The Key West Citizen Newspaper, March 25, 1936, Page 1

eh Associated Press Day Wire Service. For 56 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West Key West, Florida, bas the most equable climate in the country; with an average range of only 14° Fahrerheit VOLUME LVII. No. 73. Tie Kev West Citisen peu KEY WEST, FLORIDA, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 25, 1936. Hostile Situation Abroad Not Minus Of Interest In U. S. Political Circles In This Country Are Keeping Eyes On Trend Of Events In European Affairs By BYRON PRICE (Chief of Bureau Press However remote may seem the tramp of Hitler’s marchers on the Rhine, this latest critical turn of no affairs abroad is by means without intewest to political cir- cles in the United States. true, At this stage, it is would be difficult to get up an argument, or present an_ issue ing more than one side. Every responsible leader of every _poli- tical party in this country is for peace, and against American in- tervention in the quarrels of Ea- rope. If a European war does ensue, however, the case different. It will Roos t the stitutionally respor be entirely Mr. con- the to for al for be evelt, as f ible conduct of foreign relations, devise a practical way of avoid- ing involvement, and to put it in- to practice in a That may be far e: done. Those who can remember far back as 1914 will Il how unanimously the American nation rejected. at first, thought of participation in the great war. Yet in 1916 that war dominated the national political campaign, and in 1920 its consequences con- tinned to furn'sh both _ political parties with outstanding issues. ign year. aid than Situation Unchanged To suppose that the enacted neutrality leg greatly change. has relieved ap- preciably of re: y, would be contrary to the opinion of the great majority officials at , or of Washington. About all cong na to prohibit arms shipmen war loans to belligerent ast and difficult field 0! elationships to the d cretion of the chief executive. Congress tried to do more, and the significant cause of its failure was that its mem s done is ts and leaving That, in s that if war comes, evelt is put to the making vital deci- be ne into at every and Mr. neces sions, he will h domestic controversy step. ¢ It is a fine ing that polities the three-mile limit, and that in time of international trouble partisan consid ions are but it never has been true. Mr. Wilson’s w made a paramount party in 1916. and the “he kept us out of war” has been credited widely with having seal- ed his reelection. And it was against those polic that Mr. Wilson’ Republican — op- 1 beautiful ends at forgotten, : policies were hy his slogan 1e ers were hope- say-! |STONES ARRIVE HERE ON VISIT | PRESIDENT OF PRESS MANU- FACTURING COMPANY PAYS CALL AT THE CITIZEN | 1. K. Stone, president of the] ‘Duplex Press manufscturing com- i} j pany, Mrs. Stone and guest, Mrs. | Mae D. Hicks, are visitors in Key! West, arriving on the Schooner | Yacht Cavenge, for a stay of sev- jeral days. ‘ARMS PROGRAM | To WORK ON CENSUS | TAKING STARTED: i ACTIVITIES PERTAIN TO BUS-, INESS AND VARIOUS! OTHER CONCERNS SPEEDS BRITISH FACTORY WORK INDUSTRIAL REVIVAL} WHICH IS ALHEADY UNDER- WAY WILL BE ADDED GOV-! ERNMENT SPENDING i i Work on the census of business was started yesterda:: in Key West| by Fred J. Dion, who has i By ELMER W. PETERSON jNamed enumerator for Monroe «By Associated Press) | sie LONDON, March 25.—Britain’s| All places of business, projected $1,500,000,000 rearma-| companies, ment program is expected to give | trucking and bus companies, banks been} service ! amusement places, | British industry a shot in the arm 2nd insurance companies, building that will put tens of thousands! managers and contractors are to to work and bring back smoke, Pe canvassed for reports on their pouring out of steel mill and work-| peaane dating the year 1985. ; This cens designed to sup- shop. | ply a definite answer to the ques- | To the industrial revival al-| tion of how many concerns there ready under way, through increas-' are in business, the total volume ed prospetity, there will ba added | f annual business, the total pay- a ead |rolls and employment. the impetus of enormous govern-| From every standpoint this |! Mr. Stone was a vleasant caller q ny eae. oe: jat The Citizen office to look over! the press, manufactured by hi: on which The Citizen is; | The party left this morning for| i ' compan printed. les Tortugas where several days; j will be spent fishing after which; |they will return here for a brief | stay before leaving for the north. CAWTHON LEFT ABOARD CUBA DEMEN®ED MAN BEING TAK-| EN TO VETERANS’ HOSPIT- | AL IN MISSISSIPPI | | { Charles Cawthon, who was held. jail over a period of several! weeks pending investigation as to! | his sanity, was this week determin-| jed mentally unbalanced and it was | decreed he be placed in a hospital} ; for deranged sufferers. In charge of Chas. Lutz and C.