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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-06-13
HUNDREDS ARE
BEING EXECUTED
UBy Associated Press,

HENDAYE, France, June 49,
Advice reaches this border-line
city concerning the trials being
conducted in Spain by Francois
army officers against thousands
of Republican citizens of the ma
ton.
Hundreds of Republicans are
being executed, estimates in
dicating that one sentence every
nine minutes in the day long
trials being held carries the death
penalty. Fulfillment of the SEN
fences is carried out almost inn
mediately.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-06-13

Beloved by the citizens of a
united nation, the Stars and
Stripes will pass another mile
stone on June IA, marking its
long march through the years
since its adoption by the Con-
tinental Congress in 1777.
We Americans may well be
proud of our flag. 1t is the most
beautiful of all national colors.
Our flag has pointed the way to
freedom to countless thousands.
1t stands for patriotism, loyalty
and fidelity to the ideals of Am
erica.
There is certain mystery sur
rounding its origin which thus
far has proved unsolvable be-
cause no one knows definitely
who designed it. Flags bearing
either stripes or stars existed be-
fore Old Glory. A well-estab-
lished tradition points TO Betsy
Ross, a Quaker City seamstress,
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-06-13
Clio GROUP IS
STRIKE WINNERS
nv Associated Pressl

FLINT, Mich, June 13.-The
CLIO. has been declared definite
ly the winner in the strike in
cident at the Fisher Body Works
in this city as every member of
the factory working force was re-
ported back at work this morn
ing. (s,
R. j. Thomas, local executive
of the CLIO. branch of the United
Automobile Union, stated that
1.-The failure of the strike seals
forever the coffin of Homer Mar
tins wildcat union. It is
stated that the CLIO. is now in
a position to demand conferences
on union matters with the Fisher
Company as well as with the
General Motors Company.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-06-13
Towns Only Tavern
Sponsored By Church

WESTPHALA, Ia, June 49,
The only place in this town of
200 where a man can buy a glass
of beer is operated by church.
1t is the Westphalia clubhouse,
part of a cooperative founded by
the Rev. Hubert E. Duren, pastor
of st. Boniface Catholic church.
The cooperative also embraces
general store and a credit
pool" which makes loans to MEM
bers. Father Duren declared SO
per cent of the 100 persons in the
parish belong to it.
The clubhouse, which with an
athletic program forms the rec
reational facilities of the CO.
operative, also has pool and card
tables. It is under the direct
supervision of the church.
Father Duren declared the aim
of the cooperative is to enable all
to create a good life" for them
selves.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-06-13
Jackrabbit Fur Goes
Into Hats This Spring
nlnsijksncInted pressl

GRANRsFORKS, N. D., June 10.
Part ofsthat new spring bonnet
may have Hoped over North
Dakota prairies.
Farmers and townsmen, har-
vesting comparatively new
prairie crop"-jackrabbits- have
built UP a sizeable industry that
has reversed one of the sleight-
of-hand standbys. Instead of
pulling Dummies out of a hat
they're putting the rabbits into
the chapeaux.
Skins from thousands of North
Dakota jackrabbits are shipped
annually to New York where the
fur is mixed with longer hairs of
tame rabbits in making felt for
hats.
Banner year for the industry
was 1929 when about So, 900, 900
was paid byE hide and fur COM
mission firms at the rate of $1.65
per pound Prices have dropped
severely since then, Is cents per
pound being the quotation this
year with income estimated at
100000.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-06-13
TAX ROLLS ARE
BEING PREPARED

Legal Notice appears in this is
sue of The Citizen informing all
property holders in Monroe Coun-
ty that J. Otto Kirchheiner, tax
assessor. win have the tax rolls
for 1889 in readiness for presen-
tation this month.
Members of the Board of Coun-
ty Commissioners win meet at the
county court house on Monday
July 3 at II o'clock in the morn
ing to hear any complaints and
listen to statements as to the
value of the holding, real or per-
sonal. as fixed by the assessor.
This will be the usual procedure
of reviewing and equalizing the
assessments of the tax roll for
the current year.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-06-13
Homing Pigeons Hurry
When Family's Waiting

OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla, June
13.-The family worries of hon.
ing pigeon help it to win races.
The bigger the problem the
faster Pop or Nom will fly, say
members of the Oklahoma City
Pigeon Racing Society.
The female has an instructive
hankering to see her offspring
the moment they are Matched.
The male sits on the eggs while
she is away but she doesn't trust
him 100 per cent and so she hur-
ries back with all speed possible
to finish the job.
The males supervise the feed
ing of the young. If poppa's away
when there are tiny ones at
home. he's never quite satisfied
that momma isn't out galavantin'
with the girls so he hurries. too.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-06-13
mo CHANGES in
| LIGHTHOUSE UNIT
! HERE EXPECTED
STATUS WILL REMAIN SAME
WITH EXCEPTION OF FEW
CHANGES POSSIBLY IN
PERSONNEL

Definite assurances that the u.
S. Lighthouse Depot and other
facilities will be retained at Key
West, is the gist of informative
matter which was received by
Representative Pat Cannon, from
Admiral Russell Waesche, COM
mandant of the Coast Guard in
Washington.
The admiral was quoted by Re-
preventative Cannon to the effect
that the lighthouse service facili-
ties will not be disturbed under
the new reorganization plan. The
Coast Guard will take over the
lighthouse and coast and geodetic
survey on July /.
The information concludes with
the statement that minor person
mel changes will be made in the
administration functions to con-
form with the reorganization
plan
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-06-13
ALL READY TO
RECEIVE ROTES
DELEGATION FROM HAVANA
DUE TO ARRIVE THIS
AFTERNOON

Rotarians of Key West have
completed their arrangements for
receiving and entertaining the
contingent of Rotarians and Ro-
tary AIMS, who are due to arrive
on the Steamship Cuba from Ha-
vana this afternoon.
Mayor Willard NJ Albury, chair
man of the committee on arrange
ments said this morning that it is
expected that the boat will ar
rive from Cuba at 3 o'clock and
after the visitors have gone
through the customs and have re-
tired to the hotel preparations
will be gotten under way for the
dinner.
The affair will be given at 1880
O'Clock in the Rainbow Dining
Room of the La Concha Hotel
where arrangements have been
made for the accommodations of
80 guests. Mayor Albury inform
ed The Citizen that the affair
will be informal.
During the dinner entertain
ment will be affored the dinners
with vocal selections by Mr.. and
Mrs. George Mile White. and
Mrs. Eva B. Warner.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-06-13
Male Crocheter Tells
Why He Started
,lsy Associated Pressl

CHARLESTON, S. c., June
l3.-.Let's go back SO or 38
years" suggested 48-year-old r.
l.. Richter.
Were the parlors of those
days equipped with radios? We're
the movies so POPULAR Was the
automobile so common? Did
children have as much freedom
as they have now2 OF course not!
"One night / just told my
mother that if / had to sit around
doing nothing ! had rather be do
ing the same thing she was doing.
crocheting. She dared me and /
took her up, and ! have been
crocheting ever since"
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-06-13
DISTURBANCE IS
NIPPED in BUD
npy A.xoclnted Press,

BALTIMORE, Md, June 13.-
A reported racial disturbance in
Green Falls High School in this
city has apparently been "nipped
in the bud" as authorities APP
pretended members of a Junior
pro-bund society patterned after
the German-American Bund,
which had allegedly enrolled sew
.eral members of the school stu
dent body in its ranks.
Cases of members of the So
ciety inflicting bodily injury on
student members of the Jewish
race, which is reported to have
heavy enrolment, were discover
ed by authorities and immediate
action was taken to stop such ac-
ton.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-06-13
New Orleans Chewers
Keep Cleaners Busy
tRy Associated Pressl

NEW ORLEANS, La, June Is.
1T takes IL men % nights a
week to keep chewing gum wads
cleaned up on Canal street, this
city's main thoroughfare. A
bucketful of gum wads is the
nightly harvest
Once while the gum cleaning
crew was working away with
putty knive, steel wool and scrub
buckets, up walked a buxom wo-
man. "Cleaning up gum, huh?"
she inquired.
yes a workman nodded.
well, she said, taking a large
wad from her mouth, here's
some more to work on.
The cleanup crew works in
groups of three. One man prizes
up the gum wads with a putty
knife. Another applies mineral
spirits to remove the stain and a
third mops up with steel wool
buffer.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-06-13

as the maker of the first Stars
and Stripes.
Ghosts of Old Glory's ancestors
haunt the shadows of early colo
NAL history. Colonial flags bore
pine trees, anchors, stripes, stars,
rattleSnakeS, beavers and other
insignia in endless variety.
Hosts of marching men as well
as citizens, young and old, have
looked up to the Star-Spangled
Banner for more than eight score
years, finding it rallying point
of patriotism, a symbol of our
national unity. Save for oc-
casional changes in the number
of its stars or stripes, as author
lied by Congress from time to
time, it is much the same as it
was in the beginning.
Floating from the lofty PIN
nacle of American idealism, our
flag is an emblem of enduring
hope. Like the famous Bar
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-06-13
KING AND QUEEN
STILL ON TOUR
THOROUGHLY ENJOYING see.
merry ALL ALONG
ROUTE
my Associated Pressl


