The Key West Citizen Newspaper, November 2, 1937, Page 1

Associated Press Day Wire Service. For 67 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West VOLUME LVIII. No. 260. Scout Troop ‘Declares War’ On Weeds; To Clean Up Lot Adjoining Mercedes Hospital '¢. H. SYMONETTE ARRIVES IN CITY | ACCOMPANIED BY HIS WIFE; OCCUPYING OLD DEMERITT HOME ON WILLIAM ST. ' t Patrol To Attend Cere- monies In Unveiling Of Monument At Mate- cumbe Selection of a patrol from Troop & Boy Scouts of America, | George H. Symonette, son of C. C. Symonette, accompanied by Mrs, Symonette, arrived in the to represent the organization at the ceremonies attendant upon the unveiling of the monument at Seoeoeceeosesversoosveee BUSINESS Business interests convinced that the plans to balance the budget, en- courage sound revision of the capital gains and corporate sur- plus tax levies and, possibly. per- mit reasonable the Stock Exchange Act. are about NOV. 16TH The unemployment question- naire cards wlil be distributed by postal employes on Nov. They will be left everywhere and the unemployed are urged to fill in the fourteen questions and re- turn the cards not later than No- vember 20, SCALP-HUNT President | modification of} 16th. | KEY WEST, FLORIDA, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER re Key West Citizen 2, 1937. Key West, Florida, has the most equable climate in the country; with an average range of only 14° Fahrenheit PRICE FIVE CENTS Loox Valuable North Beach Property » WA sHENGTON | CONGRESS MEETS SOON | LONG SESSION AHEAD FARM AID AND FUNDS | LANDON’S CRY FOR FIGHT RIVALRY WITH HOOVER G. O. P. COURSE DIFFICULT |“MID-TERM” COMMENTS “JIMMY” GETS HIS CHANCE {THE WILL TO PEACE ver claim rests on the fact’ that! he owas actually President. Whether either man represents the rank and file of the party is doubtful, although just now there is some doubt of the party posi- tion, with some members urging a liberal trend, others a conserva- tive position and a third group wanting to take a stand just a little to the right of the cen- ter. There are difficulties ahead in jany position. A ‘liberal would be revolutionary and in line iwith the tactics of Mr. Roosevelt course By HUGO S. SIMS Matecumbe, November 14, to those who died in the hurricane of 1935, was the main object of the}. troop meetin, Wesley House. Member of the troop named on Dick Hernandez, Ray Perez, Ray Demeritt, Campo, Sebastian Cabrera, held last night+in the patrol were: Joe Jr., Billy Spence and Arturo Lujan, Jr. In the event that some of those named will be unable to at- tend, alternates were named to take their place. The entire membership of the troop, with just a few exceptions, ‘was present and deep interest was displayed in the meeting. This was very evident when an an- nouncement was made about a city Sunday evening over the highway ‘from his former home in Valdosta, Ga. Mr. Symonette was in the city for several months looking at the Many evidences of progress shown and decided to come home, and as he expressed it, “get a toe hold,” while the chances offered. He left the city about two weeks ago for Valdosta, there he made all arrangements for com- ing back to Key West, and with jMrs. Symonette is occupying the old Demeritt home on William street, and says he is going to stay. FREEMAN WILL HANDLE ESTATE | William A. Freeman was of- ificially appointed today as the executor of the estate of the late ;Mrs. Charlotte A. Hodgdon. The “war” which is to begin Saturday | appointment was signed by Judge morning. Raymond R. Lord. Instilling the ideas of civie| Letters testamentary were yes- ¢pride_is_ one of the essentials. of ' seout training, and this work will be the initiative step in their train- ing activity when the boys gather near Mercedes hospital and with their implements of destréction begin a concentrated drive on the weeds and other wild growths on the lot adjoining the institution. Girl scouts ure to enter this work with a program of beauti- fication. The lot will be planted with beautiful and ornamental plants following in the wake of Carried On the cleaners, and convert it into a small park, or playground. Lieutenant Wm. Klaus, U. 8. N. It was suggested by E. H. Gato,|fficer in charge of the naval Jr., that when the work of clean-| Station is in receipt of the permit ing and beautifying the property which was recently awarded the is completed the space, could be} WPA in connection with work ap- used by the scouts for games, out| Proved for the station and per- door entertainments and in fact | mission for the WPA to use cer- many forms of interesting pas- tain parts of the naval station al- times, so structures of the station. The meeting was opened by Permission includes the use of Senior Patrol Leader Ray. Pordz|¢ertain piers in the submarine | with a Bible reading, which»whs| Use fox the.puxpese, of establish- followed by the Lord’s ‘Prager !