The Key West Citizen Newspaper, July 19, 1937, Page 1

Associated Press Day Wire Service. For 57 Years Devoted to the Best fiterests of Key West VOLUME LVIII. No. 170. Drama Institute Plans Tonight RECEPTION AT STATE COLLEGE | SEVERAL * Session To Be Held At} High School Building Be-' gins Second Week Of Ac- tivities KEY WEST GIRLS ARE INVITED TO BE IN ATTENDANCE Tonight will begin the second; week of the which is being held at the High| School. | pected to witness the which will given. There will be live models, | *¢hool graduation candidates with and all types of stage eabeueah Friday will be shown. | night, July 23, in Gilchrist Gar- Rehearsals for the three one;dens. President Edward Conradi act plays which will be given Wed-' of the college and his daughter, nesday night at the Palace Theater | Miss Louise Conradi, as well as in conjunction with the regular} *S. Frank D. Moor, of Tallahas- isee, president of the Alumnae Drama Iistitute; | (Special to The Chtizen) TALLAHASSEE, July Florida State College A large crowd is oe ex- Alumnae make-up | demonstration be | Association will honor stimmer outdoor reception | IMMENSE DEVIL FISH LANDED BY PARTY IN SAND KEY AREA MONSTER WEIGHED OVER 600 POUNDS AND M=ASUR- ED 14144 FEET FROM WING TO WING What is taid to be the largest devil fish to be captured in wa- ters around Key West was land2d by Ignacio Carboneii ing party just off Sand yesterday and a fis Key. Measuring 14% to wing, the fish tipped the scales [over 60Q pounds. The sea monster twas harpooned by Capt. Manola Lopez, Jr., but reauired the tire party of nine to land him. Another member of the party, Marcos Mesa, Jr., brought in a 5-foot barracuda. In the party were Ignacio Car- bonell, Earnest Perez, Fifi Diaz, {Paul Mesa, Daniel Lopez, Isadore }Rodriguez, Joe Mdina, Marcos Mesa, Jr., and Captain Manola feet from wing en- | Wednesday night feature pictures, Associaton, and Mrs. R. H. Leslie, ha | |COURT BATTLE GOES ON |“THROTTLING” FILIBUSTER | VETO OVER-RIDDEN FARM LOAN INTEREST |WAR THREAT IN EAST TEST OF NEUTRALITY ACT URGES $400,000,000 SAVING iGOLD FOR SILVER ;16-INCH NAVAL GUNS ;SENATOR ROBINSON’S DEATH! j By HUGO SIMS (Special Washington Correspond- j ent of The Citizen) The Senate continues its con- sideration’ of the Court Reform bill, with every indication that ithe speécheS will go. on for a jweek or tyro. Considerab'e parlia- mentary manuveting “has been in evidetice) with both*sides ex- pressing ¢onfidentce of results, al- } pass the compromise if an imme- 28t rates to Federal cent based his veto on the fact that the measure would upset his; budget for the fiscal year 1938 by| $30,000,000. In 1933, as an emergency meas-! ure, Congress reduced the inter- Land Bank ; borrowers and the new measure} would extend this reduction for} two more years and broaden its! field to itntlude -reductions on} loans made by the Land Bank; Commissioners. The President's; position is that, in view of im-} proved conditions and the fact, that loans are now being made to} farmers at cn “unprecedentedly | low rate,” there is no justifica- tion for continued Government} subsidy. He points otit that the two-year cost of the bill ‘will be} $52,000,000 and that the effect of | this arrangément is thot'"part’ of : the individual borrower's interest is paid for him by the © United, States.” i In support of his veto, the Presi-/ though Administration supporters) gent eciled attention to the fact tins, colored, are probably numerous 2nough to that the ability of the farmers to guilty to a charge of forgery, and tent to defraud, pleaded guilty Criminal Court Convenes; ‘pimber of these handled. Key West, Florida, haa the most equable climate in the country; with an average range of only 14° Fahrenheit PRICE FIVE CENTS Howard Wilson Elected As Chairiaan; Rett ing Members Were Also In Attendance { Many Cases Disposed Of Criminal court for the July state tax. On pleading guilty he term convened 9:30 o'clock this; was sentenced to pay a fine of morning with Judge William V. a gs Smasieact cx: ackranamialias Albury presiding, County olesors Moily McAdoo, partner of Mer- Nan B. Cleare, Jr., and al] other riN, both colored, charged with ials present, jmak.ng an attempt to destroy the Depaty Ray Elwood was ap- evidence by allowing the contents pointed bailiff. fof a jug to «scape while -being Tt was announced from the brought to the city, She pleaded bench that all pleas of guilty: guilty and was sentenced to pat would be heard and there were a $10 and costs or spend 30 days in jail. Liirlene Collins and Will Col-; Robert Young, charged with