The Key West Citizen Newspaper, December 19, 1932, Page 1

Associated Press Day W: Service VOLUME LIII. No. 300. ire Boncour Takes Over French Premiership Tendency Of New Govern- ment Is To Allow Debt; Problem Remain Dor- (DETECTIVE KILLS SLAYING SUSPECT JAS. GRIFFIN STABBED NEAR HEART REGION HELD IN COUNTY JAIL IN CONNECTION WITH CASE; GRIFFIN WON’T TALK James Griffin “Mickey’’ has a LOUISE KENNEDY, COLORED, | KEY WEST, FLORIDA, MONDAY, DECEMBER 19, A Woman Cabineteer? Maybe (ity Associnted Press) t NEW YORK, Dec.‘19.—An en- ergetic, alert-looking woman with ja flair for statistics may be the nation’s first feminine cabinet member. Widespread reports say that |Miss Frances Perkins, industrial commissioner of New York state, may be chosen secretary of labor by President-Elect Roosevelt, -al- though no announcements have, ‘been made. The Kev West Citisen 1932. ZERO WEATHER ! i i For HERBERT SAUNDERS| 52 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West PRICE FIVE CENTS Hoover CompletesMessage To Congress On War Debt Will Be Sent During After- noon; Commerce Body REPORTED FROM 'DIES LAST NIGHT; MANY SECTIONS INJURED BY AUTO | ! | : |NEW YORK CITY EMPLOYS roRMER KEY WESTER MEETS Boosts Pay For. War Veterans INCIDENT HAPPENS TODAY IN ;St#b wound in his left side, evi-, Miss Perkins, known to all who dently made with a pair of scissors |deal with labor statistics as spon- JACKSON, TEN- or an ice pick, and Louise Ken-jsor of New York state’s elaborate inedy, colored, is in county jail, / figures on employment and other NESSEE | pending the result of the wound. |important labor matters, is gener- About 3 o’clock yesterday morn. y identified as a liberal. ing Sheriff Niles was called b: hat haa worked diligently: for mant For Present (By Associated Press) PARIS, Dec. 19. — (By Associated Press) Joseph Paul Boncour of-| ficially took over today | the premiership and for- eign ministry from Ed- ouard Herriot who re-! signed Wednesday when the chamber of deputies ’ postponed the December debt payment to the Unit- ed States. An impression was spread in diplomatic cir- cles that the tendency of the new government was to allow the American: debt problem to lie dor- mant for the present with- out making any sensation- al move or trying to ob- _tain a reversal of decision by the chamber. DARROW GOES TO COLORED YOUTH WAS HELD IN KEY WEST CHARGED ‘WITH THEFT Curtis Darrow, colored youth, who has been in, trouble in Key West for theft, will become an inmate of the state reform school at Marianna, Fla. ~ He was released in Key West to an uncle on the keys. He ran away from there and was arrest- ed in Miami several times for steal- ing. The last time he was caught with 50 ingots of lead. Juvenile Judge Frank E, Low- man wrote to the juvenile judge in Key West advising of the boy's arrest and asking that provision be'-made by Monroe tounty for; taking cave of the case. Judge Williams replied that the (By Associated Press) JACKSON, Dec. 19.—Detec- tive E, M. Crumby, of the Memp- his police. today shot and killed a fermer Memphis street car repair- er, suspected of the slaying of a Sikeston, Missouri, garage opera- tor. Crumby offered a reward of $100 for L. J. Hunter, who was shot down after a running gun battle. FLORIDA SAILS FOR CUBA TODAY VESSEL ARRIVED SATURDAY AFTERNOON FROM MOBILE The Steamship Florida sailed this afternoon for Havana with 76 passengers, consisting of arrivals on the Havana Special and the passengers from the Cuba which arrived from Tampa this morning. The Cuba will remain here un- til tomorrow taking up the regu- lar run of the Florida between Key West and Havana while the Flor- idd goes on the Tampa, Key West Havana schedule. - “ The Florida returned , Saturday afternoon from Mobile where she was in drydock for annual over- haul. The Governor Cobb, that was on the run of the Florida while she was in drydock, will be laid up until later in the season. Freighter Colorado, .of the Clyde-Mallory line, arrived ftom New York this morning with 108 tons of freight for Key West. Af- ter discharging she sailed for Tam- pa and Mobile. Election Of Officers By Agramonte Castle Officers of Agramonte Castle| Number 3, Knights of The Golden Eagle, were elected last week and will be inducted into office the first Tuesday in January. Those selected for the ensuing year are: Augusto de Aguero, noble chief; Feliciano Castro, vice chief; Jose Cabafias, high priest; Pedro Oliva, venerable hermit; Gregorio Rodriguez, sir herald; Rafael Bancells, master of records; | Rafael Lazo,. keeper of exchequer Eloy Albury, clerk