} {I Pounds, attendants from the| ie tin recently-! Veteran’s hospital at Bay Springs, | than $100,000,000 over the same on has ¥a., Cawthon left yesterday for | time last year. Cuba en route to Gulfport, Miss., (where he will be placed in a hos- | pital for disabled veterans. PLANE BRING) | 14 PASSENGERS: { | ELEVEN LEAVE YESTERDAY’ ; AFTERNOON ENROUTE i TO MIAMI | i There were 14 arrivals on the | plane from Miami this morning. ! Departing yesterday afternoon for Miami were 11 passengers, Arrivals. were: Christine Rob- erts, Wade H. Lowery, Elroy L. Deckers, Lora Lock, Electra Va- pides, Leo C. Gates, Melvin Botts, j metor industry since 1931, while unemployment ment spending. | census is considered the most com Everything is in readiness for{ prehensive ever undertaken, cov- the program as far as the task of | eTing a wider range of interest changing money into guns, war| "4 will be productive in its en- machines, airplanes and ships i tirety of the idea involved which concerned, jis an answer to the request of; eq cathersmaconacsee j business for dependable 1935 in-| Ron qecke andumouihe eenithe| formation | for sounder planning: talk of rearmament in the air, th Bee i pane ba ee Sader ee onece “| ness censuses of 1929 and 1933. s have be put in order. The demand fo tools and machinery has cut deep into unempleyment. Stei preduction for Janvary, tj 912,500 tons, was a record. Britain’s lane industry, al- ready working overtime on orders for the royal air force, is prepar- ing for an even faster tempo when the rearmament plan be- comes a fact. A defniite speeding up of the; ikewise is antici- pated, while shipbuilders, with commercical orders piling up, look to new «contracts under the naval expansicn program. Ordinary industrial recovery continues in Britain, with a short age of skilled labor reported in some instances, 2nd with iron and steel ‘production at its highest level since 1927. National revenue is reported as increased by more | i CUBA BRINGS IN 37 PASSENGERS In! VESSEL SAILED LATER AFTERNOON ENROUTE TO TAMPA | six first and six second class pas-| sengers for Key West; 23 first! end two second class passengers! for Tampa. Arrivals were J. D. Bunce, Ed.. Brosca, James Tyler, Muriel Ty-} ler, Ada Zarbell, Fay Zarbell, Thelma D. Lias, Marshall _ Lias, | Milton Henriquez, Dorothy Hen-* riquez, Dorothy Henriquez, David | Henriquez, Francis Mallory. | The Cuba sailed 5 o’clock with | {23 passengers from Key West. | Among the departures were: Gen. jeral and Mrs. F. Dalton, Miss Hope ! | Robertson, Mrs. B. A. | Mrs. W. D. Hearne and two chil- | jdren, Arturo Armayor, Frank! Fleitas, J. R. Blair, G. L. Scheer, | J. F, Elliott, Ben Luther, Charles | Lutz, C. I. Pounds, Charles Caw- | thon, F. C. Downer, J. F. Downer, | Mrs. H. Wilder, Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Burrell. , steel center, pro- duction hes increased 110 percent | has dropped from 57,600 to 29,- 000. New blast furnaces are be- ing prepared and pig-iron has been “rationed” to mills. In Manchester mills producing cearse yarn and cloth are working at full speed. Cotton textile pro- duction is back to 75 percent of capacity. In Glasgow, Scotch shipbuilders have 80 ships on the stocks, while Southampton also reports a_ re- vel in shipbuilding. Building trades throughout Britain report construction of new factories and business premises. TEARING DOWN 1 | | i | | ! i ! | | __ VISITING HERE: ACCOMPANIED BY WIFE; oe GUESTS AT HOTEL { { COLONIAL | [like to photograph dipping into a | Steamship Cuba arrived fromiy _ Havana yesterday afternoon with,plan is a touchy TOWNSEND PLAN WILL BE PROBED "BY JASPER BELL MAN UNAFRAID OF ‘FIGHTING | WORDS’ SURPRISES CAPI-| TOL HILL IN NEW ROLE! RECENTLY ADOPTED i i | | By SIGRID ARNE by A ea Press) WASHINGTO March C, Jasper Bell could tilt his chair! in the windows of the Union Club} without disturbing that calm, con-| servative scene in the least. 