\4n| ing» available berthing. space for unison, The Oath of Aiegiahes:| Pleasure: beats, also. buildings for Scout Oath and Motto>were mse of personnel of the Works} cited. k ss: Administration and also{ After roll call, and-the-busi the Old Naval sHospital building of the meeting was bréaghp toa for‘ ist -as a clinic. close, various discussions were! It is understood that the _per- held at the conclusion of these|™it is indeterminate and may be the meeting was adjourned. revoked in part or its entirety by A brief drill period was the Secretary of the Navy when-! joyed following the ever it is so advised. The WPA ment of the Great must maintain in a satisfactory Benediction. manner all buildin, structures and grounds includéd in the per-} jmit whether they be occupied or PT. A. COUNCIL | unoccupied. OW There are a number of regula- M ;. {partment under date of November 5, Minne County Council of/10, 1984, issued to the Federal! nad = sg erator ad-/ Emergency Relief Administration, | Pith tb thin imelaa. School 2:45 o'clock tomorrow| | i afternoon in the assemblage room of the Parent-Teachers Associa- tion. All committee chairmen are urged to attend, it is announced, as well ag the chairmen of all locals. of the executor’s appointment pa- pers, en- Pronounce- Scoutmaster’s MASONIC NOTICE Regular Communication of Dade Lodge, No. 14, F. and A. M.j Wednesday evening, November 3,! The National Maritime Union is after the scalp of Joseph P. Kennedy, who is chairman of the Maritime Commission. The union toward strikers abroad the Algic while the government vessel was in South American waters. How- ever, getting the scalp of Mr. Kennedy is a diffifeult task, as others who have tried will ad- mit. POWER The fight of the Duke Power ‘Company against the right of the PWA to finance publicly owned power plants will be heard by the Supreme Court in December, im- mediately after the case of the Alabama Power Company, which jinvolves PWA loans to six Ala- bama towns for hydroelectric plants, These cases ought to set- {tle an issue which has been be- fore the courts too long already. VISITOR The announcement that Lord Robert Cecil, outstanding peace advocate of England, will visit rect bearing en the present in- ternational situation. Lieut. Klaus Receives Permit For WPA Operations To Be At Naval Station Signers to the permit and agreement are Charles Edison, Acting Secretary of the Navy and Corrington Gill, Assistant Admin- jistrator, Works Progress Admin-j will also pass the istration. The signatures are ac- companied by the official seal of the Navy Department, and an acknowledgement of the accept- ance of the terms and conditions set forth in the paper. Lieutenanat Klaus said _ this morning that approximately 40 men have been added to the per- sonnel working on the projects in the station and submarine base. He told The Citizen that it was expected that the piers, «which were authorized by the navy de- partment and will make seven of all-steel finger piers when com- pleted, will be started in about two months, approximately, or when the worl. on Pier B, now under course of reconstruction, is almost completed. In addition to this work an- other project has been authoriz- ed at the station. This ic re- interlocking steel sheet piling. It is estimated that the present schedule of work, if mainained regularly, will last for approxi- mately one year. Hog Key Ferry Shp ' Practically Completed is incensed over his firm attitude! | (Special Washington Correspond- ent of The Citizen) In less than three weeks an overwhelmingly Democratic —Con-| gress will conven» in a_ specia! session called by a Democratic President, to consider five legis- lative probems. The work of the} session may be limited to the! program outlined if the leaders of the dominant party determine to pass a resolution to this effect} but we doubt if this will be the ease because many members will be anxious to give their views on} other subjects. | If the worl: could. be confined ito erop control, wage and hour regulation, reorganization of the executive department, regional planning and revision of the anti- itrust laws it would be possible, in the six weeks before the regular session in January to get through with most of the matters at hand. This would leave Congrssmen a} number of items for next year but} “and Hoover, to the jthey would make the and therefore apparently not available to a successful opposi- tion. A