The Key West Citizen Newspaper, June 10, 1936, Page 1

Aadcianauncnibaviwire | Press Day Wire Service. For 56 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of jee besdinicr ess iciecvayest | West Che Kr VOLUME LVI. No, 139. ee WEST, FLORIDA, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 10, 1936. TEXAS RANGERS USE ‘SIX GUNS’ LIKE OLD DAYS _ U. S. Postoffice Department : Reports Decrease In Postal | Savings At Key West Office * ; SHOWN THAT IN MANY CASES PEACH TREE IN KEY. | one METHOD OF ATTACK WEST STILL BEARING: AND DEFENSE IS BETTER OOO IO SOS ST, THAN THAT OF PRESENT, — Though at one time there | ‘Golden Chain Burdens Sydney’s Lord Mayor) Shown That Savings Have} Four DAY trees in Key West, but few of them remain budding and bearing now. One of these is in the rear of the bake shop of Luis Gonzalez on An- gela street. Many peaches have been taken from the tree during the past few weeks, and there | is still a number on the branches. Two of these, on the branch, were presented The Citizen yesterday. The fruit is of the free- stone variety, deliciously sweet, though not very large, with that distinctive natural flavor which is found only in healthy fruit ripened on the tree. Dropped Over Thousand Dollars Period Of Nine Months Press) ! SYDNEY, Australia, June | 10.—The chain of gold which signifies the dignity and au- } | (By mane i ‘ t | thority of the office of lord the stage and screen, have little | | i | i i ! { Prean) June 10.—Texas | (By Assoctnt AUSTIN, ated = | many bearing peach | 1 | | i ex:, rangers, unlike their imitators on| By PAUL MAY (Special Wasi rrespondent of 4 Citizen) WASHINGTON, D. C., 10.—Postal savings in Key West dropped $4,416 mayor of Sydney will soon be- i too heavy to wear. time for song and horse play— Since 1902 a gold medal has been added each year by the retiring lord mayor, and in the good old western way—with) the chain now is valued at : | six guns, June! .they’re too busy enforeing the law i have in nine $25,000. Alderman McElhone, present’ mayor, described : i eres “burden,” and expreasea abandoned in favor of the faster, sentenent: todas. sympathy for his successors motor car, but the spirit of the’ should it continue to “grow.” | o -anization, born the on|March/S1 last:postal savings in ehhh days of Texas history as protec Cnhhende CII I SS. ARRIVES HERE iment itadC@ongress alestigicncars| Captain J. W. MeCormick, new, h in. Is DROWNED chief of the rangers, is carrying Sone erates tederinsiteion on the old traditions. He admits a hankering for old-fashioned shoot- the fiscal year, totaled $298,284. | "BODY OF LILLIAN JOHNSON ing irons where quickness of the yesseL_ TAKES ON FUEL OIL WAS RECOVERED AND and sureness of aim mean H the difference | BROUGHT IN ‘ene i “In a tight months, according to information! thes t it Horses generally have been given out by the postoffice de-' The department announced that in early! rustlers, is the previous June 30, the end of; The department did not reveal | aw the number of Key West positors on March 31 last, AT PORTER DOCK; SAILS FCR FRONTERA, MEXICO F between life and of de- but its 933! : ! Lilllian Johnson, depositors there on June 30, 1935. | spot, I guess I eeenes i ae jwouldn’t care for one of those : : . | new- fangled machine guns,” he; Steamship Gatun. of the Stand- ed girl, daughter of George John- ‘explains. “Give me two good six- i shooters and a rifle or so and I Shavers} +eckon I can take care of myself.” Story-Book Type ing feom|Ehiladelpliastook on captain, a tall, wiry, story .type.of Ranger, nearly 731 gallons of wears two six-shooters, one Porte action for shooting and: one single action for a club, in hip > o'clock holsters, i | When expecting trouble, he eh iatee CoC abolition! cus Who | frequently carries a third pistol partment sailed for Tortugas yes ‘brought the girl ashore near Fort} in a shoulder holster and a fourth terday to En The banke Kansas Taylor She wastin a coat pocket, and sometimes route the tender will relieve New City conven that the placed in the Lopez Funeral Home | takes along a sawed-off shotgun Ground Rocks lighted and a couple of rifles. ip federal government should