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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-10-21
Summary OF What Island
City Has to Offer Ma
ton At This Time To
Be Made Known

Through the courtesy of the
Florida Chamber of Commerce the
story Of Key West will be told
ever a Florida Broadeasting Sta
ton. There will also be a sum-
mary of what the city has to of
fer to the nation at this time.
This broadcast is scheduled to
be on the air Wednesday evening.
October n, from s.1s 70 $50.
The station to which Key westers
and thousands Of Others win tune
in viii be announced later.
President Harold colee. Of the
State Chamber Of Commerce, in.
vited the Key West Chamber to
supply the data for the broadcast
and this is being compiled by
Secretary s. c. Singleton and
win be forwarded within a few
days.
The program viii be: |, theme
song, srwanee River; 2, Alnnounc-
er's opening statement; 3, History
Of Key West; 4. Musical interval;
5, What Key West has to offer
today; 6, Theme song; Z, An
-rsfsncer.s closing statement.
The story Of Key West win be
told by q trained announcer and
fans with perfect receivers will
hear the broadcast all over the
United States. and doubtless IN
New Zealand and other foreign
countries.
Other Florida cities are to re-
ceive the same kind Of helpful
publicity at the same hour each
week and Key Westers are cord
tally invited to tune in and COM
pare notes.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-10-21
TWO CASES ARE
HEARD In COURT
BOTH DEFENDANTS ARRAICN-
ED PLEAuED GUILTY
TO CHARGES

Pursuant to call, special ses-
sion Of criminal court was held
yesterday, with Judge William
v. Albury presiding and all
court officials present,
Two cases for minor offenses
we're summoned before the tribun-
al, each Of the offenders offering
70 plead guilty to the charges.
Chester Harris, who was charg-
ed with assault and battery, en-
tered a plea Of guilty and was
sentenced to pay y fine Of SIS OF
spend 80 days at hard labor in
jail.
The same sentence was melted
out to Melvin Sawyer, who was
charged with petty larceny and
also entered a guilty plea.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-10-21
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RARE SPECIMENS
ARE EXHIBITED IN
LOCAL AQUARIUM

Two of those rare species
of erawfish, known as Japan
csc and called by some Span
ish erawfiah, are on display
At the Key West Tropical
Aquariuna, and are attracting
a great deal of attention.
They were caught recently
by Jose Romero. in charge of
the tanka, and who says they
are seldom taken in these
waters. The eoloring Of
these crnstseeans are red and
brown. They have ne whips
as do the Americas species,
but where the whips should
be are sections, which are
practically the same as the
tail. which projects from the
head and slopes downward.
Mr. Romero also has an
other founder. This resembles
the enc which he had in the
tanks for several weeks. and
Is beautifully spotted. II is
about Ia inches long.
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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-10-21

his aim was to add 70 the
schools surrieuiam. ; general shop
IN which boys would be offered
trimming IN ssrieus fields 4 60.
erdinator weuld be IL charge 81
the general shop and IN earring
cat the plan 81 Profes.sr DRY
art. woud piaee students wheFe
they coula obtain aetaal exper-
iencs "a tie vn<ntion q which they
are s1fteA Ths plan has been
highiy sseeemfal n hxh aehools
10 ether parts of she eourtry.
A v3Ein ard vocal sole aeeom-
paniel b. Knwman cury o. -
Fsan< as greatly en5oyed - Al
asteAding.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-10-21

Of these activities were an unex-
pected surprise. not only to the
candidates. but also to those pre-
dictors who swere convinced
that there woula not be 1000
paid. AS a matter OF truth the
books in the office Of Mr.. Ladd
shows a total Of l.4ss. paid up to
the closing hour.
Il is estimated BY Mr. Gomes
that on the registration books
there are approximately 1900
names 81 voters who are legally
exempt which makeS q total vot.
ing force u a.6ss qualified to "a
% TIE poles on November 2. and
east their ballots Tor their favorite
candidates.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-10-21
BANQUET HERE
THIS EVENING