1 ‘Or he could swap story for! story in a country store down in! Jacksonville county, Missouri, on! Saturday night. He seems the typical, handsome, | affable American that advertisers bowl of cereal. H That's why he’s surprising cap-! itd| hill in his new role the Daniel who has dared to enter the lions’ den of the Townsend old! age pension plan with the de- mand for an inv This is Bell’s fi cong! He repr ouri county in which Kansas Cit s located, and he arrived here} with a healthy majority of 65.78 votes. Maybe that explains his temerity in tackling the Town-; sendites as he did on the floor of the House, saying in part: “T.cast no reflection on Townsend as a medical doctor. assume that when he was in pur-; suit of his duties as a doctor of | Dr. {the physical ills of humanity he Corporal Pruitt was a good doctor. But as a doc-. itor of the ills which afflict our’ y scratch, but was killed social structure he is a charlatan: and a quack.” Fighting Words {Those were distinctly “fighting rds” here where the Townsend subject. Men much older in congress than Bell have found ways to avoid the “evil day” when they announce! { ‘PRICE FIVE CENTS Chairman Of Naval Affairs Committee Says Key West Naval Base Of Great RELATES STORY OF HEROISM BY ~ JOHN H. PRUITT' { CORPORAL IN UNITED STATES | MARINE CORPS WAS KILL-) i ED WHILE SNIPING ENEMY IN FRANCE (Florida News Service) NEW ORLEANS, March i The heroic service of Corporal! John H. Pruitt of the U. S. Ma-; rine Corps, who killed by shell fire while sniping the enemy in France in 1918, was told hére by Lieut. Edward A. Robbins. U.| M. C, | Pruitt, of the 78th company, 6th Marine regiment, i vancing well ahead of pany. Single-handed he attacked and captured two machine guns and killed two Germans. He then! took 40 prisoners. ! According to Lieut. returned 25 25.— was was ad-! his com-| Robb‘ns from the notable engagement without soon The record of bravery afterward. and valorous service left behind i: ten equalled, even the} few i not of in e Corps, and accomplished so much in a single- handed feat during the World’ War. _ ! ‘The Second Division Marin: soldiers oceupied | TFS SSS aa eas. ANGLERS MAKE LARGE CATCHES Fish are still being caught umbers, not only sizes but amber- jack and kingfish are report- ed as being plentiful. Dr. C. C. Sloan, H. C. First and J. A. Ebi, vacationists from Moline, Ill, guests at the Casa Marina, were out yesterday and caught 103 kingfish and a number of amberjack. One of the lat- ter weighed 40 pounds. 'S III TIS LS. OTHERS CONTRIBUTE CAUS? TO HELP VARIOUS SUFFERERS IN FLOODS From every part of the United States pleas for atsistance is be- ing asked for these who are teday suffering from the effects of the terrible floods in 11 states in the northeastern section of the coun- try. These supplications for ance indicate that the should be at once given the Red Cross Chapter in each commanity. In Key West contributions should be turned over to Mrs. E. M. Phil- ips or W. L. Bates. Contribu- either for or against the Town-/ the territory. The Fourth Brigade! tions here to date are sendites. Nevertheless, Bell intends the hearings on the Townsend shall be impersonal, complete, fair. j “There is no intention to per-, secute the Townsend tion,” he said. H know how they collect their, money, who does it, and how they, spend it. But I imagine that the plan will be dead.” Mail Man Busy { | Since Bell asked for the inves-! tigation, and was made chairman! of the committee of eight to con-; duct it, his desk is piled with mail. One set of letters reviles him. The other set sends him canceled checks, photostats and notaried stories concerning the operation of Townsend clubs. {The responsibility of a major congressional investigation dis-! turbs his judicial mind not the! leas.t He is a lawyer who has dealt only in civil cases. He} spent four years in Kansas City’s! council, and another four as a! circuit eourt judge in Missouri. | 1 of Marines was a part of that divi- Previously acknowledged sion. In October, an All-Amer-; plan ican drive was on with the enemy Mrs, J. R. Stowers being driven from Blanc Mont Ridge, one of the key positions on’ the Western front. Th division | of stout resistance. At one of the few points wher resistance was holding up the Bodine, | when the public knows the facts,| otherwise rapid advance, enemy machine guns were giving trouble.; and this is where Corporal Pruitt came into exceptional action that! resulted in the capture of the 40 prisoners from a dugout. For his gallantry and devotion to duty an Almerican destroyer | was named for him. He was po: | humously awarded both the Army! end Navy Medals