The Key West Citizen Newspaper, July 28, 1936, Page 1

— : Associated Press Day Wire Service. For 56 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West No. 179. Frank Cates Given Contract For Collection Of Garbage Rate Of Fifty Cents Per! MISS PERKINS Month For Residenees| ARRIVES HERE, And Same Amount Week- _ ly For Business Places VOLUME LVII. | | CAL BOARD OF SOCIAL Frank Cates was yesterday aft- WELFARE ernoon by city council awarded! Miss Elinor Perki central index for the state board of ‘social welfare at Jacksonville, was an arrival by plane this morn- ing from Miami. The object of Miss Perkins’ According to the specifications {Visit is to meet with the members jof the Monroe Board of Social | Welfare and install a central in- will make semi-weekly collections | dex system here, the contrac: for the collection of the position of the collec:ions. trash and garbage and meeting was held in city hall 5:30° o'clock. of the agreement the contrac:or from. residences for cents monjbly, and a daily pao we CARNES’ CHILD CHILD OPERATED ON commercial places at 50 cents per; week, Such payments are to be made! to the contractor by the persons WILL MEET MEMBERS OF LO.-/ s, director of} Che Kry Wrst Citizen KEY eee FLORIDA, TUESDAY, oe 28, 1936. |WPA OFFICIAL | LEAVES MONDAY: LAURENCE RICKARD HAD BEEN HERE ON OFFICIAL BUSINESS IN KEY WEST | | non Laurence Rickard, assistant | |WPA director for the State of Florida, left yesterday afternope | for Jacksonvite in a state road department plane after a visit of several days w:th local depart- ment of . | Mr. Rickard grrived immediate- ‘ly after the announcement was [made of the appointment of Roy | Goodmen as director of District Number 4, taking the place of Thomas D. Orr. | During his stay Mr. Rickard went over the various projects and ; the general setup of the admin-! istrative offices with a view to getting a comprehensive idea of! the workings at Key West. i Asked yesterday before leaving if it was his intention to recom- mend any changes, he replied that the would make his report to State Director E. A. Pynchon who would j BAe final decision on his, Mr. | Is, \ { i IE. C. MALLORY Spain's Disorders Cause Unrest SHOOTS HIMSELF In France's — Holdings STEAMER YORO COMING HERE} ( VESSEL OF STANDARD FRUIT} AND STEAMSHIP CO. ' DUE TOMORROW | | Steamship Yoro, of the Stand- | General Marcel Peyroyton, ard Fruit and Steamship com- pany, reportéd en route from: Philadephia to Frontera, Mexico, | Work” sign on his Moroccan post and is due at this port tomorrow. | ang acunlies ucaubesteranoa The vessel will, as do all other} ships of this fruit carrying com-' Paris. pany, take on fuel oi! at the Por- | ter Dock company, and continue; i French Morocco youn Not CONSIDERED Grapples With Depres-: very serious; BELIEVED, sion, Nationalist Move-! TO HAVE BECOME DES- PONDENT; IN HOSPITAL ments Become Fearful | E. C. Makory, well known ra- dio repair expert in West, 28.—Resident this morning about 9 o'clock, fir- ‘ed a steel jacketed bullet from a Colt 25 caliber automatic into his , uratiyely, has hung out a “Man at head while upsta.rs over his ra- dio repair shop on Simonton street. The bullet entered the region ‘of the right temple passed through ‘behind the forehead and lodged France’s section of the Empire/on the left side near the left tem- tice oigBEscocce,y inv pesested p.ip-e. The location of the bullet is Pe Lem Ce RAED: ones Apiarnctele °*"| indicated by a bulge of the ieft under Sultan! side of the head. | Sidi Mohammed, has given the) Mr. Mallory was seated with h's son, Edmond, on the porch of the cole-: building in which is his repair :shop and the cigar factory of Rex Shaw. They were talking with Peyrouton, who learned about Mr. Shaw. He got up and en- [North Africa and tered the building. Shortly afterw there was = Tunis, has promised to make Mo- heard two shots coming from the model protectorate—if UPPEr part of the bu-.ding, went (ity Aswelated Prenn) FARIS, July fig- from iealateulinenarshe $21,321,751 FROM LIQUOR TAX Albany, N, Y. ee ehne alcoholic beverages sold in the: State of New York during the, 9ial headaches in the past, past fiscal year amounted to $21,-| 321,751.89, or $8. 