The Key West Citizen Newspaper, February 28, 1933, Page 1

Associated Press Day Wire Service VOLUME LIV. No. 50. Ernest Liebold, General Secretary To Henry Ford, Reported Missing Today Recently Assigned To As-(CQUNCIL AIRS sist In Organization Of New Detroit, Michigan, Banks (By Associated Press) DETROIT, Mich., Feb. 28. —Ernest Leibold, general secretary to Henry Ford, was reported missing to De- troit police today. Authori- ties said a request for a “quiet investigation” of his disappearance was made by a man who identified him- self as an official of the Ford Motor Company. At the Leibold home and office of the Ford Company it was said nothing was known of his disappear- ance. -.Mrs. Leibold was reported away from home. Police said Leibold was last seen late yesterday when he left the Ford offices in Dear- born. Leibold, for many years general secretary to Ford, has been in charge of the Ford fiscal policies. him to assist Edsel Ford in organization work prepara- tory to forming two new Detroit banks which will be under control of the Fords. WRECKING TUG BACK IN PORT RELIEF LEFT HERE TO REN- DER AID TO SHIP IN DISTRESS The wrecking tug Relief re- turned yesterday from South Pass, Mississippi, where she was ordered to the assistance of the tanker Standard, which was aground. While the Relief was not used in the salvage operations she re- ceived orders to stay near the Standard until the ship was float- ed. This was accomplished only af- ter about 8,000 tons of oil was in from the ship by other rs that were sent to her as- sistance. my Tin Cans Needed Planting Campaign On account of the beautification plans now being carried out, many thousands of tin cans will be needed for the seeds of mahogany and other trees now being planted. BUS QUESTION LAST EVENING MEETS WITH MANAGER GROOMS OF ELECTRIC COM- PANY; NO DEFINITE AGREE- MENT REACHED The city council met in special session last night with B. L. Grooms, president, the Key West. Electrie Company, going over the proposition toward an agreement in connection with the discon- tiuance of bus service in Key West. The council took up every phase of the, matter, each being thoroughly discussed, but nothing definite -was agreed upon, after which it was decided to adjourn and meet again on Wednesday evening when an endeavor will be made to reach an amicable settle- ment between the city and the electric company. The main contention of the whole affair at the meeting night was for a general 10 per- cent cut in all electric rates recom- mended by the city, but the elec- last | — KEY WEST, FLORIDA, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 28, s Smash Chinese Resistance; Great War Drama Unfolds In Jehol COCCCOOCSTEOOOOOSOSOOHOOOSHOSHOHOOOOOSOOEOCOES Jap “ah Ca ae i 33 <3 _— Fears Jehol, where Japanese, Manchukuoans and Chinese clash, i: own in this sketch map with Jap- anese flags flying at Peipiao and Kailu, jumping off places fo¥ the drive intended to reach Jehol City and annex the whole province to the Tokyo-fostered stat¢ of Manchukuo. Chinese flags fly at pee eres Some Dor. wen 00) Land also at Lingyuan and Chibfeng, favor this, Mr. Grooms _ stating, however, that there was a possible chance that the company may agree to some reduction in the service charge. * New proposals will be drawn up by the city to be presented at the meeting Wednesday night when the council will endeavor to ar- rive at some satisfactory agree- ment with the electric company pertaining to the issue. Under the caption, “Bus Service In Key West This Afternoon” ap- peared an article in Saturday’s is- sue of The Citizen, in the fifth paragraph of which appeared the words “To reduce the rate for street lighting from $26.16” etc. This was a typographical error and should have read $23.16 in- stead, ANOTHER BANK CLOSED TODAY AFFAIRS OF COMMERCIAL IN- STITUTION TAKEN OVER BY COMPTROLLER (Ny Ansoctated Prene) WASHINGTON, Feb. 28.