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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1933-07-27
MAKES CLAIM FOR
BLUE RIBBON BEER

Blue Ribbon Beer is now be-
ing sold by over 25 retail dealers
throughout the city and since the
introduction of bottled beer in
Kew West. this brand has become
the most popular and best liked of
all domestic beer of he country,
says the management Of Cabrera
Bros, Inc, sole distributors of
Blue Ribbon Beer in Key West
and Monroe county.
Blue Ribbon Beer is manufac-
tured by the Pabst company,
which, since prohibition. has been
making the famous Blue Ribbon
Malt and other products. This
brand was one of the first to be
placed on the market after the
legislation of beer and has adopt
ed the slogan. "The Beer of Quail
ity."
Blue Ribbon Beer is pure. re-
freshing and wholesome and costs
no more than the ordinary brands
of beer now on the market. 1t is
made in one of the finest brew
cries in America and is expertly
brewed from the choicest cereals
and hops and thoroughly aged be-
fore bottling. it is shown.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1933-07-27
SPENCER OPENS
UP BEER GARDEN
STARTED IN CONNECTION
WITH GREEN LANTERN
INN

The Green Lantern Inn and a
beer garden in connection with the
Happy Days Pool Room has re-
Gently been opened under the
management of Vernon Spencer at
SO Duval street and $50 Bahama
street.
The Green Lantern Inn is said
to be Key Vests most exclusive
night club and has been equipped
with the most modern and up-to-
the-minute facilities. A large
parking space at the Bahama
street entrance has been provided
for the convenience of the guests
and contains large dance hall
and several nicely furnished priv
ate rooms.
The beer garden in the Happy
Days Pool Room has been provided
with large modern bar where
all leading brands of beer is now
being sold.
Mr.. Spencer invites the public
to pay this place a visit and try
q cold glass of beer which he
claims takes away that tired feel
ing and gives you pep.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1933-07-27
PURCHASE MONROE.
COUNTY'S BONDS.
ADvIcEs FROM TALLAHASSEE
SHOWN AMOUNT lNVoLv.
ED In TRANSACTION

At the meeting of the board of
county commissioners on July IL,
it was announced that the state
board of administration would re-
ceive offers of bonds of Monroe
county, bridge, road and ferry.
1t was authorized that a legal no
tice to this effect be carried in
The Citizen the following day.
This action was in accord with
the Hammer bill which was enact
ed in the last legislature. author
izing the state board Oh admins
tration to purchase bonds with
gasoline tax revenue.
Advices from Tallahassee show
that since the notice was published
the board has purchased. among
other bonds, $4,000 worth of
Monroe county bonds at % IL
cents on the dollar and $4,000
worth of Monroe bonds for %
cents on the dollar.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1933-07-27
SMELL AND M'NARY
NOW WORKING FOR
PARTY INTERESTS.
TWO REPUBLICAN, LEADERS
BEGIN SURVEY OF sITUA-
TIoN LOOKING TO NEXT
CONGRESSIONAL MEET
By HERBERT PLUMMER

WASHINGTON, July 27.-It's
likely that before the regular ses-
sion of congress rolls around in
January, Bert Smell and Charlie
McNary. republican leaders in the
house and senate. win implofe
whatever political gods there be to
spare them the ordeal they went
through in the special session.
No two party chieftains ever
had a more difficult lime or a
more diseouraging task than did
these two during the some 100
days congress was in session this
spring.
There was nothing for them to
do but go along with the democrat
ic plans In most instances. They
wanted their party to be able to
iclaim a share in the successful
moves, yet assume no RESPONSE
bility for any failures.
Tables Turned
Smells attack in the house al
most invariably sprang from one.
source-the democratic leader
ships fondness for bringing in the
so-called "gag" rule to rush legis-
)ation through quickly and safely.
The portly New Yorker had a lot
of fun on this issue. The democrats
who 80 blandly cooked up this
scheme Of legislating were the
very ones who, when they were in
the minority, raised the most
rumpus when the republicans re-
sorted TO that strategy.
Gleefully, Smell went back into
the Congressional Record and dug
up old speeches the democrats had
made on the subject.
His fire was aimed at the more
than 100 new members Of the
democratic side who he said were
being tied hand and foot by their
leaders. It was successful. too.
Before the end of the session at
tempts At "gagging" were aban-
doned by the democratic leader
ship.
McNarg had no such opportun-
ity in the senate. Rules there are
the same; so he had to pick
a different course.
Always On Guard
The 0regoniau, therefore. set
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1933-07-27
MAKES STUDY OF
MARINE BIOLOGY

