The Key West Citizen Newspaper, March 7, 1936, Page 1

————$_ Associated Press Day Wire Service. For 56 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West VOLUME LVI. No. 58. ye Kep West Citsen KEY WEST, FLORIDA, SATURDAY, MARCH 7, 1936. To Reinforce West's Defense PPI ILS MMM, London’s Fish Bowls Emptied By Sanctions American Triangle Guard- ing Pacific Is To Be Strengthened To Con- siderable Extent (By Asnociated Press) LONDON, March 7.— Italy’s ‘“‘counter - sanctions” have doubled the price of goldfish in England. So popular did glass bowls of these fish become as dec- orations for British parlors that for a time they had boom sales in the ten-cent stores. In a good season an Italian goldfish could be bought for two cents, but that was be- fore sanctions. Imports of Italian goldfish now ceased and a ~ domestic industry is being started, but the British fish hardly are likely to appear on the mar- ket in any appreciable quan- tity before next fall. VILLI LILI LIS IIS COMMANDER BRAGG LEFT ON S. S. CUBA NAVAL OFFICER HAD BEEN MAKING INSPECTION OF LOCAL STATION By ALEXANDER R. GEORGE (By Asnocintea Presn) WASHINGTON, March 7.— Congress has moved toward the; greatest strengthening of coast defenses in the Pacific since the end of the world war. Ri, gid secrecy obscures the de- tails of this preparedness pro- gram, but the house has approved an expenditure of $8,518,000—a 27,000,000 increase in appropria-| tions this year—for the improve-! i ment of harbor defenses of the) | Pacific Coast, Panama and the Hawaiian Islands. Senate approv- all of this and other army fund, increases is regarded as virtually certain. The coast defense program is considered one of the most signif-} icant phases of a record peacetime | army appropriation. Répresenta-| tive Parks of Arkansas, chairman of a subcommittee which made a special study of our defenses in} the Pacific, told congress that the committee had found to be “alarming.” Facts Secret He did not make public, how-} se ever, the reasons for the alarm,} While here Commander Bragg stating “there is no phase of our| made a comprehensive inspection national defense which kept | of the naval station with Lieuten- more secret.” | " 5 3 : “ .., ,/ant Wm. Klaus, officer in charg His committee, which visited | ee nee, Commander R. B. Bragg, U. S. ., publie works department, who arrived Monday morning on the at the! Cuba from Tampa, conditions | left for the same city on the Cuba yesterday afternoon, is San Francisco, Los Angeles, Long! and his assistant L. M. Pierce. Beach and San Diego in the Cali-} He was very much pleased, he fornia arca, recommended more, said, with the conditions he found protection be given that region! at the naval reservation and de- by long-range seacoast guns and jlighted with Key West. So much anti-aircraft guns. so that he intends making a re- The committee also favoreditumn trip accompanied by Mrs. making the important naval bas? | Bragg, at Pearl Harbor, in the Hawaiian; Islands “more impregnable against ported the need there for an ad-; ditional battery of 16-inch guns! ARRIVED TOD Y and more anti-aircraft batteries. | A The great “American defense | Bates triangle” in the Pacific, with Ha-| waii as its apex and with its base; COME HERE TO HOLD CON. extending from Alaska to the Pan-| ama canal, has been increasingly; F&RENCE WITH DIRECTOR emphasized by the military ex- THOMAS D. ORR perts as most vital to the nation’s! security. | Hawaii The ‘Key’ | Passengers on the Const Guard They point out that inaugura-' plane arriving about 11 o’clock tion of air service between the} this morning were Weldon Starry, United States and the Orient and! chief clerk in the WPA Jackson- the increased flying range of mili-; headquarters, and Jehn tary as well as commetcial planes| Spearing, state director of em- makes Hawaii more than ever the] ployment. key to defense in the Pacific. The visitors came te hold a Maj. Gen. Hugh A. Drum, com-, conference with Thomas D, Orr, mander of the Hawaiian depart-' director of the WIPA activ: in ment, told the house military com-} Key Wiest, and to look over the mittee that “an enemy endeavor-| situation. ing to reach our Pacifie Coast} could operate in the air from Ha-! waii.” i} PAINTS OWN CHURCH “Furthermore, a hostile attempt to land in force on the coast would require land bases from which to conduct such operations and Hawaii would be an essential stance, stepping stone,” he said. “On the other hand. our posses- SSSI ITIL SS sion of this group furnishes bases for fleet and air onerations which COURSE ON MARRIAGE would flank any hostile advance, | POPULAR AT COLLEGE he added. First Line Of Defense nt ageeaneine: peace The navy constitutes the first} OXFORD, 0., Mar. 7. Students at Miami university line of defense in the Pacific as; well as in other coastal waters.