The Key West Citizen Newspaper, December 21, 1932, Page 1

Associated Press Day Wire Service VOLUME LIII. No. 302. Earthquake Shakes Great Portion Ot U.S. Most Severe Shock In Area Since Year Of 1925; Buildings In California Sway (By Associated Press) SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 21.—A strong earthquake shook virtually western United States embracing about a fifth of the nation late last night. Seismologists said it was the most severe shock in this area since 1925. No serious damage was re- ported from the tremor which centered in Nevada and continued for 65 minutes. Windows were shatter- éd and clocks:stopped in cities as widely separated as Salt Lake City, .Utah, and Fresna, California. Chandeliers sway ed, pictures were thrown awry and some crockery was broken. * Needles were hurled from seismographs in Spokane, Berkeley and San Jose. - At Sacramento police said the state capitol build- ing swayed and creaked. A 16-story office build- ing swayed noticeably and many persons in office buildings, hotels and apartments rushed into the streets. RELIEF FORCES RECEIVE MONEY PAYDAY FOR MANY EMPLOY- ED BY COUNTY COUNCIL FOR UNEMPLOYMENT Today is another payday for employes of the County Council for unemployment relief, and Pay- master Arthur Sheppard distribut- ed $519. Seme of these men who were paid off today worked one day, others two days and many three days, which is the same procedure | that counci the the as been followed by in hiring laborers, period of employment depending} on the needs of the applicant for assistance, as shown on their ree- ords, While the individual pay seems small when considered individual- ly, taken as a whole the amount 3 jable sum, as there wil Monroe and women ¢ cil, 000 to men yed by the coun- DIAMOND RING Te Be Given Away As Prize at AUCTION SALE Tonight at 7:30 O'Clock Offering Monogram n variety of other items. FRANK JOHNSON Colonial Hote! Bidg. First Last Night FLL hh hd dds Le’ Former Key West Boy Witnesses First Snow (Point Pleasant Tribune) “Daddy, it’s snowing!” shouted an excited youth rushing into The Leader building last Saturday. The youth was Edward Curry, 14-year-old’) son of Com- positor E. A, Curry who moved here with his family last summer from Key West, Florida. Prior to this summer Ed- ward Curry had - spent his entire life in tropical Key West, most southerly city of the United States. He had never seen_frost until this winter nor, experienced weather lower than fifty de- grees. In Point Pleasant he has learned that houses have chimneys which Santa Claus is supposed to climb down. Eb Ld de PALACE THEATER PLANS CHRISTMAS | TREE FOR FRIDAY EVENT TO BE HELD FOR BENEFIT OF NEEDY CHIL- DREN OF CITY; FREE SHOW ‘ “IN “CONNECTION 2 | i i | Arrangements have been made for a Christmas tree and free show for the benefit of the needy chil-! dren of Key West which will be held at the Palace Theater on Friday, December 23, at 12:30 Pp. m. { This Community Christmas; event will be held in the lobby of | \the theater, entitling all needy chil-; dren of the city to join in the festivities. M Tickets are being given out for! the affair, and all children desir-; ing same may procure tickets from | the committee in charge. The following merchants and in- dividuals have responded to the} call contributing fruit, candy and} cash: D. Aronovitz, Gato and Navarro, J. S, Stowers Misie House, I. Ap- pelrouth J. G. Kantor’s Men’s Clothing, Estevez Studio, The Hub Store, Frank Lewinsky, Joe Pear- jman’s Quality Shop, Theo, Holts- |bere and Son, Good Year Shoe Shop, Markovitz’s Fruit, Manhat-! tan Cafe, Russell’s Smoke — Shop, | Frank Holtsberg, H. S. Kress Co., | Lucignani’s Iee Cream Parlor, Sai | Carlos Book Store. Frank Johnson’s Jewelry Store, Key West Bottling Works, Gift Shoppe, B. Cebello, Sawyer’s Bar- ber Shop, P. M. Crews, Curry's Sons, Trevor and Morris, Meltzer Mater Co., Key West Drug Co., Monroe Meat Market, Ernesto Heree, Triple P. Grocery