The Key West Citizen Newspaper, July 25, 1934, Page 1

~~ OLUME LV. No. 176. By HERBERT PLUMMER ty Ansorinted Press) WASHINGTON, July 25.—| SERVICES APPEARS IN TO.-: ‘There was more behind the deci-| pay’s ISSUE sion of the democratic congres- sienal elections committee to sub- mit a questionnaire to democratic members of the house than merely & desire to obtain political infor-|the FERA: program in Key West.|room of his comfprtable home, mation. ‘The primary purpose was tO} a ,heared so far. make the congressmen think they ‘Were getting « little personal at-jtotels 10,491 in ‘this list: How). 1, on nis 15-acre “place. tention from headquarters, The 100 or more members of the house quizzed about the pop- Masks larity of President Roosevelt,/the ability of a person and their tidant of the president, | | | PRINTED — THIRD LIST OF THOSE WHO HAVE VOLUNTEERED) The Citizen today prints the third list of names of those join- ing the voluntary work corps of} This list contains 495 names, mak- ing a total of 1.271 which have ii The number of hours pledged ‘these will be employed is yet to; be determined, As stated in the! issue of this paper yesterday, | will be assigned according to! whether they were satisfied over| equipment. patronage and the like, are all from the southern states, ‘The political situation in other] .¢, Ability of persons qualified to. do certain classes of work is to, be determined principally on the tements shown on the individ-' JACK GARNER NOW ENJOYING COMPLETE REST FORGET OFFICIAL WORRIES FOR A WHILE vf By R. W. BARRY (By Associated Presa) UVALDE, Tex., July “Come on, let’s go look at my A 25.— settin’ hen,” said Vice President John N. Garner. He pulled himself out restful. chair, parked in the run-} of a i buttoned the neckband of ‘his col- larless shirt, fastened his belt and} sauntered leisurely toward the Garner is taking a real “lazy! man’s rest” from arduous duties as president of the senate and eae “Why should anyone want to go to Siberia or some place for a vacation when he can stay at home The exhibit of model electric trains, simitar to the one pictured above, was designed primarily for chil- dren, at the .World’s Fair in Chicago last year, and located on Enchanted tsland, but appeal with the men who wandered into. that: chil. paradise, that the kids didn’t get so good a dren’ it made such a: a plenty. of room for chance to play with the trains: as they should. have had, This: year) then, the exhibit was moved to the huge’ Travel and Transport building, where there is electric railroad masterpieces. MUCH INTEREST MANIFEST- ED IN LABOR AROUND SAN FRANCISCO DURING RECENT DAYS By ‘HERBERT PLUMMER (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON, July Two women high in Washington 25.— official circles were cast in im- portant roles in the laber diffi- San Fran- all to marvel at and play with the culties which beset Fatalities From Intense Heat Wave Over Country Reaches 70 WASHINGTON, D. C., July sections of the country was thor-/ual returns given to the census @"d be himself?” he asked as he 25.—According to reports receiv- oughly canvassed by the commit-|enumerators who have been gath- made his way to the hen-house.” tee with members of congress be- ering this information for almost fore adjournment. The south was two weeks. Census returns indicate the vo-' more or less taken for granted.) cation being followed by the in-' No one thought to talk things; dividual questioned and the work, over with the congressmen below) assignments will be made accord-: the Mason and Dixon line. That everybody might be kept tn @ good humor and feel that their advice and counsel needed at headquarters, the ques- tionnaire idea was hit upon—the time such @ thing has ever first been attempted. was! these fensus certificates ing to the records. Harold Ballou, sociologist, who’ s this part of the work to han- dle. has a force of workers on today i A white chicken was sprawled’ over a dozen eggs—his “settin’; hen.” ' “A president can’t turn the’ corner these days without being followed and guarded like a prisoner,” he commented. “Why, nd this will be continued until information secured has been ‘tabulated and arranged in such a manner that all information need- ed will be readily available. , it’s like being in jail. | ; > “Every time he steps out there | ‘is a ‘sheriff’ in the lead, a ‘sheriff’ | jin the rear and a ‘sheriff’ on Texans Were Busy ‘The state of Texas hung up} something like a legislative record | fy the house during the seventy-/ third congress, Four representatives from that state, each