Subscribers enjoy higher page view limit, downloads, and exclusive features.
Associated Press Day Wire Service. For 56 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West Che Key West Cittzern === —. KEY WEST, FLORIDA, THURSDAY, JULY 23, 1936. Borah’s Activities Are Being Closely Observed By Leaders As Republicans Plan Program BUILDINGS TO BE PROTECTED FROM STORMS “WPA OFFICIAL Com FROM JACKSONVILLE VOLUME LVI. CASE AGAINST No. 175. COURTRULES ON PRIMARY STATE TO ARRANGE FOR DEMOCRATIC CONTEST ‘TAYLOR REPORTS | HARRISON HAS | CONCLUDEDIN’ |. ONROTARY MEET IN NEW JERSEY, BEEN SETTLED LOCAL COURT i { ! DEFENDANT IN PROCEEDINGS WAS ARRAIGM2D ON STATU-; MELVIN RUSSELL ALSO TELLS: \ H | THE ELECTION RECORDS CITING DISCHARGE OF, TORY CHARGE; CASE NOL! OF ACTIVITIES OF GATHER- | | ESTIMATES ARE FIREARMS IS ORDERED! PROSSED BY JUDGE AL-| ING. SEVERAL GUESTS AT TURES DISCHARGED BURY THIS MORNING LUNCHEON TODAY ; ‘HEPBURN CASE \ j | i ! | i | | to possess vocally, all signs point to epochal struggles in several; ates, notably Pennsylvania, New, CONJEc-: York and Ohio, which, together, | {have 111 votes in the electoral; ! college. Pennsylvania, long a Re-! | publican stronghold, is witnessing ja strenuous effort to land it in! ithe New Deal column ths fall.; | The Republican majority of a mil-' , lion in 1928 fell to less than 200,- 1000 in 1932, and in 1934 the Democrats elected a Governor and S. Senator. With labor, } particularly the mine worker jeounted upon to back the Pr ‘dent, the election results this fall! lare open to debate. Qty Amseciated Poess) TALLAHASSEE, July 23. —The Supreme Court, by a Seme Are Sell Skeptical As Te Whai Part idabe Senater May Take Der- mg (omearga ; “NOBODY KNOWS” ' FIGHT FOR THREE STATES LABOR BOARD CHARGES COOPERATIVES ABROAD TRADE WITH RUSSIA RECIPROCAL PACTS Is RELIEF LEGAL? | | i H | United States Commissioner C.| Alfred Hepburn, colored, who| Rotary Club met at St. Paul’s Rodney Gwynn yesterday after- had been awaiting retrial in crim- | Parish pinuseyaancomstodsy swath noon rendered his decision in the "2! court on a statutory charge, | the Rev. John C. Gekeler, presi- eee : Was discharged this morning and | dent, in the chair. — of the United States of Am-' his case ordered no! prossed by| After the observance of the erica versus M. R. Harrison and' Judge William V. Albury. ritual pledge of allegiance, and ordered the defendant’s dis-| Hepburn was found guilty at) the salute to the flag, followed by {the last term of court in May. His | the inging of “America”, Clar- attorney made a motion for @;enee Thompson introduced as his new trial, which was granted andj guest Captain W. Klavi of set for this term, : |New Orleans, and Sebastian Ca-| SP This morning Prosecuting At-| prera presented an old friend of torney Allan B. Cleare, Jr., ad-j Key West, Dr. Van Deusen. four-to-two decision, direct- ed Secretary of Stzte Gray to proceed with arrange- Z ments for a special Demo- HERE cratic prima te nominate . charge. P' ry Da Captain M. R. Harrison, U. S. Marine Corps Reserves, in com: | mand of Troop 47 Boy Scouts sucesesors to the late Sena- PURPOSE OF MAKING SUE By HUGO SIMS ecial Washington Correspon- 4 = } dent of The Citizen In New York, where Governor, nai ar {Lehman will run for a third term,! was with the scouts at Fort Jef- Guessing the popular vote of! - = . ; ldressed the court relative to the] After singing, led by Emi) the Presidential election this year’ the Republicans point to the up-| ferson National Monument ope ei CH ae ie ee j i ing State, where they hope to pil jease and stated that he had made ' sweeting, Delegate Charles Tay-|CoMtinues to be an __ interesting/ ‘ate, where they hope to pile up June. It was charged that on, exhaustive investigations into the|jor made a detailed report upon! Pastime that will be tried by all/ Sufficient majority to overcome June 22 and 23 the scoutmaster} circumstances