The Key West Citizen Newspaper, March 17, 1936, Page 1

Associated Press Day Wire Service. For 56 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West VOLUME LVI. No. 66. KEY WEST, FLORIDA, The Key West Citwen TUESDAY, MARCH 17, Key West, Fic rida, has the most — cl mate in the average weit 1936. Weanons Clank And Armies March; Pre-World War Much Specuiation Pte European Nations Rel-| ative To Existing Situa-! tion In Hostile Matters | By MELVIN E. COLEMAN (Associated Press Staff Writer) | Scraps of paper, taternational | pacts sgined with all hte solemnity of diplomatic ritualism, hailed as} | har-| H have! { bulwarks of peace and as bi: been scattered across ers of brighter days, militaristic Europe for so far back “that the | mind of man runneth not to the! contrary.” Today fears, made almost frantic by the| French and _ Belgian | tramp of Hitler’s new army across ; * the bridges of the Rhine, are| : { matched by German pride as Der/ and Fuehrer proclaims Locarno Versailles engagements termin- ated and tells his people that I restoration of German equality is} an established fact. Weapons clank on both sivles of: the border, diplomats conferences to send hurry from} reports to} home offices, governmental lead-| ers counsel calmness and editors plead for cool heads. ' History Repeats thro So Europe poised ghout} the first decade of the Clashing colonial Africa brought cute! erises but the combination of the; “triple entente”—France. Russia Great century. ! intere in| several cute! ezarist } Britain—! of andj and against the “triple alliance” Germany, Austro-Hungary Italy, kept the bala the peace side. \ ‘Then the scene the/ Balkans. Turkey’s grip her European lands was loosening and Russia, of the south s tilted on| ing to on “big brother” slavs, was still feeling the effects of her 1904-5 defeat by Japan, when, in October, 1908, Austro- Hungary annexed Bosnia and Harcegovina. Neighborin protested and called on burg for help. Be that Russia must not ditecteres | The ezar’s for were not read for another war, so Serbia wa: compelled to acquiesce. But not the people nexed provinces. aries” flourished cularly in Bosnia, Balkan wars of 19 persuaded Russia to stay out o those embroilments and Ge Nn} and Italy kept stro-Hungary from intervening. Armies Strengthened | Meanwhile Germany \ creasing her army and by navy; Fran¢e, as she has had lengthened the se: of her militar land was worki tary co-! operation with her dominions and} Russia had embarked on a five- year plan for rebuilding her war! machine. Austro-Hungary’s gen eral staff had drawn up full plans for a campaign én the Balkan Into this powder keg Bosnian match, the rm June 28, 1914, at Serajevo of the heir to the Austrian throne and his wife. Austro-Hungary Serbia. Russia rose to defend “the little Germany’s ultimatum. when the Bosnian dispute 1908, was disregarded. bound to her alliance with ezarist Russia as today she is bound by treaty to the Soviet Union, called her men to the colors; Germany turned in both directions knew the Alsace-Lorraine frontier was: too strong to overcome by fron- tal atack, and debouched through! Belgium. of the an- “Revolution-! there, through pa arti-; the! France pounced on ponderously brothe: CALENDULAS, dozen Marigolds, dozen -. Roses, dozen ... $1.20. South Florida “Narsery | PHONE §97 — | Equipment Compar ! : ithe night of ta check for $5 | and he personally {total weight lestimated that the total will approximate 4 { | Allen {/able one of the ferries will return ; TOURISTS ASSN. | FAVORS HIGHWAY | OVER RAILROAD Meese FEELS a2 NO TOLLS SHOULD BE, CHARGED; URGES ROAD BE! OPENED TO ALL TOURISTS! History Repeated ‘CITY RECEIVES PART PAYMENT ON CAR TRACK CHECK FOR FIFTEEN HUN-} DRED DOLLARS RECEIVED * Until the matter of the state j plant board versus Garland Rich- Edward H. Jungcelas, president-| etary of the Automobile} | Toursits Association, writes BY CITY CLERK FROM HEAD x.y west Chamber of Commerce! ployes cannot spray fruit trees and OF PURCHASING COMPANY that on March 14 the association | {went on record to encourage the} city of Key West to acquire Phell sticce anussdian City Clerk Wallace Pinder yes-| “Tight of way of the Florida East | terday afternoon received a cheek | Cast Ry., from 2 point south; and even not thee : j Where it would be feasible