The Key West Citizen Newspaper, October 26, 1937, Page 1

Associated Press Day Wire Service, For 57 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West Hest Citizrn Key West, Flor%«, has the } most equable climate in the country; with an average range of only 14° Fahrenheit Che Key Wi VOLUME LVIII. No, 254. KEY WEST, FLORIDA, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 26, 1937. PRICE FIVE CENTS Scout Troop Makes Excellent Progress REV. MAUREAU RETURNS FROM | NEW ORLEANS'| |MEETS OLD CLASSMATES OF ei meeting of MANY YEARS AGO; BOOSTS Troop &, Boy Scouts was held last eee KEY WEST AT EVERY oP- evening in the rooms at 3 | House. Owing to a PORTUNITY' the time of opening the meetings } Much Interest Was Mani- festerd During Meet- ing Of Organization| Last Night interesting Wesley change’ in CLYDE LINES REDUCE OFFICE FORCE, ACTION DUE TO STRIKE BY LONGSHOREMEN; THREE} REMAIN THIS TIME EMPLOYED AT One of the effects of the long- shoremen’s strike is today being felt in Key West by employes of the (Clyde-Mallory Lines, who have been laid off until further notice. C. E: Smith, agent at West, was notified that during the strike, while no vessels of the line were coming to Key West, the force would necessarily be cur- tailed, the dead-line being fixed Key} Colored:Defendant Will Be Samuel Cleare, colored, is to ;be arraigned this afternoon at 4 lorclock bfeore Reace Justice En- !rique Esquinaldo, Jr., for prelim- inary hearing on a charge of tres- | pass with intent to break and en- ter. és Cleare was seen Thursday jnight, October 14, apparently about to enter a home on Divi- sion sreet. Officer Bienvenido ;Perez was making his regular jrounds and it was the officer who saw Cleare and made the al- jlegations against him. The officer said that Cleare| attempted to get away after being Arraigned Today For Hearing On Charge Of Trespassing officer. The projectile from the revolver entered the body in the back and ranging upward passed out on the left side about four inches above the heart. Cleare was taken by the offi- cer to the Marine hospital for first-aid treatment, He remained several days in the hospital and was then taken to his home where he recovered sufficiently to ap- pear in court. Arraignment of Cleare was slated for yesterday afternoon in police court and when the case was called it was said by Judge T. §. Caro that the case should be » Rev. A. L. Maureau,'S. J., of|for the afternoon of October 25.) Mr. Smith jealled on to “throw up’ his hands} during the fall and winter season, the St. Mary’s Star of the Sea! e . 7 delock instead of 7:30, only H/C tholie ‘church, Key. West, re- few were present at the assembly|iurned to this city yesterday from New Orleans, his native iS |city, where he met his classmates However, before the meeting/ of fifty years ago, and pupils of was well url thi jtwenty-five years ago. eee ee | Whhile in New Orleans, Rev. had increased and by the time | Maureau, who is ever anxious to Gio foumer Yoqular © hour BE et gets any information concern- ling Key West, praised the Island reached there were 18 present, | City to the members of the Cham- ber of Commerce of that city, and The meeting was opened by}all others with whom he came in Billy Pinder wh d th contact. ee 53 deat af scat As the commerce body of New| Psalm, which was followed by the! Orleans was seeking knowledxe Lowd’s Prayer. The scout oath |of many things relative to Key i nd " ited es in order that the informa- and motto was recited. tion may be given to northern Patrol reports were received tourists and others from differ- and evidenced earnest efforts on|ent parts of the country, who part of the boys, to accomplish) were gis for this | ev. Maureau answered all ques- a viene Shey have formulated tions propounded insofar as his and bring into being a number of \nowledge of conditions _permit-| activities which will reflect,.great|ted. — - credit on the troop, Upon his return here, one As Bob Pittman resignad as patrol, his first visits was to S. C. Single- leader, as he has been proftered|ton, secretary of the Key West the position of quartermaster, Chamber on ak to aay and accepted. Joe Campo was ap-,h¢ furnished many addresses 0 pointed to fill the Sins oe. | persons who have become inter- easioned by the resignation epee in me bargin the idea Pittman. of having Mr. Singleton get in Other matters