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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-01-15
ANNOUNCE DEATH
OF DIR. |. WARNER

Announcement OF the death of
DIR. Lawrence Warner, father of
the late L. r. Warner of Key
West, was received by Mrs. Eva
B. Warner this morning. Death
occurred IL o'clock in Pittsburgh,
Pa.
The telegram advised that DIR.
Warner went to bed as usual, suf-
fered stroke, and passed away.
The deceased was known to a
number of Key Westers, having
visited here about nine years ago
while his son was a resident. and
associated with the plant board.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-01-15
TEN ARRIVALS
ABOARD PLANE
SEVEN PASSENGERS TOOK
PASSAGE TO MIAMI YES
TERDAY AFTERNOON

There were 10 arrivals from
Miami this morning on the Pan
American plane. Seven passen-
gers departed yesterday after
noon.
Arrivals this morning were: P.
L. Gaddis, Liva Cottrell, Howard
McClanahan, Gessler Ramme,
Samuel B. Austin, Joseph Hart,
James Warren, Clarence Beals,
Mary PaytOn, Adele Kantor.
Departures yesterday: Baldwin
Powers, Luther Waller, Never
Forer, Annie Shaw. Bart Griffin,
Rispah Russell, Celia Fernandez.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-01-15

ing complexity of our legal struc-
ture, seems to have demanded the
appointment of men of ripper
years. Consequently, of the Al
men appointed since 1862 none
was under 40; only 6 were under
so years of age; % were between
so and SO; and II between 60
and SO.
However, the older average
age of appointees since the Civil
War seems not to have affected
their ability to carry on, if we
may be guided by their greater
longevity as compared with that
of judges appointed in prior
years. The average age at death
of these later justices was almost
four and one-half years greater
than that of the earlier group,
1877 years as against 69.3".
Comparing these figures with
similar data pertaining to the pre-
sidents of the United States, the
situation observed in connection
with the justices has been directly
reserved in so far as presidents
are concerned. 1t is now custo-
mary to appoint older men to the
Supreme Court than in former
years but, the statisticians point
out, younger men are being elect
ed to the Presidency. In the pre-
Civil War period, the average age
of presidents at Inauguration was
slightly over 81 years, but since
that period it has averaged only
slightly more than 81 years. In
spite of this, the average after
lifetime of our presidents has
been reduced from 1877 years dur
ing the first half of American
history to exactly IL years in the
latter half. The average age at
death of the chief executives in
the earlier period was 1873 as
against 62.3 years in the latter.
The average after-life-time of the
Supreme Court Justices has been
reduced only two and one-half
years to IT'S years as compared
with 20.4 years although in these
later years justices have been z
years older at the time of appoint
ment than were their predecessors
of earlier times.
This analysis, the statisti-
clans state, Indicates that while
the Supreme Court Justices of the
present time are appreeiably older
than those appointed during the
early years of the Court, it does
not appear that this difference is
out of proportion to the added ex-
perience and knowledge demanded
by the enormously complicated
growth of our civilization since
Revolutionary days, or that their
expectation of life at time of APP
pointment is materially different
from that of men of their age in
other walks of life.''
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-01-15

Sentences aggregating % years
in states prison were melted out
to Robert J. Moore, confessed
robber, who when being arraigned
this morning entered pleas of
guilty to five indictments charg-
ing him with breaking and enter
ing.
Four of the indictments charged
intent to commit a felony, grand
larceny. and the places specified,
were those of S. V. Mccarthy.
Will Richardson, N. c. Pintado
and J. G. Kantor. Entry into
the home of Harry NJ. Baker, spe-
Gifted a misdemeanor, petty lar
ceny.
Sentences of five years were
imposed in each of the ca-es con-
stituting grand larceny and a
sentence. of two years in the mis-
demeanor case. Informations in
two other cases are TO be filed
this afternoon by County Solicitor
Allan B. Cleare, Jr.
Solicitor Cleare also filed in
formations against Henrietta
Gates, charging her with receiv-
ing and concealing stolen prop
erty. She is now confined in the
county Jail. 1t was she who de-
livered much of the stolen prop
erty to the officers after Moore
was arrested.
As an idea of the scope of
Moore's activities, excerpts from
his confession, which he affirms
under oath was given after being
warned that anything he might
say would be used against him.
and he also affirms that at no
time was ne inundated by any
officers nor was there any vio-
lence used in securing the con-
fession.
The confession in condensed
form follows:
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-01-15
ANNOUNCE DEATH
OIL. v. WALDRON

