The Key West Citizen Newspaper, April 5, 1933, Page 1

Associated Press Day Wire Service VOLUME LIV. No. 81. House Disapproves Bill To _ Extend Tax-Payment Period|” The Kev West Citsen KEY WEST, FLORIDA, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 5, 1933. As George Bernard Shaw Pictures America PTYTTI TT Tre oe tn ROOSEVELT WANTS Legislature Would Short-|QNFERENCE WITH ° en Time Of Lower Branch (ity Ausoctatea Prexad TALLAHASSEE, April 5. —In a 20-minute session to- day the house declined to act on a bill providing for extension of tax payment time from April 1, 1933, to June 1, The bill was introduced by Rawls of Alachua, and by special permission of the house was sent through the third reading before mem- bers voted not to bring it to a roll call vote. The bill was the only one introduced during the second day of the new ses- sion. Representative Victor of St. John’s, introduced a resolution requiring the house to complete its dutis and adjourn by May 19, forty-five days from the time of opening. The resolution was referred to a committee. The house then adjourned until tomorrow to allow com- duties. SENATE TO LIMIT TIME OF DEBATE TALLAHASSEE, April 5.— The senate today adopted new rules, limiting debate by any senator on any one subject to, 30 minutes, except by two-thirds con- sent, and barring the public from the downstairs floor of the cham- ber except by unanimous con- Ben Other changes in senate rules reduce the number of standing committees, lengthen the time of senate sessions, reduce the num- ber of attaches and clerks, and cut fees paid witnesses. ELKS TO INSTALL LODGE OFFICERS CEREMONIES TO BE HELD AT HOME TOMORROW NIGHT B. P, 0. Elks will hold their an- nual installation of officers to- morrow night in the home on Duval street.. After the installa- tion the newly elects and members will enjoy a delightfu! supper, Officers to be inducted into of- fice are: Dr. Armando Cobo—Exalted Ruler; Wm, Curry Leading Knight; Warren Harris—Esteemed Sawyer — Esteemed | PRIME MINISTER PRESIDENT DESIRES HAVING \MacDONALD COME TO WASHINGTON TO DISCUSS OUTSTANDING ISSUES (Ry Ansoeinted Prenn) WASHINGTON, April 5.— President. Roosevelt issued a state- ment today expressing hope that Prime Minister Macdonald could visit him here to confer on world economic and arms questions. The statement said “in the course of informal exchanges of views between the British and our- selves regarding the general economic question and problem of disarmament, the president has; felt that a visit to Washington by the prime minister would be help- ful. The president, ever since his first conversations with the Brit- ish ambassador at Warm Springs, has emphasized his hope that the prime minister would come over.” Dispatches from London today indicated MacDonald was making arrangements to come to Wash- ington during the Easter recess of the house of commons, MRS. FRAZIER ON | TRIAL FOR MURDER I (Ry Associated Press) ‘JACKSONVILLE, April 5.— Mrs. Leah Frazier, on trial for the murder of her husband’s sec-' retary, Miss Manona Murrell, wept on the witness stand today| as she identified a letter she said} her victim-wrote Frazier refer- ring to “anniversary.” The letter said: “You are the; dearest man alive. I love you and; hope next one (anniversary) will be a real one.” | Mrs, Frazier killed Miss Mur- {rell she said to save her home. (.. ELBERTSON DIES LAST NIGHT INERAL SERVICE WILL BE HELD TOMORROW AFT- ERNOON { /FU. | \ Cornelius 8. Elbertson, 66, died in, his home 1020 Southard street | at 8:45 o’clock last night. Funeral | services will be held 5 o'clock to-| morrow afternoon from the chape! | of Lopez Funeral Home. Services are to be conducted by “Jehovah's Witnesses,” and the pallbearers are to be selected from} the same religious organization, | | Survivors.are Mrs. Nettie May | iE iM j Ibertson, widow; | Mrs. Ernest Smith, of ‘Mrs. Rena Combs, of ville; two sons, Fielden S. Elbert- json, of Key West; C. V. of Tampa and six grandchildren, Tampa; | Jackson: | elbertsoan, | yimixed impression’ of its ‘contained in a bill introduced by/ eral Farley would be wo daughters, | ¢ ye George Bernard Shaw, in the United States for the first time, has a chance to greet his American “barbarians,” many times the target of his sharp Irish barbs. Below in Shaw’s own hand is a part of the addition he made to the biographical reference concerning his own views of Amer- ica and Americans. By NOEL THORNTON Apple Cart,” in which Shaw ob- author of (By Ansocinted Presn) served, “What we call an Amer- Prophet.” NEW YORK, April 5.