The Key West Citizen Newspaper, February 10, 1936, Page 1

et Associated Press Day Wire Service. For 56 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West The Kep West Citwen | | VOLUME LVII. No. 35. Landon Presidential Boom Now Greatly Discussed By Republican Factions Are Now Busy In Formulat- ing Plans For Coming Campaign By BYRON PRICE the Axsociated ton} The Landon presidential boom now has attained proportions which qualify it as a major topic of discussion wherever politicians are gathered together. Opinions still differ widely as to what may happen between now and Republican convention time. There are those who contend that; if he conducts himself carefully, be those Governor Landon surely will nominated; and there are who are inclined to put the em- phasis on the pitfalls he still faces, rather than the progress he al- ready has made. ‘About the situation as it stands at the moment there is far less dispute. Politicians generally are agreed that, as of February, Gov- ernor Landon is a figure of im- portance in his party, to be reckoned with by every group which aspires to party control, That situation involves both ad- vantages and hazards for the Kan- sas governor, and undoubtedly is receiving the ‘most serious consid- eration on the part of those| friends who want to see him inj the White House, Entering ‘Critical’ Stages Actually, measured by all past standards, the Landon boom would seem to be entering for the first time on its critical stages. Up to the end of January, or thereabouts, Mr, Landon was just another state governor, with et good record as a vote-getter, | praised by his partisans for his. executive abilities and for his) management of state finances,! and well thought of by various| eastern business men for the gen-: eral qualities he had shown as gov- ernor, Now, by reason of the formal! launching of his presidential can-} didacy, he becomes not only al national figure, but one whose| friends are actively seeking some- thing for him. He has made a speech or two on national issues; he will ‘be; called upon to make more, and it! is well established that speech- making is hazardous. Also, the search for delegates is beginning actively. And that always means a battle. From what has been said by those inside the Landon organiza-! tion it appears that the business! of enlisting delegate strength is going forward in Oklahoma, Ne- braska, Missouri, Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona, Texas, Washing- ton, Oregon, California and else- where. The claim is disputed, but some Landon supporters say he is assured today of more con- vention votes than any other as- pirant, ‘Collisions’ Inevitable The dangers which beset Gov- ernor Landon, or any other can- didate, as his campaign spreads out on a national basis, are well; known to every experienced poli-; tician, It is inevitable that any such} campaign must collide at various’ points with the campaigns of others who also seek party leader- ship. Already some of the par- tisans of Senator Borah have se- lected Landon as their special tar- get. Already there are evidences of resentment in the ranks of those who have been working for! months for the nomination of Col. Frank Knox. If Landon is as ‘far out in front” as some of his friends say he is, the natural thing is for the friction caused by his campaign to increase as the convention OU MIGHT | Coast Artillery, is in Key West Leaders SHOWN INCREASE GOOD CHANCE T0 RECORDS REVEAL THAT NUM- ‘ SECURE HATCHERY BER HAS TREBLED IN FIF- TEEN YEARS SINCE BEGIN- NING OF 1921 WPA OFFICIAL SATISFIED THAT CRAWFISH PROJECT WILL BE PLACED HERE (By Associated Press) TALLAHASSEE, Fila., Feb. 10. —Florida’s prison population has ae almost trebled in the 15 years Will . Wils s Ww ilies Wilacnyjstate SWE inca ithe beginning of 192}. consultant for industry and eae ie ee search, said this morning he was| bureau Fie ea ‘ian satisified that Key West would get the crawfish hatchery which was promised some months ago. Mr. Wilson was here several months ago and at that time dis- Guettes: les Mss ies anaes cussed the proposition in detail a and was imbued with the idea that | 4 steadily, reaching the peak of not only could crawfish be pro-| 2210 in 1933, : pagated to-advantage but stone ‘A year later, the prison census crabs. could. also be made a part dropped to 3,144, and in 1935 }there were 3,041. of the hatchery plan. For some reason which prison Another of Mr. Wilson’s plans officials do not care to assign, was for the establishment of a}commitment of prisoners started cooperative sponge organization increasing in 1924, when there d hange, which is bei var.