The Key West Citizen Newspaper, July 11, 1934, Page 1

VOLUME LV. _No. 164. Period A i ’ Of Activities Moderate In Compari- BY ELECTRIC SHOCK son With Movements Of Prior Year WOMAN BELIEVED TO HAVE ATTEMPTED TO EXTRICATE DOG FROM POWER LINE (My Associated Press) ' NEW YORK, July 11.— Through the first half of 1934,; MIAMI, July 11.—An attempt Steicieled mashes ie. {to extricate her collie dog which peminnted Pic) become entangled in a broken ture of outward calm almost un-| jire froma power line is believed matched since 3 to have caused Mrs, Lillian Ritter PAS Pen orion, aie at (2805 Yngraham bull market in stocks began to highway, assistant elimb:-ten: the Coconut Grove library, to be + Cru ceee killed by electric shock. Although the stock market de- Mrs. Sexton was killed about clined quite sharply from April to}300 feet east of Ingraham high- the middle of \ May, the. .down- way in N. Moorings way, Coco- swing was moderate in compari- ‘nut Grove. She was believed to ve been on her way to a friend’s son with some of the big move- ments of 1933., home to pick mangoes when the ac- The decline did not’ go text i cident. oceurred. Carey Bentley, 3684 Oak aven- enough to break the lower limits; of the range in which the market! ue, Coconut Grove, who was working at 3574 S. Moorings way, - jfor the state attorney’s has moved since last July. More-' and J. C. Brown, deputy sheriff, over, losses were partly recovered; that -he saw smoke rising from in an upturn which carried into the street and went to _ investi- June. In contrast with stocks, bonds held steady around best prices of len wire burned Mrs. Sexton the past two years and in June across. both legs and authorities many first grade issues sold at Said she died instantly. office, Sexton and her dog lying on the ind, apparently dead, The fal- highest levels recorded since! Pig Sexton had been a resi-;ern Asia, grows wild in many of|last night at an executive meet- tive in mind that Mr. Duncan 1928. jdent of Coconut Grove for the . {last five years, coming here fi Commodity Prices Strong St. Piles ‘She. Pi al pane ao “Nor “did comintoaities “T6n6wW “Hand, G. EY Séxton, ars stocks on the spring decline very The body was sent to Jackson- far. In fact, underlying strength ville for cremation by the Gautier in commodity: prices in May again, Feral: Home. began to assert itself and, by the; ‘The Sextons were middle of June, leading active! from Key Largo, both staples on the average were at top, are well known in Key levels for the year, although still| some distances away. from the peaks touched last July. The unruffled appearance of markets on the surfice, however,; did not fully reflect. momentous ‘ FORT MYERS MAN VISITS KEY WEST the stock exchange and financial 8 B/ STEWART WAS GUEST community prepared to adapt it-/ OF STATE SENATOR AR- self to federal regulation. All through the spring until THUR GOMEZ President Roosevelt signed the stock exchange contro] bill, fed- ‘eral rule of exchanges and spec- ulative practices was uppermost in Wall street discussion and thought. . ‘Wall Street Modifies Protest At first loud-spoken in opposi- tion to the control bill, Wall.street modified its protests. as the bill was amended, Thus, mid-year of 1934 becomes a a xy fhe aay West and tordo:so took out a six originally of whom ‘West. t R. B. Stewart, prominent —in jand excavating company, was * visitor in Key West yesterday. Mr. Stewart came in on the Ha- vana Special as the guest of Stat. Senator Arthur Gomez and left parture he said: he would like to keep i touch with affairs in Key IMPOSES FINE SHIPMENT TONIGHT Chas. Tift will arrive tonight with truck load of Fresh Fruits and Vegetables for— Chas. Tift’s Cash Grocery 1212 Olivia Street regime of unrestricted speculation| "°"™* subscription to The Citi- and the advent of a new era of,“°™ How security markets will func- tion under the new control meas- ure remains to be seen, But there is a considerable body of opinion holds that long-term effects will redound to the benefit of Wall} Tomorrow evening at 8 o'clock street as well as the public, there will be services conducted Whether or not it was directly}at the Salvation Army Hall, cor. federal regulation, speculative) streets. activity in stocks waned rapidly} . Rev. Howard M. Day, son