The Key West Citizen Newspaper, May 18, 1933, Page 1

Associated Press Day Wiré For 58 Years Devoted to the Service - VOLUME LIV. No. 118. Disarmament Was Topic — Of Entire Destiny Of Movement Rests COLLECTOR LADD In Hands Of President Roosevelt And Chancel- lir Hitler (By Ansociated Preas) Disarmament was the topic of discussion today throughout the world. The destiny of the dis- armament conference in Geneva appeared to be resting the hands of President Roosevelt and Chancellor Hitler. This view was taken as the re- sult of rapid-fire events of the past forty-eight hours which in- cluded Roosevelt’s message to the ‘world and Hitler’s address to the Im Berlin today, the Prussian diet wax to meet for the last time until 1987. An empowering act was adopted to shear the Prussian diet of constitutional powers. It was supported by nationalists and socialists, The diet, however, will be sub- ject to call. Officials awaited a statement before com- ffi¢ially, however, it was pointed out that Italy had agreed: with Germany's views and upheld the right of Germany to arms equality, and that country’s con- tention that post war treaties Former Premier Edouard Her- riot in Paris said that on the basis of Hitler's speech, Germany will, claim equality on the sea after. { [of the opin on that pu licenses, that | plying with ti in Italy|. ‘}doing business, buying or closing! BRIDGE MATTER TO BE HANDLED BY NEW BOARD PROJECTS SELF-LIQUIDATING TO BE UNDER CONTROL OF ADMINISTRATOR OF PUBLIC. WORKS PROGRAM World Today ISSUES 23 BEER LICENSES HERE AMONG THOSE HANDED OUT; The Ci BY MONROE OFFICIAL was; WASHINGTON, May 18.—Pro- | Posals now receiving serious con- ONE CALLING FOR WHOLE- sideration in legislative and execu- SALE DISTRIBUTION By PADI. MAY Special’ Washington Correspondent | of Citizen tive quarters, for transferring the activities of the Reconstruction Fi- nance Corporation, with regard to; self-liquidating construction pro- j Jects, to the control of the new | Administrator of Public Works whose appointment is provided for in the president's comprehensive; public works program, would have) the wholesale distribution of the|# most favorable effect upon the beverage and 22 for stores, room-' Project for construction: of the ing houses, restaurants and others. bridges between Key ‘Most of these have been pur-| West and the mainland, according chased this week. Soon after! to those familiar with the situa- Sheriff Karl 0. Thompson sent} “0n. notices to different places in the} _L- W. Robert, of Atlanta, Geor- city, including the so-called ten-|&i#, newly-appointed assistant sec- detloin district, that persons sell-|Tetary of the treasury in charge ing beer without the required li-,°f the public building program, cense will be arresed and prose-|S¢ems to be the man the adminis- cuted, the demand for licenses in-/ ‘tation is grooming for the post of creased. Publie Works Administrator. Mr, Not all of those who were warn- | Robert is a man of vast and varied fed secured licenses, it is said | experience as a builder, not only Some closed up and others declar-|°f buildings, but of roads and ed their intention of getting li- bridges. He is a practical engi- censes at once. What the outcome er. Furthermore, he is report- will be remains to be seen. (ed to be much interested in the Sheriff Thompson says he did, Proposed Pan-American Highway. not take the step on his own’ The proposed overseas highway initiative, but received positive in.) to Key West would be a link in structions from Goyernor Dave the ern branch of the Pan- Sholtz to give every vendor in the ' Ameri in highway. For this rea- county fair warning and in the |S”, it is pointed out, Mr. Robert event licenses are not purchased ! might be expected to favor the to vigorously prosecute the offen-' Prospect from the start. Further- ders. more, it is claimed, an engineer Discussing the situation with! and builder could not fail to see Tax Col ‘Ladd he said he is’ the soundness of the overseas “of | bridge project, and if unhampered: who Ege Since the sale of beer has. been legalized by the U. S. government and the State of Florida, but 23 ileenses have been issued by Frank H. Ladd, tax collector in Monroe county. Among these there is one for { overseas /not secured licenses and are! ®Pprove it without delay, up. 1 This opinion, he says, is based on statements made by several ‘TRYING TO AMEND as they were com-; , ON cIry CHARTER he law others will! have to. SA, SRATSIER EE — KEY WEST, FLORIDA, THURSDAY, MAY 18, 1933. Justice E. R. Lowe In Washington On Efforts To Recover Ammunition (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON, May 18. perfect right under the law}: —A Florida Justice of thejto accept and retain it. Peace was here today seek-| The ammunition was seiz- ing the return of 70,000,ed possibly on the assump- rounds of ammunition seized | tion by customs men that it}: by the customs collector sev-| was for use in Cuba. eral days ago near his home at Tavernier. Justice E. R. Lowe, of Tav- The story of the finding of the ammunition in question ernier on Key Largo, con-|was published in The Citzen tended the ammunition wasjon May 10, giving details of given to him and he had a! the seizure. Legislature Makes Cut In Salaries Of Officials (iy Annociated Prean) TALLAHASSEE, May 18.