The Key West Citizen Newspaper, June 4, 1934, Page 1

Associated Press Day Wire Service. For 64 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West VOLUME LV. No. 133. Governor James Rolph, Who Died. Saturday, Will Be Buried Today Chief Exacetive Of Cali-| "To. BE BURIED fornia Died In Ranch House OfAn Old Time Friend TODAY. SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., June 4.—Gov. James Rolph, — Jr. who died Saturday will be buried to- day. Escorted by a guard of highway patrolmen, relatives and friends, hhis body was brought to a San im as chief « The end*came after weeks of losing battle against a complica- tion of diseases, A high fever had robbed the governor of all but the will to live—and that, despite - umazing vitality and courage, was not sufficient to ward off ravages of a kidney infection, cardiac con- dition and lung congestion. ¥ The friends of James Rolph, Jr., 4 thrown into the balance, will e Key EXPECT 150,000 CAST TUESDAY, CAMPAIGN OF -SIKES STEADY INCREASE CANDIDATE IN RACE HEADQUARTERS ANNOUNCE (Special tu rae <s<en) ST. PETERSBURG, June 4.—. |Barring® interference by — the weather, approximately 150,000 votes will be polled in the demo- cratic primary tomorrow, a sur- vey just completed revealed to- The voting, ‘except in counties ‘where local issues and races are be only lukewarm, tabulators at Sen- campaign quarters found. ‘The poll revealed a steady in- ferease of Sikes’ strength in hi jcampaign for United States sena- tor in every séction, and indicated OLEH IR. C. PEPPER TO CLOSE CAMPAIGN TONIGHT IN MIAMI CANDIDATE FOR PLACE IN U. ‘S$. SENATE WILL BRING TO _VERY. INTENSIVE CAMPAIGN for | TALLAHASSEE, June ja certain: place for him in the sec- | ond primary, probably at the top of the five cornered race. On the basis of these returns, |his campaign manager estimated {Sikes would lead in at least 40 of Lee 67 counties, and would re- pays a big vote in every county, i ASKS FAIR AND | HONEST ELECTION REQUEST MADE \BY GOVER- NOR SHOLTZ AT TAL- LAHASSEE , (Candidates Busy Today With FOR’ fii fi, KEY WEST, FLORIDA, MONDAY, JUNE 4, 1934. * : ; " =a e Politics have reached the boil-) gument or any sign of passionate a a 4 feeling up until today, it is. said, ing point. ..To the auditor listen- sh yee gens. ah allabe pear before tomorrow and the en-! tire’ day pass without an unkind word or action on the part of any- one, At least the same condition has prevailed on other occasions when} for several days before election! ‘eruptions seemed imminent and’ jon the day when everybody was j centered on getting out the vote,! ing im on some of the uments, in different parts of the city to-| day, the heat seemed to rise above the boiling. point of water, 212 de-| grees and nearer that of mercury ‘which boils at 675 degrees. | Every candidate appears to be i gate, everything passed off very, smoothly and the day was as se-! rene and calm as any other day. Voters tomorrow will have 11 in forming last minute plans for omorrow’s contest. None of; j these have been heard in argu- 4ments, but many of their adher-| hours and 14 minutes in which to {ents and constituents have. Feast their ballots. Polls will! LIEUT. G. FORD | ARMY OFFICER TRANSFER. Ford, U. S. A., Mrs. Ford and the: on edge and is actively engaged; and working for his chosen dele-;this morning for Fort McClellan, } weeks ago. Key West, Florida, has the most equable weather in the country; with an average range of only 14° Fahrenheit. PRICE FIVE CENTS [Plan Marking Of Town Names “On Highways And Buildings To | Make Aviation Safe In Florida VISES MANY IMPROVE- ELECTION RETURNS MENTS AT: FORT. TAYLOR AT CITIZEN OFFICE _ Returns from tomorrow's primary election will be posted on The Citizen's bul- letin board tomorrow ning as fast as the votes are tabulated in the various pre- cinets. This is an annual with lic is invited to call around AND HIS FAMILY LEAVE KEY WEST |Major McMullen Who Was Here Last Week - Makes Arrangements For Pro- posed Activities . First Lieutenant George A. children, left over the highway) eve- | | sand a lot of brush wielding is go- (Special to