The Key West Citizen Newspaper, October 1, 1932, Page 1

Associated Press Day Wire Service The Key West Citisen For 52 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West —. < VOLUME Lill. No. 233. Many Phases Enter Into.. Democratic Convention <a once a ec | CI “pOWEY tot America’s | And Alfred E. Smith Out- IN THIRD GAME ganized iste the chairmanship of tivities. By J: R. BRACKETT i (By Associated Preas) former President Calvin Coolidge. More freedom in making rates, {repeal of the recapture clause; which theoretically permits earn- ings over a certain percentage to be taken for the benefit of weak BASEBALL CLASSIC CAR-/roads, and more leniency in allow-} ing éstablishment of surpluses in} RIED / ON, AY WRIDEEY. periods of prosperity are among, FIELD; CROWD OF 50,000 IN/the changes ‘most often suggested! = for rail improvement. ks menses To aid him Mr. Coolidge will} _ have Alfred E..- Smith, former | ; democratic presidential nominee ;| (Special to The Citizen}w: | Alexander E. Legge, former: chair- | WRIGLEY FIELD, \CHICAGOs4nian of the. federel ‘farm: bonrd;| Oct. 1.—With Franklin:D, Rosse {Cine Howell, publisher: of the At-} lanta Constitution;. and Bernard elt, democratic presidential nom-jy Baruch, financier, The com-| ¢ in attendance, the New York | mission was organized at the in-| {By Annocinted Press) ALBANY, Oct. 1.—In an atmosphere of political un- certainty with Governor Roosevelt, Tammany Hall and Alfred E. Smith sharing the middle of the stage, democratic . delegates con- verged here today for the state convention starting institutional KEY WEST, FLORIDA, S¢ ‘New Commission Headed By Coolidge | Seeks Laws To Improve Rail Finances HOW RAILROADS HAVE INCREASED D EFFICIENCY j ATURDAY, OCTOBER 1, 1932. PRICE FIVE CENTS a Tells Roosevelt Illinois Will Be In Democratic Column } Young Seaman Credited With! Great Heroism In Saving Stranded Crew Off Lost Ship (ey abeoalnida Ps Associated Press) SEATTLE, Oct. 1.—The kept from shore, E. Blomberg, lism of the 22-year-old s seaman, plunged into the surf with who swam through a beating surf| 2 ®mall line and swam to the rocks | which a lifeboat could not dare to| Where he hauled in a large line on voreue three sarvivere of the crew| which the suffering survivors were f 37 of th hter Nevada from | Teseued. ‘the lonely Aleutian Island, was| The “heroic action of this Amer- — {told today in an official report of | ican n historical epic of : |Captain Healy, commander of the| the high seas and is a marvelous rescue liner President Madison. tribute to the cause of American When boats of the Madison were | shipping,” Healy said. Program For New Yorker At Chicago Includes At- =. At “Baseball (ly Associated Press) + CHICAGO, Oct. 1.—Ar- riving here from the west, Governor Roosevelt today launched into a busy pro- gram including his attend- lance at the “third baseball game banquet” before con- tinuing tonight to Detroit, the last stop on his presidential dress Monday. Numbered among early arrivals were leaders of Tammany, who will show their hand in the contest cen- tering about Herbert Leh- man, candidate for for governor. Mayor John Thacher, second of Albany, who op- poses Lehman, is backed by an O’Connell organization in Albany county. Lehman is lieutenant governor, nomination HERE SHOT DOWN WILLIAM W. DEMERITT IN- FORMED OF INCIDENT BY BIOLOGICAL OFFICER | Paul J. Redington, thief of the biological survey of the depart- _mient of agriculture, has written William W. Demeritt to the effect that a mourning dove banded here by Mr. Demeritt was recently shot many miles away from the place where banded, The dove was shot by E. D. Lah- niers about three miles south of Decatur, Ill. The band shows that it.was released by Mr, Demeritt in Key West on January 4, 1932 and was shot on September 12, 1932, exactly eight months and cient | days after being banded. Information such as this is con- tinually