The Key West Citizen Newspaper, September 17, 1936, Page 1

Associated Press Day Wire Service. For 56 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West VOLUME LVII. No. 222. ! Landon Exercises Great Care In Preparation Of Speeches tine cats me aa GOLF COURSE ! mitte y His Aldes In Addition To His Own} piel 4 ry Wrst CITES’ DANGER'IN* FIRE CHI=F BAKER ADDRESS- ES CITY COUNCIL ON SUB- JECT; OTHER MATTERS DIS- ‘CUSSSZD LAST NIGHT The matter of Duval street be- Outline MATTER OF MAINTENANCE | ing torn up while the sewer pipe By PRESTON GROVER i KEY WEST, FLORIDA, Checks and Tax Bills of tional and International Problems Insep- arable From Local Welfare At least one American - indus- try has grown from childhood to ! maturity during the depression— jcommercial air transport. An in- |varen ae survey of this industry, | which is assuming increasing eco- | {nomic significance, appears in @ {recent issue of the United States ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS . ppeniings That Affect the Dinner Pails, Dividend THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 1936. OF LOCAL CLUB TION TODAY; OTHER AC- TIVITIES CARRIED ON ; Every:Individual; Na- merce’s okay. And new develop- ments are constantly adding, heavily to the obsolescence item! in the operators’ books. For in-| stance, people marveled not so! long ago at the appearance of| With Miss Alee planes carrying 10 or 15 people.'ano, the Rotary Club lun¢heon to; crry at the pi- FIVE CENTS PRICE "To Have Been Inserted ‘Inte 4 Pay Envelopes Of Employes RECEIVE ORDER Cocrcing Worimen To Res | QN-NEW JUDGE | i=: As? Sevpert C0. P. Ticket Charged is NOT INCLUDED; “To BE. s being put down, was brought to! vows. |watest piannea airliner will have’ ; i jthe attention of the City Council: At the present time, air pas- four motors and accommodations’ day was opened by the recital of MADE READY FOR COMING |. it. regular meeting last nightisenger traffic in this country is for 40 passengers besides mail,’ the pledge of allegiance and the py os ae WINTER SEASON press and a sizable crew. | | DIRECT OBER - DEWELL by Fire Chief Harry Baker, who j about six times as large as it was ¢X! oe aie i !recommended that some steps be|in 1929, and the volume has: As ior the future of air trans-' singing of “America”. Dr. Kemp! oF po_K COUNTY TO PRE- itaken whereby the fire apparatus | doubled in the last two years.' port, it is still in the speculative SIDE IN CASE OF ROGELIO (ily Associated Press) WASHINGTON, Sept. Complete details of how Gover-! Pennsy!vama 17.— i -—— . By PRESTON CROVER van: daeendinain aed WASHINGTON, Sept 17—& nor Landon composes his speeches are known perhaps only to him- was asked to invoke the Divine “ Key iu "7 z ss th 2,000 passen-|stage. General transoceanic pas-; Placing the Key West golf ' may he afforded a tharaeed to; Where less than 46! passen-| stag ic Di _wesids't ke mach grempteg self and his closest intimates, but here is a flash picture of the gen- eral framework. Besides his own outlines, vari- ous drafts are submittel by his aides. Those close to him get the idea he is a good editor. He picks and chooses, rearranges and co- ordinates, ripping apart until almost the last ‘He has trouble finishing a it. Be- invasion, reporters were told that advance copies of a speech were to be ready for them one day, and the next day that it not yet speech and letting go of fore his recent eastern was paragraphs | course in playable condition by\ the beginning of the com‘ng tour- | ist season will be one of the pro-! jects to be undertaken by the j WPA, said Director Herbert F-R. !Reck this morning. | The traps w.ll be repaired and j other matters which are necessary ; |to bring the course up to standard | {will be done, said the director, but the matter of maintenance by {the WPA is positively not to be considered. Sometime ago the director an- jnounced that funds were running! jlow and maintenance of this part’ ‘of the ecty’s holdings would have to be returned to the city for! | maintenance in a very brief time.; Tuesday Director Reck, Engi-;| |neer Roy Goodman, Robert Spotts- jwood, Dr, Armando Cobo, mem-} jber of city council and chairmaa | j some extent in responding alarms. The fire chief said that the ex-/ ing condition furnished a very ious hazard, and stated that thi department would be serio handicapped in responding in the! event of an alarm being sent in from that section. It was ordered that Chief Bak- r and the fize committee confer with the engineer in charge of the ewer work in an endeavor sible. The meeting was presided over; y Councilman William Freeman: in place of President Jim Roberts, | who is acting mayor during the; ebsence of the mayor from the city. The matter of a pension for Will Lewis, whom it was shown has twenty years’ service with the to: ve the situation remedied if pos- }gers rode the airway in 1934, al-. to: most 747,000 left terra firma in’ the reasonably near 11935. Estimates say that about! 