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Associated eDavawinl| Day Wire Service. ‘For 56 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West No. 119. VOL ne L My II. Che Key West Citizen KEY WEST, FLORIDA, MONDAY, MAY 18, 1936. G. 0. P. Liberal Trend Seen Behind Selection Of Keynoter Choosing of Sesator sew PAYMENT OF POLL ! RIFLE CLUB TO HOLD BUSINESS SESSION TONIGHT |SOUTHERNMOST ORGANIZA-.) TION TO MEET AT 7:30) O'CLOCK IN COUNTY COURT! Assured Him ‘Wilcox Says Roosevelt Has That He Will Approve Loan For Bridges ENRIQUE GARCIA UNDER ARREST HELD IN CONNECTION WITH CASE OF MAN BEING Congressional Independence _ Passiveness May End If Roosevelt Wins Election | } i | i | } i 1 i ) i er Is Looked Upon As! TAXES CONCLUDED President Franklin D. Rorse- awaiting the annovcement of his Enrique rrested Something More Th an Political Routine | HOUSE 1 velt has definitely stated that he BELIEVED THAT TOTAL NUM- is going to approve the highway {Tonight the Southernmost BER OF QUALIFIED ELEC- By BYRON PRICE TORS WILL REACH, 3,500 (Chief of Bureau ' / | sees two rea-; Paying of poll taxes came to sons why Senator Steiwer’s desig | 10: in the office of Tax Collec: i tor Frank = Ladd about 11: nation as Republican keynoter at] o' Jock night. That | night. Cleveland must be classed as some-/ 00 i* a fair estimate of the num thing more than routine political ollector. figures 4 not be un |belie? of the Of course, 1ot a lable One is the fact that the eastern) tel c : tax exact gad will pews. | conservative leaders who con-| Paid up on the Keys is |from the deputy collector in ikac ‘section. It was said at the effice that returns ex trolled the selection have extend- ed this recognition to a far west-} erner who made his reputation as a liberal, and who has voted in the! are ted to be in the office {ky Wednesday, and shortly after ithey are checked accurate figuy {as to the number « fers in the county phounceds, 2 Fase FELLOWSHIP CLUB TO MEET TONIGH senate for several of the principa policies of the New Deal. ne will The other is the circumstance | that Senator often Steiwer spoken of backstage as a possible presidential nominee. dead-lock, in case of a job puts him in the best possible spot | he and i i | the keynote H i | NEWLY-ELECTED OF ORGANIZATION WILL BE IN CHARGE Newly-elected Poys Fe'lov charge of the meeting of the or- ganization tonight, the first meet- se to! ing under the new regime. The new president, Ralph | Thompson, has a number of pro- his Posed projects to discuss. which promises, it is said, to make this jene of the most interesting cath- that he! erings snice the club came into lexistence. Aplications for mem- of; bership are to be received. Last Friday evening repre. sentative number of the boys vi ited with Troop 5 Boy Scouts, and everybody knows what the speech! enjoyed the well known hospital- will be about. It is different at'ity of the troop, with Scoutmas- Cleveland, ter J. A. Boza. Want Western Votes | _ Saturda : WEhAtaVCE. Gditine |snd a representation of _anothe Senator! p organization of boys enjoyed Steiwer’s remarks m: undergo, | Belek Aree rats their final form hardl so STEAMER ALAMO to exhibit whatever abilities | has to the delegates. Ordinarily there is no tere: in keynoters, ay officers of to submit the keynote address toi all party factions in adv. edit it until it offe none. When Warren G. was the Chicago 1916, the original speech returned many blu hardly recoe anit The Democratic keynoter for largely a > and gives Harding} speaker at in draft of to him with marks so pencil lection Philad has been} matter of form. since a pected to express that ultra-con-| servative condemmation of the en-; tire Roosevelt regime whic! easterners would like to } Such a speeqa, coming from n this! particular tirely too senator, would be en- vulnerable when laid DUE TO ARRIVE AT THIS PORT TONIGHT alongside his record, Sen- ator Steiwer consented to stult himself, never would take such a risk for a moment. The inescapable logic is that he was chosen, instead, be- cause he could and would make a direct apy to western lib sentiment. ! There was a time when no such} concession was expect appeared that the Republ command was preparin, mtenighieedown the “ine Of “cOM | panier Alabama, of the: exes servatism, and let the western! Oi) com: ate DOa ACE wing of the part e the pro-'§ , 8a nr. gram or leave it. Wihat caused the GiNOe (000 barrels change? for the tanks of the Porter Echo ane rere Z company, of