The Key West Citizen Newspaper, November 2, 1940, Page 4

PAGE FOUR -: SOCIETY $:-: Harris School Classes Featured Hallowe’en Parties This Week Under the direction of teacher | 2A Class Albert Carey, a Hallowe’en pro-' gram was presented by the 6A. “Pray Song”, followed by Flag Salute. “It’s Hallowe’en”-——Song. class, of Harris School Wednes-/ KAY DISCUSSES | | SIX AMENDMENTS| (Continued from Page One) ‘pense, prove attractive to new |settlers, and be in accord with {the taxation program of Gover- jnor-elect Holland. Disadvantages jare that it might possibly prove} ithe opening wedge for a sales! tax, that it will take funds from| schools, pensions, health, prisons, | |tick eradication and free text! THE KEY WEST CFTIZEN Presidential Oddities [DRAFT DODGING In Ancient History ONCE WAS LEGAL (Continued trom Page One) | (Continued from Page One) | SS. CUBA | President but he was not sworn; Washington rode into Boston to: Steamship Cuba of the P. & O.) in. . Washington received only |take command he found 17,000'S.S. Company arrived at Key) $25,000 salary for his entire first |VOlunteers collected in various West at 6:45 o'clock Thursday | term, after which the- salary was |2nd peed salons: Bub ates ee oe raised to $35,000 a-yeer. which 3338 he. ranged “back and forth each, first and second-class pas- | the present Presi cas <i jacross the colonies he had less senger, on board for this port} 7 | TRANSPORTATION SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 2 19608 \PASTORS MEET NEXT MONDAY Rev. Ted M. Jones, secretary, announces the regular monthly meeting of the Key West Mimis- terial Alliance to be held next Monday morning, November 4th, at 10:30 a. m_ Stone Church An- a te ct | GET YOUR .. SANDWICHES — CHILI — COLD a SIDEWALK CAFE ——Opes AL Niget—— COFFEE DRINKS fund, the salary having been| raised to $75,000. and less support until by 1781, |when he rushed to Yorktown, he ;tons. Nine first-class passengers had only 2,000 loyal troops. It’s |Feight unloaded here totalled 109 nex embarked here for Havana and} TRY If TODAT— President Roosevelt's first term | nobody’s secret that the French |two autos were taken on board The Favorite in Key Wert “The Moon Man”—Recitation. day morning; and the 2A class,| “Qn Hallowe'en’—-Song by |D00ks, but.the amount, is -rela- 25 41. days shorter than that of /at; Yorktown saved the day, and|before the ship sailed at 10:30/* jany other President since Wash-} under :the direction of teacher! Miss Marie Haskins, staged an-! other “spooky” program Thurs- | Diane Dickens. count “The Hallowe’en Pudding”— Playlet. Cast: Hallowe’en Witch, itively smail and- could easily be made-up from pther sources. State Parole issil Establishment of a State Parole | ington who served a full* tétm. {Because of “the “Lame Duck” {amendment which shoved the in- jo’clock. Passengers on board Be-|from Tampa going to‘Havana to- one *Séc- | incidentally, ended the ‘war, Why the depleted ranks? cause militia had two crutches: |talled 12 first-class and The men thought of themselves :ond-class. : STAR + BRAND day morning in the auditorium }Dorene Clawson; Hallowe'en Cat, of the same institution. |Barbara Delgado; Harvest Moon, 6A Class Program !George Bean; Pumpkin Girls, The following numbers were/Adrienne Palmer, Christina Las- presented by the 6A class: !tres, Diane Dickens, Joyce Goeh- “Here Comes the Jack-O-Lan- ring, Patsy Howell, Joyce Gib- tern”—Assembly. 'son, Dorothy Lowe, Mary Rang- Recitation, ‘Hallowe'en Fan-jer, Betty Russell, Shirley Pent. tasy”—Julia Cruz. | “Ten Little Pumpkins”—Song Recitation, “Hallowe’en” —!by the Pumpkin Girls. Frank Sardinas. ! “The Autumn Gypsies’—Song “Hallowe’en”—Assembly. 