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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1934-08-23
Postage Stamp Man-Hunt' Nails
Fugitive In Far Distant Greece

his case. So he inaugurated what
is now known as "the postage
stamp man hunt" pursuit that
lasted two years and went into
three continents-and he won.
Fugitive Changed Name
Parker wanted to know some
thing of Coumas' background; so
he wrote letters and tried to UNI
earth the mans family. In this
way he learned that the fugitive
had changed his name from
Smyrna Smyrnogranis.
Knowing this, the d. tective
reasoned that the man mis- 1T have
been a native of Greece, and he
learned that Coumas ha, come to
the United States in 1914.
1t seemed logical to Ellis Parker
that man in Coumas' predica-
ment might try to return to his
native land, and so by getting in
contact with the shipping COM
panies he found that Coumas, I'M
der his old name, had sailed as a
cook. 1t later developed that the
alleged murderer had abandoned
ship, entered Mexico, worked
down the coast of South America,
crossed the sea and plunged into
Europe.
Hot On The Trail
Hot on the trail, the First Citi-
zen of this rural community did
not authorize the Greek authori-
ties to search for COumaS. He was
afraid the publication of wanted"
literature might come to the mans
attention. putting him on guard.
SO he gained audience with a
professor at Princeton university
who was former minister to
Greece, and in this way learned
which authority could best handle
a secret investigation.
Today COumas, who was found
in one of those tiny Peloponnesian
villages that cling to the shore of
the Aegean sea, is languishing in
jail, and extradition proceedings
are under way.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1934-08-23
GARBAGE
CANS URGED BY
SANITARY DEPT.
GEORGE B. REED. IN CHARGE
OF OPERATIONS, WILL IN
STRUcT DRIVERS TO RE-
MOVE OPEN CONTAINERS

The Sanitary Department of the
FERA in Key West, under the
supervision and direction of Geo.
e. Reed, requests The Citizen to
announce that the public is being
given its last notice relative to
making provisions for metal con-
tainers with proper covers for
handling trash and garbage.
1t is shown that beginning Mon
day, August q, all truck drivers
will be instructed to remove all
opened containers, and a request
is made that all premises be pro-
vided with proper containers in
connection with this part of the
Sanitary system.
The monthly report of the San
itary Department from July Is to
August Is follows:
General Sanitary Inspections
Sanitary nuisances abated-1,-
984.
Cisterns and wells oiled--1,-
500.
Inspections for month"; sos.
Food and Dairy Inspections
Sanitary nuisances abated-26.
Cisterns and wells oiled-144
Water samples-14.
Inspections for month-564.
Public Works Division
Square yards of street clean
igg-21S,702,
Garbage and trash collected
1889.
Plumbing Division
Inspections for month-28.
Garbage and Scavengcr Service
Number clstefnS ana prlVleS
treated-2,723.
Privy wastes removed-94S.
Cash received for scavenger
service-$206.40.
Totals
Total sanitary nuisances abated
1920.
Total cisterns and wells oiled
by Inspectors 47.
Total cisterns, privies and wells
oiled by mosquito crew-2.723.
Total places treated for mos
quito control-4,170.
Total inspections for month
12,1 69.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1934-08-23
CONCERT TONIGHT
AT BAYVIEW PARK
ALFREDO BARRoSo. CON.
DUcToR, TO PRESENT
GOOD PROGRAM