of after the stock exchange measure} Rev. and Mrs. James S. Day, will was introduced in congress last! be the speaker. extremes that daily sales on sev-'Minnie Louise and Dora Anna eral occasions in May established, Williams, with other numbers to lew records for the past decade, | be rendered during the service. LONDON—“T'll = teach = you manners,” said Justice Benham of | this city, as he fined Robert Lur- man $50 for putting his hat on in Steamship Cuba, of the P. and; S. company, sailed for Ha! vana yesterday with nine passen- gers from Tampa, 69 from Key Ferry Parrott arrived from Cuba with three cars of avocados.) one of cylinders, 68 sacks of mail,! two passengers, baggage and four) governmental regulation. | IDE SALVATION ARMY in the financial community which attributable to the prospect ofjner -of Fleming and Grinnell February. Trading ebbed to such! There will be a duet by Miss 78 PASSENGERS Veourt. West and 101 sacks of mail. miscellaneous cars, BREADFRUIT TREE IN BACK librarian = at) ld J. B. Rowland, investigator! .{wate, Bentley said ke found Mrs.! ~ FRANCIS ST. LOT YARD OF OLD JOHN SAW- YER PROPERTY SEEN BY MANY PEOPLE | The breadfruit tree, or artocar- pus communis, as science classi- fies it, which is growing in the back yard of the old John T. Saw- yer homestead, has become better | known and has been seen by more people in the past few months since the return of Mr. and Mrs.} Wm. Reardon, son-in-law and! daughter of the late John T. Saw- yer. This tree, which is said to be the only one in the United States, | | produces a large giobular fruit of ja pale green color and grows to! be the size of a child’s head, weigh- ing anywhere from two to five | ‘pounds. It is covered with a, ‘rough rind and when ripe is juicy jand yellow. ; The tree is a result of a mere ‘sprout brought here about 15; |years ago by Mr, Sawyer from; ‘Harbor Island, Bahama _ Islands. | ,In five years the tree reached the) jheight of 25 feet and spread over| )@ large area. Around the tenth. , year the tree had grown still tall-| (er and reached its maximum height of more than 40 feet, | { ; There is never a time when. the | jtree is not bearing, the branches jheavy with fruit. However, it is jstated that the greatest number mature in the months of June July. The tree is a native of south-} jthe islands of the Pacific and is 'found in the West Indies. The | fruit is the-main ‘food. of the na! tives of many of the above men- tioned lands and is used for a | variety of purposes. | sApcotding ts “Mrs and: Mrs.| \Reardon, the breadfruit has somewhat sweetish taste and great- ily resembles the egg plant in this | manner. It can be used in the same way as the potato and some- iwhat like a plantain. When prop- lerly cooked by natives of the South Sea Islands the fruit will ' keep for several weeks. The tree is excellent as a shade despite the fact that its bright} green leaves are dviided into sev- en or nine Spear-shaped lobes, which is provided by Mother Nz ture as a protection against the ign winds and hurricanes of | tropical lands. { The wood of the t It is preferred by } i i ree also has} ‘its uses. the} ; business circles in Fort Myers and natives for the building of boats,| itary of head of*a widely known dredging! furniture and various other pur-|°f health, arrived yesterday, and ‘poses, | The Reardons have had speci- ymens of the fruit on display in the i show room of their place o* busi |ness at Southard and Franc’ in the afternoon. Before his de-! streets for'the past few weeks and| ~~ jhave given a’ number to friends | ;Who expressed a desire to try} | them. | DEFER MEETING COUNTY BOARD NO REGULAR .SESSION WILL BE HELD THIS EVE- nina | There will be no regular meet- ing of the board of county com- | missioners tonight. As there are| two members of the board absent | from the city it was decided to} postpone it. | This would have been the sec-| ond regular meeting of the month| at which the principal matter be- fore the board is usually checking and approving depository accounts. As there will be a special meet- ing held next Wednesday night to hear complaints relative to tax as- sessments it was ordered to hold the meeting scheduled for tonight in connection with that one. i SMASHES BOX | WALLINGTON, Eng. — An automobile out of control