The Key West Citizen Newspaper, June 17, 1936, Page 1

/ Associated Press Day Wire Service. For 56 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West VOLUME LVII. No. 145. KEY WEST, FLORIDA, WuDNESDAY, JUNE 17, 1936. SENATOR DUN CAN U. FLETCHER DIES [VETERANS HERE | RECEIVE BABY BONUS BONDS a | GEORGE STEWART WAS FIRST BONDS; To Conduct Speci | Pra For Filling Senate Va | Speaks Over Executive! ee An-! wre he ces Chairman Hodges Of State’ Democratic Bodie pew TO RECEIVE- To- 3 OvE & Committee Makes TALAAMOUNT: Bees LOg 000 nouncement George Stewart, driver of the (By Associated Press) LAKE CITY, June 17—Chair-! man J. B. Hodges of | mail truck between Fig Pine Key state! end Key West, was the first i Democratic executive committee, | j { the world war veteran in Key West to receive his bonus “baby” said today that Senator Fletcher’s Vous Since he received his, upwards jot 200 others have received theirs ‘and the employes in the postoffice | e been kept busy sending the! {bonds to Jacksonville where they | twill be received and treasury | | checks sent to the owners. | At one time duri ing the day | lthere were five versons working | ‘on these bonds, and at no time thas there not been one or veterans at the postoffice {dows or in Postmaster Sam Har-| | ris? office or the office of Assist- ant Postmaster Hollon Be-valdi. It is understood that few i \* I" [4 { i death makes it “more necessary | | i than ever that we hold a first! and second primary election fill two senate vacanci { He said he would call the new | state committee into'session about | RALEIGH PETTEWAY the end of this month to arrange | Cesdidate Fors Gankaeer for special primaries. | sa tet andy wena SCOUT TROOP! DUE TONIGHT * veterans ave sending all s ave sending a | the bonds for cashing. Some are MEMBERS WILL MAKE Trip|°"¥ reavesting that a few for, | immediate needs be taken up./ FROM HERE TO FORT ! Others are sending one-half for redemption. Those who are send- JEFFERSON Hine for full face value of the’ ; bonds are, some of them, doing | so to have the cash in savingg ac- counts to be ready in case of: | emergency, it was said, The amount which ys distri-{ Harrison, is: ‘buted to the more tha 200 vet- | lerans receiving their bonds in jexpected t» ative over the high-' Key West is estimated at be- way this ¢vening en route to Fort! ‘tween $100,000 and $125,000. ed doing this to make provision | for nominating a successor to the late Senator Trammell. It is ex-| pected the special primaries will ; be held in September. Hodges said candidates must | qualify to run eit:er for Sena-/ Trocp ‘T,)Boy Seouts of Amer-! tor Fletcher’s unexpired term, jica, about 2) strong, in command | Whit em. 21939; or Tram- jot Lieutenuat M. R. mell’s unexpired term ending { | i { | 1941. They could not run in cone * ssn" FLORIDA BRINGS Upon arriving they wiil proceed| to the naval station where they {will be guests of Lieutenant Wm. H sppoint | itous, iupifunication officer in someone to the senatorship eee charge, and Mrs, Klaus at a navy | | VESSEL ALSO BROUGHT IN Sunday shipboard dinner, consist-| 45 TONS OF FREIGHT jing of baked beans, frankfurters, FOR | sliced tomgfoes potato salad, cake} REVAWEST jand ice efeam. Everytling is awaiting the ar- ‘ m . ing aeouteaudiarst Steamship Florida, of the P. rangemenés have been completed i@"d O. S. S. Company, arrived: for their fentertainment in the; yesterday afternoon from Havana C. ROM PRAISED BY LIGHT BUREAU | recreation hall at the station. | with four passengers for Key | Following the dinner the troop! West, 23° passengers for F Plans to leave about midnight on | Tampa. the Tug Petrel, of the Porter} There j Dock company, for Fort Jeffer- | freight, a i {Som at Garden Key, Tortugas, | Sugar, for Key West, and The idea of the late ieaving isi tons for Tampa. to get a view of Fort Jefferson,, Sailing from Key West the natiohal monument, in the} {the following passengers: C. commis-! early mening light, as the mas-{Elbertson, Mrs. C. S. Elbertson, |sive pile; of masonry is outlined} Melvin Russell, Wm. H. Malone, against the western. horizon. Mrs. J. B, Sullivan and daughters | ‘STEAMER CEIBA j Teresa and Lettie, and ail “= DUEON FRIDAY JOHN MACHIN nies Cristorel anise ard Fyuit and Steamship com- | Mala, one at each end on the Psn-! pany, jis due to arrive in port Fri- John Machin, 5, died today 12 ama Canal. jday from Philadelphia, consigned o'clock, in the home of the fam-/ The concluding paragraph of, to the Porter Dock company. , ily on Bahama _ street. Moneral) the letter contains these poignant| _Lilfe other ships of the com-/ £eFvices will be announed later. ! Arrangements are to be in ie pany }the Ceita arrives here for! sioemignd! expressions: “It