The Key West Citizen Newspaper, June 13, 1933, Page 1

Associated Press Day Wiré Service : VOLUME LIV. ‘No. 140. Italian Air Squadron Takes Off Tomorrow On Flight To Chicago Mattern Makes Start On/STABILIZATION - Trip To Nome; Spanish) QF CURRENCY IS Airmen Reach Havana; Others Forced Down FRENCH, AMERICAN | AND BRITISH BANK -REPRESEN- TATIVES HEARD:IN LONDON ON IMPORTANT ISSUE (By Associated Press) Twenty-four Italian planes carrying ninety-six men, in- eluding General Balbo, Italian air minister, will take off tomorrow from Orbetello for Chicago, Jimmy Mattern started for Nome from Khabarovs, Siberia. Captain Errol Boyd and two companions in the Columbia were forced down (By Associated Press) LONDON, June 13.—Discus: sions stabilization plans by French, American and British central bank representa- tives continued today with Euro- of currency peans described authoritatively as exerting ‘‘tremendous on Americans to stablize the dol- ilar. Pronounced decline in the dol- lar’s relation to the British pound pressure” was viewed with consternation in Lombard street, and the press comment today was bitter ort that : | DISCUSSED TODAY Key West Citizen KEY WEST, FLORIDA, TUESDAY, JUNE 13, 1933. “Pecora: A Study In Persistance Investigator Runs Bank Hearing With Technique Of Jigsaw. Solver 9000000855069 0000000000 COOODOLOHOESOEHOOOOOHCOSOOOSOOCOOSONSOOODEOOEOOESE By SIGRID ARNE (ty Associated Press) WASHINGTON, June Ferdinand Pecora, ‘son of Sicily, with a clear, eastern! pronunciation of English, sits at one end of the committee table, leaning forward in his chair. { The senate banking and neg rency committee, conducting an! investigation of private banking! that began with an errant of J. P. Morgan & Co., has Pecora for its special counsel. ; As the Morgan inquiry neared! what was believed its closing days | speculation began as to where' next the investigation would turn, | observers had a vivid impression ,of the Pecora technique gained \from watching him’ during the jprogress of the Morgan, phase of the hearings. Morgan Ever Watchful They saw J. P. Morgan,. an; ielderly king in the American! banking world, pulling on his! cigar. Sitting a few feet from | Pecora, he scarcely moved, — but his dark eyes flashed from speak- jer to speaker. “George Whitney, Morgan} partner—tall, thin, - dapper—was ' almost constantly in the witness, jchair answering questions with a ; Park 2venue accent. | Back of Whitney sat other Mor- {gan partners and their pink-. |faced, white-haired counsel, John ;W. Davis, one time democratic. | candidate for the presidéncy. That was the setting of the Morgan F : hearing. 4 i , Bit by bit Pecora pulled from aha { ‘this assemblage pieces of a huge |jig-saw puzzle of finance which! , the committee hopes to fit into a/ { } | j i | } { | | Here’s how the . camera caught Ferdinand Pecora in | tand ballot frauds and has lout winner many times. ‘quick and graceful rap ‘of | passes in a flash. ‘hearing there was some difficulty tion. examiners worked,” retorted Pe- who pulled his cigar from his mouth to answer. The same spirit followed {through the day’s hammering questions. Investigations are ‘familiar fate for Pecora. Maybe ;they brought that determined | thrust to his square chin. Maybe | his crinkly, thick hair is indica- j tion of a naturally energetic and | Pugnacious, nature—or his direct, ‘shining, dark eyes. Won Many Convictions He is credited with a record of 80 per cent convictions in the days of battle behind him as a prosecutor in New York. He has invaded bucket shops, milk grafts come 13.—Armed shifts, ATLANTA, June men, working in three were guarding Georgia’s state He is still the suave New Yorker x who can laugh while a victory! capitol today following the re- hangs in balance. He was born) ceipt by Governor -Talmadge of in Sicily, but most of his 51 years; . were spent in America. Sometimes he is forced to 8) country after the conviction of 1 Wi Angels Hisklin, Ctnctabatl ogra “big stick” of authority, but * communist, for attempting to in- For instance, in the Morgan over questions about correspond- enee on the Alleghany corpora- of communistie literature in At- ‘ lanta. Exchanges Sharp Sometimes Davis, Morgan counsel, pro- tested: “You are only asking for The men, members of the na- tional guard, are equipped. with threats from main sections of the: cite an insurrection