The Key West Citizen Newspaper, June 13, 1934, Page 1

+ 4 hy VOLUME LV. No. 141. Fire Destroys Beautiful Home Councilman Ambrose Cleare ot $12,000 Fire, evidently of incendiary origin, this morning destroyed the beautiful home of City Councilman Ambrose Cleare on Eaton street, opposite the First Methodist ya AAPITAL PONDERS HIRAM BINGHAM’S POLITICAL FUTURE CLAIMED THERE IS. AMPLE EVIDENCE OF CONNECTI- CUT . FIGURE’S RELUC- TANCE TO QUIT SCENE By HERBERT PLUMMER (By Assoctated Press) WASHINGTON, June " 14.—A favorite backstage topic of. con- 'versation in the capital at pres- goncerns Hiram Bingham of | Connecticut’ and his political: fu- ture. /The former senator, dubbed by his colleagues as the “tall syca- moré of Connecticut,” fell a vie- tim of the. Roosevelt landslide in ‘32. Bingham’s defeat, however, was not so decisive as those of some of his republican brethren. There was a margin of only 4,266 yotes between him and re-election. | Circumstances make it all but ‘impossible for him to seek to re-- © \entey to the senate for the time! on @ business trip to Miami,|tion in Con being. There’s a senatorial elec- necticut this year, but, Councilman|the republican incumbent is Fred Waleott—close personal friend and ally of Bingham. { "If he hopes to stage a comeback, | therefore, he must’chart his course ; in another direction. And gossip has it that a seat in the house is/ what he has ih mind. In. G..0, P. Stronghold DICTATORSHIPS | IN BALTIC AREA. ARE APPEAUDED | FOREIGN ‘ENVOYS “APPLAUD ESTABLISHMENT’ OF ‘POW. ERS IN BUFFER STATES MAKING UP GROUP By ALBERT WILSON (By Aanoelated Press) LONDON, June 13.—Foreign diplomats accredited to Latvia, Es- tonia and Lithuania applaud s- tablishment of dictatorships in those Baltic buffer states, one of the corps at, Riga said on a Visit here, While ‘unwilling to allow himself jto be identified in an interview, he’ said the reeent change to an authoritarian government in Lat] via had placed the trio of war-born ations on a comparable footing internally, with their big neigh- bors, the Soviet Union, Germany and Poland, “In all) three ‘countries the trouble was‘too many political par- ties and the impotence of govern- ments,” he said, “Foreign observ- fers in all three capitals are in'sym- jpathy with the new order of ‘things. Patriotic Officials Praised “This particularly is true. in Estonia where ‘a liberal, enlighten- d element has seized control. All oreigners agree there are no finer leaders in that country than Pres- ident Konstantin Paets and Gen- eral J. Laidoner. the George Wash- ington of Estonia. oe “In Latvia Gen. J, Balodis, the ‘father’ of that nation, and’ K. Ul- manis, who recently became prime minister for the eighth time, head a similarly ‘admired government. ithuania’s foreign colonies ‘con. | sider that a good regime is: int control there.”* “ Ulmanis, who ysed to be a lec- the University of’ N KEY WEST. FLORIDA,’ WEDNESDAY, JUNE 13, 1934: Old Glory Marches To New Milestone; Proud Symbol Of Nation For 157 Years bh eagh ah Steel And Iron Purchased At Tortugas Will Be Brought To _ Key West Enroute ‘North SHUDDERS OVER .. yea Of Material, How: COURT-MARTIAL ever, Will Be Loaded BERGDOLL, DRAFT DODGER, RECEIVES LETTERS OF SYMPATHY Sh By nat a oa tick, who are said to have pur- (By Associated Prev) WEINSBERG, Germany, Jung| ‘heeds great amount of scrap 13,—Grover Cleveland Bergdoll,| steel and iron at Tortugas, from Philadelphia draft dodger, said his offer to surrender to a civil court has been met with silence by the| the U, S. government will start te ‘move it in a short’ time, it is ‘{Ameriean government but that he | said. hag received ‘a flood of letters” of sympathy. Messrs, Adler and Bostick were in Key West for a couple of days Bergdoll; who calls himself “a 5 mah without a country,” following _ 3: Over: the highway”) this his escape from military authori-| ™°raing for Miami and will con- ties in 1929, appealed to President | clude arranget ping Roosevelt in March for a pardon. | ee eee He said he would not face a mili-| ‘he metal before returning. tary court-martial, . Bergdoll is; Some of the scrap will be ship- living here in exile with his wife| ped to points in the United States, Glory in a patriotic parade. tropical outpost in the West Indies’and displaying ‘the N. on parade in China. Above: U.S. Marines are shown raising the Stars and Stripes at jatiowal Flag and their regimental colors while Old Glory goes marching on. the Congress Colors; and known: From. time