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Associated Press Day Wire Service. For 6a Years Devoted to Best Interests of Key West VOLUME LV. No. 209. the Self-Sustaining Homesteads - Pet Project’ Of Roosevelts} Factory ES Col- onies Now Take Root Throughout Many Sec- tions Of U. S. By BESS FURMAN (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON, Sept. 1.—The subsistence homestead—a scheme of living used by Brigham Young im early Utah—is taking root in} Heretofore only the top struc-| 16, 1934, this is a requirement. painted! The purpose of the tax is to aid about 40 “sample” spots in the United States. In its essence, the subsistence bemestead plan means that. the low-income industrial shall have a small. plot on which worker to grow his food, and that the} vessel will take up its run again} between No Name Key and Mate-' agricultural worker who raises mothing more than a bare living shall have « small factory nearby where he can carn some Aad that means both decentraliza-| tion of industry and of people. The president's interest was aroused some years ago when he! heard of a Vermont community, self-eustaining 2s to food supply, which rounded out the abundant living” by the up of a wood-turning which made nothing knobs to lift pot-lids. He and Mrs, Roosevelt esbout this “pet ides carried it out in their “more setting factory more thar tall a lot own com- Menitysin New York state in theme, form of Mrs, Roosevelt's Val-Kill furniture factory; he made it part Of Stone tying their own stone, saw- ing their own shingles, their skills, the 350 Cumberland Homesteads, Cr ville, Tenn., will have home whieh for a cash outlay of $590 each would be worth $8,000 in Washington and $10,000 to $ 000 in New York City, real estate men have estimated. The of materials, complete house, including labor, is estimated to cost between $t 800 and $2,000. Their artistic cottages of Crab- be Orchard stone, nestles among . are looked upon by Wilson, director of sub. eads, as a symbol of an experiment many times re- peatable, All the Cumberland chai | ers ca) from th elief rolls, Work On Equal Ba By mutual agreement, skilled wood-workers and semi-skilled la- borers work on an equal b with he % representing the | endeavors of all as the result. From their small tracts of 5 to 10 acres each, the homesteaders | will grow their own foods, No one industry will det the day’s labor, The handicraft workers will cater to the tourist trade made accessible “by the crossing of highways from which Crossville gets its name, Other Wilson said, will “tie into the in-} dustrial de pment which will! come to the Tennessee Valley in the wake of cheap power.” pooli os settlers STORM REPORT ADVISORY 10 A, M.—The Gulf tropical disturbance ently crossed Mexican line some distance north of Mexico. Another is develuping about 475 w east of Cape Canaveral, with little movement at pres' attended by winds of force and squalls. appar- coast Tam- pice an a Pre-Labor Day Dance Saturday Night, 10 till ? RAUL’S CLUB Music By Bert's Rhythm Syncopators Admission 75¢ rmine | | [COUNTY FERRY IS | FULL COAT OF WHITE FROM STEM TO STERN The County, Monroe Porter highway ferry berthed at the a full coat of white. ture of the craft was j form with other parts. The ferry has. been undergoing‘ jother extensive repairs during the past few weeks, and) when Work'of painting is completed, the cumbe, [NEW ROOFING FOR LIGHTHOUSE BLDG. OTHER REPAIRS. ALSO BEING MADE TO GOVERNMENT STRUCTURE | BEING REPAIRED, | VESSEL BEING TREATED TO: } { { ' i 1; | | white, but the hull as well is now the prograny for restoration being painted: that color to ¢on-} Migrato STAMP REQUIRED The Kep est Citisen mere SE RSDaRS A EES KEY WEST, FLORIDA, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 1934. ! Grand Jury Fails To Find True | ATTORNEY MALONE FOR WATERFOWL | Bill’ Against Mrs. Jones Held PAYS TRIBUTE 10 HUNTERS, SHOWN POSTMASTER HARRIS MAKES ANNOUNCEMENT COVERING; ACT DEALING WITH HUNT. ING LICENSE Waterfowi hunters in Key West | will have to buy a stamp from the local postoffice if they are to hunt | legally this year. Sam Harris, local postmaster, | dock, is now being repainted with| anounced that according to an| | Act of Congress, effective June of y waterfowl by ‘pure j of suitable breeding, feeding and ; announced that the Mr. also are Harris stamps | resting areas, /now available at the: local postof- the} fiee for one’ dollar each; These stamps must be ‘affixed to the state hunting license, o ho state license is required, to a certificate furnished by the