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

Associated Press Day Wire Service VOLUME LIV. No. 98, Senate Vote 28 To 6 Approves Local Option For Control Of Liquors WIS 4222 Citizen Ad Proves Real Worth Again’ ‘As another demonstration of the real worth of adver- | ising in the columns of The ° Citizen, was an incident ef a few days ago when Mrs. J. R. Valdes inserted a classified ad pertaining to the loss of a pair of glasses. The ad was ordered to run for three days, and im- mediately after the first’ in- _sertion the glasses were re- turned to the owner. IIIa a ILM: SUNDAY EVENING AT LEGION HALL i { {SESSION IN CONNECTION, WITH NATION-WIDE OB-; SERVANCE OF NEWLY DE- SIGNATED PRESIDENT DAY Senate Late Yesterday Passed Bill For Legal- izing Beer And Wine Of } 3.2 Per Cent | | (By Associated Press) TALLAHASSEE, April 25. —The question of state pro- hibition repeal was put squarely up to the people to- day when the senate ap- Proved 28 to 6 a proposal to Substitute local option con- trol of alcoholic liquors for the present bone dry amend- ment to the constitution. The resolution approved by the house yesterday 86 to 8, requires ratification by ‘the voters and will then go . inte effect only when and if ‘the eighteenth amendment} to the federal constitution is repealed. Should the _ prohibition article to the state constitu-| In conjunction with the nation-| wide observance of the newly-de-' tion be repealed, all prohibi-| ignated President's Day, April 30, the various veteran organiza- : a a yy oo, SP) fe tions of this city have called a , ” } charged ,with killing his i |grand jury charging’that he is re- | sponsible for the death of his wife gan and within one hour the jury JAMES.ROBERTS. GOES TO TRIAL COLORED DEFENDANT EN- TERED PLEA OF NOT GUIL-'f TY WHEN ARRAIGNED IN CIRCUIT COURT James Roberts, colored, is to- day on trial for the murder of hi: father, James Roberts, Sr. The killing took place at Tavernier on the morning of January 19, this year. Roberts’ wife and a youth,; Leroy Woods, were killed on the same date. In addition to being father! Roberts’ has been-indicted by the i and Woods. | Arraigned’ in. circuit court this morning, he entered a plea of not guilty. ‘The formalities of select-| ing the jury to try the issue be-} had been empanelled. Members of the jury are: Wil- liam E. Nelson, Raymond Cabrera, Robert M. Saunders, William S. Scheurer, J. B. Griffin, Newton Curry, Roland C. Richardson, C. N. Recio, Vivian Pinder, Arthur Griffin, Thaddeus Gates, Oscar Cruz. Judge Jefferson B. Browne, quizzing the jurors as to their qualifications indicated that At- torneys Wm. H. Malone and Allan B. Cleare for Roberts will enter a! plea of insanity for the client. The only witness for the prose- eution, heard at the session this | morning was Sheriff K..O0. Thomp- json, who testified as to finding the bodies of the three negroes and subsequently questioning the pris- oner. State Attorney George . G. Brooks, at the conclusion of the KEY WEST, FLORIDA, TUESDAY, APRIL 25, 1933. Italy Tunes Ships, Men For Flight To Chicago Above is the first authorized photograph of a model 10 Sayoia- Marchetti 55 seaplane, two doze. of which will start a mass flight next month from Italy to the Century of Progress Exposition in Chicago. They will follow the route shown on the map and will be headed by General Italo Balbo, minister of aviation. (By Annociated Press) 600 horsepower and erected tan- ORBETELLO, Italy, April 25.) dem over the single wing. The —A life like that of a bunch of , front motor drives a three-bladed pugilists in strict. training is led, Propeller and the rear engine a ‘a «1, | two-bladed affair, here by the 100 aviators who will}. ‘The. maximum dpecd ia S78 RETAINING WALL | NORBERG THOMPSON ALSO, INCLUDES IN APPLICATION PERMISSION FOR MAKING OF CERTAIN CHANNELS Application to'the U. S. en- i gineers’ office’ of the war depart- ‘ment has been made by Norberg {Thompson to have permission to | make channels