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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-04-04
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LOOKING FOR CITY
FORTY FOUR YEARS

Thomas Hart. a "Philadel-
phia Lawyer" has been forty
four years finding Key West
all his life-and is sorry he
didn't find ii forty four years
sooner!
Key West has everything.
Mr.. Hart. who lives at 1900
Walnut street. Philadelphia.
says. The fishing. bathing.
sunshine, climate. and the
friendliness of the people are
some of the outstanding
things about il he is intrigued
with. So much does he like
il that sooner or later he will
buy a home here. eventually
TO settle permanently. Mean
while he will return every
year with Mrs. Hart, their
daughter. Peggy. and son
Thomas. Jr. Thomas is a
student at ST. George School.
Newport. r. l.. and was here
on vacation.
The Key West Citizen is
nowhere equalled for cover
age of local news. Mr.. Hart
said. in praising the publish
er's policy of completely
covering the local" field.
To suit the action 10 the
word, Mr.. Hart ordered a
subscription. stating that he
will be a regular subscriber.
The group have left for
their Philadelphia home.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-04-04
SIX LICENSES
TO WE'D ISSUED

Marriage licenses recorded in
the office Of County Judge Ray
lnond r. Lord show the names of
Ft2 persons during the past week,
who have been granted permis-
sion TO wed
Included in the list are
Edward r. Lewis, Jr. and Con-
selma Perez. r David Writ and
Alice A. Ehrlichs Thomas Paul
Atwell and Nellie Mae Russell.
Harold Knowles and Vernita Al
bury. Marx L. Trammell and
Evelyn Lacy; Ralph Pratt and
Lorraine Valdez.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-04-04
SICK MAN BROUGHT
TO PORT THIS A. M.
COAST GUARD BOAT CON
TACTED STEAMER CITY or
HOUSTON FOR PATIENT

Coast Guard Vessel 1876. Aug
ust Bradley in command. left
port this morning on radio adj
vices to contact the Steamship
City of Houston and remove a
sick man, who was to be taken
TO the Marine hospital for treat
ment
The 1876 left port at SIS. con-
tacted the vessel at $40 and re-
turned to port at 7:20 o'clock.
with the patient. Austin Herbert
Reed. ships cook, of 300 North
74th street. Houston, Texas.
Arriving at the hospital II was
said that the patient was suffer
ing from inflammation of the
spleen
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-04-04
TAX DEEDS SOLD
THIS MORNING
REGULAR SALE HELD BY
COUNTY CLERK ROSS
c. SAWYER

County Clerk Ross c. Sawyer
this morning in front of the court
house at the regular legal hours
of sale. sold three tax deeds at
the regular Rule Day sale.
Tax deeds purchased by Jona-
than Gates represented Lot "A.
Square 4, Tract 1929, and Lot 80.
Square 4, Tract 1920. which were
formerly owned by Nina Robin
son.
Deeds purchased by Nellie
White was part of Lot 2. in
Square 6. and is listed as being
formerly owned by George
Budde.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-04-04
MANY LEAVE ON
CUBAFOR HAVANA
p. g. o. STEAMER ARRIVED IN
PORT THIS MORNING
FROM TAMPA

Steamship Cuba, of the P. and
o. S. S. company, arrived in port
this morning from Tampa with
nine first cabin and one second
cabin passenger for Key West
139 first and two seconds for Ha
vana.
Key West arrivals were: Rob
ert Blair, Mrs. Blair. A. E. Saw
age, Frank Borden. D. B. Cash,
Mrs. Cash. Georgia Mcleod, j. r.
Blair, J. w. Sullivan, Ernest Og-
den.
Listed ON the manifest of the
ship were the following items;
For Key West, AZ tons of freight
one automobile and one sack OF
mail; for Havana. 231 sacks OF
mail.
Leaving for Havana were the
following bookings at Key West,
John Member. Frank Borden. Oar
nell Cook, Mark Cook. Georgia
Mcleod. Arthur Savage. VIM
Harkenberg, Emily Harkenberg
VIM. P. Blakeslie, Paul Raskoff
Arthur Sawyer. Walter f Brow.
nell. Robert Cannon. Ann Can
non, George M. Gray, Hannah f.
Gray, Stuart Vandivere. Blanche
Vandivere, Stuart Vahdivere. Jr.
Ben Vatican. Edna Vatican, J, p
Hoag. F. H Keith, Sarah Sloan
Irwin !. Cohn, Sadie L. Cohn
Smith Griffith. Jr., Elizabeth
Griffith, Sadie Lee. Frank Hub
bard. Mary Mccarthy, Lewis VIII
liams. Mary Williams.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-04-04
Business Activities Here Over
Week End Exceed Expectations
Restaurants Jump 100 Per
Cent, Gas Stations, 80
Per Cent, Hotels Near
600 Per Cent

