The Key West Citizen Newspaper, October 6, 1932, Page 1

Associated Press. Day Wire Service VOLUME LIII. No. 237. Bomb Explosion Destroys Milk Plant In Wisconsin Gang Of Five Men Kidnap Watchman And Dump Him From Car Half Mile Outside Of City (My Associated Press) | BURLINGTON, Wisconsin, Oct. 6.—Five men early to- day invaded the new $25,000 milk receiving plant of the Burlington Cooperative Milk Association, kidnaped the watchman and destroyed the building by exploding two bombs. The watchman was unhurt. The blast occurred at 1 a. m. and shattered windows for a radius of 10 blocks of the plant. | The five men bound the watchman and fled with him in a car, dumping him a mile outside of the city where he released himself. The new plant opened Sep- tember 22 by farmers sup- plying milk of the Chicago: Pure Milk Association. NO APPRECIATION BY OFFENDER IN JEWEL KINSEY TRIED HERE ON CHARGE OF TRESPASS GETS INTO TROUBLE AGAIN IN ST. PETERSBURG Sheriff Cleveland Niles is in re- eeipt of advices from the bureau of identification in Washington in- @icating that Jewel Kinsey, who was shown leniency when tried here on a charge of trespass, has ot shown any appreciatign of the chance offered. Kinsey and Felix Knowles were! atrested on a charge of burglariz- | ing the store of Webster Roberts! ‘@t Islamorada. He was arrested | NORRIS PLANNING SPEAKING TOUR IN FAVOR ROOSEVEL TOUR IN INTEREST OF PRESIDENTIAL NOMINEE CITY CONDITIONS DISCUSSED TODAY AT ROTARY MEET TOM MITCHELL, FORT MYERS,' NEW YORK, Oct. 6.—George! WAS VISITOR; monsaL.|: Norris, independent republican | : | senator from Nebraska, will make | VATGE, GEKELER AND ROB- 2 coast to coast speaking tour on! ERTS WERE ALSO GUESTS'behalf of.the democratic presi-| dential candidate, it was an-/ nounced today by David K. Niles,! director of publicity for National) hi tod Son Pheri anor 3): | Progressive League for Franklin President Clifford Hicks stated that ont of last week’s meeting|D.-Roosevelt. — came the thought that the Rotary Senator Norris; who recently en- members could and: would be glad tertained Governor Roosevelt in} to act with the city council for|Nebraska, will‘make the first; the purpose of devising some speech at Philadelphia October 17. means of tax collections. Presi- - dent Hicks appointed Ben Trevor, SOMETHING OTHER Bill Demeritt, Curry Moreno, _ THAN GHOST SEEN _PROWLING AROUND | Vesey Johnson and Charles Smith ; | as a committee to meet with the mayor, chief of police and sheriff with regards to law enforcement. Dr, Wm. R. Warren stated that there were many persons who could pay their taxes but would not do so, that there were many citizens here, as elsewhere, that could not pay. those taxes on ac- count of having no méans of in- come. He further stated that those that could pay but would not, thought it shrewd or clever to dodge taxation payments, and. to his mind tax-dodgers of this na- ° 3 5 tuue were receiving something for} Written in a ridiculous vein be- nothing, such as fire’ protection, |cause of the ludicrous side of all police protection, sanitary service ghost stories, that of the United and other protection and that in|street ghost written in The Citizen receiving this something for noth-| yesterday seems to have a more ing it was not honest, serious side. W. H. Monsalvatge, speaking) Instead of a wtaith or spook, it for the council, stated that the/is now deseribed as a real in- council had been critized.. many-| dividual, who, dressed in flowing times for accepting bonds as part/ white robes wi Rot toads ld fay hased b; : such bonds cou! pure Y i that 0’ the taxed citizen, that he coald Hoamaeaiers Wo Hod yoked oars they pragreen had pe Discussing the’ incident yester- in i it eek ge ci aa of ni «cha day, Traffic Officer Camero told of other instances where masked obligation as well as a 6% obliga. ical tion. He further stated that he| Te .Sometimes fantastically failed to coincide with many that peohed, have frightened | people, the present method