The Key West Citizen Newspaper, December 13, 1932, Page 1

Associated Press Day Wire Service VOLUME LIII. No. 295. Winter Brings To Sacramento, California; First Time Snow Falls At Brawley Where No Such Weather Was Ever Recorded Be- fore (By Associated Press) Unrelenting except in spots, premature winter kept up its assault on the nation today. « Temperatures in the east are sagging and mer- eury, drops were forecast for the south. The midwest already blanketed by snow promised more but with temperatures higher than those of yester- day when subzero’ readings brought suffering to the homeless. In the first measurable quantity on record, snow fell throughout. southern Cali- fornia’s imperial valley as winter spread a white robe over the great American desert, For the first time in his- tory Sacramento. had_ ice Skating, and. snow fell at Brawley, Calif.; where there ds-no. record of such. weat before, and it also. covered the ground at Yuma, Ariz. Rocky Mountain « states, ‘however, and Oklahoma be- gan “enjoying - milder «tem- BISHOP CANNON HEARD TODAY BY HOUSE MEMBERS BEARS RESOLUTION OPPOS. ING LEGALIZATION OF LI. QUOR TRAFFIC NOW UNDER CONSIDERATION (By Associated Preas) WASHINGTON, Dec. 13.— Bishop James Cannon, Jr., bearing mumerous resolutions opposing “legalization of the liquor traf. fie”, told tha house ways and means committee today that any member of his church who used intoxicating,liquor for beverage purposes violated his church vows. Appearing with a group of. pro- hibitionists in opposition to the Collier bill, he testified after num- erous questions had centered about this point. Representative Treadway, of Massachusetts, republican, had| asked a series of questions of Deet Ice Skating In Its History MORE WORKERS EMPLOYED FROM RELIEF FUNDS, DAY; BEAUTIFICATION PRO- GRAM TO BE CONTINUED Work on the projects planned by the Monroe County Council for | Unemployment relief started for} the first half of December yester- day. Continuing the beautification! and mosquito eradication work, 20) men were put to work on the golf! course, 10 on the road and boule-| vard and 10 at the American Le-| gion grounds, Future assignments, for which workers have already been select- ed, call for 20 men at the woman’s elab park and library areas; 20 at the American Legion grounds; for one day; 16 to report to Karl Thompson, who has volunteered to oversee the work, on Palm avenue; 40 men, 20 tomorrow and 20 Thursday, at the colored park; 10 on Margaret street; 20 in the cem- etery; 29 on the boulevard; 10 on Washington street and 20 in the area at Olivia and Georgia street. There will also be 20 women as- signed to sewing the material, that has been assigned to the local Red Cross. chapter. for.clothing for the poor and needy. This group. Will work for three days. HILLMKLOTT NOW BACK IN GERMANY FOUND IN EXILE AT HOME OF FORMER KAISER IN HOLLAND (My Associated Press) AMSTERDAM, Holland, Dec.| 13.—Franz Hillmklott, who eluded guards and made his way into ‘exile at the home of Former Kaiser Wilhelm at Doorn yesterday, was put across the frontier into Ger- miny this afternoon. Police considering him mentally deficient decided not to prosecute jhim, He was found armed with a daggér and pistol in a tower over- looking Wilhelm’s study. The man insisted he had homicidal intent. STRAND GIVES AWAY $5 DAILY AT MATINEE $5.00 in cash as Christmas \Gifts will be given to the |Strand patrons every day at matinee only. no jagainst assault. 'fensive strength. Revamped French Army Sought To Stiffen Defense Of tei By JOSEPH E. SHARKEY ' (hy Associnted Press) PARIS, Dec. 13.—Joseph Paul-| Boncour, minister of war, wants| to reorganize the French army so} that it may be more mighty in de-} fending the country’s against attack. He indicated that he is going to| ldo this irrespective of the fate of | the French plan of disarmament at | the Geneva conference. | Emphasizes ‘Defense’ “We French,” “wish to live in an atmosphere of ! national security and to feel at all} times that our borders.are proof “We have no aggressive designs, | but I have become convinced after | conferences with high military of-} ficers, that we must fortify our de-} “And,” he added emphatically, ‘I want to emphasize the word ‘defensive’.” M, iconvoked several sessions of the su- perior council of war to study the; reorganization plans. Man Power Decreasing He is thinking too of 1935 when; France will have fewer young men to call to the ranks. In that year! the boys born during the world war tare due to perform their military service of one year. The full ef-; fect of the great war upon the birth rate of France will be in evi- dence when that call comes. The war minister is convinced that he can reorganize the army} frontiers} = said the minister,| & Paul-Boncour already has, ‘ The Key West Citwen KEY WEST, FLORIDA, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1932. Would Strengthen pesee | without increasing either the num- | , ber of soldiers or the cost of main-;| taining the big military machine. “In