The Citizen) TALLAHASSEE, June seven thousand gallon pot of paint Ala., to which post the lieutenant ryEne Y was ordered transferred several When orders were first received transferring ,Lieutenant Ford he| and learn the results. ing a long way to make aviation Chute uh uh heute ute ut ALBURY HITS | Early this morning groups could] open 8 o'clock and close at sun-|was asked by The Citizen if hej | be seen at the principal gathering| down which. is 7:14 o'clock. As! would regret leaving Key West to | places downtown, and each. gavej there are but 10 candidates for| \nich h> replied he would like to j off a sound. of suppressed. thun-}whom to, vote on the ticket which! cg 2B little 1 {der, rumbling and ready to burst| carries only. 33,.names, marking|'®™#!n @ ‘ttle longer as he reall, ‘into a crashing and tearing roar,|should be speedily accomplished. | njoyed being here. safe in Florida, as far as direction is concerned. Maj. "A. B? McMullen, head - of the state road department's avia- lif the: aggravation was sufficient.; » And) the same» rapidity:should | Probably the attitude is a fore-;mark. the count tomorrow _ night} runner of weather conditions. [ie the votes are. being counted, | thunder showers during the day, night, or at least so near comple- Hemingway And Party Successful | prognosticated by the weather| It is confidently expected that alll for Key West and vicinity. tion as to leave no doubt as to! In Catching Additional Sailfish’ bureau tomorrow which indicates] precincts will be counted by mid-; There has been little or no Bi candidates are elected. } { SPEAKING TONIGHT AT BAYVIEW PARK Sailfish are the most elusive of | the coveted prizes to be found in| Bccée Watkra), batt Beloes)i Mébetings| That he was sincere is shown by his having remained in Key West during the period of his leave, granted several weeks ago, and left this morning because it was SENATE FOES: necessary for him to do so to re- port at his new post on schedule. He will be remembered in the | ANSWERS CHARGES MADE IN! days to come for his beautifica-| «joinp ATTACK” BY GOMEZ tion plans at Fort Taylor. The sys- tem of perfect roads which were} AND FRANKLIN AT FORT constructed under his supervision and the hundreds of trees planted] MYERS under his direction which are al- ready showing above the ground, and bid fair to make the fort (Fort Myers News Press) reservation the most beautiful of} Defending himself from charges the government holdings on the is-}made against his legislative record land. by his two, opponents in the three-! Re eae cornered race for the ‘state sen-! ate, William V. Albury of Key | West last night spoke before 250 |Persons in the court house. He | tion division and now in charge of all FERA aviation activities, has purchased the 7,000 gallons of paint to mark town names and di- rection information on state high- ways and on roofs so that aviators, if perplexed as to their where. abouts, may have opportunity to know them every few miles, “This amount of paint will be sufficient to paint 600 times on roads and buildings the names and directions to the state's existing 143 airports,” McMullen said. “So far, we have only been given per- mission to use 200 buildings for this purpose. More are needed, but we expect to gain this permis- sion without delay.” Regarding Developments McMullen informed. ©. B. |way seems to be able to ibebed {was preceeded by James A. Frank-| Treadway, chairman of the state jlin and State Senator Arthur; road department, that plans of his Gomez, both speaking for 15 min-| division call for development of (Ny Annoelated Prensa) TALLAHASSEE, June 4. he , Governor Sholtz called for a “fair TO SCHOOL ROOM : § ! Claude Pepper, candidate for the! # California institution.» He took United States senate, will close his | WILLIAM V. ALBURY, CANDI-. « . Pride in that®service because it! campaign, at ..Miami* where lard ene or more. peaks tonight. Pepper will draw to a close GhoS= what” is" geterllly- conceded to: be the. most. intensive, campaign in the history of the state. He will not only address the Megadid of Dade county in his clor- ki ./ing speech but, as well, many tens eet ee a real thousands in other parts of the any other man bearing that, *tate,-who will have the-opportun- ity to listen in on the more than im? 55,000 Florida radio. receiving one ex.