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a ope pomperuenmne san peg! op CEE e ees Freseee Kb RAR AAE ML ee <A an OE AUR AY LMS TL ER ON am AO ARE EA e —2 Ry Key West, Florida, has the most equable weather in the country; with an average range of only 14° Fahrenheit. — The Key West Citizen VOLUME LV. Actual Evidences Of Fraud hn... No, 184. ‘HITLER ASSUMES | DICTATORSHIP.IN: HIS NEW POSITION Seid Te Have Appeared |CLEARE AND DAY | VON HINDENBURG’S DEATH In Count Of Votes ta! GIVEN DEGREES cincts SEVERAL MEMBERS OF ODD FELLOWS GAVE TALKS AT! SESSION OF ORGANIZATION LAST EVENING CELLOR FULL POWERS IN | ALL MATTERS Actual evidences of fraud were terealed in the count of votes in the Fifth and Seventh Precincts) and the tally books of the pre- | automatically made himself dbso- cinets f F a ee sacs ‘Aten ‘B’ Cleare and Rev. {Howard M. Day received i (is Aasociated Prens) BERLIN, Aug. 3.—Following | Hindenburg, Adolf Hitler has lute dictator of all Germany. their! by! third degree last night at 4 meet- ing-of Equity Lodge, I. 0. 0. F., as) held for the first time in their new, orl quarters at the K. of P. Hall on te alleged frauds in elections in: Fleming street, pete eo tenrwstod. by | The degree work was under the | o¢ president, although des | direction of Degree Master, Rev.' functions of the office, holding dames S. Day of the First Baptist | that the “greatness of the deceased Chureh. Many of the members has given to the title of reichs- present expressed their approval! president unique and _nonrecur- He immediately took in his own hands the functions of president ‘and of chancellor, calling for an oath of allegiance from officers and soldiers in the administration | of his duties, i He declined to accept Mr, Busto said he had examined He lines| and ing up matters per- Hey ti | } | | } i and H. Brantley } } | Duval At the regular session to be held as before as “fuehrer and reichs- te bottom and every he will strive to make this feam : Tuesday, and will be as impressive along the — same their support and cooperation to! tnstions and investiga-| on the ea of the organization. ! Y ' SHOWS iaress : > for eK in this region, caught | Of building” and Fepair ~ permits itt 2 citizens who have enrolled during, year, it was a fine specimen of si ale Rakai &, gruvided tor-the 2415 pledged hours. © These! son, Bob, and J. Gerry Curtis. di-' ber of the party. Bt, $150. ni pela to floors at 402 White iF street. Owner, R. D. Smith; cost, 700-ton it heaving: 0 lengt iy to have the necessary repairs: $250. aking care of this type of craft. { cost, $200. Moving Railway yesterday after, ¢ 11. ship at this port, that ap-| $150. entered the general business chan- | cost, $100. The ship was provided with fuel man Richardso st, $50. It is understood that this ves- thea. ; $100. come necessary in the way of re-| cost, | on the way in which the work was’ ring significance.” He said that carried out. i he desired henceforth to be known t Thursday evening, a perman-: chancellor.” te the Primary of June 5. _ raged ene pchancellor, this election has been so Png team will be appoint-” Funeral services for President the ed by Pastor Day, who stated that yon Hindenburg will be held on investigated he will then up the question of the Pri- a ie rset i , 48 Germany can make them. The of June 26 and conduct his! go: impressive talks; made’ rites will start at 11 a.m, (5a. {short impressive talks pledging Eastern Standard Time). | the order. Pastor Day, F. F. Hoff-; oe egy sand gy dv {X5!man and District Deputy Grand! cpa tage meh expected | Master William Mendel also spoke | eee one sree PERMITS ISSUED pean 8's" "DUNCAN BRINGS IN | TWENTY-NINE _ FOR MONTH MANY ENROLL IN HIS FIRST TARPON, "7" Duncan. adainistegtst During the month of July issties On Page Three of this issue of his first tarpon last night. Wh *| er, bling inspetor, arial a , ‘The Citizen appears the list of not one of the largest caught thi to. Tashaneee dovine the, “week! the past 24 hours in the Volun-| ver king and measured four fee i tary Work Corps of the FERA. | Under the guidance of Johnny ;*° lowing: : In thie list are 148 names and Lopez, Mr, and Mrs. Duncan, their| General repairs at Duval 4 | Fleming street. Owner, S. figures bring the grand total of! rector of parks and beautification, les pinay poe =a enrollments up to 3,752 and the! went out after tarpon and = Mr. oy repairs, 900 France hours to 62,979 weekly for six! Duncan was the only lucky mem- perp wher, B, E. i