The Key West Citizen Newspaper, January 8, 1936, Page 1

“Associated Press Day Wire Service. For 56 Years Devoted to the s of Key West Best Inter: No. 7. VOLUME LVI. Duval Street Designated One- Way —— Many Other Changes To, “TOMO EME. Be Made Bearing On Traffic Regulations In Key West At a special meeting of the. City Council held last night, an‘ i or-! ordinance arrending traffic dinance 310, was passed on its! initial weeding. ‘The mocting’ was} peas tantlocae kysaerestientaidim| Roberts, with all other City Attor-| council-| men in attendance. i i 4 i ney Arthur Gomez, Captain of Pclice Alberto of Camero, and a number interested c were also present. } The ordinance in part reads: “There shall be no parking on! the south side of Fleming, South-| ard or Angela streets. Parking on! both sides of Duval strect shall! be allowed, except between Angela and Eaton, where parki | not be allowed for more than one} hour between the hours of 7 a, m.! and 7 p.m. There shall be no! angle parking on any street in the) city. No parking in front of any | church, schoo] house or theater. Duval street is designated as a through and one- street, with all traffic to run in a northerly direction. “Through street way will be Division, Eaton, Car line, Fleming, Southard, White Simonton, Whitehead, Duval and other streets in the outlying sec-| tions of the city.” i J. S. Golden, manager of the, Colonial Hotel, gave a short talk! relative to the tet Mc "ordinance, but after learning that Deval: street was to be made a one-way thoroughfare, running northerly,; he stated that he was satisfied; with the new regulations, as this would allow tourists coming in over the ferry to come down Di- vision street, turning into Duval, which would bring them into the heart of the city, at the same time allow them to easily find their way to the hotel, and other business houses in that sec- tion. i Merrill Sands, another business man of Duval street, gave a brief talk, and stated that he was s: = fied with the new ordinance as it allowed those using autos to be able to park within a reasonable distance of the business places to make purchases, John Gardne of f| Gardner’s Pharr a short} talk relative to the ontiiance! ex- | pressing his views, ‘and’ said that he was satisfied with’ the new ioe dinance es a whole. He par! ticularly asked about the distance required in parking automobiles} near fire hydrants. f Sam Hatt addressed the board} in connection with the ordinance and said that he felt that it was a@ good one, aud urged that it be enforced as drawn up. Another ordinance regulating charge fares to be made by pub- lie chauffeurs, and otherwise reg- ' ulating their operations, was passed on its first reading, | OFFICER TYNES LOCATES. AUTO. Captain of Police Alberto Ca- mero has informed The Citizen that Patrolman Basi] Tynes was successful in locating the lost automobile of T. L. Kiser which was reported missing several days ago. The automobile was found near the swimming pool] at the boule-j vard. The only thing m : the key to the car, i The auto recived no damages and | was found to be in perfect condi- | tion. | I TE FRUITS and VEGETABLES, Fresh shipment received FRESH PEAS STRING BEANS; LIMA BEANS CAULIFLOWER BROCCOLI CHAS. TIFT’S GROCERY 1101 Division St. Phone 29. with right-of- | and | | proprietor | | i | deniably the most delightful | Parr | SUCCESSOR. TO. GIEFOND: ARRIVES Thomas D. Orr, recently appointed to succeed M..E. Gilfond as WPA administra- tor in Key West, arrived in the city today. He will go over the situa- tion today 2d tomorrow with Mr. Gilfond preparatory to assuming the office of ad- ministrator when the pres- ent administrator relinquish- es the reins of office Friday. ‘VISITORS BOOST LOCAL CLIMATE hall ALSO SPEAK IN HIGH T2RMS/ Toute to Jacksor OF CASA MARINA HOTEL The climate of Key West eason of the year, is at this un- have ever experienced, and the Casa Marina hotel, unquestion- ably, the most restful and hos- pitable at which we have ever had/ the pleasure of staying. In the foregoing paragraph i summed -up inslrief the expressed by Mr. and Mrs. E. P. Winter, of St. Paul, Minnesota, who were spending a short time! in the city for the purpose of | visiting with Mrs. Winter’s er und sister-in-law, Mr, and Mrs. Wallace Bryant Kirke. Mr. and Mrs. Winter had been - traveling in Arizona, New Mexico and California in search of real comfortable weather, and in Key West was their anticipa-}| tion of ideal weather conditions and the maximum