The first concert by the Key
West Hospitality Band will be
held tonight at 7:45 o'clock in
Bayview Park.
A well-planned program has
been arranged under the leader
ship of Conductor Alfredo Bar
roso.
One of the most enjoyable
numbers on the program will be
a miscellaneous selection of old
favorite songs. A vocal solo by
Ernest Sanchez is another feature
of the evening. Sanchez has been
singing over the radio upstate and
is said to have remarkable voice.
The Hospitality Band is under
the direction of the Recreational
Division of the FERA and i'm
tends to present a number of con-
certs in the near future.
Program follows:
Invocation-Rev. Summers.
March-Selected.
Persian MISUNDERSTANDING.
Acknowledgement.
String Serenade.
Les Estudiantinas- Waldteufel.
Solo-Ernest Sanchez.
Old Favorites-Selected.
Selected.
Benediction-Dr. DeBarritt.
National Anthem-Key.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1934-08-23
HENRY FORD PLANS
BIG EXPENDITURES
ON IMPROVEMENTS
MOTOR MAGNATE SIGNS OR
DER FOR FIVE AND A HALF
MILLION DOLLARS TO DoU-
BILE CAPACITY OF PLANT
1SnecinI 20 The CiIIHrnI

DETROIT. Mich, Aug. %
Henry Ford last week signed an
order which will expend $500
900 in capital improvements dur
ing the next ten months and
double the power capacity o. the
Ford Motor Company's Dearborn
plant.
The five and half million dol
lars will purchase one llO,OOO
kilowatt generator, one high pres
sure boiler and the necessary
auxiliary, equipment IN addition
one $1,000 kilowatt turbine gene
paedr unit Has been ordered
= With The units installed during
1929-193O, this will bring the
capacity OF the River Rouge plant
up to 100000 pounds per hour
Of high pressure steapl for power
generation.
The new installation H.
described as a duplication with
improvements. The generator IN
stalled in 1929-30 was designed
for a steam temperature Of 725
degrees Fair, but the new one is
for 900 degrees. The high pres
sure boilers Of 1929-30 were de
signed for a steam temperature
of $50 degrees Fair. and for a
steam generating capacity Of 7OO,-
600 pounds an hour each, whereas
the new boiler is for 900 degrees
and 100000 pounds per hour.
This is believed to be the
largest expenditure for capital
improvements made by industry
in several years and indicates that
Mr.. Ford's outlook toward the
future is one Of confidence.
The present expenditure has
been made necessary by the en-
largement of the steel plant at
the Rouge. Some time ago Nv
Ford announced that he would in
crease the variety of the opera
tions at his steel mill. This en-
tailed extension of the steel plant
and increase in the power ap-
paratus. 1t will also require in
crease of mine operations and a
greater consumption of coal. II
is estimated that when all col
lateral requirements are fulfilled
for this additional improvement.
Mr.. Ford will have expended $1O,-
100000.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1934-08-23
FIVE MARRIAGE
LICENSES ISSUED

The following are the marriage
licenses that have been issued at
County Judge Hugh Gums Of
flee since last Thursday:
Raymond N. Bethel to Edna
Mae Nottage.
Richard Steven Ward to Joel
Helen Saunders.
Octavi0 Agusto Recio to
Florence Louise Pinder.
Mario Medina to Florinda
Hoyos.
Romero Hernandez to Lilly
Wilson.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1934-08-23
Navy Department Moves Against
ReOpening Key West Naval Base
Shown Efforts Put Forth
By Congressman Wilcox
For It's Reestablishment
Are Futile
Hy raw MAY

uy raw MAY
apselsl washington Correspondent
of rae citizen
WASHINGTON, d. C., Aug.
23.--EffoFts Of Congressman j.
Marx Wilcox 10 procure reopen
ing Of the Key West naval base
as a station for submarine opera
tions will continue to. be futile, IL
was announced here today by the
Navy Department through its of
fetal press bureau.
IL >~as declared that Tactical
considerations" which will con-
sinus to be given the greatest
possible weight" in the future
preclude any submarine estab-
hshmenl at Key West.
There are only three submarine
bases which the navy finds prac-
teal to operate at the present
time. two being situated for Paci-
fle operations at Coco Solo, in the
Canal Zone. and Pearl Harbor,
Hawaii. and one on the Atlantic
az New London. Conn. where the
navy also operates its only sub
marine school. These bases are
conducted so that submarines may
be- operated in connection with
the United States fleet as it is
Row concentrated in the Pacific.
For years the battle force OF
the fleet has been stationed in the
Pacific. Il was pointed out, and
more recently the scouting force
has been there also. As sub
marines are used i'm connection
with both forces, it is imperative
that they be operated from Paci-
tic coast. Hawaiian, and Canal
points. thus excluding the demand
for another submarine base in the
Atlantic. navy officers point out.
IN fact, submarines are using
for temporary bases naval facili-
ties at San Diego and San Pedro,
on the southern California coast,
which the department has never
officially designated for sub
marine use, officials declare. 1t
l. privately admitted that if any
new submarine bases are opened
they will be on the West Coast.
When navy officers acquainted
with submarine operations were
told that Congressman Wilcox had
been pressing for submarine
base at Key West they declared
they had 'heard nothing-not
even idle talk"
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1934-08-23
WOULD PUNISH
THOSE HANDING
in BOGUS TIPS
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
ANNOUNCES PRA TICE
WAS DETRIMENTAL IN To-
eating DILLINGER
BY HERBERT PLUMMER
IIIN AssOctnIed r(essI

