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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-10-01

The u. S. Destroyer Cassin ar
rived in port last evening from
Jacksonville where the officers
and crew had been doing relief
work since the storm. The Cassin
brought most of those Marine
units who have been on duty since
the disaster. They were rushed
to Miami as soon as possible after
ward. The Marines have been
highly complimented- by the COM
mander of the Seventh Naval Dis
trict.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-10-01

The ancients had what we would
regard as very queer idea about the
world. To them ii seemed fat and
they thought that it was supported by
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-10-01

Editorial comment: A Whining
ton paper records that sailor
"was killed by coming in contact
with a live wife," Possibly the
error OF a linotype operator, yet
such things have happened.
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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-10-01

Mr.. and Mrs. Benjamin Saun-
ders, in the rear of S24 Fleming
street, announce the birth last
night of an 8 pound boy.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-10-01

Mr.. and MRS. John Spencer of
1907 Duval street announce the
birth of a daughter 6 o'clock on
the afternoon of September 81.
The baby weighed seven pounds.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-10-01
KEY WEST IN
DAYS GONE BY
Happenings Here Just 10 Years
Ago Today As Taken From
The Files Of The Citizen

News has been received in Key
West announcing the death of
Fred Bonnet, former manager of
the Key West Gas company. Death
occurred Saturday in the Govern
ment hospital at Osteen, N. C.
Mr.. Bonnet had a wide circle of
friends in Key West who will
learn with regret of his demise.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-10-01

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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-10-01

The Monroe High School foot
ball players returned to Key
West this morning accompanied
by their score of friends who
went with them to cheer them on
during their play with st. Peters
burg, in which the Key West ag-
gregation was defeated by score
of 20 to 0. The local boys went
up against the last year state
champions. They expected to
make a showing, they said, but
not against a team which out
weighed the Key Westers 80
pounds to the man. The St.
Petersburg paper which carried
the story of the game said the
Key West team played a good de-
fensive game the entire way and
that the contest was played dur
ing heavy downpour of rain.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-10-01

While the Rotary Club will not
have a special booth at the Coral
Isle Casino for the entertainment
tomorrow night, President An
drew Miller and Sebastian Ca
brera, chairman of the enter
ment committee, urge all Ro-
tarians to attend. lowing to the
short time in which to prepare for
tomorrow nights entertainment"
said President Miller, at has been
decided to put on a special auction
sale by the Rotary Club. All Ro-
tarians are urged to attend and
in every way possible lend their
aid to make the affair a success.
The sale will be conducted by
Allan B. Cleare, pioneer auc-
tioneer. Bill Bates will be cashier
and Andrew Miller will be super
intendent of sales. Sebastian Ca
brera will assist the auctioneer
and DR.. William r. Warren will
be classifier and announcer.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-10-01

corneIia delivers senfe SOUND
sense 20 Carol. tomorrow.
Evening star., 1936-10-05
Plea by Frooks
Doubles Bail in
BIackn,ail Case
Nesu Yorker Tells Court
He Viii Not Be
Defendant.

When Samuel Leighton Frooks, al
legged blackmailer, asked Justice Pey-
ton Gordon of District Court today to
cancel his $2,500 bail and release him
on his personal bond. the Judge
doubled the original sum.
Frooks, q New York attorney and
candidate for the Republican NOM
ination for the House, is charged
along with Mrs. Mary Krieger, with
blackmailing Carroll Pierce, president
Of the Citizens National Bank of Al
exandria.
Arraigned today, he pleaded not
guilty and, through his attorney,
James r. Reilly, asked to be set at lib
erty on his own recognizance. Since
his arrest several weeks ago, he has
been free under $2.500 bail.
Personally addressing the court.
Frooks said he is a member of the bar
of the Supreme Court and reliable
man. He added that he would not
be defendant when the case comes to
trial" No explanation Of this state
ment was given.
Assistant United States Attorney
Roger Robb said he thought Ffooks'
bail should be increased instead Of
lowered and Justice Gordon set $5,000s
which was posted shortly thereafter.
Mrs. Krieger is at liberty on $500
bond.
Evening star., 1936-10-05
Ex.C0M MERGE AIDE
EXPLAINS CUSTER
Ewing Y. Mitchell Publishes In
side Story of Politics
in Department.

