The Key West Citizen Newspaper, July 10, 1934, Page 1

ope eee Best Interests of Key Wedt: VOLUME LV.. No, 163. Read From Comptroller On — propa gel | Saeed, Tat) "SENATE SEATS Expenses incurred by Monroe CONSTITUTIONAL ISSUE Primary elections held in June totalled $1,594.74. °° This’ was _.FOR LACK OF ECONOMIC, chive by an: itemized -ropert:of wil’) -ONE‘IN! PROGRAM *: expenditares presented by Clerk|\ “Ross C. Sawyer at a meeting: of | (hy /Annoetated “Presgyr | ASHINGTON, ' 1 OR - the board of county commissioners eee ON Dooly + last night. ‘Present were Chairman Nor- berg Thompson, Commissioners/sertion that because Republicans Carl Bervaldi and B, B, Warren, Attorney Wm. V. Albury, Clerk]. “ 5 Sawyer, Chief Deputy Sheriff seizing upon the “constitutional Clements Jaycocks, Ferry Manager| issue about which they can be as! Eugene Demeritt, Ferry Auditor] vague as they wish.” te Roy Faulkner and a few interested} In a statement made on the eve! eitizens. * of his departure for western speak-! W. V. Knott, comptroller, in aj ing trip, Farley said: ; letter, gave certain information| “The campaign is evidently! relative to the sale of bonds of} definitely under way and I hope, the county. After a brief discus-; the opposition party has a good sion the matter was ordered held time even though its leaders have | in abeyance pending further rat be more notion that Republican} | CLAIMS REPUBLICANS TAKE have mo economic issue they are; tion of the State Board of Ad-! success is possible next November ministration, than I have.” \ Right of Way Crossing Farley goes to Philadelphia and! Relative to a crossing to be will be in New York Wednesday, ! constructed by the county over! that night he will start westward, ' the right of way of the Florida’ making his first stop at Indianap- East Coast Railway Company at olis on Friday. All told he will! Rock Harbor, W. R, Kenan, Jr.,’ make more than a score of speech- and.S, M. Lofton, receivers of the es, some of them at Democratic, road asked for more detailed in- party rallies and others at dedica- Clerk Sawyer was instructed to' He said the primary purpose of communicate with the officials the trip. was to attend the annual | ‘and explaining that a new road‘ convention of the Postmasters’| had been built at this point ask Association of California at San formal permission to cross the rail- Jose on July 20. His’ stops on} way company’s right of way. ‘the way, however, will give him Notary public bond of Attorney, opportunity for many political W. Curry Harris was presented! conferences which will supply def- for approval and was signed by: inite information on the soundness the board members. of the Democratic political fences, A communication from Rev.) “When I get back,” he told re- Alfred DeBarritt asked that pro-j porters, “I’ll be able to tell you; visions be made to furnish the|exactly how we stand and how! colored population of Key West alwe will fare in the fall elections.” suitable location for sea bathing; © He. predicted a gain of five or under sanitary conditions as the/|six’ seats in the senate. He men-/| water at the place now being used' tioned no figures for the house, on South Beach was near a drain-} but did say: | age pipe and was frequently con-, . “We will be entirely satisfied as; taminated. The matter was re-|fat as returns for the house are ferved to city council as being un-} concerned.” der the city’s jurisdiction. eS Tn a letter from the Florida} JAILED FOR BRANDING WIFE World’s Fair Committee it was) | shown that the Florida exhibit! SAN LEANDROQ, Calif.—John) was considered one of most ..en-! Silva of this city, was sent to jail tertaining attractions at the ex-| for branding his wife with an elec-| position and it was desired that} tric iron, although he declared} every county in the state e¢on-} that he was only playing when the | tribute towards maintaining . aj iron slipped. ; NAA Of A ff 2 Ae After giving a terse, clear and| fund to keep the Florida _se¢tion in evidence until the close of, the fair. It was decided to refer the { ( ° Of | problems confronting the adminis-! : Se tration he appointed the advisory matter to 'B. M. “Duncan, Fa ver ases Nl * |board and said that the board administrator in this region. | Officers’ Report Read port on licenses showed there were! none issued during the month of| rn vidya NP | At the session of criminal court eport o: eri . O. Thomp- son showed deposits in the First, this morning a colored sextet,| National Bank during June ‘ i - amounted to $74.67. eneeet Wkyieumees: wes or Deposits by . Tax . Collector ed before Judge J. Vining Frank H. Ladd for the same month : F totalled $1,087; $604.99 to the| Hérris and pleaded guilty. Seaniy and $482.10 to schools.