of exchequer. Decision In Halleck jseveral people who told him that 'Griffin had been stabbed, that they had-tried to get a doctor but could not find one who was able to attend the case. The sheritf succeeded in getting a physician who dressed the wound. It was learned by the sheriff that the wounded man and the womai d been in a room on a house o1 stabbing is said to have occurred, with no other person present. Finding no one who could give Niles arrested the woman, placed her in the county jail where she now is. She declares her innocence and Griffin refuses to talk, says the sheriff. This morning Griffin went to the jail to secure the woman’s re- lease and was ‘told by the sheriff that the woman was not to be re- leased until it was shown that the wound is not dangerous, Griffin was advised by the sheriff to go home. Afterwards the sheriff tele- phoned the physician who had at- tended Griffin and asked if the wounded man is out of danger, and was told that he was not out of danger by any means. Hence the woman is being held, PALACE THEATER | ~ HAS ANNIVERSARY) COMPLETES FIRST YEAR OF SUCCESSFUL OP- ERATION The Palace Theater, under the management of Gonzalo Bezanilla, today rounded out the first year of successful operation. this being the first anniversary of the open- ing of this popular place of amuse- ment. An outstanding feature in con- inection with the celebration of the jevent will be a concert to be stag- ,ed this evening from 6:30 to 7 | to’clock by the Key West Municipal! Band in front of the theater. | The house is putting on a vaude- feu show this afternoon and to- night at which time two large jturkeys will be offered as prizes, jone in the afternoon and one at ‘night. The management states that the patronage accorded the theater |since its opening a year ago is mma street where the; an account of the trouble, Sheriff j social welfare projects, notably of jlate in encouraging responses to {nation-wide pleas for unemploy- jment relief. She has been in jtent in her demands in New York: state for adequate care of the! | workers and has cited her statisties \frequently in proof of the need. | Investigations of the New York State Faetory comm: n, enabled much legislation of social ;character, were directed by her. A graduate of Mount Holyoke college in 1902, Miss Perkins also! studied at the University of Penn- 'sylvania and obtained a master of arts degree at Columbia univer. sity. She was executive secretary :zhter, Susanna. of the Consumers’ league in New: i York from 1910 to 1912 and lec-| _ Possessing a ready smile and tured in sociology during that flashing eyes, she impresses listen- | period. ,ers with her desire to explain sub- Recently Miss Perkins was nam- jects under discussion, and she is ed by a group of Massachusetts | frank in answering questions. JEWISH EVENT |ANOTHER FORCE STARTS FRIDAY, IN RELIEF WORK FEAST OF DEDICATION TO MORE THAN ONE HUNDRED RUN FOR PERIOD OF ENGAGED IN OPERATIONS EIGHT DAYS STARTED TODAY FRANCES PERKINS Prof. Felix Frankfurter of Harv- lwould like to see chosen for the | Roosevelt cabinet. Miss Perkins, 50, is the wife of her maiden name in her profes- ional career. They have one Commencing on Friday evening,; More than 100 men were put to December 23rd, one of the most! work this morning on _ projects interesting minor holidays in the’ scheduled for beautification and i . elebrat-! ae ceca aight dene Ic) Mosduito eradication by the local is known: as Hanukkah, th nt ‘council for unemployment relief. of Dedication, and béing a joyous Groups are working in the fol- home festival, it is anticipated by lowing areas: At the golf course, all, especially by the children,/29; near the Woman's Club, 16; since, to a great extent, it has be- | American Legion, 10; Pine and come a children’s festival, !Georgia streets, . 20; «- Division The festival commemorates the | street, 5; Virginia street, 5; boule- stirring events of the period from j yard road, 10; White street, 20. 