NEW CASTLE, N. B., June 13.
King and Queen of England
are motoring across their far
eastern province of New Bruins
wick today, visiting two main
cities today. The streamliner
special train of twelve coaches
was left at New York Castle and
the party entered autos for the
120 mile trip across the province
to the coast.
First stop was at Fredericton,
where a small celebration was
held this morning. The party
planned on stopping for a short
time at Monkton, thence on to
st. John, where they will put up
for the night. Dispatches state
that King George and Queen
Elizabeth are thoroughly en-
joying the beautiful scenery of
New Brunswick, and especially
the cool weather the theirmoter
registering SO degrees, quite a
difference from the scorching near
80 degrees experienced in Wash
ington d. c. last weekend.
Tomorrow the royal party will
spend the whole day visiting
points on Prince Edward Island.
Embarkment at Halifax for the
return trip to England will prob
ably take place tomorrow even
ing.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-06-13
SCIENTISTS ARE
ASSISTING NAVY
tl,y Associnted rrcss,

PORTSMOUTH, N. Y, June 13.
Several scientist have come to
the aid of Navy experts in helping
to raise the sunken submarine
Squalls off the coast at this
point.
1t is stated that Navy officials
were experiencing difficulty with
diving equipment using helium
and the scientists have entered
the scene prepared to give advice
on the subject.
Navy officials declared that
work was progressing satisfac-
torily in the planned operations
to raise the submarine employing
pontoons of gigantic size.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-06-13

tholdi Statue of Liberty it gives
its assurance of justice and lib
erty to those who are Americans
either by right of birth or adop-
ton. 1t is the reversed banner
of an assemblage of free people
from every racial stock on earth.
Poets have sung of the flag;
orators have eulogized it. Yet,
to each of us it has its own def
mite meaning, because we meas
ure our love of country and our
love of flag with the same gage.
The two are inseparable.
In recent years it has been the
custom to observe June IA as
Flag Day. On this, the flags
birthday, let us keep before us
this pledge to the flag: II pledge
allegiance to the Flag of the
United States of America and to
the Republic for which it stands,
one Nation, indivisible, with
Liberty and Justice to ALL"
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-06-13
VISIT KEY WEST

DR.. and Mrs. Hugh Harris of
Emory University. Ga, have been
spending a few days as the guests
of Earle r. Greene and his uncle
c. w. Rosenbury at their home
on Seidenberg Avenue. DR.. Har-
ris is professor at Emory Uni
versity and his wife editor of
The Oriole, the official organ of
the Georgia archaeological So
ciety. Both have enjoyed seeing
the great White Herons, White
crowned Pigeons and other birds
Of this area.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-06-13
ADVISORY

ADVISORY Gas a. m. EST:
Disturbance of slight to moderate
intensity central at 7 a. m, EST
about $50 miles nearly west of
Key West, Fla, moving north
ward about 20 miles per hour at
tended by strong shifting winds
with occasional squalls of gale
force north and northeast of CEN
ter. Smaller vessels in eastern
and central Gulf of Mexico should
exercise caution next So hours.
Small craft warnings displayed
Key West, Fla, to Grand Isle,
Louisiana
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-06-13
EDWARD GARCIA
DIED THIS A. M.

Edward Garcia. Jr., one year
of age, died this morning z
o'clock in the residence SIS
Catherine street. Funeral services
viii be held tomorrow after
noon $50 o'clock from the resi-
dence Rev. A. L. Maureau, S. j.
of st. Mary's Star of The Sea
church will officiate.
Lopez Funeral Home will be
in charge of arrangements.
Survivors are. The parents Mr..
and Mrs. Edward Garcia, ST.,
grandparents MIR. and Mrs. Limo
Garcia.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-06-13
Evade State Tax By
Spilking Near Beer
tRy A.see.nsea Pres.l