a chairman of a major! committee, probably exerted more, iafiuence on important legislation! enacted during the session than chairman of the committee on in- tersiate and foreign’ commerce, steered through committee and then through the house the highly pe stock market control and the far-reaching legisla- tien on communications, James Buchanan, of Brenham, ehairman of the appropriations; committee, was entrusted with the; task of seeing that all the major! supply bills were enacted as well} as bills specifying other expendi- | ture of public money such as drought relief and the like. f Marvin §=Jones, of Amarillo, chairman of the committee on page handled all the many; enacted into law affecting re-! Hef for the farmers. Hatton Summers, of Dallas, as} chairman of the judiciary com-| mittee, steered through the house; the administration's crime pita| ®imed at kidnaping and all other! activities of gangsters, Only the chairman of the com- mittee on ways and means, Deughton of North Carolina, and the head of the banking and cur- reney committee, Steagall of Ala-; tame, rank with these four Tex- ene in the matter of important legislation personally handled dur-! ing the session, Garner Helped Strategy ‘The presence in the senate and im the inner councils of the ad- ministration of Vice President Garner ail but made the seventy-! third congress a field day for Texans. “Cactus Jack” brought a new meaning t othe vice presidency during the last congress. He is credited with having devised and executed some of the major stvategy employed during the ses-| won by the administration in shoving through its legislative program, Perhaps his true worth to the administration is the third congress is known only to President Roosevelt and himself. ———_ DEATHS FROM HEAT THIS SUMMER REACH 700. WHILE OTHERS SIZZLE AND SWEAT, KEEP COMFORTABLE WITH. WAGNER'S “PRIDE {ing out their promises. When this has been completed, | either side. it is said, those who have signed’ “] am happy here at home.” Pledge. certificates of the volum) Go ney appeared really happier tary work corps will be advised . what is expected of them in carry.,; than the night, nearly two years lego, when he was elected vice resident. Certainly he looked) jhealthier, as he stepped with a, ‘ spring. The vice president is disturbed frequently, even in his off-the-! «beaten path home, but he takes it : ‘all good naturedly, i * “You know Mrs. Garner (who FUNERAL SERVICES WILL BE acts as his secretary) is the best CONDUCTED FRIDAY person in the world,” hé said. | “She will let all of them come to MORNING see me. I like to have them ; come. 1 : | For instance, there was a Luke Hamilton Kemp, age 69, famous evangelist here from Ten- died 1:00 o'clock this afternoon in nesssee. He came out. He said his home at 601 Caroline street,’ it was the first vice president of after an illness covering a period the United States had of several months, | seen.” ; Funeral’ services will be ‘con-' he ever ducted 9:30 o'clock Friday morn-' ing from the residence ‘to St. LABOR UNIT IN Paul’s Episcopal church. ‘Rev. Ar-! thur B. Dimmick will officiate. | FAVOR OF FER A Arrangements for the funeral are in charge of the Lopez Fun-} nm wu a LOCAL PROGRAM Mr. Kemp was for many years | connected'with the U. S, customs | service in Key West. Several. : months ago he suffered from a raRAM RECEIVED IN ANS nervous attack and went to At-| SWER TO £OMMUNICATION | Nabe Ane Aceon of his’ SENT TO PRESIDENT OF oR.| While there his condition grew) GANIZATION t worse and later he was taken to Miami where he was joined by his; | brother, Richard and sister, Miss; Amelia. | | Not knowizg what wouid be the! Nothing that medical science | attitude of the Florida Federation could offer created any change in | \ | | | | seventy-_ i {his condition and he was brought te Key West Friday. July 20, and; taken to his home in an ambu- lance, in a practically helpless con- dition. { The deceased is survived by two sisters, Misses Amelia and Mary Kemp; three brothers, Andrew, Simon and Richard H. Kemp; niece, Miss Grace Kemp; nephew, Ellis Kemp, all of Key West, and another nephew, Ansel Arapian, of Atlanta. MONROE THEATER Evelyn Venable-Mary Morris in DOUBLE DOOR Comedies and News Matinee: Balcony, 10c; Orches- tra, 15-20c; Night, 15-25¢ |of Labor relative to the rehabili-| tation of Key West, the proposed | voluntary work corps and other; jissues of the program, FERA of-| ficials decided to find out. | A communication was sent to) the federation in Florida and of-| | jficials were gratified to receive \from Mr. Heaton the following telegram in reply “Most enthusiatically en- dorse the plan of rehabilita- tion for Key West and offer my cooperation and assist- ance in bringing the pro- ram to a successful conclu- | ed from various sections of the country, total fatalities from the recent heat wave has reached 700. Chicago The temperature in jumped 30 degrees within five hours to establish a new all-time record in the history of the city, ,with 103.2 degrees. Vinita, ..Okla.,... reported . the H. E. DAY PLEADS GUILTY TO CHARGE wy Assecinted Press) \ MIAMI, July 25.