| Milton Russell, Rudolph Far- 1 sum of $663.42, less commis-| >; i en: ; Sond Of $13.27, making a total Of] ee ee el { | jJuly 2, but enrollments were not Postmaster General Farley “replied |; A j to opposition criticism-with the'asujhad registered for the courses of-) esque trading post grew up where }sors, a number of whom we language, cartons of cigarettes. i two he was OK until he ran into} vantageous way, he will Fi i i‘ ‘the arms of the law. The judge; committees from the advisory} $6505 was forwarded to W. v,|Smith Oliver Butler and Darnell! 9° "him six months in county|couneil and this would meet su ATTEND SCHOOL TWO FROM KEY WEST INSTI- TUTION REGISTERED FOR SUMMER STUDIES IN WASH-| INGTON | (Special to The Citizen) WASHINGTON, D. C., July 10. —Sisters Celeste Teresa and Mary Cleophae of the Convent of Mary Immaculate, Key West, Fla., a among the 1,300 students reg tered for the largest summer school ever to be held at the Cath- olic University of America, | in: this city. | The twenty-fourth annual sum- mer session opened on Monday, LL the world loves a Fatr the picturesque cateb pet street fairs to the world expositto thereis the same yresistable draw: closed until Thursday, July when students from 38 states, the! istrict of Columbia, Canada.) traders set out with long cara uuba and the Dutch West Indies; 14 exchange their good: fered by the University. _ | the routes crossed at the center of Thirty-one departments of in-) urope. Centuries tater. when rail: struction staffed by 116 prof drawn from colleges and unive: sities in various parts of the Unit-| place at Leipzig ed States, as well as members of | America took ap tnterest,in the the public school systems of -| Fair just 150 years ago when Benja- timore, the District of Columbia,; min Franklin first xisited Europe, It the several United States gov was a long journey by sailing vessel mental departments and the 1 and stage coach, but #t paid to at- brary of Congress staff, will give! the more than 300 courses given! by the summer session. ' The present registration marks; an increase over that for 1933 by} approximately 200 students and! continues the record established] ceivable product by the Catholic University among The Tower of Baber seems a sim- other institutions of higher learn-; ple gathering compared witb a tair ing for increased enrollments both! attended by men and women from in the summer session and in the{ Seventy-two countries ft te the most Graduate. School of Arts and; Cosmopolitan gathering tn the + -. world In a tew hours the visitor eiences creased —registra-: Sciences for. incr: be meets more traders in every. field 700 years ago 1s today the largest as well as the oldest tnternationa) mar- ket place in the world. The largest exhibition halls ever built oow tions where others have been forc- | ed to report tieclining figures. | And sees, more goods. thaw ve.comld CUPP OMAIELS et ‘Advisory Board Selected During Meeting Last Night To Cooperate With Administrator Ot FERA Unit ted Vress) July 10.— he neglected to issue directions with his device to reduce electric cur- is, C. W. Patton was enced to serve six months in the county jail. Patton pleaded guilty to tampering with an_ electric | Members of the board of coun- ty commissioners, city council and jMayor Wm. H. Malone were nom- : }inated as an advisory board last meter by connecting a device, | pight to act in conjunction with which he told the court he |B iM, Duncan, administrator of manufactured for $2 and (11. rehabilitation project in this sold for $10, that reversed | district. the. polarity and caused the | “Mr. Duncan addressed the meet. aru | ual ok tha aacica und Gekiie (Beesee ie stated: that | be. was connected too long and the monthly reading showed the power company owed the con- sumer $5.