The Key West Citizen Newspaper, April 29, 1933, Page 1

Associated Press Day. Wire Service VOLUME LIV. No. 102. Leading Issues Show Over- EXERCISES HELD Covering Many Issues Involved (By Aasoclated Preas) NEW YORK, April 29.— Stocks surged up’ buoyantly in a fast moving market to- day. Heavy buying appear- ed at the opening and many leading. issues showed overs |igryof the Presbyterian Church! ON ANNIVERSARY OF CHURCH HERE PRESBYTERIANS ASSEMBLE ‘AT HOUSE OF WORSHIP. LAST EVENING FOR OBSER- VANCE OF EVENT ‘WThe-. twenty-fourth night gains of $1 and $2 on; here:was- celebrated last evening of one to: 10,000 shares. General Motors, Allied Chemical. and United _ Steel ‘were among the leaders. ‘The passage of the in- flation-fatm relief bill by] ercises. which were attended by|Which whirled back and dropped the senate; although ex- pected ‘by Wall Street, ap- ‘ehens large number of parishon- Jers. assembled at the church house for the annual event. There was a brief history and sketch of the congregation given, with refreshments being served at the conclusion of the evening's ex- a large gathering. ‘Among the charter members at- tending were Mr. and Mrs. Charles peared to have helped touch! Curtis and Mr.. and. Mrs. A. C. KEY WEST, FLORIDA, SATURDAY, APRIL 29, 1933. eoce eee e er 8 pee: eovoeees Atty Associated Press) JOWA CITY, \lowa,<April 29.— | Scientists are hot on the trail of the first magnitude meteor that flashed over parts of Kansas, Colo- rado, Oklahoma, Texas and New Mexico March 24. { Detailed studies are being made ‘by Prof. C. C. Wylie of the Uni- versity of Iowa, president of the est Meteor association, and Prof. R. E. Crilley of Iowa Wes- Heyan college and. others in the Wiis thes much useful data will sult. \ Observers Report Sight On the morning of March 24 the ‘territory along the meteor’s path was flooded by a queer, blu- ish light. _Wylie’s report from indicated that ob- rvers saw dazzling, swiftly- ‘moving ball of fire approach from! the northeast. with terrifying in- crease in size and brilliance. “A person’s first impression ‘was that.the ball of fire: was com- ing straight for him and there was an impulse to run,” Wylie noted in his reports. : “The mass of light sparkled and quivered, throwing off flashes of. various colors and sparks or coals “Observers in several south- western states saw a meteor flash through the skies March 24 and then extinguish its ‘to the ground. It passed on to|. light in what seemed to be an the southwestern sky with four) ¢*Plesion in the air near Roy, sharp flashes and extinguished it-| N-M. (Map). self, leaving a luminous cloud of whore the meteor disa ‘ isappeared. dust conspicuous for half an hour, Wyiie said. Blended with it was entists On Trail Of ‘Exploding’ Meteor 1t Ended Roaring Ride In Rain Of Stone of a meteor,” Wylie said, “and | that they are pronounced’for some distance back along the ‘path of a meteor, but..are heard for only {a short distance beyond the ter- | mination.” | Reports from various towns j indicated that the meteor termi- ‘nated before going as far as Tu- ‘eumcari or Las Vegas, N. M., since {explosions are not mentioned in reports from those towns. Wylie | checked his reports with those of + H.°H. Nininger of the Colorado museum in Denver. Ended Near Roy, N, M. From Raton, N. M., Nininger said, the meteor seemed to disap- pear in the direction of Tucum- 3 | cari, and from Clayton, it appear- led tovanish toward Las Vegas. Lines»drawn between these points ‘intersect near the town of Roy, i (establishing at that: point the ap- ! proximate spot where the »meteor blazed momentarily as a huge hall of fire, vanished and fell to the earth as stones. Nininger’s interviews fixed the i | height of disappearance at be- | tween six and eight miles. Meteorites Cool “There is no record. of a me- teorite scorching anything,” Wy- lie said, “if found immediately af- |ter falling they are cool, not hot. . |For this reason a meteor expert fis always dubious of the authen- iticity of a supposed meteorite re- ported hot when found. t For 53 Years Devoted to the - : Best Interests of Key West. ++ 6 Revolt Reported In Three |Prrme!istzire ow Different Towns In ¢ Session Of Conference n In London DRAW JURY FOR mre WAPLES’ COMING MONDAY| sx smn, ro wit VENIRE OF FIFTY SELECTED;|conference by Norman DEFENDANT TO FACE TRIAL| Davis, American ambassa- IN CIRCUIT COURT ON MUR-| dor at large, at a meeting DER CHARGE of the committee today. Eight organizing nations Circuit court convened this were represented. morning 10 o'clock with Judge Members of the commit- ‘Jefferson B. Browne presiding] t® formally fixed June 12 and court officials in attendance,|@® the date for convening of A venire of 50 jurors was drawn| the world economic confer- (By Associated Press) HAVANA, April 29.—In- formation received here to- day said a revolt has broken out in the Orient Province. Disorders were reported in Songo, San Louis and Bo- ‘niato. Two soldiers were reported killed in Boniato. Troops armed with ma- chine guns were rushed from Santiago to the three ‘towns, and all streets and parks in Santiago ordered ‘cleared. The situation in Havana appeared tense. Communi- (By Axnoctated Prens) LONDON, April 29.