The Key West Citizen Newspaper, June 8, 1936, Page 4

PAGE FOUR THE KEY WEST CITIZEN RETIRING 6. 0. P. CHAIRMAN SEEKS ‘PLACE OF QUIET’ HENRY P. FLETCHER WILL AUTOMATICALLY RELIN- QUISH HIS POST AT END OF COMING CONVENTION By SIGRID ARNE By Assocunvea Prews) WASHINGTON, June 8— Handsome Henry P. Fletcher will be missed at the Republican na-| tional headquarters. As the time drew near for him to relinquish! his post as pre-convention chair- man, even the office boy scrub- bed his hands and scribbled his; name on a last message the staff wrote tie boss. A handsome watch went with the message. | Fletcher automatically will re-! linquish his post as chairman at} the end of the Republican conven- tion. Then a successor will be! chosen through agreement of 4.e é | nominee and the new committee. | Fletcher has announced he is not! a candidate for the postion. H Fletcher, himself, smiled broad-} over the vacation ahead. “I'm going to my favorite dug- j out,” he said, “That’s Greencas- | tle, Pennsylvania. After the| Cleveland convention, of course.| I'll attend that. Then I'll go} home, do a little reading, a little! writing, and a_ littie thinking. | About all the reading I’ve done the are inter-office mem Wealth Keeps Him Busy Headquarters men twit him} bility he will be sylvania Republi-j cans to run for the senate, “You think I can’t take a vaca- tion, don’t you,” he counters. “I can. I've done Fletcher n_ independently | wealthy man by his own efforts. But his wealth has kept him busy rather than idle. He started his career as an 18- year-old court reporter at Cham- bersburg, Pa., read law in a small office, and passed the bar when he was 21. When h ly year » was 25 he enlisted in Theodor Roose Rough Ride and after war his. Colonel went to the White House. T. R.” named young F; nt Fletcher s at the American lega From the first small Cuba, Fletcher rose through yea serving in American tions and emb: i Portugal, Chili, Mexico, and Italy. finally rising rank of ambassador. Short Retirement He resigned irom the ambassa- post at the] lega-} China, { Belgium to the ! Taylor, | will take part in the match 1 prizes will be awarded to the high| leader of KEY WEST IN DAYS GONE BY Happenings Here Just 10 Years Ago Today As Taken From The Files Of The Citizen Captain John J. Maher, A., commanding offic: | West Barracks has truction to have t the U. S. army medical depart- ment 38 barrels of whiskey now in custody of Deputy U. S. Mar ‘shal Van Valkenburgh of K custody of the marshal eral years and has been kept stor- ed in the basement vaults federal building. Electrical Inspector W. L. Wh Signal Corps, has been assigned to Key West duty for a short time to make an an- nual inspection of the electrical equipment at the barracks and Fort Taylor, as well as Martello Towers and wil! return to Wash- ington when he concludes Ss. | work. and handsome Country All Rotarians and _ their contestants. George Perpall, Se- West. The liquor has been in the| sev-| ! TS SL ESS: Will Honor ‘J. K.’ If They Learn His Name! (REVIEW PAST ACTIVITIES IN CONVENTIONS LEAP&RS OF BOTH PARTIES ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO LIVELY SCENES AT! COMING MEETINGS (By Associated Prexs) FORT WORTH, Texas, June 8.—Texas is trying to identify “J. K.,” initials of the man betieved to have written the state’s first folk song. “J. K.’s” memory will be pesthumously honored if he can be identified, says Mrs. Will Lake who is directing the search for the author of “The Yellow Rose of Texas. By ALEXANDER R. GEORGE (sy Axsuciated Press) of the | ghosts of great convention figures} ;of other years, led by the silver-} i {will march in many | | | lb the/ one-man performance — Br. | capture of the Democratic pres Rotarians will after the regular, 1896. | luncheon today put on in the new! Club! young building, hold a golf tournament ino guests! nominee. andj P. The song was published in 1858, and dedicated by “J. K.” to Charles H. Brown, once the operator of a mu- sic store on Main street, Jack- son, Tenn. It was a Civil War hit, and is being revived for the Texas centennial. WASHINGTON, June 8.