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er Monday = morning. and “Where Sinners Meet.” For 54 Years Devoted to thé Best Interests of Key West - MISS VAN SICKLER OF RELIEF BOARD ARRIVES: IN CITY DISTRICT FOR BUSINESS VISIT WITH LOCAL UNIT VOLUME LV. No. 140. Arrival Of Larger Vessels At Key West Now Showing Increase “Ocean-Going Tug. A. B./ROAD MARKERS "Potter With Dredge In! CREAT HELP TO Tow Decked Here This! AUTO DRIVERS Morning Se: SAFETY CAMPAIGN INAUGU-| Within the past several weeks,| RATED BY GOV. SHOLTZ! it is shown, that shipping business} meets WITH WIDE AP-| has picked up’ considerably for! provaL BY TRAVELERS Key West, there being a number of additional steamships and other classes of vessels calling at this Port, most.of which have taken on fuel-oil at:the Porter Dock Com- Miss Florence Van Sickler, re- gional supervisor of relief for the Tenth District, arrived over the highway last night for a business yisit with local department heads. Accompanying Miss Van Sickler are Miss Kathleen Randolph and as a. sence } Miss Nannie Gayle Owen, of Mo- pe 4 bile, close friends, who came to TALLAHASSEE, June .12.—/ Key West on their first visit at The orange or biack center-road the earnest. solicitation of their stripes that are providing safety! postess. on curves for ‘Florida motorists 2 Miss Randolph is’a well known will cost the state road departnient) i nd has a wide seieiencet t some $30,000 in labor and paint: ‘Fruit steamers are making Key} pefore the year is out, Chairman i" ‘he nouns area anisheeeh| ‘West a regular port.of call at this|C. B, Treadway of the state road! talkie ae bla la ol Bg time, and it is indicated that there} department said today. cl pretest poeaeeetsing dalighios will be many more ships coming| “The department is making’ with her visit so far. this way within the next few effort to follow the principles of: Another source of pleasure for months, Governor Sholtz’ safety campaign’ yisses Randolph and Owen will be |! Berthing at the Porter Dock by affording automobile and truck that they have a mutual friend in! this morning was the drivers the maximum of safety on Mobile, Mrs. Harry Pillans, and. ocean going Tug A. B. Potter eurves by this ‘method,” Tread- called on Mrs, Pillans’ parents, Mr. from Jacksonville with the Dredge| “°” stated. iand Mrs, J. M. Navarro, this morn- Reliable in tow. The tug took -on oil and water Road department crews haveing. been busy since-the first of the! Mrs. M. W. Matthews, supervisor + and sailed with tow, shortly after +11 o'clock for Apalachicola where year painting or repainting the/of publit health nursing in this| broad safety stripes in the center district, was also an arrival last | of highways. jnight and will be in charge of this} Fe tions Cay Ror aber - “The general idea is that these branch of. the FERA agtivities in, It was said the mouth of the|8ttipes—orange on asphalt-cover-'Key West, { river is to be dredged out and the| ed highways and black on cement! 1 operations are expected to con-| highways—have been placed r=: REDUCTIONS IN tinue for some months. The A, B,|the guidance of motorists driving! ‘ at night,” Treadway said. “Thi RENT NOW HELP a | er, rounding a curve at the pres- NAZI PARENTS i _Jent day rate of speed, finds eer siderable comfort in aligning his! : _ }ear by the aid of the center-road; . } ¥ ot let a couple with four children move into his. apartment house. { While much is being done pri-| vately to make life easier for par-' ents, Cupid is also officially in-' voked by the various government and city authorities to curb unem. i ployment. { Hitler’s marriage program,! , nt which has been in effect since’ of a new «committee, on public June of last year, has been a huge | welfare, by Chairman C, B. Tread- Juccess, More than 183,000. way of the general board: Mem- couples have been married with bers of the new group are George the government’s financial sup-| C. Willings, Pensacola, chairman; port. During December and Janu- | A. B. Dooley, Pensacola; C. H.'ary the finance ministry was so/ Reeder, Miami; Wendell C. Hea-| swamped with applications for | ton, West Palm Beach, and Mrs.’ matrimonial loans that in Feb- Robert M. Shearer, Orlando. All ruary and March of this year the’ ystem had to be suspended be-! NEWLY-WEDS AND PARENT: OF MANY CHILDREN-GIVEN | . BIG HELP TOWARD’ REAR. ca SEEKING | ING OF FAMILIES | KEY WEST GIRL MAKES EX- IMPROVEMENTS eeu paren! - CELLENT ORD coL ‘ (iy Auseciated Press) i REC a. BERLIN, dune 12. Newly-| LEGE; ALSO ACTIVE Nj” {weds and parents of large broods 2a . live more cheaply in Berlin now! MANY SCHOOL CLUBS APVISORY AND - PLANNING hat several companies owning (Sipecat $6 fheCittnen) COMMITTEE HAS VARIE! rge apartment blocks are grant-| > iz them financial support. bh he saa sag haa PROGRAM INCLUDING ee Reduction of rents by 10 per-| graduated from: Kalamazoo Col-| WAYS AND OTHER DOINGS/cent for two years is the gift of | lege; at the 98th annual com- the landlords to young couples: > mencement which was held June and heads of latge families among 10 and June 11, Miss Boyden was {Receial to The Citizen) | their tenants. ‘an honor student and she majored} TALLAHASSEE, June 12,—: Bridal Pairs Drain Budget "in Sociology during her four years! Committees of the Florida Ad-{_ Childless ¢ouples were preferred | of attendance here, She also hadfVisory and Planning Board are! in previous yea and many land- | the feminine lead in the senior] studying widely varied interests lords refused to lease their rooms | Glass play, “The Late Christopher | on a general plan of state im-, ‘0 families. The change of senti-| ‘Bean,” by Sidney Howard. provement that ranges from tax| ent was brought about by a nazi | Miss Boyden was active in the| revision to a systematic plan of/CoUrt verdict which sent a “sub-; Stetson chapel choir, the Gaynor} state. highways, M. 1. Monts| Yersive” house owner into a con-_ Club, and on the Index, the college} gomery, executive “secretary of centration camp because he would! She was also a member of} the board, announced today. { _the Eurodelphiian sdciety. Committee members, actively at: Dr, Vernon C, Finch, Univer-! work’ since their preliminary ‘re- Dr. Hugh ports received approval at the} First Bap-1 May 28 meeting of the board in! it, addressed} Jacksonville, have reported con- at the com-| siderable progress, the secretary te j He also announced appointment address was given in the chapel . Saturday, June 9, culminated with the senior play. Miss Boyden is the daughter of Mr, and Mrs, Ralph B. Boyden of West. Mr, Boyden is connect- ause of lack of funds. cl | Bachelors Held Inefficient of the state’s tax laws, sponsored! This year, Hitler expects to by the board and paid for through: marry off at least 200,000 girls FERA! funds, has’ maintained who occupy gainful positions. By more than satisfactory: progress in making “hausfraus” out of these its contemplated twelve month young business women, Hitler schedule, opes to create jobs for an equal Since June 1, the survey has number of men. The. equivalent eccupied four attorpeys, four re-' of $59,250,000 has been set aside search clerks, two ‘stenographers’ in the budget for this purpose and and two typists. Another attorney, the loans, which averaged $240 is to be employed under a general) ast year, will be increased sj authorization by Julius F. Stone,’ about $300 this year. Jr., administrator of the FERA. An outstanding example Purpose of the survey is to out-; marriage - mindedness of Great.” Strand—“The Witching Hour” of ‘Strand—“Let’s Be Ritzy” the “The Wi ” ; itching Hour. tion laws and to establish a tax’ gomaster of Frankfurt-on-Main, code to be presented to the 1935 who ordered the city’s bachelor legislature. | civil servants—officials, white The survey is being made wn-! collar employees and common der direct supervision of Bryan! laborers—to marry. Willis, state auditor, and under; “Bachelors are discontented general direction of the planning, and lead unstable lives which have board's tax committee, which is ill effects their working (Continued on Page Four) jsbdility,” the city father held. ASK FOR THE “PRIDE OF FLORIDA” BEER, BECAUSE IT SERVES e Key West Citsen ways 20 miles high—nearly double Key West, Florida, has the most equable weather in the country; with an average range of only 14° Fahrenheit. KEY WEST, FLORIDA, TUESDAY, JUNE*12, 1934. Not Much Scenery’ But Plenty Speed _ In Proposed High-Flying Rocket Ship PRICE FIVE CENTS Citizen Republishes:Items Taken From Publication Aboard Perry AND LIQUOR | "TAXESTO BECOME. DUEON JULY 31ST REVENUE COLLECTOR AD- VISES BLANKS FOR FILING RETURNS WILL BE MADE AVAILABLE ON JULY 1 i Subjects Deal With Activi- ties Of Personnel Dur- ing Travels On Vessels Of U.S. In the perusal of a copy of & publication issued on board the U. S. S. Perry at Key West, a vessel which belongs to the United States oe ‘tcceacta Fleet of Destroyers, The Citizen JACKSONVILLE, June 12.