being sought by the bio-| logical survey and when a bird is shot so far from the place where it was banded, the data secured is of the greatest value in the study: of its migratory habits, it is shown, Miss Isobel Piodela Weds G. Hyland In Washington Miss Isobe} Piodela, daughter of| Mr. and Mrs. J. G. Piodela, of Key West, and G Yankees and the Chicago Cubs are today playing the third gi the World Series. stigation of leading investors and business groups. The scope of the problem is in- dicated in the -huge size and com- | plicated design of the railroad sys- | | | t \ ) Robbers In New York Escape Governor Roosevelt’s| ; 7 tem, particularly with respect to} Root to do the twirling for his club,| its efficiency, and how much far-| while Manager Joe McCarthy’s|ther operating costs may be cut. Railroads have reduced costs in} j choice was George Pipgras. There many ways. Taking advantage of| crowd of approximately 50,-;modern technology they now | . | Operate about “430,000 miles of; Prt Rememeees witty worn road with about 1,200,000 men. In; er prevailing for the playing of] 1911 they required 1,600,000 men! the contest in which great interest} to operate 360,000 miles. in bdaiacad Though the roads carried oP otc apa proximately the same totals ied ROOSEVELT W AS freight in 1929 as in 1926, they re) quired 100,000 fewer employes to! do the job. In every year since] 1926, the railroads have nenfed! fewer men. | - One of Mr. Coolidge’s strongest | opinions. on the railroads has had to do with consolidation, which hel EVEN HOLLYWOOD'S FILM FAMILY ALL ASTIR DURING RECENT VISIT OF PRESI- DENTIAL NOMINEE FELTS WILL NOT PLAY IN OPENING ‘FOOTBALL GAME TULANE cbdraaus, CAPTAIN WITHHELD FROM GAME BY DECISION OF PRES. OF SOUTHERN CONFERENCE By ROBBIN COONS (ity Ansociated Presa) HOLLYWOOD, Oct. 1.—Unless Gov. Franklin D. Roosevelt one of these days runs up to take a fook at the aurora borealis it is doubt- ful that he'll see again soon such a show as that at which he was guest of honor on his recent stop- over in Los Angeles, The movie electrical pageant, staged for the benefit of the indus- UinecAinseebaiah Pvvudy try’s relief fund and the Marion wiley np Davies foundation, was Hollywood] NEW ORLEANS, Oct. 1. or ae on parade as even Hollywood sel-|lie Felts, Tulane football captain sag sag on fet a and star fullback, will not play} ars were there, riding in open ears rather grotesquely garlanded os pied is evare | age azainct| with electrical “flowers.” Will Rog-| ‘¢ Texas A. and Felts will be withheld from the ers introduced the presidential nominee and his party. There was|game by a decision of C. P. Miles, polo, and wild west stunts by Tom | president of the Southern Confer- atin, Feet Jones at other pygiaey ence, based on several baseball stars, and a general circus to; i ? off by the Semi pare be games played by Felts in the Cot-/ ton States League in 1927. Tulane faculty said they would; yet beautiful floats contributed by the studios, not to mention Conrad | vigorously protest the president's | i decision, Nagel who of course was master- But the re tar of the occasion was electricity, the power behind the movies now more than ever. | Powerful spotlights playing soft shafts of violet, rose, green, gold, flame and lavender upon the ing seven known dead and at “iow Former President Calvin Coolidge (left) heads the new railroad survey commission which will attempt to stabilize and improve the financial situation of American eailroads. Alfred E. Smith (right) is a member. Chart shows haw Failroads operated more miles of track in 1931 than in 1911 with 4000 less men. advocated vigorously on severghither the number of employes, in occasions. Consolidation, he saidj{fthe opinion of many rail econo-- “will secure not only a great ele=4mists, who hold that any consider- ment of competition as to service, ; ‘ble gains in technical ability must but it