The Key West Citizen Newspaper, March 10, 1937, Page 1

PENDENCE IS OBTAINED, “BONDS -OF ‘FRIENDSHIP WILL BE MUCH STRONGER ; ses METHOD OF RECORDING LEG- ISLATION DECISIONS MAY It is just as well that constituents death was pneumonis.— of house members do not see Word of the captain’s passing Was received last night by Mrs. Gorham Becon, sister-in-law of See Renqnect Bogen, their business on the floor, Their, sheeppen method of recording leg- islative decisions «might enliven doubts about the high purpose in- vising of her spiring them. ‘hese, The house is confronted with BE peed gags lige the handicap of .great numbers Sipe coumeatase’ tor’ Se ee oe ees oF tain’s life. Later last evening a/*¥°> and noes, the standing vote telephone message to friends in|and the teller vote as means of Key West indicated that in the javoiding time-consuming roll calls, pa mins how rege Per 8 7 each of which eats up nearly an hour. eed chance for recovery. : These friends we But frequently in deciding ‘When the news even an amendment to a bill the house will employ all of the first Up three, and occasionally will be ida was foreed to the further delay of a Key W voll call of its 435 members‘after White and M: all, ~ ‘their home in wi 4 ‘and her daughter, through the ‘voice vote, the stand- Bacon. ing vote‘and the teller ‘vote to dispose “of a single amendmént. ‘The teller vote arouse; specta- tots to the most ¢andid' remarks bout the honse’s legislative /pro- cesses. Procedare ‘This is\about' how the machin- SHOWN TO BE BIG FACTOR: ery works: The*speaker puts the on wala * ota. [Broce tothe hotse: ~‘Aye, shout these in favor. “‘No,” an- ENUE IN KENTUCKY er those’) and’ from the volume of tacket the upeaker de- cides what'has happened. Tech- (Ry Associated Press) nically there is Yreom for ‘mis: FRANKFORT, Ky., Mareh 10, ; takes, although in recent years the sone nd whlch LAS to asked 4g bas. made ay tome, Prag ies Bes miost of the voice votes one-sided. ef records of the departiient of| But the next step, taken at the gevenue reveals. request of a single member, The production tax on @istitied /Meht well settle all doubt. The ayirits during the last six calen- Members voting yes and no are dar months of 1986 was almost *°ked to stand separately while t tl ring counted, > wth ged eon bh works Still, if there happens to be 20 For the 1935 period: the tax! Who wish to fuzz up the works amounted to $1,316,808; for 1986, | they may do’so ‘by asking a teller $2,347,323. or sheep pen” vote to follow the standing vote. That step and the resulting carnival inevitably stirs the gallery to titters and p-ompts the members to leckér-room con- ; duct. Massed in front*of the speak- er’s stand, the members are led down a house aisle one‘at a time, Mrs. A. P. Knowles, wife of while the results of their hard- Captain Knowles of the Key West thinking are counted, ayes first, Fire Department, in charge of No.’ noes next. Frolicsome as sheep. & Station, had the misfortune yes-they pat eachother across the terday afternoon of breaking a beam-ends as they file ‘throuch ene in her foot, which was said the counting gate. Inevitably te be very painful, |they arrive at the same result as Mra. Knowles’ nomerous friends in the standing vote, although, to keenly regret to learn of the ac-)be sure, a call for a'teller vote cide 4, and wish for her a speedy; sends pages scurtvitic through the reeevery | lobbies to bring in the stragglers. RECEIVES INJURY Two Important Real Estate Deals Closed Two important rea] estate sales} chased by the general is on Flag- vat . |ler Avenue, sapre today coperted by oe ~d The other lot which was sold Rey West's well known ween | which is located on Whalton The purchase price was not giveM,) street, was-the purehase of Cap- bat it is understood that erection!tain: John H. Dawson, U.S. A., of homes on the lots will be start-/ retired, and Mrs. Dawson, and 2 they will also erect a home. wo et once : ais The realtor making the sales One of the sales was made t0/ 1404 that there are a number of General Campbell King, U. S. A.,| other sales pending and it appears retired, was said, will at once erection of a home, and Mrs. King, who, it} to him that renewed activity in begin the; the realty market is slowly, but ‘The lot pur-! positively, returning. }It' took one of the strangest of ENLIVEN DOUBTS AS TO) them too often as they go about. ‘By PRESTON GROVER (By Associated Prens) H (WASHINGTON, March 