The Key West Citizen Newspaper, August 25, 1937, Page 1

Associated Press Day Wire Service. For 57 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West VOLUME LVIII. City Council Adopts Resolution In Payment Of Delinquent Taxes |REV. SUMMERS ON VISIT HERE : Rev. George E. Summers of Jacksonville, was a welcomed cail- ed at The Citizen office this morn- ing, accompanied by another call- er and friend, Oharles Lowe. Mr. Summers was a resident of Key West during 1933 and 1934 when he was presiding min- alljister at Stone church. He arriv- years up to the present time. This |¢d last evening over the hignway ;for a vacation in Key West, companied by Mrs. Summers. They’ both say that returning to Key West and meeting « their many friends is just ‘as though they were returning to their home. They are having a delight- ful ti COLORED MAN No. 202. Action Taken In Matter During Special Meeting Of Body Conducted Last * Night The City Council at meeting held last night, adopted a collec- a special resolution calling for the tion of delinquent taxes on a twenty per cent basis for reduction ee eighty per cent was agreed upon at a joint meeting of commissioners councilmen and held at the county court house on Monday night. This action was taken in order that the city may be able to col- lect much-needed revenue at this particular time, the amount of re- duction being looked upon as be- ing a much greater incentive for those who are indebted to the city to come forward and meet ‘eacl J, Roberts, negro about 75 obligations. years of aya tang ae this a morning by his son in the home in The question of a basis OM}. rear of 316 Angela strest. He which the city is to collect de-had been ill for. about three linquent taxes was the only ob-jntonths and had not left home stacle in the way of reaching an| during re ee a + Peacs Justice Enrique Esqui: sires pepiebe penta! oe aldo was notified and made an in- would conform to the resolution vestigation. He concluded that providing for the gasoline tax al-| under the circumstances there was lotment which is one of the main|no necessity of empanelling a factors in the proposal to refund] jury, and signed the death cer- the city’s bonded indebtedness. | tificate. ‘This new agreement for the Esco Resolation , 1 | comes effective at once, with all gcerued interest, waived, and it is believed that many will imme- diately take advantage of the op- portunity to pay up, and thereby wipe out the indebtedness, and at the same time provide the city with revenue which is so badly needed for its proper function- |A ARRIVES At a joint meeting of city coun-: cil and the board of county com- IS FOUND DEAD, Gasoline Tax Allotment During Joint Meeting Che Kry | KEY WEST, FLORID. MISS DOROTHY BETHAN- COURT WENT OUT THIS MORNING BLACK CONFIRMED “NEW DEAL” JUSTICE TROOPS TO SHANGHAI Miss Dorothy Bethancourt, se-| NEUTRALITY ACT keeted as Miss Key West in thei DESTRGYERS DISCUSSION beauty contest held Monday night] _ ROOSEMELT’S POPULARITY at the Cuban Club, and who will represent this city in the contest} TAKE YOUR CHOICE to be held in Miami to determine who wili be titled Miss Wordat Ree TALK left this morning over the high- t way for Miami. : By HUGO S. SIMS RH 5 ? i (Special Washington Correspond- In competition with six other ent of The Citizen) . contestants, Miss Bethancourt wa%: Confirmation of Senator Hugo declared ths winner by the five | L, Black by the Senate last week judges and the opinion was said to; placed the judicial robes of a be unanimocs, and those - who! justice upon the first member of wore present at the Cuban Clup|the Supreme Court to be appoint: 9 = * ted senator wag something of a ee night comaurréd: “in ‘| revelation to the‘ experts who, for selection, weeks, busied themselves with ef- E CALL FOR forts to anticipate the President’s B GE WORKERS er of the New Deal and a liberal jthroughout his ten-year senatorial selection, Practically no one even suggested the joint sponsor of the ADDITIONAL MEN ARE TO BE) “*"¢°"- { SENT TO PROJECTS Wages and Hours Bill, who has be2n an ardent and loyal support- ALONG KEYS Immediately upon the submis- sion of Senator Black’s name, the | President’s. nomination was. hailed jas a masterful political man- Ree ‘ loeuvre. The forces of the Chief lat the State Employment Bervice) geet aac sot be eligible an bureau. asked for the assignment ecoilit a tiie ‘pekengs of ene of men to two different projects) |. Saas, justices to re- on the highway and bridges. jiation, permibting | Jute ; ig itire. The nominee’s political fit- First requisition calls for 15) . # Iwhite laborers to be sent to Con-| es Was also pags Bree: tract G, Thomas F. Kenney Com-| the charge was mare that the pany. ae Bpantl Heckhor Briige.