—The! tongued William Jennings Bryan,| | memories as/ the nation watches the making o7| new political history at Cleveland and Philadelphia, j Drama-packed conventions of both major parties have become “MP almost commonplace but probably ROW KEEPS UP WITH _ CLASS WHILE IN BED| an’: (Gay Asconiated ie cece) MARION, Ky., June 8.—The; fact that a spine injury kept him; ii i {dential nomination at Chicago inj ene little or: possible When the convention Bryan was given consideration as a Representative Richard of Missouri, .farme the silver forces, ; rated the vorite candidate and more than two/ years failed to prevent Randall! | Phillips from being graduated on| schedule with the 1936 { out of schcol for Bland Marion} | PRESSEY ‘INTERESTING NOTES * oo feat —— Complete Official Election Returns (Continued For Justice Peace Third District O. D. KING . E, R. LOWE ae RAYMOND M. MALON For Constable Third District J. R. COMBS . | BERLIN E. FELTON E. B. PARKER Executive Committee FRANK BENTLEY WEATHERFORD eo Svcovcccccccceoccs: 121,435 in ie from The “mail . Miss cne f the riers in the ecccce Osborne i ‘raddick oneal h corporations repovts 1925 was the | most proiitable year in its his- , the suecess of ish films in ‘the Anic n market being a picture dey two v Unite ca: A ton of > e been sh analysis of and liver oils. The dik-dik, smallcst pe: Ethiopia in tie northeast of Lake culminate in a s 1160-foct » 4 ct agrilulture. A London hospital is experi- ;menting with an inflated rubber from Page Onc ELECT ROL x : bastian Cabrera, ; Bates compose the committee {on the Steamship Governor Cobb. | Lopez Funeral Home to St. Paul’s jr, and Will| Horace Boies of Iowa was figured | on{a second choice, | \ A Bryan Stampede = | But on the fateful afternoon of’ The Yacht Baboon which re-) July 9 “the boy orator of the cently sailed from Key West for) Pjatte” marched to the platform Havana, has found that harbor; and stampeded the délegates with is not safe unless one keeps cons-) a torrent of eloquent attack upon tantly on guard. The following is! the gold standard, the Republican from the Havana Post. “Ben! protective tariff and Wall str Ames jr., owner of the Baboon,! Twenty thousand. listeners had no sooner settled down for a! spelibound as that classic, final rest after his arrival in the har-' period fell from his lips: “You bor than he heard footsteps on! shall not press down upon the the deck. Investigat‘on showed prow of labor this crown of three white men prowling around thorns; you shall not erucify man-| on the vessel, but before ne could) kind upon a cross of gold. arouse other members of the; «There was an instant hush,” party the intruders made their! cig a press description of the getaway in a small boat. Upon) ccene. “Then a s meking an investigation Mr-.| tury seemed to Ames found valuable before it... . Burly, ship’s instruments He} delegates eee ™ reported his loss to the port po- The balloting began the next] lice who ste making every ef-! a ‘ day, and on the fifth ballot Bryan‘ fort to capture the thieves. |received an overwhelming vote.| | At 36 the Great Commoner had become “the peerless leader of the | plain people.” By force of his elo- quence alone he had won a presi-! dential nomination. Republicans Name McKinley Under the guidance of sagacious Mark Hanna, placid William Mc- | Kinley of Ohio won the 1896 Re- |publican presidential nomination, 'and became Bryan’s opponent. j K.} arrangements. sat Romie Dilon, 43, well known! fisherman of this port, died sud-! denly last night about 12 o’cloc from an attack of acute indiges- tion. The deceased is survived | by two sisters, Mrs. John Rus ll Kerr, 410 Simonton reet rs. Rex Shaw, of West Palm Beach. Also one brother, Cleve- land Dillon, of this city. The body of Cold, a former ¢ n : West, who died of paralysis i in Ha-|0f them supported Bryan’s candi- vana. will arrive this afternoon! 