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PAGE TWO The Key West Citizen Published Daily Except Sunday By THE CITIZEN PUBLISHING CO., INC. L. P. ARTMAN, President JUE ALLEN, Assistant Business Manager From The Citizen Building Corner Gre@ne an@ Ann Streets Newspaper in Key West and Monroe County. Only Daily Key West, Flori¢ FIFTY Member of the Associated Press ciated Press is exelusisely entitled to use publication of all news dispatches credited to r not otherwise credited in this paper and aiso wal news published here. SUBSCRIPTION RATES One six M Three One Week Year Months th ADVERTISING RATES Made known on application, NOTICE { thanks, resolutions of | will be charged for at entertainments by churches from which to be derived are 5 cents a line. is an open fornm and invites discus- Issues and subjects of local or general it will net publish anonymous communi- sion of pu interest but cations. | IMPROVEMENTS FOR KEY WEST 4DVOCATED BY THE CITIZEN ‘vater and Sewerage. Ls-dges to complete Road to Main- dan. SLOW DOWN AT NIGHT Here is some worth-while advice to motorists: As soon as darkness descends, slow down pronto! In spite of the fact that the bulk of; cars are operated almost entirely during the day, well over half of all the fatal ac- cidents last year occurred at night. Sixty- nine per cent of the victims’ were pedes- trians. ness. Unconsciously or otkerwise, motorists chronically “overdrive distance befere them. duce glare, a potent cause of head-on car crashes, and are justly illegal in most states. i The pedestrian, of wholly free from blame. tensi publicized that one course, is facing oncoming traffic—but a great many night-walkers apparently haven't heard the news yet. And many of them also don’t seem to realize that to walk on a dark highway wearing dark clothes is an And the death rate for the evening | rush hours was over 100 per cent greater ! in winter than in summer, due to dark-j} many } their | headlights’’—that is, they could not bring | their cars to a stop within the illuminated | And more power- | ful lights are no cure for this—they pro-; not } It has been ex- | should al-; ways walk on the left side of the highway, | THE KEY WEST CITIZEN Professor In a recent speech the President Stated that the lowering of the cost | of producitig goods through the use of new/ inery, new ‘techniques, ara and new de- vices for in- creasing em- ployee eftici- 2gncy means that more men will join the ranks of the unem- ployed. “Reduction of costs of manu- facture does not ean more pur- chasing power ard more goods consumed.” he “it means i the oppo- site.” It would be difficult to find a repu- table economist or engineer who agrees with this surprising state- ment. If it be true that increasing the costs of manufacturing goods, and therefore their prices. stimulates economists, almost without exception. are spreading false doctrines, for they are a unit tn holding that people You and Your: Nation’s Affairs The Ghost of Technocracy | By ELIOT JONES of Transportation and Public Utilities, - ae Stanford University : comes, then,.of the reduction of the cost of for resident in payi to manufac of automobiles making a strategic retreat from unsound position? Whether or not this be the case, reference to the policies of ai bile manufacturers is pertinent. automobile industry illustration of the fact that the best the quality of the product and to re- duce its price. The manufacturers have introduced new machinery. im- proved their techniques, and de- vised many ways of increasing labor efficiency. Though the te ef- fect of the introduction the im- Proved methods may in individual cases have been the disptacement of some laborers, the net effect has been a great increase in the demand for automobiles and a great increase in the number of men employed in their manufacture, not to mention the men employed in the production of the materials that are required in the manufacture of automobiles. LEGALS CALL FOR BIDS COUNTY, FLORIDA. Key West, Florida. | September 11, 1936. Sealed bids will be received by!ing im the Circuit :the Overseas Road and Toll Bridge © ee Monroe County, Florida, a’ Room No. 1007, Court “House, ami, M., E. S. T., October 5, 1936, at! which time and place all bids re-| ceived will be publicly opened and [fead aloud, for furnishing all ma-} \terials and labor and constructing | and bridges 4-A, Monroe PWA " Docket on N TRACT A to consist of the construction of approxi- | mately 6156 lineal feet of com- plete