The Key West Citizen Newspaper, February 26, 1936, Page 1

Associated Press Day Wire Service. For 56 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West Key West, Florida, has the most equable climate im the country; with an average range of only 14° Fahrenheit The Kep KEY WEST, FLORIDA, CLERGY VOTE HEAVILY AGAINST NEW DEAL IN POLL OF DIGEST The clergy are more opposed to The anti-Administration into] the New Deal than the country at! ity from clergymen in New Eng- large according to the findings of | land is considerably less than it} a special Literary Digest poll of, was in the recent main poll when. the nation’s clergy of all = the northeast section of thé coun. SCH. FLEETWOOD inations which has been conduct-' try balloted nearly 4 to 1 against | \. ARRIVES IN PORT cies. 1, against the New Deal. | ed since the recent 10,000,000-| the New Deal. ballot referendum of the maga-, Maryland and Delaware show ine on the Administration’s poli-| the heaviest clergy vote, of 4 to A total of 21,606 The clergy in West Virginia,|| ONE OF PASSENGERS DENIES turned voted ballots Washington, Pennsylvania, Ohio,|! New York, New Hampshire, Mas-! est Citsen 0. 49. WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1936. PRICE FIVE CENTS Presentation Of Piraies Of Penzance | Last Night Enjoyed By Large Crowd TOO OOD OOD: 2 -10% Production Was | CITIZEN LOST AD | Staged At Navy Field; RECOVERS GLASSES : | Mam Event Of La Se- Mrs. E. V. McCarthy has | Fecovered a pair of valuable mana Alegre RUMOR OF NUDIST COLONY | #/#sses, and Harry Galey Cach is $1 sicipe as the so VOLUME LVII. WILCOX PICTURES |=ee-a-«-2--|CITY SELLS OLD a i DuE For sooTHinc| STREET CAR RAIL F R HU PURCHASE MADE BY FLORIDA | (By Associated Press) NANKING, Feb. 26.—A IRON AND EQUIPMENT FLORIDA COMPANY ASKS FOR ONE MILLION new way of relaxation from the cares and duties of party DOLLARS TO CONSTRUCT 1 BUILDINGS FOR REFUGEES| ae 1 i | REPRESENTATIVE) and state is in store this spring for Reichsfuehrer Adolf Hitler. A group of old school Chin- ese musicians are on their way to Europe to regale the Ge man chancellor with music produced on bamboo flutes, snake skin fiddles and an- % Florida Iron and Equipment} ‘ company’s bid of $5.39 gross ton, was, at a special meeting of city council held last night, accepted! for the street car rail which hasj been and is being removed fro j i clergy re-; i My A lated Prens) of which WASHINGTON, Feb. 0.22 per cent were tallied ‘no’’| 26.—! Representative Wilcox Fla.) envisioned today the ida keys of the future with combination community cen- ters and hurricane sanctuaries, where} (Dem.,| Flor-} spotted] The unique structures musie and parlor games could be enjoyed while a tempest raged outside are a part of his $1,000,-| 000 proposed storm relief pro- gram. Pointing out the buildings would be constructed only in sec- tions where homes are not equip- ped to resist hurricanes he said: “Hurricanes are nothing to. worry about if you’ve got some, place to’go that’s safe. The peo- ple are prepared in the larger cities. It’s the folks in other areas I’m thinking about. If they can’t find a deep hole to} ride in it’s too bad sometimes.” | The congressman said the build-' ings would be so constructed by; the works progress administration | that when a hurricane wasn’t} threatening they could be used| for town halls and gathering} places. u With the $25,000 worth of new weather bureau instruments he is asking of congress, and co-opera- tion of Great Britain and Cuba, he predicted the hurricane of the future would mean only a chymmy} get-together of the country folk, sically con-; With a series of observation! posts in the Bahamas, Cuba, the} West Indies and more for Florida,! Wilcox predicted the hurricanes; could be forecast two weeks be-| fore they reach the United States. “We can even plot their exact) he said, “till within a‘ few hours when they'll strike and} just about how hard.” | ‘With such a system of observa-i tion in operation the Floridians | could go about their business nor-| mally