— ican is only a Wop pretending to Back To The Wigwams e tbe a Pilgrim Father.” “America is rapidly Although he professes to; In his own handwriting Shaw to barbarism. I have myself fre- know more about America’had Colburne add this explana: | quently noted the “ Fy » tion: {of the traits and features of the than its own people do, | “Yet this is really less dispar-'redskins in present day Americans the impish, white bearded | aging than his, much earlier | although I must be fair and . S +. ‘description of the United States acknowledge that they do not— George Bernard Shaw 1S as a Nation of Villagers, capable as yet—scalp their enemies. paying his first visit to this ' of producing heroic sub-post-| © “I do not care to visit the Uni- : é mistresses and blacksmiths, but ted States now. But I should like country with a decidedly unconscious of anything 10 miles to. go, sometime in thé not fer éiti-laway, or than his later definition distant fature, Whelt the Amer- of the hundred per cent American ican type has become fixed; when as 99 per cent idiot. ‘the red color, receding forehead | “Worst of all, perhaps, is his'and high cheek bones of the graphers, he looked upon Amer-) explanation that such descriptions American Indian have been re- ieans as a combination of red-|apply to every nation on earth, stored . . . in a word when the en- skinned barbarians and provincial, but the American is conceited | tire nation, as it inevitably must, villagers. Now, after a brief visit | enough to think that he is the has relapsed into barbarism and in California, he is stopping off; only fool in the world. .. .” | become one vast confederation of in New York on April 7 to see if; Countless times has Shaw been, savage Indian tribes.” his opinions are correct. invited to the United States, but’ Whether Shaw believes, now Shaw Defines “American” the single detailed explanation of that he is visiting here, that this Maurice Colburne, in his book,, why he refused was given to Prof.'country at last has reverted to “Shaw—Playboy and zens. According to two of his bio-| “The Real Bernard Shaw,” com-' Archibald Henderson, of the Uni- “savage Indian tribes” he has not: mented upon the line in “The versity of North Carolina and the yet confessed. Key West Mail Carriers Would Be Dismissed Under New Bill; To Cover Routes By Contracts AUL MAY cton Correspondent | ENJOYABLE DAY ny Special Wa o | proved by Budget Director Doug- jas and that he intends soliciting he Citeen | cha r AS the support of President Roose- WASHINGTON, April 5.=Pro-} eit for the bill as an emergency, vision for the dismissal July 1 of | economy measure. every mail carrier in Key West is} Under the bill Postmaster Gen- permitted | Representative Deen of Georgia| to retail “such carriers as he finds; Mr. and Mrs. Fred Woods, who and said to have the approval of| it impracticable to replace.” This,' gre here on their yacht Nan-Fred, the director of the federal budget. | Deen said, would keep all the car-|enjoyed a delightful afternoon The plan is to dismiss from the| riers from being thrown out at Monday fishi it! F postal service all present mail| once and would make the change!” londay out fishing with A. z) carriers and throw their routes gradual enough to avoid open for competitive bidding, the} sion. lowest bidder to get the job. | Anyone would be permitted to! guest. Rural and village carriers would | submit bids for the routes and the The be ousted and their work/ lowest acceptable bidder would e by a contractor under the{ get the contract from the date its consummation until the follow- | @quainted, with all the haunts ing June 30, No person would be. and hiding places of the big fel- permitted to bid on more than one! lows and shortly after route. where they are plentiful the CATCH MADE ON TRIP party was under the bill. Deer estimated today that en-} actment of the measures would {mean a saving of one-third in the | total cost now being paid for local The measure is now under con-} mail delivery, sideration by the house ecmmit-|‘itement started. He said the plan has been ap-' tee on postoffices and post roads.| Barracuda and bonito were reverting | reappearance | CATCHING FISH MR. AND MRS. FRED woops | HERE ON YACHT GO OUT WITH A. F. AYALA; LARGE} confa-|Ayala, sales manager of the Key! | West Electric company, as their} of Stidance of Reggie Roberts who is} arriving MUSCLE SHOALS QUESTION TO BE TAKEN UP SOON LEGISLATION GOES AHEAD; CONGRESS KEPT BUSY WITH MANY ISSUES City Asxociated Prensa) WASHINGTON, April 5.