tUS ASSOetdttu f(eSAb
WASHINGTON, Aug. 23.-Of-
ficials of the department of JUS
tice would like to see a law en-
acted which could be used against
those persons who wilfully send
federal agents off on wild goose
chases.
j. Edgar Hoover, director of
the departments bureau of GRIM
inal investigation, declares that
his men probably could have got
ten hold of Dillinger weeks before
they did had it not been for this
sort thing.
People seeking personal publ
city ar those who have a mania
for seeing their names in print are
among the greatest obstacles the
federal agent encounters, says
Hoover. All tips must be run
down whether they originate in
the Imagination of the tipsters or
are bona fide bits of information.
In the hunt for Dillinger there
were SO many purveyors of bogus
tips the department had to cir
cularize the country warning
against them.
Thousand of dollars and UNI
told hours of labor were expended
uselessly in the hunt for Dillinger
because of the activity of this
type of person." says Hoover.
Cummings' Interest A Factor
The interest of Attorney Cen
eral Cummings is credited by the
young director of the bureau of
criminal investigation as being
one of the most important fac
tors in the final capture of the
Indiana desperate.
1t is unusual for a cabinet Of
ficer to take such a direct per-
sonal interest in a thing of this
kind, says Hoover. He can't re-
member of an attorney general
ever having done so before.
Cummings, says Hoover, was
on top Of the case at all times. A
former criminal prosecutor him
self. he was able to supply the fed
eral agents with innumerable bits
of advice. Time after time Hoo
YER was summoned to the A. G..
office for conferences on DilIin-
ger.
When it was over Cummings
asked Hoover personally to CON
vey to 'the boys" who finally got
their man his congratulations and
commentator for q wonderful
job"
Using Discretion
1t probably never will be
known just what orders were is
sued over the telephone from
Washington to the federal agents
in Chicago when it was known
definitely that Dillinger was trap
ped. .+."..
When asked about it Hoover
merely smiles and says it is a
"most embarrassing question"
When pressed he says that his
agents had orders to ''get him,
and a federal agent uses his own
discretion"
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1934-08-23
LARGE NUMBER
FLOCK TO ROME
GREAT INFLUX CAUSED OVER
MUSSOLINI COMING
INTO POWER
nv Associated Pressl

ROME, Aug. 23.-People have
flocked to Rome in such numbers
since Mussolini came into power
that the city's population has in
creased more than so percent,
Census figures just released
show that the capital has LIS
900 inhabitants. This is a gain of
100000 over the Rome of pre-
fascist days.
The Rome of Mussolini is more
than seven times larger than was
that of Julius Caesar.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1934-08-23
PILOT BOAT ON
FIRE AT DOCK

The vessel used by the pilots on
Key West bar took fire this
morning about 6:3O o'clock, which
was caused by back-firing Of the
engine.
The fire happened when the
craft was making ready to leave
the Porter Dock to 90 out in the
gulf to pilot in ship, which was
coming into this port.
Very little damage resulted
from the blaze which was quickly
extinguished.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1934-08-23
STORM REPORT