of taxation was generally ‘with’ # mniagoided = the best plan, that to his mind an of humor, but at other times with income tax on property and a sales | sinister idea behind the mas- tax would be just and workable. | querade. Sebastian Cabrera stated that a! Officer Camero says he has not} igiven up the idea of arresting him | resolution was now before the \ 1 1 pi | and will continue his vigilance un- | council whereby each property | a! vigh } owner would be charged 50c¢ per/|til the masquerader is either cap-j tured or ceases his wanderings. month for scavanger service, but the charge shall not exceed $6 per | WO city $1.15. Wm. Malone made a brief talk year. He further stated that some sales tax, setting forth that this} CHAMBER OF COMMERCE SEC- UNITED STREET RESIDENTS ARE BELIEVED TO BE AN- NOYED BY A_ REAL IN- DIVIDUAL iN DISQUISE _ frightened a relief must be given this depart- ment, that to haul a load of garb- age from any given point in the city to the incinerator costs the! on a white head] ler tired of being cross-examined | there. Mey 10, Mr. Roberts preferred | city was in as good a condition as Rot to press the charges, against | most other cities, and while he did the boys. A modified charge of | not have any solution to the ques- | trespass was made against the / tion at hand, he offered his service ; young men to which they pleadtd | to the council and Rotary. to aid | They were sentenced to 30 days | in county jail to be released to: their parents stiould they come to Key West for them. Shortly af-| ter sentence was passed members of the boys’ family arrived and/ they left for St. Petersburg. { Later it was shown that Kinsey; ‘was an old offender, had been seat: to the reform school at Marianna | and because of his incorrigibility and the charge of grand larceny, | in bettering the city’s conditions. | Tom Mitchell, of Fort Myers, | and W. H. Ménsaivatge, Rev. Gekeler and J. W. Roberts, of Key: West, were guests of the club at} the lancheon today. ' TWOINCHESSNOW | IN WEST VIRGINIA | jcovered as to number of passen-) jn. assist was sent to the prison farm at Rai- | TEMPERATURE OF THIRTY- there il h ford, to remain until he was TWO IN PENNSYLVANIA RETARY AND ASSISTANT COMPILE SAME | One of the busiest places in ut West the first part of this week was the Chamber of Commerce Miss Hleen Williams and M Marguerite Martinez have been kept constantly busy preparing a} voluminous. exhibit for P. L. Wil-| son, consulting engineer of the} Overseas Bridge Corporation. | Every phase of travel by train,! . steamer, ferry or automobile was’ gers, transportation costs, etc.) Each item was compiled separate- ly and twenty certified copies sent KEY WEST, FLORIDA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 6, 1 To Wed Chaplin? No, She Says; Paulette’s Going To Tahiti’ Boeccecocevescesecs | Be Placed On 0 , cn trial for the sweat box death of | 932. For 52 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West PRICE FIVE CENTS Supreme Court Rules That Names Of New Party Candidates Cannot Convict Gives Damaging _ Testimony Against Former Prison Guards Under Trial (By Associated Presx) JACKSONVILLE, ‘Oct, 6,—Tes« that the two former guards timony Arthur Maillefert had indirectly threatened the New Jersey youth | | attempting to escape, was given athe ain’t dead.” |years for robbery, said he saw/son and said “captain it Maillefert placed in the sweathox irst with a berrel over his body| \She may have been seen with Charlie Chaplin in public numer- ous times and he did kiss her when" she left the coast for New York, but Paulette Goddard says they're not engaged. ‘The two are shown here as they appeared together at a Hollywood premiere. (By Associated Press) it, then?” she weakened and said NEW YORK, Oct. 6.