The Key West Citizen Newspaper, October 13, 1932, Page 1

Associated Press Day Wire Service No. 248. VOLUME LIII. Bridge Delegation | | ~ Awaits Summons For’ Conf Further Meantime Rosenthal Urges Loan Before Legal Board Of The Corpora- tion By PAUL MAY Special Waskington Correspondent of The Citizen c., WASHINGTON, D. Oct. 13.—With the Overseas GIVES PICTURE OF UNRULY| BOY IN PRISON; CLAIMS MAILLEFERT GAVE HIM MUCH TROUBLE (By Associated Press) JACKSONVILLE, Oct. 13.—A‘{ pieture of an unruly and defiant | prisoner. who resisted fatherly ef-j forts “to get him. to reform and! serve his. sentence peacefully, was drawn toddy by George W. Courson, former Sunbeam camp eaptain, charged with the youth’s swektbox death. The Key West C — KEY WEST, FLORIDA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1932. \Early Riter Sets Fast Pace Qn French (By Ansociated. Press) PARIS, Oct. 13.—Prof. Louis Germain-Martin, the widely-travel- |; ed, highly trained financial expe?t of the Herriot government, is set-| ting an “early bird” example | ti his eolleagues these days. 13 If he arrives at, his office later! | than 7 a. m. he reproaches him- self and promises to do better on: the morrow. i Other cabinet ministers” have} been lengthening their work days; in anticipation of the assembling! of parliament within the next téw| weeks, but with Germain-Martin’ it is a habit. He rises at 5 a. m,/ almost without fail and works for} Financial Tasks ‘In Sweatbox M Greek Government To Make Inquiry In Insull’s Case (By Associated Press) | For 52 Years Devoted to the — Best Interests of Key West ~ PRICE FIVE CENTS. Escaped Convicts, Witnesses Trial At Jacksonville, Captured Today Two In Stolen Automobile Arrested By Officers In Decatur, Ga., Following Hot Chase oe FUNDS WILL NOT ARRIVE UN- TIL SATURDAY OR SUNDAY; SCHELULED. WORK> WILL NOT BEGIN TILL; MONDAY Taking the stand «behind } parade of defense witniésses, who; although, dif: in. details some- what, testified Nefert: ofter| threatened to suicide and eontinu- | ally tried to escape. { Courson told the jury he had an hour in his study before going! to his office. lig He assumed the. post, of secre- tary of the treasury at’ p most dif. ficult. time... Shortly « H office the state eash by Among his plans; to rehabilitat | ATHENS, Oct. 13.—The. Greek government today ordered an in- quiry to establish responsibility for detention of Samuel Insull early this week claiming Insull was held without authority. The director of Athens police the American consulate had his passport which was. taken from him by the police when he was de- tained and presumably was return- ed to him when he was released. It was learned on good authotity | that he has no intention to return (By Associates Press) DECATUR, Ga., Oct. 13. —Two men identified as es- the Florida. prison camp Bridge delegation waiting fin: ‘will be called upon, for an ex-|to the United States voluntarily. for a summons from the Re- construction Finance poration for further confer- ences, Dr. George J. Rosen- thal, of Miami, today went before the legal board of the! corporation to urge his ap- Plication for a $12,000,000) loan for an “Overseas High-; Money from the state has not not been cruel to the boy and -had | the country’s huge conversion s¢heme whereby: j planation, Insull’s lawyer expressed aston- death of Arthur Maillefert, 5 ‘ ’ino wish. to’ kill the ‘prisoner, and | been received in Key West. It is} had tried to-do his duty and make Cor-| certain now that it will not. bel here before Saturday or Sunday and the work as scheduled for the Maillefert serve out his time: Smiling and occasionally lick- ing his lips, Courson related he en- treated with Maillefert to desist $3,400,000,000 in government!’ bonds were reissued at 4% per tended that touf into Canada. Be- Belief was expressed today that jishment at the report that the lega- | were captured here early to- the government will eventually ask|tion had been instructed to with- cent, replacing securities which had been drawing 6 and 7 per cent. “tween 1907 and 1911 he helped “King Fuad liquidate a financial crisis in Egypt. Shortly after the Insull to shorten his stay in the country. Officials of the American lega- tion said neither the legation nor draw his passport. The lawyer) contended this could not be done | oe the passport is entirely in or- ler. day ina stolen automobile by county police officers who made the arrest after a chase relief of the 230 applicants select-} from causing trouble