Emory L. Pierce. Jr., son of Mr..
and Mrs. Emory L. Pierce, of Key
West, is pursuing his studies of
marine biology at the Fairmount
Park Aquarium in Philadelphia.
Mr.. Pierce is a student at the
University of Florida majoring in
biology and during his vacation is
continuing his studies with DR..
Robert o. Van Duesen. as precep-
tor, with headquarters in the
aquarium.
At present Mr.. Pierce is devot-
(:ng his time to studies in parasitic
logy and has made wonderful pro-
gress along these lines, says the
doctor. He will remain in Phil
adelphia, it is expected, until Aug
ust Is.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1933-07-27
ROLLINS COLLEGE
WALK OF FAME TO
BE GIVEN RELIC
GIFT ACQUIRED THROUGH Eff
FORTS OF MRS. RUTH BRY-
AN OWEN, AMERICAN MIN
ISTER TO DENMARK
1snreini 70 rhe citizenl

WINTER PARK. Fla. July 27.
Through the efforts of Mrs.
Ruth Bryan Owen, American am
uassador to Denmark. the Rollins
College Walk of Fame is to acquire
q stone from the house whore nans
Anderson lived. According to re-
cent dispatch from Copenhagen,
Mrs. Owen was presented with the
stone on visit to Odense, in Dem
mark. the birthplace of the poor
Danish boy who became the teller
of fairy tales to the children of
the whole world. She has had the
name of Hans Anderson chiseled
on the stone and it has been sent
to Rollins College.
Mrs. Ovens son, Reginald Bry-
an Owen. who was a freshman at
Rollins this year, accompanied her
To Denmark when she took up her
duties as the first woman envoy
rom the United States.
The Rollins College Walk of
Fame now contains stones from
The former homes or birth-places
IF $50 world celebrities. including
Confucius, Shakespeare, Columbus.
Magellan, Pone de Leon. Andrew
Carnegie, Lindbergh, all except
five of the American presidents
many of the signers of the Declara-
zion of Independence. and others
who became famous in the arts.
government, letters, science, war,
religion and sociology.
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Michigan is the leading salt
producing state in the United
States.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1933-07-27
TENDER MAGNOLIA
COMING TO PORT
LIGHTHOUSE VESSEL DUE TO
REACH HERE ABOUT
JULY 80

The lighthouse tender Magnolia.
from the Eighth District with head
quarters in New Orleans. is ex-
pected to arrive in port about July
80, with lightship 102 in tow.
Arriving here the ship will be
taken in charge by tender from
the vessels will proceed to May
port. Fla, where the vessel will be
taken in charge yb a tender from
the Sixth District.
This procedure will be followed
tenders from others districts tow
ing the vessel until she reaches
her destination at Staten Island.
N. Y.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1933-07-27

himself up as a guard over all at
tempts of the democratic leaders
to put through incidental legisla-
ton that this or that senator de-
sired.
His strategy was to keep the
senate constantly plugging on the
major emergency measures. He
had reason for qualification in the
fact that of the S.6s5 bills intro.
duced in the house and senate
during the special session only los
laws were enacted.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1933-07-27
PORK CHOPS RIGHT ON

