The Key West Citizen Newspaper, February 23, 1933, Page 1

Associated Press Day Wire Service be Key West Citwen VOLUME LIV. No. 46. Bridge Loan Action Held In Abeyance As Result Of Request From Overseas Co. Shows News Published In PORTER REMAINS Miami Paper Relative OPTIMISTIC OVER — Was Pre- SECURING BRIDGES, FEELS CHANCES FOR OBTAIN- ING LOAN JUST AS GOOD; SAYS MATTER WILL BE SAT- ISFACTORILY SETTLED “On the strength of a request made by the Overseas Bridge Cor- poration to the Reconstruction Fi- nance Corporation the application for a loan to construct the pro-) Neither the decision of the su- ~ a bridges“ betw Lower|Preme court that the Overseas P 2) 4 fe Bridge Corporation has no fran- ‘Matecumbe and No Name Key has} chise for the building of the been suspended nearly two months. | bridges Bot a oe despatch -. voicing an individual opinion ap- “The Overseas Bridge Corpora-| easing in any other paper, has in _tion specifically asked that action | no way lessened the chances of the on the application be withheld un- loan being secured from the Re- construction Finance Corporation til further notice, and such notice} for the bridges is the opinion of has not yet been given.” William R. Porter, vice chairman , ‘ : ._ | of the Overseas body. : The informatiom contained in} wy porter returned today from those two paragraphs was received | Miami and Tallahassee, where he by The Citizen from its Washing-|has been for the better part of ton correspondent, The informa-| three weeks in the interests of the tion is authoritative and correct. | bridges and told The Citizen that The Citizen is giving the infor-| he feels just as confident today in mation to its readers as a result] the outcome of the proposed appli- of a “special” that was published | cation as he ever did. in The Miami News for last Satur-} The quo warranto proceedings day, in which it was said that alrecently filed in the supreme member of the R. F. C. advisory} court by Attorney Cary D. Landis, board had declared that the appli-| with Dade and Monroe counties as cation for a loan made by the} co-relators, relative to the invalid- Overseas Bridge Corporation had|ity of the franchise which was been rejected because the project] granted to Rosenthal and was re- was not considered “‘liquidating}cently nullified by resolutions in fact.” adopted by the |Monroe county Residents have phoned The Citi-| commissioners, will be acted on by zen and have made personal calls|the supreme body shortly after at the office to ascertain if the}the inauguration of Franklin i pobishedc The. News is} Roosevelt. 8 id The Citizen replied that,| , In the opinion of Mr, Porter this 8o far as it knows, the member of | action will take place during the the advisory board was correctly| week of March 6, and will once quoted by the correspondent of the/and for all determine whether or Miami paper. not the alleged franchise which Not Aware Of Request Rosenthal elaims is valid has any But, The Citizen explained, it} force. believes that the engineer was not Attorneys for the Overseas aware of the request of the Over-| Bridge Corporation have also filed seas Bridge © Corporation, | made ja rehearing of the case instituted | nearly two months before, that ac-| through quo warranto proceedings tion on the application be suspend-|by Rosenthal, which resulted in a ed until further notice, and that| decision adverse to the Overseas that notice has not yet been given.| body. No reply to this petition Incidentally, that request was|has been received up to this time. made to the directors of the R. F.| Another phase of the situation C, and not to its engineering} will take place tomorrow morning board. in chambers before Judge Jeffer- In view of that fact, how could}son B. Browne, in circuit court, something be rejected that was|when the injunction proceedings for? instituted by Rosenthal against Tt can't be, and the only con-|the Monroe county commissioners clusion to be reached is that the |are heard. ‘engineer has not been informed,| This injunction, asked by Rosen- because there was no reason to in- jal several weeks ago, seeks to form him, that the application had!have an order issued by Judge been suspended. Browne restraining