The Key West Citizen Newspaper, October 24, 1932, Page 1

Associated Press Day W: Service VOLUME LIII. No. 252. ire Couple Found Dead Today Near Section Of Alabama' Salesman And Daughter Of Methodist Preacher Are Victims; Apparently Murdered (By Associated Presa) GADSDEN, Ala., Oct. 24. —Tom Russell, 40-year-old salesman, and Miss Velma Groover, 29, were found dead in an abandoned field near the Woman’s Home to- day. Russell ‘was shot in the chest with 4 shotgun, and the ‘woman was beaten to death with the shotgun that was found nearby. Officers said they be- lieved the souple were taken to the| in an automobile scene and murdered. Russell was married and was the father of three chil- dren. Miss Groover was the daughter of W. L. Groover, Methodist minister. RELIEF WORKERS ARE PAID TODAY MEN. PERFORMING (WORK READILY PAID FROM RE- LIEF FUNDS | | i 1 Approximately $1,632 was paid | out this morning in the work of-} fice. of the County Council on Un-| employment Relief. The distribu-| tion was made by Miss Marguerite Martinez and Arthur Sheppard. There were 227 men employed! in the last group, those that were ; paid today, and 214 in the first’ group, who received their pay Thursday afternoon. ' Just as soon as the books are; balanced and the amount remain-} ing of the allotments determined, | another group wil! be summoned | to take up other tasks to be out- lined at a meeting to be held the early part of this week. TENDER IVY GOES TO SMITH SHOALS: | DERRICK! t VESSEL ‘TOWING BARGE TO BE USED IN WORK CARRIED ON The lighthouse tender Ivy sailed this morning towing the derrick; RAILWAY FORCES MEET YESTERDAY; FORM NEW LEAGUE NEW ORGANIZATION KNOWN AS RAILWAY EMPLOYES LEAGUE; MUCH INTEREST DISPLAYED AT MEETING An organization known as the Railway Employes League was formed yesterday at a meeting of the F. E. C. Railway company and allied transportation companies. This body is affiliated with the state body which is a unit of the nation-wide organization with a membership of more than 1,228,- 000. The idea of the organization is to bring about a complete under- standing between the people in general and merchants in partic-+ ular and the transportation com- panies of the country, as to the needs of each, and find remedies for existing faults and discrepan- cies. To establish an idea of recipro- city between the traveler, the ship- per and the companies and to} create a general interest on both! sides that will prove of inestim-! able benefits to all parties. | J. P. Bussey, chief clerk in the mechanical department at Key West, was elected president; W. T. Dougherty, Jr., eashier of the F. E. C., viee president; Miss Lulie Johnson, private secretary to Agent John Costar, secretary; Robert Knowles, of the Railway Express company, treasurer.’ | An executive committee of | seven was appointed as follows:: J. G. Nesmith, of the F. EB. C. road{ department; Ralph B. Boyden, of the P. and O. S. S. Co., steward’s department; C. H, Stanton en- gineer P. and O. S. S, Company; E. M.° Smith, Railway Express Company; W. B. Leamon, of the Pullman Company; J. H. Saunders, chief clerk of the F.iE. C.iand P. and O. Companies and J. F. Mor- rison, master mechanic at Key West for the mechancial depart- ment. This south end organization ex- tends from Jewfish to Key West with a membership of over 100, said P, L. Gaddis, superintendent, who was at the meeting yesterday aecompanied by Chas. H. Ketchum. J. P. Bussey and J. N. Costar, were appointed a committee to at- tend the state-wide meeting to be held in the Carling Hotel in Jack- sonville October 29 and 30. i | i i proposal to secure legislation for; controlling the truck lines that; are doing business, it is said, re- gardless of the laws governing tonnage, weight and other require- ments. Special Services Held At Salvation Army Hall | A “Try Religion Campaign” wa: started last night in the Salvation The Kep ¥ st Citisen KEY. WEST, FLORIDA, MONDAY, OCTOBER 24, 1932. OPINION ABOUT | BRIDGE