The Key West Citizen Newspaper, May 13, 1936, Page 1

Associated Press Day Wire Service. For 56 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West Che VOLUME LVII. No. 115. Council Hears Resolution Read | Pertaining To Tax Collections: General Discussion of Situ-| DEMOCRATIC CLUB ation Entered Into At| PLANS FOR RALLY Special Meeting Con- ducted Last Night |MAKE PROGRESS ae PROJECT EXPECTED TO | BE READY FOR USE BY { | NEXT WEEK GTHER MATTERS TAKEN UP i \ AT MZETING CONDUCTED i ready by | The City Council convened in LAST EVENING id today. ; : H Wilson, engaeer in aid that everything is y and with the addition- 21 lumber rece'ved this week the prospeets now are that everything by Monday, if eee oi tne work, the | bei constricted for ferry serv- next week, it was special session last night at a fess The meeting of the Young Speen taxed in tok cla tics is ao Club of Monroe Coun- y held last evening in the Coun. ee een ee ees ty Court House drew the largest ene é not earlie; Final plans for the big Pre- the state road department, it Election Dance were made at this |= Domted out, bat) under author- session. The affair is to be giv- ity of William Green, direéor of cq OnaSat idee’ aie aie FERA activities on the Keys, and bana-Madrid Club, ee wasn Arrangements were made for politica! rally to be held at Bay ‘view Park on Tuesday, May 26, under the auspices of the club, At shown to be, $3,225,044.23. The/ this raliy. all candidates in the ae the Democtatie Pr'mary wit’ be ex RESIGNS POSITION en a chance to speak. In addition, ; it is understood that there will be at a special meeting to be held on % band concert in the park short-! Stewart Leonard, director of ‘ly before the rally. ‘the administration art gallery, has ! Conimittees to arrage for this’ tendered his resignation to be- Gomez, | Tally were appointed by the pres-' come effeetive on May 15. shia. drew up kie con, | Went, William Arnold. They are, Mr. Leonard has been director ferred with the as follows: of pul relations for the FERA eoehle . the! Committee to introduce speak-'and also director of woman’s meeting last night, and exo: lained | ers: Allan B. Cleare; Jr., George work and professional projects. the provisions of the resolution in} Brooks, Aquilino Lopez, Jr. and Later he was made director of the detail, and stated that he felt that! W_ Curry Harr de Geee ean ee { ommittee on arrangements: it is understood that he is go- the city would be greatly bene-| ponjamin Sawyer, Everett Rivas. ing north to accept the position fited by the adoption of the reso-' Raymond Delgado and Franklin of director and lecturer on art at lution which would hel) wonder-'p, Albert. a gallery in Zanesville, Ohio. fully, he said, toward obtaining] i additional revenue in the collec- ; i Written by i Sian Grandehila aac | to a oar extent. Method of Payment PAYMENT OF POLL "= TAXES 1S SLOW Mystery Romance Around The resolution deals with the! collection of delinquent taxes on GREAT SPEED UP NECESSARY a basis! permitting use bonds, rhatured coupons, ee TO REACH NUMBER AS PREDICTED which time a general discussion tax situation after which a resolu-i tion bearing on the subject wae} read in which it was shown eel the amount of delinquent taxes; $1,112,- 705.29, while the liabilities total | $1,814,685.91, The including | current now owed the city is at Ha- total esate, taxes, were deferred action on resolution, which will be taken up Friday afternoon. City Attorney A lution, council at Houston Weaves | and city p, with current taxes! pansion lone ™ to be paid in cas | The resolution read at the meet-! ing last n¢at Jollows: “WHEREAS the delinquent! taxes due tne City of Key West: are on the increase, and at the} date of this resolution represent} approximately the total sum eo.) $1,112,705.29, and i “WHEREAS the city’s bonded a and other obligations aggregtae !¥ Slow, said Tax Collector Frank about $1,814,685.91, said sum be-:H. Ladd. Much slower than was | ing an amount far beyond its fi-' anticipated when the number to nancial ability to liquidate, and j bring the qualified list_up to the “WHEREAS it is essential to predicted 3500 is considered. collect currant and delinquent) fe tactionsde Me. Tadd at willl Margaret Bell Houston, “Gypsy Weather” {next j blood. H whose Texas in her: grandfather serial, has Her | Poll tax payments are decided-; MARGARET HOUSTON. Sam Houston. “I am too small a invited father’s Houston taxes due the city to the end that current and outstanding obliga-| be necessary for several hundred tions may be me | to be paid da‘ly to reach the num-! “WHEREAS so ber estimated, and after today and equitable arrangement should’ there are but three more days in be adopted to meet the require- which to get qualified, as the | ments of the situation, therefore. books close