fact,” he said, ‘we may pro- duce an organization essentially | defensive with fewer soldiers and! at less cost. } “What I am aiming at is a cov-! ering army which would assure the .inviolability of our national! borders. A short-term army fur-! nished with automatic weapons of | @ power unknown in the great war, would . be- immenésély--powerful in protecting France against attack,” Beyond emphasizing the signifi- LARGE STRUCTURE FOR CONTRACTING. CO. BEING BUILT IDA CONTRACTING AND EN- GINEERING FIRM Work on the new building to be erected by the South Fiorida,Con- tracting and Engineering company | on White street is under way. This structure is being erected on the grounds adjacent to the of- fice of the company and when com- pleted will have taken in the of-j fice building and present a solid front 66 feet long. it will be 70] feet deep. The stucco front of the office} now in use is to be torn out and the whole face of the building is to be made of imitation brick. There will be one main door in the center, six feet by eight feet with four large windows on eachj side, says Ralph Russell, superin-| tending the work., | When the entire building is| ompleted it will, with the excep-/ tion of the office, be used as a} display room. The immense stock of sash, doors, blinds, roofing, defending owr'eountry-by tobili-*mobilization will be longer: under Joseph Paul-Boncour, French minister of war, is working on plans to increase the boundary def ense effectiveness of France's armies. This photograph was taken as he watched recent field man- euvers in which “poilus” of the typ e showr. marching took part. ° cance of automatic quick-firing] ‘This system implies, however, a weapons the minister said he was ‘thorough inétruction both of con- not yet in a position to reveal the ‘scripts and reservists, scheme of organization. But he “Ts, means minute attention to went as far as this: problem of mobilization be- “I believe in the possibility of|cause necessarily the period of tem of short term conscript ing our national army in its en ervice,”” tirety. weeeeewee:|SCONTOELET tes, Foo Residue OFFICERS TONIGHT FOR ENSUING TERM Found In Demijohns' COMMITTEE WORKING ON FORMATION OF pai PATROL WILL MAKE RE- PORT DURING SESSION Bootleggers seem to be get- ting careless with the goods they handle. They do not drain the garafones complete- ly of the contents, but leave a sufficient quantity in them to furnish comfortable jags for at least several men. A certain dealer in other classes of liquids purchased about 20 demijohns today. When they. were delivered it was found that several of the containers carried liquor, for- gotten by the owner. This residue was poured ont on the when several old topers gath- ered round and holding out their cupped hands secured that “one gig one” that is so frequently needed on the morning after the night be- fore. j Election of officers for the g year will be one of the ' | con principal matters to come before | the local legion post at its regular ng to be held at 8 o’clock to- |night at the legion home. being § | mee’ ground j members to attend this meeting and vote for officers who can and ‘will funetion to the best interest; lof the post during the entire year. | He also urges all who are desirous} jof reinstating to be at this meet-| ing owing to the fact that the spe-; DOI ID SI IIIs ci worvership drive will term-| nate soon. This d he states, | |has been made especially mista who are in poor circum-| stances and are in arrears. Those who reinstate before the| jmecting is called to order tonight} {will be el le to take part in the} ‘election of offiers, it was explain- | |OWNED BY FREDERICK WAG-' ed, and this is a privilege they| should embrace. NER; ARRIVES YEs- A report is expected from the} TERDAY ttee working on the School BRITAIN URGING For 52 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West PRICE FIVE CENTS Start Movement Today In = House Tolmpeach Hoover; RECONSIDERATION OF DEBT SYSTEM: ANOTHER NOTE TO WASHING- TON ‘HOWEVER PROMISES TO PAY AMOUNT DUE ON THURSDAY (iy Associated Press) Great Britain returned to debate the war debts’ with another note to Washington renewing a promise to pay $95,550,000 due on Thurs- day, reiterating the British position as outlined in pre- vious notes, and urging again the importance of a confer- ence to reconsider the whole} debt system. The government in Lon- don has made it clear that: although the issue will be) debated in ¢ommons tomor- row, no action by. parliament will affect the decision of the cabinet. In France the situation was somewhat different. Premier Herriot adhering to the policy following the British ‘lead, prepared for the transmission to Washing-} ton of a note offering to pay| $20,000,000, due this week, | on condition that the pay-| ment be applied against the} capital account. Foreign affairs and fi-| nance committees of the) chamber of deputies rejected | that proposal, voting instead | in favor of deferring pay-} |ment until the United States | i struc-|® ture. Attack on the