10,—' | dinners to bring into the open one of the least.discussed but most! widely held concepts: ‘That when’ the Philippines are free they} nevertheless will remain a de, facto protectorate—a sort of Amy erican Belgium. i The dinner was the meeting of; the National Association. of. the Carabao (water buffalo), com- posed of veterans of the Philip-| pine occupation and. insurrection. What lent it apecish aati was the presence there of Presi-; dent Manuel Quezon of the esd pino republic. Pittman Replies That pint-size diplomat and politician spoke straight from the shoulder to 200 or more men, many. of them now colonels and generals who once had fought him, and they liked him’ more for it than they ever liked him or his race before. In English exact but staccato, he told them that even after full Philippine in- dependence is obtained, there will be “bonds of friendship” stronger! even than existing _ ties. Simply | he was stating that Philippine in-| dependencé wouldn’t mean a thing without United States guardian- Senator Pittman of Nevada, chairman of the senate foreign relations committee, although n official spokesman of the go’ pre made guched it in diplomati fat whieh this miner-lawyer-poli- tician has become proficient. But im effect-he said: “All right, lit-} tle fellow. If vou see yourselves} getting in trouble give us a word hand ‘we'll see what can be dene stbout jit.” ‘Babor And The U. S, Incidentally another unusual re-| lationship—that between labor ac-| tivities in the field and govern-} mental activities here—often es-/ capes the casual eye: Note thi. When last spring there was big talk ef labor trouble in the eoal fields, administration lead- ers pushed the revised Guffey bill. When the General Motors strike} was on, the senate labor spy in-! vestigation’ was whipped up to} new ectiv-ty and turned on Gen-| eral Motors Corporation itself. | While’ John L. Lewis has been talking steel organization, the National Labor Relations Boar@) has been hearing testimony on a tion to negotiations wage agreement, hearin, hou: committees began consider- ation of the revised Guffey coal bill. Before Lewis again turns h attention to organizing steel Isa-| dore Lubin, commissioner of labor) statistics, will publish a story on} company unions. ! SHANGHAI CLAMPS DOWN ON RADIOS -LAIMED Save rons STATIONS THAN ANY CITY IN WORLD a new coal, the Carnegie} (By Associated Preas) f SHANGHAI, China, Mar. 10.—! Boasting of 35 radio stations,! more than any other city in the world, Shanghai is now attempt-: ing to ease the congestion of the! ether and raise the standard of broadcasts. The Bureau of In- [ternational Telegraphs has de-i jecided to decrease the number of licenses and has already ordered eight stations off the air. During 1929 China became: radio conscious and practically! overnight numerous uncontrolled; stations sprang up. Until the bureau took control in 1931, the] loudest program in the city was! the best. {was a caller at The Citizen office, fing the city, chad. ito Detroit;: ‘now conducts .a large > furniture Defendant Fails To ‘ After an absence of about 1s! AnnnelatedPrens) © years, W. D. ‘Byrd, ‘one time; WASHINGTON, March 10— member of the Giiban-Ameriean' Sound -pietures might be n Forwarding ‘company in Key before the Supreme Court under West, has returned to the city for a Dill introduced in “congress ‘by a visit with old friends and today | Representative Hobbs of Selma, Ala, *! Hobbs’ meastre would author- ize federal district judges, at their tle time past and are occupying a’ diseretion, to have pictures -and home at 1210 Washington street, sound recordings made of proceed. one are enjoying a very pleasant’ ings before them. The pictures Ab the office thisiafternoon Mr. by jas be 3 avaiable: for showing in Byrd said that: hevhadivemained in | higher courts. Miami for several.ygars-after leav-| , ‘ad made ove Se ASKS FUNDS TO visit here to, ito busi-" ee : = hess matters,and afterward went: ts | siness. Asked-how long he expected to FEDERAL OFF! CLAIMS remain here, ‘he said that he and! = the family had taken the home for| one month and at the expiration of that time will return to De- troit. | WASHINGTON, March 10.