The Key West Citizen Newspaper, March 25, 1933, Page 1

Associated Press Day Wire Service VOLUME LIV. No. 72. Continued Session Of Congress Until Junel --Foreseen By Rainey Lesislation In Interest JEWS NOT TO Of Bankrupt Muni- cipalities Urged By Mark Wilcox (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON, March 25.— Continued session of congress un- til June 1, so it can complete President Roosevelt's » program, was foreseen today’ by Speaker Rainey. » He said, “everything we have done so far won't amount to one thing, unless we get the whole Program. We will win this war if the people back home will stay with us.” In the meantime the administra- tion, through Secretary Wallace, boldly reasserted to congress its belief that to get anything done about farm relief, executive of-]. ficials must be trusted with broad flexible power. ‘Nothing less will suffice to meet realties that now confront us,” he said. The senate labor committee failed to reach an agreement on ‘the president's reforestation _ bill and called a conference with Wil- liam Green, president of the who is opposing it. . Nearly $100,000,000 of in carrying out his reforestation program. Legislation in the interest / of bankrupt municipalities was w upon the president by Representa- tive Mark Wilcox, democrat, of Florida. He submitted a bill to allow in- solvent cities to negotiate settile- ments with agreement of a jority of creditors. RELIEF WORKERS “NOT PAID TODAY FUNDS FOR PAYMENT OF MEN FAILED TO ARRIVE IN TIME Emergency Relief ~ Council! workers were disappointed today when funds failed to be received to pay them for their work of two it pt r weeks ago. » Tt was fully expected that / money would be available today. ‘The amount needed to make a full fap is approximately $775, would be sufficient, it to pay all of the men one day. However, it was learned the draught that was put throu the First National Bank had » been honored as yet and und the circumstances there was way in which funds could be cured. ADVICE FOR OLD AGE HILLSDALE, Mich.—Alvin } B, Schell, 102, of this city, vex this advice to those who live to attain old age: “Eat} all you can hold and work as rd @s you can.” T HE he gt Sales-Service Suppli Representative will be Key West MONDAY a TUESDAY, March 27 and 28th. BE PERSECUTED BY HITLERITES MINISTER WITHOUT PORTFO- LIO IN GERMANY GIVES AD- DRESS DEALING WITH EX- ISTING SITUATION (hy Asnociated Presay BERLIN, March 25.—Persecu- tion of any man simply because he} is a Jew will not be tolerated, said Captain Hermann Goering, min- ister without portfolio, in an im- passioned address today to foreign correspondents, in which he pleaded for fairness in estimating the German situation. He also expressed the opinion that Jews and Socialists abroad were rendering their German friends poor service by making unfavorable reports on German conditions or by holding protest mass meetings. While admitting excesses dur- ing the first days of the German revolution, he claimed the govern- ment adopted most stringent measures, including the death penalty” for further transgres- sions. In the meantime Chancellor Hitler will take action to adjust the whole problem of eastern Jews, refugees from+ postwar persecutions in Potand, Hungary, other eastern ni: ‘who have been held responsible by Nazis for present distressing. con- WORKING TO MAKE UP PERIOD LOST SESSIONS HELD TODAY FOR PURPOSE OF CATCHING UP! FOR TIME WHEN SCHOOLS WERE FORCED TO SUSPEND The Convent of Mary Immacu- late Seminary and St. . Joseph's College began today to make up the lost week of March 13. that was made necessary when an of- ficial order was issued closing all schools in the city for one week. The Citizen was told today that to make up the lost time studies are being conducted at the Con- vent Seminary and St. Joseph’: College today and will be on the two following Saturdays, Holy Monday, completing the five days of en- forced absence. Melvin Russell, superinténdent of public instruction, said that in his opinion the lost week would not be made up in the schools, but if any arrangements was made whereby the students did have an opportunity of catching up the lapse in their studies, it would, he believed, not be by attending schools on Saturday. CUBA BRINGS IN 53 PASSENGERS S. S. Cuba returned from Cuba jq| Yesterday afternoon 4 o’clock with! {58 passengers. Of this number jeight were aliens. | The S. S. Florida sailed yester- The Kep West Citizen For — KEY WEST, FLORIDA, SATURDAY, MARCH 25, 19388. PrYTTi rir Hail Canadian Banking System | Having “‘No Failure’’ Record Huge Liner President Capsizes And Sinks. Pecccccccccccceccocce sites ___ Sees ———— A NEIGHBORLY COMPARISON UNITED STATES CANADA 120,000,000 = POPULATION — [0,000,000 18,000 --NUMBER OF BANKS — 4,000 6,000 —POPULATION: PER BANK= 2,500 $40,000,000,000 —] Po earr5[- #2.000,000,000 %330.