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

Acgociated Press Day Wire ‘ Service. © . »56 Years Devoted to the 4 Interests of Key West ‘ | CLLLALE Lda CITY CLOCK PLACED BACK IN- COMMISSION The. clock in the City Hall tower, which had been out of commission for the past week, has been placed. back in work- ing order by William McKil- lip,, who has, been working on the time piece for the past few days, making several Necessary repairs. The clock sounded the hour at 11 o’clock this morning, which was the first time it has pealed forth the time since it went out of com: sion. When the clock struck this morning, , practically every- one in the vicinity looked up at the hands on the clock and were very much surprised to learn that the old time piece was “running on time” again. (CONCERT TONIGHI “| INCOLONIAL P Mr. Nicholson heads the plan- ning sub-committee of the group} EXCELLENT PROGRAM TO BE and Mr, Overman, the finance. RENDERED BY KEY WEST More than 15,000 inquiries from persons living in every state in the HOSPITALITY BAND Union and 28 foreign countries were recevied in answer to the advertising program of the group last year, which began December 15, 1935, and continued through May, 1936, Florida advertising in that pe- riod abpeared in 15 _ national magezines and 30 northern and Canadian newspapers at a total A VOLUME LVII. No. 248. ENTIRE STATE . OF FLORIDA T0 BE ADVERTISED GOVERNOR’S ALL FLORIDA COMMITTEE MAKING PLANS AT SPECIAL MEETING TO-! DAY IN TAMPA | (Special to The Citizen) TAMPA, Oct. 17.—Preliminary plans to nationally advertise Flor- ida as a whole curing the tourist scason of 1936-'37 will be made at a special meeting of the Gover- nor’s All Florida Advertising Com- mittee here today in the Hotel Tampa Terrace, it was announced by Ralph Nicholson of Tampa and C. H, Overman of Bagdad, men of the group. Selections to be presented to- night by the Key West Hospitality Band at its weekly concert were announced this morning. The con- jeert will be Colonial | Park. The band, is a unit of the Fed- given - in ; Which they decided would furnish eral Music Project which is part} resident ot Pa KEY WEST, FLORIDA, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1936. proves To pe Maiiy: VERY COSTLY) THREE YOUNG MEN AT MARA- THON CHASED DOWN TO FERRY SLIP BY OWNER as Absentee balloting will begin FOWL | Monday morning in the office of County Judge Raymond Lord. At a number of places visited by The Citizen today this query was heard: “Quack! Quack! Wanna 'Voters will begin casting their i | ballots in the general election on { ; Buy.a\ Duck’? ekdithe coactution | =e hore Noemie arrived at wasithal.some person}? © 70™™= 000 will contione ama was giving a crude imitation of /S¥down. Joe Penner, with a slight differ-| For the information of all vat- ence in the salutation and ques- tion, crs, that the sla: machine question: will “\ Inquiry: brought forth the in- dortoa ‘ion from one of Key West’s inent citizens that three Fydung men of Key West were at Marathon some time ago, and, whether they were hungry or not, of course does not matter, they decided to have a duck dinner. As a matter of fact it is b lieved they were not hungry bu' {just wanted to have a meal on jyoung duck because they had|be considered and clarifying sev- is o ions to be Gecid- aan | flee out several hundred quali- fied voters who would otherwise display little interest in the other | matters to be decided. | Because of the nationwide in- |terest in this coming battle of the allots, The Citizen is publishing a concise review of the ma’ ‘seen a pair of fat and prime ducks) eral of the que: ed at thef'polls. The first seven names on the F be! ballot are those of the Democratic raged! presidential electors. The last ithe meal, They took the ducks, and ate one of them, As they drove their cay jaced on the ferry an the ipl e Key West Citizen === tilssues To Be Decided“ In: Coming Election; Review