The Key West Citizen Newspaper, January 20, 1936, Page 1

— Associated Press Day Wire Service. For 56 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West SENATE PASSES BONUS MEASURE Qty Asmocinted Press) WASHINGTON © Jan.! 20.—The Senate passed More than three of every five voters are opposed to the New Deal according to the final report | VOTE SHOWS OVER SIXTY-TWO PERCENT OF NATION AGAINST | NEW DEAL IN DIGEST’S POLL The Kep esl KEY WEST, FLORIDA, MONDAY, JANUARY 20, 1936. { {verdict on New Deal acts and} policies, Sentinels’ Show-Or-Wheels Campaigns for Constitution Citizen “A national jury weighing the Key West, Florida, has the most equable climate in the country; with a average range of only 14° Fahrenheit PRICE FIVE CENTS LOCAL MAN GIVEN MORAN PLEASED REFUND ON TAXES | WITH ARTICLES BY FEDERAL UNIT. IN THE CITIZEN EVARISTO RODRIGUEZ GETS LETTER RECEIVED REFERS REFUND FROM UNITED, TO MATTER TAKEN UP REL- the coalition bill to pay of The Literary Digest’s nation-} question propounded by The Lit- iwide poll, which is tabulated injerary Digest, they recorded their STATES TREASURY IN PAY- ATIVE TO REQUEST TO RE- the soldiers’ bonus in full in cashable baby bonds. | the current issue of the maga zine, j lots are reported received of | which 37.34 per cent voted “yes” jand 62.66 per cent voted “no” in {answer to the question: ‘Do you jof the Roosevelt ‘New Deal’ to HERE ON VISIT! :=:2” complete The tally shows a count of 1,195,318 voters opposed ee |to the New Deal, while H. F. M'LAURY, HIS WIFE AND... affirmative votes, making a OTHERS ARE GUESTS AT | majority of 482,945 against the Administration’s acts and policies. CASA MARINA, FOR STAY) ! border States give a final verdict OFS VER REIWEERS in favor of. the New Deal, while | the other thirty-six States regis- ter majorities against it. A possibly close vote is indicat- s and; all oth- per cent ma- st the New H. F. MeLau manager of the Ch y, advertising -o, Burling- Mrs.! a | ed in only five lers give over a jority for or ag: Deal. Twenty-two States representing more than half the population of S. Cuba this morning, with their} the United States and casting 280 at the Casa; of the 351 electoral votes give a {final majority of more than 60 of several! per cent against the New Deal in ‘the poll. Eight States, all in the } south and representing 96 elec- van.( toral votes, cast approximately the rep- ene : same ratio in support of the Ad- ministration’s policies. ton and Quincy Railroad, MeLaury and others forming party of five, arrived on the S. ear, and are guests Marina for a_ stay weeks. Mr. MeLaury was tor with a group of a brief visi- resentatives last year, and was so delighted with Key West and it# The balloting in support of the a place to spend a New Deal has shown a_ steady possibilities 1 a 1 that! decline each week since the first winter v: ion he resolvec at least part of this tion would be spent eason’s vaca-| In a similar poll conducted by They, The Literary Digest eighteen ;months ago “to practically the h, prominent’ Same list of names,” the final re- Chicago and turn then was 61.15 per cent in here. expect to spend several weeks. Arthur T, MeIn business man of A, grand total of 1,907,681 bal-! 712,368 | Utah and eleven southern andj | report of the poll was published. ; opinions by secret post-card bal-; lot. “Week by week their hundreds} | of thousands of votes piled up at poll headquarters while suspense ,; over the final outcome increased. | “Now, the last of the jurors has | j been heard from, and, in this, the j ninth and final report of the poll, | the verdict is returned. “The verdict will be considered by many a startling reversal in public sentimnet since 1934. The poll will be challenged and en- dorsed, denounced and praised, according to view-point. | “Scores of thousands who ap- j plauded the 1934 verdict on New Deal policies will call it ‘unfair’ ‘or ‘partisan.’ Other scores of thousands who questioned the ; 1934 poll will hail it as correct. ; “There are the figures, and, {whatever one may think of the poll, The Literary Digest believes lit to be a true reflection of pub-: : lie sentiment, since it was con-! j ducted in precisely the same man- jer as that of 1934, which gave ;the New Deal a majority of 61.15, fand also like the great cciaaes | polls of previous years. Above is shown the unique motor caravan, directed by the Sentinels of the Republic, stand ing in front of Inderendence Hall, Philadelphia, just before departing on a southern tour, during which it will exhibit motion pictures and strik- ing displays urging support-of the Constitution and economy in government. Three of the speakers who delivered addresses at the exercises are shown at the left. They are Col. Henry Breckinridge, eminent lawyer and Constitutional authority; S. Davis Wilson, Mayor of Philadel- phia, and Raymond Pitcairn, National Chairman of the Sentinels. ‘The picture was taken in the historic room where both the Declaration of In- dependence and the Constitution were ‘signed. “An outstanding feature of this ; poll is the enormous public inter-} ‘est as indicated by the greatly in- } creased response, “In the present poll. The Liter- ary Digest has received 1.907,- 1681 ballots, an increase of 58.461 per cent over the number cast. in ; 1934 from virtually the same list! {of names. | “While the final report ton-| ‘tains nearly 220,000 more vote? ; than were tabulated last week, the | percentages remain for the most { WORK SITUATION ON KEYS TAKEN | i MRS. SOLOMON INJURED IN AUTO CRASH: OTH | j fone driven by Mrs. Tony Arthur ~ PLANE BRINGS ERS SLIGHTLY HURT 10 PASSENGERS i Shortly before 4 o'clock Satur-} AIRCRAFT CAM: IN FROM MI- AMI ABOUT THIRTY MINUTES LAT= day afterncon two automiobiles,| MENTS FOR YEAR 1935 BUILD RAILROAD | j j | | ! By PAUL MAY P. Moran, who Correspondent committees in C nen) WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 20. —The Treasury's vaults heads which several have been, an ; ing efforts tc } opened instruct the eer ida East C build the destroyed fiscal the road, apprec’ates zen’s producing the letter to the court in th pert made public at the capitol January 1, and the isda. ‘the subject, appearing on January '3. His letter follows: The report, from the Bureau of “A copy of ye to the house !*t, and 3 has reached find therein a very al committee on expenditures in ex-| in reZerence to the i sti e in mak court Flor- re- eceive: of the t Railway to (to give a refund to one tax in Key West during the year 1935, according to the re- iti of his sue of editorial on Mnternal Reven: : re to Judge of U. 2 me. in which you call a of income, ' the ties binding our s: inberit- | li Your appraisal of t lists more S. Court, s ecutive departments, |than 10,000 refunds [eee processing, ance, estate and other taxes made’ year. No fund under $500 is included the list, however. in the nice thing shall be very hi court will x effort to plead interest. “When I told your that I was interested in the for which means h to was with sinc . | ! we who have seen the influ n jour business at the time your port | was alive with activity, know that ‘our interest is mutual and vital linked together. So, true to | copy of my letter to your | mittee to show that we here w living up to the call for any h VESSEL LEAVES SHORTLY ' .,. might be, in bringing AFTER ARRIVAL EN- py indee ear | curing the fiscal re- to = the committee The one refund in Key West! Rotten, $2,577.09, on income taxes. cause | was to Evaristo ox you, it oO. jable action upon the most 4 j | | UP YESTERDAY <2" oes b Bornes roberts icf the Key West fire department, Plane of the Yeollided at the corner of Southard] 4itways arrived this morning, 'frcm Miami with 10 passengers. The ship was about 30 minutes Steamship Ouba, of the P. and: interest and thus bring more in- | support of the New Deal which! ryt, substantially the same. Invest-' renders the outcome of the pres-; 60 ‘no’ majority is an ment Gempary-—of tbat. cit¥sent referendtm virtually a com of about three-fourth=}: brother Walter, and Mrs. Me-; plete reversal of. public opinion! cf one yer cent since last week,| MEMBERS OF WORKING: Intosh, are guests at the Casa, as gauged by unofficial referen-' and of aboat nine per cent sine» {portant decision to be rende }soon. Your coming into po: ' sion oT @ copy ST said letter may be the very means to arouse more head of the Real Estate Pan American ROUTE TO HAVANA MEN’S oe ! amd Margaret streets. M | ntosh was here five! years ago and occupied the James Adams home on Waddell avenue.! and decided to again ¢ome for the winter season in Key West, thi time with other ers of the} family. General Mrs. Dalton, who made arrangements for an apart-) ment several weeks ago, have a rived and are don din apart- ments at the Jack Gaiti home on White street, his OPERA CAST WILL HOLD REHEARSAL WILL BE HELD THIS\ZVENING IN ROOMS OF OVER- SEA, HOTEL H ik Gntactanehearistiat tne) cast of the operetta, Pirates of] Penzance, will be held tonight] starting at 7:15 o'clock the! Over-Sea hotel. Carter 7 in Nice, in the Florida} nee state, supervisor of mus WPA, is scheduled to arrive here tomorrow morning by plane, and] probably will want to see and con-| duct a rehearsal tomorrow night, George Mills White, of! this morning. | director the operetta, said For this re: the local director | magazine states in its current is-| by the fact that, despite the seem- GROUP DISCUSSED MATTER! AT MEETING YESTERDAY| AT COURT HOUSE ' x dums. ithe first poll report. The heaviest negative vote of! “Some critics of the poll ques the country as a section is regis-)tion its accuracy, on the grourd tered by New England where the! that more votes. proportionally. anti-New Deal vote is 77.98 pet; have come from Republicans than} cent of the total. {from Democrats. The Middle Western States in; “Pointing out that in the 1932 the farm belt indicate a ratio ap-| Presidential election there were’ .ou, met yesterday morning in proximately the same as the nation | 5) per cent Democratic votes, } “f : at large. 3 to 2 against. las compared with 39.59 Republi- | the court The Rocky Mountain States} can votes and 3.09 for minor can-, chow a final vote also of 3 to 2! didates, they argue that this poll: commissioners, to discuss the sit- opposed and the three States on; should reflect Republican and! uation on the Keys. i the Pacific Coast total 58.04 per} Democratic votes in the same pro-} p14, Russell, who was acting! cent against the New Deal. { portions, i gies iia pear Ledaetit wg | “The country’s answer to the } “This criticism is not new. It} as spokesman, advised that Rob-} question what it thinks of the | was expressed in The Literary Di-| ert Unkrich, assistant to Florida} New Deal today is supplied in t {, poll of 1932, on the basis of ; Administrator Conrad Van Hyn-} final report of The Literary Di- ng HERA, hadcesid over’ long dis) Presidential election vote of 1928. gest’s great 1935-36 poll,” the; But its validity may be judged H Members of the workingmen’s county house . with} |tance from Jacksonville that Key! West workers would be employed! when sue. {ine disproportion in votes, The “The intense, country-wide in-j Literary Digest poll of 1932 fore- terest in this latest Literary Di-i cast the majority for Mr. Roose- gest test of public sentiment is) velt within three-quarters of one emphasized by the hearty response | per cent.” from every State, every ctiy and} The Literary Digest announce: | lon the Keys projects pos- i sible, AS this matter of giving work! n the Keys to Key Westers has! been under_discussion for several ; weeks, and asrityis stated that } William Grétn, ij charge of Keys | work, refuses to have local men { employed, it was decided to send telegrams to Governor Sholtz ask- {ing that he intervene in the mat- ‘ter in behalf of Key West work- ; ers, | Later it was agreed that they; await the return today of Key} West Administration Director} | Thomas D. Orr, who was in Jack- jsonville discussing matters with} | officials and learn if Mr. Orr had/ | brought any solution of the mud-} {dle relative to the Keys. | town, and every rural district. that next week it will publish the “More. than 1,907,000 voters,! results of a separate poll of the representing a huge cross-section. magazine’s subscribers on the of, America, join in giving the|same question. | YACHT ARRIVED INSANE MAN TO HERE YESTERDAY BE SENT AWAY VESSEL ENROUTE TO WEST) OFFICERS ARRIVE ‘TO TAKE COAST TAKES BERTH COLORED PATIENT TO AT YACHT BASIN ALABAMA USEFUL PRESENT i ! The car driven by Mrs. Arthur was capzized and turned complete- In this car Mrs. a ly over, it was said. were Mrs. Arthur, Noel Solomon and baby, sister, and