{Set% since his Bayfront Park ‘personality |Speech will be broadcast over @ widely known through his #eneral radio hook-up to all sec- interests and his reception tions. = ished guests from all’ It is estimated by usually well parts of the world. He claimed informed observers that not less to have taught New York city the than 200,000 votes will be polled, practice of extending a royal wel-'! Weather conditions permitting. Ac- come to foreign dignitaries and ¢ording to Mr. Pepper's headquar- home-coming American heroes and las ‘Native’ Always Born in San Francisco August 23, 1869, Gov, Rolph was the son of pioneer ‘parents, James and Margaret source of pride to Gov. ‘was the fact that everybody him “Jim.” It was his boast i z Fi nm ugh his trave included 0 trip, the Rolph e & Hi mentum continues, there “is every chance that for the first time in his political career Senator’ Park Trammell will be in position to see an opponent’s heels: It is point- Rolph, and was wo- (ed out that in practically every duct of the city’s famous, Mission {straw vote: so far, taken in va- district, That was the section! Tious sections of the state Claude Pepper has. been. invariably. in, the ters, if Mr. Pepper’s present mo-) | DATE FOR STATE SENA- { ut on his Cabin Cruiser Pilar “STOR, TO BE HEARD. __ arene he and a party consist- & ing of Mr. and Mrs. Charlies { Thompson, Leicester Hemingway, There will be a pciitical rally | his brother, and Al Dudek, four honestly, in adeohlahee’ with theta Bayview Park tonight begin-! sailfish were taken. The word primary law.” ning at 8 o’clock, when William ' four is written advisedly as only ¢ The governor’s.statement was}V. Albury, candidate for state; three wre caught and thereby mallee 2 ae jAfter ‘he had re-|senator, will address the voters. Thangs a “tail.” om some parts of all candidates are to! Three 7 the fish were taken the state, that eral “ping, might speak, and time will be alloted to} whole and the fractional part of be attempted, “Without naming the counties, he |¢#ch who care to talk in order |@nother was caught on the hook. cS | Even this was made whole when liad: received information that in|to discuss the issues of the cam-} : - same counties, persons who have | paign. ; the shark which had bitten off the not paid their poll taxes probabl eee A \ other part was caught and from would seek to vote. He said be{A® this will be the last night/his mouth was hanging the tail of had received statements that such ,%@t candidates will be afforded thé mistreated fish. practices had been allowed by|2" oPportunity to be heard, it is; Ernest caught one of the prizes, | some precincts oficials in previous | ¢xPected that there will be a,Charles another and Al took the} elections. large crowd in attendance. ‘third. They were all of regular: “Payment of poll taxes is a re- ; Size averaging between six and quirement to become ‘qualified to| (seven feet. vote,” the governor said. “The; ' T Seis’ d'aen,"zee "| CANNING PLANT D’MOLAYS TO HOLD | MEET TOMORROW ‘county sehools. Election officials {and honest election in Florida to- morrow.”” . pele said he: would’“exbeet alt alectiga officials to perform their | official dutiés in seeing that the ‘election is conducted fairly and invited | | i Minvino: .a3h MPLOYES TO START WORK ;are expected to see that only those who are qualified cast their bal. E | lots tomorrow.” | lof the university by Machado utes and reiterating charges made! airports every 15 miles along des- RETURNS: TO HAVANA UNI-|against Albury at a meeting in thé |ignated airways, ~ ~{East-Bnd Tuesday night. - —Sixty-four-new ‘airports ‘have VERO AEE TEE (Ai tures af tee speakers 4rair] bees. balls inthe’ Mate singe. Sed OF OVER THREE YEARS applause on charges and counter-:eral funds for this purpose were charges hinging on their respec- allotted to Florida, and 34 of the tive public records. The main is-|existing 78 fields have been im- HAVANA, June 4.