of personal comfort realized. PLANE BRINGS 12 PASSENGERS THIRTEEN LEAVE YESTER.) DAY AFTERNOON. EN ROUTE TO MIAMI Plane from Miami arrived this morning, with 12 passengers. The airship was late due to having de-! | parted from Miami at 9:25 o’clock instead of 9 as scheduled. Arrivals were. George Garri- son, Edward C. Barwick, Thomas | Wynn, Frank R. Schutts, William h, Mftchell Jamieson, iet Swart, Ora L. Helen Krause, Dunlap, Hortense Dunlap. Departures yesterday were: Burris Jenkins, Clinton D. Young,} Walter Fox, Frances Hughey, | Earle Spriggs, Lillian Lovegrove,; Leslie R. Curry, P. J. Galvin, Ney! Griffith, Charles Abbott, Jones, -Ora Leila| Johnson, | Johnson, Myrtis Johnson, Kenneth King. MORE FUNDS FOR MONROE SCHOOLS (iy Associated Press) TALLAHASSEE, Jan. 8.— Monroe County’s share of the $750,000 school alloca- tion is shown to be $5,297.37, according to announcement made today. : |COURT OFFICERS we! opinion 510 Seuth street, broth-, only! HAVE DEPARTED HAD BEEN HOLDING SESSION HERE ! | | Judge H. L. Ritter, who presid-| Ved, at the Janu eral court in Key Wes‘ | left this morning for Miami on a! Coast Guard plane, accompanied | | by Mrs, Ritter and Mrs, Franklin} | Harris. | Edwin R. Williams, clerk of | } court, and Guy C. Reeves, United | \'States marshal, left on the Cuba| yesterday afternoon for Tampa, |and from there will proceed to | Jacksonville. j | Earle Sprit deputy clerk;! Mrs. Lillian Lovegrove, secretary | | to Judge Ritter and Miss Frances | Hughey, secretary to Assistant} | District Attorney W. S. Gramling.' Jleft by plane yesterday. H Others leaving by plane were P. J. Galvin, customs agent; C. D } j Young, federal alcohol tax unit: ‘Leslie R. Curry, customs ap- praiser, who were attending the| | session as witnesses | i A ant District Attorney Gramling and M Graniing, ¥ mained over and will leave by plane this afternoom for Miami en} ile. MRS. W. DUNLAP | ARRIVES IN CITY j | ; PROPOSES TO SPEND WINTER SEASON IN KEY WEST | Mrs. W. H. Dunlap, nurse and | ! baby, were arrivals this morning | y plane from Miami and will ‘spend the winter at the residence, | formerly the George F. Morris home. Mr. Dunlap will join the fam- ,ily later in the month and remaig; : for the season. C. W. Hopkins, of Harbor, and niece, Mrs. | Moncrief, of Cleveland | Ohio, who were guests of Mr | Grace Crosby at her home on; | United Street, left yesterday} morning for Miami. 1 These visi were in Miami! and at the invitation of Mrs. 4 Crosby came to Key West, for the week-end. They found the! island a very interesting place, they said, and are planning to re-| jturn for a stay of one month later in. the season. TWO VISITORS LEAVE TODAY ROBERT AND BERT SHEP- H=RD HAD RZEN SPENDING Ashtabula, ' Catherine Heights, { is, { i | | | | | STAY WITH RELATIVES Robert and Bert Shepherd, ; who were spending a shozt vaca- | tion in Key West with their grandmother, Mrs. Mary Cash, ° left over the highway this morn- ing for a visit with relatives at! | Fort Lauderdale. ' A. They are sons of Mr. and Mrs. | J. Shepherd. former Key| = Pleasantville, N. J., and after spending a while at Fort Lauder- raale will proceed home. ‘CUBA ARRIVES FROM HAVANA’ AFTERNOON FOR TAMPA Steamship Cuba arrived yester- day afternoon from Cuba _ with six first class passengers for Key | West, 49 first and 16 second class jfor Tampa. The ship sailed 5:30 o’clock for ‘Tampa with 73 passengers, eight having taken passage from Key | West. : Delay in sailing of the ship, {which is scheduled for 5 o’clock. was eaused by heavy express shipments and 92 bales of sponges. The Key Dest Citen KEY WEST, FLORIDA, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 8, 1936. Leeomme . CONGRESS CONVENES ; DEMOCRATS IN CONTROL THE SESSION’S LENGTH ELECTION FIREWORKS RGOSEVELT’S CAMPAIGN THE BORAH CAMPAIGN HIS OPPONENTS ACTIVE AL SMITH’S POSITION REPUBLICANS INTERESTED ‘FARLEY’S “NET SURPLUS” | TILZASURY BOOKKEEPING NRA ENDS EXISTENCE By HUGO SIMS, | The Citizen’s Special Washington: Correspondent The Seventy-fourth Congress now assembled for its final ses- ion, with the Democratic. party in overwhelming control of the government. In the Senate this { party has 69 of the 96 seats, and in the House, 218 out! of 435. No- | where does it face any difficulty iin accomplishing its will except before Federal courts, where the majority of judges have been ap-} ; pointed in past years by Republi- n, presidents. While our judi- y has been remarkably free of political, it is but human nature