A telegram was received today
in Key West announcing the death
of L. v. Waldron at Deerfield,
Fla. this morning.
Mr.. Waldron is a son-in-law of
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Archer of
Caroline street.
The deceased was at one time
employed in the ticket office of
the Florida East Coast Railway at
Key West, and has numerous
friends in this community. who
will learn of his demise with keen
regret.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-01-15
INSURANCE COMPANY SHOWS STATUS
RELATIVE TO AGE OF COURT JUDGES

NEW YORK, N. Y, Jan. 15.-
Because members OF the United
States Supreme Court have, in
recent months. occasionally been
referred to as "nine old men,. the
public may have gained a general
impression that they are an old
and unusually long-lived group
But. according to a survey
made by Metropolitan Life Insur-
ance Company statisticians, Su-
preme Court Justices, at the
time of their appointment, have
practically the same expectation
of life as men of their ages in
other professions. The survey
covers the history of Supreme
Court members during the LAG
years of the courts existence.
During these 146 years, 76 APP
pointments and reappointments
John Rutledge and Charles F.
Hughes have been made to this
body. OF these 76 men, sc are
dead, their average age at death
being TIA years. This, the sta
tisticians point out. cannot be
called a particularly advanced
age, despite the fact that there
have been three nonagenarians
and nine octogenarians on the
Supreme Bench since its founda-
ton. The statisticians compute the
aggregate years of life expecta-
ton of these sc men at the time
of their appointment was 1.2O5,
while the total number of years
actually lived was 1,265. This
means that, as a group, each
lived about one year over the life
expectancy of men of their ages
in ordinary walks of life.
Prior te the Civil War the total
years of life expectation of the
Supreme Court justices appointed
numbered TIP, while their actual
years of life numbered 713. Sub
sequent to the Civil War, the
number of years lived by the
justices exceeded the expectation
of life at the time of appoint
ment by not quite 2 years each
$50 years lived as against an ex-
pected 492 years. The statisticians
comment at can hardly be said,
therefore, that life on the Su-
preme Court Bench is outstand-
ingly' conducive to longevity as is
generally supposed.
The average age at appoint
ment of the justice has increased
from approximately 4s.9 years
before 1862 to an average of
55.S years since that date. "Of
the So men appointed during the
earlier period, the statisticians
report, AZ were in their thirties
13 were between 40 and 40 years
IS between so and SO; none had
attained the age of 60.
Following the Civil War, some
reason. possibly the rapidly grow
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-01-15
VESSEL ARRIVES
AT YACHT BASIN
YACHT CORKY c. HAS OWNER
AND FOUR GUESTS
ON BOARD

Yacht Corky c., of St. Louis,
owner J. Clarke Cort, and four
guests on board is berthed in the
yacht basin at the submarine
base Captain Joe Flowers is in
command.
Cabin Cruiser Pelagic, Hartford,
Conn, Professor E. H. Moss,
owner, and Mrs. Moss on board. is
also berthed in the yacht basin, in
the submarine base. Captain E.
Montgomery is in command.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-01-15
CUBA ARRIVES
FROM HAVANA
VESSEL SAILED YESTERDAY
AFTERNOON ENROUTE
To TAMPA

Steamship Cuba, of the P. and
o. S. S. Company, arrived from
Havana yesterday afternoon with
two passengers for Key West and
% for Tampa and st. Peters
burg.
The ship sailed o'clock for
Tampa with 80 passengers, four
having taken passage at Key
West.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-01-15
Capital Sees World War Pension
Drive Following Soldiers Bonus
Veterans Feel Confident
Present Session Of Con-
gress VIII Dispose OF
Bonus Issue

BY nENDEkA EZLMMEk
6By Az%~-sas-a s.r-~@g
WASHINGTON. Jaa- Is
With veterans confident the pres
ent session OF eozxrr ~s1H Dis
pose of the SoE4 sue IN so@-
fashion. drive fer E.n=raI Wo-ss
war pensions appear 10 be th~sr
n.xt Legislative Ro4L
Officials Of the adminiasr4Eisn
log have antiesE.sed saeh
move one Of the prinsipal rrs-
sens for their obieCtioa 70 am
mediate payment oF she boaas kas
be- ta.e belief tA.s Il sssod as
the sole carrier n the pakh of =
far more costly g~n.rraI Pea.son
campaign
Efforts are said e have been
made without success TO obtain
pledges from the various veterans
organization against general pen-
siOns n return for pawnaeut Of the
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-01-15
FORTYSEVEN
PERSONS FIND
RIGHT ERROR
ALL SENDING IN ANSWERS
WITH EXCEPTION OF ONE
DECLARED WINNERS IN
CONTEST