Store, } } Cabrera Bros., Inc., Monsalvatge jand Drane, Allan B, Cleare, Am-| brose Cleare. | Cuban Produce Co,, Villate | Nome, Julio Lacedonio, Peter! Salgado, Alfreda Diaz, Wing Lee’s }Grocery, Juan Calleja, Pierce Brothers, O. S. Long, Oliveri’s | Pharm Archer’s Grocery, Lee | Bake Calleja’s Grocery, | Pau hop, Sam Pinder’s , Valdez Bakery, Solano’s Grocery, Bayman’s Grocery. { Frank Saunders’ Grocery, Al |bury’s Filling Station, Salgado’s } Grocery, Beacham Curry Grocery, | Armour and Co., Rubin Appel, A. tEinhorn, E. Martinez’ Central | Pharmacy, Diaz Brothers, Duval {Meat Market. Broadway Meat Market, Markovitz” Groceries and | Poultry, Fausto’s Groceries, Charies Saunders, Antonio Her A. J. Betancourt, Tift's Groce: Home Drug Store, Juan Mays \Herbert Weech, George Park's) Grocery, Lopez Fruit Stand, Orien- }tal Pharmaey. El Anon Ice Cream 'Parior; “Monkey Man’s” Grocery, {Norberg Sawyer, Arturo Lujan—} } Panama Market. Martin Key Ford } 0. K. Shoe Shop, Page’s Tee Cream} Parior, 4 { [CLAIMS HIGGINS TO BE MADE HEAD FOOTBALL COACH |WOULD SUCCEED CHARLES BACHMAN, RESIGNED, WHO! HELD POSITION WITH UNI-| VERSITY OF FLORIDA { } (By Associnted Press) | DAYTONA BEACH, Dec. 21.— |The News-Journal today said it! jhad learned from authoritative | {sources that Nash Higgins, head track and field coach at the Uni- | {versity of Florida, probably will) |be appointed head football coach} |succeeding Charles Bachman, re. | ; Signed, { The newspaper said it also learn- | jed Bachman’s _ resignation, an-| !nounced at Gainesville last night, i had been requested by the faculty | jathletic committee. i Higgins, who had been track and field mentor for the past six years, | jserved as assistant football coach | iand chief scout this year when he} {directed intramural sports and as- sisted Brady Cowell in training a} | ifreshmen gridiron team, ) i ge \ | | RECOMMENDATION NOT MADE, STATED ; GAINESVILLE, Dec, 21.—Uni- \versity of Florida officials said to-; jday no recommendations yet have } jbeen made as to the successor to KEY WEST, FLORIDA, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1932. Dad Who Reared 47 Orphans Urges Spankings--On ‘The best way to bring up a child is to hurt him in his bank acount whem he is bad, says 76-year-old Everett Reese, of Shandon; 0.” Reésc ought to know for he has been father to 47 adopted children in his time. “+ Charles Bachman, head football (By Associated Press) bank account was a pretty good coach, whose resignation was an-| CINCINNATI, Ohio, Dec. 24.—! measuring stick when it came to nounced last night, or comment on|The way to rear children, as ex-jtelling whether Maggie was a bet- who might be the choice for the| pounded by 76-year-old Everett|ter child than Johnny. position. Reese, is to spare the bank account] Jn the end each child had $150 They said a recommendation will | and spoil the child. lcrigo when'the tine tantento terre: be made to the state board of eon-| He knows his method works be-'the farm and go out into the world. a sts eat be comnuered at} cause he has reared 47, all of them} Reese’ started his “child farth” ISON ey -. Aue Se when he was supplying milk to the foundlings, on his farm near yee ports, ‘came out fine.” CROWD BECAME SO DENSE IT Bank accounts were the only im- plements of praise or punishment BECAME NECESSARY TO CALL OFFICER TO PRE- he used. The bank account worked SERVE ORDER jand offered to give them a home. |More and more came as the years went by. Then the juvenile court judge began to turn over to him some of the constable’s captures, and even one or two apparently in- rrigible ones who had heen. sen to the county jail found a haven in the Reese farm house. : He never turned them down. In 25 years he had reared 47 childtén. He did it all with only his sister to help him. He never married. He thought about it once, he said, But then she was “too busy paying off the ‘mortgage, and ‘the «lady wotldn’t wait.” — ; VIM LT FIM Ms Leys Claim To