The Key West Citizen Newspaper, August 17, 1934, Page 1

Price Sees ‘Right’ In ‘New No, 196, (iy Associated Preas) tates Byron Price, Chief of | Bureau of the Associated Press. Deal's’ j Key West’s newest civic organi-} And ‘Left? Tug-Of-W ar! i ACCURATE INDEX OF © COM. MERCE. SHOWS. SITUATION HAMPERED BY GOVERN- MENTAL ACTIVITIES (Special to The Citizen) BY-LAWS AND PORATION NEW YORK, Aug. 17.—Busi- OF CIVIC ORGANIZATION ADOPTED AT MEETING YES-| TERDAY recovery has gone and how much The by-laws and constitution of | ing governmental activities. The most accurate index of commerce, car loadings, shows a zation, the Hospitality League, ; were adopted at the meeting held [BUSINESS TREND FERA Would Make Key West ness reports the past week give aj blurred picture, still leaving the! autumn months to show how far} > it has been hampered by disturb-; ~— KEY WEST, FLORIDA, FRIDAY, AUGUST 17, 1934. est Citisen "Tourist Center, Claims Dr The following article, particu- the tourist trade and brought larly interesting to Key West, was about a reduction in the ship- ‘taken from a current issue of the! ments of manganese ore from the Gainesville Daily Sun: | island republic. Repeal of the “The FERA is ‘working to make | Eighteenth Amendment and the Key West one of the most inter-! establishment of horse racing in } esting and beautiful tourist cen-| Florida further reduced the tour- per in the United States,’ Dr. Wilmon Newell, head of the Flor-} p ida Agricultural Extension Serv-j thi through Key West. Beside; » he added, the general depres- ‘ville Rotary Club in a talk before Key West fish. j that body yesterday. | “Key West today, Dr. Newell, Dean Newell, who has reecntly! reminded his listeners, has only; ; returned from an inspection trip, eight or nine thousand people. to Key West, emphasized that he « “The spirit the FE j is not an official of the FERA! he. ee ae s ‘ ERA brought in has been infectious,’| and was talking merely from his | Dr. Newell declared. ‘Empioy-/ personal observations as a citizens! nent is helig: sive the pec | me sbeakar Gepiched the Key nyo citisans are 90. appreciative! West of the pre-war period in all! that all but 40 of them bave ve ist business to Cuba which had} e, told members of the Gaines-j sion greatly rduced the price of! | TEACHING LIST OF j MONROE COUNTY © INSTITU- “TIONS WILL RESUME oOP- ERATIONS SEPTEMBER 10, SUPERINTENDENT STATES Saat Public schools of Key West will open on September 10, according to an announcement made today by Superintendent of Public In- { struction Melvin E. Russell. Professor Horace O’Bryant will again head the Key West Junior- Senior High Schol and Professor W. C. Dunean will be in charge of the Division Street and Harris Grammer schools. A list of the teachers for the coming term show that there have been few changes in the staff at *Jnior-Senior High School. Dorothy Beaver, who has been | P A ny n- BS s i ss Should the, government con-, day, at the committee room) 4fP in one. week of 6,000 cars of its Prosperity and then traced, cantly ‘tigned:: up ‘veluutarily.ifor tinue-ite new effort to “reassure; yest Bag : ! nee its decline until it had become aj : r) : | in the FERA building with Mrs,| 4d almost 36,000 cars below, the! | : See | twelve’hours of work a week with business,” or should it Wr ctleea etre ot t . og | ‘broken community with a strand. 4,6 ERA. with bearer, the complaints of those who dis-| ‘allace e presiding. corresponding week: of 1933. ed population.’ without compensation.” ; trustthe economic soundness of; The following committee chair-| On the other side of the ledger,} “He traced the. work of the | When ‘the FERA started re-} the “new deal,” and forge ahead| mans were appointed by Mrs.