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Associated Press Day W: Service. ire For 56 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West VOLUME LVII. No. 252. City Council Defers Action In Proposed Suits Against Delinquent Property Gwners Many Other Matters Are Taken Up At Regular Meeting Of Organization Last Night The City Council at its regular meeting last night, decided to de- fer further consideration of pro- posed suits a; Payers for a inst delinquent tax period of three months. This action was taken following a thorough discussion of the matter, which was brought before the meeting by Council- man Delaney, who favored im- mediate action in the proceedings as outlined a short time ago. Other members of the council expressed themselves as not fa- voring the issue at this particular, time, and on roll call it was or- dered that the matter be laid KEY WEST GIRLS AT COLLEGE ARE ARE SHOWN TO VARY IN MANY RESPECTS | Af (Special te The Citizen) TALLAHASSEE, Oct. 22.—In- H jterests of the Key West girls at lare many: and varied, it appears of the Florida State College for Womea from an examination courses they prefer «nd frem their activities here. |SOVIET PROMISES EQUALITY TO ALL CLERGY MEMBERS NEW: CONSTITUTION GRANTS RIGHT TO VOTE AND ALSO ASPIRE TO PUBLIC OFFICE IN RUSSEA’S PROGRAM | | | } | i 1 By JOHN LLOYD | (Associated Press Foreign Staff) i MOSCOW, Oct. 22.—Almost) overnight the clergyman in Spisael | Russia has found himself emerging | j upon a p'ane of political eunality | |e rights to vote and to stand for! jelection to public office, Even the | Society of Militant Godless has with other citizens, The new constitution grants| come out in support of these rights. | Approximately 100,000 persons | |are affected. There are that many members of the clergy still active in the Soviet Union. “Equality of rights of the citi- KEY WEST, FLORIDA, Ok hh kh hed hdd DEL WOODS: HAS RECOVERED COAT LOST IN AUGUST Woods, member of the Key West Hospitality Band, lost an excellent coat during August and was fortunate igh to recover it -yester- day. The garment was lost one evening while the band was playing at the Cuban Club. ‘When the entertainment was concluded, Mr. Woods looked in vain for his coat. He reported his loss and since that time Constable Ray Elwood has been on the alert, and missi: tunity for inve ing to find the possessor. Yesterday he found the coat in possession of a young man, by name Rudolf Saw- yer, who asserted that he had purchased the garment from another person. Mr. Woods has the gar- ment, Constable Elwood has the credit of finding it, and Sawyer is out the $3 he paid the person from whom he made the “purchase.” TLL I IIIa D4 Faye Adams, who entered the! RE EN zens 0: e USS. R. F.S.C.W. this year as a freshmaa,| ae jis here to work toward her B.S. \degree in Commerce. She is in the College of Arts and Sciences. | \constitution, “is an irrevocable law. their na- : tionality or race and regardless of This is irrespective of NO INTEREST IN | ABSENTEE VOTING | BUT ONE BALLOT CAST HERE; | pat Citizen WILCOX EXTENDS | HOME-COMING TIME OF VISIT | WEEK OBSERVED TOISLAND CITY —_BY ROTARIANS 1 WILL ARRIVE SATURDAY AND/ o:pRYANT WAS SPZAKER oF! | | i ' 1 i It was old home-coming week | | will arrive in Key West on Satur-|at {So Rides eine al i i | | | REMAIN HERE UNTIL SUN-| pay aT MEETING; MELVIN! DAY; CLAUD= PEPPER TO! RUSSELL PRESIDES IN an i COME HERE OCTOBER 28 | Congressman J. Mark Wilcox | day by plane from Miami, and will | ay, as Oswaldo Carrero, emerging | from the hospital in the pink of Leo Hughes, back im) Key West for the winter, and see-| remain over until Sunday, aceord-/ ing to a telegram received’ this| -onaiti ; morning by William Arnold, presi-' {dent of the 1 | Club. F | Mr. Wilcox wired that he had tbeen awaiting sending a definit2 Young Democratic mer mayor, William H. Malone, | back in his accustomed place next }to Dr. Warren, added zest to at ‘usual greetings. | ' reply antil h id go over his ed pia crtins rs! A visiting Rotarian, Harold | { Delloon, shared in the welcome ex- |tended the guests, the Rev. Fram-| | i itinerary and se2 just how he was jable to arrange his speaking dates, jand found thit he was able to |spend Saturday night in che city. H This