to be-| for $1,500 from Meyer Schwartz,} ein a highway into Key West.” head of the Florida. Iron and! The association believes the | erty owners. pet Miami as! road should not baa toll road but! part payment for the salvaged aula cae on tourists. = This was decided today when! treet car rail belonging to the! ould. trie tate Key We ven eeat dales JetferstalB oBrewee tise icity and offered for sale several} thousands of its members who! a supersedeas bond of ‘travel in fine trailer equipment} q, and also many members who trav-/| el by car but use hotels and cot- | suant to an order issued out of i tages for living quarters. _ Mr. and’ Mrs. Jungelas were in| supreme court and signed by Jus-; $ West at the time the fer ained| Service w2s placed in commission { “ond if this handicap to rapid} travel is replaced by a double lane | ade 2 promise/ highway it will certainly be of in-| The order of the court points rent on the! csiimable value to your merchants | cut that the certified transcript of ' jand all business there.” the case has been inspected and eee ‘that the appeal, entered in the cided in supreme court of Florida, shrubbery on the premises of | the injunction,! should the; $500 in weeks ago. Bids for at a special meeting of Febr | Schwartz’s bid v the rail were opened; council on tice Rivers Buford and ton. His communication cont 9 to today. bind the sale of a substantial p: balance within a short time. ‘The balance is to be paid w hen| | ardson et al of Key West is de-! the | the state plant board and its em-| court decide in favor of the prop- | connection with the matter pur-| received Court Order Halts Spraying | Of Trees Here Temporarily; Applies To Certain Persons |cause on December 21, 1935, by {the appelants Garland Richardson | fand others, operate as a sedeas upon the giving and filing fof bond and security, the amount jand conditions to be fixed by circuit court This persedeas shall have the effect to suspend the order and decree granting an injunction in} said cause upon the giving and filing of bond and security as herein above provided. ; Immediately after this was re- ceived Attorney T. S. Caro for the | defendants entered, in cireuit [court the motion for the fixing super- ‘terms and conditions of the sup-; ersedeas bond. This Judge Browne ; at once did fixing the bond in the! ‘sum of $500, as stated above. One of the interested owner of a beautiful garden and a number of fruit trees, said | when the matter had been arrane- ed: “This is a great day for own- fers of fruit trees, and it could not e happened on a better day n St. Patrick’s Day, when every is wearing green. We take i | as en omen that from this our trees and flowers and shrub- | be vill be allowed to grow and i flow sh unmolested.” ea : COUNTY JUDGE IN ; PRIMARY ¢ CONTEST | pee GOMEZ ANNOUNCES) all of the rail has been remov: from the streets, weighed and t! It Se ‘WPA OFFICIAL GOES ON TRIP. / determined. tons, ‘TWELVE ARRIVE ABOARD PLANE, i : FIFTEEN PASSENGERS LEAVE: Will be found the formal an-| jnouncement of Rogelio Gomez, YESTERDAY AFTERNOON | who will make the race in the ENROUTE TO MIAMI HIS CANDIDACY FOR COUN. i TY POSITION FER ON MATTERS OF LOCAL INTEREST Roy Robinson, director of the WPA division of operations, left yesterday afternoon by plane for Miami where he will confer matters relative to Key West. The principal objective of Mr. Robinson’s trip is to confer with | the procurement officer in this section of Florida relative to mak- ing final arrangements for emer-! {gency purchases of material for ithe WPA projects. | Tentative arrangements were made with the state office for :June primary for the position of County Judge. Mr. Gomez was! |recently appointed to this po - tion for the unexpired term o American the late Judge Hugh Gunn. In morning making his announcement, Mr. Gomez di: “T would like to make known Plane of the Airways arrived 11:05 o’cloc’ A. Maitland Caroline R.| B, Albert Stern, Rupert! Scott Lillie, Harry John-} son, Howard McClanahan, Henry, Delio Castro, Charles H.| son, Miles MbNally, Earl Pan this yesterday afternoon! nder Rasbussen, James gatha Converse. John F.