The Key West Citizen Newspaper, August 4, 1936, Page 1

Associated Press Day Wire Service. For 56 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West pat Citizen | VOLUME LVII. No. 185. pa Arab Gun Runner Of Arms Bootle Fighting Which Began Sev- eral Months Ago Still Continues In Different Sections By EDWARD J. NEIL (By Asnociated Press) JERUSALEM, Aug. 4.—This| old Arab is a Mukhtar, a sort of a/ mayor of a small Arab village south of Jerusalem. He’s a big, villanious-looking until | | he | codger you get to know him. Then smothers with kindness. of you chokes you with endless cups syrupy Turkish coffee, ruining! your digestion. Then, enough at him, and he i if you hammer hard really | trusts you, he tells you about specialty, gun running. Yes, the old Mikhtar i about the Ghee Arab in Pales-! tine at sneaking rif munition where lawful, sir, les and am-! Trans-Jordan, from les and ammunition are into Palestine, where they! most certainly are not, particular: ly since the revolt against Jewish immigration and land buying; started almost three months ago.} Losses Heavy “But even knowing all the lit-| tle wadis (valleys) and every inch} of the hills in the dark of night, we lose 75 per cent of the ship- ments,” he s And how is bus ment, with the revolt freshening} every day, the death toll rising! steadily, tempers ¢raying, hatreds} more bitter, violence more ex-; treme? ! “It’s bad, very bad,” he say: “Yesterday, after a whole week work, I reached here with 47} rifles, 10,000 cartridges. But the more the British capture, the| more we smuggle, and the more! we get through.” } The northern border of Pales: tine now is so well protected b British) troops that Arab smuggling practically has ceased along the Jordan river line north of the Dead But east of the roasting valley o* bibli fame, some 2,000 feet below sea level. there stretches a wide desert, most difficult to patrol but sim- ple territory for Arabs and camels, ‘Chickens And Eggs’ | It’s not far to the Syrian bor-! der along this desert corridor, not far either to Iraq, where arms al- so are easy to procure. And com- ing into Palestine from the south, through more bleak desert and! hill country, there are many} places for gun runners to slip through the British cordons, The Arabs they have brought in at least 10,000 rifles and hundreds of thousands of} rounds of ammunition through} these holes. There seems plenty } of truth to such a statement, for! only a week ago one caravan was|{ caught in a series of twisting wadis along the southern frontier} between Ghamr and Rashrash,| and in the camel packs were 1,000; army rifles and 000 cartridges. As we drank more coffee the old Arab gentleman who is head j of all this received a telegraph message from Gaza, another gun running center in the south. “Chickens and eggs have ar- rived.” he read off, translating the Arabic. ' Colored Glass Criticized As Detracting From Wine gging In Palestine | sador to war-torn Spain, made his j World. hour jmade a stack of notes and | REGISTERING {opened yesterday in the office HERBERT RECK NEW DIRECTOR OF LOCAL WPA WAS FORMERLY ADMINISTRA-: TOR AT WEST PALM BEACH; | EXPECTED TO ARRIVE! HERE WITHIN FEW DAYS Bares Secrets ENVOY TO SPAIN MAKES NAME AS HISTORY WRITER CLAUDE G. BOWERS, AMBAS- SADOR, LiZARNED ABOUT CIVIL STRIFE AS WRITER. OF U. S. HISTORY 1 | Acting WPA Director Roy! | Goodman announced this morning that the new permanenj director’ He is Herbert} lies been named. By JOHN SELBY \rtve withinithe meat fewldays. (By Anxocimed Preis} NEW YORK, Aug. 4.