The Key West Citizen Newspaper, November 11, 1932, Page 1

Associated Press Day Wire Service Five Killed When Airplane Crashes: Accident Happens Near REFUGEES CASE Kempville, Tenn,; Fly- WILL BE HEARD HERE TOMORROW | No. 268. ing Far Off Course, Ap- parently Lost | FURTHER PROOF OF CONNEC-' TION WITH ACTIVITIES IN; HAVANA AWAITED; MEN{| ARE STILL RETAINED i (iy Asnocinted Prean) KEMPVILLE, Tenn., Nov. 11.—Flying far off its course and apparently | lost, an airplane crashed sre refugees, committed to jail Wed- on a hillside near here eg on application of the Cuban : night, killing five occu-|Consul, Rafael Cervino, was called) this morning and continued on or-/| pants. der of Judge Halsted L. Ritter, in| Two of the dead were the United Siates court, until 10) {o'clock tomorrow morning. i identified as Mr. and Mrs. At the conclusion of the habeas e corpus proceedings yesterday, the Joseph Hirt, Fort Lauder- dale. The case of the seven political | | | | Background Of Mrs. Reoiewels Busy Life Shows: Varied Interests Of New First Lady 000000000000 000090009000000000090900900500000S000OOOOOOOLSOOOSOOSE OOOOSOOOOOSOSOOSOTOSSOOHSOSOOOO® | public life and affairs. jjudge advanced the hour for shi A young woman, pre- |10 o’clock this morning. KEY WEST, FLORIDA, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 1932. Mrs. Franklin D. Reosevelt, wife of the new president of theUnited States. assumes her White House responsibilities no novice in At the extreme left she is shown en route toa social function, then greeting her neighbors on her first day “as Tc theright of one of. her latest photo- Citsen For 62 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West PRICE FIVE CENTS “Santa Cruz’s Dead From Storm. May Reach 1,800; FIXES PAY FOR ELECTION HELP| | OPERATION OF BUS SERVICE COMES BEFORE MEETING OF BODY CONDUCTED LAST | EVENING The pay of inspectors, clerks, ‘deputy sheriffs and the indebted- | jNess incurred on other incidentals } during election day was approved iby the board of county commis- !sioners at their meeting last night. | This sum totals $1,700 and checks covering the individual pay- ments were ordered drawn and {held until such time as money to pay will be available. Tax Collector W. Ff, Maloney’s — Great Property Damage iU. §. Navy Tug Runs In- to Disturbance North Of Nassau; Other Vessels Endangered | i (By Assoviated Press) The 10-days-old hurricane headed out over the Atlantic |teday leaving in its wake an jqstimated ) 1,000 or more ‘dead im Central Cuba, and a ‘trail of wreckage and de- struction on land and sea. First reports from Cuba said most of the Province of Camaguey was devastated and parts of Santa Clara and \Oriente Province were dam- ‘aged by the disturbance report of deposits during Novem- which cut a wide swath mistress of the governor's mansion at Albany and delivering an ad-dress in behalf of charity. graphs she is seen helping Salvation Army workers to wrap toys forpoor children, then supervisingbusiness affairs, which include a magazine editorship. At the extreme right the new First Lady isshown to depart on an airplane trip. | Cuban government to present evi- | dence to support their plea that sumably their daughter,! When the case was called today, ‘her shows $64,918.82. Of thi J. F. Busto, r sentin; ber. § s 918.82. is | = and a young boy and girls. sors ee Gate. asked! ‘amount $23,214.28 is credited to|through the island. various funds of the county and} - Nearly all of the déad re- |the men be held, and fixed it for the government of Cuba, asked < i " stponed until were the other victims, be- that the case be postponed until lieved to have been the grandchildren of the Hirts. The plane crashed dur- ing a high wind accom- panied by a drizzle. It left Sky Harbor near Nashville enroute to At- tanta: Hirt was said to be flying from Chicago to Florida. ONE OF VICTIMS WAS CHICAGOAN FORT LAUDERDALE, Nov, 11. —dJoseph Hirt, killed near Kemp- ville in an airplane accident with three other members of his fam- ily, was a Chicagoan, who had,con- siderable financial interests in Fort Lauderdale area. He spent only a short time each year in Florida, but maintained constant contact with a large farm near Pompano that he was develop- ing. He also operated a wood working