The Key West Citizen Newspaper, February 11, 1936, Page 1

Associated Press Day Wire Service. For 56 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West Borah’s Entry In Ohio Race Now Has Tactical Significance WRECKING TUG RETURNS HERE: WARBLER HAD BREN a DERING ASSISTANCE TO SHIP IN DISTRESS No. 36. Political Leaders Begin Discussions Bearing On Outstanding Topics In Campaign By BYRON PRICE (Chief of Bureau, The Axsociated Press, Washington! There are special reasons why Re- Wrecking Tug Warbler arrived the dominant leaders of the Res! q:clock last night from Jackon- publican. party are deeply inter- ville and is berthed at the regu- ested, indeed, in Senator Borah’s 1 1 th d t lar place at the secondary pier o decision to enter the presidential P 1 th t Feimary fajOkies he Porter Dock company. The Warbler left January 20 for Jacksonvile to the Steamship ‘Welcombe, loaded with} or less, in the national convention| scrap iron for Japan, sunk in the St, John’s River, following a col- cerped. But what Mr. Borah ee with the Steamship Chero- ee, deal! It was first intended that the { Warbler, after raising the Wel- }combe which was accomplished | ‘last week, would tow the vessel! to Newport News, Va., for re- pairs, Later a radio message was re- ceived instructing the Warbler to} | proceed to the assistance of the} | Steamship Texas Banker. ashore off Aransas Pass, Texas, and the lieve the election of 1936 will be| Tug Relief, was summoned from |New York to tow the Welcombe. The Warbler started the voyage {Against that background Mr.!to aid the Texas Banker, but was Jater on advised the grounded; Borah proposes to submit to a f : = wee Pas {ship had floated, and was instruct- popeler test his demand that the; 95 to eoutinus to Kay Weat. present leadership of the party! Captain H. S. Dexter, wrecking! be repudiated by the rank and; master of the Warbler, who sup- file. | ervised the operations of ae ‘ ‘Z j the Welcombe, remained in Jack-! , parations in getting the vessel tion plans of the old-line leaders | ready for the tow to Newport These plans, as announced in the! News. various states, contemplate the! selection of uninstructed cctege- CUBAN OFFICIAL tions in the east and mid-west, ES T0 V A including Ohio, in sufficient num-| CONSUL BERARDO RODRIG- bers to hold the balance of power with respect to the nomination. UEZ AND, WIRE LEAVE ON TRIP YESTERDAY If it merely were a question of raise delegates—of a few votes, more —no one would be greatly con- after amounts to a great more than that. Ohio is a proud state in Repub- lican tradition. This year it will the It commands entertain, at Cleveland, na- tional convention. almost the largest bloc of elec- toral votes in that mid-western sector where many politicians be- decided. \ A Psychological Blow Suppose Borah wins his case at the hands of the Republican} voters of that crucial state./ What becomes of the plans of the leaders, morally and _ psychol-! ogically, and what becomes of} Berardo Rodriguez, Cuban con-} } committee. jer details and plans to leave for SAFETY DIRECTOR THANKS IS EXPRESSED IN Key West is the problem con-/a few smaller cities levy municipal MONROE ACCIDENTS Sheriff K. 0. Thompson has received a letter from Asher D. state of Florida, expressing thanks of the Governor’s Commit- ted on Safety for a 50 percent re-} duction in traffie accidents dur-| ing the year 1935 over that of| 1934, in Monroe county. { In the latter year there were but two automobile accidents in! Monroe county which were fatal, while in the previous year four accidents resulting in death were recorded in Monroe. | Mr, Frank’s letter also asked the sheriff to extend thanks to the press of the county for the co-operation given the sheriff, his: representatives and the governor’s MRS. N. TAYLOR i 1 COMES T0 CITY to the illness of the mayor and of real estate. 