The Key West Citizen Newspaper, February 17, 1937, Page 1

| Second Assistant Of Fire Department Dur- ing Meeting Benjamin Sawyer, of the Lopez Funeral Home, was elected to the position of second assistant chief of the Key West Fire Department ate meeting of the board held last might at department head- ‘quarters. There were two candidates for the ‘position, Everett Rivas®’ and MeriSawyer. At the conclusion of the voting the count showed that Mr. Rivas had received ight votes and Mr. Sawyer 15. Asis the general custom in matters of this kind in’ the depart- ‘ment a motion was made that Mr. Sawyer’s election be made vnanim. ous. The motion was carried and it was so ordeed. - vacant by the resignation of First Assistent Chief Charles Olivieri, who is now a resident of Miami. Another matter for which the EXCELLENT PROGRAM TO BE RENDERED BY HOS- PITALITY BAND ‘The Hospitality Band, a unit of the Federal Music Project, will give a concert tonight in Colo nial | Sutherland, all over seventy, rnival ~ MUCH CRITICISM AGED SUPREME COURT JUSTICES IS CONFLICTING IN MANY WAYS (By J. E. JONES) (Speelal t@ The Citizen) WASHINGTON, D. G., Feb. 17. —American children have always been taught in their schools that the Administrative, Legislative and Judicial branches of the gov- ernment are ‘separate and distinct. This knowledge has become as fundamental as that of the sea- sons of the year. President Roosevelt reminds the country that he is the only person whose duty it is under the Consti- tution to communicate recommen- concerning the complete range of publie affairs to ‘Con- He had exercised that a somewhat unusual way for fundamental chang- Supreme Court of the He bases his pro- completely, on a ood is needed use “little by lit- become blurred old glasses, fitted as it he needs of another ; older men, assuming fcene is the same as it E se to explore it or the A instead of nine judges. Stirs Country the President’s attack on the “nine old men of the Su- country. There is a philoso- phy that the nation needs old men for eounsel and young men for wer. Now come the defenders 0° the Court to recall to memory the d who always looked through clear glasses, and satisfied the modern world, Justice Brandeis, now over eighty, is today the foremost exponerft of all that the younger igeneration knows as “the living; law.” There is no s'gn of b:urred glasses through which Chief Jus- tice Fughes presides over and graces the Supreme Court, Justices | Van Devanter, Mciteynolds and haye Park at 8:15 o'clock. Alfredo Bar-| ®¢¥e= been suspected. of senile reso will conduct the following program ; 1, Mareh, Tuscarawas King 2. (Walte, L’Estudiantina tendencies that have affected them mentelly or physically. Heanty Approval Waulteufel|that men ever seventy are not up 3, Overture, The Iron Count to serateh in'their work or in their King } judgment, attention has been call- 4. Deseriptive, The Sweetest ed to the chuminess and enthus- Story Ever Told Stultz) iastic approval which Pr Voeal selection, Eva Warner > 6. Popu'ar, A Chapel in the Moonlight Pennies From Heaven March, Independentia 7 8. Star Spangled Banner Key Regulation Of Saloons To | Hall} President no doubt considers him | Roosevelt has given to March, On the Majl Goldman | Norris, seventy-five, Old Adoo is seventy-three; old man Lewis, seventy-three. Even though old men Glas is seventy-nine, the (Continued on Page Four) Be Taken Up, By Council Two very important matters are}fered which will stipulate closing expected to be brought up for dis-}2.0’clock’ Sanday morning and re- cussion before the meeting of city council this evening. And it s an- ticipated that there will be a great dea! ef diseussion on at least one of the subjects. maining closed: until] Sunday mid- The proposition relative to the dangee hatls is) one which involves the question of licenses for cer- The two subjects uppermost in{jtain places which claim immunity the minds