The Key West Citizen Newspaper, March 3, 1936, Page 1

Associated Press Day Wire Service. For 56 Years Devoted to the Key West, Florida, has the most equable climate in the country; with am average Best Interests of Key West be Key West Citwen range of only 14° Fahrenheit j VOLUME LVII. No. 54. TUESDAY, MARCH 3, 1936. PRICE FIV’ CEN MANY VISITORS HAVE DESIRE T0 PURCHASE HOMES SOME NEGOTIATIONS HAVE ALREADY B/ZEN CLOSED; SEVERAL COMMUNICATE WITH HOUSING BODY sitors who are this desire to own a home in Key West and quite a few have accomplished their desires and purchased homes. There are ma here, or who hav pressed th Some of these negotiations have been closed and others are pend- ing. One man here with his fam- ily told The Citizen today that he had intended to leave for Wash- ington this morning ¢ way, but as he bh ed 2 home and wz livery of the deeds, had postpon- ed his departure until tomorrow. Another eupying apartments with his son, ites the housing department ad- vising that h wife and daugh- ter will arrive West from their home in L ed, Maine, right after grad and asks a home by the pect to reside in nently. g Key West sev- ago at the conclusion isit in this city of several a widely known newspa- er was in another famous Florida resort. During a talk with the head of a municipal organization the writ- er said he had decided to pur- chase a winter home in Key West. To his surprise his hearer said it was an excellent idea as there was no question in his mind but that Key West bids fair to become the most popular winter resort in the country. ast. pureh Key on, week: THEL BERGET TO ~ VISIT KEY WEST NEWSPAPER PHOTOGRAPHER PLANS TAKING SCENES OF ISLAND CITY Thel Berget, known newspaper photographer, attached to the Detroit News, is expected to arrive in Key West at an early date to take scenes to be used in articles about Key We This information wa lay in letters fr shall, travel editor of the a delightful West with Mrs. ill enjoying the wide circle of Marshall left a x Detroit. widely received m S. L. A climate and a friends. Mr. short time ago GOVERNOR SHOLTZ IS DUEFOR CENSOR DADE COUNTY EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE WILL CONSIDER RESOLUTION AT SESSION MIAMI, March 3.—A resolution strongly censoring Gov. Dave Sholtz for the alleged use of his office ‘as a private asset rather than a public trust,” is expected to be considered at a special meet- ing of the Dade County Democrat- ie executive committee in the courthouse at 8 p. m. Friday. The meeting was called yester- day by Fred B. Hartnett, commit- tee chairman, POINCIANA LET DOWN FROM WAYS After being on the ways for several days for repairs to hull and rudders and genera! inspec- tion and overhaul, the lighthouse tender Poinciana entered the water yesterday and is ready for se! BE Tender Ivy, which had been on the west coast completing a work schedule, returned Sunday. er the high-! awaiting de-j; eRe } } Fred H. Colvin, editor of The American Machinist, and Mrs. Col- lvin, visiting in Key West with} Judge and Mrs. Charles B. Bar-| nes, writes interestingly of the trip | |south from Point Pleasant, and of | {their stay in this city, In the February 18 issue of The Citizen appeared an announcement f the arrival of Mr. and Mrs. Col- in, and a letter to Mrs. Colvin] |from her brother, Herbert P. Lor- | ing, an engineer, who at one time was in Key West and installed for John Jay Philbrick the first elec: ; trie light plant on the island. The letter from Mr. Colvin was i ‘sent to the Ocean County Leader, ! owned by L. P. Artman, owner and publisher of The Citizen,; which is published at Point Pleas- H ant, N. J.. and is as follows: | Communicated | (Ocean County Leader) {To the Editor: Here we are, Mrs. Colvin and I, {in the southern end of the most southern city in the U.S. A. The Atantic Ocean almost laps out | feet as we leave the house and | just across the sea is Cuba—90 miles away. Nearby a huge peli-! can has a mortgage on an aban- doned pile in the water, from, which he spots fish in the water and dives after them with amaz-) ing speed for such a large bird | The water is a very clear green, } the sand bottom being visible for several feet. There is no surf, owing to reefs off-shore, such a4 at famous Waikiki beach in Hon- olulu. This makes swimming easy and the water today was warmer than average summer temperature at Point Pleasant. After leaving Point Pleasant at, 10 degrees above zero, crossing | the Delaware at Pennsville through heavy ice floes and even using the , car heater last week at St. Peters- : burg, a swim in the ocean here, was most enjoyable. Then too,! we had a very stormy trip down, drixipg: over.1,000 miles in rain, and it ean rain in this part of the | country. Driving