1 ARRIVED HERE TO ATTEND! FUNERAL OF HER UNCLE, JYDGE HUGH GUNN Mrs. Nathalie Taylor and son} were arrivals this week over the| highway from Miami to attend the funeral services of Mrs. Tay- lor’s uncle, Judge Hugh Gunn, held yesterday afternoon. Mrs. Taylor is in Key West at- tending to matters in connection: with the judge’s funeral and oth- Miami by plane this afternoon, Her son, He He Taylor, Jr., re-| turned to Miami this morning over the highway. PLANE BRINGS 13 PASSENGERS TEN LEAVE ON AIRCRAFT) YESTERDAY AFTERNOON ENROUTE TO MIAMI Pan American plane arrived from Miami 10:30 o'clock this {and liquors, gasoline, ~The Bey West Citen KEY WEST, FLORIDA, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 1936. New Revenue Of City New Being Sought Raising revenue for the purpose of operating the municipality of fronting the city council, Clifford G. Hicks The Citizen. yesterday to Taxes are not being collected, | Frank, director of safety for the | hence it becomes imperative for the council to take steps to Se- ‘ion, cure funds to continue oper: and that was the idea of the sales m which was dis- cussed perfunctorily at the meet- tax propos ing of city council, last Wednes- day night, said Mr. Hicks. Advised by the city attorney ithat it was his opinion that coun- cil could not put a sales tax into effect unless authorized by the legislature, it was decided, said Mr. Hicks, to meet with the mayor Sunday, and endeavor to take steps toward devising ways and means to collect revenue. the meeting was not held. It is Mr. Hicks’ idea that a luxuries, including wines, beers and pos- sibly other sources of revenue could be discovered which would be so small, individually, as to work no hardship, but which would, in the aggregate, be ample to continue operation of the sev- eral departments of the city which ‘are now in terrible condition, he said. Since the proposal of a sales tax! for Key West was made at the meeting of council last week, the : idea has been the subject of city wide discussion. For the benefit of its readers, The Citizen began an ingestigation to determine. if there was any authority for the council establishing any tax of this kind. : In the office of City Clerk Wal- lace Pinder it was found the clerk had a copy of “New Sources of Municipal Revenue” by A. ML! Hillhouse, Director of Research Municipal Finance Officers As- sociation of the United States and Canada, published in 1935. On page 32 of this booklet un- der the caption “Municipal Motor Fuel Taxes” is found the follow- ing paragraph: said: Florida. Cities have authority; REPORT COMPILED FOR FIRST to levy municipal gasoline taxes; (MONTH OF YEAR TOPS Pensacola and St. Augustine and THAT OF DECEMBER BY NEARLY $300,000 For Operation gasoline taxes of one cent a gal- lon, raising altogether about $85,000 per year. On page 34 is found: Florida. Daytona Beach. Auto drivers (Special to The Citizen) jlicense. Estimated revenue, $5,-| TALLAHASSEE, Feb. 11.—/ an 0, in a paragraph under| ZN first month of 1936 saw} the heading Municipal Sales Tax, pooniiwavercasure, balance) top shows: Cities are showing an in-|that of December by nearly iereasing interest in municipal] $300,000, and January of 1935) {| sales taxes, but many of the pro-|by approximately $500,000, ac- posals are meeting with defeat,} cording to figures released by jfor various reasons. This tax, 5) state Treasurer W. V. Knott. a local tax should be avoided. More feasible is a local business-{_ Last month’s balance was $5,-) license tax based on purchases or| 298,210.97 as against $5,003,! gross receipts which combines] 386.97 for December. | | some of the features both of a} Receipts for January were $5,-| business license and a sales tax. | 999,426.32 and _disbursements/ ‘urther along on the same page | is found: Florida. Daytona|*otaled — $4,914,60 ‘aes | Beach. City enacted a general!items amounting to $282.591.67; | retail sales tax of three per cent} were held in suspense by Knott. | to meet operating expenses for! The bulk of this—$275,000—was 1935. Applies to retail sales of income from the litigated chain! merchandise, personal property,| _ i ‘commercial services, insurance] “tre tax. | Returns and Despite total disbursements of | jvemittances are to be made to the} $116,972.71 for the three citrus! tax week and{advertising funds — grapefruit, collector each {small tax could be collected on penalties for violation include as-| orange and tangerine—there was | sessments of from ten to one hun-ja balance in the three funds of | ‘dred per cent of the original} $i28,390.89 on Feb. 1. { ; amount due. fines up to $500 andj The pension fund showed a bal-} ; Six months in jail and revocation|ance of $1,214,512.84 and gen- ‘of licenses. eral revenue had $1.185,428.67.) | On page 62 is found this ex-|The federal aid road fund had ; tract from a (Letter from Florida] $199,283.27, while the state road/ , League) “As a general rule, Flor-| license fund showed $715,169.15. | ida cities have not had a great{ A sum of $189,369.92 was; ideal of success in developing any{shown to the credit of the state’ isubstantial new sources