The Key West Citizen Newspaper, January 7, 1933, Page 1

__-owas rung in welcome to the ' i f ' , : a . » Malone’s private secretary in aq cophia law offices. Associated Press Day Wire Service VOLUME LIV. No, 6. William H. Malone New Mayor Of City Elected Last Night By)” City Council; In At City Hall This Morning William H. Malone was elected mayor of the city of Key West by the city coun- cil at its regular meeting last night, succeeding the late Mayor Leslie A. Curry, to serve for the unexpired term. Mr. Malone’s name .placed ‘in nomination by| OUR NEW MAYOR Sworn| eccccccacccnccccceccs was Councilman William Mon- - sal Ii call all ore er a f WM. H. MALONE pcpunciimen voted in favOr) ned “by City Council Last _ excepting Councilman S. Night to Succeed Mayor _ Owen Sawyer, who registered Leslie Curry, Deceased a dissenting vote. There 1D were no other names offered NO HARMONY IN at thé meeting for the posi- PLAN 10 RAISE tion. . ' This morning at 10:15 INCOME TAXES _ o'clock at the city hall, Mr. - Seeperoonge aie Saeed of-| PROPOSAL BY DEMOCRATS 1S oxy gr ahspeadictstanger CAUSE OF DIVISION AMONG MEMBERS OF ORGANIZA- TION; MAY DROP IDEA __ by Miss Mary F. Whitmarsh, _ notary public, who is also Mr. : At the conclusion of the ceremonies, Mr. Malone gave a short address thank- ing the councilmen for the selection made, and assured those present that he would » make every effort possible to give an ‘administration of. the affairs of the office which he hoped would prove » satisfactory to all concerned. Following the induction of the new mayor into office, the siren on the fire ap- paratus was sounded and the ' fire bell in the city hall tower (hy Associated Press) WASHINGTON, Jan. 7.— The democratic plan to crease income tax rates to wartime levels created such a division in party ranks, there are indications today that the idea might be dropped. As ominous hints of discord and opposition appeared among democrats there came from _ republican signs that if any new budget balancing taxes are to be pro- posed, a drive may be made for a sales tax to which Presi- dent-elect Roosevelt is oppos- ed. quarters Speaker Garner told news- Papermen in vigorous terms he has not broken with Roose- velt over any proposed tax raising plans, and would like to see the income levy base broadened to bring in rev- enue. SYMONETTE MADE DEPUTY SHERIFF TOOK OATH OF OFFICE THIS MORNING; RETURNED TO CITY YESTERDAY mew mayor. At this juncture Mayor Malone entered his auto- mobile which was followed by several other cars bear- ing members of the city coun- cil and other officials, and the motorcade proceeded up Duval street to the law of- fice of the new mayor amid the sounding of automobile horns. Cuba Sails For Havana Carrying 36 Passengers C. C. Symonette this morning took the oath of office to serve as deputy sheriff during the term of Sheriff Karl 0. Thompson. The deputy and his family will, within a short time, move from his residence at 855 Elizabeth street | The steamer Cuba sailed this;and occupy the quarters in front! afternoon 12:15 o'clock for Ha-jof the jail in the court house| © wana with 36 passengers. She ar-|square. == will reopen on Monday mornin, = rived yesterday from Cuba with} Mr. and Mrs. Symonette return- © 78 passengers, 25 aliens. ed yesterday from Tallahassee} Coast guard cutter Saukee ar-jwhere they attended the inaugura- fived yesterday and is at the sub-|tion of Governor David Sholte. gmarine base where changes andjBefore this they were visiting rela-| lations are being made injtives in Thomasville, } the sanitary arrangements. 5 Tanker Gulf Spray is in port! Harry Boyajian Arrives with a cargo of gasoline for the! 5 a8 Fecal distributing agency. | Here On Business Visit | Harry Boyajian Pablic'Schools Of City = | Harvy | Wil Reopen On Mende All of the Monroe County public SOM Years @ S cchools, which closed two weeks Christmas holidays, | Ree te tne areas noinee {pose of attending to the business bers ‘affairs of his brother-in-law, the ane of the extensive pur tate in Key West arrived yesterday jfrom Miami. } Mr. Boyajian came for the pur- Many of the faculty mem F went on vacation trips at the clos-,late Joseph Damian, who died remained ‘some weeks ago at Lake Saranac, N, ¥. After completing the business he left over the East Coast on the afternoon train. ing time, while others herey enjoying the holidays. i Tie schools will start again on} Mond looking forward to a good i professor was summoned to fed- REDUCE NUMBER BANK EXAMINERS IN THIS’ STATE COMPTROLLER MAKES AN.