—Exchange. | government and during his years fof experience he had never come upon a more interesting problem ‘than that of rehabilitation in Key succinct outline of some of the ;would meet on call only and that jtion with some phase of the wor Will Need Assistance sentenced to serve] 24 days in j n Curtis Darrow, colored, needed! all details of the work nor to fur- money, he said. An open deliv- nish all the brains. There will be ery wagon of one of the local| times when he will call on the dealers looked as though it may!members of the board for assist-| e the aff hold small but profitable loot. ance and to so arran Curtis investigated ting bers to function in the most Knott, treasurer ex-officio, of the} S@wvet were the offenders and! jai, to think it over. Ject to call. county, fwere arrested on complaint of Semi annual reports of officers} Rev. Alfred DeBarritt, of Trinity for the six months period ending! Presbyterian church, who, in a! June 30 were read as follows: communication, told of the gamb-| $2,467 $814. Tax Collector Ladd. Total re-| The men were rounded up some total expenses, |vile language which was a contin- $1,585.47; net receipts, $1,464.73,.|ents Jaycocks, Peace Justice Tax Assessor J. Otto Kirch-| Rogelio Gomez and Jailer Leon heiner. Total receipts, $2,700.21;) Roberts and placed in county jail. total expenses, $1,155.93; net re-; When the charges and the con-/ ceipts, $1,293.43; total expenses, | Judge Harris he promptly sentenc-| $388; net receipts, $905.43. fed them to 30 days at hard labor Clerk Sawyer was granted $20) in the county jail. er counties to be held in Miami, ‘ed with using profane and abusive was sentenced to “do” 30 days. It Clerk Sawyer. Total receipts,{ling tactics of the men and the! was explained to the judge that he had already been in jail 35 days. net receipts, $1,652.97.) ual disturbance to services. |Not being in a position to give back the time, the judge decided | ceipts, $3,050.20; total expenses, |time ago by Chief Deputy Clem-|to let Cornish go and told him to| He explai he was | “beat it.” yespecially interested in what . Duncan, who is now unof- George Cornish was up for using x : al city manager, said he want- profane and vulgar language. He pleaded guilty when arraigned and continue their duties as called for by the laws of the state, and felt he could depend on them for un- qualified assistance whenever this was required of them. He explained that he was not } causes led up to the present plight The case ‘of «Lucille Johnson, | Her terested in was the remedy for ited the jten only to such suggestions az clear, to fill every position where P was dismissed. it is necessary to bring in experts. as he A Aa ae a ee are est Citsen KEY WEST. FLORIDA, TUESDAY, JULY 10, 1934. THE CITY OF A THOUSAND FAIRS | M. BE. Gilfoad, who has wi | ing power Centuries ago, when} @ pictar-HT roads and airplanes came. business ji men continued to meet every year at the great international market jand newspaper correspondents will | tend. The meeting place of the old) caravans with their variety of wares | house 8000 exhibits of every cun- | ii Sa Ae, 7 bh ‘ PRICE FIVE CENTS Porter Feels Bridge Matter Should Be Part Of Program || In Key West Rehabilitatio PUBLICITY AGENT |Cbsieman Of Overseas "FOR PROGRAM OF | So Ant Tot rie Commission Heard On | REHABILITATION! scusce seals M. E, GILFOND WILL PASS) cy tas Ricanecs ssoneges the Overseas Rood ‘oll Brid; OUT INFORMATION REGU-| a \ LARLY CONCERNING ACTIV-| ATIES : i ! Commission, who has been in Washington for the past several weeks in the interest of securing a loan for the proposed project, arrived in Miami yesterday to seleeted to handle all publicity for} -} the rehabilitation campaign in Key| confer with other members of the West and Monree county, was an} issi ‘i Deets) today. commission, including Henry H. Mr. Gilfond was for the past) Taylor,.general counsel for the several years in charge of aie licity. in connection with the{ George Washington Bi Centen-! Mr. Porter is represented as nial. In the future all informa-j having said that “Key West as tion for publication will be given! the ‘American Bermuda’ can be- out from his office, | j}come. a