The Key West Citizen Newspaper, November 18, 1932, Page 1

For 52 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West Associated Press Day Wire Service KEY WEST, FLORIDA, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 18,:1932. Amy Johnson Clips Nearly | | PRICE FIVE CENTS Plan Appropriation Of Local Lighthouse: Depot Recommendation Made To FORWARD TRADE | Take Care Of Lighted MOVEMENT NOW Aids To Florida Reef : J ss ‘i VERY EVIDENT | xxcorn for loss yesterday when! This authorship has become per- siehuxoaas heavy cloud banks halted the ad-| haps the major interest ef the And Keys !vance of a spreading cold wave in} present-day life of Britain’s war- Dixie, winter pulled a reversed) time premier. But it will be some play on the South today with aj time before he gets to the point} secondary attack that promised to of relating his story of the days at; bring near freezing temperatures | Versailles when he, Woodrow Wil. | to mid-South coasts by nightfall, | son, Clemenceau of France and j With generally wet conditions| Orlando of Italy formed the “big. making the chill- of .northwest|four” of the peace conference. | | winds. more penetrating, Green- Another interest, pursued chief- ville, Mississippi, reported the first|ly as a recreational hobby, is | snow of the winter with the tem- | “Brony-De,” his estute near Churt, perature at 35. ‘Surrey. The place is run as a sort; mati Snow also fell in Memphis and| of model farm, with experiments. cold and rains ‘were reported in‘ in the latest methods of making jnearly all southern states. Moderating weather was ‘forecast for Texas, Oklahoma and} Arkansas although Little Rock’s thermometer reading reached freezing today. For Louisiana meteorologists | predicted frost «and freezing al- most to the coast tonight. VAGRANT GETS OUT OF TOWN No, 274. Lloyd George Writes His: Memoirs; Gives Spare Hours To Model: Farm POCO CRS COOLED EEL ESOC EEO OEOEOEDDOOLECOORERCO einted Prenn; DOWN ON SOUTH NEAR © FREEZING* TEMPERA-| Nov.” 18._-Davia| TURES PROMISED FOR MID_ Lloyd George has something on his ‘mind these days besides his work ; SOUTH COASTS BY NIGHT- in the house of commons. Hl FALL, REPORTS SHOW Eleven Hours From Record Of Husband During Flight | HOOVER CONFERS | WITH CABINET ON | _ VARIED PROBLENS WITH PRESIDENT-ELECT. ROOSEVELT NEXT WEEK By the end of the year he hopes | to qmplete the first volume of his | (memoirs, which are expected to} jrun to three volumes. The first hays dicaupropenecagerigrane will bring the record to the end} NEW ORLEANS, Nov. 18.— o¢ i916, COSI MIM SS | ‘DEATH STEALS UPON SPINSTER SISTERS (Ry Associated Press) TORONTO, Nov. 18.— Death stealing upon them from the world they were shut out from for 30 years struck down Misses Emma and > Amelia: ~ Richardgon, . aged spinster, sisters. In-the old) house which they made.-a. hermitage of victorianism in a | bewildering world,.of modernity, the sis- ters. were found dead clad in bustles and ruffles of a vanished day. Authorities decided it was gas, one of. the few con- veniences in the quaint house, that caused their death. The sisters turned the key on the world 30 years ago, and neighbors rarely had seen them since, No visitor was ever. known to be admitted to the house. Aviatrix Lands Today At Capetown; Covers 6,250 Miles On Trip From Eng- land EXPERT ON NEWSPAPER OP- ERATIONS BASES REASONS ON INCREASED CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING LINEAGE (By Associated Prews) WASHINGTON, Nov. 18. —More than $750,000 would be spent in lighthouses. and harbor equipment along the Atlantic. and Gulf coasts from Charleston to Corpus Christi, under a recommenda- tion made yesterday to the secretary of commerce by George R. Putnam, commis- sioner of lighthouses. Recommendations for the Seventh District included es- tablishing aids in Miami harbor, $24,750. Establishing lighted aids to inside route from Hillsboro i | |¢ (By Associated Press) CAPETOWN, Nov. 18.