smashed | a lighting distribution box in this city and the town was in darkness all night. | the commi | Laha) KEY WEST, FLORIDA, Barney Oldfield fills his sporty; | renzbout with feminine beauty as he tunes it up in preparation for the Jinx Automobile’ Race to be held at the Chrysler test track at the Chicago World's Fair on Fri} day, July 13. Thirtesn antique from Wings of a Century, huge and popular transportation WEDNESDAY, JULY 11, 1934. Chicago's WILLIAM DAMES ARRESTED: World Fair Exhibit IN MIAMI; BROUGHT TO KEY WEST LAST NIGHT BY. PEACE JUSTICE William Dames, negro, who es- caped from the county authorities last September, is again back in the county jail and is awaiting trial. | Tried on a charge of assault and battery on September 11, he was sentenced to six months in the county lock-up. Just 17 days later he was seized with a “ter- | rible feeling” and felt he was go- ing to die. Pleading to be allowed to work in the court house grounds in the ; hope that the “terrible feeling” Pageant, will be manned by thir- teen famed old-time drivers, in- tuding Andy Burt, Cliff Woodbury and Charley Coey. The race will be thirteen times around a thirteen hundred ‘foot ‘track, there are thir teen letters in Barney's real name, Berna Oldfield, and’his car is num- | ber 13. Oh, me! | Sa As an assurance that the health of the people of Key West will bs one of the first considerations of the Emergency Relief Administra-_ tion, the sanitation and health de-, 1 and Partments of the city went into it would eventually be the mode!) the hands of the administration ing held in the city hall. ‘Phiseaction- was taker as ~ ath; emergency measure and as guarantee that the health of the citizenry will be carefully guard- ed during the time the program of | rehabilitation is in effect. The matter of taking over these branches of the city government} a |was discussed in detail by B. M. Duncan, relief administrator of: Key West, Mayor Wm. H. Malone, Dr. Harry C. Galey, city health officer, and members of the coun- cil. i In his announcement relative to| |the administration of the two de-! those mentioned: J. L. Turnage,' partments Mr. Duncan said he will have the assistance of the state health department in carry-' ing out the plans which he will, formulate. ' Sanitar: s. ! san- board Officer Arrives dy, district r the state was present. He will remain for the purpose of making a general survey of sanitary conditions. iLouva G. Lenert, chief engineer of the Florida State Board of Porter €onfi For Bridges Will Wm. R. Porter, chairman of the Monroe County Road and Toll Bridge Commission, is just optimistic today as he has ever | been. as to the ultimate success of ion in securing a loan to construct the bridges. the Ha- vana Special from Miami where He arrived today on he stopped for several days on his way from Washington and told The Citizen he felt confident the loan application for bridges would | be approved within the next few weeks. Reiterating his statement made in Miami relative to the reduced }amount to be asked on the new plans which will be submitted Mr. the of Porter said he was satisfied approval of certain membe |the Public Works Administration who appear to be unfavorable to the present idea would be given lwhen the new setup for bridges! troit, Mich. ALWAYS ASK FOR nitary ‘And Health Departm Ot City Placed In Hands Of FERA, dent Loan Application as! ents | would pass away he was heard, | his plea granted and he went out | to work. When the roll was called that evening he was gone. A few days ago word was re- ceived he had been arrested in ; | Miami. , Peace Justice Rogelio sees is expected to arrive onl Gomez left over the highway Mon- When Governor Dave | Sholtz day morning and returned with asked Julius F, Stone, Jz. state] the prisoner last night. relief administrator, to take over| , It is understood there the affairs of Key West, Mr. Stone} predicted it will become the Ber- tuda of the United States. That is a, charge of breaking and entering to be preferred against him. NEGRO ARRAIGNED | FOR TRIAL TODAY beginning his wonderful’ work for } | tourist and health resort of the country and it is with this obje the betterment of the city. Suryey Fiscal Accounts Another matter taken up at the meeting was the fiscal accounts of} the