give ambulance and taken to the Ma-|" q : uoy. 5 ool ie : z | “There are some things you; Carl Rom, senior radio electri- up postal the; tine hospital where she was | report to Congr showed young color-; For all Florida on the latter date there were 108,098 depositors in, Son and wife of ard Frait and Steamship company, 814 arrived 1 o'clock yesterday morn- 156 offices and their deposits to-, Lane, was drowned this afternoon 7 | The tale 29, pat aled $29,004,177. i o'clo ne *oWsre-anitaricenteit” “OF ostal tyom a skiff into the water at the | alway . ' 1 > savings was made by the depart-' south end of Whitehead street. j double ment following passage of resolu-! tions by the Am association calling for of the postal sz 29,- ;@bout 2 o'clock when she jumped! fuel. oi] at Dock company and sailed for Frontera, Mexico. ‘an Bankers’, The body was recovered by Mar-j Tender Ivy of the lighhouse de Hanna, colored youth, Vv system. deliver supplies. at their reservation. ion, said whistling savings because learn from experience and not in’ gian left on the tender to inspect E. H. Carnes to} schools,” he said, explaining his , the new type of electric batteries habits of armament. {installed at Cosgrove Shoals light.’ “I aim to be practical.’ _ | Fruit Carrier Yoro. of the He is remarkably fast in pulling! standard Fruit and Steamship a gun, fellow Rangers say; and) company, is due to arrive in port, others probably would so testify, (today from New York cone- if they could. |signed to the Porter Dock com- The captain drew two guns re- ' pany, cently when he exterminated a} gang in the East Texas piney, woods. Gov. James V. Atred, CLOSES LEASE termed the action one of the most) remarkable pieces of law enforce-! RO ERTY j ment in Ranger history. \ ONP P P’ | The gang was reported to have so terrortzed the country that property valués had declined. Me-! Cormick said no one ever would; obsolete since it nounced by Dr. was established originally for the be dead. , purpose giving banking facili-| As far as can be learned, with! ties to small towns without them. a companion the gril was in the’ According to the department,’ skiff which was pushed away by the postal savings system is pay-jothers on the beach. It be- ing its own way and even making lieved she got excited and leaped money and it dered un- to her death, likely that the bankers — will be! able to convince Congress at im-j ‘TIME EXTENI EXTENDED mediate future sessions that the: THOMPSON AND HART GIVEN system is now system should be abolished. Arthur West, bridge designer | with the state road department, | ARRIVE HERE: | UNTIL TOMORROW NOON (jnow how many persons had been! has closed a lease on the Key! BY COURT ORDER murdered over a long period. ‘Ww est W6man’s Club building on! COME HERE TO DISCUSS MAT- ' Forty Go To Prison ! Division street. ! TERS WITH DIRECTOR Captain McCormick and two as-;__ Mr. West had under contempla- sistants moved into the San Au-\tion this lease for a period of THOS. D. ORR gustine area, arrested all members, Weeks but was awaiting final word of the gang and obtained peniten-/°" the construction of the high- tiary punishment for 40. | way bridges and the allocation of He didn’t kill anyone in this ex- ye HOES ETE GS ae ploit, but he had “to lay awake! “ns. nights figuring ways to avoid it,”; Mr. and Mrs. West and their Heeavs four children are expected to ar- rive in Key West on June; 17 and limmediately occupy the building. ! The lease is for a | period of one! year at least, it understood, and in the meantime the Woman’s Club will hold their meetings and: other activities in some other quarters yet to be decided upon. Sam Hart and Sam Thompson,’ who were yesterday in circuit {court sentenced to pay a fine of | $50 each or serve 15 days in coun- Marvin Porter, WPA southern ty jail, and were given until noon regional engineer; J. Morton,: today to pay the fine, have had regional examiner from Washing-'time for compliance with the ton, D. C., and Mrs. Ev court order extended until noon regional director of intake and tomorrow. certification and employment; Mr, Thompson was seen this management, arrived _ yesterday | morning by The Citizen and stated by plane to meet and si that he had decided to give the with Director Thomas plant board permission to spray matters pertaining to Key West. | the trees on his premises. It was These official visitors come.