The Key West Citizen Newspaper, April 3, 1933, Page 1

* Associated Press Day Wire Service VOLUME LIV. No. 79. Mississippi Bears Brunt Of Storm With 54 Deaths Total Gedy hae From LIQUOR HAUL Tornadoes In Various| Parts Of South Reach | Eighty (Ny Associated Prens) With 80 dead, scores in- jured and hundreds shelter- less, the deep south today recounted the havoc wrought by last week’s tornadoes and set in motion machinery of rehabilitation. Mississippi, bearing brunt of mad winds, ported a death toll of 54. Texas had 14 dead, Louisiana 11 and Arkansas 5 With scores still in hos-; pitals in buffeted sections, doctors took every pre- caution to prevent spread of disease in the torn rural communities. Property loss was still un- computed. the re- CONTRIBUTORS TO DOHERTY DAY FUND TURN IN AMOUNTS DRED DOLLARS SUBSCRIB- _ED BY VARIOUS MER. CHANTS IN SALES HELD + Approximately $100 has - been eonstned over, to William -R.. Porters eetoval. chairman..of’ the "All-Florida * Doherty. Day_drive. which .was put on in Key West on March 10 whereby the merchants agreed to contribute two percent of their day’s receipts for the benefit of the cause. The following is a list of those who have turned in their contributidhs up to date: First National Bank, Joe Pearl- man’s, Ine., Colonial Hotel, The Key West Electric Co., Page Ice Cream Parlor, Kress Store, J, G. Kantor, Theo. Holtsberg and Son, Frank Lewinsky, J. R. Stowers Music Co., A. Lucignani, D. Avonovitz and Son, Wm, Mendell, Dr. Valdes, Gato and Navarro, Cabrera Bros., Manhattan Res- turant, Palace Theater, R. Appel, A. Einhorn, Oriental Pharmacy, Delmonico Restaurant, Star Cafe, Odelio Diaz Grocery. South Florida Construction and Engineering Co., Fausto Grocery Store, Columbia Steam Laundry, Depression: Grocéry, Abelardo Lopez Grocery, Bethel’s Service, Chas, Saunders Grocery, R. & S. Service, Home Drug Store, Her- bert Weech Grocery, Panama Meat Mari.et, Pinder's Cash Gro- cery. Lacedonia Gorcery, Geo. Parks Grocery, Frank Johnson, Jeweler; The Gift Shoppe, Busy Bee Bakery, Roker Service Sta- tion, Sweeting Service Station, Berlin A. Sawyer Barber Shop, Key West Drug Co., Pierce Bros. Hard- ware, 0, S. Long Furniture Store, Raymond Curry Service Station, F. H. Salomon Grocery, Sawyers} Paint and Cycle Works. | Richardson Grocery, Juan Cal-} leja Grocery, Lumley and Roberts | Hardware, Chester Thompson's} Curio Shop, Maloney and Peacock Bakery, Archer’s Grocery, J. T. Maschett Merchandise Broker, Olivieri’s Drug Store, Key West Coca Cola Bottling Works, Nor- berg Thompson, Gates Tin Shop, Ambrose Cleare, commission mer- chant, Wm. Curry Sons Co., hard- ware, Paul Demeritt and Bros. Fish Co., Allan B. Cleare, commis- sion merchant, Meltzer Motor Co. REVIEW and FESTIVAL On Public Library Grounds Friday, April 7, At 5 O'clock Under Auspices Woman's Club KEY WEST, FLORIDA, MONDAY, APRIL 3, 1933. Net Buying Power Lower Four-Year Drop In MADE BY COAST GUARD VESSEL CAPTAIN BOWERY RUNS DOWN BOOZE’ CARRIER CONTAINING ALL SORTS OF CONTRABAND GOODS Despite Living Costs For 53 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West PRICE FIVE CENTS Roosevelt Asks Initiation Of Reciprocal Tariff Jimmy Walker And Betty Compton Concerned About Marriage Laws In France «By Associated Press) eements cca Legislation For Refinancing 0 f Farmers’ Indebtedness At Once (Bs Associated Press) WASHINGTON, April 3. — President Roosevelt Liquor of all sorts and kinds was captured by Captain H. B. Bowery on his coast guard patrol; CANNES, France, April 3.—Former Mayor Walker of New York,“and his friend “We were just getting | recommended to congress to- the necessary information,” |day the enactment of legis- Walker said when asked | lation authorizing refinanc- boat last night. As a matter of fact the bootlegger, or leggers; practically invited capture. Captain Bowery, on his ship, was at the coast guard © rendez- vous when he saw a launch going by without any running lights, In fact, with no lights at all. Suspicious at once he started his vessel in pursuit and gave chase up into the harbor. Playing the searchlight over the vessel in the harbor Captain Bowery caught| total decline in money earnings, MONEY The lire marked “cost of living” in this chart shows the decline the average wage earner buys. The line marked ‘‘money earnings”. Each line covers the period Sept., EARNINGS ed by him have declined more, while the line marked “purchasing power’ shows how much less buys today than in 1929. The budget book gives reductions in various items of the budget, and the ii since 1929 in the cost of things shows that actual dollars receiv- he 1929, to Feb., 1933. The budget sight of the other vessel just after | book items are for the period Dec., 1929, to Dec., 1932, as calculated by the National Industrial Con- ference Board. By J. R. BRACKETT (iy Associated i*resn) NEW: YORK, April 3.