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Service. For 56 Years Deyoted to the Best Interests of Key West Associated Press Day Wire | VOLUME LVII. No. 240. KEY WEST, FLORIDA, (COLORED GIRLS, TAKING JEWELS, ARE CAPTURED LOCAL WELFARE MOVEMENT SAID TO BE SUCCESSFUL County Board Hears Two ‘Claims For Fees Presented | THURSDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1936. PRICE FIVE CENTS t [QUICK SERVICE IN REPAIRING ed hed he deadiaded | TELLS ABOUT TREE PLANTING PROGRAM IN CAPITAL CITY: | Frank Brown, of Key West, who with Mrs. Brown is TWO YOUNG PEOPLE CALL- ING AT HOMES OF THOSE WHO HAVE PLEDGED TO CONTRIBUTE During this first week of Octo- ber two authorized young people are calling at the homes of those persons who have pledged them- selves to contribute to the Com- munity Welfare fund. Mrs. Wm. R. Warren, of the District Board of Social Welfare and chairman of the local Citizens’ Advisory Committee, states that it is very gratifying to find that in every instance where the citizens of Key West have understood the aims and pur- poses of the local welfare pro- gvam, they have gladly respond- ed. Now that the month of Septem- ber has passed, as usual the local committee has issued a report of activities of the month, contribu- tions and expenditures. Contribu- tions for September totalled $256.10. out the expenditures ex- ceeded this amount by $89.16, a: the total expenditures for the pe- iod was $345.26. member By (Officers Last Evening <=: SURPRISE ON oo Sete + sentient. @ > CABLE SPLICER ARRIVES IN; Once again, almost one ea after it was first presented, the claim of Peace Justice E. R. Lowe, coroner ex-officio in the mr, rendered | lished in The Citizen. . ' In connection with the Na- after the hurricane of 1935, was sional Park, Mr. Gomez was in- i structed by the board to inform | the Boundaries Committee of the Commission that Monroe Present at the meeting were/was opposed to having district, for services | presented at the meeting of coun- ley commissioners last night. included Chairman Car! Bervaldi, Commis-|in the park any portion of the! |sioners Braxton B. Warren and Florida Keys — : Nathan Niles, Attorney Arthur a oe Ie rd i < S e slot machine er wi j Gomez, Clerk Rass C. Sawyers! iefy discussed and it was shown ,Chief Deputy Bernard Waite,! that the list of protestants to the | Prison Guard Leroy Torres, At-!jicensing of slot machines in the | eral interested cittzens. jboard not less than 20 days be- | Mr. Lowe said that he had} fore the general election. ij waited in patience for this mat-! Deposits of the sheriff's office | ter to be adjusted and felt that it, for the month of September was, by Archer Shepherd and the CMs ff of of f 2 ff sn Sy ear | was now time to have a definite | settlement of the question. He jknew he was entitled to re- ‘muneration for his services and} jasked that | answer. of September. (Referring to his claims he said; Report of Clerk C. Sam B. | that Attorney Gomez of the coun-! Curry of criminal ‘ty board, had given an opinion on;cases disposed of during the matter. Mr. Gomez said that' month of September and also all jhe had given an opinion to the| continued eases. jeffect that Mr. Lowe was en-! County Clerk Sawyer’s reported as $218.42, The report was ordered filed. reported deposits of $189.50 for report This fact was established some time ago by State Senator Arthur Gomez, and a full transcript of: ithe senator’s letter from Attor- ney General Cary D. Landis, pub-! county; torney Aquilino Lopez, and sev-| county must be presented to the! scene of their endeavors but were! - HEALTH OFFICER . Elwood had been on the Tax Collector Frank H. Ladd! he be given a direct| licenses issued during the month|"d as usual with this offizer,! GIVES TALK AT ' mediately. Fe se- | : i court sag ihe and recovered the stolen valuables! TRIP TO TREVMOR APART- KEY WEST WITHIN Two; AND A HALF HOURS AFTER BEING SENT FOR from Bethseda, Md., on the subject of tree planting proj- ects in Washington where, it is said, there are more trees than in any other American city. Clifford Langham, head of the Tree Department of the District of Columbia, was discussing the problem of trees and made the state- ment that “120,000 trees are planted in the city’s streets, MENTS WHERE ROBBERY! WAS COMMITTED | MANY CALL AT THE CITIZEN These are days of speed and ' quick service. One instance of {this was brought to the attention’ jef The Citizen today by Tim, | Pittman, manager of the South-| = ee snes ee — | erm Bell Telephone and Telegraph ; apartments Saturday and Tues-| would stretch from here to ] 1 | Key West, or so”. i : day and when they departed car-{ ge Z = There is some trouble with the ! Hy = pertenesthing be ; cable on New street and the rem-: ried away’ several valuable rings,! he clipping ‘carrying this t Se aetliceas E | edy lies in the hands of an expert leable splicer, and D. Butler, at-! a child’s bahkcand'gold'watch. | interesting bit-of information | | in the Washington ‘Post, and ! esterday they returned to the! ‘taehed to the Jocal office is away jon his regular vacation. sent it to | The Citizen. ‘He sends the information’ that he The necessity of having a cable fsplicer here to do the work was Two colored girls, Winifred ieamee and Ella Mae Hall, had! j been visiting the Trevmor apart-| ? 1 i iH: if | ments on Simonton | disappearing with jewelry from| the apartments. They visited the} street and? iF fi ihe f £ t alk j t F f FF if tH PE F i expects tobe back in “Key surprised and eaptured. One of} West very soon. the little marauders was «caught! FH i by Deputy Sheriff Ray Elwood. | | o'clock this morning. At 8:10 ;o’clock Mr. Pittman telephoned : Miami asking that one be sent im- He was advised that ene would be on his way in a few ROTARY SESSION, ==::=. ‘ } Speed and efficiency was shown jat Ralph DuBreuil’s store on Du-; boy the arrival on the plane from jVal street. The bank was found pr. £. B. WOODS STRESSES! Miami which dropped in the basin in an empty lot where it had been if j trail of the girls for some time, b success met his efforts. cured a confession from the -girls. se: i ' rete it t } i WELFARE OF CHILDREN;|*¢ st her moorings by 10:30 i OOOO EE OID. Vine, ner Matters Taken Up At Regular Meetmg Of Orgemzciee Coe Guctec Last Naget However, there was no deficit | titled to remuneration for his; of tax deed redemptions and sales}thrown by the girls after remov- i o’clock and on the plane was Wil- as there was sufficient funds on | Services provided proof of per-|for the month of September show-| ing the change. hand to cover the excess expendi-; formance was furnished. jed receipts of $15,176.17. Of this The stolen property consisted tures over the collections, it was: Presents File jamount $4,461 was collected in} f ich which is th t stated to The Gitizen today. From! Mr. Lowe then presented _his| bonds. ee ee the expenditures 32 families were | file showing the names of per-; Attorney Gomez presented to,of Anthony Bragassa and be- essisted and various bills which| sons who had been present when the board a set of dates and pro-|longed.to his father, the late were incurred by the Monroe Coun-'he was performing his duties as'posed necessary actions which! Toyis T, Bragassa, two rings be- ty Clinie were settled. coroner ex-officio and reports of; must be conformed to in regard/ ionging to Mrs. Bragassa and Below is the report of the clinic | unidentified and identified bodies to the general election of No- for the month: for whom burial certificates had vember 3, These were read by: Clinic patients, 273; _prescrip-! been issued, jthe clerk for the information oF) Shepherd: tions 280; Milk “distributed, 14)° Chairman Bervaldi went over, all’ concerned. ~~“ : Parents of the girts tiave ugreed - i pounds; cod liver oil, 68 ounces; | the file and asked what action the! Discussion of a proposed pay-)to return to Mr. DuBreuil the a See there was a full membership of short time at the end of which At- FERRY BOAT Wi the board present. Mr. Warren, torney Gomez was instructed to LL concurred in the idea and it was Send a telegram asking that per- D T 0 0 BE GIVEN TRIAL UE TOMORR } judge, renewing for the third time, Sion - oe ogee ricgarly beers 5 ks Gonar es ' his request that he be remunerated Payroll will be made available by} Steamship Ozark, of the C’yde- TRAVELLER WILL BE TAKEN | for his work of issuing absentee the end of the week. Mallory Lines, is scheduled to ar- the criminal court at its last ses-' part of the equipment for his of-| No other vessel of these lines is sion and if the board was not he fice. He was instructed to se-jscheduled to be in port this week, Ferry Traveller, of the Monroe | was in a position to inform the cure the necessary information as/it was said at the offices of the will be taken for a trial spin un- th atter which had tion of postage.. It was shown der command of Captain E. i Tee aiainaeaaehon a full mem- that it required more than was Is Tale Of Angler Sharpley. | bership of the board was present] usually allotted his office and it : — ALLENTOWN, *Pa., Oct. © 8.