plant here. Until a year ago he was editor and publisher of the wood workers trade publication. WETS MEASURING CHANCES TOWARD OBTAINING BEER SENATOR BORAH MAKES KNOWN HIS POSITION TO FIGHT IMPENDING ISSUE; HOOVER'S VIEW UNKNOWN (My Associated Press) WASHINGTON, Nov. l— Though assured of a big majority in the new congress, wets today measured their chances for beer at the December ion of the old largely known opposition of Sena- ter Borah, republican of Idaho and the unknown attitude of Pres- ident Hoover. Borah, who was ip last July, made it plain immediately upon his return to the capitol that he would oppose vigorously beth modifica- tion of the Volstead Act and re- peal of the Eighteenth Amend. ment. He forecasts no chang bition at the “ pressed by house oerats and such republican regu lay Senator Reed of Pennsy' Fresh Shipment TONIGHT Stringless Beans, Okra, To- 5e matoes and Carrots, BD . Oranges, Tangerines, Apples, Grapes, Celery, Lettuce TIFT’S CASH GROCERY tomorrow morning 10 o’ciock, as the P, and 0. S. S. Florida, he said, is to bring further proof of the connection of the men being} held, with the crime in which they} are alleged to be implicated. | The hearing to be held tomor- row morning will be before U. S. Commissioner C. Rodney Gwynn, ene still has jurisdiction over the case. Mr. Busto will represent the Cuban government and Attorney | Arthur Gomez will be heard for the prisoners. Seen BAKER IS INJURED ON STREET TODAY LOSES BALANCE WHILE PED- DLING VEGETABLES; SCENE AT INTERSECTION OF ELIZ- “ ABETH AND DIVISION STS. Enoch Baker, familiar figure on Key West streets, who pushes a jhand cart peddling vegetables, and who is cripped with partial para- lysis, suffered a cut on the back of his head this morning about 8 o’clock when he fell on the brick pavement near the corner of Eliza- beth and Division streets. He was placed in an ambulance furnished by the Pritchard Funeral Home and rushed to a local phy- sician’s office where his injuries were attended to. This is several times that Mr. Baker has fallen on the streets towing to the fact that he is in- capacitated to a great extent, and |pushes the hand cart with great | difficulty. Refers To Mr. Baker Judge Jefferson B. Browne, i his dedicatory speech in the fed- eral court room Wednesday, ri jred to Mr. Baker in his descrip-; | tion of a wrecking case in court} }some years ago as “Captain Enoch | Baker being the captain of this] jship. At that time he was young} land debonaire and officiated at) }many a wreck as master wrecker. | | “Today Captain Baker, the vic-; |tim of a paralytic stroke, thirty-| which ended with veterans jodd years ago, shuffles along the jstr on can hardly support him, trundling |a peddler’s cart with his one good tarm, the other hanging useless b; this side, selling vegetables that h s in his little back yard. One} would never believe that this brok. en, wrecked bit of humanity one could jump from a dinghy in al ‘ough sea to a rope ladder on the} "i side, and with springing gait go, wer the side and take charge of} {salvage operations.” ' PAYS FOR COOKY PEORIA, UL—An_ unidentifi ,man sent a letter containing ‘one-cent stamps to pa’ for. a capky which he had picked up and! i teaten at a soda fountain in this jeity. Armistice Day Ceremonies In Dedication Of New Tomb Nation's (Ry Avsociated Prexs) WASHINGTON, Nov. —In the soft silence of Ar-| lington cemetery’s historic hills, the nation and capitol! today renewed their homage | to the “Unknown Soldier” on| the fourteenth Armistice an-| niversary. \ Dedication of the newly} finished tomb that replaced | the plain marble slab, under which the unknown was laid, ‘Unknown Soldier’ 1. KEY WEST TAKES THIRD PLACE IN EXPORT MATTERS ISLAND CITY HANDLES Busi. New York and the results'than a year, has been engaged in! $2.50 daily’ each way NESS CLOSE TO THREE Obtained in HUNDRED THOUSAND DOL-|With the bondholders’ rep-| mittee with.a view of obtaining; LARS IN SEPTEMBER In the report issued by the col- lector of customs for the to rest in 1921, and a me-'ieenth District of Florida on n morial tribute to Woodrow! Wilson, under the vaulted | arch of the National Cathe-| servance. The day was looked on by | cit Louis Johnson, national com- mander of the American| Legion, in a