— At the request of its officers, because of heavy withdrawals, affairs of the Commercial Na- tional Bank were taken over today by the federal comp- troller. It was closed. Sapreme Court To Hear Case Against Rosenthal On Franchise March 10 The suit of the state on rela- Cathay (By Asncetated Press) SUICHUNG, Manchuria, Feb. '28.Japanese “forces assisted by bombing planes smashed a stubborn resist- ance of Chinese regulars at Shamaoshan in southern Jehol today and occupied the town and pass. Chinese retreated northward. The two-day battle mark- ed by the heaviest fighting | of . the Jehol campaign, finally ended in Japanese victory and opened the way to Lingyuan, southern pass to Jehol City, provincial capital. A dispatch from Kailu said the Japanese army; WITH FUEL OIL ALABAMA BRINGS EIGHTEEN THOUSAND BAR- RELS The tanker Alabama arrived) last night with 18,000 barrels of} fuel oil for the tanks on the Por- |ter Dock property. While the Alabama was in port | the Italian training ship Colombo | was moved from her berth at the Cans will be needed for rooting; tion of Attorney General Cary D.} po, 4 cuttings of shrubs that are to be} Landis and Dade and Makelscca ad Meek, pease used in this campaign now on for} counties against George J. Rosen-|the Alabama sailed. making Key West more attractive.| thal, information in the nature of} She left 8 o'clock this morning Miss Mollie Parker, chairman of} quo warranto, has been set down, returning to Texas going out the conservation committee of the} in supreme court for oral argu-/through the Northwest Channel. Monroe County Unemployment | ment on March 10. Relief asks that boys and girls; This date was set by the court} collect tin cans and turn them! at the request of the relators, as ever to her, as she hown by a telegram received late varieties of seeds to be planted at} Yesterday afternoon by William this time and needs containers. | V- Albury, county attorney. These cans may be from a pint) Reneiicaiccnsnamisa. ogee size up and sufficiently deep in| Postmaster Williams Is which cuttings and seeds may be/ placed. Anyone who can assist in} this work is asked to call Miss) Parker, | Postmaster Charles S. Williams, j who underwent an operation in} HIGH LIVING BY IDLE (By Associated Press) ANTOFAGASTA, Chile, Feb. [28.—Se acute is unemployment in | =,° the northern provinces, that it is} Reported Critically Ml cstimated that three-fourths of| the population of this city lives off the government. } Correspondents of Santiago} j the Marine hospital yesterday is| newspapers found, however, that; jin an extremely critical condition) virtually none of the unemployed | | today. |would accept jobs and that some! Members of the said) ill-feeling was present among em- when asked as to his condition! ployed workers who felt the [that while his pulse is some|‘‘cesantes,” or idlers, were living! jstronger his condition is practically! better than they who earned their] the same as it was last night. keep. family Musical Comedy directed by MRS. VIRGIL CORDERO i rs. \ reached Fangchen, 118 miles north, of Jehel-City.. _.\. At that rate it swung more than 125 miles across the northern desert in four days, and only 26 miles from Chihfeng pass where the most crucial battle is ex- pected. The third act in Japan’s drama of Manchuria has opened with the action set in Jehol, a moun- tainous, railwayless land of opium traders and ancient Chinese tradi- tion. ‘ The first curtain rose in Muk- den, capital of Manchuria, Sep- tember 18, 1931, when the Jap- anese seized the arsenals of Chang Hsiao-Liang and drove him into northern China. There followed erection of the state of Manchukuo, the summon-, strongholds a | he mountains where the soldiers of Old ing of Henry Pu-Yi, former “boy emperor” of China, to act as its recognition by Tokyo and a de- fensive alliance between the island empire and the infant govern- ment. Then Manchukuo and Japan. jointly claimed Jéhol as an in- tegral part of the new nation. China’s protests to the League of Nations and that body’s con- demnation of the whole Japanese. program had no effect upon this} militaristic policy. After months of preparation, the troops of Manchukuo and Japan swarmed across the border. They started their big push from Peipiao, halfway up the old boundary, and from Kailu, ee ern gateway city. At the mountain strongholds of Lingyuan and Chihfeng the rifle- men and machine gunners of Chang Hsiao-Liang await the columns, with real war as the prospect. OF P..T. A. TO MEET ANNUAL CONVENTION WILL BE HELD AT HOLLYWOOD. BY-THE-SEA (Special to The Citizen) HOLLYWOOD-BY- THE «SEA, Feb. 28.