post- | master. Hunting waterfowi without th stamps is unlawful and is puni: {able by a fine of $500, or by i prisonment for not more than six months, or by fine and imprison- ment, | The stamp must be carried on| the person of the hunter while hunting and must be exhibited for inspection on request of any offi cer or employe of the U. S. De- partment of Agriculture or any officer authorized to enforce the } game laws. A force of men is now engaged! in putting a new roof on the administration building of the United States Lighthouse Depart- ment here. The material veing used is cor- rugated and galvanized shingles,/ making a very durable roofing, it is shown. i Other repairs are being made | to the building, which now pre- sents a much better {than heretofore. REPRODUCTION - appearance BATTLEGROUND. ; GERMAN SOLDIERS BUILD TOPOGRAPHICAL SCENE IN DRILL HALL | re (By Aw « GUMBINN I Prussia, Germany, Sept. 1.—To commem- orate the’ 20th anniversary of the battle of Gumbinen, local soldiers built a topographical tion of the battleground in their ket hall, They placed in the Jptoper set- | | ting scores of ttegs, houses, | | churches, roads and 13,000 tin gol- | | diers. J Uress) FREIGHT STEAMER ! be plac reproduc: | i PROVIDED BY ORDINANCE. ADOPTED RECENTLY BY CITY COUNCIL City Ordiance No. hibiting tipping in th y wen into effect today, making this th only ordained “tipless” city in thes United States. A fine not to ped $16.00 gnd not to be less than $1.00 will pd on anyone either giving | or accepting tips in public or semi-public places in the city of K West. This ordinance was passed « the suggestion of F f as a means of attracting touris' to this city. GIRL BORN TC MR. Mrs, Agnes Pritchard of this city has received a long distance | phone call from her son-in-law, W-; Day, we are recognizing !B. Rudd, stating that a girl was | born Thursday night to her daugh ter, Mrs. W. B. Rudd, of Miami, 1 the Victoria Hospital there. in i DUE HERE } MONDAY The little lady and mother are ' both doing well. The Steamer Colorado of the Clyde-Mallory Lines is due to ar-| rive at Key West on Mond ight | from New Y with a load of| {freight to be discharged here. The take vessel will also on {freight at this port, and will acl jsall fc for Tampa and Mobil ood fe AUTOMOBILE | REPAIRS Lou Smith Service Station White and Catherine Phone 522 disturb-! NOTICE Thursday afternoon holidays ended August 31. Hereafter stor of members of Mer- chants’ Association will re- main open all day Thursday. Stores will close Monday, LABOR DAY at 1:00 p. m. MERCHANTS’ RETAIL ASSOCIATION | | bus _ | 64, 375 | i | j | i i ae eee ee ey | _LONDON’S TRAFFIC GREATLY INCREASED | ‘gain in the standards of life ana | se) 1.—Traffic has (iy Aanweral LONDON, Sep. centers of London d more than In Trafalgar Square *hicles were counted be- m. and 8 p. in in- 10 years. tween 8 a. m. ee WHERE TO “GO e TONIGHT Monroe—“Operator 1: Palace—“I Can't Escape. TOMORROW Church—Services at and 11 a. m., and Monroe—‘Operator Palace—“I Can’t E: Traviola Beer Garden 801 Duval Street “Where You Are Always Wel- come With a Smile.” Lady Hostess Mgr. Mrs. Millie Anne Meylor | message, Secretary of Labor 50 per cent in} ones) | Circuit Court reconvened this \ morning at°9:30 o'clock, | Judge Jefferson B. Browne pre- siding and all other court offi- cers present. A venire of fifty jurymen was | drawn for the court session Tuesday morning, September 4, | at which time the case of Juan Del Pino, alleged to have killed Peter Fernandec y Rodriguez, will 1 | come up for trial. The jurymen in question will ; be summoned in the meantime to, report at the court at 9 o'clock! Tuesday morning. ff Karl O. Thompson re- sts that anyone whose neme appears on the jury list, has not been summoned between now and prior to Tuesday morn- fice to receive official summon The grand jury, which had b investigating the case of Harrison Jones in connection w the killing of Willie Gibson at Key Largo some time ago, noti- fied the court this afternoon that it had found “no true bill” against the defendant. Mrs. Jones was j then released from the county jail where she had been held since hav- ing been brought to Key West on July 18. As this was the last matter be disposed of, the jury was charged by Judge Browne imme- diately thereafter. The court recessed’ this after- noon and will reconvene again on | ‘Tuesday morning for the purpose of taking up the case tated. The following is a list of the men drawn: Jose Barcelo, er, Karl Hathaw Buekley, Joseph Nua Harry H. Rusvell, Ira arte Higgs, Fred Saunders, J. | Roberts, Eugene R. | Juan Carbonell, Jr, wnders, Will R. Arnold, Lenoy A. to wi Milton Penk Ralph R. Samuel P. Carlyle Geor Archer, Roberts, Lonis Miss Perkins In Labor Day Messag with | on and who; ing, should call at the sheriff’s of-' Gaiti, Solares, Piodela, Jerome Perez, | Culingford, J. W. Roberts, ton Felton, Harry) M. Williams, | | Jason Albury, Charles 1. Albury, | John M. Russell, William Griner,} ase Antonio Alonso, F. Rob. | j . Leon Curry Ww. William | Hamil- Jacinto Hilton Henson, Richard j Stirrup, C. N. ! cocks, Ross C. Cruz, Lou's Caraballo, Bennie Al. bury, Henry Bush, Harry Knowles, Frank Carbonell Charles Olivieri. 