—Sal- RELIEF WORK IN aries and travelling expenses of} | state officials were reduced by the KEY WEST TODAY! legislature today. Completing a | day and a half of debate the house TWO HUNDRED AND ELEVEN i voted 67 to 14 to pare salaries ap- ENGAGED IN OPERATIONS. proximately 20 percent. TAKING IN VARIOUS sec.| The bill previously passed the TIONS OF CITY {senate but was subjected to a ser- {ies of amendments before gaining ‘the house’s approval. The mea. _ Sure now returns to the senate for Emergency Relief employes work- concurrence in the amendments. ing on projects in widely separat: | The seate passed the house ap- proved bill to limit. travelling ex- There are 211. men of the 7‘ ; Ployes to $4.50. per day for gub- tol 20 they sre etedring and beau-| sistence and five cents'a mile for tifying at the cemetery, city park, travel. colored park, the highway, Palm! ‘It also passed bills puting teeth Avenue, Whitehead, Thomas and, in Floridas inheritance tax law Emma streets, Caroline street,’ and aecird inspection and tax *, * ws. 1 measures are design. Windsor Lane; the bird sancvuarY ed to perfect the present statutes The plan of paying, the groups; as their period of employment ex- pires has proven satisfactory and; while it means more work for, and prevent tax evasion. Among the new senate bills were proposals to prevent nepotism in state, county and city govern- MISS HILL SINGS ECONOMIC LEAGUE MAKING ' ment, to limit county officers com- The Key West Citisen MUCH WORK YET - TO BE PERFORMED BY LEGISLATURE BOTH BODIES FACED WITH GIGANTIC TASK WITH BUT LITTLE MORE THAN TWO WEEKS LEFT (Florida Press) TALLAHASSEE, May 18.—. With but a little more than two weeks until adjournment, the 1933 legislature finds itself facing a gi- gantic task with the calendars of both the house and senate crowd- ed and much important legisla- tion still to be considered. Talk-of a possible extra session continues. The governor, however, stands firm, in his belief that all necessary issues can be decided within the period of the regular session and he is opposed to call- ing an extra session, which he termed “unthinkable” in his sec- ond message to the legislature. Committee work has been prac- tically completed on most of the major bills and these are in shape for quick passage, and are being given special order on the calen- dars. The senate and house have both given individual action on many of the measures requested by. Governor Sholtz. Both legislative bodies settled down to work this week determin- ed to push through important bills. Day and night sessions are being held. Among the more important bills, some of which will probably be passed this week are the coun- ty officers fee bill; motor license tag bill; judicial circuit reduction bill; congressional.” reappointment | ond refunding legislation; | salary eduction bill; and the bien-| nial appropriations bill calling for an expenditure of more than $6,- 000,000 a year for the next twojand should be built in the imme- Four separate ways years. This is more than $556, 000 higher than the administra’ bill, which carried the recommen- | dations of. the budget, commission, ; The school centralization _ bill, giving the state board of educa- tion more power over the state school system is scheduled for pas- sage this week. Up to the present time little has been done toward carrying out} the governor’s wishes for consoli- dation of departments and offices. although several efforts have been made in that direction. So only a few of the ma-/ jor measures have received final legislative approval and been sent to the governor for his signature. | | works, flood protection, irrigation Best Interests of Key West PRICE FIVE CENTS Urge Speed On Hearings For Legislation Bearing On Public Works Program PROJECTS SOUGHT OVER COUNTRY OF GREAT MAGNITUDE WOULD ABSORB THREE BIL- LION FUND FOR PROGRAM OF PUBLIC WORKS; OVER- SEAS BRIDGES IN SCOPE (Special to The Citizen) WASHINGTON, May 18,—Ac- cumulations of planned municipal, county and state public works con- struction which has been postpon- ed during the past four years to- gether with federal public works, can easily absorb the three billion, three hundred million