surrounding the! the Atlantic City International Political writers before Novem-| the traditionally Democratic city and party discharged firearms, case since the ‘ast trial, and| Convention; stressing its power-!ber- Sound reasoning, apparently: 0 pew Yorks. Some a of Tam-| within the area of the monument,/f0und them such as to warrant | fy) influence for better IIE SO omar se ey edu MRL ee ee eee tors Fletcher and Trammell. VEY OF SITUATION The decision was not final, but left Gray free to decline he in and tell the court why was not complying with the dee) order. ' Z x tae asking the court to order the! the reader is assured of the re-j disaffection and adverse disturbing birds within the monu-! | the world and its tremendous work being done for the youth of the ;country. His brief reference to : Atlantic City; a municipality of | 60,000 permanent inhabitants and | 20,000,000 transients,- with its oa rey | nine-mile boardwalk, gave a vivid had stabbed one William Wilk-: thumb-nail sketch of a crowded \ erson with an ice pick and from | .ea-side wonert: the evidence adduced it appeared that it was simply a case of self- hi defense. t ment. The hearing on the matter was’ held July 7 and the decision ren-| dered yesterday. H resume of the case and excerpts! from the evidence, covering 17, pages there is set out the case in all its phases. The several sec-' tions of the law relative to na-, tional monuments is cited and the; charges studied in detail, and con-! cludes with: | “T find no probable cause, from} the evidence, to believe the de-; fendant, or any of the boy scouts,! under his command, fired the al-j leged three shots on June 23. “I find from the evidence no; probable cause to believe the de-| fendant guilty of the alleged poe session of firearms on June 23 as} charged. “I find from the evidence no probable vause to believer the dé. fendant guilty of the alleged of-| fense of disturbing birds as charged.” “In accordance with these find- ings herein. it is ordered that the defendant be d'scharged and that he be relieved from further obli- gation on his bond.” ENGLISH SHIP TAKES ON OIL DOCK LAST EVENING 7:30 O'CLOCK In an analytical; i British, Steamship Vallejo, from England, arrived in port 7:30) o’clock last night, berthed at the; Porter Dock company, took 28,- 236 gallons of fuel oil and sailed at 10:45 ’clock for Port Arthur, ; Texas. Steamship Ceiba, of the Stand-! ard Fruit and Steamship com- pany, arrived in port this morning ; 9 o'clock, took on 35,361 gallons | of fuel oil, and sailed after 2 o’clock for Frontera, Mexico. Steamship Ozrak, of the Clyde-| Mallory Steamship Lincs, is due to arrive tomorrow morning from Jacksonville and Miami en route to New Orleaas Fruiter Granaia, of the Stand- ard Fruit and Steamship com- pany, is due in po:t Sautrday from Philgdelphia, will take oi! at the Porter Dock company and resumc her voyage to Frontera, Mexico. Steamship Colorado, of the Clyde-Mallory Steamship com- pany, is scheduled to arrive Sun- day from New York en route to Tampa, Fla. ' GROUP DEPARTS ON TRIP NORTH Mr. and Mrs. L, L. Hunter, ac- companied by Mrs. Hunter's mother, Mrs. Chas, Rosam, left Miami recently over the highway en route for New York and New Jersey. ‘ Mrs. Rosam will visit her_sis- ter, Mrs, Chas. Davis, in New York, and Mr. and Mrs, Hunter will visit Mr. and Mrs, E. D. Peck of High'and Park, N. J. Mrs. Peck was formerly Miss Jen- nie Lewni of Key West, HOT WEATHER MEALS CALL FOR COOLING case nol prossed. Yesterday afternoon the case ef Herman Carey, charged with aggravated assault was terminat- ed when the jury rendered a ver- idict of not guilty. The charges specified that Carey standings between the nations of sult, which, nine times out of nine, will be about in line with what the reader is hunting. We have no idea of indulging in this ancient sport but our readers of recent contests. The figures here given are taken from the World Almanae for 1936. ment among business as factors ‘that will tend to reduce the Pre: dent’s support in the metropolis. In Ohio a bitter feud between! Gov. i vey and Relief ! i y L. Hopkns is recalled. Ths reached such a Point that the Ohio chief execu- KEEP LOOKOUT FOR OIL DRUMS OFF LOST SHIP RAILWAY MAN 1932 tive threatened to arrest Hopkins ¢--« 22,821,857 | if he came within the State. Just = . 