The Key West Citizen Newspaper, October 31, 1932, Page 1

Associated Press Day W: Service VOLUME LIII. No. 258. ire ~ Couple Found Shot To: bi a Death In ‘Authorities Are Lead To Believe Pair Committed) Suicide; Residents Of Jackson, Miss. 1 (Ry Asnociated Press) JACKSON, iMiss., Oct. 31. —Ruth Kirkpatrick, 28, for- merly of Memphis, and Howard M. Evans, Jackson cotton oil executive, were found shot'to death today in a bungalow about six miles} south of here. After a preliminary in- vestigation, Sheriff Warren) Ferguson said he believed both committed suicide. L..A. Dawkins and wife,: of Memphis, who were guests of the couple at the bunga- low for the week-end, were) held for questioning, and the} sheriff said they told him | their version of the shootings, | leading him to the suicide! opinion. Officers said they found Mississippi OFFICERS MAKE LIQUOR SEIZURE DURING MORNING VARIOUS BRANDS INCLUDED IN HAUL MADE ON VACANT LOT NEAR CORNER OF ELIZ- ABETH AND GREENE STS. Customs Officers) faylor and Lounders, on the ‘trail of contra- band liquor always, captured a prize this morning. fidea that a movement of liquor had taken place recently and iol- owed certain clues. \ That they were on the right scent was evidenced when they found a lot of intoxicants in a Ict year the corner of Elizabeth and Greene streets. In the assortment of various brands. and kinds were 97 pack- ages. Some of high grade stuff for the holiday trade, and some of it just plain old-time aguardiecnte. The boat that is said to haye brought the cargo from Cuba, or | They had an For 52 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West KEY WEST, FLORIDA, MONDAY, OCTOBER 31, 1932. TRAINMAN MEETS WITH ACCIDENT UP EAST COAST. WITH EAR CUT OFF; DE-! TAILS NOT KNOWN AS YET SouthAmerica’s»Newest War Threat Centers In Amazoniait Indian District | Beat vccovesescdesssecovcssce eovce ‘| R. Baretto, trainman with the Florida East Coast Railway Com- pany, had both feet and an ear cut off this morning by a freight: train at Homestead. | The news was brought to Key West by members of the crew of passenger Train 75, which arrived! 12 o’clock today. | . While the exact details of the accident has not been learned, it is; said by employees of the FL E. C,! ‘that Mr. Barretto slipped and fell; to the track. The wheels of a! car passed over both feet severing them just above the instep. How the injury to the’ ear happened: ‘was not explained. i Mr, Barretto was for a nwjiber | of years a resident of Key West, | but for a few years has been mak-' ing his home in Miami. Last sea-| son he was trainman on Trains 76; ‘ | i The shaded portion éfthis'map shows the territory cver which id Colothbia tire'at swords’ ‘points. Peruvians nave occupied shown’ in the right hand cofner of the disputed district. (By Associnted Prewi) Peru signed the cession treaty | An old ‘boundary dispute, fruit-jin Lima in 1922. It was ratified ful cause of formal South Ameri-| five years later and the ratifica- {can wars of the past, has brought|tions were exchanged in 1928. | ! Colombia and Peru into battle ar- The disputed land is in the heart }ray. {ox wild and inaccessible. territory | This one has to do with terri-jinhabited by Amazonian Indian tory which was.covered by a for-! tribes. The few settlements are on mal cession of . Peruvian claims!the principai rivers. ,and 76 running in and out of this several years ago but which was} Ecuador has an interest in the’ city. Ree dispute since the whole of the Lo-} | { revived when an expedition organ neem ized in Iquitos: moved down the/reto region is claimed by both river and occupied Leticia. FUNERAL OF MRS. | GARDNER IS HELD © | THIS AFTERNOON | DIES AT HOME HERE, FLEM-.| Ithat country and Peru, MANY UNIQUE LOANS REQUESTED FROM ‘Tariff Issue’ ‘Geis Pince Among Proposals Made | Three Killed: During Attempt New York’s Vote Now Of PRICE FIVE CENTS When Plane Crashes Lan ding Today Heavy Fog Blamed For Ac- cident In North Caro- lina; Strikes Middle Of Country Road | (By Associated Press) | MOORESVILLE, N. C., |Oct . 31—Earle Padgett |and his 18-year-old daugh- ter of Lincolnton, and Ed- | ward Byars, of Charlotte, were instantly killed to- day when Byars’ airplane ierashed through a heavy ‘fog into the middle of a jeountry road, The party was return- ting from Charlotte after i the week-end at Lincoln- ton and obviously became lost in the fog, and while attempting to land crash- \ed, | Further investigation is jbeing made to ascertain ‘the exact cause of the ac- cident which took the \three lives, and which re- \the Bahama Islands, as the cage - | Out in a growing Ohio city aj group of men désire a slum~ré-} be ‘ R habilitation loan to construct} Mrs. Ella Elizabeth Gardner, 6: poration, is one from a Floridian; eight-room apartments, including|¥ears