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Associated Press Day Wire Service, For 57 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West Ch VOLUME LVI. No. 176. er Key KEY WEST, FLORIDA, MONDAY, JULY 26, 1937. st Citizrn «Key West, Florida, has vhe most equable climate in the country; with an average range of only 14° Fahrenheit | PRICE FIVE CENTS Certain Portion Of State Road To Be Blocked Due To Repairs To Be Made VECKER Information Relative To YOUNG Matier Has Been Re-| ceived By Secretary Of! Commerce HAS DISTINCTION OF BEING YOUNGEST STUDENT TO ENTER YALE COLLEGE | | Secretary S. C. Singleton, of the | Key West Chamber of Commerce, | Mrs: Neilie Williams, of 320 Si- thé Vere Beach: Chamber of Com-| Monton street, is the recipient of ‘information to gladden the hear merce relative to the condition | apap et ce is im receipt of a notice from| and impassability:‘of State Road/parents of a young and ambitious 3-79 coniaining the following in- 5°": such as S. P. Vecker, son of {Mr. and Mrs. Paul Vecker, formation: Young Vecker has the distine- “A. contract calling for work on tion of ‘being one of the youngest jstudents to be adinitted to Yale the remaining portion of the nar-| College, in which institution of row hard road surface on State J@ning he recently matriculated Bd oh ios Ver a and Lake Wales, will necessitate elosing of this highway beginning July 26 until January i. “The road will be blocked onlf | between Vero Beach and the in-| tersection of State Road 29.” This information is being passed ‘on by the locai chamber for the benefit of travellers going north. (CUBA BRINGS IN 49 PASSENGERS Steamship Cuba, of the P. and 0. 8. S. Oo., arrived this morning {from Tampa with six first and 13 isecond cabin passengers for Key ; West; 29 first and one second clas passenger for Havana, Key West arrivals: ‘ Eliza ———— Gardner, Susie Gardner, Robert Spottswood, C. A. Dixon, C, A. Parramore, T. V. Blair, Hilda Diaz, J. G. Piodela, S. Menendez, FROM SHORT TRIP c= Menendez, Ann Ewing, Mer- Bees Selina, Julio Santa Aug, |Mizpah Symonette, Winifred Dr. and’ Mrs. J, Y, Porter re-} Sands, Melrose Sands, Mrs, Wm. Vicente! ATTAINS HONORS { a grandmother as well as the: ‘JUDGE ALBURY | LEFT SUNDAY poore TO JACKSONVILLE To, | PRESIDE AT TERM | COURT REFORM FIGHT OF COURT |PARTY CONTROL ISSUE | WORLD WAR THREAT Judge William V, Albury, of the; INVENTIONS STUDIED iminal Court of Record, Mon- | CONCLUSIONS REACHED roe county, left over the highway | yesterday morning for the pur-| SEAMEN TO VOTE ‘pose of being in Jacksonville this; AIDING OTHER NATIONS ' morning to open a court session.! orp SOLD 10 GRAZ | In a letter of instructions from} !Tallahassee, signed by Governor; TRADE PACT PROTECTED | | Fred P. Cone ‘and Secretary of| NICARAGUAN PROPOSAL | State R, A. Gray, Judge Albury; |was instructed to go to Jackson- By HUGO SIMS jville to preside at a terth of the | (Special Washington Correspond- _tribune! in plaee of the reeular | ent of The Citizen) judge. who is not at this time} The Court fight has presented available. { spectacular politieal battle, with 4 : pS ereepepee cme |the President standing fitmly for j ANTHONY:PEREZ* |the principles he recommended { “% land the opposition, partly within | GIVEN Phi own party, using every device to defeat the Court Reform idea ! and to inflict a crushing defeat qj on the Chief Executive, which was in court of County Judge Ray- | accomplished last week in the |mond R. Lerd on a charge of as-/Senate. The President insisted ‘sault and battery on the person of |that a majority of the people of ‘PF. H. MeKinley, office engineer| the country were with him in the ; with the WPA administration, jfight for a reformed court but ) After the evidence was heard evidence taken from the public jthe judge announced that he, press and other sources did not in- | found sufficient cause to hold the dicate such popular support. ‘accused for trial at the ni term | However, be it said, that in the of criminal court, and the election of 1936, the same dis- bond of Perez ai $50, repaney between the Presideac’s OVER HIGHWAY Anthony Perez was arraigne ed | jare as diverse as they were last “year. ; This correspondent has no “i | «de” information but inchnes * j {the bélief that