Only Pumpkin Vine Here both ways. Good behavior, chores well done around the farm, good marks at to the account of the striving youngsters, whether boy or girl. An act of mischief. a streak of shirking of duties, or a bad report from the school ma’am down the road meant a few dollars debit to the ‘bank account. All in all, debits and credits | came out pretty evenly, Reese So dense was the crowd at the| found. In after years, too, the Woman’s Club rooms this morning | during the distribution of clothing j to the needy that it was found | necessary to call a police cttieer| NEXT MOVE IN to preserve order. i In their eagerness to be among} AVOCADO PEAR those provided the throngs did con-' the efforts of the club members. | The distribution was made by the Red Cross and consisted of FLORIDA G R O W ER S EX- shirts, pants, overalls, socks and} CHANGE BELIEVE ADVERSE underwear for men, dresses, un- der wear and stockings for women! DECISION FAULTY; STILL FIGHTING FOR TARIFF and shrubbery that has been! brought to thriving beauty through Although this fruit the shape of terrogation point there is no grows an { | question about pumpkin, customs believes he has the only vine of its kind in the city. Used as a vegetable for making pumpkin pies each one of the fruit that has come from this cueurbitaceous growth is large enough for a number of pies, as one he gave to Deputy Collector L. T. Bragassa weighs 22 pounds and 5 ounces and one that was presented to Inspector Luke Kemp yesterday weighs 21 pounds. siderable damage to the plants! and children. ProCuba Committee | Extends Thanks For Contributions Made | (Homestead Leader-Enterprise) | Whether the Florida Avocado} be rowers Exchange will appeal the! The Pro-Cuba committee at its ision of the U. S. customs court, | last session ordered that a vote of holding that the recently-enacted | thanks be extended The Key West 15-cent avocado tariff does not ap-/ Citizen for the publicity that has'Ply to Cuba, to hig courts has been given the organization in all/not yet been decided, it was learn-} matters pertaining to their activi-/¢4 following a meeting of Ex-) ties in Key West. ‘change directors at which J.) F.| They also wish to extend thanks Dolan, president and counsel, 're- io heck ade dt Ld to the city, county, merchants and| Potted the history of the case. i t all individuals who have con-| , The decision against the ex- SAFE ROBBED IN tributed with funds and ne Si sary change was made in New York by articles for the storm sufferers of en Coen week he soe! The committee states that al) UNDERTERMINED AMOUNT OF CASH TAKEN IN LOOT AT LISBON 1 Young, who had been thought to articles were purchased from Key have a sympathetic attitude toward) ‘West merchants, as promised when jthe exchange plea. The death of cash contributions were made, Judge Young last summer, how- showing where the goods have al. /¢¥e?» made it necessary to continue} ready been sent to Se needy ones Ds ae before the New York in Cuba through efforts of those oe adidas men who watched the handling the proposition. case carefully believe that many Tt is stated that a dance will be important questi f law were! given on Christmas Day from 1 touched upon toe lightly in the de- e’clock im the afternoon unti! 11 cision and that in some instances) bers broke into the county audi- at night by: the committee for the! the opinion seemed to have give? jtor’s safe in the courthouse here purpose of raising funds which no consideration to vital issues in today and virtually wrecked the Will. be distributed among the the case. They are in favor of interior of the building in a futile poor and needy of Key West, taking an appeal to the next high-| effort to blow the safe in the est court, the U. S. court of cus- treasurer's office, toms and patent appeals, and) escaped with an ( thence, if necessary to the U. S./termined amount of cash supreme court. the auditor's safe. x Ww | The exchange contends in its} mene jxiiesstacaaacleacaaesaial isuit that avecades have always! ibeen commonly known as pears and that as such they are specific-; ally dutiable under the reciprocity , treaty of 1903 and do not come under the blanket provision that all | products not specifically mentio: ed as dutiable shall be exempt. ORIGINAL {My Ansecinted Presn) LISBON, Ohie, Dec. 21.