The Key West Citizen Newspaper, August 31, 1936, Page 1

Key West, Florida, has the \ Fi | most equable climate in the country; with an average ge FIVE Gans Labor Units Looking Forward To Strong Political Party In 1940 Associat] Press Day Wire ervice. rs Devoted to the sts of Key West For 56 Best In| The Key West Citiz KEY WEST, FLORIDA, MONDAY, AUGUST 31, 1936. IFINDSNOTEIN =i \4.~ TWO LICENSES BOTTLE DROPPED. : ARE ISSUED FOR _ FROM YACHTBOAT ("ha Wa serGron | RADIO STATIONS | ' ! PPPS SILLA Various Activities To Be | LANDON’S PRESENT COURSE | PITTSBURGH MAN i : . |ROOSEVELT’S STRATEGY | Carried On In Meantime ENJOYS ANGLING c | TWO 1936 FACTORS IN LOCAL WATERS: By Leaders Of Organiza- |THE “PEACE” VOTE tion | “I never thought g man | | | CANDIDATES ON TOUR Cc. D. Grawe, of Cook Island,| ABOUT “NO NEW TAXES” could have so much fun and sport in Key West, and when | Plorida Keys, was a recent visitor} SEEKING TO END WAR at the office of The Citizen! I am retired | am going to have a home in Key West. There is nothing li | THE HOUSING SHORTAGE ae bringing a message which had been} Done ee e- ‘found in a bottle and which, the) ©OU ae Acontents showed, had been drop-| the VOLUME/II. No. 208. Wets fd For Renewal Of War | - Agnst Dry Forces This was! COLI IIIS SS FREAK GROWTH OF COCONUTS Many freak growths of fruits and vegetables have been brought to The Citizen office but one of the oddest ever seen was handed in to- day by Sidney Thompson, city electrician. Two coconuts growing on one stem. What adds to the oddity of the growth is that from ap- pearance of the two mature got dis: LooxmmcGc range of only 14° Fahrenheit 1 i The sentiment of the | people for peace is overwhelming.: HOMER C. BRADY AND SHER- | Those who remember the support | ad | that came to President* Wilson inj OD NEWLAN OF KEY WEST HAVE OBTAINED LICENSES; |1916 when his supporters paraded | AS AMATEUR OPERATORS William HStayton, Vete- ran OjRepeal Fight, | GutlinePlans For Re- WRITER OF MESSAGE IS DICK TALLMAN; PICKED UP BY c. D. GRAWE OF COOK ISLAND % : H i ‘him as the man able to keep Ameri- | {ca out of the great European war | | gre able to gauge its vote-gettir S| power if any candidate can con- vinee Americans that he is the man} lof peace. It will not be surpris- | Special ing if such an effort is made on! behalf of the President, | i x By PAUL MAY Washington Correspondent ; of The Citizen) H WASHINGTON, D. C., August | 31.—Key West has two new ra- | By PRESTON GROVER (By Associated Prews) WASHINGTON, Aug. 31.—Po- \ litical figures and grandstand ob- Press) { [WASHINON, Aug. 31.—In { the coming lil, the public may . i President Roosevelt will wind i {up his tour of the drought area dio stations, as a result of licens- joe week and return to Hyde Park ! 3 issued by the Federal statement h, fore- man of a steel miil in Pitts- t-dry battle re- servers consider it almost a cer- i tainty that labor will attempt to i e Com- That whitaired veteran of the nut nearest when it appeared as though {ed overboard from Yacht} By HUGO SIMS, | “West Wind” on March 31. It was' special Washington Correspon- ; before going to Washnigton, Out- | ‘standing events of his trip includ-| munications Commission to Hom- | ed the conference with the Gover- ; burgh, Pa., who spent five days in Key West last week, Holle- put a political party of real pro- the repeal fit, William H. Stay- accompanied by Mrs. rich and their guests Mr. and Mrs. T. G. Williams. | Their object in coming here ‘was to visit Mr. Hollerich’s sister-in-law and family at thehome on Stock Island. “But,” said Mr. Hollerich, “had I known there was such sport fishing to be had, we would have made arrange- ments to stay longer.” He went out with his nep- hew Arthur, and the first fish which struck was struck by a barracuda just as it was brought to the surface, which was an entirely new experience for the visiting angler. How- ever, before they returned to land he had caught many others and was one of the hapviest and jvbilant anglers who ever cast a line in these waters. stunted, and started another Portions into the field by 1940. nut about one and three