| Were 491, and by 1927, when Flo- ae Sxehangeranhich: is Sia neicae rida’s boom-time business reached ried out. Mr. Wilson came its peak, new prisoners numbered morning by plane re- ‘ j prison conclu- sions, yet they give these facts: In 1921, there were only 1,125 prisoners in the Florida peniten- yesterday | 1,273 for the year. in company For another ungiven social pro-| i" 1928 and 1929, but took an j upward turn again in 1930. The | pines came in 1932, when 1,334 were committed. tor of professional and jects and Frank Bentley, regional director, ARMY OFFICER VISITING CITY ' GENERAL PERCY — BISHOP; IS MAKING INSPECTION OF. GOVERNMENT PROPERTY Murders, too apparently went} in the increase in 1924, when 62 | persons were committed for that lerime in its two degrees, and the number reached its highest point with the 128 of 1927. SCREEN STAR LEFT SUNDAY NANCY CARROLL WAS AC- | COMPANIED BY QUEN. | TIN REYNOLDS General Percy Bishop, U. S. A., commanding officer of the Fourth making an inspection of the prop- erty and personnel under com- mand of Major W. W. Rhein. _ The general is accompanied on; his inspection tour by Mrs. Bis- hop, their daughter, Miss Peggy, and Lieutenant Cloud, aide to the general. rs is] iled this rn- a nile it Haha Ganeetae ute of her visit, she said. Most Havana and will there embark| °f her Snes spent in auto- ironic Eanian esto avin another! 2"@phing pictures and cards, or daughter. EXILED GERMANS IN HOMING FLIGHT FROM ANTI-NAZIS (Dy Associated Presa) BERLIN, Feb. 10.—Bitter anti- German feeling abroad is causing hundreds of expatriater Germans! to hit the: trail back home. | So many have come in recent months that the foreign division | of the national socialist party has; Nancy Carroll, screen star, who had been on a brief vacation in terday for Miami, accompanied by Quentin Reynolds, widely known writer’ on national affairs. Hemingway from his Cruiser Pil- ar. The greatest thrill experienced by the star was last Friday when she brought to boat a fine speci- men of sailfish, measuring six feet four inches, GUNN FUNERAL THIS AFTERNOON Funeral services for Judge reason, with Bruce McClure, WPA direc-| receipt of new prisoners decreased Key West, left on the plane yes-* Miss Carroll enjoyed every min-; fishing as the guest of Ernest. KEY WEST, FLORIDA, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1936. FLORIDA PRISON | GUNSMITH PLIES HIS FAMILY’S TRADE |REDUCESROAD © POPULATION HAS || INBIRTHPLACE OF ‘KENTUCKY RIFLES’) FATALITIES TO (By Associated Press) LOUISVILLE, Ky., Feb. 10.—; erica it was discovered that long Lean-stocked, long-barreled, small bore “Kentucky rifles” have given way to bulkier, firearms, but Gunsmith Sherman} heavy monster with a barrel you jFlint—son of Gunsmith Harlam! Could stick your thumb in—‘“that Flint and grandson of Gunsmith} Kit wouldn’t use it because William Flint—still finds as many{ Was large i customers as he can handle com- ling to his weapon-iittered shop. i The 44-year-old Flint has re- {paired 30,000 firearms since he ; was dubbed a full-fledged gun- ‘maker at the age of 12. i To Flint’s gunsmithy come {rifles and shotguns owned by |tiary. Through the boom years of: sportsmen throughout Kentucky; ; and other states. Long Barrels More Accurate ‘The guns of Louisville’s crack- {shot detectives and policemen, | ‘and officers’ sidearms from Fort Knox, military reservation near! ihere, pass through Flint’s | daily. | Flint’s craft is at home in Ken- , tuecky, which gave the world the , greatest advance of the art of ‘armament in the eighteenth cen- tury. The principle of the firing j arm has not been changed, even } today. “The first barrels were rifled in Germany,” he says. “In Am- shop | ' \ barrels made them more accurate.| But these were large bore wea- pons. This type of arm became stubbier | Known as the ‘Pennsylvania rifle.’ Take this one”—he picked up a gun belonged to Kit Carson. But it bore. Virginia and Kentucky gunsmiths made small bore rifles for the first time.! They were the most accurate made until then . . . and the most accurate made until now.” Gave British A Lesson The pioneers preferred the small bore because there was less powder and ball to carry, and be- cause a miss meant time wasted, and possibly a dead pioneer if the target missed was an Indian or a bear, The small bore, straight shoot- er acquired Kentucky’s along with other characteristics ‘Wilderness men taught the Brit- ish the art of shooting in many frontier skirmishes. Some of these pioneers were captured and astonished their captors with marksmanship. A record of the time recounts that some were taken to England, where they daz- zled the cabinet and the royal family with an exhibition in which they lay on their backs and put bullets through potatoes thrown into the air. By, JAMES B. RESTON (Associated Press Staff Writer) Charming of the British Empire, King Edward VIII has finally con- vinced his subjects that he shall rule alone. The British have looked hope- fully upon his infrequent atten- tions to women whom they deem- ed “eligible,” but today most of; these are married to more willing} men, The Princess Ingrid of Sweden for years headed the list. It was known that the pair were genial and Edward’s father mother did not deny that they i would have been delighted with the match. But nothing came of | the romance, and by 1932 her ; name was linked with that of , Edward's brother, Prince George. Gossip Never ‘Malicious’ Rumor next had Ingrid’s sister, | Princess Astrid, later queen of the Belgians, in love with the new king. And following her, Ileana o Rumania, his third cousin, was | said to be in line. And so fickle i gossip jumped, first from one eligible royal lady to another, con-! and) NEW KING IN UNWILLING ROLE AS GREAT BRITAIN'S PRINCE CHARMING | For years the unwilling Prince been singularly free from mali- i | The new king’s name, even in} the gayest period of his life, has | cious whispering. Always a man’s- man, he gained the widespread ac- claim of his people for maintain- ing his independence. At no time was it suggested that he make a “marriage of convenience.” Line Of Succession If England had any fears for; jthe ultimate fate of the Windsor dynatsy because of Edward’s dis- position to remain a bachelor, that fear disappeared in the marriage of Albert, Duke of York, to Hon-| orable Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon and| the birth of their daughter, Prin-| cess Elizabeth, Albert now is heir presumptive to the British throne and Princess Elizabeth, an intelligent and popular child, would succeed her father. ! The new king has been known} to his generation mainly as “the; Prince of Wales” and “H. R. H.”| Officially he is Edward, but his family always has called him Da- vid (his seventh ‘given’ name). It/ wag his sister, Princess Mary, who dubbed him “David the lady-kill- er.” The name was her retort! when he teased her about the; number of times she had had her photograph taken. Key West, Florida, has the } most equable climate in the country; with an average range of only 14° Fahrenheit * PRICE FIVE CENTS Move To Revamp Federal Set-Up Has Met With Much Oppesition hh hd dd MORE SAILFISH BROUGHT TO PORT Saturday was another good sailfish day for Key West anglers. Ernest Hemingway added to his catches from the cruiser Pilar by bringing in one, making six in one week. Samuel Bell. owner of the Yacht Sylvia HM, Coconut Grove, returned with two. One of these his catch and the other taken by Mrs. Bell. Both were perfect specimens. Captain Charles Thompson, of the Yacht Shiawassee Hl, captured a fair sized logger- head turtle. SOOTOIUOI. sa. = ce i ENLISTMENTS FOR ‘e-=—"= = founded on 2 “ APRIL, POSSIBLE ~~~. ‘atorial career from mow om ix de- GREAT EXTENT STATE ORGANIZATION UN- DER SUPERVISION OF C. B. TREADWAY ADOPTS STAND- ARD IN DISPLAYING SIGNS Administered (Special to The Citizen) TALLAHASSEE, Feb. 10.—| The Florida state road depart- ment, under supervision of Chair- man C. B. Treadway, has reduced j highway fatalities to a large ex- tent in the past two years through erection of proper warning and caution signs over the state’s highway system, it was pointed} out here today. i The department some time ago adopted a standard for such signs} as developed by the American As- cociation of State Highway Offi- cials for marking its roads with; proper warning signs. Originally, the ‘signs were! bought in the open market, but in} 1934 a central sign shop was es-| tablished for making necessary signs and reconditioning old ones. ; Since its inauguration, the shop has produced approximately | 10,000 new signs and recondi-i tioned an equal number, together} with approximately 8,000 direc-| tion arrows, at a saving of 40 percent in comparison with the purchase price from outside cor-| cerns. «| Operating cost of the plant, in charge of a superintendent and} employing five men, has been | $16,139.70 to date, a figure only | | “off the record” story of what | happened im the senate rules com- for reorganization and hat “my FILE WILL BE KEPT OF ALL 4icated to « drastic reorganize- DESIRING TO JOIN; ACTI-' tie= and simplification of the VITIES MAY START DUR; Soo! coement Got oe acuimeruse:: fot | until there is relief.” Social service department of z the FERA in Key West has re-; His resolution looking to this ceived information from Jack-|end met with stubbern eppositier i if of the Cs ihold a Civilian Conservation | committee. Byrd told f: 4 of signs. The shop is equipped: cory. enlistment during the! to produce any signs except