ADVISORY 10 a. m.-Impos-
sible to locate the center of tropi-
cal disturbance this morning but
conditions remain unsettled south
of Santo Domingo and are some
what abnormal in region of and
to the north of Great Inagua.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1934-08-23
CHURCH CIRCLE
PLANS MEETING
WILL GIVE GROUPER CHOW
DER SUPPER THIS EVE
MING

A grouper chOwder is being
given tonight by the recently or
ganized Mems brotherhood of the
First Baptist Church in honor of
their wives, friends and the I. 4.
l.. Class.
The affair wifi be held at the
hut on the church lawn at 6 o'clock
and those in charge have arrang
ed good time for everyone in
vited.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1934-08-23
CURTIS WILL GIVE
ADDRESS TONIGHT

Gerry J. Curtis, director of
parks and recreation in Key West
under the FERA administration.
will address the senior and inter
mediate young peoples depart
ments of the city at the First
Methodist Church's Recreational
Hall at 8 o'clock tonight.
All young and adult people in
terested in recreation are welcom-
ed to attend.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1934-08-23
Bv GEORGE TUCKER

MT. HOLLY, N. j., Aug. rs
Shaking its way through the
pine woods of Camden county is
a small stream known as Bread
and Cheese Run. There are oaks
in the vicinity, too, and as con-
sequence the waters of the creek
are tinged with tannic acid.
Tannic acid will preserve a hu-
man body almost indefinitely.
This means little to the average
layman, yet to Ellis Parker, ace
sleuth in these parts, it meant the
answer to a battling murder mys-
terry and enabled him to name the
men who killed David Paul, re-
formed convict who had turned
bank messenger. and robbed him
of $4,000.
Incidental knowledge of this
sort has sent many men to the
gallows. Often a case hangs by
thread, or a strand of hair. A
sprig of fresh gress was the key
to one of Parker's most notable
cases.
He Adds 'Em Up
Parker maintains there is al
ways some clue-that it is up to
the detective to find it. In this
department he excels.
In all his al years as profess
sional crime-solver for the State
of New Jersey, the sage of Mt,
Holly has failed only four or five
times.
One of his most singular sue
cesses was the case of Thomas
Coumas, the naturalized Greek
who was charged with numbering
California school teacher and
fleeing the country. The state of
California invited Parker to try
his hand.
All the detective knew was
that Coumas was a Greek. 1t was
the one fact upon which to build
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1934-08-23
fERA To Make Overseas Highway
Free From All Commercial Signs;
Decorative Mile Posts In Planning
Creation OF Artists I'd
Dot Road Whole Way:
Scenic Beauty To Al.
tract Visitors

A hundred milss ~ hiahssr
free from the usuai csmmsfeisl
'isas that ssastiass sbsssrs ths
natural beauty ~ . re.d. ,s tha
latest am Fl the FgRA a.
ministeFiag the sffairs Esd hssas.
ing about The rshabihiaiisa al
Key West sioaE re.srt sars.
Plans we're announced iuaaf O.
The hey West ADMINISTRATOR .al
demolition of all Commercial h.sh.
way signs alsnr tho Ofrreaa
Highway from the Momrar tsan
~ line into this ciiJ al e. s
end of The Florida keys. frrsi.,.a
from commercial siEns Hfil maaa
the road perhaps oue 20 fhr lsH
est in the country nul marafl
with business advertisement
In the place of thr ign. trl
orativc mile posts. creatiuu. 81
artists being brought here hr En-.
administration. viii dni thr ah
way 40 regular intervals nfo 5
West The highway oui.srIii. s.a.
signs are 90 b. hand Painted.
inches by J6 mrhr.. #u.uff
from cross arms on eight faai
posts.
BsaefH Of Tsusisis
Before tourist have frara.H
much OF the ss-ulfie rsafs H.
hey West, they are cEpartna tn
begin looking for thr asiir
which will furuhh much ufma
ton 10 VISITOR before thr
reach this city. rich esth troa
charm and historical iniefea
Various sttrsftiona ol 60
West uiil be- drpictcd an fhr t
way markers. "a Il planned. une
series viii be- devoted fn tht a...
varieties OF lloNeu and af.
forms Of tropical veNrtstun esd.
abound in key West hna..r.
group Will have to do WITH fHr
and marine hle found lea Inr
rounding waters of thr GHH
Mexico and Atlantic Ocean #rI
third series along thr hirH..
win be- given over to -reuf
ical of Key West
Work OF Artists
Under the direction of sfHr..
Woods Of Cornell. Calf. t
Avery Johnson 81 ChirnEs.
'inois. well known artist. tha
will bc carried out "a. laf B. .an
painting o. the signs b.. runrsrH.I
Several artists arr AIDING n
painting Of them.
With the entire stretch aI
highway bcautiiIcd at one m.'. 0.
tcrv7is. visitors comiur hrr.
be we'll versed with che aI
tions Of the island before nfs
arrival IN addition npue OF
tropical beauty along ths .
over which the Oversees HtE.
passes viii be- ohFcurcd hr n
billboards and commercial te..
~ was pointed out
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1934-08-23
Stone To Feature Key West In
Radio Talk On Rehabilitation

