The Key West Citizen Newspaper, May 14, 1936, Page 1

Associated Press Day Wire Service. For 56 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West No. 116. Wide Open Campaign Brings | Many Issues On All Fronts THREE VESSELS | VOLUME LY Il. Various Politicians Start Activities To Have Bear. ing On Conventions Now| ‘TWO COMING IN TOMORROW WITH OTHER ONE To AR- | RIVE HERE ON SUNDAY | Approaching By BYRON PRICE (Chief of Buren Press V | As convention-time approaches, | Three vessels of the cle it becomes increasingly clear that ' Mallory Lines are due to arrive at! the coming conflict will be no, Key West within the next few, Two are due tomorrow and | one Sunday. Tomorrow “narrow” campaign—either in the! . 5 { geographical sense or with respect | morning the sched-' to the range of the discussion. {ue of the lines cal!s for the ar- | Often al of the Steamship Ozark from ksonville and Miami. The ves- eo] is destined for New Orleans. In the the ship Bra ed to arrive | take sail f New Yo: ‘and Sunday morning the Alamo, ! ound to Key West and Tampa,! 2 due to arrive from New York.! the earlier months of | election year see some main bat tleground selected, and the issues! i two afternoon sorted over so that one or . Galveston, v on. come sharply to the fore. time the process has been versed. A year ago it appeared that the ‘HEPBURN GIVEN JAIL SENTENCE: IN CRIMINAL COURT, CHARGED WITH | Democrats were preparing to make no more than a perfunctory! campaign in the east, but Sonal concentrate on an effort to find! a winning combination in west! and south, In consequence, the! CONVICTED Republicans were expected to re-| i | gard the east as safe, and go'west, STATUTORY OFFENSE and perhaps parts of the south, | will be in the zone of active! Alfred Hepburn, colored, was struggle. jtoday found guilty by a jury of Simjlarly, many politicians hayp ;* Statutory offense and was sen forceast itenced to serve one year in the} tive libera! pecnney jail. This case was started yesterday | morning in criminal court. and the | was taken up with! ring evidence. Late _yester-| day, Judge J. Vining Harris called! a recess and :nnounced the case i would be continued this morning. | Just after court met this morn-| jing a brief time was spent in} ‘hearing more evidence after which the county solicitor argued, and the defense attorney closed. The complaining witness alleged | that at the time she met Hepburn ‘she was chaste, that she was now jabout to becomé a mother and aims cite the | Hepburn, who is married, is the large aggregate majority rolled up | father. last fall by Democratic andidates | Apparently the jury, composed for the New Yo embly, and, ,of Henry Bush, Herman F. Rob- the marked increase of Demo-|erts, Rafael E. Lazo, Tony Gan- cratic regi: tion in parts of delfo, John W. Roverts and John a ight-out conserva- contest with the Re- publieans keeping well over to the! political right, and the Democrats swinging definitely the Now some the more eneed doubt seriously whether any such thing will develop. entire day h to left. of expe Democrats Invade East One of the chief geographical surprises has been the inereasing volume of Democratic the vastly important es of New York and Penns Outwardly, these cl DUE THIS WEEK jit was said, ROTARY CLUB ,“The Relation of National Pennsylvania which formerly were! A. Lord, believed the woman’s story and returned a verdict in her behalf. COAST GUARD SHIP ARRIVES Coast Guard Cutter McLane ar- ed in port last evening with McKean in command, and was to leave this afternoon for a trip to the west coast. i Lieutenant McKean told The Citizen the visit to Key West was to afford veral of the vessel’s personnel an opportunity to be given déntal treatnvent at solidly Republican. Under the su the Demo- eratic talk is based also on the fact that carefully - organized Democratic shock troops ey are actively mobili: as Massachusett: The Re cans dispute that any of this ter-] ritory is doubtful but it certainly | would not be safe to regard even! New England as entirely outside; the 1936 battle zone. That the Republicans will not do so, but will campaign down} to the North Atlantic coast is, con-} sequently, assured. Nor Kkely that the Republica gers will devote some of tke tention to the states usually num- beved in the Democratic — sclid south. In 1928 Mr. Hoover car Yi eral of those states. Now there are evidences of southern Democratic