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

2 - Associated Press Day Wire Service VOLUME LIV. No. 126. Chicago’s Exposition Formally Opened Today Big Pageant Follows With| MEASURE BEFORE Otel Daicaton Br! T, §, SENATE ON ostmaster General lar- OVERSEA BRIDGE ley ATTORNEY LESTER NOW WASHINGTON ADVISES THE (By Associated Press) CHICAGO, May 27.— The Century of Progress In- ternational Exposition open- ed its gates today after five years’ preparation, and the spending of $37,500,000 to date. Opening of the gates-was followed by'a day of pagent- ry, including official dedi- cation by Postmaster Gen-| day that this has been done. eral Farley, representing President Roosevelt. Duncan U. Fletcher yesterday in- The climax will be tonight | duced in the U. S. Senate a ‘when science looses the ray bill authorizing the construction from the star Arcturus to turn on the switch, lighting all of the buildings. Today's program cludes speeches by Farley, Rufus C. Dawes, Mayor|the progress being made by ad- Kelly of Chicago, Governor | vocates ofthe bridges and is con- Horner of Illinois, and/sidered a highly constructive BY SENATOR FLETCHER Attorney J. Lancelot Lester. who has been “in Washing- ton for the past few days» to aid in preparitig a ‘bill felative § to the bridges: to be offered: in His wire shows that Senator of toll bridges in Monroe County from Lower Matecumbe to No in« Name Key. This is another step forward in move toward the desired goal: WASHINGTON, May 27.—A_ gress, for the first time, gives the ‘i see government control ‘of stock sales. squeeze to force adjournment of |” Administration of the law will eéngress by mid June is now on in| be under the federal trade com- mi on. earnest with intensive pressure on! ~Enactment ofthe bill brought the senai urry through the Roosevelt program for an ex- oe: ~ tra session another big step near- remaining monumental pile of leg-| er completion. The house and senate banking felation. * committees approved the adminis- The end of the week finds the i] IN; CITIZEN OF ACTION TAKEN’ congiess, advises The Citizen *to-} tration bill to outlaw the gold house with hardly enough work to keep it busy a week, and the senate with a half dozen big and controversial measures ahead. The house has left a bill, offi- cially cancelling tion to pay eontract in gold, a railroad , Tegulation one for new tar- itt President Roose- + j power velt, yet to’ be sent up, and an|. ofl industry regulation measure. clause, of contracts and make all contracts both private and public payable in legal tender money. Chairman Steagall said he would seek the rule of procedure to bring the bill up in the house Mon- day. Before reporting the measure the committee defeated an attempt to amend) the bill to prevent can- cellation of existing gévernmental gold contracts, it gets to the tariff, the ite will have to act on the in- offices’ appropriation wi has become a $500,000,000, measure; two billion dol- lar mortgage relief bill, public works industrial control meadure passed by house yester- day, ej! industry control and new gold bill. In between, it must clear out pending nominations, few of much a| FUNERAL SERVICES WILL BE CONDUCTED THIS AFTERNOON more act is to be asked of ratification of the Pres- economy reorganization soon to be issued. It not mandatory, $ presidént wants no question about! of 822 Fleming street, “Funeral the date of reorganization going| services are to be held 5 o’cloek into effeet. ; this afternoon from the Congre- j@ational church, where the body AUTHORIZATION TO jwas placed at 2 o'clock. Rev. E PURCHASE BONDS lee ‘Evans, will officiate. oe WASHINGTON, Ma: 27.-' Pallbearers will be William President Roosevelt Pe author./ Pinder, Robert Smith, Robert ized the board of trustees of the| XK i Savings Bank to purchas: 100,000,000 i z 1 bonds. wovernment the Benjamin The move is in line with the Home. 4 administration's open market op. Survivors are one son, Gideon erations recently inaugurated by! CUlty; one daughter, Mrs. Tho- the Federal Reserve board to! nas Demeritt, of Key West. An- bring about expansion of credit other daughter, Mrs. aga densi f the money market.) 