guest, Mrs. Peggy Snyder. Mrs. Solomon received a severe ‘Chairman Bervaldi, of the county cut on the forehead, another on} Bell, Ri ‘the back of the head and a num-, Pena, ber of bruises and contusions. Her baby suffered several slight bruises. The otner shaken, * They were rushed to the Ma- rine hospital in an ambulance of the Lopez Funeral Home driven by Everett Rivas. There first aid was given the injured after which they were returned to their homes. Both of the cars were badly, damaged. Mr. Roberts, it, was said today, agreed to pay for “the damage to Mrs. Arthur's car. MORE YACHTS ARRIVE HERE TWO ARRIVING IN PORT YES- TERDAY TAKE BERTHS AT YACHT BASIN | Two other yachts are today berthed in the yacht basin at the naval station. They arrived yes- terday at the submarine base. Cabin Sport Cruiser June IV, occupants | were slightly bruised and badly; late, due to late leaving. 0. S. S. company, arrived this fluence to bear, than the original On the plane were: Ralph Ray.| morning from Tampa with 11 call to your Honorable | Wm. J. Behr, Henry Gilden, Joseph j girst cl, we) 2 just hearing the ! pope, Edris Dunbar, Lotte Waz-| ee Se Corporation | rowski, Thaddeus Wagrowski, Hen-| viette Fleming, John J. Fleming, Co ; P second class for Key West; 44; for annulment of their franch first and seyen second class for: If this public presentation ; James Harper. Havana. ‘serve the I thank Leaving yesterday afternoon} The vessel also brought 26 tons! and if we fa'l to receive the were: Merlin Monsalvatge, Lillian] of freight and 173 sacks of mail, quested favor of maintaining the owland Hazard, Mildred) for Key West; one ton of freight, franchise, I stil] owe you Louise Lopez, Elizabeth; and 252 sacks of mail for Ha-| sideration for helping further my Johnson, Laura Turcotte. vana, | plea. So in either ca you re- Arrivals yesterday morning! Guba sailed for Havana 9 o'clock | ceive my gratitude for len the Walter Williams, Lurlenej with 58 passengers, seven board-! good offices of the public press. ‘y, Lorraine Schmucker, Mer-j ing the ship at Key, West. “It would seem to me that the jl Monsalvatge,, Fina Gwynn, | Steamship Colorado, of the! pres: re of the point, that the | Alice Gwynn, Louis Sorrenson,! Clyde-Mallory Lines, arrived 1:30! temporary slump is no justitica- ‘Charles Roberts, Lillian Bell,| o’clock yesterday afternoon, dis-! tion to abandon the link, and thus Rowland Hazard, Hugh Prater, charged heavy cargo and sailed/ jose the present investment, when : ! ™ Daniel McLaren. 4:30 for Tampa. ‘the re-establishment of ‘nor- Leaving on the piane Saturday] Steamship Yoro, of the Stand-! maicy’ will bring greater profits afternoon were: John Cadson,jatd Fruit and Steamship com-/to the R. R Reginald Noonan, Matt Vital, pany, arrived yesterday 1:30 8-/ times’ soon wipe out the William Jennings, Blossom Rob-}™, and sailed 6:30 a. m, after! tional cost. The present selfish- jerts, Kay Thomas, Adrian Gor-| taking fuel oil at the Porter Dock! ness of ‘Big Buisness’ itt ing ; don company, for Frontera, Mexico. j upon profits as their aim. instead H Ethan a aR ee of looking to sce how they could j We f) 9 . jin my opinion caused the ‘Fall in DIED ON SUNDAY) HERE } 1929’ than any i People vs. will purpose, you, con- ‘good addi- and as in one thing. ken other v jadvantage of th present un- toward burde. -. wich they pre- BODY WILL ARRIVE HERE | cipitated upon their heads, TOMORROW MORNING FROM SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA j i |FUNERAL 9ERVIGZS BEING a CONDUCTED THIS AFTERNOON and now turn ‘politician’ to re- ceive a ‘dole’ like any of the help- less ones, possibly ‘need’ help. In a democracy like yours the office of business is to away from polities, and 4 that the politician give his atten- tion to ‘doing what he is elected to do’ namely: work for the com- mon interest instead of lezislat- ing ‘special privilege’ to the “hich- who }_ Funeral service for Mrs. Delmar ' L. Ketchum, before mariage, Miss Florence Luzelle Bethel, are to be held tomorrow afternoon 4 } William Watkins, 82, died yes- | terday afternoon 3 o’clock in the { residence, 624 Carson Lane. Fun- feral services are being held 4:30 | o'clock this afternoon from the! o'clock fron St. Paul's