—A proposal for a world econ- omic armistice was laid be- from the box to be summoned to ed with gains of about $1 a| bale. cline against foreign cur- Elgin. . Mr. Curtis was the first one to serve the congregation as; treasurer, and also made @ deacon a short time after the church was organized. ¢ Mr. Elgin later on was also elec- ted’a deacon and elder, and has been serving as superintendent of the Sunday school for a long time, or more.” i» Explosion Followed A minute or two after. its.disap- pearance an explosion shook the earth, coming from the direction; most violent near the termination! it dropped to the ground.” NAMES OF GROUP a crashing roar which rolled back along the path the ball of fire had traveled. “It is known that explosions are “When a recent spectacular me- teor fell, a lady in reality 300 miles away reported that it fell through a tree in a neighbor’s :yard, burning off some limbs as cation lines to the interior were subjected to censor- ship. serve in the case of the state t against William P. Waples, charg- ed with murder in the first de- It was impossible to ascer-| See, set for trial Monday. Names on the list are John fain the spread of the’ re-| Gainer, Willie Park, Richard ported uprising because of} Knowles, Herman L. Roberts, John the strict supervision of dis- Dealt wine th tel emits ; 2 / W. H. Norman is one of the t f During the reorganization. of the congregation in 1923, Andrew R. Miller was’ made an elder and is still serving the ‘charch in this capacity, with Mrs. Miller also hg membership of Jong stand- rt * P “Rev. ° J.!G.Gékelery: who is the Present pastor of the church, as- SUIT TOWARD FORMER 1M.| sisted by Mrs. Gekeler, entertain- b assemblage last evening at ; ed | PERIAL CHINESE CAPITAL “get-together meeting following ; ie exercises, during which time, the members of this church prom- (By Asnoeiuted Prone) ised to put forth further efforts TOKYO,* April 29.—Smashed in toward the upbuilding of the in- ® fierce assault by Nippon’s sol-| stitution. sn {BIG SILK STOCK — disorderly retreat toward Peip- ing from AT APPELROUTH'S):; . Ag stated in a full column ad- vertisément of The Store of Fash- fon, the entire stock of a silk fac- has invited Russia to present pro-|tory of Paterson, N. J., has been posals for settlement of the ey coe by their east. ite over Chinese ea ern representatives and is now on Cee Talley Giaplay at that store. These silks Matters Of Operating Key patches. Gray, Edward Thompson, Ulric ence. America’s economic truce ae proposed by Davis is a far reaching measure to end economic warfare among ali nations until agreements to West Navy Yard Taken Up... ~~ By. Congressional Units IRELATES STORY OF KIDNAPING SOUTH CAROLINA MAN ALSO ROBBED OF FOUR HUN. DRED DOLLARS ee, PAPERS AND APPLICATION BLANKS FILLED OUT HERE BY THOSE SELECTED FOR REFORESTATION (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON,, April 29. —Congressional delegations representing South Carolina, | The names of the 27 young men Georgia and Florida, called| who have been selected as the first quota for reforestation and con- servation work will be forwarded to J. C. Huskinson, direetor of re- lief for the State. of Florida, at Tallahassee, this afternoon. pers and application blanks, at the White House to urge that navy yards at Charles- ton, Savannah, Parris Is- land, Pensacola, Key West (By Aasoctated Press) in connection with the proposed and New Orleans be kept in period of employment in the forests and wooded areas in Flor- ida, have been filled out accord- | fense purposes. ing to instractions and it is ex- Ui r the present econ- Riad shad wide « hari fies Gat eee ne applicants will receive instructions} omy plans these yards will optration for coastal de- as to the proceedure to be fol- lowed. : " In this first group are 20 whites and seven colored. ‘Those accept- ed will be sent to an army camp or barracks and be given a course of preliminary’ tfaining before being sent to the actual scene of operations. POD IDO DS A ay be abandoned or reduced to inactive lists. SECRETARY WOODIN DENIES REPORTS WASHINGTON, April 29.— Secretary Woodin, from his sick bed, today issued a statement denying reports he was going to Practically every kind of silk, odds YEMASSEE, South Carolina, April 29.—A story of being kid- napped, robbed of $400 and made to drive his two captors through four states at the point of a gun for five days was told today by H. G. Conally, Highpoint grocer, point Monday and forced to drive him: unharmed. He said he was held up in High-, point Monday and forced to drive! his abductors to Jacksonville and back to a point near here. He said he did net know the identity of his captors. WM. E. ROBERTS ‘| Gwynn, Merville E, Rosam, Vir- DISTURBANCES BY | i"stts" ssc ine | FARMERS IN 1OW johnson, M. Hilton, John Kline, Bert Mat- MILITIA CALLED OUT FOL- eovitch, J. W: Roberts, Sumner Sweeting, Malcolm Roberts. LOWING MISTREATMENT OF JUDGE OVER FORECLO- Geo. W. Malgrat, W. W. John- son, John F. Sawyer, Robert A. SURES IN FARM MORTGAGE Roberts, Charles Gibson, Emerson| ‘NG! INSURANCE CARRIED Archer, Clyde Baltzell, Albert Di-| ON BUILDING AND STOCK Negro, W. W. Pinder, Harry L. Knowles, J. Carlyle Roberts, Jona- than Cates and Hamilton Felton, res) - Chief Deputy Clements Jay- is conflagration: which cocks asks The Citizen to ‘advise | *@ged from 3:30 o'clock this morn- all jurors whose names are in the, ing until after 5 o'clock, destroyed (iy Asnociated Press) LEMARS, Iowa, April 29.