The Key West Citizen Newspaper, August 15, 1934, Page 1

VOLUME LV. No. 194. New Spanish Forts As Planned To Bear Tag ‘Made In U. S. A MOCK PARADE AT NATIONAL GUARD | CAMP TOMORROW PARTICIPATE IN AFTER- NOON’S FESTIVITIES Se American” Goveromet!- JN SOUTH AFRICA For Information Rela- IS NOW PLANNED tive To Costs SOUGHT BY GENERAL SMUTS, Ve KEY WEST, FLORIDA, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 15, Hospitality. League Organized Yesterday; Officers Selected| ‘The first. menting oftithu-Key'in the Committed Room of - the! oo as '‘FERA building at 3. o’clock. 1 Tree Rinevitally angen wan be | Every menrber is urgently re- yesterday afternoon at the Com-) quested to be present at this] FERA bi ild- | meeting as it is expected that the wah | by-laws will be adopted and mem-| | bers of the various committees Great enthusiasm was shown by | Will be appointed. : Present at the meeting yester- all members present and plans; j day were: mittee Room of the ing. |BAYVIEW PARK st Citisen 1934, ‘ PLAYGROUND TO OPEN TOMORROW VARIED PROGRAM ‘MAPPED OUT TO BE UNDER DIREC: wg OOOUMOML TION OF RECREATIONAL) ;COMPLETION OF DIVISION OF FERA CUBAN Ty SEEN AT HAND The Grand Opening of Bayview ‘United States’ Fighting Air Force: With 4,300: Planes To Be Rated As Second To Noné Uncle Sam Will Be “Ace” Of World in Plans Of i (My Associated Press) H PALMA, Balearic Islands, Aus.|_ 15.—-Mighty guns and impreg- mable coast. defenses, perhaps LEADER OF PARTY, AND GENERAL HERTZOG, REPRE- SENTING NATIONALISTS | A comical Mock Parade will be j held tomorrow afternoon by the enlisted men of the 265th Regi- ;ment of Florida National Guard. This will be in charge of First : | By GIDEON SEYMOUR =| sergeant “Hank” Register of | (By Associated Press) CAPETOWN, Aug. 15.—Per- manent erasure of ‘political lines !in South Africa -by fusion’ of the Spanish offieials have asked the Ps — peel jmmebeelie hae 8 bathing suits, short’ trous- American government for infor- ries ha , is "_ ers, will take the place of the'reg-+ mation on the cost of virtually; South African party,‘ and General's “ulation uniforms. Cot sticks. will every typeof oust defense used |J- B. M. Hertzogy head of ithe), 5 suictituted for the army rifles! in the United States which might /"ationalist and prime minister'in’ ig. in other words, everything be released to a foreign power.| the present coalition government, 4 5, regulation will be omitted:| They believe that America has the| General Smuts regards'the mer “4+ this time the worst music! best defensive weapons the/ger as the crowning achievement world. ! of his long career as Boer general, that can be produced from the | ‘ H P 265th regimental band Although the plans for making cei statesman and world war jayed and it is expected that all! these islands impregnable are)". 4 Hertzog have agreed. fficers, including Col. Woodward, | closely guarded, it is known that) yyon its terms, and approval by Will be derated and put in the! expense will be a secondary con-|conventions of both parties in guard house by the privates who! tideration, Several hundred bil!-} August is regarded as certain. | will be in charge at this parade. ! Hion pevetas, perhaps a billion, wilt) Waited Whites Im Politics ' presentation of medals will take be. used. : t is a long step toward cement- zs 7 ‘ i ting the two traditionally antipa- Place and a special aw Naval Base Started ‘thetic groups of whites in South made to the most disliked officer Work has begun at the vital Africa, the English and the Boers,’ in the camp. ! naval base at Mahon, Menocra, enabling a unified white popula- ‘This will take place at 5 o'clock | Dredging is underway there and tion to cope with the problem of 414 ig open to the general public. | . :the natives who outnumber the 9 ere the foundations: for clab- _ whites by more than three to one.) H orate base fortifications. | For 18 months the country has’ A chain of steel and stone is been governed by a coalition of projected for the shores of the en- the nationalist and South African tire group. It would be stronger P@tties, formed at Smuts’ initia-; GUARDS’ CONCER \ - tive when economic depression’ | than any similar system now ex-. had. the ‘nation on the rack and | fetent inthis pegion...of danger stubborn’ adherence ‘to the- gold MEMBERS OF BATTERY “E” zones. , Standard had stagnated business.