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Service. For 56 Years Devoted to the Associated Press Day Wire Best Interests of Key West VOLUME LVII. No. 168. KEY WEST, FLORIDA, Che Key West Citizen TUESDAY, MAY 5, 1936. PATYRAPSFUTCH 'PAYMENT OF POLL ‘GIVES ACCOUNT | IN HIS ADDRESS | TAXES ARE SLOW OF ACTIVITIES — GIVEN LAST NIGHT CITING PRISON, ae ONLY TWO THOUSAND P:R. ‘THEY'D BE FOOLS TO ES- BUSINESS TREND UP SONS ARE QUALIFIED UP CANDIDATE FOR GOVERNOR; c = } CAPE’ SAYS MODERN GUARD | LABOR URGES HOUSING | |G. O. P. LOOKS TO JUNE OF FEDERAL INSTITUTION FUNDS FOR PREPAREDNESS | LOCATED IN OHIO | PUBLIC FORUMS PLANNED | ; SOCIAL SECURITY PAYMENTS | POLITICAL HOROSCOPES REFERS TO FUTCH AS Two.| TORRESEN TARATE JOB LEGISLATOR; MAK:s| ae i OTHER REFERENCES | Unless there is a more general | j movement for the payment of poll , i taxes on the part of prospective { voters, it is pointed out today, the ; will fall’ short of predictions. i (Special to T! Citizen) MIAMI, Fla., May While | list of qualified voters Senator T. G. Futch Lake County stood in a crowd of more! It has been freely said by some! than 200 of his fellow townsmen| persons that the qualified list} in Leesburg last night listening! would carry approximately 4,500| “career man” of the federal pri-| BENEFITS AND TARIFF can-| names, but others diifer on this; son service, guards convicts more number lace the total, when! z te teas ede eet I books ciose on May 16, at By WILLIAM M. PINKERTON | (By Ansociatea Prexny | CHILLICOTHE, Ohio, May 5A CHANGE SINCE JANUARY ; —Geod morale, says a veteran) ARE THE SHIFTS REAL? | of i ,ROOSEVELT’S PHILOSOPHY | high | H H —— not. wails. H to an address by B. F. Pa didate for governor, Paty named or him as one of the two-job legisla- tors, j more than 3,000. “During the la: ion of the} Of course this figure is based on} H Florida legislature a bill was pass-|the slow payment of poll taxes as | Brash, began his career guarding | ed creating the job of attorney to shown by the records in the office | the. senate racing commission, an! of Tax Collector Frank H. Ladd, | office that is needed just about {to date. In the event that an ap-|inals in the Leavenworth, Kansas, as much as a hog nceds sidepock- | preciable inerease in poll tax pay-! penitentiary. ‘ ji ets.” Paty said. ents is made before May 16,! ; ble exception of a slight setback “Voting Zor that bill, and -vork-| this will naturally mean an in- {of the guards watching “first of-|in the ae Bue ing for its age, v your own {crease in the number of names. : Sine: 5 ._,| question marks arise as new fac- ieaatce and ‘ow townsman,i There are about 1200 names of sem paneer elect eeseetris} tors appear. One ls the threat of Senator T. G. Fatch. Then after: persons who have passed the age | reformatory here. ; renewed drought damage in the the bill became a 1. Senator | of 55, who are excmpt and there-| The Chillicothe West, which will impair farm buy- Futch became attorney ‘or the{fore qualified, and about 200 ing power if sit becomes serious. the state racing commision, and! who have reached their majority | lar Another factor is the general be- today enjoys the fruits of that/this year, making a total of 1400/0 :.ost hopeful ee ee office, {plus about 600 who have quali- | Rost hope-ul cases among meni cies of Europe are to undergo ad- By HUGO SIMS. H Washington dent of The Citizen Reappraising the business out-' ok leads to the conviction that jthe upward trend will continue through the year, with the possi- H The authority, Capt. A. L. La/ Special some of the nation’s hardest crim-| jo, Now he is captain prison, built y by its inmates, handles for the teaching of trades, it seeks to | turn convic’ for hardened criminals i Organized Labor, through the | A. F. of L., is conducting a strong jecampaign for the Wagner Hous- jing bill. This would aid the ibuilding of residences in two S. STEAMER CEIBA | RALPH THOMPSON SELECTED} AS PRESIDENT AT SESSION H | t “In other words, Senator Futch| fied through payment of poll arrested federal offenses, | Justment. While this would be went to the leg'slatere and creat- taxes, making approximately 2000 | 4, a i jconsidered favorable in the long ed a job for himaclf, and that is qualifed to date. | Through psychiatric studies and/run, there may be present com- what I mean when I say that men, ications. - While corporation are going to the legislature to} |, | prefits for the first quarter of people who sent them there. I/ ‘leads to Alcatraz, island fortress!above last year, the new tax do not care what the man’s name! GOES FISHING | measure causes some corporation is or where he livesy I say to you! ‘ 2 : |managers concern and in some this is a wrong system of govern-! » “A guard's attitude can makej cases profits are being reduced ment.” | jall the rence between rebel-! by renewed competition. which Fatch, vigorously chewing gum,|PLANS TO LEAVE THIS AFT-: 3 orderly routine.” net ‘was, to some extent. held down! stood intently listening i eee ony @P-| by the old NRA. socaker Wea eas ERNOON ON BOARD jtain La Brash asserts. endingl Sena ! man in hack of Futch S. S. CUBA |men in this reformatory is “pretty| I'll be—.” and Futch joined in the inearly like handling men on the laughter of the ev | outside le stayed throng» ; met. - on wee ae a vv the ch stele oF Unit} Don't ‘Try “Lo. Eocene Mirela Patcie adden wate ce ee ee owe enc wiibey reliome aime EE tofeiae Fan s de-i Louie W. Strum, who preisded,’ _ : ‘i *| ways. First, it prov a edie wisctocg a ileces fioe ice i ee on u after- ¢ : orget that when he’s in! o¢ Jow-rent housing projects and audience, His words were oan eae 0 passage on the boat prison. But these men know that, loans at cost with the balance re- ed out by handclaps when he de-! In ipo withuother camems|thEy VOS°t 2 chance:to do things, | Payable 18 60iyeers Then)it of- clared: “The two-job man prac-|bers of the official court group, With trades to learn and other, fers loans to cooperative groups, tiee is a main issue in the gov-' Judge Strum sailed this sacar educational facilities. If they tey|“P*3abe 2 60 years but without ernor’s race.” mS z aa a jany direet subsidy. The purpose eens |te try his luck and skill. ito eseape, they're sent up oN! is to secure low rents and to pro-' BOYS F lene a che warty 58 another charge and become re- vide adequate housing for a sec- FELLOWSHIP |eitss.c csc i250" ssck, nesters ard they snow they] tin of the polation that as ot CLUB HAS MEETING isn't Se! ste (0! "borne cet ti” ta sa seam = ed States marshal in Key West. | Brash says, 25 Chillicothe] 7704 over : iod_ jone guard, yet no man has ret wy with the power to borrow from «to escape from that detail. ithe RFC and from private sources. Why don’t they beat it? TUS! various devices are included to, LAST EVENING DUE TOMORROW not because they don’t have i protect the low-rent character pan ee io teyavent itepbe ory fand to prevent competition with { . ht icineiiec aL ia ; building operations. carried on An enthusiastic and well at-; VESSEL COMING IN FROM eceatey nen, with) plenty of| £0". Private profit. President tended- meeting of the Boys Fel-| NEW YORK: TO TAKE invi¥é to dopa eae anid lit-{ william Green thinks that the lowship Club was hald last night 4 lets dekedaid Save aeitee pet iy. agner bill will do much to re-! in Wesley House. The excitement} ON FUEL OIL Fok itepe ave trecispe ardenad| "(Pe Dnilding induntry. | was high when the ballotin ae yee, ber eit ons cteacd s | prisoner, (T1¢'Sfnot like looking at) : 3 Se-cuates inc ? ; a 40 foot wall from the inside. / The Republican Party commit- h de Steamship Ceiba, of the Stand-; “Most of them here, are in for | tee on arrangements will not meet, happy event, as ard Fruit and Steamship com-| comparatively short terms. They! again until June 2nd, the