of interest were touch vba Lis Seraph Erba diecussed ‘and. it was slows that) Whatever information that is de- troop is movi' x i j $ + | i Migod! mbes elected, cote ed itinerary, and stated that por Eugene Berkowitz visit- | crowds of tourists from the north pri and was very iD were pouring into Atlanta, Tampa! Il be in the proceedings. Hel and other cities, many of whom; wil 12 years old in a few) yj ini i months, and has given notice that he cS a alg iui ila when he reaches the age which EB permits his entry in the troop, he will register. The meeting was adjourned with a recitation of the scout laws followdd by the Great Scout- masters Benediction. BRIDGE WORK GOING ALONG VERY NICELY BUT FEW REQUISITIONS ARE NOW BEING RECEIVED AT LOCAL OFFICE FOR OPERA-| TIVES hour. crowd Onexof.the highlights of the beautification program being car- ried“on' by ‘Troop 52, Boy Scouts, isothat at Colonial Park, adjacent to La Concha Hotel, which is be- ing transformed into a beauty | spot. Scouts of this troop have dili-! gently worked to accomplish the! transformation and every Satur- day morning the boys are hand with rakes, shovels, hoes and lawn mowers. It wag om ~ the efforts of the service club of Apparently all projects of the Overseas Road and Toll Bridge District are running along smooth- ly, if the lack of requisitions for labor is to be considered as a! criterion. Scattered requisitions have been received within the past several weeks, but no request for a group of workers has been received by Wm. V. Little, official in charge ef the United States Employment Service bureau, In the meantime, ‘had been hoping that word would ibe received rescinding the lay-off order, but as nothing was sent out by the company he carried the order into effect and cut the force, Those remaining in the employe of the company today are Mr. Smith, the agent; Roland Weath- er, Jr., in charge of the office, and Leo Lopez, night watchman. ‘THIRTY ABSENTEE VOTES ARE CAST jand while he was endeavoring to escape arrest he was shot by the |AMERICA’S FOREIGN SAME AS TWEN | By MORGAN W. BEATTY § j (AP Feature Service Writer) , WASHINGTON, Oct. 26.—Shut | {Your eyes on the international din! jof the moment, turn back the| , clock twenty-odd years, and you ACTIVITES: BEGAN VESTER. #limpse Woodrow Wilson trying heard not before municipal court, but in the county, where it was sent. POLICY THE TY-ODD YEARS AGO with each other or formally de- claring hostilities. And where does this confused situation leave President Roose- velt in his announced desire to fashion an American foreign pol- liey with peace as its keystone? Treaties Broken First of all Roosevelt was in Wilson’s cabinet as an assistant |secretary of the navy. He says without himself that he learned in Wilson’s itroubled day some of the things to i to assert Am: 's rights in the DAY IN CITY CLERK’S OFFICE community of nations | taking sides in a war. Scouts Are Transforming Park Into Beauty Spot ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS |} Happenings That Aff Dinner Pails, Dividend] oy ep me opty se ab terre Na- | eay darian tional and International Problems Insep- | arable From Local Welfare } | Everybody knows now that he| Absentee balloting in the city s.i04 in that eff ait doesnot bid fair to reach the} aise oleae koe number reached in the county moved inevitably into the world election of last year, nor is it be-* on¢tict, lieved the number will come near; : it. City Clerk Wallace Pinder is} But the same broad question of the opinion that not more than | that faced Wilson in 1914 faces 80 absentee ballots will be cast. | Roosevelt today: Yesterday morning when the/ How can America remain at books were declared open and the’ x i ballots were ready, quite a few| Peace? ballots were cast and by after-| Nobody can answer that ques- noon, when the books were closed,|tion, of course, but there are there had been 24 ballots regis-| similarities and ‘differences in tered. the world situation in 1914 and This afternoon at 2:30 o'clock; ; ‘ . st jin 1937 that will help Roosevelt My. Pimier said that up to that! sare a course for the hour six absentee votes had been! states, east which makes a total of 30; votes for the two days. Today the big powers of the world are rapidly rearming them- selves with new and terrible ma- chines of war, just as they were in 1914. Im those days