Under the title Kicked In and
Kicked Out of the Presidents Little
Cabinet" book recounting the ex-
periences of Ewing Y. Mitchell as As
sistant Secretary of Commerce made
its appearance today.
A statement announcing the publi-
cation said, 1T tells the inside story of
the internal operations of the Govern
ment, showing how and why gross in
competence, great waste, extravaganza
and graft are allowed to flourish in its
various branches"
The author was practically drafted
into Commerce after thrice declining
the post, this statement says. It ex-
plains further:
"Mr. Mitchell's persistent attempts
to increase efficiency, stamp out illegal
and unethical practices, improve the
quality of the personnel in the bureaus
of the Department of Commerce under
his jurisdiction. and his repeated ef-
forts to secure civil actions for the
recovery of millions of dollars Illegally
disbursed and for Federal grand jury
investigations into such transactions,
finally resulted in his removal from
office in June, 1885,"
Evening star., 1936-10-05
DRIVE LAUNCHED
FOR CIVIC THEATER
Play October Fl to Climax
Drive-Committees Meet
at Luncheon. =.

Final instructions were to be given
team captains and workers in the
Washington Civic Theater's drive for
new members at q luncheon meeting
today, which marked the beginning
of q two-week campaign to be cli-
NAKED October 81 with the theater's
opening production, Caesar and
Cleopatra" It will be presented at
the Wardman Park Theater.
Day Tuttle. director of the or
ganiEation. and Oliver Gasch, cam
paign chairman, we're to address the
workers.
Women team captains include Mrs.
Daniel Partridge, Sd: Miss Barbara
Donald, Miss Olivia Stokes, Miss
Eleanor Wells, Miss Barbara Wright.
Miss Elsie Ekengren and Miss Alice
Graeme.
Men team captains include John
Garland Pollard, jr.; William Blum.
Albert Jackman, A. z. F. Wood, Phillip
Gore, L. M. C. Smith and Phillip
Herrick.
Special campaign committees also
have been appointed for the Board OF
Trade, Junior Board of Commerce,
Drama Guild, Columbia Players and
other organizations. Robert w. Will
son is vice chairman of the drive and
William Press is secretary.
Tomorrow at 4:45 pm. Director
Tuttle vii address the Women's City
Club. and Thursday he will make
three addresses, before the junior
Board of Commerce and the Kiwanis
Club at luncheon meetings, and the
Arts Club at dinner meeting.
Evening star., 1936-10-05
3,0()OCHERRY TREES
WILL Be PLANTED.
Japanese Variety Killed by
Flood to Be Replaced
in Park.

About 5000 Japanese cherry trees
will be planted in Potomac Park this
Fall. replacing those damaged by the
flood Of last March and filling in gaps
where the mortality rate has been
high, C. Marshall Finnan. superin-
tendent of the National Capital Parks,
announced today.
Several hundred trees either were
killed or damaged beyond salvage in
the food. the park chief said. The
parks office will purchase the trees on
the open market for the most part.
as American horticultural firms now
stock the famous Japanese cherry
trees, Finnan said. However. some of
them will come out of the park
nursery.
Mainly the single blossom variety
the Yoshino-will be planted in the
forthcoming program. Finnan said, for
in the next five years the emphasis
will be placed on this species. which
has delicate blooms of pink and
white. Around the Tidal Basin in
West Potomac Park, where the WASH
ington Monument and the Lincoln
Memorial form unusual backgrounds
for the picture of beauty each Spring,
the new trees will be planted where
gaps have occurred. Finnan made it
clear that some spaces will be left,
as at present, for vistas.
Particularly in East Potomac Park,
the ground level is being raised in
many places. to get the roots of the
new trees above the water that is
deadly to their growth.
Some $50 willow trees will be
planted in Potomac Park, mainly as
background for the cherry trees,
Finnan said. Many willows have been
lost in the last three years. due to
high winds, he explained, and q re-
placement program is now due. The
willows will afford shade for the golf
ers, he said.
The crab apple trees in Anacostia
Park, which rival the Japanese cherry
blooms, are in good shape, Finnan
said. as the flood did not damage
them.
Along the Mount Vernon Memorial
Highway this Fall. according to
Finnan, the railroad yards will be
screened out" with evergreenS, Caro-
lima hemlocks being used extensively.
The parks Office is seeding the
Washington Monument Grounds and
the area in the vicinity of the Water
Gate of the Arlington Memorial
Bridge.
Evening star., 1936-10-05
D. c, RETAIL SALES.
SHOW SO PCT. GAIN
OYER 1888 FIGURE.
1927, 900, 900 for Last Year
Is Only 49, ,000,0 900 Be.
low 1929 Mark.
PAY ROLLS UP 29 PCT;
EMPLOYEES ARE ADDED
Most Marked Increase Is 81 Pct.
in Business of Secondhand
Stores-Autos Next.