CHICAGO.-Although he own
ed a meat market, he got nothing
but pork chops for a year. Peter
Kupiac of this city alleged in a bill
for divorce against his wife.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1933-07-27
NOTHING UNUSUAL

CHICAGo-James X. COLDER.
of this city, testified in his di-
vorce suit that his wife's tongue
s'never stopped its wagging.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1933-07-27
NAMED AFTER HOSPITAL

SAN FRANCISCO.-Mrs. Eliz-
abeth Racker of this city named
her twenty first baby after Queen
Charlotte Hospital, where it was
born.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1933-07-27
FoRGETs FIRST MARRIAGE

GLASGOW-After being ar
rested for bigamy. James L. Robb
OF this city, pleaded that he had
forgotten his first marriage.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1933-07-27
STEALS HOT STOVE

MINNEAPOLIS. While Mr..
and Mrs. r. I. Brown, CT this city,
went to church a sneak thief stole
their stove. which containued a
blazing fire and chicken dinner
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1933-07-27
PAGE FIVE
CO.'S DANCE CRAZY

ST. LOUIS Mrs. Imogene Mad
quill. of this city. was adjudged i
sane after her husband testifie,
that dancing drove her crazy. {
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1933-11-29
STRIKE AT UNION
STOCKYARDS WAS
SETTLED TODAY
TEN PERCENT WAGE IN
CREASE AGREED ON; WALK
OUT INVOLVED ABOUT
EIGHT THOUSAND MEN

CHICAGO, Nov. pa strike
of approximately 5000 workmen
at the Union Stockyards was set
tied today, at least temporarily.
when the employers organization
agreed to 10 percent wage in
crease pending further negotia-
tions.
Within a few minutes after the
agreement was reached pickets
were withdrawn and the strikers
started back on their jobs.
A parley, beginning at mid
night, brought about the agree
ment, which was regarded as a
partial victory for the workers
who had demanded return Of
the 1929 wage scale or an increase
of about so percent over the pay
of recent months.
The agreement provided among
other things that all men will be
reemployed without discrimina-
tion.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1933-11-29
START WORK AT
LOCAL ARMORY
ONE CARPENTER AND FOUR
HELPERS ENGAGED IN
PRELIMINARY WORK

Activities started on the ar
mory of the Florida National
Guard in Key West this morning
with one carpenter and four help
ers busy on the preliminary work.
Major William v. Albury says
he will have others working as
soon as they can be allotted for
the projects from registrants on
the Civil Works Administration
rolls.
Some Of the lumber for the re-
pair work has been secured and
other lumber and materials are on
the way. Much Of the material
had to be ordered from Miami
through local concerns
As soon as this arrives q suffi-
Gent number Of men win be add
ed to the force to complete the
repairs and painting within a rca-
sonable time, the major said.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1933-11-29
REPRESENTATIVE
OF lCKES TO BE
HEARD in MIAMI
HENRY T. HUNT WILL SPEAK
IN INTEREST OF FLORIDA
AT CONFERENCE CALLED
FOR DECEMBER I
tspeelal - The CltIrenl