Of Matters Is Given’ superintendent public instruction |tor the state; Nathan Mayo, com- missioner of agriculture, and two | justices of the supreme court, Glenn Terrell and J. B. Whitfield. '“Vote for Two.” But one more name remains on j the state ticket. That is the name at of W. B. (Babe) Douglass, can. | leave tomorrow morning for Jack- | didate for railroad commissioner {for Florida. Amendments Follow Then will be found the amend- \ments and the slot machine ques- is.shown that it is expected|tion. ‘The latter provides as fol-} 4 jlows: Shall the permits and li- jcenses hertofore granted for the | operation in Monroe county of j¢oin operated machines and de- | vices, described in Chapter 17157, | Laws of Florida, Acts of 1935, be continued or revoked? Constitutional Amendment Art- iele XIII, Section provides for the ;aged and infirm and unfortunates and stipulates that ‘Counties of the state shall provide in the man- ner prescribed by law for those of ithe inhaditants who by reason of | = t©/age, infirmity or misfortune may} “have -laims upon the aid and sym- thy of Society.” The vote is to decide whether or not the legisla- 'ture may by general law provide jfor a state-wide system for such benefits and appropriate funds for the same. Pertains To Key Wiest The other amendment is to Key West, Florida. bas the | coustry: «ih a2 sverage range of only 14° Fabrenheit 77S SASLLLLE LOCAL ARTISTS TO LEAVE FOR 7 Accreprren usr JACKSONVILLE = COMPANY FOR TOUR OF FLORIDA PRICE FIVE CENTS WELFARE OUTLINES MES. CRACE ST=WART CIVES TALK AT ADVISORY SOARED MEETING ON SUBJECT OF SUMAN SECURITY tr FEE ft ! fr fl flr rh ref ul H H i i George Millis White, distri ict! supervisor of the Federa! Music Project, and Mrs. White will f i i facld copececmtatee of the Suse Besri of Soci Wetae ete = fH i rr rf il fit il Inf sonville where they will join @ Federal Music Project opera com- pany presenting Verdi's opera, Aida, at various cities through- jout the state. ’ Dr. Clarence Carter Nice, state’ {director of the music project, 4 jasked the two the middle of this ; week to take roles in ‘the operat (cast. Both have had operatic ex-! perience and have sung in the; North and East. ! | The company which will pre-’ ‘sent the opera is being organized i from the best Key Wert fee eowetal Gepe c= © 4 r , i besieces st was 2 geet of te f fi t ft f local Citiaees” Ademery Seacd ifs | meocting bid 6 ocieck inet night = the confereace oo ot WPA peeowes oo Tike waster apeie brary on the feccamt .° mpaascmg hemes Secars y Week amce the geopeeet aces = wes we et ee te I fi i poeple at the galls ae Sewember Be onder Ger Pieris te be abide te pectcgete = tee beerins os ee Gee Sect Secety A a~ Sewa * jin Jacksonville j Voices in the state which have | been found through the Federal | Music Project. The opera wil! be junder the direction of Dr. Nice, DPDQP°OO ODO OD #: and during the two weeks’ tour most of the larger cities in Flor- SHOW NUMBER OF {ida will be visited by the com- ‘pany. ; |morning that rehearsals for the cs ie ace BOR BEVERAGES i will be presented within the next | several weeks by a local cast here <a junder the direction of Mr. White. | will continue during his absence FORTY-EIGHT SANDED OUT BY COUNTY TAK COLLEC- ‘amend article 8 of the constitution | With Gus Ayala conducting. The land refers solely to Key West. It / district supervisor urged members ‘provides that the legislature shali' of the cast to attend the re-| Ihave power to establish, alter or, hearsals in order that work on the abolish. a municipal corporation to; Colorful operetta could go for- Be known as the City of Key West, | ward. ° j \@xtending ‘territorially throughout! present limits of Monroe coun- cost of some $30,000, which was raised by voluntary contrbiutions of civie and commercial organiza- tions, counties and individuals. Hundreds of inquiries were also received from a summer campaign of the committee from June 1, Suppe. through last September. Follow-up 8: jof the WPA. The ‘announced follows: ; 1. March, The Ambassador— Laurendeau. 