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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-10-29
PERSONAL MENTION
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.

Dan Navarro, mead or Navarro
Incorporated, left by plane yes
terday afternoon for Miami for 9
brief business trip.
VIM. R. Porter, president OF
the First National Bank, who was
in Miami for brief business
visit, was a returning passenger
on the plane yesterday morning.
Carl Rom, senior radio cleo,
trician, who was making repairs
of radio equipment on the west
and east coasts of the state fol
the lighthouse department, re
turned by plane yesterday from
Miami.
Mrs. Lou Knowles left on tbs
Florida Motor Lines bus this
morning for Miami for a visit
with her daughter, Miss Dorothy
Knowles, and other relatives.
Mrs. w. w. Johnson left ovei
the highway this morning by bus
for Miami, called to Miami by the
serious illness of her daughter
Mrs. George |. Knowles, Jr.
Miss Florence Adams, daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. A. Maitland
Adams, left this morning by bus
for Miami where she will spend 3
few days with relatives anc
friends.
F. R. Carter, Inspector or
bridge and road projects of the
Overseas Highway, left this morn
ing for No Name Key, after {
brief business visit in the city.
Mrs. Bernice Dickens, supervisor
of educational projects, who was
on business visit to Key Wesi
and guest of Mrs. Grace Crosby
left this morning for headquarters
in Jacksonville.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jonathan Cate.
were arrivals in Key West last
evening over the highway from
Miami, where Mrs. Gates went g
short time ago for the purpose OF
receiving medical treatment.
Mrs. Hattie Saunders and son
Bert Saunders. left yesterday fol
Quincy, Fla. to visit her daugh,
ter, Mrs. 7. r. Payne. After heI
stay there, Mrs. Saunders vii
proceei to San Diego, California
for a visit with her daughters
Mrs. r. S. Ward and Mrs. Roberta
Haun.
Rufus Johnson, who had been
spending a while with relatives
and friends. left over the high.
way this morning for his home at
Upper Mateeumbe.
Mrs. Dorothy Hughes and son
Leo F. Hughes III, were arrivals
in the city yesterday from New
York, coming By plane from Mi
ami, to join other members of the
family and make their home for
the winter season at the Over.
Sea Hotel.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-10-29

Mrs. Lou Knowles left on the
Florida Motor Lines bus this
morning for Miami for a visit
with her daughter, Miss Dorothy
Knowles, and other relatives.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-10-29

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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-10-29

The Cole eight automobile
which was ordered sold at auction
today, was handled by Deputy
Collector L. 7. Bragassa, and sold
for $50 to the highest bidder. F.
]. Dion was the purchaser.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-10-29

Total number of poll taxes paid
by voters in the coming election
was 1854, a recheck of the eoun-
tvs records showed today. This
number, which represents that
many dollars, is the sum which
will be added to the school fund
of the county, as the law provides
that poll tax money be turned
over to the county schools.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-10-29

Editorial comment: Well if
Key West doesn't select seven
competent councilmen at the COM
ing election, it certainly viii not
be because she did not have
enough candidates from which to
choose.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-10-29

Mrs. w. w. Johnson left over
the highway this morning by bus
for Miami, called to Miami by the
serious illness of her daughter,
Mrs. George |. Knowles, Jr.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-10-29

and confidence of an old timer,
and the punch of Jack Dempsey.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-10-29

Carl Rom, senior radio cleo
trician, who was making repairs
of radio equipment on the west
and east coasts of the state for
the lighthouse department, re-
turned by plane yesterday from
Miami.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-10-29

Miss Florence Adams, daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. A. Maitland
Adams, left this morning by bus
for Miami where she will spend a
few days with relatives and
friends.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-10-29

Mrs. Dorothy Hughes and son
Leo F. Hughes III, were arrivals
in the city yesterday from New
York, coming By plane from Mi
ami, to join other members of the
family and make their home for
the winter season at the Over.
Sea Hotel.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-10-29

Rufus Johnson, who had been
spending a while with relatives
and friends. left over the high
way this morning for his home at
Upper Mateeumbe.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-10-29

F. r. Carter, inspector on
bridge and road projects of the
Overseas Highway, left this MORN
ing for No Name Key, after .
brief business visit in the city.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-10-29

