The Key West Citizen Newspaper, February 13, 1936, Page 1

Associated Press Day Wire Service. For 56 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West VOLUME LVII. No. 38. Shadows’ Watch For Foes Of Mussolini And Hitler Well-Organized Units Keep| Check On All Activities WM. H. MALONE LOCAL WATERS CLAIMED BEST 1 j es FROM . WASHINGTON | DECLARE GREATER VA- | KEY WEST, FLORIDA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 1 NEW SEAPORT SHIPS'MANY ARRIVALS CRUDE OIL TOITALY| ON BOARD CUBA FOR ANGLING pees (By Associated Press) PORT ISABEL, Tex., Feb. 13. Arrivals on the S. S. Cuba this morning from Tampa were: Mr. i i ;—Oil shipments to Italy through! and Mrs, L. E. Daugherty, Mrs. this new seaport were resumed recently after discontinuance! and Mrs. R. C. Kelly, Carlos T. Gibson, Mrs. J. Y. Johnson, Mr. | The Kep West Citisen 3, 1936. Key West, Florida, has the } most equable climate in the country; with an average range of only 14° Fahrenheit PRICE FIVE CENTS ‘Substitute’ Label Has Given ROTARY CLUB HAD SEVERAL | GUESTS TODAY | | | VOCATIONAL SERVICE PRO- GRAM WAS CARRIED OUT RIETY TO BE FOUND HERE! when the state department frown-| Velez, Affecting Two Important Nations cny elated Press) ROME, Feb. 13.—Premier Mus-, solini is adding a thousand men to the shadowy army which keeps him close to the thoughts of his| countrymen, j They are the “agenti” or secret police, whose amazing web covers, DECIDES TO MAKE HOME ELSEWHERE ORLANDO IS PLACE SELECT-; ED AT PRESENT; BUSINESS SITUATION ATTRIBUTED AS REASON FOR DECISION Uniess there are some changes for the better and improvement i | THAN ELSEWHERE Nelson Davis, Louis L. Louft |ton, D. ©., are unanimous in their {declaration that Key West waters ‘eontain more fish and a greater number of varieties ever imagined. And this statement was made jonly after they had been given sub- stantial proof by catching a large inumber of the larger and gamey than they} DEMOC Among the departures for Ha-: AT REGULAR LUNCHEON; ed on the traffic. The Italian Tanker Olterra, un- der Italian government charter, took 50,000 barrels of crude oil and F. D. Weimann, of Washing-|from the Samfordyce field. It! to: was the third Italian tanker call here for oil. RATIC CLUB TO HOLD SESSION vana from Key West were: Mrs. S. L. A. Marshall, Mrs. D. Lewis, Mrs. L. R. Stephens, Henry K. | Wolf, C. M. Baskins and Mrs. Ramon Garcia. ‘TWO BUILDING | PERMITS ISSUE Just two building and repair i permits were issued during the OTHER FEATURES } | Regular luncheon of the jtary Club was held today in St. jPaul’s parish house, with Pr jdent Melvin E. Russell, presid- jing. Grace was said by E. A. | Strunk. Visitors introduced were J. E.} Pomfret, N. J., by Jerry Trevor; Mr, Thomas, by William Bates, ROY HAMLIN RECEIVES SEV- | ERAL HUNDRED REGULAR IDENTIFICATION CARDS TO BE MADE AVAJLABLE Contingencies often occur and emergencies oftimes arise where By HERBERT PLUMMER (By Anmecinted Press? | WASHINGTON, Feb. 13—The phrase “substitute taxes” will be employed studieusly cn capitel Rill by administration leaders | all references to proposals for ad- ditional taxation at the present i week ending February 13, from! and Dr. Lincoln, of Brunswick, all of Italy. business conditions in Key West session of congr-ss_ While popular fancy associates | Within the next several weeks, or ‘substantial indications of futur Attorney Wm. H. Ma- secret police with ferreting out | progress, dissenters, there is a less mena ing side to their work. Checking’ other city in Florida. At this time Mr, Malone has Italians, decided upon moving to Orlando land there establishing his legal He is now making all and on the daily conversations of hun- dreds of thousands of t t they keep the government up \ practice. ' preparations for this move A telegram from Rome to Mar-| said yesterday that he expects to shal Badoglio asking a victory; Jeave about the middle of March. may mean that wonder at the 1 will take until then to clear the minute on popular feeling. | varieties, including a magnificent j sailfish caught yesterday, which | is being mounted to be taken back! to the capital. This group of