The Key West Citizen Newspaper, January 2, 1933, Page 1

Associated Press Day Wire Service VOLUME LIV. No. 1. ~tehman Inaugurated As Governor Of New York se Executive Lays Much|ATTORNEY GENERAL, >=. Stress On Unemployment Situation In Statement Made (By Associated Press) ALBANY, Jan. 2.—In- augurated formally today as New York’s governor, Her- “ert Lehman called upon the fed government to aid the “Mpire state in caring for ity “destitute unemployed” hose number he estimated jt more than 1,250,000. The former New York nker who entered public tife four years ago as a Hieutenant governor and now peceeds Franklin Roosevelt chief executive, called un- loyment relief the state’s ‘serious problem. eXpre ccd “hope that Me federal Reconstruction Finance Corporation act be changed in a way that would “make it easier for us to benefit from this federal source in meeting needs of our unemployed:” HOOVER AND PARTY START TRIP BACK TO CAPITOL TODAY PRESIDENT APPEARED TO BE MUCH RESTED FROM VACA. TION; LANDED FIVE SAIL- FISH (By Associated, Press) PALM BEACH, Jan. 2.—Ater nine days cruising and fishing rest, President and Mrs. Hoover and guests today turned northward by train with the expectation of being back in the capital by tomorrow morning. Appearing more fit and rested than at any time since the start of ~his unsuccessful campaign for reelection, the president carried back to the White House with him @ memory of landing five game sailfish, one of them ae 95-inch ‘monster. Presidential aides reported the chief executive was prepared for a drive without interruption in winding up the sffairs of his: ad- ministration during the two months left for it. GIVES RULING ON PROPERTY MATTER Whether or not property sold/to the state is to be carried on the assessment roll of the county has been definitely decided by Attor- ney General Cary D. Landis. Replying to a telegram from illiam V. Albury, attorney for the beard of county commission- ers, the attorney general sent the following: The valuation of lands shown on the tax roll as having been sold to the state should not be included in ye Kep West Citizen IFUNERAL RITES | “FOR MAYOR CURRY HELD ONSUNDAY H | DECEASED DIED ON SATUR- DAY NIGHT; SERVICES CON- DUCTED AT FIRST M. E. CHURCH IN AFTERNOON | | | Funeral rites for Mayor) iLeslie Anthony’ Curry, 48) lyears of age, who died on! jSaturday night at 11:06,| following an illness of about jone month, were conducted yesterday afternoon with in-| terment at the city ceme-} tery. The funeral was under | the direction of the Lopez! Funeral Home. | The funeral was held from} jthe residence, 703 Eaton4 street to the First Methodist | \church, where services were | { } ‘Expect ‘New Deal’ Year |measurable in its possibili-|lative calendar, at a time when the For — KEY WEST, FLORIDA, MONDAY, JANUARY 2, 1933. ‘RISING RIVERS FLOODING MUCH LOWLAND TODAY | | RESIDENTS IN VARIOUS PARTS! SEEK HIGHER GROUNDS; | | MANY PARTS OF SOUTH 1N-| CLUDED IN RISE Congress To To Bring About Changes’ (By Associated Press) | By BYRON PRICE centralization, return of power to (Chief of Bureau, The Associated| the states, and a drastic pruning, Press, Washington) jdown at Washington are about to WASHINGTON, Jan. 2.—|make real history. oe oe ": A growing and vastly signifi- A spirit of change, sweeping! cant recognition of agriculture as| in i i i im. ithe one basic industry has put farm; au as naaliceta dione and Te ciated athe ton of tueilcetc! CHINESE AND JAPS ENGAGE IN FIGHTING CONFLICTING WITH BOG7H SIDES BLAMING EACH OTHER FOR START- ING DISORDER | * . tide of migration has turned once (By Associated Prensa) ‘ \ ties, rings the keynote of the | vore Ppoineap toreounkey: | ATLANTA, Jan. 2.—Greedy’ accoyn nation’s life as history turns; The banking system, which con- Tivers washed over lowlands of | a page to 1988. | trols so largely the life-giving fiow |the Mississippi Delta today even as/ 3 5 jof credit, is under severest seru- cool sunny weather checked floods} Almost+ everywhere the old or-|tiny. The so-recently prosperous that troubled other parts of the) der has fallen into disfavor, Not railroads have become a national south. only have the people turned out a! problem. The investing public is} Numerous families along the! political party nationally domin-jvastly more cautious than pre-|Tallahatchie moved to higher; ant for a dozen years, but import-, viously. iground while Cassidy Bayou which ant groups the country over are; The old concepts of govern-'already chased many land owners denying the accepted axioms of ;ment’s proper