General repairs, corner Duval and Front streets. Owner, Juan T We Carbonell; cost, $300, Fruit‘ Steamer Conds 0 Key est | Paces tae fs wie en $50. To Have Necessary Repairs Made." seis. S $350.; New roof at 412 William street. , The Fruit Steamer Rideasine. of and came into this port specific: | Owner, A. E. Sharpley; cost, ade, due to the excellent equip- New roof at 408 William street. Srer-all of 172 feet, and 27 feet) ent afforded. at. Key West for! Owner, R. F. Roberts estate; beam, was let down from Curry’ Add kitchen at 10 Nassau lane. t is shown that during the s stay i , . ; I Owner, John M. Russell; having undergone a general over-} proximately $2,000 was expended!” (0 eral repairs uo ts t & | in different ways, all of which has | ened Chores 1. hauling for past four ye-! 9 ve nels of the city, which naturally) “Repairs to front of building, helps all business enterprises and 507 Duval street, Owner, Her-| oll today at the Porter Dock, pre-' individuals, at least in an indirect | * paratory to sailing for its destina.| “*"" New roof at 833 Olivia street. feel will in the future call at Key| Owner, Thomas Whitmarsh; cost, This Stier Reteee Belem West for all needs that may be- Genaral repairs et 708 and Cuba, carrying fruit ara pairs and oe a beeoee Owner, Y. Cobo; -| New floors at 522 Duval street. $150. | Owner, A. Lucignani; i A d W: it Coe = | New roof, 1021 Washington; Nn 4 er 0eS 0 srteet. Owner, Paul Rosselle;) cost, $250. Cuba Securing Data For Stories couNTY BOARD 10. Richard Haliburton, of ihe: i th quent erat ietactial events background. | Commissioned to write fifty spe- and writer, left this afternoon on | cia) articles for the Bell Syndicate the Steamship Cuba for Hawana| of New York, Mr. Haliburton has 5 already written six, the sixth being | the interior secur- ~ ee ee | ced on the history’ of I | ing data for a story with the bat.| tugas, where the writer went this! week. tle of Sam Juan hill and subse.) ee Cuba he will go to Haiti, SPECIALS Santo Domingo, Puerto Rico and! other islands before leaving for} KEY WEST VEAL | New York where he will embark wt Fed Hens ‘ for Europe. : Milk Fed Fryers}! ‘The writer told The Citizen his Swift's bur gh igen Zo mission is to write 50 stories of Spring mi ‘e ‘eal 2,000 words each in 50 weeks and CENTRAL MARKET that to date he is just a little ahead Phone 20 805 Fleming St. |} of his schedule, phis, Tenn., widely known author BUDGET MATTERS WILL AL- SO BE TAKEN UP AT MEET. ING TONIGHT At a special meeting. of . the board of county commissioners to be held this evening in the of- fice of Clerk Ross C. Sawyer, the tax rolls for the coming year will be discussed and final action tak-} en, Another matter to be taken up will be that of the budget. The tentative budget was two weeks ago in The Citizen and Pea to will be decided tonight. RESULTS IN GIVING CHAN-! the death of President Paul von! e- | with * { White , cost, | al the administrator GO OVER TAX ROLL: published | pertinent matters pertaining there-| KEY WEST, FLORIDA, FRIDAY, AUGUST 3, 1934. |FERA Director Of, Beautification ~Planning::Large: Tropical Garden To Be-Established At Key: West One of tropical gardens in the world to \ i the largest botanical: lar trips from Miami during the winter season. ; The city cemetery, which has | be established in Key West is now! always been considered @ spot being considered by J. Gerry of beauty, is ‘being given careful Curtis, director of parks and study for improvements, always . with the idea of preserving the old the FERA. The atmosphere as far as possible. “Tt will be the policy of the de- partment to assist all home own- ers toward making their back | yards and grounds as attractive as ‘possible in thé way of planting. | One of the ideas stressed is back tioned in the director’s report cov- yard vegetable gardens. Various contests are to be an- j ering contemplated activities of his. o1nced later on, which will aruose department as ,well as giving. an’ | the interests of the people, and it ‘ arnt jis expected these efforts will cul- 7! the accomplishments jyinate, in a flower, fruit, and | vegetable show in 1 |. Bayview and Coral parks,are to Mr. Curtis, who for years, has be completely .renovated,, both as ‘devoted his time and study to to landscaping and recreational i tion programs, . said! activities. Zoning of the city. will | beautifi ihe cdouted and aed : be adopted and vacant lots acquir- pecans time ego, that, the: oppeese:/OT7,, recreational activities