dec’sion, raid. Mr. Arnold, will enable the many friends of the feongressman to meet hi:n before | or after the talk he is to give at La Concha Park, next to the Ho- i tel Colonial, or after the speak'ng at the dance bemg givez by the Young Democrats at the Habana- ‘Madrid Club. ‘cis Cannon, Captain Granger An- pe and Howard Overlin, the new local phone manager who will | be inducted into Rotary next | In the absence of President Gekeler, Melvin Russell, presiding, Key West, Fleride. bes te most equabis ciom™st o tie coustry: wih 22 average range of emis 1 abrerhe= Awards On First Contracts For Bridges Will Probably Be SAYS WITH OPEN HICHWAT. NOTHING CAN STOP PRO wrects = c.eme ee ec me owe GRESS OF ISLAND CITY A™D stecues « Se eee aage Aweras oe Se Se ewe FLORIDA KEYS wal prema = meee eee = @eee—t & SB Gee Herbert U. Fichelmen, attermey ns cegieeer i charge of om of Miami, beliewes that Key Wes? sie oe mot inter hee Suter will, after the bridges are com doy struct=d, travel from and to Miem is opened and unrestricted pecome Soe opeeec = Mem se eo Teese me@s a2 “Se cme eo one of the greatest resorts a ™@ the meme of Gediiers and cle Fleeid of comstrection ae comtect: A Be aed C. acre peti & The Cmen of Octeter Mr. Fichbelmas come = the morning on the plane from Miss | © attend 2 session of circuit court | and was asked by The Citizen wher over until the first part of the! : Rose Apnel, a sophomore this coming year. i ii t Tha liesdgetivaliich ins Reentus! lyear, is a member of: the Jewish der consideration for some time, } | was finally adopted at the mete She se eee cates ing last night (AB. degree in Arts and Sciences. | The eas ceaiitatgthisuaiseue (She plans to teach Spanish in High | ; School. Recently she became aj; ment i 5 ills, ! lent node waer tise atre.26) Bells euiben of the Astronomy Club. | Women’s Organization on this } i which was apportioned as follows:} Bixabeds Ayal exnior (cis oar General revenue, 9% mills,/ i Greating aitindiick (sSEEE8G1 imember of the Kappa Delta soror- ‘ul 0: 1556.6151 i whi te - ti Fire fund, 6% inills, $24,298.03; oe an eee seas ndees of this Board of Public Works, 3 mills,| year x $11,207.55; Indebtedness fund,} Former Teachers At College 1% mills, $4,669.81. L. P. Chal- oi. * mers judginent, 1 mill, $4,709.40;| Eloise Guito and Edna Roberts, Interest and sinking fund, 4’ mills,|f"eshmen, and Frances Lowe, | $18,837.60. jsophomore, are studying for their The aggregate amount as as-:L.J. degrees in Education. They sessed on the tax roll for real ex-| recently became members of the tate is $4,179,500, and personal] Young Women’s Chr‘stian Asso- taxes, $529,900, making a total! ciation. Eloise is on the Episcopal of $4,709,400. | students’ social committee, Apportionment of Funds Jennie Mae Johnson and Linton The different amounts as ap- Vitte, former teachers in Key} portioned in the budget to the West, are finishing up their cours- | various departments are as fol.|°S this year so chat they may ob-| lows: tain their L.I. degrees in Educa- General revenue, ‘iva. ; : Fire Department, $24,304.00;! Cleo Kemp is enrolled in the Pensioned employes, $3,710.40; School of Home-Economics. Her Police Department, $14,180; Golf aim is to become a dress designer. | Course, $2,820.00; Aquarium, $2,- She was chosen as one of the fresh- | $10,00;,--Street lighting, 95,-(0P Whe warento eekerpare inthe! pene: Sora ep genase a | he! i ZO. c! Scavenger and sanitation, 81, Night is an annual affair at the| 612.50; Board of Public Wor : jeollege. It is at this time that the | $11,207.55; | Indebtedness, $4,,| three symbolic torches of the col-| = lege come into prominence. The} 711.28; L. P. Chalmers Judgment. | three torches represent Vires, Art-} $4,709.40; Funded debt interest! ., Mores—Strength, Skill, Char- and sinking fund, $18,837.60. ¢ z 4 a sae acter. The ceremony on Torch Sam Goldsmith pand W illiam Night is a Grecian Pageant in Watkins, constituting a commit- which the members of the sopho- tee from the Key West Golf Club,! more class pass to the freshmen addressed the meeting requesting tho ¢ h of thei ter. T Seat eNahreein Dodge sioposiihe e torch o: eir alma mater. The jtorches of the freshmen are set course last season, be employed! afiame as a symbol of the trust again this winter for a period