|. here want to learn about marriage. Back of the navy in the army’s A course, open only to protection of the Pacific islands and coasts by fixed fortifications} i at Pearl Harbor, the Panama oe pela haryeasen opened canal zone and coastal cities J”) liminary trial last year that the United States and by mobile 150 men and women throng- defense. ed to the class when it was = made avliable for all seniors A RAINY AFTERNOON]: ““,2°25. The course consists of eight A Musical Entertainment lectures, followed by an open Presented By forum in which students sub- PYTHIAN SISTERS mit questions and Tuesday, Mar. 10, 8:00 p. m. cussion. High School Auditorium Fhe Ld df) ROMFORD, Eng.—To help his congregation economize, Rev. Charles Silverton of this city painted his entire church without | THE MUSIC MAY GO “ROUND AND A Key West, Florida, has the most equable climate im the country; with an average range of only 14° Fahrenheit CONDUCTS SESSION DEMOCRATIC UNIT |YACHTS FROM VARIOUS PARTS OF COUNTRY ENTER KEY WEST WATERS | HERE LAST NIGHT J. LANCELOT LESTER GIVES EXCELLENT ADDRESS DUR- ING MEETING; FINE PRO- GRAM RENDERED | Young Democrats | County and their lady guests heard a very interesting address by A sistant State Attorney J. Lancelot Lester in the High School Audi- torium last evening. Mr. Lester spoke on the prin- of Monroe | Yachts from many parts of the; Hughes, Miami; Furlough, P. M. | Gelatt, Miami Beach; Folly, J.B. | Farrow, Charleston, S. C.; Freida! IV, Leo Draughton, Newark; Hen-, ry F., R. C. Elliott, New York June IV, E. G. Hall, Miami Beach; ; Joan, E. C. Moore, New York. Lanai, A. C. James, Coconut! Grove; Marianna, A. R. Joslin,| Naples, Fla.; Mantega, E. R. Law-| son, New York; Micawber, W. H. Colson, New York; Mischief,! Clarence Moore, New York; Man- tonome, R. E. Weterhouse, Jr., Greenwich; Moana, J. W. Ander-| son, Detroit; Marmion, C. H. Ba-! ker, Jr., Miami; Minoco, ; Novelty company, Chicago. Nicova, A. W. Johnston, New/ York; Nellie Bell, J. S, Westlake, | St. Louis; Ocoma, S. A. Spencer, | Ft. Myers; Pegasus, Clifford Hemphill, New York; Pelagic, E.! country have entered the yacht at| |Key West, and owners and their! basin in the submarine base | suests have reported having en- | joyed their stay and hope to re-| i turn next season, | Vleseacstigt ithe cessitei have det parted and returned for longer | ays, most of them to enjoy the | fishing which they declare is the Mills | | best to be found anywhere. Among the yachts which have !been here for the entire season {and will remain for about two}; {this WPA project "PRICE FIVE CENTS ARE TREATED AT NURSERY SCHOOL 1 SEVEN MORE HAVE BEEN AD- MITTED TO INSTITUTION, SITUATED IN KINDERGAR-| TEN BUILDING | With seven more children ad-! mitted to the nursery school, the total now receiving benefits from! numbers 15) of | youngsters between the ages three and five years. The enrollment is slightly in} 1 | on . ciples of the Democratic party, | weeks longer, is the Shiawassee, | explained the purpose of an or-| III, owned by Calvin B. Bentley.’ aS | During the season there have been} the Young’ number of friends come to join} Democratic Club and told what! the family and enjoy a stay here.j{ could be accomplished by the club} Records kept in the office of! in this county. | Captain Charles Archer show thats Addressing. tha jani hoswere (O° yachts, cabin cruisers, sailing} . dressing the ladies who were | Vessels and other types, have been in attendance, Mr. Lester urged} registered during the season, name! them to take an active part in the | of the yacht, owner and place of} ‘ orgenization and do their best to ; registration are herewith shown: | carr Adriel, I, A. Sartrius, Rye, N. carry out the purpose of the Dem- | . i ? ceratic party through the Y,; Alamo, G. B., Manning, New; | ganization such as H. Morse, Hartford; Puffil