enthusiastic ang- t = 2 1 jlone will leave Key West for an-| ers arrived Sunday, registered at | ‘the Over-Sea Hote] and immedi- jately began to get in touch with {some local guide, through Mana- | ger Hughes. When this had been ‘arranged they began to fish. Since their arrival they have done pra lly nothing else but ' fish, havi s their guests at dif- ferent times, Misses Margaret F. Scott, Gwendolyn Scott and An- nie W. Oakley, of Newburg, N. i ( | i the office of Building Inspector Harry M. Baker. Issues were for: Repairs to doors and windows at 608 Duval street. Owner, Joe Pearlman; cost, $50. Young Democratic Club of Mnoroe County will hold a meet- ing Friday evening at 8:00 o'clock in the County Court House. Ray Bridwell, secretary of the} General repairs at 144 Windsor club, has requested all members’ Lane. Owner, to be present at this session. + cost, $300. ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS Happenings That Affect the Dinner Pails, Dividend H. D. Archer;; Maine, by Dr. W. R. ‘Jack Wise, newspaperman North Carolina, was also a visi- tor. Notwithstanding illness and bereavement, members interested ; in mai reported and for the second week of the month a one hundred per- Warren. from intaining the club’s standing | {the fingerprint of an individual is the one method of establishing the identification of a person when identification is absolutely necessary. To make it possible to identify citizens of the United States, un- der practically all conditions, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, cent attendance was recorded. To the Resolutions Committee i was entrusted the duty of pre- paring resolutions of sympathy to be presented to Sebastian Ga- brera, Jr., on the loss of his mother. U. Department of Justice, |placing this service within jreach of all. j Roy Hamlin, local finger print lexpert has received several hun- |dred regular identification cards {which are marked “Personal the The reason will be to enabi- serators and representatives up for reelection this year to swallow "the tax pill without becoming too jittery. At that, however, the problem of persuading them swallow to the sugar-coated con- | coction promises to be a difficult one. In the x to fina President Melvin Russell Identification” on the obverse i side and on the adverse ported ten new member received | Fi x this year so far, and more in pros- ivil Fingerprint Cards, identifica- ’s slow advance has reached! oe et amy Besley adware up the many matters in his office, | the murmuring stage. H The importance Il Duce gives to conclude the arrangements for’ this body is seen in his allotment! moving to another city, and above! Checks and Tax Bills of Every Individual; Na- tional and International Problems Insep- arable From Local Welfare ' re- the term side | for- is net The in- the Y., and W. E. Darling, of Cin-| cinnati, O., guests at the hotel. | Mr. Louft has been, and is still, | of 8,000,000 lire additional for it’ al things, he said, to become this year. In former times when} 0g, not reconciled, to the idea the chief duty was rounding up! anti-fascists it was spending be- of having to leave his native city. i particularly enthused over the {many specimens taken, many of jthem appealing to his artistic ‘sense. He is a commercial photo-)} It is a foregone conclusion those of the Administration than ct. To the Board of Directors was assigned the consideration of sev- warded for personal tion only.” The card carries the spaces for the thumbs and fingers and space ept away the pr i congress must de that there will be a great deal of of the Republicans. He is Sen- ‘eral matters of community inter- vise something to take its place for the photograph as on the reg-| ular cards and those desiring to! have this infallible identification! pay the = Before taking his final depar-' grapher and has seeured a num- | talk concerning Constitutionalism Mr, Malone told The Citizen, i ber of wonderful photographs of ; in the next campaign. But it is a ‘ the various specimens taken which! or not the ator Norris of Nebraska, who ac) est, including a mail box outside tively supported