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Associated Press Day Wire
Service.
For 56 Years Deyoted to the
Best Interests of Key West
VOLUME LVII. No. 57.
“New Dealers” Quietly Hoping
For G. 0. P. Campaign Errors
Many Attacks Being Di
rected At Administration
In Connection With Vari
ous Activities
By BYRON PRICE
(Clilrf of lltirmii. Tin* InMiriatrd
I'rrsH, \Va<iliinKlon!
One interesting feature of the ;
current political situation is that
Mr. Roosevelt’s opponents are
making most of the noise.
. i
Daily—sometimes at the rate j
of several a day—the big guns of !
the opposition are pouring their ;
attacks on the White House. Now i
j
and then Democratic headquar- :
i
ters or some prominent Democrat !
replies, but for the most part the '
administration batteries remain
silent.
Presumably this is a temporary
I
situation only. With its array of
experienced spellbinders, and its j
exceptionally well equipped pub- j
licity staff, it must be supposed j
that the Democratic organization
will come into full action in due ;
course.
There are reasons why, at thisj
it is quite natural for thej
Republicans to be more vocal
than the Democrats. The G. 0. j
P. is in the process of considering j
who shall be chosen to carry the j
party banner against Mr. Roose
velt; and each of the aspirants',
appears anxious to demonstrate;
how hard he can hit.
On the Democratic side there!
are reasons also. One of the most;
potent is the feeling among party
leaders that it would be folly -to j
shoot off too much ammunition
before it is known who the op-!
posing general will be, and what
sort of battleline he will present.
Appears One-Sided
If the present political picture
were judged without taking these j
things into account, it might bej
possible to conclude that the con-,
test is very one-sided, indeed.
The thundering of the half-i
dozen Republican presidential can
didates alone amounts to a size
able barrage. Day after day the
Liberty League adds its fire un-|
remittingly, while the Talmadgej
movement in Georgia chimes in |
. . 1
with increasing frequency. The!
Republican national committee
recently has enlarged its publicity
bureau, and is more active than
ever.
In contrast. Democratic head
quarters appears to be saying less
and less. Its publicity machinery
is working with only a partial
staff. Occasionally a big gun lets!
go but most administration offi-i
cials, from the President down.j
seem content to let it go at that, j
Recently when Mr. Hoover as-'
sailed one of the “new deal’’!
spending agencies, the director of
that agency was attending a party
a< the homo ox a friend in Wash-!
ington. Other “now deal” ad- 1
herents of lesser rank who were'
present wanted to turn the dial,
to some dance music; but the re-i
sponsible official mentioned ob-i
jected, and listened carefully to'
Mr. Hoover’s every word. No re-1
ply whatever, either private or
public, was forthcoming.
Golden Silence
Quite evidently the Roosevelt'
organization is relying on the!
soundness of two old political
maxims*.
One is that, in any political
game, it is easy to overplay the'
hand. With the election still
eight months away, say the Demo-j
cratie strategists, a constant tor- !
rent of denunciation from the!
opposition mav get to be an old ;
story to the country, and have a
natural kick-hack. 1
WAGNER BEER MAKES A HIT WITH THE WHOLE FAMILY. YOU’RE SAFE WHEN YOU ORDER THIS GOOD BEER. NOW SOLD EVERYWHERE. FACA 22F8880
COUNTY CLERK
PREPARES FORMS
FOR CANDIDATES
TO BE USED AT PRE-ELEC
TION PERIODS; ELECTORS
t
AWAIT ANNOUNCEMENTS
FROM OTHER ASPIRANTS
!
Clerk Ross C. Sawyer has pre- !
! pared and has In readiness sets of
1 forms to be used at certain pre-;
■ election periods by candidates in
■Monroe county. Mr. Sawyer feels
j satisified that there will be 48
sets of these forms as he estimates
! there will be that number in the
j field.
The foregoing paragraph is an
! aswer to many readers of The
| Citizen who have asked how many
: candidates will announce for elec
tion or re-election in the primary
to be held June 2.
