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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-03-13
INVITE OFFICIALS
TO VISIT HAVANA
WOULD HAVE MAYOR AND
MEMBERS OF COUNCIL KS
THEIR GUESTS

Enrique Esquinaldo, president
of San Carlos, and the Joint COM
mittee attending to matters in
connection with the unwilling of
the monument to Jose Marti, has
received a telegram from Jose
Manuel Castillo, chairman of the
Cuban commission, extending an
invitation to Mayor H. C. Galley
to visit Havana.
The telegram points out that
DR.. Laredo Bru, president of
Cuba, will be glad to receive the
mayor and members of the city
council and discuss with them the
unveiling of the Marti memorial
which will probably take place on
April 10.s
In the message is expressed the
thought that if on their visit the
mayor and the councilmen extend
an invitation to the president to
be present at the uveiling cere-
monies, he will probably accept
and come here for the cere-
monies.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-03-13
CONDUCT SERVICES
FOR THOMAS POPE
HELD LAST NIGHT WITH REV.
sHULER PEELE Of
FIcIATING

Funeral services for Thomas
Pope whose body was recovered
yesterday from the water, were
held s o'clock last night from the
chapel of the Lopez Funeral
Home. Rev. Shuler Peele, of
Fleming Street Methodist church,
officiated.
Mr.. Pope fell Monday night
from the pier of the P. and o. S.
S. company just after leaving the
carnival, it is said, and his body
floated to the surface yesterday
just before noon.
Death, it was announced, was
due to drowning and it was evil
dent from the condition of the
body that drowning was the
cause and there was no necessity
of empanelling a coroner's jury.
Besides other relatives the de-
ceased is survived by one sister,
Mrs. Bertha Mcconnell, of Mi
ami.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-03-13
ADVISORY BOARD
HOLDS MEETING
C. C. HICKS PREsIDEs A:
TEMPORARY CHAIRMAN
OF GROUP

Clifford G. Hicks presided as
temporary chairman of the Citi-
zen's Advisory Council at the
meeting of the body which was
held Thursday evening in the con-
sultation room of the council at
WPA headquarters.
Since no one has been appoint
ed ia fill the position made vacant
by the resignation Of Mrs. VIM.
r. Warren, Mr.. Hicks was Sc
lected to serve until a permanent
chairman has been named.
Those present were: DR.. J. C.
Gekeler, Rev. w. j. Reagan, S.
j.. Joe Pearlman, DIR. Harry C.
Galley. Carl Bervaldi, Miss Mary
L. Patrick, DR.. James B. PARA
more, John C. Miller, and Mrs.
Gladys Roberts.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-03-13
PROGRESS
MEETING WILL BE
HELD ON MONDAY
LARGE NUMBER WILL HEAR
GOVERNOR CONE OUTLINE
PLANS AT CONFERENCE IN
JACKSONVILLE
Especial to The citixenl

JACKSONVILLE, March 3D.
Several hundred business leaders
from all parts of Florida are ex-
pected to attend the Florida Pro-
gress Conference here Monday to
hear Governor Fred P. Cone out
line his plans and program for
Florida's advancement and econo-
my in government, Harold Colee,
president of the Florida State
Chamber Of Commerce, said to-
day.
The governor will be the prin-
cipal speaker at luncheon ses-
sion beginning at p. m, in the
roof-garden of the Mayflower
hotel. The state chamber is
sponsoring the conference to give
Governor Gone the opportunity of
clarifying his thoughts and ideas
to the people and press of Florida
and is the outcome of several
talks between the governor and
Mr.. Coiee.
Invitations were sent OFT yes
terday to representative business
men and women of the state, Mr..
Colee said, the mailing list in
Guiding the membership and direc
torate of the state chamber, Off
Gals of the local chambers of
commerce, newspapers, bankers,
county commissioners of the state,
mayors of Florida cities, officials
of the Junior Chamber of Com
merce, legislators, and officials Of
leading statewide organizations.
Arrangements have been made
for the governors remarks to be
broadcast from a local station
from $50 to 200 p. M, Mr.. Co
lee said.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-03-13
JURY RENDERS
VERDICT CITING
DEATH OF MAN
PROCEEDINGS DEAL WITH
CASE OF EARL DuNFEE
WHO DIED SUDDENLY IN
DOCTORS OFFICE

