The Key West Citizen Newspaper, April 25, 1933, Page 4

THE KEY WEST CITIZEN TUESDAY, APRIL 25, 1988. “ROOSEVELT HAS MUCH POWER IN CIVIL SERVICE| tributor to the New York Herald- Tribune, writing on subjects of national interest, and a number of his articles have been reprinted in The Citizen. PLANSOCIETY {GENERAL RIVERS FORCOLLECTION | LEAVING TODAY HISTORIC DATA General W. C. Rivers, U. S. A., eeoce “ee s-: SOCIETY -:-: Key West Octopus, Breaks MARIE CAPPICK, Editor ------PHONE 436 All Records For Longevity ceccccecencesocooaccocccs a ane . POceceoccccocococcooccce PLAYS PIANO 61 HOURS Dinner Sale At Pythian Hall “partie cakes will be a specialty @ffered at a dinner’ sale for tomorrow by the wo- nounced men of Fleming Street Methodist church in the Pythian hall on ig street, according to a announced today. a je in ¢harge state that in’ aidition’ to the large variety of offered tomorrow’ there will ber: dinner sales are proving | & great convenience to the house-} wife as they eliminate all worry gs to’ what to prepare for a noon sand it is stated that turtle “were so greatly in demand lasb--week that it was decided to! inue them on the menu pre- pared for tomorrow. Ste will begin at 11 o’clock. Fane ree ing Of nt Sunday ‘William Curry Boeyen, infant of Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Boeyen, ‘was christened on Sunday evening y, Memorial church’ ‘par; dove by Rev. Holmes Logan, rents were Ruby Buek. leyeand - Norwood. Roberts, the Mibpenses. to the affair being Mrs, Carey and Mrs. Lorena marriage Miss Alice Carey, . ‘Boeyen, wi Rape CALENDAR Tuesday Tadion’ Aid Society of Ley Memorial. church meets at 4 o'clock. Business meeting of Rebekah Lodge at usual Chapter, Order De Molays, meeting at 8 o'clock ok Friends’ ¢ Club and Bible hour at Wesley House at 4 o'clock. jor Boys’ Club meets at Wesley House at 7 o'clock. ithropic committee of Women’s Club will sew for charity beating at 10 o’clock in club house, 1307 Division street. Wednesday Club at Wesley House at 4 o’clock. Wesley House at 7:30 0’clock. Ff di council of American Red Cross will meet at chapter « Bly J. Perry Primary Bo, ‘ Rs baal League at rooms at 10 o'clock. Thursday ico ao le, No. 17, Pythian Sisters, meeting at 7:30 o'clock. irder of America camp meets at usual hour. paki: réaredilod of young people of First Methodist h ats a velock in Sunday sa ry Be sagt ig classes at Wesley House at 4:30 o'clock. ig People’s Chorus meets for rehearsal at 7:30 o'clock in Fleming Street Methodist church. Friday Girls’ Club of La Trindad churel. meets at Chapter Order Eastern Star meets at ‘ish Hite temple PISSOTIITT TE eee. _. NOTICE _ A will appreciate it very much if every lodge, club, civic and fra- f organization will name some member who will keep me advised 1 social activities in time to include these in the calendar on also, reports of their social affairs and entertain " badd to the interest of the city in general. These, 1 will gladly up if facts are given me. Sesssecenescseecenccceesnssscescscscseeessscoees an-| play evening of the Miss Pearl Baffum Directing Play Tonight the (iy Associated Press) CHICAGO, April 25.—This is the unfinished story of Oswald, the octopus, and how he is baf- fling scientists by refusing to die. Oswald (octupus Americanus in the books) is the most recent, most prized acquisition of the John G.. Shedd aquarium. This is the chronological history of his captivity. March 18, caught off Key West, Fila. March’ 25, arrived in Chicago and placed on ,exhibition. Today, alive and feeling swell— long after, by all precedent in the rather scant annals of octopi, he should have folded hfs tentacles sixth laboratory season at the Civic Theater, Miami, will take place at 8:30 o'clock, with Miss Pearl Buffum, formerly of, this city, as stage manager. - The | play which will appear first on the program is entitled, “A Pair of Lunatics,” by W. D. Walkes,| and directed by William Short, with Nedra Brown and Rufus Kite-Powell in the cast. For some time Miss Buffum has taken an active part in dramatic| and gone to Davy Jones’ locker. productions in Miami, and has dis-|' Director Walter H. Chute claims played exceptional ability in this}@ record in Oswald’s longevity. direction, it has been stated by|For octopi don’t respond to any