The Key West Citizen Newspaper, June 17, 1933, Page 1

Associated Press Day Wire Service VOLUME LIV. No. 144. Proposal For Reduction In Tariffs Submitted At London Meet:By America Continuation Of Tariff Truce Included In Other Suggestions Offered At Conference (By Associated Press) LONDON, June 17.—A_pro- posal for a general ten percent ‘Feduetion in tariffs was submit- fted/to the -economic conference by America, it was learned today. Other “American: suggestions: are: eontinuation of the tariff truce, bilateral trade agreements, compensation and and clearance sang “npreoments. In The.meanwhile experts have reached and submitted to their home governments for approval a tentative agreement on controlled stabilization. It provides for control of exchanges to smooth out fluctuations, rather than definitely fixing rates. It was _said only Washington approval was lacking, and this is expected ‘before the markets open Mon- day. Fourteen nations’ will accept the Roosevelt truce on tariff changes, making 33 in all. The new nations are Bolivia, ‘Chile, Republic, Guate- “RADIO STATIONS GETTING IN TOUCH WITH MANY REMOTE POINTS {Ry Associated Penn) NOME, Alaska, June 17.— No word has yet been receiv- ed from Jimmy Mattern sizce he took off Wednesday after- moon from Siberia for Nome, but Alaska airmen said that this was not unusual in flying im the. far north. Japanese and Alaskan ra- dio stations were getting in touch with remote fishing wesedls «and = settlements slong he Asiatic and Alaskdn coasts. ECONOMIC LEAGUE MOVES TO OBTAIN NEW VOTING LIST) CHARLES TAYLOR AND WIL- LIAM L.- BATES ADDRESS MEETING OF CITY COUNCIL ON MATTER LAST NIGHT The matter of ordering an en- tire new registration of electors for the coming city election was; brought before the regular meet- ing of the city council last night by Charles Taylor manager of the Porter Dock Company, and Wil- liam L, Bates, both of whom at- tended the meeting as representa- tives from the Economic League of Key West. Messrs, Taylor and Bates ad- dréssed the council, making a re- quest for said action, and also en- deavored to ascertain what addi-! tional cost would become necessary | in having entirely new books writ-| ten for the purpose as stated, with the understanding that the league would finance whatever amount that may be required to have this work carried on. It was explained by the two spokesmen that the main idea was {to prevent duplication of voting such as it was said has been car- ried on in prior elections in cases pertaining to the names of deceas- ed persons appearing on books sents himself to be of that name, and if not detected, proceeds to cast a ballot which affords a per- son an opportunity to vote twice, - Another point brought out was that of the names of non-resi- dents, who have moved away from the city, whose names still appear on the books, with the same prac- tice followed as is shown in the ease relative to the names of. de- ceased persons. The ordinance committee was! instructed to confer with the city attorney for the purpose of ascer- taining whether this movement can be put into effect in the way of an ordinance or whether it requires; a legislative act. During the session last night an} ordinance was passed, on its first reading providing that all bread / baked and sold in Key West mast; meet the sanitary requirements/| over which the city health officer has supervision. It also specifies! that the: vehicles in which bread | is delivered must be closed in} properly with tight-fitting doors conforming to the sanitary regu- lations as laid down by ordinance. The other part of the meeting | was taken up with the reading of} officers’ répotts and other like; matters of a routine nature. & CHECKING UP ON Thé Special Session And Its Em The special session of congr: with a record of legislation unpre standing cogs of the recovery ma designed to revive lagging business—a measure to balance the bud- ! get, ‘supervised by Lewis Douglas, budget credit, with liam H. Woodin, t By ALEXANDER R. GEORGE (iy Ansocinted Press) WASHINGTON, June 17. —A gigantic business pul- ‘moter; probably~ the “Hiest massive machine ever built by any government for con- structive purposes, has been ‘fashioned by congress under the direction of the Roose- velt administration. Some