BISMARCK, N. D., June 13.-
Near beer spiked with grain al
cohol has become so popular with
North Dakotans as a beverage
that state officials are going to
ask the legislature to tax it.
Director A. j. Gerlach of the
state regulatory department said
consumers are buying near beer
at 10 cents a pint instead Of real
beer at Is cents and then fortify-
ing the Notwithstanding malt
with grain alcohol which retail
ers and wholesalers are selling
'at almost cost price"
He said the practice is ''com-
pletely disrupting the North Da-
kota liquor market and routine
operation Of the tax system"
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-06-13
Many Organizations En-
deavor To Enlist Interest
In Display Of National
Emblem

Ciiy-wide observance of Flag
Day will be observed in Key
West tomorrow. June l4th. with
various patriotic organizations
joining in the effort TO make as
large a display of American Flags
as possible.
The Junior Chamber of Com
merce leads off with a plea 10
all merchants on business. streets
in this city to display the Flag
before stores. in store windows
and on counters within their es-
Enlistment. This move is in
connection with a nationwide
drive on the part of Junior Jay
Gees to gain a widespread OBJ
servance of Flag Day.
Girl Scout troops of Key West
will participate in Flag Day ac-
tivities with a Tag Day program,
calling for distribution of special
tags showing the American Flag
with the Pledge to the Flag. Dis
tribution to all citizens in the
city will start early tomorrow
morning and will continue all
day. The Scouts will offer CON
tainers to recipients of the tags
for deposit of whatever coin or
coins possible. Proceeds from
the sale of tags will go into
charity fund chests of the troops.
The observance of Flag Day in
this city has been further en-
dorsed by the American Legion
Post here and committee from
this unit will call on local mer-
chants to ask that they par
ticipate.
Citizens are asked by the jay
Gees to cooperate with the Tag
Day in the wearing Of tags, CIV
ing whatever is possible. 1t is
hoped that every citizen, every
home and every store will dis
play the United States Flag on
Flag Day, tomorrow, June IA.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-06-13
BRITISH SUBJECT
HELD FOR TRIAL
tBy Associated Pressp

LONDON, June 13.-L v. Law
Ter, a British subject, is held for
trial in this city charged with fir
ing gun at the Duchess of Kent,
sister-in-law of the Queen of
England.
Lawler was trapped shortly af-
ter he had fired bullet from a
pistol into an automobile in
which the Duchess was riding.
He is also charged with similar
shooting incidents. committed at
the residence of the Duchess a
few days ago. The trial started
this morning in Old Bailey Court,
scene of many historic trials in
the past.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-06-13
BOYS BAND met
HERE YESTERDAY
MEMBERS OF GROUP BEGIN
COURSE OF SUMNER
STUDY

Key West Boys Band met
yesterday and began their course
of summer study. They will have
three study periods weekly. Mon
day and Fridays study will be-
gin at 2 o'clock and on Fridays
at 10 o'clock in the morning.
Ray Pierce, who has been
chosen secretary of the organiza-
ton, said today that books for
study are being ordered ard con-
tributions will be gladly received
by George Mills White or Mr..
Pierce. These contributions will
be used in procuring music and
other necceSSaries.
Discussing the band with Mr..
Pierce he told The Citizen that
the members were all enthusiastic
over the prospect and ale anxious
to have all persons learn to play
an instrument. and become MEM
bers of the band. .
Those who were present yester-
day at the meeting were: Rayford
Roberts, William Lloyd, William
Gates, Odes McKillip, Gilbert
Hall, Leonard Key. Donald Pin
der, Hagen Sands, Robert Malone,
Billy Laid. Sidney Lowe, Philip
Strunk, Norman Roberts, James
Singleton, Ray Pierce. Anthony
Boza, Walter McCook. Eric Curry,
Brian Lloyd, Kenneth Soloman,
Daniel Sawyer, Hertell BopniWel,
Walter Robinson, Alfred Lowe,
Louis Bancells, Billy Pinder,
Donald Pearlman, George Pensen,
Ward Herrick, John Day.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-06-13
American Legion Conference
To Be Held Here July 1880
Dance To Be Given Satur-
day Night For Purpose
of Raising Fund For En-
tertainment

