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

X. Associated Press Day Wire Service. For 56 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West VOLUME ae ae 63. NEW HIGH MARK ‘SICK MAN ABOARD IN CANDIDATES | SHIP BROUGHT IN FOR GOVERNOR { ARTHUR B. CONNERS PLACED | IN MARINE HOSPITAL SIXTEEN ARE SE=KING DEM- | FOR TREATMENT OCRATIC NOMINATION IN PRIMARY ELECTION TO BE, CONDUCTED IN JUNE Arthur B. Connors, of the en-; - | Pennsylvania of the Texas ; company, was brought ashore yes-| terday afternoon the lance Tug Petrel of the (Ry Associated Press) TALLAHASSEE, Mar. The number governor in the has set a new 13. Ambu- | for} elections h-water mark for Florida. are seeking! the Democratic nomination, while other political parties have not named any candidates so far. The first nomination primary} waz ct once taken on the 1 is more than two months away, but! |) 4, ipitocyort)aiareanwithiDe! at least the candidates are show-| °°"? ‘ ing more interest in the campaign | ”- Y. Porter on the boat in than ever before. The fi pri-; immediate attention was mary is June 2, with the second! say, primary on June ae Arriving Mr, Connors at Suenanes Whitfield of | ace taken to the Marine hospital the supreme aa ae has ob-; served many political campaigns, “here he is being treated for end W. T. Cash, state libra n | double pneumonia, it was said) who has records on campaigns, ‘tid the 16 now in the Democratic Saeed race marks a new rec- ord for candidates, The previous record was in the 1932 nominating _ prin whe n | nine candidates were in the field. j More announced that year, but} ome of them ithdrew befor time to pay the lifying fees. To Succeed Sholtz The governor elected this year} will suceeed Dave} Sholtz next January to serve a/ term of four y holtz was} nominated and elected in 1932 Candidates who have announe- ed this year for the Democratic nomination are: Grady Burton of Wauchula; Jerry Carter of Tallahasee; Stafford Caldwell of Miami; Dan Chappell of Miami; Fred P. Cone of Lake City; Redmond B. Gautier of Miami; W. C. Hodges of Tallahassee; Amos Lewis of Mariann: Mallie Martin of Carl Maples of Wakulla; Noel E. Mitchell of St. Peters- burg; . Leslie J. Peters- burg; B. F. Paty of West Palm Beach; Raleigh Petteway of Tampa; Peter Tom: Orlando; J. R. Ye: Winter Ha- ven. on of | Dock company. The Petrel left port 12 o'clock} and encountered the Pennsy!vania about three miles from Bar Bu jin the Gulf Stream. at and ease | nee2s- | was this morning. MAKING PICTURES | REPRESENTATIVE OF PARA- MOUNT CORPORATION ARE IN KEY WEST TODAY | Representatives of ! Pictures Corporation are in Key West today securing pictures of the rehabilitation progress made parts of the city. , February 28, Louis of Paramount, cameraman, came in a chartered tures, but on that day they en- countered one of the fey. rainy days experienced in Key West dur- to return pictureless. When leaving they stated they would return in about two weeks} and if weather permitted would | devote at least one day to securing the pictures. Views of the aquarium, yacht basin, sewerage project, and other’ Miller of St. ello of rwood of Exceeds Others | gine room force of the Steamship! oil/ Porter | Mr. Connors} OF WPA SCENES Paramount! ‘A and other scenes} and his; plane to secure a series of pic-} ing the season, and were forced} The number seeking the gov- ernorship far exceeds the number of candidates for other state of- fices, Each candidate must pay $ to the state and $125 to the Democratic executive committee to become qualified for the race. Approximately voters will be qualified for the elections. In the first Democratic primary in 1932, there were 276,820 votes east and tabulated. In the 1932 general clection, the vote totalled 279,593 (correct), with Sholtz, the democratic nominee, receiving 86,270 to defeat W. J. Howey, ‘Republican candidate, who re- evived 9, SEWER WORK TO BE SPEEDED UP WORKING FORCE WILL BE DOUBLED, ACCORDING 10 ANNOUNCEMENT Orders were issued to the WPA director ble the force worki: erage project now in the exca’ This is bein it was said, to speed up the work 2s much as feasible in order to restore nor- mal traffic conditions as soon as possible. on the sew- ing pipe lines g done e to dou-} WPA projects are being taken, and also some of the recently pur- chased residences secured by visi-, tors for seasonal homes. ! COLORED YOUTHS ARRAIGNED TODAY | CASE OF