reality by completion of M. B. Duncan said today he wil ping 4 fix certain hours at.which writers| th Miami to Key West section of the Overseas Highway.” be received by Mr. Gilfond and! Mr. Porter, a member of the the progress of the administration! Monroe County Board of Com- organization. ‘will be given to the public from| missioners, voted in favor of the | this source only. {federal emergency relief ad- { | ministration taking over Key RIFLE T | West for rehabilitation purposes. | While in Miami, he will also con- Street crowds—Leipzig during the Fair Week. Above—Air view of the industriat Fair buildings find in snonths of travei, The anctent Meeting place has proved se profit able that men have met here every sntnries Kings and schedule ts followed as usuaj and the Fai which is held from Auguat 26th to 30th’ econtinnes to attract business men. as it has through the ‘COUNTY CLERK GOING ON TRIP WILL ATTEND MEETING oF. trophy against teams from all or-! | ganizations of the national guard jin Florida. i \ i ' j vear for Seven f : leave over. the East Coast tomor-! .|zew-afternoon for Jacksonville. fow-Key West are to be mitcess- jand will act in: the. capacity of/ fal," Mr, Porter said. He pointed |tange officer at the rifle matches! oyt that the bridge will. complete fio he held July 13 at Camp Fos-! United States Highway number | ter. Prude. Pair cows on | Battery “E” who w: ; these. matches for the Taliaferro: REPRESENTATIVES TO BE HELD iN MIAMI jerts will be in charge of the local ong certain lines they Sawyer. unit which will be composed of used only until such time as local County Clerk Ross C. | will leave tomorrow afternoon for Miami to attend c iclerks from different counties in, Recio, Corporal Victor Watkins This statement brought forth a Fiorida in response to a call from} and Private Fred Matthews and! K. B. Quinn, president of the state association of clerks. The meeting will of guera, | Herbert Eddy. composed of more than 200 citi- from different spheres of o'clock in the morning of July 12} professions to discuss a new manual of uni-} and the working classes, and in-!form accounting which is jused throughout the state. Correspondence received by Mr.! tary condition of the city, the ad-;Sawyer is to the effect that the | accounting” has | so many difficul-|been approved by the state audi- they|tor and will be approved by the and readily over- | comptroller and attorney general. Picks And Sho 19 |'eeeeee } consulting engineer with the state termediate occupations. ministrator said did not. present problems new could be easily What did need a ¢ thought and expert z public utilities and transportation. | 5 ‘“ - } The latter especially, i 5 at times when there was some’ stated, was in a dickens of a state County Tage Hash Gunn's re Criminal Court This Morning *:::20°%2.0%. soz, Sehr ings to receive | No one man is expected to plan} = | arted amd under wa; | up campaign succesful and public | utility matter provide work for 4 However, it will be necessary, and aightened out to found of the board as to allow the mem-! ad-} that all dwellers on the island must | | Key West. TALLAHASSEE, July —Governor Dave Sholtz day appointed Rosalind B. about perfect results to the idea of rehabilitation, What must be done and will be, with the right kind of concerted} cooperation, is to make Key West a place for tourists to come. Once they are here there should variety of interest Grooms of Key West as offi- | supplying their own tools. Now; which now is served in the cial court reporter there will be plenty of utensils with| covered areas by ferry boa i ed all county and city officials to! Twentieth Judicial jwhich to carry on every kind of succeeding C. Rodney Gwynn, | | program, says W. E. Hafkness,| , state purchasing agent, who is in! be a sufficient entertainment d this can be added to by telling all the good things and for- getting to mention those which are uninteresting. Will Gladly Help At the conclusion Duncan could re- at Mayor Malone ad- sed him and said he and his associates appreciated to the full- est what was the intention of the government, through its adminis- sible with local people. When trator, and assured him that all (Continued on Page Four) Miss Grooms