cogs in this machine are already functioning. By fall its The Kep West Citisen na KEY WEST, FLORIDA, SATURDAY, JUNE 17, 1933. SO. ergency ‘Palmotor’ 98 moved cedented in charge; to coordinate job entrusted to Joseph B. Eastman; to unite industry in operative effort to restore prosperity, with Col. Hugh M. Johnson directing; and to bring relief to the farmer, a task in George N. Peek. The whole machine ii President Roosevelt’s far-reaching program designed to aid the re- habilitation of industry. toward adjournment peace Out- chine it fashioned—a “pulmotor” time. director; to expand reasury secretary, immediately in and wage earner—twin keys to increased business volume. Spearhead of the nationwide at- tack on the depression is the Na- tional "Industrial. Recovery. bill, which will be directed by Col. Hugh M. Johnson. This bill is a two-edged sword, providing for the expenditure of $3,300,000,000 for public works on the one hand, and the co-ordination of industrial effort on the other by joining business units in trade associa- tions for eooperative endeavor, designers expect it to be hitting unprecedented powers in Presi- on all of its big cylinders, pump-; dent Roosevelt and the administra ing new life into the business tors of the larger relief projects. structure with the expenditure! Measures dealing with indus- of billions of dollars on employ- ‘try, agriculture, | employment, ment-giving construction and. for*banking,- bankruptcy, - mortgages, relief of the -debt-ridden in city, railroads, government economy, village and farm. | Securities, taxation and power Government As “Partner” ; development have been enacted. The record-breaking array of} Virtually all are aimed at one gen- major legislation enacted in three eral objective—the banishment of months reaches into practically, economic distress. every field of economic activity,, Employment Increase Sought touching the baker, the butcher Every major piece of emer- and the candlestick maker. gency legislation is designed to It establishes an extraordinary bring about an increase in em-|The purpose of the bill is to in- partnership between government) ployment, a rise in wages and in| crease wages, stop cut-throat com- and industry and between Unele| price levels and restoration of the, petition, revive industry with Sam and John Farmer. It vests’ purchasing power of the farmer!huge government expenditures. JURY DRAWNT0 HEAR SWEETING CASE IN COURT DEFENDANT SUING KEY WEST| ELECTRIC COMPANY FOR AN AMOUNT OF $7,500 FOR: ALLEGED DAMAGES A venire of 18 jurors was drawn Says Work Will Be Found 6 FOX AWARDED | For Million Men Out Of prego Emergency Relief Funds AMOUNT OF $12,000 WOULD WEALTHY BREWER | “2'\* (By Associated Press) DETROIT, June 17.—Harry |L, Hopkins, administrator of the | $500,000,000 federal CORDING TO VERDICT | RAILROAD COMPANY AC- HELD FOR RANSOM merge George M. Fox was today award- For 53 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West PRICE FIVE CENTS “Four Officers Slain By Gunmen In Efforts Made LIQUOR GALORE DESTROYED BY CUSTOMS UNIT OPERATIONS CARRIED ON THIS MORNING AT FEDERAL BUILDING; MANY VARIE- TIES MAKE UP LOT I. Liquor in streams. Good stuff: ;Real Hennessy brandy.’ Rare old 1873 Bacardi. Not to ‘mention Mill Creek whiskey nor a river of beer. All of-this running into the sewer in the seizure room of cus- toms service in the federal build- ing. Through the courtesy of G. N. Goshorn, deputy collector, The Citizen was today permitted to witness the ‘destruction of a load of intoxicants that was seized several months ago on a_ boat, the V19940. The. blower, used to carry off the fumes of alcoholic stimulants when “busted” on orders from headquarters, was started shortly before 9 o'clock, and the destruc- tive forces assembled on the hour. Mr. Goshorn checked while E. R. Kirkland, Charles Wardlow, Will Lord, Harry Warren and H. E. Day assisted in the work of destruction. The Citizen was <into service. handing “bot- tles to Mr. Kirkland who started the work with 12 quarts of Hen- nessy brandy. Then followed 12 quarts of Ron Cana, 24 quarts of 1873 Bacardi, 12 quarts of Peralta brandy, 17 quarts of Domecq brandy, and 61 pints of Mill Creek rye whiskey. Following this assortment five 5-gallon’ demijohns of Bacardi, one 5-gallon demijohn of gin and 22 five-gallon demijohns of Ron To Release Mail Robber Frank Nash, Noted Bandit, Recaptured Yesterday Also Killed In Shooting Affray (By Associated Press) KANSAS CITY, June 17.