the Monroe The reason that prompted {commissioners from in any way in- the Overseas Bridge Corpora- | terfering with Rosenthal in his | tion to ask for the suspension | proposition to secure a loan from; was because George J. Ros: the Reconstruction Fianace Cor- | thal was proceeding legally [poration and construct bridges against the corporation in the [over the specified water gaps of hope of eve Hy frust the highway. iiiatiniert "| cua PROGRAM HERE TOMORROW In other words, the corpora- P..T, ASSOCIATION TO STAGE | tian realized that it had fight on its hands with Rosen- MATINEE AT DIVISION ST. INSTITUTION thal and wanted to an } | jthe comment of the |two advancing armies in Jehol was end to it before continuing ite appeal to the R. F.C. for To carry on the work of provid. | ing lunches and clothing for 116 | money to pay for the con- struction of the proposed children of Division street school, | the Parent-Tecaher Association | bridges. would appreciate a liberal patron-} the | Emil | class } All of which may explain the reason why the news about what the engineers had said did not ap- pear in any other paper, so far as The Citizen has been able to determine, besides The News. Key Westers, in discussing the matter with sha deg ten’ -, ey age at a matinee tomorrow after- | Citizen, remarked that they Pres noon at this school. This enter- :. — Foie kvaranty tainment will begin at 4 o'clock, q it has be kc tiling wer Tee Citiees bod-nec|" Cen bess cnnounced. wig reac gry ee |Home: will be directed by e Citizen replied t is | Sweeting and is a high oa of _ Rags Shey comedy, which promises to be en- at it also has a correspond-| joved by all. ént in Washington, and that it had |” Making the First Flag,” and received a single word from |The Virginia Reel,” will be pre-| ding those sy and ee sented by pupils of the second! @ reason why corespond- | vrade, Al. ae nk say pean — the |” Vocal solo—Miss May Hill, } rejection” was because “Brotherhood” — A lay, by Hid not consider it news, as he | pupils of 6A. ay " long known that the applica-; Washington pageant and song had been suspended at the re-!hy Marina Valenzuela. Jessie Wat-| of the Overseas Bridge Cor-j kins and Samuel Collins. tion. | Vocal duet——Marina Valenzuela and Olga Camus. It has been announced by the committee in charge of the enter- tainment that a box of groceries will be given the holder of a lucky | ‘ticket. meted as saying the project Snot self-liquidating in fact” aware that the Overseas Corporation, after it had tinued on Page Three) For KEY WEST, FLORIDA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1933. eocccccccoce Happiness---A Public codecs By WILLIAM FIELDING OGBURN Research Director, President’s} Committee On Recent Social Trends (Written For The Associated Press) Happiness never has been considered as a social prob- lem. It has been the theme of the philosopher and the poet, but it never has been attacked by science. Indeed, , \ mis- guided moralists has been:: “The more you seek it the} less you find it.” There has been no. platform in the republican or the democratic party on the subject. Yet it is the one thing we all crave. While many persons will think it highly fanciful to discuss the question of increasing happiness and probably will condemn any- one attempting such a discussion as an impractical idealist, yet I doubt if anyone would be so bold as to say the happiness of our peo- | ple cannot be increased. If science should investigate the] , subject the most probable hypoth-| esis of approach would, I think, center around affection. Such would certainly be the advice of the novelist. The affectional life of a people clusters around marriage and the family. One in every six marriages | will end in divorce. Yet, curiously enough, about three out of every four marriages at any one time| the opinion of Prof. William Fielding Ogburn of the Universi Happiness is ranked by Professor Ogburn as are found to be happy marriages. | Chic Family Problems Studied problem because everyone craves The attempt to deal with family problems by the clergy, by the physicians, by the courts, and by a growing number, of social agen- cies’ and institutions is meeting with