S. WILSON CHARG- ED WITH RECKLESS DRIV- ING WAS NOL PROSSED | | n | In criminal court this morning the case of S. W. Wilsen, charged | with reckless driving, was at the request of County Solicitor Allan B. Cleare, Jr., nol prossed by} Judge J. Vining Harris. i Cleare advised the court he had inv ated the matter and was convinced that the evidence which the state could produce | would be insufficient to secure a! conviction. t Kenneth Allen and Frank Thom- jas, two colored youths, were ar- j raigned and pleaded guilty to rambling. They were severely reprimand-! ed by. the court and told sentence would be suspended pending their good behavior. But in the event } they were arrested again for a} {misdemeanor they would be sen- {tenced on this charge without the Rais of trial. DRESSED AND DRAWN Fryers, 2 tb average Soft Bone Roasters, 4 to 7 Ibs. Stewing Hens, 4 te 8 Ibs. Ducks, 3% to 4 Ibs. { Large Spring Cockrels, 4 to 5 Ibs. STRICTLY FRESH EGGS ulford’s Poultry Farm Phone 880 i I Deliver | | erts as (Be COAST GUA GUARD MAN. ADMISSION ‘WPA ARI ARRANGES FOR PURCHASING | | LOCAL I MATERIAL’ NEW! ARRANGEMENT MADE, UNDER DIRECTION OF ORR: APPLIES ONLY TO EMER-) @=NCY PURCHASES | | | { { } | some time past, WPA Di- Thomas D. Orr has been to arrange for emergency } | purchases of material to be made locally and has succeeded in co pleting arrangements, he said to- i day. here are some details in con-} nection with the arrangements! yet to be made and these will be; completed, it is understood, by Roy: ! Robinson, direeter of operations, | | who was formerly with the pur-; chas sing department in Tampa, and! i go to Miami to confer with |the procurement officer stationed | ; there. Tentative arrangements | lbecn made with the state office ; | whereby such purchases can be {made locally and already bids have been asked locally on 12 requisi- ' tions, This, of course, applies only to | emergency purcl-ases up to but not | exceeding $300. Anz purchase in excess of this amount must be {made through the state procure- ment office, Mr. Orr said. } He is also of the opinion that | the volume of business involved} | will be of great aid to local mer-| chants, and he is endeavoring to} have as much of the i For rector trying | have | | purchases | made in Key West as is possible. ! i | ‘THOMAS ROBERTS { | APPOINTED TO "POSITION OF; SUPERINTENDENT OF WPA SANITARY ACTIVITIES 4 i Thomas E. Robérts, for years} jin charge of the sanitary depart- ment of Key West, has been ap- pointed superintendent of the} ; WPA sanitary activities in Key ; Wes Mr. Roberts has been associat- ed with the WPA sanitary opera- | tions in this city since its incep-| tion and was up to the time of his, appointment assistant to Arnold] Tanner, superintendent in charge. | Yesterday Mr. Tanner tendered iily on board. sailed 9:30 |chambers were jammed with GIVEN PROMOTION : ; business magazine has Che Bey West Citisen KEY WEST, FLORIDA, FRIDAY, MARCH 13, 1936. YACHT LEAVES 'MARL-AT RIFLE THIS MORNING RANGE MISSING | i | | SHIAWASSEE SAILED AT 9: :30/NO ONE SEEMS TO KNOW WHO ENROUTE TO HOME PORT | 1S RESPONSIBLE FOR { | t AT MIAMI BEACH ITS REMOVAL with! Gradually the marl pile being} j used as butts on a private rifle; range in Key West is disappear-| ‘ing, but who is responsible, no one seems to be able to determ-| line. Yacht Shiawassee III, Owner Calvin B. Bentley and fam- oclock this morning for the home port at Miami Beach, after being here for seven weeks. i Mr. Bentley said he and his} The range was established on family had enjoyed a wonderful property near a dairy on the: season in Key West, and the treat-' county road by the-Southernmost ! ment accorded him and his fam-; Rifle Club. The land is owned! ' ily was all that could be desired. | by J. Otto Kirchheiner who, by, The attitude of those whom he! the way, has given the club and came in contact and the delight-) its members, and no one else, per-i | ful weather were the principal! mission to use it. | reasons for prolonging the stay. Be that as it may, says Howard He wil! look forward to a re-| England, about two truck loads! turn next year and if possible will, have disappeared from the butt: secure the same berth at the fin-| Those responsible are guilty of | ger pier used by the yacht this trespass and also the removal of | season, ' property. < ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS Happenings That Affect the Dinner