—Paulette Yes.” Goddard, young platinum blond of Chaplin had kissed her goodbye : is . ; and wi i a west coast airport when she a isn bit weary, ond wom t for New York, home and moth- It’s all because of the hullabaloo ©. See Fouad her wien reached New York from the coast arrival here. However, she kept with a kiss of Charlie Chaplin stilli the guess agoing for a couple of; fresh on her lips. jdays with the coy retort, “One; So now she says she plans to go simply doesn’t discuss such things.” ) to Tahiti where perhaps she thinks! Meaning engagements. no reporters will bother her asking | In Tahiti Miss Goddard Pians to if it’s true she’s engaged to the!let her hair grow out of its bob’ film comedian. {from her naturally: chestnut locks, Miss Goddard denies reports of, She also will study the betrothal and says she’s rath-|during her two or three months { Thus changed and tutored, she: will return to Hollywood, where with all the intensity of a defend- ant on the witness stand. First \ she refused to confirm the en-jshe is under contract to continue gagement report. When the in-} her picture work for Samuel} quisitors persisted, “Will you deny | Goldwyn. TO RESUME WORK {PUTNAM RECEIVES AT SMITH SHOALS TRANSFER ORDERS. { TENDER POPPY TAKING ON! MATERIAL TO BE USED FOR STRUCTURE — WILL GO TO ST. PET- ERSBURG Erection of the working plat-; F. B, Putnam, manager of the (form to be used for setting the; Railway Express Company in Key|]] foundation of the lighthouse for Smith Shoals is to begin at once. }ferring him to St. Petersburg, Fla., The tender Poppy is now taking on | effective next Monday, | Mr. Putnam arrived here ned July 8, 1931, and within a brief |time was known as a go-getter and | live-wire after business. He was! active in organizing the Rai Sa Employes’ Benefit Association, | which recently completed plans for i material and will proceed to the} site. il of the preliminary work was completed yesterday. H. B. Hask-| superintendent of this district, descended in diving ant ‘ith death while punishing him for the trial today by William Rob- erts, a convict. Roberts, himself serving 45 in with a chain around his tocks on his feet. quoted Soloman Higgin- botham, one of the defendants, as ficial Ballot (By Associated Press) TALLAHASSEE, Oct. 6.— The supreme court. today handed down a decision | defendant, was quoted as sayi ‘ognetelbaniagimes sagese 2 the intended to keep Maillefert in/E@ndis said prohibits any ;the sweatbox “until Christmas if political party other than Some time after Maillefert was democratic and republican hy A - | . placed in the box, Roberts said, a'from having name: \- trusty locked in, and called Cour-! — ea done.” | didates printed on the No- Mrs. Maillefert, the youth's be: ballots. mother, wept as Roberts identified! x plostion Fatt In effect the court held’* that ; the barrel; chain and stocks. Courson and Higginbotham ap-| Florida election laws as amended jParently paid little attention to!in 1931 entitle only nominees. of ithe convict’s thepimony, } Political parties as recognized by 1 saying he “would rather kill Mail- jlefert than eat.” George W. Courson, the other Order Issued To Continue _ Recount Of Votes Dealing With Congressional Race "7 ‘here’s nothing to a Hollywood eamere SAECO ATES Seigte ees eee COLD WEATHER | HITS FLORIDA POSSIBLE FROST IN NORTH- English diction} WEST SECTION PREDICTED | FOR TONIGHT r (Ny Asncetated Presa) MIAMI, Oct. 6.—Predic- tions are for possible frost in northwest Florida tonight and of dropping temperatures through the state which re- sulted from the cold wave that is moving east over the nation, the weather bureau said. Pensacola last night had a temperature of 42, which the bureau said is the lowest mark {law to have their names printed on \the general election ballots, and 'that at this time only demoeratic lesa republican parties are so recognized. In a brief order the court de- nied H. R. Harris, of Jacksonville, a writ of mandamus ordering the Duval county commission to place his name on the ballot as a prohi- bition party candidate for county commissioner. | The court also said the right of \of his choice regardless of whether i such candidate has been nominated by any political party within pur- alternative of writ of mandamus! view of statutes is not denied. which in effect directs Cireuit| 1" fact, said the court, an ex- Judge F. M. Robles, of Tampa, t | pressed provision is made allowing to} tallow the | nepal a AEN (iy Associated Press) TALLAHASSSZE, Oct. 6.