Members of the Key West Golf
Club are being notified today that
the monthly banquet of the club
which is regularly celebrated Fri
day night viii be held this eve
ming.
Il was announced some time
ago that Friday night was the
date but the arrival of District
Governor Roland S. Horton, of
international Rotary, made it
necessary to change the date.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-10-21
Sale OF Automobile Tags
Far Behind Other Years

Yesterday afternoon the records
of automobile tag sales in the city
numbered $50 which leaves APP
proximately 900 yet to be called
for, and the movement is slow as
compared to last year, said City
Clerk Wallace Pinder.
These tags are placed on sale
October / and from that date on,
in previous years, the movement
has been swift and by this time
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-10-21
MOUSE CAUSES FURRY

carbohydrates when a
telephone conversation with his
wife ended with her exclamation.
oh. ny GodT' and silence.
Samuel segaI called the police.
Fifteen policemen. armed with
shotguns, sped q TIE home 70 find
Mrs. SegaI urssbnaious be@isie .
dangling receiver Revise4 Ahs
rasped. Hes sti1 In the house
He may be under the bed, or
maybe IN = closet. But he's sfill
here! He ran right up to me---
The ~hes vas a mouse.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-10-21

approximately 500 had been sold.
But this year interest seems to be
tagging.
1t is understood that shortly
after the first of November of
ficels win be instructed to de-
mand strict enforcement of the
laws and advise all delinquents to
either purchase the tags as re-
quired by law, or keep their We
hicles off the streets.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-10-21
MRS. WILLIAMS
ARRIVES In CITY

Mrs. Roger Williams Of Puerto
Rice. is a recent arrival in Key
West. who came here 70 be with
her husband. a patient in the Ma
rine hospital.
Mr.. Williams was steward on
the Steamship Fl Carrie. OF the
Texas Company Lines. and was
brought 70 Key West on a vessel
OF the U. 8. Coast Guard to be
placed in the hospital for treat
ment
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-10-21
Assembling at Love Lans abess
BICYCLE WINS SPEED TEST

Chicago.-In a test for speed in
heavy city traffic, in which a BIZ
cycle, taxicab, elevated train.
private automobile, horse. bus
and street ear competed, the
bicycle made the trip. about one
mile, in eleven and q half min
uteS, beating the taxicab By a
quarter Of a minute.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-10-21
CHILDREN TO
HAVE PARADE
MEMBERS OF KINDERGARTEN
CLASS TO BE SEEN ON
STREETS TOMORROW


One of the first signs of Hal
lowe'en activity win be demon
strated tomorrow morning by
Mrs. n. P. Nelson's kindergarten
class. the members of which have
planned a parade tomorrow morn
ing. s,.~x
Assembling at Love Lane hbppt
10 O'Clock, the youngsters will
march to Southland street, along
that street to Duval, then along
Duval to Fleming to William
to Southland and back to the
point of starting.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-10-21
TENDER POPPY
RETURNING HERE

Tender Poppy, of the Light
house Department. attached to
the Seventh District, which has
been working on the Intracoastal
Waterway over a long period, is
expected to arrive at Key West
shortly.
The tender is scheduled to
leave West Palm Beach today,
and about tomorrow will head for
Key West, it was announced at
department headquarters.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-10-21
BuRIEs MONEY. LOSES IT

ANTIOCH. Calif.-In 1888,
Mrs. Rose Giovanni, fearing bank
moratoriums. buried $4,000 in 8
tin can in her basement. Unable
TO find It after two days digging
recently, she advertised for help
A crew OF neighborhood boys. al
dime apiece. literally tore up
the basement and unearthed the
money in short order.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-10-21
CITY Disposes OF Waterfront
Property; A. Maitland Adams
Assumes Amount Of Mortgage
Consideration Is Seventy
Five Hundred Dollars;
Given Quit-Claim Deed
To Holdings