2. Overture, Light Cavalry— ! won came! seven are those of i as; speeding in his fro the terry; olithe Heaubieas i tandi “pp@ifived his duta presidential electors. Note that H + lego out, took the ignition Key | the names of the seven Republican ftom the car of the young men presidential electors all begin with and aecied) fey woul ds peieae. The matter of having the permitte leave until they had! names placed on the ballot, in their One Step; Razzle Dazzle—} yut-up-$10 for-the -ducks.-~~ alphabetical order was discussed program TOR, WHILE 39 ARE ISSUED H BY CITY OFFICER i i Recerds :2 the office = Coenty _ : work on the inquiries has been|Lenzberg. ‘handled by the Florida State Cham-{ 4. Cuban Selection, ber of Commerce and a WPA! Vocal Solo, John Bennett. force of stenogrzphers in the! 5. Selection. Home on _ the State Chamber offices. Range—Briegel, CIRCUIT COURT ai MEETS MONDAY FOUR CASES ARE DOCKETED} FOR OCTOBER TERM Piruli, i 6. Old Chestnuts; Lake. 7. Selection, Herbert. 8. March, The Coast Defender —tewel. 9. Star M'lle Modiste—' Spangled Banner— 1 | reiterated his statement that they! Republican | ferry. ( Denials were in order, it Fi said, but the actual owner of the|#* Tallahassee. Had this been ducks took one from the auto-'done how easy it would have been maebile of the “duck hunters” and to mark the first seven and insure victory. This was would not-be permitted to. leave denied and the Democratic elec- unti] the $10 demanded was paid. tors placed at the head of the Needless to say the-ten bucks was list. : passed over and the — crestfallen “hunters for ducks” boarded»the \ Now whenever the cry of “Quack! Quack! Wanna Buy a, Duck” is heard, passersby quickly turn their heads to try and dis- cover to whom the query is direc- ted hoping to discover just who it! didate, was that feasted on young ducks| Next on the ba!lot will be found’ Senate Race Next on the list will be found the names of the candidates for the , United States senate to fill the ‘uyexpired term of the late Park mmell. There are two ,men seéking this office. C. 0. Andrews isthe Democratic can- Key. MRS. DICKSON eleventh convened | jPROCEBDING ENROUTE TO) HER HOME IN PHOENIX, | ARIZONA Circuit court in the j judicial circuit will be in Key West Monday morning,, October 19. Judge Jefferson B. Browne will preside. Four cases are docketed for trial, as follows: Billings Chapin company versus Wm. Curry’s Sons company, dam- ages $1,000. F. U. Wells versus ster, damages $1,500. Helio Renedo versus Atlantic Mutual Fire Insurance company damages $4.500. Empire Fire Hese Manufacturé ing company, a New Jersey cor- poration, versus the City of Key West. Damages $10,000. BRAZILIAN STATE BUILDS NEW PORT (By Associated Press) Mrs. Claude W. Dickson, for- merly Miss Clarice Roberts, left yesterday afternoon on the S. S.j ‘Cuba for Tampa, en route to her! home in Phdenix, Arizona. Mrs, Dickson was associated {with public school interests in Key West for about 24 years, most of that time as a_ teacher. Her marriage to Mr. Dickson was solemnized on August 21 in Jack- | sonville. } x There are a number of SAO PAULO, Brazil, Oet. 17.—" West folk who remember Mr. Gov, Armando de Salles Oliveira | 5 ¥ . of the state of Sao Paulo, has sign- , Dickson. He was associated with ed a contract for construction of. the construction forces building a new port at Sao Sebastiao, north! the Overseas extension, and dur- of Santos. 5 The job is slated to take months and to cost $300,000. ARGENTINA BUYS THREE WARSHIPS (By Associated Press) LONDON, Oct. 17—The Ar- gentine government has ordered three destroyers from Vickers-' Armstrong, bringing to 24,000,-| 000 the amount recently spent by the Agentine navy in Great Britain. J. 0. web-| i \large number of Key Westers. Before leaving yesterday, Mrs. Dickson told The Citizen it was jher intention to go direct to jom |Mr. Dickson in Phoenix, where he \ployed by the Southern | Railroad. ——_—-—-—_/! NEW ARRIVAL AT ACEVEDO’S HOME POLISH LINER NO ON SOUTHERN RUN] antes tien, 32S nine. pound boy at their residence, 1224 Pacific (By Associated Press) White street. GDYNIA, Poland, Oct. 17.