The Key West Citizen Newspaper, October 20, 1936, Page 1

Associated Press Day Wire Service. For 56 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West frst Citizen VOLUME LVII. No. 250, KEY WEST, FLORIDA, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1936. Attributes Longevity To Mode Of Living| © AIN USES AGED |KEY WEST CLUB Requisition Made For Initial Key West’s Information Booth °HECKS ISSUED | : | | | GUNSINFIGHTING | INDADE COUNTY — , | CHAMPAIGN, IIL, Oct. 20.— OLD-STYLE WAR| SHOWS ACTIVITY Allotment On Highway Project cian . , | BY WOMAN HERE In Miami Will Be Continued; ane wortaisss ‘2.5: vx: e i To Be Made More Attractive! DEPARTURE FRom|in all sane especially eating, FOLLOW GUERILLA PRAC-|ORGANIZATION HEADED BY) FOR and retusa! Oo worry. —_— 4 i { M. W. Egan, Realty Brok- CITY SHORTLY THEREAFT-| The loss of his eyesight <3 _jmever been an unsurmountable { | ER: AUTHORITIES ENDEA-| jor iiay At 77, he married. WHEN ENGAGING IN FIRE! FORMER KEY WESTERS AF- NAY, OFFICER ; VORING TO LOCATE HER \ PTS FROM RIVER BANK FILIATED WITH BODY i OF CANDIDA er, Placed In Charge PLEASED WITH EQUIPMENT FOR | = ap 5 Chief Deputy Sheriff, Bernard ; Paul. Hi. Marks, formerly of ENDEAVORING TO ASCER Of Operations At Meet- | x FERRIES ARRIVE! (By Asnocisted Press) 3 ° 3 WORK PROGRAM Waite was busy in his office last) ‘ a Franco-Spanish Frontier, ©=t!}Key West but now a resident of} TAIN WHAT TIME OF Dar ing Held Last Night night sending letters to different | 20.—Guerilla warfare ia the sti | thio i and president of the Key; WILCOK AND PEPPER WELL H es cities in Florida requesting tinct ! ARRIVE HERE ties to assist in locating a woman Blind for more than half a cen- Validator Of Bends By Supreme Court Was Last Ghstacle ip Proposed Comstrecuee By ROBERT B. PARKER H | | —— { ' i 2 WASHINGTON. Oct M—PWA offi first part wf the S2- ase Overseas Highwa: becz pred ably would be clear = 2 few dave. CONSIST | OF; MOTORS AND] .,/. shout the Spanish | conflict! West Club of Dade county, bas) GENERATORS; TO BE IN- | and the battles are little different | heen an ardent and carnest work-| STALLED SOON from those of = century age. | ar in behalf of the candidacy af Anyone who tells you Spain i© presides: Receevelt, and Gover-/ the Young Democratic avernng fren CCMMANDER BRAGG LEFT BY PLANE THIS MORNING AFT- ER PLEASANT STAY IN KZY WEST M. W. Egan, well known and Mi- ami, will take charge of the Key West information booth in Miam This was decided last night at a meeting held in wie adage ace a who was recently in Key West and | Wm A. Arpold. president issued checks for $175 which have | sae) | Motors and generators for the; the proving ground for the next: | Monroe county, is jnerSilect Fred P. Cone. The Key West Cicb of jcounty has been, since its incep- since proven worthless. on November 1. answer thi afiernecn Lede! resmen J. Mask |Claude Pepper, candidates lthe senate, advising at what time * | of day they expect t aver & Key West on October 26 | Mr. 2Qrneld eid tt ff & coo |Ferzies Traveler and Pilgrim ar-}World war simoly hasn't seen a “I hi Jightful trip,| Accord:ng to the story told The | = e j Pees mae anaaie | cutivet bellies. Radio, statiees, anneunee Citizen, the woman came to Key | rived zesterday, t that ti | 2 z i 3% pont ieenyeneseed iteseey, - he | West and in company with a well- Progress made on the program of ! known and highly respectable Key | | Scalia teal. ool 1 | ; seis with the lates: work at the naval station far sur-| West woman, made some purchases | FERA this morn‘ng and are to bel _,|for which she issued checks on a} instolied when other parts of the| j bank. Sine had previously placed | equipment arrives. a check for $500 in the First Na-| i Wuces said Ix the county court house. Robert Spotts- wood, chairman of the committee [Officer Fronklin E Alcert of the|Fundreds of thousands of men |tlon, an influence in the elections i ¢i throughout South Florida. it i " ‘shown, and is making determined t—but th dio stations! es = = y See ia H0m*' eiforts at this time for the elec- jare the only ones in Spain whe!t-on of Fred Cone for governor; = ee James E. (Cotten. think so. | Claude Pepper and C. 0. Andrews| © “*"aneed for these — i Te Gonaliiiank of Keys West tor eal Mr. Albert said he had been in ‘for the senate. dates to arrive iq the morning = 40 SEEN PWA Geecter |N., who lefi: by plane this morning | -ection, formed that the Diesel engines and; Many of the “modern arms” | Listed on the membership rolis |has been