—DEPOSITS PER CAPITA—%#200. JAMES ROBERTS EXPECTED FROM } APPOINTED CITY FLOOD MENACE) TAX COLLECTOR CREST OF OHIO RIVER INUN-|SELECTION MADE BY CITY DATIONS APPROACHES| COUNCIL DURING MEETING LOWER LANDS; MANY} LAST EVENING; SUCCEEDS ‘WATCH WATER PROGRESS; FRED J. DION, RESIGNED LITTLE DAMAGE CANADIAN 1. Chartered by govern- é 1. Chartered by ™ ment and 48 states. tral government. ; 2.Regulated by ¢ tral government. + 9.Policy concentrated 1 | (Ry Associated Press) James Roberts was appointed | EVANSVILLE, Ind., March 25.|tax collector-assessor by the city |—Despite rains which fell over|council at a meeting held last Dock Today At Seattle, * 4.Money power less centralized. much of an inundated district dur-‘evening, succeeding Fred J. Dion, jing the night, flood predictions re-| who recently tendered his resigna- jvised downward today as the crest/tion to become effective March Canacn’s record of a depression without a bank failure has been contrasted with the United approached the lower reaches of 31, States’ 5,000 during the same period. In the panels above between the massive bank vault doors ‘the Ohio River. are listed salient facts concerning the banking organization in the two neighboring countries. | | (By Associated Press) NEW YORK, March 25.— Canada has gone through the de- pression so far without a single has had some 5,000 failures dur- jing the same period. Advocates of change in the na- tion’s banking set-up have spread dence of faults in the ing the direction of needed changes. Differences In Set-Ups The essential difference, they and American systems is that the 1 banks are chartered supervised by the central govern-jhelped Canada, that New York/* Deposits per c&pita-in “Canada ment, while the American banks|and other major centers control| are about $200 against $330 are chartered and supervised by| America’s money market anyway,|the United States. There the various 48 states and the cen- tral government. Canada’s 10 chartered banks, located in Toronto and Montreal, control some 4,000 branches all }over the dominion. They are: na- tional banks, working closely in America’s 18,000 banks. are spread over the nation, each bank being independent, a unit in itself, The federal government charters’ | |48 different sets of rules, Pro And Con Debated Opponents of the Canadian sys- tem argue that so much not the American way; proponents’ answer that..such contro} has that such control should ‘be under more rigid supervision. The Canadian system was de- MAJOR GIBSON TO INSPECT BATTERY NATIONAL GUARD OFFICER TO ARRIVE IN KEY WEST ON M ONDAY Major R. T. Gibson, C. A. C D. O. L., has been detailed to in- spect Battery “E” 265th C. (H. D.) Florida National Guard. The major will arrive in Key West Monday afternoon, accompanied by Mrs. Gibson, and the inspec- tion will be held Tuesday. Tuesday afternoon inspection and checking of the records of the battery will be made, and oth- ér details will be discussed by.the inspecting officer and officers of ‘the battery. | At night a demonstration will tbe given in the armory. The bat- |tery will be put through the evolu- ;tions of the new infantry drill, range section drill and artillery drill. | Also an inspection of the per- lsonnel of the battery will be made jand every member of the unit is| }to be at the armory not later than 7:30 o'clock. REV. KENNY T0 ARRIVE TODAY | Rev. Dr. Michael Kenny, S. J., . Florida uba, and to- } } | j {will arrive on the § lthis afternoon from C A PHYSICIAN HELD IN GIRL’S DEATH CHARGED WITH ILLEGAL TREATMENT; WAS SOON TO BECOME MOTHER (By Associated Press) MINEOLA, March 25.