Episcopal be wishes to have a rehearsal tonight,| yaont “All Alone”, which was| so that any of the “rough spots”} i may be smoothed out. | purchased several months ago by; The state music supervisor hi ‘the department of commerce for consented to ser guest con-' the bureau of navigation, arrived | cages pet Bosh in port yesterday en route to the rom the pens of Gilbert and Sul- P : 5 livan is pabentee mext month. [i oe Om ae eon aD: He is expected, a'so, to set up| The: vessel berthed in the yacht} the local music project, applica-/ basin. tion for which was filed with the} On the yacht, which is in com-| state office some time ago, while| mand of Captain John D. Lons- in Key West this week. dale, is Mrs. J. B, Weaver, wife! jof the director of the bureau of | HABANA-MADRID CLUB /®avigation. The director will TONITE j join the vessel, it was said, at} D A N e I y some point on the coast. | Cabin Cruiser Folly, of Charles-| Indoors and out-of-doors 9 till 2 a. m. Tourists Cordially Invited NO COVER CHARGE ton board, arrived yesterday morn- ing and berthed in the yacht bas- lrived this morning from Tampa | KANSAS CITY, Mo.—As | Christmas present in 1893, Reese| guest on board. | Alexander of this city, received a| Yacht Chiro, of Oakland, Cal on the Steamship Cuba, sent to, pair of Australian lamb’s wool) fornia, E. I. Veiteh, owner; C. take charge of Carlos Garcia,! mittens. For the last 42 years he| Veitch, master, and guests colored, war veteran, who is an/ has worn them when “dressed up.” | board. insane patient in the county jail.} confined several! e Charles I. Pound and Charles Lutz, from Bay Pines, Fla, ar- Garcia was weeks ago, and a lunacy commis- sion decided, after investigation,! that he should be confined in a hospital for the insane. ' He will be taken, it is under- @ stood. to Tuskeegee, Ala., and at the veteran’s hospital there, bee given the necessary exami ation! $ BINGO! BINGO! EVERY EVENING—STARTS 7:30 O’CLOCK Benefit Key West Volunteer Fire Department Beautiful Prizes—-Free Awards Every Night 614 Duval Street CLIP THIS ADVERTISEMENT—It will entitle ! of Crystal Beach, Fla., with owner ajand master, E. G. Hall, and one on Lopez Funeral Home chapel, Rev | church, where the body will i Shuler Peele, of Fleming Street placed at 2 o'clock. Rev. Arthur : Methodist church, officiating. B. Dimmick will officiate. ] Mr. Watkins is survived by three} Mrs. Ketchum died January 12} sons, William R., Israel H., and! at San Diego, California. The! {Charles P. Watkins. Two daugh-| body was sent to Miami where it ters, Mrs, J. R. Knowles and Mrs.| now is and is to arrive in Key R. R. Russell. Two brothers,| West tomorrow morning. Israel Watkins, Bahama Islands,| Pallbearers will be: Allen E. -{and P. G. Watkins, Key West.| Curry, Dr. Fred S$. Carbonell,/ ‘Ten grandchildren and two great-| Everett Perpall, Victor Larson, grandchildren, Raymond Curry and Aquiline | Lopez, Jr. / Lopez Funeral Home will be in| charge of arrangements. | " i TROPICAL BRIDGE | Survivors are the husband, three | LUNCHEON ete. _ | Luzelte and Robert Delmar Ketch- | Thursday, Jan. 23, 10 o'Clock | &™- Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Her- WOMAN’S CLUB IL er ups’ to the everlasting shome “and disgrace cf meddling im busi- ness. It has been my understand- ing that the oath of office is ‘to preserve, protect and defend the constitution’, so it will not be Recessary for your supreme body to make decisions against the rapacity of ‘politicians’. “Wishing you the success which your efforts and humanity's in- terest, deserve, I am still firmly of the opinion that your judge will render a just decision for your people, and ours, incidentally.” ton, S..C., with Owner J. Farrow] before being sent to a hospital for insane world war veterans. They will leave on the Cuba tomorrow afternoon, i | BINGO! PAY A LITTLE ATT. you to orie FREE game any night this week. PCRS CCR COOLS EEEESEDESEDOSESEDEODESOLEOOESOCEES | man Bethel; ‘sister, Mrs. Mi ; --- $1.00 tions BINGO! Bridge Optional , Bethel, Jr.; brother-in-law, Al+ {bert B. Layman; grandmother, | | Mrs. Amelia Bethel; grandfather. | ENTION TO QUALITY WHEN ORDERING BEER. JUST SAY TO YOUR NEAREST DEALER, “MAKE MINE WAGNER'S” FACA 22RBB80