planned tw Beve tee at inn = Opa-locka,| She made four purehase which| fire pumps were to be shipped| shipped into Spain from foreign of the clab are < namber of out-|22 open house heur to be held = Plerid2. probobi: Present were in charge of the booth; County|passes my expectations,” Commissioner Norberg Thomp-| Commander Kenneth Bragg, U. S. son, Vice President J. J. Trevor, of The First National Bank; Jack : = atonal Bank; Jack’ for Charleston, via Ep came cuers the Maloney bome om Carciine Golden, manager of the Colonial Hotel; Miss Minnie Porter Harris, | of the FERA housing department; Franklin Albert, executive officer | of the FERA; W. A. Freeman, of The First Natiowal ~Bank; Roy Goodman, WPA director; Mr. Egan and his son Fitzgerald. Mr. Spotswood called the meeting to order and in a brief talk told of the reason for the as- semblage and asked Mr. Thomp- son to explain in more complete detail what he believed was re- quired in Miami. 4 Mr. Thompson complied, and in| SHORT SESSIO | a terse and concise Yatement ex-| t plained the necessity of having the Miami information booth open for longer periods each day and {amounted to $175. Fila. { Commander Bragg arrived last Friday to discuss with Lievtenant Wm. Klaus, U.S. N., officer in™ charge at the naval station; L M. Pierce, aide to. the offieer in; charge, and Engineers Agran and Watkins, progress of the work and outline plans for future develop- ments of the project. The visiting officer was so pleased with conditions as he, found them and the remarkable! progress of the work that he felt he could relax for a few days aft-j er a long period of arduous and; continued activity. \ OF COURT TODAY was of the opinion that the booth} | should be embellished and made} more attractive. He explained that Mr. Egan’s idea met with his approval, and introduced Mr. Egan. Explains Matter ‘For about 30 minutes Mr.! Egan went into a review of the| entire situation in Miami, ex-!} plaining his idea of keeping the: booth open for 18 hours each day,! with either Mrs, Egan or their son Fitzgerald in charge, while} he devoted his time to “selling’} Key West to visitors, He went into details of his plan for making visitors to Miami, Key! West conscious, and said that! -there are so many things to see! here which are found no where else but in Key West, and ela- borated on the aquarium which,} he said, was as complete and per-; fect as he would wish to see. The shrubbery and _ beautiful trees and flowers, and many other items which would prove of inter- CONVENED AT 10 O'CLOCK’ AND ADJOURNED UNTIL TO- 1 MORROW MORNING H i ae | Circuit court met in session 10 o'clock this morning | with all officers present and Judge | Jefferson B. Browne on the bench. | After a brief session an adjourn-} ment was ordered until 10 o’clock ; tomorrow morning. It is understood that the matter of suit on bond brought by George j B, Baldwin, of the state plant} board, against George B. Graham, | Sam Hart, W. W. Johnson, Chester | Thompson, ‘Charles C Pinder and! recessed | | Jonathan Cates, is to be heard in; Passengers arriving on the plane! chambers. USES GREASE GUN | - TO HALT FUGITIVE (By Associated Press) land immediately made complaint |told The Citizen, and at the end ‘to the sheriff's offiee asking that|Of that time both the ferries will |she be found and arrested, if pos- ; be jearly this week from Jacksonville.} countries are old stocks, —— They will be sent to Miami by; out of arsenals at bargain prices. rprsappeaantesne ex sags => will be served = fe booe = = % | Bij . —_ : Ai i truck and brought to Key West on/ Field guns, constructed at the) “paul HL Marks, president; Joe |#nd om the spacious grounds Oviedo, date Montzcino, vice president; Paul| Should the visiting candideter from 1905. Shells are often more’ A’bury, vice president; John Ds-| write thas they wall oe ip n 4 i .|-Vis, vice president; Captain George | West im ample tame ayn — ws chants Jearned, said Deputy Waite, /€avizment will. take about =two} { hee Tomas x renee ©. She. ston gvigw e Gateeaes Carre | bouse Boer arrempemess = = that the checks were worthless,! Weeks on each vessel, Mr. Albert! Gonsidaliy ac Obstacle | CTOwson, secretary. started at once fer the compertae ; oe b r of the arrangemest. whack bee | Only the airplanes are new and’ 4, AmOnE members of the active of the aa == a ready to be placed in service.; pilots fail to make the most use’ ‘4 . , ‘ | fair will be announced. Another of the ferries recently} of them. During the bombard- Sthsse 3p a alg Bec This ss net to bt a= mrasues first ;|Purehased for service between: ménts of Irun, for example, more and‘ Midanckaek alas Bervaldi, | =ffair, said Mr. Arecié, bat all letter to Jacksonville and received | Lower Matecumbe and No Name/ than fifty projectiles were dump- 7 5 Bowers, cas Cubrera, Tildo S.jperoms whe are emtertsiming a reply from Sheriff Rex Sweat!Key will be placed on the local| ed ‘into the Bidasoa river or onto Carrero, Wilbur Cates, Charles S.