The City Council, at it's regular
meeting last night. adopted a
resolution agreeing to issue a
quit-elaim deed to the property
owned by the municipality at the
foot of simonton street, and gen
orally known as the Wagner
property. to A. Maitland Adams,
for the consideration of $500.
The provisions Of the agree
msns are that Mr.. Adams is TO
pay the amour. Of $500 10 Mrs.
carIOtta A. Riley of Baltimore.
Md. to satisfy the mortgage held
by her against the property, with
the understanding that the city is-
sue a qui.-elaim deed. giving MIR.
Adam. FUN possession Of the
property.
The property Ia. frontage
Of IS feet on Front street,
frsm the corner Of sinonsoa, and
runs shense along = line TO the
water.
Another matter coming before
the meeting last night, was that
Of revoking the beer license issued
some time ago to the wife Of Abe
Iardo Lopez, who conducts a place
Of business on Simonton street.
It was brought out that the or
der for revoking the license, which
was passed on at a previous meet
ing, had not been carried out, and
the clerk was instructed to draw
a warrant covering the amount OF
the license, which i 70 be turned
over to the chief Of police with IN
structiOns 70 present same to The
owner Of the place. and disposses
her Of the license which was grant
ed at the time.
Sam Goldsmith addressed the
meeting relative TO proposed inn
provements TO be made to the
golf course for the winter sea-
son, and that of employing George
Dodge a. pro 81 the course dur
ing the season. The council sane
toned the plans Of the golfers.
and promised 70 cooperate IN
every way possible IN having The
links pat in first-eiaas conditions.
Il was ordered that funds be
appropriated for the purpose Of
having the qualified list Of voters
Tor the city election published IN
The Key West Citizen.
a letter was read from the
PIT. Association requesting that
the council make a donation To-
ward the lunch room project. i
ssas ordered that $40 per month
be given 70 the eauae. beginning
November !.
John Marxyek presented . BIZ
q the council % the amount -
$685. for the purchase ~ "a auto
mobile tire and tnbe. requesting
that the council refund him this
amount due 70 the fact that enc
~ the tires on his anto wns ruin-
ed When he ran into IN opening
On the street n front 81 ths city
haH.
Hastings Piodeia Inferred the
council that Theuaas Casb had been
employed =. night wntehman AZ
the golf course % look ost Ter
different applianees and eq1ip-
ment ~ TIE sters heune. srs oth-
erwise keep . iookest for tbinrs
u general. Il vs. she0n ttat .
watehnan ~ tha tire was yery
necessary
There wers . fsw otber saattsFs
- sinner fnpertanee, uhiek weFe
~ : routine natsFe. eemlng -
fexe tks meeflnR. and after o.
poeinw ~ thess. ~ adieaFnmens
uaa ofslered
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-10-21
Story Of Key West To Be
Told In Radio Broadcast
DUKE AND DUCHESS
OF WINDSOR PLAN
VISITING KEY WEST
Especial to The Cltlzen)
xr6AarIrnIcrnM

NSWrNNNlN 70 Nc NAtNNCNEy
WASHINGTON, D. C.,
Oct. 21.-It has been report
ed that the Duke and Duchess
of Windsor are making plans
for . visit to Key West in
connection with their propos-
ed American tour on ''New
DEAF conditions.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-10-21

