The Key West Citizen Newspaper, December 27, 1932, Page 1

For 62 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West Associated Press Day Wire Service The Key West Citsen VOLUME LIT. No. 306. Disapprove Program In Regrouping Of Agencies, House Passes Second Ap- propriation Bill; Finance Corporation To Be Asked For Report On Loans (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON, Dec. 27. -—The second appropriation bill of the session carrying $43,632,000 for the interior department next year was passed today by the house and sent to the senate. A resolution calling upon the Reconstruction Finance Corporation to report to the house the loans it has made during the first five months of its existence, was in- troduced by Representative Howard, democrat of Ne- braska. Chairman Cochran of the house expenditures commit- tee prepared for the intro- duction of a resolution dis- approving President Hoover’s progam (for regrouping government agencies. CONFESSION IN POISONING WIFE MADE BY HA' COMMITTED SUICIDE BY SAME METHOD AFTER TELLING OF CRIME; ANOTHER WOM- AN IN CASE (ity Annbetnted Prom) KANSAS CITY, Dec, 274A confession that he poisoned his wife to be -free to live with an- other woman, was written by Sid- ney Hawks, 88-year-old unem- ployed salesman, police said today before he committed suicide, Hawks said the other woman, identified only as Helen, helped to plan the slaying and then desert- ed him after he spent _ $1,500 available from his wife’s insurance policy on Helen and her family. The death of Mrs, Hawks, which occurred last year, was attributed by physicians to heart dilation, He ended his lifecwith poison. STILL WORK TO RESCUE MIN HARD TASK AHEAD FOR THOSE RESUMING SEARCH FOR COMRADES (By Associated Press) MOWEAQUA Ii, Dec. Rescue workers today began grisly quest in the plosion Saturday trapped 54 men, for 14 men whose bodies were still in the workings. al : shattered | women school teachers on the ves-/| later Moweaqua mine where a gas ex-/sel coming from Tampa and going | wh ASPHYXIATION BLAMED IN TWO RECENT DEATHS' i | | } GAS HEATER FOUND IN CABIN) TIGHTLY CLOSED WHERE) TWO NUDE BODIES WERE DISCOVERED IN DENVER (By Associated Press) | DENVER, Dec. _.27.—Axphy-} xiation was advanced hy authori-| ties today as the possible cause of | the deaths of Doris Cool, 19, and’ !Harold Crawford, 20, whose nude: bodies were found in a tourist; cabin near Aurora. They said a gas heater was; found burning and the cabin tight-; ly closed. | A definite theory of the tragedy, | however, was not advanced pend-; Jing the result of a chemical} analysis of the contents of two, bottles of wine found in the! cabin and the contents of the | couples stomachs, H The operator of the tourist! ges said the couple rented the} cabin late Christmas night. Their clothing was found stat- tered about the floor. ONE-MAN VOYAGE MIAMI IS ENDED ALFON HANSEN COMPLETES VOYAGE MADE IN 25-FOOT (CRAFT; SAILS ONLY POWER AVAILABLE ON TRIP (By Associated Press) ‘MIAMI, Dee. 27.—Alfon Hansen, ‘26, tied his 25-foot sloop in the harbor today after completing a one-man voyage from Oslo, Norwa; He left Oslo August 4 with a dog and cat and books for company and averaged about 100 miles a day in the sloop with only sails for po: MANY LEAVE FOR VISIT IN HAVANA FLORIDA TIMES-UNION NEWS-} BOYS AMONG EXCUR- SIONISTS Newsboys of the Florida Times- Union, of Jacksonville, formed a » party leaving :yesterday on the: ,Florida for Havana where they will | fremain for a few days. | They are"the young men whose | | services in the subscription depart- | 'ment have been such as to place | }them on the preferred list, Their | ter residents, were at the landing vana. ‘value to the paper is evidenced by | field, awaiting the arrival of their! jthe fact that all of their expenses son and family from Kalamazoo, | jand also those of C. R. Norton, in ; charge of the group, will be paid | jby the newspaper, There were also more than 100 to Havana. They are from dif-} {ferent cities in Florida. More than 200 passengers left | FROM NORWAY TO || Events And Persons You The year 1932 saw war, the — KEY WEST, FLORIDA, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 