|<1t% Mish supported him tn: Als” tai muita “tbama. These objections were in- The second requisition asks for the | cttective and the aggressive Ala- i i i] Contract F, at Little Duck Key.|*** wote of S ad 18: and also one white truck driver. While even his friends probably wenie | 0 pee -Lwould not.claim that Senator Black’; legal experience has bé as broad as some of the present members of the Court, they insist that he is-well qualified and, cer- tainly is as able as many appoin- tees to the Court in the past. There is no doubt as to his sym- pathy with th objectives of the New Deal and it is sure that the President has not failed to appoint a man of his own polit- ical philosophy. This was to be Following the report of the nig te rege you coer ertres sehinh wea appointed conservative presidents have plac- pat Cttizen A, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 25, 1937. ! ment of supplies to China and! Japan, the embargo would obvi- ously be in the interest of Japan because the Japs would have the nerchant ships to transport sup- plies for themselves and the war- ships to blockade sthe ports of China. This advantage. it should be noted, is more apparent than real because, under actual war conditions, it is doubtful if war supplies could be landed in China. Director Of Florida Reptile Institute Is Paying Visit To City The plan to lease six over-age destroyers to Brazil has been practically abanadond for the present in the face of consider- able criticism, particularly on the part of the Government of Argen- tina, which appears particularly aroused by fhe “coincidence” that} EE, Ross Allen, director of the enters the pit with an assistant, he number of destroyers happens | Florida Reptile Institute at Silver; and carries on the work for the to equal the similar ships now| Springs, Fla., and Ralph Slatten,!education and’ entertainment of being built for the latter: govern-|in charge of’ transportation on|the hundreds of visitors. ment in Europe. ‘Moreover, the) the lake and river, were callers at} Mr: Allen°and Mr. Slatten are Argentine critics insist’ that six | this office this morning, and en-| here for the purpose of securing | destroyers would not amount to! joyed a brief visit. ‘Vspecimens of the different forms much as a defense against en-| Mr, Allen said that while com: | of reptilian life found im this sec’ croachment from abroad and that) ing over the highway they cap-|tion of Florida and also some of the inauguration of such a ship- | tured a diamondback rattler on! the speeimens whose habitat is in loan policy ty the United States the road and also made captive| the waters of Key West. would be exactly opposite to the!two alligators which were found| Recognized nationally as a her- efforts being made by this coun-|on one of the Keys. They will! petologist Mr. Allen is probably try and other nations of the West- be taken back to Silver Springs better known through his reputa- yern Hemisphere to reduce arma-! where one of the activities of the tion founded on the moving pic- paces and promote the develop- | institute is extracting venom from;tures in which he has appeared [ment of peace. the glands of rattlers‘and other} fighting alligators and other un- H tine. obec ae | species. ‘der water exhibitions. He was cial As br raiesobyar stl 5 ios Extracting the venom, called'shown in Grantland Rice’s Sport- has ae eno: Kticatie- aumento fina | 2™0RE handlers of reptiles milk-' light Films, “Water Jamboree”, z vision rs ‘ing, is one of the exhibits at the| “Nerve Control”, “Jungle Water” nothing objectionalle in the loan} jn, titut Sunda: ‘and “Catching Trouble” fie akch wha. heavlly bors! stitute every Sunday afternoon ani ‘atching Trouble”. He has Sasntd- ee Reuben eritics of and this is done by Mr. Alllen who also been heard over the air. fo Administration. The state Boy Scouts Thoroughly Department, generally credited with running its affairs with con- sidorable intelligence, is criticized for not considering the reaction of other nations. such as Argen- tina, and in under¢stimating the furore which the loan proposal would make, Critics were quick to point out that such a custom, if €stablished among the nations ef*vhe..workd would be very objee- tional and apt to provoke serious trouble in some areas, Scoutmaster Victor Larsen, in] . “The folks here have been good command of Treop 2, Boy Scouts . the boys,” mi..} grist Write of America, enjoying an outing at|\ Most every one of joys have their encampment, Camp Rotary, Heart tirobs, ‘and it ts a study. in emotions to watch them. at Homestead, Fla., advises by} «wo had a big thander card that the troop will leave} lightning storm Monday night \Friday, August 27, for Key West.