Pails, Dividend Checks and Tax Bills of Every Individual; Na- tional and International Problems Insep- arable From Local Welfare { | | American industry waited a, power development’s constitu- long time for the TVA de bony) Henaliey, the experts continue, trom the Supreme Court. on-! Bonneville and Fort Peck dams, day after Monday (Monday is al-|for example, are legal. Pa: ways dedision day) the Court’ ’s| maquoddy and similar projects} no-! definitely are not, and will bel tables eager to hear the Justices} thrown into the limbo of uncon- ‘speak the final word as to TVA’s| stitutional laws if and when the| status in the light of the Con-! Court fs called upon to pass on titution. And Monday after] them. And such a project as the Monday they were disappointed,; Santee Cooper—where the Fed-| as TVA discussion went on within! eral government loaned the state} the Court’s council chamber, and, of South Carolina money, at a low as the decision was written,| interest rate, for power develop- critie'zed, rewritten, gone over aj ment—is also alien to the basic hundred times with a fine tooth’ law of the land. comb. It is a noteworthy fact that The detisiun was fimally handed ‘while fri€nds of the -TVA cheered! down. “TVA is constitutional—jthe decision lustily, utility ex-' so far as the points at issue are‘ ecutives were not particularly concerned.” was the gist of it.jdowncast. This may be taken to, And in the weeks following every, mean that the decision had 80; spent a many implied “ifs and buts” that; large pai ‘ts space and edi-\no side won a sweeping victory. | torial energies debating exactly! One thing at least seems cer- i what the decision means to the tain: The government is not! future of the Federal govern- justified in believing, in the light ment’s vast power program. One of the TVA decision, that it would ; on gasoline | major question yet to be answer- receive a Supreme Court okay for -_—_———__. Key West, Florida, has the } mest equable climate in the country; with an average range of only 14° Fahrenheit | | ICE FIVE CENTS IN OPPOSITION TO: ‘TAX ON GASOLINE MANY INTERESTED PERROMS, TO ATTEND COUNCIL MEET-| ING TO BE HELD THIS AFT-! ERNOON TO DISCUSS ISSUE, 1 Objectors to the proposed tax} and lubricating oils have engendered a feeling of op- position among Key Westers, which will be evidenced this aft- ernoon when a number of signed petitions will be presented to} , council meeting to be held in city | hall, it is said. Since the first meeting w held at which the proposed ordin- ance was passed on its first read- ing, this tax has been discussed by filling station operators, con- sumers and wholesale dealers, and! representatives of oil companies have arrived here to assist in or ganizing a concerted movemen to have the council, if possible, decide to not’ out the ordinance in effect. Dealers, both retail and whole-; jsale, have investigated the ramifi- cations of the ordinance and one ‘wholesale dispenser of lubricants and fuel, yesterday told The Citi- zen that had this ordinance, it now stands, been in effect January 1, his company wou'd have, to date, paid $1,070 to the, city. However, he pointed out, ‘ined company would not have been the sufferer, 2s the purchasers of the produce would have paid the tax as the company would have been unable to sell only at a loss if it had been foreed to pay the tax, and this no company will do, he said. In his opinion the pressure’ which is to be brought to bear on council at the meeting this after- noon will bring about a drastic modification of the tax as propos- jed in the ordinance, or, possibly, a decision to let the matter rest altogether. 1 CONVENT VISITOR LEAVES ON PLANE: i Miss Rose G. Caisse. of New! York, who was visiting her sister, o’clock yesterday afternoon had 15! tic Sister Mecilius, at the Convent of Mary Immaculate, left by plane ‘VARIOUS PETITIONS Politicians Discuss Roosevelt's Standing In His Proposal For Increasing Tax On Corporations ‘WATKINS CHECKS UP ON VENDING | MACHINES HERE ATTACHE OF COMPTROLLER’S | OFFICE LOCATES BUT TWO MACHINES NOT HAVING; PROPER LICENSE | What Effect Important Is- sue Will Have On Chief Executive Politically Is Outstanding Question By SYRON PRICE ‘Chief of Burcan, The irenn Wants Experienced politicians are hav- Roger Watkins, attache in the} office of Comptroller J. M. Lee,| who is in Key West investigating | tax maiters, terday told The] or