quar- ter inches further along on the stem which developed into a full and perfect fruit. The nuts came from a point on the Florida Keys known as Doctor’s Arm, says Mr. Thompson, which is a part of the estate of the late Cope- land C. Johnson, who died in the storm on the Florida Keys one year ago, Septem- ber 2. national | LILI IS SIS SSS: scale,,as hehrs they may, he = found by Mr, Grawe on August; dent of The Citizen ‘nors of the “Dust Bowl” states, , ry 0. Brady, U. S. Navat Radio', 27, last Thursday. The message The campaign for the Presiden- held at Des Moines. While no pulstation and Sherod Wated: New: follows: icy is getting under steam through- | lic address was scheduled as the! “Tuesday March 31. 1936, out the country. Governor Lan-' tour began, it was expected that lan, 1116 Seminary street, in Key “Aboard ‘West Wind’ ”,,:don has begun a series of trips one radio speech would probably “I'm writing this note on the! that will afford him the oppor-' he made to dramatize to the pub-, W°** fourth day out of the port of St.j tunity of presenting himself to lie the effects of the prolonged, Both Brady and Newlan’’ have ; Petersburg, Florida, en route to,the people by expounding his po- | drought, but when and where this : ‘Havana, Cuba in the annual St.'sition on public questions. For speech would take place remained , been licensed as owners and op- ; Pete-Havana race, The ketch js! the most part, it seems that po- | uncertain. | the good ship ‘West Wind’. {litical strategy will, not call | “The last land sighted was any great elucidation of his per-| ‘Phe geath of Governor Olson img they will operate these sta- Sunday. That point was Sanibel, Sonal views and that his speeches | 9¢ Minnesota caused the Presi-! jIsland. We have our course laid; Will, in the early stages of the | dent to abandon a proposed trip for Dry Tortugas and expect to] ¢@mpaign, be confined to €0R-' to Rochester where the governor {Pick it up soon. jvincing the voters that he is was a patient in the Mayo Clinic. 5 z | “The boats in the race are! Solid, substantial and dependable. ! Various senators and other offi.: Brady's station call number of | pretty well strung out. We have : : ieials consulted with the President “CQ-W4EJB” and Newlen ha: jonly sighted four of them since} It is apparent that while Gov.! and: the governors of the states A jleaving Tampa Bay on Saturday} Landon’s record in Kansas may through which he passed. | “CQ-W4EJD” as his call number, iat high noon. jor may not be important, the pres- } ae { | “The writer of this note is Dick| ent campaign is going to be settled; As the President started for the | Tallman. I expect to be in Toledo,| on the bas.s of voter reaction to West. Governor Landon was mak. stations be operated ' know what foing on. I | _ OF MATERIAL AT H ‘Ohio, the last of Atpril and I! the incumbent in the White House. | ing his first tour of the East. At tked of his} office, on t\door of which he} ! would appreciate if the finder of, In other words, the average Amer- Chautauqua, New York, where } Partar-time Job .this would write me of his find.) ican is expected to vote for or president Roosevelt delivered his (SAMEDNUMBERIORIMEN ame am curious to know just how against President Roosevelt. If! recent speech on foreibn, attgice, CONTINUE ON WORK UNTIL far it gets. Address, ee a ee the Ciaamenteete ‘the Republican candidate stressed “DICK TALLMAN, he will be for Landon because the the necessity for freedom of edu-' while shey will i Hees is : ‘ : % a they will be permitted to MORE ee ono’ 1324 Harvard Building,! Republican nominee is the logical) cation, the press and the radio! \ TO WARRANT INCREASE ton, i i layisplans to reorganize ! So widely is the idea accepted the anti-proitionists again at f | that some are looking for a quiet fall under } name of “Repeal | drive on state legislatures begin- Associates."Looking over 4 sur- veys he hagade, he thinks the {ning this winter to ease the way i | for third party movements. The time has co for reorganization. jdong dominance of the two major for | life | | The figures|l him dry organiza- . parties has made jcxaters