of Honor, the} French Croix de . and the, Italian Cross of Military Valor. | } JUNIOR PATROL TO BE REVIVED | Angered 2.00 2.00 5.00 1.00 Miss Leila Pitcher Fether Saunders Lonnie Baker Edmund Curry organiza-| drove forward, and position after! Mrs. Wm. R. Warren “We just want to! position was captured in the face! Columbia Steam Laundry riend BOYCOTT OF NAZIS URGED ON HINDUS NATIONALIST LEADERS BE- COME ANGERTD OVER STATEMENT BY HITLER (My Associated Press? CALCUTTA, India, March 25. by Hitler’s recent statement that the “British taught the colored races how to ‘walk. particularly the Indians,” nation- alist leaders are organizing pro- test meetings in a'l parts of In- dia. $28.50 | | thy Kimball, Jennie Roberts, Ern-| WORK OF Blance B. Homes, A. William} Sperry, Fleetwood Lanter, Doro-| Pace { } | rY DEMOLISHING RES- IDENCE ON EATON STREET ABOUT HALF FINISHED est T. Sherry, C. Departures: Haro!d Joseph Johnson, Willard_ Lorens, FE. Meredith Allison, Carl Weeks, Henry McNally, John C. Hall, An-} tonio Trigo, John Patton, Meyer Forer, Ada E, Niederson. M,. Stuart. Nichols, ! i | | ' { Work of demolishing the resi- | dence at the corner of Eaton and | Whitehead streets continues and A. H. Wagg,! of the foremost is a visitor in Key ied by Mrs. Wagg.! at the Hotel. | State Senator considered one men in Florida, West, aécompan They are guests Colonial. Today Senator Wagg has_ been | meeting some of his friends in the }Robinson, of Kentucky, who came city and spent a pleasent visit with ; Director Thomas_D. Orr, of the He has heard politics and par-' FIVE GROUPS WILL BE FORM- liamentary. procedures since his! teething days, because the Bel)! family has a habit of doing a turn/| in Congress. There were John| Bell, of Colorado, Hiram Park Bell, of Georgia, and William C.| Cowherd, of Missouri, to the House. | _ Retaliation through boycotting ED UNDER SUPERVISION OF : German goods has been urged at | meetings in Bombay, Lahore and RECREATION DEPT. | Karachi. | Invariably the meetings have |ended with resolutions to boycott est Junior | and with shouts of “Down with Hitler!” Labor organizations in Bombay demonstrated in front of the Ger- man consulate with the same cry Squads of the Key W. who came; patrol will be revived under the! There was James supervision of the recreation sec tion of the local WPA, it was an- to the Senate, and Robinson's fa-| nounced this morning. The patrol | sont half of the building has | been removed. Two smaller buildings on ,@ | ther who was governor of Ken- |tucky. Amd there was John C. ; Bell, of Tennessee. who was speak- ‘er of the House in the Civil war last year won first honors in this type of activity at the celebration | of the Miami Centennial. and the German consul protested in turn to local authorities. Later a statement was issued, Importance in Event Of Emergency ‘Question Of Retaiming It Te Be Taken Up In Hear- ing Before Committee Within Two Weeks By PAUL MAY (Special Washington Correspendérat of The Citleee> WASHINGTON, D. C, March '25.—The fate of the Key (Naval base will be debated hearings before the Naval Affairs | | | | j } two Representative J. Mark ox learned today from Rep- resentative Carl Vinson, Demo- crat of Georgia, chairman of the | Committee within the next weeks | House Naval Affairs Committee. Wilcox has been fighting four years to save the Key West Naval base from sbandonment | These hearings to be held by the House Naval Affairs Commitice are the first on amy of the bills cr resolutions te save the base which Wilcex has imtreduced dur ieg the fcur y-ar peried. Vinson’< compiete statement on the hearings fol assist. | donations | ’ working out some regarding the High eff will be appear and give testi- most practeal and feasible th ng to be done. Four-Year Fight years Mr. Wilcox and consistently fime old base be practical peace ntroduced numerous resolutions and last his request I designated sub-committee to make on of the base. The unanimously recom- mended that the Navy Department be directed to specify the par- cular use for which it is best Navy sum. moned mony 2: the “For has constantly urged that tme bills and year at a special j Rot pursue its present policy jabandonment. The base ° tremend« importance an event of an emergency and there- | fore cannot be abandoned. It is Junfair to the people of Key West |to permit it to remain virtually | unoceupied. | “The Navy is going to be re- i quested to specify some function \to be performed by this base up- on which the government has spent