—Rob- unde- from (LIVE) Monroe Meat Market tT CHRISTMAS Phone 411 510 Fleming St. interested in some of the children, | For 62 Years Devoted to the Best Intercsts of Key West WETS MAKE GAIN IN SECOND TEST | i | | DEFEAT MOVE BY OPPONENTS TO" STRIKE OUT CLAUSE THAT WOULD HAVE AUTO. MATICALLY KILLED BILL (ity Associated Press) i—-Showing strength in the second test on the Collier |beer bill, the wets defeated a move by the drys to strike automatically would have killed the measure. The second vote by tellers was 163 to 118. tative draft of a resolution ito repeal the Eighteenth Amendment emerged today from the senate judiciary corhmittee. © It was drafted as a basis \for discussion and not neces- sarily representing views of the committee. It would give congress! power to prevent return of saloon... PORTER FAMILY ARRIVES TODAY MR. AND MRS. WALLACE KIRKE WILL ARRIVE IN CITY LATER William R. Porter, president of in Miami for several days on| business, returned this afternoon on the Havana Special. Mrs. Porter, who was visiting relatives in Birmingham, joined; Mr. Porter in Miami and arrived! with him accompanied by their} granddaughter, Jeane Porter Kirke} and Mrs. Porters sister, Mrs. Wil-| liam Webster, of Birmingham. | Mr. and Mrs. Wallace Kirke,| son-in-law and daughter of the! Porters are driving to Key West! from their home in Hortontown, Duchess county, N. Y., and are ex-! pected the latter part of the week. OF BEER _— WASHINGTON, Dec. 21.| out an enacting clause which; In the meanwhile a ten-} the First National Bank, who was} AND NEGROES IN CONFLICT |ONE NEGRO KNOWN TO BE DEAD IN TROUBLE START- ING IN ALABAMA TOWN; MANY ARE INJURED | (By Associated Prens) TALLASSEE, Ala., Dec. 24.— A contlict between white posses and negroes in troubled Tallapoosa county drew criticism today from internationai labor defense as a blow at the Share Croppers Union, while conflicting reports of dead, injured and arrested persisted. Officials blamed “radical” in- citation for the disturbance that started Monday when four depu- ties reported themselves wounded in a brush with approximately 100 negroes as they sought to attach ta negro farmer’s livestock. International labor defense, how- jever, issued a statement charging \the affair was a “planned measure ;to break up the growing organiza- ition of the Share Croppers Union, organization of which is unit- jing both negro and white tenants, croppers and poor farmers around their immediate needs.” | So far one negro was ‘dead. ‘REPLY MADE ON ISSUE. DEALING. ‘WITH. BRIDGES HASSEE BEARING ON ROS- ENTHAL PROCEEDINGS | | | | known } | The reply of the Overseas Bridge Corporation to the quo waranto proceedings instituted by George J, Rosenthal in the supereme court | of Florida was filed in Tallahassee ; today by Judge «4. H. Taylor, at- torney for the Overseas organiza- ti It is expected that the court will set the date for hearing oral argu- ments in the case within the next few days. In the meantime briefs of the Overseas’ case are being prepared by Judge Taylor ‘and Attorney J. Lancelot Lester, who went to Miami he purpose of assist- ing the judge. When this work is completed, which will be the latter part of the week, Colonel Lester will re- turn home, expecting tto arrive Saturday afternoon over the high- way. Distinguished Visitors Arrive This Afternoon TURKEYS, . 