to. time '’ slight; Milestone after milestone has by other: designations. It was changes inthe flag have: been and four children. “My mail from all parts of America has been enormous,” Bergdoll said, “More than 90 percent were favorably inclined so far as my pardon is concerned. It seems from these though that my friends are in middle-sized to small ies and farming districts. The few dissenting editorials’ all came from the largest cities,” Asked whether he might under. take to return to America with- pardon, Bergdoll replied: s the father of four young children I could never consider re. it was shown, and the rest will be loaded on a ship and sent to Europe, Much of this material, it is shown, was that which remained from the . old government coal hoists and other equipment, wi was dismantled at Tortugas gev- eral years ago, where the govepn- ment once maintained a coaljng station, 4 The greater portion of the scrap steel and iron was disposed of turer at of some time ago, the residue be- similar to the flag aa we know. it’ authorized by Congress. A flag|turning to the Unitéd States and today, except that the union was of fifteen stars and fifteen’ stripes! Surrendering to y rt-martial, A omposed pf the crosses. of St.' followed the entrance of Vermont] court-martial can hand out © any braska, is ‘ruling with an tron| been passed and June 14 will mark i fist, the diplomat said, but hes a ‘the 457th anniversary of the be- to have received water dam- age to the amount of about $400. FROM LOST AD: == J. ZETEK RECOVERS WATCH FOB ADVERTISED IN THE CITIZEN he greatest par! of his time, since leaving the senate has been | spent in the capital. He has main- tained his sumptuous ‘apartment ‘on fashionable Sixteenth street. As president of the National Aero-' nautics association, he has kept an office here and frequently his pic-, ture may-be seen in the news-, in connection with some phase of that organization’s activi- ties. There’s even more concrete evi-) dence to be had in Connecticut. Recently he opened up his home in New Salem, in the eastern part of the state.. New Salem is in the large second congressional district of high ideals: via has.” Factions Well Mixed “Latvia was.in worst shape fall three cou Moved symbol of the sation, - Many | ‘est thing to a patriarch that Lat} istriptic Americans. will be proud ' the stai to display:their flag on this date! [corded the Grand Union, Flag, it in observance of Flag Day. Floating from the lofty pinnacle; and St; Andrew instead’ of| rry field. Although many honors were ac- was never formally acknowledged the diplo! o¢ American idealism, our flag is|by Congress. It was the Stars and and Keritueky into'the Union, and remained in. yogue from 1795, until 1918. This flag inspired the United. States in its war against the. Barbary pirates early in the last century; it was flown to the mat continued. “The multiplicity), beacon of enduring hope, like; Stripes, which we'so often call Oldj breeze in the Battle of Lake Erie of parties had got things into @!tne famous’ Bartholdi Statute of | Glory, that was destined to be ac- terrible jam. About 100 members Tinerty enlightening the world to;corded that honor on, June 14, of parliament represented 20 Par-| the oppressed of all lands. “It is}!1777, when the Continental Con-| Spangled Banner in ties. To make things worse every trivial measure ‘had to be passed by parliament—measures an un- dersecretary in any other country could carry out. _ “As in Estonia a new constitu- tion had been upon, In both countries ft was a case of | in 1813; prompted Francis Scott Key to write the immortal Star 1814, and the revered banner of an assem-/gress resolved “That the*flag’’ of| was flown by Jackson at New Or- blage: of free people from racial ‘stock on earth, | George Washington said: - “We! take the stars from heaven, ‘the; red from our mother country, separating it by white stripes,: thirteen stripes, alternate fed’ and white; that the union be thirteen! stars, white in a blue field, /vep- resenting a new constellation.” Research has failed to eptove) thus showing that we have sep- definitely just what person or per-} cided to return to the every/the thirteen United States be/ leans in 1815, For twenty-three years the flag with fifteen stars and stripes figured_in. numerous stirring epi- sodes. Then with the admission of five new States, Congress de- or kind of sentence. “It might give me 10 years or even life.” In his appeal to the président, Bergdoll said “I still feel myself an American, and could never swear allegiance to any other country. I always preferred be- ing a man without a country rath- er than become a citizen of a for- eign nation.” | |HUNGARY UNEARTHS ROMAN SETTLEMENT (By Associated Press) SZEKESFEHERVAR, Hungary, {June 13.