function with respect /away was rising a foot a da: the: past, and asking for reversal to regulation, and even ownership,|Traffic barred from West Talla-| 3 Ss and experimentation. ‘of great industrial enterprises are hatchie highways and Delfa dwel- troops at Shankaikwan which be- In a large sense, Franklin D.! tottering. Under the trials of thejJers looked for a repetition of;£8" last night continued through- Roosevelt and thei‘new deal” Ag | penrestion, the problem of wages, |damaging overflows of a year ago|0Ut today, Rengo Japanese News pear a symbol of the times. Both ‘hours of labor, and unemployment ‘gc Cassidy Bayou approached: Agency dispatches said, in executive positions and in.con-' insurance are begging for a newiwithin a foot of the level it! Japanese reinforcements rush- gress, newcomers are now the solution. ireached then. jed there and a Japanese air squad- tremendously important factor sia Battle Over Tariff { Meanwhile northwest Georgia te bombed the Walled City. unrest’ clamors’ in: nearly: every | Probably its hardest battle since! rivers that gave trouble at Rome) (1; cacao ee both e days of Hamilton is facing the'and half dozen other points SRV crate tor Martine peas { (ty Associated Press) Y-|ing between Japanese and Chinese ‘ancient theory of the tariff. TOKYO, Jan. 2.—Heavy fight-| 53 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West PRICE FIVE CENTS Speed Up Matters On Beer Issue | Resenvelt To Meet Lead- © ers Thursday For Pur- pose Of Outlining Pro- gram (By Assoctated Press) WASHINGTON, Jan. 2.— ‘Influence of citizens and Franklin Roosevelt who be- \comes president March 4 will |be strong in directing the icourse congress takes in the next two months in attempt- ing to meet national sues. Although the democratic legislative program is well |pointed, outlines of the final idrive and extent of the the total assessment for the pur-jheld by Rev. J. G. Strad- pose of paying commissions under lley. Section 1033 and 1034 compiled| > general laws and Section 932 of| The pallbearers were Joe Kemp, Bienvenido Perez, Everett Rivas, the compiled general laws. When the tax books show an as-| Charles Williamis, Julius Collins sessed valuation of more than five | anq William Freeman. Survivors are his widow, Mrs. million dollars the tax collector is {Selma Curry; mother, Mrs. Floe- paid one and one half percent} ence Curry; daughters, Mrs. Ralph} million the collector is entitled to jthat 1932 will be remembered as from things as they have been. Where it all will lead, no one can predict with confidence. One view is that the groove of Ameri- can existence is too well worn to be greatly altered. ‘prohibition regime, established | ,; only yesterday with the almost un- janimous assent of the forty-eight i states, is struggling for its life. ».| The elements of change in the Another i8| nation’s foreign relations are less easily defined, but Washington ‘feels a growing consciousness that | 1933 will see a definite turn, one ‘way or the other, in the muddle left behind by the great war. | | marking distinctly the end of an era, and 1933 as the dawn of a new day of hope, Certain is that the ingredients | | Alabama streams also receded as did other rivers throughout the jsouth. START WORK ON city and Washington resounds toltn The! gan to fall. ordet the tramp of organized dissenters {ground to be covered will be jmore clearly defined at a conference of congresziunal jeer with the president- ' WCOIN, MISSING * in New York un 3 day. ‘tion of ‘an extra session may | SEARCHFORR.S. REPAIRING DOCK 42 that time also the ques- commission. When less than five two percent. Sanders and Miss Irma Curry;/for an epochal alteration of the} With respect to the war debts, | OPERATIONS AT PORTER ‘GLOVE IN AUTOMOBILE HELD! On the latter basis Raymond Ma- loney, outgoing tax collector, en- ters his claim for the added half percent as does the outgoing tax assessor, Eugene L, Albury. They will each receive approximately $1,500 additional to the commis- sions paid before the ruling was made by Attorney General Landis. sons, Allen E. and Sidney Curry, tand one grandchild, besides many other relatives. The funeral, which was one of the largest held in Key West, for many years, attesting the general: popularity of the deceased, was led by the police department fol- lowed by the firemen, city and while pattern of political and in- dustrial life are present in the fer- ment which the old year leaves to the new. A multitude of grave ponderings has arisen as to the entire eter- tionship to