The Key West Citizen Newspaper, January 27, 1937, Page 1

ed negrncrntanneis Duan ® Service. VOLUME LVIII. No, 23. 39,000 Red Cross Unable, To, , Set .. Final Goal For Funds Due Reported Hourly . Another telegram was received lest sight at the local offices of the Red Cross Chapter from Wash- ington headquarters pertainng to the existing conditions the feed situation, in which Mrs. Grace Phillips, executive tery, and her co-workers, were in- formed that it is imposible at this time to mame a goal funds due to the unprecedented prepertions with relief steadily mounting. Mrs, Phillips is being ably as- sisted in the work of receiving funds here by Mrs. M. E. Ber- owite and Rebert F. Spottswood, whe are chown to be working earnestly and indefatigably in their efforts to secure as large a fund as possible for the allevia- tien of the half-million or more fleed sufferers in the great de- vastation reported over such a wide area in which there’ have been ouch a great number ren- dered homeless as a result of the rising waters, which have already reached record heights. The telegram received lows: “Flood suffering has already reached unprecedented proportions with relief needs steadily mount- final for needs fol- “Under these conditions it is mow impossible to name a final goal for funds.. The only limit to Red Cross assistance must be the maximum generosity of the Amer- tean people. “Every possble member of the national Red Cross staf? has been assigned: to the (field | for ind a call is being made up- on chapters ‘to atsume full initiative in their respective juris- and mobilize every com- tunity resource of personnel and organization to raise promptly the largest pocsible amount. “You are acked to report daily the amount raised, and for your information \rould state that in view of the present known needs, your goal should be not | than five times the quota originally as- tigned you.” Associated Press Day Wire For 56 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West relief! Calls Upon Generosity Of People | To Help Flood Victims Large Crowd Expected "To Attend President’sBall; (2, <2" "Tickets Selling Fast Indications are that the balls to, Committees handling the tickets! |be given in celebration of the are contacting all persons in }President’s birthday will be well, Key West ‘who love to dance, and} jattended if the sale’ of tickets; even those who do not, and the| jmeanz anything, and the sale to results are expected to be larger; jdate has been successful. {than at any of the balls which! | Tickets were delivered to Mayor have been given in former yea H. C. Galey Monday afternoon,} One of the matters of great im- and yesterday afternoon he de-j portance which is being impressed! cided to place another order for|on purchasers of tickets is the; |more tickets for the first of the | fact that 70 per cent of the total} {balls at the Country Club Satur-|net sales of tickets remains in. idav evening, January 30. |Key West to be used for the | There will be another of these; treatment of infantile paralysis, |functions given on Friday eve-) but it is believed that as there is ning, February 5, at the Cuban!no paralysis of that kind in this j Club jand it is anticipated that! city, it may be used for children| both of these social events will be, who are greatly in need of help face attended. for other inflictions. | “ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS: Happenings That Affect the Dinner Pails, Dividend |: Checks and Tax Bills of Every Individual; Na- |! tional and International Problems Insep- ~ arable From Local Welfare i } ' One of the burning topics of century and a half the amounts! the day is the public debt—which' involved, in the light of exisiting is principally money owed by the/ conditions, were almost ridiculous- Federal’ government to bondhold-,!y small. | eds, and which it has promised to! Following the Revolution, the} pay in full on some future date, | debt did not vary a great deal for! with interest running from 1 per! about nniety years. Then came ne cent to 4 per cent per annum dur-| Civil War which made demands on ing the term of indebtedness, de-|the public treasury that were un- pending on the type and date of precedented up to that time. Even} issuance of the bonds. The debt/80, according to the U. S. News, is now at a record figure, due to! the Civil War, though it lasted for the fact that during the depres-| four years, increased the debt to; sion the government has been| only $2,755,000,000. spending around two dollars for} Fellowing the Civil War, the each dollar received in revenue,;debt was gradually reduced as and making up the deficit by is-;bond issues were redeemed. It suing new securi What every. | drapped to the billion-do:lar level lone doesn’t know is that, until!and stayed there, varying little un- 1917, the debt was almost never: til 1917. ThejWorld War was the heard of, and was never any is-| most expensive/audertaking in the nie infapnortance. ‘nation’s history and, in 1919, the The Federal government first} debt passed the $26,000,000,000 went into debt at the end of the|™ark—its pre-depression high. Revolutionary War. The states} “The course of the debt after had incurred debts totaling about|the World War was the same =] $75,000,000 and when hostilities, after the Civil War—it was sys- government tematically and steadily reduced. Since! All during the’ 20’s, Treasury in- out ‘of|come exceeded outgo, and the sur- than’ a! plus was applied to the debt. As ja result, at the end of 1930, the ceased the central took over the obligations. then it has never been debt—though for more Explains John L. Mor executive sec- retary of the Miami Chamber of Commerce, has written the local bedy explaining a pian which will prove advantageous to the cities of Florida and is easily put in ration. Mr. Morris points out that we are many rumors to the ef- lect that Florida is over-crowded, are exorbitant and other ments are being circulated, ich are absolutely untrue. Every resident of the Greater liami Area is being. asked to a minimum of five picture ecards to as many friends in s other than Florida, assur- the recipients that neither is wida over-crowded nor are es exorbitant. On the same the people are asked to give temperature as of that day. as Post Card Day. Plan In Helping Cities Of South Florida ":".2232 2.22" lay, February 1, has been set! j obligation had been pushed down ; to $16,000,000,000. | Then depression set in and the ‘rise started again. So swift was lit that the debt was more than | dent’s budget message, a .,record ipeak of $35,000,000,000' vf “be 1 Each Florida Chamber of Com- | »eached. t ‘merce is being asked to adopt a $ F similar plan. nit is considered ae aaannertien | ne jmost helpful idea, and there is) Federal government was justified inothing to be lost in trying te in distributing financial largesse ; Chambers of commerce in states: on co vast.a scale—and the” re- | other than Florida are being re-|verberations from that | undecid- | quested to instruct information} *ble argument will be heard down i cleske ital give out the | the years. But it is apparent*that/} lformation to all who {the time for making the in-| Lautey, | troversy an active issue is over—j In the letters being sent out jthe debt is a fact that exists and ;from Miami that city is not being must be faced. Atnd the question referred to especially, but all of; same in. con- make now is, How rapidly can it be re- | duced? | According to the President, it; FR E E D A NC E jean and will be reduced—but not ! 4 4 7 rapidly. He estimates that the | Tonight, 8 till ? jdebt will be frozen at the $35,-| SLOPPY JOE'S: | 000,000,000 level until the end! Rhumba, Tap Dancing, Singing |of the 1937-38 fiscal year. On| Music by Local Orchestra ape 30, 1939, he estimates |. No Admission No. Couvert| Florida is being mentioned. (Continued on Page Four) i NO RO NO NNN NNN EP AEN get jinent visitors, pretty scenes, ;might go well in a RR . OF ISLAND CITY) URE SECTION OF MIAMI TRIBUNE Publicity’ of the most interest~ 2 ing nature is being offered Key, All Interested Should Reg- West by the publishers of The , {Miami Tribune, through W. J. Me-| ister Their Names In Murray, genera] manager of that. widely read publication, \ In a letter to the local cham-, Order To, Become Elig- ible For Work be forwarded to him. : of The kind of pictures desired’ f are of beautiful residences, prom-; the work being done by the Fior- inent local personages, prom-; ida State or any of the many things which Wm. V. Little, official in charge rotogravue of the Key West branch, told The Commenting on the scope Employment section. The ‘pictures will appear ‘rom time to time in the Ph‘ladelnhia Enquirer, and the Miami Tri- bune, and it is pointed out that this will mean great publicity for great many others registered who Key West, and the Tribune, and, the manager writes that the paper, is’ delighted to offer its columns; for this purpose. [Citisen he has, many. opportanities for reople at the office, and can- not imagine why there are not a may be assigned to work. The idea that the employment | service is alone for the WPA, or ee ae FERA, or any of the other TEMPERATURES j branches, is entirely erroneous, » eee jsaid Mr. Little, and every person one cent for shooting a cow. (Continued on Page Four) Warbler Leaves To Aid Tank Ship In Distress Wreckers who are called to go iness while the supernumerary on the Wrecking Tug Warbler| Wreckers were summoned. The when that ship is called on a mis-| Peeking trg sailed at midnight : ; RCE jfor South Pass, sion to aid vessels in distress were) Directly after the vessel sailed, being located last night and signed | and even before