— | pensés of “informers,” says Harry J, Anslinger, narcotic commission- jer, who asked congress for $9,000 Regular meeting of the board annually to pay the expenses of of county commissioners is sched-| these informers. uled for 8 o’e!ock tonight in the} “When you get a good one,/ office of County Clerk Ross C.) says Anslinger, ‘you have to cod- Sawyer. !de himealong.” As far es could be stated by; Anslii ony Mr. Byrd and his family, Mrs. Byrd, W. D. Byrd, Jr., Reeves H. and Gloria ‘Ann, arrived some lit- THEM ALONG’ | (ly “Assoeinted Prexs) | expenses in entertaining narcotic | dealers, preparatory to buying i drugs as ‘evidence. 2 2 accounts and régular routine mat- ters will be brought “before the board. Appear For Trial; Bond Is Estreated Though the trial of Mike Shep- pard, charged with setting up and operating a gambling game on the open h ghway at Snake Creek, was hands of County Sol:ctor Allan anneunced for this morning -in: B. Cleare for co ketion. criminal court, the trial did not; At the time of his arrest, it was materialize. j stated, Sheppard had approximate- Everything was i: readiness for! ly $75 on the gambling tab: which the trial and witne.ses on hand was taken by the sheriff, This was to give the required testimony in, this morning ordered confiscated the case, The. was one person | by Judge Albury. absent, and this was the peeeaner/ Reynold Betiste appeared when Though liga -, ed. by name! h’s name was called and entered 'é i did not.make his; piea of guilty to a chatgé df udge. Wm, V. Al-| drunkenness, embodied inthe geti+' his, bond, of $500; cial charge of vagrancy,’ ahdwas! hauser and M. G. O'Neil, was call- ed for by the judge. Upon 1eceiv- ing it, the judge placed it in the leged infractions of the, Wagner, 4, & | sentenced t fine of $10 and ‘abor act’ by Carmo A il Ps <ethols den, new aecaisc nants ee # jail Wain beds tarek ik thee hen ariested by Sheriff K. O./ costs or vacation in ber # jail Thompson and caught in the act! for 30 days. of operating his gambling device,! Clarence! Collins, who was'giv- maahacicd bemnilwe Sheppard -wasvtaken. before Peace|en a preiminary hearing at’ nootr|/VESS suspended two weeks and ! Justice E.R. Lowe and placed un.|today and entered a plea of not} stealing .neo for trial at term ofjan automobile license tag from iminal court, the car of Vernie Griffin, plead- After being called as preserib-'od guilty at the afternoon session ed by the ‘aw and failing to make | and was sentenced by Judge A!- his appearance, Sheppard’s bond, /bury to do six months in the coun- wh:ch was signed by Anne Danna-:iy jail. r bond of $500 for his appear-| guilty to the charge of this Assault ‘And Battery Case Set For Today Tillie Lane and Wilam Ma- The affidavit was made against lone are to be given a hearing 4| the accused this morning. Malone o'clock this afternoon before mate his bond but at 12 o'clock noon no bond had been placed for Judge Raymond Lord on a charge}i,. woman and she was placed of assault and battery on the per-|in eounty jail, to await the hear- son of Henrietta Gates. |ing. KEY WEST CHAMBER ‘OF COMMERCE HEADQUARTERS For the accommodation of those desiring to register their applications, Fred J. Dion has ex- tended the courtesy of his office at 124 Duval Street. Johnson & Johnson offer a like accom- modation at 419 Duval Street. This will insure prompt reorganization. —DON’T WAIT TO BE CALLED ON— | x also wants another! Mr, Sawyér, only the depository, $4,000 annually to meet agents’ ~/ fluence of li | ing a search, dragging for some time ‘in the vicinity of the dock and discharging several charges of dynamite, iff Thompson said that mo trace of the body was found. ‘haa ‘The search is being continued, } he said, and in the event that no; 1936, success is met by the searchers, ith yo Board of Social Welfare, is intended to employ divers to! : Ce. thorocghly go over fhe bottom in, chairman.af the téca! Citisens Ade ling said that he knew Pi the vicinity of the Governor z rs and in the slip, and make an ef- visory’Counc'l, resigned on Feb-! transaction, ond that he dt ion leeate the body, “if: Pos ruary 16 because her health wil} sible. ? Mr. Pope Kes ast vee d not permit her taking an active! «) night at the carnival. At that time, lit was said, he was under the in-)Part in the many activities im sary for a friend to lead h'm from! one of the shows, j Yesterday morning he did not’ appear for his work on the WPA} sewer project, and it was report- ed that he may have gone to sleep at the carnival grounds and had not awakened in time for work. Later in the day employzs of the carnival advised that they had heard cals for help sc2mingly from the direction of the water, and