the na- tions were just beginning to prac- tice with the comparatively new machine-gun, airplane, zeppelin and submarine. Today they’re ex- perimenting with refined samples of the same things—“flying for- tresses,” ‘pocket battleships,” and; ‘motorized armies.” Stage Differently Set And then, as now the President the troop that this work was made possible, and will continue. However, Scoutmaster Victor; Larsen points out, the full coop- eration of the citizens is urged | WS forced to divert his attention and it ig expected that they will do |ftequently from the domestie poli: | all in their power to assist in, tical scene—a scene in which he} maintaining the program of clean- | Preferred to operate. Wilson; iness and beautification, and to}breached the “new freedom”;| exercise a certain amount of vigil- | Roosevelt upholds the “New Deal.” ance to avoid vandalism and other} Im 1914, the Balkan war was work which the boys have start-jhistory—a sinister prelude o said today of the conquest Ethiopia, the Spanish civil arti the Sino-Japanese warfare in| the Orient? } Again nobody knows the an-| \fiswer. As a matter of fact, when} |f|we ask that question we come to the end of possible s0 much to the city. similarities! and The common props on the in-| jternational stage in 1914 were im-| perial governments, the delicate! S. J. Groves and Sons Company sent in the only request in one} : A week. This is for a pump-crete | f a special session of Congvens, foreman and an electric welder |‘ convene November 15, cannot) to be sent to Contract D at Mara-|>¢ headlined as a surprise. As) thon. |this column pointed out some time) lago, men in touch with the White! that the ispecial session months ago, and the only question was cise date. t LEWIS’ FAMILY) Asserted reason for the session} jis new farm aid legislation, with: Announcement has been wade Peden) hours and wages laws, of the birth of a daughter to Mr./2s runners-up in importance. But! 21, at the Presbyterian Hospital) tors, the real purpose of the spe-! in Charlotte, N.C. cial session has not been officially | Mrs. Lewis was formerly Miss/ ennounced. t Doris Camus of Key West. Those who follow politics havel CONSIDER YOUR | balance of power between the’ in Mr. Roosevelt's more recent Europe, the “open door” in| speeches and public announce. China, the Monroe doctrine in the| ments. He has been mach less’ Americas, and so on, much as it] eritial than in the past of the 8s im Queen Victoria’s era. | groups which oppose his Adminis-|_ But the war changed all tration’s aims and methods. of hig major and minor talks were fascism, and democracy to wording. It has been widely said there’s mo delicate balance of by responsible newspapermen,'power Setween them, merely that the speech he had originally vague hestility and distrust. planned to deliver at Bonneville!) We have a train of post: was a slashing attack on the op- treaties committing the infiventia) mind. once he got away from the policies ef peace. And yet some of! always stultifying air of Washing-|the signers of those treaties are! ton, and substituted the calm andj actually at war without so much (Continued on Page Four) jas breaking off formal relations’ United} i for peace. {do, and other things “not to do.” He knows: America did not save the world for democracy even though she) entered the World war to at- tain that ideal. The League of Nations, as now set up, may be a moral force for peace, but it definitely has failed to stop powerful states bent on getting what they want by force. No important peace treaties since the World war—the Kel- logg-Briand pact, the Nine- Power pact, the Four-Power Pacific treaty, Locarno—has yet prevented some of the nations that signed them from taking up arms against each other. Most post-war — international conferences have falied to put the world’s political and eco- nomical machinery in a sane balance. The Versailles peace treaty ending the World war did not alter human nature; it merely redrew the world map, and, 2, 3. some impartial observers think| Brett- it is a breeder of war. 6. publics on an even footing is the topmost star in the Ameri- ean diplomatic crown. A revised Monroe docirine| 80m and Johnson, is spending | | diately taken on the part ‘of Key! which puts all American re-|few days in Key West inspecting The “open door” for trade in| been let to Roy Jemison, contrac-/the part of the city council to China for all nations may or} tor of Miami, Miami Beach tire Nation Plans For Observance Of Navy Day P.