The Key West Citizen Newspaper, April 27, 1933, Page 1

Associated Press Day Wire Service VOLUME LIV. No. 100. SAME STATUS FOR PAYMENT OF WAR DEBT Roosevelt Willing To Con- sider Debt Revision Af-|' i ter Economic Confer-;' ence, However (By Associated Preas) WASHINGTON, April 27. —President Roosevelt is wil- ling to consider war debt re- vision after the world econ- omic conference, but it was emphasized . authoritatively today at the White House that he had not entered in- to any agreement for post- ponement of June 15 pay- “Wients nor laid down any plan of debt settlement. Simultaneously at the Hull indicated to reporters June is under consideration, and the United States is fa- | As for future war debt re- onsiderably at the conclu- dion of the world economic 12. ~ In the meanwhile it is said the president still expects the June 15 payments to be Reece EFFORT TO BE SPARED NOW ‘PARIS, April 27.—Foreign Min- fster Bonnet declared today no effort. must be spared in aiding stabilization of other countries’ as financial experts saw ra heading toward a three power pact with the United States Great Britain for that pur- | * Meantime, Premier Daladier is seid by friends to be actively pre- paring to pay defaulted debt in- nts due the United States. CONVENTION VOYAGE Through the courtesy of Nor- berg Thompson the local post of | ‘the American Legion has been as- tured of their trip to Havana to} attend the convention to be held In that city May 9, 10 and 11. ., ‘The matter of securing a vessel! to take the local group to. the| | AL OF LEGIONNAIRES nt | E Bugle H i : i i marches, oe KEY WEST, FLORIDA, THURSDAY, APRIL 27, 1933. SCENE OF MOONEY NEWEST FIGHT FOR » FREEDO! » WILCOX WORKS IN INTEREST OF KEY WEST'S HOSPITAL REQUEST. OF CONGRESSMAN ‘TO MAINTAIN PRESENT FA- CILITIES GETS SPPORT OF SURGEON GENERAL ? By PAUL MAY WASHINGTON, April 27.—j The request of Congressman Mark Wilcox that the present facilities of the Marine Hospital at Key West be maintained has met the unqualified support of the sur- geon general, it was learned today. General. Hines, head of the vet- erans administration, however, has informed Wilcox thst under the emergency economy act it is, doubtful if the: Key West hospital will be used by the. veterans’ ad- ministration for other than emer- gency cases growing out of diseases or injury of a direet service con- nection, i Surgeon General Cummings, inj a letter to Wilcox,’said: “I concur) fully in your desire to utilize the) ten advocates when it voted down! carefully hospital to the fullest extent. The cost of operating the Key West institution has been less than! three dollars per patient per since the last of July, which — is much lower than the cost of op- erating general medical and sur-; ical hospitals by the veterans’ ad- istratis He promised to communicate his ideas.on the Key West hospital to General Hines. CONSOLIDATION (By Florida Press) | TALLAHASSEE, April 27.— An administration sponsored bill to consolidate the departments of game and fresh water fish, the shell fish commission, forestry and the State geological survey was re- ported favorably by the House committee on Conservation. The! committee offered an amendment} to eliminate the department of forestry from the consolidation. | Announcement has been made by means that the Legion the State Marketing Bureau that) Florida motorists amounted to $2,540,370. — The Key West FRANK WALSI eg (EFT) MAOONEY. OEFENSE CHIEF LEO Vv, GALLAG (ABC¥E) ASSIS TANT LOUIS PRESIDING SENATE STICKS TO FIRST AUTO LICENSE BILL REFUSES TO REPLACE FIVE, | TEN AND FIFTEEN DOLLAR ITEM WITH ONE FOR FIVE) AND TEN FLAT (ity Aasocinted Press TALLAHASSEE, April The senate tocay twice refused) to replace the $5, $10 and $15/ automobile license tag bill with| 27.— calling for tags at flat rates of $5 and $10 while the house de-; bated proposed elimination of poll) tax payments. i Proceeding with special consid-} eration of the $5, $10 and $15) measure which has been sustituted! for the administration calling for| tage priced at $5, $10 and up, the senate first defeated the amend-} ment by Senators Getzen and Sikes} who sought to have the tags cost $5 and $10. H Afterward, the senate again de-| feated the move of the five and! another amendment by Sikes. The house finally refused pass a committee bill to eliminate poll tax payments as a require-' ment for voting in primary elec-; tions, and sent the matter back} to the committee. } ROBERT GORE T0 GET POST | j | NEWSPAPER PUBLISHER TO} BE GOVERNOR OF PUERTO RICO to; } WASHINGTON, April 27. —President Roosevelt