—The 13th annual con- vention of the Florida Congress of Parents and Teachers will be held here April 5 and 6, Mrs. Howard Selby of West Palm Beach, presi- dent, announced today. The theme chosen for the con- vention is “Today’s Child, Tomor- row.” All talks and reports will center around it. This is one of the largest organ- membership of more than 26,- 500. ARRIVES FLORIDA CONGRESS| COLORED MAN ~ UNDER ARREST GEORGE ALBURY CHARGED WITH STRIKING SISTER OVER HEAD WITH BOTTLE George Albury. colored, was ar- rested this morning by sheriff's officers who were advised that Al- bury was on a rampage and was starting to chastize his family. When officers arrived they found that Albury inflicted an in- jury to his sister, Gertrude, by smashing her over the head with a bottle. He was arrested, taken to th court house and given a hearing before Judge Hugh Gunn. After hearing the evidence the judge sent the prisoner to jail in default }OBJECTIONS SHOWN TO) izations in the state, having a/of $250 bond to await trial before criminal court which will convene on March 13. Ch ristian Science Society Lecture on Christian Science By JAMES G. ROWELL, C. S. of Kansas City, Mo. Member of the Board of Lectureship of the Mother Church, The First Church of Christ, Scientist, in Boston, Mass. Ia the Colonial Hotel Dining Room Tuesday Evening, February 28th, at 8 O'Clock. The Kep West Citizen 1933. Emer For — 53 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West PRICE FIVE CENT gency Legislation Fortifies Banks; Pennsylvania And Ohio Institutions Now Strengthened ITALIAN OFFICERS RETURN CALL MADE TO VISITING SHIP CAPT. F. CASARDI AND COM- MANDER A. DA ZARA _ RE- TURN OFFICIAL CALL TO ALBURY AND HARRIS Returning the official call of Major William V. Albury and Lieutenant W. Curry Harris, Flor- ida National Guard, Captain Fer- dinando Casardi, naval attache at the Italian legation in Washington and Commander Alberto da Zara, of the Cristoforo Colombo, called at the national guard armory yes- terday. The visitors were received by Major Albury and Lieutenants Harris, Leslie Russell and William E. P. Roberts, also a squad oi members of Battery E in dress uniform. by Demonstrating the method of giving troops actual training in plotting and other technical work in the armory as though they were engaged in actual warfare, was one part of the entertainment provided for the visitors. They were very much pleased with the efficiency demonstrated by the men and voiced their thanks for the entertainment and cordial ‘HOPES STILL HELD OUT FOR MAYOR CERMAK PNEUMONIA AREA RIGHT LUNG REMAINS STATION- ARY; ADDITIONAL OXYGEN WILL BE USED j (Ny Associated Press) MIAMI, Feb. 28.—The pneu- monia area in Mayor Cermak’s right lung appears to have re- mained stationary in size since yesterday, Dr, Karl Meyer, of Chi- cago, said today after a brief ex: amination. “We are still hopeful,” Meyer said. “Every passing day, with- out unfavorable complications, adds to his chance for recovery.” ‘The pneumonia area is describ- ed as “localized pneumonic con- solidation.” Failure of the oxygen tents to function properly, caused physi- cians to order another by airplane from New York. POLICEMAN, HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATE, HEARD IN ORATION (Ny Associated Press) CLEVELAND, Ohio, Feb. 28.— Patrolman Michael Powers, 27, one of the 85 graduates at West High School here, has his idea of fitness when he came to deliver the gtaduating class oration, His sub- ject was “Rackets.” Patrolman Powers has been a student at day and policeman at night for the past two years. Not only did he deliver the class ora- tion, but he also was chiéf execu- tive officer of the class. He plans to go on and get more education now. Powers quit school when he was 16 years old to help his other brothers and sisters through school. GARDNER’S PHARMACY} | ORIGINAL ILLEGIBLE SMITH PROGRAM FOR FINANCING MANY PROJECTS RECOMMENDATION FOR BOND ISSUE MADE TO SENATE COMMITTEE TO HELP PUB- LIC CONSTRUCTION (Ry Associated Press) WASHINGTON, Feb, 28.