—The {supreme court today issued an “(a voter te write the name of any Drane-Peterson first! candidate of his choice. in. ‘the |congressional district vote recount blank space to be left for that to continue in Hillsborough county. aes 8 on i ballot. ae |. The court held today that in ye; Gecinion superset affirming Judge Robles order for pam Tete war ae a recount, the supreme court made » t ;parties in Florida should have ;an order of its own and that Robles candidates names printed on the cannot now recall or modify it.| ballot. Judge Robles was given until to-! morrow 3 p. m. to answer the writ! LOCAL GOLF UNIT jof alternative mandamus, and} jcounsel for Drane said an airplane T0 PLAY IN MIAMI will deliver the writ in Tampa to} iday for service on the judge. | | EXPRESS COMPANY MANAGER! OF SCOUT TROOP: there in 50 years as early as October 6. Tampa’s minimum of 66 was eight degrees lower than Boston. They expected 65 at COUNTRY CLUB Miami tonight. INDIANA TOWN JOINS (My Asseciated Presa) ATTICA, Ind., Oct. 6.—Attica} has joined the list of taxless towns. | Although the corporation had a budget of $28,591 for this year and $16,796 for next year, it is MEETING PERFECTED AT HELD AT LEGION HALL LAST NIGHT ' i i { ' | West, nas received orters trans-| OTHERS NOW TAXLESS | With 25 members signing the! \rolls, the reorganization of Troop 15, Boy Scouts of America, was per- fected at a meeting held in the | American Legion hall last night. A group of local golf enthusiasts plan leaving over the East Coast tomorrow afternoon for Miami to represent the Key West Country Club in piay with the Biltmore Club of Coral Gables. Members of the local group wili be, if no changes are made, Clem C. Price, R. L. Spottewood, J, 4. Kirechenbaum, Joe Lopez, William Watkins, Wm, H. Malone, R. L. Norton, Sam Goldsmith, Dr. Wil- }drawing on a water works surplus! y 4 Boza is scoutmaster and jand gasoline and license taxes to/ nonaid Cormack and A .L, Simp-} | dispense with a tax levy. liam Kemp, and possibly others. They will be guests of the Bilt- |son are assistant scoutmasters. The | more Club at a smoker Saturday ‘latter has a wide experience in/ night and also at breakfast and 21 years old, This was on Decem-| ber 8, 1930. H The letter received by the a iff yesterday from Washington, shows that Kinsey was arrested on; the 27th day of last wonth in his! home town of St. Petersburg, charged with burglary Citizen has no regret for hav- img erected the structure which now houses The Citizen and Artman Press, which was constructed during a time to Miami. } The total number of people reg-| istering for labor was also compil-| ed as to their classification wheth-/ er mechanic, clerk or laborer, as j Well as the dependents. Twenty {certified copies of these different jelassifications and all other data {had to be furnished. | | That those to whom this work | was intrusted worketi diligently | jand indefatigably is shown by the \fact that Leo Warren, president of j city council, had all of the data| and exhibits with him when he} left for Miami yesterday after-| noon. ns TOWN (By Associated Preas) ELKINS, West Virginia, Oct. 6.