The Key West Citizen Newspaper, May 4, 1933, Page 1

Associated Press Day Wire Service VOLUME LIV. | No. 106. Florida Le KEY WEST, FLORIDA, ~The Key West Citizen THURSDAY, MAY 4, 1933. MacDonald Claims Great Britain Favors American : Proposal On Tariff Truce paicve dicen tens eane.k This To Ron During Per-I AMERICAN LEGION | fod Of World’s Econo- mic Conference Now Proposed (My Associated Mresu) LONDON, May 4.—Prime Minister Ramsay MacDon- ald announced in the house of commons today that Brit- ain favors‘the American pro- posal for a tariff truce dur- ing the period of the world economic conference with safeguards for Britain’s spe- HEAD COMES BACK AT ECONOMY MOVE { LOUIS JOHNSON, NATIONAL COMMANDER, FAVORS EQUAL TREATMENT FOR VETERANS OF ALL WARS (iy Ansoctated Prens) INDIANAPOLIS, May ‘Louis Johnson, national command- 4— er of the Amefican Legion, today assailed what he termed “frenzied |GREAT INTEREST IN SCHOOL BILL IN LEGISLATURE, IN STATE INTERESTED IN MEASURE SPONSORED BY ADMINISTRATION (By Florida Press) TALLAHASSEE, May 4.—The ; administration’s school bill intro- duced by Senator Getzen, as Sen- ate Bill No, 183, has created out- standing interest throughout the entire state. Practically every) family in Florida is personally in- terested in this measure. Large delegations from every section of the state were present at the joint committee hearing: held in the auditorium of the! house last week. The main floor and gallery were packed to over- flowing. { There were a large number of | speakers at the meeting, among | them Dr. Fons Hathaway, former , PROPOSE NEW PLAN IN SCRIP HANDLED HERE CERTIFICATES NOW WILL BE STAMPED WITH NAME OF FIRM OR ARTICLE SOLD IS EXCHANGE FOR SAME Several merchants in Key West} who have taken an interest in thej use of scrip are stamping the cer- tifieates they are using with the name of.the firm or the article sold for which the scrip is taken. One merchant is paying his em- ployes in scrip and cash. The scrip { is stamped with the firm’s name. | This is a guarantee that the firm } will accept the scrip when pure | :chases are made. President Leo Warren in com- pany with others intends to make a canvass of the city Suggesting | that all merchants do this, there- by assuring the use of the scrip and guaranteeing its acceptance by others. Stamped thus, it is believed that eccee “Work Or Lose Your Gains’ New Mint Director Ross Tells Sisters In Politics 9000090000000 0 0000s 000082 eeeeenssassOV2eGoeeeeee® we Only REFORESTATION DISCUSSED BY “ROTARY CLUB ORGANIZATION HEARS OF MOVEMENT TO HAVE WORKERS STATIONED AT KEY WEST The reforestation question was ‘brought before the Rotary lunch- eon today when members of that organization learned that there was a movement, ‘according to Statements made, under way to have approximately 150 men hous- ed at the army post here who are tobe employed in this particulur work in locality. A committee was appointed to confer with the commanding offi- cial tariff position. application of economy knife” in He quickly roused mem ‘cutting veterans’ benefits and bers to the most intense in-,urged the Legion executive com- terest. | mittee to adopt a four point With tariff issues para- raearegiat ah on agg leg- : ion ing veterans, mount in the hous, he made He oadaaesti samt treatment it clear that while President fo, veterans, widows and orphans Roosevelt, Edouard Herriot of all wars; permanent classifica-. of France and he agreed on tion of benefits; adequate provi- ss Rr eee aaa for all veterans-with ; conference, and recognition that incapacitat- talks shaded veterans without means of sup- k h ‘i d finit agree: port are wards of federal govern- ment and not of local public or ment in regard to policy. private charity. 1 nase Fei Len Working Tn Interest Of Key West The Economic League of Key)be introduced at the present ses- West, recently organized for bet- sion of the ‘legislature, looking to the improv it of i i ait th'the city, here provement of conditions in this section. These measures will with gives to the public the aims be: yee the gewenaire: backing ° of the entire: membership of the = purposes of the organization: | jeague, which now pital 8 a In order to give the public the; very substantial voting strength in facts about this organization, and, Key West. This strength is in- te explain its aims and purposes,' creasing weekly as more and more the following statement has been| mencrs are added to the mem- barre tgs Ac Soro tasans of} “Other proposed measures Key West is an organization com. *"* "ow under consideration and posed of leading business and pro- are being carefully studied and in- fessional men, employers and ee-| aes from every angle, and ployes of Key West—but for the within a short time the additional time being no office-holders, rep- bills will no doubt be sent to the resentatives of public aervice *P| countg’s legislative representatives or lawyers have been |2t Tallahassee with the whole- its membership. hearted support and backing of the Economie League was league’s membership. organized about three months agu| “6-—-The Economic League has fer the purpose of devising ways | ®9 politics—in fact, it is not at all and means to improve the econom-' interested in politics. Its purpose ie, moral and social conditions of | is ‘to improve conditions in Mon- Key West and Monroe county by' ree county and Key West, Pro- building up the morale