will afford economy in ope-;gome from reducing man-power by f ration, greater stability in ear nings increasingly efficient methods. and more economical financing.” { Railroad freight rates and pas- ‘Whether he again will urge con-'senger fares were lower in 1931 qolidation remains to be sepm.jthan at any time since 1920, Four great eastern roads now are;Whether they can be raised suc- projected and consolidation plans cessfully is doubted by some rail for them are far advanced. The experts who suggest that higher effect pf consolidation virtually is rates would drive traffic to other certain to eventually reduce fur- means of senerereatin Se a te a a Mi sat DIITLEII#:| PETITION FILED BETWEEN OFFICER AND, TO SAVE 2 FROM ELECTRIC CHAIR PROWLER; NEITHER HIT | any Annobi jed Presa) WESTIN, Mass., Oct. Gunfire was exchanged be- tween a prowler and a special officer assigned to guard the | 1— | i home of Dudley Rainey, for- | | i { | } FROM BOTH SIDES AFTER WHICH COURT WAS RECESS- ED UNTIL LATER IN DAY © nt district attorney, in the prosecution of Anarchists Sacco and Van- zetti today. Neither were wounded and his (By Associated Press) JACKSONVILLE, Oct. 1—A ' habeas corpus petition seeking to | save C. D. Casey, condemned Mi- SEVEN KILLED INCLOUDBURST: the prowler made es- cape. | was filed in the circuit court today, |while attorneys for Elvin Jeff- ‘coat, Clearwater, argued a similar i writ for their client. Judge George Gibbs heard the Fi decatt in both cases and re-)} TWENTY MISSING IN CATAS-' cessed court until later today when it was indicated decisions TROPHY OCCURRING | may be rendered. | Casey was sentenced to death LAST NIGHT | for. the killing of F. D. Palmer, j druggist, during an (iy Associated Press) tholdup, and Jeffcoat received a} BAKERSFIELD, Oct. 1.—Lea¥ ying of his fe. 20 missing, a 40 foot wall of wate roared through the Tehachapi Pass! JUDGE HEARS ARGUMENTS | } | | ‘eept for legal and formal With $10,000 Payroll Today WHITNEY-BACON | CONGRESS RACE BECOMES TENSE LONG ISLAND SOCIAL CIRCLES ALL ASTIR OVER EVENT IN WHICH ODD CAMPAIGN IS: NOW BEING WAGED By HERBERT PLUMMER | (sy Associated Press) WASHINGTON, Oct. LL Those sharing the belief that poli- ties is a grim and “vulgar” busi- ness should direct their attention to that blue-stecking area of Long Island where young Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney is running for; a seat in congress. . An odd campaign is being waged! there between “Sonny” and the fequally socially prominent Repre- sentative Bacon—a campaign that! seems to belie all the traditions of office-getting. From Flushing to Montauk Point! | the social registerites are in a stir, jami slayer, from the electric chair \The “Vanderbilt” in Whitney’s name, although no longer used ex- pur-| poses, is having its effect even: though the district is one of the| jdeepest-dyed of republican strong- holds. | The select social countryside is:, in confusion. Country elubs ate} \divided against themselves and the vast country estates are at vari-j jance over which candidate to sup-| attempted {port. “Sonny” is a democrat; Resént nilar sentence for the ee republican. “Sonny’s grandfather was a} {secretary of the navy under Presi-| \dent Cleveland; Bacon's father} DWELLING HOUSE crowd, the field, and into the misty 40 miles south of here last aight} Boston, Mass., were ied at) after a cloudburst. ‘ORDERS RECOUNT | was secretary of state under Presi- (By Associated Press) NEW YORK, Oct, 1,:—Five rob- | bers today held up a three-man crew of an armored truck at a Hudson River pier and escaped with a $10,000 payroll consigned to the Southern Pacific Steamship Com- pany. Police reported the robl bers drove their car against the parca e aon confronted them with re- volvers. JIMMY WALKER GOES 10 PARIS) WILL COMMUNICATE cael : HOME ON MAYORALTY STATUS (ity Associated Breas) GIBRALTAR, Oct. 1.