| Dun and Bradstreet reported re-} FERA,: which up. to. the. present | mat com nie Aon ae with the-original program of read-| Kirke: tail sales from five to seven per-| bas been mostly cleaning, up,and , Key’ West, ‘the ‘speaker declared, Justment? | Mrs. William R. Warren, greet- | improving . sanitary. conditions, More trash began appearing on the | ‘The question has become urgent, ings committee. cent higher.than’ those of: the: i114 shen gave his listeners an, in-| Stfeets~until from 750: 04,000; because of & special train of cir-; W. L. Bates, transportation preceding week, Wholesale busi- sight into the hopes and aspira- truckloads were being hauled off! cumstances. Sentiment on both; committee. ness reported the second highest! tions of the FERA officials who ¢¥¢ry week. This week the FERA| sides bas been, heretofore, some-| Fred J. Dion, housing commit-| volume of the year. Steel opera-| are practically running the city © engaged in spraying trees and| what fluid; now there are signs of! tee. tions in the Youngstown district! @"d county governments in the plants to get rid of insect ponte} Greater solidarity in both camps,; Mayor William H. Malone, en-! tlimbed tram Sb pareant. to: 871 first attempt ever made by the “Dr. Newell pointed out that With © corresponding increase of} tertaining committee. anes aa _ 0 ST) Federal government to take over the ferry from Lower Matecumbe, premure for a more definite ad-| yr. Jerry J. ‘Trevor, finance) P'CeBt Of capacity, while the! and rehabilitate a city through its’ Key, which formerly ran one trip! ministration choice one way or deeuaitice. , American Iron and Steel Institute} new relief agencies. a day and charged $3.50 for a! the other. Ross C, Sawyer, assistant chair-; ¢Ported that employment in the! “Key West at the beginning of small car and $1.00 for each! Business Given ‘Rest’ iid Mhekiscd cstieaitiae. | industry had reached the highest| the World War, Dr. Newell said, additional passenger, began Mon- Lest spring the swing of the! : level : : | was a bustling city of 30,000 day on a schedule of two trips each} These committees have already. level in four-yars during June : es ays i B be : pendulum unquestionably was to: Slam Quactinaien Masa: Peeves! when then a: population. Since then, he added,’ way every day with a fare of $2 the right—that is, away from fur-' ar Seca (eal Ses eens n there were 455,966 people} everything that has happened has for each car and five passengers ther radical innovations, and to-' shane witiensiey Une “i Neaid vb - at work, an increase ovr the pre-| been to its detriment. allowed without extra charge. — | ward relaxation of some of those | "| ceding June of 117,820. Estimates} Key West has been envisaged) ‘On the first day under this more advanced “new deal” poli.“ i * Sy. ogg rark | of production of cars and trucks| 8% the center of air traffic be- schedule,” he added, “the ferry, cies which wore worrying the vitality league home ‘is Pacing for 1934 increased from 2,500,-! tween the Americas, but that went made more money than on any business world. . 000 to 2,750,000. *""} to Miami, he went on, The high day for several months,’ \ To the White House, the gov- “°Uehe | “Reports from Washington said! tiff on Cuban sugar practically! Restoration of, the excellent! ernment departments, and con-_ ; James A. Moffett, Federal Hous-| climinated a profitable traffic in, beaches at Key West and possibly, grees powerful industrial and fi- EQUITY LODGE ing Administrator, hoped to wet| that commodity. Gdneral condic’ the building of a fishing pier are} Bencial groups made and re- jthe home renovation campaign} tions in Cuba served to cut down on the FERA program, he said.” iterated @ plea whose burden was | started during Au | wuak, but that) ——_—____..... . Roepe cera Sits i a ol = thie: “Give us a rest from sur- Vhé is meetin, F 8 gz powerful resistance prises and new restrictions. Bu: in attempting to have — construc M E St y | sae ‘ 4 ’ See oo ot i LAST EVENING tion’ edstS reduced as a means of any: a er ay | j stimulating business. General | ‘The petition had its effect. ee | Johnson ran into this same ob- > j Various radical measures were stacle last year in drafting-a con-' t y yg | poner yp a nn i geloaemi JOHN C. PARK, NOBLE GRAND, struction: industry code. with or-| a view ar ‘a roun S| market was mod se MAKES REPORT OF RECENT ‘ganized labor demanding _ still] ea | @urities act amended. NRA was lye ea? ‘higher wages and placing home! Several hundred boys and girls a sack race for boys between} deprived of some of its teeth. The President went on a long vaca- ten, and passed the word that Washington was to enter the Silence. It did. j fe te ‘Left! Again? i What happened? On the right, the complaints @f business increased. The stock Market went down. The summer in industrial activity was summed up by Standard Statistics @* semewhat greater than normal. From the left