JACKSONVILLE, Nov. 29.-
Henry T. Hunt, Washington, d.
G., general counsel Public Works
Administration. win speak ut the
Florida Looks Forward Confer
enee in Miami. Dec. 1. represent
ing Secretary of the Interior
Harold L. Ickes. This is the an
nouncement made today by Harold
Colee. Jacksonville. chairman of
the committee on arrangements
of the state chamber conference.
Florida is beginning to get a
measure of recognition from the
federal government said Mr..
Colee. FLORIDA has never had
the recognition she deserves. Ger
tainly it is not comparable to that
accorded other states. We are
confident that Florida win re-
ceive the help and support from
the federal government to which
she Is justly entitled" he con-
tinued.
by securing a personal repre-
sentative Of Secretary Ickes MS
speaker at our Florida Looks Far
ward Conference. we hope to OBJ
tain clearer conception of
'Florida's Place in the National
Picture. which win be the topic
Of Mr.. Hunts address Mr.. Colee
said Mr. Hunts presence had been
secured through the efforts Of
Governor Sholtx and Geo. B. Hills
Of Jacksonville.
The statewide business confer
enee being sponsored by the state
chamber in connection with its
seventeenth annual meeting viii
be held at the Hotel McAliister
in Miami. Dee. Is. DIR. Chas.
Mayo. Arthur Brisbane, Governor
Roht. H. Gore and Governor Sholtx
are other featured speakers.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1933-11-29
YELLOW FEVER
SCARE CHANGES
LINDY'S PLANS
SEEKS INFORMATION RELA-
TIVE TO HEALTH coNDI-
TIoNs AT AFRICAN POINTS;
TO SLEEP ABOARD PLANE

PORTO PRAIA, Cape Verde Is
lands. Nov. 29.-CoIonel Charles
Lindbergh sent messages to Sene-
galese ports. south Of Dakar, to-
day asking information on health
conditions on that portion Of the
African coast.
A yellow fever scare at Dakar
caused him to change his plans to
fly to that city from here where
he has rested since Monday.
lie put so gallons of gasoline
in his plane today and planned TO
20 aboard it again tonight as he
has done since his arrival.
Dakar authorities suggested to
him that because of an isolated
case of yellow fever they pre-
ferred that Mrs. Lindbergh should
not be exposed unnecessarily to
possible danger.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1933-11-29
Mrs. Angelina Roberts Dies
As Result OF Terrible Burns

the flames from her clothing. AS
one of those who hurried to the
scene described it she appeared to
be living torch.
The flames were extinguished
and the sufferer taken by odelio
Diaz to the office of DIR. VIM. K.
Warren where first aid was rem
dered, and afterward to the hos
pital The doctor told The Citizen
that Mrs. Roberts was terribly
burned. There was no possible
chance for recovery.
Funeral services are being held
at 4 o'clock this afternoon from
the chapel of Pritchard's Funeral
Home, Rev. w. w. Robins, of Ley
Memorial church, officiating.
The deceased is survived by her
husband. Clifford Roberts, a little
son. Clifford, Jr., her parents, mr..
and Mrs. Genovedo Rivera, three
brothers and three sisters.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1933-11-29
COUNTY TAXES
PAYABLE NOW

According 10 q notice from
Frank ii. Laid. tax collector of
Monroe county, appearing in The
Citizen yesterday. tax books for
the collection of state and county
taxes for the year 1888 are now
open at he collectors office in
the county court house.
II is shown that four percent
discount win be allowed on pay
ment Of taxes up to and inelnd-
ing necemher ~. Three pereen;
Tor the remainder Of December
tive percent during January and
one percent during February.
The notice also states that
taxes become delinquent April /.
1884.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1933-11-29

President Roosevelt - going on
with his objective Of the eommodi-
~ dollar il was reemphasized here
today at the little white House IN
making plain that no particular
significance Il attached 70 the visit
Of Governor Black Of the FEDERAL
Reserve Board.
The president and Secretary
Ickes hare agreed upon m allot-
mcnt Of all except s15O.0oe. ooo
Of the $4,000. 900. 900 Public
Works fuHd, and Is nov estimating
the size Of the new pubic works
appropriation for congress. il was
also announced today.
The president also named :
governmental advisory board - ;
liquor Dictator.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1933-11-29