208 Who lives at Palm Harbor. “ee | Grandchildren as follows: Mrs, | William Watkins, Mes. J. F. Bus- to, Mrs, Andrew Demeritt, Miss WASHINGTON, ‘May Benjamin Saunders, New York; President Roosevelt today signed a! Miss Rubie Demeritt, Asheville, bill extending strict federal soper-!N. C., Mrs. G. A. Sawyer, Miami; vision over the issuance of new! Mrs, Charlies Russell, Tarpon securities. Springs; Mrs, Herbert Mann, Miss The legislation, which was re- | Eloise Thompson and Mise Joplia commended by Roosevelt to coa- Thompson, Palm Harbor. Mrs. Sarah Jane Curry. died sa j 8:15 o'clock last night at harles Matthews, Lopez Funeral PRESIDENT SIGNS BILL ON SECURITIES 2 MRS. SARAH CURRY DIES LAST NIGHT but the} 9g@ of 75, in the home in the rear) "| to “tingle.” MAYOR ORDERS ABATEMENT OF DOG NUISANCE SHOWN WHERE CANINE TRIBE HAS SHOWN GREAT INCREASE; ORDINANCES ARE TO BE ENFORCED Dogs, pets and pariahs were the} the subject of an interview with i | Mayor W. H. Malone today. The | dog population of Key West has/ increased, Mr. Malone told The} Citizen, while the human popula- tion has decreased. The mayor is of the opinion that within the past few years the canine increase has been about { seventy-five percent, and this per-; centage is comprised’ of owneriless' dogs, he believes. licenses fox’ their pets ‘and have j the license affixed to a collar and their owners should have a leash ‘attached to the collar. | The health, peace and security of the community must be safe- guarded, says the mayor, and be- | ginning at once the ordinances per- taining to dogs will be enforced | as well as finances and facilities will permit. The people of Key West are re- quested to cooperate in the move- ment to rid the community of the vagrants and pariahs. And own- ers of the common variety as well} as those of better breeds are asked to be eartiest in putting a stop to the nocturnal nuisances made by all sorts of dogs, both pets: and pariahs. INDIANA PAPER RELATES DEATH aes TELLS PHYSICIANS JUST BE- FORE DEATH OF TAKING POISON; ONE PENNY FOUND IN’ POCKET (Evansville (Ind.) Courier, Wed- nesday, May 24) Thomas E. Milmore, 60, Aeth, bookkeeper of The Key West, Florida, Citizen, died about 2:30 o'clock yesterday afternoon in the Welborn-Walker hospital after telling physicians that he had tak- en poison. His wife and he lived at 700 Cherry street. They had been livjng here for the last eight months, Milmore had been employed only part of his time as a printing salesman since they lived here and they were entirely out of funds, his wife said. Post Mortem Ordered Drs, James Y. Welborn and Charles L. Seitz of the hospital staff were unable to determine the) kind of poison Milmore had taken, so Coroner Ed Kraft ordered a post mortem examination to be} conducted. | Milmore was bookkeeper of the! Florida paper for 10 years. Pre-| vious to that time he had been em-! ployed for a brief period on The Courier. Soon after he had returned to| 5 o'clock yesterday afternoon with! priation fer pu his home from a trip to the busi-| one carload of twine, one of tank-! ness district he was found suffer-) ling from a convulsion and was {taken to the hospital. Mrs. Mil- after he had died. | Rested In Park | | She said that her husband told) jher that on the way home he | stopped and rested in the Seventh! i street park when his feet began; A penny found in the) dead man’s pocket was the only money that they had, she said. Surviving Milmore, in addition | nowles, Edward Roberts and to the widow, are two sisters,! veston at 12 ‘Misses Mary Josephine and Monicle Arrangements are in charge of 7. Milmore, both of Woodstock, shipments o |New Brunswick, Canada. STRAND THEATER { TODAY H —Deuble Feature— i OUR BETTERS i }| See Page 3 for Reader On This } Picture —aleo— || KING OF THE JUNGLE |] Matinen, tent Mths 8356 | | MONROE THEATER ‘ ROBBERS’ ROOST | Matinee 5-10c; Night 10-20c Ed Owners of dogs should secure}: all. dogs allowed to go out with) s | Cotepany ,apen for — The Key West Citsen KEY WEST, FLORIDA, SATURDAY, MAY 27, 1983. London Parley Seeks Nations’ Accord On Recovery Program ecceocee e The world economic and monetary conference, opening June 12 in London's magnificent Coeccccccocaccccococcscoooccoes eccracceccescee For ~ LOSING CATCHES | THOSE OPERATING ON WA- | TER-FRONT CONFRONTED WITH PROBLEM WHICH 1S QUITE DIFFICULT TO SOLVE Fishermen are up in arms, fig- j uratively speaking, because of the | continued depredationé on their \ fish ears, Day after day they are being “robbed.” Not only areshundreds of fish ‘lost weekly through the “marau- | ders’ who take them to eat, but in ‘a number of instances the cars j have been submerged and prac- tically all of the catch allowed to ; go. It has been suggested that a h be kept and the “thieves” ! driven away when they begin their DAY AFTER DAY| 53 Years Devoted to the. Best Interests of Key West PRICE FIVE CENTS Gold Measure Has Great Effect At Points ; Abroad Clause Removing All Obli- gations Causes Great speculation Throughout World (iy Associated Press) American action to remove the gold clause from all obligations had these results abroad: DOLLAR LOSES GROUND LONDON, May 27.