came a pro-, Bounced reaction to the suspected! softening of Washington's policy toward big business. It cropped! @ut io renewed demands for in- flation, in protests against! “monopolistic’ tendencies, in a Hetable outbreak of labor trou- bles At that stage Mr. Roosevelt re- turned across: the west. The roy ception he received convinced him that the masses, the ordinary! voters, were for the “new deal. reflected | i That conviction was i fm his Green Bay speech; he| promised his policies would march} om, although he did add an assur-| @nce that no harm was intended} “honest business.” speech was not what cer-} tain business men had asked min Was the pendulum swinging again to the left? A Tug-O-War } Back in the White House, the} Provident was exposed at once! te renewed pressure from the} wight it was argued that the erate-| tiee « ed had been neither! Yonge ugh nor complete enough; to permit business to show re-| ow that a much more sweeping fecession fram some of the con-| timing “new deal” policies would | - @e necessary actually to restore eanfidence To this Mr Wing supporters replied that no matter what concessions were made, big buciness never could be wen over anyway; that the ad- ministration had the sure support @f the majority, and could retain it only if the “new deal” policies were carried through without emasculation | It be a tug-of-war of far greater proportions than the day-to-day outward developments hint, | Roosevelt's left-| building beyond reach of moder- ate income citizens. CATIONS ACTED UPON | and almost as many parents gath- ‘the ages of 10 to 12. First hon-} ors went to Donald Baker, second} Operations of the oil indu for the first six months of thi year were reported on the nios! profitable basis of any first half year period since 1930, and the! world cotton consumption during the 1933-34 season was reported | as the largest since the 1928-29} | ! The regular meeting of Equity | Lodge No. 70, I. Q. 0, F., was! held last night at the new home; in the K. of P. Hall on Fleminz | street, with Noble Grand John C.' Park presiding, Noble Grand Park delivered a) S¢4“o" ; i very interesting talk and told of! As has been the case for sev-/ his experiences on his recent trip| ¢T@! months, strikes throwing! to Georgia and stated that he was/ thousands of persons out of em- glad to be back with the organi-! ployment and decreasing purchs vest {ing power, and uncertainty as to A number the future course of the federal! membership w government were reported slowing | of which w from Dr. H. ¢,/40wn future commitments Galey. He will receive his initia. | P°¢Cssary to recovery. ory degree upon his return to the city. After all business ww" FUNERAL RITES ' James S. Day, of the First Bap-| | tist Church, who conducted a re-; t hearsal of the initiatory degree. | SERVICES CONDUCTED Several members witnessing the | rehearsal stated that this would compare with any degree team in: the state. | District Deputy Grand Master; William Mendell also spoke a few! : words and expressed his opinion’ The funeral of J. F. Busto, who that this team would compete! died on Wednesday evening, was) favorably with any team in the| held yesterday afternoon southern states. ! o'clock, with services conducted! Several other members made; 4t the Lopez Chapel by Rev. short talks on the good of the or-; Shuler Peele. 4 der and Past Grand W. P. Archer; | Members of the Elks was heard on the subject of pledg- Knights of Pythias, of which the | ing allegiance to the flag at the! deceased was an active member,; time when it is presented tv the| attended the funeral in a body,; lodge at the opening. {with a large number of other} This was unanimously approved | Sorrowing relatives and friends) by the members present and put! joining in the funeral procession, into practice. | which extended for several block: f applications for! acted upon, one; $0; had been ATi LOPEZ CHAPEL YESTER- - DAY AFTERNOON 5} and} Saturday, Aug. 18, at 12 noon Lonessar, | of the playgrounds under the Fed- | from 10 to 12 years, Ralph Ayres | proved by the removal of all kinds: ered at Bayview Park yesterday 14 George Cates and third to Don-| ! afternoon for the Grand Opening ald Lowe. | iiberotaus: donsidersbietcumees| , tition in’ the wheelbarrow race for ; eral Emergency Relief Adminis- boys held from 