events sometimes is signi foveail Mi Certainly it is possible t ae nid hundreds of tho lican votes TOWN LOCKOUT IS maries for Wil 2. Borah made themselve rd by wise old eastern politic ans ardent desire is, all. the election. Leaders Like Steiwer even if Steamsh'p Alamo, of the Clyde- (Mallory Lines, arrived from New York yeste afternoon 3:15 _ ck, discharged cargo and} led 4:50 o'clock for Tampa. Fruit carrier Granada, of the Fruit and § feamiabib ny, is due to arri tonight for bunkers at the Poe ;ter Dock company and will sail fer Frontera, Mexico, wise party managers} are . but the proximity cant. the} Repud-( recent nds of cast in (By Ass ed. Press) WINCHELSEA, England, '18.—Chummy Barden, veteran resident of this old Sussex village The situation regarding Senator! been reelected to the Steiwer’s presidential . unusual mun while still nebulous, is somewhat; For further advanced than the public! a year, or has been told, cial “looked-out.” watching Several weeks ago he made a English channel to sound a warn. little - advertised ech in New, ing “against York. Among his hearers were; French fleet.” several important eastern leaders, | who liked his looks. Thereafter he, teenth century when Winchelsea, was trotted out as keynoter at a/then a thriving port, number of Republican state con- ' sacked by French men of war. ventions. There is no question! now that ihe has influential | year friends who believe he might be! mile the ideal answer to a deadlock. | dry. r to win} prospe! 9’ new befo iber which will be qualified is the “t count of those who! reseived | collcetor’s ‘om the Keys) the session in order that a large, 3] uP and several other qualified vot-| are nec an- the club rifle range may be Te secretary in regards to their/ OFFICERS ip Club will be in! a number of the boys, | __ ARRIVES HERE is FRUIT STEAMER GRANADA <engers SUE St x on a cargo of fuel Dock ; Havana. The vessel is scheduied | WATCHING FLEET May most! ipal job in England. shillings and six pence 55, he serves as offi- | the little gi “approach of the; been illegal for years, The job dates back-to the four-| meet thrice was, Barden has nothing to do, for) ladies is another order of the new! held w ith the regular primar ago the sea receded two. day in a land where long braids or | June. and left the port high and: i H i | ; {bridges and as soon as this is done ‘will personally notify man J. Mark Wilcox of the This | Rifle Club members will meet 17:30 o’clock in their club room on the second floor of the courthouse to d¥seuss several im- portant business matters that are | the club, it is stated.” Congress- county tion. is the information contained in a letter from Mr. At several | important committees are to j appointed in order that the work of tl may be lightened and thereby spread the work more evenly between the tonight’s gathering Wilcox to William R. Porter. be: ter. This letter was written livaciington under date of 14, and the principal a given herewit! “I have just returned from an- A special effort is being made | cther conference at the White secure a large attendance at; House on the bridges. Speak: Byrns and Judge McReynolds, chzirman of the Foreign Relations ; Committee in the House, went cyer to see the President at | my reguest this morning. The Dem ocratic leader of the House, ; Bankhead, also called the Pre ident and talked to him over the telephone. Likewise, I secured a ,call from Senator Robinson, , Demoer ¢ leader in the Senate. “You can see, therefore, that so far as the politica! bigwigs are concerned, the President has ' z ;been thoroughly impressed with with the secretary, 'the importance and necessity of i ack Har at 620 White street,’ giving me the Key West high- ‘and make arrangements for pay-| way. ing th s and also find out Given Assurance {what is expected by the club. “The President definitely stat- It is planned to offer a month- |¢d that he is goin; to approve the prize to the shooter making the | highway and bridges. I told him highest score during each month. | !tankly that I had to have thi |All shooting to be done on the’ Project at the earliest ‘regular shooting days, which are|™oment and that T was ; Thursday and Sunday. made on otker days will not be; counted because they would a be made on official shooting day: ; The nature and value of the pr {will be determ' existing committees from Ime embers. | | to order of ammunition may be made items that y to the operation of pur- | chased. ; All members who