II, F. Hanks, New York;) Paula Louise, Frederick Wagner, Key West; Sylvia II, S. Bell III, Phil- adelphia; Stella Polaris, J. M. Hewitt, Miami; Shiawassee III, Calvin Bentley, Miami Skidway, J. A. Sheldon, Rhode Island; Stranger, J. A. Melay, Mi- ami; Sacando, J. C. Wellwood, Jr., New York. Seaman, J. Kinsherly, Washing- ton; Semeco, Mark H. Honeywell, Beach; ! excess of this, but there are 15 ac-| tually attending the daily school, | Which is conducted at the kinder- garten building loaned by the ; Monroe County Board of Public Instruction at the corner of South} :and Francis Streets. i \ {| Children are admitted to en- jrollment in the school by a local | | advisory committee after teachers docalll Bureau} club, ! | President Wm, M. Arnold wel- | | of Navigation, York; All Alone, U. S. Washington; Ad- venturess, R. Carver, Miami; Alice, | Miami Beach; Truant, W. P. Mur-| in the school have made home vis- phy, Watch Hill, R. I; Tyche, J.) its, establishing the eligibility of | comed the ladies’ who were in at- tendance and invited them to make ; application for membership in the | club, 1 A splendid program of enter-} tainment was given by the Young Amateur Club which is under the | direction of Victor Larsen and, sponsored by the WPA Recreation | | department. i | Little Miss Henrietta Carey gave her interpretation of the “Beauti- Henry Howard, Newport, R. L.; Blue Heron, Frank Richmond, Providence, R. I.; Buccaneer, W.| H. Folsom, Eonddou Lac, Wisc.;} Chiva, Malcolm Whitaker, New; York; Chiro, E. I. Veitch, Sanj Francisco; Corky C., J. Clark Cort, | St. Louis; Dixiana, C. R. Wal-) green, Chicago. Elsie II, E. S. Wilkenbel, Mi- ami; Four Winds, Albert Pack, San Francisco; Far West, E. A. Fort Myers; West Wind, Dr. 0O.! M. Edwards, Wilmington, N. C.; Willanna, N. W. Rice, Miami; Zel- byan, M.S. Lupher, Columbus, Ohio; Zenithia, R. K. LeBlond, Cincinnati. ful Lady In Blue” and “Shooting; Star.” Miss Betty Hewitt sang, “Taxicab Honey” and “Why Don’t We Get Along.” “Little Man You’ve Had A Busy Day” and “No Strings and No Connections” were titles of the song hits sung by Little Buddy | Russell, who afterwards sang a duet entitled “Together” with! Miss Doris Roberts, “A Little Bit Independent” was sung by Miss Roberts. Other amateur stars appearing on the program were as follows:| “Thanks A Million” and “You Are My Lucky Star” by Little Mary Sawyer. ! “Rhythm In My = Nursery! |Rhymes,” and “I Love To Take| Orders From You” by Anita Lones, | “In A Little Picture Playhouse,” | “I’m Going To Sit Right Down andi | Write Myself A Letter” and “Red Sails In the Sunset” by Miss Vera} Waite, Guest artist on last night’s pro- gram was King Phillip, who sang “Roll Along Prairie Moon” and! . . “The Blue of the Night Meets the |P°dy» Walter Nelson, Helen Smiley, | Gold of the Day.” Nora Smiley, George Buchanan, | At the conclusion of this_pro- | Ella B. Rose, Hildergard Schuman, | gram the meeting adjourned’ and | Ferdinand Schuman, Louis Robb, many young ladies filed applica-{ James Putnam, T. G. Williams, A. tion for membership in the Young Williams, Erie Norberg, Frank Democratic Clab. Fraga, Frances Fraga, Inez Cruz, ‘GO WEST’ NOW URGE Margarita Cruz. BEING MADE BY CHINA! ith the following passengers for Tampa: Mr. and Mrs. D. C. Hale, ; R. B. Bragg, E. W. Clement, R. Somerville, J. M. Mahon, A, Mc- Daniels, E. Cutler, Mr. and M G. H. Gleason, Mr. and Mrs. G. H. Faichney, ‘THOMPSON LEAVES ON TRIP TO MIAMI TO CONFER WITH OFFICIALS) RELATIVE TO BRIDGES | AND RAILROAD CUBA BRINGS IN 221 PASSENGERS IN; VESSEL SAILED LATER AFTERNOON ENROUTE TO TAMPA Arriving yesterday afternoon} from Havana was the Steamship| Cuba with 23 first and four sec-} ond class passengers for Key West; 158 first class passengers; for St. Petersburg; 34 first and| two second class passengers for Tampa. Listed among the arrivals were: Lewis ‘Echols, James Hammond, Charles Perez, Leonard H. Wil- liams,Alfred A. Glancy, Charles! Lynch, Alice E, Tant, Ellen Pea-} 1 (My Assoctated Press) NANKING, March 7.