that, rumors were up for a voyage to South Pass,|in circulation to the effect that Mississippi, to aid a reported in distress. to go to New Orleans and proceed The vessel was said to be dnjup the Mississippi River to the aid Ametican tanker loaded with mo-| of families in the flooded area: lasses, and immediately after the | How fallacious this ruamo- was can call was received the Warbler ay be understood, it was point- gan preparations to get in read-'ed out, Band Puts On Concert At WPA Sewing Room their Key West Hospitality Band en- stairs and set up ae +p, | Stands and under the direction of tertained the workers at the WPA} Alfredo Barroso, director, play- sewing room this morning with 8led a group of selections, among de'ightful concert which was one! them being some of the latest com-! of the most pleasant surpris | positions. ever experienced by the workers} This will be the last of the con- on this project. jcerts by the band unti! next week ‘Workers ade idea. of what!*? several members of the organ- up to the building, marched up! morrow for Miami. Service, | steamship|the Warbler had been summoned } music + aes ca. Dist een cash ce Geo. etaiabing cacao ln ac le te nde Sait Be Gh a Se iain tactch, anita lany Opportunities [Army High Offered At Office (Compulsory Evacuation From | Of Employment Unit CUBA ARRIVES FROM HAVANA! MILES ON BoTH SIDES OF MISSISSIPP) BRINGS IN 45. .PASSENSERS; LEAVES ENROUTE TO TAMPA Steamship Cuba, of the P. and O. S. S. company, arrived yester- day afternoon from Havana with seven first class and three second cless passengers for Key West; 29 first class and six second clas; ! passenger for Tampa. ; Key West arrivais Emma S. de Aguiles, Margarito Alercon, Nor- {berg Thompson, Louis Moyer, Er- ina Moyer, Juan O. Bruno, Wayne ; Whitmore, Marah McDonald, W.: \E. Howe, A. R. Bowles. The vesse! sailed 5 o’clock for ; Tampa with the following book- ‘ings from Key West: J. M. Firth, tJ. A. Antis, W. E. Bostwick, Mrs. Bostwick, Mrs. E, K. Turner, J. 'R. Showers, J, R. Showers, Jr. | William Shower, W. S. Thurston, |M. M. Zimmerman, Z. Rumbrush, (Mrs, Rumbrush, Mary Rumbrush, , Father Moore, Mrs. C. R. Shep- | pard, Alice Louise Sheppard. ‘MORE BRIDGE HELP SOUGHT | REQUISITIONS MADE FOR | EIGHT MORE TO BE | SENT TO KEYS Requisitions were yesterday iplaced with Wm. V. Little, in charge of the local Florida State ; Employment office, for eight ;more workers to be sent to the | Florida Keys and the contractors !for bridge projects. In this group there are 10 men. plantation. The boys and girls of Two of them: will be men skilled, jin the work of tructural steel, water two others will ‘be laborers, white, and six will be) jcolored laborers. F Lowest Highest |'in Key West who is unemployed, eee last night last 3 hours | -hould register, with the knowl- Atlanta 56 edge that some time there may be Gostan: 40 'a chance for them at employment Buffalo 26 “| which they are qualified to per- Charleston 68 form, Chicago 22 ; Mr. Little then showed The Detroit ..... 22 Citizen a number of requests for Galveston, 56 | workers who are qualified to fill Havana _ i different positions, but if these Huron’ 22 : qualified persons are not listed on Jacksonville .. 74 \the ro'ls of the employment serv- Kansas City . 34 jice, Mr. Little has no way of KEY WEST .. 82 | finding out who is available. Little Rock . 42 | As an instance of this Mr. Lit- Los Ange'es .. 58 tle displayed a request for negro Louisville 38 families for one of the largest Miami 80 {turpentine plantations in the| Minneapoli: 10 state. It is located about 25 New Orleans .. 56 | miles from Orlando, but the own- New York . 44 ers have been unsuccessful. Pensacola 58 The company is pointed out as Pittsburgh 34 reputable, the wage runs from St. Louis ...... 30 } $1.50 to $2.50 per day. Good liv- Salt Lake City 2 20 ing quarters are furnished free. San_ Francisco 38 50 {The company will transport the Seattle . 34 40 families from their homes to the Tampa 66 82 Washington .. 28 44 the younger age can do piece ; Williston --2 «2 work, and earn money. — This is just one of several let- FINED ONE CENT ters received by Mr. Little and he _— feels that if all the people of Key ATHENS, Tenn. — Pleading) West realized that the Florida guilty under an old statute, W. R.