The Key West Citizen Newspaper, September 14, 1936, Page 1

Associated Press Day Wire Service. For 56 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West The Kry West Citizen KEY WEST, FLORIDA, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 1936. LOCAL UNIT PLANS | TO::ATTEND: vt AD ISSUE ) genius and energy, capable of pro-| |ducing machines of as COMMISSIONERS, ATTORNEYS easily as’ an abundance’ of good idle : | AND OTHERS TO BE PRES- things, must’ be'employed in the {pursuits of peace.»«He:pointed out} ENT AT HEARING IN JACK- SONVILLE SEPT. 18 that every ‘war has retarded the progress of civilization “in direct propottion to the vigor it was pur-} i : ! | Mensbers of the board of ool There zan. be 0 dedBt- of the | t¥ commissioners, the county bar} fact-that Europe today enjoys ai ' precatious peace and that, almost! : {any day may bring news of events Jacksonville to attend the hearing! linevitably beginning a major con-|. . - | By HUGO SIMS, flict. ‘Responsible officials in con lin that city on September 18, Fri- | Cleare, Clerk C. Sam B. Curry, according to an announcement! (Special Washington Correspon-! country are concerned and ex-jday, before the Interstate Com-| i dent of The Citizen) tremely anxous to take all steps! + * Hi ees 5 ’ Chief Deputy Bernard Waite, ath ahthathathatah athe os by Wm. J. Porter of the; President Roosevelt is expected: necessary to prevent this coun-;™erce commission on the applica-| VOLUME LVII. No. 219. PRICE FIVE CENz CRIMINAL COURT | CONVENES TODAY: | DOCKET SOUNDED| VENIRE OF EIGHTEEN JURY.) MEN DRAWN; CASES SET FOR TRIAL ON DIFFERENT DAYS OF WEEK State Department Striving To Preserve Neutrality In Actual Dealings With Spanish Factions COUNTY BOARD — Rather Dita Staion ° | ED DURING SESSION STDPOLIaa LM ILLITERATE VOTERS | BARRED IN FLORIDA (By Associated Press) TALLAHASSEE, Sept. 14. —Attorney General Cary D. Landis has ruled a person must be able to sign his name in order to voter. J. L. Grier, supervisor of registration at West Palm Beach, inquired whether laws prohibited registering a per- son who can neither read nor write. Landis said ADVERTISING ASSN.| TO HOLD IN JACK | NEWSPAPER ORGANIZATION} | | | SONVILLE! REORGANIZATION ‘PLANS + |LANDON’S MAINE TRIP (” TO ASSEMBLE AT SEMINOLE ' +9 ¢yxpouND VIEWS» ‘ HOTEL FOR SESSION ON’ HULL'S PLAIN SPEECH’ OCTOBER 11 | EUROPEAN DANGERS TREASURY"S F:NANCING The Florida Daily Newspapers’ apy BONDS SELLING i {sued and the number of days, of months or years it has endured.” 9:30 ! Criminal Court of Record laws require electors to “subscribe” to eaths as to their qualifica- tions as voters in registering. Webster’s dictionary, he said, defines “subscribe” as “to sign with one’s own hand.” Monroe County convened Advertising Association will hold! REPORT ON DROUGHT | {its semi-annual meeting at the! PRESIDENTIAL POLLS { | Seminole Hote] in Jacksonville on| { October 11 for a one day session, | ‘ o’elock this morning with Judge William V. Albury and others are preparing to go toe presiding, By PRESTON CROVER (By Ane Pree WASHINGTON, Sot 24— Members of the county commis three times Spence plane swecped over the Lmted States destroyer Kane. dropping bombs ‘The Kane whipped the covers off on antiaircraft gee asd fired ome roams after the pumee ope Ming the shells at the coaft as @ approached and after @ ieft Repertieg the acufee: the state Gepertecst ssid officers os the Kame Gd not identify the plemer Prosecuting Attorney Allan B. Constable Ray Elwood and other | Palm Beach Post-Times, president See ee ee officials present. lot the organization. The docket for the term was sounded and cases set for part of the term as follows: Wheeler Gandolfo and Carroll Tynes, charged with selling in- toxicating liquor other than pro- vided in the license, in the piace of business at Thomas and Pe- tronia streets, known as the “Blue Goose”, were placed on the docket for trial 2 o’clock this afternoon. Albert Curry charged with petie larceny, and Rene Herrera, charged with assault and battery, tomorrow morning. i ‘ . | Mr. Porter states that the pur- extension from a point at ’ i ree t arming of the great i toni i 8 s a | the speeches of his reelection cam-; powers abroad is