168 to 165 B. C. E. Antiochus, the} “Tomorrow morning 20 will be king of Syria, wishing to unite all! nyt to work on the colored park the provinces under his dominion into one nation, issued a decree that only the Greek religion was to be practiced thenceforth. He Ithereupon tried to suppress Juda- jism, burned the Sacred, Scrolls of the law and set up idols in the Holy Temple at Jerusalem. But the Jews dia not submit to his decree. | Instead, they resisted and after a| long protracted warfare Jud Maccabeus, the son of Mattat the priest, supported his heroic brothers, defeated (Syrians, and on the twenty-fifth jday of the month of Kislev in the fyear 165 B. C. E., removed the i {pu road and 27 in the area, FOUR PERSONS BURNTO DEATH LIVES WHEN LOG HOUSE IS DESTROYED BY BLAZE high school \ Wade ese the! H ‘progressives under leadership of which | ard as the type which the group} Paul C, Wilson, but she has used ; _jand across to Louisiana. improvements, 20 on the county; greatly appreciated, and extends /iqols from the Temple and rededi-| best wishes to its numerous patrons jcated it to the service of God. (By Associated Press) ADDITIONAL FORCE OF| ‘CLEAR AWAY SNOW (By Associated Press) Frost outstayed its wel- come in the sunless south to- jday while zero weather flirted brazenly with sister \states from the Rockies to; Maine. \ Only atrace of rain and! snow fell in the south over- night but skies were overcast and the freeze persisted in South Carolina and Georgia { i Zero weather prevailed in upper New England and a rush of water and ice from the ‘Kennebec River blocked highways from Majne_ to Canada. Temperatures were mild- WITH ACCIDENT IN MIAMI; TORY HERE FOR YEARS Herbert Saunders, formerly of Key West, died 10 o'clock last night in Miami as a result of in- jurie sreceived in the morning when he was struck an by auto- mobile. No details of the accident {have been received. Mr. Saunders for a number of years conducted a cigar factory in Key West and was well known to the trade. He moved to Miami about 10 years where he has since resided. Funeral services will be held there tomorrow. The deceased is survived by his widow, one daughter, Mrs. Mary Marsh, and five step children, all of Miami. One son, Joseph Saun- ders, of 411 Grinnell street, who {will leave this afternoon for Mi- ami to attend the funeral services. Dr. Ramiro Capablanca Arrives Here From Cu er in the south but 25 per- sons died over:the week-end of cold or aceidents attribut- ed to the severe weather. Returning warmth brought a measure of comfort to lood-stricken lowlands along the Pearl River in Missis- sippi. Chicago srecorded 18, Cleveland 16, Detroit 10. The Dakotas, Minnesota, Ne- \braska and Iowa experienced After three months in prison on charges of being inimical to the! Machado regime, Dr. Ramiro Capa blanca, professor of law in the ‘University of Havana, was re- }leased last week and arrived in Key West Friday on the Governor Cobb. Mr. Capablanca, who is a brother of Raul Capablanca ex- champion chess exponent of; the world, was imprisoned just a little over three. moriths ago. without warning, he says. When,released he wax ordered to leave'the coun- try at once. He stayed in Key West uftil Saturday afternoon and left over relatives in Miami, temperatures in the 10’s and; {20’s above zero while Lan- der, Wyoming, and Flag-! staff, Arizona, had 4 below | i 1 {zero. |BIG FORCE WORKS |\SHOVELING SNOW | NEW YORK, Dee, 19.—| {The week-end storm is going ito cost New York city about } $1,500,000 for snow re- Obtain Groceries For Distribution To Poor About 830 worth of groceries was received by the ~ Woman's Club through the arrangement with the management of the Strand Theater. The’ groceries will be distributed this week to families most in need. The proposition made by the management was that two persons could go in for one ticket, pro- vided that a package of food to cost not Yess than 10 cents ac- WASHINGTON, Dec. EIGHTEEN THOUSAND TO! conpucTeD cIGAR FACc-|19.—A slash of $400,000,- 000 in expenditures in be- half of war veterans with- out reducing by a “single dollar” payment to those who incurred disability in war service or to depen- dents of dead soldiers, was recommended to a ‘joint congressional veterans committee today by - the Chamber of Commerce of the United States. President Hoover* said he will send his message to Contents of the . mes- sage were not divulged. Inquiries, at the White ment. brought response that there,was no informa tion to be'given out on-re- ports of agreement be- {the East Coast to join friends anditween the United States and Great Britain for joint examination of war debts. : The proposed world economic conference® was assailed in the senate by Senator Lewis, democrat, of Illinois, as one aiming at American supremacy Is ATHENS, Ohio, Dec. 19.