Subscribers enjoy higher page view limit, downloads, and exclusive features.
Associated Press Day Wire ‘ ‘ Yotume LIIl. No. 260. stery Death Of Rich Paris Jeweler Solved | The Kep est Citsen For KEY WEST, FLORIDA, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1932. 0000 0COOOOOOOOOOOE OOOO OOOOH OEODOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOSOOOOOOOOOSOOOOSEOCODOLEC® Business Trends---Activities Continue Gain | eonecccccccccccce Blonde Woman And Two MORE FUNDS 10 Also Robbed COUNTY COUNCIL PROPOSES: now;are 28 more women, who will] roximately.for a ober of three days, making a total of i 84 days. When these have couipleted'| their tasks, the $4,000 allotment: for Monroe county will have been | used. VOTERS OF OHIO VIEW CAMPAIGN — FROM RINCSIDE | ; NEW YORK, Nov. 2.— TO ASK FOR ADDITIONAL ner, rich jeweler from for honiicide of a ‘blonde; 000 to carry on the’ work in Key This was decided at a meeting | talled a is based on the number of appli- see Broadway after mid- Activities that have been car- and robbed of $1,800. those in charge and an extremely It h by th ts that Eleanor Thompson, ate| 9 ore at te work. an and mosquito eradication program. Herman Newbury. ! There were 32 women working ors, and need; ly. In this. period 248) grt bs jump ahead of WILL ASSEMBLE | | 1 { JUNCTION WITH GET-TO- (By Associated Press) Night life mystery—puz- ALLOTMENT OF $7,000 FOR zling death of Achille Mir-} NOVEMBER ACTIVITIES Paris—was declared solv- Monte Oowaty Gouncil to 4s a oe unemp! joymen' rehef will ask head- ed today’ with’ thé arrest quarters in Tallahassee for $7,- West during the month of Novem-| womati ‘and two male as-\,... ates in what police held last night in the Chamber of hit and run”} Commerce rooms and the amount speakeasy venture. cations for work that have been -Mirner, who went out to | investigated and approved. ried on under instructions from! night, was fatally beaten | the local body were reported on by creditable showing evidenced by Police arrested Mrs. | the reports. tractive 22-year-old blonde| were employed collectively for 1,- i Lawrence Ganz and 898% days in the beautification Many unsightly places have been) transformed into beauty sopt ' Whey described the hit}, number of mosquito ridden a ip sontma as a resort have been freed of the pes ay ssa all custom-) collectively 92 days at sewing gar- then moves to a new ments for distribution to the poor, et Shletuha +e TO BE IN CON. GETHER MEETINGS TO BE! ; HELD THROUGHOUT UV. S. PROVES TO BE GREAT BAT-| TLE GROUND IN POLITICAL: FIGHT CONDUCTED BY BOTH NOMINEES Next Tuesday night has- been designated as Get-Together Night for B. P. O. Elks organizations ughout the United States, by Grand Exalted Ruler of the nization. conformity with the idea, Key est Lodge 551 will meet in the at 10:30 o’clock at which WASHINGTON. N nega rai time the members will listen to the i Laide ph a élection reports. ‘This will Jast un- who, early in the presidential cam- til: 11 o'clock. paign, prédicted that Ohio would Promptly on the stroke of the he a mighty political battle ground before the elections of November; Se ey besrnrie ei 8 may not have’ realized just how giand exalter ruler will:be heard. |*ue, were {heir praphec - ¢ Buckeye state has seen 2 arene areata f oi continues to see the biggest gur members, old members, who have of both parties loosed in a ter-; gotten away from the lodge fare ex.|Tific drive to capture the state's pected to be present, and each one | “6 electoral votes. one |. Consider, for example, what po- 1 expected to bring’® prospective |iitical fare Ohio voters already : have had. Governor Roosevelt FLOGGINGS IN journey to Columbus to make the i first real speech of his campaign. ‘CARRIED ON IN VICINITY OF F ident Hoover replied by jour- neying to Cleveland, where he SARASOTA, REPORTS SHOW By HERBERT PLUMMER ose made the second of his major Jeampaign addresses. Later he spoke in several Ohio cities on his way to Detroit. And about the time president was making his | Cleveland, three men whos are foremost in democratic were in Ohio, firing away 1G. O. P.—John W. Davis (Ny Ansectnted Press) iJames M, Cox, former SARASOTA, Nov. 2.