a... ‘charge of the Lopez Funeral ometimes orders, and upon that the work accomplished by Mr. rece ving bunkers or instructions, | Home. a | Rom together Profecds to destination. The Ceiba} Survivors are: Parents, | Mr. tion contained in his re 5 win | 8 &n route to Su), Mexico. enable the bureau to analyze ‘fail-! jand Mrs. Armando Machin; three j sisters, Mrs, Gus Ayala, Mrs. Os- ures or difficulties with the equi 10 SPEAK HE ment, and assist materially in bet-| jgood Kemp and. Miss Dolores Ma-} pean; three brothers, Albert Arno, ; tering the reliability of these two important radiobeacons,” should} Senator John Beecham, of West Attorney Abe; }Armando and Mario Machin; | | grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Juan! 4 : | Maden; Mr. and Mrs. Luis Ma-! such occasion arise, Fay ronovitz, of Miami, will tomor-; LOS ANGLES. — — Because he} Tew afternoon 2 o'clock from the} let the air ovt of her tires, an-! Boreh of the L. L. Bethel homejnoyed her by telephone, and| FRESH STRAWBERRY 6n Duval street, opposite perio to kill her doz, Mrs.! GARDNER’S PHARMACY} niat Hotel, address the voters in| Thelma Williams of this city had| Phone 177“ Free Delivery| behalf of the candidacy fj her husband put under a peace | Baleigh Petteway for governor. Slee. | a ' Jefferson for t i group, and the two high men w | sightseeing tip, be declared nominees for t'e two} 27 PASSENGERS, vacancies, said Hodges. Governor Sholtz can ing the election of Fletcher's successor. and CCMMENDED FOR WORK INSTALLING RADIO BEA- CONS IN CANAL ZONE were also 45 tons of including 800 sacks 58 were ' In a letter from the sioner of lighthouses at Washing- ton, to Superintendent W. W. Demeritt, the work of Carl Rom, senior radio electrician eral months 2go instal!ed beacons in the Canal Zone, en appreciative commen who sev- The equipment was it Sain aC Stegmshiy Ceiba, of the Stand-| considered with the intorma- i PUT UNDER PEACE BOND JERSEY ICE CREAM Special Today FRESH PEACH ; Balm Beach and LET’S ATTEND THE ere DANCE FOR RELIEF OF POOR AND NEE NEEDY AT RAUL’S CLUB SATL i presidential election this year. The 'dent Herbert Hoover New Deal and all its works, but | ¥as given a royal welcome by the ‘ed upon a policy of | prevent full opportunity to all, in- : cluding Senatcr Borah. Before the "i tions it was apparent {finger of fate was |Re The Country Has Lost An Able And Conscientious Servant.” . Roosevelt (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON, BS. Cc, servant in the death of Sen- June 17.—Some of Senator ator Fletcher,” Mr. Roose- Fletcher’s colleagues felt the velt said. “As chairman of vigorous fight he made in the great committee on bank- recent weeks for the Florida ing and currency throughout ship canal contributed to his a period of unprecedented death. The veteran senator financial upheaval, teady- had been instrumental in ing influence was reflected getting President Roosevelt both in the emergency and in to allocate relief funds for the permanent legislation the huge project last year which rescued the entire and had been its most ag- banking structure of the gressive defender since. country from utter collapse Fletcher headed the banking and destruction. Throughout committee when it made its his. long and distinguished sensational investigation of career in the Senate he was stock market practices that ever actuated by motives of resulted in legislation to reg- patriotism and unselfish ulate stock exchanges. devotion*to the public wel- The Senate recessed short- fare. In his passing a fine ly after convening today out and gallant gontioman goes of respect for Senator from our mi Fletcher. Before recessing the senate President Roosevelt led of- heard eulogies of Fletcher ficial Washington in paying from Senators Robinson, tribute to the Florida _ sen- Democratic leader, and Lof- ator. “The country has lost tin, the newly appointed sen- an able and conscientious ator from Florida. } LANDON LEADS G. O. P. SCORES DECISIVE VICTORY CONVENTION COLORFUL thinking Democrats but early in! the convention there was little | support for the idea of a coalition ; ticket. Senator Borah arrived at the @stivention to receive much at-_ tention and his views were eager- ‘ly sought by the sub-committee | drafting the platform. The Sen- ator scored on its adoption of an janti-World Court plank, the fail-j; By HUGO SIMS, Washington “ Correspon! dent of The Citizen As the Republican delegates. gathered at Cleveland last week, ithe concensus of opinion was that ! Gov. Landon would be nominated | to carry the party banner in the! A | Special ‘denunciation, of monopoly, Anoth- er highlight was the arrival and! j address of Former President Hoo-} ver, titulan head of the party. He; other candidates of course, put on their show and Former Presi-{ flayed the! idelegates and received a great; « + | hand as he poured shot after shot | Tee eect eas ae vopele, Keep|into the New Deal which he had] ing aloof from the battle, his|*t-died for three years. trusted lieutenants put him over.