| hopes for 2 democratic wictery that the party asked about did live | Ways today. This is the Pilgrim/the beach at Hendaye, France. Costar, Mrs. Carrie Crowson, John | November 3. and whe are inter in Jacksonville under the name ; 22d it was towed around from the; The geography of Spain, that Davis, Charles Dillon, Mrs. Irisjested im meeting these tee condi used in Key West, but she was/ubmarine base to the marine/feat of nature which stopped) Duckett, Arthur Fulford, Fdward married and gave her correct name | '@i'way this morning by the Light-; many a good general, including Goehring, J. Noel Gordon, Harry and was either in Starke or Tam-, house Tender Poppy. . ; 'Napoleon Bonaparte, simply Gaynn, Charles L. Knowles, Jack pa. | Practical'y the same work is to} doesn’t lend itself to the use of Maloney, Frank Maloney, Capt. Two letters were sent out last; Pe done on this vessel as that! modern methods . There are so George E. Manson, Joe Montecino, night, one to Sheriff J. R. McLeod, |Which was done on the Traveler! many natural barriers that invad- Max Marks, Pasi H. Marks, Harry in Tampa, and the other to the | Which wes let down from the ways ers, to capture them, must use P-acock, Bolivar Recio, Ernest E.| sheriff in Starke, asking that the |#bout 10 days ago, after having} assault by the good old infantry. Roberts, Mrs. E. C. Saanders. woman be he'd, advising that she |S¢2cocks installed, bottom scraped) Trenchez were used for the first’ Henry S. Thompson, H. C. Wet- would be sent for as soon as the{#"d painted, and pther necessary/time at Irun, and then so badly! more. Monroe sheriff's office was ad-{¥0rK which was outlined, before dug by both sides that they proved’ Honorary directors are: Abe the installation of Diesel engines | unusable. | Aronovitz, Capt. Dillard Borden, —— and pumps, and the electrical mo-| Near the end of August, after Judge Jefferson B. Browne, Lieut. itors and generators. six weeks of war, this corre-.Col. George E. Brown, C. W EARL H Se | spondent watched the insurgents/ » Jr, Leslie R. Curry, Dr. ae attack government positions, at H r. S. D. W, Light, e | _. NOW IMPROVING: | San Rafael, with the talf buildings|Dr. Willd 1B. Keating, Dr. Ev- of Madrid plainly visi oh Bofecre C. Lowe, Joseph E. Otto, Dr. skyline. A young lie *Thomas Q. Otto, Bernard L. Pea COMES HERE IN CONNECTION} WITH CERTAIN ACTIVITIES AT NAVAL STATION rowed my field glasses to. correct | con, Ernest P. Roberts. ' the fire of his battery of 155’s, ty SAE a yiRyiends of Mrs. Will Beker of | was the first pair he’d used. Pre ONE ABSENTFE iat will be,glad to learn that, vious practice had been to shift E j She is now on the road to recovery | the gun to change its direction of {after undergoing an operation in; fire. i BALLOT VOTED | Jackson-Memorial Hosp'tal of al Shells Fail To Explode Earl Denoon, of the General! ami last week, | The insurgent battleship “Es- Motors company, was among the| Mrs. Baker is widely known! pana” shelled San Sebastian with' six ARE SENT TO KEY wie! here and was formerly Miss Anna munitions manufactured in 1908.| i this morning from Miami, and; pate fade ts hs saceecaal of] seat s Pere | MEE TRE ES plode, e consternation tenant, Wats Bag tes. ws, | Women Workers Engaged rebel leaders who declared they! onent b U. SN, of In Particular Lines! "#4 Purchased the shells from an ticer in charge at the naval sta-j ; English firm as “guaranteed| tion, and L. M. Pierce, aide to the; jsoods.”” j standing Miamians who were for- chant she gave a check for $75, swept to another a check for $50 and to two others each a check for $25. In each instance she was given} vessel of the Oversea Transpor-! Spanish work; at change f:om the check issued. tation company. | When she departed the mer-| Installation of these items of} sible. Deputy Waite wrote his vised of her arrest. , es : ERS IN OTHER PARTs TO | deughtems, Mrs. Ciiffer¢ Ker. Magni; Mire BE VOTED IN MEANTIME | thee won art | Shehee of this city. estes of the shells failed to ex-! i Four sisters, on|der, Miss Mamie be} Ahma Bethel Today is the second day (By Associated Press) At Irun, this correspondent ec:| which absentee ballots could 4 will fe che requis tem bere Sie Le mest dar or tea, avd a week eal be peceir- dwedasit The pene : aietzine remeved tme it ot stacke. they said, ond the precedere emer forth wil be © merets wwokacepeng ~ - officer in charge. NEW YOR’ Oct. 20.