The Key West Citizen Newspaper, April 21, 1936, Page 1

————. Associated Press Day Wire Service. For 56 Years Devoted to the: Best Interests of Key West imate im the average Fzbrecheit a VOLUME LVII. No. 96. Senator Borah’s Threat Puts KEY WEST, FLORIDA, TUESDAY, APRIL 21, 1936. CE FIVE CENTS é ? ° ° i | : ; Money’ In Campaign Pictire! “AIRED IN COURT sexo wae xr sveavonan vor vie) Meeting On Second Day Of Convention; ! V By HERBERT PLUMMER (iy Associated Presny WASHINGTON, April Politi, 21.— PROPOSED VOYAGE i jans who remember the tur- TO PANAMA id by Chief Harry Lake! B today, who explained that Enthusiastic and of deep inter- bulent days preceding the in publican national convention jest was the meeting this morning | om the encond dep af dhe commen tien of the Florida Firemen'’s As- (By Associacea Press) HAVANA, April 21-—Port : ; | five sounded last night were part/0f the Auxiliary, their families ) | CHASE; SEVERAL OTHERS GIVE AD- Unit On Expenditures } UP BY PILOTS: ! Since the creation of {stration of the promptness of the| forward to a great time at the |courts relative to the matter | BOOKS TO START WITH siting department members, d, county superv - jafter 9 o’clock, called the depart- 1920 perked their ears at thelor of registration, estimates that| “uit court, and taken to the a ! TURNED IN FOR ANY TORS TO BE GIVEN AT! je wd Idahoan Was One Who In-/ VOTERS CONTINUE e rt lof the State Firemen’s Associa-!2nd their guests, members of the } im DRESSES ON OCCASION ; ALL OF VISITORS APPROXIMATELY 850 HAVE ‘adjustment boards in the gounties |Key West department in respond-| Hebana-Madrid club this evening. | LEFT KEY WEST APRIL 17 ON i making these adjustments. v | peo ae | families and guests. During the |ment to a fire in a building op-, Presented by the WPA Recrea-} 850 | supreme court for decision. This} posite | = BERS: |SUPREM= COURT -MEM! 3 nee nan AREER ADAG troduced Resolution Dur-| TO REGISTER FOR | decor | SEEDING: SS UPMIESED sae | Though a number of people are| Visiting members of the State the tax! tion Convention program, and|Key West Volunteer department, j { EXPRESS PLEASURE AT COURTESY REGISTERED SINCE BOOKS | of the state there have been a ling to an alarm, this was positive| This event is the invitation | Re- : . z | . | “One of these: eases, evening the delightful interlude, | the Colored Episcopal tional Department. H have registered since threat of Senator Borah to “tell | pproximately i t the whole story” of the “vast and | °'¢?S of prospective th GIVE DECISION IN PRO- \ i ' °. i MROT © . N P . was R ing 1920 Which Created | COMING PRIMARY VARIOUS COUNTIES jof the opinion that the alarms of|Firemen’s Association, members COWARD PICKED j FIRST SPEAKER ON PROGRAM AS HL | |were sounded to give a demon-{#nd their families, are looking ; OPENED; 4,200 NAMES on! number of cases brought into the SHOWN ce: Oli etaihies case dance being given to local and} of! John Engl: |eounty, was appealed from the! te first alarm, seunded shortly (‘a Night in Habana,” will be, \decision was written by Justice! Chureh on Center street, and the | Se ee Habene? a pilots today towed in a small is i jef second alarm at 12:30 o’clock this; Presented during “La Semana} books were opened on March 2, | Davis and concurred in by Chief; Romhe S Stn oa fire in back of | Alegre” in February of this year, At that time there were 4,200 | Justice Whitfield and Justices El-' yy: . gran on Whitehead street. |and was considered an outstand-| aj lis and Brown, with Justices Ter-| "Neither of the fires were dan-| ing feature of that period of hap-| 1 and Buford dissenting. ( gerous and both were extinguished | Pines. ' Justice Davis writes a lengthy While the Idaho senator did not | ™#Ke upwards of els the chet aide PLANE BRINGS IN trants, of the matter at issue and | ed, the chief said. disclose publicly what informa-! : with tl ! “I am of the epinion therefore! GOING ON TRIP ee | Convention held im the Preceding sociation Hotel Colon‘al. power boat in which Frank M. Coward from Key West to Panama. the astounding amounts money”: his was voyaging session a delightful concert was being spent to prevent no-| names on the books, Mr. Englani jsaid, which at this time would” 5,000 regis-/ ! anal: played by the Key West