se! entered pleas of! curing lodging at a hote] with in- i i Members of the new board of the Overseas Road and Toll Bridge District were this noon inducte! into office, with all members of both boards present dnd a num- ber of officials and “ihterested persons in the county Court house to witness the proceedings. Members of the new board are: Howard Wilson, elected chairman, John Costar, vice chairman, Ralph Lopez, Jr. pay interest at the present low!each were sentenc=d to spend 6C|and was sentenced to pay $10 and diate test comes. However, are progressing splendidly. The| atymnae executive secretary, will three plays which are new to Key|réceive the guests. West are, “Gahdeenia”, a charm-| ‘Chairman of the annual affair ing little story of the days before| this year is Miss Mary Lois Gill, who is being- assisted by Miss the War of the States, “The Sean-| dal”, which ‘is a roaring comedy|Etta Thistiethwaite. of small town life, and “Reno and , Approximately 175 persons are today. The casts wil be announced’ gates, later in the week. | Key West students include: All proceeds from the plays| Florence Louise Albury, Wilhel- will go to the Boy Scouts after! mina Goehring Harvey, Jennie expenses are paid, The manager! os and Virginia Eleanor Shine. of the Palace Theater, Mr. Ben- zanilla, has been most generous in giving the boys a fifty-fifty break, and it is expected that Key} West will turn out in force. to} UNUSUALLY HOT CLAIMED THAT TEMPERA- TURE CLIMBED TO 134 IN DEATH VALLEY 8 ; nee" the Key West Civic Players a! great success, it is said. This new organization which will give plays very frequently from now on is the direct result of the work done by Miss Nell Jewel Howze and Daniel Fager, who are condutting the Drama In- stitute here. A) is eligible for membership, and there are no registration fees or dues. This is a real Community Theater Group, and Key West should welcome it; most cordially, it is stated. LEFT YESTERDAY’ Customs agents who had bee! ehocking on activities at the local! park. The mercury registered 66 customs house~ last week, com-}below zero—lowest recorded tem- pleted their work and lft over} peratiire in the United States. the highway yesterday for Mi-; Blair recalls that a thetmom- ami, eters left for 19 years near the In the group of three were: E./ top of Mount McKinley in Alaska, ! A. Gleason,* supervising agent/ showed a tminimum temperature’ from Jacksonville; Frank Russell, | of 100 when recovered. | _ hy Asnoetsied brexs) 2 LN, Neb.,: July ‘oo blamed hot today? “Tut, tut,” says Thomas Bluir, official observer for the U. S. weilther bureau and assistant professor of meteorology at the University of Neb: pointing to the ‘plight of citizens of Tri- poli, There, on a certain date. he says the thermometer reached 136 degrees, Aind if that doesn’t chill you. he adds, think of F ebruary 9. 1983, and ‘Yellowstone 19.— } Charlotte Stevens and Miss Mary) i ©P-| rates is shown by an increase of penents believe that prolongzd at-} more than 100 percent in the tack will create enotgh _ adver: level of fatm prices since the’ publi¢ sentiment to dec‘de the emerseney period of 1932-33 and burtie: ithe inerease.in the gross farm in- jcome from $5,337,000,000 in 1932 considerable | tg $9.530,000,000 in 1936. He cites with op-| the quantity of farin products now, they aré€/ required to meet the annual in- ANOTHER SPONGE SALE THIS A. M. ‘LARGE NUMBER OF PRODUCTS There has been talk of a_ filibuster, alleging that days in the county jail, their sen- tences to date from July 3. Abelardo Lopez, charged with Having in his possession intoxi-' cating liquor on which the federal excise tax had not been _paid,! Bleaded guilty and was sentenced} to pay a fine of $10 and costs or} do 30 days in jail. | costs or do 30 days. Mandy Hill, colored, received a like sentence on. entering a plea of guilty to a charge of assault and battery. There are a number of other eases to be triéd during the term and a venire of 18 jurors to be resent 2 o’clock this afternoon Boyden, C. C. Symonette ani Willard M. Albury. Miss Mary Joe McMahon was elected porary secretary. Addressing the meeting Ben. D. Trevor, chairman of the re- Mae Johnson, Marjorie Jane Rob-| DISPOSED OF DURING BIDDING | There ‘were 43 individual items jot sponges offered to bidders at ; Municipal Sponge Docks this morn- ling, comprising wool, grass, yel- jlow and what are commonly call- lad tags. The Jjargest sal !bunchés of wo0l fot which was offered $420.99. wool of- ferings were: 40 bun $190.90; 26 bunches at $66.66; 45 bunch- es at $115.55; 50 bunches at $128; 