4by Rita Canalejo. Playlet, “The Runaway Pump-! The Apple Boys: Jose Ponce, kins”. Cast: Pumpkins, Kermit |Sergio Milian, Alton Cates, Wil- Roberts, Ruth Roberts, Rosalie |liam Hartman, Robert Pinder, Al- Nelson; Hallowe’en Witch, Betty | bert Garcia, Robert Valdez. June Cottrell. The Witches: Melvin Lund- Recitation, “The Elsie Jane Curry. Recitation, “The Hallowe'en Cat”—Geraldine Alfonso. Flag Salute. Star Spangled Banner. Navy Wives |Hear Of Dance Vidal. The Stars: Frances Meggs, Do- lores Perez. The Hallowe'en, Ghosts: Joe Sanchez, Charles Ranger. Junior Women Enjoyed Party »A-large number of members of | Mrs. Renee Reynolds, chair- the Junior Woman’s Club turned | man, gave a complete report of out Thursday afternoon of this | the “Navy Day” dance held last | Pumpkin”—| bloom, Leonard Salazar, Mario | Commission would do away with the present pardon board and provide an agency .to intelligent- ly handle the parole of prisoners, giving Florida a set-up similar to all but two other states, where jit has worked with good results. jIt would provide for more care jand investigation in parole cases and should put a stop to whole- sale pardoning of criminals, as is now practiced. Such a commis- sion would have great power, ‘and could be dangerous in the jhands of corrupt politicians. i Seven Justices Provision for seven Justices of the Supreme Court is needed to epeed up the work of the court! land eliminate “split” decisions ‘that now frequently occur. The court would have two divisions lof three Justices each with the; !concurrencexof the Chief Justice {required for a decision by either \division. The amendmen: |vides that the present governor {would appoint the seventh Jus- |tice to hold office until 1943, \thereafter to be elected by the |people as are the other Justices. auguration back from March 4 to January 20. . -In Monroe’s sec- ond term, he received all bui one! of the votes of the electoral col- lege. . Neither Lincoln nor Wil- son, in their first terms, received a majority of the popular vote of C the country. Taft Got Two States President Johnson, in his early as local—very Jocal—defenders,! Arriving at 3:15 o’lock yester- and they enlisted only for short \day afternoon on the return trip periods, three months to a year.'to Tampa, the Cuba brought 12) \So Washington fought with a first-class passengers and one virtually new army each year. ton of freight for Key West. He grew so bitter he wrote the |Sixteen first-class and three sec-| ontinental Congress, “I am sor-;ond-class passengers were on} py to mention the egregious want board for Tampa and 46 tons of lof public spirit. Such stock-job- freight on that movement were | ee 3 bing I never saw before, and listed on the manifest. One first- | Seated a Stead ae pare | pray God’s mercy I never witness |class passenger embarked here) Y | again”. @i/for Tampa, the ship sailing at two states when he ran against! . i vi - 14: 2 Wilson and Theodore Roosevelt, tics te vace Cache Gee ele Utah and Vermont. . .William | ;. =: we AE TUE TI ? | Rufus King, Franklin Pierce's jan’ ia aren perce | SIGNS OF THE TIMES’ ——— ; vice-president, was the only one ‘i ever to take the cath of office| led 2ere® @ sult of clothes and a was in Washington after his elec- |drew up a plan for raising arm-|at “Unemployed Town”, a branch | tion; he took the oath of office 10s, requiring at Teast +a year’s iof the Buenos <Aires waterfront in Cuba, where he had gone for | men. his health and died six weeks | yo9. > later after returning to his Ala-| (By Associated Press) ] It_would meant 21, jshelters the O00 there eatnice Mea ina Bis | Statineu ee nem" Las Highest last 24 hours Mean Normal Precipitation Rainfall, 24 hours ending 7:30 a. m, inches ______ 0.809 Total rainfall since Nov. 1, NI on tsnscntmesindeuincn Deficiency since Nov. 1, RIE. caniicenicimeenninitetiaindin Total rainfall since Jan. 1, — 49 L -0.00 O24 Deficiency since January ——— Wind Direction and Velo: ity N—5 miles per hour Relative Humidity . 