reflected by the} Railway company to abandon the anit Se ’ HEARB:TODAY 'paign. Alseady a committee on|Army and Navy program ~under-/ Fler. ing to the tentative Gudpet witch $ j Administrative’ Management has} way in this country, which is ap-' ™ ; - | pose of this Association is to form! conducted =n exhaustive study of; parently determined to be strong ide City to Key West. tc been under eal TEE ba closar-selationshig her ‘ jtke ‘Federal establishment and it | enough to prevent any nation from : tion for the past-week” It is be DEFENDANTS SENTENCED: TO} Gs sip Detween ac-iis said that far-reaching re-or- | encroaching upon it. However, no} Among those in Key West who ath aad executives of the daily‘ genization will be recomrended, | one can tell where war will de- have signified the:r intention of lieved that this eit Se eceompissh- PAY FINE. OR: SERVE) FHREE® jnewspapers of Florida, to en-jinvolving the consolidation or! velop if the guns are unlimbered | . ttendin, the: henst Chair- ed tonight. " MONTHS: IN JAIL {courage the exchange of ideas, to abolition of some major depart-} in Europe and, for this reason, j ¢ . a a ies e aii i . facilitate the flow pf information| ™ents and bureaus. Until the| the American Government through! ™an of the Board of Commission-; Another matter which will be iplan is made public, the present! its officials, is doing everything ers Carl Bervaldi, Commissioners ,..0. up for action is the refund- F ; ppetyiees member papers, and to: course of ihe Administration is to Possible to exert pressure which’ Wm. R. Porter and Norberg - Leonard Licata, charged with | generally increase business of curtail or dismantle emergency, will tend to prevent hostilities ‘thompson, Attorney Arthur Go- ‘® of Merwe enumty tepied fo embezzlement of the funds of the; these papers by a closer com- units of the “pump-priming” or anywhere. | nee. Chak Bausch Semeee Dep- debtedness which has reached oo warnumg: were cent beth te ce eee (y Cyt cavalé’ | mez, . yer, : He urged that all daily News | Fa, besh samide ine @ nier, and H. S. McKenzie, also of bonds is the mext step to be con- Madeic gore-nmen: ang cae “roe cetheng them lc seep thew pemae-. |Key West Recreation Club, The treasury’s offering this; arraigned in criminal court i Wednesday morning, the case of Lorenzo Garcia, charged with as- sault and battery was set for F trial. peauley: No other cases were announced! The facts in the case were cited for this week as Judge Aibury|to Judge William V. Albury, who} plans to go to Jacksonville and be present in Jacksonville Friday morning, when the Florida East Coast Railway’s abandonment plea is heard before the Interstate Commerce Commission. fine of $50 and costs” or serve} three months at hard labor in the, |county jail. Another plea of guilty obs co heard from Pedro P. Romero,! Because of this intended ab- charged with having gambling sence of the judge other cases’ paraphernalia in his possession at were set for next week. Cases ofl a place of business on Duval Henry Lowe, Thomas Lowe, Jr.,' street near the old Fourth of July Johu-Cortewightand J. L. Thomp-{ “8 ~ papers have representatives pres-j shake-up | $400,000,000 of twenty-year two Tavernier; Judge William V. Al- morning and entered a plea ofjent at this October meeting, aS\a wide-range reorganization would with the unified cooperation of the advertising executives, a dis- tinct service will be rendered to every publication in the State. teresting program has been ar- ranged in Jacksonville, and a large attendance from the Flar- ida dailies is expected. WRITES ABOUT |coffee shop. DOVE SEASON since last fall when he found thet | and three-fourths bonds was over- subscribed last week nine times. adequate} While this is not a record over- The change will require; subscription, it is close to the best congressional approval and the! and is hailed by officials as ample! Presidegt’s course is to present evidence of the state of the Gov-. ‘be necessary to effect | savings. sentenced the offender to pay @ Mr, Porter said that a very in-!the scheme to the voters so that! ernment’s credit in the f.nancial| the’ in a} markets. The purpose “cash offer” was to mail Hl j treasury balance