There was a perfect flood of
solutions received today in the
misspelled word contest appearing
in The Citizen of yesterday, and
with the exception of one all of
the solvers found the word
"Palice" instead OF "Palace" in
the advertisement of the Palace
Theater.
The exact number of solutions
presented was AZ. and AZ OF them
were correct. The puzzle editor
is convinced from the number of
correct solutions that, while other
advertisements are read, as proved
by the large number OF solvers of
errors in other contests. the adj
vertisements of the theaters are
the ones more consistently read.
Another misspelled word APP
pears in the advertisements to-
day. Clip the coupon, found on
page four. write your selection
and present between a. m. and
p. m. tomorrow. Each reader
contestant presenting the correct
misspelled word will receive a
prize, an Auto Strop razor set.
Following are the names of the
winners in the contest yesterday
and each of these will receive an
Auto Strop Safety Razor Set, By
applying to this office.
Miss Alice Jane Lowe, 1119
Margaret street.
Frank r. Pierce, 1901 Duval
street.
DOLLS BurcheH, sol Whitehead
street.
Mrs. L. f. Watson, 915 South
ard street.
Howard England, 912 Southland
Eioise Sands, 41s san Carlos
Lane.
Miss Lula NJ. Kagey, HOG
Varela street.
Sara Fernandez, 14O7 Pine
street.
Norman S. Gingrich, Colonial
Hotel.
Daniel Garcia, 4O8 Eaton street.
Marjorie Key, Cpl Eaton
street.
Mrs. Dulce NJ. Pereira, 1910
Division street.
Julio Perez, 9OS Whitehead
street.
w. NJ. Albury, 1881 White
street.
Jack Cormack, 1411 Flagler
Avenue.
Paul Daniel, 5O7 Whitehead
street.
Antonio Molina, 921 Southland
street.
Domingo Lariz, Jr., 9O2 White
head street.
Fl. S. Dexter, 1901 Whitehead
street.
Mrs. Eugenia Pita. 9O7 Eliza
beth street.
VIM. B. Parks, 1926 James
street.
Miss Leota Lowe. 1104 Mar
garet street.
Waldo Valenzuela, sos Duval
street.
John Richardson, Key West
Barracks.
Emelia Diaz. 525 Angela street.
Miss Eloise Curry, TO Caroline
street.
Mrs. Luther Thompson, 1926
Cor. Pearl and Catherine streets.
Mrs. Stanley Saunders, 315l
Peacon Lane.
John G. Roberts, sos Olivia
street.
Brunette E. Creel, Elizabeth
street.
George Faraldo, COS White
street.
Phillip Sanchez, Gle Olivia
street.
Clyde Stickney, 1113 Stump
Lane.
ElOy Albury, 1871 Virginia
street.
Hello Gomez, TO Duval street.
Allen E. Curry. Cor. Elizabeth
and Eaton streets.
Willard Saunders, SIS Sawyer's
Lane.
Chas. Richardson, GOT Ashe
street.
Luciano Gonzalez, 1916 Angela
street.
Joe Cleare, 511 Front street.
Vance Stirrup. 14O4 Olivia
street.
Edwin Berkowitz. 11O1 South
street.
Ray Gates. 919 Eaton street.
CONTINUED on Page Fourl
GOOD To TASTE A
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-01-15
BY HUGO SIMS,

Inc Oitizen>s opecfai washington
Correspondent
Unlike the NRA, demolished
by the unanimous opinion of the
Supreme Court, the AAA .receiv-
ed its death blow when the high
est tribunal of the land, by 6-3
decision, threw into the discard
the elaborate machinery designed
to establish parity for the farm
ers. The Chief Justice and five
judges held the AAA an invasion
of the rights of the states to reg
ulate local activities and banned
the use of processing taxes to reg
ulate crop production.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-01-15

The decision definitely forecast
the invalidation of the cotton, po-
tato, tobacco and other crop con-
troll measures, apparently, DOOM
ed the IVA, railroad pensions
and coal-mining regulation acts,
and threw considerable doubt
upon the validity of the vast pro-
gram of social security recently
enacted.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-01-15

calculations now. In its incon-
elusive form, the budget indicated
a gross deficit OF S1,09s, 900, 900
for the fiscal year 1867, which
would be $2,136, 000,0O0 less than
the estimated deficit for the pres
ent year. In regard to relief, the
President pointed out that the
size of this item would depend
upon the number of persons given
employment through improving
business.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-01-15

