The Key West Citizen Newspaper, April 8, 1933, Page 1

Associated Press Day Wire Service VOLUME LIV. No. 84. — KEY WEST, FLORIDA, SATURDAY, APRIL 8, 1933. T RULES A Beer Sufficient Enough To Float Battleship Is Consumed On First Day General Revival Of Bus NSPECTOR' ON hea All] STATE TAGS FOR 6 AUTOS ARRIVES verage ALL NOT HAVING PAID UP (My Associated Preas) Jingle of coins in cash| RUNNING TO COVER; registers and rustle of bank} CHAUFFEUR WITH PRIVATE notes in long empty pockets,| LICENSE FIRST CAUGHT accompanied the gurgle of beer today as many parts of the country announced “business is better.” | Thousands knew again what it is to have a job. Many stores reported increased business as { Automobile owners are on the tun because the state tag inspec- tor is in the city and has already | started the work of rounding up; those who have failed to procure the necessary license. About 14 owners were notified after going PLAN ISSUANCE OF CITY SCRIP NEXT SATURDAY PRINTED CERTIFICATES NOW IN HANDS OF CITY AU- THORITIES TO BE PASSED OUT TO EMPLOYES ‘ Printed certificates for the pro- posed city scrip issue are now in the hands of city authorities, and according to plans, will be issued Saturday, April 15. In the mean- time a committee will interview fa the merchants and thoroughly explain the proposition as well as asking the cooperation of all con- cerned, A, committee composed of some of the leading citizens of Key West, Wm. R. Porter, Norberg Thompson, B. L. Grooms, R. B, Ingle, Mayor Wm. H. Malone, Joe Pearlman and Dr. Wm. R. Warren, into the financial plight of the city and realizing that for the city of Key West to continue to operate, and give city service, some additional revenue must be provided. The commit- Racketeers Bomb Chicago Brewery As Intimidation (By Ansociated Press) CHICAGO, April 8.— ‘exploded near one entrance, Beer's second day of legality}damaged an iron door and in Chicago was marked by|shattered a dozen windows. the bombing of a brewery—} Employes were on duty at a form of intimidation used |the time, but none were in- by racketeers. jured. The Prima . Company’s|. Police said they unknew plant was the object. of at-|of any motive for the at- tack when a dynamite bomb |tack. U. S. Senate Works On Mortgage BODY OF GUEST ABOARD AKRON FOUND AT SEA (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON, April 8.—A complete substitute for the demo- cratic farm program, stripping] . away proposed broad powers for’ Secretary Wallace, but includin; ' the administration mortgage re- Tie Key West Citsen For 53 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West DISCONTINUANCE OF BUS SERVICE BEFORE COUNCIL MATTER OF ISSUING SCRIP ALSO DISCUSSED; MOVE- MENT TO BE GIVEN ‘WIDE PUBLICITY BY COUNCIL At the regular meeting of city council last night, a letter was read from the Florida League of Municipalities pertaining to va- ‘rious bills that will be introduced in the legislature in the interest of Florida communities, inviting the city to cooperate in drafting any amendments or bills that it may desire to be sent to the legisla- ture in the interest of this city particularly. It was decided that the council will meet with the mayor and other officials at some jtime in the near future for the purpose of discussing the question, especially that of making amend- ments to the city charter. The matter of issuing city scrip was brought before the meeting last night and was thoroughly dis- cussed from every angle after which it was decided to appoint a committee composed of council- beer, smiling weather and = ap- proach of Easter combined to stir the demand. Brewers everywhere. rubbed their hands and grinned happily. Newspapers in many cities had more advertisements, and Dun ne Bradstreet’s Trade Journal business, — ‘ Friends of beer prepared to last night and this morning that itee recommended that the city is- they had until 2 o’clock to procure |sue city checks in denominations licenses from George Gomez, tag!of fifty cents and one dollar, the agent for Monroe. If at the con-/fifty cents to carry a one cent clusion of that period licenses had/stamp each time a purchase is not been bought warrants for the!made and the dollar a two cent arrest of the delinquents were to stamp. be issued. To make a success of the com- Of the number notified several! mittee’s. recommeridation, all’ the were a mark ~taxi “drivers, approach the $100 and more|sarily cooperate and® the city than that when is added the 25/council asks of them to accept lief plan, was formulated today by a committee of senate repub- licans for presentation to a party conference Monday. The administration bill is now before. the is expected’ ‘next considerable oppositién. THAT OF. COLONEL A, F. MA-|™men, other officials and employes to make a canvass of the mer- SURY; PICKED UP BY VES-|chants and all others for the pur- pose of ascertaining who will SEL FROM COAST GUARD agree to enter the movement: SERVICE whereby the scrip in question will gain as wide a circulation as pos- sible. In fact, if jbecome familiar with the plans 8.