of radio stations, provid-! | political tions are a: And successfully ac- somewhat of a closed corporation tive. re they ask for , tions under FCC amateur regula- in many states. prohibition jin on a tions. Merely a declaration that “we | want to put a party in the field” jis not enough. Some states re jquire long petitions renresenti the! Stayton out a certain percentage of the vote The licenses require that : as @ means of party entry. dollar-a here Often i A strictly ain proportion of the sign on Armisticfay and opened ani i ' ‘ amatsur undertakens. The men ers must come from every county, are prohibited from broadcasting ODO MDI I ML SS ST SIP LODGE OFFICERS ON VISIT HERE or at least every congressional dis trict. dles, had painte(“The _A'ssociation Against the phibition Amend- In k that he} had to endur great many raised! other And there are hur- music, politics, or advertising; and ment.” meant Berry Called Nucleus .abor’s non-partisan league “Toledo, Ohio, U. S. A.’’; beneficiary of the voter’s wrath’ prom autocratic government con-' send and receive messages for [headed by George L. Gerry, one Mr. Grawe said he will send the, 2nd the only effective instrument eye-brows, bhe has stayed with] 1 { | i trol if democracy is to be pre- ‘of President Roosevelt’s New Deal . the fight. - Groupshys Together His associjn was dissolved’ the new docks and other improve- on De 5, B, when the 36th’ ments at the naval station has ar- state ratifiede repeal amend- rived, there nas not been an ment. But the final meeting h i ae i the membersked the executive “Mount sufficient to warrant any | increase in the number of em- | ' ui While ae of the material for | Citizen containing the story of the} find. writer of the note copies of The} available to strafe the administra- | served.in. this country. Mr. Lan- don came out against the “‘teach-' vcked if they accept pay for doing ers’ oath’ which has aroused con-! troversy in a number of states. *® jtion. Under the circumstances, it” G. O. P. strategy to prevent the! enation of any faction that is friends, their licenses will be 7 Jadministrators, is looked upon |many quarters as the nucleus of such a party. The league, as well as John L. Lewis’ United Mine in ' WiLL PAY OFFICIAL VISIT | TO ORDER OF RED MEN HARRY PEREZ ‘ali lagainst Roosevelt—if Landon is tcertain to get the disgruntled citi- _zen’s support, why jeopardize it by He also said, in another ed must continue until “real” could be provided short | talk, that relief of the unemploy- committee tokp together in or- der to acquy former members of any new pd-writing on the wall. | Stayton hdfound that the drys are conting a constant march ahead {ocal communities, helping to laws. There}, he says: 20 dry counties in Fila; 128 dry tow in Massachus; 28 dry counti in Minnesotay dry counties in Missouri; York; 66 d some issues that might not suit through {some ing the governor’s views on ployes on the various projects at! change of policies to promote In order to get their jobs the Key West men had to a licenses, | show that they could send and receive = W. Tracey, i THIS EVENING great senior saga- workers, President this year is supporting Roosevelt, but without any conunitments beyond 1936. j| Some suggest the labor move- the station, said Lieutenant Wm. |Klaus, U. S. N., officer in charge. | The same number of men are at work this week as last, approxi- mately 125, and this work employ- itil material arrives. This will, of course, necessitate the employ- ment of oth and with the ar- rival of material will be increas- 7y towns in New'ed to the quota of approximately service, has received a NOW RETIRED RECEIVES LETTER FROM COM- j | MERCE SECRETARY NOTI- FYING HiM OF FACT local option dry , ment level is to be maintained un-! | Harry Perez, chief engineer of the Tender Ivy, U. S. lighthouse | personal | the man or woman ready to vote | for him? i genuine recovery. ; The re romis ie Naturally, there are two side eye eeet Ue neemube) of the ad . , ministration that no new to such a campaign procedure. M¥-| would be sought at the next ses- and, while for the present, dis. /°10" Of