—] Mother and son are doing nice- The S. S. Pulaski, which has plied} ly, between Gdynia and New York, has been shifted to a Gdynia-Ar-|ball player will join the Acevedo gentina schedule. Stars shortly. Key! 90 |im that time met and knew a: jis in charge of a force of men em-| and caused the market price tojthe names of J. Mark Wilcox and soar from a nominal price to $10;Thomas E, Swanson, candidates a pair. ‘for Representative from the Fourth Congressional District. The Unusual Camel Fossil first name is that of the incum- Mounted In Oklahoma {bent and the Democratic nominee. Following are the names of Fred P. Cone and E. E. Callaway, "4 (By Associated Press) candidates for governor. The name * NORMAN, : Okla, Oct. 17-—:6¢ Cone is too well known for there The fossil of'a prehistoric camel,'ty pe any doubt in the minds of la rare find in Oklahoma, soon will | the voters as to his party affilia-, join other’ remains in the museum tions. Mr, Callaway is the Repub- of paleontology at the University ‘jican nominee. Of Oklahoma. {| Then.comes the names of R. A. First discdvered in Roger Mills | Gray, sseretary of state; Cary D. courtty near Cheyenne, Okla.» Landis, attorney general; J. M. three years ago, the bones of the | Lee, comptroller; W. V. Knott, huge camel were carfully trans-' state treasurer; Colin English, ported to the state university’s| department of paleontology here. cere: J. Willis Stovall, d:rector of th museum, has nearly restored it. ‘SEA SPECIMENS “Camels were rare in Ok'a-j MT: P homa,” said Ralph B. Shead, of | the paleontology project, “and BE PLACED ON EXHIBI- TION AT NEW YORK 'this specimen is the most com- plete of any yet found.” AQUARIUM | SNAKES BAR DOOR OF SCHOOL HOUSE {My Ansoeiated Press) RULETON, Kas., Oct. 17.— |For once the pupils at District {No. 17 school had no desire to,” dash out the school room door—,jacent to Key West were sent to | | ro | | Two shipments of specimens of jseven rattlesnakes linto the entry way. As soon as the snakes were sighted the farm youngsters grab- bed booi:s and everything else at hand and pelted them at the snakes. They killed four of the rattlers and the other three €s- caped, rium. One of the shipments was sent by Hamilton Adams, in charge of. the Key West Aquarium and con- sisted of a fine collection of yel- low angelfish, several beautifully marked butter hamlets and 15 HABANA-MADRID CLUB | youe tarpon. Tonight at 10:00 o’Clock The other coiieetion consisted D A N Cc E of vari-colored sea anemone, horse eonchs, crawfish, sea stars, hermit crabs and others The father claims another base-| BOB PINDER and His Orchestra!specimens which are found inj hi . $1.00; these waters. These were shipped /trial interest will be used in the} Ghateau Thierry, and he served jthe Philigpines and Mexico. —— by Edgar Taylor, Jr. ty, in tke place of any or all coun- ‘ty, digtrict, municipal and local ‘governments, boards, bodies and officers, constitutional, or statu- tory, legislative, executive, ju- |dicial or administrative and shall { land duties of such municipal cor- poration, its boards and depart- ments, Then follows a number of speci- jfications as to officers and other matters and concludes with “No law authorizing the establishing or abolishing such municipal corpora- tion pursuant to this section shall bhegome operative or effective un- til upproved by a majority of the qualified electors participating in an election held in said county, but so long as such municipal corpora- tion exists under this section the legislature may amend or extend the law authorizing the same