of council members are the saloons, the hours they will be allowed te remain open, if any, on Sunday, and the question of dance hall licenses. It is understood, said a member of council this morning, that one proposition to be brought before the council for consideration, is that of closing at midnight Satur- day and remaning closed until the from paying the license as they do not commercialize their dances, allowing dancers the privilege of enjoying themselves without pay- : ing admission, There are other matters in cén- nection with this dance hall busi- ness which will be discussed at the meeting tonight and the expecta- tion is that both the liquor and danee hall questions will be pro- same hoor Sunday. However, there | ductive of considerable interesting may be a modifying proposal of- argument. By PROPOSAL TO ELIMINATE) (AP Feature Service Writer) preme Court” has stirred the en-| late Justice Holmes, past ninety, | In answer to the insinuations | fe « “ROUGHRIDER” ADVGCATED BEFORE CONVENTION RE- CALL OF JUDICIAL OPIN- 10ONS MORGAN M. BEATTY WASHINGTON, Feb. Ulysses S. Grant was the last} President who d'ffered with the Supreme Court on a major issue] and carried the day. Soldier though he was, Grant used the arts of peace to beat down opoosition in the high tri’ bunal to the famous post-wal legal tender acts.” The trick appeared to be simple’ enough. A touple of friendly nominees for vacancies and an agreeable congress paved the w: } In February, 1870, before the i vacancies were filled, the Supreme ‘Court decided. in effect, that ! grenbacks were not legal tender. On the very day of the decis‘on, |P Brad Grant nominated Joseph P. Bradley of New Jersey and Wi!- liam Strong of Pennsy:vania, rail- 'voad attorneys, and both nomina- ‘tions immediately were confirmed by the senate. # | Grant Wins His Point | ‘The question of the constitu- tionality of the greenbacks again jtional by the added votes of the} |New appointees in their favor. | “Grant packed the court,” op- {ponents yelled, and the phrase j{packing the court” still crops; ,a “horse and buggy” label on a judicial opinion. But before that mild epithet ; was flung from the White House. j another Roosevelt, who had been i President and wanted the job jagain, proposed to elip the Su- preme Courts wings. He wanted j to give to the voters the one pow- ler the judiciary has insisted on , from the days of Washington and judicial review—the last word.” Roosevelt Strikes Judiciary As President, Theodore Roose- velt was a frequent and caustic critic of judicial interpretations of the constitution, both federal and state. But the heaviest im- pact of his striking personality and great popular following fell against the judiciary after he left the White House. “On the same day that he de- clared in Cleveland that his: hat was in the ring for the Republi- can Presidential nomination’ of: 1912 against President Taft, Colo- nel Roosevelt advocated before an Ohio constitutional convention’ the recall of judicial opinions. “I-very earnestly ask you clear- ly to provide in tion,” he said, “means which will} + +» permit the people themselves by popular vote . . . finally and without appeal to settle what the proper construction of any coh- stitutional point is. conscience, even though to do so; eost him his place. But in their turn the people must follow their} eonsejence, and when they have definitely decided on a_ given policy they must have publie ser- vants who will carry out that) policy,” i Colonel Beats Himself H It was on the heels of that} speech that Theodore Roosevelt launched his eandidacy to defeat} President Taft for renomination. It was because of that speech; that he lost the previously certain! support of ‘uch Republican stal- warts as the late Senator Henry} Cabot Lodge,. dominating figure} in Massachusetts’ Republican poli- tics.. The Massachusetts delega-| tion was equally divided at the, eonvention