nm of dollars. “The exact date of the hearing thas no t. This will de- |pend upon engagements of the } witnesses. but it will be within ‘the next ten days or two weeks.” in | been AMERICAN LEGION | MET LAST NIGHT | Whitehead street on the same Five grovps will be organized | credited to the German foreign of-| ponent, Mr. Hughes, directed his T principal attack. | ‘piece of land are to be removed : ‘after the larger house has been} War Not Expected Soon (Moreover, the tendency of an! international issue transeend | SCHOONER | demolished. ! Removal of these three _build- tings will, fn the opinion of those all other i: well e: ished in political history. | CRUISER AND jacquainted with realty conditions; and values, enhance the value of} Not only in 1916, but again in it was the great war which} LEAVE THIS MORNING ON PLEASURE TRIPS the corner lot and the other prop-! erty adjoining.” shadowed all else. Mr. Hard-} ing, as the Republican nominee. Recent arrivals in the Key West; | yacht basin are the Cabin Cruiser | to GUNN’S WILL IS BEING PROBATED In the court of the county | Judge, the will of the late Judge the vessel Hugh Gunn is being probated. under charter, and his party of; Mrs. Nathalie Taylor, niece of two, Mrs. Stone and guest, Mrs.jthe deceased, is to be named ad- Mae D. Hicks. | mainistratris, frankly refrained from presenting} any striking new issues. He sim- ply waited for the country to vote its disapproval of what Mr.) Whisper and the Schooner Yacht : ;Cavenge. The Whisper is owned} rence. iby E, R. Newland, of Miami, andj{ | the Cavenge by S. Weber, of New; Wilson had proposed at the peace con ARE CCRT + York. i WHITMAN’S CANDIES {The cruiser sailed this morning, Fresh Shipment Just Received / fr a fishing excursion and the; All. Sinegchit’ Peloss | Schooner left for Torfagas with! |1. K. Stone, who has GARDNER’S PHARMACY) Phone 177 Free dee UNEQUALED IN POPULARI | WPA administration. j | 1 THECITIZEN'S — Next Serial Story olden | " Rain @ STARTING FRIDAY, MARCH 27 eeecoccee } | i | by Margaret CWiddemer {He | days, at once, and these will be com-' The present Bell is 50°. yeaFs! prised of members from the Key old, medium height, slim for his! West High School, the Division: age with gray, curly hair, bright) Street School, the Harris School, blue eyes and a healthy pink skin./ihe Convent. and St. Joseph's’ dresses conservatively and| Academy. Each squad will be talks the same way. % «> Bunder the supervision of recrea- ~ | tion supervisors at these centers. ; MRS HASKINS Under the direction of Capt.) fe | Arthur Sheppard, drills will conducted each Tuesday afternoon {at 3:30 o’clock, it is planned, | when all five groups will drill as ta single unit at Bayview Park. H The Citizen is in receipt of news from Miami announcing the! activity again, but those who do serious illness of Mrs. John J.! not wish to participate were asked Haskins, wife of John Haskins of! to turn in their uniforms and re-/ Key West. ceive receipts from the recreation ; Members of the patrol were urged this morning to join in thir fice, which stated that Hitler’s re-| marks were applicable only to “ancient India.” But this was; interpreted by the Indian leaders, | they have indicated at their meet-} ings, as only adding insult to im-| jury. } At a packed mass meeting, held { under auspices of the National! of Bombay university students. ! the fol'owing resolution was form-; ulated: “In view of the reactionary at-/ titude of Hitlerism towards the world in general and India in par} ticular, India, as a protest, should; not participate in the Olympic; games in Berlin.” H Because of the influence of the | ENJOYABLE SOCIAL HOUR SPENT FOLLOWING REGU- LAR BUSIN=SS SESSION Exceptionally pleasing an4 be Students’ Council, an organization | teresting wes the meeting and so- cial hour enjoyed by Arthur Saw- yer Post Number 28, American Legion, in their hall last night. At the conclusion of the regu- lar business an exciting game of Po-Ke-No was played prizes being won by Commander Jerry J. Trev- or and Adjutant Anna E. Corcor- an. Fellowing the games delicious ‘Mrs. Haskins underwent anj section, since the uniforms are Indian leaders, German exports to! home made cakes and coffee were operation Sunday at the Jackson! now charged against the vatious India may be seriously affect-| served at a happy climax to « most Memoria} Hospital, it is stated. TY AS A DINNER ACCOMPANIMENT, WAGNER BEER SALES STEADILY GAIN DAY BY DAY. HAVE led. YOU TRIED IT delightful meeting. YET? FACA