until] time to leave “town hall,” he said. “There they go hold a dance,| put on amateur theatricals, talk} over old times, discuss polities or otherwise amuse themselves.” The representative said Eng- land and Cuba have signified for} these | in} establishing the observation Posts | treat tonight when cient harps. From Berlin the exponents of Chinese music will go to Vienna to play Oriental airs on the banks of the Blue Danube. IDS DL BBD \ Wes. \abor will be used in hand-| ARMY OFFICIAL TO VISIT HERE OTHER VISITORS EXPECTED TO ARRIVE HERE FOR STAY Colonel J. Somervell, U. S. A., engineer in charge of the south-! eastern WPA d'strict, and in! charge of engineer operations on the Cross State Canal, is expected} to arrive with Mrs. next week, for a stay of several! days at the commandant’s quar- ters in the naval station. Chester Davis, AAA administra- tor, and Mrs. Davis, are also ex-; pected to arrive, March 4, for aj stay of about two weeks. They} will also be quartered at the naval Somervell | station. H J. F. Frazer, of the FERA’ ad-| ministration wired from Jackson- ville yesterday to Robert Unk- rich, who was in Key West, ask- ing if arrangements could be | }torney Arthur Gomez, who will go | March 5. the streets during sewerage op- erations, The company’s representative, Mr. Schwartz, was presented at: the meeting and advised counce' that with the exception. of truck} drivers and iron burners all Key ling the material which will! amount to about 400 tons, it is! said. Mr. Schwartz deposited $50} with the company’s bid and advis-; ed that he was leaving today and would, upon arrival in Miams| mail a check for $2,000 and the! balance when all rail was removed | and weights determined. Clerk Wallace Pinder was in- structed to draw a check for $50} to defray expenses of City At- to Jacksonville to attend: the hear- ing in United States court on the report of receivers of the Florida East Coast Railway to be held CUBA BRINGS 48 PASSENGERS VESSEL LEAVES LATE IN AFT- | ERNOON EN ROUTE TO TAMPA | i Steamship Cuba of the P. and, 0. S. S. Company, arrived from! Havana yesterday afternoon witl made to accommpdate the arri- vals. An affirmative reply was sent to Jacksonville. | CONCERT TONIGHT AT BAYVIEW PARK BY CUBAN MARINE BAND VISITING HERE (Music lovers will be the given a Cuban and exchange storm information Marine Band presents a concert with the United States. : '8 o’clock at Bayview Park. “Some people in Florida,” he! Several special numbers will be added, “might not like to admit} played during the selected pro- we have hurricanes, but just like Californians saying they don’t have earthquakes.” PLANE BRINGS 7 PASSENG TWELVE CRAFT THIS MORNING EN ROUTE TO MIAMI LEAVE ON AIR- i i i ‘Plane of the Pan American Air-' ways arrived this morning from: Miami with seven passengers and departed 11 a. m., with 12 passen- gers. ‘Arrivals were: George Carrp, Harry Kennard, David C. son, Margaret Johnson, Sloan. Departures were. Joe Meyer Swartz, Stanley Wood, Lora Lock, Rolla Southworth, Clarence Nice, Nikolai Sokoloff, | Edward Carrp, Theresa Carrp,| John-} Chester Gibson, | that’s! gram which has been arranged es- pecially for the celebration of La Semana Alegre. Following , the program last night; giveniat. the conclusion of the Pirates of Penzance, several} hundred:music lovers remained to hear the*eoneert presented by the band. One of the numbers on the program was’a Cuban Fantasy written by the band’s director. This afternoon the band is play- jing at the opening of the annual tropical flower show of the West Garden Club at the West Library. Key Key MUCH ILLNESS AT FLORIDA COLLEGE EPIDEMIC REPORTED AMONG STUDENTS AT UNIVERSITY IN GAINESVILLE Authentic information has been |Key West;-36 first and three nine first class passengers for second class passengers for} Tampa. | Listed among the arrivals were:' ; Duke C. Mertes, Paul C. Warren,‘ Lester E. Kipp, John J. Calde-/ ; Wore, Frank Schaeffing. Feliciano |Castro, Henry H. R. Thompson, | ! PROGRAM TO BE RENDERED, 74mpa with 52 passengers, Jane Thompson, J. R. Stowers. The Cuba sailed 5 o’clock for 13} taking passage here. Leaving this |port were: Jose Blanco, J. Lopez, Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Gre- gory and two daughters, C. |Parrimore, Mr. and Mrs. B. C.