The Key West Citizen Newspaper, June 15, 1936, Page 1

Associated Press Day, Wire Service. For 56 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West Che Key West Citizen — = Se eee VOLUME LVII. No. 143. KEY WEST, FLORIDA, MONDAY, JUNE 15, 1936. SOUTH FLORIDA TOWNS ISOLATED BY STORM Find Body Of Coast Guard PRESSASSN: Veterans Here Will Start To a Receive Bonus Bonds Wednesday Officer In Wrecked Plane! coms HERE A ian ‘akes lunge ARRIVE THIS MORNING ON! BORAH’S CLAIM ie api RALECUETO roa seansur or! QF OHIO FRAUD. | Toy: Chests Con Be) GREATLY PLEASED ONCE ELECTED RECALLS 1920) jepeu | WITH VISIT HERE OUR PRESIDENT IDA ENROUTE TO HAVANA; EXPECT TO RETURN FRIDAY | SESSIGN OF SOUTHERNMOST} _ es UNIT fO TAKE PLACE SENATOR IS SHOWN TO HAVE reas EXPRESS PLEASURE OF PER- WAS SOMETHING: ON DER OF ALLEGED FRAUD BEGINNING AT 7:30 BROUGHT ABOUT SENATE SONNELL OF SHIP OVER IN * Moorehaven Reports Excessive Rainfall Of Over Nine Inches In 48-Heur Period (lia tea ab dee NAVAL OFFICERS | ‘KEY WEST VOTE Bonita Springs | Had High- est Water In 10 Years; No Damage Reported In Fort Myers | Into Tampa Bay; Two Of Other Men Have Not Been Located Members of the Alabama Press IN 1876 { Association, with their families, relatives and friends, censtitut- jed a party of upwards of 400 ar-} ‘riving cn the S. §. Florida this {morning from Tampa, enroute to} |Havana, under the leadership of a JACKSONVILLE, 15.—Residents south Florida ated Frese World war West will, Key if nothing interferes veterans in (Ny Associated Press) on- June ST. PETERSBURG, June 15.— INVESTIGATION OF CAM- COURTESIES SHOWN DUR-; ING RECENT VISIT ef several with mail arrival, begin receiving PAIGS EXPENDITURES “ their Bonus “Baby” Bonds, Wed- RECENT PRIMARY towns were by hich from the Southernmost Riile Club a will meet tonight at 17:30 o’clock and all members are Coast Guard amphibian plane on storm patrol duty plunged into _— marooned today nesday, said Postmaster Sam Har- at- waters resulting Tampa Bay near kere today. The body of Lieutenant Charles Martin Perrott was found jammed in the wreckage. Divers saw no trace of Radio-! man Walter O. Morris and Avia- tion Mechanic William D Eu-! banks, who, it is believed, may | have been thrown clear of the plane. Little hope is entertained that they may have saved t.em- selves. Coast Guard craft found their} grappling equipment unequal to! the task of raising the plane from 14 feet of water, so awaited the! arrival of a marine crane. What caused the craft to crash “""is"unknown, but officers éxpress- ed the belief that t:e pilot was unable to land on the choppy bay, after engine trouble develop. ed. The bay was rough because of | to| tropical storm, which passed the southward last night. All were married men with aildren and resided in St. tersburg. 7 Wreckage of the plane was lo- cated ‘about '2.07 miles ‘east of | the St. Petersburg Coast Gesrall radio station. The plane left the station at! 7:02 A; M. and lost radio com-| munication at, 7:21, is belieyed..to |have plunged into’ the bay about.8:15. FERRY DEFERRED SAILING SUNDAY: ROUGH WEATHER CAUSED TRIP OVER ROUTE TO BE CANCELLED Travelers who proposed going. north by bus of the Florida Motor : Lines yesterday were disappoint- ed when the bus reached the citizens returning to their homes | have arrived | during the past 24/ ferry slip and they were advised that sailing of the ferry had been} cancelled. There was just enough rough water along teh route between Big Pine Key and Upper Mate- cumbe to make the ride anything else but highly uncomfortable, and it was decided to cancel sailings from this side. With weather conditions ameli- orated and the waters less tem- pestuous today, ferry sailings Were resumed and disappointed bus passengers of aso and| others, took passage. ‘ord targets, (no rating. lespecially urged to come ; Thursday or Sunday | targets, | of lively ‘great bearing on the future wel- Pe-|. ix The plane urgently requested to be in tendance | There are many matters to be; lie eed that have keen pending! {for some time, it is stated. | | With the pane of the sum-| ‘mer months with its attendant | | i holidays, it is hoped that the{ membership will be able to show/ imore interest anl make the club fone of ‘he most active in the; state. | There are many of the mem- ' bers who have not made any re and therefore have! These members are! out on; afternoons| of. record | 1 and shoot their share An election of officers is to be held at tonight’s meeting. The session promises to be one} interest and will have a fare of the JBC OS SGEOR CONFUSED FIRE ALARMS § SOUNDED, TANGLING OF WIRES caus.