lose politically by his proposal Citizen that since his arrival on February 17 he has located bu two slot machines for which li-} censes has not been secured. | These, he said, had been nd the matter reportd to ssee. It being the first of the machines had been returned upon the owner’s agreeing to take out the stipulated license. Automatic machines a y a license of $ Of this sum, e licence, $15 for county for the city, and $2.25} licens? plate which requirement fer all machine owever, on April 1, it will b e to take out a hal r th ines 2nd for those ma chines which come under the head ing of skill and trade machines, | the license will be $5 for the} 50 for city and the $2.50 for the licens plate. making a total of $12.5 This applies solely, said Watkins, to persons who own an operate the machine or machine: in his own place of business and during his investigation, Mr. Wat-| They point o kins says, all persons he has con- . ted “own and are operating the! small concerns, machines in their own pl: ; business, ‘believe it or no’ ‘PLANE CARRIES 15 PASSENGERS | Plane from Miami ing special difficulty determining whether Mr. Roosevelt will gain to increase the tax on corporation incomes. Te his benefit most of ther zed | la-|coemt the fact that he has made ; a sweeping gesture toward bud- the fact that he | oct-halensings has put forward aa issue imvolv- requir Mr. $30 ing only a minimum of risk on constifuticnal grounds; and the fact that his effort can be ex- for the is x |plained by Democratic campaign Jorators as a blow at “the cor- Ars | porations.” auto only one sid His opponen that the other side nted to the public ® the question wheth ions” will not he tax along to the © of individual income who also are that mest of comparatively of them age °f | merely incorporated local firme, back in the They at- | tack the as a blow at thrift, | and a ¢ industrial things voters are some home town. n on ex- pansion j when are uently, no gen- mg the p et result, votes, There leaving a z na- passengers. Names on the list | tionally, in terms of were: jed is: his resignation to Director Orr, and left on the afternoon plane! for West Palm Beach. } This morning Mr. Orr announc-! ed he had accepted Mr. Tanner’s resignation and appointed Mr. Rob-| | ! NOW IN HOSPITAL | CECIL J. BYRD BROUGHT TO} CITY ON PLANE FROM ST. PETERSBURG Cecil J. Byrd, member of the| Coast Guard station at St. Pe- tersburg, Fla., was placed in the Marine hospital this morning for treatment. Mr. Byrd was brought to Key West in one of the Coast Guard’s seaplanes which arrived shortly after 10 o'clock. SATURDAY NIGHT DANCE March 14, 10:00 o’Clock RAUL’S CLUB Music by Pritchard’s Orchestra CHRISTIAN SCIENCE SOCIETY, Key West, Fla. Arnounce A FREE LECTURE ON CHRISTIAN SCIENCE By CHARLES V. WINN, C. S. B. of Pasadena, Calif. Member of the Board of kectureship of the Mother Church, The First Church of Christ Scientists, Boston Mass. In the HARRIS SCHOOL BLDG., Cor. Southard and Margaret Streets, Monday evening, March 16. 1836, 8:00 o'clock. YOU AND YOUR FRIENDS TO ATTEND ARE CORDIALLY INVITED MAJOR LEAGUE TEAMS NOW TRAINING FOR 1937 BASEBALL SEASON. YOU CAN KEEP IN TRIM jStudiously avoiding | marrow case before it.” j jof functions properly within the| the autogobile buyer than it used ‘sphere of Federal action—name-| to be. ! constitutional, yesterday after a very pleasant; Rose Caisse, Katherine Mack, | i sit. The sisters had not met in! Alfred Ogden, John Ogden, H. S.| j Seven years. McClanahan, Martelle Wilson, | Accompanying Miss Caisse was! Flora Sayer. Albert Sayer, Rich- Miss Katherine Mack, who was en-| ard Knight, U. Fleece, W. Carroll } | joying her first visit to this city, | Wi'son, Arnold Tanner, Jane Pea- | fosterin and expressed herself as being de-| body, Ellen Peabody, Maitland; ico lighted. } Adams. “Is TVA _ constitutional in other phases of its activities, not covered in the test case; brought by minority stockholders} of the Alabama Power Com-’ { pany?” Business Week expressed a common opinion, when it said: “TVA gets a yellow light—to | proceed with caution—from the | Supreme Court. So does the Ad- | ministration’s power program gen-! | erally—though the hint of a pos- sible red glare ahead is rather obvious, with the actual words of the opinion approving everything jthe Tennessee Valley Authority has done up to now, and just as decision of y point not vital to the rather! any