— Four officers were slain by ma- chine guns and another wounded in front ofthe Union station by release Frank Nash, Oklahoma turned to Leavenworth prison. Nash, ono of the few surviving members of the Al Spencer gang, was also killed, The killers fled in automobiles after pouring fire into the offi- cers parked in an automobile. The dead are Nash, Raymond J. Caffrey, agent of the bureau of investigations; W. J. Grooms, Kan- sas City detective; Frank Herman- son, city detective, and Otto Reed, chief of police of McAlester, Okla~ homa. The wounded was F. J. Lackey, federal agent. Accounts differed as to the number of men in the killers’ car. All of the dead were shot in the head. Windows in the station were broken bythe hail of bullets, and Cana were opened and the con-|~ tents sent after the other stuff. Concluding the work, 99 sacks, each containing 24 bottles of Crystal beer, altogether 2,376 containers, were placed in the pit and the contents smashed with a small crow bar. KERMIT KERR ESCAPES FROM. STATE PRISON’ PETITION FOR PARDON WAS RECENTLY CIRCULATED ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT OF LIGHTHOUSES HAD BEEN TO STATIONS ALONG FLOR- IDA REEF H, Bi. Haskins, assistant super- intepdent of lighthouses, returned yesterday afternoon on the ten- der Ivy from an inspection trip to light stations on the Florida from the box this morning to act | in circuit court on the case of Mrs. relief fund, told the National] ed damages of $12,000 as a result Conference of Social Workers to-|} ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND, of his suit against the Florida East CONTAINING 654 SIGNA-| Inopeetions were made at Fowey iiocks, Carysfort and Alli- | Annie T. Sweeting versus the Key day he expects 1,000 new blic West Electrie company, damage | LLA Coast Railway company. The jury ee \concluded their deliberations short- | CASE OF KIDNAPING ily after midnight and rendered a Roosevelt Reaches Boston suit for $7,500. | Jurors to be summoned are ‘Louis Cruz, William G. Pent, J. Frank Roberts, Walter Thompson, |J. W. Marzyck, Chester Tift, Wil- iliam R. Pinder, William M. E i worth, Daniel Knowles, Alfred ident | Barroso, Gerald H. Adams, Henry Today On Summer Vacatio heer mtr amt GREAT DAMAGE BY WATERSPOUT ONE MILLION DOLLAR DAM-| AGE AT SAN SEBAS. TIAN, SPAIN =* Sieve (By Asnoctated Prean) BOSTON, Juze 17.—BPri Roosevelt arrived here today vaca-| Samuel Adams, E. W. Manuel, . Claude Johnson, George M, Carey, tion bent. On his unusually heed! and Alfred Curry. shoulders rested unique powers of | The venire was made returnable | 9:30 o’clock Tuesday morning. All the war-time commander-in-chie! | jurors named who have not been jsuammoned . by meon Monday shuld call at the sheriff's office it out with cepression. This suit is baked on physical damages alleged to have been suf. | . The president is aware of his fered by Mrs, Sweeting when she {duties and had them well in com-! was a passenger on one of the jmiand, He has planned long for buses of the company. I the July attack to put men back’ To avoid striking a car, driven te work. by a woman, the driver of the bus, Satisfied his organization is in-| Lain Dobbs, is alleged to have } tact for July, the first movement swerved his vehicle and collided | he approached was the playground! with a pole. Mrs, Sweeting was lof two weeks, determined to store! thrown forward by the impact and }@p energy and power to smash it/ asks damages for injisries she ae ae action, claims were received at that time. He detrained here for a motor with approval of congress to fight (Ry Associated Pres) SAN SEBASTIAN, Spain, Jane 17.—This city was struck today by a waterspout which caused damages esti- mated at $1,000,000. The house of Pavlina Uscu- | | F. Saunders, Arthur Thompson,| works projects to put ‘1,000,000/ had, (My Associated Prean} | “plunged 4,000,000 families and! ST. PAUL, June 17.