Key West, Florida, has the
most edaable climate in the
country; with an average
range of only Ia Fahrenheit
Evening star., 1937-02-04

l-s15o sx12 Beige Washed Broadloom Rug, soied 1895
Isx2 Green American Oriental Rug As b 1885
$3.50 sxz Tan Texture Boadoom Rugs las Isl
s-s450 Administer Rugs only one pattern
le-750 9x12 seconds
IlS5o a7x5n Plain texture Gulan Carpet Samples dis
s-3s5 3oxso-n. Plaincolor Reversible Chenille RugsN
I-Ss5 Felt-base Rugs, seconds
7-3a5 27x5l.n. Reversible Cotton Chenille
$50 24x4S-in Reversible Cotton Chenille
14-Ls5 Cotton Chenille
5o-S1 24x42 Oval Rag
2-7sc 20x36 Oval Rag Rugs
80 pieces 1888 to 500 3xsft pieces Of Inad Linoleum
50 So YdA 4sc to CSC Yd Remnants Floor Cover
ing. to I'D. pieces. Damaged So Yd
Coz
Evening star., 1937-02-04
22.95 to 24.95 Reversible
Wool Chenille Rugs

Both sxl1 and Sx1o #. sizes.
Only 20 them, you'll have to be among the ID .91
early-oomers, be disappointed. Plain -coored Cd
rugs, woven reversible which means twice the
Particularly fine for bedrooms
Sixth Hecht CO..
Evening star., 1937-02-04
Upholstery

1900 Yds Of Printed 50-in Upholstery Fobries
Colorful floral cretonnes and Hnen-and-cot- HAA
ton fabrics termed misprnts because Of an SSBC
occasional slip-up in the pattern moth ~ - vd
ing that seriously affects their looks f.,r;t.,
Full bolts and patterns galore
Heeht Coz
Evening star., 1937-02-04

S0-sc Shades Soled and 10c
REG.
1o-sc Pillow 1oc
3-Reg $3.50 Spreads Drape and Boudor Table 6c
P-Reg Rufed Curtains. 36n wide in
CSC pr.
$795 50x2A long $5S5
6-Reg S395 $40 Aim Wooden Window
3-Reg S2ss5 Cedar Chests Brandt ----$2495
1s P-Reg. SO Curtains 36n wide IN yds long,
In ivory only 81 pr.
(sixth
Imperial Valley press., 1937-08-24
Sit Strikers Like
NeighbOrs, Outstay
Welcome, is Claim

NEW YORK, Aug. "a. WP)-
Ernest Eckes looked at the 1870 sit
town strikers in his cigar factory
today, and commented that they're
just like neighbors who might come
to my house and outstay their well
come"
He was distressed because the
strikers had been in the plant 1874
days-the longest sit-down demon
stration on record-and the courts
had refused to order their evictio
Magistrate Edgard Bromberger
ruled that Eckes, through permis-
sion and sufference," had permitted
the strikers to occupy the factory
so long that it was beyond the pow
er of the court to order eviction for
unlawful possession of property.
Eckes admitted that he had al
lowed the strikers to have electric
lights and that he had received
and delivered mail and telephone
messages for them, but he added
There must come an end. / can
not have them in the plant till
Christmas"
Imperial Valley press., 1937-08-24
MINUS LEGS!
Cigar Smoking Swimmer,
Using Arms Only,
In Long Trial

ALBANY. N. Y, Aug. "a. (UP)
Charles Jimmy, 43 year old leg
Ices endurance swimmer, made
SLOW progress through cheppy wa
ter i'm the Hudson river today on
projected nonstop, 143 mile swim
from Albany to New York City.
Jimmy smeared himself with
80 pounds of greaGe and plung-
ed into che river at All pm.
(CST) yesterday. Early today,
swimming against the tide, he
mad covered approximately six
miles.
A yacht, carrying supplies, and
a mail rOwbOat accompanied the
swimmer, whose legs were severed
ir Chicago street car accident
when he was nine years cid. Two
hundred cigars were i'm the cargo.
Jimmy said, 81 am seldom with
ont a cigar in my mouth when I'm
in the water,
I'll see you near the great
white way Saturday evening",
Jimmy told friends.
He planned to sleep during the
day, floating on his back. because
the Temperature of the water is
better for swimming at night.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-08-24
DJanitOr Assaults
Widow, BIudgeons
=. Victim to Death