of rev-| racing commission, | enue during the depression. One WPA DIRECTOR | _or two of them have attempted to ‘eollect service charges for gar- ; bage collection but without ne When asked, relative to the i ORR AND FAMILY peoposed sales taxes and his ex- ; Pressed opinion of authority be- H jing needed from the jlegisietire THOMAS D. { petare such a tax could be put in CAME IN YESTERDAY | jeffect, City Attorney Arthur’ ! Gomez said that was only OVER HIGHWAY his opinion, but he would look in- | to the matter thoroughly and have | something to say on the subject i when he returned from Talla- hassee. He left for the capital i yesterday. Thomas D. Orr, WPA director in Key West, returned to Key West over the highway yesterday afternoon from Tampa, accom- 1""Mr. Gomez did say, however,! panied by Mrs, Orr and their son,| that Key West needs a new char-' Thomas, Jr. They are located iv| _ter which will simplify municipal, the quarters which have been aa 1 operations. signed the family in the naval station. ‘ Mr. Orr left last Friday on the Steamship Cuba for Tampa to re-} Key West, Florida, has the most equable climate in the country; with an average range of only 14° Fahrerheit PRICE FIVE CENTS Eccles, Millionaire Banker, Faces Big Responsi In Latest Infation Drive MIPIM OOOH \ Noy Heads Federal Re- OTHER RARE FISH _|_ ...ve Board: Confronted AT LOCAL AQUARIUM; : QU. With Various Problems Recent additions to the Dealing With Issues Key West Tropical Aquarium tanks are an octupus, a Por- tuguese man-of-war and sev- eral fish known as Por- tuguese man-of-war fish. The | latter are in one of the large | oval tanks. These fish are beautifully marked, long and slender, with two ventral fins near the head which, when spread while the fish is swi i appear more like wit fins. } By ALEXANDER R. GEORGE tHy Ansocinted Presa) WASHINGTON, Feb. | ting at the helm of the mew fed- jeral reserve board is Marriner S. millionaire banker 11.—Sit- \ Eccles, the from Utah who in boyhood was a Mormon missionary to Europe. The slim, sharp-featured west- aS of Scottish parentage flab- jbergasted some old school fi- name applied to this beauti- ful denizen of the sea is be- cause of ing contin: tacles of man-of-war and are not af- fected by the powerful nema- tocysts which are a part of the tentacles and capable of inflicting painful stings. s is one of the |, amd when seen this morning had attached itself to the sides of a tank on the right section of the aq ium, and was stealthily moving upward to the face. III ODI IID MANY BENEFITED AT FERA CLINIC REPORT COMPILZD SHOWS ACTIVITIES CARRIED ON ; DURING JANUARY | ranciers with his “radical” mone- ‘tary and economic recovery pre- posals. But now he heads a board which is generally regarded And cies himself maintains that he is here as conservative. a “true conservative”—e capital- ist interested in saving capitalism by reform. fortune by dry industrial « is rated the ponent of cious control” of thé natici ¥"hankting systent: Face A Major Problem theory of t- romote instability ‘rather t The extent to which Key West-| tends. ers are being benefited by the! tion of FERA clinic is indicated in the'a tend monthly report showing activities , erating et the clinie during January. During the month, 283 patients | Tak: were treated at the clinic, and|*"4 oe the ne 514 prescriptions were filled | ond i nurses performed 40 dressings,!— major ; and doctors performed 20 dress-\the huge | jurious their leadership? sul at Key West, left on the; morning with 13 passengers. Ar- turn with the family, and plans, ings. A total of 16 hypodermic | money i= The answer need not involve,' except incidentally, the much-dis- cussed question whether Borah seriously is a candidate, or wheth- er he has any idea he can be nomi- nated. He has said quite directly that his first concern is the breaking down of the present leadership, which he regards as reactionary. That fits in exactly with his hesi- tant conduct, his determination not to go into states where he feels the sort of verdict he is seek- ing would be foreclosed. His lingering progress toward an actual announcement obviously has not resembled the usual coy- ness of presidential aspirants. His tentative and cautious footsteps have been more like those wise pedestrian crossing an coyered street in traffic. ice- of a} Steamship Cuba yesterday for, Havana, accompanied by Mrs.! Rodriguez, and are expected to return on the Cuba Friday aft- ernoon. ‘Mr. Rodriguez, while attending |to matters pertaining to his of- , fice, will also discuss the propo- sition of havnig representives; from Cuba come to Key West for ;La Semana Alegre and the cele-| bration of “El Grito de Baire” February 24. | HERON ARRIVES IN PORT TODAY, VESSEL OF OVERSEA TRANS- PORTATION COMPANY | were: Hidilio Nunez, James Pon- | Nellie Morris. ‘A candidate who expects to be! nominated must go out after dele- gates wherever there is any out-} side chance of gathering in even} a few. Mr. Borah has had long! Power Boat Heron, of the experience in politics, and must! Oversea Transportation company,! know the difficulties which stand| arrived this morning from Miami between him and the nomination.j with cargo of freight consigned to! He chooses to strike only where! local merchants and residents, the psychological effect promises} The Heron is one of two to be greatest. freight carriers of this company ———— which guarantees quick and per- P@LISH WOMEN WIN fect service, and arrives Tuesdays NEARLY ALL PRIZES: and Fridays of each week. : The other vessel is the com- | modious ‘C. W. Powers, which | (By Associated Press) j azzives from Miami and inter. | WARSAW, Feb. 11.—All im-) mediate points Wedne! and portant Polish prizes for literary} Saturdays of each week. work in 1935 went to women. The Polish national prize wa: j awarded Mme. Sophy Nalkowska.} The Academy of Literature award, | ang those granted by the cities of | ‘Warsaw, ‘Cracow and Vilno, went COMES FROM MIAMI CUT FLOWERS CALENDULAS, dozen 30c Marigolds, dozen | to Mme. Mary Dombrowska, Mme. Roses, ob Fle $1.20: Aniela Gruszezka, Miss Pola Go- Sou lorida Nursery jawiczynska and Miss Kazimiera PHONE 597° Illakowicz, respectively. | O’Bryant, to, attend the funeral riving were: Ray Larsen, Mar-; garet Larsen, John Cowles, Leon! Fletcher, Frederick Wagner, Frank Smith, Charles Stevens, Clinton Lawrence, Edwin McCord, Fred Murphy, Walter Stirewalt, David Dixon, Frank J. Cronin. Departing on the plane leaving 4 o’clock yesterday afternoon tenoy, John Lomp, William Wil-{ son, Frank Bentley, Bruce Me- Clure, Lawrence Jackson, Berry- man Goodrum, James _ Bennett,} PROF. O’BRYANT ANNIVERSARY OF ‘BLOODY TUESDAY’ jtry re BRINGS FOREBODINGS TO PARISIANS (By Associated Press) PARIS, Feb. 11.—With the “left bloc” elements of the French chamber of deputies in especially strong political posi- the anniversary of “bloody Tuesday” tions, Paris is approaching in February with some forebod- ings, wondering what the Croix | de Feu, the Young Patriots and going to do. The original war cry of the ex- eae left—dissolve the Croix ' de Fue or oust Laval”—won Colo- {nel Francois de la Rocque’s {league such widespread attention \ that the Paris headquarters moved. \to a five-story building and a small army of secretaries was yhired to handle membership ap- | plications, “Our opponents pictured us as LEFT ON SUNDAY! other rightist organizations arejrabid revolutionists armed to the | teeth,” said La Rocque. “We GOES TO OXFORD, FLA., FOR PURPOSE OF ATTENDING FATHER’S FUNERAL Professor Horace O’Bryant, principal of Key West High School, left Sunday morning over} the highway, accompanied by Mrs. services of'Mis father, who died in Oxford, Fla. It is expected that Professor and Mrs. O’Bryant will return the latter part of the week. Until that time Professor Dumont Huddles- ton, assistant prin , is in charge of the high school, POLAND GUARDING __ | amy Associated Press) WARSAW, Feb. 11—To pro-| tect Polish teachers from bre culosis, the ministry of public in-| struction has ordered the transfer of all instructors in delicate health | |to mountainous or forest areas. | STICK TO THE HABIT OF DRINKING PLENTY OF BEER Pierre Laval prolonged the life ended that by proposing that. jleaving by plane this Friday for; injections were made, 23 labora- ! Miami en route to Jacksonville to; tory reports were made, and five confer with officials on a number} jy ino operations were performed. | distributed to tubercular patients | mendous | incidentally i i tion arises on capitel bi ee anent is In addition to this medical] Glass Opposes His Theories pee isd work during the month, 197%) Eccles has e first of gallons of whole dry milk, and’ supremely tasks Likely FERRY RETURNS 200 ounces of cod liver oil were! to devolve upor reserve ad- ministration T0 THIS PORT: undernourished children. leovery does sult im an un j Through a special arrange-} desirable He has de- ment in Washington with the U-| ¢imed the sec “assuring that