considerable success. It seems probable they will throw a great deal of light on forces and factors which play a part in producing happiness or un- habits of a large number of people are extremely bad is just being ning to learn some of the hygienic (Principles which will present such a state. The task of mental hygiene is a very large one and I imagine it |will be many decades before sue- }eess will be conspicuous, but their happiness. It seems very prob-| A 4 r <1, efforts should be aided by society able that family problems — will Tere ay possible. r t deal of light on the Leu bat hed hee te a Work Affords Happiness question of happiness. Another great agency operating; The family does not offer the in society today and placing the | only background against which pursuit of happiness in the realm) happiness may be observed. Many of public policy is the mental hy-'are said to d happiness in work, giene movement. | At least some do not find it a toil That the mental and emotional! and take. a great interest in it. recognized, and we are justébegin-shappiness-also: Policy Here are the ten biggest problems confronting the nation in of a major It can be increased, he thinks. it. ; There are certainly types of work i which are a source of Happiness is to be found for many in religion and it is, true that for a large proportion of mankind religion does bring a | peace and abiding joy. One other foci of forces that make for happiness is the years j of childhood. The capacity for | happiness. or unhappiness is. de- termined somewhat by the}; for- mation of our personality in , the early years of our life. This’ is an important enough problem as to be the theme of a separate dis- cussion. } JAPANESEBOMB TANKER ALABAMA MANY TOWNSIN | WILL BRING OIL JEHOL SECTION STEAMER CUBA BRINGS PASSENGERS FROM HA. WARNING GIVEN THAT UN- nici sae eaOY LESS CHINESE TROOPS ARE - WITHDRAWN THEY WILL} a BE FORCIBLY EXPELLED |‘ 102 The steamship Cuba, of the P. i O. S. S. company, arrived yes- y afternoon from Havana at lock, with 102 passengers, 17 5 o alie Ferry Parrott came in from {Cuba with a cargo of 13 miscel- laneous car Tanker Alabama is due in port the latter part of this week with (Ny Associated Press) Reports that Chaoyang, Jehol's second largest city, and other) towns in eastern Jehol, were bomb- i .. |approximately 23,000 barrels of ed by Japanese planes, were is-| fue} oi] for the tanks on the Por- sued today at Chinese military | ter Dock property. headquarters in Peiping. | Freighter Pawnee, of the Clyd Japanese reports said one of| Mallory lines, is due this ev \from New Orleans with cargo. She dvs " |will take on freight and sail for at Peipiao, 20 miles northeast of | Miami ‘ani Javkeaneile. Chaoyang, awaiting expiration of | Wilder Says Conditions In Cuba Are Exaggerated the ultimatum at midnight tonight. | Before starting the long-herald- | ed big show, Chinese sources said} Peipiao was attacked, but denied it was captured. The other Japanese army 150 miles northward, was approaching} Kailu, northern key city, with D. U. Wilder, general and passenger agent of Peninsular and Occidental the bombing planes leading the way. |) O™pPany, in a Sarid Legare ian A Japanese spokesman at} abbr gods Pee wees he jon-| Points out that condit s in € anghai said the Chinese nat [have been greatly exaggerated alist government was informed to-/ : Ps day that unless troops are with-| _ The let drawn from Jehol they will be ex-|0f interviews from tourists who pelled forcibly, although Chinese | have returned from Havana and officials have not reported receipt | *#¥ that there is little or no evi- of such a communication. The Japanese spokesman said it was delivered verbally to the Chinese foreign minister. jing to Cuba annually for a num- Japanese ambassadors in the} ber of years, said that the city was United Stat England, France,/ more orderly at the present time Italy and Germany were instruct-' than it has been for years. This e is due in part to an order recently issued by President Machado, pro- ing that the hordes of beggars, who have proved a source of con- tinual annoyance to travelers in ‘Cuba, be kept off the streets. ORIGINAL a leity. | One traveler, who has been