| ED BELL TO RING | CONTINUOUSLY \ | Confused fire alarm signals} Saturday afternoon were heard! between 5 and 6 o'clock, and the; continued ringing of the Petronia treet bell caused considerable tement in all sections of the! y- | At times it sounded as though| several calls were being sent in from different boxes, some of] ich were at times clear andj distinct. It was later learned that aj tangle of wires, caused by the} wind and movement of trees had brought a number of wires of the fire ularm svstem in contact, hence the jumble of signals. |FLORIDA BRINGS 479 PASSENGERS VESSEL ARRIVzD THIS MORN. } i ING FROM TAMPA EN- ROUTE TO HAVANA ci Steamship Florida arrived this morning 9 o’clock from Tampa jwith 469 first class and 10 see- |ond class passengers. With the| | exception of a few for Key West, jall the others were bound for | Havana. While there were a few Cuban from visits in the state, the great-| er part of the passengers were} going for a stay of several days in Cuba. ‘ANNOUNCE DEATH ~~ VERNON SPENCER | News was received in Key West today by relatives announcing the death this morning of © Vernon! Spencer in Denver, Colorado, The message stated that the/ |body will be shipped to Key West for burial, and will arrive here! Seu the next several days. | Judge Jefferson B. Browne. This| ‘sus the Atlantic Mutual Fire In- ; Surance |Ga., is to be heard 10 o’clock to- | , banana carrying trade and are en! office. By PRESTON GROVER (By Associated Prens) Senator Borah’s charge of mis- Webb Stanley, president, and E. C. Hall, secretary. Guy Coffee, editor of the Tus- keepee News, is a member of the! party and told The Citizen there were many members of the party | who. wtre in no wise ‘actively con- | nected with the news association, | which accounted for so many wom- en and so few men. Mr. Coffee said that the group expected to return Friday and} !hoped that he and others would have na opportunity to visit the! many points of interest they had | whose memory went back to ee seen listed in magazines and|that a somewhat similar gesture! newspapers, especially the aqua- rium, news of which has _ been printed in all parts of the world. use of national committee funds in the Ohio campaign raised some lgntecestive: possibilities but brought} mo expressions of fear or trem-| bling from those at whom it! seemed to be aimed. It recalled to Republicans! | by Borah was one of the brakes that stopped General Leonard | Wood and Frank Lowden in their! ONE CASE TRIED | drive for the nomination. General Wood was leading the | pre-convention campaign when IN COURT TODAY |» brought about a senate in- vestigation of campaign expendi- THAT. OF GENERAL MOTORS) Liebe iiass. i itures. Various sources indicated, COMPANY AGAINST CLAR- | supporters of General Wood had; ENCE CRUSOE spent upwards of a_ million lars while about half that muchj was listed in the Lowden disburse-| i H But one case was tried in cit-| cuit court this morning before! ment column. So Harding Was Named vueithe|carelofithiel(qeneual@Mtcs| ayo (c sen sue tanbleds ai) ie tors Acceptance Corporation against Clarence Crusoe doing business as the Colonial Servic station. The matter involved was the replevin of an automobile, the | true value of which was placed at $568.10. A jury of six was em- peeled to ae pee eae activities of Mr. Borah and his as-! ers were: arles ngraham, Harry. L. Knowles, Jolius Camus, | S°ciates on the headlong progress! Stanford Watkins, Eugene Albury ,°f Governor Landon of Kansas, and James A. Curry. |the Landon legion long ago fear. The verdict found for the plain- | ed Borah support was lost. tiff and declared that the General Walter F. Brown, former past- Motors Acceptance Corporation! master general, mentioned by; was entitled to the automobile. {Borah in his statement about the} The case of Helio Renedo ver-| “misused” 