|but the tents stood the storm Five members of the troop, the}OK. Lighting hit four places in cook and Scoutmastr Larsen will} the city. remain over to handle the camp} “Everything has been conducive equipment and attend to other|to health and happiness and the necessary details and return Sat-|boys have been experiencing real urday. camp life.” Less than nine months ago, and President Roosevelt was swept in- to office by an overwhelming vote of confidence from the citizens of tho United States, At that time. there was some talk of “an era of good feeling” and some foolish speculation as to how long the Republican Party would last. For a few months, tho tremendous majority of the Chief Executive Enjoying Camp Activities missioners last night at the court|last week to handle this matter, house, resolutions were adopted | and which was said to be the point ser on he relative to the proposed allotment/on which hinged the action of the|},on their assiduous practice of of county gasoline tax funds to}commissioners relative to the al-jjay in the interest of large cor- the city. The amount is apecitied Hotment of the $30,000 gasoline porations. at $30,000 annually. tax funds the county board adopt- FROM HAVANA VESSEL LEFT LATE IN AFT- ERNOON ENROUTE seomed sufficient to guarantee his leadership in Congress but short- ly after the session opened. Mr. ‘Roosevelt submitted his sensa- ‘tional Court Reform bill and since that time the air has been filled Steamer Mallory Comes TO TAMPA Present at the meeting were: sioners Wm. Porter, Thompson, Braxton B. Warren and Cleveland Niles. Clerk Ross C. Sawyer. City Councilmen, Jim Roberts and Members Frank 0. Steamship Cuba, of the P. and 0. 8. S. Co., arrived yesterday afterfioon from Havana with five first cabin and three second cab- in passengers for Key West; 30 Delaney, first and two seconds for Tampa. ee 7 Previous to the meeting the Key West arrivals: Bruco Pe- council had met in special: sessiott ters, Henrietta Liebman, James at city hall and passed resolutions Small, Hance Small, Aurora Diaz, setting forth a plan for the col- Evangelinn Vidal, Aldo Vidal, Blanche Cervantes, The ship also brought 11 tons of freight and three sacks of mail for Key West; 105 tons of freight and 107 sacks of mail for Tam- missioners were fied of this action. Chairman Carl Bervaldi, Commis-} Norberg; Roberts, ‘W. P. Archer and Frank lection of delinquent taxes on a! basis of 20 per cent for all years! up to the present, and the com-} officially noti-) resolution and up to $50,000, is ed the resolution. the purpose of enabling the pursuant to the city’s with R. E. Crummer ‘pany. tion that any amount over above the $30,000 named in optional with the county. It is provided in the resolution that $1 be paid by each of the parties hereto to the other par- ) ties, and that $30,000 be paid an- bnuaily by the county to the city from gasoline tax allocations, for city to meet debt service charges on thecity’s indebtedness refunded and Com- It is also provided in the resolu- and the The decision of the Government to strengthon its armed forces at Shanghai by the dispatch of ad- ditional marines from the West Coast emphasizes the gravity of the situation in the Far East and indicates the belief! of this Gov- ernment that conditions are not apt to improve. The reinforce- ment will leave Sai Diego prob- contract! ably this week but will not reach China for another month. Appar- ently, the United States will not abandon its foothold in China nor withdraw its nationals from the danger zone. The last step in- volved any number of difficulties and while many Americans have been and will be removed from the with alarums. The burden of the clamor has been that the Constitu- tion is being wiped out, that the man in the White House plans to become a dictator and that the citizens of the nation are about to lose all of their rights. of the, morning was the Alamo with ap- a 1 5 j in| proximately #0 tons of fabricated Cipie Malley on sreridees ia heal for the naval station and port this morning at 2:15, dis- sailed: 3:30. yesterday afternoon for charged light cargo, took on a Tampa,‘ miscellaneovs assortment and the} | Steamship! ‘Granada, of the consignment of water specimens| Standard Fruit and Steamship for the New, York Aquarium, and|companyj:is due to arrive Friday sailed 4:50 for destination. {from Philadelphia, eonsigned to Another vessel of the line|the Porter Dock: Company for which arrived early yesterday, bunkers. Steamship H, R. Mallory, There is no way for any obser- ver to accurately gayge the pop- ular feeling in regard to the Presi- dent today ag contrasted with November of last year. The newspapers have long ceased to accurately reflect the real political) }eonditions in the country. Most of the columnists who write on political affairs at the capital are patently protagonists for their pe- culiar viewpoints, Most of them} Singleton Gives Talk At To Port This Morning pa, Sailing, the vessel carried from Key West C. A. Parramore, Mr. and Mrs. Jams Cormack and a number of second cabin passen- gers. ADVISORY ADVISORY disturbances of small apparently of slight eentered at 1 p. m. 2 P, M.