4acy- Gold Democrats threatened to put a third ticket in the race, eld from the Many of them abstained from vot- ing in the election and some sup- Episcopal church tomorrow after- Ported McKinley. ; noon 5 o'clock, | The voters of today may notice ja familiar tone in the charges and Hjalmar The funcral wiil 5e Editorial comment: The people; who know evervthing of value| which is to be known, do not see what the value of a school or col- lege diploma is. FOR dorship at Rome in June, 1929, but in 1931 he was appointed} chairman of the U. S. Tariff com- i mission, a post he resigned in De-! cembe 1932. In 1934 he w: ted as chairman of the Re-| publican national committee. He starti staff by apy at 9 a.m, speech he home. He lector of ca ously th defi and is till. He aring day after "tay often with notes for a! had made earlier at! took his duties as col paign purse so seri- t he erased the $200,000 ft by the 19 leaving $185,000 in the buying him- Gilbert Stuart | gton. through the year: court ome, in addition to art connoisseur. hed by! forces of District, the do river en 450 miles of hi nmission line we 3CO consecutive da This Liquid Kills Skin itch Quicker Containing six kinds of itch kill- ing medicin Imperial Lotion flows freely into skin folds and pores to reach and kill itching of eczema, rash, tetter, ringworm and T es, 35¢ and $1. Water of built THOMASINE M. MILLER —BEAUTICIAN— Latest Air Cooled Method Permanents: $2.50 to $10.00 Hair Dyeing a Specialty 407 South St. Phone 574-J campaign | elebrated his release from the | reporter from Green- | Iding | aqueduct, | voltage } int A baby girl was born yester- day to Mr. and Mrs. Walter Sonn son, of 909 Southard street.| : 1 | a dislocated vertebr: “a communist and an an- ‘two preceding archist.”. New York labor leaders, Silver Republicans belted the, 'Republican convention and some! high school cla: Two years ago Phillips suffered| a fractured| When her car skidded*int rations when! i skull and severe la a grapevine on which he swinging plunged him over a clif and onto a pile of rocks. Since then the boy has confined to bed except for a fe has had his} With the help o and classmates hours daily when he study periods, faculty members he completed his course. Dispatches from Sao al of the northern State mecca, Brazil, say; mines havi discovered the inter A moto! safe driver \2ge of 30, the Eastbay, nia, safety council was told. been does not become pillow having radio earphones. in ,S! been Lunz, of diamond‘ in} until he reaches the; Califor- {the center. { “the penit 125 times the of Dan rive: ie Coll’ns of wam to safety. eam, Mrs M adison, N. ‘Two new ‘hines, LOST CLINKER BUILT LAYMAN SKIFF On June 3 at 5:00 a. Long Key. f ! Moslem radio fans e | v Egypt, Arabian and jous programs. mus'¢ Sales of confectionery chocolate products y gained 10 per i January, 1935 during J cent over Deputy Sheriff Lean W. Wor- m, Reidsville, N. C., arrested man but in doing so suffered} a severe man bite on the wr m. off | ie a Thirteen feet long, varnished deck, painted white with green { bottom. ! D. H. Hubbard told St. Pe- oes Iron pipe in center of seat; Itersburg, Fla.. police his bilfold counter-charges of Senator ‘Pitchfork Ben’ of South industrial es east conservative in N and Demoera Tillman Bryan, the it was against backing |fight of poor.” It was America, said rich the “bicycle age their platform. Competing battle between the for the National league penant. SALE 40 years ago. Tillman | Carolina iambasted the: “money! York called less than the combined toll the | 32: last year, while births decreased perenne in} and a national organiza-| tion of wheelmen asked the Demo-! crats to put a good roads plank in, with the presidential race for popular attention in the big cities was the! Baltimore} Orioles and the New York Giants} plate reading: Layman Boat Works, Sandusky, Ohio. $35 Reward If returned to ERNEST HEMINGWAY Key West, Fla. |containing six dol’ars was “pick- ed” as he left church. 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