The Key West Citizen Newspaper, January 6, 1936, Page 1

1 Key West, Florida, has the © most equable climate m the | country; with am average range of only 14° Fahrexheit Associated Press Day Wire Service. For 56 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West eens KEY WEST, FLORIDA, MONDAY, JANUARY 6, 1936. NEW TRAFFIC —| TOM D. ORR TO BE PERMANENT _ ORDINANCE TO SUCCESSOR TO ME. curowp Roosevelt Delivers Budget Message __ BEINTRODUCED yNoUNCE ORR'S | x= == To Congress ‘Today; Contains Many , Important: Items Of Admini + NEW APPOINTMENT (Ry Associated Presa) JACKSONVILLE, Jan. 6. —WIPA headquarters an- nounced the appointment of Thomas D. Orr of Tampa, former Hillsborough County labor supervisor for the re- lief administration, as suc- cessor to M. E. Gilfond, re- signed Key West relief direc- tor. PLANE BRINGS 15 PASSENGERS VOLUME LVI. No. 5. PRICE FIVE CENTS Six Presidential Tickets May Play Big Part In oe —— TSS SSL OIOLMM,: | WILL BE DISCUSSED DURING GROUP ENJOYS FISHING). SPECIAL MEETING OF CITY COUNCIL CALLED FOR TO- Harold B. Monin of Eliza- bethtown, Ky., Charles Rob- MERROWINIGHE erts, Joe Boza and Sydney Thompson, formed a party. which spent yesterday fishing at Mascotte Shoals. Numerous fish were caught, including yellow tails, group- ers and many other varie! The prize catch of the trip was an amberjack, weighing fifty pounds, which was land- ed by Mr. Monin. The anglers report having had a very enjoyable day’s outing. Nq general “shakeup” is con-! templated ia the organization of e the Key West Admini: Parties Ponder Over Re- cent Prediction Made By Senator James Hamil- ton Lewis ration, as t ® result of the resignation of M. de- E, Gilfond as administrator, SPOT II LSS > iE i Te F EDERAL COURT | ANOTHER ERROR IN : CONVENED TODAY; '“"""ropar's conresr "tine! Br st ONE CASE HEARD Of Fiscal Year In 1937 On the editorial page of | today’s issue of The Citizen | willl be found the error in the BENITO PEREZ ARRAIGNED puzzle contest. FOR TRIAL THIS AFTER.| . oe NOON; ‘ VARIOUS OTHER CASES NOW ON DOCKET i partment and section heads were told this morning during a staff Traffic rules and a new traf-} fie or¢inance will he subjects for} discussion at the special meeting jof the city councii to be held to- morrow night and all interested parties are invited te attend the ; meeting. Jim Roberts, president of coun- cil, told The Citizen the council had framed an entirely new set! [of traffic rules which have been incorporated in the ordinance but before it is passed expressions of ; opinion are solicited from those | } : i By BYRON PRICE meeting. (Chief of Bureau, Associated Press Washington) However skeptical may be their R. C. Unkrich, assistant Florida | {ERA administrator; arrived this remarks for publication, practical morning by plane and will spend a> a ae WASHINGTON, D. C., \Jan. Roose- | velt’s message to Congress the politicians have found much food tip off the reader as te whether it is a mispelled word or a wrongly construct- ed phrase or sentence, or what have you; all he will say that it does not require know!- edge of a foreign language or a higher education, but to several days here studying the for thought in the prediction of local organization of the ERA and 6.—President WPA. He attended Senator James Hamilton Lewis} the staff that six presidential tickets may | transmitting Federal | budget for the ending June 30, meeting this morning, lay significant parts in the cam- - fe ne Ls A Director Gilfond announced Federal court for the southern} district of Florida convened today} fise- 19: year paign of 1936. wa 1d-ti He had many and varied experiences at watching the fall of the card and the break of the play. > ti Senator Lewis is an ¢ at the game of politics. suggestions sometin with that exotic ori is so much a part of uality, yet they never { interesting. The Senator says he wo’ be surprised if the > Democratic ti publican ticke ld; and| he expects conside prom- inence to attach also to the { cialist and the Prohibition ti Such a situation might at first glance the dre one who had _ eaten Christmas candy. Yet, method of reasoning it i to conclude that, if anyth ator Lewis may have unde the case, Irreconcilable Elements In no recent there been so mar seemingly inrecom elements struggling the sun. If each realized it pirations of establishing