municipality. After a detail- ed examination of these it waz decided the duly elected officers; would continue to function’ in} their normal capacities. | Releived from the expenses of maintaining the health and sani- tation departments the city will,! in the opinion of Mr. Duncan, be able to continue to administer the police, fire and remaining depart- ments. At the meeting were, WILL HENRY WINFRED “TS CHARGED WITH BREAKING AND ENTERING Will Henry Winfred, colored, was placed on trial in criminal court this morning on a charge of breaking and entering petty larceny in connection there- with, it appears from the story that when the negro entered the place he saw an overcoat and decided it would be good for either wear or besides regional director of operations;| Leo Warren, president ‘of the} council, and the ‘following meém- bers: Ralph B. Pinder, C. C. Sym-| onette, F. F. Hoffman, Ambrose} Cleare, J. Frank Roberts and Joe/ Carers, i i jto Key West, J. Lancelot Lester, city attor-) The jury who will decide as to ney; Wallace Pinder, city clerk; | his guilt or innocence are: William ,B. C. Moreno, civil engineer; Har-|B. Curry, Samuel McClintock, ry M. Baker, chief of fire depart.| Hugh Hinde, Edward Fernandez, iment; Willard M. Albury, city! Herman H. Bethel and Angel Tor- auditor, and Sam B. Pinder, tax} T@* collector-assessor. it is alleged, and “shoved it up.” He disappeared from the city and it was-not until a month later he was arrested in Miami and with- SCHOOLBOYS AGAIN | MEN WHO RUN ENGLAND ARE ATTENDING TALKS ON SCIENCE Be Approved Soon costing either $4,000,000 or 500,000 was presented. | Asked when he expected the re-! | quest to be acted on he said he be- 4 Dome dia lieved it would be within the next! LONDON, July 11.—The men : we ~iwho run John Bull's national af- two weeks and there is someone in} fairs are going to school again. Washington watching the trend of} A series of lectures has been events and will advise him as soon! organized by the British Science {Guild so that public men may be jkept in touch with the latest de- |velopments in scientific progress by leading scientists. Prime Minister Ramsay Mac- $5,-| | | | as a date is set for the hearing. ‘MRS. MONTGOMER | Bragg, director of the Royal In- stitution, was the scholomaster. ‘y, wife of J J} The lectures are kept as simple }Montgomery, arrived here yester-|as posible. Sir William's subject day for an indefinite with|was refrigeration, both from the |relatives. Mr. Montgomery, who! scientific and practical points of {Was stationed at the Pensacola;view—and he drove home his pNavel Station, has been transfer-' points about molecules and heat red to the U. S. S. Portland which | by the use of a billiard table, balls lis now in the scouting fleet|and a tennis racquet. |maneuvering in the Atlantic. ; Accompanying her here was} | Miss Rebah Sands of this city, who | thas been spending a stay with! CHICAGO—Walter Moulton of s. Montgomery; also, Miss/ this city fell into an open elevator Buckley, formerly of this| shaft at the tenth floor, but saved ho has been residing in De-|his iife by grasping the cable and isliding down, i | Mrs. Montgom FALLS IN SHAFT | Mrs. | Mary city, wl and for{ in a few days had been brought v BRITISH STATESMEN | | MALCOLM PINDER | NAMED COUNCILOR ORDER DEMOLAYS JOE ALLEN CHOSEN SENIOR) COUNCILOR AT MEETING! OF ORGANIZATION HELD} LAST NIGHT | | Malcolm Pinder ‘was named Master Councilor of the Robert J. Perry Chapter, Order ot DeMolay, at a meeting held in the Scottish| Rite ‘Hall last night on Eaton and Simonton Streets. ! Joe Allen was chosen as Senior Councilor and Neville 4 Junior Councilor. The meeting was well attended! by members of the chapter, and; present was “Dad” Boyden of the, Masonic Consistory, sponsors of} the organization. | Much business was transacted} jat this session, and a report on the} Orlando Conclave was given by! Malcolm Pinder who gave an ae- count of the trip, from the time of leaving Key West until their return. | It was decided that installation jof officers would be held at the {regular meeting next Tuesday} jevening. The members were urg-| }ed to have a large crowd in at- pinnae at the ceremonies. REY. JIMMIE DAY | SPEAKS TONIGHT ;SON OF LOCAL PASTOR WILL H DELIVER ADDRESS AT BAPTIST CHURCH Stirrup, i | ‘| | | ‘ | | i } | By special request, Rev. Jimmie | Day, pastor of the Southside Bap- |tist Church of Lakeland, and son | money. He decided on the latter,|°f Rev. and Mrs. James S. Day.