of around $1,-| 000,000,000, which Secretary Mor-! genthau says that the long-term! bonds were resorted to in prefer-! ence to five-year notes at lower’ interest because the national debt \ shoyld be distributed over a fair- m going to|ly long-term and because ‘his reelection mey ie construed | of las a mandate from the people to make the changes. A sudden decision last week | projected Governor Landon into Maine on the eve cf the cam-| 'paign, which is often taken as aj} } political harometer in ii years. Declering, © in | s‘stant State Attorney J. Lance- lot Lester have expressed their in- tention to, if possible, be prsent at the hearing. On September 8, Examiner W. J. Schutrumph was assigned to; take testimony for the Interstate | Commerce Commission on the Florida East Coast Railway's ap-! plication to abandon the Overseas Line, and announcemet was made from Washington, D. C., that the hearing was set for 9 o’clock on the! morning of September 18, j j son, charged with trespass by! ‘The gambling apparatus was o7 cutting and carrying away tim-jdered destroyed and Romero was| Maine to participate in the first 1941 some $2,000,000,000 of oth-! ber from the land of another, was sentenced to pay a fine of $25 COUNTY CLERK RECEIVES set for Mcnday, September 21. and costs or spend 60 Gays in the ‘The case of Rogelio Gomez, on county jail at hard labor. charges of fraudulency in connec- tion with absentee voting, was set for hearing September 24. A jury of 18 to serve for the term this week was drawn from the box: Victor H. Roberts, Vin- cent A. Archer, Joseph Russell, Arthur Crusoe, C. N. Hilton, Cecil} C. Russell, Ralph W. Cash, Al- fredo Crespo, Alfred Avila, Walter| Saunders, Charles Key, Aaron Diaz, J. Webster Roberts, Louis Caraballo, Charles = Mathews, Archie Roberts, Bernard Vidal and Pedro Rosendd. OPERETTA UNITS TO MEET TONIGHT | | ORGANIZATION TO BE EF-} t FECTED IN ROOMS OF | OVER-SEA HOTEL | —— i All persons interested in taking part in the presentation of Gilberi and Su!livan’s operetta, H. M. S.j Pinafore, which is to be produced during the next several weeks were | urged again today to attend the} orgenization meeting tonight in the Oversea Hotel. The session to start at 8 o'clock. The colorful operetta is to be! produced under the direction of the local unit of the Federal Mu- sie Project, George Mills White, ; district supervisor. The | entire | east, it is planned, .is to be com- posed of local persons. Durniz the meeting ton‘ght the/| phonog:aphie reproduction of the; operetta will be played for the} benefit of those attending, and the! Key West Light Opera Company, a branch of the Federal Music Pro-; ject, which is part of the Works; Progress Administration, will be organized. During the season sev- eral other operettas and musical; comedies will be produced. FRESH OYSTERS Shipment of nice large Extra Select just received. ICE CREAM—AIl Flavors Barbecue and all other Sandwiches Hot Souse Every Saturday WELLS’ LUNCH ROOM 900 Southard St. Phone 207-W, | New York, }amount of freight and sailed 6:15 o'clock for Tampa, + | Mexico, STEAMER ALAMO COMES TO PORT STEAMSHIP GRANADA ALSO ARRIVED HERE YESTER- DAY FROM NEW YORK Steamship Alamo, arrived 4:30; o’clock yesterday morning from discharged a small Steamship arbesniijet the Standard . Pruit) wha! 4Steatiship company, arrived 6:55 o’clock-yes- terday morning from took on 68,6%4° Alibn at the Porter Dock, gompapysand sailed 11 o’clock for Frontera, S. S. Alabama, of the Texas Oil company, according to advices re- pany, will begin loading on Sep- tember 26 with 26000 barrels of fuel oil for the tanks at Key West. ‘CUBA ARRIVES THIS MORNING VESSEL BRINGS IN 33 PAS- SENGERS AND SIXTY-SIX TONS OF FREIGHT Steamship Cuba, of the P. and O. S. S. company, arrived from Tampa this morning with seven} first class and four second class passengers for Key, West; 20 first and twe second class passengers for Havana.’ ue cif LETTER ON SUBJECT FROM COMMISSION un t ty Clerk Ross C. Sawyer, in which lie was asked that the open dove ;season be set from September 15 | to November 15, I. N, Kennedy, } secretary of the game and fresh \water fish commission in Talla- thassee writes as follows: “The dove being a migratory bird, the season on same is set by the United States Bureau of Biological Survey. The season for Florida this year is November 20 to January 31 except in Dade, | Broward and Monroe counties, ‘which counties have an_ earlier ! season, October 1 to November $45.7? | the county commissioners on OVIMHOM | Wednesday night September 9, by fording protection against invol- Charles Thompson. Mr. Sawyer, was requested to write the state , ceived by the Porter Dock com-!game and fish commission with polis, the Governor is expected, | present ‘SCHOOL UNIT WILL MEET TOMORROW The Division Street School Par- ent-Teacher Association will hold its first meeting of the new term tomorrew afternoon, beginning at 3 o’clock, eccording to announce- ment made today. All parents are especially invit- ed to attend. ADVISORY ADVISORY 9:30 A. M.—Trop- ical disturbance of hurricane in-. tensity is central 7 A; M. EST ap- proximately latitude 25 degrees | north and longitude 62 degrees 30/ dangerous ambitions and conflict-| more, show that President Roose-| lapsed when her suitor Replying to a letter from Coun-| The request for an earlier sea-! son was made at the meeting of/jegisiation to;have the Federal /lined-his policies in regard to the |der, 1935, 2 years. | fighting repudiation at the polls! er government securities ~vill ma- iof the kind of government this ture. country las had for the last three! aad years,” the Republican nominee} It is interesting to observe that scheduled the Maine trip ahead of} the treasury continues to sell week. Republican leaders assert has already taken 1,800,000 with that the visit of the candidate was ja maturity value of nearly $600,- not due to any fear as to the re-| 000,000. These bonds were start- sult of the decision on Monday,’ed early in 1935 in denominations i but rather to a desire to empha-!as low as $25 maturity value in |size the impertance of the results ! order to interest the general pub- to the nation :at large. lic in Federal securities. Sales in August were 103 per cent higher major speeches next week. He is year. The success of the pro- expected to disezss his farm poli-|gram is attributed in part to an cies at Des Moines, regarded as the natural setting for a diseus- sion of azricvlivral and drought problems. At Milwaukee, it is ex- pected that he will discuss social security and make move specific jthe position outlined in his speech: faccepting the nomination, in r which he declared for an amend-| nation, the President gave some- ment to make the pian workable; thing of a report on conditions in| and pledged himself to support{the drought states but also out-} out precedent, which has directed ' the attention of the public to the bonds, which may be bought for’ $18.75 and mature ten years later ; at $25. | In his recent radio chat to the; in af-!wnemployed and the vietims of the drought. He insisted that Fed- luntary unemployment and de-feral efforts in behalf of the un-| \ pendency in old age. At Minne-|employed will continue along the! lines until “all workers by some observers, to take the! have decent jobs in private em-| opportunity to expound his views|Ployment at decent wages,” and in regard to trade treaties and,jthat the Federal Government as- perhaps, to attack the reciprocal}sume primary responsibility for trade pacts, particularly the one; the relief of drought sufferers, with Canada, which is alleged to| With state participation along the have injured farmers and lumber-|lines of the present work relief men. above is followed by the nominee | devise large-scale employment pro- or not it is certain that the can-| jects and furnish the money to didate will attempt a more de-|take care of the “employables” tailed exposition of his position; amd the state and county govern- on important public issues. ments and local charitable agen- } cies would be assigned the task of providing for all “unemployables.” Government do its share | One of the significant. speeches of the recent past was the ad- lsc dress of Secretary:,Hull, to. the} Some weeks ago we called at- representatives ‘af fifty): mations} tention to’ the presidential poll to attending the Third: World! Power} be ‘conducted by! The ‘Baltimore ‘{enference in Washington: After) Sun, which mailéd ballots to every speaking of , the.