900,000 people will board trans-; ‘passenger transport was in-! augurated on a few scattered} lines, only 5,700 people bought’ tickets. Startling fact is that while! there are established air systems, in all modern countries, American jairlines carry more passengers} than are carried in all the rest of; the world combined, along» with, two-thirds of the world’, toiai of, air-borne mail and expr As everyone knows, air trans-; portation has grown © cheaper; through the years—early rates: were virtually prohibitive. It has likewise grown more comfortable, due to developments in sound- proofing cabins, cutting motor vi- bration, making ~— planes more senger service is envisioned for! blessing upon the gathering. future—the| . : giant flying “clippers” deuvelinig! Sebastien Cabrera introduced from California to the Philippines, his guest, Gen. Fechet. ports this year. In 1926, when and China will soon take. passen-| The Rev. Joe Tolle and the Rev. |, gets. And there is-much talk 0f/shuler Peele were inducted ReaiS inricasas tinea: eda ai membership by a comprehensive ship capable of 200 at 5,000 feet; #ddress upon the duties and priv- will double that speed as it reaches, ileges of Rotarians delivered by rarified heights. But the tough- Jerry Trevor. est kind of technical problems are! The program of the day, an ad- involved, and it will be years be-; dress upon the impartiality of the fore the dream can be realized,’ Rotary organization, was deliver- aceording.to even the most opti-|ed by Oswaldo Carrera and in- mistic designers and airtheorists.| stances cited of such clubs as that In the meantime, it seems cer- of Singapore with 47 nationalities tain that the industry will con- listed in its membership; the clubs tinue to progress in. such matters; 0f the Malay States, and the es- as. plane speeds, passengers car-;tablishment of friendly relations ried, coverage of the country, etc.; between citizens of Peru and Chile There are no signs that it.will in after 50 years of estrangement. any way supplant other media of; _ President Gekeler called atten- transport, such as the railroads, tion to the fact that this was the trucks and buses, but it offers a anniversary of the formation of into GOMEZ ! \ for the Republicans to bring te change that the An executive order signed by ete. ‘overnor Dave Sholtz and attest- partial senate <empaig= fond: = ted by R A. Gray, secretary of un, competes i pubes state, which assigns Robert T- Dewel!, judge of the criminal set whelly upersel The chare- court of record of Polk County.’ is 4. pathy denied by the com |Fla., to preside at the trial of Ro- gelio Gomez, was received yester- mittee chairman, Senster Loner day from J. P. Newell, executive 11. ¢, a :secretary at Tallahassee. The order reads that the assi¢n- Square jawed Lanergae =tteg ed judge shall be in Key West on in “Monday, the 21st day of Septem- waht Gea ber, A. D., 1936, and as long as his semste office becouse af com may be necessary thereafter, to Jiss ‘ * a be and appear in the Crimina! Court of Record in and fer Mon-| simply happenstance thet the Sieut jroe County, Fla., and to then and 44 ete ae ithere proceed to hear, conduct, try and determine the case of State! ™stters imvciving Republicans = of Florida versus Rogelio Gomez” seat, wh 2 — In a letter to County Solicitor finished. A new paragraph was!of the golf course committee, | city as an employe of the Board} stable in wind currents, etc.j very valuable supplementary serv-; the Constitution of the U. S. A.’ sno, B Cleare, Judge Dewell ® progress added to the Chautauqua educa-| Charles H. Ketchum, and others! tional speech iess than half! went out to the links for an idea; hour before it was delivered. | °f just what is needed to put the | Ca Genoe with Si course in perfect condition for the cate OL ear Ee tourist season. Newspapermen appear at times; Director Reck said this morn-} close to the governor’s elboW."He/ ing that he had, in company with} talks frequently by telephone with: Engineer Goodman and Mr. Spotts- the Kansas City Star group—Roy! wood, made a careful inspection! Roberts, Lacy Haynes and Henry} of the golf course for the purpose! J. Haskell. !of determining