—Dr. William Hadley, elderly Seacliff ‘physician, who built up a wide practice among Long Island society folk, was arrested today in connection with the death of Miss Mildred Seymour, 22, of | Mineola. Authorities charged the phy- sician procured illegal treatment |for the woman, who was to have become a mother. Before arrest- ing the physician, authorities questioned James Conklin, former pilot at Roosevelt field. .They said Conklin was unable | to marry the girl because of lack jof funds, ‘FRED WOODS AND WIFE VISIT HERE Mr. and, Mrs. Fred G. Woods arrived here Thursday on ‘heir ‘cruiser ‘“Nan-Fred” to spend their fourth visit in Key West. The boat is tied up at Sweeny’s dock. | Mr. and Mrs. Woods are from ‘Amigo, West Virginia, and are |the owners of the Wocomo Coal | day at 12:15 o’cléck for Havana'morrow will say the 9:30 o'clock Mines of that city. fwith 11 passengers from Tampa jand 31 from Key West, 130 packs of mail and one automobile. | Cabin cruiser Renba, from Bos- mass in St. Mary’s Star of the Sea church. He will also preach at the morning. services. Rev. Kenny was here last week GRAND OPENING lton, Mass. arrived yesterday and for a few days as the guest of/ tis berthed at the Porter Dock (Fompany’s slip. The yacht Elfreda, J, P. Jones fowner, left yesterday afternoon for Rhode Island. . Mr. Jones and family left over the East Coast for the home in Louisville, Ky. Yacht Minoco, Mills Brothers owners, came in yesterday, berth- ied at the F. E. C. terminal docks “and sailed this morning for Miami. Rev. F. X. Dougherty and left Monday for Havana, Cuba. His trip there was to look over the archives of Cuba regarding the associations of that country with Florida. i He wi iversity. iso to visit Belen Uni- His quest was to gather data be used in a “History of Fiorid: Civil and Religious”, which he is now writing. MONDAY NIGHT 8 O'CLOCK '} GREEN LANTERN INN Key West's Most Exclusive Night Club OPERATED BY EUGENE SANDS AND ASSOCIATE Under Management Of EDELMIRO MORALES PUBLIC INVITED \ con-} need of such banking and pointing point out, between the Canadian| centration of finanéial control is|out that the nation is past this | { = Va ‘veloped under the influence of the diana, western Kentucky English system, itself free from southern Tilinois, who anxiously failures during the depression. their homes along the Ohio from without the great spread of banks, West Virginia to Louisville, ex- ‘De less inclined to take the neces- sary risk. This argument is coun-} tered by granting the original| MELVILLE SAYS HE WILL PAY UP rapid growing period, must now itself from inflation. in is 1 bank per 6,000 persons in the United States; 1 bank per 2,500 persons in Canada. jMAN WANTED IN KEY WEST ON CHARGES OF FALSE SCOUT LEADERS COUNCIL MEETS: AT ATLANTA E. A. Melville, wanted in Key West on a charge of obtaining money and goods under false pre- tenses, promises to pay back what PLANS LAID FOR FUTURE AC- | be obtained in Key West, while; |he is at work in the Atlanta fed- {eral prison, While in Key West Melville, under the name of Carson, stop- ped at a hotel and in the uniform lof a naval officer bought goods, The second monthly leaders | giving checks for them. The council of Troop 5, Boy Scouts, checks were®found to be worth- was held Thursday night in the: less. home of Scoutmaster J. A. Boza,| Returning from Havana he 910 Georgia street. eluded officers and left over the ‘ East Coast. He was later arrested Patrol tharos wad other troop lin Charleston, 8. C., tried Monday business was diseussed and plans) of this week and sentenced to one laid for future: activities of the) year and one day in Atlanta. troop, among which were the plac-| A letter to the sheriff's office ing of proper safety signs near |i” Key West from officials in the public schools, the planting of | Charleston, advised of his | trial TIVITIES OF ORGANI. TION scout gardens, church attendance | debtedness in Key West from once a month and other matters the money he will earn in the pertaining to the discipline and, “pen.” welfare of the troop. | Plans are also being completed iPOINCIANA TO for the first leaders overnight | camp in the near future. The} LEAVE MONDAY next leaders council will be held; on the second week in April. At the regular meeting of the rewpEeR IVY WILL ALSO DE- troop on Monday evening, a new) patrol was organized, under the! PART FOR TRIP TO WEST leadership of Patrol! Leader Wil- liam Middleton. There are now! COREY ON RANE DAY five patrols in the troop, each! striving to outdo the other in an| t 5 inter-patrol contest now being, The lighthouse tender Poinci- held, it is shown, the winning|#%# will leave Monday for Miami patrol to be awarded a Boy harbor and other points on the iScout Statuette finished in |€@st coast, including Turtle Har- i bronze. jbor, to repair and replace beacons A drill contest will also be/that have been destroyed or held within a few weeks. The