— Amy Johnson, flying. alone from England, landed here today, clipping nearly 11 hours off the speed record ‘held by her husband, Captain J. A. Mollison. He made the trip in four days and 17 hours last March. His wife’s time was four days and six (By Associated Press) NEW YORK, Nov, 18.—A general forward trade and market movement by December was foreseen today by Samuel Weston, expert on newspaper operations, based (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON, Nov. 18.— Gathering his full cabinet around him for the first time in months,} President Hoover today gave con- sideration to war debt and domes- tie problems as a prelude to his conferences next week with Presi- dent-elect Roosevelt and congres-| hours. sional leaders, All cabinet members answered She brought her small | the call in face of what the presi-; monoplane down to a skillful | dent termed pending a “world 11 ding-tocthe: aasouunee problem of major importance to ment of shrieking metor England’s soil yield food for the stillj home market. ! One of the tests this year was on’ fertilizing potato fields. The result! |was a fine yield of big, round “spuds” whose soundness and size, delighted the veteran statesman. ; He took pains to tell other farm- | ers all about it, for addressing; meetings of agriculturists is one } of his diversions and he seldom; misses. a gathering in the Churt! neighborhood. i With the fallow season at hand, | however, he puts in long hours: at} in 52 major cities last t month, He said the increase of Oc- tober lineage over September this year virtually doubled the crease of the corre- ing period of 1928. The rate cf increase over 1931, however, was not so great, he said. this nation.” Inlet to Cape Sable, $15,980. Replacing Punta Rassa range lights, $15,600. Establishing four lighted aids to Florida reefs and keys, $96,449. Relocating and equipping . Key West lighthouse depot, 925,000. om ye Pe . FUNERAL RITES FOR DAVID COOK AN SHIPPED ‘TO FORT LAUDERDALE ” | Funeral services for David M. Cook, World War veteran, who died Tuesday night at the Marine hospital, were held yesterday af- ternoon at Pritchard’s Funeral Home. Rev. C. M. Samford, of the Fleming Street Methodist Church, Rev, W. P. Page, Baptist Church, and Chap. W. D. Evans, of the American Legion, together with P. B. Roberts, post command- er, officiated. At the conclusion of the ser- vices at the funeral home, the; cortege proceeded to the railroad | station where the body was placed on the afternoon train to be ship-} ped to Fort Lauderdale, the home of the deceased. Pallbearers were selected from the Legion Post. Members of. the Legion Post, Spanish-American War veterans,! veterans of foreign wars, patients | from the hospital and Masons at-/ tended the funeral. Three volleys | were fired at the train and taps; blown by Trumpeter Plant of the Legion Post in honor of the de- ceased member. Mr, Cook was post commander of the Fort Lauderdale branch of the organization, veteran of for-/ eign wars, and prominently identi-} fied with Masonic orders. Mrs. Cook arrived here the first part of the week to be with her! husband, and during her stay in! | SEVEN HUNDRED AND FIFTY| { MANY HIKERS ARE | ON WAY TO SOUTH HIGHWAYS DOTTED WITH THOSE LEAVING POINTS IN THE NORTH Automobile tourists and Key Westers returning over the high- way from points in the north, re- port the roads being dotted here! and there with hikers on their way south. In some places along the high- ways, it is said, men/and boys of all ages, and ,even’ women, with | families have been encountered | plodding their ‘way from the thil- | ly north. by { Railroad employes also say they, are beginning to have their trou-j bles with these travelers, and though used to annual flock of} “leg tourists’, who, when not; walking, are stealing rides, are} amazed at the large number thisj| year and the fact that they are} starting their pilgrimage so early} in the season. RELIEF WORKERS PAID OFF TODAY DOLLARS AMOUNT | EXPENDED { | into the Mallory wharf this morn- H. Ketchum, Johnnie Arthur Sheppard and Miss Mar-| ing and took on cargo of cans and; ton Curry and Harry L. Knowles.! guerite Martinez were busy this; jars for Collier City for the im-' morning