intends to uame Robert Gore, of Chi- cage and Florida as governor of Puerto Rico. Gore is publisher of news- papers at Daytona Beach, ! Deland and Fort Lauderdale, | and was closely identified | with the democratic national! campaign. His early somina- | tien is im prospect. | i / {ity Ansoctated Presxs | } | i } (By Florida Press) TALLAHASSEE, April i purchased | } in the way! try products for the same period: the state revenue from this source|vatera for state bank: amounted to $1,318,876.65, j received 931 bills jtwo more Manslaughter be Verdict. Of Jury In Roberts’ Case Manslaughter is the verdict ar- rived by the jury that tried the case of the State of Florida against James Roberts, Jr., charg- ed with the killing of his father at j Tavernier, on January 19, 1933. The jury sent for Judge Browne shortly after 1 o'clock and at 1:25 the ver- dict was read and recorded as follows: “We the jury find the defendant guilty of man- slaughter. So say we all.” “NEWTON CURRY, Foreman.” Immediately after the verdict | was recorded the defense, Wm. H. Malone and Allan B. Cleare, repre-! sented by the latter, made a gmo- tion to set aside the verdict and grant a new trial. Judge Browne set Monday morn- ing, before the court convenes for hearing the case of William P. Waples, charged with murder, for arguments by the defense and State. The case went to the jury 4:4 o’clock yesterday afternoon fol- lowing a lengthy charge by Judge Jefferson B. Browne, in which the different phi ions of the legal aspect of the nalyzed. At 10 o'clock this morning when the jury entered the court room Judge Browne asked if a verdict had been arrived at. The fore- man, Newton Curry, replied th: ; no agreement had been reached as 'MEASURES GALORE ‘GOVERNOR HEARD FOR LEGISLATURE | NINE HUNDRED AND THIRTY. REQUESTS NONE BE NAMED ONE RECEIVED UP TO THIRD WEEK (By Florida Press) TALLAHASSEE, The 1933 Florida Legisiature had at the close of April 27. its third week, p far ahead of the 1231 le handled. date in the 1931 session approxi ting it slature in business At a corresponding mately 400 bills had been intro- duced. Se far, the current leg has pasred fot as A bill to extend payment fron 1933. A bill exte cent emerge years. A bili eliminating the lature eS: of tax June 1, cial diffieulties. to a verdict, and it did not appear as though any would be forth- coming. The judge then asked if there was any point of law that needed , explaining. Wm. E. Nelson re- | plied advising the* court: that to , verdict had been reached and in | his opinion, none would be arrived. 1 Of his he felt positive. | From the time they went into | the jury room about 5 o’clock yes- iterday afternoon, Mr. Nelson told ithe j@dge, until 1:30 this morn- \ing, they had discussed the case JU0GE ete oe | oe [PUBLICWORKS | PROGRAM CROUP_ START ON WORK ‘ADMINISTRATION BILL T 0. REGULATE SALE OF SECUR-| ITIES GETS FAVORABLE COMMITTEE REPORT (Ny Associated Press) WASHINGTON, April 27.—The administration bill, [sale of securities, finally emerged! } to regulate For 58 Years Devoted to the Will Be Resumed May 22 —— rea z ue With Proceeding Fol- Senate Beer Bill) | iowing Shouting By Here are the high spots in the beer bill a3 passed Tues- . day by the senate: Puts revenue, estimated at general, instead of the school. - fund. Prohibits the sale of beer on Sundays between the hours of 11 a. m. and 2:30 Pp. m. Prohibits sale within 100 yards of a publis school build- ing, within 100 feet of a church on week-days or with in 100 yards of a church on Sundays. is pa Prohibits sages persons under 18 years of age. a sale of beer over the bar; buyers must drink at tables. Puts direction of beer licens- ing under the state comptroll- Prohibits issuances of / tleeging or of tid of bootleg; or involving pistes turpitedé. - Permits counties to vote out beer at elections on pe-_ tition of 20 percent of » the voters. : Permits cities to levy 50 percent of the state tax for licenses. ‘ Prohibits brewers, or man- |. ufacturers, from ng. in~ terest in retail es! , selling beer. Requires all beer trucks to be plainly marked. ae A revamped cast and a new stage setting will be re- vealed. when the curtain rises in San Francisco May and voted on the verdict with nojfrom the senate banking commit- ; results. : tee today with a favorable re- Again this morning before} breakfast and after the morning; Port ‘meal the same discussions had’ vision. ibeen held and a vote taken, al-| ‘ A ways with the same result. He re-! The house begen consideration iterated his statement that no of the administration’s $2,000,- | verdict was possible in his opin-} 000,000 home mortgage bill under} ion. |rules that permit amendments but} Judge Browne told the jury to}, ., { lective until 12 o'clock and we HELO ee ee ee after weeks of study and re-; SUDDEN MOVEMENT ATTRI. BUTED ‘TO TROUBLE BREW- ING BETWEEN JAPAN AND, RUSSIA IN MANCMURIA (Ny Associated Presh) TIENTSIN, April 27.