It is readily understood that
! candidates who have no opposi
j tion will not announce, although
i there is one who has positively
j asserted he will announce because
■ even though he does not antici
■ pate an opponent he believes it
{ is a good idea to keep his name
i before the public at this time.
! One of the many who have ask
j ed about the number of candidates
;to be in the field and who will
| have opposition and who will be
i the opponents said: “How can a
: voter know just what to do when .
! there are but eight announce- j
j ments made so far, and these for
i live offices. Two for the legis
lature, one for county judge, two
for tax collector, one for super
visor of registration and two for
justice of the peace for the sec
| end district.
j “This places a voter in the po
! sition of making a promise of sup-
I port to one candidate, when later
•on he may wish to change his
; mind because of a dear friend and
! one more able than the one to
whem he has given his word com
ing out for the same office,” he
‘ said.
i This opinion is shared bv many
others among them a potential
candidate for the shrievalty who
j yesterday said he would probably
| get his announcement in within
j the next few days, as he wants
to get his name before the public
j and let his many friends know he
I will be in the race.
Other county and state offices
are to be contested, and while
some of the candidates have free
ly spoken of their intentions to
their friends, as has been pointed
j out to this paper on numerous oe
! casions, so far there are only
j eight announcements being car
j ried and these for five offices .
ENGINEER UNIT
ARRIVES HERE
COLONELS BREHON AND
BROWN COME IN OVER
HIGHWAY
| '
! Lieutenant Colonel Brehon,
j United States Engineer, in charge
,1 of the construction of the Florida
cross-state canal, and Colonel
j George E. Brown, also of the U.
jS. Engineers, in charge of this
• district, arrived over the highway
last night for a brief visit in Key
j West.
j The objective of their visit is
j to make a survey of the Key West
rehabilitation program, the pro
' gross made and projects under
| way and this they are today doing
with Administrator Thomas D.
| Orr.
It is understood the visiting of
ficials will leave over the highway
tomorrow morning.
.! BIC SURPRISE
DANCE
Ton i t e
KUBAN KLUB
(To mmjr Thompson’s Rhythm Kings
. ADMISSION 60c
i\o> %Dcst Citizen
.MANY EMPLOYED
IN NYA PROGRAM
1 NOW UNDER WAY
ORGANIZATION IS FOR PUR
POSE OF AIDING YOUNG
PERSONS THROUGH WAGES
I
AND LEARNING TRADES
f—
! Nearly 50 young men and wom
jen are being placed on projects
this week through the National
| Youth Administration designed to
! give aid to young persons, through
! wages and an opportunity to learn
j some new trade fitting them for
I future permanent employment,
j The NYA was created some
time ago to ass it young persons
■ in families which have been cer
tified as eligible for WPA ern
; ployment. Persons employed
through it work one third of the
' time adults work and receive one
! third the wages earned by adults.
At present a number of young
folk are being employed at the
; WPA furniture factory, on the
recreation project and in offices
:of the city and county govem
. ments.
In the first instance the youths
are being trained as apprentices
in skiPed work; in the second they
are learning the mechanical rou
tine in connection with recrea
tional work and in the third are
being familiarized with, and learn
; ing something of, civic enter
, prise.
i Although most cf these young
; people arc being absorbed in these
three projects, some are being
used on the sewer project as of
fice assistants, apprentices in sur
vey work and as assistant drafts
men.
j Key West was given a quota of
i nearly 100 in this move to assist
young persons needing employ
ment but there has been some
difficulty in getting the entire
quota filled, it was said at the
| WPA headquarters this morning.
\ It is anticipated that another
1 quota will be set up, by the mid
! die of this month, which will be
large enough to absorb all young
persons eligible for this kind of
employment.
CONCERTSUNDAY
j IN LOCAL PARK
PROGRAM TO BE PUT ON BY
NEWLY ORGANIZED HOS
PITALITY BAND
The first concert to be given
by the newly-organized Key West
j Hospitality Hand of the Federal
i Music Project, Dr. Nikolai Soko
; loff, director, will be preri#rtted
i Sunday afternoon, starting at 4
o’clock in Bayview Park, it was
announced today.