365,697.59; more than last year‘s total. from’ mexher country a series of in ‘Algeria \rocco a ‘Department IN HEAD TODAY to whom such service is rendered, ! Rickard’s, reports. A aan EEE Rosemary Carnes, little pa * upstairs and found the elder Mal with the und be no obligations on the part of, in charge at the Marine hospital, the city. jand Mrs, Carnes, underwent A lesser ice will also be! ti f t given at the rate of 10 cents each! OPCTaton for acute ities | yesterday. Three trucks are to be pro-| The appendectomy was _per- vided by the city. The contrac-; formed by Dr. J. Y. Porter and tor will furnish the necessary: Dr, Carnes at the Marine hospital. labor to operate the service, and Rosemary is today reported in will supply the necessary gas and; oil, and will maintain the equip-; jupoduconditionzsnd\on;theseroad ment. |to rapid recovery, The contract calls for care in| the loading and unloading of the! trash and garbage in order that] the streets may be kept free from debris, It is provided that an appendicitis ADVISORY ADVISORY 2:30 P. M— Northeast storm warnings order- the trash and garbage be taken touethe ed on Florida west coast north of places provided: -v designated by Key Wesg to. Punta Gorda. Trop- the city, but at no point further ical disturbance of moderate _ in- than the present dumping grounds: tensity central at 1 p. m. approxi- at the incinerator plant. {mately 75 miles southeast of Mi- The serv s to be carried on' ami, moving west, northwest- without liabil'ty to the city and if; ward about 10 mies per hour. required the contractor will fur-; Squalls are slowly _ increasing nish suitable liability insurance ; ‘from Miami southward and indi- for the protection of the city. |ecations are the center will reach It is understood by both parties! €xtveme southeast Florida coast to the contract that said contract!or possibly a short distance south is to be renewed from month to{of Miami late this afternoon or month, ‘early tonight attended by fresh SHIP RETURNS Gales and tides above normal over a small area near the cen- VESSEL HAD BEEN MAKING EXTENSIVE SEARCH FOR ‘ter, but winds will probab!y not reach hurricane force. Storm BOAT REPORTED LOST «warnings remain displayed from Coast, Guard Cutter Kimball re-| {Fort Pierce to Key West. (Signed) WEATHER BUREAU. turned to port this morning after |W moving more an extended search which took! Northwestward about the vessel to various ports in the Per hour, Sorm __ increasing Gulf 6f Mexico in hope of find- slowly in intensity but _ probably ing some definite trace of the has not reached hurricane force. Power Boat Nunoca which has Indications are that storm been missing for more than three Teach extreme southeast Florida weeks, ,coast near Miami latter part executive Officer Simpson, in ‘ afternoon attended by gales over command of the Kimball, to!d The Small area near center and tides Citizen this morning, while the above normal with increasing vessel was at the Porter Dock winds beginning near noon. North + taking fuel and lubricating oil, east storm warnings displayed Fort that white there have been va- Pierce to Key West. Caution ad- rious articles from the Nunoca Vised vessels off south Florida recovered, no trace of the ship,'coast. WEATHER BUREAU, passengers crew has been Jacksonville, Florida. found. “We have been going sinee the: first reports of the vessel's prob: able loss was received, have madg’ CHARLESTON, S. C.—While a thorough and exhaustive search walking on his hands around the at every point indicated, but: Y. M. C. A. building, Joseph T. nothing defin.te could be discoy-, | Laffan, 25, member of the asso- ered,” cays Officer Simpson, | ciation’s gymnast team, suddenly . NOTICE Advisory 9:30 a. m.—Tropical isturbance of moderate intensity jcentral 7:00 a, m. approximately 110 miles east southeast of Miami rapidly 10 miles or ACROBAT FALLS TO DEATH istories to the ground. His horri- | fied companions rushed below to The office of the Clerk, U. S.