conservative stand would be the same es that adopted in 11932, 1934 and 1936 and conse- quently to be discarded in view of the results of the“three election years. The other position, to the right of the center, would require deep thinking and clear state- ment to avoid the illusion of be- ing the moon to the New Deal sun, There are some Republicans who believe thet the best interests f the party would be served by entica] statements from Landon effect “that they will not seek the nomination in 1940 and that their only in+ terest is to defeat the New Deal Mpolicies of President Roosevelt. By thus removing themselves way for other men and probably assist the mid-term convention, which seems likely to be called when the na- tional committee meets next Purchased By Chas. N. Keen Interest Being Shown In Waterway Stone Four Lots Included In Area Situated Between Petronia And Olivia Streets . Route From Key West To Bahia Honda! .....zc. . .. | Key West has more friends along the Atlantic Seaboard than residents may be aware of, it is shown. The secretary of the Chamber of Commerce has called! the attention of ‘Yacht Clubs and yacht owners to the fact that they were missing a lot of fun be- cause there was no through which they might enter and explore the lovely archipelago which extends Key West to Bahia Honda. , Some time ago, the States Engineers’ office at Jack- sonville sent Inspector ‘Cornwell down here to ascertain if there was need for the channel might justify the expense of survey and the opening of it for traffic. from sale on North Beach was con- summaied yesterday when “The undersigned has been on four channel) tropical | United | that} al yachts operating in South Florida waters since 1922, usually as mas-~ ter, and it has been forcibly dem- onstrated to me that ‘the’ 'stretth |from Bahia Worda' to Key ‘West,! via the Hawk Channel, is _ fay very far, from being an ‘inside route. “The depths in the most excel- lently marked, but unfortunately very shallow channel on the oth- er side of the Keys is very in- jadequate for my crafts. Hhve jbeen held by the weather for days at Key West, and can say the trip has never been pleasant. “This tends to make the {below Bahia Honda a ‘one affair’ as guests se\dom care to { ! run trip lots were sold to Charles N. St ‘of Moline, Hl. The sale was held by Allan B. Cleare, Jr., and the holdings wére bid in by Judge ‘Rayniond R: Lord, trustee for Mr. Stone. The property is shown on the plat book of that section as Lots 1 and 2 in Square 2, and Lots 7 and 8, in Tract 7. The property is on North Beach near the ter- mination of Petronia and Olivia streets. What the purchaser intends to construct on this land is prob- lematical, but with the riparian “We have no information as to| get tossed around more than once, rights which go with (> posses- the nature of his report but whatever it was, it is being sup- plemented by such letters as the, one from the American Power Boat Association, in which they express the keenest interest in the proposed opening of the chan- nel and the one from Captain jwhen, there are cther perfectly | protected cruising grounds. This is most regrettable as everyone I have taken down to Key West has been favorably impressed with the city, finding something dif- ferent from the others along the Intracoastal Waterway. {with the hope of an adjournment| month, @ frame a declaration of early in the summer, which|policy. Certainly, so long as i would be suitable to most of them|both try to assert leadership the who have to face the electorate|party is not apt to make great terday issued by Judge Lord and| Washington, in November inspires! i, the Pall of 1988. Despite the |advances. the finaf-arrangements were ¢on-| interesting speculatio bat- so far? desirability “ot ‘getting ieny ‘from eluded today with the signature/as can be ascertained has no di- Washingon for campaign pur-; Meanwhile, Chairman John D. poses next summer the probabil-|M. Hamilton is having relatively ity is that the regular session will little to say, except to lambast be prolonged. the ‘administration from time to — time and confer with party lead- One of the advantages of » plan'ers. He favors the mid-term to limit the special session to the|conference but it has not develop- five-point program is the limi-j}ed much power among some of tation of controversial issues, in-|the strong men in the small group cluding the anti-lynching _ bill] of (Republican ‘Congressmen. now in a position to come up for|Senator Borah says it does not consideration, as soon as farm leg-jreach beyond the “leaders and a islation is finished. The anti-|few distinguished persons,” that