Late yesterday afternoon the
coroner's jury investigating into
the death of Earl Dunfee, who
died during a consultation with a
local physician, rendered a YER
dict to The effect that the deceas-
ed came to his death from a heart
attack. Death occurred about 2
o'clock Thursday afternoon.
Members of the jury were;
Uric Gwynn, foreman; Merville
E. Rosam, Sr., John Nelson,
George NJ. Parks. Millard Gibson
and Eddie Albrry, ST., serving in
the investigation under Franklin
Aren't erg, justice of the peace
and coroner ex-officio.
The Investigation was started
Thursday afternoon and was con-
tinued until after A o'clock yes
terday afternoon, while several
expert authorities were called in
to consultation.
Mrs. Dunfee and sister arriv-
ed yesterday from Miami to take
charge of the effects of the de-
ceased. The widow was appointed
administrator, and to her was
turned over approximately $196
in cash and book of express
money orders which were found
on the body.
The deceased was a concession
aire with the carnival company
operating in Key West.
Mrs. Dunfee and companion
left this morning over the highway
and the body will be sent on a
vessel of the Overseas Trans
portat;on Co.. to Miami tonight.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-03-13
Criminal Court Concludes
Activities This Morning

pear at a previous session of the
court, and was not present today.
The sureties in the case were, ac-
cording to legal procedure, called
three times to produce the ac-
cused, but failed to respond.
1t was then ordered that suit
be started against the sureties,
Anne Dannehauef and NJ. G. o.
Neal.
With this action the docket was
cleared and the judge ordered a
recess.
Clerk C. Sam B. Curry was di-
rected to pay off the jurors who
were declared discharged for the
term. The total paid to the jurors
was 1888.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-03-13
Three Pleasure Craft
.. 5 4: Berth In Yacht Basin

..t. NFHs ~ " ssl n.
Three recent arrivals in the
Key West Yacht Basin were reg
istered during the last 4s hours,
and the records as filed with the
FERA offices show:
Yacht Cyemba, ketch rugged,
owned by Bache Whitlock of New
York, with Captain j. Thompson
in command. The vessel has a
crew of two, and Mr.. Whitlock
has three guests.
Sampan, cruiser from Miami,
owned by Leo Droughton who is
also master of the vessel. He has
several guests. ..-
Cruiser Souse is from Oyster
Bay, New York, and the owner
as well as the sailing master, is
Captain ]. NJ. Baylor. He has
four guests.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-03-13
Resurfaciflg OF Duval
And Caroline Streets
TO Start On Monday
Yacht Guest Catches Fine
SailfiSh In Local Waters

VIM. M. Carson, guest Of Bache
Whitlock on the Ketch Cyemba,
yesterday afternoon brought to
boat one of the perfect sailfish.
many of which have been taken
this season, by anglers in these
waters.
Mr.. Whitlock, owner Of the
keteh, and his friends, Mr.. Carson
and Paul Renshaw, decided to go
after come game fish and after
catching a number of the more
cominon species, Mr.. Carson got
the strike and the beauty was
brought in, measuring 8 feet 8
inches and weighing so pounds.
Asked by The Citizen if the
name Cyemba had any especial
significance, Mr.. Whitlnck replied
that it certainly did. He wanted
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-03-13

Steamship Cuba, Of the p. and
o. S. S. company, arrived from
Havana yesterday afternoon with
eight first class passengers for
Key West; 122 first class passen
gers for Sc. Petersburg and Ice
first class and two second elias
passengers for Tampa.
Key West arrivals were: Aehil-
les Borges, Herbert Harrington,
Mrs. Ruth Harrington, VIM. Rob
son, NJ. J. Robson, Felipe Perajo,
James Proctor. Lillian Proctor.
The vessel sailed for Tampa
shortly after 6 O'Clock with the
following bookings from Key
West: Lula Bond, Mrs. c. II.
Storey, H. Mayer, J. Krausel, j.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-03-13
MORE TYPETS
AWARDS MADE

Announcement of awards made
in the commercial classes of Key
West High School has been made
by Mrs. Hildegard OFT Russell, in
charge of this department.
Competent typists credentials
awards have been given the fol-
lowing students:
Marjorie Frow, 1913; Mary Cas-
tro, S0.S; Herbert Boyden, 42.8;
Una Mae Brady, 31.6; Jose Sol
dano, AIS; Phyllis Adams, AIS;
Kathryn Albury, 31.1; Ignatius
Lester, 43.1; Allen Neal Roberts,
1858; Mary Thompson, 34.S; Anita
Berkowitz, 1854; Susan Roberts,
35.6; Geraldine Knowles, AIS;
Dorothy Bearup, 35.1; Garfield
Levin, 1872; Andrew Elwood,
42.9.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-03-13
Memberships For Chamber
OF Commerce Increasing