those who have seen her work. | degree of domesticity. Never be- fore, he said, has a specimen been Dance In Honor received alive at an inlend aquar- Of Golf Players ium. And rarely have they lived A Miami golf team is to arrive more than a week or two in aquar- ia located on tropical or semitrop- Saturday for a game with local players and will be honor guests ic seaboards where their natural habitat is duplicated by pumping at a dance Satirday. night atthe Country Club, -it-.was announced water directly from ocean to ex- hibition case. Several Theories today by Jerry Trevor, president} I¢lithyologists have’ advanced of the. club. several theories to explain Os- ho was before’ who is now in Norfolk, Va. wald’s tenacity to life. One, Chute said, is that he-is.a. winter-caught specimen whereas most are taken during the summer. when all nor- mal octopi secret themselves in will leave shortly. to. join her husband cool caverns of the ocean’s un- derworld. These specimens, according to the theory, may have been sickly and captivity did them no good. On the home life of the octopus,. one of nature’s murky secrets, Oswald is throwing much light, affording a remarkable opportun- ity to study. About three feet from tentacle tip to tip, leathery skinned and wrinkled like an old man, Oswald looks. like something nature fash-| ioned in a fit of pique. He is the original exponent of “rocket car’ propulsion; also the first to use a smoke screen as a defense weapon. His screen is a cloud of inky fluid he ejects at will. He gets around by sucking in water and ejecting it. Has Nine Lives If any creatpre has nine lives, that’s Oswald. Himself an entity, his eight tentacles act like living organisms. Aquarium attendants have vested him with a definite person- ality and have noted many idio- syncrasies. Oswald shuns sunlight, is rather mild-mannered, has the power of changing color, and is somewhat phlegmatic, content to cling to the side of his case, staring morosely at ogling humans from: blinking eyes. His menu consists of crabs and he is fed once a day, at three in the afternoon. Although theggreatest single at- itraction that aquarium has_ ever had, Oswald is a’ destroyer of il lusions, Chute said. Folks ex- press disappointment at his size, his obvious harmlessness. _Fic- tion, Chute explained, has false- ly described his kind as “devils of the deep”, a menace to divers. Personal Rev. Holmes Logan, of Ley Memorial church, left yesterday afternoon for Miami to spend sev- eral days with relatives. hour. Edgar Taylor left over the.East Coast yesterday for Islamorada where he will remain for several weeks. Mrs. Alton Albertus and two children, Al and Rose Marie, left yesterday afternoon for Miami where they will spend some time with relatives. Mr, and Mrs. E. E. Williams left over the highway for their home in Kirkwood, Mo., after spending , 4 o'clock. the winter in this city. 7:80 o'clock in Scot- Mr. and Mrs. Graham Lester were arrivals in the city last eve- ning over the highway from Miami for a week’s visit in Key Weed with relatives. Mrs, Lydia White arrived yes- terday over the East Coast from Homestead, coming for medical treatment and was taken to her home in the Lopez ambulance. She was accompanied by her _ sister, Mrs. Bertha McConnell. MRS. J. PUCKETT LEAVES FOR ai HAD BEEN HERE WITH HUS: BAND: WHO 1S:PATIENT . IN HOSPITAL nts MARIE CAPPICK. Mrs. Johnnie Puckett, who was in Key West for several months to jbe near her husband in the Marine edhe left yesterday for a stay in Miami. Mr. Puckett, inspector for the southeastern district of the air- ways branch of’the department of commerce, was in an airplane crash while making an inspection| of this district. The plane in which he was trav- eling went out of control and crashed in an orange grove January 28. Examination showed that Mr. Puckett suffered a frac-! ture of the 12th dorsal vertebrae. He was brought to Key West, placed in the Marine hospital andj since entering the institution has/ been in a plaster cast. Surgeons at the hospital feel confident that Mr, Puckett will recover and Mrs, Puckett feels very optimistic as to} the outcome of the excellent treat-/ ment he is receiving. MORE GOODS FOR TIFT’S GROCERY - | Fresh strawberries and fresh corn are included in a shipment of | jfruits and vegetables which will arrive tonight over the highway) pe Tift’s Cash Grocery on Division street. Many other varicties of vege- sie and fruits will be brought! im on this truck, on} Mention t J. P. Bussey, store keeper, F. E. C. R’y. company, who was in Miami on business, returned on the Havana Special yesterday. Mrs. Delmar Woods, formerly Miss Mary Roberts, arrived yester- day from Islamorada for a stay. with her parents, Mr. and. .Mrs. Webster Roberts. Bishop John D. Wing, of thef Episcopal Diocese in Florida, who was here in connection with the centennial observance in St. Paul’s) church, left yesterday afternoon for his home in Winter Park, Fla. | B. D. Trevor, who accompanied this partner, George F. Morris to} Hendersonville, N..C., where he} went for an extended vacation, was a returning passenger over the. East Coast yesterday. Jerry Warren Morgan, son of '|Mr. and Mrs, Charles Morgan, who is a student in Washington, DQ, C., where he recently took the examination for entering the Nav- al Academy, arrived yesterday and left on the S. S. Florida to stay through vacatien with his parents in Havana. |CLOTHING MAN a HAS BARGAINS; Lee W. Hayman, district mana-, ger of the Whitnant Suit Manufac- turing Company of Summerville, Georgia, is in Key West this week for the purpose of giving local men and boys a chance to buy summer suits at extremely low prices. He is located at the Colonial Hotel building. The suits are said to be light, ‘anise preshrunk and sanforiz- ed, , LODAY IN HISTORY 1719—First edition of “Robin- son Crusoe” published in London, | 1777—Marquis de Lafayette, 19 years old, landed at Charleston, S. C., fo aid the Americans, having taised a corps at his own expense. | 1926— Riza Khan, trooper in the Persian | crowned Shah. onetime Cossacks, 1932—Hordes. of billions of lo- | custs laid waste South Africa. TODAY'S HOROSCOPE } Coupled with the disciplinary j Bature of yesterday are natural good will aad a liking for hard work on its own account. It may jcarry a happy disposition, con- tent with its own lot im life; bat] is more likely to be dominated/ with a strong love of justice. It } produces a leader of men, whose | following accompanies its chief} through pure regard for his wer| jling qualities. ADMINISTRATION LEANS TO- WARD CONTINUATION OF EXISTING METHODS IN FILLING POSITIONS By BYRON PRICE (Chief Of Bureau, The Associated Press, Washington) The question whether President Roosevelt favors unimpaired main- tenance of the civil service sys- tem, under which many thousands of government jobs are kept out of politics, appears to have been answered, partially at least, in the affirmative. In so far as it has disclosed its intentions, the administration leans toward continuation of ex- isting methods of making up the government payroll, rather than large-scale reversion to the Jack- sonian policy of awarding all the governmental spoils to the political victors. This inclination disappoints many of the politicians. A govern- ‘ment berth is so alluring a haven in these days of: unemployment that various members of congress and others have succumbed to the urge of their satellites and would like to see Mr. Roosevelt go the limit in providing jobs for the politically.-deserving. Agitation Seen Recent weeks have seen’ an agi- tation for doing away with those regulations which require appli- cants for postmasterships to pass examinations. Postmaster Gener- al Farley says no such change is contemplated. Pending in congress are several bills to repeal a law known as the classification act, which lists all government émployes in various grades and pays them according- ly. One of the purposes of this act was to eliminate favoritism and politics. The repealists are getting no support from the ad- ministration. Mr. Farley says also that no at- tempt will be made, until the end of their terms, to replace those re- publican postmasters who are giv- ing faithful service. This is per- haps the biggest blow of all to patronage-minded democrats. Presidential Discretion The power of the president over civil service is far greater than is popularly supposed. When the civil service commis- sion was created, congress appar- ently regarded the plan as some- thing of an experiment. The law included only a limited