87% Barometer at 720 mtr ley |military training for . all, young’ where the government feeds and | S€@ level, 30.01 (10163 mill-vars)} CovBomorrow'’s Aim.nac 636.2 mf ON SALE AT All GROCERS b » | HA lis [ aft I hh ri itt pro- | |bama plantation. Both North and South Carolina } ‘claim the birthplate of Andrew | {Jackson. . .The first national par- | jty convention wasn’t held until! |1831, when the Anti-Masonic par- | (Cocnanackanseainesan ty met in Baltimore. . .Vice-presi- | week to enjoy the current card|Saturday at the regular meeting | The amendment affecting the party and social at the clubhouse |Of Navy Wives Club yesterday term of county commissioners is on Division street. Guests included Mrs. Helen Duffy and Mrs. Jack A. Eady. Hostesses were Miss Solita Cobo, and Mrs. Maurice R. Scammons. Prizes were won by Mrs. Allen E. Curry, high, and Mrs. A. H. Sheppard, Jr., consolation. Members present besides above were: Anita Berkowitz, Lois Pinder, Benildes Remond, Gerry Knowles, Mrs. Frederick Whitman, Ann the Delaina, Margaret Neff, Mrs. John | Offutt, Mrs. Andrew Phyllis Adams, Edna _ Roberts Maudie Lowe, Irma Allen, Ra- mona Lopez, Annabel Moffat, Lelanette Roberts, Louise Ketch- um, Frances Ellsworth, Marjorie Gwynn, Louise Hawkes, Ada Elwood, jafternoon in the Naval Station! jrecreational hall. Mrs. Ellen, |Price, president, was the jchair. Thanks to all who contributed | towards making the dance a “me- } |morable occasion” were extended and entered in the club minutes. The club will take up welfare projects at its meeting next week, and all members have been asked to attend to discuss this work, which is now possible with funds on hand. Mesdames Gladys Arnold and Katherine Briston were appoint- ed a committee to investigate cost of “Navy Wives’ Club Pins”. Mrs. Myrtle Sabola was admitted to membership. Following the business session, members adjourned to in one that directly applies to local government in your community and should have your’ most thoughtful consideration. It is proposed that such commission- ers be elected for a term of four instead of two years. At prseent the number of commissioners in each county is limited by law to \five; however, under the propos- ed amendment the legislature would have power to create any ‘number of districts and this fact paves the way for unlimited po- litical racketeering as efforts would be made by local political groups to have additional com- missioners’ districts created to gain advantage for themselves The amendment offers no im- provement or advantage to the dents originally were the men, who received the second largest number of votes for President. . .| 8S difficult to convince a Vir-jers who guaranteed to find 1,000 Only since June, 1924, has an In- |8imia farmer he should leave his | substitutes for $100 each. dian been eligible for the Presi-|fields to help out a Massachusetts | “Substitutes” thought up dency. . .Elbridge Gerry, who, as! Madison’s vice-president, presid-! ed over the senate, resigned the vice-presidency to become a sen- ator. Although it was organized 1900 and has had a_ Presidential nominee in every election since, burg, north of Washington. And | the Socialist party has had only When the untrained troops heard } two nominees: Eugene V. Debs ;and Norman Thomas. a, SHOCKING PATRIOTISM MUNICE, Ind.—When Short, 58, felt a patriotic urge, he did something aout it. Mount- into “the. interior, scattered the July 11, 1863. But the next day, ing the roof of his gasoline sta- Mexican army, and taken 3,000 Sunday, crowds tion to put up a flag pole, he let time and some 700,000 now. But the plan didn’t go into effect un- til this year with the universal military training bill. No Soldiers In 1812 Other curious events also tock place during the interim. In 1812 we fought the British, still with state militia. But it cobler. And vice versa. So when the British began their march on Washington, there were no troops across their line. Militia were scrambled together | —4,400 men—just two days be- fore the British reached Bladens- the first shots many disappeared into the woods. The British marched right on and burned the capitol. Came the war with Mexico in John 1845. Gen. Winfield Scott had} landed at Vera Cruz, marched prisoners. But just then the $45 2m) | Moonrise 1038 a om |Moonset __ 