| find him dead. District Court, at Key West, will) be closed, except for the trane-/ action of urgent business, for one) week beginning July 29th, next. | COVINGTON, Tenn, Fi When Those having urgent business to! a train smashed into an qutom: transact with that office or filings| bile at a crossing here, two men necessitating during said week, may) communi-! fatally scalded. The dead includ- cate or file with or through the! ed the engineer and fireman of Clerk’s office, U. S. District) the train, and the driver of the Court, at Miami, Florida. j automobile. The force of the im- C. RODNEY GWYNN, | pact was so great that the engine: Deputy Clerk in Charge, Clerk's! overturned, two baggage car: Office, U. S. District Court, Key, two day coaches and a Pullman West, Florida, jly28-1t coach being derailed, AUTO CONQUERS TRAIN nding there will: ter of Dr. E. H. Carnes, surgeon | west | will) ; of! jlost his balance and plunged five; a Leon Blum’s government ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS Happenings That Affect the Dinner Pails, Dividend Checks and Tax Bills of Every Individual; Na- tional and International Problems Insep- arable From Local Welfare ‘lets him stay. The Sultan's subject in the | mountains, who gave both France ‘and Spain a long fight before Abd-el-Krim and his harem were ‘exiled to the Isle of Reunion, have been pacified, French colo- nial officials say. Religious Unrest Dies Pan-Arab and pan-Islam agita- i Most dread word in the Middle; to afflicted farmers. But this, of | Ages was “Plague!” Today, in|course, is simply a temporary ex-! |. asap H a some of our richest farming areas, | pedient, and will so:ve no perm-| tion carries little weight in Mo- the word “Drought!” is equally|anent problem. Big question inj ™0cco, they add, because Sultan potent in inspiring fears. {this connection is: What is the! Sidi Mohammed is the religious, q ‘there is no question but that/future of the drought area—oi! the iast two great droughts—those | the states which have most often: oy 1934 and 1936—have been:suffered from rainfall deficiency? | wemendously destructive. There! And the answer to that, accord is a(question as to whether they | ing to the experts, is far from op-' ; werg* more destructive than” pke- | timistic, vious droughts. In other words,; These expert i roccan Mohammedans. Knottiest problem remaining in orocco is the economic depres- sion, and Peyrouton’s main job is; to bring back prosperty. say that a large! His predecessor. Henri Ponsot. have modern methods of nev rt of the United States—in-| left his post to become France’s presentation tended to exagger-icluding the areas where our prin-' @Mbassador to Turkey when Ber-! ate drought conditions? {cipal dry wheat farming is car- ber and Arab chieftains decided a No conclus ve answer can bejried on—are Lasically unfit to Change of the French resident, en to that query, but there is'maintain life. To make them fit, #eneral might help the depres good grounds for believing that! measures must be taken to pre-| Moroccans Want Peyrouton reent droughts constitute a morejserve that scarce necessity, mois- Morocean colonials, who sent a serious problem than did those ofiture. When these areas were first ; , delegation to Paris to ask Blum to’ the past. Since 1889, every sec-! ‘developed, the land was tion of the nation has, at one enough—fr om years in which it, they believed he could solve Mo-| time or another, experienced wa-|was not used for production—to' rocco’s economic problems, if he! ter deficiency. In that year, the survive a number of dr voughts. | could keep French politics out. Northwestern section of the coun- | But now that reservoir of mois-| Recently, however, old Berbers try was worst hit. In 1894, the ture is cone. Here is how News! who knew that Morocco’s standard | great Middle West was arid as a} Week puts it: “For a few years since the Arab invasion of the desert. In 1910, drought came tothe moisture stored in the soil by! eleventh century has been a red! the Middle West, the Northwest, centuries, combined with unusual- | flag, were startled to see young the Southwest, and ranged as far!ly heavy rainfall, preserved the} Moroccans under the communist, jwest as California, though the, farmers’ invéstments. But by/red flag fighting other Moroccans! Pacific Northwest was not touch-:.1934, the twin dust bowls of the| carrying the Sultan’s red flag. ed. In 1930, the Midd'e and! Dakotas and their Southern si While rightists warn Premier! Northwest escaped drought for | ters—Oklahoma, Kansas and Tex-| Blum’s government to “keep poli-! the most part, while the Pacific} as—were beginning to develop.