20,000, has been a tar-| get before of the Idahoan’s darts. Savannah, | In 1932 Borah declared Brown and Ogden L. Mills, then secretary of} The suit is for) the treasury, framers of the sup- posedly non-committal liquor! plank. were “uncompromisingly for repeal.” Both denied it. Think Norris Will Run The best information in Wash- candidate was able at the con- ; ention to gather many votes than he had had on ar Warren G. Harding finally! more} ing. was nominated, i Regardless of the effect of the} company, of morrow morning. $4,500 damages. That of F. W. Hull versus J. O. Webster, suit of $1,500, was or- dered continued for the term. ington indicates Senator ERE braska—and, a course, that if! he runs he will be re-elected. i He will have to campaign as an} independent—he forsook the Re-| SHIPS OF STANDARD FRUIT" publican nomination—but that is! )no handicap under the Nebraska! ANDES TEAMSHIERCOMES NY! ; style of ballot which lists Demo-| TAKE ON FUEL OIL ;erats, Republicans and Inde- {pendents all together. There is no system for voting “straight tickets” by merely put-j ! ting a cross in.a ring at the head of the party column. Voters wish-/ Porter, ing to vote “straight | tickets”| jmust go down the list and pick out the-ones marked ‘“Republi- can,” “Democratic,” ‘“Indepen- took on 98,223 gallons of fuel|dent,” or otherwise. That style oil, and sailed this morning 5/of ballot was adopted by the Ne- o’elock, Steamship Granada ar-!braska legislature in 1933. rived 9:45 o’clock this morning, | Its advocates say it has the ad- took 43,247 gallons fuel oil, andj vantage of preventing one strong; sailed 1 o’clock this afternoon. j; candidate on a ticket from coat-} Both of those vessels are in the} tailing a flock of weaklings into of the Standard; Steamship company Two shirs Fruit and hours, consigned to the Dock company for bunkers. Steamship Miraflores arrived from New. York 9:40 last night, route to Frontera, Mexico, for} cargoes. | Steamship Alamo, of the} Clyde-Mallory Lines, arrived 6; WIMBERLY, Eng.—An owl o'clock yesterday morning, dis-| attacked Sidney E. Sugden of this} charged freight and sailed 7j)city and flew away with his spec-, j o’clock Zor Tampa. tacles, TAKES SPECTACLES ris today. When seen by The Citizen Mr. Harris was in conference with W. A. Ward, postoffice inspector in Tampa, who arrived on the Flor- ida this morning in connection with the of the bonds. Mr. Harris said that with the consent of the treasury depart- ment first class postoffices had jtheir consignment of the bond mailed on June 12. Second cl: and other postoffices had been jnotified that they would hav. them, mailed to them on June Those for Key West, there fore, were mailed out of Alanta this morning, and should reach Key West on tomorrow after- noon’s mail, and would be _ pre- pared for Wednesday distribu- jon, ds all of the packages of bonds distribution }to be handled by registered mail dol-| will have to be recorded in this} postoffice, it would not be pos- sible to have the packages ready for distribution before Wednes+ day morning. It is estimated there will be ; upwards of 200 veterans in Key minds of the delegates for neither West receiving the bonus bonds} and the local postoffice will | have the cash to handle them. Veterans, therefore, who desire to cash their bonds may have them jeertified by Postmaster Harris who will send them, without cost to he owners, to Jacksonville not |from whence treasury checks will | ; be sent in ordinary! mail. These checks, said President Wm. R. Porter of the First return, by EBERHARDT TO RETURN SOON EXPECTS TO BE BACK IN KEY; WEST SOME TIME THIS WEEK Fred Eberhardt, custodian Fort Jefferson National Monu- ment, writes to friends that he ex- pects to return to Key West this week from Washington. Mr. Eberhardt left Key West ; hurriedly for Baltimore to consult } ecialists about his throat which! had been troubling him since an operation several weeks ago. He writes that another opera- tion was performed last week and believes that with further treat- | ment he will recover the use of his vocal cords which ceased to} function before the first opera- tion was pefrormed. 