—The state’ militia called to quiet farm disturbances today arrested two farmers alleged to have been in- volved in the dragging of Judge foregoing list who are not sum- monéd by this evening, to call at the building and stock of the drug Charles Bradley from the bench} the sheriff’s office and get their: store at the corner of Pétronia to threaten him with hanging Thursday because he would not promise to prevent farm mortgage notification. BELMONT are being offered at a special sale M NOW BOOZE [ color and design in the fabric world is to be found in this pur- chase. It embraces silks. that are the outstanding hits ®f the fashion AGENTS UNCOVER LARGEST] “lique. “With summer coming on,” »- ALCOHOL STILL To BE says Mr, Appelrouth, toatelate iy will be needing new dresses. Now FOUND IN AREA is the time to be fashioning them. Fabrics featured in this event are the latest in cute patterns and colors.” Mr. Appelrouth has reserved nothing from this lot of goods. The highest and ‘lowest — priced goods ate being sold at only one price, as stated in his advertise- ment in today’s issued Citizen. Sil that heretofore have been prohibitive in the low price field are now obtainable at & low price in this special sale. (By Ansectated Prees) HEMPSTEAD, April 29.— Through portals of the old Belmont mansion which once was opened only to admit sotiety’s bluest bluebloods, eight federal agents passed tedey and emerged with eight prisoners, and an an- mouncement they had cap- tured the largest alcohol etil! ever found in the New York area. They found the mansion converted into a of The; resign, and that he was at with President Roosevelt the inflation program. He charged enemies of the ad- j ministration circulating reports in John Gardner First To Cash In On Scrip Now In Circalation over GETS ARMY RANK COMMISSIONED AS SECOND LIEUTENANT IN ARMY RESERVES jan effort to create dissension. | Four cabinet members were re- | vealed as having under considera- tion the drafting into the public works program a provisi for} j wide control of industry as an aid jto stimulating employment and stabilizing production. The plan lis yet to be presented to the presi- Duval streets, yesterday cash- ed the first piece of scrip since it was issued two weeks age by the city. It was cer- tifieate Number 984, of the By PAUL MAY Speetal Washington Correspondent ~ @f The Citizen WASHINGTON, D. C., April 29.—William Edward Preston Roberts, 613 Mar- garet street, Key West, has been commissioned a second lieutenant, army reserves, and assigned to the coast ar- tillery, the war department announced today. Donald Cormack was yesterday; jappointed patrolman of the Key; West police department. The oath} was administered and he began} {his duties this morning. t | Patrolman Cormack takes the tplace of former Officer Will, }Gomez. who resigned Thursday jafternoon and joined the crew of wreckers on the tug Relief, which! went to the assistance of the fruit laden steamer Tobaseo, aground) eff the coast of Mexico, near Pro-/ greso. { VOODOO OLL foreclosures. + Colonel Glenn Haynes said he sent troops to each town in Ply- mouth county to inform them of- ficially of the governor’s proc; lamation declaring, martial law in the county, and expected other ar- rests. é In the meantime authorities sought the identity of those re- sponsible for disorders by farm- ers. who abducted the judge and rioted at Denison where a dozert men were injured. when several hundred militant agriculturists fought with state agents and depu- ties attempting a mortgage fore- | closure sale, t LODGE DELEGATES RETURN TO CITY [REPRESENTATIVE -C. BRIGGS DEAD as ; Property, « number of loud de- 2 } tonations were heard in the build- DIES OF HEART ATTACK IN ing. One of the explosions drove NATIONAL CAPITAL ‘the glass from the front windows TODAY (By Anpoctated Preast WASHINGTON, April 29. —Representative Clay Briggs, 57, of Texas, died at his apartment today of a attack. He was joking with his about taking a day off work and resting since house is in recess when was suddenly stricken and died. SUOMaTTae. | Key West Fishing | Jonathan Cates, Ed: Commorand | Ed. Curry; who were» attending j the grand lodge meeting of the | Knights of Pytisias in - Lakeland, jwere returning passengers on the | Havana Special this morning. | Mr. Connor is distriet deputy, | Mr. Cates represented Isie of the (Sea Lodge and Mr. Curry was ; delegate from Coral City Lodge. Morris Cochran, delegate from