Congress was based upon: ' 2 eee ee a letter written by Secretary Mor. i claims political speeches, it is well ; enthau Lelie; he BES j known that im anout a month he | ® » rears je) Upward | operation and maintenance of their | messages in code at the rate of at more Improved Order Red Men inj ‘Fh least thinty words a minute, and toi taxes that they thoroughly understand more, and Mrs. Bray, arrived over y th se station’s equipment. pe is ment may attempt to take the Democratic party but such proposition calls up the diffi of merging the viewpoint, jdohn L. Lewis and such as Senator Glass of Virgin ator Tyding= of Maryland, State Hull, and Owen D. a orida and Mrs. Tracey, and Mil- ne n E. Bray, great senior sag: 3 e highway last night and eing the sights today. In company with Frank 0. Rob- ts, justice of the peace, and who also chief of records of the are | ‘tary o | Young. More likely to most _ political will open wp. When he does he trend in business and may be depended upon to raise certain issues and to stir up ques- | tax collections. Mr. Morgen: jinsists that it was a legitimate and; | lodge, the vi ent points of interest today, ‘ors went to differ-! in-| rywns in Ohio, and‘275 or possibly 300. | “above board” assurance and that! | cluding the aquarium, where about an attempt to con- labor vote into a third party with enough strength eyes appear |solidate the letter from the secretary of com-} tions that will seem very import- 140 dry town Vermont, As far as is known today there merce, Daniel C. Roper, notifying ‘ant, The strategy will be aimed To Entiocal Fights {will be but one addition to the yim that he has been retired from |at making Landon talk, forcing “If those jns and counties’ force this week, and this will be @ 11. service under date of August | him to take sides and to.state his are dry beca|the majority are! former Key Wester, Joseph Wat- 1, 1936, |pos.tion with greater positiveness. C a5) actually dry, well and good,”) kins, former county engineer but “7 4. povez is now op leave of ab-;The eonomy pledge of the Re-\ Cnet parole tee expect any TRIP TO POINTS UP he says. ‘Wmply plan to en-! for many years civil engineer with | ic¢ imade' necessary by illness’ PUblicans will be attacked, nol i ces sachin as ter such locaghts to see the the navy department. ‘and’ whieh dS the cause @f his re-; doubt, and Mr. Landon will be ask- | *tough some minor repairs were! os are as \organized as the. Mr. Watkins has just returned tirem@nt' #rom the service. The.¢d to specify what cuts he wil] | 7ecommended for the taxing sys-| drys when thptes are cast.” | from Pensacola where he had been secretary’s Teter follows: ‘make in the budget to seek the! te™. “Repeal Aliates,” for which)? a large structural project, but "Mr, Harry Peres, » | highly-touted balancing that busi- | he is the exdve secretary, has! desiring to spend some time in his “Thr igh! the. commissioner of ;"¢S8 interests, are demanding. a claimed nbership now of °ld home, and that of his family, LighithowkeS.' a1 0+ {Other matters will be brought up, 2,000 membdmen and women £¢cured’ an assignment at Key pear Mr. Retezs a i . some by the President and some who once belfd to the Associa-| W eta mt ss rad his engineer; “corhe department is today noti- jby his workers, but all of them tion Againshe Prohibition} '"# Cuttes tomorrow. fying you that your retirement Will be designed to force the Amendment, | Crusaders, and from the lighthouse service, Sev-| Kansan to.particularize. How it the Women’sfanization for Na- fenth district, became effective | Will work out remains to be seen. tional Prohith Reform. (COAST GUARD i . | | August 1, 1936, on account of dis Their advy committee in- 7 ability. cludes: Piers} Dupont, of the! SHIP ARRIVES “For myself _personally, and for: munitions faj; Robert K. Cas- ithe department, I extend sincere! satt, a Philadia banker: Gray- |thanks for your satisfactory serv- | son M. P. Mhy, a New York, {one hour was spent in viewing the | exhibits. l diet 5 x division in the house and senate aoe ay usied ok Clerk tviore sharply defined than the ! wallace Pinder, who is keeper ot resent serene coe Ato. }wampam of the local) organizs-j1 010, members who ‘usually sit | Eee ai Geteemercterel wen tito many | with one or the other of the major other points of interest, noe Tonight the great senior saga-| P* ae ,more and the great junior saga- | dates prttor e Li ¢ wm. Kl U.S.N {more will pay their -official visit | the cies slicdnacreae ieutenan' m. Klaus, U. S..N:;! 