lynching bill has spirited cpposi- the convention would have no tion ahead of it, esrecially from|authority to speak for the voters ‘Southern members of ‘Congress|and that “one thing” the Repub- but it will probably be passed.jlican leaders need is to “get in Already the House has voted fav-| closer contact with the voters.” orably upon it and, while there}On the other hand, Senator Edge will be much debate, the Senate/of New Jersey would have the measure, we/pre-convention “include outstand- ing opponents of the New Deal who may not have been hereto- fore identified with the Republi- ie party.” {believe. i The farm program, whatever it jmay prove to be, will require ‘more money, it seems, than the jamount now available under budget estimates. This will re-|fest in the gyrations of the stock quire the passage of a new tax market where sweeping gains and ‘measure, bat this phase of thejlosses are reported from day to program may be left to the regu-| day, with the downward trend ler session. At this writing the | gradually pulling issues to lows iprocessing taxes are © favored| for the past twp years. Insiders |which eauses some writers to as-| put the blame on various factors | sert that they have been ovtlaw- | including high margin require- ted by the Supreme Court. Zhis| ments, stringent regulations of His not the case, however, because| the Securities; Exchange Commis- ithe Court, in its decision throw-|sion and the inability of company jing overboard the AAW, did sed pease g to support its stock in the jdeny the right of the government market. Other experts find dif- jto levy processing taxes. It in-| ferent causes and the more can- |walidated the use of the process- | did admit that they know little or ling tax money for the special/nothing about the subject. Any- | purpose involved and ordered th ay, the market is attraction at- jsums collected refunded. At the| tention that may be reflected in Considerable interest is mani- tions which have been agreed "P-| placement of the concrete key' some time it was clearly evident | Congress when it meets. on in the permit which Supersedes) wall, extending from near Bier B that any processing tax going into that the permit of the Navy De-)to the first of the finger piers, by|the general treasury would be | The eighteen largest indepen- |dent and emergency agencies of | }the government through their re- Former Governor Landon’s|spective heads, will hereafter radio address, eslling for Repub-|take their troubles to. James Ihiean opposition to the President| Roosevelt, eldest son of the: Presi- jemphasized the importance of his} dent, who has. been officially | party, which holds exactly one-| named coordinator. The purpose }fifth of the members of thejof the order isto give access. to |Howse ‘and Senate. Certainty | the Chief Executive throngh one |this minority cannot hope to block | designated te teke up problems jlegisiation unles; it can drive a (Continued on Page Four) |wedge between the President and As well as PRESERVE YOUR CAR with a coat of |upheld by the Court. lsome of the Democrats. In fact, | Republican strategy has been de-| signed to this end and it has suc-/ ceeded to some extent, although! [not as far as some enthusiastic) Republicans would have one be- Hamilton, who writes to the En-| “TI fully realize that the Intra- sion of the land there are a num- ber of constructions which could be advantageously placed on the sites which the purchase involves, it is said. Price paid for the land at the le yesterday was $2,86 Hog Key ferry slip was yester- {equipment of the State Road De- 7:30 p. m. at Scottish Rite Hall, day completed with the exception! partment was available for use. corner Simonton and streets. Work in the M. M. De- gree. Members of sister lodges and visiting Masons invited to at- tend, nov2-1t Eaton ‘of two dolphins which will, in all] {probability, be installed by morrow afternoon. Condition of this slip has been {a aource of anxiety to the countyjance of the cost of the work wasition, a party’s last A long pe Z M. ried, but it was only recently that 'ty jcommissioners over a Repairs to the slip was made to-| possible at thi, time by an ap-/attention to the rivalry propriation of $1,000 made by the road department. The bal- taken over by the board of coun- rs j lieve. ' The Landon speech also called | existing - jbeween former President Hoover} jand bimeelf. Ussally, by tradi-| Prsidential | jeandidate is the leader until an-| fother is nominated but the Hoo- Paint applied the MOD- i i | i ite last year the sale of these'to the 1927 sale to date of 412. ginners’ office stating in unmis- takable terms the hazards that