—/ is herewith republishing several of With the close of the present fiscal | the: items; which will we deubt year on June 30, the special taxes payable to the federal government; Prove of much interest te the | reading public. b tratosp here at'500 miles an hour; ‘with rocket motors roaring over the long Zooming through ‘th ineers, They in the Santaclla Cigar Factory this morning, the factory is now em- ploying about 150 people. Yesterday the strippers started working while other employes were getting tables, boards, mold boards and other paraphernalia in place and ready for assignment of cigarmakers this morning. There was a large number on CHARGED WITH DRIVING) Administration doing the work. AUTOMOBILE WHILE UNDER | INFLUENCE OF LIQUOR stretch and an ordinary plane motor for taking off and:landing isthe dream of some think breakfast in-New. York and hinch ii Paris‘will be a:reality, some day. by all persons engaged in the sale (iy Ansoctated Prenm) miles, An automatic” parachute: would have to sit in’ airtight com-|°f fermented and spirituous a CLEVELAND, June 12..-A.be-'wouli open. when thé rocket -be- partments and wear oxygen masks, tines, tnehiding; Weer, Wine 208] eS eee ‘ . a fpre--but’ he has in mind ssengers | istilled spirits, will be due “andj Ben F. Dixon, and contains quite lief that:rocket-driven _ passenger |£an to fall, in'the-interests of pre-’ nd pa bl bef ‘Jee 24 iserving the» mechanism and’ per-' more concerned: with ‘speed than {Payable on or before July */a volume of: interesting happen- RSE, AR, Home Fay ate bs Ohiote landscape. © ‘comfort. {19 The payment of such spe-| ings and hi ‘events as ex- through the stratosphere 500 miles} ‘A Combustion ‘Kickoff’ Wo Eibewenke At: Peck jcial taxes will cover sales for the | perienced by Uncle Sam’s sea dogs an hour in spurring a young Cleve-} ea i ral lensuing fiseal year, which ends during their wide travels land engineer to test methods of! “Attached to the projectile would; The envisioned rocket trans-ion June 30, 1935. lpection = with shale’ “aaiians he harnessing rocket power. ibe an altitude-recorder, automatic port, perhaps to the disappoint-} J, Edwin Larson, collector of | traversin thaoreek <back? 40 Ernest Loebell would send radio transmitter and a camera to: ment of spectators at the airport, | internal revenue for Florida, has fllaving ‘are of th idea planes through stratospheric air-|take pictures of the earth. wouldn’t take off like Fourth of {advised that the special tax re- as patties oe wr, ine ry is The “kickoff”, according to|July at the county fair. Regular| turns, or application blanks, for! beine "i ey A ede : others the altitude man has attained so|Loebell’s design, would come from; motors would be used until it/the special tax stamps issued by ig Of & General nature: far—and contends utilization of,a combustion chamber into which | pierced the “thick air” layers. his office to dealers will be avail-| How Key West Got Her Name rockets and’stratosphere would en-'gasoline or propane and oxygen | Then, according to Loebell’s} able on July 1. On that date every} “Key West is the westernmost able air travelers to breakfast in| would be fed under pressure, Ex-'idea, the wings would be folded in; dealer who now holds a’ special| of the princtpal line of keys or New York and lunch in Paris. |haust from the burning chamber!somehow and wham!—the fire-|tax stamp will be mailed a special | coral sand spits, lying westward of A- graduate of the Universities, would shoot through a down-! works would start, When the ship'tax return or application blank, |'the southern tip of the Florida of Breslau and Oldenburg, Loebell pointed nozzle, booting the big neared its destination, the rockets}and full information concerning! Peninsula, But don’t jump at is at work here on a rocket motor shell upward. jwould cease firing, the wings / the various tax rates. These blanks| conclusions. “It isn’t Key West of experimental size and before; Of course the idea of shooting | would pop out again, the motors} wij] be mailed from Collector Lar-| because it is the west key. long