revolt against some of the Roose- velt policies. Assured of a cam-} paign fund, the Republicans may be counted on to make war in; every state where they see the! slightest chance of victory. | Broad Issues, With respect to issues, too. tendency on both sides is toward taking in a great deal of _ terri- tory. Ik of narrowing the paign to a constitutional has virtually disappeared. The Liberty League has played that tune to every possible variation, | and many Republicans are unwill-! ing to put the party in the attitude | of echoing the league. Besides, the! widely-forecast emocratic advo-} cacy of a constitutional amend- | ‘ace the | cam- | issue | materializing. i | Lieutenant George E. | Marine hospital. i send : PUBLIC SPEAKING AT PARK TONIGHT yand There will be »n address given | at Bayview Park tonight, begin-j| nign at 8 o'clock, on the Town-j Ol Age Pension Plan, H. Lockyear from by} M. An invitation is extended all to: j attend and hear the speaker, who! will give of the proposed plan. Boxing Tonite at 8:15 o'clock NAVY FIELD ARENA Featherweight Championship SANTANA ws. FERNANDEZ | topies diseu the © a comp:ehensive outline jsell; ment now shows no prospect of ; Gen. Adm. 50c; Ringside $1 00: Rosa Vare Ladies 10c i? Che Kry West Citizen —~— KEY WEST, FLORIDA, Se eee 14, 1936. JRUSH STARTS 0 | PAY POLL TAXES NOW BELIEVED THAT PRE-. DICTED NUMBER OF QUALI- | FIED WILL BE REACHED Predictions do not always come! true. This was said in the office | of Tax Coileector Frank H. Ladd, this morning, but the remark was qualified by the statement’ that in the matter of a sudden increase} 4n the paynient of poll taxes this! week, it is most decidedly so. Up until yesterday that there was of the predicted number of 3500 quatified being reached, before the poll tax it seemed, not’ much chance voters | i books close on Saturday. But this morning the rush start- | ed and from the time the office as opened payment began. Sing-| y twos, threes and in larger | - . persons who are eager to ;be in preparation for the battle to _be waged at the polls on Tuesday, 2, they besieged the tax Bae lector’s offic From the vumber ee forenoon it is believed when the office closes this af une paying up | that | ] noon there will have been shoul 300 recei issued. It is betiev- j ed that payments throughout the rest of the as they have been today, the pre-' dicted sum of 3500, greater number, will be reached. ! | { i if continue week | or even ai HOLDS MEETING REPORT FRES=NTED BY DELE-| GATES TO TALLAHAS- | SEE CONVENTION H | The Rotary Club met in the St. Paul’s Parish H. President Melvin chair. Emory table. Curry Harris introduced as his} guest, Horace C. Gonnable, of Kalamazoo, Michigan. ' on the T ssee con-: re pre Rev. >. Gekeler, Sebastian Cabrera, | President Russell and W. L. Bates. | “Service to Neighbor, Com-: munity and Nation,” “Service to; the Under-Privileged Chiid,” and| Pa- to International Under-| re the outstanding} ed at the Tallahas- | © convention thei. impressed, the reporting delegat in the Lowe Pierce graced th trioti: standi m, CUBA BRINGS IN 60 PASSENGERS VESSEL ALSO BROUGHT IN’ TWENTY-FOUR TONS OF FREIGHT | meny Steamship empa this me s and two s for Kev pecond class t; 10 first and passengers for ‘speak tonight. ivals at Key West wer L. Scheer, Rosa Ae pa also brought 24 tons! zht and 13 sacks of Are for Key West; nine tons of fr 217 sacks of mail for vana, a ! { THREE LICENSES national | ; headquarters of the movement. / TO WED ISSUED During the weck ending today here were three marriage licenses issued from the cffice of the county judge. According to the records the issues were all made on one day and were to: Chauncey Smith and Ilean Rus- James F. Powell snd Blanca Horace de Aguero and Agnes M. Myers. , | tendance. j chief executive of the state. {racket ! the stand, ‘and at the conclusion of his speech ‘tion with his campaign. | October and November, 1935. Addresses Voters = 'FERRY VESSELS BEING INSPECTED EXPECT THAT REPORT OF IN- SPECTORS WILL BE MADE TOMORROW J. R. Blair, United States in- ls spector of hulls, and G. L. Scheer, | United States inspector of boilers, jare this afternoon inspecting the} Ferries Pilgrim and Traveler now | being gotten in readiness for serv- | ice between No Name Key Matecumbe Key | They arrived on the Steamship Cuba this mornnig from head- ‘quarters in Tampa and came here ,at the solicitation of Franklin | Albert, manager of the Fer i Service. { Mr. Blair is making a thorough | inspection of the recently placed ; superstructure on the Traveler ‘and the steel work in the house hich was ordered placed to! strengthen that section of the essel, Mr. Scheer is making inspection ‘of the tanks and other parts of the | versel which are under his jurisdic- jtion. It is understood a will not be made on their ings until tomorrow. THREE BUILDING PERMITS ISSUED GNE CALLS FOR EXPENDI- TURE OF FIVE HUN- DRED DOLLARS GRADY BURTON Candidate For Governor GRADY BURTON HEARD AT PARK LAST EVENING CANDIDATE FGR GOVERNOR} DELIVERS ADDRESS IN IN- find. j i i TEREST OF HIS CANDIDACY: TO LARGE AS#=MBLAGE | Grady for} governor, Burton, candidate . addressed e large crowd | Park last evening in the interest of his candidacy, cov-| in} see Bayview Building and repair permits is- sves dealing with | ae this month to date from the his campaign. It estimated ; office of Building Inspector Har-! | that there was between twelve and ' :ty M. Baker are down to the mini- h 1 es mum for a like period, only three; unde being issued. ering various is in fifteen peoyte The speaker was introduced by | sum was for general repairs to the ieamesie <thich Wecdid {but dine at 707 Seminole street. Dion, i Berton’s cam-| This residence was forme-ly own- AS Sic led by Mrs. Rosalie Martinez but ign in Key ee short i was purchased about two months points “in; ago by a visitor from New York. Burton’s efforts in} The present owner is W. R. Rob- erson' and the repairs will amount to about $500. Z Other issues call for: General, Mr. Burton mentioned the SeV-| yepairs at 728 Enna street. Own- eral things that he favors among, er, C, Cambridge; cost, $200. which are: Definite fund after manager We Ik covering several with Mr. election to the position of of line king public| ton street; owner, Genevieve {| Shultz; cost, $450. the Old age pension. Nation-wide paign financed for school rien <x SCOUTS PLAN TO ““Donoort platform conven-| PUT ON PROGRAM on. The speaker also the various activities that he op- poses, including the slot machine and two-job practice. tax for relief of; advertising cam- by “odd touched on PATION IN EVENT ARE Transaction NOW BEING RECEIVED Land Barons. Pardons for als. Mr. reception on h and all dress he'd the und tion of his audience. His address dealt with various! sues bearing on the campaign, hardened crimin-} Applications for participation in the “Amateur Hocr’, to be sponsored by Troop Number 5, Boy Scout: 22nd in High | School arditorium, sre being re- ceived every day by Scoutmaster J. A. Boza, it is stated. This ente=t ent is being given by the troop to help defray the expenses of a simmer en- cempment. A fine program of the best ‘amateur talent is being arranged, and prizes will be given the con- testants receiving the highest awards. The audience will decide by their applause the winners of the tarious grours. A committee of judges will aid in the scfec- tion of the winner: Amateurs wishing to partici- pete in this contest may do so by Burton was given a_ big} appearance upon; during his ad-| vided atten- he was met and congratulated by of his hearers on the ex-} cellent speech rendered in connec-: Mr. Burton left early thi morning by plane enroute to Per- y, Fla.. where he is scheduled to tter J. A. Boza or t> one of the County Clerk Ross C. Sawyer | iieesnae annqunced this morning a pay_day | tomorrow for county employes MILLIGAN JOINS and partial payment of certain) pills against the Monroe County | WEATHER FORCES, This pay was made possible, it! pointed cut. by transfer of! certain funds and receipt of the; « James W. Milligan of Jackson- balance of the county’s portion of; ville was an arrival in Key West the race track funds from Talla-| yesterday, accompanied by Mrs. Payment from General Revenue: Mr. Milligan hes taken up his fends will be for the months of new duties at the local weather February and March, 1936, andj bureau as an addition to the from Fine and Forfeiture funds foree, and will remain all for the months of September,}/during the hutricane season, Ferry stem. hassee. | Milligan, | closing November 15. and, report | The one involving the largest, General repairs at 417 Simon-' | APPLICATIONS FOR wannen.