—Circuit} for the presidency, and Ne Judge Paul Albritton said today he} Baker, ary of war would call a special session of the| Wilson a ation. gtand jury if necessary to prevent) EEG RST &n outbreak of mob’ violence fol- Dram And Bugle Corps lowing the report by Charles: Rawls, Fruitville farmer, that he had been abducted from his home and beaten with a rubber hose and; pistol butt. The judgejsaid another farmer ‘of the same ¢ommunity also re- ported a en | of men called st his home and said he was certain he was intended as a victim and eseaped only because he was not there at the time. Police said they were certain the floggers were not from Sara- gota county. that ‘the ea to mes The Knights | Eagle Drum an: hold a special their hail meeting i promptly at members are req their instrumen It is stated several matte: ey before afd it is expected ade a large number i The.Monroe County Council for; garments were completed. At work| ~ ‘ other cities. means of suport. To Meet Th This Evening ‘ ' the mh i920 «61921 1922 AUTOMOBILE PRODUCTION 1923 oo) (By Associated Press) Gains in the heavy industries are noted for the first time in| many months in the September r port on business conditions made j by the Conference of Statisticians | in Industry. The conference, which operates’ | Industrial Conference board, re-! ported that business activity in} September showed significant ad-} vances, “The composite upward move-) s ment of basic factors of production | and trade was of more thar a sea-/ sonal nature,” the conference said. ‘The advance in September follow-| ing hard upon business improve- Ds) SAN Ahah yer OEE 1924 1925 1926 1927 eoseo YY i beers "7 vel ee a VV Ko Lildllddilliide, LLY Yi We WILE Gi 1926 BUILDING CONTRACT AWARDS, TOTAL i929. 1930 61931 1932 STEEL INGOT PRODUCTION ment in August is the record monthly gain since the spring of | |this year.’ Economists regard gains in pro-} ducers’ goods, steel, for example, jas especially significant since pro- lducers’ goods are made by__ the “The automotive industry,” the | conference noted, “continued to! contract its output during the} |month by an amount greater than jusual at this time of year. “The steel and iron industry stepped up its production rather markedly in September, when no change over August is normally seasonal. PRISONERS. IN. JAIL HERE HAVE OTHER RECORDS SHERIFF GETS REPORTS ON| MEN TELLING OF CARERR| FROM BUREAU OF IDENTI-| FICATION i | La Von Grosse, arrested some! time ago, charged with beating his’ board bill and making preparations | {to do the same at another home, | is said to have had a career in; Reports of the bureau of ier {tification in Washington, i sent to the sheriff, indicate that | he was arrested in Miami for| vagrancy and was sentenced to a c in jai Another item in his © record} shows that as Joseph Koone.he was | arrested in New Orleans as a sus-| picious person with dé honest} He is now inj county jail awaiting trial on at charge of vagrancy. James Cloonan, released here © October 9, at the same time Rob- | ert J. Mitchell was given his free-} dom, was arrested October 24 inj New Orleans and is now being held by immigration authorities on} of violating the immigra- n laws. Theodore Jackson, colored, in county jail on vagrancy charges, ! was also arrested some months ago in Tampa and was previous to that arrested in Sacramento, Calif,, | ¢ ‘on a burglary charge. ossas MISSIONARY IN iy PREACHES TO CAPTORS) «By ddeecutaa Press} LONDON, Nov. 2.—A zealous missionary in China has taken advantage of his capture by bandits to preach, says Sir John Hope Simpscn, of the China Famine Relief son, held captive since April and taken about the country as an exhibit. “Crowds flock to stare at him,” said Sir John, “but he sees this as a golden opportun- ity to preach. He wrote re- cently that he had never had such wonderful audiences.” YIIIILD ISSO ‘LEGION MEETING TOMORROW NIGHT: 1, ARMISTICE DAY comMiTTEE! TO MAKE REPORT AT SESSION The Armistice Day committee | will make its final report at the! ;meeting of the local Legion post! which will be held at the Legion quarters tomorrow it is stated. This meeting will be held to- night at o'clock, {morrow instead of next Tuesday, PARSEE MIGRATION TO PERSIA SOUGHT BY SHAH’S AGENTS: (ty Associated Press) BOMBAY, Nov Twenty i ulti-millionaries, wh: nes are estimated at $300,- have been invited to set- Persia,‘the land of their In- to- invitation was iss under aside 1,000 square Persia for 100,000 whose anc were n their homes 1,200 The shah of Persia has to set e The vast Pars ‘ortunes of many of otton indus- Persia be- would - questa a la which would have been the regular! {meeting date, and was so changed} ‘in order to meet with the depart- ment commander who, in company | with Mrs, Smith, president of the Auxiliary, were scheduled » on Thursday evening. ‘am received by Post Commander P. B. Roberts yes- terday, conveyed the news of the sudden death of the mother of the department commander, and that it be here at this time. However, it is not known def- initely if Mrs. Smith will arrive or fot, so the local thought it best to hold the meet- ing tomorrow according to last in India were r of business are to be brought up at this; he commander re-| e attendance at this expected meeting and meeting. . 