the bulk of Demo- Mr. and Mrs, C. U. Allshouse, ‘cratic opposition to the Court bill mown acca Betty Lou, and 80M,’ was an effort to prevent the Presi- Charence, Jr., arrived over the dent from continuing his control i Overseas Highway yesterday from! or the party. Sooner or later, | Charleston, S.C. '¢ the réry nati °% \ They were accompanied by Mr.! is Se pptare:.ce the te | elusions, jis not considered the greatest ob-} |stacle to such a wise course but | jmore serious are inertia of people, prejudice, lack of unity and dif- {ficulties in seeuring concerted ac- esses i Continue The committee finds a tendency Garden Club And Tree Guild With Work Toward Making City More Attractive !teward increased invention. which! | while disrapting employment, al-! | It concludes “Ca {stating ‘hat labor and _ capital’ e : jo creates jobs. jpay a constant price before proper | jadjustments are made. If other! jfactors remain unchanged, the} "survéy says that production would ! ‘have to increase twenty percent} ‘over 1929 to have as little unem- ployment now as existed then and | if labor efficiency increases, as it: | Revitably does, the production of ‘physical goods and services must be more than one hundred and ‘twenty percent of what it was in | 1929 in order to have as little un-} femployment as then, Captain Bert Singleton was an arrival over the . highway last night and is a guest at the home o? his parents, Mr“and Mrs. ‘S. C. Singleton, on Eatow street. Some -time ago the captain was out with a fishing: “part~ - and: |though the guests met with suc- Arrived Here Sunday Every Effort Is Being Made By Organiza- Singleton tions To Have Visitors | Enjoy Stay i Garden Club and Tree Guill activities proceed with gratifying toward the making of an sity to greet the ho: cess, the captain’s was not soe good, as a large tarpon leaped j fiom the , struck Captain! success ‘Bers, aid feae-ured severai of his} attract: ribs. | |. It iy-from the injury sustained: °f visitors Key West will enter- that he is now recuperating in! tain this coming winter. Key West. Important as these visitors are, | Space does not permit further discussion of the report, generally considered one of the great doeu-, ments of the decade. It is titled; “Technological Trends and Na- tional. Policies, including the So-! cial Imp-ications of New Inven- tions” and was prepared by a sub- committee on technology as a ‘part of the Science Committee of | ithe Nationa! Resources Commit- tee, which was set up to study present problems and report con- The National Labor Relations Board has ordered a_ collective, ibargaining election among the ‘seamen employed by fifty steam-' ship lines operating out of Atlan- tie and Gulf Coast ports. Thes? {men will decide whether the In. terngtional Seamen’s Union, af-} 'filated with the American Fed-; ‘eration of Labor, or the National} Maritime Union, an independent! DIED SATURDAY , FUNERAL SERVICES BEING CONDUCTED THIS AFTERNOON Activities “Of Drama Institute To Continue EERE SNES MRS. B. W. BOYER !sons in Key West have becn however, the club and the guild feel that the ones to whom their | loyal service is most certainly duc are those citizens of Key West |who, through fair weather and |foul, have stood by the “Old Rock” and who are now cooperat- ing with them to adorn homes with the grace and beanty of flower and tree. To them, the club and the guild pledge fealix. The hibiscus is an unexplored realm of delight for the home gardner. As many as six hun- dred varieties have been listed. Mrs. Wallace Bryant Kirke bas Requests of a number of per- re- ,ecived by the Reereation Depart- |ment of the WPA that the three- | one-act plays, which were staged last week by the Drama Institute, {be again presented. | It is the intention of the Civic | Players to accede to the rsquest ‘and that the proceeds of the eve- Written to the Board of Commis- ining” will be donated to the Boy sioners o? Agricultare at Hono- ‘orga tion alleged tu be drift- | tions. included.under~ the .Demo- jing. .the-Committee for.Indus-| cratic banner, this struggle had to trial Organization, shall be thé ex-: cecur on some issue. It is not to'clusive bargaining agency for te decided on the basis of any|Ezst Coast seamen. The election’ Mrs. Beu'ah Williams Boyer, | s¢outs. to. aid thm in defraying, Mile, and to the of Plant. 