were of the gpinion that some person had fallen from the 5 3 e | No anpsuncement of her resig- natior. has been made up ansil this’ time, it is said, for it was fer-/ Vently hoped that Mrs, Warren| would possibly be persuaded to re. « consider her res'gnation and re-! toin her position as Distriet 10' Board member even though she withdrew from al other e'vie Station — ind no succor reachii him, ; = pepe je : groups. Abiene .... “a 62 Ac first there was little cred-i It is ‘with a feeling of ucmert fe mg . s jence given to the report, but later regret, said Secretary J. C. Geke- jee . ,- ou with. the repgriee —— ler, of the local council, that Mrs. Ch reston 4 brs rey ot Ye tat Slee rn hae dfnely deed Cheage ee sheriff’s office, began a systemat-'Tetite from'her position ‘on the Denver ae ez je search, but up to the time of ‘welfare board. The community Lutzoit YF] 1 going to press no success had been asa whole reaizes Mrs. Warren's Galveston = oe reported, | abilitp, understanding and inter- Havare r) i oo | eats in the aims and purposes of Huron . is vw \ A... + Uthe proposed welfare’ program in Jacksonville . 42 be A VES : “Key. West and the council mem- Kits. Gty . 28 0 t t bers in particular are keenly d's- KEY WEST . 64 6 0M HAVANA appointed netause ghe has found Little Rock . 98 on oan daha it impossible at this t'me to con- LOs Angeles . 56 7° e eutdantae Tee tinue as head of the welfare work Lenieniip 34 4 phakic: in this ¢’ ‘arren is large- i. f EL: LEFT LATE IN AFT- ty groin Fegrtgh iwi § bas egy be b ‘NOON beén accomplished by the Board New tleans ! " ENROUTE — Ur gocial Welfare, It a shown, Now York. 18 o H TO TAMPA | Express'ons of regret over Mrs. Pensacola “4 ww | Warren’s resignation have been Pittsburgh 8 a4 received from Dr. Carl Herman, St. Louis aa Steamship Cuba, of the P. and chairman of the Distriet 10 Board, Slt Lake City 30 O. S. S. company, arrived yester- from Miss Hester Graham, d'ree San Francicco 54 da: ‘ternoon from Havana with tor of this district amd cceretary Seattle az lfour first cabin and three second'0f the board and from Conrad Tampa as \cabin passengers for Key West;| V8" Hyning, admin'strator in Ww: ahinat 0 a2 41 first cabin and five second| Florid: W iliston 20 jeabin passengers for Tampa. pion | Key West arrivals: Henry Baldwin, Cora A. Baldwin, Ed- con's: nw, "samt ae GOMMMends Steel Work In pres Piers Tampa with the following book-} ings from Key West: R. R. Car-! \son, Miss Carson, A. B. Mcintyre,| Molina, Caridad Boggran. | —— af The vessel sailed 5 o’clock for! 7h ' : That is one of the finest pieces onal G , Wehr We» startee ae ot gots. McIntyre, S. C. Newton, Mrs. of steel work of the welded type, within © dew day Lee ; Newton, A. C. Stellings, W. G.;that I have ever seen. The align- compl Ban. : | Gwen, Mrs. Gwen, S. E. Melcher,; ment of the piling is perfect and Wo e wag jJ. Lindley. Mrs. M. Troy, Mrs. H. there is practically no difference the se “ e yreup @ ve | Oliphant, Mrs. G. B. Wharton,'in the exactitude piling nor any piers has been started ander the 'G. B. Wharton, Joan Wharton, W.' of the other members of the pier. supervision o! Captan Re . | H. Sornder, H. N. Oliphant, Allie; This is the gist of a series of ter and the same method @! dy ; May Oliphant, R. C. Davis. Mrs.; remarks made yesterday by J. ing piling is being cartie’ om, with an engineer watehing cae’ piling throuch « transit, in ender ‘Davis, Mre. E. A. Raff, Mrs. C./Gardner, onstruction engineer {Blagden, M. A. Harrison, Mrs. R.| with the Florida East Coact Rail- ‘Dolan, Mrs. C. L. Elssen. G. B.j way company, who paid a visit to to see clearly each slight deve ‘Buchanan, Miss E. B. Roce, G. D.| the naval station and through the tion of the piling and at onre th { Robinson, Mrs. Robinson. |courtesy of L. M. Pierce, aid to trend is corrected ! Powers Arrives In Port |the officer in charge, was shown In the opinion of engineers whe i The power boat Powers, Cap-| over the progress of the work on have watched the progres: @ th» ; tain Veral Roberts, of the Over-| reconstruction of the finger piers, work. th rogram o” ativ"ties seas Transportation Comvany,! at the station. whieh t¢ under way ot the eawl arrived in port this mornine from| One of these piers has been station is beine perfectly dene Miami with fifteen tons of freight practically completed, exeept for vnder t ti Lieutensat for Key West. ‘several of the cap beams and the Wm. Klaus and bi westant