The Key West Citizen Newspaper, January 17, 1933, Page 1

ee For 53 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West Associated Press Day Wire Service VOLUME LIV. No. 14. Torch Slayer Dies From Self-Administered Poison Death Of Samuel Furnace Ends Another Phase Of Most Amazing Dramas Ever Gripping England (iy Associated Press) LONDON, Jan. 17.— Samuel Furnace, charged with murdering a friend, Walter Spatchett, died today from the effects of self-ad- ministered poison. Thus ended another phase of one of the most amazing dramas to grip England in many years. Spatchett was a victim of what was describede as all but a “perfect murder.” The burned body found in the ruins of Furnace’s work- shop was at first identified as his own. _Discovery of bullet wounds led to the identification of the body as Spatchett’s. Furnace was finally found im a boarding house and after being arrested took The motive for the slaying of Spatchett was not estab- lished. FRANCHISE ISSUE ON BRIDGES TO BE AIRED JANUARY 25 QUO WARRANTO PROCEED-|| INGS IN ROSENTHAL CASE TO COME BEFORE SUPREME COURT NEXT WEEK Quo Warranto proceed- ings in the George J. Rosen- thal bridge franchise matter will be heard before the supreme court of Florida at Tallahassee on Wednesday, January, 25. H. H. Taylor, attorney of the Overseas Bridge Corporation, has reecived notification that oral hearings in the matter have been set for that time. Two general questions are to be decided by the court as fol- lows: Whether or not the fran- chise of Relator George J. Rosen- thal is exclusive and valid and whether or not the respondent Overseas Bridge Corporation is not usurping the rights, powers, privileges and franchises right- fully belonging to said Relator, George J. Rosenthal. fo SS SS ES So Washington Bureau Of The Citizen Helps In Balancing Of Budget By PAUL MAY Speeial Washingt Correspondent of The Citizen WASHINGTON, Jan. 17. —The Washington office of The Citizen today contributed one cent toward balancing the postoffice budget, as the result of a mew scheme worked out by the depart- ment’s press agent to swell the postal revenues. Simplicity _ itself, the scheme consists of mailing press releases in ‘official correspondence” envelopes printed before the raise in postage and consequently bearing a two-cent stamp in- stead of a three. The department adced a one-cent postage due stamp, ed for a cent apiece. total was collected could not be determined at the de- partment. LZ Luk uh, uteuhe eeu PAYROLLS CUT AS REQUESTED BY GOVERNOR SHOLTZ’ RETRENCHMENT PROGRAM EXTEND TO STATE FOREST SERVICE AND SANITARY BOARD (By Associated Press) TALLAHASSEE, Jan. 17. —Governor Sholtz’ economy program today extended to the state forest service and live stock sanitary board. Both departments cut pay- rolls and current operating costs 50 percent as requested in, '. der that | expenditures _ from the general revenue fund and from other funds must be cut in half wi the state can m obligations without transfer- ring funds. Sholtz said he expected all other departments “to fall in lin LABELLE BANK CASHIER ROBBED TWO BANDITS MAKE ESCAPE TODAY WITH $600 IN CASH (By Ansociated Prens) LABELLE, Jan. 17.—Two masked robbers today robbed Gordon Perry, cashier of the Bank of Labelle, of $600 in cash and escaped. The bandits entered the bank early and waited for Perry's arrival. Florida Roads Larger This Year Than Was Anticipated Traffic over the roads in Florida is larger this year than was anticipated at the | New Corps Makes Rapid Strides (By Ansoctated Press) HANGCHOW, China, Jan. 17.— Rapid strides are being made shere in China’s effort to build a mili- tary air corps as a guard against repetition of enemy attacks upon her towns and countryside. Back of-a high barbed wire fence, the China Aviation Insti- tute, with the help of American civil fliers, is training pilots for the Nanking government. General Huan Pin-Heng, who learned to fly in the United States, is com- mander of the air force. Soong Founder of Corps That the hoped for corps is to be used also for civilian purposes is included in the program of the school, but*it is an open secret that the chief object is military. T. V. Soong, minister of finance } and brother-in-law of Chiang Kai Shek, executive head of the Nan- king regime, is credited with hav- ing caused the school to be estab- lished. It was in his privately owned plane that Christy Mathew- son, Jr., one of the American in- structors here, had a tragic crash at Shanghai. It is said that as Dr. Soong watched Japanese flyers swarm over Shanghai last February, deal- ing death and destruction to the Chinese defenders of Chapei, he decided China was to have an air corps. : Cadets Apt Pupils Soong, a graduate of Harvard, supplies the money for the Hang- chow school. He hired sixteen American pilots and mechanics as instructors, and sees to it that the most likely candidates among the Chinese would-be flyers are sent there. The American instructors whom Soong hired come from all parts of the United States, The head of the group is John H. Jouett of San Franciseo. He saw service .in France, but resigned from the army in 1930 to become a com- mercial aviator. Several of his a: sistants.have similar records. The group lost no’ time in get- ting under way. Within the short time they have been in China they have gotten “shaken down” in Hangchow. Ground instruction was under