—Dr, Ramon{Sues were school finances, the}proved. This work was done Grau Sin Martin, former pro-|Wotkmen’s compensation act, sales! through an allotment of $1,400,- visional president of Cuba, was/tax and division of the gasoline /000 of federal funds, An addi- back teaching in Havana univer-|tax. All three speakers appeared , tional $316,000 will be forthcom- | sity Friday after an absence of, to be in practical accord on these | ing shortly from a new grant of more than three years, the ‘ma- issues but disagreed on the “good;PWA money to Florida. jority of which time he spent inifaith” of their opponents. Plan Giant. System jail and exile. Mr. Albury introduced Mr.' “Our purpose is to make Flor. A professor of science in Cuba’s Franklin as the first speaker and |ida, already leading the nation in highest institution of learning for! then acted as timekeeper. Mr. ' the number of existing airports, many years previous to the closing | Franklin charged that Mr. Albury | the first state in every angle of in| Side-stepped the final vote on the aviation facilities,” McMullen snid. jg|Te-allocation of the gasoline tax “A general beautification pro- to for the benefit of the schools, He!gram will be started on a state- on Charged the Key West legislator wide scale as soon as funds are jwith voting for an amendment . which “killed the workmen's com- giant Plons pation A operons : pensation act” and with voting parks, the latter to include other sors and exp! d his pleasure at| *xainst @ measure to extend the; recreational facilities such as golf being eshiaggsrtel the “Almal [ag of taxes from April to|courses and athletic fields, June. { eae | + Attacks Albury Record | Editor's Note: Major McMullen GROUP GOES TO T0 | Mr. Franklin attacked the Al- and C. F. Wheeler, of the airways 1931, Dr. Grau returned to former place on the faculty give an interesting lecture physiology. ‘bury record in respect to public branch of the Department of {sehools saying he had served ‘as|Commerce, were in Key West last known locally in San Francisco as‘: “south of the slot,” the latter ref- being to the old cable slot that ran through Market street in the early days. 4 Later in life Gov. Rolph accum- ulated sufficient wealth to enal him-to live in the most restricted sections of his city and state, but On June 26, 1900, he married Miss Annie Marshall Reid of San Franciteo, ‘They had three chil. lead, with Park Trammell sécond. A straw vote of newspaper men in attendance on the spring meet- ing of the Florida State Press As. sociation. at Mariana recently’ showed Pepper leading ten.to one ‘as the choice of newspapers of the state.” WHERE TO CO eeecvcece eeesoeccce TONIGHT Seerennsecasenee; ~ WILL SERVE CITY | Harry M. Baker, chief of the Key. West Fire Department, to- of Sidney Thompson as city elec- trician in charge of paraphernalia and apparatus, day announced the appointment | Mr, Thompson's duties will con-! AT 8 O'CLOCK TOMOR- DEGREE WORK WILL BE PUT! ROW MORNING | ON AT SESSION DUR- ING EVENING } | j {\ y 1 | Employes of the A. Granday| Co. are to start work at the pine-; japple cannery 8 o’clock tomorrow! Members of the Robert J. Perry} |morning. This is the information | Chapter, Order of DeMolays, are} contained in an announcement ap-' planning on a big time for tomor- | pearing in The Citizen this after-!row night when several members, | {noon, who were recently given their first | | Telegrams received by the com-!and second degree, will have con-! Pany today advise that two cars of | ferred on them the side or third) jfruit will arrive this afternoon on} degree. jattorney opposing a levy for CHURCH MEET ss purposes in Monroe coun-) iy and lost in the supreme court. id He stated that Mr. Albuty w T. P. Douglas, pastor of the controlled by the “Porter ring’’} Church of God, 1106 Olivia street, in Key West and encouraged to Mrs. Douglas, accompanied by ,Tun for state senator by the Clem- Mrs. Victor Roberts and two ents brothers of Fort Myers, daughters, Mary and Barbara, left, Senator Gomez prefaced hii over the