The Key West Citizen Newspaper, April 6, 1936, Page 1

Associated Press Day Wire Service. For 56 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West VOLUME LVII. No. 83. Clause In Bill Key West From Getting Direct | Air Mail Service This Year Provision In Measure On’ Extension Of Service Is Now Being Referred To} As “Joker” By PAUL MAY correspondent WASHINGTON, D. C., April 64 —The “joker” which Congress let the slip by in the bill to extend air mail service which was passed} at the last session, will Key West pre-| vent from getting direct air mail service this year at least, according to Charles P. i Graddick, head of the division of : office de-| | VESSEL ENCOUNTERING HIGH j from KEY WEST, FLORIDA, Will Prevent (DELAYED BOAT PARTY ARRIVES, SEAS WAS LEFT AT TORTUGAS H Members of the party who were on the 34-foot Yawl Sea Call, re- ported missing since last Tuesday! and for whom numerous searching } parties were sent out, arrived at} ; Key West last evening, on a motor launch, and reported the vessel | |safe at Tortugas where it has been since last Thursday afternoon. The Sea Call was in the races St. Petersburg to Havana, | encountered heavy winds and finding a depleted gas supply, de-| jcied to seek a haven until the ‘LIVELY SALES AT | approximately $4,000. VISITOR WILL SPONGE WHARF TOTAL SALES DURING DAY} ARTHUR T. McINTOSH TO RE-} MAIN IN KEY WEST FOR ANOTHER MONTH WAS SHOWN TO BE AP- PROXIMATELY $4,000 Sponge sales this morning at Arthur T. McIntosh, of Chi- the municipal dock were the live-| cago, winter visitor who spent the liest in many weeks, it was said|season at the Casa Marina, came; by buyers. Some of the lots!to the conclusion that when the} brought what is considered good/ hotel closed he would like toj prices, Total sales amounted to,spend a month longer in Key’ | West. There were three bidders, mak-| Therefore he secured a delight- ing purchases. Victor Moffat, | {ful home for April and there with ; Milton Russell and Leon Carey, the his son ‘and daughter-in-law, Mr. latter buying for the American|and Mrs, Arthur McIntosh, Jr., Sponge and Chamois company. |who recently’ atrived in Key Mr. Moffat’s purchases amount-; West after a honeymoon tour of ed to about $1,961; those of Mr.;South America, awaits the arriv- Russell’s totalled approximately al of three other children, this | $721 and of Mr. Carey’s, $1,\ week. 308,63. | These are a son, Gilbert, and} The highest price paid for a'two daughters, Misses Jane andj lot was $752, Mr. Moffatt, who Mary. Gilbert and Miss Jane are; also paid $751 for another lot.!students at Norfhwestern Uni- Mr. Carey’s highest purchase was: versity and will spend only a few for $675 and Mr. Russell paid; days, leaving Saturdey accom:! $441.70 for a lot. | As far as can be learned the'Jr. Miss Mary will remain with catch of Captain Juli Pinder. her father for the rest of his va- panied by Mr. and Mrs. Arthur, | Che Key West Citizen MONDAY, APRIL 6, 1936. Key West, Flerid mer equable « has the limate im the average ahrenheit F wt Me ike star! Fornadoes Sweeping ‘Across South -_ Take Death Toll Of 130; Injured, With Great Property Loss Thousand ‘Winsome Too Was First Vessel | To Cross Line This Morning In Race From Havana To Key West Sailing under a clear, moonlit | sky, with a heavy wind out of the east-southeast, of the 10 entered in the second! nine sailing craft! Havana-Key West annual ! off Fort Taylor, before dawn this Sail! Race had crossed the finish line | TO HORRORS OF | MUNITIES | —— : been © expected. A stiff breeze | | ! prevailed during the entire s: |time, and although the j Were tired enough after their ar- ‘rival this morning, they pleased with the weather | tions, although most of them were were i condi- estimated in the millions icailing in the midst of spray dur- UTWISTERS WHIP ACROSS AREA FROM ARK- ANSAS TO SOUTH CAROLIN A; FIRE ADDS SCENE: RED CROSS RUSHES AID TO VARIOUS STRICKEN COM- .