Hospita- lity Band, on the porch of the hotel. When the session opened it was announced that three members of mination. Coward was in good shape. eect He had run cut of fuel when found. Ceward Icft Key West on his he made his threat was sufficient |"educed when all names of those; {Who have died or moved from the : April 17, on jeity have been stricken from the that insofar as | However, it is expected that, Continues specifically the tion he has, the manner in which: this number will be appreciably , following, which are the salient WPA DIRE OR i ‘excerpts from the decision: i y { prpposed a ieoks | ueetes 47408, CRDERED FOR USE AT UNIT-} lo anything but take his charges! books. E ‘Acts of 1936, authorizes the com- \ lightly. |. At present it will be hard to| pomise and adjustment of the }PLANS LEAVING FOR JACK- ED STATES MARINE HOSPITAL {give any approximate diea of just; 5 how many names of registered; #Mount required to be paid SONVILLE IN INTEREST OF SECURING NEW! PROJECTS to cause those who know Borah to the association, we!l known =peak- voyage. ers, were to address the members on subjects dear to the heart of into every fireman and official, Note: Mr. Coward : the submarine base early week and berthed his small il and power boat with the _ state- ment that he was awaiting calm weather before leaving for Ha- vana and Panama. He was not for came It was Borah who introduced sii ‘qualified voters will be on thejthe ‘redemption’ of ‘omitted sub-! the 1920 which re-| books when they close on April sequent taxes’ upon delinquent | 130. However, the supervisor said j certified lands at the mere ‘disere-! that as soon possible after! tion’ of the County Delinquent; |. x nate campaign expenditures com-!that date he will be able to Tax Adjustment Boards ercated' Thomas D. Orr, WPA director mittee. The disclosures of ‘ay how many are regis-' by the act, that such statute is! in Key West, planned this morn- the resolution in also of profound imterest to With a tank of oxygen on board, a plane of the U. S. navy arrived yesterday, came down East Martello tower, and re- sulted in the creation of the se- citizenry in general. The first speaker Chase who took as was that . curately i tered. ing to leave for Jacksonville inj; turned to Miami after the tank jviclative of the Fourteenth’ He is now busily enggged in! Amendment to the Constitution of Lowden-; making many transfers of names/ the United States in that it sets the| of persons who have moved from} up a system for the administra- committee were largely respon-| sible for the famous Wood-Johnson: deadlock in {had been removed to be taken to the Marine hospital. The oxygen, it was said, had been ordered for use by Rear Ad- the interests of securing new pro- jects for this area. Mr. Orr told The Citizen he Republican convention brought about the nomination of Warren G. Harding and his sub- sequent election to the presidency. Defeated Leonard Wlod ' It was this committee’s dis- closure that a war chest of more! than a million dollars had been} raised to obtain the nomination for General Leonard Wood that spelled defeat for him. Evidence also was obtained of how political strings were pulled; in Missouri to line up delegates for Frank Lowden. Lowden him- i Fort Jefferson jone precinct to another. that; being done to avoid any compli. cations which may possibly ari jon primary election day. F. EBERHARDT | LEAVES CUSTODIAN AT FORT JEFFER-| SON TO OBTAIN ‘MENT FOR THROAT Fred Eberhardt, Natio} self disclaimed any_knowledge of! ment at Garden Key, such maneuvering, but it contri- buted to his downfall. Borah declares now that fore this campaign story is over, the use of the money and where it came from will be well known, because I was instrumental in creating a Washington committee which will disclose it.” Borah’s claim to being “instru- mental” in the creation of the senate campaign expenditures committee this year is disputed} by the Democrats. The record! shows that Robinson of Atkansas, Democratic leader of the senate, is author of the resolution. Borah, however, did confer with Robin- son on the subject. Tt was not until after the Idaho senator had made his current charges of excessive spending that the administration leaders in the senate got around