The Federal Music Project is
designed to employ worthy musi
cians and to bring before the
public better music. Through
! this means it is hoped a keener
appreciation of worthwhile music
will be developed, finally making
the Nation truly music conscious.
“The people of Key West can
assist in this movement -by at
tending concerts and in this way
helping to keep musical activities
on a high level,” George Mills
White, district supervisor of the
music project, said today. Alfred
M. Barroso is director of the band.
; A local sponsors’ fund is being
j raised to help carry on the pro
! ject, Mr. White explained this
morning, and through this fund,
j new music will be purchased, in
struments will be repaired, and
! possibly uniforms will be pur
chased. Nearly SSOO has been
j pledged for this fund, but most of
i it is still outstanding. Because of
this, it probably will be some
time before a great deal of new
music is procured.
The band has been rehearsing
for several weeks, and as a result,
i a finished program is anticipated
! Sunday afternoon.
PURE AND GOOD
Are the ingredients from which
your PRESCRIPTIONS are
compounded at
GARDNER’S PHARMACY
Phone 177 Free Delivery
KEY WEST, FLORIDA, FRIDAY, MARCH 6, 1936.
TWEED-CLAD GRETA GARBO BELIES
GOSSIP SHE’S GONE IN FOR FRILLS
HIGHWAY SAFETY
NOW ADVOCATED
I STATE ORGANIZATION AD
|
j VOCATES PASSAGE OF LAWS
TO REDUCE FATALITIES
j
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(SjMM'inl to The ('lll/.<*i>
1 ORLANDO, March G.—Florida
Junior Chamber of Commerce
| members will be urged to bring
forcibly to the attention of their
| communities the importance of
; electing legislators pledged to pas
! sage of laws to Teduce highway
j fatalities and accidents, Walter L.
; Hays, chairman of the state Jay
cee safety committee, said here
today.
“Florida has come to the part
i ing of the ways with the old-time
| carelessness that permitted live
stock—cows, hogs, goats and
: horses—to roam the highways
; with prior rights to those of hu
man travelers,” declared Hays,
who is president of the American
Fire and Casualty company here.
; “it is up to the members of the
; 1037 legislature—the men who
will be soliciting votes within a
! short time—to forbid use of our
J highways to wandering livestock.
, and to set aside those highways
! definitely for the purpose for
j while they were intended.
“Our only apparent solution of
: the problem is by legislation. The
: "tate junior chamber of commerce
‘ has resolved to make highway
! safety a continuing order of busi
: ness until the prob’em is solved,
i “One of the quickest ways to
; solve it is to gain pre-election
I pledges from legislative eandi
i date3 for enactment of laws that
■ will make highways of the state
| safe for the traveling public.”
NEWYORKFOLK
ARRIVE IN CITY
WELL KNOWN WRITER AND
WIFE EXPECT TO REMAIN
FOR ABOUT ONE MONTH
l
Harold Lee Manierre, of New
York City, well known writer, and
Mrs. Manierre, arrived over the
highway yesterday to spend about
one month in Key West.
They have secured a comfort
j ably located residence where they
j will make their home during their
i stay in this city, which Mr. Man
| ierre terms the most interesting
< he has ever visited.
lopezTuneraL
THIS AFTERNOON
KEY WEST RESIDENT DIED
AT 9:30 LAST NIGHT IN
HOME, VIRGINIA ST.
! Mrs. Regia Lopez died last
i night 9:30 o’clock, at the home,
] 518 Virginia street. The funeral
j will he held this afternoon 5
o’clock from the residence, Rev.
! A. L. Maureau officiating.
Survivors are: Husband, Rafael
! Lopez of Tampa; two sisters, Mrs.
j Ampara Cobo and Mrs. Evalina
i Diaz; two brothers, Jose -and
I
I Pablo Martinez.
Lopez Funeral Home is in
charge of arrangements.
ANOTHERFAMILY
HERE FOR VISIT
Attorney and Mrs. T. G. Hil
liard, maid and baby, of Salem, N.