—Claude G. Bowers, United States ambas-' The new director, it is under- stood, was administrator a: West} dis- | Palm Beach but when that name as a writer by sandwiching ; chapters of American history be-| {ween newspaper editorials. Whi'e he was - writing “The! Tragie Era,” Bowers was an edi-|€ame a part of Dstrict Number 3 torial writer on the old New York ' He had an office with two desks; he combined two tasks nd sacrificed his leisure to his} writing. | His eveings were more or less: ree, but unfortunately old new: papers, his sources on the period! jafter Lincoln, were in the Ney fecumnes Se York public library and wi trict was amalgamated with other jcounties including Dade and be Mr. Reck was relieved of that di- rectorship. (Roy Goodman, who has_ been acting director since jthe removal of Thomas D. Orr, will resume his chief engineer of jurojects aia will: devote hls) time! lopen to consultation only que the day. "to the engineering activities. es- So every week day Bowers took ! pecially the {the subway uptown, spent an: thumbing newsprint, | Program. then | Psi etanirea cece pebined to his desk with a sand- yy Turned Democrat Early Bowers was born at Westfield, § AILED TODAY: Ind. He lived there two dianapolis, where he was educat-! ed. iIVY DEPARTS FOR TAMPA He had considered himself al Republican until in’ Shortridge, BAY, AND OTHER POINTS high school he was delegated to}! IN THAT VICINITY sewage and water old ‘before his fam'ly moved to In-} weeks | represent his school in - an ora-| torical contest. ' His subject was Hamilton; he! Lighthouse Tender Ivy sailed | ead everything in Indianapolis’ early this morning for Tampa! on Hamilton, includihg the ten | Bay and vicinity to relieve buoys volumes of the Hamilton speeches’ _and later on be hauled out on the and other pape i ways for scrapng and cleaning of! He was surprised to find he had the hull. come to admire Jefferson more; -Tender Poinciana received than Hamilton, and he has re-i ders today to sail at once mained a Democrat since. But he! check over ail lights and von the contest, aid ‘Boy Editorial Writer’ ree Bowers was writing editorials, portation company. for the old Indianapolis Sentinel] L. H. Muse, first officer of the in his ’teens; in fact, he was, Tender Ivy, in temporary com-! called the boy editorial writer. {mand of the Poinciana, was in- ‘He had read all the biographie | structed to go over the route as of all the national heroes before far as Lower Matecumbe and! he was 15; he used the facts but, make repairs and replacements! or- and other deplored that none of these works where found pound nee told him what the men themselves} vere like. Washington and Lin-! STEAMER BRIN BRIN coln were great and good, never CS. bad boys at all. Aaron Burr was | very bad. riever good at all. H LOAD OF COTTON In Terre fighfe, white’: writing editorials forthe “Térré'* Haute Star, Bi sjtan} for coneress in SHIPMENT CONSISTING OF ~al f s,! 100s, a Gant 468 /Democrats, 14) BALES CONSIGNED TO — aa SOCIAL WELFARE BOARD | | One of the items on the freight jist of the Freighter H. R. Mal-! bes which arrived in port last) ht was a consignment of 141 ie ie of cotton, weighing 76,000 — IS pounds, for the State Board of Social Welfare. Inquiry at the WPA offices elicited the information that it possible the cotton was sent > to be stored for use on some ‘oject which had not as yet been formally announced. NEW ARRIVAL PERIOD FOR GENERAL ELECTION IN NOVEMBER i 1 Registration books for the No-| vember general election were of; County Supervisor of Registration! |John England and will remain jopen until October 10. Supervisor England told ) |citisen. that up to nton AT KEMPS’ HOME | there had not been one registered. Saat oe This registration period axl Mr. and Mrs. Osgood Kemp are} nothing whatever to do with the the proud parents of a 7% pound} special primary election to be | boy born this morning at the The! today person | he Key F. R. Reck, and is expected to ar-| H t 4 to navigation along the route! els of the Oevrseas Trans-; KEY WEST, FLORIDA, TUESDAY, AUGUST 4, 1936. x a an a sceat ouING F in WA sEENGTON lo ARGUMENT ANY LONGER! As this is written no announce-! {ment has come about A! Smith, | | RECOVERY AND: POLITICS | but our guess is that the “Happy! | COUGHLIN’S FAST TALK | Warrior” will get the chance to jmake another speech. If it falls ! ANTI’S TO CONFER . ‘ner oration the Democrats [EANDENS BeCErTeNee porting the President wil! {LABOR LEADERS CRITICAL KANSAS RELIEF CONTEST | INCOME TAXES IMPORTANT |THE