week] in this organization are fine up-! pany, is due to arrive tomorrow. won't involve their lives in an at-| before the convention, but it has; standing youths, and the rivalry, from New York for bunkers at’ tempt to escape.” nominated Representative Snell! for official recognition, is friend-'the Porter Dock company, and: ‘Old-Timers’ Different | of New York for permanent chai ly and pleasant, the boys realiz-| will sail for Frontera, Mexico. | In the walled institutions, like|™2n and Senator Frederick Stei-| ing that any officers elected will' Yacht Aras, owned by Hugh te eee Leavenworth and Atlan-|Wer of Oregon for temporary| do all possible Zor the benefit of! Chisholm, of Port'and, Me., artiv- ta, where the prison bureau keeps chairman and keynoter. Mean- the elub. fedieneet o : i iwhile, i ie 2 i port yesterday and is berth- > “oldtimers,” the situation is’ While, it may be taken for grant-| Those who were victors in the' ed in the inner harbor, eppesitel oo Slabmere: to} : = ed that efforts will be made election were: Raiph Thompson./the P. and O, terminals. | otal | = ‘ i for voting was a! as all the members! t ae . imin- | Teach an agreement among party! president; Malcolm Roberts, vice’ eae Seer antes seal leaders upon issues to be stressed! president. Jack Weech, secretary.! and common-sense, La Brash says,!2"4 there will be considerable: ioe club is sponsored by Equity, [just bags handling the more jockeying among the candidates. secs 70, Independent Order Oda! zdaptable men of the "medium or | Senator Steiwer is something of a} ellows, and George F. Archer! minimum custody” institutions, {ark horse himself but at this} and Glenn Archer were retained as| “ i an 25 or time Governor Landon continues} Basia ane seein Daas za cou-; to hold his lead with the other spectively. Officers elect will) * he said. “Some of Contenders inclined to head “hi hor inet athe mosting to be | SCHOOWER !the long-time convicts become; ff if possible. Senator Borah/ ay night. May 11, | TAKE CARGO TO GRAN meiancholy. Then they,are surly,|"emains a puzzle to the party _One of the important matters} jresentful and apt to bear aj ™anagers and continues to em-' discussed at the meeting was the! CAYMAN ! grudge. Men in such a mood can! Phasize his intention to “look proposal to seeure permission | be handled with tact without dis-| over” the platform and the can-! from the proper authorities to! |rupting prison discipline. But rid-| didates, } beautify a vacant lot, at some! The turtle schooner Zizoma, | ing a man in that mood, driving suitable location in the city, and | which arrived last week from{him to his tasks, may start the | use it for a baseball field. Ralph; Gran Cayman with a cargo of /convict’s ind on a Inie of thought|up with the world-wide trend to-} Thompson, Alvin Gates andj turtle for the Thompson Fish which may result in ‘stir-crazy’| ward preparedness. The Army} Charles Stirrup were appointed a] Company, is as the Mallory dock; convict running amuck and attack-|and Navy will receive around| committee to interview the per-| loading lumber. jing guards and other inmates—|$550,000,Q00 each. Moreover, | son or persons in charge of such| This lumber was brought to the hopeless as such a performance|the apparent trend is toward in| a lot and, if possible, obtain ie bass last week on the Steamship | iz.” {creased air craft. The Army will} use of it. |Ozark, of the Clyde Mallory - get 565 new planes and the Navy; Plans were also discussed for} Lines, consigned to the vessel’s! WOULD USE PLASTER 333 under tentative plans. In ad-! raising funds for various projects.