for a man to carry on the bench, j the ideas and ideals which he had; | ain appointed. Surveys have shown very conclusively that the {legality of New Deal legislation | Hooyer antipathy to the Idahoan. jdevends to a large degree upon however, is increased, if that is tthe former political views of the : judge. who pass upon them. The Congress came _ together with the President and the New Deal svfiering some loss of pres tige which has encouraged criti- |cism of his policies within the; | party and stimulated his political) Reosevelt and former foes to greater activity than ever. | Despite much talk of an_ early! adjournment and a real desire on |the part of legislators to finish! their legislative duties in order to ret into their election campaigns, : i there is no way of estimating the! {length of the fresent session. One of the grave decisions that‘ Congres; must make relates to} ‘the forming of a permanent neu- trality poiley to replace the tem- | porary course now being follow-; ed. The problem depends in part upon the war situatién abroad.; The possib' y that some of the x major New Deal measures will be thrown overboard by the ! Supreme .Court and that action may be taken in an effort to meet ; the objections of the Court also threaten to lengthen the session. Swift action is expected on the bonus but no one can tell. Overshadowing other consider-; ations is the looming election next | i Fall, jth the halls of Congress | | affording the best sounding-board | !for propaganda in the country. There will be many speeches to support the Administration and; others attacking its policies. All! of them will have copious replies. The process will take time. Alto- gether, the session will be strong- ly political. In the background will be a number of associations jand lobbyists attempting to cre- ate publie sentiment or, at lea: the appearance ‘of public senti- Har-! Westers now making their home| ment, one way or the other. President Roosevelt will un-/ pegs make an intensive cam- ign for re-election, probably Deeley: as much as he did in; ; 1932 when he went into nearly | every state and journeyed about 13,000. miles. His supporters be- plieve that he is stronger than the \-Administration and the greatest Knight) VESSEL SAILED YESTERDAY, asset of the party,, which. will have! 000 for the Postoffice without} fa much smaller campaign fund (than the opponents of the New lr at Deal. The Democratic party rot cit is around $300,000, entirely a | | legacy from the unsuccessful 1928 Key West, Florida, has the | most equable climate im the range of only 14° Fahrenheit with an average Feanpuign of Al Smith. The Re- i publicans are in much better | shape with more than $100,000 in j the party treasury. Glaiming not less than 208 first choice votes out of a total lof $97 delegates to the Republi- jean Mational convention, the Borah; | supporters opened the new year! high hopes of blocking any} Spe action by the convention until uninstructed delegates begin The Borah Take In Matter Causes Much Talk Among Poli ticians ‘to }break ranks. strength, of course, is centered in |the West and Middle West but] ‘ considerable. action’ is being tak- jen in other sections of the coun- NE By HERBERT PLUMMER Standin, arely before the ba decane ges iateaaas sqnator’s ec is the ponderous|’ WASHINGTON, Jan. figure of Herbert Hoover, titular | comguenn weary of the head of the party, who is unut- terably opposed to Borah’s nomi- nation. The former President, untempromising in his fight on almost all of the New Deal meas- urés, will exert his utmost power tohdefeat any candidate who has n it a measure of support, in this basis it is pointed out th@t. Senator Borah supported the | Administration eleven times on se¥enteen major. New Deal bills. By comparison, Senator Vanden H bugg, another likely presidential cEbeader, voted for the Admin- istration only three times. The 7.—A old and bitter argument over the when- bonas the |and-how of the soldiers’ seems about ready to lay ghost of that controversy. } is: Wil it be the last ghost? Nobody in Washington believes payment in some form can. be stopped again in this ses- n—not even by veto—and that gees for such opponents as the Economy League. through. the plan That organization, circulation of a for limiting to cashed their certificates i pqpsible, by the senator’s advo- le of measures that, in some pects, would go much further the New Deal itself. Fhe newspaper correspondentst44.1 could collect, has indicated again writing about the h’?, between - -«President|# veluctant lack of faith that the Governer|pay-off can” be withheld much | Afred E. Smith, of New York.