The Key West Citizen Newspaper, October 11, 1937, Page 1

Associated Press Day Wire Service. For 57 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West VOLUME LVIII. No. 241. Various Events Mark “El Grito De Yara” Y SEVERAL DELIGHTFUL SOCIAL EVENTS GIVEN IN CONNECTION WITH ANNIVERSARY FESTIVITIES One Of Outstanding Fea-| tures Of Activities Was Laying Of Corner Stone For School Two of the outstanding af- fairs held duting the period of celebration of the fiesta of Sat- utday, Sunday and today, were the dance Saturday night at the Country Club and the Verbena at Coral Isle Casino yesterday. Officers of the Country Club is- sued an invitation to visiting delegates from Cuba and the of- ficers of the Cruiser Cuba, and la delightful dance was enjoyet by a latge crowd of lovers of Before these ceremonies Awere|the dance and good music. There were other dances given 1s = or at-Raul’s Club Miramar on the the San Carlos Theater where, in| Boulevatd and at the Garden of the office of Cubsn Consul Roses Saturday night, and an- other dance was given last night Berardo Rodriguez, 4 number of /at the Habana-Madrid, which lasted ‘until the early hours of oe ees this morning. At the Verbena yesterday which Celebration of the Cuban Holi- day, “El Grito de held yesterday morning with the laying of the :stone of the new Cuban which is to be ‘erected on ‘Smith's Lane on the lot owned by the gov- ernment of Cuba. Yara,” was starting corner school signed by county and city officials, officers test were: Miss Florence Albury, Wilfred Williams and Raymond Diaz. Guided by the applause each of the coritestants received, the greatest and most continued ovation was given, in the opin- ion. .of the judges, to Little Marion Solano, who was thereupon | Named the winner and upon whom was conferred the title. There was given during the day an éxcellently well executed se- ities of Cuban and American danc- es by Geraldine Valdez, Ruth | Boza, Carmen Reyes, . Geraldine | Alfonso, Virginia Kelley, Alice | Salinero, Blanche Branly, Rosa- lie Nottage, Elena Cordero, Gloria Vinson, Mary ‘Gonzalez, Argelia |Gonzalez, Margaxet Torres and ; Amelia Fernandez, , All of the participants were between the ages of six and Che Key Uh — KEY WEST, FLORIDA, MONDAY, OCTOBER 11, 1937. -}REPUBLICAN STRATEGY THE CONVENTION PLAN HOOVER OPPOSITION HILLES-HAMILTON VANDENBURG’S IDEAS HOPE STIRS G. O. P. LABOR PARTY FADES PWA—GOOD RECORD NEUTRALITY ACT FAILS By HUGO SIMS (Special Washington Correspond- ent of The Citizen) Apparently, the leaders of the: seriously to be Republican Party are considering the strategy followed during the next few} months in their efforts to restore party power and prestige. Al- ready the congressional elections next year are in mind because it is important to register gains in order to enter the presidential election in 1940 with hape, Chairman John D. M. Hamil- ton is pushing his proposal for a mid-term national committeemen but the final decision wil: be left ;some’ Republican editors and fol- lowed by the resignation of Mr. Hilles, the speech of the Michigan Senator is taken as a tacit admis- sion that, in his opinion, the only iway to take national leadership | trom the President is through a fusion on terms satisfactory to those who have long been bitter politieal rivals. Gofnpetent political observers, who have studied the national po- litiea} situation today, are of the opinipn that the President re- maing the only national leader with an, impressive following. Neither the Supreme Court battle inor the furore raised over the Black appointment has seriously damaged the prestige of the Chief Execntive, who continues to main- tain a surprising hold upon * his supporters. Evidence of this fact is seen; in the marked fiberalism of the} | Vandenburg speech, which shows; a drift to the left-ward, which is significant because if the President had been slipping with} real velocity, the astute Senator | from Michigan would have en- couraged the counter - revolution | by a move in the other direction. st Citizrn Key West, Florida, has the most equable climate in the country; with an average range of only 14° Fahrenheit PRICE FIVE CENTS | World Series Highway Will Afford | New Opportunities Key West Chamber of Com- merce realizes that with the es- tablishment of a through high- way, long severed relatignships with people living on the Keys will soon be: something of the past, and with the shortening of time for visits, the organization will acquire new opportunities for service, and wil! wiflingly as- sume new responsibilities to our fellow islanders, said Secretary S, C. Singleton this morning. Letters to several citizens on the Keys have met with a cordial response, and already Judge E. S. Lowe has joined the organization and plans are being considered the American League Pennant Winners Annex Deciding Contest Yesterday Polo Grounds At (Speciat to ‘The Citizen) The new lettethends being) POLO GROUNDS, New York, printed by The Artman Press for}Qct. 11.