and have a con- crete bulkhead or retaining wall constructed at the easterly “end of Key West. — The complete work proposed is the construction of thé bulkhead,| dredging of an 80 foot channel and depositing of the dredged material as a fill shoreward of the concrete bulkhead. | The concrete bulkhead will be: semi-circular, built on a radius of 500 feet, the genter being at the | middle of the westerly side of the small island owned by Mr. Thomp- ‘son, being located approximately 104 feet easterly from the center line of East Boulevard. The 80 foot channel will be j located 20 feet outside of the con- ;erete retaining wall. This chan- nel will be dredged to a depth of 14 feet and will have a 40 | foot channel connecting it with , the. existing channel to the bio- {logical station. The top of tho bulkhead and fill will be four feet. Mr. : WOULD CONSTRUCT For 58 Years Devoted to the | Best Interests of Key West . ee Favors Hal Roosevelt And Prime Minister MacDonald Confer On Outstanding Problems BROTHER PRIOR TO BRIDGE JUMP QUESTION OF SOUTH AMER- vais oe ICAN EXPEDITION BY RED-| WASHINGTON, April 25. FERN REVIVED TODAY IN|—-The administration bill to ROCHESTER, NEW YORK 25.—Edwin Redfern, brother Richard Redfern, who is believed to be the man who jumped from: ‘approved the «measure — a bridge yesterday, PROHG a statement today he a farewell note from*his brother|the house. Prompt senate which was fidential.” Questioned in regard to the “private and . ©0D-| a»proval is expected. SE Talk of possible coalition i ition it u Seah Aric _caedins| of regular republicans and who a * pee pa eg “free silver” democrats to attemp' light to Braz +) eli fern mid any infacsation Wo tel eliminate the gold content regarding the search for bis nep-| reduction clause from the hew was confidential and must " pele an Sigh ro BS amc OES won {of the senate as the debate ate wine to cee ae ‘was resumed on the floor, the proposed Redfern expedition.| The Roosevelt program — . ment of Tennessee Valley ‘ F is ; when the! mass meeting to be held- ‘in. she: prohibition bectme ef-| American man, 24 Italian seaplanes‘on Gen-{ an hour. At the eruising rate of! that he has no at this time court take a recess as several of fective will be controlling. ‘The house committees ex- pect to act on the senate ap- proved beer bills late to- day. BEER BILL PASSED LATE YESTERDAY TALLAHASSEE, April 25. The Florida senate late yesterday passed 27 to 11 the bill to legalize beer and wine of 3.2 per cent and then passed 28 to 10 a bill to re- peal existing laws prohibit- fing the manufacture and sale of such beverages. " DOVALST. CAFE CORNER OF CHARLES; SEVER: ‘AL ARTICLES REPORT. ED MISSING ey ' Officers Harold Key and Bien- vehido Peroz, of the police depart- ment, made the discovery shortly after midnight this morning that the restaurant at the corner of Daval and Charles streets had been entered during the night. Strips had been pried from a wit on. the Charles street side and sash removed. Whoever entered the building then opened | ® rear door, pilfered the place and left without leaving any trace. | Francisco Garcia, “Menoca!”’, | owner of the restaurant, said that his losses consisted of sugar, milk, | canned fruit and cigarettes. SPECIAL SALE Norge and Majectic Electric Retrigerators Terms Low As $2 Down And $2 Weekly J. L. STOWERS MUSIC COMPANY i { c} will be ‘devoted _ , broadcast over a nation-wide hook- ‘Legion™~ hall, night, April 30, at 9:30 o’¢lock. Able ers have been procur- ed who will patrioticay and earn- estly present the facts pertaining to the Economy Bill and its ef- fects on this community, it is said. While a complete roster of the speakers is not available at_ this time, all who attend are assured of” the opportunity of hearing the plain facts and truths @s they per- tain to this city, without their hav- ing been embellished with political propaganda or economical theories. and without’ introduction of the factor of distance to lend enchant- ment