but told him ed will not start before Monday. |he had to see that the sentence was j In reply to a query sent the gov- | served. ernor by William W. Demeritt, Maillefert, he said, declared he chairman of the Unemployment paar eng eeuee a sabe Relief Council of Monroe, asking| "no, . Cow answered, G5 “no, you have nine years and I’m if it would be permissable to use|here to see you do it.” M. Germain-Martin’s father was.war he visited China, Indo-China a senator and he gravitated into and Japan. politics rather naturally. But he) In 1923 and again in 1925 he maintains his professorships iw was in Brazil as financial coun- the law faculties of two schools of sellor and in 1927 Mexico sent for higher learning. him. ( He has had many contacts. He is a stocky man who seldom abroad. In 1923 he lectured in appears in society. His chief di- Pickets Attack of several blocks through the business section. , It is said the two. gave the names of Cleo Drew’ and James Warford, and readily Guardsman the funds appropriated, $2,000, for} The youth was quoted as 80-| half a dozen American cities for version is walking, but sometimes ” ‘way. {Monroe before the check is re- Following his conferences with Reconstruction Finance Corporation engineers yes- terday, Dr. Rosenthal said he had “strong grounds for be- Hieving that his loan would be granted.” The competing ation, headed by Glenn , of Miami, and! W. R. Porter, of Key West, is “just out of luck,” Rosenthal said. ” Pointing out that his ap- plication for a loan was for- mally filed on August: 4, while that of the Overseas Bridge Company did not | reach the corporation until | yesterday. Rosenthal said he ‘was in Washington in re- sponse to a wire from Atlee Pomerene, Reconstruction Finance Corporation head, and that he expected to be here “until the loan is Expressing a contrary opinion, Mr. Porter said that) Dr. Rosenthal would “prob-| ably find out he is worse off than he thinks.” The Over- seas Bridge delegatiqn, Por- ter said, is not expending any ceived he received a reply to the contrary. The telegram was sent by J, C. Huskinson, secretary to the gov- ernor, in which he advised Mr. Demeritt that the money would be: in the hands of the local commit- tee by Saturday or Sunday, and it would not be in line with the governing the allotments to start any work until the money is re- eeived, P 4 Now that a definite date is set for the arrival of the funds, Mr. Demeritt: states that if received either Saturday or Sunday, he will see that those appearing on the list, 170 of whom are white and 60 colored, will be immediately noti fied and will start work Mond: morning. ADAMS AND ROKER ‘DENIED PLACE ON ELECTION TICKET ACTION TAKEN AT REGULAR MEETING OF COMMISSION: ERS LAST NIGHT IN AC- CORDANCE WITH RULING The board of county commis- sioners last night at their regular! meeting of the body voted to deny a place on the ballot for the gen- eral election in November to the swering “no, I’m going to hell then.” At one time Courson said Maillefert asserted “if you don’t kill me you’re a dirty dog.” Courson admitted h» once whip- ped Maillefert but in contrast with state witnesses, who said he used a hose like a boxcar coupling, Courson said the hose was “about as big as my. finger,” adding that he let Maillefert up when another convict intereeded, saying he would show the captain saws were hidden .by,.whhich>. Jefert had out his shackles. HOTEL SPACE FO MANY UNEMPLOYED WILL BE OFFERED |MANAGER OF NEW YORK HOSTELRY PROVIDES PLAN TO HOUSE LARGE NUMBER | IN WINTER MONTHS (Special to The Citizen) NEW YORK, Oct. 35.—A letter sent out this week by William S. Brown, manager of the ious organizations in the city pro- vides a plan which, if adopted by where. nS sess BUS! Hotel | follows: Times Square, to social and relig-| bacco, 12 packs of U. S. Marine to- hotels in other cities, means that | the unemployed white collar group | cigarettes, six cans of hamburger |the Alliance Francaise and ex- ANOTHER STORE ENTERED WITH GOODS STOLEN INESS AT CATHERINE AND VIRGINIA BURGLAR. IZED LAST NIGHT i | Not all of the burglars have been caught by officers of the law. The store of Jesus Disdier at the corner of Catherine and Vir- i ginia streets was broken into some j time last night. Through the rear of the store ‘the thieves gained entrance by breaking a small lock on an iron ‘bar used to protect a door. this they forced a Yale lock, enter- ed and looted the place. The list of the loot taken is as Six packs of Bugler to- bacco, 12% pounds of chewing to- bacco, two cartons of Wings and two cartons of Twenty Grand On Duty At Peabody Mine DASDIER'S..PLACE- OF CAPTAIN: THOMAS JAMES AL- After} ihe goes fishing. REV. DOUGHERTY | GUEST ATROTARY | LUNCHEON TODAY TAYLORVILLE, Illinois, Oct. 18.