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Associated Press Day Wire Service. For 56 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West VOLUME LVII. No. 188. Business Trend Takes Spotlight Among Many Leading Politicians Trade Charts Win Favor MANY STUDENTS: As =— Index; sai TO TAKE PART nomic Situation Being IN NYA WORK Studied Closely OVER TWO HUNDRED TO EN- GAGE IN ACTIVITIES ON FLORIDA STATE COLLEGE CAMPUS NEXT YEAR By BYRON PRICE ‘Chief of Bureau, The Axsociatec Press Washington) Many politicians are almost as deeply interested in business charts these days as in polls and (Speela to The ©.tizen) political war maps. TALLAHASSEE, Aug. 7.—The Even in ordinary times, their iable relationship to politics, Aft-| of upset{ and uncertainty, any material| Florida State College campus was £0"! appointment of 201 students for nomic trends have unden- work next year under the nation- al youth administration on the er nearly seven years business change is bound to bring the politically-minded instantly to the alert. About the facts of the present case there is little dispute. Not only have various recognized busi- ness indices shown a decided up- swing recently, but optimism about the immediate future is wide- spread. In other words, business and politics in general sees at least a possibi.ity tnat the election will be held this year,in the midst of something resembling a busi- }Gordon Andrews, the college di- rector of personnel. This num- increase Andrew ber represents a slight over last year’s, Dr. said. The students will be engaged in clerical work, some in laboratory preparations, playground and_ ii: | | ‘MANY SLAMS AT NEW DEAL SEEN IN NEW ATTACK REPUBLICAN UNIT LAYS OUT PROGRAM TO BE CARRIED} OUT ALL DURING PRESENT! CAMPAIGN | By PRESTON GROVER (ty Associated Pross) WASHINGTON, Aug. : 1—A i | number of politicians who do not envy Colonel Knox his vice-presi- | | dential candidacy presumed to see} tin the tenor of his i ‘speech some of their reasons for |not liking such a place. | acceptance By the nature of the case, | Knox, as vice presidential candi- announced here by Dr. Elizabeth | 48 ## reauired to play the role| men said conditions were. terrible of second fiddle no matter how! i much it may conflict with his per- H sonality and background. | To another man falls the job of {outlining the party policies, and; {to Knox goes the job of “dwelling! ‘at length” on these while he inter-} sperses them with broadside at-| tacks on the New Deal. i ! An examination of his accept- tance speech in Chicago discloses ‘the bulk of it was criticism of the }and the men a: Che Key West Cit KEY WEST, FLORIDA, FRIDAY, AUGUST 7, 1936. ae Zrii | gucqmtinenantiitiiiilimmmmnmanemnmnamttiintintian Key West. most equabie country raz wea Group Of WPA Employes Quit 9U0R unrs Work This Morning; Repair To Office With Grievances Dissension developed this morn-, Mr, Reck, the new administrator this afternoon, he made a state- ment for The Citizen. group { He said that, in view of the un- practically 75 men left the work|°eTtainty created by the disturb- fance this morning, he wis it and repaired to the main office of | made very plain that every one ing in the ranks of workers on WPA projects and a of the WPA where a committee was |” z tinue to work, would be given that met by Chief Engineer Roy Good- vhey man. They wanted, ment seeking to disturb working changed working conditions. ,conditions here be kept (Mr. Goodman, acting in place | Proper control. ' The WPA is a_ federal of the new Director Herbert F. R. Reck, ordered ithe men changed, ; lines of work. ‘der a very strict set of rules which organ- he said, from a project near the! require that things be done in one; F. E. C. right of way where the.,certain way. As long as the WPA jin Key West is permitted to run falong the lines }aid down by the and they were working. in water!,National. Administration, without | interference -by irresponsible par- jties, this work, which is of such | great local benefit in maintaining employment and furnishing use- [ful projects to the community, | will continue. | Earlier in the day there were a {number of whisneri: through- jout the city to the effect that j Luis Avalo. who is said to be one of the leaders in the strike move- ;ment. had made _ thre: against infested with small snakes. The change was agreed upon signed to work on ion street where better than they were on the other proj- ect. There was also a question of loss of time during the rain. The men lost four hours and are ex- a section of Div working conditions were i {now working, who wishes to con-! opportunity, if the civil authori-| said, ties would see to it that the ele-| under, ization designed to pursue certain, It is working un-: } } ; DECRY ADS ON ‘SEX APPEAL’ | THOSE INTERESTED IN THIS | | TRY WITHIN BOUNDS | PROPRIETY | By PRESTON GROVER i (iy Asnociated Presny j WASHINGTON, Aug. 7.