1 ) General Presentment | | George Knowles, Recio, J and! : John T. Olsen, foreman of the 'Grand Jury, and Ira F, Albury, | | clerk, submitted the following! | presentment to Honorable Jeffe son B. Browne, judge of the Cir- cuit Court this afternoon at the} conclusion of their activit 1 “The Grand Jury wishes as general presentment to sa: ony in obedience to the gene a Senctionslot i teomenit ha made no general inquiry into the! body of the county due to the fact | that this is a special term and not| a regular term. “We have found two indict- ments which have heretofore heen presented to the court. The Gr: Jury wishes to recommend to the| court and to other inferior cou a nd the investigation of the practice| the study of law. He read law if member of pe y in the administr: of just In several ins in our investigation it appears to| the Grand Jury that witnesses have obviously _ perjured —them-! selves and it has also been ob- ved by, members of the Grand in witnessing the trial of that at times the law against: ury is violated without fe “In order to preserve the in-; tegrity of the courts and the ad-| ation of justice, the prop-; hould take cognizanc of this practice and examples be made of violators. | “The officers of this court have heen very courteous and efficient i ting the Grand Jury in it deliberation, We to extend our thanks to the: an 1 therefore wish, se of- Sees Many Improvements For Unit (By Associated Press) following Labor Day, the In of | the United States, Frances Per- teins, discusses the sets forth hey. hopes for the ; future: this Labor that pro- long thought of as merely welfare are really essential |factors for recovery and the {technique of industrial | ment in a mass-production age. | “The test of adjusting our in- | dustrial life to the patterns of | democracy and the needs of a new } mechan both a “As a nation, on i grams | labor for ‘al period mark lwork for wage earners as well !a new responsibility for constru | tive leadership on the part labor, of | Progsam Of Department “In March, the | ment of labor, yoperation with | leaders of organized labor, civic | orga ions and others, form- {ulated and launched a program. thing better than the we have made thus f: vicissitudes of life. An excellent method lies in the modified appli- cation of the principles of insur- [ance. Government Insurance “In the heydes KAPPA Piss At The CUBAN CLUB Bob’s Orchestra—9 till 2 Favors To Be Given Away accomplish-| H AND MRS. W. RUDD: ments of her department, Pal cquntey, selene manage- | depart- | “We should also develop some- } | for the victims of the hazards and | of the twenties | and even in the first years of the! depression, it v popular to scoff at unemployment insurance as a “dole”; but the significant fact now stands out that in no experimented with unemployment insuyance ha | the system broken down, even in the present world depression, and | in no country has the — public called for distress expenditure | treasury been upon amounts to relieve even approximating our relief. “In this counts behind E not entirely unknown, | for vy, while we lag rope, social insurance i but it i parent we do not begin to inet f the the needs 0. situation most yards are |unprovided for. “L regard our duty now to sur | vey the field and iwhat can and should be give real and complete economic security section | the entire ible ov ch serious almost | entire outline done to each of m is immediately , whether prog a program as L hav outlined ca rried be a bett country and which to tion the we more gen come. For ‘our people goal now generally recogniz {desirable and well within pability and ity citizens of this great republic. as! ingen of 4 EXTRA SELECT All Styles PLAZA RESTAURANT | father ‘graduated from the r.