go- to inform those governments Japan is mindful of their in-} terests in the Peiping and Tientsin trea area, and will not invade those two cities unless Chinese re- prisals force such action. freight | Juba ! cox r contains a number ;¢ {dence of strife to be seen in the OBSERVANCE OF ROTARY DAY AT NOON LUNCHEON | {MEMBERSHIP OF ORGANIZA- | TION JOINS IN CELEBRAT- ING TWENTY-EIGHTH AN- NIVERSARY } \ { | The session of the \ Rotary Club given over today ito the observance of the twenty- eighth anniversary of its organiza- |tion. Pamphlets were read show- ng the progress that has ade by the club in the meantime, noon-day been also shown where there are now 3,555 clubs over the jentire world with Rotary affilia- | tions, { | |while it wa Lincoln Spencer, of Miami, was a guest of the club today, and ex- pressed himself as being glad to be back in Key West again, and . of having an opportunity to attend the luncheon, which was an enjoyable event throughout. A few other topics of general ere discussed during t much interest di interest by the si iar weekly meet. The Home Town Theater Today Double Feature UNHOLY LOVE See Page 4 for Reader On This Picture ho GOLDIE GETS ALONG Matinee, 10-18¢; Night, 15-25 ILLEGIB joy and tendance at) Republican Leader CERMAK HAS 80 [ROBERT BAKER, "PERCENT CHANCE | SHERIFF PALM | FOR RECOVERY| COUNTY, DEAD BY DR. KARL MEYER; TEM- PERATURE AT THAT TIME REPORTED TO BE 99 OFFICER; GAINED MUCH PROMINENCE AS CONQUER- OR OF ASHLEY GANG (hy Associated Prensa) MIAMI, Feb. 23.—Dr. Karl Meyer said at noon that May- or Cermak had improved so much he has an “eighty per- His (By Associated Press) WEST PALM BEACH, Feb. 23. —Robert C. Baker, 45, sheriff of Palm Beach county since 1920 and law officer since 1909, died at his home today of cerebral hemorrh- cent chance to recover.” temperature then was 99. CONDITION NOW Byles MORE HOPEFUL MIAMI, Feb. 23.—After a night of anxiety during which Baker, who was a_ nationally known peace officer, died at 8:25 a. m. He had not been ill pre- two physicians remained at viously. the hospital, Mayor Anton He sprang into national prom: Cermak’s conditions today | inence as a conqueror of the Ash- was reported as more hope- ley bandit gang. Handicapped by ful. the loss of a leg he neverthe! led a life full of danger and ac- tivity. He was a former president of the Florida Sheriffs’ Association, and he and his father, the late Captain George Baker, were the only sheriffs this county ever had, Doctors said the painful colitis which caused “great concern and complicated con- ditions during the last 48 hours, seems diminished. An official bulletin of six physicians said Cermak show- ed improvement today. The mayor passed a comfortable night after the colitis attack waned. THREE ALARMS OF FIRE ARESOUNDED INVESTIGATING SEVERAL OF INPAST 24 HOURS] ‘""-*orame"s KEY WEST ALL BLAZES DISCOVERED TO} BE PILES OF GRASS AND LIKE MATTER; APPARATUS RESPONDS ARSON BUREAU E. S. Davies, investigator for the Arson Bureau of the National Board of Fire Underwriters, is in Key West investigating several of the conflagrations that have oc- curred in Key West recently, prin- cipally the fire which practically destroyed the building at the corn- Alarms brought out apparatus from Number 1 ard Number 3 fire! stations three times during the past 24 hours. The fires were all | street. found to be piles of grass and/ Mr. Davies will be remembered rubbish that were awaiting re-/by many who met him when he was moval. One yesterday morning in the vicinity of the home of John |Marzyck, on Von Phister street, looked dangerous and had it not been for the prompt arrival of ap- here last September and materially assisted in clearing up the mystery surrounding the burning of the Conway residence on White street. Before the trial of the men charged with the crime, Mr. Davies paratug would have proven dan-| was'associated with former Sheriff gerous to surrounding property. |Cleveland Niles in his investiga- Last night at 9:60 o'clock a call |tions. After the arrest his assist for the department was sent from | ance to the sheriff’s office was de- the vicinity of the gas plant and clared invaluable, especially in later the alarm was sounded. This| wringing