speech at the tomb, as emphasizing the} comrades makes us stress this necessity for reasonable rming and preparation,” | lohnson said. The appearance of Secre- tary Hurley on the program as the maker of a dedicatory | address at the tomb brought an echo of the recent bonus army encampments here chandise exported ar for the month of Septer Key West is shown to t place in the matter of {During that period this port ha dral, were parts of the ob-/ died business to the amount of; is 2. The total figures for! ‘the month stated including all the | the district were im- $281,502. ing: uy The xount of ports West fo period w: 1,014. Th report follows: $2. 7 Key Exports Ports of Exportation inecessity for preparedness. | Tampa Key West | “Loyalty to our departed |j,¢ksonville Pens ‘ernan Miami Boca Gr A Beach Panama City {Fort Pierce Imports Ports of Importation Tampa {$31,704.54 to the schools, Jack Lord asked that the assess-. e Warren Gives Account Of ment. on his property which had | | been raised from $550 to $800 be {reduced to former figure. The National Biscuit Company, through on erence ew or itheir representative, asked a re- i duction from $2,000 to $1,000, ‘Both requests were granted. Lioyd Perry, of the Florida Keys \ * |weekly. It is the opinion of the “~~ { 5 R saa . | of the city of Key West;‘and with-} ply ¥a truc Ea et y . h-iply to Mr. Perry's trucks as .ap- jof the city council, in an in-out cost to the city photostatie! ply to all others in'the same busi- terview with The Citizen Lad pre kid wee Lakdialie. by j ness. Pe Se en - ao_{ the bondholders for circulation} Mr. Perry explained that he was (day, gives an explanatory ac-| among them. in order that they: going to operate a new and small-| ‘count of the council's trip to! may study the city’s condition. jer type bus daily between Miami | “The City Council, for more and Key West. That he will pay Aeacens ¢ and the the conference ¢™4eavoring to bring about the/county pay for all work done for formation of a bondholders’ com-/ them, such as hauling freight and! 7 a the ferry crews. | the needed, relief on. the city’s! Or it the county wants the | ;bonded debt. The representations] husses to carry freight and the ; Mr. Warren says that “as a re-/ made by us at the conference! ferry crews, free of charge, the! sult of our conference held in New | Were attentively received and it.is| ferries will carry the busses free | York between the City Council and? believed prompted a sympathetic! and during January, February, {understanding of the economic sit-{ March and April he will pay 30 uation as exists in Key West to-icents to the county for each pas- day. The city’s inability to meet’ senger carried on the busses. the employees’ payroll was ¢s-| This matter will be discussed by pecially Dirac at the confer-|the board at an executive session | : - 2 ence and it was pointed out that to be held in a short time. j but will levy for approximately! uniess the bondholders yielded the! Depository accounts for the |resentatives. group of city bondholders, we will levy on the 1932 current tax book not for $211,000 for the! ibond interest and principal as would other e have been done, ° \ With Man Bond Holders « and Bus Lines, asked that jhe be given a special ferry rate}Redencion, Nuevitas ‘on the operation of two trucks sae . i paitate a og jother nearby cities (ported were from Santa Cruz |Del Sur, where the hurricane blew up a tidal wave. that |virtually destroyed the town, trapping residents in the night. Camaguey, Manzanillo, and were Leo H. Warren, president ;the conference a financial report hoatd that the same rates will-ap-} badly damayed. ~ The latest ship reported in danger is the United States |mavy tug Scioto, disabled by the storm 250 miles north of Nassau. The navy department or- dered a submarine and four destroyers which were 40 miles away to the rescue. The Scioto carried a crew of 40. Several other vessels in |the hurricane’s path were damaged, but not seriously. Police at Camaguey said only $60,000. : ‘necessary relief a complete break-' month of October were checked The financial condition of the' down of the ordinary municipal’ ang Approved. \ ; | was discussed at length at the| services must follow. — erence and we impressed