—A’ Roman _ settlement, that time. ————— Regular meeting of the board of county commissioners will be held tonight in the office of Clerk Ross 'C, Sawyer at the county court jhouse, } Only regular routine business is {scheduled for consideration, in- {cluding checking depositary ac- counts, * | believed to be Heculia, sought by archeologists for many years, has| Porter still in Washington D. C., been unearthed near here. The and Chairman Norberg Thompson one group beat another to it, in putting the e@nstitution in ef-} jfect. The most nationalistic arated from her, and’ the white} sons created the design for our, thirteen stripe, design and to add With Commissioner Wm. - R. stripes shall go down to posterity, National Flag. Tradition points one star for each State admitted! fepresenting liberty.” ito Betsy Ross as the needlewoman| to the Union. When it is realized; —a veritable stronghold of repub- If you want quick results from} jicanism. _ WAGNER'S “PRIDE OF FLORIDA” BEER IS THE IDEAL announce in The Citi- Nomination for congress in the district ‘on the: republican. ‘is regarded as tantamount to election, “Those familiar with’ politiés. believe Bingharl A ing” the idea of. ranhi the house, They say, ticut ie however, ; of Minois.” . find it he placed an adver- in The Citizen 3 o’elock chain was the fob. adve: resident on Division immediately went to} Since e \ State Plant| former senator, took his seat in} uilding, re-} the present congress, the position picions that the group which was b fob to H, S. McClan- DETROIT—John McKay, We are open wotil 9:30 p.m. Lowe’s Cash Grocery Phone 675 2127 Division Sv. jane “Let's Be Ritzy.” in’t be handed to him on a silver platter, they indicate. And that brings up the question whether. Bingham would risk his; {group won. | .ofThe new governments in Lat- pia and Estonia might be com-' {pared with the Dollfuss regime in Austria, They are buttresses inst both naziism and socialism do not pretend to be fascist. *In Lithuania the situation is somewhat different as Italian fas- cism’is an admitted model for the government and Mussolini is fre- quently quoted by government. lea | 4 Foreign’ Intrigues Seen }.. “Latvia and Estonia have no Long before Old Glory became! whose fingers wrought with lov-; that twenty-eight States have been the symbol of our great nation,'ing care the first sample of the! added since December, 1818, the theré were scores of flags rep- | Stars and Stripes, which was al-; wisdom of this decision can be ap- resenting the hopes and aspira-| most identical with the flag as we: preciated: tions of. our forefathers. Colonial’ know it today. | Slowly» the © nation®: has ex: flags show anchors, beavers, rat-| Many believe that Benjamin; , teenie, pine trees and various.Franklin, | George Soharerce-ig panded:-weatward and ‘Hew Staten other insignia, Some of them bore! John Adams, or some other per-. have been added to the Union, the Words, “Hope,” “Liberty,” or, son was responsible for the de-| each represented by a glistening, “An Appeal to Heaven.” -A_ fa- sign. Congress: failed to desig-| star in the blue field. Symbolie vorite motto beneath the rattle-;nate the manner in which the; of an honest pride in the accom- snake design was “Don’t tread on’ stars should be placed, and i \ \ | | it is, plishments of the past, s | still a subject of conjecture wheth-' with the courage apd faith, which | Old Glory’s immediate ancestor! er they first appeared in yows, have always ruled the destiny of jwas the Grand Union Flag, some-; were staggered, or formed more great nation, Old Glory goes discoveries include an elaborate in Cuba, it will Roman bath, several villas andl ene: of ‘iby othar tance endian many domestic utensils, lz the board for a quorum. Key West Handles Over Thirtéen | Hundred Carloads: Of Pineapples During the pineapple shipping | season which has just come to a close there were together}. Others ‘employed in different capacities are the sealers, who put the regular seals on the door political prestige in Connecticut serious difficulties with the big im what might prove to be a los-| governments neighboring them ing fight. His friends believe he; but Lithuania has territorial con- would