of cur citi-| fessional politicians and office sears finding gainful employ- | holders are not ei into its; ment for those who need work; by | memberships; pro! litical in-: encouraging officers of the aw | Noences of results #46 | and public officials in the per-' measures are not considered. The formance of their duties, to the league is working solely for the end that there may be a more| betterment of the city and county wholesome tspect for law and or-|-—mot for any political group. der; by improving the living con-} Political discussions are barred at ditions of all our people, and more | the weekly meetings. superintendent of the Duval coun- all merchants will readily accept ty school board; Chas, M. Fisher, | the certificates in trade as the superintendent of public instruc-| stamp is an honor guarantee that tion of Dade county; 0. J. Sem-}the firm whose stamp is impress-| cer at the army barracks for, the purpose of ascertaining if there was any truth about this matter, and if there was, that the Rotary mes, president of the State Asso-' ciation of School Boards; and, many others. Representatives of | the school system generally are not in favor of the bill and ex- pressed strong opposition at the; hearing. The féature of the bill that would centralize the powers state edue al system in iiSee, was’sharply criticized. Objection was also heard regard-' ing school “boards giving their services free. All agree that the schools of the state as a whole are in bad shape. | Many county systems are heavily in, debt. Teachers in many sec- tions are unpaid.» Schools are; closing, or have closed, with less than full terms. The measure is now in the hands of a joint committee and! while a number of substitutes and | amendments have been proposed, | it is reported that little headway | has been made. Probably several important changes will be made before the bill is reported for floor discussion. Some officials were asked by the committee to present their own bill for consideration along with that of the administra- tion. Governor Sholtz made it plain that he presented the measure merely as a suggestion, making no demand that the legislature accept his views. He stated, however, that there was great need of con- structive legislation in the Florida school system at this time and he expected the legislature to pass some sort of measure along the lines he recommended. ALBURY’S BILL PASSES HOUSE MONROEIS REPRESENTATIVE HAS RESOLUTION ON TRAINING OF GUARDS ed on them will readily accept; them. Another thought, voiced by Mrt.! Warren, is to place funds in the | First National Bank and issue a} notification to the effect that all} scrip carrying the full number of; stamps can be redeemed at the in stitution. s ne * This idea of Mr. Warren's may be put into»effect next week,’ he told The Citizen today. SWEEPING FARM MEASURE STILL HOLDING-PLACE GEORGE PEEK IS VIRTUALLY AGREED UPON AS CHIEF MINISTRATOR OF MEASURE NEARING FINAL PASSAGE (Ny Associated Press) WASHINGTON, May 4— George Peek of Moline, Illinois, virtually has been decided upon as chief administrator of the sweep- ing farm measure now near final passage by congress, it was learn- ed today. He is a farm equipment manu- facturer and long a student of) agricultural problems. j In the meantime a committee of senators and representatives was in conference seeking to recon- cile differences between farm bills passed by the senate and house. Trade agreements equalizing production and consumption with- jin limits defined by the govern- i ment agency was advocated before! the chamber of commerce presi-} dent. He said much could be accom- plished by amending the Sherman! anti-trust law so as to sanction , such agreements. ! (By Florida Press) TALLAHASSEE, May 4.—Con-| current resolution No, 8 offered in| the house by Representative W. V. | Albury, of Monroe, which urges the president of the United States | to not discontinue the 1933 annual) training period of the Florida Na-! President Roosevelt accepted in-| gigtH, DEATH AND FEAR|REPORT THAT NEGRO with) vitation to open Chicago’s Century} of Progress Exposition on May 27.) The senate granted broad pow- ers to its banking committee to investigate loans by Reconstruc- tion Finance corporation. Mrs. Nellie Tayloe Ross, new director of the national mint, is the first woman to hold this important job. It’s not her initial pion. eering, for in 1924 she became the nation’ (By Adsociated Prexsd CHEYENNE, Wyo., May 4.— There’s material for a tpyically; women. | American success story in the car-|ernment, The crisis has awaken- eer or Nellie Tayloe Ross, Presi- dent Roosevelt’s appointee as di- rector of the nation’s mint. For the woman who is to sit at Washington. in charge of all the gold, silver and copper coins in the country and of the assay of- fices where gold is brought for: conversion into money is some- thing of a pioneer—politically speaking—with two “firsts” to her credit. First Woman Governor When in 1924 she was drafted to succeed her husband, Gov. Wil- liam Bradford Ross, of Wyoming, after his sudden death, never be- fore had a woman served in the governor’s chair. And now again she is to fill a job heretofore re- served for men. After two years as governor— her first political reversal came in her defeat by the late Frank Emerson at the end of her hus- band’s term—she sat back to watch the political scene. But not for