confessions from those was only a small blaze and was | implicated. quickly extinguished. During the entire trial he was Again this morning a telephone | an interested spectator and did not call was sent to headquarters, tell-|jeave the court at any time while ing of a fiercely burning fire on }the examination of the witnesses Petronia street near Pearl street. / was being conducted. Responding the engines found a} j pile of rubbish burning brightly. | TELEPHONE BLDG. i the opinion that the department | will be in a better position to meet | these emergencies if parties who} call the Number 1 station to tell | of fires in their neighborhood will state whether the fire is burning |trash and rubbish or a house or other building. Many Key West Residents | Go To Miami To Witness Nebo-Canzoneri Battle sued during the past week was ix- | {sued today to the Southern Bell; Quite a large number of Key} 7, a eG | West folk left over the East — gpotirest owe | Coast yesterday afternoon andisimonten and Southard streets, jothers went over the highway | Other permits issued from the | yesterday and this morning to Mi-| office of building inspector Baker ami for the Nebo-Canzoneri fight| were for: Repairs to the interior | tonight. lof residence at 210 Olivia street. | | Among those going over the Owner Mrs. Harry Hucherson; cost | | East Coast yesterday were: Claude: $12. | Hernandez, C. W. Richards, Dr. E.| New fence at Fimeing and/ | Rodriguez y Baso, Robert Shultz,’ Duval street. Owner V. A. Jobn-| Felo Rodriguez, Evariste Rod- son; cost $25. { riguez, Rau! Garcia, B. C. Moreno,! Interior repairs to building on! Robert Spottswood, Earl Adams, Southard street. Paul Boysen,| Eugene DeBarcy and Fred Dion.' agent for owner; cost $35. i LE PAINTING CONTEMPLATED BY ORGANIZATION The largest building permit is-) | STATEMENT ISSUED AT.NOON|NATIONALLY KNOWN PEACE | MEMBER HERE ; Sport and the fishing was 53 Years Devoted to the ‘Best Interests of Key West PRICE FIVE CENT Confers With Hoover On Matters In _ Congressional Organization Predicts. Hard - Fighting Minority After March 4; Republican Caucus Next Week (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON, Feb. 23.—Representative Snell, republican leader, after a conference with President Hoover, said that he had discussed congressional organization after March 4 with the president and predicted “we will have a close-knit, hard-fighting minority. He said he will transmit | Hoover's sentiments‘ as to the course to follow te a republican caucus next week. ; Hoover will either speak to the republicans or. give a statement on the party’s strategy. CAMPBELL WILL MAKE NO MORE SPEED TRIALS DECISION MADE AFTER BEING TOLD BY PHYSICIAN IT WOULD NOT BE ADVISABLE, OWING TO SPRAINED ARM (By Associated Press) DAYTONA BEACH, Feb. 23.—- er of Caroline and Whitehead | Sir Malcolm Campbell, who, yes- terday, bu three new world land speed records, announced def- initely today he will make no more speed trials here this year, would leave Tuesday for New York to sail for England March 3. Campbell said he will ship his ing ear north tomorrow or Sat- day. His decision to make no more trials was reached after Campbell consulted « physician | who told him it would not be ad- visable to race soon because of a seriously sprained arm. Campbell injured his left arm a week ago while making a test run in a car, During the record-breaking run yesterday, the Britisher was fore- ed to drive most of the way over a bumpy beach with only one hand. His left arm encased in bandages and a leather guard. { and GENERAL repairs a wn p| Excellent Fishing Was Report Of Party Making Trip To Nearby Waters “We had an afternoon of great ex- cellent,” said Attorney W. Curry Harris, who was out yesterday afternoon as the guest of Dr. L. L. Righter. Others of the doc- jtor’s guests were his son, Layton, and Lieutenant H. A. Tellman, U. 8. N., commandant, The party fished for three hours and caught barracuda, grouper, mackerel and amberjack. Of the latter species 10 were taken averaging 50 pounds each. Practically all of the parties that have gone out recently re- port large catches of various kinds and all of them have found amberjack in abundance.