TARIFF AN ISSUE sup- the gathering along. It has been noted that, immediately after the {Smith oratorical effort at the :dinner, the Liberty League faded {from the po‘it’cal picture as an effective adversary of the admin- { istration. New organizations wi'l) By HUGO SIMS, pare the effort to pick up the Washington Correspon-|ilame of opposition and fan_ it dent of The Citizen tinto a big blaze. There is no longer any argu-: ment about improved business! ‘The -acceptance speech of G conditions. The depression is, for’ Landon has been hailed by the most part, behind the nation! supporters as evidence of jand industry is going into a pe-/ calmness and caution with which od of continuous recovery. Cor-' present prob!ems must be ap- porate statements reflect increas-; proached if they are to be cor ed earn:ngs and there are other: rectly solved, and by Democrat ; distinct grounds for the optimistic!as a vague array of generalitic jattitude to the future now evi-'that leave untouched the vital ident in business circles, [issues, Some observers see a con \ tinuation of the pre-cenventic ni The National Chamber of Com- | strategy an avoidance of specifi-! merce concludes that 1936 will be! cations and a strategy aimed ¢ “the best year in physical vol-j coalesce opposition to the admi {ume of busine: since 1929. istration into a combned fore ; Building construction in six! without the danger of divid months was 75 per cent ahead of | support by alienating any }Jast year, consumption in several by taking advanced positions. lines is back to the 1929 level and | :treight shows substantial gains.| Jt jg uy ly fair to assume. that | Employment in manufacture, ac-/the Kansas governor will, in sub- jcording to Labor Bureau records, | -equent speeches, discuss some is ‘the largest since the fa'l of fundamental issues at greater 1930 and the Chamber estimates! jongth, At Topeka he emphaized jthat the Autumn stimulus will’ that proposeé economics wil not put it close to the 1927 and 1928 | come out of allotments to the un-! ipoint. Incidental'y, steel makers! }employed, but “out of the hides jare planning wages for over-t:me, gr the politieal explo.ters.” He owing how they regard the; gas for “eash benefits in or Pecieec {to cushion cur farm iam | against tic disastrous effects of anc to protect ving.” As these continued Fed- | ' Special h The question arises, what effect | will this recovery have on Political out!ook? Usually, .as_ ev. eMOne knows, good business he! the party’ in power and bad busi-; . ness hurts it. Without participat-’ ing in the partisan debate over the question whether administra- , tion policies have helped or hin-/ dered recovery, it might be noted,! as an amazing factor, that de- spite the improvement in, business; - oe conditions there is no enthusiasm} © the cuestion of labor the fon theiBr ident in business and "°™inec took what looks like a financial circ’es, The big leaders i decided stand against the conten- are against the administration tion of labbr leaders, The point and many smaller business men/®t issue between the two parties |throughout the nation will be in-|centers around one clause, relat- ‘fluenced by their examp'e. ing to coercion in regard to the right to organ patform employers and the Re- publican draft “from interference from any source,” which ihe nom- inee interprets to mean fredeom from coercion or intimi- dation by the emoloyer, by fellow-emplo:ce, or any othe son.” 3 ingly another address wil! go into more detail, particularly showing how the budget cen be balanced reducing expenditures of govern- {ment and cont:nuing the istance and farm benefits. | It is obvious, however, that the| recovery underway has, at least,! put a crimp in the prospects of parties and politicians hoping to j capitalize on unrest. How effec- ltive this obstacle will be in pre- jventing the development of wild- jeyed support for crazy remedies remains to be seen. It depends upon the extent of employment, the efficacy of relief genera'ly, ‘and the condition of the agricul- jtural