The Key West Citizen Newspaper, December 21, 1937, Page 1

Associated Press Day Wire Service. For 57 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West VOLUME LVIII. Shown That Monroe County Will- Retain Ratio Bearing On Its Future Population WORK OF LOCAL POET INCLUDED IN ANTHOLOGY No. 302. Reveal That! Seven Other Florida Counties Will Show Decline In Future Statistics MORGAN ETCHING MOUS ART COL KEY WEST, FLORIDA, TUESDAY, DECEMBER Leonine at The Key West Citizen 21, 1937. ‘Wreck { \ “BARGAINING.” DRY POINT! . 4 IS THE DOOR OPEN? ETCHING BY LOCAL ART-| JAPAN DETERMINED IST. IN "FINE PRINTS OF WATCHES U. S. FLEET YEAR 1937." BUILDING WARSHIPS FACING A DECISION F. Townsend Morgan, well} known artist and etcher, has had! ARE INTERESTS VITAL? his dry point etching entitled eee “Bargaining” included in “Fine By HUGO 8. SIMS and to maintain it if assailed by‘ a combination of two or more: powers. The Japanese appar- | ently intend to build their navy; to a strength sufficient to pre-| vent the United States and Great Britain from being able to suc- cessfully challenge their course | in the Far East. | As a matter of fact, when the; present policy in China was be- Jack Baker Injured Key West, Florida, has the most equable climate in the country; with an average range of only 14° Fahrenkeit PRICE FIVE CENTS ed Ward Line Ship _ Goes To Pieces; Warbler Returning To Key West According To Advices Ke- ceived, Wrecking Tug Will Arrive Here On Thursday i (Special. Washington Correspond- ginning to unfold and the mili- pigveraghe oe er a see ent of The Citizen) ;tary domination of China begun, contemporary print producti . The situation in the Far East,| Japanese officials, in the words| luction, where the Japanese invasion of; of a correspondent, had one eye, In Fall From Bridge MRS. EMELINE WINTERMUTE. BODLER’S POEMS IN “AM- By PAUL MAY Advices received at the office (Special Washington Correspondent of The Citizen) WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec. 21. —Although by 1980 population in seven Florida counties will be-| gin to decline, owing to lack of fertility among women and the practising of birth control, pros- pects are for a continued in- crease of population in Monroe county, the National Resources Board announced today as a re- sult of population studies in every county in the country. The Scripps Foundation for Research in Population Problems, which conducted the study, found that there are more than enough} children under five years of age’ in Monroe county in ratio to; ERICAN WOMEN POETS 1937.” ler, who has been wintering in Key West the last two seasons, has had a number of her poems included in “American Women Poets 1937,” a well known nat- ional publication, issued Friday. The work of forty other Florida {poets have been published in the : Florida section of the publication. .Mrs. Bodler was not able to jmake the trip to Key West this | year because of the illness of her ‘mother. Mr. Bodler has returned season. The Bodlers Rochester, New York. “American Women Poets 1937” is edited by Margery Mansfield, are from edited by the well known Camp- bell Dodson, and issued last; China has been a striking mili-j}on China and the other on the month, Only 23 prints are repro- duced, and they represent the work of artists from all over the world. But 44 American artists Mrs. Emelie Wintermute Bod-| are included. Previously, the pub: Japan - {lication has dealt only with Am- ees and British work, but thi year it was expanded to include’ the work of all known artists. The anthology made its fifteenth an- !nual appearance this year. a scene presumably in the West fishing and trading boats rise above the planking of the wharf. There is a colored woman. in the | center. To the right are a num- ‘and hopes that his wife will be! ber of colored boy loungers in able to come down later in the} back of a group of sheep. The at- The Townsend print = 1 ‘tary success, creates the neces- sity for Western. powers to reach @ momentous decision. When inaugurated her present , there was some doubt as to the attitude of the powers to the maintenance of the terri- ‘torial integrity of China but few ipeople now believe that any na- tion in the world will undertake to prevent the political dismem- berment of China. In fact, the Chinese themselves thoroughly Indies at a wharf. The masts of understand that the territorial] ports. The Japanese were con-} salvation of their nation depends ‘ entirely upon the action of the ' Chinese themselves. The ‘Japanese campaign has gone far enough to demonstrate! mosphere of a_ ship-bargaining|that,the invaders have control of wharf is admirably portrayed, ac-|Vital economic areas, so far as cording to many who have seen}China is concerned, and possess the print which is one among a "Necessary transportation facili- | Jack Baker, employed on the navy of the United States. The| bridge at Spanish Harbor, plung- Japanese believed that the Brit-jed on an auto truck this morn- ish and French fleets were pin: |ing from the bridge, falling