—In the most hard-fought the chamber leave no room for | ad exciting gums of.the 1088 doubt as to the intentions of the directorate of the chamber { Worlds Series, NewYork You- to serve to the best of-their = took the fifth contest. and ity Monroe County in its entire: | their feabth (6th ebpcaietes Sand ty. The letterhead reads: “Key; West ‘Chamber of Commerce,! te annex the! championship’ of the Serving the Florida Keys from! baseball world twice: in succession. Key Largo to Dry Tortu; In- clusive.” ig na Each of the New York clubs § ee Monroe county, said Mr. Sin- | had ‘one tue Welds Setten, aad gleton, is entering on the most} prosperous era in its history, and, this year’s classics was the rub- the message the Ohamber of! Commerce would impress upon} ber prize, most sought for after for a complete coverage of Monroe county area. AY large part of the inquiries coming in have reference to the islands be- was given under the auspices of | thirteen years, and at the conclu- Saserdodistas del Hogar, of thejsion of the dances each was pre- Order (Caballeros de la Luz, sev-}sented with a gift. This entertaining program was the people throughout the length the championship itself. of the county is: “Prepare to} make friends of the coming win-| Southpaws and home rung fig- of the United States government, Cuban officials; and representa- te a committee meeting in Chi- cago in November. The suggestion has aroused considerable discus- In Idaho, home of Senator Borah, one of the leaders in the fight against the President’s Supreme 7° tives of the Key West and Ha: Press. Following this the gathering to the lot on which the {eral hundred Key Westers ‘and Cuban visitors enjoyed the day. The highlight of the program came at 2 o’clock when three years old Caridad Pena heralded the beginning of the talent-popu- larity contest for the selection of} “Little Miss Key West”, by sing- schoo} is to be builded, and there the ceremonies were held. Enrique personally directed by Mrs. Eva BP. Warner and John Pritchard. Joe Mondul proved to be a very genial master of ceremonies, All of the contestants were ar- ranged, by photographers, in per- feet groups, and pictures were ing “Piripiti.” ident of San Car- Esquinaldo, president of Sai Judges selected for the con- Jos Institute, acting as master of taken by representatives of the Cuban Press. eeremonies, introduced Captain Estevez Maymir, of the Cuban army and representing the presi- “dent of Cuba. was brief and at the same time comprehensive, and covered the activities in connection with educational progress in Cuba and organizations of that government in Key West. He was followed by Juan Estevez, aide to the | presi- dent, who read an address on the subject of education and at the ¢onclusion he ~was loudly | ap- plauded. With a few brief remarks Mr. SCOUTS ENCAMP members of Scout Troop No. 52; swimming pool. POOP OP IOA AT.CAMP TAYLOR "caus raps Friday night a group of 12) | ‘Cuban Consul Betardo Rod- riguez Valdes, accompanying a@ group of distinguished visi- tors from Havana, was a call- er at The Citizen office today and was extended a welcome by L. P. Artman, the publish. er. The visit was a courtesy call for the purpose of ex- pressing the appreciation of enjoyed an overnight encamp- ment at Camp Taylor on Roose- elt Boulevard, adjoining the! The scouts ar- rived 6 o’clock at the camp site and pitched tents, Supper was cooked and after enjoying a wholesome repast the! sion and mteh unfavorable com- ment. Republican congressmen apparently prefer to define the Party stand on the floor of Con- gress and some of them are afraid that factionalism would parade in- ternal differences at the conven- tion. A poll of numerous Repub- licans throughout the country, however, indicates considerable support of the idea among the rank} and file. 1 icans undoubtedly ; have serious, differences to iron “wefore-the party: “car to regain its formidable position! in American political life. For; one thing, there seems to be aj bitter enmity towards former President Hoover, who suggested the convention idea in a magazine atticle. Immiediately, other advo- cates of the plan took occasion to point out that it did not origin- ate with the former president, thus-allaying the suspicions of the Landon