—Mine pickets slipped up be- hind a guardsman at the Peabody mine today at Hewittville and struck him on the head and dis- armed him. Quick action was taken by the commander of the guard company after the incident which followed By Associated Presa) ithe shooting earlier at Ike Me- i Quire, miner. | He ordered both democratic and republican headquarters closed ex- plaining their use as reception Teoms were abused by miners who were congregating there in large numbers. The guardsman was SO ATTENDS; DR. VALDES NEW MEMBER ADDED TO ROLL DURING MEETING Rev. F. X. Dougherty, of the ‘ Catholic Church, was the principal {speaker at the Rotary luncheon to- day, dwelling on the subject of “Unfortunate Ones.” His re- j marks were confined chiefly to those who had once been pros- perous, but were now almost in destitute condition, stating that these were the ones who fell the sting a great deai more than those who have never had the oppor- tunity of enjoying the luxuries of life. Although, he stated that those who have always been poor still suffer to some extent, which is no more than natural, but said that these also receive the same sym- pathy of mankind, regardless of former wealth or position. He also touched on educational Story In SMITH OUTLINES WILL BE HEARD IN NEW ENG- LAND, NEW JERSEY AND NEW YORK STATE (My Ansociated ress) NEW YORK, Oct. 13— Alfred E. Smith, beginning: next week, will make six speeches in behalf of the dem- Kidnaping Of Boy SPEAKING TOUR o NEW YORK, Oct. 13.—Two in. surance brokers appeared in the police lineup today and repeated a yesterday that they kidnaped John Arthur Russell, 8-year-old son of a wealthy stock broker because of The Russell boy was kidnaped {September 19 on his way home not seriously hurt. (ty Asnocinted Prensa) : story they told police after arrest pressing financial difficulties. jfrom school, | prisoners who broke out of the Jacksonville jail while waiting for a call to the and said they were told that here from Auguste a freight train. x “NOW ON INCREASE. FOR WEEK ENDING OCTO- BER 13 Building permits for the week ending Ocvober 13, issued by the office of Harry Baker, building in- speetor, amount to $4,825, ‘ The biggest item in the list is will be comfortably housed from | steak, one case corned beef, one November I to May 1 during the | case Palm Olive soap, 12% dozen winter months. | Ivory soap, lard, ham and butter. Mr. Brown has offered 10‘¢ of} A lot of sugar apples that the rooms of the Hotel Tiines| proprietor had bought for his chil- | the matters, saying that he felt that it would be much better if the schools and colleges would teach more of character building than that of mere books. His talk was names of Benjamin F, Adams and! scusre to be used by deserving John Roker. Application for the names to be placed on the ballot was made in @ communication signed by J. T. energy in competition with! wiiiiams, secretary and J. Roland Rosenthal, but is centering its | Ads, chaignan, of the Republi- . jean Executiv committee. It cit- efforts on convincing the Re-| eq Mr. Adams as candidate for * {county commissioner from the construction Finance Core) ini pistrict and Mr. Roker as poration of the soundness of | candidate for constable from the . First District. its loan application. H On motion, duly carried, the re- ‘quest was denied according to a 000 | recent ruling of the supreme court “TODAY'S EDITORIAL | men and women who may be sent | sure that the to him through the organizations would be kept fresh for a while,| jare in no way financially respon- sible. j | cooperating agencies to accept the loffer of the Hotel Times Square | will have a personal understanding with Mr. Brown that should it be} possible for them to pay this debt within three years, they will do so, but if not, that the debt will be cancelled. If all New York hotels that have unproductive space, will follow the The people recommended by the} { To be stolen the burglars ate. perishables dren greatly enjoyed by those assembl- ed on the occasion. Dr. Jose Valdes was a new mem- at least, the burglars also stole the! ber added to the roll of the club, ocratic state and national tickets in New England, New Jersey and New York State, it was announced at