—The dollar lost ground in heavy selling, stocks were bouy- ant, Britain ‘was relieved that the June war debt pay- ment*will not be such a heavy burden, and expecta- itions were that payment will be made. !“yobbing” operations. All ‘and good, but no fisherman can go ‘out in his boat all day and stay | awake all night guarding his cars, ‘it is shown. | Another suggestion is that the ‘owners of the cars kill a few of j the “thieves” and put an end to | the thefts, This may prove ef- ficacious but the fishermen look on ‘ this procedure in horrified amaze- i ment. | Discussing the “robberies” of | the cars with The Citizen, one of | the largest losers of fish said that | he feels at times as though he could deliberately keep watch and when the “thieves” arrive ruthless new | ly shoot them down, but does not Geology museum will have as chairman Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald of Great Britain and will | want to pay a fine of $25 for be welcomed by King Geor; “ed with problems.and issues By OSCAR LEIDING (By Axsociated Press) LONDON, May 27.—With Gen-! and; as chairman and chief prosé-| conference through the past eral: Depression as the accused, a great court martial, the world ec- onomic and monetary conference, will be held here beginning June 12, There will be no defense when the court convenes in London's new million-dollar Geology mu- seum in South Kensington—only a prosecution made up of states men and economic and financial experts from 50 or more nations. . ‘Delegates from 50 or more nations will assemble, their dossiers pack- prtinent.te-a.solution of the world’s vexatious .problemsr.s. 0 ~~ | King George, as host, will wel-| come the distinguished delegates contributes Ramsay Britain minister, her} | eutor, Mac- | | | | prime. : Donald. | Cooperation MacDonald Thesis | | The role will mark a new epoch} in the MacDonald career. For years he has been preaching that ‘good will and cooperation con- stitute the world’s means of sal-j | vation. | None has been more impatient |than he for immediate remedial| shooting a pelican. The birds-eome , ligh' 3 on the edge of ietescak tenet or action and he has champed at the, five in @ group, and start feeding. bit as delays have put off the big Many are caught in the capacious ear.’ bills of the pelicans, while the weight of the “marauders” sink the edge of the ‘cars and the ! gp ones! in ph numbers. Vhat to do about it is causin; the world enjoyed by the peo- the fishermen a -great ‘deal. a ple who dwell in it.” ' serious thought, They cannot af- With nearly 3,000,000 of her ford to pay a fine for shooting the insured. workers alone unemploy- birds, and they cannot afford to ed, her trade moving under re-; lose the fish, they say. duced steam, and her markets! cut by tottering currencies, Bri-| GWAY BOYS “The all - compreh: problem,” says MacDonald, | “is how to get the riches of (Continued on Page Four) FLORIDA TAKES ~ 33 PASSENGERS FERRY BRINGS EIGHTEEN CARLOADS OF PINE- APPLES The steamer Florida sailed 12:55 o’clock yesterday for Havana with 17 16 passengers from Tampa, jfrom Key West and 145 sacks of | mail. age, one of asphalt, 244 sacks of mail and 18 carlods of pineapples, the’ more reached the hospital soon | 8,569 crates. The Spanis rived yacht, Jeluis from Havana this forning and is anchored in the harbor. This is the fourth time the yacht bas been in this season Freighter Brazos, of the Clyde- Mallory limes ar- port’ during the ved from Gal- this morn- ing. She sa’ and about products So heavi sel that for 9 carfoasd < for shipnrent by the Thompson Fish compeny to the Leather New Jersey. Ocean HOLIDAY NOTICE Tuesday, May 36, Memorial Tint, being a legal beliday in the state of Florida, we will not be tvasiness on that day. BANK WE my THE FIRST NATIONAL OF KEY o'clock with Bits OF GOMEZ ‘Senate To Give Special Consideration To School On Appropriation, t t | | | | By Associated Prews) TALLAHASSEE, May ; The senate voted to give special } , i and conti ing consideration | | j Mente at four p. m. te a bill | Ferry Parrott arrived from Cuba, calling for = $7,500,000. appre-| ic schools. | The governor signed the Kanner | bill providing a quicker and} cheaper method of retiring count and district road bonds by using! gasoline