— firefighting apparatus on the fer-! wyrred and it was so ordered. ries are expected to arrive within | Cc ication Read a few days and when they do, in-| 4 communication from the| “T was fishing if"a’cleit pool communication from the; ‘'when a small rainbow trout took Aerographic Corporation was read nother ring, the property of Mrs.! { SEVERAL GUESTS IN AT-|iiam Cason arriving to do the | TENDANCE cable splicing job. j iWhen the message was given H meetin Mr. Cason he was up on a pole doing some splicing. He had just! SLL LAL L4 ie AE Rot: harles Tayl on- be ey aati aH cen |time to make the plane for Key! ; ducted the program at the earyt West without an opportunity to! Club luncheon today by a discus-| change his working clothes, but ‘ sign of the subject, “The Need}expects to complete the job and, FRIDAY NIGHT is ¥ Study of Economie Problems.” be back in Miami this afternoon_' a ‘yer and Sam Goldsmith did what ,could he done to lead his colleagues ‘in singing. | William Demeritt introduced as this guest Al Moore, Ed McCarthy | jutroduced John C. Mathison, in jcharge of the Miami office of the ;U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey, lise Melvin Russell presented Dr.! !E. B. Woods, visiting Key West in} ithe interests of public education TO CARRY ON OPERATIONS IN MAINLAND PORTION OF MONROE COUNTY of Menree Counts, have pinemed |in the Health Service. Dr. Woods|,, Tomes Reedy and Attorney) | f ade 'iza Haycock, of Miami, srrived|* joint meeting of the ex=n=e stressed the “Children’s Pill of | this morning by plane to join Rob-| tions to be held & o'clock ‘temer- |Rights: (a) The right to te well-jert B, Campbell,.of Tampa, who! row evening im th tborn, (0) the right to be born/a:rived on the Cuba this morn-! ‘ |we'l and (c) the right to remain| ing. ~~ | well after being born. | These gentlemen are deeply in-| st night the executive com |. President John C. Gekeler re-/terested in the possibilities of| mittee members held = {ported Oswald Carrera as making! finding oi] on the mainland on and it was ot this time thet the a happy recovery in a leecal/the mainland in Monroe county — Hospital, and Treasurer Bill Bates; and are here for the purpose of |. _ as resting quictly. He also an-|clearing up matters in connection nounced the _preseytation. . next|with securing rights from owners week of the play “Her Honor, theto operate on their lands. j Mayor,” in the int of; the) Mr. Reedy told The Citizen to jlocal chapter of the Red Cross. day that practically all the loose A letter was read from the Key|ends have bees. drawn together ; West Woman's,Club, offering to|and he expects that the company bear half the expense ot repaiting | will, start ‘6petations with n a res- coumt- court it x-ray examinations at the hos-, sioner Niles said he did not in-| transfer of certain funds from’ jewelry. pital. 8; clinie dressings, 86. ‘tend to take any action until one/ of the accounts occupied a (EA en ee ee ‘STEAMER OZARK (Following this matter came that, In the event that a prompt re- lof Rogelio Gomez, ex-county! Ply is received it is the impres- He said that he supposed the ed that he be supplied with anjJacksonville and Miami, bound to REPAIRS MADE board was aware of the action of adding machine as a necessary} New Orleans. come off the ways tomorrow, and and acquitted by the jury. next meeting. - efter being placed in the water) Mr, Bervaldi answered that this') He also brought up the aues-) All Three Got Away, officer of the FERA, said this he taken up when all members] for this use for one year. morning that the pemps for the! were present. The others con- returned f¥éim ‘British Columbia with this fish’ sto acyeies and the Traveller will be ready for service admissions to Marine hospital, 8;| board intended to take. Commis-|Toll to be made possible by the!money paid by him for the so ordered. jission be granted. OFF WAYS AFTER HAVING | ballots for the first June primary.! Tax Colleetor Frank Ladd ask-'rive at Key West tomorrow from County ferry system, expects to members that he had been tried to prices, ete., and report at the| company this morning. Franklin E. Albert, executive ' and his opinion was that it should] Was ordered that $75 be granted} Henry S, D¥inkér; fawyer-traveler, stallation will be made* at! once! in which it was shown that the er Club would bear the other haif. bull trent, chasing © Just as Tiny, matter was seferred to the | j GIRL IN INDIA HAS TWO SETS OF TEETH (By Associated Press) CALCUTTA, India, Oct. 8.