—} Mr. John American Smith’s wages have fallen farther than his cost of living. While each of his dollars. will} [buy more, he has so many fewer dollars that his total © purchasing power was 21.7 percent less in February this year than in Sep- tember, 1929, just” before’ tlie We: |e general Way to the expenditures pression began, National Indus-| of the many who earn around S ss «.q1$2,000 a year. Laiegs Conference Board statistics Mr. Smith’s budget does not re- disclose. veal the status of higher income Mr, Smith (the average wage and salary receiver) that prices of things he ys have declined 28.5 percent since September, 1929. Big Drop In Pay He finds also that the number) of dollars he receives has fallen| it had been berthed at a wharf. When the captain and his crew reached the bootlegger, the cap- tain and associates had flown, but the liquor was left, and there is plenty of it. Making the coast guard launch fast, the’ capture was towed into the basin at the naval statfon. This morning when the work of unloading began it was found that a costly stock was secured. The exact number of containers was not ascertained at that time but there was a quantity of Ron |Cana,. Old .Rum,. Ron Caney an Rum Extra’ in five gallon i johns. Aguardiente, Hennessey, Brandy, Bourmo, - Bacardi. and Domecq brandy.; ; ; In addition to this strong stuff there was a large stock of Crystal and Tropical beer and 10 \cases of alcohol with ;tins containing 50 gallons of alcohol. One who is familiar with the selling price of the stuff in Key West ‘at this time, said that it would bring between $3,000 and 44 percent, as a result of wage cuts and reduced working time. Thus, despite his dollar’s higher purchasing power, the decline in the number of dol- lars has brought his total pur- chasing power 21.7 percent under 1929. Mr. Smith finds that living costs declined about 10 percent in 1932, a smaller decline than in 1931. His budget included food, rent, clothing, fuel and light, and sundries, held to be applicable in smatl jare burdened. with debt, — insur- jance and; other | fixed charges {which do. not decline as. do ordi- nary budget items. Fixed Charge Share Grows In a study of 530 small home. jearners, or those less numerous in| ds |the lower income _ brackets, who} ‘owners near New York, it was shown that the proportion of the owner’s dollar going to fixed charges increased from 22 cents in 1928 to 44 cents in 1933. The fixed charges. themselves did not jinerease, but as income declined they took a larger share of each! dollar, reduced the amounts avail- able for ordinary living expenses. Mr. Smith’s budget is based by lthe conference board on analysis. of many budgets showing that about 33 percent of income is ‘spent for food; 20 “percent “for housing; 12 percent, clothing; 5 |percent, fuel and light, and 30 percent sundries, such as doctors’ bills, recreation and tobacco. A major portion of the declines in Mr. Smith’s living costs it 1932 as compared with 1929 rep- yesenfed, fdod.:, which cost .. about 37.5 percent® less; ‘rents 26.4 per- cent less; clothing, 36.1 percent; jiuel ‘and light, 8.6. percent, and sundries, 6.9 percent less, Director Of Reconstruction Corporation Resigns; Three Vacancies Now To Be Filled (By Asneciated Pressy WASHINGTON, April 3.|resignation three —Gardner Cowles, of Des! vacancies on the Reconstruc- $4,000. NATIONAL GUARD TO ENCAMP HERE COMING AUGUST OFFICIAL WORD RECEIVED BY LIEUTENANT RUSSELL; DATE SET FOR ACTIVITIES FROM AUGUST 6 TO 20 leaves Official orders have been re-| 8 7 =, : ceived by First Lieutenant Leslie|day announced his resigna-| of which must be filled by sey gen Higa toe er A as director of the Re-| President Roosevelt with the Guard, that the 265th regiment|construction Finance Cor-| appointment of republicans. will again have their encampment |} oration effective April 8. The remaining directors in Key West. | The date set is August 6 to 20} He is a republican and his/ are all democrats. with practically the same person- nel that was here last year. No specific orders have been receiv- ed as to when the camp is to be gotten in readiness, hence it is ex- pected that the preparatory work will be undet way about two! Eight Filipinos Held In Jail cu'idatarteesesc| For Burying Woman Alive August 2 to put on the finishing} °-—— aes (My Asxociated Press) ' ROOSEVELT SAYS FIRE DESTROY KNIGHT'S BLDG. Fire in the residence on Watson | MARTINEZ, Calif., April 3.—| Accused of burying a young wo- man alive pre-| | seribed by their cult for unfaith-| } ful wives, eight Filipinos are held jin jail today. | MRS. Authorities said others will be LL BE PROPER UN. kin : and ace with pa -| street, near Catherine, ed byj). $ L T street, near Catherine, own 7 DER LEGALIZATION ~ ' in the horrible death of Alma Knight, called the depart- fen S ‘ i Seat this Sencar about. 10} 26-year-old Celine Navarro, whose| e’clock, body was exhumed ag a hidden} While the apparatus responded | Stave on Jersey Island. promptly the fire had gained great | BY the light of flaming torches headway and the building was/ investigators reported the young practically destroyed. expectant mother was thrown in- the grave the night of last Novem-| ber 19, and earth shoveled over) | iiesalinens ther living body. | White House. f HARTFORD, Conn..A truck-| She had been accused of un-/ “When it is legal to serve fing concern in this city is install-| faithfulness to her sick husband. | beer in any government house jing radio receiving sets n its long-| The husband, who since died,; it will maturally be proper to \distance trucks as an experiment/ was ready enough to forgive her} do se for anyone whe desires tin keeping the drivers from fall-|but the women members of the) it at the White Heuve,” the ing asleep. eult demanded her death. ‘statement said in part. in a ceremony (My Associated Preas) WASHINGTON, April 3.