} John Thomas, Allen Phin, ons Monte sand eee pit hfe ist Soe j and details in connection with euGilbert Dow ey P. - } these proposed purchases; will. Rou ae pias asi) . -4 j among other matters, be handled} - ‘ - 2 j by Mr. Robinson while in Miami, j ae = he said. ARRANGE FOR | Bs, ‘ Si | These purchases are for ma- A ae not in excess of $300, it : was pointed out. All purchases in - TWO FERRIES excess of this amount must be | made through the state office in ; Jacksonville. WPA Director Thomas D. Orr, Mar’ Wi ice on last Friday, and at that time bids| requisi- | body, and make final arrangements | €XPr ‘BODY OF CONNOR TO BE SENT TO MIAMI LEAVES FOR MIAMI TO CON-! WILL BE SHIPPED NORTH ON! rious consideration, it is VESSEL OF OVER-SEA ene co. The body of Arthur B. Connor who died yesterday morning in the Marine hospital, is to be acatl | | | | on} this evening on the Power Boat | | Heron, of the Over-Sea Transpor- | | tation company, to Miami. Ar-! rangements were made by Pritch- ; ‘ard’s Funeral Home. L. J. Connor, brother the deceased, who came to Key West | when advised of his brother’s se- {rious illness, and was with him | during his last illness, left over of these purchass, as announced by| the highway this morning for his: is the opinion of j home in Miami. He will be there to receive the foy funeral services and _ inter-) ment. The dezeased was an engineer | jon the Tanker Pennsylvania, of the! Texas Oil company. He was tak-! en ill on the voyage south and la: Friday was taken from the ship when it was off Key West, by the Tug Petrel of the Porter Dock company.. Arriving at the dock it was declared Mr. Connor was} pneu- | suffering from double monia, ens DOUBLE SERVICE FROM No! i] NAME KEY ANNOUNCED > yi i to the voters and my friends that FOR TOMORROW! | I have been Justice of the Peace = jin and for the Second District of ; . | Monroe County, Florida, for the There will be two ferries sa st twelve years, having been ing from No Name Key tomer-j elected and re-elected _ three row morning. The Key West times. will sail at 7 o'clock and the “That if elected as your county Florida Keys at 8 o'clock. =| judge, that I will discharge the The last named vessel sa‘led! of said office honestly, yesterday morning at 1 o'clock and impartially. Having but after starting was forced by! had twelve years’ experience as Tough weather to return to the! Justice of the Peace, I am satis- yacht basin and remain there un-/ ¢ieg that I am able and qualified, til this morning 9' o'clock ‘when #1 fo discharge the duties of the of- per gallon. In addition it is now proposed | started for No Name Key going} pe to the satisfaction of all con- the inside route. Weather conditions being favor-| et: { “In offering myself as a can-' jdidate for County Judge, I would; tomorrow evening from Matecum-! like to make known to the voters,/ be and on Thursday morning the} that besides the actual experi-! cued, it was aid today mee ence as Justice of the Peace in’ th's county, that I attended the University of Florida, completing; COAST GUARD == SHIP ARRIVES: of this city, and have been a resi-; dent of Key West all of my life.! e “If honored with your vote} in this section, while Cutter 185,| will conduct the office in an ef-j recently assigned to this district,| ficient and honorable manner as is undergoing overhaul at Fort|has been done in-the past by my “T was born i in the city of Key) Coast Guard Cutter 244 arrived} | and trust, and if elected as your! Lauderdale. predecessor.” COMES A LAW— while in Key West. | West, attended the public schools, lin port yesterday assigned to duty | county judge, I assure you that I) A CITY GAS TAX? 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 7e they pay a Federal tax of 1c, a total of 8e per gallon. to enact a city tax of lc per gallon on gasoline sold in Key West. IF THIS PROPOSED ORDINANCE BE- (1) Key West will be the ONLY city in South Florida with a local gasoline tax. (2) Visiting motorists will be taxed YOU CAN HELP AVOID THIS —By requesting your city councilman to vote AGAINST this tax. KEY WEST OIL MEN’S ASSOCIATION partie | day on (ESTABLISHMENT OF | TOURISTS’ CAMPS | hk BEING — | TIONS RELATIVE TO et MODE OF LIVING Housing department stil WITH VISIT HERE D. BUNCE COMES TO KEY joes al administration is re- Se ae tions relative to the establishment ; y_ j of tourists’ camps in Key West. H WEST DESPITE MANY HARD From all parts of the country | prominent people are writing. Some of the