| owners. —-_ dition, Admiral William H. Stand-; Edward Johnson was a new mem-| As soon as the vessel is loaded,| CHICAGO—‘“I'll put a $50/ley, urges that two replacement, ber received into the elub. Dur-} which is being done under the | plaster on your tongue,” said aj battleships be authorized in order! ing the recreational period vari-| supervision of British Vice Consul | judge in this city to Mrs. Edith|to secure a “treaty-strength” ous games were played and ajCharles S. Lowe, the ship wil! Mornly. who insisted on talking] Navy by 1942. President Roose-! boxing match enjoyed. sail for Gran Cayman. during a trial. velt is on record in favor of ef-/ VESSEL TAKING _ ON LUMBER HERE director, | 3 ZIROMA WILL} Pie of cogs, The United States is keeping, eae : , saat la . WA SHENGHOR © { with the Correspon-}There has recently | 1937 payment to the Old Age Re- | employed, ' $85,000.00; dependent ¢ jthe months roll b | attitude that is regarded by W: | istie drift or doubt the success of ; condition reported will jnot continue. FIELD ENGINEER OF SEWER WORK TAKES PLACE OF BOGART ficient and adequate nati fense, and what he mean these terms can be understood only by reviewing what has been done for the Army and Navy in the i three years. de- WHO HANDED IN RESIGNA- ast TION YESTERDAY, WHICH THOMAS ORR ACCEPTED By next Fall ten public forum demonstration projects are ex- pected to be in operation in str: tegic centers. Three of them now operating and Dr. J Studebaker, United Stat - missioner of Education, looks on i" charge of the the experiment as the be. of a_ nation-wide will offer Americe opportunity to become acq social and problems of their B. Curry Moreno was th morning appointed field engineer sewer project and will be in charge ee under the supervision of <u, Goodman, chief engineer in ch . of operations. econe demoer Orr itizen the appointment told of made fol- En; which by Director Thomas D. The Engineer Moreno lowing the resignation of *.neer John A. C. Bogart, was handed in and accepted Director Orr yesterd: Diseussing the enerally Mr. Orr h other offic , felt that the West program would ued for another year, arrangements at thi not provide for cont:nuanc June 30. However, the consensus cpinion throughout the country. has been said, is to the ef the programs will continu enother year, and there r on to believe otherwise tha: Key West wil! be incorporate the general idea. CONDOLENCE T0 VANLANDINGHAMS RELATIVES AND FRIENDS ARE SENDING TELEGRAMS AND increase in publie di: groups. Something like now recognized and Dr. baker hopes that before long t will be publie discussions in eve rural and urban dist in country. Present forums are located as follows: Pacizie Coast, 130 Rocky Mountains, 2 Middle West, 150. Southwest, 25; South, 82; East, 24; New England, 67. S. Williams, 4 ant Admi instrator of the forum proje says that the greatest interest h: been aroused by the di: international questions, w tional topics coming second, and local problems ranked in gen- eral interest. The forums being set up are expected to serve as models for future development and are being financed by a $330,000 appropriation from work reliez funds, project . With Key er be « alt time The Social Security Act, which became law last August, was without an appropriation until February because o7 a filibuster in the Senate. It has helped ten Siates in the administration unemployment compensation lav covering 6,000,000 wor cost of $350.513. It tributed $5,000,000 to funds in twenty-nine es, where there are approved old age assistance plans. Seventeen poco states got $700,000 to help 190,- Condolence to pen 000 dependent children and cigh- inzham. whose wife, forme teen states have received $421,- ¥ 5 eee ripe ray 000 to assist the needy a President Roosevelt ” last Saturday, and to Mrs. H. Rus- ed Congress for a $460,300,000 “cll. mother of Mrs, Vanlanding- budget for social secu of ham. : : ¥. The Vanlandinghams ond Ru Ss 65. 