Julius r. Stone J, Flordal Of projects are
Administrator OF the FEKA VIII included the rehabilitation
lain over 'tA''Oh VIZ =" "' Key West
M. E. Gilfond, publicity drec-
starting o'clock and will spend
tor of the FERA in this city, will
the entire discussing the
-rn. leave the train to
Key West meet @Aomnistra'0r ''O"e IN WI
He will touch on the close
should exist be- crs pertaining to the local
tween city nd Miami and tell
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1934-08-23
WHERE TO GO

TONIGHT
Monroe-"T Love Captive" "
Palace-"The Moonstone.
TOMORROW
Monroe-"Such Women Are
Dangerous"
Palace-"The Moonstone."
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1934-08-23

Key West. Florida. hns thn
most equable weather h the
country; with an average
range Of only IL Fahrenheit
Evening star., 1934-02-22
ELMER RICE LISTED
AS CENTER SPEAKER
Noted Playwright to Address
Group Here on Future of
Theater in America.

Elmer Rice, famous playwright and
author of Street Scene" and "Coun-
sellor -at-Law," will speak in the Ma
tional Jewish Forum at the Jewish
Community Center next Wednesday
at 8:l5 pm. it was announced to-
day by Morris Cafritz. president.
Rice, who is on a lecture tour, will
speak on The Future Of the The
ater." He will be introduced by E.
de S. Melcher. dramatic editor Of The
Star. Mrs. Adolph Kahn of the Edu-
cational Committee of the center will
preside.
Mr.. Rice's "Street Scene" won the
Pulitzer prize for the best American
drama in 1929. His plays have been
translated into many languages. He
has either written or collaborated on
The Left Bank" See Naples and
Die" The Home of the Free" Wake
Up, Jonathan" CLOSE Harmony" 1T
Is the Law" and Cock Robin"
Although he had planned a legal
career. Rice blasted theatrical tradi-
tions when. at 81, he had his first
play accepted through the naive
gesture Of mailing it to producer.
Evening star., 1934-02-22
STAWSKY LINKED
WITH TERROR BAND
Killing Of Judge Hints Of Far.
Flung Operations of
Secret Ring.
Nv The Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
PARIS, February 22.-Behind the
overthrow of two governments. hints
of international espionage and the
= SAC, 900, 900 Stavisky pawnshop scan
dal. police today saw a secret band
Of terror"
Investigating the murder near Dijon
yesterday of Judge Albert Prince,
Police Commissary Pachot said:
1T is proof of a sort of organized
terror. 1t would indicate the exist
ence of an extremely dangerous occult
organization. 1t would prove Alex
Stavisky had agents in all walks of
/ life"
Judge Princes body, bound, was
. found mutilated on a railroad track
yesterday. The exact manner Of his
= death still is undetermined. An
autopsy at Dijon indicated he was
dead before his body was placed on
the rails and police chemists sought
ior traces Oh poison.
Knife Found by Body.
A blood stained knife and a powder
puff lay beside the body. Princes
: pocketbook was untouched. His brief
case, however, had been looted.
/ Because the papers in the brief case
had been taken, investigators con-
& cluded Prince was slain to prevent him
testifying yesterday in the Stavisky
case.
Judge Prince, as former agent in
the Paris police magistrate financial
squad, prior to his elevation to the
Court of Appeals. was known to be
one of the best informed persons in
France on the operations Of Stavisky
Police said he had been trapped by
