The Key West Citizen Newspaper, May 23, 1936, Page 1

Associated Press Day Wire Service. For 56 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West VOLUME LVII. No, 124, Che Key West Citizen KEY WEST, FLORIDA, SATURDAY, MAY 23, 1936. FIVE TAMPA FLOGGERS ARE CONVICTED Youthful Unit Of Robinson Crusoes Give United States Claim To Group Of Islands Territory Situated In Mid| MAJOR ANGLE Pacific; Uninhabited And_ Virtually Tonored| For Decades BEEN IN CITY CONFERR- ING WITH OFFICIALS By EDWARD E. BOMAR Cy Associated Press) WASHINGTON, May 23.—A erican officials are Major Allie J. confident a dozen youthful Robinson Crusoes,. who was in Key West for A | despite some British belief to the | tor in Charge Gacharn and clear other members of the Key West ‘unit, returned yesterday after- contrary, have clinched a title for the United States to three noon on the Cuba for headquart-; potentially-important mid-Pacific | crs in Tampa. As is usual when the collector! jcomes to Key West. he enjoys a virtually | rest, meets his many friends and Howesd, returns to Tampa, ready to take ‘up the reins of office, refreshed Baker and Jarvis islands became and invigorated from his sojourn here. Before leaving yesterday, Mr. to link the United States by air Angle said that he still has hopes of maintaining the customs force he Austrelinj and’ New /Zesland. (z Key West and believes he will Mere sandbars and treeless, the! as he has had no information re- jlative to changes in schedule by/ {the-P. and O. S. S. company. Uninhabited i and | ignored for decades, desirable when plans were drafted} islands are over 1,000 miles south of Honolulu. They might become Fair Rtpresentation For Monroe County aerial stepping stones to the Anti- Podes, as Midway, Wake and Guam are on the new | the! route to Orient. Ha-} ablished on} by the! Officials’ presence! ny claim! be ad Four American boys waiian descent were es each islet a year bureau of air com here are confident is the final answer of sovereignty that may vanced by Great Britain. British Claims Surprising A statement in the house 0: commons by Colonial Secretary J. H. Thomas that he did not think Britain’s sovereignty was doubted! caused surprise here since the’ British foreign office had indi- cated earlier no contest of the American claim was contemplated. Sole inhabitants of three of the! Toneliest bits of Jand in the world —the largest of the 0 eree, STAFFORD CALDWELL were taken there on a coast ¢ cutter early in 1935. Their jobs is to keep the stars and stripes flying overhead, trespassing” meteorological data that, of use when planes r equator between the Antipodes. The youngsters, of Polynesian blood, w r federal government’s p carefully outfitted fo venture, Every three or f coast guard cutte Several of the o al aiceniae ers have been relieved from their vigil by eager schoolmates. resentation in the councils “Settlers” Explore Wreck | state which it can justly secure. On Jarvis island they have ex-| For these reasons I will ad- plored the wreck of the schooner vocate, as governor, a division of Amaranth, which piled up on the/the Twenty-fourth Senatorial Dis. shore in 1913. On Howland and trict, letting the territory on the Baker, which are only some 60 mainland and the territory on the Since prior to 1900 the Twenty- ; fourth Senatorial District been composed of the area em- ; braced in Monroe, Lee, Hendry, and Collier Counties. tion and communication between } that part of roe County sit- uated on he K and the main- land has always been difficult. Now it is especially difficult. By reason of these facts the territory in the district as now composed is signs and to gather nay be ross the Honolulu and t or pure! on the {In addition to all t by of adversities that part of Monroe County situated on the Keys has its own grave and great problems to work-out and needs all the rep- of LEAVES FRIDAY, COLLECTOR OF CUSTOMS HAD} Angle, customs | jcollector of the State of Florida, | five | lays visiting with Deputy Collec-! has) Transporta-; not as contiguous as it should be.! on | miles apart but 1,000 miles to the west of Jarvis, were found graves of guano gatherers who used to! Keys each have its own senator at Tallahassee. In addition. I pledge my best (CEREMONIES IN Plant Board Unit SCHOOL PROGRAM TO OPEN SUNDAY | REV. JOHN B. CULPEPPER TO DELIVER BACCALAUREATE SERMON TO HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATING CLASS | MALLIE MARTIN GIVES OUTLINE OF PRO- | i H POSED ACTIVITIES 4 {o’elock the first of the ceremon-/} Tomorrow afternoon at (Editor’s