he intends to touch off aipassengers from New York to|would roar and the ship that left) son’s office in ample time to reach!» “In the olden days, 200 or more larger one—a 12 foot rocket—! Paris would have its complications, | New York this morning would land | the dealers and allow for sufficient | years ago, there were two tribes which he hopes will zoom up 20|Loebell concedes. They probably in Paris this afternoon. time to file them on or before!of Indians in southern. Florida. eet a July 31, after which date severe} One was the Big Semi- ie \ | * i me gua penalties will be im-jnoles. The other ‘Little ith (MOVETOWIDEN <2 mate Santaella actory eCopens Naat — a ; Collector Larson stated that any Indians would s go to ana es : ‘ |dealer who does not receive the|the mainland for ating, af ity f RIGHTS OF WAYS application blank by the tenth day} and in the course * em- “-Qne:Holideed-And-Filty Employes} FUGHTS OF WAYS seis eh pS o> Ze = : i , GIVEN APPROVAL request same from the Jpternal! with the Seminoles: The . iatter : pene eRe | : Revenue Office at Paste jdrove them from Key to id un- i * Florida, or local field offices lo-| til at Jength the Little Tribe was With the placing of between! made for but a few more than 100} \ cated in’ principal. cities.” in: the | puchél kasicube-T#s® lanes Wt 100 and 115 cigarmakers at tables|Workmen only about 115 were IDEA ADVANCED CALLS FOR (state. Any seapaata xeedives prior | great batts was fought, in which hired, it was said. jto July 1 will be filed for atten-) the Key Indians were almost ex- However, it is the opinion of} TWO-HUNDRED FEET ALONG tion on that date. | terminated. A few survivors those in charge of operations that! HIGHWAYS THROUGH FLOR- ed — j reached the mainland of Cuba in before the passing of a few weeks} WESTERS {small boats and were given refuge ee eee vex; IDA jthere. The carcasses of hundreds jothers will be added to the cigar lof slain Indians: were left to-rot |making force and there is a pos-} VIEW NEW TYPE lon the sands of Key West, and the jsibility of all tables being occu-| (Special te The Citizen) island beeame covered with bleach- | pied before the end of two months,|_ TALLAHASSEE, June 12. ing bones, j .|Florida landholders — apparently “From this fact, the Spanish All departments are now active | have entered whole-heartedly intoj gute tet bbeda the nuns or Odeo yexcept the picking and packing and the idea of 200 foot right of ways | Wise’ Walch: table Wend -telend banding departments. These, is ‘for state highways, the state road'|GyroPLANE MANEUVERS) (or key). And when the English understood, will be in operation! department reported today. ‘elke: sled thay eeenplid the before the end of the week, OF; Chairman C. B. Treadway of the} OVER CITY THIS AFTER-/Tine “le cy | is pag es just as soon as the output is suf- ‘department said the movement in-) NOON; MACHINE MUCH DIF-| Although attempts were made by |ficiently large to warrant them‘ gugurated recently toward widen- - Matthew G aA PRecrsa te A hand but as preparations had been being put to work. ling of present right of ways had| FERENT FROM OTHERS | Porter to change the , that bt oP Walia his ——. |been enthusiastically received by ‘Key West’ stuck and remained is : ja majority of the —- 80 the permanent .masne.of tha te Emergency’: Relief‘ Force: Resumes ).\"":"s "sti. "emcr t/a Yes aye Wear vos "a . ' a al times lay Key st i : be | property.adjoining principal state| given a sight of an airplane of} au Flagler Built The Railwa: 7 rf “9 3° ’ i i j highways have willingly consented |the type known as gyroplane or ‘Most of Florida was still « 92Woerk: Of R Court House‘ give sufficient land to make the | yutogiro. jungle and a swamp when Henry stain ‘ Ps 5 width 200 feet instead of the gen-| The machine was maneuvering |" 'seler bought « little ~narrow- eee os aes ‘erally existing 100 feet for road over the city and circled the naval | S®°Ke railway from St. Augustine AN ‘ ; ;Purposes,” he. stated. station several times about. 