| Kelly, Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Court-| {pey, Mrs. J. A. Hayes, Mrs.‘ | Joseph Curry. : KNOTT SELECTS CAMPAIGN MAN (By Associated Prens) | TALLAHASSEE, Feb. 26.—' State Treasurer W. V, Knott an- nounced today the appointment! of F. E. Steinmeyer, Jr., of Tal-j for reelection months, Steinmeyer’s resignation as as-! sistant chief clerk of the state! board of administration, which, took effect February 15, was an- nounced simultaneously by Mr. Knott. Steinmeyer already has opened campaign headquarters for Mr. Knott here, but will.spend part of his time traveling over the state in the candidate’s interest. in the coming TO SYRIAN COLLEGE) (Ry Assocthtec Pres) BEIRUT, Syria, Feb. 26.—Per-} \sian will be added to the crowd- and 29.78 per cent “yes” in an- ewer to the question: “ Do you | sachusetts and Florida indicate approximate majorities of 3 to 1 sult of a lost advertisement BEING ON BOARD | # appearing in The Citizen. The Pirates of Penzance return- [the New Deal. | substantially. {pipe major of the, Scots Guards’ now approve the acts and _poli-' against the New Deal while those ies of the Roosevelt ‘New Deal’| in the other thirty-five states reg- ‘© date?” : j ister less pronounced oppositions. The final returns of The Lit-: “Of the 21,606 who responded erary Digest main poll to the gen-! to the poll, 15,172 vote ‘no’ and eral voters, which was published! 6,434 vote ‘yes’,” the magazine five weeks ago, showed 62.66 per! states in its current issue. cent ‘of the participants against; “The negative percentage— 70.22—is almost 8 per cent high- subject er than that of the main poll. A poll on the same conducted among the clergy the early summer of 1934 indi-| men vote ‘yes,’ whereas in cated that 55 per cent clergy were in favor of the Admin-! able percentage was 37.06. istration’s policies then. ! “Another way of showing the Only in three states, Alabama,: results is to point out that more Mississippi and South Carolina,’ than seven clergymen out of ten are the clergy shown voting in! are opposed to New Deal policies favor of the New Deal in the: today. current tabulation which is pub-! “In The Literary Digest Poll of lished in this week’s issue of The; 1934, on the same subject, 13,- Literary Digest. These three, 513 churchmen approved the New states evidence approximately 3: Deal, white a minority of 11,346 to 2 majorities for Roosevelt’S, opposed it. acts and policies. | “Analysis of the the figures by The clergy of Arkansas, Geor-! states shows only Alabama, Mis-; gia, Kentucky, Louisiana, North! sissippi and Sonth Carolina clergy- Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Vir-! men giving a majority for New ginia and Utah are recorded as, Deal policies. In the 10,000,000- disapproving Roosevelt’s policies, ballot poll twelve states are fav- in the present poll while in the! orable. recent nationwide poll the gener-! “Letters received by The Lit- al voters in these states were|erary Digest show the conflict shown supporting the New Deal) of political opinion among the {country’s churchmen. There In forty-five states the tally of} much praise for The Literary Di- the clergy referendum indicates a: gest for conducting the poll. Also majority opposed to the Adminis-; there is criticism, to which The tration’s acts and policies with) Literary Digest is glad to give ex- the vote almost even in Utah. ' pression.” YORK WHO BECOMES BRITISH HEIR (By Associated Press) LONDON, Feb. 26. — King but was forced into hospital George’s death has turned the’ashore where for months he was spotlight upon the quiet Duke of desperately ill of stomach ulcers; York who as heir presumptive to. was twice operated upon. the British throne emerges as a! Deeply conscious of his obliga- new world personality. jtions, the