bridge deck on the exist- ing railroad bridges known as “Channel No. 2 Bridge” and “Channel No. 5 Bridge | CONTRACT B to consist of | the construction of apprexi- | mately 14,564 lineal feet of complete bridge deck on the existing railroad bridges known as “Long Key ‘Toms Harbor N: 3 and “Toms Harbor No. 4 Bridge CONTRACT € to consist of the grading and rock base, sur! e treated paving, ap proximately 18. k included i R) will er date. ny bids fied time and date-will not be vd let t received. after — the ! : j bid shall be submiteed in| srms supplicd by the and’. Tol Bridse | Decree of LEGALS NOTICE OF MASTER'S SALE as under and by virtue of the Foreciosure heretofore SATURDAY, SERTEMBER 12. 1936. LEGALS aS THE CIRCUrT coer ELEVEYTS st pertat or THE sTaTe oF I a\D rem wovEcE aTUTen: ree EEpEscs u ‘the Master. Final entered in that certain cause pend- CMASCERT_ jeventh Judicial © jida, in and for Monroe County Court at of the }Qverssas Eeaé and To! | in ae ot Fler- | Sietre® 2 pelteca! scediwumes wm | of the State Chancery. being Chancery Case Ne./ Margie plaintiffs, and C corporation under the law Florida, up to 10 o'clock, A.' 6-471 im which T. Know ison. Coral of the State of Florida, and « ormiy and Eleanor State| wife, are defendants, 1 County,| Master in Chancery . Fla.jthe Court im sa contracts, A, B, and C, as/for sale and se highest \ cash at the front decor of the Court Monroe County, im West, to the House of ICity of Key | 5th day of October, j tween the [A M. and twe being 2 iceal sales hours the following described property in Monroe Counts same the the situate to-wit Part in Sex South links. sia point hours of eleven ocheck th. aime, Germiy, bis! as Special} appointed br Gecree will offer at public outery nd best bidder fer the Florida, on the A D 1536, be- seas 2 poise! eaters oe —< Plerids mas Ben this «er Carcet Coer twa prams ‘aide formatoee b: aacd ecleock P. M. the @ay and legal hours of suie erament Lo ainne Twelve cn, together with 2 rizhts thercunte der derma e, in any Wise appertaining Conny... Florida} How restricted the autumobile market accompa would now be had the manufacturers acted on the principle that'the way to invitation to the eoroner: Light refraction is an. eccentric’ thing—and a darkly- wilf buy more goods at low prices then at high prices In rare instances there.may be an exception, but as a { Government L m the} See 29. Township 6° = ‘treme Port. = ount of five: perigemt per te Eas tieiels and Aparcmenis, Bathing Pavilion. Au ports—Land and Sea. nsolidation of County and City 4ievernments, So live as to raise your fellow opinion of average human nature. man’s dressed pedest an often can’t be seen by the motorist until it is:too late. »Thus, we need education for the pedestrian as well_as for the auto driver. But in the meantime, the driver should take every precaution—and even go to what may seem ridiculous lengths—to operate his car safely. After all, he is in command of a potentially lethal vehicle } } | } | | consumption, then the professional | | | general proposition low prices stimu- late sales, and high prices discour- age sales. The President. himselt. in a subse- quent statement accepted the tra ditional view. of economists, engineers, and business men when he said that between 500.000 and i.000.000 small j homes could be sold immediately if the quantity production methods of automobile manufacturers were em- ployed to build homes a: a cost not to exceed 2.500 More homes. jt appkars, can be sold if the cost of cofstruction, stimulate sales is to increase pro- duction costs! And how greatly re- duced would be the demand for men to make automobiles, steel, rubber, plate glass, lumber, leather, copper, cotton, gasoline, oil, etc.! The industries that are run on the principle of reducing the cost of pro- duction and prices are infact, the ones that have made the greatest busi. ness recovery and that show the least unemployment. and the indus- tries that are hampered by high costs ] and thus the price. is low. What be- and a high price policy are the most depressed. t) of the base bid as a guar-} » that thé bidder if hwarded! ntract, will within tem) (le) conseculive calendar days after Written notice being given of sock! laward, enter dhtew Mwritte® con- enn, tecotnanetan Govern and 7% Northwest corner ernment Le run Se dary Let 2 links mere 2 from amid we= thenee rus that literally kills more men than does war. Don’t take a chance! Py (Address questions to the author, care of this newspaper) KEY