—It! the who ccemplained against the ! j | LINE HOPE TO KEEP INDUS-| OF! | used to be principally drys! use! i of “sex appeal” in liquor adver tising, but now the cry against it) ! j bas been taken up by certain liquor interests hoping to keep | the industry within? the bounds cf propriety. j The proposition is interesting | s evidence that the liquor in-| terests may be wary of the drys’| power and are to which fasten a comeback campaign. | Ernest C. Ken | tive of one of the sargest distu ! corporations, told of state liquor admin‘strators of a 14-point code of good advertis ing and selling conduct his organ-| ization planned to adhere to, even if it had to go it alone. He said large distillers and dis-} tributors were disposed kee; trying give them no handle upon to ‘dy, an execu-! a conference to Rulers Of Jittery Europe Know Horrors Of Fighting CARLETON-TO BE | mazy 0: These Whe Par HEARD TONIGHT ticipated In Werld War Still Bear Scars From Great Conflict fSpeecal te The Citierns TAMPA, Aug. 7—Doy'e E. Carleton, candidate for United States senate, will address the voters of Florida a state-wide radio tread- cast at 7 to 7:30 o'clock to night in which he wil! discuss the issues of the campaign The broadcast will be made over WMBR Jacksonville WMS3, Daytcna Beach. WARJO, West Palm Seach WQAM, Miami: WDBO, Or- lando; WCOA, Pensacola WTAL, Tallahassee: WDAE By CHARLES P NUTTER = LONDON SSS aug 7—War & =o academe saboc<* Europe's pre seat day rulers, whe are watching amascesiy the “penuh -evsietice as 2 persible =etace te oe peace Mas. of the kings and statesme= today desney whe served througe most or « RESERVATION FRED EBERHARDT. DIAN AT FORT JEFFERSON custo brary work, as well as many oth- i 30 Roosevelt administration. It was|Pected to make this up. They 30 oe hig fl WS Sones new | “ain they were on the job, got ents an hour a may work from! police: pa ee .{Soaked before they could gain! Bey i : ? | RE rn Nn Fe ‘paid for the time lost and not be;anything which could be con-| rawness Ee: bisicueeamacih strued as a threat, and had no in-' Selection has been made on the! The governor left his presiden ; compelled to make it up or lose! H F esiden-| the pay. a itention, he said. of saving any-! basis of need, scholastic record; tial acceptance speech a bit in-' Orders from headquarters in|thing which would tend to an- ers, He seemed fearful these and ability to do the work assign-| definite. The result was that| Jacksonville are that time lost| tagonize anv of the workmen. | would let their eagerness for nae d, according to the personnel di-{ “Re Colonel, when came his turn,’ must be made up or the worker) Few at his home hv Chief; business lead them to us2 adver- has been that prosperity, in what-j ” ple sae aan could only pour his fire at New| will be docked for the ever measure it abounds, helps} erage grades in college | Deal targets already set up. Helqhi, was explained, it was the party in power. jmust be maintained and the work :some of the men who refused to} quit work. ' In a short talk at Bayview Park within bounds of “decency,” jthough federa! regulation of them had been limited by recent preme court decisions. i But the big fellows, he said, could not enforce good condu on the little ones, such as retail-! even ness boom. What will be the result politic- ally? Many things are involved in the answer, For in this re- spect, as in almost every other. 1936 presents peculiarities of its own, H=ARD ON TAINING TO ISSUE er types. They will receive STATUS PER i Held True in Past The general ruie in past years | |, rector. since | u utes, no gree Gree oi ty ' i { P rese wou | an execu President JUDGE ROBERT T. DEWELL SELECTED TO PRESIDE AT PROCEEDINGS The question Monument at what it may mear other t if mainta’ Judge Rebert T. Dewell, * i Steamship Ozark, of the Clyde-! of i Rev. J. A. Cain, James Kings-| | ter, June, who arrived with ahha Cain several days ago for a visit| Mrs, W. H. Trout, at 1113 Olivia street, left | with her mother, over the highway this. morning} for their homes at Daytona Beach. jand daughter, Marie, who 1} spending several weeks were at the home of Mrs. Hyde’s parents, Mr. jand Mrs. E. H. Gato at Duvai jand South streets, left yesterday morning over the highway for their home in Boston, Mass, Another member of the group period.