0, “Tiger Tail Ttbe'19 at the wig-| arate Republicans, ™ Last wéek President Roosevelt) offi i sta-i ; ird party would present received’ a delegation of el gona Ma wane eared ne Boman Caroline: jrecet Per aus to Austen eves | “People’s Mandate to End War.”' Key West over the highway last! although familiar enoagh in Euro: |The visitors requested that the! evening. |rean governments. United States immediately stop] The trip was started last week j Coalition Like Europe? | increasing armaments. They re-).when the lieutenant left Thurs- ; | Just what would happen {ported that the President differed!day for an inspection trip to! | third party obtained a “balance a with them and expressed the be-| points on the east coast, going as | power” in congress? How would Several factors in the present |lief that peace can be maintained! far as Jupiter, dent from the ranks of one | la preside campaign deserve attention. One | only by building up a powerful] Leaving Key West in the party: VESSEL LEAVES SHORTLY | or the older parties deal with this is the deep-seated antagonism to} defense. The committee explained was Miss Anna Klaus, who was! new situation? Would there be a the President on the part of so|their effort to obtain 50,000,000 spending about one month here | Sa ae ee lreal “coalition” cabinet in the many business men, inctuding al-|*ignatures throughout the world| with her brother and sister-in- | ROUTE TO HAVANA | sense of European coalitions some- j \ ‘he intended to leave no loophole | whatsoever. The Secretary of the} {Treasury pointed out that the! | Executive had no control over} HAD BEEN ON INSPECTION {—and permanency—to put a new two “aisles” throuch law. The party remained in Mi- STEAMSHIP HENRY R. MAL. ices. I regret that impaired health banker; Repjmes W. Wads- LORY DUE TO REACH HERE THIS EVENING worth, of N¢ork; Ralph M. Shaw, Chic} attorney; and Benedict Crd, assistant secre- tary of war 4 1917 to 1920, MRS. C.EIGER | | i | United States Coast Guard Cut- jter Carabassett is berthed at one {of the finger piers in the subma- _rine base. The ship is on patrol {duty out of Fort Lauderdale, and jis making a brief stop at Key ‘has necessitated relinquishment jof your official duties, and trust ; that the comfort you may well de- jrive from your splendid record, ; will soon be augmented by an im- provement in your physical condi-| \ tion. { “Sincerely yours, | “DANIEL C. ROPER, “Secretary of Commerce.” | most all of the big shots and many | to @ petition asking all govern-jlaw. T {of the smaller business group. In; ments to reduce armaments and) ami Friday and in the evening, |some States this is bitter indeed | Temounce war. | Miss Klaus entrained for her lamiiithe isli-is of “chaos” si home in New York City. i i Roosevelt endorsed) i | Roosevelt wins, Another interest-' President | jing factor is the apparent drive! the effort because of a belief ‘st COMMODITIES T0 i of both parties to win the Negro | real peace can be achieved only} H | vote in the States where this is a through a pressure by citizens: ‘ factor. While for years the Ne-| upon their governments. He ex-| BE DISTRIBUTED | groes were counted upon to vote! pressed the idea that ninety-five i Republican, out of ‘gratitude tojper cent of the people oppose! Lincoln for freeing their people, } war and favor peace but’ that gov-| j the Democrats have been cutting, ernments were behind instead of| | According to announcement Steamship Cuba, of the P. and 0. S. S. company, arrived this morning from Tampa with nine first class and eight second clas passengers for Key West; first class and 19 second class pas- sengers for Havana. Arriving at this port: H. Hines and Mrs, Hines, J. M. Varela and Mrs. Varela, Mrs. J. 43) Coulson, | ‘times made necessary to keep @ {ministry in power? What bids, ‘what concess would such @ | president have to make to retain support of the third power? For jhe would perhaps need that sup- port to get his own program through, or even the necessary j appropriation bills. iA sample of what might de- velop is indicated in the manner by which President Roosevelt has ions, DS IN ML mas 1 West. News hash received in the} Steamship Alamo of the Clyde- city announdthe death of Mrs.