Appearing before Congress in
an unprecedented night session,
President Roosevelt delivered a
challenge to all critics of the New
Deal to come out into the open
and fight for repeal of the Ad-
ministration's measures. Deliver
ed before both Houses in joint
session and carried over the most
extensive radio heok-up in the ma
TONS history, the message was
plainly political and aimed to en-
hearten all supporters of the New
Deal.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-01-15

A minority of the Court, con-
sisting of Justices Stone, Bran
deis and Cardozo, in a dissenting
opinion bitterly attacked the
reasoning of the majority, term
ing their conclusion a tortured
construction of the Constitution. "
Justice Stone, who wrote the dis
sentirg opinion, denied the view
of the majority that Congress, adj
mittedly having the right to levy
processing taxes, does not have
the right to use them as they have
been used. The dissenting opinion
is strong enough to create dissat-
isfaction in many areas, where the
AAA enjoys popularity.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-01-15
I0CKING
V:;T.nlaR -W GHHNGTON

AAA'S DEATH SENTENCE
MINORITY CRITICISM
OFFICIALS SURPRISED
THE NEW BUDGET
ATTACKS AUTOcRAcY
HITS DOMESTIC FOES
NEW DEAL SPENDING
SOCIAL SECURITY BEGINS
FLETCHER PLANS REPLY
PARTY FINANCES
THE LEAGUES hackers
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-01-15

Rentals and benefit payments
under the AAA totalled more than
$90,000,000 by October 1st when
a multitude of suits interfered
with the collection of the taxes.
Officials state that 1888, 25O,349
is due the farmers on 1885 adj
justment programs. This amount
is divided as follows: for cotton,
$12,681, 180; wheat, $55,389,802;
corn-hogs, $106,885,055; tobacco,
$5,620, sos; sugar, $35, 000,0 900 ;
peanuts, 's1,i53,534; rice, $780,
112; and for winter wheat, 1886
compliance program, $4,000,
900. f''5 90 ~"
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-01-15

The President made no apollo
gies for the Administration but,
on the contrary, delivered a bit
ter attack upon autocrats, both
foreign and domestic. He insisted,
eve have invited battle" and
'shave earned the hatred of in
trenched greed" He spoke of sun
scrupulous money-changers" and
''the rulers of the exchanges OF
mankind's goods" who abdicated
in 1888 but noy seel: the restora-
ton of their selfish power, de-
claring, "They steal the livery OF
great national constitutional ideals
to serve discredited special inter
ests."
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-01-15

The New Deal has spent or
loaned about S16,000,000,000 for
relief and recovery, including un-
expended balances, which have
been allocated. The funds have
been distributed as follows:
Relief, $3.50, 100000; Public
Works, $5,5OO,OO0,OOO; Home
Owners Aid, s750,OO0,OO0; Agri-
cultural Aid, $3,5OO,OO0; Miscel-
laneous purposes, including Fed
eral deposit insurance, the RFC
and the TvA-about $5,0OO,O0O,-
900.
The total includes about $4,-
900, 900 loaned by the Home Own
ers Loan Corporation and the
Federal Farm Mortgage Corpora
ton, which was not taken from
the Treasury, but raised by the
sale OF bonds guaranteed by the
government. The Treasury had to
provide about $4,000, 100000 for
various activities, but at the end
of 1885 Treasury figures showed
that almost S7,000,000,000 of
these funds were unexpended, in
Guiding most of the $4.000,000,-
900 work relief fund and almost
$4,000, 900, 900 in the RFC.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-01-15

The effect % the decision is to
cut down government revenues by
at least half billion dollars,
jeopardize the legality of more
than a billion dollars already dis
tributed and nearly a billion dol
lars already collected in process
ing taxes and to throw the entire
farm relief program into the fore
front of the bitter political cam
paign impending.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-01-15

A reserve fund of nearly $780,
900, 900. 900 viii be gradually
built up out of the unemploy-
ment and old age pension taxes.
Critics are afraid that this i'm
CONTINUED on Page Four)
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-01-15

The Social Security program
became operative on the first of
the year but many observers ex-
pect it to be thrown out by the
Supreme Court. The one per cent
tax on pay rolls to provide un-
employment insurance is expected
to bring IN s247, 900, 900 in 1886,
double the sum in 1888, and
around $500, 100000 in 1889 on
account of the increased levies
provided i'm the bill.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-01-15