& (By Associated Pre==) ATLANTA, April 6.—Ternadces whipped across the ‘| seuth from Arkansas te South Caroline mere than 130 dead, 1,000 injured 2nd property damage teday, leaving Tupele, Miss. and Gaimeswille, Ga. were hardest hit, sold for the highest price com-! paratively, Mr. Pinder told T cation. morning. Setting a fast pace, the! | Winsome and jing the greater part of the jour- ney. with the menace cf storm-Generxted fire addimg te her rors of the twisters and rain. air mails of the post | ccathes gab tied jandy carcceauial Glteemehouanldb Too, skippered The first boat to arrive here partment. Key West is only one of many towns in the country that have! asked fer direct air mail service, which they will not receive ber} cause of the “joker.” The “ tend the air mail service ‘joker” in the bill to was a 1 clause providing that the division} i of air mails slash operating cost: so that by July 1, 1938, expendi- tures would balance revenue. | According to Graddick, it will! be impossible to extend the aii West mail service to Key tl year because Congress will not! appropriate enough money for the project. } | In order to keep the air mail} running last year, the had to ask for a division | { | deficiency $1,300.000. ap- The} Propriation of amount of the deficiency al added to this year’s requested ap-} propriation, Graddick stated. To jtwo planes of the Coast Guard, jconducted an extended search for! ; master of the | Braun, be reached. } Since she was reported missing! Procyon and Bellatrix and the! Cutters Pandora and Nemesi: the missing Sea Call. William Everett, owner and! yawl, and Mrs., Everett, of Chicago, Ill., are on! the vessel, awaiting favorable! weather for coming to Key West.| Other members of the party,| who arrived last evening, are Tom Cincinnati, Ohio; Leslie! Moore, Brookline, Mass.; Clifford Simpson, St. Petersburg and Wil- son Hubbard and John Dane Mc-! Cormick, of Pass a Grille, Fla. | ! KEY WEST GROUP | LEAVES FOR TAMPA TO ATTEND CONVENTION: OF ORDER OF EAST- ERN STAR $ G. N: Goshorn, deputy toms collector in charge at West, and Mrs. Goshorn, { cus- Key left over the highway Sunday for Tam-! | pa where Mrs. Goshorn will attend ' jthe convention of Order Eastern meet the 1938 deadline, the divi- sion will have to avoid taking on any additional expense during the} j This iacieans| that Key West cannot be added to| coming fiscal year. the air mail route: i FOUR VESSELS ARRIVED HERE of the Clyde- ived Friday aft- le and Mi- eargo and s, 7:10 Steamship Ozark, Mellory Lines, a ernoon from J: ny ami, discharged heavy sailed for New Or! o'clock. Freighter Brazos, of the same lines, arrived Friday from Gal- veston, took on cargo of sponge, bottles, live turtle and a motor ' Star. Key West about April 14. Others leaving yesterday morn- ing to attend the convention were Mrs. J. Roland Adams, Charles Lowe, Mrs. John Mrs. Elizabeth Cooper, George Russell and daughter; M Nellie Louise Russelt; who ; Worthy Matron of Fern Chapter} of Key West. Also in the party ‘were Ben) | Adams and little daughter, Betty, | going to visit colada relatives... 5 RAY ELWOOD IN TION TO POSITION OF Naples and Genoa, Italy. | PRIMARY RACE. i ANNOUNCES FOR RE-ELEC-; England, | tion, CONSTABLE | voters, Steen te ttn some = CUBA BRINGS IN Last week was also considered ; a fairly good week for the sponge sales. sales approximating $3, 000, | just about $1,000 less than those } of today. EXPECT 10 FLOAT STEAMER TONIGHT: | i FOR KEY WEST i | ! Steamship Cuba, of the P. and} (O. S. S. company, arrived this morning from Tampa with 134 PASSENGERS VESSEL ALSO BROUGHT 23) TONS OF FREIGHT | nine, j owned by Harkness Edwards of Leng Island, was the first to come into the Yacht Basin, and crossed the line at 1:54 a. m. Although the was the first to finish in actual Winsome Too sailing time, it finished fourth in | Class “A” after time | had been adjusted. allowances Mr. Edwards, however, will receive the hand- ITALIAN SHIP WENT ASHORE ; first and 10 second class passen- WESTRCE nee HOY. ;gers from Tampa and St. Peters- SATURDAY NIGHT jbure for Key West; 110 first and’ jivie second class for Hayana. Arrivals at Key West were: Mrs. E. Aguilar, Alice, Olga and By high tide tonight it is ex- eal the at io ‘Mad.