highway this morning for |tack with an appeal to the aud- Wimauma, Fila. jence to be allowed to speak last They go to attend the annual Sut after Mr. Albury’s objection Florida State camp meeting of the |t¢ this procedure, the crowd was church which begins June 7 and evidently in favor of the Monroe Thursday and went over all phases of the local situation. In addition to a préposed air- port in Key West, it is proposed to construct emergency landing fields at three points on the keys. Those tentatively agreed upon will be at Long Key, Matecumbe and No Name Key. Before leaving Friday morning Major McMullen and Mr. Wheeler said they intended to have the plans for the airport at Key West made at once and they are expect- Palace—‘‘Sorrell and Son.” Strand—“Riptide.” TOMORROW Palace—"Sorre! and Son.” dren, Mrs. John P. Symes, Geor- gina and James Rolph, 3rd. Gov, Rolph as mayor of Sanf distinguished himself by his relief activities after . the jsist, principally, in the mainten-|the Ferry Parrott ready for use.| It is expected that there will be! ance of ‘the fire alarm system. He| 4 Maitland Adams, manager of|a large crowd in attendance as! hag been , adjudged thoroughly | the Thompson interests, said to-| all Masons and majority members! quélified'for the work and has iday he expects shipments of the; have been extended an invitation i ed to be received by J. L. Turn- \aee, FERA director operations, “I carry the endorsement of the within the next week. class,” said Senator. Gomez and proceeded to read tele-/ continues through June 17, Mrs.| county representative and Senator: Louise Bullard and daughter, Cyn- | Gomes launched into his attack. thia, will leave Thursday by train. | The camp at Wimauma was es-| working earthquake and fire of 1906, car- (Continued om Page Four) —_——— - Strand—“David) “Harum” and “All of Me,” i TO THE VOTERS OF MONROE COUNTY 1 Gill aiipreckha boii inte andl vuppect ky the Primary tomorrow. If you elect me your representa- tive in the State Legislature I pledge you a fearless, representation. honest and business had years of experience in this line of electrical work, “LE BUSTO- FOR COUNTY SOLICITOR On account of the com- plaint made by Mr. Juan Carbonell before the NRA G ie. this theater is forced to raise the price for children at matinee to 10c. fruit to arrive steadily during the/to be present. eoming week and possibly until the} ead ‘of the canning season. Es —_—_—_———— - KITTENS WITHOUT TAILS 2 ¥ se Ate NIAGARA. FALLS, No Y.— falter Pearl of this city, is the owner of three kittens which were POLITICAL RALLY TONIGHT WILLIAM V. ALBURY, Candidate for State Senator, will speak tonight at 8 o’clock at Bayview Park. All candidates are invited to speak and time will be alloted to them to discuss the issues of their campaign. WILLIAM V. ALBURY, Candidate for State Senator. (Paid Political Advertisement) tablished 22 years ago and meet- grams from Wendell C. Heaton lings have been held there by re- FLORIDA BRINGS of the state federation of labor} : kr ns x,| 98 PASSENGERS Senator e 4 Mr. Al.! pe with betraying the Key West prio, 'fishermen by failing to oppote a e ibill which set aside salt waters as; Steamship Florids, of the P. | private grounds and failing to sup.'2"¢ 0. S. S$. company, arrived jport the workingmen's compenss- from Havana Saturday afternoon Ifion act. He charged Albury | With 59 first class passengers and |; with using » “phony telegram” to) Cight second class for Key West, indicate that Gomez was not the |24 first and seven second for leandidate of the Monroe fisher-| Tampa. z ‘men. | Ferry Parrott came in from | Mr. Albury, in effect, denied|Cubs Saturday afternoon with all of the charges and avoided four cars of sugar, 14 cars of making personal attacks on his op- | Pineapples, 5,449 erates, qnd five (Continued on Page Three) [cars of fruit in bulk. '| STRAND THEATER | HARRY DONGO For Representative to I Norma Shearer and Robert Montgomery in STATE LEGISLATURE i Your Vote Will Be Appreciated | _ ERNIE NS ligious organizations during that ; RIPTIDE Matinee: Balcony, 10¢; Orches- tra, 16-200; Might, 18-250