Restaurants. filling stations.
hotels report a striking increase
of business over the weekend,
ranging from 30 percent TO 500
percent.
II was expected that Saturday
and Sunday. "fhe weekend"
would witness hundreds of more
cars come in than at any other
time. The facts bear il out. II.
E. Day. auditor Of the Overseas
Road and Toll Bridge District.
gives an unofficial estimate of
around 2.200 cars for both Saiur-
day and Sunday. This means
that there were about 1000 pas
sengers. since the average has
been about three passengers 10
a car. This number includes both
those coming in and those going
out.
The White Way was lighted
Saturday and Sunday nights for
the first times in three years
Brilliant illumination, with the
new 600 candlepower single lamp
bulbs, of Duval street, made a
striking picture. They will con
tinue being lighted every night
for the next six months, and an
additional fund will probably be
secured then ITO continue the IL
Elimination.
Duval street was jammed with
parked cars. The boulevard. the
highway, and the streets Of the
city, where the 1000 or more
cars were sightseeing the unique
city that is Key West, bore loads
of traffic. There were cay, fresh
looks in the faces of Key West
ers as thousands of new faces
were seen everywhere.
In inquiries over the city. The
Citizen finds that hotels report
the greatest increase of business.
Although some of the hotels and
rooning houses have been filled
for some time The Citizen finds
that others report increases to
about 600 percent. six times the
number of guests that were there
the preceding weekend.
Filling stations did a rushing
business, and reports bring their
increase up to 80 percent This
figure may even be too conserva-
tive an estimate.
Restaurants bring different re-
ports. Increases have been re-
ported from 40 percent to 100
percent The average IS believed
TO be closer 70 The 100 percent
mark. New staffs Of waters and
mattresses have been ordered for
many places, and increasing sup
plies Of food are anticipated for
the future.
Noon time Is the best meal. the
restaurants report This shows
that a great deal Of the tourists
are coming in and going right cut
again, bat the hotel increase
proves that large slice Of the
tourist crop is remaining IN town
70 take advantage Of The many
attractions Of the city and % ca
Joy the peculiar charm and
friendliness Of the people
A bit Of a controversy arose -
10 whether saturday or Sunday
was the better day. but reports
state that SsIndsY showed . littie
better figure than the day pre-
ceding
Restaurants. hatels and filling
stations report an average Of
about 90 percent increa,e ~ their
business during the psct week
following the opening ~ tie
bridges.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-04-04
JAMES LEISHMAN
REACHES GOTHAM

The Citizen is in receipt of a
postcard from James NJ. LeiSh-
man. retired actor, announcing
his arrival in New York City on
April /
Mr.. Leishman. who had been
spending the winter in Key West,
asks to be remembered to his
many friends in Key West
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-04-04
PEPPER WILL
TALK TONIGHT
UNITED STATES SENATOR TO
BE HEARD AT BAY
VIEW PARK

Claude Pepper. United States
Senator, will speak to Key West
residents this evening in the in
terests of his reelection, At 8
o'clock. The speech will be de-
livered from the bandshell in
Bayview Park on Division street.
Mr. Pepper is scheduled to ar
rive over the highway shortly be-
fore his appearance.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-04-04
GOVERNMENT SHIP
COMING TO PORT

Scheduled to arrive st Key
West about June 20 and 70 re-
main until June a. is the Cruiser
Charlie ton. which is being taken
on shake down" cruise 10
southern ports.
The Charleston is one 81 the
newest cruisers in the United
States Navy and Is manned BY .
crew Of approximately 20 off
GERS and 3Z0 men.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-04-04
SCOUT TROOP
MEETS TONIGHT

There will be a meeting of Boy
Scout Troop 5 held tonight, be-
ginning at 7:30 o'clock. at the
Wesley House, according to an
nouncemnet made today.
All members are requested to
be in attendance.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-04-04
Virgil Effinger, Lima, Ohio,
Commands Illinois, Ohio,
Michigan, Indiana Terri
tory