—Hobson E. Day, former customs cash- ier, Key West, today pleaded guilty to an indictment charg- of $5,- 162.98 of office funds, and Halsted ing embezzlement told Federal Judge L. Ritter that he had spent the money in gambling. Sentence was deferred un- was til Monday. The loss covered by a surety bond, RAILROAD UNIT SOJOURNS HER OFFICIALS FIC LINE LEAVE AGAIN IN AFTERNOON R. W. Mors officials of the R. R,, arrived yesterday panied by Mrs. train, } While in Key West they were! day i {Wendell C. Heaton, president of] guests of J. S. Moore and Vincent| avocados, five miscellaneous, 76) to northwest McDermott of the Ree ing Company and saw many|”~ points of interest besides notingjard Fruit and |the progress being made by the! pany, is scheduled to FERA, Both Mr. rett said they plan to return Morse and Mr. Bar. ing while here. i | | \ | j | | highest mark at 116, Fulton, Ark., reached 111, and Corning, | |Ark., Mexico and Jefferson’ City, | ,Mo., 110. | A Nashville, Tenn., factory, ‘manufacturing thermometers, was ; (forced to shut down when the! “temperature hit 111 in the plant. | {Beeswax used in etching the gauge melted. { The weather bureau predicted a high pressure area sweeping ‘down from Alaska would bring codler weather, but said it would | | } i] cisco. retary of labor, charged with the duty of acting for the president jn an atterhpt to bring some kind of settlement. | | BIG FISH AFTER WAS GUEST OF CLEVELAND ' lone congresswoman, Mrs. Flor- NILES ON CAMPING AND/©"¢e P. Kahn, representing i ;congress a large portion of San FISHING EXPEDITION LAST |», WEEK rancisco. With the former it was a case jof trying to solve a problem of {national import. With the latter it was a matter of vital personal concern, } Cleveland Niles, who was host to Rev. James S, Day and his sqn, | Rev, Howard M. Day, on a cdmp-} A sat a Political Concern ing and fishing expedition last Mrs. Kahn, who succeeded her TROUBLES! about | Sunday afternoon 4 o'clock st | Bayview Park the reorganined Key West Municipal Band, under the direction of Gerry Curtis, di- | rector of parks and playgrounds | and all recreational activities, will | give the first of « series of com | certs, An_— interesting program in cluding addresses, vocal and musi- 'cal numbers has been arranged. After the first number following the intermission Mr, Curtis will hold a brief ceremonial during | which he will individually intro | duce the officials of the FERA te | the assemblage, This will prove deeply interest | ing to the people of the city, very | few of whom know the officia’ | by sight, and it is expected that a ‘large gathering will be in attend- ance, Program Invocation Rev. Shuler Peele | National Emblem Bagle | Mazeppa Mah Address Mayor Wm. H. Malone ; Sobre las Olas Rosas | (a.) Sweetest Story Ever Bartic Losey i + (b.) A Dream | Muttering Fritz Intermission bot reach the Great Lakes area | Week; tells a story of Rev. Day’s hati), late today. j sameness with a big fish, | After a heavy strike which in- idicated a large fish, the reverend | husband as a member of the house | * | Fieid Cornet back in 1927, is running for re- ‘ Laurendean Introducing of Of Mr | Adorable, song . Mra. R. Selane [election this year in an attempt to prolong a record of family serv , began to haul in whatever was on | Glowworm, song . Mrs. RB. Sols Solicitor Starts Taking : Testimony In Alleged Primary Fraud In County or missourseact: CUBA CARRIES i the hook but quickly discovered ithe weight was greater than an- ticipated and the line began burns his hands, said Mr, Niles } He struggled manfully for a ;short time but the line kepé get- | ting hotter and hotter and unti! at stigation of alleged; last he could: not stand the pain {and dropped the line, | Mr. Niles assumed a serious as- {pect and in deep tones, like unto he heavy villain in a melodrama, aid “Pick up that line and. pull in he fish or I will throw you over- board.” Rev. Day picked up the line, arted the struggle all over and eventually brought to the boat a