—For- mer Mayor James Walker, of New York City, left for Mad- rid today enroute to Pa It is understood bis principal pur was to communicate hone with political ad- visers back home connec- tion with the mayoralty elec- tion to be held next month, | if courts permi| 'NEGRO CONVICT KHLED TODAY ATTEMPTING TO MAKE ES- CAPE FROM FLORIDA ROAD CAMP * (Ry Associated Press) TALLAHASSEE, Oct. 1—The state prison bureau today reported | j State. campaign trip. | Chicago welcomed the democratic nominee with a spectacular demonstration that rivalled in noise and en- thusiasm all of a score or more of greetings he received jduring his journey westward through 20 states. In greet- ing Roosevelt, Mayor Cermak told him Illinois will be in the democratic column this fall by a wide margin. TAKING PRISONERS - TORAIFORD FARM gee WILL MAKE AR- RANGEMENTS TO HAVE BUS COME TO KEY WEST FOR TRANSPORTATION OF MEN The exact date on. which the prisoners in the county jail under } sentence of two years or more will at Raiford has not been determin- ed. State busses used for carrying prisoners to the prison make regu- lar visits to all sections of the Heretofore they came no nearer Key West than Miami and untortunates consigned to the prison have been taken there. Sheriff Niles says that he will try and. make arrangements to have the bus that covers the south- eastern section of the state come to Key West for the seven who are to be sent from here. In the event this cannot be arranged the pria- oners will be taken to Miami. Going from here will be Julivs | Watson, Kermit Kerr, Ivan Kob- lerts, Karl Weeeh, Earl Wells, Lao | Parker and H. C, Parker, | Those who will remain of the veral groups that were sentene- | to terms of one year in the leounty jail are Henry Hall, Whit- ney Knowles, Joe Baker, Horace be sent to the state penitentiary _ Walter Msjor, negro conviet, was! avarette, Willie Weatherford and air, brought into reality a child’s dream of fairyland. The stars who rode in the pa-} jrade, bowing like kings and queens | high noon September 23, in St. Patrick’s Catholic Church in Washington, D. C. The torrent struck a railroad | trestle hurling a locomotive and seven freight cars into the canyon | PAY VISIT TO HOME OF NURSES EMPLOYED AT jdent Roosevelt. shot and killed by two guards af-i} 64 Cook. OF PRIMARY VOTES The situation is further compli-|ter he wounded three other negro| To feed these latter six for one cated by the fact that “Sonny” is! prisoners while attempting to es! year it ts estimated it will cont the the idol of the polo and racing set,|cape from a road camp near Grace- | county $1,421.50. In addition, this, After the wedding they earat Quests of friends at dinner and int the evening went to a new night! club where they were introduced by the announcer who also broad- cast the news of the wedding. The following day the newly} weds went to Boston where they are visiting the family of Mr. Hy-} land. Later they will go to China,} where Mr. Hyland is stationed in the United States service. | “OKAY AMERICA” Now showing at THE PALACE THEATER is an outstanding |; pieture which exposes kidnapers Picture is similar to the Lindbergh Case and Capone All whe have witnessed this |) picture have praised it. This is one of our best pictures of the year, and you can see this pic- || ture at our regular admission prices. Matinee, Se-t0cr Night, 1Gc-20¢ j }Chureh, Monday lber 3. to cheering subjects in the stands, all made speeches, but Nancy Car. roll’s was the most “different.” Said Nancy, “Will Rogers said we couldn’t mention politics and I! won't because I don’t know any-| thing about politics but I can say I think Governor Roosevelt is the best-looking candidate I ever} jaw!” Ministerial Assn. To Hold Meeting Monday, The usual elihly meeting of] the Ministerial Association will be held in the First Methodist (Stone) | morning, Octer| The meeting is scheduled to be-} gin at 10:30 o'clock. i CREDITABLE MOVE MONETA, Va.