—Tropical intensity, about 80 miles north, northeast oy north} issued to hear the pleas of five of San Juan, moving west, north- westward about 15 miles per hour. Caution advised vessels in path. WEATHER BUREAU, San Juan, P. R. Advisory $:30 a. m.: Tropical disturbance of small diameter and alight intensity apparently cen- north of St. Thomas. moving west northwestward about miles per hour. This disturbance may increase in intensity and caution is advised vessels in path. WEATHER BUREAU, San Juan, P. R. cs Criminal Court Disposes Of Several Cases Today ‘Criminal court met in recessed William V. Albury presiding and | persons charged with various of- fonses, John L. Crawford, colored, pcharne’ with breaking and enter- at hard labor. James Larrimore and Bessie ;guilty to charges of petit larceny. days in jail to date from the da: jot her arrest, which was A) | |senger vess: jaulity. } valued at $17.50, was | confiscated. ‘ mM Walter Saunders, charged with! However, the State Department}Roosevelt may run for another| ing with intent to commit a mis-/non-support of his family, discuss-| probably considers this risk to be|term as President. demeanor, said he was guilty and/od the matter with tNe judge andjless than that involved in an. en-jally speaking, there is no reason|a@nd Will be published in t | was sentenced to spend 60 days|said he was making $10 weekly/tire surrender of our interests in/to believe that a third term is in| of tomorrow. and would give $6 of that to the| China, A . He would do better, he! tered at 7 a, m. about 60 miles) Dunbar, colored, entered pleas of said, but under the cireumstances! family. j Was unable. until y the September term of court andi there was no official intimation | increased difficulty in maintaining! of the fellowship Club. ugust/ advised that the defendant would /that the President would take any|control of their party members| ; ; r Charies Garnett, charged with) ence of our sailors and marines in diameter, |session this morning with Judge) discharging a firearm from a pas-|the zone where large scale fight- 1, one of the Monroe} ing between bitter enemies is. un- jall officers present, The call was’ county ferries, entered a plea of|derway cannot fail to carry a He was released on sus-|threat to future peaceful relations. | pended sentence and his revolver,|An unexpected incident might in- ordered volve our forces in a battle with The judge said that! had not been put into effect up to| this time. 15) The woman wag sentenced to 15/action would be postponed war zone, others will remain. Fellowship Club Meeti Stephen Qochran Singleton de-, had cs his guests, Russell Kerr livered an instructive talk on! and Knigman Curry. Morgan “The Bible As A Political Hand-| Lowe was guest of Ivan Watson. take little effort to present any- thing more than a series of argu- ments for or against the Presi- dent’s program and much of their} the face of some demand that the| writing jg centered around their} United States withdraw entirely |own interpretations of motives, from China, removing not onl¥jintentions and conditions. Obvi- i its citizens but also its soldiers| ously, it is impositle to wade|b0ok” at the regular meeting and| At the clone of the meeting the and ships. Obviously, the Pres-| through such a welter of confu- supper of First M. E. (Stone)| members continued with The decision of the Government to strengthen the forces came in | — and ascertain what the ac-} Church Fellowship Club held last | Shuffleboard tourney. which is | eis thinking. jn Eaton street, i ie | provides food f nd in- lthe seldiers ef Obi Japan.|of the possibility that President | Provides or deep a hos ease slate | peat thinking. The manuscript While’ goner.