fine specimen of jewfish, which j weighed a trifle more than 160 ; phase of the work of the super-/ pounds. Another member of the party was Joe Johnson and he and Mr. Niles did everything possible to | County Solicitor J. F. Busto started his inve election frauds in Monroe county this morning, | He began by placing John Eng-|! land, supervisor of registration, | t under oath after which he began: propounding a series of questions) relative to the registration books. | These questions cover every visor’s office and comprise both | First and‘Second Primaries. & It is evident from the attitude make the criuse enjoyable forRbM | | of the county solicitor that he in- Day and his son and Were gratiifed | tends to follow instructions issued to learn that their, guests, had .a | by the governor and prosecute his; ™0St delightful time. : | investigations as vigorously, and UE A ETE | Governor Sholté.. All questions asked and ans- \ wered are recorded by a steno gvapher. The county solicitor is| = A request has been made by lof rolling around one of Key {West's old residents, who is un- able to move about owing to se vere illness. If anyone has such a chair, and are willing to contribute it for e as stated, they can communi being assisted in his research work 80 PASSENGERS: to, | FOR WHEEL CHAIR and H, E. Barrett, Missouri-Pacifie accom- Morse and daugh- dy Forward- in | Steamship Cuba sailed day for Havana with 20 passen- Key 103 gers from Tampa, 60 from | West, three automobiles and ter and returned on the afternoon} sacks of mail. | Ferry Parrott arrived —yester- ernoon with two cars of| |sacks of mail and two passen-| | gers, Steamer Granada, of the Stand- Steamship Com- ive in| New York; on summer port this week from jwith passengers | cruises, | The ship will be consigned to Mexico, after bunkering. i cate with the Salvation Army headquarters. STORM REPORT ADVISORY 9:00 a. m. ast storm warnings ordered Galveston and warnings chan at Corpus C and hurricane warnings ordered between these points. Tropical disturbance is apparently centered about 100 miles east of Christi and moving — slightly north of west attended by shift- ing gales and probably by winds South- at od Corpus of hurricane force near the cen-, visited many ter which will likely move inland | 6 | August for a more extended stay|the Porter Dock Company for, between Port O’Connor and Rock- | and will probably enjoy the fish-| fuel oil and will sail for Frontera, | port between noon and 2:00 p. m.|and best arranged small plant in today. stil ice in congress which had its be- ginning at the turn of the cen tury. | A republican to whom par! Best Loved Southern Meloy La Paloma, song Mr National Anthem Benediction ty ir- iregularity is not only distasteful! | but actually repugnant, Mrs. Kahn} is reported to have serious dewro cratic opposition for re-election. It opposition of the type} known in political circles as the , “Roosevelt variety.”” | She is a member of portant house committee ap-| propriations, and during the last! congress hadjoccasion often and| DIRECTOR BUREAU with a certain degree of vehe mience to speak her mind on the} PUBLIC HEALTH NURSING TO HOLD CONFERENCE Eva We Rev. James I is the on oF oF way the democratic administration} was spending money, As a sult, along with other regular re publicans, she has been out for attack, Popular Mrs. Kahn Despite this, however, she is a general favorite among her leagues in the house—demoerat) | °"" and. republican. alike—because she! ‘"” is witty, versatile and industrious, | She seldom makes a set speech, but her interruptions in debat and in: committee hearings more than once have made her colleagues squirm. Her humor known in the capital and where, Her husband pearian actor before he went into , politics, sharing the such celebrities a Joseph Jefferson, Mr. and Florence and Salvini. Mr profited by that association She was her fidant and ac tical during the 20 in congress. When fell h to his position ble carry on with little diffieulty 'VISITORS CALL AT THE CITIZEN R. B. Beard, intendent of the with Mrs. Beard Powell, also of that \Visitors at The Citizen office Ye | segeeeccesesesosoossoees terday, having bee Key West on their way to Havana TONIGHT A Mr. Beard stated that he has printing plant over the south and gave The zen credit for having the cleanest ingled | nursing, East Co col-| OT sdemee She M male else was a Shake with Booth Mr Kahr tage Edwin husLand’s con DR. ROGERS TO HOLD SERVICE iser on things po! she was ( Vance ity, were all Citi- iany city south of Washington. OF FLORIDA” BEER