Although the dread, weird and
vicious Black Legion is badly
crippled. IFS leader in Illinois.
Ohio. Michigan and Indiana. is
still at large. Duncan McCrae.
Detroit prosecuting attorney. who
handled the famous case and
was a visitor in Key West over
the week end. said to The Citizen
in an interview.
The mans name is Virgil Eff
finger and he lives in Lima, Ohio.
All efforts to bring him to De-
troit for trial have failed, the
visiting p. Al. said. The tip" on
Effinger's leadership in the
Legion came from a certain per-
son in Akron, Ohio, who had or
ganized an independent lodge and
saw Effinger regarding incorpora-
ton. The Akron fellow was
taken out in wild section of the
country and there with guns
trained on him was brought
through the weird ritual of the
Black Legion, making him a
member of the organization.
After Prosecutor
While in the woods, the leading
car flashed its light three times,
and men from the other cars ran
to it. The leader then pointed
out an approaching car. The car
was stopped at the point OF guns
and searched, but only an in
nocent-looking set of travellers
found. They were released.
When the Akron fellow asked
why this Wasx0anas he was told
that the Detroit prosecuting at
torney was expected along that
road, and the gang was on the
watch for him TO get him out of
the way. This is the sort of
thing that sometimes shakes up a
prosecuting attorney, Mr.. Me
Crae said.
Effinger then told the Akron
attache OF the Legion's vicious
plan to overthrow the govern
ment and destroy Jewish and
Catholic influence. A secret arse
nal was exhibited. Plans to cap
ture every public building in
Washington and an internal ma
chine, IA inches by 6, in a black
box which would generate enough
poison in short time 10 kill
everyone in room were brought
in by Effinger.
A map with every Jewish syna-
gogue and Catholic rectory in the
country marked on il was shown
by Effinger. On certain date,
secret agents were 10 place these
boxes in the country's synagogues
and rectories and thus kill off
either American Judaism OF
Catholicism The Jews we're to
60 first. Effingcr said. Then the
Catholics. Finally the members
of the Supreme Court.
Effinger is a man about 20
years old. Mr.. McCrae said.
Blanck Legion Cases
In ten days, Is cases concern
Ing the Black Legion were tried
in Detroit, and the backbone OF
the outfit broken, MIR. McCrae
said. Forty-five convictions soon
followed. The case began when
the bullet-riddled body of a
Catholic w. p. A, worker was
found. A motorcade carried the
fellow into the woods, Coming
to a certain bridge. part of the
cars couldn't get across. One OF
the cars which was unable tc
negotiate the span carried the
rope with which it was intended
10 hang the worker. The rest oil
the party then pumped lead into
The helpless w. P. A. man. Both
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-04-04
OWL HAWK

DAVENPORT, Ia.--An owl
killed and carried away cat
owned by Conrad Portmann Of
this city.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-03-30
Auction Philosophy
BY ID. L. ZINN

Folks, I went down in Old Mex
leo fishing Sunday with Allen Nuf-
fer and Penny Richmond. Penny
went along as guide and also to
show us how to catch the fish. Al
len caught pound catfish. l
caught a pound catfish and Pen
ny couldn't even catch cold, let
alone catfish. No W, / am wondering
who has been giving Penny those
fish. | forgot the Moore and Dea-
ton bait which is chicken intrals
sprinkled with corn meal and a
dash of sweet oil of anise. Mrs.
Zinn chased me out of the house
with that bait. Boy, a catfish ought
to smell that bait for four miles.
| staked the bait outside and the
dog hoWled all night. He couldn't
locate the skunk anywhere. Then,
to top it all off it rained. We were
supposed to start at 4, but it took
be until to get those tenderfoot
fishermen started. Anyone that is
afraid of little water has no bus
ienSs calling himself a fisherman.
Then all the directions the guide
knew was to follow the canal. Then,
he claimed Aliens umbrella both
cred him. Then he howled because
he had forgotten his favorita bait.
Folks, I really felt sorry for him,
raised on the ocean front and here
he was out with a couple of mid
west dyed in the wool catfishermen.
Better luck next time, Penny, old
boy.
Dairymen, be sure and attend
the dairy day Thursday especially
the silage feed demonstration, at
the Vencil ranch. I believe the
trench silo and the way they
handle the silage will save the
dairymen one-third their feed
costs. I'll be ssein' you.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-03-30
CAPTAIN LONE
SURVIVOR AS
BOAT EXPLODES