Mrs. Bernice Dickens, supervisor
of educational projects. who was
on business visit to Key West
and guest of Mrs. Grace Crosby,
left this morning for headquarters
in Jacksonville.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-10-29

Mr.. and Mrs. Jonathan Gates
were arrivals in Key West last
evening over the highway from
Miami, where Mrs. Gates went a
short time ago for the purpose of
receiving medical treatment.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-10-29

VIM. R. Porter, president of
the First National Bank, who was
in Miami for a brief business
visit, was returning passenger
on the plane yesterday morning.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-07-10
Hamilton Fish Is Called
 Cheap Political Attacker

able organization of 5000 for each of nine broadcastS reduced her tax payments. Tax laws provide that gifts to charity from earned income are tax free only up to IS per cent of total earned income.
 vinson and other democrats said that republican members requested inspection of tax returns of individ. uals named by Fish they were ready to ask the treasury for the data. Secretary Morgenthaui already has told the committee that his tax re- turns were available for, inspection.
 Committee Chairman Robert L. Doughtcn, d.. N. O., said. however. he considered that phase of the in- quiry washed up."
 He did not have an iota of evi- dence--he. had nothing that would stand up. even in e justice of the peace t court" said Doughton. "It was just a cheap, weak political at- tack.">,
 vinson said he considered Fish's charges 'abyolute hooey."
 And that means too his charges that James Roosevelt had set up foreign corporations for tax reduo- ten purposes" Vinson said.
 The committee Is in s,cess mts Tuesday when treasury oficials are due to testify.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-07-10

Washington, July i0.-(UP)-- Democratic members of the con. gressional tax investigation commit tee challenged republicans today to prove that members of President Rooseveits family and Secretary of Treasury Henry Morgenthau, Jr.. had availed themselves of tex law loopholes. Rep. Fred M. vinson, d.. Ky, and other democratic commit teemen said they were ready to ex- anime tax returns of Mrs. Roosevelt and other members of the family if republicans proposed that the re. ports be investigated.
 The partisan furry resulted from appearance before the committee yesterday of Rep. Hamilton Fish, r., \. Y. Fish proposed that the cofn- mittee inquire into the tax returns of Mrs. Roosevelt, James and Elliott Roosevelt, Morgenthau, Mrs. Mor- genthau, Henry Morgenthau, sr., John L. Lewis, chairman of the Committee for Industrial Organiza- ton, WPA Administrator Harry F. Hopkins and Bernard Smith, big contributor to the democratic party.
 Fish singled out Mrs. Roosevelt for his major attack. He charged that a radio broadcasting contract providing for payment to a charit-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-07-10
CITY BROILS AS
 HEAT CONTINUES
First ProstratiOn Here Came Last Night; Peo.
 pie Deserting City

The fourth day of broiling heat wave that seen the temperature rise above 100 degrees today found Wa. terhurians leaving the city by the hundreds, seeking to find weekend relief from the heavy. heat-iaden air that hung low over the city. At 10 o'clock this morning the mer. cury was at e6 degrees, the same mark at which it stood yesterday at that time. It was believed that ycs- torday's high mark of i04 degrees might be equalled this afternoon, The weekend promises to see the hot spell continue. with the wea- therman saying fair and continued warm weather.
 The city's first reported heat pros. tration came last night when Mich- ael Ratunkni, 20. of 60 Diksman street. collapsed while working at the Scoyill Manufacturing Company. He was taken to St. MArys hospital. where his condition today was re- ported fair. The hospital said Rat unkni suffered from heat exhaus- ton.
 Lakes To Get Crowds
 Lake resorts were ready for the
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-07-10
NICOLA FIESTA IS
 S1 YEARS TODAY
As Usual Great Inventor Has Another New One
 for Birthday