funds and to purchase, at market price. } | The house today amended the senate approved biennial appro-; priations bill to call for an an-| nual expenditure of $6,168,124,; but failed to bring the important! measure to a final vote. The senate bill called for expenditure of $6,960,052. SENATE PASSES ani TALLAH May 27- The senate today passed Gomer bill 749 fixing compensation of Monroe county officers, and Go mez bi 750 bape fonrer county commissioners to fix the} number of deputies in the var: lous county offices. BILL TO EXEMPT CUBAN PROPERTY TALLAHASSEE, Representative Alb toxtery introduced house bili 1429, ex- property owted by m Key May empting ali the Cuban government Viet from taxation well | The Paris bear market in dollars developed as the dol- lar fell in value. French coldness toward making war dept payments was not affected. Berlin, Germany, wonder- ed if she could afford to con- tinue on gold benefits to Germany from the new American policy seen in re- payment of loans with the inflated cheap dollars. ~Reme bankers seid -paper-—-- dollars instead of gold will be used to pay $6,000,000 interest on $100,000,000 Morgan loan dué Thursday. Brussels market followed the reaction of the Paris money mart. Stockholm, Prof, Gustay Cassel, international econo- mist, said American action endangers sanctity of all IN NEAR INJURY contracts. AUTOMOBILE PLUNGES OVER EMBANKMENT IN HAVANA GREAT RALLY IN MANY STOCKS NEW YORK, May 27.—~A smashing rally in stocks boom. for commodities and @ sharp dip’ hy the dollar exchange today measur- (Ny Ansocinted Prean) ed reaction of the financial mark- HAVANA, May 27—John andj ¢ts to the proposed erasure of the ' Patrick Hemingway, sons of Er- ‘Heniingway, author of Key , Pla., escaped serious injury st E] Cano Thursday, when an * automobile; driven by Mra. G. Grant Mason, Jr., of this city, plunged over a 40-foot embank. | ment, rolling over three times be- OF GAS METER INCIDENT HAPPENS AT HOME “own. Her 3-year-old son, Tony, jalso was one of the occupants of OF GUILLERMO | the car. CUERVO REPORT THEFT | ;. Forced to the edge by a passing bus, Mrs, Mason drove on the shoulder of the road which had been softened by rain and the car Some time ago gas meters were skidded off the read. being robbed, . Now they are being} of machinery taken. | } son, Lais, was recently taken 10 wie TAKE PART IM SPECIAL ct nisi LIST OF VOTERS disconnerted and the whole piece, home of Guillermo Cuerto, whose! SCHOOL DISTRICT ELECTION ithe home for cripples, at Umatilla,~ | Fila. -f Thursday night of this week the | Cuervo family wes out. In thef morning one member of the family! John Englend, superviser of registration, is busy these dave The lows was reported to the preparing @ Tet of qualified vot- Public Utilities company. An em-t# for the biennial election in ploye sent to the home found that | Special Schoot District No. 1, Mon- the meter had been mechanically | 'oe county. eae meter had been removed t for fiaing the millage for the tax an appreciable | levy and the election of the trus- amount as no collection waa made tees of the district, from the time the lad wax taken! Only those listed as freeholders iH until he was taken to the bon. tnd those who pay personal tex pital Therelay afterneon, ‘Thing re permitted ta vote in this elec- covered a perind af abont three, tion. The supervivw exprets that months and the steve was in éon-' there will possibly be about 1,000 tinual aie during thet time. names om the Hat. tained. This it is said j Bold clause from publi¢ and -pris yate debts totaling roughly $100,- 000,000,000. Trading on the stock exchange j where prices rose one to more {than ten dollars approached ree. | ord-breaking volume for Satur- | days. At the closing time the ticker | wos half an hour behind the actual | market, but advices from the floor said final prices were strong. j ie i | [CAUGHT STEALING ARTICLE | OUT OF AUTOMOBILE i — & A colored iad about 15 reds ‘old wat arrested last night jee jae he was leaving the automobile of Bilary Albury, with « bottle of | Insecticide which he bed stolen tfrom the ear. | Constable Rey Etwood/ wh: | made the arrest, took the boy red fail. Thin morning his mother j fremoved with the cash it. eon-| This election is bald expressly/ went to ase Chiat Deputy Sheriff | Clements Jaycocks who explained | the situation, oe | Javentic Judge Wiligms ix 2- (eWay shout tre w, leoeks shid. He (200d thrashing adminite ithe boy's father wilt he the bept jPunithment, j } LAST NIGHT...» —-#" ne Ie i cas ig