— Counsel from Alfred Smith to the senate finance committee today, embraced recommendations for a federal bond issue to finance en- larged public construction, war debt moratorium aimed to ex- pand American foreign markets and the recognition of Soviet Rus- sia. He is out to help the commit- tee in its search for ways and means to improve situation and he let his hearers know of his opposition to any in- flationary schemes. Adverting to the prohibition re- peal resolution before the states, Smith is opposed to congress fix- ing the manner for states to call conventions to act on the amend- ment. the national) Resolution In Connection With Law Gives Power Toward Regulation O/ Withdrawals (By Associated Press) Banks in Pennsylvania and Ohio opened for busi- ness today fortified by emergency legislation passed since the close of business yesterday. By resolution the Penn- sylvania banks received power to regulate with- drawals with approval of the state banking secretary. Ohio passed two laws giving superintendents of banks unprecedented powers to control withdrawals and slash red tape in liquidation or reopening of closed banks. In Little Rock and North Little Rock, Arkansas, banks A consolidated transportation| restricted withdrawals. The system, under federal regulation, }and with a national FOR ATTORNEY GENERAL POST TIONS AT ONCE; BACHMAN NAMED FOR SENATE JOB (Ry Associated Presa) HYDE PARK, Feb. 28.—Presi- ‘dent-elect Roosevelt today an- nounced the appointment of ‘Thomas Walsh, Montana, as his attorney general, | It is expected Roosevelt will |fill his official list before tomor- row with announcements of Miss Frances Perkins, New York, for secretary of Labor, and Daniel Roper, South Carolina, for sec- retary of commerce. BACHMAN GETS SENATE PLACE NASHVILLE, Feb. 28,—Gov- ernor McAlister today appointed Nathan Bachman, former justice of the Tennessee supreme court of the United States as senator succeeding Cordell Hull named secretary of state in the Roosevelt cabinet. ARMORED CAR UNIT ADDED TO FORCES (Ry Associated Prens) SANTIAGO, Chile, Feb. 26.— An armored car and tank division has been organized by the civil guard, a semi-secret fascist or- ganization formed te succor any constitutional regime and to fight both militarism and ¢ommunism. A subsidiary “home guard” of about 3,000 men will be assigned to duty only in home districts, permitting the regular civil guard to put all its attention on combat work. With organization here virtually complete, units in the provinces | will be revamped to fit the new scheme, replacing all former lead- ers of the “white guard,” because ithat body failed to support the | Montero government. NO GRATITUDE CEDAR RAPIDS, Ia——A tramp jto whom Patrolman Marshall if [this city, gave lodging at police headquarters for the night, stole: two tins of cigarettes, retary for reception accorded by the officers| transportation, is another Smith|a bill empowering the bank- Delaware legislature passed i postponement of accounts banks if he deems it neces- sary. Five banks in Covington, Kentucky, decided to limit withdrawals to five per cent per month. In Michigan it was hoped to open two new Ford-backed banks tomor- row. Proposed legislation in Maryland remained in the hands of two committees. FRED FULSOME WOUNDED IN MIA‘ | SUCCUMBS TODAY REFUSED TO DISCLOSE IDF TITY OF ASSAILANT; 5/ TO HAVE HAD $2,800 OF PERSON WHEN SHOT (iy Associated Pressy _ ST. AUGUSTINE, Feb. 28.— Death today sealed the lips of Fre Fulsome, 53, of Miami, who die in a hospital refusing to disclose the identity of his assailant whe shot him in the back on the street here last night. He had $2,800 in cash on his person when shot, Fulsome was quoted by authori- ties as saying before he died he knew who fired the shot but he would disclose the identity to no one except his wife who was in Miami at the time. She came here today but police expressed the belief that she reached the bedside too late. She declined to make 8 statement. STRAND THEATER The Home Town Theater Today ; Double Feature THE PAST OF MARY HOLMES | See Page 4 for Reader On This ae ee ores INFERNAL MACHINE Matines, 10-18¢; Night, 15-25 a