Mr. Roosevelt, as of the post office, a club sub- well as Al Smith. Senator Nor-| scription to the Key West Sunday tween 15 and 20 million lire an-| Insofar as the money nually. } ture, Barbers Listen In ‘he will prepare a statement set- While the fascist party was es-! ting forth his views and the rea- tablishing itself most Italians kept, sons which, in his opinion after discreet silence on political ques-,careful study of the situation, tions. ‘make it imperative that he seek “The walls see;’ they whis-: another city in which to practice pered. this profession. Today, however, there is less ot; JAL that. The average Italian malls! FISHING J UNTS over the news with his friends. Nevertheless, some of the MRS. FRANK RUSHTON LAND§ agenti still approach the fiction writer’s idea of a spy. Placed to! SAILFISH DURING RE- CENT OUTING burrow into the daily movements of possible trouble makers, they may appear in almost any occupa- tion—as barbers, house servants, waiters, or what not. Secret Brotherhood Behind the flamboyant nazi propaganda front and Hitler’s re- built army stands a stern and se- eret brotherhood, its members invisibl to tl veer invisible, but armed to the) 0 oarty, but Mra J. Frank Tt is the “Gestapo,” the secret] Rushton, Jr of | Birmingham, state police. It fights under-] ae as od ADS ee cover against undercover enemies, , 9¢F first, yesterday nnassisted. and its power is all the greater because unseen, Naturally the Gestapo (Ge. heime _Staatspolizeri) inspires fear rather than affection. That, is unfortunate but cannot be} helped, says the “Voelkischer Beobachter,” Hitler’s newspaper, in an authoritative article. “The Gestapo knows it cannot expect to inspire love and grati- tude with its work, in which it Many anglers of the gentler sex have caught sailfish, usually assisted by some other member of to join Mr. Rushton, who has been in Key West at the Over- Sea Hotel for about one month, has been enjoying the fishing to the limit, and has caught a large number of all kinds. Unlike many other anglers who craft, hangs the motor, and is off 'he will display to his friends in i Washington, as irrefutable evi- ‘dence of their suecess and what Key West waters have to offer the angling enthusiasty Se ‘GREATER EFFORTS ‘URGED TO PREVENT MOTOR ACCIDENTS {CHAIRMAN OF STATE SAFE- TY COMMITTEE WOULD RE- DUCE HAZARDS DURING H WINTER MONTHS { i i } i j | i | i} | (Special to The Citizen) ORLANDO, Feb. 13.—Concen- tration during the winter months lof much of Florida’s efforts to- j toring in the state was advocated |here today by Walter L. Hays, jchairman of the Florida State {Chamber of Commerce Safety | Committee. “I do not for one minute mean! minate the delay and that we should relax an {American Fire and Casualty com- | | Mrs. Rushton arrived Saturday | ward reducing the hazards of mo-} 2 8 ever! that now follows the enactment; come by boat, Mr. Rushton brings; alert vigilance to prevent every! of legislation of dubious legality, Treasury can be called upon to his motive power, an eight h.p.,| motoring or other accident,” said) such as the AAA and NRA, pay out $2,500,000,000 in cash. outboard. He hires a small fishing; Hays, who is president of the! which were in effect for several cael question whether ancient document will be an ac- tive issue—that is, whether a definite proposal will be made to change the present division of powers between States and the Federal government. If some Congressmen have, to have much support at present. their way, such: propésal will bel Buty'on the basis that where a part of the Democratic plat-| there is smoke there is fire, they form. jserve to indicate that the Con- Democratic Representative Mon-_ stitution is likely to come into the aghan of Montana has put for-: political limelight. Most observ- ward the most revolutionary plan ers think that the President does of all. He would have Congress; not want to propose pass a law forbidding judges to!tional changes now—men close to declare any act of Congress un-jhim have said he will stick by the constitutional. If a judge dis-:Supreme Court’s desisions obeyed this stricture he would,;lawing his pet