government, the gov- ernment’s relationship to business, nal triangle of the citizen’s rela: ; ‘especially, forces are in operation |which may alter the whole trend of ) American foreign policy. France, ‘by defaulting on December 15, jwhile Britain and .taly made ges- jtures of fullfillment, would seem DOCK CO. PIER BEGIN THIS MORNING 'to be working for her own isola-| Actual work of repairing the ‘tion, and tightening the ties be-|decking and piling of the Porter , tween Washington, London and!Dock Company started this morn- BY POLICE BORE HUMAN BLOOD; SEVERAL. PERSONS IDENTIFY PHOTOGRAPHS (By Assvetated is) ibe settled with indications ithat one is likely to be called \for April. ° Congress was in holiday recess today but committees |were. called together to. county officials, and a large con- and business’ relationship to the HENDERSON, North Carolina,} NEW OFFICIALS GO INTO OFFICE HERE TOMORROW KARL THOMPSON, FRANK LADD AND OTTO KIRCH- HEINER TO TAKE UP NEW DUTIES AT 10 O'CLOCK Tomorrow morning, 10 o’clock, there will be three new officials in office at the cdurt house. Karl Thompson will be the sheriff, Frank H.. Ladd will.be the tax ‘col- lector and Otto Kirchheiner will be tax assessor. The act of turning over fhe paraphernalia, books and acces- sories, together with the duties of the offices at 10 o’clock tomorrow was agreed upon by the incoming officers and those who are going ISSUE WAS WHETHER THAT | SOLD TO STATE SHOULD BE ON ASSESSMENT ROLL; EX- PLANATION MADE t | i mond Maloney, tax collector; Eugene L. Albury, tax assessor, LODGE MEMBERS out, Cleveland Niles, sheriff; Ray-{ course of sorrowing relatives and friends. A large number of color- ed residents also assemled at the church and*cemetéry in respect to the departed mayor. Th floral, offerings were profuse. | The procession of automobiles making up the funeral reached over a distance of several blocks, while the streets along which the funeral passed were literally lined with persons who turned out to pay honor to the deceased, who was exceedingly popular among |the residents of this community. Mayor Curry died during the eighth year of his fourth two-year term in office which he had held jcontinuously since having first been elected as chief executive of the city. The fire bell and the various church bells of the city were tolled Jat 8 o’clock yesterday morning as a mark of respect, while flags hung half-mast at the city hall, county court house and other places. In the death of Mayor Curry | Key West loses an official and citizen who was held in high es- teem by the people of this com- munity, as well as elsewhere. He jwas possessed of a pleasing per- isonality, always willing to extend {2 helping hand to those in need, and his many kind deeds will ever be remembered by the numerous tones to whom his heart went out.; His demise is keenly felt by the} | jurer recalled. Of course, he added, ciiaen Rome. ing and will be carried on until all s Z i One thing & certain, amid much |necessary repair work is complete. History In The Making | dncertainty: Whether he fonks There are 267 piling under the Many public_men are convinced gbout him or aboard, the Ameri-|dock and approximately 200 of thé nation has reached the “éndj ean of 1933 will find himself on]these are expected to be replaced of its patience over the mounting} the field of stirring controversy,|before the dock is placed in first costs of government, and that de-land fateful decision. class condition. It is also expected that much of the decking will be replaced with new as soon as it is removed,» A large quantity of this material is SOOHSSSESSSOTSSOSSSSOSSESSESSSHSHSSSSOSSESSEESOOSES qnew held in storage for the work. | One carload of piling is on the CLAIMS FLORIDA'S STATE CAPITOL NOW Veteran Official Tells Of Great Changes Made | material will arrive as the work PRESENTS SCENE OF MUCH CrEAl (By Associated Press) | TALLAHASSEE, Fla., Jan. 2.—{ missions outside of the cabinet} Florida’s state capitol “looks like} positions, one. of those bureaus in Washing-| © Knott said he was the first audi-| ton” compared to its Le bg and was the first state employe | FLORIDA SAILS. TODAY FOR back a 18095 when State Treasur-i¢, have his traveling expenses paid. | HAVANA TAKING 29 PAS- er W. V. Knott first came here, hel 5, x oa aac | said today. ut that was after he had paid his SENGERS Henry L. Mitchell was governor }0wn for some time, often walking | then and Knott said “he was ae of jto saye the cost of transportation, ; the best men in the world but it /he added. 