old, died 7 o'clock — thi requesting a quarter of a million | two bath rooms, a page room, re-|™orning in the home, 219 Flem- dollars be furnished which would | ception hall and sun parlor, to im-! ing street. Funeral services were | permit him to extend his sponge! prove living conditions for the | held this afternoon from the Lopez | lay farm. He also requests that the} working man. | undertaking chapel with the Rev. | f | Hoovs rate of interest on such a liquidat-| Another group of ambitious real) J- G- Stradley of First Methodist | ajoction, jeampaign in a speech here when | ing project be furnished. In the ‘estate promoters. would gladly “ac. | ch rch and Rev. W. P. Page, of | other | Re told the voters of Maryland following article from Washington | cept $1,500,000 to pipe fresh wa-| First Baptist church, officiating. | sa iaestin . ", {that “interest and sentiment of will be found many other requests! ter from the mainland of Florida; After.these services members of jeastern states, Maryland, Pennsyl-' this state can find its satisfactions made to the board for loans of a/to islands off the coast.” ‘Fern Chapter, Order Eastern Star,!vania, New Jersey and Delaware| alone in a national republican ad- ING STREET, THIS MORN-| ING; WIFE OF JAMES GARD- NER, PIONEER RESIDENT indications of a drinking | j,,.y be, was not captured nor has party. any arrests been made vecause it Evi end’ willtrled and|'8 practicllay impossible io prove had five small children. | sulted in the wrecking of Much Interest To Hoover iter. | | ceeonrn i (By Axnociated Press) WASHINGTON, Oct. 31.—New swing into the. west beginning INITIAL GROUP | York’s huge block of 47 votes in| Probably Thursday. } SEWING GARMENTS the electoral college was Presi | HOOVER TALKS { C0 EXPECTED OTHERS WILL BE ENGAGED)IN SIMILAR WORK R. F.C. FOR “BUSINESS” . Among. the.joans. being asked ‘of the Retonstruetion Finance Cor- ownership. eon OTHER COUNCIL: MEMBERS LEAVE GWYNN REMAINS’ HERE; DELEGATION MAKING TRIP TO.NEW YORK CAPT. W. PINDER DIES IN MOBILE DECEASED’ BROTHER, CAPT, LUTHER PINDER dent Hoover's chief objective to-| IN BALTIMORE | as he turned eastward for the} BALTIMORE, Oct. 31.—Presi- | time in his campaign for re-!dent Hoover opened his eastern; ” OF Electoral votes of four ON OF KEY WEST Leo Warren, president of: city Captain Willie Pinder, cf Key! council, and William Freeman, ‘West, who, for a number of years, | chairman of the finance commit- as been making his nome in Mo-/jtee, left over the highway yester- bile, died there 9:4) o'clock last ‘day in the automobile of Frank night. Papy, who also went, for New “The news was received this} York. morning in a telegram to the cap-} There they will join City fain’s brother, Captaiz. Luther}torney J. Lancelot Lester and Pinder, from Mrs. Georgia Pirder, | Councilmen Owen Sawyer, John wife of Captain Willie. Roberts, Julius Collins and William _The captain was in command of ! Monsalvatge. seagoing and coastwise vessels for; The group, in company with & period covering about 40 years,| Herbert Sawyer, representing the and is widely known in the ports] firm of Shutts and Bowen, Miami of the United States and a numer | attorneys, will meet with bond- of fereign countries. : {holders and representatives of He is survived by his widow, | bondholders with a view to putting one daughter, Teen and son, Le-| in effect a refinancing proposi- roy; four sisters, Mrs, | Minerva j<ion. Torres and Mrs. Jennie Lurkin, of} Ulric Gwynn, of the city coun- Miami; Mrs. Nellie Harris, of Key | ¢ji, is the sole member of the body . West and Mrs. Emma Wilson, of|that did not go on the trip. New York. 1 Three brothers, Captain Luther | Pinder and Greyburn Pinder, of} Key West, and Eugene Pinder, of | Mrs. L, Brinson Today New York. Several grandchil-| dren and numerous nieces and/ : | Funeral services for Mrs. Lizzie Bephews in Key West and other! Brinson, 47 years old, who died in pos |the F. E. C. hospital at St. Augus- TO THE PUBLIC ‘tine last week, are being held this “BRING "EM BACK ALIVE” At- Funeral Services For jafternoon, 4:30 o'clock, | Fleming Street Methodist church. Rev. C. M. Samford, of the jehurch, is officiating. Arrange- Owing to the fact that the pic. Benes are in charge of the Pritch- ture “Bring "Em Back Alive” ard Funeral Home. Members of one of the most realistic pictures | Knights of The Golden Eagle, of the age and classified) as a|AMights of Pythias and Pythian “Movie Wonder,” it is utmost | Sisters are in attendance. desire that one and all of our K The body, accompanied by the West friends will see the pictur husband, P. P. Brinson, engineer This is the last chance to see it!; With the F. E. C. R’y., and two The Strand will, in behalf of |daughters, Misses Mary and Pat- These that could not get. to see