KETCHIKAN, Alaska, Mar. 30
(UP)-Capt. Frank Ford, only sur
vivor of an explosion that de-
stroyed the cannery tender Alaska
Chief near the mouth of Kasaan
Bay yesterday, today told how
four men died trying to escape the
wrecked boat.
Ford was in a hospital here suf-
fering from exposure and water in
his lungs. He managed to swim
ashore, reaching land exhausted.
A A. McCue, superintendent of
Kasaan for the Pacific American
Fisheries of Belingham. Wash, A
c. Delsman, Ketchikan miner,
Henry Andrews, Kasaan Bay. and
Earl Hatch, Seattle, member of
the crew, perished as the blast
split the boat wide open.
Hatch reached shore but died of
exposure.
Ford said the men took to a life
boat after the blast. The lifeboat
overturned, he said. M
Ford collapsed when he reached
land. He regained consciousness
an hour later to find his legs and
feet practically useless from the
effects of his long swim through
icy waters. He said he crawled
nearly a mile through underbrush
to reach the Johnston Fox ranch.
where he was given first aid.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-03-30
N EW HAIR DYE
MAKES MOVIE.
MISS SOU EAL

HOLLYWOOD, Mar. 80. (UP)-
In less than an hour today, pretty
Jane Wyman, the movie Miss, was
transformed from a half-tone bru-
nette into Hollywood's fist cham
payne glo-head."
Her mouse -colored hair paled into
a blondish red with an effervescent
CLINT that caused her to squeal with
delight aad do an abridged version
of the Big Apple in tiny laboratory
five floors above Hollywood Boule-
ward.
The Transformation was the work
of Carlos Valento, young Mexican
hair specialist, who claims credit
for first changing the late Jean
Harlow into platinum blonde.
After taking one good look at his
new creation, he Immediately pre-
dicted bumper crop of glo-head
converts.
The metamorphisis of the young
starlet took something less than all
hour. After Wetting her hair thor
oughly, Valento applied a thin liquid
solution, rubbing it vigorously into
the scalp with brush. This done,
she was then seated under a steam
er for 80 minutes and the job was
complete. The hair had lightened
into blondish red which looked
as natural as the brown of her
eyes
Imperial Valley press., 1938-03-30
FOUR MILLION ALLOCATED FOR
STORM DAMAGED HIGHWAYS

SACRAMENTO, Cal, Mar. 80
CUP)-Highway Commission Chair
man H.. r. Judah today announced
that the commission has allocated
$4,413,241 to the state department
of public works for a storm dam
age reconstruction program.
The money was made available
by delaying work on 25 northern
and southern California highway
projects, and Judah said the COM
mission also was obliged to dip
into next winters snow removal
funds to make up the amount
needed for the emergency pro-
gram.
Early Lee Kelly, head of the
public works department, said
storm and flood damage to high
ways and bridges in the state
Imperial Valley press., 1938-03-30
NAMES
FOR MOVIE
STARS. HIT

BOSTON, Mar. 80 -UP)-The
state legislatures committee on
legal affairs today heard blister
ing attack on Hollywood actors
with "phony names" which did not
even spare Charlie Mccarthy, the
talkative dummy.
why even Charlie McCarthy's
a fake" shouted representative
Francis x. Coyne, who is trying to
make it necessary Tor actors to be
billed under their true names in
Massachusetts. Il have learned
that Charlie was brought here
from Spain and his real name is
Pedro McCartio He's a phony."
Coyne declared he was COM
municating with Chief G-man j.
Edgar Hoover to demand an in
veStigation of Reds and Commun-
lists" among the screens head
liners.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-03-30
HOltvilIe Scouts to
Hold CampOrette Sat.

HOLTVILLE, Mar. 30-The three
Holtville Boy Scout troops, A, 20
and l6, will hold camporette Sat
urday, May 2, at the Holtville gram
mar school. The combined campor-
cite, planned by Troop Al will start
at / pm. Saturday and end about
8 am Sunday. 1t is held in prep
aration for the camporee in Ell Cen
tro April g.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-03-30
UNIQUE NOTICE

BERKELEY, Cal, Mar 30. (UP)
Along with the usual obituary
notice reporting the death of Mrs.
Elizabeth May and her infant son
today was this sentence: Friends
will please telephone before send
ing flowers Those who telephoned
were told by Richard May, the
husband and father, that it was his
wish that money intended for flow
ers be given instead to a fund for
further research to prevent future
deaths Of mothers and babies.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-03-30
Poles for Power
Lines UnlOaded

Two carloads of power lines poles
to be used in the Imperial Irriga..
ton Districts main transmission
system were unloaded at Imperial
Tuesday, and four carloads of poles
were to be unloaded at BraWley.
The poles will be used in con-
structing that portion of the dis
trict power system financed by the
Public Works Administration, PWA
Engineer Wright Felt said
Imperial Valley press., 1938-03-30
SPECIALIST TO
SPEAK FRIDAY

j. p. Fairbank. extension special
ist in agricultural engineering, will
give the first in a series of talks
on Rural Electrification at the Mag
nolia Mulberry farm center meet
ing at Magnolia school Friday.
The meeting will start at 7:30
pm.
Fairbanks will talk at other farm
center meetings next week, accord
ing to Frank Beyschlag, farm ad-
visor.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-03-30

amounted to $8,000,000 He said the
four million dollars appropriation
would be used on projects demand
ing immediate attention and that
an additional reconstruction pro-
gram would be worked out.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-03-30
HOURS IN VAIN
Central Press