by distribution : side arms and automatic rifles and have been placed back of the inclosure in the office of the state treasurer for emergency use. ( The guards are not in uniform and the state treasurer said they are not there in the capacity of ‘national guardsmen, but. private jguards employed by the gover- nor, Tom Linder, executive ‘secre- tary to the governor, said the executive received threats in let- ers. The threats he said included blowing up of the capitol build- i Herndon was convicted several weeks ago. what your investigators have been doing in our. office for three months.” “We don’t discuss how long the core. ‘Considerable could be said on what privileges were ac- corded the examination.” “You are welcome to say any- thing you please.” “At the proper time,” said Pe- Sholtz. Allows Many Measures Affecting Monroe To Become 53 Years Devoted to the - Best Interests of Key West Roosevelt Signs Bill Designating Refinancing Of Home Mortgages Georgia’s State Capitol Guarded Following Threats Against Governor Talmadge «By Associated Press) Measure Calls For An Amount Of Two Billion Dollars To Proposition Finance (Dy Asgociated Presay WASHINGTON, June 13.— President Roosevelt today signed into a law the bill providing for $2,000,000,000 for refinancing emall home mortgages to put them on a lower interest rate, The administration hopes to have. the new law into active operation within a meath. : It permits holders of mortgages qn homes valued at $20,000 or less to exchange these for govern~ ment bonds bearing interest at the rate of five percent. : A loan of eighty percent value of homes with $14,000 rasimum is provided. A three-year mora- torium on interest payments will be permitted. Fifteen years is «l- lowed for all repayments, - If holders of mortgages cannot exchange them for government Laws Without His Signature (By Axsecinted Press) TALLAHASSEE, June 13,— MASSACHUSETTS ee ES) VOTES ON. REPEAL Inew fi Amer- rae financial pietars oe varied moods as he labored (Cora. ending the passage of words. : on the Morgan investigation | Sometimes the pieces Pecora as special counsel for the extracts seem to be mere chips. banking and curreney. But he kept on and on at his jtesk of putting them together iWwhilé-the public waited, avidly curious. to see what’ the next one paper, the law permits « cash Idan to the home owner up to f Pecora’é purposes. have. eS eek beer each morning ef {room quite naturally, sailing, with “led on various occasions by prohibi- #ruetions read: “You are hereby directed: and ordered to collect all occupational ie business license tax forth- “Tn the event of failute of im- ~ four bottles of brandy and seven| ficer, sending me a list of the af- fidavits filed and the name of the oe with whom PROHIBITION AGENTS eal . PRESENT YESTERDAY WHEN CONTRABAND OF GOODS WERE DESTROYED) Customs officers and prohibition agents had a destructive revel in the seizure room of the. federal building yesterday. Much Jiquor of various kind ran in streams down into the sewer. Liquor destroyed had been seiz- tion officers and some of the lots had been in the custody of the) customs for a long time. Among the intoxicants were four bottles of whiskey, one sack of beer, one quart of cognac, two five-gallon demijohns of aguar- diente, two half pints of liquor, bottles of Bacardi. High grade stuff taken from several yachts were 19 bottles of liquor from one and 96 bottles and one jug from another. One hand bag contained 10 quarts of | whiskey. And 10 five-gallon demijohns of aguardiente that was; the hearing Saw ‘him enter’ thea “Good morning” for Morgan, would be. laws without his signature: INGLE RESIGNS CHAIRMANSHIP RELIEF BOARD GIVE UP WORK WITH STATE ORGANIZATION Of Attack By: | LONDON, June 13.