Note: This is another in a series of articles Democratic candidates for Governor prepared about themselves in response to an invitation from the Associat- ed Press to outline 4 eir plat- forms.) ies attendant upon High School i jcommencement will be held in} {the school auditorium, when Rev. iJohn B. Culpepper, Jr., delivers the baccalaureate sermon to the graduating class, For this ceremony an. inspira- tional program of vocal numbers to be sung by the congregation and Glee Club, and instrumental selections by the High School Or-} chestra, has been arranged. The Scripture Reading will be! given by Rev. E. R. Evans, of; $10 a day for al! Congregational church, and Rev.! “Advocates one dolla auto M. I, Smith, of Ley Memorial’ tags good for life of cars; a re- church wi!l deliver the Invocation.! turn to a sane, safe, economical Members of the graduating class! administration of state affairs are: William S. Acheson, Faye] based on common s and com- | Adams, Ruth Lillian Abury, Thel-; mon honesty. tma Yulee Atwe'l, J. Stephens; | Boyden, Jesus H. Carmona. Hel-j certainty of salaries for ‘en Elizabeth Cates, Clarabell Ce-;at least to compare with sala’ ia Cerezo, Mary Ida Charlow,! paid beer inspecto and for VGesue Oscar Collins, Jr., John G. ; clean house at Tallahassee. Cormack. Delio Cruz, Cora Leel, Curry {and member of the Order of Rail- | la Naomi Roberts Curry,!way Telegraphers; a disabled vet- Herbert Claxton Eddy, Frank Fer-j eran of the word war and a for- nandez, Luciano Gonzalez, Ella; mer weekly newspaper editor and | Marguerite Goshorn, George Nich-| smal! business man. olas Goshorn, Jr., Eloise Shirley “He served as executive secre- |Guito, Joseph Warren Hill, Bats to Governor Doyle Carlton {Etta Hoeffer, Delmar Russell; and was a member the state Hotchkiss, Cynthia Elizabeth ; road department. He is collarie: | Howanitz, William Gerald Jay- and uncurried.” i MALLIE MARTIN, Of Crestview “Mallie Martin, Crestview, poor man candidate f yovernor. s0- jealled because he is conducting a tate-wide | expenses, teachers s, a of 22. ently labnormal to foil finger-print ree- run whose P: IN PLANNING, | | leocks, Leodawn Rick Jerguson,' Jefferson Hunt Jr! William H. Lowe, Thelma Maria} ee |Alleida Napoles, Alice Dolores Police of Buenos Aires have Cynthia Faye Pearlman. jder. Jr., John Joseph Pinder,| I more than 20 years of 'Rodriguez, Iola Isabel Rogers,’ tity the police have Earl Emil Sawyer, Helen Beatrice! The second case, piel years after the only similar case fingers left only a black aide: \ fenon of smooth fingers, jEmma Anne Kennedy, Herman} FINGER- PRINT Masters Knight. i Knight, : | Chester Theodore Knowles, Edna! | Mae Larsen, Maudie Lillian Lowe, (Ny Ansocinted Prens? Mendoza, James Stanley Moore.| x Jr, Laura Elizabeth Moreno,!_ BUENOS AIRES, May jNeneles Andrew M. Navarro,' found tnat only one individual in Raymond Navarro, Frank Orta./a million has fingers suf: Alice Irene Peat, George Ver-! 5.4. jnon Perpail, Jr., Berl Ralph Pin-;°“* {Joseph Henry Richardson. Cleora|£erprinting 2,000,000 Argen |Faye Roberts, Manuel Isadore: Phillis Rogers, Evelio Joseph acro: ist two persons Rueda, Annie Marie Saunders,! fingers wouldn’t register. Spence. Florence Elizabeth Stew-|mond Inslee Mount, an American art, Dorothy Roberts Woods. {business man, came recently 20 ion record here. i the skin being completely smooth. Mr. sensitivity of pain, runs family. without in Plans for the construction of a| small caliber rifle range are be-j ing discussed by a number of in- terested persons and it is expect- ed that they will be authorized | within the next week. If permission can be secured! ithe butts will be established on a! section of the property of the nava! station which has been set | aside for FERA and WPA activi | , ties will be used. i DON’T MISS The Big EXTRAORDINARY DANCE: | Claims Recovery Of Stradivarius Process Tonite, 10 till ? CANDIDATE FOR GOVERNOR! ampaign on less than “Full term public schools with “He is_an ex-railroad employe. j SETS RECORD. --Mount said that the phenom-! his! To = Spraying Operations s Monday MISS N. GARCIA GETS HONORS IN ESSAY CONTEST _ Maximum Sentence Weuld Cail For Ten Years imprisonment ‘old Feces, Cas Consisting of STUDENT AT KEY WEST HIGH WILCOX, HODGES CITES 5 PLATFORM, About Forty Men, To Be’ Placed Back In Propesed| Service Pursuant to a notice issued by ident at Key West H the supreme court of the State of | ree-ntly i Florida yeserday, the Key | resume spraying operations Mon- He Ips day morning. H. S. McClanahan, grove inspector of the board, charge