Stimulated materially by popula-
ton increase, retail sales in the Dis
trict. of Columbia showed 36 per cent
pickup from 1888 to 1885. inclusive,
the Commerce Department disclosed
today. On a dollar basis, the 1888
turnover in 6,156 stores was $24l, ,5l5,-
600 in 1888 and 1927 ,29s, 900 from
6,247 stores in 1885.
At the; same time, the 1885 figure
was approaching close to that of the
pre-depression year of 1929, when
retail sales here totaled 1896, ,262 900.
In contrast, the 1888 volume repre-
sented drop of % per cent from
the 1929 level.
In the 1885 comparison. retail pay
rolls moved slightly faster than en-
ploye rolls, with the former register
ing a 20 per cent gain and the latter
moving up rs per cent. Total pay
rolls in 1888 were s33 ,681 900. as COM
pared to 1921 900 in 1885. The
average number of employees in the
trade increased from 32,905 to 4l,527.
In the pay roll increase there was a
pickup of 80 per cent for full-time
work, but only ! per cent for part
time work
Most Marked Increase.
Accompanying tables show the
changes in separate classifications Of
the retail trade, among the most
marked being a 81 per cent increase
in business of secondhand stores dur
ing the 1933-35 span and a pickup
of 66 per cent in the automotive
group.
drop of 36 per cent in business of
the general stores group which is
defined as stores carrying food. but
being distinct from the food stores
and general merchandising groups
Farmers supply stores also reported
55 per cent drop in business.
Business Greatly Improved.
Changes in classification account for
some of the trends reported. the de-
partment explains. but the general
picture still is considered accurate in
its reflection of greatly improved re-
tail business in the District.
The survey is part of a national
census of business being conducted by
the Census Bureau under supervision
Of William L. Austin. director.
In addition to retail trade. the GEN.
sus will cover wholesale trade. service
businesses. entertainment enterprises,
hotels. broadcast stations. advertising
agencies, insurance, banking and
virtually every other phase of Amer
lean business.
Evening star., 1936-10-05

Rowe was charged at the fourth pre-
cinct with reckless driving.
Roy Perry of Upper Marlboro, Nd,
was in Casualty Hospital with a COM
pound fracture of the right leg and
internal injuries. He was found lying
in the roadway outside Marlboro.
A two-car wreck on a narrow road
winding up South Mountain. near
Bolivar, sent Mr.. and Mrs. Junis s.
Millard of Washington to the Wash
ington County MD Hospital. They
were riding in a car with Mr.. and
Mrs. Oliver w. Melchior, Scarsdale,
N. Y, on their way to the Capital
from a wedding in Cumberland, ac-
cording to the Associated Press. The
extent of their injuries was not re-
ported.
Charles Buffum, - Congressional
Library employe, was reported by the
Associated Press to be in serious con-
dition In Hartford County (Md.)
Hospital, Havre de Grace.
Buffum suffered q fractured skull
and a severed left ear when his car
overturned at Principle Hill, near
Havre de Grace. He and his wife
we're on their way back to washington
from Buffalo, N. Y. Mrs. Buium
suffered bruises and shock.
Evening star., 1936-10-05
Phrase Angler Learns Mullet
E1cels Red Herring on Trails

Confusion" the doctor came back;
why. it would smell up the whole
place.
Asked where the expression origi-
mated. the expert chanced a guess
that Shakespeare's Sir John Fastaff
produced it for domestic use.
Pursuing this trail to its obvious
destination-the Folger Shakespearean
Library-it suddenly ran cold With
one glance at concordance, authori-
ties there eliminated the bard of Avon.
But" suggested one of them, lets
look at the oxford dictionary"
There it was, a quotation from one
w. F. Bailey's book on Sir c. Napier:
"Englishmen so long diverted from
their own affairs by the red herring
of foreign politics so adroitly drawn
across the trail, etc"
Back at the Bureau of Fisheries DR..
Manning was still pursuing the trail.
1T just occurred to me-" he said,
that for confusing a trail an aging
mullet has 1t all over a red herring"
Evening star., 1936-10-05
TAX|CAb VICTIM
DIES IN HOSPITAL
Driver Held Without Bail in
Roy Perry Death-Four
Others Hurt.