—A_ radio message re-jpertaining to the handling of the percent additional for not pur- chasing within the prescribed time. The balance were private ears. W. E, Van Loon, who was chief | deputy sheriff in Dade county un-| ider Sheriff Henry Chase, is the! state inspector and came in yes-| terday unheralded. He quietly made his appearance for the rea- son, as he told The Citizen, that }if advance news of his arrival had been given his trip would have re- sulted in failure as there would not have been one unlicensed car on the street, As it turned out he hired a car at the station and this car was being operated as a taxi under a private license, The owner was the first captured by Mr. Van Loon. The others were found lat- er. attribute most of it to that bev- erage, a contention that beer's foes are expected to dispute. Enough beer went down the atch in the United States yester- day to float a battleship. ' ‘Estiniates’ of the quantity’ of beverage sold ee, the first 24 hours of: its | lity; ran from’ 1,000,000 to 1,500,000 barrels. But that was not enough. Many places reported they were unable to meet the demand for beer. Reventie by the hundreds of thousand of dollars has accrued to the government. BOND ATTORNEYS i Discussing the matter the state agent said that he realized that it was hard, that the depression had made it mighty difficult for many Bis eae people to get the money to pur~ MEMBER OF MUNICIPAL $E./ chase the license, but it is the law and he must carry it out, CC URITLES ASSOCIATION! Citing the distribution of this PLANS To MAKE DETAILED money, the major part of which oes to the upkeep of ‘the schools, REPORT ON SITUATION 7Mr. Van Loon said that lack of money, mostly due to the small Shutts & Bowen law offices atjmumber of tags purchased in all /« Miami have sent Mr, Sheldrick of |parts of the state, was the cause the Municipal Securities Associa ot all schools in Hillsborough tion of Jacksonville to Key West, ‘county, in which Tampa is located, who arrived Wednesday, for the}¢losing yesterday. | purpose of making a thorough in-| All of those to be arrested for vestigation of the bond situation|the non-possession of tags face a} in this eity. maximum penalty of $500 or six! He comes here at the © instiga-/™months in the county jail. Im- tion of the law firm for the pur-|Posing any penalty in these cases; pose of going thoroughly into all{is left to the discretion of the} matters preliminary to the compila- judge before whom the cases are | tion of a detailed report and an- tried, There is no minimum penal-} alysis of the city’s condition. ty prescribed by the law. This data, it is shown, will be of | wo value not only to the city officials WIDOW OF NOTED | AUTHOR IS DEAD of Key West, but also the bond- holders, and being gotten up for} | i the purpose of trying to arrive at} MRS. EDGAR WALLACE PASS-, an intelligent manner of handling} the Key West bond situation, ES AWAY AFTER LONG ILLNESS Mr. Sheldrick addressed the council at a regular meeting last) night explaining his mission to} Key West, and stated that he de-| sired to cooperate with the coun-; eil and all other officials in con-j nection with compiling the neces- sary data which will be used in an} effort to remedy the bond situa-} tion as much as possible. | (By Assectated Press) LONDON, April 8.—Mrs. Edgar Wallace, widow of the author, died today after @ long illness. Wallace, author of mystery stories, plays, scenarios and most prolific of present-day A FRIENDLY TIP At least once a month you should let us check every part of your car i White and Catherine Phone 522 {! jtaken to the F. E. C, these checks when purchases are made, the same as if U. S, cur- rency was, used, and place . the necessary stamps. By so cooperating the city will have additional revenue, will be able to pay its employes . each month, and - will ‘also be able’ to provide fite protection, police and sanitary jservice. The city will have stamps for sale at all times in the tax collec- tor’s office so that the merchants and citizens can purchase same with convenience. The city will also accept these ehecks for full value in the pay- ment