a national par u more party labels in America than in England or At least seven of these are reputed by their le by some others, to number adherents in millions: The Democrats who are content to follow Mr. Roosevelt j The northern Democrats under the current leadership Alfred E. Smith, are with Mr, Roosevelt. The southern Democrats are in revolt against Mr. velt, and many of whom refused in 1928 to support Smith, now in process of org: ion un- der the lead of Governor Tal- madge of Georgia. The Repub! s who direct, right-wing oppos: Mr. Roosevelt, as repr the protestations of He ver. The Republicans who repudiate both Mr. Rooseveit and Mrr. ver, and are gathering together to support Senator Borah. The Democrats and Republi who believe that the only sal tion of the country is adoptior the old-age pension plan of Townsend, The Democrats and Repu who can see no salvation the political precepts of Coughlin. The seven groups ated do not include t who polled nearly a million vot in 1932; the Prohibitionists, now reorganizing with a new 1 for the repeal of repeal; the Farmer- Labor party which contro! sota; the Progr ve party wh controls Wiscon: nor the Com- munist, Soci 1 National parti tered tickets in the election 1932. Altogether, there are 15 groups —all strong enough to attract some sort of national attention, most of them strong enough to set up comprehensive national or-' ganizations if they choose. | Re-! 1; and} 0- too by one ible n-| sal ‘ | have campaign groups and their! ders, who, | of dissatisfied ! who Roose-, nted by hus MAKE RESERVATIONS NOW For the Young Democrats’ JACKSON DAY BALL January 8, 9:00 p. m. HABANA-MADRID CLUB } Phone 220 or 135 for Reservations’ Mr. Hemingway’s Cabin Cruiser] Roberts, with whom they will | RRR RETR SS ‘ ‘DAVIES ARRIVES ‘| FIRE INSURANCE REPRESEN- h ;.:in Key West for the purpose of icently destroyed the Cortez Cigar . quaintances made on previous vis- | bers of the party will arrive later. pert Hoo- | * ernoon for their re stay. S street. TWO ARRIVE ON {tions on the Pan-American plane} IN ISLAND CITY: TATIVE TO INVESTIGATE CORTEZ FACTORY BLAZE Davies, representing the Southeastern Division, Fire In-} surance Underwriters, is a visitor investigating the fire which re- company factory building on County Road. While here Mr. Davies is mak- ing investigations into other mat- ters over which the organization he representd has jurisdiction, and at the same time renewing ac- its here. MORE VISITORS COMING TO CITY W. J. PEABODY AND DAUGH- TER TO ARRIVE OVER HIGHWAY TODAY Among the visitors who are to! rrive over the highway this aft-) ernoon are W. J, Peabody of Na-! tional Garages, Inc., and daugh-| ter, Mrs. Peabody and other mem-} The sometime ago} made arrangements through Ent housing department of the WPA) for the lease of the recently com-; pleted E. A. Strunk residence in} Martello Towers, Mrs. T. Elwood Allison, of Beachhaven, New Jersey, and} daughter Miss Meredith Allison, ; are due over the highway this aft-/ annual winter! They will oceupy the A. G. residence on Washington Peabodys Lund SPECIAL PLANE MODATIONS ON PAN- AMERICAN CRAFT —— Unable to secure aecommoda-; from Miami this morning, Burris Jenkins, cartoonist with the New York American, and Bill Cleve-} land, noted aviator, chartered a small plane for the trip. They arrived a few moments after the regular plane, entered the yacht basin at the submarine/ and glided up on the small ramp at the southern end of the basin.| The visitors are to be guests of Ernest Hemingway and will spend most of their time out fishing on ilar. jwill be read et the meeting to-| ‘SHIP ASHORE | ceed when advises were received effected. ; The ordinance now in effect, Mr. Roberts said, has proven very ,unsatisfactory and it was decided that a number of modifications and changes were necessary to make the rules acceptable to the great majority of automobile op- erators and also the merchants. After the existing ordinance had been analyzec from every| There were 15 passengers ar- angle, celetions additions andi riving on the Pan-American plane changes made, a new ordinance! this morning from Miami, and was framed and it is this which NUMBER OF OTHERS WERE UNABLE TO SECURE AC-' COMMODATIONS ON THIS TRIP Although in readiness to pro- ceed to the assistance of the Steamer Velma Lykes, reported aground