WASHINGTON, Aug. "a. CUP)-
District of Columbia police charged
today that the Staying of woman
rooming house operator a year ago
provided MAJOR McAfee, 81 year old
Negro janitor, with his plan for kill
ling Mrs. Henrietta Anderson. pret-
ty 36 year old widow.
McAfee, they said, was a govern
ment witness against his friend,
Norman Wesley Robinson 27. Negro
handyman, now awaiting execution
In the electric chair for the murder
Of Mrs. Florence Goodwin.
Mrs. Goodwin was killed by re-
peated blows over the head with
9 furnace shaker. The rooming house
In which she was killed is located
D. block from the apartment where,
police said McAfee confessed, he
assaulted Mrs. Anderson, a steno-
grapher in the veterans bureau.
Capt. Ira Keck of the detective
bureau said he belived the motive
was jealousy-whether real or fan
cied.
Mrs. Anderson's body, spraWled
across blood spattered daybed and
her head horribly buldgeoned, was
found by her niece, Miss Roberta
Lucas, a hotel hat check girl.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-08-24
+. R. Aides TO Fight
Special Fall Session

WASHINGTON, Aug. "a .CUP)-
An attempt to dissuade President
Roosevelt from calling a special fall
session Of congress is being planned
by certain administration leaders.
it was reported today.
Several Of Mr.. Roosevelt's Capitol
Hill lieutenants, it was learned,
will call at the White House before
they leave Washington this week to
advise him against bringing con-
gress back here before the regular
January session.
This effort was revealed as so
called Liberals" in both houses
demanded a special session to enact
farm surplus control and wage
hour legislation.
Ine President was represented by
recent White House callers as lean
Imperial Valley press., 1937-08-24
COURT SETS
ASIDE GIFT
OF $5OO,OOO

SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. "a. WP)-
A $500 900 judgment granted by the
Los Angeles superior court against
the estate of the late James Boone
Lankershim had been set aside to-
day by the California supreme
court.
The judgment was obtained, to-
gether with six per cent interest
and court costs, by Mrs. Irene Her
bert, nurse and companion to Lam
kershim for several years before
his death in 1881.
Mrs. Herbert said Lankershim had
given her a check for $500,000 in
return for services and loving care"
she gave him during the last years
of his life.
The supreme court held there was
considerable evidence to support
allegations of Lankershim estate at
torneys that Mrs. Herbert altered
the check from $500 to $50O,OOO.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-08-24
SOME TALKER! !
WOman's Tongue Keeps
Her Out of Prison,
Goes to Asylum

SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. "a. U,P)-
Mrs. Lillian Pittler, stock, middle
aged woman. found guilty of assault
with deadly weapon in shooting
and slightly wounding George Pa
mario, a banker tC1ay had talked
herself out of a penitentiary SEN
tence but into an insane asylum.
AT her first trial she contended
she pointed the gun at Panario in
a crowded downtown street because
she wanted to attract attention so
newspapers would print her story
that banks had robbed her"
through foreclosures on property.
She said she dii not intend to
fire the revolver but someone jostled
her elbow and it went off. The jury
thought otherwise AMI returned a
verdict of guilty.
Faced with sentence of from
one to 10 years in the state prison
for women, Mrs. Pittler, still acting
as her own attorney, made long
and impaSSioned plea at her second
trial, in which she pleaded not gull
ty by reason of insanity.
For four and one half days she
talked, giving a rambling account
Of her life and her opinions while
Jurors nodded drowsily and Won
lered how 10no II would cnntinue
The court ruled previously that she
was entitled to as much time as she
required for her defense.
Yesterday she announced her case
was closed. Three hours later the
Jurors returned a verdict that she
was insane. She faces confinement
for at least one year in the Men
docino State hospital.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-08-24
Farmers Warned
To Expect Change
In AAA Program