MATTER: TO SEOURING FUNDS FOR; AT LEAST TWO WEEKS By Fs B. COLTON WASHINGTON, Oct. by_ the Public Health service. The germ may appear as a strep. ;tocoecus, or chain of cells such as} eauses pneumoniag a rod-like, sau- sage-shape object like the diph- | theria bacillus, or it may be a fil- at least two weeks,” is the opinion a , y expressed this morning by Attor- reer eas rae that wich canoe ney J. Lancelot Lester who re-| 0 aavicibla: eM henge cone turned from Miami Saturday) night. Mr. Lester said thatthe iast part of the week H. H. Taylor, at- torney for the Oyerseas Bridge Corporation, came from Washing- ton to Miami on ‘business’ and af- ter a brief'stay left for the cap- ital. In coversation with Mr, Lester, Mr. Taylor said that at the time he was in Miami the matter of the joan was, still being considered by the engineering board of the Re- construction Finance Corporation. He said that to forecast when the final decision of the body will be made is an impossibility. He, however, feels that, the Dade and “When we will get the mone for the bridges is impossible fo: me to say but I do not think we will hear anything about that for } ‘ ' Form Depends On Environment ! The form that it takes depen’: grown, the kind of nourishment available, and other unknown if- |fluences—Dr, Alice C. Evans, re-i {search worker of the Public Health}. !Service’s National Institute ; Health, found. The discovery suggests, statement from the. service, the development of disease is infla-, a the germs develop. It raises the’ question in the:belief of _ some} scientists, whether thé same germ may cause two diff@ent diseases, | or two different forms of the same} disease, depending on the part. of Finding Of ‘Jekyll-Hyde’ Germ Hints Same Microbe May Be (ty ‘Awwcinted Prens) 24,—A, ® i“Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde” germ ;) than can change into three dif. if fetent “disguises” has been found ;; on condittons under which. it is5] that} enced not only by germs, but by; # the kind of environment in which : Monroe county project is one of the kind that comes up to all re- the body in which it develops. Confirms Other Finding quirements and demands as set out} Dr. Evans’. experiments conte by the fedéral organization and is|WTk of other scientists who al | confident that the loan will be ul-|"eady had discovered that germs barge to Smith Shoals where the| Army hall at a meeting held for final avork of clearing the site for} the inauguration of activities along, the recently authorized lighthouse } religious lines. | | timately granted. CLAIMS HUNTING SEASON WILL BE VERY FAVORABLE COMMISSIONER FOR FLORIDA APPEALS TO SPORTSMEN TO REFRAIN FROM HUNT- ING OUT OF SEASON (By Associated Press) TALLAHASSEE, Fla., Oct. 24. —C. C. Woodward, state game commissioner, in a.prepared state- ment today said hunting prospects forthe 1932 season in Florida “are very favorable.” The open season on most un- protected game begins November 20 in this state. “Florida offers generous priv- ileges and opportunities for hunt- ing and fishing,” the commission- er’s statement said. “I appeal to all sportsmen, worthy of the name, to cooperate } with this department and its war-|__Dr, T. Gilbert Pearson, | At this meeting many important }dens in restraining the selfish de-| dent National Association of Audu- lege of engineering at the Univer- matters are to be discussed and {sires of some who are not suffi-}pon Societies, gave an illustrated| sity of Florida, today announced |not the least of these will be the; ciently sportsmanlike to refrain from taking advantage of their fellows by hunting out of sea- son,” Grand Master Of Odd Fellows To Arrive In Key West This Evening} Leo E. Walters, grand master of Odd Fellows of the state of Florida, is scheduled to arrive in Key West this evening over the highway. Mr. Walters will pay an official was started. | In company with the Ivy went the tender Poppy to be also used} in this work for the present. It} is