|dnuty Sheriff Bernard Waite he't'sing and sales methods which ; said.jdehied in toto all allevations as'm’ght bring down upon them the ;could not take irom Landon the! anq it was expected the men would] to ‘bis threatening hodily harm to| wrath of the days und the gen- The Republicans made a great;done in a manner satisfactory to’ task of filling in the details omit-j return to work, hut later it de-|ans} nerson. He admitted that he eral public. deal of that in the McKinley days, | the person directing the project. | ted_at Topela. Veloped that quite a few — others;ma¥ have snoken harshly during} — and in the Coolidge days. Every-| 4.1 selections received He varied from custom, as he) aq inined the first small gronn) the!mornine’s excitement. but hadi He asked the administrators to ers, “the full dinner pail” has} : nape z brief biography of himself. Discussing the situation with! body. ie paras ce ee been recognized as one of the; for consideration in case of pos-| My, Knox’s success in the pub- sue es siglo rity, most effective political emblems! sible changes but indications are! lishing business has prompted his) ~——~~~-~"~ F escemar gp mee eae ever devised. ithat there will be very few sub-; supporters to describe him as a STEAMER OZARK (NAME JUDGE I . Wee Ae ea Ela if ! are good or getting better, the! been accepted almost unanimous: ! Wise in his single-handed campaign | % | be eee naira ree eae rife ‘evse Roca) ARRIVES HERE GOMEZ’S TRIAL) 2.2"2.-°=" "= that he listens willingly to admoni-; can convention. i women buyers. tions about changing horses in the | But if he is elected, experience! i ; impressed by arguments that; second-fiddling to the senate, a lager se someone else could do a_ better: position forced upon another FREIGHT CONSIGNMENT | at no liquor a job at Wash:ngton. Chicagoan, Charles G. Dawes, ; put on the radio or im Two Sides To Argument | whose dynamic effort to “reform” FOR THIS PORT _an i | r {associating liquor wit me perience of the past and, many of !REV. J. CAIN AND PARTY HAD) See Rail Quiz Delayed Seay maee — the supporters of President Roose- . | Well defined rumors say that {outdoor or thin: ve't rely heavily on its applicabili-| BEEN SPENDING SEVER handsome army officers. ty this year. In effect, they _be- AL DAYS IN KEY WEST ground is to reiterate on every possible occasion. Mr Roosevelt’s | own question to the voters of} 1934: “Are you, individually, bet-jton, Mrs. John Alling and daugh- fore the advent of the New Deal?” No ong denied at the time, and no one has denied since, that this eampaign strategy was a powerful Democratic victories of two years ago. As usual however, there are two sides to the argument, Those : : Mrs. Cain and son, James Hu-' will work out so well in 1936 note bert, will remain for a while| the following exceptions: : 3 ts In most past instances, the par- longer with her mother and will ty benefiting Ly a “prosperity” | Visit her large number of friends | ness. That not entirely true! of the Democvsts in 1934, al-| though it is a matter of record | were friendly or lukewarm toward the New Deal two years ago, are openly against it now. ly, thi is th i- Secondly, there is the Republi-/j erg YESTERDAY MORNING ery really began in the summer; of 1932 ,and that Mr. Roosevelt's | election and his subsequent poli-| MASSACHUSETTS eies have retarded, rather than normal, Finally, the genuineness of the present upward trend is deni by some administration cri employment, an unbalanced bud- get and high taxes cannot be re- conciled with any theory of a true recovery . plicability of the standing rule about prosperity is among those who argue that re-|Gato, who will visit over an ex- cent economic developments can{tended period at the home of the | iti i h- id, in one essential, by giving a} aya 5, 2 ans wains v= where among political philosop! \July 48 have been placed on file id, in o ss » by Slving a) and they did not return to work.) nef made any threats against any which he said they had The theory is that when times] stitutions as appointments have! forceful type, as exemplified like- That no appeal be made to ch ji tream, and is not Hl i ther ji rs middle of the stream, and | forecasts for him another job o: |VESSEL BRINGS IN HEAVY |pers, and that advertis That is the theory and the ex-| | the senate got him nowhere. lieve their strongest practical ter off today than you were be- influence in the overwhelming who doubt whether the old rule issue has had the support of busi-} during her stay. that some business groups which} ean counter-argument that recov- | ENROUTE TO BOSTON, helped, a natural return toward who suggest that continued un- Along all of these lines the ap- be greatly discounted politically. }Hydes. 