DENVER, Mar. 30. CUP)-It took
all night to do it, but a lone juror
SO insisted six miles of stolen cop
per wire be valued at a figure be-
low S25 50 a petty larceny verdict
could be returned that his exhaust
ed associates agreed upon $2375.
Upon hearing the verdict today,
Judge Stanley Fl. Johnson informed
the jury that the dividing line be-
tween petty and grand larceny was
$50, not S25.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-03-30
German Families tC
Get Govt Subsidies

MUNICH, Germany, Marchetaoi
-(UP)-Subsidies for all German
families having more than two
children were announced today by
Fritz Reinhardt. state secretary in
the finance ministry, effective
April /.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-03-30

Merriam's comment was made in
connection with his transmission
to congress, copies of joint legis .
lative resolution asking drastic
federal laws to deal with the alien
problem in the United States.
Pointing to the estimated 100000
aliens in California, Merriam said
that in administering relief and
social security laws I'VE are not
Imperial Valley press., 1938-03-30

allowed to make distinctions be-
tween American citizens an d
aliens"
ALIENS are competing in this
state with loyal American working
men, he said. Many of them are
taking advantage of our weak de-
portation statutes to incite acts
of violence against established law
and order"
Imperial Valley press., 1938-03-30
FIRE IN OLD
TREE PUT OUT

BRAWLEY, March 30-Ten gal
Ions of water were used by the
fire department to extinguish the
blaze in the heart of an old euca-'
lyptus tree at 168 West d street
Monday evening.
Sparks flying from the blazing
tree endangered homes. according
to police
Imperial Valley press., 1938-03-30
BOYS NAME
SCOUT HEADS

BRAWLEY, Mar. 30-Meeting in
the Scout Hut at the rear OF Men,
orial hall, fourteen boys gathered
Monday night to elect leaders for
the new Rotary club Boy Scout
troop q.
Assistant District Commissioner
Glen Lamphear was in charge of
the meeting at which Fred Robin
son and James Ray were chosen
patrol leaders and Bud Leuchers
as senior patrol leader
YOU haven't read ALL the News
Until You've Read ALL the Ads!
Imperial Valley press., 1938-03-30
BRAWLEY MAN
MISSING

BRAWLEY, March 30. - Police
reported Tuesday that Ramon Mar
quez, 38, has been missing from his
home on 14th and K streets for
the last three days.
In a report to Brawley police
Tuesday morning Shirley Stanley,
235 street, stated that her terrier
is missing.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-03-30
GOVERNOR SUPPORTS
ALIEN DEPORTATION

SACRAMENTO, Cal, March 30. (UP)-Gov. Frank
F. Merriam today calling attention to CALIFORNIA;
alien problems urged all patriotic Americans to sup
port movement to deport undesirable aliens and to curb
the subversve activities Of the aliens permitted remain
Imperial Valley press., 1938-03-30
FILA. OFFICIAL
SPEAKS

BRAWLEY. Mar. 30. H. ".
Davidson of the FILA. spoke Tues
day night at a special meeting OF
the Chamber of Commerce here,
giving information on the new 80
per cent loan.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-03-30

YOU haven't read ALL the News
Until You've Read ALL the Ads,
Imperial Valley press., 1938-09-25
Cotton Growers
Organize Group
For Marketinu

More than 100 Imperial county
cotton growers met at the Bard
Experiment station Friday after
noon to receive marketing cards
and to organize a county one-var-
iety cotton improvement associa-
ton.
Seventy four cotton marketing
cards were distributed to growers.
The remainder of cards will be dis
tributed at a meeting next week.
The newly organized cotton i'm
proVement association elected j. M.
Wagner president L. l.. Crawford,
president; Roy Arnold, secre-
tary-treasurer; G. j. Rice represen-
tative and V. V. Williams alternate
representative. Bard was selected
as headquarters for the organiza-
ton.
Thirty-two growers signed in the
organization and voted to send or
ganization papers to the regional
office of the Government Cotton
CHASING and Market news service
at Ell Paso for acceptance.
j, Asquith, entomologist from the
United States bureau of entomology,
talked to the group on insect con-
troll, pointing out methods to fight
the pests and increase crop yield.