faction that the move/ was intended to keep Mr. Hoover Court plan, this Idaho liberal took oceasion to refer to Mr. Roose- veltias “our great President.” Summing up, the Republican; i Party has undoubtedly improved its. ptrategic position in the last | six, months. Adopting a policy of {silence during the Supreme Court fight and one of discretion dur- ing the Black controversy, the leaders are giving the President 1 the lee-way possible, confi- dent that he will go “too far.” Whether Senato~ Vandenburg’s " the- middle of the road” or ‘Chairman Hamil- ton’s “affirmative declaration of opposition” will become the strat- egy of the Party remains to be seen. At any rate, the Republi- eans are feeling much better than they have in months and some of them are even hopefully looking forward to a gefieral engagement at the polls. Very litte is being heard about West City Council, announces in John L. Lewis’ bid to farmers for tween Key West and the main- land. | ter’s host of visitors by preparing! to make them comfortable.” | ured prominently in yesterday's game. Lefty Vernon Gomez went the Girl Scout Quota Filled; route for Murderers’ Row, and, as poe ret awed ek EO ‘kept his record intact of never Esquinaldo announced the laying|boys went swimming and then of the corner stone and placing inj prepared the tents for sleeping. the excavation the metal case| Before retiring the regular camp- Which contained the importantjfite council was held and plans the visitors and the Cuban colony for the interest dis- played by The Citizen in the activities attendant upon the an alliance with labor, although | the CIO chieftain is convinced that labor, to possess effective) strength, should have political’ in the publie eye and possibly pro- mote him as the party candidate in 1940, papers in connection with the $ehool and other legal documents, copies of The Key West Citizen and signatures pf practically all ef those who were present at the brief meeting in the office of the: eonsul before the ceremonies. After the metal container was placed in the excavation Cuban officials of Key Westi and Havana, each lifted-a ‘spade ‘ofs!/s0il -and golemnly placed it in’ the crypt; wntil the ¢ontainer: was. hidden from view and) willtheré remain for long remembered “years, Directly after the ‘ceremonies at the school grounds were con- eluded, members of the several mational organizations, represen- tatives of the Army and Navy of the United States and Cuba, city and county officials and members ef the visiting committees, pro- éeeded to San Carlos on Duval; street and there the formation of the parade was effected in readi- ‘pess for the pilgrimage to the city} eemetery and Bayview Park. In the line were Chief Ivan El- wood, Sergeant Joe Kemp and Captain Arthur Sheppard, as mar- shal, in an automobile followed by the Key West Hospitality Band. Next following were squads from the barracks, firing squad from Battery “ F. N. G., of- ficers from the ban Ship Cuba, ay the next month were discuss- culobeation ‘of “R) Cathe: dc : dd that the; are” It was announce troop would be included in the Pane Tay <= yeah gl corner stone laying exercises} f;°0 "ang ia poy Sik ig which was held yesterday morn-} 100. 4, “ct ; Rode: st ing at the new Cuban school site} 1.09 a on Smith’s Lane, and also the) taken i - memorial exercises at City Ceme-; o¢ = a his ie: mig tery and Bayview Park later in} _— epee. the fore noon. dd aaa D4 An invitation hag been received ; —— rom A. 8, MeFathine for the! joys to participate in the me-| REPAIRS T0 IVY morial exercises at Lower Mate-/ eube on November 14. Arrange- NEAR COMPLETI ments ate being made to have al delegation of Key Westers pres-! ent at the ceremonies. : LIGHTHOUSE VESSEL WILL BE PLACED BACK IN SERV- ICE THIS WEEK DR. DEBARRITT Tender Ivy, of the Lighthouse Dr. Alfred DeBarritt, pastor of | Department, which is undergoing Trinity Presbyterian church, col-| extensive repairs on «dry dock at ored, in Key West, left over the |Jacksonville, is expected to be highway this morning for a busi-/put back in service some time ness visit in Hollywood, Fla, jduring this week, when repairs Dr. DeBarritt said this morning, Will be completed. that there were two sessions of} H. B. Haskins, assistant sup- the Presbyterian bodies he would! erintendent of the Seventh Light- attend while away, one of the)house District, left on the»after- Synod, which will be held tomor-/ oon plane Sunday, for Jackson, row, and the Preshytery which Ville where he will make a gen- would convene on Thursday. feral inspection @fithe Ivy before The long fight between con- servative and progressive Repub- lieans