Roy Perry, IS, of Upper Marlboro,
Md. died in Casualty Hospital this
morning, IL hours after he was struck
by Washington taxicab driven along
the Chesapeake Beach road miles
outside Upper Marlboro. He had suf-
fered q compound fracture Of the leg
and internal injuries.
Robert A. Jenkins of the 500 block
of M street, driver Of the death car,
was held in Prince Georges County
jail without bail on charges of reck-
less driving and driving under the
influence of liquor.
Jenkins. according to Prince Georges
County police, hit Perry near Hills
Bridge. at the Patuxent River, and
put him in his car to bring him to
the hospital. However. his progress
was halted when he hit a telephone
pole. The Upper Marlboro rescue
squad brought Perry to Casualty and
police took Jenkins to Jail.
Five Persons Injured.
Perry was one of five persons living
in and near Washington who were
in hospitals today as a result of trafiic
mishaps.
While wheeling bicycle across q
Potomac Park driveway, Gladys Rowe,
rs, of 1921 Jefferson place, w. P. A.
Evening star., 1936-10-05

ment Administrator low-rent hous-
ing development at nearby Berwyn,
Nd, launched about the same time as
Langston, is scheduled for completion
this Winter. Where Langston q year
from now will provide homes for 3l7
families. Greenbelt is expected to be
sheltering 1000
The antecedents of Langston Terrace,
however. 60 back to the Summer of
1884. If fate had not intervened. it
might have been built in the vicinity
Of Howard University or in Southwest
Washington near the Army War Col
lege.
1t was during that Summer that
Ickes. after nearly a pear of expert
menting with so-called limited divi-
dend projects, launched his first ILL
fated housing program for the Nation
with an allotment of about $l50.000
600. Something in excess of $4,000
900 were earmarked for two Washing
ton projects-one for white families
and one for colored.
The year or more Of adversely
which defeated all efforts to build
p. w. A. housing in Washington are
too well known to bear more than a
passing reference. The first attempt
to acquire q site for colored families
near Howard University was aban-
doned because of excessive costs.
Then the Housing Division got op-
tions in Southwest Washington, only
to be thrown out when property own
ers obtained q court injunction against
condemnation proceedings, difficulty
Ickes was encountering In other cities
also. Then efforts to build for white
families on desired sites on Rhode
Island avenue northeast and in Ana
costa also failed.
Abandoning his idea Of slum-
clearance, the original purpose of q
low-rent housing development in
Washington, Ickes finally acquired
title to the present site on Benning
road for Q colored housing project.
There are no housing funds now for
white project, although p. w. A.
holds an option on site in Anacostia.
At Langston, with no problem OF
slums, the first contract was awarded
December IL, 1895. # all goes well
henceforth, 1t may be ready for occu-
pancy within two years Of that date.
Figuring from August Of 1885, when
the site was acquired, Angston viii
have actually been somezk years in
building. In reality, however, 1t will
be nearer ~ years.
Evening star., 1936-10-05
BY EDDY GILMORE,

Armed with determination and a
dictionary. an angler for phrases
waded down the trail Of the red her
ring, that finny figure Of party ora
tory.
Red herring?" asked Assistant Fed
eral Fisheries Supt. Charles Jackson
Why, don't believe there is such a
fish"
Diving into packed files and bulging
books he came up with empty hands
and shaking head
However" he said, "if there Is
red herring. our DR.. John Manning
will know about it,
Red herring!" exclaimed the doc
tor, taking up the scent like a prac-
ticed sleuth. "sure-it's herring that
has gone bad"
The expert hastened to add that
herring is fatty fish and that when
it begins to age out Of water it turns
red
Would it be sufficient to cause con-
fusion if drawn across a trail?" he
was asked.
Evening star., 1936-10-05
POOL TO BE COMPLETED
Anacostia Park Facilities to BE
Available Next Season.

The new swimming pool In
Anacostia Park is scheduled to be
completed on December 20, G. Mar
shall Finnan, superintendent OF the
National Capital Parks. said today.
For the most part. the remodeling OF
the. field house In the park has been
completed to care for the swimmers,
who will use 1t next season.
The BZ Construction Co. Of New
York has been directed to proceed
with the driving Of piles to strengthen
the foundation for the pool, Is decided
by Secretary Ickes and the park au-
thorities. This viii entail the driving
Of piles some IS feet to solid rock
to insure . stable foundation Tor
the swimming pool and Withstand
any floods, similar to that OF last
March.
Evening star., 1936-10-05

clerk, was thrown
to the pavement
and dragged ap-
proximately 30
feet, police said,
by a car drivea
by Mrs, Gretchen
P. Rowe of Ar
lington County,
Va. no relation.
Miss Rowe was
a d m tilted to
Emergency Hos
pital with a frac-
tured pelvis, brok-
en- leg, dislocated
hip and severe
head injury. Mrs.
Evening star., 1936-10-05
Spanish Loyalist Friends Buy
Trinkets, Giue Cash For Cause
Total of 1928 Is Raised at ''NOn.AuctiOn
Sale'' After Speakers Assau "Threat
To World Democracy"

The offer was greeted with silence
After the seller was reduced to urs-
ing that four persons each offer $40
and then draw lots for the owner
ship of the picture, Bernard AIDES of
Clarendon, Va, broke the suspense
by putting up the whole $40.
Leon Brodski. who fed the wrath
of the Russian Gar in 1912 and has
been living in Washington since,
quickly bought the next article-a
painted fan-and nagnanimously
told the committee to put it up for
sale again.
Evening star., 1936-10-05
Club to Hear Page.