expected that, should the weath./ er continue favorable, the piling! and disks for the foundation of Lo Envoy Lambert preached on the Visit to the lodge at a meeting to apparently have the power to change from one form to anothet.! She worked with a streptococeus, | or chain-like germ taken from the brain of a man who died of enceyw) halitis, a form of sleeping siek-j ness. It was not known whether! the germ was the cause of the dise} easé. When grown on different! kinds of media, or germ-food, the} streptococcus changed from _ its; chalfi shape to the sausage shape, ‘and then to the form of # filter, able girus. i GIVES SUPPORT 10 EVERGLADES NATIONAL PARK* WILL BE A ADOPTED! RESOLUTION ADOPTED AT MEETING OF INTERNATION- AL ASSOCSATION OF CON-| SERVATION COMMISSION = | (Special to The Citizen) WASHINGTON, D, C., Oct. 24. presi- lectare in Baltimore, Md., Septem-| ber 26, before the International | ociation of Game, Fish and) ‘onservation Commissioners, hav-| ing for his subject “The Ever- glades.” At this meeting a reso- lution was presented and passed which reads as follows: “RESOLVED, that the Interna-| tional As: ion of Game, Fish} and Coi ion Commissioners | hereby gives its hearty approval to} the bill pending in congress, and| which has already passed the sen- ate, by which provision is made for the acceptance by the govern- ment of the lands of South Florida to be known as the Everglades Na- tional Park when the state 0: subject of “Failure of Man.” Revival meetings will be held every night at 7:45, with the ex- ception of Saturday, and will con- ovember 6. ; be held this evening beginning at 8 o'clock, at the Odd Fellows Hall on Caroline street. Complete Paying Off Florida shall be prepared to deed such lands to the government.” The resolution by this important internation! organization adds ane other to the already long list of | ! i ( { i ' | | | H beaker 7c tna my ‘ Dr. Alice C. Evans (above) | has found the streptococcus germ also can take two other forms as shown in sketches. The discovery indicates that. the environ- ment in which a germ grows may play a part in the devel- opment of disease. The ‘riext ‘step will be to deter- mine whether the different forms of the germ cause different dis- eases or perhaps different forms of the same disease. If that is the case, the whole science of bac- teriology, which.deals with germs, may: have to be revised. NEW SCHOLARSHIP STANDARD SYSTEM chain-like } t | NEW RULE TO BE INTRODUC- ED REGARDING STUDY OF} ENGINEERING AT UNIVER.| SITY OF FLORIDA | (By Ansociated Press) GAINESVILLE, Fla., Oct. 24.— Dean Blake Van Leer, of the col- that the college of engineering will introduce a new scholarship stand-| ard system in September,.1933. The college will require an hon- or point average of 1.00 in all pre- scribed freshman and sophomore: work before a student will be per- mitted to undertake junior studies, ; he said. i The new policy is in line with the university's plan to provide op- | portunities for the student of more { than ordinary ability, he explained. “This should stimulate inde-; pendence, ative and leader- ship,” Dean Van Leer said. “A number of students now require five years to complete the present four year engineering course. The additional time will henceforth be For 52 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West National Both Sides Display Confidence ‘Rooesvelt Meets Many Party Leaders In Atlanta; School | Children Applaud Governor| (By Associated Press) Oct. 24.— Governor Franklin Roosevelt waved his battered campaign hat to thousands of en- thusiastic Atlanta school ehil- dren massed at strategic jcenters today for a glimpse of the democratic presiden- tial nominee jthrough the city. in a parade \Cross Currents Cause Of Much Speculation Rela- tive-To Gains Made By Both Political Parties (Ry Associated Presa) auditorium before departing BOSTON, Oct::24.