23 bunches at $105.50; 26 {bunches for $130.99, and 56 bunches for $266. There were also some large of- ferings of grass and yellow: 444 \bunches of yellow for $122.77; j 222 bunches of grass for $45; 233 bunches of grass for $67; 77 wis of 107 A. bunches of yollow for $31.21. led ebsoee0 | NEWS NOTES ie eecbresorcces i MAN (ELECTROCUTED | Seaford, Del—While standing Total sales th’s morning amount- to $1,957. national! on an iron plate, Harvey Richard-|batrage from opponents who de- 55, grabbed an electric light {cord and was electrocuted. The jaccident occurred while he and | other workmen were working in a ‘boiler in a factory. ‘son, ing” the measure, The} Administratién leaders expect public opinion to frown on any prolonged filibuster and will raise their voices for a vote, professing readiness to abide by the result. Regardless of ail tae argument. everybody knows that the tactics of the opposition is to stall | aj vote and that the Administration, ! by piling up other important leg! islative questions, is put pressure | on the Court bill (opponents by obstructing desired amd necessary legislation. The decision of the leaders to force observance of certain Senate rules followed the opening efforts of senators in favor of the Court bill. Upon teing interrupted by questioners, they found that the surg2nts launched long speech- ,es. Evidently, these tactics would prolong the debate and, therefore,’ [Rule 19, limiting senators to, {speaking twice on one question “on the same day” was invoked. j Then the leaders decided to re- cess the Senate daily instead of! jadjourning rnd so continue th? “legis'ative dav” until the Court business was disposed of. This plan held cach 2enator to two! speeches and brought a heavy jelared that debate was bein throttled. Thei2upon, the op jtion, knowing that no other busi- ness could be disposed of without unanimous consent, decided to ob- {nient might consult ject to cons‘deration of any other HANGS ON POLE | business, including a conference [report on the War Department in. Somerville, Mass.—While play-| 4 pproprintions Bill and the Miami, and Jack Givens, former-| With this he contrasts a 184-'i,> hide-and-seek, Paul Mahoney, ly of Key West, attached to the degree recording in Death Valley, fiami office and taking the cus-/| Calif, which he says is the high- tomary training for the position | est on record in the U. S, of agent. | This data is contained in | “Weather Elenients,” a book Blair jhes just written. i ‘TWO MARRIAGE IN CITY TODAY; : | Surgeon H. H. Ward, first miei LICENSES ISSUED tenant medical corps, stationed at, tke GCC Convalescent camp ai Marriage licenses issued during Fort Taylor reservation, was visit-! the week ending July 19 from the ing friends and acquaintances inj office of County Judge Raymond the city today. LR. Létd; nuimbered but two, as He was acconipanied by First] follows: Lieutenant George T. Grimes, who}~ Carol Charles Brown and Cath- is commanding officer Magher; Floyd Sands and Porter Fruit Orchard fire was discovered yesterday | afternoon in a large patch of grass nedr the Wim. R. Porter fruit crchard. Apparatus from * the fire department responded but! *Waited Sntit there was no signs fotind it unnecessary to get in ac-j0f flames, and were ordered batk tion lie the stations. Orders_werg to Stand ready in {case the flames became dangétous | to surrounding areas. The puitips YOUR ROOFING NEEDS CAN BE QUICKLY FILLED BY SIMPLY PHONING 11. climbed a clothes-pole. He slipped and became caught on a hook used to hold clothes-lines, and the hook pierced his left fore- arm. He hung there for twenty minutes, while playmates held his }feet to support his weight. Fire- men, unable to rleease the boy, were about to saw the pole down when a doctor appeared and suc- ceeded in freeing him. ' FIND HUGE CAVE Taiyuan, Shansi Province, China. —A huge cave, capable of hold- ing 6,000 persons at one time, has been discovered, It was built in the latter part of the Ming Dy- nasty (1368-1644) and will be used aS a shelter in time of air attacks. ROBOT RADIO ALARMS New York.