| handled ! violato ' House of Represent ‘voe County { pre through} ~ | In Slaying Of Case Of Gibson’ LATE JUDGE BUSTO ' SUBMITS RESOLUTION OF RE- SPECT TO HONORABLE JEF. FERSON B. BROWNE IN CIR:| CUIT COURT The following tribute and re lution of respect to the late Jud \J.F. orable Jefferson B. Browne ex essing regrets of the Bar Asso-| tion of Monroe County: lin the Cireuit Court of the 24th Judicial Circuit of the State of Florida, in and for County To the Honorable Browne, Judge of Court: Since ihe last term of this court! the Bar of Monroe County haa} sustained a great and serious !os in the death of Hon. ' cisco Busto. Mr. Busto was ana tive of the Republic of ame to Key West in his childhood, was educated in ihe public schools of Monroe County His father was one of the most distinguished pharmacists who cver practiced in the city of Key | West and Mr, Busto decided to follow in the footsteps of his and studied pharmacy. When he had nearly mastered that profession, he decided to take Jefferson the abo early up the office of the late Hon. J. | Phipps and received conside training from Hon. ' Brooks, after which Mr. tended Stetson a Geo, Busto FA University Law Depart ment of that institution with hen- ors. He returned to Key West and began the practice of law. He many intricate and bit terly fought caess, not only in our local courts but in the Sup: Court of Florida and in the Fed e| eral Court of Appeals at New Or- leans. When Mr. he w Busto was elected to the posi tion of Police Justice of the city Key West and that ition for three with dignity administered quite a youth, of re sided and oceupied He fai to He terms. nd justice with equality eh s elected to the Legislature and served in ive terms, and in 1 » he pointed County Solicitor of Mon roe County, and he was perform ing the duties of that office at the time of his death, on the L5th of August 34 He married Miss Lois Demeritt ot this city. He and thre mall children to mourn his loss. Mr. Busto wa citizen, a distinguished patriotie public official ing husband and father. s for three was ap leaves his widow a good lawyer a and a v The Mon- has therefore tained a loss not easily regained It is therefor ed that the Bench and Monroe County extend widow family Busto its that espectfully mov Rar to Hon. J sincere and of an Franeiseo pathy, pread court and this tribute upon the minute: and a furnished 3 for publication ubmitted H. MALONE ~ MORE FOOD FOR FERA CLIENTS Announcement of the arrival in the city ment of roast beef to Respectfully Wm has be to buted The shipment, it i 1.179 cases, HOLIDAY NOTICE Monday, September 5 ul holiday of is bank open f THE FIR wi Ss on that NATIONAL BA Anniversary Specials Fresh Beef Hens and Fryer tly Fresh E; Bacon and Sausage CENTRAL MARKET Phone 20 805 Fleming St. | ] | | | Busto was submitted to Hon- \ Monro: | Juan Fran-} Cuba,! ‘ Key West, most equable country; range of only 14° Fahrenheit. with an average Mammoth Street Parade Followed By Varied Program Of Events To Feature Labor Day Celebration ‘LEGION TO GIVE ALL-DAY PICNIC HERE ON MONDAY | LOCAL ORGANIZATION PUT- TING ON AFFAIR IN EF. FORT TO RAISE FUNDS TO ATTEND CONVENTION In an effort attend the Legior vention in Miami. th American Legion will Athiet all-day picnic Monda Starting at Jitr at the clock be a Dar show w has been pected to L Fron sponsor a Cab. Refreshment kinds will be of t HOLIDAY CLOSING HERE HAS ENDED Starting Key We tion w Thur which ha the Unde the la. wis NQ PAPER MONDAY accordance th In ~ custom, there no issue of The C ed on Monday, La order to allow its usual n print Day, in opportunity of th festivities of the The holidays observing day Citizen ob three er two being Christmas and Fourth of July The mysterious message Flint handed ng ws 9 1 the Bot which »perat captain, settled the tate Could Harvey t Green murd wers and Ivy esca threstening Would they learn of the ous breding ab plot as the old steamer headed t by Goust sorbing tale of romance and adveo ture Wedn THE CITIZEN Starting "Nearly 50 Floats Will Be Seen In Procession ; Program Under Direc- tion Of FERA Everything was set today fo Key W colebration of Day, and from the department of the Key parks a West Admemss! plans for thet organization + pe in the program Highight celebration the wilt be me. the which is to wind ite way Duval street to the beach, and the afterneen « © vy of event rang from potate races concert by the Hospitality uoder the direction of A &. rose, have been planned fer enjoyment aad entertainment of Key Westers arty « he od ' Gerry ¢ creation then, aud tede exp: White the mornene FIELD Boy met MONROE THEATER REPLACE YOUR HEADACHE WITH A SMILE---DRINK A BOTTLE OF WAGNER'S BEER AND YOUR DISPOSITION WILL IMPROVE BY LEAPS AND BOUNI