with- out referendum to the qualified voters unless the legislative act providing for such amendment or extension shall provide for such a xeferendum.” Last follows the Monroe county veandidates, 24 in number, none of whom have any opposition ‘on the ticket, but it has Leen mentioned that the possibility of at least one name being written on the Ballot has not been confirmed. WERE TAKEN FROM THE CITI- ZEN; ASKS COOP- ERATION Three times during the past ‘sea life taken from the waters ad-/ week itmes from The Citizen wer«|iyiy to San Fi “ace je 768 quoted in the’ “Florida Air Dis- had crawled|New York last night and will be}patch,” a news broadcast of items|age speed of 30.66 knots. The JAPANESE placed in the New York». Aqua-|taken from the state press and re-}Queen Mary's best day was 766 duced to radio continuity. In a letter to The Citizen, V. M. Hughes, writing for the Turpen- tine and Rosin Factors, Inc., in- dicates that he believes this® pro- gram will advertise the resources of Florida and at the same time establish good will in the various communities mentioned. Mr. Hughes asks The Citizen to cooperate in the program assuring of the many|that from time to time articles of }sa\ historical, educational and indus- broadcasts, prescribe thé jurisdiction, powers! has been discussed, although this! | AND OZARK C. "HERE LAST | Tex Collector Frank H Ladd * show that fer the coming basi ( i | 48 licenses for the anle of simon. H _ beers and heqsors [TWO CARLOADS OF SEWER! Tots! licenses issued for the PIPE ARRIVED ON LATTER sale of intoxicants SHIP; S. S. COLORADO DUE while the number issues for wines TOMORROW MORNING jond beexs i just 35. During the earlier part of the week, Beverage Inspector George Steamship Brazos, of the Clyde-|Gomez made 2 final roundup and = Mallory Lines, errived 10:30}; - z clock last night from Galveston ‘asene aes oe - s aan and sailed 2 o'clock this morning | eense® and Be i coms-nesd that for New York. tall dealers have compled with the The ship carried shipments of | lew. sponges, empty bottles, canned! At the office of City Tax Col- je wg aca and Gris, |lector-a sor Sam Pinder & was ms im ‘ Ieeamdes of 40. sd jlearned that issuance of the same } Steamship Ozark,’ also of” the) *¥pe of licenses by the city tonal | Clyde-Mallory Lines, arrived 7 but 39 leaving mine more city 5 +o’clock last night with freight.for;censes to be purchased lthe WPA, consisting ef two car-! City Auditor Wiliesd Alber jloads of sewer pipe. The .vessel | said today be will start his oeee- jalso brought two carloads of coke ler check at ence te Getermine whe for the gas company and other are they who have failed to secure shipments. ithe license as provided by Inu. The ship sailed at 9:40 o’clock/ \for Miami and <acksonville. H Steamship Colorado, of the same | lines, is dae to arrive in port to-; morrow morning from New York, | _— (By Aamectates Prem: -bound for T: j i | ATHENS, Oct 7. — Better [communicaton should ext be- ‘SPEED MARK STILL | REMAINS IN U. S.|semsuse? yrosisca ove ny Prime ' Minister Metexas decided = 2 com (Ry Associated Press) ference bere devoted te qucstuoms SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 17.—, concerning Greeks abroad Despite the record-breaking At'an-! The committee would like te see tic crossings of the Normandie and more Greek schools and comsulet—s Queen Mary, naval records show in America; communicstion: the United States still holds the} ocean speed mark. tuted; trade In 1928 the aircraft carrier ties improved for Lexington, en route from Hono-| can te ! Rumbe- . rf miles in a single day for an aver-/ a : ! 4 r ' "| f re te miles, the Normandie’s 754. CHINA’S RETIRES AFTER 30 YEARS ARMY SERVICE (By SAN ANTONIO, Tex., Oct. 17. —HMilitary honors were r lI ‘| } f j : " I ; ) t PI e 1 | rth : Hh F § k ‘ 1 it He wes cited for gallantry " EGAL BEER IS KNOWN EVERYWHERE FOR ITS FLAVOR AND FINE QUALITY. KEEP A CASE ALWAYS ON