The eighth district conference
of the American Legion. which
will bring upward of 500 visitors
10 Key West. will be held July
1880. IL was announced today by
Chairman r. a. Lehman of Ar
thur Sawyer Posts entertain
menf committee.
In an effort to raise sizeable
fund for handling the conference
and entertaining the visitors, the
entertainment committee is COM
pleting arrangements for follies
and dance to be held Saturday
night beginning at 9 o'clock at
Club Cayo Hueso, Trumbo Island,
opposite the p. & o. docks.
Final arrangements for the af-
fair will be made at a meeting
tomorrow night of the members
of Arthur Sawyer Post at head
quarters, Whitehead and United
streets. Plans for entertainment
of the conference delegates and
their guests also will be discussed.
II is hoped to make the COME
fence one of the most successful
ever held by the southern posts
of the Florida department of the
American Legion. The success of
this meeting may be one of the
factors that will bring the 1941
state convention ofthe Legion to
Key West. sss,..,es
Pritehard'S orchestra will pro-
vide the music at the Club Cayo
Hueso dance Saturday night.
Chairman Lehman reports.
There will be a high class floor
show and other entertainment.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-06-13
Fish, Not Feathers,
Are Egrets' Woe Now
aus A..nrlntcd Pre.s,

DIES MONIES, Ia, June 13.-
Egrets, nearly exterminated to
furnish plumes for women's hats
years ago and protected from
death now by federal law, are
being threatened again.
Mississippi river fish hatch
cries complain the birds should
be shot-not for their plumage,
but because they eat small fish.
Conservation officials reply,
however, that egrets feed mostly
on the sluggish carp and other
undesirable fish easy to catch,
hence they serve as useful pur-
pise.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-06-13
new BANK MAY AID
in MONEY MARKET
ny Associated PressD
STRENGTHENING OF FINAN-
cIAL STRUCTURE PRE-
DIcTED
nv Associnted Yress,

CAIRO, June 13.-A central
bank is to be created, in Egypt,
by agreement between the gov
eminent and the National Bank
of Egypt.
Finance Minister DR.. Ahmed
Maher said he believed the
change would contribute toward
strengthening the financial mar
ket in Egypt and in consolidating
financial and economic relations
between Egypt and Great Brit
ain.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-06-13
ARRIVE FoR VISIT

Mr.. and Mrs. James Holland of
Norfolk, Va, were recent arrivals
in Key West. Mrs. Holland was
before marriage, Miss Ada Rob-
erts, sister of Peter B. Roberts.
They are visiting at the home of
Mr.. and Mrs. Roberts, I'LL South
ard street.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-06-13
Key West Plans General
Observance OF Flag Day
VISITORS CAN SHOUT;
NOT LOCAL CITIZENS

NBy ASNUcIHtEU N-IeHHT
HARLINGEN. Tex. June
l3.-The only persons permit
ted to make a public noise"
in Harrington are good viii
delegations from other cities.
They can "whoop 'er up" as
much as they please. said
Mayor Hugh Ramsey. but
otherwise the city's anil
noise ordinance. that men,
lions particularly the use of
loud speakers. will be en-
forced rigidlY.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-06-13
CHARTERGRAM

QUESTION: What employees
viii lose their job under the
New Charter?
ANSWER: The only en-
pIoyees Of the city who are
not retained are the Super
visor of Registration and the
Election Commissioners. The
Supervisors work Is taken
over by the City Clerk and the
City Council performs the
duties Of the Commissioners.
CHARTER COMMITTEE.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-06-13
BULLITT TO BE
OPERATED UPON
fBy Associates Preaal

PHILADELPHIA. Pa, June Is.
VIM. c. Bullitt, United States
Ambassador to France. entered a
hospital in this city for a major
operation.
Ambassador Bullitt stated that
he did not expect to be ''layed
up" for any great length of time,
and that he expected to confer
with President Roosevelt shortly
before planning his return to his
post in Paris.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-06-13
VALUABLE CORSET

NEW YORK - Thieves entered
the home of woman in this city
and took her corset with $1,000
concealed In it.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-06-13

Key West, Florida, has the
most equable climate in the
country; with an average
range of only IL Fahrenheit
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-06-13

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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-02-14
WEATHER FORECAST

(Till 1880 p. H., Wednesday,
Key West and Vicinity: Partly
cloudy tonight; Wednesday most
ly cloudy; not much change in
temperature: moderate to fresh
southerly winds.
Florida: Partly cloudy, slight
ly warmer in central portion and
near east coast except in Miami
area, showers in extreme north
west portion tonight; Wednesday
cloudy, showers in north and pos
sibly in central portion; cooler in
northwest portion.
Jacksonville to Florida Straits:
Modelat southerly winds tonight
increasing to fresh on Wednesday,,
and partly overcast weather to-
night and Wednesday. with show
ers over north portion Wednes-
day.
East Gulf: Moderate to fresh
southerly winds, increasing to
strong over north portion by
Wednesday morning, and partly
cloudy to oveScaSt weather with
showers Wednesday and in ex-
IRENE north portion tonight,
squally over north portion.