| tics out of Morocco,” political ob- Northwest, California, and part During black Spring and Summer j servers at home ask what the; of the East looked futilely for' storms, winds whipped great! leftist government’s attitude will iain. In 1934, one of the great- clouds of rich top soil from the’ be toward Peyrouton, who was! est droughts in history encom-' denuded earth and swirled it East-| known as a moderate centrist inj passed the Northwest, Middle, ward as far as thd Atlantic. Plain’ politics before he went to Africa. West, and Southwest, did a little; citizens and ‘scientists alike be-| The French government, com- age cast of Michigan, and‘ gan to shake uneasy heads, How/bating Algeran agitation of a | struck California, This year, the}many droughts like the 1934's! potentally revolutonary _nature,! | Atlantic Seaboard and the Pa-'bonfire could the West endure! has extended a two-fold promise} t did not suffer the de-!.. .?” to natives of its North African’ privations of drought. But the; Solution, aecording to these; terr’ itory—suppression if violence} Middle West, Northwest and same experts, is tor Middlewest-; persists, benefits if peace is re- outhwest did. And so did the ern and Northwestern farmers to! stored. ‘outh. use less} land for dry wheat farm- Governor General Georges La Results of the 1936 drought | ing, to a!low more land to grow | Beau carried the alternative back can be Lvicfly detai'ed. North Da-/grass. This grass helps prevent; to Algiers after a flying trip to! kota’s Spring wheat crop—prin-/ evaporation of precious moisture, | Paris during which he conferred; cipal source of cash income for,and also fights against the blow-! with the chiefs of the leftist Feo farmers of that state—was more/ing off of top soil by wind or the! ple’s Front, than 90 per cent destroyed. South {the running off of top soil by| Acknowledging “agitation Dakota found herself in a similar ; heavy rains. ‘an essentially political character, position. In Montana and Wy-; In the meantime, other experts | officials said “useful dispositions oming grain charred in the fields. | are busy guessing at how much of {were taken to suppress all public In the greatest corn-producing a loss in crop return the farmer | order.” states, Iowa and Nebraska, close | has suffered. A series of legislative bills de-! to 50 per cent of ithe crop was! Some authorities place tota!/ signed to give greater freedom! ruined. Same thing was true of loss at more then $500,000,000.; were considered, on the other Illinois. And in the South, the'In unafflicted sections, such as hand, to be brought forth when} cotton and tobacco crops were|the Pacific Northwest, farmers! and if the situation quiets. Hl cut tremendously from: the Spring} will benefit through higher prices! “The government is, in fact,; stimates, {for grains. \equally determined to assure! | of! wl | “Defender of the Faith” for Mo-, ion. |e lory lying where he had fallen and the automatic nearby. The Lopez ambulance was sum- moned. The wounded man was placed in it and rushed to the Ma- rine hospita! where he was given first aid by Dr. Carpinella in charge of the outpatient ward. The injury was not considered dangerous, it was said. Young Mr. Mallory was asked if he knew of any reason why hi father should attempt to take his life, and replied that he had been despondent for a long period and the state of mind brought about by this mood, of despondency was probably the cause of the attempt at self-destruction. Before being removed to a lo- jeal hospital, where he now is; Mr. Mallory was zsked by a friend what were the two shots He re- plied that he had first tried the automatic to see if it was in work- ing order and then fired the oth into his head. At the hospital this afternoon 215 o’¢.ock, the wounded $ reported as suffering some in ! v moist | keep Peyrouton on the job, said‘the region of the throat. He told! an attendant he did not good a job as he intended. The information was given out that an attempt would be made tomorrow to extract the bullet. BAN VOICE OF | QUEEN VICTO STILLED BECAUSE OF POS- SIBLE POLITICAL PEPER- do CUSSIONS (iy Associated Press) LONDON, July 28 —Public | performance of a record contaia- ing personal congratulations late by Queen Victoria o the Em- peror Menelik of Abyssinia, on his att g independent sovereignty, has reportedly been banned by high offici possible political repercusions. Made