not, troversies with both Germany and It is'true, however, a seat in the; Poland. Therefore, in contrast to rtisement had been} house is coming more and more! the other Baltic states, Lithuania in favor of refired senators. Ever’ has become a land of deep Wadsworth of New York,| trigue. “However, there are strong sui« has grown in favor. Heflin of| subdued when the Estonian Alabama ‘tried a comeback by this| less revolution took place were route. For a while it was thought | Subsidized by both German nazis Jim Watson of Indiana might try| and Russian communists, The for-| terday for the Second Primary "ecorded at the first primary. | election to be held June 26, Clerk it, jeign colony is almost convinced Like Wadsworth, they have; that the ‘veterans’ organization’ come to realize it is an excellent|—a party of discontents—formed ‘way to escape: politicaloblivion, {@ battleground in its own ranks for German or Russian favor.” ADVISORY 11 A. M.: Tropical disturbance has appar- looped and is now approxi- “Let's Be Ritzy” imately centered about 22° north, “The Witching Hour.” {ment uncertain but probably slow- ‘ jly east-northeast. . It is attended TOMORROW lby winds of gale force near cen- Palace—“The Dude Bandit” \ter. S. S. “Habana”, in latitude jand “Her Man.” . 121° 36°N, longitude 91° 30°W, re- | Strand—“Coming Out Party”/ported barometer of 29.36; wind jsouthwest—23 miles per hour. |times called the Cambridge Flag,! ‘ ‘Absentee | Upon receipt of the ballots yes-: | Ress C. Sawyer placed some in the | office of Judge Hugh Guan for absentee voting and before §$ | eelock five votes had been cast. | Voting In Second | Primary Started Yesterday’ circle, } | tion will be far in excess of those, Among those who will cast ab-} sentee ballots, it is understood,) are: members of the erew of the} Steamship Florida. This will sail for New York about one week before the election. Other employes of the P. and 0. S. S$. Company who will also prob-' POINCIANA GOING ON BEACON WORK LIGHTHOUSE ‘TENDER GETS ORDERS TO PROCEED TO PORT EVERGLADES Tender Poinciana of the light- ders to proceed to Port E ; to restore Rédédh No. 5, which was recently knocked down by a This morning four more voters! ably cast absentee ballots will be|Ye%#el polied their [has been in. effect. | ! Seen © eek a ee | ber of inquiries received at his of: ‘fice, the absentee vote this elee- a members of the crew of the Cuba.! of June 26. When the final check was made; In the opinion of Judge Hugh' of absentee voting on the Friday|to make repairs on the previous to the First Primary the’ count showed but 98 votes cast. It is expected that this number will! be doubled during this period, After this work has been done and 92° west with direction of move. | during which this form of voting! port from Tampa on the motning|which may have been destroyed or jinjured. Sees ae, parts barge and as soon as repairs ‘been made will exit for the Caloo- sahatelice river. The Tender I is working in Key West harbor, DRINK. WHEREVER YOU ARE, ASK FOR IT, ONLY 1 1,264 care of | fruit im crates and 64 cars in bulk | thipped from Key West over the | Florida East Coast Railway. Fruit in crates went to dis- tributing points in the north, that | which was shipped in bulk went to various points in Canada, the most being sent to St, Catherines. } t ' |nary box cars to refrigerator jcars, stacked according to reg- ‘ ulations and so braced as to pre- vessel; house department has received or-! elude the possibility of any of the verglades| Crates being dislodged or the! cone beyond the $20,000 mark, | fruit being bruised. | Some of these cars are iced while others 12 of the cars; bulkheaders who con- struct and install the braces to keep the load steady; and others on the rack to bring the total up to 136 men, . There is a regular scale of pay which was adopted some time ago which was agreed to by all in- terested. The total disburse- ments during this season to all employes was approximately §$7,- 000. Seasons in previous years have been far larger than this, There [have been seasons when shipments {through Key West have totalled j almost 4,000 cars. At these times | disbursements to employes have During the season just closed sipments from the rack and sil other details in connection with these operations were supervised by Jack Neweomb, ef the yard force. TER Patricia Etlie- Frank MeHugh in Ler’s BE RITZY Jadith Allen-Tom Brown in THE HOUR Matinee: WITCHING Balcony, 10¢; Ovehes- tra, 15-200; Might, 15-25<