nities for making Key West the Plans are under way to double /most beautiful city in the world’ the number of holes at the golf were evident on every hand, course. When this becomes effec- the , help of the people he tive an elaborate scheme of land- e a scaping will be carried out. Green felt sure he would bring about recs and caddy fees were reduced! | this condition. to 25 cent# on August 1, ! Among other projects he in- An elaborate program for La- tends to pay attention to is the bor Day in which all the organizu- Pan American airport which will tions in the city including the j be transformed before the season church groups will be asked to | starts, It is expected that planes partic’ e. The last week in Or- i will make Key West on_ their tober be set aside as a festivai ae to and from South Ameri- week with Halloween night for the can countries, and possibly regu-_ ‘Key West Discovers Real Assets recreation for department will endeavor to ac-! quire suitable lands for this Purpos This is one of the items men- outline | during the past. two weeks. and { |. Only After: Bottom Is Reached: fishing} vaca- ‘i edonliaaey facilities for ‘and boating could. attract that the relics of hist and the architecture lof a special beauty of its own, {would bring travelers; and the! charm of its customs, the cafe: the little squares, and the roman-; {tic aroma in which the island city: d, would make tourists lin- | eva dackionvtile deaths | By JENNY BALLOU | KEY WEST, July 31-—-The ex-! | periment in which state and fed-) ral government have united’ to ‘help a city with 80 percent of its {population on the relief rolls .to becomes daily tionist cal inte! ‘egenerate itself, /more interesting. On July 2 the county commis-| ee 'sioners of Monroe county and the; is seep members of the city council of! ger, if. conditions were made f ; Key West both declared them-'vorable, ‘selves in a state of emergency be-’ We are always blind to what yond their control and petitioned lies closest to us; and it was the | the governor to take over all their; idea of the visiting state ad-| legal powers. | ministrator that if the sheer na- Since that day local problems /tural resources of Key West were | have arisen which embody some of |exploited it would “bring the the essential national mera SA CAL Mince For the federal relief ‘To! necomplish thin, -it ‘administrator, who wa ed by| realized that in a financially bank- the governor to act as his agent in! yupt city there is no sense in carrying out the plan of general thinking of things in * terms abilitation, has dared to ask’ money; one ‘had to turn to ‘labor imself: After relief, what? | itself: “A ‘voluntéér’ work’ corps Self Help First ‘was inaugurated’ ’nd' was met with By asking himself this, question,‘ an’ enthusiastic résponse from the has made the) Key Westers, some of’ them | problem of relief in Key West no \ fering? more than ‘the stipulated, of handing out! hours of volunteer labor. With the hope of having the! city ready for the next tourist/ season, the people are restoring| and are suffering 4 their houses. Everywhere one} but one; goes there are ladders questions, of today. Hlonger a matter | inadequate sums to {were leaning too heavily on the! people who} government, daily ebb of self-respect, i become solvent in their bankrupt made, neglected grounds are be | pride. “Help to all who help!ing weeded; houses are { themselves,” is now the slogan of, renovated, others are being pulled, | Key West. {down and some built. The chief question that con-! miracle if the town is ready for ‘fronted the relief workers on the! the coming season, new plan is how to resuscitate a!sudden awakening of the people; \city that has not only suffered! here, one learns to take miracles ,from the depression, but that was) casually, and to more than believe seristed by a post-war drama of! in them, own. Problems are being at-; Naturally there are inany as rea at their roots, in this mood’ pects of the experiment that: are ‘of sincerity, and Key West, unique in the embryonic state and in ‘in so many other ways, he be-! ev come over night an unique | laboratory. | The past prosperity of Key } West, once an. important navd base, had been due to purely in- i dustrial activities which’ had, one iby one, vanished, leaving the pop lulation of native whites, Cubans jand negroes in an utterly letharg te, unable even to realize that ht before their eyes they had |all the resources that would save jthem: in the unique atmosphere| 'and beauty of their own city. They had forgotten that Key) i | West is the only city in the Uni- ready off ted States in which truly tropical) permanent that the ex-j relief, is full of pros and cons, f thing is is facing the world and the work has been started, The spirit of cooperation is between the relief administrator ahd the townspeople and the shops and houses all flaunt the ‘bright poster with two hands mbolically clasped Help To All Who Help ves.’ The town believes in this sym- them believe in} Them-! than | conditions prevail; was! of! of-; | standing! ;), in which they are to be helped to! against houses, repairs are being| being} y cafe it is being discussed.! that again} mutual; heading! it, the local eaiinidiaise has al-| red something of more! financial, FRANKLIN MAY BULL. RING ‘FORERO CONSIDERS JOINING IN-CAMPAIGN TO RETURN PASTIME; TO GO FISHING; WITH HEMINGWAY HAVANA, Aug. 3.—Sidney; Franklin, of Brooklyn, N. Y., fam-| ed American bull fighter, arrived in Havana on the P. & O, Liner Cuba from Key West, ready to join Ernest Hemingway, the writ- er, in a fishing expedition, but at the same time eager to assist in bringing about the return of bull fighting to the Cuban capital. “How iong will remain in Cuba?” the youthful veteran of Spain’s thrilling sport counter- questioned as newspapermen peded his departure from the ship. | “Oh, Vl stay here until 1 catch} something big—whether a or a contract,” \ He smiled confidently at the! commission of Cuban bull fighting | promoters who stood at his elbow. “It would be a great thing for} Cuba if the sport would be legal- | ized again, All I can say is that} I am eager to assist in gaining its | return,” he sai i Granted the facilities of port by} immigration inspectors, and greet-} ed by Carlos M, Cuartas, in the: | name of the Cuban Tourist com- | missien, Sydney Franklin stepped! } from the liner to be cheered by! hundreds of ifabaneros who had | looked forward with anticipation to the great “torero’s” arrival, here. , 1 Tall and broad-shouldered, the | sportsman surveyed his neW-: found! friends with twinkling blue eyes {and smiled good-naturedly as he made his way to a waiting auto- | mobile. He was swept y to he Ambos Mundos hotel, where he oined Mr. Hemingway. {" The commission of Cuban bull ! } fighting promoters, first to wel-! ,come the Ame n toreador, ex-} | pressed enthusi nas they sxoke} of the possibility of the long-pro- hibited sport being legalized by the government. The commission, which included | Paco Prieto, Lopez Porta, Mannel | ; de Diego, Valdez Orta, Rene Ace-}{ \ vedo and Miguel Fuster, al prom- j inent Havana business and prof sional nien, voiced the feeling that before long bull fighting will e- come one of Cuba’s greatest at- ; tractions for tourists. Irving Donnin, Havana publicity man, who accompanied the com-} {mission to the ship, said that should the sport be legalized the island would see an increase of at least 50 percent in its tourist traf- | fic. He pointed out that in Mexico, Spain and other countries where bull fighting was legal, its ss as an attraction for visitors | had been proclaimed. The commission, composed of men who have battled to gain the return of bull fighting, appeared to look upon the arrival of Sidney | | Franklin as an indication that} task was nearing completi To a man, they expressed keen de- light over the presence of the, American toreador. | “ro! ALBURYS LEAVE but seeing the; | FOR VACATION {WILL VISIT CENTURY OF {PROGRESS EXPOSITION AT CHICAGO Claude Albury, head of United States Immigration in Key West, and Mrs, !bury, left over the highway morning for their annual vacation in the north. At Jacksonville they will be} {joined by their daughter, Mi Florence, and Miss Wilhelmina! Goehring, daughter of Mrs. Annie Page, and go to Chic the Century of Progress Exposi- tion, Before returning to Key the party will go into C (visit the many points of ice i » to se intere: | Congressional | other public offices as | ers, also members of the | lighted with the scene \ by | purpose for which it wa PRICE FIVE CENTS Much Speculation As To How PLANS IN CUBA Funds Expended In Recovery Program Can Ever Be Repaid NAMED COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN RAY SELDEN Of Daytona Beach ‘RAY SELDEN NOW HEADS COMMITTEE DAYTONA MAN_~ ELECTED CHAIRMAN OF DEMOCRATIC EXECUTIVE ORGANIZATION (Special to The Citizen) DAYTONA BEACH, Aug. Ray Selden of Daytona’ Beach, Florida, who has _ represented » Volusia