27, 1982. Read POOOCEOOOHOOOO OOOO TOOOOORSOOSOH SHS OOOOOOOSODODOSOCOOOOOOES About In Headlines Of 1932 fall of governments, and the toppling of industrial empires—but the kidnaping and slaying of an infant, Charles Augustus Lindberg, Jr., held more interest than any other news story. Above is pictured the outstanding news of the year. LIEUT. J. LYNCH GETS INJURED IN PLANE ACCIDENT, |INCIDENT HAPPENS AT VERO BEACH WHEN AIRCRAFT) HITS CANAL BANK DURING NIGHT LANDING Lieutenant Joseph B. Lynch, | well known in this city where he has visited at frequent intervals, was injured slightly at Vero Beach, | plane night Thursday night when his struck a canal bank in a landing. According to a Miami newspa- | per, Lieutenant Lynch was on hi way from Washington to Opa- Locka where he is in command of erties fo ECO Sagibeats ay eae ns “HOOVER PARTY STARTS MOVING GRAND LODGEOF NORMAN MACK CUBAN ORDER TO | FUNERAL TO BE CABALLEROS DE LA LUZ TO;EDITOR AND OUTSTANDING! EXPECT TO.REACH DAYTONA CONVENE TOMORROW, FIGURE IN DEMOCRATIC; BEACH B' NIGHT; PRESI- NIGHT BEGINNING FOUR-| PARTY FOR GREAT NUMBER; DENT HUNTING FOR GOOD DAY SESSION OF ORDER OF YEARS, DIED FISHING GROUNDS | | { i \ The Grand Lodge of Florida} (iy Ammociated Press) i Caballeros de la Luz, will convene; BUFFALO, Dec. 27.—As hun- lin Key West tomorrow night be-{dreds of telegrams of condolences ginning a four-day session to con- | continued o> POE 38 today from | 3 ‘prominent figures in the democrat- clude December 31. {ie party and the newspaper world, | The visiting contingent from |funeral arrangements were com- ‘Pampa will arrive over the high-|pleted for Norman Mack, editor jand outstanding figure in the dem- ocratic.party for the past four de- rae . | cades, jon their arrival at No Name Key He died yesterday after a brief | jwill be met by a delegation from | illness attributed to fatigue as (By Ausociatea Prexn) WITH PRESIDENT HOOVER OFF FLORIDA COAST, Dec. 27. —Anchors aweigh at daybreak were orders of the day for Presi- dent Hoover's fishing fleet today with big game fishing off southern Florida the eventual goal. The presidential party, after « | way tomorrow evening. They have | : ! chartered a bus from Tampa and} Nassau River, headed southward | HOLD MEET HERE HELD TOMORROW! FURTHER SOUTH night spent at the mouth of the) IMANY OF LOCAL RESIDENTS FREE FROM DEPRESSION {STATISTICS SHOW ONE HUN- \ DRED ‘AND FIFTY-EIGHT FILED INCOME TAX RE- TURNS COVERING 1930 { By PAUL MAY Special Washington Correspondent of The Citizen _ WASHINGTON, Dec. 27.—In {spite of the. depression, 158 resi- {dents of Key West made enough | 1930 to file income tax , returns, according to statistics } made public today by the Bureau of Internal Revenue. In the whole of Monroe county, 164 returns were filed. The six listed outside Key West wei placed under the heading of mis- cellaneous, These figures do not include re- turns which were filed but showed no taxable incomes, it was said at the bureau. There were 2,186 such returné in the state. Income taxes were paid by 28,- 133 persons in the state, or 1.92 percent of the-entire population. The average percentage of re- turns in the entire country was 3.01. Flori total contribution was $2,840,391 or 0.60 percent of the total collected in the country. The average Flori income was $4,511.09, and the average tax paid, $100.96, RELIEF FORCES -- START ON WO ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY- SEVEN BEGIN OPERA- TIONS TODAY | | Workers employed by the Mon- roe County Council for unemploy- ment relief, started this morning on the week’s work in the year 1932. There were 127 men called. Four white men for three days, 19 for jtwo days and 49 for one day. iColored groups called were 21 for jtwo days and 34 for one day. Others are to be called later in the week. The number will de- {pend on the funds on hand for ithe last half of December. It is {the intention of the council to use all of these funds by the end of {the year, it is said. The work this week will not by i {scheduled but will leave a vast ny means clear up that which is | PRICE FIVE CENTS ‘Sales Tax Problem Up Before Congress