| ¥8* iver Re he issu?! John C. Bancock, newspaper jeorrespondent from Greensberg, [}ittle likelihood that he will make | and progress made by the club, way last night, coming on his Meanwhile, the Neutrality Act/any statement on the subject at'since its organizetion severa! cle, and called at The ithe writing ef this column and|serving their second term have|H. Ketchum, one of the founders} His uitimate destination south lig Port sa Prince, Haiti, and sft- tual majority of the American|cyening in Sunday Schoo! Building )now being conducted, line ‘hoard considerable discussion "dered one of deep interest and | ARRIVES HERE iven to The Citizen today! ithe President’s program, there is| A history of the organization | Indi was an arrival over tire In fact, presidents! months -ge was given by Chartes! Citizen this morning. Several guests were present atler aboot one week in Key West, the} 4 Key West, Florida, has the most equable climate in the country ; range of only 14° Fahrenheit with an average PRICE FIVE CENTS Excellent Collection Of Fish Sent To New York Aquarium One of the finest collections of | specimens from the wa- jters of Key West was taken last night to New York to be placed |im the aquarium. : 3,500 specimens were in the col- (ection which was assembled by H. “C. Knowles, whe arrived New York about three weeks ago, and during the intervening time, has been diligently at work mak- ing his collection. Mr. Knowles, former Key West- er has been associated with the aquarium in New York for a num- ber of years, and for the past few years has been coming here to as semble his. specimens. He said last night while the fish were be- ing taken from the cars and placed in the tanks, that he had never been more successful than on this trip and was confident that no more interesting collection had ever been assembled. Everything was in readiness for the arrival of the Steamship H. R. Mallory, of the Clyde-Mallory Lines fish-cars lined up at the | docks and Mr. Knowles and his as- of the water Approximately from |sistants in and — - placing back in some in- 1 ier tree jdom, and doing the many thingy inecessary when handling™ large shipments of live sea inhabitants. But during the afternoon ad- vices received by C. E. Smith, agent for the company were that the Mallory would not call at this port. The vessel was 24 hours Inte, having been delayed for that | time at Galveston, and instead of j stopping at Key West and Charles- be was destined through to New York. | Then Agent Smith and Mr. Knowles got busy. Mr. Knowles began sending messages to the aquarium and Agent Smith sent messages to Clyde-Mallory head- quarters, explaining that the col- lection of fish was awaiting trans- | portation and that if any way pos {sible could be figured out to have the Mallory stop at Key West it was urgently requested that such orders be radioed to the ship. After considerable time had passed difficulties were cleared up and the glad news was received at the local office that the verse! ‘would come in and berth at ‘an early hour this morning and at 2:15 o'clock this morning the ves- sel berthed, discharged about eight tons of cargo and while this was being done Mr. Knowles and his force of assistants began getting his collection on board. Shortly before 4 o'clock the | fish were all in the 16 tanks which |had been arraigned on the deck jof the Mallory before the ship left New York, pumps were in ‘good working order and every- [thing was working smoothly when the veasel started at 4:50 o'clock jon the trip to New York. | Shortly before leaving Mr. |Knowles told The Citizen that ‘for a time he was really worried j after he learned t the ship had i been ordered to New York direct, as all the specimens had been ar- ranged for transfer from the cars \to the tanks and jt would have | been a very disastrous occurrence land would have entailed sppre- | clable lon: had it not been for Mr. Smith's explanations to the com- | pany’s headquarters and his being isuceessful in having the vessel's jorders changed. For this Mr. | Knowles desired to publicly thank Mr. Smith and the company's of | ficials. | Among the more highly prired [specimens in the collection made 10. therefore she was allowed to|be wise to adhere to his promise| immediate action along this Hime.|and any statement indicating ro-|this meeting. Dr. H. C, Gekeler| Mr. Hancock will leave for Havana | by Mr. Knowles are several ben- depart. Larrimore was given straight sontence of 60 days, a and give each week the $6 to his} While the Act itself would auto-jtirement uscall j wife and family. HE WHO HESITATES IS LOST”-—-BUILD STORM SHUTTERS NOW. GET ALL MATERIAL AT SOUTH FLORIDA CONTR. AND ENG. j matically place a ban on the ship-jsure which can be exerted. Singieton. Charles H. Ketchum!tion. ly lessens ths pres- was guest of Stephen ‘Cochran |and there embark for his destina-| 4m ‘ ed selected sea anemone. bea sti (Costined on Page Four} COMPANY. PHONE