4 i i was inadvisable to beat him play-| When; he-2icst becene WMMeacer | gi ee ene tase veil ith ing cards or fishing.” {and insurance commissioner, he!99 passengers from Havana. She The capitol is a busy place now | said, board meetings and visitors! arrived from Tampa with small compared to those days, the treas-| took up most of his day so he had | passenger list for Key West and {to take his books and records home | Havana. | with him at night and there do the} Preighter Alamo, of the Clyde- | there was not so much work then. The secretary of state had had| office work. ACTIVITY ‘STEAMER MALLORY ' DUE HERE TODAY) sailed | Jan. 2. ies clung to two ‘aint clues today in the search for R. S. McCoin, missing attorney, - In Solumbus, Ohio, -MeGoin’s automobile is held by’ police, who said that personal articles left in it, and one glove bore human j blood, * Near Columbus, several Ohioans j identified photographs of McCoin jas thé man they had seen after he was reported slain, Authorities are unable to locate the body reported to have been that of McCoin that was buried near Hagerstown, Maryland. RANDOLPH GRAY BURIED SUNDAY FUNERAL ATTENDED LARGE NUMBER OF FRIENDS | | | BY The funeral of Randolph Gray, 27 years old, who accidentally kill- jed himself by shoooting Friday af- jternoon, was held yesterday after- | hoon n the Ley Memorial church, *-~e services were con- Idneted b v. Holmes Logan, The 4 i | Mallory lines, arrived this morning; funeral was in charge of the one assistant since 1887, he said, ‘speed consideration of pro- |posals to legalize beer and 4 sivg \through the bounty system. The senate judiciary com- mittee referred the house beer bill to a_ subcommittee for limited hearing Saturday on its constitutionality. RAILWAY FIREMAN MURDERED TODAY CHARLESTON WOMAN SHOOTS HUSBAND TO DEATH IN HIS SLEEP | (By Ansocmted Press) | CHARLESTON, Jan. 2-—James | Gray, 40, railwey firemen, was |shot to death as he lay asleep in \his home today and shortly after- | ward his wife surrendered, © Police ‘said she admitted to the slaying. Police quoted neighbors as say- ive Gray mistreated his wife and tis was given as the reason for H i | i | | | Up to 1900 there was not much! from New York. After discharg-|Pritchard Funeral Home. {the shooting. A final night of rest aboard the |ing she sailed for Tampa and Mo-| A large number of friends, in-| residents of Key West. and the two of them did all the/room in the state house, Knott re- Sequoia was enjoyed by the Hoo- vers and guests before starting on the train trip northward, LEAVE SUNDAY Lstiiaphteana tk Luz wero NO MAIL DELIVERY work, The attorney general had/called. Then the north and south | hile, jcluding the Order of DeMolays, of a single stenographer. The comp-jextensions were made in 1902. In! ‘The yacht Far West, from Mi- {which he was an active member, troller had only eight clerks while | 1925 the east and west wings were | ami, arrived yesterday from East {attended the funeral, with inter- FIVE DEATHS AS the treasurer had but two, one! working part time. The commis-j; sioner of agriculture had four clerks and the superintendent of public instruction had one. The state chemist did all the work in his office and paid his own expenses whenever he had to do! GRAND LODGE MEET- THIS AFTERNOON ING HERE T POSTOFFICE; | fany traveling. There were no com- | FLYING CRAFT WASHES ASHORE... =... {Caballeros de la Luz, which arriv- FORCED DOWN OFF Forte here last week to attend the| a lodge meeting, left yestr-j PIERCE; CREW REPORT- | { { } |'EMPLOYES A ENJOY HALF HOLIDAY TODAY added, He referred to the election of 1900 on the question of moving the seat of the state government to another city and said three other cities entered bids. “Tallahassee got more . votes! than all the balance of them put | together,” he added. i !Coast ports and is berthed at the! ment in the city cemetery. | F. E! C, terminal docks. | He is survived by his parents, | Liner Henry R. Mallory is due;Mr. and Mrs. Edward Gray and this afternoon from Galveston and | other relativ will take reight in place of the | The floral offerings were num- razos undergoing repairs. ;erous, these having been contri- jbuted from friends from all over jthe city. | The DeMolays held the conclud- ling services at the grave, which | (By Aseveloted Pras) RESULT OF BLAZE £JO, CALIF., WAS DE- STROYED day over the highway en route to; } Tampa. The following are the of- ED SAFE |ficers that were elected to serve; There will be no mail delivery t |during the ensuing year: ‘afternoon, except special