long miles; through swamps on raised roads! without guard rails and nothing but morass on each side, isn’t ex-' actly pleasant in good weather. add rain so hard that the wind-| shield wiper makes little impres-! sion on it, and it becomes a real! chore. | But we got through safely and have a few pleas:nt memories be- | sides. One of these is an afternoon | spent with an army engineer on: the new Florida-Gulf canal pro- ject, where 5,000 men, are already | at work. I was particularly in-{ terested because I spent 10 days| } i “| at Panama during the digging of j that canal and was greatly sur-| puzzles and disc! prised to learn that this Florida future fille | own hal!, which they hope to have within a short time, social events and pro: acquir which has chanced in many ways| Which will fit them for battles of canal wil require the excavation of 2 1-2 times as much material as at Panama. Key West is an interesting city, since 1911, when I first saw it. | The cigar business is gone and | federal development as a winter | resort is about the only industry at present. The Florida East} Coast Railway no longer runs | here, since the hurricane of la: ; September—and it is doubtful if it is ever rebuilt. There is talk of using the right of way for a{ vehicle highw: which seems log-! ical as it is rather isolated now. } It takes about 120 miles by road and six hours by auto ferry to get! here now, “ | Here too, I called on Mr. Art-! man of the Key West Citizen who | was most cordial. He was glad! to learn that Mrs. Colvin’s broth- er, Herbert P. Loring, was the} electrical engineer who put first power and light plant on the! island, in 1892. Diesel engines have now replaced the steam en- gines originally installed. H FRED H. COLVIN. CABIN CRUISER COMES TO PORT Cabin Cruiser Seaford arrived; yesterday from Miami and _ is’ berthed at the yacht basin whebe! certain repairs and alterations will be made and the vessel paint- ed before being put in ser¥ice. The vessel was secured by the |FERA and is to be placed at the | disposal of Fred Eberhart, custo- | dian at Fort Jefferson. ! i { ! | COLVIN WRITES INTERESTING STORY OF VISIT TO ISLAND CITY ' plies, ete., for the Society; to re-j its power. | | i i a is ciety po! WYOMING PAPER | mosphere, enhanced by the gor-{ i 4 geous dawns and sunsets; tropical | Railroad And Bridge Issues i ; { i Appearing in the Sunday, Feb- ! ruary 23, issue of The Sheridan Press, published Sheridan, | Wyoming, is a highly atractive | advertisement of Key West, giv-! ing a colorful and alluring pic- } ture of the city and its many of. | ferings to the visitor during both ummer and winter. Attention is called to the mag- | netic charm of the Key West at-; in CARRIES ARTICLE ‘ : about KEY WEST Thoroughly Discussed During Nant soints or nrenesr| "SO OOGMMM: vitorest Views Relative | MANY TARPON ARE To Mode Of Transporta Cin tiie = comes | ‘Athading SHERIDAN PRESS PRINTS, CAUGHT AT BRIDGE tion Expressed By Many more popular each day by visitors to Key West as well as local residents. B. Butler, of West Palm Beach, who is cuite an an- gler, havin: many sailfish catches to his credit, was successful in landing a fine tarpon at Boca Chica bridee a few days ago. There have been severa! of this specie caught that section recently, ard fishing parties are now to be seen daily angling from the bridge especially seeking this kind of fish, which is among the gamest to be found in these waters. What Key Wiest will do garding the railroad right of wa. aad the ower seas bridges will de- att.tad- re- perd entirely upom the eof the coreceiwers of the railroad and the decision rendered on Thursday, March 5 flowers and fruits. And atten- tion is pointedly directed to the! “most equable climate in the coun- try, with an average range of only: 14 degrees Fahrenheit.” ! See Key West. Visit by daily! plane. « very interesting trip over | the beautiful highway enlivened by a delightful ferry ride, or by! : boat from Tampa. The 2nnounce- county court house which lasted ment concludes with: While in, OM@POMLOLD DI ML DL DG fom 5 o'clock until 7-45 during Key West read The Citizen, Key West’s only daily newspaper. For ‘STATE FIREMEN attractive booklet, writ Key West Administration, Key West. | cial edition df the Sheridan Press, HERE IN APRIL rrying 80 pages cf ex compiled reading matter, and is a published by mutval agreement between The Citizen and a group’ FIRE CHIEF BAKER AND OTH- of periodicals which carry the Key: “3 by Judge Louis Strum im United States | court. This was decided at = mecting held yesterday afternoon im th- which every phase of the matters were discussed from every ane! and possibility, and analytical r- made by of those attending. capitulations a numbor