—A girl with two full sets of teeth, numbering 64 altogether, has been found during an investiga- tion of dental conditions among the city’s schoo] children. The girl as a child refused to allow her “milk teeth” to be pulled, with the result that the second set grew up by the side of the first. Out of 10,000 children ex- amined, only 100 had healthy sets of teeth. Patron Crashes Gate With An Automobile (By Anwetated Poexs) PITTSBURGH, Oct. 8.—An- drew Tramonte worked a month preparing for the grand opening of his Penn Township inn. The big day arrived, and in} crashed the first eustomer—in an} ; company had recently issued a! | booklet covering practically the yESSEL ALSO BROUGHT 11 | whole of the country and it would; ibe advisable to have something TONS OF FREIGHT jabout Key West therein. It was! FOR KEY WEST | moved that a copy of the booklet} be secured before any action is; taken, 1 3 t Le | Steamship Cuba, of the P. and | Application of the Cave Inn < . 8 5 O. S. S. Co., arrived this morning eae eee from Tampa with two first class igina Hernandez. Later it was and one second clase passenger for aes sige bers of Key West; 14 first and one second ieee af penen gs by aes Sale passengers for Havana, i greens Ea 5 | Key West arrivals: G. L. Scheer, I pplication, this one RB. Campbell, E. Whitehead. , from, the Blue Goose saloon, was "The Cuba ake brought if tn | presented and approved. This of freight end four sacks of mail aol signed’ by Wheeler *! for Key West; two tons of freight Rerbrt St Cacnty Judee <Bap ee 170 sacks of mai] for Ha- mond Lord of occupational licenses! yen two bookings from Key issued-to other than merchants. West were recorded on the passen- jwas read and approved. The re-! per ist from this city to Havana: port showed $367 for the state) Mar§ Abdallah and Azza Shaleen. and. $189.50 for the county. Turtle ‘Sticks Around’ |_ Communications from the Flor-, ida East Coast Railway Co., rel-| For Fifty-Five Years (Ry Associated Press) jative to cancellations of grade, ; crossings and encroachments were} jread and ordered filed. | Letter from the National Park | Commission relative to gasoline! Fifty-five years age, W. R. Jen- automobile, through the front allocations for Monroe county; nings eut his initials on a turtle’s door, stopping in front of the bar. The driver said he trol, lost con-jty being incorporated ‘showed there will be no change back, with the date, June 6, 1881. because of a portion of the coun-! i Everglades National Park. farm. EVERYONE AGREES THAT REGAL BEER IS GOOD, WELL WAYNESBURG, Pa., Oct. 8.—. e |. \A few days ago Jennings’ nep-| sag “ in the, hew found the same turtle on the: the line. “Along came’ two big!the cemetery gates, if pera seg time. had the line near the surface, one | CHINA of the bull trout swallowed the small one. I was just about to; net him when he opened his mouth and out came the small one, stilf alive’ The line broke and the last I saw, all three trout were headed down-stream.” Board of Directors. Polish Military Units ' r . ° I " I [ f (ts Ansoccrea Presx) i WARSAW, Oct. phir ER bce establishment by Japan of by the smart appearance and road-' new consulate at Chengtu, inland building achievements of Hitler’s! city in the rich Province compulsory labor service troops,| chuan, where a number L , | Poland has decided to create new| American missionaries of this city, when applying for) military units for the execution’ tioned, | | WHISKERS ONLY ASSET old-age pension said that his} of public works. The service,| Japan opened the consulate, ac-| DILLER, Neb-—Ebe Roelfs, 74, HOLD MEMBERS OF CAST WILL AS SEMBLE TONIGHT aT whiskers were his only asset, and/ however, will be purely voluntary. cording to the Chinese, without | that his only income last year was} Young men who enlist it a $2 prize won at a picnic for hav- a4 6 for it} any treaty, agreement, or the of- j will get food, shelter andj fici ‘ ing the longest whiskers. Ect eed alter ficial approval of the Chinese Gov-| free uniforms; in addition they! ernment. —~j| will receive some military in- TSS BAO a Se | struction and oecupational args ‘Jack And Ji? Te ae = B WALKS ‘0 FORGET LOVE $ Self In While = (By Associated Press) HOUSTON, Texas, Oct. John E. Cahoon, attorney, resolved never again to jstrate how the men of the West shoot from the hip. He was giving such a i ‘By Ansoctated Press) LONDON, Oct. 8-—Nat Mercer, rejeeted lover, put women behind him—by taking @ 1,500-mile walk around the vile | nt i z 3 i i rE RS f Te H [ j i atti down ‘OOD IID IGM 4 \.x:. rT i H i}