near Havana, the Wreck- ing Tug Warbler was advised late Saturday afternoon that the ship had been floated. This was the second time with- in 48 hours the Warbler had been held ready. to proceed to @ ship in distress and was not or- dered to gea. Friday the Warbler was advised of the Bull Line Freighter Eve- lyn being aground near Bebecca Shoals and was ail ready to pro- morrow night and suggestions of | tion that a number of others fail- the public heard Ly council. ed to seeure accommodations. | Arrivals were Frances Hughey, | ian Lovegrove, Robert Unk- ‘ j rich, W. Sanders Gramling, Eliza- W ‘AS FLO ATE ,beth Gramling, ; Clinton D, Young, Earle Sprigg, sca hae | Leslie R. Curry, William V. Al- WARBLER WHICH, STOOD, bury, Walter Fox, Florence Samp- READY TO LEAVE, INFORM- son, Ellen Field, Parker Field, P. J. Galvin, ED ABOUT VESSEL | Passengers on the outgoing ° |plane yesterday afternoon were: Anna Corcoran, Josephine Jamies, | Henry Renedo. Carmen Knox, Ora ;Jones, Henry Tabling, Ora John- ,son, Harold Johnson, Gertrude Watkins, Frank Lewinsky, Dan Navarro, Josephine Gwynn, Alice Gwynn, There were 14 arrivals yester- day morning, among them sev- eral Key Westers who had been |absent from the city for short periods. Included in the list were: Isadore Weintraub, Albert that the ship had been floated by! Lynn, Ann Haskins, Roy Voght, the Coast Guard Cutter Saukee. | Sidney Berkowitz, Fay Adams, -_——— Nye Griffith, Charles Baker, COUNTY EMPLOYES ! Richard Cooper, Seward Webb, Joe Lewis, Donald Link, Delbert Casper, George Spencer. T0 RECEIVE PAY Departures Saturday afternoon were: Francis Garwood, Ruth {Rose Galey, Elizabeth Ayala, | Mari on, Barba Tay- CLERK SAWYER SAYS CHECKS) Maric Thompson. Barbara Tay: WILL BE AVAILABLE _| pel, Oliver Griswold, L. P. Art. TOMORROW | man, Jr., William Powers, Charles Sullivan, William Strauss, Sam- } j uel Fine, Hattie Fine, Adele Bet j ancourt. ; CUBA BRINGS IN 70 PASSENGERS VESSEL LEFT DURING MORN- ING ENROUTE TO HAVANA ‘County employes and creditors! are being advised today that ar-' rangements have been made for) issue of checks on three county funds as follows: General Revenue for October) 1935; Fine and Forfeiture for March 1935; Ferry Fund for part of March and part of April 1934. Clerk Ross C. Sawyer said that! checks will be available tomorrow} in his office between the regular morning and afternoon _ business! hours. NETTLES FAMILY WILL VISIT WITH MRS. NET-! of freight and 139 sacks of mail TLES’ PARENTS, MR. AND hae Key West, and 238 sacks of mail for Havana. ‘MRS. CHAS. ROBERTS | Steamship Yoro, of the Stand- {ard Fruit and Steamship Com- pany, arrived in port 6:30 yester~ day afternoon from Philadelphia, Tom, and daughter, Evelyn A.,j berthed at the Porter Dock Com- of Washington, D. C., were arriv-| pany’s main pier, took fuel oil als this morning on the Cuba|and sailed 9:30 o'clock for Fron-' from Tampa. | tera, Mexico. = Mrs. Nettles was, before mar- | S. S. Colorado, freighter of the riage, Miss Carola Roberts, daugh-| Clyde-MaHory Lines, arrived 1:15 ter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles L.j yesterday from New York, dis- charged freight and sailed 3:15 for Tampa, | Steamship Cuba of the P. and | O. S. S. company, arrived from Port Tampa and St. Petersburg this mornnig with 12 first and seven second class passengers for Key West; 51 first class for Ha- Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Nettles, son, } spend their vacation. passengers brought the informa-! Ercila Felcon,} that Tom D. Orr, who has been | filling an executive position with | a WPA in the Tampa district, will succeed the resigning direc- ; tor, although the exact date of Mr. Orr’s arrival was not made known. Mr. Gilfond, while speaking to the group, pointed out that the present organization has been welded together through months of trial and experience, and added {that he has assurances from E. A. : Pynchon, State WPA aministra- ; tor, that he is well satisfied with {the organization here. Mr. Gil- | fond urged employes to continue | their cooperative work in the fu- | ture as they have in the past. | “Personally, I am sorry in many ways to leave Key West,” Mr. Gilfond said. “I have enjoy- ed working with you people and phaving you people work with me. I think this organization as a group would do a good job with }the government if it were trans- ferred anywhere.” He plans to leave here, ; Mrs. Gilfond, Friday over the highway for Washington. There he is to be assistant to Rexford VG. Tugwell, administrator of the | Rural Resettlement Administra- tion BLAZE DESTROYS SMALL RESIDENCE ANOTHER HOUSE WAS BAD- \ | LY DAMAGED YESTER.