at This advertisement is in a spe- eliently | ‘eapital stock and other transfers a ' West announcements in return for ER MEMBERS,OF DEPART- ther. get in the way of “decisions”. j while waiting the opportunity to was up $9,520,205 to a total of . A}these carried in: this publication | MENT ARE NOW OUTLINING , $18,197,197 for seven months, | recital of these gains emphasizes ‘the business recovery that is tak- | Hence citizens of any of the com | munities are not taxed one penny | PROGRAM OF ACTIVITIES KEY WEST, FLORIDA, pare ~ ©OKING Be at ‘ i a PLAN MEETING _ = WA sHINGTON | | A NARROW VICTORY | xersitecn years “equality for | agriculture” has been a_ battle-} IN INTEREST OF aecgae TESTS AREAD jer throughout the land. The! | CONGRESS SEES THE END | newly emphasized _ soil-conserva- HOME SOCIETY | tion measure is the fifth major | INDEPENDENT MERCHANTS [egientins attempt to settle the | A 15-YEAR FIGHT issue. First, there was the Mc-! = H Nary-Haugen bill to subsidize ex-} SESSION TO BE HELD OnOe: | REVENUE INCREASES | ports through the collection of an! ROW! MORNING FOR PURO. cipeR REORGANIZATION j “equalization” "fee. Twice Presi- POSE OF ORGANIZING SPON. | eer Coptic venient the pain | ; PROPOSE BROADER TAXES jane in legislation. Then came, SORING GROUP {the agricultural marketing act, GOLD IMPORTS A SURPLUS | with its $500,000,000 Farm Board/ ; jrevolving fund, which passed! The Children’s Home soe ot AND AESSUROES jaway amid tumbling wheat and} a Ai = Sa — ;eotton prices after sustaining f Florida, state-wide child | ‘severe losses. The AAA, of r2- placing and home finding organi-j __By HUGO SIMS, leent memory, went further and tion whose work is well known ; The Citizen’s Special Washington: attempted to adjust production to! to the people of Florida ore Conenapnatent «= _ jeffective demand but ended by a; canizing sponsoring groups; As. clearly pointed out in this) decision of the Supreme Court. throughout the state. ‘column last week, the TVA deci-! A meeting will be held in the , sion of the Supreme Court was an! qnternal revenue, collected by Red Cross office in Key West to-|¢xtremely narrow victory for the) the Treasury, during the first morrow morning at 11 o’clock. at | New Deal and leaves no indica-) seyen months of the fiscal year which time a chairman will be/tion of the Court's attitude to- which began last July, was almost’ selected. It will be the duty of} Ward the social and “power-yard-| $50,000,000 ahead of the same this group to interest and informs ick” program. The decis ,! period of the previous year, al- the various organizations of the| however, tended to check wide-: though there was a decrease of city in the work of the Society; to spread criticism of the Supreme, ¢250,000,000 in processing tax solicit their help in providing, Court and lessened the prospect: collections, For the seven months funds, food, clothing, home sup-|of a determined effort to restrict) g1.781,038,139 were collected. port to the Society any children | : Hee Orie ae ret a in need of the services of the So-; While many critics of the New, 265,640, liquor taxes $55,989,752 and to assist in any way Deal have declared that this was to §296,188,327, manufacturers’ le with the work. \its aim and that adverse decisions,! excise taxes $28,670,387 to $222,- The Society maintains a branch! by close votes were courted in an 999,250, cigarette taxes Home and office in Miami, Mrs. | effort to affect popular senti-!549'918 to $245,899,173. Nora Shaw, a visitor for the So-! ment, the fact is that the Presi-| mentary stamp taxes $14,245,120 ciety, is in Key West and will at-! dent, since his famous “horse and ¢9 $39,318,096, and the ae onl tend the meeting tomorrow morn-| buggy” speech discussing the) ponds of indebtedness and issues ing and will be glad to discuss any NRA decision, has apparently! of capital stock increased $5,708,- local problems privately that any-| been inclined to accept the pres- 371 to $15,959,420 and that on one may wish to take up with’ ent situation, take what he can en She is registered the Colonial Hotel. It is hoped that everyone in replace members of the Court. Key West who is interested in the} Children’s Home Society will at-' tend the meeting tomorrow morn- ing at the Red Cross office. Other important tests await ing place and indicates substan- New Deal legislation, which now! tia] gains in government income has two favorable decisions-to its| jn the future, even if there are no SRS SIS leredit and six adverse decisions! additional taxes imposed. scored against it. The next case| FELLOWSHIP CLUB ; to come before the Supreme Court! ‘Cc e: oe h lend- MET LAST NIGHT will be heard during this week,’ nurses: bes vuvetynee © i i /}ing authorization