— Four persons were burned to death today when fire de- stroyed a log house at Glous- ter, near here. The dead are Mr. and Mrs. Rolland Matthews, 23, and two children, Gerald, five, and Junior, three. Cause of the blaze was un- determined. Many beautiful lege and |moval, officials estimated to-|companied the ticket. tories have grown up around the \day. | In this way the groceries ac- ~ | cumulated and the members of the Besides the regular force | Woman's Club are offering their ‘there were 18,500 emer-|‘incere thanks to the Strand | | management. (gency workers clearing the istreets. | Anditor Of County Case Here Tomorrow lin finance and trade. ‘Practically No Change In N. Hall’s Condition N. C. Hall, assistant agent at |\Mrs. Warren Improves lee ag: Week tarchacla Ob ace | From Recent OM |taken seriously ill last week and | { Mrs, William R. Warren is im-|*e"t to the company hospital at | proving steadily from the opera-|St- Augustine Friday afternoon, | : Councils On Relief New Arrival At Home Of ‘tion performed last Monday in lis reported as being in practically Lankenua hospital in Philadelphia, ‘the seme condition as when taken Mr. And Mrs. 0. Milian; Work Makes Check Up iz {state telegrams received from Dr. from Key West, A boy weighing 8 pounds was; 9: W- Ferrell, auditor of County | warren who is at the hospital, rn Saturday night to Mr. and|Councils for unemployment relief.) George Allen Warren, student} Reports from the hospital indi- Milian (Pita) at their arrived yesterday, checked the ac-!at the University of Pennsylvania,jcate that he is partially paralyzed abeth street. ;counts of the Monroe Council and | Visited his parents at the hospital | on the left side. This condition was The new arrival has been given! left in the afternoon for Miami. and on his return yesterday the reason he was sent to St. Sergio Oscar. Mother! Mr. Ferrell told The Citizen be-| overjoyed to report the admi ‘Augustine hospital where his: iit. news can constantly be ob- county would: appreciate officials jand friends for a merry Christ- | of Dade county handling the mat- _ pd @ Hapey. New Year. hs ter and sending the boy to the re- The case of H. R, Halleck, | re ee | Feast of Hanukkah. The most, form school from Miami. In the| charged with soliciting business PIRATES CLUB Ibeautiful of these states that onj letter to the Dade county judge!without a license, and carried }the day of the rededication only a, the local judge set forth the con-fover from last week was resumed | {single cruse of oil was found un- ditions prevalent now and cited the} in cireuit court today at noon in! SCORER DEAD polluted, but this ofl, through the expense that would be incurred by | chambers, | {miraculous power of God, proved Monroe county if the boy is sent; Judge Jefferson B. Browne, who jsufficient to burn during the en- back to Key West and then taken | presided, stated that he will ren-! pure period of reconsecration. For to the school, |der a written decision in the case |JOHN GRUBER FIRST MAN TO this reason the festival is kept for Today Judge Williams received | i ised | jeight days and candles are lit dur- a letter an Judge Lowman tal the attoroeys tn the a Paton Iida -ahlaaoa ling the entire period, one on the which hé adviges that the matter! conference and try to come to AVERAGES first day, two on the second day, i has been arranged and Darrow is}an amiable and satisfactory _ad- jand so on until eight candles have | on his way to Marianna. [justment of the matter. : j been lighted on the eighth day. | (hy, Ausbetatea Frees) Many other legends and features PITTSBURGH, Dec. 19.— Official scorer for the Pitts- burgh Pirates baseball club for 49 years, John Gruber, 79, the first man to tabulate batting averages, died today of bronchial pneumonia. PALACE Celebrating First Anniversary —TODAY— VAUDEMILLE, COMEDY + cane The Girl From Calgary Two fine turkeys to be given]. away free, ome at matinee and AUCTION SALE : TONIGHT AT 7:30 O’CLOCK Diamond Ring to be Given Away as Ist Prize BUY XMAS GIFTS AT YOUR OWN PRICE SPECIALS FOR TONIGHT Electric Irons, Heaters, Pads, Toasters; Cups and Saucers; Tea Sets, Silk Umbrellas, Goblets and Sherbets; Comb and Brush Sets; Alarm Clocks, Casseroles, Serving Trays, Dolls, Toys. FRANK JOHNSO ‘ukkah festival one of t ‘joyous in the Jewish gresenecta fore leaving that he found every-| progress toward recovery being re ae set ching in perfect shape here and| made by Mrs. Warren. ithat the completeness of records jas presented by Miss Margaret} |Martinez and Arthur Sheppard, / jeriabled him to conclude his audit | in a very brief time. | gogue. | NOW MORE THAN EVER PLYMOUTH SAYS: Look At All Three CARS IN THE LOW PRICE FIELD Gato & Navarro, Inc. Duval and Southard Streets See Page 4 for Reader on This Picture Matinee, 10-180; Night, 15-25¢ COLONIAL HOTEL BLDG and 7 c'clock in front of thel} theater. Matinee, 10-15¢; Night 15-25< ORIGINAL ILLEGIBLE