WEST IN | DAYS GONE BY Happenings Here Just 10 Years) Ago Today As Taken From The Files Of The Citizen A straw vote is accurate when its re- sults are favorable to your wishes. | SIDELIGHTS By MARCY B. DARNALL, Former Editor of The Key We: te withdraw hix bid for a period sixty (60) days after the date set for the opening thereof. There will be available not than six hundred seven th Anniversaries | doll; ($607,000.00) fo . furnishines fittings, machmes. chinery hardware glassware, and china cated in and upon kaged premises every nature covered by the in fe including tures Some men’s word is as good as gold, until they get off the gold standard. a= & the mort whatsoever as mortgac- and especially following bumt= Kuide beat approsumate $6 feet in length known as (me guide SSOP RSSSSOOCOS® | tion purposes on these 9 mn tracts. 1812—Edward S. Creasy, Eng-| ‘The contractor and all sub-con- tractors shall pay labor not less \fish author, born. Died Jan. 27, ~ than the prevailing wage rates for ss ° the locality wh constructed, 8 having n Overseas: Ro trict, Mon approved by the FW. A The suc quired to carry, at pense, Workmen's " Public Li y Property Damage Insurance, subject to the Approval of the said Overseas Road and Toll Bridge Dis- trict and the P. W. A 2 Citizen All of us want to be popular but the price that one must pay is often ex- orbitant, In Buenos Aires triplet girl babies were born to a 19-year-old mother, Senora Haydee Teresa Arrenti, under unusual cir- cumstances. The first was born at the mother’s home while awaiting an am- bulance, the second in the ambulance, and the third at the hospital. Mother and babies were reported as “doing fine.” County and police officers and | members of the Key West Unit,! 1818 Richard J. Gatling, gun Florida National Guard, eld tar-! inventor, born in Hertford Co., N. get practice yesterday afternoon C, Died in New York, Feb. 26, on the r'fle range of the Marine | 1903. ‘Corps. All scores were announced } as exceptionally fine. Army rfiles! 1395 Ainsworth R. Spoffard, and 45 caliber automatic pistols’ eminent librarian of the Library were used and the records were of Congress, born at Gilmanton, such as me!ke any marksman feel Nj Died Aug..11, 1908. proud. | ' dete ed d and Toll Bridge Dis- pe County, Florida, and ——— the State Director of vximately 16 feet im jemgeh. mbered. Together with all the Man is made in the image of God, but how do we distigure that image through za trom our vices. or in any wine being sold to decree Dated this Lith day of September, D1 a a satiafy sect All work shall be de : ance with A adopted by the P. W. A. applicable to such projects and shall be in ac- cordance with plans and contract documents relative thereto which! may be examined at the Office of the Overseas Road and Toll Bridge District at Key West, Florida, or, at the offices of the State Road De* partment, C. B. Treadway, chair- man, J. H. Dowling, state highway engineer, Tallahas: Florida, and Miami, Florida. Such plans’ and tract documents may be _ se- Most people bow down and worship the individual that, they think, can do them a favor, W. CURRY HARRES, ial Master im Chancery WALSH KHAM & ELLIS. Miami, Fla Svliciter fer Plaimsitt. septi2- 15-26 and wcis 1536 ie 1836—Milton H. Smith, con- Criminal court of record met nected with the Louisville & Nash- jthis morning for the regular Sep-! ville R. R. for 40 years and its tember term with Judge J. Vining' president for 30 years, born in Harris yresiding. County Solici- New York. Died in Louisville, ; J. F. Busto, Clork ©. Sam)B.| Feb, 22, 1921. ‘and officers were present. | eee ee There are 28 cases awaiting dis-! 1g53-—Gelestia S, Parrish, Geor- position at th’s term though there! gia’s noted professo: educator, . zre none of an outstanding nature, Sean Mi ee Woman,” conte gps Bg Ea Most of the offenders are charg-| porn at Swansonville, Va. Died|at Key West, Florida, by depositing | ed with minor offenses and it is! sept, 7, 1918, Hp aPry ey eggenr ga fee. dng ge expected that quite a number will) h’ sum will. be enter pleas of guilty. From Spokane, Wash., comes the story of a colony of chipmunks which got soused on mash from a moonshine still. One chip- munk developed a_ fighting mood and tackled a fox squirrel which it vanquished and chased up a tree, according to deputies who raided the still. Sp Credit within limits is beneficial, but social credit is an experiment that may trous. ——_ —_— SoTh re -Té citkprrens IN THE COUNTY JUDGES Count | IN ASD FOR MONROE COUNTY. FLORIDA. In re Estate Josefa C we Four million Ame ns cannot neither read nor write, and not all are on relief by any means, Avila, Decrased To all crediters and all persems having claims or demands against the estate of Josefa Cariaga de . deceased, late of Key West County, Flotida You, and each of you, are notified and required to file al r demands which you, or ‘ou, may have against the Josefa Cariaga de Avila. te of Key West, Monroe In Lexington, Ky., a minister preach- ed a forceful sermon on the evils of drink, winding up with the wish that he could have all the wine, beer and whisky in the state of Kentucky, so that he might dump it in the river. Then the choir sang “Shall We Gather at the River?” return of said tract documents in within ten (10) award of the contract and declared the trip and enter- tainment accorded, the best ever. f hereb> th therefor. Bidder’s qualifications satisfactory to the ¢ The trouble with most vacations is that they end in a rush to catch up on work that bas been postponed. Miss Corn Boll, daughter; of Mr. and Mrs. W. T. H. Boll, Editorial comment: Many peo- was married + turday ning to’ ple who pride themselves on their; Sha Toll Bridge Distr Mitchell, chief electrician- of ) will powe:, lack an equal amount] County, Florida, and the io plant at the local navel of pill power when the : collector Pn sa heer oo p SB sae The ceremony was pet-; comes around. ob Florida, reserves the rixht to waive Acting County Judge J. -araph¥asing an_ old slogan, the credit j formalities in an¥'bid afd to Fi G. Piodela. The young , couple | Ject_ ony emg Onli inidacos oy bureau of La Grange, Ill, displays among have! tamerouk tae Te eag |. Word has been received in Key! OVERSEAS, AND Told. : a cs d A ave numerous friends, a’ ji ‘i BRID y NRE other signs in its-offiee one which reads: } hom tendo eon -ratalations for West announcing the bifth: of at COUNTY, PLOWIDA. ? “United we stick-divided we're stuck.” + hapby’ ms i life. son to Mr. and Sirk: Taiest jaw- WwW. #H. yee BHD yer in their home in Jaeksonville. Miss Marguerite Capo expects . % ez to open her school of faney danc- f the W. B. Sawyer a 9}. A 4 reat Ne avves bone eae ing in Key Wy cat oti next 5 : eks. i i in ments were occupied by persons Z werk 8 Wile. ide tod " ago Miss Capo took’ a special Sawyer says arted in 8D ‘enable her to teach. : ees outhouse to a residence facing , inated by a cuckoo clock, Elmer | Simonton street, but built against! See = zi a the partition fence. She tried to! Kock of Chicago finally yielded to the im-* 6: ihe departmnt over the phone pulse to steal it, explaining later _ to the | but the line was by By the} co he ‘office of judge: “I watched it for two weeks, then | time the alarm was sent in the ersacHenG Week tas iea Unto couldn't stand it any longer.” a & . a e ty Judge Hugh Guim, secur- ; {flames had gained great headway. , County Judge Hi q : 5 Elmer was | aii the furniture in the apartments/€1 ® marriage license and weré given 80 days in which to learn to govern his comple must the station. formed Scientists say farming is 20,000 years Aud the idea of farm relief, we imagine, is at least 19,999 years old. old, Said claims or demands shal = and Rtain the place > and post office ad- dress of the claimant and shall be {kworn to by the claimant, his agent Hard work is probably a good thing for mankind, but there are many people who want very little of the good thing. - BM. DUNCA General Manager and Ci F’re at 1 o'clock this afternoon stroyed the apartment — section bh claim or demand net s ed within the time and im the | filea he he coumr| Manner prescribed herein shall “be a A Newark street car conductor be-! lieves he discovered the politest drunk some nights ago. The inebriated one arose to give his seat to a lady when they were the only two passengers in the car. IN THE COUNTY IN AND FOR MONRO! STATE OF FLORIDA. BATE. ed at Key West, Florida, thix It takes an average reader a week to absorb Anthony Adverse, reading inces- santly eight hours each day. That is a lot of time to devote to one book, but it keeps | I ore from reading worse books in the mean- As Executor of the Last Testament of Josefa Cariaga de deceased, aforesaid. MARGARET A) FINAL NOTICE NOTICE IS HEREBY that the undersigned will, on 26th day of October, A. D. 1 present to the Honorable Judge of Monroe County, F his final return, accoun vouchers as Administrator Estate of Margaret Axe, deces Jand at said time, then and there make application to the said Judge | for a final settlement of his H | ministration of said estate, and { jan order discharging him as such Administrator. { Dated this the 22nd day of August,} af D. 1936. H i pan GIVEN . 