Mrs. Angelina Roberts, 16-
year-old mother, died at $50
o'clock this morning in Mer-
cedes hospital from terrible
burns which resulted when
she, yesterday afternoon,
saturated her clothing with
oil and applied a match, it
is said.
She had been respondent for
some time and had recently been
morbidly worried over family
troubles. The first intimation Of
her intention was when the atten-
ton of neighbors was attracted by
screams coming from the home at
Git Amelia street
Hurrying to the home they
found Mrs. Roberts enveloped with
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1933-11-29
ROCKEFELLER TOO
i'll FOR JOURNEY
TO WINTER HOME
Observation-Disclosures CAP
ITALIsT LEFT WITH LIN
GERING COUCH AS RESULT
OF ATTACK OF GRIPPE
tBy Associated Pressl

TARRYTOWN. N. Y, Nov. 30.
An old-fashioned attack of
grippe which has left lingering
cough with John d. Rockefeller,
ST., may keep the 94-year-old
capitalist away from his winter
home at Ormond Beach, Florida,
this season for the first time in
80 years.
After an examination by a
physician from the Rockefeller
Institute who was called in by
John D., Jr., it was said plans for
the customary Rockefeller hegira
from the northern snow and cold
"hung in the balance" today.
As a result no date for his pos
sible departure has been consid-
cred, and no plans win be made
until Rockefeller is in shape again.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1933-11-29
Claims Roosevelt Lures
Aides To Place OF Rest

WARM SPRINGS. Nov. o.
President Roosevelt Was accused
today by Secretary Wallace Of
Turing his aides down here fer a
rest
Wallace. one Of several hard
working standardization chief.
isias, who has been fighting =
battle for recovery. frankly stat
ed he believed the principal pur-
pose Of bis visit was desire By
the president for him TO get some
relaxation.
Smiling. President Roosevelt al
most bore Il out last night when
be remarked to newspapsrmsn II
. Show Givea by patients here.
that be would ike to write tomor-
row's story. and .dded Il bet yoa
wealdn't carry Il"
On several days he has reported
mo newx."
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1933-11-29
SNOWSIORN IN California
RESULTS IN DEATH Of one
PERSON; I WERE INJURED
Newport Beach Reports 60
MiIe-An-Hour Wind;
Barge Torn Away From
Anchorage
tBy Associated Pres.)


A binding snowstorm ac-
companying a tardy winter,
caused the death of one per-
son today in California and
injury to seven others.
Snow, which fell along the
coast range last night back of
Santa Barbara, sprinkled
over Los Angeles, and New
port Beach experienced a
6O-mile-an-hour blow.
There was some hail with
the wind, and three oil der
ricks were blown down in
the Signal oil fields, one
crashing through a cottage.
Twenty persons aboard a
fishing barge were endan-
gered when the barge tore
from its anchor at Newport
Beach.
A temporary anchor was
made and Ia men and six
women experienced a gale a
mile off shore.
Roy Robbins, film coyboy,
employed at the Hoot Gibson
ranch. was killed in a terrific
crash in which four automo-
biles were involved. The
crash was said to have been
caused BY the binding snow
storm.
In the meantime it was
warmer in most sections of
the eastern half of the coun-
try.
The outlook was for cloud
mess over most of the south
eastern area tonight.
There was little change in
temperatures which have
continued upward since
Monday morning.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1933-11-29
Hearty Greeting To Wenes
On Return To Havana Today

tBy Associates fresS1
HAVANA, Nov. "a
cheering throng greeted
Summer WeIles, United
States ambassador, today
when he returned by air.
plane from a conference with
President Roosevelt.
More than 1000 persons,
both Cubans and Americans,
cheered the returning envoy
with cries Of viva WeIles,
welcome backl"
All the way TO the en-
bassy was lined with people
who cheered ~ he passed,
and WeIles appeared TO be
greatly touched by the rous-
ing Demonstration
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1933-11-29
TAKES
81 PASSENGERS

The Steamship Florida Of TIRE
r. and o. s. s. company. sailed
for Havana yesterday with 81 pas
senxers. one automobile. four tens
OF freight ard lot sacks Of mail
Ferry PxrrDtt arrived s.20 il
the afternoou from cnba with one
ear Of furniture. I9s sacks II mai
and four miscellaneous cars
Freighter Oz9rd. 81 the Clyde
Mallory Lines, II due 70 arrive in
pert tonorrow evening from New
Orleans. enrcufe 10 Miami ard
IasksonviEls.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1933-11-29
HMMNvzAIzzztg