class when the voters go to the polls. per- | The meaning of the phrase is important to labor leaders, who point out that the national labor; relations act provides only for! protection against employer co- ercion. They want assurances that ‘abor will have the right to use organizers whether they are em- , ployes of a given plant or 1 The Rev. Coughlin is address-j| ing large crowds wherever he goes but seems to be unlucky in speech, After his initial breach,! calling the President a “liar”, the parson was quoted in the news-! |papers <s urging farmers to re- pudiate their debts. His apology t |the Chief Executive and his denial Lawrence, 2nd Fredevic William jthat he was correctly quoted in Wile, another anti-administrtion | ,Tegard to debts will not remove! commentator, thinks that the Lan- the impression that the radio}don satement looks a litt'e like | priest is losing some of his bal- | tacit admission that labor support, | jance in the heat of his emotion. iso far as the ocean le caders | While he is undoubtedly making are concerned; *s “pretty much i ja strong appeal to some portion the bag for President Roosevelt. |of the voters there are little indi-; psy jeations that his campaign for Rep. | ' An interesiing situation has {Lemke will get very far at the ‘arisen in Kansas, where the WPA! ;pol's. This situation may ehangejand the RA zte moving to supply jas the campaign goes along, but/re'ief jobs and “dol:s” to some for the present the third party, farmers, whose condition is said threatens to do little nationally,'to be worse than in 1934. Mean-! ja'though in some states the com-| while, Gov. Landon himself izers shall not become illegal. Un- less Gov. Landon goes further in affirming the rights of labor, he wil not win any substantial number of labor votes, 1 } as flat as his Liberty League din-/ prob-! ‘ably want to do something to help} at tie part! ;| Locka which was reauested by} (eral payments it is probable that | by; relief | The Democratic | “entire j any } not | and that the use of such organ-| says David | 'WORK STARTS ‘Thomas, Perennial Candidate | NORNING For Presidency, Swings Into veerrve wen conv. His Third Campaign Unduanted TO PLACE TEN MORE IS. __ SUED FEW HOURS LATER WAGNER RETURNS Sian Graduate. Oftes FROM TORTUGAS ao Peron DESCRIBES a Hewever | | TWENTY-FIVE MEN EMPLOY- i | Work started this morning at the naval station with 25 men on ellis IT AS FIN=ST OF 10 ‘the roll and a few hours ALL PLACES TO SPEND starting a requisition for cchers was placed at the WPA as- SUMMER MONTHS By JAMES NEW as 2K signment offices. ais Frederick i The men working today were, . Wa ia ‘dismantling the first of the three‘ bei man Thomas «~ finger piers which are <o the campaign tor pres changed from wooden structures | cummer the breeze never a Mr on his 58-58 < 2 mas with Being 2 = hans ‘to steel and salvaged ma- perennia terial is being sored for repairs a rca | to the other piers. be adds that he ian't discourag-d Today’s activities coms itute woeks at T. He Thomas, 2 Pr tom gradus series of sched- the beginning of the who has bees « Presbyterian min preparations which were ane an ae . maga uled to begin at once and lay the eae began reaniag jfoundation for actual construc-| w= the Sesialiet dint tion work when the ma:erial mach | | had been asked t arether | of which has been under order for! t or p= One « several weeks, arrives. ; | Now that the schedule has be-_ had | gun, even in such a small way Commander K. B. Cc. £ :C.. U. S. N., plans to leave his} afternoon on a plane from Opa- Bragg, j mat Choquett torics are { ent | him this morning. i It is understod the eres - MISS A. KLAUS VISITING HERE ° 5 i SIST:R OF LIEUTENANT KLAUS, OFFICER IN CHARGE AT LOCAL NAVAL STATION | will goto headquarters and re- | Charleston Navy Yard, | turn some time later for a longer | stay when sufficient material ar-| his rives to warram: presence | here, ‘JOSEPH CATES RETURNS HOME Miss M fficer ton wa hichu Anna nt Wr Klau Klaus HAD BEEN IN WASHINGTON: CAME BACK OWING TO ILLNESS 