a fake telephone call, which informed
him his mother was i'll in Dijon. II
was learned he actually had reached
Dion, which Is beyond the point
where his body was found.
Judge Prince had no persona
enemy. On the contrary. everybody
liked him." said Leon Blum, French
Socialist leader.
Knew Inside Of Case.
But in parliamentary circles Judge
Prince was presumed to have known
the inside story of the judicial
handling of the alleged master SWIM
dler, Stavisky. whose suicide was the
climax of the $40,000,001 Bayonne
Bank scandal.
Friends said Judge Prince recently
had received threatening letters. but
attached no Importance to them.
The revelation by police that
StaviSky may have acted as an
international spy, selling secret in
formation to Germany and using
women as agents to carry messages
between countries, suggested to au-
thorities that Judge Prince may have
been ready to reveal more than bank
ing matters in his testimony today.
The spy theory was suggested by
the secret service in its report to the
Bayonne investigating magistrate. Sta
visky and at least two foreign actresses
were said to have frequented a cafe
where known Hitler sympathizers
gathered.
No definite proof has been pre-.
sented, authorities pointed out. anC
charges have not been formulated.
Evening star., 1934-02-22
WORK STARTS SOON

Work will start soon on remodeling
the fourth floor of the Treasury build
ing, which has been vacated by the
former ONCE of the supervising archi-
tect.
Contracts have been let to Har.
wood Nebel Construction Co. for re-
modelling. and to the Carrier Engi-
neering Corporation for air condition
ing. Both firms are of this city, and
were low bidders for the jobs
Evening star., 1934-02-22
TAXI DRIVER REPORTS
ROBBERY BY TWO FARES
Paul I. Telleau Tells Police He
Was Robbed Of $6-Gives

Paul L. Telleau, taxicab driver, OF
1888 Twelfth street, reported to police
today that he was held up and robbed
by two fares about 10 O'Clock last
night after driving them from Florida
and West Virginia avenues to Montello
avenue and Oates street. The men
escaped with $6. Telleau gave police
a description of them.
A purse -snatcher took purse con-
tanning IS from Mrs. Hattie c. Al
bright, 22O3 First street, while she was
walking at Second and U streets about
8 o'clock last night.
Mrs. Margaret Meekins, Sis Six
teenth street southeast, reported to
police that her purse, containing $22.
was stolen while she was in a beauty
parlor in Southeast Washington.
Evening star., 1934-02-22
TABLET HONORS WOOD

A bronze tablet memorial to the
late Representative Will r. Wood Of
Indiana was placed on display yester-
day in the Speakers lobby at the
Capitol. Wood was a former chair
man of the House Appropriations
Committee.
The tablet is a full-length portrait
of Representative Wood in fishing
togs, and shows him carrying a large
string of fish 1t bears the dates COW
ering his life span, 1861 to 1888. The
tablet will be permanently placed in
the memorial fishing lodge at Lake
viii Wood, Dorchester County, Md.
Evening star., 1934-02-22

by western Liberal members Of the
House.
They will also investigate what the
pact involves in the way Of an export
quota for Canada In the crop year
1884 and 1885.
For the next crop year the export
quota has been placed at 10000, 900
bushels, 260, 100000 bushels and 2o2,-
0OO, 900 bushels, depending upon