8: would be impossible for him to! commander ; the regular | “Electric power generated also {increased more than usual during |the month as a whole, but the im- | provement in the last week of Sep- tember and the first half of Octo- ber showed some signs of stowing tdown. The textile industry con- 9 men were put to work and under the auspices of the National heavier and most basic industrise.| tinued to step up its activity. “Employment in the manufac- as a whole increased 4.5 percent. \Payrolls increased 5 percent, These gains of more than a seasonal na- {ture, following those in August, are of significance at the present jjuncture. Hourly earnings jelined, but weekly earnings proved.” im- o's HUNGER THREAT IN CHILE; NEW CROPS AWAITED |; AUTHORITIES MAKE EVERY EFFORT TO PREVENT FOOD SITUATION FROM BECOM- ING WORSE (By Associated Press) SANTIAGO, Chile, Nov. poe! and provincial authorit lare making strenuous efforts to; | prevent the food situation from | ‘becoming worse before new crops | relieve the grave scarcity of prime | necessities. In most of the provinces bread is searce for uays at a time, and even in. Santiago province the joaves, ,by government order, are‘ | | ! i | i | | i i | | | 2. merly: White bread seemingly is ine {thing which may not return for a long time. Much emphasis being put {upon increased acreage for food jcrops. The government hopes es- | pecially that grains soon will be jabundant, though estimates of the! {yield are still in the uncertain ces of most foods have been freatly increased, and there are complaints of profiteering and | speculation. ‘fast as proof against the offenders | can be obtained and, in addition, | {the authorities have wide powers; lof expropriation of all stocks. ITALIAN MODERNS TRIUMPH IN FIGHT FOR SKYSCRAPERS, TURIN, Italy, Nov. 2.—Italy’s modernistic school of architecture | ! has achieved a noteworthy triumph! by inducing the Turin city council to approve construction of a 15- story “sky-scraper.” Three cities now have acceded to the school’s demands, Brescia and Genoa having also consented to such buildings. Turin’s “sky-scraper” in the heart of the city. will go up maining tower. are planned for Genoa’s main square. Work on a l4-story struc for jor a year. i ooo -|names of democratic and republi-| ‘\ in Florida next Tuesday, but vot- ‘tone they please, Secretary of State :, candidates for all offices, and vot- +} whose names do not appear on the 1 Ltt tf jy AN FED MAR: APMC JUNSUL-AUG-SEP OCT: NOV-DEC _ JAN-FED-MAR-APR:-MAY-JUN-JULAUG:SEPOCT: HOV-DEC _ JAN-FEB-MAR-APR MAY-JUN JUL:AUG-SEP OCT OV DEC ~ turing industries’ for the country } de-| | much coarser and darker than for-) ' Arrests are made as/ It will be; set in at the tenth floor, the re-! fave floors constituting a) Two buildings of similar height | ture at Brescia has been going on} U. S. 3 “Of Over ‘Half Of Regular Parties To Be. Placed On Election Ballot 'ALL READY FOR RALLY PARADE TO BE STAGED BE GIVEN TOMORROW EVE- NING AT BAYVIEW PARK;} | (by Associated Presx) TALLAHASSEE, Nov. 2.—Only | jean candidates for office will ap- pear on the general election baMot ers may cast ‘their ballot for any- | Gray said today. | | Blank lines will be found on the! ballot under the printed names of | ers may write in names of persons sheet. To vote for any candidate a vot-| er must place an “X’’ before the} name of the candidate even when the candidate’s name is written in} Judge W. H. Burwell, who will: on the ballot. {deliver the keynote address at the Only names of seven democrat- 5 : ie and seven republican electoral | Democratic rally to be ney a tomorrow — night,} candidates will be printed on the | Bayview Park ballot for that office, and they will! will come to Key West tomorrow, not be designated as to party af- filation. MUCH INTEREST IN EVENT \ by motor. He is scheduled to give {a talk in West Palm Liens Fri- \day night. \ No other speaker in the south \is more able to bring as straight a ; Message to the voters of Florida from Franklin D. Roosevelt than Judge Burwell. Recently in At- \lanta, Judge Burwell held a per- sonal conference with the Demo- jeratic nominee and discussed with thim state problems. Gs Everything is in readiness for} the gigantic political parade which jwill form at 8 p. m. at the First) {National Bank corner. There will! thin morning! be 300 red flares in the line of| When apparatus arrived the fire;march. Two drum and_ bugle was burning furiously within the|corps, a band and the Carabinas home, and it required strenuous/in full number will participate. work by the department to con-| A request has gone out’ that fine the flames to the area of the|every democrat in Key West par- dwelling. ticipate in the parade, which will Damage amounting to about $2,- \terminate at the park. The com- 000 is estimated. Most of the! mittee desires to make an impres- clothing of the family was de-'sive showing for Judge Burwell ;Stroyed. Insurance of $1,000 was/ and there will be sufficient trans- jearried on the home and $500 on ; portation on hand for all who wish the furniture. None of the sur-!to enter the parade and have no {rounding property was injured. | means of transportation. JUDGE BROWNE ADDRESS IN - LOSES WATCH TO BE HEARD HERE |TAKEN FROM OFFICE ON) MONDAY NIGHT | FLEMING STREET YES. | Glenn Skipper, candidate on the | Sheers ‘epublican ticket in opposition te| (Ww. J. Sears for congressman at) large, is to arrive in Key West | Sunday afternoon over the high- | | way. yesterday to lose a maghificent| J. Roland Adams, chairman of | watch from his office on Fleming! the Republican Executive Cons. mteet: | mittee, who received the informa- The judge had placed the time | tion, says that Mr. Skipper will ad-{ piece on a desk in his office. Some dress the voters Monday night at{time later he found it necessary to Bayview Park and leave Tuesday | leave the office for a few minutes} morning Sree Miami. | ‘County Board To Hold "tee the Meeting This Evening| The regular meeting of | board of county commissioners will} The Citizen. ‘be held in the court house tonight Sa at 8 p’cloek. lr Free Pictures At Schoot House Tomorrow Beening) ‘FIRE DAMAGES ARMAYOR HOM DISCOVERED AT AN EARLY | HOUR HERE THIS MORNING | 1 Explosion of an oil stove in the residence of Arthur Armayor at 746 Windsor Lane, it is said, caus- ed a threatening fire 5:40 o’clock | { i } \ Judge Jefferson B. Browne, of} cireuit court, had the misfortune! watch was mediately reported to the sheriff's; office and an advertixement in-| the|serted in the classified column of; | No other business other than the! regular schedule is slated for con | sideration by the board. | : ee Two talking pictures, “Dave, ADVISORY Lowell Figures It Out,” and. |“What’s Ahead” will be shown to: ADV ISORY 10 A. 10 A. M.: Tropical | Key Westers free of charge at the| — disturbance of moderate to con-| High School auditorium tomorrow! siderable intensity has apparently | night. This is being made posible| moved southwestward over eastern’ by AY J. Bethencourt and Sons. Caribbean and is now central north| Jt js stated through an sdver-| of Wiles: Curacao. 'tisement appearing in today’s Citi-| ° ee | zen that this picture will be of in-} TODAY’S EDITORIAL terest to dairymen and poultry- |men. Instruction will be given n«/ jte how to make these two busi- In today’s leading editorial (nesses more profitable and plea-| will be found some facts re- garding the family relations sant. | Mr. Bethencourt ix inviting the; of our presidents which will ne bt prove to be of much | |public and their families to be, rresent at this entertainment! in to the readers. which ic to start at 745 p.m | ‘ Treasury Shows j munist agent; who organized ‘ner promptly at | o'clock in the office of 52 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West PRICE FIVE CENTS Deficit Dollars — Figures Disclosed In State- ment Issued For First Four Months Of Present Fiscal Year — (My Associated Press) WASHINGTON, Nov. 2.— A deficit of $629,779,093 for the first four months of the present fiscal year, was dis- closed by today’s treasury statement. “Income” tax receipts for the “périod ‘amounted to |$187,000,000 compared with $339,000,000 for the same *imonths of the fiscal year. The total gross debt on October 31, amounted to $20,812,000,000 representing an increase of $200,000,000 lover the total recorded Sep- ‘tember 30. LONDON RIOTERS TURN HOMEWARD UNEMPLOYED BALK IN- THIRD ATTEMPT TO ENFORCE DEMANDS (ms Prose LONDON, Nov. °2 an ina x jthird attempt to enforce their de- mands by violence, unemployed “hunger marchers” who straggled ‘into London last week turned ‘homeward today. W. A. .L:. Hannington, Com- the march’ df the idle ftom Scotland, | Wales, sind industtial . centers / of England, is in jail. His associates who precipitated a riot in Parliament Square last night, are also in custody. PARADE T0 FORM AT BANK CORNER TO. PRECEDE DEMOCRATIC RALLY TOMORROW EVENING The parade planned for tomor< row night. to precede the grand rally of democrats to be held in Bayview Park, will assemble on | Duval street near the First “Na- tional Bank. Chairman Allan B, Cleare, of the Roosevelt-Garner-Sholtz Club jrequests all members of the of- ganization to be at the bank cor- 7:30. Automo- biles will be provided for the mem- bers who are to join in the parade. William G. Sullivan afd Mixs Anna Mae Lowe were united in marriage yesterday afternoon 4% the pro- bate judge, Judge Hugh Gunn, of- ficiating. The ceremony was performed in the presence of the following wit- nesses: Miss Natalie Johnson and Charles L. Parks. STRAND THEATER The Home Town Theater Today Pack Up Your Troubles See Page 4 for reader on this. picture. Matinee, 10-15; Night, 15-25