between Taft and Roosevelt. Fish Chowder Supper Auspices Woman’s Club — HOSPITALITY HOUSE — TOMORROW 6 TILL 8 EACH PERSON ... | | i ANOTHER TERM {Galveston attend the annual meeting of and oe from evéry county in | | The meeting will be held Fri- and Saturday and it is expect-;- that, as heretofore, a number) state officials will attend. eluded in the list will be Governor P. Cong. Comptorller J, ‘ |Landis, State Treasurer Wm. V. Knott and others, THOMAS FAMILY {CUBA ARRIVES VISITED IN‘CITY| ; . “FROM HAY ENGINEER IN “CHARGE. OF | VESSEL CLEFT“ WESTERD BOULEVARD CONSTRUCTION MEETS 'OLD! FRIENDS® eade ago. In the party with Mr. Thomas were his wife, Mr. and Mrs, J. C. Thomas. Mr. and Mrs, J. C, Thom- as, Sr., and James Jastin, all of Logansport, Indiana, who were in Florida for their regular vacation and spent several days in Key was raised, and within 15 months 2 ey, | n Part of their time was spent on | greenbacks were held constitt-itne Keys but the best part of the: itrip, said Mr, Thomas was the time spent in Key West with con-' li genial friends and going over with as haar the os alee i V, Peck, Susan Peck, K. Curtis, A. In-} Paul Thomas, “engineer, who} | Steamsh'p Cuba ‘of the’ P. *|was in charge of the construction | O. S, S. company, arrived from of what is now known as Roosevelt } Boulevard in Key Wesi, was al visitor in the city ths week and! had a delightful t:me meet’ng o!d" friends and acquaintencas of a de- i LE The party ‘eft over the highwa: in the afternoon to take the ferry other points in Florida and other; sections of the country. DEBT-FREE TOWN | | fot the items of the trip. ‘AFT! Havana yesterday afternoon with 14 first and four second class pas- vengers for Key West; 17 first and four second class passengers for Tampa. 'Mrs. Peck, J. Cato, L. Leavitt, iWm. T..Sooy, Hazel Sooy, Miriam :Johnson, M. Mellon, Gertrude Mellon, Joseph R. Preston, Susan Preston, Tolbert Maxwell, Kent Darling. Wynand Cab: 3 Domingo Milord, Rolando Gross, Ed. Schenkel, I. Kleine. with the following book'ngs from Key West: H. Jones, N. Jones, N. C, Hyde, Mrs, Hyde, F. E, Wil- conimissioners held on Wednesday, t LOCK { cape Key West arrivals: M. Peck, The vessel sailed at 5 o’clock iamson, C. A. Parramore, Mrs. S. Appelbaum, Mrs. Appelbaum. | CUSSED AT MEETING in} F sy 5 i F — “\ (Special to Phe Citizen) — baler vests paubbeeater . : ™ Fs c JACKSONVILLE, Fia., Feb. 17.) ten dollars kh aie “for prevention and con-| noon, and told the president ‘trol’ of’ venereal diseases recently| immediately. signated as America’s Public] “1 wish to ‘Health Enemy No, 1 by Surgeon! sonally for General Thomas Parron, will be} erful and emphasizéd’in the program of the 4 haow i i i} i 5 : i i | E of the iste garag: el ae eer Woman's Club facl the same Ff 1,027 tage and receipts of eek at annu meeting at ie: Octia, Mareh 14 f0.7.inclpaive. «|. wae i Geen ees hay |S Reee etiam ted Been ceae oe sp tentay Match 20s. hasbeen ks offerte: peaks in Sant 4 Po meen Onn eee lesignated as Health Day at ‘ conference and the program will ee eee aie tions from the State Meter Ve- consist of discussions of many of; ya, and for Thuredxy and Florida’s most serious public! Briday of jast ‘ de health problems. Dr. W. A. Clarke as faied oo ~ : of New York of the National So- by the. re me 1A United cial Hygiene ‘Assoc‘ation, and a» authority on the prevent:on and States Weather Bureau. There will be addresses on tub- erculosis control, hookworm, pell- egra and malaria. The effect te reduce the high maternal death rate in Florida also wil be describ- ed. Round-table discussions on a health problems have also been ‘MR, AND MRS. W2BB GUESTS arranged: These will be on the iti subject of crippled children andj, OF SON.IN-LAW AND vocational rehabilitation, the coun-}- ty public health units, the nursing e oR 7 TUBERCULAR TESTS TO CON- WINS ATTENTION unique financial position. (Special to The Citizen) EGREMONT, Mass., Feb. 17.