delivery Confederacy To Meet! Juan R. Martinez, Gran Lumin-| After the deliveries and distribu- tions of the morning the pestoffice; Stephen R. Mallory employes will enjoy the usual hol-/United Daughters of the Cor- liday, which is always granted /federacy will meet Thursday when the actual holiday comes of |afternoon at 4 o’clock with Mrs. Sunday. . . JEd Huston. The birth anniver- | All other governmental activi-|saries of Generals Robert E. Lee,! jties in the city are closed for the; Thomas J. (Stonewall) Jackson, jday, following the same establish-/ ang Mathew Fountain Maary wi coastguard base here. was advised} Ramon Gonzalo, Gran Vice jed rule. be observed. . ‘I members are ex- by radio. The crew is safe. | Tesorero; Many business places of alll nected to be present at this inter- MeAnn said the advises stated! Elena Hernandez, Gran Experta;!kinds are closed for a half day.| esting meetin; > that the was forced down, Josepina Esqttinaldo, Gyan|Joe Pearlman, head of the retail| “~~ while sea: ne for Puul Long, 21,) Maestra de Ceremonia; jmerchants association, after ques- reported missing after setting out) Jose Gavilan, Gran Guarda In-/t g other members, said that United Daughters Of {My Associated Presa. H FERNANDINA, Jan, 2—The| Domingo E. Placeres, Gran Vice | coastguard flying boat Arcturus |Luminar; forced down Sunday at sea off) Ignacio Medina, Gran Patriare: Fort Pierce with six men aboard! Andres Selles, Gran Secretari washed ashore in badly damaged} Rafael D. Amable, Gran Vi condition near Sebastian today, | Secretario; Commander John McAnn of the! F. Velasco, Gran Tesorero; ar Chapter, | Ernest E. Roberts Gets | FOR \Pointment was made ___ |My. Knight will return were very impressive. VALLEJO, Calif., Jan. 2.--Five The deceased was well and fay-' known deaths from the New Year’: jorably known ‘especially to the|Day blaze which destroyed the same? | younger people of this community, | Elks lodge elub here were listed IN| while he was endeared to all with |today as firemen searched to de- Ernest E. Roberts, son of Mr.} |whom he came in contact, for |termine if other persons lost their nd Mrs. Ernest P. Roberts, for-! CHARGE OF PLACE AT this unusually pleasing personality.« lives. } RAILWAY YARDS | The death of this young man is} The fire started shortly after « | keenly felt by all who knew him,) party at the elub disbanded. mer residents of this city, has been; named assistant county sglicitor! 5 5 and his friends and acquah oe 7” t juaintances The Home Town Theater of Dade a to’ che fiest newspaper published in newspapers from Miami. iS @P' the United States. A facsimile of ae = ss Ministerial Alliances é < i Today Appoints Its Officers Offi } DOUBLE FEATURE to the at the F. E. C. terminals. after the; 4; jodi i he = th oted ical bearing th resignation of Floyd: (:° Rulght,| ie er acslean. 104 woo ont st > i UST HAD TO practice of law with the firm of| This booth was formally opened} The Ministerial Alliance held) bir td MARRIED Knight, Pace and Paine. lyesterday morning with Sidney #** monthly meeting this morning: 5 P New Position In Miami} iS 1DNEY THOMPSON } and became effective Saturday.’ hibition at the information booth in a boat from Canaveral, who apparently aid of w h did not succeed; ong was pulled on h by the crew which re- drifted ashore by the! terior; Andres Garrido, Gran Guarda | Exterior; Florencio Acevedo, Gran Porta Bandera; Jose Manuel Pita, Gren Lum- jipar Pasado, ‘the same rule is to be followed to- {day as they did last Monday after , Christmas, Activities at the city hal! and) the county court house were dis-j fcontinued for the day to be resum- ‘ed tomorrow morning. ' "PRESCRIPTIONS Mr. Roberts was born im this! Thom in charge. city and later moved with hisison sagen years of training in |*ppointed the following officers to jparents to Homestead. He is ajthe business of giving publicity, it serve for the next six months: \graduate of Princeton University! is said, and has s thorough know-) Rev. J. G. Stradley, president; jand finished his law course at the} ledge of the work He is well | Rev. J. C. Gekeier, vice president; University of Florida. He has equipped to impart information to' Kev. W. Page, secretary, and Rev. acticed in Miami since 1928, ‘those secking it. Holmer Logan, treacurer. FILLED FOR ANY DOCTOR IN KEY WEST Gardner’s Pharmacy Phone 177 For Quick Delivery Ee Mr. Thomp- (at the First Methodist church and! -—Aho— 1] MR. ROBINSON CRUSOE Matinee, 10-15e; Night, 15-26« MONROE THEATER MYSTERY RANCH Matinee, $-10¢; Night, 10-206 i | Ww