kind of power or irrigation! project it may take a fancy to. In Rooseve directio Business in general has suffer- ed a slight decline, primarily due| to seasonal conditions. But no signs of an important set-back are in evidence, and there are! many signs to indicate that sub-| stantial progress will continue , be made. It is always encouraging when real estate values go up and all! over the country reports of high! prices, especially for urban land; and homes, come in. It is report-; ed that 45 life insurance com-| panies (invested $34.000,000 in city mortgages during the first; month-and-a-half of 1936, as, against $6,000,000 in the same Heart of the Court decision period last year. was that TVA’S sales of power! January motor sales were much are legal, for the reason that the better than were expected—bad power it generates is a by-product; weather is less of an influence on stitu ‘0 [rasihntnigiaiptaeingatataea remov . A CITY GAS TAX?? §- approac In th Already motorists in Florida pay the highest state gasoline tax in the United States with ex- ception of Tennessee which also has a tax of Te per gallon. In addition they pay a Federal tax of Ic, a total of 8e per gallon. | dent su sue of shad Ms to tax s It is now propoced to enact a city tax of 1c per gallon on gasoline and 4e per gallon on lub- ricating oil sold in Key West. IF THIS PROPOSED ORDINANCE BE- COMES A LAW— ly, navigation control and na-| A rise in copper prices is said tional defense. ‘to be just in the offing. Prices! So far so good. But what of} are also look’ng up in the woolen power projects where navigation) field. and national defense are in no; Remarkable recovery has been: wi involved—where the sole, made and held in the machine tool! purpose is governmestal produc-| industry. In January, the indus- tien and sale of electrie energy?| try’s index was at almost 111 per Best legal authorities are saying, cent of the 1926 level. that such projects will be held un-! The utility industry is in and that the Su-)quandry — power demand preme Court’s extreme care in| steadily rising, and new consump-! confining itself to the narrow tion records are forecast. Onj snes of the TVA test case shows/the other hand. the industry does| that the Justices want it to be un- baat feel justified spending; derstood that they are not endors-| for new facilities on a big! ine wholesale Federal venturi ale until the constitutionality into. business activity. tof the Wheeler-Rayburn Bill and If national defer and naviga-| Federal financiug of municipal) tion control are the arbiters of a/ plants are decided. DANCE Saturday Night, 9:30 0’Clock Silver Slipper Dance Hall Annex Sloppy Joe’s Bar Tommy Thompson’s Orchestra Table Service At No Extra Charge; Admission 50c, Tax 5c! objects (1) Key West will be the ONLY city in South Florida with a local gasoline tax and the ONLY city in Florida with a local tax on lubricat- ing oil. i (2) Visiting motorists will be taxed while in Key West. (3) (4) Local persons in the gasoline business who pay city taxes will be penalized.in favor of persons outside the city who pay no city taxes. YOU CAN HELP —By requesting your city vote AGAINST these taxes. —Ask your city councilman not to tax the privilege of coming to Key West in an auto- mobile. Motorists should be encouraged rather than discouraged to come to Key West. a is; Gasoline and oil will cost move. D councilman to | PRESCRIPTIONS: Reyetdiees of whe your dectet! is, imsist that your Prescription be brought to— _GARDNER’S PHARMACY) Phone 177 N KEY- WEST OIL MEN’S ASSOCIATION 2 Tl peticscnateseccnseinoscmen tse Newwssewsrersussoussesesnsesoes For three years he | projects er conscio ALL THE YEAR ROUND BY DRINKING W ical sense, Mr. 1 ruck out in a new n. has has been on of what are ig a succes sai these and talk of by constitu- be of have encountered challenges, he barriers nendment appears to a dead end. circumstances y or not, the has brought an is- kind. The re of his tax plan creased levy on the porations; and federal gov has been Presi- ddenly another over- cory ed over a long pect does a con- tion appear vy were so heavy por » adequate reserve the capital yrations, it might be struc- i that property was being elf has to proceed to this one accused of In that means respect be breaks ‘onal » tax plan has made a no- jon to the cam- BATTLE OF BANDS ANCE Tonite CUBAN CLUB 9:30 till 1:30 CONTESTANTS: AGNER BEER