measures. under the terms of the new law,!so, many observers are also of lose his job on the grounds that, the opinion that, unless he ‘is he had violated the constitutional! willing to scrap his whole recovery Pariesine a Behaviors) aad ao ae he may on the 0 e judiciary. eventually have to ask for a new Democratic Representative’ amendment that will give the fed- Hobbs of ‘Alabama wants a con-/eral power authority the Highest stitutional amendment that would! Court has held it does not now require the Supreme Court to in-! possess. And it is not by accident form Congress whether or not ajthat the principal Republican law was constitutional, if an! spokesmen, h Mr. He x opinion were requested by the! Mr. Borah, eal Colonel ee ace President, or two-thirds of the}devoting most of their speeches members of both houses. Point of} and articles to Constitutional- this amendment would be to eli-; ism. confusion amendment would prevent seem Even On June 15, the United States This is the amount of money re- years before the high court con-; quired to redeem the baby bonds | Constitu-} ps | ‘stressed the lack of cooperation out-; ris’ ‘Star, the matter of the lobster the Supreme Court from holding measures unconstitutional with- out a majority of more than two thirds of its members. None of these proposals hatchery, sponge cooperative, | and the desirability of continuing the activities in this section of the plant board. The program, “Vocational Service,’ was in charge of the chairman, Bascom Grooms, who introduced as the speaker~of the day, E. A, Strunk. Mr. Strunk’s | Paper dealt with the need of maintaining an adequate supply of building materials for the require- {ments of the community, and ; with local business men on the part of the WPA, instancing the ‘award of pipe transportation to an out-of-town firm. Mr. Strunk said that the trans- fer of employes of local houses from private employment to the relief rolls would be brought about by such a policy. Dr. Day extended an invitation to those present to become char- ‘ter members of the Chapter of the Izaak Walton League now in process of formation in Key West. \WEATHER HALTS PLANE ARRIVAL AIRCRAFT WILL COME H=RE in Washington, to be used for the purpose stated, can have them made by contacting Mr. Hamlin. or phoning the sheriff’s office. BETHEL PHILLIPS DIED HERE TODA DEATH WAS SUDDEN; FUN- ERAL SERVICES TO BE ANNOUNCED LATER Livingstone Bethel Phillips, 28, | died suddenly in the Marine hos- pital at noon today. He had been an inmate of the hospital for sev- era! weeks. Mr. Bethel, accompanied by Mrs. Bethel, arrived some time before Christmas from New York, where he had been associated with the New York and Cuba Mail S. S. company, plying between New York City and San Juan, Puerto Rico. He came for a visit with his mother, Mrs. Edwin M. Phillips, at 421 Duval street, and other relatives. Several weeks ago he was ailing and went to the hos- pital for treatment. Funeral services are to be an- nounced later. | it will be < “substitute. 1 Inflation Scene Shifts | Hence ali this renewed talk | inflation | Ade | gress are © enough out-a ; flatienists to | would start presen {te tag that one tratic t currency ass a bill w > printing presse: eenbacks at will | are not so sure {many members on a sk !would prefer to take 2 “contro currency jto risking the anger « stituents at b more taxes. | Their anxiety conce i house principal! There ‘sons to believe any sort of ;tion proposal would ence | rough sleedin, the senate. A presidential veto, which most certainly would come were j measure to be enacted, | Probability would be sustaine | The senate stood by the Pre jin his disapproval of the Pat ; bon asure, carryiny the j vision for more th. }two billion dellars in greenbacks, although the house overrode | Easy To Start... | Were it not for the fact the ad- ministration has suggested that | additional taxes must be raised ; (an expert on government nances have a in al? issuance of for a day with the gamest kinds! pany here, “but I do mean that) signed them to oblivion. ordered paid to veterans by Con-| TOMORROW, HOWEVER, IT Mr, Bethel is survived by his reported to must hurt innumerable people! of fish to be found in the world.