might be avoided if this thor- oughfare, might be made avail- ab:e”’, states the secretary of the commerce body. The cooperation of Florida yacht clubs may be regarded as certain, judging from the letters received, and the graphic story of the outside trip of the tug “Pioneer” that was told in a re-! cent issue of The Citizen has been forwarded to ‘Colgnel George E. Brown, chief engineer at Jack- sonville. A military authority has expressed his belief of the advantage that the thoroughfare might be to the defenses of the country in time of stress. Alto- gether, it is believed that the mat- ter may be presented in a man-; ner that will warrant considera- tion. The letter of Captain Edward D. Hamilton referred to in the foregoing is interesting from more thon one vievpoint, and is ad- dressed to the “District Engineer, U. S. Engineers Department, Jacksonville, Fla., as follows: “Dear Sir: “Have heard that your depart- ment has been making .an inves- tigation bearing upon the advis- ability of making the Intracoast- al Waterway, Norfolk to Key West, a reality, in the full sense of the word. Luther Muse Captain Of Tender I Lather H. Muse, is today cap- tain of the Lighthouse Tender, of Personnel. Ivy, advanced to the position from) that of first officer of the vessel The Ivy is now in Tampa Bay where regular buoy changes are being made and other matters at- tended to. received this® lighthou: ficial co ning at local warters in an of- ieation from Edw. ice of the appointment was MANY CLIENTS DISTRIBUTED FROM ‘COMMO- DITY ROOMS ON SIMON. TON STREET In complianee with instruction, {coastal Waterway cannot be com- pleted within a year. In fact, the |progress, through no fault of your department, but owing to the lack of unlimited funds, bas been slow. If it is your plan to | continue from Florida Bay to 'Behia Honda as the next project and then in another year from Bahia Honda to Key West, may I be allowed to suggest that the process be reversed, because while ithe depths in some places on the. N. Recio, supervisor of Unit ' first mentioned stretch are _ not/29, State Welfare Gommodity Di- lell that could be desired, if is|vision, has compiled a report cov- |possible to get through. Also in|ering atticley received and distr ‘the event of funds to establish} buted during October to certified ithe standard I. C. W. depths ‘onj clients in Montoe county as fol- the last stretch are inadequate, a| lows: five-foot project would be wel-| Women’s suits, 19 delivered to comed. 19 families. “I feel quite certain that were| Children’s dresses, 342 to 102 ‘it possible to poll the yachtsmen | families. cruising South Florida waters Infant's dresses, \they would agree with me. Un-| families, fortunately at the moment the} Women’s dresses, 85 to 58 fam- yachts which will be congregated | ilies. in South Florida waters in a few} Boys’ shirts, 140 to 121 fami- months are scattered along the / lies, Atlantic and Gulf coasts and’ the Boys’ suits, 29 to 19 families. Great Lakes.” Comforts, 14 to 14 families. Captain Hamitton ¢oneludeb by} .Towels, 486 to 162 families. requesting that tione of hiv let} All of the articles were distri- ter be constrted as adverse erit-|tiuted from the Commodity Rooms icism, as he reulisey and greatlyj}at the corner of Simonton and appreciates all which ‘tas- been ‘Angela streets. done by the department and hopes! that “you can soon’ make:all the I. C. W, a real inside route.” Appointed 159 to 81 ENTERTAINMENT TO BE PUT ON BY KEY WEST Civ- iC PLAYERS Conch Town Minstrels, which will be staged at the High Schco! 4 auditorium Thursday evening at The communication announces! creiock by the Key West Civic lthe appointment as master in the; Players, promises to be well at- lighthouse service, and further tended if the edvance mile of | stipulates that the office of mas-itickets is to be taken as « crit |ter carries with it remunerstion erion. of $3,000 annually. These tickets are being offered Captain Muse has been in the; for sale service for nearly 21 years. Hiei Civie official papers are those of mas-| Boy ter of steam vessels of any grow tonnage. 17 Gardner, chief of the Division ——__—4— Sale Of Automobile License Tags Far afternoon at 3 Clerk Wallace Pin- city auto- mobile license tag, for the year 1938, My. Pinder said that compared Behind Last Year necessary tags this year t far behind, but had no probable rea- son to offer, that is tenable. During the year 1936 the sale of these city tags tedched 1153 and of this number, 944 had been | § sold on November 1, i ‘ LADIES, BEFORE YOU FURNISH YOUR KITCHEN IN ALUMINUM WARE, SEE OURS. QUALITY, HEAVY ALUMINUM IS ALWAYS CHEAPEST. SOUTH FLORID