Again Both Branches Are Faced With Issue Of Long- standing Needing Atten- (My Associated Presa) WASHINGTON, Dec, 27. —Renewed discussion of the advisability of levying a manufacturers sales tax sprang up in both the senate and house today as the house ways and means eommittee laid plans for beginning its study of the governmental fiscal situation. In the senate veteran chairman of senate commit- tee, Smoot of Utah, said the sales tax is the only means that can be found to balance the budget. A somewhat similar statement came from Speak- er Garner. He said if it is Mecessary to pass such a tax measure “I’d do it.” In the meanwhile the house appropriations _com- annual appropriations could Luis Diaz Dead From. - Taking Poison Today Luis Diaz,, middle aged Cuban ditizen, ‘who ‘condatted a grocery state ati the<torder’ of Catherine and Whitehead street: is dead at his home from poison, self admin- istered. As far_as could be learned he had been using some kind of med- icine for his nerves and instead of taking the regular dosage drank the contents of the bottle, — An intimate acquaintance of the deceased stated totiay that Mr. Diaz has a daughter, who is ill with Pneumonia. He is @ spiritualist and is zaid to have told a friend that a spirit haa told him that if he took his life that of his daughter ‘ the navy base, and was stopping the local lodges and escorted to;a result of his strenuous work inj past Jacksonville and St. Augus- amount tp be accomplished in the; Would be spared. for gasoline when the accident oc- curred. Lieutenant Lynch thrown against the was instrument {board and was painfully injured on his head. Mr. and Mrs. Guy Wilson, win- Mich. They found the aviator staggering toward the station house. He was taken to Indian River hospital for first aid, and to Miami. The plane, was considerably damaged, was taken to Opa-Locka on a truck. the city. jthe recent presidential campaign. ! Two years ago when the grand| Funeral rites will be held tomor- jlodge of the organization convened | row in Trinity Episcopal church. lin Key West there was a large} —— i legation from Cuba in atten-! ° Hdance. ‘This will not be at this ease > way , M A e ss Will Meet} convention, as the Cuban organiza- | |tions will hold their session in Ha-| | A business meeting of the ad- jvisory council, American Red} ‘Cross, will be held tomorrow |morning at 10 o'clock in the chap-| ter rooms, All members of this! council are expected to be pres-| ent. i STRAND THEATER j tine with a possibility that Day- nightfall. is efforts so far, ccess r, and although , disap- pointed he ing northward. Legion Officers Will STEAMER MALLORY DUE HERE TODAY | WILL TAKE PLACE OF BRAZOS | elected officers for the Be Installed Tonight. There will be a regular meeting} of the American Legion. Post to-| night at which time the recently-! ensuing ‘beautification and mosquito eradi- ithose oo it is shown, JAIL MEMBERS GIVEN LIBERTY | TEN GIVEN RIDE TO COUNTY LINE AND ADVISED TO CONTINUE ON still is determined to make a fitting haul before turn- This may have been the reason tona Beach would be reached by cation program as outlined by} for hie act, it is said. ILester And Warren Go To Miami Yesterday To Attend Bridge Meeting Attorney J, Lancelot Lester, member of the executive commit- tee of the Overseas Bridge Cor- poration, left yesterday over the East Const for Miami where he will attend 9 meeting of the com- {mittee being held today. FROM GALVESTON FOR term will be installed. The committees handling Ten men who were inmates of} [eo Warren, president of city the ithe county jail are now, free and council, representing W. R. Por- Forty | The Monroe Theater will be| een on their way. They remained foriter, who is indisponed hone, losed today, Wednesday, Thurs. | teanization of the — a Christmas dinner Sanday and the sarabnwersiatn mec 4 and Friday. This is due tore and junior safety council) iieasures of yesterday and today i 3 ine adjustments on our equipment and | Will make their report at the 8%) wore released. the absence of Mr. Warren, who is For the first time in many days will reopen Saturday this week, (Sion tonight with other