I So was the first Thanksgiving
Day in America observed.
B That spirit, continuing, was, in
1864. to inspire the proclamation
which made the observance of
Thanksgiving in November an an
nual holiday from that time on.
& The country had been torn by
civil conflict; brother had been set
against brother.
The false economic prosperity
of the war days ruled the market
place. The nation was battle
weary and afraid.
Abraham Lincoln, in the midst
of this unrest, proclaimed that the
fourth Thursday in November of
that year, and of succeeding years,
should be set aside as a day of
thanksgiving.
Perhaps he took his cue from
the first president, George Wash
ington, who, in 1889, proclaimed
Thursday, November 26, as a gen.
eral day of thanksgiving.
Wars and depressions in many
years have made a deep imprint
on the observances, but always
the holiday carries through.
And so today does it bring to
1888 the spirit first expressed in
.1621-the spirit of gratitude for
blessings received. of thankfulness
loo for troubles averted.
Again the nation bows its head
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1933-11-29

TURKEYS, cranberries,
pumpkins make festival of
the harvest time. The
blue haze of late autumn
hangs in the valley. IS. Grass
brittle with frost crunches
under foot.
1t is Thanksgiving Day.
Feasting and good cheer are in
order. The years work nears it's
end. A fertile soil has yielded its
bounty. The time, for many, is
one of celebration, of merrymak-
ing.
But the holiday was conceived
in misery. Pilgrims dashed by
intolerance fled to America.
Storms forced them from their
Virginian goal and brought them
to the forbidding coast of Massa-
chusetts.
There they scratched in the
dirt and planted their crops with
one eye on the Indians.
But sickness had taken its toll
among the redskins. and they were
friendly to the settlers.
In the autumn the Pilgrims har-
vested their crops and made ready
for the winter and its rigors.
1t was great contrast. They
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1933-11-29
DISAPPROVES OF
LYNCHINC NEGRO
MISSOURI GOVERNOR MAKES
STATEMENT CONCERN
ING PROCEEDINGS

JEFFERSON CITY. No, Nov.
2a.-Gevernor Guy Park. IN a
statement today. said There IS no
justification for the Iynching last
night Of Lloyd Warner, negro, At
ST. Joseph.
While Il appears from press
and ether reports that Warner
confessed 70 q heluons crime pun-
isisahle By death. there is net any
Justification Tor rob. the tor.
efnor said.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1933-11-29

landed with nothing; now they had
comparative abundance.
Humbly, they bowed their heads
and gave. thanks to an almighty
providence.
They babe the Indians come
from ne forest and join them in
three days of feasting and thanks
giving. The joyous laughter of
high-hatted men and hooded wom-
en- met the stoical faces of the
natives.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1933-11-29


TALLAHASSEE, Nov. 29.-The Civil Works
Administration today approved, subject to confrma
ton by engineers and auditors the following projects
forK Key West which are additional to the 100000 APP
proved last week:
City aquarium, $3O,25O.
Repairs to water works. $44OO.
Repairs and improvements to municipal
golf course, $1,000.
Repairs to band stand and Identification
of parks and streets, $4,000. ii
Construction of docks for exhibition Of
sponges, $3.50. xIf
Repairing and oiling boulevard, $26,O2O
Repairs to city hall and Jail, $10,132.
Repairs to ferries operated between No
Name Key and Lower Matecumbe, 1896.
Repairs to Monroe county court house
and jail $1O.l2O.
The projects approved today total SCOOPS. Some
revsions made projects approved last week brought
their total up to $1O2256.
In addition to the above-named projects Monroe
County was awarded $4,000 for school improve
ments