way while construction of school buildings, hangars and aviation field was going on. These instructors have been hired for several years. The money for them and for the school is said Granted By Congress Today (By Axssoctated Press) WASHINGTON, Jan. Philippines was granted by congress today, the senate voting to override President Hoover’s veto of the independence bill. The vote rejecting the veto was 66 to 26. . The house last Friday voted 274 to 94 to over- ride the veto. Survey Shows Traffic Over Death Of Wealthy Princeton — KEY WEST, FLORIDA, TUESDAY, JANUARY 17, 1933. China To Dispute Air Supremacy; China’s Airmen Try Wings 00000000 0000008080080 00SS00C8 t the time nd armies. hown over the sketch map. Shown at left is John H. Jouett,-of San F rancisco, chief instructor at H: chow. At right is General Huan P in-Heng, commander of Nankin; forces. to have been ear-marked beyond the American training planes al-| change, Key West, with all her simply must “come back.” recall. Chinese would-be flyers are reported plentiful and are said to. apt pupils. The undertaking has caused Jap- anese military men to turn sharp attention toward this city, 100 miles southwest of Shanghai. But there is the barbed wire fence that prevents outsiders from coming near the institute grounds. No institute officials will talk; about the school and the same at- mosphere prevails among Chinese officials at Nanking. Money is being poured into the undertaking. Military ships of various types are being added to 17.—Freedom for the ready in use. Among these latter are 35 Amer- ‘ean bombers, representing an in- vestment of $1,000,000. Larger and heavier machines, it is under- stood, are soon to be bought in the United States, Twenty Italian heavy bombing ships also are said to have been contracted for, They are reported to have been purchased with $750,- 000 in returned boxer indemnity funds. Besides ‘all these the’ rural folk of Honan province recently pre- sented three British pursuit planes to the Nanking government. _ LEAVES TODAY STEAMER FLORIDA GOES TO CUBA TAKING MORE THAN FIFTY PASSENGERS The S. S. Florida sailed this af- ternoon for Havana with more than 50 passengers. She arrived from Cuba yesterday with 59 pas- sengers, 6 aliens. Ferry Parrott arrived from Ha- vana yesterday 5:15 o’clock with two carloads of tomatoes and 16 miscellaneous cars. Tanker L. J. Drake, which ar- \ ed yesterday with cargo of fuel j University Graduate Mystery (By Associated Press) PALMYRA, New Jersey, Jan. 17.—The death of Bradway Brown, young wealthy Princeton University graduate, presented mystery after mystery to police said she heard two shots, ap- parently from the Brown Garage, and saw two men run from the place. The body, however, was found in the living room. His wife and = two-year-old 15 and ending December 31, | today as they sought two strangers | daughter are visiting relatives in} 1932, is conclusive proof of the number of cars passing a seen fleeing from the Brown home. Brown was found sprawled in aj beginning of the season. This|given point on U. S. High-|'iving room floor with bullet is shown by a traffic count made under the * supervision of Lieutenant Commander W.H. Green, of the Dade county unemployment relief council, A chart recently issued by Commander Green for the period beginning December way Number I, Florida State Road Number 4, at street, Miami. Florida Cars Of Florida cars there were 26,- 040, carrying 58,993 passengers. Foreign cars to the number of 11,- 117, with 29,570 passed the specified point in the period given, making a {Continued on Page Four) wounds in his lung and back. One physician said Brown was! 79th | murdered while another contended! son home. it suicide. A neighbor, Mrs. Harold West, Pennsylvania. Brown testified at an inquest | into the death three years ago of! his friend, Ruth Wilson and her! suitor, Horace Roberts, found} slain in the bedroom of the Wil- The verdict of the inquest was murder and suicide. DANGEROUS PRACTICE HULL, Eng. — Mrs. Amelia} passengers! Bayly of this city, was sent to jail this |for four months for beating her total of} husband and breaking his arm_ is still occupied by his descendants OLD STRUCTURE BOSTON.—A house built city in 1635 by Thomas Bird) when he criticized her cooking. [= is in good condition, oil, for the F. E. C. R’y., finished discharging and sailed this morn- ing. SON IS BORN TO BEGUM AGA KHAN WIFE OF INDIAN PRINCE WHO IS RELIGIOUS HEAD OF MILLIONS (Ny Aasociated Press) PARIS, Jan. 17—A was born today to Begum Aga Khan, young beautiful French fe of a wealthy East Indian prince, who is the religious head of millions of Ismaili Mchammedans. Mother and son were re- ported doing well. — The Bey West Citisen PRICE FIVE CENTS Japanese Resume Attack From Air On Chinese Units Defending Jehol Noted Writer So Characterizes City Of Key West ENCHANTMENT” FOR WINTER SEASON CP Oecoreccccococcscococacecanscecceeceoocoojeeeee Mr. and Mrs. George Allan England have re- turned to the “Island of En- chantment,” which Mr. England’s characterization of Key West, and how happy they are to be back he tells in the following encomium that he has contributed’ to The Citizen: What I call “the annual miracle” has come to pass again! By this I mean the miraculous and blessed transformation which every year takes place when we abandon the glacial rigors of the north, for the beloved