-T. Association Council Delegates Plan Attending Meeting In Palm Beach iKey West Naval Station Will Be Thrown Open Te All Visitors Tomor- row ‘SFomorrow, October 27, the anniversary of former Presi- Belegates from all three units,and Budget, Mrs, Al» G.. Wagnets+ dent: Theodore ‘Roosevelt, is Navy of the Monroe County Council; treasurer, F. C. P. T.; Room Rep- Day.si'Thivigqvecident (ef ‘these P.-T. A. will leave Key West this week-end to attend the Regional Conference to be held at West Palm Beach, beginning November 1. Presiding at the conference} will be Mrs, Paul Sears, vice-| president of F. C. P. T. The pro- gram that will be carried out dur- ing the meeting follows: 10 to 10:30—Registration. 10:30—Song by assembly, led by Mrs. Joseph Hill, accompanied by Mrs. Ruth Buford. Invocation—Rev. Olarke Neale Edwards, pastor First Presbyterian church. Welcome—John L. Leonard, superintendent of public instruc- tion. Mrs. T. P, Riggs. resentatives, Mrs. L. H. Gibbs, secretary, F. C.’ P. T.; *Gotintyp United States, believed so deeply | Florida’s Children,” Councils, Mrs. Paul Delevan, vice president, F. C. P. T. 12:30 to 2:00—Lunch. View Exhibits. Personal conferences. 2:00—Reconvene. Music, High School Orchestra, directed by Mrs. Lallio B. McKenzie. “Safety For Mrs. G. L. Tallman, administrative assistant, T.S. E. P. Assembly singing. Panel discussion, “What Are Real Parent-Teacher Activities?” with Mrs, Frank Petrio as leader; mem- bers, Mesdames Sears, Delevan, Gibbs, Williams. Assembly sing- ing. Announcements. Question box, Mrs. Clinton Porvi, president, F. €. P, T. Response—Mrs. J. A. Austin,| 4:00 to 5:00—Sight-seeing. im the country’s first line of de- fense, that throughout his ad- ministration he did all possible to | increase and make the navy so ef- | ficient, it would be adequate pro- tection in case of need. Throughout the country tomor- row it is the navy’s day “at home”. Busy citizens, who take such things for granted, are” in- vited most cordially to visit the ships end store stations of the navy. The Naval Communications service, which broadcasts storm director district thirteen. Introduction of guests—Mrs. Paul Sears, ‘Conference theme. Mrs. Paul Sears, Assembly. sing- 6:00—Banquet at George Wash- ington Hotel. Music, Mrs. How- ard Chilton. Summer Institute Awards. Florida Parent-Teacher, ing led by Mrs. Hill. Parent Ed- ueation, Mrs. J. Austin Williams, chairman, F.C. P. T. 21:30 to} 12:30—Conferences: Mrs. J. A. Williams, Member-| ship. Music, Mrs. Howard Chilton. | “Its Name Is Publications... Mr. nd Mrs, D. D. Dandill, Kelsey Presidents and Vice-Presidents,| City. “Home and School Cooper-| Mrs. Jas. Fitts Hill, vice-president, | ation,” Mrs. James Fitts Hills, N. C. P. T.; Treasurers, Finance! vice-president, N. C. P. T. Edgar House Given Name Of Southern Cross Hotel Edward I. Brown, of the Mon-; ible here than in any other city of ‘oldi ny, Ine.,!the United States. Because i 2 ge a ae RO \ nla Mr. Brown decided upon the] tapiehunesi” . ‘'name of the Edgar House. Asbury-Hudson, and Fairfax Ho-| Mr. Brown says he is optimistic tels at Asbury Park, N. J.; the over the future of Key West, an- Warrington Hotel at Ocean Grove, ' ticipates an era of prosperity here N. J., and the Maryland Hotel, at) and believes opening of the Over-| Ft. Lauderdale, which company /sea Highway is going to bring a; has just completed the purchase) flood of people into the city. He of the Edgar House on Duval) realizes there is an extreme acute- street, from Hugh Williams of ness about the thodshig [situation Williams, Inc., real estate! for the accommodation of visitors! operators, cooperating with John-jand that steps should be imme: | ; Westers to build new, and» ader the recently acquired property. {quate accommodations,’ He also Contract for plastering the en-! believes that the city of Key W tire interior of the building has|would benefit by a program on extlvairsl eh van, and keep the beaches clean and invit-' may not be open the next time; Ft. Lauderdale, who is moving to'ing to the visitors coming here,| we take hold of its latch. Moral Boycott Therefore the President turned to a new ers. His state department ed for peace But neither the President nor! who had come to Key the state department has com- mitted ug to a policy of fighting Nor have they been willing to try to cut off the sup- plies of warlike nations, that is, to carry on an economié boycott. And that means we are not com- mitted to use force against any nation, and we won't use it, unless —well, it is amybody’s guess what Mr. Roosevelt's announcement noticed a rathér femarkable Giinge | Cc@tral powers and the entente of would make us go to war. TWO MEANEST MEN . DAVENPORT, I2.