letters asking for in- i | | RAPS DIRECTED AT CITY | BY OUTSIDE F:RSONS | | | formation relative to camps othere the j such camps to the communities ; Which they are established. Some of the people have vacationing, travelling in trailers j costing from $3,500 fitted | out with all medern convenience end are nothing less than mob homes of the highest clacs, it | pointed out. ! During the present season ther2}| we: have been a number of these per-| fectly appointed and modernly, ; furnished trailers, in Key W declared and! ‘ suggesting value “Visit Key West once and of] in}, sire | de always remains for most prominent | tr.” said J. D. Bunce. adopted this mode of | Eason Avenue, Detroit, who with his mother are spending up, everal weeks on vacation here Mr. Bunce was a_ visitor year but He was on a business t he was due. says, and as va d city, reached to California, cation time spend his time From the time he Ficrida line, Mr. Bunee told group of acquaintances, he Owners of them have in thi j they cared for no other mode of! travel and living as they left noth- ing to be desired and thousand them are annually being built, te'd not to make the trip t some of them on a magnificent; Wst. Everything would be seale. igeniai after he arrived. he This matter of a trailer camp. told, and to get to Key West me iat Key West is being given se al! kinds of hardships, trials i, and, tribulations including damaged jit is proposed to discuss the mat- | and, possibly, broken springs f. |ter at once with some of the local’ the rough roads to be travelled ! business men whose interests arc! He informed his informer oe springs. were Lroken, he -woulé ; bare them replaced. If the TAX ON GASOLINE West and there he was going. Mr. Bunce hes only words praise for the city, and finds her AUTOMOBILE ASSN. CLAIMS ALL LEVIES SHOULD BE CONFINED TO STATE ‘a hospitality and feeling of brotherly friendliness which he finds in none of the many other | cities he has visited, he says. He ‘and his mother plan to ‘BAND CONCERT of gasoline PROGRAM TO BE PUT ON TO- MORROW EVENING BY HOSPITALITY BAND of tha: five or six weeks. si \ ; | Levy on sales should be confined to the state, the American | Automobile Association. ed telegrar Washington to The Citizen i terday. | The association has strongly| opposed city gas taxes every-! where and upon learning that thi | Key West council propos | act an ordinance to th‘ j hastened to advise the |general through the med | this newspaper. re-organization under In the telegram it is pointed out that “aside from the princigle| “= = Sate Be linvolved we believe city taxes! | Nikolai Sokoloff director, tomer j particularly obnoxious from the night Bayview | standpoint of motor touring visi-, weather permitting. The | tors.” | will start at 8 o'clock. | The hope is expressed by the} sociation that Mfluence will be lused to ahi es the enactment of | bee? postponed because | and so ina from: yes- The recently re-organized K West Hospitality Band is sched- in os = uled to make it first appearance since its Project, row at Park. concert The proposed concert nas twice of s hoped te | weather conditions, but it H j been increased during the pa | several weeks, and a number i meeting to be held at 8:00 o’ "clock | E ‘this evening in Scottish Rite Hall,; Northwest storm warnings dis | i | session and has invited majority | and south wind: shifting te nerth | members and members of the va-; West and reaching gale force to- | that it will be possible P 'sent a program tomorrow night. i George Mills White, supervisor of i the project here, said today MEETS TONIGHT The reperto‘re of the band has | new selections are included im Initiatory degree will be eon-; program. \férred on two candidates for {membership in Robert J. Perry jChepter, Order of DeMolay, at the | corner Eaton and Simonton played 8 a. m. south of Cape Hat streets. ; teras to Savannsh, Ga. Storm Master Counsellor Jeff Knight,| #reat intensity moving northeast Jr., has requested a full attend-| ward is central over western Caro jance of the membership at this | linas. Will cause strong southeast | rious Masonic bodies to attend. | day and diminishing tonight. pear? | PRESCRIPTIONS qs a NT | Filling prescriptions is a highly | specialized profession. 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