933 pm! Tomorrow's Tides ' (Naval Base) AM. } t t ' |average attendance last year was '80-men per day. This year it is '1,800. i Came ie AGT | | Rural electrification has been! lextended to 100,000 of New York : |state’s 168,000 farms. I i = {i High | Low i | York papers carried ads for brok- | 604 FORECAST (Till 7:30 p. m., Sunday | Key West and Vicinity: Partly a cloudy tonight and Sunday; cool- {racket of their own. They would |¢T tonight; moderate mortheriy ‘enlist in one state, collect the 2 ile . | Florida: Fair in north, partly fee, and desert. The same stunt Seng th conight | would be pulled in other states as " quick as they could get there. 2"¢ Sunday; cooler tonight These men were called “bounty jumpers”. Many collected enough | —— ee to buy farms. DIVORCE ACTIONS Riots In New York | Resentment was running high| Two final decrees were handed jby the time the draft in New |down by the circuit court this | York City started. When it was | weekend, granting divorces to Al- ‘over such bloody riots had taken | bert C. Cathrali of this city, m place that they stack up with his suit against his wife, Lucille actual battles in the Civil war. |M. Cathrall, charging desertion, The draft started on schedule, |and to Mrs. Lunette W. Curry ws Carl Curry, same charge. 322 Deve ‘Street Stine lL ——— —— ——e— milled around | saloons in lower Manhattan and | tables. ve Rodriguez, Madge Sands, Cather- ine Ybarmea, Mrs. W. Curry the card | Harris, Emma Long, Betty Lee Allshouse, Vilna Alfonso, Edith | Moffat, Mrs. Merrill Roberts, | Mrs. Raymond Curry, Mrs. Jack ; Delaney, Mrs. Gilmore Parks and \DEMOCRATS ANSWER WILLKIE SUPPORTERS (Continued from Page One) plank which will benefit Key jcitizen and taxpayer and should ‘be defeated. Widows’ Pension The Widows’ Pension amend- iment provides that all widows be |favored with tax exemption on property to the valué of $500 and | does away with the existing the pole fall on a 2,300-volt wire. quitting bell rang for some 4,000 | Monday morning a mob had! He was knocked unconscious and American troops. They set out!s seq to parade uptown. That had to be worked on for forty-/for home. Scott was bogged ‘afternoon a draft office on the Mrs.. Joseph Lopez, president. West is in the Republican plat-|Clause in the constitution which | five minutes before being re- down .in enemy territory for’. per East side was burned. vived. ' The American tobacco crop in 1939 was the largest on record. | three months until new troops reached him. For four days the mob of 70,- | 000 seethed over the island, burn- can hc oubie “HY Pe" ing, killing, hanging. It stopped 2 vhen tr ecalled Again army officers were forc- only ae from the Pennsylvania battle- form. “It is true that many outside sent My persons were. brought to Key Visits In City -| West for positions with the WPA. A ‘It is also true that Roosevelt George Collins, son of Mr. and |made available this money to Mrs. Oscar Collins of this city,/Key West. He could not person- arrived over the highway onjany supervise .the expenditure Thursday from Jacksonville to of this money. Merchants and spend the weekend with relatives 'Key West were benefiting from and friends. jthis money just the same. Those George has been employed at | new residents had to have homes, the Weather Bureau in Jackson- they had to eat and have cloth- ville for past eight months. Call. jing. They spent their money ing at The Citizen office this | pere. morning, he stated he was glad to| «tferbert Hoover, the Republi- geehbank home”, and was enjoy- jean president who Roosevelt suc- ing his stay’ very much. He will (teeded, did not even make money Jeavefor Jacksonville tomorrow laveilab! to@heck the financial afternoon to report for work |condition of Key West in the last Monday morning. George Collins |with today’s. Look:at.the postof- Plans Advance For soni nets * |ties to tell you of their increase Liberty Ball jin business. All under Roose- SSS |velt’s administration. No effort has been spared to} make