during the past when the Court will consider the’ three years to credit agencies of jright of the Government to cOn-| the government. Some are wholl ;demn land for PWA’ slum clear: financied by the federal treasury, VARIOUS ACTIVITIES MADE /2Nce in a case arising in Louis-; such as the RFC and the Com- ville, Ky. One week later the’ modity Credit Corporation. It is ; Court will take up the Guffey! worth noting that on January 1} ;Coal Conservation Act passed bY. these agencies had outstanding {Congress after the President ask-| joans of about two billion dollars, ed members to forego all ques-’ owned through RFC nearly a bil- tions to its constitutionality. jion dollars worth of preferred 5 i | Further down the line but com-: honk stock and capital notes and of the Boys Fellowship Club en, ing up for determination, is the| had a half billion dollars in cash, joyed a pleasant and beneficial) ;; i period le fight of the Duke Power Company) securities and real estate. Their period last evening when they me) +, restrain construction with PWA i e i H ‘ ‘excess of assets over liabilities — andi was around three billion dollars, = WN, {funds of a publicly owned Archer, 1425 Newton street. aS , {operated hydro-electric plant at’ approximately as large as thel Buzzard Roost, S. C. An injune-| Federal deficit for last year. UP PROGRAM OF ENJOY- ABLE SESSION Members of the Senior Division Much of the time was spent in} \ playing various games, working | i for the publicity. This is the second of a serie of advertisements being published| Prepare in this group of western publica-! ward for the re tions. The first was reviewed in’ fire department a previous issue of this paper. are now going f ption of the from all sections cf Florida who will comi@?imto ito Key West to part {Eleventh Annual Convention the State Firemen’s Association to be held in Key West April 20, 21 Key West would be pre ROTARIANS HOLD MEETING TODAY DR. CONRADI WAS SPEAKER today that his assistants, officia OF DAY AT ENJOY- ‘and individuat members of the West voiunteer department ABLE SESSION cipate in the of am wou. Unit ville po: | ¢ entering wholeheartedly in the | K« ; movement and when the date ar- lives Key West will be in a pos The Rotary Club. met at the St.| tion to give the ing units 2 Parish Hall today, with | great reception. ident Melvin Russell in the| Letters are being sent to all Ben Trevor asked the Di-; members of the state organiza- blessing upon the food pro-! tions advising them of the many ing to whic success of the Paul Pre 7 chair. vine Louis Strum convene: terney Wm. V Dur ‘tion was granted by the district ng plans for 2) court but reversed by a circuit jeourt of appeal, from where the jcase will move to the supreme | tribunal, i | vided. Je °; mem! The Senate has authorized a jeommittee of five members d with visions of their t fof the Federal government wit! table moments spent in { {the idea of effective reorganiza-| ig knowledge and training | Congressional leaders y Trevor introduced a new , W. C. Fripp, who was \make a study of the machinery) \ojcomed into the club by the|give the visitors one of the best | president. tame: apparel : The committee, William Demer-! ever experienced. retain tion and simplification in the in-! itt and E, A. Strunk, appointed to | the! — jtheir confidence that the 74th life. i Tefore the meeting was brought | Congress will adjourn sometime When the ses- to a close the boys were put 2ound May Ist. through a drill and executed a/|Sion opened Congress expected number of evolutions to the sound !that neutralicy legislation ana of the whistle. jprovision for work relief through After this brief period of pleas- | the fiscal year 1936-37 plus the rable excitement, it was decided |Tegular appropriation bills, would to meet next Monday night and , constitute its task. The end of enjoy a wiener roast. Time and ite AAA‘ compelled the passage place will be announced later. | Of 2 farm bill and the necessity of {finding new sources of revenue for the payments being made to ne RUNS THIEF OUT CASS CITY. Mich.—When a thief tried to rob Mrs. S. Brown in her grocery store in this| sidered eertain when Congress city, she sent the thug on the run|convened with the general idea with a barrage of canned goods, aj that new taxes for this purpose ‘and a sugar scoop. | Would be avoided. While no one Ales }ean tell how long it will . take | Congress to pass relief legislation | or complete action on a tax bill, , these questions of themselves will j not be sufficient to prolong the {session past the tentative date of ; adjournment. Unless members ican be kept steadily at work on 'these measures, however the like- a H.