} the magic build-up of the Kan- ; CONVENTION HISTORY | REPUBLICANS IN LEAD and the strong desire that the par-| CANDIDATES AND STATES ty get together for its quadrien-| nial battle with its political ene-| UPHOLDS POWER POLICY ,my. The platform was an issue; NEUTRALITY AGAIN that might prove embarrassing! but this did not materialize, large.| CIVIL SERVICE BOOST ly because there was no effort ‘0 -DEATH UPSETS CONGRESS Statistics on the past records nomina-! of the Republican and Democra- that the) tic parties, which have engaged in pointed at{twenty contests, reveal that the | Republicans have won fourteen |and the Democrat six. The rivalry Amid all the fanfare that ac-| began in 1856 when the Demo- | companies a national convention, | Ctats managed to defeat the new the Republicans at Cleveland put, born Republican Party but _ los cn a good show. Senator Steiwer,;the next six presidential election: p. Snell, Mr. Hoover and the! during and following the Civil speakers nominating favorite can | War. In the thirteen elections, jdidates lambasted the New Dealj beginning in 1884, the Democrats ‘and the President and the Demo-| have won five times and the Re- terats in general, with praise for! | publicans eight times. the Constitution, liberty, oppor-! tunity and the Republican party; Someone with a curiosity re- traditions. Included in the ut-, garding figures reports that from terances were hints that the times 1856 to 1932, inclusive the total demanded the support of right-! (Continued on Page Four) The Handont strategy was bas- conciliation convention reached the Landon, SENATOR JOHN BEECHAM —and— ABE ARONOVITZ Will Speak In Behalf Of RALEIGH PETTEWAY CANDIDATE FOR GOVERNOR OF FLORIDA OPPOSITE COLONIAL HOTEL Thursday Afternoon, 2:00 o'Clock ure to come out for gold and the! |GRAND JURY HERE STILL IN SESSION TAKE RECESS UNTIL TOMOR- | ROW MORNING; MORE WIT-| NESSES EXAMINED IN AL- FRAUD Florida’s Veteran Solon Succumbs In Washington DIES SUDDENLY Pe eccccces-sceccesesecses LEGED PRIMAPY Those persons who were nvestig j pecting the grand jury ‘ing the absentee ballot alleged ir ; regular‘ties to make {ment today, ; when the body reces: before noon to meet morning 10 o'clock. How the idea that would complete its inv this morning became ;not known, as it is quite that members of the jury not make any statement ikind, it is pointed out, 2 are the only ones who cc j another dream,” of one who was expecting ré : this morning. It was suggested that the jor became, current when summ ling of witnesses stopped | day and it was presumed {evidence was in and the would soon be made publi jever there were other witne: j;summonend later on. The iast witnesse were: Joseph Stickney, Medina and Mario Medina ing a total of 49 subpoenaed. this number there w 40 whe !yesponded and were tior The other nine were to be vither dead or out county. a present- were disappointed a shortl iy tomorrow \ the ury ration current is cert would + DUNCAN U. FLETCHER United States Senater 1¢-3 was the rema thrombe His HUGE DAM IS FACING FAILURE ,| CONE OF LARGEST IRRIGAT yes at PROJECTS IN INDIA NOW THREATENED oO re que disco of the vered <c@ Press) TWO DESTROYERS: TO RETURN HERE i i Two ; Gilmer, with imander G. L. jmand, and th Commander C. | mand, are due to arrive | West about July 6 or | Texas ports. Th are two of the ves | Destroyer Division 8 iin Key West o 4 {mained until June 8. During ‘ stay officers and men were ed so entertainingly that officers) * of the ships after leaving, to Key West officials and tenant Wm. Klaus, at the Station, letters of 5 The Barry and Gilmer will not be in port very long, under- stood. They are only fuel oil and will be in about one day. NEW BOOSTERS FOR KEY WEST =. LAWRENCE LEE AND WIFE WERE MUCH TAKEN UP WITH ISLAND CITY U. S. Destroyers, Lieutenan’ wer and treat-'* it is com port fi Added to the list of Key West boosters are Lawrence F. Lee. president of the Peninsular and Occidental Insurance Company of Florida, and Mrs. Lee. who re- cently visited in Key West for the first time. While here Mr. and Mrs. Lee were guests of Colonel and Mrs. North on their Yacht “Ribault.” Mr. Lee expressed himself a: | being surprised at the delightful natural beauty of Key West and stated that they next year for a longer visit the Island City. supp! arrive a over the just the D ANCE requ dema: ~ BANDITS CET Loot TOULON would re i URDAY NIGHT. 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