New York, July io-1uP) -Nicoia Tesla, who celebrates each birthday by producing an invention, popped up with another one today because he's 8i. The slender wizard who has been credited with 700 inven- tons, including the electirc motor, the radio, in which he precede. Marconi. and the arc light, ii which he preceded Edison, announced that for bis sist birthday he had in- vented a device for breaking up atoms and producing cheap sub- Stitute for radium." Tesla wond. cred how the world would receive this newest product of his fertile brain.
 Laughed In 1896
 "Thcy laughed in 1896 when l told them about the cosmic ray" he said. "They jeered 3S years ago when 1 discovered the rotating fieL: principle for alternating currents. They called inc crazy when. 1 pre- dicted the radio, and when I sent the first impulse around the world they said it couldn't be done"
 Last year Tesla's anniversary in. vcntion was an electric power plant without wires. In 1885 it was "tele- geodynamicS"-the science of talk. Ing to the stars. The year before that he brought out the "death ray" and in 1883 1t was a machine to create unlimited energy"
 Practical Man
 TcSla--he calls himself "prac. teal man." not q scientiSts---said hIs fife was dedicated 10 snnihilat- ing distance" G
 T hope to sec It's fulfillr mt be- fore die." he added.
 At a luncheon today T, .ia will receive from the ministers of jugo- slAvia and Czechoslovakia the or der of the white eagle and the or. der of the white lion. He'll tell about his newest invention and how he does It,
 T don't drink coffee or tea, and I've never been married"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-07-10
LOYALISTS ARE
 MAKING CLAIMS
Sweeping Ahead Very Close to Madrid; Nation.
 alists Refute Story

Madrid, July i0-(UP)--0en. Jose Miaja, LoyaliSt commander in chief on the Madrid front, indicated to- day that his men were only start ing a gigantic offensive which, in It's fifth day. has cut deep Into the lines of the besiegtng Nationaiists.
 The intimatlon that this, at last, vas the start of c long promised big scale drive against the Natlon- alIsts, was contained In message MiAja sent to his troops. urging them on 10 victory.
 Message Of Coninihnder
 "Comradesl" Miaja said iri c fness sage which by his order was dis tYibuted ainong ell Loyalist soldiers this morning. You have been fighting for four days and you have shown yourselves as always. "The offensive 50 desired by all has been started. "Aviators, artillerymen. ifl- fantry. are fighting with the cour. age of expert veterans. Anti-Fascist Spain awaits from you the triump'I of our cause. GO forward. with. out looking behind or thinking Of other things than victory. Praise to the fallen heroesi Your general. "Miaja."
 Communiques Issued
 Steady progress was recorded in communicates. All objectivcS set for yesterday were taken, 1t was as. serted, and the Loyalists consoIidat- ed their positions. The LoyalisS
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-07-10
576Accidents Here M First Months OF 1897
Has Been Without an Auto Death Over Three Months, Says Police Superintendent

Waterbury had 676 accidents dur Ing the first six months of io37. q reduction of approximately nine per cent, according to figures announced today by the accident squad. During the first half of the year. there were only four fatalities, and city has been without an automobile death for more than three months.
 Police Superintendent William J Roach said today: During the first six months of this year the accident squad and the prevention bureau proved its worth to the City of Wa terbury. The accident department which had its birth on Nov. 6 of last year, has not only saved the people of Waterbury money by rec ducing property damage accidents but has also been the real cause the reduction in personal injury ace cidentS. The whole populace of Waterbury should be thankful for the splendid work being done by this group of men and should try to give them their whoie.hearted coopera- ton in observing the motor laws by safe and sane driving"
 Accidents Classified
 During the six-month period, the 576 accidents are classified as fol- lows: motor vehicle and pedestrain i30; motor vehicle and motor ve- hicle. 3Ti: motor vehicle and electric car, 3: motor vehicle and bicycle, s:
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-07-10
Scorching Week.End in Sight for Most of
 United States NO GENERAL RELIEF
 APPEARS IN SIGHT Eighteen Are Dead in This State; 6z Victims in All
 New England
tBy United Press)

The death toll of the sum- mer's first prolonged heat wave shot past 150 today, as thermometers reached record and near record heights for the fourth con- secutive day. A scorching weekend was in sight for nearly two-thirds of the United States, and with 1t the possibility of a serious Increase in traffic fatalities and drownings as hundreds of thous- ands sought relief in the country. side. The governments general forecast for the heat area was generally fair" and "contlnucd warm." Local thunderstorms added to the already oppressive humidity brought no general cooling-oif. Forecasters said no general relief was in sight.
 Texas escaped the heat in cooling rains. Temperatures in the deep south remained seasonahle. But elsewhere between the Rocky Noun.
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-07-10