on; “Tt is the aim of the City Coun-! ? | Fcgecen ives of the bond-leil to so adjust and refund che’ PRESIDENT-ELECT \ nt that the taxpayers ‘city’s indebtedness which amounts ' H _ required immediate |to approximately $1,300,000 on a: i relief, otherwise a complete cessa-! basis whereby it would be possible | HAS SLIGHT COLD, ition of tax collections would en-|for the taxpayers of Key West to} i + {meet the burden. The council is } j ent to organize a of the opinion that after the finan- FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT: bondholders’ committee to investi-,cial condition of Key West has! ! gate the economic condition of the} been investigated a refunding is-| CANCELS WEEK-END TRIP | city has been started by those pres-} sue will be arranged that will be{ } the conference. The council! satisfactory to beth parties. For) TO HYDE: PARK ng that local representa-; the first time the attitude of a t ad on any bondholders’ | large group of bondholders is now formed, in order that a! understood by the council and this nding may be had of} fact alone should prove of inestim- needs of the taxpayers here. {able value in working out the city’s ere was presented by us at’ bond debt problem.” cit holders pr jis insi tion be (tly Annoctated Press) ALBANY, Nov. 11.— President-elect Franklin D. Roosevelt today was ' Sails For Havana _|City Council Will Hold ee - 3 ee i | Carrying 69 Passenger: i ii ight ** babel 5 ie sers| Special Metting Tonight) «tied his week-end trip | this} There will be a special meeting) to Hyde Park. | with 69}of the city council held this eve- The steamer Cuba sailed rnoon for Havana the dead at Santa Cruz may reach 1,800. Fatalities out- side of that city so far had not reached 100. ARMISTICE DAY SALUTE FIRED PROGRAM TO BE RENDERED AT BAYVIEW PARK IN AFTERNOON paper a At 11 o’clock this morning a firing squad composed of members of the American Legion Drum and Bugle Corps in uniform fired three volleys at the corner of Duval and Fleming streets. This Armistice Day feature has legs that wabble and being evicted by federai | troops. Members of the Key West engers. She arrived from! ning, beginning at 7:30 o'clock, at i for the ensuing year will be taken Palma arrived yesterday | "P- ) ~ | Sengers. 1 Havana with one car of mail! Tampa this morning with 56 pas-|which time the proposed budget: This was the only matter sched-| A report from the mansion said he did not have any temperature. Mra. Roosevelt ad- vised him to remain in |been a custom of the legion post ‘for the past several years, The firing wyuad was under command of Corps Captain U. J. Delgada. A program will be put on this [afternoon at Bayview Park, begin- jping at 4 o'clock, which will be nounced that because of Hur- ley’s part in the troop action they would not listen to his speech. Why scientific research work continues to bring about the production of many use- ful materials from substance: own in today’s leading editorial. ADVISORY Advisory 1@ A. M turbance etween Nassa juled to come before the meeting at Ol and six miscellaneous. last reports. } bed over the week-end. | | —_ _ i New Orleans with freight for woLsk Wi, |Ladd Leader Of Ticket LSA, —Betty Lou Me-; L 5 ! chants. arroli of this city, 16 onths oa, Among Local Candidates) In the tabulation of returns of onges, cigars and mis- was recently found playi i “ playing with freight, she sailed forja smal! rattlemake. [Rnbelyrrer om genuens 8 ''The Citizen yesterday, Frank H. Miami and Jacksonville. { KODAK FILMS Ladd, who was elected county tax, ; collector, was credited with 21% WARREN, 0.—Mrs. E. G. Stack-| ALL SIZES tvotes in the third precinct which! pole, of this city, is the owner ofj Gardner’s Pharmacy ‘should have been 313. { a pet hen that taps on the window! ; This gives Mr. Ladd a total of with her heak whenever she is Phone 177 Free Delivery 2.198, making him the high man in the vote cast for loca! candidates. Freighter Pawnee, of the Clyde- line, EES BOR arrived yesterday PLAYS WITH SNAKE After taking on ¢, PET HABIT followed by @ diamondball game, STRAND THEATER The Home Town Theater Today THE GOLDEN WEST See Page 4 for reader on this pieture. Matinee 10-15¢ Night 15-25< MONROE THEATER PAYMENT DEFERRED Matines, 5-10c; Night, 10-260 nF