25¢)) S. Paul Vecker Paid Visit Here On Monday! wars. Conchita Martinez Pedro _ {de Menocal, wife of Raul Menocal, | S. Paul Vecker, effiiency ex-|who is the son of ex-President jpert with the Cuban Electric Com- we Mario G. Menocal, and ay; is ae in/Mrs. Maria Herrera de | Soba, Lapin bette as al days in) nother of Mrs. Muciann Bebe de Menocal, wife of General Menocal, jarrived in Key West this afterneon on the P. & O. steamer Cuba from Mrs. Vecker, who is visiting Dr.;Havana and will leave on the 5 land Mrs. S. D. W. Light in Mi-/0’clock train or Miami, ‘ami, will arrive the latter part of| They were met upon their ar- |the.week and leave to be in Ha-|rival by the Pro-Cuba committee |vana on Christmas. She will be|#nd members of the patriotic or- {accompanied by her son, Paul W. der General Serafin Sanchez, and | VeeKer, stadent at Rumsey Hall, presented with a bouquet of Cornwall, Conn., who arrives fas} American Beauties. the holiday season. The distinguished visitors were [committees during their stay in the city. Plan For Christmas Eve Dance At Miramar Clab Among the interesting events |Key West on his way north sev- jeral weeks ago, arrived Mcaday land left for Havana. Inspector Of Lights Of Airway Branch Here} Phillip Jackson, inspector of | lights of the airway branch of the; department of commerce, arrived! over the highway yesterday afters! my from headquarters Charleston, 3. C. j i ! \Merry Christmas Eve dance which Mrv. Jackson and ker brother, D.|the club on the boulevard. Danc- jG. Boozer. The party will be,ing will begin at 10 p. m. with lgueste tomorrow on a fishing ex-/music by the Blue Devils. jqursion arranged by the locs! light-] Reservations cau be made, by; house burean, phoning 9117, ILLEGIBLE | entertained in various ways by the | bunches. in, planned for the holidays is the| Mn Jackson is accompanied bythe Miramar Ciab will sponsor at; PRICE FIVE CENTS Hoover’s Vacation Trip To Extend Along Georgia And Florida Coasts Developments Requiring Attention At Capitol Only Thing Standing In Way Of Plans (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON, Dec. 21. —Preparations went for- ward today at the White House for President Hoover to set sail from Savannah mext Saturday, Christmas Eve, on a holiday cruise off Georgia and Florida coasts. Despite approach of _ his scheduled departure from the capital, however, set for Friday night, the president made it clear to his aides that he might yet cancel the trip should developments on Capitol Hill or in war debt plans require same. As plans now stand, the President and Mrs. Hoover and a party of guests will board the government in- spection boats, Sequoia and Kilkenny, at Savannah at noon Saturday and spend the next week or 10 days drift- ing along the coast, stopping fiispecting the inland water-— ways. SPONGE FLEET RETURNS WITH GOOD CATCHES HAUL ‘MADE SAID TO BE ONE OF BEST MADE IN MONTHS; PRODUCTS WILL BE PLACED ON MARKET TOMORROW | With but one or two exceptions all the vessels of the sponge’ fleet have returned, and those that are not in port are expected to arrive betore tonight. The catch is said to be one of the largest made in many months and consists of between 2,500 and 3,000 bunches, all ready to be placed on the wharf for the bid- ders. When this will be done has not been decided. Some’ of the buyers, it is said, have told the owners of the sponge that there are no orders on hand, but it is understood that there will be some of the sponges set out for bidding tomorrow and possibly Friday. The report that buyers are to come from Tarpon Springs and other points to bid seems to be unfounded, as one of the local representatives of one of the largest companies in the country dealing in sponges says that he has beard nothing 6f the coming of buyers. According to those interested in the trade who have inspected som> of the catches the sponges sre practically all high grade and of fine texture. An idea of the size of the entire catch can be gained from that of three boats owned by one man that brought more than 550 STRAND THEATER The Home Town Theater Today TOO BUSY TO WORK See Page 4 for Reader on This Picture Matinee, 10-18¢; Night, 15-28 MONROE THEATER ROCKABYE Matines, 5-10c; Night, 10-20¢