of city taxes, such as occu- pational licenses, personal taxes, real estate taxes and also for po- lice fines. ASST. AGENT OF RAILWAY COMPANY RETURNS TO CITY! N. C, HALL RECOVERS FROM ILLNESS SUFFERED; UN- DERWENT TREATMENT AT ST. AUGUSTINE HOSPITAL N. C. Hall, former assistant agent, F. E. C. R’y. company, ar- rived in Key West yesterday over the East Coast, accompanied by his daughter, Mrs. Neva Hall Mar- tin and Miss Wanda Allen. Mr. Hall at the time of his in- cumbency suffered a stroke of paralysis one morning while in his office. That afternoon he was hospital in Augustine for treatment. After remaining there for a while he had improved sufficiently to warrant the surgeons in charge of the hospital permitting him to leave for his home in Miami. He is now able to walk steadily, St. {has recovered complete use of his; j faculties and with the exce of x }ta ption y of direction in the arm on ht side, which was striken, jis the same jovial and jolly Mr. | Hall, knnow to his many friends “Ne” | eee First Methodist Charch Sunday, April 9, 3 O'Clock Sermon Topic By Dr. O. E. Rice “The Seamless Robe” light nervousness and uneer-} In the meantime details. of a| ©" far reaching banking reform! ceived at the navy yard to- measure is being settled by Sena- ee Ts tor Glass, democrat, of Virginia, {GAY empounced the finding and Representative Stegall, demo-| of the body of Colonel A. F. crat, of Alabama, for introduc- Masury, army reserve corps, who was a guest aboard. the tion in congress next week. President Roosevelt shouldered dirigible Akron on its last voyage. the leadership of the world’s first organized effort to attack de- pression as nations fell into line in response to his invitation _ to It was picked up by a come here and plan a campaign sé | with him. coast guard boat, 18 miles | He also is preparing for an early conclusion of his domestic emergency program, and it will be centered on more jobs and domestic relief to offset de- flationary effects of earlier moves. KING FAVORS MRS. OWEN AS MINISTER RULER OF DENMARK SAYS/y, SHE WILL..BE ACCEPT. sey, and will be taken to the Brooklyn navy yard. Finding of the body brings the list of recovered to.three, while the sea still holds the’ Fate of 70 ‘others who were aboard. ~~ Masury lived in New ork, and was chief en- gineer for the Mack Truck Company. GOSHORN NAMED ACTING DEPUTY CUSTOMS POST SELECTED TO FILL VACANCY - CREATED THROUGH DEATH OF L. T. BRAGASSA; COL. LECTOR APPOINTS ABLE FOR POSITION (My Associated Press) WASHINGTON, D. C., April 8.—A message from the king of Den- mark to the state de- partment said Ruth Bryan Owen will be ac- ceptable as minister to Denmark, and suggest- ed she also be made envoy to Greenland, which belongs to Den- | G. N. Goshorn, chasier of the lo- cal customs service, has been ap- | (CUBA BRINGS IN 25 PASSENGERS j<.. from Sidney C. Brown, jcollector for the state of Florida, | Steamship Cuba arrived yester-|in Tampa. {day afternoon from Cuba with 25} In the message the new deputy ;passemgers, 13 aliens and three!collector was advised that Arthur automobiles. |G. Watson, assistant jcharge of the port of Key West jto fill the vacancy caused by the death of L. T. Bragassa. } | 1 | Key West to Havana yesterday) instructions regarding the appoint- with 10 passengers from Tampa ment. and 45 from those who arrived on; Mr. Goshorn was also instruct- collector, | The steamer Florids sailed from|would arrive today with further |house committees had before them |C scrip and stamps to be placed in use, The matter relative to the dis- continuance of bus service in Key West was brought before the coun- ‘cil last night, and after some dis- cussion it was ordered that the manager of The Key West Elec- tric company be communicated with and notified that the city is desirous of receiving an answer from the company on the last pro- posal sent pertaining to what con- ditions the city would agree in off Beach Haven, New Jer-|#bandonment of the service and] built and difficulties encountered in the work. for relieving the company of its obligations in the franchise per- {taining to same. The council’s re- quest in the matter was very specific, stating that it would ex- pect a reply from the company not later than Wednesday of the com- dead in the Akron disaster |ing week at which time it is ex-|lows: George Rosenthal applied to} with his plans. pected that the matter will be definitely decided. BILL TO PERMIT ADVERTISING OF BEER DRAWN UP MEASURE TO BE INTRODUC- ED IN HOUSE MONDAY; SPONSORED -BY REPRESEN- TATIVE ROBINEAU (By &snociated Press) TALLAHASSEE, April While