—The world economic conference today ended the second day's ‘aring which Secrétary of State} session | (Jacksonville Times Union) Because of the press of his per- sonal business affairs, John P. Ingle, who, for the past year, has been chairman of the State Emer-) gency Relief Committee, has ten- dered his resignation to Governor Dave Sholtz. | Announcement of Mr. © Ingle’s) resignation was. received here last night in Associated Press dis- he capital and con-| ssomangtd Mepert, | “| cipited into the conference by ad-| In announcing Mr. Ingle’s resig- Hull and most of the American delegations absented themselves; with two major crisis boiling up, beth of them involving the United; States as nations. The about war debts which was pre-| point attack by other first storm revolved | dresses of 2 ates despite the} United States Made Point At Economic London Meeting (By Associated Fress) |grave monetary controversy might ‘PLANS MADE TO Bill No. 740—New Key West charter. Bill No, 749—Fixing compensa- tion of Monroe county officials at $3,600 a year. Bill No. 750—Authorizing Mon- Foe county commissioners to fix number and compensation of deputies in county offices. Bill No. 856—Fixing compensa- tion of Monroe county commis- sioners at $75 a month. Bill No. 888—Abolishing Mon- Foe county criminal court. The governor also allowed the following house bills to become laws without his signature: Bill No. 1313—Validating and adjusting Key West city taxes. Bill No. 1459—Exempting Property owned by the Cuban ; government in Key West from saa Other Nations Africa, bitterly assailed America, charging failure to cooperate with Europe in this matter. The trend of all arguments was the same de- mand for immediate solution. Americans also found them- sleves facing“a stone wall of op- position in currency matters. Both French and Italian speakers bit- terly assailed depreciation. American delegation headquar- ters had been hopeful that a be avoided by selection of one of the United States’ delegates to head the important currency com- mittee, but determined European opposition intervened. PREDICTIONS ARE IT WILL BE ELEVENTH STATE TO GO WET (Ny Asaoctated Press). BOSTON, June 13.—Mas- sachusetts voted today-orivra-| peal of the Eighteenth Améndment. Predictions were that it would be the eleventh state to vote for repeal. The ferry Perrott arrived yei- — terday from Cuba with 10 miscel- laneous cars, 101 sacks of mail and eight carloads of pineapples, 2,577 eretes. Yacht Anton Dhorn is berthed at Wm. Curry’s Sons company wharf, The vessel came for mail and supplies for the scientists who are carrying on their annual ex- periments and observations at the Carnegie laboratory st head Key. ed British Decide Upon Ten Percent For War Debts DEMISE OF MRS. R. WEATHERFORD ‘ nation, the governor was warm in his praise of the valuable service | fact that the subject was barred rendered the state by the retiring Mrs. Rebecca Weatherford, age 82, died this morning 5 o'clock, OPEN PINEAPPLE | committee chairman, some time next week. ' Sholtz Expressed Regret “It is with profound | the governor said, “that I have ac-j | cepted Mr. Ingle’s resignation. He | has worked faithfully, untiringly, his | without ostentation, and at ‘own expense. The people of Flor- jida owe him a debt of gratitude, | particularly the unemployed and; unfortunate. “The main reason I regret to! accept the resignation is, that I ; . Governor Sholtz said he prob- Two bottles of beer and ably would appoint a successor jfrom the agenda. Other em-| | broglio concerned monetary mat. ters, t Delegates ar was obvious that European blocs} j were being formed to force the! hand of the United States on } those questions so as to get im-/ PLANT SHORTLY) | | observers as th®/ NORBERG THOMPSON, OWNER regret,” | day proceeded voiced views that it} — | |FLAG DAY WILL BE Sccss.so"ta | Faneral services will be conducted tomorrow ¢fterncon 3 o'clock from the First Methodist church, ui ne y. JT. Coathette, of the Flem- | OBSERVED BY ELKS (My Asnoctated Pree) LONDON, June 15.— Great Britain has decided to make a 10 per cent “token” | payment of $75,950,000 war | debt installment due Thurs- pasy upon President Roose velt's assyrance that he will |accept for himself alone, al- jthoush he cannot pledge ac- OF FACTORY, SAYS BUSI-|W. CURRY HARRIS TO GIVE ing Street Methodist chereh, will ceptance of congress, it was NESS TO BE OPERATED. ON SMALL SCALE mediate settlement on the war debt! problem and to bring American monetary viewpoint around to that of Europe. Operating on an extensive / rd scale is not contemplated by Nor- annual Flag Day services will be) Hull, scheduled as the first: berg Thompson, owner of the| celebrated by the Benevolent and; W, Weatherford, Miami; Mra. \ officiate. | The body will be placed in the chureh at 2 o'clock tomorrow aft- ernoon. The funersll will be in i charge of the Lopez Undertaking | Establishment. Survivors are three children, a ADDRESS IN CONNECTION WITH CEREMONIES j | | eee a | Tomorrow afternoon, 5 o'clock, Protective Order of Elks, Lodge Key “You are further directed to pe too os i Own ot ull ts seized at the army barracks some} ee . er.” Comptyolier: and treasur: lyeure go also went in the newer. | Collector Ladd told The Citizen Also destroyed were 67 quarts, | that he will at once begin execut- six pints, one gallon of liquor, ing the governor’s orders and in three half pints and one sample a pi oe ead pany ory Sac wingiicn tdentonee yt olind 8 notices to this effect.