—A quilt left un-; jcompleted by its owner 95 years} lago, is being finished by Mrs. Lewis Huddleston of this city. j killing the engineer. MARINE HOSPITAL | The train carried an undeterm- j ined number of itinerants believed | swept away. i few| Mr. and Mrs. Peter Kadd and months the dwelling house on/ two children perished when the {water struck their gasoline «sta- Whitchend street, used. 6s 8 es) tion. Bodies of two other uniden-' by the nurses of the Marine hos-| tified persons were recovered. pital, was burglarized last night. j E ntly these who eMtered the eeeseeece eeoceocsecs TODAY’S EDITORIAL Seecccoccscccedecccoces Why Key West is fast be- coming known as a place where the best of fishing can be obtained, aside from its ideal climate other natural advantages, is shown in te- day's leading editorial. For the third time in 4@ place were not in search of valu- ables or were frightened before | they were able to make a thorough | | search of the place as only food, | principally canned goods, is said to have heen taken, ' No clues are said to be in poses-j sion of the sheriff or his deputies | but several people are under sus picion and will be questioned. DANCE MIRAMAR CLUB Tonight at 10 O’Clock NEW ORCHESTRA | Pease“ S0c CARLYLE ROBERTS + | i Called For and Delivered ‘ 902 FLEMING ST. | DEALS WITH CONGRESSIONAL | While Bacon, a former Harvardj ville jcrew man, is popular with the! He was serving 18 years for rob-| RACE IN FIRST DISTRICT [many Harvard enthusiasts in the) bery from Duval coun district. OF THOME | One hears, for instance, that the Pees) {Manhasset group ix for Whitney, Oct. 1.—The|While the Sagamore Hill Roose-| issued a man-|Velts—the distant cousins of the) directing a recount of votes:democratic nominec—are for} cast for first district congressman |Buton. “That's how complicated in. Hillsborough, Polk and Her-/things are. night at her home 417 Catherine nando counties in the second dem-| “Sonny” opened his campaignistreet, came to her death from an geratic primary. jreeently at the home of Mrs. Char-|acute attack of cardiac is the ver- By agreement of counsel forjles Sabin. Mr. Sabin is a demo-|dict of the jury summoned to in- Congressman Herbert Drane, who | crat. Mrs. Sabin, who ix support-| vestigate. alled for the recount and Hardin jing Roosevelt for president, is a) Members of the jury met in the: Peterson, Lakeland, who apparent_| republican, and is behind Bacon in| office of Rogelio Gomez, justice y wen the nomination by a nartow | ithe congressional race. lef the peace, 2 o’elock yeterday margin, the actual recount willl That's how divided the whole|afternoon to hear the testimony of] start sooner than Tuesday noon. | district seems. ia physician who was sunynoned to ——— But at that, “Sonny” hasn't en-!hold an autopsy. The opinion ef) F Expert Workmanship ‘tirely forgotten the practical side/ the physician was presented and) @ of running for office. While he|the verdict afterwards rendered. ON YOUR CAR—See has made it plain that he will not} Following are the Jury members: LOU SMITH pte paredes with flying banners/Hilary Crusos, foremag; William SERVICE STATION Hamii- White and Catherine Phone 522 (My Associ Died From Acute Ailment| i | Verdict States Negress Nicolasa Aguirre, negress, who died suddenly during Wednesday to get votes, he does plan what hejA. Kemp, Leroy A- Roberta: a “Whitney carevan™ te tour/ten W. Pinder, Virginio Mendes istrict. land Harry M, Sawyer. jit is said, that the court conte will amount to more than $1,000, mak- ing a total of af ‘east $2,500. ADVISORY Advisory, 10:00 A, M.: Tropical distarbance apparently of slight in- tensity Central short distance east of Belize, British Honduras, mor- ing westward. Will erom ast line today. eee STRAND THEATER The Home Town Theater Today s HORSE FEATHERS Matinee 10-16; Night 15-25« See Page 4 For Reader On This %