it |ricia Brinson, and one son, Lester Saturday Sunday, give today; Brinson, arrived over the East a special show with prices to Coast yesterday. It was placed in meet everybody's means. Charging the church 2 o’clock this afternoon 1e-lbc at matinee and 19% © at and remained until the services. night. Now it’s up to those that did not see it to embrace the op- portunity offered them ect3l-1t TH or Seesesecoveceveescossees TODAY’S EDITORIAL Gardner’s Pharmacy Phone 177 Free Delivery percentage of people of ¢ country practically forget! all the change mind resulting along these tines follewing the general business depression, is shown in today’s leading editorial e, from different nature: | In Boston, a lady would like to!monéy from the corporation have the Reconstruction’ Finance|construct lakes in Alabama Corporation loan her $150,000 at! provide duck shooting. 3 1-2 percent interest to be re- One New York farmer hopes to loaned at 7 percent, while out in| build a service station and carry Reno, Nev., a man’ wants a med-/a sideline of groceries. He offers | ium sized sheep “without anyjthe stock and physical properties | tariff on the wool” to go into the|of the proposed establishment ‘sheep raising business. | collateral and adds: ' | These two requests for loans} “A loan of $950 would make} jare typical of the hundreds _re-| this possible. I request the loan| jeeived daily by the world’s largest | in the name of “The to! toj as} Forgotten | Man.” { ‘not be granted under the act. |. Several financiers believe that a| “A loan of $225,000,” one ap- |!oan to construct a toll bridge half ; plication read, “would make it pos- | Way across the St. Lawrence Riv-} sible for me to extend my sponge }¢r Would be, a sound investment’ {farm. The water, food and clim-|for the corporation, ice “some jate for such a farm are present |Canadian group certainly would ; fon my Florida holdings. Remem | build the remaining half. { j ber, sponge prices are not depres a jed. Please advise me your rate} "ED TA | [of interest on such a Rinpatong # B F. ROKER IN { jing project.” | \fiseal agency. Most of them can- {sized sheep read, in part, “I won-| der if you hav jyou give aw |" “When you skin a sheep once is ithat the end of it or can they be} {skinned regularly like a human be-| tin ny sample sheep MAKES FORMAL ANNOUNCE.) MENT IN THE CITIZEN e? | TODAY “I see by the papers that there jis a let of trouble these days jabout the tariff on the wool; if, you can pick out a sheep that hasn’t any tariff on the wool, it) ‘might save me cleaning it when jit comes here. Does this tariff {come back after you have once got rid of it? “And another thing, don’t send me a U-sheep because they have signs on the street here that say that you can’t make a U-turn and \I couldn't get one to the office ivery well if I couldn't make = it) turn.” ha The Boston lady informed the corporation that she is a former real estate saleswoman and that! ‘she has loans arranged for the en tire $150,000. Her loans, she said, would yield $11,500 a year, or! about $480 a month for herself. From Mississippi came the fol- } lowing: “Gentlemen, I believe you jare interested in advancing the , beautiful as well as materia! things of life. For years I have longed Advisory 10:30 a. trop-; to propagate gold fish. A loan of,,ical disturbance apparently of} say, $75,000, at not more thanjslight intensity is central a short [8 1-4 percent interest would make | distance east or southeast of An-} lthis possible. Please write particu-/tigua, Leeward Islands. It {tars for such » worthwhile loan.” | probably John FP. Roker makes his for- mal announcement in the columns of The Citizen today as a candi-; date for Constable, first district, in the coming November election. Mr. Roker is making an aggres- sive campaign among many friends requesting them to write his his name on the ba ed the belief that he ied to fill the office e fact that for many years this position was held by his father and through this Mr. Roker} was kept in close touch with the duties thereof. e the young man a chance arai your vote will be -appreciat-| ed,” say his many friends. ' ADVISORY m—A ie? ‘clock, valued at | Captain Webster F. Putnam, U. of the order. * sik Fy ii scadant ia tid Ae the conclusion of serviceatha| body will be taken to the F. E. C.