—The sud- 22 on the eleventh act of the lotig-drawn out drama of Tom "Mooney, California's noted “lifer.” gest ae A musty. indictment charging him with the death of one of the 10 victims of the bomb which ex- ploded among spectators of a of homicide were! explained and all other again called into the courtroom./ work week bill advocated by Sec-/ lwas not possible to further dis- |euss the situation with a view to arriving at a verdict. The jury re- tired. At the noon hour the jury was) | Asked if a verdict was ready the , hour and a half. den withdrawal of Japanese troops) “preparedness day” parade in Matthew Woll, vice president of | - Fi A July, 1916, has been hauled out the American Federation of Labor,|‘'°™ the coastal area of MOrthy of the files as the basis for'what told the house labor committee the, China was attributed by Chinese! promises to be » strange trial. | proposed changes in the 30 hour! leaders today to the trouble brew.| OFiginally Mooney was indicted retary Perkins “would make serfs: ing between Japan and Russia in foe, nck af. the 59m. After | foreman replied to the contrary! of American industrial workers.”| but voiced the opinion that within! phe drive of house advocates Manchuria. these charges, eight others were the ensuing hour the jury would have reached an agreement. They were again allowed to retire with instructions to call the judge when they were ready. ‘bonus was suddenly halted, pend- ing action by the senate on the cash bonus amendment by Senator Robinson, Republican of Indiana, to the farm relief bill. for a cash payment of the soldier's! An Associated Press dispatch dismissed. from Moscow told of a Soviet re-| hanging port that the Japanese army in| Louis A. | Manchuri: to rt, | - Lenden, of this city, was fined | The cabinet group, named by the president to work out his public works program was called togeth- ler to begin drafting a measure ON SCHOOL JOBS which will probably be the last of this major domestic rehabilitation } bane | proposals. H ‘PRISONERS PLANT OUT VEGETABLES (By Florida Press) TALLAHASSEE, April 27.—|GARDEN IN COUNTY JAIL! re | } Governor Sholtz has requested! YARD UNDER JAILER ROB- | county school boards not to name) i i school teachers, janitors or| ERTS’ SUPERVISION j i UNTIL LEGISLATURE ADJOURNS any school bus drivers or contract for} such services until after the legis] lature bas adjourned its present ‘By raising vegetabies in the yard of the county jail, Leon; Roberts, says he is not oniy com- bating. prices, but is. saying the county money acd at the same! time providing the prisoners with session. ! The .administration es schoo! bill is now up before the} ‘legislature and should it become a} i vitemias. law the entire setup of our public) The 25 prisoners in the instite- scheol system will be changed and }tion were today given an excel- contracts entered into at this time | lent dinner with « variety of vege- * will only serve to complicate the) tables that were raised in the yard under the supervision of Jailer Roberts. school situation. HUGS WRONG TIME } There are several prisoners | “doing time™ who are physically! EVANSTON, Ui.—For hugging | unfit to perform the harder and} # gisl with one arm while he was/ more ardsous tasks allotted the; driving an automobile, Chester others and these have been used | te plant the garden and are now) condition. '$10, keeping it in exetilent from Soviet Russia. Chinese assert the firm stand taken by Rassia in protesting)‘ charse railroad severing of connections} hear the case April 26, into Siberia and seisure of trains; surprise move. by Manchukuan guards forced Japan to send its army north. The railroad built by Russia is jointly operated by Russia Manchukuo. CHINESE AND JAPS IN BATTLE PEIPING, April 27.—Chinese and Japanese armies fought sanguinary battle teday near Nantienmen Great Wall northeast of here. Japanese artillery and ait ers pounded Chinese positions with slight effect, and the Chinese sue- ceeded in halting Japanese try: ‘It appeared the Chinese are putting up the stiffest resistance Japanese have encountered Crime of the Century See Page 3 for Reader on This Picture seo BIRD OF PARADISE Matines, 19-150; Night 15-250 it tece