—-Foliti. bs for Raleigh. {eal currents as ‘varied as Among those here to preet|tides that sweep its: coast, / him were Governor Carlton,|swirled about New England lof Florida; Senator Fletcher, |today as the 1932 campaign 'Dave Sholtz, gubernatorial eaterdd:iek fidal tw oaekas i i inominee; Former Governor L . Hardee, John Taylor, demo-| af: fetuses: backed « ty local person: ‘cratic national committee- jman; Mrs. Hortense Wells, Inadionlad committeewoman ; fies crowded national issues for first place in the attention of voters in The automobile ride start-|James Hedges, chairman of | 'Warm Springs where he was greeted yesterday by other thousands. Following the parade he had a series of conferences Tonight he will make a campaign address in the city Eight-Year-Old ed upon his arrival feoen thy Florida Democratic Ex- eentire committee; Adjutant \General and Mrs. Vivian Col- jlins, George McRory, of San- jford; Harry Baker, state \forester; State Senator with democratic leaders from /Franklin King, of Orlando; the southeast. Victor Morgan, editor of the Clearwater Sun, and A. W. bed gu, Clearwater attorney. Girl Found Wandering In Woods; Throat Slightly Cut, Body Bruised Giy Assectated Press) SPRINGFIELD, New Jersey, Oct. 24,—ight-year-old Anna by a man who lured her away from her Newatk home, was found wandering in the woods near here today. Her throat was slightly cut and her body badly scratched, and bruised. She was in a hysterical condition and was unable to describe her abductor. _ The girl was.led away by a man | saying she feared he would kill her} while she was playing in front of ;if she identified him, but later| her father’s store. | wanted cashed. | She refused and he left, telling jher “You’ll be sorry.” Police last night went to his ‘home but he was not there. ; . Later the girl identified as her abductor Samuel Mortis, who at- tempted to cash the check at her father’s store. She at first exonerated Morris “said he was her abductor, The mother said a man who} ‘lives in the neighborhood entered | Kleinhandler, kidnapped iast night! the store Friday with a check he| e (iy Associated Press) ! SEATTLE, Oct. 24.—Authori-| ties investigating the shooting of | | Colonel William Inglis, world war} ARRIVES TODAY veteran, and one time candidate; j for United States senator, and the) j wounding of a woman in his apart-! | ment Saturday night, today said) sHipP BRINGS HEAVY CARGO, her conflicted with evidence half a dozen states of the group. The long stronghold of eastern republicanism, Ne x England today is dispute jterritory with democrati leaders claiming a share on basis of recent elections and strength of recent conquests. Maine traditionally repub- 'Hican elected) a democratic | governor and two congress- |men in the state election and democratic leaders are seiz- ipg upon the iold slogan “as |Maine goes so goes the na- jon” and claimed a turn in the tide. Republican | politicians, however, contend the result established is nothing other than to stimulate them tc greater effort. | In all other states complete {tickets are in the field for state offices and congress and these cross currents of local politics are running the | strongest, each influenced by land playing its own part in \the presidential contest. | BURGMEIER RITES | HELD AT SYRACUSE | { | FORMER KEY WESTER WAS PROMINENT RESIDENT OF THAT CITY (Special to The Citizen) panes through unti! TODAY’S EDITORIAL Why the efforts of police ever the entire country e i SYRACUSE, N, Y., Oct. 24— {Ross and Merrell Roberts, of Key | West, Fia., were called to this city iby the death of their sister, Mre. the | Rita Y. Burgmeier, former rai- from | dent of Key West, Fla., and prom- 7:30'inent resident of this city, for lwhom funersl services were con- |dueted Friday, Oct. 21, at 2 o'clock jfrom the late home, 524 Durston OF GOODS FOR KEY WEST MERCHANTS National Guard Here) organizations influential in estab-|added between the sophomore and Daceden jlishing measures for wild life pre-| junior year instead of on top of| The woman, who