|SWing to New York for a speech swift campaign there will be taken tomorrow af-} den. {di ter, 4:30 on a Mallory line vessel He will return to to Galveston to be sent from there | tomorrow to prepar to the home in Belton, Texas. | : Mrs. Gardner is survived by the | husband, James A. Gardner, e for another it Still another syndicate wants; Will hold the funeral ceremonies! are also prizes sought by the| ministration. Hoover declared Speaker Garn- er had fathered a measure to is- | sue $ ‘station and segt to Miami and from | tonight in Madison Square Gar-j| currency and ‘the democratic can- 2 4 300,000,000 in greenback date or any speaker in this cam- of | and Miss Emma Taylor, of Hol- | land, Texas, and one brother, W. G, Taylor, of Holland. STOLEN CLOCK IS RECOVERED . GROTON, Mass., Oct. anklin Roosevelt faced The drive today that will take toward] him to Portland and back again to Maine today for a drive, through | Boston tonight for his only lengthy history - splashed Massachusetts t take him into the nor- republican state that no ratic presidential candidate has visited since William Jennings | Bran went there in 1896. Pp SHERIFF FINDS SAME ON SUGAR LOAF KEY ON SATURDAY 7 A Waltham eight day windshield! -- —_— ed $25 that was! p> vi stolen from the automobile ef Big Hallowe’en Ball S. A., former instructor the} th Regiment Florida National Guard, was pvered Saturday; | afternoon. { During on What is considered to be the| = tstanding dance of the year, the last encampment {Captain Putnam reported the loss|joyment and social importance is being padlocked on of the clock. Though search was made it was covered. a not re-' Cuban Ramon nnual Hallowe'en Ball at the; U Club tonight. Delgado, who in A few days ago a prisoner in the county jail told Sheriff Niles he knew where it was hi¢ The sheriff took the prisoner to Sugar in the way of decorating the club! Ri Loaf Key Saturday and after a/ sq arranging » program of pop-| = few minutes search the sheriff had ery ular dance hits | occasion. Howard Wilson chestra will fur charge jen everyth and his h the music. or- STRAND THEATER The Home Town Theater Today BRING ’EM BACK ALIVE See Page 4 for reader on this }) picture. Matinee, 10-15¢; Night, 10-25¢ MONROE THEATER COME ON DANGER Matinee, 5-10c; Night, 10-20 SRE cB HONORARY DEGREE FOR SWEDISH WOMAN (Ry Ansectated Preas) STOCKHOLM, Oct, 31—Selma Legerlof, Nobel prize winner and only woman member of the Swed- | @ ish Academy, has been given an) honorary degree [because of her treatment of ligious tepica. 'Padlock Cases Will Be | At Cuban Club Tonight Heard In Federal Court’ Heged to have violated the both from the viewpoint of en-, hibition law and threatened with i federal building Wednesday, ng possible has been done; vember 9, with Judge Halsted L. the University of Kiel in Germany | at votes a re-i more than 75 votes will eech in New England began the automobile tour of M ;Sachusetts, New Hampshire, Maine, A é Rhode Island and Connecticut. He | Who on Saturday made nine g pent the past two days visiting [his sons in school. The cases of the four places, pro- orders from nited States court will be heard next week. Court will convene in the new No- Cc. itter, of Miami, presiding. odney Gwynn, deputy clerk of court has been so advised ble for the) The docket id very light for this seasion, not more than é¢ight erim-! inal cases being listed for trial. Cast Absentee Votes Up to 5 o'clock Saturdag after- noop only 26 absentee votes were’ cast in the office of Judge Hugh umn. Before the last primary was in theology by held upwards of 300 ashsentees It is not expected that ia period. be cast WEDNESDAY; CROWD RECEIVE PAY FIRST The 33 women employed — in Washington] paign has not seen fit to disavow |*¢Wing by the Unemployment Re- lief council of Monroe county, completed their work Sautrday af- |ternoon and were promptly paid loft. | Altogether the work accom- ;Plished by these women is consid- jered excellent and beyond the jerecsus in number of garments made and class of work, Saturday marked the completion fof the three days’ stint, On this {day 112 complete garments were jturned in, consisting of “dresses ‘for women and girls, shirts for men and boys and complete: suits for small boys. The most remarkable aceom- | plishment was that of one wom: |ments complete in every detail, jand showing neat and excellent rkmanship. There were three of the women jemployed as cutters, one who act- din a supervisory capacity and 29 working at the machines or by hand. Those in charge of the work are very much pleased with iwhat was accomplished. | This morning in the Chamber of Commerce it was said that on Wednesday of this week about 25 others will be employed at the sewing work. Payment to the men employed for one or two days, Friday and Saturday of last week, was com- pleted this morning. There are ‘others who were given three deys’ work who will finish this afternoon and will be paid off tomorrow | morning. | A complete detailed report of all expenditures made by the Monroe | County Council is to be in Tai- ttahassee by November 3. If these [instructions are not complied with by Monroe, no further allotments | will be made. This appiies to all counties in the state, HALLOWEEN BALL ADMISSION T5e PLUS TAX CHILDREN 25