| Banne jwill preach tonight at the Baptist! ‘church. This request has been made by many of those who heard! ‘him last Sunday evening. | Rev. Jimmie Day, who is here | ing his father, made quite aj of} an-{ is “hit” with the congregation jthe First Baptist Church last Su {day night, but his dad says he ta rotten fisherman. _He was the | only one in the party out Tuesday night who did not get even a strike. | Jimmie has many old friends in! Key West who will be:glad of this additional opportunity of hearing im. He and Mrs, Day and daughter are returning to their home in Lakeland Friday evening. NEW ARRIVAL AT SAWYER’S HOME Mr. and Mrs. Warren Sawyer announce the birth of a girl 9:10; o’clock Monday night in a local ‘hospital. Mother and daughter ‘are reported doing nicely | Nancy Rose is the name to be ‘given the daughter, Mr. Sawyer said today. | | j | seeccece « WHERE TO GO TONIGHT Monroe—“The Merry Frinks.” Palace—‘“Hired Wife” and “Oh Yeah.” eooe | | TOMORROW Monroe—“The Party Palace—“Hired Wif Yeah!" i s Over.” and “Oh MONROE THEATER TODAY Aline McMahon-Guy Kibee in THE MERRY FRINKS Comedies and News Matinee: Balcony, 10c; Orches- tra, 15-20c; Night, 15-25¢ \ 4 |to see this | of industrial and artistic achi | o: jdid look Excerpts Selected From Various Articles Are Reproduced Describing Many Features (Special to The Citizen) JACKSONVILLE, July 11.— i Florida newspapermen whe went to Chicago to look at and then tell their readers about this state's exhibit at the World's dently were sincerely impressed if their published findings are the barometer of their judgment. tt is conceded that newsmen, as « whole, are a synical lot, apt scoff at press-agentry and ure of superlatives but im this case, proved to be the reporters and editors themselves who dipped ii of highly polished rhetoric to describe Florida Exhibit. A total of 27 newspapermen made the trip as guests of Alfred J. Ray Ostmer and including hotels en route, jie ewvi- n- to the real in glowing terms the 1. duPont, Lorenzo Colonel Walter Arnold, William Fraser, gasoline companies and bus lines Excerpts selected from articles the writers prepared, follows Brack Cheshire, staff writer of the Bradenton Herald: “The gem of a Century of Progress at the Chicago World’s Fair is Florida Hall and its tropical garden, those who have been privileged glittering spot of beauty in the universe’s pageant e. ments are bound to go home with a newer and deeper appreciation f the country’s garden lorida.” and spot F Frank Harris, writing in. Ocala “The Florida exhibit at the World’s Fair this year again has the post position in the Court of States. It is by all ode high spot of the Fair. By dioramas nearly every pha Florida life accarately vividly portrayed. Almost at glance, one takes a sightse trip through the entire State Florida.” is a Roy 'T. Gallemore, editor of Polk County Record at Bart cited the statement of Presi: Rufus Dawes of the that due to Florida’s exhibit Chicago, this peninsular would have as many tourist last. Mr then added his advice, “You that the Flor late Exposition state winter as Gallemore see how vital it i exhibit stay July.” ja open are Ben J. Grant, Jr., star rep Jacksonville Journal: “The must admit in the beginnir expected just another Describing the exotic garder ther on in his article Mr stated ‘The air wa fr with the aroma of abundant in Florida r $1 each in Chicage must have been a thousand « in the foilage, healthy colors garden chirped. garde but lively, gre Birds all over ¢ The blending r and blue lights over the east balcony told visitors it A h was ked hi lly the sky natural enough r mal mot if there were r reporter closed his four co article quoting President Da of the Exposition that 6,000, persons would be at the fair a July and giving his opinion t *twould be 4 shame if the Fl exhibit is fore b of lack of funds, to close James Ciendinen, the Clearwater “De stra Sun to picture Florida to the the exhibit does (Continued on Page F its job WAGNER'S “PRIDE OF FLORIDA” INSTEAD OF MERELY ASKING FOR A “GLASS OF BEER.” MADE IN MIAMI FLORIDA, HIGHEST QUALITY