ap- — air Oca Wen ~ that! proximately 20 feet into the wa- alyzed from its liquidation to in-| eT» but was not severely injur- terfere with the Chinese venture. ;““; However, the Japanese knew! The truck"had been backed on- well that the United States|t0 the turn-table, which is locat- fleet, representing probably the|ed in the center of the bridge, most powerful navy in its his-}and on which vehicles are driven tory, was ‘in splendid condition jn order to turn around, as they and that it was stationed in the; cannot make a turn on the road- harbors of American Pacific| way, without the device. It was stated that the truck cerned lest Washington adopt ajwas on the turn-table when it strong policy against Japanese; began to move off. Mr. Baker aggression in China and feared;sprang to the vehicle to apply that the British might open its! the brakes, but this was not pos- new naval base at Singapore to|sible before the truck reached tte ee tee annie would hie edge of the structure and ere able to reaten Japan s)} i right to do as she pleased with| Une into the water. China. Just at this time a launch of the Thomas F. Kenny Company was passing, saw the signals from men on the bridges, came in to the truck on which Mr. Ba- ker was standing, took him on board and brought him ashore. It was found that he had re- ceived three cuts on the right side which though, apparently not serious, were in need of at- tention, and it was decided to send him to the city for treat- ment. Mario Viera had his car near and in this Mr. Baker was brought to the city and taken to the Marine hospital for first aid. Neither of the cuts were serious enough to require stitches, and he was there but a brief time when the wounds were dressed and he left for his home. of the Porter Dock Company. in- dicate there is a possibility of the Wrecking Tug Warbler returning from activity in Mexican weters. and probably being.at her berth Thursday. December'23. - .. The Warbler’ sailed:from | Key West on the morning of: Névem- ber 29, summoned to the. | assist- ance of the Ward Line Steamer Cauto, which was reported aground near the port «f Puerto, Mexico. Wrecking tug lett witn additional wreckers an¢ upon ar- riving at the scene, it was found that the ship was in a perilous position, and was giving ~evi- dences of being smashed on the rocks. The Number 1 hold was*filling white women between the ages of | secretary of the Poetry Society of 20 and 44 years, to maintain a’ America, illustrated by Charlot stationary population beyond , Bowman, and published by Henry collection of the author’s prints. ties. This means that the Japan- Naturatly, the aapanese are} L@legraph Companies Will with ‘salen ak Gopy le ae at the Old Island Trading Post. |€5¢ are in position to attempt, in * {regard to China proper, what Mr. Morgan was in Key West. they have already d in Man- very much gratified that oe United States has not embarked | hope of saving anything else but the cargo, and it was doubtful i : ona policy of determined resist-| Ask Permission To Raise that could be saved - in | Harris, ‘ 1980, The number of children in} Harris, Poetry Publisher, 70, chukuo—the setting up of puppet! ance to Japanese aims and that, with the Federal Art Project ar- the county under 5, per white women, is 499, and to maintain a stationary population, the number needed is 446, it was said. The state of Florida as a whole, however, is ‘assured of a steady increase in pdpulation,. based on the number of children under five years now in the state, it was learned. % The Scripps Foundation says that high fertility is based ow the} assumption that the number of births per 1000 women through the child bearing period} will continue according to ; th same ratious prevailing during 1930-1934. MORE MEN CALLED FOR BRIDGE WORK Requisitions from contractors of the Overseas Road and Toll Bridge projects, continue to be| received at the United States Employment Bureau, and while there are not for many employes, they are sufficiently large to as- sure Work for quite a few.men which will go over into the new year. ae Those received recently were-as follows: ss S. J. Groves and.Sons Com- pany, Contract D, at Marathon, 10 white laborers, one . steel form setter, three negro laborers. Same contractors for Contract F at Little Duck Key, two mas- ter concrete finishers, one master concrete finisher’s assistant, two! laborers. Gustafsen and Sealander, sub contract one of Contract D, two painters. | 1000} living : Fourth Avenue, New York. (CORONER'S JURY | DEALS WITH CASE OF COLOR- ED WOMAN WHO DROWN- ED IN CISTERN | Coroner's jury which was em- panelled to invetigate into the colored, who came to her death by drown- ing Saturday afternoon, rendered a verdict yesterday afternoon to the effect that the act of the de- | ceased was done with suicidal in- tent, while in a fit of despond- ency. It was shown that the woman had for some time displayed fits | by @ physical condition which, at | times, resulted in suffering, and ; which had preyed on her mind to | such an