| for disobeying the cour injune- also, to make a survey of the of-|tion in this matter that he and fices and field, and to examine| Mr, Hart were tried and sentence the records of the administration. imposed. Other prominent visitors who} Shortly before noon Mr. are in Key West are E. A. Pyn-j was encountered on his v to j chon, Florida WPA administrator, | jail, with his lunch under his arm. 5 COMING T0 PORT: and Mrs, Pynchon, who are here) He told The Citizen he was going, | to spend the other half of a vaca-! to report to the sheriff’s office Steamship Florida, of the P.; i tion started some time ago, but} to begin serving his 15 days. Hejand 0. S. S. company, is due to; Steamship Yoro, of the Stand- which was interrupted before it! said that this morning he-had eut arrive in Key West Friday after-| arg Fruit and Steamship com- was completed. j down the last of his beautiful and noon from Havana. The vessel) pany, is due to arrive in’ port this! So delighted were they with] }flourishing banana trees. There! will replace the Cuba which sails) evening for bunkers at the Porter| their former brief stay they said,} | were 114 of them. from this port tomorrow. Dock company. The vessel is en; that they were determined to} Inquiry at the.sheriff’s office | It is understood that the Flor-| route to Frontera, Mexico. | take advantage of the first op-| elicited the information that ida is to be put in service because' Yacht Paula Louise, Frederick| portunity and have another de-' Judge Browne had today extended of a large number of people who Wagner, owner, and Secretary lightful stay in this pleasant city. the time until noon tomorrow. yare scheduled to leave-Tampa for, Mrs, Inez Fesser on board, arriv-! i toe eee ; Havana and preferred the larger! ed in port this week from Miami] G LOST RENG FOUND _ | vessel to the smaller Cuba. | Beach. | The latter ship is said to have! Yacht Enola Gay, owned by! NEW YORK — “Married life) KENDA'L, Mont. — A wed-!been ordered to take up the run! Rafael Sanchez, arrived in the! knocks off sll of one’s senti-| ding ring lost en the street in| between Miami and Havana until) yacht basin this morning and H mental spots,” said Mrs, Arthur|this city more th 20 years ago|June 25, when the vessels will) making preparations for the trip ‘Thorbeson of tais ity, testify-, was recentl: returned to Mrs. | again be put back on their reg-;to Cuba, which in future will be| ing in her divorce svit. , Kenry Parrent. < ular schedule. jher home port. STR. FLORIDA DUE TO ARRIVE FRIDAY TO TAKE UP RUN TEM. PORARILY BETWEEN KEY WEST, HAVANA, TAMPA ‘STEAMER YORO | Hart NO MORE SENTiMENT | Sunday, | $45,000. the 4ig awarded. the Increased Mail Service In And Out Of Key West Now Proposed 1 ae | PSST SIPS LSE | ‘Bids Are Being Called! For Twice Daily Serv- ice And Renewal Of Em- ergency Contract Post office department is call-| ing for bids for mail contracts be- | tween Miami and Key West. Post- | master Sam Harris made this an- nouncement this morning. The first of these is for a con- ‘tinuance of the present emer- gency contract which will con- tinue until July 31. Bids for this will be received up until June 30.! ,All bids must be accompanied by} bond of $25,000. j An inerezse in scope of service indicated in the second contract hich calls for two mails daily in- coming and outgoing from Mon- day to Saturday inclusive, and one incoming and cutgoing on of 13) ‘mails in and 13 mails out each week. making a total Bids for this service will be re- | ceived up until June 30, and must be accompanied by a bond This last contract calls for mail deliveries and collections at Ramrod Key, Pirates Cove, Perky and Marathon, Which ever contract is awarded will be made effective from August 1, 1986 to June 30, 1940. If the 13 weekly mails contract other autos matically made inoperative, and vice versa, In the event this increased se ice becomes effective the fi mail will arrive ea in