‘ ; Long range, heavy calibre’ dis-; But fusion is the result of no, PROVIDED ENTERTAIN. | appearing and railway guns are‘ national emergency, for business MENT LAST NIGHT | planned to funetion behind the, rebounded with abandonment of strongest fortresses that can be’ the gold standard and South Afri-; built. Some of these must be im-'ca. growing rich from her gold sy plete ported as Spanish steel mills have mines, is prosperous today. | somemiies oe: Betery: | US hed little experience in making Foresee Mine Exhaustion = {1 00" Mute held 1 ‘eke th this type of heavy artillery. Merging of the two groups ‘Ne concert held last night at the Armered Beats Planned | which have governed South Africa, National Guard Camp. | Armored speed boats carrying ever since it became a unit of the To the tune of the dead march, | repid-fire and machine guns, cap- British empire in 1910, amounts two hootchie-cootchie dane and | able of darting out to destroy to acknowledgment that partisan-' 4 marshall of ceremonies led a Janding parties, will be nested in'ship is hampering the quest for, parade of “chain gang’ Battery | sheltered coves at strategic points. | solutions of the two basic national, £ members, safely secured in the | These would be similar to those problems: The native question, rungs of several ladders, around | used by the United States in Ha-,and the development of a sound | the lighted enclosure. A stop was wali and the Philippines. | support the nation when gold gives. Called once and the cootch dancers The government has asked for! out. | entertained with various writhings | information from the United! South Africa knows that every, 2nd twistings after which the pro-; States on submarine nets, mines,|mine has a bottom,and it has al-' ¢ession, headed by a strange white | torpedoes, torpedo defense, anti-| ready seen the collapse of the once’ banner with a death’s head and the! aircraft equipment, anti-gas pro-/lucrative diamond and _ ostrich! ™ ical word “Jukes” enscribed, ' tection, and other items in the ex./ feather industries. j Passed on. | tensive project. The Spanish offi. The merger already is wnder' The concert continued with the cials also are seeking contracts |fire!frém’ extreme groups ‘in both’ high standard of’ music Caesra La- with American manufacturers of | old parties, with agitation for a}/Monaca and his band have been all these products. South African republic the seed| presenting to Key Westets. The) | of diseor'd. } popular pieces, “This Little Pig- | Republicans. May Agitate 'gie Went: To Market,” “Keep | In an effort to bring in the most, Young:and Beautiful” and the dé- ardent Boer nationalists, the} scriptive fantasy, “A Day at West jstatus of South Africa as a self-! Point,” were especially: well’ lik-! | determining commonwealth of the| ed by the audience. j STEAMER CUBA SAILS FOR HAVANA CARRYING 91 PASSENGERS bearing the label “made in U. S. A.” are planned by Spain for its strategic islands at the mouth of the Mediterranean. headquarters battery. i Ridiculous uniforms and parts; of other wearing apparel’such as will be! will be; | British empire, acknowledges the | Bere = ener of ne merged| RADICALS BALK AT i party to conduct republican pro- SOVIET RESIDENCE 'paganda within its ranks, “ ae ultra-imperialists of the ica ROP | English group hold this is close to Ns stl ei gah is : tbetaeiy OXFORD, England, Aug. 15.—j} treason; the ulttra-nationalists 7 ae shed | object even to lip service to the dion asa Peenomenile| crown and hold that South Africa) Tn itt adicale cue a British domini i i { iis wine sate syle pt pala) He found three of them selling | blic at any time, and may main-|# communist paper outside his, tain its neutrality if Britain goes) ule ae lc omica| | g x0 ssia,”” | to war. ‘he said, and offered to send them! Ferry Parrott arrived from Ha-| Yana yesterday with one car of} avocados, nine empty cars and two! tacks of mail. | ‘These eacks of mail were from the U. 8. ships in the harbor, as! there was no other mail due to} there. VARIETY ACT AT ; plane from Miami yesterday for a} ‘were discussed