3—CARLOADS—3 DODGES —AND— PLYMOUTHS Will Arrive This Week! New Colors—New Combinations NAVARRO’S, Inc. tional Bank, can be cashed at the; | bank. of! Letters from two of the ficers of the U. vision Number which of- . Destroyer Di- have bee the 8 express re ceived, gen- uine pleasure of the the ships the entertainment tendered them at Key West. Both of these letters rected to the mayor and from Lieutenant Commander L. Schetky, of the destroyer Gil- and Lieutenant M. K. Aiken, Destroyer on, who both wrote as follows: over reception and were di- were G. mer Commander William- essentially “T have never visited any other ity where the navy has been so royaliy welcomed and so deli fully entertained ships of this division during stay in Key West.-I shall never forget the hospitality extended to us, and sincerely trust it will be my good fortune to return to Key West many times in the future. “Please extend to the good peo- ple who did so much to add to the pleasure of our visit, our sin- cere appreciation of their many courtesies. I should expecially like to thank the members of the Rotary Club, Key West and Junior Woman's Clubs. and the Country Club for the delight- iful affairs arranged for our ; tertainment.” the our as were Senior GIVES STATUS i a i AWAATING AUTHORIZATION AS PERTAINS TO AB- SENTEE VOTING Unt'l the state and county can-s didates to be voted on at th {Second Primary election on J 23 are certified to Clerk Ross C. Sawyer, tixere will be no absentee balloting in t next ‘Tuesday, it is s This is printed the infor- ‘mation of the many who have j asked The Citizen relative to this iphase of the election. Inquiry at the county house this morning elicited the information that it is expected ;that the certification will be | received within the next few days from Tallahassee a of the county commissioner: {be called and the ballot auth Jed ‘OTHERS HEARD election court when meetin wil i z- THREE PERSONS SUMMONED TO GIVE TESTIMONY THIS MORNING Since the list of witnesses sum- moned by the grand jury was published last week, there have been but three others summoned, and these were called this morn- ying. Those who were summoncd to- hoes and appeared to testify were: | Mabel Roque, Abelardo !Jr., and Pedro Aguilar. Lopez, f ballot BY GRAND JURY : | Straits tion is not th chicanet box West excerpts and Th ferson EB Key Old ferred t chorge vestigating June 2. In h's co: the tion hi-tor irreg county, Judge Bre ‘In the Monroe det_rminir preside 1876, . the morning aft Re; uel J. Tilden Republican ford B. vote: ublicans car Hayes, changes Carolina, they could elec 1 en- SECOND PRIMARY °° ADVISORY Advisory 9:15 warnings continued ville to Key West ed 10 a Center of slight tropical distur’ ance was very” ne 8:30 a and were low a8 on Stor slowly east-southea: Future movement u and wind Northeast moving at present certain but probably ward east or northeast. Cs advised smaller vessels in F and off east Florida coast slowly m. On west Florida coast tropical storm which crossed the state and went out imto the Atlantic Ocean thir morning. There was a heavy fall during the night. material raim- but ro wind damage was reported. Sheriff Bob said he informed residents Bonita 20 miles south of here the waters there were highest im about They two and a half feet The Bonita Springs Kim; was b of Sorm=s that 10 yes were approximat .y telephone line was out day, and King sent = deputy to town to mvestigate cond: tions There was no damage @ Fort Myers, although the the highway south of city was covered wih water Fred A. Flanders observer : govern ment weather reported the 43-b« Moorehaven, rainfall there m a period, prior to 8 a day, was 9.33 imches, heaviest simce the 1926 bur ricane Several small bridges wer- out im the section near Moor- haven which on Lak Okeechobee. Storm warnimgs today s comtime-+ from Titusville |\Key West. They went do on the west coast at 10 2 = The center of the tropual disturbance reported near Miami at §-30 with a barometer reacmg 29.59, and 38 miles an hour wes a2 = wind velocity it appeared to be mov slowly cast-southeast its future movement = certam. Caution was advised small vesseis tne Flenda straits and off the cast Fler ida coast Two small ternadees ux roofed some houses Ochopee. small farming -o™ munity near the Evergiades nm