—“Go West, young man,” is again the cry. But this time the “West” means the vast plateau and the “young man” is the Chinese youth whose home lands have been swept away by Yangtze river floods. Thousands of years ago Chinese laid the foundations of their civilization in what is now northwest China, but the lure of} greener fields and easier living brought the tribes eastward to the river valleys and sea coast. Over-population and calamities of nature have caused the nation- al government to seek homes in} Commissioner Norberg Thomp-! the long forgotten west for the luckless descendants of the men| °°" miss mpaferdny: for Damn. 29 and women who first took root in| ™¢et with C. B. Treadway, Judge the western wasteland which mod-|H. H. Taylor and the Key West jern transportation and scicentific: delegation today and discuss mat- irrigation is to reclaim. ters relative to bridges and rail- road, It is understood that Mr. Thomp- the! i \ SUES EMPLOYER DUBLIN—Because she was dis-| conversation with Mr. Treadway, charged for smoking a cigarette,|who said there were important Miss Ethel Morgan of this city| matters to be discussed and it was sued her employer, but lost the| desired that Mr. Thompson be case. present, ROUND” BUT THE FELLOWSHIP CLUB TO MEET MONDAY; BOTH DIVISIONS OF ORGANI- ZATION TO ASSEMBLE AT HOME OF DIRECTOR . Both senior and junior divisions of the Boys Fellowship Club will meet 7:30 o’clock Monday evening at the home of the director at 1425 Newton street. Immediately after the boys as- semble they will make final pre- parations for the evening's, enter- tainment and proceed to the beach where an old time wiener/ roast will be held. At regular periods the boys gather for this or some other kind of entertaining diversion’ and members and director have a pleasurable and instructive ning, which are one of the funda- mentals of the early training for eve- | boys who expect to become useful) 3 ? The Cuba sailed 5:10 o'clock! homemakers and valuable citizens, | Nikolai Lenin, known throughout says the director. YACHT SEMECO COMES TO PORT Yacht Semeco, owner Mark Hon- eywell, Miami Beach, arrived last night and today is berthed at one of the finger piers in the yacht basin. On the Semeco were Mrs. Hon- eywell and Mrs. C. F. Kettering, who came to be guests of Calvin P. Bentley and his family on board their Yacht Shiawassee III. {THREE ARRIVE - ABOARD PLANE, Small plane of the Pan Ameri- ean Airways, four passenger capa- city, arived this morning from Mi- Symington, Williams. Louis Harris, Eugene All reservations have been tak-/ 4 o'clock = en for the sailing afternoon. Chamberlain, Aurora, IU.; Ven-} e rs turer, E. 0. Spencer, New York; one ie Viking, Norman White, Orleans, Mass.; Verna HI, Austin Cable, Miami; V-2036, Peter Orloff, Mi- ami; Vagrant, Bell Brothers, New York; V-16603, W. S. Lincoln, jthe applying some former members of the com- mittee having left Key West, two |new members have been added to} jthe original group. These are} | Mrs, O. S. Long and Hollon Ber-' j valid, who represents the Key West Rotary Club. The nursery school is operating with the community sponsorship of the Junior Woman’s Club which | {has donated money and materials’ for carrying on this project [through which young children in relief families learn the daily hab-' its necessary to good health and happiness, Dishes and _ kitchen equipment were purchased with’ the funds contributed and through the electric company and the gas company, refrigeration and gas for cooking are being provided. | STEAMER BRAZOS | IS DUE ON SUNDAY, Change in the sailing date post- poned the arrival of the Steam- ship Brazos, of the Clyde-Mallory Lines, yesterday and the vessel is due tomorrow from Galveston. |The Alamo, of the same lines, | due from New York to:) wrow. Steamer Granada, of the eee) ard Fruit and Steamship company, arrived in port this morning frem | Piiladelphia and after taking| bunkers at the Porte: Dock com-| pavy. sailed for Frontera Mexico. | MAKES DRIVE FOR BETTER EDUCATION: (Ry Associated Press) MOSCOW, _ March 7.—Mme. | | | 1 | | the communist world ‘as Krup-| skaya, is carrying on a vigorous campaign for added schooling for adult illiterates, While absolute illiteracy in the | Soviet Union is shown by official | figures to have been reduced to! 10 per cent, the widow of Lenin holds that it is not enough to! teach adults to sign their names and read simple words. ’ H until the pupils have the equiva-' lent of three years of schooling) so they may go ahead from that} point and educate themselves in politieal and cultural subjects. | j i j | RITES IN COURT ROOM | CARTHAGE, Mo.