whereby the com-; i} ; | Mrs. William R. Warren, Mrs./ | mittee hopes to put over a definite | Norberg Thompson, Mrs, Jerry | program. which will take care of | Trevor, Mrs. Victor Moffat, Mrs. | the greeting, transporting, hous-| Howard Wilson, Mrs, B. Curry ing and entertaining visitors to| Moreno, Mrs, Wellace B, Kirke, ; Mrs. F. R. Kirtland, Mrs. Wade |W. Rhein, Miss Etta Patterson, | Mrs. B. Grooms, Mrs. Eola elected: | Swicegood, Mis, Lewis E, Pierce Mrs. Wallace Bryant Kirke, | and Mirs, Andrew R. Miller. President. ‘|. Mayor W. H. Malone, Rev. Sebastian Cabrera, Jr., Vice-| James S. Day, Dr. Armando Cobo,) President, | Wm, R. Porter, Karl Thompson, Rev. J,'S. Day, Secretary. | W. L. Bates, Sebastian Cabrera,; Mrs, Howard Wilson, Assistant ' Joe Pearlman, J. Fred Dion, BE. A. Secretary. . | Strunk, Jr., Ross C, Sawyer, Sen-| Mrs. Jerry Trevor, Treasurer. | ator Arthur Gomez, J. Lancelot! Another meeting of the league) Lester, Robert F, Spottswood and! will ‘beheld tomorrow afternoon j Bernie Papy. this city, : The following officers were Special Thanksgiving Concert At Bayview Park This Evening A special Thanks; i | 4.—Reading of Governor’s Proc- | lamation H Capt. Leah Hartley} 5.—Soprano Solo, “Oh Promise} Me,” Mrs. Rafael Solano | DeKoven! 6.—Descriptive Fantasy, “The! Midnight Festival,” with! instrumental effect in the} ance, 365th Coast Ar-! tillery Band Carlini; ture Rev. W. J. Martin! ntralto Solo by Mrs. M. R.j Woodward. 9.—Address Rev. E. R. Evans 10.—Sergeant S. G. Hicks in, ¢ Concert sponsored by the Federal Emer-' gency Relief Administration will be given this evening at Bayview! Park by the 265th Coast Artillery, Band, conducted by Warrant Of- ficer Caesar LaMona | The program which will start: promptly at 7:45 o’clock is as fo]- lows: i -—America, ied by Rev. Day and sung bby entire audience. 2.—Invocation by Rev. George! Scotch Songs, i Summers. | 11.—Doxology. 3.—Selection of Victor Herbert 12:—Benediction, Favorites, 265th Coast Ar-j} Barritt. tillery Band Herbert Lake The Star Spangled Banner, National Guardsmen Make Good Record In Heavy Gun Firing! Rey. A. De-, JOHN L. RHODES ARRIVES TODAY | Battery “D" of Miami and Bat. Target practice with the inch mortars was held today at; the National Guard camp with| ltery “E” of Key West ing | COMES FOR CONFERENCE RE- Se are | the guns. i LATIVE TO ES | i Weer een |= 0Gal,, Weodward) ctatedithatihe : | i Pe EE ANEASERVICE ” | vasivery- cinch gratified! over: thal H ; | results of today’s practice. | John L, Rhodes, supervisor of} Col. P. L. Gaze \ the State Road Aviation Depart- . ment, was an arrival on the morn- ing train for a conference wit FERA officials on the establ ment of an airplane service tween here and Miami. one sacar ony batteries on the manner in which road department, came here by) the large guns were handled, | executive of- | ficer of the Fourth Artillery dis-' Fe ti the} | trict with headquarters. at be. | MePhe Ga., jfiring and complimented the two rson, witnessed Local weather conditions were conference with B, M. Duncan,j ; local administrator. {such that visibility was good and The outcome of the conference! caused no delay in the firing of and plans made have not yet been| 40 1, g announced, cael Ae he | Activities at the camp of the HERE TOMORROW ‘22> clade an officers of | place tomorrow afternoon at 3:00 Park as a playground for the! children of Key West will take (Ry Ansectat Press) WASHINGTON, Aug. 14. —Early completion of the new Cuban reciprocal trade treaty was predicted (Bs Assoriated Frees) o’clock under the direction of the WASHINGTON, August 16. Recreational Division of _ the} | vece for children 10 race for children from ‘to 10 years. !b jnext Tuesday. evening. [with a bang of enthusiasm by Sumner W FERA, with J. Gerry Curtis in} secretary of sta’ charge. A varied program has been mapped out for children of all ages and will include races of all kinds and:story telling by children of all ages, The activities will be for chil- dren up to 16. years of age and will be-under the direction of ef-; ficient supervisors. Ribbons will be awarded to the} OP ODP MI DP LD MT MD | winners in the various contests. -| Limeade wil be served to every-; J CERBY IT one. The program thus far is asj Je | ae CAPTURES LARGE years of age; sack race for chil- ; TARPON MONDAY Gren from 13 to 16 years of age.