! J., were arrivals over the highway
' last evening and today made
, preparations to spend at least one
1 month, if a home or apartment
! can be secured.
i They were visitors last year
: and would like to secure accom
| modations equal to those of last
i season. Mr. Hilliard expects to
j be later joined by his brother, a
! physician of Salem.
<By Aniflclntril Pre**)
STOCKHOLM, March 6.—'
I / 1
Hearkening again to the cal! of
j *
j Hollywood, Greta Garbo, inscrut-j
'able Swedish film star, is under-!
! I
stood to be almost ready to re-j
turn to America.
Lately enjoying winter sports'
■ at Are, a fashionable resort in the
! north of Sweden, in company!
with Count and Countess Wacht
meister, she discredited reports
that ill health had caused her phy
j sician to advise delay in her re-;
1 turn to work.
j In Stockholm, with the excep-;
tion of a brief period at Christ-'
mas time when she had a cold,!
j she has been in evidence at
i theaters, in restaurants and on
, shopping tours.
Wears Sweaters In Theater !
‘ In these appearances she con
tinued to give the lie to stories
that she would return to the
United States as an entirely new,
; personality; with hair coiled into!
: modern coiffure, and with her;
| clothes, from hat to shoes, in
keeping with latest fashions.
Seen here in Sweden’s capital,'
i Garbo was still addicted to loose
j fitting coats, shapeless hats, flat- ;
; heeled shoes, and an air of com- j
• plete disinterest in what other:
! women were wearing,
j Her theater costume more often!
than not—and she has seen every'
legitimate stage show here—has j
consisted of rough skirt, pull-over j
! sweater, and hat pulled low over!
j her eyes.
i Shop girls swear by her.
“She never makes a fuss,” ex
' plained one. “She seems to know
, what she wants, and it isn’t neces
sary to put the whole store on the
! counter for Tier.”
Night Life Gsyety Is ‘Out’
Smart society in Stockholm has
| yet to know her, however, and gay
| night life does not claim her.
: Her circle of friends is limited.
: aside from the Wachtmeisters and
j Max Gumpel. the building en
gineer whose name has been link
j ed with hers in rumored romance
i for several years,
j Negotiations relative to her
j next film are still under way. it
|is understood, but within the
| near future she is expected to
| start back for the studio lights.
It is regarded as self-evident,
j however, that the same Garbo will
I return, the same in manner, dress,
: evasiveness and disposition.
MISS BJOHNSON
! DIED YESTERDAY |
\
FUNERAL RITES TO BE CON
DUCTED AT 9:30 SATUR
DAY MORNING
Miss Bessie Johnson, age 57,
| whose residence is at 903 South
j ard street, died yesterday after- j
; noon at 3:30 o’clock in a local !
! hospital.
A requiem mass will be held
Saturday morning at 9:30 o’clock
at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church for
the deceased, with Rev. Arthur B.
Dimmiek officiating. She is sur
j vived by her foster mother, Mrs.
Emma Johnson.
Pritchard’s Funeral Home is in
charge of arangements.
MRS. E. KNOWLES
DO THIS MORNING
FUNERAL ARRANGEMENTS
FOR LOCAL RESIDENT TO
BE MADE LATER
Mrs. Emily Knowles, age 71,!
died at her residence, 804 Ashe j
street, this morning at 6:15 o’clcok. j
Funeral services under the di
rection of Pritchard’s Funeral I
Home will be announced on hear- j
ing from relatives in Tampa.
Survivors are: One daughter, j
Mrs. Rhona Sands; one son, Mil- j
ton Knowles; one stepson, Joseph •
j Knowles, and a graddaughter,j
| Mrs. Sybil Badia of Tampa.
VISITORS MAKE
RESERVATIONS !
| FOR NEXT YEAR
MR. AND MRS. GILBERT GLEA-
I
SON DEPOSIT CHECK WITH
HOUSING DEPARTMENT TO
INSURE ACCOMMODATIONS
I
To be sure they will next year
have accommodations in Key
i West, Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert H.