number of government employes under the civil service regulations, but it em- powered the president to transfer ‘\other groups there as he saw fit. A succession of presidents, both republican and democratic, have issued executive orders putting un- der civil service many new classes of government employes. And, presumably, what one president can do by executive order, another president can undo if he desires. Mr. Roosevelt has been told he would have‘only to sign his name to one more document to take away the status of comparative immunity from politics enj. yed— and greatly cherished—by thou- sands now in office, Hope Higher Up The unlikelihood of any such a step does not mean, of course, that the administration will be des- titute of awardable jobs. With all its expansion, the civil service comprises, in the main, only the rank and file. The thou- sands of places higher up are re- served for political appointees on the theory that the president should have in key positions, where questions of policy are decided, of- ficials of his own political faith. With that limited field of pat- ronage, it seems the politicians will have to be content, however much they may dislike it. BELGIUM PLANS TO PRESERVE WATERLOO (My Annociated Pree) BRUSSELS, April 25.—-A 0-} cialist project to repeal the law of} 1914 forbidding new buildings on the battlefield of Waterloo was MOVEMENT NOW UNDER WAY TO ERFECT ORGANIZATION; MUCH INTEREST . MANI- FESTED IN PROPOSAL Plans are going forward for the formation of an historical society in this city. According to the out- line given by those interested in such an organization, it is to col- lect all data of the early days of retired, who has been spending several months in Key West, ex- pects to leave over the East Coast this afternoon for Miami. ‘The general will spend one week with friends at Coral Gables and intends to sail Wednesday, May 2, on the Clyde steamship Shawnee: for his home in New York, and will return next winter. General Rivers is a regular con- 25c DINNER SALE 25c Served Tomorrow in Pythian Sisters Hall, Fleming St. By LONDON.—Prince McBride, a professional musician. of this city, played the piano at the"Olympian ~- ballroom ballroom for 61 hours, PALACE Edward Nugent-Rita La Roy in, The Honor of the Press Matinee, 5-10c; Night, 10-1S¢ Key West's First Funeral Hom Key West's First Ambulance Servi ' tabled in the chamber of deputies. The motion stated that the Britis committee charged with preserv [tion of the site hindered inhab j tants of the district by holding the | government to the letter of the | law. +] TO SUBSCRIBERS If you do not receive your}! paper by 6:00 o'clock in the afternoon, ase your telephone or your neighbor’s phone and call 51 and a paper will be sent to your home. A complaint boy is on duty at this office from 6:00 te 7:15 p. m. for the purpose of delivering com- plaints. Help us sive you 100 percent service by calling 51 if you do not receive The Citizen. EET ee EL Women of Fleming Street. Church. TURTLE CAKES A SPECIALTY. Key West, this to ve used as ref- erence at any time by those inter- ested in the history of this city, and by school children who will have access to the files in the event that their school needs are such as to require information on the early days of this city. Historical events will be played up at various times by pageants depicting such scenes, and all citi- zens are asked to help in collect- ing information on the days when Key West was in its infancy, It is expected that such a so- ciety will sponsor a museum in which will be kept~historical ob- jects and such articles as/may be of ‘interest to future geherations, and to visitors in this city. As soon as plans are completed a mass meeting of citizens will be called, it has been announced by those in- terested. FLORIDA TAKES 1 PASSENGERS The steamer Florida arrived yesterday morning from Tampa and sailed 1:35 o’clock for Havana ith 11 passengers from that city and 10 from Key West. The steamer Cuba arrived 4 o’clock yesterday afternoon from Havana with 13 passengers, eight aliens. Ferry Parrott came in from Cuba yesterday afternoon at 4:20 o’clock with’ one tankage car, 15 miscellaneous and three cars of pineapples, 1,064 crates. 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