- importance «af}registered voter inthe ‘State of electrigg! power, the Secretary: of } Muryland’’ Bariy-teturns, ‘inclid- ES) bluntly , warned the, dele. ing some votes from ‘every county gates that. the, world is ‘torn by|but none from the City of Balti- APPLICATIONS ON CLEMENCY, FILED, FROM MONROE COUNTY TO BE HEARD . (Ny Associated Preaxd TALLAHASSEE, Fia., Sept. 14. nounced today clemency applica-; | lowing prisoners sentenced ~— Monroe crimes committed and term of sen- tences: Juan Del Pino, county, giv-ng names, second degree } |‘ murder, 1934, 40 years. Ofelio Farnet, assault to mur- entering, 1928, 13 years. Miss Frances Cochran, teacher in Division Street grammar school, the home of Mr. and Mrs. Carl Seoul, at Annapolis, Md., and Mr. | and Mrs, J. F. Rieker, at Wrights-' ville Pa., returned over the high- way Saturday. = Mr. and Mrs. Rieker’ sent, by Miss Cochran, regards to all their friends in Key West and say they will be back to occupy their winter home early in the season. SAYS WOMAN IS TOO TALL j ‘ sen of this city, 8 feet 4 inches tall, says that. her romance col- eompiain- Key West arrivals: Mrs. E. L.| minutes west whith is about 550/{ng politieal philosophies,” andj velt is receiving fifty-six per centied: “I got a crick in my Roberts, Edith Sands, P. A. Carey, L. Orgueredo, M. A. Schwartz, Miss Celia Weintraub, R. Perez, L. Gabriel, J. O. wn, Stella Samuels, Josefa Blandin. The vessel also brought 66 tons of freight and four sacks of mail for Key West; five tons of freight ad 193 sacks of mail for Havana. miles northeast of San Juan mov- ing north northwestward about eight miles per hour attended by gales and squalls over considerable area and winds of hurricane force near center. Cavtion advised ves- sels in path. i WEATHER BUREAU, Jacksonvilte, Fla. jthat the fabric of peace has been} of the votes, Governor Landon 'worn “so perilously thin” that a| 43.71 per cent and the remaining general war might get out of con-|.39 per cent divided between.the trol and shatter civilization itself.| minor party candidates. The audi recognized that his words indieated the Administra- tion view ef the gravity of the in- ternational gitvation. Mr. Hull in- sisted that the application of | Digest give Landon an edge im {Continued on Page Four) from just looking up at you.” PAPERS WALL WITH eens, OSCALOOSA, Iowa. — Chris- the walls of her bedroom with 850 photographs of movie stars. { sidered. It is expected that the ‘bury, of criminal court, and ASs- yajidetion will be authorized at the meeting tonight. ARRANGE TO PAY TAXES ON LAND COOK AND McDOUCAL MEET WITH COUNTY BOARD RE- LATIVE TO MATTER George F. Cook and Judge BD. A. McDougal completed their = rangements Saturday for payment of taxes on heldings of the Cheve- his tour of the West to begin next | “Baby Bonds” to the public which’ CASES OF THREE PRISONERS jier Corporation on the mainland of Florida, in Monroe county. Mr. Cook and Sudge McDougal | arrived in Key West Friday eve- ning over the hignway and were st the meeting ef the county com- missioners the same night ot Mr. Landon will make several|than in the same month of last'—The state pardon board an-| which time they were advised thet another meeting of the comme sioners would be held the fellew- advertising campaign, almost with-'tions have been filed by the fol-;i™& #fternoom. LIGHT TENDER STILLON WAYS Whether the outline given; Program. Federal agencies will| who was spending her vacation at gaged in relieving The Tender F TO HOLD SESS —~— Early returns from the poll be-| tine Ver Ploeg of this city has pa-|lent Chief, states that = rehearsal ing conducted by The Literary; pered of the degree team will be MEN, THERE IS SOMETHING TO DAILY DOUBLE BEER THAT IS NOT FOUND IN ORDINARY BEER. A BOTTLE OF i ewer from Amercas stops it wes scarcely te ae wondere: thet remers rppied sheet Wash umgter tha: ‘me state eepertmes: keew czactly which cide owned the plane that drepeed bombs at the Kase . Siek tute = & veivec The «ate @epnrtmenr strivime te pre erve met emiy aes veils © ates ereamge ert oe tw. 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