is the daug- ter of Mr. and Mrs. Grooms of Key | Key West to complete the set-up Said seven hours now is requ | for local handling of purchases. to traverse the 156 miles betwe Grooms is manager Key West Electric Company. MONROE THEATER Joan Blondell-Warren Williams SMARTY Comedies and News Matinee; Balcony, 10c; Orches- tra, 15-20c; Night, 15-25¢ |has not been definitely stated but’ ¢, | as soon as they arrive the clean-up! the automobile.” charged with firing a pistol in the {of the city, but what he was in-| street, was called for trial. ceipts, $1,544.28, ditions under which the defendants | attorney, L. A. Harris County Judge Gunn. Total re-| were arrested were explained to}law covering the offense and stat- ed he did not believe criminal; court had jurisdiction but was of| To Use Local People the opinion it was a case for the} It is his intention, he made} for expenses to go to Miami to at-! Others pleading guilty were: |city. Prosecutor J. F. Busto and tend a meeting of clerks from oth-| Mamie Sawyer, colored, charg-}the judge concurred and the case {that eondition and he would lis-! ‘and sanitation projects will be “All that remains now,” were constructive and workable la UY IT BY THE BOTTLE OR CASE. WAGNER'S “PRIDE OF FLORIDA” IS ALW AYS A PLEASANT SUMMER COOLER. ON SALE AT ALL LEADING VENDORS fer with Frank B, Shutts, another LEAVE TOMORROW: outstanding member of the bridge ; commission, ; FOES 5 | Much In Need Major William, V. Albury. C. A.; Golnrie: Malong Gand. sill eee eae necessary if the federal emer- gency relief administration plans , . _. one from Calais, Me. to Key Leaving on the same train will, west and will afford motorists be the selected rifle team from! ay opportunity to proceed to Cuba il compete in through use of the ferries now in | operation. “In the course of time,” he ex- plained, “this highway will be the {Eastern branch of the Pan Amer- ican highway. It will be con- tinued from, Cuba to Yueats | through the Wayan country Central American countries and the Panama Canal, there to join with the highways of South America.” Mr, Porter added that baer iS 8 ‘the Panama Canal will be 1,600 eececes, Miles closer to Washington by the WHERE TO GO ; Eastern branch of the Pan Am Lieutenant William E. P. Rob- First Ser, eant Joaquin Roma- Sergeant Octavio lican highway than by the We: | branch going through Texas and Mexico. TONIGHT Monroe—“Smarty.” Palace—“Born To Be Bad.” Referring to the bridge, he said: “This project of ours is ab: 2 |solitely a sound one. We have TOMORROW had the plans and estimates re Monroe—The Merry Frinks,” | Vised and instead of seeking a Palace—Hired Wife {loan’ of about $11,000,000 we w - jsubmit one for $4,000,000 and one y e, —*+ a for $5,500,000, Under these plans as provided by the original p the bridge will not be as ma | beyond the life of the bonds and now are preparing the new plans and they will be submitted within the next week or 10 days.” Of Great Value ; He continued: “The project via the ferry route last night for! questionably will pay out The e e. |beyond the period of showing the or or ers n e 1e necessity for such a bridge hil | “The engineers in Washington ‘ROSALIND GROOMS GETS COURT JOB) | use by workers of the FERA in|i?¥estment in the Overseas high Picks and shovels to supply | hundreds of men were received way will be of more value to th |people of southern Florida than For some time there has been|©*Penditures of millions in direct i } relief The scenic route contew ja shortage of these necessary im-| } gerne : | plates three long bridges | plements and many workers were! ing the highway already Mr. Porter pointed out the present handicap in reaching the lower a keys by highway becar rry costs and loss of time Miami and Key West, and that ferry charges total from $4 0, depending upon the Just when the trucks are due gotten under way in earnest. |continued, “to obtain fav action is to convince the ; works administration that the of the highway and bridges, to be there are plenty of idle hands operated on a toll basis, will be Work is going to be the slogan) in Key West from now on and as ‘there is going to be found plentyjsufficient to make the project of work for these idle hands to do., self-liquidating.”