{Anita Aguilar, L, E. Lyon, C. A. pected the Italian Steamship Mad- dalene Odero, which went aground | Paramore, J. Thompson, Mrs. J.| Saturday night just west of Bar!Thompson, John, Jr., Ses, | Buoy, will be able to proceed on/ Perez, H. Chipchase, S. Roll, \her voyage from New Orleans to} Carey, Edelmiro Diaz, Naida Diaz, Th2 vescel canie into port to; Francisco Peria. jhave a member of the crew, Gug-| _The vessel also brought 23 tons ‘lielmo Lorenquino, taken off the|of freight and 182 sacks of mail} ‘ship and brought to Key W. ‘est | for Key West; four tons of freight | for hospitalization. While maneu-/and 145 sacks of mail for Ha-' vering, the vessel grounded, it was i Vana. eeporied. Freighter Alamo, of the Clyde- At 2 o'clock Sunday morning| Mallory Lines, arrived 6 o’clock the Wrecking Tug Warbler went yesterday afternoon, discharged out to the vessel to render as- freight and sailed 7 o'clock for issitance and has since then been | Tampa. They expect to return to} working to relieve her. Tonight,! Steamship Bodo, from Mexico, with full moon and high tide it is! via Pensacola, arrived in port yes- j logs. Part of the cargo of cedar | logs is being discharged for the oa West Box eats Cane REGISTRATION HAS INCREASED A. RENDUELES « TAKEN TO MIAMI OVER 4500 HAVE REGISTE! ED FOR APPROACHING PRIMARIES j WAS HELD HERE ON CHARGE | OF AIDING ALIENS To | ENTER COUNTRY Registrations in the county of Monroe today total upwards of! 4,500. This statement was made Armando Rendueles. who was today to The Citizen by John held in bond of $1,000 awaiting supervisor of registra- minary hearing on charges of | {aiding and abetting aliens to il- Mr. England said that while | legally enter this country, was the books were in the precincts’ taken to Miami yesterday over for the convenience of potential the highway. there were about 300; Deputy U. S. Marshall John H. jeome gold trophy, a sailing yacht with its sails open, when awards ‘are made tonight at the ! second be i held at Delmonico Restaurant ve- annual sail race banquet, to | ginning at 7:30 o'clock. Gi he Water Witch, ! 49-foot Norberto Diaz, A. Perez, G. Perez, | schooner owned by Leon Lewis of| St. Petersburg, was the winner in! \ the Class “A” field on a basis of! | adjusted time allowances and will, receive a striking original water color of a yachting scene, pro- duced by Avery Johnson, widely known artist who has been in Key West for the past two years. She| arrived, on adjusted time allow-| ance, at 1:01 a. m., the Venturer, owned and _ skippered while ‘expected the ship will be floated.|terday with mahogany and eedar!by Ed Spence of Clearwater was} little behind crossing the line at 1:08 a. m., adjusted time. The Venturer also is in the class “A” | division, 1 In the Class “B” division, Hugh M. Matheson, commodore of the Biscayne Bay Yacht Club of Mi- amii, crossed the line in ‘his 30- foot cutter at 2:04:30 a. m., ad- * | justed- time, giving him first place in that field and an original water }color painting of a yachting scene jby Walton Blodgett. Twelve minutes later, adjusted time, the | Pagan Moon, 37-foot schooner of | L. M, Harvey of Pensacola, cr led the line to take second place in this class, and to win a silver sail jeraft trophy. | Robert Jones’ Shellback, took | third place in the Class “A” field, {consumed less than eight hours sailing time. which is | ably faster than the time jlished last year, when the annual Havana-Key West ; Race was staged Clem C. Price of the recre [ton section of the local WPA, was in Havana three days making {final preparatiins for the races 'to Key West, and ace nied the skipper of the Venturer into Key West this morning. | Meantime, other the Key West Y: mittee had perfected plans entertaining the yachtsmen here tonight. Members of the commit- tee are, besides Mr. Price, Wil- liam R. Porter, Norberg Thomp- son, Thomas D. Orr, Robert Spottswood, Frankl'n E. Albert.