the legislature was week-end recens, a bill to legalize | advertising of 3.2 percent beer and wines in newspapers and oth- er advertising media, was drawn iteday by Representative Robineau lof Dade, who said he will intro- {duce it in the house Monday. The bill would provide for an which prohibited advertising of any alcoholic liquor. The amendment as drawn by under provision of the compre- mise beer and wine bill now be- fore legislature for final action will be declared medicinal and non- intoxicating. In the meantime senate and Jmore than 300 bills relating to (legalization of beer, repeal or state and national prohibition, solution the Havana Special. She also car- ¢d to have a new bond of $10,000 'of the public bond debt question, ried six automobiles. She arrived made out to the collector as his/relief for property owner and mo- from Tampa with 14 pasengers,!bond now is made out to the Iste'torist, and economy in state and the 20thsjudicia} circnit, | seven first and seven second class. deputy collector. lieeal “government. One Dissenting Vote : Against Ruling Made HAS NO VALID FRANCHISE TO CONSTRUCT AND OPERATE BRIDGES (By Associated Press) TALLAHASSEE, April 8.—The state supreme court today held that George J. Rosenthal, of Miami, does not hold a valid franchise to construct and operate oversea toll bridges on Road 4-A, between Miami and Key West. Rosenthal obtained a franchise from Monroe county commissioners. The Overseas Bridge Corporation, of Mi- ami, and Monroe county, obtained a franchise from the State Road Department. Rosenthal claimed he was én- titled to exclusive right to build the bridges. The court ruled that the county commissioners of Monroe were without authority to grant an exclusive privilege, and that whatever franchise they did grant was ‘Road Department. bee Sa: by. the franchise, sa! needed for the project. ae of iat aa Construction of the oversea bridges, linking No Name. | Key with Lower Matecumbe Key was estimated to cost from seven to 15 million, depending on the type of bridges Five of. the six judges voted for the decision with Justice Rivers Buford dissenting. Semele BRIEF HISTORY M A brief history of the bridge}county matter can be summed up as fol-|from interfering in arty manner the board of county commission-| This motion was denied and ers about two years ago for a|several weeks later he franchise to build bridges over the|the same court for two on February 25. to have F? ais 5F When the time arrived for the beginning of the work he made a renewal of his application and the jfranchise time was extended six months. He gained another ex- tension and still another which was to and did, expire on Decem- ber 31, 1932. In the meantime the Reconstruc- tion Finance Corporation was formed under the direction of | 4enied. President Hoover. As there seem- Receives Alleged Bond ed no possibility of Rosenthal! Before this in December carrying out his program a bedyjboard of county {of business men of Key West and/had received an alleged bond of |Miami formed the Overseas Bridge |$500,000 assuring the body that \Corporation with intention to/the performance as provided in \make application to the R. F. C.|the franchise given Rosenthal for a loan to build the bridges. | would be cartied out. regu. Application was made to the lar meeting o! board State Road Department for {was declared valueless franchise granting the Overseasidate of expiration corporation the rigit to consteuet|chise was December 31, it was de- the bridges. This was granted. {clared null Carried To Supreme Court contended that Immediately Rosenthal took —— decided i | 1 { the |pointed acting deputy collector injamendment of a section of 1920|steps to have that franchise nolli- and: Mouves fied ahd carried the matter to the |supreme court of the state. pe here Sis jtribunal later banded down an The telegram appointifig Mr.|Robineau would amend the law tojopinion to the effect that the State Goshorn was received yesterday | permit advertising of brew which Road Department had no authority }to grant a franchise covering the; |conatruction of the bridges, inas- much as Rosenthal held « fran- chise from the board of county commissioners and this superceded | ‘that held by the Oversens Bridge( Hard To Handle See Page 3 for Reader on This . Pietare abe From Hell To Heaven Matinee, 10-166; Night 16-206 Matines, 5-16; 10-260 Carporation. | To strengthen his position which “he felt was securely established by the action of the supreme court, Rosenthal then made application. ‘to Judge Jefferson B. Browne, of asking jfor orders to be imsued restraining |