is by no means over al-jbattle for humanity and genuine Mr. Delaney said that his duties; power “to be used without serve, if necessary, in the _ gteat Te-iber 9. Registrations 3 OUT FOR MAYOR “: formed unde? the leadérship ‘of (Mrs. Eva B, Warner Friday, at ase Paemat a well conducted meeting of the MAKES FORMAL ANNOUNCE. |£toup and their leaders, at their lown headquarters, Adams Hall on MEST OF HIS CANDIDACY | Division street. FOR POSITION TODAY The girls are anxiuosly waiting for word from National Headquar- ters in order to begin work in Frank Delatfey, member of Key | preparation for passing required this issue of The Citizen as 8) ‘hore is a possibility of Mra. candidate for the office of Mayor i warner being absent from the snd sake’ the eeypoet of the voters | ity for the next two weeks, and jin this event Miss Evelyn Niles will be in charge of the troop for said time. Miss Niles will be as- sisted by Vanessa Collins, Nellie Are Closed Tweive new registrants filled: the quota’ fer the troop which is + in the election to be held Novem- Diseussing his candidacy today though the retirement of Charles democracy.” The CIO has shown}as member of the counej) hos €n-| Albury and Alicia Afmayor, who D. Htles, National Committeeman the breach. For many years he has been regarded as the symbol of Old Guardism and vested in- | there is the danger that a separate; people. terests by a group of younger! Republicans. In some circles, it fa, believed that his withdrawal from active participation points the; way for Senator Borah and other: liberals to come back into the fold. Republican opinion is also di-! vided upon the question of patty) tactics. Mr. Hamilton, and others, | jare militantfy against propdsais! for a coalition with Democratic! opponents of the New Deal and/ demand “an affirmative dectara-| tion” on national issues. Thig pol- | icy of fusion was recently adopt-; ed in New York City, where the; Farley machine was engaged in battle with the Tammany organ- ization. It is proposed for elias parts of the country where anti-, Roosevelt Democrats would be wooed, even to the extent of or-! ganizing the opposition under in ing against the Republican flabel) is an. insuperable barrier to such} considerable strength in the labor vote, when a unit, may decide national elections, but party, frankly set up to represent labor, will not be effective. -A Farmer-Labor alliance may/ everything possible which wo come about if prices for farm products drive farmers to despera- | advancement. Otherwise, the chances are) have been tireless "in my efforts tMorence tion. against such a political combina. tion. In fact, the threat of Labor party has dwindled in the past few months, #though one tmay- expect to hear it discussed more energetically in election years. Harold L. Iekes, PWA adminis- trator since 1933, will terminate four billion dollars under the PWA act. Unless Congress re- vives the organization, it will end} a four- and one-half-year pro- gram, designed to spend the na- tion back inte prosperity. The theory of such expenditures was not new when the PWA was set up and the chances are that any future slump wil result in a sim- ilar agency. several! abied him to gain a from New York, may help heal! jocal eleetions. It is possible that, idea of the needs of the city, and} i j — IPC } DON'T MISS SEEING very clear | were also present. - Although ‘the afternoon was a believes he is qualified to serve! rainy one, the following scouts the interest of Key West and its! were in attendance: { Carolyn Jones, Claudia Isham, Sylvia Sanchez, Barbara Roberts, Geraldine Kennedy, Grace Perez, Laadeiina Perz, Margaret Knowles, Blanch Cervantes, Letty Sullivan, France Sherman, Florence Boza, “I have always served the city of Key West with the one end in! view of securing for its peopl¢; prove as being instrumental in,i T can say that) neces Collins, Betty Adams, Jarrett, Rosalie Wil; to bring about a condition which jiams, Louige Nunez, Barbara | would be an improvement and can’ Jarrett, Jacqueline Doughtry, Lor-| balls, prod truthfully say that with the ce-! sine Rosell, Constance Adams, operation of council members and, Eva Camus, Ruth Baker, Jane) citizens, am convinced I can}Thompson, Evelyn Solano and bring about a great improvement/ Carolyn Jarrett. in existing conditions.” ‘ | Three visitors were Mr. Delaney said that as mayor}to the meeting. They were Miss he will ever be open to suggestions|Iouise Ketchum and Mrs. Eliza- regarding his administration of} beth Yates, Captain Arthur Shep- the office and in fact will con- | pard gave the girls a fine drill. sider it a sign of interest