Saturday. “BE IT RESOLVED by the! It is believed, however, that be- City of Key West in special ses- fore Saturday there will te a Colossus,” chief of the Chero- sion convened that upon the pay-! great inerease in payments and. Kees and founder of Texas, where; ment in cash all current taxes’ the tax collector’s office will be She was born, at Cedar Bayou. in any year, plus the ount of kept excessively busy before the’ One of her tirst memories is one mill now required to be levied! office closes Sea of her father. Dt. Samuel Hous- | and collected’on Yie 1935 tax roll; fton, being introduced on the| to meet the Chalmer’s judgement LORED M AN and subsequent levies for said C0 MA judgment .as hereafter made, the} taxpayer may on the particular! GOES T0 TR Houston.” he had said. “On me property upon which current taxes it would drag in the dust.” and said Chal judgment —_— be A little later the levies shall be i, pay all de- iss Houston was linquent taxes duc on said prop-| ARRAIGNED — IN CRIMINAL! Me erty with bonds. coupons, s | COURT CHARGED WITH i “I am too little,” or other obligations outstanding} ‘ed, remembering her against the city. H STATUTORY OFFENSE | words, “to wear Sam “BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED} | blanket. that the purpose of this arrange-! iwould get all dirty.” ment is to reestablish the credit} Alfred Hepburn, colored, was of the city so that its obligations! placed on triel in criminal court Wednesday, May 13, in The Citi- of whatsoever kind shall be re-| this morning charged with a sta-' zen. ceived and honored by the city|tutory offense. The case is prov-' mark of the butler, opening the for their face value as above al-, ing quite interesting. | doors of the old Joris house on the lowed, provided the same are used! Correspondence between Hep-, Hudson. in the payment of delinquent; burn and the woman in the case,; The opening of the door taxes simultaneously with the pay-! colored, was read on the stand, night was a turning pdint in the ment of current taxes and Chal-! ad was shewn to be :f a kind to! Inves of the two Joris brothers. mer’s judgment levies on any par- indicate that Hepburn was an! As if blown in by. .the storm, * ticular parcel of land or property ardent wooer and easily wno the} there entered a, sttange.and+mys- now and hereafter assessed on the! confidence of the female admirer. |‘terious girt hunting’ shelter, not!” tax rolls of the city of Key West.! Unfortunately for Hepburn, it|from the elements but from a “BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED | as brought out durin the ex-' pursuing fear. In her appear-, that any tax payer, who prior to| amination by lavvyers, he is mar-jance Rupert Joris, seeking the date of the adoption of tais|Tied. or, as alleged in the affi- drink the consolation he needed (Continued on Page Four) ‘father, B CONCERT Henry Bush, Tony Gandoifo,| disturbing complication that Dirk, Key West Hospitality Band|Herman F. Roberts, Rafael BAYVIEW PARK Lazo, John A. Lord and John W.|his brother's wife. Roberts are the members of the; Tonight, 7:45 o’Clock jury selected to try the issue and] story, and Miss Houston determine the merits of the case.jthem together entertainingly. ‘about to become a mother, andthe marriage, saw a solution. So; yeharges that Hepburn ‘s GN FERRY RAMP | that, STEWART LEONARD is The Citizen’s | was: | “stop Landon.” Aind Mr. i refusal to allow } put up in various state primaries ‘has weakened his position. It isi no signs ‘not at all impossible that Hoover.' ‘coming Republican eaker’s platform as the son st 'man to wear the mantle of Sam; diminutive | to | she declaim-! If I was to put it on it! “Gypsy Weather,” which begins. takes its name frora the re-, that | pave the girl is under age and isjafter his finance had called offi the | he and this girl he had never seen | {before were married, with the) qualified list of voters of names peers Mr. Burton tonight. yr Key West Citizen © KEY WEST, FLORIDA, FLORIDA, WEDNESDAY, MAY 13, 1936. ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS Happenings That Affect the Dinner Pails, Dividend Checks and Tax Bills of Every Individual; Na- tional and International Problems Insep- arable From Local Welfare Each passing week brings a gird their loins, summon their co- rennial battle. Practically all preliminary in- terest is, naturally, centered on he Republican convention to be ‘held next month in Cleveland. The Democratic convention js also to be held next month in Philadel- phia, but it takes no seer to guess what will happen there. The dele- gates will nominate Franklin De- lano Roosevelt for the presidency, and it is almost inconceivable that more than one ballot will be re- at. Conservative, and welcomes mod- “lerate liberalism in legislation. quired, Thereafter, taey