— action, domestic and international, forged ahead today on Waried fronts. While congress kept its pace on legislation, he has put before it farm relief, unemployment and security regulation, it developed that the chief executive intended the federal embargo on gold. It developed that by Friday | Roosevelt hopes to lay one more big task before congress, the together with the rounded de- velopment of the Tennessee River basin. The president received from Frank T. Hines, veterans ad- ministrator, a report that $1,203,- | 000,000 is going to be saved eventually from one feature alone of the new economy program, the curtailment of expenditures hospitals and veterans care. FAMOUS AUTHOR AND WIFE WILL SOJOURN HERE ‘MR. AND. MRS. SAMUEL HOP- KINSON ADAMS WILL AR- RIVE IN KEY WEST OVER HIGHWAY TOMQRROW Samuel Hopkinson Adams, fa- ‘mous author and magazine writer, ‘und Mrs. Adams, of Auburn, N. fY., are expected to arrive over the ‘highway. tomorrow or Friday for a ‘stay of several days in Key West. Mr. and Mrs. Adams have been sojourning in Miami for some time jand decided to visit Key West of ‘which they have heard so much ifrom noted writers, and others, | who have been here. In a letter to the chamber of commerce Marjory Stoneman Douglas writes of the coming of the Adams’ and suggests some of the Key West institutions that may be of interest to them. Among the stories that have brought fame to Mr. Adams are \“The Great American Fraud”, \“The Mystery” written in collabo- ration with Stewart Edward White, “The Flying Death”, “The Setret of Lonesome Cove”, “Rev- elry,” “Wanted a Husband” and |numbers of others. ‘MAN APPARENTLY | j | PROPERTY ON DIVISION STREET Were they digging for jprogress Monday morning 423 Division street. Whatever the diggers | President Roosevelt’s program for! for; HUNTS TREASURE) num, gold, jewels or silver, was in the question that agitated the! into the storm slal ot Thacdets Paths she Bel ee |saw an excavation in course of on | the lot adjoining his residence at ex-| | were {after the idea did not appeal to For 53 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West’ PRICE FIVE CENTS |Abandon Hope For Finding Any Of Akron’s Lost Crew WENT DOWN WITH cers and men of the airship ' day. search southward. Order Investigation WASHINGTON, April 5.— |Mounting determination to end naval airship construction spread jtoday through congress with the _intent upon finding real causes of :the Akron’s plunge into the At- lantic. At the same time the navy pressed a search of waters to find possible survivors and _ locate | bodies. | In the senate a resolution was prepared calling for an investi- gation of the Akron disaster and consideration of the advisability of spending more than $20,000,- 000 plus that the navy has already HAVANA, April 5.—The 45-foot.s¢hooner Haligonian, ton Wall of Tampa, today won the 300 mile yacht race from St. Petersburg, stand- the finish line at 7 a. m. She won the unlimited and class A races. Lanakai, scratch boat of later by Ketch Marimon. | | ONE OF RACERS RUNS INTO HEAVY WEATHER With her rudder gone, jand berthed at the Porter Dock. { ‘in the St. of Monday night when half was forced to lay to. later that she refused to r Havana; One owner and sailed by Hous- Akron :was., ing into Havana harbor past;™ class B, finished second at 7:42, followed eight minutes The fleet started from St.| Petersburg at noon April 1. man-' ¢ | euvered by oars and sails, andleure”, another entry in the race. |FOUND DIGGING HOLE ON usifig her auxiliary engine, the {yawl “Pieces. of Eight” crept into \port this morning at 4:30 o'clock The vessel is owned and cap- plati-;tained by F. G. Wagner and was Petersburg-Havana nearing Tortugas and for one hour and &\ who were here for a few days, on ; When the wind died down the | vessel was started on the ig ae ition of her course but it was found |°«- A espond| The party will leisurely ervive ROOSEVELT’S PROGRAM ON SEARCH CONTINUES, HOWEVER, FOR THOSE WHO DIRIGIBLE; MANY VES- SELS SCOURING WATERS LOOKING FOR SEVENTY-ONE STILL MISSING NEW YORK, April 5.—Search for the 71 lost offi- Akron went forward swiftly today, but hope that any survived was gone. Sullen seas, whipped by thunderstorms, had quieted, making the task of searching less difficult than yester- Coast guard boats were ordered to extend their Lieutenant Commander Wiley and the two other sur- vivors were ordered to fly here and report to Admiral jrestoration of the “big Muscle} Pratt, chief of naval operations. Shoals power and nitrate plant,; e invested in lighter than air craft. Chairman of the sen- ate naval committee, is also con- sidering a study of the accident. Chairman Vinson designated the house naval subcommittee to begin an investigation early next week. Delaney, of New York, was named by Vinson as chairman of the inquiry committee. He told newspapermen that “all statements given ayt previously in the last 24 hours