1 i i | Miss Klaus dec | lect the most t ; United States {here for about t guest of Lie Joe Cates, formerly with the | Klaus at their autification section of the WPA | naval station jin Key West, was an arriva jthe highway last evening and will remain in Key West for a while. Mr. Cates was some weeks ago jappointed to a position with the jrescttlement administration in iw hington, and left Key Westj to be associated with” J. Gerry } |Curtis, who was a'so with the! ;Key West administration. | j A‘ short time ago Mr. gan to suffer from a severe tack of acute laryngitis, and w ladvised by his physician to re- and misce {turn to Key West and remain | 224 led 11 !until cured. He expects to Charleston home about six weeks. Steamship FELLOWSHIP CLUB. ==". DEFERS MEETINGS At the last meeting of the Boys Fellowship Club it was decided ‘to hold no more meetings until jthe beginning of the Fall sea- son. | In the meantime members o: ‘the club will seek a hall which|°! Mr. ill be used exclusively for mect-|0" Flagler over Steamship. Meary arrived 9:15 ‘o'clock from Galveston shipment consignments turt e g Mallory a last. ni d'scharged heavy ht Cates of fre took pong: janeous Ne c be | 1! om or Frontera, Mex Claims Votes MiSs V.SHINE =~ daughter Clarence arrived here | Miss Virginia Shine. and Mrs Aven afternoon Shine wer rday (Ry Ansocinted Press) LOS ANGELES, Aug. 4.—! Colored glassware is ruining the appreciation of the delicate shades! of various types of wine, the! Southern California Wine and Food society says. | The society has requested manu- | facturers to feature quantities of: clear glass and sparkling crystal. \ To appreciate fine wines, the! society says, the beauty of their! hues must be apparent and un- distorted by glass of conflicting shades. {held for the selection of a United | home at 407 Margaret street. Both mother and baby are do- Mrs. Kemp was be- marriage, Miss Nila States senator to succeed the} late Park Trammell. All persons { ing nicely. | who voted in the June primaries , fore her are qualified to vote in the spe-|Atnao, daughter of Mr, and Mrs. | Armando Machin. cial primary, ARRIVED TODAY Shipment of All Kinds FRESH FRUITS and VEGETABLES CITY CURB MARKET Wholesale and Retail 114 Simonton Street DR. JULIO DE POO wishes to notify his patients that he will leave Key West August 8 for 1 month for New York to study at Post-Graduate Hospital in that city. bination of Townsend, .Coughlin, | studying plans for emergency aid’ ings of the organization. The Smith and Lemke may. be the de-: by askin: for a reduction of ; boys are very anxious to secure a jcisive baiance between the Cemo-' freight rates on shipments of cat- ‘place to be so used and wil! wel- erats and Republicans, tle, water, feed and ee Se | equipment and seeking from oil son or persons who are interested | Interesting is the announcement companies the loan of pumping in assisting them to attain their ‘that anti-Roosevelt Democrats equipment to draw wat-r from desire. will stage a conference soon to!rivers and creeks for the cattle inj — diseuss how best to oppose the'dry areas. In other words, there phages Any reader who has seems to be something in the na-| iP RESC R I PTION $ kept up with national politics in' tere of 2 contest between the | the slightest measure will have administration °-nd the governor} — gen eae no hesitation in naming those ‘in making effective moves to rem-} CA “associatetd” and “invited”. James edy the situation although Wash-! tas? EL 1s? — A. Reed, of Missouri, Joseph B. — officials declare that there | | GARDNER’S PHARMACY Colby and others will be there. (Continued on Page Four} \. 1 pumping | come the suggestions of any per-! a Highway from Tallahes Miss Shine was recently L Degree Colieze grad £ juated with an L. the Florida | Women. ae eee | MENDELL’S FIRST SALE | ALLIGATOR RAINCOATS $5.00 Sellers sis $5.50 Sellers $465 $7.50 Sellers State — EEE ERIE WHETHER IT BE BEFORE THE SHOW, . AFTER THE SHOW OR ANY OTHER TIME..YOU'LL FIND REAL ENJOYMENT IN AN ICE COLD DAILY DOUBLE BEER