business; Noe only refeaded, but more jecting as mayor during the ilinces fa passenger ship of the Clyde-Mal-} e that the Strand will fea-| Matters to be transacted. than that. They were taken on ®lof Mayor Leslie Curry, the duties men might resume their search, | lory line is to arrive in Key West. ture a double program all through ren will be the Jury nee of truck to No Name Key, given 8109 the office will be sdministered Officials said the search might; apy eS gehccany The Henry R. Mallory, from his week at the same price of ad-|'¢ present year, and it is €%-'ride on the ferry and another ride iNiles To Familiarize 1eB Linco east now living at | veston to Charleston and sikeish fous immer choea: (peed that there will be a lerge't,, the county border and there [bY Councilman Ulrie Gwynn. i incoln Avenue, Newark, N./ york. will come in Monday after-| Today the Strand shows two/number in attendance. told. that i is better to vemsia |great pictures, namely “The Night! bring} May with Lee Tracy, and: Railway Employes Hold require days as rocks, dirt and} = * timbers had to be removed. Im-| Thompson With Duties ; : j chek 4 | nd Miss Helen E. Mills, 2 \aeon OF Sheritf’s Office}s26 east End Avenue, Plainfield,| "Tie grip ic made “te }N. J, were married here im-|¢ cas ¢p, s city in in”, wil o Sheriff Cleveland Niles recent-| mediately after obtaining a Tieense| rare of arlene tpt lium Yen: Call It Sin", with Loretta)" Meeting Here Yesterday me |Bruce Campbell, Lawrence Myers, Employes of the F. FE. C. By. Howard Taylor, ioe ee ee mediate relief for bereaved fami-} lies were a pressing need of the} little coal community. ' A committee planned to visit the! pei governor in hope of expediting|'y extended an _ invitation tojto wed at the municipal building. |i, being held out of service for} Tomorrow “The Night Mayor” Sheriff-elect Karl Thompson, tojJohn J. McCormick. deputy city} one trip. jand “Strange Justice,” with jspend some time in the office be-!clerk, officiated at the ceremony| The Pawnee, of the same line, {Marion Marsh and Reginald Denny.|Company at the local freight de-/riel Sastre, Guy lord tween now and January 3, tojwhich took place in the city!i, dye to arrive Thursday from; jl for the nominal price of 10¢ipot and old members who are out/ Joseph Gonzalez. Make Reservations Early For|/familiarize himself with the duties/ chapel. |New Orleans and the Alamo, fromjand 15¢ at matinee and 15¢ and [of sérvice, held a get-together! _ Arraigned last week st a N Y > E D of the office and the usual y Mr. Lundblem, who was born in New York to Tampa and Mobile is; 25c at night. meeting yesterday in the offices./session of criminal court ew 1ears Eve VaNCe | routine. ‘Key West, is the son of Ivan C. scheduled for Monday morning. Note that the show will start at} The Christmas spirit prevailed. |tered pleas of guilty to AT CLUB MIRAM | Mr. Thompson said that he will and Maud Billberry Lundbiom.| With more than 20@ passengers 7:60 o'clock promptly with “The |Songs and stories brightened the/rants and were AR | be giad to avail himself of the op-|The bride, the daughter of Ralph| the steamship Cuba of the P. and Night Mayor.” hours and all who were privileged| until transportation could Blue Devils. Phone Page's 9117 ||Pottunity and thanked Mr. Niles'F. and Rath Themas Milis, wasj0. S. | nuad tor his offer of cooperation, thorn in Norfolk, Va. for Havana. &. lime, sailed thix afternoon Tomorrow it will start at mat-jto be of the party, voted It one! vided to got them out | ORIGINAL bodies have already been) on the vessel for a few days in recove |Havana. Many of them are to re- Ss placed on the entranee/turn this week while others will Saturday to bottle up fumes were} stay the limit of their tickets breken and the shaft ventilated so} which must be used on the return Weary comrades of the entombed | net later than January 3. Former Key West Boy SINGLE TRIP Weds New Jersey Girl (Special to The Citizen) NEW YORK, Dec. 27,—Ivan C. Lundblom, Jr., a former} jresident of Key W: ‘These men are Richard White, | Thomas Keene, Eddie Alliston, ; inee with “Strange Justice.” cecasion to be long reulembered. ty- ILLEGIBLE