000 is t] i ag itis amount $265,000,000" i Fi ats moved | tu) Dania, lorie, from Key West bout two year ago. Other members of the fam- ily today reside in Miam Survivors are the husband one brother, W Russell, and three sisters, Mrs. M Reeder, Misses Betty Lou and | Fay Russell. as L=TTERS TO FAMILY St : . Relatives and friends are t sending telegrams and lett serve funds. The remai will be divided as follow: $44.800.000 i sum! Un- aged. ren, 35,060,000; blind, $8,000,000; expense, $23.000,000. It is interesting to watch, Be Te eee . the changing horoscope of political fortune. NEW ARRIVAL AT No explanation is available for ‘arms ce see WILLIAMS? HOME ington correspondents and _politi- cal observers. Statesmen and party workers have their periods of optimism, only to become de- pressed as they sense an antagon- Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Williams announce the birth of a Monday. The little one has been given their plans to win popular favor.| the name Sylvia Louis | Mother and baby are as doing nicely. Mrs. Williams was bef marriage, Miss Maxine F EMCTIONAL ROUTINE BY WOMEN SLAYERS (Ny Assocnces CHICAGO, May 5.—Murderes es ery, then they work and ¢ and pray. says Matron Mary Ken nedy outlining the emotional r« tine followed by women while they are being held in Cook girl on reported Along this line, one observes a great change in the past few months. Criticism of the Pre dent was mounting, the Liberty League threatened to be an ef- fective factor in the campaign. and there were evidences of It among the Democra' Today, the truthful reporter must chron- iele a change. The Presiden lieutenants are riding on a wave; of optimism, confident that the election next Fall is “in the bag.” The Republicans, with their nomi- slayers {mee uncertain and in the midst of| county (Chicago) jail for trial pre-convention. fights, have retained their confidence. not; Mrs. Kennedy has seen mor The| than 100 murderesses come and go probably} during her 25 years as matron at Another apparent! the jail. She says they all follow shift will set in and the state of the same sequence of reactions. mind of the party leaders will “They all cry their eyes out for probably change. the Republicans; a couple of days,” the matron says. again confident and charging in-| “But they get over it and settle to battle while the Democrats} down to work, helping with the wonder over the outcome of the! daily chores. fray. | “The ones who have killed their |husbands are the best worker= The interesting speculation! They’re used to housework and arises whether these shifts really) they like it. take place at all. Are they the} “After they become adjusted to product of modern journalistic: the jail routine they begin to achievements, bused upon incom-! primp—then they pray. Even the plete intelligence and fanned by| ones labeled by the police as most (Continued on Page Four) dangerous follow this routine. of the work saan MISS va TOMKINSON A ViSITORS CATCH EXCELLENT Tarpow CURED OF AILMENT BY SUNSHINE HERE Attorney T. G. Hilliard and brother Dr. J. Hilliard, of Salem, New Jersey, topped off two months of fishing im west Te Key West waters last night by catching a tarpon weigh AGO ON ing 152 pounds They had decided to retar= home today, and afternoon said te their friend and guide. Tony CGandolfc “Let's gc cut and try them again this evening Mr. Gandolfo agreed that the weather that it being their the idea w proceeded to put They went out. got one strike feaght the ster silver king for tw at the end of which the prize was brought to boat. take= or beard. brought te the < and tivped the scales Is, by many pornd: jest taken this season is said. ENDEAVORING TO HAVE NEW CUTTER STATIONED HERE TELEGRAMS SENT TO CAME KEY AND HALF YEARS TRETCHER LEAVIENC TO yesterday was propitious last ds a geod om lade and but at * MELL AND FLETCHER RE QUESTING THEIR AID IN PROPCSED MATTER Concer ing = its personne WINTER VISITORS DEPARTING TODAY GOING OUT ON STEAM SHIP CUBA JER earlie writing ha: papyri a were@ by the BEER THAT SATISFIES EVERY TASTE--YES, THAT'S WAGNER'S. SEE THAT YOU GET WAGNER'S EVERY TIME THAT YOU ORDER A BOTTLE OF BEER