| flour scoop, HOLLYWOOD STUDIO RE 10c Your Favorite Pose or D5c HARE 95 0 ENLARGED Finished in 2 Minutes 5x7 Hand Tinted Colonial Hotel Bldg. HOURS: 10 A. M. To 9 P. M. !eates, of pet measures will bring |them up particularly in the Sen- jate. Among the probabilities: | Senator Wagner’s low-cost hous- ling and slum clearance projects |in the large cities. merchants against competition from chain stores, and possible legislation to control munitions that may be fostered by the “peace at any price” group which failed to secure a permanent neutrality law. Passage of the bonus was con-| Senator Rob-| inson’s bill to support independent! | terest of economy. Senator Byrd, ' who submitted the proposal, | plains that the purpose in mind i: jnot to “snoop around” but to ex-! departments! ‘plore the various and agencies from a_ technical {point of view, in order to ascer-} tain conflicting and over-lapping; activities. There ean be little i doubt of the po: ommendations, resulting from such ‘a study, can be kept out of poli- | ties. i —_--~— The question of taxes is agai before Congress, with much senti- ment against any new levies ex- {cept the “substitutes” needed to | finance the farm program. igardless of the President's rec- , ommendations, however, there is !a small group of senators anxious ito lower income tax exemptions} and to increase the normal rate. | By doing so they expect not only to add to the government's in- j come but to impress upon the pub- tlie the ‘inescapable truth that jlihood arises that zealous advo-| somebody must put up the cash! | that the nation spends. Senators ; Byrd, Couzens and LaFollette ad- ;vocate such a plan. Generally, | however, there is little expecta- j tion that they will get far with the proposal at the present ses- | Sion. j { ,in January were 12 per cent more ‘in value than in January, 1935, , but only about half the average = the month in the period 1923- (Continued on Page Four) ible good that! can be accomplished if the rec-j Re-} Exports from the United States | attend the conference on com- munication with the mainland, re- ; ported an inconclusive meeting. The speaker of the day was Dr. Edward Conradi, who was ac: panied by his daughter, Louise Conradi. Dr. Conradi took for his theme ‘the slogan of Rotary, “Service! Before Self,” and ponited out, that it had been the dominating element in the progress of the hu- man race from its emergence from pre-historic times. This, hey stated, was the spirit that had; vought the University of Florida | and the Florida State Colleg for | Women into the front rank of the | educational institutions of the South. H Sebastian Cabrera read his birthday book the name of McCarthy, who had as his guest) his brother, Robert McCarthy, of | Natick, Mass. | ‘REGISTRATION om- Miss 4 BOOKS OPENED Registration books in all pre-| cincts of Monroe county were; {opened yesterday, Supervisor of] Registration John England an-! | nounced today. ! The books will remain open on! midnight April 6 in the different! precincts and the next morning, will be ready at the county court! house until three weeks before the! primary. | | ued, ractions which are in Key West nd the varied forms ef entertain- ment being prepared in order to! Wednesday w ifer Miami | periods of enjoyment they have | Thursda Grooms, now “We are busy every minute these days making preparations for the three days of fun~and frolic | Car! B« we are planning for the city’s: Wm. R. Pc guests,” said Chief Baker, and it: Te". Nathan is the “intention of the depart-| William V ment members,” the chief contin-' yer. Bernar “to leave nothing undone | Curry. T which will contribute to the pleas- | TTe*« ure of our visitors while they are} 7 here.” ACCOMPANIED BY HIS WIFE; WAS FORMERLY GOLF PRO AT LOCAL LINKS Wa Jenkin R r Gomez. Stowers, J w Harry Hampton, 10 years a£° 79 CO OVER WORK PROGRAM golf professional at the Key West Municipal Golf Course, and one HERE WITH DIRECTOR of the most popular men im the world of sports ever visiting this a city, arrived over the highway last night, accompanied by Mr= e Hampton, also a welcomed visi-') Welden G. tor. for the WPA They were guests of friends for M. Spearing, state director © the evening, visiting amusement | Ployment, are expected te arr places and meeting a number of by WPA plane © friends of other days who were tector Thomas happy to extend the hand of Citizen. greeting and weleome. These officials Mr. and Mrs. Hampton are to *¢t up i be guests at the Colonial Hote! to ¢@ until Thursday when they will entire si leave for Miami to round out their progress of the rehabilitation pro- vacation. gram. Starry. chie nm Florida ation relative WAGNER BEER IS BREWED IN STRICT ACCORDANCE WITH IDEAS OF THE MOST SKILLED BREW MASTERS. LEISURELY AND THOROUGHLY. FACA 22RBB80