his of- Police alarm after the $25,000| that for a filling and service sta- | tion to be erected at the corner of |ransom was demanded caused kid-| i . |napers to lose thelr: nerve RS docesaiged and Grinnell streets. Own- ler, the Sinclair Refining Com- release the lad. HOWEY CHALLENGES fice today. New windows in the part of the Page building occupied by George ice from the ice box. Several objects that were hand- led by the marauders were taken from the store by Sheriff Niles who turned them over to Roy Ham- lin, finger print photographer, from which to make records. AUTO TAG SALES and was given an initiation talk by William H. Malonne. | | Lieyd Guy, superintendent of the gas plant, and Captain Thomas | James, United States Navy, were also guests of the club at its meet- ing today. There were several other mat- ters discussed during the sessien, which was an enthusiastic one throughout. jas cited by William V. Albury, at- eeccccce saccaesoccoes | Why much opposition . is now being shown to the pro- position for expending almost a half billion dollars of American taxpayers’ money om the St. Lawrence Canal project, is shown in today's leading editorial. | —THIS IS— National Phapmacy Week |: YOUR PRESCRIPTION IS NOT A MERE SCRAP OF PAPER! See our Fleming street win- dow which contains in a small some of the important ‘tures that enter othe preparation of your prescription Key West Drug Company i jstep taken by Mr. Brown, in an- swer to President Hoover's request 5, ‘ fi is ed, the November election were called, | ngs tay 7 je jeetbess sp phe to be returned at a special meet-| y,” : : | York City alone may be provided — the board to be held Friday} with shelter. And, if the plan m8 F jshould be adopted by other cities Poter A. Knight was designated) throughout the United to secure the polling places for the ‘ Slechion aad Tw bate the benthe|< (CHUM RPagh Four) placed and prépared. ips Depository accounts of the| Lighthouse Department board for the month of September! Members Retarn To City | Bis were checked and approved. Carl Rom, senior . radio elec- trician of the lighthouse depart-) The Registration Books of the emt; Harry Shaw, machinist;) County of Monroe will close Satur-{Pae! Atwell, construction fbre- day, October 15th, 1932. All per-|™"2. and William Knowles, re- sons desriing to vote in General/turned on Power Boat 31 yester- Election to be held on November} day from Tortugas. Sth, 1932, not having been pre-| They had been at the light mak-/ sly registered, please do so at'ing repairs to the station and the [electric power plant for the light} J. FRANK ROBERTS, | and radio beacon. They were) octSl-2t Supervisor Registration. | absent from the city about one TAOITAOINTNSHRDL week. torney- for the board. Bids for printing the ballots for VOTERS ATTENTION States, } NOW REACH 801 | THIS LEAVES ABOUT 450 MORE YET TO BE SOLD CAR OWNERS HERE Registration Books Not To Close Before Oct. 15 Registration books in Monroe county are to remain open for} registration until October 15,/ Saturday. This announcement was| made this morning by Supervisor! of Registration J. Frank Roberts. Mr. Roberts received a telegram) yesterday from Attorney General! Cary Landis, in which he says that he has revised his opinion as to! the law governing the closing of the registration books and they} shall remain open until the date named. | Up until 3 o’clock this aternoon +801 automobile license tags had been issued by City Clerk Wallace Pinder. This leaves approximately | 450 tags yet to be sold. No ar- rests have been made of delin- quents so far. However, quite a number of merchants who have failed to pay their occupational license taxes i were haled into court this after- i noon. Auditor Willard Albury said | today that practically half the} CLEVELAND — While John! merchants and dealers in the city} Marcy of this city was sitting in/ have paid and he expects to collect|the tub in the bathroom all sicely 95 per cent of the entire list by|lathered, the door opened and aj November 1. voice said, “Stick "em up.” BAD PREDICAMENT A Serial by CONINGSBY TO PARADISE SANTA DAWNS attempt t0 find — the expense of 4 man pany; cost, $4,500, | Kantor, Owner, Mrs. A. Page; cost, $300. Repairs to porch at the. reai- dence 902 Thomas street. Owner, Francis Symonette; cost, $25. RULING RELATIVE TO (GOVERNORCARLTON TIVE OF STATE APPEAR ON PLATFORM | {Ry Assectateé Prensa) | ORLANDO, Oct. 13.—Wil- | ' | | '97, demanded in her will that no |hymms be ung off-key at her