paying off the contingent! of workers hired this week by the; Monroe Council for unemployment | A. E. RAUSH, RELEASED FROM JAIL, BOARDS TRAIN YESTERDAY A. E. Raush, who was being held as a vagrant in the county jail, left yesterday on ‘the train with the intention of trying for work at some ‘point on° the line. i Raush pleaded guilty in crimin- al court Monday but stated that! he was looking for work and was not just the ordinary “boomer”. Judge Harris said that he would remain in jail unti} he could se- eure funds. Yesterday he receiv- ed $5-from.a friehdjand was tak- en to the train: by Deputy Bethel and. Constable. Torres and sent happily on his way. 'MEDINA DUE TO ARRIVE TONIGHT —s POWER BOAT C. W. POWERS AND FERRY PALMA AR- RIVE IN PORT — The Clyde-Mallory Line freight- his writing. He does much of this 5:30 o’clock so as to get a good volume. While the daily output is re- he has available and tho ease’ or difficulty of the particular sub- afternoon | jet, he has been able on oceasion |p to turn out 4,000-words fir'a sifigie “ried. of the. war. lay. a “frame” for the work by writ- ing the first and last, chapters— and then to fill in the interven- {ing material. work in bed, frequently waking at! start on the day’s output. On this! schedule he has completed .more/| than 130,000 words of his first | tricted in a measure by the time} His method has been to provide ; David Lloyd George, veter- an British statesman, is writ- ing his memdirs of. world-war days but finds time to. run down to his farm near Churt, Surrey, and inspect an experi- mental pctato ‘crop. i | The work is expected to be es- jpecially inclusive ‘since the author -is the only European minister who in office duving the whole pe- A good portion of his time is spent in the inspection of docu- ;ments, of whieh he has a great number. He has employed’ a’ small band of assistants to go over’ and! arrange these papers. ' ‘JURY ACQUITS _ SYMONETTE IN | COURT TODAY i HARGED WITH RECKLESS | DRIVING OF AUTOMOBILE; | CASE STARTED YESTERDAY MORNING | jc | Clarence Symonette, who was \tried on a charge of reckless driv- SALVATION ARMY. | MAKES PLANS FOR | GREATER SERVICE | TIES; ADVISORY BOARD} |. CONFERS AT MEETING i } } | ‘ i i} = { ! | In connection with the visit of | Brigadier Alfred Tyler, Command-| er Medina is due in port tonight img in criminal court yesterday|er of the Salvation Army in} from Galveston. Large shipments and today, was found not guilty by| Georgia and Florida, and Ensign’ week did no damage in Key West,| The verdict was re-| Charles Johnson, from the State! wind and waves played havoc with} turned at 12:30 o’clock this after-' finance office, a special meeting of the working platform that was! Army Advisory | erected by the lighthouse depart-| | ment forces at the site for the new/| of cigars and other products of Key West are awaiting transpor- tation to New York. The vessels stop at Charleston, S. C., on her voyage north. Power boat C. W. Powers came mense clam cannery near that city. Ferry Palma arrived in port { relief. j The period of time they are work- |yesterday from Havana with two Some of the men worked one | cars of sugar, 99 sacks of mail and jday, others two days but most of|five miscellaneous cars. them were employed three days. | 'Mayor Curry Atcepts ed depends altogether on the needs as shown after investiga- | tion, and especially the number | of dependents of the applicant. | The group paid this morning{ Doherty's Invitation To Pay Visit To Miami Mayor Leslie A, Curry has ac-; numbered 172 and the amount of | cepted Henry L. Doherty's invita- {the jury. ‘noon. Members of the jury were Rob- tert Maddox, Paul Low son, M The case was called for trial yesterday morning and the entire jday was taken up with taking tes-! timony. This morning when court opened arguments were begun.) |Four attorneys were employed. | | J. Y. Porter, III, opened for! ; the defense and was followed by} | John G. Sawyer for the prosecu-} j tion. jthe hae for the prosecution. Then W. Curry Harris for! defense and after him L. A.