| and J. Gerry Curti: Tonight the visitors will guests at the banquet at Delmonico Restaurant when the winners in | the race will zeceive their awards. | Mr. Porter is fo acts toastmaster ; and probably will present the | prizes. Following the anquet, a dance {will be given the visitors at tl |Habana-Madrid Club where a large crowd is expected to gath- er to honor the sailing: enthusiasts |GROUP MADE UP OF FESTIVE in Key West. Most of the yachtsmen plan to} leave here tomorrow although} some may stay over until Wee-) nesday. ‘SCRATCH HITLER'S _ SYMBOLS ON COINS: INCREASES MEANS OF NAZI ithe pageant. PROPAGANDA PREVAL- ENT IN AUSTRIA cons der- by the Red Crces. estab- rst Sail Tupelo, Miss., 82. Elkweod, Ala. 3. Anderson, S. C., 1 Becneville, Miss., 1. Red Bay, Ale. 5. Coffeyville, Fila., 4. for! Fayettevill-, Tenn., 1. “1,000 dead.” WEEK TOUR FROM ST. PETERSBURG on the Cuba for Festive Week Petersburs wa had Week cities Sailing today Havana on a post |tour from St group of guests who beer named during Festive as different at i were These Royal personages Miss ‘Nathalie Wilsos, Internation jal Queen,of St. Pétersburz; Miss (mary ‘Louise Gormley. Grotto Queen, of Daytona Beach; Mirs | Phyllis Snell, Festival Queen, fr Beverly, Mass.; Miss Doris Vslen tine, State Queen, New York, and Miss Martha Vitalis, Festiva! Queen of the 1935 Week, of St Petersburg. Thi: group party are this afternoon vana where they are to (Ny Associnied Press) VIENNA, April 6.—Money, passing from hand to hand, is an increasing means of nazi propa- ganda in Austria. The silver five-schilling bears an image of the Mary. Across hangs from # jehain about the neck. A favorite k of the propagandists to teh the cross with a or piece Virgin m the remass and others is pin Residents of Gaimesville said 100 may | be killed there. There was no confirmation of rumors of Physicians and nurses were rushed to stricken tow™s State and nation! relieve the saffcring of the mjured and homeless. Lengthening death rall listed thes- figures ageacies united to Gainesville, Ga., 22 (to 35 estimated). Columbia, Tenn. xrea, 6 beve bees ~/PARRISH SEEKING COMMISSIONERSHIP ANNOUNCES CANDIDACY FOR POSITION § COMING PRIMARY RACE wel ays be bes bees Menre- Marsthes te rs - 2 be Mae present of the ve 2 ¥ squne boat, and led for New York. Another vessel of the lines. the Alamo, arrived yesterday from New York, en route to Tampa. Steamship Yoro, of the Stand- ard Fruit and Steamship com- pany, arrived Saturday. The ves- sel berthed at the Porter Dock company for fucl oil supply. cntil Friday when they will return m the S. S. Cuba. and proceed to St. Petersburg, concluding the post Festive Week regal tear. The party is personally con- ducted by I s Wilson, trave ing passenger agent of the P. and 0. S. S. company. ANNOUNCE DEATH Constable Ray Elwood _an-/ names added to the lists. MeParland arrived in Key West) crossing at 1:27 a. m., adjusted} knife so that it becomes swas- nounces in this issue of The Citi-' Tomorrow morning © registra-| Saturday afternoon with_an order | time. tika. zen for re-election to the office! tions will begin in the office of\signed by Judge Alexander Aker-| Others in the Class “B” divi-} The Austrian ten-schilling note from the First Peace Justice dis-|the supervisor in the court house.; man, of United States Court, for sion, finished as follows, adjusted! bears a Picture of a peasant girl trict. |delivery of the prisoner, who is|time: Gamecock, 30-foot cutter! Horrified, authorities noted Mr. Elwood said, “I do not, he be taken to Miami for prelim-j skippered by Wirth Munroe of Mi-; cently that nazi artists, in think it is necessary to make any! ‘inary hearing before the United, ami, 2:38 a. m.. Aloha, 40-foot| dreds of instan-es | lengthy statement covering my ac- States commissioner. | Schooner of C. R. Parks, Chicago,}_ “Hitler mustache.” | tivities. I am known to practic Mr. MacParland was accom-}3:56 a. m.; and the Miystery, 36-} Notes and coins so mutilated ally every person in Monroe coun-! panied by Deputy Marshal Frank! foot ketch of Tampa, 8:09 a. m.,jthe government has decreed, are ‘A, Edwards, who is deputy in| while the Dolphin, 43-foot schoon-| worthless. Banks and government a RED CROSS FUND GOES OVER $200 re- hun- had given her Sas TL |ty, and on my record I base my GUARDIANSHIP oes for the support of the peo- ple. | SEVERAL MORE CONTRIBU- “For the past six years I have} PAPERS FILED . Mrs. Laura Burl Canfield | filed a petition in the court of County Judge Rogelio Gomez,! for guardianship of her son, Hen- ry Roy Canfield, a minor. It was learned from the judge held the office and during that! period have conscientiously tried} to do my duty. At any and all! times I have stood ready to ren-! der any service, official or other-| wise, to the citizens in general. “It will be impossible for me to; county, therefore I am taking this that as soon as the necessary pre- liminaries have been effected and the required bond filed, Mrs. Canfield’s petition will be grant-! ed. means of soliciting their support be elected, I promise the same faithful service I have given in [be the June primary and should Tj ithe past.” \ charge of the office of Marshaljer of Eugene Aschaffenburg of{ cashiers will not accept them. The Jones Street School .. TiONS SENT IN FOR FLOOD SUFFERERS Red Cross contributions have gone over the $200 mark with) those received today, which in-j the S. H. Kress company. Previously acknowledged $198. Mrs. W. Hunt Harris jw. Curry Harris ..... S. H. Kress company 2000 5.68) 38 1.509" 1.50 Guy Reeves. New Orleans, was disqualified, | : — coming in under her own power. OFFICIAL OF WPA © conte Gites cee close "ws ARRIVES IN Cry | close watch where the boats! lerossed the Gulf Stream. The, Coast Guard kept close igil lalong the path of the sailing Rickard, aust admin-| Nemesis, under command of \craft, maintaining a particularly contact all the electors in Monroe| cluded a contribution of $20 a raha of the Florida WPA, ar-{Lieut. Comm. L. H. Baker, stood while busy cashiers at rived this morning in a plane of by throughout the night, and was’ in almost constant touch by radio, the uae road department. Rickard comes to with ‘Direetor Thomas D. Orr on} matters affecting the Monroe [county district. confer | with the cutter stationed here. The boats left Havana yester- day afternoon at 4 o’clock, and made even better time than had defaced coins may be turned in for the conraratively small value of the s‘lver they contain. But the pretty girl with the mustache is a total loss ‘The nazi defacement of money has slowed up business transac- tions. The merchant examines every coin and note carefully theaters and movies are driven to distrac- tion. ! Foreigners often find, after a day’s shopping, that they have ac- cumulated money which even beg jars scorn. ‘ MRS. HOLTZCLAW Mrs. Charles G. Lewin received a telegram Saturd2y announc the death of her sister, Mrx. Grif fith Holtzclaw, at E! Dorado. Arkansas. Mrs. Holtzclaw will be remem bered by 2 wide circle of friends She war, before marriare. Miss Golden Roberts of this city. Survivors are: Eer husband. three children. all girls; si Mrs. Clarice Lewin, and brothers. sister, three SENSIBLE ADVICE! SERVE WAGNER BEER AT EVERY MEAL AND YOUR REFRESHMENT WORRIES WILL BE OVER. YOU'LL DISCOVER IT T HITS THE SPOT