78. d'ed Saturday ‘afternoon at!the expenses of their propose: actnction at Ws the home of her son-in-law and; cncampment next month. see what may be done to make daughter, Mr, and Mrs. Bascom; memoral particular issue, even the Court, will be held as “promptly as prac-, " ng ee re t {Reform vill, but will inevitably go} tieable,” and the balloting will be| 1 Grooms 808 on RUDE jtrancing dieplay of hibiseus. oad this ‘morning on their) Cates, Vicente Pérez, Aasheh -Alserta, tromeweruise afd Perea, Jre f 5. HO ; é + fishing trip lasting several days.|, The vessel also brought 13 soli Cania at Minis Drie ae hones! They left Inst Friday and went! of freight and two sacks of mail! guests at the home of Mr. and to Boca Grande where they en-|for Key West; one ton of freight/Mrz. Bernard Allen’ on United bapecugpeartigsa Geren icatal ooh delightful outing, and fish-|and 198 sacks of mail for Ha-; street, FAMILY 5 vana, ; : nano | finto the primaries next year. supervised by the regional diréetor| *te*t- e ; There are little knows varieties P . ‘SMITH FAMILY | of the NLRB. Prior to the voting,| Funeral se vices ate being con- ARRIVES HERE ef this shedh 6e seman Moe nd * | It may be taken for granted: cach vessel will be posted with a/ ducted this aj ternoon 4:30 o’clock here in Key West. At the ho : : e Wa 0 that the Democratic senators who! notice of the lection, a sample/ from, the chap * of the Lopez Fun: | iM ty Cat: Berva’ : — “#3 10 have. consistently opposed the’ ballot. a list of employes eligible} ya) ome, Jiev. Arthur B. Dim-! omaney Keen ws inh Bens 3 Roosevelt policies will have spirit-| to vote, and a notice of the time; . gee ie apes e | Mrs. W. B. Rude and daugh- home cf Mrs, Edwin Trevor, there j os! | : * ed opposition within their party | and place of balloting. |mick, of St, Paola Episcopal ' ters, Betty Mae and Mary Alice, are lovely specimens of a small, ery ove active Mrs. Jene L Smith, widow ofj when they go to the polls in 1938, jchureh, officiating. rrived here Saturday over the double red hibiscus with white | the late Joshua Smith, and daugh-| for their first appeatance before! ‘The NLRB ordered the elections| PallLwarers are: Sam Goldsmith, | Overseas Hignway for a visit with rays cn the petals, It is likely iter, Miss Virginia, have Fagor bo iret eed tg ee wit studying the testimony taken; John Gardner, J. J. Trevor, esl Seep oa anger yr haog city. cain og age ag on ‘Members of the Overseas Pig from an <xtended visit in the! President Roosevelt in 5 t at hearings in New York at which | 3,,4;, 3 ‘ ‘The Ru amily has nm resid- sion, £ the opini bridges are open to the public, Pemine, street. Year will. large:y determine Most of the companies took the] “ Mys, Boyer is the widow of the | YeA!s. fe corn yore th gine ose yn Ps Dea Se Cosaninian sak whee : Public, |" “Mrs, Smith will remain put Miss! whether the P.sident will dom-, position that any controversy that! ate Harry B ag i ‘They were secompanied by noted at the office of the Key finished the roads and bridges| Wil! be far in excess of the DUM: } Vi veinia wil lanate the D e PS hea jlate Harry Boyer, who, for many: i pade’ her, Mi A West Chamber of Commerce, or e bers estimated at this time. irginia will, after a yacation of! inate e Democrate organiza-; ex'sted was between the Wo! vears, woe metecroldgist at the, Mrs. Rude’s moti er, Mrs. genes * from the mainland to Key West ; two weeks, return to Washington’ tion for some yeats to come: unions and expressed a desire that ek’ Stata a in Pritchard and sister, Mra. W. W. ®t the home of Miss Engel at will present one of the most novel |, eae Howard Wilson, of to resume her studies for her see-} ed the Board settle Seiplayectics ive. oe ee Pere Williamson of Miami who will al- 1214 Von Phister street. and attractive highways in cod t ‘s — or ae as = ond: year’s course as trained nurse} That the Administration is con-/ sentation by holding an election. | :. is sarviviia: Me iwe: duals ‘so spend a short stay here. | Flower lovers are getting int» * United States, if not the world. [0° oP srered work bat until he| i Providence hospital. jeerned and somewhat anxious|In somo instances, both unions! tors, “Mrs. G. B, Tyler