of} which they must keep ever bright four months. The request was.to pass on to their successors. ape Adopt Ordinance | Spenser eee } : An ordinance amending certain: Anne Kennedy, freshman; _ is a A ‘also enrolled in the School of! provisions in the payment of) Home Economics. She plans to| licenses by dealers : : handling ' major in Dietetics. Her ambition | cigars, cigarettes and other like’ is to become head of the dietary articles, was passed on its final department in a large college or} reading. .. jhospital. She recently became an A letter was read from Miss active memer of the Y.W.C.A. Etta Patterson, corresponding sec-| Katherine Lowe too has chosen! retary of the Key West Woman’s the field of Home Economics. Club, stating that the club now, Cjothing and textiles are her main has available funds for repairing jpterest, and her objective is to! the gates at the city cemetery, re-/ obtain a position as a buyer in} questing that authorty be granted New York. This is her second in order that the club may pro-' year at F.S.C.W. ceed with the work. The matter, Alice Park, who is beginning her was referred to the Board of Pub- first year here, is working toward lie Works for action. : The resignation of C. N. Recio is an active member of the New- as a member of the Board of Pub-' man Club. lic Works was read and ac-! Marjorie Roberts, sophomore, is cepted. | stedying for an L.I, degree in Ed- The matter of making necessary’ ucation. repairs to one of the fire trucks| Mary Sullivan, sophomore, has $15,520.00; | i at No, 1 station, was taken up forjreeently pledged Theta Upsilon|the newspapers are to be free from}. The hose company was repre-, Hogsland, Rev. T. Sullivan, J. R. ion, but no final action was sorority of which Margaret Neff| official control. The scviet 1ea|sented by Attorney H. U. Fiebel- Blair and G. L. Scheer. This sorority hon-|of freedom is not understood to in-}man, of Miami, who, was advised! The vessel also brought 18 tone discuss' open \is a member. After disposing of a few other ored its pledges a short time ago matters of minor importance, the, with an after-dinner coffee at the|ment newspapers or anti-bolshevik $15.50 had been ordered by the for Key West; no freight and meeting was ordered adjourned. {Sorority house, ‘that there is a clergyman in the | street demonstration.” {there appears to be considerable the economic, state, cultural socia} | EIGHT SENT TO KEY WEST- | i or political life they may lead.” Only Small Voice But the right to vote and be elected does not mean, necessari- | ERS IN OTHER PARTS Taking the record in the office ly, that the clergy is gonig to have! of Judge Raymond Lord, of coun- a very great voice in public 2ffairs. |ty court as a criterion, there is lit- Its force numerically is but a drop/tie, in fact very little, interest be- lin the bucket and it has the all-:ing displayed in the casting of : ._, {absentee ballots. powerful communist party against | ‘Asked this morning what chang- it, es have been in voting absentee The government itself does. not ; ballots since the report was pub- duty, constitutionality, will be to! enter into the churéh dispute. Its. }ished Tuesday, Clerk J. ~~ dela replied that practically. no see that freedom of religion is pre- Beard hopes pres ae me served. jother parts of the, states. Being officially apart fromthe! Hence the records show that at government, the party can take its {this time eight ballots have been own stand on the question. It iy | sent to Key Westers in other sec- notoriously anti-church. And Mee ee and the one ballot voted in is what Emilyan Yaroslavsky, head! Key West is that of A. C. Jenks, of the powerful Society of God- | keeper at Carysfort lighthouse. less, has to say: Party ‘Would Fight’ “It is very difficult to believe Soviet Union who would be elected | M. FERNANDEZ, 59, to public office. DIES THIS MORNING “Suppose a clergyman were toy become a candidate to the supreme; FUNERAL SERVICES WILL BE council. We would have the right to fight against him and we could CONDUCTED TOMORROW use his candidacy as a pretext to; explain the harm of religion and| APTERNOON re‘igious superstitutions,” Yaroslavsky admitted that there : are still millions of religious peo-j _ Manuel del Pino Fernandez, 59, ple in Russia, He