| State Employment Service was Courtney of this city was fined] established to serve everybody and Laurence § istant to E imer admi tivities in Florida, is a v !Key West and will remain about one week. A. Pynchon, rator for WPA or in for for- ac- i i ls now associated with Conrad Van Hyning and Robert Unkrich ‘in the FERA activities and, with John P. Thorpe, auditor, is going lover the ints of {that admin ‘Gasoline And Feed i In New Experiment (ly Associated Press) | SAVANNAH, Ga., | Experiments by Dr. Charles Her- ity, noted scientist, reflect importance for the sweet potato in the economic scheme. | He exhibits samples fuel and feed derived from |the tubers in initial experiment Using a carload of potatoes in carrying out a test run, Dr. Herty says he learned sweet readily adapt themselves mulching into a mash easily ha dled for fermentation. he said, was added fe products an alcohol off. was found excellent for stock feed. A 10 per cent mixture it; was intend il the b: di ization are in the cast of the light! cohol may be used in automobiles’ take part in the presentation Fri it; was intended until the band rode! opera Pinafore and will leave to-'withont carburetor modification,’ day night will a.semble tomor jaccording to Dr. Herty, D=| os {when army engineers. de- proofing: Rickard, formerly, gin loading at Port Arthur, Tex- i te CY Westers To Put Command Orders Cairo, IL To New Orleans INCLUDES ALL PERSONS WITHIN FIFTY | RIVER; FLOOD THREATENS TO\ARTAT — NSW HEIGHTS if - (By Annoeinted Press) | Compulsory evacuation, of hundreds, of thousands, em- ; bracing all perscns living within fifty miles on both sides | of the Mississippi River from Cairo, Ill., to New on) i was ordered by the army high command at Washington | if necessary. | The mighty, flood gorged waters of the Ohio River | swept on to threaten new heights of the disaster, | Thirty-five thousand motor trucks were mobilized to carry cut the greatest exodus in history. * Secretary of War Wood- |ring, acting swiftly in Amer- jica’s greatest emergency since the World War, an- nounced headquarters for MEMBERS OF MOTORCYCL? ™#88 evacuation would be CLUB ENJOYING STAY IN |°*t#blished at oe | The order was ISLAND CITY } ‘MEMPHIS FOLK VISITING HERE jeided that the billion-dollar levee system built along the {Key West today, and are enjoy-} yg;ociccinns Hing themselves sisiting points of, Mesissippi after the 2087 j interest and meeting local offivials | flood could not take care of jand other visitors. sain | "te the party are Mr, and Mre.| (he Water soon to Be. @auape ‘Myron C’arke and R. G, Mazyck. ed into the Mississippi by River at Cairo, {The latter said that there are oth- ie eds in the original party but only|*2e Ohio jhe and Mrs, Myron Clarke decided | Ohio, sprawled over a thous- to make the trip. le % ‘ Tomorrow they will leave on and mile graveyard ‘« al !the early ferry and when they ar-| most buried towns, villages, rive in Miami and tell of the pleas- and farmlands from Pitts- ant: experiences of the trip, the Pigs others will regret they did not burgh to Cairo. come, said Mr. Masyek. The known dead now is TANK STEAMER ay. jomciess army swelled BRINGING GIL |to 750,000. | Property damage was far Charles Taylor, manager of the | Porter Dock company, said today above the three hundred ‘million dollar mark. j that a shipment of Diesel oi! is expected to arrive at Key West ‘early in February. ; This shipment will consist of 8,000 barrels and will arrive on {the Tanker Occidental, of the | Texas Oil company, which will be ! Three members of the Memph’s | Motorcycle Club are visitors i Snow, hunger and _ pesti- the black lence added to picture misery. At Louisville, Ky., health authorities said at least two as, on January 31. | (Continued on Page Four> On Opera In Miami | Presentation of the light opera, Mian t noon. Following is @ | Pinafore on Friday night, January !ist ° the cast who will | 9¢ a ayire Par] ‘2 make he 4 29, at Bayfront Park in Miami "0" {10 ite, Josephine; {will be given by an entire cast of ¢, M White Ralph; W. Key Westers except for three of (¢ Har ph Porter; Jan. 27.—'the principal characte Thomas ¢ k Dead Eye; George Mills White, in charge Herbert Edd at wain new of the Federal Music Project in ano: S LaKin, Dor. Key West said this morning that Curry, Isabelle Kelly, Edith it is unfortunate that more of ame, Vanessa Collins, Doris of motor the talented people in Key West Doughtry. Rionette Bragassa. do not take the opportunity of Alt Maud Lowe, Clara Yates, joining the musie project. Mary J. McMahon, Yolanda Men ‘Mr. White pointed out that had doza, Mary ¢ others of the many people who Tenors: William Russell, Idilio potatoes ‘are talented, in this city, joined Borges, Miguel Quesada, Delphine by, the others, the full cast could Feal, John Bennett, Emilio Blanco. have been sent to Miami for the Robert Dr. B. R. B To this, production Friday. This will be Allan Robinson, Gus Ayala, Frank tation, the second presentation by a group Johnson poured of artists from Key West given in Bz Alvred Bar The residue tested 29.5 per; Miami this season. They present- tor fia o. Mar ,cent and the scientists said it was ed The Pirates of Penzance there Aquiling Loner, Ab jjust one month ago. Edward P Anthony Knowles, of al-' The Key West group who will Delphine Jiminer, Merton Plant, Raymond Lopez, Vanee Stirrup, ow James McMullen and Allen Rob gat 11:30 and leave by bus for! erts.