4:30 till 5 o’clock.; i First prize ribbons went to J acanens Walker and William Shoen At 3 o'clock the program be- recond to Emil Gardner and ¢ gan under the direction of J.: ald Williams and third to Jack Cates and Charles Pent. At this} Gerry Curtis, director of recrea- tion, assisted by Mrs. Ima Louise Wilkins, supervisor of activity in Bayview Park. The first on the a potato race for boy legged race for gir period the girls from 10 years on/{ played dodge ball and the children} | up to 10 were entertained with: ' games. program was’ © and a th for child In the potato race for boys, | Gerald Williams won first priz ie Roberts second and Emil! jardner third, } George Manson rolled in with! e- and Kermit Cates captured the first prize for boys, Emil Gardner! | and Gerald Williams the second! first honors in ‘the sack race for! and Miguel Sierra and Warren, boys from 12 to t6. Jasper | Russel, the. third. | was second and Wiliam Shoeneck, From ) till 4 o’clock there third. Excellent Progress Being Made In FERA Beautification Program | Excellent progress in the FERA, rubbage which has been standing) Old fences, which for} years have been partly down, are| being entirely removed. beautification program being car-| for years. ried on here under the direction of J. Gerry Curtis, of Parks and Recreation, was report- and parts ed teday by the wrecked machinery, which who announced that the looks of} ornamented vacant lots in all se director of | Old serap iron local officials, ane the city had been considerably im-} tions of the city and have been an; prac- eyesore to everyone, have j of rubbish and the remains of old! tically all been removed. automobiles from lots throughout| dergoing some improvement and} drive towards the elimination of} | eeoccccccacescovocescece in Cincinnati for over a year at- tending summer school, will re- turn this year. Teachers for the coming term are: Key West Jr.-Sr. High School Horace O’Bryant, principal. Dorothy A. Knowles, Dorothy Beaver. Bessie Eagan. Annie Lois Hicks. Grace Hilton. Jeanne Irwin. Ida J, Kennedy. Oscar Norman, Alice Roberts. Hildah Salis. Eliza Gardner, Anna Guito. Dumont Huddleston. Lorace Peeples. Addah Ramsay. Hildegard Russell. Edna Smith. Lorine Thompson. Doris Welch. Mary Trevor. « “ Division Street School W. C. Duncan, principal. Florence Albury. National Guard Units Camp Tomorrow; Will Leave On Special HEMINGWAY AND COMPANION REACH | CUBA YESTERDAY Tran At Nh Farewell Concert This Evening 1 FIFTY-THREE HOURS OVER.) "sttery “E” of Key West, wm DUE IN ARRIVING AT CAR.) DENAS; HEMINGWAY der the command of Captain | Leslie Russell, made high score with the 12-inch mortars in com BROTHER SIGHTED CRAFT | Leicester Hemingway, brot ing to a telegram received morning by Mrs. Hemingway fr her husband. In the telegram Mr. the port. | before sailing from Key the trip to Havana in 36 hours 53 hours overdue. Leceister and Bob will remain Havana for a week and then ce tinue their 2,300-mile trip to ultimate destination in Venez and the mouth of the Orinoco r er. Charlotte Boyden. Miriam Carey. Dorothy Clear Frances Cochran. Laura Crusoe, Susie Gardner. May Hill. Amelia Lucignani. Eulalie Mathews. Sadie Moss. Ruth O’Bryant. Clarise Roberts, May Sands. Mary Sweeting. j Leona Henriquez. } Harris School { W. C. Duncan, principal. Emma Albury. Isabel Ball. Alce Curry. Magdalen Huddleston. Leota Grillon. tharlotte Haskins, \ y Ingraham. | Mavareen. Meador. H Mary Pinder. | / Norma Yates. . Ethea’Strieker. ¢ | ‘| Thehna Watkins. } Elizabeth Acheson. H Helen Williams, | IMPROVEMENTS AT LOCAL JAIL The downstairs section of the county jail has been completely] renovated under the supervision} of Leon Roberts, jailer of the in- stitution, with the’ grounds adja cent to the building thoroughly cleaned up and plant life pre- enting a much better appearance! following the trimming of trees and otherwise attending to their growth, Mr. Roberts has the place look ing all of the! pic and span, | work having been carried on by va | Interment took place in the fam-| FERA trucks have been car | the prisoners who are inmates of : j ily plot in the city cemetexy. | the city. j ins Hee ee of hr mate} | the place. ‘amonin urant |} The pallbearers were: Mayor! ‘Through the FERA Volunteer} Utside of the city limits and de-| 3 aes R py Restaurant i WilkitMce Chak be . | positing it in low places where Wa. |}@@@@@eeeseveveneececens 615 Duval Street { . . ot SO | Work Corps, practically every}; .. 