Asked by The Citizen today
what progress was being made in
his Reorganization activities in
connection with the chamber of
commerce, S. C. Singleton said
that the number of applications
for membership was steadily in
creasing.
81 have met with the utmost
encouragement, and those whom
/ have personally contacted feel
that Key West is on the verge of
a new and solid advance and that
one Of the requisites for awaiting
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-03-13
MISS E. CEICER
ON VISIT HERE
cONFERRING WITH NYA SU-
PERvISoR ON REcREA-
TON PROJECTS

Miss Essie Geiger, WPA field
director of recreation is a visitor
in Key West today and is discuss
ing the question of recreation pro-
jects with James Fort, NYA su-
pervisor in this area.
The proposal is to establish a
project here to be supervised by
the wPA with members of the
NYA taking an active part in the
projects.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-03-13

to name the boat after his ehIl-
drcn Cynthia. Emmett and him.
self, and after giving the matter q
great deal Of thought, evolved the
name Cyemba.
This by taking the first syllable
OF the name OF his daughter, CT,
the first syllable Of his sons
name, EN-, and the first two let
tiers Of his name. BA, which means
much to him, he said, and II In his
opinion rather euphonious.
Mr.. WhitIock had the Cyemba
cleared this morning at the Per
ter Dock company. and VIII late
this afternoon, sail for cuha
where he win spend some time go-
ing over the sugar situation with
owners of plantations whom he
represents in New York.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-03-13

ourselves of the opportunities
that are opening. is an active
chamber Of commerce funetioning
for the service of the entire city"
One Of the unusual features Of
this reorganization plan Is the
fact that the promotion work u
being done at no cost to the or
ganization. All Of the member.
ship fees wiz be spent IN the op-
Grafton Of the chamber Of com
merce, and the establishment Of
contacts with prospective resi-
dents and visitors.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-03-13
LEAVE ON TRIP
TO OCALA, FLA.
THREE co TO ATTEND AN.
NUAL MEETING OF So
cIAL WORKERS

Mrs. Gladys Roberts, Mrs. Vir-
ginia Baker. and Mrs. Beulah How
ard left over the highway this
for 0cala, to attend the
21st animal meeting of the Florida
State Conference on Social Work.
u This conference, it is said, will
begin Sunday evening and will
laststhrough Wednesday, it is ex-
pected. Those who are to attend
from Key West, plan to be back
by Friday.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-03-13
Cuba Brings In Over
Two Hundred Passengers

s. Miller. Mr.. al isF. c. v. smhh
Mrs. c. VI. Smiih. {. ~ Nates.
man. Ma Waiefman. n SARA
man. Ernest knkland. a. 81
ford, Mrs Bedford. A. a. beHsan.
Mothsr Margaret, Neither fhea-
dore, h. T.. MurF. q. ". Nefss.
Dr.. b. G. Downing. MFs Deun-
ing.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-03-13
.WPA OFFICIAL
GOES ON TRIP
w. v. LITTLE LEAVES ON
BUSINESS VISIT TO
FLORIDA KEYS

W. v. Little, in charge of the
State Employment Service Blu
reau in the WPA headquarters
building, left over the highway
this morning for a business visit
to points on the Keys.
One of the last things done
yesterday afternoon by Mr.. Little
was designating a cook and oiler
to be added to the list of men re-
Questioned by the Thomas F. Ken
ney Co., at Hog Key.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-03-13
Monroe County Is Tenth
Highest In Illiteracy
Among Other Counties
City OF Key West Has
Sixth Highest Percent
age Among Cities In
Fourth District
BY PAUL MAY
fspeeIaI WanhinKton Correspondent
90 The Ciffxen)