those | Oath of April. This —. an-|!y by one prominent Democratic reauleina spec cutting and | nounced isis mache. ter Mra | member ye repo ee theflictor aiges, eu _whsich: there} ne Buder Schusan, _ | from the party’s standpoint this will be an estimated saving of ap-! Per rigpsseleas io — ‘was no time to be talking of such proximately 50 per cent, now are | kept ati in | thines in view of the coming n= being developed and produced. ehlisting in 24 CCC, cr Tay ‘his | tional cam ‘ MERRILL SANDS reason Mrs. Johnson announced} Compromise Effected jmames. The quota for Monroe} duced purely as a constructive 'the sociz] service between 8 a. m. | “2™me was intro- | that all persons interested in be-! Byrd countered that the pur- {coming members of the corps! he . jshould call at the social service |°™ °* mpi —— : ! department and leave their | Titicize, but 22 {county probably will be based on} move. KEY WEST RESIDENT DIED the number of persons interested) Thys the matter stood. At one jin joining, it was said. | time the ditt —ictiante AT MIDNIGHT SATURDAY Those interested should call at: “™° © os — 4 sc pronou! an out _ AFTER SHORT ILLNESS jand 4 p.m, Mondays through| right threat was made to refer the Fridays, and between 8 a. m. and! Byrd resolution to the party's noon Saturdays. ; policy committee im the senate i | where it was almost certain to be WARBLER RAISES === = mee ing. STEAMSHIP W:iLCOMBE WELL ee compromise finally was e¢ , fected. Opponents of the resolu- BE TOWED TO NEW. PORT NEWS Merrill F. Sands, 44, died mid- night Saturday following a short illness. Funeral] services are to be held this afternoon 5 o'clock from the Lopez Funeral Home} chapel, Rev. James S. Day, of} First Baptist Church will offi- ciate. Members of Anchor Lodge 14, F. and A. M., of which the de- ceased was a member, will attend, and pallbearers will be selected] from the organization. Mr. Sands is survived by the widow. Three sons, Merrill, Jr.,| Earl and John Sands. Mother,; tion agreed to let it be reported out of the rules committee pro | vided Byrd would agree that be- ftween now and the elections ae | Mprember all sessions ef the pro- Herman Albury, member of the posed select committee to be set j wrecking crew of the Tug Warb-| uP be closed once and all find- ler, arrived this morning from! igs be held im committee until Jacksonville via Tampa, ang an-,#fter that time. 'EDEN FACES MOMENTOUS PROBLEMS; EUROPE, DREADING WAR, WATCHFUL Mrs. Rebbeca Sands, sister, Mrs. ; Blarney Valdez, two brothers,! Harry Sands of Key West, and Stephen Sands, of Augusta, Ga., nounced that the Warbler ‘had succeeded in raising the Steam- set up an office to aid them while ithey are getting settled again in the fatherland. This movement, which offsets in a small way the emigration {from the reich of Jews and “poli- jtical undesirables,” is chiefly of !Germans from South Atmerica, | France, Belgium and Russia. They are merchants, laborers, engineers, domestic servants and schoo) teachers. “Existence,” they say, “was either completely cut off through anti-German propaganda or else ; Progress was made impossible.” Hugh Gunn, who died 12:30} o’clock Saturday, are being held) this afternoon 4 o’clock from the, Lopez Funeral Home chapel to St./ Mary’s Star of the Sea Catholic Church, Rev. William Reagan, S. .» in charge. Pallbearers were selected from the forces at the county court house with whom he had been as- sociated for years, They are: Bernard Waite, Frank H. Ladd, | Ross C, Sawyer, Carl Bervaldi, | Leroy Torres and Thomas Whit- ; marsh, H (By Associated Press) If Anthony Eden, attaning at 38 the rank of secretary of state for foreign affairs in the British cabinet, has become a shining ex- ample to any other rising young, | statesmen, they should, Europear political observers agree, be en- vious of his progress. Few men of that age have in- herited heavier purden than this successful diplomat. In ,the foreground is the mo- mentous question of what, if any, furtHet sanctions are to be applied Four hundreds of them assem-} bled recently in Berlin. The nazi! party is helping them to find jobs! and entertainments are being! staged to divert their minds. | “We want to show these Ger- mans,” say party leaders, “that our idea of aid to all needy Ger-; Arrivals by plane from Miami mans extends over the whole} were greeted this morning when world.” they stepped into the barge of- fices of the airways with a con- jeert by the band, While the arrivals were detain- jed in the barge office they were GIVE CONCERT | pe nee ACCURACY We take considerable pride in the fact that we’ve never made an ef- FOR VISITORS FERA Key West, ror in filling prescriptions. Here you get your medicine exactly as the doctor