2:80, te South Jacksonville: in 1885, H. BET. COURT 5 , jam; geinting opera-} Treadway said the movement/o'clock this afternoon while many | It war a tremendous engineer- tions were resumed this morning | W28 undertaken principally as aleyes were turned upwards to see a igrahe ora ~ wet i vehicle for the plan, now under|the oddlooking flyer. rom main over keys an GIVEN HEARIN | om the county court house, em-/consideration by a state-appointed! An autogiro employs horizontal | bridges to Key West, but the | ployes of the Emergency Relief board, to widen the highways, rotary airfoils which were invent-| work, once started, pushed steadily Ithemselves in order to provide for/ed by Juan de la Cierva, of Spain, | oa and on January 22, |the constantly increasing motor/It differs from the helicopter in 1912, Henry Flagler himself rode {traffic through the state. that the airfoils are not employed Ee em over a mile | “The day is coming, and it is'to propel the machine directly in- | 0" srg ee Mar? ye penters and two laborers on the not far away, when, in the judg-,to the air, but act, ax they are ag, shinee eile: Cela There are 12 painters, two car- P q i B means of lift and sup-; project which was stopped some ment of many pelts ee eee ese te P| proached. The Oregon finished four, six, or perhaps i her famous cruise around the . i i ,” the} The machine is provided with an | time ago because cf lack of funds! highways will be necessary, lean toe at eager Horn at Key West.” Henry Betancourt was arraign-| te. waive line existing state tax and collec-’ authorities was given by the Bur-! Jed in the court of Justice of the | allotted for this work. j Peace Frank 0. Roberts yesterday | afternoon on a charge of driving | an automobile while under the in-) {fluence of liquor, knocking down) this work has been done. Today} land running over a negro lad, John | |Gallagher and smashing his bi-| pera | and before the work is finished) | After the charges were read the! wili repaint the four dials of the/ tdefendant declared he would! clock. a Preliminary examination; tand let the case go direct to the! criminal court. { | Judge Roberts examined sever-! ws a jal witnesses to get more details of | ADVISORY 11 s. m.: | jthe accident as seen by witnesses; “N° Ship reports received this; jbefore making a decision as to the | morning from vicinity of tropical bond he would fix for Betancourt. |disturbance but Mexican reports j The evidence given was suffi-; indicate that it has ‘turned to the jeient, in the opinion of the com-!southwestward probably with some} ‘mitting magistrate, to fix the bond |decrease in It was planned to repaint the painters are painting the cupola) STORM REPORT i which the defendant was itast week pending a examination. Cruz.” {chairman said. leipal roads of Florida. erwin Ses ucees intensity. The exact /day afternoon from at $500, the sum of the bond on position is uncertain but probably two cars of pineapples, released jabout 125 miles northeast of Vera | 1,088 crates; one car in balk, i sacks of mail end one passenger. ‘pearance. Some traffic experts have ad-! | voeated the establishment of four ence of the propeller, the hori- or six lame highways for separa-|zontal sir flow causes entire building and a great deal of|jtion, and at the same time com-;to ratate at a constant sper lfortable accommodation, of the to support the fuselage. truck and private vehicle traffic) now jamming many of the prin- Particular attention is being paid to permanent beautification ; of the roads for which 200 foot’ Tight of ways have been acquired, ' PARROTT BRINGS IN PINEAPPLES I Ferry Parrott came in Cuba ‘R. WEECH GIVEN nesses summoned. jmony was all in the judge decided yester- the evidence was suffcient to war-/ with ‘rant Weeeh being held for trial at/ ;the next term of criminal court amd fixed a bond of $50 for his ap- rd under the influ-! “Jack Wilson, the Cook, is « driven forward um | Spanish War V “eka the vanes| Samson and Schley sink the ed and | Spanish ships in Cuba in "98. He | shayed.us a cartoon which the lchief engineer had pasted up in this pantry. It was the picture of = sailor patching a hole in the ‘bulkhead with « hot cake. And it jtett. don’t put them in the —amre bage. They make good gasket.” | "What ship do you think you ¥ jare on, anyway? growled Pappy, rt |The Tuscarora. We don't have Ray Weeeh was arraigned in of Justice of the Peace | Frank ©. Roberts this morning ©” billets, We sre 20th Century + the charge of amauit and battery on) of James Gibson, ' There were a number of wit-/ 4 (Continued on Page Three) After testi- | i TO SLAKE THE THIRST, IT IS COOLING, EXHILARATING, AND APPEALS TO THE PALATE, 10c