- DAY MORNING with i | { ‘ One small home at the corner of Windsor Lane and Virginia street was destroyed by fire yes- terday morning and another was badly damaged. The alarm was sounded at 6:30 o’clock. Apparatus responded and in a short time the flames were subdued. Estimated loss is said to be very nominal. JEFFREYS COME HERE ON VISIT FREY’S MOTHER, MRS. JENNIE DE BOER i ! Mr. and Mrs. William H. Jef- frey, of Providence, R. I, who have been visiting different parts of the country for the past few months, arrived yesterday and i are guests of Mrs. Jeffrey’s moth- er and grandmother. Mrs. Jennie !B. DeBoer and Mrs. Mary E. i Bethel. They were accompanied by Mrs. John R. Williams, of Miami, who comes tc spend about two weeks with friends. Fe hee Sane HABANA-MADRID CLUB DANCING | Every Night Starting Tonite, 9 till 2 a. m. Pritchard’s Orchestra No Cover Charge to Mem-! bers and Their Invited eed | 1 with Judge Halsted L, Ritter, pre-| siding. win the prize-one must be well infermed. Hf the error is not solved today, a further tip will be given tomorrow's paper, and so on until the error is located. Im this case it is obvious that today’s issue be retained by those who are in- terested in the contest. Lhd AAA AA SUPREME COURT DECLARES AAA ACTS INVALID ) Among other court officials in attendance are W. S. Gramling, assistant district attorney; Edwin’ R. Williams, clerk; Earle F./ Sprigg, deputy clerk; C. Rodne Gwynn, deputy clerk; Guy (€ Reeves, U. S. marghal; Ray Bush,! deputy; Mrs, Lillian Lovegrove, j secretary to Judge Ritter; M Frances Hughey, secretary to Mr Gramling, Officials of other government, units attending the session are Leslie R. Curry, customs apprais-/ er; C. D. Young, Federal alcohol! tax unit; P. J. Galvin, customs! agent. | Judge Ritter arrived by coast guard plane this morning accom- panied by Mrs. Ritter and Mrs. Franklin Harris. | RENDERS DECISION ON UN- Clerk Williams and Marshal’ Reeves arrived on the Steamship; Compernupromaeity om Cuba from Tampa. LATIVE TO ORIGINAL AND AMENDED SECTION } | Assistant District Attorney Gramling, Mrs. Gramling. Mis! Hughey, Mrs. Lovegrove, Deputy Clerk Sprigg, Mr. Galvin, Mr. : Young and Mr. Curry, arrived on the plane from Miami. The case of Hamaspour Kalors-; dian, female, who was charged, with illegal entry to the United/ States and released under $500 bond, was called. Failing to make! ; appearance when called, the bond, {was ordered estreated. j There are several other cases of; illegal entry to be heard at this! session of court. Three prisoners are being held in Key West, an- other who was released on bond is due to arrive by plane tomorrow, and the cast .of Benito Perez, “Mexicano” of Key West, was be- ing tried this afternoon, Among other cases on docket for this term are those of Pena Morales, cherged with hav-! ing in his possession liquor with- out the required internal revenue stamp, and Paul “Deacon” Lowe,| charged with conspiracy. t No jury has been summoned to act in any of the cases on the docket. GILFOND RECEIVES OUTLINE OF WORK IN NEW POSITION LOCAL ADMINISTRATOR — RESIGNED POST TO ot With scarcely four weeks left COME ASSISTANT TO WASH- before the Pirates of Penzance INGTON OFFICIAL | i | (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 6.—The supreme court of the United States today declared both the original and the amended Agricultur- i } al Adjustment Administra- tion acts unconstitutional. The farmers of the bene- try were chiefly the i ficiaries of the AAA. Next cia the roster is the TVA in which the country is deeply interested, and which, it is expected, will have the attention nad decigion of the highests court very shortly. 