|' NOUNCEMENT OF HAVING CUT NUMBER OF OFFICIALS FROM TWELVE TO SEVEN (tty Ans dd Prenn) | TALLAHASSEE, Jan. | 7.—; {Comptroller J. M. Lee today an-; ‘nounced he has reduced the num- {ber of state bank examiners from} |12 to seven and said the reduced jstaff means savings of approxi- {mately $40,000 annually, | Those announced as dropped |from the staff are P. L. Etheridge, | j Tampa; V, Baumgardner, Mi- fami; Sherman Drawady, Leesbury; iT..C, Hawkins, Daytona Beach; A. W. aarinen, Miami; Robert; ;Stuart, Tampa; J. E. Amos, Tallahassee, former examiner, re-| lsigned when his father retired {from the comptroller’s office, and |Paul Hale, of DeLand and J, V. Chapman, ‘of Jacksonville, were added to the staff. [INQUIRIES IN TWO FIRES LAST NIGHT STARTED CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY AND INTERSTATE COMMERCE COMMISSION BUILDING IN WASHINGTON DAMAGED (Ry Associated Fresn> WASHINGTON, Jan. 7.—Series of inquiries were begun today by federal and logal officials to de- termine the origin of fires during the night at. thé Catholi¢e ‘univer- sity and new interstate commerce commission building. The investigations centered mai®y about the possibility of in- cendiarism and sabotage. Police held a man who gave his name:as Justin Harrison of Wash- ington, in connection’ with the fire at the Catholic university, but they expressed belief that. he did not set the fire. which. caused damage estimated at $25,000. The fire in the interstate’ com- merce commission building dam- aged the incompleted structure to the extent of $50,000 to $100,- 000. PROFESSOR OF HARVARD HELD FOR HEARING GERMAN CONSULAR AUTHOR.- ITIES FILE CHARGES; SAID TO HAVE FRAUDULENTLY OBTAINED MONEY (My Associated Press) BOSTON, Jan. 7.—A Harvard eral court today for hearing on charges by German consular auth- orities that he was a former Ber- lin banker _ wanted there for fraudulently obtaining more than $750,000. He is Dr. Frederico Normano, writer-and lecturer on economics, who was arrested at his Cambridge home and held Without bail, | The charge preferred by Ger-| man consular authorities alleges! he is Isaac Lewin, sought for three years by German authorities, He is alleged to have forged and issued bills of exchange, a part of which were discounted and sold. ATTENTION, ELKS nembers of Key West Lodge| All 1, are summoned to be at) INo. § the lodge roont Sunday afternoon}! of | U KEY WEST, FLORIDA, SATURDAY, JANUARY 7, 1933. ;shows the area affected, and the (right), war lord of northern Chi (left), chief representative of Ja (By Associated Presay The fresh Japanese-Chinese clash at Shanhaikwan has added to the troubles of Chang Hsiao- Liang, youthful ex-war lord of old Manchuria. Driven from his patrimony after Japanese occupation of Mukden in September, 1931, Chang has for a year or more made his head- quarters in Peiping. Nominally he was on behalf of the Nanking regime, ofall northern “China, including’ Jehol and the new province of Charhar erected from the west- ward section of Inner Mongolia. The eastward section of that value- ly defined district went under Japanese influence some time ago. Three months ago the Japanese frankly announced their intention to annex Jehol to the infant state of Manchukuo and Chang has been under pressure from Nanking to resist such ‘a move. A fortnight commander picked brigades had been ordered to the Jehol border. New Chinese-Japanese Clash Centers On-Control Of Jehol POOSececeecceeseseoeseelrseseceseeleeseseseesese® anese emperor’s plenipotentiary in ago he let it be known that three, Map leaders, Chang Hsiao-Liang na, and Gen. Nobuyoshi Muto pan in Manchukuo. But, it now develops, the Jap- anese were already on the move. When the outbreak came suddenly; jat Shanhaikwan, where the Great |Wall of China touches the sea, there were plenty of Japanese troops on hand to drive the Chinese defenders out of that town in order. Furthermore it developed that. General Nobuyoshi Muto, the Jap- jauchukue, had reinforcements in reserve a few miles north . of Shanhaikwan at Suichung while another division was inthe inter- Inational treaty districy’ around piientah. There were naval units jtoo off Shanhaikwan. Neutral military observers be- lieve that with the Chinese driven from. Shanhaikwan and the Jap- janese astride the Great Wall, Chang’s chief transport line to |southwestern Jehol is blocked, thus iprotecting the southern flanks of any force moving westward into Jehol. Judge Harris To Preside During Trial Of F. Pine