just what is need-} Less is said now about Charles! eq to put the links in condition, | P. Taft, once at the head of the! and the needed work will be done table in the advisory group, and! at the earliest moment possible. of Earl H. Taylor, agricultural) writer. One good source says} Taft drafted the labor section of} the acceptance speech and after it} became a subject of public con-! troversy he wasn’t so much about.! STEAMER GATUN | DUE TOMORROW; Others insisted, however, that the! ages labor section did not quite jibe! with Taft’s liberal reputation. ;CE!BA OF SAME LINE WILL Olin Glen Saxon, head of the ARRIVE AT THIS PORT department of applied economics at Yale, holds a place close to ON SATURDAY Landon. The last “t’s” were not crossed on the eastern group of speeches until Saxon had flown (a! bit secretly) to Estes Park. = Ralph West Robey of Columbia university, writer on financial subjects and formerly a ‘Roosé. velt brain-truster, was at Estes! Park working on the Buffalo tax- finance speech. Seeks Indirect Slaps Landon often spends much time in an effort to phrase a blow at a Steamship Gatun, of the Stand- ard Fruit and Steamship company, is due in port tomorrow and the Steamship Ceiba, of the same com- pany, is due in port Saturday. Both of the vessels are from Philadelphia consigned to the Por-| ter'Dock company for fuel oil, and | are‘en route to Frontera, Mexico, ; for cargoes of bananas. | Steamship Colorado, of the Clyde-Mallory Lines, is due to ar-j; the New Deal by indirection. That is, he sometimes seeks to leave a certain feeling with his; audience through his formation of a group of sentences, rather than rive tomorrow from New York en! route to Tampa. Another vessel lof the line, the H. R. Mallory, is | jue in port Monday, en route from j ; Galveston to Charleston, S. C., and! of Publie Works, was brought be- fore the meeting. A letter was read from City Attorney W. Cur- ry Harris whe gave his opinion in the matter, stating that Mr. Lew- s was entitled to a pension of fifty pereent of his salary--on- a monthly basis, aecording to the law covering the matter. A letter was read from Miss Mo!l'e M. Parker in which she of- |! fered to donate a large number of plants to the city in connection with the beautification program, and a vote of thanks was tendered the donor for the offer made. All other business coming be- fore the meeting was of a routine nature, and after disposing of same, the meeting was ordered ad- journed. SEARCHING CAUSE IN BELL-RINGING SOUNDING OF FIRE ALARM({The contracts have been resumed,, the signs fail. DUE TO SOME UNDETERM- INED NATURE Interference, of an undetermin- ed nature, caused repeated sound- ing of the fire alarm system bell last evening about 6:30 o’clock, which, naturally, created the im- pression of a fire. Investigation to determine the cause of the alarming sounds of }the bell was started this morning | by City Electrician Sidney Thomp- by direct statement, Kirby Hawks, English-aceented radio voice, is available for con- sultation on “sound effects.” He was at Estes Park, sent by Hill New York. ni The Mallory is the steamship |docks in Charleston when the dis- | (astrous fire raged which resulted | j in an approximate loss of $500,000 | to the docks of the Clyde-Mallory | ;company and 18 freight cars. Miss Leonella Lester, daughter of Assistant State Attorney and Mrs. J. Lancelot Lester, left over the highway this morning for | Gainesville where she will enter a | school of business and take ‘thé | prscribed courses, i Aecompanying Miss Leonella iwas cher brother, J. Lancelot Les- {ter, Jr., who goes to reenter Flor- jida University and continue the | study of medicine. 2 FREE FREE Ben Gaines, who occupies the! state desk in the office of the: Miami Tribune, and Mrs. Gaines,} Friday, Saturday, Sunday Monday are enjoying a very delightful; vacation in Key West. Both Mr. and Mrs. Gaines have; formed the opinion, since their arrival over the highway several days ago, that Key West is a great place in which to spend a vaca- tion, and will regret having to leave when their period of rest and recreation is over, within the next few days. With every WASH JOB, we will GREASE your car FREE Make appointment at once— only a limited number can be. done a day. PAUL’S TIRE AND AUTO SUPPLY STORE Fleming and White Streets PHONE 65 Blackett, public relations director of the Republican national com- mittee, whose private advertising Hawks also made the eastern) " BEN GAINES ON ‘Some of the experts claim the Landon’s own. It was, they said, VISIT T0 Ci the “cockeyed” crack