— State Board of Health, in charge of the Monroe County Clinic, said | Jefferson. That was the right of| This little town of only 569 people i 'to The Citizen’ today that the tu- is attracting wide attention in this section of the country for Free of debt, and with a surplus} of $12,000, Egremont’s tax rate is lower than a’) but fifteen out of |to the tests. 300 Massachusetts cities. Even five! thousend dollars in uncollected taxes causes no worry because the ii “ng interest and the its! b d {P ion.| X-rayed to determine the exact Among the residents, credit for | e: the town’s. financial: standing giyen largely to two.men,|Select-| n man Wiliam .0’Neit and: William E, Boise,.who hasbeen: the town treasurer for 42 years: TEMPERATURES “Each (judge) must follow his|@@eeeeeeeeeseocooooooccs Lowest Highest is} o the information relative to the survivors’ of Mrs. Sarah Falker Leon, whose death announcement Statier—- last night last 24 hours | | Abilene .. Atlanta Boston Buffalo .. Charleston Chicago Denver ... Detroit ... Havana Huron Jacksonvil! |Kansas City . 36 KEY WEST .. 64 Little Roek . 40 Los Angeles .. 46 Louisville ..... 28 Miami Minneapolis . 18 New Orleans .. 44 New York .... 24 Pensacola ...... 38 Pittsburgh .... 16 St. Louis ..... 28 Salt Lake City 20 San Francisco 44 Seattle " Tampa Washing! Williston .,... 26 58 42 34 26 64 34 62 32 62 36 68 44 82 52 60 34 80 30 62 38 60 32 32 34 56 46 72 38 40 \d learried on at the county schools this week would be continued until "1 children have been subjected colored had been given the tests jand any of those who have shown |NAME OMITTED IN those who gave the news failed to jinclude the name of one of Mrs. Leon's descendants, | Marinelli, of Miami. daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Wa!do Leon, grand- TINUE AT COUNTY SCHOOLS Dr. James B. Parramore, of the ereu'ar tests which were being Dr. Parramore said that up to ate 100 white children and 100 ositive responses will be later on xtent of their infection. Miss Maxine- Messer,’ skilled urse with'the elinie; is to begin at mee aw examination’ of ‘all school chi'drem for’ contagious or infee- tious diseases. The work will be ‘“T have always been aifirm be-|done in collaboration-‘with the liever in the pay-as-you-go policy,” | teachers in‘each class and’ con- said Mr..O’Neil. .Why goin ‘debt |tinue untilvall children have been this constitu-jwhen you can stay out of it.” And that, say the residents, i Egremont’s financial program. iven the prescribed tests. LIST OF SURVIVORS i When furnishing to The Citizen peared in The Citizen yesterday, ; This was the name of Mrs. Helen jaughter of the deceased. | TODAY’S TAXOGRAM There are almost as many government employees enjoying partial or ccmplete income tax} exemption as there are income tax payers, a recent study jf! shows. Latest available figures }| showed 4,094,000 people paid }! on 1934 incomes while in the same year there were 3,400,- 000 federal, state and local government employees. Fed-j! eral employees do not have to pay state income taxes while teachers, governors, mayors, policemen and other state or city employees are exempt from the Federal income tax. Health, and social hygiene. Tuesday’s program will consist} Mr. and Mrs. James Webb, of |ing the former sales figure from GPE bag cegmaaiaaod on | Kokomo, Indiana, are in Key West ' 1027 to 1119, and indications were “Preventive jal Werk,” and on’ and guests of their son-in-law and | that others were making prepara- Wednesday the entire program daughter, Mr. and Mrs, Ross C. tions for securing will be devoted to discussions of » Ir. of social security and its application} Their belief in the delights to} i. to Florida. bbe found in Key West have not changed from the opniion formed ‘ Other speakers of national rep- utation who are expected to attend |on previous visits, and they said! b are Eduard Lindeman, director of} today they have been having a|..