—New radio alarms, which work automatically, have been installed on scores of Amer- ican ships and have been remark- ably efficient in picking up dis- tress calls at sea. They proved their effectiveness in two recent instances. “Signals sent obt by a gtocnded freighter set off auto- matic alarms on vessels 80 to 1,- 000 miles away, while alarms from a burning freighter were picked , Up 130 miles away. The alarms Provide 24-hour vigilance. troduction of ‘the ever-normal igranary farm bill. Apparently, the Senate is able ;to force its members to dispose jof its inimediate business with- Sout an everlating filibuster, but hit cannot override the objection {of a single senator if it > wants bo take up and consider som? jother matter. Cries of throttling debate are raised mostly for ¢f- | feet as both sides know the Sen-' late rules thoroughly and were! their positions reversed would not hesitate to apply them for their jown ends. However, in view of the fact that the Senate will dis- oo and debate the Court plan for at least a full month, there is not much to be gained any- where by the charge that debate has been throttled and the meas- jure rushed to a vote. i | Action of the House in jriding the President's veto of |continued low interest rates on} farm loans indicates vety def-, initely tha? the cotigressmen are! not as economy-minded as some} previous actions might lead ob-; servers tp believe. By a vote of 260-98, the Rouse decided to con- tinue low iiterest rates on farm’ loans affceting slightly more than one million borrowers from Fed- eral Land Banks and the Land {Bank Comiiissionets, The Presi-! over- terest charge as “only sixty-three , pereent of the quantity required during the five pre-war years, 1910-14.” The threat of open _ hostilities between China and Japan was the. occasion for Secretary of State’ Hul! to express to the diplomatic representatives of both nations the’ opinion that armed conflict between them “would be a great blow to the cause-of peace andj; !. Reports.from- London that the British Govern- the United States concerning Far Eastern, everits indicated that the question raised by Secretary Simson some} years zgo might now come up; through British initiative, } It is certain, however, that if; Japan goes in for major military operations in’ North China, the President may be called upon to bring into play tke Neutrality Act of 1937, which would auto- matically embargo shipments of arms, arimuhition and imple- ments of war to both belligerents, as well as all loans and possibly additional restrictions on com-' merce, If this happens, the new act will receive its first test at the hatids of the genera! public. i Sentiment in the United ‘States | is overwheltiingly in favor of, Chita and agitinst the tactics be-| ing employed by Japan ‘and’ it would not be surprising to this: writer te See genéral public re-| vulsion against a policy, “which | would mean, if anything... assist- ance to Japan by cutting off China ‘from a possible source of needed ‘wupplies. Of course, with the Jap-; anese Navy active, shipments to China wou'd probably have slight chance to reach that country but, theoretically, the barrier would exist and pro-Chinese sentiment would be expressed strong'y and openly in this country. With the “greatest reluctance” the United States has notified! other nations that sixteen-ineb| guns will be mounted on the new! 35,000-ton battleships now under construction in Government navy yards. As a last effort to avoid this move, and to limit naval ar-! mament to fourteen-inch calibers,, the United States early in June,+ in the face of failure of British} overtures to the same end, urged’ the major naval powers to agree; to fourteen-inch guns. Japan re-' fused te enter into any limitation! agreement as long as her demand for parity with the United States! and Great Britain is opposed. | The decision to arm the bat- tleships with the larger guns| caused no general surprise and other nations are expected to fol-. low suit. While five British bat-| tleships now under construction Mount fourteen-inch guns, thos: building ip France, Germany and Italy dre for fifteen-incb (Continced on Page Four) j jin the attic CLAIMS HE HOLDS THEM To! VEsazL LEFT SHORTLY AFT- tiring board, advised that he and his associates T. Jenkins Curry and J. R. Stowers, had no apol- ogies to make to neither the Wha nor the members of any organ- ization nor the citizens. The outgoing board had fanc- tioned according to the rules and regtiiations he said, and under the Paul Stevens was arraigned on’ was summoned as follows: & charge of contributing to the! Leroy Roberts, Carlos Cremata, delinquency of a minor by keep- Jr Garland Felton, Eugene ing her hidden from her Parents ' Sweeting, Roscoe Roberts, George of his home. He Mears, Frank Jolly, S. V. Me- pleaded guilty and was sentenced Carthy, Blas Sanchez Martinez, to 90 days at hard labor in jail. | George H. Saunders, Jr., William Merrill McAdoo was charged, R. Gordon, William Ralph Cash, with possession of intoxicating, Peter Matcovitch, Samuel 0. liquor on which the