15,761,841 | What this will mean is the unce i | tai hat leads Republica : _ » tary; 170,000 members and 4,000 1928 escapees m , Members of a ay nich | clubs. Letterd ware real from| Hoover. . wg 21,392,190 | to be confident about results eee te chanes 1 Mi Mrs. Mary Heker and from R. 1.| Smith esse: 15,016,443 | the Buckeye commonwealth. rvey st, Harry 9H. } ; H mit kL ee an jing appreciation of the consider-| 15,725,016 ; The National Labor Relations ae Usa |ate, fraternal attention given to 8,385,586 | Board accuses the Goodyear Kub- | the reun of Phesremminseat Be ‘ber company of complicity in as- |tarian Hubert Baker to his de- jsired resting place. the ; saults upon union members and {organizers at Gadsaen, Ala., last ED T0 | Sebastian Cabrera filled ASSIGN !few moments allotted him with{ ' fun and inspiration. NEW POSITION, Admiral Crossley, Judge Jeffer-) Roosevelt .. Melvin Russell brought back an| ‘Hoover mpression of the bigness of Ro- in Coolidge Davis ... Harding OOK 1 | . 16,152,200 H 9,147,353 Wilson Hughes . 9.120.606 | Month, alleging that the company i | three attacks. |son B. Browne, William H. Maz-! Sgazoo1 encouraged foremen, supervisors {lone and the Rev. James S. Day jand a “flying squadron” to make R. H. EBERLY OF SEABOARD) Were elected honorary members The Board also for the ensuing year. AIRLINE HAS BEEN GIVEN; | be » favor Applying these figures to 1936) helds that the company favored it is apparently possible for a” organization existing for the Minutes of the last meeting o: PLACE OF FREIGHT TRaF.| the Board of Directors were FIC MANAGER ¢ that which occurred between 1928 United Rubber Workers. Against and 1932, to sweep President the Remington-Rand company the Roosevelt out of office. Mind Board charges wholesale dis-, {you, we do not predict any such charges of workers for union ac- ts t: tivity, the domination of com- | |thing. We merely point out tha : , COOPERATION IS lit is possible, provided there has Paty unions at four plants and! R.| ‘been a ground swell against Mr. the use of spies and physical in- BEING SOUGHT IN ° Roosevelt and in favor of a change such as was apparent i TRAFFIC SURVEY when the ballots were counted in; The President’s commission in 1932 and Mr. Hoover ousted from Europe to study the growth of co- the White House. {operatives reports tnat between |STATE ROAD DEPARTMENT Jone-third and one-half of the |zamilies in Britain now share in | ASKS SUPPORT OF MOTOR ee ee | VEHICLE OPERATORS IN PROGRAM great’ shifting of votes, such as avowed purpose of disrupting the | read. (Speeia to The .tizen) NORFOLK, Va., Ju’ H. Eberly, after thir seven years’ consecutive service with the Seaboard Air Line Railway, ; has been advaneed to the position | of Freight Traffic Manager with! jurisdiction over the Rate De- partment, and headquarters in this city. This announcement was made by George B. Rice, chief freight traffic officer. Upon graduating from Gettys- | burg College, Gettysburg, Pa., in! 1899, Mr, Eberly entered the! terference with workers, Republican prospects are based’ the system, with mills, shipping interests, retail upon the belief that many Re-! publicans who voted Democratic xtores and distributing organiza-! po 1932 will return to the party'tion. The purchasers from the ithis fall and that they will be cooperatives receive tickets upon | augmented by many conservative which dividends are paid quar- service of the freight department | Democrats, who do not like the terly, Statistics indicate that of the Seaboard. Starting as {Special to ‘The Citizen) |New Deal or any of its works.’ there are 1,135 such societies with} stenographer-rate clerk he has! TALLAHASSEE, July 23.—' Any good calculator can prove 7,202,721 members. The commis- held the positions of assistant | Request for the cooperation of all anything that he wants to estab- gion will study the cooperative| general freight agent, general; common carrier truck operators lish and that the reader or listener, movement in seven or eight Euro-| | pean countries before returning) freight agent, assistant freight | and all motors bus lines in the wants to believe. It is all a mat- traffic managef, until his. promo- | statewide traffic survey recently ter of opinion. Whether the Re-'to the United States and making tion today to freight traffic man- | inaugurated by the state road de- publican farmers of the West,, its report. | ager—the post made vacant by | parment was made here today by who left their party when relief, H Mr. Rice’s recent appointment. |W. M. Parker, director of the sur- was not given them, will rejoin} Widely experienced in traffic | vey, {the ranks, remains a matter to be; and transportation matters, and} Parker quoted C. B. Treadway, determined. How many conserva-! well known in railroad and indus-{ chairman of the state road depart- tive Democrats will cast their trial circles, Mr. Eberly ap-| ment, as stating that “the whole- ballot against their party nomi- proaches his new duties with a/ hearted support and confidence of nee is also conjecture, pure and broad knowledge of the require-: tke motor travelling public is es- simple. ments of Seaboard patronsj sential if an accurate record of t ee 4 : throughout the country and the! facts is to be obtained.” lof tariff reductions given six southern states covered by its; “It should be understood, there- Another question that bobs up Countries in reciprocal _agree- more than four thousand, three} fore,” it was pointed out, “that is whether President Roosevelt ™¢ents, the pact was to run one hundred miles of rail. no effort toward enforcement of continues to be stronger than his’ Yat. Figures released by the Ee eae traffic laws with respects to over- party. In 1932, when he polled “¥° governments showed that) loaded or improperly equipped 22,821,857 votes, his party’s can-: Russia bought approximately $37,-| CUBA BRINGS IN trucks will be required or con- didates for congress managed to| 990,000 worth of our goods in the: templated by any member of the get only 20,494,152, or more than’ 12-month period. In the year! highway planning survey.” ten per cent; less than the Presi-. ending June 30, 1934, Russia Parker stated that the results dent. In the same year Republi-’ bought $14,127,659 VESSEL ALSO BROUGHT NINE} TONS OF FREIGHT FOR KEY WEST The trade agreement with Sov-; iet Russia has been renewed for another year. Originally entered into on July 13, 1935, when Rus’; sia undertook to buy not less than $30,000,000 worth of American i goods in return for the benefits, of the survey, started two weeks can candidates for Congress poll- Country and sold $12,501,394. In| ago, will: ed 15,896,895 votes. Since that 1935 the figures were: $16,840,- 1, Permit of an integrated high- time many things have happened: 788 and $14,031,420. In the first’ way system that will include all but the only one that is positive! © ‘ i road improvements in the next 20 in evidence is the Congressional, ™ent the Soviet spent $33,900,-' years. elections of 1934. In the mid-, 907 here and shipped us $18,330.-! 2. Record, thelipresent state of ‘term elections Demoeratic candi-|918 in goods. Our chief sales in, all parts of the selected. ‘mileage. dates for Congress polled only, Russia were machine tools, $10,-| with respect to traffic serviceabi-,.17,520,432 ballots and Republi-; 500,000, and cotton, $8,500,000. | lity and ihdicaté further’improve- cans 13,434,477—a decline of: } ments required to reach satisfac- nearly 3,000,000 for the Demo-; The reciprocal trade agree-| torv serviceability, and ‘crats and nearly two and a half ments are under fire in the pres-! 