the morning and be distributed before 8 o’clock. The second mail will arrive about 3:30. The first out- going mail will close at 12 noon and the evening mail will close at 7 o'clock, is service, of is it will be seen, aid the postmaster, is even a ‘better service than was in effect when there were two arrivals and departures of trains daily some Years ago. ‘CUBA BRINGS IN 29 PASSENGERS VESSEL LEFT LATE IN AFT- ERNOON EN ROUTE TO TAMPA The Steamship Cuba, of the ‘STRATEGIC NORTH | SEA ROCK T0 CET | NEW GERMAN GUNS FOREIGN NAVAL EXPERTS BE REFORTIFIED IN; PROGRAM NAZI By M. K. WHITELEATHER BERLIN, Ansociated Press) June 10.—Hel; | the rock strategically pl | the German and Danish coasts, jsoon again may have heavy guns |to bark at enemy fleets whieh ap- {proach too closely to Germany’s | Kiet canal and the ports of Bre- men and Hamburg. Foreign naval experts here be- that fifth-of nd, heavily in the World War, \ lieve the -square ; mile which figured so will be refortified by the nazis and the harbor island poss na The tifications and reconstructed. ssed heavy for- harbor was obliged a until Germany to them by the treaty of V: Gut with the miiitary ot that treaty torn up by the Hit- ler regime, naval experts look for the island to be Instated man naval strategy. Old Smugglers’ The cliffs ris sea provisions n Ger Handout North Schleswig- from the 35 miles from the Holstein coast. They habited by fewer than 3,000 per- sons, but they have been fixed in the world’s imagination by naval battle: nd smugglers. The English seized the from Denmark and used it smuggling base durin nental blockade of the wars. When Bismarck came t in Germany in 1871 he to get it. But he had to long time. It finally came Germany at the end of career in 1890 through a with Britain which excl Helgoland for the African is of Zanzibar. Sea’s Encroachment Halted As the are in- island for a the conti- © power it a to naval s fort kaiser’s grew, the island w: in 1910 a sea wall ‘was built at a cost of $3 to halt the gnawing of sea which was slowly reducing the is- land’s size. It used to be times as large it now is. Several World war naval tles were fought near the island. The British never succeeded in capturing Helgoland—which com- mands the mouths of the Elbe, Weser and Eider ithe Versailles treaty isted that its miliar dismantled. power d and et high 1,000,000 the five P. and O. S. S. company, arrived; yesterday afternoon from Havana with three fi and second $s passengers for Key West; 17 first and three second class for Tampa, Key West arrivals were: James E. Bellezio, Eva F, Bellezio, Ema Prieto, Pablo Valdez, Patri Mo- reno, Raguel Moreno, Estella Mb- reno, Maria Santana, Jose M. Lo-' zanos, The vessel sailed at 5 with the following booking at Key West: Mrs. Mel- vin Russell, Melvin, Jr. Pat. Guillermo Perez, George Schmuck- passengers ler. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Barcelo, Miss Consuelo Barcelo. $25 Monthly Payment VETERANS! We have an interesting deal for you in a new— DODGE or PLYMOUTH We have figures to show you that will prove you can own a | DODGE or PLYMOUTH for LESS than any other low priced car on | the market. SEE US TODAY NAVARROSS, Inc. $25 Per Month—6% Interest i o'clock MANY STUDENTS ARRIVE IN CITY COME HOME TO SPEND HOLI- DAY VACATION WITH RELATIVES Among the students who are home for the holidays is William W. Demeritt, Jr., for his vacation with his parents. Mr. and Mrs. W. W. | until Octobe when {to Atlanta to begin his junior year at Southern Dental Colleze He ‘was accompanied home by Mrs | Demeritt Inst week. who will remain Demerit will return Arriving in company with the Demeritts were Mr. and Mrs. Hen- ry Renedo. They will also remain dvring the sutamer vacation and return in the fall to Atanta where Mr. Renedo is a student at Southern Dental College. Delio Cobo, student at the same college, was an artival on the morning piane from Miami Sun- , day, for his vacation. He was accompanied by his sister, Miss Solita ‘Cobo, who left several weeks for Tamya and after visit- ing there went to Miami and was jthere joined by her >rother. 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