| our winter months, when either directly or indirectly, Nor; does it strive for outward recog-! nition and honors.” j Strike Enemies Early The Gestapo are everywhere, inj offices, factories and social or-| even in the nazi, party organizations. Their con- stant and imperative task is the} “observation of the activities of| all enemies of the state.” ; It is their function to find the} man who is contemplating serious) opposition to Hitler before that! His usual objective is Sand Key, where many of the larger fishing craft go for good sport, and when seen approaching the fishing grounds, other fishermen remark, “Here comes that lucky fellow Rushton in his Lolly Pop,” which is the name given the boat Mr. Rushton has been using. Yesterday afternoon, Mr. and Mrs, Rushton returned with what was said to be a boat load of all| kinds, but the prize of the catch was, naturally, the sailfish which high- | ways of the state are crowded with our own and visiting motor- | ists, call for extra vigilance and Jeare on the part of the traveling public.” “Traffic congestion at time multiplies the hazards of mo- toring, and because of the. tre- mendous influx into Florida of motorists this year, more care than is usually exercised by driv- ers is necessary.” Hays is chairman of the state chamber committee. Other mem- Democratic Representative Kel- ler of Illinois has proposed an amendment which, in 25 words,} would practically remake the Constitution. His amendment reads: “The Congress shall have 2nY| power to make all laws which in its judgment shall be necessary to provide for the general welfare of the people.” This would ob- viously leave the Supreme Court entirely without power to judge a law’s legality in the light of other sections of the Constitution—the} gress, over President Roosevelt’s ‘brief, aggressive veto message. How many veterans will actually take the cash, and forego the 3 per cent compound interest they will pe paid if they hold their bonds until 1945, is a burning question. A still more burning question is, Where will the money come from? Congress passed the bonus —but left it up to the executive ibranch to find the wherewithal. The President does not want to | | | 1 i mother, widow, Mrs. Ethel Mae Phillips; sisters, Mrs. Warren J. Watrous, Henderson, N. €., and Though no plane with mail and} Mrs, Lester Forsberg, Suffern, N. passengers arrived this morning, - there will be one tomorrow, it was | learned at the offices of the Pan MISS D LORD ° IS ANNOUNCED American Airways this afternoon. The plane which was due to ar- rive today left Miami almost one |hour late. The first position re- port received at the local offices} was when the plane was at Key Vacas. | : |LEFT YESTERDAY AFTER- ‘ called in by the treasury already for the purpose of devising means). together with the fear of members of congress te the pas- sage of a new tax bill on the eve ‘ef a national election, inflation j would not be getting the ivide it is now. | The arguments advanced by the inflationists for “controlled” jreney expansion may sound pl ‘ible at, first sight. Even it vowed foes admit that “But the troub! it, free eur- je is.” flation as one op- is easy UTE j Posed puts | justices would be confined to in-| issue printing-press money. Nor} to start, but hell to stop.” j terpreting laws only. i does he want to pay off the bonus} Democratic Representative Cos-! by issuing another bond issue. } Later another report was re-| NOON ON PLANE EN Ri opposition can take form. | Mrs. Rushton calls the finest| bers are Robert Scott, vice chair- i ceived advising that weather con- TO LOS ANGELES Removing such a man to a con-/ fish she has ever seen. man, Wilmington, N. C.; Asher centration camp is “Schutzhaft” “I have fished in many differ- (protective arrest), because it} ent waters,” Mr, Rushton said, “in protects the Hitler regime andj different sections of the United saves the man himself from worse) States, but T have never seen the trouble. jgreat schools of fish I have wit- Suspicious organizations are’ Ressed in the waters