—En-} The visit of Mr. Denoon is tol ae pipet into ‘gainful oc-| companied a young French reserve | cast ‘by those who are positive! Onze connection with the activities be- ‘i ‘ officer on a survey of govern-) the > . . . ee ; | cupations has not displaced men, | ead x crn-\they will be out of Key West on. a te realize that they too, every one} — set = in pace 4 rascapa ab ets eee nett} according to a study issued eet Rare Femven ene ofa genes: November 3, and yet there has! picrce Robert - of them, must become boosters. | the hit-skipper. When he caught! sai deja: ontly- ty the National Indpsteyal OO sou ichel smanlts, When|Se intone taletent Sen, igtur Santi There are enough interesting ee aoe. driver-meteped a oe a Materials) Conference board. H Tide ghesutes tuliet ams ji Wile Kaowi i} est to the visitor was mentioned } mae by Mr. Egan but, said he, the peo-j Reg al ee eta ee ple of Key West must be brought) ni st HD ali ; things in Key West to warrant; sightseeing parties of 25 or more! visitors being brought to Key} — ns West three times a week at indeed Mr. Egan said, and ‘that while Mrs. Egan and his son are han- dling the business at the booth he will be making thousands of contacts and selling Key West to To Place Signs remarks, Mr.! the people of Miami. ~ | Concluding his Egan said he was in a position to| years and 12 days after have signs relative to Key West; legedly killed his fiancee, placed at advantageous points in Miami. He said that needed Key West as a trip to add to the interest of the stay of visi- tors to South Florida, and was;action within 15 years | crime. {Continued on Page Four) —_————. A DAILY BOTTLE OF CREAMY REGAL BEER IS THE “ENERGIZING” WAY, TO ST. ART EVERY gun, halted forthwith. Spessard pulled a grease gun! from the pocket of his car and; The driver, apparently; ‘thinking it was a sub-machine LAPSE OF TIME VOIDS AN OLD MURDER CASE} (By Associated Press) WARSAW, Oct. 20.—Fifteen he al- Jan! Mamot was arrested on a minor Miami | charge, The murder charge lapsed un- der a Polish law requiring police } after = Pierce, in; i * ‘he returned the next day the bar- charge: of the work lars: selstie’ genera ane the ‘heard: bed wire had been strung behind! by A. C. Jenks, keeper at Fomey, to the results shown on the ma-' sings was primarily due to de-|the farmhouse. | Rocks lighthouse, who came a an terials being tested. | velopment of new typés of oe One of the chief reasons for the! some time ago on his Although it is not’ generally) ro women. jJoss of Irun by the Popular Front! quarterly vacation of 28 days, known, the A. S. T. M., has for} pi } Was insistence of the anarchists! and knows he will not be in Key, years conducted these tests at the’ jthat they be permitted to leave’ West on election day navy yard and thete have been) LAST BRITISH BULL ithe lines to go home for lunch. | 3. times when some of the foremost! RING IS CLOSED; General Francisco Franco andj There have been six seientists in America and other; game | General Emilio Mola planned their; lots sent countries have been in Key West/ (iy Asxoctatea Presa) [entre insurgent campaign on’ other parts who to examine metals and learn the} SINGAPORE, Oct. 20.—The|road maps, distributed free to! expect to, be i results of the tests. | gates of the last bull ring in the; Spanish tourists by a French tire! vember 3, will send in their ing | British empire have been closed by | company. | votes from the cities they are i CUT OFF HER HAIR | the Sultan of Kedah. | "An Ascociated Press corre-}on November —— | Alor Star, his capital, has for! spondent watched an insurgent WICHITA, Kans.—Mrs. Claude | years been the only British pos- | six-inch gun hammer away at a g A. Butterfield of this city re- session where bull fighting was|farmhouse less than one mile! ported to police that while she, legal. |away. Tt took eleven shots to hit, seven. was sleeping on the porch of her Cock fighting also is banned by; the farmhouse and six more to. home somebody cut off her hair. the order. jhit it a second time. jother cities. San < BF [ i , ! e ¥ t | Hi tbeyl Ua >| | f \ bor | if