warmth and beauty of Key West. To us, who know only too well just what a northern winter means, this annual miracle is the happiest of events. When in December we left our New Hampshire. home, the mer- cury had several times frozen in the bottom of the tube, at some 13 degrees below zero! On more than one occasion, in order to get water, we had been obliged to chop ice from the lake and melt it over an almost red-hot stove. Not so good, eh? And then, presto is tropical loveliness! Ah, only we of more rigorous: climes.can fully appreciate this Island of Enchant- ment! Returning once more, it is a pleasure to note—despite Old Man Depression—that Key West has undergone marked improvements, The Island City has never looked so clean and trim. Unsightly rub- bish-piles and. old junk have vanished, as by magic. Yards and vacant lots have become pleasant. places, instead of the eyesores of only yesterday.‘ Surely, Key West is doing a splendid work. She de- serves all praise and commenda- tion! It is a pleegure to say that I too am trying to do my bit, small though it may be. Through the “Agwi Steamship News” I am en- abled to reach many thousands of tourists and others, with material about Key West. This magazine is put out-by the Clyde-Mallory and Ward Lines, and is very wide- ly distributed on all their steamers, as well as in many other ways. I have a series of three illustrated articles about Key West, the first of which appears in the February issue of “Agwi News.” This ex- :tensive publicity should help the Island City that I love. Tourists should be attracted here, by it; and unless our old Friend Miami “hogs” them all, diverts and side- tracks them away from us, they | Should come hither, and in coming ; Should contribute to that pros- perity whereof we could stand quite a powerful infusion! “Resurgam!” might be a good motto for Key West—that is to say: “I shall arise once-more!” With incomparably the finest climate in America, Key West Key and West’s warmth, beauty perennial charm cannot manently be hidden under a bushel, even. in the hands of Old Man Depression himself! In the words of the poet; “But to see her is to love her, Love but her, and love forever.” And this we surely do. Key West, we love you—God bless you now and forever! Bold Drive Made In House Freedom For Philippines TANKER DRAKE | To Force Vote On Outright Repeal Of Prohi Amendment (Dy Associated Press) WASHINGTON, Jan. 17. —Aj bold drive to force another vote on outright re- peal of the Eighteenth Amendment was undertaken today when Representative Schafter, republican, of Wis- consin, filed a_ petition the house which if signed by 145 members woild allow a vote on bringing to the floor the once-beaten repeal resolution of Speaker Gar- er. Plugging away toward a; vote on President Hoover's veto of the Philippine in- dependence bill, the senate met an hour earlier than in usual with a hope of reach- ing a vote before adjourn- ment tonight. Senator Smith, democrat, of South Carolina, said President - elect Roosevelt told him he wanted the domestic allotment farm re- lief bill to be confined to wheat and cotton. The Far East “menace” and “debt debacle” was named today by Miss Mary Woolley, only American wo- man delegate to the Geneva arms conference, 48 among “many and dangerous lions” threatening the success of the conference. Prominent Atlanta Woman And Daughter Found Dead; Poison Believed To ATLANTA, Jan. 17.—Mrs. Vir- gizia Frazer Pratt, 35, prominent Atlanta matron, and 10-year-old daughter, Virginia, were found Have Been Cause | Rev. and Mrs. B. F. Frazer, and a | graduate of the Wesleyan college OF Winter Trenches Bombed; Chinese Volunteer Con- centration At Tungliao Broken Up (By Associated Press) Japanese resumed an at- tack from the air on Chinese defenders of northeastern Jehol, bombing winter trenches with much good ef: fect. Military leaders reported today that the Chinese volunteer concentration at Tungliao was broken up. In the meanwhile in Geneva the League of Na- tions conciliation committee is reported to have con- cluded that a possibility of conciliation in the far east- ern controversy is more re- mote than ever. There were many rumors charging American influence in the committee which brought about a shift in favor of a firmer policy to-— OUTGOING EXECUTIVE DE- CLINED TO PARTICIPATE IN CEREMONIES (By Assoctated Preas) AUSTIN, Jan. .17.-—Mrs. Miriam Ferguson was inaugu- rated governor today for the second time after a lapse of six years. ‘ The outgoing governor, Ross Sterling, defeated by Mrs, Ferguson in the primary, declined to participate in the induction ceremonies. DAUGHTER BORN TO MRS. SNIPES DEATH SENTENCE FOR SLAY- ING POLICEMAN WAS COM- MUTED TO LIFE (By Associated Prensa) COLUMBIA, South Carolina, Jan. 17.—-A daughter was born to- day to Mrs. Beatrice Snipes, whose death sentence for slaying a police- man was commuted last week to life imprisonment. She was transferred from the penitentiary to the state hospital here for aceouchment. Physicians said the mother and daughter were doing fine. SOME OLD DRIVER GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — ° License to operate an automobile has been issued to Thomas Gordon of this city, who gives his age as 102. oo STRAND THEATER The Home Town Theater Today Double Featere THE CONQUERORS See Page 3 for Reader on This Picture Alo — Matinee, 10-15e; Night, 15-25¢