of cael i the habit 02 watching the bulletin This idea is based, of course, on! he finished work but until he| over the situation in the Far East have contracts with certain cor-! inet, ee j [board which occupies a place of the work now accomplished ‘ang bad the opportunity ax offered | i vianalixation of what. the road Yesterday, he had no idea of the must be when the water gaps are Tenly wonderful roadway and all bridged and the roads pinced| rteewar it will be when-- com- in conditio ified i "| pleted. m specified inthe con: 1 Mecibers: und gutvte’ of the: in: teeta. |specting party were: Sia district “commission lett! “Chairman Wilson, Vice Chali: urday afternoon, after luncheon’ wan John Costar, Attorn 5 } 5 ey Paul and made an inspection of they Mark, Commission work as fur as Pigeon Key where! py),j hes " Ralph Bo:den, M. they were accommodated for the Pe eee night. |gineer B. M. Dunean, Bridge En In the morning, after break‘ cineer A. West, B. C. Moreno, fast, they left, for the different) area surcrvisor for WPA; Joe wnits of the work and made &| Watkins, former county engineer thorough inspection and investiga. ja tion of every phase of the pfoj- in the navy yard; Charles Costar, ects, returning to Key West late! of the firm of Costar and Abess, yaaterday evening. | making an audit of the work and Every member of the party/expenditures, and Charles A. spoke of the magnificent spectacle | Branch, resident engineer inspec: the road will present when each} tor for the PWA, who met the of the projects are completed ac-| party when they arrived at Pigeon cording to specifications and are | Key. Albury and C. C. Symonette; Chie? En- Steamer Granada Due To Arrive In Port Tonight of Steamshi; Standard Company, nidon 3:30 0” Miraflores, the} company, the Ceiba, due to Steamship arrive from New York Wednes- day. Frontera,| Freighter H R. Mallory, ef the : J | Clyde-Mallory S. S. Line, is due Mexico. The ship arrived 12:45, in port thix evening from Galves- from Philadelphia. ftom en route to Charleston and Steamship G vew York, and the Alamo, anoth- same comps er Clyde-Mallory ship is due to i errow from New York, to Tanipa. is d Saturday after. lock = for Members | nd now attached to the projects! jis flo secret. A major war between {China and Japan would probably Wy i ‘result in another effort on the i ty} HERE ‘A |Part of European powers to “lo- j 1 ys ygalize” the struggle because of —y jthe realization that if Soviet Rus- é ” ja becomes involved, Germany iy ‘sia iat Fi pea will likely attack in the East. This - i ast ™2-! would immediately involve France ineman of 1141 Peét¥otiis street,’ ang, before long. most of the na- La., who died ati tions of Europe. {the local » Hospital on Fri-! jday, July 23 will be held tomor-} lrow afternoon at jthe Pritchard | Chapel, | Funeral, Herman, |New Orlean . ae 400,000-word study of the 8 o'clock at! effect of machines on men, gov- Feneral Home! ernment and society has been } prepared by a up of outstand- The sersices will be conducted] Ing American experts under the by Rev. Shuler Peele of the Flem-| direction of Professor William P. jing Street Methodist church, j Ogburn, of the University of i = |Chieago. He a'so directed the “Recent Social Trends” survey for President Hoover. | i LICENSES ISSUED The new study, ecmmended by ‘anticipate research and inventio. | From the office of County)/®"d regulate tHe impact of ma- | Judge Raymond R. Lord during; °hines upon society. For ¢xam- jthe week ending today there were, Ple, the docement lists a number ; d three marriage licenses, to) °° iPS = e following: jning in order to fit into the na- | Felix Burchell and Blanc Daine;| #0"'s Structure without consider. Roy Hamlin. and Georgina Rivas;|**l¢ discuption of ordinary | Willard Russell Pinder and Rosalie, {7 Among them is the. me- Fayette Carey. electric cell, artificial fibres from ce'lulose amd others of similiar mportance. H —RECEIVED TODAY !