more than 40 years ago, the record, mildewed and covered with fungus, was recently found with a number of other old cylin- ders by a member of the Edison- Bell firm, pioneers in the phono- graph industry. Its identity was at first doubted, but the official quarters which now ban if proved its authen- ticity. Two copies of the record were made. One was taken by Baron man quarters because of | immediate action,| were burned to death and another} In some states, notably the Da-j 8, a plague almost as ba: asj jthat of drought followed—grass- hoppers. These insects ate what; ittle grain wes left, then turned; to fence posts, trees, anytiing they | could find for sustenance. In the same areas, thousands of starving! jack rabbits presented another problem. Temperatures in the worst-hit areas were the highest ince weather bureau records were tarted, half a century ago. The Federal government took jimmediate action and gave work | jto be strong for Lemke, and it A maintenance of public order and|Rennell of Rodd to Abyssinia. The Lemke Union Party move-|to grant progressively to Algeria} Queen Victoria ordered the other ment may be even more of a fae-| new legislation, inspired by aj destroyed, but'a duplicate was tor in the 1936 election than was | spirit of greater democracy,” they; preserved in case the copy in- first believed. declared. » \tended for Menelik went astray Officially, the Townsend or-; peice ace ee By re-recerding this dunlieate | ganization will endorse no candi- SAVES CHILD; DIES :Tecord has been amplified and date—but its leaders are known} —— | clarified and was to have been ST. LOUIS.—Although he was’ broadcast before the official ban believed their followers will band | under treatment for heart disease,! was placed upon it. together in his behalf in large | William O. Pasch, 31, jumped into! Other voice-cylinders dis-over- numbers. And his strength is ap-;a river and rescued a child from! ed were those of General Booth, parently on thd rise in the North- | drowning. Returning to a dance Prince Louis Napoleon. Lord Rose- to a lesser extent, in| hall, he began to dance, collapsed berry and William Ewart G the Middle West and Far West. and died immediately. | stone. Of Labor Fixes Rate Of Pay For Workers On Navy Yard Improvements RECENT VISITOR ‘Prevailing Wage Scale in MUCH TAKEN UP. Preveed Beri Te Var WITH KEY WEST Thirty Te Exghty FRANK ROM WRITES TO THE Cents An Hour CITIZEN TELLING OF JOYABLE STAY ISLAND CITY EN sercinl A&A ane SPENT IN WA ~ Wages Frank Rom, attache partment ington, LD. were visitors week on with their law, Mr. and 1117 Fleming, ly of Key We: His letter w while bat 2 ! of the Merchants ‘Tiansportation grecting to ever te Ke their am a Mrs w son < ites i en route dressed to “Edtor, Key “Dear Sir, ¢ “Hello West. Excuse calling you after our fifth your lovely we feel like o without flatte proud ef your ¢ healthy climat se:shore swimming “Just imagine. up here sweltered under the mos’ 105 and 106 in Key West the highe: ture we we slept eve West Cit eeting: ft. lew B an itt witht ur f facilities. W hile and terrible heat drawn over cool breeze ful even thoust a mosquito did the away in the September us and with fannin since you folks of Key West | highway is finished and quicker ti your town you ¢ ba cheerful jeheery er. erve mile t “And further » be proud of jyou have a wond: the jcollection of fish, which cz the largest cities i will never Sunday in company jert Van Deusen and | family of our son. to entrancing » ghtful shade of the palm aquarium, to these to be found prosperous cities “When we West my better h 40 years, did not | Now, to my surprise ed out a nice bungalow determined that when tired Key West w with you good folk su will have us. We ant there after n =i Cari, & aL band played by a n large she ha an I am orry we did not ay good b but your widely bye and good luck citizens Key wiedersehen. read paper say of MD COLLECIATE ‘DANCE Deer P- SE OF BEER Wednesday, 9 tH 7 HABANA MADRID 4 ADMISSION ter franchise was one of ters brought up at the meet the city counc# yesterday =! noon and briefly discussed This afternoon at 5-38 o'c ‘members of counc a to talk over the matter tail. wil HOT WEATHER MEALS CALL FOR COOLING DRINKS---MY! HOW GOOD A BOTTLE OF DAILY DOUBLE BEER TASTES AT MEALTIME- ON SALE EVERYWHERE