Officials of the AAA were
stunned by the sweeping nature
of the decision and Immediately
stopped the mailing of all benefit
checks. The treasury abandoned
efforts to collect processing taxes
and congressman, who talked,
hoped for new legislation which
would be practical. There were
few expressions of approval on
the part of senators or representa-
tives because farm relief, like the
bonus, is a delicate question, cut
ting across party lines.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-01-15

Beginning by reviewing the
world situation, President Roose-
welt pointed to the spirit of peace
how existing in the twenty-one
American republics, and their
nelghbor, the Dominion of Can
ada, and contrasted conditions on
the Western Hemisphere with
those in Europe and Asia where
nations are dominated "by the
twin spirits of autocracy and ag-
erosion" and have reverted "to
the old belief in the law of the
sword" or "to the fanatic concep-
ton that they, and they alone,
are chosen to fulfill a mission"
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-01-15

Estimates are that SO million
out of the 40 million gainfully
employed persons are eligible I'M
der the Old Age Pension Act,
which will begin with the initial
tax next year. About II million
workers in the field of manufac-
turing are included, but 10 million
agricultural workers and 2 mil
lion persons in domestic service
are excluded. The first pensions
are to be paid in 1912.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-01-15

-Overshadowed by the decision
of the Supreme Court was the
Presidents budget message, ask
ing for s6,752. 100000 to finance
Federal activities for the fiscal
year beginning next July. With
expenditures definitely declining
and revenue at a peace-time high,
the President foresaw no new
taxes and promised a reduced de-
ficit, although he made no pro-
vision fer work relief, indicating
this would be taken up later. In
cluded in the estimated receipts
was s547,300,000 from process
ing taxes but these are out Of the
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-01-15

Key West, Florida, has the
most equable climate In the
country; with an average
range of only Il Fahrenheit
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-01-15

Associated Press Day Wire
Service.
For Sc Years Devoted to the
Best Interests of Key West
The Washington times., 1936-06-12
BEACH
SUI y FOR THE
YOUNGER MAN
1850

Ever since Palm Beach made these suits for the
Junior has been giving Dad tough tussle for the
honors the famys bestdressed man, for styled
Immediately Dads and look frosty cool through
back styles in single and double breasted models with
trousers pleated smart fashion The smarness stays
through washings and ceanngs Sizes II to 22 2 to 50
chest)
Evening star., 1936-12-17
MILITARY EXPERTS HELD
ONLY REAL DIPLOMATS
ny the Associated Press.


RIVERSIDE, Calf, December IT,
The work of civilian politicians in
Europe and Asia constitutes a "diplo-
matte facade" Vernon Mackenzie
director of the School of Journalism
at the University of Washington, told
the Institute of World Affairs here
Tuesday.
Many of their treaties are given to
the world to satisfy and affect public
opinion, Mackenzie said, while the
effective diplomacy is that conducted
by military leaders in quiet conferences.
Discussing 'the new secret diplo-
macy" he said military, naval and air
experts confer and accomplish the
actual treaties between nations while
the politicians are loudly acclaimed
as the treaty makers.
1.-The treaties registered with the
League of Nations since 1918 do not
by any means record all the agree
ments made between even League
nations" he said.
Evening star., 1936-12-17

balance Of power In Europe and In
Asia. She wants peace based upon
the status quo which serves her
interest best. AS long as Red Russia
is confronted separately by Japan in
the East and by the Reich In the
West, England can afford to hate
Russia and evince q friendlineSs for
Germany, for the situation creates q
sort of stalemate and preserves the
balance Of power among the three
powers, which leaves British interest
not seriously disturbed.
But the moment Germany and
Japan form an alliance against Russia,
England casts aside her Russophobia
and her pro-German sentiment, for
such an alliance upsets the balance Of
power and thus eventually disturbs
British interest.
Key in Hands Of France.
In Berlin and Toxic strategists
seem TO think that war between Russia
on one hand and Germany and Japan
on the other, If 1t should come, could
be limited to the three nations con-
cerned. Were this possible, England
might remain neutral in such con-
flict, but it is not possible.
The key, of course, is in Frances
hand. It is inconceivable that France
should watch with folded arms Ger
man victory over Russia, which would
make the Reich preponderant on the
continent. With France leaping into
the fray England will not long remain
neutral. Italy will, for while, sit on
the fence, but will eventually cast her
lot with the side most likely to win.
With the war developing to this
magnitude, will the isolationists Of
America succeed in keeping their
country out of it? The Japanese states
men believe not.
,Copyright. 1886. by the North American
Newspaper Alliance. Inc)