to our views of the situation, is the statement of those having the affair in charge. | The first hour of the meeting will be devoted to listening to the presentation of these facts by men who are well versed on the sub- ject at hand, it is shown. The second hour of the meeting te a program up of the National Broadcasting /Gontpany in keeping with the spir- it of the occasion, This meeting. is, not to be a con- déimnation or vill ing, but rather a gathering of the patriotic citizens of) the communi- y in order that the provisions of the Economy Act may be thor- oughly explained and the effects on the community enumerated, the committee states. REPAIR DECKING AT PORTER DOCK REINFORCED PILING RECENT- LY PLACED TO STRENGTH- EN STRUCTURE For several days a gang of car- penters has been at work making repairs to the decking of the Por- {ter Deck company's piers. The work is well under way and it will be finished within the next 10 days, it is expected. Recently the supporting struc- ture was reinforced by 125 creo- soted piling replacing those that were considered useless. This work completed the decking repair work was started. Much of the decking is being removed, shorted, turned over and replaced, as a great deal of the planking is well seasoned and practically new. All decking planks that are found unfit are being replaced by mew timbers of which the com- pany always keeps a large stock ia the warehouse. } during the case. ion gather-], the state's witnesses would not be available until this afternoon. It was not thought that a jury would be so easily secured or he would have hed the witnesses present. Other witnesses for the state will arrive by highway this afternoon. The bench thereupon ordered a re- cess until 2 o’clock. While Mr. Thomposn was giv- ing his testimony Mr. Malone ob- jected to a number of items that were considered incompetent and irrelevant by the defense, and the judge so ruled. Mr. Brooks then asked that the jury be retired as he wanted to! argue certain things to come up The jury retired and Mr. Brooks argued one point in evidence, but was overruled by the judge. Another point argued by the state attorney was that the pris- oner had made two confessions. One at Tavernier and the other in the office of Sheriff Thompson. The former-he will not use. The latter he intends to introduce as evidence, if the court permits: On this point the attorney asked the bench if that will be permitted. Judge Browne replied that he will rule on that matter when the time arrives. PLAN LAYING UP CUBA TOMORROW WILL BE LAST TRIP OF VES- SEL BETWEEN KEY WEST AND HAVANA | With the sailing of the Cuba/ for Havana today the vessel starts ; the last round trip scheduled for the season. When she returns fo-} morrow the vessel will be taken} out of service, No other of the vessels of the line isto take her place. Tlie sail-; ings to Havana from Key West) will, until further notice, be made} twice weekly, The Florida will arrive Tues- days and Fridays of each week,! instead of Mondays and Fridays. sailing to Havana. She will re-/ turn Wednesdays and Saturdays, sailing for Tampa the evening of| the day arriving. i eral Italo Balbo’s group flight. to Chicago late in May. Men and machines are tuned to the highest possible point of efficiency so that both human and mgghanical units may be with- out flaw when the moment comes from their leader to signal “con- tact.” One by one the model 10 Sa- voia-Marchetti planes, beautiful specimens of workmanship, are being turned over to the pilots, navigators, mechanics and wireless operators who will form their crews. The ships embody several late; | improvements over the planes used on Balbo’s mass flight to Brazil in 1931. Each is driven by two Isotta- Fraschini motors developing 1,- being! 150 m.p.h. “each machine can ear-' when he will begin the work but ry 2,200 pounds: more than 2,-! it will not be in the very near 500 miles. ; future. t The men selected for the trip) The department does not pro- are walled off from all’ distract-' pose to have any public hearing ing contacts.’ They eat at a train- on the proposed project but any- ing table, may each have just one one desiring to protest the pro- pint of wine a day and are limit-: posed work from the standpoint ed on their smoking. j of its interference with, or effect nis, fencing; water polo .and ski ing, are on the daily program, along with flying and __ intensive }class room work in aerial b- jects, alternated with two-hours in the air daily. Visitors are taboo. Already “in the pink”, . every man jack of the expedition is cer- } tain that he soon will be saunter- ing through the fair grounds on Chicago’s lake front. MRS. F. RILEY SENTENCED FOR STORK ATTACK GIVEN TEN YEARS FOR AT-| TACKING MRS. ADELAIDE STORK, DIVORCED WIFE OF CLINTON STORK, IN MIAMI (iy Associated Presn) MIAMI, April 25.—Mrs. Freida Riley today was sentenced to 10 years for attacking Mrs. Adelaide Stork, divorced wife of Clinton Stork, of Baltimore, last Decem- ber. Judge E. C. Collins overruled a defense motion for a new trial, ‘PRISON BREAKER CAPTURED AFTER SHORT FREEDOM LELAND HARVEY, MAKING SEVERAL SENSATIONAL ES- ‘CAPES SQUEEZED HIMSELF THROUGH BARS (My Aasociated Prenn) MILLEDGEVILLE, April 25.— Leland Harvey, who made fre- quent sensational escapes while | | | | serving a sentence of more than | 100 years for banditry, was [thwarted in his latest bid for | freedom teday after he squeezed |himself naked through the bars Sports, such as swimming, tenes upon, navigation, should submit jsuch protest in writing, with rea- ‘sons in sufficient detail to per- mit intelligent consideration. CHICAGO SCHOOLS TO CLOSE; LACK OF FUNDS CA EDUCATIONAL HEAD urwi| LING TO FORCE TEACHERS TO CONTINUE WORK. ON} 000. | UNPAID BASIS | (By Asnociated Press) CHICAGO, April 26.—Unwill- ing to force Chicago's teachers to {continue working on an unpaid basis, Orville Taylor, president of the board of education, said he will take steps today to close the schools within the next two or three weeks. The statement was made after hectic activities during, which 5,- 000 teachers took freedom afford- es by the first day of spring vaca- tion to heckle loop bankers and a meeting of officials attended by Governor Horner. Taylor said the 5 “reached a point where the schools must close.” i The sentence upon Bernard) of a death cell at the state prison EXTRA SHIP FOR Riley, her son, who was eon- victed with her, was held in sus- pension upon his promise of good hours, being captured at Macon} behavior. Jimmy Duffy, third:defendant,! Officials said Harvey sawed the} ADDITION: was sentenced to. seven years, D mse attorkeys said they would appeal the supreme court, to The alleged attack occurred in Mrs. Stork’s apartment. Track Arrives Tonight | TIFTS CASH GROCERY}! PHONE 675 ' GROWS SECOND “CROP” ROUND LAK | farm here. | He was at liberty about two }and returned here. bar and twisted it sufficiently to j escape, took s gun, $15 in cash jand automobile keys from the | deputy and fled. | His capture followed shortly fterward. Y¥.—Joseph | Davey, of this city, hax had the! unusual experience of growing his second “crop” of hair after. his Cighty-fourth birthday ‘anniver- sary. i | MALLORY SER aa Vian, TO BE USED ON KEY WEST RUN | t i Heavy offerings of freight ‘it necessary that. Mallory REE zh it i din presenting his budget to the house of commons today no provision will be made this year for war| $pent more than an hour on debt payments to the United!» States or for receipts from for- tor the debt, inatatioaat pala the or United States last December, ports assembled ‘Chamberlain said the deficit last | retary of state’s year was approximately $126,000,- their first surveys of prob- ; lems between the two na- PICTURE DEALING WITH DRY|UNALGA AND TUECARORA TORTUGAS To BE SHOWN) TIED UP AT NAVAL STA. THERE ACCORDING TO AN- siege NOUNCEMENT MADE fhe At iF southeast of K. Marjorie Stoneman recently made an excatsion thith- Hie if $