Judge J. Vining~.Harris will leave tomorrow after- noon for Miami. Monday morning he will preside at the trial of Fred Pine, county solicitor. Yesterday the ceived a telegram from Gov- ernor David Sholtz asking him if he would take the as- signment, as Judge Collins of Miami is disqualified. replied in the affirmative, and was later advised that the order would be sent direct to the clerk of court in Miami. This trial will be the fourth that Solicitor Pine has had. \at 2:30 o'clock, for the purpose of jattending the funeral of our late Brother Charles R. Curry. HOLLON R. BERVALDI, Exalted Ruler. |G. N. GOSHORN, | Secretary. jan7-1t} IF YOU ARE UNABLE TO BUY A NEW CAR—Why not let us help you MAIN- TAIN the one you now have? Lou Smith Service Station i White and Catherine Sts. The first pili letnesbeel cup facilities was This is the actual start of the ‘work which will extend over a period of one month, it is estimat- led, during which the entire | dock will be renovated, new piling [and decking being placed where judge re-| Judge Harris immediately | Actual Work Starts In Repairs To Porter Dock |The first résulted in a mis- trial and the second in ac- quittal. He was later ar- raigned on another charge. This trial resulted in a mis-| itrial and this coming trial is on the same charges of mis- feasance and malfeasance in office. NO SESSION OF COURT MONDAY Criminal court will not convene in Key West Monday morning as jscheduled, because of Judge J. Vining Harris being assigned to jpreside at the trail of County Solicitor Fred Pine in Miami Mon- day. Court will meet as usual, how- ever, Monday morning and will be immediately recessed by | the return of Judge Harris, which is expected to be the latter part of next week. | Sheriff Karl 0. Thompson, until | The Kep West Citizen a For 53 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West PRICE FIVE CENTS Immense Number Of Japanese Concentrate For Impending Fight With Chinese In Northern China Funeral Rites For Coolidge Held Today (By Axsociated Press) NORTHAMPTON, Jan. 7.— The nation he served paid its last honors today to Calvin Coolidge, thirtieth president of the United States. Friends, neighbors and leaders in public life where he once walked, and high an¢ lowly, joined! jto pay final respects in a brief! simple funeral service, such as he would have wished. President Hoover, who took up| the burden Coolidge laid down in Washington nearly four tice of United States, and others in the national government and chief executives of the states of years, China sees in the newest Sino-Japanese clash at Shanhaikwan |2#9 the vice president, chief jus-|which it began a 100-mile drive to| the beginning of a campaign to annex Jehol to Manchukuo. yhis native ‘there. In the congregation that filled a few hundred seats of Jonathan {Edwards Congregational church |were also Mrs. Franklin Roosevelt and James Roosevelt, wife and son \of the president-elect. | Outside, beneath a chill grey jsky, the crowd which was unable New England were jto gain admittance, stood silently with heads bowed as services moved to a close. They parted to form a reverent jlane through which the casket was borne later to a motor hearse in |the old homestead at Plymouth, | Vermont, there to be laid to rest jin the family burial plot. First Pay This day is the first pay- day for,employes of the Mon- roe County Unemployment Relief Council since ‘the year 1933 began. There was a distribution of $376. While the allotment for Monroe for January has not been announced yet, authority has been granted to use the revolving fund of $1,000 that is held by Treas- urer E. A. Strunk, Jr. Following these tions men are being selected today to be put to work on various projects Monday. Already 75 have been named and other names added to the list. as will be STATES SENATOR RESIDENCE IN (My Ansociated Press) THOMASVILLE, Jan. 7.