duke has_ interested Even the British know little himself in labor problems. He is about him. Shy, home-loving, re-| president of the Industrial Wel- tiring, this prince of the House! fare Society and maintains a sum- of Windsor has all his life’ mer camp in Kent to which he deliberately, whenever possible,! invites sons of Workers and of kept himself from public at- | aristocrats alike. He used to play tention, golf with Frank Hodges, a union He deputized for his father at. miners’ leader. public functions when duty de-! Stuttering Boomed To Crowd manded but always arrived with-; It was well known the duke out fanfare, said his piece and de-| referred to “His Majesty” and parted j “my father” during George’s life- Man Of Varied Talents {time in order to avoid saying Now, on all sides, the public is! “the k-k-king.” His stuttering at- reconsidering Albert Frederick. ttacted unusual attention in 1925 Arthur George, Duke of York, | when _he opened the Wembley vice admiral of the royal navy,, Exposition. lieutenant general of the army,| Standing before a battery marshal of the air corps. |microphones, his voice carried Eighteen months younger than, Only a few feet away. Turning to those who know him well. j Just as the electricians turned Remarkably diverse interests ©” the current, so that a gargan- are attributed to him. He knits, tua" voice boomed forth—“the is interested in the welfare of; ‘-d-damned thing doesn’t w-w- working people, can wield a pick,| Work.” is a good sailor, can cast iron! Several years ago he cured plates in a smelting factory, and himself of stammering by stay home whenever he gets @ of effort. chance. ; He is an authority on tartans He likes the movies, reads de-,2"d as Duke of York is entitled tective stories. enjoys the harp; t® a seat, but not a vote in the music of his wife, hunts, golfs| House of Lords. He “to all prac- and, by sheer force of will, has tical purposes” is dependent on a overcome stuttering. ; grant of $125,000 a year voted Under Fire In World War ES him by the nation. He and the A . luchess live in a sooty mansion Tutored in early life by the . same thtor piles doles for Prince!" Piccadilly at Hyde Park Cor- Edward, he and the king were put! fe ee the park from Buck- through military drill by the same! ingham Palace. in| Only 29.78 per cent of the clergy-! of the 10,000,000-ballot poll the favor-! is; Berthed at the Porter ;this afternoon is the two masted! ; Schooner Fleetwood, with Cap- i ‘tain M. H. Allard, | ' ;en forming the rest of the party. two males, man and boy and five wom- | The Citizen was told the had left on a mission in the city and j tain was not on the vessel, he was the only person who could ‘give information relative to the | Fleetwood and party. A&ked where the vessel from one of the women replied from Tampa. Asked where they were going she replied that only ‘Captain Allard could give that in- formation, It was suggested that a deal of interest had been aroused j by the story circulated after the ivessel’s arrival that the party | was the nucleus of a nudist “colony. was This was denied by the woman, who was most courteous in her reply and smiled when denyii the suggestion they were nudists, but was very emphatic in her : statement “we are not nudists.” ; However, when asked just what jwas the object of the trip replied {that she preferred the reply to: ithat question to come from Cap- tain Allard. ‘TWO ARE INJURED _ IN AUTO ACCIDENT ‘COLLISION OCCURRED AT | CORNER OF FLEMING AND WILLIAM STRE=TS Marvin D. Griffin and Ivan Saunders received slight injuries early this morning when a road- ster driven by Mr. Griffin and a car driven by J. R. Black, of Mi- !ami, collided at the corner of {Fleming and William streets. The car driven by Mr. Black j had severg] occupants, but only one of the names other than Mr. | Black’s was secured by the police j department, in the event of the of: matter being heard in court. This! | was the name of Mrs. Lora Locke, | of Miami. , lice department, qwho investigated {the