{ TOO MANY QUERIES | jthe Key West Board was called by J. A. Boza. i chairman, in the Army quarters,| nection with expanding the Army’s, jscope of community service here.} | iin |Heavy Winds Damage WOMAN ADMITS TO | POISONING FOUR; |MISTRIAL TODAY IN- PINE’S CASE TO AGREE FOLLOWING DELIBERATION of the debt field received their at- tention along with the gigantic task of paring federal expenditures down to the level of receipts. TOOK REVENGE BECAUSE SHE HAD BEEN RIDICULED (By Associated Press) CARO, Mich., Nov. 18.—Miss Grace Hossley, 34, admitted today, authorities said, that she poisoned her brother, sister and brother-in-; law and a hired man on her} brothers’ farm “because they rid-| ygraMt, Now. 18-—Judee E. C. iculed me.” | Collins toda istri y declared a mistrial in The brother, Oscar Hossler, arid! the case of Fred Pine, suspended Mr. and Mrs. Etza Hatch, brother- | county solicitgr, charged with mis- in-law and sister, became violently feasance and malfeasance in of- ill after eating food prepared by | fice, after the jury failed to agree (hy Associated Press) Miss Hossler, but ate recovering |on the verdict. It was the second| in a hospital. The hired man was) mistrial for Pine. not seriously affected. He was charged with failuve to The woman was placed in the prosecute gambling cases which ‘county jail pending a sanity hear-|were brought to the attention of LIGHTED “SKY” AS FAIR EXHIBIT FLORIDA’S REPRESEN. TATION ing. Working Platform At Smith Shoals Light While the heavy winds. of last (Special to The Citizen) EUSTIS, Fia., Nov. 18.—Vernon lighthouse at Smith Shoals. } Not one part of the structure; will have to be constructed. This,” * * ‘ to be started at once by Captain! this city, working out plans for the making of the artificially Requests of foreign debtors for a moratorium extension and review |the Jacksonville officials agreeing | H ' The Advisory Board decided at vee peat a the meeting to sponsor an appeal} PPY- ae | for funds during the last week of | Cit: il t January, 1933, for operating the| R C te “ . ti ‘egular eeting Tonight; a work during another 12 months,| | | lighted “sky” which will form the jhorns and cheers of 2,000 |persons waiting to greet her. 250 miles from England with only four stops. 1 It was a dangerous flight jwith stretches -of jung! jwherea " |be fatal anda 1,500 hop across the Sahara dese: | She was heavy eyed upot her arrival, but othe was stirprisingly fresh. ‘WOULD REUNITE: MEMBERSHIP OF” | POLICE GUARD | SEEKING NAMES OF MEN i FLORIDA WHO CONST ‘UTED COLUMBIAN GUARDS AT CHICAGO FAIR IN 1 1 (Special to The Citizen) DeLAND, Fla., Nov. 18,— names of men now living in \ida, who were members of the da zlingly uniformed Columbil | Guards who so efficiently poli | the world’s fair grounds in Cj ‘cago, in 1893, are wanted ag 1002 Fleming street, yesterday to| remains and before work ia started| Steen, electrical engineer, und a as possible, by Harvey J. Seo talk over various matters in con-|on the station another platform! *™all corps of assistants, are busy head of the agricultural dep ! in a specially contrived studio in- ment of the Century of Prog | exposiffion, in Chicago. %y Mr. Sconce has in mind a # Miss Johnson covered 6,- roof of the Florida section of the | med hidhg osteoid —- Court of States at the world’s fair, of those old boys with the pons: § to be held in Chicago, next year. poten who will constitute a similar The Florida building will be ® guard for the exposition. be windowless building and al! the held next year. The date of the ‘ campaign. to send an expert to manage the! There will be @ regular meeting lighting effects must be produced | of the city council held this eve-| through the use of lighting devices! hibit have in mind the reproduc-' reunion has not been set and will not be until Mr. Sconce has had |ning, beginning at 7:30 o'clock, Specially contrived. Inasmuch 45! time to confer with the survivors Members of the Advisory Board | with notbing: calle from reutine'the managers of the Florida ex-| 5+ a: the fair of 40 years ago and are Mrs, May Milligan, secretary , business scheduled. Jearn their wishes. the city was the guest of Mr. and Mrs, Earl Tiathaway of 511 Francis stre ' } ; } j ] ed STRAND THEATER The Home Town Theater Today SHIPMATES } ' - ; i funds distributed was $750. An-/ 4; = ; {and treasurer; Mrs. W. H. Nor-| This will be the second regular) tion of # thoroughly Florida at-| 1: is known that several of the tion to attend the official opening GAVI, Italy.