 BUILDING BURNS

North Grafton. Mas. July i0-- (UP)A general alarm fire early to. day destroyed the ioo.year.oid three. story main building of the Washington Mills Emery Manufac- turing Company.
 Loss was estimated at between 931.vO0 and 460,0O0.
 Fire Chief Charles s. Burgess said the blaze started in emery-drying rooms in the wooden section Of the brick and wooden building.
 Two men working in the plant es: capped without injuries and sounded an alarm that summoned fire appa- ratus from South Grafton, Westboro and Shrewsbury.
 4 water, screen saved three other nearby wooden buildings occupied by the emery company for sixty years. Machinery and materials were destroyed. but ofiice records ifi the demolished building were saved.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-07-10
SEN. M'CARRAN
 SPEAKS ALL DAY
Opponent of Roosevelt Court Bill Dislikes Some
 of Senate Rulings
By JOE ALEX MORRIS


 United Press Stan Correspondent) D Washington, July io-(UP)-sen Pat McCarran, d., Nevr took up the battle against the administration ( substitute judiciary bill today by charging that 1t twill never come to a vote" because it ts worse than the original bill"
 Charging the senate leadership with unfair" tactics, McCarran said that the opposition was ready to vote any time the administration would propose to present to the people Q constitutional amendment embody- ing the "eSSence" of the court issue McCarran, who held the floor when the senate recessed yesterday said he would speak the entire after noon as a result of Majority Leader Joseph T. Robinson's decision to apply pressure for action on the bill by holding the senate in session of, Saturday despite short tempers and sweltering heat.
 May Keep Back Vote
 Few senate veterans believed that any action by the senate leadership could force the bill to a vote unless some entirely unexpected develop. ment changed the opposition atti- tude. Foes of the bill claimed A4 definite votes against it---enough tt prevent c vote for many months and the most optimistic claim of tho supporters was 62 votes.
 As 6 result, 1t appeared likely tht senate would scrap over the bill fol Continued on Page 2)
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-07-10
FORECLOSURES
 OF s1,ooo,ooo
There Were III Judg. ments Granted By Su.
 perior Court

Debts of almost $i,o00,oo0 are rep. resented in the Ill foreclosure judg- ments granted in the Waterbury superior court during the past sea- son. which started September Il, 1886, and concluded July 1, 1887. Judgments were entered by Judges Frank P. McEvoy. Arthur P. Els, John A. Cornell. Kenneth Wynne and Patrick B. O'Sullivan.
 The exact figure of the debts Is S064, ,00i .34.
 In the majority of the cases the Judgments have been completed. Comparatively few of the parcels of property involved have been re-. deemed by payment of the debts set by the court. Several valuable and prominent property tracts changed hands via the foreclosure route.
 Slight Increase
 Court ofiicials say that the figures
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-07-10
France Issues Threat To Germany Italy OUer Spain

trality patrol by warships, and Portugal's withdrawal of facilities accorded British neutrality observ- CTS on her Spanish frontier. It was known that the government was angry at delay in patching up the non-intervention control, but the extent of its determination came as surprise.
 It meant that unless Great Brit ain. delegated by the committee to find a solution of present difficul- ties, could suggest a way out by Monday, France would send home the neutral observers who have overseen her control of her Spanish frontier.
 The next step would be to with draw her own mobile guards and other units which have closed the frontier to arms. munitions and sol unteers, and permit a steady flow tc the loyalists in Catalonia.
 It was apparent that France wa. forcing the hands not only of Ger. many and Italy but of Britain Anxiety had been expressed plainl, lest Germany and Italy win Britain over to their side, leaving France isolated in her civil war policy.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-07-10
FOUR KILLED BY
 RAILWAY TRAIN