referred to them, died this morning 5:30 o clock, in as “the backward part of the peas-|his home, 1127 Whitehead street. antry, what is left of the small | Funeral services will be held 5:30 bourgeoisie and the remaining, 0’clock tomorrow afternoon from fragments of the parasitic former |the residence. Rev. A, L. Mau- rulng class.” reau, S. J., of St. Mary’s Star of Hits U. S. On Religion the Sea church, will officiate. Freedom of religion in Ameri-{ Arrangements for the funeral ca, he maintained, does not actual- twill be under the direction of the ly exist. He referred particularly | Lopez Funeral Home. to bans on teaching of the theory; Survivors are the widow, Mrs. of evolution. Manuel del Pino; three daughters, | Along with freedom of religion | Mrs. Amparo Hernandez, Mrs, An- the new constitution grants soviet |elica Watson and Miss Delia del citizens “freedom of speech, the | Pino; five sons, Manuel, Jr., Juan, press and public assembly andj Gilberto, Rogelio and Helio del Pino; seven grandchildren; one sis- The official press says the free- ter, Mrs, Edelmira Gavilan, New dom granted in these fields will] York. exceed that obtaining even in Observers Skeptical ! “In bourgeois countries where CASE freedom of the press,” said -the; authoritative writer Karl Radek, “the proletariat enjoys this free-; PROCEEDINGS HEARD ~ THIS dom only to the extent of his means for purchasing newsprint MORNING IN CIRCUIT COURT and paying the expenses of print- ing.” In circuit court this morning “Rights of the citizens of the Soviet Union,” the constitution ex- ‘a B.S, degree in Commerce. She| plains, “are insured by placing at | With Judge Jefferson B. Browne West and 21 first class passen- the disposal of the toilers and their | presiding, the case of the Empire organizations printing presses, sup-|Fire Hose Manufacturing com- plies of paper, public buildings, | pany versus the City of Key West streets, means ef communication} was heard and decided, both sides’ and other necessary things.” agreeing that a jury would not. Observers ate asking whether|be necessary. a clude toleration of anti-govern-|that judgment in the sum of $3)- speechmaking end demonstrations. Jeourt. called upon Sam Goldsmith to pre- sent the matter of attendunce to| the members; and also, to see that they sang. Vice-President Russell introduc-} ed the speaker of the day, Horace} O'Bryant, principal of the High) School, who had been requested bY the chairman of the vrogram ]comm:ttee to speak on “‘Vocation- | al Training” and who presented to Because of the great number of ‘people who are on Duval street every Saturday night it was de- ;¢ided to have Mr. Wilcox deliver his address there rather than at ' Bayview Park, where it is thought jfew people would care to go on Saturday. | Claude Pepper, candidate for ithe senate, w.ll be in Key West next Wednesday, October 28. Ar- !rangements are now being made {for him to address the voters of Key- West and - announcement. of time and piace will be made later. | OFFICIALS ARRIVE COME HERE FOR CONFER- ENCE WITH B. M. DUNCAN OF BRIDGE UNIT | i students for a place in the com- munity life which they might be qualified to fill, and the various ef- forts that had been made through- out the country to meet this prob- lem which had, in recent years, as- sumed an importance of the first degree, * 4 An interesting Jacksonville ac- tivity was c:ted, wherein a student may take training in a business house for half the school day, and teceive credits for the same; graduating with fu'l credits and with actr.al business expereience. Attorney Wm. H. Malone was, called upon to speak and eypress-; ed his warm appreciation of being once more et the takle of the Ke: West Rotary Club. A letter was tead from Tim Pittman, who has been transferred | to the Ft. Lauderdale Telephone | Office, expressing his appreciation | of h’'s Rotary experience and ex-| tending a warm welcome to Key) West Rotarians who may find| themselves in his neighborhood. | INSURANCE MEN VISITING HERE LOOKING OVER SITUATION AND CONSULTING WITH LO- CAL SUPERINTENDENT plant A, L.. Wynn, division superintendent of the Western Union Telegraph and N. W. Tracy, company, “ division super- $ both from Atlanta, arrived this morn- intendent of maintenance, ing by plane from