to naming the members of that consnittee. Such a committee is set up in every campaign year as a matter of routine. Senator Borah’s charges, howe may life its duties this yr far above routine. f Spending Probe The activities of the expendi- tures committee may not be con- fined wholly to Borah’s charges of pre-convention spending once it gets under way. Whispers behind have said that if the not order special inv ation of} alleged politi within the admi- nistration’s relief and other emer-} gency expenditures, that angle might bé explored by the com- “be- | the scenes} nate did Democrats, of course, will con- be in the majority. The greatest’ y interest at the moment, however,; lies in what Borah has to say support of his charge that “cor- poration powers are putting money to control the (Republican) convention” the effects the statement will have on that convention. | possibly, fiee of si and solic sa me. ant has for two } j been some trol the conmittee since they will! fended cert: j afternoon for Miami where he will have already paid. their current } remain for several days.' taxes due on lands not tax delin-} cberhardt has been suffer-| quent, nor certified to the state,, MEN TACENCENDIDACY ling from throat trouble for sev-- nor held by the state subject to! eral weeks, and decided, on advice redemption at the option of the! of his physician, to go to Miami! owner under circumstances and consult a specialist and take | mitting the owner and no one else j treatment. Mr. ‘RALPH PINDER IN SHERIFF’S RACE MAKES FORMAL ANNOUNCE. MENT OF CANDIDACY IN THE CITIZEN TODAY Ralph’ B, Pinder in thi The Citizen announces eriff of Monroe county, s the support voters at the June primaries, Mr. Ot his candidacy Everybody in Key My services as a also city ars. “IT was instances vs felt I was right. | ‘The same spirit will in| my course 6f conduct should I be! cends the limits of both state and {elected sheriff, and I want to go} federal provisions of organic law upjon record as stating that I alone|on the subject of equal protection Cleveland | will be sheriff, and the office be; of the law and must be so de- and in|administered solely by me, with-jclared in the court? when proper- out any influence from any per-! ly son.” UNDECIDED WHETHER TO CHANGE TO custodian ought me in touch with! an equivalent privilege. practically every citizen and hun- dreds of non-residents, “For 10 years I was chief of | constitutional the Key West Fire Department. ; equal protection of the tax la {During that period I, at different! prohibits the legislatere from times, met every citizen, and also/ lecting and classifying delinquent | j hundreds of members of depart-| taxpayers as the beneficiaries of | { ments from this and other states., special tax concessions with ref- During that term! less the same benefits are made T always did what I felt was right | equivalently available and for the best interests of the mittee on campaign expenditures. city of Key West. There may have | taxpayers. ‘ain interests, but I al had discussed the matter over; long distance with W. A. McMul-} len, assistant.to E. A. Pynchon, in} Jacksonville, this morning, and Mr. McMullen suggested that the director make the trip to head- quarters to discuss the matter, At this time, Mr. Orr said, some of the projects are drawing to a close, and he desired to have others authorized to be ready fo: work when the others closed. KARL THOMPSON IN PRIMARY RACE This is’ tion of the tax redemption laws lof this state, that is unequal in the scope of its application to i taxpayers generally, and that ‘such ifeature of the statute is further | unconstitutional an unlawful idelegation of legislative power to ‘the County Delinquent Tax Ad-} ijustment Board, inasmuch as no {definite and certain standards for ‘the administration of the Act in its tax remission feature is there-} in stated, laid down or set forth.! Subsequent Taxes i | “Omitted subsequent taxes’ | jare current taxes and as _ such! they may not be constitutionally; ! compromised, adjusted or remit- at!ited on any terms not likewise Monu-! made available to all taxpayers| MONROE COUNTY SHERIFF w alike—that is to say, those who; MAKES FORMAL ANNOUNCE. TODAY TREAT- | ! nal left | Sheriff Karl O. Thompson has | today