adjacent to dissolved before the suspicion can| Key West.” develop into certainty. If a pub-| lie meeting looks dubious it is not, ADVISORY permitted; publications which} arouse suspicion are suppressed. | Small craft warnings indicated for Florida coast from east of | Carrabelle around to Jacksonville and southeast storm warnings or- dered nine a. m. northward to Newberne, North Carolina. In- creasing disturbance over north- east Gulf of Mexico northeast- ward. It will cause strong south and southeast winds today and to- night, FRI-SAT. SPECIAL DATE NUT CAKE AND APPLE SAUCE LAYER CAKE c Special... MALONEY & PEACOCK Phone 818 812 Fleming St. ; Frank, state safety director, Tal- {lahassee; Horace L. Smith, Cham- ‘ber of Commerce, Ocala; and Agnes Purnell, Chamber of Com- } merce, Miami Beach. ROLLER SKATING TONIGHT PUT The regular roller scheduled for tonight at jtigan | i i 4 skating | Kentucky favors a similar amend- Coral| ment which would permit of Colorado wishes an! Many think that he will ask Con- amendment which would give) gress to create new taxes to bear Congress the authority to regulate! the cost. In an election year, working conditions, _establish| new taxes strike fear into the minimum wage standards, eal seks of all officials running for ulate production in any industry! reelection. Some fireworks are and prevent unfair practices.!to be expected. This sweeping Congressional! A’ survey made by the American ditions were such as to make it) expedient for the plane, with 14) passengers and mail, to return to Miami. This message was receiv- ed when the plane was over Low-: er Matecumbe. Passengers leaving on the out-j| going plane at 4 o’clock yester- i { assistant district supervisor Miss Dorothy Lord, secretary in the office of B. C. DeWitt, WPA of reports and research, was a pas- senger on the afternoon plane FOR TAG DAY The local lodge of Elks will in- day afternoon were: B. M. Dun-/ yesterday for Miami and was to’ sugurate a drive on February 15 power would make possible the] Legion to determine what vet-ican, Hubert Nichols, Edwin Post, there entrain for Los Angeles.’ +, be known as “Elks’ Crippled th | money is reenactment of a national law of ie NRA type. \ Democratic Senator Logan of interesting. Thirty- Gon-| dneiabed bonds. Twenty-six per Isle Casino has been postponed! gress to arbitrate labor disputes; cent of the money will go for because of weather conditions. In the recreation section of the industry. local WPA office it was said that| the unsettled condition weather made the postponement advisable, of the/also propesed a new amendment, | 4 and to regulate agriculture and homes, farms and equipment, and | twenty-three and one-half per! jeent for old debts. Personal ex- penditures will take about eleven but, curiously enough, this Sen-| and one-half per cent, and new ator’s views are more apt to fit j2utomobiles, five per cent. One Republican Senator has Malcolm Johnson, Dan Jones,j : Lord, Nina Ryder Johnson. SHOWN TO BE NERVOUS erans will do with their new|Mary Raffary, Dorothy Adams, | Calif. Travelling in company with brother-in-law and sister, Mr. and Mrs. William Miss Lord has been granted 2 Children Home Day,” which will be put on for the benefit of the ‘four per cent will go for invest-| William Chrisholm, Louis Honght,| Miss Lord was Miss Emma J. Umatilla, Fla, Home. ments and savings or be held in}Emma Jane Klinker, Dorothy: Klinker, her aunt who had been’ Young ladies of the city will visiting her e 1 sell tags on that day for the pu:- ‘ pose of raising a fund for ‘his | Lord, at the home on Ashe street./ wo:thy cause. The actual date of the drive LONDON.—Dr. J. S. Osborne, leave of five weeks for a vaca-\was set for the 16th, but due to of this city leclares that persons) tion, but said before leaving her! the foct that this falls on Sunday, who always want the end seat are! vacation period may extend over) it war decided to carry on the ac- suffering from a nervous ailment. an indefinite period. tivities on Saturday. UNDECIDED WHETHER TO CHANGE TO WAGNER'S? WELL..1T WONT TAKE YOU LONG TO MAKE UP YOUR MIND ONCE YOU'VE TRIED IT. FACA 22RBB80