—William) i i Hamm, Jr.; wealthy brewer, to-| 118,000,000 individuals from self-| ‘ {not very clearly shown and the | support to public dependency,”"| 4#¥ Was added to local kidnap vie-| judge asked the jury the amount. and outlined policies to be fot_| im which has included a eee replied twelve thou: | } others in eightee: hi } sam re. lowed, emphasizing that the states) °° OT te dled Hae | Wm, H. Malone, attorney. for] | must bear a fair share of the costs "\ the company, addressed the court | of their own relief problems, andj Ut friends were not aware of the| veistive to certain matters that that there must be “cooperative! crime until word was received) were argued the day previous. Aft-| tightening” of relief administra-| from the abductors that Hamm er this had been decided he filed tion, federal, state, county and/ Would be killed unless a $100,000), motion praying the court to set leity to determine to the best peel ransom was paid. gato the verdict and grant a mel sible degree who needs relief and|, Police are hunting Verne Sab-' trial, wha disan kk, key. wanted for two similar crimes; The attorney based his argu-| Hopkins said the recovery act’ ** # involved im the Hamm kid-! ment on what he considered an} was the greatest of forces operat-' yan etian jexcessive amount in the verdiet | ing to take people off relief rolls! and was snewored by Br. Busta, | to his attention, Hopkins said,j eae ‘ sc a ipheie. sanphapted Wine seaaicadl jpecially that relative to the injuries! 5 relief agencies “with the ideal peat ee ree i | sealed verdict. | This was opened by Judge Jet- ferson B. Browne when court con-} vened at 10 o'clock this morning.’ The figures in the amount were {men to work by October 1. He said the depression ha At the conclusion of the argo- thay rere cut rate Se Mrs. Harry ©. Galey and daugh-| ments Judge Browne advised agencies where workers could be/ter, Miss Ruth Rose, left over the| council he will take the matter! obtained at less than a self-sup-| Bast Coast yesterday afternoon’ under consideration and make & TURES gator lights When the tender reached Sombrero high winds and tempestuous seas made a landing Kermit Kerr, of Key West, who) on September 23, 1932, was sen-| mpowtinle. Inspection of Ula tenced to aiate 56 seeee ia state| light will be made at a later date, . | Mr. Haskins seid. penitentiary, has made his escape Th ‘i from Raiford, according to ad} Ivy, y, went to the P. viees received by The Citizen to-| E - — a vita ete . ‘. lused in the construction of work- Kerr was tried and convicted) ing platforms at Tennenmes Reef on charges of beraking And enter-| 00, Ties points in the district where aids to navigation are to be erected. In the event of fair wdether the circulated » petition for pardon, signed by 654 citizens of Key West which she was preparing te nahn Po the governor. me *ltender Poppy will, early next that the week, place the last two piling for opel pinay Wan weenie ithe foundation for the light at to Key: West, an he would, nat-|Stith Bhosle. Five of the piling rally, pprehension are in place. rake = p Psd: Aa soon an the fast two are which he would be eventually, | Sriven work af ereeting the super: stractare will be started and car- { — i Governor Dave Sholta is expect-| od to make the appomtment of the porting wage.” for Philadelphia where they wil?! decision within « reasonable time.| five commissioners for the Maon-! j trip te Groton Scheel to visit his) | two sons on his way to the Amber- i jack, IL, which will be sailed under jhixs crew up the North Atlantic ; 4 f, i teast for the next twe weeks. His Lou Smith Service Station} | x02! is Campodeiio Island New Brunswick, the family summer ground near the tip of Maine. Mr. Fox entered suit against the roe County Bridge District when! railromd asking $50,000, claiming ihe returns to Tallahamee early his injuries resulted from a fall] next week. H suffered in 1931, the direct cause! ‘This information was received) of which was faulty equipment, Talisbamer ‘to te] “I have no inten ting federal relief of permit- spend a while with relatives. midds They will be joined by Doctor sation) Galey about Jely. and proceed te; © work-' Chicago where they will remain) and expect | several weeks viewing the wonder erence from sights at the Century of Progress cx peaber. PALACE GLORIA SWANSON in Perfect Understanding Matines, 10.15¢; Night, 15-25 nected MONROE THEATER DEADWOOD PASS. used while im the employ of the! iR. R. companys