| cosdiente, All of this last col- lection were taken at various VESSEL SEIZED times from various stores and x Nie restaurants, ere IS NEW INSTRUMENT Customs agents seized another 2 BREE vessel this week that, it is said, shy Samentaied Peneet haa been guilty of violating sec-| BELLINGHAM, Wash., June tions of the tariff act. 13.—The “Traveling Telephone,” The vessel is the V21732, own-|@ device to relieve motorists go- ed in Key West and well known to those familiar with the boats in the harbor, REMOVAL NOTICE Office of the End City Holding Co. inc.; Key West Properties, Inc.; Southern Key Land Co., Inc. (for- merly Key West Inv. Co.) moved to 605 Duval ing about at night of the trouble of locating pay telephone sta- tions, is the invention of Charlies Hy Kirby, electrical engineer. To use his apparatus a motorist would carry the telephone in. strument in his car. It has a }weather-proof cord and plug at- tached. Sockets attached at fre- iquent spaces to telephone lines would enable the motorist te plug ih, drop in a coin and get a ¢on- nection without leaving his car. On behalf of his idea Kirby de- elares there are thousands motorists caught yearly without telephone communication at hours: when stations ar closed. of store pa relinquish the work of chairman ending to the affairs pertaining | speaker today, did not appear. and} am going to have to look far be-|5 ‘ : |i, was stated that’ preparation of; fore I find another who can take! "Oh was delayed so that he his place,” Governor Sholts f : | on i j could not speak before tomorrow. } E apreetuany seqret havieg. 6) Many delegates, however, ex- Pressed the view British war debt crisis might e had some thing to do with the delay, espe- of the committee,” Mr. Ingle said, “for I felt the effort the other members of the committee and; myself have been putting forth, has brought some relief to the indigent and unemployed within ed announcement of Chancellor of! Exchequer Neville Chamberlain on/ ac oie. } debts before the house of com-j mons late today. i Business Compels Action As the conference proceeded to-! “But the affairs of the company} day Ho less than three speakers! T vepresent are requiring mere of | followed Prime Minister MacDon- my time than in the past, and Takis lead of yesterday and dealt now am forced te spend as muchi with the forbiden subject of war! time as available in my office. st-, debts. Indeed, } Christian} South General Jan , Mr. Ingle Unica company aid ' day by Mr. Thompson, who intends} cially in view of the eagerly await-| cht | eration: pineapple canning factory. On the} Me contrary, the operations will be 551, in carried on for only a brief period. | This was told The Citizen to- their home on Duval A short but-interesting program hes been arranged. Esteemed Leading Knight W. Curry Harris to handle two or three cars of the; will be the tor of the day. for = long time. The apparatus used in the pisnt is very expensive and requires ex- pert care and attention. Letting ot remain idle for sny length of time causes deterioration and it ix’ to avoid a condition of this kind a that the plant will be operated. About 30 persons will be ployed in the work and all of have been given notice when op- vil begin. i t |B. Garing, Weatherford, Loe Angeles, | and 19 grandchildren and 15 great = The Home Town Theater _ TODAY —Deable Featere— HELLO, SISTER! See Page 2 for reader om this picture —tio— ELMER THE GREAT West; Ralph Calif, learned on high suthority tonight. SETTLEMENT ON WAR DEBT ISSUE LONDON, June 13.— Great Britain has settled the The $75,950,000 war debt jinstaliment due United | States on # 10 per cent basis, inecording to a report in well-informed quarters of jtee world economic confer- ence. Chamberlain would make an — announcement along these - lines, in the house of com- mona shortly, er Mi te |