of operations in this sec-' tion, in reply to a question the of The Citizen said that men who were employed | operations ceased, about 40 alto- gether, would be placed back in service. Myr. MeClanahs r. Wilmon Nev director n also said tha , plant ate in a tele- e. decided the board had the right to onto the prope hardson and oth in Key of trees wa: time the ome u ago. I ollowi ing } refusal ard to enter th d carry on the ex tion obtained an ore court the plant e court said, is oes not king power: n the gene and the plant board is and that of Ray-! ~ CRUSOE LEAVES ON S. S. CUBA TAKES UP DUTIES TEMPO- RARILY AS RADIO OPERA- TOR, RELIEVING H. C. ELY | Joe Crusoe, well known radio ‘operator of Key West, left yes- j terday afternoon or the Steamship oaks as temporary operator on the Mr. Crusoé is Ailing the posi- {tion of radio man_in charge of operations and equipment during a short vacation being enjoyed by regular operator H. S. Ely. West | unit of the State Plant Board wil! j assistant same when of the ex-; “send; > the of to allow the r proper- SCHOOL RECEIVES HONOR- ABLE M=NTION IN NATION- WIDE CONTEST Norma Louise Gar gh Sch awarded honora tion in a nation-wide her My on the Home Ec At Hom for essay inction flectin; teacher. In thi the United there were credit on he in contest ites and Pp re five 10 certifi Fron Wads ome J Irvin, and ni Ger ion. B. ld of the Ss J ! vic « teacher Economic com-j pleased tal t d certisi in which the home ual ind conomic essay scope of th the student and the ger “Of submitte sho knowledze on hundre of edu indiexted that knowledg “The presentat orthy of omics th is m the to th tieu'ar phote \ ce ples raph of the school on th | several ) providin; ens at | took the n winner, it is said. SCHMUCKER RITES ree m, public erative expens y. Arthur B. Dim Epi: ficiate at the i Mrs. Lorraine Sch afternoon 4:15 o'clock residence, 809 Division Pallbeare: from among Schmucker and Lightbourr and Sevast Jim Roberts, | Rogelio Gomez, B. and Ross C. Sawyer. ‘ ave been sele friends Jr *inder Moreno M PLAN TO SPEAK ° HERE NEXT WEEK <- WILCOX TO BE HEARD T DAY AT COURT HO HODGES THURSDAY AT To CIVE TAL PARK Ww F morning GIVE STATUS RELATIVE TO PENSION PLAN SHOWN THAT 1T WHL BE NECESSARY FOR VARIOUS COUNTIES IN STATE RAIS"= CERTAIN AMOUNT CUBA PINES IN 9 PASSENGERS HERE ON MONDAY |RECEIVER OF TVA OF TVA’S FIRST RURAL POWER: (By Aaouciaten Press) JACKSON, Tenn., May 23.— rification of 450 west Ten- homes marks the comple- nk of TVA’s Police Com Te Rescue As Hubby Forgets ‘Tux’ Asseciated Freee) ETOWN, 0 M hmucker died Thur news of her demise the same afternoon hassee. The body Monday morning , fro visit at infrequent interv {efforts in behalf of the Oversea! Both American and British; Highway and every other state! claims are based chiefly on the' Project which will assist the peo-| operations of the guano gatherers! ple of Key West and the Keys in| overy of the great Strad- decades ago, according to Samuel! Working their way back to ptos-| ivari s’ seeret of violin tone is W. King, Hawaii's congressional perity. These including taking} claimed by Edward C. Brush, al delegate, who visited the three is-|the tax off gasoline used in ingata| eteran «inlinaenkee \ lands with a party of American, 2nd the protection and Bey The lost art, which has been seientists in 1923-24. King was,ment of the sponge industry. sought unsuccessfully for cen-j then a naval lieutenant Upon the merit of these pecee oe really is “too silly for mander, iI respectfully solieit the supporti words” once you have stumbled “I believe the American title to| of the voters of Monroe County. | onto it. he says. Howland and Baker is perfect; (Signed) It consists in the method of ap- and that our title to Jarvis is at/ STAFFORD CALDWELL. | plying varnish to the instrument,| Admission $1.00 Ladies Free} Towns spplied are least as good as that of sg | Candidate For Governor.! Brush explains and says he stum- SESS Milldgeville, Mor else,” said King. (Paid Political Advertisemen) bled on it by accident. jouw ella, Ramer and Finger. EVENTUALLY, LIKE THE REST, YOU TOO WILL ORDER WAGNER BEER AND ENJOY ITS MELLOW AND RICH FLAVOR. ON SALE EVERYWHERE. TRY IT! (iy Asxoctated Press) SANTA CLARA, Calif., 23.—D: HABANA-MADRID CLUB) | CHET BROWNAGLE | And His 11-Piece MIAMI- | nesse BILTMORE ORCHESTRA tion of Don’t Be Afraid of Rai May! { —Music By— Se! crates and Dan BIG SATURDAY NITE * 4 Tonight, 10:00 o'Clock RAUL’S CLUB | FREE Enchilada to the Guests © Gone | ADMISSION __ $1.00 They w com- Thorough Protection for Dancing Under Cover