made formal announcement} ito demand redemption as a mat-/ i” this paper that he will be a can- lter of right on condition that he| ‘date for re-election in the | Sie oes | Democratic Primary to be held on ‘pay therefor such ‘omitted sub- Leader ee . ‘June 2, 1936. In an interview had this morn- sequent taxes’ as other taxpayers j have already been compelled to!. : Bel ;ing with The Citizen Mr. Thomp- son said: , pay for the same tax period, or j which they remain liable to be- | *"', . = ling compelled to pay because nq! In announcing my candidacy compromise or adjustment priv-| f0¥ re-election as Sheriff of Mon- ileges are open to them under the | County there are three im-} terms of the prevailing statute. | Portant matters to which I would “If the foregoing is not so,/ like to direct the attention of the ‘then the constitutional require | “itizens. : ment of the equal protection of |, “First, when I was a candidate | the tax laws is a meaningless jar- | four years ago. I promised the issue of! gon of words because under the| Voters that I would serve the best herein pro-| interest of this community and |posed to be administered, a de-| that I would do this honestly, im- linquent taxpayer can compromise | partially and to the best of my ;@ ‘current’ unpaid tax merely be-' ability. During my administration Pinder| cause it is called in legal name £ have ever been mindful of this |‘an omitted subsequent tax’ where-| Promise and have endeavored as one who is not so delinquent | faithfully to fulfill the same, spar- jor who has paid the tax, is denied | ing neither political friend nor ‘oe. { “Secondly, during my adminis- the| tration I have endeavored to run the Sheriff's office upon the same sound principles which necessarily govern the conduct of a successful private business. Courtesy and ef- ciency have been my aim, and I feel that I may take pardonable pride in the service which has been rendered by the Sheriff's of- fice to the citizens of Monroe County during my administration. “Thirdly, from the stand points of sanitation, food served to the} prisoners and efficient adminis- traion, I believe that the Monroe County jail is second to none in} this State. “T assure the voters that if they! again elect me as their Sheriff I will keep in force the same poli cies which have governed my ad- ministration drniug the past four} j years.” i per- for the of-|state’s tax laws a of the West kno" publie ser | Further Views { “It is my further view, requirement of councilman | erence to unpaid current taxes, un- in» some form or other to non-delinquent I am therefore of the when I of-/opinion that any statute framed or administered in violation of the ‘aforementioned sound principle actuate} of constitutional justice, trans- challenged by an_ effected litigant.” |ALBURY FUNERAL gira] R. S. Patton, U. S. N., in ‘charge of Coast and Geodetic ‘survey work who is in the hos- pital, a sufferer with asthma. Two patients were admitted to the hospital yesterday morning, C. E. Hartwig, taken off the S.} S. Brandywine, from San Fran-! iseo, and Roy E. Crider, off the! S. S. Montosa, bound south from ; New York. | i STEAMER GRANADA’ ARRIVES IN PORT; VESSEL COMING IN FROM NEW YORK BERTHS AT POR- TER DOCK CO. PIER Steamship Granada, of the Standard Fruit and Steamship company, arrived last night 9:30} o’clock from New York and berth-| ed at the main pier of the Porter| Dock company. The ship took on a Supply of fuel oil and sailed 12:30 o'clock this morning for Frontera for a cargo_of bananas for northern markets. RED CROSS FUND GROWS STEADILY | Small contributions are daily} being added to the Red Cross fund for relief of flood and storm sufferers. Two more names were} added to the list today, contribu- tions given in by Mrs. Grace Phil- | lips, secretary of the Key West Chapter. Previously acknowledged $302.04 | A Friend mec | ee A Friend Z 2.00} ssanty | Funeral services for Herman W. Albury, who died yesterday; shortly after noon in his residence | on Catherine street, are being held 4:30 o'clock this afternoon; from the Pritchard Funeral Home} chapel. Rev. Shuler Peele, of; | Fleming Street Methodist Church, | ed. is officiating. | The deceased is survived by his; idow, Mrs. Adela Albury, and one daughter, Miss