—The Schick Electric Shaver CS a Blades— scerDc \ Ne Lather and Mrs. B. S. Lewis on October/in the view of some commenta-! position—and that he changed his powers of the earth to national! Gardner's y y “The Rexall Store” has' here. Work on instrument—a' project will start within on|acts which will tend to undo the|freshly recorded on the pages of| moral boycott against war-mak-| days. r : has ed and which will eventually mean | what was to come. What can be}told the League of Nations we pe as the Southern Cross Ho- states that the Maryland at of | willing to stand up with other tel. During Mr. Brown's first, Lauderdale is now one half full at War, peace-loving nations and be count-' visit to the city he met a | 1 title| was in Key West last week and « that,|of “meanest men” can be bestow-/ | House were convinced On| Now we bave a league of Nations. ed. police say. upon Ed Fryauf and! NEW ARRIVAL IN j President bad determined -on a his swing around the country, most) We have the labels of communism, | Paul Goldschmidt of this city, who| County Health Department taking’ commente favorably 05 mark’ stole an old-age pension check and! the pre-' comparatively mild in tone and/off blees of world powers, and| bought beer with it. Key West with Mrs. Jemison, to| who will want to use them so establish his business and home, much. the renovation! The new owner of the Edgar a few House, now the Southern Cross | Hotel, reports good business this; be summer at his northern hotels and} Ft. Henceforth’ the hotel will man this early peri@d in the season. | who was interested in astronomy,’ His purchase of the Edgar House West be-\ represents Mr. Brown's first out- cause the constellation known as right acquisition of Florida real the Southern Cross was more vis-' estate. Veterinarian Finds Key West | Cattle Free From Diseases At the conclusion of bis visit! Dr. DeRing stated that berds in} Dr. J. S. DeRing, veterinarian.; the gen- great interest in the operstion of/eral aspects of sanitation the clinic and other allied im-|cleaniiness st the dairies. terests. The visiting It was explained to ‘fhe Citizen/ over the highway for that the object Dr. DeRing’s dale after expreming init was to test West herds of the | warnings and weather reports for the benefit of ships at sea, will , broadcast a Navy Day greeting message to the American Mer- chant Marine. A. Navy Day. radio receiving competition has been arranged in which will participate. amateurs of the United States, This com- | petition has been arranged by the Navy Department in conjunction with the American Radio Relay League. Transmission will be at the rate of 20 words per minute from Washington station NAA at 9 p. m., on 4045 kilocycles and 8090 kilocycles simultaneously. Trans- missions from the San Francisco Naval Station at 10:30 p. m., on the same wave length. Letters of appreciation will be sent by the Secretary of the Navy to those amateurs who submit perfect copies of the broadcast. In Key West there is one of the most interesting naval stations in the country. For the past year extensive improvements have been under way. Five of the nine | wooden finger piers in the sub- marine base have been replaced by! all welded, steel piers. The and resurfg4 Bu and P repaired. Pier extensive re- when the Key West Naval Station program is completed, it will be in excellent condition. Tomorrow visitors are cordially invited to visit the station, sub- marine base and breakwater, and become familiar with the progress of the program. It’s your Key West Naval Station. SUBCONTRACT ON BRIDGE PROJECT FOR conaraustion OF CON- CRETE DECK ON BAHIA HONDA BRIDGE J. 0. Patterson Company, of Kaneus City, Mo., has been been let » subcontract from the Wixeon- sin Bridge end iron Company, to construct the conercte deck on the bridge st Bahia Honda. 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