accident, said this afternoon jthat he had been informed that | the matter of responsibility and | repairs had been amicably adjust- Pe between Mr. Griffin and Mr. | Black. months; Both cars were badly damaged. | Were Stanley Wood, The roadster was turned over in | the collision and though badly | damaged can be put back in good | condition, it was said. | \LEAP YEAR PROPOSALS WIN PRAISE OF JUDGE 1 Dock} { other cap-| great! lahassee, to manage his campaign! King Edward, he is “Bertie” to, friend on the platform, he said: Franklyn Arenberg, of the po-| TI aaa aaa as. | The lost annovucement ap- peared yeste ‘ny’s issue and within a she+ time the glasses had bee: returned to this office where the re- ward awaits the finder. Both loser and finder are convinced of that trite but true saying “It ed to Key West last sight, and presented, agein, = music and prose, the story of Frederick and the misfortunes which befell bim because of his birth on Leap Year Day. The comic opera was brilliant production. staged at the Navy Ball Field as probably the most important event im Key which comes to a close Saturday i | LALA ALL LL OFFICERS STILL SEEKING THOSE Bk <AKING | INTO GARDEN OF ROSES | was as nearly perfect as could be TUESDAY MOR sad hoped for. The sky was and during the carly part of the West's night. The setting for the opera from the pens of Giwert and Sullivan clear, Though officers of the police ~ performance a quarter moon lent iff's office sheriff's office faiiniticaiaes ss women department and are continuing a diligent . — a os for the thi v! ‘or the thieves who entered the snipe i Gettin, fe ; Garden Ros y ee oft lapping of Atlantic and Gulf ing and departed with waters could be heard. morn- the cash register, s ines Tegister, three slot machines and} co... 9.900 persons attended the performance and sat throug’ the last cong and chorus, respond rous lincs the about two cases of liquor, they have so far failed to meet with ing to the hu: an tcomic opera, feeling ! pruncipals and members the The robbers not only bréke in-' chorus the rhythmic beauty of the jto the place, gaining entrance; V@"ty of musical numbers in- |through a window, but after ctaded by Ghat and Sullivan | gathering their loot entered the. "Wen mendered ;garage and rode off with the They heard Janice proprietor’s, Albino Morales, car.’ Lewis, =: M 1, youngest da | The cash register was recovered ter of Major-General Stanley ‘near the scene of the robbery and) ¢u¢t with George Mills W ‘the car was later located at the Frederick, young pirate tiee; and they heard j foot of Duncan street by Mr-! delightful soprano voice of Mab ; Morales and Deputy Leon Rob-' in selo and with the colerful ta: us of Stanley's daughters. Deputy Bernard Waite is of the| Voice of Mabel seemed opinion the slot machines have ¢ven then last year, «xcept been destroyed and were thrown defects im the into the water either at the foot|*™Plifying equipment. and & ‘of Duncan street or from some’ “?eing and dramatization of the i a i‘ ‘ | lt received. other point either on Key West or Tle were we aha, ~~ “When one realizes that in addi { my tion to playing the leading role ‘WP of Frederick, Mr. White acted as WPA OFFICIALS success, Mal cle ! sound her | general director of the comic opera, hus performance last naught is appreciated even more than would ibe otherwise. His clear, }tenor vaire added immensely to | the success of the musical presen Dr. Nikolai Sokoloff, national. tation: Throughout all the diff WPA director of music projects;\ cult vecalizations his voice and and Dr. Clarence Carter Nice, that.of Mabel were heard with de- Florida WPA director of music’ light. j projects, who were in Key West! Eva B. Warner as Ruth, the p for the production of the Pirates! ratical maid-of-all-work. gave of Penzance, the score of which the performance a great deal was directed by Dr. Nice, left: its humor and her contralto voice this morning by plane for Miami.