have not at- ' meeting as yet ed to come out tonight to see tended any are dues. Should any member be un- ‘able to attend he or she should ‘ommunicate staying and my own political e “Death Of Park Ti | i (asy Associ S5PASSENGERS = VESSEL ALSO srerwee | secu of Senator Park Tram- TWENTY-EIGHT TONS OF | M¢l! in the second year oF his six- year term at Washington hi FREIGHT FOR KEY WEST | changed the complexion of Flor- tida’s campaign situation, | Personalities in the scramble to Secatae Cuba of the P. andj succeed him have drawn the politi- S. company ed thisical spotlight away from the races g Me s \for governor and other : ate offices in the reg first pas-/eratie nomination ; Petersburg for | month. Key West; and 25 secon | Adding to the interest is the! | cass passengers from Tampa and] confusion about the method to be: [11 first ¢ assengers from St | followed in nominating a Demo-! Pete: y Havana, ' Arrivals at Key West were Mr.! voters in the November ge’ ate Melcher, Mr. and: election contest with a Republic: . Ed. Gato and daughter, Miss; nominee for Trammell’s unex- C. A. Parramore, Mrs. E. | pired term. ee Jose Marquez, R. Ordenez,} It’s a question which A. Rosell, Dora, Maria. Lora, Ge-:yers, party offici and baro, Tomas, Marie Brinda, D.!dates themselves are in di: | Torano, D. Torano, Jr., Mari:{ment. Some the Deme Hernandez, T. Tynes, R. Hernan-! j executive committee may dez, Mrs. M. 0. Hollow A. J./ special nominating prima | Angle. | other ay such a primary | The versel also brought 28; be nothing more than a ytons of freight and nine sacks of | | vote” and that actual nomination mail for Key West, two tons of must be made by the committee. | freight and 304 sacks of mail for | The winner in a special primary joould be certified as the commit- tee’s choice, | Regarding Appointment UPSET BY DECREE: Meanwhile, Governor Sholtz. ‘himself a candidate for Trammel’ muss icabceees | Post, has NOT appointed a senator \ ON. ING, May 18.—Admirers | to serve until the November elec |of old fashioned feminine beauty tion. There were indications the in the interior province of Honan!appointment would be made nex S second i Tamps ae two Ps next on zree- tic call a while | wou nud _BEAUTY STANDARD 1 ” re is winsome and attractive, for the/ dorsing a number of persons authorities have started a cam-!the appointment have been paign against “lily feet” and long| ceived. hair. | Adding to the senatorial specu The cruel practice of binding! lation is the disagreement ove 1s’ feet so that they would; which Democratic executive coi -!resemble the lotus lily in bud has! mittee has authority to a in se-j but in the lecting the par s still are deformed toj didate. standards Some candidates want Chair | grace. | man J. B. Hodges to call the pr Shingled hair for little girls and| ent committee and provide for a ‘shoulder length bobs for young] special nominating primary to be interior gi traditional Hodges has announced h coiled tresses once were marks of] would call a committee meetin { gentility. for June 30—after the primar ac-! possible | Scores ; here neglecting my own campaign! welfare | ly ' first meeting. Many of Demo-} ‘cratic candidate to go before the} law-} candi- i must change their ideas on what! Week. Hundreds of telegrams en-| senatorial can-j} jes in| approval of the project. I was sured by him that I could go on !to my campaign h perfect con. | fidence, that this matter will definitely approved and that 1 wil be notified by wire the mo- ment it is done. “If there was anything left to be done from my standpoint I would stay here even if it meant defeat, because IT am just that {much interested in getting this imatter closed up, But everything has been cone that can be done and if I stay here I cannot ac- complish anything except to re- ceive the word from the White House when it is finally through the last piece of govern- ment red tape. Begins Campaign “For this reason I am_ going home Friday night and will be in West Palm Beach Sunday and Monday morning I will be active campaign for re ion, I will be notified at We: Palm Beach by the PRESIDENT HIM- SELF the moment the matter i coneluded and I will call you or wire you just the moment some- | thing transpires, “T have made so many trips to the White House and to the WPA in the last th or four weeks that I have practically worn out the streets. I have seen to that every paper and every docu- ment has been prepared with the ‘most minute care and so I know of my