| From 3:30 to 4 o’clock, suck} i race for children 10-12 years;| RECREATIONAL DIRECTOR OF | three-legged race for children 13-| | 16 years, FERA ENJOYS FISHING| From 4 to 4:30 o'clock, three-| TRIP ON BOARD CAPTAIN| legged race for children 10-12! years; potato race for children 13-| SAWYER’S LAUNCH 16 years. { From 4:30 to 5 o'clock, wheel-} barrow race for children 10-12; years; wheelbarrow race for ch dren from 13-16 years. pact, the first under the new tariff-bargaining legislation. He said Mr. Roosevelt was interested in the proposed treaty and it was expected to be completed “very soon.” Boys Time, 3 to 3:30 o’clock, potat race for children from 10 to 1 ' | ! j | { J. Gerry Curtis, recreational director of the FERA, qualified / | himself for membership in the] Time, 8 to 3:30, three-legged | Izaac Whalton Club Monday night race for children from 10 years up;| when he landed a 68-pound tarpon story telling for children up to 10} measuring 5 1-2 feet while out years. I ¢; . ‘ rn, : | fishing with ty Capt. John, From 3:30 to 4 o'clock. potato | ee eee years ups} games for children up to 10 years. | From 4 to 4:30 o'clock, sack Jones, Rev. James 10 years James S. Day, Rev. up; story telling for children up| pay and Capt. John purpose of the trip Sawyer’s launch, Others in the party were C. D. S. Day, Rev Howard M. Sawyer. The see was to From 4:30 to 5 o'clock, dodge} ball for children from 10 years on;! games for children up to 10 years. what kind of fishermen Mr. Curtis and Mr. Jones would prove to be. Mr. Curtis the pon and a broken fishing pole. The fish put up a game fight for about 30 minutes before Mr. Cur CHURCH GROUP the thrill he got will be hard to CAPTAIN ODES POGUE ELEC-) gupjicate anywhere. | TED PRESIGENT OF OR- | canzation _'R, B, BOYDEN GIVES TALK TO DEMOLAYS from» the} returned with i A group of 14. men Congregational and Baptist | Churches met last night. at the é home. of Captain Odes Pogue on|!NTERESTING MEETING OF Division street and formed a per-) ORGANIZATION CONDUCTED manent organization: of .a men’s | brotherhood. | This organization has for its; object the discussion of matters} of interest not only to the church! A lively and interesting mee’ ut to the community as a whole.,ing of Robert J. Perry Chapter Captain Pogue was elected as Order of DeMolay, held las’ the president of the organization| night at the Scottish Rite Hall! and C. J. Jones as secretary. Aon Eaton street with a large num-' committee was appointed by the! ber of members present, president to draw up by-laws and! Plans for a banquet to be he report on same at the meeting! at the Plaza Restaurant on Tue | day, August 28 were made. This} The brotherhood started off} banquet will be held in honor of and} the members of the Advisor planned for a grouper chowder to| Council and especially for R. B. be given on the lawn of the First! Boyden who has been an Baptist Church some time next! councillor of the organization week, j many years. R. B, Boyden was present last LAST NIGHT active | the | Planes, make it almost impor rated very ‘ general efficiency { the and An acrial combat force second te none is the goal of government strength. Plans call for an army air corps fleet of 2,300 plane: and a naval force of 2,000 planes which would put Unele Sam's «ir strength on « par with thet of which now leads the grea! with Fran Powers numerically 3.738 itary craft. While this country No ome time, hes ver lino aviation powe it has ond or third in all.around militer air strength. Difference ® ganization, in types and in off tiveness of aircraft together relative obsolescence been rated military observers say, te de \ mine the relative stam j bat efficiency of the various powers France Leads Numeriently France's supremacy is largely on its numerical super ity although its first Hine plop are of the finest type ‘The Tw States is said te be the “big five” in number of pler while John Bull's econd a aque high because Italy's « fleet is among the finest Japan ranks high beth in mum and reputed effectiveness A con from the tive best inf able shows the United table