—In cheaie! ence to a clause in his wiil,! funeral rites for Judge J. D. Per-| kins, of this city, were condueted! in the court room where he pre- sided more than 20 years. CABARET NIGHT Tonite son left following a telephone i ami with three passengers: Bob} HABANA-MADRID CLUB Presenting Silvo Parra, Catherine’ Pease Aibury, Gerald Orchestra. ADMISSION 55c. !cvercrowding when a policeman Lewis, She wants istruction continued | ~~ TT aO Oe OG MMT, 00s of Peorsary Council Passes Ordinance To Impose Sales Tax Covering IO a OAD ODS? NV aig; Other Matters Are VISITING ANGLERS a . And Dispesed Oi MAKE LARGE CATCH : Bist At Regular Meeting Held R. E. Tilt, of Hudson, Ohio, si a winter visitor whose hobby, Last Night like that of hundreds of other visitors, is angling, had « —— great day of sport yesterday im company with a party of friends. They went out where the big fellows take the bait with a pull on the line and start that spurt of struggling speed which gives the angler the thrill be seeks. On the return to the city the party had 28 kingfish, two mackerel. two bonito and a number of barracedas and were gratified and satisfied with the day’s sport. The City Council at 2 regular mecting held last sight. passed an ordinance on its initial reading to the effect “that every desler im gasolime. or other ike products of petroleum under whatever mame designated, doing businces ie the City of Key West, shail pay a license tax, im addition to the amoun: of license required by ex- SO ODD DOE OG, re wtcances, of one cont pe = gallon for every gallon of TWO PAY FEES FS BR aK which « license tax of ome cent CANDIDATES LOWE AND EL- per quart shall be paid.” WOOD ONLY ONES HAV- ING MET PAYMENT lime, or other like products pe roleum, scld, provided. hewever of This is shown te be equivalent te a sales tax, the first to be im- posed by the city im the event of of the ordinance Bernard Waite, treasurer of the, fimal passage The by Cour as presided William A. Free- Roberts ting in ng the om: Monroe County Democratic Exec- utive Committee, beg to far re- man, pres me * the corded fee payments by two of fact that the candidates for office in Mon- © roe county. city : The first was payment of $5.33... i Ogee by Peace Justice E. R. Lowe, of Tavernier, in the third district; and the second, $6, by Constable Ray Elwood, of the first district. ting as uding Baker. Camero, Auditor anc well as Clerk Cap- Police Albury, Ay P ° tain of Tax lino Lopez, J final read! compensat Funeral services for Mrs. Emily tor whicb terney from city of A additional per centum of de- Knowles, who died 6:15 o'clock lector yesterday morning in her home, 804 Ashe street, will be held 5 "clock Monday afternoon comper the amount pensation as pro- P es H. Grasham, af God, will offi- i Home. Rev. of the Church ciate, ’ Mrs, Sybil Badia. a granddaugh-| 40 -.. ter, will arrive Monday morning] tion with the remova trom Tampa to attend the fum-| street car track be eral. ‘the organization t | nection with the FINED FOR COURTESY | Fifle range used as a BELFAST.—Samuel Wallis of The request was granted. this city gave his seat in an omni- Asks For Retirement bus to a woman and was fined for A le was read from Robert employe, app The letter service E. of the donated used in con- rl te truction of a West embankmer caw him standing. retirement that his dated year 1906 to 1934 under the city vistas administration. The matter ROCKFORD, [il.—Ten years referred to the proper committee ago Mrs. Gladys Housewater of for handling this city was deserted by her hus- The repert of Chief of Police band. The other day she went to Ivan Elwood was read showing court and obtained a divorce. the amount of $347 having been collected fimes during the from FINALLY DIVORCED was Other officers’ reports were jread and ordered filed. The cur- rent bills were read and ordered paid when fends become avail- able. A resolution was read and adopted relative to cutting down the assessment on certain prop- erties in the Burbank district which were shown to be im excess of valuation After disposing of a few other | matters of 2 routine nature, the meeting was ordered adjourned. CLOSE SHAVE FOR BRITISH ‘TOMMY’ (iy Associated Pres=) Tonight at 10 o'Clock RAUL’S CLUB Masic by Pritchard's Orchestra - $180 OC Ekeden dd ddd ‘SALE OF WAGNER BEER GOES UP AND UP. DRINK WAGNER’S AND GET “IN THE SWING”. FACA