extent as to bring about partial derangement. Saturday afternoon she ran | from her home on Olivia street to Division street and entering the ; home of Mrs. Fred Dion, Jr., ex- claimed that she wanted to be saved from her pursuer, who she said was the devil. She seemed very much’ excited, and turning from Mrs. Dion, sprang to the door, opened it, leaped the fence of the adjoining home, and threw herself into the cistern on the property of Mr. and Mrs. Tony! Arthur at 527 Division street. Members of the jury, which was empaneled by Peace Justice Enrique Esquinaldo, coroner ex- officio, were: Armando Ber- }mudez, Felipe Marrero, Oliver | nior, also came in the group from of despondency, caued, it is said, | tists during the “rehabilitation” of the city a few years ago. With his daughter, Norma, he has re- turned this year and is associated lery in this city. In a preface, Mr. Dodson notes that etching is “very. much.alive”’ in this country and that American lithographers are “mote numer-| the wotld have conéerned them-| been worth its cost because of| with the movement for an art gal-{ governments which will be fav-| efforts to create a joint {lishment of preferential traffics in; neva and at Brussels. This is un- favor of Japanese goods will! doubtedly reflected in the recent mean the eventual loss of the Chi- | nese market as far as the Western powers are concerned. da, who says, “If Japan had not gained anything else important is undeclared war..with nations of} China, the struggie would have For many years, the ous and active than their fellows! selves with the maintenance of|the clarification of Japanese- in most European countries at the! present time,” in American litho- graphs there is an “emphasis on jtone rather than line.” ARRIVE IN CITY OF SPENDING HOLIDAYS WITH RELATIVES | Other groups of college stu- dents are still coming in for the holidays. Lance Lester, freshman medical student at Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana; Ignatius Lester, Sciences at Tulane, and John Hayes, freshman Dental student freshman in Arts and! the “Open Door” policy in China.| American relations and the ban- This was an agreement that the|ishment—which I hope is _per- powers of the world would have;manent—of dangerous distrust equal commercial rights inj} and suspicions.” China. Obviously, Japan is in a _ position to close this door unless} Meanwhile, apparent confirma- | Western nations, are ready to dojtion of rumors that- Japan is | something more than talk about! building huge battleships comes their rights. from an article published in an | pinecone Italian newspaper. Information The « Ji in| about the naval building program {Chine is probably based on the} of Japan has been uncertain but j intention of the Japanese toj the Italian dispatch seems to be it through the economic ex-/ in line with what is known. Ac- | ploitation of China. In other| cording to the story, Japan is con- words, the only source that Japan | structing three 46-ton battleships, has available from which to re-| armed with 16-inch guns and, in coup its military expenditures in addition, has 63 other-men;of- {China is the capture of Chinese | war actually building or project- commerce. This means that com- ed. The other units include five petition from other nations must aircraft carriers, seven light cruis- be positively removed. This eco-{ ers, 43 destroyers and eight sub- {momic motive is behind the Jap-' marines. }tanese insistence that, in the Far | East, Japanese rights are para mount and that the Western na-/| tions must permit the Far East- | The Italian: newspaper printed its article simultaneously with the announcement of the conclu- front! orable to Japan. Thus, the estab-| against Japan have failed at Ge-| | NEW YORK, Dec. 21.—The | to apply to the Federal Communi | cations Commission for _a fifteen | percent increase in rates. | In making this application, one | of the oldest public service insti- | tutions is obliged to’ break a _ Precedent of thirty years’ stand- | ing. | The position of the telegraph industry in the public service field is unique in that it does not assess a stand-by charge, but must rely for its income wholly on hat is paid for each item of rvice performed. By progressive methods and a continued series of improvements and new developments in plant and operating processes, it has not only met all the increasing costs arising during the past three decades, but has actually decreased the cost of its service to the public. A The only increase in telegraph rates which has been made in the past thirty years was made by the government when it operated the industry during the World War. Today, despite drastic operating economies the financial resources and.,credit of the companies are Rates Fifteen Per Cent general slackening of the business. statement of Admiral Tadao Hon-' Telegraph Companies are about! of the country, on which the in- j dustry depends, and the situation is made even more critical by the: constantly growing cost of. tele- graph operation through — heavy | Social Security and other taxes, | wage restorations and mounting expenses of all kinds. As indicated by figures pub- lished a few days ago, the Tele- graph Companies are operating either at a deficit or on a very slender margin, and, it is pointed out, if this condition continues, will shortly impair their ability to continue rendering the effi- | cient serviee on which the public depends and which forms such an essential part of the commercial] and social fabric of the nation as well as an indispensible arm of national defense. In recent years the Telegraph Companies have offered a num- ber of new and additional serv- ices at low rates for the purpose of developing new and enlarged uses of their service, in an ef- fort to increase the volume of traffic and thus. keep their rev-| Corpus’ Christi enues abreast of. the. constantly | Denver mounting expenses, but inspite of | favorable public reception of, vessel began to break up. the actual breaking up vessel was Fee? beg ante 1 ; cere petit | F d Pre home td i : i £ ¥ a on Charleston _... 42 ae Dodge City own destiny. It requires no prophet to foresee that if West- ern powers remain aloff, the des- tiny of the Far East Will be di- rected by the aggressive military regime which now rules Japan. The presence of such a deter- nior at Dartmouth, Dave Shil- | ling, junior, and Al “i anese explains the abrogation of the treaties limiting the navies j of the world. Under the Treaty ern nations to work out their, | mination on the part of the Jap-| sion of an anti-Communist agree- ' ment between Italy and Japan. | It predicts that in 1941, when the United States has achieved the limits of the discarded Treaty of | London, the Japanese fleet will include twelve capital ships, five with 16-inch guns; ten or cleven carriers; five with flight decks; twelve heavy cruisers; 31 submarines. light | | cruisers; 155 destroyers and 63) these innovations they have not' Duluth been sufficient to offset the gen- ' Eastport eral downward trend. El Paso _ Galveston CITY COUNCIL ARRIVE SUNDAY fizz=- MEETS TONIGHT ABOARD PLANE i { Helena KEY A special meeting of the City; Arriving on the plane Sunday} Little Council will be held tonight) was Willian Howard Stovall, Mrs. Angeles being! jédpardized by the decline in-neveries brought on by ‘the Kemp, Herman Roberts, Lino Cruz and Enrique Esquinaldo, Sr. | Hanover, New Hampshire. They report snow and ice in the New of London, the Japanese fleet was It is interesting to recall that at 7:30 o’clock, for the purpées Ghoielh and William Howard Sto-! lymited to a ratio which would; the London Naval Treaty limited of taking up matters relative to vail, Jr. Wine establishments which it is} Mrs. Stovall went by bus Sat-| Nad ‘claimed are operating within|urday to Miami to meet Mr. Sto- Ni three hundred feet of the San/vall, her son, William, and return cate coke which is with them by plane. While the meeting is called Mr. Stovall is a cotton planter! or this purpose, it is and ‘with his wife and family T matters may also! summers at Stovall, Mississippi. luring the session. SIX MARRIAGE LICENSES BSUED During the week ending- today six marriage licenses were issued} ESMOND SAWYER STILL RE- from the office of County Judge Raymond R. Lord. As shown by| MAINS UNCONSCIOUS IN MARINE HOSPITAL very | not be sufficient to establish Jap-' the size of capital ships to 35,000 glad to be in a warm winter clim-| anese supremacy in the Far East! (Continued on Page Four) GALA OPENING 5 BOCA CHICA = RESORT AND FISHING CAMP:’ —with— Dance Tomorrow Night, December 22,:10:till 2» Open to Public Dance, Thursday, December —Featuring— HEM OLSON AND RIS ORCHESTRA — Wime Toast on the House — CLUB ROOM $1.00 COUPLE 10 to ? T. LUTHER PINDER, Prop. —For Riceeentene Peeve 584— CONDITION OF up the records issues were made to: Levi James and Isolina Mar- pee SES rero; Jacob D. Winslow and Mary| Esmond Sawyer, who is at the H. Jones; Mermit Saunders and| Marine Hospital where he was| Mrs. Henry Ren Marie Roberts; Maxwell Nathan-| taken after he was injured Sat-/'5 @ Sentor at Atlanta iel Shavers and Lorraine Darell;{urday afternoon while riding his! They will spend a Ralph Gillespie and Florrie Ca-/ motorcycle on Roosevelt Boule-| Miami and come to rey; Read S. Russell and Dur-|vard, had not regained conscious-| © Christmas Day. lean Higgs. ness up to 11 o'clock this makeing: | eames Tt was stated that he has on! CANS EXPLODE several occasions appeared to be - | rational, or semirational, but al-} EMPORIA, Kans.—Explosion of most immediately lapses into a: several cans of beans awakened | state of coma. It was said this' Mr. and Mrs. Paul Trimble of this| morning that even though uncon- city when their home caught fire! scious, the longer life lasts the during the night. | better his chances for recovery. a” has been attending Lawrenceville} Sit. Ste. Marie — prep school, where Be is in the Seattle - . Tampa {second form, and is here to spend Washington . jthe holidays. 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