mation a grand total of ' planes; Japan, 2,659 plane British empire, 2,398 2,203. It i military 3,000 * estimated that f ia’s plane ' around tistic though « have not been made Germany prohibite having military treaty of Ver among the id's U. S. Has Ad Two highly important work to the ad United airplane aviation " tes in bw ling @ ir defense the neture against large scale air inva Pacil the po reserve 1 other nat The United he great expe and Atlante hirplanes a civil air re the er " an trans and it must re the strike of poscal employes still | going on in Havana, 8. S. Cuba sailed for Havana yesterday morning with 21 pas- sengers from Tampa and 70 from: Key West. It also carried four, autos, two tons of freight and 101 } sacks of mail. NEW ARRIVAL AT HOME OF G. MOSS’ | Announcement has been made’ of the birth of a son to Mr. and) Mrs. Roy G. Moss on Monday aft- erneon, Mother and baby are reported te be getting along nicely, ATTORNEY BUSTO CRITICALLY ILL Reports from the home of J. F. Busto, solicitor for the Criminal Court of Monroe County, just be- | fore going to press this afternoon, were to the effect that he was i a critical condition, with practi ally no hope held out for his re- covery. Mr. Busto was taken suddenly} ill on Sunday, the seriousness of | his condition being brought about by some form of stomach trouble. The patient has shown very little change for the better sinte he was first stricken. | that the trio must stay there. | The Reds, two of them students at Ruskin college, a labor institu- tion at Oxford, took him at his word and the trip plans progress-} ed until Lord Nuffield specified | “I pointed out,” he said, “that | if Russia is such a nice place they | ought to have no objection to stay-! ing there.” But all'three refused the offer. | BANS HUSBAND ON SHOWS FORT WAYNE, Ind.—His wife, | half as old as he, will not permit) him to attend a motion picture show one evening a week, John F.} Smith, 91-year-old Civil War vet- eran, charged in a suit for di- vorce. There will be a special church} service held tomorrow evening at! the Salvation Army hall, corner! of Fleming and Grinnell stree which will be the last one of aj series which has been conducted in the past several weeks. Rev. W. J. Martin, pastor of the | | Ley Memorial. Chureh, - will con. duct the service tomorrow eve-| ning, while Miss Mae Hill will be| the soloist on the occasion. | | UNIQUE BRIDAL CAR | | DESPLAINS, Ill—A fire | gine was the bridal car that car- ried James Tierney and his bridej of this city from their wedding to} the station. en- {left this morning by Judge Davis, chief justice of Florida, who had been visiting at the camp, the Supreme Court plane for! Tallahassee, WHERE TO GO TONIGHT Palace—“Chloe.” Monroe—“Thirty cess.” ° Day _Prin- TOMORROW Palace—“Get That Girl.” Monroe—“Uncertain Lady.” | ceremonies and the lucky one will | be awarded the prize which has | is stated that there will be sev- night and spoke on the success of ;the dance which was sponsored ‘by, the chapter last Friday eve ining. He congratulated the com | mittee which handled the affair] ( jand stated that he was much} Hundreds of names have been| gratified at the success of the! sent in at the FERA Recreation| dance. office for the colored park which The DeMolay Degree will be dedicated tomorrow after-| conferred on several noon at 1 o’clock. The site is lo-; Next Tuesday night, it cated at the corner of Thomas cided. and Louisa streets. F es The winner of the contest will! MONROE THEATER } other be announced at the dedication, highly Sylvia Sidney-Carey Grant in States THIRTY DAY PRINCESS Comedies and News Matinee: Balcony, 10c; Orches- tra, 15-20c; Night, 15-25¢ MANY NAMES FOR PARK SUBMITTED airplane due to rapic possible heav th quently tion and prod aircraft tional the industry concern Uses Of Play comp ee b lustry has not will be} candidates | was de The he in tandard of product ential to nationa power industria in plane-pr tre Combat neth rps been offered. A good musical program has been arranged and it rep |tack and bombard air co hree eral speeches on the program. | FLASH! RECONCILIATION OF AMERICA’S SWEETHEARTS, MARY AND DOUG, POSSIBILITY OF NEAR FUTURE. P. S. MOST STARS PREFER WAGNE