at the 1936 tax bill. One source close to word from the start, overruling squeamish national committee ad-| TRIBUNE; ACCOMPANIED visers. When he got to that line BY HIS WIFE ence rose to it. More than one of his aides are guessing that Landon will use after, and thereby improve his delivery. held at Bayview Park tonight at 8 o'clock, All are welcome. firm’ specializes in radio work. best “sound effect” sentence was Landon said he insisted on the} MEMBER OF STAFF OF MIAMI he smacked it over, and his audi- even more of his own stuff here- A Townsend meeting will be THE TOWNSEND CLUB. | Speeds have been markedly in- créased—modern carriers average }200 miles an hour, where best jlines in 1930 averaged little more {than 100. And travel has been i made safer—last year, there was but One”"passenger ~ fatality “for every 24,000,000 passenger-miles covered. According to the Department of Commeree, nearly half the popula- tion of the country is now served by air-lines, and there are 109 companies in operation with routes totaling a little over 52,000. miles. This coverage ts of course not [eomnaradle to that offered by} railroads and buses, but is grad- ually increasing. In ‘spite of the industry’s great-| “ly increased volume: of. business, all has not been cheery in the; matter of making profits. : Most} air-lines live on mail. contracts,! can’t pay expenses on passenger business. Thus, the Government’s! cancellation of all mail contracts| two years ago hit operators hard., Ibut in many cases the rates paid| for mail carrying have been ' slashed. : Furthermore, the upkeep of air-} planes is terrifically expensive. | | Motors have a }life, as ‘they must be in ab-, \solutelvy perfect condition to re- | eive the Department of Com-: ice. And it is naturally becoming a bigger economic factor as it em- ploys more workers and buys more materials, It is reliably rumored that those ithe product of debate extending |from May to September; a debate j which is still in progress. Secretary Charles Taylor read ithe minutes of the last meeting of the board of directors, an- : writes that in accordance with pre- vious cornespondence he plans to arrive in Key West on the evening :of September 23 and will open court for trial in the case of the State of Florida versus Rogelic expected: withering campaign ouncing the project of the club blasts from the-White House are t© sponsor a Boy Scout troop, to going tobe disappointed. © Presi- consider an organization of youth | dent: Roosevelt's. strategy—which,: Who have passed the Scout age, ‘ang defense to confirm date here- of course, can be quickly changed 47d Tim Pittman’s project to or-. tofore stated.” should conditions warrant it—is 8@nize poultry clubs for lads in aie said to call for non-combative,' Key West, with the intention of : constructive talks and speeches,! awarding prizes for excellence in} three Demecr veit progre-arre and ome staunce Republican determumed, Leaner Fan -ay<, to onvestagate impartinll ==5 “worth ed an ing emplevers state in the douwstiul political such as: Mr, Roosevelt’s report on the accurate keeping of accounts, his trip through the drought cou sanitation and an annual show at AE try, made over both big broad-! which prizes would be awarded for casting chairs on September 6. j the best specimens of poultry ex- In the Republican camp, a more; hibited. The meeting was then aggressive stand will be taken—| *djourned. an incumbent can point to his inl ADVISORY general terms and let it go at that; but a contender must de-| ADVISORY 3:30 P. M.—North- nounce. Colonel Knox will be east storm warnings are extended principal “denouncer”, as early! north of the Virginia Capes to At- speeches prove. But there be no “dirty politics” unless a 1 record, diseuss future policies in central 1 P. M. EST about 200 miles southeast of Cape Hatteras, That hitherto unfailing arbiter, moving northwestward at 15 miles of coming campaigns, the Literary; per hour, attended by gales over a Digest poll, is on again. Keep, wide area and by winds of hurri- your eve on it before placing; cane force near the center. Pres- your bets. If this election is; ent indications are that the center relatively short! close, it will be interesting to see Will reach near, or slightly south of: | how near “uch a poll can come to! Cape Hatteras about midnight, at- anticipating the outcome and the! tended by winds of hurricane force victor’s majority. : ings are now displayed north of TENDER POPPY | LEAVES TODAY TAKES WORKING PARTY OUT! H TO LIGHT STATION ON EAST COAST ! i | Lighthouse Tender Poppy sail- led