Naomi Albury! of Tampa. Also a number o nieces and nephews. | 'his appointment as ‘him in charge of that very communicative, it was learn- ed, and did not discuss the pur- pose of his tri NOTTINGHAM MADE SPECIAL ATTORNEY OF JUSTICE DEPT. FORMER EDITOR OF THE CITI- ZEN TO MAINTAIN PERM- ANENT RESIDENCE FEW MILES NORTH FORT PIERCE Gardiner R. Nottingham, for a number of yeas: city attorney of Fort Pierce, has received word of special at- torney for the department tice in Washington, D. C. Mr. Nottingham came to Key of j | West in 1922 to assume his daties as editor of The Citizen, a posi- tion he held until L. P. its publisher, purchased the Fort Pierce News-Tribune and placed paper editor and manager. After several years he again took up the prac- tice of law, when Attorney Elwyn Thomas was named circuit judge. Mr. and Mrs. Nottingham maintain their permanent will re dence in St. Lucie. a few miles north of Fort Pierce. ROM RETURNS FROM PANAMA LIGHTHOUSE EMPLOYE HAD BEEN INSTALLING RA- DIO APPARATUS Carl Rom, senior radio electri- cian with the lighthouse depart- ment, returned this week, by way of Havana and Miami, from a mission to the Panama canal for the installation of radio apparatus. He left Key West February 24. At the Cristobal Mole one ra- diobeacon was installed and at Capa Mala, on the Pacific another radiobeacon was install- While the installation was made at the direction of the de- partment of commerce and the apparatuses are automatic, it is side, {understood that in the event the eacon’s need attention it will be given by the navy department. Atman.! | “Co-operation Between Police a There the Fire Department.” ably no member tion who has had a better opport of associa nity to observe this than Mr. Chase who has been years chief of the Miami 4 ment. He gave 2 very interesting talk citing instances when this operation between the two depa ha: cooperat ments was invaluable, and all times it worked sa property and grations raged. Westra Heard Next Mr. Chase was followed by A. Westra, district chie ami, whose subject was tection.” Chief Westra’s rience in the fire fighting and in every capacity, enabled him to deliver a discourse founde years of experience gained rigid schoo] of training and fighting, and he held his listeners attention during his masterful entertaining talk. George G. Brooks. jr. of Key West, was next on the program His subject was “Relationship of the Fire Department to the Com munity.” Mr. Brooks had evidently given much thought te this phase of civic interest, and handled the matter in a manner indicating a knowledge of the necessity close interest between the people and those public spirited citizens, forming the volunteer branch of the fire fighting forces as well as paid employes. It was the consensus of opinion of those fortunate enough to at tend the session that the talks were the most interesting heard by members of the association and shed new light on a number of problems which are ever con fronting the members of the as- sociation, other branches of pub- lie services and the citizens im general. lives when conf Attend Dinner At the conclusion of the ses members and a number ef guests repaired to Delmonico Restaurant where a tempting dinner of arroz con pollo, yellow rice and chicken was served followed by a dessert course, and cold beer was served There were 164 seated during the almost two hours the dinner lasted, and those who enjoyed the repast declared it the jollies, most delicious meal and a _ perfect climax of an interesting and ex citing morning. This afternoon the Key West department gave a demonstration of their efficiency for the enter- tainment of the visitors. They as- sembled on Front street between Duval and Simonton streets. Ex- hibition of coupling and uncoupi- ing. speed in laying hose getting water and various of the other tasks which confront a fire laddie ion when confronted with the neces i WAGNER'S? WELL IT WON'T TAKE YOU LONG TO MAKE UP YOUR MIND AFTER YOU'VE acting Mrs. J Jarne uw Mar Mrs Mrs DIES THIS MORNING FUNERAL SERVICES TO BE Fleming Street 1 officiate. Mr_ Roberts widow, Mra Ruth Bebert: ons, Pani. Eddie, Austin & Jack Roberts; two sister, Miss May Sands and Mrs Virgil Lowe one brother, Herman Sands * s survived TRIED A BOTTLE