—Two inches of sow covered the countryside as Elkins awoke today causing postponement of outdoor events in connection with the third mountain state forest festival. The first snow of the sea- son fell at Johnstown, Penn- aylvania. The mercury there stood at 32. \Florida Sails For Cuba i \No Change In Condition [leged to have been the places on the shoals where the } iron pihng, seven in number, are to be driven for the foundation. The tender Ivy was to leave to-/ day for Miami to establish one lighted b y in that harbor and} relieve others. Qn her return, un- less assigned to other work in thi district, she will be used in the} work at Smith Shoals. } j Of Negro Shot On Monday, Ernest Massey, negro who is al-| shot Monday! Both Mr. and Mrs. Putnam have made a host of friends in Key who will learn with regret of their having to leave so soon after be: | tcoming identified with the business | and social life of the community. Succeeding Mr. Putnam will be} E. M. Smith, who was manager of | ie company when Mr. Putnam / was named as his successor. It is! said by those who know, that Mr.! and Mrs. Smith are anxious to ré urn. i} County Prisoners Clean | Up Court House Square | DULUTH SHORTENS ITS SCHOOL YEAR (hy Ansociated Preaw) DULUTH, Minn,, Oct. Teachers and employes in Duluth public schools have been given graduated salary reductions ap- proximating 25 percent, while the school term has been |shortened to 36 instead of 38] a, weeks. Two Building Permits c—| saving i bé held next Thursday “tmore than $300,000 for the year, bers % a troop in Scotland, before the That morning guests and hosts movement was started in the Unit-| wil assemble at the Biltmore ed States. | Club course in Coral Gables where The boys are to start at once to| Scotch foursomes will be played, earn the money to purchase their!In the afternoon regular four- uniforms and must be able to do | somes will test the mettle of the | this before the end of two months. ; players. ; The next meeting of the organiza-| The local bi so hage-the: ‘come ot Key later in the sen West some time Sponsors of the troop will be the|son for a series of matches, the merican Legion atid both thejvisitors to be guests of the Coun- jmembers of that organization, the try Club organization. scoutmaster and his sasistants |were highly gratified by the prea lence of a number of parents of scouting, He was a member of| luncheon, Sunday. The Home Toews Theater jnight by another negro, Leo Rivas, | Carrying 52 Passengers|KENTUCKY’S AVERAGE iz sais to be in the same condition, j ' TAX RATE VERY LOW|ss tbe morning following the, i ing. | The steamer Florida sailed for] }Havana this afternoon 12:50 (iy Amseciatea Prem taken | County prisoners are now at Issued For Past Week work cutting grass and otherwise | amet ‘ : There were but two pérmits for cleaning up the outside spaces of} - the sidewalks bordering the court |T°Pair work issued from the office |i ' |house square, while several are al-|0f Harry Baker, building inspector o'clock with 52 passengers, She; FRANKFORT, Ky., Oct. 6.— | hospital kept there over night and/ 4, at work inside of the enclosure for the week ending October 6. jarvived yesterday afternoon from! Gov. Ruby Laffoon, of Kentucky, 'the following morning sent home.| trimming palms and other plants} Repairs to porch at the corner a when the business outlook was far from being promising, is discussed in today’s leading editorial. HIGH CLASS Mattress Renovating Uphoistering—Box Springs j the boys t the meeting last night. (No Marriage Licenses | boone Ia Pais wi j z No marriage licenses were is-| |. Massey was first to a Havana with 21 passengers and/has compiled statistics . showing Yesterday he was removed from! which beautify the premises, jor Olivia and Duval street. Owner, freight. Uhis state’s average tax rate is the |there and is now in Mercedes hos-| This work will be carried on un-|Frank Guito; cost $75. doors and PEW DAYS ONLY } Ferry Palma came in from Cubajlowest in the union. The average pital. . tit all of the grass is properly cut; Repairs to and windows, ay D yesterday with four carloads of!rate in the state for state and le-' Rivas is held im county jail] end trees trimmed for the purpose {corner of Petronia Done — grapefruit, one of tile and 11 mis-/cal purposes is $1.55-on $100 of without bond, pending the outcome fof giving them a better growthistreeta. Owner, C. Orders Left At EDGAR HOTEL Jeellaneous. property at its taxable value. Mastey’s wound. and appearance. coat $35. &.