be laid before congress next win- ter. “Ajmong our objectives, I place security of men, women and chil- dren of the nation first. People, the said’, want decent homes to They want to locate them where they can engage in produc- tive work, and they want some safeguard misfortunes which cannot be wholly eliminated in this made world of ours.” Regarding homes he said the government already has ap- propriated millions for housing, and in the housing bill now before the legislators it “can stimuiate lending of money” to. modernize homes atid"build new ones, Of the problem of “readjust- ment of population,” the _presi- dent said hundreds of thousands of families live where there ig no reasonable prospect of years to come, The president said when the next congress convenes he hopes to present a plan covering the de- velopment and human use of national resources of land and water over a long period of years, It involves abandoning of mil- lions of acres for agricultural use, and replacing them with better lands, The president also disclosed “he had begun studies looking to the unified system of social insurance, including unemployment and old age. against living in \CAREY SECURES BOND; RELEASED John Carey, who was in county jail awaiting trial in criminal court on charges of using what was described at the preliminary ‘hearing as, vile and terrible tan- guage, was released yesterday. Friends, it is said, prevailed on a citizen to stand Carey's bond fixed at $50 by Judge Gunn at the hearing. The bond was sign- €d late yesterday afternoon and Carey eo So OPENS TOMORROW, GIVEN HEARING | morning at her home, corner Of} was read and ordered filed. jshould arrive in Key West today. j ake talento gros nen se ore lags Baa Soa Frank Shepherd — Esteemed} pjivision and Grinnell streets. Fun-| a blackshirt forecast of the future}a nephew of George Johnson, the | generations, only in so far as in-jsong’s author, substantiates characteristics benefit} claim of Maggie’s sister. dividual soviety in general, The “negative” attributes of in. @ividualism that he will know noth- ing of are listed as: venality, van- against fundamental morals. His “virile humility” will be ex- the state and unquestioning obedi- ence to rules that enhance the welfare of the people. PRESCRIPTIONS Our Prescription Service is Somplete. We fill for any dec- ter in the city, Gardner’s Pharmacy Ebooe 177 Free Delivery |, | j t APPRECIATION ; ,jat 505 Duval street. T desire to thank the voters of! ity, desire for luxury and rebellion | Monroe County for nominating me as their County Solicitor and wish to assure them that I will see tote Shape, which has’ been com pressed in a profound respect for | it that their confidence has not; Pletely remodeled and painted in-j been misplaced. ALLAN B, CLEARE, JR. jun8-1t DANCE Tonight at 8:30 O'clock ARONOVITZ HALL Music by the “Cotton Pickers” the} aan Knight. eral atrangements will be in| H. D. Warren—Secretary. leharge of the Pritchard Funeral t Morris Holtsberg—Treasurer. | Home. eae Curry—Tiler. |: R. Bervaldi—Alternate. Merrill Sands, proprietor of the | we Armando Cobo—Trustee, place, has been working for seve | three years. eral weeks putting the buildin, | | Tomorrow evening at,6 o'clock ;has been set as the opening date (and hour for the Plaza Restaurant | are pending word from a son who} | will arrive here over the highway | tomorrow, ANNOUNCING— The opening of PLAZA RESTAURANT 503 Deval Street jside and out. ) The Plaza occupies the building! | formerly known as the Manhattan ‘Restaurant. All equipment, in-} i jcluding the counter, tables, sa | Cabin Cruiser Berenice, of St. and accessories are the newest) Louis, one of the finest. of this} and most modern that could be) type of vesse! which has been in; jobtained. The counter and other! port this year, is berthed at the/ woodwork was built by the Island) Florida East Coast terminals. City Novelty Works. Sloop Yacht Felix, which arriv-} Mr. Sands will give a complete | ed early this week and went to; restaurant service ,which will be! Dry Tortugas, returned yesterday | [available both day and night. jana was to sail today for Miami.} Arrangements for the funeral! eece WHERE TO GO eee TONIGHT Palace—“The Battling Buck~ aroo” and “Sailor's Holiday.” Strand——“The Laughing Boy”) and “The Trumpet Blows.” TOMORROW Palace—/‘Catherine The Grest.” Strand—“It Happened One Night.” NOTICE Employees of Pineapple Fac- ‘WILSON STARTS Howard Wilson yesterday fe- | ceived his appointment as Deputy | Collector of Internal Revenue, re- lieving James Boykin, and took up the routine of his duties this morning. i ___~| Wilson will be assisted by Frank ‘King, who has been in charge’ tsinee the departure of James Boy- [kin, who is on vacation with bie family in Miami. Mr. Boykin ix expected to re-} ;tarn in about one week and will) at enes Seenalty vonage of- In taking over the office Me} ' George Cornish, colored, was ar- raigned in the court of Peace Jus- tice Frank 0. Roberts this morn- ON NEW DUTIES: ing on a charge of using profane, obscene and indecent language. Several witnesses testified as to his guilt and although Cornish mode a plea to the judge for clemency he was told the prepond- erance of evidence was sufficient to warrant his being held im $50 bond for his appearance at the next term of criminal court. STRAND THEATER Lupe Veles Ramen Novarro in THE LAUGHING BOY George Raft-Adelphe Menjou in THE TRUMPET BLOWS Matinee; Balcony, 10c; Orches- tre, 15-20c; Night, 15-25< SiR! CORRE METALS I A S BERET ELS WAGNER'S “PRIDE OF FLORIDA” BEER, NOW SOLD IN KEY WEST AT 10c A BOTTLE BY ALL LEADING VENDORS. THERE'S SOMETHING SPECIAL ABOUT IT