4 ; the| Attorney for Executor. : Filomeno Benemelis and Miss ° septs-12-19-26, 4936 Rosa Capdevila arrived yesterday ‘County from Havana and immediately aft- prida. | Sass ssssZ sss sisain, The Easiest Way For You To © Pay For A Home is to pay for it as you pay rent. The logical wa: is to pay monthly, out of income, an i time. Florida is the only state in the Union ir which old age assistance is being fi- | nanced entirely by countie All other plans are financed either by states alone or by states and counties, and the ap-!/ propriation by each of the 67 counties for ; old age stance is the first time that a} uniform public assistance program for the entire state has ever been approved in Florida. « ate tdeaksaod, | married by the judge. # i After trying two weeks, Joseph 'Gelardi, Providence, R. L, welder, caught a live 135-pound shark in the Warren river. MT. At a meeting of the American Legion last night the legion mem- 7 ave Police’ ie A few days ago Policeman Michael F.| pers went. on record as being. op- | posed to mob rule in any form! Hally of New Haven stopped Mrs. Roose- AGUEDIO vockis ie velt, wife of the President, for running |?" resolutions were adpoted set-j GAL Attorney for Administrator. asta red tight in hefautemobile.-swihen (Hae ¢coieetecattiala, “The ley LEGALS 29-89; neptelzid-26; uct3-10- ea = Tee 1 ag atacse ct €N gionnaires. went further and de-’ es -ERS ey i the First Lady explained that she was |clared themselves ready _at,.:all | "TRS, ee enka, Coenen watching a street car in front of her at the ee avant im, peayensing, Ute.) weOmeee i lantly ied: “ awful actions on. the part. of)!" Jol ure 1. SAUNDERS time, the cop. unga la tly replied: ‘You eiodadah intividesie “cca mere NELLIE | ERS wasn’t watchin’ nothin’, jready at all-times to come to the| laid of the authorities in the sup: | FINAL ‘ATION Ridiculing the zeal of ,faddists for | Pression of mob violence. strenuous daily exercise, ‘ George Jean" Members of the Stone and Web-! Nathan, the author and critic, points out , Ster corporation who were in Key that the laziest animals live longest, citing balaeesendie Scturday attend- } ; ‘i 5 in; i the tortoise and elephant which sometimes twat Gusset at ee “ a reach the age of 200 years, while the dog, eggs left Saturday evening on! squirrel, hare and other active animals die | the P. and O. Steamship Governor! at a relatively early age, WILLIAM AXE, As Administrator of the Estate of Margaret Axe, Deceased. aerrree NOTICE FLORIDA EAST COAST RAIL- WAY COMPANY, and William = R Kenan, Jr. and Scott M. Loftin, Receivers thereof, hereby give no-| AC-/| tice that on the ae day of August,/ H When the recent “hot absentee vote” news was sprung on the public here in Key West, there was talk of a ‘master mind” that evolved the nefarious scheme and some fingering was done. That’s a} lot of “‘hooey”; just any ordinary trook with the sense of a bull-bat could have thought of such chicanery. But getting | away with it is another matter. We hope} to see the guilty punished, NOTIC ane 11936, they filed with the Interstate | Commerce Commission at Wasbing- NOTICE is hereby given to all|ton, D. C., their application for # persons that I have heretofore filed| certificate of public convenience my final accounts and application{and necessity permitting abandon-| for discharge, as administrator of|ment of that portion of the a the above named estate and that I| West Extension running in a south-) will on the 12th day of October, A.| westerly direction from Mile Post ; D., 1936, apply to the Ceyrt for anj 397, near Florida City Station, to order of distribution and for my] Key West, a distance of approxi-! firal discharge as such ‘administra-;mately 125 miles; all in Dade and tor and for the approval_of the re-} Monroe Counties, Florida. a ports heretofore filed in. FLORIDA EAST COAST RAILWAY | Dated September 12th, "A. D., 1936.|- COMPANY CHARLES MORTIMERGAUNDERS,| — - and As Administrator of the Estate of| William R. Kenan, Jr. and Scott M. Nellie L. Saunders, deteased. | Loftin, as Receivers thereof. ~~ geptl2-19-26; oct3-19 ang2??-29; septS-12, 1976 \ okkd MOOT OEOTLETT a TM abs adhd. me Cobb for Tampa. They enjoyed i themselves fishing and sightseeing,

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