dollar con- templated federal public works ap- propriation, A. C, Tozzer, presi- dent of the Associated General Contractors of America and a member of the Executive Com- mittee of the Construction League’s National Committee for Trade Recovery, declared today. Backing his statement with 1) incomplete but detailed compila- tion of over 3400 planned projects from all parts of the country which have been submitted to th Administration by the Trade Re- covery Committee, Tozzer asserts, that the list constitutes over a two billion dollar volume of sound and necessary public works which can ate future. This latter figure does not include federal projects, grade crossing eliminations and slum. clearance. He estimates that work could be initiated on a ma- jority of them within the next 3 to 9 months. The list, itemized by states, in- cludes bridges and tunnels, sewer- age and sewage disposal, water and drainage, highways, streets and paving, port and harbor devel- opment, schools and libraries, hospitals, prisons, asylums and in- stitutional buildings and miscel- laneous municipal projects inelud- Secretary Woodin In First Appearance Before Com- mittee, Favors Move- ment (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON, May 18. —Administration exhorted the house ways and means committee today to rush the hearings on the public works industrial control legislation introduced yesterday. In his first appearance be- fore the house committee, Secretary Woodin spoke of the urgency with which Pres- ident Roosevelt views the importance of the great bill. \He was backed by Budget Director Lewis W. Davis. Chairman Doughton ap- Pealed that the committee forget partisanship. “This bill should be taken up im all seriousness for it affects all the people of the country,” said Woodin. of raising money to fund the ‘put before the committee, withoyt recommendaion spe- cifically. A flat sales tax of one and one fifty, or one and one eighth, with no exemptions was one plan, ing parks, incinerators, airports : for in | AL PRISONER FOR OF MORE THAN TWO YEARS; EFFORTS TO HAVE MATTER COME BEFORE PEOPLE IN JULY, NOT NOVEMBER AT ROTARY MEET QUESTION OF ORGANIZATION | OF ANOTHER SCOUT TROOP IS TAKEN UP TODAY Urging a referendum in July on the new city charter passed fast Friday by the legislature in Tal- lahassee, the E€onomic League of \Key West, at the meeting Tues- Miss May Hill, honor guest at) day night, sent a number of com- the Rotary luncheon today, ren-| munications to Senator Arthur dered several vocal selections,’Gomez and Representative Wil- which were greatly enjoyed by} liam V. Albury, asking that an those assembled on the occasion. ; amendment be offered to this ef- Jorry Trevor gave a talk in the! fect at once. interest of Troop 5, Boy Scouts,{ In the event that the referen- urging all to contribute support to! dum, as provided in the bill, is the unit, while the subject of or-! held November at the time of ganizing another troop, and the the city election, it would be two selection of a scoutmaster, was years before the new charter be- also brought before the meeting.' comes effective. The “Rotary members pledged| This will mean that practically their hearty support to the troop $18,000 will be lost to the tax- now in existence, and which is; payers of Key West, as the statis- under the leadership of J. A. Boza,| ticians of the Economic League, and also in the matter of looking who drew up the new charter, have to the formation of the additional! framed it in such a manner as to unit, {effect a saving of $9,000 yearly There was a fairly large number ' to the citizenry, it is shown. of members present at the meet-} But if the referendum is voted ing today, all manifesting great) on in July, it was said, the bal- interest in the various matters com-/ lots for the November city elec- ing up for discussion. tion will be printed to carry the GOVERNMENT WILL |i=:0 "22° ag SELL MOTOR BOAT WOMAN KILLED | — IN AUTO SMASH! FIVE ALSO INJURED IN AC- CIDENT SOUTH OF j BELLEVIEW i VESSEL TO BE AUCTIONED! OFF AT FEDERAL BUILD. ING TOMORROW Motor boat V16486 will be sold; noon tomorrow in front of the) those in charge of the disburse- ment of funds, it keeps the work- men more satisfied than when they | were forced to wait several days | pensation to $5,000 annually, and to increase the state ad valorem for prison purposes, from three eights to one mill. and municipal gas and electric plants. Tozzer emphasizes that, while the Trade Recovery Committee’s KEY WEST NAVAL before receiving their pay. Yesterday workers received $240.40 and today there was paid out $252.90. SHORTER HOURS FOR PALM BEACH WORKERS WEST PALM’ BEACH, Fia., May 18.