own knowledge that every- thing now is in perfect order and that the matter only awaits the routine preseribed by the RFC and the WPA. jyou that it i I will certai going through and : -auumell Changes | | Complex Of ‘Campaign Situation’. ated Press) —to consider whether a senatorial primary is to be called. Terms of present: members = the executive committee will ex pire with the first primary June 2 ; when a committee to serve for the} inext two years will be choser The meeting Chairman Hodges} proposes to call would bring the) new committee together its the present committee members are seeking re-election, _inclading ! Hodges, who has endorsed a cial senatorial primary. Already in the senatoria nation contest are C. O. of Orlando, R. J. Boone of Miami, former Governor D. E. Carlton of | Tampa and Claude Pepper of Tal- lahassee. Others “lave indicates they may enter. Elected in 1916 Trammell was elected to the senate in 1916 while he was serv- ing a term as governor. 1 | Fourteen candidates for the Democratic nomination for gover- nor, and seekers for other state cabinet offices continued januner - and - tongs cam throughout the state in an e ;to draw back to themselves the) ‘by the Trammel-successor battle. ! Generally, the candidates cen- jtered their oratorial barrages in the peninsular section of the state, -| with occasional trips into the arm , that extends westward from Talla- hassee to Pensacola. Many straw ballots were being | conducted, but they showed about }as many different results as there jwere ballots and candidates, and ; veteran political observers con- tinued to be puzzled about what | appeared to be luke-warm interest in most of the races. Platforms Unchanged Platforms announced some wecks ago by the candidates re- mained unchanged in major portance. A record registration of voters which did not bring about the same ratio of poll tax payment caused speculation about the vot- (Continued on Page Four) he! passed ; in my! “f{ think I can absolute'y assure | } notify you prompt- Andrews | speculative interest weaned away| im-} use of yesterday afternoon ptain of Police Alberto picion of having and robbed Ch According to Mr. walking throu tery when he was some one whom | and would te a After the arr taken to the poritively identified morning he w house and 1 the had <3] ABSENTEE VOTING Ws Sa « Hite | BEING CONDUCTED Mass = ¥aAneme if «| | vt Camero, BEGUN THIS TEEN MORNING bh CAST BALLOTS le to TO NOON HOUR ¢ been had also com is understood that Gar being held for questionir nnection with anothe soon as this w he was this afternoon tu to Depaty St Ber and is now in county ANGLE ARRIVES IN CITY TODAY’ CUSTOMS COLLECTOR COMES IN FOR VISIT WITH | G. N. GOSHORN f » cu State F arrival this morning with G. N. Goshorn, di lector in ¢ ee, i membe fee inh "MANY LEAVE ON rd hing de ting the schedule f the P. and O. Angie said rumors that the {a period = durin be schedul y West, but out it, but did = contemy Mr. Angle es to be sonnel at Key {and hoped there for the maki, unit for the of TO CUBAN CAPITAL BE IN ATT =NDANCE AT nothing MAY 20 CELEBRATION not think ated. aid there in we the per- present i neces: he said, | have the is. here rema ‘ROBBERS ENTER CURRYS’ HOME | STRONG BOX STOLEN; INC DENT HAPPENED SATUR- DAY NiGHT Between 9 night il | urday robl ente | nd Mrs and Ann stre box which wey ! contained rich: in memorie: Mr. pictures about ; their return j had been e which wa: removed was box, containing treasur probably though said. and Mrs, Curry 9 o'clock ‘ound t PORTER ENTERS PRIMARY RACE MAK=S ANNOUNCEMENT FOR RE-:LECTION AS COUN- TY COMMISSIONER thieve the alue to the dear to the hearts of This little strong box wa \in a cabinet upstairs. The went up, removed a numbe jects which w on the and it is believed threw from a window on the They used a pry bar. an old spring. the cabinet le? “jimmy owne the box lower floor fa from | opening ward with the denarted with the leaving no trace. it Officers of the sher and the police department. working on the case. is s 40 to the advancemr the cit ing that time The the past position years he SAMPLE BALLOTS BEING PREPARED Sample ballots are be f ni pared by The Artmar ion a will be in readiness for by Wednesday. est of an-i hb speaks fact 30 years candidacy f y commissioner roof commi A “WOW” OF A KOOL, KEEN DRINK ON A HOT SUMMER’S DAY! WAGNER BEER TAKES THE “WILT” RIGHT OUT OF YOU, AND ‘SATISFIES YOUR THIRST

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