govern- jment’s policy began chamber and there threat of defeat cabinet. in ei was for the REJECT WAGE | CUT PROPOSAL RAILWAY BROTHERHOOD NOT IN FAVOR OF TIME {Schools includes 250 publie schools and two private schools for white jchildren and 11 public schools and _ Many Charges Are Offered MANY SCHOOLS ON ACCREDITED LIST FOR THIS STATE! ALL OF MONROE'S WHITE IN. STITUTIONS APPEAR; RE- PORT COMPILED BY STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION (By Aysociated Press) TALLAHASSEE, Fla., Dec. 13. —The state board ot education has placed 527 elementary schools and 266 high schoois on the ac- credited list in Florida this year, The list of accredited elemen- tary schools included 511 for white children and 16 for negroes. The list of accredited high | three private schools for negroes. | An accredited school .is one !whose teachers, courses and facili-} 13. ties meet all requirements of the state board of education, Schools in Monroe county on the accredited list are: Whi elementary schools: Division Street, Key West; Harris, Key West; Rock Har- bor; Matecumbe and Islae “morada, White high schools: West. WILL RESUME INQUIRY INTO Key Said President Usurped Powers Of Congress In Moratorium Of Foreign Debts (By Associated Press) WASHING TON, Dec. 13.—The house on a roll call vote this afternoon overwhelm- ingly rejected the res- olution proposed by” McFadden looking to impeachment of Pres- ident Hoover. WASHINGTON, Dec. —Representative M c ok sor pein seat The long ‘foe of the ad- ministration presented a resolution saying the pres- ident has . “usurped the STOCK MARKET, SENATOR FLETCHER OF FLOR- IDA IS MEMBER OF SUB- COMMITTEE TO HOLD HEARING (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON, Dec. 18.—The senate banking committee today ordered a resumption of the im- \quiry into the stock market and | appointed a sub-committee to con- duct hearings, It will be headed by Senator The post commander: urges all| consents to a conference for | Norbeck, South Dakota republican, | revision of the debt cludes Glass, of Virginia; of Florda, democrats; of Michigan and Town- and Fleteh Cousin: trend of Delaware, republicans, */NO NEWS FROM BRITISH Ee os TO LONDON SEEKING NEW RECORD uation involving the Unit- ed States and foreign debt- ors. The house listened _ si- lently as the resolution charging Hoover “with violating laws and the con- stitution of the United States” and with “high crimes and misdemeanors” which was read by the It said the president’s actions had “prevented re- ceipt of payment of money” owed the United States by foreign govern- ments and charged him with conducting conversa- tions with foreign repre- sentatives “ignominious to ” Yesterday Cleora Roberts| tools, paints and all other of the | was the one material that is used in the con- board of temperance prohibition |. D0 seas to ane the | struction of homes or stores will} The parlor y: and public morals of the Methodist | awarded. Whol be attractively arranged in the|with owner F Episcopal thurch, {will receive the award to-|compartments and on the shelves. | Mine Inex F Cannon read numerous resofh-|day? ae E. A. Strunk, Jr., manager of | : tions which he said had been adopt-| Bes - the company, said toda} that this; Ve ed within the last 90 days by dif-| 044 sides Reaae daily mati-|puiiding will afford the people of |Beach anc ferent conferences of his chureh | ees wi gifts to the|Key West an opportunity to gain/after the Ch opposing either modification or re- Patrons, the Strand, in con-/an idea of the immense and varied |is be peal of the prohibition laws. jnection with the Woman’s|° : mernerra ng |b lub Welfare Week, is do- stock carried by the company and] ¢. | ENGR SR ILE AUCTION SALE jing its best to collect as much is an addition that has been long |the been needed. pene of occasions food as possible for Christ- imas baskets for those who! Tonight at 7:30 O'Clock Offering a large lot of Situated as it will be on White |owner o: street, one of the main thorough- }decides to come really need it. i Christmas toys, wheel goods, and many other fares, these show rooms will be|i: i, siwavs a pl nt jeasily reached by contractors i _ eee eee ' articles. FREE PRIZES ithose who contemplate building OF! Others ont FRANK JOHNSON The Strand Theater man-jrefurnishing their homes. Colonial Hotel Bids, i and Junior Satety| This is 2 most worthy! the commander should prove of ines- ue to the community inj; Pickett, research secretary of the} <9 EXTENSION cht Par (By Assoctated Preas) CHICAGO, Dec. 13.—Rail- ye frow Miami | gen * i adjutant states that if or those anticipating should desire post ons they may be ob-| hrough him at any time, | he would like to see all mem-/ with their caps and buttons: agement is to be congrat-} julated in such a chat evie movement, and the public at} large should patronize the! ;shows to the utmost, mem- bers of the Woman's Club} state. Arriving Monday, Dec. 19 and |) *°" Wednesday, Dec. 21. PRICED RIGHT Marzyck and Company 1501 Von Phister St. Phone 246 |!