on nt part of citizens who feel they r have constructive suggestions = | HOLDS MEETING offer, if they will confer with him. Members of the special commit- tee, which was appointed at the last session of the Alumnae Asso- losing a World's Series game. Although he-was hit hard, the Giants 10 safeties, Go- me proved spe rt But for the home run péled by ~ Mel Ott in the third inning with Moore on base, which tied up the score at two-all, Lefty would have pitched shutout ball. Ott’s blow |was the only citeuit clout made by the Giants in the series. Clift (Mickey Mouse-Mountain Music) Melton, making his third appearance in the series, was batted off the mound in five in- nings. He allowed all the runs scored by thé Yankees and six world’s struck out five three bases on balls and made one wild pitch during his tenure on the slab, ‘ Melton was the victim of both the home runs poled by the Yanks. After being blanked in the opening frame, Hoag, left fielder, sent the ball against the barrier for the first four-bagger, Polo Grounds: for the second round-tripper Three hits fifth, coupled with two juced the other two runs scored by McCarthy's charges. This caused Bil) Terry to send in a pinch-hitter for Cliff in the Giants’ half of the fifth, and Al of in wi the National Leaguers used relief twirlers, the Yankees were held scoreless thereafter, Smith and Brennan, who took Al's place on the mound in the eighth, each struck out one batter and the latter walked one. Hope, which springs eternal, gripped Giant rocters in the third frame when Ott busted the ball for a homer to tie the seore. The fans loudly spplauded this stroke of what they believed was good luck. But Bi Goofy visiting officials and delegates, sailors from the Cruiser Cuba,}—— teachers and children from |. Carlos Institute, members of Boy! Seout Troop 5 and the official} automobile of Major J. D. Mac-; Mullen, U. & A., who was accom- (Continued on Page Four) —___________———| the vessel is pldeq! QAGK Im SerfJa, ‘cgalition, This objection is! While the projects have not | THE “From Now On jiee. waived aside by Mr. Hoover, who| been as immediate in their ef-| r { | Power Boat 31, stationed _gt|points out that many Southerners!fects as the faster-moving WPA,| Wednesday and Thursday E x P E R T R E P A I R § Dry Tortagas, arrived writer irene Republicen in 1928 and as-/the construction provided much | Qet, 13th and 14th, 10 a. m., keepers, Stanley |as fundamental.” from the home port with two 6f/serts that “the issues now are just; employment, and, it ig said, for AND SERVICE the" ssistanc. feat Jcrery hour's "werk on" brideen| MONROE THEATER | | {Saunders and A. ‘Canalejo, who ‘ b | ON ALL-MAKES CARS [left morning with Willard At] | Free Prizes At Each Showing ciation of the Convent of Mary} other plane and from then on he Immaculate, ir first meet-itianked them. ing at the Convent, yesterday for| Gomez found himeelf in “hot the purpose’ of ing a catd’ eater’ in the sixth, however. party which will ‘Qe; given in the} With « man on, he pitched near future. HOLIDAY NOTICE Columbus Day, Tuesday, Octo- her 12/ a legal holiday in the! State of Florida, this bank will} not open for business on that day.} THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK. oet9-2t in Con-lof work were created “behind the | jused for educational and other Hawk's Channel. jfor a coalition against the New/that he has handled probably the} ot the i Electric Attending the semion yester- VINCENT CREMATA, ton the West Coast for the pur-|party takes the field with a new of peace without a major scandal) 4, » Kay Ven Mectrie Co. that section of the dis] instances of tad! Box office Sawyer, Miss Marjorie Gwynn and!in the izhth |pulican banners.” Endorsed v5 (Continued on Page Four) s i jsewers, schools, roads, dams, util- Senator Vandenburg, the actual ities, housing, etc., gome 2.6 hours jot the association funds which ss bury, another assistant keeper,|leader of Republicans | Get Your Invitation | will be raised at the party will be} Trevor and Morris, Inc. | to recharge three of the lights ingress, in a recent speech, called/lines.” It is to Mr. Ickes’ credit} F-R-E-E purpotes which it ig intended to} Aeintcaa taitntintin Tender Poinciana sailed Friday} Deal, saying it was comparative-'largest amount of money ever announce at a later date. for Tampa Bay and other pointe/ly unimportant whether the new) expended by an official in times! The | day were: Mrs. Steve Lowe, Mre SERVICE MANAGER [pose of installing 18 new lights/name or through “sympathetic! or serious suspicion of graft, al-| Wm. L. 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