— Death came to former United tor Guy Goff, of ia, at his winter residence here today. He was 67 and retired from national life at the end of his term in 1931 because of ill health. At the outbreak World War he was the judge advocate general's de- of the It is estimated by Charles Tay-| jor, manager of the company, that between 150 and 200 piling will be used before the work is com-_ partment of the army and lat- er was a member of General Pershing’s staff. Dr. Brittain Arrives In Florida Baptist: Convention, morning. pleted. i J. H, Roberts, well known dock/ builder, is im charge of the work | services in the First church tomorrow morning. He will (be the guest of Rev. and Mrs. W.isalesman o! Relief Workers Receiv instruc-! GUY GOFF DIES DEATH CAME AT HIS WINTER THOMAS- Key West This Morning Dr. C. M. Brittain, of Jackson-|Jack Baker, John Kitschenbaum.' ville, executive secretary of the|Miss Janice Maloney gave s voeal! was’ selection an arrival over the East Coast this Dr. Brittain will preside at the} Baptist e es Day O EXCELLENT PROGRAM REN- DERED IN CONNECTION WITH CEREMONIES AT SCOTTISH RITE HALL Public installation of officers in Fern Chapter No. 21, Order Eastern Star attracted a large number of members of this order, Masonic fraternities, and friends of the chapter, to Scottish Rite hall last night where the beautiful ceremonies were conducted, The address of the evening was made by Jerry Trevor, District Deputy, Grand Master of Florida, and the following program was presented: Grand Installing Officer, Myrtle Lowe Huston; Grand — Installing Marshall, Bernice Park; Grand Chaplain, Ethel Watkins; Grand Organist, Rida Ladd. Officers Installed Mary Adams Lowe, worthy |matron; Everett R, Albury, worthy patron; Lucy Goshorn, associate matron; G. N. Goshorn, associate patron; secretary, Irene "Adams; treasurer, Bertie Higgs; condyc- VILLE, GA:; WAS MEMBER |tress, Catherine Williams; associ- OF GEN. PERSHING’S STAFF ate conductress, Nellie Louise Rus- sell; chaplain, Matilda Lowe; mar- shall, Mary F. Lankford; organist, Myrtle Lowe Huston. Adah, Isabelle Dungan; Ruth, Irma Gwin; Esther, Amelia Camus; | Martha, Fay DuPuis; Electa, Macy} sith; Warder, Inez |Sentinel, Fernando Camus. | Presentation of jewels to worthy jmatron, Annie Sharpley; worthy |patron, John F. Leach, by Grand j installing Officer Myrtle Huston, Jewel bearers, June DuPuis and Oliver Saunders. Music for the ceremonies was |furnished by Lena Bervaldi, Ella | Williams, Marie Rugsell. } Vocal selection were by Mrs. |Jamesx Roberts, with piano ac- jcompaniment by Mrs, P. Ber-| nard Roberts; Joe Lopez and & quintette from the Robert J. Per-! iry Chapter, Order DeMolay com-| posed of the following members, Jo€ Lopez, Joe Cates, James Curry. Steadman; with ti jby Mary Elizabeth Grillon. UNPROFITABLE THEFT | DETROIT—Walter P. Ewart,’ f this city; reported to! jad is assisted by Rey Potter, for'p pice at the Baptist pastorium police that the candy stolen from many years connected with the F.| during his stay, leaving Sunday his car recently was made of wees Matinee, S100; Night, 10-206 E. C. railway company. afternoon on the return, jand used for display. Chinese Leaders Declare They Are Determined To Defend Drive Antic: ipated By Japs (By Associated Press) SHANGHAI, Jan. 7.— Spread of an unofficial war between Japan and China in Northern China was regarded in foreign circles today as an im- minent possibility. It was estimated that at least 6,000 Japanese troops are now concen- trated at Shankaikwan, China’s northern railway terminal, which Japanese captured this week, and the Chinese are reported to be rushing reinforce- ments to Chinwangtao, port on the Yellow Sea 10. miles westward. Telegrams were pouring in on the national govern- ment at Nanking from various war lord’s throughout China, asking for orders to march against the Japanese. Chinese leaders declar- ed they were determined to defend Jehol against art anticipated Japanese drive to bring that terri- tory within the Manchu- kuo boundary. ARBOR DAY TO BE OBSERVED WOMAN'S CLUB MAKES AN- NOUNCEMENT OF COM- ING EVENT The Key West Woman’s Club through iis American Citizenship Department, Mrs, William J. Phe- lan, chairman, announces that Friday, January 13, has been des- ignated Arbor Day in Florida, and all schools are asked to observe this date by planting trees, This day might well be observed by everyone wishing to assist in beau- tifying Key West, by planting jtrees on this date, it is pointed out. Those in charge of the Womai's {Club nursery, Duval street, would appreciate receiving rooted plants and cuttings for distribution. It was voted at a meeting of this club last Tuesday, that members would root plants and trees for the bene- fit of this nursery, and anyone else wishing to contribute to this bere- fit, their offerings will be gladly accepted. The nursery distributes plants and trees free to all who wish them for beautification pur- po li is hoped that Arbor Day may be observed with appropriate programs in this city. STRAND THEATER GRAND HOTEL See Page 3 for Reader on This picture Matinee, 25-35e; Night, 25-40 MONROE THEATER The Phantom President