damaged. best drilled scout will receive a| The ten : bronze medal which will be do-|New River Inlet and will be ab- jnated by a local business man isent about 10 days or two weeks. Russell Haman, Jr. a new-| The Ivy is expected to leave for jcomer in the troop, was the win-'the west coast Monday going as jner of an official fire-making set far as Tampa Bay replacing buoys given last Monday night at a 2nd doing other work in that sec- |treasure hunt held by the troop. (tion. each independent and most ca-' pected the flood to pass with no, pable of judging the needs of its more serious damage than a fur-/ these facts on the record as evi-|the national banks and supervises; community, the nation’s progress ther overflow of lowlands. United) them. Each state also charters would have been greatly retarded; States system, and also as point-| banks and supervises them under{that a great central bank would }and his promise to pay up bis in-: There were two other applica- Residents of southwestern In- tions for the position read, George and 'L. Babcock and Councilman S&S. j)Owen Sawyer. The three applica- py Sigel (watched the progress of high wa-/ ! 2 - 2 ‘ose favoring the dual system ter which drove thousands f | bank failure. The United States; cooperation with the government,|of America further argue that SER RIE tions were put to roll call with Roberts winning out by a 4 to 3 i vote. Those voting in favor were Freeman, Monsalvatge, Warren and Gwynn, with Collins, Roberts and Sawyer in opposition. Mr. Roberts, who received the appointment, was some years ago purser on board one of the P. and O. steamers, and since that time had’ been employed at the National SENATOR BRANDT MESSAGE IS RECEIVED OVER TELEPHONE (ily Assoetated Prenn) PITTSBURGH, March 25.— Police guarded the home of State Senator Herman Brandt today, following a death threat received by the senator over the tele-; phone. Brandt, the only Allegheny jcounty senator to vote recently against the bill in the legislature to legalize Sunday sports in Pennsylvania, told officers a man who threatened him, first asked him why he opposed the bill. row afternoon at 4:30 o'clock, with Alfredo Barroso, directing. | The people.of Key West, es- pecially lovers of good music, are invited to be at the park and hear, an excellent program of popular bees and classical selections. | FRENCH WINE FAKERS PARIS, March 25.—There no faked wine in France now-; adays. Good wine is too ylentiful jto make faking pay, says the laboratory of the ministry of agri- culture. While the commoner kinds are sometimes harmlessly “improved” | with sugar and water, the labora- 1 der will go as far ax|tory’s chemists have rarely found: | imitations pure and simple such as existed before the war. | \MOTOR CAR MINUS CHASIS PLANNED (Ny Assorteted Preast SYDNEY, March 25.—An_ ail- Australian four car will shortly be placed on the market. 53 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West PRICE FIVE CENTS Madison Alongside Wash. All But Two Of Hun- dred Persons Aboard Escaped; Took In Water Through Side (By Associated Press) SEATTLE, March 25.— Victim of a strange dis- aster of the sea, the Seat- tle-Orient liner President Madison lay deep in the water alongside the dock today after capsizing and sinking. All but two of the more than 100 persons aboard when the $5,000,000 liner keeled over escaped. The missing men are believed to have been trapped and drowned in the vessel. The disaster occurred when water poured in side of the liner made .by tepair men after the bal- PRETENSES NOW IN PRISON! poLicE GUARD HOME AFTER|!@8t mysteriously shifted and caused the ship to list. ABOUT KEY WEST TAKEN UP WITH CITY AND ITS PEOPLE H. L. Chilton, in charge of the store room of the F, E, C., who is at Key West terminals in place of J. P. Bussey, at present aw in- ,mate of the Marine hospital, says jthat he has changed his mind about Key West. Some years ago Mr. Chilton and his family came here for » day and left in the afternoon de- claring that there was “nothing Chilton, then in St. Augustine, re- ceived a telephone message to get ready to catch Train 75 and to Key West. This, he old Citizen, was sad news However, he had He came. Within 252 until recently, he is having Mro. Chilton and three daughters, Misses Mary Belle, Peachie aid Haroldine, come here for themselves what he telling them in his Key West is a great dandy city to live in after o7 learns all about it. cylinder motor