s7tF@t&t washington Correspondent
90 The Cifizen)
WASHINGTON. D. c.. March
is--Ths fourth congressional dis.
ssist ranks lowest among Florida
distsists in percentage of Tilt.
srasy and Monroe county is tenth
highest in iIIiseraey among the
siehtssa eounties of the district,
ascending to figures prepared by
he education division of the
Works Progress Administration.
The city Of Key West has the
sixsh highest ilIiteraey percentage
ef the ~ principal cities and
towns in the district, the report
she~s.
For the fourth district, the IL
literaey percentage is given as
&c, slightly over the national
average Of 4.s. The number of
illiterates in the fourth district is
reported as 22.I77. The States
mot illiterate congressional dis
triet. the third, has $3.50 IL
litfrates. 1873 per cent of its to.
tal population.
Monroe county's illiteracy to-
cal > given as COS, or 5.5 per
cent. Percentages Of iIliteracy
for other counties in the fourth
district are reported "a follows:
Brevard, al; Broward, 5.5;
Clay, rs; Dade, 81; Duval, A;
Flagler, 9.3; Indian River, 6:S;
Martin, 8. okeechobee, 1872;
Orange, 4.3; osceola, 81; Palm
Beach. AZ; Putnam, 7.6; st.
Johns, I'll. st. Lucie, 5; Seminole,
SIS; and Volusia, 5.
For the city Of Key West, the
number of nliterates is given as
4s7, and the percentage of il
literaey as al. Highest Hit
eraey reported for any town or
city in the fourth district is 81,
for Pompano; lowest is IL for
Miami Beach.
In Key Vests population group,
10000 to 10000, Ill cities in the
United States have higher per-
centages Of illiteracy, than Key
West, the report shows. Beverly
Hills. Calf; Crosse Point Park,
Mich, Kenmore, N. Y, and
Medford, Oregon, have the best
records in this population group,
with only Oh per cent illiteracy.
Florida cities in the same group
having worse records than Key
West are: Gainesville, So; Talla-
hassee. rs: Sanford, 10. Two
cities in this group-Palestine,
Texas and 0ssining, N. Y.-have
the same percentage Of illiteracy
AZ Key West.
Florida ranks eleventh among
the States in percentage of IL
literacy. with IL per cent, the
report shows. Over IS per cent
Of the States total illiterates arc
negroes.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-03-13
Texas Student Claims
He Is Usliest Man

FORT WORTH, Tex, March
13.-Joe Frederick, a ministerial
student, claims the title of ugliest
college man in Texas.
He has challenged all "Beao
Uglies" in the states colleges 20
compete in a contest to pick the
homeliest student. Frederick has
head start. Last fall he was
voted by fellow students the
"ugliest man on the campus"
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-03-13
STEAMER OZARK
COMES TO PORT
BRINGS m HEAVY
SHIPMENT 90 FREIGHT
goa KAY WEST

Steamship Ozark. Of the Clpde.
Nal CRY Lines. arrived In roFt
yesterday Afternoon with heafV
shipments Of freight fbr local ssn,
siRnees.
One Of ne most wsiriliy eeu-
signments was q shipment ~ fa4
tons Of asphalt for ne wpA o.
b. used on ths sewer pfoiest. ar
or d'scharnlnE. the Ozark saiied
for New OFleans a. $40.
Powers Arrives u Pes
The pgwer beat Powers. Gao
tain VeFal Roberts. 81 the oseF.
ueas Transportation eompany. a..
rived in port this morning freq
Mani with eight teas Of ffsiEht
for Key West.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-03-13
More Than Fifty Bunches
OF Sponge Sold yesterday

Only one small sale was he'd
yesterday morning at the manlei-
pal dock when 40 bunekes Of wool
were disposed of at si5s.34, and
12 punches Of yellow were bid IN
for $5.65.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-03-13

Activity in the sponge market
has gradually dwindled until IT
picks up again with the return Of
the vessels which have, practically,
all left for the sponge beds with
in the past 10 days.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-03-13
WOULD AMEND
lCONSTITUTION
ON new issue.
REPRESENTATIVE IN FAVOR
OF HAVING CONGRESS Sc
LEcT COMMANDER IN CHIEF
OF ARMY AND NAVY
(By PRESTON GROVER)
tisy Associated Fresnl