the Liberty Ball one of the outstanding events of the cur rent season, according to an an- nouncement by the committee- | is a certainty, Key West residents in-charge today. lare not going to help you grind Gerry Collins has worked out/that ax. And ‘Dizzy’ is mighty some lovely arrangements for the sure that you will have to wait dance program and he promises/a mighty long time to get the Some surprises for guests at the |postmastership again, for Roose- dance to be held Wednesday |velt is going to continue as lead- night, November 6, in the Rain-|er of this country and is going bow Room of La Concha hotel. Publicity on the dance stresses |ter things for the poor man of “no stiffness ordinarily identi-|this country”. fied with formal dances”. Every-| $50,000 FOR EYE DAMAGE one is urged to “loosen up” and have a good time in their own} Corer way. ATLANTA, Ga—E, C. George, ; ot ae a waiter, is asking $50,000 dam- ;ages against an optical company, St. Paul’s Thank claiming that eye, glasses given) Offering Monday him,. after an examination, ..caus-! eee ed his eyes to cross within a The fall ingathering of United week after he began wearing Thank Offering Blue Boxes will |them. The longer he wore them, be held next Monday evening at the more crossed his eyes became, 7:30 o'clock, it was announced to- | With the result that he is now un- ling your ax! Perhaps you will {get to be postmaster again [year of Hoover's: administration | | fice receipts,.ask. the public utili- | “Sam, you go right on grind- | if | illkie is elected, but one thing / \reads “that has a family depend- ent on her for support”. Its pas- | \sage would help many widows ‘entitled to assistan¢e who are not, receiving it. The amendment also gives similar exemption to those who have lost a limb or ihave been disabled by either war er misfortune. Some oppose the’ amendment on the grounds that} junder its provisions, wealthy} |widows would receive the same consideration as those who are ‘destitute, but it is pointed out that the amount of the exemp- tion is so small that it would of- fer little advantage to a wealthy person and yet means a_ great, deal to one who is poor. The amendment should be passed. H The Tax Distribution amend-| ment would give the legislature power to distribute and allocate all excise taxes now collected by the State of Florida from the op- eration of pari-mutual pools (race ed to fight with men who came track money), and provides that on deck for three months to a such distribution shall be “in year and then left just as they equal amounts” to each county.;became familiar with the busi- The passage of this amendment is ness end of a gun. So, in March,| Fo. that time, on America’s to confirm the right of the legis-/1863, Congress passed a draft iitary men knew that another lature to such action and debar|law. It was compulsory, but it Gras must be spread evenly over any future legislation directed to-|left loopholes that raised hob. th. whole population. ward a fairer distribution of such’ One provision said that a draft | funds. While advantageous to the ed man could buy. exemption for small counties, in that it would |$300. That raised the cry: “It's insure their receiving an equal the rich man’s money and the share of such revenues regard-|poor man’s blood”. ij less of population, it is unfair to Another said a drafted man Nelson Eddy in the larger counties that produce |could pay for a substitute. That, MOON such revenue and should a future mushroomed a queer business, | N EW legislature be inclined to change “substitute brokers”. For a price { Matinee—Baleony sree the basis of allocating such funds | they would find men who would ; chestra 15-20c; Night— it would be prevented from do-|fight. Fees ran up to $250. New! ing so should this amendment | os pass. Talk ‘to your legislators, ° your | i , newspapermen and-other inform-{ PPELROUTH’S A | \fields. Between 300 and a thou- isand people were slain. 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