— i Fresh Shipment Delicious eames Between the early origin of an . | WHITMAN'S CANDIES jx.ention and ite full effect upon —AH Sizes— society is a period of thirty years, GARDNER’S PHARMACY sccording to te report, whieh “The Rexall Store” seeks to stimulate proper plan- , Phone 177 Free Delivery, "ing im the use of the invention. i { Significantly, lack of knowledge jhonor next to the barometer and | President Roosevelt, attemptr to’ inventions which demand plan-: af-| chanica! cotton picker. the photo-/ |pan’es, but the Board takes the} time ago to be wit jposition that these contract rights’ and Mrs. Baseom jhave been waived and that the| There are union which secures the majority) of votes in the hal'oting on each, Eine wil have the right to varzain | MRS, M. for new contracts on an exclu-/ sss a “DIED OW SUNDAY | ®undamentally, American for-! SUS eign policy is based on the beliet| |that the development of interns-; FUNERAL SERVICES TO BE tional trade can be a fattor in} maintaining peace and that any-| CONDUCTED THIS thing which can be don« to steady; AFTERNOON the world monetary s:tuation will} aid in trade expansion. The re-; ciprocal trading agreements rest) Mrs. Mary Blanche Bethel, 71, thereby tend to undermine oA ry Rane’ para eee ccotiomie controls now in effect! tet all over the world. | @uneral service are te be held 5:30 o'clock this afternoon from the resiience at Ley Memorial church. Rev, 0. ©. Howell wil! off ciate. Services will be attended by Ladies Temple Golden Eagie and members of the Knights of Pyth- ias, From the last named order, pallbearers will be selected. Lopez Funral Home will be in charge of arrangements. Mrs. Bethel is survived by num- erous. nieces and nephews, and leaves a host of friends. Recently, the United States cn-' tered into agreements with Brazil and China, agreeing to provide! both nations with American gold,’ in order that théir national cur- rencies might be strengthened. The Brazilian agreement is ap- parently more far-reaching in that in addition to a financial under- standing, there is an economic agreement, proclaimitig that the! two governments will protect the ; Principles and benefits of the re- |ciprocal trade agreement now in effect “against outside competi- tion that is directly subsidized We PLATE SUPPER 25e, iby governments.” This is assumed) Tyesday, Joly 27, 7:00 o’Clock ,t@ refer to Brazil's agreement Auspices— ; with Germany providing for the’ Ledies Congregational Charch use of blocked marks by Brazil ROOMS }i® porchasing from Germany.) egg ane et (Continzed on Page Four) FULL OF WATER BEFORE THE DR : ithermometer on the side of Lo TO MEET TUESDAY ‘> ) ‘The change of name of that j hoepltable institution frem that | Of “Co'ontal” back to that of “La Ansouncement was made today; Concha” is weleomed by many as of @ regular meeting of Arthur;a good omen of the return of Sawyer Post 28, American Legion, happy days to Key West. Colonial tomorrow evening at 8 o'clock in hote’s are all very wel: in the legion hall on Whitehead street. , erst-while Colonies; hers in Key It is anticipated, it was said, West the people rejoice in an that as many leginnhaires as pos exotic distinction all its own and sib'e will be at the meeting. “Le Concha” definite'y belongs. A % 4 Smiths Enjoy Fishing Excursion Along Keys Charles C. Smith, Jr., who with! Smith ssid, bot what we want i Mrs, Smith was spending a vaeca-|something not so large and i ing Wethty, and good te eat.” tion with his parents, was regaing! They cast the lines againt the family one evening last week! ios. nest strike proved to be & with stories of the fine bass he oame fighter with plenty had eaught while oat fishing from‘ energy and it kept the ae | Jacksonville, and his father working for about 45 milnptes Be- thought it would be a good time fore the catch wae brovght in, to give him some real fishing. which proved to be a 7% pound jewfish, just the right sire for Last week he agreed with hie father that he would like to be making « delicious stew, and te “shown” so they left for Saddle furnish the neighbors with deli clows stenks. Bunches and tegan casting their This wes an excellent catch, lines with the hope of catching » big one. and was jast the right site, be- | First they got a strike which ing young end tender, end just [meant at least 2 25 poundér, but, right for = delicious meal. [it turned out to be just an ordi- The largest jewfish it this nary old shark which when year was cought at ime Porter [Drought in measured only Deck company, and weighed 475 Y SEASON. SOUTH FLORIDA 163