— Mrs, Franklin D. Reosevelt today issued a statement say- ing there would be no ban against legalized beer in the \ TO HELP DRIVERS | Moines, lowa, publisher, to-| tion Corporation Board, all/ SLOT MACHINES — MUST GO, READS LATEST ORDERS SHERIFF THOMPSON DECIDES TO PUT STOP TO THEIR OP- ERATION IN ALL PARTS OF CITY Try and find a slot machine | {publicly exposed in Key West. If this can be done it is evident that Sheriff Karl Thompson’s order, jissued last week, is being disobey- ‘ed. When the order was put forth jthat the day of the slot machine in Key West is over, it was ex- ipected that it would be like such jorders have, in time past, been jobeyed. That a few days would pass and they be forgotten and the “|machines gradually get back in use. } However, it was learned at the joffice of the sheriff today that the order was issued with the under- standing that it was to become jeffective et once, and remain ef- 'fective for now and for all time, ‘fice. | Saturday Chief Deputy Clem- ents Jaycocks snd Deputy Enri- ique Mayg made the rounds of the leity “looking over” the slot ma- |chine situation. Mr. Jaycocks itold The Citizen today that {none of the places visited did they ‘get sight of one machine. GARDNER'S PHARMACY 5 oe We Deliver Betty Compton, actress, called at the city hall today and received full information about marriage regulations here. about a rumor he and Miss Compton had been married. “When I get married I'll let you know,” he said. German Government Calls! Halt On Exodus Of Jews (By Assoctated Press) BERLIN, April 3.—With-,bers to neighboring coun- out offering any explana-|tries. tion the government an-} At Koenigsburg authori- nounced today that begin-jties ordered all passports ning at midnight no one will] withdrawn from Jews living be allowed to leave German soil without special permis- sion of police stamped on his passport. Rundschau reported that. a For several days reports train-had been halted near have told of an ‘exodus of|Dresden to prevent exodus Jews in considerable num- of Jews into Czechoslovakia Nearly Two Hundred Million — in East Prussia. The newspaper Taegliche th Income Taxes For March (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON, April 3.—In-{ The amount, however, does not come taxes of $2,380,200 reported on March 31, last day for filing represent all returns filed because many were mailed and would not be counted until today so offi- ficials believe the government still has a chance of exceeding the amount collected during last March. returns, brought the total for the month to $180,712,300 as com. pared with $195,410,800 a year ‘LOANS TO NATIONS COMMUNICATION SERVICE|SENATE COMMITTEE GIVES TO BE QUARTERED IN OLD APPROVAL IN CASES POSTOFFICE STRUCTURE OF DEFAULT Within a few weeks the U. S. (My Associated Press) WASHINGTON, April 3.— Tentative approval was given by the senate judiciary com- mittee today to a bill te pro- hibit loans by Americans to any nation in default on its obligations to the govern- ment or people of the United States. communication service, now re- maining in the old Number 1 building, will be transferred to t | the old postoffice building. Lieu- tenant H. A. Tellman, command- ing officer in charge, told The Citizen. That section of the wevetwre| RELIEF COUNCIL that was occupied by the customs service, has been changed into the IT while the present force is in of-|lerk’s office and the file room. The clerk, Alvin Davis, has al- ready moved into the office for- merly occupied by Deputy Collec- tor L. T. Bragassa. It is proposed that the coast WOULD BE DENIED, ing of farmers’ indebted- ness. House week with dispatch of his seventh message to legislators, the president opened the way for inclu- ion of this latest major plan as an amendment to the farm relief bill in the sen- ate. Applying on farm mort- gages, the message pro- posed both readjustment of principal of farmers debts and reduction of interest y readj ; a cient time to farmers to store-to them hope of mate free ownership of their own land.” would propose extension of id i owner i toe 5 n legislation permitting initia- tion or reciprocal tariff agreements. “I see an end to threatened loss of homes and produc- tive capacity naw faced by hundreds of thousands of American farm families. Legislation I suggest will not impose heavy burden upon the national treasury,” the president said. FRANK MAHONEY ENJOYS FISHING Frank D. Mahoney, vice presi- dent of the American and Foreign Power company, of New York, en- \Joyed a wonderful day yesterday fishing with Captain Albert At- well. They caught « number of dolphin, one of which weighed 35 ‘homes. ee