will tle down to work on a platform, and some interest will attac inasmuch as Democrats imical to the New Deal theor' be able to get in a few licks at Administration activities of the past three-and-a-qua years. However, it’s prett of a cinch that the platform ¢ agreed upon will reflect W House wishes almost 100 per cent.; The Republican picture _ has changed a good deal late, few months ago some of the ex-| perts were freely forecasting that Governor Landon of Kansas would! get the nomination, probably on the fi ballot. Now the com- mentators aren’t so sure that Mr.j Landon will get it at all. Events within the party organization, along with results of various state primaries have definitely harmed his chances, To win at Cleveland, Mr. Lan- don must pick up a lot more dele- ' gates than can be seen now. He is’ not popular wit some party lead-! ers in the great Eastern industriaf | states—New ' Massachusetts, ete. These leaders, ! mostly belong to the Hoover wing, of the party, and it is well known | that the only living ex-President primary showing. However. } looks with little favor on the Kan-' publicans figure that with an ap- isan. Normally, Mr. Landon would go into the convention wit) prac- tically solid western and middle- western sentiment behind | politics, Senator Borah of Idaho,: lis also a candidate for the nomi-| thing that can be said al out to Landon’s his name to be nation and is definitely | Borah and Knox will cement their; ‘forces, if necessary. to prevent Mr. Landon’s nomination. Indication of what is to come is found in the selection of the, |keynoter and chairman of the convention. | Chairman will be old-guard~Con- i gressman Snell of New York. a ‘fighting Sam Houston, the “Buck- representative of the most con | likewise showing servative wing of the party. Mr rman, usually called a Re ; he found it impo ‘nomination for York, Pennsylvania,|that the him. | {But a great figure in Western! | business volume will be best Snell’s congressional record shows With nothing to interfere with | little more order out of the politi-| that the has opposed ramp Cal chaos, as the two great parties} every New Deal meas‘ Keynoter will be Senator Steiw- lice at Big Pine Key is expected to horts, and prepare for their quad- et of Oregon, 2 middle-of pro- has of gressive.” Senator been outspoken in many New Deal policies—but his } Congressional record shows he voted for many of them, including the NRA and the AAA leader in the fight for tae bonus, is popular with the vet- evans, It is believed that Republi- can leaders selected him to show that the party is not 100 per cent Upshot of all this is the fast 'vaining belief that the stage i set for nomination of a reas ably dark horse, w the @ui- standing candidate: other off by their opposed _ strength. And today, two men are mentioned for th dark horse position. One of is keynoter Steiwer, whom man: believe would make a ~cl: compromise candidate. The oth is Senator Vandenberg. would ‘like the nomination, though he has not gone actively in search of it, as have Landon, Borah and Knox. Instead, he has been ably ttacking the New Deal in the Senate. It forecast that Hoover would willingly thr weight behind Vandenberg. tat Senator Borah would ible to win the himself. As for the chance of the Repr lican candidate, whoever he is being elected, opinions differ pro- gundly, Recent polls indicate Bacaavelt strength gaining again, but tat it is short of its 1932 potency President has made 2 ve prominently e rong Re- pealing candidate to do their talk- ing for them, much can happen between June and November. A business cently observed conrmentator that the best ness todav is that there to say. Ans that busin is gradual holding its own improving, and that a let-down can be seen. Business Week says that recent- ly observed factors reinfor belief that the second quarter at least the middle of 1931, that nanufacturing ac will be best since at least the middle of 1931, that manufacturing a | Will be tops since 1930. Ear me and activi highly encour- aging upward trends. as well as vol COUNTY BOARD MEETS TONIGHT MATTERS PERTAINING TO COMING ELECTION TO BE TAKEN UP Second regular mecting of the for the held county commissioners month of May will be to-! night in the coanty court house at 8 o'clock, ‘ There are important! matters to be decided at this meeting, magters principally con- nected ‘vith the election qualifi- EE of voters and election day. several Two of these are exceptionally | important. The first is the selec- tion of clerks and inspectors for designation of thg places where the booths will be established. The other is»restoration to the! , which may have been erroneous-! The con-! Maylan and Mr. and Mrs. ‘GRADY BURTON SPEAKS TONIGHT CANDIDATE FOR GOVERNOR TO ADDRESS