California producers of winter
wheat and such crops as cotton and
5ugar beets are advised by the Agri-
cultural Adjustment administration
to consiler probable provisions of
the 1888 Agricultural Conservation
program in making plans for plant
ings this fall.
Seedlings of soil-depleting crops
not to exceed 80 per cent of the
1897 soil-depleting base acreages are
suggested by AAA officials. Provi-
sion for soil-depleting acreages are
expected to be lower in the 1898
program than in 1897.
Most farmers who keep seedlings
to 80 per cent of the 1887 soil-de-
pleting base should qualify for the
1888 program. However, individual
farmers who have large percentages
of their crop land in soil-depleting
bases, will find it necessary to make
a greater adjustment in order to
meet 1888 program requirements.
Paintings for 1888 of 80 per cent
Of 1887 soil-depleting bases are sug-
gested at this time to guide farmers
who need this information in adj
vance of announcement of full de-
tails of the 1888 Agricultural Con-
cervation program.
Approximately 100000 acres of
fall paintings are made by Califor-
MIA farmers.
An outline for the 1888 program
is now being developed in Washing
ton. In drafting the 1888 plan, con-
sideration is being given to recon-
mendations presented by California
farmers at a conference held in
Berkeley July 10 to 81.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-08-24

the marriage was contracted in good
faith, and therefore should stand,
even though some technicalities of
Mexican law may not have been
complied with.
Brent claims their May 10 elope-
ment is illegal because they did not
undergo health examinations and
fulfill other Mexican marriage laws.
He testified pressure" was behind
his decision to elope, and an attor-
ney took the stand to quote Brent
as saying the actress pleaded for
the elopement.
Miss Worth rushed from the stand
weeping Historically Friday. She
testified Brent said he was "tired
of being married" and said Mex
ican marriage isn't legal, anyway"
The hearing was adjourned to
Sept. at the request of the attor-
neys, who desired to study points
of Mexican law that have been
raised.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-08-24
HOG PRICES
GO DOWN
FULL CENT

LOS ANGELES, August 24.-Hog
prices have declined a full cent per
pound during the last three weeks,
the decline being in effect on the
Los Angeles as well as all other
major livestock markets. The de-
cline is not particularly disturbing
to hog feeders and producers as
prices are still relatively remunera-
tive, particularly in view of declining
prices Of grain and other feedstuffs
There continues to be q serious
shortage of hogs the country over
as indicated by the most recent re.
ports of slaughter in the United
States unuer Federal inspection
Slaughter of hogs in July totaled
l,643,ll2 against 2,69i,8 Bis a year ago
and 39l4,000 four years ago, when
hog numbers were at an all-time
peak in the United States. Indica-
tions are that it will take at least
a year before numbers of hogs
produced in the country may be
materially increased, and an even
greater period before We may hope
to have hog supplies back TO any
thing like a normal basis. There
fore, while We may have fluctuations
in prices, members of the trade
anticipate hog prices will be MAIN
tanned on a very satisfactory and
profitable level to producers for a
long time to come.
The long heralded shortage in
numbers of cattle likewise seems
to have materialized, for the July
slaughter of cattle under Federal
inspection in the United States al
100000 shows tremendous decrease
from the $4,000 reported a year
ago. Calf slaughter showed a lesser
decline, dropping to $4,000 in July
against $4,000 a year ago.
United State Department of Agri-
culture reports indicate a decrease
of nearly 80 percent in the number
of cattle on feed in the middle
western states. as compared with a
year ago. The greatest decreases
are in Iowa, South Dakota and Ne
braska, where the 1896 drouth great
ly reduced available supplies OF
grain and other feeds.
These states are expected to show
a considerable increase in cattle
feding during the coming fall and
winter due to the vastly improved
outlook for a satisfactory corn crop
Encouragiry to livestock feeders
the country over is the decline in
prices of grain and other livestock
feeds which goes far towards re-
moving the hazards from livestock
feeding operations.