Miami, and were met by G. R. Steadman, man- ager of the local office. The mission of Mr. Wynn and | ve. Tracy, is to consult with B. M. Duncan, chief engineer of the Overseas Road and Toll Bridge Commtission, on the matter of running the lines of the company in connection with the bridges, construction on which will soon CUBA ARRIVES FROM TAMPA ON VESSEL, ALSO MAIL AND FREIGHT J. A. Gallion, assistant to the! vice-president of an insurance ‘company, and B, B. Hudna'l, di- rector of the ordinary department | of the company, were arrivals by} plane this morning from Jackson-} ville via Miami, _ These visitors come to look over the stuation in Key West, and to} consult with Emil Sweeting, sup- | erintendent of the local branch of , the company. Their visit will be; brief, it is understood. | Steamship Cuba, of the P. and 0. S. S. company, arrived from Tampa this momming with four frist class passengers for Key!) waite IN TAMPA MAKE Chandler’s Corset Shop YOUR HEADQUARTERS Tampa’s Oldest Corset Shop Free Phone and Information {) BRASSIERES CORSETS |’ TWO-WAY STRETCH SUR- GICAL BELTS, BUST FORMS 607 Tampa St. Phone 4112 MAIL ORDERS See | ' gers for Havana. For the first , time in many months there were , no’ second class passengers for ei- -ther of these ports. Key West arrivals were: H. (of freight and four sacks of mail: { |262 sacks of mail for Havana. i A DAILY BOTTLE OF CREAMY REGAL BEER IS THE “ENERGIZING” WAY TO START EVERY DAY! GET IT TODAY {forgotten arj that is the com- of Key West after the bridge: were constructed. It was then that the visit ng at torney said that there would nothing to stop the progres ef the city and eventeally & would be come the sportsman’s paradise, a well as the mecca of thousands of winter visitors. “Wheat yor need, and this wi the club the problems-—of: {fitting become more apparent as the wo.) | teunt; me of the bridges is realized and their | value as an asset becomes more and more apparent. will be ac- commodations for the many peo ple who are bound to visit Key West. ; “There ave unlimited opperteni-/ - - ties here for the investor. Not only — a in the city but on the Florids | o< Keys, and I am firmly convinced as om that time wi | show that the future | — " of Key West and the Florida Key=/ — has not been overestimated by the}. * ae most optimistic. > aaa “However,” he conc!uded, “there | is one thing which should not be) =" 2°°** “ or the plas state interested in voting for it and E A will provide the sma'l amount/ se necessary for announcements o=/ errs the air, I will make the announce-) ments for them.” / It will be a great thing for Key! West, Mr. Fiebe'man concluded. | and “I am glad to see that your newspaper has been x in every issue that I have seen TWO NEW RUDDERS WILL BE No 2” PLACED ON PILGRIM = |_ The Selowine = got the letter NOW ON WAYS pointment 5 “The change =» made ip recor nition of your hirhly rd tab Two new rudders are to be|"®es™ # tex ef epee and assistant distr <t @reciom placed on the Ferry Pilgrim, of/Key West. This office eughiy aware of the spiend:d wo the Monroe county ferry system, you ascomepl ———~ which was placed on the Marine|*"s™cer im the Sey West dist and you may be awured of railway Tuesday of this week. =, membe <as- ° Sam ws pee ined form of government of city nd county which is now being ad- vocated. If the people of Key West will broadcast this ides and have the counties throughout the CONFIRMING aP- POINTMENT SENT SY FLOR Appreciat on of tus wore as & recter of operstioms of WPA pee [iects im Key West ma been ees ed by Boy Goodman foe E onda a¢mimstr_tor as Director Herbert F-R Beck. me pavag72pe regaraing Bp oh United Statés inspector of hulls,| and G. L. Scheer, United States! cluding Wednesday, Movember 4, inspector of boilers. { 1936, at 7-30 p m. for 4 Wheeis. It is expected the vessel will be 4 Rims, 2 34x7 Tires, 2 24x7 out of the water for several more, Tubes, 2 2x6 Tires, and 2 %2x6 days while the hull, which Tubes. Terms te be stated im been scraped and made ciean, is| proposal. given one coat of red lead, ansth- The City Council reserve er of non-fouling liquid and a right to reject any or all bic fimal covering of non-corrosive WALLACE PINDER paint. oct22-24 City Clerk. ICE COLD AT ANY BEER VENDOR'S by the undersigned up to anc the