orders. | GARDNER'S PHARMACY |regaled with a number of musical }and vocal selections, inelucing La fers wha assembled to meet the plane, gave every evidence of en- joying the music, | Cucaracha. The arrivals, and oth-| {against Italy as aggressor in the | war with. Ethiopia, Mussolini has | said “oil sanctions mean war” and Eden’s elevation to the for- eign ministry was followed by summoning of naval reservists to the fascist colors. Rome considers him a champion of sanctions and one of the mov-' ing spirits in getting pledges of aid for Great Britain from other {countries if her fleet, concen- trated in the Mediterranean, is ‘attacked by Italy. In the background is the prob- ‘lem of German rearmament coupled with nazi ambitions for restoration of African colonies. Berlin is said to have notified H | London that the limited strength: and two grandchildren. HUGE NEW HOSPITAL AT SWEDISH CAPITAL COSTS TEN MILLIONS (By Associated Press) craft. STOCKHOLM, Feb. 10.—A/ Advices received at the Porter , complete “medical city,” which, it} Dock company are that the Warb- | is claimed, will be among the most | jer will arrive at her berth about {modern of its kind in the world,'8 o’clock this evening. The Re- is being constructed near here by/ lief, another of the company’s the Swedish government. |vecsels, has been summoned to It will cost $10,000,000, and|tow the Welcombe to Newport will include the latest hospital| News, Va. ja collision with the Steamer | Cherokee. | The Warbler left {1:20 oclock on the afternoon of j January 20 in response to radio j instructions to proceed to Jack- sonville and raise the sunken allowed for Germany's new fleet is not to be taken as a standard for land and air forces. There are vast British interests at stake, too, in the Orient, where China and Japan are in a delicate situation and where Nippon’s foster-child, Manchoukuo, is near- ing a break with the Soviet Union’s “good neighbor” in Outer Mongolia. MANY ERITREANS ARE FLOCKING TO SELASSIE t j j Key West | | Others Have Tried It The Byrd resolution, which yet | ship Welcombe, which was sunk} must be approved by the senate, jin the St. Johns River following} provides: Vice President Garner shall ap- point a committee of five, com- jposed of three Democrsfic and two Republican senators; The committee authorized “to make a full and complete study” of the activities of all fed- jeral agencies to determime wheth- ,@r they should be coordinated or | abolished ; | The committee will make ts | first report and recommendations te the senate at the beginning of jthe 1937 session; | The sum of $50,000 is allowed | for expenses. Byrd’s move is nothing new in is (My Asscctated Press) DESSYE, Ethiopia, Feb. 10—: Hundreds of Eritrean deserters! from the Italian army’ have’ of-| fered their services to Emperor} Haile Selassie since he came north to take charge of his armies in| the field. Steady streams of these desert- ers make their painful way over! the rocky roads to seek a direct} audience with the emperor. Italian machine guns, rifles and other equipment are brought by them. equipment as developed in all! et take basaing wit se #.! OTHER YACHTS ARRIVE congress. Repeated attempts along the same lines have been shaped, with a roof for sun-| | made im both houses for years, bathing, and will be seven stories| ! but with little success. However, high. It will contain piesa = view of Byrd's pledge te make theaters, lecture halls, wards <a _ it the one big thing im his senate laboratories. were added/| Career, together with the fact he In addition there will be chil-| Satadar to the number berthed had marked success slong: the dren’s hospital, a building for! s¢ the finger pier in the yacht | Same line as governor of Virginia, psychiatrie diseases, a rheuraatism] basin in the submarine base. j tangible results may be forthcom- clinie, swimming pool, football) yacht Verna I, owned by Rust-/ ime- grounds, tennis courts, church,!in B. Cable, of Canton, Ohio, who! concert halls and homes for staff; is also master of the vessel. The doctors, students and nurses. yacht has two guests. Plans for the project were orig-| Cruiser Houseboat The leader of one batch of de-} inated in 1931 and work on roads) Wilmington, N. C., serters told the emperor the whole| and excavations started in 1932.) Frank O. Sherrill and under | of Eritrea. was anxious to desert} The foundation stone for a special| charter to O. M. Edwards, of but found it difficult to cross the! clinic on cancer has been laid by! Pittsburgh, Pa, with party of heavily guarded frontier. King Gustav. five. HARRIS SCHOOL Tomorrow, Feb. 11, 5:00 p. m. WELL HAVE THE BEST! WAGNER BEER COSTS NO MORE---IS BEST IN QUALITY AND HAS A RICH CREAMY FOAM. TRY IT. FACA