|#dded to the delight of the pro- Others in the party leaving £72m. The difficult first persor artist who. introduction of the major-general, {had charge of the scenery and ®s made by W. Curry Harris, was settings, and Miss Dorothy Lynch,' 2nother part which was well re | state works progress director of ceived by the audience, Playing | the drama, who was here for sev- the role for the first time. Mr. Har- eral days coaching the perform-i™© added no little to the comical ‘ers at rehearsals. side of the opera. | Avery Johnson, with a strone i baritone voice, played the part of ; Richard, the pirate king, and led ‘BAPTIST UNITS ihis crew of pirates with ali th deserves. Edmund Curry as Sar ‘among the principals who added } ] uel, his lieutenant, was another Dorothy Lynch, George Williams,| received at The Citizen office that a ss The W. M. 0., ladies organiza-|to the enjoyment of the program. Mary Mochrie, Robert Mochrie. | there is an epidemic of flu, pneu- tion, will have charge of the as did H. Roger Alton, as the ser- ed language curriculum of the; 2nd by the samegpergeant major! American University of Beirut|0f the Coldstream Guards. : Arriving 3 o’clock yesterday afternoon were: Charles Huls- witt, Robert Hulswitt, Charles Bachman, Naomi Bachman, Mary Brost, Katherine Ordway, Sydney Horn, William Vogel, Mbrris Pepper, Joe Gibson and Meyer Swartz. Departing at 4 o’clock were: Andres Terry, Blancha Terry, Nellie Johnson, Charles Abbott, Alfred Barton, Stella Cockerham, William Loveless. Wallace Skid- more, J. Julien Southerland. | monia and mumps at Florida Uni- versity in Gainesville. Tt was also learned that then it became evident to the student body that the number of cases had | grown to an alarming extent, the governor was wired a request to close the institution. The governor communicated with President Tigert, who re- plied there was a number of cases of illness at the college but that the situation was under control, it is said. where students of 33 nationalities get modern education. The tongue of Xerxes and Da-! rius was included at the behest of | Tran’s government, which feared! that stay of their youthful schol- ' ars in Syria might wean them! from the parent language. All teaching at the institution, | founded in 1966, is in English. At! | first Arabic was tried, but the translation of text-books required | more time than the teaching it- self, THERE'S NO GETTING AROUND IT!..BEER BREWED IN WAGNER BREWERIES IS THE BEST. TRY AN ICE COLD rronRiegge set Me! ULL ATTENDANCE the naval 4school. There! for four years Albert studied/ history, nay ion, general sub-| Key West Rotary Club has only jects, went for a cruise, learned | “one more river to cross” to make to play football, beeame a long) the 100 per cent February at- distance runner, and when the:tendance record set by Dr. Wm. World war began, went to sea. |P. Kemp, chairman of the attend- He took part in the Battle of ance committee. Jutland, being under fire ‘through-i Every member of the club at- out that encounter, on the battle-' tended the first meetings this ship Collinswood. Later, he saw, month and every effort is being duty in the sea zone as turret of-) made to have the full membership ficer aboard the battleship Malaya out tomorrow, serted. "SID OLOLD Is i Prayer service to be held this eve- geant of police. ning at the First Baptist Church,’ The parts of the three daugh- according to announcement made ters of General Stanley were today. jplayed well by Lena SBrrvsidi, There will also be an ail-day, Olive Day, and Lily Wilbe'm program of home mission activi-' Good Lighting Effects | ties tomorrow, beginning at 16! While the chorus number= and | o’elock. | the leading parts were the cyn- Dr. Willis and John Cowell,’ osure last night the lightine ef- evangelists, will arrive here to-) fects and costumes added t> the night for the purpose of conduct-' beauty of this second presents- ing evangelistic services, which tion of the overs in Key West will begin at the Baptist Churchi} The musical accompaniment by on Sunday. { (Continzed on Page Four) i i BOTTLE OR TWO TODAY. FACA 22RBBs0