New Britain. Conn. July io-(uP) Police A.y started an investiga- ton int> the deaths of four New Britain residents, who were instant ly Killed late yesterday when their sedan was struck by Q passenger train of the New York, New Haven and Hartford railroad ct the New ington avenue crossing at Newing- ton.
 The three women and a man were riding home from work at Hartford when the accident oc- cured. Their sedan was demol- ished.
 Witnesses said the driver, Harry Blews, 40, stopped at the crossing to permit a north-bound train to pass. Then. 1t was said. he drove across the tracks into the path of the south bound train which he apparently failed to see. In addition to Dlews, the dead were: Mary E.. German, 62; Catherine M. Gaha- gan, 42; Sarah A. Coffey, 45.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-07-10

The question of whether Water. bury should not as municipality attempt to obtain share of the immense fund allotted for the Fed eral Housing division of the Public Works Administration. was raised at that time. It had been moot before however, for those familiar with Waterbury's definitely industrial makeup foresaw an acute condition obtaining when things got back to normal" and the factories were running full time again.
 Payrolls Were Increased
 During the last few months fac- tory payrolls have equalled and passed the excellent marks of 1929, according to chamber of commerce figures. But properties, vacated, de- teriorated. during the intervening years today are not adequate to meet the present demand for low cost rents, 1t was said,
 Here recently, there has been a noticeable increase in the purchase of lots, usually the small lots oi the fifty to eighty by l20 to i60.foot size. The meaning of this seems to be that many are planning to build within the subsequent months after full payment for their new land properties.
 Conditions Don't Balance
 Tiis, of course. would lead some observers to remark that there will be plenty of vacancies in the city and suburbs when the building program gets under way It doesn't follow. however. that ouch condi- ton can be expected to maintain. Families seeking livins quarters
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-07-10
GEORGE BRENT TO
 SEEK DIVORCE

Hollywood. July i0-(UP)--deorge Brent. former husband of Ruth Chatterton. will seek to annui his six-weeks-old marriage to Con- stance Worth, young film star, his studio representatives said today.
 Brent and Miss Worth eloped to Mexico, May 10. Brent, 1t was un- derstood, will charge that marriage laws of that country were not cb- served. Miss Worth is not expected to contest the action.
 Brent, whose name once was linked romanticaliy with that of Greta Garbo, is 3s. He and Miss Worth, an Australian whose beauty attracted film scouts when she was marooned here by the ship strike last year, lived together 10 days and then decided they were not meant for each other," 1t was said.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-07-10
Burglars Scared or By Morning Milknan
They Were Removing Safe From Coca Cola BottIing Co. on Sperry Street-$l ,000 in Safe-FIed
 at Alarm of Mikman

A milkman's alarm at 3;25 this morning routed burglars in the act of removing heavy safe contain- ing $i,oo0 from the offices of the Coca Cola Bottling O., of Connec. ticut, 10 sperry street, The safe, car- ried from the office into the adjoin- ing garage, was not opened. The miikman, who was not identified, was driving past the office when he heard the crash of breaking glass He drove on to Exchange Place, and notified sergt William Feeley. The officer hailed c passing motor patrol car, carrying Motor patrolman wil- liam Dwyer and Raymond Grady The two policemen sped to the scene, but found the burglers had fled.
 Meantime, Sergt. Feeley phoned an alarm to headquarters and Sergt. Joseph Bagley dispatched Motor Patrolmen Joseph Mccarthy and James Wagner to the office. The policemen found that entrance to the office had been gained by Jim- mying open door. Two windows were broken. The heavy strongbox was in the garage when the officers arrived, and the burglars apparent- ly ready to place 1t an automobile and speed away when the alarm was given. The company manager, James Adams, of ii4 Grove street, and the cashier, Peter oannuts, of il Orange street, were notified. After an ex- animation they said that nothing else in the office had been disturb cd. Detectives were continuing the hunt for the burglars today.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-07-10
ALDINO DOS REFS
 IN MINOR MISHAP

Aldino Dos Reis, of i6Sh Mill street, was arrested on c reckless driving charge at 7;3o this morning following an accident onI North Main street In which two cars were badly damaged.
 The acused'S car crashed into an automobile driven by Hortense Wor- den of Bunker Hill road. Police said the womans car suffered dam age of $360, while the other machine was damaged to the extent of ti6o.
 Motor Patrolman Joseph Me- Carthy made the arrest.