Gleason, winter visitors, have de
posited with the housing depart
! ment, a check for the first period
! of rental beginning November.
| Mr. and Mrs. Gleason have a
! fine winter home at Fort Myers,
' a summer home in Maine, where
! they will spend their summers,
i but in future their winter vaca
. tions will be in Key West, from
November 1 through April 30.
Similar arangements have been
j made by Mr. and Mrs. Henry
’ Brewer, of Ishpiming, Mich., for
, the Knowles cotage on Vernon
avenue, which they have occupied
I this season.
Mrs. Richard Noyes, of Massa
; chusetts, who is in Key West for
! the season and will leave about
April 1, will return about Novem
i her 1, and remain for about six
months. Mrs. Noyes has two fine
I sons who are attending loca 1
j schools, and making great pro
; grers.
The boys were entered imme
I diately after arrival and began
i the pursuit of their studies. Th<
| same program is* planned for next
! winter, Mrs. Noyes said.
General and Mrs. Dalton, who
: hvae enjoyed a delightful winter
vacation, have also made arrange
ments to return next year.
Mr. and Mrs. Horace Conable.
of Kalamazoo, Mich., plan to stay
about two months longer. They
have been here for the winter.
When they leave they go with the
idea of returning in November
and making Key West their perm
anent home.
The foregoing are only a few
who have experienced the irresist
able charm of this Island City and
take pleasure in tel'ing their
friends what a delight it is to
spend lots of time here in an
atmosphere which ;s not experi
enced in any other part of the
United States.
KEY WEST GIVEN
MUCH PUBLICITY
IN DETROIT NEWS
PAPER CARRIES FULL PAGE
WITH DETAILED DESCRIP
TION; STORY BEAUTIFULLY
ILLUSTRATED
V - •
* .
Complete as to detailed descrip
tion and beautifully illustrated
is a story of Key West occupying
a full page in a recent issue of
! the Detroit News.
This is one of a number of like
! articles to be offered the readers
of the Detroit paper by S. L. A.
Marshall, one of the editors who
was in Key West for a vacation
this year accompanied by Mrs.
Marshall.
Mr. Marshall has returned to
his northern home but Mrs. Mar
shall is to remain for a longer va
cation and the Detroit News car
rying the illustrated story was be
ing displayed this week by her to
numerous friends.
For future stories there will be
illustrations made from photo
graphs taken by Thel Berger, na
tionally known photographer, who
is connected with the staff of the
Detroit News and has been assign
ed to Key West to make pictures.
He is expected shortly.
GRAND OPENING
SILVER SLIPPER
DANCE HALL
Annex to SLOPPY JOE’S
Saturday Night
Tommy Thompson’s Orchestra
Admission charge on Saturday l
| Nights and Holidays 50c:
(5c tax)
Ail Other Nights FREE
Table Service By Waitress At
No Extra Charge
Rayburn To Have Fnal Word
In Passing Oat Federal Jobs
Bearing On State Of Texas
SCH. FLEETWOOD
LEFT YESTERDAY
FOR SI. THOMAS
DAMAGE TO VESSEL ON TRIP
FROM TAMPA TO THIS CITY
4
REPAIRED DURING PAST
SEVERAL DAYS
Two-masted Schooner Fleet
wood yesterday afternoon started
on the long voyage to St. Thnai.
Virgin Islands, with t'aj.lsin Mau
rice H. Allard, wife and three;
children, Johan Johansen and two
ycung women from Colorado form- 1
ng the party.
During the time th schooler
was berthed at the prer of the
Porter Dock company, the vessel
has been partially renovated,
damage from the storm eacocs
tered during the trip from Tampa
to this port repaired and ’Le en
gine repaired.
AH was ready, it was beheved
and the start for the long tnp;
south started Tuesday afternoon.,
Almost directly after the eewsi
left the dock engine trouble dr
veloped and the ship was towed j
back to port.
Mechanics were summoned and
repairs to the engine begun. These
and other necessary matters wetw
attended to and the Fleetwoed
left the harbor en route to St.
Thomas.