Paul D. Page, jr., win discuss "The
Democratic Party and the Coming
Election" before the Civitan Club Of
Washington ut q luncheon at noon
tomorrow at the Maynower Hotel. His
speech will be insenswer to the talk
made before the.S hub last week by
James C. Wilkes. ntrict Republican
leader.
Evening star., 1936-10-05
MAN HURT IN FALL

Falling 20 feet from q building
on which he was working, Tony
Chrestifaro, A, of 401 q street was
treated today at Emergency So-rx-
tai for internal injuries and cuts A'sd
bruises to his head. face an lsa.
His condition. Is undetermined
ChrestifaroN vas employed - .,
laborer on q building beins erected
at zoos c street.
Evening star., 1936-10-05
VISITORS INCREASE
S,2O6 Recorded at Washington
Monument for September.

A marked increase in visitors to the
Washington Monument was recorded
today by the National Park Service.
when 1t released figures compiled by
Charles A. Peters, jr., assistant director
in charge Of buildings, who has juris-
diction over the historic shaft.
Last month. 98,206 visitors we're re-
ported. as compared with 77.4ls .
year ago. August this year drew 1873. Il
628 visitors. against l01 .665 for the
same month in 1895.
Evening star., 1936-10-05
20 Million For Food Leads
List of DC. Retail Purchases

of the affected slightly by class
NN a for
census years following table:
The Nome daily nugget., 1936-06-29
NEGRO MURDERED
 YOUNG WIDOW AND
 SON WATCHED HIM O W IA N- %
26-Year-Old Widows Boy Looked On As Negro Thro,.led Her Life. Was Not
 Able Realize Mother Murdered
(By The Associated Pressl

CHICAGO, June 29-Before the terrified eyes of the year old son. abad beside her, Mrs Florence Thompson Castle, aged "A, comedy divorcee and enter taner choked and beaten to death by huge negro who invaded the small hotel room. On the mirroW of the dresser the killer scraWed with the victims pstick the Black Legion" Beneath writing and a crudely drawn skull and cross bones
 After questioning the son, police said they believed the slayer had either assaulted attempted to assault the victim after sluggipg her. before leaving he footed her purse and scattered it's contents the fire escape of the fifth floor of thirteen story building.
 James Castle. the son. said that the invader con- versed with him while beating his mother to death The boy further said that after the killer had fled down the fire escape he went back to sleep unreazing that his mother had been killed When unable to arouse her after awakening again he called the management of the hotel The boy also stated that when first woke up saw man sitting Mama hitting her with something and kept hitting her by the side of the ear and new he hurting her; then he put his thumbs on her neck and left them there asked the what he doing and he said am good doctor and when he left he said good bye to me-.
 Police have taken into cutody for questioning Rob- ert Taylor aged 30 jobess salesman and resident at the same hotel and Sid Schaps aged 35 Tavern mas ter of ceremonies where the woman worked Officers said they believed that the killer may have been jealous sutor who backed his face indicate that the crime was committed by negro.
The Nome daily nugget., 1936-06-29

Fourth Candidate For President Of United States
JULIUS JENSEN VICTIM OF ASSAULT NATIVE WITH SHARP EDGE OF SNOW SHOVEL. HE IS NOW IN HOSPITAL SERIOUS CONDITION
 ANDREW McCAFFERTY NOW IN JAIL

was stated. MT. Jensen was talk en 10 the hospital last evening early, suffering severe decorations about the scalp resulting from blows inflicted by the man who assaulted him, and who beat him with the blade of the snow sho- vel.
 Numerous stitches were taken in his scalp and today he was described as being conside' ably improved, over a serious condi- tion reported last night.
 Some witnesses described the
 (Continued on Page Two)
The Nome daily nugget., 1936-06-29

Julius Jensen, who has suffered continued illness during the past ten or twelve months in Nome which has rendered him seriously incapable of defending himself, was severely cut abodt the head and bruised about the arms and body Sunday about 1 PM, when attacked by native armed with a snow shovel, alleg- ed to be Andrew McCaferty.
 Two others, namely-John and Edward Horn-Were also subject ed to attacks just prior and at the time of the Jensen assault, it