saying this accident is a death knell of the dirigible in my opinion are little hysterical. It’s too early to de- cide.” teller Hebbard, C. F. Mohr and A, L. { Moore. Incidentally the first news ithey heard ‘of the disaster to the given by The Citizen. schooner, Yacht. “Antonia”, another vessel that was in the St. Petersburg-Havana race came in- to port yesterday afternoon with jher sails blown. to ribbons. She as using her auxiliary motor. When the blow of Monday night struck the schooner she was about 45 miles northeast of Tortugas. The wind reached a force of about 60 miles an hour, it is estimated, and in a short time the sails were blown to shreds, After remaining for about six hours in port while a new suit of sails were bent on the spars, the vessel sailed for Havana to par- — take in the celebration to be held thete in honor of the victors in the race. The “Antonia” is owned by Harkness Edwards, of Pittsburgh. ‘There are six others on board in- cluding Al Gandy, brother of idge Gandy, who owns the “Sine- Comes (By Araociated Press) YACHT PARTY SAILED TODAY Mr. and Mrs. Don Roebling and [party of four, of Clearwater, Pla., their yacht the “Ioronda”, and hed a delightful time, sailed this morn- Loyal Knight; cought in wimbecs and the ancleval tee he informed’ the';,, her rudder. Examination|sbout three months through the Henry A. Gardner—Esteemed Lecturing Knight; G._N, Goshorn—Secretary; Alfred Higgs—Treasurer; Claude H. Roberts—Tyler. * Officers who are to be appoint- ed for the ensuing year are: Fred Enno—Inner Guard; H. D. Warren—Esquire. FRESH TONIGHT Fresh Corn, Lettuce, Celery, Carrots, Beets, Turnips, Broc- coli, String Beans, Green Lima Beans, Tomatoes, Green Pep- pers, New Potatoes, Cauli- flower, Squash, Fresh Straw- berries, Apples, Tangerines, Oranges and Grapef; TIFT’S CASH GROCERY PHONE 675 'C. ROM LEAVES | FOR TORTUGAS |TO MAKE REPAIRS TO RADIO | TELEPHONE APPARATUS AT LIGHT STATION | Carl Rom, senior electrician of} the lighthouse service in Key} West, left yesterday on the power} boat Number 31, to repair the radio telephone receiving apparat- us at Dry Tortugas light station. Accompanying Mr. Rom were G. A. Anderson and J. Wilson, of the Research Department of the Carnegie Steel company of Birm- ingham, Ala. ‘ jwere kept busy for about one hour. Then came the supreme FIRE DESTROYS [RELIEF GOES TO | moment of the afternoon. A sail- MOST OF TOWN; ANOTHER WRECK |fish, and on Mr. Ayala’s line. We , Playing for some time the aquatic Paaehs ibeauty decided to quit the play t ‘and giving a vicious tag parted the TELA, HOUDURAS, WIPED) The wrecking tug Relief left ie "i i flip of the tail. OUT BY GREAT CON. [early this morning to: give assist-| “el ance te the Tanker Marquis de! Exultstion was snecosded by FLAGRATION | PRBES ; ... , consternation. But this lasted only Camillas, Barcelonia. Spain.'. few moments. Then. another aground about one quarter mile tug and lo! the line of Mr. Ayala’s from Carysfort lighthouse. A long distance call froma the light station at 10 o'clock this, morning stated that the vessel had one aground 6 o'clock yesterday afternoon and that the tag Relief }was then coming up to the vessel and was distant abewt one halfjed by Captain Ed Curry as the mile. “king of kings” in the fish line. (Ry Assectated Presa) WASHINGTON, April 5. ——The state department re- ceived word teday that three-fourths of the town of Tela, Honduras, had been de- stroyed by = fire which was still raging today. ter at a terrific rate. Another exhausting struggle and at the end another beauty was brought to the beat and secured. Not a sailfish, but a wahoo, weigh- . but it was not well, After | [line and sailed away, with a fare-/ reel started going through the ~ sheriff's office of the operations that it had been torn sway and asked that the treasure? seek- recat top fastening and was ers be advised that it was all right hanging by the lower pintle. for them to dig on the lot where Island of Trinidad, before they com-|Teturn to the states, ; Mr. Roebling is a great grand- son of the builder of the Brooklyn side of the line on to his prop-jost, but despite this precaution, | bridge. lerty, somebody was going to be they were underway but s short j arrested for trespass. ltime when the “Pieces of Eight") Deputy Mayg was sent to the began to veer and yaw, and inves- scene and asked the man who was tigation showed that the making the excavation what his'was completely lest. lintentions were. He was informed | decided to run by the ground puncher that {had been employed to dig a and that was all he knew | He was admonished i jing about 60 pounds, and describ- | West Indies going as far ap the —