VOTERS AT BAYVIEW PARK Grady. Burton, candidate for governor, will address the vo lof Key West this evening 8 o’clock at Bayview Park. The address will start imme ely after the concert by the Key West Hospital- jity Band.. Those interested in the candi- dacy of Mr. Burton say he has an interesting platform in which is incorporated a number of planks ters outlining beneficial legislation for j the people of the state. He is also opposed to a num- ber of things which are now be- ting practiced and which he prom- ises to use his efforts to abolish in: the differént polling places, and jin the event he is elected. It has ‘been suggested by the local Bur- jton Committee for Governor.; | that every person in Key West ; Who is able to do so, go out to Burton arrived on a priv- E.| Joris found himself in love with |ly stricken at the last meeting of | ate pias from Miami this morn- | the commissioners, This disqual-! Here are the elements for a| ified list was publisked _in puts| Citizen last Saturday and [tained 227 names. ing. Others in the party stop- ping at the Hotel Colonial are: Ed. Me- Gahey. 2 dress the youths ling each '. of ceremonies, and will i women employed on re- pout busi-! < Mrs, Elmira J. ince! i OF YOUTH UNIT “NOW PLANNED EMFLOYES OF NYA TO ASSEM-; BLE ON FRIDAY; NUMBER | OF SP=AKERS TO GIVE AD- DRESSES ON OCCASION ‘MASS MEETING | | | WATER SUPPLY TO BE FURN A mass meeting of all young} men and women employed on Na-} tional Youth. Administration pro jects here has been called fer 3{ P. M., Friday in the Harris School ' buiding. A half dozen sp 1 ad- employed in this igned to give sw work which was young men and women an portunity to add to the income of the family, and at the same time help them in learning some craft or trade. In addition to the speakers, annorncements expected to be of a great deal of interest to the youths will be made. Speakers scheduled for the meeting ar Maj.-Gen ns A. Fechet, U. S. Army Air Corps, retired; Maj. W. W. Rhein, G: S.A, 4a e of the Army here; Lieut, William Klaus, U. S. N., officer in charge of the local Naval Stat! the mayor; Thomas D. O: t di- rector of the Flori ks Pro- gress Administration; W. W. De- meritt. superintendent of the Sev- enth Lighthouse District, and James L. Fort, supervisor of the lecal NYA projects, Director Orr will act as master introduce the various speakers. There are approximately 250 young men and NYA pro- op jects here now. In addition to them, citizens are invited to attend the meeting. Special emphasis wa’ placed on the thought that mem- bers of organizations here inter- ested in the welfare of youths would find the meeting interest- ing. ANNOUNCE DEATH OF MRS. PINDER A telegram was received here last nigkt by Charles L. Roberts announcing the death of his sister. Pinder, at a hos- pital in Fort Myers. Her son, Paul B. Pinder, was at her bed- side at the time of her death, it was stated. {Funeral services will be at Fort Myers at 3 o’colck afternoon. | vivors are one brother, Chas. L. Roberts; two sisters, Mrs. Joseph Lowe and Mrs. William Cooper, and other relatives. i Hear Discussed The Most Urgent Key West Needs interested held this By "GRADY BURTON TONIGHT 8:30 o’Clock | BAYVIEW PARK Grady Burton for Governcr Committee ‘LAYING PIPING afternoon the q/ verdict of death | causes. ‘Conquest Of Ethiopia Brings League Body To Cressreads On Sanctrens Lcacentrate lt ISHED FROM GROUNDS OF NAVAL STATION Work mak ng the laying of water stand pipe rium = rok Goehr it the ing and and Ss expected water the « ha'l bet STEAMER GATUN ARRIVES HERE VESSEL SAILED FOR FRON TERA. MEXICO, AFT=R TAKING ON FUEL OIL thi: morning took 30,003 gallon Porter Dock to sail at 2 CURATOR IS NAMED FOR HALL ESTATE SHERIFF THOMPSON POINTED TO HANDL= AF- FAIRS OF PROPERTY Company o'clock AP- Sheriff terday cerator of Dixon Hall, her home Mrs. Ha'l was in the morning and afterward a cotoner summored to investig causes of her 4 jury K. 0. Thompson returned from Following the death and 6f the jury, Judge Rogelio ( was informed that Mrs. Hall ed some property and other fects at the f he and appointed th time o sheriff 1 day as curator. | CUBA BRINGS IN 31 PASSENGERS VESSEL LEFT LATE IN AFT ERNOON ENROUTE day afternoon from Hav three first class and tw clacs passengers for Key st class passengers for Key West arrivals were cepcion Rodriguez, Alcina ™M rales, Nellie Morales. Agest Aguerro, John Kraynick The Cuba sailed 5 o'clock £ Tampa with: F. Lubiano, Miss M Swan, John A. T. Bogart. Harry Next * C. Hale, Thomas Bocheff, Mrs © Bocheff, Mrs. H. S. McClanahan. Beam Mr. and Mrs. J Golden, Mrs Sex [Louisa A. Hill. . Rano LUNCH COUNTER Theater Ge Mearce Chewder eececeesee NOTHING YOU CAN DRINK DURING THE SUMMER WILL GIVE YOU AS MUCH PLEASURE ENERGY AND SATISFACTION AS WAGNER BEER. IT’S THE BEST