—The Emergency Relief Council of Palm Beach county an- nounced that a decision had been reached in which working hours for those employed by the council will be reduced from seven hours} to_six hours a day. The change} becomes effective at once. Pay rates of 35 cents an hour for white men will remain the same with the men receiving $2.10} KANSAS CITY.—Robert Mar- a day instead of $2.45. Negroes/ shall of this gave away his will receive $1.10 a day under! daughter, sister-in-law and cousin the new program. Jat a triple wedding. A Diplomat Departs (New York Sun} While the Scanstates waited at its pier Thursday afternoon for the arrival of its distinguished passenger, Mrs. Ruth Bryan Owen, who, as the first American woman to receive the ap- pointment of Minister, was t= sail for her post, the deck was crowded with men and women, and flowers in profusion filled the salon. Mrs. Owen walked up the gangplank, composed, smiling and with every appearance of competency and effi- ciency for the immediate occasion and the job she had accepted. As she reached the deck, out of the throng a boy holding in both hands a bouquet of flowers, pushed his way to her side. He looked tired—he had a mission to perform and he had come aboard early and waited long—and the nosegay he wore also seemed weary. “Mrs. Owen,” be said, in a voice that cracked 2 little in uncertainty, “the people of Key West, Florida, sent you these flowers.” Mrs. Owen looked at the boy; her offi- inl smile vanished. She was just @ Wentan. “Why, you dear little chap!” she cried, as she put her arms around him. In a minute she was aguin Excellency, the woman of work! affairs, An early lesson in the friability of the minis- Piles of the flowers in the salon will meet the fate of other sailing-day offerings, but that tired little bunch of blos- soms from Key West, Florida, will reach Copenhagen. ROOSEVELT SIGNS SHOALS MEASURE (By Assoemted Prens} WASHINGTON, May 18.— President Roosevelt today sigoed the Muscle Shoale- Tennessee Valley develop- meat bill making it a law. GIVES AWAY THREE RADIO STATIONS TO BE RETAINED ANNOUNCEMENT MADE BY) NAVY DEPARTMENT SHOWS | THERE WILL BE NO CHANGE Ry PAUL MAY Speeial Washington Correspondent ‘of The Citizen | WASHINGTON, May 18.—The! information is lacking as to need-. ed public works construction in many of the communities, it is known that many of the projects are needed immediately, to take care of deferred requirements of. the public, without anticipating future normal demands for such facilities. With national, authoritative leadership for a publie works pro- gram once established in Washing- ton, Tozzer stated that the local organizations for planning and di- recting all types 6f work are now in existence to direct and carry out the program so that construc- increased gasoline tax to one and three quarters cents, or levies on tea, coffee and co- «|list is still incomplete and while coa, or miscellaneous taxes covering such items as small- er admissions, and long dis- tance telephone charges which are now exempt. GOVERNOR SIGNS BILL FOR CANAL (Florida Press) TALLAHASSEE, May 18.—The two Key West naval radio stations | tion to relieve unemployment can bill providing for the creation ond will be maintained, in spite of the radical retrenchment program an- nounced by Secretary Claude A. Swanson this week, it was said at! the navy department today. About half of the navy's radio stations on shore are to be closed be started throughout the coun-! try simultaneously. In Florida there are two major projects in contemplation. One is the $100,900,000 cross-state ship canal from the Atlantic Ocean to the Gulf of Mexico, and the other "the $11,000,000 bridge proposi- ; uable to the service to be retained in their present status, officials | The Key West radio direction! finder station, now inactive, will be retained in its present statux, UF | H iti ifit | tion over the water gaps on the Miami-Key West highway. Besides these two, there are 22 minor projects for Florida at an estimated cost of $19,285,000. NAVAL BASE BILL REPRESENTATIVE SEARS GIVEN PROMISE BY i ‘ i ! i F ge . a naval will f ® i | be} E i F E i il ! ; F incorporation of a ship canal av- thority for the state of Florida, has been signed by Governor Sholtz, The canal authority will be made up of a commission of five members, to be appointed by the governor and authorized to plan, organize and construct « cros-state canal with federal funds totaling $118,000,000 to be borrowed from the Reconstruction Finance Corporation. ADVISORY WASHINGTON, D. ©., May 14, 1933. Advisory 10:36 s. m.: in absence of vessel reports from southern Galf tropical disturbance northwest of Yucatan has made Kittle progress. STRAND THEATER Double Feature See Page 3 fc. Reader On This Picture ~aho— RALPH MORGAN in HUMANITY Matines, 10-18; Night 16-25<