} Mallory Lines arrived 1:30 0’clock Charles E, ¢r, formerly Miss) yesterday morning from New; Carrie Messjin Miami yester-| York, discharged freight and sail- | day. ted 3:50 o’clock for Tampa. i The body pe brought to Key| Freighter Henry R. Mallory, of | made by the Monroe County sup- | James Coulson, Kenneth Coulson,; won support of Senator Norris, ervisor of relief commodities, one | H. Wagner Miss M. Wagner, Miss! Nebraska Republican, and Senator hundred anc forty thres cases of M. Valenzuela, W. H. Norman, G.|La Follette, Wisconsin Progres- jinto this asset of the Republican} abreast of the wishes of their | party and think they have a chance = peoples. He cited conditions in 'HALF-DAY STORE | this year to annex, the benefits this hemisphere where a strong prunes will be distributed to certi-|N. Christiansen, O. Rogert, Mrs. j that acerue from Negro support | popular demand for peace exists. | fied relief clients during the month ‘A, Rogert, Egidra Rogert, Sylvia jin doubtful States, where the bal-| He pointed out that some nations; of September from the commodity | Amato. t e - ¢ Thursday of last week was the! ance of powér may rest with the! used the need for improved eco-|rooms situated at the corner of; The vessel also brought 27 tons jitical knot-holes during the corm- West for by and funeral ar-| the same lines, is due to arrive this|last day on which the half-day! group. | nomic condition as an excuse for;Simontor and Angela. jof freight and four sacks of mail| ine four years rangements | be announced; evening from Galveston, Texas, | holiday closing period wili be ob-} | possible war when the real solu-| It is requested that ail eligible|for Key West; three tons of : later. — | and will take cargo for Charles-' served by the members of the Re-| It is likely, before the cam-| tion was to stress efforts to im-/for obtaining these products, cail freight and 156 sacks of mail for’ Survivors > the _ husband, ton and New York. _The vessel ‘tail Merchants Association of Key! aign ends, that the public will! prove international economi¢ con-jat the commodity rooms, where, Havana. H Charles E. Gr; one sister, Mrs. |zlso has tanks of specimens of fish West. hear more of the international; ditions. |they will be provided with their! Among the passengers for Ha-! ELYRIA. 0.—A three-year term iy Le Oa Mrs. Lizzie} and sea invertebrates, which has’ This statement was made this questions that confront this coun- | !portion os assigned in zennection | vana were 16 boy scouts from St. in the penitentiary was imposed Bape | ral orning by Joe Pearlman, Presi-! try. Mr. Rostvelt, in a recent | ira-| with the distribation process car- | Petersburg going to Havana for a" upon John Jackson, 38 of-this city nea 2 lent of the association. The next | spe on'tied on under the supervision of; period of about one week a8 for non-support charges. The fath- lea closing period will begin next gi the director in charge of opera-/ guests of scout organizations in er of three children, Jackson re- $ with the coming of June. {tions. the Cuban capital. | fused WPA employment. EVER i uation no doubt will be atched through many po- GIVEN 3-YEAR TERM nieces and}been secured here by J. J. Shea! m and Hamilton Knowles and are to jd Fements will be in}be taken to the New York es Funeral Home, | rium, E'S DRINKING THE NEW “DAILY DOUBLE” BEER. GET IN LINE AND CALL FOR D { A study of the housing j ech, outlined his views and re- tion by the American Fede year | counted adroitly the delicate prob- | of Labor finds that the bu j‘ems that may mean peace or war. {Continued on Page Four | !;Y DOUBLE” NEXT TIME YOU .WANT THE BEST IN BEER