™ the national recreational project ' grand time. he of the WPA, and Justin M-ller of Although they p'an to leave} are not Washington, D. C., member. of the | Sunday their Florida trip will not| \in pe | ht to Attorney General’s Committee on| be concluded then as they want to Crime. visit other cities in the state be- It is also expected that a rep-| fore returning to their home. resentation of the Social Security — Board will attend the sessions on! ROT. 'ARIANS Wednesday and take part in the California Reassured | discussions regarding Social Se- About Its a MEET TOMORROW ' curity Benefits in Florida. Officers of the conference are: (1y Axxoeinteé Prenay President, Dr. Coyle E. Moore, Pow ASGELES, aan 1—) Tallahessee; vice-president, J. S. fornia’s recent cold wave if ‘hore will luncheon Diver, Jacksonville; second vice-|not.an indication that the state’s of the ool bee president,:. Mrs, Lola C. Skipper, | climate is changing for the worse, jn the Parish Ha |, secording to an. Ocala; secretary, Henry Redkey,|say: Lawrence H. Daingerfield, nouncement made today by Rev, J. Jacksonville; treasurer, Jos. Y.| meteorologist of the Los Angeles ©. Gekeler, president of the organ Cheney, Tampa; .executive e¢om-| United States weather observa-, ization, mittee, Mrs. Mol'ie Bishop, Lake-| tory. 1 Ladies’ Night will be celebrated land, Mrs. W. S. Criswell, “Jack-| “Although the 1937 cold wave,'at the Casa Marna on March 18 sonville, Mrs, Elizabeth Jackson,'in matter of duration, was the as was announced at the Inet meet- Dunedin, and” T.*M. Johns, Ar- pret recorded by the local weath- ing of the club. cadia. er observatory since it was estab-} asec lished in 1877, it was simply a, , BYW 'ATERS ON g phase,” says the observer, * t He points out that changes in; n jelimate occur in milleniums and VISIT T0 CITY j>ee in centuries. Glacial ages al- Previous'y acknowledged $1,490.46 ter them, not any number of Mrs. Rutledge Curry MO {years spanned by the history of Mrs. Ella Roberts WILL LEAVE FOR HAVANA ™an, he says. Mrs, Emma Del Pino ON CUBA TOMORROW iM. S. Bywater, representing; Vincent Edwards and company,! wowne _ |Advisory Council Of the World’s Largest “Advertising! Welfare Board Meets in Key West today making his; Members of the Advisory Coun-fwhole is continuing the contribu | first visit to the city in company’ cil, composed of local citizens, was|tions to the community Welfare with Mrs. Bywater. — |he!d last night in the conference | Fund which is used principally for Both of these visitors are en- room at the WPA building. The|exemployables who have no mot |joying themselves immensely, say meeting was called to order at 8|ey or support. | that the day has been one of the o'clock. The thought was it most wonderful they have ever’ Mrs, Wm. R. Warren, chairman! the pe Pere of = experienced and have decided that of the council and member of the! tions having been brought te the another trip, this time to Cuba, District Number 10 Board of So-| attention of the contributors om will round out a perfect trip to cial Welfare, was unable to attend | previous occasions and the repert |the southland, and will leave to-|and the meeting was presided)of the work as published several morrow morning for Havana, jover by Rev. J. C. Gekeler, secre-' weeks ago, would prove an incen- axe and ay re tive to a cont’nuation of the good ‘arious lems in connection | work and the help thus afforded SEE ADVERTISEMENT IN with the chic a program which “* wou'd be pons Fen TOMORROW'S PAPER being undertaken in Key West! Atrending the meeting were wie were brought up for discussion Rev, Gekeler, Miss Mary L. Part MENDELL’S gal reports of, the: vastons gftious|stah, Meteie: Sineeah See tee : were read. Reagan, S. J., Carl Bervaldi, Mra. Stock Reducing Sale ‘The report of the treasurer’ Robert Spotswood, Dr. James fi. ishowed that the community as &}Parramore, Mrs. Gladys Roberts, = Ez 7 .