}Jonger. It would like at least to | Anyone who has kept up witht attach the string of thrift. national politics since 1932 knows aise Ehaioni? that there is very little in com. Anetinn Te mon between the two men and| Moreover, that the “Happy Warrior” was a|the league has raised an ; most reluctant participant in the| voiced not so long ago by Pre | Democratic campaign, that led te/ dent Roosevelt himself, of a new! The present furore in the news ed im-| re ul id specter. t The new threat seen by the Mr. Smith’s rejection of an in-} eral world war pensions all vitation to be an overnight guest the at the White House when he goes ito Washington to speak at the) Matter of paying the bonus has! | American Liberty League’s din-| been settled. jmer on January 25th. Smith is} dent: eas ores vee —_ “I do not need to be a prophet jon ministration policies z - ifies when he appears under the aus- to assert that if these certificates, lpices of the League, a militant | organization generously financed by foes of the New Deal. for veterans will follow when j to the senate or the house of rep-, : ose resentatives will in the near fu-| Republicans look with interest; {ture be called upon in the name upen the resumption of political | ase | activity by. Smith. Recalling hiz|°f patriotism to support great hold upon certain Demo-| pension legislation for leratic factions in the East, par- jticularly New York, New Jersey,} ‘The whole argument. incident- Massachusetts and Pennsylvania, jally, has revolved fer years not | they hope that he will be a source! jef strength to them in the ap-' proaching campaign. general all vet- the certificates were to be paid— that was settled affirmatively! long ago—but as to when and assumption, although the | f |through what means. The _heaxy ‘signed to spur private industry |Raskob ‘and certain industrial i been yeaa upon whole- leaders, has lost some ground. He/ heartedly by bonus advoeates. | Will add to Democratic worry in More than $2,000,000,000 would the industrial East, but expect! seattered out over the country for scattered influence. he will not | by bonus payment; this. they {have much effect in other areas j . ‘largue, would be econom'ec pump- Tt should be recognized, however, priming of the highest order. ; that Smith is an adroit and able Powerful Appeal campaigner, who might give tell-; he powerful appeal of pension in : # | ig blows in any political debate. afion to members of con- z | legisl Postmaster-General Farley re- istoric. Four Preside: ents, i gress ports a “net surplus” of 000,-| Whose views perhaps could be) ed oe peeencene on few other questions} in all the world, have said “no” to} the bonus, but a congressional {majority has gone on laboring Possibly they are right in this’ taking into consideration certain (Continued.on Page Four) NEW MODELS — scene ann ‘LEATHER UPHOLSTERY soe Sey ere ie KEW Low value cannot be beaten! NA VARRO'S, Inc. gh the years to put over im- ite, full payment. There j Bot followed eventually by ado; | tion of pensions or benefits along) the lines sought by the ex-service | ae affected. CHRYSLERS REFUSED TO TALK oe of this city, testified in her divorce suit that after her hus- band drove her from home he re- the window. The! big question now in some quarters” really columns has been stirred up by;league is that demands for gen-' It quotes the Presi-| i i due in 1945, are paid in full to-, day, every candidate for election | erans, regardless of need or age.” jaround the question of whether} never has been an American war! CHICAGO.—Mrs. Ruth Demar-' fused to talk to her except thorugh | READERS FAIL AGAIN TO DISCOVER ERROR Once again, no reader of The ! Citizen caught the error on the {editorial page of the issue of January 6, and for the discovery of which a Gillette New De Lux: Sr ‘ety Razor Set with ten biades -.as offered. Yester- day the Contest Editor stated if the error was not found the pai ticular paragraph in which it oc- curred would be printed tod: Here it is: “In the chi'dren’s room of the Smithsonian Institute, at Washirgton, may be seen the Lord’s Prayer engraved with- in the space of a needle’s eye. It is the finesse of the en- graver’s art.” There is something the above item. What Make the correction, i! you think you have discovered it, on the coupon which may be found on another page of this ‘paper and see that it is delivered at The Citizen office between the hours of and 11 tomorrow morn‘ng. The first contestant correct indication of the ; receives the reward. wrong is it? in the mistake ‘ ARCHITECT AT WPA RESIGNS in its latest handout, JOHN R. CORDELL TO TAKE, wax the loss of UP DUTIES WITH FIRM IN JACKSONVILL= John R. Cordell, Jr., architect in the local office of the Florida WPA, has resigned from} ; the works administration to take ion with a private engineer- senior a pos ing firm in Jacksonville, and will [leave here tomorrow by plane for Gainesville where new duties will) be taken up immediately. In a letter to Mr. Cordell to- cay, M. E. Gilfond, distriet WPA pair expressed regret over Cordell’s leaving, and i eae him highly on the work he has done since being in Key: West. Mr. Gilfond’s letter fol- lows: “T have your letter of January ‘5, tendering your resignation as senior architect of the Key West ; Administration. “I am very sorry to see you leave this organization because of the excellent work which you have done for us. On the other hand, I am glad to know that you have received a position with a reliable construction company which will offer you an oppor- | tunity for personal promotion. “Please know that your serv- ices have been and are hi atisfactory. I trust that ir j good work will continue in your | new position.” ‘YACHT FURLOUGH ARRIVED TODAY VESSEL TAK=S BERTH AT) FINGER PIEP. IN SUBMA- RINE BASE Yacht Furlough. Miami Beach, | |'with owner, P. M. Gelatt on board. | arrived this morning and is berth- jed at one of the finger piers i ‘the submarine base yacht Mr. Gelatt makes his home i the north during the summer, comes to Florida annually 4 the winter season, and visits West several times during | period. 8 t ¥ other members of the party What Action Congress Wil vw SETS SLS | Aftcr spending about 30 hour: power art of that menbers of « im an copes boat without and fer the time adrift party of seven were brought te Key West yesterday afterncen 4:30 o'clock om the Coast Cuard Plare Arcturus, piloted by Lies {tenant S. A. Erickson. Two men { oomntned ee the weesel, which was near Reb-cca Shoals. The party, msisting of Fred | Eberhart, custodian at Fort Jef- rer fiw: } ferson national menumest; E.G | Truewald, assce'ated with Ghic State University and am officer im the U. S. A. scsorves, and Mrs. Truewald; A. L. Manucy, WPA department of research and statis- ties, Manuc~; Roland Reig, b- m Sawyer, | colored utility man im the employ lof Mr. Eberhart, left Monday RR OSS mediately the amount of interest erewwrewe | of the Thompson Company. When about three hours out of West eng ne trouble develept an@-from thes yesterday jalternoon they underwent many jtriais and tribulat-oms which were jenough to daunt stout hearts | Added to the engine trouble the boat's anchor |when the rope parted and the party found they were adrift and at the mercy of tide and winds Mr. Eberhart decided + con- struct a sea buoy in an effert to contro] to some extent the move- ;ment of the beat and to do this | used cans, partly filled with water, and life preservers te keep them from sinking. Awaited Rescue Nothing to do but keep a stiff upper lip and await the chances of the sea and the tuck which | comes te these whe ge down to the sea in ships or boats, as m this case, as the craft was about 26 feet long. As night came on the air began Ke, com-) t@ xet, cooler and by midnight the cramped positrons necessary maintained by the members of the party and the chilly wind but added to a condition which was nothing less than sheer physical misery, to which was added the dread uncertainty ef the futcre. About this time Mr. Eberhart said to the colored man Sawyer, “Sam, you may net know i but we are in a hell of a fix but dogs let on that you kmow anything about it. So the best *aing to do is cher the « until some- thing happens Sam replied .2 Mr. Eberbart be ' would do his best and immediately started singing and amusing the m many ways, and kept this up u=- til they were im a more cheerful mental! attitude | \terday morning when word was received at the lighthouse depart- ment from Tortugas that the j Party had not arrived at Garden | Key. this in respomse te a query made by ‘friends of the absent group. j r Message Re'ayed. This was about 10-30 yesterday |by Storekeeper T. M. Kelly of the l lighthouse service. a “COMING UPu”..IS THE SLOGAN OF ANTICIPATION THAT REAL BEER LOVERS WELCOME WHEN THEY HAVE ORDERED | A GLASS OF WAGNER