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 |aim to get information: to | | Mr. and Mrs. Russell N. Hyde| questioned |W8s Mrs. Hyde’s sister, Miss Anita | public hearings in the senate rail- !voad financing investigation will not begin for some time yet, pos- isibly late next winter. Reason given: That the publi taste is surfeited by investigation: —munitions, lovbying, —and that a new one would ge' few headline smashes. Anybody in Washington tion. Theoretically investigation: guid congress in legislating. The vestigators say privately often their real purpose arouse public demand for form” legislation already in mind of the investigators. Senator Wheeler of is t th ‘ing the staff of the Interstate| | Commerce commission. He has an-} | nounced his intention of showing, ‘that banks control major _rail- ‘roads, and not very successfully,} ‘to his way of thinking. -CROWSON VISITING HERE Mrs. Carrie A. Crowson, accom- panied by her daughter, Florence, was an arrival in Key West dur- ing the week from Miami. They are visiting here with Mrs. Crowson’s father, A. L. DiNegro. ! t | DRESSED POULTRY FRYERS AND HENS Any Size Fulford’s Poultry Farm Phone 880 I Deliver | | Mallory Lines, arrived in port this| Haines City, has been appointed | That no illustrations feature; ships’ officers, locomotive | gineers, aviators or others respon- to preside ai the trial of Rogelio | en- Townsend will} | tell you that headline smashes are; reer “| important to a senate investiga-;of asphalt which is for the state | and asking’ for information as in- that fre- Montana, |heading the inquiry, has been amassing data for several months, { {afternoon, berthed at the Mal- | i | Gomez, ex-county judge. This information was | lory dock and began to unload; is | | | | received | freight consginments of 207 tons. | Iate yesterday afternoon by | County Solicitor Allan B. Ciesre, | Jr., in a telegram from H Dewell advising of h's zations, the largest is a shipment! ment. by Governor Dave While there are a number 0: ‘ s " i Judge items consigned to other organi- appoint: | Sholtz } to 3| ie road department. Advices were received at iwhen.\the trial will be set. the} Up to the time of going | Porter Dock company today that press this had not been decided ithe Tanker Derbyline of the Tex-! there as Oil Company, left Char‘eston, | ‘Ss. C., where she discharged 18,- {000 barrels of oil, 4 o’elock ye jterday morning and is due in Key} Judge Dewell, it is shown, was : West Sunday. jthe magistrate who presided at The vessel has in her tanks /the Tampa flogg:ng cases when a 25,000 barrels of oil for the Por-|change of venue was secured and ter Dock compeny and 20,000 bar-| the cases tried in Haines City. rels consigned to Texas company’s | v pesoutis titi, 08 Aas stana-| CAPT, WKILLIP ON VISIT HERE ard Fruit and Steamship con { i } H to} as | are a number of contingen- ies to be considered before a def- inite date is announced, it said. oO e was | pany is due tomorrow from Phil- adelphia and the Granada of the same line is due Sunday. The} ships will dock for oil at the Por-| ter Dock compeny. B. H. LOWE IS MUCH IMPROVED B. H. Lowe, first assistant keeper at American Shoals light-| house, who was recently operated | Captain William McKillip, form- erly of Key West, but who has been making his home in Miami for several years, was an atrival lin the city yesterday. | He will remain for several esa acannon ern SPECIAL FOR SATURDAY AND MONDAY Silk Crepe Polo Shirts, Sport Macks =. JAE While They Last Sale Still Going Strong LEWINSKY’S MEN’S SHOP on at a local hospital for appen-| dicitis, has recovered sufficiently to be taken to his home. Mr. Lowe’s many friends wish for him a speedy recovery. { } sible for human safety. Drys Still Strong Perhaps no irony was intended but Kennedy aiso urged that ne liquor advertising be placed in re- ligious publications, of the fact that such advertise-} ments are solicited by those pub-} lications.” That drys have strength was indicated in the sweeping pri-; mary victory of Senator Sheppard of Texas, co-author of tion. Looking to the future, drys an- nounced long ago they were going to begin the fight fer prohibition from the local option districts on up. They put no faith in regula- | tion gor control of the liquor traf- ! fie. | ARRANGE FOR | BALLOT BOXES, [MAKE READY TO SEND BOX-| i ES TO POINTS ON FLORIDA KEYS prohibi- | | Arrangements were {today for the delivery of all bal competed | | day to points on the Florida Key !at Marathon, Islamorada and Kock | | Harbor. Franklin E. Albert advised} Clerk Ross C. Sawyer that the; , boxes would be delivered to the! | points on the trip northward Mon-! |day and retrieved and brought | iback to the city on the south-| _bound trip Wednesday. j i i “irrespective |” was vlation M held u her> were to the It was de that the N; sion’s Tep! that t jectors dea and days wh day few we de t Key West. HERBERT J. R. RECK CAM IN LAST NIGHT OVER Herbert J. R. Reck pointed admin strate Distiet Number 4, arrived the highway last night and ie qua nm the naval tion. Mr. Reck bad a shortly after his arr ing some of his trave dimenta on an automot wrenched his knee and was = |days vis:ting relatives and friends. |lot boxes for the election Tues | fering slightly Upon h's arr this morning h of the worker d strike and among his f ties was a ride to th the trouble in an settle the matter. afternoon nothing a settlement had plished. deerde st act (Contimned on Page Four

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