4, sae 3 Will be d h bli jerts, B. L. Grooms, Harold Pin-|. : Boe ter has settled and mosquitoes | WHERE TO GO i opened to the public om |! George Brooks. and Aquilino {#esidence in the city is now UN! breeded, thereby helping in the i SPECIAL DINNER Turkey Soup or Black Beans the premises being cleaned of old| mosquitoes. These trucks have] Stuffed Turkey H Mashed Potatoes and Gravy |! Lettuce Salad H Pumpkin Pudding Coffee or Tea 40c BIG FAREWELL DANCE Tonight from 9 till ? CUBAN CLUB Bob’s Orchestra - 40c | been working 18 hours per day. | in charge} TONIGHT Monroe—“The Fighting Code i the people of the city to coor with his department in maintaining ; infecting m j nicious activities a Heiningway recently comple: a 1,000-mile sail from Mobile Key West during which his er was heavily battered by He claims that the boat shov outlast any ordinary gale as it w built by an Annapolis archite and is sturdy along all line: is an 18-foot yawl. The purpose of the trip is study the natives in the bean Sea. Leicester stated i leaving this city. ASK COOPERATION — FOR SANITATIO |G. B. REED, CHIEF INSPEC." TOR, MAKES APPEAL of the noted author, Ernest Hem-} ingway, and his companion, Bobj | Kilmo, are safe in Cuba, accord-|""* ©"? this! Heming- the boys while he was fishing near | According to Mrs. Hemingway, storms. Petition with Battery “D” of Mi jami at the Fort Tayler encom her} ment. The Key West company will be awarded « handsome low- Battery “B” of Jacksonville in om command of Captain E. V. Garcia was second high for the third con. way reported that the two lads’ secut! time with the 166 M. Mw landed yesterday afternoon, 5:30 o'clock, at Cardenas, Cuba, 100, © miles from their destination, Ha-| This battery ake will be vana. The author, who has been vacationing in Cuban waters,| “"rded the trephy for tnfantry | Sighted the small sailing craft of | Competition, | Battery “A” alse of Jackson The two youthful adventurers, | Ville, under the command of Capt West,’ P. T. McCall, will reesive the cup etated that they expected to make 1t| °F sanitation, is believed that violent squalls felt’ Tomorrow will be the leet in this vicinity and the strong cur- of the ence: pment of the 26 | rent off the coast of Cuba threw! p.. . . them off their route. They were 2°siment Genet Artillery at & Taylor m Caghp will be broken row mOnming. As soon a in canvas is peeked the boys w on-\ given liber@ete go about a bidding gid Priends ferewetl y.{ fore leaving on the spect 9 o'clock tomorrow might Nfter tomorrow the to nual enc at K afi Will come end « ld et th It In an sent to W ection fo, and hospita on and t " Plan Improvements TO PUBLIC 1 ae oi “ar G. B. Reed, chief sanitary in-! sw spector with the FERA, is asking! H {cleanliness and sanitary tions here. Particular attent should be paid to oiling of the terns and all places where the are stagnant pools, in order ntrol the mosquito and preve the possibility of the spread dengue fever. “There is never danger of Key “because laria fever in Mr, Reed, th re malar squito can not orient b eality. But m dengue fever ge fertile grounds to spread the » unless the pert nie I ask the cooperat residents to aid in this work keeping their premise oiling the cisterns, Th ade has been very act and continue to be so, but the coupe ; tion of the citizens of th munity is essential iv eft } to control the mosquitoe sickne West,” ays Winners ort | Local FERA offic Palace—“Get That Girl.” Milk Fed Fryers, Peanut Fed) | MONROE THEATER JERSEY ICE CREAM | of this program have been receiv- ai Hens. b, Milk Fed! By - Various delicious flavors can§{| ing fine cooperation from the Vol-| TOMORROW » Smoked | THE FIGHTING « always be obtained at | unteer Work Corps and have caus-| Monroe — “Twenty Million 4 Strictly Fresh | 4 fed the whole community to join! Sweethearts.” ees. | ff Matine-: Balcony, 16 poardner’s Pharmacy Jin the drive to eliminate all un-| Palace—“Marriage On Approv-/} CENTRAL MARKET {1 ia. 16.200, Night sightly places on the island. lal” | Phone 20 805 Fleming St. | FLASH! NATION WIDE WALKOUT AFFECTS 500,000 EMPLOYEES IN TEXTILE STRIKE. FLASH! WAGNER'S BEER FORGES AHEAD AS CITY'S LEADING DRINK