WASHINGTON, March l3.--
The more we think about it the
more excited we get about the
proposal of Representative Gray,
Pennsylvania Democrat, to amend
the constitution to permit CON-
gress to select the commander in
chief of the army and navy when
called into service.
The constitution makes the
President the commander in chief
but the resolution of Mr.. Gray
would change this. When Mr.. Gray
was asked what all the shooting
was about, he said:
.sIn case of rebellion, the people
would decide who could order ths
o.diers to fire on them" g
That sounded pretty omin0us
and we asked Mr.. Gray if he
thought there some time might be
La rebellion.
81 introduced the resolution, !"
he said. "That speaks for itself. :"
I. He said it was entirely his own
idea, that no organization was
back of him. His proposed amend
ment reads:
1.-THE commander in chief Of the
army and navy of the United
States, and Of the militia Of the
several states, when called into
actual service of the United States,
shall be elected or chosen by the
congress of the United States, by
secret ballot, two-thirds of each
house concrrring, from among the
officers of the army not below the
rank of major general, and with
the advice and consent of such
officers"
Besides others who might object
to the proposition the navy would
not Ike it so well since it does not
seem to have a look in: .1.s....
Flag
Then again, there is the resolu-
tion by Representative Church of
Illinois asking a house inquiry in
to the reason for keeping in a
murkey corridor of the old state
war building the flag that tripped
John Wilkes Booth and caused
him to fall and break his leg after
he shot President Lincoln.
Mr.. Church thinks it ought to
go to Springfield or to Lincoln
museum in Washington where
more people would see it.
incidentally, the old Ford
theater on Tenth street, off Penn
sylvania avenue, where the flag
was hanging when it caught in
Booths spur, draws a constant
stream of tourists.
Sweepstakes s
Representative Sacks of Penn
sylvania would wipe out sweep
stakes lotteries in a bill to pro-
hibit transporting the tickets in
terstate or even to distribute in
terstate any list of prizes drawn
or awarded in a lottery. That
would just about end news stories
of the family of seven shoeless
children who seem forever coming
up with $2,4S3.37 won in lot
terry just as the mortgage is to be
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-03-13
219QH1G44

In criminal count this morning
with Judge William V. Albury
presiding. the case Of Mike Shop
pard. charged with setting up and
operating a gambling game on
he open highway at Snake Greek,
Vas reopened.
THIS offender of the laws of
he state Of Florida did not ap-
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-03-13
Large consisnmsnl OF
Asphall To Be Ussd
Arrived Here YsslsF-
day

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The Washington times., 1937-10-27
MOTHER DENIES.
TWINS HERS IN.
COURT DISPUTE.
Father" Told Birth Of
Boys Was Hoax

PITTSBURGH, Oct. ~ GNS0.
An amazing admission that she
had simulated the birth Of twins,
to hoax her husbands three I'M
married sisters, was made today by
Mrs. Elva Mai Bales Tortorice,
according to her attorney, Harry
Alan Sherman.
Fighting q new court action by
which her divorced husband seeks
the children, Mrs. Tortorice further
declared the boys were not twins,
that they were not her sons, that
they were not her former husbands
sons and that both she and her
former husband have known this
for some time.
REVEALS DETAILS
She entered a maternity hos
pital, she explained and the two
infants were brought from a Phila-
delphia orphanage and placed in
bed with her. With her husbands
AAAN"4SASOB oAAC SSA9oO4 VCAs oA4C NV
sented the children as hers and
the auntS were "tickled pink"
The hoax cost her $500, she says.
That's the only way to stop
these court battles" Mrs. Torto-
rice declared through her attorney,
as she prepared to fight the
habeas corpus action brought by
her former husband, William
Bales. It was the tenth legal bat
tie over the two boys.
TO, PLEASE AUNTS
The hoax began in 1929, she
asserted, in an effort to please
her former husbands three
sisters, Florence, Laura and Alice,
with whom he resides. On March
10, 1884, Mrs. Tortorice was
divorced from Bales, who then
began his court battles to regain
custody Of the boys without re-
vealing the secret.
The Washington times., 1937-10-27
Wife ACCUSER
/. OF COvADONGA

HAVANA, Oct. 81 0.N.S0-In-
decent language and possible ag-
erosion" are charged against the
Count of Covadonga in the second
divorce action filed by his wife,
the former Marta Rocafort, Cuban
beauty.
The count, she charged, often
threatened her and on frequent
occasions she was forced to lock
herself in her room to escape his
insults"
The family and friends often
intercede when the count became
violent, she charged.
The Washington times., 1937-10-27
CHINESE SEEK
CHURCH FUND

A city-wide campaign for $50, 900
with which to provide a permanent
home for the Chinese Church and
Community Center in Washing
ton will be launched today at a
meeting in Calvary Baptict
Church.
For more than two years the
Chinese Church has been meet
ing in borrowed quarters in the
Mt. Vernon Methodist Episcopal
Church, but its membership is
growing so rapidly permanent
quarters are necessary, it was ex-
planned.
The Washington times., 1937-10-27
International News Photo

finance. personally announced
his resignation from his post as
minister of economics yesterday.
The resignation, he said, became
effective Monday,
The Washington times., 1937-10-27
DR.. scHAcHT QUITS

BERLIN, Oct. q QN.S0-Dr.
Hjalmar Schacht, internationally
recognized Gibraltar of German