County for the past si years on the Democratic Execu- tive Committee of the Fourth viet of Florida was elected chairman of this com- mittee ata recent meeting of the " body held at the Angebilt Hotel, ; Orlando, Florida. Mr. Selden was also a delegate to the constitutional convention held November 14, 1933, at Amendment, well a democratic party offices Mr. Selden has practiced at. Daytona Beach for thepast fif- teen years and prior to that time twas city clerk and tax assessor | of the city. ‘SHOW FILM FOR SPECIAL GROUP: GIVEN AT PALACE THEATER THIS MORNING THROUGH COURTESY OF MANAGER For the benefit and entertain ment of visiting artists FERA administration and friends, a pri- vate showing of George Allan land’s “Isles of Romance” given at the Palace Theater morning, through the courtesy Manager Rogelio Cabrera. There were about 50 present and ail of them were de and awed ong- was thi of persons the voice of Lowell describing, in wierd phras and ghostly allusions, the mystery of the great fort which was used for so many prison. The film was secured from owners George Allan England and S. J. Dudle for the years as a political the especially to Miss at her request. day and was sent Williams WHERE TO GO seeececceresecovesersees TONIGHT “Hold The Press.” “Love Past Thirt Monroe Palace TOMORROW “Wonder Bar.’ “Happy Landing.’ Monroe Palace ne MONROE THEATER Tim MeCoy-Shirley HOLD THE PRESS Comedic New Matinee: Balcony, 10c; Orches- tra, 15-20c; Night, 15-25¢ Grey in and Tal-; ‘lahassee which repealed the 18th {sentation by politicians and hasheld various | law j and’ writ-| used to- Leen | Estimates “Show Govern- ment Will Be Nine Bil- lion Dollars In Hole At End Of Fiscal Year By BYRON PRICE (Chier of Bureau, ‘The Associated Press, Washington) Als the golden stream of covery expenditures swells, Wash- ington is hearing with increasing frequency the question: “How is it ever to be repaid?” So far as the present is }.cerned, the answer seems simply j The government is paying by bor rowing, through the usual, ortho dox channel] of issuing government securities. The market for them ; remains good, and no one has any apprehension that it will weaker in the immediate future. The ultimate answer is not | clear. Once or twice, Mr, Roos velt has hinted that his idea was to redeem these securitie: period of years by increased taxes during better times. Presumably that is the intention—to pay off the deficit some time, somehow by raising taxes, Lookin, . | The President's own estimat jis that by the end of the fiscal ‘year, next June, the recovery pro con over a jars in the hole, and that there after the government should be able to live within its income. Actually, expenditures ha } fallen ‘considerably behind that schedule; on the other hard, the potential « Axpenditures —betwres | now and June may be greater than | the sum fixed. The diffieulty being exact is increased by th fact that the figures have been subject to all sorts of misrepre But nir billions will do as an approxir | figure. | In cold arithmetic, then, situation figures out like this |; The average interest rate | by the government on mo jowes is .0318. The annual | bill to carry nine billion | debtedness, paying nothing or i principal, would be 286 mi or between $2 and $2.50 for ea man, woman and child. If, in addition, the were retired at the rate billion a year, the total per « tax on that account would ‘little over $10 annually | Of course, {man and child pay | computation afford, of the outlook ton ‘Inflation’ Not Likely Leaving out of account possible revenue from ernment enterprises as the Shoals }such items able in | a ' ta not every 1 taxe power expe do not large a b y tot ecurities 1 rise apprec there one other the government ing issued to finance re That is by inflation printing the and ¢ bond-holders in exchange their bonds, At one the inflatior i thought they had Mr. Re convinced there was no rea ference between a one dollar bond and a one dollar bill—that both gations of the government, nm less in the nature of ory notes, so that there money in time hu hur were or harm for a Liberty COLORED MAN GIVEN HEARNG LeRoy De heriff's morning ch hatter no economic in exchang greenback red officer © earl ed with the per a c ; nh Hugh Gun to hold »f $100 for th jinal court TAXES RECEIVED FROM WAGNER'S “PRIDE OF FLORIDA” FOR SCHOOLS OF STATE AMOUNT TO THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS ANNUALLY. 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