3. Indicate sources from which million for the Republicans. What ent political campaign but offi-! Steamship Cuba, of the P, and O. S. S. company, arrived from Tampa this morning with one first and four second class pas- sengers for Key West; 30 first and six second class passengers for Havana. Arrvials at Key West: Mrs. J. E. Lewis, J. R.. Spencer, J. F.j|can be obtained, properly related place sinee 1934? Hennig, F. Lintner, Elizabeth | to benefits conferred. “nobody knows!’ Moots. | The survey is being finaneed The vessel also brought nine; by the U.S. Bureau of Public} tons of freight and four sacks of | Roads, and is being conducted mail for Key West; 12 tons of| under direct supervision of Chair-| sides ofthe great presidential de-; ports and imports are increasing, | freight and 63 sacks of mail for} man Treadway and the road de-j bate continue to claim everything | although still far behind the, Havana. i partment. in sight. and look for new areas’ (Continced on Page Four) | The answer,'a decisive influence upon trade expansion abroad. With twelve | pacts now in effect, but only four; j operating at the beginning of the! UNITED STATES MARINE SERVICE REQUEST VIGIL- - ANCE BE EXERCISED TO FIND TRACE OF VESSEL Different United States marine se branches of the ce are lookout British Motor keeping a constant flotsam from the Ship Nunoca and are asking that all viglance possible be exercised to firid traces of the vessel. From the Coast Guard mander at Jacksonville, G Goshorn, deputy collector o com f toms in charge at Key West, received the following “Request you have ship and those entering during next seven days boarded to see any Texas Company oil drums have been Full description, numbers markings of drums desired. Infor mation to be used in determining fate of lost ship Nunoca.” radiog galvanized picked uy and RADIO OFFICER COMES TO CITY CHARLES F. THAT HE IS MUCH TAKEN UP WITH KEY WEST DAME STATES chief at radio Charles F. Dame, electrician stationed Charleston navy yard, terial offi al district, a - visitor We:t today and a guest tenant William Klaus, U. officer in charge at the station, and Mrs. Klaus. Mr. Dame told The rad th ma is naval Citizen other this js his first visit to Key West | and he is very much p'eased with the city, its delightful climate and its quaint atmosphere. His visit to the aquarium with Lieu- tenant Klaus was a rare treat, he said. Although he came with the in- tention of leaving tomorrow from this; morning on his return to Charlie wy ton, he is enjoying his v thoroughly that he wil’, sible, make arrangements so pos to urday morning. — TO WED ISSUED During the 23 days of July to the office of the county judge 12 marriage licenses. Issues during the past Week were to: Austin Roberts and Helen While political leaders on both year, it is pointed out that ex-|Pent; Rene Alvarez and Liriolino! Galindo; Eric V. Sargent and Idalene Elizabeth Cleare; Will'am Otis Kemp and Emma Key. started w Seon us SEVEN BUILDING PERMITS ISSUED MOST OF APPLICATION FOR CENERAL # “PAIRS STRUCTURES age . General Home Wace R Repairs cn Bahama ng and Eaton «treet leven months of the new agree-!spend another day and leave Sat- 4 Johnsen: cost, S50 Reparr: roc Ven Pfister street D. Lu cont, $1 General repairs at treet. Owner, the M ©. Albury Extate Genera’ nee irene- A an repair: o ard stre cost, $50. —ARRIVING— TOMORROW MORNING FRESH FRUITS AND VEGETABLES of af kinds 114 Simentoe Street ; the necessary funds should and changes of sentiment have taken cials insist that they have played| date, there have boon tod tl —————————— ~ DRINKS--MY! HOW GOOD A BOTTLE OF DAILY DOUBLE BEER TASTES AT MEALTIME- ON SALE EVERYWHERE