| {making application to Scoutmas-' 'PATY DENOUNCES | SHOLTZIN TALK GIVEN LAST NIGHT Commissioners Make Final Plans For Coming Pramary CLAIMS PRESENT en Giher Matters Are Heard SENATOR; SAYS PEOPLE WON’T STAND FOR IT | | WILL NOT BE NAMED AS | | | | | (Special to Th» Civizen) ST. AUGUSTINE, May “Fi orida’s governor State candidate present to be United B. ¥. Paty, cted last night address delivered going ; tor,” for in an nt the Plaza be- | governor, pre jfore a large crowd of St. Augus- y \tine citizens. “After _ perpetrating such ifraud on the people of Florida |he now seeks to perpetrate a jilar iraud on the people of the country,” Paty id, “but the {people won’t let him. | “As a matter of fact, when I become of Florida, the i present governor is going to governo: pend time investi- he nything else, so much answering won't have for that i. foreign ship ions, time unless he featches a and trav- ‘ds in the royal suite for a foreign lind to bask in the sunshine of foreign Riviera as he had once be fore. ; “Did you ever r uch a | thing—the unmitigated gall of this little tyrant announcing ithe United States senate, continued, “Why, I don’ ’s anything but a bl ling on him to get agon and get out here and let fight this thing out. He said he was going to bring it out once be- fore to take out after me. Un- j eraenaiely for me, he didn’t.” Paty declared in he least acceptable candidate in the governor’s race to the present chief executive, and sa‘d the rea- son that he is the on'y man in the race who has said, “Until we adopt a certain and sure poli- y of presecution and conviction k.' of those guilty, instead of permit- {ting th e traitor to enjoy the fruits of this treason undisturbed, jthis practice of betrayal of public trust will continue.” j Before coming ‘to St. rting the traiter to spoke to good crowds Hastings and Cre was g'ven warm r ‘MAJOR HARPER GIVEN HONORS PRESENTED WITH GOLD MED- i AL FOR DISTINGUISH- i ED SERVIC= of for Paty believe Iam nis sound is the enjoy the in DeLand. cent City and -eptions. i 4 ji 1} MggornA, C. Harper, United States "Engineers, and well known to a number of Key Westers, was recently presented with the gold medal of The Society of Ameri- can Mfitary Engineers, for dis tinguished service rendered the organization during the year 1935. Years ago when there were number of activities being car- ried on at the naval station, Ma- jor Harper was stationed in Key West and it was during that pe- riod he made a wide circle of friends who are sending him let- ters of congratulat‘on on the dis tinguished honor he has recently received. Mrs. Harper is of Key West and before marriage was Mics Marga- ret Warren, sister of M Shourds, Mrs. Ella Rober: Warren. ‘YACHT RETURNS TO BASIN HERE Yacht Alscoma~, Chattanoo- ga, with Owner S. L. Protasco and party on board. is, berthed at one of the finger Piers in the yacht basin. The yacht has just from a fishing tric to Tortuzas ‘and Marquesas, and plans afé now being made to¢eave and move up along the east coast to Miami, | tomorow. of returned | have Augus- j as K. Warren and Dr. William R.! PALM BEACH MAN CAPTURES SAILFISH J. L. Kingsland, Beach, who arrived 3 ago on his Cabin Cruiser Alam has alresdy had the thril, ef cate. ing a fine sail- fish. Out with Captain W. R Archer, Mr. Kingsland began t-olling and it was not long hbefcre the strike of strikes came which every experienc- ed angler “fe-ls” be th-t much coveted prize, 2 sailfish. After a struggle over a pe- tied of about 40 minutes the prize was beated and seer t> b> a really fine spec:- men. It feet 4 inches and w-ighed 63 pounds A ee: THREE ARTISTS LEAVING TODAY RETURNING At Regular Meeting of ody Conducted Last of Palm several Evening must measured 7 TO WASHING TON AFTER CARRYING ON OF=RATIONS HER= Three art’s Key Wes! on the Washineto to th for cuced er paintnig round Ke The here West. group, which for ine prise Valton retti artists work dep’ subject mzt Much their v highly co: d ak parting George Mills Whit ervisor of th and H for the tor of th and in that ed many with the he: ject, St past yea Key Roy Robinso en quarters Mr. Robi WPA director Deliciou deuvres were cocktails all of ed by the art’sts on the ning in Key West DUTCH WORK ON NEW DRAINAGE (iy Awectated AMSTERDAM. Holland 14.—W second 600.000 a nson ananes which w the SMOXE SCREEN MINFRAL POOMS LINKS ARE EXTENDED BY ORDER OF KING Wind to 18 being m the Edward He the ended yea entertaining. i WAGNER BEER IS BREWED IN STRICT ACCORDANCE WITH THE IDFAS OF THE MOST SKILLED BREW MASTERS. LEISURELY AND THOROUGHLY. TRY [T