S. Public Health Service, the} recovery i ow by a depres: PILGRIM LEFT RECENTLY | local — Hospital accepted 11! gion” A ation, he main- | relief clients referred to it b; s. > tumate! FOR NO NAME KEY —[ PERA clinic physicians as in need a eeenes a FOR SHORT STAY of major operations. Ten of these} Although the young banker's j were operated on in January. These are some of major ac- tivities taking place at the clinic. Mrs. Nina Ryder Johnson pointed out. The cold figures do not show Ferry Pilgrim, one of those re- cently purchased for the service; between ‘No Name Key and Mate- appointme peard and hs banking leg on propesals met stiff opposition from Carter Glass last year, the Virginia senator did not contest reappoint- of his cabinet in December with) armed leagues be abolished. Weycumbe, returned to port yester- chiens aan Chane, THAT’S AN EASY RULE FOR THOSE WHO DRINK WAGNER BEER BECAUSE THEY ENJOY IT a law authorizing the disbanding of “armed political leagues,” but not one league has been dis- banded. To the contrary, the Croix de Feu now boasts nearly half a mil- lion members; the Young Patroits’ claim to have doubled their mem- bership, and the minor league leaders are equally pleased with themselves, TENNIS Afternoon Tea Matches Casa Marina Tennis Courts Sunday, Feb. 16, 3:00 p. m. MIAMI vs. KEY WEST ADDED ATTRACTION 2:30 Something New in SURFBOARD RIDING $5.00 to anyone staying on surfboard 3 minutes Admission price of 50c in- cludes Afternoon Tea | hope the law will be enforced, for] day from No Name. |we are not armed. We are inter-| The vessel was taken to the! jested only in defending law and] slip to have certain measurements) -order. If the government guar-| taken of the ferry to insure con- antees to protect our meetings] formity in the slip and apron now | we are perfectly willing to abolish} under course of construction. our private police force.” <7 = ‘Francists’ Also Grow FEWER DRUNKS SEEN | IN STOCKHOLM NOW, “If the Radical Socialists want to dissolve the Young Patriots | they’ll have to dissolve themselves, too,” said Taittinger. Marcel Bucard, plump war vet- yeran agd shrewd publicist, emerg- ed from a Strasbourg jai! where (By Associated Presn> STOCKHOLM, Feb. 11—| Drunkenness is declining sharp- ly in Stockholm under the Bratt he had been ‘lodged for holding} *¥stem of liquor control. { imeetings, and announced that Arrests for intoxication for 10} ‘his frankly fascist Francists had months in 1935 were 4,663, against | ‘capitalized their leader's ‘“mar-|5,102 for the same period the ‘tyrdom” with a highly successful; year before. | membership drive. | “Hitler went to jail after the| >= aera WHITMAN'S CANDIES Valentine Wrapped | beer hall putsch,” said Bueard. ‘ Mussolini’s road to Rome was not Received By Yesterday's Boat Priced from 5c to $4.50 {strewn with roses, The surest KEY WEST DRUG CO. ; way to show Frenchmen the need {for a strong Francist government \ lies in such futile attempts to dis- j Slve the leagues.” |men, has been discovered e ns his re the variety of services, however,| pont ac head reserve ad- Glass 1 opposes added, but both men the new bank- SPANISH PRIEST jing measure, and the seaster ba DISCOVERS CAVERN | rized the new setup as “s pretty safe board. ‘A Prodigious Worker’ Eccles, who became a bank di- rector a after work as a lum- berjack and a boy missionary, was near| #ppointed governor of the fed |reserve board at 43—the y The cavern contains extensive | overmment post. His advocacy galleries at a depth of about 300, °f a recovery program along feet at the end of which is an’ dea!” lines before the imaugura- enormous chamber with many tion of President Roosevelt signs of habitation. In the cavern | brought him to the attention of is a precipice estimated to be) the administration several hundred feet deep in| Associates describe him as “as which there is a large lake. { prodigious worker—a bundle of Light filters to every part of restr@ined nervous energy—who the galleries and cavern through} does mot know how to relax.” He crevices. ; plays an occasional golf foursome, In the cavern were found rude|and maintains a running fire of huts and quantities of ashes.| conversation with his companions Hundreds of bell shaped vases in-_ on financial and economic topics. dicate the site of an ancient pot-jHe is brisk in manner, bat not tery. jeocky, and is slow to anger. (By Associated Press) ALICANTE, Spain, Feb, 11.—! A huge prehistoric cavern, appar- ently once inhabited by primitive