—A farmer of this, man, Mrs. Eldridge, Messrs, John ' session of the month. te Place ‘skies imatom seoael - morrow. | ss i ae EE: SO tae | jorida t ur) Mrs. Cook left on the train that} 1 ee ee: cerning his hen which during an Exquinaldo, Sr. Several additional | jby day and starry constellations by| ft. n on eee } fi . ; | 8-day period had produced 33 eggs members are to be elected to this} i espondertce a She was accompanied by Charles INCOME TAX HAS . . and board. : fe is MANTECA, Calif. — George | lighting engineers. bd g pare ce of no office H. Chim, junior partner in the law ENTERED CEYLON _. “2vcr Curry will leave here! chopped off the hen's head. Ensign Johnson is visiting in, Laurtison. of this city after hear-; Every known device for produc- | Tuesday night and will remain in! iK Herman Suddath, a friend of Mrs. | {My Associated Press) . | SI, 302! work, in an effort to assist! creek, went fishing with a but- in the Eustis studio. Cook, who arrived over the East); COLOMBO, Nov. 18.-Ceylon, | Pe8in on November 23. se |Envoy and Mrs. George Lambert, |terfly net and captured a 22-inch; ——-——— gaits sounded | FIRST SHOWING TRADE TO out an income tax, has been com- Dram And Bagle Corps To: jzation here, to make their com- y’ RI pelled to adopt a levy of 5 per- imunity services more efficient, it OUR TRUCK TODAY’S EDITORIAL Arrives TONIGHT With: Why the new congress will convening of the regular ses- sion in December of next year would offer a solution to national problems is shown in other. er 5 tebe ee eee : ; mosphere within Florida Hall, even) 14 Columbian Guard jother group is to be paid off to-/ o¢ the Miami Biltmore in Miami <i, received oo biany queries con-lMturteaell, George Ascher aed Ee = ambien Guard are now liv CAPTURES ALLIGATOR partied this body’ ok ‘hae: wilhand: } F i | night, a. tak bie: bots ait for the[ee fee en eee j Round Clubs the coming week. that he became exasperated ' | firm of Cook and Crim, and Mrs./ SRE , West, making a survey of the | ing tales of a strange creature in/ing lighting effects is being tried Chieag | Miami for the festivities which will ee ' Coast yesterday for the services. | jong one of the few countries with-| the devoted leaders of the organi-'#lligator. ‘ oe HELP DEPRESSION jeent, The tax is estimated to yieig | Conduct Meeting Tonight PLYMOUTH SIX (is shown. not have to wait until the for offering legislation that | today’s Jeading editorial. ‘ $1,750,000, Blue Devils’ 60c, Including Tax oe tt me ene ne mee | ' Knights of The Golden Eagle; <3 |Drum and Bugle corps will meet! Quy repair department will be *Pection and audit of the local ser-|__ and Stringless Beans, © — tonight 8 o'clock in the hall on! 1.03 Monday in order to pre-'Vices and income and expenditures. | Grapes, Grapefruit, Oranges, Tan- Petronia street. Captain Sands asks that al! mem- MONDAY, NOV. 21 pare for the showihg Monday ‘ teight. bers make every effort possible to, be present as s matter utmost importance is to cussed. “a teiGATO & NAVARRO, Inc.| “*‘<*. dele While in the city, Brigadier! Tyler made the semi-annual in-|Carrote, Turnips, Tomatoes | ! i An excellent work has been ac-! gerines, Apples and Avocados complished considering the YeTY Cranberries, 1 18c, or Z Ibs. limited financial conditions, it We tek ee Envoy and Mra. Lambert H highly ommended to the’ TIFT’S CASH GROCERY | * officials, “1117 Division St. Phone 675 (ity Associated Press) MADRID, Nov. 18.—To cut down depression in the taxi trade.) cab owners here have given each Yehicle a letter denoting s week day which is a forced day off. Ar- rest and fine is the penalty for! any driver caught hustling for fares on his day of non-competi-/ tion, i