'REHEARSAL FOR | OPERA TONIGHT {PRACTICE FOR PIRATES OF, | PENZANCE TO TAKE PLACE AT COLONIAL HOTEL the | | | i |will be staged here, a rehearsal {of the entire cast of the operetta! | M. E, Gilfond, district. WPA|is scheduled for tonight at 1245) | dizecter who resigned last week o'clock in the Colonial Hotel. j | from that position, is to become! George Mills White, director of Jassistant to the administrator in! the operetta, this morning in-) tthe Rural Resettlement Adminis-' vited winter visitors in Key West! tration, : ‘to participate in the staging of: He received a letter outlining; the show which will be presented; definitely his position in that or-|in the open air near Fort Tay- ganization this morning from Rex-| lor. ; % ford G. Tugwell, resettlement ad-! ‘We are especially anxious to’ office! bases—in the cast,” Mr. ministrator. have additional men—tenors and ! The change from the White. here to one in Washington has,aaid- He added that this will | been under negotiation for some give the visitors an interest per- time, but it was only last week sonally in things going on in Key- that details were finally worked West and will afford them many, i | tively, and | delivered today. It follows in part: To the Congress of the States: Pursuant to provisions of nited law I transmit herewith the budget of he he fiscal year ending June 1937, whie of. veloped after the obligations, reasonable needs of the ment, and J reeommend appropria- ted States government for 30, gether with this message is definitely a part there The estimates have been de- careful analysis of revenues, and govera- tions for the purposes specifically detailed. No mortal is permitted un‘ail- ingly to predict the future. Thi is particularly true of estimates which relate to the money values of property and services in a world of tations torn by dissen- sion, by violent. priee fluctuations, and by forebodings of the fut» re It is, therefore, a cause for congratulation within oa@r_.ewn nation to realize that a consistent. broad national policy, adopted nearly three years ago by the Congress and the President, has thus far moved steadily, effec- sucerssfully toward its objective. Fall To Low Level In March. 19 in spite of cukstantial increases in tax rates during the preceding administra- tion, federal tax receipts had fal- len to such a low level that even normal experses of government could not be carried on without creating a mounting deficit. In addition to normal expenses the problem of mil'iors of starving un- employed calicd for a relief pr gram which obviously would greatly jncrea-e that deficit. The nationa! policy which we then adopted sought to stop the downward economic spiral by tak- ing, simultaneous action alone a dozen fronts. The chief objec- tives were: To make bank de- posits secure. to save farms and homes from foreclosure, to etart public works on a large scale encourag> home building, to crease farm crop values, to give useful work instead of a dole to the needy unemployed, to reduce all interest rates, to increase for- eign trade in both exports and im ports, to extend government cred- it to railroads and other priva’ owned activities, to reduce sound and generally disastrou= speculation, to elimn tion wages, to seek a of values. and then to maintain those values. Many Legishative Acts On the part of the federa ernment the monv legislativ. creating the mach’nery for covery were al! predicated on two inter-dependent beliefs. First. the measutes would immediately cause a great “ncrease in the an nual expenditdres of the govern- ment—many of thee expendi tures, however. in the form foans which would vitimately re- turn to the treasury. Second, as a result of the simultaneous at- tack on the many fronts I have indicated, the receipts of the zov- m- re- of ned to leave here Abril 1, which was the duration of his appoint-, ment, under an agreement reach- ed a year ago. “I have for some time been aware of the fine work you have been doing in Key West.” Ad- ministrator Tugwell wrote in part, in advising him of the position. lout. Mr. Gilfond originally plan- pleasant night in rehearsals, —HEAR—— Chief Silver Ti World’s Greatest ihn, fe Soloist at Fleming Street Church Mentha sos waben ‘ ernment would rise def-nitely and }sharply during the following few years, while greatly increased ex- penditure for the prrposes stated, coupled with rising values and the stopping of losses would. over @ period of years, diminish the need for work relief and thereby reduce federal expenditures. The “ (Continued on Page Four) | QUALITY IS HIGHER THAN PRICE IN WAGNER BEER—-THAT’S ONE REASON WHY IT’S THE MOST POPULAR BRAND ON TODAY'S MARKET. FACA 22RBB80