this morning with a working \ party which will place storm pro-) tective additions on Carysfort light station. _ Comprising the party were: Leroy’ Sawyer, boatbuilder; Har- old Thompson, carpenter; William Vassiej'thachinist; Wilbur Johnson, blacksmith: Willis Brady, black- | smith helper; Victor © Kussell, ok; E. Sawyer, helper. Sailing on the ship in company pike the working party was Ma- chinist Harry Shaw, who was -tak- fen to. Hen.and Chickens light to make ¢értain adjustments. } Tender Poinciana ‘sailed «this morning for the purpose of erect- ing 20 light structures between Miami. and Hillsboro ‘Inlet on the; Intracoastal waterway. Tender Ivy is still. working in the vicinity of Tampa Ray and was yesterday at Egmont Key. i ° Wilmington to Manteo, N. C., and will, lantic City. Severe tropical storm; and high tides. Hurricane warn-j} rong employs to regte: vote Repedinar He thought would be evidence of punshabic coercion fer “vete- Republican” slips to be mserted imto workmen's pay envelopes That, he had been done Pennsylvania. Charge Slush Fund tip that « slush fund Antonio A. Gandolfo, 61, died’ allegedly was being amassed im 12 o'clock today in the family Michigan te defeat Senater Cou- residence at 908 Eaton street, zens, proReosevelt Republican, following a brief illness of but that prompt several hours. send there Funeral services will be held Louis RK. Glavis. |tomorrow afternoon at 5 o'clock; The announcement that =p ;from the residence. Rev. E. R. wards of $50,000 of Rockefeller, Evans, of the First Congregation-' Morean, Dypont, Archbold, et al, al church, will officiate. ! money had been contributed to the Arrangements are in charge of {| Maime campaign fund seems to the Lopez Funeral Home. | have got slightly out of the hands Mr. Gandolfo was a member of | of the comm ttee Lonergan imsist- the Key West Fire Department,\ed should be impartial and pallbearers have been selected 4 quarter hour before the com- from the several stations and are: mittee here suddenly gave out the columm) we _ DIES AT NOON | FUNERAL SERvices wu. SE CONDUCTED TOMORROW AFTERNOON i it was 2 storm warnings elsewhere on the| Antonio Cruz, Will P. Roberts, report of its Maine findings (which Atlantic coast from Atlantic City, jJobe R. Lord, F. Vidal, Colton | came on the heels of Landon's de- WEATHER BUREAU, The deceased is survived by the port of the $50,000 of Republican Jacksonville, Fla. ADVISORY 9:30 A. M.—Trop- APPLICATIONS CALL FOR DIF- ical disturbance central 7 A. M.! FERENT KINDS OF REPAIRS | EST approximately latitude 32 ‘ees 30 minutes north, longi- TO VARIOUS STRUCTURES {tude 72 degrees 30 minutes west, which is about 260 miles southeast of Cape Hatteras movnig north- Five building and repairs per-| westward with increased rate of mits were issued during the week| movement with some indications of, ending September 17, from tie| Sains north norte pr! > | will probabl, to the east of office of Building Inspector Harry) Cape Hatteras latter part of aft- M. Baker. ernoon or early tonight will cause Repairs and improvements} increasing northeast and north stated are as follows: winds ree gale force Virginia se . Ci id zth Garolina New tin roof and repairs, to hex te es anes roof of home at 509 Margaret by high tides. Storm i street. Owner, Mis. Bertha Cobb;/are displayed Southport, North cost, $40. { Carolina, to the Virginia Capes. Repairs. to roof. of building at! Caution advised vessels in path of 825 Elizabeth street. Owner,|this severe storm. N. J., to Southport, N. C. | Park. Clarence Thompson. cision te speak in Maine) the re- { widow, Mrs. Edith Gandolfo; one} contributions was issued im New ter, Mrs. Beulah Demeritt; Mrs. Julia Brown, Mrs. Isabelle | of Williams, Key West, Mrs. Nota member of the elections commit- Henriquéz, Tampa; one brother,\tee, auailing Republicans fer ac- Charles Smith, and two grandchil-'cepting money from such sources. }dren. Directed By Democrats Inc dentally the senate comm=t- ‘tee statement was frst scheduled for release to morning papers, Dut the mformates was im the banc: CUBA ARRIVES ; Mrs. Rosa Cruz; cost, $50. | Remove wooden roof at 822) WEATHER BUREAU, Jacksonville, Fla. Eaton street and make replace- Gerry ee? Mrs. James PRESCRIPTIONS General repairs to building at: If you are not one of our PRE- corner of Francis and Division’ SCRIPTION CUSTOMERS, streets. Owner, Mrs. Esther:now to enjoy the finest drugs, ex- Parks; cost, $500. i pertly compounded at modest i frames, _ partitions, ) prices. ete, at building 611 Fleming, PHARMA street. Owner, Porter Estate;) cost, $250. |