said she and/ The last checks covering pay-| servation which are on record fav-|{he senior year agyn the past.” | Inglis recently. married, but who| ments to the members of Battery|oring the estafishment of the; Special opportunities, he added, |was known as Miss Mary Nash, em- : _ {E., C. A., Florida National Guard, | Everglades National Park. will be provided students who| ployed as.a stenographer by Ing-| The freighter Alamo, of | were paid ae by re William | ——__—— |maintain an honor point averagej lis, is in a hospital with waliee | Ciree Maher, Sener V. Albury this morning. j : of above 2.00. | » we _ New is These payments were started E. Conde Dead ; Faneral | The change will not affect the! “Police aaiettne woman eld them |°'clock with. ene sf the teeviow last week and ate -for the third) Services Here Tomorrow) present senior, junior and sopho-| Inglis fired at ber without warn-| canoes vecetved by local mer- quarter of the year 1932. The; more classes, he said. in, i into his; chants in many mo : i amount distributed approximates}; Edward Conde, years oia.! -— pe fae te el are % i Among the large items receiv-| avenue. The Rev. Dr, Frederick something more than $1,000. | died this morning, 7 0’clock, in his | et entered! ed at Key West was a shipment )C. Martin, pastor of the Lutheran —__—__- |home at 918 North Beach. Faner-'| STRAND THEATER ‘and that (of cartons for the Doxace Sea Food |Church, of the Redeemer, officint- County Board Will H jal services will be held tom@row / i { powder | company to be sent to Collier City ed and burial was in Woodlawn : ‘ -_» |afternoon 4 o'clock from the Loper | burns around the wound, and that| Where this firm conducts one of |cemetery. Special Meeting Tonigh? | runerai Home chapel to St. Mary’s| Today it was possible for him to have;the largest clam products canning) Mrs. Burgmeler resided here for , — | star of the Sea Catholic church, LIFE BEGINS and bottling plants in the country.' number of years. At one time 5 t- AL . S. J., officiat There will be a special mee' | Rev. A. L. Maurean, S. J. it See 4 hee on thie picture. Matinee, 10-15¢; Night, 15-25¢ the structure will be finished be- they discovered. fore the end of this week. Complete Plans For Tennis Tournament’ t At a meeting of the Key West Tennis Association, which was held’ Friday night at the ne of Char- les Curry on Southard street, final arrangements were made tor ih» coming tournament which opens! Announcement — } early next month. Players who have qualified are: WE ARE NOW FILLING PRESCRIPTION® FOR Peter Varela, Charles Curry, Ber- EL ANCORA nard Garcia, Carl Sawyer, Owen AND —— shown in today's lea torial. } the eae nose cen ymen "PS This shipment will be taken to|she lived at Key West, Fla. She jing of the board of county com-} inj Collier City by the power boat J.) was an active member of the Lauth- einem i j JOB CAME FIRST company. i wee in the women's or- missioners 8 o'clock tonight in the | |W. Powers, of the Thompson Fish | eran Church of the Redeemer, and "Patt bearers will be John J. al-! buff, George McDonald, Vernon Curry, A. Gomet, Jack Hayes, Neil Knowles, Bob Pinder, J THE CUBAN CLUB Gardner’s Pharmacy Mahon, Charies Salis, Ina PHONE 177 FOR PROMPT bonell, John Lowe, Jero kovitz and George Adams DELIVERY SERVICE All players have been reqnes to be pr nt at the meeting to be held November 4th, for the pur- pose of drawing opponents ;eounty court house. } The meeting is called for purpese of restoring names that ma! en from the qualified list of vot- ers for the coming general elec- tion. the! y have been erroneously strick-} Alfary, Stephen Whalton, Caesar {J. Catala and William A. Fagan. } Mr. Conde is survived by t jsistéfs, Mrs. Rosa E. Duval and; | Mrs. Prances Hyde and one broth-! John Conde. t _ CLEVELAND—A job is more) The S. 8. Caba sailed this af- important than a husband to Mrs./ternoon for Havana ; prominent | ganizations of that church. Other survivers are her husband, Lester ;