However, it was learned th
morning, the vesrel was again in
difficulty yesterday and waa tow
ed back to port for some work to
be done, and it was aeveral hours
later before the Fleetwood got oat j
of the harbor on her jourwey.
Captain Allard was desirous of
securing two more men as member*
of the crew, but only wanted na
tives of Grand Cayman, he aaid.
as these men were good sailors
thoroughly familiar with the wa
ters to be traversed believed it
would be possib’e to *ecui— them at
Georgetown, before starting for
the destination.
In the opinion of oldtime sea
faring men here, the Fleetwood
is not very safe. It is known the
ship was built more than 40 years
ago and has experienced some
hard service.
GIVES RUUNGIN
TAXHEimON
SHOWN ALIEN CANNOT BENE.
FIT FROM HOMESTEAD
TAX LAW IN STATE
fSpecial to The * Utaeo)
TALLAHASSEE. March 6.
There is no way, under the pres
ent laws of Florida, for an alien
to benefit from the homestead
tax exemption laws, Attorney
General Cary D. Landis has held.
Even though a person may be
otherwise qualified. Attorney
General Landis held in an opin
ion rendered to Comptroller J. M
Lee, he is not entitled to the tax '
exemption granted by the new
constitutional amendment unless
he is a citizen of Florida and re
sides in the state. The opinion
was in conne tion with applica
tion of a British subject for ex
emption.
The const itutiontl amendment
defines a homestead and tells
plainly who may and who may not
benefit from its provision, the at
torney general wrote Lee.
i •
CABARET NIGHT
St and y
HABANA-MADUD CLUB
Presenting Silco Parrs, Cntb*ri—
Pease Albury, Gerald Pieder.
DoHi* Burchett and Del Weads’
Orchestra. ADMISSION Me.
country; wiLh an average
range of only 14’ FahrerMeat
PRICE FIVE CENTS
kites'Of hpk Of
Fr Hbs Services Dte
, kf Wtt -few EkaT
By HERBERT PLUMMER
WASHINGTON. March A—
' jaha ia the .Uto arf T ana
trick fee baa.
consecutive term m the hawse, e
repartee to hr m hut water m la.
i diatriet dae te ha spaameaMp ami
j bitter fight Sar the 'dears arm
MB ■■■■■■*
bers of his LSism tin desertee
S eluding members a# his ear*
NrtF
One of the hem storms ef the
much-vaunted frugality ef Gee
to light here. R cewcetm- the
I jmsihl- Republican presidential
ton.
that he caaid take advantage ef a
; special round trip ml rate. Te
secure the reduced fare, hewv-r
: he had to teave fram Kansas City.
He caught a bo* frem Topeka to
i Kansas City and boarded hu
train.
ington. he prepared to return
borne only te find that be had b~
his round trip ticket. A thorough
search sf his hotel ream fsi ed to
produce the tmket. whereupon he
j called the railroad office here and
demanded that he be gnren a
ed they had an record ef kt* pur
chase. tot upon his todstenee pro
dared the duplicate
Back he went to Kansas City
where he caught another to- te
Topeka.
Several days later while na
marme through the packets ef hie
suit, he rame arras- the mw-er
ticket. He returned the ticket
j with apologies and thanks.
Senator Pittman of Bievaia.
chairman of the senate foreign re
lations committee, advertised his
long-awaited reply to Japanese
Ambassador Saito days >a advxn.-e
of its actual delivery, tot the sec
| turn of the senate gallery re
served exclusively far members ef
the Washington diplomatic corps
was conspicuously vacant when he
spoke.
Advance copies ef hjs t speech
were in circulation almost a week
ahead of time.
It was said freely oa Cap.tol
Hill the Japanese ambawsdor
' missed an excellent apportunitp
j for conveying to to* foreign of
! fiee in Tokyo a background pic
ture of the senate’s reaction to
an attack of this nature on his
toe of tho
largest audiences of moot or dur
ing the pDcscnt session when he
assailed Japan’s foreign potirie*.
1 Only one or two loft the rham
* her during the entire address.