long. Soon she was doing an en- ergetic job for the Democrats in the 1928 national campaign. Headed W + Campaign Then came the 1932 fight when MAN DIES FROM: (STATE TROOPERS | SHOCK DURING HOSPITAL FIRE KIDNAPED GIRL MINGLED WHEN INSTITU- TION IN PENNSYLVANIA GOES UP IN FLAMES (hy Asncctated Press) {Club was willing and ready to co- Loperate in the matter in any way possible, The committee appointed for this work is composed of W, W. Demeritt, chairman; Sebastian Tn the pee told the captains of her par! ¢ 34 Hicks, ty: ed them, and they have always \been liberals.” } “Yes, and you're going to ore! ganize them,” the captains agreed. She went to work and when she had finished she had seen 36 states and 200 cities. All had heard this dainty little woman step to the footlights and make government 'routine seem like any housewife’s job. She had become an outstanding cam- jigner. And it all had started in a little Wyoming home where a young at- torney and his Missouri-born wife had read together every night af- ter their little boys had been tuck- ed into bed. Calls Work « “Delight” Before she got into politics it always had irritated her to see wo- ;men paying taxes and not know- j ing how the money was spent. She jsaw the need of women in poli- ties. “This administration has given women more than they have ever had. They must deserve the ad- vance, to hold it. That means ! giving of yourself and time. But ‘it is a delight.” NOW SEARCH FOR WHITE GIRL WAS SEEN IN AUTOMOBILE; BELIEVED TO BE ONE MISSING (Ry Associated Press) “Now is the time to talk to They are alive to gov- the meeting, and was then re- placed by Sebastian Cabrers, who resided ter. Mr. Cabrera is now pr it-elect: of the club. Te ti tendered his resignation a8 secretary, and Rob- jert Ingle was elected in his stead. ' ‘DIES AS RESULT OF BULLET WOUND SELF IN TAMPA LAST SATURDAY (My Aamorioted Prema) TAMPA. May 4.—Self in- FOR RELIEF WORK ONE HUNDRED AND FIVE TO BE GIVEN EMPLOYMENT TOMCRROW Beautification and propects for the | have, bee outlined gency Relief Council and are being summoned te morrow. A few small groups working today. No information as to when the For 58 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West. PRICE FIVE CENTS Effecting Law Senate Votes Favorably Today On Joint Commit- tee Report Twenty-three To Twelve (By Associated Press) TALLAHASSEE, May 4. —Senate today voted 23 to 12 to accept the joint confer- ence committee report on the compromise measure to reg- ulate and tax legalized beer and wine, thus completing legislative action, and leav- ing only Governor Sholtz’s signature to make beverage legislation a law. The senate’s action was taken after the house pro- viously accepted the com- mended revenue from the taxation measure be held in- 4 o'clock on request of the governor who said he wished to deliver a special message. He gave no intimation of what he wished to tell the legislature, but it was under- stood he.is to urge speedy ac- tion on affairs of major im- portance delayed by beer and wine legislation. A proposal for a state ship canal corporation to build a waterway across the state was approved by the senate. The route was left to the dis- cretion of the corporation. The house passed a bill es- tablishing machinery for holding conventions for fed- eral constitutional amend- ment ratification. 'DR. ALBERT SHAW WEDS SECRETARY EDITOR REVIEW OF REVIEWS, WEDDING QUIET AFFAIR (My Ansoetated Prone) GAINESVILLE, May 4.-— Dr. Albert Shaw, 75, e<itor of the Review of Reviews, and his 22 year old secretary, Miss Virginia McCall were married bere today in the Hoty Trinity Episcapsl The wedding wee « private affair, attended only by friends relatives of the \ te see that public ex-} “?.—The Economic League also iminiatration | encourages to the fullest extent| tional Guard, reduce armory drills, dispense with services of regular, army Officers, eliminate Officers} Reserve Corps, Citizens Military | SAYRE, Pa, May 4.--Birth, HARWICHPORT, Mas., May 4. jdeath and fear mingled in a flam-|—A report that 0 negro was seed | ing drama today whee a fire ray. | With a white girl in an automobile jay [legitimate business house aged the Kobert Packer hospital. |! Mashpee, Indian.settiement near ‘soon as transportation is “3+—The Economic League was’ terprise located in Monroe county. to provide its members To this end its membership is for ex-; pledged te buy Key West pro- putlic ques-’ ducts whenever possible in pref- ; oor gg oe tg gO erence to all others. The use of vive remedial measures, To this mail order cat is dis end weekly meetings are held at ed, a which each member of the league’ “The above statement is made . to give full expres- to discourage certain unfounded rien te bis views upon any public speculation about our organization mestion, all of which are given & We believe it contains all the in- tcr cas scar) REDISTRICTING. ficers Training Camps, was passed | Hi ‘ (By Florida Press) | Gladieli, dor. ... Se TALLAHSSEE, May 4.--Gov-/ ernor Sholtz signified his approv-j al of a joint resolution of the! A baby was bern in the hospital at the height of the terror, The infant and mother were rescued uwnburt. An old man suffering » here today, caused hurried order-' fers engaged in tracking kidnap-| i of 16-year-old Margaret Me-| Math. broken arm was carried from the| Soe ee ee eo © slature Passes Beer Measure Signature Of Geretnor Required For