federal tax! Kemp, Harry Richardson, George was not paid and containers did’ E. Sawyer, F. F. Hoffman, J. W. not have affixed the necessary|Hattrick. Frat Staner De ty Arrive Here Tomorrow Steamship St. Mary, of the Frontera, Mexico, for a cargo of Standard Fruit and Steamship / fruit. company, is due to arrive tomor-} Steamship Colorado, of the row from Philadelphia and will Clyde-Mallory Lints, ig due to- take bunkers at the Porter Dock; morrow afternoon from New Co. The vessel is enroute toi York, enroute to Tampa, NEBRASKA MAN —_|CUBA BRINGS IN HAS 21 JOBS 128 PASSENGERS ean, had cartied on according to the rules and regulations of the PWA, leaving the projects, roads aiid bridges, and the records in absolutely perfeet condition. T. Jenkins Curry, another re- tiring member spoke in the high- est terms of his associates. He compared the work of the com- mission as* a troubled sea on which the ship of the commizsion had sailed, so far, with safety and sincerely hoped that with the change the vessel would coniplete its voyage and come to anchor in the harbor at the end 07 the vor- age with a creditable record of achievement. He concluded by remark'ng that he could see no reason why this could hot be dome. The two most dependable parts of the ship , Were the stem and stern, and the [vessel in which had rested the safety of the commission had as its stem B. M. Dutiean, and at ! | j ER ARRIVAL ENROUTE TO HAVANA, CUBA SHOW WORLD THAT HE | REALLY LIKES WORK | (ity Assecinted Preas) OMAHA, Nob.; July 19.—Twen- | ty-one jobs keep Francis P, Mat- thews, Omaha attorney, on the} its stern where the guiding of the vesse' was governed, that eapab'e attorney, Judge H. Ht. Tay-or. Steamship Cubs, of the P, and 0, 8. S. company, arrived this morning from Tampa with six first the says. jump day and night, cabin and seven second cabin pas- He is depcty supreme knight | sengers for Key West; 108 first of the Knights of Oolumbus,/and seven second ecab'n passen- president of a savings and loan gers for Havana. company, president of a securities! ; acceptance corporation, counsel! Key West arrivils; Mrs. C. £. for the Nebraskn arid Wyoming | Dixon, Milton Baker, Joseph Bak- division of the RFC, vice-president ¢r, Ernestine Salley. Ernest Sal- of the Omaha community chest,’ iey, R. E. Davis, Marie Aguiar, age gs page oi the Minnie Gandolfo, | Wilhelmina New Yor! or! ir sory! hs heard. director of the Oumbe Util-;Canentt Say. Gandelte, - Billie Ifo, W. Bowers, ties district, and @ member of Garde ; numerous chamber of commeree,| _ The vessel also brought 14 tons C. Sawytr,of the ciredit reief ahd social conimitéees. jot freight and two micks of mail céministering the necdseary onthe, Mittheds stiehiis meee.| 1°F Key West; two tons of freight the new board lected Howard ing of the pessoa ilens oth-2"4 180 sacks of mail for Hs-j Wilson permanent chsirman, Mr. er work (and it’s get to be imper- ae (Continaed on Page Four) tant} keeps him away. Beg Until recently Matthews was active in politics, eerving four years as chairman of the county, central democratic committee, but the only public office he ever tan for was the Utilities district, directorszip. “I enjoy it; that’s why I do i” Miss Florence Du Parc, retiring secretary of the conimission, war praised by both Mr, Trevor anid Mr. Curry, for her precise and concise ‘work in her capse'ty and for the exeelient manner in which all records had teen bept, and which had met with the ap- proval of both federal offierrs and the members of the commis sion. After the mew board had been inducted into offer, Clerk Ross esart issioners To Hold | Members of the Monroe county ) review: meeting, ‘ast Priday night’ cominiesioners ate to meet 5 are expected to te brought before j o'clock tonight in recessed ses-| the body for consideration , Mon to take up a namier of mat- It is alo expected thet the ters r¢ative to the production of iranchke proposed by Alonzo [tases on « basis which wil! afford! Cothron for light'ng certain see- delinquents an opportunity of pay-' tions Of the Fotida Keys, whieh ap. —SOCIAL CLUB MARTI— GALA NIGHT Tenight, 10 Gil 2 —HABANA-MADRID Featuring JO X ALT Acrobat on Flying Trapeze Sweeting'’s Orchestra ine | wae preemted last Week bot wae Matters pertaining te the a- not comsidered by the body as Gents, 60¢ Ladies Free naal bodget wili iso be discussed what it wee intended to represent, Performance Starts 12 6Clock | and other items left over the | will be again presented. a are eee ee THAT MAGIC NUMBER,--598-SOUTH FLA. CONTRACTING & ENGINEERING CO. legal guidatice of Judge H. * i. >